Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-06-29

land are now secure, pursuant to Act OF Par
lament. have done my part also. Three
months ago l promised Lord Clarendon, and
his Government in this country, that lwould
provoke him into his courts of justice, as places
of this kind are called, and that / would force
HIM publicly and VIGOROUSLY to pack a jury
against me to convict me, or else that would
walk free man out of this court, and provoke
him to a contest in another field. My Lord, 1
knew was setting my life on that cast; but /
knew that in either event the victory would
be with me, and it is with me. Neither the
jury, nor the judges, nor any other man in this
court, presumes to imagine that it is Grimm
al who stands in this ock.-(Murmurs of APP
plause, which the police endeavored to re-
press.) / have shown what the law is made of
in Ireland. have shown that her Majesty's
Governments ustaifs itself by packed juries,
partizan judges, and perjured sheriffs.
Baron Lefroy-The Court cannot sit here to
hear you arraign the jurors Of the country, the
sheriffs, of the country; the administration of
justice, the tenure by which the Crown of En-
gland holds this country. We cannot sit here
and suffer you to proceed thus, because the
trial is over Everything you had 10 say pre-
vious to the judgement, The Court was ready
to hear, and did hear. We cannot suffer rou
to stand at that bar to repeat, must say, very
nearly repetition of the offence for whfch you
nave Deen sentenced.
Mr. Mitchell will not say any more of
that kind, but say this
Baron Lefroy-Anything you wish tosay we
will hear but / trust you will keep yourselk
within the limits which your own judgement
will Suggest to you.
Mr.. Mitchell have all through this bust
ness, from the first, under strong sense ofdu-
ty. lido not repent anything hayedone, and
believe that the course which have opened
is only commenced. The Roman lUho sap his
300 should foLloio out his enterprise. Can
not promise Cooking around at his friends who
surrounded the dock) for one, for tlco, for three
aye, for hundreds?
Aloud shout of exultation here rang through
the Court, accompanied by immense cheering,
clapping of hands, and great manifestations of
excitement.
Baron Lefroy-Oficer officer! remove Mr.
Mitchell.
The shouts were here increased, and the
clamor became terrific, when two turnkeys
laid hold of Mr.. Mitchell.
The Judges quilted the bench, and went in
to their chamber. The prisoners friends, and
numbers of counsel, in their forensic costume,
rushed over tables and benches TO bid farewell
to the prisoner, who was ultimately removed.
Meanwhile the Judges returned to the bench,
Judge Moore first; and Baron LEROY shortly
after, and Mr. Mitchell having :been conveyed
through the underground passage to his cell in
Newgate, the court began 10 resume somewhat
of ordinary appearance.
Was there not something awful in those
words of The Irish Mutius, and in the shout
that proclaimed the readiness of the .three
hundred confederates TO answer the appeal of
the self-degoted martyr2 Has the Porsenna of
the Ministry no heart wise enough to be struck
by fear? To our mind, those were words of
fre;-and Ireland is a powder-magazine
Those words were felt, at least, in Court;
and the judges rode home in carriage, preced-
ed by the Sheriff and police guard, and snr-
rounded By troop of Lancers. The infany of
the day was concluded by the seizure and con-
fscation of the office and all the property of
Mitchel's paper.
The case Of Mitchell is one upon which the
American press should speak boldly and freely;
because it is an outrage, in free England, upon
the freedom of the press, besides being gross
iy tyrannical assault upon that British freedom
which we have always been accustomed TO
look upon with respect as the first fount OF
American freedom. If the whole people of
the United States should unite in remonstrat-
ing with the English government on this act
of oppression and barbarism, so unworthy of
Il English civilization and the British name, they
would only give utterance TO a censure which
Ministerial pride is destined to receive from
the indignation of all the civilized world.
A TRUE WING PATRloT.-''The following"
says the Ohio State Journal, sis from an en-
thusiastic Wing in the Northern part of the
State-one whose voice has often been heard
in the councils of the party, and whose expert
ence and wisdom entitle his opinion TO conf
dence and respect.
Old lack must be susta ined as the Wing
nominee, unless it shall appear there is some
gross fraud in his nomination. As Wings, we
are still left TO resist the extension of slavery,