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COHMEHORAT 1021 OP THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . . m . < v , mnna - > 2 nd of September , 1792 , the day from ^ h d ^ tahusbmentof the French Republic dated , ± ^ eShratedTionday last , Septemher 22 nd , hy a ! SBctp ^ r , boldea In the City Chartist Hall , Turn-• lane , where tome of the leading Democrats ef most ^ f ^ e European nations commingled together in ftar _ - Bjuon . Two hundred and twenty-four persons l a Taown to sopper , hot this number was greatly insed in the course of the evening , during the greater cr ^~ - irliich the Hall was crowded . There can be no Ifht that , hadproper and timelypreparationbeen made , ° _ Uiousand persons would have assembled , at ieaai- *>__ ,. ,. j > rii ..... ** .. ™ . - » i . A - u ~ a Coofskthe Poet of Chartismwho had
¦ u Thomas , , ¦ hcpn imanimously and enthusiastically called to the chair proceeded * , after the removal of the cloth , to introduce the first toast It was , he remarked , the only proper A-rf toast for aU really Democratic assemblies , and "hi ever to he placed in contrast to the introductory Tad toast of monarch-worshippers . Time was , even thin the recollectioa of many in that company , that a TJuke ofSorfolklost his Lord Lieutenancy for proposing this toast at a dinner of the aristocracy and gentry ; but Dukes of Norfolk it seemed , had now ceased to sin . , 2 ,. ^ alarming and horrifying manner . He would „ no more than that he was proud and glad of the honour done him , in being selected president of the feast , -, roud and g lad to see so many talented and brave patriots ef o ther lands around him , and , above aU , proud and glad 10 to supported by so many of the true-hearted and unswerving among his brethren , who had with him borne the burthen and the heat of the day , in the great and « BTerinB strugg le for Chartism .
7 hc Chatomvs then gave , — "The Tec-pie , the only source of Power . " * Mb . Skelton , who was warmly received , said , I do not think sir , that any here will be likely to dissent from the toast you have cahed on me to respond to . We are aU cf the people , the long cheated aud oppressed people ; daves indeed , slaves in soul would we be were we to hesitate to acknowledge this toast . ( Cheers . ) I am deli » htcd to see so many persons of various nations assembled to commemorate that " Great Fact , " the French Hepublic of 1792 . Oar chairman , the author of
that sp lendid poem , " The Purgatory of Suicides , " is a living proof of the greatness of mind to be found in the ranks of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Our talented guest , Mr . Weifling , a German refugee , celebrated throughout Germany and Switzerland for his chivalrous advocacy of communism , is another proof of the master minds belonging to labour ' s class . ( Great cheering . ) I trust that the day is coming when the people , - having the power to make the laws , and form the institutions , will become really sovereign ; and Democracy prepare the way for that social equality and general happiness which I have a fervent feith wRl yetprevafl . ( Cheers ) .
The Chaibmaj * then spontaneously sang the Chartist ¦ version of "Rule Britannia , " the whole company most enthusiastically joining in the chorus" Spread the Charter through the land ! Let brethren brave and true join heart and hand 1 " The Chairman , in introducing the second toast , observed that it was emphatically the toast of the evening—that which was the peculiar exponent of the cause for which they were met , and while he would be bold to say there was , he believed , but one individual present who was a mor » ultra and thorough-going admher of the celebrated men to he named in connection with that toast than himself , he had no w the high pleasure of saying that that individual , admired and valued as he knew hitn to be for his unswerving course , would speak to that toast—the sentimentwas : —
"The solemn memory of the honest and virtuous French . Republicans of 1 " 92 : may that equality which they desired , and for which they lived , laboured , and died , hate a speedy resurrection in France , and extend its reign throughout Europe . " Mr . G . Julian Basnet , who was received with cheers , again and again renewed , said , —There was a time , Sir . Chairman , when the holding of such a celebration as this would have subjected the parties assembled not only to the scorn , the sneers , the abuse , and the persecution cf the privilsged orders , hut also to the violence of the ignorant and misguided peoph » , who were led by their . rulers and priests to regard the French Revolution as something terrible and hellish , to he looked baek upon ttithhorror , and spoken of with execration . ( Hear . hear . ) Most present wfll remember that not long ago , whenever
a demand was made in this country for the repeal of any had law , or the enactment of any good one , forthwith the howl of "Jacobinism ! " was raised hy the opponents jo aH progress . Whether it was proposed to reform the Parliament , reduce taxation , educate the people , or do ^ ything else that at all savoured of progress , the 'Trench Revolution , " "Reign of Terror , " and aR the rest of the raw-head and Woody-bones phantasmagoria were sure to be brought out and duly exhibited to frighten the Kg habits in breeches , who as yet had not learned to think for themselves . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) That time is past ; still , I question whether we have yet learned to read aright th « history of that great revolution . It would he very tasy for me in responding to this toast to mouth a few clap-trap sentiments about liberty , equality , the rights of man , the coalition of the European tings , and
the doings of Pitt and Brunswick . I might dilate en all these topics , and possibly might win applause for what would probably pass muster as an exceedingly liberal speech . I might do all this , and yet very conveniently for myself shirk the grand question . The grand question , it appears to me , the solution of which the French Revolotion had for its mission , was the destruction of inequality , and the establishment of institutions which should guarantee to the French people that happiness which the masses are , and ever have been strangers to . ( Cheers . ) Sow , tried by this test , we have comparatively little difficulty in arriving at a fair estimate of the men who figured en the stage of the revolution . Take Lafayette , for instance , as a specimen of the Constitutionalists ; and he , perhaps , is the most favourable specimen of that party I could name . lew men have enjoyed more popularity
than Lafayette . In his youth we find him leaving his country , and generously embarking in tho American struggle against English tyranny . The great work of American liberation heing accomplished , he returned to France , and shortly afterwards we find him one of the foremost men in the revolution which now commenced in his own country . Again , in his old age , we see him the most popular man in France , called , after the three days , to the veritable dictatorship , and , like our Warwick of old , unmaking and making kings with his word . Lafayette enjoyed , throughout Europe and America , a S tealer popularity than perhaps any other man of his time ; and that popularity he would have deserved , if his conduct had oeea consistent with his first acts in the revolution . But Lafayette was never the friend of equality . ( Hear , hear . ) True , attht outset , he gave np his feudal
