The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-03
Cen. CassUnd the Irish Relief Bill.
DrrRoIT Oct Q. 1S4S.

We understand that you were IN the u
States Senate as correspondent for the
Nep York 1Ti6uRe, at the time the Irish
Relief Bill wss.pending in that body, in
the winter of 1876 aud b47. Will you
state what was the conduct of Gen. CAss
itrelation 10 that Bill, and at the same
time, and succinctly the provisions of the
Bill? 81
cit is represented iuthis-State that Gen.
sCass uniformly and warmly advocated
and votedfort the Bill We desire there,
foreto make ydar statement public,
fWeare very respectfully your obedi-
'ent' Servants.
'i'ss W.. J. NJ. HOWARD.
~. SYLVESTER LARNED,
~, ,se5s DAVID SMART.
Congressional Com. Wayne Co. Mich.
E, RoDINsoN, Esq. New York City.
.TRlpuNE OFrlcE, N. Yonk, Oct. Is, ls4S.
GENTIEMEN; In reply to your luqui-
ries, ] will briefly state that "A Bill for
The reliefof ireland" was Introduced into
1Ie House of Representatives by Hon.
WASHINGTON Hunt (Whig) on the 10th
of February, 1S47 II proposed To ap-
propliute FIVE hundred thousand dollars
10 purchase food, and 10 transmit it to
Ireland, to save The poor people Of that
unhappy country from starvation. The
Locotoco party had majnrity of about
seventy in the House, (29th Congress,)
yet Mr.. Hunt. though trying almost eve.
ryday for fortnight, could not induce
sthe House to take it up. In the Con-
gresaOnai Globe we have. in the proceed
iugs Of February 25, the following rec
ord:
B "RELIET ron lRELABD. - Mr. WAsRIHGroN
gHUST madea strong rllort Ia get up his bill for
The reefol Ireland, but the House roluSed-"-
IPage 5ll.l ...-
Thus after fonuight's begging, be-
fore Locofoco House of Representa-
tiyes, which always refused" to take
up the bill, while the poor victims Of fam
ine were dying by thousands; the friends
Of the measure turned their eyes TO
the Senate. Accordingly The next day
Feb, &c, 1S4S. Mr.. CRITTENDEN, (Whig)
of Kentucky introduced the following bill
which will answer your second inquiry
ip full;
."ABILL to provide soSE relief lor the suffering
People of Ireland aud ScnIland ....
"BeH enacied &c Tint the President OF the
Omitted Suhesbe, aud he hereby Is authorized to
cuuse % he purchased such provisions rs he may
4 I'D t,,r Ilaa anna
10 be transported and rendered IN the Dnme of tho
government Of Tue United States to tllnt of Great
Britain, for Tho relief oftho People uf flrelend and
Scotland. suffering from the great calamity oil
scarcity and lanine
SIC. o. And be IL further endcted, That tho
sum Of five hundred thousand dollars be, aud The
same is hereby appropriated out OF any money IN
the Treasury not Otherwise approprlasdi to carry
into effect this act.
sac g. And be u further enactel That the
President VI tho United States he, aud hs hereby
is, authorised. at his discretion, to employ any oi
the ships oflhe United States Tor the transportation
Of provisions 10 be purchased Ms aforesaid
This.billis is nearly word for word the
same as the bill that passed in 1912 for the
reefof the people Of Caraccas and sign
ed, as iuss and constitutional, by the Pre-
sident JAMES MADISON. Mr. CRTTEN.
DAN advocated it in an able speech, as did
Mr., JIM. CLAYTON (WhiG of Delaware
Ii was also supported by Mr.. CAss in a
speech of, some length promising i his
hearty suppmt. Mr.. NILES Loco'Foco)
and Mr. BsGpy (Loco-Foco,) now minis
tier to Russia, both opposed it, Coagress,
,S,Dc,I G,lobey mn. 6l2, 5l3, 5l4.l The bill