Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-05
The Voice of PrOphet-DanieI O,COn-
nell and Emancipation

The burning hatred which OCOnnell had,
while living, Of every description of slavery
is known to all men. Here are some of his
hot words, which, read amid the glare of in
surrection and battle seem like inspired pro-
phecy =
The time has now come when every man
who has honest feelings should declare him
self the advocate of abolition. He who con-
SCENTS to tolerate crime is a criminal; and new
er will lose the slightest opportunity, whcth-
er here or in the legislature, or anywhere else,
to raise my voice for lberty-for the extinc
ton OF slavery. Humanity, justice, and re-
sgl 5 me-, combine to call upon US to abolish this
|, perhaps, ought to apologize for OBTAINING
you, but we are all children of the same Gre
ator heirs to the same promise, purchased nv
the blood of the same Redeemer, and what
| signifies OF what caste, color, or creed we
may be? 1t is our duty to proclaim that the
cause of the negro is our cause, and that we
will insist upon doing away, to the best of
| our human ability, the stain of slavery, not
| only from every portion of this mighty en-
| pire, but from the face of the whole earth.
| Ii there be in the huts of Africa, or amid the
Swamps of Texas, human being painting for
liberty, let it be proclaimed to him that he
has friends and supporters among the great
British nation. l have no superfuous tears
to shed for Ireland, and shall show my love
OF my country by continuing my exertions to
obtain for her justice and good government;
but feel that have something Irish at nv
| heart, which makes me sympathize with all
those who are suffering under oppression,
and forces me to give to universal man the
| benefit of the eXertions which are the conse-
quence.
Let the people of Europe say to slave own
erS, "Murderers, you belong not to us ! Away
| to the desert, and herd with kindred savages I"
He begged pardon of the savage. Sometimes
| in anger he committed heinous crimes but he
was incapable of coolly calculating how long
or hard he could work human being with a
profit, sometimes granting him boon for the
| purpose of obtaining year or two more of
labor out of him. Well are we to remain
passive as heretofore? Let our declaration
| also go abroad-let the benevolence and good
sense of EngliShmen make that declaration.
If an American addresses you, find out at
once if he be STAKEHOLDER. He may have
business with you, and the less you do with
him the better; but the moment that is over,
turn from him as if he had the cholera or the
plague, for there is a moral cholera and a DO
litical plague upon him. He belongs not to
your country or your clime-he is not within
the pale of civilization or christianity.
Let us rally for the liberty of the human
race; no matter in what country or in what
cline he may be found, the slave is entitled
| to our protection; no matter of what CASTE
| Of what creed, of what color, he is your fellow
mamie is suffering injustice; and British
| generosity, which has done so much already
ought to be cheered to the task by the recol-
| lection of the success it has already attained
/ / -, q
sure, but MISUNDERSTANDING the hui
mility of the individual, l am swelled by the
greatness of the cause. My bosom expands
and l glory in the domestic struggle for free
| dom which gave me title to stand among
| you, and to use that title in the best way
can, to proclaim humanity to man, and the
abolition of slavery all over the world.
They say that the slaves are worse treated
since the cry of the abolitionists has been
raised in their favor, as it has made their mas
tiers more suspicious Of them and more Sc
we're against them; but has that any weight
with me? How often was | told during our
agitation, that ''the Catholics would be eman-
cipated but for the violence of that O'Con-
nell" Why, one of the cleyerest men in the
country wrote pamphlet in 1927, in which
he stated that the Protestants of ireland
would have emancipated their Catholic coun-
trymen long before but for me and fellows of
my kind; and yet, two years after, got en-
ancipation in spite of them. But it is clearly
an insult to the understanding to speak So
When did tyranny relax its grippe merely be-
cause it ought to do so? AS long as there was
no agitation the masters enjoyed the persecu-
ton Of their slaves in quietness; but the mo-
ment the agitation commenced they cried out,
sob, it is not the slave are flogging, but we
are fogging through his back the anti-slave-
ry men," But the subject is too serious for
ridicule. lam AFRAID they lcW nevel' gire M
| SldCeTy untH some horrible caIamitY Details
their country; and here warn them against
the event, for it is utterly impossible that
| slavery can continue much longer. But, good
| heaven! can Irishmen be found to Justify, or
rather to palliate (for no one could dare at
| tempt to justify a system which shuts out the
book of human knowledge and seeks to re-
| duce to the condition of slave $500 600 hui
man beings; which closes against them not
only the light OF human SCIENCE but the rays
of divine revelation, and the doctrines which
the Son Of God came upon the earth to plant
The man who will do so belongs not to my
kind. Over the broad Atlantic | pour forth
my voice, saying, "Come out of such land,
you Irishmen or, if you remain and dare
countenance the system of slavery that is
supported there, we will recognize you as
Irshmen no longer"
Let them blame me-in America let me be
execrated by them-let their support be taken
from Ireand-slavery, denounce you wher-
ever you are. Come freedom, come oppres-
sion to lreland-let Ireland be as she nay-I
| will have nv conscience clear hpfora NV God