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; % j ; THE MULISH WORKING HEN . ' ; HY ' -FBIENDS , —I "\ rate you this letrir'from Paris , and if I was to devote days or w < gcs . in endeavouring to describe the state of this country , I could not do it . In 1848 , you had a perfect army of spies and intonem on England ; but they were a mere nothingcompared to the number now in Pans . I have often told you that-thoug h Pans is France Londonis not England , asIIbeheve . the mind in the NORTHERN HIV ? has a greater effect upon the Ministerial feelings than the COCKNEY mind has .
The recent a cts of the PoPE are likel y to have a great effect . upon -all countries ; and , however the SPECIAL CONSTABLE may tase his power upon . English , support , yet , let me assure you , thathoth he and the French people , and the people of all nations , hate and detest England and the English . In England , M . P . s never come to London fill the time when Parliament meets ; -while nearly all the Representatives of the French National Assembly are now in Paris—each party holding its dail y meetings to develope the course to be taken in the ensuing Parliament . "When a general election takes place , the Liberal electors , in most districts , have come to the resolution not to vote , as the
recent Electoral Law has dep rived a vast majority of their votes . I have gained no slight information as to the present state of France , and I ana convinced that , however the force of « rms , or the terror of the law , may for a "time , and a very short time , keep the satisfied in order ^ aMl &^^ he dissatisfied in subjection , iiey ^ ldel ^ tbe'tiine is coming when all . will beupanddomgi ^^ v , ! : l . ^; g : ¦> -. ¦
The Morning Chronicle has g iven a much fairer definition of the present state of ; 3 France than the Times ; and from that you ' willJeara that England loots to France as its CRUTCH to rest upon . All parties here are now meeting and consulting as to the course to be pursued in the forthcoming straggle ; and , however parties may be disunited in France , let me assure you that they are not more so than the English people .
I had the pleasure ef seeing my friend and yours , Ee 2 ? esi Jones , the day I . started for Paris , and , well informed as Iain as to the state of the English mind , he gave me no smallinformation— -information which annoyed me , but of-which I was previousl y aware . He told me that , in a certain district where a Cooperative Society had been established the members of that society had realised some capital , and had , consequently , abandoned Chartism ; but , from his account , he explained their folly in an unmistakeable manner .
I have often told you , that if masons , or glaziers , or orictlayers , or plasterers , were well employed , and well off , they did not care a farthing for those of other trades who were hadly off ; while , -when all trades became bad , then all became energetic and BRAVE chartists . * mm . It is my intention never to abandon the Chartist princi ples , and never to adopt any other , and never to allow any other 'KM or princi ple to be mixed up with the Charter .
Perhaps , as the French law is now so tyrannical with respect to the Press , the SPECIAL CONSTABLE would have me prosecuted , were I fully to develope his position and the present state of France ; and therefore , as we have more liberty of speech and writing , iu Monarchical England than in Republican France , I shall withhold some of my opinions till I am once more amongst you , which will be early nest week , and then I will endeavour OBce more to rouse the apathetic mind to
action . I wish you could see the manner in which mountainous small farms are cultivated in France , as compared with rich land in England , and then you would , one and all , very speedily adopt and carry out my LAND PLAN ; and the satisfaction upon which the SPECIAL CONSTABLE bases his power is upon the value that the smallest holder attaches to his little plot of ground—in many cases not more than half an acre ; while the ruffians who have heen located upon four acres , weep and wail , and gnash their teeth .
In conclusion , "Working Men , let me assure you that the day of struggle is at hand , and for that I wish to prepare yon ; and however you may desert the princip les of THE CHARTER , and foolishly adopt any others ,
I NEVER WILL . Your faithful Friend and Advocate , Fea bg us O'Cojraois
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ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES FOR EFFECTING AN UNION AMONG DIFFERENT CLASSES OF REFORMERS , JOHN STREET ,
TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD . This body again assembled on Sunday afternoon , at John-street , Tottenham-court-road . - Mr . Hoopbh having been elected to the chair , the roll was called , and seventeen persons answered to their names . The minutes having been read and confirmed , The . CHAiEiiAN read a letter he had received from the National Reform League , withdrawing their delegates , for the grounds stated in the resolution of that body , published in last week ' s Star . Mr . Swift ( one of the Reform League delegates ) stated he was not present at the Council when that resolution was agreed to . He thought it unjustifiable in the Council to adopt such a line of conduct without consulting the members of the body ; He had attended to vindicate his own conduct , but , being recalled , he must , of course , retire .
After some conversation on the subject , Mr . Swift was requested to resume his seat as an invited friend . - The discussion then commenced by Mr . Stallwood moving the adoption of the first rule : — " All persons acquiescing in the objects of this association shall be eligible to become members by taking out cards of membership , for which , with a copy of the objects and rules , they shall not pay less than threepence . " Mr . Shaw seconded its adoption , Mr . ; Harney , moved , "That the price for cards and rules should be twopence . " ;!' Mr . PBiTiB seconded the amendment . Mr .-Wheeler thought that it was impossible to getout cards and rules of a respectable description for , twopence . He moved , " That the words objects and rules ' be omitted , and that the price be twopence . "
This . proposition having been seconded by Mr . Petiib , Mr . Farm , of Bradford ( who had been invited to situs a delegate ) , said that the Chartists in the country would be averse to paying more than twopence . . Mr . Fussell thought that a little dissatisfaction existed as to the expenditure of the funds ; but that appeared to him to arise from the Executive not being able to afford to send each locality a balance sheet . He was in favour of tho small amount . Mr . Godwin thought it would be hard to charge those threepence for membership who had just paid a shilling to achieve that object . The Chairman explained that it was a new association , and could not recognise previous payments . Messrs . Grassby and Stallwood explained relative to the balance sheet .
