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TQ THE ENGLISH SLAYES . Ji j * "pKIESDS , for althoug h slaves I call yon my friends , because slavery is a brutal and tyrannical _jnjasfice heaped npon you . I was in tiie goose on Tuesday night for tiie express _pnrposeof snppoiting I _/ oid Bobebt _Gkostesou ' s _potion , for " a Select committee to inquire whether any measures could be taken to improve the Sanitary condition of the Journey-Baiersbut not fortunate 3 -
_inen ; " I was enough jo jje present when your philanthropic friend and emancipator ( John Bbighi ) made his savage and disgusting speech ; if I had been , j should have answered it . Jly friends , as you do not Tery probably read those speeches made in the SHOW B 05 , 1 here insert the speech of that philanthropist , in order that you may comment upon it yourselves . Here follows the speech of the _jepresantative of the drones of the great _Northern hive : — 1
jlr . _Bbight -understood that the noble lord -risked the inquiry to extend to the places in which these men worked , and the time they were em-• doyed . The noble lord had even spoken of their _jjsgnsting dirtiness . But he ( Mr . Bri ght ) could got see how Parliament could take steps to alter the arrangements of bakehouses , or consistently interfere directly with the labour of adult men . Indeed , the noble lord ' s clients , however much they might suffer , seemed to be in a very good position to plead their own cause , for they had an organ of their own , termed the Bakers' Gazette and General Trade ! Advocate . By a copy of it which he teld in his hand , and happy the stamp
authorities had not put their impress upon it , ahd it could be sold for three halfpence . That the louse might know what were the principles how being propounded to Parliament , he would read from tins publication a few sentences from an article which contained opinions identical with those expressed by the noble lord , and with the principles of the measure he brought forward last year . The article was entitled " Wages and Labour , " and referred to a case which was brought before one of the police offices , showing for how small a soma _needlewoman had been compelled to work , and comp laining of the want of some law to protect labour . The particular case was that of a poor
wojisan , Francis Dillon , who was allowed hut sixpence per pair for making corduroy trousers . [ A good deal of merriment was created at this point of the _quotation by a sotte voce remark of an hon . member on the hack benches , calling attention to the corduroy trousers worn by Lord Marcos Hill , who was sitting on the Treasury Bench immediately below tiie hon . member for Manchester . ] Upen these facts the writer in the Bakers' Gazette laid down doctrines wbich were in no respect short of Communism ; they were , that the country most soon go hack to the old princi p le of determining by act of Parliament the minimum of wages which working people . were to receive , regulating that minimum by the prices of food . If-parliament did that , and fixed thc number of hours which was to constitute a day , then
it was said that a great point would be gained for tbe working classes of this country . The writer next went on to say that , ia holding those opinions _, he by no means maintained the -views of Communism , because he would allow all who thought proper to work longer each day than the number of hours specified by law as the limit . The hon . member having read the article , put it to the house whether there was anything in any ofthe projects of "Robert Owen , or of any of the Socialists of the day in France , more clearly of the nature of what we understood by Communism than what was contained in that article ? The men whose case the - noble lord advocated were grown up men , and as it appeared not ordinary men , bnt Scotchmen . ( Laughter . ) Now if there was one class of men on the face of the earth better
able than another to take care of themselves , it was Scotchmen . The condition of these journeymen bakers was represented as most horrible : the dens in which they worked were said to be dreadful Then , if they came to England voluntarily to work in snch places , how Tery horrible most be the places which they quitted . He was astonished . to see snch a cause sanctioned hy the advocacy of the noble lord ; it was most surprising to see bim contending for the supporters of snch a publication as the Gazette to which he had referred ; to see him . ' urging ihe adoption of Communistic doctrines in -favour ofa hody of stalwart men , who seeded no protection .
Now , as the speaker professes to be a Parliamentary and Financial Reformer ,. if that body does acknowledge him as a fair reflex of their princi ples and opinions , I say to H—11 with sach hypocrites . How do you think that men of that class , if truly represented by JossBsiGST , wonld ever confer any p rivilege upon the slave class , to emancipate them from the gripe of their owners 1 Let me analyse the speech of this p hilanthropist "He could not understand how " Parliament could take steps to alter the . ar" _rangements of bakehouses , or consistently << interfere directl y with the labour of adult "men . "
Well , here is philosophy . If this is a sound proposition , of what avail then would be the success ofthe Parliamentary Eeform Association , if it could not interfere with the Labour Question , which it professes to be the question of questions ? "Wh y did Lord John Russell and his philanthropic \ coadjutors devote so much of their time and their energy to the
EARLY CLOSING SHOP QUESTION ? Do shopmen standing behind counters with curled hair and perfumed handkerchiefs , suffer as much as the oppressed bakers ? And are not many of those adults ? And wh y then did tiie noble lord—the Pbtme Mesisiercontend for their liberation from bondage ? And why did Mr . Bbighi not oppose their liberation ? And then , speaking of the "Bakers' Gazette , "—the only organ through which their class could develope their principles , he says : — MA happily the Stamp authorities had sot yet put their impress upon it , and it could be sold for three halfpence .
