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_m < ... - - - _"TjETxERS " - - - - TO _THEl WORKING CLASSES . * _LXXVH . _urarii art _afcffs , _«« i *«» P ** _F * - £ _*** " ? _jJimE _^ -m £ e d- _mt—ap « _-M _fli-HJj-bt- _* _-i _* oauo * S-• a _^ ir tti _^ _DMkei _tho-wandi , » erb * ps aHhonB THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . _EBSEST JOSES AND DR . M'DOTJALL , Bboiheb _PbOLETJlBIANS , . . in some other column of this paper , you nrfind an account of the reorganisation of _^ V _^ arfist Provisional Committee . Much _T i ii
SB is due to Mr . Kbykolds , and Messrs . _5 voir aa . d SxAiLWOoD , lor their conduct in " _r _inff the _Cl ' iat '* ' * s P ar _* y _^*? complete _dis"^ r aiiisation . _^ _ith the ze alous co-operation , _^ ready suppor * of the localities , in town and nntry ttere can he do doubt thatthe com-! _rittee will be _enabled to , at least , lay the foundation * of a movement for the Charter , m ore potential than has ever yet been seen . 01 the committee find that co-operation and support ? If so , the result cannot fail to be { - oat which I have just stated . If not , the _hjasne of failure -will attach , not io the _comjaittee"but to the Chartists generally .
, Should any of my country readers object , that some of the members ofthe re-organized _goianutt ee are not " leaders , " and that their _jiamea can hardly be said to be "known bcvond the Metropolitan circle ; it may be answered that in their respective localities they "have been lending _Koriers for many years t -ma if they have not acquired general notonety , their names are at least as well "known as were those of others some years aeo when circumstances pl aced them at the head of the Chartist movement . There was
a lime when the name of the writer of this letter was less known than the names of those _vho have just been called by the Metropolitan _deleo-ates to assume a position at the head ot -ae _ChartistnioTement . They wil probably lose nothing in your estimation — they csrtainly gainin mine—from thefact , thatmostly , or entirely , they belong to the order of hardhanded Proletarians . If , with one exception , { Mr . Davis , who is an able speaker ) the new membersof thecommittee areratherfamousfor _fforldiip _* . than for speech making , they may
be none the less efficient on that account . Oratory is necessary , and very well in its way ; hut there are hig her and holier qualificar fions for : leadership"' than the power to * * ' speechify "—a power too often sadly abused —too often employed for selfish ends rather fhan for the public welfare . Whatever revision of the rules , general or local , may he deemed requisite by the country Chartists , or any portion of them , it is to be hoped , that differences of opinion with regard to matters of detail , will be no bar to the
acceptance of the new plan of organisation as a whole . The re-orgauised committee , having no purpose to serve but that of the enactment ofthe Charter with the least delay , at the least cost , will undoubtedly do everything practicable to render the plan workable , and ( as far as possible ) satisfactory to the Chartists of every locality . I mast warn the Chartists against the stale trick of sowing division in their ranks , by _rais" fflo > the question of " moral , " emus " phy-Sieal" force . To listen to the " virtuous indignation" harangues of certain gentlemen who assame tobemoiiopolists of all finds of " morals " —" moral force'' included—a stranger to the
Chartist party might suppose that some person or persons had of late be _* m guilty ofthe " unpardonable sin" of recommending "physical force" as the only means calculated to bring about the triump h of Chartism . Without dis-¦ _cus-dno- the question of the right of the oppressed to have recourse to such a means of ridding themselves ofoppresssion ; -witiiout _examinin g the policy of , or necessity for , appealof Eihtit is
ing to p hysical force In defence g , _-Eufficient to declare that no man has thought it necessary to say anything in favour of " physical force , " or against " moral force ; " and those who insinuate the contrary , insinuate that which they know to be false ; that which , if believed to he true , might again divide the ¦ Ch artist party into hostile sections and contending factions .
This "dodge" is as old as the notorious Calton-PBll resolutions . Surely the Chartists Trill not permit any sach " dodge * ' to -work the evil wrought by the concoctor 3 of those too celebrated resolutions . From what I know of the men who compose the re-organised committee , I venture to believe that no -such question as " moral" versus "physical ' force , will divide them . I venture to hope that so other question will give birth to dissensions in the committee , but that each with all , and _^ 11 with each will , in the campaign now _comsneneing , be the order of the day .
The circumstances of the time are propitious ior an earnest recommencement of Chartist -agitation . It is now evident , that whatever toleration the working classes may be disposed to show to the advocates ofthe "little Charter , '" they are not disposed to engage in any movement for anything short ofthe " six points . " They are blind , who cannot see that instead of retrograding in their political knowledge and reforming aspirations , the working classes have been advancing until now the _vastmas 3 of those wlr » were Chartists—purely and simply—are Chartists and much more .
