261 272 Percieving which, the speaker
paused for a moment; then abruptly
changing his tone, went on.
" Do we waver? To steady
us a bit, let us recur to the facts. — In
war-time at sea a man-of-war's-man
strikes his superior in grade, and
36the blow kills. Apart from its effect
the blow itself is, according to the Articles of War
Mutiny Act , a capital crime.
Furthermore —"
"Ay, Sir," emotionally broke
in the marine officer of marines, "in
one sense it was. But surely the
Budd man purposed neither mutiny
nor homocide."
261 272 Percieving which, the speaker
paused for a moment; then abruptly
changing his tone, went on.
" Do we waver? To steady
us a bit, let us recur to the facts. — In
war-time at sea a man-of-war's-man
strikes his superior in grade, and
36the blow kills. Apart from its effect
the blow itself is, according to the Articles of War
Mutiny Act , a capital crime.
Furthermore —"
"Ay, Sir," emotionally broke
in the marine officer of marines, "in
one sense it was. But surely the
Budd man purposed neither mutiny
nor homocide."

Transcribed by: John Bryant