Now , was notthis a hint to the Government to suppress the onl y organ through which the distressed bakers could express their opinions ? Then the philanthropist goes on to sympathise with the " . poor creature'' _FraxcesBuxos , and quotes her case as extracted from the " Bakers' Gazette , '' showing that it was liable to he seized , as it published a police case . Then the spouter goes on to say : — lhe condition of there journeymen bakers was represented as most horrible ; the dens in whicli they worked
to * said to be dreadful . Then , if they came to England _vwmaxS y to work in sueh places , how very horrible must te the place which they quitted . Now * , what does this prove , beyond the choice between the positive and comparative state of misery which the poor baker is compelled to accept ? Mi g ht he not as well tell us that there was to be no sympath y for the convicted felon , who preferred the hardest toil to remamng bound in his fetters ? Would these men place themselves in this life-destroying position , if the veritable field of labour was
open to them ? No ; but as he and his co-Jeeches live upon the sweat and blood of their few-made slaves , they fear lest the emancipation of one class should lead tothe freedom of all The orator concludes thus : — He _trasastonished to see such a caise sanctioned hy the _wrocacy of the _noUe lord ; it was most enrprians to see J ™ _coptendiD-- for lhe supporters of such a publication as in »« . _^ Ktte' t 0 wllich he had referred ; toseehim _nrg-™ oUie adoption of Cammnmstic doctrines in favour of _^ _cass , and , worst of all , in fevour ot a body of stalwart _•" _eo _-whoneeded noprotedion ,
Now , although I am no Communist , I -frankl y avow that I would much prefer a _sys-*? based upon Communism , to that system b y which the rich capitalist is enabled to suck he very blood of his dependent slave ; of two * j _™ s choose tiie least , and Communism would _aeci-ledl y be the lesser evil . Then the orator _$ _** on to tell us that the bakers are " _stal-* J * men , who need no protection . " Now , I _"H answer this assertion upon the very best _authorit y . TJ pontheverynightof the debate , T _" - Lvshixgtox , the member for _"Westmin-^ r , informed me , that he was director , or in -ne way connected with an ingnranf-. a
company which woraj ) sot insuhe the life of -wouas EYMAx _bakeu ; yet these ave the _^" ¦ nvart men who need no protection , when _®* " - _* * insurance company will not guarantee anything upon their death . ¦ _" ¦ _* _"¦" *•* ,, working men , when yon find one of
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opposing the Ten Hours Bill , opposing a measure which is calculated to increase tiie health and comfort of poor bakers , what would be your fate if yon were represented by such a class in the House of Commons ? I now turn from this disgusting subject to address you npon more general matter . I have now lying before me a p ile of letters inviting me to nearly all parts of the country , and all kindl y acknowledging me as their indefatigable benefactor and leader . It would be impossible for me to give an answer to each , as yet , as to the time that I will pay each a visit ; but I promise to announce , and very speedily , when I will visit each and every
locality . M y friends of Rochdale _* Bilston , Leicester , ¦ Thrapstone , Holmfirth , Keighley , Manchester , Birstall , Ashton-under-Lyne , Bnrnley , Sheffield , Derby , Oldham , Norwich , Bradford , Hull , South Shields , Todmorden , Merthyr Ty dvil , Staleybridge , Rotherham , and several other places , -request'that I wUl now appoint the day , and each cheerfully promising me a hearty -and enthusiastic welcome , some asking me to __ "visit them during the Whitsun week . ; but I think , if they are generous , they wiB _^ _yipw me to take my holidays when "they take theirs . -However , 'I promise very shortly to be amongst them ' once more , to test their sincerity , and to allow them to test mine . ' '
M y friends , no doubt yon will have read the report of tbe Protectionist meeting , held on Tuesday last , at the Crown and Anchor—the Duke of _Richmond in the chair ; and all the sponters , farmers , in order that the M . P . ' s present- —who were numerous—should understand the valour , and the MORAL _POTHER , by which the auxiliary force proposes to accomplish its object ; and from their speeches you will learn their loyalty , and the amount of yeomanry cavalry they can turn out as LOYAL SUBJECTS , to flabbergast the Queen and her Government . Now , I have often told you , that there was one law for the rich , and another forthe poor ; and if I had heen in the situation of his Grace the Duke
of Richmond , presiding over a Chartist meeting—and if such threats and rebellion were spouted—I should very soon be in limbo . Bnt remember what I told them in the House of Commons in 1848 : " that their loyalty would speedily follow the fli g ht of Protection •" and I also told them that , "take away tithes from the parsons , and their loyalty wonld as speedily follow . " The working classes of this country are now becoming too powerful to be resisted b y all the other classes unitedly . They cannot longer be tickled or juggled , by granting tbem amere fraction of the rights they demand and are entitled
to . They now look for all , as yon will discover from the fact of the manufacturing operatives declining Sir Geobge Grey ' s qualification of the Ten Hours Bill . For myself , I have always said , and always thought , that ten hoars was too long a period even for an adult to work in an unnatural atmosphere ; and , if I had my . will to-morrow , 1 would level every infernal long chimney to the dust , and p lace you all npon the Land—in a healthy atmosphere—living under your own vine and yonr own fig-tree , none daring to make you afraid . And let ihe factory operatives rest assured that , however others may y ield to the
governmental policy of Sir Geor e Gre , which is based upon Free Trade support , that , if I stood alone in the House of Commons ,. I will never forsake the cause of the care-worn mother and her helpless baby . Can I forget the eyes o those fond and affectionate women , when they welcome me upon the platform , hugging me with ecstasy , and calling me their fatter ? Can I forget the countenances of the little children—their cheerful look , which is sure to fade before the frown' of tyranny ? No—never ! And if this Ten Hour measure is abandoned by all others , I will stand firm to the cause .
. M y friends , if I can help it , you shall not much longer continue slaves . I have often told you the years of suffering that my father endured for struggling for the emancipation of your order ; and I will nowconclude this letterwinch I write nnder excitement—with the termination of my father ' s last letter to Lord Camden , then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and written from his dungeon , when deprived of the use of his limbs , in 1798 . He says : — Tell them—buthold , spare yourself the -pains—we know , what is still better we feel our degradation . Thanks to the God of nature ; who works by means inscrutable to human ken ; GrenviHe , Pitt , and JenMnson , have done _wonders"THEF HAVE _JtElBiT BBmSED ODB _POSD HOPES OF SEEKO THOSE
ABUSES , WHICH HAVE _HITUERTO WITHSTOOD THE _INEITSCIUAI STECGGLE OF DIVIDED _KLVCDOMS , FALL _PSOSTBATE BEFOSE THE MODERATE , BUI DETERMINED EXEETIONS OF UNITEn NATIOSS . Tell England to bid ferewell to liberty when Ireland is enslaved ; three millions of Irish slaves would rivet Britain ' s chains . . Countrymen , whilst _assojsiJiat-ionis baUed by authority , am I doomed to a bastile , on charges , the futility of __ which I was ready to prove according to law , which was denied rue , —the cronndlessness of which I have made clearly appear
tothe Executive without redress . Behold me m a loathsome prison , in a cell nine feet square ; any fortune ruined ; my health impaired ; my constitution shattered ; with enough of all left however tobe _useMto my country . Hear me through the grate of my gaol : be watchful as owls ; resolute as lions ; gentle as lambs ; persevering as moles ;—be patient , sober , and discreet ; faithful and true to jour engagements—adore yaur Creator—be ready to die for jour country—fear a bad character : dread nothing else .
