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      To The Imperial Chartists.

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .

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      5 w " will not expect a long , Jrile I cannot resist the temp tation of telling you that we , the directors , confidently anticipate having a ballot for one hundred members during the Whitsuntide bolidavs . On the Sth ofMaywereceivepossesswn of our firstpurchase ftese . weretheconditions ; thenwe go to work and , without delay , arrangements will be made for the reception of the successful candidates . You will see that our first colony consists of English , Irish , Scotch , andFrenchmen , and , from the number of agricultural labourers that have drawn prizes , I don't think amore judicious selection could have been

      made , even if fitness had constituted the qualification . I think you are entitled to the opinion of every good man upon this your noble , your national undertaking , and therefore , as I believe there are none in whom you have more confidence , or for whom yon have a greater { respect , than for Mr . O'Higgins , I here present you with a paragraph from a letter received from him this morning ( Thursdavl .

      In my opinion , your land plan deserves the unqualified support of every honest man . It appears to me to be sot only practicable bat inimitable . The little holdings , or houses and lands , are , as I understand it , to be bona fie estates , and if- so nothing can surpass the plan . The bouse and land held in yerpetmtf at a small rent for the benefit of the little community , stillgoing on increasing into a large fund to buy more land . Once you . get the Stst colony stitledyon can accomplish anything .

      I think that opinion will be very satisfactory to the members of the Land Society as members , and , now I shall furnish them with an extract of a political character which will al « o have its legitimate weight . In speaking of the mode of electing the Executive , Sir . Olliggins says , I am glad to see , after all the battles on the subject , that the Chartists are beginning to see the propriety of the Convention electing the Executive committee . 1 { ought hard for this in the Convention at Manchester . In fact , I drew up the clause in committee , and my friend , Mr . Stallwood , censured me severely for having done so .

      If time permitted this week , I owe a compliment to the City Chartists , which I would have assuredly paid them , for the justice that they have done to my foresight , and the manliness with which they confess their former error and adopt my censured policy . In 15441 was the delegate of that body , and ba d a severe vote of censure passed upon me by them For having voted for the election of the Exeentiveby the Convention . But mark how a little reflection will persuade honest men of their follies . On Saturday last the Northern Star informed me that those verv Chartists who unanimously censored me in 1 SU

      ananimously adopted the same policy in 1 S 4 C . For tee present , I can only express my thanks for the Conversion ; they have been the loudest in denouncing man worshippers and their last magnanimous step convinces me that they never will become tools , as it iseven better and less criminal to worship a good man than to be the slavish tool of a cunning man . I trust that all Chartist bodies will act with the same heroic magnanimity , and I beg to assure my friends , that the halm of their conversion more than heels the poke with which the surrenderer of any simJe opinion is threatened .

      I now beff to call your attention to the question of the Irish Coercion Bill ; of the certainty of war with America ; of the shaken state of English parties , and the consequent necessity of a better nn * derstsnding among the Chartist body . I would implore of yon—yon , the veritable working men—the fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshorn chins , to arrest every attempt at dissension in the outset ; to nip the hope of every crotchetmenger ; to blast the ambition of those who would achieve power to destroy us , bv making Chartism more respectable .

      I cannot openly deal with them while they remain within their narrow shells . I cannot prevent their slime spreading a little , but when they presume they lave strength enough to come forth from their shells , then we shall know how to deal with them . Men who are systematically captious , constitutionally irritable , and naturally authoritative , are not likely to be satisfied with the plodding action of their consistent fellows . Sovelty is their cry ; better management is their object ; better men—of which they are the very best—is their only aim .

      I cannot conclude without tendering my warmest thanks to the people of Manchester and of Oldham , and the delegates from several parts of England , for their kind reception during the Easter-week , nor shall I hastily forget TEE EASTER-YfEEK AT MASCHES TER , the perusal of which I hope will give satisfaction to the working classes generally . Yon will see by the form in which the subscription list is published , that No . 1 section is closed , and section No , 2 is now opened . The two names which stand at the head of that section paid up their full shares while the

      ballot was proceeding . And now I beg that it may be distinctly understood that there is no possible reason why section No . 2 may not progress as speedily and as successfully as No . 1 . Indeed , it does sot at all follow that section No . 9 may not get in advance of No . 1 ; it all depends upon the contributions . Hare follows a list of the successful candidates , which is not as complete as it ought to be . I gave it to ihe Secretary at ^ Manchester , with sixty names , for the two acre lot ; twenty-six names for the four acre lot ; and twelve names for the three acre lot .

      . Now , as IS , 19 , and 20 , of the two acre lot may have a very good chance of three refusing the present location , they would like to see their names , so , perhaps , with H and 15 of the four acre lot , and with 6 . n : tl 7 of the three acre lot . The omission is not mine , however ; I gave the list to the Secretary complete , with the understanding that I was to receive thera as complete for publication , but I have . only received the Mowing . 1 am , my dear friends , Your faithful friend and servant , Feakgus O'Coxsoit .

      HERE FOLLOWS THE LIST OF THE FCSriAX LAXM . OEBS FOUR ACRES . Air . David Watson , Edinburgh . Mr . Thomas Smith , Greenford . Mr . Thomas Bond , Devizes . Mrs . Barbara Vaughan , Sunderland . Mr . Alfred Hague Crowther , Ashton . Mr . Thomas Merrick , AVorccstcr . Mr . Martin Griffiths , do . Mr . Thomas Smith , Wigaa . Mr . James Taylor , Manchester . Mr . Joseph Mills , Ashton . Mr . James Greenwood , Hebden Bridge . Mr . James Cole , Lambeth and Bradford . Mr . Joseph Openshaw , Manchester .

      THREE ACRES . 3 fr . Jonas Oddy , Bradford . Mr . hade Jowett , do . Mr . James Short , Bilston . Mr . Benjamin Knott , Halifax . Mr . George Richardson , Westminster

      TWO ACRES . Mr . Philip Ford , Wotton-under-Edge . Mr . Richard Eveson , Stockport . Mr . William lluan , Northampton . Mr . Henry Smith , Keighley . Mr . John Neil , Heywood . Mr . William Mitchell , Tower Hamlets . Mr . William Mansfield , Bradford ( Wilts ) Mr . George Hearon , Leeds .

