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To The. Working Classes,
TO THE . WORKING CLASSES ,
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My Ebiesds , —My last : trip to ; . Leicester gad Nottingham ; has inspired : me with no small hope of the ^ renovation of veritable Chartism . IleftLondon on Saturday _ mgM for Leicester , to attend the meeting at Mountsorrel , in company with year friend and mine , Ebsest Jones . TJponourarrival atLeicesterbetween one and two o ' clock in tnemqrning-a number of staunch Chartists met us on the platform , and a ccompanied us to onr hotel On Sunday Mr . Jokes andl-accompamed ^ by
two of the Leicester Old Guards—proceeded to Mountsorrel , a distance of about eight miles , and there we sat down to dinner at half-past twelve , with from forty to fifty working men . From thence we proceeded to the place of meeting , where there was assembled a most tremendous congregation . I shall not attempt to give you any account of the proceedings , as there was a reporter present , and -whose report you will see in the Northern Star ^ The speakers addressed the meeting from the steps of a windmill on the summit of the mount . Mr .
Habbison , of Nottingham , was in the chair , and conducted the business in a very able and satisfactory manner . Eksest Jokes and myself were honoured with a reception which I ; think ! we both merited , and by which we were both gratified . We were accompanied down ' ^^ hUl / when the meeting had closed , by se-^^' sterling , honest fellows , who had come ' . fiom * Perbyshire and other parts of the
conntry j over twenty miles , on foot . ; Many had also come on foot trom Nottingham—I believe a still greater distance—and about twenty vans , full of my constituents ; . that \ if >_ thenon electors , who also came from iNTottingliam . ¦ ¦ ' ITrbra . > the iiop of the steps of the windmill was the most splendid scene I ever saw . The land , rich but uncultivated—the scenery magnificent , but only valuable to the monopolist . However , Mr . Jokes and myself were more than
delighted with the union and enthusiasm manifested by the vast congregation , which amounted to over twenty thousand people . On the same evening I started for Nottingham , to be prepared to meet Bbadshaw and his friends in the Market-place , on Monday
This "DEATH'S HEAD ON A BROOMSTICK , " as his townsmen very properly designate him , issued a number of placards hostile to me , in the hope of showing his power and destroying mine . Here is the placard , and only think of such a ruffian trying to make it appear that it emanated from the National Charter Association ! Here follows the placard : —
FEAE 6 CS O ' COKSOR ' S VISIT . TO SOIirSGHAM I Although Mr . O'Connor has received £ 112 , 000 from shareholders in the National Land Company , which money he is still carefully taking care of , and has now two subscriptions open , one to wind up the Company which has produced upwards of £ 50 , and the other for costs in the Action for label against the Journal , the proceeds of which amount to nearly £ 300 , yet he has never been paid , according to the sixth point of the Charter , for his valuable services as Member of Parliament for Nottingham ; it has
therefore been suggested that three of the oldest Chartist Guards should carry hats round the meetlog in the Market Place on Monday , and make a collection for the Great Champion of Chartism , after he has explained the many important measures he introduced into the House of Commons during the last Session for the benefit of tbe "Working Classes . Chartists , let the pay be in proportion to the work . By order of the National Charter Association . August 31 , 1850 .
Now I will give the reader the answer of my friends . It was also placarded , and from it he will learn , that neither my friends or I , am afraid to meet . our enemies face to face . Here is the answer : — TO THE ELECTORS AND SOX-ELECIOKS OF XOIXISGHAM . P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will address his constituents , in the Marketplace , on Monday next , September 2 , at one o'clock precisely . / Several members of the Town Council having basely slandered the character : of that gentleman ,
and made .. charges against him , inhis ' absence , ' are hereby invited to meet him on tbe platform , and prove those charges , if they are able to do so , in bis presence . That beautiful specimen of humanity Mr . Job Bradshaw , who has , weekly , been in the habit of venting his spleen in the columns of his declining Journal , is , also , specially requested to attend ; and every other slavish tool , whose stock-in-trade is abuse of the same individual . Justice and fair play , for all parties , will be strictly enforced .
"What will the reader think of "Death ' s head on the broomstick ' having the impudence to sign his placard thus : — "By order of the National CharterAssociatwn . " And what will he say when he hears that every newspaper in . Nottingham , the town council , and all the middle classes , are opposed to me , and yet not one ventured to make the slightest charge against me ?
My friends , I never had so large a gathering in the market , place of Nottingham at any time when I have tendered my resignation , at the close of the session . Before I took my place upon the platform , I was told . that parties had been hired to face me upon the platform , for the purpose of putting questions to me ; however , no mortal person presented himself for such a purpose .
Mr . Jambs Sausders , druggist , and a highl y respectable man , was called to the chair . ' - '¦ The chairman opened the proceedings with an excellent speech , stating the purpose for which I had come to Nottingham , inviting any man who had any questions to put to me to come upon the platform , assuring them that they should have a fair and impartial hearing . He then introduced me . I shall not' attempt to report my speech , but I told them that I appeared there according to my usual practice , to carry out two points of the People ' s Charter —annual parliaments and universal
suffrageand that I ivas prepared to resign my seat , if the non-electors called upon-me to do so . I was never better received in my life , notwithstanding , the violent antagonism against which I have had to contend . I will give the reader one passage from my speech , as it created greater laughter than I have ever heard at any meeting , and , perhaps , ' may amuse him . 1 was illustrating the fact , that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor—that
there is more danger to the peasant that shootethe squire ' s hare , than to the squire -srho shoots the peasant ' s head— -I illustrated this fact by reminding them of the invitation given by a landlord at the meeting , presided overbytheI ) UKEofSiCHMo »» , wishing ' the farmers to mount their horses , and to march , as cavalry , to London , to flabbergast the government . Isaid"Now , suppose I was to say , March , march , Leicester and 2 Jottingam ,
"Wh y , my lads , don't youmarch forward m order . March , march , Derby and Loughborougb , -All the brave Chartists are over the border . Mount and make ready then , sons of the moun-. taiagleu ; light for yonr rigib , and old England ' s glory 1 "Now . 'Vsaidl , " suppose I had said that ; BUT MIND , I DID NOT SAY IT . " This sentence was followed by roars of laughter , which continued for gome minnteg ; the reporters themselves being as much convulsed as the audience .