Let the world be your Bepublic ; Ireland year country ; To do good your religion ; Be humane ; BUT , ABOVE ALL-BE UNITED . Farewell fellow Citizens . 1 set at defiance all the machinations of conspirators against me . Nor , my lord—* is there any terror in your threats ? For I am armed so strong in honesty That tbey pass by me as the idle wind , Which I respect not ' I cannot prevail on myself to conclade this letter in the usual way that one gentleman expresses ; himself to another . . _.-...- _
I cannot say I have the least respect for yon—nor will I ever be your humble servant . I must only subscribe myself . Roger O'Conkob . ftison , Cork , January , 1798 . Need I ask you if any spouting rebel of the present day would write such a letter as that to the tyrant who held his life in his hands ? and will you require a fnrther proof of my inherited devotion to your cause ? Your Faithful and "Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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_Sisgolab Thasce . —Atthe village of Farrmgden , situated abont nine miles from Bristol , on the road to Wells , a young woman named Ann Cromer , the daughter ofa master mason now lies in a complete state of catalepsy , in which extraordinary translike condition , should she survive till next _November , she will have been for no less than thirteen years . Daring the whole of this extended period she has not partaken of any solid food , and the vital principle has only been sustained by the mechanical , administration of fluids . Although of course reduced to almost a perfect skeleton , her countenance bears a Tery placid expression . Her respiration is perceptible , her hands warm , and she has some indication of existent consciousness . Upon one occasion ,
when asked if suffering from pain to squeeze the hand of her mother , placed in hers for that purpose , a slig ht pressure , the mother avers , was plainly distinguishable ; and frequently , when suffering from cramp , she has been heard to make slight moans . About sixteen weeks after the commencement of her trance she was seized -with lock-jaw , which occasions great difficulty in affording her nourishment . The _nnfortonate young woman is twenty-five years of age , and has been visited by a great-number of medical gentlemen , who , however , hold out no hopes of her ultimate recovery . —Times . -. . Wotx too visit a theatre in the metropolis , or go into a crowd , always p ick your pocket before leaving home . If yon fail to do this the duty may probably be discharged for you by a stranger
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n , Divided yoiifelL " to the Chartists . My Friends , —Ton will naturally understand that I have suffered no small amount of g riefand anxiety , from the maimer in which the columns . of the • Northern Star '' . have been frequently used , to promote and circulate per *** _sonal and class antagonism , I feel that justice compels me to furnish you with the reply of Thomas Clark , to the " attack made npon him in Mr . Harne y ' s letter of last week . Upon his letter I shall not make a single comment , while , in compliance with the
requests from numerous parts of the country , I beg to assure you that no more antagonism , or personal of party squabbles , shall be circulated through the " Star . " I have made my mind up upon the subject , and , therefore , should any other similar disputations appear in the columns of the"Northern-Star , " _youraay eel me down as a slave and a coward , fearing to exercise legitimate , control over your paper ; and remaining , f Your faithful and affectionate Friend , Feargus _O'Connor .
I now beg , in justice to Mr . Dixon , to fur- ; nishyou with " aletter received from a working man at Manchester : — . . Sib . —It if with tbat respect to yoa that becomes ' one in a humble station of life , that 1 would address you and say , that I sincerely lament the differences which now exist in our should-be leaders * but I here confess , that Mr . Harney * . * conduct is calculated to widen the breach rather than make it np . He ought to know tbat William Dixon has many friends in Manchester , who consider be has
rendered our cause good service , notwithstanding Harney ' s attacks ; and I think that unless you hold a tighter hand over him he will soon be master . A short time ago he took np she columns of the Star in wrangling ; this week four . Now , sir , if Sir Joshua Walmsley and his party does not go as far as we wish , calling them a ' clique ' and other , bad names , will not bring tbem any sooner . I hope you will see the necessity of keeping yeur promise , that no more wrangling shall make its appear ance in the Star , Your Friend and well wisher , —
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., Proprietor of the " Northern Star . " Sir , —Some months ago , when I had occasion to notice , through the columns of the " Star , " an unprovoked attack , which one of your servants—Harney—had made upon me , iu that journal , you gave the Chartist public a pledge that , from that time forward , the paper should be devoted to some more edifying and instructive purpose than tothe personal differences of ' ' leaders , " and that , in future , nothing of a personal character should be permitted to appear therein . From tbat time to
the present , however , every single impression of the paper bas contained matter from the pen ofthe same individual , and" directed against me . Sometimes I have been attacked openly , and by name in the answers to the _correspendents—at others b y inuendo , in the weekly letter against everybody—al . ways save and except the few " real veritables . " Resolutions also , about half a dozen , from , perhaps , double that number of individuals , have , at the same time , been published against me ; I bave , from a proud feeling of conscious integrity ,-and of inexpressible contempt for my matigners _, refrained from noticing either one or the other .
In the '' Star' ef last Saturday there is one of those _transcendently sublime effusions from the masterly genius of Harney , which have tended so much to elevate , at once , the character of the paper , and the taste of its readers ; and which have been so redundant of profound philosophy , and which have evolved snch mighty thoughts ,, expressed , as they have been , in language such aijs rarely to be met with , except , indeed , in that classical locality of the metropolis , where certain _velvet-tongned good wires deal in tbe sale of _conque _^ -inhabitants of that region , over which presides the Deity—Neptune .