The motions were then put , with the following result : —For Mr . Wheeler , 9 : Mr . Harney , 7 ; Mr . Stallwood , 13 . ' Mr . Gbassby moved , and Mr . Shaw seconded , tin adoption of the second rule , as follows : —" That the general government of this association shall be vested in a Central Committee , or Council , consisting of twenty-eight persons—seven to be elected by the members of the National Charter Association , seven by the Fraternal Democrats , seven by the
National Reform League , aud seven by the Social Reform League . The said Committee or Council shall use their utmost efforts to superintend the movement , perfect the organisation , and direct its power . They shall be empowered to call for voluntary contributions , when required to carry out its objects ; to appoint a secretary or secretaries froin their own body , who shall be the onl y paid officer or officers ; and to issue notices one month previous , convening a National Conference , which shall assemble in London on the first Monday in May , 1851 , intowhose , handstheyshaUresightheirtrust . " . . '••'" , * , ;¦; . ;¦ , ; , j -.. . '• ¦;;; .. ji . ' . jiJH ; ,: iUA-i--r " ' .
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The Chairman thought Siticould hot be put oh ad * CO ; of the secession of the-Reform League .: This objection , .-was , however ,. overruled , ; as the decision of the ' Council . was not . considered binding upon the body ; ,. ' . ' ¦ "' - ! A variety of . ' amendments were then moved , relative to the proportion of meihbers 'to ' form the Gounod ; from , eaoh body , which ' were ; ' at' % rigt ; h withdrawn ; and . 'the original motion was Carried , leaving out all ; mention of the number tobeelefcted , orlhe parties Jrom whom they were to be . elected-On the suggestion of Messrs . Shaw and , Wheeler , the words . " meet orithe firstMonday in May" were altereckto V riot'later than May , " with the iiriderstandi ngihai ^ Ke ^ Coundilto be elected should call the Conforer » e '> any tiriie prior to that , / if they deeined Unnecessary . . > v . v . i ! ,- > Uw ; . ¦ . ' . - ¦" ¦ - " - : - * - " --: ; -i ¦ ;
• Mr . Stahwood ; moved ; and Mr . Ivort seconded , the third . rule— " That - . the members , formed into localities 8 hau be . emp . ow 6 red ! to , enac tbyetlaw . B ; fov their own guidance ; . j 6 " iriipbse , payments : for local purposes , and to hominato . ; riot leas than . 8 e ' yen [ of their body , including a sub-treasurer arid sub >' s ' ebre ' r tary , to act as a Sub-coTrirriittee or council for three or six months . ? v The ' said officers W see that the said monies received forroards ofifm ' cmberBhip are duly forwarded to the , Central Cdminitteoaati least once a monthji-iThey ; shall . also jpromote ; and extend'iri every possible legal ; way , the objects and principles of the Asspciationjiand otherwise . aet as the , C ' egtral Comhuttee ShalL-direct . " ' which was carried ' unanimously ; - ¦¦ ' -m ^^^ - ^^ m ^ f f ^ " "m \ ¦
: ¦¦¦ Mr . Habne ?* VSM * mo yed ^ the ' f 6 uowiri ^; a | fourth rule , which "was secori Jed by Mriji Skaw ) :- ^ " That in ; the event of ' the foregoing prbgVahraie ' being adopted ; by the National Charter Association , Fraternal Democrats ,.-Social 'Reform League , and National Beform League , such adoption shall be immediately followed by the merging of the several societies into the National Charter and Social Reform Union . The . several societies to elect members 'to the provisional Central . Committee in the following proportion : —the National Charter Association to elect nine representatives , " the Social Reformers three , the Fraternal Democrats three , and the National Reform League three . " : Mr . Harney
stated , that although it might appear to be unequal , yet , if reference was had " to numbers , it would be found to bejust , whether this fusion was effected or not . The Chartist party was at present rriuch the largest , arid , In the event of any agitation j ' would be reckoned by thousands , whilst ; under any dircuiristances , the other sections could only b » counted by hundreds ; if they wished to convert ' the iChavtists they must show that they trusted them . : Mr . PETTiE opposed the motion ; he was . in favour of the old programme of seven from each section . - Mr . Grassby showed that if Mr . Pettie ' s argument was correct , and he knew it was , his plan of seven from each body would give still more power to the Chartists . M ••"'•'¦ ' ¦'
Mr . Harnet , on the suggestion of Mr . Wheeler , altered tho number of the delegates of the Social party from three to six , ¦ . ^ i - . ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ' Mr . LE Blond . moved the , following amendment ,: which was seconded by Mr . Woodcock : — "That the National Charter arid Social Union be managed , till theineetingofthe . Conventiori , by three mciribers , chosen from ' each of the Associations who have formed this Conference ; and the same number from an y other association who , wishing to merge their
association in the National Charter Social Union , shall apply to the ^ Executive Committee for that purpose . " . ¦¦ •;' ¦ Mr . Harnkt explained ,, that although the Fraternal Democrats were Chartists , yet they belonged to a different school to the . " whole hog men ,, and nothing more , " so that - ihe advantage to the Chartists in . number was mOre imaginary than real . Mr . Leno stated that an equality of numbers had been found to work well in that Conference , arid he thought it would in tho body , they were about to elect . - ,,.-. ' .. ' . : ¦ ¦¦
Mr . W . Cooper cared little about the numbers to be elected , but he preferred Mr . Le Blond ' s motion ; thoChartists were , once , a formidable body , and if they had been as foririidable in mind as in numbers , they would have achieved : the Charter long ago . Socialism did not merel y consist in the Social lteform"League , it hadheco ' uie a part of the genius of the country ; . it was embodied in her literature , 'and an important element t in ; every agitation ,-to prove which he read , an . extract , from , " Alton Locke . " Chartism could not be . obtained-by merely shouting .
Mr . Stallwood reminded ^ Mr . . Cooper that in times past there-had been shouting Socialists as well as shouting Chartists ; -the very book he had quoted showed that Chartism was equally an element in our literature ; if the Chartists were greater in numbers they were entitled to a larger representation . , - .,-:. , : ' ¦ :, ! , : - ' 'i '¦ : Mr . Grassby asked how , with . consistency , they could complain of Harwich having the . sairio number of representatives as Manchester , if . they gave small societies the same number as tho large ones ? Mr . Milks supported Mr . Le Blond ' s motion . :
Mr . Pettie moved— " That tho council should be elected in equal proportions from the bodies . giving in their adhesion to the movement . " Mr . Wilson seconded the motion . ¦ Mr . Shaw was in favour of Mr . Harney ' s motion ; in numbers the Chartists preponderated , and he thought they were as equally prominent in the literary world as their Social brethren . Mr . Fussell preferred Mr . Le Blond ' s to Mr . Harne y ' s motion , because it opened a door to the
admission of trades or other bodies . Messrs . Pettie and Wilson having ' withdrawn their motions , and Mr . Harney riot being able to alter his to meet the views of some of the delegates , the two motions were put , when fourteen voted for Mr . Le Blond ' s , and nine for , Mr . Harney ' s . . After some discussion , relative to several motions proposed , a resolution for adjournment was carried ; the Conference will therefore again assemble at John-street , on Sunday afternoon next .
