y one of those
gentlemen who have so ably conducted my case. Now, my lords,
I will receive that sentence which is impending. I am prepared
for the worst. I am prepared to be torn from my friends, from
my relations, from my home. I am prepared to spend the bloom
of my youth in a tomb more dark and horrible than the tomb
wherein the dead rest. But there is one consolation that
I will bring into exile, if I may so call that house of
misery--a clear conscience, a heart whose still small voice
tells me that I have done no wrong to upbraid myself with.
This is the consolation that I have,--that my conscience
is clear. I know it appears somewhat egotistical for me to
speak thus, but it is a source of consolation for me that I
have nothing to upbraid myself with, and I will now say in
conclusion, that if my sufferings can ameliorate the wrongs or
the sufferings of Ireland. I am willing to be offered up as a
sacrifice for the good of old Erin.

* * * * *

GENERAL W. HALPIN.

At the same Commission, before the same judges who had tried the cases
of Colonel Warren and Augustine E. Costello, General William Halpin
was put on his trial for treason-felony. It was alleged that he was
one of the military officers of the Fenian organization, and, had been
appointed to take command, in the Dublin district, in the rising which
had taken place on the 5th of March; and this it was sought to prove
by the evidence of the informers, Massey, Corydon, Devany, and others.

General Halpin employed no counsel, and undertook the conduct of his
case himself. The considerations that had induced him to take this
course he thus explained to the jury:--

Two reasons operated on my mind, and induced me to forego
the advantage I would derive from having some of the able and
learned counsel that plead at this bar. The first reason is,
that if you, gentlemen, are a jury selected by the Crown,
as juries are known to be selected heretofore in political
cases--if you are, in fact, a jury selected with the express
purpose of finding a verdict for the Crown--then, gentlemen,
all the talent and ability that I could employ would avail
me nothing. If, on the other hand, by any chance the
Attorney-General permitted honest men to find their way into
the box, then, gentlemen, lawyers were equally unnecessary for
me.

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