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Memoir And Trial Of The Celebrated Theobald Wolfe Tone,
CHIEF J USTICE — ' Mr . Sheriff , proceed to the Barracks , and acquaint the Prevot Marshal that a writ is preparing to suspend Mr . Tone ' s execution , and see that he be not executed . ' ' A considerable agitation , suspence , and anxiety appeared in the Court during the . Sheriff ' s absence . Mr . SHERIFF— ' My Lords , I have been at the Barracks , in pursuance of your order . The Prevot Marshal says lie must obey General Crai ° -and
; General Craig says he must obey Lord Coruwallis . ' Mr . CUHRAI ; — ' Mr . Tone ' s father , my Lor , Is , returns after serving the-Habsas Corpus : he says Gener :: l Craig will not obey it . ' CHIEF J USTICE— ' Mr . Sheriff , take the body of Tone into your custody ; take die Prevot Marshal and Major Sands into custod y j and shew the orders of this Court to General Craig . ' Mr . SHERIFF— ' I will . '
At the Barracks , Mr . Sheriff , we understand , v .-as refused admittance . General Grai g sent back the Sheriff with a French emigrant , surgeon of die 9 th dragoons . Mr . SHERIFF— < I have been at the Barracks . Mr . Tone , having cut his throat last ni ght , is not in a condition to be removed . As to the second part of your order , I could not meet the parties . ' Emigrant sworn— ' I was sent to attend Mr . Tone this morning at four clock b
o ' y . General Craig : his wind pipe was divided : I took instant means to secure his life by closing the aperture .- there is no knowing for four days whether this wound will be mortal , his head is now kept in one position , a sentinel is over him to prevent his speaking ; his removal would kill him . ' Mr . Curran applied for surgical relief to be admitted to Mr . Tone , exclusive of the army surgeon , who possibly , mi g ht be a very proper person . Mr . Curran likewise stated , that no person had admittance to Mr . Tone since
, his confinement , and wished his friends mi ght be admitted . —Refused . CHIEF J USTICE—• Let a rule be made for suspending the execution of Theobald Wolfe Tone , and let it be served on the proper persons . ' The Lord Lieutenant consented to give up this point to the civil power ; but the indisposition of the prisoner was so great , that it was deemed unsafe to remove him . In this situation he languished for several days . Death at length put an end to his excruciating tortures , and relieved him from a gibbet , to which his extreme sensibility attached so much disgrace as to occasion the fatal act above mentioned .
Theobald Wolfe Tone , the victim of error , was also the victim of principle . Though poor he was no political adventurer , for he might have bettered his fortune without ever quitting his country , or hazarding the infliction of those laws , whose spirit he certainl y outraged , while he was protected by their forms , It is impossible for the public mind to contemplate the fate of this man with utter indifference . Gifted as he was with the most extraordinary talents , Mr . Tone might have risen an ornament to the bar , of which he was a member to the senate
; or , for which his abilities so amply qualified him ; but an enthusiast in the cause of theoretical liberty , and a truant to the prevalent political doctrines of the New Sckoal , i ' at . % for hre country , and ultimatel y for himself , founded that system to which so many thousands of his unfortunate countrymen fell victims within the last year . On the memorable trial of" the unfortunate . Jackson , the first effects of Mr . tone ' s treason were unfolded . It were invidious , under present circumstances , to delineate the sequel of what has occurred with respect to him until the moment of his capture as a French Staff-Officer , leading an hostile force to
the invasion of" his country . But while we abhor the & rirne « r-jv , e--can e ^.as becomes humanity , pity for the man so eminently disuiteyjM « fxft §\ wlents . f * vfr , \ \ ' V ° L . * U- v X ff / , GR \ A * °° e 9 ywe ^ RyX /
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Memoir And Trial Of The Celebrated Theobald Wolfe Tone,
CHIEF J USTICE — ' Mr . Sheriff , proceed to the Barracks , and acquaint the Prevot Marshal that a writ is preparing to suspend Mr . Tone ' s execution , and see that he be not executed . ' ' A considerable agitation , suspence , and anxiety appeared in the Court during the . Sheriff ' s absence . Mr . SHERIFF— ' My Lords , I have been at the Barracks , in pursuance of your order . The Prevot Marshal says lie must obey General Crai ° -and
; General Craig says he must obey Lord Coruwallis . ' Mr . CUHRAI ; — ' Mr . Tone ' s father , my Lor , Is , returns after serving the-Habsas Corpus : he says Gener :: l Craig will not obey it . ' CHIEF J USTICE— ' Mr . Sheriff , take the body of Tone into your custody ; take die Prevot Marshal and Major Sands into custod y j and shew the orders of this Court to General Craig . ' Mr . SHERIFF— ' I will . '
At the Barracks , Mr . Sheriff , we understand , v .-as refused admittance . General Grai g sent back the Sheriff with a French emigrant , surgeon of die 9 th dragoons . Mr . SHERIFF— < I have been at the Barracks . Mr . Tone , having cut his throat last ni ght , is not in a condition to be removed . As to the second part of your order , I could not meet the parties . ' Emigrant sworn— ' I was sent to attend Mr . Tone this morning at four clock b
o ' y . General Craig : his wind pipe was divided : I took instant means to secure his life by closing the aperture .- there is no knowing for four days whether this wound will be mortal , his head is now kept in one position , a sentinel is over him to prevent his speaking ; his removal would kill him . ' Mr . Curran applied for surgical relief to be admitted to Mr . Tone , exclusive of the army surgeon , who possibly , mi g ht be a very proper person . Mr . Curran likewise stated , that no person had admittance to Mr . Tone since
, his confinement , and wished his friends mi ght be admitted . —Refused . CHIEF J USTICE—• Let a rule be made for suspending the execution of Theobald Wolfe Tone , and let it be served on the proper persons . ' The Lord Lieutenant consented to give up this point to the civil power ; but the indisposition of the prisoner was so great , that it was deemed unsafe to remove him . In this situation he languished for several days . Death at length put an end to his excruciating tortures , and relieved him from a gibbet , to which his extreme sensibility attached so much disgrace as to occasion the fatal act above mentioned .
Theobald Wolfe Tone , the victim of error , was also the victim of principle . Though poor he was no political adventurer , for he might have bettered his fortune without ever quitting his country , or hazarding the infliction of those laws , whose spirit he certainl y outraged , while he was protected by their forms , It is impossible for the public mind to contemplate the fate of this man with utter indifference . Gifted as he was with the most extraordinary talents , Mr . Tone might have risen an ornament to the bar , of which he was a member to the senate
; or , for which his abilities so amply qualified him ; but an enthusiast in the cause of theoretical liberty , and a truant to the prevalent political doctrines of the New Sckoal , i ' at . % for hre country , and ultimatel y for himself , founded that system to which so many thousands of his unfortunate countrymen fell victims within the last year . On the memorable trial of" the unfortunate . Jackson , the first effects of Mr . tone ' s treason were unfolded . It were invidious , under present circumstances , to delineate the sequel of what has occurred with respect to him until the moment of his capture as a French Staff-Officer , leading an hostile force to
the invasion of" his country . But while we abhor the & rirne « r-jv , e--can e ^.as becomes humanity , pity for the man so eminently disuiteyjM « fxft §\ wlents . f * vfr , \ \ ' V ° L . * U- v X ff / , GR \ A * °° e 9 ywe ^ RyX /