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THE L 05 D 0 N TAVERN ME 3 TING . tO THE EDITOR OF THE K 0 RTHERN STAB . Sib , —I find in your valuable journal of last week , a copy of a letter from Sir Joshua Walmsley , respecting the report given in your paper of the meeting held by the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , on the 14 th ult .. at the London Tavern . Being present , I beg to state that that report was perfectly correct , to * daring the speech of Mr . P . O'Connor , the Chairman did not seem at allnleased . and when he had concluded , he said that
he dissented from the observations made by the speaker . I also brought forward a resolution , reebnnnending the Council to convene an especial Conference of the body to consider the expediency of adopting Manhood Suffrage ; but the Chairman refused me permission to put it to the meeting , though I am a member of the Association , and it would not have beenmade known , had I not continued to have urged it on for him to put it , as he would not allow me to put it . The resolution was then presested to the meeting in a way and mannner that did not reflect much credit to the
Chairman . I remain , Sir , Tours most respectfully , October 30 th . Alfred Elliot , 29 , College-street , Dowgate-MU .
Liberation Of Thomas Jones. - On Wednesd...
LIBERATION OF THOMAS JONES . - On Wednesdey last this brutally-treated victim of ¦ Whig -tyranny , -was , after an incarceration of two years and eleven weeks , released from prison . The fine ' of £ 10 having been paid at the House of Detention , ClerkenwelJ , he was brought np in custody of an affieer to the Police-court , and the required sureties being approved of , he -was liberated . A full statement of this most atrocious case , with the correspondence relative thereto between . Sir George Grey and William Williams , Esq ., M . P ., will be g iven next week .
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TBE REGISTRATION AND ELECTION : COMMITTEE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE SOUTHERN STAK Em , —Would yon permit me through your columns to inquire what has become of the Registration and Election Committee appointed at the Leeds Conference in 1847 ? Its movements , through some cause or other , hare been for a long time lost to the public . If this body be in exisience ,. and acting ja tbe discharge of its duties , it is strange that their proceedings do not appear for the satisfaction of those who have placed considerabler funds under their trusteeship . If it be not , let the fact be made known
On the close of the late general election there remauied in hand , I am given to understand , nearly £ M of the Election Fund . Now , as we have heard of no proceedings on the part of the Committee necessitating an expenditure of this money I may fairly presume that the greater part of it , if not the whole of it > is still on hand , and therefore available for whatever purpose the subscribers choose to apply it . As one -whose mite has been cast into that fund I would suggest what I conceive to be a reasonable appropriation of part of it—namely , the liquidation of the debt due for Printing done for the
uonvenuon ana Assembl y of 1848 . It is a stigma npon the vaunted patriotism of that time , to leave unsettled the small claim of the tradesman , who so cheerfully and promptl y executed the printing orders of these two bodies , professedly representing so immense a section of the community . I think , too , that in accordance with Chartist usage , we have a right to know who are actinq on this Committee ; and also a right to demand ! at then- hands , the performance of a duty of which they appear to be completel y oblivibusnamely , to render forthwith to the subscribers an account of their stewardshi p in the form of a balance sheet . As Old Chabiist .
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^ The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association held their usual weekly meeting on "Wednesday evening last , at the Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . Mr . John Milne in the chair .- Correspondence was read from Hastings , Newcastle-on-T yne , Padiham , StocTqiort , and Whitchurch . The following letter from Mr . Reynolds was also read , and ordered to be printed in the report : —
Cleasby TiUa , Tollbgton-patk , October 30 th , 1850 . Mv beak Cmzuir , —On carefull y reviewing the proceedings " of the Democratic Conference , and considering the results , I do not believe that the project of amalgamation will be adopted by the country . At all events , the Executive is bound to act as if no such plan was in contemplation . It must not relax in its vigorous policy , on the chance of the scheme receiving the popular assent .
I am unable to attend in my place at the Council board of the Executive this evening , but I earnestly conjure you to submit my opinions to my brother members . Were I present , I should recommend—1 . That an election do immediately take place , to fill up the vacancy in the Executive created by the resignation of Citizen Thomas Brown . 2 . That Mr . O'Connor ' s suggestion for a Conference be adopted , but that the Conference shall be held in London , and he convoked for the 1 st Of May , 1831 , so that it may be enabled to get up a succession of grand meetings during the period that the Great Exhibition , will remain open . 3 . That an immediate address be issued to "the country , calling upon the Democrats , in all localities , to adopt instantaneous means to raise funds for the purposes of the Executive .
4 . That , inasmuch as Kossuth , Dembinski , and the glorious Hungarian exiles , may shortly bo expected in England , the Executive shall devise some means of enabling the admirers of those patriots and heroes to express that admiration throughout the length and breadth of the land . Perhaps simultaneous meetings all over the country would be the most proper course . 5 . That the propriety of resuming the Johnstreet meetings early in December , be taken into consideration by the Executive . Trusting that these suggestions will be received in the spirit in which they are tendered , I am , my'dear Citizen , Tours , fraternally and faithfully , George TV . M . Rbtnolds . . Citizen Arnotfc , General Secretary .
