The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-06-09

obliged myselfto handle them, coffin them. and
put them in the earth. We cannot procure 4
sufsciency Of men to bury the dead, or Of eoF-
Fms to contain them. Every village has dead
bodies lying unburied for many days; almost
every hOvsl in the suburbs Of The TOW has itS
corpse We cannot / repeat, get s%oEins,
boards or men for the necessity Ofthe moment.
May God forgive our rulers for their cruel con-
duct toward Gods creatures here.'
Again and again we ask in anguish Of spirii,
will men be apathetiC list such is the fate
oil brother msng Will creatures endowed with
souls-with human hearts--bs silent while the
very stones, had they voices, would cry to hsa.
ven against such appalling horrors.
Tuesday night We took up the evening pa
pers, and said, the cry Of death viii not meet
us at every line. We were mistaken. Il was
still the same The wall Of the destitute poor
was taken up by the Conservative Packet, aud
flung among our rulers with a vigorous and
youthful eloquence which few could CON-
mand. The 6rst thing that met our eyes in
that journal, ever true to the cause Of suffering
humanity is rhis.
"DooR Of the "yuere lrish."-Wo fselltis
not necessary to u~tterone syllable Of comment
when introducing the following letter to our
readers. 1t has been communicated to usby
a highly intelligent gentleman, who would BE-
incapable of exagGeration, and the fruits Of
whose talentan learning have frequently de-
lighted and instructed our readers.
"There are son facts simply stated in NE
letter that arc terribly suggestive Of the state
to which our peaSantry are reduced-our once
happy, light-hearted pOasantry! The chill
dren fighting for the nettles is one Of these.
Childhood struggling with childhcod-Strug-
Cling for such means to exist longer in q lIv.
ing death! The well grown girls covering
before the writer is another, the agony Of their
charhs-GOd help them!-surpassing the ag-
Ony Of their hunger. And vhdt in ill the
records Of this uhrolieved famine til al il SIay-
ing our unhappy people, CANES more demon
%strative Of the desert through Which our cor
respondent passed; than the drivers signif cant
words, "You WON'T hear the cry Of a child
from this to limerick. Not i cfiId's. cry in a
district once fruitful and 6eautiful-Once peo-
pied with life and happiness-once filed at this
season with the hustle Of harvest preparation
-once musical with the glad mirth Of young
%vOices2 Good God! could volumes suggest q
more appalling Change than the simple words,
You won't hear tho cry Of child from this to
, Limerick.
The following is the letter;
To the Editors Of the Evening Packet.
, April 90, ls4s.
Dear Sir:-I have been for the last few days
through the Counties of Limerick, Galway,
Glare, and across thence to the King'sC County.
> All attempts to repor. the existing state Of
misery Of the masses beyond the shapon must
come utterly short Of the truth, All. that tract
Of country from Killaloe to Portusmg, on the
Galway side Of the Shannon islying waste and
uncultivated, About three out Of four Of the
> miserable huts are unroolod. Some Of the
former inmates are dead, SOM in the union
and some few huddled together in one Or two
d Of the huts still ~existisg.
. "The men generally have persisted"
The correspondent Of the Patriot having de-
scribed scenes Of human misery on which a
n demon could scarcely look without emotion,
c concludes thus;
"With large tracts Of land lying uncultiva-
ted, a few miserhble men are employed on he
r road-at what wages think you? One pound
e OF yellow meal ii. 9. less than I-6 por diem!!!
Great God, how is this to cure famine? ,
"If this process of dePoPulation goes on a
few months more, OumOy seek an able.bOd
led man in vain for twenty or thirty miles Ol
q country"
Such is the testimony Of on intelligent Con
sentative witness, after having visited foul
counties.
In the name Of humanity and our common
faith we call upon the public one and ell, to
: arouse themselves TO rescue their brother men,
. and brother subjects, and brother Christians
|, who now stand on the brink Of destruction,
! from this dsvOuring sea Of misery, whose de-
lugs enguIfs its thousands and tens Of thouS'
. ands BY tbs week.
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