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PRUSSIA UNMASKED _, _rtfe extract the Mowing from one of tho series of - _frfpitin" pavers now publishing in "Douglas _S 3 "* ll _*® - _™ . " _entitlcd "The _Englishman in _frcssia-j when _English readers liear of the description of an _ntbors _per-on being lodged With the police in order to * = _# ; his discovery and arrest , as though he had com-- _jted 3 murder , when the poor man has only committed _^" _l _^ _gl _^—such a proceeding mus t be equal to a volume » ccnunents on the despotism of a government , and _-owiailv on the enslaved condition of its press . A stealissued Karl _Heinzenfor the
. _^ _aashecn against puhlica " _^ a oflus huok on the _PruiSianBureaucracy ; this skefcv _^ _rfDei _ng a description of his person , _ c , with a view to j _^ identification and arrest . But mark the consequences { s a government which of all others most desires secrecy , __ i is the most tenfler-skinneu as to aHinvestigationg and eJp snres , because the most vulnerable and perfidious . _Bdnzen being safe beyond its reach , publishes a stech biej ol his own , in reply—i e ., a description of the person ef tbe _Jrus _-Jan government . * The portrait is more curious than pleasing , more unsparing than flattering . It is worded as a sort of parody on the steckbrief issued _g-a inst himself . "
« The Prussian policy , accused of having scorned the lairs of _morality and of eternal justice by a shameful jjreaca of promise , aafl , indirectly , of high treason against the majesty ofthe people , as well as of conspiracy against the free spirit of hunianity—has withdrawnherself from the scrutiny instituted against her , shielded by public and p rivate instructions to the censorship , and hy secret legal pror _^ aings . _"trhile publishing here her characteristics , I request oH honest _peoj le to watch her ; and in case of there being eb other fit tribunal , to hring her before me . In doing this , I reckon upon truthfulness and conscientiousness ; and I especially expect the communication of facts , as it 13 not my intention ( nor is it necessary ) to augment the Crimea of the cularit by nntrnth and ealnmny .
" CHABACTEEIBTICS . " Size . _—Koiie at aU . "Age . —As she uses rouge she is generally l _* elieved to 1 ) 0 rather young , aud is thought to bare been born on the 22 nd of May , 1815 . She is , however , much older , and was in reality borniu the last century . But the foundation of her character was laid In 1 S 15 . " Tbis date refers to the publication of the late long ' s £ 0 lemn promise to give his people a constitution . A promise which he broke , and which the present long , his Ban , baring repeated , has never yet fulfilled . " Native Place . —Some believe that she was horn iii Vienna ; others , at Petersburg . She is , however , a genuine Berliner ; and itis onl y her godfather and cousin that lire in Vienna and Petersburg .
"Jtdigioiu—This is the worst of aU—namely , _TrotistantJesuitism . This Jesuitism adds to the principle of Catholic-Jesuitism ( which is , that the means are sanctified by the end ) , this other _strobe of art , tbat the end is sanctified by the means . It does not profess to serve ( rod _rrith the help of the devil _; hut does in reality serve the devil -frith the help of God . Being bent upon preserving appearances ( appearances are in fact one-and-all _tritli her ) sheis capable of catching the blood from beneath tie _executioner's axe , even with the sacred chalice . "External Appearance . —She generally appears as an _etargeliccdparsmiinthe uniform of a soldier . Sheis in the habit of carrying a corporal ' s cane , whicli has some Aianlitade to ihe knout ; just as the church key which she curies is at the same time the key of a dungeon . "—Em Sti & _britfron Karl Heinzen , pp . 33 . 55 . " j After this comes a long list of " various disUnguishing marks / ' all of them of a very complimentary kind .
" The Culprit , " writes he , " promises ' , nothing without a secret reservation ; she does nothing without the mEanestcalculation ; and she gives nothing without a handle to pull it back again . If any one would speak uncourteously concerning her , then one must say—she constantly lies . She prays , and—lies ; she protests , and —lies ; she promises , and—lies ; she boasts , and . —Iie 8 ; she threatens , aud—lies ; she makes a speech , andlies ; she believes , and—lies ; she confides , and—lies ; she 'comesforward , * and— -lies ; she is "liberal , ' and—lies ; sheis 'humane / _andr-lies ; she even weeps , and—lies 1 Only when she displays cowardice , and when she , in an
SEguarded moment , betrays her despotic feeling , then ihe does not lie . When she cannot in any way controvert tie truth , she then endeavours to unite truth and falsehood . In short , whenever a person wishes to know if the Culprit he in his presence , let anybody only speak OMwordof trntb , and you wiU immediately know her b ; her convulsions . She and her two sisters in Petershsrg and Vienna are the only creatures abroad who _Bersecute the truth . They are the three Pares ofthe truth ; and the sheafs of these fatal Sisters—oh , shame hr Europe!—govern the Continent . " The writer says audi mors even than this ; hut wc have given our readers enough for the present .
It is now time , by way of some corroboration or what fcas __ already been adduced , to introduce an equally curious and courageous book which has just appeared . It is entitled , • Dasenthiillte Preussen" or Prussia _Un-« uik < LT Tbis extraordinary and truly German production ( for ic no other country would any one ever dream ofa _poKticaTworkin such aform ) commences with a ballad , caUed " The life of Poor Michael ; a German Heroic Epic , in sir Lamentations . " It should be understood that "Poor Michael" stands in the same relation to the German naifon as "John UuU" to the English . This biography is said to ba " newly set to verse and rhymes , and placed as a patriotic sacrifice upon the alter of the fatherland . " A Sufficient idea may be formed of it by our readers when they are told that it is the whole history of Germany from & _t earliest period , given in a clever comic doggrel biography of Poor Michael .
After this biography comes a series of Letters . The first of them is a Philosophical Introduction on the Social State of EuropB at the present time . The second Letter contains very necessary and salutary exhortations to the German nation . It declaims vigorously against the continual waste of tbe people ' s time and _aasntal energies by a host cf talkers and writers , and speculators , whose principal object is to alarm the _Imagination against the advance of liberal principles . The third division of the argument of this Letter is _esTotcd to the subject of national education .
