the waves of Champlain, brilliant with the
victory of McDonough; the plains of Chalmette, still radiant with
the martial fire of Jackson; the convent of Cherubusco, still
ringing with the war shout of Shields; the sunken road of Antietam,
that beheld the green flag of Meagher's Irish brigade rise and fall
by the side of the stars and stripes, as color-bearer after
color-bearer went down under the withering breath of the rebel
front of flame; the valley of Cedar Creek, in which the heroic
figure of Phil Sheridan lives as immortally as that of Napoleon at
Marengo; the square of the Haymarket, in this our own city, where
the Irish officers of the law stood like a wall of iron between the
people and anarchy--all these examples and many more could we
summon to the bar of public opinion if it were, indeed, necessary
to convince the American people that every man born in Ireland is
in spirit, if not in fact, an American.

"It has been asserted by those instrumental in covering us with
defamation that we wish to screen the murderers of Dr. Cronin. We
meet here to-day, among other reasons, for the purpose of
vehemently denouncing his atrocious murder in our capacity as
American citizens; but we hold that, as Irish-Americans, we have no
more right to be held responsible for that foul atrocity than has
any other element of our body politic for crimes committed by
persons to whom they are kindred. We devoutly hope that the
officers authorized by law will succeed in bringing to justice the
assassins of Dr. Cronin.

"We repudiate, both as American citizens and as Irish-Americans,
the claim made by the enemies of our race, that the Irish element
has any desire, or any purpose, to make the soil of America the
theatre of acts of vengeance because of feuds, factions or
disagreements growing out of political differences or personal
heart-burnings."

CHAPTER XVIII.

IN COURT AT LAST--THE STATE'S ATTORNEY POINTS OUT THE ACCUSED, MAN BY
MAN--A FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT--OBJECTIONS TO LUTHER LAFLIN
MILLS AND HIS ASSOCIATES OVER-RULED BY THE COURT--WEEKS CONSUMED IN THE
WEARISOME TASK OF SECURING A JURY--SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

"THE STATE IS READY."

"May it please the Court and gentlemen of the jury: We are here to
try the charge of murder lodged against Bur