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      I^F) , T0xj Stisto-Piyioed, Wi **H» I

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      <$ The Wobkishlclasses. Ifr.Jtoe 1508 ' ...

      < $ THE WOBKISHLCLASSES . Ifr . JtoE 1508 There is an old and a true saying , that ^ Bome vas not built in a- day ¦; '' and it is allv as true , that prejudices cannot bedis-^ flSin a day : and * ft is also true , that when

      ft - u ces are dispeueu , it tases some tune Sulcate sound and irrefutable p rinci p les . 4 d that is the precise position in which , the - *? i- { Ireland is now p laced "while ,, as an ^ S jjfiaiijit g ives me not a little p leasure—^" d ^ crht—and inspires me with no small iwwte , tohave witnessed the first display , of Irish - *^ r ' resolution , and enthusiasm , which was . anifested on Tuesday lasl , at the first nnion of ^ vor ^ g-c ^ ss mind in OLD ^

      jjjELAXD . _ ; ^ , Y 0 n are aware , that so long as patronage ras based on Irishsubserviency , no working tnan dared to present himself at a public meeting , excep t for the purpose of handing in to xl £ Exchequer the pence out of which he nad WHEEDLED HIS POOR CONFIDEfGDUPES ; and then , if he accompanied the gift with a £ gV words of sympathy , his ADMIRABLE speech was to be entered in the minutes . Upon the other hand , if a true and sincere patriot ventured to egress hw sentiments , and jf those sentiments differed from the materials ^ f which the national mind was id be comtwsedL HE WAS AN ENEMY TO HIS

      COUNTRY , and-was scouted , or perhaps brutallv dra gged , from the p latform . Now , solong as this sy stem was allowed to continue , how , in the name of fate , could justice hate been procared for the working classes ?—and so long as the British 3 iBmster based his power , his office , and his strength , upon the disunion , systematfcallvand artfully fostered by such means , SSn GELT AM SAXON-how , I ask , Tras it possibleJor either people to expect any , the s % htes £ > stice being donefo their order the hantom has vai

      $ nt , ' thanks be to God * p s - Dished , the Irish people hare- come to their senses : and you may imagine my joy , as an San , andaSanENGLISH CHARTIST , ^ the strong manifestation of the veritable popular mind which I witnessed in Dublin on ^ Tuesday last , I never saw a more splendid fathering of the middle and working classesbath nniting , and both taking an enthusiastic part in the proceedings . The large building tos crowded to suffocation , and'the mostperject harmony prevailed .

      Yon will see a very lair and accurate report in the " Star , " copied from the "Freeman ' s Journal , " and you will find a verbaiim report of the whole proceedings in the next number 0 f the "Mshman ; " and bear in mind , that no Eng lish , newspaper -would devote so much of its space to a democratic meeting . I shall not be led away from my subject by vanity , while I may trul y say , that during the palmy days of Chartist enthusiasm and

      excitement , I never experienced such a reception ; no small satisfaction to me , and I hope to you , when yon recollect that the LIBERATOR asserted that I should be DUCKED in the LIFFEY , if ever I showed my face in Dublin . I was ducked , and well-ducked too , but it was not in the Liffey , but in Irish sweat , Created in my Irish , blood by Irish enthusiasm . M'Geaih and Glakk were equally well-received , and , in the opinion of all , made splendid speeches .

      We had delegates from Kilkenny , and other parts of Ireland , and instructions and letters Trereread from Stockport , "Wi gan , and other parts of England , and parts of Scotland , and long lists of names from all parts , g iving in -their adhesion , and promising their co-operation . Sow , Englishmen , out of this 3 STEST EGG , most spring a regular GAME COCK movement As soon as both countries are prepared , we must elect delegates from England , Ireland , and Scotland , to attend a . national -conTerence , which should be held in Dublin , in ^ rder that the Irish peop le should have all their English prejudices dispelled , and from such an union must spring national independence .

      On Sunday nig ht I attended a meeting at Manchester . The Hall was crowded to suflbcation , and a more noble feeling I never witnessed ^—and a more cordial reception I never received ; of course you will understand that every speech was upon the "CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER , " James Leach , M'Grath , Clabk , Mr . Roberts , and your humble servant , were the speakers ; and a subscription was made to defray Leach ' s expenses to belaud , as a delegate from Manchester , but , I regret to say , that , in consequence of his wife ' s indisposition , he was unable to attend . Englishmen , when you read the report , extracted from the Freeman , you "Bill wonder not a little that I should have se

      . successfull y contended against all opposition ; -and that I should have lived down prejudice in my native country , where I had no opportunity of defending myself , and where , for sixteen years , I have been denounced by every newspaper , and every popular leader . On Monday week I shall be at Halifax , on Tuesday at Sheffield , and then I shall appoint an early flay to meet Bradshaw , at Nottingham ; and shall proceed on my new tour of Chartist agitation ; and , then Iwill again visit FATHERIiAXD , to create a thorough union between the English and the Irish mind ; as , come what may , and however apathetic your order may he , lam resolved that justice shall be done to your order , notwithstanding the perpetual injustice to which you have subjected me . But

      AS THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE IS THE CAUSE OF GOD , I WILL , IF POSSIBLE , LEAYE THE WORLD BETTER TDAJf I POUSD IT . SO HURRAH ! TOR THE GRANT ) ^ ATIOSAl U-N ' IOX , XOXE SHALL DARE TO MAKE US AFRAID !

      "THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AXD XO SURRENDER 2 " Your Faithful Friend and Advocate , Feaegus O'Conxob

      Death Of A Rebel Chief.—The Mukcncy Modc...

