Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-29
BY GEO. II. BEAMM
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as,I..ons vieun W spPrs,c their anger. -
Many u.tr ., lccl,d, bb b,licf counsel pre- |
,.l i, and they were s,v,d My was u
promnrni example he had rout'd Thea
nrni,.ico h'q~nty aud TOO marty wren
- 81, ctowus ftou hem ~ Watrtlo" :.
b. forgiven Though 10 more guilty ihno
NnnhaI Soul and msny oihcu, II Was in.
possible 10 save hm. II nas nj hra iDten-
J,d TO nv him by martial law, but The mar
shlls OF France rclusfd 10 SIT ia judgment
on so brayc, zen ryusand heroic warrior
By a roval ordinance, the Chamber OF
Piers was directed to Try hun Scoring
10 take advantage Of nuy trchnicsliies Of
law, he Wa, speedily founi guilty and cou
demped to death by "a maJoHy of a hun
df,d and 6ty two Seventeen ouly were
found 70 vote IN hls ia,or That he was
guilly Of TREASON IN the lcucr OF the charge.
IS trt4 al, bu, ut ~ that extent Nh.ch dis.
manIcl his death No man had done
more for Francc than he, or loved her hon
or and glory with bughter affection aud
his gnomniou. death 10 lasting d.sgracc
to tn French nation justice was the RI
cuic, no, the SooShd Of his condemnation
To have carried out the principles on which
/ his scntancc was based would have ended
ina public mnssacrel Ny and Liable.
doyetu were the ouly victims o1,lcd up 10
app,pse an unJus haired Wellington
should have nterier,d 10 save so galan, an
euemy a, the hazard Of his own hf., but
honor was forgotten in the public clamor,
end the sentence which might at lcas, have
been commu,td INTO banishm-nt, WINS carried
out to the l,hr NeV uas pVLAciv shoi By
Ireaehmen HIS last moments did not DIS
cIa.e bis lie lie was called from his
bed 10 hear his scnluncG read AS the Pee
an6le went on cnum,faung his many irlcs
he hnslly broke INV by cannot YOU
simply call me Aichael Nry,-now II
French solder, and soon heap Of dust 2"
The ils, interview with hrs wife and chill.
dlen shook his stern heart more than all
The Laules he had passed through, or his
npproac mag death TINS over he rcsum
I'd his woucd caIrnness In reply to one
OF his scnl,nrls, VINO sad, Michael you
81 I'LL nov tank OF dcalI.,' he replied, 10
vnu supp,sr iuy one sHUulI lc ca me 10
def Bul recoIlcc,lns himself, he added
IN aidrr tone, Conrade, you are rig ht,
send for Curute OF ST Suiplce I will die
is b. COMES u chuslltn The place is
snoun Ia the gard.ns Of tho Luxembourg
where he Was executed. As he alightrd
from the coach, he advanced towards Inc
Elc olsolIlrIs drawn up as execullonrrs,
=, win tho same calm mlen he Was won't 10
exhibit on The 6cl Of b,l,lr Auu.iic r
slrp,ing Toward - bLuiI,e his cy,s, he
stopped him with the proud Interrogation,
are YOU iyuora,t that Tor tho last tNrnty
venus | have b"ru iccuslomrd to face bhh
bull aud bullets p lie then took Off his
+ hat, nui with eagle cv- now subdued and
soi.l4a, u.urI oNI,ls heaven. sad w.t.
the same calm and decided VOICE that had
e ,urued the tide olso m,ny battles, Il d j.
l clare before God md man, that have nev
, ef betrayed my country may my death
4 render her happy, V,re la Franee - lie
e then turned TO the soldiers, and gazing OF
Il them moment, struck one hand on h.,
/, heart and sad My comrades tire on me
II
4 Shame on his jud .,cs that form single act
II could conlcmn one braver aud noblrf thar
i them all to So base a ain. II Frauc,
n never had worse traitor, the day OF he
= betrayal will never come, mud If she neve
II Ia. worse defender, disgrace wall nevc
A ylsi, her armies SAYS Colonel Napier, il
C spraklnc OF his death, Thus he who ho
a fought five hundred battles Tor Fance-no
Ir o>r against her--was shot rs traitor"
G lis Alhcr, who Loved him n.n1cly n
r. the son Of HI, pttlr aud the glory OF hi
!, name, WIS never told OF his ignominlou
- death lie saw by the mourn pg weeds o
/. has family that some catastrophe had hal
A. pcn,d and his i,ihers hcuu told but 10
c well where the toll had stuck but b
I, made 40 enquiries aud though he live
n twelve years aher never mentioned his son
r name, and was never told his fate. Il
100 knew he was dead, but he asked not no,
=. nor " hen be died.
Re The great iaui, OF Ncy's character W.
audience Unless his snargtes were sun
ID mnneI from their feposc by some pressn
n danger. be was inclined to inactivity Y
IS, lbs tendency winch has So often been s.
% yrtcly crusured IS almost necessarily a
'n socla,od VITA thu prodI2Ious power and re-
IN nluunn hc possessed The Lion ls not e
ID shy 70 usrd rnd rrngih is nlways iinm0v
- ,hl~llll there - 9 call rlnal 10 zee -
'l- The heavy English 50 ARES can never
m converted INTO hight trdops wi,h'nt loos'r
i. their iuylocIbs ien ,cily Buatpiile p
a. scssrd. m an rurIo d,nI'y degree u
n" amngr eoubna,l "a OF nigh nrrvons eIct
~ ueaI--eonRanI activity add hrsdlong il
"a pduosty-wiih uncona rersble endnraoe
nj steady courage, and n clear and comrrshe
he so. ,ndop-n, In ,,i, q. ,,l,La
ne mo,Si any n her man ,n h,s h,uory ~