...might, indeed, have been corrected by the wholesome 533 punishments reserved and provided by the laws of the several States against falsehood and defamation;...falsehood and defamation. The experiment has been tried; you have witnessed the scene; our fellow citizens have looked on, cool and collected; they saw the...

...itself in the true spirit of its constitution with zeal and purity, and doing no act which it could be unwilling the whole world should witness, can be written down by falsehood and defamation." The press, "confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint," he maintained. "The public judgment will...

...propagation and protection of truth? whether a government, conducting itself in the true spirit of it's constitution, with zeal and purity, and doing no act...and defamation. — The experiment has been tried. — You have witnessed the scene. — Our fellowcitizens have looked on cool and collected. They saw...

...might, indeed, have been corrected by the wholesome punishments reserved and provided by the laws of the several states against falsehood and defamation...falsehood and defamation. The experiment has been tried ; you have witnessed the scene ; our fellowcitizens have looked on, cool and collected ; they saw the...

...should he faiily and fully made, whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, i* not suifieient lor the propagation and protection of truth — whether...falsehood and defamation. The experiment has been tried; you have witnessed the scene; our fellow citizens have looked on, cool and collected ; they saw the...