The author of "PruSBia ¥ nmaskea" says , " The people _ki-n to read in their you th ; but they read little afterwards . Would it not then be possible ; he asks , to give cor youth of thirteen or fourteen years of age , that politira ! hmidedge which would teach them their duties and make tuetn useful citizens % The people would appreciate _ssch a benefit ; it would save a man in humble life _i _^ . r . _cfr waste of time 2 nd many needless vexations and _bmlnes , Jtt the way of _useless « alks . expenses , and the _ssclts ef tyrannical men in office , who take advantage at Ms want of knowledge to nuke bim feci the " _great-£ 2 _s < _if their place and office . "
Tiic third letter of " _Prussia _Tmraashcd" ( together witn Ik eight _foliowin . _;;) is devoted to explaining why Prussia i _= « . . bated by aU Germans , and also developes the _infenial aud _4-sternal organisation of the kingdom . Jlut & 5 third letter contains matter , of seme part oiwhich _wt _laust give abrief abstract , _translating occa 3 ioiiany the a >' -horV „ wn words as literally as possible . He is afraid , S _* f J- ** . )* -, that he may hi thought one-sided and prejudiced a Lis _hatjvd , as he « always speaking of Prussia , and es-D « t 5 if . unbecon _= idtn : dth 3 the _ons-nt at least to -ay tne _rast a : the d . K > r of Austria , the greatest ofthe German _Elites . _Austria has undoubtedly put forth the same _Utcrees , _^ pressed Germany , aud _opposed the diffusion of _Uberalidcas . _Sutaiwr aU , "Austria is only thebear , while _Jrusaa is the tiger" "What could Ubcral ideas—what
. cwiia constitutional spirit , ever expect from Austria _, what could the cause of freedom espec t from this -fixed power _{ dkser siaUUn stets ruckaarts _gewandten Machtf ) _, _wlach is ev _« . _-r _lookh-j _** - backwaids ! To speak honestly , ¦ _csu ang at alL But the case is quite different with i ' ressia . Ilere we fad broken promises , shameless in-Ratituae—with heartless cruelty added , instead of _ihst-iayhig some scnce of shame . Here we find hypocrisy _Ma iaUehoodinthcplaceafanhonest fulfilmentofnoble _especfa aons . Prussia was the first that placed itself at tbehcad of liberal i _* _-as—that proclaimed the emancipation of mind , and the elevation cf the people from mental ana corporeal bondage—that took all possible _ad _™^ " disgracetully
ef the enthttaasaithus created—and then betrayed tlie mture hopes ofthe German nation into ihe _^ _k of _nepotism . "Prussia , at this very moment , nates *» « f _UbtM ideas , inorder loride them to _«¦« " ¦ »»« - t _tUksar kc Inone word , Prussia murdered its mother ( popular eiuhusiasn : for liberty ) to fatten and strengthen _« P «» j wiih her Wood . A 15 the sufferings of Germany I _ascribj to Prussian falsehood , though I might say _fr _* - _** _- * of Austrian brutality . " Thus stands tlie parallel , ¦ _iccora- _ing to the author of the work before us— Austria *» _asfetmankind in general ; Prussia _againstGerfflaaj . " This mar be Strom ; language , butnot more so * taa ih e _aataniisof unbiassed English authors can 3 ' ** % _andhave already done much to corrohorate . _rtothat
_, _^ shi h letter , among other things , asse ; P _^^ is not _prcpeMv a State . I * * * _medle _^ ° _*^ f _* _ , » Kn ? in uniform , stuck on _thetop . _ThcEhure f" * w > ce i _, Catholic , with the upper ¦ _** _>«» _?; _^ tened _; _^ _tphalia is Catholic , and _behindUhand _^» _at » arch of _inteUigenee ; _Br-mdenhnrghandOld P « _u- _ _ui *» _Protestant ; Silesia is Catholic ; Posen is _Cathohc _™ Po _^ ic . There is no unity , there areno mutual _"afcWttiHnH _, no reciprocities , —aU , more or les _., at variance . The _te _^ _a _, letter e 0 Dte 5 ns _ u _ _t of _tte _Prevancatio f _^ _oofc . rapacities , and perfidies of which P russia has J « n _Etilh by which _shehas governed tbe _county , and •* wh _i-4 _^ assumed the outward appearance of a great _po _^ ., Xh _5 _htt . letter continues the list , and shows that _^ as _^ _^ sary conseguence , Prussia «™«» 1 _J _* _^ _S f * _««« _, wi _hthe exception of Russia . The weakness _ir in _irithout is thus made manifest . ( To be continued . ) . _* * B » _StecVbrief von Karl Heinzen . _Sdaofte * . _¦^ _W-stverlag des t- erfassers . 1845 . _sd _^ _hshed hi -Winterthur , _lMSjJom _Terfasser _det _^ _"ft - _'' _WurtmheIgimTabrol _8 _t _* _. _,,
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REVIVAL OF CHAKTISM . RETURN OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES . On Monday night last , with half a day's notice , the Hall of Science , Manchester , capable of holdbg many thousands , waa tilled in _overy part , to receive the Chartist Executive , and hear their poliey in the present crisis . In the most excited times we never Knew the feelings of the working classes of Man-Chester so anxiousl y alive as the ? were upon this occasion . The enemies of the Executive flocked to hear what they had to say , while the people , with a staunch reliance npon their officers , flocked to hear what they had to do . Shortly after eieht o _' eloefr
_lJamel Uonavan , one of the hardest workers to keep the Chartist cause alive in tho worst of times , was called to the chair , when the executive presented themselves upon the platform in a body , and were received with the most unmistakeable demonstrations ot aifection and confidence . As soon as the applause tad subsided _^ Mr . O'Connor presented himself and said , Mr . _Chainnan and Brother Cliartists . { Shouts of applause . ) I come here , at this critical juncture , ten years younger , and ten thousand times stronger , after a week of incessant labour , _snch as few men could endure . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , I come flere to propound our policy , to affirm our resolution , c 9 l - _* sm _SBi"' s ° _* » _ie ; and I ask you for your confidence and support to aid us in its preservation . ( Cheers ; and " you shall have it . " ) I know it , and that emboldens
me to propound to you the plan that we have suggested for the attainment of our object . Gentlemen , the message of a president , and the royal speech of a monarch , announcing the routine business to be done upon the opening of a legislative session , produces great excitement ; and yet I unhesitatingly declare that this message whieh I am about to send to the people of England will carry with it more importance and decidedly more satisfaction than any speeeh . or message delivered by president or monarch . As I need to uphnsband my strength for the struggle , which , believe me , is at hand , you will permit me to sit while I read . ( Cheers ; and "Yes . " ) Mr . O'Connor then read the following message , as the message of the Chartist Executive , which was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering , and at the close it was most enthusiastically applauded : —
THE MESSAGE . Gentlemen , If these are the times to try men ' s souls , they are also the times to try men ' s judgment , and , Gentlemen , as I do not wish to place my judgment in the keeping of the Press , not that I am particular myself about its licence , I have deemed it most prudent , for your protection , to submit what I have to say in writing , which cannot be perverted to the purposes of party . Gentlemen , I could speak more eloquently than I can write , but my rapidity of delivery makes me a prey to those who have an interest in misrepresenting me .
