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" - — LETTERS . _TOTflfi WOBEINGCLASSES . , JJXXX 1 Y : _« _r _-a _= are _thices . and a _smaU drop of ink - _7 _S _^ _e- _*^ n _^^ _^ , _|* _nwwffich makes thousands , perhaps millions : - _SSr - ; : ; , ; _,: ' . BIK 0 ! ' _- TDE TAXES ON KNO * WLEDGE . PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . -RROIHEII PHOLETAIIIAIfS , KarclY _&<** the Commons' House of v JLt condescend to discuss questions , _^• _TfS their object the well-being of the _^ J _<* coninion people . " On Tuesday s however , " honourable gentlemen " r _^ Lr- _tliouoh an assassin and usurer , was _^^ _oBonraWe man _H so far departed from _uiscuss - _^ rypTr
* r ordinary mie as xo _ueigu w a tnre of reform , -which they were _pre-def ined not to accord . On that evening , Mr . _iera au _g _^^ _g long-deferred moti on for _"Klneal of the detestable Taxes on Know-3 came under the consideration ofthe Ie _pctive wisdom . " The mover , and his _se''Trvir- Cowan } , ably exposed theinjus-- a injury to the community of the _^ _ral taxes they proposed to abolish . It was _Twn past all dispute , that the . paper duty ° nts improveme nts in that article -which _jr _M otherwise have long since been effected , _^ i benefit of producer and consumer ; that _lliinp _^ t has almost put an end to the _exrf trade in paper—it being impossible for
_^ _Lpavilv-taxed _manufacturers w > compete _iTUA" * "g _tt _* y-ta * ed , paper _i-p-Tof the Continent and America ; and _ST _^ isthe < _n-eat bartothepnblication of _firsfc-^ _StS , at a price within the means of _^ _asshtmture , a _* ~ _* m _^_ bv those com . _S _^ airp _iSo f _Lbjeet-to _SS « d of the duty -would be a vast benefit advancement , it al
SS and _^ _intellecW Sg _^ Lstood ftat theremovmerely of S per tax would give emp loyment to forty _SSpersons in London alone , and enable _publi shers to produce a class of _publications _Xiieeded , to compete with the degrading productions ofthe easting " cheap and nast y " & "The penny stamp-tax was shown to be _nn-« mallv inflicted , and capriciously enforced ,
-acre befog in the Metropolis fifty-three publications reg istered as newspapers , permitted to « _alfish portions of their impressions -without _n _^ p , and the remainder-with a stamp , in _onier to give the stamped portion the privilege of bee transmission through the Post-office _, jh _* . Gibson claimed for _ackno-wledged _newspaperese same _radlitv of using , or not using , _thestamp for postage purposes . It was shown ,
conclusively , that the stamp , as at present imposed } prevents the publication of cheap newspapers , thereby subjecting the -working classes fo the baneful _influencs of the disgustin--trash provided by speculators in literary ufiaL The arguments that have been pre-¦ riously gone over in this paper relative to the advertisement duty , and on foreign books , were repealed ; and , altogether , a case perfectly unanswerable -was made out , for the fetal and immediate repeal of these iniquitous taxes , .. _
That the case of Mr . Gibson and his friends -iras unanswerable , was amply proved by the speeches of their opponents . Anything like a -fair argument against the repeal was not given utterance to , either by the Chancellor of the "Exchequer or Lord John Eussell . The sole ground of their resistance to the motion was , the necessity for keeping up the existing taxation , in order to secure the preservation of onr " g lorious institutions , " and "keep faith with the public creditor / ' The plain English of this is , that the people must be kept in ignorance , —that restrictions upon commerce and trade must be continued , —and thousands
of the working classes denied the opportunity of acquiring sustenance by their labour , in order io ensure to the _CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer the means of glutting the rapacious appetites of heartless tax-eaters . Itis strange that Lord John Eussell and lis Mends will persist in the snicidal course of _vainmwthecountry against Parliamentary and "Financial Eeform , lest such reform shonld lead to "repudiation . " The noble Lord's -warnings are actually setting the people reflecting on this very ticklish question of _repudiation
"Many people are beginning to think , that of two evils , p olitical slavery and grinding taxation on the one hand , and the _sf-oxge on the other , that the latter would be by far the least injurious . The opinion is also gaining ground , that knowledge taxes , a light and health tax , and exactions of the most shameful Mud on articles of prime necessit y , constitute a charge far exceeding the worth of onr " glorious institutions . '' In short , people begin to think that they are paying too dear
for their whistle , and that they had better part with that -whistle , than be at the expense of keeping it . It is true , Lord John avers , that" the men of England have their hearts full of loyalty . " This may be true of himself" , and those who profit by the existing system ; but I can assure " his Lordship , " that men with stomachs only half filled , and pockets entirely empty , have but little loyalty ia their hearts—precious little regard for " public faith "—and the smallest possible
amount of vene _* ration for those institutions "which have made England ( Lord ! how some men-are given to lying !)* "the admiration of theorworld , and the envy of surrounding nations ' 3 " On the House dividing , there voted for that portion ofthe motion declaratory of the necessity of repealing the paper duty , 89 ; against it , 190 ; being a majority of 101 for perpetuating ignorance , and preventing the employment of capital and labour . The other portions of the motion relating to the stamptax , the duty on advertisements and foreign ¦ -wis , were negatived without a division .