JiOTileges , and . renounced lus title—and thus ifer lie did iren . Placed at the head of the popular force , the Idol of the middle class , and commanding the affection of even the working class , he was for a time regarded as the champion of the revolution . But he halted when he fhould have advanced . The working men soon found out . that all tlmt the destruction of the hostile and the abolition Of feudal privileges had accomplished , was the curbing of the power of the king and the aristocracy , and increasing the power of the middle class . Rut the people were not content with this—they demanded Rberty and rights for themselves ( cheers)—they wanted what we want—a veritable equality . ( Loud cheers . ) When Lafayette saw this , he turned Conservative , and was a revolutionist no longer . It was he who proposed the adoption of martial law , to authorise the shooting and sahreing of
the people , in the event of any tumult , at a time , too , when ihepeople weresufferingnnderahsolute famine ; andunder this martial law , Xafiiyette Tiinrwlf superintended the butchery of the people when asstmbled in the Champ de Mars , on the 17 th of Jul y , 1791 , to petition the assembly against the reinvestiture of the king with supreme power , after hisshamefulfli ghttoVarennes . Subsequently Lafayette dared to menace Paris with his sword , andproposed to shut up the public clubs h y armed violence . After the loth of August he strove to excite the soldiers under his command to march againstParis , but they , better patriots than he was , refused , and he then fled , and renounced the revolution . Yet Lafayette was perhaps the best man of all the constitutionalists , hut neither he nor his parry come within the compass of our toast , for Ihiy were not even republicans in name . They professed
to recognise the sovereignty of the people , at the same time that they divided the citizens into active and inac tive , confining to the payers of direct taxes , whom they vailed active citizens , the right of the suffrage . In short , Lafayette and the constitutionalists were mere Whigs , but little , if anything , better than the men who humbugged us with the Reform BUI . ( Cheers . ) Next come the Girondists ; and this is the party generally ujiheld as the " honest and virtuous republicans , " but I ttust differ with those who hold that opinion . It is impossible to refuse them the tribute of our admiration for their talents ; the eloquence which distinguished the leaders of this party , accompanied in some instances by stern integrity , as in the case of Roland ; by heroic devotion , as in the case of Madame Roland ; and by fiery enthusiasm , as in the case of Barbaronx ; these qualities
extort our admiration . And we cannot , at least I speak for myself—I cannot read of the shocking and untimely Cud of a Madams Roland , or the p hilosopher Condorcet , without intense emotion . Still the Girondists were not the men to whom the people could look to rescue them from social slavery . That there were good men amongst the Girondists , cannot he doubted—that they were honest to their own convictions , may "be admitted . That many of them were ignorant rather than guilty , may he charitably Relieved , though to helieva this we must believe it only of tho se who perished ; for were we to judge of the party hy those who survived what is commonly caRed the " reign Of terror , " we should be forced to the conclusion that a haser gang never existed . These surerrors of that party aided in destroying the constitution of ' 93 , established
• he aristocratical constitution of ' 95 , conspired with the other aristocratic factions to exterminate the real Republicans , and finally helped to place Prance under the tjraany of the military usurper Ifapoleon . ( Hear , hear . ) The eloquence of the Girondists has heen highly lauded ; "at we stern and uncompromising Democrats cannot consent to admire them simply because they were elo-^ ent . Indeed , if we were to do so , we should award the highest honours to the corrupt and aristocratical Hhabeau . When the people , rising for liberty , bursting the shackles of fourteen hundred years' slavery , abandoned their homes to combat against the domestic conspirator , and the foreign invader , they required some * "dug more than the eloquent speeches and fine woven Tories of the Girondists to sustain them . "Bread ,
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steel , and equality , " was the demand of the people . ( Cheers . ) Bread for their famishing families , steel with which to beat back the cohorts of the surrounding despots , and equality as the end of their labours and the reward of their sacrifices . ( Great cheering . ) The Girondists , however , regarded the people , to quote tile Words of Thomas Carl yle , as mere " explosive masses to blow up bastiles with "—to be used as tools and treated as slaves . They hesitated between Itoyalism and Democracy , vainly hoping to cheat eternal justice by a compromise . Fatal mistake for them . They feU , and their fall was merited . The men of energy trampled them down—the people swept them away . Of the several sections of the party of the Mountain , I shaR only say that I find none of them but Robespierre and his friends worthy of any commendation . ( Great cheering . ) The greater number of the
Hountairdsts were brigands , who , only anxious to obtain for themselves the spoils of the Revolution , cared nothing for the people by whose toil , suffering , and courage the revolution had been achieved . These desperadoes , using thelanguageof thefriendsof equality , andfora time siding with them againsttheConstitutionalists and the Girondists , so soon as they bad acquired power , exhibited themselves in their true characters , and henceforth stood the avowed and deadly enemies of equality . By this faction Robespierre was overthrown and assassinated , and St . Just , Couthon , and aR the leading friends of that incorruptible legislator , were doomed te death . Not content with destroying the friends of equality , the assassins loaded their names with the most infamous calumnies , hesitating not to charge upon their victims the very crimes which they themselves had committed . I know it is unfashionable
as yet to regard Robespierre in any other light than as a monster ( hear , hear ) : but I believe the day is coming when a very different view will be taken of the character of that extraordinary man . ( Great cheering . ) 1 would not deify Robespierre ; I do not hold him up as having baen all-perfect ; but to me he appears to have been one of the very few of the leading characters of the revolution , who saw what were the means necessary to adopt to extirpate political and social wrong , I have not time to comment on the characters of the indomitable Marat , and that magnificent embodiment of republican chivalry , St . Just . Nor have I time to speak of the excellent legislative measures that characterised the energetic rule of Robespierre . I have said that the day will come when justice will be done to his name . ( Cheers . ) There are indications that that day is fast coming . Take , for
