New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-18

TaLfue England nj Her Word.
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An excellent article, headed as above, appeared
IN last Saturdays Nation. Itwas in another form,
Of the like import with one published in the Con
naught Patriot. We print below the form Of petit
ti0n suggested by orr talented and esteemed CO.
temporary. We agree with the editor that the
words petition and pray are not taken in
their ordinary acceptation. Nothing is more usual
than finding party signing himself g Your humble
servant Now surely this is not done In the spirit
Of confessing nferiorfty 10 the party addressed
IL ID a mere conventional phrase, and implies
neither remotely nor proximatey o meanness Of
disposition or servity on the part Of the writer.
And as regards the term pray that word is Of
hourly use on the lips Of every educated person in
his or her intercourse with society. If we apply
TO person to point out a road we say, :" Pray,
which is the road to such place, which street
leads TO College Green ?" Pray. what s your
nameW moments reflection will make the
public understand that the words referred to, in
their ordinary acceptaton, involve nothing low or
unbecoming man Of honor.
Now to the main point; as England is SO loud in
procialming for annexations on the Continent and
the restoration of nationality, we shonId take her
at her word, and do what in us lies, to have our
Pariiament restored. Now s the time for Irishmen
70 oestr themselves; now is the season to arouse
themselves from their deep sumber. The king of
the forest having awakened from death like Sleep
being thoroughly refreshed is capable of terrible
attack If Ireland will only even now, arise in her
majesty, with recreated streng h. and benefitting
by her former disappointments being vigorously
combined for the winning back Of her piundered
rights, the Saxon must yield. The pickpocket
must surrender the purse. Let petitions be pre-.
pared in all places, and forwarded to the proper
quarter. 1t is vain to expect any permanent Inn
provemenl in Ireland from foreign Parliament.
The English Senate is incapable of legisating fol
this country. We must do SO ourselves.
'.Aidez vons. ct Deu aidera.u
To THE QUEENS Mosr EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
May Il please You. Majesty. the Petition Of he
Undersigned, Natires of Ireland,
To-, lee,
with deep concern the recognition Of the right Of
every people to change or choose their rulers and
form of government, which Is contained in the
speech delivered by your Majesty at the opening
of the present session of Parliament; and also con-
tanned in the speech delivered on a recent occasion
at Aberdeen by your Majesty's Foreign Secretary,
as well as in the speeches of many other statesmen
and persons Of high position in England, and in
the writings OF the most influential English news
papers.
That by the general approval with which those
speeches and writings have been received in Eng
land, and more especially by the course Of policy
pursued by your Majesty's Government in refer
ence to the late political events in Central Italy,
the sovereign, the ministry, the press and people
of England have, in the most distinct and public
manner, declared their approval OF the principle,
that every people who believe themselves to be ill
governed have right to change the system of gov
ernment which is displeasng to them. and to sub
stitute for it one of their choice, which choice
may be declared by majority Of the votes, which
1
| universal suffrage.
That, as is well known to your Majesty, from pc
| titions emanating from meetings atswhch millions
of your Majesty's subjects attended, as well as
| from other events at various times, which peti.
| TONERS deem it unnecessary to specify, very
strong desire exists among the Irish people to OBJ
tain in place of the present system of government
| in Ireland restoration of their native Parliament
and their legislative independence. That petition
ers are confident the overwhelming majority of th,
Irish people ardenty desire this restoration of the
national constitution, of which they believe they
| were unjusty deprved yet, as your Majesty's ad
vsers may have led You to believe that this desire
for domestic legislature is entertained by only q
minority of the population, petitioners behold il
| the proceeding SO highly approved by your Males
| ty's Ministers, viz: popular vote by ballot and
4 universal suffrage-a means by which the rea
| wishes of a majority of your Majesty's Irish sub
| jects may be unmistakabiv ascertained.
Your petitioners, therefore, pray that your Ma
| jesty may be graciously pleased to direct and au
thorize public vote by ballot and universal suf
frage in Ireland to make known the wishes of the
4 people, whether for native government and legis
4 lative independence, or for the existing system o.
/ government by the Imperial Parliament. Petition
| ers trust that their request will be considered
stronger, not weaker, in your Majestys estimation
for being made respectfully, peacefully, and with
| out violence instead Of being marked by such pro
ceedings have occurred dnring the recent politi
/ cal changes in Italy, which have been largel,
approved by your Majestys Ministers.
And, petitioners, as in duty bound will eve
pray. ~