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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On September 5 in Dublin, thousands of starving woollen weavers marched through the streets in mourning, carrying a black-wrapped golden fleece to protest the collapse of Ireland's manufacturing industry. They distributed handbills seeking protection and behaved peacefully.
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Dublin, Sept. 5. This day exhibited a sight at which humanity shrinks back appalled. Thousands of starving and industrious weavers in the woollen branch made a procession through all the principal streets of the capital, with the golden fleece, which formerly fed, clothed and diffused happiness among millions, wrapped up in black, truly picturesque of the lamentable situation to which the sons of industry are now reduced by the deplorable state of the manufactures of Ireland. The fleece was carried by several of these children of want in deep mourning, attended by an innumerable crowd of their brethren in distress, in mourning cloaks, hat bands, and weepers. They had in their hands shuttles, alas! without even weft! Others had banners with mottoes: "Protecting Duties, or ways and means to live."
They distributed hand bills through the city, stating in a modest narrative, their present situation, imploring the protection of their countrymen and fellow citizens. In their various progresses through the town they conducted themselves with propriety, and without any riot or unlucky circumstance taking place; the surest means of securing the countenance and interest of those who wish them employment and happiness.
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Dublin, Ireland
Event Date
Sept. 5
Outcome
the procession was peaceful with no riots or incidents; participants sought protection and employment through handbills and proper conduct.
Event Details
Thousands of starving woollen weavers processed through Dublin's streets carrying a black-wrapped golden fleece symbolizing their distress, accompanied by banners calling for protecting duties and empty shuttles. They distributed handbills imploring aid from citizens.