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M y Fjmekds , ~~ _ . ' _...-.. - _ .. - __ _^ For a very long lime I hare ' . . not derived the same pleasure from addressing you that I fed ; at this moment . Last night I opened the Chartist campaign in _FiriBhury , in a hall estimated to hold 4 . 000 people , and all
who were present will bear witness-that ; from the platform to the further end there . was _-. not a vacant spot In'fact , had it not been for my vanity , in believing that my presence . - ia still necessary to the support of a popular and . _'
I confesg candidly to you' . _ttfit . riLr-abaoBt dreaded the apathy of the Londoners , > and from the time I accepted the invitation to attend the meeting till I -witnessed the scene ,. I -was fearful lest a failure might damage ' our cause . However , what I saw has inspired ine with strong and renewed hope ; and I have only now to express a wish that those in the Provinceswfll follow the example of their Metropolitan brethren . The place where the meeting was held is an immense building , extremely lofty , and , though well Tentilated , I was obliged fo strip to my work .
The Chartists of England—that is , those -who live by their industry—must now take advantage of passing circumstances to establish their own freedom . They have been joggled by the Reform Bill , and they have been juggled by every measure that has been passed" since the BeformEBiH ; and let me now- tell them the plain fact , thatit _isthey _themBelveB who have been _ftemaininstrumenfem'thejuggle ; and let me as pL-unly point pot to them wb _^ fc __ has been their _^* _past-error _^ and' -what & ' \ _WeX y _^ W their next blunder . '> ' " . "" ~ " '•¦
It ia difficult to wean the miud of an excitable population from old habits and customs , and the old feud , before the passing of the Reform Bill , was between _TVTiig and Tory—the "Whi gs rall ying the people under the Reform banner , making extensive promises of
"PEACE , RETRENCHMENT , AND REFORM ;" which naturall y meant , no soldiers , peace through contentment , and retrenchment as the abolition of old feudal extravagance . Well , it was not wonderful that the existing genera tion , tickled for over forty years by the GREY FEATHER , and oppressed for centuries by what was called Tory misrule , should have Taffied to such an inviting CRY .
Although the "Whi gs , during their tenure of office , from the introduction of the measure by Lord Gbey down to its passing , had been as great tyrants as the Tories , yet the people were lei to tiie belief that they merely required exclusive power to destroy Tory-ascendancy , and their own means of committing injustice . In short , the battle resolved itself into a conflict between "Whi g and Tory , and when it was
fought and won by the "Whigs , the people discovered that the result was the triumph of active capital over sluggish land , but that they , the people , who had gained the fight , ¦ were not only not participants in the victory , but had established a new' class of taskmasters , without having in the slightest _degree destroyed Toryism — which means feudalism—and which still exists in all its rigour .
Thus , I show you that you were parties to the juggle ; and now let me show you what the next DODGE will be , and the blunder that you are likely to commit . The next manoeuvre will be a resistance upon the part of the Free Traders to restore Protection j and an attempt will be made to marshal you , as the auxiliary Free Trade , force to meet this retrograde army—they will be represented as the old rump of Toryism , and their assailants as
yourinends . Now , Chartists , I have watched the popular movement sharply and anxiously . I have been for more that a quarter of a century connected with the cause of democracy , both in England and Ireland . I have written more , and spoken more , upon Free Trade , than any man in England or Ireland , and my every prophecy—as regards that measure in connexion with the interests of the industrious
classeshas been verified , and your own candour has , npon many occasions , compelled you to confess the fact ; and you are aware that we only gavenp our resistance to Free Trade atthe close of 1845 , for this reason , because the Irish famine had commenced , and if Free Trade had been resisted successfully , _Daniel _O'CosxEii would have told the Irish people that it was the rascally SAXON CHARTISTS who had been the cause of all their misery ; and but for whom the streets would have been paved with penny loaves , and the honses thatched with pancakes .
"Well , you know with what perseverance I have struggled , in the face of the most unbounded abuse from my own countrymen and their leaders , to unite tiie people of both countries , well knowing , as you know , that their dissension constituted the basis of "Whi g power . And I believe the Chartists of England and the Irish resident in England , will do me the justice to say , that no man ever persevered in such a hopeless cause , with such unabated ardour , until at length I have completely succeeded in causing union between the English and the Irish people .
"With so much ofa comment upon the past , let me now call your attention tothe future . Men cling with great pertinacity to old rights and privileges , and more especially and naturally when they uphold old monopolies and possessions . I no w write ofthe nature of man and not of justice , and I tell you , that , let saints and sinners , "Whigs and Tories , talk and write about Justice , Christianity- and Humanity as they may—I tell youthat SELF INTEREST is the main spring of human action ; and I tell you that a life of some experience has taught me that tiie professing saint is always the greatest sinner .
Free Trade and its effects have at length roused the sluggish and inactive clodpole race to the cry of Protection . Their object is to bring Lord _Stasley into power , as the leader ofthe Protectionist party , and then , relying npon reaction and upon the £ 50 tenant slaves , they would dissolve Parliament , in the hopeand I believe successfully—of insuring a Pros tectionist majority in the House of Commons ; and the inevitable result of such a state of things would be , to embroil England in foreign wars , and to lead eitherto the most sanguinary domestic revolution , or to the surrender ofthe few rights which the people still possess .
Chartists , for these reasons I am opposed to reaction , and a return to Protection ; . and , further , because the inevitable result must be the upholding of that barbarous feudal system by which the people are now deprived of the Land as the means of profitably employing their industry . Therefore , in the House , of Commons I have opposed retrogression , because I believe it would lead us to the devil ; and the first step being taken in the destruction ofthe feudal system , and rel yingupon your good sense not to allow it to be converted to class or party purposes , I am now for going the whole hog , befievlug that it would be the pioneer to lead " you to . paradise .