It is to be regretted that our moderate reform friends never set themselves to the performance of a popular duty , but they contrive to botch their work in some way or other Latel y Mr . Joseph Hume , when introducing his "little Charter , " and while engagedin firing hisbroad- side intotheMinistry , must need pour a _rojeyof small shotinto Ms Chartist friends _, tm Tuesday sight Mr . Gmsoy , who otherwise _delivered a very good speech , went out of his * " _** ay to denounce some of the unstamped _papers . The charge he brought against them , namely , of imputing unworthiness to the
_Parlament and Government , my readers will consider as constituti ng their best claim to pnbhc sympath y and support _IVhat is to be done ? A thoroughly Free -tteas must be had , no matter what tiie toil and cost . The _^ _ewspaper-Stamp-Abolition _^ ommittee have resolved to single out the _Jhunp-tax for the purpose of directing public _attention to its iniquity and mischievou s ten-¦ _Jgusy _. with the view of forcing its repeal _, _-jnree-fonrths of the petitions on this _quesy- . recentl y sent to the House , demanded _J ! repeal of the whole ofthe Taxes on Know-_ - fi 6 - . The Committee now _rennnit-noiui tTh _«
J 2 * oa ofthe Mowing form of petition , alon _? BpeCiaI reference to _^ e Stamp-tax T 0 _^ _SS etIieH ( rasei * _Em mons , _inP-M-lkment JS ** - *** , the Petition ofthe _Unaligned , _^ _j _^ Gfere insert ttuur Description a _** _-d _LoSdi _^ . ) Wee . apt _^ _tJ _^ y Stamp on _Newspapers , by raising their ¦ _aSS ? _rfS _?^^^ _" _**** •» ¦ _tMde . limite the - _•^ _MSSSSS ? _* ¦* promotes ¦ fhe 8 ale rf _^ _ikS _???? * ° _^ _"i _^ f made t 0 _*< " _* " - ¦ Honour-Pets S _*^ - . ??? - ? that _fifly-threeresisterea _Ifewspa-^^^ U _ttedtoissue a _portion « rf their _impresiaow * a _& _K _^* S erei H _ff : a J _ttatyour Honourable . Asd iod ** . F ** nri _05 * tBs -will evq Prat . Brtt _* h ' am of * Petition must be copied in writing , aad the *¦«* ¦ _j-j- _^ -co _ntt be _idgii-a by the principal promoters of ¦ _* ¦" •»« _Wicnjerery pencn -tonne _tt-fcMiiaBtatekli or
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her name and address : it may-then be directed , open at the staes _, io -u > y _Iaberal Member of the House of Commons , who will receive it , post free . _, ... ..... .: . _ ' . " _*? ° . 7 * -- _" cn ' - _' - _"""ho . cannot be . more sick of petitioning than I am , it may be necessary to aay , that tbe Committee ' s recommendation is needed to enlighten public opinion , and prepare the popular mind for more eflicient action . We must have a Free Press , but men willing to suffer toil and persecution in pursuit of that object must have the support of public opinion , otherwise their efforts will be thrown away , and their sacrifices be unproductive of the desired consummation . Tipj-name and address : mav-thr-m _rttr _^ fo _^ i An . M _. * .
In calling upon the people to petition , I at the same timo call npon the Newspaper-Stamp-Abolition Committee to come boldly before the . public ,. and appeal to tho people throagh ihe medium of public meetings . It has been well said , that '' revolutions are not made with rose-water ; " and it may be as truly asserted , that some means besides petitioning will have to be tried , before the people of this country will enjoy the inestimable blessing of a cheap , free , —an untaxed , and unfettered Press .
Undismayed b y the vote of a knowledgehating - Parliamentary majority—a majority which as much represents the people of this conntry , as does the knout-loving-press-hating tyrant of Kussia ;—let the cry be sounded , from John 0 'Groats to the Lands' End , — D 9 W 2 _T WITH THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE . Sir Joshua "Walmsley and-his friends have summoned a Conference to assemble in London on Tuesday next , to devise means for carrying out the objects" of the Parliamentary Beform Association . It is to be hoped that the gentlemen attending that Conference will
see the propriety of amendingtheirprogramme , so as in effect to transform their little Charter into the Charter of the People ' s adoption . The Parliamentary "Reformers , if possessing common sense , must by this time have become convinced , that it is in vain for them to hope to move the people unless they takenp principles to which the people ' s sympathies are wedded . It has been the " artful dodge" of certain parties , who doubtless have their own purpose to serve , to insinuate , and indeed assert , that the Democrats desire to prevent a combination of the middle and working class . The assertion is false . Let the middle class reformers give proof of their sincerity , and that union may be at once effected . The proof
demanded is simple enough . Let them recognise the entire of their fellow countrymen , as equal claimants with themselves to that which is the right of all—self-government The adoption ofthe principles of the People ' s Charter , at the forthcoming Conference , will at once remove all obstacles to union . Indep endent ofthe question of principle , the Democrats cannot understand the policy of getting up a great agitation , and plunging the country into a state of excitement , perhaps revolution—for the purpose merely of extending the franchise to a portion of the people , rendering the repetition of the same process necessary at a foture time , for a further extension of the right of voting . The Democrats desire to have a movement to settle the
Suffrage question , and such a movement the union of the middle and working classes would at once call into existence . Further comment on this subject is for the present unnecessary . On Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends , rests the responsibility of determining the question as to the establishment of that union which would be effective for obtaining area ! Radical Eeform ofthe Commons' House of Parliament . L'AMI DTJPEUPLE . Aran . 18 th , 1850 .
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-. _^ - _a _* . G 5 EAT CHARTIST "MEETIXC AT GREENWICH . A crowded meeting , convened by the Provisional Committee ofthe National Charter Association , was held on Monday night , in the Lecture-hall . Mr . Floyd ( an elector of the borough ) having been called to the chair , commenced the business by soliciting an impartial hearing for all parties . He looked to politics as the means to solve social problems . For himself , he had held the franchise for seven years , or rather his house had—( laughter )—and his desire was , that it should be conferred on every man , instead of , as it now is , to bricks and mortar . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Joseph Mokgan ( an elector ) moved the following : —" That , as class antagonism , gross anomalies , and monstrous inequalities , are the results of the present system of legislation , and being fully confident that the only means whereby this system can be removed , and the condition of the toiling masses politically and socially elevated is , by the enactment of the document called the 'People ' s Charter ; ' this meeting , therefore , resolves to agitate until that measure becomes the law ofthe land , and the whole people are made happy and prosperous . " Mr . Morgan said he was one of
those who looked to social results from the adoption of that resolution . He was a producer of wealth , and felt that he had not his share in its consumption . He believed that more persons had been murdered within the last twenty years by an infernal anti-social system , than had been by the devastating demon of war . ( Cheers . ) Look at the wretched , miserable condition of the wealth producerspositivel y begging leave to go toil in foreign lands , whilst millions of fertile land lie uncultivated at home . He thought it worse than folly to expend money in the expatriation of
human beings , when they might he so profitably employed in their own dear native land . ( Cheers . ) The resolution he had the honour to submit , pointed out the means to entirely free the people from the despotism of all classes ; and it certainly was to be done through the medium of the People's Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) There could be no man who did not wish to he within the ark of the constitution . He thought the major portion of the newspaper press had acted badly by the people in so grossly misrepresenting them . He conceived the true social position of man was , that he should enjoy the whole profit resulting
from his labour . ( Cheers . ) What cared the capitalists for the workmen ? They knew that the greater the competition for work , the larger was the amount of profit derived by them ; and if their system drove the oppressed workman to crime—why , they had the policeman , the prison , and the hulks for him . ( App lause . ) The masses were victims to this system only because they did not discuss and weigh well their political rights and social privileges . It was not the deBire ofthe Chartists to oppress any class , but to prevent all or any class from oppressing them for the future . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Robinson seconded the motion .