instance , the work of the member for Canterbury , the "Historic Fancies , " in which , though absolute justice is not done to Robespierre , still there is an approximation thereto . I direct your attention particularly to the celebrated poem , " The Jacobin of Paris , " which , it appears tome , paints to the life the feeling entertained by the working , veritable Democrats towards Robespierre . [ Mr . Harney here repeated a portion of the poem , which elicited enthusiastic applause . ] Who that has read the history of the revolution can forget the memorably mournful words uttered by Robespierre , when overwhelmed by the conspirators in the Convention — " The republic is lost ! The brigands triumph ! " Few are the last words that history records of fallen men so pathetically grand as these . In as few words as Cresar employed to relate his victory , is expressed the
history of the heaviest misfortune that ever hath befallen the human race . But , to me the best proof of the real character of Robespierre , is to be found in the universal regret felt for his loss by the honest democrats who survived him—by those too amongst them . who , mistaking his intentions , had been seduced into favouring his destruction , but who , when too late , bitterly rued ^ their folly . Babeuf was one of these , the originator of the famous conspiracy known hy his name . That conspiracy had for its object the establishment of a veritable republic , in which the selfishness of individualism should be known no more —( cheers ); la which , private property and money , the foundation and root of aR wrong and evil , should cease to be—( cheers ); and in which the happiness of all shsuld he based upon the common labour and equal enjoyments of all . ( Great
cheering . ) These glorious men pursued their glorious Object to the death . Babeuf and Darthe sealed their belief with their blood , and Buonarotti , through years of imprisonment , penury , and old age , persevered to the last in his advocacy of the great p rinciples which we this night dare to vindicate . Nor should I omit mention oftnoseheroicdeputiesRomme , Soubrany , Duroy , Duquesnoy and their compatriots , who , condemned to death by the traitor aristocrats of the Convention , heroically slew themselves in front of , and in contempt of their assassins , performing this self-tragedy with a single blade which they passed from hand to hand . So much for the first part of the sentiment . Thesecondpartdcmandsbut a few words from me , as it will he best spoken to by the French patriots who are present . That the principles of equality wiR have a glorious resurrection , I cannot doubt ; indeed , that resurrection they have already had , not merely in the shape of Republicanism , but Communism , for Communist societies , I believe , cover Franca at the present
day ; but that I leave to my friend Dr . Fontanie and his fellow-countrymen to speak of . I rejoice much that those worthy patriots are here . They will witness to-night proofs of the absurdity of the tirades uttered against the English people by the war-press of France . We repudiate these national antipathies . ( Cheers . ) We loathe and scorn those . barbarous clap-traps , "natural enemies , " and " national glory . " ( Loud cheers . ) We denounce all wars , except those into which nations may he forced against domestic oppressors or hostile invaders . ( Applause . ) Hove than that , we repudiate the word "foreigner "—it shall exist not in our Democratic vocabulary . ( Great cheering . ) We may belong to the English , or French , or Italian , or German section of the European family , hut Young Europe is our common designation , and under its banner we march against tyranny and inequality . ( Prolonged and enthusiastic ch . ) And now I conclude , calling on you in the words c t one of Germany ' s noblest posts , Ferdinand FreiligratlX to do homage to the men of the past : —
" Charge your glasses , brimful , to the hearts that were true , boys . To the cause that they lov'd , when the storm fiercest blew , boys ; Who had wrong for their portion , hut won right for you , hoys . Drink to them and the right , and to freedom through right . " ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Mr . Mdix , one of the patriotic hand of "Young Germany , " sang , iu an energetic manner , the celebrated Marseillaise Hymn , in French : the fine bass voice of the vocalist gave great effect to the piece . The Chaiejias then gave the next toast as follows : — "' Young Europe , ' Repudiating the jealousies and national antipathies of the past ; may the Democrats of all nations unite in a fraternal phalanx for the destruction of tyranny , and the universal triumph of equality . "
The Chaiehan said he had much pleasure in calling upon their German friend , who , exiled from hoth Germany and Switzerland for his principles , had sought and found refuge in this country . He called on Wilhtbn Weitiing to address them . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Weitlisc , owing to his inability to speak English very fluently , read the following address , which it will be seen was enthusiasticaHjr applauded : — Friends . This meeting is a testimony of that common feeling which warms every man ' s breast , the feeling of universal brotherhood . Yes . ' though we are educated to differ one from the other in the use of sounds as the natural means
to express and communicate this inner feeling to each other , though the exchange of this feeling is hindered by the differences of language , though thousands of prejudices are united and directed by our common adversaries rather to oppose than to promote a better understanding , an universal brotherhood ; yet , notwithstanding all these © Dstacles , that strong , charitable , and salutary feeling cannot ha extinguished . ( Cheers . ) That feeling ; that attracts the sufferer to his fellow-sufferer , the straggler for a better state of things to his fellow-struggler . ( Cheers . ) Those also were our fcllow-strugglers whose revolution we this night commemorate ; they also were animated by the same sympathies which bring -as together , and which possibly may lead us to a similar , and let me hope , a more successful struggle . ( Loud cheers . ) In times of movement , when the privileges of our native adversaries run great risk , they cunningly try to lead our
prejudices over the frontiers of our national fatherland , representing to us that the people there are opposed to our common interest . What a . trick ! / What a fraud ! But , reflecting coolly on the matter , we know very well that our nearest enemies are amongst ourselves in the miditof us . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It is not the exterior enemy we have to fear ; that poor enemy is dealt with like us ; like us he is compelled to work for thousands of good-for-nothing fellows ; like us he takes up arms against any human society because he is forced to do so by hunger , by law , or excited by his passions nourished hy ignorance , by the mock fighting of his cunning master . National rulers represent our brethren as cruel and rapacious ; but who are more rapacious than they who govern us to be instructed in the art of war , who for their own privileges excite and conduct us to war I ( Cheers . ) Is it really our common interest that necessitates war ! Is it the interest of
