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Irish Repeal

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Day
29
Month
May
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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An Irisli Repeal Asdeciátion has been fornieil in this village - the only ohp, we bclieve, in t!ie Sta'c, excppt one in Detroit. F.Sawyer jr. is Presidí nt. Gentlemen of all political parlie.s have part ie i pat cd in the proceed ings. The object vve understand to Be, to a:d the patriots et' Ireland, by our sympatiiy and by donatioiip, in ichievii'g a icpeal of the Union bet ween Englnnd and Irelnnd - nottltat the IriIi wisli to bc soprrated fro.n the Ori - t;sfi Einpire - but thcy ask for the rcstoration of the Irisli Pa!liment,as an indispensable step towards tho ébmgatioii of thosc cruel and oppressive hiws by s liicli that fine country has been inipoveriilied ond dograded . One feature in this eutcrprie will commend it to the favopilu'e attention of the phii;;nthropist nnd chrisiiiui - it is to be accomplishcd inlhovt a resoit t f uree. We ai tended one eveuinir last week, and while we werc wcll pleased with the )roceediii[:8, we were not a little amused to observe Ihe necessily wliich coinj)elled the speakers when advocatiny the cause of Irish liberty,'o advanre the nmst ultra antislavery doctriiies. TJje natual riglit of every human being on every portion of the globe to personal liberty, the produce of his indiiitry, Lo self governnnMit Sif. was urgec with mucli eloquence, and theaiidience wore intitructed to extend their sympathie.s and their aid to ev2ry individual stünped with the impress of humanity, wlio might be striiggling for his rights. One gentleman went furlhcr than most abolnionistF. He took the graund ihal he lrisb liad rights given theni by lbo God Nature, and was their dvty to defond ihem ït all eventihüiigk Knglmid should bc drenchd n blool!Or" The New York Tribuno says: "To nake a desperate struggle and gain by it, if uceessful, only one branch of tha legislatura - -inciirring resposibjlity, vet do owei - is jus-t sucli uu eHtèrpriöena the whig arty is least fïtted for.' Tlic Tribune hereore notities all whom it may concern tiiyt the ?1 ctions of '4S will be no criterion of those of 44. Should this philosophy be adopted, we uppose tbc whigs of Michigan will lie upon heir oars fora year tocóme; for t.'iey cannot sxpect fo cary both branches of the LegislaLure this year. Tliis system of tactics reinindí us (f the man nientioned by the Emancipntor, nho got ofl' from his hore that he miglit get fasler on foot. 0 Just sec what Daniel Webáter and all jur slavcholding bullies have gained by their loud talk on the Creóle case. In answer to inquirios respecting the insf.ructions thut had Deen seiit to the Colonial Govemors respecting hat case, "Lord Stanly stated that they Jid not differ rt.aterially from those forwnrded l)ythe late ministry, which were, that ïfnny man wero dotained in a ship in a Brilish Port, Lhe Briüsh Governor had only to verify that Pact, and then give his immcdiate protect'.on and atsisUtncc to ihe party so detmned." Wliy don't the Slaveholders declare war? (t The Whigs wouid have us believe that the r enlarged patriotism attends to all the groat interests of the country. In 1827, Daniel Webster, then tho great expounder of Whig orthodoxy, said before some thousund persons, "I regard slavery in itself as a great moral, social, and rowncAr, bvii,.'' iáince the Whigs have come to power, what have thcy done for the rcnioval uf thtóf'ffm polUicál cvilV'(tjr3 The N. O. Beo says that tlirec Texfui papers, the Times, Telcgraph, pnd LIonslonian, have noticed the prcjcct'of omancipiüon with eloquent indignatiun; but froin the tone ot the nilniinistrition pross, it is nppreliended thuï President Uouston favors thia or sonie similar project. Einigration in West Texas has ne.irly csasecl. The stavoholdors are generally large landed proprietors, and they think, if sluvery were ubolislied, an im - mense emigration wonld set in from the N.rl hem States and from England, nnd the Increased valnc of their lancls would more ihen compénsate foï the loss of their slaves.

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Signal of Liberty
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