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    • "Thoscwhowfflnot take apart ferth» attainment ot their politJealr%ht< when the tradeof the ^ country is good, shall potbeconaderedas Chartists when the trade is bad. *
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      "Thoscwhowfflnot Take Apart Ferth» Attainment Ot Their Politjealr%Ht≪ When The Tradeof The ^ Country Is Good, Shall Potbeconaderedas Chartists When The Trade Is Bad. *

      _"Thoscwhowfflnot take apart ferth » attainment ot their _politJealr % ht < when the tradeof the _^ country is good , shall _potbeconaderedas Chartists when the trade is bad . *

      .: ««Un Fte, Unite,Je (Aarfetshkrro, '. ...

      .: _«« Un fte , unite , je ( _aarfetshKrro , ' . V Let the 'Land' jourwatchwoi-dbe ; 1 " ' _Scont , ob I scout , the servile slave , Tliat crone 3 . _esnien hemaybefree . - -- Uplike heroes attlie despots , lick nomore the _grant ' s hand ; Xeave Tonrpauper workhouse mess pots , And livelike freemen on your land . Then free trade will he a blessing , "Whenman cariwork , andeat , andplay ; "When snepherdsccase to live hy fleecing , _Theneachflockits own vrall pay . " .- _^

      3 * 0 THE "WOEKINGI CLASSES . Mr _GfflJLMiEiJy _^ _S _,.- ¦; . _^ Tou see that no ingratitude can sever our connexion . ' Again , at tiie _^ graning _^ the -vear 1850 _> I call you my children , because however the folly , the ignorance ; or selfishness of _sdmemky _have _& temptea to sever- our _annexion ; I toast that I haye _^ created such a _„ n _? ftr . m will break . do _^ M _> p _^ sition to _, _aa

      _iioin _¥ prbgres _£ _* V _^ 4 _^ x 77 7 _^ _^ , - _-THi _* ' _&?^* _VWM _$ _' _& m _^? \ " * My children ; l wish youa _^ _appy _, new __ year ; and I pledge myself Jiqtr _^ -in _ffieWenty ; _aghth -vear of my semtude _^ _tousejmy every " exertion toininreit . I _adoplrthe n _^»^ t _" theiie _0 _j _ibiiletter _fromthetinS _address of : iny ' _Keigliley Mends _l _^ _taye _^ ot _^ ipdty _^ _ato _ike-oTea _^ _detrtoe i _^ _™ i ic _^ which _^ dnc _^ _ft _^^ * _.- -.. _^— . .. ' . i , --l . _H _.-I « H , ' . 'n « rt JlnMl . M .. _-AnJ _^ . _MW , '

      tented ; " while the same m _^ i when dismissed irom his employment , - was ; _thei ; first " to shout ; . " How -ire are ready , lead us on to death or glory . " Is not such a policy very much' like that of the architect who : would undertake _( to build a .-lipuse _^ _vittout . materi « JsJand-is t there _another-iDB 6 anw _- _^ _TU | _Km- ? _tecoid _^^ - _« iry r ar chitect adhering firmly to "his plan for twenty-eight . yearsj although the materials have not heen supplied ? -

      Alv children , a great many architects are _aow attemptingto joggle you with the hope of erecting a sound and stable edifice for your eider , -while I tell you , that their object is to make vou furnish the materials to erect their own mansion ; but if I stood alone , I would least the design . Every newspaper is novr commenting upon the past year , and anticipating the great good that is to arise in the present . "We are told © f the _quantity of , gold and silver that has arrived in Southampton , and other ports ; we are assured , that the revolutions which

      paralysed trade and commerce . for the two past Tears , have passed away , and that we are to anticipate a glorious 1850 . Have you benefitted by the influx of gold and silver ? and , however revolutions abroad may be suppressed —in many instances hy the treachery of those who created them , and in some by the treason of those who promised to carry out the objects which they were created to attain—have you heen benefitted by any one of these

      revolutions ? _-3 fo , not one ; but yon will be benefitted bv tiie revolution of mind against , brute forceof knowledge against bigotry and intolerance —and of justice against injustice : and that is the revolution that those -who have heretofore lived upon your dependence , dread . They are now seeking to marshal you as the army to fight the hull-frog Protectionists , while they would unite to a man with those eull-tbogs , if the union was necessary to produce your serfdom ;

      My children , I tell y ou now , forthe onethousandth time , that the employed and the employer never can unite so long as machinery remains unadjusted . * As -weU mav the lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the cat , or the lark with the kite . ' And , much reviled as my plan has been—by which J hoped to see my family made a truly happy family—and opposed as it has been by the Press , the Government , and your taskmasters—I will never cease my agitation for the app lication of the land to its legitimate j . purposes , until I see every man , displaced by _i-artificial labour , located upon the land " of his

      , birth . " In little more than three weeks , the showi "box opens again . I will support , the Parliar _inentary Beformers _, because I have _confidence \ - _^ feU confidence— -in the leaders of thatparty _* il will support them to > extinguish the charge % -of p opular roil y thatmay beitixged _^' a . reason f" _1 br-that party assuming a hostilepdsition ; but i I wSl propose THE "WHOIiE CHARTER , f "NAME AM ) Alt , and the REPEAL OF ITHE UNION . And although neither , yon * mor I can command thev ear of the Press , yet i ] _£ will make yonr voice be heard where it must i he trumpeted to the world .

      Ton never witnessed— -nor did England ever "witness—such a ferocious parliament as that -which 13 about to assemble . All will spoutdeniocratic principles , in order to catch the democratic mind , hut , with your assistance , I -will take care that it shall not end in mere . sound . Thecahinet is to he re-constructed—Russell _Tjeino- anxious to secure the balance of power against the Gkey party , while yon may rel y _UBon it that Peel and his expectant toadies

      -will be on the look-out Row , let me implore ¦ of yon not for one moment to imagine , that any minister acts npon any other principle than that of selfishness , vanity , or ambition ; . and let me assure you , that either Peel , Russell , or Staxley would adopt every point of the People's Charter to-morrow , if they were certain that its adoption would preserve their power ; and their only doubt is based on your disunion , and the controlling power of those , _Tvho have command of machinery .

