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TO THE LAND MEMBERS
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jly Dear Csildren, V These ** re Christm...
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To The Land Members
TO THE LAND MEMBERS
Jly Dear Csildren, V These ** Re Christm...
_jly Dear Csildren , V These _** re Christmas times , and I have reei _^ _ceived my Christmas-box in the signal victory h I have , achieved over my several enemies ; and si as I have nipt time this week to . consult with he the Directers , I am not prepared to present roi you with , a Christmas-box , hut next week 1 io ] hope , with , their consent , to present yoa with _ilaNewYear _' sGift . ] I have always contended for a lease for jvi ever , at a corn rent , aa the only just tenure ap upon which the agricultural resources of the * o country can be cultivated to their highest st state of capability ; and I have _ateo preferred th that tithe system which compelled the parson
to he participator in all casualties and calamities to the system which fixes tithe at a rentcharge , making him the head landlord and first claimant . There was more justice in the landlord digging every tenth rod of rotten potatoes , and taking every tenth sheaf of blighted corn , than there is in estimating the value of those valueless potatoes and damaged corn by the high standard of price of good potatoes and good corn . Thus , if A , B , and C lose all their crops , or it a majority of the crops of the whole nation are so far injured as to increase the value , and the price of what is sound , the rent-charge is absolutely
increased upon those who have lost their all , and ia whose misfortune , nnder the old system , the parson should he participator ; and as to the landlord , I have always insisted . that , as his necessities ate of the year , and should not be measured by his own his father ' s , or his grandfather ' s speculation , that his rent shonld be measured b y t he cu rrent price of produce ; and what can be fairer , when he is but the representative of one-fifth , while the farmer , his capital , and the labourer , represent the _othecibur-fifths , but , ne v ertheless , have to bear all _casualtfes , ' _calamitiesp and _' rmeer-. taintiee .
Mr Sharman Crawford , a large landed prop rietor , has declared that the owner ofthe soil and the cultivator ofthe soil are co-partners ; and , believing in the truth of this undeniable assertion , they should be participators in every reverse of fortune to which the land , the climate , and the atmosp here , may subject the cultivator . If _4 then , tbis maxim holds good as regards an individual _landlord in relation to a chance tenant , how much more applicable is it to my position as founder ofa national scheme , and those who have joined in the undertaking from confidence in that scheme .
I have maturely thought of this Plan , and I have looked with a just and jealous , rather than with a partial and jaundiced eye , to the position of those who are now located , and who , hut for the potato ret and the damage done to corn b y the wetness of the harvest , would hare been in a most enviable position ; and although I have been treated with unexamp led ingratitude by those for whom I have laboured , yet that ingratitude eannot change my sense of justice into spleen , vengeance , and malignity ; and for this reason it is not my intention to submit tothe Directors the
proposition made to the Birmingham Conference , to forego the payment of therentdue in November last for three years ; but it is my intention to propose to them a more large and sweep ing measure of justice , namely—to remit' the year ' s rent altogether , and to extend the time of paying their promissory notes to two years instead of one ; and should the unlocated members , or a majority of them , object to this proposition , I will pay the rent out ofthe
amount due to me hy the Company . And , as purchasers do not stand in the same position as balloted members , I also propose to postpone the payment of the rent that fell due in November for three years ; while , as regards balloted members , I shall propose , that in consequence of the failure of the crops , and the novelty of their occupation , that it be forgiven altogether ; and this is no more tharr an individual landlord , if actuated by justice , should do .
Those who have let their land will have to pay the rent ; and in all cases where parties have transferred without refunding the Com pany ' o - dues , the occupants in such cases will be immediately ejected , and their allotments be disposed of by bonus . This proposition—if accepted b y the Directors—will be considered a handsome New Year ' s Gift , and you may consider it accepted , as , in case of refusal , I will pay it out of my own pocket ; and that is the description of New Year ' s Gift 1 generally receive for my services , and that is the manner in which I take vengeance upon the most unrul y and refractory of my
childrenbecause I believe that all theiryirtues are characteristics of their nature , while all their vices are consequences of oppression and misrule .- And now I would implore of all those located to struggle through any difficulty for the two short remaining months of winter , and when March and the long days come , they will bless their stars tbat they did not return to their abodes of pestilence and famine . Thus , while I shall ever be prepared to act according to the strict rules of justice , I shall also be prepared to resist every and any attempt to convert the Land Plan into a jobbing speculation for labourers , and those who under-let for profit shall receive neither consideration nor indulgence at my hands .
I hope to receive the opinion of the several localities upon this point next week , and that the proposition will be considered an act oi justice , rather than one of charity or grace ¦ and thus the revenge which I seek for the ingratitude of the most fortunate , is the heaping of coals of fire npon their heads . Your affectionate father , Feargus _O'Coskob . P . S . —I hope shortly ta announce the complete registration of the Company . 3 ? . O'C .
Further Prorogation Of Parliamenthouse O...
FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENTHOUSE OF LORDS . Tuesday being the day to which parliament stands prorogued , their lordships met for the purpose ol further proroguing it till the lst of February nes t , open which day itis to meet for the despatch of business . Sh o r t ly af t er t wo o ' clock the Lord Chancellor , Lord Langdale , and Lord Campbell , took their seats below the Throne , robed es Lords Commissioners , for the purpose of further proroguing the parliament
Mr Pulman , the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod , was then desired by their lordships to summon the Commons to hear the Commission for proroguing the parliament read , and in a few minutes Mr H . Ley , accompanied by several officers of the house , and only a sing le member , the hon , Mr Campbell , appeared at the bar . The Commission for proroguing the parliament having been read by the Chief Clerk at the table , The _Loan-CHANCEixoa , in Her Majesty ' _aname and by Her _Majer ty ' 6 command , _dwlared . the parliament prorogued to Thursday , the 1 st of February , to be t hen holden , and it was prorogued accordingly .
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WEST BIDING ELECTION . — DEFEAT OF IHE FREE TRADERS . PtCLAMATIOa CT XMK FMX . Monday wu the day appointed for _dedarieg ths result -if the poll for the representation ef the West Biding , tt the _pltm of election fixed by tea Refers Aet , the Cent Boee , _Waktfield . At half-past tbree o'clock the _TJcder-Shex-ff tmnounetd thatthe molt oftflspell wag— For Ed-anna _Denison . Esq . U , 748 Sir _Calling Eardley Eardley , Bar t . 117 * 6 _Msjority _forMrDsflison 2 , 943
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Seven ereleht horses art * kept , at tfee fire po ' . ieta ' _afion in Temple Court ready to be immediately joked in cue of fire ; aad it it a cumm _faet , worthy perhaps ef record , that whenever alarm ia _eammunieated at the station ( as made inown by the fierce ringing ofthe hell , and the im-aediate tastiej ths hurtes exhibit great -restlessness , and appear eager to be off . Thia ia more particularly tha ease with two that are kept ready _bsruesjed ia a stable next deor , a nd whieh ar * always tie first _dispatched with an engine in admce . —PaMin Paper .
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VOL . XII . K 9 583 . LONDON , SATURDAY , DECEMBEr 13 , 1848 . ~ _rZ _^^^ l _^ ,
To The Chartists. Brother Chartists, Sam...
TO THE CHARTISTS . Brother Chartists , Same of our best , our truest , and most peaceful friends , have been snatched from usbut , as from every drop ofthe mart yrs ' blood ten thousand patriots spring to avenge the martyrs ' death , so from the living tomb of every incarcerated victim , let ten thousand Chartists spring to supply hi s p lace . This 18 not the time to remind yon of my frequent cautions against secret meetings , spies , and informers . This was the trap , and those were the baits with which the unwary were caug ht in London , Edinburgh , Chester , York , and Liverpool , but , as long as you have faith in the principles , let not the treachery or perjury of hired spies and informers disturb that faith .
You will see how the Attorney-General and the Jud ge , at Liverpool , mourned over the loss of the RED CAT . How the official , with a perfect knowled ge that I had resisted all appeals to violence , and denounced all secret meetings , had the cowardice , the insolence , and the audacity to lament to his Jurv and his _audienceithat they _hadijiot been able to lay handa upon him who Instigated his dupes to the perpe tratibh of crime . :: ' _" r
Now , what can be more unjust , what can be more cowardl y , than for this paid official , in the narrowness of his " ' little professional mind , to assert what he knew to be false ? He knew that I had been denounced by the National Assembl y , and in nearly every town in England , for having resisted an appeal to physical force j he knew that his pet , Powell , swore that they proposed to threw me overboard because I was for adhering to moral force ; he knew that the old Chartist swore at the Old Bailey that he had been converted from physical to moral force bv reading the orthern
"N Star " and yet , in the littleness of his soul , he insidioHsly and coward-like holds me up as the instigator which they desire te catch . However , he has not caught me yet , as he will find when Parliament meets—and although he had the unblushing effrontery to state , on Wednesday week , that there was a meeting held the night before in Liverpool , at which the most violent speeches were made , he had not the candour to tell his audience that I stated , that if the Constitution wat narrowed into still smaller limits , that I would keep within it , though I was obliged to walk sideways .
I tell this official , that I would not accept his office and perform his dirty work , for all the money in his master ' s exchequer ; for— -as I told his predecessor at York—•¦ Ha is tho tool of 'hs _Jfinf-frr . net ofthe Ceowo _, ata . de by Ua smile , _asd unmade by bis frown . " But never mind , Chartists , for you may depend upon it that tyranny and persecution but whets the appetite for justice—that a fellowfeeling makes a man wondrous kind ; and when , in five short weeks we become free importers of corn , grown in free countries , the haters of Chartism will become inquirers into its principles .
Whiggery has had its triumph , but it will be short-lived ; as , ere many weeks , Chartism will have its victory , by driving from office those who drove Chartists to the hulk and the dungeon . Peel gave us a fair trial , and had an honourable and upright Attorney-General . The Whigs have convicted without a fair trial , by the fraud of their official , the partiality of their judge , and the prejudice of their jurors .
Think of Grocott , Rankin , DanovaH , West , White , Cropper , Leach , Chadwick , _M'Doneug h , and Nixon , being consigned to the Whig dungeon , and will YOU ALLOW THEIR FAMILIES TO STARVE ? I answer for you—No , never ! Your faithful friend and Chartist , Feargus O'Connor .
