The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-05-14
RELIEF OP TsiE .Kssn poow.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal

! - - ''P N'"iA'l "iA idIh VI tIu
, which is real-no humanity monge,
, ing-no plentitude Of sympatheti
. words, and poverty of sympatheti
action-no wallowing in prcscrip
tive slander-no recourse to Bill
Iingsgate abuse Of ireland and tn
Irish, after the fashion of many par
ties in England-no churlish, mean
money-lendin,s ..o!i,ico-economi,
spirit to guide ald to disgrace it
progress. MOI tie conduct Of Amer
lea stands in blight and gloriou
contrast with that Of England. II
the day of our deSolation we hav,
found the rcadiest LandS-ayel ant
the most bounteous-strctched &c
our aid, from the mouth of the St
Lawrence to the mouth of the Miss.
issippi, without tue flourish Of the
Pharisec, or the cold-blooded cal
culaton of the Legist
"llonor, then, to America. In il
the cause Of humanity needs no spun
for shame. hypocrisy or estate poll
cy." In her bosom we knew that
our eXiles found refuge where they
were safe from cxterminating land
lords and Observation-Disclosures
the motto for all was olive and let
live n'-and not-"live We, the ma
ny-or die-for the few-the mn
privileged for tie Privileged" But
never, much as our hearts ycarned
towards America as tie asylum OF
our hopeless cast-out thousands.
Never, we say, great as was our cx-
perience Of the generosity with
which our countrymen were rcceiv-
ed on It's shores, were we prepared
for the surprising acts of humanity
and beneyolencc towards this stricll-
en- nation, which mail after mail en-
ables us to record, and 10 bless.
owe write with hearts of over
flowing gratitude and love--grali-
tnde and love not springing so much
from the sense Of benefits received,
as from a respect for the manner in
which they have been rendered. In
the efforts that are made BY Ameri-
canr TO quo eor cod 70 so,-o u-, w
view the promise of that sure and
Christian friendship which ought to
keep pace with the progress Of civ
but which pscndo-statcs-
men never cultivate between ma
tons, unless for an occasion-as if
the interests of mankind were not
identified with amity."
On the same subject we find tie
in the Dublin Nation of
the Sd instant:
"Whie English statesmen are de-
vising daily plans for the increase
and protection Of pauperism in this
long-!oyal and long-sufliering Prov
ince Of ireland, American states
men, regarding this country rs, even
in its wreck, worth being saved, are
accommodating their voluntary tribute
for the relief Of our necessities.
While the chief journals of the En-
slish capital are daily tccming with
against our people, lirh
and low, mcrican Journals, from
Houston down to PASSPORT, are re-
riving "reminiscences Of Irish merit. /
in order to hasten the kindly inter- (
ference of their country in behalf of.
ours. While the popular diyincs of.
England can see in pestilence and .
famine only judgments from an am .
Iered Deity, shifting Ireland on both
checks for her idolatry, the fayorite .
preachers of America perceive but
m opportunity for the exercise Of
active charity.
"This nations position resembles
hat of the man in the Gospel who
vent down from Jerusalem to Jcri-
tho. America is our Samaritan.
When our wounds are bound up, and
We are able to 90 our destined way,
vc will know TO whom our gratitude
$ due. "a certain Lcvite" shall
.lso be remembered.
"Out Of this Famine will come
nanY results, one of the greatest If