Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-06
(From Ike LguisciHc Journal Of the l7M uh)

-O'CONNELL-GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND.
In rcpubShng Gen. llamiltons letter 10 The Editor
Of the Richmond Enquirer, We expressed The regret we
fell &c We have 10 fear, that our remarks and
ut opinions on this subject may have been mIsundrr'
stood We did not ccntre The language used towards
OConnc as being al all more severe Than lie merIled
As TO Q Conne himself and his English auditors, we
entertain in the fullest degree that feeling which VIC
trust we share in with every Americana feel
inc of scorn and contempt. Whilst making this eSpa'
nation il may not be unacceptable TO cur readers thai
We give The reasons for this feeling.
II may not perhaps, be known TO all OF our readers,
that for some wears past whilst own Government
and tina, Of Great Britain, with The aid OF all the
enlightened men of both countries, successfully
cndeavoring to bring about state OF good feeling te
the Two countries necessary to their prosperity:
the notorious Irish agtator o ConneIl has been aemrt
ing TO cast gall ard bitterness into the cups with which
the nations pledging each other in their on.
ward career Of mutual prosperity. He has arai!rd him
self Of every occasion TO cast oboquy and coarse abuse
upon this country. He IS attempting 10 again fan into
flame the smoulderng embers of that ancient rrudgc
which The English have borne towards since the
successful termination OF revolutionary wnr. II" s
endcavorng 10 acquire personal popularity and personal
influence with The people OF England by panderng 10
and payng upon tic most ignoble Of their peJudcrs.
Wills, The more liberal minded Of both countries
are witnessing With pleasure the gradual wearing away
Of old rescn,men,s long mutually and rJutiousy outer
iaincG and halng the advent u more cordial and IL
blessing this nyelerae agator for sinister purposes of
his own attempts TO disturb the growing harmony. On
the recent occasion OF large public meeting al Bmlng-
ham England he put the copestone 10 The long rearing
cdGce of his impotence ard nsolcnce by the grosscst
insult 10 our whole country in abuse Of General
Washn aton and present Minister To England. After
nduGng in his accustomed denunc!ation Vi this coun
ry under the p!eeSt OF lis liberation 81 negro slavery,
he spoke of il insult from our Government TO-.
wards that Of Great Britain 10 send Shareholder,
hpiS, nd i,nn Minister
disgrace 10 the human species merely because he was
u STAKEHOLDER.
If an English audience could listen to such language
with applause, or permit 1t without Kissing the vena
orator into silence lit is for the purpose Of "nPins
cnnunty and abuse upon this country, that Ireland
hires the mcrccnary services OF her venal orator, Is
time that the attention Of the people OF this country
should be called to The iacttha. they should be made
10 nd The kind Of feeling that is entertained
getting up towards them in Eng land and Ireland. If
EN- gland cannot aIiay her feelings Of envy and Ill will
if she still retains al the bottom of her heart some unap-
peasabe drops Of hcr old against US It's good that
we should know it, If Ireland, TO every prin
cipe orcndship TO every dictate OF gratitude, employs
her prostitu,ed hireng TO illuminate his oulmoulhed
abuse upon u.s. it s good that we should know il.
Who are they, these revers Of our country for its
system of slavery these English and these Irish of the
father land: The subjects OF the very government, the
sons OF The very men, who fastened the system OF sa-
very upon country in despite OF lis earnest and re-
pea,cd opposition and remons,rance. The sons oil tic
very men, who originated the traffic in human iiesh
who kidnapped the negroes on the coast OF Africa,
brought them 10 this country, sold them TO our iorca
TIERS and through the agency of the British Govern.
ment in manner compelled hcm 10 be received In
vain ancestors demonstrated against the rainc as
not merely inhuman and uuchrisan in itself, but as
well calculated to produce the most in urous results up
on the country The British Government still iOscred
and promoted it, The claims of humanity, The vital IN
tprcsts of the people Of this county, could touch no
chord of sympathy in the bosom of Britain, long us
,T bnrn bpp,o cu,la mi Ike In
the c. 1t is set forth in the Declaration oil lndepen
dence Of these tyfanncal acts OF oppression io
which This country cast off its allegiance 10 Britain
Our Government had the honor Of being the first to
prohibit the traffic and the first 10 denounce II as piracy
Not till after the trade ceased be profitable, not ill
after her colonies gluited not till after her home
merchants ceased 10 have any interest IN keeping II up
did Britain follow example in prohibiting the trattic
and denouncng il as piracy 1t is true, IN Pfu'ien
zeal for humanity and with her usual reckessness for
The interests of her colons,s she has partially abolished
slavery in her West India Islands, but, even IN THIS,
she has Jagged for half century behind the exam
pies OF five OF States; and in this, she mani
tests but cnmmpniab.e fUrecaS. in bringing about, by
gradual process, the least injurious to her own home
Interests result that she ioresces 10 be inevitable
The European is constantly dwindng and deterloratng
under the West India climate, whilst the African hnds
in il genial home and il is progressively improving.
Under this state Of things there is law of nature more
certain in its ultimate results, not even the rising and
setting Of the sun, than that later the negro
will become the master 1t required but little forecast
to see that this have occurred way in less
than half century. If it occurred through violent
disruption of the ties between master and slave, II would
necessarily have eundered also al The game time all
beneficial connection between tha Islands and Great
Britain whereas if tered by the gradual process
going on, she may well hope TO retain her political mas
crdnm the islands, with results as beneficial to her
enGrossing md monoprlzing policy from the late sys
belief in The actual state of things in her East India
possessions where servude to individual masters has
never been praclised She has derived equal benefit
from the more summary but equally ubiquitous process
Of national slavery. The Queen Of England is The
LARGEST STAKEHOLDER in the world. Besides the millions
she holds in qualified and miligaed of slavery
home in Great Britain and Ireland she has untold mil.
lions in her India possessions in condition Of the most
abjecl and unqualified slavery 10 her government.
DOES Britain, after she has carried out her system Of
emancipation in her West India islands and reduced the
white population 10 the ratio Of one for every hundred
backsdoes she then propose 10 give the Islands potI-
cal Emancipation Nothing is farther from her purpose.
She merely intends 10 substitute national for indvIGua!
slavery render the blacks the slaves Of the Govern
ment, instead of the slaves OF individuals Which
RIGS with it the greater degree of moral turPtudr, let
causisis determine. II either be departure from the
due fortnight Of moral recti,ude they are both so.
That Great Brita has no intention OF according any
such ultimate pefect emancipation 10 The blacks Of the
West Indies, witness the ruthless rapacity and nhumd.
nifty with which she acquired and has retained her East
India possessions Witness the pcrvcrse tenacily with
wch she cung 10 ner r9ht 10 HiSgoVeth dnu lyfahze
these States, compelling our fathers TO achieve their
independence ut The cost Of seven years war and with
the loss of tens Of thousands Of human lives and my
RAIDS of treasure. Witness the enacity with which she
cngs, for the sake Of supposed commercial benefit, 10
her right to msgovern her North American colonies,
against the known wishes and interests of nine tenhs Of
the colons's, teadng out, with her iron heel even the
last spark Of the spirit Of independence among her Ca.
madam subjects But, above all witness the centuries
ss has retained unhappy ireland Under e seryi!t aTa
OF hcr tyranny and mi$govetnmcn from motives OF
policy, from satss principle OF Supposed sei