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£ f that disunion , which I am sorry to h _ofB - ° Vow breaking _ont-= caot amongst your _sajs - """ x . atnongst those who wish to assume _^ flLbip of that order . the l eaa ' j neither spies nor detectives , -whib 1 _Sless t ** e nnder-current work generally _jjev- _^ ui ei _^^ _ and _^ me pa j Dj not reach 65 - m o { jves , but from the deep _in-^ ° _^ _-hitIhaTe ever felt in your cause , to tereat tp _^ t of vile rapscallions , living in _leam _SLlis- are working Heaven and earth , _M _** _w-W day , to see how they can best aTld nlS _^ political influence of Feahgus _SSjksS- -6 ut ' lWs interested S _^ S of irators , I _saJ '• —
consp _fMsTWtslia 11 flr _ _' r _« _ieone , comeall , this rock _f-han fly , l _^ _ftsfinnhaseassoonas L Men ofthe Provinces , for years I have fold _,-fthat _when you were up and doing , the "J - f the metropolis were inactive and _apafS _J-hile I have recently expressed my joy _*?\ 2 Tiieur that has ' been infused into _iftSlpS _^ _Wve , and I still rejoice in _^ t _^ _eSdtation , while my reason for ad , _^„ ? you and them , _Kto _" _g _^ _ggm * £ t Have I told you , that every _GoiV «¦ KJ 2 S ha _/
- _^ _; 3 o _^ _S _^ ou e x _^ d the nntof t _^ aTmeeting that has recently t _^ P _^ f „ _% T York , and which was reported in the _mmon of iL-t week , you will find that these Sal squabbles are not _confin ed toanypar-Sar _country _; but find their way across the _ttLtic . At the meeting to which I refer , _S « - «» not only a squabble , hut a regular Zbi between the Irish emigrants—one party 5 _ldS for the DUFFY ALLIANCE
principle , and the other party tor the pnn-Lles adop ted by the purely democratic party in Ireland , so faithfully and ably represented 0 T the Irishman ; and to prove to you the fact , _jatvoar disunion has been the strength ofthe Government , I give you the following pithy extract from the speech of a man named _TiLSH , _delivsredaj that meeting . Here it is : — 3 Iv father never followed political leaders in this eonntn i _nongh Ws house and Bis purse were opened io every _^ W ; and that is one reason _t _* _-hy I have * d _** ajs _Saed _emptr , soulless dema- _* o « -ues . ( A Twee- * That's Si talk / _Sn * d great _cfceerraj-. ) The Irish people are _Snr _flTimpetuSis , _andaU their _ftntts . are seen in their _Sftfule uTeir voices arehiSuen from the world . We _t , re it upon official record , ihat at least one-half _'«¦ the
hfroES who hied and died at De la fauna , ana omer _biwwj _ISfcin Me-dco , were Irishmen ; and we know that _twojWrasof those who here the stais and stripes victorious _^ the embattled heights of the foe , were Insbmen . _^• _maoiu cheering . } It _irnot , then , thewanl-ofna-Jord conra-e that has defeated Irishmen , hut the want of _jni _^ _a . ( Hear . ) "Sow , after long experience , this man truly tells you , that the want of union , and not the want of national courage , has destroyed Ireland * and I as truly repeat—for the onethousandth time—that the vrant of union , and not the want of courage , has destroyed popular principles in England . who
I learn that some poor gentlemen , are too proud to work , and toopoor to live "Without labour , were mortally stung hy my denunciation of any attempt , on the part of the ChartMsofthis country , to contend for a "Republican form of government , in my speech delivered at the John-street Institution , on Tuesday week last . But I not only reiterate every sentence in that speech , hut I go rarther , and inform the poor gentlemen , that , being very unwell at the time , nothing would " _tavif induced me to attend the meeting but that verv object , namely , to take the winkers
ofthe eyes of the working classes , and not to allow tbem to he led blindfold out ofthe highroad of truth , into the quagmire of folly and nonsense . And I again repeat , that if tomorrow I had the power of establishing a form ofgovernment in a newly-colonised country , that form of government should be a . Eepriblic ; while neither self-vanity or ambition , or the threat of desertion ,-or slander , should ever induce me to relapse from along-established Monarchy to a Republic . Get the Charter to-morrow , and when the power behind the throne is greater than the
ikone itself , and when the laws for the people are made by the people , then monarchy will smell as sweet as Republicanism . And in conclusion , let me , in the name of God , in the _n-me of justice , in the name of common sense , implore of you io keep the one iron , the Chartar , in the fire alone ; and do not , _«"• *"' the one uandrethtime , be led away hy the interested fally of interested speculators , when your only reward will "be , as of yore , philanthropic appeals to defend and support , not your victims , _Irat the victims of the poor gentlemen _, _lo-jrfaii-hful and uncompromising Advocate , Feabgus O'Connor .
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TBE H 02 JESTY FUND . TO P . O _' _COSXOB , ESQ ., M . P . HomHjEED Sib , —Several paid-np Land members and Old Guards of Truro , desirous of convincing yonr base calumniators _« f their folly in attempting to break , or in any w _^ i njure yonr reputation wi th & e working classes of this country , join issue with onr _nolitical brethren from all parts , in bearing our
portion of the burthen , so shamefully thrown on yen by a partisan judge and a splenetic lawyer . We here enclose £ 1 as onr first instalment to the Ilonesty Fund , trusting , as we feel fally assured , that Penzance , Helstone , and St ., Anstle , will feel it their duty to show their attachment to justice and common sense , and devotedness to one who is made the scape-goat of parties for his disinterested conduct towards the _workina-classes .
