The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-09-26

both refused We said, II there are any charges
against ne, proceed upon them. Why proceed a.
esinst Others because will not enter into any ne
eociationsl We wentts our own room, whilheT Mr.
Dobbs presently came. He represented 10 US the
dreadful scenes Of slaughter and devastation that
would follow close upon our declaration IL sppears
that my brother Influenced by these considerations
and To save IN unaIned people, he consented to sac
rifioe himself but 1 heard these proposals
and threats with very different ear. My answer
was, thar 4 ser at Sefanee all their ndehinato1s
tl.at ready TO rsef any charge fhGt csHd 0s
brought against but that never would enter
into any agree with the castle OF Dublin during
my life Nothing was left unatt' mpted 10 m
duce me, by very far promises, or TO intimdate me
by the alarming threats to sign tins agreement
IN 4sre unapaiing Al length Mr.. MARspEN came,
as If secretly and as friend to let ne know what,
b. chances, he had heard at the Castle. Ihat was
determined 10 my estate, if did not comply.
My answer was, thai Was prepared against every
thing; that was resolved never TO compiy-ln con-
sequence ot which, ord. RS we're dispatched To &c
officer cor manding at Bawdon, TO send detachment
Of horse and foot 10 take possession OF my house,
which tity did TO the amount OF between 2 and 3OO
men; they expelled four II my infant children and
NY setyanis; the officers broke open NY cellars,
drank ali NY wine the, ordered the men 10 Kill
my sheep and oxeb, on which the whole party SUBJ
sisted they converted ny iron gates INTO shoes Tor
their horses they made firing OF windows, doors,
and frames of the house and Offices; burned all my
farming utensils destroyed nay gardens, and the
wall trees, the hot house. the br,en house, and all
the plants; turning all their horses out into young
plantations which all ruined stole every thing
movable and committed every species of devasta-
non for eight or nine weeks that they emaned there
for which never received one penny as renumera-
zion, from that day this. After this visitation it
again demanded Of me to sign The paper. My
still the same. Still was kept prs
oney and when those who had entered into The
agreement where sent to Scotland, forced
by Justice Atkinson, and company OF Bucking-
hamshre Militia, at the very point OF the Bsyonet,
mo a coach conveyed on board tender, and con-
ducied to Fort-Georse, in which military garrison
was KEPT for a year and msnths, where by The
kenisnt treatment l received, i lost the use OF my
limbs, and wss reduced to the very verge of life
at the end of VIII ch time was brought to London,
and LET co on he Oath OF January, 1901, upon
a dreadful recognlz,nce to some immense amount,
not to return Ireland, and 10 reside IN such part
OF England the King of England should, from
time To ume, appoint, (snd Middlesex was namely
dtt7np the fken zoar. / took a house in Southgate,
IN Mlddiesex, where resided for half year but
having no land there, looked ont for place with
land 10 occupy MY time. found one to suit me ut
Elbree AS was stranger, and AS the rent a.
mounted to 50CL year, applied TO my old friend
SIR FRANcIs bURDETT, who Immediately became
NY security, there lived for year, when, the
treaty Of Amiens taking place, was desirous Of
returning 90 my own country, and applied to Sir
HI, hard Ford, he magistrate, before whom ac-
After many frultiess efforts he at length, informed
me, that it determined aeuer to give it up,
long as retained the pourer Of hNng an the South
Of ireland | judged IT better to part with Common
NIhLE, han be shut out from my country. got a
LicENoE to go 10 Ireland, and on the 1st OF May,
1875 let lease srerer Of the place of my earliest
days. Wher, upon, got up my recognzance i'm.
tnedateiy, purchased for forty thousand pounds,
from Lord eesiey, The Castle and Estate Of Dun
CAN, within few miles of Dublin, where have
cid Nth ,,vf mil Siu
,ssionally 10 visit Sir Francis Burdett, and few
other frienGs in England, where, though haze rs
tat9s Ihave been known, directly nor Indirect
iy, to interfere in any concerns of the country.
never attended publick meeting publick din
ner though have many friends, seldom associate
with any one but Sir Francis Burdett and his family.
My fortune is ample and neither any one
Of my family, ever eat morsel that NOT pro-
duced from estates. We never received any
of the peoples money! in the shape Of pensions and
places, nor was any mans meal or comforts ever
diminished by one of us. Surely, then, must be
a most dhsloyal traitor In fine, many very many,
Of the people OF Ireland love me. ! surrende red on
the solemn faith of proclamation which faith, to-
wards me, was broken; protected Capt. Roche /
fendcd the Judge; saved Mr.. Sytvestsr and the
Bow-street Consiote There is kind of place that
has not been ny prison my own house, camps,
guardhouses taverns and hotels castles, wherrles,
packet boats, messengers houses, court houses,
brdewes, state prisons Gas they called) tenders
garrisons, palaces and, as prisoner, have been
travelled about from my own house i'm the south to
Carrck Fergus in the north Of Ireland; from the
western extremity of Wales, to Maidstone, nearly
the eastern extremity of England from Dublin to
For George in Scotland within forty miles of John
OGRoT's house, TO London. In mail coaches hack
ney coaches, postcarriages, and carts on foot and
on horseback. And all because (for know of no
other causc) that, ten years before the French
Revolution, saw the absolute necessity of reform
m the Commons m Ireland, which was acknowed
afterwards b, tn factions of England and Ireland
and because would not consent to legislative un.
ion, which regarded as equally ruinous to both
parts of the kingdom On the whole, then, let the
people Of England, that they are an Possession o,
their sober senses, decide between my accusers and
me; whether the laws were nfringed by ME-, who
have gone through every ordeal, who have always
couried Investigation and enquiry, who for years
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