Well , in concluding my speech , I tendered my resignation , and invited any man who had any question to put to me to do so . "When I had concluded , the Chairman invited any man who had questions to put to me to appear upon the ; platform . No one appeared ; and after a short time the following questions were gent to me in writing : — Sib , —A number of friends , and that number is not few , would be glad to know your reasons for boasting in your place in the House of Commons , at
a time when the real friends of the human race » ere battling on the continent for liberty ; that yon bad written and spoken more against Republicanism than any man living ; and your reasons for writing against the Eepnbiio of America , seeing that -America . is the asylum of your-persecuted and expatriatedi brethren , the Irian . ? r \ " Also , your reasons for voting . that . the policy of Lord Pahnefstoa was good , knowing at the same tune that Lord Palmerston had sent an armed fleet b > put down liberty in Portugal , and had attempted ,
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all his _ proceedings , to erect a middle-class harrier against the Proletarians in every country in Europe ? . ¦ ' ¦ r' - ; 'It is highly necessary that a man professing himself to be the friend and representative of the Proletarians should answer these questions . - . This was my answer to the first : — " I contend for ho principles but for those of Chartism ; and when you achieve those , yon may have a republic ,, a monarchy , or what you please . I don't care whether the pope , the devil , or the pretender is upon the throne , provided the power behind the throne is
greater than the throne itself . ( Lou < £ cheers . ) I never have , nor I never will , endeavour to have too many irons in the fire ' at the same time , as I have spent my time and money in endeavouring to heat the onl y iron that can alleviate your order . ( Loud , cheers . ) , I am not ah advocate for allowing ^ the President of America , nor any other place , ; to be elected for four years by means which distract the mind of the country . ^ . I might have added the following fact ,.-bBfc ^ lTi rjittiWftiu m y ^ nSrn ely |; —that in the free state of America , , the 'slave trade was still continued and- upheld by the republican government . ' .: j - .
My answer to the second question was this : —r . ' . ' . ' . ' ¦ ' " That if the motion had been one of confidence in the ministry , and not , inXpfdPAiMERsion , I should have voted against it ; but ; as I looked on Lord Pauiebston as / the boldest and most independent foreign minister that onr country could have , under our present system ; and as I considered that in spite of party antagonism he had risked his-character and situation to preserve the lives of Englishmen abroad , I voted for him , and would do so again . " ( Loud cheers ;)
"When I had concluded my reply , your old friend and mine ( James Sweet ) moved the following resolution in a most able and amusing speech ; and our friend and veteran , George Harbison , as ably and as amusingl y seconded it . . " That we , tbe electors and non-electors of Nottingham , beg most respectfully to tender our sincere thanks to our distinguished representative ,
Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., lor his unwearied , and talented services as member of parliament for this town . Notwithstanding the base slanders heaped upon him by an hireling and corrupt press , and the ingratitude of a portion of . the working class , we beg to assure him that our confidence in him still remains unshaken . We , "therefore , most earnestly request him to resume those duties he has so ably performed with honour to . himself and satisfaction to us . " ........ ¦' ..-, ' ,
The resolution being put ,, every ; hand , ; with the exception of four , belonging to two men , was held up in its favour , and the exhibition was followed b y most enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats . I briefly replied to tbe compliment—nay , the honour—paid to me by my constituents , asking Tor three cheers for the Charter , and three groans for the Whigs ; both of which were given with as . great enthusiasm as the mind of man can conceive . I . have frequently given the reader a fair and unmist & keable definition of the virtue and
integrity of the Press , and I will now give him another instance . No doubt it was anticipated by all ,-that I would have been met by my constituents , and received by them in a very different manner ; and in order to circulate my anticipated reception the platform was literally crammed with reporters .. About two hours before the proceedings commenced , a very intelligent , respectable ; and gentlemanlike looking man called upon me at my hotel : he told me that he was employed by the Times newspaper to send a full report to that journal , and by the earliest despatch . He asked me if he could have a copy of the resolutions , or any other proceedings that were to take place , that he might be prepared to send them by the
earliest train . He also called upon Mr . Sweet , and made a similar application to him , ' He attended on the platform , and took notes . of every word that was spoken . When I arrived on the platform at ten minutes past four , to start for London by that train , dn company with my three friends , Mr . Sauxders the chairman , Mr . Sweet , and Mr . Wilson , we met the reporter , who told us that he had dispatched his report ; but what / will the reader say , when he understands that not a line of it . appeared in the Times newspaper . ? Suppose that I had been unkindly received , and ' that my resignation had been accepted , at what length would it then have been reported in the paper which is under the management of my colleague Mr . Walter ? / ¦¦
Now would it be possible for . me to give the working classes a fairer definition of the impurity , the infidelity , and rascality of the Press ? I invited my FRIEND , Job Bbadshaw , to meet me upon the platform ; he lives in Nottingham , and is the proprietor of a newspaper ih that town , while I am a stranger , and he dared not meet me . However , my friends met him , for as he was returning to his house after , the meeting bad closed , the Old Guards , in whose name he had the inso ; lence to issue his placard , met him , hissed him , hooted him and pelted him , until he was obliged to take refuge in atehop .
. Men of Leicestershire and Nottingham , I beg to tender you my warmest thanks for the cordial reception you have given me , and in return to assure you , that I will contend against the servility of the Press , the tyranny 61 the Government , the power of the . law , the antagonism of those who live and luxuriate upon your sweat , your blood , and your , disunion , and against the rascality of unfaithful vagabonds , many of whom I have rescued from the bastile , and placed them upon their own land , where they might have been freemen , but have become plunderers . . ,-.
Electors and non-electors , of . Nottingham ; accept my thanks for your gratitude and confidence . Tou have again accepted me as your representative , and that office I will continue to discharge with honour to myself and faithfully to yon , however little service as an independent / member , I may be able , to . confer upon your order . ' However , I do not despair . I am dogged as a mule when I take anything in hand , and I am determined , come weal , come woe ,, to remain , ..