      Mr . John Firth , Bradford . Mr . Ral ph Kerfcot , Pvouen . 3 Ir . John WaUnark , Ashton . Mr . John Lambonrne , Reading . Mr . Charles Brown , Halifax . Mr . George Ramsboltom , Ashton . Mr . Michael Fitzsimon , Manchester Mr . John Westmoreland , London . & t- William House , Praliore .

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      Vol. X. No. 440- London, Saturday, Afril...

      VOL . X . NO . 440- LONDON , SATURDAY , AFRIL 18 , 1846 . w ™«* wniSr ; " , - ¦ Five Shilling * and Sixpence per Qjinrler

      Easter Week In Manchester. For Many Year...

      EASTER WEEK IN MANCHESTER . For many years the professors of political economy have waged deadly war against the amusements of the working classes . There is scarcely a single poor privilege that has not been destroyed , a single little right that has not been invaded . There has been a long struggle between hypocritical saints and good christians for the appropriation jto their own purposes of the few remaining hours that can be stolen from toil . The economists cry work , the saints cry work and prav , while good christians cry work , pray , and play in proper seasbn . It is very difficult to abstain frdm the error of falling into extremes , and it is the more refreshing when we find an oppressed class like the labourers of England resolve d upon

      going on progressively , without touching upon the shoals of hypocrisy uponlthc one hand and immorality upon the other . It is no easy task to induce an enslaved race to devote almost the only holiday that THE LAW HAS LEFT THEM to the advancement of principles which promise them better days instead of devoting it to dissipation or idle enjoyment . ; if the scoffer wants materials for exhibiting the working claws in an inferior point of view , he goes to Manchester and the surrounding manufacturing districts , and there , without enquiring into the causes , he finds what he thinks justifies him in branding the working classes , not as willing slaves , but as irreclaimable infidels , savages and barbarians . Be never reflects that the

      gin palace , the brothel , and the gaming house are the recruiting offices of the government , the church , and the capitalists . He never considers that in order to seduce the neglected , the thoughtless , and the unprotected from those dens of misery , disappointment and ruin , that it is necfesaryto furnish to them objects at the same time of virtuous excitement and hope . We have always contended that under the present system there is no inducement to the slave shut out of the market of competition to become ; thrifty , no reward offered for meritorious distinction , ' no premium for prudent economy , but that on ths other hand there is strong inducement , temptation and invitation to lead a loose , reckless and immoral life .

      Firstly , it REPLENISHES OUR EXCHEQUER . Secondly , IT MAKES MEN SLAVES and fits them tor the iron rule of tyranny . We have laboured hard and not unsuccessfully to open a safe port for all who are prepared to abaudon ; their haunts of dissipatisn and practices of vice , and the many weather-beaten mariners of all ages who have flocked to our harbour of promise tor safety and comfort proves that we have not laboured in vainproves that in the system-made vicious there yet remains a spark of virtue , that , if properly fanned ,

      may be kindled into a flame of generous thought and moral action—in short as we h * ve often said , men are born with propensities that may be nourished into vk-tues or thwarted into vices according to the training , and while the depravity and necessities of the grudging , the grasping and the speculating hare gone far to thwart all feelings into vice , it has been our study to nourish them into virtus * . With so much preface and using our editorial licence to consider Good Friday . ss a portion of the Ea « ter holiday *' , we shall now chronicle the proceedings of . the RECLAIMED , and wo commence at the foundation .

      GOOD FBIDAY . This mill holiday , usually and naturally devoted by ths slaves to some little country excursion , was thU year celebrated by layii-g the foundation-stone of a People ' * Hall ; and , although so . ue who owe their all to the working classes , whohava courted them in their strength and pledged vows of eternal fidelity to their cause , u « e tlmir poor endeavour to frustrate their noble purpose , yet did this uoexpacud unprovoked opposition but add nurv » to their resolution .

      TUB PBOCESSIQS was to have started at ten e ' clocfe , hut by the order of a sanctimonious hypocrite , who laps up infanta' sweat , and rereli luxuriously on human suffering , becked by the kind offices of a professing friend , the proceedings were postponed tiN after service—till after pious flocks had joined with PAID PARSONS in praying that God might preserve the fruits of the earth to THEIR KINDLY USB , so that in due time TfeEY may enjoy them . However , thanks to the indomitable courage of the working classes , the petty tyranny of the open foe and the thoughtlessness , we will give it no worse distinction , of the professing friend , wa » foiled . The people met in thousands , yea in TEXS OF THOUSANDS , and proceeded iu

      LARGER NUMBERS , with better hearts , and more firm resolution than we have seen exhibited within the last five years in Manchester If we were inclined to exaggerate we are subjected to too much criticism to hope to use it successfully , and , therefore , as all who saw , as well as those who joined , will have the power of judging for themselves we need make no boast of our display to them , while to those who did not witness the glorioutt exhibition of BEAD CHARTISM , but who know something of Manchester , wj need only observe , that from the Carpenters' Hall , along the straight line of streets , as far as the eye could reach to the Oxford-road , was on < - astounding dense mass of working men . At half-past one Mr . O'Connor arrived at Carpenters' Hall , and on

      stepping- into an opes camage-and-four was louiSj cheered by the multitude . The procession then started , the bauds playing merry tunes , and by the time it arrived at Great Ancoat-street , the widest street in Manchester , equal in width to four wide streets , the entire length was filled with one dense mass , which continued to increase by an acces-ion of tributary streams until it reached lleyrod . street , Ancoats , where the foundation-stone was to be laid : there a platform was erected in an enclosure to which the committee and speakers were admitted , and outside the proper machinery was erected for laying the foundation-stone . Mr . Wheeler , the president of the IJuilding Society , took the chair by virtue of his office , and , after reading thoplacard announcing the proceedings ,

      he introduced Mr . O'Connor to address the assemblage previously to laving the foundation-stone . This gentleman , who was received with thunders of applause , accompanied with "Down with the Irish Coercion 11111 , " after commenting upon the indispensable necessity of the people having Halls of their own to meet in as the only means of organising and exhibiting their moral power and growth of knowledge , observed ujon the fact , that wherever the people had buildings of their own there the cause of Chartism was sure to progress , and instanced the state of Manchester as proof , while upon the other hand , it had been often his fate , and the I fate of others , to visit towns in the hope of procuring a place of meeting , and yet heing consigned to

