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jIt ¥ B 3 £ snSf ^ Fzam ihe month of Angnsi last to jjjrpresent time , I ^ onM iiot consider myself any-Hun g jBjjra than a prismerai large . Baring , hower er , & * 3 asi iroioi flown the eonspiracj hy which , jiad Ii succeeded , I "was to hare been destroyed and gariism "was Jo hate been annihilated , it incomes a < tuij whichToweto iajself Mid to tie Cfeaafisiiody * q announce the course which in future I mean to
-puisne . Jirstlyj lowers ^ allow me to take a sigw of the pjst - asm tnelength of time that has transpired ^^ a » arrestsini « ptember last , ihe public mind ^ nij isTa lost « aghi of the question as a whole . Banig escaped the snare that-was laid for me , 1 jjjjjDOW make -a free declaration © f the amoHnt of ^ inje of -which thB ConTeMnee Delegates were pfliy . Let masters of this kind aid as they may , Aether snceessSnllyj at an amount of expenee which jojght be spared , or disastrously , —you asa thinking j ^ jonj ht Jo demand some satisfaction for the large ynrmni of money drawn , from yon for legal purpoess
As one of the delegates to that Conference , I ^ snxejoa ^ P 011 mJ word a mpon my honour , and npon jny oslh , ihat eTeryfiang done at it icas pubj ^ ned iuihe Slar of the following Saturday ; and is gs Jeiibeiacons it had no mor « to do with say other I ^ aj , with any conspiracy , or with any secret assoosasDi ^ hsn ocr body ha 3 to do with the Anti-Corn jaw Leagued Nevertheless ana nstwithstandlug onr irBOSsnce , had the arrests been made in ^ Be io hare ecarred the trial of the parties sx the -Special Coaimisacn at liTerpbol , I have no hemiason in saying , that many of those who were
-jned at Lancaster would haTe been transported !! j iBoir ihsJ yon Istb snared at that period of jbwyjhi when you would not esteem the -m-nn the jnnre * iaT 2 E 5 committed himself ; and iherefers , never having yet been charged with ia angle ingserefion of my own , Iieel myself bound , now that the haule is ot ^ , —and especially as the country -use led to sippose thax 1 was the " great offender , ' gje jnsB wio ba ^ entrapped my dupes , —to assure jcnifc&t I had neither hand , act , or part in the doling up of that placard enthlsd lie Exe-^ ogm Placard f that I never heard of it until
after it had been printed ; and that then , when jnbiaitted to a portion of the delegates , I told 2 hem that " as long as I was one of their Coawflj and as long as they zelled npon ms Sir protec'ion , so long would I , even in the siiasiof excitement like the present , and regardless of ihe dasger of opposing in consequence of the txdtement , still interpose and save them from the &ngs of fee law . * I said , ™ if yon adopt this document bv a majority , I will not desert yonevtn
injoarfoliy : but when we haTe all suffered alike , the wise and ihe indiscreet , then if our folly furnishes * warning to our party , I shall be satisfied hat I tdl yon ihat by snoh adoption yon will s&bjeet yoursdres to the fate of the Dorchester labourers . " And npon the faith tisat the dele guca had in me , the document was all but unanimously rejected I yet the opinion to which the J&famej General would hare l 6 d the Jury , was fiiaj 1 avowed myself to become a prey ta the ens&i » excitement .
It is quite trne that had it not heen for that Placard , no charge ceuld have been made against &e Conference Delegates zhm while 1 thns designate it as the foundation * of the prosecution , 1 am also bound to say that had ihat document been adopted by a meeting of Delegates at a time of perfect trasqnifily , S would have passed wholly unnotieedby the Law Officers of ihe Crown , Barag said 30 much npon the question of trimmafiiy , I may now be allowed to say a word cpoa the result . I ask = you , then , whether there i 3 sn instsscB upon record of such a baitle fought
against the Crown , the Treasury , and the sympaiiies of all the idloential classes 1 In former castSj thswholeof what is failed the " Liberal" psrty symjafiased-wiih the oppressed ; but in onr case , the "Whig 3 WEre , if posable , morarabid than ihe Tories whOfi the AniiOIonopolists or " ^ Extra-Liberals '' far oat-stripped ioth in ferocity 1 "While 1 was under thelash ofpeTsecuuoiL , I deioted sixaconlhs of my time to opposing ihB damnable doctrines of Free Trade , iy STatui » u = rredi ^ Bg the JSvening Star ;
and 1 courted and won the hatred of the Tory paiij hi OBDDsin&thfcLilfiESrs , "Walter , at IScttins-Vto . Bponthe mal , I did not flinchirom my piindplas or seek to strengthen my own csse by weaksuDgihaiofoiheis . So far 1 haTe performed my dory . 1 hare sailed wish you in the storm i and can now join with yenin rejoicing at onr escape . But mark me I wiola the triumph of others may be complete , if coffiiug eyents east their shadows before , jaine may be most unexpectedly disturbed .
Snce I opposed ihe Walters , at I ^ ottiaoham , the 'Tana newspaper has been filled with the most bnsal , TiadicDTe , and bloody attacks upon me . After the publication of the £ rst attack I directed a crril action for libel to be brought against the real proprietor , Mr . "Walter . To my astonishment npon application to the Stamp Office , 1 learned that ihis renegade poltroon—fhis Ticions eld man was gratifying his spleen at the erpence of omb " Anna Breffic , " who ft appears is the regisSeredproprieteress « f 3 Ir . Walter ' s paper . I hare proceeded againa the Tana by crril action , rather than indictment or criminal information ; as by cItH action the old Irate will haTe the power " tojusfify" and to prodcee * Tidence in support of eTery one of his charges
whereas had 1 proceeded by indictment or criminal informatsoBjhe would box haTe been allowed to do so . As ihose liteb Teferred to matters that ooenrred at Kottingbam , I hare laid the Tenne in Kovtingiaioshsre for the convenience of the delendant ; i £ & at the next assizes for that county Mr * WsTter will hare an opportunity of establishing flat of "wach he ha 3 asserted he has ample proof . Oihar parties hare made themselves responsible to the * la . w" by circulating the Timss ' s lying statements , while they hare forborne to circulate my denial , or Mr . Beggs ' s contradiction . Let such PJKhs ** look out . " They are sore that the " law " iasallowed me to " escape , " as they call it . They cannot grumble , then , if the law ^ should happen lo hoU lhimjasi 1 1 hid them to " look ont" 1
The tinie has arriTed when you "will require from me an account of my stewardship . In next "Reefs Star I purpose laving before the country my 2 > alsbce sheet , as treasurer of ihe Itefence pund ; ^ and while 1 shall withhold any present expression of congratalaiioa , 1 juay Tentme to s = S 3 Tt , and tkat proadiy , thai every friend to the cause of the people inH be more than satisfied with ths manner in "Which their moaies hare been applied , and the com psntrrd ysmaH amount which baa been expended m so msu 7 complicated trials , and so many procias-* a « ed icaring 3 before the Queen ' s Bench . Bnt * i 3 e jdj own friends will thank me and rejoice , * he enemies of justice and the people wili look sui .