Gentlemen , it is now three years and a half since the Chartist party had an opportunity , of conferring together as it was wont to do . The _, truly progressive policy of Sir Robert Peel , together 1 with a prosperoustrade , to a very great extent transformed the working classes from political into social reformers , and , whether erroneously or not , the conclusion forced on my mind by the change was , that you looked for Good Government , regardless" as to the source from ¦ whence the blessing sprung . Gentlemen , for myself , while I rejoiced in that temporary prosperity which led to political apathy , I was never the less convinced then , as I am now , that permanent prosperity can alone spring from , and be secured by , the possession of political power . Gleams of prosperity are things of chance , its permanency is what you should endeavour to accomplish .
Gentlemen , as democracy has had so long a sleep , I do not feel myself justified in propounding a policy now , as I should have done when the whole democratic mind was in the habit of holding daily , hourly conference , and , therefore , I have decided that my safest course is to call together the very earliest representaton of the present democratic mind , to the end that it may be safely , bravely , and success fully led into action in the present struggle . Gentlemen , to achieve this desirable purpose we have
directed delegates to be summoned from every town in 2 ? orfh and South Lancashire , Yorkshire , Derby , Leicester , Nottingham , Norwich , Birmingham , and London , to meet and deliberate upon our course , on Monday next , at Manchester . Gentlemen , there being no funds at the disposal of the association , and the step being indispensable , I have volunteered the expence out of my own resources , resolved , that , while I have a shirt , my principles shall have the first daimtoit .
Gentlemen , it is now nearly eleven years since I opened my commission at Stockport , empowering me to create a new democratic mind , and it is within the recollection of all who heard me then ( for I repeated it everywhere ) , that I foretold the coming of the present times , and that I also prophecied that the two very men who are now bidding for popular favour and support , would be guided in their respective offers by that condition in which I , as auctioneer , could offer it for sale on the day of auction . Gentlemen , I contend that that day has now come ; I contend that Peel and Russell are both in the market ; and I contend that each will bid for public opinion precisely what public opinion considers itself worth . You have to name the price ; _ihet will be ready to outbid each other to secure ihe purchase .
Gentlemen , there is nothing more creditable to a political party than to be able to recurto theirformer policy and speeches in altered times . Gentlemen , what was our charge , our bitter charge , against the Whig party ? Was it not for having violated all the conditions of the Reform Bill ? Have we not declared , over and over again , when charged with being _Tory-Ghattista aud Tory tools , that our objection and hostility to Whiggery was based upon the fact ,
that , whereas the Reform Bill promised the total annihilation of Toryism , it had , by the treachery of its leaders , tended to strengthen the Tory party , and given it a larger Tory majority than that faction could procure even under the old boroughmongering system ; and yet we , _whose just complaint was the resuscitation of Toryism after popular exertion had given it the death blow , have been whimsically termed _Tftnv-C-HAU-IISTS .
Gentlemen , the Whigs have had nearly five years ' experience in adversity ' s school , and , perhaps , they may have discovered that tlieir long sojourn at the bleak side of _Downing-street was a consequence of having relied upon Tory toleration in preference to popular support . But now , gentlemen , comes the qufcstion , the great question , the vital question , namely , upon what terms they are now to receive tiiatpo _ ndar support , and , not less in importance , how the necessity and value of that support is to be pourtrayed and presented to them . Gentlemen . I pray you sot to deceive yourselves by supposing that this struggle , once begun , is going to terminate with a single battle . If you do , you deceive yourselves .
Gentlemen , I now come to the real question , upon wlat terms any governmeut , without reference to its political designation , is to receive popular support . The terms that I propose are , reliance upon the peoplerathcr than upon the toleration of an opposition ; and now , Gentlemen , for the not less important question , namely , as to how the value of that support is to be made manifest . Gentlemen , to meet this object I suggest the propriety ' of remaining as a distinct party , withholding opposition from all other parties who are ready to join in relisting that reign of terror which any false or capricious step upon our part may
hasten . . . Gentlemen , the whole complexion of the political countenance is changed hy the ejectment of Sir Robert Peel from office . Toryism , under Wellington Buckingham , Richmond , Stanley , Wharncliffe , and Ripon , would not be the same as Toryism under Peel - and , believe me , that we shall have to encounter Toryism with the rosy comp lexion of blood if such a calamity as the temporary return of that party to power should take place . Their rule _wih be seen in the soldier ' s musket , the policeman ai _bludgeon , and the law ' s oppression . Gentlemen I have not a shadow of doubt upon my mind , that , if that nartv should a « ain take office , they will do so under ? uelSatio nthe presumption , that the Chartists
_^ , ; Trill constitute the right wing of the oligarchical 1 _armv . Gentlemen , I ma . koi be a pkcmmek is _scch service . Thus , you see , I look beyond the mere question ofa repeal of the Corn Laws , the ostensible cause of Lord John Russell ' s return to power . I ' lookto the unnatural alliance between Wellington and the people . I look to the unnatural fostering by t he peop le of those who have used the land of this i COUutry for the achievementof political power , as well las to almost justify the presumption that it is not j capable of yielding sustenance for those whom God /¦ rented as its natural inheritors . I Gentlemen , it ia an undeniable fact that 3 , 000 , 000 ' may he an _over-population in , a country whose
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power of _procluctibn is limitedby the eaprice bf those who have usurped its soil to their own kindly uses ; while it is also a fact , that , under wise laws and equitable distribution , the same country may he made to produce food for 30 , 000 , 000 . Gentlemen , such has ever been my language to the landlord class , and if I have , at any time , appeared to stand between those monopolists and that punishment which their follies merited , It was that I might postpone the repast until all , as well as the League , should partake of " a dish fit for the gods . "
Gentlemen , again I say to the most sanguine , neither suppose that the Corn Laws is the only question involved in the great struggle now commenced , or that the landed aristocracy will quietly surrender their privileges without a bloody contest . Gentlemen , it is that you and I should not appear to the world as abettors of the Wellington Tory policy that I am anxious , and , therefore , I again implore yoa to keep in mind the new phase that the whole
question has assumed , by the resignation of Sir Robert Peel as leader of progressive Toryism . Bear in mind , that Wellington received such a hint from the landed aristocracy as compelled him to retract his pledge to Peel ; and , Gentlemen , when the contest assumes its proper shape and form , I should not wish for the existence of such a firm as Wellington , Stan-Icy , O'Connor and Co . Then , indeed , might Englishmen justify then- hatred of Irish demagogues .
