Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-07-10
Irish Abolition.


continued favor Of the public.
Irish Abolition.
Its greatly exasperaung to the people
of the Southern States, that misguided
and fanatical party at the North are ever
agi,ating the question Of abolishing slave
ry. The spurious sympathy and false PHI
lanthropy. which arc the apparent motives
TO this unceasing agitation of a subject IN
which they have no personal concern ex-
cite universally the contempt, and some
times the pity Of Shareholders towards
those. who act from principles sosupreme-
" silly and wicked. Our connection with
them as members of the same confedera-
CIV, and citizens Of the same great family
of States, and our desire to perpetuate the
relation which unites us, if the same can
be done, honorably .harmoniously and safe
", induce US to regard their unholy ef-
forts, with forbearance. which we can
never extend to he ofiicious and informed
ding action of foreigners. Slavery has
always existed, from ia time, whereof the
memory Of man, runncth not to the con-
trary," and we doubt not, will continue to
exist TO the end of all time. Its forms are
manifold, and its degrees Of aggravatlon
various. And looking to all those forms
and degrees of which we have knowledge
we do not hesitate to assert that, that OF
the negro in the States of the South Is the
most mild and humane, that exists upon the
earth. The condition of bondage serves
really to elevate and improve the charac-
ter and happiness of the negro, and his
comfort, morality and civilization place
him far very far above the oppressed op-
eratives ofEnsland, or the mendicant and
starving tenantry Of Ireland. With the
results ofthis comparison, ever staring them
in the face, their impudence is intolerable,
and their audacty most insulting, when
they undertake to denounce the Fugitive
Slave Law, and to bcwail the lot of the
colorcd race in our midst. 1t was with
feelings of Indignation therefore,we read in
the Southern Press ofthe 2Sth ultimo, the
proceedings of meeting on the subject Of
Slavery and the Bill forthc recovery Of Flu
gitivcs, recently held in the city Of Cork,
in which the Mayor presided, and one of
the Aldermen offered resolutions. We
know no language sufficiently strong to
dcnouncc, as it deserves to be denounced,
the ungratcful, audacious and hypocritical
spirit, which animated these ,corthy public
functionaries and their associates. who
composed this meeting. 1t is nottingham
we have fed them from our own slaves,
when they were perishing by thousands
from famine and pestilence,-nothing, that
Irishmen, when flying from grinding OPP
preston or hopeless poverty at home, have
at all times, found free and hospitable
welcome to our own Land of liberty, and
abundance. Forgetting all this, and re.
pressed in their domestic agitations by the
strong arm ofNIilitary Power,they are now
intermeddling with the political and social
relations which obtain between the white
and black races in the United States. Eve
ny good citizen whether livingin the North
orSouth, should frownupon this impairment
interference of the citizens of Cork, with
an institution for which they are in no wise
responsible. and with law to which they
owe no manner Of obedience.
We find the following admirable re-
marks Of the New York Herald, accompa-
nying the published proceedings Of the
meeting:
~ IS but fair to bold the entire corporation of
Cork accountable for all this ,norant and holy zeal
on the subject, which evidently is misunderstood by
thcm since they to lose sight of the fact that
Congress has power to annihilate slavery. But
what can be expected of men who, within the walls
of their city, when provisions were abundant,
permitted twcnty thousand starving persons to howl
| with hunger, and hundreds Of them to perish =
| Shall remind the city of Cork of the terrible
scenes daily presented within its streets. prior to
| the arrival of the ships Of mercy, sent from our
shores few years ago, to succor the distressed
Shall we ask for proof from the corporation Of
| Cork, that single dollars worth of the food ia
| ken out by the Macedonian frigate was given by
| them to the poorl Or, shall we ask. significantly
and pointedy if the corporation ofthe city of Corr
that time, found il necessary to seal tho gift o.
the American people against those who clnmored
for bread, because the Bank Of Ireland had loaned
| large sums to spectators in breadstuhs who NIGH
lose money by gratuous distribution offood among
| the poor
The slavery of Hypocrisy is blacker than any AZ
rican slavery that existed, cvcrwi exist. NJ
slave in America has to the parings Of potatoes
picked from the miry gutter of public street. A.
| merican slaves do not besege the doors of ever,
inn and hotel and levy contributions by ptiful cries
upon the charitable stranger. American suves art
not Professional beggars by habit and education, bu
able to aid the poor, they did in contributing
to the freight OF Macedonian. They do not BLOCK
up the Streets as the poor slaves in Cork do, from
the barracks to Black Rock Castle moaning with
hunger. They not found in whole families lying
upon the sidewalk, bowling with the pains Of hun
| GER under the very eyes. and within the hearing
of corporation Of intelligent citizens. When the
| light of morning breaks upon Southern city, where
slaves are well fed well dressed, and happy it Toe.
not reveal sight to freeze the very blood OF human
| iry We behold starved inhabitant, standing
bold upright stiff Garth. No stranger is obliged to
hire person to take up dead bodies from The pub
| lie streets, and to carry them. for decencys sake
to the cemetery ola Father Matfhcw-whcrc hun.
dreds of victims thrown, unrecognized and un.
cofhned, into one common pit. with quick lime for
a shroud-as charge done at Cork during
| the famine.
We have here no corporation interested in Of
cotton speeulations deeply as to be deaf to tho
common cries and sufferings Of humanity. We have
no scenes such as may be daily beheld from tn,
Dyke to Black Rock. in Cork, in which thousand
live upon beggars' and hundreds are crippled to ex
cite the sympathy of the stranger. No. no. Suci
scenes belong to the Jurisdiction of Mr.. Mayo
Laubkin and his associates. who overlook slave
~ in its direst form-the slavery Of their own mis-
managed district-and find time TO NEEDLE with tn
institutions Of the United Sates-who permi
inhabitants Of their city and country to fly to thi
land for freedom and for plenty, which are dene,