The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-11 00:00:00

T71;;.1) tlirs sent, the Ir sh should, in order to be on an eluditt
e-nh the sreich, haee more than 159 Representati,ee. Eng'
I end ineluding Wales, /en:: a population of fourteen millions..
has five hundred Representatives; Ireland, with a popelation of
eight millions, has but 105 Representatives. Our popult.Con
amounts to less than two-thirds, but to considerably more thart
one half of the population of England. We should, ia order'
to be on an equality with England, have at least one _'bird of
the number of English Representatives, that is we shou d have
ui!ti a's many as 166 R.epresentatives In our comparison
:ith
Seetiond he should be entitled to 159 Representativerr
e in our comparison with England to 166; but we may well rest
sat heel with 150; and I propote, without hesitation, that
number foe the adoption of the Irish people.
I may be told that my calculations are founded on pePols"
Lion :lone, without f.rreing any estimate of the relaiive inT;
eortance of the several parts of the United Kingdom as teated.
by experts, imp .rte, revenues, and rental. It is true that
eo not for the present stop to make these calculations, but
Ince Cleaned them already, and published them, and I will
publish them again in these letters. They effird a still hiele,r
r.ltio for the liish repre-entation than I have above stated.
They would give us at least 169 Alembers.
I have thus gone through one of the three topics on"
which these letters are addressed to you, the people Of Ire-
land. This topic includes the more prominent grievances
under which you suffer. I give them, as my answer to the
qoustion, What should we agitate for? We should agitate to
letivinate these evils which I have briefly recapitulated.
Firstlg, to abolish for ever the domination of the Orange fee'
tion, t) reduce that faction to the level of the rest of the Irish
people, rend to extinguish fur ever all hopes of their again ob-
teining power or ascendancy. Secondly, to obtain for our-
selves and our descendants the pure and impartial administra-
tion of justice, by filling the high judicial situations with or
right and just Judges.
Thirdly—To obtain the appointment of intelligent and ue'
partial Sheriff,.
Fourthly—To banish Party spirit and iniquity from the JOY
box. end to have honest Jurors.
Fifthly—To obtain a real and permanent revision of the
Magistracy.
Sexthly—To obtain the !..4:al extinction and annihilation Of
the odious Tithe system, no re ;ter how named or described.
Seventhly—To obtain Municipal Reform, identical with
the Corporate Reform in England.
Eighthly—To obtain an equal increas9 of the right of Pat'
ith Scotland or England.
Ninthly—To obtain our just and due proportion el
Representatives in the United Parliament. We
agitate to procure the redress of these grievances from
the Imperial Parliament, or in the event of a refueel or
delay, to secure them ourselves by the restoration of out
domestic Legislature.
My next letter will point out the difficulties which ilv;
peee the attainment of " Justice for Ireland"—a powerful
minority in the Commons, a more powerful majority in the
Lords, and a very large portion of the English people.
'Radicals as well as Tories. Add to these the total want
the
Press, sympathy with the people of Ireland evinced by much of g?
Press, called Liberal in England ! There are some honourable_
ecxeptions, but the greater part of the English Liberal Press
does not take an honest interest in our fate.
We are, therefore, bound to exert ourse'ves only the morr
Every man who wishes well to Ireland will become not
a " Precursor," but will obtain twenty names and transmit
them to the Secretary, Mr. Rav, at the Corn Exchange. 1
time is come to be busy. No Irishman deserves the name vow,_
e,
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does not now come forward in this, which, I trust, will prove
the last, struggle for Ireland ; all we demand or desire is to put
an end to the dominion of faction, purify the administration of
justice, to extinguish for ever an iniquitous tithe-system, to
obtain complete Corporate Reform, to extend and protect
the e:;_w.tive franchise, to procure an adequate representatiou
of the peopid Parliament.
These are our I.fudable objects—the magic of being Pe,r"
fectly right is with.us. In these pursuits I do expect
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co-operation of the Irish people. In my next letter, I °
demonstrate that our only hope of redress depends on Or
selves, and I
will point out the manner best calculated to render
our operations successful.
I have the honour to be, Fellow-Countrymen,
Your faithiCl servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.