Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-25
TO THE PEOPLE or IRELAND.
LONDON. March 5.

the t1ouse Of CommCns.
 It is a measure of stupendous importance, and deserves the ardent and decided support of every friend of rational liberty.
 It annihlates, at one bloS oflu the rotten boroughy, and destroys in alrlowns and cites the odious corporate monoply, which hither- tousurped the rights of the people
 For example--in Dublin the Corporation have BOW the returnof both Members; they accordingly excluded the son of Henry Grant tan j; himself one of the frmest and boldest friends of Ireland. This power of the Cor poraton will be destoyed for ever.
 All nonresident voters will be done away With-none but residents can vote.
 Every householder in Dublin whose house is worth ten pounds a year, will have a vote It is net by the profit that this vote IS to be calculcated--itis is simply by the value ot the house. Any house for which ten pounds al year rent is paid, or could be paid, gives a vote to the resident householder.
 The present registered freeholders are to be allowed their votes during their lires--thati is, all freeholders who were registered prior to the 1st of January last
 The present resident frcemen are to be al lowed their votes during their lives, provided they continue to reside in Dublin. That is, all such as were free the first of Jan. last
 No futUre freeman is to vote for Member ofParliament as such freeman; but, ofcourse, he may vote as aten-pound householder.
 A similar change takes place in all the oth- er towns and cities in Ireland. There will not be single close of propriety borough h.--I The Duke of Devonshire will no longer nomi- nate to Youghal-Sir E. Denny will no longer nominate to Tralee--Lord Charleville will no longer nominate to Carlow--Lord Enniskil len will no longer nominate to Enniskilen-l Lord PortarlingtoD will no longer nominate to Portarlington--Mr Wynne will no longer nominate to Sigo;an so of all other boroughs. | The resident inhabitant householders, living in houses worth ten pounds year, will be the voters
 In England, in the counties, the 40s. free holders,g are retained-copyholders, large class, are to be allowed to vote-persons hay ing leases of twenty enc years, and paying g50 year rent are to be entitled to vote.- Thus, in the English counties, the 4os. free holders are to be retained and two new class es-;wo large new classes--are to be intro. | duced. Happy England, which has resi- dent Parliament giving it the full benefit of every improvement.
 In Scotland, the number of voters is to be | enol mously increased. Atpresent the right to vote Is almost purely fictitious and ludi- crously small, In the county of Southerland, | which is represented by Lord F. L. Cover, | there are at present but 24 voters-thev will | probably exceed 1000. l say this, because | there are tobe new classes of voters created | in Scotland; that is, a class of lease holders ! It is not only the freeholders, but every man who has a lease for 10 years in Scotland, may be entitled.
 This, then, is great measure as it relates to England and to Scotland, and as it also re- lates to the corporations and close and rotten cities, towns, and boroughs in Ireland, it de- serves so far the most unequivocal support.
 But, as one might have expected during | the administration of Lord Anglesea and of Stanley, it refuses to the counties in Ireland whatit gives to EngliSha and Scotch counties, that is, itrefuses any extension of franchise | whatsoever,
 Why should the leasehoders for terms off years vote in English and Scotch counties, | and not be allowed inIrish counties? Let the administration of Lord Anglesca and Stanley | answer that question.
 But they shall net have it all their own way. i will press on the House this cruel injustice. l If the House establishes so much in England and Scotland, surely they cannot refuse to ex- tend to Ireland a similar act of justice,
 Rally on with me, my Countrymen--rallvI | with me in support of the principle of this measure. Allow me to entreat that every county, city, town, and parish in Ireland will meet to petition for Parliamentary Reform. Let your petitions, for the sake of unanimitv. be confined to the measure Of Parliamentary Reform alone. Understand mel donot mean to advise you to abandon or postpone the ques- tlon--the vital, the life or death question, of the Repeal of the Union. But do decided | ly, unequivocally, and most earnestly advise you to hold separate and distinct meetings to petition tor Reform. Let nothipg but Reform | Ca nTNiC Cf thaCa I bine every friend to freedom at every meet. | ing to support the great measure of destrov- ing the rotten and close boroughs, together With the Cooperation monopoly of Ireland.
 Gall loudly, unanimously, and vigorously | for the extension of the franchise in our coun- | ties. Remind the House of the cruel, and base injustice of destroying the 4Os freehold | CTS in Ireland. Call for the right of Irish leaseholders to vote in counties as well as those of England and Scotland
 Let me lmplore my countrymen, of every sect and persuasion, to rally round the British | Ministry on this occasion. The reform mea- | sare may not be as extensive as many true lovers ct liberty may desire. I is not as ex- tensive as could and do wish. Above all. it 1 does rot include voting by ballet. But is | does includea great, substantial, powerful | Reform of the most gross and prominent H. buses. It is great constitutional experiment | Let US support it. It will, if carried into ef- | feet, either demonstrate that more is not ne- cessary, and so content all reasonable men or it will facilitate every improvement, and render any future Reform which may be de- monstrattd as necessary not only safe and se- cure, but also certain {,
 ms, m short, IS the first payment of the great national debt Of redress and power, which are due to the people by the Aristoc- racy. It is the first instalment. which the