New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-15
To the Public.

The undersigned, a committee appointed for the
purpose solicit. the assistance OF the beneTolen, 70 re-
iieve the miseries Of the Irish people.
The distess Of the aborpg classes in Ireland has been
fully described public papers, and the mind Of o
citizens awakened to the subject yet 90 fortunate
the condition Of America that II s scarcely possible Tor
us 70 realize the awful fact that nearly yorh MILLIONS
OF preylE ARE ON rHy vEIoz or srAEyATioS
-Four millions most Of them competent 70 work, ~ii
Ing 70 work DOT crippled BY vice nor disabled 81
persnee able bodied In the prime OF hfe-thsse people
sre dying BY BY hundreds on the road de sho
In their miserable dwell ngs OF ACTUAL WANT or yooD
Neither the energy Of the father the tenderness oil
me mother svsls anything young and old the strong
And the feeble are involved In this common ruin
Such case rarely presents itself 70 the gaze Of tho
world bat when presented 1t appeals to the common
heart Of mankind No difference Of language, no dis.
tiocon Of country no hostility Of creeds offer any
answer to the thrilling cry that the starvation Of Pro
rlg sends up The father the mother, the child the
Christian the man ALL feel tae claim upon their sym.
ps,y and active aid in behalf Of suffering caused by no
improvidence resulting from no vice but prooeeong
Immediately far the intricate web Of human sralrs
can be unravslled from The direct agency OF the Al
mighty.
Ipon us this case makes peculiar call For no tenn
pofa blessing have greater cause 10 give unceasng
thanks to the Gver Of all Good then for the wonder
full plenty poured into lap Civil liberty religious
liberation equal government we may In some sense
be said 10 have achieved for ourselves bnt II (" 10
Con slons that we can ascribe the fertile soil the
bnandess prnries the infinite mineral wealth which
yske Our country the garden OF the word ~hich Keep
afar want and s the suerDgs that come from wsnt 40
that perjury here comes only from wee or INDIVIDUAL
misfortune . IT. III
TO ne again this appeal with peculiar claim
The OF Ireland are the direct cause OF our IN
eroasinx wealth Our fellow citizens geDeraiy "i tns
AGRICULTURAL and commercial classes, are making large
Pains bv the advance Ia foreign prices What Il dam
10 Ireland 10 but augme nted frsDs 10 America ana we
are actually attenng the starvation OF another peo-
pie. -. ,. .o,,.,, vo,,
Ala We AJAX you TO contribute something to the wants
of persbnx country We ask You TO feed the hungry
We ask II OF you In the name OF Chory "hich bos US
sssist the helpless 10 the Of Civilization which has
hound together the various nations OF the world ana
ast those ferocious prejnoces when nave
.,..d 40 many feudt 30 much misery and such utter
fne, nee 10 the condition Of other countries IN the
psrne OF C~isfionuy which calls US through common
brotherbood a common Deity and common Saviour'
The magnitude and extent OF the calsrn'y psIsyLss
soroo b nevolent m pds-they think 30 little can De ei
fe,ted that IL 10 useless TO attempt anything bu ~ must
be remembered that the same argumsnt would put
STOP 10 all individual charity Ilnlo Is II inat can os
done by sny sxerons 10 relieve tho Immense amount
of suffering that al times presses upon inc pooic,
classes The Door we indeed have with Us AWAY ara
The permanent suffering OF poverty Is Tar beyond tne
reach OF any aid but that which comes from DIVINE
Power. . -. q.
ts not for us 10 prescribe the limit or the nature on
your ala We ssk from the abundance OF the rich hnd
from the economy of tho middle classes EveTythlns
that YOU can give s wanted Were u ten foe mo- thSh
we dare expect II would not fully reach the eva oaI
object IL briefly expressed 10 these few woros Livery
dollar you give may save human peins itO" siNi 'N
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