text:  In neither case are we justified in stigmatizing the cause of freedom on account of the dreadful excesses which were committed by the selfish who joined in its support; but in both we must acknowledge the impartial justice of Providence which has made the iniquity of men work out their own appropriate and well-deserved punishments and has made it to descend to the third and fourth generations from those who committed or permitted the deeds of injustice