. ; Yonr Faithful Friend , And Independent and Uncompromising Representative , : ¦ Feakgus O'Connor
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Sbvxbb Galb is th * " West . Ikbies . —The West India papers contain accounts of a destructive gale which visited the northern islands on the night of the 10 th and morning of the 11 th of July . In Antigua , though the shipping road out the storm , considerable damage was done on land , many mills and houses being destroyed . At St . Kitt ' s a cutter , belonging to a private gentleman , was totally wrecked . The bark Benjamin Greene , of London , struck on the sandy beach to the east of the town . She had just commenced loading , and had in about fifty . hogsheads of sugar . ^ and some puncheons of molasses . Several vessels were , thrown into most precarious ; situations ; just outside the breakers . The consequences of the gale , however ,- were more lamentable at Dominica than at any » f the other glands . ¦ The Osbert ; which was to have sailed for inland on the lltb , with a full cargo of nearly iW hogsheads of ' sugarwent ashore stern on . The
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TQ TBfe UNIiOCATED MEMBES OF ' :: '• ; the land company ; ' ; , / ;! \ ,, My , PiTJNDERED ^; FRiEips , ' --fLet me call your attention to the ' following letter of ; Mrj . John Gathard ^ one of the allottees ^ ph . ; the Minster Lovel Estate , and which letter ; . was published in the Manchester . Examiner , [ ana Times of Satnrday . last . Here is this honest gentleman ' s letter : — l ¦ ¦ ¦ *; . J r . ; [ FEAROtlS O'CONNOR AND THE MINSTER
LOVEL OCCUPANTS . ' 10 THE EDITOR-OP THB EXAMINER AND TIMES . : > Snt , —We . need not adverb to the . former transactions of Mr . " O'Connor , relative tb , the National Land Company , regarding . his mismanagement of whose-affairs your" columns lbave furnished much information , as well as inany other' well-merited exposures . On this occasion , however , we 'beg respectfully to call * yonr readers' attention to his present proceedings with preference to . the occupants of theiestate at Minster Lovel , , iu-Orford « shire .: ; . After . having endured nearly , three ^ . y . ears of incessant , hard ! labour , absolute want of the commonest necessaries , of . subsistence , and ,
unlimited abuse by Teatgus O'Connor ; be 6 ause they have been unable ^ on his demand ; to pay an enormous rent unwarranted by _ the rules of the Company ! and in-direct opposition to the recommendations and'resolution ^ of t he conferences , he has entered into a compact with the trustees of the mortgagee to serve the occupants , in . their . ( the trustees' ) names , with notices of ejectment in the Court of Queen's Bench . They have resisted such ejectment , gone to trial , and have received' judgment against them in * the said courtl' Hence they are advised , and have it in ' contemplation , to file a bill in the Court ' of Chancery ; where they are told by e « uity barristers ; 'that they rhave :,: *&¦ efiBcient
plea . Their scanty means ,- which , have been already so much strainedby going ; to / trial in the late suit , are inadequate to carry the case into chancery . As a last resource , rather than be dispossessed in Novemberi which would inevitably be the case if ' the law- ^ be allowed , tp'take its course , they have decided upon making an appeal to the sympathies ' of the public to aid them in filing a bill in chanceryj which will obtain an ; injunction to stay the proceedings in the Queen ' s Bench , and give an opportunity of asserting and ^ attaining the which
equitable right of the Company s ., property O' Connor has surrendered to , the trustees of the mortgagee , 'and fromi such portions' which he held was , on Friday last , legally ejected by the sheriffs officer . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' Thus , sir , having briefly laid our unfortunate situation . before you , we humbly solicit your assistance by receiving and acknowledging subscriptions , or in such other manner as you-may deem expedient , and you will infinitely oblige , on behalf of the occupants , ' ' ^ : John Gathard . Minster Lovel , August 26 th , 1850 . ; . ¦
Now , what does the reader think of this announcement ? -- " ; After having endured nearly . three . years of incessant- hard labour , absolute want of the commonest necessaries of subsistence , and unlimited abuse , by Feargus O'Connor , because they have been unable on his demand to pay an enormous rent unwarranted by the rules ' of the Company . ¦ ; Now , what will the reader say to this rapscallion ' s ' cbmplaihtof -the * enormous rent , when ha understands that this juggler has had possession of a magnificent , cottage , four acres
of the best land upon the estate , with £ 30 aid money , an immense . quantity of the best . manure , and has never yet PAID ONE FRACTION , OF . KENT ?¦ ' Then let me call your attention to-the last paragraph of his letter . He says : — - .- ^ ; Thus , sir , having briefly ^ laid our unfortunate situation before you , wehumbly solicit your assistance by receiving and acknowledging subscriptions , or in such" other manner as you may deem expedient , and you will infinitely oblige , on behalf of the occupants ., . " u v John-Gathabd .
Will not the reader" understand , from the above paragraph-: —the . fact of which I have frequently reminded him- ^ -that the " MANCHESTER , SCHOOL , " the propdiinders , , of
the FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT SYSTEM whose terms are—That a man can live independently upon iwo acres of barren soil , without house , road , or aid money , and can pay thirteen and a half per cent , upon the outlay ? , ¦;¦ , : , , I say , will he not understand that these located ruffians look to the " Manchester School ?'—from whose fangs I tried to emancipate them—as their trustees and benefactors , when their object is to plunder the poor and honest men , by whose , means they have been released from serfdom ? Only think of the abomination of handing these ruffians over 4 o the tender mercy of the mortgagee , when I was paying ; £ 225 ^ a year interest to the mortgagee , out of my own pocket , while these rascals wouldnot pay a ! farthing ! ...
The reader , perhaps , is aware that I brought an action for libel against the Manchester Examiner ^ for articles published with reference to the Land- Company ; butlperhaps . he is not aware that , when I ' withdrew the action at his own request , he met me , in company with my solicitor , Mr . Tornek , at his office , ' expressed his regret for having published' the articles , stating " THAT HE WAS THEN DECEIVED , BUT HE NOW SAW ,, THAT I WAS THE PARTY WHO , HAD BEEN MOST UNFAIRLY AND UNJUSTLY TREATED BY THE ALLOTtees" w ; . ' ' "¦ "' : " : '" ..
I do not think I need say more to give the reader a fair definition of the virtue of the Press , and the gratitude . of some of . their order . » ¦'• • ' •'¦ - '¦ ' ' - " ' ¦¦' Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feakgus'O'Connor .