Of course I speak ofthe metropolitan and majiufaeturing districts . But even in the agricultural districts containing a population hitherto sopohtically ignorant andinert , there is a spirit abroad whichtiie Chartists have ouly to take advantage of and direct , and they may , in a Tery short space of time , command the material strength - which has hitherto been the main physical stay ofthe present iniquitous system . It is very evident that the squirearchy , the parsonocracy , and the bull-frog farmers are generally and furiousl y hated by the starved and trodden down peasantry ; and if that
hatred has hitherto been blindly and ineffectually manifested , it is because no attempt , worthy ofthe name , has heen made to imparl to the unhappy labourers tbe glad tidings oi Chartism aud the great truths of Democratic and Social "Reform . It is lamentable to see these poor men fighting the battles ofthe Free _traders , who are no more their friends than they are the friends of the Fac"tory Workers . Yesterday week , ( Wednesday February 20 th , ) a Protectionist meeting "was held in the town of Dorchester , under thc -presidency ofthe Hi g h Sherifi " , _"ELEr-ntx _Eiira Wiueit , Esq . The farmers came into the
• town armed with " enormous sticks . " On the opposite side a crowd of men had been induced to arm after the same fashion for " free _^ trade . " The meeting was held in the "Riding School of the barracks . The speeches of the « 'farmers friends" - were as usual , pretty full -of nonsense , mixed up -with a deal of mock-Joyalty , and some real denunciation of Chariasm and "Republicanism . One speaker , Mr . H . Gr . Slinil , M . P ., distinguished himself by such , an out-pouring- of slang and vulgarity , "that had he heen a speaker at a Chartist meetim ** he would certainly have been hissed -from the platform . He talked about " all my
•" "ye , and Bobby Feel } " described thc _member for Tamworth as " an old washerwoman , " -and " aslippery cove ; " observed that "Her _^ Majesty ' s Ministers are "Whigs , and they stick to office like tacks , " & c . & c . ; and this sort of "ffit (!) and eloquence (?) drew Irom the enlightened fanners "laughter , ' ' " _muchlaughter , " " cheers , - '' ' and "three cheers for Mr . Stubt . ; ' Wonld that I could add that this _^ nbecility was unaccompanied by brutality ; hot so however . The _shouter _* for Free Trade who formed part of the meeting , interrupting we Protectionist speakers , the cry of " Turn _tofiin out" -was * ere long followed up by corresponding _aets . I quote from the " Sherborne _ftamai " _:--,
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Several of tht farmers here muted in a body , ima _miingtheirrtic * _ar , ttroTe ; tho » _- ' , iTho _^ pp 8 » red to be th * _aivocMM Of _PfeeTrtacJ out ' of th _» huMi * _- ' - . In this process several _nnnscessaiy blows were given , and we noticed two or three sticks and riding-whi ps fall severely _npoa the heads of those who were being pushed on t * the green . - The half _d _^ _ora were closed , and the speaker proceeded , but a stem flunjj through the pen door was the signal for a fearful Tolley from the _expelletl . The farnurs then collected in a body and rushed on to the grten , driving their opponents out ofthe gates of the barracks . Cheers were given for this exploit , and the _proceedings _t"T"TTrit'VT ' iiliTir * _irH _''' TiiTrTTirii ii I , " 1 , 11
rectmmenced , but immediately aftei * wards the building was stormed in all quarters . Through ths windows on either side large stones were _prepellsd with frightful violence , the class flying in fragments aU over the lame building . The occupants of the " platform quickly deserted their post of danger , hut it was sot until several persons had been injured that the meeting adjourned . Mr . Oak , the banker of Blaadford , was much injured , and blood flowed copiously in many streams down his face . At last the Waggon was drawn out on tbe green beyond the reach of the fire , which was still hotly continued from the people outudt .
The speech making went on , and thc farmers seem to have had it all their own way while the meeting continued . But On the farmers leaving the yard they were received with volleys of stones from the mob . They again farmed In a body , and with uplifted sticks courageously rushed on , aad routed tbeir _oppon-mts . The melee became gemral all over the field , parties of four or fire _tusHing together _fer the possession _« f a bludgeon . In one portion of the field we saw a person ( we are informed he was a butcher ) turn upen a young man . who apparently had thrown a stone , aad strike him with a bludgeonwith as much violence as
, possible on the side ofthe head . _Theparty struck feU down insensible , and / or _aconsideraWetiineit was feared he WBB dead . He was carried by four men te th e hospital , accompanied by a great crowd of persons , whose exclamations added to the _fea-- *" ul confusion of the scene . Before we left _Derchester , we visited the hospital and found the man whose name is William Allen , a journeyman tailor , alive ; but in a precarious state . Shortly after this we observed CoL John James Smith led down the street , wounded in the head . Several farmers were having their weunds dressed in the shop of Mr . Davis , aad when we came away the town was in a state of great agitation .
A correspondent has written to say that William Allen died the same evening . He adds that there was hardly a partisan of Protection but was severely wounded either at Dorchester , or by the villagers oh their way
home . Here let me observe that brutal as the conduct ofthe fanners appears to have . been , they ; acted no worse than the Leaguers acted towards the Chartists at Manchester , on more than one occasion , in the course of the Anti-Corn-Law agitation . Indeed , the Free Traders though as "brutal , had less excuse for their brutality . The Chartists only desired to employ the legitimate weapon of argument , in exposing the fallacies of Free Trade ; yet they were encountered by hired gangs of bludgeon men —armed ruffians employed by the * League to break the heads and limbs of men they dared not encounter on the fair field of free and open discussion . The middle class Free Traders of Manchester set an example to the middle class Protectionists of Dorset . Let me add for the
benefit of those precious patriots , who , with matchless assurance , lay all the blame of Chartist suffering to the acconnt of the Chartists themselves—thus acquitting the government , the aristocracy , the middle class , and the Press-gang , of all blame—that , however short their memories may he , thousands of the democrats of London , have not yet forgotten the special array of " respectable'' and aristocratical bludgeon men on the " 10 th of April . " Next to the fact of William Allen ' s
violent death , the fact ihat he was killed in a mere faction fight , in-which he had no interest , is most to be regretted . What interest had he , an operative tailor , in a combat between the partisans of a landed aristocracy on the one hand , and a moneyed aristocracy on the other ? If , indeed , he had fallen in a contest of his own order against both sets of plunderers , —if he had yielded up his life in a conflict for the rights of himself and his "brother proletarians—although his premature and violent death would have been lamented by his kindred , and his class—their regrets would have been accompanied by the consolatory reflection , that he had fallen in a righteous and glorious struggle , and had joined
the army of martyrs , who in this and other lands , have died in defence of justice and the rights oi man . I implore the men of Dorsetshire ( I know that these words will he read hy , at least , some of the working men of that county ) not to allow themselves to he made the tools of cither l andlords , br moneylords , farmers , or shopkeepers . Let those privileged factions fight their own battles , and shonld they , like the celebrated Kilkenny cats , destroy each other from the head to the tail , it will he a happy riddance for humanity . Let the " few" and true men in Dorchester , Blandford , and other towns , take the initiative . Let them send for cards of the 2 _* ational Charter Association , if only to the extent of half a dozen copies . Let them