In this article , I am honoured by . additional and special notice , and that , too , with your concurrence and consent . Tbe former truce , then , bas been , by your permission , set aside , and that Hercules of the pen—Harney—has again been amusing himself with dealing what be fancies are terrible blows at the reputation of Mr . Dixon , Mr . M'Grath , and myself . I fear , however , that the disease is too deeply rooted in our systems to be eradicated even by the surgical aid of bis terrible pen . Had he not better try the scissors ! I am informed that he is an excellent 44 paste and scissor man . " Indeed , the "Star" was evidence of his ability in that way when be did the " miscellaneous" for the paper ; and it certainly must have astonished him , when you raised him from it to
the " stool , upon which he has since been " sitting . " I will not stop here to notice the brilliant wit which he has employed against me—because , were I to point it out , tbe readers would then observe itbut will pass on to thesubstantialcharge whicb he has preferred against me , of not having forced upon the attention of the Reform Conference the propriety of adopting certain resolutions wbich the indignant Harney asserts were moved there by G . W , M . . Reynolds . I heard this latter _personage read the two resolutions to the Conference , but I knew nothing of the existence of the third , until I saw it quoted in Harney ' s three and a half columns of slashing fudge ; of course I except the heading and tbe poetry , which were , beyond ail comparison , grand and harmonious !
I did not interpose at the Conference , on behalf of the resolutions aforesaid . 1 st . —Because , as Harney himself shews , in the fourth paragraph of his irresistible epistle , the President , Sir Joshua Walmsley , in . the address with which he opened the proceedings of the Conference , specifically laid it down : — " ' That the delegates had met , not for the purpose of deciding upon the nature and extent of the measures of ParKamentaryReform to be attained , but for the purpose of merely deliberating on practical measures for carrying out a previously adopted scheme of representative reform . "
Thus , it will be seen , that by the constitution of the Conference , any alteration ot the fundamental principles of the Association was expressly provided against , and that resolutions , having such objects in view , could not bave been entertained . Besides , to me , it appears that as several thousands of persons , of all classes had joined the Association upon its present basis , that no organic change could bave been effected in its constitution without their consent ; andthat any legislation on that question , on the part of the Conference , could have proceeded only on the previously expressed decision of the members . : ' . I did not snpport . the resolutions
2 nd . —Because I would not be a party to their proposal , for the sake of mere form , or that I might employ their non-entertainment by the Conference , as an argument with which to damage the Association in popular _estimation . I was not bound , from b ombastical declarations , made either at Johnstreet , Leicester , or elsewhere , to support these resolutiens ; and knowing the impossibility of their adoption iu the present political disposition of the Association , I would have preferred to have withheld them , rather than to have made their introduction subservient to any factious purpose , or of procuring , at a cheap rate , the character of a flaming patriot .
The promoters of the Association say that they have adopted as comprehensive a measure of reform as they possibly could , to have secured for it anything like efficient support from those classes and in--fluenccs , without whose aid no material reform can be obtained . I fancy that I havo as sincere a desire as any man living , that the Assoeiation should adopt the principles of the Charter as-the foundation of its plan . of operations ; but I am as conscious as I am of mv own existence , that were it to do so ,
that it would alienatefromi _* . nine-tenths of the _ support which it now receives , both in Parliament and elsewhere . Noman whoknows the political feeling of the propertied classes ofEngland , can for amoment deny that the change of system , contemp lated by the Association , is quite as democratic—as any considerable body of them are prepared to support , and however desirable it- may bo such should not be the case still none can say but that it is so , who are prepared to give expressions to the prompting of truth , and « very day experience . The Associa-
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il / in _. , _- » '_ ' . . '" . ' ' . ¦ of ti _* Si ? _A * ?' _* ° P _topi-inciples Pnli ' _7 _^* _*™ 9 that there wero millions of men in ? _tS _^ allycared _« _SSSff ' _** _- ? occur _; tomy mind ' that _«« _nL , ould _* _<* . s ° me evidence of their sincerity in _SaSf _Jtr- _y- x ii ! ey would afc _'east join an _fMPtttum , whioh isat this moment above alf others _aSSfi & _SrtSf ~ n * A 88 8 °° _* i ' _™> und whose standard are . rallying the hosts of men who SSS ? St ° the are _phntogforthe
holdfil _& _' «? _^ f _" 1 ? millions who are now I S _»* i J _™?* _*^ Rofom _Association because L _™ _??¦ _* pt **? creed of the Charter , how _S-S + nd ! -J _? n tc _<* _« and 3 belong at ' _miW _?*' _' _* 0 tms 3 Sation _* iI _0 _hartei Association ? wny _sir _. there are not upon its books , theriames of peMridred _members ! And mark I this is a great national-institution , and the _numberswhich-IOiavo named , arc . scattered all over the country ; Then fancy sir , the impudence arid , tHe aiidacity of the me _^ VM 9 f _We ' « Provisional Committee" of Buoh lktah 8 _s _£ _* _?^^ w _moit _^ _mnrr---At 386 oianon are to be conducted . " _# ¦ W _# a _»» _admirable grace tho "loaders" of such _an-Association can ascend a platformandas
, , , J ? y _* _30 - * _*¦ _tyAhi . rav ; e , in the name _, 0 f those -mil lions of , _industribuB men . of- . whbm'they ¦ have been ableioget less thah , five . n _* indred toiom ' with them m their " National Association : *' _''¦ _¦' / : X '" _;[ ] _ . This great metropolis _itself--TWhioh hiis _' _the'ad vantage of the presence of the * _able-an * d % re ' nted managers of this movement—has , out of its population of two and a quarter millions , contributed less , much .. less than two hundred names tothe muster roll of this " national" army . Am I not warranted then , sir , instating that this pretence of " national" power , and of authority , to speak in the name of " the . masses , " is all bosh ? ft is a miserable fraud—a ' subterfuge so transparent that to be seen through , it needs only to be stated . "We
are the veritable _leadera of the millions" say these men . I answer , bah ! babblers , you aro no such thing , and you never will be so . Two per cent . of thoso whom you degrade and insult by your gratuitous and assumptions representation of them , are at this moment not aware of your existence , and are as innocent of acquaintance with your eloquence and patriotism , as I am of your common sense and ordinary discretion . To them you are indeed the "Mysteries of London , " the present edition of which ought to be bound in oalf . 1 have invariably proclaimed , in the teeth of this faction , that it is not the people , nor the " masses , " nor the " millions , " nor the " nation , " nor any other of the great things which it * has proclaimed
