Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-28


O'Connell, the eloquent, self-sacri6cing, dis
interested advocate, and. exponent, of hi
rights, will forever remain green in qis mem
ory. Would that his eloquent voice, in be-
half Of humanity everywhere, might be heard
among his countrymen1 o. thus side Of thu
Atlantic, and open their eyes to that system
Of aristocracy and oppression that has al
ready drenched the soil Of this land in the
blood Of heroes! 1rishmen of Muscatine
County, We appeal to you, BY the recollec
tions of your dear old Emerald Isle; by those
ties Of conssnguinity that still bind your
hearts to its hearth stones; by your strug-
gles in behalf of your own emancipation from
British oppression. and above all, by the
memories Of O'Connell, Phillips and En-
met, and a numerous throng Of great names -
throw aside for moment your party preju-
dices and preference turn deaf ears to the
clamorings Of American politicians; forget
Democrats. Republicans, Wings and all old
party names, and stand in the presence Of
your own worshipped coqntryman and sub
NIT to none but the influence of his mag
netic words. Imagine yourself once more
upon the green isle Of the ocean, surrounded
by friends painting for the freedom Of the New
World, and that in your midst stood o. Con-
nell. You stand in the presence Of one who
has natural interest in your welfare, and
who would have. you not only enjoy the
largest liberty but grant it to others. He
seeks not. your votes-he has no! laudations
for one and maledictions for another party.
Occupying such position, sitting in the
Corn Exchange Rooms. in Dublin, on the
l1th day Of October, 1s43, O'Connell had be-
fore him an address from the Cincinnati Irish
Repeal Association on the subject Of Negro
Slavery in America. Having digested the
address he turns to the table and pens :
reply that we trust will be read by every
lrishman in America. He commences with
expressions Of "regret, affiiction, surprise and
indignation the detailed and anxious vindica.
ton of the most heinous crimes that ever dis
graced humanity" With deep burning
love for Irish benevolence, he asks, show can
your nature be so totally changed as that you
should become the apologists and advocates
Of that execrable system which makes man
the property Of his fellow man?' &c. ..sdg
And then to remind them of their early
education to hate tyranny in any and every
form he declares, It was not in Ireland
you learned this cruelty. Your mothers
were gentle. kind and humane. Their
bosoms overAowed with the honey of human
charity. Your sisters are, probably, many
Of them, still among US, and participate in all
that is good and benevolent in sentiment and
action. How, then, can you become so de-
praved? How can your souls become stained
with darkness biacker than negro's skin ?"
Mournfully be adds, "...We were unhappily
prepared to expect some fearful exhibit on of
this description" andrefers to the declara-
ton of the great. the good Lord Morpeth
in the House of Commons. that the Irish in
America were among the worst enemies of the
negro slaves and other men Of color Be.
lieving it "a solemnrand sacred duty, he warns
his countrymen F" 10 eomeoeu Of the councils
Of the ,iniquitous and out of the congregation
Of the wicked who consider q man . chattel
and a property, and liberty an inconven-
ience."! r59n a9e- Z IadoT 9dt 20 5Taq ] -:
The constitutional justification of slavery
is thus met You say that the Constitution
Of America prohibits the, abolition Of slavery.
Paltry and miserable spbterfpge The Con-
stitution4 Of America is founded upon the
Declaration Of Independence. That Declara-
ton published to the world It's glorious
principles; that q charter jof, your freedom
contained these emphatic words: " We hold
these truths to be self evident-that al men
are created equal !; that they are endowed BY
their creator with certain inalienable rights i;
that amongst these srenlife, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness;'' and the conclusion Of
that address is in these words: For the
support Of this Declaration, with : Arm re-
liancs on the protection Of Divine Providence,
weomu4ually pledge to each ether our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honors.' There
is American honor for you. Recollect that
the declaration does not limit theJ equality Of
man on. the rights to life andi liberty to- the
White. to The brown, 81 to the eopper-colored
races. It includes ali races. It excludes
none."'g vodt ted4 o,,a4ws,Torid idaaay .q.,ad
Ne haze sYSeen not the, space to copy his denun-
! cations Of the whole system,-hss rebukeinto
the associstion1of their supercilious .neers at
Pthe abolitionists, and ayers that there is
nothing, that makes ps think 50 badly of, yon,
a your strain of 1ribaldry in attacking the
AbolitionistssD-oor the complete refutatien
SfI the infetiority Of the negro, VIXEN surround
feed BY right influences saacsI Zhis proof that Blacks
ipd vhiites can exist On equal terms ,e under
bone Governmant-his indignant denial that
the sbolitionisssc make the slave restless With
his condition his sarnestl sppea9 . the
Catholic Iriab, 10 particplar, u stand Arm to
che Catholic hstzsds Of oppression. Me ilpe-
greet that our scolumns--wilf not admit Of .fhis
mort remarkable letter, III full, thst every
lttshman might Tread and digest il II his lsia-
qre. ~ Wemust content oqEselyes with pub
hshing the closing appedl of ftIreiGnd's 'o'oon-
nell to the Irish in America, in these words !:
- ;SS'Ws M conclude 81 4 1esonjuEing- yos, and al
iothe! e. irishmsn il Amsric,, ia re name Of
] fyohf fatherland lin the name 81 humanity
ia the name of the God o mercy ar at,d charity;
I've ebhiuEe YOU, .Iriishmen snd Ides ssepd dants of
frishmen, to abandon forever ,AI defense Of
the hideods negro Slavery system. Let It no