      disappointment . He observed , that in passing over the bloodstained ground of Peterloo that day every man must have been struck with the unholy trinity of buildings that presented themselves to the survivors of 1819 . There tfiey saw , bound up together , as if emblematical of the present system , a CHURCH , a THEATRE , and a SLAUGHTER-HOUSE ( alluding to the Free Tradellall ) . He would recommend a subject to the consideration of the respective performers—to the players , " William Tell ^ to the preachers , " Whoso sheddeth mau ' s blood by man also shall his blood be shed ; " and to the capitalists , " Labour is the source of all wealth , and is the only

      legitimate source of power . " ( Great cheering . ) He then turneil to the Irish Coercion Bill , and niadt his bearers , especially his own countrymen ( thousands of whom were present ) , jump again at his recital of Irish wrongs , and hishearty denunciation of the " base , bloody , and brutal bill . " He stigmatised every man who withheld his signature from the national petition as a voluntary participator in every act of oppression that was perpetrated under the monster—the UNCONSTITUTIONAL DEVIL—and after a speech of considerable length he rati : ed , amid reiterated cheers , when the meeting was addressed bv

      WilliahDixok . wIio said , my friends . l'll shew you the indispensable necessity of buildings such as that we are this Jay assembled to lay the foundation-stone of . Wo are told that we have grievances , as Englishmen we have a right to discuss thtm—a very fine theory , but let them see how it was in practice . When we had grievances , and great grievaticts , in 1 S 12 , we did nieet to discuss them , and tile numbers of the distressed was so large that wo were obliged to meet in the open air . Well , v = wtre not long thvre when an official , ( Mr . Hnlton ) son of one of the Peterloo butdt-irs , came up with his

      military stall and told us to disperse , we argued with him , and told him that Englishmen had a right to meet ami ci uss their g rievances . Yes , said he , I admit that / our oljtct is lawfui , but your numbers make vour ne t illegsU . ( Oh , oh , and laughter . ) What are we to do , we said . Go Mid meet in a house , he replied . We have no house . Wll , turn , becoatin ued , I'll gi-e you ten minutes to dispose , and if you dua ' t disperse 1 must order the military K fire . ( Groans and hisses . ) Xow , continued -Mr . Inson , if we had had our own Hall to meet ia we mig ht have Sit the tyrant ut -kf . auce . ( Cheers )

      Easter Week In Manchester. For Many Year...

      When Mr . Dixon had concluded , and the necessary arrangements were made , Mr . O'Connor proceeded to lay the foundation stonD , the centre of which was hollowed out and in which was deposited , in a bottle , portraits of Mr . Buncombe , Mr . lloberts , and Mr . O'Connor ; a document signed by the trustees and directors of the Hall , and several other , mementos of Chartism and its growth . The hollow was covered with a flag bedded in cemen ^ and when the operation was performed the assembled thousands made the air ring again with proud acclamation of their own power if THEY WERE ONLY UNITED , and the meeting peacefully and cheerfull y separated . We should have observed * that , besides Mr . O'Connor ' s carriage , there were several very hanusomoopen carriages in the procession , each bearing its fcir proportion of Chartist company . At five , the evening festivity commenced with

      A TEA PARTY , in the Carpenters' Hall , while the ceremony of drinking tea lasted for two hours and a half , the company being so numerous that four different sets where obliged to be accommodated . At seven o ' clock , Mr . Roberts and Mr . O'Connor entered the hall , accompanied by the committee , and were loudly cheered in their progress to the platform . This large gathering in the evening conferred another honour upon dead Chartism , as it was the largest thing of the kind that has been seen in Manchester for manyyears . Nothing could surpass the arrangements made by the stewards . When the ceremony of tea drinking was over ,

      Messrs . Clark , M'Gratb , Roberts , and O'Cbnner , severally addressed the audience upon the most interesting topics of the day , and as a proof that the girls of England are now beginning to take a lively interest in the cause of Chartism , we feel pleasure in noticing the fact that although the speaking was to bs succeeded by a ball , yet there was none of that impatience which used formerly to be manifested by the fair portion of the . audience at all exhibited , but , on the contrary , the ladies listened with attention , applauded with enthusiasm , andbided THEIR TIME without impatience . When the speaking was concluded A BALL

      opened , and we could only wish that some of those who arrogate manner , decorum , and even fashion , to themselves , had witnessed this creditable display of working class enjoyment . After the parties had marched round the haU for some time , we were cheered with a merry country dance ; after which a son of Mr . Whitaker , a youth about eleven years of age , danced a hornpipe , to the great amusement of the company . Then came the first set of quadrilles , and after that Mr . Whitaker * s son and a daughter about two years younger , danced the Polka in admirable style , which was rewarded with hearty plaudits and no small amount of more substantial satisfaction liberally bestowed upon the children . We then took our leave and are informed that the proceedings were continued most creditaWj tilt an early hour in the morning , when the patties mournfully substituted the slaves ' attire for their gay ball dresses , and returned to the work of BLOOD COINING FOR MAMMON .

      In justice to the Manchester Examiner we here insert its comparatively fair report of the proceedings of the dayfair as compared with the beastly Guardian .

      [ From the Mancliesler Etamitier . ] \ Tn » PaoriiE ' s Hall , —The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new building , to be denominated ' The People ' s Hall , " was performed yesterday afternoon by Mr , P . O'Connor . The hall is to be erected in Heyrodstreet , Ancoats , and the funds have been raised in shares atobngst the Chartists , for whose accommodation the structure is intended . The day was one of rejoicing and festivity amongst the Chartists . A large number of people walktd in precescion to the site ; and the carriage of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , drawn by four horses , formed a prominent feature in the midst of tbeassemblnge . The fact of th * day being a general holiday , and the weather being remarkably fine , would account for the presence of a great multitude of persons , who were animated by no

      other feeling than that of curiosity . The stone-laying took place about two o ' clock . We are informed that the Rev . Mr . Scholefield is one of the principal shareholders , and a director in the undertaking , and that he was expected to be present , but that for someuuexplained reason he absented himself . Placards were on Thursday posted on the walls of the town , in which the reverend gentleman distinctly stated that he had never intimated bis intention of being present at the proceedings , and that hi * name had been used not only without his sanction , but in direct opposition to his wishes . In the evening a teaparty , in celebration of the event , took place in the Carpenters' Hall , Garrett Road . The admission to this festive party was—to the platform Is . 6 d . and to the body of the room one shilling . The number of persons who

      attended was so large that three different sets bad to sit down to tea . Mr . Abbott presided . About seven o ' clock Mr . Feargus O'Connor arrived , and took his scat on the platform . After tea , persons were admitted into the room on the payment of fid . each . The assemblage , which consisted of persons of both sexes , was addressed by the Chairman , Mr . Clark , Mr . M'Grath , Mr . Roberts , solicitor , and Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Mr . Roberts only said a few words . Mr . O'Connor , however , delivered an address of considerable length . His principal topic was the land scheme , on tfie importance of which he dilated at large . K had been predicted , he said , that the plan would be a failure ; but some persons had admitted that in about ten years subscriptions to the extent of £ 5000 might be got together . What , however , was the fact ?