itself to be , more especially _. is this true of London , as I am prepared to prove . I have already stated that the National Charter Association , does not , at this moment , number in London , with its _two-and-aquarter millions of . population , as many as two hundred members ; and that , numericall y , in the metropolis it is certainly not the " masses . " I have , at this moment , before me the balance sheet ofthe National Charter Association , as audited and passed by the Convention , in 1848 ; and extending over time , commencing at December 22 nd , 1846 , and concluding April 18 th , 1848 ; and during that time I find that this mighty metropolis contributed to the general fund of the Association the sum of £ 13 ; and that during thesame period , Manchester alone sent to the same fund £ 23 9 s . 4 d . I have not
the books or balance sheets prior to that date , and containing the accounts ofthe Association from the time when I was elected to the Executive Committee , in 1843 , because all the account and minute books were handed by me to Mr . _Shirron , of Aberdeen , who was secretary to the famous and valiant " National Assembly , " which succeeded the National Convention , and which I never could succeed in getting from him , or I would be able to show that London has , during the past seven _yearB , stood in a like position , in relation to the General Fund . But there is another , and to you , Sir , personally , an interesting matter connected with these accounts . I have already shown that "the masses , " in this great wen , paid into the General Fund , in seventeen
months , ending April 18 th , 1848 , the sum of £ 13 . By a supplementary balance sheet , which I have before me , and from which 1 quote , I find that London , mind—with its population of two-and-a-quarter millions—contributed -to _.- ' the ' . funds ' ' , of .-the . " _NatibnaJ Convention , " which * caused such ' consternation , and which' was supposed to have " menaced the safety ofthe empire , " at the time , tho sum of £ 14 28 . 8 d . !! So that , altogether , London contributed , under the tremendous and convulsive French Revolution—the other great continental revolutions —the unpredicted Irish excitement — the intoxicating enthusiasm ofthe " National Convention , " ineluding the Demonstration at Kennington-common ; together with the thirteen months immediately preceding the year 1848 , the grand , total sum of
£ 27 2-. 8 d . !!! Was not this a magnificent donation from the great democracy of the richest and most mighty city of the universe ? Well , sir , this same supplementary balance sheet , which carries the account down to the 26 th of April , 1848 , and which includes that of the 18 th of thesame month , and which I have already quotedthat is to say , it contains tbo whole account ofthe National Charter Association from December 22 nd , 184 G , down to the 26 th day of April , 1848 , both dates inclusive ; and comprehending the balance sheet of the Conveution , as well as that of the Association , exhibits an expenditure over the total receipts , and due to the treasurer , of £ 40 Os , 5 s . Ill Thus the account stands ;—London seventeen months , includ- £ s . d .
ing Convention , & c , 4 c . ... 27 2 8 Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., same time ........ 40 0 5 Balance paid by F . O'Connor over . that paid by London , with its two _and-a-quarter millions of a population £ 12 17 Oil !
"Verily , sir , these " masses ought to get " another leader . " Some one who will go for the " Charter and something more !" There is another circumstance in relation to this money account , and the mode of its disbursement , that I must also mention . It is known to you that wo had in the Convention certain representatives of huge constitueaces—so numerous were the constituents of some of them , that upon comparing their statements with the published nnd authenticated statistics ofthe population , I discovered that several generations to come , were mortgaged to provide the numbers stated , by the gifted and highly imaginative delegates . Two of these representatives —( one of whom , poor fellow , I believe to have been the only honest man of the physical force
party)—came to me on the first week of the Convention , and represented that they wove entirely destitute of means , and although they were sent to the Convention by one of the largest districts of London ; and had tens of thousands of constituents , and all of them were , like Bronterrb O'Brien , "Up to the mark ; " yet , I had , sir , on your account , to advance them the sum of Two Pounds as their constituents , numerous , ardent , and patriotic as they were , would not give them a single penny . These two pounds enter into the sum of £ 40 od . There is , however , an item of £ 17 , which forms no part of tho £ 40 5 d ., which was paid by me also for you to some of the mo 9 t unprincipled and unscrupulous of tho delegates—one of whom—a most courageous platform hero , and also " one of the oldest and ablest advocates of Chartism "—under the influence of a feeling , little akin to courage , on the Saturday _morninrr previous
to the demonstration at Kenniiigtotv Common , which took place on Monday , was necessitated to acccompany a friend of mine with whom he lodged , to an old clothes' shop in Tottenham Court-road , to make purchase of a pair of unmentronable ' _s , as like " Bob Acre , " the time drew nigh for action ; his valour oozed out , not like Bob ' s , at his fingors end , but vent it certainly did find elsewhere . It has lately been charged against me , that I am by trade a weaver , —so is my friend the hero of the trowsers , the only difference being , that I formerly wove cotton , and the fabric upon which he is employed is of another kind . This item of £ 17 , as I have said , has never before been published ; but at the time I handed to you a list of the _recepients , and you . doubtless , have it by you . I ought here to avoid any misunderstanding ; say , that the sum ' s which wero advanced to the Scotch delegates , by me , for you , were all honourably returned . :
Now , sir , in the face of these facts , respecting the numerical strength of the National Charter Association , at . the present time , how gross must be the assurance required to set . it forth as the only " veritable" organisation of the " people . " The people forsooth ! Five hundred individuals , through all England and . Wales ; at no time since 1842 , has the National Charter Association numbered 2 , 000 . paying members to its general fund . Why do I state theso facts ? To rejoice at them ? No , sir , but that the country may' bo made aware how hollow is the sham , that
To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P., Proprie...