But now for the puzzle . "Will you allow yourselves to be made mere tools in the hands of the Free Trade party , used for no other or better purpose than to achieve another victory for the owners of active capital , to which the Reform Bill has made your class wholly tributary , and to wh ose will it has bound you neck and heels ? Chartists , your fault has been , allowing yourselves to be used as the balance of power •—the auxiliary force—tiie mere make-wei ght of tiie middle classes— -to fight their own battles _; wlale , £ 0 far . from deriving benefit
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from the victoiy / their . success but tends to rivet your chains and increase your bondage . I have thus sketched the " past , and what may be , and what is likely to be , the future and whatever course you may consider it , wise or prudent to take , that which 1 Teconuhend is , to rally under your own banner , and let your motto
be" THE PEOPLE'S . CHARTER , AND , \ / _NO'SURRENDERS .. .. . Chartists , b _^ ar mmind , thl , t . bygivmgthis advice ! stand ' alpne of my order , * as it but tends to bring upon . methe odiuni of both partieg ,-aB I fight _the-battie of- neither ; and the course that I now suggest is / this—that . you will again revive , in your _strength-. and your vigour ; that you will again adopt _tuejirinciples ofthe People ' s Charter _asthe only measure-that you will contend for ; that-yon - will not obstruct any plan or proposition which is likely to facilitate the attainment of that measure , but that ' -wherever there is af < humbug meeting you' wilt attend in " yourthousands ,
and propose the Charter as an amendment to the _Jro- _^ u | _£ f 51 _^ mraon _/^ _'Yon ~ w _^ xsam son , argument , justice / and eloguehce _^ ipon your side . A pp oint your committees in every town throughout the kingdom ; let them appoint the speakers to take part in the-discussion . ; If you are heard—HE AR ; and if you are struck—STRIKE ; but never again allow yourselves to be used by your taskmasters as mere tools and engines to insure their own elevation and aggrandisement . . - Chartists—in the words of the " Dispatch " — "BE UP AND DOINa , * _AND-THE
DAY IS YOUR OWN . " Your faithful Friend and Representative , EeARQDS O'CONJfOK
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GREAT MEETING IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . The working Chartists ofthe Tower Hamlets , not being able at the present time to find within their own borough an in-dobVplace sufficiently large for the purpose , resolved on taking the British- Schoolroom , in Cowper-street , City-road , in the neighbouring borough of Finsbury , for a meeting in : support © f the People ' s Charter and on Wednesday evening long before the time announced for the business of the meeting to commence , the building was literally crowded to the ceiling , the body of the hall and platform not being sufficiently large , the _hierh window cills , and supporters to the roof , were
made available by the more •' ambitious" and " high-minded" ofthe audience . Precisely at eight o ' clock , Mr .- William Davies , was unanimously called to the chair , and commenced by reading Mr . George Thompson ' s letter , pleading , a previous engagement at another meeting , as his apology for not being' present , and said , he regretted that Mr . George Thompson _^ should have been so engaged , as he should much liked to have seen him at a meeting' convened by his constituents , and he hoped that the democratic member for the Tower Hamlets would sometimes find it _convenient to attend meetings convened by the working meri of _the-borough . ( Loudcheers . ) Having said this much in explanation of why he occupied the chair ,, he would now
call on the secretary to read the letters received m reply to the numerous invitations ' that had been forwarded . Letters were then read from r A . B , Stevens , H . Vincent , C . Gilpin , W . Ldvett , C . Lushmgton , M . P _.,-arid Walter Cooper , all expressive of approval ofthe objects of the meeting , but pleading prior engagements , with the exception of W . ! Lovett , Ywho . pleaded indisposition . / At this moment Feargus O ' Connor , M . P .,. entered the School-room , and was greeted . with loud { applause . A letter was then read from Thomas Cooper , dated Newcastle-upori-Tyrie , in which he said , "he learned from the Northern Star , that he was advertised to take part in the meeting , but being three hundred miles away that was utterly impossible . " *; The Chairman said , if any of the gentlemen whose names appeared on the bill , could not come , yet , they could felicitate themselves > on having / _presents Messrs .
O'Connor , Harney , and Clark . ( Loud cheers . ) Some persons had charged those who were advocates of the People ' s Charter , with _ having , a desire to go back to a state of _savageisriij to that period when "Might was right . " . Well , if ever that period existed surely it was now—for they had Continuously before- 'their eyes , the exercise of " Might ; without the least show of _"Bieht . ' ; ( Loudcheers . ) Others had charged the .. Chartists . with _f being Communists , arid' Josephs Hume had defined Communism to mean having a desire-. to lire t , , pn the labour ' of others . Now if Mr . Hume ' s definition was correct , then must Prince Albert be a Communist , for most assuredly he did not live-by .. his ; 0 wn labour V and not the Chartist , who not only , lived by their own labour but kept many others . ' ' ( Great cheering . ) He had much' pleasure in calling on Mr JuBan Harney , to move the first resolution as
follows : — r -. _' --: ; . _^ - ¦ - - ; _ . ' ¦ Thatthfiiheeani : is of opinion that the _Folibcal , financial , and Social condition of the _veople . of these realms , _Lfflicate the necessity of a thorough Ra _^ _wd reform of he _rCmon _^ _Houseoffarlia-nen * j and this meeting _K , _fur-Ae _™ of opinion that such reform , to be-useful and to embrace the _interest of the whole peopleof GreatBntam . and _Irelano ? should be founded on the WeU-kno _^ principles of _M » _Suffraw , Annual _Parliament Vote by Ballot _wE > Hd l ) iBtrictg , Ifo Property _Qualmcauons , and _IS _^ onof the Elected for their services , " . 5 . ., rJblian Habnbt , whowasreceived with . loud apnlause said : 1 bkve no doubt that this , resolution _SsVes vour Bentiments-tha -t you feel that your _S ! l and social con 4 itioa demand a radical , hh _ForStSSture . ' _^ _ticaHy _^ d sociallyyo «
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are slaves . Politically _^ because you are . denied the exercise of those _irialfoMhle rights which are _yoiirs in virtue of your _existerroj }'; and _^ ' becaus ' _e'laws are made affecting _youfpersons and _ybuf property , _* in the enactment of which you have no voice . Where thereis slavery there must co-exist tyranny . Could there be any mor _«; insolent tyranny devised than that which plunders _' you ' of eighty millions , of taxes , rates , and tolls ; . which _^ _hnposes _^ upon you the support of epies _^ to inform , upon , you _^ policemen to bludgeon you , soldier ' s to dragoon you , judges to imprison and transport you ; _g-iolefs to ' torture you , poor law omcials to murder j _^ ou and your children ; and , worse than all , parsohs'toannoy and _ihsultyou withfheir pretended regard . for your ¦ spiritual welfare ? 1 am glad to see this ¦ large _« and enthusiastic meeting . It seems 16 promise action on the partof thewvonged , for the , obtainment of that political power without which they must continue , to . suffer . ( Loud cheers . ) Ryron , in ; recounting the changes hehad witnessed , said : — '''* ¦ ¦ '" ' "' _- '•¦ ' '
