| Title: | Extract from a Gentleman Who Sailed on the Wilmington |
|---|---|
| ID | 3907 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1790-1800/5 |
| Year | 1793 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | The Northern Star, Wednesday 21, to Saturday August 24, 1793 |
| Archive | The Linenhall Library, Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9501284 |
| Date | 21/08/1793 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 23:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 186 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Extract of a letter from a gentleman who sailed on the ship Wilmington, last time she left this for America: "I like this country extremely well, and would wish to see you and the rest of the family here; it is a country that I think there is money to made in. I sincerely wish you would come to this Land of Liberty, where a man is not afraid of speaking his sentiments upon government, in any point he pleases. Here you may live without the dread of a Bastille, or a secret court of inquisition; here the representatives of the people are their SERVANTS, and execute the will of the people. In Ireland it is quite the reverse; the representatives are the peoples MASTERS, and execute their own will. Here each Sate enacts laws for the good of that, state alone, exclusive of the laws that are made in Congress for the good of the whole states. If laws are found to be defective, the people instantly petition and have them repealed; not as in Ireland, where you may petition from time to time, as the circumstaces permit; And what signifies your petition? it is rejected with disdain, and perhaps kicked out of the house! |