tbo' _^ millions _, " the " - 'masses / ' & o ., would have the Charter , but for the " -humbug J" -- Reformers , and the . treacherous " Chartists - _- " _^ _who ' support them . . Itis high time that all this smoke aid fume , and sound , and-rant , should be brought tp a termination , and that we should , like sensible men , look ' around' us , " and ascertain what -means we have - ' at oUfc disposal to win the freedom of the grand ' order of industry . ' Itis not the canting _braggadocia that we hare heard about the _vbralve nieti of distant lands , we care to heat _0 _jwe ' wan 6 'to achieve . liberty here , in England , and _tliati * too / ih our own day and generation ; and the way "to do'this is , not to denounce progressive movements falling short pf bur own desires—but by
aiding and helping them forward . It is not by br' gani 8 ing _" ruffiarily gangs , tb enter into and breakup meeting * - 'bf tbe' "National Charter League , whien will still ' go on ' and conqueiydespite the efforts of ranters ; . out it [ ia by _showingjr . iu ; _our own conduct , whatTs thbliberty we would give to others . . Harney . _ftishes ' _lthat Sir Joshua ; Walmsley Had been at the Natiphal ' HaU on Wednesday evening laist _, that he might b | ye seen how I was _recsdved- _^ hero-b-rthe : / i . _snuitabloJwo _«* _Hig-classes ;''"~ rwi 8 h all England could have . _- . _M'ifcneased . the scene ,, as it would then have shp _^ _nfv _-what the nation _^ _haB / to ; jexpect , fron-i the' _^ telleo ' t : aiid _mannersi , Of sa _, faction , of whoso senge _" pf ; justice their ; cpnduob ' _tat *' that meeting was W MiwbleV . Had "Sir- Jo ' shua ; _lweh : ' present ,
he wouW ' ; fiave : se ; en , there , oneindividualj at least , _who-hurijpxspbfnful de 3 ance -atiihis : ftiction who ¦ _interpretrights ' as *• _applioable- - brily tb _^ hemselvos ; and- who , " - under the '' guidance- of _shallow-pated . _. soribblers , and brainless orators , enact , scene * , f which , con verted a public meeting of _Englishmen , into a rival " Zoological" exhibition . This faction shall not , I promise them , ever trample upon the right of independent action , and of untrammelled thought in my humble person—at least not with impunity . Were I dying , I would expend my last breath upon the defiance of their merciless
and savage power . This I would do for their own sakes , as much as for my own , as it will indeed be a sad day for England , when a faction shall rule where reason alone ought ; to preside . They forget that this is the land in which Shakespeare and Milton ; wrote and sung , and that the air is yet impregnated with their glorious and immortal spirit . No , no , Faction , - you may , in your ignorance and malice , malign me , but for the sake of myself , of yourselves , and of our common liberty , Ibid defiance , again , again , to your powers of persecution , and shall , amidst your _Btormy yells , still bear uppermost , my manhood , which you cannot smite down .
Harney has appealed to you , and has told you that you are expected to range yourselves against those whom he taunts you with having proclaimed to be morally and politically honest . I , too , have my opinion as to what duty will shortly fall to your part . It cannot be that you will mucn longer permit an unprincipled demagogue who , from his _Thiladelpbian notions of the duty of debtors to creditors has been driven from his own class , and who now seeks to make prey of the unfortunate working classes , as . their " veritable '• ' leader . He is a mere specious deolaimer , who , in the . end , will turn out to be not what the people _takfehimfor , a real " man of metal , " but what he absolutely is—a mere " Bronze Statue . "
Sir , I hope that I need hardly remind you , that I would not undertake to advise , or impudently to obtrude myself upon your attention , but I will take the liberty to remind you , that I have some right to express to the undoubted head of the Chartist party my feats , for what will be the inevitable consequence of the present career of imbecile madness , of what is insolently . assumed to be the only authorized Chartist movement ? I say , that I have such a right , from my known attachment to the glorious Charter itself , which I have , poor as I am , proudly represented on the Hustings , and at the Polling Booth , without disgrace to my friends , and with a success , second only to your own . I do , therefore , enter
my most solemn protest against the exclusive and factious spirit in which it is sought to enforce the Charter , which is itself an embodiment of broad universal right , and which recognises the interest of no . party but that of the entire people . With . regard to Harney , he has my permission to rant and roar as he pleases , as I am quite sure that any opinion expressed by him against me will nevej _^ _tawer'ae ' j _^ esteem is ait all valuable ; and , in parting with him , I recommend'him to the watchful attention of hia friends , and would simply admonish them to place beyond his reach all dangerous weapons—as , after all , I think he is more worthy of a strait jacket ' than of a verdict of felo de se . Respectfully , Thomas Clark .
South London Chartist Hall. . The Third ...
SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . . The third of a series of meetings , convened under the auspices of the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association , was held on Monday evening , May 6 th , and , notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the evening , the Hall was numerously attended . Mr . Edward Miles was unanimously called to the chair and said , their object was not so much to denounce thrones , mitres , and titles as to advocate and demand their social rights—the full reward of their industry . Now , some had talked of a union or alliance between the working and middle classes , but it seemed to him impossible ; for never bad tbe working classes sought the social amelioration of their wretched condition in the least degree , than they found those men their bitterest opponents .
( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Miles read an extract from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday , May 2 nd , denun ciatory of Universal Suffrage , demanding a limitation of the Suffrage in France , calling all who had voted ior Eugene Sue mob and cannaille , and avering that the '' respectable" portion of society must be protected from them . This , said Mr . Miles , is a representative of the liberal interest . Unite with the middle classes—what , unite with the opponents ofthe Ten Hours' Bill—the oppressors of journeymen bakers—the destroyers of the industrious needle women—with men who revel in the riches and wealth wrung from the sweat , blood , and bones of factory women and children ? Never , never , never . ( Loud cheers . ) Let the working classes but cordially unite , and they could and would effect their own independence . ( Hear . )
Mr . D . W . Ruffv y amid loud cheers ,- came for ward to move the following resolution : — " That , iri the opinion of this meeting , the landed resources of this country would , if properly cultivated , produce , for the whole of its inhabitants , a sufficient supply of the necessaries of life ; arid that any system of leg islation which will suffer the land of a country to be locked up ia the hands oi a few , or to lay waste , and , at the same time , confine the able-bodied _laboujefin workhouses ( more properly styled bastiles , ) and suffer the streets to swarm with pauper _, ism , crime , and prostitution , cannot have any sympathy or regard for the working classes . This meeting is , therefore , of opinion , that as the land was
never given to any man-, or body of men , but , for the benefit of all , it pledges itself to aid , by all the means in its power , to secure the land as national property ; likewise the just political rights to ' every man , as laid down in the People ' s Charter , fully assured that when every individual . possesses those rights , the present degrading and disgraceful system of society must cease to exist . " Mr . Ruffy said , the wretched social condition of the working classes had called them together , and the natural question was , "What . shall we do to be saved ? " He believed there was no salvation for worklngmen , but through their own resources—( hear hear)—and as they strugglefor the Charter , let them
inquire what their social . ri ghts were . Political rights meant the suffrage , and social rights possession of , and a right use of the land and its resources . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution he had submitted very , properly embodied them both . - They were told that the middle and upper classes laboured ; yes , they did , but it was to accomplish the misery and wretchedness Of the working classes ; ' The > nd and its resources , when cult ivated by their labour , eontained sufficient for all , if tlie product was only justly distributed . ( Cheers . ) The principles of the
resolution asserted a greattruth , namely : thatthe producers of wealth are not in that position , which nature in her wisdom designed they should be . ( Hear , hear . ) But tlieir sapient Legislators , instead of endeavouring to better the position ofthe industrious classes , are congratulating her Majesty on the birth of another Prince ; ( Hear , hear . ) Iii ' another ceuntry , Eugene Sue had been elected by Universal Suffrage , and _themiddle classes and wealthy classti consequently were conspiring to put down Univeraal Suffrage .- He trusted the schoolmaster had been ' :,. - ' " ¦ - ' _*'' . "¦ ¦ . * ' ' .. i i _*•* .
South London Chartist Hall. . The Third ...
¦ _Jo _^^ _fftbrfla ' d in France to permit the conspiracy _tO"be "¦ ¦ i _^ i » 'te 1 _^ * _fWBP _*> _FsKlH- sl > nien are told they _lfc , ftt _^ # _Wti > W _d _$ hik they are a loval people , _andJoviftbe _law'tetvhich tbey are governed ; but ; do : tbey ? ( Cries of" No , no , no . " ) They _were-free to exist-liy labour , if tbey were pertnitied-toioil , and . if- tbey-, were : not /; to enter the Poor Law bastileor _petfsb by the way-side , as thouare
, sand- * , were daily _doihgiS" ( Hearr hear . ) . _> _Thi 8 was not in accordance . _wit _& tbe doctrine laid down by the great Nazarine reformer ; no , for . he held that Christianity was both Chartism : and Socialism —( cheers)—and , in the book Called Holy _. they were ; told to go forth , without staff or scri p , to preach the glorious principles to all the world .: . , ( Cheers . ) -Once undrr-| standin g them , he thought : it would . then be _suffi-| cient for the masses to say they were determined to possess them . The middle classes had invoked their -hristiaieers)— Id to go g lorious e under- be suffi- nined to ed their
aid in repealing the Corn Laws , and told them they would aid ; them . Had tliey done so ? They had also told . them of the great advantages to be derived frora a repeal of / the Corn . ; Laws , ; but the working classes hadnot ; found ' ;' : them it had caused increased competition- ~ more work to be done for . less wagesand what did it matter if bfead was a penny a loa _' , if thepeople bad not a ptriny to get it ? . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew . that government clerks , _siheciiTlsts _, pensioners , & c , i bad benefited ; but it'faa-d not _lieutj . fi ted persons whose incomes were not fixed ; and the remedy for the working classes wrongs lay much deeper ; if their grievances were to be proved , it would em they ley had derived working _ncreased wages— y a loaf , ( Hear _ecurUts _, ot _bea-8 and the y muoh it would
be necessary to carry into practice the principles con * tained in t _$ » e resolution . ( Cheers ) If the ' raiddle classes warjted their aid ,. they must first permit them to stand by : their side as brethren ; having done that , then would they march with them , and , witb a union of energy , attack and bring down the citadel of cor * _ru- _^ ion _^ _X-i'Pd _. c _^ _rS : ) Jin allusion to the public meeting held on the ' p > evious ~ Trd"dfleTdfly at the National Hall , Holborn , he held in his hand tha verbatim copy of a letter signed " Philip M'Grath , " addressed to a person in the county of Derby , in which Mr . M'Grath designated the men who ad . dressed _the-meetings / : at John-street as "Atheists ) le « con * _s- ' raiddle nit them > ne that , i a nnion 1 of cor * b public ' atthe land tha Grath , " erby , in who ad . _ttheists
Socialists , Chartists ,, and Tories , who desired and conspired _tbiOrush ; Mr . ( _J-Cqnnbr . " _, 'The reading of the lettefcalled ' down the ire of the meeting on the head of the writer . Mr . Soffy asked , who were they _who' desired to crush Mr .. O'Connor ? ( Cries of " none , none . '' ) No ; all admired Mr . O'Connor tor what he had done , and all they desired was ) that he should mix with the veritable Chartists , the thorough democrats . ( Applause . ) Clark , M'Gratb , and Dixon , appeared to think themselves to be the a' 1-and-all of
Chartism . In their conception , they were "The men of England ' " but perhaps he might be excused for only looking at them as the " Three tailors of Tooleystreet . ( Laughter . ) However , tbey were * members of the late Conference , held at Crosby Hall ; but when Mr . Reynolds manfull y brought forth hii resolutions they were nowhere , and it was left for a Mr . Leblond—all honour to him—to second them . If they wished to gain the objects put forth in that resolution they must look to their own order . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Brisck , in seconding the motion , said , it waa to be regretted tbat they had no press to represent their interest . ( Cries of " Yes , one . " ) He ( Mr . Brisck ) would like them to name them . ( Shouts of " the JVorfftern Si ! ar . " ) He ( Mr . Brisck ) differed with them ; the Northern Star did not represent them ; he would illustrate his argument : bis _trader the cigar makers , had a strike , aud held t , publio meeting in consequence ; they sent notice to tha Northern Star , but the reporter did not attend , and no notice was taken of it . Mr . Brisck then briefly supported the motion , and resumed his seat .
