Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-20
CONCLUSION OF THE ADDRESS VI
THE. IRISH ASSOCIATION.

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Il. fun and salu,ary effect, and thus enable the
peone 10 obtain an equal and a fair represeh-
.ation in that body whose laws they were re-
ouired 10 obey, and with whose pecuniary e4-
actions thew were commanded TO comply, De-
came a subjec, for serious reflection 10 every
na,riot--In this absorbngsfe all party us
iinc,ions among the good and the in'ei'.ge".
were lost. Catholic aud Protestant ooeyed that
imperious necessity which prescribed measures
of prompt relief to the miseries oil dstrac.eu
and Oppressed peasantry-prevented rom eA>
crcisine that elective franchise by the narras-
sing measures Of their unfeeling Landlords. r.
The plap which was deen,ed the most EN-
ci,nt was to raise by voluntary contribution a
fund for the purpose of defraying the charges
a,tendan, upon disseminating the principles OF
an useful education among the children OF the
Door: and TO supply such deficiencies as migh'
oe cur in the pecLniary afAirs OF the ireehoiders
so as to enable them not only TO pay ihe'f a.
pacious landlords, but to appear al inc Po"'
with the required qualification:
The majority Of he people, Tor whose oeneh,
it was to be raised, being Catholics, this innu
was denomaated, "the Catholic Kent i"e
adop,ion and successful progress Of this plan
NAV he hailed by every friend 10 the cause OF
civil and religious liberty, as preliminary 20 inc
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pIe. I,s good effects have already appeared In
the ,yiumphsn, election TO Parliament OF the IL
ius,rous Daniel O'Connel the forty shilling
Ere, holders OF the cnun,y Of Clare. his graf
ifyipt occurrence is conclusive As TO the result
1t is ireland's frs, step towards freedom. he
sec ond will be- the repeal Of all laws creating
civil disabilities on account OF religious orilei.
When This great obIec, is achieved every mo
tive for dissen ion will ce. Sc, distinctive a2pr-
lations in politics or religion WI b' discarded!
peace and harmony will return To country
which has been the abode o. anarchy anc IN
ternal warfare for nearly seven centuries. Nhef
the entire population become possessed o. an
rouali,y Of rights, and lhUse rights ale guar
anteed by direct reprcsentatlon-wnen taieh.
al hough born and nur,urrd out oil the pale oil
an established Church shall meet with just re-
ward, The people will became sensible that V'r'
tue, like sunligh, is confine 10 40 sect or cline
Those animosi,ies which have been iostered by
the insidious policy Of nieiconary piacemen,
shall disappear before that rue knowledge OF
character which is derived from close assocla-
ton. The people will become ashamed Of pre-
iudice, and consc ious that human beings speak
ing the same language, and hreatning he same
air. NAV combine in measures for the common
pooi--ma maiutaia friendly intercourse, &
vet adhere u diff, zen crreds. All this shall
occur, and then, Ireland, 40 longer requiring
sympathy Cor her Undesirable suffering, or aid
to redrr IS her unmrri'ed wrongs, shall com
mand BY her greatness sud prosperity The adj
miration and applauss # NE world. And those
who shall hay. ontriaut-d their means or their
exer,iors tn prod ucs his salu,ary result, may
transmit The ian.r they shall acquire, as the
rio hest Of thNir lrgsc!cs 10 Pos,erry.
Americans people Gf the United States! We
call unon YOU by Al, nesc endearing ties which
biad man 10 his bro her; by those obligations
which are esteemed the most sacred among the
most riishtened cations; in the name OF that
divine charity which directs the sensbili'ies OF
the heart beyond the limits Of HON: We call
upon YOU in the spirit Of true Christianity,
which extends It's benevolence 10 all men: by
tn A, enlarged sense Of gratitude which delights
to acknowledge sacrifices and Benefits: we call
upon you TO extend your pecunis'y aid to the
caus, Of civil aud religious liberty IN lrelard
Her people ask your aid-not as favor, hr' as
right They are your brothers, and cannot
Justly be denied: they have claims upon your
gratitude: they are entitled to Your assistance:
lhey are oppressed by hsrah and i'librral laws.
and they appeal to you as 20 p'op!. who, oy
the peculiar felicity ofyour fortunes. are cons'i-
,u,ed The arbi,crs between the oppressor and the
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ions, as ,hr preserves and dispensers of free
principles Their ia her have Tough and blrd
side by side with gour fa,hers-have died with
them to obtain for you that iibery which you
now enjoy. May The debt which you owed TO
he fathers, be now paid to III caildrer!
| The services of Irish men have been pre- -emi-
uen, wheresoever The standard OF fr, edom has
been unfurlrt, to the breeze. Alas. their exer-
tons have only been unsuccessful in emanci-
pating their own land! On the plains OF revo>
u,ionary France; on the wild pampas OF Peru;
| and the dark defiles Of the snow clad Andes;
upon The Island shores Of classic Greece, they
have proved their devotion TO the rights OF
man-they have sealed with their blood their
coyeuan, wi freedom. Thus, far from their
own green ISL, lh'y rave died for strangers
And their bones now whiten in the sun on
fields where the glory Of dying in the cause Of
universal emancipation, was their incentive to
exertion; where the hopes tina, their sacrifices
would be remembered by the world in favour
of Their native land, when her call for assistance
should GO forth, was at once their reward and
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