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- TO F . O COS . NOB , ESQ ., M . P . Bosocbed axd PERSECUTED Sin , —We , the juvenile and veritable Chartists of Todmorden , feel witb s " _* ong indi gnation the injustice and persecution which you have received from the enemies of freedom for endeavouring to ameliorate and improve toe condition of the working classes . Respected 3 r , notwithstanding the slander and abuse which have been heaped upon you by a vile and corrupted Press , the decision of prejudiced juries , and the
_Pnerility of partial judges , to destroy yonr reputation , yon have risen in the estimation of all good and honest men . "We tare of opinion that it is the duty of every true Chartist to do what lies in his Power to lessen the burthen which now presses so _laavily on yonr exchequer , and we hereby deposit in yonr hands the snmof £ 1 ls . as our first contritmtion towards liquidating tbe expenses incurred in the libel case . On behalf of Committee , Thomas Fieldes , Chairman .
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concerned , that yon shall not he put down in your _feigns by your enemies . I 5 haU hold myself in i _^ _Jmessw repeat the dose , and if . that does not _*> , you will be at perfect liberty to make what use Jou think proper of my share in the said Company to enaWe you to heat down your persecutors . _£ « , sir , that you wdl press forward _invour »» J mission of effecting political and social _redJmpr _^™* _* ** " - _""'* _- _' - I beg to subscribe _rnvselt with eyery feeling of sympathy and regard , " _>_„ . ; "¦ '¦ - ' .. '¦ V . _' - * ' " ' : " _Johs ABiMS . - _" _-orthamptoo . : ' ,... " ... ; ... ¦ -.
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FIELDS , LIMEHOUSE . — This Hall— -which has been enlarged , much to . the credit of the bod y of working men who are its conductors , and in -which a co-operative store , doing an extensive business , is now carried on b y the same management—was crowded to excess at a meeting nnder the auspices of the Provisional Committee of the National Gharter Association , on Monday evening , April 8 th , for the purpose of re-organising Chartism in Limehouse and its vicinity . Mr . Baenaed was _caHed _. to the chair , and , in a few appropriate words , opened the business of the evening .
Mr . Edmund Stallwood moved the first resolution , _asfollows : — " Thatwhilethismeetingdeeply deplores the dismembered conditionof the ultra-democratic compact , and the absence of that thoroughness of purpose so essential to success , 'it recognises , notwithstanding , amid the scattered fragments and confusion of party , the elements of progress and-ultimate I- - _* V-t- ' _--.-i .-r >* S ? _S _^ l ? -e * - _" _. 3 i **• ' * _* **— ¦ " - - »; _- ' . _^ - - _- ' _. _- .-v . ¦ _:-A tni * ji _}^ l _£ _~ *< Kfi" - <" "l _^^ © iSil & en _^^ _"SSfiieve The / emancipation of industry , an 3 : a
full measure of-justice for all . " Mr . Stallwood rose , warmly greeted , and said , the resolution he had the honour to submit was , some short time since , entirely true ; but , by the exertions of the Provisional Committee , the " _scattered _fragments" were , in a great measure , gathered together ; and they already possessed more than one locality in the Tower Hamlets —one in the City of London—one in Marylebone—one in Finsbury—one in Westminster , and a second forminsr—and several others
over the water , in South London . They were also about to hold a meeting in the suburban borough of Greenwich , Many of the most prominent provincial towns and . cities had likewise given in their adhesion . Scotland , too , was activel y re-organising ; and ths attendance and enthusiasm at their meetings reminded Mm more of 18-48 , than of any other period . ( Hear , hear . ) It would not be necessary for him to go into an exposition of the principles of the Charter , as he had done so more than once or twice in that
hallsuffice it to say , it conferred political power on the adult population , and gave protection and security to them in tbe exercise of that power . He was one of those who considered it necessary that Labour should be directly represented in the House of Commons * by her own sons . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . Stallwood ) thought tlie Charter should be looked at simpl y as a means to an end , and that if they possessed it to-morrow , it would be of little use , unless they were prepared to apply it . For his part , he must confess he had a very great leaning towards " Communism "—and he thought it necessary that social questions should be discussed . ( Hear , hear . )
It could not be ri g ht that Prince Albert should have £ 30 , 000 per year for merely performing the duties of a husband . ( Hear , hear . ) Neither was it right that her Majesty should exact the enormous amount of £ 335 , 000 per annum , or that "John Campbell "—now Lord Campbell—for it h-id been tritely observed , that these people " changed their names like thieves , " as though they did not wish to be _JjnOTrn , should have £ 8 , 000 per annum for performing the functions of a judge , whilst mechanicswhose business was more difficult to learn—did not obtain more than—on an average—thirty shillings per week , or £ 75 per annum . ( Cries of "not that . ") Well , he would rather be over than under
the average : and he had seen , from the report of an inquest held at Hounslow Heath , that men who worked at the dangerous occupation of making gunpowder—and it must take time and skill to fit tbem for the occupation—only received from 2 s . 4 d . to 4 s . per day . 3 Cbw these were glaring anomalies in _tfceir social state . As regarded taxation , he would make it direct through a graduated property tax ; and then it would be the interest ofthe wealthy to minimise it , or reduce it to the lowest possible amount ; and this one tax _answering every purpose , all othere would be repealed . The repeal of thc taxes on knowledge would throw snch a flood of light over the democratic horizon as would of itself
enforce a great political and social change . ( Loud cheers . ) As property could not be looked at in any other light than as accumulated labour , the Property Tax should also be made to set to work the now compulsory idle , whieh might easily and profitably be done by means of tne numerous royal * forests . He would not cause any ill-feeling , by taking away any of the property at present held by the wealthy classes , but he did think , common sense and justice said to the workmen , henceforth produce , consume , and enjoy . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . "William _Newton , in seconding the resolution , said , he agreed mnch with Mr . Stallwood , that uuless the Charter was made the means of
improving the social condition of the people it would be of Bftle use . ( Hear , hear . ) This was the first meeting held in that locality-for a considerable time , and he thought the improvements made in the hall , as well as the meeting itself , did great credit to its promoters . ( Loud cheers . ) JHe was delighted to hear the invitation thrown out by their chairman , to all sections to come forward and discuss the principles of the Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) It was of all things necessary that they should discuss the necessary remedial measures ; this was fully shown by the results of events in a neighbouring country , and hence _, they ought at once to apply what he called the educational portion ofthe
subject . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted no obstruction would be offered to any party of progress , even though they fell short of what that meeting demanded , and were justly entitled to . That there would he no arrayiBg of section against section , but that ihey should all pull together in the cause of progress , until they achieved the great and mighty end they had in view . ( Cheers . ) For his part he did not think much of Financial Reform ; it was to political and social reform he looked for the accomplishment of their object . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Newton again invoked unity , prudence , devotion , and zeal , in aid of the good cause , and sat down loudly applauded .
