The Arkansas banner., 1848-12-19
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ssAgs Ms~ehsr. oas of ths Isish patriots. bp4ess
 senssaes sf dsash was pFoneancua uFsn Alna. ssda she following slceusat s5adrcss:
 ..Is ts my inienti ,s sa say few wsrds. desire
 that the last act of pFceseaiag which has occepfsd
 60 much ef the pabio tiiae shoat6 be cf shot aa-
 ratioa nor have the andsaicate wiaA ie eiass ths
 dreary ceremony ef s'ase pFeseoaaiea 9ath ate.
 play sf wosds Dsa fsar. that herssfses. whes
 shali bc 90 naoys the eSaatry hays tFtsj ia snfvs would think at oF ,ne 1 might sa@Nsa sNati myseif of tNis solem sa stneAt e. stsdcate iey acnuHghtt and my conduct Bat have sse such fear. The country wsli ialge Of thesr seatietenia end that ] conduct, in . Eght thiak far dlFf1nt from tAat ln which the lafy hy which hsvs been c1ssyieted have viewed then; and pas haps shs sea seacn, yoa my lords, are a oat to pronounce. VII he rraRen' 6eFsd oay as the severe and so'eIn ssae .ssloa ~t rectlsude and truth Whatever nay 5e the isaxaAxs in which that sentesce wih ee spokeR. know tsas my fate will meet with syfnpathy, aNa taAt mF
 memory will be honsrea In spsseins thhss See .aA not, my icris, Of adecorous presumption te the efforts have made for whst esncetved 70 Ds ,asa aud noble asase | ascriba vain imPoFtaaees nor 4o sisins for theni any hiGh reward. batH happens. aHa it wili ever 90 happeo, that tney who have triad ta serve theiT country, ao aatssf how weak Eheis efforts may have been arc safs te receive the tlsBks sud bic sngs of ts pso la Mith the coantry, then, ! leave EAs memory my seau. meHts my acts proudly fessiag isal they reqasfe TO vindicason from nae thas 5ay.
 "A jury of my eoaatrymen. v is faes havste1HN c For this entertain net the slightest ieeltng es Fe' sentiment against them; influenced as they m~ts have been by the charge of the Lord Cnisf Sns.nes
 they, perhaps could have retuFueA 10 sssssf Fssaet What of that chsrgel Any strong oeseivaiaens upon it sincerely feel would ~ be1t the seaeinhaY oi ths scene hat would earnestly bsseech q yea my lorl--yeu wlso preside upon thai benca-whes tho pre,adices and the passions of shts heaf nAse passed away, to appeal 10 yoar own consc'enes'a"" asx of issas your charge as Il ought to hesse~s". tnAt lsatE the cFown7 My lords, you may deem thsf iahg"ake U unbecotning la me, aad pctchance " may seal ny fate; bat am here te speak the truth whstssef nay cost. atn here 10 regret nothing thai HsVs ever aoas~so retYaet nothing that hwve sver sssu an not here 10 crave, wlta lying lip. Inc its consecEEto to tho ilss.ty of my esnntry. N HeHs R Even hure--laeTe where the tAef the liaoatlne. the nu rderer have left theis isOtPTials u me auaa hero ia this spot, where the shadow O. oeAea sus rounds me- and fretn which see an early grave ih an unanonted soil open to receive me--oysn he' enc .Eclsd 5y these terToss thst hops whseh aeehe cd Iae 10 the periioas sea oh which have pceh wrecked, s;is eOasoles, sni aaies. and eafapsafo~ i nle.
 Ne. I do not desire of my old oaaaisy -h her peace, her liberty, her glory. tet tasa e"naus eau do no more thaa bld her hope. To hst ais island up--to mako her benefactor 10 hotoanhy instead of what she is -the meaHest eeggsf ih VI"
 world--ts restore her native pow rs asd her ans cient constitution tsis has been nay HsI lon, aal | this anbiiIoa has been my crime. Jagged ey ""
 law of England know thia crime entails 'hs ren-, altg oE death. But the his'ory of iresnd explains
 my crime and iusst6es tt. Judged by tast hiasSfy' 1 I am no er.Eina,-( sns tnraing rouna towards ms 1 follow prisoners, ii MaHu 5-yeu are 10 erin.'nai l (and to o'Dcn aghas3 y1a a:s % sT'Iirss. asa We deserve no pe aisIn nj. tnlged hy thst hlsesy. | the treason cf when l have bsen eonvtstcds itFss
 al iis guilt ssaie lied enty will be naeo'ea 1 as a sacrifice. VI h these seailmsns, my lefds,
 await the sentence Of the court Having foac wnss | 1 feet to be my daty--hasipg spoken now. ss eia
 on every occasion dstDg ny short He, what 's's
 to bo lhs truth, ld farewell te the ecaatfy or
 my birth my p9s ton, and my ce iih--tha; country 1 whose naizfortnaes have invoked my st mPathies- whose factions sought to siil- whose insFteot | prompted to lofty sim--waosc frsedorn has ngen my fatal drsair oder to iat country, as peGks of tho love hear her and tho snsefity witn W'co
 thought, and spoke and struggled for her freedom.
 the life of young haarf and with thst9ie sit uas hopas the honors, the end arm ats q hs'Fy ana an heasrabls iseanr. PEsws1sre, thsn, my ieaos the senIelee which ths law directs. snd trust
 will be prepared 10 hear t. and meet rs execution trust, too that shall be prepared with pure
 heart to appear before higher tribanai--a htennsi
 where judge ot Infinite gooaess, as well as ot ih' hnlic, viii PrsslIst aud where. my lSfcs, many,
 many of the judgments of 'as world viii Ss re-
 vsfSrd "