The southern press., 1852-04-03

floor, in small rooms, with hardly what might
be termed window, to let in breath of air or
the light of heaven--men, women, and children
all huddled like swine together, with hardly
rags to cover them, to the number OF thirty and
forty in room
And this sir, is the district represented by the
individual who joins hand in hand with Garrison
and his associates, in EXPLANATIONS OF holy bor-
ror at the existence of an institution in this
country, which was forced upon us, against the
wishes of the colonists, and which the States
alone, where slavery exists, can, under the Con-
stitution, regulate! as 81
Look at the present condition of Ireland,
brought to its present state by English legisla-
ton, and British oppression Behold country,
intended by God for the happiness Of the most
virtuous people upon the globe, brought by
English laws and English neglect, TO poverty
Look to England behold her. proud and AFRO
CANT, filed with selfeonceit; her East India pos
sessions and the far. distant colony of Australia
bringing to her lap the treasures of their store
while Ireland, who gave to her general, the
conqueror of Napoleon, sits knocking at her
DOORS crying for bread, and exhibiting her chill
dren dying and dead from hunger!
Let me read TO the House one or two, among
many scenes from an eyewitness, in the sum-
mer of lS49, in that i'll fated isle
" Between Cork and Killarney, there was little
To glad the eye or the heart--the country itself
intended for the home of industry and thrift, is
now in progress of rapid decay Miserable bog
huts line the road-side-huts with no windows,
and where the swine and his owner have an
equal home! The people are the most poverty
stricken beings ever looked upon--covered with
rags, pale, and emacated, they line the road side,
casting an impIoring eye to all who pass by.
Some of the huts were of turf and mud, and
hardly high enough to enable man to sit up
right in them" AZ,
Again: s .,.s,,t
"We stopped at the little town OF Sardeen,
on the banks Of the Shannon, and we visited
two or three huts, where the inmates were boil.
ing sea need for their dinners; and this, we were
informed, was all they had to live upon for
weeksp' ,r,a.s mtsk4 4g
Again: sss T
"We had now arrived in the county Of Gal
way. Words can give you but a faint idea OF the
misery which We saw upon every side. All
along the road we passed roofless cottages, or
cabins. where the landlord had bnrnt the roofs
over the heads of his poverty stricken tenants,
n order to force them to leave the land and
near by each ruin we saw the poor tenants occu.
plying kennels dug oat of the road side-rthe
poor creatures, as they crawed out to beg a
penny Of the traveller, had hardly rags enough
to cover them and several boys were in com
plete state of nudity One woman we met told
us that she had left six children starving in her
cabin, and had then walked ten miles in quest of
something for her and her little ones to eat and
that she had not TASTED a morsel for the last
twenty-four hours
"The most ffghtful picture in this scene,
where all was desolation, was that of little
girl Of about twelve years. She came to us,
leading little brother, both worn by hunger to
skeletons They were so weak from starvation
that they could hardly move their limbs! These
children had, the week before, lost both father
and mother from hunger, and the little boy and
girl lived in the hut near by. We visited this
hut, and found nothing in it but an iron kettle,
and some rushes which the little ones had gath
cred by the roadside to sleep upon!"
Again:
smear the town Of Clifden, we saw a poor
boy, of about fifteen years of age, lying 10 the
gutter of the road, apparently in dying state.
We stopped. and asked him what was the mat
ter! He family replied, Hunger
Passing along the rosd we saw smoke issu.
ing from hole in plank on the side of the
road. We stopped, and out of the hole creeped
child--then another, and then the mother, with
an infant in her arms. The woman told us that
her husband hal left her two weeks before in
quest Of food
"Further on, we passed another of these bur
rows. A man lived there with his four children.
He approached us with for Gods sake, give ms
something to eat. i and my little ones are dy-
ing"
Oh, there is enough in all this to sicken the
heart OF everything Of English inference in the
Affairs Of this country a83
Dir. Chairman, ] have thus given, in as concise
form as possible, my views Of what believe TO
be the feelings Of the people Of my district
upon the all-absorbing question Of slavery in
the States and territories Of the Union.
Upon the question Of the compromise, / be-
lieve the people Of Connecticut 10 be sound,
and that they will abide by il In good faith, and
with an honest determination TO carry out all
the provisions Of IFS several parts. do not
know that can better describe the feelings of
the people Of Connecticut in regard 10 it, and
in opposition TO all slavery agitation, than by
reading the following cab for public meeting
in New Haven, signed by about one thousand
names, comprising the most worthy citizens Of
the place, Of all professions and eaIlngs, during
the agitation consequent upon the passage Of
"'N S"hfi'hhiNF ulthNuTtss w DcCtUlDtF. n
twelve month since. II is rs follows:
(" IT undersigned, believing that any sl,era
ton OF the compromise measures adopted AT
the sst session OF Congress is not only expedL
ent but that il is the duty Of every good citi
zen Of this republic TO support and yindicaie the
same, do therefore recommend that n pnblic
meeting Of the citizens of this place, without
distinction Of party, be convened, TO express
our united determination that the same shall be
executed 10 their fullest extent and our united
opposition TO any further agitation Of the sub
jet, or the subject Of slavery in any form"
And now, sir, thanking the House for its at
tention TO these imperfect remarks Of mine,
will conclude by quoting the eloquent and patri
Otto language Of n venerable speaker ut that
meetinQ-one Of the most learned divues Of
New England, and Professor Of Divinity in that
old Institution, which educsted Calhoun and
others, of both the North and the Souih's best
sons. ] refer 10 the learned DR. Nathaniel w.
Taylor, Professor Of Theology III Yale College:
"Thus far we have passed through the storm
hope il is over | am afraid Il is not I am
afraid fhare uro ovtla vof 20 aorna kuf 4 fhftk