make a beginning . Let them form a staff . Let them prepare the way for an energetic propaganda of Chartist principles ; and , assuredly , if the Provisional Committee can but command the means , they will not be long left to struggle in the good cause without help from head quarters _. Brother Proletarians , " the harvest is plentiful , " while , unhappily , the " labourers are few . " But , with your support , the Provisional Committee will soon find the libourers to gather together the rich crop of democratic moral power , the seeds of which were long since sown by the hands of Oppression . Brother Proletarians , —With heartfelt sorrow I direct your attention to the statement in another column , concerning the ill-health of our eloquent , energetic , and beloved friend , Erxest Joxes . I
have information which leads me to the belief that , notwithstanding that Mr . Jones is reported to be " considerably better , " he is , in reality , suffering under serious ill-health ; and I know that his family view with alarm symptoms which , to say the least , predict a broken constitution . If immediately liberated , that result of his sufferings in yonr cause may be averted . If not—if kept in prison for the full term of Iris sentence—I fear that the most _gloomy forebodings of his friends will be realised . I trust—and I think I may venture to predictchat energetic steps will be immediately taken , towards obtaining , if possible , the immediate liberation of our persecuted advocate , and all other sufferers yet remaining in prison for " political offences . "
Another painful subject demands a few words—I allude to the unhappy position of the family of Dr . M'Douall . In the Star of the 16 th of February , was published , a letter from the Liverpool Committee , which contained the appalling statement , that the family of Dr . M'Douall were in a state of " actual starvation . " That statement has had the effect of bringing in a few shillings for the family's assistance . But , surely something more might be done . The comparative " prosperity" pervading the manufacturing districts , should enable the Chartists of Lancashire , Cheshire , _< tc , to secure the family of Dr . M'Douall from the unhappy
position indicated in the letter above alluded to . Though exceedingly averse to dwell on subjects which must ho distressing to the feelings of the parties concerned , I think it necessary to print a few words from a letter recently received from Mrs . M'Douall : " My affairs are come to a most distressing crisis , and unless something is done very speedily , Dr . M'Douail ' s family must know the want of the mere necessaries of life . Every other privation they have already experienced . This is a confession that no amount of personal suffering could wring from me , but when I consider my children my courage fails . "
Some time ago I received from a friend of Dr . M'Douall ' s a statement , that tbe Doctor laid claim to a sum of £ 70 due to him by the people of the Ashton district , for salary and travelling expenses , whilst representing them in tbe first Convention ; and the said statement set forth that there were hundreds in Ashton who were personally aware that the claim was a just one . It was further stated , that the Chartists of _Xewcastle-upon-Tyne were indebted to Dr . M'Douall the sum of over £ 4 , for a fortnight ' s agitation in tbe service of the National Charter Association . Decliaing to publish
that statement at the timo it came into my hands , I have now made public the substance thereof , conceiving that existing circumstances command _^ s publicity . It may be time enough for the Clrartists of Ashton and "Newcastle to arrange accounts with Dr . M'Douaix after hi s liberation , but , I respectfuUy submit to them , that the voice of justice enforces the appeal of humanity to their sympathy which , I trust , will be practically exhibited in aid of Dr . _M'Doijall s famil y . If the sorrowful words I have quoted from Mrs . M'Douail ' s letter fail to move the hearts of thoso who should aid her appeals from myself or any other person cannot but be _useless
In concluding this letter , I must name a circumstance respecting our friend Caul ScH _^ _ma , which has come to my knowledge within the last few days Quitting _"ffeisbaden he proceeded to Cologne ) where he learned that the motherless infant , born nnder the afflicting circumstances narrated in my last week ' s epistle , had died the day before his arrival , fie had scarcely set foot in Cologne , when the police of the hypocritical and brutal King of Prussia commanded his departure , and he was forced to leave that city without being permitted the sad consolation of taking even one look at the crave ofthe mother of bis children ! 8 L'AMI VV PEUPLE . Feb . 23 _, _1850 .
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, Equality—JJbe rty _^ Fratirnity . " ,,. - Bbmhbbn _. of , thb _HuijAN _Race . r- "We conceive this , to _^ be a worthy ' occasion to address , to you afew words of consolation , _encouragement , and fraternal sympathy- _^ _au occasion when , in common with the democrats of all lands , we are renewing our alleg iance to the prinoiples consecrated by the glorious and ever memorable 24 th ofFebruary .,. On that day commenced tho great European revolution destined to terminate in the annihilation of
caste-rule and class-slavery ; destined to bring tb an end for evermore , the despotism of the few and and the degradation of the many ; destined to extinguish oppression and misery , to emancipate labour , establish the reign of justice , and inaugurate the fraternity of nations—the brotherhood of all mankind , without distinction of clime , colour , speech , or creed . Knaves may affect to believe and fools cheat _thomsolves into the belief that the revolution is finished ; lying journalists may proclaim that " Order reigns in Europe ; " the Ordermonqers may exult that the rule ofthe sabre has superseded that of the popular voice ; but we tell them that —
Body-ldllinj-tyrants cannot kill The public soul . The privileged assassins murdered Robert Blum , but ( as the martyr himself predicted ) from every drop of his Wood a defender of liberty has arisen . They flogged women , and , lo ! universal humanity invokes the destruction of their brutal sway . They gave cities to the flames , and , behold they have kindled a volcano , which , in its overflow , will sweep them away—in its eruption will consume them . The revolution is nofc finished Because the people have been defrauded of the legitimate fruits of their struggles and sacrifices in 1848-9 . The revolution is not finished , because the progress of popular intelligence assures the ultimate , universal ,
omnipotent determination ofthe people to have , to hold , and enjoy all their rights—politioal and social . People of France , you have been grievously deluded by intriguers , and cheated by traitors . Your martyrs , your sufferers in dungeons and in exile , attest the fury and the fear of your betrayers . But terror cannot _Btay the maroh of truth , and in Universal Suffrage you have the means of making that truth triumphant . "Hold fast' by that great right ; for by its wise exercise you may regenerate your country , and ensure the salvation of Europe . Peoples of Germany , Italy , Hungary , and Poland , we mourn the sad issue of your struggles for freedom and justice . But happier days will come . The European revolution must and will continue till every land is _pureed of tyranny , and every nation
has broken its chains . People of the British Isles , it is for you to prove to the world that while your bretheren ofothur lands are periling and suffering so muoh for liberty , you are not content to continue the victims of misgovernment , and the sufferers from unjust social arrangements . The extremes of wealth and poverty , splendour and misery , developed to a greater extent in this than any other country , cry trumpet-tongued for a mighty change , " Laws grind the poor , and rich men rule the laws . " " Riches accumulate and men decay . " Awake , then , brother proletarians , andi demand , struggle for , and win political and social justice . Peoples of all countries , we greetyou as brothers , and in the inspired words of Beranger we cry unto
you—Unite and form the lioliest alliance ! Nations join hearts and hands ! Signed on behalf of the Society , John Pettie , Chairman . James _GnissuY , Treasurer . G . Julian HARN * sr , Secretary , Edwin Gill , Sub-Secretary . London , Feb . 24 , 1850 .
