Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-20
CLOSE OF THE IRISH TRIALS.
Eloquent Specifies M Nc.Nm2s, O'Dou,hue and

,u,r4L;r
The accounts from IT laud bv the America virtually
conclude The history Of the rebellion. Though sentence
OF death had Be passed on all the prisoners Iagher
McNianus and 0Doaohue-a the minor IT. 5 been ad
j7urucd TIL d caHber, it las at Length boea ;uhorita-
lively announced that The lives Of all parties will be spar
circumstances are the tr,e anl s3ge sarhe, made yv
eaoh IF tae three prisoners ablve named upn beir b.
lnI brought NY receive spucncn ha words III which
sentence, rrotlning every sentiment III INSTANTLY lily.
hono-lng he monlrohinl fl ony ir tho ,hambeS were
precisely The same as those address w MIL O'}rien-
~ that rnf "s q cause not announced that the pen
atty would be COMMITTED.
NlcAanus, (whU recently in the American trade
at liverpool was the first called up In reply to the
question if he had anything to say why sentence Of death
should not be passed upon him, lie replied that he was
enough Of christian and a to understand its awful
Responsibility and hat, standing On his native M and in
an Irish court he might have had much ID say wly SEN
tence a death should ba pronuunced But he had pIa
ced his life ana honor III the hands If wu Advocates Who
had done MI FIJI Him t4at he could have desired One
thing, however, he wished w W under. ood namely
that whatever P1rt he haIace III Lib ,hort career he
stood at that moment with free heart and lilb con-
science ready TO abide he issue Whether he was or
not to ascend the scIfj, he wished also to put On
record that in what he had dome he had been acuatod
by no amin slty towards Eng.ishmea suce among them
he had pissed some Of his most happy and prosp
days whatever he may have tut Go Injustice Of En-
glIsh rule III IRELAND. ie li oalv therefor to say that
il was NIT fr having l've Eu-'ard css But fur hay
ino loved ireland uUrc aL He g5 then about IL be con
demncd.
O'Donorhue was the next t, Speak lie did HIT com
rlain IF THE Way III which VII fria lad bepn conducted,
Strict VA; Bit he complain THAI some objections
taken by his counsel to The emp son ot the jury had
not been attended TO- II asn Obi .c,gd TO part Of The
Judges charge, that he. Old noghue, guilty oftrea-
SON. in having asss ed Mr.. O'Bnn even supp sing he
might mol have known If that gcntl'.nans real nten
and although his lordshP had thus laid down The law,
he trusted, earthly Judge nl,5le that such
a startling doctrine woul be reserved fir nsieraon,
that ifi should ba erroneous rha crrr nuht Be re-
plrcd, ~ that III confirmed II miyht become widely
known ana put UPON her nar othnr rnon whose lives
and liberties might bp endangered ay il II grate-
FIJI t0 I'LL uh, h4I dafen el hm anI ai u he Judge FIR
lis patient hearing
Mcaghpr 4rn eto,d forward He desired Int The last
act Of proc eiag which had occupied much of the
public time. should De of short duraon and he had not
the indicate wish 10 close The drary ceremony ola
Sa'e prosecution with vain display Of words Did ne
fear that his country might thilb III of him hereafter, he
might desire, al that solemn MI, to vndIrae his
conduct; but he had na XIII f-ar lis country would
DE MIN IN d remit irit irom tiat in which ha had
convicted; hs neuce wonll he regarded Only as
Hi aipstann VI his rectUdc and truth his TATE would
meet with sympathy. ana his memory be honorad 10
the efforts he Had in1de IN just and nobe cause. he
wished attach undue importance; bt il would ever
happen that those vito tried 10 their county,
matter how weak their III gt- nght have been. would
He felt no luminosity to hoSe who had decided against
hin-afer the charge Of Inc Lord Chief Justice, PERHAPS
they could have found no OH verdct-hut he would
ask his Iord,hip 70 appeal when The passions and peju
dces uf the hour should have pass away. to his
cnscencp and " satisfy himself il snch charge
AZ ii should have been impartial and ind lrret between
tile subject and the This might nd IN ming.
but the truth fie there regret anything
he had done reac any thing he had spoken,
with lying s, the life he consecraied to the
liberties Of his country.
Ear from t' he continued -Even here, where the
thief the berne and the murderer have lett their oot
prints in the dus-here this SPOT where the shadows
of death Surround me, and from which see my early
era in an uucunsecrded soil IS opened To receive me
even here encrcled by those errurs the hope which
becx,nel me on embark upon The perllous sea upon
which have been wrecked still les. anlmates en-
rapturps me- No do not despair II my poor old coun
try d, despair Of her peafe, her liberty, her Go
rv For that country DO than BIZ her hope.
To hf up this isle 70 make Ter benefacor to humans
IT, instead Of helnr rIa she ishe meanest beggar In
tie woridto rf.siure her ancient Constitution ard her
native powers has been my ambuion. and is am
tltioD has oeen my cIiWe. Judged by The law o En-