When, by chance, as has been sometimes seen in history, it happens that, for a moment, crime has the force of law, the very foundations of humanity tremble.

"_Jusque datum sceleri!_" exclaims Lucan, and that line traverses history, like a cry of horror.
Therefore, and by the admission of your voters, you are a scoundrel.

I omit the word necessary.

Make the best of this situation.
"Well, be it so," you say.

"But that is precisely the case in question: one procures 'absolution' by universal suffrage." Impossible.
What! impossible?
Yes, impossible.