Mr . G . * W . M . _Rbtsolds waa then introduced , and received a right hearty welcome . Re expressed Ms pleasure in standing before them the champion of principles they had the good sense so duly to appreciate . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew that when they asked for the Charter their demand was met onthe threshold with "Oh , the people are too ignorant ;" but were not the asserters oftbis ignorance aware , that time had been when the representatives of the people could neither read or write , as education was then confined to the priesthood ? ( Hear , hear . ) But , ignorancehad nothing to do with the questionit was the increasing intelligence of the people that was dreaded . ( Hear , hear . ) The working classes
had invariably been the pioneers of all good works , and the Charter once obtained the first duty of their representatives would be , to cleanse the Augean stable ofthe filth which aristocratic rulers had been heaping np for centuries . It might be asked , where are the proofs of your wrongs ? He pointed to their sea-girt isle , to their colonies , to Ireland , and asked , were they well governed ? Did not discontent , pauperism , misery , and wretchedness prevail to an awful extent ? "Were not the workhouses , prisons , and hulks overflowing , whilst the land was fruitful , and granaries were overladen ? ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then eloquently alluded tothejpitriotic and humane dealing ofthe people - * _rife- _^ ho _* r oppressors , during the molu _«
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tionary era of 1848 ,-to show that the people were not tbe sanguinary monsters tlieir tyrants delighted to depict them . Would that he eould ' say as much for their oppressors , who , the moment they resumed the reins of power , resuscitated the' political scaffold , and twirled the whi p round innocent women's backs , in the midst of their publio streets ; ( Shamei shame . ) Such were the fiends who libelled and grossly malig ned a great , generous , and humane people—the brave proletarians of Europe—by designating them " abase and bloody democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) Englishmen were not behind their continental brethern in intelli gence , humanity , or patriotism . The nations were looking to France mostanxiously _. and England was hopefully watching _„ AW _M _» _AiQ- (} _.- x » _: *
the advent 01 ner liberty . They fortunately did not require physical convulsions in this country , although determined to obtain their political rights and social priviliges , they had and would employ strictly legal means to obtain them . ( Cheers . ) What is the narrow contracted mind of an immoral aristocracy when compared with the broad _expansive soul of the working classes ? From the latter spring their men of business—of great talent too- of veritable virtue—men , whose brilliant eloquence and sterling worth put the depraved perfumed aristocrat to tho blush ; men who dare assert their political rights- and vindicate their social privileges . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then most perspicuously
elucidated the several points of the People ' s Charter , clearly demonstrating it to be one of the most perfect electoral machines ever submitted to the inspection of an intelligent people , and was rapturously applauded . He conceived that the middle classes and the aristocracy were nearly on a par as regarded tyranny ,- and consequently that the working classes should havo the onportunity of-representing themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then called on all to join the National Charter Association , and thereby establish their political rights—vindicate their social privileges—and having so done , then could they claim to be the noblest and freest people on the face of the earth . ( Loud cheers , )
The Chairman next introduced _Bronter-ie O'Brien amidst rapturous applause , who commenced by asking , if the people wero as ignorant as they were represented to be , what sort of institutions were they living under that permitted such a state of things ? TheJate Mr . Cobbett had said , if a net was thrown across Fleet-street , arid they were to take the first 60 S that were caught , those 658 could not be worse than their representatives in St . Stephens . ( Hear , hear . ) He , ( Mr . O'Brien ) undertook to say it was impossible to find a worse . He would tell them it was a lying Parliament : —first it called itself " ihe House of Commons "—whereas the Commons of England were not represented there at all . Secondly : its
chairman was called the speaker , when he was thc very man that did not speak at all —( laughter and loud cheers)—and he supposed when they passed the New Poor Law Bill , that was " short commons" for the people . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He did not know if the " Upper House" was much better—one portion of it—the bench of bishops every Sunday called themselves " miserable sinners , " ( laughter ); and as he out of respect would rather take their word in preference to anybody else , why he believed them to be " miserable sinners , "—( laughter)—and he also quite concurred with their prayer— '' Lord have mercy on us "for if he did not , he ( Mr . O'Brien ) did not know who would by-and-bye . ( Loud laughter and great cheering ) . These two powers— " the Lords and Commons" — or more properly speaking , the
landlords and fundholders — dared to : call things such as land , mines , fisheries , & c , -ic , and which are really and truly the people ' s —the Queen ' s—meaning thereby tlieir owr , as they have deprived the Queen of everything save and except what they please to dole oat to her ; and be it known , that everything in the same way is the Queen ' s , save the National Debt , and that , of course , is the people's . ( Laughter and applause . ) Ifc appeared impossible that the "honourable " house could proceed on any business without lying . One section of it called itself Conservative , whilst its whole business appeared to be to destroy those who cared for and sought the welfare of . the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Then another section was called
"liberal . Oh I let . them prick their ears , and be alarmed immediately they heard the sound of '• Liberal . " Let them remember that they never heard of the damnable Poor Law Bill until the Liberals came into power . A Poor Law Commissioner went down to Gloucester , and pretended to live for a month on the Poor Law diet , and said lie never was so well ih his life . If that were so , why did he nofc continue that way—living and doing well upon ls . _lljd . per week ? Why did he come back and- take £ 1 , 200 per annum ? ( Cheers . ) Their excellent friend , the late Augustus Beaumont , once told him a tale of Liberalism : —'" A planter in Jamaica had a slave called Qaashee . Sometimes , Quashee would nofc work very well . ' Quashee , ' said the planter , 'if you don't work I'll sell you to a Scotchman . ' ( Laughter . ) This had the desired
effect for a day , and Quashee relapsed into his former habits of ease . The planter returned , and shonted , ' Quashee , if you don't mend your pace , I'll sell you to a Jew . ' Quashee , at this , worked well for a week , and again relapsed . The planter this time said , in harsher terms , * Qunshee , if you don't work as you should do , flog me if I don't sell you to a Liberal . ' Quashee , at this , jumped up , and said , ' Oh ! pray , massa , don't sell Quashee to a Liberal , and Quashee work like de berv devil . " ( Boars of laughter , and great applause . ) Mr . O'Brien here gave a heart-rending description of Wiltshire labourers , and said they had recently endeavoured to take their affairs into their own hands , but making the attempt sectionally the y had'failed , and their leaders , for following the advice of Sir Robert Peel , were sent te prison . He knew it was said that Parliament could not control