•'" I h _&^ a i _" ° mo nations like o ' er loaded asses , " . Kick . off their , burd _^ ( Laughter andCueers . ) . _y Thai _^ too / we _have ' seen , ' or at least desperate attempts ' oh the part of : our _cdntihentar brethren to ' shake off their burdens : I am sorry to say 'tfiat we have not' iyet made even an- - attempt- woi _* thv oP ' _the-n-imiB ' i I 'have a notion' _that' _^ w 'Britishers' must ! be descended from Imohar , of : whom , his . father Jacob , « said ' he _waW-, " a _strt & _gsfass _^ couching down : between . two _^ burdens . _' _^ _,-. He _' _, ?' _Tbdwed his shoulder to bear , and became a servant unto tribute . " ( Laughter . ) Wd have the ' twoburdcug—the Church andtho State—the Lords aiid _^ he Commons —the aristocrats and the money mongers . ( Cheers . ) Again , we have bowed our- shoulders' to bear—we
bear with a good deal almost past past bearing : the National Debt , for instance . I have somewhere read an advertisement which ran thus : — ¦• Wanted—a man who fears the Lord , and can carry five hundred weight . " . John Bull would be _fjustithe . man for that place , for he fears the Lords—both of . the soil and the shop!—and , " as a carrier of heavy burdens , I would back . John Bull against Atlas Mmself . ( Laughter and cheers . ) ; But Issachar " became a servant unto tribute •" ¦ so- it' has been with John . He pay ' s tribute to court flunkies—to aristocratic rent _^ aters—to money-jobbers—to profitmongersto . soldiers , peelers , parsons , and -spies . ¦ _- „ ( Hear , hear . ) How would the * privileged classes like to have the tables turned upon them , and bemade tofeel
your , wrongs ? They would not endiire for one year what you and your fathers have borne with for centuries . No ! they—advocates of " peace / law _^ and order , " as they profess to . " be— -would rather try plot , conspiracy ,-treason , revolt , insurrection , revolution , assassination , fire , and sword . But we have no desire to substitute the tyranny of the many for that of thefew . Our aim is simple justice—justice , political and social .. At _pwscntv you are socially , as well as politically , slaves . It is true you are not the personal property of the aristocracy and the capitalists . . They _« ahnot sell you as they do cattle in bmithfield _, or slaves in Virginia . ' You are , nevertheless , bondmen . You must work for _> _whatever wages the capitalist-chooses ' to offer you ; and worse
still—you are forced to eat up each other—or what is quite as bad , undersell each other in the . labour _market—; for the benefit of the money-monger and your own destruction ] You . have not even the advantages of downright , undisguised _^ slavery , ; The American slaves are , at "" least , sure of food , clothing , ' and shelter , ' in return for their well-assured labour ; but you are '•¦¦ ne ver certain thatr for you , a year hencej there will be labour " . or labour's reward . Our . social system is a state of everlasting anarchy , in , which there is only one thing assured—that the strong will devour the weak . —The . speaker then proceeded to comment bn ' the Tooting infant victims , and similar ' cases of suffering on the part of the people , and infamy on the part of those who uphold the present system .
He added—It is infamous that pauperism should ever have had birth in this land , or , existing , should be allowed to continue . The resources of this country are boundless , and the means are ready , in abundance , to put an end to pauperism and misery at once and forever . With land uncultivated , or only half-cultivated , a superfluity of capital , and labour unemployed , there ' ' heeds but able arid courageous statesmen to set in . motion these appliances , to ensure , the salvation of the million ' s , ' and lay the foundations of our country's true greatness—greatness founded riot upon unjust wars and bloody victories in India , but upon the happiness of every member ofthe community . -. ( Loud cheers . )—The speaker then replied to the taunt that : Universal Suffrage
had been tried on the continent and failed , and concluded by declaring the Charter indispensable for . the attainment of the grand remedy for social misery—free labour on a free soil . ( Loud applause . ) ' _¦"'¦•¦' Mr . Thomas Clark said he lisd much pleasure in seconding the resolution which had been so ably submitted by Mr . Harney . As regards the present miserable social—or rather anti-social _^ -condition of the mass of the people , ' no two opiniohscould prevail ; but , as regards political-changes , he had some little hopes , as Lord John Russell , at a recent Lord . ' Mayor ' s feast , had said— "Some things wanted reforming . " ( _laughter / and cheers . ) But the Lord Mayor said , that the men calling for Radical reform were " designing men , " and " that these
designing men must be put . down by the etrong arm of the ' law . " He ( Mr . Clark ) much feared . that at these " mayors' feasts" some- " vinous" influence was at work which niade those' men think they were much stronger than'they really were . ( Loud cheers . ) Lord John Russell admitted that reforms were required ,. but said "they must take place gradually , so as not to alarm the fears of any one . " ( Laughter . ) He ( Mr .- Clark ) did not know whether his lordship ' s audience was . chiefly composed of " respectableold ladies "—( loud"laughter)—but he ( Mr . Clark ) could assure his lordship that the genius of industry _was'how much stronger that any " Waterloo Hero , " and that the wrongs of industry called loudly for such a Radical reform as would
give a full , free , and fairrepresentation of thepeonle . At a recent banquet held at Wakefield , at which seven hundred-merchant princes attended , to do honour-to Mr . Cobden , whilst the Royal family was toasted , _«« Th e Army and Navy" was omitted . Was not this an admission by those seven hundred , merchant princes / that you were to be trusted with Ebwei' and property / without the surveillance of rute force ? He ( Mr . Clark ) believed it' was the people ' s own fault that' they were not represented long ere this . Had they shown more intelligence and pushed forward with a well-directed energy , the suffrage would have been ., theirs . Iwas silly to blame . this , man or that man . If they were determined , he repeated , a well-directed intelligent movement , would soon enable , them to work out their own political and' social salvation . ' ( Loud cheers . ) •• ¦ . _¦* . ¦ . ' ¦ : ¦¦ - * :