Mr . G . "VV . M . Rey . nolds rose , loudly cheered , to support the resolution . They had been told by the preceding sjeakers that they had met that night to agitate for rights they did not possess . He contended that there was a time when there was no nobility save that of manhood : no Barons , Marquises , or Dukes , —( hear , hear , )—when each was as free as they came from the lands of their creator . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , just suppose they went and formed a colony in the back woods , after clearing away the brushwood , would not the first thing they did be to form a code of rules for their own government ? Well , then , it was as clear as daylight , that man was once his own law maker ;
and , it was equally clear , tbat man never voluntarily abandoned his rights and privileges , but that those rights and privileges had been wrested from him by force and fraud . ( Loud cheers . ) They now found society so reduced that the toiler _. after struggling , from morning until night , had scarcely sufficient of the commonest necessaries of life wherewith to feed his wife and family , whilst the voluptuous idler revelled in all the luxuries and elegancies of life . This state of things was not to be endured , and it was their duty to take sucb steps as shonld ensure a more equitable distribution . He did not wonder that the rich were opposed- to Chartism ; to them it doubtless was a destructive system ; it would destroy their gross tyranny and oppression , but it would elevate the people'in the social scale . He looked to the Charter
as the means of obtaining social privileges . ( Cheers . ) He had just shewn them that laws preceded government ; this implied a constitution ; hut he defied any one , even Lord John Kussell himself , to point out or produce an English " constitution . In fine , the aiteration _' of triennial parliaments to septennial , was a proof that no such thing existed ; and it was nonsense to suppose that a corrupt Honse of Commons would reform itself . ' ( _Cheere . ) True , they were told that they had King , Lords , and Commons , and that it is a nicely balanced affair—that it is an excellent system of checks—that the Lords were a check upon the King—but how could it , when it was responsible to nobody ? ( Hear , hear . ) The term aristocracy meant the best—but he took it for "ranted , the aristocracy of the present day was the worst . ( Loud cheers . ) He should much like to know where the patent of aristocracy was to be found ? It appeared ' _tohimto _fcaie originated to
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plunder and rapine . The aristocracy may be said to be divided into three parts ; the _ArstilOTt _' on was established by William the Conqueror ; the second portion received their ori gin in the sale of their mother ' s charms to the monarch of the daw ' ( Hear , hear . ) Had any section of working men such a base origin ?—instead of showing their _quarterings on shields , & c , they would hang with very shame their diminished heads . ( Great cheering . ) The third portion owed their origin to the sale of their talents to the minister of the day . The third estate , the Commons , was supposed to constitute democracy . ( Laughter . ) Why , if such a balance did exist , it was the most contemptible of mockeries ; but the democracy was not represented in the third estate Ulnn ' _^ _-uirll-inma _n' _«« . - _„« . - --i __^ L _ il- -- -J
—it was the aristocracy that exercised control there . As to the Queen , be believed she knew nothing of the" misery and wretchedness ef her people ; and . if she did , and was to say , " I wish such and such laws to be passed for the benefit of my people , " he could imagine she would soon be told , by Lord John Russell , not to trouble herself with the affairs ofthe nation . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then the aristocracy made a pupnet of the sovereign , _and-grasped the power of the Commons ; and for the reason that democracy was not there , they met to-ni ght to agitate for the Charter . Now the Charter was a real constitution . ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter was like a machine , it was imperfect if a single spoke was left out—it would be ia l . mmn _' _rt _nnltanrv-n'TA - l _.. .. n _^ l J . ! . - . _'*«« _.. ! A 1 ... " .. ti-. ' .. .. ! iiui iuu aucui uuiu
. « _liiujj , _ u .. _g . , auu _iuoj . n _uu uiuiybl . _asbad _as _/ _jfftbeyihad neve _^ _^ _po- _^ tbWtiiey had the Suffrage -without the Ballot . The church would step in with its thunder—the men of many acres would come in with their blustering threats , < $ sc , and what a hapless position would be their ' s without the protection of the Ballot , and had they both these something more would also be required . Mr . Newton had spoken of the Parliamentary Reformers ; but , although he ( Mr . Reynolds ) belonged to the council of that body , he did not altogether admire its programme . He had tried to alter it , and should again . He waited to see what Mr . Stallwood had so boldly and eloquently enunciated , namely , labour representing itself in the Commons House of Parliament ; and hence , he
said , let Payment of Members prevail . He unhesitatingly told them , they never would have their just rights unt | L they had the Cliarter , nnmangled , un . mutilated _^ whole and entire . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Sir Robert Peel was a clever genius in his way ; but , if he lost his property to-morrow , it was immediately supposed his talents and genius were gone , as he immediately lost his qualification ; now look at the other side ; take the most wretched , miserable , and ignorant being in existence , and suppose a shower of gold was to fall upon him , he is at once endowed with all the qualifications and genius of a Legislator . ( Laughter and loud cheers . ) The eldest sons of peers do not require any property qualification . He supposed that was for their _gres t
morality and business-like habits . Barristers , when first called to the bar , were thought too young to defend the laws ; they required study and practice to make them perfect ; and even judges frequently could not understand the law , yet these unpledged lordlings at once we ' re qualified to make laws that barristers and judges could not understand . Again , property qualification was not required in Scotland . Then why should it be required elsewhere , except to keep the people unrepresented ? ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded Equal Electoral Districts , why should Thetford or Harwich possess the same rights as the Tower Hamlets—each returning two members , although their relative numbers were so dissimilar ? As regarded Annual Parliaments , suppose any person to go to a gentleman and insist upon