- As to onr fhture course , I sh all sddrt 553 yon next Week as to what my opinion is upon thai point . In de mean iime , let ns cheer ourselves t"th the re-^^ ioa that the csuse of democracy , though checked for the moment , neTer lakes one backward step ^ bere we were stopped in September , frcm that Point westart afresh in July , strengthening curselves * 5 We progress , and making past errors , beacons to " Bar B ns of the shoals and quicksands ; and ooi lights tognide nsia ourconroe . Inihemeanamelamnoi lg le , insanuch as I am daily occupied in preparing for yon a workuponPractieal Farming , which I haTe
*> e Taniiy * o suppose will prepteses yen more in «* Mir of Free Political Institutions than aB the "kerilhaTe -smtt ^ or all the Epeeches I hare deliverer nj ) On ^ snbject . This I imagine is a ffi 0 If Pro&table applicafion of my time than any sectional nae that I could joake of I * . "Wien I am ailing at »> , <(« & , I am Epeakmg . ^ o all : and when I i » re oondudea my promised work , I anaJl devote ay time , firsaj ^ ^ jepayment of the monies idTineed iy the seTeral lccalitiesior the purpose oi ending debates to lie Slnrje Conference atBir-^''"' phiTn .
jSi&b is now a point npon which I wish to tooe distinctly understood . Ilia this i I have spent so large a sum of money in the cause of Chartism , ¦* ad so large an amount 'H »» been stolen into , me "b y Gorerament proBecnfioBB , ibat 1 ** a not now able to spend fifteen or twenij Pounds per week in traveling expenses as ivBa&ri ji and Inererwill traTelam 2 eat any otha
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man ' s expense . From this , however , you are not to conclude that I am about to lead a sedeatary life altogether ; but from it I wish \ on to understand that my Tisits to different localities will be in exact proportion to my means . I canuot conclnde this letter without congratulating you upon the great triumph which , through the law , we TiaTe achieved over the united factions that wonld have used the perversion of the law for our destruction 1 Neither can 1 abstain from a word of comment upon your magnanunon 3 oondnct wuh reference io the policy pursued towards you by
some of the Irish agitators for a Repeal of the tJnion . I can never , as an Iridiman , express mj fnll amount of gratitude to you for jour condnct on thispoint , Remain as yon are , —a tower of strength to tfie good man and a Urror to the evil doer 1 Cast back no taunt upon those who would heap revilings npon you , whiie they even profess a desire to accomplish agreai principle , although by other mean 3 than we haTe thought proper to use . From enr obstinacy tne good Eha « l suSer no damage ; while from the projected disunion the bad shall find no pretext for failure *
Wherever democracy lifts her sacred head there baa Chartism erected her bloodless banner 1 Wherever ike battle of liberty is to be fought , the Chartist body will be ever found on the side of righteousness , of jnstice , and of truth- There is only one thing against which I would guard you ; and that is against entering into any " foreign alliance , " or courting the aid of foreigners , fu the adjustment of our national ^ fikirs I To my countrymen I would say , in the language of the immortal Emmett : " Let the French only gain a footing in Ireland over the dead oodies of her sdbs . " So said Emmett in 1803 and
sojsay I in 1843 : for believe me , that a stronger powerneTer yet was iavited as arbitrator by a weak one that she did not seiza the first opportunity tomake herself the possessor ! And mLer , ten thousand times rather , would 1 knev that my countrymen bure for yet a little longer tue chains they havebeen accustomed to , than ihat they should cast them off but to receive those of mere modern invention , and which they would be compelled to wear for ever ! 1 Thonght and sobriety are daily rusting the rivets of their old manacles ; and , before long , these must fall asunder I Rarher , ten tnonsand
times rather , if the alternative only presented itselfj would 1 see Ireland united to England until the soundness of British mind shall declare the Union dissolved , than see the connexion severed by the aid of French swords J Rely upon it , my friends , that you have not yet seen evea ihe begiuuiEg of thia struggle . I attach but slight importance to tha bold words of one party , or to the affected moderation of the other party . I view the subject as a whole ; and , as a whole , I see obstacles and stumbling blocks which nothing short of the greatest wisdom ^ she greatest prudence , the greatest courage , and the
greatest watchfulness can overcome ; but which magnanimity and prndtnee will go far to remove . The subject of "Repeal is being so fully discussed in the Star that I am spared the necessity of entering folly into it here ; therefore I shall take my leave for tiie present , by once more assuring yon of my undir misished attachment to tbs cause of Chartisjn , and my unabated cLeterminauon to go on perseveringly in its advocacy , as the only means by which 1 shall ever hope , or shall ever ns « , to convince my friends of my sincerity and my foes of their igeoriiice . I am .
Your faithful , nnbought , And unpurchaseable friend , Feaegcs O'Consob . P . S . I have repnblkhed the whole of the " Staieof Ireland" , written by Arthur O'Connor in 1798 , in am number ^ at 4 d . a number ; and it is my most anxious desire that every Chartist who purchases this work will lend it to those who aro too poor to buy it , because from it they will learn the real value of Chartist principles , a true knowledge of Political Economy , and the desirableness of
establishing the small farm system as the basiB of society . In fact , I look upon the " State of Ireland , " by Arthur O'Connor , as ike mc 3 l valuaUe work that could be published at the present moment ; and I have made it so cheap that I doubt ihat any circulation will remunerate me . However , I shall be more than repaid for any loss , if I learn that it has had the effect of enlightening the minds of the working classes upon tha all-important subjects of Free Political Institutions , and what really constitutes Political Economy and Social Happiness . F . O . C .
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NEWCASTLE . —The CbaiUsts ef Neweast : e and Oatesbead held their business -weekly meeting on Monday evening . Mr . John Gain in the chair . The gentlemen nominated as the "General Council on last meeting night , having taken tfceir seats , Mr . Johnstone moved , and Mr . Watsen seconded , " That the Chartists of Ke'srciEtle and Gateshead form themselves into a mutual instrnctien das on each Monday evening after the fcnsineBs of tfc 8 evening is transacted . " Carried unanimously- Mr . Johnstone having resigned the situation of secretary , as he is going to leave towu , Mr . Jl * Fariaae gave notice that on next Monday evening , he would propose Mr . James Fiazer as the future snb iEcretary- The contribntiras for the week haviBj been paid in , and a good deal ef local business transacted , the meeting was dissolved .
