The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-12

her lover. Her proud, heroic spirit lose
above the ierrors that darkened her path
way, and her Incompatible. pathetic, elo-
quent letter was worthy Of better result
than lhatwhich ii produced. The following
is transcript: ,. ..s. 90
"SIRE:-furn for single moment from
the splendors oi your royal court, 10 listen
TO a recital of sorrow.
The royal ear, l.doubt not, is ready 10
hear the wrongs Of your humblest subj ects,
and the royal arm is ready 10 be raised 10
avenge the wrong. 67A
| appeal not for the clemencyfol be
Crown, but demand The. solemn rights Of
subject and soldier. inJpiCre my
Sovereign, as the lawful defender Of that
righl, ihe representative of the Justice, the
supremacy, the constitutional power Of the
Kingdom, TO throw lis broad 1gis betwixi
the victim and his exeeutioner.
What more noble sight in the eyes Of
The world, than TO see nation sympathy
shared and its generous impulse obeyed,
by the mighliesl of Europe's Kings, by
needing the cry ofindividual suffering, sue
corlng loyal subject from dshonored
! grave, and restoring TO a desolate home
and desolate hearts, hope, joy and happi'
nessl .......
SIRE, signalize yonr reign By still anoih
er act Of justice. Thus shall your throne
he secure. How gratefully shall millions
fly TO sustain that throne, if you but give
an earnest that its power is over and
sronnd each lowly subject, though an ocean
should separate that subjec, from his King
and Country, and though his afar of cry
should fall leebly, family upon the royal
ear. ......
Captain Asgill pines in foreign land,
the tenant of dungeon. No crime, no
dishonorable action stains his charocter.-'
The victim Of reprlsal, his limbs are let-
tered, his gallows is erected, his grave is
dug. Time with lightning speed is hurry
ing TO the fatal day. An aged father, bow
cd with disease, just lingering upon the
threshold of the tomb. A mother is ago.
nlzcd, a sister distracted. Myself, bound
by no earthly tie, have taken courage from
despair 10 plead in his behalf. Shall life
yet linger in the cldy.cold tenement or
shall an honored parent sink heart broken
to the tomb! Shall mother, sister and
friend see him in whom all earthly hopes
are conferred, die upon a gibbet, with no
crime 10 Justify the act, and no inlerposi
lion to prevent it! Self exiled from an
allluent home, he brcame a soldier from
choice, and brAvely has he fought the BAT
Ties Of his King and Country. With the
fortunes of war, prisoner, he is marked
> AS victim OF sangunary vengeance. II
boud only is 10 alone, let it be the blood
of The guilty. Spare the innocent.
Forgive my boldness. The full, free
aud gushing memory Of your youth. chas
tened by your eminent goodness If hear
I will appreciate the sorrow which prompb
= it, and il you do not ussuage, you will for
give in generous pity.
I dare name to my Ming and Master the
: sacredness Of The tie that uniMs me with
The object Of my petition. and plead iii
claims upon your compassion, conscious
= that your awakened pity will mourn i'll
. disap ppoinlmenl, and weep al the fatality
which may enshroud it in deeper and
more despairng grief. Oh! amid the
: smiles of vassal., aud the proud security %
3 YOUR Royal Palace. throw one anxious
thought. aud give one earnest moment o
/ lime To a stricken family, a delenccless
{ unhappy woman.
4 mbscribe myself your loyal,
MARy Sr. CLSas."
4 Il was agaian Autumn, in 1882. Tht
e day Of eSecu lou was Fastening on.
F.. was said that the King of England hat
G given au order To surrender IN the Amer
cans, The author OF the crime which dis
honured the English nation. This wa
. prclence; or George the Ill was not obey
sd. Clinton aud Carlton from spirit @
disobedience to their King, or insenslbllii
o to the fate Of young Asgill, persisted i
4 refusing 10 deliver up the barba!ous Lip
Il poncol,. The unhappy family next ap
pealed to the Uaicd States Of Holland, an
r prayed their mediation. to save The victim
. In vain they implnrpd the aid Of lhei
:, King and Qucen;--in vain the Unite
- States Of Holland enlrea,ed the Unite
= States of America, the pardon Of the III
o happy Asgill.
lie was the victim Of stern polio
Il which no enlreaty could shake, no prayer
Il soften, no tears amcllnrate. The day {
/. his execution was sci. the gallUws erected
n and lhe last lingering rlyiof hope disPelI
|. ed.,, ..
- In these circumstances. and almost re
!. juced 10 despair, The mother Of the unIoE
i innate victim belhuught herself that III
!. Minister Of the King, armed against :,
q own nation, might succeed in b'.inin
!, that which was refused To her own SOW,
;. reign. She had recourse as a last resor
q to the bene6ccnce OF the ilInstrious SOW
. reign OF France, through the medium
s the celebrated Cru.d DE Vergenne
). though the two nadOns were al war
=. that time.
s Her ormcd Intervention in our strugg
IS had materially aided to roll back the lid
st Of defeat, and shed an additional bTillianc
Is upon The success Of our arms. The fee
o ings Of gratitude which everywhere pc
o vaded the struggling colonies towards h
e publican France, had but recently receive
N quiekening impulse from the glorior
!, achievement gained by the allied arms
|. Yorktown.
lady Asgill wrote 10 Count Vergenne