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_LfETEOPOLITAJN" CHARTIST CONFERENCE . The delegates composing this body met on Wednesday evening , in the Coffee-room ofthe Institute , John-street , Tottenham-court-road . Miv John Milne in the chair . Mr . John Arnott was elected secretary to the meeting , and called over the names ofthe delegates . Correspondence was read from Loughborough and Lambeth ; and also from Mr . Stallwood , apologising for non-attendance , from ill health .
Mr . Cr . w . M . Reynolds , in the name of the conveners of the meeting , addressed the delegates , stating the reasons wh y they had been called together . He said that the- secession of six of the nine members of the Provisional Committee , had suddenly left himself and his two colleagues—Messrs . Arnott and Stallwood—in . a position of considerable embarrassment ; _"fcnd they had two alternatives to choose between . One was , to retire from their posts and abandon the undertaking : the other , to take upon _themselves all the responsibility of the condition ih wliich they were placed . '
They unhesitatingly adopted the latter course , being determined that so far as matters depended upon them , the Chartist cause should not experience the slightest check nor hindrance . But feeling that they , constituting a small section of the original Provisional Committee , could not possibly carry on tbe administration of this great movement , and that they were placed as it were in a false position , they naturally fell back upon the constituent power which had raised them to office ; and they at . once determined to summon the Conference . They were prepared to
give an account of their stewardship , and to continue to work with the same conscientious zeal as heretofore in the good cause . He ( Mr . Reynolds ) should not do more than allude to the unfortunate differences which had taken place ; and even this allusion he only made for the purpose of expressing a hope that whatever explanations might be demanded and given , ivould be vouchsafed , and likewise received in as friendly a spirit as possible . He then proceeded to state that , in his own name and that of his two colleagues—Messrs . Stallwood-and Arnott—he should ask the Conference to fill up the vacancies which had
occurred m the Provisional Committee , and award to the new combination such an extended lease of power as might be deemed necessary to enable the committee to develope a vigorous policy , and have full time for carrying the same into effect—so that when the moment should arrive for the country generally to elect its Executive , the new authority might find the country well and adequately prepared for the furtherance of the movement . In conclusion , Mi _\ Reynolds observed that at the various p laces which he had visited in the provinces , a most excellent spirit prevailed ; and it only required a proper policy to give a grand impetus to thc Chartist cause .
Mr . Davis moved , and Mr . Drake seconded : — " That the members of the Provisional Committee , who had resigned , be called on to explain why they had done so , and that they each be allowed ten minutes for that purpose . " Carried . Mr . Kydd tben rose , and stated that his reasons were , that he could not act in unison with some of his colleagues ; and , therefore , he thought it his duty to resign , but that he would use his utmost energies in the cause of Chartism . Mr . Grassby similarly explained .
Mi * . Harney stated that his reasons had appeared in the "Northern Star , " and that he did not think it necessary to enter into any other statement . He was fully prepared to exp lain and defend every action of his political life , if called upon so to do . Mr . M'Grath stated that wh y he had sent in his resignation was , that the policy he advocated was at variance with the opinions of the present members of the National Cliarter Association ; but although he had considered it his duty thus to act , he was determined to do his utmost to make the People ' s Charter the law of these realms . _ .
Mr . Dixon considered that he had acted in strict conformity with the Plan of Organisation which they had agreed to , inasmuch as that plan stated theirs was to he a purely moral and _unobstructive agitation ; but , as he had found that the contrary had been adopted , he had sent in his resignation . Mr . Clabk stated , that the reason why he had resigned was , that several little knots , calling themselves Chartists , had passed votes oLeensnie upon bim ; but that he denied * Q 2 _for right to denominate themselves _thegwe *
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portion hi 8 income in supporting the cause . . Vnl y a few weeks ago , he had visited several towns at his own expense , to advocate that cause . But , as the so-called Chartists seemed to him to have organised themselves in small bodies against him , he had felt it to be his dut y to resign , Mr . Utting then moved , and Mr . _Hobden seconded -. _«* Tliat the resignations tendered by the six members of the Executive Committee be accepted by this Conference , and their places forthwith filled up . " " _,- ' ¦ - ¦ Mr . _Bentley supported the resolution , and said that it appeared to him that the most important question was the policy that should be adopted in future ; and he warned the working classes against being sold .
_ Mr . Brown charged Mr . Clark with inconsistency ;; and said the principal reason he had in doing bo was that , at the London Tavern meeting , he had written a note to the reporter of the "Daily News , " to the effect to do him the favour of taking down what he said in vindication of the Parliamentary Reform Association . Mr . Clark rose , and denied that such was
the tenor of the note . He said it was perfectly true he had written a note to the reporter of the "Daily News ; _* ' but it was merely to say . that he would explain that point in the programme of the National Parliamentary Reform Association , which promised the emancipation of so many millions of men by means ofthe clause specif ying the claim to be rated . But he denied having written such a note as Mr . Brown had mentioned .
Mr . Brown : Then I _willproduce the note . ( Loud cheers . ) - The note was then produced , read , and ran as follows : —
THE EEf OUTER or TIIE " DAILT _KUWS . " Dear Sm , _—Jlaylaskofyou the favour to take a few nates of what I intend to say in defence of the Patfianientarj' Reform Association . T . Clabk . Mi . Davis advised Mr . Clark , in future , to abstain ) from satirising working men ; as , although they might not possess the eloquence which he did / - yet thathe ( Mr . Davis ) considered it wrong to indulge in that sarcasm whicli Mi * . Clark was too fond of adopting .