_Feargits _O'Cojwob , Esq ., M . P ., was here called on by the chairman to support the resolution , and upon _^ presenting himeelf , was received : with loud cheering , and- waving of hats and . handkerchiefs , that made the building ' ring again ; -He-said ; Mr , Chairman and' Working Men , I am come amongst you to night for the purpose once more of hoisting the Chartist banner ,-r ( cneersj—and' to ask you , not toallow one-single , bristle to . be p lucked front the animal with your consent , . as in such case you may rely upon it your opponents would ver _/ soon Bkin it altogether . ( Laughter / and [ cheers . ) Tanfcomehere tp'jiight , ftrthc purpoaeof reviewing with you what the' Reftrm Bill has accomplished' for ; your order , and to ask you / whether from any measure short of the People ' s Charter you have reason to expect more _beneficial _results , ;; ( Cries . of _fi'JfO , " ) See what the Reform Bill haB done . One of its first acts was to
_suppregB'Trades Unions ; by whose power the bill was ' carried .. ( Cheers . ) ' ¦ ' The next ;' act was to'destroy ill the benefits that the poor ' dflrived from the Poor Law ! of the _, i 3 rd" _prjhzaicth / _' ( _Cheers . j Thie *; came the establishment _^^ of , local powev for the moneyocraby , ' Coercion for ; Ireland , Free ,. Trade for England , ' with " high : wages , cheap ¦ bread , ' and plenty to do . " , ( Cheers , and" laiighter . j ' "Increased military _estAbUshmcnts / _lhcrcased police' _' establishmerit 8 , / arid * last , though not leastj , ' the ' Crown and _Government Security . Bill , wliich prevents the slave
from complaining of-, his taskmaster . ' Mr . Harney has told you . that if they could , they would drive you like bullocks toSmithfield , but . ' . he'made this ' mistake ; 'that it ' s only fat beasts and hot lean ones / that are driven there . ( Great : laughter . ) 'But , if ; you were fat , and if they could make cannibals of your order ,. you would he' sent to' the market ; ( Hear , hear . ) : 7 Well , ; are you not ashamed to cheer itj ; when you are perfectly aware , that your : own _sujiseryiency and . disunion is ithe _caiiso pf their cruelty ; and power . _^^ r ' ( Cheer 8 ; ahd-f'True : " ) _^ Vh ' ait ! compare an En _^ Hsh _' slave toan _;^ Americari _[ slave ; there is no comparisoh ; ' "The American slaveowner . has an mte »
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rest in the health , the strength , . and the life of his slave ; while _thej English ' _^^ slaveowh . er lias ah interest and " a benefit , iii turning the gristle of the infant , the muscles ' p £ 'the man—his marrow / sweat , and bones—into gold , and thon to consign him to the cold pauper ' s'grave , that he may no longer be / a _burtheh upon the taxes . ( Cheers / arid "That's it . " ) Well : so it is .,, But whose fault is it ? Is it the fault of those who but do what any working man in this meeting would , do if ho was _^ in the game situation ? or . is it the . fault , of . the millions who . never , ban aspiro ' to the' same . situation—who look upon each other as rivals and " competitors in the labour market ? - ( Cheers ; and"Hear . " ) He ( Mr . O'Connor , ) was not going to talk about foreign countries ,
_foreiffii revolutions , and foreign "barbarisms—as he had always told them would be the - case , so it was with the , tyrant shopkeeper in Paris : as soon aa the last shot proclaimed the democratic victory , the _tyrantSjWho encouraged the people , tO ; i * evolt took advantage of their confidence , ' and robbed them of thlbir . triumph , ( Cheers . ) : _Biit wh y could ' that not be the casein England ? Simply because the'Fiench were not allowed the right of public' meetings or public'discussions , and were , " therefore , compelled to act upoi' the impulse of the moment , and to uso , _thairnewly-achieved power , capriciously ; while the Englj _^ h . pcopl _« have—thank- . _god—had that right , ana iWill , . preserve that right —( loud cheers _) f-by which the _muidof _thecouhtey has . neehtrained an"d _ disciplined ,. ' and ; , co . _iildihbw be _^^ _bjtwight _^ _iuicJoiisly
to Dear upon all questionsmtereBting . to _theTeountry . ( Hear , ' hear . ) " Coiild anything " -be more- absurd than the fact Btarih g every _mari-every day in the , face—namely ,, a famishing people looking to foreign countries for a supply of food , while the land under their noses was ready to yield it if they wereallowed to cultivate it . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , but while Prussia , and Austria , and Italy / and other countries till recently governed by the feudal system , were now making the Land Question the chief subject for consideration , and even dividing the Royal domains into peasant allotments—the people of England were kept in utter ignorance of its value . ( Cheers . ) There may be many in the meeting who preferred the back slums of the city—the . loathsome cellar andunhealthy air enlivened by _thegin-palace-rtothe
dull monotony of an agricultural fife ; but let those _hothouse plants understand that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not ask for all to abandon their pursuits , but he would presume the case of a working population of 10 , 000 , with 2 , 000 out of employment , and thereby / as competitors reducing the wages of the remaining 8 , 000 . Lot him have those 2 , 000 ofa machinery-made surplus population taken out of the glutted market , and placed upon the land , they would cease to be competitors with their brethren —rthe 8 , 000 . would get - more wages than the 10 , 000 got before ; while the 2 , 000 placed upon the land would produce food cheaper and better than they could importat from America , and would become customers for every article produced by the 8 , 000 artificial labourers . ( Loud cheering . ) But while
all were puzzling their brains about the settlement of this question of questions—namely , Labourlet him put sensible men in possession of a few un . deniable and incontrovertible facte . He would take three branches of national expenditure , from which the peopie derived neither peace , religion , nor contentment — namely , the army and navy , the church , and the Poor Laws . And he would show how tho application of one' year ' s revenue applied to this Trinity of absurdity ; would destroy the necessity for army , State religion , and poor laws . The army , navy , and concomitants , he would put down at seventeen millions a year ; the church with its ecclesiastical court and pious litigation , ten millions ; the poor rates , ei g ht millions . , Lord Brougham , stated them at eight millions ono
hundred and forty thousand—however estimating them lowly , they produced thirty-five millions a yearthat is army , church , arid poor rates ; and give him that sum for one year ; and he would make a paz _* _adise of England ; would establish peace without bloodshed ; religion without costly fanaticism ; and plenty for every one without pauper relief . ( Hear , near , and loud cheers . ) He .. was determined to rivet their minds to this Labour question , and let those who" scoffed at the capability of the soil , carry this striking fact home With them—let them sleep upon it , dream of it , and think of it in the morning . It is this . He is a large farmer , who employs ten labourers inrouehout the year , and upon tho profits
of the labour of those ten - men , he will keep his hunters , his carriage _^ and _^ iis household domestics '; he will drink wine at the inarket table , keep a governess for . his daughters , send his sons to school , clothe them well , give them a good education , arid amass wherewithal fortunes for his children ,-ar id all this out of the profit made ofthe slave labour of ten men . ( Hear , near , and cheers . ) Well , then , where would be the necessity of any poor law , or of any army , if those ten men were allowed to enjoy the profit of their own industry ; and to that 'hey must come at last , although the speculators in Labour would rather the poor rates were twenty millions a year , so long as they' made princely fortunes of that competition created in the Labour market bv
