Great Interests Demand Great Safeguards.

The Treason Of Which I Stand Convicted Loses All Its Guilt, Has Been Sanctified As A Duty, And Will Be Ennobled As A Sacrifice.

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.

A Good Government May, Indeed, Redress The Grievances Of An Injured People; But A Strong People Can Alone Build Up A Great Nation.

A National Flag Is The Most Sacred Thing A Nation Can Possess

I Now Bid Farewell To The Country Of My Birth - Of My Passions - Of My Death; A Country Whose Misfortunes Have Invoked My Sympathies - Whose Factions I Sought To Quell - Whose Intelligence I Prompted To A Lofty Aim - Whose Freedom Has Been My Fatal Dream.