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. ^ LINS AJ «> WHITE IN SCOTLAND . JrMQTJS TRIUHPST OF TRINCIPLE OTER t ^ EXPEDIENCY . l « B « t * o indefctifefcttfrpaMoti irrived « j Twsfixy , ^ -jb . in Dnnfennline , -where , in eoonqaence pf part * gS * * « ood deal of ^ fc ^/ pS ^ BWJ ^ S ; 2 » nstra&m ocmunittee ; ia « oMe ^ Mne » oMoa « ais-S # fating pt * ee with ~— - ^ iH ^ Mff TTwflfni ii . bat SpiHiieil TIriM had go * featitafk efeeted , iad « oajLa « pubBe neetlng , ( or tteptrpoae o ? hesrtty ' Mf . S * , » ad opreesiBr « air « Mfr ***» opon po % Oi 2 £ T Shortly before fl » how * * r jaeeto g , u krfro-* Z fc } tend drew up ia froai rf < k » CommercUl Hotel , Scr ^ X * . € o 8 iaa « m pattta * * pu B 7 the tifceriho JjJIl had played * I *» - & »« % JQMimnd * ed « of lodirijnt 1 * tod gathered round ; and the committee , u 5 # 4 bjMi . HaUej * nd * Mf . _ Marrisen , andcatrjis g S ^ ijWneri , were jolaedTjjrMr » QelliM , and walked 5 to the place of meeting ., The parties laving X « ded the platform , ii na jaored that Mr . HaHey
Sft the t >>» tp- . An -MneniTraeat was moved t * nt Mr . Sty tik&the chxir . Upoa the Totes being taken by jfcGoffini , hedeclared * that they were teiy equally J ^ jed , bnt if there -was a majority (?) He believed it bbe in favour of Mf . Halley . Mr . Halley accordingly gfcthe chair , » cd , after opening the barineas of th * jawing , introduced Mr . Joha Collins . ^ I& Colliss ^ pped forward , and mi Keerred * 6 h en ! TCSBOBB < rf » pp «> t « tkm . He said thMheitood tjfen them a » tt » drew ** ? f Bbarty , sad no * a * allied Sot patty- He ww jmt the same aa « rer he m gr ates of bear , hear , hear , from Mr . Mormon . ) gvst not in the power ef the Cora Law gentry to | lu Kd&im , nor « f » By other party whatever . ( Oteeo . ) SL « -ari » movement wmmmrrt , the ajitjiion fo » a jul « f tt » Poor Xbwb wttkU aaide—ejnmora upon - »» -cuireaey were snak . —« ad aU afnad to coaeentnUe «^ r eaergies for tbe tarrying of toa- ^ riaaplea rftbe { barter , aad that aAermjaaticm ej ^ bt to be ielkmd ** r . He- ( Mt . CqBh ^ i had btgi Mnemted ferihe
¦ awtpBaig Imp lykee » s » e he ha € henfl ^ raartjBaiooaht jUfeqdad £ a rights of the people . ' ( Loud eiieers . } 3 e vac not g" all contented witb the amouft of intelligence jojnir ed by the -working classes , &s would be seen from 8 » tEttle " » ork , written by bis Yery excellent friend , WOfiam Lovett , aftd himself ; bnt he would , at the Bine time , unjwitatingly declare it u Ms opinion , ait a » working classes , as a class , were the must jBteUigent partiou of the community . After advising { be peopls to sink their party differences , ' and unite for { fce ubUiaing of their common objects-equal political gghts , Mr . Collins sat down amid inwh cheering .
Mi . 'TBOMiS MOfcRisox then came forward , and fU met by a storm of hisses and , cheers . He said that jtc , Goltins has told 70 a that be was just the same aa lT e ? he was . So are we . ( Cries of " Wo , no . " ' NeTer , UT »; " and "Yon are a Whig ; you are a C « rn Law am , " ic kc ) When order had been in some degree jettoied , Mr . M . continutd—Where are now the friends vbo accompanied Mr . Collins when be Tiiited Scothni before ? (" Turned cowards and teaitors , " annrered Mr . Ctllins . ) The excellent Attwood , the en « r-| etie Salt , aad the eloquent and talented Douglas h&Te retired in perfect disgust at the wild , inflammatory l&npa ? e that hid been used . Mr . Morrison concluded by BOTisg the Dunfermline Declaration of Principles as 1 mbstantire resolution .
Mr . C 0 LLI 5 S again rose and said that , as & question bad been put to him , perhaps they would allow him a word in reply . Then , sod he , Mr . Attwood is a most Ve » Toieni , humane , kind-hearted man ; but he had toted publicly and priY&tely , that he was almost heart-broken at the conduct of Douglas , Muntz , and Salu Muntz had allowed himself to be elected as a BBKber of ihfl Convention , and his name to be pub-Sshed as one cf the treasurers of tke National Rents ; ind cm . the Monday before he ( Mr . Collins ) went off to London to join the ConTeation , he called upon Mr . Huntz , to see when he wu to go ; and MuuU said , Bs&t he cosld not get away just then , but he would be at his post in four day . *; and they knew how he had acted since . \ Cries of "Hear , hear . - ) Salt , he thought ¦ woe timid and easily lad ; aod as forl > ouglaa , lie tbonght , so one could defend hu conduct . He belieTed be bad coir answered the questions put to him . ( Cheers . )
The motion of Mr . Morrison was then seconded ; ifkr which , an amendment was mored and seconded , Vnen a great deal of party bickering toek place . Mr . Horrisoals motion was ultimately carried \> J a majority . After a rote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .
A iLEKTIKG , CAT . T / RP A SOIR"EE , was held tn the Guildhall in the eyening . There would be between 3 cO or « 0 present The hall is large and well lighted . A temporary piatform was erected at one ead of the halL For ^ ie speakers a table was placed before them , npoa wiiidk stood a tray with two decanters filled with either water , or whiikey ¦ around the deeaDiers were placed a few glasses and some biscuits 2 ]« Chairman apo&e rery briefly ^ and introduced Mr . flSBn ^ Nfcfrwia » 6 eit « with i *** cheers . Mr . COLLI 53 spoke witii rather more than his usual force and fluency , and was loudly cheered throughout . Ob Mr . € . resuming his seat , the Chairman presented him -with a biscuit , wbicn Mr . C . declined accepting .
Mr Mokkisok sa » d be nerer rose with greater pleacare in his life , ai he fully agreed with all Mr . Collins had said . He belieTed Mr . Collins serer had adrised piyskal force , but he should lift up his powerful Toice , iad prevent Uie people from following men less honest , 1 ms eloqnt-nt , less talented than himself ; cuch as the mad O'Connor , who could say that before the Corn laws were repealed , all the pleasure-grounds in the country should be made into corn fields ; and Bronterre O'Brien too , who spread doctrines sabversire of all social order . If the people could , get leaders like Q'Gunnell—men who would do as he does , they might hope to be successful . Mr . M , continued in the same « taia fora length of time . At this stage of the proceeding xt left the Hibeting , but we understand that the morai dancing Wiskeft up until an early hour .
