Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-12-05
LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL AsSO
CITATION

r CATION.
The following is copy of the address
which was read by the Liberator, at a
meeting on Wednesday,
The committee to whom theAddress from
the Cincinnati Irish Repeal Associa-
tion, on the subject Of negro slavery in
the United States of Amurics, have a.
greed on the following report
To d. T. DINsEY, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary.
W. HUNTER, Esq, Vice President.
PATRTCk MOCLoskEv, Esq,
P. Copy, Esq,
T. CoNNOLtY, Esq, and
STEPHEN BONNER ESQ,
The Executive Committee OF the Gin
cinnati Repeal Association.
CORN EXCHANGE Rooms, DUBLIN,l
llth October, l64S.
"GENTLEMRN:-We have reSd with the
deepest affection, not unmixed with some
surprise and much indignation, your de.
tailed and and anxious vindicalion Of the
most hideous crime that has ever stained
humanity-the slavery Of men Of color in
the United States Of America. We are
lost in utter amazemsnt at the peTVeTsion
Of mind and depravity Of the heart which
your address eViRcoS. How can tho gen.
erous, the charitable. the humane, the no
bic emotions ofthe Irish heart have be-
come extinct GmonE youf How can your
nature be 60 totally changed aS that you
should become the apologists and advO
csies. Of that execrable system which
mSkes man the properly of his fellow.
msn-destrOyS the foundation of ali NOR
al and social virtues condemns to ignor.
ance, immortality and irreligion, mill
ions Of our fellow reaures-tendets the
slave hopeless Of relief, and perpetuates
oppression BY law, and IN the name of
whist you call constitutional
''It was not in Ireland you leaned this
cruelty. Your mothers we're gentle,
kind and humane. Their bosoms over
flowed with the honey ofhuman charity.
Your sisters are prObsbly many Of them
still amongst Ms, and participate in all
that is good and benevolent ia sentiments
and action, How can you have become
so deprSvedP How can your souls have
become stSined with darkness bIacker
than the negro Skint You say you have
no peculaI interest in negro slavery
Would that you had! for it might be
some palliaton Of your crime! but alas!
you have inflicted upon us The horror of
beholding you the volunteer advocates Of
despoiism in its most frightful state-.of
slavsry in its most loathsome and unre.
lenting form.
"We we're, unhappily, prepared TO exN
pect some fearful exhibition Of this de-
scripiion. There has been testimony
bourne against the Irish, by birth OF de-
scent, in America, by a person fully in
formed as 10 the facts, and incapable Of
the slightest Misrepresentation noble
ofnaturo more than OF titled birth-a
man gifted with tile highest order Oi tal.
ent and most generous emotions OF the
heaFt--the great the good Lord MOrpeth;
he, who, 10 the House Of Commons, bold
" asserted The superior social morality of
the poorer classes Ofthe Irish over any
other peopie--he, the best friend oL any
OF tue 0dNOu IuCU tubb hE0ldUu OC I06 L"
Tish ever knew--hs, amidst congregated
thousands at Exter Hall, in London,
mournfulIy, but firmly, denounced the
Irish in America as being amongst the
worst enemies Of the negro slaves and
other men Of color.
1T is, therefore, our solemn and sa-
cred duty 10 warn you in words already
used, and much misunderstood by you,
40 come out Of her, mot thereby meaning
meaning 10 ask you to come out OF A.
rerica! but out Of the councils Of the in
iquitoUs, and out Of the congregation ot
The wicked, who. consider q man chat.
Eel and a property, and liberty an incOn.
venienCe. Yes,We tell you tOcOme out Of
: such assemblages; but We did not, and
do not, invite you 70 return TO LELAND
The volunteer defenders ofslavery, sur
rounded by thousand crimes, would
find neithersympathy or support among
native uncOntaminaled Irishmen.
HYour advocacy Of slavery is founded
afon gross error. You take for gran
Ted that man can Be the property Of his