these things , but he ( Mr . O'Brien ) knew full well that Parliament could , and did make laws to regulate land and machinery . Parliamentary staticians had told them that the average duration of human life amongst workmen was seventeen years , whilst that of the non-producers was thirty-eight years , double , and four years over . There must be some foul play here , or the workman never could be robbed of more than half his years , and that too the best half . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said that they did not want reform in Parliament , because the people had benevolent men there already . There were Disraeli —( laughter)—Cobden , and John Bright , who by the bye was not always Bright John . ( _Laushter . l Some pseudo reformers had told them
that the Reform Bill would reduce taxation and relieve their difficulties ; but himself and their friend the late Henry Hunt , had told them differently ; and they were right , for he was now ready to prove that the debt called National had been doubled since the Battle of Waterloo—he did not mean thatthe number of figures were increased to twice the amount , but by alteration of the currency , the money then due would buy or purchase twice as many goods as ifc would when lent . ( Loud cheers . ) " Lord John" assigned for his reasons for not granting the Charter . First : that the people would repeal the New Poor Law ; of course they would repeal the " New Poor Law . " Second : that they would repudiate " The National Debt . " This
money was borrowed to keep down Republicanism in America and France , and-was got up by the landlords and fundlords . . Now the English law said , when a man died without assets , his son was not bound to pay his debts ; and if time would permit , he ( Mr . O'Brien ) would undertake to prove that the people never had any assets , and consequently , according to English laws , were not bound to pay their forefathers ' debts . ( Loud cheers . ] As to the two sections in the house—Peelites and Russelites , he was puzzled to find any difference between them . This reminded him of a lady asking a gentleman a question , viz ., what was the difference between , a Solicitor and an Attorney ? He was bothered ; at last
he replied , precisely the same as that between ' a crocodile and an alligator . " ( Laughter . ) Disraeli had taunted Cobden with robbing the country of ninety-two millions of money ; whilst the Free Traders replied , that by their Free Trade they had saved the country ninety-one millions ; well , as the Free Traders called themselves the country , it mattered very little to the people which set of thieves had it . ( Cheers . ) The great fault of the people lay in their accepting promises from those men , instead of demandingpower to do their business for themselves . Let them listen no more to their juggles , but demand the power of doing their own business . ( Tremendous cheering . )
_ The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . Enticott , in a few words , proposed the second resolution , as follows- : " That this meeting _, having full and implicit confidence in the FroyisionalCommittee of the National Charter Association , hereby'agrees to form a localitj of the sani association , for this borough , and hereby appoint the following persons to act as a committeei viz . — Messrs . Morgan , Floyd , Robinson , Lever , Sweetlove , Enticott , and Paris . " Mr . Hodge seconded the motion ,
Walter Cooper rose to support the resolution , and was hailed with loud cheers . He said , doubtless there were some present who had not heen in the habit of attending Chartist meetings , and who might have heard Chartism identified with everything that was mean and contemptible ; but there was no argument in calling names ; and it snouia be remembered , that some of the best of men haa been persecuted and put to death for advocating good principles . ( Cheers . ) He knew it might ne asked , what have the people to grumble about . _** e answered—tbe laws are class-made laws , anu worked badly . ( Cheers , ) He thought it wrong that the people should be the source of the weaitn and power of the country , and yet be without . a voiceln making its laws . ( Loud cheers . ) Theirs was a fertile sou ; they possessed great mechanical power , and abundance of wealth in- the bowels ofthe earth—they had every _thisg that should coartitutoa rich and _poirerful _peopl-h . aad yet ,, wi .
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_Si _^ _fe _^ _^ 1011 _tftorty milliona of _soulsthey _SwS _^^ that awful : state ' of things Sw _?' ' ' _- _?^ ' ( _Great-applause _- . ) 'Last _Jteffi- _- _^ - _!^ had a _™* governmen t , ner _ik for i _?/^ IS _iSL- 11 , ¦ ( Great cheeringO Again , " they Toll h _$ _iR . _" _fishing m _> ime , Instead of _fwfiSv _'H _* 11 _*™ _™ education , Jet , With all f _p _liSf _^ , _- _^ the " Sea-girt : Isle » _itwas PhIS _. 1 _T _l _^ r ? _" - * of _MiUo n , and of Newton . _te » f « _¦* ' ' _J musfc he feci , when he _"' _redard-ofthe a pe-when he reflected on the state of t' ft " ; ' " - _:. _.- ' - _^—^ "
_KfofJll _? ' " _? _V"d misery ? Yet was he told this was tbe result of civilisation ; but Fraser ' s-a _fSS ! _flntSi , '" Wel 1 ' if this be «* e _w <* rk of ci * lisation , ' tig the work of the devil , and to hell witiuc . ( . tremendous cheering , ) He reiterated that cry In tho name of God and humanity he said , whilst such things last their should be no peace . He thought ke heard some one say , what then do you want ? IIo replied bettor food , better clothing , and better-laws to bring them back when they- go wrong . Lefc no one suppose that Chartism meant robbery or spoliation , or that aiiy one becomes a Chartist forthe mere fun ofthe thing . Well , then , como brothers—for they were all brothers—come , help to gain rights and
liyour berties , and whilst the aristocracy aro blamed , let them not forget themselves-begin reform at homo . He trusted they would form a locality ofthe National Charter Association there , and prosper . He gloried in being a working man ; and if there was ono of tjie aristocracy or middlo class there , he would tell such men that his order of bygone days was prolific of great and good men , and that at the present day they had a modern Milton in Thomas Cooper . ( Loud cheers . ) Then , ho said , get understanding , get Knowledge , bo prepared for tho coming struggle , for a struggle there undoubtedly would be—liotthat the working classes wished by physical _fdveotoraze to the ground the altar and the throne ; nor because they would prefer by the spread of knowledce to
remove its basis ; and when they fell , depend oh it they never would be built again . ( Loud cheers . ) The aristocracy had found out tho respectability of the "lower orders " of the people—they had commenced toasting working men ; this caused him to laugh ' , and in his joy , to sing with Burns , "A prince can mak a belted knight , A Marquis , Puke , and a' that ; But an honest man ' s aboon his might , Guid faith , he mauna fa' that ! Fora'that , and a'that ; Their dignities , and a'that , The pith 0 " sense and pride 0 ' _worthy Are higher ranks than a'that .