      My children , no man has sympathised more than I have with the people iu the several _continental countries who have attempted to establish their just rights by revolution ; but no nan has grieved more , that their tyrants had Icept them in that hopeless state of ignorance which compelled them to substitute physical - £ , r moral power . The triumph of moral power aiever can be extinguished while the triumph of physical force ever ends in the increased persecution of those who have achieved it

      _Uow , yon require no such instrument to j achieve your rig hts ; you are armed with more i _^ practical "kn owledge than the people of any ' other country in tile world , and you who fail to develope thatlmowledgeeflectually , and not " the Government or Ihe system that tolerates its spread , are to blame for its misapplication . , "When men spout fury , ask them if they have ; got a musket ? and are ready to take the lead . in the conflict ? and , then , as my Keighley " friends have told yon , you will understand the . difference between mock and real Chartists .

      There is nothing on earth more easy to the Speaker , or more cheering to his audience , than ihe assurance of devotion or self-sacrifice if necessary ; hut I have ever found that the greatest talkers are the most backward performers . My children , you see that Mr . Johk _O'Cojrsell has surrendered his seat in Parliament , and that two _^ Protectionists are in the field to contest the honour of

      representing the city of the "Violated Treaty . " He abandons his parliamentary < hity in the hope of trafficking in his profession , whereas I wholly abandoned that profession , when it was highly lucrative , to serve your order by changing the laws under which you suffer : and now I shall tender my unpaid professional service to any . sterling candidate who will oppose the Protectionist competitors ; and I tell you more , that I will carry him , too , in spite of all opposition .

      My children , 1 am rejoiced to find that the programme adopted by the metropolitan Conference has met with your approval ; and , as I never wish to he outbid by competitors or opponents , I propose that a national Conference _shjulmeet in London at the same time that the Parliamentary Eeform Conference is to _Kuceplace . This is _neoesBary , Day indispen

      .: ««Un Fte, Unite,Je (Aarfetshkrro, '. ...

      | , pur new associates may understand that we have not abandoned our princi ples , or lost sight of the machinery by which we propose to carry them out ; and I should like to see that Conference composed of thirty English and Scotch , and fifteen Irish - members ; and I undertake to say , that the poor _^ h would'f 8 _ubscribe enough in one day to _^^•^ j _^ _ses _;^ I _' think ¦ th _# y | _upnpe _" e _^ _S _^^ _ffi _^^ _sabh _^ 'Vn _^ bbthcoim and inseparable , _^ . unite rippn _' athbro u _^' _Tan _^ _dersl _^ _dingidra ' _-Ttiiorbu _^ s _^ trepresentative ' system . ; :: C . 7 ''" : ¦ - _^ V-= / _% _^| . , _ __

      _j'M _& _fgener _^ _governments ;; _professingah _^ rai _^ pnncipl _^ s ' j _^^ e _;^ _oiimudifrun _^ that false and _iniqnitbus _^ deluH _^^ and for eyeiv ; The Ir _^' _peppietb ' eing : a wholly . agricultural race ; - u _^ dersi _^ d _^ tiie value of land better ; than you . do ; and . that : they are not _vwhollpi j _^ pran _^ _£ atife _£ fcnn _% e fe _^ _thl _^ _alffii _^ m _' _aVstate of ab ject wantand starvation , they cannot be enlisted in the ranks of the BULL FROG Protectionists . Does not this fact- show you , that they are prepared to suffer existing trying grievances , in the hope of destroying the hellish feudal system under which they have led a lingering life of torture ?

      Cobbext has told you that a good thing cannot be repeated too often , and I have often told you that "the folly of to-day is the wisdom ofthe morrow ; '' and in proof thereof , let me tell yon that in 1822 I printed a pamphlet in Ireland , showing the then state of the country " , and describing five grievances which should he remedied . Three thousand-copies were printed : the High Sheriff of the city of Cork seized them all . In that . pamphlet I

      complained of the Grand Jury system—of the Tithes being taken in kind—ofthe system of single magistrates sitting in their parlours and administering justice—of the Middleman system—and of the then Constable system . "Well , I was obliged to fly my country ; the pamphlet was submitted to high legal authority ; and as truth was treason in those days , he gave it as his opinion that the matter was treasonable . But mark the truth - of the

      maxim , that " the folly of to-day may be the wisdom of the morrow , " when I tell you that within a very few years Parliament abolished every single grievance of which I complained ; that is , substituted other laws in the place of the existing ones : while , if tried , I would have been condemned as a Traitor for having exposed the injustice . My children , let me now predict coming events . Again I tell you—as I told Parliament

      in 1848—take away tithes to-morrow , and the parsons' loyalty would follow it the next day ; reduce the landlord ' s price of land , an d his loyalty would go" after it . I was mocked at for my definition of loyalty , when I stated that I cared not whether the Pope , the Devil , or . the Pjreiender was upon the throne , provided the power behind the throne was greater than the throne itself ; and now mark my prophecy in the beginning of 1850 .

      The Protectionists are mad . Lord John Russell is trembling ; and the Money-lords . are _ squeaking _, though hopeful : and all _understanding—though not ceding to or obeying —popular knowledge and popular power , will bid for ii , in the hope of basing their strength upon popular confidence and support . And at a general election each -party-will . -have its -f ? ' ' CRY ; " but from no TEAR will the veritable labourer derive the slightest benefit or consolation . The Catholics have been juggled by _EMANCIPATION . The Nation has been juggled by REFORM , and the Working Men have been juggled by FREE TRADE . This was _^ a Trinity in Unity from which you derived no benefit ; the next will be a disjointed Trinity , from which you may extract perfect Unity , ' by being firm , resolute , and

      determined . My children , again wishing you " a happy _UewTear , _'' and assuring you that I would rather crack stones on the road side , in this shivering season , than abandon your cause , or surrender _oxe bristle of the animal ; and assuring you that I will discharge my Parliamentary duties as zealously as any member in the House , and trusting that you will be prepared for the coming struggle , I remain , Tour sincere and affectionate Father , 3 _? _RATIGUS O'Co _^ _TNOE .

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      Sharman Crawford On Protection. " Every ...

      SHARMAN CRAWFORD ON PROTECTION . " Every dog will bave his day , " and now for . _SHAioiAn ' s . We have stated , over and over again , the fact , that there is not such a landlord in Ireland as _Shamlut Ceawfoed , while , to his glory be it remembered , that he is not afraid to trust his property to the keeping of the Chartist system , having seconded

      Mr . 0 "Co > _'XOR ' s motion forthe Charter , last session . There is not a Member in the House who has so trul y and understandably denned the inevitable result of Free Trade , if the change was not met by the timely and prudent —nay legitimate _^—concessions of thelandlord ; but his sound theory has been mocked by the BULL FROGS , who , unlike him , were not prepared to meet the change in an "honest , reasonable , and straightforward manner .

