Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-06-17
From the l~'irayune Express
Great Irish Demonstration In
New Ynth.

were over 5000 people in thp building,
while hund eds were turned away unable
10 obtain admittnnce. Tile Hon. ~. r.
t~layemayer, Mpyor Of The city, presided,
with a large number Of Vice Presidents,
Secretaries, &c.
Q The following address to the people Of
Great Britain was then brought forward ly
Mr.. Horace Greeley, and was adopted IT'D
rapturous applause !!
To THE PBoPLE OF GREAT BR1rAtN.
Men and BrethFen-ihe people Of the
United States. without distinction Of sect or
party, have neither suppressed nor disguis-
Sd the sympathy which for years has been
awakened in their breasts by The condition
and woes d Ireland. Apart from the gen
eTal appeal which the spectacle of human
suffering addresses to every child Of Adam,
the ties Of blood aud kindred, the testimony
of friends and of neigl,hors who have px-
pefienced and He'd from those woes. have
deeply impressed the general heart. I've
are mainly descended, In ro remote or
doubtful line, from british or from Irish an
CesttY. an the mingled blood Of Crlt and
Of Saxon flows Ia the veins ~ofvery many Of
rs. IN disregard, moreover, ofsone unto.
ward causes ofalienatiUn and dislike, many
ut us cherish Il hlial affection for the ro,fl-
try aud the race whence His region was
! colohiEpd, and whose genius in arts ant
prOwpss in arms we trust have not been
discredited Ivy their American descendants.
We believe that the prove bal energy.
love Of lihert, and regard for order of tue
British race, are not without witness amotg
u7--that Shakespeare and Milton, and
Hanpdpn, are to us not otetgners. but kind.
red and COuntrymet-and that whatever
tmpeaches the justice and humanity Of
Britain g matter of interest to her kjnltcd
in the New World. We claim, therefore.
to speak to you and be henrd by yotl, not
as strangers and advrrsarjes, but as kins.
men and friends.
Yet not alone as iutercess0rs tor others
do we eli i'm your attention. 9le suffer
ings u Ireland are di0used to other lands,
aud especially to This. Cur peoi lie are
daily exposed to die, as a number NJ them
have already died, of contagious ieyprs
generated from Irish misery. Each week
Witnesses its long procession Of i~iIpiiivps
from Irish destttution debarkina on eur
shores, often weakened and wasted beyond
the hope Of future usefulness and inlepen-
dcnce. When 10y such objects Of pity, cur
charities, public and private, are exhaust
ed, while cur taxes are sweIled, can you
question eur right TO inquire into and pro.
Test against the cause Of such Unparalleled
wretchedntss? II a portion OF the immi.
grants thrown upon us by ireland's distress.
SEES come wholly uneducatpd. and thus in.
efficient in any hut the rudest and least re-
compensed departments Of irdust.y, shall
we not, while plying and supplying their
Deficiencies, demonstrate with those whose
plain duty 1t was 10 have provided for their
instruction and enlightenment 7 When the
wall of u iamishing people is heard across
the broad Atlantic, aud every hillow. rs il
breaks on CIR shores, bears an urgent ap-
peal TO our humanity from pefshing mil.
lions, who shall say bat we may not in
quife into aud pronounce upon the remote
as well as the immediate causes of such
wholesale starvation? Ycu. people ott'rcat
Britain, have said much, aud said IL vehc.
mcntly, Of the wrongs and horrors Of A.
uerican slavery, which we stand not here
to Justify, nor yet to deprecate your indig
crimiuate ccnsure but the race Unhappjly
held in bondage in another part Of lhi>
Union have never been swept away by
famine aud lis consequences, nor cried TO
you for bread. Do not repel us, then, as
impertinent and ohtrusivc. but hear and net
rs conscience aud Christianity shall die
tate.
For We know ny observation and o1pe-
rience that the confident assumption Of
your leaders and rulers, that the woes of
Ireland have their origin in the character
aud genius, or in the faith oftbe Irish peo-
pie, and are inseparable thercfrom, is un'
founded and delusive. Cunning among us,
as they mainly do, unlctlrred and destitute,
and struggling against the immense disad-
vantages and impediments thence result
ing, there are very few among them who
do not steadily and speedily achieve a POI
sltion of comfort atd independence.
Though of diverse race, and creed, and
speech, from the great majority Of those
among whom they seek employment and
tinding a serious impeachment IL the great
number Of competitors for rude manual la
Dor necessarily landing on our shores, they
yet generally succeed in finding work, be.
cause nothing honest and useful is too hard
or too humble TO be accepted by them.
Among oure minently energetic and hard.
working people they sturdily make their
way every canal and railroad il in good
part the work oftheir hands every village
rises and city expands bearing witness to
their industry and the proportion of idlers