Repeal . A public meeting of the inhabitants ; of Newcastle and Gateshead was held in theFarth on Monday * veniag to petition Parliament for an immediate Bepeal of the legislative TJnion of Great Britain and Ireland . Mr . Sinclair having been unanimously elected to preside , opened the proceedings by stating the orjects of meeting , and introduced Mr . Beesley , who was received with loud applause . After a very able speech of upwards of an honr in length , in which he very Bifcmtely described tie state of things in Iieiand and the various modes adopted by the powers that be to rob them of their birthrigLt , Mr . Beeiley movt& the following resolution , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Frankland and agreed to with only one < iisseEtieBtnamely , — " That this reeling is of opinion
, that the Union of Ireland with Great Britain is inimical to the best interests of that country ; and as it was fomduleaHy accomplished contrary to the expressed indies * f the great majority of the Irish people , we do moBt heartily concur with that iU-used nation ( in their demand of an immediate B = peal ; and do hereby pledge ourselves to use every constitutional means in onr poirer to assist them in procuring , not only a - " domestic parliament / but a parliament that will [*• a complete refiex of the whole people , as the sure cnaranle © that the people will not again be Bold contrary to t--e inclination of the majority . The Chairman next introduced Mr . Samuel Ejdd , bookseller , of South Shields , who was also lonely applauded . Mi K . -commenced by showing the stambling-blocks placed Britain nd Irelandin
by tie hireling press of Great a , ' the path to eqnal justice ; aud instanced tte Calres-Kead Observers remarks upon the public meeting in the F ^ -rth on last Tuesday evening . They wens not Babs-£ ea by robianS tbe iBflnence of the meeting by dividing their jeal numbers by at least ten ; bnt they , Whig-like , sttribnted Sabse motives to honesta men than themselves , because th * y advocated a Bepeal or the TJnion and rejected a Bepeal of tte < 5 orn LaWB . _ Now ^ he { Mr K . ) was prepared to prove that it was iDjudiwons in any worKEg man to advocate a Bepeal of the Corn lawa , because such a Bepeal -would be a curse , and not a blessing to the ¦ Br orkiiJg classes ; but xt was perfectly consistent in any man to contend for justice to the IriA people . He admitted that a mere Bepeal of ibe TJuion Tronia not « ff « ctuB 5 ly remove the existing for
aistwaain Ireland ; Imt it would lay a-foundatto ^ tood ¦ which , if built upon by the whole people wouia Biantthem the means of effectnolly removiniflieir . distress . This conldjnot be aifue § in favour of Com U * Repeat It -wonld lay a foundation foieTil ; and if built npon would create much misery tottealr ^ y oppreasedproanpen of wealth . Mi . K . then ^ ntered at neJLt lerjgtB into the grievances of which the iriah peo-Ibadto complain ; ihe mews resortedto bjthe aristocracy of Ireland to sell their country to England , althongh protested against by the masses ol ! themwt nseful individuals in that Wand , and showed the effects which euch » piece of treachery has hadnpon the capabilities of fius country , ever aiBce tfeey became the bondmen t £ i Britain . Mr . X , concluded by proposing the adoption of a petition fcr Repeal , which ; was briefly vewnoed by Mr . Hoggins , and agreed to uaani-
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monsly . It was then moved by Mr . Frazj , and Seconded by Mr . Thomas Seed , " That thepetition now adopted be signed by the chairman on behalf of this ; meeSng , and be forwarded byjhim to Wm . S . Crawford , EEsq ., M . P ., for presentation to the House of Commons ; Jand that J . H . Hioa , Esq ., Win . Ord ) Esq ., acd Wm . iHntt , Esq ., M . P . % for Newcastle and GateBhead , be irequested to support the prayer of the same . " Carried ¦ Tm animously . QTJARRINGTON HILT *—A public meeting of the women of Qoamngton-hill , Caslop , and Kelloe , f was holden , on Monday , the : 19 th instant , for the purpose of forming themselves into a TJnion , to assist their ¦ husbands to obtain their rights . Mr . Swallow and Mr . Smith , from Kelloe , addressfed the meeting . A lady ,
" fat , fair , and forty , ' * was unanimously called to the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : — 1 . That we forthwith form ourselves into a TJnion in connection with , the Miners * Association of Great Britain and Ireland ; and we sincerely hope that our sisters in distress , the miners * wives , will immediately join all over the kingdom . " 2 " That from this time forth we will not give more than 4 ^ d- per pound for mutton ; 4 d . per peck for potatoes ; Id . for three gills of milk ; and 8 d . per pound for butter . " 3 . " Tha&na woman ought to woTk in the fields for less than one sldlling per day ,- ' 4 . *• That a public meeting be held
at Thornley , on Wednesday ,- -when the women of Wingate , Haswell , Trimdon , &c are respectfully requested to attend . The chair to be taken at three o ' clock . " 5 . " That tie meeting immediately adjenrn from thia place to Cox&OB . " There could not be less than 400 women present at the meeting . As tbsy approached the appointed place , after the adjournment , the Coxhoe band met them on the road . Arrived at Coxhoe , the meeting c&mmenced again , and similar resolutions to those above given were adopted . The utmost enthusiasm prevailed . There is no fear of the work aiot going on , now that the women have taksn it up } Their first meeting was holden on Saturday last
SHEFFIELD—The usual weekly meetings have been htslil in the Figtree-lane room ; but Mr . G J . Haruey being confined to his bed through severe indisposition , precludes the possibility of a full ** report OLDHAM . —On TuesQoy last , the female Chartists of thia town came to a determination to redouble their exertions in the glorious cause of human redemption , and resolved to put in nomination the following list as fit and proper persons to servo aa general councillors : —Mrs . Sarah Harrop , Sugar Meadow ; Mrs . Sarah K- rshaw , Primrose-hill ; Mrs . Bct * . y > Iayall , Bow-street ; MiBS E . Winterbottom , LoTd's-street ; Mrs . M . Jackson , Jackson-pits , snb-Treasurer ; ZItb . Catherine Fitton , Side of Moor , Bub-Secretary .
On Sexdat i . ajt , the friends of tbe allotment . ofiand system held a meeting in the Chartist room , when the letters of Mr . Galpin and Grachus were read from the Northern £ tar , and listened to with great" attention The meeting was adjourned to Sunday next , at two o'clock in the afternoon . In the evening , Mr . Win . Miiler delivered an energetic lecture to a very respectable audience . ON MojtdaT S ? r . M'Cabe delivered his second lecture on Bepeal and the history of Ireland . A vote of thanks wa 8 unanimously passed to the lecturer , and the meeting separated highly delighted .