      Shakma 3 _T Ckawfobd—as we have before stated—never oppresses his tenants , and , therefore , stands in no dread of their vengeance ; aud now we invite the reader ' s strict attention to the following extract from his able review of the position of landlord and tenant : — It has always been my opinion thatthe estimate of rent should be based upon a consideration of tbe productive poirers ofthe soil , according to its qualities , appropriating to the landlord , ior the use of tbe land , an annual amount , equivalent to his fair proportion of the produce created , after allowing the tenant his fair proportion ofthe products , for management , for labour , and capital employed in the

      culture and improvement of the soil , and for all other charges which he might be liable to pay ; and that , at every new settlement of rent , whether of rise or fall , these principles should be uniformly carried out These are the views which it bas been my object to adhere to on all occasions in which I have been called on to estimate rent . But , however justly a landlord ' s proportion may be _arranged " at any particular period , by the tenant being made liable to pay a certain annual sum in money , as representing a certain proportion of produce , that proportion , so arranged iu money , may cease to represent a just proportion of produce , and may become entirely the reverse ofa just proportion , by a change in the markets . Therefore , it is Hij- opinion that every letting of land , in any form ,

      whether for a longer or shorter term , should he subject to a re-aojastment of rent—according to the variations ofthe prices of produce—either annually , or from time to time , as may be agreed upon ; and this becomes tlie more manifestly necessary , on the plainest principles of justice , when laws are repealed whieh were passed by the _legislature for the purpose of raising prices , and for tiie ulterior purpose of Ui-Jiolding rents . These laws were , in my judgment most justly repealed ; but when , by the consequences of that repeal , the tenantry class were left to unlimited competition with the industry of the world—as they most justlv should be—they are entitled to be assured that they

      should not be swamped in the exercise of their industry bv pavment , in the form of rent , of an excessive proportion of their products . At the same time , itis my belief that the present low prices arise froin a pqciijis * combination of circumstances , which , by their _uniteU operation , have pulled down prices in the present yeajr , but whieh may not continue to operate in future years .. The views I have expressed in the foregoing _observations , 1 am desirous to carry out practically with my _tenants ; and , for this purpose , I bave inquired into tne , rents charged on the di _£ fercnt parts of mj property , on land outof lease" The rents ou 3 ome of these nave been charged according to valuation

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      by myself ; in others ,: according to a valuation by a professional valuator ., The former were estimated at a low scale Of prices , and would not generally require much change : but the latter appear to me to have been valued at a higher range of prices than I consider suitable to tlie prices now obtainable _forajrriculturnl produce . _ I have observed = with regret , that an agitation is now being excited from certain influential quarters , the object of which is to iuduce the tenantry of this country to believe that tlie pressure wliich they now feel arises solely from the repeal of tlie protective duties , and that no remedy can ' be found unless by a return of that system a . and this in _tbe-fece of the indisputable fact : that inth © years 1835 ' aha 18 _"« . pnces 6 f _^ timei _< _-nol'Hf ! is " ' ' _^ i ' ffi' ~ u _^^ ™ _-nhihif / W

      daty . afcthatperiod . ' { iN 6 w ; wliast : I _" _aMbf _^ pinion th _' at the _# P _&* " _£# ? J W , ' _^ * _£ _"* ' _^ 5 ' _ft _^ tfi _Pfye ? _. _Jif"aj _^ sboBfe _^ h « nue _;^ _ani equally _dedded _' m- _myliehalf _^^ to the tenaritto / have _^ _anip _^ _«"' _Se' _' . _nrod ! 5 _& -fi _^<^ c _^^ _J _^^ d _wsteOToTp _^ portioned to _pneesjrarid _^ -the . valuebflabour _. and ; capital ' _expehileaab _^ _Mretfe ' rinso ' ? lus . tenure .. On myown estates , _whilst-. the _' re : aniples of industry and farming jjf _. thehighest . order _^ yet tftereis great room for improvemeiit in the _ceiieM svstem ot culture

      , by which the' productive " powers of the soil _^* ? " _^ * _^ immensely increased . . But ; this ' enterprise , arid exertion onthe part of the tenant cannot be expected , unless heis assured , < ra _. the two points I have _"^ already stated namely , a fair rent aud full security , by -tenure- ' or ' otherwise , for all _valuejireated by _^ is industry _^ ; With regard to these pointsl . _aavvfillirigtodomj' duty ; . and " if ; tne , teriant dc _^& iifi 3 > j _$ fo-M " ft _^ _oftnapro _^ _pwirjr ' arftatMs _^ _tTtt _^ ommand _^ _p _^ ' _^? _: _^ The-foregbing extract is in perfect accordance with our-own Views , and in perfect unison with the motion ' submitted to Parliament , in 1834 , by Mr . _O'Connoe , namely : —

      Tbat all leases be made in perpetuity at a co & khesx , and that , in all cases where land is now held upon lease at too high rents , the value to be estimated by an impartial jury , in the same mamifr as the Crown and corporations are empowered to estimate the value of buildings , or , other property required for national or corporate purpose ' s . ' That was Mr ; O'Connor ' s proposition in 1834 , and ere long it must be adopted as " the law of the land , as no farmer will expend his capital upon ah - ; uncertain tenure , ' at fa rent measured by landlord-caprice or necessity , or the . cultivators " hope or folly ; andnolandlord has a ri ght to measure the value of his land by any other standard than—not by the anticipated—the real value of its produce .

      _. All this exuberant hope of things settling down , and coming to a proper level , may be satisfactory to those who can wait patiently for the settlement and level , but the maxim , "Live Horse and you ' ll get Grass , " will not satisfy those who have not the means of living till th © expected satisfaction arrives ; and , in confirmation of _Sharman Crawford ' s assertion , we again warn the landlords , that escape from utter ruin wholly depends upon applying their land to state necessity , b y bringing it into the retail market , and thus , according to the principle of political economy , open a- channel so wide , now that all others are closed , that will allow all nature ' s children to suck at nature ' s pap .

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      " Alas J poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . " " A true labourer earns that he eats , gets that he wears , owes no mau hate , envies no man _' shappiness _, glad of other men ' s good , content under his own privations ; and his chief pride is in the modest comforts of his condition . "Shakspere .

      TO THE IRISH PEOPLE . Friends and Countkymen , In little more than a month from the time you read this letter the show-box will open , and the several jugglers , all ofwhom live upon your sweat and your blood , are preparing for the " Thimble-big'' and , as to be forewarned is to be forearmed , make up your minds not to expect any , the slightest benefit , from any measure passed by any party , however inviting and seductive the promised results may be ; , .