He would rather be the despised Chartist than a despicable lordling- _^ rather toil on to make the world a better one . Good men had gone before and paved the way for them ; thanks to their fathers who fought at Marston-moor—thanks to the men who have stood the block and the gibbet for them ; England of that day raised for them the block and the gibbet , while England of the present day spares them a niche in the Temple of Fame , and erects monuments to their memories . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The resolution was put , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , evidently deli ghted with the evening ' s proceedings .
Meeting At John-Street. The Provisional ...
MEETING AT JOHN-STREET . The Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association continue their series of Tuesday evening meetings , with undeviating success , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , . John-street , Fitzroy-square . At the meeting on Tuesday evening , April tho 16 th , Mr . Thomas Brown was called to the chair and said , they had met at a most important time ; the Whig ministry had been beaten on several . occasions —( hear , bear)—and now was the time to take advantage of the disunion in Parliament to upset the Whigs , cause a dissolution of Parliament , and an appeal to the country , and thus furnish a legitimate opportunity to the working classes to give vent to their opinions . ( Loud applause ) .
Mr . _G-. W . M . Reynolds came forward , amidst rapturous applause , to move the following . resolution : — " That as the Whig ministry has lately been subjected to several defeats , and as it , does not appear to be inclined to retire from office according-to the so called constitutional forms ofthe legislature , this meeting is ef opinion that no worse set of men could possibly be in power , and therefore calls upon the ministry to appeal to the country , with a view of testing public opinion . " Mr . Reynolds said , it was important to observe , that ministers invariably met with two or three minor defeats before the grand
clash came . The Whigs were tenacious of office . When the Tories were in power , if left in a minority 011 a division , they invariably resigned ; but the Whigs , in pecuniary circumstances , appeared to be poorer , and consequently clung to place and power . ( Hear , hear . ) The concoctors of the resolution did not wish or intend any insult to the meeting , knowing , as they did , that the working classes had no power to elect a new Parliament ; but they felt that a dissolution would give them the opportunity of holding grand demonstrations , of putting forth their sentiments , and letting the candidates know what they wanted ,
and by this means even reaching the ear of Majesty with their grievances . An old adage says , "When rogues fall out , honest men come by their own . " ; When Sir Robert Peel went out of office at the time of the passing of tho act for repealing the Corn Laws , he had a party of about one hundred and twenty supporters ; this would have formed a nice little nucleus in which to havo based an official party , but these , tired of waiting for the ministerial table , had dwindled down to about fifty , and consequently it would be impossible for him to hold power as a minister , h ' e ' nee there appeared no alternative but Lord Stanley ; and if he came into power he would put the
most odious rampant Toryism into practice—would put down the meetings ofthe working classes—gag the Press , and send tho leaders of tho people to prison . He did not believe thatthe Tories would dare raise the political scaffold—not because of any humanity which existed in the breasts of the aristocracy , but simply because public opinion was too enlightened for it . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the English constitution the worst of all to live under , and that it would be better to be under the Autocrat of Russia ; for there they would have but one tyrant , and here they had ten thousand , with just sufficient liberty to blind tho eyes of those who were unwilling to look far enough . He knew the
aristocracy were nothing without the people , that the people produced all the necessary elegancies and luxuries they enjoyed , and for which tne producers scarce received ordinary thanks , and are arrogantly told that they havo no rights , that they are serfs and _slaveB , niade expressly to furnish forth their comforts and enjoyments . ( Cheers . ) He should like to see a general election at the present time , even if it did not let in the Protectionists . Better have a reactionary than a stand still ministry ; and sure he was , if they had Stanley and Disraeli , they would have such tyranny as was not known since tho days of Castlereagh . This would bind the people _together , and draw them into the
ranks ofthe National Charter Association . Itwas not possible for the toiling millions to be much worse off . Then let the days of tyranny como ; this would cause the people to reflect on the days of primitive freedom and cause them to declare that they would suspend all labour until they were as free as when' God gave them the earth for an inheritance ; ( Loud cheers . ) He knew that all present were Chartists at heart , but times required that they should be active Chartists . He did not ask them to resort to insurrection , but to adopt all the peaceable , legal , and constitutionel means in their power . The nations of the continent had never risen until goaded by their oppressors , and
then they possessed all the capitals in Europe , and he believed , that before six months more had elapsed , they would again be in possession of them . ( Cheering . ) Witness the signs of tho times as showed in France ; whole regiments had left their arms in the barracks , and marched through the towns , shouting _VivelaRepnblitpteDemocratique et Sociale—( Cheers)—and [ thesame thing would soon happen in Paris . Then would the insurrection commence and be carried on triumphantly to victory . When he was not at his post there on Tuesday evening , he wished ifc to be understood that he was _encaeea elsewhere in the cause . He had
been unable to attend- . there either last Tuesday or the Tuesday previous , and Mr . O'Connor , for whom he held the highest respect—as he believed no man had ever moved such a mass of mind as he had- —had deprecated Socialism and Communism . ' ( Hear . ) With all deference to Mr . O'Connor , he differed with him on this matter ; and he did not wish to deceive himself or that meeting , and hence he told them he would not stir a pin's point for the Charter , unless it was looked at as a means to a great social end . He now possessed two votes , but did not know that he should-use either in the event of an election , unless ifc so happened that a thorough-¦ _g oing Chartist stood for either place , Hence ,. he
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would nofcgive a fig for mere abstract rights what they ; wanted was , that-labour should' be fairly' remunerated—that A' B . C , and so , on , should all contribute , bj * the labour of thoir hands " or their head , aiid enjoy in equitable proportion , He had been denounced by certain portions of the press -i-by / Gavan Duffy , of the _Mtioii—hy the-John Bull—and by the Times , simpl ** because he' advo-, catod the doctrine callod " Socialism ; " but he said if thus cordially desiring to better the social condition of his fellow-men brought on revilings—by heavens ! he delighted to be so reviled . ( Hear , hear . ) He declared himself emphatically in favour of Socialism ; and what ho now possessed—or whatever henceforth he might glean—the moment _
