The Irish standard., 1889-03-02

their destruction. We sought their aid
and we sought it as we had assurance
we could obtain lt-as auxi|iaries in
war and allies in peace. Were the
French to come as invaders or enemies,
uninvited by the people. I should op-
pose them to the utmost Of my strength.
Yes my countrymen, J. should advise
you to meet them on the beach with a
sword in one hand and a torch in the
other. would meet them with AL the
destructive fury of war, and I would
animate my countrymen to immolate
them in their boats before they had
contaminated the soil Of my country
If lhey succeeded in landing, and If fore
ed TO retire before superior discipline, /
would dispute every inch Of sround,
raze every house, burn every BLADE Of
grass; the las0 spot or which the hope
of freedom should desert me there
would | hold, and the last entrench~
ment of liberty should be nv grave.
What.I could not do myself in my fall.
I should leave as a last charge To my
countrymen to accomplish; because L
should feel conscious that life, any
more than death, is dishonorable when
q foreign nation holds my country in
subiectlon. But it was not as an
enemy that the succors OF France were
to land. / looked indeed, for the assis~
tance of France; wished to prove to
France and to the world that Irlshmen
deserve to ba assisted-that they are
Indignant at slavery. and ready to as
sert the independence and liberty Of
their country; wished to procure for
nv country the guarantee which Wash
ingtoE procured for America Ito pro-
cure aid which, by its example, would
be as important as its yalor; discipline,
gallant. pregnant with science and ex-
perlence; that of allies who would peE~
ceive the good and polish the rough
points Of our character. They would
come to US us strangers, and leave us
as friends, after sharing in Cur trials
and elevating our destiny. These were
my objects; not to receive new task
masters, but to expei Old tyrants,. And
it was for these ends / sought aid from
France: because France, even as an
enemy, could not be more iEnpl;cshle
than Che anelny already in The bosom Of
my country.
LonD NoABuRy---''I exhort you not TO part
this life with such sentiments Of FOOTED hosti-
ity to Your country as those which you aave ex-
pressed
Let no man dare when am dead to
charge ne with dishonor; let DO man
attaint my memory, by belieylDg that /
could have engaged in any cause but
that Of my couDtry's liberty and inde-
pepdence; or that [ could ba7e become
the plant minion OF powerin the oppres-
sion and misery of my countzymen.
The proclamation Of the ProYisiona
Government speaks my views, nc infer
ence can he tortured from it to couu-
tenance ha1barity or debasonlent at
home or AFFECTION, humiliation or
treachery from abroad. would rot
have submitted to foreign oppre5sor
for the same reason that I would resist
the domestic tyrant. In the dignity Of
freedom I would have fought upon the
threshold Of my country, and its enemy
should only enter by passing over my
lifeless corpse. Aud am I, who lived
| but for my country, who have subjected
myself to the dangers of the jealous
and watchful oppressor, and now in
bondage of the grave, only to give nv
couutrymen their rlghts and my coun-
try her independence'-an I to be load
ed with calumnY and no5 suffered to
resent it No, God forbid'
Here Lord Norbury told Mr.. Emmet that his
sentiments and language disgraced his family
| and his education, but more particularly hie
father DR.. Emmett, who WAS a man. if aliYe,
that would not counterance such opinions To
which Mr.. Emmett replied
If the spirit of the illustrious dead
participate in the concerns and cares of
those who were dear to them in this
transitory life, o dear and yenerated
shade of my departed father, look down
with scrutiny upon the conduct of your
suffering son, and see if l have even for
{. moment, deYiated from those princi-
pies of morality and patriotism which
it was your care to instlll into my
youthful mind, and for which [ am
now about to offer up my life. My
Lord, you seem impatient for the sac
ri6ce. The blood for which you thirst
is not cougealed by the artificial terrors
which surround your victim 1.-THE SOL
diery filled and surrounded the Sessions
Housel-it circulates warmly and un-
ruff1ed through the channels which God
Created for noble purposes, but which
you are bens to destroy, for purposes SO
grievous that they cry to heaven. BE
yet patient | have but q few more
| words to say. I am going 60 my cold and
silent grave; my lamp Of lite is nearly
extingulshed; my race is run; the grave
is open to receive me, and I sink into
its bosom. have but one request to ask
at aydepa1ture from this life; it is THE
CHARITY OF ITS SILENCE. Let no man
write my epitaph; for as no man who
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