being engaged for seven years—the gentleman would naturally exclaim , " You are mad !"" If masters demanded annual , or even earlier opportunities of discharging bad servants ; why should not the people have the same opportunities of discharging their servants , if they did not suit them ? ( Loud cheers . ) He had gone through the six points , and he hoped he 'had clearly illustrated that if they took away a single point they rendered the whole bill defective . Lord John Russell had said , if they had the Charter they would sweep away the National Debt ; and in one sense he said truly . He ( Mr . Reynolds ) was no repudiator or spoliator . He would , not sponge it out—but he certainl y would adjust it by taking it off the shoulders of those who had no hand in creating it , and putting it on those who bad . The debt was contracted to
roll back democracy by the landlords , and he said , let them pay it . ( Loud cheer 3 . ) Let them see what the Charter would enable them to do , for Mr . Stallwood had wisely told them it was a mere means to an end . _, The first step would be the abolition of the laws of mortmain , entail and primogeniture , which would p lace the land in the hands ofthe people , and this would be no spoliation ; railways took land by act of parliament , giving a fair remuneration in return . He asked , would it be spoliation if they took the garden God had given them , and parcelled it out for the benefit of the whole people ? ( Loud cheers . ) The people had been grossly calumniated by being called bloodthirsty spoliators ; but when the capitals of the world were
in their hands , in 1 S 4 S , they did not erect the political scaffold—they did not resort to spoliation and . blood . No ; but they were a merciful and magnanimous people ; in fact , they had been too merciful ; for no sooner did they let power go out of their hands , than their old enemies turned upon them , and women were whipped in the streets , and men were expatriated or slaughtered by thousands . This proved the people to be humane , and their tyrants bloodthirsty miscreants . It will be remembered that the " Lion Queen" was destroyed by a tiger a short time ago .. The Times , Standard , and Advertiser , in commenting thereon , had said she was induced to enter the den , and go through her performance , at the instigation of the instincts
of the common people , and which brutal instincts proved them not fit to exercise , their rights—those papers had forgotten , that this same "Lion Queen" had performed twice before her Majesty , and that at her first performance her Majesty had expressed her approbation by placing a splendid shawl on the "Lion Queen ' s" shoulders by her own royal hands . ( Hear , hear . ) And that on the second occasion , her Majesty had caused her to be presented with a purse of fifty sovereigns . And they must have farther forgotten , that the daily papers recorded the fact of her Majesty and Prince Albert ' svisit to Hounslow for the purpose of seeing a Guardsman cut right through a living
sheep at one stroke , or they would not have talked of brutal instincts . ( Loud cheering . ) Let them prove by their morality and intelligence that they were the' sovereign people . Let them be true to themselves , and the Charter must speedily become the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Dr . Brookes rose to move the following resolution : —" That with a view to render practical the principles enunciated in the foregoing resolution , this meeting pledges itself to resuscitate the comparatively dormant agitation forthe People ' s Char- _, ter , and to devise a system of organisation in this locality calculated to secure its certain and speedy adoption . "
Mr . Matthias , in seconding the resolution , said he had already enrolled his name under the organisation ofthe Provisional Committee , and sajd there , in that Hall , was now a comfortable place for the Chartists of that district to meet in ; and its directors had already exhibited their competency for business , by establishing their splendid and eminently successful co-operative store . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . W . J . _Yerj-on received a warm greeting , and said : The Charter was not to be got by cheering for ; they muse each work for it as though- the whole depended on the individual , and show their
sincerity by inducing their friends to organise . They had heard , of the delusion practiced at the time of the Reform Bill . The Attorney General , whohad used his eloquence to secure his ( Mr . Vernon ' s ) conviction , had led a Physical Force torch light procession through the City of Chester . ( Hear , hear . ) True , he knew the Reform Bill would bring the people nothing , whilst it would bring him the ( Attorney General ) a good place . They hear nothing of the ' Little Charter . " If any one said anything to them about it let their repl y be' the " Whole Charter " or a great deal more . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was unanimously adopted .
A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairm an , who , in responding , announced that meetings , for the enrolling of members , would bo held in that Hall every Monday evening ; and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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Sabbath is Canada . —All auction sales of real estate must be made at the door of the parish church , immediatel y after service . The following is from a Montreal paper : — " Fabm for Sale . — Will be sold , b y public auction , at the door ofthe parish church in this city _. on Sunday , the 22 nd . of September mst ., that farm , die . Conditions made known at the time ' of sale , <& c . " ' - Such advertise * _ments aw not uhfreQii' _-nt , '
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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTI TUTION , JOHN-STREET , FITZROY SQUARE . -.-. » xTm-nT ) A _i-xnr . _^ _~
The series- of meetings , convened by the Provisional Committeo of the National Charter Assoeiation , for the promotion of Chartism , coiiliiKte to attract crowded audiences every hight of meeting . On Tuesday evening , April & fch , Mr . James GrRAssRY was unanimously called to the _chtur , and , in a few brief sentences , called on Mr . T . _Br-y _w *** to- move the following resolution : — " That as we have an irresponsible government , supported by aristocratic establishments and powerful monopolies , which system must be , and is incompatible , and at variance with the most vital and best interests of the " producing classes j and believing that the People ' s Charter contains the fundar mentals of a just and good form of
government , and that its enactment would effect not : only the political emancipation , but also _thei social amelioration of the toiling masses , this meeting hereby resolyes to , agitate , until itis . _*^^ nised . as'vthe basis . of . the , _constt l ' \ - _^ _SJ * " _** _^^ _^ ***' _- _^ _* ' _^; K ?«* _. i > -i * . (;; ' 'r *" - _" ' *' , 5 '; . ' . ¦¦¦ ' ¦ "'' Mr . Brown said , . nothing coiild more _ciearl ' y illustrate the irresponsibility of Government , than the inattention to the wants , wishes , and desires of the people , notwithstanding their continued petitions , appeals , and remonstrances . ( Hear , hear ) . Mr . Brown then went through the several points of the Cliarter , showing the necessity for tlieir adoption , and their interest and utility to the masses , when properly applied , and resumed his seat amidst applause .