Gentlemen , _Rnssellisbutthemere " Locum tenens " for Peel , and Peel will be guided in his progress by the tone the country shall take ; but we should , if possible , avoid such an infliction as one day's return to power of Wellington , the nursemaid of the Peers , _whoholdsamajorityoftheirconsciencesinhiskeeping . Now , Gentlemen , I come to a branch of my subject for which you are all looking ; I mean our policy as far as tho League is concerned . Gentlomen , at one period of our movement , obstruction was our legitimate , our only policy , whereas I believe that now , if I have properly calculated , you have the power to advance . Gentlemen , 1 will not consent to merge
popular strength and the democratic party into a mere army of reserve to fight the single battle of Free Trade upon the one hand , while I will not divide the popular ranks by compelling either to give countenance to the common foe on the other hand . With my consent the people shall never lose their distinctive quality of the movement party , and that movement shall not stop with the accomplishment of one measure . Gentlemen , an enemy much harder to beat than the League is already in the field ; we must take up a position ; we cannot remain neuter . If we fight against a repeal ofthe Corn Laws we must now —and mark the word now—fight , not for progressive Toryism ,- but for musket and bludgeon Toryism ; and yet I contend for the necessity and justice of keeping
the armies distinct and separate . The Chartist army , the noble army of martyrs , marching to their own music , and under their own banners and mottoes" more pigs , and less parsons ; " " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; " " onward and we conquer , backward and we fall ; " " the People ' s Charter , and no surrender "—while , Gentlemen , if the junction of the forces should he deemed necessary by your own chosen representatives to assemble at Manchester on this day week , to meet , to battle , and to beat the common enemy , I will be a captain , a drummer , or a volunteer . But , Gentlemen , no man on earth , nor all the men on earth , shall ever induce me to consent to disband the national force when danger threatens .
Gentlemen , you will clearly observe that my object is to maintain insplendour and entirety a temple which has cost us so much blood , and treasure , and martyr dom to erect . I will keep my forces together for all honourable warfare , as I stated on the 18 th September , 1835 , when I established the first association at Marylehone . Our force is to give strength to him who will try to do good , and to be a terror to the evil doer . Gentlemen , I have no desire to waste the strength of the popular party , and I have as little desire to
rub the festered sore of those with whom we may be brought into combined action . You have this guarantee in me that I will not sell myself . I repeat the pledge , so often given , that I will never accept of place , pension , or emolument , until the Charter becomes the law of the land , and 1 never will fill any office under it , lest I should subject my conduct to the charge of self-interest while contending for it . No , if you had it to-morrow , I would return , like Quintus Cincinnatus , to my plough , thanking God , that , during the struggle for it , I had created a new class of husbandmen .
Gentlemen , I shall not clog this great and mighty question with any of the minutia _? of detail ; I shall not even advert to the Ten Hours' BUI and other measures which Lord John Russell is pledged to ; I shall not endeavour to excite your enthusiasm by pointing to the probable restoration of our banished friends , but I will say—that when I forget my blood shed on this Free-trade platform ; when I forgive my sixteen months' suffering in a felon's cell ; when I obliterate from my mind all recollection of the slanders , the taunts , and the misrepresentations of which for ten years I- have been the victim—I evince no slight disposition to effect that union which is
indispensable to meet the coming struggle ; and , Gentlemen , when I say that I will not accept of fee , favour or reward , from League , Whig , Tory , or the People , I think my policy is entitled to the unprejudiced construction of all . One thing , however , that I shall contend for is , the representation * of our principles in the cabinet . I shall , if the people join me , plead , and justly too , for an honourable and dignified appointment for the man who did not wait for the prospect of reward to tender his services , I mean Thomas SlingsbyDuncombe , and then , Gentlemen , let the League make their terms for the representation of their body .
Gentlemen , I was the first man in the country to proclaim the prospect of a deficient harvest , I stated early in August that the weather _ivould shake the Peel cabinet , hut little did I think that King _iVatie would shake all the thrones iu Europe , and even the English oligarchy . Now , gentlemen , let me suppose a case—suppose that while monopolists and antimonopolists arc fighting that famine should come , and suppose that I , _usoeu "existing circumstances , had joined Wellington and the Tories , and suppose 'the support I gave them was very , very feeble indeed , don't you think that the League would be able to
point out to a starving people what the effects of free trade would be , and don ' t you think , when my condemnation was necessary , that they would then say , however feeble my power might have been , _mEnu is the man that starved vou . Aye , Gentlemen , and they would be justified in so saying—but they shan ' t have the opportunity . Gentlemen , -in the present emergency , while all other parties are putting their house in order we could not remain inactive ; some one should take the first step , and who was more fit than the men who have never forfeited your confi-Am \ m > . 1
Gentlemen , in conclusion I shall only observe , that , whatever your representatives may wisely decide upon , I shall honestly endeavour to carry out , and , if danger threatens , I will not shrink from my share , or , perhaps , more than my share ; but what that policy may be I shall not even hint , but of this I am resolved , that the STRENGTH OF A NATION , that cost us so much PAINS TO ACHIEVE , shall not be wasted upon a single battle ; anil while 1 am now , as I ever have been , ready to join in the overthrow of one faction , I will not acccptj as the people ' s reward , the supremacy of another .