DERBY . —Mr . Clarke , of Stockport , has been delivering lectures an : ) addresses in the Market-place , of this town , daring the past week , on the subject of a " Bepeal nf the Union . ' * The magistrates and police have shewn every desire ; to suppress his meetings , short of using actual force . They have , however , failed ; though the police allowed a drunken mad-cap to annoy tbe assemblage , on the plea that he bad as much right to make a noise as any one else . TROWBEIDGE—The weekly public meeting of the Chartist body was held on Monday evening , June 19 ' . h , Mr . John Harding in the ; chair ; when tbe following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Stevens , and seconded by Mr . Alfred Marcbant , and carried
unanimously— " That we , the Chartists of Trowbrid ^ e , in puHic meeting assembled , do express our warm and heartfeU sympathy with tho patriotic men in onr Sister Island , now so gallantly struggling for liberty ; and do most seriously exhort our Irish brethren to continue fearlessly their noble : and patriotic career ; for , as men of stern principle , we-J feel called upon to declare that in class legislation , and class legislation alone , will be found tbe origin of born Ireland's and England ' s woe ; and , as we feelieve tte People ' s Charter to be the only means of removing tbe existing grievances of both countries , -we moBt respectfully but earnestly invite our Irish brethren to join us in a determirttion never to rest satisfied until that document be made the law of the realm . "
THOHHXJ 3 Y . —Mr . P . M . Bxophy ' s Lectuee . — On Friday , the 17 th , Mr . Brophy lectured to the men of Thorr-ley , and Rave eminent satiifact ? on . The meeting was attended by one of the master wastermen , to whom Mr . B . administered & isevere castigation for the oppressions he and his fellows are in the habit of heaping upon the poor unfortunates doomed , by hard necessity , to earn their bread under the groaning system of collier slavery . The blush of shame was made to mantle tbe cheek of the task-master . NOTTXNGHAWr—According to notice the Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire delegate meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , for the purpose of engaging a lecturer , and maturing a plan for carrying into effect the local organisation of Nottinghamshire and Sonth Derbyshire ; devising means
for the spread of Chartist principles , and transacting other important business . The meeting was numerously attended by delegates , and an excellent spirit was manifested . letters were read from Newark , Mansfield , and Sutton-in-Ashfield , detailing the state of Chartism in those districts . A plan of organisation for the district , and for the employment and guidance of the district lecturer was agreed to . The Secretary was ordered to correspond with Mr . Doyle on the subject of the lectureship . All sub-secretaries in NottiDphamghire and South ; Derbyshire are requested to communicate , as early as- possible , witk the Seer etary Mr . S . Boonham . care of Mr . Swann , Temperance Hotel , Drnry Hill , Nottingham . . ; The plan of organisatien has been sent to us , but we hays not space for it this . week ; we shall probably give it next vreik .
ROCHDALE . —On Saturday last , the 17 th instant , Messrs . HBigh and Taft , of this town , were liberated from Kirkdale Gaol , -where they had been confined for eight months , in consequence of their having taken part in the strike of August last . To honour th « ir return , the Chartists of this locality made arrangements for a tea parry in their large and commodious room , which was very well attended ; and amoug the joyous company assembled was Mr . flaigb , who is a member of the Charter Association , accompanied by
his wife . After tea , Mr . J . Chad wick was called to the chair , who , in a few remarks , introduced Mr . Haigh , who gave en account of his confinement , the treatment of the prisoners in general , and concluded by declaring that his imprisonment had strengthened his abhorence of despotism , his love of liberty , and his admiration of the principles of the Charter . The rpst of the evening was spent in dancing , singing , and reciting , which was kept up till after eleven o ' clock , when the company separated . Every on « , male and female , appeared highly delighted with the eveniDg ' a entertainment
Otf SVHDAY last , Commodore Mead delivered two spirited addresses to the Chartists of this town , which gave general satisfaction . Mil Jordas Chadwick , Whitworth New Road , near the Globe Inn . has-been appointed sub-secretary for this locality . All communications to be addressed to him . HIArVCHESTXK-—Bbottn-stkeet Young Men ' s Locality- —The members « f this locality met on Sunday last , when 10 s . was sent to the defence fund , and 3 s . 8 d . to the victim fund .
BIIiSTON . —On Fdday nizht last , being the usual forfcrigbtly meeting of the L ^ aguej a gteat number assembled to hear a Mr . Dimmock ( a small retailer of iron ) deliver an address in support of Free Trade . After his address be solicited- questions upon the subject ; a thing never known here before , for when qnesti « ns have been attempted , the inquirer has been met by the query Are you a member or not ? and if not , walk out of the room . '' It was not . ; so now . The League are becoming very humble . Mr . Isaac Dolfin a poor man who works in the mines ,- rose to reply to Mr . Dimmock . He could not see how the working classes being fed wiai " cheaper food , " would enable the manufacturer to compete with the foreigner , unless he mode a rtduclion in their tcaffes . He should like to know how the " rise of the "wages' * of the artisan , promised by Mr . Dimmock
aa a consequence of & repeal of the Corn Laws , was to enable the manufacturer to make cheap goods ; wblca was the only means , -we "were toWi by which be could compete with the foreign manufacturer . The talk of an " increase of -wages' * ms » mere Wind to gull the working classes . To talk of Free Trade in a country like -this , with a xlebt of eight hundred millions and an expensive army , and a thundering State Church and bo protection for labour , was nothing more nor less than foolery . Mr . Dolfin completely upset the whole of Mr . Dimmocks " arguments , " and stoutly defended the character of Mr . O'Connor , which Mr . Dimmock had abused . " Be called upen the meeting not to be led away by " hearsaj tales ';** but to * ead for themselves and judge for themselves . The meeting broke up , expressing its high approval of Mr , Bolfin'a honest conduct .
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bristoIi . —United Chartists , Wjsst-stbeet — -On M 0 Bd 4 y evfeningt , 19 th , Mr Parsons in the chair-Tbe Secretary read the reply of T . S . Duncombe , Esqacknowledging the receipt of the petition iior Thomas Cooper , and apprising him of its presentation . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr . Ddiiepmbe for his prompt attention ! and courteous conduct . The Secretary . was instructed to give notica to the members that the election of Council will take place : next Monday evening , when a fall attendance h exppcted . The subject for discussion !© d the occasion 4 » , tip ) Necessity of a National Benefit Socisty , as recommended in the Northern Star . 1 BIRMINGHAM —Mr . Mason addressed the people of Birmingham , on Sunday morning last , at Duddbstonrow . A very lartro and attentive meeting listened to an eloquent appeal ticm the spaake ? , upo 1 the ; " the necessity of Union among the Masses . " A collection was made for Mr . George jWhite .