an idle competitive reserve . "Ah ! said Mr . O'Connor ) you nee , though thwarted , opposed , and maligned , I am not going- —even yet—to abandon my bantling . ( Loud cheers , and " Bravo ! " ) No , I am going to persevere , in one shape or form , until I establish such a free labour market as will enable the working man tofold his arms in the free labour field , when the coritractpr bids for his labour , instead of , as now , being hired at the ginpalace—the market cross—the house of call , or the bastile . - ( Great cheering . ) Had they ever reflected upon , this anomaly , that while their system of government was said to be complete , having a Minister for Foreign Affairs to approve or disapprove of wars aud _negotiations ; a Minister for the Home Department to appoint magistrates ,
dispense patronage , and order executions ; a Minister for the Colonics to embroil us in colonial squabbles ; arid a Minister of all-spice , mace , nutmegs , ginger , tariiarinds , - cloves , citron , almonds , raisins , oranges , arid lemons —( great laughter)—not one of them produced by English labour , while there was no Minister of Agriculture , upon the advancement of which English prosperity , mainl y depends , ( Loudcheers . ) Now , then , let him enlighten the minds of those who disparaged and despised the Land , and scoffed at the dull monotonous life of the clodpole . Were they aware that everything upon the back of the Queen , worn at the _grand ball on Monday night , and everything upon the back of Prince Albert , that Buckingham Palace , the gorgeous furniture in every room , the pictures in the
gallery , their frames , the library , the books and the binding ) the beds , and the furniture in the state rooms , the silksand satins , the jewellery , the decorations worn by peeresses , the / carriages that took them to the ball ,, the musical instruments that played at the ball , the wax lights , the chandeliers , the champagne , _arid- _' everything that was eat and drank at the-feast , arid everything that you have now upon your backs ' , arid everything in your homes , and your homes themselves , are all , one and all , produced _by-the Land ? ( Cheers . ) Well , then , is this a dull and uninteresting question to you ? (" No , no . " ) - Or would you rather that I would speak of revolutions as a quicker means of achieving your rights , for if'you would you will be woefull _* mlufnlrnn 2 _fOhaava \ "FnvT tiaw _otinf * _linva in _ffAnf
of this vast assemblage , after an apparent apathy upon your part for twelve months , to tell you that I would not consent to have the fir > t joint of my little finger cut off to carry any measure whieh you may accomplish without the _loas of a single hair on your head . ( Cheers ;) Do not think that the old toxis to be caught by government officials , by spies , informers , enthusiast- * ,, or fools ., ( Loud cheers . ) _I-tell you now that Nature ' s field' is wide enough and prolific enough for Nature's family , and that you are not like the French—trained to arms . When your Boldiers enlist they are slaves for life ; not so with the French ; they _« e ' disciplined in the use of arms , you in the use of intellect ; and , to-morrow , if there '' were a hundred thousand of you armed with
muskets ; _thelchance is that one half of you would 5 ut the muzzles , instead of the _buttsy to your _shoulers , -. ( Cheers . ) What _aproud position it is for . a man to beable to _standbeforesucha meeting after being a target for , all / to fire at ,. and to defy yoii , either politically , or a ' s the trustee of the poor man ' s money , to charge him with a single dishonest or improper act . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , you oppressed men , there ' s loom for you all at flat-ire ' s tablethere ' s work for you'all in Nature ' s field—and 1 don't want to spare one of' you . ( Great cheering . ) There is now about to be a revival—and a great revival—of the Democratic agitation ; and I shall
not shrink from the _performancejOf myduty _. m or out of Parliament . . This meeting is reviving to my spirits . If will save me money , as I required a vapour bath , which would have cost me five shillings . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now mark what I am going to tell you . I have been in Parliariient during the first three sessions of the . Reformed era . I have been in parliament during the last two sessions , and I can declare upon my honour that the present parliament is more opposed to the interests of the / working classes than any I have sat in . ' , ( Cheers ; and " It ' s true . " ) Well , now you see the ] state of your platform . You have government spies / ' informers , arid
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reporters-here—( _hisses ) -rbut _youhave _uoUa . _skngl _^ mcmber , of , pariiamerit , with the one ' solitary insta nc ? ni matl' that _teloifigs _^ d tip . party but the people . ' ( Cheers . ) Now , if you had Annual Parliaments , ami were upon tlie eve of a general election—when short accounts make long fiiends-this platformlarge as it is would be too small to hold all the hon . gentlemen that would be suingfor your sweet voices . ( Cheers . ) We , as the dcgiaded party , have been _rei vinnea ro _ES rt _Mvhere- ( hi 3 ses _)^ butyou _, have _^ ot , a , si , ngX _^ n omDe r . et ! . parliamerit , _withtheoiiescdiUa ] yinstanc
_-M-u nuu _oy the press , aDd bv all ' classes , for our violence ; but let me now remind you of the * pacific mottoes : of a _^ leading- Tory , the leading ! Whigs , and the leading moral force Repealer . Lord ! Boliugbroke , a _. Tory , has stated that '' It is asiriucbj the duty , of a people to rebel against a corrupt House of Commons , as against a tyrannical prince . '" . The .. Whigs have said , '' That taxation without re * presentation is tyranny ,, and should be resisted ; ' ¦ and Daniel O'Connell has adopted Byron ' s MORATi FORCE motto ; " WHO WOULD BE FREE _.. _HIM-,
SELF _s MUST STRIKE : ; THE . BLOW . " - , ( Loud cheers , and laughter . )¦ - ¦ Let them now review tha mannei' in which Chartism was injured from tha year 1839 , the first . Convention , to 1848 / the lasft Convention , in 1839 , when our professing friends } had exhausted the Exchequer , they became ouc bitterest enemies and greatest revilers . /( Hear , hear . ) This naturally shocked the people . In 1843 _ouij most enthusiastic friends became spies , inforriiers _^ tools , or what-were called criminals . ( Cheers . ) Now _^' was it not natural , under such circumstances , foe the betrayed people to have become a little cautious 1 Was it not the constant practice of men , when in full employment / to say , " Let us alone , we arever _^ well , we rec [ uiro no agitation . ;"' while , the moment _thesariic men were thrown out of craplbyriient , the " cryinvariably was , " Come , lead u » on , wc arc ready for the battle—now is the time . " " ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not ready for such a battle . Nor . hencvee