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WORCESTER . 0 CONNOR AND RICARDO . ( Jrom our own Corretpondent . ) Monday last was a great day for our sp iritual city . Speculation as to the appearance of our honourable M . P , and his sanctified clerical conspirator created great excitement , which was considerabl y augmented ! b y the anxiety of the eurious to hear the Lion of Chartism roar on the boards of our Theatre and although the charge for admission was too hig h for the working classes , yet we veHture to predict that even in this—the theatrical season—no star will " draw" as large an audience as the LION . It was a bumper , and composed of all classes .
When the LION made his appearance ,. he was received—in theatrical phrase—with so--veral rounds of applause . There is an innate love of fair play in JOHN BULL'S nature , when he sees a perfect stranger—and especially one against whom a universal prejudice has " been attempted to be created—boldl y standing forward to meet his assailants in that arena , where the local power of a Liberal M . P ., and tbe sp iritual Omni potence of one of the shepherds of the local Right Reverend Father in God , must have furnished strong presumptive _hopeSof a powerful muster of secular and spiritual prejudice . Under such disadvantages , JOHN is a fair and impartial ire between the belligerents .
ump Mr Stevenson , a person , highly respected by all classes , was called to the chair , and in a short address announcing the objects of the meeting introduced—Mr O'Cownor , who was most enthusiastically received . . It would be impossible to g ive more than a sketch of a speech which occup ied nearly three hours , and during which period not the slightest feeling of impatience was m a nife s ted , but , upon the contrary , the speaker _rivetted the attention of his audience to the last . He said : —Gentlemen , I am a perfect stranger to your city . I am an alien in language , and an alien in blood , ( No , no / ' ) So Lord
Lyndhurst , an Eng lish Lord Chancellor , has declared ; however , not b y a pompous challenge , but by a gentlemanly invitation , I h a ve invited your member—Mr Ricardo— -and his spiritual coadjutor—Mr Goodrich—to meet me ; the one before his constituents , and the other before tbe flock of his shepherd _. to substantiate the charges they have made and published against the Land Company , or , like gentlemen , to retract those charges . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , my accusers have been civilly invited ,.-and have been promised an impartial hearing , but they are net here . ( Cheers , and ' - * They dare net eome . " ) But upon what will your member base his ab
sence ? Will he endeavour to treat ; the affair with contempt , and urge his aristocratic blood as an apology ? Gentlemen , I have more respect for the honest man whose fortune is the produce of honest industry , than I have for the fool who may chance to be born ' with a gold spoon in hia mouth . ( Great cheering !) But , should Mr Ricardo base his absence upon such a flimsy pretext , I answer , that hia is plebeian blood , while mine is aristocratic blood . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet they are both the same colour . Should his landed possessions be urged as a reason for not meeting me ; my answer is , that my family possess acres for every rood he pos-Bese . ee . ( Loud cheers . ) That they hold theirs by descent , while-his title is _based upon specu-
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lation in human blood , shed at Waterloo and on other battle-fields . ( Cheers . ) Should be urge his position as an M . P . ; I answer , that he but represents the prejudices of a privileged minority , while I also am an M . P ., and base my title upon the confidence of a large majority—( great applause)—and should he urge intellect and capability ; you will judge between us . ( Laughter . ) But upon what will the little sh epherd hase bis absence ? Will he urge the maxim " Do unto others as you would they should do unto you '' '—( cheers)—or , " Judge
not lest ye may be judged ? " or , "Love thy nei ghbour as thyself ? " or "Thoushalt not bear false witness . against thy neighbour ?" —( Cheers)—but he was merely a tool—a poor tool—in the hands ofthe cunning man . ( Hear , hear . ) If your member had been here I should have astonished him , and convicted him . But with more justice than he has manifested towards me , I shall abstain , in hi s absence , from charging him with deception , falsehood , and fraud , and shall merely content myself with stating what is known to many . — When I built cottages and a school-house for the uneducated wanderer , in the vicinUv of
this WOULD , BE ARISTOCRAT'S estates , he feared lest thearidestitntion _:: would impose ah additional burden upon hYs " _Jnghly-rented tenants , and he nominated him who has the responsibility of the CURE OF SOULS—( laughter)—not as the kind shepherd of my lean flock , but as a spy and conspirator—( shame , shame , )—and well did his spiritual coadjutor perform his master ' s work . No means were left untried to create dissension , confusion , and strife . ( Shame . ) The absence of all sectarian instruction , at the school-house , was a sore point , and , with the Liberal and the DIVINE , a tender one . Some of the
occupants were invited to the mansion of your liberal M . P ., and there made drunk . ( Shouts of "Shame . " ) They were assured that they need pay no rent , and a Mr Hayter , solicitor , brother to the Chairman of the Select Com . mittee , was to be consulted . ( Shameful . ) He told the tax-collector , that he would pay no rates nor taxes until the poor occupants were compelled to pay theirs . ( Shouts of " Down with him . '' ) While with characteristic modest y aud feelings of Christian brotherhood ,
his clerical adviser , entrusted with the responsibility ofthe cure of souls , told them , that they were all right , that they need pay no rent , and could not be dispossessed so long as they paid their tithes . ( Shouts of laughter and cheers ) Now , there was a festering liberal landlord , and _ap _ious parson , for them . But let Ricardo hear in mind ' , that the most grievous charge against Daniel O'Connell and the Young Irelanders was , that they proclaimed Ireland for the Irish , which was interpreted into a recommendation to pay no rent , and now the Irish
