Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1847-05-28
ADDRESS to the AMERICAN PGopLs.


| The following are the proceedings of a special
meeting of the corporation of the city of Dublin,
/ held al the CITY Assembly House, on The 24th
ut, the Lord Mayor Of the city presiding -
Doctor Gray, after some PgetatoTy observations,
said he had been reqeuestd BY the committee APP,
pointed at the last meeting 10 prepare an address
/ 10 the American people, 10 submit the following
address for the appreciation of the eoancit:-
:. To lie President Of tke United States Sir,
We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, aud Burgess
! ses OF the corporation of the city OF Dublin. Deg
3sleave TO tender to you, and through You, 10 the
Federal Government and the I4r E1Slat,ire of the
! United States, our deep and atiectionsts graft
tude for the prompt generosity with which you
placed, at the disposal Of your benevolent citizens.
/ the national ships, the Jamestown and Macedo-
nian, iefgthe purpose OF conveying 10 our iam,sl,
| ing coAftrymen, the supplies OF food furnished
by5tlie liberality of the noble-hearted people OF
your Republic.
=. To YOU, sir, as the head of State, which is
foreign 10 the power 10 which it is our fate to owe
allegiance, obvious motves OF decacy prevent
US from expressing the emotions suggested by a
contrast which here involuntarily presents itself
OF that contrast it was not your intention 10 make
any oscnation, and we will not farther al!ude to
it; but no motives need prevent us, as lrishnlen,
who never can consider your nation as alien to
our hearts or affections from expressing salts
faction that the government OF u free people, who
have so long afforded hospilable refuge to our
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nations otlhe world the noble example ofading the
private benevolence of its citizens, by giving its
ships OF war 10 convey food TO a distant people,
whose unhappy position gives them no national
equivalent to return. but must leave the generous
donors TO be rewarded by the approya! OF their
own COnsCicnCes.
I'VE are aware, Sir, that this is not the first
occasion on which the generous sympahes oil
American citizens have out poured themselves in
liberal supplies for furnishing mutitudes in this
old world. We know that many years ago, with
an enthusiasm OF humanity, similar, If not equal
in amount, to that which now SO molly agtatcs
your country your citizens ted the people of i'm
poycrished Greece. We know, that in the year
1882, when famine wasted the inhabitants OF the
Cane De Verde Islands; when the old world was
torpid to the suffering ofthose Islanders, who were
perishing within its precincts and their mother
countryattended other wants with an inadequaCy
that was equivalent to total neglect; the young
svmpaihes of your new world, bound 10 them by
no political ties-nked TO them by few CONNER
Cial relatons-associated by none OF the claims
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all distances, physi-
cal and moral. and fed that population gratutOus-
| ly for months. These facts may take from the
REGULARITY of the compliment paid 20 ourselves,
but as exciting the character Of those to whom we
are so deeply indebted TO- it ipdulges grateful
feelings to Informing gle tLo.n win tie eXpressio
| orour thanks. Still we do believe that the con
| ditoa of our unfortunate country does excite
some peculiar sympathies among your people,
OF this we find evidence in the unparalleled eX-
tent of the efforts now being made in its behalf
over the surface Of your republic. and i'll the I'M
prccedentcd conduct Of your government, i'll spar
! ing ships of war for use, at Il moment when
! the whole resources OF your country called
into cXer ion, both by land and sea- for the prosccu-
ton OF the hostillities in which You are engaged.
That the people of Ireland should be so often
! exhibited 10 the world as mendicants, receiving
the charity of other nations, Is deeply humiiiatlng
! to us, so that the pleasure of rendering you our
thanks is dashed with gloomy and melancholy
! feeling TO return thanks gracefully for tavors,
which, while they bless the gver must in some
degree humiliatc the receiver, is no easy task
nor will you exact from misery, its perfect exc
cuton. Bnt if it could be easy in any case-it
would be easy in the present. Your manner and
your words are alike open and sympathetic, as
! your acts have been open handed and liberal.-it
| there was any country TO which the Irish people
| could feel pleasure in owing and acknowledging
an obligation of this character, that country, Sir,
would be yours. You will believe, Sir, that our
present gratitude is deep-telt and abiding, and is
| measured not much by the extent Of the bene-
fit conferred people, as BY the tiattering good
| will evnCed in comforting 1t.
ITO YOU, Sir, personally for the promptness
with which you sanctioned the act of the legsla-
ture and the wonderful rapidity, so characteristic
of your nation with which you had it carried into
execution, we tender our warmest acknowledge
! ments-and respectfully beg that you VIII convey
to the Government, the Legislature, and the peo-
pie of the United States, the expression of a
gratitude, which shall never be etfaced from our
hearts, or those of our chdrens' children"
"JOHN GRAY, ChairmGn."
PRopUcr1oNs OF THE UNITED STATEs.--The
Patent Office Report, furnishes the following lH-
portant information
Wheat oats, rye Indian corn. potatoes, hay and
tobacco, raised in every State and territory in
the Union.
Barley raised in all except Louisiana.
Buckwheat raised III all except Louisiana and
! Florida.
New England New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin 10 not
raise cotton
The States that do not raise cotton, together
with Maryland, Delaware and Indiana, do not
/ raise rice.
Every State and territory except Iowa does
raise silk
Every State except Delaware makes sugar.
! New York raises the most barley. viz ,8o2,-
New York raises the most potatoes. viz: "a oo7.-
New York raises the most hay, viz 1896. 9a6
| tons.
| Ohio rais es the most wheat, viz: lo,766.7o5
bushels.
Pennsylvania raises the most rye, viz: 1929
! 336 bushels.