Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-10-21

subjects who have influence and authori
~ In Ireland, will discourage TO tho utmost
of their power a system Of pernicious
agitation which disturbs tho industry and
re,ards the improvement Of that country
and exciteS feelings Of mutual dis,rust
and animosi,y between different classes oil
my people. t..
Plan for Ae RenetOed Action Of the Irish
3 Parliament.
The Repealers we're still going ahead,
and Daniel O'Connell had made public his
plan for tho restora ton Of the Irish Par
lament. As one Of the most ineret fling
items Of the mail, we annex it entire:
The Irish people recognize, acknowl-
edge, maintain, and will continually pre-.
serve and uphold upon tina throne Of Ire
land, her Majesty Queen Victoria (whom
God pro,ectD Queen, by undoubted right,
and by Hereditary descent Of Ireland, and
her heirs and successors forever. The
people Of Ireland recognize, acknowledge,
maintain and will continually preserve
and uphold, all the prerogatives Of her
Majesty, and OF her heirs and successors
belonging to, and truly allegiance bear,
pure, undivided and indivisible to her Ma.
jesty, her heirs and successors forever
9. The people Of roland acknowledge,
and will maintain and preserve forever,
the privileges hereditary and personal, Of
the peers Of Ireland, together with the
legislative and judicial authority of the
Irish House Of Lords, and the exercise Of
the prerogative in augmenting and limi-
ting the peersge, as the same did of righ.
exis. before the year 1900.
8. The people Of Ireland do firmly in
sist upon the restoration Of the Irish
House Of Commons, consisting of 800 rep.
ersen,atives Of the Irish people; and claim
in the presence Of their Creator the righ:
Of the people Of Ireland TO such restora.
ton. They have submitted to the Union
as being binding by law; but they declare
solemnly that it is not founded on right,
or on constitutional principle, and that it
is not obligatory upon conscience. They
agree with the Tory Attorney General
Saurin, that the only binding power Of the
Union is the strength Of the English do
mina,ion. They also agree with him that
resistance to the Union is in the abstract a
duty, and the exhibition Of that resistance
a mere question of prudence. They will
therefore resist the Union by all legal,
peaceful, and constitutional means.
4. The plan for the restoration Of the
Irish Parliament is as follows:--l. That
the county members should be increas
ed to l73 in the manner hereinafter
specified. 2. That there should be- 1877
members returned from cities and towns,
in the manner hereinafter mentioned. s..
That the county Of Carlow, being the on
iy county in Ireland with less than iOo,I
600 inhabit ants, should get an increase of
! member, so as TO have 5 representatives.;
that every other county having above
100, 900 inhabitants should get an increase
Of members that every county ranging
above l50, 900 inhabitants should get an
increase of 8 members.
That every county ranging above $780,
600 inhabita should get an increase of
4 members.
That the county Of Tipperary, having
more than 100000 inhabitants, but less
than 500, 900, should get an increase of 8
members.
That the county OF Cork, having more
than 100000 Inhabitants, should get an
increase OF 10 members.
5. With respect to the towns and cities
il is proposed that the city Of Dublin, ha.
wing more than 100000 inhabitants,
should have 8 representatives; 4 for the
parts north Of the Lifey, and 4 for the
parts south Of the Liffey.
That the University OF Dublin should
continue, on the basis Of it's present con-
stituency, to send members.
Il 10 supposed that the city OF Cork, ha.
wing more than 100000 inhabitants,
should have members.
That the city Of Limerick and the
town Of Belfast, having respectively more
than 100000 inhabitants, should send 4
members each.
II is proposed that the town Of Galway
and the cities Of Waterford and Kilkenny,
having respectively more than 100000
lnh abilants, should send each members
10 Parliament.
That other towns having about 1000
should each send members
to Parliament and that 40 other towns,
next highest in the ratio of population,
should send member each.
schedule Of the different places to re-
turn members to the Irish Parliament will
show their relative population. and the
number of members to be assigned 10
each was then set forth, and the report
proceeded as follows:
Then tho population is taken from the
returns ofiS3i, which, having been made
for . Indifferent purpose, and without any
reference whatever 10 the repeal Of thsI