Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-03-07

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were my Objects not TO receive new
taskmasters. but to expel old tyran,s.
These were my views and these only
become lrishmcn. II was for these
ends sough, aid from France. because
France. even a. an enemy, could not bc
more implacable than the enemy al.
ready in the bosom of my country
(licrc the court interrupted, bu, after
an exciting parley, Emmett was allow.
ed to procced:)
have been charged with that i'm.
ror,ancc. in the efforts TO cmancipatc
my country, as TO be considered the
keystone Of the combination Of Irish.
men, or, as your lordship expressed it..
1.-THE life and blood Of the conspiracy. ="
You do me honor ovcrmuch You have
given TO the subaltcrn all the honor
Of n superior. There are men cngag
ed in this conspiracy who are not only
superior 10 me, but even 10 your own
conceptions of yourself. my lord: men
before the splcndor of whose genius
and virtues ] should bow with respect.
ful Difference, and who would think
themselves dishonorcd 10 bc called
your friends, who would not disgrace
themselves by shaking your blood
stained hand.
(This 80 exasperated Lord Norbury
that he attempted TO stop the speaker,
but the enthusiasm was so great he
dared not insist. and Emmett proceed.
ed, shaking his finger at Lord Nor.
buryD
What, my lord. shall you tell me on
the passage 20 the scaffold which that
tyranny Of which you are only the in.
tcrmediatc minister, has erected for
my murder, that am accountable for
all the blood that has been and will be
shed in this struggle Of the oppressed
against the oppressori Shall you tell
me this, and must be so very IA slave
as not TO repel iti I, who fear not 80
approach the Omnipotcnt Judge, 20
answer for the conduct of my short life,
am to be appalled, here before mere
remnant 81 mortalityi--by you, too,
who. IL il were possible to collect all
the innocent blood that you have
caused TO lie shed, in your unhallowcd
ministry, in one great reservoir, your
lordship might swim in iti
(This invcctivc was 80 severe that
the Judge intcrfered, insisting that
Emmett be less personal. After n mo.
ment = pause the speaker composed
himself and proceeded AZ Iollows;)
Let no man dare when am dead 90
charge me with dishonor. Let no
man attaint my memory by believing
that ] could have engaged In any
cause but that Of my coun,ry's liberty
and Independence. or that | could have
become the plant minion Of power in
the oppression and miseries Of my
countrymcn. The proclamation Of the
provisional government speaks for my
| views. No inference can be tortured
from IL 10 countenancc barbarity or
dcbnsemcnt at home, or subsection, hu.
initiation, or treachery from abroad. ]
would not have submitted TO foreign
oppressor for the same reason that !
would resist the domestic tyrant. In
the dignity Of freedom I would have
fought upon the threshold Of my
country, and it's enemy should enter
only by passing over my lifelcss corpse.
| And am j. who lived but for my coup.
try, who have subjected myself 20 the
dangers of the jealous and watchful
| oppressor, and now to the bondage Of
| the grave, only 10 give my countrymen
their rights, and my country her indie.
pen,lcnce, am 10 be loaded with cnl.
umny and not suffered 10 resent III No,
| God forbid!
(At this point Lord Norbury told
Emmett that his principles were treas.
enable, that his father would not have
countennnced such sentiments, that his
language WINS unbceoming. to which
Emmett replied with feeling:
IL the spirits Of the illustrious dead
participate in the concerns and cares
Of those who were dear 20 them in
this tran.itory life, o, ever dear and
vencratcd shade Of my departed father,
look down with scrutiny upon the con.
duet Of your suffering son, and see IL
] have, even for moment. deviated
from those principles of morality and
patriotism which It was your care to
instil into my Youthful mind, and for
which J am now Ia offer my life.
My lords, you seem impatient for the
sacrifice. The blood for which you
thirst II not songeaied by the artificial
terrors which surround your victim;
IA circuInteN warmly and unyufncd