were acting upon that advice ; and when the broken-down tenants of such landlords as Ricardo shall follow the example , they may quote his advice to the Land ; Company ' s tenants , as a good and valid authority upon the subject — ( Great cheering ) — the difference being , that we have come honestly by the Land , by purchase in the open market , while I doubt if he could show as good a title . ( Cheers . ) Having now given you ; a mere outline of the charges , and not wishing to prefer others of a graver nature—even
against my accusers , in their absence—I tell them , that , with more candour and honour than they posses 3 , 1 am still ready to accept their denial of those charges as their apology —( hear , hear)—but they may rest assured that the matter shall not rest here , as they have mistaken their man if they imagine that I am inclined to allow them to take such liberties with me and mine . ( Cheers . ) . I do not know much of Ricardo ; he was vulgar enough , and forward
enoug h , te speak to me upon some occasions without an introduction , a liberty that gentlemen never take . I have never heard his voice in the Senate House . Have you heard of his speeches there ? ( Laughter and "No . " ) Well neither of my accusers have . ventured to appear ; the one is beneath contempt , the other would he , were it not for the power of doing mischief with which the electors of Worcester have endowed him . Mr Macaulay took great liberties with me and the Chartists at
Edinburgh ; we promised to take satisfaction upon him the first opportunity—we did so , and unseated him for the city . I was mainly instrumental in returning Mr Gisborne for Nottingham ; he violated his pledges , and I became his successor . ( Loud cheerB . ) And now I tell your Liberal M . P ., that whatever trouble or inconvenience it may cost me , I will unseat Ricardo for Worcester atthe next election . ( Here the whole house rose , and the cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs continued for a considerable time . ) My own children , said Mr O'Connor , may fight
with me—and they sometimes do—but they all bristle up like a porcupine when I am unjustly attacked by others , ( Cheers , and . "Ay . " ) Mr O'Connor then entered extensively into tbe questions , of Free Trade and Labour . "Now , " said he , " you are a cathedral cityyonr trade is the manufacture of china and gloves—and which do you think , your neighbours the farmers , and even the labourers , would be best customers , receiving fair prices for their produce , measured by the burthens imposed upon them , or low prices , measured by the competition of the produce of the
world ; in the one case , if the farmer ' s servant breaks a portion of a service of china , the wife and daughter insist upon replacing it with one of the newest fashion ; but in the other case the sticker is sent for , and he cobbles the teapot , the salad bowl , and all the broken crockery- ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) So with gloves ; if well paid , he will have a pair of new gloves , ; if ill paid , he will have the old ones patched . Now tbat is Worcester ' s share of Free Trade . But then you have " High wages , cheap bread ; and plenty to do . '' Are your wages higher ? ( Shouts of "No . " ) Is your bread cheaper ?
( A man in the Pit : " Yes . " ) , Then , as cheap and dear are relative terms , is my friend better able to buy the cheap loaf than he was to buy the dear loaf . ( "No ao , " and shouts of laughter . ) .. Well , " then , that is just what he told them , that one day they would find themselves starving in a cook shop . ( Hear , hear . ) Had they plenty to do ? ( Shouts of « No , no , " - Out of work . " ) Well , tben , Jet them emigrate . You do not appear to receive that well , but it is the recommendation of your Prince—but surely , if w _» were over-populated , he had no business to come here . ( _Tremendoujf cheers and laughter . ) What , a German Prince to receive as much English money and produce as would feed
thousands of English people , to tell those Engli s h people to leave the land of their birth and geek the means of subsistence in foreign climes ? But hold , I stray .... Perhaps he p hilanthropically measures their future destiny by his own good fortune , and presumes tbat they will all be foreign Princes . ( Roars of laughter . ) No w , ( said Mr O'Connor )! have dealt with those _Questions , and I come to the source from whence your enemies receive their knowledge and information—the Press . ( Hisses . ) Now , it is my glory to say , that not a newspaper in the world does aught but abuse me —( chews)—and when they cease to do so , you suspect me . But understand thai the editor of a newspaper—if his principles do not accord with those advocated by
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that paper—is as much the slave ofthe proprietor as a scullion or a dog-hoy is of his master . You have a paper in this town that has been very unlimited in its abuse of both me and the Land Company . ( Shouts of " The Herald , ' ' and "Take that , Mac" ) Mr O'Connor continued : —Mac , did I hear ? Why , I will tell " you a story of a friend of mine of the name of MacMallon . ( Tremendous laughter . ) This MacMallon * waa a teetotaller ( Renewed laughter . ) He abused the Land Plan most ferociously but , in order to win him , I resorted to the plan of enclosing him an advertisement weekly , with a five-pound note as an accompaniment , and Mac
immediately began to think—ay , and to write , toothat he was mistaken about the land—that he had discovered that land would give potatoes , and cabbages , and carrots , and parsnips , and wheat , and oats , and barley , too . ( Laughter . ) Why do you laugh ? Dees barlev remind you of malt , and malt of Mac ? ( Shouts of laughter , and "Take that , Mac . " ) Why , what is the name of the editor of the "Herald" that you laugh so ? ( Shouts of " MacMallon , " and " There he is , scratching hia head . " ) Ob , oh , then , if your friend Mac is . a , water _- drinker—( Shouts _olifNoj no . * ' )—very tivell : ; _^ iit ; . _qun _^
