The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-03
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WafN f4dGEA -l lNI|NtNN eAttA|tl4Nt~ He appears to be quite annoyed by ths painful po- siiioa Ia which he placed and cast look eEound the court house in calm. eompossd and dignihsd manner. NN
 The clerk of the crown (Mr. Alisy) having asked him if he had snylhing to say why sentenea shonld not be passed upon him,
 Mr. Martin, in clear. firm. and manly vaics, spoke as tollowss
 .My Lord, I have noimputation tn essi upon ihe bench, neither have saything to charge the inTy with, of unfairness towards me. think the judges desired to tic their duty honestly, upright judges and men and that the twelve men who were pui into the box, as beeve not ta try, bot to convict me, voted honestly, according to their prejudiess. have no personal enmiiy against the uherih. sub- sheiia or any other gentleman conneetea with the arrangement of the jnry panei-ncr against the At- torney General, nor any other person engsgedin ths proceeding called my trial bat, my lords, eonsi- der that have not yet been tried. There have been eeriRh fofnaiites carried here foF three days re- gafding me, ending in a verdict Of aguiliy ;r but have not been put upon my country, as the consti- tuition said to exist in Ireland requires. Twelve of my eountSymen, "indiffeFentiy chosen" have not been put inio the jury box to try ne, but twelve men sybo, believe, have been selected ay the pAf- ties who represent the crown, for t.e purpose of eonvicting and not trying me. believe they were put into that box, becanse the parties conducting the prosecution knew their pOliticasent were hcste to mine. and because the matter at issue here
 
 matter of fact have nothing more ,e say to the trial except tc repeat 3 at having watched the con- duet of the judges, consideS them upright and honorable mea. 1 have this 10 add, that as to the charge make wlth respect to the panel and the SC
 lection of the jury have no legal evidence of the truth of my statement But there is ho who has a a,esai deabt of |. Every person ksews thatwhas- have stated Is the fact and would represent to the judges most respectfully, that they, upright and honorable men and judges and as citizens, ought to that the adminisraton of justice In this country is above suspicion. have nothing more 10 say with regard to the trial, but would be thank ful 10 the court for permission to say few words in vindcation of my character and motives after sen- tence is passed.'
 Baron Penefa,her--" No, we will not hear any thi ng after sentence"
 Chief Baron--.sWe cannot hear anything from you after sentence has been pronounced" Mir. Marin--'sThen, nay lords, permit me to say, 1 that admi ting the narrow and confined constitu- t,ona doctrines which have heard preached in this court to be right, am not guilty of the charge corcing to this act I did not intend or devise to levy war against the Queen, or to aeposs the Queen In the article of mine on which she jury framed thsir verdict Of guilty, which was written In pri- son, and pablshedin the last number of my paper what fdesircd to do was thisto advise and cnc0ar- age my coun.Tymen to keep their arms, because that is their inaenabe right, which no act of Par l liaulent no proclamation eau take away from thes 1 It is repeat, their inalienable right advised them to keep their afms and further, advised them to their arms in their own defence, against all assailants-eyen sssaiants that might come to attack them, unconstitatioually and improperly using the Queens name as their sanction. My ob- feet in all my proceedings has been simply to assist
 in establishing the national independence of Ireland for tine benefit of all the people of Ireand-nobe- men, cergymen, judges professional nien--in fact, all Irishmen. l have sought that object, hrst, be- 1 cause thought it our right because think L. A. NAs -t- LA ~E gf.., n. ..f l this country and secondly, admit that being a man who loved retirement, never would have en- ragged in politics did not think it was necessary to do all in my power to make an end of the horrible scenes that this country presents-thc paupersni, and starvation, and crime, and vice, and latred of all classes against each other. thought there should i be an end to that horrible system which, while it lasted, gave peace Of mind; for l could not 1 enjoy anything in my native country so long as saw my countrymcn forced to be vicious forced 10
 hate each other, and degraded to the level of pau pers and brntes. This Is the reason engaged in politics | acknowledge as the Solicitor General has said that was but weak assailant of the En- 1 glish power. Am not good writer, and am no orator. had only two weeks experience ia con ducting newspaper. until was put into my gaoii hut am satisfied to direct the attention Of my coun l trymen 10 everything have written and said, aaJ 10 rest my character ou t far and candid exarnna 1 ton of what have put forward as my opinion. shall say nothing in vndicatiou ot my motives but ths--that every fair and honorable man, no matter how prejudiced he may be, if he calmly considers what have written and said, will be satisfied that my motives pure and honorable. have noth- ing more 10 say"
 MoRE AMERICANS AMONG THgM-Ar. rests continue take place In Ireland but no men ton Is made of the apprehension of 0'Gorman and his two three immediate companions. The son of government officer arrested tho night of the 18th ut. under ihe habcas corpus snspens ion act
 The Dublin Frenchman's Journal, of the 26th ult, relates the arrest of Mir. Cfoty. belonging Co the house of Messrs. Tim, or warrant issued under the suspension of the haheas corpus act The pri- soners was transmitted 10 Ncwgate. Also the rest of Mir Mccormick, an American, the coach at Abbeyfcale, on his way from Killarney ta Dublin. He paid for the head eonstable's accommodation at the Hotel in Limerick, and sent on the 26th to Dublin, where his wife aud family arc. He com plains bitterly of the waptonness of his arrest aud says that he has his passage paid to America Also, the arrest of Mir Mathew Connolly, native of America, in castle, and conveyed to Dublin, under the habeas corpus suspension act. Both these American arrests were made by head-constable Mills.
 The Ulster Gazette also mentions several arrests. A man, of the name James Dwyer was brought h. to Cfonmel, and lodged in the county gaol; he was one of the insurgeant band. in the battle of Bou lagh Common, aad st Bangarry, and had a dread fnl wound in the right breast.
 A young man named Stewart Wright was com mitied to ihe county gaol from Lurgan, on suspi- cion of reasonable practices or correspondence.
 Several arrests of cubmea h we been made at Donnybrcok fair. They are parties whose names have never before the public.
 MANNER OF 0'CORMANS ESCAPE. z
 Respecting the escape of Mr R. o'Gorman, . Limerick paper publishes the following;
 The Dublin Evening Post will be happy to hear that Mir. Richard o'Gormon was ia the hands of Mir. Little, K. M., who, however the Post will be mortified to learn, ei him slip through his n- gers, or. more properly, from his arm Before the steamboat was searched at the quay o'kilrnsh- as we have already related, Mr. Little and ihs police were standing on the stone. endeayoring with their eyes on every male passenger who happened to be standing or sitting, walking or loungng on the deck of the vessel. The plank was pus out and the passengers dseInbarked, stepping cut on the iand- inr s.ifh considerable nacriiY. and Nsssktag the