New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-08

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the lneamsns Of the sufferer Let too IN the name Of
God throw vail the denouemsnt OF this poor woman
but let us take measures that such scenes sns
perpetuated IN Ireland But this not an isolated case
could point to many moro In various dsrics al o'es 'ho
island.
great our noble brave old but tho pressure Of me-
c.y re- the ..S 81 % when God in
his wisdom strikes the hand Of sion 81 individual
sam for the wounds in hat divine spirit Of charity whsh he
beautifully eIsmplihed la his own fe Ana IL ID our s1o'
lime mission be the ministers Of bis mercy to ponr balm
into the wounds dry the tears and bring hope and comfort
| 10 His suffering poor.
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birth been deaf to the call OF the distressed and
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Committee Address
During the reading Of the address the venerable
Archbishop was conducted TO the front OF the plat
form amid thunders Of applause. When the reading
was concluded ... .......
The ARcHpIsHop said: If stand up under the
honorable introduction of the Mayor Of New.York,
Won will anticipate not 80 much speech as an
apoloQy for the absence Of one. 1t would be very
strange indeed If all the feelings OF my heart were
not intensely entwined in sympathy with the pur-
pose and the object Of this great meeting: Cheers
| shall not enumerate the reasons why, but suppose
every one can appreciate them. IL Is but too well
| known to US that many Of the Irish people
are suffering from the want Of food and
raiment, 1.-THE venerable prelates voice was cboked
with teari and that fact alone is q substitute for
eloquence, IL were master Of 1t. We cannot think
Of 1t patiently. You cannot bear 1t; cannot bear
it--that fellow-bengs, many of them related to us
directly or indrectly--sll Of the human family-are
dying Of starvation. have said you cannot bear II,
and your presence hero tonight Is , of /
it, 1t is too bad. God permits It, no doubt,
az he permits many things, not approx
ing them and under that pressure upon every heart
I conceive that eloquence now does not consist In
words but in action. lCheer.l ! have given my
little mite toward tho object which yo1 have in
view, $780, and, as they would cay in Wall street,
feel $50 per cent lighter the heart since have
done 80. Cheers.l Ladies and gentlemen,
will not occupy your time. L do not
have done so in my Office and my place, but work
like this which you have taken SO generously in
hand is not 70 DO pshed by charity sermon;
a charity sermon is too small. Your work is large;
il is nobei 1t is prompted by generosity, by human
ity without distinction Of creed or party, because
sven from the Psgans we have learned the maxim
that where humanity suffers. every man who
has a stake In that humanity ought to suffer
by sympathy at least. Well, our sympathy
is sympathy indeed in itself, but sympathy
amount TO much. Ladies and gentlemen, this will
not amount to much for each Of YOU but you have
lad noble examples in the former famine 10 Ireland
There was nothing in history that could compare
with the universal rising of human feeling toward
the relief OF suffering fellow beings. Since then
that poor country has been lodging on and no great
wealth has been acquired. have been there lately.
aud what / say now OF the distress did not come
under my own actual observation, but have every
reason 10 be sorrowfully bound to believe the truth
of the distress that prevails IN that country. As
have said would not spoil this occasion by talking
10 YOU ne If were preaching a charity sermon;
that ia out Of the question. never spoke such
an occasion without meeting a sympathetic response
IN every heart. Bat this is great work. i have
been very much delighted myself at the msgnani-
nous spirit manifested in this city toward the suf
fsring operatives Of Manchester. But a suffering
mhn In Manchester is not exactly what q suffering
uipn Ia Ireland Ia, although 1 must say, 10 their
credit, they have behaved admirably. But the
poor in Manchester arc surrounded and almost
swamped with wealthy capitalists, while the Irish
poor are not. II they should forget themselves aud
their duty 20 far as TO bolp themselyeswhicb after
all, was the night Of q starving man everywhere
! fcheeul they would find nothing around them bat
poverty like their own. Yet cannot refrain from
complimenting the people Of New York for the
tnaQr animoas and liberal contribution they have
nlade for the suffering workmen Of Manchester.
| They have done hopoY TO themselves. They have
heaIed Goals Of fire Upon beads that did not under
staDd what the meaning Of beat was OF that kind.
| lCbeers.I ladios ana Rentleuen, AN that
there is temptation IN the atmosphere which pro-
| longs my observations beyond the period that in
tended. will close. / will simply observe that
this occasion, AZ on others Of the zane kind, the
great and noble undertaking has been taken up by
gentlemen Of the lay order, and have some scru-
PIE "a to whether or not, being clergyman,
should be present at ALL but l cannot withhold my
approval of the undertaking. Here the Arch
| bishops voice became too weakto be heard And
| | know that these gentlemen at least are not de-
| t.,a In af aIn uI from ham
will stir up TO the very depths every feeling OF char
! ity and humanity IN your bosom. All can say Is
that 20 with your movement heart aud soul. Loud
and prolonged applause
Judge DAILY was received with cheering. He
said that one of tue earliest narratives in tho Bible
was tho history Of Joseph, who, when expatriated,
became adopted citizen OF honor In foreign land,
and though he identified himself with the country
OF which he formed part he never ceased 10
remember the land Of his birth and the tender recol
| lectons of his childhood. And il was allotted 20
that esrly emigrsnt TO show tho strength Of his
affection, not by words, but by deeds When there
was famine IN his fathers land Joseph remembered
his fathers house. and fed his family from of ha
abundance. He called upon these children VI
brave old race remember their fathers house lii
these days Of affection, TO give In the natural,
warm promptings OF their hearts. If it should be
asked why one OF the fairest and richest OF lands
should be twice visited by famine within Is or l6
years, ii might be answered that calami los Of this
kind came most upon lands where nature had been
most prodiga of her gifts. But two years ago those
fruitful provinces of Prussia bordering upon the
Baltic, from whence surrounding nations drew their
suste nance, found themselves starving. Fortunately
that Government acted with an energy and inteIli-
gence wanting in the Government of England
hsses and saved those provinces from severe suffer-
lAng. The Inland Of Madna, one Of tho most fruitful
on the globe, had but lately appealed to us for
aid. We ourselves might not forever escape. The
most fertile plans OF Russia, as productive as our
own praires, had been laid waste by swarms Of
locuals hrin their hal IN