      The plan had onlr been before the public ten months , and there was now in the bank a sum of between £ 7 , 009 and £ 8 , 000 . Mr . O'Connor announced that en Monday next there was to be a ballot for the members who were to be located on the estate which he had just purchased near London . In the course of his speech he remarked that n new election was almost certain to take place very shortly , and he expressed a hope that men would be returned to Parliament who would really represent the feelings and opinions of the people . The departure from office of Sir R . Peel would , he said , produce a gap much too large for little Lord John Russell to fill , even though his rotundity were eked out by the addition of Mr . Cobden . The speaking closed at nine , after which the company amused themselves by dancing .

      The beastly Guardian , ever true to its beastly avocation of under-valuing the exertions of the working classes , has so justly entitled itself to the enviable distinction of

      GREAT LIAR OF THE PRESS , ( thus having acquired nationally what the Leeds Mercury could bat achieve sectionally ) that we should have abstained from comment upon its latest fabrication had we not another object in view—the object of telling the working classes that the Manchester Examiner is in every possible way superior to the Manchester Guardian . The original matter is not to be compared , the selections are made with more taste , the arrangement is more judicious , and the tone , though not at all coming up to our mark , is divested of that foolish acrimony that has ever characterised the writings of the

      6 REAT LIAR OF THE PRESS . One circumstance is worth notice . After the proceedings were aU over , and when the dancing was far advanced , two reporters actually came upon the platform and asked for a description of the day's proceedings . One had the insolence to appeal to us and asked what numbers might have been in the procession ? We answered " thirty , or , perhaps , from thirty tu ^ nfty . " " You mean thousands . " * ' No , thirty to fifty men , women , and children ; I give you what will suit the Manchester Guardian . " Now , it is a fact , that those scribblers had learned that the thing was of such magnitude that it could not be passed over without notice , and they accordingly sent their feathered tribe in search of rumour . We really think that the Manchester Chartists might make the Examiner serviceable to their cause by merely reporting their proceedings ; a step that would compel " THE GREAT LIAR OF THE PRESS" to waddle a little faster .

      SUNDAY . On Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor arrived at Oldham to address the working classes in their own Hall , and , as he observed , he bed the most moral , the most religious , the most orderly , useful , respectful , and largest congregation of any p * rson th » t was then preaching atOldham . He addressed his audience for 4 hours and 20 minutes in a speech upon various subjects interesting to the working classes at the present time , which gave unbounded satisfaction and was only interrupted by frequent bursts of applause . He spoke ol thepresent election , of the tactics and prospects of parties , of the duties of the working classes , of the state of Ireland and the bounden duty of the English Chartis ts to petition against , and in every way resist the passing of , the Coercion Act . After the Chairman had read the article from the Star entitled Ireland , he read the petition among thunders of applause , and subsequently he read the trial of Darby Houseless amid expressiens of the most thrilliii };

      honor . We must confess that the clear , chaste , mid emphatic manner in which the Chairman read thosi several articles would do honour to men in the higher ranks of life . In speaking of the approaching election for Oluliam , Mr . O'Connor observed that he would not dictate to men capable of judging for themselves , the manner in which they should use n sacred trust . He would merely base the pretensions of their chosen candidates upon their own proper merits , and say , you have shewn wisdom to prefer a townsman to a stranger . Yo ; i have shewn prudence in s * lccting one , who upon ah questions of local taxation will lie guided by local requirements and properly influenced by lotal vigilant popular contronl , in preference to a stranger who cares not whether you grope your way through the mud in tbe darkness of night to your miserable hovels , while ta- « -s wrung from you , light others over the fair way to their princely mansions . You have shewn prudence in adopting ' the townsman , who , afcvr bis sessional labours , willre

      Easter Week In Manchester. For Many Year...

      turn io his constituents and receive their smiles as a reward for virtue , or their frowns as a punishment for \ ioe , in preference to the stranger who becomes but a unit merged in the large class of oppressors , and , relying for distinction upon the approval of men equally corrupt , equally influenced , and equally indifferent as himself . You have shewn wisdom in selecttnga man who may preside over your councils , enlighten you with his knowledge , defend you by his eloquence , and protect you by his influence . If you have a member , have something typical of your order , and prophetic of your ultimate triumph ; if you have a member have one who will not be ashamed to write his name James Halliday , M . P ., for Oldham and MUlwri ght ^( tbnndcrs of applause)— rather than one who writes minister or barrjster-atJaw after his name .. •• - ¦•<• - ' . ^' .. v ,

      Upon the whoje , -those ., who heard Mr . O'Connor ' s speech on Sunday last have unhesitatingly declared that instead of tiring and growing old he is mending and becoming new . It would be impossible to describe the effuct thaj his diversified lecture had upon his audience and which was rewarded by a subscription of £ i Cs . for the wijjow Seery— £ 2 ss . was the sum collected and the other shdling was kindly given by the committee to the person who drove Mr . O'Connor to pay the turnpikes , which , however , he has added to the fund , being resolved to be able to say . that the Chartists never even paid toll for him .