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THE ROUTE OFMRi ' ERNEST JONES . . Mr . E . Jones will attend , the camp meeting at Nottingham , on Sunday ,-the 8 th instant , and will be . at : - .- ; : : :-..- ¦ .. ' . * ,- ¦¦' - ¦ "' .- Sheffield , on Monday , the 9 thi , , Rotherham , ' Tuesday , the lbth .: Doricaster , Wednesday , the 11 th . Hebden Bridge , Friday , the 13 th . Bingley , Saturday , thel 4 thj and Sunday , theloth .- ! ¦ Bradford , Monday , the 16 th . . ; Holmfirtb i Tuesday , the 17 th . ;' . Birsl ^ l , - Wednesday ,: the 18 th . LeedsThursdaythe 19 th .
, , Further dates will be ' g iven next week . All letters 76 r ^ . ' . ' . Jpnes , ' ' to ' ' be . forwarded to 62 , Queen ' s road , Bayswater , London . As Mr . Jones declines practice he requests that no legal business may tie brought before him on his . tour .
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Bbars from CALiroBWAi—Among the passengers brought by the , West India mail-packet Avon , which arrived at Southampton on Sunday , were three grisly bears from California . They were caught in the following manner : —At ' one of the gold diggings the carcase of a bullock had been hung up in an open place .-Its magnitude was reduced considerably one night , and the owners suspecting that a human thief was in the > vioimty , set a watch , when an . enormous grisly bear was seen approaching the carcase . Bruin , was caught violating the laws of meum and town , and , of course , was lulled by the watchers . . It ' proyed to be a _ she heargivihg suck .: flor den was tracked , and three hased
very young cubs were found . They were purc ih California by one of the passengers on board the Avon , who brought them to England . They were very docile-on board , and were allowed to run loose about the deck / One : of them particularly was so tame that it would play ; and . roll about the ship with the , boys on . board . ; They , grew , amazingly afterahey left Chagres . . The passenger . who brought them home , brought to Sout hampton 25 ^ 000 dollars , worth of gold dust ; in skins , after paying His' passage for himself and bears , wiiicn cost him about 800 dollars . f - A GKBHANi oh being asked how old he was-wnen begot married ; replied ,: ^! w as dirty . ' : when 1 ma / r ried , and my wife was dirty-two . "
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-GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRA-^ TIONjINfLEICESTERSHIRE , v ¦' The ancient ^ little town of v Mountsorrei , which is ' situated ^ n . the old LoDdoff'aiid Man . . che 8 ter ^ oadpven , milel ^ tforth ' ofLeides ' t ' er four miles from . Loughborough ; ' and hineteet f from Nottingham ; ! waS on Sunday last ; the scene of greater activity th ' an ^ at ' ' any previous' tiine in the iheniory dftHe . oldeit inhabitaht ' . The ¦ number .-of inhabitants ^ it . contains . lis , ' under 2 , 000 , but it waSp ' estimated that ihat number . S i multipued ; by . ten , on Sundays afternoon .
It had ; been announced during the previoui week / that Feargus , O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and Ernest eJonesjiEsq ., would attend and address a camp meeting ; to beheld on Mountsorrel Hilly commencing at two o ' clock ; ; and the t result was such > an'" influx ' of ' visitors fr 6 nl Leicester ; ^ Lbhghbo ' rougb , and the surr % hhdihgyillagei 3 ' as literally filled the place ! ^ hV ' mairi , | treet 'it three . quarters of ' a mile ; long , ; and > from ;^ jbronged . with ^ : persons ' . whj ) , ^ pula 7 not ' , be , ; accbmmpdated . in ; ! , the ' ' public-bouses ^ . of which there are ajarger number than in , many towns containinglmbre " inhabitants . ; , Fiys , ' . gigs , phaetons ,., and various other vehicles lined . the
streets , and at ; spme of the inns the stockiof hay was exhausted . : At the appointed time , the vastxoncourse of persons assembled round a windmill , situated on a lofty eminence , about half a mile from the town / : from which spot the landscape is more' than ordinarily beautiful ; Mr . O'Connor , - Mr ; Jones / and' Borne local leaders having mounted the mill steps ! which served as a platform , and a short-hand writerj the only one present , * who had been engaged by . ' the Leicester ' . Chartist ' Couhcil , to furnish a , faithful ! report of _ the ; proceedings , haying taken a place as , convenient as circumstances permitted , on the motion of Mr . | ,: White , of Leicester , Mr . .. George . Harrison , of Nottinghamj' was appointed chairman . ¦ ^ , . . ¦
The Chairman ^ who has grown grey inthe cause ; said he liked toi see young ; blood in the field and at work , buthe would al ways be at his post , and bear bis share of the burden . ( Hear , hear . ) They were met upon what was called a good day . ^ 'He ^ alle'd ^ all ' ' daysgood , but in order to accornmcdate ; the feelings of religious persons , ; they would' say that was a good day ; and they would so far conform to
the practices of religious , people as . to open their proceedings , with . singing , which would save him from making a . Jong speech . ;; He had made several long speeches in advocacy of the cause , but did ; not want to make many more . He thought that there had been almost enough talking , and be wanted to see every man and woman doing their own work . (* f Hear , " and cheers . ) ; " ; - " ¦ '— 7 *¦ ¦[ '¦'•¦' ¦ /' ' . ; - ' ¦
The Fourth hymn in the Chartist Hymn book , commencing ; «* Britannia ' s Sphs though slaves ye be , " was then sung , after which ; ' < The Chairman said , that instead of conforming , to the , usual mode of worship , by offering up a prayer , he thought it would be consistent , for them , as rational men and women , to reason on the subject . He had found / that many . of his fellow priests had been praying for ; twenty or thirty years for Almighty-GodrtO'Clothe the naked ; and feed . the hungry , but " he saw no answer-to their prayers ; for , while they were praying ' for this ,
the Legislators , were acting diametrically opposite ; and he , therefore , thought that the best prayer they could make use of , was so to use then individual exertions , sothat they could procure for themselves those rights which had so long been . withheld ' from , them . ; ( Hear , hear . ) It would be . presumption in himio detain them longer when such men as his father , Mr . O'Connor , —( cheers);—and their talented young friend , Mr . Jones , —( renewed cheering)—were present . - . He , would , therefore ,-at once submit to their notice the first resolution , which was as follows ,- — "As taxation without representation is tyranny , and as all who . obey the laws should , through