After the reading of the document , Mr . O'Connor rose and said;—This is the Chartist Executive message , upon which we have all agreed , to the Chartist people of the empire ; and to carry it out that Executive has _caMed together a representation of your body to be held this day week at Manchester . ( Cheers . ) My friends , you will see that onr object is to marshal our own forces , to keep our own forces together , and to march them into action under our own banners , our own mottoes , and to the merry music of our own _sonsrs ofliberty . ( Loud cheers for the Charter . ) My
friends , the resignation of Sir Robert Peel has _completed altered the phase and complexion of Toryism . Under his administration Toryism was progressive . Under the oligarchy of England , led on by Wellington , it would be destructive . You must treat children as children ; and if they assume manhood before they are out of leading strings , and can walk alone , you must treat them as refractory children ; and the more especially if their disobedience is calculated , or likely , to work injury to other parties . Gentlemen , Sir Robert Peel very properly treated the aristocracy of this country as spoiled children , as capricious and whimsical pets must be treated . True , he gained their confidence
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_SXnZffW 5 _'tatjrwi ' iniaft gain the confidence 'SwS 5 h _?^ . » to _-Mbre you San cure the _mala-S _^ a _aS ? ' 0 rdest . ° y theother - Ifarat-catcher ? _S 0 _^ glVJ i _. theni _Payable food for a time ; and as soon as he has inspired them with confidence . _?^ _il mspi _'r , them with poison . ( Great laughter . ) _& _2 _ffi ?! _P _^ _y-whh Sir Robert Peel ; in youth he gamed the confidence of the aristocracy , in manhood he saw their foibles , as he grew wisar he found _XiVn * il _™ crea 3 ed _^ _» chronic malady that _wouw kill them it not eradicated in time . ( Cheers . ) lo gain their confidence he gave them jam—to cure their malady he _< ravc them _ohvsin . _IChners . 1 Bv
degrees they began like children to discover the different taste in the " goodies "—one made a wry face , and said , " I taste something , something like a church , or tithes in my mouth , foutit is not as church and tithes used to taste . " ( Roara of laughter . ) _Another says , " there ' s Maynooth in thisjam /' andhe splutters ; another , who has heard of the gigantic scheme ot godless education , swears that he has got the body , blood , and bones of a papist , and this fellow splutters m style . ( Indescribable laughter . ) And yet these nasty tastes are qualified , hi the opinion of many , by the pickings in the army , navy , commissionships , judgeships , aud bishopricks , to enable him to get the patients to swallow . that dose ; and then the physician thought he had prepared them for a course of free trade medicine but the verv moment they
, tasted—the lands , Game Laws , the privileges , votes , and the monopoly , they all set spitting , spluttering , and spewing together , until at last they literally spit the doctor out ofthe sick room , and called in old Doctor Wellington to give them a little more jam without _physic ( It weald be impossible to give any thing like _adescriptionpt _whatlbllowed Mr . _O'Connor'smiraici-y ot l _' eel inducing thechildren to open their mouths , the faces they made when they tasted the physic , and the manner in which they discarded tho physician when they lound it unpalatable . ) But , said lie , vou may rely upon it , that in the end tliey will find Peel's physic _"fttcrtortheir disease than Wellington ' s "goodies . " _Jr , onnor then entered into a lucid explanation Ot the Chartists' past policy arid future tactics , aud sat down amid tho most vociferous _ahpura .
Mr . Dixon then presented himself to move the following resolution : — 3 'liftt we , the _inhabitants of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , do tender our best thanks to tho Chartist Executive for having nomiuated an early day for holding a convention of the working classes for the purpose of dociding upon the course to be adopted by tho democratic party in the pending straggle , and that we pledge ourselves to carry out all the lawful recommendations of such convention . He said that he entirely approved of tho poliey in the message , and that if tbe Chartists had been half as active in carrying out their own views as they were in aiding others to carry out theirs , we should have had the Charter long ago . He denied , and he would do so if he stood alone , that this struggle would or could end with a simple repeal of the Corn Laws , whereas if the people took a false position now they might , in preserving those laws , preserve power for
the devils that would break all laws . ( Cheers ) . He emphatically asserted that it was not now in the power of the League , the Whigs , or cither ofthe Tory factions , or both unitedly , topi-ogress just as far as they liked , and stop where thoy wished . ( Cheers ) . The people were the movement party , and according to tlieir resolution in tlie coming struggle would be their reward . He thought the conduct of the Executive in thus boldly stepping forward was beyond all praise , and would have the effect of rallying a party whieh , without leaders that they had confidence in , or without arrangements , would be used for party purposes , and would lose their share of the triumph , when the spoils of war came to be divided . The present crisis was the most ominous and important that ever this country witnessed , and if every man of his order was of his mind , they would take care and have their share this time . ( Leud cheers , and " That ' s it . " )
Mr . Radford said , in seconding the resolution , he was _sony it had not fallen into abler hands . However he was quite satisfied the time was come when every man should be at his post , and he was determined not to abandon bis . He therefore had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , which upon being put was carried unanimously . Mr . Doyle moved the following resolution , and on rising was loudly cheered : — That a public meeting of the inhabitants of Lancashire be held on Renal-moor , on Thursday , the 1 st of January , for the purpose of announcing to the country at large the resolution of the inhabitans of Lancashire , iu tlie event of the Wellington Tories attempting to form a cabinet , and that Thomas Slingshy Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., be invited to take the chair upon that occasion .
He said , my friends , who says that Chartism is dead now ? upon my word , if it has been dead , this is a glorious resurrection . By the resolution it is proposed to hold a meeting on New Year ' s Day , on Kersal-moor . Ah , my Mends , every man in Lancashire knows how we paralysed faction before by shewing our strength at Kersal-moor . It laid the foundation for the death of Whiggery . ( Cheers . ) But what would it be now , my friends , with our own , our darling Duncombe in the chair , leading on the improved mind from that period against the ould woman Wellington and the Tory faction . ( Cheers and laughter . ) My friends , I don't care who joins in the glorious work that the Reform Bill promised to do , the League , or the devil . ( Laughter . ) But I
promise you that , as sure as my name is hut Doyle , I won't be the man to say go about your business , while the work is to be done . My friends , 1 have seen too much of that already . I have seen the people looking for food while they have been fighting the battles of faction . Ton my word , its high time the people fought a bit on their own account . There never waa so great or so strong an enemy as the enemy before us now ; and if they beat us this tune , we beat ourselves . ( Cheers . ) I look to this struggle tesultiug in the achievement of our glorious principles , our beautiful principles , our just and heavenborn principles ; and , therefore , I move the resolution as the surest means to that desirable end . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . James Leacn naa great pleasure in _seconaing the resolution , while , at the same time , if tho people were only true to themselves , the meeting would be unnecessary altogether , as all that the working classes had to do was just to let their enemies know their strength and resolution . He saw a great deal more than was very plain yet . to all men in _thipresent struggle . He saw that both Whigs , Tories and League would use the people for their own purposes , if they could ; while he felt very sure that the policy propounded by the Executive would take the bone out of all their mouths . ( Cheers . ) It was quite clear that the struggling operatives , that toil from morning till night tor a mere starvation existence , would not much longer tolerate the monopoly of onr _r >! nis _mni' « _t . lian another : and . therefore , he was for
