MR.. O'CONNELL.
{"character_count": 2597, "word_count": 460, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9682000279426575], "ccnet_perplexity": [1412.699951171875], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
This distinguished advocate Of the rights
Of man, has very accurate, yet very
hum bic opinion Of American consistency.
To British Statesmen, our hon. northern
and eastern members Of Congress appear
very ridiculous, voting for the extension
Of slavery in the south, or proving from
scripture he antiquity and justice Of that
horrible system. The fact is, that we Of
the north, have been so unhappy, as in q
few instances, to send members, who have
suffered themselves to he bought, aud sold
by Shareholders, and by their conduct,
have manifested as much fear of southern
tyrants as the slaves Of the plantations. -
But we assure Mr.. O'Connell, for the time
to come. we are going to do better-our
eyes are getting open (!


But to come to America, the boasted
land of freedom, but amor whose free
born sons (free born sohtte sons he ought
to say) Slavery still existed And this Sla-
very which they not only tolerated, bat
encouraged, vas justified and defended,
as legacy left them by US. It was but
toe R15 tTps sbodR Bn5 81 pRht ia taNsaate you owed


as. because you thought we were oppress-.
ING you with the Stamp Act. You boast
ed Of YOUR deliverance ftom Slavery; you
relieved yourselves from your bondage
On what grounds do you still exercise
despotic power over your fellow-men, and
make Slavery even more bitter, by ringing,
in the ears of the sufferers from your ty-
ranny, what you have gained-what you
have done-what you have suffered Tor
freedom 7" The Americans, it was true,
might retaliate upon us-they might reply
by illusions to the slaveries we had Great
ed or encouraged but what would be said
Of that individual who should justify the
crime of sheepstealing by alleging that an
other had stolen sheep too Would such
defence be listened to Might we moi
then say to the freemen Of America, 8 ou
boast Of your love of liberty, but you are
hypocrites, tyrants, not freemen. SO long
as you encourage Slavery among you, you
are degraded and dishonoured. Dare no
to stand up boasting of your freedom, while
YOU continue the cruelties Of Slavery, am
treat souls redeemed by the same blood Q
Christ as the mere creatures of your will


for as long as there remains a single Slav
ia YOUR country, there will remain bio
upon your escutcheon that all the water
ofthe Atlantic cannot wash out" He ha


thus ventured to lend his feeble efforts t


the promotion of the objects Of the Meet
ing. How. indeed, could he refuse wheI
he saw the cause Of freedom advocate


and supported by one Of that iIlustriou


family whom their ancestors had place


on the throne 10 maintain their llbertie