sheep to be led by wolves to fig ht against sheep likewise led by wolves ? ( Loud cheers . ) They are themselves our most rapacious enemies ; they have taken from us all that is ours , to dissipate it in pleasures and debauchery . ( Applause . ) They take from us what is ours , since all they use is produced b y us and ought to pertain to those who produce it , and to their wives and children , their aged and their sick . ( Loud cheers . ) But seehowhyjtheir cunning manoeuvres all is stolen from us , and accumulatedfor a crew of idle consumers . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then to be more robbed by a foreign enemy than by our own home-enemies ! Is it possible then that the people can be more murdered by them than by our cruel money-men , who rob us by their stock-jobbing , money deahng , and speculating ; by their currency and bankruptcy , by their monopolies , church and land rents ,
who by all these means rob us of the necessaries of life , and cause the death of millions of our working fellow brethren , to whom they leave not even potatoes enough to live upon . ( Great cheering . ) Is it not , therefore , clear enough that those who are all by money and nothing without it , are really the enemies of the working people in aR countries , and that there are amongst men no other enemies of the human race than the enemies of the labouring and working people . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then that we could be more stolen from , and murdered in a time of political war , than we are now , in a so-called state of peace ? National prejudices , bloodshed , and robberies are then encouraged by us only for the sake of military glory f What has our interest to gain from such stupid glory ! ( Cheers . ) What , in fact , have we to do with it , when our interest and our better feelings are opposed to it ( Cheers . ) Must we not at all times
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pay the costs ! ( Applause . ) Must we not work and bleed for it ? ( Renewed applause . ) What interest can we have in all such bloodshed and land robberies , except profiting by such Occasions for turning round against the robbery and murder-breeding aristocracy in nil nations ? { Enthusiastic cheering . ) it is only this aristocracyalways this aristocracy—that systematically robs and murders . The poor people , led by them , are but their forced and ignorant instruments chosen from amongst every nation—those the most filled with national prejudices , those wishing to see all nations overpowered by their own nation . But bring them here into this meeting , and they will understand each other , and shake hands with each other . Even in battle such scenes happen frequently . Thus it has been told by eye witnesses of
dispersed corps of Russians and French , and of Austrians and French , in the battle of Austerlitz , who mixed disorderly in the stream of the fli ght nith each other , and behaved as good friends , marching , plundering , eating , and drinking together , till the sound of the trumpet again called them on either side to do the work of death and destruction . If before a battle the advocates of liberty and love were permitted to address the ranks of their brethren , there would be no slaughter ; on the contrary , there would be a friendly meeting like ours . ¦ 0 ! could we but have in a battle-field such a meeting , we should have soon done with all these blood and marrow sucking interests who now oppress and plunder us ! ( Great cheering . ) Such , friends , are the sentiments of that universal feeling whose warmth , concentrated in the focus of universal brotherhood , kindles a fire of enthusiasm
which wdl soon entirely melt away the hindering icemountains of prejudices which have too long kept brethren asunder . - [ Mr . Weitiing resumed his seat amid longcontinued cheering . ) Dr . Berxiee Foktaike , of Paris , who was received with rapturous applause , said—Citizens ! My speech must be necessarily brief , as I cannot speak very good English . It gives me pleasure I cannot express to find the English Democrats meeting to commemorate the French Republic . I respond most heartily to the noble sentiments of Mr . Julian Harney . I assure you that the French people do not look upon the English people as their enemies . If some of the French journalists write against the English Government , they do not write against the English people . The government of England is hateful throughout Europe , because it is the government of the English aristocracy ,
and not the English people . ( Cheers . ) The French Democrats , so far from being the enemies of the English people , really desire to fraternise with them . ( Loud cheers . ) The Republicans of France did not fight for France only , but for all mankind ; they wished to establish equality , and extend its blessings throughout the world . ( Great applause . ) They regarded all mankind as brethren , and warred only against the aristocracies of other nations . ( Cheers . ) I can assure you , citizens , that the principles of equality have sprung into renewed life . Communismis advancing with giant strides throughout France . Communist associations are extending all over that country , and I hope that we shall soon see a grand confederation of the Citizen Democrats of all nations , to make RepublicanCommunism triumph ant through the whole length and breadth of Europe . [ Dr . Fontaine resumed his seat amidst long-protracted cheers ]
The Chairman then called for "three cheers for ' Young Europe , '" which was responded to by three " roof and rafter-ringing" shouts , with " one cheer more . " Tho next toast given by the chairman was" The immortal memory of Thomas Paine , the great teacher of freedom te the American and French Republicans . " [ This toast was received with enthusiastic and repeated cheers . ) Mr . Rufit Ridley responded , and said Thomas Paine perfectly understood that so long as kings and priests ruled , there could be nothing like well regulated liberty . ( Cheers . ) He well knew that the priests held the victims
while bloated kings gorged on the spoil . ( Loud cheers . ) lie ( Mr . Ridley ) gloried in commemorating the fame of such a man . Well did Paine know that so long as the people were taught by the jackall priest , that despotism would be triumphant , and that the people could be nothing better than a herd of slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) As a disciple of Thomas Paine , he felt that until the people possessed the courage to shake off the trammels of priests and kings , they never could be free . ( Cheers . ) The Americans , although they had a President to rule over them , were not free ; could any nation be free that sold human flesh and blood for gold ? ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in responding to the toast ,
[ The toast was honoured by the company rising uncovered . ] The . CHAiRMAN next gave-. "The memory of Washington and Franklin ; of William Tell , Hofer , and Kosciusko , and all departed but immortal patriots of other lauds . " Mr . Washington Wilkes ( said to be a grandson of the great John Wilkes ) responded in an energetic speech , which was loudly applauded . The ChAiBiian then gave" The memory of Wat Tyler , Hampden , and Algernon Sidney ; Pym and Elliott ; Milton , Byron , and Shelley ; Cartwright , Cobbett , and Hunt ; Shell , the hereof Newpart , and all other virtuous Englishmen who have fought , written , or spoken for liberty , and left us their glorious example!—may we aspire to follow it . " Mr . C . Solwell responded in an able and eloquent speech , Which was received with much applause . The Chairman next
