Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-03-04

RELIEF TO IRELAND.

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Ma Eprrvs / an s-arc tina, many Of our cit.
iIen. Who in other circumstance, might 10 ssncr.
Gus. and ~hs would open their hand TO the needy
Of our own country With true libcrslity, uo- with
hold their donations from suffering Ireland, not
from any ,elh.h motive but because, in their mind
IT 's doing what England is In duty bound TO per
form That E1 gland is bound todo all In her pow.
,y a. relieve IA de,titutc and starving millions
Of her Irish subjects, no one Will dWve, nor
can Il be denied tina, she Ia, S'rendy done and |,
doing much, both by liberal private 'Ge'cr'r'ion'
and by legi,lAtion, to mitigate the great an I'M
pending evil, which threaten that III fAted land
With de'olAtion, and that much more pirhi be done
hequA!ly true But because that country neglee,s
or refuse, to do her duty n Ireland, present smer
cency, does It fellow that VIC whom Providence hA,
ssen NJ to bless with abundance, to overfo~ing,
should on that seeoun, refuse Ia do ourL England
has always been lrelandi oppres.or, and beside, Il,
al this time Al.o visited by want and suffering
among her own pea'Ant population, and II cannot
be expected that she will look with the same feeling
on the 'uhcrings Of ireland, poor made 80 by her
oppression, that in this land ofplenty and free
dom should entertain II We sustained the same reln
D
ton are Of so common occurrence there that they
do not excite the sympathy aud oommisctatios that
they would If they were OF more rare occurrence.
Butt present necessitss of Ireland arc 80 great
that it Ia impossible for England to relieve them
even II she does all In her power and no other
remedy Ia left but for all friends Of humanity to
step forward and show their liberality aud phlan-
thropy by putting their shoulder TO the wheel,
and with one mighty effort arrest the further pro-
grcss Of those evils with which Providence has seen
TT to innic, that unfortunate people. Other sec
tons Of our country are eominE forward and con
tributing freely Of their substance and lot It not be
said that les, feeling and les. liberal than
neighbors. Whatever may be our petty pre-
judiee' let them all be laid aside, aud let IL, con.
tribute freely, according to our abundance and &C
oording to the wants Of our unhappy brethren -
let ~ depict in own mind the horrors Of IA mine
aud pcsilence with its train OF attendant evils aud
| apply II TO our own community and our own people
and then let US act in the matter in that case
should do, and II, is now demanded Of us by every
fscling Of humanity, and the work will be accom-.
plishsd-oiir duty will be done.
/ Since writing the above have seen that a meet
ing Of the friends Of humanity la, been held in this
place, and right glad am that the cry Of lreand's
suffering has been heartily responded to here in thi,
region Of abundance But while rejoice to Sc,
thi, renewed exhibition of good old fashioned lib
craiy and feeling Of our Yankee people, | do feel
to regret that the resolutions Of this meeting
F should partAke So much Of the old Adam A. the
spirit Of these resolution, manifest England need,
and should receive no further rebuke from US than
he All ~ al. L.. A.
grain. FRiIsp or HrNASIrr.