Mr . Allnutt said he rose to' speak to the resolutionil ' _* _' and deprecated the policy that had been pursued by Mr . Harney , in using violent language at the London Tavern , and expressed his entire dissent from such a course . After somo explanations from Mr . Harne y , Mr . M'Grath said , that he claimed a right to speak to the resolution , and woald allude to the policy that should be pursued . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) was fully of opinion , that the working classes could not , unassisted , gain their rights , and adduced several historical facts in support thereof ; and he also thought it very wrong to denounce those who advocated a less measure of reform .
The resolution having been put and carried unanimously , Messrs . Davis , Milne , Brown , Harney , Miles , and Grassby were elected to fill up the vacancies in the Provisional Committee . Mr . Allnutt moved , and Mr , Utxing seconded , "That the Provisional Committee hold office for three months . " Carried . Messrs . Utting and _J 3 entley were appointed to audit Mr , Clark ' s accounts .
Mr . Pearcey moved , and Mr . Clark seconded , the following resolution : —" That this Conference deprecates all factious opposition at public meetings , but at the same time advise the working classes to attend , and vindicate the right of free discussion , at all meetings called for Parliamentary Reform . " Mr . Harney moved , as an amendment , the Previous Question , * which was seconded by Mr . Grassby . ' " _*• • .-. . , _, ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ¦¦ On a division , the "Resolution was carried by 14 to 10 . ¦' _- . - . _*" . . ' : , An unanimous vote of thanks to' the chairman , for his impartial conduct in the chair , closed the proceedings .
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PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT
PUBLIC MEETING . The usual weekly meeting was held in the Institution , - John-street , Fitzroy-square , on Tuesday eveninrr last . The hall was crowded . Mr . Hobdcn was called to the chair . Mr . G . " VV . M . _Reysolds moved the first resolution , whicli wns as follows : — ' * ltesolved , thatthe farther the session developes itself , the more apparent does it become to the industrious classes that they have nothing to hope for nor expect at tlie hands of tho legislature in respect to their own just and often repeated demands for tlieir natural rights and privileges ; and this meeting , therefore , not only recognises the paramount . necessity of _i-ritatintr for the People ' s Charter , but pledges
itself to sustain that agitatien by all legal and peaceful means . " In commencing his review of tho parliamentary proceedings ofthe previous few days , Mr . Eeynolds touched upon the discussion which had taken place in the House of Lords , relative to the Orange procession at Dolly ' s Brae . Mr . _Reynolds pointed to tho fact that Lord Stanley , in giving an account of that procession , and the circumstances attending it , had emphatically pronounced it to be a legal one , although such was the dread ofit , that a troop of cavalry , and a constabulary force had been sent to escort thc procession . Lord Clarendon , the Viceroy of Ireland , in defending his own policy upon the occasion , had likewise admitted that the procession was legal .
Lord lloden , the individual principally concerned in the affair , had insisted upon the same point ; and Lords Enniskillen , "Winohelsea , and Brougham , had also declared that the procession and meeting were perfectly legal ; But how _strongly did these assertions contrast with the course adopted by the government and tho legislature , when the working men of London announced , in 1818 , their intention to hold their own peaceful and legal demonstration on Kennington Common ! ( Hear , hear . ) What was the conduct then pursued by tho aristocracy and the government ? Old acts of _pui'liamont were raked up , whereon to found a proclamation to tho effect that tho contemplated procession and meeting wero both illegal , and that it was contrary
to law for more than fifty persons to assemble for a political object . ( Hear . ) Yet , in Ireland , there was the procession , with all its members " armed to the teeth ; and because certain noble lords were mixed up in z / tat demonstration , no attemptwas made to declare it illegal . Nor was it illegal : but he ( Mr . Reynolds ) was anxious to show how there was one way of interpreting the law for the rich , and another for thc poor — how tbe aristocracy might do what it chose with impunity , and how the working classes , when fearlessly assembling to demand .. _"iheir rights and discuss their wrongs , were denounced as a riotous mob , ready for plunder and spoliation . ( Hear , hear . ) If tho working classes did not agitato , tho Prima Minister _doclm-ed
that thoy were satisfied with existing institutions , and did not want reform , * and if they did agitate , then the Attorney General was set to work , spies wero employed , and political persecution was commenced , and carried on with an atrocious viojonce . ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the dilemma in which the industrious millions wero p laced by the tyrants and oppressors who ruled them . AVhatever the people did was suroto be wrong ; whatever the government and aristocracy did , was sure to be right . The people were stones—veritable stones ; and they would remain bo unless they took their aifairs into their own hands and demanded boldly ,
despite of all persecution , those rights ana privileges which an execrable oligarohy had usurped . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then alluded to tho report given by the speaker of the House of Commons to allow Mr . O'Connor to _vindicato hiacha . racter against tbo foul , scandalous , and mendacious aspersions thrown upon it by the viporish _me- mber for _Sheffield . Mr . O'Connor had inquired vhether he could not avail himself of some for m of the houso to enter upon that vihdioatio * j' which it woulr- be so easy for himself to _gi . V ' < j , hut which it . woul 1 bo so unpalatable for _oertala partws to hear ; but the speaker replied that t uere was no-form of the houso which could ba tendered _available for
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_slK _^ rpoSr _T _*« would recollect that . some few _.-ijears-aRo ; when Lord George Bentinck made an onslaught upon the _character of Sir R . Peel—whom- he oharged with " Hunting the noble Canning to death "—th ( J very Mine _gpeaker forthwith allowed Sir Robert to avail himself of some form of the house to vindicate himself ; if ( Hear , hear . ) And not only did : Sir Robert make a three hours' speech- upon the . occasion , but a debate was raised upon the subject , and tho whole evening was taken up with the matter . - It was , therefore , evident that Mr . O'Connor was merely refused a hearing , becauso he was the staunch , uncompromising , and honest friend of that working class whom the government persecuted ,
thelegislature neglected , and the aristocracy detested . Mr . Reynolds next touched upon the government policy now pursuing towards tho Colonies , and exposed the one-sided measures adopted with a view to propitiate the Colonists . He explained , the scandaious mockery in the constitutions of Australia and the Cape _ofi - Good : Hope , and prophesied that in a fow years time England would lose all her colonies by the fact" of their assertion of independence . He then directed attention to Mr . Hawes's answer respecting the cruelties and atrocities perpetrated in certain emigrant ships ; and he warned the people not to be deluded hy the monstrous humbug of that grand emigration scheme , got up by Sidney Herbert and other aristocrats .
