Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-08
IRISH REPEAL.

50 happily termed the ''gein of tho ocean,
has been universal In America. There /
hardly q town In The whole Union who's
words Of coincidence and encouragement liav,
not been heard and whose money baa not en-
riclled tho treasury Of the great Association
formed by tho repealors. Thousands upo,
thousands have been contributed by some 0
our largeet cities, aud travelling agents sen
across tho Atlan,ic for that special purpose
have visited every town and hamlet In the ma
ton, from-thc cast 10 the far west, from ihs
cold north to tho sunny sotih-~appealing Il
the commisHcration and generosity Of our CT
tizens for appreciation and money. Doth We
well know have boon literally dispensed and
what In our return 7 Unkindnoss. abuse, proHs
and inttnoderato ISLANDERS. The "head and
'front.' Of the Repeal agitators, O. Connol pours
out unlimited inveetivs on America In pre.
aonco Of the hoats that compose the AHuocia.
ton, and ~they-the membership hosts
applaud and cheer the big.mouthed slanderer
Should we feel aympa,hy--ehould we In any
way encourage those who, while they profess
TO be the advocates Of freedom and foes to ty-
ranny, prove themselves rocreant To friend.
chip and traitors to gratitude | BY no means
and after reading tho following extract we
trust that not another word Of appreciation, or
another picayunn will 20 from the south, to
Ireland, to encourage or support the measures
Of an assembly so irrelective and ungratetul.
Before an immense gathering of the Re.
pealere, Mr.. o'Connell, among other things,
said
"But there can DO no excuse for 80 a.
t~rocious n crime as That of keeping any
man in s~lavery--in claiming ownership in
those who were made by the Same Crea.
tor, intended for the same eternity, re-.
deemed by tho sacrod blood Of the same
Saviour, made heirs Of the same promises,
and embodied in the sume covenant Of the
Son Of God. No; no man shall dare 10
say that such beings shall BIO made the
property Of their fellow. man, and treated,
not us human beings. but ns the brute
beast, that expires and then roasrs to have
any other existence. (Icar and cheers
No; we do not tolerate it here. We pro.
claim il an evil ; and though, as a member
Of this Association, | am not bound to take
up any national quarrel, still | do not ho.
state to declare my opinions--I never
ialtered in my w sentiments. (Cheers)
| never said n word in mitigation Of sla.
very in my life, and | would consider my.
self the most criminal Of human beings,
i'll had done SO. (Hear and cheers Az an
individual, | would not hold converse with
the person who holds u slave. (chsers.) /
would not. shake hands with n pick pocket.
| would not consent TO treat with familiar.
ity the petty larceny scoundrel-and why
should do so with the man who makes
the life and labor Of his fellow. II his
property, instead Of leaving il the proper.
ty OF tho being on whom God conferred
these gifts ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) |
am afraid they, [the Americans1 never
will give up slavery until some horrible ca.
befalls their country +; and here |
warn them against the event, for it is ut.
terly impossible thai slavery can continue
much longer. [Hear, hear. But, good
can Irishmen be found to Justify,
or rather to palliate; for no one can dare
to Justify n system which shuts
out the book OF human knowledge, and
seeks to reduce to tho condition of n slave
$500, 900 human beings-which closes
them not only the light of human
but the rays of divine revelation.
and tho doctrine which The Son of God
came upon earth to plant. the man who
will do so belongs not to my kind. fHear,
near. Over the broud Atlantic | pour
forth my voice, saying, "Come out of
such a land, you lrishmen, or, If you re-.
main and dare countenance the system of
that is supported there, we will
'ecognise you as Irishmen no ionger."-
Hear, hear, and cheers. But is that all
hat can be said against slavery 7 Can any
hing be more dreadfnlIy destructive ofmo.
atty 7 | am preyented,by tho presence in
which | speak, from entering as fully into
his subject as | might before a more Sc.
ect, but less pure than the present but, |
six. can there be morality Under a system
prevents the marriage state, or
those who are married to-day nav
10 forced from each other to. morrow
the husband is sold TO one slave.
'wner and the wife to another and
the children may be torn from their
and sent elsewhere 7 Can there be
where tho power of the master
yer tho female slave is unlimited, and
shere no passion is so brutal that it has
ot the means of its gratiication7 | say
he man is no: a christian-he does not
elieve in the binding law of the decalo.
'ue-he may 60 to chapel or to the church
nd he may turn up the white Of his eyes,
ut he cannot kneel as a christian before
is creator, or he would not dare to palli- :
te such an infamous system. No. Anne.
lea, the black spst of slavery rests on
OUT star spangled banner !; and no matter ,
that glory you may acquire beneath it,
ne hiteous, damning stain Of slavery re-
Mains upon you, and d Just Providence .
sooner OF later, atenge itself for your !
Loud and continued cheers. Sir,
have spoken the sentiments of the Re. '
Association. (Renewed cheers )- .
here is not a man amongst the hundreds =
f tho,sa nds that belong to our body, or .
gst the millions that will belong to IT, .
Tho does not concur in what | stated. !,
We may not get money from America :
ftsr this declaration but even if we .
Mould not, we do not want blood.stained !
'oney. (Hear, hear.) If they make it .
condition of thoir sympathy, or if there ,
e implied any submission to the doctrine !