New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-22


that In the fallen condition II human rat-e selfinier-
cot i the powerful principle q cur being irving
Impulse and actv- 10 a. our undeftasngs and IN nat
way % the esuerai --tious Of life but unfortunately
this system i-ege liberty fcrKet Ike Interests
Of cftsrs Tt- rs Fhich inpute 10 q however, =
that Il wakes wealth %. IDurh sd ton little
that Il does not take large and comprehensive view
Of selfuterestthsf Il does nor embrace within It's
practical grasp the whole entire population Of country
OF a stste-te weak and the strong the rich ard the
poor and 90 rs rst snd primary care, hat no mem
Der Of the social bod--no rnzp-shs Be allowed % sut
fer and 70 perish from want except By The refec,ed
agency q his own crimes The fault that hnd with IL
T. thst IN country Of limited territorial extent and a
dense pOpusron, y necessary process Il works down
the part II tie community strugsng ~ the common
impulse and struggling for lit works them down into
a condition not merely of poverty, bot Of desrtuion
and then treats too often tie poverty when tsef hss
created guilty and infamous tang The isult !
ind with Il allows and properly So that competition y
the life Of trade II allows Il also. oftentmes 20 be the
death Of the trader The Premier Of england il report
ed To have said not long since thst nothing prevented
him from employing Government vessels TO carry oresd
70 starving people except his unWingness TO disturb
toe current Of trade
Never oracle Of hidden and heather deity ut
tered more faithfully more in accordance with the
worship Of ia vO.anes than Is the language here pu
ted the Bit 81 minister who may be fairly regarded
the great highpIiest Of political economy tLaugh
ter and sppsuse) To put government vessels IN com
petition with merchantmen Ia the CIV business Of trade
would be indeed wrong snd unworthy Of great ruler
but II the profits Of trade had been merely curaed in
the proportion Of three four per cent per annum
during this pressing crisis Of the famine, u would
have saved many lives for whom that government y
responsible before God and while u would have
saved their lives Il would not have inflicted wound
o. GER - ~ feaiih ~ trsde. tApplsuse The
fault fnd VI y.tsr. ig hsf n not only allows
but sanctions snd proves Of principle which operass
differently on the provinces Of the same State divided
only by channel Il the sea 10 msluptes deposits Ct
idle money in the banks side OF the channel and
il nntpes dead sDd coness bodies IN the cahius end
along the highways the other The fault ind with
that II guarantees the right Of the rich 10 enter
on the field cultivated by the poor man, whom be calls
his tenant and carry away the harvest OF MS labor and
that while secures 70 the rich man MS right perhaps
properly Il does not impose upon him the corresponding
duty that left behind % FEED that poor
until the earth shall again yield ne annual fruit
The fault ind with II IL that while provides whole
some food comfortable clothes and lodging for the
rosue. thieves and urderers of is dominions leaves
the honest Industrious viriuous peasant 10 tagger al
bis labor from nsnitou, and fall 10 rise no more
On II thi. system be al in all, why wss that poor
peasant wise Why did he not learn, In his ororn
state the whereby no could have secured TO him
self al those advantages Why did he not steal or do
murder and then the most Christian Government
would have extended 10 him ne protection. ana nc
would not have been SLOWED 10 die OF hunger
know il may be said that avail myself Of an extra
ordinary calamity to prove the defects OF the
present sysfm may be told that this famine is visit
taton of Divine Providence. But do not admit that
fear there is blasphemy in charging on the Almighty
the result OF doings. Ire famine IN ireland
has been for many years Ike the cholera N iudian-
dgeuOus. As long a. Il has been confined 10 lev
cases In obscure and sequpsered parts Of the country
may be said that he public administrators OF the state
are oxcuE6be nssuCh the facts did not come under
their notice But Ia the present instance has attracted
the attention of the world snd then they call II Gods
famine No no Gods famine 10 known BY the ge-
neral scarcity Of food Of which Il IL the consequence
There IL general scarcity There has been gene
raj scarcity Ia Ireland either during the present the
last year except Ina solitary species of vegetable
The soil has produced is usual tribute Tor the support
OF those by whom il s cultivated But political econo
my finding Ireland too poor to buy the products OF s
own labor exported that harvest TO better market and
left the people 20 die Of famine, or TO live by aims
And this political economy authorizes the pro
vision merchant the midst Of the destituton %
keep his door locked and his sacks Of corn tied up,
waiting for a better market" while be himself per.
