Daniel O’Connell, Father Theobald, and 60,000 other Irishmen, wrote to Irishmen in America these words:
“Oppose slavery by all the peaceful means in your power. Join with the Abolitionists everywhere; they are the consistent advocates of liberty. Tell every man that you do not understand liberty for the white man,and slavery for the black man; and that you are for liberty for all, of every color, creed and country.”
(Liberator, February 17, 1865,pg 3)