A sub-committee , consisting of Messrs . Harney , Eeynolds , and Arnott having been appointed to draw np an address , to be presented at the next meeting , the Committee adjourned to Nov . 6 th . Newcastle-tjpon-Tt ^ e . —A meeting was held on Sunday evening , October 27 th , in Mr . Graner ' s Long-room , Cock Inn , Denton Chare —Mr . Martin Jude in the chair . Moved by John Kobertson , seconded by Wm . Murray : —¦ " That the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead are of opinion that there should be as soon as possible a Conference held , representing the feeling and opinion of the great body of associated Chartists of the country ,. and that we recommend the Executive to take the
sense of the Chartist body as to the utility of such a Conference , and the time and place for holding the same . "—Moved b y John Brown , seconded b y George Smith : — " That we are in favour of a union with the Fraternal Democrats , the Social Beform League , and the National Reform League , providing that the . Charter be considered as the means , and Social Reform as the end . "—Moved and seconded : — "That the secretary write to Mr . Samuel Sydd for that gentleman to lecture two ni ghts when he visits Newcastle , and that the two nig hts be Sunday and Monday . "—The resolutions were carried unanimously .
Hcil . —On Sunday evening last a special meeting of the committee elected for the purpose of raising a tribute of respect over the remains of Radical Jackson , was held at the Malt Shovel , North-Church-side , when the following resolutions were adopted : — " That if possible the labours of the committee be brought to a close in one month , from this time . " " That Mr . Barnet and Mr , Jackson be deputed to collect subscriptions for the said object . " The secretary laid the results of the labours of the committee before the meeting in a satisfactory manner . Thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned .
Stockport . —A members meeting was held in the Association Rooms , Waterloo Road , on Sunday last , when thefollowingresolutions were passed : — "That in consequence of the Executive Committee not having been elected by Universal Suffrage , in accordance with the decision of the delegate meeting held at Hebden Bridge , together with the apparentintention of centralising all power in the metropolis , we consider it highly necessary that a
National Conference should be held at Manchester , as suggested by Mr . O'Connor , and recommend the Manchester committee to make arrangements for the same . " " That it would better show the purity of Democracy to pay the expenses of former prosecutions , than in raising funds to support . future victims . " "That we recognise in no association the means of gaining oar political ri ghts save in the National Charter Association , to which we will remain steadfast "
Emmett Brigade , Bock Tavern , Lisson Grove , Sunday evening . Mr . Kelly in the chair . After the transaction of monetary and local business , Mr . Blake moved , and Mr . Munden seconded , the following resolution : — " That tho Emmett Brigade have witnessed with delight the many patriotic efforts , and eminent services , rendered by the present unpaid Executive Committee , and cordially agreeing with them in their attempt to form an union of the several democratic sections , decry anything savouring of opposition to them or the cause of political and social rights ; it therefore disagrees with the project of a Manchester Conference , and thanks Ernest Jones for his excellent letter , and the West
Biding Delegates for their wise and timely decision , and agrees with them that any movement for a Conference or otherwise should originate with that Executive , in whom they have so much reason to confide . " Dr . Frith was in favour of the resolution ; a Conference might be held in Manchester with less expense than London , but he thought the latter the most fitting place ; if held as early as January be thought it would be a mere local affair , and they would not have the opportunity of knowing what measures parliament would adopt ; he feared it was intended to be a party affair . —Mr . Wheeler said , that he thought May was too late for the holding of a Conference ; if the union was agreed to , the
present organisation would be taken up , and seven months was too long a period to Jbe without any settled plan of organisation ; there was also a necessity for a Conference , or a series of delegate meetings , at an early period , in order that the Chartists mig ht decide npon the adoption or rejection of the John-street plan of union ; the bulk of the members of the other sections were in Loudon , and could at once accept or reject it , but the great body of Chartists were located in the North of England , Scotland , and other parts of the kingdom . He did not believe that the Manchester Conference was intended to oppose the union attempted to be carried out ; and he thoug ht that they should not attempt to force them into collision ; an arrangement rmohf nmfciMv be made for both parties to agree to
a Conference shortly after the opening of parliament and the power of calling it would , according ; to > the decision come to at John-street , rest with the council appointed by them .-Dr . Frith agreed with Mr . Wheeler as to the folly and danger of bringing the country and the London Chartists into collision . — Mr . Fussell thought the resolution was rather inaccurate ; he was in favour of a Conference being held in London in May , that other nations might see that democracy in Britain was not represented by . the Press ; but he thought it wisdom to leave the time and place to the discretion of the council they were about to appoint . —After some further discussion the meeting dissolved . . - . '¦ . ¦ Metbopouias Delegate Council . —This body again assembled at the King and Queen , Foleystreet , on Sunday evening . Mr . Stallwood in the
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chair . Six shillings and nineperico was received from the Emmett Bri gade , and one shilling and sixpence from Somers-town for the Greenwich case . Mr . Jeffrey moved that the . council act as , a committee to receive funds for the above purpose , and apply them to taking John-street Institution , for a lecture to raise the necessary sum . Mr . Osborne seconded the motion . Messrs . ' Blake , arid Wilkin moved an amendment that the localities be again appealed to ; the amendment was carried . Mr . Stallwood called attention to the supper on Wednesday evening to Ernest Jones . Several delegates expressed their surprise at the hurried . mariner in . which it had been got up ; their localities wished it to have been made a metropolitan one , and not a local -affair , and to have included the whole of the
victims . Mr . Stallwood explained , that Owing to the short stay in London of Mr . Jones they were compelled to hasten their arrangements , and that it was entirely got up by a single locality— Winter . Campaign—It was riioved - by Mr . Fletcher , and seconded by Mr . Blake , that . the council get up a series of public meetings , ' commencing" with one at John-street , and that one be held in all the other localities , commencing alphabetically . Messrs ; Brisck , and Hunnible supported the motion . Mr . Stallwood thought the mover should have shown that the council were in possession of sufficient funds , and that it was bad policy , to commence until the affair of the Conference ! was decided .. Mr . Hunnible said they had plenty of matter to awaken the public mind with , whether the Conference
failed in its objects ordtherwiseV The motion was earned -unanimously . Mr . ' Osborne applied for speakers for four weeks' meetings at the Fraternal Home Lecture Hall , Turnmjll-street . After some discussion it was agreed , that the secretary . should endeavour to procure ' the attendance of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Harney , & e . Several notices , of motion were given , and the council adjourned until ' the following Sunday , at the same time arid place . '' Coventry . —The Council held their first meeting on Monday last , at Mr . Bedder ' s , news-agent , Little Park-street , for the purpose of enrolling members , when resolutions were passed expressing a determination to agitate for the Charter , whole and entire , and . to show the Premier taut the people of England require further reforms !