      Death of a Rebel Chief . —The MUkcncy Modcra Sor saTs : —• ' We have to record the demise of Mr . Thomas Cloney , of Graigne , in this county , better ^ Bown to the public as ' General Cloney / which event took place on Friday week , in the seventy-? Kth rear of his age . The General was born in l < i 4 , and was in his 24 th yearwheniheinsurrection w 17 S 3 broke out , in which he took an active part , commanding a brigade of the insurgent army in Most of their southern engagements , and leaving behind , m lug welI-known 'Personal Narrative / an ateresting aecount of his adventures 'byfloodand celd at that eventful period . Since'OS the rebel c'uef remained in nrivatelifc . extent , that he

      oncsswnaUy- emerged to lead a body of ' Graigne pu rlers at the monster gatherings of the ' Libera-* ° i the last joccasion of his marshalling his forces - « the' pride , pomp , and circumstance' of a Repeal procession and dinner , being the banquet g iven io the martyrs' in this city , in 1813 . Mr . Clonev generally esteemed , during a long life for many amiable and social qualities , and hig remains were deposited on Sunday last in the cemetery of St . Aniline , by a large following of friends , compatriots , and sympathisers . " Bans Boroihme ' s Habp . —It is weU known that we great monarch Brian Boroihrae was killed at the « ttfe of Clontarf , A . D . 1014 . He left his son

      hodah his harp ; but Donah having murdered his onolh er Teige , and being deposed by his nephew , ^ re < 1 to Rome , and carried with him the crown , p T . and other regalia of hia father . These ^ SSlia iere t ^ j m tne Vatican tiU Pope Clement ^ j we barp to Henry Till ., but kept the crown , „ * n * ras massive gold . Henry gave the harp to aai 1 ? Eari of Clanricarde , in whose family it re-^ W until the beginning of the eighteenth cenfwi - en 5 t came by a lady of the De Burgh comt 1 Dt 0 that of ^ ' - ^ afcon <> f Glenagb , in the ™ 'i . v of Clare , after whose death it came into the laj ^ ? of Counsellor Macnamara of Limerick . 1 * ' ^ -lt Was TH-ocnntnii + « «•! , « DIntif TTnn Wil

      j ^ . §* 3 "ngliam , who deposited it in Trinity ColiDth ^ . 1110 ' where ! t now is - K is thirty-two iE < rJw „ P ° ' and of good workmanship ; the sound-.- *** ! is of oak ; the arms of red sally ; theex-* ilh «] r ° * ® u PP erni 03 t arm in part is capped 5 hjon X' * f \ wrou § ht and chiselled . It contains 'ootfccr ' 8131 set m silver . ^^ er it was " «• stone , now lost .-2 % > o-ary free Pnst .

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      IRISH DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION

      An aggregate meeting of this body was held on Tuesday night in the Music Hall , Lower Abbeystreet . The attendance was very numerous—every part of the building was "densely crowded , anif a number of ladies occupied seats in the galleries . ' Among those present on the platforiif were : —Wal ; ter Meyler , John Brennan , Castlecomber ; Pierce Butler , Castlecomber ; Thomas Moohey , J . E . ' O'Donoghoe , P . O ' Hi ggins , W . Connor , Feargus O'Connor , M . P . ; W . Reany , P . Moran , C . E ; Bernard Pullam , A . English , Richard Dowse , U . H . Delamarm , Michael May , C . Ferris , J . Doyle , J . Plunket , M . Foley , & c , & c . An inspector and another member of the metropolitan police were present . ; .

      At eight o clock , on the motion of Mr . Dotxk , seconded by Mr , Ferris , the chair was taken by Mr . Thomas Graham , who said , that as one of the people , he felt pride and pleasure at being called upon to preside at the first public meeting of the Democratic Association , and that feeling was enhanced by the conviction that they were not there in the compromise of any principle . ( Hear , hear . ) They would not make a compromise for the miserable end of endeavouring to get men of rank or property to join them—men who upheld the rights of property without considering or practising the rule that property had its duties as well as its rig hts . ( Hear ; hear , and cheers . ) -They asked the men of no property to join them in the struggle ; hut they held out no deceptive promises that the pathTthey had chosen was ^ st ^ BTO ^ ^ fli . flb ^ erV or , wnf easily

      trodden ; they did mSfnoIq' out that it was only necessary now and then to attend a public ' meeting , to sign petitions to parliament , which thought as much of their petitions as it did about their countrymen who were starved in Kilrush or Skibbereen . —^ hear , hear)—or .. to sit till midnight in People ' s Institutes poring over the history of Ireland ' s bygone patriots , without being taught the necessity of imitating their actions . ( Hear , hear . ) Such was not the path they had chosen , or invited others to tread in . 27 b , it was one of roughness and labour . They would ask the assistance of one who would assist them when they were right ; and with the aid of their own free , unshackled , and unprejudiced minds , which they had too long given to the keeping and guidance of others , but the faculties of which he hoped the democrats of the nation

      would in future exercise freely and independentl y , they would ultimately succeed triumphantly m their object . ( Cheers . ) As truth was to be their motto , they should take the opportunity of that public meeting to express their sympathy for the men who were suffering for having spoken God ' s truth . ( Cheers . ) No . man there would quit the ranks of the association on that account , or tell them that he would not endanger himself or his property by any expression of sympathy in the priu « ciplesof John Mitchel . ( Lolld'cheers . ) They never would , for any object , make truth Subservient to expediency ; for the first time they were assembled under their own true colours—^ the banner of democracy . The name was new to many , and some did not understand ib ; but we would refer them to the barricadesof Paris , in attestation of the worth , virtue , and bravery of the democracy ; he would refer to the hard fought fields of Hungary and to the gallant struggle made for liberty by the people of Milan and

      Venice , to show what democracy was capable of doing . ( Hear , hear . ) It might be said they had no such deeds to boast of ; but let them , the men of no property , enrol themselves under the banner of democracy , which they then unfurled to the gaze of the world , and invite the tyrant to pull it down . ( Loud cheers . )—[ A person in the gallery here called for a cheer for John Mitchel ; which was heartily responded to . ] The Secbktart read letters from G . W . M . Reynolds , and others apologising for their inability to attend the meeting , and expressing concurrence in its object . He also read addresses from a branch ef the association in Cork ; and letters from Carlow , Wigan , Glasgow , and other p laces , encouraging the association , and promising co-operation , lie said that a deputation from Kilkenny were present , and that London was represented by Mr . Feargus O'Connor . M . P . ; Mr . Clark , and Mr . M'Grath . ( Cheers . ) A number of persons resident in Carlew ,. Cork , Glasgow , & c , were then proposed and enrolled iuembers of the Democratic Association .. ' ¦""

