Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-28


brutal masters, We have no doubt, but 10
cite such cases and quote them as eVl'
dSnOe Of general practice, is as unfair
as their declarations are untrue.
These Pennsylvania gentlemen com.
plain 10 you Of Bishop Hughes, Of New
York, because he denounced the Efforts
Of their allies ID the same cause; but
they do not tell you that the Roman
Catholic Church has no bitterer enemies
then AbOliliOnists Of America. As fanat
icul in tLeir hostility to her as they are
reckless in their support Of the doctrines
Of immediate and uncopdHiOnal emanci
patton. they are always found in the front |
ranks Of her antagonists. and If their pur,
poses we're carried out, the members of
that church in this country, would soon
exchange places with the unfortunate AZ
rican whose cause they now earnestly
plead. Under the guiss of ministers Of
religion many Of these Tsriuffs's traverse
the country on their double mission, and
with puratanic demsanor wdich would
have shamed even GOImwell's troop
eTs.
/ Irish independence elicits nOta single
pulsation from their hearts. A day or
two prior to our recent meeting, a gen
tleman Of our Repeal Association, made
il his especial business 10 call oDa mem-
Der Of the leding Abolitionists, and solic-
it his aid, and in every instance he was
met by a denial We mention these
things, 10 show that there are no paints
Of sympathy between them and Us. To
expect, under these circumstances, an IN
ion Of action between the Abolitionisis Of
this county and the Irish adopted citizens,
is to expectan impOssibility. There is
no common bond Of feeling between U.s.
Bnt it is fact worthy ofnotice, that hard
ly an Irishman in America, is TO be found
enrolled in their ranks.
With these views end these sentiments,
and under those facts, you may imagine
the feelings with VIII ch the sPsech
Of Mr.. O'COnnell was received among
US.
We respect the prodigious abilitiea Of
the LiberaiOr--we revere him for his
services in behalf Of down lrodden lie
land but we deem il duty we owe to
IIeland and to ourselves, 10 speak plain
" 10 him, when he utters such senti
ments, as we find in the speech to which
we alluded. He says 'that hes ates them.
selves could abolish slavery within their
limits, without any breach Of consilu.
al law aud that six or seven now slave
States, have been added to the Union,
: since The establishment Of our indepen-
dence,' all Of which we admit 70 be true.
But, we trust, we have shown yeu the
dfficultier which stop up the way in the
; path Of negro emancipation; and as il
regards the formation Of new slareStales,
its explanation is easily found in the fact,
that the repeated dabblings with their
rights, early alarmed the slsveholders,
and made them apprehensive that the
! free States, increasing in number and
power, would ultimately disregard the
National compact, aud strip them Of their
property By the peculiar form Of our
government, an increase of slave States,
though ii did not increase the number
. Of slaves, YET increasing the number Of
Y slSveholders, would afford them the siIOn.
s gest guarantee against any attempt ol
a power to rob them oftheir rights. Con-
0 sequently, they strenuously advocated tho
creation Of the new States advertsd to
d and thus afforded another powerful in.
o stance of the injurious results. flowing
e from such unrightsOns means, as are re
Q sorted TO by our AbOllionisIs, who, un
n der the cover Of zeal in behalf OF humaRi
. ~, thus would pauPeTize the myriads, whC
!. are so un fortunate as TO find their all IN
d vested in This species Of property.
We read with regret the LiberatOr y
! declaration that 'Our streets resound will
8 the lashes, inflicted on the back Of III,
!, black slave--where the children are tori
: from their parents, and parents from Ihei
Q chlldre ,--whero lbe yell Of despair and
$ the shrek that attends expiring humanity
b fall upon the esr;' for, however we'll IheJ
:. may dc TO round period, or swell 1
i phrase, they have no foundation in fact
-and we assure you, are only the pic
lures Ofa heated Imagination. II suits
} the purposes Of our Abolitionists, 10 pour,
sray such scenes; but greet man con
tending for the deliverance Of nation
may not lightly thus insult an intel
ligent people. And we say TO him
: him--we sSy to you, that this deDuncia-
ton against every man as "a faithless
miScresnt, who does not take part for
the abolition Of savery,is as improper
for him to utter, as it is untrue when ap
Piled to Us.
We tell you d once, that we have not
! and shall not take any such part. We
are no Shareholders; bnl We tespise the
abolitiOnists. The spirit which prompt.
ed the denuncla,ion, We have no doubt,
proceeded from false understanding Of