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Repeal And Abolition

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Day
11
Month
September
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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A wriler in the Bay Stat o Democrat, a ] ton paper, speaks oí Kepeal and Abolition I ilius : ' 'Repeal' méans lint the millions of Ireland siíall be reheved ol' opprcrfion. AbolUion' meaos lint ili3 millions of America sha!J le , delivered from oppression. Both'are holy , terpriFCí; but let.no American citizen do more for the former, tíían he is willing to do for the lat'er. Slavrholders etult ify thcmeelves when they tieat O'Cnnnell's nbolition opinions as of recent oriirin. Uut oven more obtuse must thoir intellect me lpen, nor to have discovered tl.at the principies uf Irish Repenl were those of American Abolition. The South has oxliibiieij a singular fniuity on tliis subject. TIip Viclisburg (Miss.) Seníinel lias ihe l'o'lowing commonts on Repen! 'From every f?ection of tlie country we read of repeal meeting?, numerous ind enlluifiastic, breathing fortii the sontimrnts nrtd feeliíigs offrpemen townrdsthe sufforing and oppreesf'd millions oí' unhappy fn-lanñ. . Now js ilm time for tlie ■fiicnds of Irel.md, the f'nënds of luimiin iSglits every where, to give expression to their pentiments.' Change but aFword or lwo, and the article becotnes 'incendia ry' "From eyery peetion of the country we rondif abolition meetinrs nnmerons ond enthnssastir, breathing forth the sentiments and feelinjís of frenmen toiwards the sufiering and oppressed millions ofmliappy America. : Novvishe time for the friends of JÊinenèH, the friends nf human riglits every whero, to give expíes.-ion to their seutiments.' Not less incendiary was the Tabernacle speech of Robort 'J yler at By changirgr a few proper ñames, it roight have been tuken Tor Reinond's or Garrison's. , fcf" Wsare aworc that we labor under )ne disadvantage in conducting the Signnl, which is not feit by some of our colemporarieí. The least intelltgent part of communi ty, in general, have a strongdesire to rend aiinuie and circumstantial details of all" the miirders, robbenes, nssaults, rape?, adulleriej, elcpetnent?, benr-figntf, pugillisiiccncounters, and shocking and horrid accidents that occur from c'ay to d'iy, through the hnown world. - Tliis class are moreinterested in such aiticlc.than in the discnssions of our best StatesmenThe Albany lady summcd up the matter in few words vvhen she said to the Editor of t tic Patriot, 'Put love and munler in your paper, and it will suiely be read.' We could easily üll ten columns a week vvith such articles,and those too,of the 'choic" est kind.' But whal would be the eflect on the leaders? We venture to sny that the pernsal of 520 columns of such matters every year, as thero are irMially presented, woold have no henrjicial effect on the minds of any, while itscontinual tendenjy wouM be to familiarizo the soul with ihe ideas of the most levolting vicea. With hat safety could a ïixiher put such a paper into the hands of Jiis children? We cannot conpcientiously supply our readers with minute narratives of these transac tions, unless where Eome good purpose con bnattained by it. But there is on inexhnuslible field of interest and inqniry for minds of lh. o viuoü, wniiK ueijmiia mcis raiher than arguments, in the wonders of 6cient.ific kuowledge, whic'i are daily opening to our view, m the incidents of biogrophy, nnd the history of rhe human racp, as every day produces a change in.the condition of men. Fi om these souyees we intend to draw largely for the entertaiiiment of our readers, whilo the main object of our papei will be steadily pursued. . CC?5 We have repeatedly sIiowji that the Whijrs and Democnit?, at such, do not difier materially on the Tanffj nnd ihnt their newspaper warfare on this topic is carried on for want of something more substantfol to conténd about. In a recent Jetter, Mr. CJay says: 'I had liopnci nnd supposeil, that nll would have cheerrully ralüed a round a TarifT, vh;ch, seelting to support the Treasnry wilh nij adequate revenup, for ao bonest end económica! expenditnre of the government, slio;ild at the s:mie tirno, i.vciDKNTAr.T.y, by proper disenmination, exiend reasonable protection to such brandies of Jomestic industrv as need it. Thai is all wldch is now askcd or insisted vpon. Mr. Van Buren avows hitns?lf in favor of 'a discriminating Tp.riíT íor revenue purposs only, nnd which will jncidbntai.ly protect American indostry.' Wlio can tel! tíie difTereilce between these two Tariffi? And if there be no diSercnce, vvhy keep up such a.-hue and cry about nothinr at all? (E? ín Great Britain are 6,000,000 of ndolt males: the number of legal voters s only 800,000.. The Free Suffrnge pnrty are laborin for the removal of these legal disabilities. But a serious difli;ulty in the w.ay of tiieir success is found in a provisión of Inw by which no porson can be admittedti member of Parliiment unless he have a free hold estáte of L300. The difïiculty of obtaining suitable candidates among the middllng cJasses is mudi increased by this restriction. 05 Our Postmasfer General' is Fcrewing the pcople to the lowest noten to get fonds to müke up the pu.rse or half a million dollars, or.a liltle le.ss, which is annúally given by the Northern Post-office depnrtinent to the Southern, lo malie up (he general deficiêncv, and supply tbeslaveholders with. newspapers free of postage. ]t is decided that writiiig t,e name. of the pe:son sending the jmekage, or ■iny matter of intclligence, on the outside of thé wrappèr, sübjects the package to letter postage, but no fine is incurred by the sender. 05a The Democrats.of this county have nominotcd for Representaties, C. Joslin, C. Van Husen, ■ M. Porter, H. Hall, A. Park-hurst.N. R. RamsdeJI. None of the old memberr were re-nominated,

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