      MANCHESTER . , At half-past two , Mr . O'Connor arrived at Manchester aid attended a members' meeting of the Chartist body at Carpenters' Hall , when several matters that will bo made knowd through the proper channel were anxiously and ably discussed with the best possible temper and without the slightest feeling of irritation . The question as to the mode of electing the Executive occupied a considerable time—the meeting was numerous , and a great majority of the speakers spoke decidedly in favour of the Executive being elected by the Convention . Mr . Jakes Leach recited numerous instances of fraud and roguery that were practised at Bilston , North Lancashire , and elsewhere , under the old system of election , and concluded by saying , if you want to take the movement out of Chartist hands , you cannot do it more effectually than by encouraging the old system of voting in the localities . At half-past three o ' clock , the discussion

      was still proceeding , when the directors of the Land Society and the delegates from Lancashire were summoned to attend the delegate meeting . Here , also , several questions of momentous importance , connected with the land movement , were discussed in the most calm and friendly manner ; the propriety of establishing jo tract society in Lancashire for the purpose of diffusing useful agricultural knowledge seemed to meet with general approbation , and was unanimously adopted by the delegates , The question of applying the expense fund to the establishment of a bank of loan was also discussed at considerable length , and was adjourned to auothor day —the majority considering that the first fruits were due to the first occupants , and that the sum was much too trifling to embark in so extensive a speculation , Mr . O'Connor taking upon himself the censure that was deserved for placing the expense fund ( of which he is tho treasurer ) to the account of thcjland fund receiving interest , instead of retaining it in his own possession without paying any

      interest . CHARTIST EXECUTIVE AND LAND DIRECTORS . The question of separating these two offices was introduced by Mr . Donavau and seconded by Mr . Leach . Mr . Donavau urged as a reason for the separation of Laud and Charter , that it was impossible for one body te perform the double duties . He said , as proof , they had the admission of the officers themselves—that the Council had written to the Executive to London to come and agitate the Charter , and the answer they received was that they were too much occupied with the land subject . They then subsequently wrote and asked them to coma and agitate the land question , and they replied that they were too much engaged with the political question , so that the delegates would observe that they had no security for the proper performance of either duty as long as the oflices were incorporated , and proposed that in future thoy should be separated .

      Mr . Leach seconded the proposal , and said that the land project had now be . como so groat a giunt , and was likely to become sri ) l greater , that to insure jaatiee being done to it , it would require the undivided attention of the directors . That the two bodies could not prosper togcther ; that as long as the offices where united , there was no security for the funds of the association , for if there was a political struggle to-morrow , and if tho directors in their capacity of an Executive should take part in thatr political struggle , the government would have a double interest in strangling both associations together , which they could do by throwing our directory , not as directors , but as the Chartist Executive , into gaol , and every man knew how anxious government always was to pounce upon the funds of an association . He thought for himself that the two bodies and the two movements would each gain much by a separation while there was no danger of any damage , and for these reasons he would support the motion of Mr . Dona van .

      Mr . O'Connor said , in rising to speak upon this apparently harmless motion , I cannot avoid attaching to it that paramount importance which in the end will be visible to evcryman . Wo have discussed important questions at our several delegate meetings , in our several conferences , and in our several conventions , but not one separately or all unitedly , at all approaching the present motion in immediate consequence and ulterior results , ( hear , hear . ) I greatly admire the apparently unimportant tone in which it has been introduced , but still I cannot divest myself of the belief that sufficient previous consideration has not been given to the subject . Not , Mr . Chairman , that I would be prevented from replying to the motion if the delegates here assembled had been previously instructed upon the subject , yet , I deem it my duty to ask them individually , if thoy have rewired

      any such instructions from their respective constituents . The question being put , and being answered with one exception , that they had received no such instruction , Mr . O'Connor said , nevertheless I shall proceed , and if my brother directors feel as I do , they will bo animated with a double interest—that of individual feeling and corporate duty . The indivitlujl feeling that they would rather be released from a portion of their labours , and the corporate duty which teaches them not to shrink from any amount of trouble or responsibility that the double office may impose upon them . Now , I shall first apply myself to Sir . Donavan ' s observations , and I think I shall be able to strengthen the claim that he would weaken . He says th < it application was made to the Executive to come and agitate tho political principle , and the answer was that they were too much

      occupied with the land question ; again , that thoy were applied to , tc come and agitate the land question , aad the answer was that they were too much occupied with the political question . Now , let us see how circHmstauaes stood at those various times . They were applied to to ajjitate tIie political question , while they were ordered by the same parties to remain in London to procure the enrolment of the rules of the Land Society , lihey were then applied to , to come and agitate the laud question , when it was known to the world that their duties were required in London on behalf of Frost , Williams and Jones—( hear , hoar)—and well they discharged them . From tho termination of that discussion they have been engaged in perfecting Ue necessary preliminary arragements for holding a Chartist Conference , and for taking the first ballot for the first section of the

      Land Society . Now , I will not for a moment presume that these unseasonable applications were intended to embarrass , while the various compliances were impossible . I shall now reply to the observations of Mr . Leach . He says that the two bodies cannot continue united with advantage to either , I tell him that they cannot be separated without certain death to both . ( Hear , hear . ) I tc-U him that the ligaments that bind them are like the living links that unite the Siamese Twinsif you cut them in the hope of making either stronger you inevitably destroy both ; but when the proposition is made it naturally compels those who have filled the double office to refer to the discharge of their duty in their double capacity . Well , then , let us take that view . Iu 1812 Chartism became paralysed , it remained so till 3815 , when the warm breath of the land breathed new

      life mto its nostrils , and gave it new strength and vigour . In 1813 the Executive , now also the directors , were appointed to office , to take the command of a movement that was shattered by local dissension , disturbed by secret letter writing , and poisoned by itinerating lee . turcrs , who looked to their wages and not to our principles . ( Hear , hear . ) The Executive has tramp led upon this trinity of evils , ithas destroyed contention , smothered treachery , and strangled deceit , without creating a single feud itself . It did this while the movement was comparatively dead ; it did this without wages ; it did this without the support of many who now marvel at the extraordinary strength we have piven to the cause , ami would now hazard a relapse into those jealous , dangerous times , which must be a consequence of Inning an ngita . ting body who would be obliged to depend upon the mere

      system of perambulating lecturing and enthusiastic speeches as a means of livelihood . ( Hear , hear . ) If you want to killChartisui appoint officers you cannot pay . Mr . Loach has admitted that the oldest , the best , the staunclu-st memb .-rs of the Chartist Association are now members in the Land Society . Think you that those men will object as members of the Lund Society to pay their fail'share for the sttppoitof the political society . Or upon the contrary , must you nut Vo convinced that the very step proposed is tlw very one of all others to hold you , and me , and all of us up to scorn , derision , and contempt . JVrhaps you were not aware that the first handle made of such a fatal proceeding would be the exultation by the enemy that after all it was found that CHARTISM WAS NOT LAXDISM —( hear , hear ) , —while for myself i day you to separate- them . Jlr . Leach has told you that government , in tho event of a political agitation ,

