Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-19

laws were enacted, they had no voice or ma,
ence TO correct their enormi,ies, or 70 on,n,,
their passage. F''''
Thus, this gallant, gifted and generous ~,
pie have received the treatment which savs,..
award to their captives. from a eoyerrr,sss
which claims 10 be The most liberal. ire, ..S
kumane in Europe. How exceedingly l,m.n, "s
Bile has been their fate, commanding me ac,;"
sympathy and the frrvent prayers Of good mss
in every cllme--ye, failing to obtain secu,rs
for life, liberty. or properly from sovernn.r,
which exacts from them an equal por,on g
revenue which calls upon them in TIM Is
war Tor unlimited appropriation of blccd and
treasure; and Offers them as an equivslen, T.,
all these sacrifices, the idle privilege Of be,,in.
debates in Parliament where they are no, p
lowed TO speak even through the medium ,s
representation, an seeing magnificent church,
Greeted at their ex2enssl which they mus, No,
enter without leaving their conscience beb,rt
them. They are the children Of hero., IS
statesmen, and scholars. The NANTES Of RI.
fathers have fallen upon the children. r.,
Slavery they endure is without parallel IN
history and reason can offer no excus. far j.,
continuance
Deemins that the period has at length srri,,
ed when, without civil commolion, those eul,
may be removed, and that injured peop. b.
restored 10 the enjoyment Of freedom and
tranquility; with truth and justice, and sincsri.
,y, to give effect to their appeal, "the Associ,,
ton Of the friends Of Ireland in New Yo,k"-
aresen, themselves befole the liberal p,nple Of
the United States. They come forward in h.
character Of advocates 10 behalf Ct oppressed hu
mainly. They plead not as sectariaas-no
as Irshmen-,hey profess every chris,ig
creed; they are the representatives Of ever
christian land, they plead as men who acknoV.
ledge affinity to the whole human race: and
they cherish the>assurance tina! they alire.,
those who are happlest when they can ex'snt
| the means Of happiness to others.
Byt act Of the Union which made IrsErl
politically part Of the British domirl,..
which abolished her local Par!iament: and by
which she surrendered that independence lc;
whose preservation, up to The very time u a.
greeting TO that act, the majority Of bpr peep,
had s,rendously con:enaeG;i i, was provided
that every person who could prove that he w..
lessee Of ltnemrn', which by his industry be
had rendered worth forty shiilings sterling mo-
aey over and above The rent and his drb.,
should be entitled 10 a vote a, the hu.,ing,-
This clause preserved 10 the people that most
importsnt right Of frteme n--thr right Of sehtl
ing heir representatives. 1t was an ad,an:s.
of an inestimable value, but as it was conuttd
at time when the Irish people had bren gO.d
ed to acts Of desperation by the sangQaary
measures of their rulers, and were siigmat,l
as rebels when they bad never been legally sub,
iects: and when those rulers were engaged iOl
doubtful con,es, with the French nation, the 40.
Gent foe Of their glasping ambition, and re.
quiring soldiers from among these very rebel.
that concession sprung from motive ofiar,
and not from any sense of justice.
ITO be concluded 10 morrOwl