Mr . Reynolds implored the industrious classes generally to put' no faith" in anything which thc aristocracy undertook orpropossed in their behalf ; the philanthropy of that aristocracy was a mere sham and deception , to cloak the most infamous intentions ; the present idea now , was to adopt in England the _•« clearance system , " so _ntrocioufl ' y applied to Ireland ; and the first test of the experiment was to be applied to the uhiortunate needlewomen of London . The aristocracy wanted to depopulate this country , to such an extent that only just so many workers and toilers should be
left , as wero sufficient to supply the indolent rich with the luxuries of life ; and thus the surplus population was to be got rid of by emigration ! But every man who was a husband , a father , or a brother , should warn the poor toiling women of the metropolis , and elsewhere , notto be deluded by the tremendous humbug of the Sidney . Herbert Eroject ,, for the emigrant _* ships were ' nests of dcauchcry , cruelty , and misery ; and when the poor female emigrants arrived in Australia , they would find to their cost how lamentably , and how ihiquitously they had been deceived . Mr . Reynolds resumed his seat amidst loud cheering .
Julian Hahney seconded tlie resolution , in a sneech of considerable length , which elicited , much _cheering , ' Mr . _Veiison said , after the impressive and eloquent'speeches made by his friends , the mover and seconder of tho resolution , there was little left for him to say on tho subject . He read in the resolution that , " the further the session progresses , tho more opposed it is to the people . That nothing can be hoped from the legislature . " Now , presuming this to be the truth , aha the speech of Mr . Reynolds and of Mr . J . Harney , in support of the proposition , with the plaudits with which they had responded to their remarks , justified him in assuming that the meeting at least believed this true . He would ask what is the use of paying any attention to the doings of a set of men , when they were sure no good can come of them ? The fact is , that the people nmst look to themselves and notto others—what an
individual , ora people suffers , is the result of something which they themselves have done , either by design or in ignorance—or of something which they ought to bave done , but have omitted for one other of the same causes ; let every one present assure himself of this fact , and coase to complain of others —let them immediately begin to reform _thomselves . He had suffered a long and wearisome imprisonment , for open and advised speaking ; but oven at the risk of what would be a atill greater punishment , the loss of the confidence of his brother democrats , he would say what he believed to be the truth . He had no objection to a meeting on Tuesday night , to examine into the conduct of the House of Commons ; but he should like one on a "Wednesday , to examine into the conduct' of the
Chartists . Their friends who had spoken had told them what the members of the legislature had been doing during the past wook . Now , he would ask , what had tliey been doing for themselves ? . -He verily believed , nothing , and they were looked upon as nothing . The only , business of their representatives is , todisputo and quarrel who should have tho greatest share of the spoil . The fault was not in those who tyrannise over the nation , but in the people who permitthemtodo so . The masses— -there were thousands of glorious exceptions—were divided by their own selfishness—families could not live in harmony—each couple would have their own little , although miserable home—thoy thought of nothing but themselves—they only wished a change for their
own benefit . France , and the continent of Europe , had been alluded to . Tliey wore trained differently there . Two or three generations—fathers , grandfathers , children and grand-children—all living under one roof—merging self , to a great degree , in the desire to make others happy . A nation is only a large family . A people so trained were , at any time , prepared to make personal sacrifices for a general good . A Frenchman holds his life , even , only in trust ior his country and bis principles . In England , the want of faith in a principle , and their division was the enemy ' s strength . He liked to seo the co-operative principle spreading ; it
would bring men together , _rnake them know . pn . o another , and so prepare them for a greater move in advance . Tlie people must learn to act with energy and unity . When men are prepared to act thus , will the disgraceful epithet , now so commonly applicd ' to tho most useful members of the community , of tho lower orders , be wiped away —then , and not till then , will the people attain their just position—that of , _Sovereign in all lands ( Cheers . ) ¦ Mr . J . _BnoNTEiuiE O'BniEN delivered a lengthy , satirical , and powerful speech , which excited great applause . The resolution was then . put and agreed-to . unanimously . The meeting then separated . ¦
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Siocitront.—A South Lancashire Delegate ...
