, 1863-08-19

his fellow 1lau-destroying the Foundation Of
III nora1 and social ydrtues-coudemns to iE-
ncrancc, immortality, and irrelfsion. millions
Of onr fs!loW-ereatgses-renders f! ,';a the slave
By law; and, In the na1ne Of what 5ou call q
Constitution.
1t was not in ireland you learned this cru
city. 4our mothers were gentle, kind aud
humnnc- Their bosoms oyer1owed with the
honey Of human charity. Your sisters are,
probably. many Of them, still among us, aud
participate in Ill that is good and benevolent
In sentiment and action. How, then, eau
you become 50 deprayed: How can your
Eouls have become stained with a darkness
b!acker than the negro's skin? You say you
have no pecuniary interest In negro sllyerr.
Would that you had for 1t might haye been
some paltiation Of your crime! but, alas
you have Inflicted upon us The horror Of be-
holding you the volunteer advocates Of des-
pollen, In its most fijghtf1 state; Of slavery
in It's most lcatheome and unrelentfng form.
We wers,, unhappity, prepared to expect
some fearful exhibition Of this description.
There has been testlmong borne against the
1Iish, BY birth or descent, In America, by
person fully informed as to the facts, and In
noble of nature Gore than Of titled BIRTH; a
man gitted aitA the highest order Of talent,
acd the most generous emotions Of the heart
tho great, tue good Lord Merpetl-Ae who,
in tie House of Commons, boldly asserted
The superior social morality Of the poorer
classes If the Irish over any other people
he, the best frie:d Of any Of the Saxon race
amid the co1gtegated thousands at Exeter
Hall, in London, mournfnlly, but firmly, de.
Eounced the Irish in America Us being amoug
the worst enemies Of the negro slarcs and
other men Of color.
It is, therefore. our solemn and sacred duty
- TO- ~n1-n 49, xtn1~
misunderstood by you-'sto come out Of her"
not thereby meaning to ask you to come
out Of Amezica, but out Of the councils Of the
iniquitous, and out Of tho congregation OF
the wicked, who consider uau chatte1 and
4 property. and liberty an Inconvenience.
Ies. We tell you to come out Of such assem-
llages; but ne did not and do not invite Fou
Of slayeEy, surrounded by one thousand
crimes, wonld 1nd neither sympathy nor sup
port among native, uncoutaminated lri6hmen.
Your advocacy Of slavery is founded upon
gTosE error. You tako Tor granted that
man can be the property. Of his fellow man.
who would deprive white mea Of their "pro-
Ierty," and thereby render themselves capa"
ble Of supporting their faIoilles in af1uence.
You forget the otter side Of the picture. You
have reitAer sorrow nor sympathy tor the
euf1eriugE OF those who are infquatous1y COM
PEELED to 1nbor for the afftuence Of others !;
those who work without wages-who toll
without reccmpense-Nho spend their lives
in procuring for others the splendor and
wealth In which they do not participate.
You totally forget the eufferirga Of the
Tretched black men, who are deprived Of
their all without any com pensatlon or redress.
If you, yourselves, all Of you-or II any one
.nitted by you, handed oyer into perpetual
slavery; Il you were compelled to work from
sunrise to Eunsct without wages, supplied
only with such coarse food and raiment as
would Keep you in working order; II, when
yoEr Auwner" fell into debt ron were sold to
pay bis debts, not your own; # It were made !:
a crime to tesch you to read and to write; Il
you we're liable TO be separated, in the dlst1i-
button Of assets, ffem your wives and your
children; If ycu faborc alll were to fill into
the hands Of q brutal ms6ter-aud yon conde.
scend to admit that there are some brutal
masters In Ameriea-if, among ill these cir.
cumstances, somc friendly spirits Of 4 more
TO you and your famllies-1ith what inefFAo,c
disgust would you rot laugh to scorn those
who would 1.aduce the generous spirits who
would relieve you. as you noT, pseudo. Irish:
mcn-tl1me upon you-Aaye traduced and
yillfied the Abolition!sts of North America.
forsooth! Ton say that the Constitution oi
America prohibits the abolition Of slnyery.
Paltry ard miserable subte.fngei The Con
etitutton in America is founded upon the
Declaration Of Independence. That DeciaFa
lion rub1isheato the void its glorious prtn'
ta1ned these emphatic words:
1--WE hold thEec truths to be se1fevldcut--
that al men hre created equal; that they art
endowed by the Creator with certain inal1e1
| able rights; that amongst these are life, uber
ty, and pursuit Of happiness and The con
1 -oF$ hat s11 ID In 4haEn tCnrHhS
"For the support Of this Declaration, Will
| 3 firm reliance on tho protection Of Divin'
| Providence, We mutually pledge to each othcl
| our lives, our fortunes, and our sacret
| honor"
There Is American honorfor yon! There l.
| prcfanc a1lnsion to tie adorable Creator!
