The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-23
Sympathies OF Americans.-The Famine I
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Sympathies OF Americans.-The Famine In
Europe.
The people OF the old world, and particularly
those OF England. have, ever since the revolution,
INDUCED IN censures and vuperations Amer
lean character. They accuse us OF want of all
lprinciple-as people perfectly bereft oil all the
KIND and tender sympathies and feelings be-
longing 10 human nature-as a people actuated
ply one single motive, the love Of gain-the pur-
putt of the almighty dollar. J hey have repeat
eddy told as that we are nation OF stockholders
and bapkrupts, and that fondness Of money pre-
dominated every thing else. We question
whether the people Of America have ever taken
the trouble to refute these ISLANDERS, because they
emanated from people who could have no SYM
pathy with us since the declaration OF Indepen-
dence was published to the world and
which. successfully carried out by force,
severed the link that bound their Amer
lean colonies to them. The revolutionary
war cost them some two hundred millions
IL pounds, the payment of the interest Of
which they still labor under. After expanding so
much to so little purpose, and afterwards losing
what they contended for, it is natural that Anne
sca and Americans weIe TO them despicable
terms; and that it would take long series of
years before they could look on either with an
unprecedented vision.
We trust, however, we believe, that this
feeling Is wearing away, as it should do and that
before many more years shall have passed, that
the people of England will be disposed TO look
upon US as pretty fair sample Of the human
family, and, like the rest of Adams numerous
progeny, our instincts and dispositions are much
the same as mark his descendants over the whole
world.
We have, at all events, given substantial evil
dence that We think of something else besides
the dollar-that we are sometimes moved by SYM
pathy; and, that, when occasion calls our sym
patty extends to our pockets, which have, in
many instances, freely contributed TO relieve the
wants and msfortunes of others in distress
Within period of fifty years, partial Ia
mine has visited several parts Of the world,
and to all of them American sympathy
extended. The Greeks were furnished with
food, when they were suffering for want of
1t. so were the natives of the Cape de
Verd Islands. Ireland and Scotland are
now suffering under the same calamity, and
IL certainly cannot be denied that our cti-
zens fully sympathise with their unfortunate
rs9is, and are doing their utmost TO re-
leve their Amisfortunes. Every city, town, VII
lsge, and hamlet in our extensive country, wit
nesses exertons for this object by the people col
lectlVely and individually. Our mechanics, mer-
chants, trades-people aud laborers, are vieng
with each other in the good work; and before the
next hai RESI-. America will have sent. perhaps,
Milo "a collars worth OF provisions and cO,ning,
to teed To angry and clothe the naked of Eng
and's own subjects.
This will be decided and peremptory falsifica-
ton ofthe charges made against us by England,
and will act q rebuke to her that she must feel
tFhsr own reople are not bereft of sensibility.
Il Che famine n scotland and Irelan d
M tUlalaned ALaerca with an opportunity
OF GsH OWING tbese calumnies before the
eyes OF the whole world it has likewise
afforded us an opportunity of exhibiting to
the world our inexhaustible agricultural re-
sources. Hitherto, the people Of the old world
were comparatively but little acquainted with
our country. Information that would tend to
open their eyes to our position, power, and
resources, studiously kept from them,
but now they will receive it in a manner
little expected or contemplated by their rulers
and lords. They know, too sadly, that their
own resources have failed, and that they are
dependent on America for their very existence
Every mouthlul of food they eat. must, they
know, come from America and what ideas but
the most exalted can they have of a country
which, after supplying its own people with abun-
dance, has surplus left sufficient to feed nation
of six millions of people besides; and that too,
without making provision for export. They know
at once, that with notice before hand, we could
supply the whole world. What exalted ideas
OF America and Americans will swell their
hearts-and VIII they.not pant to reach our highly
favored land
The famine in Ireland and Scotland will
confer a twofold benefit on us; it will prove
to the world that Americans think on other
matters besides the acquisition of money; and
that country is inexhaustible it is extern
sive, and that it is capable of being the gransry
of the world.