knocking monopoly on the head wherever he had an opportunity , and ho believed that opportunity presented itself now , and that the resolution which he held in his hand was the best way to avail themselves of it . ( Cheers . ) The name ot' Duncombe had a charm for the English ear , and if the convention should consider the meeting necessary , lie believed that there never had been such a meeting in Lancashire , nor in England , as they would have on that day . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Clark , of the Executive , had gveat pleasure in supporting the resolution ; but , while lie supported it , he begged the meeting not to be led away as they wore in ibrmer times of excitement and enthusiasm . They were in the habit of' doing tlieir business in a very unsatisfactory way . Men would hold up their hands for anything , and thus deceive their leaders , and send those who relied upon them into prison ;
but he hoped they would do their work in a more business-like way to-night , and that no hand was held up there that would be absent from _Kersal-moor . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He had no objection to take his fair share of responsibility ; but he had a great objection to the people refusing to take tlieir fairshare . ( Cheers . ) It was all nonsense to suppose , that the struggle once commenced , was going to end in the repeal of one law , or another law . He believed that it would finally end in the makin _*; of new laws , and , as the manifestation of the public will was necessary for the achievement of this desirable object , and as the meeting at Kersal-moor , under the man that never flinched from his post , and upon whom the people would rely , would best elicit that will , and manifest the public wish , he most cordially supported the motion . ( Cheers . ) Mr . G . W . Wheeler rose to move the third resolution _, as follows : —
That we , the inhabitants of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , do hereby declare our unqualified and entire confidence in the wisdom , eneigy , integrity and ability of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., and that we respectfully solicit his counsel , countenunce and support , in the present critical crisis , and that we pledge ourselves to be guided hy his advice , and never to abandon or forsake liim so long as he manifests that purity of intention which has hitherto _distinguiehed liim as an able senator , and an honest man . He said , that at that late hour , and after the able speeches they had hoard , and from the conviction that there were gentlemen to follow him who would do more justice to the resolution than himself , he should be as brief as possible . There were few in that
meeting , he believed few in England , who wcre not prepared to acknowledge Mr , _Dnncombe'a _unquestionable claim to the confidence of the working _classes , and , therefore , as he believed the sure way to induce others to follow his example was by proving ourselves grateful to those who had so worthily set it , he had great pleasure in moving the resolution . Mr . M'Grath presented himself to second the resolution , and was most enthusiastically _received . He said : Now , respected friends , I'll tell you a few of my reasons for seconding this resolution . In the first place , I assert that Mr . Duncombe is the only man in the House of Commons that has the entire confidence ofthe whole people . ( Cheers . ) True , our indomitable champion , Mr . O'Connor , who is always at his post , possesses the unqualified confidence o every
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working-man in - England- ; but ,-then , -we-. must confine our observations to our representatives in Parliament . Now , where was the man but the noble-hearted Duncombe—the lion-hearted Duncombe—to resist Miles ' _s infernal fabrication of a Master and Servants' Bill—that bill , friends , which would have plunged you into the lowest depth of degradation and poverty—that bill , friends , which would havo put the stamp of slavery , of abject slavery , upon the forehead of every working man throughout the laud—that bill which would have taken from you the poor privilege of appealing against the tyranny of your taskmasters—that bill which constituted every man a judge in his own case—it was Duncombe that strangled that hellish monster in its conception , ( Loud and continued
cheering . ) Friends , that ' s not all that Duncombe has done . In the last session of Parliament , who brought the disgraced Secretary of State , that held the seals of office , that he might break the seals of letters , to justice ? Aye , it was Duncombe . Who has damaged the Tory portion of Peel ' s Cabinet more than any other man ? It was Duucombe . ( Loud cheers . ) Ali , but 1 don't stop here , _fi-iends : those are but mere questions of detail ; but I ask those who think that there are other honett members in the House of Commons—1 ask those gentlemen , however honest they may lie to themselves , arc they honest to us ? And , friends , now to take the question out of doubt ov hypothesis , I ask , where is the other man in the House of Commons that is an enrolled ' member of the Chartist Association except the brave , the incorruptible Duncombe ? ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats . ) Ah , friends ,
but that ' s not all . Men sometimes do things through personal motives . Duncombe did not wait for the days of our triumph ; he joined us in the hour of our weakness . ( Renewed cheers . ) His name has a charm , his honesty carries confidence , his abiilty carries security . ( Cheers . ) Oh , my friends , what an inducement , what an encouragement for those who toil , aud can scarcely exist , to see the man who can live without labour ooining forward and joining them in their struggle . Shall we not , then , do all honour to the man . who has done honour to our principles ? and shall it not echo through tho length and breadth of the land , that the great pressure from without shall be represented within , and that Dvineonibe , our own _Dnncopibe , ouj . ' loved 'Duncombe , _JQ tlie njost perfect embodiment of that representation ? ( Loud and long-continued cheering and waving of hats . ) Friends , I have great pleasure in seconding tha _1 'ivuMnt . ion .
As soon as the resolutions were carried , . Mr . O'Connor presented himself , and said , that as he was no monopolist , he wished to allow that meeting lo participate in all the honour , and all the triumph , that would result Irom the policy declared in the message . It would go to the world with increased force if sanctioned by a tremendous , respectable , and attentive audience like the present . If it was adopted , he pledged himself that before that day fortnight Dixon , Bairstow , Mason , Jones , Domian , honest John West , M'Grath , Clark , Doyle , and himself , would send the " _Will-o' -the-Wisp" of Chartism through the country once more , with more feathers
in Us wings than it had even in 1839 . Another thing that he would tell them , that if they were true to themselves , others would be true to them , for he would tell them tbat the very moment that Air . Roberts heard that the sound spirit of Chartism was going to be rallied once more , he said , "Well , I will give my £ 5 with all ray heart and soul , " and he would have made one of us to-night , but he is detained upon colliers' business in a distant part of the country . ( Loud cheers for Roberts . ) Our message requires no mere speechyfying—I have read it distinctly—you all understand it—I trust , therefore , that some one will move and second its adoption .
Young Ramsay , in Chartism a man , in years a youth , then moved the resolution , and Dixon seconded it , when it was carried amid thunders of applause , every hand in the meeting being held up for it . A vote of thanks was then given to the Executive for their honesty in ofliee and promptitude in action ; after which Mr . O'Connor proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was seconded by acclamation . He then proposed niue-times-nine cheers for the Charter , and no surrender , which made the building ring . The meeting dispersed more than satisfied .