then \ representatives , ^ -have a voice in . making them , we cannot but -think \ t the present representative systeih ; which 'is a monopol y ! in the handsof a sinall minority to the exclusion of six-sevenths of the adiilt male population , is unsound in practice ^ and unjust in principle ; and as our present misery and degradation is to . -b ' e attributed to class 'legislation , the land and-money-lords being the law-makers , we are of opinion that until tbe labouring classes are represented , justice will not be done them ; and the only political measure we know of that will ; be , of solid benefit tp ; us is . the People's Charter , and we earnestl y resolve to agitate for it-- ^ whole and entire—until it passes into iaw . 'V ; . ' --. n :: ' .-: ; . ' . ;; " ¦ ., ; :. •;¦"¦' . ¦;¦
. This j resolution was briefl y moved by Mr . White ; and seconded b y Mr . H . Babrow , both of Leicester ; and the Chairman called Upon Mr ! O'Connor to support it . Mr . ! ' 0 ' Connor , ' l who was received with loud cheering and . clapping ' . of hands , said , Mr . Chairman , and my , friends , I derive no small pleasure from meeting , the men of Leicestershire sunder -the canopy , of the broad blue sky to-day . I see before me there the , spire of a church . I do notthink . so good a psalm was sung in , that . churcli ^ to-day as you . have sung here —( hear )— -but perhaps a better sermon
was preached there , than , that , I shall preach to you . -, ' ., («« No , no . . ! . ' ) : There is this difference / however , between thej parson who preached that sennon and me—he . is , paid for juggling you ;; i I ; am not . ( Cheers ;) : iIt gives me no . small .-pleasure to-see ' such a meeting as this , whens I . carry my , ' mind back to the , lime when I first established' these principles , when five or six . inen in a cockloft was considered a f ood meeting . Every man in Leicestershire now liows what Chartism is , and it only wants unity of your powers to ' attain your object . Every movement has to go through ' three conditions before it
isi successful—thecreation of mind , the organisation of mind , and the direction of ^ mind . You have now no chance in the House of Commons , or out of it , until you are . represented ; ( Hear , hear !) If ia meetingia fifth the size of this had been called by the "black slugsj" in order to prey upon your ore-, duhty—if it was called . by , the free . ; traders , or the Whigs , the whole of this platform would have been surrounded by reporters , arid the proceedings would occupy eight ; nine , ' or ten columns of their papers ; but , because itjs a meeting t 6 try to upset their principles ; weare obliged ; to employ a reporter for ourselves ., ( Hear . ); Look at the House : of
Commons .- ; There are . Whigs , free traders , Financial Reformers , and , God knbws what besides ; but ; let the Charter be left to acasting votein ' that house , and even the Financial Reformers would give the casting vote against it . ( Shame . ) ' r ' stand independent in the House of Commbnar ( Cheers ;) Itis now twenty years since I ' firs't had the misfortune to'ha ' ve a * ei , t in that house , iand I have never given a vote which did not accord with the principles I profess . ( Renewed cheering . ) You have nothing tobope for from that house ; you must depend upon yourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) The time is , come when , in-consequence of what . has takeni place in France , we shall have little Lord'John Rusaeliasking ; " What'is that whistling on the wind ? " arid savintr . " Explain to
us-what the'Charter is , "Mri O ' Connor . "' I told them when I first expounded = the Charter at Stockport , that I would not give that ( snapping his fingm ) for : the Charter , if theL & ud was kept locked up . ( Hear . ) , 1 lopgfoivtheiCharter ,. because , if I had it tq-ntorrow , . insteadof seeingthisbeautifulcountry ~ L a , , hiding . fd " Mountsorrel ^^ Commori . Va-large portion ; of . which is covered with ' fern and furze]—around ' me ft barren' waited ! would ' ' seei beautiful cottages'in the' midst of flelds ^ everf man Hying under ; His ' own ' - ' vine * and ng-tree ^ Bone ' ' daring'to make ; him * ' : atr « id ;" - ( Chieers !) : oYo ' u >< lo not ' snppose that so long as there is competition in the labour
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market ^ there- 'is any hope ' for' union '« "' The ' man earningronorpoiind a week ' look ' s ^ down-upon the man . aearningl ; but :: ten shillings- ; and rth'ei . man earning ^ Hten . rislnJIingSr . aa-bweeki ^^ looksudowh upon the ;; pauper ,. 1 ., ( Hea , r , ; hear . )! If " ybu-iWerfe united you , ' woulCall earh ' two : " or :, three ., pounds a ¦ "' I ; - ' mfl M iMui . ii Um | f : ftirin ' . " " Vj , 'i . r . TJl ! fy . Tt " week . ( Hear , hear . ); . Then ypu would have , a revival" of ( tHe'times '; of King ;/ Alfred . Vwhen , the twerity-foWhbu ' fs ' of a day ' were" divided into three parts- ^ igh ^ hoflr ^ beirigsetapar ^^ for ,. rest ; ahd the'iremajninff " 'eight ' -for ' recreation . Y 0 U ; W 6 uld hayo noiinurderers , no thieves ' , but every nian would li 76 ; well " andfbe happy ., As the Special CoristabfeiPresident of Prance has ; been . hissed and
be ) lowed at < ih '" his . tour through . the , provinces , ; and . " Vive la , liepiLtI ) liaue" ' M 8 , been tho cryinstead ; of J | Vive'le'Pretiiient , '' I will expound to . you'thatit is no use'appointing a' system which the people are not ripeifor .- ' / -When the' Republic was formedfa'rid JNapoleonJwas appointed Presidentjhe' wanted tube thought ias " great a man a : s his uncle ; ihe ' wanfed to beNapoleqnjtheSeoond , but heisafperfectnincomi P ° , ? P . «/ i . 4 ii cDan ijWiN come , and it is for that change Iwant ' to prepay you . I wish you ,. whenT an eruption between ; Franoe ; aniE qgh » n ^ as take ; pjaceiprUllp ^^' De ^ ivetb ' mllnes ' Bi ; I-do n ^ iwarifw instruot you to use physical- jfdr « e £ I ^^ wa 1 ^ o >!^^ fe *^ ust : opimdnWyb ' unnorar power . ¦ "Kb . man need lose a hair of his head to gain