      Mr . White , of Kilkenny , one of a deputation ^ moved the admission of three hundred members from that city , which was seconded by Mr . Diilos , and carried unanimously . The Secretabv then read the list of Dublin members who desired to be admitted that evening , and who being moved and seconded , The Chatbmax put the question for their admission , which was loudly responded to in the affirmative . —[ A Voice : A cheer for John Mitchel . ] ( Loud cheers . )—[ A Voice : A cheer for John O'Council . ] ( This was received with loud hisses and partial ctiw ^ rs ^ TheSECBBTAET then read the objects and rules of the association , as follows : —

      OBJECTS OF THE IBISH DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION " . 1 st . The elevation of the character and condition of the working classes , so that our artisans may understand their true value ; and the tiller of the scil , on which all are dependent , has just and indefeasible claim to lire happily on the land he has made productive by the sweiit of his brow . 2 nd . To inculcate the necessity of eveiy Irishman encou raging native manufacture , and to lay down a plan for the revival of Irish trade . 3 rd . Convinced from past experience that the rights and interests of the people have been totally neglected by our representatives , we deem it an imperative duty to train the democracy of this country into full and complete knowledge of their power , the position they occupy , and the position they are entitled to occupy ; and to impress upon them the necessity of untiring exertion for the complete and entire restoration of those social and political privileges they have been unjustly deprived of . 4 th . That in consequence of the great discouragement given to Irish genius in arts and sciences , the development of Irish talent , and diffusion of a national literature , will be a primary object of this association .

      5 th . To secure the earnest and powerful cooperation of all existing democratic institutions , whose aims and intentions may be identical with those of this associationnamely , die recognition and just appreciation of the rights of labour , and the overthrow of a heartless and useless oligarchy . 6 th . The union of the democracy of every creed—to do which we deem it of vital importance to protect every denomination of Christian worship—to respect every man for his conscientious opinions , and the free expression of the faith that is within him ; and owing to the enmity hitherto subsisting between the Catholic and Protestant democracies of Ireland , which has been engendered and

      encouraged by our rulers , for the maintenance of English dominion in this country , it will he the particular object of this association to encourage and establish a good feeling between , and to hold out the right hand of fellowship to , the Protestant democracy of Ireland ; and as this association will labour to break down the barriers of religious prejudice—to uproot sectarian animosity , and to scout and overthrow all ascendancy of creed—it ivill ask the co-operai tion of every Irish-born man in establishing the independence of his native land . 7 th . Fully sympathising with the sufferings of our Irish martyrs , we deem it of importance to hold them in grateful remembrance so long as they are expatriated under British law . -

      BOLES OF THE IilSD DEMGCEATIC ASSOCIATION . 1 st That the society be styled "The Irish Democratic Association . " ' - 2 nd . That the business of the association shall be conducted by a seneral committee , with power to make byelaws , consisting oftwenty-onemembers ( exclusive of secretary and treasurer , ) five to form a quorum , to be chosen by ballot at a public meeting of the members , which committee shall hold office for three months , ' at the end of which time ten of the above will retire , to be replaced by ballot Srd . The association shall be open to all men of sterling manly democratic principles i theproposer and seconder of each new member must pledge themselves for his integrity , resolution , and devotion to fatherland .

      4 th . > o person will be admitted a member of the association , save by the vote of a weekly meeting , and no member can be expelled therefrom save by a similar vote , taken on the proposition of the general committee , who shall give the individual concerned a foriimiht ' s notice of their intention to propose his expulsion , and " their reasons therefore .-3 th . The association mil hold weeklv . meetings for the transaction of its business—viz ., the enrolment ot members , receiving reports from committees , sub-committees , & C „ and attending to such matters as may , from time to time , he brought before their notice . 6 th . The rooms of . the association wiU be open even evening during the week , from seven o ' clock , p . m , to eleven o'clock p . m ., and will be supplied with such books , pamphlets , and newspapers , as the committee may deem advisable . 7 th . A quarterly meefin » shall be held for the purpose of receiving the report of the outgoing general committee of electing their successors , and of making any alterations that may be required in the fundamental rule =.

      8 Ui . Aone but actual members of the association or per I sons introduced for enrolment , shaU be admitted to any lecture or meeting , or to the reading room , upon any pre " . test whatsoever , sate such persons as nay claim a legal right to intrude Vtemtelves . " 9 th . Subscriptions t » defray the expenses of the association , reading-rooms , & c , and other incidental charges v . ill be expected from each member—payments not to be less than one penny weekly . 10 th . Lectures on general literature , history , politics , and scientific subjects , shall be delivered by such of the members , and others , as may be competent for that task , as frequently as shall be found convenient , the lecturer to be chosen by the general committee of the association . Ilth . A chairman shall be . provided for each night of weekly and quarterly -meeting by the general committee ; all votes at these meetings to be taken by tellers appointed by the chairman . J-. 'th . That the finances of this association shall be managed by a committee appointed for that purpose ; no pay-