At the usual wetkiy meeting of Chartists , holden at the Ship Inn , Stejelhouse-lanei on Tuesday evteiing last , Mr . Thomas W 61 a ! ord in the chair , several" important plans were brpugbt before the assembly , having for their object the better organizing of the ChurtistB of the town ., Their several merits were spiritedly di 3-cussed by Messrs . Mason , Pjtts , Welsford , Coopsr , and others . ; LONDON . —Cityi o » London Political and Scientific Institution , Turnaqain ; -lane—A public meeting of the ! shareholders was holden on Monday evening for the } purpose of electing a secretary . Mr . CaVxy in the chair . Mr . Palmer , jun . moved , and hit . Wyatt seconded Jthe confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting . Mr . Spur moved , and Stir . Edwards seconded , that the portion awarding 30 s . per week to the Secretary be struck out , and that the present
arrangements continue . After much discussion , the minutes were cofcurmned by a conaidtrable majarily . Mr . Wyatt moved , and Mr . Stailwood seconded , that tvro scrutineers of the ballot be appointed ; Carrie' ! : and Messrs Shacklston and Ratbbone elected . Tho names of the following candidates were read over . Messrs . Salmon , John Wyntt , Staliwood , Ciiter , Brown , audRead . Mr Wyatt bavins ; resigned ; the movers and seconders of th « other candidates having addressed the meeting , the ballot was taken . The scrutineers reported Mr . Cater duly elected , who britfly returned thanks . Mr . Stailwood reported from the auditing committee , and read the balance sheet ns amended by the auditors . Mr . Spar moved , aud Mr . Thompson seconded , that the report be referred back to the committe . After considerable discussion , Mr . Ford moved ; an adjournment for a week . The adjournment . was carried .
Barnsbury Park . —Mr . Fusseil lecture * oh Sunday evening at the Flora Tea Gardens , York-place , to a crowded audience , and was highly applauded . Marleybone—! i—Mr . Skelton lectured on last Sunday evening , omthe subject of slavery , its causes and remedies , te a very crowded audience , aud gave great satisfaction . ' After the lecture , a collection was made for Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester , when ] six shillings waB collected , which has been forwarded to her at Leicester . ' BESS'S—Chartist Meeting on Woodhouse MOOR . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . « T . jJ . Smith delivered an able and iniprossive lecture on the state of the country and the : duties of the people , to a numerous and highly attentive audience , on Woodhouse Moor .
Some of the respectables , to evince their love of fair play endeavoured to creute a disturbance , and one of them , a aaabby-gpnieelmillocrat , denounced Mr . S . asa firebrand ; while another , mounted upon a horse , which shoTvod much mqrejsense than his rider , enme up clu ^ . e to the platform , as if to ride the speaker down , and ultimately endeavoured to disperse the people by riding through th 0 crowd , j Several other middle class respectables also endeavoured to shew their : gentility by endeavouring to disturb tbe peace . The workiss , however , were wide awake ; and bo was the lecturer . He gave these gents such a castigation as they will not soon forget . They ultimately slunk away , followed by the hootinga and disapprobation of the whole assembly . —We anticipate a numerous meeting on tbo Moor on Sunday afternoon .
SOUTH SHIELDS . —Mr . Beesley lectured at Blyth , on Sunday afternoon ; to a numerous audience many of them having from four to five miles to travel to attend tho lecture . The sturdy democrats of South Shields engaged the fast sailing steamer Venus , to convey Mr . Beesloy and his friends to the place of meeting ; a goodly number accompanied him . At the close ot the lecture Mr . B . intimated that be should again address them that day fortnight . A Public Meeting of tho inhabitants of South
Shields was holden on Tuesday evening last , in tho Cornwaliis Square . Mr . William Cory , in the chair . The following resolution was unanimously adopted . Proposed by Mr . William Beesley , seconded byiJohn Gilchrist , — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the cruelty practised on Thomas Cooper , J . Capper , and J . Richards , in their confinement , is tyrannical in the extreme . " Mr . Kydd proposed , and Mr . Poulter seconded , the adoption of a petition , which was entrusted to the care of " honesi Tom Duncombe" toi ^ presentation . All the resolutions were carried unanimously .
EDINBURGH . — A public meeting of the inha batapts of this ancient city was holden on Monday evening last , on the Cation Hill , to protest against the New Irish Coercion Bill , now before Parliament in the shape of an Arms Bill . The meeting was the largest holden in Edinburgh for a considerable length of time . A great number of the Irish Repealers were present . For some time before the hour announced were the " boys' * seen wending their way to the chosen spot . Mr . Crybbace was called to the chair ; and the gathered thousands wcro ably addressed by Messrs . Cummery , Torkard , M'Roe , Allan , and Peddio ; and resolutions condemnatory of the Arms Bill were unanimously passed . A petition to Parliament on behalf of Cooper , Richards , and Capper was also adopted .
ABSROEEN .-pMr . Dickinson delivered three lectures in this town , and three more at the Printfield , and on Thursday evening held a public discussion with the Rev . Mr . Bowes , on the question , " Oujzht Christiaiis to mediile with polilicbV Mr . Bowes took the negative , Mr . Dickinson the affirmative . The discussion lasted until after eleven o ' clock in the public Market-place . It has taught Christians that Chartism is practical Christianity . DUNDEE . —Mr . Dickinson preached two sermons on Sunday last , and delivered a lecture to a good audience , in South Chapel , Lindsay-street , on Ireland ' s wrongs and her remedy . " A protest against the present measure of Government towards her was moved by Mr . Dickinson , and seconded by one of tbe members of the association . A petition in behalf of Cooper was albo put to the meeting and carried .