Socialism was established , he should be delighted to say , " Here , take this property , and divide it amongst the human family . " ( Cheers . ) These were his own conscientious feelings and convictions ; but he was not for spoliation , or from taking by violence from those who already possessed wealth . Ho was for passing laws by means of the Charter , that should gradually effect the change , until the present anti-social system was entirely eradicated , and a new and a happier one established . His friend , Mr . O'Connor , had also deprecated the interfering with foreign politic ?; but , he asked , why should they-not point to the deeds of heroism , exhibited on the continent , as memorable examples ? Would it not be weU for
them to point to noble Kossuth , and say , see what he has done for Hungary , , and shall he not do it again ? Should they not point to _MaEzini , and bid their children admire his virtues and heroism ? Did they not point to Hampden , to Wallace , to Mitchel , and Meagher ? And if they might laud the patriots of England , Scotland and Ireland , why nofc reverence the noblo heroes and martyrs of France—the Ledru Rollins , the Louis Blancs , and Barbes ? He trusted they should hear no more of nofc interfering with foreign politics , as most assuredly tho ball of . democracy would again roll over Europe , and then the thrones and rulo of Kings would be broken , never again to be restored . The Chaiujun said , after the eloquent and
excelent speech of Mr . Reynolds , he trusted they would hear no more of the matter as regards the difference between the leaders relative to Socialism and foreign politics ; let eacli express their separate opinions , hear all , and judge for themselves .-Mr . J , _GitASSBY said , he had great pleasure in seconding the motion ; a more imbecile set of ministers novcr oxisted than tho present—they wanted a ministry with some pluck in them , who , if they did not please tha people might rise the ire ofthe democracy , and causo it to act . ( Loud cheers . ) He wished to say a few words as to what had fallen from the last speaker , regarding Mr . O'Connor . Of course every man had a right to speak and publish his own sentiments—( hear , hear '—but Mr .
O'Connor had , in hia letter in last week ' s Star , talked of a set of " rapscallions . " Now , why did Mr . 0 ' Connor leave it in such mystery 1 Who did he mean ? And why did he not tell them ? He was resolved to linow . If Mr , O'Connor meant James Grassby , he ought to at once have had the manliness to say so . And as regarded Republicanism , why Mr . O'Connor had frequently said if so and so took place—which by the by had taken place—he would declare himself a Red Republican . However he was determined to know who Mr . O'Connor meant by " ' rapscallions , '' and' poor gentlemen . " He did not think it any disgrace to be poor , neither did he conceive gentle-: ness to be a crime . He really , at the present moment could not think of any who would answer Mr .
O'Connor's description , except the " poor gentlemen " with whom he was immediately surrounded . He had _. in times past , frequently heard Mr . O'Connor concludo his speeches with , ' Peaceably if we can , forcibly if we must " and yet they were called to account because their advocates said , " The Charter and something more ¦ " which meant , " The Charter and their social rights . " ( Loud cheers . ) He knew there were men who could make fine speeches—that meant anything or nothing—by the aero ; and these men , who were jealous of their peaceable , practical , and successful agitation , endeavoured to impede their progress , by denouncing them as physical force men ; but their jealousy and malice would re-act upon themselves , whilst the Motional Charter . Association would march forward
to victory . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Fuzzojj said , he thought Mr . O'Connor had been misrepresented , as , surely , his good sense must point out to him the Charter as the means of ameliorating their social condition . For himself he was a Republican , and infavour of SocialRights , to then * fullest extent . ( Loud cheers . ) Julian _HAnuEY—who on coming forward was received with great applause—said , that he heartily agreed with Mr . Reynolds as regarded the turning out of the Whigs . 'It would be recollected that when , on a former evening , discussing Mr . Hutt ' s motion , Mr . O'Brien—whom they all heard with delight , and from whom they invariably received invaluable instruction , ( applause)—had taken
exception to his ( Mr . Harney ' s ) view , on the ground that the " scorpion" Stanley , and the Tories , would come into power , and put down public meetings , and subject the working classes to a reign of terror . —[ At this moment Bronterre O'Brien entered the hall , and was greeted with loud cheers . ] —Mr . Harney reiterated what he had " ust stated . He thought that Mr . O'Brien ' s reasons for regarding a Tory ministry with horror , were just the reasons why such a ministry should be hailed with joy . The Tories in power , and hounded on by such men asFerrand , would wage a war against the Free Traders and middle-class Reformers , ns well as against the working men , and so would compel the middle classes to unite with the working men for
self-protection . ( Cheers . ) He , therefore , said , out with the Whigs and welcome a Tory administration , which would compel the bourgeoisie to unite with the proletarians . ( Loud cheers . ) It would be the fault of the people if they allowed themselves to be humbugged , as they were in the time of the Reform Bill agitation . Mr . Harney then proceeded to comment on the debato on Public Salaries , wliich had occupied the Houseof Commons a few evenings previously . A'stranger might imagine that ' all sections ofthe Houseof Commons _hacTbecome most patriotic economists . There was Lord John Russell demanding a committee to inquire into official , judicial and diplomatic salaries , with a view to reduction _, and Mr . Disraeli meeting that motion with an
amendment " Thatthe house _wasalready in possession of sufficient information , and that reductions be at once proceeded with . " He believed they wero both veritable humbugs . ( Cheers . ) As regarded Lord John Russell ' s committee , Mr . Disraeli had truly said that after sitting a year or two the committee would produce such a " blue book" which could defy the world ' s competition at the Industrial Exhibition of 1851 . ( Loud laughter , and cheering . ) They might as well have expected Grcenacre to have hanged himself , as to expect Lord John Russell to cut down his own salary . ( Loud cheers . ) The so-called Radical section of the house also played the game of humbug in pretending to agitate for financial reform , while leaving untouched that
