wouldn't it just be more clear with more active lang raj? when clement was convicted by military commission he wanted to be a martyr. i don't think he wanted to be that much of a martyr and so after he got this sentence of hard labor for the duration of the war, he had his lawyers petition the local federal court to be released, and the local federal court said this. i want you guys to, you can take this in as well as part of this argument. this is on page 81 if you have it. it's at the bottom of the page. the court cannot shut its eyes to the grave fact that war exists, involving the most eminent public danger, and threatening the subversion and destruction of the constitution itself. in my judgment, when the life of the republic is imperilled, he mistakes his duty and obligation as a patriot, who is not willing to concede to the constitution. such a capacity of adaption to circumstances as may be necessary to meet a great emergency and save the nation from hopeless ruin. self-preservation is a paramount law which a nation as well as an ind