thei . Charter , uthepeople will but be united ; < They have hung men they called rebels—they have transported men they called rebels—they have incarcerated me and your ! friend , . 'Ernest . Jones ; ( Shame , ) They have confined me in solitary , confinement for eighteen months , and your eloquent friend , for two years , and yet I stand upon the plattormhere to-day with more pride than I should stand upon a platform with Prince Albert . ( Cheers . ) Some time ago there ^ was a large meeting ' at the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; the Duke of Richmond in the chairjand the . farmers talked of turning their plough horses into cavalry horses / and coming upto London to , flabbergast . the government .,. I . asked Sir G . ' . Grey if no steps were going to , be taken by
government on the subject . Sir 0 . Grey declined to give an answer . If it had been a Chartist meeting there would have been an answer ready ; ¦ ' -1 hope that when trade gets a little worse-the goad will be driven into you and . enlighten you . Whenever trade is good , arid a' lecturer comes amongst you ; yoii say , " Let us alone , we are veiry well off ; " but when it gets bad , you say , " Lead ; us on to death or glory . '' . You do not care who goes to prison or the hulks .. If everyiman . ofyou had worked as I have done for the last thirty years , the Charter would now be " theilaw . of . the . ' land .. ' Do you think you have anything to hope for from the . House [ of / Commons as it'is " now composed ? ' Alittle nincompoop ; who cannot be heard six yards from where " he" stands , talks for a few minutes , and is reported in the next
moriun gs papers at a length of a , column , or a column arid a-half . I get , up andg ' ive ' a good rasping speedK of an hour ' and ahalf longl and' get only afew <; lines , interpolated with" Oh ' s , " aria" Ah's . " ( Shame . ) But when iHhiuk of my uncle being' in the fiftieth year , of his banishment , ' aiid ; thatimy father passed : seven , years in ; a ; damp :,. dungeon for the advocacy of liberal ^ principles ,. 1 . feel proud that I ani labouring in * the . cause of the . people . ( Cheers ;) Arid I can say with -pride , that I never travelled a mije , or eat a meal ,, at the expense of the people . ( Renewed ' cheers . ) I would i-ather travel through the land barefoot to preach niy principles , than- preach them for base lucre . - ( Cheers . ) Afterexhorting th ' e . meeting riot to' be led away by
the professions of men who . would deceive them , as Attwopd . Douglas . sand Salt . did , Mr .-.-: O'Connor continued : Under this burning sun , and asJ shall have to address iny friends at Nottingham ib-morro ' w , and . ' . as niy young , ' able , " arid esteemed 'friend has to address you '; ' I shalliiot detain you'longer ; I think you . will say I have defined what are my principles , and what yours ought to be , arid come what will , come what may , rather than ' abandon my principles , I will notias John O'Cdnnell said , " , Die : on the floor of the . House . of'Commons ' r—but I will have my head cut off . ( Loud cheers ;) ¦ I repeat , that I am glad to see . such a meeting as this . My desire is , to see the country open to you all ; to see . you live upon your labour ; and the ' ionly
requital . I , want , ' the only reward I wish ,: is to leave the . world better than ! found it . ( Loud cheering and clapping of hands . ) ; <• . , ; , •¦ :: ; : The resolution was then put , , . and carried by acclaination , not a single hand beirig held up against'it ;' : . . ' ' J / , ' - ' .., '_ - ¦'• ' ¦' - ¦ .. ' ¦ - - ¦ . The OruiBMAN then read the secbrid ' resolution , which was as follows : — " That it ' appears 'to us that the social system we at present live under is radically wrong , ; that -pauperism ,. ; crime , •!! 'and misery increase with wealth , audi therefore , there " cannot be a just distributionKpf the wealth- produced ; that as labour is the source of all wealth ; the labourer should be thefirst partaker of the fruits of his industry i and this cannot be done while the present system exists , as it is supported by the
aristocracy of land and capital for the sake of profits . And to effect the destruction of the present ruinous competitive system , and establish a more evenly balanced state of society ; it is necessary , to' distribute vthe people more equally upon the > land , so , as to thin the artificial labour , market , and place them in . tlie natural labour , field . And we firmly believe the ' mbridpoly of the land , and a false ' systerii of currency , are two of the greatest evils we have to contend against ; and it is further bur opinion , that in order that the people shall be able , to : u , e the franchise for their ' own benefit , when ' it is obtained it is necessary they : 9 hou ! d be instructed as to what their social rights are . "/"' " " ' '' . •'•¦ •' - : Mr ; John Pahbow , of Loughborough , briefly proposed that this resolutibn be adopted . ¦ ¦ ¦ > - ' » i •¦• - ¦
Mr . Thomas Youno , of Leicester , ; seconded it . He said , the question of social' rights was one which had been long neglected by the people , and it was now time that they were-thinking of it . It was of no use getting political ; rights ; without their social rights . ( Cheers . ) The people must help themselves . A few of them were taking . the . lead in agitating for their rights , arid they must be supported . Mr . Ernest Jonbs came forward , " amidst loud cheering , to support the resolution . He said , that when he wasin prisohthey told him that iChai'tism must be at a very low ebb , and democracy was at a discount in this : country : because : now there , was
very little enthusiasm at public meetings . His reply was ,- " somuch . the better , because it shows that men . are beginning to . thiak . " They said , you niay go to a public meeting and hear rip cheers . He still replied , " so much the better , because it shows they are going to act . " They said ; "Biit you wilffirid yourself mistaken ; if you think you can get large congregationsiof people now trade is good , and people are well off , " - « He still said ,, ^? so much the better ; for the' time to act and to agitate was when they were strong rather than when they were weak . " - ' And that meeting pro ved : thathe was right in all three ' of . his answers . ' ( Cheers . ) The resolution he held in his ' band showed that riieri were