gave"The memory of Wallace , Muir , Palmer , Margaret , Skirving , Gerald , and all other patriotic Scotchmen now with the dead !" Mr . Cooper , Socialist lecturer , responded by a brio ! speech , eulogising the memories of the Scottish patriots , particularly the men who might be considered as the founders of present political movements in this country , Muir and his compatriots . Those men were enlightened , virtuous , incorruptible , and brave . ( Cheers . ) They showed in their private Rves their faith in the principles they avowed . Great had been the advance of knowledge
and mental freedom since the time of Muir and his friends , and it only required that they should exhibit charitable feelings towards all the good intentioned , to make the principles of Muir and his brethren universally popular , and successful over all opposition . He was glad to see the London Radical Reformers holding this meeting . So long as they were exclusively Chartists , he had but little hope of them , but now that they came out as Democrats , now thai they began to talk about the land and universal brotherhood , he was with them . ( Loud cheers . ) The next toast given from the chair
was" The memory of Robert Bmmett , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Theobald Wolfe Tone , and Grattau , and of all other patriotic Irishmen departed . " Mr . T . M . Wheeler who was received with loud cheers , said he had always from childhood cherished the warmest feelings of esteem for those great men to whom the toast alluded . These men had lit the spark of Rberty in that unfortunate country Ireland , and , despite the efforts Of interested agitation , the embers would yet be fanned into an unquenchable flame . ( Applause . ) Yet these great and good men had been declared rebels and traitors ; yes , they were rebels against despotism . This meeting sympathised with such rebels , and hoped the day was not far distant when such traitors and rebels as Em ' mett and Fitzgerald , would be found in every town , village , and hamlet in Ireland . ( Great cheering . ) The next sentiment was"Health and the speedy return of our beloved but suffering exiles Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and all political exiles . "
Mr . Wm . Rider , who was warmly received , said it is with mingled feelings I rise to respond to the sentiment proposed—feelings of pleasure to know that our age and country can boast of having produced a band of nature ' s nobles , whose love of Rberty has been proved to be stronger than their love of life . ( Cheers . ) Men , whose names and deeds of patristism will live in the remem . brance of their countrymen , and stand prominent on the page of history , when those of their adversaries will be forgotten , or only remembered to be execrated , and held up as examples to future generations of that state of declension and depravity to which human natur * may be reduced , wh « a vitiated by ambition , or invested with arbitrary and irresponsible power . ( Loud cheers . ) But while feeling proud of having had such men in our ranks , there arise feelings of unutterable pain at the thought
of their present condition . These patriots have faUen the victims of tyranny—the fill monster has driven the iron into their souls , and sits smiling at the torture under which his victims writhe . Those patriots are no longer with us , encouraging us hy their example , and directing us by their council . Their eyes no longer behold the scenes of their childhood—their homes are desolate—the oppressor has rent asunder the closest tics of naturetheir wives are bereaved , and their children fatherless ( hear , hear ); and to aggravate the poignancy of their grief , tho widows and the fatherless knew that those who once were their partners , their protectors , their comforters , and their supporters live , but Uve not to themthey are suffering deaths many in a felon ' s land , far beyond the mountain and the wave . ( Cries of shame . ) To describe the agony which must tear the minds of the exiles , and those they have left behind , is a task I will not attempt to perform—I a « k , why were those
patriots expatriated from their fatherland ? What crime had they committed ? None . They had sought to establish peace on earth and good-will among men . ( Cheers . ) 1 should like to hear the lawn-sleeved gentry say if that ' s blasphemy—if it ' s a desecration of the professed religion of the country . If it is , then the sooner we turn infidels the better , in my opinion . ( Loud cheers . ) The exiles told the rulers of the land to undo the heavy burden , and let the oppressed go free . Will the ermined judge say that is a violation of the law of the land . If so , the sooner Our courts of justice are converted into slaug hter , houses the better , if it has become unjust to speak against injustice . ( Cheers . ) Talk of their crimes , indeed ! why , their failings have ever leaned on virtue ' s side . The head and front of their offending was their unceasing and determined opposition to the iniquity unblushingly perpetrated by those who sit in high places , and their unwearied exertions to free the land from that worst of
all curses—the curse of despotism—which is the most noble and most sacred work in which man can engage , seeing that libert y far transcends all other mundane blessings , its intrinsic worth being such that one day , yea , one hour of its enjoyment is worth a whole eternity of bondage . ( Great cheering . ) It is well that we should remember the captives on all occasions , and it is well wa should desire their return to the land of their fathers , to the bosom of their families , and the society of their friends . But we have a duty to perform towards them of greater moment than merely wishing their welfare and their return to their native soil . That duty is to use every available mean to obtain their deliverance and their restoration to the ; r 1 n , | *» t » weary the pow ers
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that be with ourfrcquent importunities until we constrain themtorecaR the exiles . In this we must be united , and we shall be strong ; and should the Pharaohs still harden their hearts let them beware of the Red Sea ' ( Loud applause . ) The CnAinMAN then gave—• « Health to O'Connor and Buncombe , and all other incorruptible advocates of the People ' s Charter , and may it soon become ' the law of the land , ' so that our fatherland may once more become' Merry England . '" The intended speaker having been obliged to depart from the lateness of the horn- , the meeting , at the suggestion of the chairman , gave three thundering cheers in honour of the toast . The next toast was" Health to John Richards , J . R . Smart , Thomas Preston , Allen Daveuport , and all our living ' veteran patriots : ' may we not only tread in their steps , but gratefull y discharge our duty to them . "
Mr . Stall wood responded , paying them a marked compliment for their consistent conduct and unflinching advocacy of the cause of democracy . The next toast was" The mothers of England ! may they live to see their clildren inherit the blessings of the People ' s Charter . The maids of England ! may they soou find it impossible to get husbands who arc not Chartists . Our wives ! may they be the happy mothers of children that shall maintain the Charter when it is won !" This was drank with all the honours and responded to by Mr , J . Shaw in a humorous and appropriate speech . Mr . Julian Harney then proposed , " The health and long life of the chairman ; may he live to witness the consummation of our hopes , and preside at a similar festival to this in celebration of the triumph of'Young Europe . '" The sentiment was honoured with three tremendous cheers .