Stalbvbridge . —At a meeting of members held in their room , High-street , on Tuesday evening , the proposed Conference to be held in Manchester , was taken into consideration ; and the following resolution was agreed to : —" ¦ Seeing that the Lancashire and Yorkshire delegate meeting held at Hebden Bridge , passed a vote of confidence in the present Executive , and seeing that their term of office has not expired , or the vote of confidence rescinded , we think it unwise and impolitic , on our part , while acknowledging them as our head , to send a delegate to any Conference not called , or sanctioned by the present Executive . " Hastings . —On Sunday evening last , a meeting of members was held at the Crown Inn , All
Saintsstreet . Mr . Clarke in the chair . After the financial business had been disposed of , the address of Mr . Ernest Jones , delivered at the open-air meeting at Manchester , was read from the Northern Star . The following resolution was then moved — " That the best thanks of this meeeingbe given to Mr . Ernest Jones for the very eloquent and soul-stirring address delivered by , him at the open-air meeting at Manchester , on Sunday , Oct . 20 fch . " This having been seconded by Mr . R . Coote , was supported by Mr . T . Clarke , who proposed to append to itour earnest prayer that the time may not be far distant when we shall have the pleasure of hearing that great and glorious preacher of the gospel iof humanity deliver a similar sermon in the
Fish-market of this town . —Mr . Paul Hugh , in a very neat and appropriate speech , supported the resolution and prayer ; and , after Messrs . Crockett , Estall , Marchant , and Gwynne had briefly addressed the meeting , both motions were carried unanimously . / IMartlbbqne . —Mr . Fussell lectured at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on' Sunday evening last , on " Revolutions and their Causes , " which he handled in a masterly manner . '• •¦•" Bristol . —On Monday eveninglast a meeting was held at 7 , Castle-Mill-street , by the leading Democrats of Bristol , to take into considerationthe best means of organising a thorough Democratic
movement in the above city . Mr . C . Clarke lnthe . chair . On the motion of Mr . W . H . Cottle , seconded by Mr .-J . Clarke , it was unanimously resolved : — " That an Association be formed , to be called ' The Bristol Democratic Association , ' to be conducted by a committee of seven , including a secretary and treasurer ; "whereupon Messrs . C . Clarke , Dyke , Cottle , Burgess , J . Clarke , Watkins , and Shehan , were elected as the committee ; and Mr . J . Clarke , treasurer ; and Mr . W . H . Cottle , secretary . It was also resolved : — ' ¦ That a meeting of tho Association bo held at the same place every Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . "
FrasBDBT . —At the usual meeting of members at the Old Dolphin , on Sunday last , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That the members of this locality highly approve of Mr . O'Connor ' s policy in holding a Conference at Manchester , and pledge themselves to pay £ 1 towards the expenses . " —Carried unanimously . "That we hold a public meeting in the Fraternal Home and Lecture Hall , Turnmill-street , every Tuesday evening . "— . Carried . "That the members of this locality meet at the Fraternal Home on Sunday evening next . "—
The Council Of The National Reform Leagu...
THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE TO THE' MEMBERS OF THE BRANCHES NOT RESIDENT IN LONDON .
Brethren , —In the Northern Star of last week , you will - have - seen a , resolution ofthis Council approving of the withdrawal of our delegates from the Conference sitting at John-street . As our brethren in the country may , probably , not fully comprehend the motives ' which . dictated our policy in this matter , we hasten to explain them to you , lest any misconception should arise injurious to ourselves ,, or toothers . ' " We have no complaint to make of the Conference —none of the particular . 'societies represented thereat—none of any of the delegates . themselves . Our withdrawal from the Conference was simply an act of prudence or policy on our part , to prevent
disunion in the Chartist ranks , of which the whole of our society forms an integral part , . The great majority of the Chartist body are ribt Com- " munists ,- nor Socialists , hoi * National ' . 'Reformers , nor ; Trades ' , Unionists , nor members of ' any of ' the :. particular ' societies said to Jbe represented at the Conference . They are simply Chartists—that is , men desirous of being represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , according to tho principles declared in the People ' s Charter . To preserve the integrity and . unanimity of this body , ought , wetbink , to be a prime consideration . with every association represented in the Conference , arid with every individual out of it , holding Chartist principles . On no account , should such integrity
and unanimity be , for a moment , endangered , by obtruding tho views or projects of any particular social or politico-economical sect upon the body , as a reform to be ivorJced out in common . with the Charter . We may , in our advocacy of the Charter ; present such views , or projects , as natural results m consequences likely to flow from a wis » advocacy of universal suflrage . But we fcannot enter them upon a programme-as essential parts of a national organisation for the ' Charter , without estranging ? 1 movement tbe millions not yet conversant withthese views , uor , consequentty , witho \ it perilling the integrity and unanimity of the Chartist body . Particular societies , like our own , or . 'like the Social Reform League , or the Co-operative Trades'
Societies , may safely enough , and we think with advantage to the ' cause of progress , ' propound the particular theories of ' social arid economical science , which it is their special mission' to promulgate ; They may do so , either as members of the particular societies they belong toj or as Chartists , looking to Universal Suffrage as the best means of realising the Reforms they desire . But , seeing how widely these several societies differ , as to , the particular , social , and economical changes that ought to takeplace , and seeing also that the vast majority of the unrepresented classes desire to be
untramelled by any particular theory of social rights or of social reformi the = Council of . the National Reforni League sees no possibility of fusing or amalgamating the several societies into one aggregate one , at the expense of extinguishing the rest , nor of uniting them upon any common , basis of action , other than tho principles upon which they are all already avowedl y in accord—viz ., the principles ' : of Universal Suffrage , with the necessary . guarantees for its full , free and fair exercis ' » as laid dowftintlio People ' s Charter ;' - ^ ' " '" - - '" ^ ¦ ¦' " f'l " ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' ' ' : " - ' :: : ? : ¦; ¦ . ; £ ? . - >' . ? / r , 3 « ;;; . ' .: ; 'i'C ::: ' ?¦• ::