- Bronxerre O Brier- rose , loudly applauded , and said , he congratulated the committee , who drew up the resolution for introducing the word " Social" into it , as no great political change would ever take place until the people understood their social rights . ( Loud cheers . ) Tho principles , of Radical Reform had been advocated for the last seventy years , and the points of the Charter had been , from time to time , supported by several wealthy and able men ; by the Duke of Richmond , by Fox , and by that wealthy
commoner , Sir Francis Burdett ; and sixty years ago , the identical points of the People ' s Charter were agreed to at the Freemason ' s Tavern , but no real progress had been made ; There were more persons than ever in favour of the principles , atthe present time '; privation and suffering probably may have induced this ; and before they altered it , they would have to learn to act on the decree , that every man must labour , yes labour , either with his hands or his head ; not cart horse labour , but such labour as shrill be at once conducive
to health and happiness . ( Loud cheers . ) There was land and capital . enough in existence for the employment of all , ( hear , hear ) , yet there were thousands Avho in vain asked for leave to toil , and poor but highly intelligent women , were reduced to the alternative of making sailor ' s shirts at one penny farthing each , or downright starvation . ( Shame shame ) . Why was this ?¦ Because landlords and money lords have taken to themselves the land God intended for all . ( Great cheering . ) Wh y did the middle classes support this mere handful of landlords ? Because whilst the . working classes are deprived of their territorial
rights , they have nothing left but - to compete with each other for labour , and the selfish aggrandisement , _( of these men required an afmy * - oTjslayes . ' ( Great cheering . ) " "He tf us ted the working people would never consent to go for anything less than such a political measure as would confer rights on all . ( Hear . ) He did not believe that any man who would ask the peoplo to go for any tax , or property qualification measure , was honest ; for let the tax be as low as it would , it would deprive the mass of tho people of the franchise . ( Hear . ) He would suppose the tax to be sixpence ; but if every workman kept himself and family as he ought , and paid his debts , where was the man amongst them who would have sixpence
left ? Why had they not sixpence ? Because they were not proprietors of thoir own labour . ( near . ) Laws were made invariably against the-people ; but all these things would be remedied by means of the People ' s Charter , always provided they knew thoir social rig hts when they obtained that measure . ( Loud cheers . ) Only one nation ( France ) at present possessed universal suffrage ; and France holds it b y such an insecure tenure that no one can say how long she will possess it , as every step taken in that country by the representatives , and for the benefit of the Proletarians , is declared to be an attack on society . The land and _fundmongers , who arc , in reality , mere scabs on it , have dared to arrogate societv to themselves . They are '' society , " and
the wealth producers are canaille , outcasts , and rabble , who are to be kept- in order . ( Hear , hear . ) It made his ( Mr . O'Brien ' s ) blood boil when he reflected how the people of England , —a thinking people , as they were called , —allowed the usurer and land stealer , to deprive them of their natural rights , whilst they ( the masses ) were converted into slaves and cut-throats . —( hear , hear . )—some under the degrading name of servants , fellows in plush breeches , and game keepers , to preserve vermin , which the ancient laws declared were nobody ' s property , as they were kept by divine providence . ( Loud cheers . ) How did the hi gher classes ( as thej were termed ) get the votes ? by going on
their knees and begging the people to give it them ? no ; but by taking them . And he ( Mr . O'Brien ) did not blame them for so taking their ri ghts ; but he did blame them for making the trifling mistake of taking the people ' s rights with their own . In France it was not to be supposed that the whole people understood their social rights ; but there were some two millions who did , and who were determined to maintain them atall hazards ; and if these were again driven to the streets in self-defence , they would not attack the poor ignorant hired mercenaries , but fly at once on the murderers who employ these mercenaries to keep down right and justice . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Walter Cooper , amidst great applause , came forward to support the resolution , and said , on reading the Morning Chronicle the other day , he perceived the editor gravely observed , " That no government could please all the people , and that those demagogues who told them they could , were deceivers . ' He ( Mr . W . Cooper ) maintained , that if government could not please or satisfy all the people , there was much they could do in modifying or making laws to improve the social condition of the people , which they altogether neglected . ( Hear , hear . ) The philosophy of Peel and Graham , and of the Manchester School was , that the people were machines , and that when they , were ' ' used up" they
were to be cast off . He was there to protest against that doctrine . Oh , when he saw the galling insults heaped on his order—when he saw the tyranny practised on them—notwithstanding their high moral sentiments and resolves , he was almost tempted to exclaim with the poet" Oh , for the swords of former times , Oh , for the men who bore them , When for ri ght they stood sublime , And tyrants crouched before them . " ( Great cheering . ) Dr . Southwood Smith had told them that tho average of human life was but seventeen years ; and another writer , that there are 10 , 000 prostitutes on the streets of London , and that when these died off , another 10 , 000 were ready to take their places ; another writer assured thom that there were as many thieves . Assuredly those things say little for
the moral and social condition of England . ( Hear , hear . ) There was land , skill and labour , to produce sufficient ior all . Writers on political economy had told them that there was a sufficiency of land in England with whicli to feed one hundred millions of persons , and the united Kingdom did not number more than forty millions . ( Hear , hear . ) The social question is the material one . ( Loud cheers . ) They had probably heard the story of Mr . Guthrie , of Edinburgh , and the old woman . Guthrie went to preach spiritual consolation . De found the old woman . miserable , cold , and hungr _*/ . He told her there were other things beside " misery , cold , and hunger , " to be thought of . . ' "Deed , Sir , ' - ' retorted tho old woman , ' ' . were you as cold and hungry and . ! am ,. you could \ _bjng Ot ' nothing else . "
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( Greatapplause . ) "Ah , said Mr . Guthrie , " this taught me a lesson whieh I-shall never forget . " Tho Malthusians say the people are too many , and poverty arid starvation are' God _» . agents for thinning them out . It was an fiifambus piece of blasphemy " to ., make suoh ani assertion . It was saying to God " Yoii are- a consummate old blockhead , and don't know _whaU you are about , to send more people than . there-is room for . " ( Cheers . ) Heassertedj there was enough for all on ; this earth who were willing to work , and those who could and would not " work , had . no right to live . ( Loud cheers . ) They did not aspire to palaces ; but they did feel-they had a right to live , and live well—to be well clothed , housed , & c , & c , and to enjoy the highest state of mental culture . _ .
