The Shasta courier., 1864-10-22

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OFFICE-1711 Washington street. opposite p
guire's Opera House.
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APPEAL TO IRIsHxEN.-At meetin of
the San Francisco Hibernian Lincoln nd
johnson Club, held on the 18th inst, tho ~
lowing appeal toahe Irishmen If Califo ia
was read by the Secretary. 1t was endo ed
by the meeting without solitary dissen ReI
vaice:
| We, the members of the Hibernia
I.aolnx..d Iohnaonu cInInn6f
It5lcefity of1eart and honesty of purpos9 1H
peal 10 you-as you love the land on which
We were born-the land Of Emmett, O'Con-
nell Hughes, O'Brien, Sheridan. Meagher.
Cochrane and Conness-the land of our fore
fathers. whose heroic deeds in defense of
Freedomand Nationality have made Ireland's
fame the glory Of her people. As you love
the land that has afforded US a shelter-hap-
py, prosperous homes-as you desire to be-
| queath these homes to yoHr children forever
pause and consider what we say to you. We
| appeal not to your passions nor your preiu-
dices, but to your eason-lsten The num-
bers of cur countrymen exiled from DEAR
lovely old Ireland through the expressions Of
tyrannical landlords, their brutal agents and
middle men-who have come to these United
States have become SO great that we WELD
mighty influence over the DESTINY of this
mighty Republic; an influence which, if ex-
erted with prudence, may avert the ruin that
threatens its existence. and free our native land
from its oppressors. For, we believe as firm
ly as we believe that there is a Just God in
heaven ready with his retributiye vengeance
to curse forever those who oppress their fel-
low men, that Ireland's independence. her
freedom from England's yoke, depends upon
the fate of the United States. The Union di
vided. its power destroyed. where shall Ire
land look for a deiverer? Think ofIhis our
fellow-countrymen God has not placed us
here to help to spread the dominions of slav
cry, to aid the traitors against their native
land to rivet the shackles forever on the limbs
of any race of human beings, to enslave them
for the use, abuse and lusts of their oppres-
sors. No. Oars is a higher, nobler, more
glorious mission than this. In the inscruta.
Lle ways of His Providence, the millions of
our exled countrymen are here to work for
and obtain eedom for all. To our native
land belongs the high honor of being the first
to abolish by law the accursed institution Of
human slavery. The teachings of our Church
condemn it as aaathema mdranfhai and woe
to us if we oppose its teachings. Pause and
reflect on what you do ere 1T be too late.
Within few days you will enjoy the mighty
privilege of, perhaps for the last time. cast
ing a vote as American citizens For. in
these terrible days ofmighty events, the {at5!
of the Republic may be sealed by the result
of the November election. Think of this and
when thinking remember old, down-trodden
Ireland. Remember that her fate also hangs
un the issue; tor as sure ~ God rules the IN
iverse, the election of Mcclellan, and the
proclamation of an armi>tce he is pledged to
announce, would end the history of the Uni.
ted States. The trembling morarclls of the
old world, with England-tle oppressor of
our native land-at their head. tearing the
spread of the spirit pf republicanism, are
watching for fitting opportunity to recog-
nize h. South for the purpose of destroying
the grandesr Republic ever established on
earth and what SO fitting. so excusable an
opportunity as would arise should the people
OF ii State in the whole Union cast their votes
for Mcclellan and the party who proclaim a
design to recognize the rebel Confederacy?
Be not deceived by promises made to turn
you to your ruin. Let not personal friend
ships or batreds influence you in casting your.
vote on the 9Th of November. Think only.
of the land of your birth and adoption re-
membering that the destruction of the one in
wolves the loss of all hope to the other. You;
of this city who disgrace your native land /
yodr religion and your own intelligence, by.
parading through the streets, led by men who
have proven over and over again that thew
are your enemies and the enemies of vours
holy religion, for Gods sake, pause and con
slider what the world must think of Irishmeul|
when they find so many led in the ranks of
tn en- mics Of the only Government that evet
befrien.ied you-by men who controlled tho
Know Nothing party and sought By law ID
distranchise you because you were lrishmen
Can you, in the name OF God, so soon forged
the insult offered to your religion. to the tit-
ular saint of your native land, as to rebel
against your friends to follow the leading Of
the wretch who, with malignant indignty,
suspended St. Pairick's effigv to the liberty
pole on Portsmouth Square? Can you wosi-
der that LOYAL native-born citizens, nervous
with anxiety at the pending fate of their
G .untry, abuse. revile and dispise you. What
would YOU do, in old Ireland. during the e.
citement Of rebellion that may break out
within her borders at any moment, should
you find foreigners aiding the enemies of
your native land? Would you not hang
them if ynu uid? Could you respect them
or treat them with the courtesies Of lie? No.
. no brave people ever love the enemies of their
native land. Remember eternal justice has
decreed that las we measure out TO others
80 shall it be meted to us!''
In conclusion, fellow countrymen, we ap-
peal to you BY every hope you have of fhon-
or here. or of glory hereafter, not to desert
old Ireland's cause by aiding that ofthe reb.
els against the Union. Remember that the
war we all hate, is in its last stage; it must
snon end. Your votipg for Mcclellan can
not help him, but oh row fearfuily it NAV
hurt yon and us and our families. The
American people have given US a niillion
pronis of their sympathy in the fate of our
suffering uatsve land. Can we do less than
he grateful to them. and feel sympathy for
them. now their country suffers FROM civil
war. Shall it be recorded against our ccun-
trymen, that for the food the generous peo-
pf. Of rhis Nation sent to succor famished
| Ireland, the natives of that land return trea-
| son and rebel
We have done much. fellow countrymen,
to exasperate the loyal people of this State
By our blind devotion to the name of a party
/ when our allegiance is due to the country.