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      ments -ttr'bermade by the treasurer : without an order from the ronunitteMigned by the Chairman and two memb «* 8 of the same ; the accounts to Be audited and laid befew the members at the first publie meeting in each month . ¦ :. ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - ' counsel ' s oprhon . . I have read the papers Nos .. l and-2 , the first expressing the objects , and the second conta & ing the rules , and I see nothing in either ef them of an illegal character . . - ' y - , „ - < . GtoJ & n JnzaiBBoN . 4 th January , 1850 . , ' :-Mr . James Dottk then came for ward to propose tne ^ first resolution , and said he was g lad to find auch an assembly there that night . That great and influential meeting of the truthful democracy —( A Voice : "Hurrah for Gavan Duffy I "—loud and longHsontinued hisses)—that meeting , composed

      of the none , smew , and honesty of the land , would speak trumpet-tbngued to the enemies of Ireland , and tell that . Irish nationality was not dead—( cheersj-rand flinging aside the gloom of past years , the people , with a revived hope to animate them , and increased energy to' secure their triumph , had again commenced the battle for the good old cause . ( Cheers . ) Peeling deeply the responsibility of their undertaking , they would learn wisdomfrom the past . Experience had taught them not to plactfthe destinies of this island in the hands of men who had no sympathy with r their feelings , their interest ' s , or their sufferings . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a Shovel thing tO see men . without the prestige of a name , and having no pretensions to talent , with nothing

      but their own unpurchasable integrity " to recommend them , coming for ward , from the bench ,, the anvil , and the plough , and on their own responsiibiJto . commencingaitagitationforthftTeMhemiob of ^ ir ^ otiritfff /? ( loud 'cheers ;) ali ^^ S ^ Jof the . world tord them that every advance made towards mankind ' s dignity or freedom , was made bythe- ^ emocracy / They had waited long to see a national party formed , but they were disappointed ; and therefore they commenced tonight to do their own work . ( Heari } . They saw the country branded with cowardice , and no organisation in existence to wipe away the slander . . The moment the country began to show some signs of returning life they . saw the slanderer of the *

      Hungarian hero , Kossuth , commencing to vend his state trash , and strive to perpetuate barbarism and Bamfield Moore Carewism in Ireland . ( Hear , hear , and hisses . ) They saw the vulgar helotismof Conciliation Ball changed to the more genteel slavery of an Irish Alliance , where confederates shirk principle to win the smiles of respectability . ( Hear , hear and hisses . ) They saw the men who were at this moment , perhaps , weeping in exile , and yet prouder of their position than those whom they left behind them ; they saw those men neglected and forgotten by those who excited and lured them on to their destruction . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker then referred to the several continental revolutions , and , speaking of the exiled patriots , said that they saw

      their country prostrate , and they imagined for a moment it was their time , and they flung themselves into the van of Irish liberty . ( Cheers . ) This association was now formed by men who bad " worked with these men , and wished them well , and who intended that night to publicly adopt their principles ( Loud cheers . ) They saw the people completely paralysed , not knowing what to do . Other kodis * had been framed for the people , but now one was framed by the people themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) One of the principal objects of that association was to secure the rights of labour , and elevate and improve the condition » f the working classes . ( Hear . ) And w as it not a just thing to do ? for all greatness , wealth , and power , were produced by the hard

      and horny hand of labour . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefore the working men of Ireland should not join any association which did not make the interests of the working classes a primary object . ( Cheers . ) Another of their objects was the union of all creeds . Division had long ' been the bane of this country ; but at the same time they should not make a union which would die with the enthusiasm of the hour that gave it birth , but one based on large and generous principles . To effect that object , they would not touch on any religious questions in that association . They would not meddle with the church question , because they believed it to be a Whig cry got np for the purpose of creating a sectarian feeling in Ireland . They looked upon it as a matter with which the democracy had nothing to do . Their object was to ameliorate the condition

      of the people—to make Ireland a powerful and an independent nation ; and therefore they would not descend to the gejty quarrels of churchmen . ( Loud cheers ;) ,,. < Mr . ^ Soyle ' concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That liberty of conscience is the birthright of every man ; and as we believe intolerance in religion is subversive of truth , and that religious dissension encouraged by our rulers to suit their own purposes , has been the means of inslaving this Irish nation , we , in perfect good faith , hold out the right hand of fellowship to Irishmen of every religious denomination , and once , and for ever , propose a union of the democracy of every creed to destroy that discussion , pledging ourselves before the world to labour to secure religious and political equality for every man , and to bury for ever the memory of all occurrences that have prevented a union of brotherhood among Irishmen . --

      -Mr . Downey seconded the resolution , which was put and adopted . Mr . Edward M'Madon ( a tradesman ) , proposed the next resolution , which was as follows : — " That industry is the source of all national prosperity , and that to enjoy true liberty , it is essential to protect the working classes by fully asserting the rights of labour , and benefitting the social condition of those who contribute so largely to the happiness of mankind . " Mr . Wilwam Austin had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , as he considered the principle

      involved in it was one of the most vital importance , not only to the artisans at large , but to every class in the community . As long as the working classes were kept in debasement , and prevented from earning their livelihood by a base and tyranous oligarchy , so long would this country be kept in its prosent degraded position ; and so long as the democrats of Ireland stood by inactive , without taking part in this struggle , they would be guilty of serious wrong towards themselves and their country . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was adopted unanimously .

      Mr . Febris came forward to propose the next resolution . —He said he approached the subject it involved with mingled feelings of apprehension and pride—apprehension , lest his brother democrats might lose sight of the interest involved in the resolution by reason of the inability of him who proposed it—and pride , in the princi p le which lie confessed was dear to his heart , a principle which he would uphold if every one in the meeting was opposed to him—that principle was a feeling of deep sympathy for the martyrs of 1848 . ( Loud cheers . ) He had never addressed a public meeting before , but he felt himself sustained by the glorious principle which he stood there to assert . ( Cheers . ) Some would tell them , perhaps , to forget the

      fidelity , the zeal , and the incorruptible integrity of those who had been torn from their native land . ( Cries of "No , no , " " Never . ") No , he felt the democratic honesty of Ireland would never forget their true and faithful friends though they were told indeed by some cautious politicians that it would injure the national cause by speaking of these men , for they had taken a rash and false step ; or , in other words , they had failed . But he ( Mr . Ferris ) felt pride in maintaining , and he knew that his brother democrats also took pride in upholding the principle , of entertaining sympathy the sincei'CSt , and gratitude the deepest , for the devoted zeal , the honest truth , and the pure patriotism of the martyrs of 1848 . ( Loud cheering . ) He ( Mr . Ferris )

      was one ol those who believed that tho cause of the martyrs was not lost—he would not believe that their sufferings had been in vain . ( Great cheering . ) It was because he felt imbued % yith this belief that be had said he would uphold and assert that principle of sympathy with their martyred count rymen , irrespective of the opinions of any man . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ferris then read the resolution . It embodied the expression of sympathy and regard for the exiled martyrs , and a recognition of their fidelity and sterling patriotism . Sir . Ferris proceeded with much impressivenes to speak to , the resolution . He was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering and expression of feeling relative to- the Irish exiles . The names of John Mitchel , Smith O'Brien , and Meagher were cheered loudly and frequently .

