Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-09-03
A Bit of History.

In 1843, the people Of Ireland were
engaged, under Mr. O'Connell's Leader
ship, in grand effort to sever the politi-
cal connection between that country and
England and to make Ireland an indie
pendent nation; and the Irish population
OF this country, sympathizing with their
friends at home, expressed their sympa-
thy by public meetings, resolutions, adj
dresses, correspondence, and the contri-
button Of funds. Indeed the excitement
on this side Of the water was scarcely less
intense than that in Great Britain. The
demagogues who ruled the Democrat
party saw in these circumstances an OPP
portunlty to strengthen their hold on our
Irish voters, and at the same time to in
dulge their chronic hatred of''anti slave
ry England" These demagogues put
themselves forward everywhere as the
champions of Repeal" lifting up their
voices in denunciation and scorn Of Eng
land, as the friend of the negro and the
oppressor Of Ireland In Ireland the Re
pealers were all professel Aboltionists,
but their political sympathizers in the
United States were the special friends
and champions Of slavery. The Repeal
Association of Cincinnati, of whicw a
noted Democrat politician of that day,
d. I. Disney, was President, in trans
hitting donation to aid the Repeal ag
itation in Ireland, entered upon "a labor
ed apology for slavery in the negro
States" This excited the indignation-
Of O'Connell and his associates, and
the result was the preparation and adop-
ton Of the address above alluded to.
The Dublin Neoos- Letter. in its ac-
count Of the meeting specially convened
at the Corn Exchange Rooms to receive
the report OF the address, said
"OConnell rose to bring forward
one of the subjects for which accord
ing to the advertisement the meeting
was convened. He said that some time
back, remittance WIS received by the
Association, from Ohio, enclosing which
was letter that contained a labored APP
ology for slavery in the negro states
When it twas read, he (Mr. OConnelD
said he considered the document as an
offence against the Association: and,
what made it worse, the writer's admitted
they had no interest, personally in slav
cry themselves, it being prohibited in
their district. TWAS disgusting to think
that Irishmen, without any motive, could
be advocates Of slavery, (and his storing
feeling Of horror was considerably height
ened by the account Lord Morbeth (the
best Englishman that ever visited Ire
land) gave Of them when he was obliged
to say at an anti-slavery meeting, that
the worst enemies of the people Of color
in America were the Irish cloud cries OF
'shame") 1t was affecting to hear
such an account from such undoubted
authority, and it was therefore necessary
for Irishmen to separate Ireland from
slavery as wide as the poles (hear). In
that opinion he (Mr O'ConnelD prepar-
ed the following address, which he trust
ed would receive the unanimous appro-
baton Of the meeting"
The address is marked by argumen-
tative force and the almost unrivaled elo-
quence of it's author. 1t stung the pro
slavery demagogues of Cincinnati to the
quick, snd we do not wander that they
did all in their power to conceal from
their blinded and deluded followers
The Catholic Telegraph Of that city
however has at length produced it fol
the instruction its readers. 1t should
be read not only, but widely distributed
and will make capital document for dis
semination among those upon whom the
Ryan address" party are counting in
the approaching canvass. Its authentl-
city is unquestionable.- Daily Life.
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