DUBLIN . —Tlie Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at their ; Great Rooms , No . 14 , North Annstreet , at six o ' clock , on Sunday evening , Mr . Josh . Brierley wag called to the chair ; Mr . Wm . H-. Dyott , secretary . Mr . Dyott read the minutes of the last days , proceedings , which were confirmed . He then read the objects of the association , and also letters from ! Messrs . Wm . Foster , of Brngley ; Samuel Etches , of Nottingham ; Thomas Winters , of Leicester ; M . W . Norman , of Yentnor Isle of Wight , congratulating the association on the decided , manly , and unflinching stand which it had made against all opposition , and requesting additional information touching the prospects of the Repeal Movement , and offering the cordial and
hearty co-operation of the writers , to restore to Ireland her just 1 rights ; and stating : that they will not permit the j Tories to enact another " ninetyeight , " in Ireland . Mr . O'Higgins rose to bring forward tho motion * of which he had given notice on the previouBSundayirespectiagthepresent Repeal agitation , and the propriety of the Chartists joining the ranks of the Kepealers . He said , that in support of the resolution which he should submit to tho consideration of the meeting . ^ he had very little to urge with which the majority of those were not already acquainted . ( Hear . ) Although he had both written and spoken upon the subject , yet he deemed it an act of jastice to their English brethren as well as to the Irish Universal Suffrage
Association to come to a definitive resolution upon the subject—( hear , hear ) , He ( Mr . O'H j hadgiven the resolution a good deal of consideration , the result of which was that ! he regretted very much that the Association had not adopted a similar resolution some mouths since . Had such a resolution been adopted and published in the Northern Star , it is very probable that the British Chartists would have seen the impropriety of joining the ranks of the Repealers , and would , therefore , have saved the shampatriots the trouble of rejecting the proffered aid of THESE MILLION FIVE HUXS&BD THOUSAND British 5
subjects , . t » goodmen and truft "—{ bear , hear , and "it was a Bhame arid a disgrace to reject them . ") The resolution states that a man should not join any Association without a thorough knowledge of the objeots of the society , and the rules by which it was governed . Had the English Chartists known this , and understood it well , not one of them would have become members of the Repeal Association . They did not know that the Repeal Association is a perfect oligarchy ; that the groat bulk of the people , who supply seven-eighths of its funds are looked upon , aud treated as so many serfs . They are allowed admission to the meetings , but to speak or
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to vote is out o * " the question . That privilege is only permitted to the payers and co | iectora of twenty shillings anaualli v ; while one man , no matter who he may be , who pays a shilling for admission aa an auditor occupies a better place than the pour deluded slave who t . ikes oat an associates card , but . who must stand be . ' ow the bar [ without even tho comfort of a seat . Sir ,- it was to ] do away for ewr with this fnferaal Fystena of political inequality and serfship that the Working M ^ as Association was founded . It was to do away with it that the people of England petitioned Parliament to make the People ' d Charter the law of t&e land ; and will the Chartists so far forgbt themselves as to join an assoof
ciation in which the wo / king ma ^ is d eprived the right to vote evea ' aft « r he pays ni ? money and tafce 3 out his card ? If this be Chartismr he , > 1 t . ( O'H . ) did not yet understand its moaning . The Chartists should know that the "Loyal Nafioaal Repeat Association of Ireland is composed of four distinct classes . Firstly , The unarmed volunteers , that , is to say , the bishops and elergy who pay £ 10 or colhxt , in shillings , that amount from others . Secondly , The Volunteers , which meana-also those who pay £ tO each , or collect that amount in shillings from 2 uO men , who by thus paying theiy shilling become associates , but who have no right to [ speak or to vote . Thirdly , Members who pay ane pound each , or collect it from nineteen dupes wtiich with the
shilling of the collector himself , makes up a pousd and a member at the same time ; aniij this member , the representative of ninetecu willing slaves , has a right to speak and to vote , but bhe nineteen serfs have no such right . Fourtt . lyj Tne associates , the great body of the people , who are a majority of one thousand to 1 cae , and enjoy the privilege of paying their money and listening to the speeches like other auditors ; but who are denied the right to speak or to vote . And this is the system which some of the British Chartists were about to support by their presencejand their money How can a Chartist quit the hign and indepeuduit ground which he occupies , and descend to that of an abject slave ? How can he have Ihe face to demand
the franchise either for himself or his fellow man , when he wilfully j / ins an association which denies the right of the working man to ajyote merely on the ground that he had neither paid nor collected twenty shillings ! Degradation can go no further than this . Paying a shilling and taking out an associate ' s card , without any other privilege than } that of lisienin ^ , 19 , by the very act , a tacit admission of inferiority . The members of the Repeal Association aro not elected by the associates . Money alone is the criterion of a member ' s capacity . ( The present House of Commons , with all its faults , is democratic when compared with the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . Let them give ihe right to ipeak and to vote to every man who pavs a shilling , a d
takes out a card , and he ( Mr . O'H . ) would be so far satisfied with the constitution ofj the society . This would be making one just movement towards Universal Suffrage . The Repeallers teach nothing . They are not guided by any political principle . The great ambition of their orators is to be considered leaders . They are jealous of eajjh oiher , and they abhor and detest political teachers . Now he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) bulieved that ono political teacher was worth one hundred leaders . Tlie poor duped Repealers know nothing beyond wlijat their leaders tell them . He ( Mr . O'H . ) should like to see the same principle carried into operation in politics which Catholics practice in religion . The poorest Catholic is taught a creed , and ho is from ! his infancy led to believe that the great Creator , Jthe author of his
being , is not a respecter of persons ; that there is perfect equality in Heaven , and ] that it is by man's works , and by the faith that is in him , that he is to be judged or rewarded , or punished , ai ' d not by his wealth or his worldly grandejur . The Catholic priests teach the people . They are their ppiritual leaders ; they possess amazing influence over their flocks ; and in his ( Mr . O'Hi £ gin 3 ' s ) opinion , justly possess that influence . Some p ^ opl'j have gone so far as to say that the Catholic laity pin their faith to the sleeve of the priest , by ^ chom they are led blindfold . Nevertheless , should any Catholic priest deviate but one single step from the cr « ed which the poorest layman belieks to be true ; let him give up but ono iota of that creed , for the
purpose of conciliation or expediency , and the poorest and most ignorant layman would no longer confide In him ; would no longer follow him ; tvoeiJd no longer trust him ; but wonld " firmly abide by the creed he was taught and piiy | in the priest , the frailties of human nature . Tne poor fellows heart would sink within him ; and ije who would a few minutes before suffer a thousand bullets to pass through his body sooner than allow the priest of his choice to be molested in any manner , would in such an event remain firm in his creed and l ^ avo his fallen spiritual leader to bis fate . Mr . Clark rose to order . He said that Mr . O'Higging was lauding one particular religion at tho expense or the prejudice of all others , which was contrary to , and in
violation of the fourth rule of the association , namely , " That no religious or ] sectarian discussion shall be permitted at any of the meetings of this association . " ( Hear , hear , from Mr . O'Higgins . ) He ( Mr . Clark ) was bure that Mr . O'Higgin ' s observations must be painful 10 the feelings of such of the members of the Association as wore not like him , Mr . Clark , Roman Catholic ^ Mr . Manning said that he was really astonished to hear such observations from his friend Mr . Clark ] whom he regretted to see had not paid that } attention to the proceedings which he had been in the habit of doing . Had he done so he must have [ seen that M ; O'Higgins , did not touch upon religious controversy at all , when Mr . Clarke rose to order , jand intsrrupted Mr . O'Higgins before he had applied his admirable train
of reasoning to the subject in debate . It was very difficult fur a speaker in such a j case , to resume the thread of his discourse . Whenever he , Mr . Manning went to a public meeting , he endeavoured to comprehend the whole drif ; and meaning of every word that fell from the respective speakers . For his part he would say now , iu conclusio ^ i , that it was a long time since he felt so much pleasure , or was so highly gratified by a speech as he was ] when Mr . Clark interrupted Mr . O'Higsins . He should just say before he sat down that he hoped Mr . Clark would not feel offended at anything Which he had said , ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fowler said that ho , as a Protestant , sincerely and honestly attached to the religion in which he was educated , felt doeplv in debt to Mr .
