The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-24


again, when, he described Emmet's 6.
rest, death sentence. long Imprisonment
in Fort George and his final banishment
forever from his native country. Ban
ished from his country and from I'll
English domain forever! And for
what?" exclaimed Pinkney; then. pans-
ing moment, and lowering his voice to
impressive tones, he answered: "FOr
treason against his sovereign! For
sympathy and protection extended to
rebels and red-handed murderers! It is
natural he continued, that the, man
whose voice. If not his arm, has been
raised in rebellion against his king and
country, and who has been engaged tn
snatching traitors from the gallows, who
has himself been sentenced to death for
these crimes, and, as have said, ban
ished from his country, should dislike
the laws he has broken. But it Ill be-
comes him, privileged as he is to prac-
tice in our courts by especial favor, to
launch his anathemas against. nation
he has attempted to dishonor, and that
has disowned him" During these burn.
ing words the lines Of Emmet's mouth
twitched nervously, and for moment
a deep flush suffused his face, and a
tremor shook his frame. But he soon
gained his wonted composure, and he
sat with his eyes riveted coIdIy upon his
opponent, when every ear in the audi
ence was tingling at the bitter language
of the speaker. At last Pinkney closed
and took his seat, and Emmett rose to
reply. The feeling that the supreme
moment in the case had arrived swept
through the audience. Marshall bent
forward to catch the first sentence that
fell from the speaker, and the pallor
that overspread the face of Brockholst
Livingston, as he nervously rested his
elbow on the bench, betrayed his emo
lions, and there was look of breathless
expectation on the features of the other
judges.
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| For moment Emmett "stood coiled
and concentrated, reckless of all save
the power within himself" He then
proceeded with his argument, apparently
with nothing but the case, at bar on his
mind. We regret that we cannot give
his argument fully here, which we have
in an old manuscript furnished us by an
ancestor of a friend who listened to it.
Suffice it to say that if Pinkney's argu-
ment was great, Emmet's rose above it
in the clear light of concentrated reason,
learning, eloquence. The English cases.
cited by Pinkney, apparently strongly
against him, were so thoroughly and
learnedly analysed and dissected that
Marshall, in his opinion on the case,
adopted nearly the language of the
speaker. The reasons he gave for re-
garding the property of neutrals taken
on the ships of the enemy free from con-
demnation overwhelmed and set aside
all adverse cases cited as precedents
against him. It was the argument Of a
lawyer, who had never diluted his legal
talents, learning, and the intellectual
power with the muddy waters of politics
and the ephemeral power of political Of
flee. During all his argument lie made
no allusion to Pinkney's attack. But
| when he drew it to close, he paused
moment, and then, in an attitude that
might have been selected by an artist to
represent "grace blended with dignity, 9
| he said:
"And now, my lords, I have done; I
leave the case with you, but before I
take my seat ought, perhaps, in justice
not only to myself, but for the sake of
those who are dear to me; for the sake
of the great profession of which am an
humble member, and in Difference to this
august tribunal, before whom have the
honor to stand, make some reply to the
bitter, nay, the cruel and.~unprovoked
attack which my truly great and hon.
ored opponent has made upon me. This
is species of warfare in which it is my
SOOu LII JULIO W udV0 uC1U uO experience
it is one never wage, and lam perfect:
| ly willing my learned opponent shall
have all the laurels he has sought to
| win in waging it.. It is true that came
to this country stranger. exiled for
ever from the land Of my nativity-as
dear to me as the life drops in my. heart;
for who does not love and yenerate the
land Of his birth, the scenes Of his boy:
| hood, fragrant with the memories of his
childhood, and the still more sacred
memories of father and mother There
are their graves. and there is tha-srave
of my martyred brother. It is true.
as the gentleman says, came to this
country from gloomy prison in which
I was incarcerated because in courts OF
Justice lifted my voice for those. who
had struck for the liberty. of Ireland.
Do you, my lords-forgive that express
sion-Your Honors-blame me for that?
Though dear to me as are the memories
of Ireland, this glorious country Of my
adoption, where I have: found ni~asy+
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