. _ " Look ob this picture , and on that . " ¦ ? The Female Chartists of Dunfermline sent the town ifar throngh the town , intimating that a public meet-M ? would be held at Eight o ' clock , and would be SMressed by Mr . George White and Mr . Collins . The bwse was soon filled , not with Corn Law Repealers , feot with Chartists . Mr . Dixo 5 was called upon to preside , who , after a few judicious remarks , introduced Mrs . Collie to the tteeting .
Mrs . Collie thea rose and said—Mr . Chairman , Sister and Brother Cnartists , I know it is neither coEiaon nor customary for a female to come before a pablie audience ; but , hearing that Collina , MTJouall , and White were once more to risit tbi 3 Jl * ce , I resob-sd to lay aside some of those feelings "which generally belong to my sex , and do everything in my power to cheer up those champions of freedom . ( Cheera ) In venturing , then , to address Jon ( terning to Collins and White ) for a few moments , belieTe me I am net influenced with a bope thai the feeble utterance of my mind can convey te Ton the emotions I experience at this moment , far teS 3 wnat we owe to you , to our generoua O'Conner . ¦ io onr suffering patriots , Fro ? t , Williams , aad Jones , to our imprisoned O'Brien , Peddie , and Vincent , and many others . We will crer call ihem ic oar recollection ) apd if fancy die not , and memory
feget no ; its i&ee , the works of these men will «* er cling to us , and time will b&vtle fruitlessly wiih gratitude . ( CheeK , ) We bail you with fleastsre as champions of the Charter . The work m which you are engaged is a tedious one , but , like Britons , you havedone yourdntv—you have bearded the tyrants in their den , and glorioualy spurned fte bnbe of an c ^ cer of State . For these noble feeds you hare oar esteem , and shall have our supfert . Tbe knot whieb has bound U 3 together shall ttmte ns more ftwily ; with more zeal aud deter-¦ oiBa- . ion shall we battle the foe ; and the spirit * iich tyrants b * © in Tain endearoured to crush * k ali go forth -with renewed energy . ( Cheers . ) L > fcey think that by pereecnring the friends of the People they could crash the demand for the Charter 1 ^* o ; they cannot . Ihe Tictims of oppression are * waie ; tbe barriers of eorraption are assailed , and libsriy yet shalljeien triumphaot . ( Great cheeriDg . )
The time draws nigh , and is at hand , "When females will with courage stand ! Each heart united Bhall decree , Well haTe our rights , we wi ll be free ! We'll atTer ne " er , but steadfast be I We'll die to hare our liberty i ( Immense cheering . ) its . C . then presented the medals . Tkese , she »» Q , of themselTes were of little value , but when ^ ose they were giTen to were no more , or in a "istnt land , snch tokens would add to their own fabsfaction , and raise them in the world ' s estima-Eon . Permit me ( siid she , addressing them ) to « aoer you our sincere thaaks for your advocacy « the pubi-ic weal , and for your noble and un-£ r ^—»* W If WM ^* . ) WUU ± \ SA . 1 WU-1 ± 1 \ JV A \/ &L 1 \ +. KALI in the hour of Let
¦^ aching conduct penL us « U 1 go on contending against a rile and mis-¦^ tam GoTemmeni , who have broken their public gedges , who are hated « home and despised oroad , and all things under whose management « rumous . But Biill the enemy is in the field ; let ^ proceed against them ; the prize is a valuable * i aud worth our labour . We give you a P ^ -ge , and let it be as a covenant betwixt ns , ^ ' e will never cease agiratinfj for the Charier ? atu i ; becomes the law of she laud ; and , Heaven •* onr wimess ! that we do this wiih sinceritv P Purpose . That you may have long lite , with r ^ th jto enjoy it , and that yen may ever be free ^^ the fangs of your oppressors , is the earnest P * Jer of Jhe females of Dunferaliae . ( Great eW iag . ) . - i / J ~~ daJnnan then presented , in tbe name of tbe 7 ^ ° *^ Chartista of Dunfennline , a tiehly nmumflntoit
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ssy ^ rsESsajufis * ^ ¦ uS . ^"»?^ L QiLuKs - " - ^ ^^ . ; Mt Joh » . D ^> can was called upoa toiidrea * the meeting , who stated that be would rather not take any part in the proceedings ; but the caU becoming louder , he wended tbe platform , and was welcomed * i « L a round or applause . He saH that , as he understood , there were some people in Dunfermline who , from some cause or ' dtfi ' eri had an iU-wOlathlm , aliduliewis anxious to aToid offending any one , h « would not address the meeting unless a very gnat maioritT rf the BUTfiZmfids ] tn d-T ^ vrwtk w hit-A A « ul . i . V ^_; - - »¦ V «
meeting wished Turn . He would , therefore , take a show o ! hands upon tbe matter . Almost every hand in the meeting was held up . Mr . D . then , ai varicterable length , addressed the meeting , condemning tbe conduct of tbe heartless wretches that would denounce amanwho had done so much in the cause of the people as Mr . O'Connor . ( Tremendous applause , ) I tfr * nfc yon for thi * expression or your feeling , -nfii Mx . D Again the meeting gave three times three , hi « h » moat enthusiastic ittaiiser . This is just as it should be ; you ought to dist&iqpifih between tbow who km doaft so much in your cause , as O'Connor has doat , ** dthose sham-Radi al humbugs , whose only forj * | a mowing division and promoUng discord , ( Loud chserk . ^
"Bronterre O'Brien , top , had done more , through hi * powerful writings , to promote knowledge among the people q »*" any other man in tJw country —( tremendous applause )—and for himself , he eared eomparatiTely littte for the Charter -wen it not tort he hoped a-better itate of social order would be introdneod . ( Load cheea . ) He > Q ^ ^ -JJg ^ WL ^ f «* " »* tejttee ^ C ma ^^^ i ^^^*^ s ^*^^^ iKi -sat tsi ¦ 11 tfflfflnii illilllil TTiHiiTHtim" \ JlJM W ^ L-r KIRKALDY * GLOBIOUS DISPLAY OF CHXRTI 8 IC . The Chartista of Kirkaldy , like men who know the value of the principles for which they are contending , sent a cartage to Dunfermlina an Tuesday morning , to convey Collins and White t ? the Kirkaldy Demonstration , which was to take place that day . Notwithstand ing that many of the employers had done all in their power to prevent , and in some cases did prevejit their workmen from attending the demonstration , yet there were as many of the good men and true , ac ; i companied by the rirtuoos fair , as eonstituted a procession of at least 10 , 000 , who , with innumerable Sags and banners , and tour bands of music , met the patriots about a milt ) from Kirkaldy , and conducted them in the following order , through Linktown and Kirkaldy , to j Mrs . Ingrain's bleaching green , where a splendid hasting was erected : — ORDER \ OV PROCESSION . St . Qair town—blue fl »; I . Motto : — I " Let union freedom ' s banner ware , i Till tyrants patriots' pardon crave . " i Reverse Sid'si A tree , and " Liberty . " i Also— " Demanding freedom all , j While king ' s combine , i We'll boldly join , 1 Nor cease till tyrant ' s fall " j 2 nd . —Red silk flag . i Motto : — " Unioni s strength . " Band . i 3 rd . —Boys , with white flag . ! ' Motto : — ' ! " As the twig is btnt , the trew Inclines , J " We'll rive our fathers' benneti yet " ' ¦ 4 th . —Grand white flig , i With a house , representing the elective franchise , and a woman addressing a man , saying : — " We'll take it from the house , and give I it to the man . " i Reverse aide : — Tr ee of Liberty , very large . j Above it— " Universal Suffrage . " Under it— " Annual Parliaments . "