      My countrymen , never forget the good old maxim , that - " what is to be done for the people , must be done by the people ; " and never forget the " Great Fact , " that _^ _hajpyer exuberant the promises of any _? n _^ 6 _^|^ fi _^ fac tions have been , when _theyp _^^ _pJlti _^ for your _' * _cooperation , ' _fMf &' - _' . mi _^ ji _^ _rj _^& rnn their ; 3 > wn _poweiy"that nbt" | pfe _^^ ernment has ever passed a single act _cS _^^*^ i _^ t 6 _^ c 6 hfer a particle of benefit upon your order . I hope in this letter to conclude my analysis

      of the People s Charter , and then , before Parliament meets , J shall have an opportunity of addressing four letters to you , which shall be upon the subject of the land , your right to have possession of it , how to gain the possession , and the benefit that its proper cultivation , when the people are interested in its improvement , would confer upon all other classes , who , although they may never see the land , would be bettter employed , better remunerated for their labour , and fed better by those who cultivated the soil .:

      In my last letter I promised to define the question of EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS more minutely , but I would consider it an insult to your understanding to presume that the iniquity ofthe present system is not sufficiently understood , and therefore I shall conclude the consideration of this question with one single observation . "What think you of England and Wales , with a population of sixteen _mi'lions , having five hundred representatives , while _L'eland , with a population of eight millions , that is one-half , has only one hundred and five representatives ? I now come to the question of

      NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , and for which I would substitute mental qualification , resting satisfied that members chosen by a class whose interest would then be identical , and not antagonistic—would make brains , and not pockets , the test of qualification ; and always bear in mind , that one of the grand results of the People ' s Charter would be , to make laws in harmony with the mind , and the requirements of the existing generation , instead of an improving mind being governed , or rather trammelled and suppressed by barbarous laws , enacted by ignorant barbarians .

      "When I say ignorant , bear in mind , that at one period , neither mental nor money qualification was required , and tben , as now , members taking their seats were required to sign two large books , and it is an irrefutable fact , that scores of those members attached their marks to their names written by the clerk , as they could not write a word , But not to recur to barbarous ages , let me analyse the present system for you . On the Treasury bench sits Lord John Russell , the Prime Minister of England , and representative of the wealthiest city ia the world ; he is only required to possess 300 ? . a year : next to him sits the prodigal son of a Peer , who requires no property qualifiation at all : next to him sits the disinherited eldest

      son of a qualified gentleman , and he requires no other qualification than to swear that the father , who has disinherited him for vice and dissipation , is worth 300 _J .- a year , if the son represents a borough , or 600 / . a year if he represents a county : next to him sits a pauper who has borrowed a qualification ; next to him sits a member for Scotland , who requires no property qualification at all , although the man who votes for him must have a qualification : next to him sits a member for one of the

      Universities , Oxford , Cambridge , or Dublin ; he requires ho other qualification than his supporters' belief in his bigotry : and next to him sits the representative of a bankrupt county in Ireland , who must have 600 ? . a year . I do _aot think that such a picture re-

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      quires further illnstration _^ thandts KBimpIe _^ presentatiou to ; the most -simple mind ;; but Jet me show you _, lio ; w it can . be brought to . bear against an independent member , who cannot be bribed ;; ' " f _^ _- _fi - ; .- 7 xM _> - < - ' . _'¦'¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ _¦; _«¦> • • ¦ - - When I -was- _roturned--for _..- ; _my-. _. BatiVo : ' _- " coxiiity . ' a second time , ; the ; riiiri ' ster _3 and tHe , 0 . 'Gonnell party were . most a violently- opposed tO : me . . , 1 . -was ' - petir tiohed ; against , foi * want i of , property qualification ; w . bichi'equire " d . . to _- . bo- _itiOO _^ a " - . 7 c ' ar . I : - _* E _nro j ; bf ~ Mr : . _ft ' _ConnefJ ' . f foris _*^ / _anjMJfetifmem _^^ ; be _iMoj _^ _fl'to strike _^ to ; : c _jioose ; etev _^ i 6 iOrtnatconim ! t _i 0

      _'ucuuiiMUHUiy « jj'O ; ' « ee _., prov . _oapi' - _^; _$ 3 * _tf _^ a _| $ _fp _|^ _^ nem _^ gen _' _sine _^ e _^*?^ " _* _! _^ _' s _& _n'dlthe . _talU _^ at ' thedoov ; _anfr _' _BaidSnV-li _^ in as ' they wanted to get rid ; of mey _; This Mr . . 'BbdKhr mentioned lotas in-presence of a , gentleman- who ii still amembpr _^ of , . parliament , rand . an . honourable memhei ; of _^ pariiamejiii ' , i _»' At ; the _timeyI ; flid . not ; pwe ; a fraction , exv _^ ta _^ bi'tgage the eVtate ; ef J _^ s _^^ ojfSJ _^ _tm £ iiis _^ Maai ; on the

      Mr . _Tarlcor , " a _memblr * 6 f tiie' preseht | _f _^| hm § nt was oii the committee , and voWd for 'nre _^ aWd _^ tbl d ' me ' _tliat he never heard a ' more uhjusFdecision ; however , " :-I was ousted _^ and tp prove to you- my love of principle , an election for the town oi Carlow tildng ; placevery shortly _. a _^ _fctfwards , Mr _. O'Goiinell offered me . one hundredgunieas to act ns counsel for Mr . Raphael . I _refuseOj and told him that I would go at ray own ' expense without any fee for a Repealer . My countrymen , what do _: you think of a man without shoes being qualified to sit as a Scotch member , while the man who votes for ' him must

      have a qualification ? If ; mind- not money was . the qualification , a sagacious , an intellectual , ' and an interested people would select a sagacious and . intollocfcual member , who would be the reflex of sound opinion , instead of as now the mirror of a domineering privileged order . But there is now knowledge upon every passing-breeze , and tyrants may rely upon it , that if it is not properly directed , it will . one day . burst upon them with a tremendous crash , as the people as heretofore will not again be excitedto establish the power of , their oppressors upon the pretext of mock promises and high professions . I now come to tho last of the points , namely : — ' 7 .

      PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . This is one of , the mosi ; essehtial . points in the _People ' s '• CnARTEn _,- and ia based upon Divine Right , as we are told that tho "labourer is worthy of his hire" —that man is to'Jive in the sweat of his brow , and that if he will not work neither shall he eat , and as no duty , when honourably and attentively performed , is more laborious than that of . a member of parliament—the member should be paid . And , then ,. instead of as nbw , having important questions affecting the lives , the properties , and the expressions of growing opinion , decided by a fifth or sixth ofthe House of Commons , instead of having a hundred or so travelling . _i" upon the continent , scores receiving leave of absence upon the ground of ill-health , scores shooting and hunting , and hundreds entertaining . large parties with sumptuous fare , and others pairing oif for the session ; instead of such a system , then you" would find that the labourer would make himself worthy of his hire .

      But , above all things , payment of members is necessary , if lahour , the foundation , of wealth , is to be represented , as the working ' man whose family depend upon his labour , cannotleave his last , his lapboard , his anvil , his loom , or , his bench , if he is not to be requited for his labour otherwise bestowed . It is very well for those who live upon the labour of others , and live in idleness , too , based upon the survile support that theyfgave to the minister , scoffing at what they _;? call tne degradation of ad .. mitting working meft ' ihtotlie House of Commons , whereas if that house was wholly constituted of woiking _^ men . thajpoor . would become rich , and the rich _rionerbjrthewgitlmate and profitable devoldpement of tho ; national resources , instead of , as now , cultivating them'liy that standard . which will enable the idle'to live luxuriously _^ upon . the industry of the labourer . Then you would have no law , enabling tyrant judges ; packed juries , hired spies , and perjured witnesses , to transport or imprison a man for the expression of his opinions . '

      _^ My countrymen , recollect that in America , in France , and in Switzerland , the . representatives of thepeople are . paid ; aridicast jour _^ _ej e over tlie divi-, sion 8 , 1 n thpsea _§ seniblieSj -and you will find how few are absent even ; on 'divisions of minor lmporiance . _^ but to come 7 Kohie _^^ _withithe . subject , loolcto the Treasury Bench _^ and " there you will _* fihd :: th _# ministers and their toadies , - amounting to about twenty-six , dividing amongst them as salaries as much as would nearly- qualify every city and borough representative in parliament . Now what think you of your friend , Sir William Somerville ,

      member for Drogheda , who receives £ 5 , 500 a-year for his liberal services , objecting to the payment of members , while ho receives something more than would qualify eighteen borough members ? But apart from salaries , let mo illustrate the manner in which toadies are paid in Parliament . In 1833 , thc first session of the Reform Parliament , the Whigs , very naturally wished to base their power upon the support ofa large and satisfied majority . I was looked upon as worthy of being kidnapped , and as I never state facts without giving names , I will show you the value that was set

      upon mo . The Honourable Mr . Stanley , now Lord Edisbury , was then whipper-in to the Whigs , llo mot mo in the doorway of the House , and said—Mr . O'Connor , the Government intends to adopt the usual practice in your case . What is that , said I ? Why , to give you half tho patronage of your county ? Pooh , I-replied , I must have the whole ofthe patronage of my county , as I brought my colleague in upon my shoulders . He observed that was exorbitant . I replied not at all , and I will tell you the principle upon which I shall exercise my privilege . You shall appoint every man to every office , if he is a good man I will not complain , if he is a bad man I will , as I want no patronage . He said , did that man that you recommended as postmaster at

      Skibbereen vote for you ? No , said I , lie had no vote , that is very unusual he replied , it may with you said I , but not with me . I never saw him , he has been much persecuted , and he has forwarded mc the hig hest testimonials of character . Well , well , rejoined Mr . Stanley , you will vote for us to-night , of course ? You shall see that , said I . The question being then discussed waa a motion of Mr . Lambert ' s with regard to the Irish Church . I voted for the motion , and against the Government . I afterwards saw Mr . Stanley ; ho told me it was an unusual course , when a member was granted such extensive privileges ; and" I told him that all the patronage at the disposalof the Government should never catch a vote of mine . And while other Irish members accepted thc invitations of ministers to dine with

      them , with slavish bows , and scrapes , and thanks , my invariable reply to , such invitation was , that I could not be seen in such bad company . I was always invited as a gentleman should be , while others were invited as "fit was the highest compliment , and the invitation was accepted as such . My countrymen , I have now defined the several points of the much-reviled People's Charter , and in my next and succeeding letters I will irrefutably prove to you that from no other measure than thc Charter can you expect ] ustico to your order , and that even a Repeal ofthe Union , under the present system , would make you greater slaves than over ,

      by increasing your local taskmasters . I look for the Charter—I long for the Charter . I expect that ere long the Charter will become the law of the land , as all parties are now placed in dire antagonism , and as when " rogues fall out , honest men will come to thoir own . " Your faithful Friend and Countrymen , Feargus O ' Cohnor . London , 26 th December , 1849 . P . S . —I hope you have read the oxtracts from Sharman Crawford ' s letter , published in last Saturday ' s Irishman ; and bear in mind that Sharman Crawford was too honest to : be an Irish member , and that he is the best landlord inlrcland . F . O'C .

      A Literal Interpretation.—"I'Ll Tako Two...

      A Literal Interpretation . — "I'll tako two children , if i can have them cheap , " said a tall Yankee , on entering an oyster cellar in New York , the other day . ' _« Two children ? What two children ?" "Why , I ain't got any myself , and your sign reads . ' Families supplied , ' don't it ? I want you to supply me . " . , ' . : Joseph Adt in Tipperary . —Last week the notorious Joseph Ady sent some' of his friendly letters , post-paid , to several persons' in Cloobjordan , telling them that " on ihe receipt of'twenty shillings , he would let them hear of something' greatly to their advantago , " but thoy wero too knowing to bo hoodwinked by this trap ,

      ;; ; ' ; Fra ' Ternal; Festival; ;• : } ...

