Richmond palladium., 1848-06-28
me mt in Ireland, now secure pursuant 10 act

Of Pa rliament. / have done my part also
Three months ago, promised Lord Clarendon
and his Governmen nt in this country. that ! would
prov oke him into his Courts Of Justice, as pla-
ces Of this kind are called, and that We oud force
him publicly and nOtoriously TO pack Jury
against me to convict me, or else that would
walk free man out Of this Court and provoke
him TO contest in another field. Ny Lord, /
knew Was setting my life upon that cast. but
but knew that in either even, the victory would
be With me, and it is with me. Neither the
Jury, nor the Judge, nor any other in this
Court, pre- sumes to imagine that it is a criminal
that stands in this dock. have shown what the
law is made Of IreIand l have shown that Her
Majesty's Governmen Mt sustains itself in Ireland
by packed Juries-by partisan Judges--by per-
jured Sheriffs''-here again the Court nte rpos-
ed. lie added. Il have acted all through this
business from the first, from a strong sense Of
duty. / do not repent anything I have done,
ain I believe that the course have opened is
only commenced The Roman who his hand
burning to ashes before the tyr rant promised that
300 should follow out his enterprise. Can l not
pro,nise.' he said. looking in the proud sad faces
that surrounded him, for one. for two, for three.
aye, for hundreds!'
Richard O'Gorman stood en- biie side Of him,
Meager Oh the other. Here is one,' he said,
turning to O'Gorman, 'aDd here is another, and
he caught Meager as he spoke. Devin Reilly
to him, grasped his hand and cried. Prom
Use for me ll,'--'For hundreds, repeated
the prisoner Thousands, thousands rung
through the Court .Solemn,y as a nations vow
should ever be uttered, openly as freemen ought,
they pledged themselves to struggle as he had
done. and il need be, to suffer. The Judge
fled affrghted from the Bench, and all for
while was in confusion. Mr.. Mitchell was hur-
ried through the under ground passage to his
cell; the Police were active in repressng all de-
monstrations of sympathy for the prisoner. and
when the Judges returned. Meager and Doheny
were brought be fore them for contempt Of Court.
they refused to apologize, !, but Lefroy said he
did not wish TO restrain any expression Of SYM
pathy for the proisoner tha, was all matter Of
taste, and, they did not intend any disrespect
to the Court, lie would discharge them.
There is one incident connected with this trial
that should never be omitted: The Counsel,
Robert Holmes, old man Of 81, was frequent
ly interrupted by the Court during his defence.
The Judge, when commenting on the case, in-
tmated that he spoke advocate, not as
man. Mr.. Holmes and said the language
he used yesterday he reiterated to day; il IL was
iIlegal,he responsible for it; he spoke in the
presence of her Majesty's Attorney General;
let him do his duty to the Covernment--he had
done his to his Country II it recalled the State
Trials Of the eighteenth century in its worst
features, II recalled them in its redeeming ones.
All were there-the noble intrepidity Of the pris-
oner, the fearless bearing of the Counsel, the
time-serving of the Jury, the equivocation Of the
witnesses, the vindictiveness Of the Crown, the
descration of the Bench were all marvelously
resuscitated in own days Of enlightened liber-
ality. 1t has done more to republicanize Ireland
than all John Mitchell ever said or wrote.