Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-02-11

An em s,ary of Franc And for what end
lt is ALLEGED that | wished to srll the ind pm
de c. Of my country And for what end Was
This the object Of my ambition? And is this the
mode by which tribunal Of Justice reconciles
contradictions? No, am no rmissary; and my
ambition was to hold place among the deliver
ers of my country not in power, nor in profit
but in the glory Of the achievement Scll my
country's Independence to France And for
what? Was il for change Of masters? No
But for ambition! O. my country. was il per
soual ambition that could influence ne. had ii
been the soul Of my actions, could | not by my
tducaiiOn and fortune, by the rank and consd r.
alton Of my family, have placed myself amor 2
the progdest OF my opprrSsors? Ny country
was my idol; to il sacrificed every selfish every
endearing sentiment; and for it, nov offer up
my lfe. God No my lord ! acted rs an
Irishmar, determined on delivering nv country
from the yoke of foreign and unrelcniing tyr
an"v, and from the more calling yoke Of do
nestle faction. which is its joint partner and per
pctrator in the parricide, for the ignomny Of
existing with an exterior Of splcndor ard of con
scious dcpravty. 1t was the wish Of my heart
to eXtrcate my country from this doully riyeted
despotisn.
Let no man dare. when am dead to charge
me with dishonor let no man attaint my memo
ry by believing that could have engaged in any
cause but that of my countrys liberty and indie
pendrnce or that could have become the piant
minion Of power in the oppression or the miseri-s
Of my countrymen. The proclamation OF the
provisional government speaks for onr views ;
no inference can be tortured from it to counte-
NANCE harbartv or debasemcnt at home, or sub
jcctOn. humiliation, or treachcrv from abroad |
Nanid not have submitted to a foreign oppressor
tor the samr reason that ! would resist the for
egn ard domestic oppressor; in the dignity Of
Il
Of my country, and its enemy should enter only
| ly passing over my lifcess corpse. Am !, who
lived but for my country, and who have subjected
myself TO the dangers OF the Jealous aad watch
iul oppr ssor, aud the bondage of the grave, only
I" give my countrymcn their rights, and my
conniry her ndcp ndeuco, aud am | to be loaded
with caumny. ard not suffered to resent or repel
1t? No, God forbid
II the sprits Of the ilusrious dead participate
IN the concerns and cares of those who are dear
to them in this transit0ry life-O ever ear and
ycheratcd shade Of my departed father, look
down with scrutiny upon the conduct Of your
suffering son /: and see if have even for a mo
ment deviatcd from those principles Of morality
and patriotism which it was your care TO insti
INTO my youthful mind and for which | am now
to offer up my life
My lords you are impatient for the sacrifice
the blood which you seek is not congcalcd by the
artificial terlOrs which surround your victim ; it
crculates warmly aud unruflled, through the
channels which God created Tor noble purposes,
bn which You are bent to destroy, fer purposes
20 grievou,, that they cry to heaven. Be yet pa
tient! ! have but Il few words more to say
am going to my cold and silent grave my lamp
of life is nearly eXlnguishcd; my race is run
the grave opens to receive me, aud ! sink into
its bosom! have but one request to "a, at my
departure from this world,-it is The charity Of
its silence Let no man write my opitaph for
rs no man who knows my motives dare Hotc vim
dicatc them, let not prejudice or ignorance
perse them. let them and me reposc in ob-curty
and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed,
until other times, and other men, can do justice
to my character when my country takes her
place among the nations OF the earth, then, and
not till then, let my epitaph be written. l have
done