_|^ 6 _^ r ** rpf _?>^ week for abusing the Land Pliiti ; and thlit _^ offered him 81 . to praise it , he would soon stiffen the cold water with a glass of brandy , to put fire into his articles . ( Cheers . ) Why , go next week , when Mac is buying his turnips or his cabbages from a stall in the market , and ask him where they grew , and he will tell you , under the table to be sure , as he sees the greengrocer supplying his customers from under the table . { Great laughter . ) Why , he knaves no more about land and its capabilities than an Irish p ig knows of geometry . Some
of you have read a report of a meeting , over which the Right Reverend Bishop of Worcester presided , and the High Sheriff was present , and many clergymen , and all the practical agriculturists of the neighbourhood , and you recollect a practical gentleman ' s statement of what may be done with four acres of ground . ( Cries of " Yes . " ) That gentleman stated , that he would not weaken his position b y stating to them in their present state of ignorance , what the land was capable of doing ; but that he would give them a very moderate standard , established
upon a slovenly mode of agriculture ,, and that he had . arrived at his conclusions front long experience and minute investigation , and the result was , that a man , by moderate industry , might make a profit of 40 J . per acre—that was 160 Z . for four acres . ( Cheers . ) Ay , itis all very well for those who wish to preserve an idle com-, petitivei reserve to fall back upon , as a means of reducing wages , to abuse the Land Plan ; but the sane mind of the country was beginning to see through the folly of Englishmen _relying upon foreign produce as a substitute for what they could . grow at their own door . ( Cheers . ) Here we saw mea making China ,
without a dish—men making gloves without a glove—men making shirts , breeches , and shoes , without shirts , b r eeche s , and shoes , and men growing food for others , famishingwhile these very men , unable to consume their own produce at home , are invited to transport themselves three , four , and five thousand miles across the seas , in the hope of being customers of that domestic produce which at their own doors they cannot procure . ( Cheers . ) Now , ) s not this nonsense ? -. ( "Ay , '' and " It is / ' ) Well , and who but you . tolerate it ? It ii you—your own jealousies , disunion , and _hardheariedness . ' [ The man who receives 15 s .
a week laughs contemptuously at him whocan only earn 10 s . ; and the . man who earns 10 s . frowns upon the pauper , who is consigned to the _' bastile . ( Shouts of "It ' s true . " ) Ay , and more shame for you that it is true . So no longer blame Whigs or Tories , as you are the fabricators of . your own sufferings and misfortunes . Mr O'Connor then explained the constitution of the House of Commons , and showed the impossibility of its representing Labour . "Andhow , " said he , in conclusion , " I have given my friend Mac a Roland for his Oliver . I set him at defiance a 3 a journalist , until he brings the mind , of his readers to that
piteh of blasphemy that they will believe that the earth , created by God , and given to man for his ' sustenance , is denuded of God ' s _blessing and capability , b y man ' s curse and man s laws . ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ But if ever Mac and I should meet upon the social stage , removed from the busy scene of politics and the Land , we will have _aglass of cold water together , with _something in it ; and , though represented as a firebrand , a devil , and a destructive , Mac will find me to be a jolly good fellow . " .. ( Roars of laughter , and cheers . ) Mr O'Connor concluded— " Now , then , I have . dared my .
enemies , and the enemies of this-Land Plan , to meet me anywhere and everywhere . Ihave met them'in the House and in the Committee Room ; I have met them in Scotland and England— -on the platform , and in the Conference ; and I appeal to this assembly , wh et her any man , or any plan , has ever passed through such a fiery ordeal unblemished and unscathed . ( Shouts of' No , never . ' ) No ; i \ nd although ; like the old fox , I may be headed in my course , I
will reach the goal of my ambition — I will , in spite of the potato rot , and the scum thrown up to the surface in the first experiment , ' persevere , until I see every surplus labourer located upon the land of his birth , ( Loud cheers . ) There never was such an undertaking , it is the miniature of England ' s future full-length portrait . I do not want you china-makers or glove-makers to go iipon the Land , but I want to thin the Labour market _^ of those who would otherwise
compete , with you , and to . make them consumers of your produce , instead of reducers of your wages . ( Loudcheers ) . In Austria , in Prussia , and in France , the land and the destruction of the old feudal system are the q uestions which all are ' trying to settle ; and the reason why you have not , thank God , had a revolution here is , because your mind is set upon the Land—because you know its capability and its value ; and if allowed , you are willing to purchase it . ( Loud Cheers . ) We are told , that every beginning in weak , but my beginning was strong , and my infant was only
prevented from arriving at its giant growth _br the poverty ofsome , the ingratitude and villany of others , and the malice , the deception , and cunningof such men as Ricardo and Good-I ? i _* u _f teer 8 _- ) % f « eB 4 _i , if Prince Albert had built three hundred cottages for the poor , andfour _school-housesto educate them , there would be offices in every _towa'ih England , and agents to _j-ssue tickets to visit the lovely cottages Ot the philanthropic Prince . ( Cheers , and < A y' ) Ay ., but ng j have buiH th _, Lad y Bridget ' s attention is called to them by Lad y Dolly , while passing through one of
those estates , Lady Brid get tia yS , . "Pu _) _i down the Wind , my dear ; they are the beastly hovels _ofthat Irish brute . " ( Tremendous cheers . ) But notwithstanding the falsehoods ol the Press , the deception of the wily , and the ingratitude of the fortunate , I swear to \? rA _$% \ ¥ r emn > t _0-D « ght , that the LAND PLAN SHALL GO ON . " , Mr O'Connor resumed his seat , after speaking for nearl y t hree hours , amid the most rapturous _applauae from all parts of the house . Mr Conn , our well known and well tried friend , from Pershore , rose to propose the fol-
Worcester. 0 Connor And Ricardo. (Jrom O...