West Gallaton . " Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Tote by Ballot . " " We demand reciprocal commerce . " " Free trade . " 1 The People ' s interest must no longer be sacrificed to aggrandise the landlords . " A eheaf of wheat . Radical Association flags - . — Tri-coloured flag . MottOS : — ¦ Equal laws and liberty . " " The people are the State . " " Electors ! remember th 3 t trade and m > auftctoreahave been rained by class legislation . " ¦ -r- > :- ; ,- _;¦ 4 . ^ , " „ Bl » flat ' Hail to the patriots " ! May tfiisy Utc lo see »« down
fall of that system of which they have been the victims , and ' to enjoy the bleftiLugs that will result from the practical opexa * tion of that of which they are the advocates . " Blue flag . ' The breath of a united people breaks the chains of slavery . " Blue silk flag . " Knowledge is power . " " Union is strength . " Boy ' s flag . " May the chains of corruption in pieces be Bhivered , " And youth cry alond ere their sires are delivered . " Mechanics' flag . " Tis the just cause of freedom for which we do stand , That peace for oppression may gladden our land . " Rfcrerse . " Since nnion ' s strength , let ' s be united ; The' tyrants scowl , we ' re not affrighted . "
On the gentlemen ascending the platform , the multitude gave - ? ent to their feelings by several hearty rounds of applause . Mr . James Black , cabinetmaker , was called to the chair , and spoie at great length in his usual argumentative style . He , with great fv > rce and clearness , pointed out the position and the duties of the people , and concluded by calling upon Mr . J . Duncan to address the meeting and move the first resolution , which was to support the Central Committee for Scotland . Mr . Du > "CA ? f then came forward , and was met with
loud applause . He explained the amount of support which they would be expected to give to the Central Committee , viz ., 5 s . for every 100 members in the Association , on the 30 th of e \ tij month . Mr . D . spoke at considerable length , and concluded by stating that Mr . O'Connor had instructed him to get an account of their proceedings for the iiorihTn Star . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Thus would their proceedings be carried through the length and breadth of the land , and let the Whigs hear in the deafest sides of tbeir beads , that Chartism was not ye > put down , bnt in the full bloem of lifa .
Mr . Cbockett , of llarkinch , seconded the motion , which , on being put , was carried unanimously . A memorial to her Majesty , praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the liberation of the imprisoned Chartista , was also agreed to . The meeting -was addressed by Mr . Collins , Mr . White , Mr . Melville , and ethers , in a most effective manner—the peeple listening with the profoundest attention—and , as now and again Bonie striking sentence came from the speakers , the cheers from the people showed how clearly they understood the subjects which were brought before them . After making the air ring with cheers for the Charter , Frost and his companions , and O'Connor and the State prisoners , and congratulations being paid to Mr . Collins and Mr . White , and a vote of thanks ts the chairman , the meeting dissolved in the most orderly and decorous manner .
THE SOIREE was held in the United Secession Chapel , which contains from 800 to 1000 , and which was filled . The guests upon entering were received with loud cneering , waving of handkerchiefs , and every symptoms of joy and respect Jlr . Robert Ramsat , a Teteran in the cause , was unanimously placed in the chair . He said they were met to congratulate their honoured guests upon their esc 3 p « from the fangs of Whig tyranny , as well as to testify gratitude towards them for their exertions in the cause . Were it practicable he should propose that all present should salute them with a shake of the hand
and a kiss , but as this could not be done on account of the number present he would propose that , asrtpresenung the aaditnee , he should do so ; which he did i . mid much cheering and some laughter at this novel but very expressive method of testifying affection and esteem . He then referred to the firm hold which the principles of Chartism have taken of the public mind , and said , our opponents call us enthusiasts , and so we are ; we are all enthusiasts for the Charter . It is the hydrophobia , with which we haTe all been seized , and if eyer they wish to enre us , it must be either by granting the Charter , or extirpating us from the face of the earth . ( Load cheers , and " hear , hear '' from Mr . Collins . )
The Chaibmak then called upon a gentleman to present aa address , which h « did . It evinced much -taste and talent , and instituted a compar ison in a humorous strain , between the treatment which the celebrated " John Barleycorn , " uf Burns , received at tbe hands of his persecutors , and his Bubsequ-nt victory over them , to the imprisoned Chartists and the Whigs . Mr . George White returned thanks for tLe address , after which , The Cuaibman called upon Mrs , Henderson , to present a email token of respect- ftom the females oX Kirkaldy .
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Mn . Hendkksou then presented Mr . Collins -with % richly embroidered silk scarf t and a similar one for Mr . Lovett . ¦ In retwming thanks , Mr . Colliks " pmed On lady's mcu' , " » s-we Scotch say—that is , saluted hex with * fraternal kiss , to the amusement of the audience . ¦ Miss M ^ HiRTta theh ' pre « ented a similar scarf to Mr . White , whh a feeling- exhortation to pursue the nobfeoonrsehehadrtopted . ' - * In returning thanks , Mr . White remarked that for the last docea yean his sentiments had remained nnehanged , and a dozen years in prison would fail to do so . The band rang that fine specimen of Scotch psalmody , the " Old Hundredth Psalm , " tbe company standing . Mr . David Paterson then came forward , and presented each of them with a splendid satin waistcoat , after a brief but eloquent Address . »» _ w .. . - -
Mr . Johk Tat lor also presented Mr . Collins , for Mr . Lovett , a plaid , from the females of Pratt-atreet , KbfcaMy . Messrs . Collins and White returned thanks , lit . CoHba remarking that if tbe Whigs had stripped them traked , their friends were determined to clothe them . ( I » nghter and cheers . ) The Chairman then said it was proposed tolntrodiee certain toasts and sentiments , which it was hoped "Hie meeting would respond to . They would , hower « r , hare none of tbe drunkard ' s drink , and he was eon-Tinced that tbe less of that the better . All Oat was wasted wai an expression of feeling , aad he did not ate why eating a pie or a tart would not answer as well a ««« t * king . ^ Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The first toast be W& $ giw would b&r-~ r ^* gfb 6 feferoelgnty' of the People . * ' 5 p 2 karto ^ ili e CnateBan . ' ¦ " . ' feand— "The People * Anthem , " written by Mr . Saakey .
