New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-28
An Effort for IreIapd.

when matters ofimportance demand attention Let
u try to profit by experience hereafter.
An Effort for Irelabd.
The meeting at Tanmany Hall on Saturday eve
ming in behalf of tho Suffering Millions of Ireland,
exposed to the last extremity of famine By the
failure of the Potato and the deficiency Of the
Grain harvest, was numcrously attended, and the
spirit cvinced was one of determined enthusiasm.
The proceedings will be found in other column.
and the very considerable sum lover 5000 contri-
buted on the spot. with the comprehensive mea-
sures adopted looking to appeal to the benevo.
ience of onr city and vicinity, give promise OF
suit honorable to the philanthropy Of New York
and cheering to many n Responding heart II must
be remembered that the meeting was held ON an
evening when few of our more wealthy and yenera.
bic citizens will leave their homes to attend public
gatherings on very brief notice. and with no acces
sories calculated to call ont any but those deeply
Interested in the object yet the HILL was well
filed We hope this auspicious beginning augurs
truthiuly OF the spirit in which the effort is to be
prosccutedto the end.
The difficulty in such cases is to bring the sub
ject home to those who would gladly contribute
What is every body Is hasiness is nobody'si and
many man wQuII, cheerully give his $40 or $50
who canHot perceive the utility OF his attending 4
Heor..ng and wha has an inyincibe rcpuennnce
10 asking contributions from others, Yet 1t must
, be borne in mind that Starvation is complaint
hardly of the lingering sort, and that in this in
stance promptness is emphatcally desirable The
steamship which leaves Boston on the lst friday
will carry any pittance which may be raised here
by Thursday noon that it will reach Ireland from
the 18th 10 the 18th OF January in the very heart G
Winter, and when the suiorincs OF the destitute
will naturally be at their height. Relief dispatch.
ed bv that steamer will reach many ',yho may not
be alive to receive it a month later. which is as
early rs VIC can count on Teaching Ireland after
this steamship leaves. Besides. it will begin to hr
Sprng-Gkc IN Ireland t,y the Goth of February the
weather will be les severe. and the chances io'
employment m',re considerable. We do hope
therefore, that ali who feel like giving mite tow
ard the mitigation OF the horrors now prevailing IN
Ireland will step forward at once DO not wait tc
be called upon, but give what you can with the
least possible delay The Mayor OF our City is the
General Treasurer o, the Fund, and will gladly re
ceive contributions SO will any member OF the
General Committee named elsewhere III this pa
per; so, We trust will any, and we know vii
most of the gentlemen requested TO act as local o
Ward Collectors. The Editor of this paper n
one Of the General Committee, will very gladly re
ceive contributions from this city elsewhere
and will take special care that al that may reacl
him up to Thursday is included in the genera
remittance to be made to Ireland by the steamship
Of the next day.
May we not hope thst this movemen, will b'
sly ore
Paterson, n Brunswick, Trenton, New Haven
Hartford &c &c. if not in our larger and remoter
Cities that the remittance to 20 out 10y the mex
steamship shall bear sort OF proportion 10 th'
magnitude o; the evil to be comba.ed JERsE,
CIrY took the lead of US in the good work, held he
meeting almost week since and has collected 5,
nearly $1,000 that she is certain make it up tha
amount in time for the steamship, This is at leas
equal to $50 900 for New-York What Village vii
: not emulate her glorious example!
We know how frequent and how urgent ar
the demands on the purse Of Benoveence whethe
sfuent or otherwise and how hopeless seems III
task OF doing anything electaal for the relief
Millions the very brink Of starvation. lima
be well said that We have Poor enough st home, i
cur very midst, without going three thousand mile
oF in search OF objects of Charity. BUT conside
that those who habitualy brsndsh this objecsio
are not ant TO be foremost IN relieving the distres
which darkens their own doors, while on the othe
hand no People ever starved their own destitut
poor by endeavorins to help others, We believ
if 100000 could this week be raised for the rslit
Of ireland there would no, be less but more give
for the relief of our Poor this very Winter than
noe one dollar had been sent across the water.
But Whist can even $4,000 effect is a nstrl
al inquiry: Suppose the absolutely furnishing j
Ireland are One Million. this Is but ten cents pc
head Tor sheus-hsrdly enough to sabsist them &c
single day But it is the last ounce that break
the esuaels back and even $4,000 may msk
the difference between starving and surviving 4
many thousands OF people. All obtain somethiu.
from public or private charity at home, from chance
employment fishing &c Sc-s few .b;lr,o,
worth of meal or meat may powerfully holm :,
keep the wolf at bsy for weeks. xa,il Spr;n, rim.
and its labors shall bring employment and ind.
pendence asaln
But even this is no. the best aspect of the case
The moral influence OF contribution Of sIoooo
from this Country for the relief OF the starving Irs
would be worth far more than the food which thi
contribution would buy. Its receipt by the steamer
unheraided ansnsicipated, could not tsil to s'imu
late the benevolence of the fortunate country
men of the sufferers; it would shame those who