lowing address .. He said that it required no comment from him , that the working classes of this country were ' now proof against the slander of the Press j that Mr O'Connor ' s character had been long before them , and that the address which he had the honour to propose , was no more than a just tribute te his long and honourable services . He then read the following address ;—" Esteimbd Sir , " We , tbe Chartiata of Worcester , gladly avail ourselves of the present opportunity , ol _tfiitify ' mg to you , our acknowledged leader , aad un p aid c h a m p ion , the _Hghfl ' timation in which f * hold you , as tke _unpurchased and unpuroht ? eahle _ohaapion of democracy .
'' We ; sir , have , for many _*•«»*» _watched jow politieal conduot—and caa with truth _auut—that from your firsireturn to parliament for _yoarriattrecountry , to the present moment , you _h-tve ' _undeviatingly supported the cause of the ' toilin g ; _aflIiMi ' » , a l ike against Whig or Tory , _oligaroh or" ari _^ wraft . We are aware that such oonduct dm broug _^ _i . nponyou a host of enetniei , and moro _partienla-jj- hu it insured yoa the hostility of the British picsi _. —the most venal in the universe—whioh for itamendaoit _); it onequalled , and whose hireling scribes , ever , ready to prostitute their ability for filthy [ acre , are so sunk
in infamy that even Judas _hesriot would _byeompnthou appear as an angel ' of light . Bat heed sot , _j _* w « ito patriot , tae scurrility of the bane _press-ianf . _Ptoceea ; noble sir , iiryour patriotic career , and soon shall _youfrexertipfis _, aided by the united democracy ©? England , Ireland , Sootland and Wales , succeed in wresting from oar sordid and tyrannical oppressors , the Charter in its entirety , which onoe obtained will enable Labour ' s sous _speedily to emancipate themselves from their thraldom , and to enact such laws as shall insure the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of individuals , for the greatest length of time .
" _Onceroore , Mr , we tender you onr _neartfe't thanks and ptedgo _ouraolre * to increased exertions in carrying to a successful _issae , the glorious _cautf in whiob we are embarked . * ' Thk Chartists or Wobcbstsb . " Mr Jackson rose to second the adoption of the address . He said—Many of my own class met me inthe streets , and askedif myname was appended to the bills announcing this meeting with my own consent ; and when I answered in the affirmative , they expressed great wonder and astonishment that I should countenance such a proceeding ; but I told them to come and hear , and jud ge for themselves . Many of them
are here now ; and I appeal to them with pride and ask whether I have any reason to regret having allowed my name to be associated with this meeting , and the gentlman who has addressed it . ( Cheers , and _" No , ho . " ) On the contrary , after the able and eloquent address they had heard , and considering the just indignation under which the speaker must have laboured , he would ask those who had previously expressed astonisrment , and many of whom were there , whether one unseemly , _ungentleman-like , or ungenerous expression had escaped the honourable gentlemen . ( Cheers , and " Not one . ' ) For that reason , then , as well to convince his friends of their foolish
prejudice , he felt no ordinary pleasure in seconding the proposed address . ( Loud cheers . ) The address was submitted by the Chairman , and carried without a single dissentient , Mr O'Connor returned thanks , and proposed a vote of _thanks to the Chairman , which was unanimously carried , and after cheers for Mr O'Connor andthe Land , the meeting separated , all classes expressing the highest gratification and satisfac t ion , and not an ungenerous remark , even from our TEETOTAL FRIEND MACMALLON .
To The Democrats Of Great Britain. Fello...
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Countrymen , —During the term of our office we are resolved that no political incident shall transpire without an effort upon our parts to turn it to the advantage of the Chartist movement . And , in pursuance of this resolve , we shall have frequently to _address you . We shall communicate w ith you as cireum sta nces arise , de v eloping t he policy which , in our jud gmen t , would most conduce to the weal of our cause . To be a successful political parly we must be a practical one . The ultimatum ot triumph can be only reached by the road of action . "We should ever have in hand some
laudable piece of work , the completion of which will be an advance towards the goal ol our aspirations . And although our progress at first be slow , we must not be daun t ed , perseverance will give it tbat celerity which will speedily bring us to the consummation of our political hopes ; namely , the People ' s Charter as the law of the British empire . In short , our view is , that we should become henceforth an active , vi gilan t , practical organisation , taking advantage of every occurrence to promote the release of the millions from , class-bondage . And if the National Charter Association becomes not an organisation ' of thi * descri p t ion , it will not be the fault of the Executive Committee .
