August Spies Auto-Biography - His Speech in Court, and General Notes #231393

Every fair-minded person will agree with me that both sides of a question should be heard before the public decides upon its verdict. Only one side of this question has been heard, as the newspapers have refused to allow any article explanatory of any circumstance to appear in their columns. In presenting this sketch to my compatriots, I place my confidence in the justice with which they are noted for pronouncing upon public questions and characters.