The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-14

" and energy, ana the contihucus"ess VI NY Puo
stand before you, having earned that confidence
which no man who ever wished to perpetrdte a
crime could retain. No man could continue to
" forty wears | have held to the principle
I avowed, and my sincerity has been M
mitissted, complete, and entire; No, the VOICE OF
caluinny cannot malgn me- On gentlemen, you
dffer from me in religion But tell not those whose
faith profess that they have been deceived-tell
them not that they would countenance hypocrisy
and reachery. You cannot believe it; the
public without will uOt believe ii an Eng, Englis 81
startle at the proposition. i, Roman Cathomc,
am placed here before a Protestant Jury, IN the
presence OF the mOnarchs of the earth ASK YOU
whether you will calmly pause IN ma,s, mtie 81
the highest responsibility, or whether you M,., TAR
nish your case by any verdict winch snail 'hro~
doubt upon the sincerity OF my whole nie, ana up
ON the sincerity of my advocacy OF principles
which it has been tho pride and boast Of my
existence to avow-ny comfort IN my declining
years and Is, and will be my consolation before a
supposng such case; No, you are incapable of
taking such view as that Imay now observe up
on the almost only remaining matter. doubt, how
ever, whether my sincerity has been impugned-it
il ought not to be- Yes, gentlemen l do say, it is
impossible for you to believe that would desert
those principles OF which boast, or that ! should
forsake that doctrine which has been the very lie,
forsake all and enter into conspiracy. No; l
have been more successful and am more success
fu. by acting the principles OF justice, OF char-
ty, OF obedience to the laws and total a1norrence
OF force and violence. No; cannot believe that
would desert every principle OF my public lie and
enter into conspiracy. Mo-; 1t would be TOO
grossly inconsistent with anything which ever yet
occurred in public conduct. But 1t Is not on tins
point alone-there are other incidents in my public
life which will enable you to form better Judge
ment OF my conduct There is NOT one Of you in that
box who does not remember the tr'ghtfui
state of the combination OF the working and
trading classes. You know that before that
combination was put down lives were sa-
elifced in the public, streets, violence, was
offered to individuals and to property from day to
day, and, if death did not ensue In recent cases,
accidental rather than owing to the strict for
bearance on the part of the combinators. The pub
lie authorities insufficient to cope with them
principle to popularity. l could easily have made
myself popular among the combinators opposed
them, stood alone in my opposition to them
did so at the peril Of my life. AT meeting at the
and owed the preservation Of my life to po-
liceman. You remember it all! What occurred
contended with those who were SO furiousy
against me- and OPPOSED the CONFIRMATION dd
risk of my lite. Is it likely that should take this
part in order 10 play the hypocrte! 1t was not In
that case alone, that acted thus tor what do you
persevering and perpetual opposition to Ribbonism
my condemnation of all secret societies. Have
you not seen, and do you not remember my warm
denunciation of such societies, To the police-my
Ribbonism! Oh, gentlemen, if were conspira-
tor, would not be glad to be joined by consplra.
tors 1t my means were applied to what wished
to carry out, would not have reused the k,bbon-
men in various parts Of Ireland7 had influence
enough to do SO. had only to csuntenance it, and
nobody knows how far it would havc extended had
done So. Yop have before you over and over
cret societies Gentlemen, take these things into
your consideration. and say, upon your conscience
SAY, if you can, that that man is base hypocrite.
But you cannot say so-you would not SO tarnish
lncal life must have struck you II am,
and have been, opposed to the laws for
making provision for the poor. / opposed
Of hs wheh
perty, and have insisted upon all the poor being fed
by the RIGHT l was tormented by my friends.
was sneered at and jeered by abby many who
had Joined me- consulted my conscience. saw
the real nature of provision which only makes
more desttatlen than 1t relieves; and the effect OF
which must be to infct great burden on the pro-
perty of the country. | knew it was unfit for the
people, but l am bound TO say that when it passed
into law did rot give it the smallest opposition:
/ allowed the experiment to be fairly tried, and
many of those who had previously abused me
avowed that | was right and they. were wrong.
am ready now to facilitate and assist Its working
in every way CAM but go back to the time when it
was unpopular, and when it was shouted out of So
ciety by those whom estimated most and whose
good opinion valued, and appeal to that part of
my life as an answer TO this foul charge, OF con-
piracy. Gentlemen, you must also recollect, tor
ii is in evidence, the manner of my answer to
M Theirs speech and address. You heard that
in the fEdnGs Of MIR Bond En- and
word of MIR. Bond Hughes Gentlemen, was one
Of those the most active against that gentleman,
because felt convinced at the time that he had
his name has been referred to, because it affords
me the opportunity which am proud to avail my
self of, to declare that never saw a witness on
the table who gave his evidence more fairly than
Mr. Hughes, and | am firmly convinced that It was
a mistake, which any honest man might have
fallen into, that Occasi0ned the apparent contradc
ton in his evidence. know this is not part of
the case, but am sure your lordsh,s will think
It appears by his report, also, how firmly reject
ed the only ground on which We could obtain SYM
pathy from them, and that we declined to take any
support from them in the slightest degree dlspara
strongly when you recollect my strong denuncia:
lions. of the American slave owners You will
recollect that at the time large sums OF mo-
ney were being collected in the slavehold-
IN progress, and considerable progress had
1ses %ase cs sssns Bid ss sTSsi ro%
doing my duty upon the slave question Did not
use Tue strongest language Dlu not OcHOunCe,
as the enemies o. God and man; those cy!2rits and
criminals Dad I hot compare the associating our
selves with them an association with thieves,
and pickpockets, and felons! Did not resort to
language the strongest and most violent TO express
my denunciaton Of the horrible traffic in human
beings of the execrable nature of the slave trade
and of all the immortality and frightful conse.
IueHces that resulted from that infamous traffic. II
was hypocrite might have given them a few
smooth words but l denounced them, and thereby
showed that there was nothing Of hypocrisy IN
hose public principles have always advocated,
hat no assistance could be accepted by
US which should in the slightest degree in
erfere with our allegiance to our Sovereign.
Gentlemen, you will recollect also, that we
had offers Of support from the Republican
party in France, headed by Ledru Rollin. 1t is
q considerable and every powerful party: 1t Is
that party which hates the English most, with r
rational and ferocious hatred arising most probably
from the blow struck at their vanity at Waterloo
that Is the party headed by Ledru Rollin. Gentle
men, you have his letter, and you have my answer.
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