The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-21

tbs s ses gst "a 9 sisbt cannot soo because
Except in so far the prosecution of the freshman and
WeeHy ewS have relation thereto and that which has
proceeded against the parties indicted for marching the
late funeral PROFESSIONS Neutrality-suspicious. and moras
written largely about sympathy which according to its nature
and objects may lead to benefcent efcent results but
we are not aware that any legal work has been written
the SUBJECT though such wo9d, if composed the
side of authority much aid the proceedings now instituted
nasmuch as the whole strength ct the of the Crown
against the individuals referred Is solely based ON sympathy
assuming dangerous bias Tt is from having demonstrated
their sympathy with the executed at Manchester that
the proeessons Messrs J. Martini Alexander Sullivan,
ID alor and Thomas being prosecuted and
the crminatory evidence OF the witnesses ON the Crowns side
Will gain Its weight tr such testimony may tend show
with favorable or havorabe eyes calculated
preach OF the peac AS such occurred the jury will
have to judge the conduct of the above parties in the scales
OF hypothesis The trial may, therefore, be called
metaphysical prosecution. 1t be hoped that the pro-
cessons-rAost of whom defend themseves-wll exercise
the carace rtc Ingenuity of parapatetc philosophers but
though esy the text book of the Crown and travesers
In such ought to be Adam Smiths doctrine of the
moral Sentiments whose drift is that the morality
such trials will believe have little reference to the opus
me- <a@m of that author The Wealth of Nations The in
dctmen contained four counts three at law and
based the Party Professions act The traversers
pleaded not guilty jury empanneled three of whom
ordered stand by by the Crown the raverser side
also all exercised their right to challenge but Mr. Sullivan
After the Solicitor Generals speech and the examination of
few Witnesses Mr.. Cream addressed the jury in behalf of
Mr. j. j. Labor the only of these under prosecution who
defended by counsel the gist of which was that the
procession not having created any disturbance his taking
part in it had not infringed the bounds of legality. Mr.
Alexander Sullivan the proprietor of the Nation and Weekly
Neus then addressed the jury in his behalf He stated
his for taking that course and showed that they
little grounded the personal vanity which desires dis
play from dsrepect to the bar and BENCH but
purely from predetermnaton being entertained of what
he should do ever placed in the circumstances in which he
then STOOD He then proceeded to explode and denounce the
superstition which the grounded that either he
his friends by joining in the procession proposed thereby
to express any sympathy with assassns-their sympathy
rested falsely for
Sullivan defended the Irish people from the charge of dis
loyalty pronounced by the Solicitor General and gave
sketch of the leading events of Irish history show that the
and legislation of Great Britain from the earliest days
of conquest exhibited an nveerae tendency make rebels
of those whom humane and enlightened system of
government would have permanently insured good sub
ects Abiding to the Manchester executions he conended
that the he had adopted that of making the law
respected by having properly administered and vindicaed
the possibility of slight producing events grave
in Dublin under the circumstances which had occurred in
Manchester Having justified his conduct he referred
the nvidous character of the double instituted
against him by the Crown with the object of assuring his
conviction. After an address of remarkable eloqnence
which occupied several hours Mr. Sullivan closed his
marks with earnestly expressed aspiration for the future
nationality of Ireland and asserted the proud feeling with
whchwhen that state of things had been perfected it
assuredy would in tmehe would reflect upon the that
although his property life and reputation had been placed
hazard that though he had suffered Imprisonment orths
public conduct he had adopted in the of the Irish
people, he had been of the journalists of that people who
had by personal sacrifice the vestge of freedom which
remained in the land. Mr. Sulivans address several
times interrupted by applause aud its final words were
drowned by such vehement cheers have been seldom heard
in Irish court of justice under any circumstances.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
On Thursday evening, Doth instant, Mr. George Francis
Train delivered lecture crowded auditory in the
Rounda, whose appointments Americanized for the
OCCASION the banner with the Stars and Stripes being
pended the platform and the reading desk being aso
draped with the flag of the United States AT eight o'clock
Mr. Train presented himself and received with vehement
cheering Whether beicose speech anticipated
say but at any the proceedings initiated by
couple of rows and the vigorous application of the bicp
muscle two Individuals in the body of the hail.
who appears had Missed the great orator of preadeage
restored the lecturer began with popular preamble highly
calculated to enlist Irish audience alluded to the inter
probation put upon passagen his Cork address
Irish journals and in reply the suggestion that he should
be again arrested stated that should such thing occur
would England million pounds instead of the hundred
thousand which he his damages for the previous