haps his desk describing the wrctchedness OF the peo
pie and the OF this misery setting forth IL may be-
for the eye Of the Fret Lord OF the Treasury with what
exemplary patience the poor peasantIy bear their SUI
ferings-wih what admirable resignation theyfs down
through weakness al the threshold Of bis warehouse,
without having attempted 20 burst door or break
q window Such conduct Ia prsised everywhere Even
Der Majesty 10 her Royal Speech does not disdain
10 approve Of II and IL IL in truth deserving of
universal appreciation for the sacredness OF property
b. maintained ~ 81 sacrifices Unless We would
have society dissolve itself sgain into it's original ee
ments Stlstll the rights Of life denrer and gher
than the rights Of property snd in general famine Ike
the present there no law OF Beavenno law OF Nature
that tOrbds starving man 70 seize on bread Wherever
he can find H. though should be the loaves OF pro
position on the altar Of Gods temple Applause y
But say those who maintain the sacred and iBvosbe
rights Of property II they would have them respected 10
be careful also and scrupaous in recognizing the rights
OF humanity. Ia crisis Ike that passing the Irish
from their long training In the school OF hardship may
subnit-but In such calamity. should II ever happen
which God forbid the Scotch will not submit, the
English will not su omit the French viii not submit and
depend upon It the Americans will not submit zap
plAuse)
Let US be careful then no, to baspheme Providence
1liurfk "a rraaf
which call the state-is bound SO long
II has the power 70 do 70 guard the lie Of ts mem
oers against being sacrificed BY famine from within
much as against their being slaughtered BY ihe enemy
from without
But the vice inherent in our system Of social and pot
cal economy Il settled that II eludes inquiry. You
cannot trace IL 10 the source The poor man on whom
The coroner holds an Inquest has been murdered but no
one killed him There i external wound There Il no
symptom OF internal dsseso Society guards him against
Al outward violence. II merely cncrced him around
and in order 20 keep Up what Is called the regular
rent OF trade II allowed political economy with nvi
.ble hand 10 apply the airpump to the narrow limits
within which he confined and exhaust the atmOs.
phere OF his physical life. Who did IL No one did IT,
! ei II has been done
], IL msnifest that the causes OF reands presen, sui
ering have been mulutudinOns frequent almost per
oetusl Nearly the whole Of the soil Il under the
srshp Of persons having no sympathy with the poPua
ion except that cold tie Of selfinterest The physical
condition OF the people has been broken down BY prey
)us calsmies 70 which have directed your attention
Since the union with England Der commerce has fol I
owed capital % the sister isle Nothing has remained
5ut the produce Of the soil and that Is sent 20 England
% md better market for the rent must be pad I
out neither the produce The rent returned
L has been established that the expectation Of
,apifA from this source sOne-ndeed Il u the only
ource which has been LEFT lis equal 10 some twenty
i've or thirty millions Of dollars annually for the last
and forty years and il at the close of this last
,erod By the failure Of The potato crop that Ireland,
without trade without manufactures, without any re-
from ageu tursl exports sinks beneath the last
Gather that the feather ~eghty but that the
urthen previously imposed WA far above her sTength
% bear.
II il BE- true that the darkest hour Of ts sht y that
hich immediately precedes the dawn 10 i presump-
hope that there better days IN store for this
Unfortunate people They have been crushed and ~
ned Ia their material elements Of happiness. but YET
hey have forfeited any Of the higher attributes Of
generous and noble nature They might perhaps, \
ave shared with the other portions OF the empire in
physical comforts and the other improvements Of mod
m civilization they had renOunced their ANCIENT rei
don AZ TIE period when others saw ~ 70 change theirs
3ut when the present famine shall have passed
way and been forgotten In the memories OF men,
he nigh testimony which the Irish people have
,Orne 10 the holiness Of conviction within the
ecesses Of the human soul and borne Il al al
sks and through ell sacrifices vii be considered a. an
iouor 70 human nature itself (ApPause) They believe
nghtfuly not Is not the question but
shelter right OF wrong they believe thai 70 profess
eiif0n which had no mold their convictions would
rsnd God AMI involve them In the double yuh Of lying
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