Mr . Stallwood rose and said , after what had fallen from Mr . Brisck , he felt bound to say a few words in reply . He contended that the Northern Star had fairly reported the working classes . He had been , for upwards of seven years , the reporter for tbat journal , and could safely say , that during that period never had notice reached him in time of any trade meeting hut he had attended and reported their proceedings ; for the truth of thia _ht could fearlessly appeal to shoemakers , carpenters , tailors , bakers , & c . and he would appeal to Mn
Hanley , -whom he ** . aw ; present , if it was not to . ( Mr . Hanley , "Yes . ) -Now , as regards the cigar makers , how his friend , Mr . Brisck , could have fallen into snch an error he could not conceive . Why , the meeting to which Mr . Brisck had alluded was held at tbe Hall of Science , City-road , at a late period of the week , and he ( Mr . Stallwood ) had attended and taken a long report of Mr . Brisck's speech ; but in consequence of the late period bf the week at which the meeting was held , and the press of matter , only the resolutions and the speakers namei appeared in the laBt edition of the Northern Star .
• Mr . _fiMSCK' / . _J'had . forgotten when I spoke thai " _^ _rTS _tall _^ _dddiii _^ ttend , andthat the resolution were inserted . I admit it was so . ( Laughter and applause . ) Mr . W . Davis . eloquently supported the _resold tion , a 9 did also Mr . W . Clifton ,-late ef Bristol . The resolution was then carried . A unanimous vote ol thanks was given to the Chairman , and tho meeting terminated .
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TOWER HAMLETS . A densely crowded public meeting , convened by the Provisional Committee , was held in Trinity Chapel , Green-street , Bethnal-green , on Wednesday evening , May 8 th—Mr . Vaughan , an elector , in the ohair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Davis , Styles , G . J . Harney , Taylor , J . J . Bezer , and the Rev . Mr . Worrell , aud the following resolution was adopted : — "That this meeting—aware that a largo proportion of tho inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets , belonging to the working classes ,
are at present but ill-acquainted with their social and political rights , as citizens—hereby resolves to take every opportunity of impressing upou their fellow countrymen the necessity of agitating to obtain the enaotment of the People ' s Charter as the law ofthe land , considering that the attainment of their political rights would at once open the way for the improvement of the social condition of the great body ofthe English people . " After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated .
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¦ v ANNIVERSARY OP TIIE OPENING OF THE O'CONNORVILLE ESTATE . The first of May being the third anniversary of bhe location at this place , it was celebrated by the usual festivities . The O'Connorville band , now increased in numbers , and improved in instrumentation , made the place echo with the sounds of joy : aU faces wore a smiling aspect , and nature herself put ion her holiday garment . But few strangers were present , owing to its not being announced in the columns of the Star ; but those who were , congratulated tho allottees upon the wonderful improvement whicli each revolving year had made in the appearance and fertility of the location . The crops , indeed , are looking well , and renewed hope animates the _' _exortions of the allottees . In tlio
afternoon , the school room was filled with the inhabitants , their wives and children , all beaming with ruddy health , and doing substantial justice to the tea whioh the band had provided for the occasion . When this repast was concluded , Mr .. Lambourne was called to the chair , and the following sentiments were responded to by Messrs . J . L . Smith , T . M . Wheeler , G . Wheeler , W . House , G . Newsome , S . Newsome , and J . Sturgeon : — " The People , may they soon be in verity , as well as in name , the truo sovereign power . " " The People ' s Charter , may its speedy enaotment emancipate the wealth producers . '' "Mr . O'Connor and the ultimate success of the Land Plan . " " Louis Blanc , Kossuth , Mazzini , and tho Democrats of all
nations . " _•*« The pioneers who were located this day three years , may their efforts eventuate in man ' s social redemption . " " Those who have purohased , and onr brethren on the other estates . " , " The victims , —may they soon be restored to their homes and liberty . " "The Ladies—may they always assist ns in our efforts for freedom . " The evening * entertainment was concluded by tho merry dance , whioh was kept up with great spirit , interspersed with numerous songs and recitations until an early hour in the morning , when tho allottees bade their visitors farewell until the amusements of Whit Monday should again assemblo together , on which occasion they will be happy to meet any of their London friends who may wish to travel this road , and partake of . a dinner composed of good old English fare .
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. — TO SIR GEORGE GREY , " *"" Secretary of State . Sir , —Everybody is . inquiring what those deputations of Doctors that aro constantl y with you demand ? It is also asked , do the Doctors require to p hysic the public by act of Parliament , and -that their fees shall also bo paid by act of Parliament , or what- is it they want ? In short , Sir , these constant attendances upon you make many people think " that there must be something rotten in the stato of Denmark . " ; . _« , I bave tho honour to be , Sir , yours , Ac . . The Members op thk _BRiiisn College . ' _.- .. " of Health . _-.- New-road , London , May 7 , 1850 .
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