The Chairman returned thanks , and proposed three cheers for the People ' s paper and Democratic organ , the Kortlicrn Star . Three echoing shouts testified the unanimity of the assembly . The greater part of the assembly then retired , but singing was kept up b y those who remained , for some timelonger . "Young Europe" was not unfairly represented at this festival , there being present English , Scotch , Irish , French , German , Swiss , Spanish , Polish , and Italian Democrats . Besides these , we know at least of two others being present , the one a native of Hungary , the oth « of Turkey . The last of these , Mr . Simmonee ( the Turkish Democrat ) sang several patriotic songs in different languages . A number of Italian patriots also sung in concert their national hymn ( answering to the Marseillaise ) , and altogether the fraternal harmony of the meeting was admirably sustained throughout the evening .
Mr , Mazzini , the Italian patriot , would have attended , had he not been prevented by unavoidable absence from London .
Important Strike At Derwent Ironworks, D...
IMPORTANT STRIKE AT DERWENT IRONWORKS , DURHAM . Thegrossand unblushing avarice of the proprietors of the Derwent Iron Works has induced them to reduce the wages of the iron stone miners in their employment , from tim « to time , until they have at length brought them down to within a few points of actual starvation . About a fortnight ago , whilst the men were contemplating an advance of wages , one oi the owners was scheming a further reduction , by disallowing the men any payment whatever lor the most laborious part of their labour—the getting el muggics , or halls of iron-stone of an inferior quality . The strike thus created between capital and
labourbetween those who drink wine and those who drink water—between those who are idle and live sumptuously every day , and those who toil almost incessantly , and barely exist on the meanest and scantiest fare—has produced its natural consequences , a cessation from that labour , the fruits of which are insufficient to keep up the strength of the toiler on one day to resume his dreary task on the succeeding one . The indolent occupier of the mansion has placed himself in array against those who are the support of him and of it , and has done this in such a reckless and painful manner , that , to use Ills own language , we think " is not creditable to his judgment . " He ought , if he had judged rightly , to have known from experience that labour is the source of all wealth :
and that the labourer is worthy of Ms hire . If this pampered son of fortune has failed to learn these simple maxims , the " positive" step he has how taken may in its results produce a " creditable" reformation in his "judgment . " Frequent meetings of the men have been held during the strike—sometimes three public meetings in one day—for the purpose of considering their position , and determining upon the best mode of united operation for their mutual advantage . On Wednesday last the men assenibledin great numbers , consequent upon the excitement raised by the owner , Mr . Cargill , mhis own proper person , accompanied by Mr . Whitfield , his viewer , and assisted by a powerful body of the Durham rural police , having
commenced turning we iron stone miners , their families and effects , out of their houses . A meeting was immediately held at the stone quarry , Black Hill , at which Mr . Jones presided . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Hardy , Swallow , and Kelk , each of which was responded to by the unanimous and hearty cheers both of the housed and houseless sons of toil . Cheers indeed they were , and alike imparted confidence and determination to the multitude assembled ; and consternation and awe to the civilized tribe of ejectors —master , viewer , police , & e . die—who paused for some time , and inquired In amazement of each other , "What next ? " Various resolutions were also passed unanimously , all of which were calculated to put down tyranny , exalt the working man to his
proper rank in society , and to sustain the miners in their present struggle . In order that there should be no misunderstanding about the ^ consequences of the illegal acts of Mr . Cargill , nis unauthorised and summary ejectment of the people , and stoppage of their wages , notice of action for trespass in each case , was sent and delivered into Mr . CargilTs hands . That some effect was thus produced , is evident . The process of ejecting was suspended about two hours ; a partial recommencement ensued ; and , after a short interval , it was discontinued altogether . The workmen are in high spirits , and are nobly supported by other operatives . The masons , carpenters , smiths , potters , colliers , and others , have come forward voluntarily to the support of the iron stone miners . They have become
convinced that it is not one trade only , but all who live by their labour , who IUU 3 t Unite in OHC firm Mill trillj irresistible bond , ' ere labour can receive its due reward , or those who labour the just consideration due to their utility . Two men have been charged and committed to Durham Gaol , for—some say—Rioting , but were subsequently bailed . The charge , however , cannot be sustained . About sixty others have been summoned to answer various charges . Wo have no doubt but the magistrates of Lancaster will maintain the high character they deservedly obtained during the colliers ' strike of last year , for strict impartiality , and will see the intense provocations to a breach of the peace , practiced by Mr . Cargill and his forces , upon those who , but for the excessive exactions on their industry ,
would have been contented and happy . The men continue their meetings daily . The masters wish them to believe they are softening down . They have given the men to understand that they are not bound to the strict terms of Mr . Cargill ' s letter of the 12 th inst . They have proposed to the men that they shall go to the pits , and resume their work for a fortnight ; at the end of which , they say , they will give satisfaction to each and every man , or he shall be at liberty to leave their employ : but the men see plainly through this flimsy covering to their interested design , and say to each other , "it is only
a scheme for the purposes of keeping the furnaces in action until they procure other men to supplant us : they know the immense loss that will ensue if the furnaces " go out ; " and it is this certain , great , and positive loss , they are scheming to avert . " We understand that W . P . Roberts , Esq ., is retained to protect and defend the bight . In better hands the men could not commit that most important trust . His manly and praiseworthy exertions on behalf of the industrious millions are without a parallel in the legal profession . Long may he live to persevere in his patriotic course , with that eminent success which has ever attended him . Our latest accounts state that another immense meeting was held on Wednesday , at which the men displayed the same cool and determined vigour which has hitherto characterized this struggle for the means of living by the due remuneration for their labour .
