New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-06

! FRAScIs SrRYEFR. Mayor Of Brooklyn
! PmsEss {. DUMMER, Mayor Of jersey Cay.
| /. .THroDoRr R DrFoREsr, l0..NiEt GRAY.
| 2 JtMfs i. LisErY. n. Amos r. HATFIELD,
| ). ROBERT sWARTWotT T.. hoAAs CAA'Lt1f
! l. EDMUND FITZGERALD, b. THOMAS X. DowNSG,
B.. WmLAM ADAMS. H.. DiNEs CAR0LH
G..FRrDsmcg u. KomER, r.. LlNrs W. srEylNs'
q. .MogRis fRArKLiN. TO-. WAsHlNGToN SMITH,
g.. WN. J. MlDERMOTT, IT,. CLAREsoN CRoLt.f
Q..JAcOE l.. DoDcf, I3..Mo1ts Mthih@p' Jf.
joins G.. DErrmAUX, ESQ then proposed tie
following gentlemen as sccrctarcs and they werc e..
Enthusiastically adopted
Rorrrr EMMETT. Terence D0NTLLY
Ur. WILLIAM MAcNcvAN, JANrs W. WHITE
RoprHr HoGAN. Or. VILLAS POWER,
CHARLES OCoNoR. JOIN !. DOYLE.
HoRACE GREELEY, Esq. then read the io.l0wn,
address which was frequently interrupted by the ap.
plausc of tue audience and adopted with unanimous
enthusiasm st the close.
10 THf TFoPIF or GREAT BRITAIN
MrN AND BRErHREN The People Of the United
State without distinction of sect party. have neither
suppressed disguised the sympathy which for year-
has been awakened in their breasts by the condition
ani the woes of ireland Apart from the general APP
peal which the spectacle Of human suffering aidrcss,s
90 every child OF Adam tf ties oil blood ana oi hn0rci
.hc testimony of friend AND oi neighbour, who have cN
p,ri,ucsu ard ia from tho-c woes. have deeply inn
pressed On, general heart. We are manly descended
IN no rcri..c doubtful line. from British or from
lrih ancestry, and the mingled blood OF Celt md of
saxon flows in the veins oil very many of us. IN dis
regard moreover oi some IutOward cau-cs OF nlienH
lion and -likc. mauy of uf cherish rl affection 0r
the country aud Tie race whence this region Wa colo
nz,i. and whose genius iu arts and provcss IN arms
IS. trust have not been dscrcdiied 10y their American
descend .uf- We believe that the prover1gl encr-
love O liberty and regard for order oi the brh race
are NOT without vuc.. among u-hut Shalspea and
Milton and Hampdeu are % as not foreigners, but
kindred and country menand that whatever impeacrcs
the justice and humanity Of Britain i matter OF interest
% her kindred in the New World We claim, therefore
10 peak 10 You and De heard by YOU not strangers
and Ivcrstrcs, bat as kinsmen aud friends
Yet not alone intcrcess1rs for others DO We claim
your attention The suf,rugs OF ireland are dhused
to other hands, and especially 90 tls Our people are
daily cxpo.cd 90 die number OF them have already
lied OF contagious icVcrs generated from irish misery
Each week witnesses is long procession of u1tFc-
from lIi-h destuuon debarkug ON our shores. often
weakened and wasted beyond Che hope OF future USE
alncss and independence. When by such object
pfy charities public end private ere exhausted
vide our taxes swe!lod csn you question our right
inquire into and protest Against the causes OF such
unparalleled wrctChedncs- II portion of the immi-
grants thrown upon us by lreiand's dsiresses come
wholly uneducaiei. and thus inefficient IN any but The
rute.t and least recompcnscd departments of industry
shall we not while plying and supplying their dci,i.
encies demonstrate On those whose plain duty 10 was
10 have provided for their instruction 6nd cul- hfeu
mentf when the wall OF furnishing People is heard
aero the broad atlantic, and every how a. II breaks
GUY shores hoars urgent appeal % our humanity
from porishng millions who shall -ay that We not
inquire into ami pronounce upon the remote a. wei a
the immediate causes OF such wholesale starvst
You, People Of Grea, Britain have said much, aud
said t vehemently of the wrongs snd the horrors o'
American slavery, which stand not here 20 justify
nor vet % drprccatc your iniscrmnatc bar
the racc unhsppy held IN bondage in another part OF
this Union have been swept away by famine and
IT, consequences. nor cried 90 you for bread. DO
repcl u then "a impairment jnd obtrusive hut hear
and act as Conscience and Christianity shall dictate
For we know hy observation and experience that the
confident assumption OF your leaders and rulers that
the of Ireland have their origin ia the character
and genius IN the faith o. the lrh People and are in
epsrable herefr0m j. unOUnded snd dclusive Coming
among u.s. ss they mainly DO unlettered and destitute
end struggling against tie immense d.sadvan yes ana
imped.menis thence resulting there very few among
them who do NOT steadily and speedily achcve posi-
ton OF comfort and independence. Though Of diverse
race. Eui creed snd .pccch rom the erea, majority
OF those among whom llcy must seek employment snl
finding serious impeachment in the great number of
councillors ior rude manual labor necessarily landIr-
on oar shores, they - generally succeed la finding
work because nothing honest anu useful l. too bard oT
too humble % be acc pted by them. Among our eu4i-
ucn.,y energetic aal bard working people they sturdy
make their way every canal and railroad Is IN good
plrt The work OF their hands every village rse, and
city expands bearing witness 90 tHcir industry and
the proportion OF idcrs and droucs among them pro
baby less than anong any other class AZ people
Do nor these notorious facts signay rtutc tie ilea
that their dcsUtuton and misery IA Ireland the
suits o, their own slothrness and ineficency. and
therefore not % be attributed % mis- government and
want OF opportunity
But NOT merely In the domain OF Industry are the
tive vor and elasticity Of the Irish character indicated
among While many Irish imm grants, through in
nrmty or incapscy- are personally objects OF charity.
very few Of their children and
our couutrymen OF lrsh descent no whit interior IN
energy or thn 20 their fellow citizens generally. Many
whose ancestors residents Of the most wrctched
irish tcneltns arr our Legislators Governors. Judges
they nh the most responsible stations with credit and
usefulness Wealth Honor Influence, cluired by
Them IS readily as by others; and everywhere the I
genius Of the Irish race seems 20 gInjrac ITSELF
b ireland alone There only does that race sisgnate
mpore and ismsh there only does q breed pcs;lencc
10 scOurge and appsl mankind.
These facts People NJ Greaf Britain commend .
-FOUR understandings and your cOn.ciences You are /
earthly accountable 20 God and Humanity for their
ust appreciation Tremendous i the responsibility i
raved by that Nation which dares 10 hold another PEG
lie subject % IT, nic-whch assumes the Divine prcro
alive OF Government; over otLers-which holds ia en-
breed thraldom the energies and the destnies Of
lace If your dominion over Ireland has been just
umsne and bene1cont why are IL fruits desuturon.
atred crime. misery and despair II your duty a.
ulers hGs been faithfully performed why your sub
ecis destitute, turbulent and suffering Why i Ire
ND IN the very heart Of civilization. herself retro
rading, scandal and a sorrow 70 Chris;en1om' IL
: your historian Alison and others on your leading
mas Sssert ireland IS % you unsoved and perpeX
enigma enough readily solved by all the world be-
lde way 40 you not leave her 10 herself In con.
,ssinS that they know how 10 make the Irish PEG
le eoDthteo- peaceful prosperous sud happy. your
iatesmen admit that they have not the ability 10 gov
m Ireland, and therefore have no moral night 10 per-