The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-01
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Ny LOR0s,

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My LoR1s,
! What have to fay Why fsntcuce OF leath
mould not be pronounced on me, according I'd
law have nothing 20 FAY that can alter your
predeteimnanous, Cog that it viii become ne ID
lay with any y.ewto the mitigation of that Zen,
tence which you are here to pronounce and j
mutt ABIDE by. But have that to FAY, which
intereits me more than life, and which YOU have
IaoourDd, las was necenarly your .;tficc II, the
preient circumftanc'S OF this oppreilcd country
to deitroY--i have much to fay why nv reput..
ton fhoud be refcued from tie load OF }s,ic AZ.
cuiations and caiumuy which nave been he5Dee,
upon 1t. do not imagine, that fsated ,,ber..
you are, your minds can be 70 free from il,luii.
rity, as to receive the Leaf mpreiiion from what
am gong to utter have no hopes that I can
anchOrmy character in the h-eat OF courr con.
itituted and trammeled as this isl ONLY win,
and 1t is the Htmoh expect, that your lord.
ih'ps may tuffer II to Feat down your memories
untainted by the foul breath Of prejudice, until
1t finds iome more hoipitable harbour TO Ilslter
If from the form by which it is at prer-nt h,,f.
tetted ..... Was l only TO ftffer death after
beng adjudged guilty by yorr tribuna--I i7ould
DOW IN Hence, and meet the fate that awaita
me without murmrr--but the fentence OF th-
law which delivers my body to the executio-er
VIII, thro. the miniitry of that law, Jabourin It's
own yindica;iop, to coniign my character to
obilqUy-for there mut be guilt fonew here.
whether in the ieutencc Of the court or in the ca
taftrophe, poferty mutt determine. A man
III my Gtuation, my lords, has not onlv 10 en-.
counterthe ditiicultiee of fortune, and The force
OF power over minds which it has corrupted or
fuhiugated, by the difficulties of eftabliDed rre
jndice the man dies, but his memory lives
that mine may not perth, that It may live the
TefPett of ny countrymen, ieize upon this on
portunIty to vindicdte myiclf from fome oftbc
charges alledged againft me. When nv T,irit
fhall be waited TO more friendly port when
my ihade thal have Joined the bands Of thof-
martyred heroes who have HE'D their blood on
the .caftold and in the field, in defence of shei,
country and of virtue, this is my hcpc, T win
that my memory and name may animate tho{s
who iurvlve me while look down with COMMA.
cency on the deitruGtion of that perfd;ous 90
yernment, which upholds its domination Nv
b!aiphemy vt the mot high-which difjIavs ifs
power over man as over the BEATS Of the foreh
which tets man upon his brother, and lifts
ms hard in the name Of god againft the throat
OF his fellow who believes or doubts little NOR.
or a little ieiS. han the government handard-s
government Which is fteeled to barbaritv BY The
cries OF the orphans and the tears Of the widowo
winch It has made He i5--d Nor5itry IN.
ferrHb'ed Mr.. Emmett, Nyine, tkat tie 1.ca,
ar q0ie&sa saL6HE4FS Qvbo fat as he did, eYez,s
iEgn5.9
.;..t...I appeal TO the irr7acrtate Eod
=! wear oy the throne ofHeaven, before which
mutt ihortly apPear-by the Blood of the nur-
dered patriots who have gone before nle-thar
my conduct has been through all this peril and
Though all NY pu'pofes, governed only by the
convictions which have uttered, and llv no o.
thcr vle", dian thai Of thei; cure, and the e
anticipation Cfmy cou1try from the fi,perj;1hr,-
1han oppreiiion under which lle has 10 ,cre AID
too patiently travelled; and that confidently
and aiiurej'y hope that wild and chiIneri,al ~
1t uily appear, there is l}iii union and nrsnof,
IN ireland to accomplish this nohief enterp,i1r
OF this fpeak with the confidence of inf.
mate knowIec2e, and with the ca fllation nat
appcItans 10 that confidence. Think MOI NV
Lord, fay this for the petty eratihcation Of civ
ing you iraphtory uneafGefs A man who me-
yer yet RATED his voice to ALERT he, viii nc
hazard his character with poherity by Altering
a fiiehooi on iubjeet 70 IMPORTANT 10 his
county, and on AZ oCcaioE like this. Yes nv
Lords, man who does not win 10 have his eDi.
taPh written, until his country IS liberated ,il
nos have weapon il the power of envy to i'm
peach dc ptohity which he means to pref.ry.
even IL the grave to which tyranny coDGgns
him' hsrs he ToG5 G8l,m iofettu6!e4 BY the
CART.
Again f1y, that what have rpoken. was
not intended fJrycdr lordihip Whole fultior
comnuiera,e rather than envy--my exprcfiors
we're For ny cpumtrynon if there IS tru. J.
".hman prcicnt, let my iaG words cheer him in
The hour Of his aili1iou.
Pe sgat ag4'q mlorStted, o5d Noybpry Esd
n a'd Dol.h brre 10 bsacucaI5a.l
have always undcrtood it 10 b.. The drtv Of
ajudgc, When piifo7er has been convicted, to
pronounce the lcntencc of The law; have 1!c,
undertOOd that Judges fOlnctf-,ce f1,irI- f. tt;r