•* The People ' s Charter ; may it speedily be the law of the land . " Mr . James Black , Jin ., vice-president of the Association , spoke to it , in an admirable speech , full of Bound argument and close reasoning . He said , the evila resulting from class-legislation have been s « generally complained of , evea by parties who do not recognise the opposite principle , that one is led to wonder why a system , whose effect * have been bo generally decried and denounced , should still be fostered and defended by those very parties who make an outcry when the power of some opposite party is dominant . The Tories stigmatise the legislative enactments of the Whigs , who recriminate back upon the Tories . The landlords of both factions deem the innovations proposed by the commercial and manufacturing class as subversiTe of the national interest ; they upon the . other hand
assert , that the practical operation of their plan is to form the very foundation of national prosperity ; and thu 3 , while each individual party complain of and denounce the measures of all the others collectively , they trace it not to its true cause ; each class forms a world of its own , the interests and prosperity of which is held by the individuals composing it to be of paramount importance to that of all others , and the same sel&sh principle operates throughout ; - ( cheers)—thus , while class . priTilegos exist , claM-legislatiou will continue , aud continue to add additional misery upon the bruised and galled backs of the unrepresented millions of these realms . ( Great cheering . ) I presume it is quite unnecessary to enter int « a defence of the various points of the Charter . Of the nature of these , I presume , as I speak to Chartists , you are already apprised , as well as sufficiently sensible of the necessity—the urgent necessity
—of their practical operation , which the depressed circumstances of our labouring population so imperiously ca ll for , and which the degraded point at which we have hitherto beer . kept in the social scale sufficiently justifies us in demanding . Many of the enemies of the Charter pretend ignorance of it in detail , and yet assume that the tendeney of it in the aggregate , is deatructire of all civil contronl . ( Cheers . ) Among these is the hired priest of Cheltenham ( Close ) , who , when addressing the Chartists yf that place , who came to sit in the Church , which at their expence had been raised and was maintained , said , " I know not , neither do I want I 1 "
to know , what that Charter is , of which ye speak , although , I doubt not , but its tendency is revolution and bloodshed . " How preposterous and absurd for any individual , even although posarssing clerical sagacity , to admit ignorance and a determination to remain in ignorance of the nature of a system , yet confidently ' , prognosticate its results ! Sir Frederick Pollock , ' wh j *' pleading the cause of . him who for an alleged erin , never proved , has been condemned to worse than th ,. common felon " s lot ;/ ind had it not been for the various prayers and remonstrances made by the people in til behalf , who might have sealed wi ; h his blood , tt * . -devotion to these- political rights which . are your *; 1 m ,
ssf Frederick . PoUodU—apon . that <* flaftf afianiefl to be in doubt , whether the equal « frSfi » jtf property did not form a sixth point of that fearful document ! If Sir Frederick Pollock was in doubt regarding this circumstance , it sufficiently shows thu misapprehension , or the gros » misrepresentation of the true nature of those claims which abounds amongst those who move in the sphere of life to which he belongs . I myself was once questioned by an individual who belongs to that class -who poasess the political privileges which to me are denied , and asked , " what sort of people are those Chartists of whom I hear so much ?" Now , you will observe , that this worthy individual had gleaned what knowledge he possessed of them frum Whig newspapers , and other distorted sources of in .
formation , and entertained a sort of undefined horror at the very name . If questioned upon this subject , he could not , in all likelihood , precisely hare said what was the cause of his fear and aversion ; it being sufficient for him that they were bad people , who would do something very terrible , were it not for some cause or other which prevented them . ( Laughter . ) I told him that ! myself was an humble specimen of that fraternity , and it was some little time before my interrogator became sufficiently re-assured , by my apparently harmless demeanour , to ask why we t » ok to ourselves a name so universally held hi disrepute among " respectable people" ; or what were the peculiarities attendant on that title which bad caused it to become so ? I answered , that the name had been bestowed upon us by others , in consequence of our adherence to a document , the realisation of the various points of which
would secure to the poorer class of society those poll tical privileges which he himself possessed ; and aftei again and again asking me if tbat was all , he came U the conclusion , that surely we had been the recipient of more opprobrium than the actual circumstance 0 the case , as far as they were apparent to him at least seemed to call for . Yes , Mr . Chairman , the real natun of our claims are not in general properly understood this is the effect of a hireling press , backed by interests factions , having misrepresented and denounced them by those who possess the legal power of redressing oil wrongs , our claims and petitions have been epurntc and rejeete-d ; claims which have a strict relation to and in acc&rdance with , all the rights and privilege of civilised life . Liberty is the patrimony of nature and thoss who withhold it from us but thwart he : intentions . She makes no distinction in her bountie
to any particular class of meu , and visits those niglects of , and outrages upon , her general laws upon ^ he clay on which the customs of society have stamped the name of " lord " with a punishraont proportioned to tbe offence , by debility either in their mental or physical constitutions , as she does upon that which forma the poorest unrepresented slave who exists . For OUT adherence to this Charter of our rights , we have been termed "incendiaries" and " revolutionists" by those who would make us so . They deem the idea of working men becoming posssessedj of political power as something monstrous and dangerous . Danger Mr . Clrarrman I whether is there greater danger in investing men ¦ with the powfr of peacefully and constitutionally redressing their
grievances , than , by continuing to deny that power , to leave them no other alternative than the one , which of all others , we would be the most loth to resort to . ( M uch cheering . ) Are we " revolutionists" ! Mr . ChainnaB ? Yea , we are revolutionists ; bnt revolutionists in that sense in which growing intelligence , tbe great innovator , from tbe darkest ages of the world , has been daily and hourly revolutionising society . We would divest that intelligence of the moral drag-chain , exclusive privilege , which has hitherto impeded tbe mighty current ia its course , and which , but for that , would long , ere now , have fertilized the social soil to a degree at -which it is yet surely destined to arrive . Tfce suffering arising from mis ^ oyemment , from certain classes possessing peculiar privileges , which has been employed for their own profit and your loss , end from the consequent poverty , is ti . e cause uf thoae domestic