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•*^ ' - ^' -- «* - *^^^^—* -- »^^ rf-- ^^^ The South Staffom ) shire Miners' Delegats Meeting was held at Mr . Henry Mason ' s , Swan Inn , Wednesfield-heath , on Monday last , September 22 nd ; delegates were in attendance from different parts ot the district , from whose reports we learn that a goodly number of members have been added within the past fortnight , and things in general put on a better appearance than they have for sometime previous , a good substantial dinner was provided at the kWattlOr the members of the lodge , with a few other friends , who , after the district business was concluded , walked in procession with a band of music at their head to Wednesfield and back . By this time dinner was ready , when eighty-nine stout and hearty sons 01 toil sat down , and did ample j ustice to the good things " smoking hot . " After which Messr ? Brown and Ramsay addressed a crowded room full ' on the necessity and advanta es of general organisation and restrictions ; Mr . Robert Johnson in the chair . This has been one of the most enthusiastic meetings we have had for a long while , and , we trust will be productive of much good . '
Lancashire MisERS .-The next general delegate yflrf rWM £ h e Miners wi " take Pl ^ e on Monday , the 6 th October , at the house of Mr . James mSJ ? Pw ° f 'L ? Lane ' near Hazel-grove , Cheshire . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenooon . A public meeting will also be held on thei same day , which will be addressed byW . P . Roberts , L , sq . , and other gentlemen . The levy withe fortnight , including general contributions , ip is , Cd , per member . '
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Accident At The Railway Terminus, Losdon...
Accident at the Railway Terminus , Losdon Bridge . —On Sunday eight , between ten and eleven o ' clock , a man named Richard Garvey , aged fortytwo years , was brought to Guy ' s Hospital with his skull fractured , and in a state of insensibility , arising from injuries lie had received under the following singular circumstances : —It appears that Garvey is employed at the railway terminus at London-bridge , as an engine-table turner . At the corner of Bermondsey-street , Borough , closely adjoining to the railway , is a public-house , called the Hat and Feathers , and between which there is a space of about three feet in width . In order to accommodate the men a twork on the line , the landlord of the house has hitherto allowed them to enter it by one of the attic windows , the men slipping from the railway on to the sill of the window , and thus avoiding the trouble of going down
to the street and entering in the usual manner . Notwithstanding the height of the windows is upwards oi forty feet from the ground , and the width of the intermediate space , they had the temerity constantly to avail themselves of tin ' s novel mode of entrance , and hitherto fortunately without accident . On Sunday night , shortly after ten o ' clock , one of the servants of the public-house having occasion to go into the hack yard , was surprised to hear the groans of some one apparently in great pain . A light was procured , and Garvey was found l y ing on the flag stones quite insensible , and covered with blood ; assistance was procured and he was conveyed to the hospital . Not the slightest hope is given of his recovery . No one knew how the unfortunate man came in that situation , but it is supposed that he was attempting to get into the house by the window , and had fallen upon the pavement beneath .
TflE LATE SUICIDKAT SEA , PROU A HuLL SlEAMER . —The Elizabeth schooner , which arrived on Tuesday in the river , off Uorsleydown , from Harwich , reports that the body of a gentleman was washed ashore , on Friday last , near "Walton-on-the-Naze , on the Essex coast , which , from a card found in the clothes , is supposed to be the person who threw himself overboard from the William Darley Hull steamer , while on a recent passage to London , the whole particulars concerning which were made known by the captain to the Lord Mayor , and which were reported in this journal , flis name is believed to be Mr . N . Cole , of Norwich . A watch and a puree , containing between £ 5 and £ 6 , were found in the pockets . An inquest has been held on the body , and adjourned for the attendance of the relatives .
Desperate Attempts at Suicide . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , a waterman , named David "William Miller , was standing on the upper side of the pier head at the entrance of the St . Katherine's dock , when a tall portly gentleman passed him in a hurried manner , walked to the edge ef the jetty , and after striking himself violently on the breast , plunged into the river . Miller immediately raised an alarm , and the gentleman , who twice sunk , was hooked by his clothes and kept afloat until Miller reached him in a ship ' s boat , into which he was dragged , when there fell out of his side a dagger , with which he had stabbed himself before lie precipitated himself into the water . He had no sooner recovered himself than he attempted to seize the dagger , but the waterman defeated his
intentions by placing his foot on the weapon . He was properly secured , landed , and conveyed to the Duke of Marlborough public-house . No time was lost in calling in medical assistance , and after his wound had been dressed , he was conveyed to the Thames police station . He then snatched the dagger outof Mr . Evans's pocket , and was about to plunge it into his body , when one of the police constables knocked it out of his hand , and licluliim fast . He was in such an excited state that it required three men toehold him , and he was afterwards conveyed to the London Hospital , and he still remains in a very precarious condition . The name of the gentleman is Francois Gavoisier , sixty-two years of age , and a colonel in the French army . He served with distinction during the wars of Napoleon . He has only been three weeks in England .
The Murder at Rock-ferry , Liverpool . —Chester , Wednesday . —This morning , at eleven o'clock , the three men , Lynch , Nowlan , and Tallent , and the inforaei' Burns , who had been , as has been before detailed , taken into custody at the instigation of in ; latter , on suspicion of the murder of Mr . Peacop , some montns oack , were brought up to the Courthouse , in order that the charge might undergo a further investigation . Upwards of a dozen witnesses were examined , but not a particle of evidence was elicited which could , in any way serve as a corroboration necessary to prove the truth of the story of Burns . Several witnesses were likewise called for the defence , to prove an alibi in the case of Lynch , and that the two weapons found in his possession were such as are used in the situation he held as watchman at the Birkenhead Gas and Water-works . The inquiry was again adjourned .
