Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-06-17

UeehS Uy tne cuAtke u toe LVtA Onset
Justice, they perhaps could have return
ed no other verdict. What Of that
charge? Any strong observation upon
il sincerely feel would Ill beft the So
lemnily Of the scene. But would ear
nestIy beseech af- yeu, my lOrds-yOu
who sit on that bench-when the preju-
dices and the passions Of this hoar shall
have passed away; TO appeal TO your
own conscience and ask OF twas your
charge as it ought toshave been, impair
Lial and Indifferent, between the subject
and the CrOSn! My lords, you may
deem this language unbecoping in me
perchance il may seal my fate, but ! am,
,hete to speak the truth, whatever it may
cost.
! I am here to regret nothing that T
have ever done 10 = etract nothing ]
have ever said. ann not here to crave
with lying lip the life 1 consecrated to
'the liberties of my country. Far from
it. Even here, where the thief, the lib
ertine: the Murderer have left their foot
prints in The fGst-heree' in this spot
where the shadow of death surrounds
me, and from which | see an early grave
an an unanointed soil open to receive me
even here, encircled by these terrors,
that hope which beckoned me to the,
perilous sea on which ! have been
wrecked, still consoles, eliminates and
enraptureS me. No, do not despair of
my poor 'old country-her peace, her
liberty, her glory. For that country !
can now do no r1oreitlran bid her hope.
To lift this Iskng up ; to make her
bensfactor to humanity, instead Of what
she is-the meapest beggar in the world;
to restore to her her native power. and
her ancient Constitution this has been
my ambition this ambition has been
my crime. Judged by the law Of Eng.
land, L know This crime entails on me
The penalty Of death. Il But the history
of' Ireland explains my crime and jpsti.
fes'it, Judged by that h istory, I ana. no
criminal and deserve no pupishnent.-
Judged by that history, The treason of
which / have been convicted loses all it's
guilt is sanctifed as a duty hhd will be
enhobled as sactifice. Withthese SEN
Iimehts. my lords; 1 await the sentence
If therCoart. Having done what felt
10 be my duty having spoken now as
I did on every occasion during nay short
FfeAwhat l felt to be the truth, now
bid farewell 10 the country Of my birth,
my passions and my death; that coun.
Try whose mis(ortunes have invoked my
sym pathies, whose; factions ! sought to !
still, whose intellect ] prompted 10 a
ofty aim, whose freedom has been my
'atal dream. I''of3erto that country as
4 pledge IF the love / bear her, and'the
sincerity with which / thought and
spoke and struggled for her freedom, the |
ife of a.young heart. and with that life
III the hopes, the tonors. the endear>
nents Of a happy aud honorable home.
Pronounce then, my lords, the SEN
Ience which the law directs, and ! trust
| will be prepared to hear it and meet |
It's execution. l trust too, that shall
be prepared with pure heart to appear
before a higher tribunal, where MANY Of
he sentences of this world will be re-
rersed. ~"
Is not This a man Of wbom his eoun
rymen may wellbe prodd?'
His sentence was after wards commu-
ed to baaishAeent to Van Eiernani's land
or'llfe..'' While there, mainly through |
he general respect felt for him and his
elbow exiles. by the Cdlohi>ts at large.
nd against the strenuous eddeavors Of
he officials to whose custody they had
'cen committed. he was treated with |,
;indness, and allowed'a good dagrse of
liberty married there,-noted care |
ully the ohaiaetsft; Of the county and
he deySelopement in The character and
emper of its people, and embraced the
irst opportunity that offered, without
my stain upon his honor; to make his |
Escape I ~ '"' y" (