The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-05

during Your uphallbwcd ministry into one
great reservoir, your lordships might
swim In it, interruption from the judge
Think not. any lord, that | say this for
the petty qualification Of giving you Il
trausitury uneasiness. A man who never
yet raised his voice to assert n lie with
not hazard his character with posterity
10y advancing fals1hood on subject 50
Important. Again | say, that what | have
spoken Us not intended Tor your lordship
IL is meant as consolation to my coun-
l:Nincn If there be true freshman pres
mi JET my last words cherish him IN the
hour of afflicton. dc was here inter-
fuptcd again by Lord Norbury, who told
him that. instead of advancing anything
III his Justification, he continued to speak
nothing but treason and seditlon: said his
tfmmetD family had produced men of
great talent, and that he himself was not
tho mcaneSt of them. lie had just then
afforded them PROOF, and lameutcd the
situation he had reduced himself t., etc.
After thanking The judge Tor hie com
pliments to his family, hc procceied)
"My lord, did not mean 70 utter trca-
SON | dad not mean to use seditious Ian.
guase. | did not even seek to oXculpate
myself | did only eudeDVor to explain
the obvious principles on which | acted,
without even 50 much as an attempt at
their application. Where Ia the boasted
freedom OF your constitution? Where the
impartiality, mildness and clcmcncy of
your courts of justice. II a wretchel cul-
prlt, about to he delivered over to the
eNecutioner, he not suffered to Vinlcatc
his motives from the aspcrsions OF
calumny? You, my lord, are III" judge. /
am the culprit But YOU. my lord are a
man, and | am another And IA n man to
whom fame Ia dcarcr than lie, | Will use
tho last moments Of that life in rescu.ng
my name and memory from the foul AMI
odious imputaiious thrown upon them II
the spirit of the .llustrious j ,ad can wit.
ness the scenes Of this tronsitory life, dcar
shade or my venerable father, look down
with - vlrtuouS scrutiny on your SUFFER n
son, ana see has he dcviatcd for a mo-
m.ut from thosa moral and patriotic les
sons which you taught him and which h,
now dies for. As 10 me, my lords, | have
hecn sacrificed ON the altar 81 truth ard
liberty There have | cxtnruishcd tn.
torch OF friendship, and offered NJ the
idol Of my soul the object Of my affec-
lions. There have I partch with all that
could be dear to m" I'm this llfc. and moth
Ing nov remains 10 plc hut the cold hon
or~ oil tho praNo. My lamp OF NE e. nnpr'y
"NtinGuishod NV racc is nu'shCd. and Tho
crave opens to receive me IN ropuo.t
nj my dcrarturo fran thl, world. IS to
cha1iiy Of rs silence. Let no man write
my ptauh. NJ man "tn write my cpiteph
Nnd as no u'1n WHO knows my motives
laces To ViudinotN thCm, 80 Let no wan
who is Ignorant " them. with preuiloe
naUorsc them When my country takes
her rank amonps' the nations or,thc ca"th
then only can my coiauh h" w,ptt,r. AMI
hon alone can my character hc Vind'catel
! have done"
What is the irish National Alliance,
which seems - be such an important or.
sanlzatio1 among the ceUs3 "a a question
which might he asked 10y the unniiiatcd !
WHAT are It's purposes, its principles and
Sho are It's CniCcrst These questions
come ap'ly el ieh AZ this time when II
Is stated that Non. OMEN Ryan carle I
from ST. Louis Ia draw around him the =
IRISH ciuIenS OF trNNS dud torm ana .r,ta- 4
cation, which is L. h a branen and a /
part OF the National Council
ON tHlrC days of last Sabtprtbcr. Tho !
,iih. salh and -tth. there moi IN Chicii - I
1 convention ct native hnin Irshmsn, !
ana olhrrS VINO were horn N this country |
# Irish descent. and knoWa As Irish (
Amerirans. This convention had r-r its
mporaiN chairman John =. lmartN OF /
'hicaso, and portion a AIS address tho
lrst uaN VIII Sh W the intcntS and pur-
loscs of tho mecInp, He said:
There are thrSe WHO fear that we NAV
10 something here against the laws of
he United states. our loyalty to tba
initcd States is shown in Stars and
stripes on our platform; hut our loyalty
; matter independent of and separate
rom the neutrality laws.
whenever has England paid any nj
cnton . neutrality laws Certainty not
n Ireland, where her very presence Is n |
tanding memorial OF her breach OF the
as is frequently said 10 us
lowadays, observe the neutrality laws
'ou and |, gentlemcn, would be scrfs still
Unfortunate brethren I'm Ireland Al.
hough there ho comparatively Few Irith-
men left in Ireland 70 bear the blows
4 the oppressor, there arc 2O,Oooo>o OF
rishmcn I'm cNfry part OF tl,e world ready
nd ANXIOUS - strike the blow that shall
make the old country frne. For twenty
ears the foreign policy OF the United
cen. When the English landed their
unboats at Ccrtnto II should have evoked
reply from the mouth OF the American
annon that would make the Monroe doc