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and panting for breath , who have hope deferred on account of a miserable progeny written in the furrows of their faded and withered cheeks—they , even they are screaming out " There ' s a good time coining . " They who through weary years—I know something of the history of their daily life—have been looking for that good time ^ and have never seen even the sign thereof , believe it is coming . O boundless faith of the human heart ! There ought to be a good time coming . The instinct of humanity deserve * . to be prophetic here . To the great delight of the red handkerchiefs—the women so cover their heads in lieu of bonnets—and the
gray heads and the fustian jackets , the local poet has interweaved into song some stanzas , in which the return of Mr . Pox is held to be the sure sign of the aforesaid " good time . " Laurelled lyrists never succeeded in inditing anything which had the prima facie evidence of true popular inspiration , to the same extent as the . se stanzas evidence in the opinion of the Oldham inind . The patriotism of Werneth and Mumps ( Mumps is the classical name of an important township here ) is
very superior to its arts of composition . The resolutions submitted to the meeting are rather intervolved . Syntax , sentiment , and political principles mingle upon some'Free-trade principle ; but the right feeling atones for all . The inevitable excitement of a contest so intense as that which rages in Oldham , leads the reformers into the « se of provocative terms ; but , in this instance , they only test the strength of that vast unanimity of this meeting , in favour of Mr . Fox , which even seine ill-judged derision of the opposition does not invalidate .
But the platform event of the evening is the appearance of Mr . William Newton , whose honourable letter on the " Amicus" question was inserted in your paper last week . Eisking that popularity which is of so much importance to a rising man , Mr . Newton , in a speech of manliness and power , has given his support to Mr . Fox ' s friends . Mr . Fox is countenanced by some eminent manufacturers , who took part against Mr . Newton and the amalgamated engineers . Notwithstanding this implication , Mr . Newton has stepped forward to dissociate Mr . Fox and his political reputation from the accidental conduct of some of his supporters . Let those who tell us of the impracticability
of the working-class and their leaders pause hopefully over this instance . Surely it is the highest order of political capacity , not to say generosity , to volunteer co-operation for national purposes , with men with whom you have serious differences of opinion in other respects . Not to suffer any dissent or personal questions to interfere with public duty is an evidence of superiority of character which cannot be too much encouraged . % ict us hope that the Employers , in their turn , on public occasions , will show a similar magnanimity , and there will then be some prospect of class hatreds fading out of society , to be succeeded by one great party , the party of the whole people—the party of the State .
According to the speakers , no expense is spared by the " rejected of Stockport . " Mr . Hcald , the Moderate Conservative , ( if any one can define that description ) appears to keep open endless pot-houses , where bone-aching " fourpenny , " and indefinite quantities of substantial fare , to match , can be had free gratis—for patriotism ! The virtue of the shop-keeper is sometimes shaken by a . shower of orders from the party of a rival candidate . No wonder , then , that shop-workers are exjHictcd to manifest sonic " unsteadiness" under the weight of multitudinous pots of " heavy . " It , however , appears that scarcely any but the young and ill-informed cun lx > won in this way . There exists
BOinc hereditary integrity even in the inhabitants of these surrounding moors , where jM ) liceinen do not penetrate , and magistrates are traditionary personages . Mr . Quarmhy will tell us in an after-Meeting speech , that a time in yet remembered when no man in Oldham , in the blessed days of Tory supremacy , dared to move a " Liberal" resolution openly : that parties used to assemble on snow-covered bills , and find nailed upon a tree , by some unknown band , a mysterious resolution , which wan found to express the deep sentiment of these hardy and wintry publicists . This temper has descended to the present race of Oldham radicals ; and the disciplined enthusiasm the stranger witnesses is no transient ebullition but an heroic inheritance . The resolutions are vehemently Foxite . Mr . Newton ' s speech has told on every flank of the crowd . A gentleman on the platform injudiciously menaces a few not incourteous dissentients with peremptory ejection . The rudeness of the threat , which , elsewhere , would set a meeting in a blaze , is here submerged and pardoned in the general enthusiasm . The stranger ia told that tho strife here is half deadly , that opponent parties " piuigo" each other , ( L < :, kick mutually and fraternnlly with wooden-soled clogs ;) but tho amazing objurgation which the mooting bear * from upcakeret liable to
warm escapades , shows that all " rows" are born of mutual arrangement—that , in other words , you may go into meetings of the most vehement partisans , and rio unseemly collision may be expected , unless provocation be first given , and even repeated . Give me the command of the tongues of one party , and there shall be no fear of the fists or sticks of the other . In every contest ihere is dictation . One form it assumes here is by some individual declaring he can , and
of course will , return whom he pleases . One of Mr . Heald ' s supporters declares that " he could return a donkey for Oldham , if he chose to nominate him . " " Donkey" is his own expression . It is not at present known whether he intends his present efforts Torywards , to be a proof of his capacity that way , or whether he intends putting forth himself as a candidate in illustration of his principle . Thus runneth the stream of Oldham politics . The sample is gemiine , if not of the most classical quality .