scliemings , those thousand shifts to which the poor man is driven to make , as it is emphatically termed , " ths two ends inefct "; which none know of , and which , from a feeling of honest pride , remains a secret with himself ; and surely , surely , the practical operation of those principles which would rtmove that suffering from us , ia worthy of being contended for . Oh ! no longer , then , let us consider those principles as something only to be talked of , but as something rather to be wrought for . Let us no longer content ourselves with merely wishing such a consummation of the movement—let ua not content ourselves with merely responding to the sentiment , "May the Charter speedily become the- law of tLe land "—let that b . ; bul tbe precursor of a more active and energetic agitation than has ever yet been employed for tbe attainment of your just rights . Let us hope , and surely it is a 6 u ' r jt ; ct for hops and rejoicing too , that after . nearly two years 01
unmitigated persecution , the spirit of freedom is as indomitable as ever , and toeginniBg to assume as flattering an aspect as any it has « vei yet done ; a sure sign
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Of the Intimate triumph of those principles which never slumber or sleep , and which , ¦ though for a time they may ¦ apj « ently dQse > at , every succesalTe iBxertion of their power , arise unshorn of their strength , and wifc&redoubledenergy . toproeeed on In their mighty aad fe ? eaist $ Me c * ar « er , conquering and- to conquer . The exultation of feeling arising , out ot the . present happy hoar , may make us sanguine ; but our confidence is conlrmed ay the present aspect of things . Facts speak for themselves ; and the fact that a new spirit is infused into the movement is apparent Systems of organisation , proposed by , delegated bodies , are responded to by prompt action on ' the part of the people . Localities , in which the movement for some month * ha * been little attended to , are now all aliva The . stunning effects of the tyrannical and stringent measures of om oppressors for the suppression of _ ... : _ _
Chartism have been recovered from , and the sufferings of its advocates , instead of answering the desired end for which' their infliction was Intended , have endeared tbem to . the people in whose cause they were endured , and have caused them to become more »» lous heralds of the iniquity of that system , the ex-I pqriente of which , in their own proper person , admirably fits them to become . . This , also , is a fact which the presence of our distinguished guests sufficiently demonstrates . What say you , my friends , to these appearance * ? whafc bet that an-obundant harvest of liberty jet await * us , when mind win be enabled to assert its supremacy—when the llberatfon of the incaroeraU'd-patriots shall be the first fruits of . the practical operation of those great principles for which we , are at present struggling , ? Mr . Black was much cheered Mni 1 hi ¦ tsthe
< ^ " wnoercy , cone Dy . u . uupnant . , genttpfct- ^^ ut Ques — libera ted Pat riots : mar -th *^ vet * 8 » stBt » rPirtrjelpiettriunipn fur " \ i Mlrhich ^ ttwy haTe suiered . " Spoken to by 4 he Chapman , and received with rapturous applause . A . . Mr . White tbioked them , and proceeded in the plain , straightforward manner usual with'him , to denounce THE SYSTEM and its upholders . What was i t , he said , but a system of plunder , robbery , and dswnright murder ; driving one party with rapid strides to the grave , and another to the madhouse . He descanted upto the evil tendencies of much wealth , as well as , « r jnneh poverty ; and . declared that he demanded a fair share of . what God had provided for all his creatures . The fact thai working men have to beg , fawn , and crouch , for even leave to work , and
that for a trifle , proves that there is something radically wrong , something radically rotten in the system . They talked of " a college education ; " he had been at college six months . ( Laughter . ) Yes ; he had six months uninterrupted study , —( renewed laughter , )—and few of the " educated * ' classes had that advantage . He had almost teat the use of hU tongue , but now that he was out , they should have the fall benefit of it He acknowledged no superiority but that of worth . This was the truo position . We were all men ; and what Gh * i h id made for man , that we were determined to have a full share of . ( Cheers . ) We did mean a revolution ( as Mr . Black justly said ) , and nothing else .
He harboured i-. o rancorous feelings towards the classes that oppressed us . No ; he would merely prevent them from destroying , and doing mischief , and not seek ' to hurt the poor things themselves . ( Laughter . ) He asserted that even from their very qualifications the 1 aristocracy were unfit to legislate ; nor could the middle classes represent the nation . He had found with pleasure that working men had more sound knowledge than any other class . The power had been obtained by the other classes fraudulently , and he was prepared to prove that even the land which the aristocracy held had been get by robbery and fraud , and was kept by violence and wrong . Mr . W . concluded amid much cheering .
Mr . Collins was received with much cheering , and after thanking them for their handsome gifts , and the feelings that dictated these gifts , proceeded to comment upon the spirit manifested by the Chartist body . He had been two days previously at AUoa , and he soberly and seriously declared , he had never witnessed such a spkit aud determination in all his life . ( Great cheers . ) He then proceeded to give a description of the noble manner in which the Alloa people , man , " woman , and child , had turned out ; how the maaters ' asaieted them ; and how—upon it being di 8 oovered , ; 4 wo da y * previously , that there was no 1 -ee large enough to hold them—they had actually '« - en to work and built a pavilion capable of . con-; ling V 2 QU , which was fillod at a Soiree . In short
, f * tth thfr exception of the people « f « Dnnfermline , : where be ^ regretted to see them picki ng holes in one another ' s coats in the most foolish manner , so great was ' the- ^ nAu 5 iasip displayed everywhere , that he [ eotoid not help observing , with the Chairman , that 3 ^ w 1 > urir ? m ^ oald te aruahed ihajMttji&mjii&be 6 xnrpated . ( Load cheers . ) He then proceeded ; at some length , to defend the principles of the Charter . Among other remarks , he eaid—Very probably , when every man had a vote , every person would not then , any more than now exercise his franchise in the wisest maaner . But what , then 1 If he did not , he had himself alone to blame for it ; and if they did not benefit themselves by it , it , at least , gave them the power , aud would remove all ground of complaint .
