[Here Lord Norbury interrupted Mr. Emmet, saying--"that the mean and wicked enthusiasts who felt as he did, were not equal to the accomplishment of their wild designs."] "I appeal to the immaculate God--I swear by the Throne of Heaven, before which I must shortly appear--by the blood of the murdered patriots who have gone before me--that my conduct has been, through all this peril, and through all my purposes, governed only by the conviction which I have uttered, and by no other view than that of the emancipation of my country from the superinhuman oppression under which she has so long and too patiently travailed; and I confidently hope that, wild and chimerical as it may appear, there is still union and strength in Ireland to accomplish this noblest of enterprises. Of this I speak with confidence, of intimate knowledge, and with the consolation that appertains to that confidence. Think not, my lords, I say this for the petty gratification of giving you a transitory uneasiness. A man who never yet raised his voice to assert a lie, will not hazard his character with posterity, by asserting a falsehood on a subject so important to his country, and on an occasion like this. Yes, my lords, a man who does not wish to have his epitaph written until his country is liberated, will not leave a weapon in the power of envy, or a pretence to impeach the probity which he means to preserve, even in the grave, to which tyranny consigns him." [Here he was again interrupted by the court] "Again I say, that what I have spoken was not intended for your lordship, whose situation I commisserate rather than envy--my expressions were for my countrymen. If there is a true Irishman present, let my last words cheer him in the hour of his affliction." [Here he was again interrupted. Lord Norbury said he did not sit there to hear treason.]