The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-06-09
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Obliged myself to handle EN-, coffin them and
put them in the earth. We cannot procure a
sufEciency Of men to bury the dead, or Of cof-
fins to contain them. Every village has dead
bodies lying unburisd for many days; almost
every howell in the suburbs Of the town has it's
corpse We cannot, I repeat, get sof1ine,
boards or mon for the nee ssity OF the moment.
May God forgive our rulers for their cruel con
duct toward Gods creatures hsre.'
Again and again we ask in anguish Of spiri, I,
will men be apathe,io wailst such is the fate
oI brother men? Will creatures endowed with
souls-with human hearts-be silent while tho
very stones, had they voices, would cry to ksa-
ven against such appalling horrors.
Tuesday right We took up the evening pa
Pers, and said, the cry of death will not meet
US at every line. We were mistaken. 1t was
still the same. The wall Of the destitute poor
was taken up by the Conservative Packet, and
flung among our rulers with vigorous and
youthful eloquence which few could COM
mand. Tho first thing that met our eyes In
that journal, ever true to the cause Of suffering
humanity is rhis.
"Doom Of the "JNere Iri,h."-We feel it 10
not necessary to utter one syllable Of comment
when introducing the following letter to our
readers. 1t has been communicated to US by
q highly intelligent gentleman, who would DO
incapable of exagseration, and the fruits of
whose talent and learning have frequently de-
lighted and instructed our readers.
"There are some facts simply stated in No
letter that arc terribly suggestive Of the state
TO which our peasantry are reduced--our once
happy, light-heartod psasantry! Tho chill
dren lighting for the nettles is ono oil these.
Childhood struggling with chldhood-As,rug-
Cling for such means to exist longer in lv-
ing death! Tho well grown girls covering
before the writer is another, the agony Of their
obarms-God help them!-surpassing the ag-
ony Of their hunger. And what in all the
ing our unhappy people, can be more demon
stratve of the desert through which our cor
respondent passed, than the drivers signif cant
words, "You won't hear the cry Of child
rom this to Limerick. Not child's cry 10 .
district once fruitful and beautiful-oncs pso-
Piled with life and hapPiness--oncs filled at this
season with the hustle Of harvest preparation
-onco musical with the glad mirth Of young
voices2 Good God! could volumes suggest .
more appalling change than the simple words,
You won't hear the cry Of child from this ID
Limerick.
The following Is tho letter:
To the Editors OF The Evening Psckst.
APRL 20, ls48.
Dear Sir:--I have been for the last few days
through tho Counties of limerick, Galway,
Glare, and across thence to the g'sCounty.
All attempts to report the existing state Of
misery OF the masses beyond the Shauon mus,
come utterly short OF tho truth. All that tract
Of country from Killalos to Portuams, on the
Galway side Of tho Shannon is lying waste and
uncultivated, About three out Of four of the
miserable huts are unroofed. Some Of the
former inmates are dead, some in the union
and some few huddled together in one or two
ofthe huts still e1istisg.
"The men generally have persisted"
The correspondent of the Patriot having de-
scribed scenes Of human misery on which a
demon could scarcely look without emotion,
concludes thusI
"Wiih large tracts Of land lying uneultivs-
ted, few miserhble men ara employed on the
road-at what wsges think you' Ono pound
of yellow meal i. o. lees than i-6 per diem!.i
Great God, how is this to cure faminef
"If this process OF dePopulation goes 90
few months more, you may sceR an abls-bod
led msn in vain for twenty OF thirty miles of
country"
Such 10 the testimony Of On intelligent Con-
seIvatirs witness, after having visited four
counties.
In the name Of humanity and our common
faith we call upon the public one and all, to
arouse themselves 10 rescue their brother men;
and brother subjects, and brother Christians
who now stand on the brink OF destruction,
from this devouring sea Of misery, whose de-
LUCE engulfs its thousands and tens Of thous-
ands by the week.