Star.
London, England, 1830-11-30 00:00:00

Or lILL&MD.

Birmingham, Nov. 10,100
Friends. Countryinen, and Brothers,
At this greet minis of our country's need, we think It our duty to ad.
dress you.
You seek a Repeal of the Union of the United Hiogdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.

A long course of suffering, oppression, and mismanagement, has
goaded you to seek this object.
We are ourselves goaded, also, by a Log course of suffering, op.
premion, and mismanagement—as a remedy for which, we seek the
restoration of the Constitutional Right of the People to a full Mid fair
Reptesentstion in the Commons' House of Parliament.
We cannot doubt that the Reform of the United Kingdom, width
would be thus produeod, would relieve the general distress which Millets
both England and Ireland equally, and recover the full enjoyment of
their mutual rights and liberties.
At present four grand ideas .:let among the nominal Representa-
tives of the People of the United Kingdom, sad those defeats are am-
ply sufficient to account for the general distress, without having re.
course to any supposed effects of the Union.
let. From education,
•habit, fortune, and stades, they are gene.
rally ignorant of business, and of the wants, modes, and means of
the community.
2d. They are generally interested; in the aggrandisement of Pro-
perty, at the exposes of the Industry of the nation.
3d. They are more interested in obeying the orders of the Minister,
than in doing the work of the people.
4th. A positive majority of them am literally returned to Pau ls.
meat by less than SOO individuals eoly.
Here is the fatal origin of the disarms of Ragland. Here is the fatal
origin of the tillages doff Leland. What can be expected but misery,
distress, and anarchy, from such a .sate of the Roprimatation as this
Let et • c RepTCoiniagiVeS if the petiole oseduct she bathes' of the
pcopk, and there is no bar that the business of the people will be nee
girded or misunderstood. Let us eases the Representation of the
country, and we shall maim the general themes, and pima the Mar.
chy which Wooten* all. It ismoaelfeet, Leath that If we an but ob.
min a legislative body who meths real Haprossthatims of the people,
the wants and intoreets et all meet escossarily be me In their bands
People of Ireland I If you shield stmcmd in ilesising a Repeal of
the Act of Union, we cannot thick thatit wield relisvo ths distress of
Ireland, Wars a Theaotsgh Reform of the rseemail bleb Parliament
should be first effected. Three hundred yam of daisy must have con.
Mead you that it would sot.
Scotland has not been Injured by the Union. Wales has sot been
injured by the Unita. It is detsbOul whether Inlaid has boon in.
jured by the Union. We Adak she has not. Mae has only bans her
common .herein the caw= calamities which the mlsmangsmont of
public arabn has produced i and notithltenteetin the dame offig
;boo ties have falls.w more deadly pesienes upon her.
We are of opinion, that it is not possible for you se 'baba a Repeal
of the Union, under resent cironastancis, without as appeal to force;
and we dePeettele thin last extrmnity so akage's*/ needled' mi= esti&
able and frattfht with calamities which canine be with..
out horror. we fear, also, that it would hod to a easiest be.
tween the people of the twocountriss, which would he fatally disastrous
to the welfare and indspendimat of each.
People of kilned ! A mamba' belong!' Led= mem. you.
A tyrannical borough faction oppresses es. It is their Weise esthetic
us; but it is our bares; to be united. Let not the sommes many
light the tomb of discoed between us. Let ne separate 'Neer be pm-
sued until the domination of the common enemy be destroyed.
We are of opinion, that if a Repast of the Unise b .sally nexessry
for the welfare of hiked, there would be no dilliathy in your b
It peacefully and elsomfully from a Reformed Pae lbreset. A AeflioliM
Parliament would be a disinterested Judge, mad could have no object in
denying justice to Iceland.
A Reformed Parliament, therefore, is the great object for you, and
foe us, weak.
Peopled' Ireland ! We call upon you to join us cordially and ef.
fectually in eery just and legsl measure which may be neeemary for
the accomplishment of this treat work. We all upon you to travel side
by aide with the people of in redressing the common wrongs
and the common injuries of both; and then, if any local wrongs of your
own should remain, you will have isteblished the surest claims upon
the national justice for their peaceful and effectual redress.
Friends, Countrymen, and Brothers ! We also have wrongs to ro.
drew rights to recover, interests to redeem. Let us matte cordially
together. Let no disco anion ourselves wakes our raced cause.
In she name and on the behalf of the Birmingham
Political Wen,
THOMAS ATTWOOD, Chairman.
By order of the Council,
BENJAMIN HADLEY, Secretary.