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      mar our might Land project by sewing upon our funds tins is too ridiculous toadmit of comment , he might just as \ yell suppose that if they prosecu ted the League they could take their funds . The directors have nothing to do with the funds , their persons do not represent the funds , and if they were all sentenced to be bun" to-morrow it would not have the slightest effect upon the funds all that you would have to do would be to appoint new directors , while at the same time , I thank Mr . Leach for doing the Executive the justice to believe that when the struggle does come the directors will be in the front of the battle . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , much as I love the infant , I love the heir better ; mueh as I hope from the land , I hope more from the Charter , and for myself 1 tell you unhesitatingly , that if I am called upon to make my election between the guardianshi p of the infant and

      the guardianship of the eldest ehild , I will leave the infant to its fate , and throw my protection around its eldest brother . ( Cheers . ) But , gentlemen , I believe that both I and my brother directors can do ample justice to the whole Chartist famil y , and when we find ourselves unequal to that task we will be the first to apply for aid Of course you will tolerate the expression of warm feelings upon this subject , and for this simple reason , because if your present officers were consenting parties to this dangerous experiment they would be justly taunted with ignorance of th < cse results which must bo the inevitable consequence of two bodies whom circumstances , let them watcli and guard as they will , would naturally bring into collision . The Executive have done their duty—the country has not , and when the country is preparetf to

      act with the same vigour as their directing body , then we shall be able to shew them ourselves where we are weak and to carry out your political views and social objects with more satisfaction to you and more credit to ourselves . I would much rather sec the election ef an Executive entail also the appointment of the directors that is , that the election should be for an Executive , and that the lesser honour should merge in the greater dignity . In conclusion , gentlemen , I beg of you to bear in mind that you imposed the office upon us when the plea for saddling us with the double burthen was the lingering state of Chartism , and now the cause assigned for severing them is , that we have raised Chartism to that preeminence requiring an exclusive management of its own . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Leacb , with the consent of Mr . Donavan , then moved for leave to withdipw the motion , in order to afford time for the delegates to receive the instructions of their several constituencies upon thosu ject and it bein " past six o ' clock , and as Mr . O'Connor had to be in the Hall at seven , he moved that leave be granted to him to eat his dinner . ( Laughter . )

      MEETING IN TIIE CARPENTERS' HALL . Before the delegates separated , the oublic began to assemble in the Hall , and by sevon o clock , when Mr . O'CoNNon arrived , the sanctified edifice presented an awfully-astounding appearance . Mr . Abbott , the secretary of the Miles Flatten Association , who jumped out of the gallery of the Hall of Science when Mr . O'Connor was attacked there by tho League , presided , as ou Friday evening at the teaparty , and upon both occasions gave unmixed satisfaction by his very praiseworthy conduct as chairman . Mr . Clark was first announced , and » ave a most lucid , and indeed an eloquent , sketch of the progress of Chartism since it was coupled with the land movement . He illustrated the capabilities of tho soil from many proofs that he had seen himself , and went extensively into the probable results of the experiment , lie showed familiarly and feelingly the striking difference between a factory operative slaving for another , and an agricultural labourer working for himself . When lie had concluded

      Mr . O'CosNon was announced , and was received with three stunning cheers , and one cheer more . He said that they saw before them that night the proudest man that ever stood np » n a public platlorm —they saw a peaceful general addressing his peaceful soldiers upon the eve of a peaceful struggle , in which no blood would he sfie < l ; !« it a struggle that would result in the prolongation of life , in the insurance of peace and the permanency of comfort . ( Loud cheers . ) Oh , how long he himself had struggled to bring the English mind even to hear a proposition for England ' s regeneration ; when he came amongst them they had heard o ! wheat , of bread , of bliss , of house , of home , of comfort , but no one told them that the land of their , own soil alono could produce these several blessings . ( Cheers . ) But he was straying .

      His mind was so lull of anticipation that be had forgotten to announce the order of his discourse . He would address them upon four topics—firstly , Ireland —the Irish and the bloody Coercion Bill . Secondly , Chartism as it was , Chartism as it is , ( and Chartism as it would bo . Thirdly , the prospects of his n > jnereus family—tho land members —( tremendous cheering)—and fourthly , the unnatural war , the free-trade war , now being waged by the masters of Lancashire against those engaged in the building trade , and he would then deal a heavy blow at the factious , dissatisfied and discontented , who would destroy confidence by affecting to doubt his integrity . ( Cheers . ) Yes , he would murder them with honesty . He would produce the StaroUlast Saturday with his account of the land-fund as tho deputy treasurer , and the bankbook of the treasurer —( great cheering)—and when

      compared , every item would be found to correspond in date and amount as stated in the several accounts of the Star . This was the way to live down prejudice . ' This was the way to inspire confidence . This was tho way to strangle disaffection , and to annihilate slander . He then appealed to the audience on behalf of Ireland ; he explained the provisions of the Coercion Bill , the miseries that he had witnessed and heard of . under the clearance system . Ho showed that uncertainty of tenure was tlio ^ natural parent of suspicion , idleness , and crime , which were not characteristics of the Irish people , but were consequences of oppression and misrule , lie related several anecdotes of scenes and trials that he himself had witnessed , and wound up a touching tale of woe by an exciting appeal to his audience to arrest licensed murder by signing & petition against the Irish

      LANDLORDS TYRANNY PRESERVATION BILL . After which , Mr . Clauk read the petition to tho House of Commons , which was followed by a unanimous cheer , and subsequently the trial of Darby Houseless , which was followed by as unanimous a yell of execration . Mr . O ' Connor then proceeded—I sec faces , hundreds effaces hero , that remind me of my ! country . ( Loud cheers from the Irish . ) They have sought my life , but I forgive them ; the conductors of their scrvilejpvess have denounced me , but I pity the hirelings and laugh their littleness to scorn . I have stood up for my country ' s rights , while the creatures don't know what tbc term moans ; and while I have been copiously assailed , and while I had good reason to

      f « el sore and irritated , none will dare to say that a sentence or word derogatory to my country , my countrymen ' s rijfhts , or their religion , has ever escaped my lips , or flowed from my pen . ( Cheers , and Never . ) No , never ; but upon the contrary , 1 have ever told tho Knglish people that if I could prevent it they should nover have their rights a single day before Irishmen had their ' s . ( Cheers . ) Arc my countrymen yet prepared to hear the truth ; arc thoy yet in a state of mind to believe that , £ 128 , 000 expended in six years might have been applied to regeneration . ( Loud cheers , and'flint ' s it . ) Do they know that the Irish patriotic stall' have divided amongst them that amount within thutjperiod ? And do they know that if I had had that sum at my disposal that I would by this time have located a million of