beginning to thmk , arid make uptheir minds on the question on which they were thinking * They'were no longer going to agitate for vague political rights , but to ask how they would be better off when they got these , political rights , and they found that bread and freedom went handrin-hand . ( Hear . ) They had raised aery for political rights , arid were considering what ; they would do . when they had the power .- Look at France ,, and then look at home attheir own brethren ,: their own fields ,, their own hearths .: They had had the power . in France , but whore . was it now ? Drowned "beneath , a ^ sea of blood , imprisoned in a durigeoh where * it ' would only break out beneath a flash of fire . '• They ( the meeting ) were ' going to ' aaitate for political power ,
and let them consider what they would do with it when they got it , bo that they might not , be led astray by : Lord Waterbrains ; , or the , H 9 nourable Mr . Peppei'fist . ( Cheers and laughter . ) : Without mincing . the matter , and . without infringing' itli ' e rights of any man , theconffict In' which theywere engaged was a battle of the rich against the poor . These principles seldom' found their way into 'the House of Commons , except when brought forward there by Mr . O'Connor . And when a question was brought on in that house- ; there was a cry of " divide , " and , those on one side went into one lobby , and those against it , , into another . That was the position he wanted to see taken up in the country . He wanted to see all'kdnest men on one side , and all rascals' on the other . He wanted to
see the working men united on one side , and all the middle 'class riamby-pampys separated-from them . ( Hear . ) It was to the toilers the : meri of toil must look ; none but working men , wouldifight the working men ' s battle .: > They must co-operate . Look what co-operation had . done in the glorious Land Plan , and how iar it had ~ beeu . crushed , so ., far as they ., could crush it . Those who told them to cb-bperate and get rich together would deceive them . That ' kind of cb-6 peratiori placed th ' epeople in a similar" situation to a swavm of ants , wliidh worked Until ' they got a ^ good ant-hill ; and then had it knocked over by somebig boy witha big stick . , That bigboy- ^ in the people ' s case ^ -was Lord Johri . Russell ,. andbi 0 big ,. stick ; , w . as : politioa ^ power . The people wanted something in their hands
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to parry off the-blows ; "Srotadrop of blood nee . l bespiit , npt R blow neea'ffeatruclt , if the people wcro united , it was not to the' middle classes they inusb lookfdr the attamment of political -power , srieither would they , get ^ them by prayer to heaven : they might pray to all eternity , . before . they . got their m ? " - ,: d ^ t ^ N those wHo helped-ifiemseTves T , ? i tPfsyer ff as ^ - ^ bour'for-man ' s re'demp-\ . ^ . 4 % tf Hinsfc one arid Wlabour * fof'ie . : is their resolution sFaTcd ^ 'th ' ereWtfs'something radically wrong m ; this ' pr & 6 nt sy 6 tem 5 ;! When ' the manufacturing operative got better off'the agrionlturallabbuu-erjgot worse offiv . and-whewthe alricul-, tural , labourer ; got iWtter ^ ^ ff . tthe ^ operativegoc worse off .. . TheyiicouW . not ^ p ' nlLone , ; thing ri ^ hfe without jiulHng / wq ^^ threethings wrong ; becauselinder the presently stein the prosperity ' of one claa * i
was . based ujpn Irijury . to " other classes . "When' ha saw that ctiurdh ' ttiidthat . bastile ^ tho ^^^ two ' -bloW printed upbnr- thafc ^ beautiful page ; i which God had opened beforet / theirS'eyes- ^ he said' something wasr wrorig . '^ If / thelmbney / sperit in'buildingthat church and tnatbastile hadi been sperit in building cottages ror thelpeople | itlve ( ^ RUl ld ^ en . O ; 0 sneh sermons as , he heard ; preached at , Hastings . the pthei ? day , vft 6 ri aciergyman ! said , if . they . did -riot , jbbntribute ' towards' DBMink m ^ coriipelled . to j 3 ontBbj ^ 7 toTOrds ' building ; riiW gaolsf'"Mr ! Jones touched briefly , ' upon' several other pointsjupou : which be expressed his iriterition to . dwell more ful ) yijdn ; , the following evening tit Leicester , and conolndetby exhorting the working ; classes to . self-reliance . , T .- ' :.- 41 '
, ,,. A vote of thanks . was . Riven to Mr . , Q'Connor and Mr . Jones , in renljf . to which . " . Mr . O'CoNNOEsaid ; ifyou tender your thanks ' io nie , . 1 beg leaveto tender'iny thanks to you . " 1 ' am very ' sqrry'that ^^ you sholiild'hav ' e ¦ ¦ ' to give upthebri'iy day youifiave' to hoar ; th ' ese principles ^^ expouri'defl ^ I am in the thirtieth year of my agitation , and ^ ahi determined that , icome weal ; come woe , I willcontinuejtoijadvooat . 8 l , fche , principles I : advocate now . ( Cheers . ) , When , y 9 u . . get . -Charti 8 m , you ' will be , abl © to get ^ ariy , other j ' sm whatever .,. ... Get the ' . Charter tp-ipabrrb ' w ,: arid , ; i will ^ etiror frbnj politicariife ' . Taud devote tH ^'" remaidd ^ iof my day ^ to ^ plaoins'tfiQ Surplus populatic'ri : ofa ' . thejand ? - [ A womSH ; »? fHe Lord spare you ' and protect * you ; I come twenty miles to hear you' . f'j v : •' : . •¦ ' - : ' - ; s . v ^ h ^ , n Mr . ' Jones' alsothanked them , for the vote ; atfd said , he looked upon that day as the first leaf of tlie
first chaptenof a new book ; as the firststep in the first march of a new : campaign . . He could not tell how long they might be marching , but they could decide . that , for they could time the inarch . , If they marched , slowly they would be alongiime-rif th <* y marched' quickly they , would be- . but a short time . ( Cheers . ) - Mr . O'Connor hadbeen . ' defending their principles for thirty years ! and '; he ( Mr . Jones ) hoped hei might live to defend- tbem thirty years more . . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . Jones ) had not defended them more ; than a sixth of that time ! . but he felt that he had r thirty years work in him yet , - and he pledged himself that it should be spent in opposition to the land-monger and the money-irionger . ( Loiid cheers . )
A vote of thpks was given , to the Chairman , Air . O'Connor saying , that ,, he would rather . address an " Old '' ' Guard" like him"than the Speaker of the House of Commons , and ' ' The proceedings were concluded ; by three cheers for the Charter , three groans for the Whigs , three cheers' for-the working classes ;'" and three cheers for Mr ; O'Connor . : - ¦ -- ; ¦ : ¦ ! - .- ? Mr . ; O'Connor , whose experience in" attending large ineetings is well-known , estimated that there were fully 20 , 000 persons present .. : v , ; : .