Recollect that the Declaration does no
limit the equality Of MN, or the right to LII
and liberty, to the white, to the brown, Or t
the copper-co1ored races. It includes nj
rnces. 1t excludes none.
We do not deign to argue with You On tn
| terms of the American Constitution; and ye
eannet en assest:1g that i IN thss G9nsti
not to be found. There arc, indeed, th
words, "persons bound to labor," but 1t
not said low hound. And constitutions
| lawyer or Judge, constructing the Aucrleal
! Constitution with q reference to tho Declara
| ticn Of Independence, which j. It's basis
/
/ labcr" ought, in court Of justice; to mea
s.houud by Gourmet to labor" and shoul
| not be held to imply "torccd or compelled t
labor" in the abserce Of al contract, and 70
! The cxeluslye benefit Of others.
However, we repeat that we do not defg
10 argue this point With you, as wc proclallK
10 The world cur conviction that no constltu
tIoual law can create or sanction slavery
Slavery is rcpug1apt to the first principles {
society; but it is enough for Us TO eng, as RI
CARDS Americans, that it Is utterly repuguaI
to that declaration Of tho equality Of al 1neE
and to the inalicnah}e rights Of ell man to III
AID liberty. To this declaration the free cit
gems Of the United States have, in the pc
eors Of. their ancestors, solcmnly pledge
their s'Eacrcd horor."
We shall at once show you how that g s.
cred honor is bascly violated, and also den
ousttate how totally devoid Of candor yo'
| address Is, inaslnnca as Jou rely on the 90
The abolition Of slavery, while you total
| omit al 1ncntion Of one District, which Il
ctnstitutiora1 law alleged By you does NJ
reach, We 1ncan tho District Ct Columbia.
In Tie District Of Columbia there is no CO
etiiu:ional law to prevent the Congress fro
totally abolishing slavery within TINT Diss1ic
Your Capitol is there. The temple Of Amel
can Represcntatiycs-the hall Ct your Kep1
lican Scnators-t5e natis NIL palace Of yo
Republican President is tAere-aud slavery
there, too, IN its most revolving form! Il
SLAVE trade is tberc-human flesh l. bong
and sold Ike swfne inthe pig ma:ket-ayei
! ycur Capital-5our Washington! Ies. T. l.
Ame1icans bc as proud as they please. th
black spot is on their escutcheon Eren u
der fhe ellade Of the temple Of their Cons
tutfon. the man Of color craw1s a slave, a
The taWny American stalks tyrant. $
The cruelty OF the slave principle rests n
there; it gccs much farther. TIC poor n
ralt,y privilege Of prayer is denied then a,
. yoeases and indicators Of such a syate'
What! would not you, at @ass, Insist ths
eroans should be hea1ds
It is carried still further. Even tue tit
/ bo,u white Americans are not allowed to
s titfon en- any subject including the questl
Of tlaye1y; or, At Lest 10 saca 5hds 2eh1altoas g
. Congress is allowed to abolish slavery in c
1umhia, the ea1or for petition, praying th
= nbolltlon, Is clos1d without the power OF
= trE opeDea.
: Wereally think that racn, who came trc
: generous and s7aTm-heartcd ireland, ehou
1 shrink into non-ectitY r1ther theu become t
i advocates and defenders of the system
!: Slaycry. But VIC trust that tie yoIcc Of
digrant Ireland will scatter them, and D
yent tLcm from 1epcatfpg such crime.
In another point Of view, your address
i | If p0kHlblC. lnQ5t cul1AD1Gs 40n 6L1te II
r before The Abolitionlsts proclnfmed tn
= wish 10 haye Slavery abolished. several sla
3 3 holding STATES were preparing for the Eraa
t crnaccipation Of their negroes, aud that
mare indiyidna1s In other States were about
= adopt similar measures.
II We utterly deny your assertion, and We q
a you to chow any single instance Of props
!: patton or negroes before the Abolition DEM
10 Was 1aised. You Violate truth In that as:
ton. There were no such preparations.
is q putc fiction, Invented by shareholders
It Of their unjust luminosity to the Abolsti
ID ists. It is said that the fear Of Abolition
1t rendered tie shareholders more st11ct, ha'