New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-26
sympathy for Ireland.

sympathy fOr irciHHu' =,
The friends of Ireland in our City assembled
It Washington Hall in overwhelming numbers
last evening, at the call Of the Repeal Assoc'a,
t;on. G,ysEvooRr MELVILLE, Esq. was caiicu
"a the chair, and on taking it addressed the vast
concoursc with animating and electric eoquence'
The books were then opened for Contributions
to The Repeal Fund, and contributions ranging
-,om twenty-five dollars to twenty-five cents
were poured in by eager thousands, as fast as Two
Secretaries could take them down. TIL near ~
o.cIock. As, owing 10 the crowd, and the H.
,erss heat Of the room, many could not get near
,ho stand. two Secretaries were placed at tao'e
!, the outer hall, where great numbers made
,bci, humble but hearty offerings to the cause o'
Freedom and Humanity. At 10 O'Clock, H.
GREELEY briefly addressed the immense and en-
.,.,.;.s,;c concoursc. Contributors to the Re-
,c.l Fund still eagerly pressed forward and 1t
Gas found necessary to adjourn the meeting over
r. this evening at the same place. The coilcc-
,ons Of the evening, including none from abroad
Init small SUN from the adjacent village OF AS
,o,i.. amounted to One thousand and I~enfy-
E;o5t Dollars, "A Ccnts-thc largest sum ever
collected in this City at single meeting, 80
rolls on the wave Of Sympathy for struggling
Ireland
The following Resolutions were adopted
J. Resortd That cannot but ,e-9rd the irnprs33men
, Richard Barrett. Thomcs Steie John Gray Chnes Gu
VIM bn,y and Thomas Matthew lay on convection Oh
at IL; "a n il Il
~, iIe If power ard nttncious az: {" Tyranny nnpenne
IN he sympaih aud calling tot tie marked fep'oba,'on OF
the c'y RessrSG That the effort, Of Daniel oConne and @
l9w Patrol. TO Iepe r b ay eg NED br eccc
, and nur,ry III accordance with the rights guaranteed
m H,;i,sb sutton and Obedience to the great law of
10y ,ne , =, h Oh ,lic,.c. resistance 20 Unpr sion
Ill Rescr.d Tint the cons;gn'ns l" 'ison "i ial"s
who .nrht LEGAL redress Or grievances The most in"lente
,ni ninsice the most foul, violation Of tine rights
and mos, insult to the feel ngs OF ne sh People
Nh, mos vnl civil liberty he's ever cev from the dS.
n" nj the world and the most Gudaclousn act OF injustice IRE I
britain with all her eiiIontey ever commit o. ma can "nS
I've accounted r 10y the belief tIat wt, done WIN the design
al exciting sensitive and deiencee e"pe 10 mndne $ ="
,he they shond assume such hostile attitude rs would per
mn 30 stie their cries Tor )uSce oy war ol eN'
Hssnired Thn the cnlirh;en- spirit Of the
favor the extension OF liberal prncpe ma e etJpveht
Of civil md religious freedom and any acts OF Government
nbdrnr the lmpaIr,ng the DINER are calculated ,
strengthen the buwarks OF tyranny ana pusm I"r scrcu
rncipss rChs,unity-and we cannot but esrrd win ne
eloysd IN the name be levoence Ia merora, the
d,nn Of, The African Snve md rescue hun from The Se'vud
m sch 81 yrS the CoSlrn hun. but hrs now changed
~ taste nnd STRIDE to universal d"n'non enslave> the
igb,cr r{ors tine human ze The p.r-Ons md Pu
ynce trntc Princes -eizt tie frnce' oi i"ngo
nni s.rra Lcane-ke7is the p1"pe o @ ~ shv 81 SUD
.ction md aug EN- with the rod OF arbitrary power
Y Rcsofrcd fhat cannot but consider The evils when
oic, Ireland nj the p,e-ent moment rs resulting 0m the NJ
Legislation which once gave pro>ier Y
md onure.s to l-,, T. pie and IN whatever light. the
,r OF union may IL viewc II enN evidences 0l the mot
.oo,mnus injustice cumnit-il; WINS accomplished by
and fraud by the expenditure of more than Three
,nns of Pounds Sterling ~ mere BIB nper>ng az tnt
MONT haynnf the People wh" were e-hIy assembled r
ba nurnoSa of protesting tie DESTRUCTION 81 the cEisll
e q, their Contry. II as taxed Ireland To pay the debt 81
of beneE:. Ii 10 England the
cnnnl of nil offices of aiI and Rev whereby rshmei
h.ve een excluded from stations of trust and emnuncnt N
,hay n,,ya ant has restricted the elective franchise within
Rcyenms drawn from the Taxation o nearly nine millions, Ia
L ppcd the Church oil e. II hundred thousand
nm nrt h,n tn civil Liberty and injurious 10 RegIonli hrs
the IRISH Peers and CommoncTs and The great body n
reside ont OF Ireland, abenCelsfT
ch riye horrors which cannot be described. md
,rh;r annun drains Ireland, 10 be spent in England
md .l,.ee the Continent. the enormous amount ni ~
Millions of Pounds Siein.-t hns deprived ireland 81 Coi
Manufacture. and schiterc her People over
The ace of the earth eXlle' from the land 81 Their birth and
,rr VOICES in cmonrancc t'cy sent to Prison 10y the
R,h Tyrans vino plumb them III The name of Cnton, and
exact submission in the meme nj 1tIr-id"rc
R,sOlrcd, That Oyn. the blessings n Free instnu.
,u, or.eyc but SympntZc with The Oppressed
o,he: lands nud regarding the Judcnl sentence al Daniel
Cnne and elow-a o'7 with iccin:s OF the dee"e q u
boencc and indignation call upon every lover OF justice
right lr'shnan md II end al reiand ~ Inc
contribute to the payment n the line G L. u
,mno>ed on Mr. Dt0nnp aud the fines nj an hi-
nnoro,s and fellow prisoners. being TINT the Tree
an nt hmcncn with chCeriupes md pride the ran
som of he irtruus and peaceful champions ci human liberty