What is "to throw one's self upon the country"

Country \Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr?z). [F. contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.]

1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

   Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred.
   --Gen. xxxxii. 9.

   I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state.
   --Stirling.

   Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account
   --Milton.

2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

   As they walked, on their way into the country.
   --Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).

   God made the covatry, and man made the town.
   --Cowper.

   Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country.
   --Macaulay.

3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence:

   1. One's constituents.

   2. The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

      All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him.
      --Shak.

4. (Law)

   1. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

   2. The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.

   Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion.

   To put one's self upon the country, or To throw one's self upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.