      ;; _' fra ' ternal ; festival ; ;• : } ' _: \< I / ThoFraternal Festival ; -cqnvoned : by : tho society of Fraternal Democrats , came off on New ; Ye * af's Eve , Monday , December 31 st ; 18 | 9 , in the " spacious ball of tho John-street Literary - . - and ' . ' Scientific Institution ' . "Upwards of three hundred persons '" siit down to tea ; and subsequent arrivals iiicreHsed ' that mimber . ; Of ; cdurae a lar _^ e number of _the'Yairsex graced the assembly witlitheir presenQe . . ; ltrhe ' red ribbon _^ yorn by ne _.-irl y every bno _* pri _3 sent , "gave significant token _^ . of the !" _advariceu'Visentimentsof both men and ; women ' / _The-ApollonicaR ; Society ; consisting of a choir of sixty voices _^ fraternally gave _^!^ l _^ 5 " _?"*> _^^^& e 3 : cJbarca _;^ Mss' DeiHiier _M _^ _rwed ' _arWpularidvertiire' _bh _^ _the ' oraiih _: * iatter

      ' | _£ _^' : tM ; m 6 ti 6 _ni 6 f _^ : GiUSSB _^ _: _; G . S J , ULUN . _^ RNBT > ii _^ take . the ;/ _ohair . _;^;; i ' i-- ; : _rir _i _& $ ? ' 7 ' - _ivHiik- 7 jq _¦'•; _Xi , ' _r _^ " _^ then gave the _^ chorus _^^ _'JNow ; pray ; . we ;' fdf our coi » iitry . " ' . - , ' _^ y _^' . _^^ y _^ _- _^ t _;^ ' _^ _^ The _CffAiRMANlsaid _;^ by " way of _introduction"'tb' _^ _tbe-proceedings of this evening , I ' mustthank ; y , ou _^ for the _honourconferred iu _appointirigime-youuirchairmiani- _^ for . honour I cs ' -. _d _^ l * iij _?>| _wi _|^^ bro ughb _^ pon the " chair by the individual whom you will ; at once recognise , when I s ' pbak of _liirri-. as the Imperial Sham Republican , . Special Constable . ( Hear , hear . ) There is , however , this difference between my chairmanship and his—that lam not elected for four-years , nor for four hours . lam removable at any momont should Ifailin the efficient discharge

      of my duties . On no other terms _, could youV as sterling democrats , tolerate a chairman even- for one moment . A President , in the ordinary sense of the term , we repudiate . A four years' King , even though uncrowned , is oppesed to tlie principle of Democracy . . . To elevate one man so high above' his ' fellow-citizen 3 is a'two-fold crime—a temptation to the one , and an indignity' to the many . Naturally tho elected chief is tempted to render his elevation permanent , and still more commanding ,, by trans-, forming himself into an absolute monarch . ' On the other : hand ; men who violate the' principle of ; Equality , by raising on their shields , or by their suffrages , a chief to so exalted a position , thereby reduce themselves from the rank of citizens to that of subjects ; and who shall say , that when a people have so far fallen , they will not further fall to the level of slaves ? . Byron- mourning ovor the fall of the ancient Greeks , observes :

      " Twas self-aba 3 ement paved tho way To villain bonds and despots ' sway . " And instances are not wanting in modern history exhibiting similar effects flowing from a like cause . Not to speak of other nations , we : may remember that our own fathers instead of establishing a veritable Republic , submitted : themselves to the yoke of Cromwell , only . preparatory to their still more disgraceful submission to the third Stuartthe infamous Charles the 2 nd , To return to a present would-be royal personage , we must give the devil his due in acknowledging that President Buonaparte has done this good service : he has brought both the office of President , and his family name into eontempt . A mighty gain for France

      and freedom . Passing from this subject , I must next speak of the character of this festival as defined by ' ts name . This hall has been the theatre of Chartist festivals , Democratic festivals , and Socialist festivals ; but the Fraternal Democrats have the honour this night of inaugurating what I trust we may regard as the first ofa series of Fraternal festivals . ( Hear , hear . ) I see myself surrounded by men who differ in some respects , but who , nevertheless , possess much in common , and who , in my opinion , might find a common ground of union , from which to put forth a powerful and effective , propaganda . The Fraternal Democrats desire that' combination , and , hence , a principal reason for holding this festival . Why should there not be that union ; or , at least , that brotherhood of the leading spirits of the movement wliich I trust will characterise this meeting ; " "" " jlieve , f may say , the flag we all fight under is ;' ..- r : V '

      same «; The > banners of . the several _/> ' _i ' vvvr vary all shades between pink and cri 7-r ; jitx _7-presume we are allra _? . ( Great ap _u . - ¦ al _fJ _^ TEe " urgent need for , _a-Democratic Socia . _iagan ' da must be evident to every sensible and : , _i- _-. _^ fmap Look at the mass of misery unveilod '; .. . ' . _Krepolts in the Morning Chronicle—unveiled ; r r _^ _oj'tjber causo we knew of it before , but u _> . _U _^ i *| p _^ tf nations who have so often been stunt ' _tBK doring vaimts ofthe " greatness "an . _?^^ _raSS of England . The schemes , of the " _? re _^ _, _w _^^^ _l failed to ; stay the downward coursei V _^/ i _^ pj _^ l Thdreductiohof a few millions of ti _'''¦^ - . ' _pSlrSifiril of the tea tax , or tho' tobacco tax , y ' . _^ iseSM _^ f affect _the- ' condition ; of the : _Londpn-ij ,, ; ae _^ _openjt the agricultural labourers ,-and the disbk _^ iebfclasVes generally . I am pursuaded _) that any | ch >; ngo . ; short ofa thoroughly democratic and socia _w-eformation , will be ineffective to prevent the _downward course j and ultimate destruction of this nation . This _festival is called "Fraternal" because also we dosiro

      to express thereby our brotherly feeling for the defenders of liberty and justice in all nations . Repudiating and denouncing the lies and calumnies of the Times , and the rest of tho monopolist press of England , we declare that the Red Republicans and Social Reformers of the continent , have our hearty sympathies and good wishes . ( Applause . ) We declare , in the sublime words of Robespierre , that * ' He who oppresses ono nation , is the declared enemy of all ; ' and that "Men of all countries are brothers , and the people of each ought to yield ono another mutual aid , according to their ability , like citizens of the same state . " In other words , we declare that all the peoples of the earth are brethl'en ( Great applause . ) Did men ever strugglo or suffer for a holier creed ?

