On the same day and hour Mr.Meagher was arrested in Waterford and I in Cashel.

An attempt was made to rescue both of us, and by us both the effort was checked.

I knew nothing of what had occurred.

I had been acting since the formation of the League on my own judgment and responsibility.

Independent of the fact that the harvest was yet remote, and that we were tacitly pledged to await its coming, my experience for the previous month satisfied me that the people were far from being prepared; and I could not allow any personal considerations to influence the country at such a crisis.