Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-04-28

him during his trial, by charging him
with ambition, and attempting to cast
away, for q paltry consideration, the
liberties ofhis co., trya Why did your
Isordship insult Inc, orratherwhy Insult
j,rsticc in demanding Of me why sem
I tEnee Of death should notbc pronDsfnc-
ed? ! know, my Lord, that form pre-
fscribes that you should ask the question
the form also prescribes the right Of
answering. This no doubt may be dis
pensod with, and 50 might the whole
ceremony of the trial, since sentence
was already pronounced at the Castle
before your Jury was empannelled.
Your Lordships are but the priests of
the Oracle, and submit-but insist
on the whole Of the forms. o1 "a
Here the Court desired him toproceed.)
wished to place her independence
beyond the reach of any power on earth
II wished to exalt her to that proud
station in the world.
Connections with France was indeed
intended-but only as far as mutual
interests would sanction or require.
Were they to assume any authority in
CONSISTENT with the purest independ-
encc, it would be the signal for its des-
truction: we sought aid, and we sought
| it as we had assurance we should obtain
it-as auxiliaries in war, and allies in
peace. .l4t .atl42 4 .-
am charged with being an emissa-
ty Of France. An cmissary Of France?
and for what end? 1t is alleged |
wished to sell the independence of my
countryf and for what end? Was this
the object ofmy ambition? and is this
/ lhe mode by which tribunal ofjustice
reconciles contradictions? No, am no
emissary; and my ambition was to hold
| a place among the deliverers of my
country-not in power, nor in profit,
but in the glory of the achievement.
Sell my Country's independence to
France? and for what? Was it for a
change Of masters? No, but for ambi-
ton! o my Country! was it personal
ambition that could influence me?
Had it been the soul of my actions,
could / not, by my education and for
tune, by the rank and considerations
Of my family have placed myself among
the proudest of my oppressors? My
country was my idol; to it sacrificed
every selfish, every endearing senti-
ment-and for it now oiferup NY life.
O God! No, my Lord; | acted as an
Irishman, determined on delivering his
country from the yoke of domestic
faction, which is its joint partner and
perpetrator in the patricide, for the
ignominy of existing with an exterior
of splendour and conscious depravi-
ty, it was the wish of my heart to ex-
tricate my country from the doubly-
riyetted despotism.
Were the French to come as inva-
ders or enemies, unlimited by the
wishes of the people, | should oppose
them to the utmost Of my strength.
Yes, my countrymen, | should advise
you to meet them on the beach with a
sword in one hand and d torch in the
other; would meet them with all the
destructive fury Of war, and would
animate my countrymen to immediate
them in their boats, before they had
contaminated the soil Of my country.
If they succeeded in landing, and if
forced to retire before superior discip-
line, ] would dispute every inch Of
ground, burn every blade Of grass, and
The last entrenchment Of liberty should
benny grave. What could not do
myself, if | should fall, | should leave
IS last charge to my countrymen to
accomplish; because i should feel con-
'cious that life any more than death is
Improbable when a foreign nation
lolds myIcountry in subsection. M
But it was not as an enemy that the
;uccours of Franc were to land. look
ID indeed for the assistance of France;
out l wished to prove to France and to
he world, that Irishmen deserved to
be assisted; that they were Indignant
At bondage, q ready to assert the indie
pcndence and liberty of their country.
/ wished to procure for myscountry
The guarantee which Washington
procured for America. To procure an
aid, which by its example would be as
important as its valcur diseiplined, gal
lant, pregnant with science, and exper-
icnce; who would perceive the good,
AND polish the rodshgpoiRtss Of cnr
Or sacter;-they wohlasrona trsat Az
sspngers and lsavs aEsas iFseudss after
sharing our pelils, and eleyating'our !.
destiny. These were my objects--iiot