Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-03-16


Lond0n, appointed on The su6jcc: Of the distress
eristing in ireland.
Dear Friends that bro:herIy love and
sympathy which have long prevailed
between Us aud our friends in America
induce Us to Communicate With voa on q
subject which is I'll present setting 4 very
deep and lively interest II the minus OF
Friends 10 tins country.
Yoa are, Doubtless. already wei aware
Of thu existence Of the awful calamity
which his oyorspread a large part Of Ire
land. The almost toia. failure Of the no
tatoa crop, on which 50 great proportion
OF the inhabitants of that country depcn-
dcd for q supply Of food, has occasioncd
dcs.ltution and famine to an alarming OK
tent. This affective dspcnsation Of Di-
vine Providence carly awakened the SYM
pothios Of Friends in Ireland and in En-
gland; aud Meetings Of Friends woro in
Consequence convened, both in Ddb,ia and
III London. TO consider the subject. The
Meetings thus he'd entered with hearty
concurrence upon tho subject; and not
w.hstanjin9 tho large and comprehensive
measures OF tho Government for provi-
ding enp,oy meat for ablc-bodicd aborers.
and the partial efforts made in some ogar-
e4, it.Gsg ,5tte5.taotIs ioi ti.ss .lsslc.s,el.
il vs. felt Tint there was a part which
Fr.yn4s had to perform, and to which
they were called to apply themselves wiki
caruestnc>s and zeal: Committees wcrc
accordingly appointed By the said Meet
inas Respectively; and these Committees
are now ii active operation. cordially and
tremendously laboring together.
Tho Administrative part OF tho work Of
course rests, in great measure, with oar
friends in ircla4J; and VIC liayo the salts
faction IL Inform you that they have made
WISE aad eliclent arrangements for the
lu,ii'ment Of tacir trust and 4 70 acting II
it with great zeal and assidutv. The APP
peal which has been made 10 Friends Con-
crafty, in both countries, has been resp0n-
dcd - WITH 1fARhED LIBERALlTY: but we
fec! that the utmost that can be thus raised
Wi. be llttle indeed in comparison with tho
tla guitudc of the calamity TO be relieved.
"a calamity affecting millions OF oar fell
low-subiects. md Of the probable tertnina,
iion of Which NC canno. ut preson! form
any lea.
Oar friends in Dublin hayo established
a correspondence with their brethren IN
various parts of Ircand. with the v.cw Of
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ef4ei'oti ,"i"9sn ''io mos uGs'i'"so o'a-
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'''i>' 81 - vigorously e'lPioyeu III me
tF"1 ,, O. DIS 'r uuous ei'2a9e'le'h.-
I ~ Ai'o'lu "i i'oIina - "Ssoci"'cd "l'1
nun 'aoio''l' anu .Hos H'to oech 'Sfcc''-
ny aha uselnt's "'to'led ~ ono OF moro
young 'hcii rom ms country ne re-
po'ts go from ,neso ifichaS (o' vac
.i'5' POI non OF "'''''' we se's' oa p 'h-
:, c'-sst.e' -" o., -Au-Iess 10
'''hssl tfn5sa atf''l'e eF'''!c' mat lao
accounts O tho eAis'h7 des'i'oiioh had
tceil eV no means oVer-s'a'od. ana provo,
I ''o' WINS! very comHehaaoio anSie'Y
to succour the starving population around
thon. IS more or less prevalent amongst
tho comparatively few who arc Of ability
10 90 50 ~ thc respective Hts'fici5' lAcre -
CRYING necessity Tor all the additional
= III that cnn ha affor1cd. they also e1o.y
~, e,;..lIo ch,r,o1s ,-o o.,o g H.
49, 30 W
distribution OF me money winch may PC
raised.
''tir 1flends IN ituoin nave been dfii-
CONT y occupied in deyiSing and NJ rfectino
pans for prndently supplying relief in the
districts thus visited: ard also in ;nv2sti-