huge swindle , the " National Debt . " ( Great applause . ) ** Mr . Harney entered into the history of the contracting of the debt , and showed that it was not at all binding on the people . Commenting on the speech of Mr . Page Wood in the House of Commons , Mr . Harney said that the subject of social reform brought him to a subject which had been commented on by previous speakers—he alluded to what had been said respecting Mr . O'Connor . He ( Mr . Harney ) differed from much that had been said by that gentleman on a previous occasion in that hall , and also from some things published by him in last Saturday ' s Star . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not condemn Mr . O'Connor , believing that ho was deceived and
misinformed . That gentleman had complained of a conspiracy , but he ( Mr . Harney ) said that the members ofthe National Charter Association , and other parties , meeting in that hall , had something better to do , than to conspire against any individual . ( Cheers . ) If there was any conspiracy against individuals , the conspirators were at tho Land Office in High Holborn . ( Loud cheers ) . For himself and his friends , and those whom he addressed , their conspiracy was against an unjust political and social system , and to change that system , all their efforts were directed . ( Renewed cheering ) . With regard to Republicanism , they were all—with few exceptions—Republicans —( great cheering)—but it was not true that they desired to
supersede tlio Chartist agitation by an agitation fora Republic . It was not necessary , inasmuch as Republican institutions were sure to eome in the due order of events . ( Loud cheors . 1 As regarded foreign politics , he ( Mr . Harney ) maintained it was the duty of all true democrats to sympathise with their Republican brethren on the continent . ( Cheers . ) He was sorry that they could give only the sympathy of words , but it was their duty to give that , failing their ability to give more efficient aid . ' In different countries the people ' s party differed in name , but they were all intent on one oljoct , the triumph of the principles of the Democratic and Social Republic . ( Loud cheering . )
Mr . _Wabd stated that ho had intended to have addressed the meeting in opposition to the sentiments continually promulgated from that platform , but seeing a large attendance of _their'leaders , and knowing , by past experience , tho opposition he would encounter from some sections of the meeting , he should decline then tooccupy their time . He wished , however , publicly to announce , that he was ready , in full reliance upon the truth and justice ot the principles and policy he had advocated , to meet either Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Harney , or any other leader of their , party , whose v iews he ., -- _**? 0 ° " casion to oppose , in fair , equal , and candid discussion . Such a course would offer the best _ test ot truth , and show whether or not these gentlemen were sincere ia their admiration of freedom of A * * ** . * 1 B ThrCE « _BM 4 » r interrupting . Mr . Ward , said , in order _to « ut the matter short they would now have , Mr . _Q'SufiB * * ¦ '¦ ¦ _* : "
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> Mr . Bronmjrrh O'BmENrose ; loudly applauded , and said he regretted he had not been able to be at * the meeting half an hour earlier , as he ' had wished to have met Messrs . Reynolds , O'Connor , Harney ; Cooper , and others . However _; he was happy to see some of theiri there . He was sibout ' tri test them . He knew he should , be' thrusting his . hand into a hornet ' s nest , however , he was used to * t _> nnd did not mind _it . They _li-id . associations aii plentiful as bilberrya now , but what he wanted to ' i ° _T w _» _whether they could not do something in "« i 1 _° o- U _c ° uld agree ? ( Hear , hear ; , ) He perceived that bu * Joshua _W-ilmsley called his association National , "but he believed that it had no more right to tho title than a member of parliament h * d to be cal ed «• Honourable . " or a _ministfir « Ri-Ae
Honourable . ' lie believed the _financials to bo thorough humbugs , and he would not give the clipping of a lawyer ' s conscience for all the reforms they would produce . There was a scheme to unite all the rich against all the poor ; mid they had no right to give all the votes to the rich and exclude the poor , for surely the poor stood most in need of tho votes . He wished originally the qualification had been that every man should havo done something for liis daily broad . IIo had seen Mr . Reynolds , and asked him to insert in his Political Instructor a letter from him ( Mr . O'Brien ) to tlio President and Council of "the National Parliamentary Reform Association , " embracing the following proposition : — " That deputations of the National Charter Association , . National Reform
League , and all other organised bodies advocating a full measure of political and social rights for all classes , should wait upon tho Conference of the Parliamentary Reform Association , about to meet in London , and require of them , as a proof of their sincerity , to give' a public pledge to the working classes to secure the return to parliament ; atthe next ' general election , of some thirty or forty gentlemen , who should be publicly chosen in as many populous boroughs , as tlie fittest persons to represent the' new electors in parliament . The middle class electors should publicly pledge themselves to give their votes in favour of such gentlemen after they shall have been previously duly elected as their delegates , by a clear majority of the non-electors" —( loud cheers )—and unless . Sir
Joshua and his middle class friends should give this public pledge in favour of a real working _Jiian ' s representation , the working peoplo would consider them unworthy of their confidence , ¦ and their "little Charter" scheme iis nothing better than a base , unchristian plan , to unite all the rich against poor by giving the votes to the former , and withholding the like right from those who are not rich enough to be able to contribute to the support of the poor , as well as to keep themselves . ( Cheers . ) Of course , the object of the deputation would be to impress this reasonable view upon the Conference ; and in case tho middle classes should give their sanction to ifc , a clear and irrefragable evidence would be furnished of the competence of the working classes to voto wisely and honestly . ( Loud
cheers , ) ihe persons who should nominate afc the hustings he would like the middle classes to select . ( Hear , hear . ) If the Parliamentary Reform Association really did represent tho middle classes , they had the command of something like three hundred seats ; and surely out of those they might spare , for a temporary purpose , the small number he had ' asked ? And mind , he only wanted it for a temporary purpose , as he , for one , would never be content with a less measure of political justice than that given in the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) If ' this _proposition was not conceded , would they not be justified in voting the middle class a band of conspiring profit-mongers , who fleeced thepeople out of three hundred millions a year ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gerald Masset delivered an excellent and soul-stirring speech .