would be ready for such a battle . For when tha people were prepared to assert their ; rights , ihcra would be no necessity for any battle at all . ( Cheers . ) When , he was an Irish member he resisted _ovei-y aggression upon _^ Eng lish liberty—the " _-uppressioa of the Trade Unions—the Poor Law Amendment Act- —the transportation of the Dorchester La _« - boiirers / he opposed . ( Cheers . ) And now , as manw ofhis countrymen , were present ; he begged ; _i-tcrin- " form them thnt . it-. was his _resolutionvpubfic opinion being suppressed in , Ireland , to . _eetiiblish a Repeal Association-in Saxon land ' .. ( Tremendous cheering . ) ,. He ,, never would Jforget the duty " . that he o _* . vednis country ; and . it was a fiirigular fact that an Irishman and an English representative—Sharman Crawford — about the most independent member in
the British Parliament . ( Great cheers . ) That hon . member said , that he considered Air . Hume ' s quadruped , embracing his motion for Householdl suffrage , as a humbug ; and he has given notice ta move an amendment upon that motion , substituting Manhood or Universal Suffrage , for Househola Suffrage . ( Loud and continued' cheering , and waving of hats , ) "Well , " said Mr , O'Connor , "I see you like the old annual best , and rely upon it , that whoever ofters you less , means to bilk y oix of all . " ( Renewed cheering . ) He almost wished that , now the summer was approaching , he _ceuldj made another tour through Scotland and England , to revive the Chartist , movement ; however , it was his determination to test the liberal mind of Parliament , by proposing the whole animal _during the present month . ( Laughter and _^ cheers . ) He would conclude by thanking " them' for the aftectionate manner in which they had received him
that night , and he would ask them when they went home , to reflect upon what he had said , to meditate upon what then * united power and strength could effect . Let each man who was present secure two honest co-operators , and the number there would be trebled , and then the cause of Chartism would increase in geometrical progression , and when they had their rights he would be the proudest man ia the world , as , like Quintus Cincmnatus , lie could then return to his _plough—consoled with tlie proud reflection that he ha < _r suffered _pereeewtion for the advocacy of their principles , but that he had never ? eaten a meal , or travelled a mile at their expense , and when successful he never would accept of remuneration or reward for his , services . ; Mr . O'Connor resumed , his seat amid the most hearty arid vociferous applause . [ The above is but a mere outline of his speech , which was delivered with an amount of
enthusiasm , earnestness , and ardour , which even he haa not surpassed in the-most rampant days of Chartism . ] ¦ _¦ _. ... After a short pause , he again rose , and proposed the two following , resolutions , the one to test the political , the other the personal sincerity of the , meeting . The first resolution was carried unanimously with great applause ; tbe second was carried by acclamation , accompanied with indescribable cheering , and waving of-hats arid h * . ndkerchiofs . "That we , the inhabitants of Finsbury , in public meeting assembled , having : reviewed the several organic changes ia support of which the aid of the industrious classes was enlisted by those parties who based their advocaey of such _chanf-es upon the benefit that tHey ' could confer upon the working classes , but _ha-ring Discovered by dear-bought
experience , that the _working classes were used as mere tools by the privileged orders who possess exclusive political power , based upon a limited system of representation , we do hereby pledge ourselves not in any ways to advocate an-g political _measure shert . of . the _iljgople ' _s Charter ; and . we invite our order to stand lirmly together , ' as a distinct and separate class / contending- unitedly for those natural rights of man , the want of which has enabled all other classes to make profit and lire luxuriously upon the disunion and the consequent disfranchisement ot the industrious classes , and that the social object ol the Chartists _' is to open'the Free labour Market , that men _. inpoked with the title of freemen , shall no longer b _^ _-merc slaves iu the hands . of their taskmasters , and , frorii the base systcm of competition , placed
in unnatural and destructive enmity to each other . " " That we , tlie inhabitants of Finsbury , in public meeting assembled , do avail ourselves of the present opportunity to tender our unbounded thanks to , and our unabated confidence in , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., member for this borough , - for his continuous and zealous advocacy of the cause ofthe working classes . We rejoice to hear that his health , injured by his indefatigable aud unwearied attention to his parliamentary duties , is rapidly improving , and inspires the hope that he will shortly resume that proud position which he so honourably maintained in the most perilous times ; and we pledge ourselves , upon every occasion , to give him _oiir most cordial support to preserve for our borough the honour of being represented'by so worthy an advocate ofthe inst rights of labour . "
. Mr . 0 Connor then made an appeal to the meeting ori behalf of Mr . ; Nixon , who conducted Mr . Vernon ' s defence ,, and to which the meeting responded , by a pledge that the men of that locality would honourably discharge their shave ofthe liability _,, and we trust , in justice to Mr . Nixon , and fop the honour of the Chartist cause , that all other localities will do likewise ; Mr . Staliwood then read and moved the adoption ofthe' Chartist Petition , which was seconded by Mr . _George Moss , and carried amidst acclamation . . * . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman } and the meeting terminated .
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TO MY FRIENDS , THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF HALIFAX , AND THE CHARTISTS OF MIDDLETON , JERSEY , BRAMHOPE , AND PRESTON . . ' " -- ' ... Barnard ' s Inn , London . ' - , May 3 , 1849 . Permit me , through the medium of the "Northern Star" to thank you for the subscriptions towards my unsettled bill for Mr . Vernon ' s defence . Although the sum subscribed is but trifling , believe me , I consider it as an earnest of your good feeling towards Mr . Feargus 0 ' Connor , as well as to myself , and m y client , Mr . _Veknos . It is much _, to be re- '
grettedthat so little energy is shown in discharging- the various claims , & c . ; as I have previously observed , it is surprising that with so large a body as the Chartists , they can continue to lie , under the stigma of . not at once liquidating all the just demands made , and particularl y such bins as were incurred for the defence of their leaders in June and _Julyi 1848 , at which time mine was created . It is deeply to be regretted , I say , and it is sincerely hoped that the subscriptions already made , ( although very small ) will rouse that apathy and indifference which appears to be so predominant in the general body . Believe me to remain , Your faithful Servant , J . E . Nixon .