      " Is there a thought can fill the human mind More pure , more vast , more generous , moi ' ercfm'd , Than that which guides the enlighten'd patriots toil ? Not he whose view is bounded by his soil , Not ho whose narrow heart can only shrino The land—the people that he calleth mine ; Not he who to set v . p that land on high , Will make whole nations bleed , whole nations die ; Not he who calling that land ' s rights his pride , Trampleth the rights of all the earth beside ; No !—He it is , the just , the generous soul ! Who _owneth brotherhood with either pole , Stretches from realm to realm his spacious mind , And guards the weal of all the human kind , Hold s Freedom ' s banner o'er the earth unfurl'd , And stands the guardian patriot of a world !" ( Renewed applause . )

      Gould my voice reach the defenders of Democracy who are at present proscribed and suffering for their adherence to tlie causo of justice , I would implore , them to cultivate , a truly fraternal spirit , in order , that when next they confront the foe they may do so as a phalanx , united and invincible . Undoubtedly grave errors have heen committed , but to be liable to error is an infirmity of our nature . The worst of all errors would bo division in our own ranks . I shall make plain what I mean , by reminding you of the events of the 17 th of March , 1848 , when two hundred thousand proletarians marched _through the streets of Paris to testify their determination to uphold- the Republic . Undoubtedly on that day Blanqui was the far-seeing

      man . Had ho been strong enough , the . traitorous majority of the Provisional government would havo been expelled from power , and a now revolution would have prevented all the disasters wliich havo since overwhelmed Democracy . But , while paying to Blanqui a just tribute for his capacity and courago , lot us not commit the groat injustice of condemning all who did not see as he saw as knaves or fools . I trust , that our continental brothers in this , their day of misfortune , will exchange explanations , and agree to forgive and forget all past differences . ( Hear , hear . ) Our friends are in the _dusthi ' t this moment , but their future , and not dig . tant triumph , is certain . Very soon from all the peoples of Europe will arise , the cry—Five la H ' epublique Democratique et Sociale . ( Great cheering . ) We must exalt the principle of Fraternity to the placo heretofore occupied by creeds now worn out ,

      and cunningly devised systems now exploded . Fraternity wc must not meroly inscribe on our banners , but imprint on our hearts , and make the rule of our actions . . If we do so , no power can prevent our triumph _.-The peoples will march , shoulder to shoulder , and trample down all tlieir enemies ; - » tho Rod Flag will make the tour of tho world , and rally all nations round Liberty ' s Tree . ( Prolonged applause . ) . Robert Buchanan proceeded to give the following sentiment : — " Fraternity , may its influence extend until beneath its shadow all nations of the earth shall dwell as one , in peaco , happiness , and love . " Mr . Buchanan said , he cordially concurred , in the sentiment be had read , and trusted the day would soon arrive when they should be in , the enjoyment of that blessed state . But _mero _woi'ds would not accomplish it . Ko ! a great : _battlo was yetto be fought , and they must efiect a great radical change ,

      ;; ; ' ; Fra ' Ternal; Festival; ;• : } ...

      both political and social . He repeated ,-tbe _> hango : ; must be both of a political _andisbcial _^ nature _^; ' - ' A ] i mere . ppljtieal change would not '; . do j _^ h _^ _iBtrifeloith _^ -: ' Whigs arid Free Traders was " an '" _attemptttoKMia _* : r tain the propertied f iii _3 _titutionsi ofj . _^ the _Jvcbuntryi _- _-- \ whilst the Radicals ' and . _Prplota ' _nM rescue themselves from the misorahle ' aiid wretched condition in which societyhad p laced ; them ; : ( I _* OTryK" ; hear . ) -Even France , with her republicanV goye _^; '; ment ; and universal ; suffrage , _rrhad- ! ' _ierbattlesifaiid _^ severe . ones ] -too .- - Why ., ? .. Because her propertied , , i institutions remained as they were : _-jHe _feo _^ _asK _';^ that meeting to agree , " witli _" . _hihrih _' alf ; his' _^ eculiar _^'? views as regarded . the V orgahisation' of _Jabour _^ _i' _^ P _"' ° perty , but he did invito ; ' theni _^ comW _^ OTTOrii _r '> and teek a remedy ; It _^ _was _^ _bnsensVtioio _^ r _* _-

      any particular form of politics ; unie 8 S thB '• Social _^ O' * " _^ blem was at the same time solved . _Hei was' _^ lad _~ Z such'a , festivalhad been -called tbgether _^ iti _^ _whjctl _^ theseveral section 3 ; of progressive : ReformersSwould ' _K - , ' * have the opportunity of ; expressing ; theE opiiiiohs- " . and comparing _notea-r-ahd . _heVbopeid _^ hey would ' ' ' ultimately work _rtogether _. f 6 F _" . tlie _\ c 6 _DMonVgo _" _yd- The great battle that had been raging _^ _forVom _^ tim ' _a ' _wS past was relative to , the _w _^ tribution of weal _tlifand _witWMiltdn'he _^ said _^ _K _J- _^ _'r '; ' , ' Let : truth and error i -battle * t 6 gether . _'&^' beyo _*»« knewj her :-wor 6 _tediii * i a _'frefl-andi _^ _pM > ehbbunte' »?"" ¦¦¦' ¦ ¦ _¦ ' _if _^^ r _***) : ' _^^^^^^ —but who _^ vaa-it _tbeytfi _^ tprnised

      not ; with ruria ' _waytPopes-ahd- _' woultf _^ _noi _witlityra'ritrand _oppressor but _with-tHelAraMng _^ a _^ ib with . tuo ; Democvats ; _$ f _/^ a'deh _/^^ Russia , ; l _^ _ussiajsGefma _^^ _^^ _l _^^^ _yefeWUfth ell _^ ;( 6 _faieVsi ) _S ; 'R ed v _^ Rep _^ blicah _^ _t _^ roaJ _^ cheerb _^ ; t " M _& % ji a _^ ists _;^ etc _^ j _^ o _^ inu _^ _fcbuld _^ ot ;; cohcur _^ wj thYM : OhaPgB | : alone ? wouldl _0 ) e _useless , ' because ho con 5 _;^ v _^ ejvooVltbat _^ _hlidgTfe _iW _^ _rluM & nt _'& ; M _0 _M _'^ W . _^ _m _6 _ii _fow _;; _electe _^ _diby Uhiv ' e _^^^^ hiiYe _' vpihj _iitvnieh ) who Would very _speedily submit ' . '• _TWAfinClriAnn H . _ilnii _. m _~ . n . A . K _«• -- _a * . _~ __ Z _^^ Ari' _^ . — - _* - _* . _J _? .. l '_" : l _ ' .- " ' , " _^/ _, . _^ _jiut / _uiiiuiyiioieiiiLlvtLU lIlool 1 UlsailOU

