Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-07-22

We received the following by the Britannia, but
too late for insertion esterday's paper 1t is too
good letter, however, 10 be read with interest
at any time
| Correspondence Of the Herald
| LIVERPOOL, July g.
DEAR S:R-Abeut IN years ago, or about five
generations back, my ancestors left the hills of
Wales, and sailed for the then colony Of Virginia,
and settled not far distant from the ancient resi-
dence of Powatan, the famous Indian Chief and "a
Their of Pochahontas. And it is little remarkable,
that am, believe, the first of the family that has
ever crossed the Atlantc and visited the :" father
land -
Liverpool being on the north Of Wales, the Blue
Hills of nv ancestors are in full view from this city
In Messrs. Fawcett, Preston & Co.'S large works,
they have 60 or 20 Welshmen employed. Their
foreman is Welshman, by the name of Jones; and
what is remarkable, he has in his family some
cient Welsh books, in the Welsh language; one
of which gives account of voyage Of discovery
over the Western Ocean, before the days of Colum-
bus The party who first went, returned and gave
an account having discovered new world, where
upon they fitted out five ships, and filed them
! with people, who sailed for the land, but of
whose fate from that date TO this netting has been
heard, Mr. Jones, both reads, writes and speaks
the Welsh language veil intend to have the work
| in question translated
| The Swedes and Norwegians contend their fore
fathers discovered America before Columbus; but
think shall be able TO prove that my own Weish
ancestors, who by their with the Saxons have
formed one of the most remarkable races Of people
| known in the annals of mankind, were the first to
discover America
Little has been doing in the British Parliament
Ministers harder and harder pushed, and cannot
hold out much longer. Owing to the decrease Of
supplies of sugar from Jamaica and other West India
Colonies, the article is becoming very scarce and
high in England. 1t advance ed last week Is per cwt
The selling price, owing to heavy duties that exist
against foreign sugar, Common brown)is 81 to I'd
per b-about Is to l9 cents per 10 and still likely
to advance. A member of the House Of Commons Ia
Mr. Ewart,) aware Of this state of things, moved a
reduction of duties on foreign sugars, and stated
that so high and had the article become that
many poor families, who had always been accustom-
ed to its a necessary of life, forced to
abandon its use; and that many others whose cir
cumstances were moderate, but not quite necessi-
tous, compelled to it in less quantity than
heretofore Notwithstanding these startling facts,
his motion opposed, on the ground, if the duties
were reduced, it would augment the cultivation of
the article by slave labor, and indirectly be aiding
aud supporting slavery! When division was called
for only q voted for reduction Of duties, and Up
voted against it. Among the speakers against the
motion OConnell, who was negro mad
usual. This infuriate and internal abolitonist, with
the large body of English to abet him, cody
bis own colour, his own blood, the poor reduced,
beggared and ragged, and starving remnants Of the
noble AngloSaxons die around him beneath load of
oppression and taxation, and feel sympathy for
them. Here are the poor Anglo Saxons, denied
| even morsel Of sugar TO Their sick and hungry
the descendants Of a noble race Of men, who have
founded Empires, who have extended commerce,
arts and sciences over the world whose forefathers
perhaps fought the battles OF Nelson, at Copsnha-
gen, the Nile and Trafalgar, and Of Wellington in
Spain, and at Waterloo.
The descendants OF this noble race can lie like
Lazarus, in disease and rage, and die with absolute
starvation and receive no pity, no sympathy, from
these false and hellsh hearted hilsnthfopsts hey
passed over, and the fat and grea.y negro bask
ing in sunshine, ease and happiness in his favorte
hot climate. or 1000 Rics rem Eng land, (the far
Their the better) receives all their sympathy i'm
favor Of black skinned race, who have never ade
a useful invention, who never projected steam en-
CINE, aprntng press, or any thing else really grand
and useful 10 mankind at laree-a class Of beings
whose condition ef happiness calls for iuterfe-
rence-yet these fanatics withdraw all ia ar sympa-
thy from their flesh aud blood, their next door
ghbors, and bestOw IL upon the distant African
race. On the csrsed folly, humbug, and foolery
Of mankind When will man learn wisdom and
true Charity, ana uNeli on the EARN IN peace !
In SHEFFIELD, subscription was opened last winter,
to provide bread for the suffering poor, when only
a very small and scanty sum could be raised. Soon
after new-light philanhropst came along, begging
money for the poor hcathen," and for :" the poor
African !; and al once all the town alive, Lady
patronesses came forwa ard, Lord such one and Sir
such one, put down most Literally; and the poorer
and middiDg classes to initiate high examples gave
their last pennies One mechanic, with a large ia
mily, stnted for their daily bread. would give a
guinea and have his emblaz oned in their list
OF contributors as liberal citizen Iftbere is any
crime sin more offensive in the sight Of God
than all others, have no ubt IL is the damnabe
hypocrisy Of this internal spirit Of modern phi
dupe Of fools. and the support Of knaves. Fools
and hypocrites We generation Of vipersp' " learn
to love thy neighbour as myself" Is the United
States free from this spirit
was invited yesterday to dine with Mr.. VIM.
Laird, Scotch gentleman, perfect pattern Of the
most ausble and accomplished manners, accom-
panied with the most highly cultivated intellect,
and agreeable and easy manners, who is abrother
Of Mr.. Laird, sen, the able and talented co-ope-
rator with Junius Smith, in getting up the Great
Atlantic steam ship enterprise. At this dinner
party, we had six or eight other gentlemen, chiefly
engineers and literary scotchmen, one Of whom,
ed my time very sgreeably, and also ina ained my
self in the land O. cakes. ad 81 Burns and Of Scott
and of Robe rtscn, and of Hume. They all say must
not 20 back TO America till have been TO Scotland
and mingled with the warm hearted and hospitable
Tartan Scotch plsids, and help them eat some Of
their cakes, and some Of their pretty asse and
hear some Of their fine songs; and shall &C. too at
/ all hazards. I'm already thick and easy with them
before have been 70 Scotland at all.
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