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Cripplegate . —Mr . Stallwood delivered his fifth lecture in thc metropolis , on the " Life' and writings of Thomas Paine , " in the Assembly Rooms , 21 , Golden-lane , on Sunday evening last . — Atthe conclusion , Mr . Scobel moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and said had they more of such "Addresses" the principles" of Thomas Pane would he made perfectly plain to all , and if once the minds ofthe people could be divested of that prejudice with which interested parties had invested them , the principles that great man had enunciated , would be as speedily and unanimously adopted . —Mr . J , E . Duncan , in seconding , the
motion , recited an ode to the memory , of" Thomas Paine . "—Mr . Britcsk ( a . German democrat )) begged permission to say that he thought the very pleasing mode Mr . Stallwood had taken in putting before the world the -character and writings of Thomas Paine , was well calculated to disarm prejudice , and at the same time do much to forward tbe democraticcause , ( Loudcheers . ) Themotion wascarriedbyacclamation . —Mr . _Stallwood-briefly responded , and in reply to a question , stated that he had accepted an invitation of some friends in the Hamlets , and would deliver an address on the same subject , at the Esses Coffee and Assembly Rooms , Church-street , Bethnal-green _, on Sunday next . The lecturer resumed his seat , and the evening ' s entertainment
was concluded by Master Fowler playing in a superior - manner , on a concert flute , the airs "Mourir pour la patrie , " and the ** Marsellaise , " both of which were much applauded . KmKCAunr : —An important meeting of the good men and true of Kirkcaldy , Linktown , Path-head , and _Dysart , was held in the Baptist Chapel , Rosestreet , Kirkcaldy , on Thursday evening , the 26 th ult ., for the purpose of adopting , the local petition in favour of our own dear old Charter , and , as we like to "fell twa dogs wi' ane . bane , "—to hear the Rev . Alexander Duncanson , pastor ofthe first Congregational Church , Falkirk , deliver a lecture in defence of our principles . The meeting contained , besides the old veterans ofthe cause , a considerable
sprinkling of the middle-class gentry . —Mr . James _Wishart was called to tiie chair , who , after a neat address , introduced the lecturer . To give even a synopsis of / the brilliantly eloquent and argumentative address , -which occupied Mr . Duncanson during two hours of a rapid delivery , would take up too much space . Suffice it to say . that his introductory remarks were addressed to Christian professors , and the position which Christian men should take up . in reference to * this question . He contended that every man , in whose bosom the love of God and the love , of man existed , must necessarily be a philanthropist , ' a lover of all mankind ; That hiB end and aim would be to fuse the whole family of man into one common brotherhood . That in the Christian bosom there is
a martyrdom ofthe spirit ot selfishness ; Ms sympa thies not being confined to his own country , he rejoices at news of liberty from "France , or from any other , country in' the habitable globe . ; He is indeed a citizen of the- world " . Every movement which has for its object the amelioration of the condition of the human family , deserves the . Christian ' s encouragement . He must necessarily be a progressionist . Our friends in the House seem at a low howto enter on the forward path , but the . Chartistshave chalked out a clear highway . " He then adverted to the temperance movement , as being an essential article of personal reform . To the antislaverv movement , -which ought not to expend all
its sympathies across the Atlantic , but wherever a man did not receive a fair equivalent for his labour , to endeavour to find out a remedy there . To the _anti-gibbet movement _^ which says with the . voice of God "Thou _shalt not kill . " . To the Peace Movement , which was an essential element of Chartism , and subsequently to the . Six Points , during which he demolished the cobweb sophistry which our opponents call arguments , in a most masterly style . At the close he was greeted with three hearty rounds of applause . —Mr . James Lyme moved the adoption ofthe petition , which was seconded by Mr . Alex . Beattie , Jan ., in ' a very , eloquent speech , and adopted unanmou » ly , _--rAfter a vote of thanks to the worthy lecturer , the meeting broke up . : r '
_Meibopoutan Delegate Council . —At a meeting on _^< Mjday , at the Executive Committee Rooms , 144 High Holborn— -J . Harper in the chair—a quest-oiliwas mooted , and a discussion aroBe there--on , nt wh ; ch mostbf the members took part , rela-* _£ _!* , g _£ i _^ P ' an excursion on Whit-Monday for Rhn „ M 2 ,. _? _£ ? . and whether such excursion _Hi _^/ nl f _^ _i ST " boat _* " *•» " motion of Ed I « tw _* h ? _^^ _it _** < ultimately _re-2 Xi * k _^ 3 _^ nestioa _etand adjourned tiU next week , and that . in the meantime ' the opinion of the several localities be taken _theW and that _S- _^ V _— _"" _^ _f _^ _K _** « bm ? tted was the propriety of issuing Chartist tracts or _bmdbiu / for general circulation , _oncea _fortnighti _Aaotieewas
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entered _; . on the books . for the question to be submitted at the , next meeting , on Monday evening , May 7 th , when it is hoped every delegate will be at his post . '"' , ' v , NationalRegistration and Central Election CommhtbeI—This ever active body met at the-Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , Soho , on Monday evening , April 30 th , when Mr . Grassby reported that the " Hand Book of Registration" was ready to be issued ; and , in reply , to a question , said it might be obtaine _^ . of ,. any , bookseller in the United Kingdom for threepence—and called . on all local societies , as well as agents , to make use of the information thereto _conveyedjf for the purpose of furthering the _registi- atwri _^ o 'f-as many Proletarians as possible . —Mr John : Arnott announced that the efforts of the
committee in Lambeth ! alone had already succeeded in adding fourteen hundred names to the electoral roll . ( Loud cheers . ) The eligibility of all persons being members of the Registration Committee , and elcctor ? of Lambeth'joining the Lambeth Election Commitjfee ) having been' suggested and acquiesced in , _th-SCCmmittee adjourned to Monday , May the 7 th . _^ _iliBMnvGiiAM ;—At a meeting of Chartists held at the : Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , on Sunday evening las _^ frit _- was " unanimously resolved , to . hold a town meeting in the Corn Exchange , for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament for the enactment of . the People ' s . Charter . A committee was appointed to . make ; . the necessary arrangements for
_^' _ttinWup the ' _dbove , and the meeting adjourned to Snnltlay _^ lay . 6 tn , at effht o ' cloek _^ ii _^ the" evening ) when it is hoped a goodl y number of the-friends of Reform will attend and g ive their assistance to the committee to carry out the meeting . , - . ' ; _BRIQHT 0 N . —rTHE NatIONAI . PETITION . — A _nUIUer 0 U 3 and enthusiastic meeting , ' convened and presided over by the High Constable , was held in the Town _^ Hall on Monday evening last . Resolutions condemnatory of the present system , and a petition to Parliament'in favour of thc Six Points of the Charter , were unanimously and with-much enthu-: siasm adopted . The meeting was' most effectively addressed by ' numerous speakers ; . including Mr . M'Grath , of London , Mr . Good , Mr . Cunningham , one ofthe candidates at the late election , and Capt . Pechell .