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GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT MANCHESTER . On Sunday night last tho people of Manchester assembled in Carpenters' Hall to hear an address from Mr . Shaw , the delegate to the conference , from Leeds , and if we are to judge from the applause which followed almost every sentence that fell from the speaker , and the cheers which followed upon the close of the address , which lasted over two hours , we must do him the justice to say , that his first appearance upon the Manchester boards has been more than triumphant , and as Manchester possesses the most critical audience , having heard all the ablest lecturers in the movement , Mr . Shaw has no small cause for self-gratulation . . His voice is powerful , his reasoning simple , eloquent , and convincing ,
his language good and his manner prepossessing . We heard many of the Manchester critics emphatically doclaie , that " yon chap was a trump . " His lecture embraced all the principles of the Charter , the rights of the people and the usurpation of thoir opponents , and gave the greatest possible satisfaction . Mr . O'Connor addressed the meeting at considerable length after Mr . Shaw had concluded , upon the satisfaction and pleasure that he felt at every act done by the Land Conference , and then announced that the Executive , who had kept Chartism alive through the land plan , had now given the lie to their revilera , who said that they had abmdoned the
Charter . They are , says he , the first in the field when danger threatens , and when their principles are iu daDger _, and we have called a convention—a Chartist Convention—to sit in Manchester , on Monday , the 22 nd of this month , in which every town in North and South Lancashire , the West-Riding of Yorkshire , Nottingham , Derby , Leicester , Norwich , Birmingham , and London , will be represented . ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats ) . Now , that ' s the way we have abandoned the Charter , said Mr . O'Connor . A unanimous vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Shaw and Mr . O'Connor , and as hearty a one to the chairman ,
when—Mr . O'Connor again came forward and said—My friends , we areas quick to design and as rapid to exe ' - euto as the duke himself , as I just learn from some gentlemen who have returned from Stockport , that the good lads there not only approve of the plan , but have actually subscribed their share of the funds to carry it out .
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GREAT CHARTIST MEETING- AT ASHTON , On Friday night the spacious Charlcstown Chapel was crowded in every part where standing-room could be ( btained , to hear an address from-Mr . O'Connor . Shortly after eight o ' clock that gentleman entered the chapel and was received with 'thunders of applause The veteran , James Taylor , delegate to the Land Conference was elected to the chair , and after a few appropriate observations introduced Mr . O ' Connor , who spoke at considerable _length upon the several _interesting topics of the day . He showed ciearly that no party , not even the people themselves , understood tho rumbling which was now going on in the public mind . It was not attachment to party , or preference for principles , so much as the determination to hit upon some plan by which the great
improvement !) of the age should be applied to national rather than class purposes . A hundred years ago , said he , the lord and the squire were dressed in one kind of fabric , made out of wool , aud the tenants were dressed in a fabric of inferior quality ; and in the distinction they were taught to recognize their inferiority and the lords' supremacy . Wllile they were dressed in the ileece their serfs were satisfied with the skin , but now , who , except by the more stately appearance of the farmer , his better complexion from frugal living and more healthy occupation , than the lord or the squire , who can distinguish between the first peer of the realm and his valet no _« r ? If Brougham travelled with a valet whieh would be mistaken for the gentleman . ( Laughter . ) These _things first levelled distinction and then
created thoughts of equality . ( Cheers . ) This gas that Isee before me , the power of locomotion * , travelling by railroad , steam navigation , the printing press , the penny stamps upon newspapers , the penny postage , and hurricane flood of knowledge , are ail one aud all incipient Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) Chartism is the embodiment of the principle to subdue those great elements of wealth to man ' s wants . ( Cheers . ) This is amalgamation . This is the confluence Ot minds . This is progression , I see it in social more than in political arrangements . Everything is _struggling to do away with inferorityand to proclaim equality of rights , though not equality of property . Who , a hundred years ago , or fifty years ago , or twenty years ago , or ten years _aeo . ever witnessed the fashionable intelligence and
court circular ofthe working classes . But they now declare your progression . They knock down the standard of distinction . Who can read the announcement of a Chartist tea party , Chartist b . "ll , a Chartist dinner , or a Chartist soiree , and see the precision with which aristocratic distinctions are observed , that must not come to tho conclusion that , the mind has progressed . Your bills and cards which announce the order in which quadrille * , waltzes , gallopades , and the polka are co be danced—the verv music that they are to be danced to , the refreshments that are to be had , and the master of the ceremonies who is to conduct the arrangements , and above all the
creditable and fashionable maimer in which they are conducted , who , I say , can fail to believe that this is progression and improvement _struggling for permanency through representation . ( _Loudcheevs . ) 'the monopoly of the land , by the blundering aristocracy of this country , has led tothe monopoly of legislation —the monopoly of legislation has made tne social comforts that I have referred to the exception instead of the rule with your order , by representation you hope to make the rule . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a lucid explanation as tothe causes which led to the resignation of Sir Robert Peel . He contrasted Toryism under Mm with Toryism under the-Wel
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lington party ,. and then called attention to tiie progressive policy of Peel / as compared with tiie policy we were to expect from t -the ;; Whigs Peel , said Mr . O'Connor , would have prepared land _, lordisih for that fall which their own Obstinacy has made inevitable , and if they had allowed him to perfect his cure for their malady , they would have found themselves with reduced fortunes , but with equal means , as compared with the price of every thing , to preserve their relative position in society , But , ' no , they ' wiiL be killed and nobody _shali . help them . He then took a show of hands between Peel aud _R-issell , when every hand in the meeting was held up for Peel and not one for Russell . Mr . O'Connor then drew a most feeling and animated picture _betwosn tho life of an agricultural labourer Jiving upon his own resources , calling no man his
matter , and the life of a slave who has no choice of masters but is the slave of all . He contended that the man who worked from twenty to thirty-five years , that is , for the best fifteen years " of Iris life , at artificial labour , was as old at that period as some men actually are at sixty—that then he was entitled not only to forty years' wages for the fifteen years' work , but to such a retiring salary as would compensate him through life for the premature old age that society had brought upon him . ( Loud cheers ) . Itis useless _, said he , to contrast the wages of an agricultural labourer with that ot' a manufacturing operative—the one was younger at seventy than the other was at forty . ( Cheers ) . Air . O'Connor then illustrated the principles ofthe land association , and concluded the most eloquent address wc ever heard from him , and they were many , amid deafening applause .
