or Humbert, for instance), not to speak of executions in their own countries, were instigators of, and accomplices and partakers in, the murder of tens of thousands of men who perished on the field of battle while more cruel Kings and Emperors have been guilty of hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of murders. But, in fact, the mildest of the murdered Kings (Alexander 11. of France, Alexander ll., the Empress of Austria, the late Shah of Persia, and, recently, Humbert- such murders excite the greatest surprise and indignation among Kings and Emperors and their adherents, just as if they themselves never took part in murders, nor profited by them, nor instigated them. Peter Ill., Paul, and various Sultans, Shahs, and Khans-little is said about it but when they are killed without a trial and without a Court conspiracy- as in the case of Henry IV. When Kings are executed after trial, as in the case of Charles L, Louis XVI., and Maximilian of Mexico or when they are killed in Court conspiracies, like. 'Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.' - MATT. 'For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.' -MATT xxvi. 'The disciple is not above his master: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his master.' -LUKE vi.
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