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_«» of Scotland ? when once- iii the field of war , \ Zr& . ije their « wa , p ^ Ivq ; ejyfcf-TStubborp ^ strong , ? v ^ V " w ^ T ) OA ^ Q ^ -coyriT ^ y yn lO € « r -Jb OftiTT ) ff-T \ "Ou £ « IUrl&Qu 215 sjud |<>; be- * nore ^ MBMl ?!^ " sjjoraB'd ; rot iflougfi ** qJ ^ 9 ? d ^ 2 S T ^ ^ P ' * -fli rmtlrTrfc § stoWjip '^ iis &w ayj—mdj&ttJthej ^ rifte gtfrnJoveV'whteil cm ^ tiiej 2 ro-9 e n" 5 Hi 1 rftaH : " tA ' er 4 * fefrwai- 'fti * tibtfgr p , c&WfeSLVV& ^ pnai-( rf % rtr » i ti&PH \ &i&j ^ tffiaietfF ^ Lettd ' Ae * £ ) ' Th » - * hW 0 ging ttieaaaiSds of- ^ lai ^ wre 2 Ji , is adoKneBy-andJ tbe ^ piop leo ^ -SocCand ^ oiAt pgal thejQlh « --liDnor ^ s ] pit aroe . s 3 » e » iD"tliB ! niif ^ t ^ feat honour iia 4 , iegncetocede 4 if > thfemibpy fivbfA frmfte ^ tefpyW ^ Ja ^^ y ^^ g ^ j ££ & if ifieTCSAi ^^ Jro ^ ttM . jlUcS sHp ^ t . ^^ - ^ J 1 ^) ^ ftkh had dfvolreA' n ^ '&J ^ - jlf tfe Jidi J ^ -o [ Scotlanaf % ^ en bnce ' in fiae ' n * ld ' of war ,
J ^' Mt& ^ nra'Btm ^^ W ^ e ^ ohbur §> ddressing , -within the last three months , -nearly joe million ef aPatK ^^ iSff ¦ Scoflan a-( Oxen . ) If the " meeting would" allnw Mm , he ^ nld tell th ^ n . tijerstatg-ef-fee ^ Qgi in ^ cotland 7 Cne * of yei . Y "TH" ^ ke ^ eula jajpfc stater . would ^ bt be so exciting , biit . if wo ' nld xnaieTinown to the 4 &fc tbroBghJihe pits * , the Teeluigs of tti ? Radicals rfScodaid . ' ^ CheVr ^ F' Tri'tfiaf country " they iad j ^ press for the Radicd 8 . vlt w 4 A trufe : thariow ^ d- thea -there were some little cMrropings , "but
jjere was do press for the Ramcahv Dmnmes ibere was an . admirable-Association ^ in a-most fronting condition * - who had tent delegates jjatmg haat Scotland , frcmone af .-whom lie had received a letter seme days afoyjrtajang that he had t « n highly snccessfnL . In Arrdaxe , the laad that p jre birth to the , immortal , Bnms ,: the . Drincdpal towps and villages wer « in favon / of Universal S jffrajp * . In Renfrewshire and . Paisley there were M * erfnl organization , conflsfirig of upwards of gires thousand members . In fact , in e ? ery part of ffc county of Renfrewshire , with . " the " exception oi foeenoek . UmwrsaTSnffirage was advocated . Poor Greenock had greeted - a Town-ball , hut is was
jet the temple of liberty . - In Glasgow and . gjnalton organizations had been fermeiiin faTonr d the principle of : Universal Suffrage , f Cheers . ) hi tbe east of Scotland , the-place where the voice of jEJorm had scarcely bean heard , . three the : spirit of liberty was warming intelife and activity .:. Howicli , t&aiiad fonght against the English , had now raised 15 vence with thein , in favoar of Universal Suffrage . 14 ( hat place a meeting wa ^ to haye been held thai «! T day , "but itnad l ) eeh oat off on account of / Mr . Pmcan and himself having been invited to that jaeedng . In Edinburgh the spirit of Radicalism « j triumphant , and the Wlugs . dare not show their £ jcesthert » . ( Cheers . ) 'In all theimportant towns and
^ treen Edinburgh Glasgow , vrgahizarions in feronr of Universal Suffrage was going on . In gfeiin ? , orgamza . tiomrss ~ preceediQg ai a speedy ate . and do less than 20 , 000 men of fife had agned fte Kilioual Petition . { Cries of « Hear , hear . " ] IiDoivlea , organization was going « n admirablyfls 6 ele » atps that had beensent there were working i ^ mirably . In Forfar , Montrosey Arbroath , and Aberdeen , the spirit of liberty was as warm as in fie summer ' ssonth . [ Cheers . ] He and-Mf . Dnnesa . iad addre £ sad -upwards oL 20 ^ XX ) ,, men in jjjerdeeiij and lie liad no heatanon in saying . that fat organization wonld not stop until it had reached Jotoi-o ' -Groat ' s house . The mass of the people of
5 » tisnd were with the men of England ; they had taken the subject up in sober seriousne . ^ , and they » 6 renow dettrmined to struggle for one thing , and feroue thing only—Universal Suffrage . The m ^ n d Scotland had done with the'Tories , and had bid e Vernal ferewell to the Whigs . The men of Scotland had taken the recommendation- of the Torking men of London , and were determined to any on their procredings in sober serieosoess ; until these drraktng- liabits sere totally abolished , there oa be no prospcritj- iu these lands . [ Cheers ;] There TO one more statement he had to make , tUaL was liiegarded phy .-ical force . In peregrinations , the csnndttees had always asked whether he . and his