Brother Democrats , the principal object of this address , is to direct your attention to the important subject of parliamentary registration . We recommend that every local council should act at once as a local registration committee , Their duty should be to see that the name of every person qualifiedaccordingto t he Reform Bill , and favourable to the _prnci _ples of the Association , be placed upon the _register . They should at once commence to organise a body of electors wbich , when elections occur , mi ght be made the means of returning to parliament a few staunch supporters of the Peop le ' s Charter . With sound organisation great things may be done , withou t it we are on the day of polling , the merest
mouthers , devoid ofa particle of influence in the decision of the contest . But when each town bas its staff of organised democratic electors , acting as the representatives of the un & nfranehised masses , aud when , their numbers give them the balance ot power between the rival factions , no difficulty will be experienced in making a covenant _beneficial to the cause of tbe people . Let no time be lost in taking t his prac t ical step , for it seems to us calculated to accelerate the establishment of the People ' s Charter . We hope then speedily to hear of many election and registration commi _tees'being in existence and in full operation . Another important duty of the local election Committees , should be to acquire the greatest possible amount of local influence for our
party . One m « ans of securing this , would be the return to Municipal Councils of men favourable to the PeopWs Charter .,. The presence of . _judicious democrats in our civic ¦ parliaments would , in a variety of ways , tend to tbe advancement of the cause of democracy . Tbeir efforts to rectify abuses , and effect reforms , could not fail to secure s ' ympathy and suppor t for tho s e principl e s ,, which regulated their publie _conduct . Besides , there are many local privileges , _valuable in agitation , enjoyed by Whigs and Tories , which . are deni e d t o hs t hroug h our lack of corporate influence . Hence we urge on you the necessity of using . every honourable _roeans to fill yonr civic offices with wen devoted to the grand eause of human progression .
We observe that several vacancies have recently occurred in the mock _representation of this country : such vacancies from the uncertainty of human life , and the bestowal of government patronage , will be continually falsing place . ' Oar opinion is , that in every possible instance of-this sort , candidates holding our 6 ix principles , of representation , should be _brought _forwtrd j in some instances it may be unwise t o go t o t he p o ll , but in every instance , it will be advisable to proceed to the nomination . To go thus far , will cost little or nothing , and when done with propriety , will never fai l t o
redound to the interest of our cause . Thia cause will give the advocate of the Charter an _oppportunity of dispelling , prejudices against our _princi ples and of rectifying misconceptions respecting our aims . It will also enable him to place the principles of democracy in the comprehensiveness of t heir _justice , m _juxta-p ' _osition wiih those miserable mental abortions which constitute the Whig and Toiy political creeds . We might , were it necessary , refer to the several p laces . where Chartist candida t es were broug ht forward atthe last general elec t ion , in proof o f the good which may by this
To The Democrats Of Great Britain. Fello...
_mcltts be done . A few days ago , Mr _Kyddi one of onr body , ably _suraorted our princi ples at th * nomination meeting ol the West Riding ol Yorkshire ; and although Wakefield is somewhat of an ungeniil p lace for Chartism , we are assured that the show of hands was in his favour . Mr Dixon is , while we write , engaged at King ' s L ynn , where we doubt . not the show will be overwhelming ly in his favour . But the gaining of the show of hands is nothing compared with the dispelling _efpwjudice , th « correcting of misrepresentation ; and the placing in their true li ght the principles and objects of our party . miUA b _« done . A few daya ago , Mr Kydd * one of onr body , ably _sunDorted our principles
Old Guards , wa rely upon you , to adopt promptly the practical » tep » recommended in this address . We rely upon you to urge their adoption upon the young recruits . They are the only ways to secure triumph , like tha t a t Not t ingham , at the next general election , and thus secure in the Legislature a band of patriots devoted to the emancipation of
man . Brother Chartists in our last address , we app ea led to you for the means of enabling us to _giva force and efficacy to the movement . We still look with firm faith to your devotion . We cherish a strong hope that your . NBW YEAR ' S GIFT will be worthy the causey and'that it will augur a propitious career of ag itation for 1849 . Let every Old Guard , and new recruit , cheerfully cast in his mite for his country ' s emancipation — the Peop le ' s Charter and no Surrender . Signed by the members ofthe Executive , at present in the metropolis ;—Philip _M'Gbats Esmond Stallwood Thomas Clam _Ujuar Rosa U . JULUK niWHY . December 18 t h , _1848 .
Mr Kydd's Tour. To Thb Editor Op Thb Nor...
