Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-12-05
(O'ConneIrs Letter, eon,inued from feet
Pags.)


should not the Irish initiate them in that
Vifiuet
@S,x,hly-We ask you 10 exert your
selves in an the ways you possibly can
o pul an end to tho internal slave trade
iOf the States--ihs breeding Of slaves FOR
sale is probably the most immoral and
dobasing practice ever Known in the
world. Il is a crime Of the most bide-
Gus kind, sAd if there were no other
crime committed BY the Americans, this
alone would place The advocates, sup
pOFiOrs and practiseTS Of American slave
~ 10 the lowest grade Of criminals.
"SeVsnthly-We ask you to use every
exerliOn in your power to procure the sb
clifton of slavery BY the Congress in the
District Of Columbia.
"EIghthly-We ask you TO use your
best exeFtiOns TO compel the Congress to
receive and read the petitions OF the
q WrslchSd negroes, and, above all, the
petitions Of their white advocates.
"Ninthly-We ask you never TO cease
your efforts until the crime Of which Lord
MOrpsth has sccuSed the Irish in Ameri-
ca. 'of being the worst enemies Of the
men Of color shall be aloned Tor and
Slolted out and efIaced forever.
"You will ask how you can do all these
Ihingsi You have already answered thai
question yourselves, for you have alresN
dy said ihst public opinion is the law OI
Amencs. Contribute, then, each Of you
in his sphere, TO mnko up that public op,
inion. Where you have the electoral
franchise give your votes TO hNne bu
those who will assist you in 30 holy 4
struggle.
"Undsr = popular government, the
man who has right, and reason, and JUS
tics, and charity, and christianity, and
christianity itself at his side, has grea
instruments Of legislation and legal pow
OT. He has the elements about him o.
the greatest utility: and even if he should
not succeed, he can have the heart-sOoth
Ing consolation Of having eRdeaVOred lc
do great and good actions, He can en-
joy, even in defeat, the swast comfor
Of having sndeavOrsd to promote benev.
Olence and charity.
''It 10 no excuse TO allSge that tho con-
RrOss is restricted from emancpatne
the slaves BY one general law. Each
particular slave Slate has that power
within iis own precincts; and there il
every reason to be convinced tina, Mary.
land aud Virginia would have followed
the example Of New York, aRd long sgt
SbOlished slavery, but for the disbolIcaI
practice of'raising' (as you call it) slaveI
for thsSOuthern market Of PesliIence and
death.
"IFishfHon, and the sons Of Irishm On,
hsve, many of Them, risen to high dis-
tincliOn and power in America. Why
should not Irishmen and the sOAs Of Irish
men, write their names in the brightest
psgeO Of the chapter Of humanity and be.
nsVOlSnce in American Story.
"Irishmen our Chairman ventures to
think, and we agreO with him, that he
has claims on the attention Of Irishmen
In every quarter Of the globe, the Scotch
end French philosophy have proved, by
mny ye'rs experiment, that the Irish-
man sands drst, ameng the races Of man
in hiS physical and bOdily powers; Ans
Tica and Europe bears testimony to tho
intellectual capacity Of lrishmen, Lord
MOrpsth has demonstrated in the British
PaTliSment the superior morality Of the
humble clsssas OF Irish in all social and
GSmlly relations. The religious fidelity
Of the Irish nation 10 blazoned in glor.
Ous and prOveFblAI certainty and sPlen.
dor.
"SOns Ol Ireland descendants Of tho
kind Of heart and sfscliOnato in disposl.
tiOn!think, OIL think only with pity and
compassion on your cOlOrOd fellow
creatures in America. Offer them the
bend Of kindly help; SoOthe their sorrows
sOOIhs their expressions; join with your
eOun Tymen 81 home IN ono cry Of horror
against The OpPress0r--In one cry Of sym,
palhy with the ensllvsd and oppressed
eth pFOna In the dust slavery shall be hurled,
Jts name and nature blOtISd from the world
ave cannot close our observations up
on the uOseemly ss we'll IS Silly attacks
you make upon the advocates Of abolition
without reminding you that you have Dor
TOWOd this turn Of thought fOm tho per
aonS who opposed Catholic emancipation
10 Ireland, or who we're Inc pretended
friends OF the Catholics. SOmo of YOU
nWst rec0llect that il was the custom OF
Iucb persons to allege that but Tor the
violence and misconduct Of the aRita.
lOrs, and particularly OfOur chairman; the
PTOtesianis were about 10 smnncipate
he Catholics gradually. II was the con I
Itan' theme Of the newspaper press and $
wen Of the speeches in tho Houses of il
Parliament, that the violence and miaOon. IA
luet Of tho sgitaiOrs prevented smanci.
'atiOn. II was ihs burihen Of many o
'amphlels, and especially OF lpo. which a
we're both written under the title Of Fac. y,
ION UnmaskeT BY ProlsslsnIs Of great fu