The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-17
NEW Y0l!K CQRnEsPONDENCE.
NEw YORK, Me- -, 1853.
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New YoRK, Me-. -, 1853.
10 the Editor ot Inc National Era.
The California papers received by the latest
arrivals from tie Pacific are considerably Ia
Ken up with announcements Of the arrival Of
John Mitchell, the eloquent Irish Patriot a.
the last Of the refugees from the great British
prison house, his reception, the modc ana
means of his escape, &c. This is all natural
and well enough. Mitchell bore himself no.
bly, durnG The rebellion of Young Ireland party
and his subsequent trial for high treason His
speech before the court was, in some of It's pa
sageS Il very model Of clcquencc scarcely if at
all, eXccllcd by the most stirring words Of the
martyrcd Emmett, whose cpitaph Mitchell and
ms cOmpeers 80 nGbly essayed TO write in their
own patriotic blood and they are destined to
find place among The forcnsically classical.
hope his bearing on our shores may give no
contradiction to his career at his last home. !
feel the more anxious on this point, because OF
the modification, almost amounting to dis-
gust, which his immediate predecessor, O DON
ohuc, has created by his bearing in this coun
try since his reception in the accustomed
opcn-armcd manner of our people
No reader, who has bad an eve to current
events, can think that am undersevcdly cen.
serious in my allusJon 1t was wei understood
that, at the reception meeting in this city
ODOnOhue was 80 "cXcitcd' as the papers
had it, after the wiuc-bibbing operations OF
that jubllant occasion, a, to be scarcely capable
Of making becoming reply All this might
have found Il veil Of charity, however trans
parent, in the peculiar circumstances: but.
when he was subsequently found mt Boston in
such state as to get into personal collision
with hlS very entertainers, and even TO take
the inciPent steps Of Il violation of the laws Of
his new home incurred by that dncllist;c affair
Of his with the chairman of the meeting. nv
liberation was, confess, sorcy tried such \
conrre of conduct attempted by a refuOao
stranger, III defiance Ct not only the laws Of
the State, bat also of the pacific public sonti.
ment OF Ne" England, could only have es
capped the scyercst popular indignation. under
the cover OF compassion for the man personal.
and the lu1lcrou,ncss # sdch imported bravo.
DO rs he exhibited We find this same exile
OF Erin az later and very recent date. 10
much excited at meeting Of Irshmcn in
Baltimore, and so abusive in his Language. that
the chairman felt it to be his duty to silence
him
Don't suppose have forgotten the topic OF
the election in this State, an Il its results. Il
has not been the concern of the telegraphi(
and other agencies through which we get tn,
earlier reports, to give the public reliable in
formation on the question of leading intcres
to Your readers generally-thc Free Democrat
lc vote, Hence We can get light on everything
else, almost, but that. | shall therefore no
attempt the hopeless task Of eulightening then
thereon, at present. by next week the DOM
nant agencies will perhaps be more at leisur,
and consequently more obligng.
In absence of anything specially cncom;
gng IA to the great Anti-Slavery issue in tn
state, unless We except the lamcntatiOn Of Il
Herdid, that the SAFE has gone into the hanC
at the " Seward Free Soil party we have muC
10 encourage the friends of general progress
the already apparent triumph OF the Mai,
Law sentiment throughout the State, while
this city the movement in behalf of municip
reform has been followed by results quite
favorable as ohseryant people anticipated.
the city, thesrcvolution On the Tempcran
question has been signal, as fact or two'w
make clear. We are entitled to send sixtc
Assemble men to Albany OF the men re
last year, only one was square. out friend
prohibition. This year the city sends the p
portion Of xix oGt of sixteen OF our four :,
ators, three are understood to he in favor Of
Maine Law Among tho Legislators of {
class is Charles G Leigh, the worthy Preside
OF the City Alliance IN whose nomination
most direct Temperance issue was recoguis
TINS extent Of success was by no means ant
pated To tho contrary, Rev Mr. Warn
Secretary ct the Alliance, announced. throu
the organ of tho Association that one Scna
and two Asscmblymen would fulfil is high
hope. But the papers of tho rural scctio
friendly to prohibition, sad, Give III five
semblymen from the city, and We will insl
the passage Of the Maine Law" Nobly /
the city responded and happy will be the +
tlment
There IL a fact, the result of the Maryla
election has brought to light, which is wort
of the most grateful appreciation of the coll
eral efforts Of the Temperance reiormers
Anh-SlaSery advocates everywhere. IL IL
full or partial triumph of the prohibition of
rum traffic, in all those counties where pull
opinion has condemned slavery TO any consld
able extent such n Kent, Cecil Freder
Carroll &c. Not that direct Maine Law ii,
cts have been run IN these less pro-slaye
counties but that the men returned from III,
owe their election more Ut less to their kno,
friendship towards the Temperance eau
These men, encouraged by the lead of the I
noble champions whom Batimore's non-sla'
holding majority power has secured for pro
hilton. will be reliable when IA Maine l.,
bill brings the great issue directly before I
Legislature as we shall soon witness.
ar tbasa facts from the aunnV sIdu Ci N