; _Chabtxrville . — We understand that the female Chartists at Charterville , are actively engaged in getting up a tea party' and ball , to take . place on Whit Monday , in aid of the Chartist victims . Westminster . — . The _^ _^ members of the Westminster locality met , by adjournment , atthe Two Chairmen ; Wardour-street , on the 30 th of April , when after receiving various reports , and transacting other business , the meeting adjourned " to Tuesday , May 8 th , ' at eight o ' clock in the evening . r . _, _Clbrkenweli _, ' . _—; Ata nieeting of the Council of the' National Charter Association , held at the Assembly' Room ,- 34 ' Clerkenwell-Green , on Sunday morning last , the following l _, was moved by Mr . _Nobbs and seconded by MrJ Antill : — " That a vote of thanks is due , and is hereby given , to Mr . O'Connor for his conciliating letter . in last Saturday ' s Star , as also for his . honest and , straightforward conduct since he has been . connected with the Chartist
movement . . "_"" . ' . " . " .. . ' ' Greenwich . —A _meeting was convened on . Tuesday evening last . at the Coftee House , four doors from Depttord-bridee , " for the purpose ' of registering the Chartists of this borough . Mr , Munro in the chair . Eighteen members were-enrolled , and the following persons elected to form part of the General . Council , viz ., —Messrs . Sweetlove , Enticott , Morgan , Paris , " Cooper , G . T . ' Floyd , treasurer , and Samuel Brewerton , secretary . Moved by Mr . Floyd and seconded by Mr . Woodward— " That we meet at the above house on Tuesday evening next to transact the business of the Association . "
_Pubijc Meeting in Marylebone . —A very numerous meeting of the electors and . non-electors of Marylebone , to consider the propriety of p etitioning the House of Commons for the adoption of the People ' s Charter , was held in the Literary and Scientific Institution , Carlisle-street , Portman-markct , on Thursday evening , May 3 rd . Mr Christy , a tradesman and elector of the borough , in the chair . The secretary read a letter from Lord D . Stuart , M . P . j regretting his inability to attend ; also from Mr . John Williams , ' M . P ., with a like apology ; and also from Mr . T . Cooper . Mr . Stallwood moved , and Mr . Clark seconded the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that our fiscal burthens _arehnost oppressive—that the social condition of the operative classes is . wretcKed in the extreme—and that our system of parliamentary representation is most unfair and unjust , all of which
loudly call for a thorough Radical reform in the Commons' House of Parliament , and which reform , to be effective , this meeting is of opinion , should be founded on the well-known principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property _Qualification ibv members , Vote by Ballot , and the Payment of Members for their services . " The resolution , having been supported b y Mr . M'Grath , was carried " unanimously . -Mr . Dixon moved the adoption of the Chartist petition , and that Lord D . C . Stuart present it to the House , and that Sir . B . Hall , M . P ; , he requested to support it . Mr . Utting . seconded the motion . Mr . Julian Harney supported the motion for the adoption of the petition . His address called forth enthusiastic applause . A vote of thanks was carried by ' acclamation to the Chairman , and the veryj numerous meeting quietly separated ;'
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Braoford ( Yorkshire ) . —At a meeting of members , held at Mrs . Smith ' s , Bridge-street , next to the Golden Ball , on Sunday , April 29 th , Thomas Hirst in the chair , the letter of Mr . O'Connor to the members . of tho Land Company was discussed , and it » was resolved : —r" That the thanks of the members be given to Mr . O'Connor , for his ! bold determination to discharge the" locusts on the _^ Company ' s land , and to let bettermen take their places . " It was also resolved : — " That if the members of this branch will not come up with their land money and local expenses , as th' e Registration of the Company is near completion , they shallforfeittheriioney paidin , " , r ¦;; - _;
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..... .... THE EOCIIDALE . CHARTISTS . - TO THE EnilOR OF THE _NORTIIKRN STAR . My Dear Sir , —I crave a few lines in your journal to explain to our friends iri ltochdale , and surrounding district ; -the " reason I did not lecture in Rochdale on Sunday last _. as was generally expected . First , then , I bad made no dehnitive arrangement to do so , - and wrote to Mr . Bake , on Tuesday , assuring him that I could not be in Rochdale on Sunday . I had invitations to four separate places , and . could not lecture at all of them on the same day ; and aa our Manchester , friends had contributed liberally to + 1 * 1 ft 4 * 1111 fid _A"f + liis' A eef \/ - * i «* i + i / _-Hti nr \ A watia nnnvt . _aAinrlli .
disappointed in their : arrangements ) I thought it but right to accomriiodate them . ' I leave fof Glasgow on Saturday _^ and I now request that all my Scotch friends wishing me to lecture for : them , will write direct to " Duncan , Sherrington , Rumford-street , Bridgeton , Glasgow . ' ' I will probably return to England in the latter part . of May , or earl y in June ,, and will then visit all the places I have promised ; and assure the good folks of Rochdale that their interest ' s will bo considered .
" A word to the wise is enough , " ¦; is a : " good proverb ; and I inform my friends for the first time in my ¦ life ; thatl iny expenses have ; in many cases , ( taking all costs . iuto account ) , 'been . ; twice my income . _Things-mustjbe . better , managed-for the future , or the result-is self-evident , 'The _abors io a rather unpleasant declaration , and I will not repeat it . : ,. I am , as ever , . , _! . _" _• ' , , ' " ' . Your obedient Servant , Manchester , May 1 . / ' - Samuel Kyd » .
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