      Irishmen upon their own land usurped by the Saxons , and that that would be a better petitioning body , with the uubranded freeman ' s musket in their hand than seven millions of . slaves with one hundred and twenty thousand tokens of their folly in their juggler ' s pockets . ( Tremendous cheering . ) . There may l » some here as well as myself who heard Mr . 0 'ConnelI at White Conduit House , declare that if he had a petition from FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND VlCifi'l'INO MEN , humbly stating their grievance ? , that their prayer for their redress might bo very short . ( Loud cheers , and cries of I did , I did . ) This was the first introduction of physical force in England , which has cost me and others so much pain , persecution and trouble to resist . ( Cheers . ) Much of my

      time has been spent in eradicating the evil teaching of others , while they have actually used obedience to tlisir foolish instructions as arguments against the principles we contend for , but in spite of all , chartism , to which I will now refer , has lived in defiance of their treacherous folly , in defiance of open opposition , in defiance of covert malignity . Sec what Chartism was when the law was strained against it , when it was strangling against a combination of elements that were irreconcilcablo except for its overthrow , sec what it now is , when it defies persecution , and boldly affirms through mo that , it alone is big enough , and powerful enough , to stop the next hole that faction makes in the constitution . ( Cheers . ) We know that there arc many hard hearted souls who would select the weakness of

      individuals in a great national movement as matter sufficient to damn a great cause ; but we also know , ( which charms u * most , ) that their censure of individual weakness is but proof of their own individual jealousy . ( Loud cheers . ) My friends , who will point me out a single individual who has assailed even me in the hope of correcting any fault or error that I may have committed , examine them iu classes or individually , whether the Birmingham stags , the mournful Cobbetiics , the London whist hunters ,- or the trafficking pedlars , and you will find that tlio

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      object of one and ail has been to step into my shoes . —( Loud cheers . ) -Aye , but if thoy were there , they would find that they required more case than the ptlgrun who boiled his peas .- ( Loud chcers . ) -They wouidn t fit them ; they haven ' t amongst theia i mI'I ? ? ' i te , ' ? P er energy , resignation , or const !* Sn 2 « im , e office ft * » week .-i Cheers . ) - Mv an 1 - 1 T 1 , erc » t ,, e » tro » Btii of Chartism ? oartv W , « tt herei 8 ' the stlc ,, S th of ^ other EmmJrf ? f ^ ? . ? on Frida y > when tens of thousands ol devoted Chartists paraded your streets with the slightest possible notice ? Wore you afc ! n ± V ar y S ' Ten * ° , » coml » e ,- ( 'i ' remendouscheenngj-wherc members of Parliament were paralysed and confounded by Chartist eloquence ? IV ere you at the meeting to aid and comfort the ioles in the glorious struggle against the triple tyranny ol Russia , Austria and Prussia . ( Loud cheers . ) Hare you not heard of 8 , 000 , 000 signatures being procured in ten days for the restoration ! of

      three Chartists . ( Renewed applause . ) While all other parties unitedly cannot fabricate half a million signatures within the session . Is this not an answer to those who would ask for an illustration of Chartist strength ? and , although properly lxilongin <; to tlier next head of my discourse , I may here introduce to your notice a new feature of Chartism , and to this branch of my subject I will implore your most undivided attention . Some years ago , I will take the obsolete period antecedent to the Reform Bill , political parties were merely distinguished by their political name . " , and were rallied under their mere ?

      nominal banners ; if Toryism required an exhibition , the banner of Toryism was raised : so with Whiggery , so with Radicalism , but , thanks to theteaching ot the people , that irresistible power of knowledge which almost imperceptibl y produces incipient effects , compels the several political sections to put the social objects ol their order upon their several bait , new . The Tones , whose principle is ever negative assumed resistance to democratic progress as their social emblem . The Whi « s , after a Jong season of tinkering , were obliged to emblazon J- ' ree Trade / as their social emblem ; and Chartism not lair-ing in the tashionable course into which it had driven its rivals , mounted the Land as the onlv means of rewarding--individual industry as its social motto .

      ( Loud and continued cheering , j As long as we were unable to give a distiirct illustration of the social meaning of Chartism we wore atolfed at as impracticables . contendmg fora thing that was nut intended to i realise any object ; but now that we have presented an understandable meaning to the world no man longer seeks the definition of the piactical to be made nseol Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) We have not only told the world that it does not mean resistance to progression— that it does not mean free trade ; that it does not nit-rely mean HIGH WAGES , CHEAP BREAD AND PLENTY TO DO , but that ifc means high wages , cheap land , good remuneration tor labour with comparatively LITTLE TO DO . ( Loud cheers . ) It means to buy land in the cheapest

      market , and to sell your produce , after wholesome consumption , in the dearest market . ( Cheers . ) Free * trade means national grandeur through ilass distinction mid national civilization , wiiieh the new cconomis tells us means a consequent increase of pauperism , chartism m « ms national grandeur manitest in a nation of happy individuals . Nr . w , mv friends . I shall proceed to my third head—the Land ' ; but nrst 1 will ask your Seerotarv , Mr . Murray , to hold your Treasurer ' s Banker ' s " Book in bis hand while Mr . Clark reads over the items from the Star , stated to be placed to his credit and all remaining without a fraction being drawn . ( Jl 7 (« i this ceremony mis completed amid repeated cltem , Mr . O'Connor observed , ) "But that ' s mv acoiamt r . nlv to