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In favour Of an union , of this kind ,,, the London members . of the National Reform ' League , are ,, to ' a man , agreed . Wo desire to see the National Charter Association limit' it ' s ' programrri ' e to . this single cardinaLpoint . As Chartists , we shall giro it our boat supporttowards ' . thiseridi We desire to see every other popular society , ' whatever its particular economical or social creed , to concur [ with us in making common cause with the ; National Charter Association , for its ' attainment , without calling upon thorii toabaridontheir own special missions . Joi > objects . By this means we may have a real / union of all the Booietiesin one great body , ' for the ' attainment . ol the onecoraraoii object upon which all kro agreedviz ., self-government , through Universal Suffrage ;
while , at tho same time , their , consciences ; intellects ,, arid , ehergieg , are left free , to , ; develope their own particular views in their , own : Cir , cles , and upon the public : platform ; ''' open . to all sets : ] bf . " reformers , alike , while advocating the People ' s Charter . ' ; : s In sending delegates to' the Conference , we had hoped thatan : union ofthis sort iriigmVbethe result ; of its , deliberations ; rlh this . hope Wq •• have been ; 4 i . * PP ° i *» 4 «; :: ; The . ( Conference has thought proper to mix up . other . reforms of an ' economical or social character ;^ ith the organic reform demanded in the Charter . ' " . Such a course , if ; preservered .. in ,- must ! ; fearj' - ^ eridarigdr tkeiritegrity . arid ' Hrijurimity of the 'Chartist body . "Indeed , it has ' already , done , so , ifwe ' are -, t 6 iudge ^'' . the ^ publishedl'report ' s '' of
vgribuftpuwifrtmeetirigsiri > town arid country , as OTwfi ^ ihy ^ tho corresporidcrice it has prbvbEe d in thJ ^ mvprBiaiiapewfiH ^ feii \* i wftviwR ' * - '• ^ Tfe , NationaiR ^^ frill ;; : be no ; patetq such dw sehsWs fast by its own . programme " ; tilVthe public rmndihas been sufficiently ' matured to appreciate the social rights it demands , it will , at the same time , uphold the integrity of the Chartist bod y by all the moans inits power .- STo this end it will eschew the dangerous policy of . sanctioning the obtrusion of its own or any other particular creed of social reform upon the Cb . artist . body , ' : as ^ art ano 3 parcel of ana iiotidl programme ; while it will not tho less zealously promulgate its political and social views
amongst all sects , arid classes of the public . In other words , -it will ; ' as a . League , do all in its power to promote the plan of . national reform ( based upon social rights ) , which it has promulgated . ' Biifcas a component part of the great Chartist community , it . iwill ' steadily refuse its sanction to any , or all measures which might ; follow . the free action of that unanimity , or endanger its integrity , through the mixing upof other questions with that for which alone the millions demand a National Organisation—viz ., the attainment Of the Popple ' s Oluwfi & i * i , Signed in : behalf of the Council of tho . . '" ¦¦ ,. ; , National Reform League , J . B . O'Brien , President . ! : P . M . M'Neill , Secretary . ¦ ., ' .
The Proposed .Manchester, Conference. . ...
THE PROPOSED . MANCHESTER , CONFERENCE . . Brother Chartists !—It is a pleasing feature of our movement that , at the present time ,- those personal animosities : and party-bickerings which once distracted our council ? , are beginning to die outnot , pcrhaps , " that leaders are less disposed to quarrel than before , but that the people are loss disposed to take part in their individual contentions . A difference of opinion may now be entertained on a matter of mere policy , without the risk of such difference degenerating into a party
squabble , —and a man may now express that opinion freely , however , much it may differ from that of any others , without the fear of exciting hostility and persecution . I should feel great hesitation in offering any further remarks on tho proposed Conference at Manchester , were it not that my recent tour has given me a peculiar opportunity of judging as . to its inexpediency ; were it not that I feel convinced of-its utter . inefficiency at the present time ; and that however high an authority may be , as in tho case before us , every one is in duty bound to express his own conviction , where he believes that its expressionmay be of-service to the cause ; ; ,. -.- ,. ..
: ; In my letter in last Saturday ' s Star , I stated my reasons for believing that a Conference , called at Manchester ,, on the first of January next , would be a mere local affair , in which the feelings of only a seotionatportion of the Chartist body would be represented ; and that , the public at largo aro neither disposed , nor able to embrace or to uphold the measure . The votes or silence of the country have proved the correctness of my anticipation , excepting Manchester . Out of the entire community Rochdale , Sheffield , Hull , and one of three localities in Nottirigharii , have , I believe , up to the date of last Saturday ' s Star , alone " spokeri in its favour —though the measure has been more than three weeks before . the country ; many places have ¦
expressed their disapprobation , and one of the largest and most important of our representative bodies , the . West . Riding delegate meeting , has unanimously come to the same conclusion—while the majority of'the ; country has not taken the matter into consideration at all . Could there be a clearer proof that I was correct , in the estiinatiori I entertained , and that a Conference now held would be premature , and result in a merely local gathering ? . . ., , . -. y [ . .: It is urged by ' the opponents of delay , that , if the people will not support a Conference when trade is good , how can they do so when trade is bad ?—but it inust be in the experience ot most , why . It is a wellknown fact in our movement—that , when trade is worst , and wages are lowest , then money is
always most plentiful for the purposes of agitation . It is the will that is wanting in times of good trade , —but , in times of poverty , the will is there , and where there is a will , there is a way , ; as the experience of 'SO , ' 42 , and' 48 has proved . Again , the time just after Christmas , and in the midst of the New Year holidays , appears to . me not very felicitous , even in a pecuniary point of views—and seems well calculated to give rise to an objection similar to the one contained in tbe suggestion that "May and June , the middle of summer , " is just the very time ' when it would be riaost difficult to induce working men to give up their , pleasure . " I fearjby May or . June they will not have much pleasure to give up ; it will be spoilt by short time and
reductions , that will sternly point to the necessity of uniori ^ and , therefore , to the expediency of assembling a Convention theri . If the objection holds good at all , it is Christmas time and the opening of the year to which it more especially applies ; It is urged that" the great Exhibition which is to take place and to last three months , would completely divert the . minds of the . working classes , and those most capable of representing them in the Conference . " . - ^ Now this is just what ' I have advanced , that the Exhibition will attract immense numbers toLoridori , and that , ' from thai very reason , the .. Convention should be held at that time , arid London be its seat . But this Exhibition ,: while attracting most of the
