Poverty. helpless andhopeless. oppression. ignorance. vice. the wrongs of centuries. are the ingredients of that minister of destruction. Every effect has its cause. Tyranny makes the nihilist. Despotism makes the Carbonari and the Commune. Free and happy citizens do not murder monarchs. nor destroy their capitols. and I intend by my vote on this resolution to express my detestation of injustice everywhere. and tosay further thatif it assumeSthat the American people or that the Irishmen naturalized in America are in any way responsible for or in sympathy with these crimes. or arein any manner their accomplices and abettors. I repel and disavow it. The terrible events of Saturday convey a solemn and portentous lesson.
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Implying Irishmen naturalized in America might be responsible for or in sympathy with crimes.