Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-12-07
Letter fran de Citizens of .quO,un, to Daniel

Ireland, recently held at Auburn. and afer beng
signed by the Elk Governor andothers was despatch
ed to Ireland.
SIR: At your entrance into public life, the industry
ct your very popul'us country langu shing, its
island shores were deserted by commerce; aud ill
rewarded abo-ers negli5ently cultivated. for absent
and a!enated proPrleters, its heds OF unsurpassed
fertility
A people distinguished for conten.meut, cheerful
and generosity, deplored the suhVprSinn nt their
tical const tut on by fraud, and OF Their al'ars by
force. Exile and the scatild had extitpared the
h'pe OF national de iveranre; military service aud
eXparlaon were the only knoSn alternatives OF re-
lief from the evils ofmsgoverment aud oppression.
Il was no simple merit o" ur part to conceive
purpose, to restore the liberties oil peope 50 long,
SO completely, so hnpeessly suiJ cted tor expert
ence shows that revol- lions in ssing the
advances of desputisin rather than in uverthrowing
it when estab ished.
But it less that purpose, than the plan for its
accomplishment, that commanded admraton.-
Forms Of English Cunsttu nal l. berry had been
family impressed on the vice. regal government OF
Ireland; and that nobe conntry, though reduced 10
PROVING, enjoyed shadow OF representation in
the Imperial Parliament. q
You the first of all men, at least in turope, to
discern that human spirit had suppanted that of
former ages, and that reason persuasion, religion
and moral conbnari'n, instead OF arms. We're now
tn" agents of Civil Revolution.
You early conceived the design to restore he Leg
isative pnwer uf Ireland. b. employing those agents
alone, and according to the forms ot the British Gov
| eminent.
! For period of thirty years, yon have steadily,
firmly. and thus far successfully, persevered IN this
! grand design; encnunerng first the cold ndiffer-
| ence OF the Irish People, exhausted as they were,
and awed by foreign nagistracV and military
power; then the cnntnmey and ma eroence OF
those who profed BY the humiliation of your coun-
trynen; then the contempt of thse who, lncapabe
OF estimating the efficiency OF your system, desplScd
its apparent inndrouacy and mi<t0ok cam ribrtons To
the civic fund # Repeal for supplies OF your avarce,
and he zeal of your followers tor the fuel of your
ambition; then OBJ taces of legal form; rhcn ari,toc.
racy aitery and the offers OF Royal tavoT rhen Par
iamentar" coaiions ot parties, each OF whom, when
ascendant, swnyed tie de~tinies OF Europe; and f.
naly, denunciaions from the throne. and exhibitions
OF military power, before which the nations OF the
earth have succumbed.
| In so great work y.u long stood alone. Liberia
tors Of other countries always had nndiutors, often
so efficient as IT, become ita' us and dangerous RI
walls But yours has heen the cnvlab'e distinction IT
being not merely first chief, but for long time
almost unsupp rted. And even now, your mind is
the mind OF irelandv"ur voice her organ, a1d your
person the representative oil her eight millions OF
people;
numbers unprecedented, aud with rel solutions npSon-
querabe. Those masses have been excited, not
in other countries, by INVASION alarm of invasion.
but by your impasslnnnte appe us to their RI
otiSn, md the love OF berry, which dwell in the
hearts OF ynur cCuntrymen.
Again. those masses, although excited to the hight
which every where csc has developed rebellion.
moi merely ralient a pacific, hut prot undIH sui
miss i've to The laws however unequal, and loyal to
the throne. however Inaccessible.
In all other Sta'es. ancient and mndern revolution.
| airy heroes have snrr 'un,Pd their p'rSonS WIN m
cuIst' ''H' . "Hose w. III 81 ' W ~, ~ e' W.
"lr ll'e'l Nele i ,',' IN
leF'ed an n'i'a'y prepH'"o''S' all" 'P'eSseu al
sympathy in your helin't
r. our "'Iesl M"s pf oy ~ - @
ecu ltrV bv forty til us and armed nCu, nud more
than million un@rmcd, wa,ed but your permission
tn Join in the conflict for Liberty thus INV ted. Vet
you voluntarily in he po er If the law, NEE ing
the oppres-"ra OF your county N her Civil Tribunals
md mt an ho-u arn, has been raised. nor even
drop Of blood been shtd, even IN turul' nee or hy
"criGent.
! Few IT us have listened to the speech 'hHt mas
done all fhes" wonderful thlng~ bu u oqutnCr De
II dged by lis cfeciS' yours exec Nlat OF ifhhue
ad our o"n tuirlck iicnfy, ana Was nara s"IpaS
s d IN the ancient rep pics
J with the enthusiasm OF Nnr "eHefSon' ana me
J comprehensive PIN aWhrnpV OF Inc Vnrngef HdA,ns.
on hav" thus tar exhibited moderation and sngacy,
not rthv even nj W aShIng'on
! Should Won succeed IN restoring she Nnlon0l
Legislature of Ireland, without lie calam "i civil
war. the event VIII be h'rdy les ausplcous to ihe
cause of human II erly, Than Our own Revolution
AID s'ioul the etIort 81 noble YET humane. fad
| atitr " hnt hrs been ready accomplished. which
w wiz not allow ourselves TO fear, Ireland vii hHve
| est hlished irner ho'd unOu vir -ymNa iles,
| aud YOU will have achieved place among the Ben.
| ellrt re- of Mankind.
The ,sh Marion are endparea 10 the American
Pcop'c hy cOnsan"uinry, and hy m"tua and rrepr"s-
| lie svnpnihcs We cti7Prs ut the United States.
| some i us nv birth and Others by nd pun, hu, all
quail in our rights, aud alike, if equal in our
sy,nparhies for Ireland in this crisis mnmrn'o"s
10 her vo,, and To the cause ct koman Liberty re-
fully tender to Won and TO your associates the
! HOMAGE Of nnr profound respect. ard our terveut
WI. hos for vour and their safe de iverauce from per.
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