leading Chartists to the metropolis , and thus drawing , together the democratic talent of the land to one focus , in a manner never yet witnessed in this country , can in nowise interfere with the deliberations of the members . Surely it won't be asserted that the delegates would be running about the Exhibition , at the time when they should be sitting in the hall of the Convention' ? Or that their minds will be intent on lace , gilding , and gingerbread , while they should be deliberating on the rights , of labour ! Surely there are better men to be found in the country , and , surely , better men would be elected ! ' Then , if so , how can the Exhibition interfere with the deliberations of the Convention ? ' , But , it may be said , the attention of the general
Smblic . will be' drawn to the Exhibition , and , thereore , the Convention will attract no notice . It will not ; indeed , attract notice if a few men , locally and obscurely elected , met unsupported in a northern town ; but it riiust command attention , if a dele | ation . elebtcd by the country at large , having with it the sympathies of a truly national constituency , ineets prominently in ; London , while all the democratic talent of England is brought , day by day , - to rally the myriads of the metropolis in its support . It is , too , near the doors of the legislature , too much enshrined by . popular power , ' too much before the eyes of the world to escape notice , or permit of neglect . . " "' ' , \ . In my last , I asked why a Conference should now be held ? I endeavoured to show , that it was not
needed for organisation , the formation of rules , or to meet a crisis ; and that it was premature emji in reference to deciding our policy towards otHr classes . It , is now urged , ' that a Conference should meet a month lefore parliament , in order to "impress our rulers with such a conviction , as would lead them out of the path of error into tho road of truth . " . In the next paragraph , it is said that " the usualparliamentary tyranny practisedfor the last eighteen years " cannot have any particular effect on the riiind of the people . But if the " usual tyranny will have no effect on the sufferers , how is It likel y that the acts of a Conference , far less authoritative than usual , can have any effect on those $ ? j » M . taP ^ ng . ? . I . grant , . indeed ,, that a Manchbster , ' . ; Coafetehce , ' . of- a few ' irien ; ' seat' by
The Proposed .Manchester, Conference. . ...
balPa ^ s ^ Toomra people ,-5 will 4 av || hQtenlDot 7 npo 5 tr | lers : but tha case may be * dilerenFwh % the majority of the working classes shall ; fie looking towards a bod y of men fully and failly ^ i ^ presenting . their interests , while LomlohrshaU Wan / ovMowing hive , and thousands > , from ; tlfe provinces ' shall : be : adding new yigpr . to . its spiriti ^ r ' . - ^ [¦ n . ^ -lm tl-. ; . : •;! What we now want isnor <^ i \ n fl '' i an d deliberati 0 tt r- oiii .. actipn .- The * .. timbTfor ^ deliberating- is -, when there is a power " created ' . io . mi'ecti" oV" else ., you ara
aeuueranng apout a mere shaddw . , Thb paramounc arid immediate duty ; is ; to ^ stablish a publiclmind ' aridorganisati 6 n ~ b ' y 4 eeVure >;' tracts , andm ' ee ^^ For all ; this : tho competent iriabhinery exists . When this has been . 'done ; 'then willh ' ethe timofor a Cbn « vention to give , ivoipe , to , thejmind thus created , - and to wield that organisation . which it is now our only immediate bu ' siness ' tb prepare . ^ j . . ... ¦ .,..,.. I trust ' the country , will jfully and fairly express their views on 'this subject , r ah < Tthat , true tothe principles of < de ' mocracy . ' whioh . says the majority shall rule , rio Conference will take place / unless tha majority , of the J Chartist body should have juepided in its favour . * ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; . " . ' . ' : i ^
. With , reference to ulterior modes refaction , I think the least saidris-thevbeBt ; - . I :, am neither a physical-force nor , a ? pioral-force . Chartist : ; I-am both ;' or either , ' a ' scircumst arices ' may ,-require , , I agree with the solemn decision c ' omo to , b ' y the men of Manchester ; oh ^ th ' o " 20 tri of ; October , to .. haya the ¦ Charter 'as the key tbour social rigbt 8 , hy any an d . mrumeansthat Gimmt < mts my rentier' just . I ; do . notib . elieve ; thafcmoval-forc . e ra 6 vements are'in tho least more exempt from ^ persecution than ' any othei % . Whenever ajmoyementj becomes dangerous to irionbp bly , '' mpnpp " bl y has eyer . persecuted it , ; , and , while ! 'holding '' power , will e . ver , " d ' o so , whatever may'be' the character assumed ' . ^ 'I'rieed riot cite any of the millibri'iristarices tb prove this . Ib ' elievel
not . only ; that " physical-force revolutions are humbug , ! ' but ttiattALL revolutions aro foliy , unless tha people ,, after . 'Jjavirig made them ; are sufficiently eiilightened'tp , tuvu ^^ ( them , to , afgood ! account ; % ut ^ I helibve ^ that . thero are circumstances ip . whicb mere , e ' nlightenirieritVfs , pbv ? brless . against vbr i Uto .. force . Accord ' iHg'to ^ th ^ s ^ deteriniried- ^ b S'iact ^ , ' without piodgifjg . ' . myself , ^! : wiflyrig'to ^ se e our . mbvemeni pledged , io . nn exclusive line •" of-3 policy ,-whioK , ' uriaer ' altered circuhi starices , 'it might ' bemadness't ' o pur 8 ue . ! 1 ! ; ij - ^ , 5 j ^ o ^ erf ^^ qrtista ^ y © Br ' t |^ i ^ hful servnnt , - : &* '•'" '• : ¦ . ^ '; •^ C !??»^' , yi 4 g ^ RJSSir . JoffKSi < l '^ .: " - ^—— ^ - ^ A ^ ' - ^ cfr ^^ mm , k , / 5 ' f - - " •¦• * '¦ 'Li ' ' - '
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- Mr . Stallwood . was called to the chair , and , after a brief address ,, announced ; . Mr . . Leno' to speak to the first , sentiment : — " The PeopleTn-may they , by their unity of purpose , speedily obtain a democratic form of government , and under its wise , mild , and beneficent ' sway , enjoy all the comforts man ' s social rights cah yield , ''realising all that : is pictured to the fancy ; iri the words , 'Liberty—Fraternity-i Equality . ' ^' . = ., ;¦ '; : Mr . Leno , in an able and argumentative address / i pointed . ; out . the errors of our social system , and the \ means by which they were to , be remedied . ' ;
Mr . Crowk also responded to the sentiment , and showed the tyranny of the government in a strong light , from the manner in which himself and his brother victims had been treated whilst caged under : their inflexible rule . It hadengendbred such a hater in his mind that , in spite of all its horrors , he would bravo them again , rather than submit quietly to the present System .. Mr . Crowe was loudly and de- servedly applauded . .-,:.: v . Mr . Brisck gave the next sentiment : —' Long life and happiness to Ernest Charles Jones—the bold , eloquent , and fearless advocate of political and social rights " whichwas received with great ¦ ¦
enthusiasm . . ' '¦ - . ' - ' Mr . Ernest Jones , on rising , was warmly greeted . He was proud to join his London brethren in commencing ; their winter campaign , and did riot doubfc but they would make much progress in their march . He believed there was much work to be'donein tha ensuing session . The rogues had so fallen out that he thought some good mig ht be obtained from their : disunion . Trade was brisk now ,, but they would soon have a period of reaction ; arid if hunger made Democrats , they wouldhavo them in plenty . The volcano of revolutions was only slumbering in France , and , on its first eruption , it would spread throughout Europe ; arid the chalk cliffs of England always echoed to tho sound of revolution in Franco .
