Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-04
From the Baltimore amer;c,,
IRISH EMANCIPATION sOCIrr,,

From the Baltimore american
IRISH EMANCIPATION SOCIETIES I
We take occasion, from the commune
Of a correspondent On this subject, to m's
few remarks on the object and proc.d"'
these societies in the United States.
Their object is certainly not to r,ci,.
people Of Ireland to any uncon. itu,ion,Io,@
warrantabIe acts. At the same Time, ,aL,.s
for granted tha, the advocates Of Irish rish,ss!E
Ireland know what they are about, they A.. =
sirous to sid them in the constitutional ri,S
cation Of these, a, far as this NAV BE- don, ,S4
sisiently with The pacific relation. be,v,,nm
two governments. They have adop,.d =.
means to this end; 6,st, the expression Of ,b.;
sympathy with their dis,ressrs; and second,
the contribution Of such means as NAV BE- :.
qusi,e for forwarding the object of the C,bs
lie association in ireland; as money, it Seem.
is not only the sinew Of war, but is nsces,,s
and that in some quantity, to procure III. =,
adjustment Of rights, and even law to m,I
railroad, from the British parliament w.
see nothing in either OF those procedures vh,S
violates the laws or even the comfy Of ns,io,,
The Emancipation Societies are jus,iSet i
them, not only by the great law ol naure al
mankind, but as our correspondent obsus
by the practice of the British people.
II was not withou, reason that MIR Csnnir,
in the speech which excited so much a,,ruiT
from certain crowned heads, spoke Of "oni
mon" as one part of the force which he trp
enlis, in The support Of his policy, his "lih.r,j
policy" 1t is this sort OF force which Il.
friends Of Ireland in this country desire !,
WELD. I, is the great advantage which II.
cause of liberty has obtained from thu freedom
and diffusivenrss of the Press, rha, mother y,
ranny nor vicious policy can find salty in Ii.
obscurity OF its transactions. here is nation
al as well as personal pride, which SEEKS %,
TEEN and avoids reproacb; and To address our
selves 10 this srntiment is Ger airly NOR
ouiel, as !, is more effectusl mode Of redre.
sing the wrongs which humanity suf r, Il. h,
hand Of bad or unwise rulers, Than any Other
imaginable one. his is a great gam 10 III.
cause Of freedom, and there seems to br no re,,
son in the world why il should no. be made
use of at least as freely as in Enra d, which Is
never slow to speak its opinion of the vices d
other governments.
As 10 the sums which are raised here with.
like purpose, they may be as properly rars
mitted from America to the leaders OF tn Cab
olic Association, as from England to Iresni
itself. They are sent, not with a hostile buI /
benevol intent, they are committed to ID:
hands Of prudent persons, whose avowsd Or
zee, is the establishment Of Irish rights by mo-
derate and peaceable measures. Those con-
tribulions are certainly not less praisewonh
then If they were made as they have been hire
tofore, to relieve the Irish people from The p,''
sure Of physical want. No national comfy lo'
bids our thus lending our pecunary aid, u
the violence or imprudence Of the Irish lest
ers shall incur our disapproba'ion, and suhft
u. to the charge Of assisting bad cause,
giving our countenanee to an unjus'ihable m''
Of supporting it,