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Rotai . Adelaide Gallert . —The New Zealand Chief continues to delight the frequenters of this Gallery with hig varied description ' s of the manners and customs of the New Zealanders , and he is prepared with so much original information concerning this extraordinary and barbarous people , that it is quite miraculous how he could have been allowed to escape to give so much excellent information ; as we must bear in mind the horrible state of cannabalism in which they were living when he was thrown among them , Tho three Islands formingthe group inhabited by these tribes have now become an object of great interest to this country in a trading point of view , and many enterprising speculators have established colonies on them , as it is not only the soil that is so beneficial ,- hut the coast abounds in whales , from which the finest description of oil is obtained ; and it has been calculated by scientific persons that a flax farm , one hundred acres in extent , would yield a net annual income of £ 3000 .
There are now so many projects for adapting the atmospheric principle to railways , that we strongly recommend an inspection of the Model laid down here , which is Pilbrow ' s patent , that heing the plan , as we are given to understand , intended to be applied to many of them . The Morning Lectures on Chemistry , ( fee , are still given , and exemplified by many highly interesting experiments . The Prazeb ' s Musical and Iitebaet Evenings . — This talented family are delighting thousands in the metropolis by their moral , instructive , and liberty-inspiring songs . Their performances are given on alternate nights , at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street ; the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road ; the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institute , Great Smith-street ; and the National
Hall , High Holborn . We lately enjoyed an evening with them at the Temperance Hall . The Misses Frazer sung several Scotch and Irish melodies , in a very pleasing , natural and feeling manner , The Scottish song of « What's a * the Steer Kimmer , " met with a unanimous encore . Mr . Frazer delivered a short lecture on morals , poetry , and music , the delivery of which was greeted with much applause . Colosseum . —The following distinguished persons visited the Colosseum during the past week : —The Eavl of Denbigh and family , the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury , Princess Czurtichoff and family , Lord Lincoln and famil y , Bishop of Jamaica and family , Lady Elizabeth Lowther and family , Lord and Lady Montague , Lords Beaumont , Itokeby , Wilton , "Dudley , Stuart , Fielding , Lady Kenmare , the Russian , Brazilian , and Sicilian Ministers , & c .
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Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land Society will be held at Mr . Sweet ' s , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . A Camp Meeting will beheld on Sunday next , on Littletown-green ( not Heckiuondwike ) , at two o'clock in the afternoon , at which several members of the Executive are expected to attend , and several other popular friends to the good cause . diniiAM . —On Saturday ( to-day ) an entertainment will take place in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horscdgestroet , consisting of dancing , singing , & c , to commence at seven o ' clock . The proceeds , after
defraying expenses , to be for the benefit of Mr . William Dixon . On Sunday , September 28 th , Mr . Thomas Tattersall , of Burnley , will lecture in the above hall —subject , "The necessity of the Trades uniting to allocate their surplus hands upon the Land . " Chair to be taken at six o'clock in the evening . Rochdale . —The shareholders of the Working Man ' s Hall are requested to meet in the Chartist Room on Sunday morning next , at half-past ten . — Mr . David Ross , of Leeds , will deliver two lectures on elocution , in the Assembly Room , Toad-lane , on Monday and Tuesday , 29 th and 30 th . ; and on Wednesday , October 1 st , lie will lecture in the same room on Sanatory Reform .
Manchester . —Mr . D . Ross will lecture on Sunday evening , at half-past six , in the Carpenters ' Hall .- —On the Sunday evening following Mr . W . Jones , of Liverpool , will lecture . The South Lancashire Delegate Meetixg will be held on Sunday , at ten o ' clock , in the Working Man's Hall , Oldham . Longton . —The Committee of the Co-operative Land Society hold meetings every Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the office at the Working Man ' s Hall . Barnsley . — The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society are requested to attend at Mr . ThomasAclam ' s , next Monday evening , Sept . 39 . Mr , Doyle ' s Route for the Ensuing Week . — Sunday , September 28 th , Leeds ; Monday , 29 th , a
village about three miles from Leeds . Mr . Doyle does not remember the name of the place , but it is the village Mr- Clark promised to visit on Sunday last , when in Leeds . Tuesday , 30 th , Rotherham ; Wednesday , October 1 st , Barnsley ; and Thursday , 2 nd , Sheffield . , , , ... Bath . — The committee of the Bath branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet at No . 8 , Chelze-buildings , every Sunday evening , at seven o clock , and at Mr . Simpkins ' s , Hoopers Arms , Snow-hill , on Mondays , at the same hour . Lebm . — A camp meeting will be held this afternoon ( Saturday ) , September 27 th , on Woodhouse Moor , at two o ' clock . Messrs . Clark and Doyle will address the meeting . A public meeting "will be held in the Bazaar , Briggate , in the evening , Messrs , Doyle and Clark will attend ,
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Mr . Thomas Clark will visit Hanley , BilstfH , Darleston , and Birmingham , durin g tue ensuing typplr . Stockport . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lecture in the Association-room , Hillgate , at half-past six o ' clock on Sunday evening next . Oldham . —The operative cotton spinners , rowers , and self-acting minders of Oldham , intend holding a tea party and ball in the Town Hall , on Monday next , Sept . 20 th , in honour . of ( those employers whe- have acceded to the operatives' request for an advance of wages . Several ma iter cotton spinners and manufacturers are invited and expected to be present .
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All the above works may be had at the Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London . Of John Cleave , 1 , Shoelane , Fleet-street ; James Watson , Paul ' s-alley , Paternos . ter-row ; H . Hetherington , 40 , Holywell-street , London , Of A . Heywood , 58 , Oldham-street , Manchester ; J , Guest , Birmingham ; Messrs . Paton and Love , Glasgow ; j , Hobson , Market-walk , Huddersfield ; and of all book sellers and news-agents , who can procure theoj to ordw
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27091845/page/5/
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