If the special constable President ; should be again compelled to take refuge in England , he trusted they would give hirn a warm reception . The ; cause of freedom in London , was evidently spreading , frora the manner , in which Barclay ' s - men had lashed Haynau . They would soon discover that they had nayiiaus at . honae ^ equally deserving their wrath . Mr . Jones , then described the r feeling in the provinces to be warm and enthusiastic , - and , though he'had no hope from the middle classes ; yet it showed signs of progress to see number ' s . of . them attending his meetings . There were two dangers which appeared to him to militate ; at present , against Chartism . The first was—the ghost of * moral and physical force—which he thought had
been laid long ago—^ was stalking abroad . From this , however , he did not apprehend much evil . He was for neither one nor the other , but both , according to circumstances . ' . At that great hive of the northern bees , Manchester , they bad vowed in their thousands to obtain the Charter , by any arid every just means . The second , and more serious danger was—a feeling among a great party that they would ameliorate their condition by co-operation alone , without going through the turbulence of a political change . This was a great error—they wished to fly with one wing . He said they must use both winga —social co-operation and political organisation . There wore , throe ways in which this spirit manifested itself—clubbing their pence to establish
cooperative stores , to obtain possession of manufactories , and to purchase land . By the first plan , they did not increase the amount of food produced —they only distributed it . They did riot crush profitmongering—they only established another branch of it . Mr . Jones illustrated this by a store at Rochdale , where they had accumulated £ 2 , 000 ; but 400 men , who were once Chartists , were so no longer , and the Northern Star was voted out of the reading room , as not sufficiently respectable . . They thus increased the numbers of the most dangerous class—the aristocrats among their owni bodv . The second plari was , to establish manufactories ' . That did not in any way create a market for the goods produced . If they succeeded to any extent , they
threw hands out of employirient at other factories , and thus only shifted tho evil . If they did riot do that , " by producing more goods they increased tho oyerglut in the market , thus assisting to , destroy themselves . Co-operation for the purchase of land was decidedly the most wholesome method in which it could be exercised ; but this was out of the power of the poor , who most needed to be placed thereon ; and the Law of Primogeniture , and the fears of themonicd and aristocratic classes , if they saw thatfeeling spread , would hinder them from purchasing , land in any large quantities . Land had a tendency , in a thickly-populated country , to rise in price , ami wages would continually fall—thus , every year would increase the obstacle ; but if any , or allof
, those measures appeared to prosper ^ government could always crush them when they became dangerous . They had already , even against law , prevented Co-operative Stores from having branches indifferent towns ; They would find they could riot row against the back-water of political power , exercised by government , unless , by the side of their Social organisation ; they counted their millions in political organisation . Then , they might dare the government to interfere with them . Besides , when a panic came , even the most wealthy fell beneath its influence . How , then ; could they , with their limited capital , expect to stand ? He thought it his duty
to give theiri his opinion upon those subjects , as they appeared to be attracting much attention . Mr . Jones concluded by stating that , throughout the country , . he found the Old Guards , who had borne the brunt of the battle , still staunch—that a new race wero rising , possessed of more fire and energy , and he trusted that they would combine tho experience of the Old Guard with the ardour of the young recruit . He owed a debt to the government for two years of insult and suffering , and he was determined to pay them . The people owed them a still larger debt , for a life of suffering and toil j and he trusted they also would pay them to the last farthing . Mr . Jones sat down amid loud cheering .
Several other toasts were given , and spoken toby Messrs . Harney , Wheeler , Fisles , and Hooper in a- very animated and effective manner . ' i « £ M ^ £ ' ' . a conclutling toast , proposed ¦ r .. J . no JL / 9 sl 8 S » ¦ Votes of thanks were given to Mr . Wheeler , for hisMtondance ; to Mr . Fowler , the worthy landlord , who had on four occasions bailed Chartist victims ,, and the Chairman ; and the meeting broke up at an early . hour . Between the different sentiments democratic songs and recitations were given , and the greatest harmony and satisfaction pre vailed .
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Lyino in Beb roB Forty Yeahs . — Considerably above forty years ago , a yooman , of the neighoourhook of Keighley , got entangled jo ' the meshes of the tender passion , and suffered disappointment . Having taken to his bed at that time > he h" kept it over sfneo ; neither threats nor enti-eaeseyer smco inHnnincr him fo leave it . His health is uninjuied , he SSt " oSoious of all that is being done ironrid ldm and enjoys a small competency ; , he re , immarcd himWffpr nearlyhalf a century . ' < ,,, „ . ,
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