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al he was observed by his keeper, gazing
steadfastly on tress OF hair, suspended over
his table on a fork. On the keepers aP-
nroachinr him, he said "See how innocent
iv am engaged-this little tress has long
been dear to me, and this shall wear n
NV bosom on the day of my execution.
What love and tenderness for the object OF
his affection On the day of that awful e
vent there was found sketched on his table
with a pen, an admirable likeness OF his own
head. severed from the body, lying near the
scaffold with all the the frightful parapher-
MALTA Of high treason execution. The fortl-
tudc Of young Emmet, during his daring con
sDiracy. during his trial, as we'll as III pris-
on. never fersook him---Hs met death with
the fortitude and frmness of a John Rodgers
| He lived hero and died martyr. ne
freedom of his darling country from the
shackles of dcspotism, the enjoyment OF lib
erty and conscience, and the release from
oppressive burdens of his fellow cltizens


was his highest wish. The greatest consola.
tion during affiiction, and consoling though'
in the hour of death, was, that he had done
his duty to his country and his Cod oucf
is the brief memoir of this champion OF tree


dom. who sacrificed his time, his talent


and eventually sacrificed his life, as a pro


pitiation for the crime of wishing his country


free. He has now gone to the land OF spir'


;ts and his virtues will endure to immortal
ity.


..yatons unborn will celebrate his name,
And stamp his memory on the page OF fame