_SiocitronT . —A South Lancashire delegate meeting wa 3 held in this locality , on Sunday last . The meeting was not numerously attended—but the rig ht sort of materials seemed to have been selected , tore-organise the Chartists of this division of Lancashire . Mr . Thomas Storak , was appointed chairman ; Mr . William Benfold , secretary ; Stockport was represented by Mr . James Williams and Mr . William Benfold ; Staleybridge , by Mr .. Samuel Cooper : Manchester , by Mr . John Jackson and Mr . William Schoficld ; Ashton , by Mr . Thomas Storak . Letters were put in and read by tlio Secretary from Rochdale and other places , expressing their approval of thc objects of tho meeting , and bearing upon the formation of a local lecturer's
plan . The delegates having'entercd into a lengthy consideration ot tho rules of tho new Association , Mr . James Williams moved the following resolution , which was unanimously agreed to , viz : — " That the eight rulo be expunged , and the following substituted : —* All person ' s ' acquiosing in the objects of the Association , shall be eligible to becomp members by taking out cards of membership , for which they shall pay threepence , and shall also pay one penny per week , as contribution to tho funds ef tbe Association ; one-fourth of tho same to be sent to the Executive , monthly . Cards of membership to be issued annually . ' " It was also agreed "that the word ¦ General' be substituted in the fifth rule for the word ' local '" The local rules wore then
brought under the notice of the delegates . In reference to which the delegates unanimously rejected tho rule which requires the names ef the agents to be sent for the " approval of the Executive ,- also that the second rule be made to read ' three months in lieu of six months . '" It was also agreed " that each delegate must use every endeavour in his respective locality , to raise funds for the relief of Dr' M'Douall and family , to defray the legal expenses of Mr . O'Connor , and other liabilities . Tho following resolution was also agrcod to : —" That in the opinion of this meeting , it is highly necessary for the several surrounding localities of Chartism of this district , to express themselves as to whether tho Executive Committee should or should not bo
members of any other political association . " The local lecturer ' s plan will be drawn up al the next delegate meeting ; meantime , all localities are urgently requested to send delegates to tho same , which will be held in _Staleybi-idg _^ back of tho Masons' Arms . High-Street , Mav & h . 10 . AU localities are requested to . send in th & names of persons competent and _willicg to serve on tho samo , and how often thoy wish to receive- a lecture . After the thanks of the * B _« eting had . _bsen voted to Messrs . Sterak and Benfold , foi- their efficient conduct as officers , the meeting separated . Rochdale . —Mr . D . " Donovan , of Manchester , delivered tho first of a course of lectures on the Organisation of Laboiii * - , in the Chartist Association Room , Rochdale . lir . Donovan entered fully into
tho preseat state -of the working classes of the United Kingdom , showing how thepoople of Ireland were buried without coffins , to the great disgrace of a civilised country ; how the streets of Xondon were disgraced by the seduotion of the fair sex , and concluded by pointing out our _sevoral social evils . Mr . Donovan was warmly applauded during tbe delivery , of his lecture , which gave general satiaao _* tion . After the lecture , tho following _reiolution was agreed to '—proposed by "Mr . Wood , and . so * condef by Mr . Bake , -. That we , the Chartists of Rochdale , agree to do aU in our power to _prevent the maxim of "ruin him _^ . e _*??? s _^ . ¦ X " being carried into affect , » nd _^ t . _7 _*? . _**™ _SSS commence a subscription m _^ der _^ o _Mrsy m expenses incurred . liy th . _« 4 t _^&&^ _t _f _bttkr to ( show to t _& _W'W that W _« W _W ; W . ««*»
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_and-will not allow them _to'tfa ' _mple the _Champion " of Liberty beneath . their _feetf'f . ' _-H " _"ftS _<• _NEWCASTLB-uybN-TTitt . —At a meeting of members on Sunday _eToning last , in ; their : room ,. Cocky inn , Head ofthe Side , after , _readingjheieporfc of the trial pf' O'Connor ; _Avenue _, _BriadBhaw , j _*» iid _, ' tbe strange , decision of " the , jury . find ; been _^ commented _? t P _™?» , the following resolution , was adopted : — ., AJh * t a subscri ption be entered iii to to . ' assist * in aefraymg the expenses of Mr , O'Connor . " , ; It was _PnoL Camed " - _* - " Tlia t _Paries te empowered , to St ? " ? ! _h the event of Mr . Harney coiiv _™™ _K _*^ _» ?»«» tte . " The following _jpersons ter fio ln 0 _mina * ed aa council / or the next quar _* . _u- _;""?! S" * _'" * , Thomas _ifehton . J . _M'Far- , ' t 0 T r
_treasurer' ? _l _^ k- * i : Br 0 WI , v . _M"t » n _J _* _* * _-e , S _eSi _^ _SeS _?^ ' No . _^ . _Gibson-street _, _oft-rnH _!^ nf _- 4 _»^ _% o / ihe _member city waf S S _^ _4 °° iatidn residing in this BaL' _^ IIafl _kTi _* , Bda / , _^ _ning-lMtv In Mrs . mm s mil , . Caledonian Hotel . Mr . Lyon in the chair ; a committeo and office bearers Se elected M local agents for the National _AsStion for three months : several parties were enrolled mem . bers . Mr . John Garden then moved the followinir resolution :- _" That we , the Aberdeen members of the National Charter _Associafiion _, while riot binding ourselves to all Mr . Julian Harney ' s sentiments , feel it to be our duty to express , our satisfaction with the manly and independent conduct of that
gentleman , both in his connexion * with the National Charter , Association , and in his bold and unflinching advocacy ofthe cause of demoorasy in the ' Nortiiern Star ; and we do earnestly hope tJiat he will still continue his valuable labours in connexion , with the association , until veritable rcforan , political and social , has achieved a glorious trhimDh . " This was seconded by Mr . William lindsay , " and unanimously agreed to . The meeting thon _' adjourned . Pltmoutii . —At a meeting of Land members , and those few others who have hitherto supported the Chartist cause in this town—R . Hellings in the chair—it was unanimously resolved : — " That we accept ofthe resignation of Messrs . Clark , Doyle , Dixon and M'Grath " , and call on them to resign their office as Land Directors also , as wa have no further confidence in them . We also would remind
Mr . Clark , m answer to his sneer at the Birmingham _, men about the few , that it is the _/««/ . who have hitherto supported Chartism in every town , and we do not think that gentleman will get the support of the man y by his present conduct . —It was also resolved : — " That we enter into a collection in aid of Mr . O'Connor ' s Law Expenses , and tender that gentleman our sympathv , and assurance of unabated _, confidence . "—Thirteen shillings was collected with promises of more . South Shields . —A public meeting was held in tho Town Ball , South Shields , to petition parliament for the' repeal of the taxes on paper , on advertisements , and the stamp on newspapers . Tho meeting was addrossed by Mr . Dickinson , in a speech full of argument and eloquence , arid by Mr . _Itobinson and other speakers . ' ' '
EniNBURoii . —The committee for raising a fund for the benefit of the widows of the late Williams and Sharp , having succeeded in collecting the greater part of the arrears for tickets of thc concert held here on the 8 th of October , bog to state that thoy have experienced considerable difficulty and delay , occasioned by a defaulter , and who still owes . 13 s . Cd . to tbo fund . The'committee havo como to the resolution to send the sum in hand , £ 3 3 s . 2 d ., and when the balance is recovered that also will be sent . £ o have been
previously sent and acknowledged . ¦ _ BBi 5 TOL ; 4-On Sunday evening last a large and spirited meeting was held ; when great regret was manifested at the disappointment' of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit . A-resolution was carried that each member should pay one shilling to the Honesty Fund , but that those unable to do go should subscribe according tb their circumstances Friends from Martock , Somerset , ( forty miles , ) visited Bristol on Monday , to see and hear Mr . O'Connor .