oomo isaia JVlr . U . ) grant us that Universal Suffrage is , abstractedly , right ; but , then , " Oh , it is not expedient . " And these men call themselves Christians ! as if what is according to the will of the Creator >> uld be the tneaus ol producing evil . Ia it not a libel upon hU character to say bo ? What is right must always be expedient . Justice and expediency cannot claeh , and if Universal Suffrage be abstractedlv right , and that it would be the moans of interfering with the existing order of things , it merely proves , not that Universal Suffrage ia not expedient , but that the present system is wrong . Hi 6 motto would always be—Fiat Justitia , mat ccelum;—Do juBtice , though the heavens should fall . Mr . Collins then referred to the clause requiring the payment of
members of the legislature ; and proceeded , at some length , to pjint out the different ways in which the present nominally gratuitous gentry pay themselves . He exposed the humbug of looking upon being paid as disgraceful . He alluded to the judges , and other public offices which are paid , and to which so little odium attaches , that there is always a keen scramble who gets them . Mr . C . then refuted the common slang of " not qualified , " and , in doing so , related an anecdote that much amused us . A young lad once asked his grandmothor leave to bathe . " Grannie will ye let us bathe \ " " No , dautie , " said tho prudent old lady , the prototype of our Whigs , " oh , no , dear ; you must never go to bathe until you have
learned to swim ! " And we , said Collins , must never possess the franchise until we have learned to excroitse it;—that is , we must never vote until we have voted ! He then showed , satisfactoril y , from the many Friendly , Yearly , Odd Fellow , and other Societies , managed by them , that the working classes are fit for the lnauagcment of their own affairs They had talent , as much as iho rest ; but it was not talent altogether that was needed . It was honesty and common-sense . Honesty , in common men , was better than great talent possessed by knaves . Afcer alludirig io the sta'e of his Jun ^ s , &v . d the necessity for sparini ' himself , Mr . Collins sat down . B * nd— "Nae lack about the house , " adapted to
tho occasion . Sentiment— " The Midab Cia ^ soa ; may they see it alike their duty and their interest to assist the present movement . " Mr . John Taylor spoke to it . —The following is an outline of his very excellent speech : —The ta < k imposed upon him was a difficult one ; but if he could persuade himself that those to whom it referred -were m ^ do of conv mcib ' e materials , and not "swayed by the sinful sophistries of a rotten priesthood , or under the demoralising influence of a corrupt pres 3 , much of the -difficulty would have vanished , for ho conceived it \ ui an easy matter to show every man open to conviction that he was deeply interested in the having good and cheai >
government , the object Chartists have in view and which nothing but the Charter could obtain or secure . ( Cheers . ) He then proceeded to show how it was for tho interests uf tho middle ciassos to join us . A single glance at the Corn Law agiUrion would show us all was not wall with them ; a-ul tho worst of it i 3 , that bad as is their state , they possess not the power to better ic . The fact is , these nominally intelliyents are as powerless as we are . Look at the lute of their petitions and motions for repealing tho C > ru Laws ! Why , upon hearing the late of Air . yihters motion , which wag siuiplv for , au inquiry , they were forced u » exclaim " The Chartists are right , after all . " Referring to tho Corn Laws , and she system of taxation , he said , wo must ceise frovn ta . vug the raw material and the
necessaries ol ate , and , mstead of that , raiso the revenue from property alone . ( Hear . ) To do this , is , in my opinion , utterly impossible , without we have anorgamo change ia the Huiis . ? of Commons . He would readily admit that tho com monopoly is an act of the most fl > s ? rani injustice towards the ludusiritms clauses , a ... i uonofaol its baneful t-ffects mors thnn th .-y ; Cut , then , iho niOiKn > o ! y ill llltf Suffrage was even worse , inasmuch ai it was thn fttndameatal source or ' all the other evils . Ulv * r . ) Ho would , therefore , ask the mwclle-clasptnen if we were not going to walk m the ui . > : n philosophical niann .-r , endeavouring to reniovo tho ca-u& « , COUSC 10 U& that tha evils would follow . ( Hear , and cheere > Give us , said l . e , Uuiv ^ r .-al Suifrago io-iiij ; iit , aud we shall repeal the C-srn La . ' . ys w-Ewrrow . Mr . Taylor thori procoedocf to show how- the middle classes ware bound ia koaour to
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come forward , and concluded his speech with aa alluBion to , tie prospe 6 t of having their assistance when the scenes of 1831 * 32 are r « -cnacted ; when hundreds of thousands of the two great classes in the community meet together and make those glorious displays of moral power , or , shall I call it , perspective physicalism . ( Cheers . ) Determined to have the Charter , and nothing less , then we very soon shall have it . Let us , tbeu , carry on a wellsustained agitation , till wtf have such a glorious consummation to our struggles . ( Loud cheers . ) Song— " Old Country Gentleman , " by Mr . James Black . Comic Recitation—Containing some choice specimens of " enormous lying , " by ayoung gentleman , whose name we did not cateh .
Recitation—B y Mr . Melville Mackintosh . Sentiment— " May the bastiles of England speedily disgorge the victims of Whig tyranny , and cruelty . " —Spoken to by Mr . Crockett , ia an able speech . He eulogised , in high terms , the honesty and talent of these individuals , aud ardentl y hoped we should have them among us ; especially the noble Mr . O'Connor , to whose burning eloquenoe 1 have listened , said he , ia the city of Glasgow . Song— "Our Cogie , " b y IVlr . D . Morrison . Senticaent— Mr . Wm . Lov ^ ttj . pay fce be speedily restored to health , and be enaw « 4 t 9 tau his place in the foremost ranks of this glorious movement for . liberty . !—Spoken to by Mr . Rattr » y Mr . Cellrus returned thanks in a / feeling manner . Song— A man ' s a man for a' th * L" by Mr . Morton . Jattee
T ^ asr - ^* « females of BixtyWyf— Spoken to bj S ^ in ^ nw ^ irMAVim ^ ' ^; feay -the ? rfNft ^ ereeitfroti to their coantry and faou-Mf s . "—5 J » ken to by Mr . Baird . Toift— The Radical Press , "—Spoken to by Mr . Melville , of Markinch . It being then drawing nigh to the " wee thort fwit rayont thetwal , " the meeting separated . Not a few of the employers , to their honour be it said , gave those in their employ every facility to attend . Among them we may make honourable mention of Messrs . Brown , the celebrated engineers .
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SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES . ' * * The South Lancashire delegate meeting took plaoe ia the Executive Council Room , Tib-street , on Sunday last Mr- Davis was elected Chairman , and Mr . Cartlfedge officiated as Secretary . After the minutes of the last Wi Vmeeting h id been read , ' ^ -4 M The Chairman gaid the district of Manchester T % l > which he represented , was quite satisfied -with the' * f $ ? * . steps which had been taken by the delegate * when l « t A 4 assembled , and he believed they had eavriert out the ; ^ proceedings as far as possible . He had brought tbe i % money towards remunerating the lecturer who had ' l ' - been appointed , and he was very happy to inform them " ^ thatiua-disttiot jva 3 in everr . way prpsressine . :
Mr . CARTLfeDGE said that he was there on bettatf tit the Brown-street district of Manchester . Hii ULitrfct was moving steadily , and surely . His constituents were very well pleased with what was -done at the last delegate meeting , and had shewn that they properly appreciated the services of the lecturer , by ^ sending money towards paying the expence . Mr . Isaac Isherwood , from Ratcliffe Bridge , did not know that it was expected he should bring any money ; but still he would be responsible for any bum which should be deemed prudent After a little consultation upon the subject , tho gentleman contributed as much as gave the greatest satisfaction ; and , as i t respects the cause , said they were reviving again at Ratcliffe Bridge .
Mr . John HAbris , of Ashton , said they had carried out the arrangements of the last meeting . They had had three lectures by Mr . Bairstaw , and had entered a great " many members in consequence of his exertions ; and ha must say that Ashton would be quite alive to the present movement . Mr . Thomas Cheexham gave a very cheering account of Stalybridge , considering how dead it had been of late . He spoke in the highest tering of the West-KUiing . Missionary , and ho thought that shortly there would be a flourishing seciety in that place . Mr . Joseph Schofield , of Droylsden , said that the people in his district wero determined to persevere ; they had procured a room , and Mr . Leech had delivered a lecture ; they were carrying out the plan by enrolling members and forming classes .
Mr . John James , of Oldbain , had not brought any money , but would take upon himself to s » y , that the people of that town would pay their share . They were now between three and four hundred strong . The cause in Old ham assumed a better position now than it had hitherto done . Mr . Joseph Heywood , of Heywood , said that they had incorporated theuiselres with the National Association that day week . They were progressing rapidly . Tiiere were thrte classes forniod , besides a . debating class , which did a great deal of go >) d in improving and bringing out talent . Ho was ordered to take fifty cards back with him ; and , as it r&eptcts the lecturer , he knew that tho Heywood people wonld pay an ; qu : il share .
