New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-01
The Irish and o. Hunger


know that the naturalzed citizens VIII O-N 'He
-i,rs.. ,b,, IN nv letters from Washington have
- he their canse. When JANIS X.
Pr ,orri,.,ed q Naslre as Judge OF the Supreme
Court sat up long and dreary might" aidins me
ooDosi,ion which ny fellow citizens OF foreign olrth
made and made successfully 70 that nomination
Wherever coad say word IN favor Of the lrisn'
oo,.;.,sn. with nv coarse as letter.writer from
Warrington. | did il faithfully and constantiy.-
When Famine fell upon oar dear native country
49,. MIN knew me in Washington. know that
lsbored srdently and Increasingly 70 raise supplies
70 rave the poor sons and daughters Of Erin from
sinking into the grave ior want Of food When the
bin was introduced into Congress, neglected other
business to urge apou my friends IN Congress to
support IL That both parties know. Ii was the
oolv bill ever "lobbied" for sincerely, and il was
carried By the votes Of all the distinguished sens-
tor, Itva. defeated in the House by ORyILLE
HrxerEFoRp. and one or two other members Of the
Committee Of WAYS and Means. i recollect how
7 appeslsd 20 the members Of that Committee not
,ostr,psie the bill in the Committee NON. begged
OF them If they were opposed 70 It TO vote Agains;
IL but not 70 stab IL in the dark. The Irish papers
and the Irish citizens Of both parties were in favor
Gifts passage. and il would have passed by large
majority if HuseIRFoRD and Company had given
II back He was deaf 70 our cries then shall we
remember him now He was not contenteS
with voting against IL He undertook TO r>'o
il bv the neanest kind Of veto. II ORvlLLE
HEssIRFoRD receives the lrsh vote now we
can never ask for any man to stand up tor
us again. would not dictate to any man how be
should vote. but could not vote for the Loco occ
ticket with ORyIIIE HUsGEBFoRD on It without
feeling the guilt Of Irish deaths upon my soul Nc
man ever did so mean thing against Ireland Al
some ofthe Loco Fooo members OF that COMMITTEE
did snda ORylLLE HUSGERFORD did Any Irish
man might well vote for LEWIS c. LEWIS q
f,- GEO w. WOODWARD for Judges the Supreme
/ Court as 70 vote now for ORvILLE HUSGERFoRr
for Controller He treat edthe Irish with scorn anc
cowardice when they asked favor OF him. Wha
/ Irisbman will now lend himself to be his slave o.
/ crouch before him in the dust Remember OR
VILE HUSGERFoRD not only voted against thu
Irish Relief BILL but he refused 10 give others VIII
wished to vote for it an opportunity 10 do SO. ID
heard the cry Of dying lrishmen, and he struc'
down the hand raised to save them. He not onl,
refused 10 do anything himself but he stood be
tween diving Irishmen and charity, and saw then
die. one by one, without pity and without remorse
Who will become partskers Of his guilt and en-
dorse. by voting FOR him, his inhumanity III
friends say he circulated a subscription list AM
headed il with liberal subscription. He did mol
know the facts. and know both these statement
TO be gross fslsehoods. MILLARD FILLMORE whe
paper for n mere town subscription wss handle
round. encouraged others, in Buffalo to give an
gave himself fifty dollars Mr.. HuSeERroRD pr
rented others from giving and when asked to sui
scribe on the great Congressional list put the Trend
of Ireland of with five dollars, or at most wit
only ten 10 Who will sustain and approve by vol
ing for ORvILLE HUSeFRFoRD the starvation
the Irish hichkLihu'