Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-30
THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 80. Is4a.

tho lessons OF peace inculcated by thei
leaders have been fully understood an
adopted into the popular sentiment, an
have become ihe fixed and unal,era bl
rule of their political conduct.
ayes, The proclamation has demonstra
ted that the irish people are 100 well con
v'nced of the strict propritty Of peacea
bic demeanor, not only to be desirous oil
hutto be incapable cf being provoked in
to any even the slightest force, violence
or breach OF the peace.
Eyes, The proclamation has come (,
place beyond all doubt the cheerful alac
ity with which The Irish are determined
TO adhere to their glorious sentiment, tina
le manenily usefui polit cal changes car
be best ATTAINED by peaceable and mora
means; and that no political chnnge car
he worth The price If any cns crime, anc
above all ."fone single drop OF human blood
Shall b. askel, vhl. then. is il I re
qune OF The Irish people? They have
honortd me with a confidence more un,
iluilet than evr was slowed before by
nat 90 on . single individual nv duty
s T. advise thsm with som. thing Of The
ioree 81 that nfluen e, which aim 81 re
mbes n command.
"Ny advice is two FOL /: | advise per.
severance in TWO different, but essential
" connected topics:
First, foremost, and above all, | ad
wise perseverance in peace and order
perseverance in avoiding any species Of
riot or vol nee whatsoever, no matter
what the provocation may be, no matter
what the irritation may be-, no matter
what the vexatlon still, peace, order, TO
la abstinence of all violence. In all and
every event, peace, ord 7, and absence
OF violence; and especially say--what-
ever be the event Of the pending ptosecu.
iion peace, order, and no violence.
Indeed, this advice is a superfluous
preiaution. In every event, reiterate
peace, order and no violence.
The second topic upon which re-
quife perseverance is the continued exer.
ons 10 all legal and constitutional sources
LETT open to procure the Repeal of the
Union Statue. The Repeal must not be
abandoned. On the contrary, every
event that is taking place proves more
clearly the absolute necessity Of local
Parliament, sanctioned by her Majesty,
and connected in an inyiolable bond with
her British domin:ons by the ,lden and
unonerous link of the crown of our reyer.
ed Sovereign, Qeen Victory.
Perseverance in peace, order, loyalty,
and allegiance. Persevere in constitution
al exeriion for obtaining the repeal Of The
obnoxious statute.
Prosecutions never yet extinguished
n great public cause. Prosecutions may
or may not relard, but they canno. termI-
nate the struggles to obtain ameliorated
institutions. There were several prose.
cutions in order to extinguish the struggle
for emancipation. Yet emancipation W as
triumphsntly carried. There were un-
numberei prosecutions to extinguish the
cause Of Parliamentary Reform, yet a
large instalment Of Parliamentary Refor.
nation was nevertheless triumphantly OBJ
tanned. The present prosecutions may
DO intended to extnguish The cause OF
Repeal. AS well may schoo5oy's rat.
lie be used to overpow,r the thunder Of
the ocean waves. Dropping figuralive
language, / can assert in firm sobrleiy and
truth, thai the pending prosecutions, even
shoul they delay, yet they cannst posi-.
bly, prevent the attainment by the Irish
nation Of their right To a domestic Parlis.
mint; but on the contrary. their effects
must be 10 Increase The necessity for III
existence of the IRISH Legislature n other
words, for thu req, al o tn titute # tie
40lh f q org lie rs.
People OF Ireland! b. PATIENT e per-
verlng.-Follnw out tie experiment. in
WHICH We are now engaged, to obtain our
poitic'i objects by peac, able means. 1t
is noble experiment that of endeavour-
ing to obtain the restor lion OF pnilicul
Sr,nchis' and tights by the use Of means
strictly aud exclusively poaceable and
legal.
Rally round ne in this noble expert.
meG', this glori"us Struggle. But not
abashed-b: not (oh! need say III oe
no: dismayed. Pence, order. tranquility
-lhes" are our arms. With these we
aIe certain oil success.
"Perseverr, and your country will be
a nation ngain, indissoluble connected
with Giea, Britain, but legislaling for him-
sell. Perssyere, firmly and peaccably
and the Repeal is CERTAIN.
al am, and always will be, your ever
faithful servant,
DANIEL O'CONNEI,L."
Mr.. O'ConnePs retrea. from the bar
gain by which b. was TO descend fiom
K peal t Federalism, in consde ,ation Of
all from f deralists, aud The advocates
Of complete Suffrage in England, may de.
rive some illustrations from such passages
as this, extracted from The Nation, tndi
catlng d satisfaction among his most ar
dent supporter
with The Cancellation Hall, on Mon
day, will open new aud vigorous agi,a.
tru. That day, It is understood, will wit
ness some remarkable aec, ssious to our
ranks; and it may be gathered from the
proceedings Of the last mestrg, that Mr..
O'C' nncil will cuunieuance a movem, nj
among those new allies for Fe lernl Par
'iamrnt, whle the ASSOCIATION Will contln-
ne t. demand an independent on. THIS
IS undoubte tly mumenluous measure e..
Fer ourselves, no reader OF The Nation
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