* _? m' ' l - * ' h _<* Vuay " * YOuld come when intelligence , would bo written : on every countenance . Some persons might say , the people have no power—no , to be sure , tliey had not ; but O'Brien had wisely said , "Get knowledge ; " and he reiterated the cry , " Get knowledge !"—and then they would soon break all the chains that bind them . ( Cheers . ) He did not liko the man who came forward merely to make a speech , without a purpose . He did not liko _. the man who came forward declaiming about the people ' s intelligence and nobility , when he knew they possessed neither one __ thing nor ' the other . -Such things were , well , calculated to . delay dehiocratic _. and social progress . , He would go for . _icaa uiut wit 1 xie
_iiubiiiug . _-jivwuoie .-ignis . v _-Knew _fjome ' _shftuilsdj _^ 'lHrCha ' lFter _,-. aW _^ nottorig _elfMabut _hfrsaid— " " The Charter , ' and sbcwr' rights /"' ( Applause ;) He was quito willing to work , and throw his whole powers into this agitation ; and he did so because he had faith in this age . Tlie great and good geniuses seemed united in their favour , ana progress seemed inevitable . ( Cheers . ) Some of them might not know thathe was the humble manager of the Society of Co-operative Tailors in Castle-street . Oh ! with what p leasure was it he . told them that labour was so far patronised that he could now truly assure them that their orders exceeded one hundred pounds per week —( loud _cheers)—and that another society was about to commence ; that the
shoemakers had a shop in Holborn , and were just about to re-open the old shop in Tottenham-court Road . I _^ e looked on these things as the commencement of a'mi ghty movement , and he was proud to say the workmen came many miles to serve them , and were flocking round them in clusters . ( Loud cheers . ) The Daily News , in accordance with its vocation , had attacked them , setting forth that " co-operation" would drive capital out of the market . The fool , did he not know that labour was the parent of capital ? He said , never mind—onward—get up societies—have shared labour and shared capitalshun drunkards and public houses—read good books , such authors as Paine , Godwin , Gibbon , Byron , and Shelly , and communicate what they read to
others ; help to break the chains of superstition , by the acquirement of knowledge ; and let their dying reflexion be , that they would leave the world better than they four . d _^ it . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . T . Shorter said , this was the first time he had the pleasure of attending this series of useful meetings . The principal business of these meetings was to discuss the proceedings in pairliament , The legislators had been taking a holiday , and he , for one should not have regretted had they stayed away until the people sent for them . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper had said they had no surplus population ; but he thought if they looked into the courts of law , into the church , and in the vicinity of the two Houses of
Parliament , they would find a surplus —( cheers)—but among the wealth producers there was no surplus . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the question was not what will parliament do , but what will the people do ? He did not expect the tyranny of ages to be overturned in a day . ( Hear , hear . ) Whilst he would not oppose others who went for less , he could never consent to go for less than the whole Charter . Lot them understand principles , and thc means of applying them , and depend upon it they would speedily obtain them . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated _.
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THE FUND ON BEHALF OF THE I WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF : THE _MARTYKS , ' "WILLIAMS : _VAMD SHARP .
