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Repeal Among Slaveholders

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
July
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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We have nlready f-tnted tlmt the Itepea.1 Assnciationsof South Carolina called a meeting and dissolved thcir organization in a ver)' dignified slyle, without comicpcending to bandy epithcts willi Mr. O'Conuell,save thal they pronounced Iris speech a base and malig-nant libel npon llie people of the South; and they declincd iiolding any fiirther commnnication with a man or body of men ciipable oriitJering or endorsing such infamous calumnies. It is vvorthy of retnark that the commiltee who reported on this subject were unwillingr to an dver O'Cünneü's alleations distinctlj', lest the grent, bluzing trutus of his speech should tuake an impression on some weak minds. - Tiiey wished to sliut out tho ligfljt which shines all over the civilized oarfh thut they inig-ht rpjoice in the dorkness thfy love: likothe ostrch, wliich stick? its head in the sand when pertued hy the htmters, and fancies because it can itselfsee nothinr, it must therefore be unseen by otiiers. The committe say i tliat there is nol a doubt of the nuthenlicity of the speech, but respect Tor themselves-, and Ihe ccinmunity in which they live forbid thcni to analize t, or to exhibit ts diígiisiing or re ■ voltinor features. Mr. Robert Tyler'sze.-il in behalf of reieul is notorious. The famp of it roaohod across the orean, and called forth a complimentary letter from ihe National Repeal Association of ïreland. At the late repeal meeting1 in Philadelphia, he attribuled O'Connell's speech to 'the silly abolitionists now holding a Convention at London;' he implicó that the abolitinnists of this "country were poverned by those in England, and tliat the lattcr were notorious enemies of liberal principie?. He also repeated the stale charge of amalgamation. Uow mnch he knew of the mai'er may be estimated from thefact that the World's Convention did not assnmble till one month after the speech was deliverod, and the address which callod it fbrth was sent out from Pliiladelphia nearly one year s;nce.Mr. John Tyler is a thorough-poinnr RR pealor. According to Ihe New York Express, 'he told the Philadolphia Repealers the other day, that on this qucstion he was nc half-way man: that he wos vvith theni, body and bou].' The Ricbmond Wh'ig has the following rrmnrks upon the nwkward position of thc slaveholdinff Repealers: "The Rpealers and Molilion. The Repealers are fhrovvn all aback bv the villan. ons attack of O'Connell npon the domestic nstitations of his country. Some of thera añect to believe that his ppeech is Epuñous; whiie othere more candid, attempt to draw a distinction between O'Connells private and ptib lie opinions. His advocacy of Repeal s called his public, and his denunciation of all who tolérate 6lavery, his privaf e opinión; and the one it is saidjonght to hnve no connexien with or hearing1 upon the other.' 'THE TRUTH IS, THAT O'CONNELL, IN THREATENING TO FOLLOW UP JRISH REPEAL WITH THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY HERE, WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN SUCH A COURSE BY THE AGITATION OF REPEAL IN THIS COUNTRY. If we have a 7tght to Ínter f ere wilh the domestic yollcy of Great Britain, GREAT BRITAIN HAS A R1GHT TO RETURN THE COMPLI MENT AND INTERFERE WITH OUR INTERN AL CONCERNS. THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THIS CONCLUSIÓN. And as the 'Great Liberaior says that [lepeal and Abolition ure a comtnon cause, those who einbark in tl, e formor do so with heir eyes oprn to all the consequences . We hink thi3 injudicious revclalion will have the jfTect of arresting sympatliy, and will proba_ )ly,preventmany thousand dollars Trom going o Ireland, to minister to OConnell's cupidif y; br to that porposo wc presme the contribuions, which are boon taken up, are destined - is we never heard any other nssigned.' FAiwr EtvSslkr has enjjngoJ to danced al lerlin, for L2000 per night.

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