The southern press., 1851-06-26
AMERICAN FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.

AMERICAN FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
At a meeting of the Cork Anti slavery socie-
ty, held at Lloyd's hotel, May 81, 1851
James Lambkin, esq, mayor of Cork, in the
chair---ihe following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted
Proposed by Andrew f. Roche, Alderman, ].
p, seconded by Alskander King, Independent
Minister
Resolued-l. That we have observed with
pain and sorrow the course pursued by the le-
oislature of the United States with reference to
slavery, and hereby express our deep abhor-
renee eff some of its recent enactments, more es-
pecialy the iniquitous Fugitive slave law passed
during the last session of Congress, which af-
| fords so strong an evidence of the continued
and determined opposition of that government
to a course consistent with justice and mercy,
that we cannot but consider it a willful perse-
verance in an unrighteous system which has been
long proved to be not less at variance with the
soundest principles Of enlightened policy, thar
repugnant to the planest obligations of moral.
ity and religion.
Proposed by Richard Dowden, (Bd) alder
man, seconded by Nicholas Peterson;
Resolped- That we desire to express our
hearty sympathy with the millions of our OPP
pressed fellow men, still held in chains in that
land of boasted freedom, as well as with the
America, whom we would fain cheer on in their
arduous struggle on behalf of suffering human
ity, amid the difficulties and perils which sur.
round them; and earnestly beseech our fellow
{ professors of the Christian name in that country
n to put av ay from them this enormous evil, anC
TO afford every assistance to those nobleminde,
= men who are laboring to efface from the natona
D. escutcheon so deep and foul a stain.
W Proposed by VIM. Deeble, seconded by Far
ar mer Lloyd
n Resolred-3. That these resolutions be ad
p" vertised in each of three leading Cork paper,
q as well as in leading journal in Dublin an,
London and that the secretary be directed &
. take steps 10 have them published as extensive
as possible in the United States newspaper press
and also transmit copy TO the secretary of th
: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
{ JAMES LAMBKIN,
Mayor of Cork, Chairman.
4 SAMUEL BEAL, Secretary.
Cork, May 30, 1851.
In this report, we find James Lambkin, the
3 Mayor of Cork Andrew +. Roche, Alderman
d and Richard Dowden, Alderman, quite conspicu
- Gus as agitators, and il is but fair to hold th
= entire corporation OF Cork accountable for nj
p' this ignorant and holy zeal on the subiec,
which evidently is misunderstood by them, sine
they seem TO lose sight of the fact that Congress
- has no power 10 annlhllate slavery. But w ha
can be expected of men who, within the wall
" Of their own city, when provisions were abund
X. ant, permitted twenty thousand starving person
of to howl with hunger, and hundreds of them
!. perishl Shall we remind the city of Cork {
the terrible scenes daily presented within i
o. streets prior to the arrival of the ships of mere
n sent from our shores few years ago, to succ,
the distressed Shall we ask for proof fro
. the corporaton of Cork, that one single dollar
~ worth Of the food taken ont by the Maccod
es nian frigate was given by them to the poo
ly Or, shall we ask, significantly and pointedly,
the corporation of the city of Cork, at that tim
found i necessary to seal the gift of the Amer
he can people against those who clamored f
u-4 bread, because the Bank of Ireland had loant
of large sums to spectators in brendstufls, WI
tn might lose money by gratutons distribute
n Of food among the poor
o. The slavery of hypocrisy is blacker than an
Mt African slavery that ever existed, or ever cxis
No slave in America has 10 eat the parings
potatoes, picked from the miry gutter Of publ
of street American slaves do NOT besIeQe the doc
to Of every inn and hotel, and levy contribution
-e- by piufu cries, upon the charitable strange
in, American slaves are not professional beggars b
v habit and education, but nre able 70 aid ihe poo
n as they did in contributing To the freight Of II
Macedonian. They do not block up the street