New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-18
THE TRIBUNE.
Annexation Of Ireland j.

h, .,nress the delight with WI len
"a ,our proposal to Congress that any p,opos.
-, the Irish People on the sub)ec. Oh .i'e"
le and grievances should be taken in'o oeeP
ce.ns.,oc,ful consideration by ;be nsrious oo'y
Hs;.h voo are 60 distinguished Member. En-
.d nv the manner in which your resolution
e..,,,ed and received, hasten 10 make my
s.,n.;r;on. and do it, II not in the name OF the
.o,. of reland q, least in that OF the larger
70 of ,beu. My proposition is that your Secre-
80 If Foreign Affairs be authorized TO enter into
T...,v with the Minister of England at Washing
rom by which the United States for certain c0n'',
lions therein to be specified, shall obtain tease
,wb fall privileges under Her Maiestys SEAL OF tue
,-srnmen, of Ireland, for the three f'reS or .n"y'
Do vesrs. This is the principle, and the OCEANS
.,n be easily arranged by the high contracting
parties - ro,nd
...,hers. eigh, millions. The larger hatf Is de-
.o-;bed by Royal Commissioners as being . badly
..,s.d badly clothed, and badly fed l am one
- ,bese. The English say it is our fault-we say
"a. ,beirs. Let them only give lease OF Us TO
.onr Government forthirly-one years almost on any
;s,ns and il will settle the question. Ihey acKho"
isdge that we give them great deal OF trouble anu
ne know that they intct on US s;eat deai OF haru
sh;n and suffering. Try then, Hon Sir, to get the
s, nassed the lease made perfect, so that there
hsIi he no souabbliDg afterward about II, and see
IL Ireland will no, improve That she should Tetr0
s,ode ia impossible. she cannot be lower. ana u
Si be- brilliant page In the future history OF your
glorious country, that in perfect keeping "Hh Tue
Si,b Of nations she will have raised noble people
% dennesssd by British msrule 10 high condition
of moral eminence and physical prosperity
The pooulation of Ireland may be distributed on
ON ascending and defending scale Of tbirty-two de-
erses-sixteen ADORE and sixteen 6elosc the average
means OF moderately comfortable and decent ex-
is,ence | belong TO the class just below the divi-
ding line. lhave farm of 90 al the base OF
hin which was once called in prose, and is so stllln
noetrv. f" Tara OF the Kings" pay rent hty pounds
nierling per annum. All that Is really worth eatins
| have 10 send away and the food which can re-
serve for myself and my children, Is that which
yyonld fetch no price and of course would go 10 loss,
II and INV little ones lid not contrive 10 subsst up
on il, The quality is bad and the quantity is limited,
60 that rate myself as being short only by one
sixteenth below the means Of sustaining moderate
" decent existence But how happy am l. com
pared with those Of The other degrees, on the scale
below me- This is what England has done Tor us
You will have but 10 follow the scale downward
few degrees farther and you will perceive the De-
einpioRs of "repeal Of the Union l. e. between
The soul and body which she accomplishes gradual
" and without the turmoil Of agitation
But she is charitable. She has coCtrlVed 10 gel
from us this year. as usual, wheat and oats our
heeg and nork and butter; and now when there Is
m impending famine by the failure o. the only 'hing
ebc cared not 10 take potatoes sne senns US out OF
sheer benevolence ship loads OF Indian Corn val
liable in England only for feeding ana iattenlpg
ca,,a She has no, sent itbut she has talked OF II
in her journals.
This nut forth in a self laudatory style Tor the
wonder and nd miration of surrounding empires, IL
the poisoned weapon with which, not content with
our emaca,ed physical condition, she stlngs our
moral feelings. Her conduct appears In my eyes
Nk, ,hst of some robber cheftain. He selzes the
gold of the defenceess traveller having bruised him
into submission. and then filings him back lew
coppers 10 pay for his night odgiDg-whle he and
the bandits Of his party tell him" here You wretch
you see that In your distress WE are your real bene
factors take these. and noe be grateful all the re
maiuder of your living days"
Oh! Dear Sic, in the United States you do not,
nm sure, treat pcople thus. And II Is In this conn
dence that impore you to sc, The lease from The
official representative OF Great Britain at your Court,
and take charge of under 1t, with as little delay
M possible You will find our Country one of the
most fertile on the globe. The climate will be a
little damp, so bat the sunbeams oil freedom
will soon disspate the vapors. Water privileges
will be found everywhere You will lind land In
which every plant and tree, every living creature
man alone excepted thrives in hardy luxuriance
Our noble horses you will find well fed, and wei
clad and well housed" Our cows more Than was
ever beautiful in the ciions oil painted rural land
acapc the same of our sheep-evcn our donkies,
which am sorry TO say, are becoming more i'm
portant in the national scale the people are be
coming less CO. even these-every living creature,
ss have said, except man, In IA high condition as
can be found in your own happy Country. bot as
regards man,-oh inhuman except0n-he is rated
lowest Of all. He appears 20 be valuable only for
extracting for the benefit OF others the good things
which the ecundty of the soil and climate Is capa-
BILE of producing; and for his superior powers as q
general care.takcr of the other animals. II horses
were capable of pay ing rent cuiiiVaing the land
and taking of the other living creatures as man
H. believe that under our enlightened system Of
English Legislation and government, Pat and the
Nag would here change places, and humanHs
would be the gamer
/ should deceive you Honorable Sir, if did no
make you and your Country acquainted with these
facts when urge you 10 come 10 our relief, undel
tho sanction of lease sach rs have suggested
Yes sir, the Irish-l speak of those on my degree
and all below in social scale-dre no more IN
fact, what they are in history. Our young are
Sriukled al rty.iive-and apparently superannu
a,cd at forty.seven. The daughters OF Erin of my
class, and all below il, are met by the premature
symptoms of old age at thirty years Wan and
gard you will see them-pallor and woe having
replaced on their cheeks and in their counicpanct
the bloom tthe fresh the Irish, and therefore, the
modest bloom) which adorned the checks OF ihelI
mothers, to the age of fifty and over. All this Ii
gone Partial nakedness and partial starvation nrs
reducing our national standard OF physical excel
lence, and under the apparent trown OF an adorable
Providence, aud the undisputable curse OF English
misrule, called government, we are approNl
mating the wretchedness and stature OF your rs
Quimaux on the Coast o! Labrador. Oh get the
lease then and come TO our relief.
Humanity will soon spring up, under your genial
culture Every thing else, az have said, you will
find here in state Of perfection. Our hogs, for in
stance, are well off compared with us. In travel
ing through country, you will perceive at a
glance that though they do not belong The arsto
cratic, s.ill they are indisPaseby OF the tarored
class. Those in my own family, for instance, re.
mind me constantly ofmy inferior condition l re-
cognze them at once-l cannot help it-as Sa,roas
by their combined fasness and inSoence They
come into my own-what shall call it7-il would
be called dining.room in any other country; bat
no mat,er-they come TO dispute with me and my
poor children the only meal that is left to shield US
from starvation. For peace sake, and in order 10
preserve the roof over our heads, have TO divide
the meal with :hem. There is generally quarrel
but it always ends by my giving way; Tor, between
ourselves, the hog helps nue. to pay The ren,-and as
life and death depend on that process it would no,
do for me to go 10 extremes with him. Neither