No higher proof could be given of his purity of purpose, elevation of sentiment, and goodness of heart.

On the 19th of August he was called up to receive sentence He stood in the spot hallowed by the footprints of Robert Emmet and John Mitchel; nor was the heart he brought to the same sacrifice less worthy than theirs.

Upon his benevolent countenance or stout heart, the appliances of terror around him had no effect.

He stood unmoved and unawed, in the glorious consciousness that he had fulfilled his duty to his friend and to his country.
When asked what he had to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, he replied:-- "MY LORDS: I have no imputation to cast upon the bench, neither have I anything of unfairness toward myself to charge the jury with.

I think the judges desired to do their duty fairly, as upright judges and men, and that the twelve men who were put into the box, not to try, but to convict me, voted honestly according to their prejudices.