      Mr . Ferris concluded by moving the resolution , and sat down amidst loud cheering . Mr . Charles Dillon came forward amidst cheers to second tho resolution : He said he believed there was but one opinion in that great meeting of unanimous adoption of the principles of that resolution . ( Hear , bear and cheering . ) But how were they to evince their sympathy or show their regard towards their martyred and exiled countrymen ? Was it by merely shouting and cheering ? No . It was by proving themselves worthy of brotherhood with these illustrious men-r-by steadfastly and unitedly working like men for the recognition of their just rights , and the liberation of themselves and their country from their present degraded condition . ( Cheers . ) If they did not do this all their efforts

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      would be vara . ( Hear , hear , and cheering , and some cries for Fearg - os O'Connor , ) Ah , yes ¦ (*& Mr . Dillon ) that is ever , the way with all Irishmen ? : yon come here and shout andebeer ; you must have seme great man to address yo «; you must havesome one aboye jou , whose sentiments you will cheer , and perhaps soon forget ? but you interrupt and shout down a tradesman when he speaks to you besansehe is one of yourselves / ( Cheers ;) ' This was-ever so , so long WI recolleeS , throughout the historyvof Irish agitation . « It way ever the cry for my Lord Mayor this / Joi ;; TdwhsConncillor . thatihpjir- heart—but ™ . » .. i : n » u ;~ . _„_ . „„ ,.

      raised , Mr . Fear ^ 8 ;;^ . Co 6 tiorwa &; ealled * or . He was , doubtless ,. an . able ^ but business ought to bejpe-ln ' a - business-like manner , and W / O ConSp ^ woula be , heard in his turn as well as every oipi ^ Bpeaker . ; ^ CHe ' ers ); ; , The resolution ¦ embodied * Sfegreat deal that was impor- tant . They were . cal lfcEoh by it to " express sympathy for the patrioUc ; ekiles , ibut : in that they : ex- " pressed adhesion to . patriotic principles ; ' ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) ., It ^ not merely by . shoating ieeriiiMi !

      ano c . « . H tney wo . uld , show . their true sympathy : but let them umt ^ fdlwprk , as he sajd . before , like men , and tru 3 tf # ^ ach bther ; "' and ; their exiled countrymen would heiiheere'd in their . Captivity where they would heartftiat thew ¦ 'felbwtcburitrymen were-castingall prejuaices aside , ; and were determined to work for theiinsitiveiland . - / , The . rpsolujtipjy was theni ^ ufc ^ ndpassedwith ac- ; clamation . a ^ SS » ij ! ¦ :, j .- ^ 0 ^^ ' ^ < ' ^^ -b ' ufk ^ xi ~ y = ' j . 4 Mr . * ilU £ Ril ^^ foihwai ^ fi ^ . was loudlyvarid'MtfiWiasticall ^ cheered ftrJpme'thinutes . When the

      cheering had subsided , he said he would address those then assembled as his countrymen , although their chairman told them'th at their countrymen would first address tiiem ; and Mr . O'Connor could apeak afterwards . ; , JNbw , " in 1854 , they disinherited him . ( No ^ n o . ) He was told that if he came to Ireland he should be ducked in the Liffey ; but , notwithstanding that threat and intimidation , he had struggled night and day , from that period to the present , in order to weld the minds of the people of England and Ireland , so that the power of the aristocracy and oligarch y should be . trampled in the dust . ( Cheers . ) The reason wh y he

      rejoiced at the gathering there that ni g ht—and felt more pride than when he last attended in that hall—was , because they would learn the truth of the maxim , that what was to he done for the people should he done by the people . ( Loud cheers . ) They would also understand that , for many years , they had cheered men and reviled princi p les hut now he hoped they would assist in the establishment of such principles as would elevate their country from its present slavish position , and place it in that situation which it deserved to occupy . ( Cheers . ) He would g ive them a further proof of the value which he attached to that

      meeting , and what mi g ht spring from it , in the fact that he had abandoned , for this week , all his parliamentary duties , and had left the show-box —( cheers)—for the purpose of attending there that ni ght , in order to assist in cementing a thorough union between the English and Irish democracies . ( Loud cheers . ) Mark , when he first began to announce and propound in England the real democratic principles which they were advocating there that ni ght , the English people were not prepared to receive them , because they were placed in as much antagonism to the Irish as the Irish iwere to

      them ; but he saw that no good could be wrung from the oppressor , until the working class mind of both countries was thoroughly united , because the oppressor always based his power in the disunion kept up between the-two countries . He did not come forward on the present occasion urged by vanity or ambition . It was his pfjjde to say , that he had never travelled a mile , or eaten a meal , at the expense of any man in thc ^ world—he came forward because he loved his country and hated tyranny —he came forward to advocate their principles because his family , had suffered more in

      supporting them than any other famil y that ever was born . ( Cheers . ) Now , he faithfull y represented the democratic mind of England , and he told them , that there had been a principle enunciated there that night , which the English people were not thoroughly identified with , and in which he fully concurred . ( Cheers . ) Were it not for the disunion that had existed between the peop le of this country and those of England , the Irish would not be looking for the Repeal of the TJnion so long . They have been so long represented by a set of lickspittles , tools , and toadies , in . the House

      of Commons —( loud cheers)—who were mere sycophants and place-hunters . ( Continued cheering . ) And now let them hear his principles ; . for even in the face . of danger , and under the espionage , and , perhaps , in the presence of some of the sp ies of the gaoler-general of Ireland —( loud cheers)—he was not afraid to avow his principles , and to say that he . was not onl y 'for a Repeal of the Union , hut for a separation — ( loud cheering , which lasted for some minutes)—hut unaccompanied with violence , riot , or revolution . He was . for giving the vote not to the mere serfs of the