Now the proceedings are terminating . Mr . Baxter Langley is giving time for the Kentish fire . Neither Orange nor Odd-fellow ' s lodges can produce the equal of the Oldham manufacture of this resounding article . The whole meeting have given their minds , their hands , and feet to it . Upstanding and vociferating , 4000 feet are stamping , 4000 pairs of hands are clapping , 4000 zinc tubes are shouting at the roof . The platform
rocks , the very building vibrates . Many who surround me are considered levellers in principle , but they manifest a very conservative objection to the levelling of the building—which , seems not improbable , unless this Kentish thunder should cease . After this will follow , " Three cheers for Fox . " Already my ears are stunned . Kentish fire , whirling the Oldham dust , has so covered my paper , that I cease to write , not being able to see . Yours , in all the confusion , Ion . Platfobh : Wobking Men ' s Ham ., Oldham . Monday evening , half-past 10 o ' clock . October 4 th , 1852 .
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MODEUN M A N I O H B I S M . ( To the Mlitor of the Leader . ) Sm , —I not only worship in tho " Cathedral of Immensity , " but gladly acknowledge you to be a fellowworshipper , without whoso act my own must bo incomplete ; but why cannot you recognise , with me , a more spiritual temple still , in which " the Divine Life that animates creation" is reflected and interpreted , not in the starry heavens , but in the sympathies and acts of
men . Tf over you have sat at pood man ' s feast ; , If over from your eyelids wiped a tear , and know what 'tis to pity and be pitied , how can it seem to you less logical than " Devil-worship" to believe in a Divine Parson , who is neither so far oil' nor no dissimilar from ua men and our ways of life and action , but thai ; He can take a real interest in doing good and showing mercy to us , in a manner not less spiritual than we are capable of , man with man ? . It would bo absurd " toa . sk Infinite Wisdom to turn aside
from its plans , " if it were the wisdom of an engineer dealing with brute matter , or even a despot with bin slaves- —absurd to ask " Infinite ( Joodnens to alleviate the misery it soikIn , " if we had to do with a goodness and a misery not- applied to those moral uses to which even men know liow to direct them- absurd to call on " Infinite Mercy to havo mercy on us miserable sinners , " if the mercy were of the same kind ( only infinite ) iiN the inriiHcriminato charity of «• Mr . Holly : but you iigree with me that ttitch wisdom , goodnusH , and mercy are not tho only kind—rather not tho kind at oil—with winch , man should dettl with man i and must
and so ( if you insist on the word ) " to turn Him aside from His plans " - —whose highest goodness is engaged in assisting men , and requiring and enabling them to assist Him in so regulating the miseries and enjoyments of earthly existence as shall best subserve the end of spiritual development and training ; and whose highest mercy is exercised in personally reclaiming and raising them , from a state of mere naturalism , or positive debasement , in whicfl , while they continue , they are necessarily incapable of that spiritual mercy—that true love—which neither God nor man can show to an in .
