Why ?" "Because she was a runaway slave.

The law has to be enforced, property must be protected, even if it costs life sometimes.
There'd be no government otherwise.

We men have to take our chances in a time like that.

The duty is plain." "How utterly you fail of the truth! That's not why there was blood spilled over her.

Do you know who she is ?" "No," he said.
"She is the daughter of your _friend_, Judge Clayton, of the bench of justice in your commonwealth.