      landlords , who went up to the hustings like sheep to the . shambles—ho was for giving the vote to every man of twenty-one years of ago , and he was also for having the parliament in Ireland , at the same time taking care that they should not be represented by absentees . ( Cheers . ) Looking to the labour question , what he desired was not to rob any man , but to make the rich richer , and the poor rich—( cheers )—but so long as the landlords measured the value of their interests -b y political patronage instead of by national requirement , so long would land be held valueless so far as

      the' salvation of the people was concerned . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said that they were an idle people ; but he unhesitatingly asserted , that where there was a premium for industry the Irish were the most industrious people on the face of the earth .., ( Hear , hear . ) Here there was a premium for idleness and a tax upon industry . And wh y should the people labour when they were not paid for it ? It was the landlords that destroyed the people ; but the people were met that ni ght for the purpose of hearing how such a union would be created amongst the working-class mind of the

      country , as could never be destroyed . And now he told them to offer no antagonism to any party if then principles wore sound , let them propound them , and every man of common sense , reason and judgment ! would adopt them . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Connor ) would come amongst them again . ( Cheers . ) They mig ht have a new election for Ireland , perhaps as soon as the franchise was a little extended . But H them only look at the beneficence , at the kindness of ministers—did they think they were going to extend tho Irish franchise because it was a matter I of . justice ? No ; if there was an election to-morrow the

      Protectionists would have a largo majority in the land , and , therefore , ' lest there should be an election , ministers want to go to the country with a cry . ( Hear , hear . ) But talking of elections , lie . wished to know whether they considered it a fair system of representation , that Ireland should have hut 105 representatives , while England and Scotland had 553 ? ( No , no . ) Where was the use of saying no ? Why did not they work like men 1 ( Hear . ) Let them sink all party differences , and talk no more of this party or that . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said by some that the famine was a dispensation of Providence ; he rather thought it was a dispensation of tyrants and oppressors , for he

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      believed that if the people were thoroug hly employed at profitable laboniy the ^ cirewrtrj would now be prosperous , instead of being , as it was , one huge and -prodigious wprkhawse ; ©» . Thursday eveiabg he waff charged in iM House of Commons , by Lord X Russell , with all but rebdlioh , " for , crying ' . put for the destruction of . the church establissment , and * the downfall of theWaiuk slugs ; iHcrfMr . O'OoHoor ) admitted ! the charge- ^ -thather did cry ' . "dtowH with the blaek ; slwga . " ( Cheers . ) Was thew > ever such an . anomal y ? . Could they bear % if they were Cathodes ? Could they tamely tolerate the idea , of Mack slugs'denonncing their creed / at'th ' e same- time thaftheylived Mxainously

      on - thenrlalKMjT . ; ( Hear , hear ;) , He was for P « $ n j £ ; 9 ? f eW' to \ suc . h injustice : aind epp ^ ressibn , t ami ^ TOttltE . ; leave , every man , to , irafport hisfpw 9 ; : ele » gyv ; and not be compelled ; to-pay for another man ^ b y act of parliament , -Ob y the bayonetiv - . ^ J ; the ; musket . : ( 'Cheers , ) - 5 Tftey coul 4 npt ' gssiij : ' the « r cause : alonev ^ but the *^ English peopMwould . aid ' .. ^ d . unite withithewt . Every prejad ^ e # a £ had , ^ j ^ b ^ ween \ thepeople ; pf Eog hmd 7 »» 2 Ireland ? had ? beah di & - pelledi ^ and ^ oManywas nWSbjettir ' received mpJr ^^ dvt ^ H ^^ ' ^^^^^^ w ^^^^ iMi ^^^^^

      xne landlords ; werftbegmnm ^ oWeep nniTwaU ^ and it was said in the Hoffse of : Common ' s that it was a p ity that they should . have , been ; reduced to their present position ^ y free trade but he aslced , was it pot a pity ; that the people were reduced to the deplorable condition they were inbeforefree trade ? ( Hear , hear . ) He was opposed to a return to protection ; if there was a return to it the landlords would have the majority , and there would be a Tory ministry , ; with Lord Stanley at its head ( groans ); and bad as the Whigs were he prayed the Lord to deliver him from Stanley . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) What did the people gain b y

      emancipation ? They had a Roman Catholic Attorney-General . ( Groans . ) They had two Roman Catholic judges ; but were they more humane , or more considerate of their countrymen than Protestant judges ? No , they were not . The Emancipation Bill disfranchised 400 , 000 forty shilling freeholders . Then came the Reform Bill , and in relation to that he stated , at a reform meeting in Cork , in 1831 , that he had no objection to reform , but that if there was not a Repeal of the Union , reform would be worse for the country , for the first

      act of the reformed parliament would be to pass an act to smother the expression of public opinion in Ireland . And the result proved that he was right in his prophecy . ( Hear , hear . ) Poland was not more oppressed oy Russia than was Ireland by England . Hungary was trampled on , notwithstanding her struggles—notwithstanding theefforts and sacrifices of Kossuth and Bern ( cheers ); but neither-Poland nor Hungar y were more oppressed than Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said that the Irish were the best of

      soldiers abroad but not at home , and when George the Fourth asked . General Murray the reason , he replied , that they never met ; their matches but at home , and beat all they met abroad . ( Cheers and' laughter . ) He did not mean to excite them to revolution or rebellion ; there were three stages through which they should passh—the creation , the organisation , and the direction of mind ; and he was there that night : to assist in the creation of the new mind " of the country . ( Cheers . ) He advised them nbtj tp revile this or that man , but to look at their own principles , and if they were better than the princip les of other parties they would win the day . ( Hear , hear *) Why

      should they go abroad to create food that their own land could produce ? Did the shopkeepers understand that if the people . were better employed they Avould be better customers to them ? Did they understand that labour was the source of all wealth , and that until the labourer was requited for his toil they never would have prosperity in the country ? He had concluded before by repeating some lines of his own , and Mr . Duffy had reported in his paper that some one cried out to him to sing them . " ( Hisses : ) Well , . onl y ; that , he was now rather hoarse he would endeavour to sing them if they desired , but , with their leave , he would repeat them in proposing the resolution entrusted to him : —

      Unite—unite , ye Irish brave , ' Let the Land jour watch word be ; Scout , oh ! scout the servile slave That crouches when he may be free ! Up ye heroes !—at the despots ! Licit no more the tyrant ' s hand . ' Leave your paupei ' -woi'khouse messpots ; Live like freemen on your land . Then Free Trade will be a blessing , ' When men can work , and eat , anil play ; When shepherds cease to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay .

