The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-10

duct il right TO come out and call that the con-
duct Of conspirator, and to tteat HIM like man
who had resorted to forcib!e means! Oh, gentle
men, belong to Christian persuasion, the grand
principle Of which ia that quantity Of advantage
mo qaantiy OF benefit or advantage e Inc church,
OF 10 The state itself no not even 70 heasen ieeai,
crime whatever; that no moral offence can not only
be not justified, or even as much paliat o.. ~ any
amount Of advantage 70 obtained; and 1t have
doss,,;ns. ecause he viii have prof~@sed nat doc
trne himself. But why should ], - Christian man.
proclaim one thing and practise another but, gen
temen OF the Jury, You cannot belsve II. NO, the
entire tenor OF my HE shows the sincerity Win
which made TN. announce ment, have announced
it over and over aRain-l have announced It 70
often that l say no circumstance Of my lille can
leave you to doubt the sincerity OF my avowal NY
lord has appeared sufce the newspapers; my
lord, no man ever possessed so much public conil-
dence as have. say possess II, and no man
ever possessed II SO long, SO unreservedly. have
obtained the confidence OF the Roman Catholic
laity of every class yes not only OF those who are
in poverty or distress, and look to change, OF 10
an amelioration of their condition, but have OBJ
tanned also the confidence Of the higher classes
OF the Catholic clergy, and OF the eplscopacy. !
have obtained that confidence by The assertion
of this principle and by the sincerity with which
have adhered to II they know with what SINGER
ity profess it.; How long could possess this con-
fdence if aid not show by years OF public aclvi-
ty and energy, and the contnuousness OF my pub:
lie conduct, that l deserved it? Gentlemen,
stand before you, having earned that confidence
which no man who ever wished to perpetrate
crime could retain. No man could continue TO
preserve it under such circumstances For near
y forty years have. held to the, principle
| avowed, and my sincerity has been un n
calumny cannot malign me. Oh; gentlemen, You
differ from me in religion. But tell not those whose
faith profess that they have been deceived-tel
them not that they would countenance hypocrisy
and treachery. You cannot believe it.; the
public without will not believe 1t; an English
Jury will not believe it, Europe would be made TO
startle at the proposition. !, Roman Catholic,
am placed here before a Protestant Jury, in the
presence of the monarchs OF the earth. ask You
whether you will calmly pause IN matter which
includes the interests OF very many Professionals OF
the highest responsibility, or whether you will tar
nsh your case by any verdict which shall throw
doubt upon the sincerity Of my whole life, and up
on the sincerity of my advocacy OF principles
which it has been the pride and boast OF my
existence to avow--,my comfort in my declining
years, and Is, and will be my consolation before u
higher tribunal? But no Il do you injustice IN
supposing such a case. No, you are incapable Of
taking such view as that. lmay now observe up
on the almost only remaining matter. doubt, how
ever whether my sincerity has been impugned--lt
has never been publicly impugned-l am quite sure
il ought not to be. Yes, gentlemen. do say, II IS
impossible for yon to believe that would desert
those principles of which boast, or that l should
forsake that doctrine which has been the very life
blood of my political existence, and that should
forsake all and enter into conspiracy No:
have been more successful, and am more success
full, by acting on the principles OF justice OF char
", of obedience to the aws,and total adherence
Of force and violence No; YOU cannot believe that
would desert every principle Of my public lite and
enter into conspiracy. NO; II would be 100
grossly inconsistent with anything which ever yet
occurred in public conduct But 1t Is not on t,is
point aone-there other incidents in my public
life which will enable you to form a better Judge
ment Of my conduct There is not one OF yon IN that
| box who does not remember the lrightful
| state of the combination OF the working and
trading classes You know that before that
combination was put down lives were ga
cIiiced 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, It
was accidental rather than owing to the strict for
bearance on the part Of the combinators The pub.
lie authorities were insufficient to cope with them
| Now, it is said that am man ready to sacrifice
| principle to popularity. ! could easily have made
| myself popular among the combnators. opposed
them, ! stood alone IN ny opposition to them
| Exchange, all these men were opposed TO ME
| and owed the preservation Of my life TO po
| liceman. You remember il all What occurred
| ] contended with those who were so turiOusly
against me, and opposed the combination. die
all tins at the expense of my popularity. and at the
risk of my lie. Is it likely that should take this
part in order TO play the hyPocrlte! IL was not IN
that case alone that acted thus tor what do you
| find recorded OF me in the newspapers Why, my
perscvering and perpetual opposition 10 Rbbonisn
] my condemnation OF all secret societies. Have
you not seen, and do you not remember my warm
Pronunciation OF such societies, IN the pohce-my
publicly calling upon them to stop the progress OF
Ribbonism! Oh, gentlemen, If were conspira-
tor, would not be glad to be joined by conspira,
tors Ii my means were applied to what wished
| to carry out, would not have reused the Ribbon
men in various parts of Ireland! | had infiuenc,
enough TO do so. had only TO countenance II, ant
| nobody knows how far il would have extended ha,
done So. You have before you over and owe
again my discountenance of, and resistance to, Sc
| cret societies. Gentlemen, take these things int
your consideration, and say upon yonr conscience
say, if you can, that that man IS base hypocrlte
| But you cannot say so,you would not ~ larhis'
| your consciences But this point in my po
| litica life must have struck you 81 am
and have been, opposed 10 the laws fol
making provision for the poor | oppose
| poor laws OF every kind With the influence whlcl
possessed, could ! not have poverty against pro
perry and have insisted upon all the poor being tee
| by the rich? was tormented by my friends
was sneered at and jeered by abby many wh'
| the real nature of provision which only make
more destitutien than it relieves; and the effect Of
which must be to lnflict great burden on the pro
| perry Of the country. ! knew II was unit Tor tn
/ people, hut am bound TO say that when II passet
into law did rot give it the smallest opposition
| | allowed the experiment 10 be fairly uled, ant
| many of those who had previously abused mn
avowed that ] was right and they were wrong
| am ready now TO facilitate and assist ITS working
in every way can; but go back to the time when
| was unpopular, and when il was shouted out OF SO
| cety by those whom estimated most. and whose
| good opinion | valued, and appeal to that part o.
| my life as an answer to this foul charge Of con
spracy. Gentlemen, you must also recollect, iol
| il is in evidence the manner OF my answer 70
| NJ Theirs speech and address. You heard that
| in the evidence of Mr.. Bond Hughes ana
| now, as have mentioned his name, let me say
word ofMr. Bond Hughes. Gentlemen, was one
| of hose the most active against that gentleman,
because ! felt convinced at the time that he had
| sworn that which was not true. Now, am gla
| haen eFprre n
| me the opportunity which am proud TO avail my
| self OF, to declare that never saw witness on
| the table who gave his evidence more fairly thar
| Mr. hughes and am firmly convinced that II wa
| a mistake, which any honest man might have
fallen into that occasioned the apparent contradic
| ton in his evidence. know this ~ not part o
| the case but am sure your ordships will ,hinl
| that am not wrong in making this public avowal
| II appears by his report, also how firmly reject
| ed The only ground on which we could obtain sym
paihy from them, and that we declined to take an,
support from them in the slightest degree dispara
| ging to our religion. But that Is put still NOR
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