Richard Pilling , " the _fAtueu of the movement , " then proposed a petition in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was eloquently supported bv Mr . Poole , the delegate to the conference for Devonshire , and Mr . Clark , of tho Chartist Executive , and , upon the whole , the mooting not only gave general satisfaction , but has aroused the Chartist feeling from that apathy in which it has so long slumbered into a state of cheering hope and excitement , tho people declaring their increased and unbounded confidence in their old and well-tried Feiirgus . After the meeting broke up Mr . O'Connor started for Manchester , to bo ready to take liis place in the con ference on the following morning ,
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GREAT MEETING AT WIGAN . When the conference had closed its sitting on Thursday night Mr . O'Connor proceeded to Wigan to deliver a public address . The large room at the Clarence Hotel was the place appointed , and was filled . Mr . Nicholas Canning was elected as chairman , and after _i-.-ading the bill , he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who was received with the most rapturous applause . The news of the resignation of Sir Robert Peel had just arrived , and Mr . O'Connor commenced by observing , " I am PniMK Minister now ! " ( Great laughter . ) Ho then stated , that although the land had been selected as the subject for discussion , that yet such a meeting , at such a crisis , produced by s very unexpected circumstance , thoy would not feel
satisfied if he omitted all reference to the subject . He then took a rapid but clear review of tho _circum > stances which led to the resignation of Peel , and the recall of Lord John Russell to office ; and he asked if the meeting ofthe Chartist party , whose co-operation was , no doubt , relied upon , was prepared to join Wellington , Buckingham , and the oligarchy of England , in the restoration of bloody old Toryism in its very worst phase , and made worse , more _cruel a and tyrannical upon the presumption mAT the _peopm had once more called it into life ? Will any man , he asked , tolerate the resuscitation of this bloody onosT ? ( Shouts of " Ncvor , never . " ) No , never , as long as I live . Shall it be said that the English people gave strength to the Irish duke ? In 1820 Ireland beat him single handed ; in 1832 England beat him : and
the devil is in it , if , in 1845 , England , Ireland , and Scotland—the rose , the shamrock , and the thistle- * will not be an over match for him in his dotage . Gentlemen , Ireland is my country , though the world is my republic ; and heaven forbid that I should see the rising spirit of a nation crushed by tho vengeance of a faction . ( Cheers . ) We have all our parts to play in the mighty struggle now at hand . We shall have to select the foe , and to choose our coadjutors . It is to the strength , the power , and the danger of the foe to which we must look , and to the ability of those who are to confront him , as the soldiers of tho movement party . Gentlemen , I say it now , and I say it emphatically , that no sacrifice must be considered too great to save us from such an infliction . Peel wait 3 not to canvas the strength of his
party , for he knows it . Wcllineton hesitateB not to canvas the resolution of his party , for he , too , knows it well . Russell waits not to understand the strength of his party , but all wait to understand the resolution and the determination of our _party—iiiE people . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , wc have bravely fought the foe unitedly , and , though defeated , we have never _., abandoned our position . By our tactics we have hunted one stag with the most cumbrous antlers from the herd , let us not change from the scent , and let not the ground be foiled by other game that may pass the track , until we hunt the game down . ( Cheers . ) I believe by wise and discreet management we may now make one party of the wise and the brave of the three nations , whereas intemperance or folly may g ive the foe an easy triumph . ( Cheers . ) The
thunder is ours , and wc will not be robbed of our share in the triumph . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then drew a feeling picture of his own position . If the people were overtaken by famine , or subjected to Wellington dominion—if you are hungry , said he , and have not even the power to steal the surplus that a repeal of the Corn Laws would produce , and if there was not only no surplus there , but not enough for you , and if you were told that I was the man who starved you , what would be your feelings , what would be my position ? But still further , if to place you in that position I had consented to place heartless gaolers over you in the shape of rulers , would not your long cherished affection justly , nay , naturally be turned to gall ? ( Cheers . ) Aye , for now , mind , that I am arguing not upon a presumption , hut
upon a certainty—the certainty that we have thepower to strengthen Wellington in his devilment , but we would not have the power to prevent its hellish effect , ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , __ we were charged before with _, the emissaries of Buckingham being amongst us . I believe there were , but not of your class ; but now how proudly I stand before you to meet those who charge me with being in the pay of Buckingham and the Tories . ( Loud laughter . ) Oh , what an opportunity I give my old paymasters of proving the treachery of a deserter from their ranks . ( Cheers . ) Have I not lived through much persecution , have I not lived down much prejudice , and shall I not live to live down the power of _oligarchicaloppression . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a description of the state of Irelaud , whicli drew tears from every eye .
and literally raised his Irish audience , which was numerous , to a state of madness , and when he had wound up his description he asked—And shall I be a party to give strength to those who would perpetuate such misery , such cruelty , and such horror . ( Tl'e * mendons sensation and cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor then adverted to the policy of Sir Robert Peel , and contrasted his progressive Toryism with tlie Toryism that would now struggle for pre-eminence . He then took a review of the position and strength of parties , and concluded with a lucid illustration of what had . been done by the . Land Conference , and what was likely to result from the establishment ofthe society , and wound up by . shewing that the destruction ofthe monopoly , conditions , privileges , and restrictions , under which the landlords kept the land of this country , and not the inability of tiie Jand to produce food enough for all , had led to the demand for free trade , ' and had established what were called principles of political economy , which were mere consequences of
landed monopoly . He also shewed that the monopoly of the land was the basis of their own constitution , and made the audience laugh heartily by stating that lie expected to get as much of the plunder for the land association for £ 5 , 000 , by March next , as he would have got last March for £ 12 , 000 ; and won't I , said he , be ready for the first cut at the panic ? He concluded his address amid deafening and long-continued applause ; and after a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor and the chairman , the meeting separated in the [ highest spirits , Mr . O'Connor invited the members of the Land Association to his hotel , were they remained in convivial and instructive conversation till past twelve o ' clock . A large number of tlie honest , consistent , and patriotic Chartists from Lamberhead-green and the surrounding districts attended , and , after the proceedings , returned home in high spirits ; and thus ended the most spirited and iurortant gathering that we have had at Wigan for many a long year .
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Alarmixg _FiiiK a . ni > Loss or Life . —On Saturday afternoon , about four o ' clock , a fire , attended with fatal consequences to a female , eighty-five vears of age , broke out at No . 4 , Bull ' s Head-court , " Middlesex-street , Whitechapel , in the apartment occupied by a Mrs . Jacobs . The fire , it is supposed , was caused in consequence of the occupier having bv some accident fallen into the grate . The issue of i dense body of smoke , accompanied by the cries of the female caused some parties to enter the room , when they found the poor old creature completely enveloped in
names , ana tue noormg , cupboard door , and shelves , burning most furiously . After considerable trouble on the part ot the nei ghbours and police , the flames were extinguished , but not before the building was very seriously injured by fire and water , and the poor old woman burnt in such a frightful manner that the _fleshv peeled off her body when touched . After lingering for the space of a few minutes , death terminated her sufferings . Hou . owmc _' 8 Ointment and Pms .-James Little , a blacksmith , residing at Cuckold ' s Point , in May last , wasgomg to Guy ' s Hospital , to undergo theamputation ot Ilia leg , which had been bad for seven years ; there were upwards of twenty , ulcers on it . _aWn
mortmcation had commenced just under the knee . " in this alarming state he was recommended to ' use Holloway s Pills and Ointment , which in a very , short time cured the limb , tothe _greatastonishmeht of alL it the two medicines are used together , the _moat ' _dan * _^^ _^ __\__^___ _^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_20121845/page/7/
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