      The speaker then moved the resolution , the purport of which was , to call for the sympathy and assistance of other democratic unions , especially those of England , for the establishment of political equality , and an equitable adjustment of tho relations between labour and capital , and resumed his seat amid loud and most enthusiastic cheers , which lasted a long time . Mr . M'Grath , one of a deputation from England , said that he hud travelled from London for the purpose of enjoying tho society of a veritable Irish demonstration in favour of veritable Irish liberty . He came there with high anticipations , expecting

      to see a splendid and sublime demonstration , and he was proud to say tiiat he had not been disappointed . They had long struggled for the : emancipation ^ their country , but she was stillclanking the chains of'the oppressor . He trusted they would go on with their glorious W 0 Ek , ; and adopt tho advice given by Mr . O'Connor ; and he hoped that they would remember this—that no legislation could be beneficial to this country unless it was based on the Universal Suffrages of the people .. ( Hear , hear . ) If the union were repealed'to-morrow some triflinjr good would accrue to the Irish people . The evils of absenteeism

      would bo diminished , but he believed that no great or permanent good would result from tho legislation of an Irish parliament , unless it were based on the principles of democracy . "Ireland for the Irish " was once a very popular cry , and he was sure that every honest mnn in that assembly would respond to it ; but ho implored of them by their hopes of freedom not to agree for a single instant to give Ireland to tho aristocracy , or even to the middle classes . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) stood before them , an ultra-deraocrat . ( Cheers ' . ) He held that every honest man of twenty-ono years of age should have a voice in the election of those men who were to

      rule the deatinies of hia country . That was a principle based on common sense and Christianity , and could not be controverted . ( Hear , hear . ) The advocates of Universal Suffrage believed that the man who was not represented was to all intents and purposes a slave , for he had no voice in the making of those laws by which ho was governed , and Christianity taught them this principle — that there should not be found in any land such an animal as a human slave ' . ( Cheers . ) There . is not on the face ot God ' s earth so wretched , miserable , and degraded a people as tho Irish , They had heard a great deal of the sufferings of tho Poles

      under the Russian tyrant , and of the slaves who wore clanking their chains across the Atlantic , but their misery was nothing compared to that of the Irish people . We never heard of thousands of people dying in those countries of starvation as they did in Ireland . The speaker then referred to the dreadful sufferings of the people during tho famine , and declared that if such a state of things were not doomed to speedy annihilation there was neither courage on earth or justice in heaven . Ho recommended the persons who composed the meeting to act practically— -not to content themselves with shouting . in favour of tho resolutions , but to oomo forward promptly and manfully , and enrol themselves SB

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      members . of the : assocJa ' tioh . slfcwas by practical work of tfiis nature alone that they" could hope to imake ah impression on : the , ' English ministry . X-flear . uhear . ;) Ifc was not alms . the Irish people . wanted ; it was simply justice ; and if that justice' was ; accorded 'to them there would hot be a poor man-left bu ^ the face of Ireland . He would therefore 'implore'them to cast asideand for ever , all divisions and : alb : 6 ld prejudices ; -He warned' them againstthe machinations of government spies whowould seek to . divide them , and called on ; them to unite and ! march onward to give battle to " their determined foe . . ( Cheers . ) Ho did hot speak of physical iorce- ^ that would not be needed . ' [ A Voice- ' - " Not ^

      P }' . 1 J 9 » eer 9 . ) He would he sorry to lead them into difficulty , but there was ho need of resorting to force for ^ achievement-of what they were now ' seeJnng . ( Hear , hear . ) ' He wished to tell them her :. cametheresuv the capacit y of a delegate . ( Hear / . hear ,, an ( J cheers ;) -He wa js commissioned , by the democnrtw . body in Manchester to call upon the democraty of Ireland , represented at this meetitiff , to call on Sjiem to believe that tho head , and tha hand , and the- heart of the English democracy were j with ; the democracy of Ireland ! - ( Cheers . ) When ; . 'he went back Se would be ' asied to give an accourifc jof his mission ; , and he' would be proudm telling of ' . the glorious Bight presented o » that evening . Mr . j Mi ' wath concluded ' an able speesh'by seconding tha resolution , and sat down amidst loud cheersv

      r Mr . A ; EsousHtltefl . cameforwai'diamidst eheera f < y propose the next resolution , which was— "" That as parliamentary repr esentatibn cannot be- the mesrisi by which our country ' s independence' will be dbtahied , wo / warn Sse Irish people-against" being again induced to place faith in a systenvso humiiiating and debasing as tha ^ which prostrates us at the feet of our oppressors ^ : Mr . English expressed hi ? diffidence-in addressing t & at ; great meeting from a spot which . had echoed the sentiments ^ of illustriousinept' He ; dwelt . long ^ nd forcibly on the futile and . unsuccessftsl character xa . 4 . result ; . of-j \ W previous * agitation ,, seeking ^ redress a * ' the hands of a- . foreijja ; parlianieiiC" He called on his brother democrats ^' even ! at' the experise of losing' the aid- of their ' English ' friends , to cast aside for ever / the : debasing : system whiefirhad left . them to this day ; prostrate 1 ; miine . dusfcalvt ^' e ^ fe ' ettof an ^ intolerant and raihTesB epp / rissOTv ; f / B ^§ d . en ^ t hei beaefiit : of the so-calledv extension . of " 'tiwr ffan ^ hisn fn i lr ' elan { lian it' dwelt'i ' nV

      Mi < ^ jjBJ ^ IlPiir ^ l | 8 |[ ojjni ?|| l ^^ ; ges ^ J & giMli ^ ' 1 S ^* , raW' < J * Sresented ^ by- ^ hei'lattter ^ he ; saidv hundreds had starved withouirafty . effOrt being ' made > wr the part' * of their representatives to relieve * them ' ..., He wentonin a most impressive speech to show the utter folly and blindness which he concontended they would evince if . tliey , the Irish democracy ,. dreamed on ever again recurring to the humiliating and fruitless attempt of seeking a restoration of their rights by an appeal to the English parliament .- He called in the people to unite ,-tor trust one another , and to show that they depended on -themselves ; then they would be really formidable , and obtain , despite of their oppressors , their just rights . Mr . English concluded amid loud cheers .

