The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-12

eahle and announced la them the sentrnc.
III aaaih asfeeahly Ia lhr decree IF Iro
sup l"h nhrh lhngress passed the ,ci,
aas mai hey feecis ed and read his expo
stuen oil the 18Th February. lie informed
them that AT O'clock that allernnon il
would be executed. lturbide requested
HAT Three days .h,-.ld be allowed him. In
arrange his family and other concerns
notwithstanding, that before hr left the
brig, he t,ad made SOME dispositions, in
TIE event OF his dying before ne could join
his friends.
As Cara wished 10 save l,ulbi,l.'s life,
he set forth that the law which condemned
him 10 death, ought not 10 attain hun, II
ne Wire ignofant OF liz existence, and
therefore ordered that they should sci dnl
Tor fadlila, where the National Congress
was assembled, confding that this rireum
stance would be taken into consideration.
| lhey therefore set out With IN escort iol
about one hundred militia, there hiring M
| regular troops there. Al } o'clock IN The
AFTERNOON, and without stopping, they ira
Ncheu unil The morning Of the 18th, du
ring which Fine tturblde and Gnrl had
| together frequent and long conferences, the
object of which no doubt was that Cara
| should call Il meeting of the officers, put
them under the command of lturbidc, and
make strou. harrangue To the troops,
eNhoriing them IL follow the only per soil
who could saw ihe country aud make
them happy. They all agreed 10 this. and
Cara reinrnedio Soto |, Marina, With the
intention al making the necessary arrange
mrnis Tor the new operations. But on his
arrival there, he received letters from the
inhabitants, complaining. and disappro. ing
his conduct, which determined him to ~
turn Immediately TO the place where ilur
| bde was.
Itnrhlde had proceeded towards Padlla,
ami an his approach 10 that city, SEM an
otlieer Ia The President VI the Congress,
begging him Ia call u meeting ofthat body,
AMI soliciting him. III the name of his eoun
| Try, Ia listen To the powerful reasons which
had induced him Ia return In Mexico, rs
surng him ofh5 determination In OBEY the
will of the Nation, without any restriction
whatsoever.
While "ai ing for an answer To This com
mnnlcation, Cara approached him, and
SAID 1t would only be necessary ioi linn In
enter ms IL prisoner until he could speak Ia
the Congress. To this lturbde consented,
and at D O'Clock on the morning of the
/ 10Th they entered Padilla. lie there was
put ender n guard Of twenty men aud an
officer, and conducted To one of the first
| officers of the town. Cara went To the
| Congress Where were assembled the 1T
ven voters WIN then composed that body
lie dwelt With much force on the reasons
| which ought 10 SAN: ltubide stating rs
| the princpal INV, that uH coming ashore,
he knew nothing Of the decree, which was
the only one against him, aud that he ought
tn be allowed Ia embark az In, With his
family, under the obligation of not return
ing Ia the territory Of the Republic. But
this body, composed of men not the most
lghteued, and only LATELY placed in such
high stations, being DESTROYS, HE Eros, 10
hand their names 10 posterlty, would give
no other dccison but that he must die IA
sreeaby IN the act of Congress, and This
they resolved, without being able To answer
the powerful arguments of Cara.
Obstinate, aud determined not listen
To reason, they imperiously ordered Gar
IA to have him shot thu saine after
noon, and he retired 10 give the necessary
orders.
While Glrro WAS addressing Congress,
ltarbde was busted III writing IA third ex-
position IN the General Congress of Mex
leo, in which lie reeaplt0Iated the many
ser, ices he had rendered the nation, since
he had proclaimed the Independence al
igualt, with a long examination of his
public conduct, in Which he could moi
! perceive What airocIous crime he could
have committed 10 deserve the punishment
of death. This memorial Was not Sent In
/ Cangtess, aud al } O'Clock IN lie afternoon
| thr sentence Of death WAS intlmated To l.
turbde the second and that il could be eX
ecnted Gas ii really Mas al O'Clock, or at
TER SUNSET.
To put this sentence in execution, III.
hundred men from Soto Ia Marina aud
about fifty more who wcreiD Padiila, were
formed ON the public place, and plqnet oil
twenty men, under an adlutani, conducted
ltarbide To the place ri execution. As h
WAS taken from the house where he nas
coniard, he requested That he might be
permitted Ia be sren by the people, and
he appeared ~ look eagerly around him.
He asked how many were In fire nj him,
and being informed fpnr, said they were
few, aud requested tina, three more might
be added. lie then asked for the place
where he WAS H. be shot. T!4ere were no
preparations made, and h. went Ia the
spot, asked for handkerchief, and bound
his eyes himself They next Proceeded
10 lie his hands, but this he at first resisted,
until being Informed that compliance
would be enforced il he did not vi liingly
grant it ; he then permitted himself IN %
bound, and proceeded Ia the place Of cXe-
cuton. There addressing h'asef Ia the
soIdlers, he spoke thus: E" ncxieans, al
the very moment of dyins, recommend
IN You tol love your country. aud tn "hsereo
onr holy religion; Ties. will conduct You
Ia glory. die Tor having come 10 help
you, aud | die happy because ! die among
you. die with honosand not as traitor.
That stain will nut rest upon my sons aud
their descendants. | am no traitor b.
subordinate aud obedent to your chiefs,
in executing what they and God may COM
mand. | do moi say this from vanity, fdr
am far from being vain" Having said