A " hereditary- bondsmen " letter from Mr. O'Connell, at
Darrynaue, to " The People of Ireland," appears in the Dublin Pilot of Wednesday. Its object is to rouse Irishmen to make." another effort" for the good of their country. Mr. O'Connell calls their attention to the following not very new or striking " features in the present aspect of political affairs "-
" First, At no period of English history did there exist towards Ireland among the English people a stronger spirit of hate and antipathy than at the present moment.
" Secondly, This hate and antipathy are composed of two separate and dis- tinct ingredients. The one, national prejudice and dislike towards the Irish people ; the other, malignant enmity towards the religion of that people. 'ninny, The strength of the Tory party in England consists in the culti- vation of these two evil qualities. That party as no connecting link so strong or so universal as its bad passions towards Ireland. For, " Fourthly, The Whigs and Tories are almost agreed upon the subject of Re- form. There is but this difference—that while the Whigs refuse to work out the amelioration of British institutions, the Tories are anxious to diminish or to divert to their own purposes the improvements already made by the Whig,s. " Fifthly, The countenance and support of the Sovereign, which is enjoyed by the Whigs, would, in its nature, influence the moderate and more wealthy Tories to support the Ministers of the Crown, if they were not prevented from doing so by a more prevailing cause than that of respect for the Throne. " Mat cause is their bigoted hatred of Ireland and the Irish." [Fudge I] The horror of an Orange restoration is insisted upon in Mr. O'Con- nell's old style, and the means of preventing it pointed out'- " I ask every man this simple question : could a greater misfortune by any possibility occur to Ireland than the restoration to power of the Orange fac- tion in this country, backed by the Tories in England? There can be but one answer to the question. A greater misfortune to Ireland could not exist than the restoration to power of our malignant enemies, the Orange-Tory party" "In the first place, all hope of justice for Ireland—all chance of obtaining similar franchises for the Irish with those which the English enjoy—all chance of impeding or preventing the creation of fictitious votes in corporations or in counties —would cease. All prospect of relieving the land of Ireland front the payment of rent-charges to the clergy not of the people would be lost for ever. " But the evil would not rest here. There would be direct and positive op- pressions practised with impunity. All those who had been struck out of the counnission of the peace for partiality or incapacity would, of course, be re- stored ; and the ill-suppressed and only half-concealed animosity of many ex- isting Magistrates would no longer be cloaked or disguised, but, on the cons trary, would develop itself in the details of the most frightful enormity. The depopulation of the land would go on with increasing and accumulating rapidity. The Bench of Justice would be polluted by the promotion to the highest offices in the law of all those who most distinguish themselves by the virulence of their bigotry, and of their hostile feelings to the freedom of the Irish people. That people might, and probably would, he driven into useless and cruel insurrection; and, whilst they were slaughtered by an overwhelm- ing force, the island would be covered, from one end to the other, with blood and desolation.
" There is but one way of preventing the realization of the fearful scenes which I have thus described. But, blessed be Heaven! there is that way. It is, the registration of every elector who has not hitherto registered, and the reregistration of every person who has been six or even five years upon the registry.
"People of Ireland, you can save yourselves by one generous effort ; but that effort must be simultaneous—unanimous—universal I"
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