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could moi say less Of i; md We do not desire 4
say more Al present, les ge should Be accuse.
Of wishing 10 conlilue an excitement which il i
our first object 70 Mitigate and sxunguish.
You know fnIl Wc|lyou ean place the mos
implicit reliance upon Us. We never viii glv'
you any advice Inconsistent with your salety,o
with The due mainlenanc1 Of he public senti
mem in favour Of lie iniep1ndczce II The Irisl
Legislature. You know that Ne cherish ii.
pure lame Of patriotic devotion % Ireland. Yor
know that The sacred love Of falher-land ami
mates our bosoms with he delcru nation never
10 abandon he pu1s1it g me .1P<sl q the unior
until the Irish Parliament shall Be restored.
/ With these convictions on your minds, We
readily anticipate your ready acquiesence in ouI
advice. We state TO you distinctly that The only
way 10 obtain the repeal oflhe Union Il by legal
peaceful and constitutional exeflion III is i'm
possible that nation pursuing such a confse
should not obtain its great ubjsct--that rational
liberty which must include he self1managemenl
Of local affairs.
u you commita crime, you strengthen the en-
envy. II You violate the LAWYER break The peace,
you foTiify your foes. II is alegedtha you are
unit Tor self-goveInment. Oh. how falsely al
leed The best proof indeed, and The most
brilliant that you can give Of your capabiliiy Of
Regulating your own affairs. is Tho readiness with
which you submit 10 The advice Of your known
friends, and the care you take not 10 originate
Or commence an attack upon any person. The
alacfity with which you submit, not only to the
reality, but even 70 the semblance OF legal pow
er, proves that you are better fitted 70 manage
your national concerns than are those in whose
hands the practical detail ofpubic business hap
pens TO be al present vesteds
We, therefore, confdeniaHy advise you to OBJ
serve The ii Far
riot, tumut or breach Of the peace-td adhere
nrmly 70 your principles, but al The same time
not p interfere with The opinions Of any Others.
u Is our duty as well as our interest 10 concil-
late every body-to iDjure nohody-frmly 10 re
pudiaie all connection between the Repeal ques-
lion and any distinction Of creed or relieon-
what weseek is not for the benefits or sect or
persuasion. but il is intended equally for all.
Strong in these prnciples-duiifui in our a.
legiance 10 the Crown-ardent ID our love Of
falherland-convinced that our Parliament can
rs restored BY no other means Than these of
peaceabe and legal exertion I'VE most anxious
" advise we most earnestly implore you, not to
Dc seduced into any species Of tumult, riot, OF
violence, by any event that may occur.
Under The present circumstances, nothing can
juslliy any breach Of the peace. Whatever may
occur, be no parties TO any violence whatever,
and be assured that we thus ooin; Out the route
tocertain and not remote restoration of The Irish
Parliament. Signed BY order, IA
DANIEL o'cosSrLL,
Chairman oethe Committee. "
Il appears that the arrests are 10 have
very, wide scope. including several editors
Of the Journals, and The gentlemen con-,
-rIt was 1eneraIIy oeIievedzs -,
we're r. to s. imgshd Lord French;
HE Righs;;n;en, movements which ied =, =
p1 ne ine.gs MI. O'Conuell we're - lol-
d erres. 2, Grey arrived al Dublin quite
unexPseses on the 6ih.-Early next
morning ss..-y cSancil was held, and The
IesoI' was the issuing 81 : proclamation
ior me snerrsssion Of sle Clontart meet.
ing, signed BY iEe Lord Lieutenanl and
Grivy Council.
As soon Is thisFFoelamation was known,
Mr.. O'Connell called special meeting
Of the Repeal Association, which was nu-
merously attended. the result Of whose
deliberations was the issuing Of the follow
ing counter proclamation -
O'CoNNELL,s PROCLAMATION.
| NorIcE.-Wheress.. there has appeared un-
der the signature or z. B. Eugden, Donodgh-
more Eliot, r. Blackburne, 3. Blakeney, Fred.
Shaw. T. B. G. Smith, paper being, Or pur-
porting 10 be, q proclamation, drawn upin very
loose apd inaccursie Terms. and manifestly mis-
representing known facts. the object Of which
appears 10 be to prevent ihe public meeting in
tended to be held tomorrow, the 9th 0ctnber,
Al clenlarf, 10 petition parliament for the repeal
d the hateful and destructive measure Of the
Legislative Union: a3 80
And whereas such proclamation has not sp-
Al mill - snf h. ft.e ~ ID
Saturday, the TIN, so that II is impossible that
the knowledge Of It's existence could be eommu-
nicated in the usual Official channels, or BY the
post, in time to hare lis contents known 10 the
persons intending to meet 1t Clon:srf. Tor the
purpose Of psttioning % aforesAid; whereby III
disposed persons mag have an opportunity, I'M
der color Of said proclamation, TO provoke
breaches Of the peace, or commit violence on
persona istending 10 proceed peaeeably and le.
| gally TO said intended meeiing,-
We, therefore, the Committee Of the Loyal
National Repeal Association, do most earnestly
request and entreat, that al we'll disposed per.
sons will. Immediately On receiving this intima-
ticn. repair 10 their own dwellings. and not place
eeiving any III treatmsnt whatsoever.
And We do further INFORM such persons, thai
without yielding in sny thug % the unfounded
allegations in said alleged proclamation, we
deem II prudent and wise, and above all things
humane, to declare that said meeting Is sban,
doaed, and IS not 70 be held. Signed BY order
DANIEL O'CoNGELl.
Saturday, 7th Oct, 81, p M. 1s43.r
Extensive military precautions were
taken on Sunday. The Guards at the
places where they are usually stationed
10 the city itself were doubled. and will
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