Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-19
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out country wa think that the following
extracts from some Of his most brilliant u
fora, viii not prove undressing to on
readers. They sfs among the finest piece.
OF whlah .ouT language can boast. w
following are his remarks At the Dock In
Clonmsl, October 20. ls4ss
Mx. LoRps--H IA my Intention 10 Aay a
lew words only. Tdesirs that The last oil
4 proeseling which has occupied 90 much
Of tho pHbio time. should be Of short diifa-
tioh. Nor shavt ! The indaliuats wish io
close The dfsary ceremony Of 4 state pro.
sscntion with Q vain display. of words
Did r fssf that hereafter. when / shall In
no rhere, tie country | hsve tried ID servs
would think III Of me, ] might, indeed,
avail myself Of ffiis solemn moment To
yiidicste my sentiments and my conduct.
But 1 finvs 20 such fear. The country
will Judge Of those sentiments and thar
conduct In n light far different from that
IN which the jury by which | have been
convicted havs viewed them ; and by the
ooiintry, the sentences which you, MY
Lords, are about To pronounce, will be r.
%tpetnbsred only as The severe and solsma
attestatioh OF my reotttude and truth.
Whstsvsr be the languages In which that
sentences be spoken, / know that my fats
will iiset with sympathy and my rnsnoty,
viii be tfonored In speaking thus, No.
ctiae me not, my Lords, Of an indeooroas
presumption. To The efforts / have riads
IN a just aud nobls Gauss / asofibe no vain
imroftanee--nor do / Glsim for those ~.
forts any high reward. But IL 10 happens.
and u viii ever happen 50, that they who
lave trisd 70 serve their country, no matter
low weak the effort friay tave bssn, nss
surs 10 recsive the thanks snd blessings
Of ~ttsspsople. With my country, then. /
leave my m%efIory--fiy sentimsnss-~my
aets--pfoudly feeling that they reqriirs no
vindioation from me this day. A Jury Of
my c%onntrynpep, IL ~ true, hive found ma
guilty o. The crime Of which ! stood indie.
ted. For this ] entertain not ths sIiglitsss
feeling Of ,fsssntrnsat towards them. In.
auepcsd ~ they mist have been by The
cliarge Of the Lord Chief Justice, they
coaId have tound 10 other verdict. What
Of that chargeg Any strong observssipus
on IL, / feel sincerely, would Ill bvht tbs
solemtlity Of this scene bit / would ssrn.
eatly .beseech Of you, my LofA-you, who
preside on that bench~-whsn the passions
and p~rejudiees Of This year have passed
away, TO appeal 70 your own conscience.
and 10 ssk Of II was syonr s0hafgs. ns IL
oughteto have been, impartial aud indif.
fefent between the subject and the crown.
MY Lords, you may dssrn this language
u~nbecon1ing II, me. and, perhaps, II may
seal my fats. Bot I ~, here TO spssk the
truth Whatever II may cost. | am hers
10 regret nothing / have ever do1s--to re-.
tfact nothing / have ever said. / an hofs
10 crays,s With no lying lip, tbs life I.oon.
sscfate 10 the liberty Of my country. Faf
from IL even hers--hefe, whsrs the thief,
the Iibeftins, tho murderer hive left their
footprints In the dust = hers, on this spot,
where the shadows Of death surround me.
and from which | sec my early grave, in
nm Ilnafcinted soil open TO recsiv4 ME
here, eneircled by these tsrrors, tho
hope which has beckonod me "a the pdr.
ilousAsea upon ShichI iavs tssnstfeckod,
still consoles, anifnatss, snfaptufes tnr1s.---
No, / do not despair of my poor old coup.
Try, her peace, her liberty, her gloiy. For
TINT country I can no more THAN bid her
To Ift this island np--so make
her 4 benefacsor 10 humanity instssd OF
the nfenrcst beggar III the world
10 restore 10 her her native powers md her
ancient cOnstitniion---this has bsen my
ambition, and this ambition has been nv
crime. judged by the law of. England
snow this crime entails the penalty Of
ieath but the history Of Ireland explains
'hiscrinls, and j~nstifes IL. Judged By that
! am nc cfiminaL-you (add, essing
Mr. McManuA) are no criminal: I deserve
10 pun~ishment-we deserve no punish.
nent. Judged by that history, the tres.
Of which | stand convicted, losses Oil
Is g%uil.--is sanctiied as q duty-wiI be
'npobled as d sacrifice. With these sen.
my Lords, ! await the sentence
4 the court. Having done what / felt to
'e the truth, as / have done on every
'ther occasion Of my short career, / now
I'D farewell 10 the country Of my birth.
ny passion, and my death tho country
whose misforfunes have invoked my sym.
athies-whose factions / have sought to
t~ill-whose intellect I have prompted 10
lofty aim-whose freedom hasbeen my
'tal dream. ! offer TO that country, asa
roof of the love lear her. and the sin
gritty with Which ! thought, and spoke.
nd struggled Cor her fieedom, the iife OF
young heart, and with that life aIt The