The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-22
a For the Standard.
NOBLE WORDS OF CHARLES SUMNER on IRE.
V. a.ff. LANDi
GoLDsBoRo', January 9TH, 1868.

as it did from the Chairman of the Commit I
tee on Foreign Relations, inspires me with
the hope, that atno distant day to Irish Amer 1
leans in their journeys to the old land for
health and recreation, will I've extended the
broad shield ofthis splendid Government,
protecting them from the arrests and indig-
mites of that foul and treacherous nation,
England. Those significant words ar. a
noble refutation of the foolish notieu per-
vading the minds of thousands of Irishmen,
that your sympathies were not with their
countrymen at home in their desperate ef-
forts to rid themselves once and forever of a
domination, loathed and ahhorred by nine
tenths of the people of Ireland That grand
old nation. fifty termed. the POLAND of the
Seas" has had, and must have, the sympa-
thies and honest friendship of Massachusetts
honOred Senator, whose voice was SO often
raised in defense of liberty in the United
States, when vigiant and persistent services
in the Legislative halls of the Republic,
hastencd negIO emancipation. the crowning
glory of the Nineteenth century. knew
that so brilliant record in favor of Amcri-
can freedom would not suffer cloud to rest
upon its fame, by permitting the rights of
American citizens to bedisgracefuly assaied
by thegovernments of Europe, and especial
ly by a nation that gave SO much solid aid
to the Southern revolutionists, and whose
presses plunged into the widest raptures of
rhetoric when the fatal shot was fired at
Fort Sumpter. 1t has always appeared to
Irish Americans shame and scandal, that
their cOuntrymen, when flung into British
bastiles, appealed in vain to Charles Francis
Adams, and other Representatives of our
Government in Great Britain. At this very
hour brave and accomplished soldier. Col.
Halpin, is pining and suffering in an English
dungeon, for words spoken in New York
Tins gallant and fearless patriot fought for
four years in the ranks of the Union Army,
and the Christian Government of England
sentences him to fifteen years imprisonment
for no crime committed within the Queens
dominions There is also Colonel Warren of
your own State. noble and intrepid soldier
of the Union he too, is sentenced for the
same PERIOD and is compelled to herd with
the commonest felons of En.land's jails. /
might call yonr attention to Colonel Burke.
whose brave bearing and burning words in
the Dock. when sentenced to be hung, were
worthy of Emmett and John Brownie the
fascinating and polished scholar, Meany,
formerly Editor of an Ohio journal-to the
daring and manly Nagle,i who electrified
Judge and Jury with the exclamation, II
am citizen of America, and my Govern
ment will see that this base transaction is
overilauled." To the genial and beautiful
Kickham, who, when he heard in Dublin
prison of the triumphof the Union Army,
made the prison walls ring with the shout,
"Thank God, the United States is on her.
feet again. / feel the chains grow little
lighter ON my body might enumerate
other Irish Americans. but pass on with de-
light to that illustrious trlumvirate. Allen.
Gould and Larkin. Their triumphant deaths
on the scaffold have had made their memo
ries eternal. One of these spirited heroes
was an Irish American, and you remember
as he marched to the gallows. with mill
tary glee, he said to the crowd "What will
America say when she hears of it ?' Conse-
Grated martyr, America has heard of it, and
the people speaking through its noble Con-
gress, will, by a sublime act of justice. de-
mand the protection OF adopted citizens,
if necessary by the power of their armies and
navies have been myself earnestly and
religiously pressed to visit dear and valued
friend, whose face have not seen for sixteen
years. / cannot comply with his sacred in
junction, even to receive his bencdction,
before he goes to a better world. Let Sena.
tors and Representatives heed the suggestive
and hold words of the President in his Mes
sage. and declare for equal rights. equal priv
iieges, and equal protection to all of its citi
zens and assure you that my countrymen
will ever hold in grateful remembrance the
Fortieth Congress! t,w s.s-sr. --
e Very respectfully. g,l ~
sar 1852 GEO. w. PEPPER, @.
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,
h. WASHINGTON, Jan. Sth, 1868.
DEAR SIR Il have your note of the 7th
in reference to the condition of Ireland and
the rights Of American citizens abroad. The
latter question has long been and is still, the
subject of discussion between this govern
ment and various foreign powers, and it is to-
be hoped that a satisfactory conclusion will
soon he reached. 1t has already been brought
up in Congress, where took occasion to de-
clare the absurdity of the claim made by
England. regret the condition of affairs
in Ireland, which is indeed deplorable, and
am glad to see that the subject is begin
ming to engage the attention of English
statesmen M
Justice to Ireland is British necessity.
In every effort for human rights, there is
only one side for my sympathy and aspira-
ton. Believe me, sir, faithfully, yours, i
CHARLES SUMNER.
Rev. Geo.. w. PEPPER, Goldsboro' N. G.
P.S.-Your speech had attracted my at
tentiop in Gov. Holden's patriotic paper, be-
fore you were kind enough to send it to me.
The Savannah (Ga.) National Bank has
declared dividend of 371 per cent. which
it advertises TO pay to its stockholders, on
demand. The conclusion is irresistible that
the Savannah National Bank is paying
institution. or b
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