The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-19
IL NAsHYILLE FENNEssEE WEDNESDAY AUGUST Ig 868

NOte your ume anu DOHI e1efuOnH 10
working out the pious Intentions of His
Holiness. Yet you prefer--oh, S9rruiO and
qla1lei-t0 y0ltntesr your VindicatioR OF
everything that belongs 10 he glahof Slavery.
II loI ls Christians at all, yecollea that
'Slavsry is opposed % tEo fr't he highest
and 0te greatest principles Of ChusiiaHity
lrb'cb teqclcs rs TO loJe tle great and go91
God at5pe all things ,Olqtso,Uy;" and be
1e1t, TO loVs our feilol9 man az ourselucs;n
toh'ch commands Us TO do unto oilers as zoe
icoaia te d0ae by." These sacred princi-
Piles are inconsistent with the horrors
and crimes Of Slavery; sacred principles
which have already banished domestic
bondage from civilized Europe, and
which will also, in Gods own good time,
Danish it from Anerica, despite the ad
vocaoy of such puny declaimers as you
are.
How bitterly have we been afflicted at
perceisiDg by the American newspap rs
that recently in the city which you in
habit an opportunity was given to the
Irish to exhibit beneyolence and humani-
ty 20 4 colored fellow creature, and was
given in vain! We allude to the case of
the girl Layins, who was a slave in an
other State. and brought by her owner
into that of Ohio She by that means
became entitled to her freedom, if she
had but one friend to assert it for her
She did find friends--may the great God
of heaven bless them! Were they
Irish Alas alas not one. You sneer
at the sectaries. Behold how they here
conquer you in goodness and charity.
The owners name, il seems, was Scan
Ian; unhappily a thorough Irish name.
And he, it appears, has boasted that he
took his revenge by the most fendish
cruelty, not upon LAvina or ber prOtec-
tors, for they we're not in his power, but
on her unoffeDding father, mother and
family
And ttis is the system which you,
Irishmea through many folio pages Of
wicked defamation, seek, at least TO
palliate, if not TO justify. Our cheeks
burn with shame to think that such a
monster as Scanlan could trace his ped
igree to Ireland. And yet sou, Irishmen,
stand by in the attitude rather of friends
and supporters, than Of impugners OF the
monstrOus cruelty. And you prefer TO
string together pages Of cruel and heart
less sOphlstry in defense of the source of
his crime, rather than take part against
him.
Perhaps it would offend your fastid-
iousness if such man were compared
TO pickp0cket or fslon. We respect
your pref udices and call him no repToach-
ful name. II is indeed unnecessary.
We conclude by conjuring you, and
all other Irishmen in America, in the
name of your fatherland--in the name Of
humanity--in the name Of tie God OF
mercy and charity; we coniure you, Irish
men and descendants OF freshmen, to
abandon forever all defense Of the hide
GUS negro Slavery system. Let il no
more be said that your feelings are made
so obtuse by the air of America that
you cannot feel as Catholics and Chris
tians ought to feel this truth-this plain
truth, that one man cannot have any
property in another man. There is not
one of you who does not recognize the
principle in his own person. Yet we
perceiye-and this agonizes us almost to
madnefs-that you, boasting of Irish
descent should, without the instigation
of any pecuniary or interested motive,
but one of sheer and single love of
wickedness and crime, come forward as
the volunteer defenders Of the most de-
grading species Of human Slavery. Woe!
Woel Woel .,...s-.a.....'
Thereis one consolation still amid the
pulsations of our hearts. There arc
there must be genuine Irishmen in Amer
ica-men OF sound heads and Irish
hearts, who will assist us TO wipe off the
foul stain that Lord Morpeth's proven
charge has inflicted on the Irish charac
ter-who will hold out the hand of fell
lowship, with a heart in that hand TO
every honest man Of every caste and
colOr-who will sustain the cause of
humanity and honor, and scorn the pal
try advocates OF Slavery will
show that the Irish heart is in America
as benevolent and as repiete with char
liable emotions as in any other cline on
the face of the earth.
We conclude. The spirit of demo-
cratic liberty is defled by the continu-
ance of negro slavery in the United
States. The United States, themselves,
arc uGkAhAcA DSAVN Aub hiubb uuGiNAAlNcu
nations, by the atrooious inconsistency
of talking of liberty and practising t.
ranny in its worst shape. The Ameri
cans attempt 10 palliate their iniquity
by the futile excuse Of personal interest;
but tho Irish, who have not even that iu-
tile excuse, and yet Justify slavery, are
utterly ly1ndefensible
Once again--and for the last time-we
call upon you TO come out Of the councils
of the slave owners, and at all events to
free yourselves from participating in
their guilt.
Irishmen call on you to join Ia
slavery, and in giving liberty
to every man Of every caste, creed or
color.
Signed by order
DANrEL OCONREL,