\* e be satisfied With a God not in , but below om- ™^ image P The " Hebrew myth" not only recognises the fact that men are both capable of arid morally bound to this , not merely mechanical , kind of sympath y and action with their fellows , but it goes on to declare the reason . It pretends that men have been made in the image , and do therefore more or less perfectly reflect the character , of a God whose highest wisdom shows itself in enabling men to enter into , co-operate with
different or unwilling recipient . I am , &c . E . D . W Sept . 27 .
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Oxfokd Fellowships . —That , however , tho possession of a fellowship at Oxford is any prima facie evidence of capacity , is a misconception of which tho country should as soon as possible be disabused . By for the larger number of the fellows are neitherdistinguiHhcd nor likely to become so ; and are incompetent to contribute ! anything even to the existing education . Heing seldom in possession of higher knowledge than what is necessary for an ordinary degree , and not seldom having : .. „ . ! , 3 : / rcA . i 4 . ~ .- ¦« ^ Hfi ^ ivifv 4-li o-f . uiMiTtlO orUCUl , nced difficltin assinthat simle orueiu ,
, experie uy p g p they are unserviceable either for learning or for tcfidiine : ; and by a general consent of all parties , it w i ° better to dispenso with the residence of almost tinw fourths of their number . Among those who remain ^ there are many really good and really able men ; yc wo are told by Mr . Pnttison , that— " Jt is to bo fcuxcci that a pious youth coming up from a re ligious lioine to Oxford would gain but little good from habitual intercourse with the senior common room in certain o
the colleges . "—Westminster lievifiv , for Octolxir . tSYMi'ATiiiHfl ov Kokvmom . —The instinct with whnj » our bore finds out another bore , and closes with l lll "' ' , amazing . We have seen him pick bis man (»>« ^ fifty men , in a couple of minutes . They love ; - <> b ( which they do naturally ) into a slow argument on ^ previously exhausted subject , and to contradict « w other , and to wear the bearers out , without impu " ' h It l 0
their own perennial freshness as bores . m »» ' the good understanding between them , and my K < together afterwards , and bore each otl "' "" "T , ^ Whenever we seo our Wo behind a door with am ^ boro , wo know that when he comes forth , " |> praise the other boro as one of the most into & ^ men ho ever met . And this bringing us to the o < ^ what wo had to say about our bore , wo arc anxio liavo it understood , that lie never bestowed tlu » l » upon uv .- ~ Diatnifk ' H Mbu ** hold Word *
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There is no learned man bub will confess lie hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and ms judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Milton .
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WOMAN'S CONDITION AND CLAIMS . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —Permit me to offer you my sincere and hearty thanks for the kindness and liberality you displayed in last week ' s Leader , in drawing the attention of the public to a subject upon which few editors of newspapers deign to speak . I allude to the agitation in favour of woman's rights . For such kindness I am deeply grateful , and every true woman will know how to appreciate it . It is only men of large hearts who will offend the prejudices of mankind by advocating a cause so unpopular as ours , and ask for the redress of wrongs , even when the most part of those who suffer them are uncomplaining . Because women , who have
ever been in a state of subjection , are attempting to break the chains of servitude , and place themselves under healthier influence , a cry is raised against them ; they Are said to be stepping out of their legitimate spherli , and encroaching upon the privileges of man j as if they had no existence independent of him—had not rights and duties to exercise , the fulfilment of which no power from without should interrupt . The just demands of those who seek to work out their own redemption are sure in the beginning to meet with scorn and
ridicule , whether those who make them be men or women . Few are found advocating the cause of the weak , or inquiring into the justice of their demands ; and it is only when they become loud and urgent , that they cease to be treated with neglect . But you , Mr . Editor , who have wide sympathies , and a philosophical temperament , instead of pandering to the public ' s prejudices , seek to infuse into it a more liberal spirit , and to impart to it a more just appreciation of the claims of others . An Obbebveb .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1852, page 970, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1955/page/14/
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