New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15
A GREAT DOCUMENT.
Daniel O'Conueii md the Committee Of tho
ur,.A Ucpcui Association of Cincinnati.


We publish to-day. saws The Catholic Telegraph
Of Aug. 5. 10 ire exclusion Of much important mat
.er, the famous letter of OConuell to a Committee
Of our citizens who reouked him for hs AntSlavery
s,nious. The document has been concealed lot
twenty years by a well-known Democrat. 10 ""V"
we are indebted for it. We invite our irlsh oS0oii'
brethren to resi il attentysly; and II au! one
wishes to zee the manuscript, when ID oes""o'!
written, and the signature OF oCoheii, 'ney can
bs accommodated at the office OF 1he ioegfaPa'
We intend to have the lettsr published In pamphlet
form md we respectfully invite sll friend' OF tie
GOOD cause Of liberty against bondage to aid us in ats
circulation.
III. Committee 30 whom the sd.fe. from The Cincinnati
In the Uuiisd States Of Ameries, ~ss rssrsd. have
.sIeed to the following report, s
To D. T. DnNxr esq, Corresponding Secretary
W. H ErSrRR esq Nice'fIe.iteut,
And IN. Exec ays Committee Of tie Celnnsd Irish Repeal
Corn EXCHANGE Rooxs. Drp1rS Oct. II: 1883.
GLyTLTMES: We nave read, with the oeepes'
eflciion, not unnixed with some surprise anG m9cn
indignation, your detailed and anxious vinulestlon
of the mos, hideous crime that has ever stained hu
nauitv--the slavery Of men Of color IN the ubitea
States of America. We are lost in utter smszepeh'
81 the perverson OF mind aud oerIavity OF hesr'
which your address eviuces. How can tns gem
erous the charitable, the humane, the no1e emu
tiors az tn. li.h heart have become extinct among
youl How can your nature be 80 totally ehsneeu
=, that Won should become the apooglsts and advo'
cates of that execrsble system whcn makes uau 'no
property OF his feow.man--det.roJi ing 'he iouhoa'
ton of ali moral and social virtues-cohdeuns 70
ignorance immortality, and irreleion, millions OF our
fellow neutrality-suspicious. the slave hopeless OF re-
lief and perpeiustss oppression by law; and, In the
name Of what YOU call Conslitution!
II was not 10 Ireland you learned tht eIuef'y
Your mothers were gentle, snd and humane. Their
bo,ops overlooked with the honey OF human chsr-
itv Your sisters are, probably, many OF Them stil'
snong U.s. and participate IL all thai IS good ana De-
n.volent In sentiment and sction. How, then. can
rou become 80 depIavsd How can your souls haze
BECOME stained with a darkLess biaeker than the
nsgro's skin 7 You cay you have no peeuniary In
tars,t In negro Slavery. Would that you had for
it might be ps.tion OF your crime pl'' alas
you have inflicted upon Us the horror OF eehoidns
Won the volunteer advocates OF despoIisn, IN ite
most frshtful state Of Slavery, In i moe! ioaih'
some and unrelenting form.
We were unhappily, prepared TO expect some
fearful exhibition OF this description. There has
beer a testimony borne against the ldsh, by birth
or descent in America by person fully informed
as 10 the facts and incapable of the slightest mis-
presentation; a Doble OF nature more man o.
titled birth; man gifted with the highest order OF
talent and the most gsserous emotions OF the heart
Tho great the good Lord Morpeth-he whe In the
House Of Commons, boldly asserted the superior
social morality of the poorer classes OF the Irish over
any other people-he the beet friend Of any OF the
Saxon race that Ireland and the Irish ever knew
be- amid the congreeaied thousands OF Exeter Hall
in London, mouTnnlly, but trInIy, denounced ths
Irish IN America As beirg among the worst enemies
of the.negro slaves ssd other men OF color.
Ii ia, therefore, our solemn and sacred duty TO
warn you in words already used, and much misunder
stood ty YOU" TO come ont VI her mot thereby
ueabipg 10 ask YOU 10 cone cut Of America, but out
OF the councils Of the inQuitous and out Of the
gresstion Of the wicked, who consider man q chat
tei and q property, and liberty an Inconvenience.
Yes. We tell you 70 cone out OF such asseInolagesi
hut we did not and do net iLyi'e you 10 return to
Ireland. The volunteer defenders Of Slavery, sur
rounded by one thousand crimes, would find neither
sympathy nor support among naive, unconIawils'
ted Inshmen.
Your advocacy OF Slavery Is founded upon gross
errox You take for granted that man can DO the
property OF bis fellow man. You SPEAK IN terms Of
indignation OF those who would deprive white men
81 their property" and thereby render themselveI
CAPABLE Of supporting their families In tihuencs
You forget the other side OF 'he picture. on hAv'
neither sorrow nor sympathy for the suferings o
those who are iniQuitsusly compelled 70 labor fol
abe af1uepos OF o,hert; those who work without
wsQes-who toll without. recomrenss-vho spsnC
their lives In procuring for others the splendor snl
wealth in which they do not participate.
You totally forget the suferiugs OF che wfetchet
black men, who are deprived Of their oil without
any compensation redress. Ii you, yourselves, oil
Of you--or IL any one OF you were without crime Of
oflense committed by you, banded over into perpet
II
sunrise to sunset without wages supplied only with
such coarse food and raiment ss would keep you Ii
working order; II, when your owner feu into
cebt YOU were sold 10 pay his debts, not you.
own; If il were made crime 10 teach you 10 read
and to write; if you hstle TO be separated, IN
the distribution OF assets from year wives and you
children; If you above all we're 10 fall into the
hands OF q brutal masteT-aDd you contsscended u
admit that there are .o~e brutal matters II
Americs-if among ali these circumstances
some friendly spirits Of more generous
order were DESTROYS to give liberty TO yol
aud yonr fauiliss-with what inehA6le dtgus
would lot you laugh 10 scorn those who shoul'
trsducs the generous spirits " 10 would relieve you
g you now, pseudo lrishmen-shame upon you
have .rsdueed sUd vilded The Aboitonists OF NORTH
America
Bot, you came forward with justification, for.
soo.h You say thai tie Constitution Of Americs
prohibits the spoliton Of Slavery. Paltry and his
cradle subterfuge The Constitution In America ii
founded upon the Declaration Of Independence.
That Declaration published TO the world ito gIonou,
principles; that Charter Of your Freedom contained
these emphatic words:
1--WE hold these truths 10 DO sslkevident-that
all men are created equsli that they are endowed
BY the Creator with certain Hslienstie rghsj that
amongst thee are life, liberty, and pursuit Of
bsppines" and the conclusion OF that address is w
these words:
"For The support Of this Declaration, With firm
reliance on the protection Of Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge 70 each other our Lives, our for.
tuDos and our sacred honor"
There 10 American homer for you There Ia q
profsne slusion TO the adorable Creator
Recollect that the Declaration does not limit
the equality Of man, the rights to life and liberty,
TO the white TO tue brown, or to tue coppercoiored
races. II includes all races 1t excludes none."
We DO not deign 10 argue with you on the terms
OF the American Constitution; and yet We canno.
help asserting that In that Constitution the word
"Slsvery," or Slave" is not 10 be found There
ere, indeed, the words persona bound TO labor, y
but it il not said how bound. Ana constitutional
lawver or iudye. construeina the American Con.