A Jury Of My Countrymen, It Is

Great Interests Demand Great Safeguards.

The Dependence Of One People Upon Another, Even For The Benefits Of Legislation, Is The Deepest Source Of National Weakness.

But It So Happens, And It Will Ever Happen So, That They Who Have Lived To Serve Their Country - No Matter How Weak Their Efforts May Have Been - Are Sure To Receive The Thanks And Blessings Of Its People.

Judged By The Law Of England, I Know This Crime Entails Upon Me The Penalty Of Death; But The History Of Ireland Explains That Crime And Justifies It.

It Is Not Only Our Duty To America, But Also To Ireland. We Could Not Hope To Succeed In Our Effort To Make Ireland A Republic Without The Moral And Material Support Of The Liberty-loving Citizens Of These United States.