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Memoir And Trial Of The Celebrated Theobald Wolfe Tone,
a-i . 6 ; and , finally , that I have served as such attached to General Hauiy , since the jd Thermidor , an , 6 , by virtue of the orders of the Minister at War . Major Chester , to whom I h : tve shewn tny Commissions , can satisfy your Lordship as to the fait , and General H . irdy wiil ascertain the authenticity of" the documents . ] , ' < U » der these circumstances , I address myself to your Lorc . ship , as a man honour and soldier -and I do protestin the most precise and strongest
of a ; , manner , against the indignity intended asrainst the honour of the French army in my person ; and I claim the rig hts and privileges of a prisoner of war agreeablv to my rank and situation in an army , not less to be respected in all nninis than anv other which exists in Europe .
' From the situation your Lordship holds under > our Government , 1 must presume you have a discretionary power to act according to circumstances ; and i cannot for a moment doubt but what I have now exp lained to your I ordsVip will induce von to g ive immediate orders that the honour of the French nation and the French army be respected m my person ; ant . that ci course I suffer no coercion other than in common with the rest pi my brave comrades , whom the fortune of" war has for the moment deprived ot then' most obedient
liberty . I am , my Lord , with great respect , your Lordships servant , T . W . TONE , dit SMITH , Adj . Gen . To which the Earl of Cavan sent the following answer . < <; , Rarncranna , AVu . 3 , 179 8 » ' I have received your letter of this date , from Deny gaol , in which you inform me that you consider youi being ordered into irons as an insult and of the French Republicand
degradation , to the rank you hold in the army , th-iit you protest in the most precise and strongest manner against such indignity . Had you been a native of France , or of any other country not belongs to the British empire , indisputably it would be so ; , but the motive that directed me to give the order I did this morning for your being put in irons , was , that I looked OP . you ( and you have proved youi self ) a traitor and rebel to your Sovereign and native country , and as such you sha . l be treated
< I shajl enforce the order I gave this morning ; and I lament , as a man , the fate that awaits you . Every indulgence shall be granted you by mc vndrwduallv , that is not inconsistent with my public duty . I am , Sir , your humble seryar , t , ' ' CAVAN , Major-General . A court martial , appointed to try the prisoner , met about half past eleven o'clock on the 10 th of November , at Dublin , and was composed ot tne
following persons : . General LOFTUS , President , Colonel V .-INDKLEUU , ' ' Colonej VVOLFE , Colonel DALY , Colonel TITLKK , Major ARMST RONO , Captain CORKY . Mr Tone having been brought in , and the charge of hig h treason read bv the Tudoe . Advocate , the usual interrogation was then put to the prisoner , ° intenti to ive the Court the trouble of
adwho i-ebiiedthat it was not his on g ducing proof to the charge preferred against him : he admitted the facts , £ he disdained having recourse to any species of subterfuge . He hoped , it . 11 . vis the proper stage , to be indulged in reading to the Court a paper wine co'it-iinsd the motives of his action , and he trusted that this indulgence wouw be ' the readier granted , as he had endeavoured to preserve the utmost modera - tion of language which his situation admitted of ; nor would the pa P- °
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoir And Trial Of The Celebrated Theobald Wolfe Tone,
a-i . 6 ; and , finally , that I have served as such attached to General Hauiy , since the jd Thermidor , an , 6 , by virtue of the orders of the Minister at War . Major Chester , to whom I h : tve shewn tny Commissions , can satisfy your Lordship as to the fait , and General H . irdy wiil ascertain the authenticity of" the documents . ] , ' < U » der these circumstances , I address myself to your Lorc . ship , as a man honour and soldier -and I do protestin the most precise and strongest
of a ; , manner , against the indignity intended asrainst the honour of the French army in my person ; and I claim the rig hts and privileges of a prisoner of war agreeablv to my rank and situation in an army , not less to be respected in all nninis than anv other which exists in Europe .
' From the situation your Lordship holds under > our Government , 1 must presume you have a discretionary power to act according to circumstances ; and i cannot for a moment doubt but what I have now exp lained to your I ordsVip will induce von to g ive immediate orders that the honour of the French nation and the French army be respected m my person ; ant . that ci course I suffer no coercion other than in common with the rest pi my brave comrades , whom the fortune of" war has for the moment deprived ot then' most obedient
liberty . I am , my Lord , with great respect , your Lordships servant , T . W . TONE , dit SMITH , Adj . Gen . To which the Earl of Cavan sent the following answer . < <; , Rarncranna , AVu . 3 , 179 8 » ' I have received your letter of this date , from Deny gaol , in which you inform me that you consider youi being ordered into irons as an insult and of the French Republicand
degradation , to the rank you hold in the army , th-iit you protest in the most precise and strongest manner against such indignity . Had you been a native of France , or of any other country not belongs to the British empire , indisputably it would be so ; , but the motive that directed me to give the order I did this morning for your being put in irons , was , that I looked OP . you ( and you have proved youi self ) a traitor and rebel to your Sovereign and native country , and as such you sha . l be treated
< I shajl enforce the order I gave this morning ; and I lament , as a man , the fate that awaits you . Every indulgence shall be granted you by mc vndrwduallv , that is not inconsistent with my public duty . I am , Sir , your humble seryar , t , ' ' CAVAN , Major-General . A court martial , appointed to try the prisoner , met about half past eleven o'clock on the 10 th of November , at Dublin , and was composed ot tne
following persons : . General LOFTUS , President , Colonel V .-INDKLEUU , ' ' Colonej VVOLFE , Colonel DALY , Colonel TITLKK , Major ARMST RONO , Captain CORKY . Mr Tone having been brought in , and the charge of hig h treason read bv the Tudoe . Advocate , the usual interrogation was then put to the prisoner , ° intenti to ive the Court the trouble of
adwho i-ebiiedthat it was not his on g ducing proof to the charge preferred against him : he admitted the facts , £ he disdained having recourse to any species of subterfuge . He hoped , it . 11 . vis the proper stage , to be indulged in reading to the Court a paper wine co'it-iinsd the motives of his action , and he trusted that this indulgence wouw be ' the readier granted , as he had endeavoured to preserve the utmost modera - tion of language which his situation admitted of ; nor would the pa P- °