New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-03
Loeo-FOeO staiHins on the Irish Relief Bill.

a-ct ~ Stunning on inc Dllis
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
WASHINGTON feb. -, ls4i.
AMER the mail closed last night, We succeeded in
getting up the Bill for the relief OF Ireland again.
Every effort was made to KILT
An Amendment was offered BY Mr.. Mason Of Va.
merely authorizing the President TO employ ships
in transporting grsin. Mr.. CRrrrEsDES's bill pro-
vides for this and gives FIVE hundred thousand dol
lars beside On M MasoSs amendment the vote
vas Yeas Il Nays "a. Tie vote then required
on Mr.. CRTTEyDENs bill. and it passed by the
following
YEAs-Messrs Allen Atkinson, Berrisn, Breese, Cal
houn, Cameron Cas- ". Clayton. Corwin Criitsnden
Dayton Davis, Evans. Greene. Hannegzr, Huntington.
Houston, Jsrnssin. Henry Johnson Reverdy Johnson.
ard Webster.
NAYs-Mess-s Archer, Badger. Bagby, Butler, Chsl.
mers - Dickinson. - Dix Fairfield Mason, Niles,
Turpey. Wesicott, snd lulee.
Yeas % Nays rs. Thus, this, the greatest
measure of the age-ten times more honorable to
our National character than thousand Pso Altos
and Montereys-than ten thou sand Waterloos-
passed the most enlighted body Of Representative
legislators in the world by more than two thirds
What said in my letter last night DO not re.
tract. There was strong Looo-Foco effort made
to kill the bin By voting down Mr. CRITrESDESs
motion 10 take It up Ia the morning. twas By the
merest accident that it was got up in time in the
evening Had il been ten minutes longer in reach
ing the House il would have been too late for con.
sideration Yet % Loco Focos voted agansttsk:
ing it up in the Senate in the morning; and Mr. Cas-,
who was in his seat would nor vote 70 save II.
though he had made a speech for i the previous
day. Thanks, thanks to the gallant and eloquent
CRITTESDFN. and those who supported hul the
bin has passed the Senate, and is now in the House.
do hope that we shall have it pass the House to-
morrow and that il may become law.
| confess that some appearances are against us.
The heavy Loco FocO vote against in the Senate, and
the hatred anfes against the bill BY the LocoFocos Of
the House added to the fact that the Union this morning
comes out against the make the friends of the
bill trembe. Even should il pass the House, can al.
most smell = veto through the Executive organ.
What heartsss cruel mockery il 10 for this LocoFOco
organ 10 tell us how much It admres Ireland and Irish
men Good God arc not men dying on the road eide
cotialess Are not women dying maniaes with their
children on their breasts Why then mock generous
people with words when instant help Is wanted 70 save
Why 10 read the frs; halt OF the Unions article you
would suppose the editor was going to annihate sny
who refused 10 support the bill. The noble sons
of Ireland" every paper with meetings cant
mated resolutions nnest people on whom tie sun
ever shouen choicest spirits and most brilliant men,
All these and other endearng words the Editors give
most lame and impotent conclusion
But we regret 70 say that cannot cR for the Fed
era Government 10 lnterpose It's good Offices 10 their
behalf"
You heartless Loco-Focos Il you cannot inierpose
Tor our suffering brethren why interpOsc against them
II you viii ex,cnd your own hand why strike down
the ann that IS reached out Tor their relief They want
bread you give Them barney You have pracuccd blair
ney 70 get votes but barney won't save ives Had bar
ney been nutricious IrishInen would have waxsd fat
upon IT, died OF a surle lad no, the potato crop
4. -. lid L..
O.EOcos viii you not aid N lifting the icy fingers OF
death from the hearts OF generous and conhdug peO
pie WIZ you ptless let famine thrust is skeleton
hands into their stomachs TO rack them 20 death -
While You talking bsmey, men. women and child.
rem dying Ii you vii. not save ihem stand out Of
the way stand the brink OF the opening grave
With your eanting hypocrisy II your Government pow
erful only for evil and mpoent for good While you
are voting thirty millions In ono day for blyonang 5e
breasts OF ihe Mexicans yOu not spare half million
30 s,sy starvation IN Ireland
Bui viii not say all think nov. There IS st'l
hope OF rs passing though thGre s0 great danger OF
is defeat The Whigs generally will vote Tor H. We
shall see whether the Loco Focos viii Kill e. II they
do they shall no, Escape. 10 j. duty o. truth
and humanity 10 unmask such hypocrisy snd Il shall be
done Enough however, has been done 20 show that
LocoFoco talk about their love for Ireland hollow
aud deceptive the other humbugs they call principles
Just look AZ TWO New York Senators voting against
IT, when resolution urging them to support 10 passed
the Assembly OF the state Legislature snoni~0Essi OF
the thirteen voting against the bill eleven are Loco.
Foco More Foeos voted agsnst II than for A. and
others sat ia their sests aud would not
You will that the Ua,oH merely gives the number
without giving the These LoeoFocos know they
doing wrong in voting against il OF they would not
be ashamed ofit They would not suppress their names
speak warmly on this subject because feel that my
fellow beings dying while we are debating, Every
Senator has rrht 20 vote he pleases bul surely
when the Whlgs who have been falsely represented
enemies of Ireland get over their Constitutional scru
pies the Loco Focos who have been falsely represent
sd-the peculiar friends OF IrishmeD might DO we'll
But there's a better day coming and
cery want no party triumph In this. want bread
for pershlng Thousands, and cannot help expressing
my grief al this astonishing conduct out must restrain
myself till see how u goes in the House
An effort Ia talked about Of declaring tue vote on the
Revenue bill on Saturday. carried By mistake. They
cannot 90 H.
JoRS 81. CLAYTON will make greet speech to NOR.
row on the Three Million Bill See L be does M
Gov SEWARD. w. c. PRESTON Commodore sLoAr,
OopES HOFFMAN Col AoSRoE, JOHN A. kISo, SC. are
among the strangers Is this city. RIcHRtfyu.