The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-18
ANTI-sLAvERY MOVEMENTS IN IRE.
LAND

apostles of anti-slavery IN England have with
misery-they themselves are the subjects Of
tyranny the most grinding of any that exists on
the face of the earth. Bat a few years ago,
cry ofdistress came across the Atlantic, from
millions of starving fellow-creatures in Ireland.
In the history of the whole world, we may
search in vain for such an example ofabsouie,
unalloyed, inconeeivable wretchedness, as pre-
sents itself evsry where throughout Ireland
And yet, in the midst of all this wretchedness,
it has been found possible to gather together
"a large and highly respectable meeting,' at
| tended by clergy men of every denomination.
for the purpose Of presenting an address to
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, token OF
their esteem, and of denouncing negro slavery
and the fugitive slave law. Yes, Irlshmen of
| Virginia, YOU who have become identified with
| the children of the soil-you who know what
| slavery is here, and what it is in lreland-an
| Irishman was found, in Belfast, who had the
heart to offer this resolution
| The Rev DIR. Wilson, in an eloquent speech,
moved the following resolution, which was
| unanimously adopted hat this meeung
| avows its deep and solemn conviction that the
| slavery existiny in the United States OF AmerI-
ca is throughout opposed TO the laws OF eter-
nal right and justice, and TO the principles ana
spirit of christianity that 1t 10 lnmIcal 70 the
! social and moral interests OF the nation at
| large. as we'll as grossly Inconsistent with the
great PRINCIPLES which lie at the basis of the
| American constitution and, such, il i'm
| peratiyely demands the condemnation of the
| friends of freedom, humanity, and religion
| throughout the world
And another who Gould offer this
THAT this meeting acknowledges with de-
light the mighty impulse which has been gil
ven to the anii-s avery cause, both on this and
the o:her side of the Atlantic, by the Hnparal-
| leIed circulation Of ''Uncle Toms Cabin" and
would take this opportunity 10 testtying its
sense, not only OF the consummate genus dis
played in that production, but more especially
Of the unspeakabie value Of the great prlncl-
pies which it is sowing broadcast throug hout
The mind both Of Europe and America"
And an Irish meeting carried both these re-
solutions with acclamation.
Farther than this, Irish fellow citizens, these
men of Belfast, addressing themselves to Mrs.
Stowe, speak of us as follows:
Our main object, in thus addressing you, is
not to give the tribute OF our admiration to ge-
MUS Of the highest order, or to record our We
neration for inestImable personal worth. We
| come before the world, under our common
bright sun and Clear sky, L claim you, 10 our
| common mother tongue, as q fellow la6Orer,
friend and sister, in tbs bonds Of a common
love of liberty, and delestation of slavery in all
| its abominab.e forms; and to assure you OF our
| enthusiastic co operation with you, by our
| speech and writing, and laborS and prayers, to
put down in America, and everywhere, now
and for eyermore, that accused thing, which we
utterly detest, and utterly abhOr because it is an
uccursed thing. We desire 10 strengthen your
hands, and the hands Of all friends Of the slaves,
| by the expression of our firm belief that Anne
rican slavery has not only no encOurag cement,
no apology in the bible, but is an insult TO the
| GOD Of the bible, and an outrage against His
law-an outrage against the spirit and precepts
of His law-who having made of one blood
| all nations, bids each man love his neigh bor as
| himself-loose the bands OF wIckedness-br5ak
every v0ke-and whose own Son, coming to
save the lost, proclaimed liberty TO the cap
tive, and bade The oppressed be free.
Looking to America, as we have long looked
| with tenderest interest, as the adopted home Of
| many of our dear friends-the last refuge and
last hope of multitudes of our evicted, house
| less, homeless COMMUNICATIVE great young
kingdom of the West-where the language,
Inc customs, and religion of England and Ire
land will live and spread when we are all gone
| we earnestly ueSiTt lis prosperity, ana,
! therefore, with our whole heart, we seek the i'm
mediate, and utter, and eternal determination
of its slavery, because its slavery is the enemy
OF its wealth-compulsory labor being wither-
| ing and wastlng-the enemy of its education
| without which no nation can be great and free
the enemy OF marriage and female virtue,
and domestic bliss, without which mans lot
must be degradation and miSery-the enemy
| of the billie and the religion of the bibe-for
| f,tI L., LII.
| public sentiment which the religion OF the BIZ
BILE forms, slavery has been already banished
from many lands, and shall yet be banished
from ell the world.
In the spirit of christian sympathy and love,
| We offer you our prayers, our contributions,
| our help in every way, consistent with the
gospel, for rescuing the slave from the hands
| OF his mansteallng oppressive lord, being con-
WINGED that opposition to arbitrary power is
striking for liberty, and that the likelihood of
| liberty is the gospel, which, wherever felt in
power, elevates the slave from the degradation
OF beast, 10 the dignity of man, gives him
| property and liberty, and education, and wife
and children, and home and country all Sc
cure, and enables him TO feel and act with the
independence, self.respect, and self.reliance Of
| Il man tree-born.
| We at first felt somewhat astonished at see
ing such thing this as coming from Ireland;
but we soon felt convinced that the Irish peo-
| pie had ne hand in it. But what will our Irish
tellow-ctizens here say? They, we mean, who
know the wrongs and expressions under
which Ireland has been groaning for seven hun
dred years! Who remember the famine of
lo47, and have heard their fathers speak of the
rebellion OF 49, What will they saw? five
are not more mistaken than we ever have been
before, they will give these reverend informed
dlers such Rowland for their Oliver ,bs, ,b.v
will never interfere in other PEOPLES sff,;rs
again as long as they live. We suggest to opr
Irish fellow-eitizens the cal! Of meeting for
the purpose of expressing their sentiments in
opposition TO this Belfast meeting.
The Hon. William r. King embarked nm
| Saturday afternoon, on board the Unitsd ST.,
steamer Fulton, for Havana. and ,bs 49,
soon after got under way, on her VOYAGE. NJ
hlns was accompanied by two Ladies hi.
nIeces, and his private secretary, The s;n9
cerest good wishes of his friends and ~.
country, and fervent hope that his hearth rnas
be restored or materially improved nv chg
OF climate, go with this eslimable and vataran
public servant-National IateLigencer, vi L"
The PORT OF TAMPIco CIospn TT