Clark , a Catholic , for the extreme good feeling he manifested ; but , at the same time he should , injustice to himself and to Mr . O'Higgins , also say that he understood Mr . O'HijL'gins' observations iu an entirely different point of view from that in which it appears Mr . Clark understood them . It did not appear to him | that Mr . O'Higgins was lauding his own religion . He was simply stating a fact ; and although he ( Mr . Fowler ) might perhaps differ J with Mr . O'Hig ^ ins upon the motion , yet he fully concurred with hira in the truth of these observationsjto which Mr . Clark took exception—( hear , hear . ) [ Mr . Rafter said ihat Mr . O'Higgins was merely illustrating his own argument , and it would have been better to have
waited for the application of ii . Mr . Dyott was of opinion that Mr . O'Hig&ina ha < l strayed a little oat of the record . It did appear tio him to be a little invidious to have given all the merit of devoted attachment on the part of the laity to their clergy to the Catholics alone . Had Mr . O'Higgins included all other sects , his observations would have been quite unexceptionable . Mr . O'Higgins said that nothing could be further from his intention than that of saying one word calculated to hurt the feelings of any one present . He had not the ] most remote idea of entering into any religious controversy , or of making any invidious distincsion b < Jween any Christian creed whatever—( hear , hearj ) Those who knew him were well aware tbat he- ^ Mv . O'Higgins ) made
it a rule to speak only of that which ho knew , and j as he was better acquainted jwith the creed of his own religion than that of any / other , and was also Well aware of the strong andi devoted attachment , mutual attachment , which subsisted between the ' Catholic priesthood and the j people , he spoko of j that with which he was thoroughly acquainted with a view to apply it simply j as a , familiar illustration . But he certainly snculd say , without , he hoped , the slightest offence tojauy cue , that he was wholly unacquainted with any other religion , between the ministers of which ! , a&et the laity , there was so much reciprocal kir *< $ uess , and sincere attachment , as there is , and Lvor was , between the Catholic priests and the laity / . It would , therefore , be both unreasonable and unjust of him ( Mr . O'H . ) to presume to speak upon a | subject , of the truth
or merits of which hewa $ wholly ignorant . ( Hear , hear . ) Everybody line' * that he was no orator ; that he could not make the ? worse appear the bet * ter cause . " His vash was to make whatever he had to say bo plain and e , o simple , that there could be no mistake about it ,. This ( was what he always aimed at , and he regretted , to find that he was miBunaerstoodby his respected friend Mr . Clark . He was exceedingly anxious I to see the Irish people taught a politic xl creed , in jthe same manner , and with as much c are , as they were taught a religious creed , bo as to enable them to discover the slightest attempt at treachery or deception , on the part of their political leaders . To' trust neither Whigs , Tories , nor expediency-mongers , but to support those only , who Bbould give ample proof of the true faith iu polit- . cs . It is short and simple , and easily
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learned . To trust that man , and him only , with the representative power who will give a pledge , in writing , that he will not support any adniinistra ^ don but one . that will give it £ official advocacy to the great principles contained in the People ' s Charter—Universal Suffrage :, Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliamentg * Eqnal Representation , Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . Tiie reason why he did not include the Repeal of the Union in this category is because the People ' s Charter contains the Repeal of the Union ; but the Repeal of the Union do « * s not con'ain , the principles contained in tho People ' s Charter . Tuo Repeal of the Union would not facilitate the
extension « f the franchise beyond what it is now ; whereas Universal Suffrage alone would lay the sure b ^ ms of a Repeal of tho Union —( cheers . ) He , Mr . O'H-i £ gu # , stiil doubted the Bicserky of iha great leader of Repeal . He never told his followers how tho Union is to be repeated . Now , this is tha first th ) D # they shouJd know , yet with the moans , or intended nracs of Repealing the Union , none but the initialed staff are yet acquainted , and , fot ou # ht he knew , they may be as Jgnoront as the poor degraded associates themselves . Where is the man , posse ? sed of ono particle of common sense , who could for a moment trust the leader who scornf « l ? y rejects the aid of three miHians fi ? e hundred thousand Chartists , and meanly eonrts the
assistance and e ©» epwration of a beggarly gang of North of Ireland »? aa ^ ement . ( Hear , hear . ) This miserable , spitefuf policy is calculated and perhaps intended to resuseitote Oraugcmea in the North . There are-but two ways to Repeal thoUuion ; the one is by fighting a , successful baitle for it—and a bloody fijiht it will be . The other way is to have a majority jn the Houf-s < 2 ? Commons , iu favour of it . large enough to dt ^ r the House of Lords from off . ring any effective , cr 2 athcr faction opposition . Now , as Mr . O'Codiu ;!! repudiates fighting for the Repeal of the Union , and i * e > ects the proferred ail of the Chartists who comp'sso about half the mcle population of Great Britain , how does he purpose carry it ) g the Repeal ? SupF" ^ for instance , that
he had all the Irish members pledged to vote for tno il-peal of the Union , what effaot would they have against 553 British iMerabers ! There are only 105 Irish Members altogev ber , aud if they all voted for tho Repeal of the tl ' nia 1 . a circumstance which never will ha-ppen , yet then would be a majority of 448 against the motion . It is absurd and ridiculous to suppose that ' Mr . 0 Gonnell has the slightest hope or intention of Repealing the Union J because if he had he won ! d not reject tho aid of so powerful and influential a bjdy as the Chartists . But his motive-for rejectin ? their aid , andforoalling upon the Repeal Assi relations to have no connexion whatever with then 1 appeared very obvious to him , ( Mr . O'Kiggins ) . The Chartists are in .
