Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-07-16
The Eloqucncc OF TTcnghcr, tho Irish
Patriot.

The following is n beautiful specimen Of real
eloquence II is without rival in either tho
dead or the living languages, we think, Ii was
Mr. Mcaghers address TO the Judges, before
whom he was tried for treason:
My lords, it is my intention to say few words
only. | desire that the last act of proceeding
which has occupied so much Of the public time,
should be of short duration. Nor have | the in.
delicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of
State prosecution with a vain display of words.
Did | fear that hereafter, when shall be no more,
the country that have tried 20 serve would think
i'll of me, might indeed avail myself of this SOL
men moment TO vindicatc my sentiments and nv
conduct. have nos such fear. The country will
judgo Of those sentiments and that conduct in
light far different from that in which the inry
by which | have been convicted have view
ed them and by the country, the sentence
which you, my lords, are about to pronounce,
will be remembered only as the severe and SOL
emn attestation of my recttude and truth
Whatever be the language in which that SEN
tencc be spoken, | know that my fate will meet
with sympathy and that my memory will be hor-
ored. In speaking thus my lords, accuse mo
not Of an indecorOus presumption, To the eff
forts have made in u Gst and noble cause, as
crlbo no vain importauce-nor do | claim for
those Efforts any high reward. But it so hap
have tried to serve their country, no matter how
weak the effort may have been, are sure to re-
cciyo the thanks and blessings Of its people
With my country, then, leave my memory
my sentimcn,s-my ac;s--proudly feeling that
they require no yudcaton FRI IN the this day
\ jury of my couUuymon, II is true have found
me guilty OF the crime Of which stood indicted.
For this | entertain not the slightest feeling of
resentment toward them. Influenced as they
must have been by the charge Of the lord Chief
Justice, they could have found 10 other verdict.
NLaiot that charge Any strong observations
on il, feel sincerely, would iil-bcft the solem-
nifty Of this scene; but would earnestly bosccch
Of you, my l0rds--you who preside on that bench
when the passions and projudices OF this hour
have passed away, TO appeal to your conscience,
and ask Of it was your charge as it ough, to
have been, impartial and Indifferent between the
subject and the crown. My lords, Won NAV
deem this language unbccoming in me, and per-
haps it may seal my fate. But | am here 10
speak the truth whatever il may cost. ain
am here to regret nothing thatI have ever done
to retrac, nothing have ever eaid. am hero
to crave with no lying lip, the life consecrato
to the liberty Of my country. Far from it even
here-here, where the libcrtinc, the murderer,
have left their foot prints in the d.st; here, on
this spot, whore the shadows Of death surround
/ HE, ana rom WHICH see my eafy grave III All
unannointed soil open to receive me even here
! cncircled by these terrors, the hope which has
| beckoned me to the perilous sea upon which
! have besn wrecked, still consoles, animates, en-
raptures me. No, do not despair of my poor
old country, her peace, her liberty, her glory
For that country can do no more than bid her
hope. To lift this island up-to make her
| benefactor 10 humanity, instead of being the
meanest beggar in the world--to restore to her
! native powers and her ancient consutution--this
has b-ea nv ambition, ard tbs ambition ny