A tea party and public meeting was held at the National Hall , High Holborn , in support of the above , on Wednesday evening , April 10 th , being the second anniversary of the memorable Kemiington-common meeting . Betwen three and four hundred persons sat down to tea . The tea-tables having been cleared , at eight o ' cloek the company was increased by the persons coming in to the public meetiog . Shortly after that hour ,
Mr . William Davis was called to the chair , and said they had met for a twofold purposetb sympathise with the widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp , who had died during their imprisonment in the good cause ; but the memories of those men would be revered , when those of their oppressors would be hated and abhorred . ( Cheers . ) Their second object was to commemorate tho memorable Tenth of April—that day which had so alarmed the aristocracy—as well it might , when tliey looked back at their origin ( the Graftons , & c , to wit ) , to whom they owed their birth and lineage to kept women of Charles IL The only aristocracy that would ever gain the
respect and esteem of the people would be one of talent . Some gentlemen who stood high in the movement , blamed them for hiterforring in Foreign politics ; and even Mr . O'Connor had said they gained applause by interfering in such matters , Now , he ( Mr . Davies ) said , if they did they deserved such applause . ( Loud cheers . ) The Press had called Chartism a failure , and it was to be _regroted that Chartism had so few advocates in the Press ; but it was a pleasure to know , that in a few weeks a thorough Democratic journal would be launched , one that would go the whole hog , bristles and all , one conducted by their excellent friend Mr . Reynolds—( cheers)—who he
would now call upou to move thc resolution . "That this meeting deeply sympathises-with tne widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp , who sacrificed their lives in the cause of democracy , and hereby renews its pledge never to cease its agitation until the People s Charter shall be the Law of the Land , and the people be in full possession of their just social privileges . " The reading of the resolution was hailed with great applause . Mr . Reynolds , on rising , was greeted with prolonged cheering , and said this was the anniversary of that great movement two years ago , when tliey went humbly to ask for that which he conceivedthey ought to possess as . a right . It was no wonder that the aristocracy and money-mongers
trembled at such a movement , recollecting , as they must , that all the property they possessed wns unduly wrung from the sweat and blood of tho people —( loud cheers)—nor was it wonderful that _thsy should raise the ire of the middle classes through the means of the baso Press denouncing the Chartists as spoliators aud men who wero bent on pillage and blood . Ho said it was no wonder , fot- they knew right well if the Charter was _obtained and properly applied , that these oppressive privileges they no w held would be abolished , and that the people would have their just social privileges restored . ( Loud cheers . ) They knew it _amst place that great question of Socialism _proisineutly forward , and that the people would sot ahout discussing it with a view to solve it . ( Great cheering . ) lie ( Mr . Reynolds ) had the very highest respect for Mr . Feargus O'Coanor , and _bolievcd him to
be one of the most sincere directors of the public mind who had ever breathed—( laud cheers)—bat ho regretted exceedingly , that b » should say it was not their business to intorfero with foreign politics . In this matter ho most respectfully differed with Mr . O'Connor . What shall wo not relate to our ohildren , ami thus hand down to posterity thc heroism of a Kossuth and a Mazzini ? ( Loud cheers . ) Shall . we not show the world , that although a miserable Pope may , for a timo , rule the Italian states , that Mazzini shall yet return to the Eternal City—and bless old Home by tho glories of his triumvirs ? ( Longcontinued cheering . ) Shall WO not point out that the continental nations will speedily rise again , and that the -wretched impostor Buonaparte , will be hurled from tho capital oi Prance , that the bravo and wise Ledru Rolhn and Louis Blanc shall return in triump h , and that the
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_veritably _denroeratic . and . soo «< f republic , shall ha . ; _^ established in Francei ?'""( Tremendous " cheering . J ""** The Minister-t ' aWted of /" low murmurs ' ; " had they full representation in the Press , it would be impossible that the ministers could bo in such * r State . of ignorance ; but as they had _ not . ifc , was the duty of the Minister not to send spies but intelli _gent men to their meetings , who would furnish correct reports of their proceedings ! so _80- ; tnat they _mitjlit know the real wants and wishes ofthe people . ( Hear , hear . ) He looked on mere nnancial reform as humbug . Whv , if Mr . Cobden ' s Plan was carried out to iis full extent , it would only _onect a reduction to the amount of 0 s . 8 d . per head per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) Surely they had plenty of cogitations goinir on kt _' thh nV-. « .. i-. ' mnLnt ' ... ,, _, vV _yentoblej ; _--demwratic » _anu- , _-80 _oWTopubho ,, sliall . l _) 8 _A : ' established in FK * ince' ? " ™ ' _(^ Tlie Minister-t ' aWied of /¦' low murmurs ' . ;"• ' had they a
_lpLRr T , tl _* _** - _*™ ' Reform Association ; M " _\ te Parliamentary Reformers , under Sir t _^ _Zl _^ T _^ ' _^) 1 _^ _htfa not half Democracy _^ _fjn K , l ri ltla ! ke ( tth : it ' _Sre'lt PO _^ which would enable labour io r epresent H 8 elfi-paymenfc of members . ( Loud . cheers . ) Thirdly , they had a new _rnove professed fov the _Ch-vrter ; and lastly they had their own grand-movement for the People ' s ' Charter , and something more ; aiid ho trusted that they would not suffer themselves to be-deluded , bub that they would adhere firmly to their own movement until Democracy was crowned with success , and the aristocracy and oligarch y waa laid prostrateat its feet . ( Tremendous cheering . ) ¦ Mr . 1 ) . Vf . JBUFFY , in seconding the motion , said :
There were doubtless men there . who felt to their There were doubtless men there . who felt to their very hearts ' core the death of Williams and Sharp , nor would they every forget or forgive those who had caused it , until the deed was avenged . ( Loud cheers . ) Those men had been entrapped by villanous spies : but Chartism was not dead , * ' no , they would proceed on their onward eareer until such time as those bloody deeds were avenged by the firm establishment of that constitution called the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He regretted much that , one of tlieir great leaders should allowbis disciples to go so far a-head of him as to leave him in the lurch —( hear , hear )—and he deplored that he should have recommended them not to
interfere with foreign polities . For his part , be ( Mr . D . W . Ruffy 1 was but too happy to declare himself both a Republican and Socialist . , ( Loud cheers . ) He _regretted that the subscriptions had not been so large . is could . have been wished , for the widows and 6 r _** . ' _0 '' _iji / ' _^^^^ Ho also _^ 'knew . that _^ ho _' miserable condition of the working classes must be pleaded in extenuation , but , nevertheless , he hoped that Christian precept would be practised , and that the widows and orphans would he cared for . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . W . J . " Vsknon , who was most enthusiastically received , said he was pleased to meet so many of their sister democrats present on that occasion _, lie had suffered with Williams and Sharp , which he
presumed would give him the privilege of speech on this occasion . The 10 th of April was truly a memorable day ; it was a disgrace to them , one which should be thought on , in order that sueh aa occurrence mi ght be avoided for the future . ( Hear , hear . ) Some people oafl _. ed it a victory , but he said * ' one more such victory , and wo are ruined for ever . " ( Loud cheers . ) In Tothill-fields prison , he had most inconsiderately said to their friend and advocate , Ernest Jones—( treinendoua cheering ) —" good night , " and although Jones , who was inthe next cell , made none other than a mental response , they were both punished severely . ( "Shame , shame , " and other symptoms , of indignation . ) Notwithstanding this , ho differed with tho last gentleman who had addressed thom . Ho did not desire
revenge . He wished his brother democrats to take the hi gh ground of humanity , and leave the reverse for their opponents . He ( Mr . Vernon ) believed that he had played a game ef chance , and _Iosd , nnd , consequently , that he was in the hands of his opponents , who had pursued tlieir own policy . ( Hear , hear . ) The times appeared to have much changed since he went to prison ; and ho believed that never had a better feelinjr existed in favour of genuine Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) He was delighted to hear that they were to have another all y in the shape of a journal , which would be a through representative of their feelings , both as regards English and foreign politics , and under tho management of - Mr .
