New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-04
TIE VOICE OF TEX LrBER,TOE
Daniel O,ConuelI on Africnn Slavery His
AppeaI to Irish Ancricnns.

/ We ask the attention OF our liish feow-eitizens
70 some brief extracts from tho many whitening
things said By their great statcsuan, OConnei 'he
LNerator. Ills bitter denuncistons OF the traffic in
human beings which when uttered were hailed by
cheers and other demonstrations Of enthusiasn,
would meet with a cory reception in tho modern
Houses IL Parhamcn, who-c members subscribe 20
build and equip iron clad pirates to prey upon Amor
lean commcrce-such r. reception IA they would
layo NJ tho hands of Seymour, Van buren,, aud the
Of or dough faced Nor.le who ready TO bar
ter our liberties and tie hopes Of three millions
/ blacks for Price from Rebel Shareholders:
Nv claim 20 be heard on this occasion is included
m o ssuionce--I nm an Aho.itount. ! am 10.
s8,cdv, immeds,e abolition. 1 care not What caste,
cred or color Slavery nay assume. " neither Il be
rofforfi or rOi,ul mental or corporal utelle tlhl
or spiritual, am for IT, total lis instant abolition
I ofter into no compromise with Slavery. MN Tor
Justice to tie name Of Humanity ana according to
tho Jaw Of the living God.
TIE iine has now come when every man who has
honest feelings should declare hiinle the advocate
# Abolition lie who consents 10 tolerate crime IL
criminal; ana never viii Oso tic slightcft oppor
tuuity " hefbrr here or IN tue Le.fllturr or any
Wncie olse, 20 rare my voice a.. Lbsyty foe the
extinction Of Slavery. Humanity, justice, aud 10
lNon combine to cali upon Us 70 abolish this foul
blot.
10 could understand tho rils Of noble descent.
lto could understand why man should plume
Aimseli the success Of bis ancestors IN plunderng
the people some centuTles ago. lie could under
stand tie pridc arising from immense landed posses
fions. lie could even undeiftani the pride Of
wealth. tho fruit Of honest rad careful iIuns,ry.
Yet when lie thought of tho color Of tho skin nakrg
men arisiocraiie, lie felt his sstouishEent to We
with his contempt.
/, rerhnps, ought TO apoloe 70 for OBTAINING yon,
lu, We arc all children OF the same Creator, heirs
to tie same pfomise purchased ~ the blood Of tho
sane RedeeIDer, ana what signifies Of what caste
color, or creed we may bel IL il our duty to pro-
claim that tie of the neylo Is our cauee, and
that will intei upon doing away, 10 the beet Of
our human ability, the STAN OF Slavery, not only
from every portion OF this shy empire, but from
the face OF the whole earth IL there be- IN the huts
OF Africa, or amid the swamps oil Texas, "a human
being painting for liberty, let It be proclaimed 70 him
that he has friends ala supporters among tbs great
British nation.
have no superauous tears 10 sled FOR ireland
aud shall show my love OF my country by continuing
my eKorti0ns 10 obtain for her justice aud gooJ gov
eminent; but feel that have something Irish at
my heart, which makes INC symlalhizs with ali
those who suffering under Oppression, aud forces
me to give 10 universal man tho benefit OF the eX
crtons which are tho consequence. And what adds
peculiarly 10 the claim OF Ireland for sympathy and
humanity no voice war ever rated, but Ireland WAS
found ready 10 afford relief and 5uccor.
Let the people Of Europe say to alaveowners,
" MurdoTers, you belong not 70 u3l Awny 10 tue
desert and herd with kindred sayagos" 10 begged
1 arIOn Of the savage Sometimes IL anger he com
nltted heinous crimes, bu. 40 incapable OF cool
ly calculating how long OF bard 40 could WORK hg-
man beng with pTOhi, sOmotiines granting lam "a
boon for the purpose Of obtaining ycnr o. TWO hoie
OF labor ont Of him. Well, We to no nam pass.
.f = ,lI,. .sI.
let tho beneyolOnco aud good sense OF Engii hmon
maze that declaration. IL an American uCdrOutos |
you, lind out at once n he be "a stakeholder Ito may
have business with you, and the less yOn ID VITA
hin the better; bat tho moment that Is over. turn
from him as II lao bad the cholera or the plague To-
there !. IA moral cholera and political plague upon
hm. lie belongs not 10 your country Or your cline
he 10 not within The pale OF civilization or Chris
.i4uity. LIT "a rally Tor the liberty oi tie humnn |
race; matter In what country OF IN what cline Le
Is found, tbs slave is entitled 30 projections no
matter o. what caste, Oi what creed, of what color
II your ioilow-an-Le s suffering mi is,.co; and
!. fitch generosity, which has done 80 much already
ought to be cheeIed tho task by the recollection
)f Tho success It hsl, already attained. | |
im zcaOds IN tho cause, 10 be cure, but iuclcitnt-
acknowledging the huaility Of tie individual, am
ill swelled by The greatness Of tho cause. Ny bo-
'om expands, aud glory IN the domestic Struggle |
of freedom which gave mo Il title g. stand amonV /
lOu, aud TO uf0i that title IN the Lcst way can h.
.rocloim humanity 70 man, ald tie abolition oil
slavery all over the world.
never paltefed IN my own sentiments. I.ueyer
aid word in mitigation OF Slavery ia my lilo; and |
would consider mysolf tho In04l cnmha Al 0! human
beings II had done SO.
Zee, VIII ray shumo upon every man In America |
who Is not an autiSayery man; shame aul disgrae8 |
upon himl | don't care for tho consequence. !
will not restrain my honest Indignation Of ieong
pronounce every man u iaI.hi..s uia,rolut wso
does not taka part iOg tie abolition o. IS. u, Nv
Il may bo snid that ocise VIII no taken 1t ihes,
words. Como what may lrOm tueui, lhey aro my
woods.
They say that ,ho liayes arc wors, po4,ol since