Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-05-19

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~shisa ssich poistsSesc rhetoric of a speech.
mskrr. bat that which carriers death TO thu
aosr swd the heart stone. has made its appe.r.
snce in tho midst Of her usisaisas S(ihst 49,.
Sir Robert Peeis foresight 10 completely vim.
dictated. Some iweeks, even months siuce
he avowed his belief that the failure Of the.
potstoc crop would cause the most scrious
scarcity OF TODD in Ireland; and gave this as a
reason for one OF the most important steps
ever taken by the minister OF great nation.
lie based the necessity Of q RADICAL change in
the commercial policy Of England. upon hi,
appTchensions ot a famine i'm Ireland He
was BY some denounced IS panic maker; BY
other as timid and so alarmed by public re.
ports as to mistake partial for general dis
tress; aud By miny Of his former supporters as
disposed, for the sake of party success, TO cx.
aggerstc and overrate the apprehended evil
Time. however, has proved his ssgaci,y; and
at the same time demonstrated the absolute
necessity Of the policy which he has recon-
menied.
Our English papers abound i'm narrowing
accounts OF the distress which prevails in Ire,
land As was said by Mr.. 0'Brien i'm the
House Of Commons, there is "melaucholy
proof that the people are dying BY thousands,
and that from starvation; il U.s." he aided, mo
matter OF conjecture or surmise; il is proved
on the oaths OF respectable jurics." At Ros
common the veniect OF an Inquest, held upon
the body Of a man found dead, was, died by
starvation" In another province, a dead body
was found stretched upon the road;-thc cor
; oners jury, after full investigation, gave ss
verdict that he died Of huager. In still IN
other place, poor man. who had been look.
IN vain Tor work for several DAYS, durins
|. which he had no food, at last found it-ans
l just as he began, dropped down dead from
!; hunger. Statements OF this kind" said Mr.
> OBrien, "sre sent forth daily. and on authori
ty which couldnot be denied and which show
the fearful ravages made by this awful vista
tion." In many instances, whole familie,
I have been deprived OF the paans of rubsis,ance
: In Killarney and in Clare, the suffering wa.
. more intense than has been known in an,
other part OF the country; aud in Cork am
Waterford, though the case is not yet quite 81
bad, the prospect for the future is even worse
Z OF the state of things in three out of the 81,
{ counties OF Munster, the Limerick Chronicl
. thus speaks:--
u The intelligence in our columns of the i'm
$ crcasing distress Of the laboriug popals ton O
Limcrich, Clare and Kerry il most fearful.
We have proof already that many wretch
!, ed families IN the interior of the country ar
II sfdruing upon ono meal of bad and insu6scien
u food ia fnenfytour hoursi - Govern
ment must come to the rescue with more spec,
. aud effect, or the catastrophe will be over
!, whelming.
This appalling state Of things is general
IL arises not solely, or eveu mainly, from lacl
Il OF employment, but from lack OF food. Tn
, potato crop. which affords the usual suppl
Tor the Irish laborer, has tailed. Provision
OF all kinds have doubled in price, while labo
, Is less abundant aud at lower price thar
ever. MIR. K. Roche, who himself employ
: 400 people, aud pays them weekly, declare,
possible difficulty ia procuring food - and h,
asserted, from his own knowledge, that IL IN,
people should save potatoes for seed next year
there would not be now more than thret
weeks consumption in the county" III.
ssles RFsfs s a Etaslsad, and all our inielli
a %eI,s ; aud show. beyond all possibility q
tn, b., ."as JamtHe prevails in Ireland, and
.na, ner unhappy people are d>;lv st-,.;..
upon her so.I---N. r. Os~~' V s's'"a