MR _KYDD'S TOUR . TO THB EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Mr Dbar Sm ; --My friends in Yorkshire will admit that since 1 left London I have had a fair share of downri ght hard work , and I now sit down to briefly report"urogre » s . After leaving DewsbfVry , I arrived in Halifax , and , although a few hours notice . _wai iosly g iven , t he Odd Fell ow s . Hall—» _ipaftfouf _« buM _» _j- _^ w _^ M » Mitt « dr * At-the conola « sionof _jhy'Tecture , si ' friendly " arid _adrtirabl'S , 'ii « c \»« _sion ensued on Free Trade and the merits of Sir Culling Eardley . My opponents—who were _working men—did not understand the questions discussed , but w ere upright and honourable ; and I now thank them for their manliness and courtesy . The result
was satisfactory . My visit has strengthened confidence , and aided the organisation materially ; The swarm of new-born politicians that flourished during the revolutionary months of August and September , have melted away like the first fall of snow before t he sun ; they are nowhere to be seen or heard of , and the trusty few of the old stock—the Rusht ons CHssetts , and Shackletons—are saddled with the' mortgage of their folly , in Defence and Victim Funds . No language caa express the reprobation due to those unthinking , heedless wretches , who swelled for a moment to an unnatural size—with an unmeaning enthusiasm—leave the victims of their foll y to rot in _gaels , and t heir wire s and li tt le ones to starve—unnoticed anduncared for . Shame on such a race of _miscveanta—better for their country that they had never-been born .
_> At Huddersfield the large hall was crowded to mffeeation , and many hundreds were unable to obtain admission . The audience , w h ich was composed of men of all classes , listened with an attention never surpassed , and at the conclusion I was honoured with a round of applause that made the walls echo again . Mr Richard Brooke—the gentleman who seconded my nomination at Wakefield—presided . On Sunday last I was among my old and respected friends at Keig bley , and was welcomed by a hear t y shake of the band by the same men whom I first met six years since—and what joy on earth equals the meeting of old friends—labourers in the same cause-workers for humanity—those who have
known the world ' s tosses and crosse s , and who meet you witb more tban the sympathy of brotherhood . At Kei ghley the Working Man ' s Hall , in the afternoon , was crowded ; in the evening hundreds could not obtain admission . The subjects of lecture were' England considered—her agricultural and commercial history and relations ; her judicial and political capacity . ' Nowhere in Eng l a nd d o es Char t i s m s t and hig her than in Keighley . The hall—which is an excellent and substantial building—is their own property , to which belongs a committed room and library ; they teach a Sunday school ; hold their mutual instruction and reading classes ; also classes for instruction in grammar and logic ; their orchestra
consists of vocal and instrumental music ; all their leaders are sober men ot known respectability and worth—some of them men of property . Let eur friends throughout England take a pattern by this institution . My London friends must not be offended , when I say that I looked down on my au . dience , composed almost exclusively of males—int ellig e nt , well-clad , and bearing every outward si gn of mental and moral elevation—and my thoughts wandered unaccountably" to the metropolis , as I inwardly said , ' What a reproach is this to tbe wealthiest city of the world . ' Men of London , w ill Chartism never nave a local habitation and a name among you ? "Will it never step out in day li g h t from
the dark rooms of beer shops , and t he corrup t ing influenoes of gin palaces ? Let us hope it may . The bond that unites out Keighley friends is never affected by a sudden burst of passion . _Whether Louis Philippe be breakfasting at the TuilerieE _, or dining in E n gland at a c o unt r y inn—whether Pope Pius has left Rome , and gone—God knows wbereis altogether a secondary consideration . The Chartists of Keighley remain unmoved . They have an iaterest in their own institution , which possesses the germs ofa people ' s college , and they are at once the most intelligent , most respectable , and influential bod y of the district . If you would all do likewise , next Christmas you would celebrate the anniversary of the enactment of tha Peop le ' s Charter .
On the evening of Monday , the 19 th , I lectured in the Odd Fellows * Hall , Bingley , There were many otber sources of excitement and amusement in the town . The hall was well filled , bu t not crowded , a money admission being charged at the door . This town is famei for the Bingley riots , and the military and magisterial successes of William BusfeildFerrand , Esq Nothing can be more ludi » crous than the accounts I have heard of the excesses et Mr Ferrand during the late riots . When I next return to Yorkshire , I may , on t he spo t , pen a few sketches of charac t er , such as will amuse and astonish the sober-minded peop le of Eng land . I may truthfully outline a mixture of bullyism and
cowardice , never surpassed , and draw down upoa the head of the warlike hero , who commanded the gamekeeper infantry of Bingley , the sneers and contempt of every honest Eng li s h gentleman . Mr Ferrand , who has hitherto taken an active part in tha election contests of the West Riding , has , at the late struggle between Sir Culling Eardley and Mr Denison , remained apart , merely walking to Keighley and voting blue , unnoticed and uncared for . The name and fame of this' Devil ' s dust' magistrate—his i gnorance , insolence , cruelties , and atrocities—are too notorious ever to be forgotten or forgiven in Yorkshire . Chartism is destined to flourish in
Bingley . The local leaders are men of the right sort , I lecture in tbe district every evening thia week ; on Sunday next at Leeds , proceeding by Sheffield to Leicester , Nottingham and Derby to Loudon . Those places in the Midland Counties , desirou s th at 1 should visi t t hem , will make arrangemen t s , beg inning on or after New Year ' s day , and w ill please write to Mr Sweet , Goo & _cgate , Nottingham , whose arrangements , « n my behalf , am iltfinite aud final . I leave for Bradford in a quarter of an hour , and remain , Yours fraternally , Samuel Kybs . _Binglftj , December 19 th , 1848 .
P . S . —I hope to receive the Executive New Year ' s Gift at all the places I visit , and le t t he ou t districts send their contributions by delegates , and , if _suppjrted , Chartism will yet strike terror into ihe heart of the oppressor . S . K .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23121848/page/1/
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