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MR . ERNEST JOKES AT LEICESTER ; - On Monday evening Mr .-Ernest 'Jones delivered a lecture in the New Hall ; Leicester , on - 'M Bread andvFreedom , "; The orchestra and reserved seats were well filled , andthebodybf thehall wascrowde , d , although a charge for admission was necessary to defray . the expense of the ball ,. tt'c ., & o .:. " . ] "Mr . White was called to the chair , arid the proceedings were opened by singing the hymn , coinniehcing . ; - ¦' ¦¦ "Base oppressors , leave your slumbers , Listen to a Nation ' s cry . " ¦'
The Chairman expressed himself as honoured-by presiding over so large an assembly ; met to welcome their persecnted friend ; a man who had suffered two years of themost cruel treatment which a malicious ^ government could give him . They had tried to break his heart , and . shatter his frame , but thank God he was there that ' , night —( tremendous clieering)—to stand ' in the breach between , the down-trodden uneiriancipated poor of the land , arid the tyrariiiicali selfish , idle , and plundering : set Of menwhoihad trod them dowii ; ( Renewed cheering . ) •¦' ¦ Mr . Jones ' - ; was received ¦ with ' another volley- of cheers ;;¦ iWhen the clieering liadisubsided ,-,, Ue . said , he did not stand there to : find fault with . the Old , . without suggesting the New ; . he did ^ not stand .
before them to point out the misery man had . creatftd , without pointing out the good which Gbd , had given '; he did not stand before tliciri to warm ^ the ' ui with ' the fire of rhetoric , but to unfold to theni a page which might lead them to happiness . ( Cheers . ) If there were any . persons present . who were prejudiced against him ori acoourit ! of « his-politics , r'he ~ hoped they , would dismiss that prejudice from ; their minds , and thoJigh they , ; . migiit be opposed to . his politics , that ; they .. woulS listen ' to ., his arguments . He hoped they woufcTlose . sighVorthe . Kiimble individual who " was addressing " * them ;' , ' arid consider that it was Time and History which wore ' address , iug them that night . They had doubtless long heard it whispered about , that the country-was in a
declining state , that for many years it had , been going to ruin , but , like an old tale , they , had . heard itso often , that they had begun not . to heed it . The question for them to consider was ,, what should . be done to save the people of this country from : utter ruiri ? . That , many of them had been'blind thus long ho . was not surprised at ; that they'had been inactive so long he did-not blame " them for—because the men who occupied the p ulpit an'd commanded the press had been misleading them . ( Hear , hear . ) But , if he could show them that the country was declining—that the people had : been going on from bad to , worse—then-, he thought , they must admit that the system under which they were livingAvas a bad one .. ' If he could show them"that tbe mean ' s of
averting the calariiity which' threatened thenvwere i'asy ' of access , and -effectual in application , when once applied ; then , he thought , " every mari would admit that it was time for the whole people to interfere ; to vindicate the rights of the people and the will of God . ( Cheers . ) Macaulay , in . his , recently published history , had . been attempting , to prove that this country had been " progressing . Let them listen to the voice of history ; that would tell them how they ' wore progressing .. ' History would show them that' rents had been' increasing and wages decreasing ; and that , ' although the' population had been rapidly increasing , the am ' onntof food produced in this country had : been : decreasing : from the commencement of : the present century-.:- S ince
1811 , the population bad . increased 7 , 000 , 000 ; and yet there were now , 300 , 000 , fewer agricultural . ' labourers than there were in that year . In 1807 , the wages of agricultural labourers were fifteen shillings a week : in 1840 they were reduced-to eleven shillings ; ' and , at the present time , they had fallen to eight shillings a week . The common right and pasturage formerly enjoyed had been . taken away from them , and cottage rent had doubled since 1807 ; and the labourer had often to walk thirty-six milesa week to andftom his work . That washowthe labourer had been progressing to starvation . Then , if they looked at the : other crutch on which old Britain was hobbling along—the manufacturing operatives—they would find that , since the year 1807 , ' the
manufactures of this kingdom had been doubled ; but , 'notwithstanding this , they had not increased in value , owing . to the fall in prices . In consequence of an artificial labour market having been created , more labour had been employed in manufactures , and four men were now getting the same wages which one used to get . In 1819 , the average wngesof the harid-loom weaver was nineteen shillings a week —riow . it was only five shillings . ThaVwas the way the manufacturing operatives had been progressing —to starvation . Mr . Jones then ^ proceeded to show , b y statistics , tbat disease . and crime had increased in a fearful , ratio as the people had been withdrawn from the natural labour 'field into the artificial labour market which , had been
created , and said , that was how the ,, working , classes were progressing—to ,, the ; gaol , and to the grave . He also showed by statistics and extracts from the works of travellers , that in France , Switzerland , Belgiurii , and other countries where the small farm system was in operation ; the people were happy and virtuous , and . pointed , * ut that Sparta , Athens and Rome , ; were ; strong in power while their inhabitants were cultivators onhe soil , but that they , decayed and fell , as they abandoned the natural system for an , artificial one ! He quoted , from Parliamentary returns to show that there , was plenty of land in this country to support in comfort a much larger population than we have at present . - InRome , lie " said ; families were kept comfortably by the cultivation of two acres per
family ; and in ' this country there were eleven acres for each family . To dojuaticGtotho lecture would require , a dozen times the . space we can . this week devote to it , and as many of our renders will have an opportunity of hearing it for themselves ,. . there is not that necessity for us tbg ivc it at the Jengtn which otherwise might be desirablb : Haying Po ? n « a out the evil and the remedy , -inia very eloquent ^ and arguirientative manner , he po-nled cuttheleople s Charter as' the great means ^ by which tbej won a attain their social rights , and ^^ S of union ^ mong thcms ^ vessand , * o ^ jg ^ C | e ot succe 8 S , vtas \ cer |; ain . _ ¦ -,. .,,, ,,: ; ,, » > j , ; , ;^ : \ ut , , ' A viite of thanks was : given , tp ^ the lecturer and tothrchairma ' n , and the meeting separated .
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