      _ ; ., ' ,: . _'g , } _OIKiaD 0 ur-- " and the distribution . o ' f _£ wealth _^ _^ hce _^ _be-iBaid _" , _^ many , _etc . j " _Siiutof _contlnentnl'ria _^ successful , ashe . trusted they _woulcl . be , b ' _etoreHtie end of 1850 ,- England , ' sluggish as she was , would ' arouse from _' her * apathy and claim and establish similar institutions for herself ; ; ( Cheers . ) ' "* _, Mr . _Buouanax said , what he meant to convey was not thaKpblitical changes were useless , but thafj ' they should be accompanied with social _changes , " as the pco | le -of . France at the present time , showed how nedessary it was to work Universal ¦ : ¦• Suffrage beneficially , that the . people should be instructed 'in their social rights and duties ' . ' ( _Hearitieaf . ) ' - < ; ¦ '

      XChorus , —¦ " Freemen rejoice . " _;¦ " _" ' ; Mr ;' Lloyd Jones gave the next -sentiment ; - "' " . The martyrs of-Democracy , , may the tree , of 'i liberty , planted by . thoir hands , , and " . nurtured with : tlieir bestrblood ,. wave ever . green , a lasting trophy ; of their sad fate and glorious fame . "—Mr . Jones "' said , he responded with pleasure to-the sentiment , ' ... " and believed , were it not for the martyr spirit that . ' prevailed , every vestige-of liberty would _lohg ' ere . this have been obliterated '; " but when tyrants ' found : i men m opposition to their Church and Stiitc des- ' •'' pbtism , say , ' my goods ,. nay , even m y life you may take , but the truth you never shall wrest from rao ; _' such martyrs were invincible apostles , and to them

      they owed all the beneficial results that had been obtained . ( Loud cheers , ) Fortunately , - the patriots were not all under'lock and key—some yet roamed At large . One battle could not accomplish all ; tlie good reqaired . He much feared a thousand battles must be fought before prejudice and error would bo banished , and truth become triumphant '; but he felt that the area had extended , and that the mass of the people-were preparing to-take part in the combat . ( Loud _checi'd . _] There was one martyr who had not yet been mentioned , he meant _Arinand Barbes . ( Applause . ) The Chairman : Let us give three cheers for Barbes ! The whole audience rose and gave three hearty hurrahs .

      Mr . _Llotd Jones continued : It was to such men they owed the continental movement—it was to such men France owed her _republican institutions , and it was to such men she would be indebted for any social reforms she might obtain . ( Hear , hear . ) The time was coming when England would shake on her apathy , and doubtless , men would be found to beard tyranny , put down oppression , and establish true freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . James Grassby said he had done all he could for his continental brethren . He thought they should not wait until all other nations had gained their liberty , and a king was not to be found to sit on a throne before they attempted to gain their liberty—but that they should at once promulgate the beauties and blessings of democratic institutions . ( Cheers . ) Chorus , « " -r-- _- ' "• " . '

      _® ; _™^« _ajp" 3 i _^ the-h _^ V ; _^ Ee _^ asseiicaily ; : _^?; - _^ _-- _^ - ' % _^' r "; _- " _' _"; : ~' : 7 _^ C . " ;"';' : ';¦/* -. ' : _"" "?; _- "" _^>^> ~ _------# _fflr _^ _Jofe _^ £ rTiE g ave the . following sentiment _:. . ' . '""• ¦ - ' _^ . _Tfe _. _Chajinpjons _^ f _^ _Prpgw _^ hb _^ _ejl ge _^ __ j ___ , ' _ftbefedee'dsl-a'di _^ e ' _dyb _^ : _~^~ ~ 7 - _. or _^ m _^ or _^ r _|^ dy" ? s _^

      _-saenhce ' _-fov ' _-a nation sfreedom . - - The . cry-for freer ''' 7 ''' - " ' ¦ - _- ' - dom was echoed by those who laboured , but hidrio - •' comfort , by those who love yet had no joy . These sufferers must unite with all their heart and . press ..... ' _, forward , resolved to conquer and sustain the victory . The time should yet come when , Barbes , Louis Blanc , Kossuth , Ledru Rollin , and Mazzini would - be the champions ofthe world , and ins p ired by this wish , with all his soul ho shouted—Long live tha _chamjnons of Progression . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Gerald Massey in responding said , in a conversation that took place-between Robespierre and Saint Just , the former said : " Go to my friend ; he who would servo his country must bo prepared to sacrifice himself , and everything ; " and that illustrious man had , in his own life , made this great , truth self evident ; again and again were martyrs _- . _* rising up to perish . Why ? Because of their ( the 0 people ' s ) apathy . 1800 years n < ro the Saviour was ' - '

      _snci'inceii , in later times Priestly s House had been destroyed , and that noble of nature , Thomas Paine , bad been persecuted . Only a few years since their , own fathers were hounded on to cry , down with the French , but fortunately it was not so now . They hold forth their hands and shoufc —Democratic Frenchmen we ave with you . Long live tho Red Republic . ( Loud cheers j Yes , ye noble champions of Democracy , Kossuth , Louis Blanc , and Mazzini , we are with you . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them not cheer unless they were prepared to do something more , unless they were prepared to aid them . Had they no incentives to march in freedom ' s van ? Let them road the reports on " Labour and the Poor" in the Moririnn Chronicle .

      No incentives . Did not S 0 , 000 _prostitues walk the streets of London ? And what working man was certain that his daughter mig ht not be compelled to sell the sweets of love for bread . They read that Christ was _temptci * forty days in the wilderness of the devil , but the working classes were tempted three hundred and sixty-five days every year by the devils competition and misrule . ( Loud " cheers . ) Kossuth shouted Nil _Dtsperandum , and shook Austria to its centre ; Mazzini re-echoed Nil _Hespcrandum , and the Pope fled , and the papal institutions were shivered to atoms . Mr . Massey concluded by cordially responding to thc sentiment . The Appollonicans then gave the market chorus from Massinello , which was greeted with a rapturous and well merited encore .

      Mr . Stallwood moved a vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of the Appbllonican Society , for their kind and able services during the evening . > Agreed to by acclamation . Mr . Kenney returned thanks , expressing for himself and friends the pleasure that had beon afforded them by tlie festival . On the motion of Gerald Massey , seconded by a continental democrat , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman . The _Chairman replied , and called on the meeting to give three cheers for the Red Republicans of the continent . The meeting responded with three hearty hurrahs , " and one cheer more . " The hall was then cleared for dancing , which continued until some time past the mid-night hour . Up stairs a largo party were entertained with vocal and instrumental music . Finally the company re- ; tired , each and all expressing unalloyed _dtlight at the manner in which they had bade farowcll to ' 1819 , and welcomed the dawn of 1850 .

      ***#Juvuv'*V//' , '**-* , '1^* , *-' '' ...

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05011850/page/1/