Derby . —At a meeting of Chartists- and Land members , held on Sunday evening , Feb . 24 th , at Mr . Belfield ' g , Temperance Hotel , Green-street , the following address , proposed by Mr . W . Short , allottee at Snig ' s End , and seconded by Mr . W . Chandler , allottee at Minster Lovel , was unanimously adopted : — " TO _PEAnOUS O ' COXXOR , _ESQ 4 M . P . _"Deaii Sir , —We , the Chartists and land members of Derby , in meeting assembled , bog to assure you , that , having watched from beginning to end " The Great Libel Case , " ( as the never-so-wise proprietor of the Nottingham Journal- has been pleased to christen" it , ) we are—to a man—more deeply rooted , and grounded in the conviction we have so long
entertained of your " Honesty , Philanthropy , and Integrity . " So minutely investigated ha 3 your character been , on two different _occasions , that vre believe the issue of thoso scrutinies will not only gain for you a-legion of additional vkiends , but give an extra impetus to those- heaven-born political and social principles which- you have for the last eight and twenty vears so disinterestedly and nobly advocated . We regret that the trial , in spite of the glaring evidence put forth in support of the prosecution , should have terminated in favour ofthe _all-jjompous defendant . How stupid and inconsistent the verdict ! What a magnificent specimen of the march of intellect , in this , tho nineteenth century of boasted civilisation and free institutions ! Oh
sacred _poviers of discrimination and judgment , how are you robbed ' of your -utility ? " If this , indeed , be a sample of tho wisdom ofthe middle classes , the sooner they are disqualified "to sit on juries tho better . But , pshaw , it was ant their iack of ability to return a conscientious verdict ; the question at issue was so plain and simple , that the-way-faring man , tho * a fool , need not have erred therein ; -it was prejudice to the gentleman , _whoso character was at stake , that blinded their eyes to every sense of . justice . Well may the working classes of this coiintry evince a moral loathing to trust them . Had it have been a certain Anti-Corn-Law-Agitator ; who once received £ S 0 , 000 for his services , instead of Mr . O'Connor ,
who . to the knowledge of many , has _spent-a fortune in the cause of the People , the verdict would , no doubt , have been vice versa ; so much for the middlcolass ascendancy . But , dear sir , the time is not far distant / we hope , when the tables will be turned ; when honest Right shall exult over Might , and justice , in triumphant majesty , proclaim the consummation of oppression ; . Coulson , who appeared against you on the trial , receives from thi 3 meeting an _everJasting'disapproral of his perfidious conduct . Deeply , dear sir , do we deplore that one of our own townsmen should have had no more love for his character . than to become , one . of the partisans of Bradshaw . ' -, The statement he made in the Exchequer Court , as to his weekly income , was a fabrication of the most palpable dye , tho confirmation of which , one . of our members , on whose
honest testimony you may rely , will fully establish iii a letter , which he intends penning in a day or two to you . In conclusion , dear sir , we beg to tender you our united commiseration ; each and all of us solicit the privilege of sympathising with you , in your sad career " of unmitigated persecution , and earnestly , do wo hope that tho enslaved myriads , for whoso redemption your bowels of compassion yearn , will , by one spontaneous effort , fly to avert the desire of your enemies— " ruin him tvith expenses . " Tho little band of the _gbateful hearts of Derby are already in the field , and we feel a happy confidence within us , that our humble subscriptions will not sully the columns of that paper of which you , dear sir , are tho too liberal proprietor . ¦ ' * Signed , on behalf of tho _J-isociatioii , " W . Lewis _Fajbe , Cor . Sec . "
SouTn London Chartist Hals .. — At a meeting hold on Sunday , February 24 th ,, a resolution was carried unanimously : — " That we , the members of this localitv , have full _confidence in Messrs . Clark , Dixon , and M'Grath , and the-, policy of these gentlemen , believing they have- acted in accordance with the laws ofthe late Conference in the-support they have given by thoir speeches at public meetings . Also that we , the members of the-aforosaid locality , do not acknowledge Messrs . MHts , Pattison , and Collins , as oui * delegates ta- tho Conference , to' take place on _Wednesday eveninr _* -, February 27 th . "' This , resolution was carried unanimously , only two . nicmfecrs ofi the locality boinrr absent .
. _Fixssuny . —Tbe members met at Miv Blake ' s on Sunday evening last . Mr . Henry wa , s in thc chair . The following _vcsslatiop . was _ca-smd unanimously . Moved by Mr . R __ Jones , _secondsd by Mr . W . Pool , " That in the _oginion of thc _nysmhers-of the Finsbury Chartist tooality , thc practice of denouncing tho middlo _olaascs from tho _uublic plntforni is onl . dilated to d * tet > those who , possess the _branch-so from using ( that franchise foil tbo benefit of the working classes , they believing , from , such denunciation ? , tiat they are _opsosedto the jnteresbof the middle classes . Wc furti _^ r recommend _tllC-WOrking classes to . stand by tho Charter , as the boat means of _securisg their _intcjest , " - The _resolutions supported by Messrs . Blake , Nobbs , Alford ; _Fuzzin , and AUmitt . The sum of six shillings was collected for the O'Connor Indemnity Fund , as . _taeir first instalment , and the meeeting adjourned until Sunday evening , Maroh 3 rd ,
The City Of Cantenbury.—We Are Informed ...
The City of CANTEnBURY . —We are informed that a deputation , consisting of the leading liberal electors of Canterbury , have -waited upon Ms , E . James , the eminent barrister , who goes the home circuit , requesting bim to offer himself as acandi date in the room ; of Lord A . Denison , * ffbo has ac ccpted the _Chiltern Hundreds , —C " ot « , Kiddbbmihstbr _EutowoN . —The committee w " _nmrit-e into this election will hats tvfo oases bribery brought before them * and _Joatead of _suriMl being attached to the petition , a _aum of _mmvrW defray the _* xp _« iiea of the _feouAr _** * baa bwft _io . age < l in tiw Bank _uTKiiilaiid , , . ¦ .
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