The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-17

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ADDRESS OF raE WOMEN OF INGLAMD
We have received he following report men &c..
tlenan who takes lively interest in all hsnsveJs,t
movements II gill b. read by The pahlis. We
presume the gentlsoan was not present - ths nsst
ing; we suppose thai but women were admit
ted II is very lii ely that he obtained the report
from his wife, or his sister, or daughter
highly spectacle meeting Of Amerisaa ladiss
was held last evening NJ American Han, Broadway,
to hesr read the ADDRESS of the ladies Of Eagland to
those of the Uniteo STATES.
Hrs Eliza Fairpsy called to the chair, and
Mrs. Jonathan Speedtime, N. c !, was sppointsd
secretary. The obj c's Of the meeting wsus bsieRy
explained by the presiding lady, whsn, sn notion.
the secretary proceeded read the address from the
women Of England ut the conclusion Of which-a
committee of FIVE appointed to drafs . Rssponse
to the address. The committee, after having been
out short time, Re urned, and reported tho fellow
ing response to the women Of England, which, On
being read, was adopted unanimously. 4 sub COM
mittee was also ra,sed, to obtain additional sub
scribers to the response. resolution was then
adopted. ordering tho proceedings to be publishea
in the Tribune and aERALD. The meeting then
adjourned sine die
RESPONSE,
THE ArrrcTioSA-E RESPONSE MANY TnousAsps or the
WOMEN OF AMERICA 10 THIis SISTER WOMEN IN kScLAsD.
BEAR SISTERS:
Your very feeling address was duly reeeivsd by the
steamship Arctic and We hasten to aoksowiedgs and
return you thanks for sincere expression Of your
fraterr al love-
We regret that the urgent claims OF domestic duties
upon our time prevents our replying Ut length 70 your
very feeling and benevolent address.
As we consider that charity should always begin &C
home in the habit Of looking first to The comfort
and happiness Of our families and next the cAs Of
distress from our immediate neighbors
We seek the ameor and elevation our ewn rscA
and color which surround BY aiding in the sdncation
Of the rising generation includng all ranks and eondi-
TONS teaching them knowledge Of their pce, rights
well their duties their God and to THAR oosutry
We find our benevolent sxertions ana sym pathies
severely taxed by attempts to assist and protect the
fiendess and destitute population ct upon shores
from Great Britain and other parts Of Europe Our
AmshoEes crowded with poor and afflicted foreigners
driven to America BY the oppression Of monassha govern
ments In Europe. We are both panied and p@rexsd In
efforts to find empo, ment for the poor adalt emf.
grants and to gather their children into free schools
acadsmies with aleviatinx the condition OF
the old and training up the young nprsAeud and
appreciate the responsibilities and duties Of Assicaa
citizens.
Being nearer to the colorsd population the South
than you are happy to inform you that We uu.
derstand their real condition better than you. who
view it at distance and through cast of pair Of Uncle
Toms cracked, distorted and vision pesyertue specta
cles We happy to inform you that negroes ere
all doing very WE'LL that their connubia ties ana priv
ges duly respected and that their enursh accomo.
daons ample and about equal to those Of the whites
and that they are well fed, clothed and cared for
W. hova Late okAuo 80 81 Al
and find that while of the whites in about 1000 have
gone deraDged only one negro slave in IL zoe has gone
mad. Among the blacks have set free one in lasO
has gone nsane Nearly the same discrepancy holia
with regard to diocy blindness deaf nutes and crime
The nfany among the whites exceeds that the slaves
in your country well in this and It is feared that
many Rave been craxed BY looking through dsluve
glasses of Uncle Tom. We are also GLAD 70 inform
you that while the free black subjects her Majesty In
Jamaica have BEEN desinated within the past ysar By
small FOX and famine that the blacks Of the south have
escaped both.
Our dear sisers-Our hearts are not 10 nch troubled
about the ek and happy negroes at the South = thsy
are for the suerings of those Of color Kindred
and race, within your own dominions It sausss our
hearts to bleed with when think Of the nssics
OF the whites In Great Britain whose images have been
stamped by God with hteneeses which bear much coss
resemblance to your features and to those Of ourselves
than to the blacks Our souls thrill with horror whs
We contemplate the susrinss Of your miserable dewn.
rodden poor crowded your union
where aged couples In hsr last days. with all earthly
prospects blasted and nothing left but their owa aec
lions and their hopes Of heaven asundsr ard
consigned to different depsrments or driven asaa into
the world to starvs Our bosoms mothers hexvs With
grief when think Of those amsng you who cln the
same ancestry with yourselves and many Of whom may
wear the image Of Shakespeare, Milton, Newton, are
consigned by absolute want to premature gave How
many struggling mothers haggard ranged
children around them and, while watering their pale
cheeks with their bunting yet with wasted forms
and sepuchrs voices plead in vain through ysar streets
for bread. Our spirits sicken when think Of tho
squad misery the starving forsaksn, and fosgotten
whites who crowd amidst pestence and crime the dens
of St. Giles, Saffron Bill SpittalAelds and other wretchsd
haunts in your own metropolis.
Should your charity not find objects sufficient for its
exercise in London, among the overvorked and
wretched population Of your turing DISTRICTS
have only 70 look across the channel into Ireland
Dear ssters-Let In the spirit Of sincere Kindness
beseech you to apply yourselves with share Of the great
weslth you possess to the am.oration Of the suffering
whites among you, who, with and with yen 'osam
ancestry. Above ALL dear sisters strive for the
establishment Of free schools and academies In Great
Britain in which the children Of the poor shall be
folly and practically educated. and taught Wedge
of their political rights and duties Strive for the sstab-
bment fiss church and the sbolition Of church.
tytes to have eaoed the last traces Of fcuialsm the
Iect CT tyranncs age Endeavor to extend the sse.
tive franchise and to establish liberal principles Of gov
erncnt and to their permanent stability In tho
support Of the people, whose improvement. and elevation
you have abored to promote Thus causing refOrma-
ton which with the spirit Of the nine
century, and with the struggling advances Of that
Brih saxon race whose language the SETS
We have the honor to subscribe ourselves in the bords
Of good will and peace your obsdent servants,
[sieredl-By Mrs Eliys Fairplsy, chairman; Mrs
Jonathan Spesdtime, M. q, Secretary; Mrs. Harriet
Homespun, Mrs. Josephine Makelove, Mrs. Mary Hope.
good Mrs Rschael Eallywork, Mrs. Abigail knitwslls
Mrs. Martha Mendstocking. Mrs Lydia Bakepie Mrs
Phtbe Henhouse, Mrs. Jcnah sixpenny, Mrs. Doratha
Clesphouse, Mrs Aana Mndchildren, Mrs Col Louisa
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