      the end of March , since then 1 have rt \ eivivl ,- £ 1200 , ami kevv it is ; " ( exhibiting an n ^ l ' ui tvli or * ui : aigi ; etl Post-OHice Orders and Bankers' Cheques , ) which Mr . Mumy handing to a reporter , observed , " 1 / ere , yon see they are all rielit , no mi-series , vou mav tot them up ifyou like . " ( Cheers . ) Now , siv ' id Air . O'C , you have- cheered me for a simple act of ilutv ; no mr . csty whatever connected with it ; I don ' t " want you to applaud a mere act of duty , although 1 am sorry to . say that you have good reason to be astonished with it , for the cause of every popular failure has beertthe dishonest use made of the people ' s funds ( Cheers , and it ' s true . ) _ But I haven't done yet—that ' s your side , the cheering side of the picture—now look nere , here ' s my side , the gloomy side , the profitable side

      of Chartism . Here are £ 228 worth of Post-Office orders , dated January , February , and ; March , and for which I cannot get cash ; they are neither payable to Mr . Roberts , to Nfj ; lWheeler , norto me ; some / are payable at Manchester Post-Office , some at Leeds , and at every Post-Office , without exception , in London ; and then , nobody knows to whom they are payable . And miud , this amount represents a portion ? of what I have paid to the Treasurer ' s account , to > keep your Recounts clear ; besides this , thcie hag been nearly £ 50 irregularly paid into Banks , which 1 cannot get . ( Cries of shams . ) Well , I have done with disagreeables , lhave treated of my monster , and now ltum to the most lorely infant that nature ever produced—I mean my rosy-faced Land child .

      ( Loud cheers . ) What shall I say of those who have confided in me to give them the benefit of a science of which they were purposely held in icnorance , while every tonguo is full of its importance , in one shape or other . Ten years ago , five years ago , three years ago , who heard of the Land , except for the political patronage that it furnished , the commercial speculation which it encouraged ? Who among you knew that it , and it alone , produced his hat , his 1 shoes , bis coat , his shirt , his breakiast , his dinner , his supper and his bed ? ( Cheers . ) Who amongst you Anew , that whilst the jeweller may starve amii ' sti his treasured wealth , the Land alone furnishes nofc only the means of living , but the means of increasing the value of his baubles , by an exchange of your

      surplus ? Who amongst you knew , that by the application of individual labour to tho Land , that every man was not only in possession of a well-stocked larder , but of a bank upon which he could draw the means of exchanging for those necessaries of life that his own labour was not adequate , or was nob applied to furnish . ( Loud cheers . ) Here I am , after less than ten months engaged in an obstinate battle , victor over prejudices , conqueror of slander , and commander of , with [ my brother directors , a sum of over Seven Thousand Pounds , above all expences . ( Loud cheers . J And in speaking of expences let me remind you , that the mountebanks and jugglers who furnish you with the fascinating prospectuses of a life without toil , and riches without exertion ,

      invariably wind up the ^ society ' s affairs by furnishing you with a bill of liabilities above receipts , advertising todiffuse a knowledge of the scheme having swallowed up the paid up capital . Here then is a society embracing the nation within its fostering , wide , and tender arms thathas not costitsmcmbersOftE SIXPENCE in advertising . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Can you longer marvel then at the opposition , nay , at ths hatred of the press—that fourth estate of the realm hates the non-advertising community as tailors hate the breecheslcss , as shoemakers despise the shoeless , as publicans despise the sober . ( Cheers , and roars of

      laughter . ) Monday , Mr . O'Connor continued , will indeed be a proud day for England , when the working classes are receiving the reward ef their generous * confidence . He then explained the principle of Education which he meant to propose as an auxiliary to the Land plan , and after many pleasing illustrations of the capability of the soil , he referred to the extensive manner , tlio complete and crowning manner , in which tho trades could carry out the princip les ot restriction , by applying their funds to the purchase of Land , which would pay them 4 per cent , with good security , instead of 21-per cent , upon bad security ; and at the same- time make labour more valuable in

      the artificial m . -. ike :, oy iviuoyiii ^ tho surplus ha mis from the free labour market . ( Cliai-s ) lie rexb turned to the consideration t » f the strike u * . w g' -inv : on in Lancashire by the building trades , ib- shovul that he had fully anticipated what the result of free trade would be , if not accompanied by a per . Vet equalization of power , lie assured the trades who are out that they had received but a foretaste of . free trade clemency , and that if he could , at all apart from tho famishing state of Ireland , bring his mind to a distinct acceptance of the principles of ires trade , it would bo only from a conviction that it would create such an organization of the whole of the labouring classes , as would enforce from tyranny a fair representation of labour . ( Loud

      cheers . ) Aye , if we had five trade to-morrow the poor , tho virtuous , the brave hand-loom weavers , would no longer be compelled to struggle alone for ? their rights , but hi hour , simultaneously oppressed , would simultaneously rise , and . simultaneously crush the serpent ' s head . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Even in distress , I cannot natter . I cannot extend my undivided sympathy to men who have provoked their own suffering ky their own subserviency , or theit * own indillercncc to their order . ( Cheers . ) They have joined the National Trades' Association now it ia true ; but when did they join it ? Not when they were strong , and when they could have nurtured its force for the day of battle , but when thev became weak , and required assistance from their more confiding fellow labourers . ( Loud cheers . ) Had tlioy not read the meeting of the London paper-stainers that took place on Thursday night , where it was shown that the masters , in anticipation of Peel's tariff .

      and ot the reduction of the price of provisions , had taken Is . Gd . from everv 3 s . ( id . of the men ' s waues ? ( Cries of " Shame . " ) Mr . O Connor : Shame , " indeed , sjame upon the one who unresisted plunders , or upon the many who uniesistedly permit him I Shame , eternal shame upon the unconuuing millions , but no shame upon the confiding tyrants . ( Great cheering , ) Sec the situation of thoso contractors . Peel ' s tariff will alter the price of timVjer , and many other articles used in building and finishing In uses . A master builder has a contract to build a house foe £ 1 , 000 . Peel ' s tariff will allow him to build it for £ 150 less , leaving him the potlt he orkinally calculated upon . The men legit imatelv say . " ' We have a share to a slice of this godsend . " "No , " say tho masters , " it is much too little for us adventurous speculators ; we'll have it all , and more if we could get it . ( Cheers . ) Well , tho same holds good in the I case of a man who is buildinc a house upon speculation ; but what do the masters say ? " V * oik mora I ¦( Comhdd in iht Eig hth Itoge . )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18041846/page/1/