The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-18
THE FAMINE IN IRELAND

The last accounts from that unhappy conn,ry
are terrible beyond description. The green ISL
and Is covered with darkness AID gloon. Fam
Inc, stretching his gaunt form from coast to coast
is doing his fearful work. Men, women. and
children are dying by hundreds. for lack of food
nati"n is crying for bread. A nation is suffer
Inv the hurrors of starvation w hence shall
they he relieved? They have stretched their
snnken eyes In the neighhuring States of Europe.
and seen there hut little else than want and woe
They turn now to US: they ask us tn give of our
fairness. Their suppant hands attenuated hy
hunger and disease. are extended towards Ameri.
ca. Ii will not be in vain We are blessed
above all countries. Here we know nothing of
famine except from the wall which reaches ms
from beyond the The Ethiopian wish If
Henry the Great of France is. with us, almost
literally realized. Nearly every man NAV have
a chicken in his pot'' We feel assured that our
cnnutrymen this. indeed they are upon all
occasions, will be not only charitable. but that
they will he generous At a time like the pre-
sent, there will he M hucksterng over cents, or
weighing grains of corn. The hand that gives
will not grndge. The world will see that this is
land Of warm hearts and lively sympathies, as
well as land of abundance National dis,nc-
lions will for once, at least. be overlooked The
feeling of country will he lost in the deeper and
broader. and boiler feeling of a common nature
although live under different governments
and belong In different continents vet we live
under the same sky. warmed by the same
sun. are members of the same great family of
man. and have the same final destiny
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porunty of doing good. What magnificent
spectacle will it afford to the world. when a
ma zion s humanity relieves a distant nations dis.
tress. Where is the who would not then
feel douby proud of being American cilzen2
There is a beautiful story of Roman dangh-
yer. who. from her own warm fountain of life.
nuriured her aged and furnishing father IL we
know the people of this republic. we believe that
another snch fIia scene will be repeated Ameri.
ca will open her bursting bosom and feed the
hungry that pershing in the far-off mother
country.
Such an occasion ough, no, to. and will not
pass neglected. As patriots. we shouid make it
an event which we could point with mure
PRIDE Ihan could to battles won or nations
conquered. AS of reason. we should act in
the case, according to the golden rule nf doing
unto others would have others do unto us'
As men of heart we should lnse this chance
of enjoying the happiness that is felt in minister
ing To the wants of the needy.
But have said enongh and more than
enough. The country has heard the cry and is
preparing nohly to answer il. The mighty masses
of this whole nation are getting into motion
Meetings and nations, in the north and in the
south. show that the work is begun. We are
certain that own town and our own Stale will
not be behind hand in opening her store houses.
and 10 giving liberal aid To the blessed cause
Following these remarks, will he found the
touching address 10 the people Of the United
States, which was adopted at the great meeting
in Washington.