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* * Irish Litany. DUBLIN, May 11. _To the Printers of the_ Rights _of_ Irishmen. GENTLEMEN, I am enabled by an invisible power to communicate to you, a Litany sanctioned by me, and to be adopted by the professors of the patriotic religion of Ireland; a Litany which breathes the spirit of that freedom which I professed when on earth, and has been here on eternal record; if its principle and doctrine tend to enlighten and emancipate your country, it will add (if possible) to that indescribable happiness enjoyed by him, whom, without vanity, I may now call the virtuous and patriotic MIRABEAU. _Elysium, 5th Feb._ 1792. _THE LITANY._ 1st. Let there be a free, equal, and general representation of your people in Parliament. And all the people shall say amen. 2d. Let there be a reform of your church, an abolition of tithes, and let each sect maintain its own pastor. And all, &c. 3d. Let the people of my terrestrial country be an example to your people, and let their freedom be your freedom. And all, &c. 4th. Let the fetters which the nobles of your land have forged, be broken asunder; and let those who earn, distribute the bread of Ireland. And all, &c. 5th. Let each man freely worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. And all, &c. 6th. Let christians be philosophers, and let philosophers be christians. And all, &c. 7th. Let the rich few no longer be supported by taxes on the many and unrepresented poor. And all, &c. 8th. Let all the sons of Hibernia be free--yea, even as free as the negroes[D] of Africa. And all, &c. 9th. Let truth never be deemed a libel, and let the Liberty of your Press be extended. And all, &c. 10th. Let the noble (tho enlisted) sons of Ireland never b
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