Mr . Joseph Exeksley , of Unsworth , said much good was done by Mr . Leech ' s lecture . The Primitive . Methodists had . granted the use of t ' Jeir ghapt-L The f-peaker then tendered what money had h «; gu sent foj the suppo t of the lecturer . Mr . Pt'riiR - Coon . o £ fiolton , na ' -d ha had jovouOA money towards tha support of the Lecturer : and although , ii « gave » strikiD 5 account of the : uir ; mcejnent of the cause , he was not deputed as a delegate .. HulUewiM produced the following letter : " To the Council for the S ^ uth Lancaahira
Association . " Gentlemen , —The bearer hatb been appointed by the Bolton Charter Association tf / attend yoor nieetiug of to-day in the capacity of one of your body . A * such we trust he will be received by you . R . Marsden , Secretary . " Bolton , Oct . 31 , 1840 . " : He was Teceiv . d very courteously by the delegates ; but it ia nec « s « ary that a proper understanding should exist on these important occasions . The following letter was then read : — 11 Saturday Evening , Oot . 31 st , 1840 .
" The friends of Newton have not done any thing ? towards establishing a National Charter Association since tbe friends frojn Manchester came . The reason : th « y have not done to is because that the affirmation ) anu the correxpninliug from one place to another is not ) legal i and , therefore ,- contrary to law . We , therefore , desire that you will admit the bearer , Joseph Rogers , in order that he may hear the different opinion ! o £ others who may attend from various places . " Yours , respectfully , " Edwin Fbanok , = "David Booth , ' Josh . Baies . " Newton Heath . " After a long discussion , the delegates were of opinionthat tha Association , as at present established , was perfectly Wai .
Mr . Leech gave an account of the places ha had : visited , ana the following rewlutions were carried unanimously : —• - " That Mr . James Leech be engaged as lecturer for South Lancashire for one month . " " That according to the number of mendlftlQfUtta ^ district an equal proportion be paid tow «||* aiefa £ SaftjPJS ^ " That the Secretary correspond w&uftkgplafcfM § 7 & | & \ : ¦ ¦ , that have not sent a councilman . " / L / 235 s -l .. « Se « Y « E \ - " That this meeting adjourn to ^^^ W ^^ KLllo " ^ SJBStev
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ABERDEEN . —Mr . Harney delivered a lecture , subject , " Union , its . advantages and necessity , " in the Ha ll , Queen-street , on Tuesday evening week , Ootober 27 th . Woodsibe , skas . Abksdeen . —A pablio meeting was held here oa Friday evening , October 31 st , to hear an address from Mr . Harney . The meeting was well attended , and all present were highly pleased with the lecture , thesubjeet of which was , " The utility of , and benefits to be derived from , the establishment of Co-operative Societies . " At the close of Mr . Harney ' s address , the assembly formed themselves into a branch of the Aberdeen Charter Union . .
FnosT , Williams , and Jones . —An open-air meeting of the Aberdeen Chartists took place on Saturday evening , October 31 st , for the purpose of considering the propriety of co- operating with the men of Birmingham to obtain the restoration to their country of the Welsh martyrs . At half-past six o ' clock , Mr . Julian Harney , with several of the Chartist leaders , and a considerable body of the working classes , formed in procession in Georgestreet , and , with music and banners , proceeded to the Inches . The ni « ht was dark , but a number of lanthorn lights sufficiently dispelled the gloom . Arrived at the place of meeting ,
Mr . Archibald M'Donald -was called to the chair . He briefly stated the business , to consider which thev were called together , and hoped that the fustian jackets whom he saw before him would be unanimous in sledging their aid to tho men of Birmingham . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Harnev begged leave to move the adoption of a resolution he held in his hand . We have assembled ( said Mr . Harney ) this evening to perform an act of duty which we owe to the martyred victims of despotism—an act of duty we owe to that country for the redemption of which our brothers have struggled . and are suffering ; and , lastly , to do aa act of duty to ourselves , by wiping away the staiu of apathy , and ridding ourselves of the disgraceful
charge of being indifferent to the fate of these upon whose limbs clank the chain of captivity . Having this week ? received a letter from Birmingham , soliciting my co-operation in the holy vpoi-k of effecting the restoration of Frost , William ? , and Jones to their country , their homes , and families , \ h * 5 ! e deemecl . i » ray ^ duty to summon this meeting ; I hare called youtogether ^ $ < £ omand of you , Shall our suffering brothers be restored ! yea , or no ! ( Cries of " They shall . " ) The speaker then commented upon the Birmingham Committee , explaining its objects and proposed means of action ; and then referred to the character of Mr . Frost . Williams . and Jones I had" not the honour of knowing , but with their compatriot I was personall
y acquainted ia his character of Conventional Delegate ; and with all sincerity I can speak of him as being a great , because , in every respect , a good man . There is one thing I wish to offer a rennrk upon , and that is , that in the Convention , Mr . Frost was ever tho consistent fee of violence . 1 do not mean by that , that he wa 3 a " moral force" humbug ; that is , one who will not work himself , and abuse ovpry one who will work ; while ho was not one of this squad , he still opposed , temperately and calmly , it is true , the conduct of his more enthusiastic , because youthful , compeers ; myself he has reproved more than once for tbat zeal which , perhaps , upon some occasions , was not too prudently displayed . What were my sentiments in the Convention you well know ; those sentiments are unchanged .
( Cheers . ) Yc 3 , my friends , though I am a little more cautious than I was two years ago , yet , I repeat , my sentiments are the same . I still believe that it is only through the agoucy of fear that the oppressed many can wring justice from the oppressing few . ( Loud cheers . ) I remind you of Mr . Frost ' s conduct in tho Convention , because of the unfortunate occurrences at Newport , that dark event in the history of Chanism has yet to bo explained ; its origin has yet to be accounted for . Depeud upon it , my friends , the virtuous , noble , heart-excellent Frost has been foully used some way ; he was not a man to be easily misled , nor likely , by an act of folly , to place himself in a falso position . No ! deep villany , damning treachery , ha 3 somewhere existed . Whoever were the traitors , upon them be the malediction of Irelan d ' s bard : —
" Oh , for a curs « - upon the slave , Whosa treasou , like a deadly blight , Comes o ' er the councils of tke brave , And blasts them in their hour of might ! May lifj ' s un )>! e . « eil cup for hhn Ba drugged with treacheries to the brim , With hopes that but allure to fly—With joys that vanish while ho sips ; Like dead sea-fowls that tempt the eye , But turn to ashes on the lips ! Hia country ' s curse , his children ' s 3 hame , Outcast of virtue , pt-ace , and fame ; May he , at List , with lips oi flame On the parch'd iiesert thirsting die—While lakes that shone in mockery nigh Are fading off , untouched , untasted . Like the once glorious hopes he blasted ! And , when from earth bis spirit fliea ,
Just Fsther , let the damnd-one dwell Full in thu sight of Paradise , Beholding heaven , and feeling hell !" ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Harney then noticed the proceedings of the Special Commission , remarking ** let every working man , let every enslaved Britcn , copy the words of tho savage sentence parsed upon our brethren ; let such copy b ^ suspended agaiiift each chimney piece , a record of the civilization of Britaiu in 1840 ; let each toiling slave r « -ad it to his children , and show to hia little ones what is British law and justice . " The speaker here repeated the sentence and proceeded : — "Men of Aberdeen , does not your iksh crawl and your blood curdle in your veins .
