Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-05-19

, Inns one respect, you would no longer be
! al Il loss from whence have originated all
the complaints, all the uneasiness, all the
A!dr'"s which have filled The country, and
{ WIN watch many ofyou may have been at.
Hcttd.-They have proceeded from MO
NAECAY DEN.
" 4 goa haze fears, hreEaye 10 shed then,
! nogv."
IN ali the English newspapers, and in
Their servlle echoes, the jcderal papers OF
this country, speech has been published,
represented to have been the last solemn
declaration OF AR. RoBEsr EMMErr, who
! was iatel} murdered in Ireland, according
10 The renned but deadly niaxins of the
! brItis. code. 1t is now said tina, thing was
an Infamous ler6ery, and that the follow.
lnS IS his real speech on receiving final
sentence vi condemnation.
history, HIGH ought to give the truth,
Inc Whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
mas become in respect to Ireland aud to
ihdia no more than plausible tale, calcu-
lated Tor the existing occasion, without the
least regard 10 justice or deceucy. In this
way a HERO is sad 10 be hl.Indertr, and
L PATRIOT a rebel, as best suits the policy
ot IL" mostcorrupt e ,vcTnnent i'll Europe.
What Mr. EMMgTT has been called in
these hackneyed and polluted Instruments
Vi political defamation, would have been
the abominab,e cpithe;s which muse have
transmitted to posterity the distinguished
founders ct the American Republic, ind
Britain succeeded in her attempts to sub
B 10 y
Gates Warren s Washington would have
passed 10 iuturity as poor EMMsrr is now
forced upon the public, dshonorcd IN name
and character as the vilest and most de.
testabie OF traitors to the best of kings.
Fortunately, however, the American
tpress can yet vindicate oppressed limo.
cence and honest zeal and the names of
IIMMsT TT and his associates, shall stand
enrolled with those ofSydney, Russell and
tlambden, as the acknowledged but un
fortunate friends and benefactors of the
human race.
We shall now give the speech Of this
Virluous attorney, as II was really uttered,
and which, like the inspired eloquence of
old, made f,A.c tremb.e on his seat.
Why sentence of death should not be
pronounced Oh ne, have nothing to saw.
But that my character should be deliver.
cd from the foul and malignant aspersi-
onS that have been cast on it, have much
20 say.
is asserted that have been an ennis
sary IN the pay ofthe French government.
acled as an lrishman, DESTROYS of deliver-
ing his country from the yoke of clomcs-
lcH f,c IL I
influence OF foreign and unrelenting ty-
rahny. This was the wish Of my heart
1t was the motive which influenced my &C.
tons aud It is the desire which anirnates
the conduct Of many greater and better
men than you are, my lord (NorbuYy) or
amp OF your associates. You caIl me the
, keystone ofthe arch of rebell0n-you do
inc too much honor: am not even Sc
ccndaIy agent: there are men engaged
III this glorious cause, who would not
condescend 10 shake your lordship's blood
stained hands; who would not dcign TO
call you friend.
" have been accused of holding de-
| sign to sell the independence of my coun-
try to France. Base calumny! No, my
countrymen. / wished to place your in
dependence beyond the reach of any DOW
er on earth; wished to cxalt you to that
proud station in the world. To accomplish
these objects, have sacrificed every per-
sonal consideration.
Were the French to come as foreign
enemies uninV.tedbythe wishes of the PEG
pie; should oppose them to the utmost
stretch otmy abilities. Yes, my country
! men, Irshouid advise you to meet them on
the beach, with sword in one hand, a
/ torch i'll the other; to immediate them in
their boats, before they had contaminated
the soil OF your country. And if forced
lorctire before superior discipline, would
dispute every inch of ground, burn every
blade OF grass, and The last intrenchment
Of liberty should be my grave. Blu, French
| men will not come as foreign enemies :
they will come as friends and allies, to
assist you III expelling foreign enemy.
lnshmen your most impacable and
deadly foes are in the heart Of your coun-
try.
looked for the assistance OF France ;
but l wished to prove to France and the
world, thSt Irishmen deserved to be assist
ed and they were indignant at slavery,