earnest ; and Mr . O'Connell knows right well , that ii" thoy once but obiaine * i a friendly footing amongst the Repealers , they would soon teach them how to keep him to the point . They would not permit him to put tbe qn- ^ tion in abeyance in the event of the restoration of the Wh igs to pffww . They would be taught that the only 1 easible mode of Repealing the Union is by acqu , '« n . g tho power to return a majority of members tt ' the House of Commons in favour of th . ' . t measure it wa 3 with a view of laying the subject olearl v before the people of this f-mpire , but more especii 'ly before tho insultod and ill-used British Chart i .-ts that he ( Mr . O'Hit'giiis ) brought forward tbe ret ohition , which ha should now read and submit to the meeting : —*
Resolved j "That in the opinion of this meeting , & man should not join any associafc . , society , or confederacy , of any nature or kin d , without fir 3 fc thoroughly understanding , and ap \ > roving of the objoctaand the rules of such associat ion or society ; that such of the British Chartists ms have joined the ranks of the Repealer ' s must ha \ e been wholly unacquainted with tho rules by which nil Repeal Associations are governed , one of which in partica ? ar , is diametrically oppos-d to one of the most essential principles of democracy—political equality , because such rule excludes the great b «; dy of people from a voice in the Association , into which they are merely admitted as auditors , under the more delusive appellation of ** € 1 . CCA # 11 « 1 t rid ** A « tsl f I .. 1 W . « V . l > . nf « 11 rn-MilH . wftnMn i 1 * jk wutuiwi
¦ -u ^ o , ailU 11 U 1 U iriJVD 9 Ot ^ - I-JJ LJ , l UCflUS VllO chief portion of tbe funds of that association is drawn , but over the disposal of which they have no control ; that this rule is contrary to tho very principle upon which the People ' s Charter is founded—Universal Suffrage ; and that therefore a Chartist cannot enter the Repeal ranks as an associate , without exposing himself ta the charge of having , by hi 3 own act , tacitly admitted his own inferiority ; nor can any Chartist become a raeaibor of the Repeal Association without a departure in some measure fruin that political equality which be professes to advocate ; at the same time , all Chartists may , without any violation of principle , give their utmost aid to the Repeal movement . " — Mr . Rafter seconded the motion . He'said that he fully concurred in every
word of the . resolution , and he looked upon i& as absolutely called tor- in the present crisis . Their Charxist brethren in Eng and did not know the low tricks which the Repeal agitation had recourse to ? here , in order to get . in money . Money , money , was thsir object , it was stated , and nos contradicted , that some of the Repeal Wardens took eggs , poultry , and but te ? in lieu of money from the poor people . But " naboclish / ' I A disappointed Repealer will make a good Chartist yet . ( Hear . )—Mr . Clark had an amendment to move . He did not think it very judicious to throw eold water upon , the Repeal _ movement juat now ; besides , he considered that a great deal could bo achieved by agitation . The Chartists expected to prodaco an effect .
and to carry the Charter by the moral force of agitation ia England , therofore ha considered it to > be but bad logic to' argue that agitation in Ireland would not carry the Repeal . Besides , he was of opinion that the Chsru ' sts should join the Repealers in England , and contribute liberally to the Repeal fund . A junction of all classes-of Reformers would most assuredly carry Repeal . With these views he should propose the following amendment : — " That this Association calls upon the British to > support the Repealers by every means in their power , pecuniary and otherwise . " Mr . Fowler seconded the amendment in a very sensible speech , and one eminently calculated to effect conciliatisn . He was loudly cheered . Mr . Richard Dunn said that he woula
support the resolution ; and , in reply to Mr . Clark , observed that he ( Mr . Clark ) required the English Chartists to do that which he did not do himself—tp jpin the Repealers—{ hear , hear ) . Now , Mr . Clark had not joined the Repeal ranks , nor did he contribute to their funds ; and how could he call upon the English Chartists to do that which he did not do himself ? "Example was better than precept . " And why was it that Mr . Clark did not join the Repeal Association t Merely for the very reasons assigned in the resolution , which he opposed ; namely , that rhey took the working man ' s money , and at the same time denied him the right to * vote—{ hear , hear ) . There was democracy for you ! The resolution had his most cordial support . He
concurred in every word of it . Mr . Clark rose merely to admit that Mr . Dunu had given him a right good reply—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Mr Dyott eaid he should oppose tha amendment and support the original resolution . It was not material that , while the Chartists assisted by every fair means the Repealers , on the ground that a victory gained anywhere , or by any party contending for popular right , was a victory gained for all reforms , no matter of what particular country or denomination . It was most material that while the Chartists did this thay should not merge themselves into the Repeal body . That body in this country , as had heen we ) l shewn by Mr . O'Higgins , was not-eonstituted on the dfmocratic principle—Universal
Suffrage did not obtain in it , and they could not therefore bo consistently members of it . What they sought was perfect political equality . The Corn Exchange people had no notion oi any such thing . Then again , ' what a poor thing were the Repealers contending for—merely tho transfer of a section of an aristocratical Parliament to Ireland . Could it be possible that the people were persuaded suoh a Parliament would do them any service ! What service had tho Imperial Parliament performed for * England ? There was much wealth there , no doubt , but who possessed it ? Not the people : they wexe pining in wretchedness which had no termination in anything short of political power . The unrepresented people —with a resident Parliament , were ^ o better 66 ?
than the uurepresenfced people withe&ia Parliament , —Chear , hear . ) It was therefore clear that the mere Ideation amongst them of a factional part of the imperial aristocracy called th& Houses of Lords and Cemmons , | wouid do them Eo ^ ood ; until they had real deputed representatives in the latter , they would ho the mere football of both—( hear . ) How often did he ( Mr . D . smile whsn he saw poor men . interasting themselves in thfestruggle ofthearistocratical factious—Whigs and Tories , landlords and capitalists . Just , so did the- poor Catholic peasantry of Ireland exert themselves to procure emancipation and were sacrificed , as regarded their political and social existence , by that raeasare , which obtained honours and emoluments for the upper classes of the liberated religion —( hear . ) So now were the poor , credulous , ahort-Bighted people struggling to obtain Repeal without making any condition that thew
should have their share of its benefits— -fliearO For who can say that tie labourer or tho artisan will bo the better for it 1 Will not competition , if machinery does not , still give the master-class the bower of grinding down the working nian to the dust , unless he possess the protection of the vote whioh the Charter proposed to give him —( cheersj :-Repeal was . however slight , still an approximation to self government , and oh that gronnd they were Repealera , and not because they considered it at all adequate to the wants of the many , whose propriety depended on the ; ir acquirement of political xiowerH-( cheers . ) The question was ; then put on the amendment , which was lost , and the original motion carried . Mr . Simon Tobin was called to the chair , and . the marked thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . Brierly for his praiseworthy conduct in the chair , after whioh the meetingseparated . Strangers , members , and all present having expressed their gratification at the mild , gentlemanly , aud sensible debate .
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VOL- Y 1 ' ffO- 293 . SATURDAY , JUNE 24 , 1843 . ' " : PiUcg ?? S ™ fen ™ "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct938/page/1/
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