The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-10-27
The Irish Prisoners.

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The Irish Prisoners.
The citizens of st. Louis strongly re-
commend the holding of public meetings
throughout the United States, to urge
the liberation Of the Irish exiles, in. Van
Dieman's land. In their address 10 the
people they make the following appeal:
Gan exile from his native land-from
the home of his childhood and the fondest
endearments of his nature--can well en-
dure the hardships and trials of his soli-
tude or his life. in country where the
right Of conscience and universal freedom
in thought, opinion and action, is guar
antied to him by its Constitution; but an
exile, bound in fetters of iron, transport
ed and sent to far-oh penal colony,
which is Inhabited by thieves, robbers and
murderers; watched bya surveillance that
never tires; clothed in a convict's garb,
and compelled to associate with the vilest
of vile men, must, if he be an honest
man, havea feeling within his breast bord-
ering upon desperation or madness when
he himself, and his brothers in adversely
are men of high and exalted bearing, who
would sooner suffer the tortures of an
ignominious death than be guilty of a
dishonest or dishonorable act. Though
the laws Of England may regard them in
a different light, yet we assert them to be
honest men.
In such condition as we have describ-
ed, we all know Smith O'Brien and his
fellow co patriots, now exist-those brave
and patriotic Irishmen whose only crime
is the love of liberty, their hatred to
tyranny! Yes! they are suffering while
we write, like true martyrs; for attempt
ne to gain that boon which we, as citi-
zens of a free and enlightened land, are
now enjoying liberty!
These brave men are called exiles-
They are not SO considered by all. They
are classed as convicts and felons, as des-
peradoes, and flibusters by the monar-
chists of Europe. Let us ask you if we
cannot relieve them of these foul and
slanderous imputations. We can make
the attempt-and, if we fail, the great
God of the Universe will vouchsafe to
them, we hope, relief as complete as He
afforded the venerable St. Paul, while
enduring his sufferings in the prison goal.
Let's at least .try-make an etfort-let
us meet together at an early day to de-
liberate and take action. rs
We should elicit the sympathics of all
mankind in this work. The statesman,
the sage and phlanthropist should joint
hands with us! We can feel for the in
digent and needy, by contributing our
mite-we can relieve the orphan and as
sist the widow. We have shown our
generosity to all who have ever sought
our shores with philanthropic object in
view for the benefit of their down-trod-
den country-men. We have given them
protection and filed their pockets with
money, feeling assured at the time, that
lis would accomplish much good. We
have lately succored single unfortunate
being from the hands of an exasperated
government. We have more recently
shown our liberalty toward sister city in
affiiction by assisting her respectively to
inter her dead and relieve her dying!-
We ask no money! We want only the
sympathies of mankind! For what? To
petition the British Government to release
the Irish patriots Irish rebels from
bondage whom they now hold in Van
Dieman's Land! 70 extricate few men
from a>living death-only think of men
dying alive-such is their situation
Americans! give this cause your at
tention! Let your sympathies arise and
for them. Remember the trials of your
forefathers in years past! Cast your eyes
back over the history of the colonies,
and later, over that of the young repub-
lie! From the embarkation of the Pilgrim
Fathers we learn that oppression and
persecution was the progenitor and chief
cause of the founding of this (now)
mighty republic. You should not with
hold your aid and kindly succor in
this effort to liberate your fellowman
from the yoke Of vassalage and imprison-
ment in a foreign penal colony. Awake,
Americans, from your lethargy. Let the
citizens OF every nation, who have made
this country their home, awake and take
action in this matter. If we do right we
Shall cOnqu quer III tne emu. eellnS InuS
innate desire to do only what is just
/ right and proper, our conviction is, that
protected and assisted by a kind Provi-
dence, we shall accomplish our undertak-
ing, and thus restore those noble hearts
to their fullest freedom and the bosoms of
their fullest freedom their families
NoTIcE-We would call the especial
attention of our readers to the advertise
ments of Messrs. Roberts & Croft They
have received fine and very large lot Of
goods for winter. Persons buying had
better call and examined their stock of
goods. as they intend selling cheap.
/ BUTTER-We would call the attention
of our farmers and butter makers to the
advertisement of the fremont House, in
to-day's paper.