wnon you listen to thoae barbarous , revolting words ? If ao , think what must have been the feelings of the unfortuuato men upon whom that doom was pronounjad—think what must have beeu tbe mental , and mi Jf ' enin . a anguish of their wives and children ! O m » u of Aberdeen , let me entreat of you to do your dut . y ; let me implore of you to labour in this good work of restoring the patriot to his country , tho hutbaud to his wife , the father to his children . (• ' We will . ") And now let me for a moment direct your attention to the rascality of the liberal WhigH . While the trial of Mr . Frost was proceeding ,
bia counsel , in the namo of the three defendants , objected to tho proeee-linga ad being i llegal , the forms of law not having b ? en complied with on the part of tho proseoutur . ( Hear . ) Tho Judges refused to stop the trial , though they allowed the objection might bo good , reserving it for after co :. sui , THtion , whercupm Mr . Frost ' s counsel enquired *• How his client would be situated in the event of a verdict of gHilty ? " " In that case , " 3 ail Lord Chief Justice Tindal , " if the objection you take snail be found to be good , ho will have the ben ^ fii of ihe objection , and tbe Court will apply to tha Qtiaen lor a pardon . " CIi © ud cheers . ) Well , Frost , with Williams and Jones , waa
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'¦¦ -. ^ V ^ --J ^ w— * & found guilty ; the objection taken by their cobn .-. sel was argued btfore the Judges of the land ; ' nine out of fifteen decided that the objection was good ; Out then nine of the fifteen-decided that though good , the objection was not taken at . the right time . ¦ Bear ra mind , that two out of the three Judges who , presided at the trial , decided the objection was both good and taken iutime . Under these circumstances a just and merciful government would have pardoned the unfortunate men ; but when did mercy and a sanctuary in the breaat of a Whig ! While the objection was vet undecided nnon was thn
callows erected , the hangman engaged , and all the awful paraphernalia of murder prepared ; and when the liberal Government found that public -wpinioiT was too strong , for them—that national indignation would not allow of their pmtting their bloody design into execution—constrained to spare the lives of their victims , they resolved to inflict a worse punishment than death itself ; in the dead hour ot the night , the unhappy meu are roused from their slumbers , and without being permitted to take even a last farewell of beloved wife or darling child , they are kidnapped on board the transport ship , condemned to wear eut the remainder of their days in misery of body and anguish of soul , far , far from
the country whose freedom they songht to establish , - whose glory they ; sought to restore . Remember th © ' words of Frost , when he anxiously asked his gaolers , ' " What is the feeling of the country ! Is there much excitement in owr behalf ! " Why have these words > een forgotten ? ' why have they not been replied to > y the people ? Let us no longer withhold the reply , > ut tell the victim and his oppressors what is " the '' . feeling of the country . " The Northern Star has >; suggested that a great national demonstration should ' " Uk « place < m the first of January , 1841 ; let us resj ' pend to that suggestion . ( Cheers . ) 1 am about to conclude by proposing a resolution , which will show what is your opinion of the proposition of the Editorof the Star . I hope I shall have your unanimous
support . I trust as one man you will resolve that' - M Aberdeen shall , " on that day , do its duty . Let the ' | men of the North Biwak out-let them declare their V I will—exhibit by their acts their sincerity ; an ^ M show by their labours their determination ; the * ' M shallwe ronflo auld Swaand from Northern Rleh / tf ¦ Jl southern border , demanding with a voice of thnuner t | 9 the . restoratioa of the patriots , till the affriihted ^ Whig faetion shall quail before th « cry M- ^ t » ' * i millions , the aristocracy and : fAeir Queen-ionifea * ' H the demand ef the people , and every hill * n 4 * ak * ^ resound with shouts of l | berty . " ( £ ***<*{*** . ) - ¦ ^ SSfi »~ w ^ % ^ 4 : ,: m r -That ^ i ^^^ 2 £ ^^§ S ^^ - ^ M with the inBE ^ ninSwm ta aHErf ^ hSaia * ^ :- - - ^ - ^
of the senijSlce * $ ch bafipijastly « nd UHgMtyjWriied * « f from their oounjry fhajatriots Fros ^ Williams , aad ^§ Jonas ; _ and tk » . '/ meetlag- considers tuat for the du ^ ^ S expression o | public opinion it U necessary that a great . t national demon | ti » tion should take ptaee ^ on , thai first t day « f January , 1841 , that the Government of the country may be made to see th « l abhorrence with which ' ithe people view the violation of justice and ' coustitu- ' . | tional law , committed in the punishment inflicted upon ., ; | their Buffering friends . " ¦ . ' % Mr . Sherman seconded the resolution , which wa » «*! adopted unanimously . || Mr . Pathick Ross proposed the following resolu- % turn , which was carried by acolamation ;— ; . '' ¦ &
* ' That this meeting give their nnfeigned thanks to " > Mr . Julian Hamey , for the good service he hu rendereV *; l the cause of Chartism in Aberdeen ; and this meeting "• " hope , that that patriot , In his intended tour throug h ^ ' £ . the North , will , meet with the hearty welcome aud * C zealous support of every friend of liberty , and true " ^ lover of his country . " % / $ * Mr . Harney returned thanks for tho compliment M they had paid him . He alluded to the hoax exposed in the Star of the reported death of tWjm * O'Connor ; " but , thank God , " , eaid the speaker , " Feargus O'Connor is not dead ,, as the Whi g * will -U find to their cost , and Fox Maule ' 9 uoae in particular , some fine day —( laughter ;—though no doubt ~ - ~ i
they- ( the Whigs)—would have been most happy had the talo been true . But O'Connor lives , aye » ^ not only in York Castle , but in the heart of every ? working man . ' Fustian jackets / give me thrt » ' cheers for your brav « s O'Connor . " The meeting responded with three hearty cheers . ¦* £ riireecheeia , which echoed far on the brecw , were ^ M then given for Frost , Williams , and Joues ; three for •* Collins and M'Douall ; three for Vincent and * U the s > martyr ?; three for Julian Harney : and three for tha ' , % Charter , when the meeting dissolved . vm Mr . Harney will next week commence his -M Northern Tour . About the 10 th of November ho , M will be in Ellon , and will spend the remainder of tha . til week at Peterhead . —From a Correspondent . ¦* £ ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1840, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2709/page/1/
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