      The resolution was then put and passed with acclamation . Mr . William Eeant seconded the resolution , and called on the people to rally round the standard of democracy , now that the hardworking artisans of Dublin had for the first time an opportunity of forwarding their own interests and that of thecountry . The resolution was put and carried . Mr . Clark ( one of the deputation from England ) here came forward , and said that the democracy of England were prepared to join the democracy of Ireland in looking for the Repeal of the Union ; but he advised the latter , in the first instance , to settletheir own divisions , and then by uniting with thotlemocracy at the other side they would be able to make a powerful stand , ( Cheers . ) Mr . White , a member of the deputation from

      Kilkenny , proposed the following resolution : —' " Resolved—That this . association , witnessing with heartfelt sorrow , the awful ravages made by death , from starvation and extermination , through the baneful influence of accursed landlordism , under the name of law , aided by British bayonets , whilethe beasts of the field are far better fed and housed than the Irish peasant , made after God ' s own image ; and believing that in no other country would this be borne but Ireland , calls on all who entertain the spirit of nationality within their breasts to come forward now and join with us in uprootingsuch tyranny from the land , and g ive every Irishborn man the means to live without being obliged to take refuge in poor-law bastiles , or those glorious institutions provided for us by our paternal rulers . " The resolution was , seconded by Mr . JiUESi Duncan , and adopted .

      Mr . Dotle was then moved to the chair , and thanks having been voted to the previous chairman the meeting separated .

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      Theminers Of The North. To The Eoiton Of...

      THEMINERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE EOITOn OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The miners . oE this district held their usual delegate meeting on Saturday -last , at the bouse of Mr . George Corby , New Durham , at which there was an increased number of members represented . The proceedings of the delegates derived some additional interest from the special attendance of W . P . Roberts , solicitor , whose presence was rendered necessary with respect to the decision given by the judge agsinst the workmen of the Marley Hill colliery . Mr . Roberts entered into the subject matter of the judgment , detailing the points on

      which he mied for success , which points the judge had entirely overlooked , or , at least , had not noticed them . Mr . Roberts then explained to the delegates the probability of success if the case was trkd in a higher court , together with the probable amount of money necessary to carry it through . Having thus satisfied the meeting upon those essential points , a resolution was agreed to , — ' That the members of the union be consulted whether they will carry the case any further or not . There being a public district meeting to he held at the same time , Mr . Roberts cheerfully complied with the wish of the

      delegates'to address the miners once more , which he did with his usual ardour and sincerity . Among many other resolutions agreed to , several of which were of a local character , the delegates took up the subject of a National Union , when , after a close and pertinent debate , the following resolution was adopted , — ' That M . Jude correspond with the leading men of the other mining counties , to ascertain when would be the best time to hold a conference , and where it should be held at , so as to get the Association into working order as soon as possible . '

      The delegates having deliberated upon the best maans to increase the number of members to the union , and likewise to ensure to the miners the greatest possible security for their hard earnings , agreed to solicit the employers to have , the bonds of agreement , read every six months , and , a copy of the same given to them . The following are part of the resolu'ions agreed to : — ' That the Bill for Ten Hours for the Miners be not added to , nor connected with , the ventilation question , but that the : Miners at the proper tima assist , by petitions , the Factory People , to procure a real and safe Ten Hours Bill ; and that the Miners apply at the earliS ' st period compatible with a true understanding of the question for a Ten Hoars Bill , that their young hoys may have a better opportunity of getting a suitable education than heretofore . '

      1 That in order to give those collieries who have formed themselves into districts , the best and surest information of the proceedings of each delegate meeting , in order also to ensure a greater uniformity in expressing and undemanding the resolutions agreed to by the delegates , the said resolutions and votes be printed , together with the delegates' names , and a copy sent to ea ? h colliery , as soon as possible after the delegate meeting is over , each delegate handing to the secretary his address for that purpose . ' 'That the collieries be recommended to , adopt a daily restriction instead of a furtt . ighily one , as some collieries hwre had lately , ^

      4 That it be laid before the collieries to grant tho lecturers one flay in the moath to hold a consideration meeting as to the best methods tn be adoptsd ; to re-drganise the Union * and g ive lo each other ) - the requiste information , about the state of thp . several collieries in that , respect , awl that they rc *^ address tp lecture the men i" ona uniform wsj . . ' The toiiion . men ek Walker GulHery have iwen obliged to strike , their master refusing to $ Hinfc them a Standard weighing m ac & ne , or meases tub , in contravention of the cmtrwt . A . ; the solicitation of the workmen . Mr . Robots accompanied a

      deputation of theiv body to the- master , who after considerable pressure from Wr . Roberts , p > dged himself to give » hem a Standard measure tab or wei g hs ing macUlae ; with tbU understanding Mr . Roberts and the deputatiaiv left . But judge of the »•< % &• mien ' s surprise , when on the fallowing dav Wiey waited upon the maiter to eutevupon a fres ^ Agreement , they were told that there would t > ¦ . jj 0 work for them , except lliey would sign a h ond to leave the union ; of course they objected ' . o . any such infamous proposal , and left him to , console himself upqn bis . tyrannical picture .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 9, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09031850/page/1/