North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-07

= fi3ent, will show him that he has failed j
z oae great esseutial-wsut OF proof that
ever began on set on loot a military expe
D dilion, or that aided or furnished means
= That there il party here who wouli
be gratitled with my CONVICTION, you ma'
be aware, from the facts stated by the pre-
. sentiment made by the Grand Jury, but
lew honrs since. The disclosures made
there, Of conspiracy 10 AID, 40 case OF 4
war arising out Of the Maine boundary
Iquesiion, the very power fought against.
/ With the facts. sta lingllng IN your ears
that such soulless, 9ngraieiul, scoundrels
are living among rs, and some OF the sus-
f. pcclc5 eGes even brought Up on lie stand
10 testify against me. is il to b. doubted,
! that had done anv thing that could he
proved agains, me, they would not gladly
have done it. The only wonder is, that
they did not, like another witness brought
| here, fish up from tie dark corners Of their
remembrance, things that never had an
existence, unless in the filthy, polluted
brain, whose self coinage they were.
There is something, gentlemen Of The
Jury, peculiarly hard ~ my situation.
Claimed as a born subject, and tried for
treason in one CoHntry--recognZ as a
citizen, and tried for the same unfortunate
iair in another-in the one, for high
crime, in the other, for a misdemeanor. 1t
Is certainly furnishing man twice for the
same otience-but am satisfied and n
hope before long, the thing will be decided
to what country belong whether
am freeman, or a British slave
For the same unfortunate affair have
not been arraigned before their highest |
court in Canada-been tried for high trea-
son, convicted and sentenced to be execu-
ted. In the interval Qourteen days. aI>
lowed, as the witness Whiting saws, to
make my peace with God, have seen the
scailold taken from the ordinary place of
execution and erected before the grated
window of my cell, and there witnessed
the Judicial murder, the dying agonies Of
my companions, my co-laborers, nv prison
mates, Lount and Matthews-and wit
messed too the respite Of the other three
who were to suffer along with me. was
officially informed by the (to me) humane
nan Sheriff Jarvis, with tears in his eyes,
hat 10 me no mercy would be extended
shown the very signed death warrant
'een the executoner prepare the very :
loOse and on the eve OF the very dav.
which was to have been my last-wi,hin
ut few hours Of my stated time, | was
matched from their grasp by the generous
hearted soldiery, my own native country
nen, whose threats obliged the Despot
Arthur to respite me until her Maiesty's
Ieasure should be known.
For safe keeping, |, with a few others, {
vas sent to Quebec. Fearful that |
you'd be rescued, they placed me in the
jltadel oil the second strongest fortress ia
he world, the GibraIter of America
uarded by sixteen hundred men, and they
he flower Of the British army, effected
~ escape, in company with my friend
ere. We at last succeeded came to
ur own country-we came to our homes.
n Indictment which had been obtained
y our own friends while we were confined
that Fort, before whose walls nv gal
mt countryman, Montgomery, fell, and
Inch was to be used for our deIiverance.
as now been the means of persecution.
lad !, gentlemen OF the jury, believed N.Y.
III guilty, would have left my wife, nv
mlly, my all here. left my family here
nder the protection of the laws of your
'untry, conscious OF never having violated
em. left that wife and family without
~ idea of going further than CONNER
al transaction called me, and | then little
ought should visit all the principal phi
ms and forts in Upper and Lower Cana
e'er again would see them. Nor am
now free-!et me be caught in any part
the British Dominions, and the sentence pin
death or perpetual exile as slave IN M
reign land awaits me and obliged here CO.,
remain, anticipating this trial, a dav hi
IS not, nor night passed but must 90 pri
med, 10 defend myself against proving Wig
inappers, who for the price set upon nv ea'
al might venture their saietv-and it eek'
II be venture too, to take me across b ne
e water. -.
J say not this to you gentlemen. to an,
aiken. as | said before, your sympathy i
ID forbid All ask of you, is what | are
ow will have both from you and this ina
nTt-a fair trial and impartial Justice. ri Tr
Inc young gentleman has said. that ria
NY your countrymen assisted Greece and to
land, but, that they were struggling I'm
emseives for liberty, against savage OF
wer and he denies that was The case in me-
NADIA. Is the gentleman ignorant Of the bn nl
liter, or does he wish to mislead Won rea
Is he i'm the coursa nj HE raa1:, ;o.l