Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-05

+ cOiIt 80 iott4 VIII lHtA nc4ltFe II 10 be
a Divine right to conspirc, imagine,
and devise means 70 hurl it from pow
+ er and erect IN its stead the God like
structure of self.guvernment.
I Before go on any further. l have
one important duty that wish to dis.
I pose of, To my learned, talented and
( eloquent counsel offer that poor gift
-thanks-the sincere and grateful
( thanks of an honest mau | offer him
/ to, IN the maine Of America, tie thanks
4 of the Irish people. know that
am here without a relative, without Il
/ friend IN fact, three thousand miles
away from nv family. But | know
/ that | am not forgotten there. The
I great and generous heart OF America
/ to-day feels tor-to-dav svmpathizes
with. and does not forget. the man
who Is willing to tread the scafold-
aye dehantly proudly conscious of
no wrong--in defence Of American
| prlncIpleS-in defence of libertvl
now, to Mr.. Butt. Mr. Dowsr. Mir. o.
| Laughlin, all my counsel-one Of
whom was, | believe, Mr.. Curran-
/ and my able solicitor, Mr.. Lawlcss.
! individually aud collectivelv,-ret
my most sincere and heartfelt thanks.
shall now, my lor,l--as 10 doubt Won
would suggest the proprictv of--turn
/ my attention to the world beyond the
grave. | shall now look on to that
home where sorrows are at an end
where JOY Is eternal | shall now
hope and pray that Freedom NAV vet
dawn on this poor. down-trodden coun-
try This Is my hope and PRAYER !;
and the last words | shall utter will
be prayer to Godf or forgiveness. and
a prayer for poor, old Ireland.
Now, my lords, in relation to the
other man, Corydon, | will make a
few remarks. Perhaps, before 90 to
Corydon, | should say, much has been
SAID on the table of Colonel X ellv. aud
OF the meeting al his quarters or lodg-
ln@s III London. | desire to state. !
never knew where Colonel kcllv's
lodgings were. and never knew where
he lived IN London until l heard the
lniormer, Massey, announce it on the
table. l never attended at Colonel
kellys; and the hundred other state
ments about him. that have been made
to your lordships and TO Won. gentle
men of the jury, l now solemnly de-
clare, on my honor as man, ave, as
a dying man, these statements have
been totally unfounded and false from
beginning to end.
In relation to the small paper that
was introduced here and brought
against me, as evidence, as having
been found on my person, in connec-
ton with that oath | desire to saw.
that that paper was not found on nv
person, and knew no person whose
name was on that paper. O'Byrne,
OF Dublin, or those other persons YOU
have heard Of, | never saw nor met
That paper was put in there for some
purpose | can swear positively the
handwriting IS not mine. | can also
swear | never saw it. Yet it is used
as evidence against me- Is this iustic?
Is this right? Is this manly? | ann
willing, If | have trausgrcsscd the
laws, to suffer the punishment: But ]
object to this system of trumping up
a case to take away the life of a hu-
man beng. True | ask for no mercy.
W lth my present annotated form
my constitution somewhat shattered
it Is better that my life be brought
to an end than to drag out a nlisera-
bic existence in the prison dens of
Portland. Thus it Is, my lords. | ac-
cept the verdict Of course nv ac-
ceptance of it is unnecessary but |
am satisfied with It. And now / shall
close
True it is there are many feelings
that actuate he at this moment. In
TACT, these few disconnected remarks
can give little idea Of what I desire to
state to the court. have ties that
bind me TO life and society as strong
as any man within the sound of my
voice. nc family love as well
as any man IN this court loves his
But / can remember a blessing receiv-
ed from an aged mothers lips as | left
her the last time. She spoke as the
Spartan mother did: " Go, nv bov.
Return either with your shield or IN
on it. This reconciles me: this gives
me heart. ! submit to nv doom and
| hope that God viii forgive me nv
past sins. ! hope, too, that, mas
much as he has for seven hundred
years preserved Ireland. notwithstand-
ing all the tyranny to which she has
been subjected, as separate and dis
tinct nationality, He also will assist
her to retrieve her fallen fortunes; to
rise IN her beauty ana magesty, the
sister Of Columbia, the peer of any
nation IN the world
The prisoner here ceased and step
ped back from the front of the dock,
just a. calmly as he had advanced to
IT, but with perhaps a slight addition
al lustre in his eye and heightened
color. Throughout he never hesitat-
ed for word, but spoke slowly, dis
tinctlv, and deliberately to the end.
\ suppressed murmer of appla lse and
delight with his eloquent and touch
ing address went round the court. put
Of course it was instantly suppressed
by the officials.
After a short pause Doran arose
and made brief speech but it con-
tanned nothing of general interest.
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