Reynolds , ; he predicted for it very speedily a ; circulation equal to , -if not surpassing thatofthe Times itself . ( Great cheering . ) The Charter and something more , had _becomo an every day word . Wliat did that something more mean ?—not'blood , but it meant their social rights . It wns not for him now to go through the learned and lucid schemes of socialism that had from time to time been put forth ' ; but the bible had said : — " He who will not work neither shall he eat ; " he wished to see this p iece of scri p tural doctrine fully carried out ; and socialism meant thc realisation of
this principle . ( Cheers . ) They had been told nofc to be deluded by any other movement ; and Mr . Reynolds had most delicately hinted that their was another new move for professed Chartism . Wliat must he designate it ? Should it be a Tom Clark move ,- _^( cheers)—or a Charter League ? Ifc was his ( Mr . Vernon ' s ) opinion , that this League was , to use biblical language , " All things to all men ;' . ' but _as-the Chartist policy was to oppose none , lie said let them go eh and get what , they _ran _^ _getj- _^ _-Jlaughter )—whilst tliey , the . veritable Cliartists , ' ¦ r' _& lea ' their princi p les _rounf * their hearts , resolved only to part with them with life itself ( Tremendous cheering . )
The Chairman here announced that ho had jusl received a message stating , that Mr . O'Connor ' t full sympathies wei e with _' _the objects ofthe meeting , but that he was confined to his bed by alarming "indisposition . He ( the Chairman ) had now something ofa novelty to introdune to cheir notice in the shape of a clergyman , the Rev . Mr . Warrall , of Trinity Chapel , Bethual-green . The llev . Gentleman rose , greeted with a right hearty welcome , nnd said : They must not expect much of a speech from him , as ho had not been long a democrat . He was converted by seeing six or seven policemen beating a working man on tho Green where they held their meetings two years ago . He knew trlat by taking this step , as a
minister ot religion , he was placing himself in awkward circumstances , but what of that ? ( Tremendous cheering . ) If he lost his gown he had his hands to work with—and he would freely work with his hands rather than sacrifice his principles ; although a young man lie was perfectly ready todiscuss the question of Democracy with his Lordship of London , or h _' s Grace of Canterbury . ( Loud cheers . ) His master—Christ—was a Democrat and a Communist , and so was he . ( Great cheering . ) He looked on it as thc duty of the people to support by their funds the great movement which their worthy and zealous leaders had so ably started . ( Loud cheers . ) HeJjiad already looked _acroas the water at France ; and he had seen and conversed
with the intelligent and smiling Louis Blane . ( Loud cheers . ) Although this was his maiden speech he certainly would do himself the pleasure of looking in on them again . ( Loud cheers . ) In conclusion he would call their attention to the case of the widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp . Fame was good for tlie martyrs' memories , but ifc would not keep women and children ; and he thought it their duty to keep the widows and orphans from poverty " during the rest of their days . The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst tremendous cheering . Tho Chairman said , he had another novelty for them , it was that of introducing to their attention a lady—Mrs . Ma-thews . ( Loud _i-heers . )
Mrs . Matthews said , she would not attempt to . make a speech on the present occasion , but on some future favourable opportunity she should ha most happy to aid the funds , by delivering one 01 « two lectures in its behalf .. ( Great applause . ) Mr . Maskkll also addressed a few observations in behalf of the resolution , which was put and carried by acclamation . On the motion of Messrs . _Toxiussox and _Browx , a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to tha Chairman aiid to the-committeesf the Williams aad Sharp Fund , The Chairman acknowledged the compliment , and said—he had a note placed : in his hand , stating that it was the desire of several , that tho meeting should be closed by singing the Marseillaise Hymn . ( Great applause- *) . He had mach pleasure iii telling them that some of their _friesds were ready Jo commence ifc . ( _Cheers . )
Messrs . Fowler , Brown , and another _coiMacncea _* _, nnd the who ' s audience joiaed in chorus , upstanding , and at the conclusion . . the most unbounded applause prevailed ; and _this terminated orje of _thumost _orde-riy and enthusiastic meetings , ia has ever been ous- lot to record .
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Lat . , near _Moatrose , a _housekeepers ter ritories were invaded by rats , and ber edibles _destrowd with moro ¦ sapidity than profit to her domestic rule . A friend advised _lier-t-o _. smear the rats _repeats with ccal-tar , and _t-Infc _H _** . ™ F dld s 0 - Moreover , she _sheared her hams and flitches , _pre-, cautions too _-paerful _, for _afteuwards neither m & a nor beast cov ' M _« wt thereof . ' , Ikcbkab * ov Ships at SinsiM—lhough tho first quartan of the year has not yet expired , _ncl-ess than for _Lv-jsix vessels have - teen auded to th * port
of ShioMs since New Sear ' s D . _- . y , _making an increase of'nearly 13 , 000 tons , to the previous _tsnnago of the _--oung port , a consulornble part of wbich aro now - te _' sselslind other ships that have _recestty been purchased by our fellow-townsmen , the remainder consisting of vessels that have been transferred from the port of "Newcastle . Should tSiis immense accession of tonnage to the port _contiaiio in a corresponding , ratio' with that of tlie . last twelve months , wc shall soon be able to raise our Customs ' establishment to a _second-clsss . pQvi .-Newcas . ii 4 Guardian .
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