Mr . J . Rogers also addressed tho meeting . Mr . O'BniE _!* , in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman , took the sense ofthe meeting on the proposition he had suggested in his speech , which was unanimously in favour of a deputation to the ensuing Conference . The vote of thanks to the chairman was then passed by acclamation , and the meeting adjourned until Tuesday evening next .
The Ten Hours Bill.—Meeting Of The Deleg...
THE TEN HOURS BILL . —MEETING OF THE DELEGATES LN _LONDON . On Wednesday night a meeting ofthe delegates from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire was held at their meeting-room in Northumberland-court , Mr . Thomas Pitt , of Ashton , in the chair . The main object of the meeting was to arrange their course ot" proceeding . . After the transaction of ' some matters of business , the following letter was read from Lord Ashley ;—House of Commons , April 17 , 1850 . — To the Delegates from the Short Time Committee of Lancashire and Yorkshire . —Gentlemen , —The Factory Bill which was fixed for Thursday next , April 18 , must be postponed until tho 2 nd of May , the first day on which there is any likelihood of obtaining an opportunity of discussion . The business for Thursday would occupy the house until a very late hour , so that 1 could entertain no hope of being able to move the bill into committee , I am , your obedient servant , " " _ Ashley . On the motion of the delegtefrom Oldham , seconded by thc delegate from Bolton , the letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes and published .
The delegate from Todmorden then moved the following address , which was seconded by the delegate from Bradford , and carried unanimously : — To tho Factory Operatives of Great Britain and Ireland * .. Fellow Workmen , —At your call we have again assembled in London , for the purpose of promoting the passing of a bill to explain the intention of the act of 1847 , namely to effect a unifonn and continuous Horking often hours a day in factories , meal times only excepted . That bill , as _j-ou are aware , was to have been brought before the Houso of Commons to-morrow ( Thursday ) , April 18 th , but by a a combination of circumstances over whicli our noblo leader had no control , Lord Ashley has been compelled to postpone it till the 2 nd of May . We therefore conjure yon _^ as you love the cause in whieh you are engaged , to malte the best possible use ofthe time thus afforded . Our
enemies are in the field , and are active . We must therefore persevere , A few millowners in some ot the-secluded valleys of Lancashire and Yorkshire , where neither tlie light of publie opinion nor the freedom of the factory workers have yet appeared , are coercing their workpeople * t _» sigu ' pBtitions in favour of the odious system of working iij relays . In some of tbe glens of Scotland the same oppressive course is being adopted , and the masters of Hawick have sent up to London a few of their time-serving managers and overlookers in support of these petitions . These , triends , are symptoms of opposition wliich you must meet and meet witli energy and promptitude . Go on , then , pcrfi . Honing , and let your watchwords be , ' TenHours , ' 'Ho relays , ' and ' No surfendor . ' Signed , on Vhalf of the delegates , ¦ TnosiAS _Firr , Chairman . Northumberland-court , AprU 17 th , 1850 .
National Charter League. The Council Hel...
NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . The Council held its third meeting on Mondayevening last , at which were present P . M'Grath , W Dixon , J . Hobden ,- W . Allnutt , A . Fairchild , B . Nobbs , R . Side , W . Tapp , and the secretary , I . Clark . The Secretary reported that the National Hall was taken for tiie first public meeting ofthe League _, on Wednesday , May 1 st . Letters approving ofthe League , and its proposed modus operandi , were read from W . Lovett , London ; Dr . Bowkett , Limehouse ; and J . Barker , of Leeds . The letters were ordered to be inserted upon the minutes .
The Secretary was instructed to communicate with several gentlemen , who from their conduct for many years past , have manifested . their zeal for the causo of the people , and requesting the attendance of those gentlemen at the . impending public meeting . The Treasurer announced that , as instructed by the Council , he had engaged a commodious room forthe meetings ofthe Council , at Ko . 5 , Snow _HilJ _. and to which address all communications for ths League , in future , are to be sent . The receipts for the week , were announced to be £ 10 Os . lOd .
The National Reform League. At A Numerou...
THE NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . At a numerous meeting of tho above body , held at tlie Literary and Scientific Institute , _John-stieet , on Friday evening , April 19 th , the following , resolution- waa passed unanimously : — " That this meeting fully concurs in the vote passed at the recent meeting of the National Charter Association , in favour of sending a deputation to the forthcoming Conference of the Parliamentary and Finaacial Reformers , in order to _impress upon tliat body the utter _liouelessnesa of their ever gaining tte
confidence of the working classes , unless they wfffl prove their good faith towards them , by _pledging themselves to elect to Parliament , at least _» _sonw twenty or twenty-five of their working class friends at the next general election ; the non-electors of tte principal towns and boroughs to determine , tlm candidates by previous eloction , * and m order is promote the success of this moasure , the meeting appoints Messrs Kintree _, _Neal , OBnen , Hai _** - . Swift and _M'Neil , to co-operate with tho deputetion from the _Katioaal Charter Assoeiation for _thq above purpose .
Nottinoham.—Strike Of The Wrought Drawer...
_Nottinoham . —Strike of the Wrought Drawer PANTALOON and Shirt Brace of Framework "K _sixtkrs . — The strike in this branch is not yet t _* _a _?« minated , there being two manufacturers who have not agreed to givo the advance , consequently their hands remain out—but we trust the two firms alluded to , will be induced to employ very soon , as ds leading _houses in the trade have agreed to give tte advance , and their Sands have returned to wosfc We wish to state that we have been liberally supported by the cut-up and selvage weel branch « _off Nottingham in this struggle . Their kindness tag been duly appreciated , and is now _gratcfullr w knowledge } - ! , v _- . _; ' _g ; _UrwAEns 01 ? £ 1 , 800 has been subscribed in ««< burgh towarda a monument to Lord Jefl _^ ey _,. '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 20, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20041850/page/5/
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