fnenacanielo advocate physical ibrce . They had ihrap said no , for there were great moral means ifen hadbeen-jet -ontried , and they must be totallv eSsnsted before any other were ^ tried ' . [ Cheers . ] Scotchmen were * eiceedingly cannons upon snch a jwnt [ A laugh . ] In Hamilton , a town of great s ^ hteament , a ^ d of importancp s after Tie \ Mt . Fbkt } had done ineakiag , a person asked him tiat they . were to do—were they to turn the lett cfceek after they were smo&e -upon the right ? He Etiwered . obey the laws , by doing- so they -achieved aarowa liberty . Butif tiieWldiers or the aimed t&e were to come amongst Jthem and to break the lar *—to violate the Coa < til :: tion—to cut the throats efft » e people—then it would be for the men of Eng-] cd and of Scotland to say what they would do . ( A
m ? m the crowd—« A-cldreekie for ever ; " a langh--Seotland was in a state of high preparedness and fiaihad been brongbt about ^ &efly py the agency cfmemaa . He "had Beard Thbihpsdn and Leader noken of as ham g dene greaFgood ;* as regarded Sesdasd , there was one who had done more , and fiatwasthe brave O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , Hea many were joining , them finding that their case was strengthening—evwHhe Press , which was teeing round , on finding that they , weregainmg great Eragth , invariably attacked J ' eargus O'Connor , lieir first obligations were due to those men who 1 * : slood by them in evil hours—to those who were ¦ "i&themin season and out of season—so far as renrffd Scotland , that man had been Feargu . Ottamor . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put from the Chair , and csiied unanimously . Mr . Robebt HABTWBLL . said that , at the request rflie Working AlenV Assodauon ^ &e rose to move iatthe bill to be introduced into the Cpurmocs ' H ; rase of Parliament be denominated ** The People ' s Charter , " and which was a measure necessary to rescue die working classes from their present dep » ded state of thraldom- - He felt it his rluty shortly to explain the rise' and progress of that document . Tifmnnbers of Hie WTorkmgrMeii ' s ' Associatiui :, i » mmon wi& iJa ^ bTptherRadicals throughout ^ coBntry rhad seea ' -wiA : regret , ^ that while TesooooKs had been passed in 4 ifcreuref the principle of
rmrersal Suffrage , aHd that while energetic apjSeals ™ been made to tbe people to come forward in its *?]»« , those resolution » iiad neveilseen pot into a KWical Aape , The Association , tfrereJore ; thought ^• ¦ onght to embody the principles of-R ^ dical Retea in an act of Parliament , -which should be subgy ^ a io a public Tnogrfng ITVp the ^> resent .. [ HaTing ^ aTgd on this , conrse , thfe A « s « ciatiQn _ 5 crote cir-™ J » to thoseAifembers ; . . of "Pafliameut whom they ^ oed , by their votes or speeches , ^ be favourable ~ "vi » Tersal Suffrage . The . circular was answered ^ rtwelre Members of-the'"Honss ; They met the ¦ k * ciation ~ , and after-two night ' s -Siscussion , it ¦ * ¦ resolved That tix MeBafeer » : or Parliament 1 and
affieabers of the Association ghonld draw np 4 he y ^ of i bill - « rbicb .-shoulii f ^ n body rUmveisal « & »§? , No Property Qaalifitation , Annual Parfia-^ N Equal RepresPntation ,. Patnjenl of Membw ? , m Vote by- Ballot . The-result of their , labours ^ me prodnction of " The Peo p le ' s- Charter , " * iacli had already received the sanction of immense ° * f > 3 of their-feBow-workmenfhroQglibnt the **** nr . "He proposed the- second resolution— i *« Mtbe principles of rfepresenaition , as defineat HK * he Ptroplfi ' w ' Cirarter , ' ¦ « re juutand reasonable , CUmrinfr -aa i * Ant ^ a IInir »» il QnlTr « ma \ 'n Pih ^ —hii ap 2 b t 4 \ f&oUiUIWIDUL liu &v
_ . ^ ^ , tJuuiogb ) A ^ ^ J Qoalification , Annual Parliaments , Equal ~ g * sentation , Paymt-nt qf Members , and Vote by z- ! bich , in their ^ racrical flpefation ,-wonld , iii . " 3 ^>{ nnion of tins jnef tibg , be Tie means of return-Hllfc ! : representatives "to ihe Common » ' House of ** Mm « nt—persoiis ^ h © , htajjtr responsible tc ^ and ™ f paid bythe people , wouM be more ikely t » petpte the just- hiteresls of-the natwra ibau those 'ioiiow constitate that assembly ..: This' meeting "Serore , *) TeainJy wkrotj 1 Tte iVopla ' js -Charter ' Xinaeasmw of justice they are-resolwd fey all legal ^ Wts to endeavonr-t © " obtain . " - - - ¦ - ~ -
Mr . CuuT £ seconded ihe ^ resolution . He said ** J had on the present occasdoa a gTBatrnumber of J ^ sons from the coun ^ x jn-jatteodajj . ee , and he was ^ ecdiugly anxioos-titatthey' ^ nrld hear them to-^ k njure . especiaBy as his JneniTrweCj from Scot"W , had given $ tem . . BO . cheenng . an Recount of the frSfm " of the good " cab se in Scotland . ' < Hear , Jaear , " ™ cliet ; rs !) . Lef"tfi > m look ^ atthe feet , stated by ^ that in thi ' cb ' ursfe 6 f atour which he had Litely ^ e throngb Scdtlahdi n ^ t Ies 3 thimf ; 80 r 000 persons ~* S » eBthe foByW ^ nteniperance , - Jiitd -were abonif " WriMM ^ rl : ?« O «^" WHarr > --i-Ho . TuTT + rfl * ivf utbviuhiT
, r ^ cheers . ) Ifi * - we * e fcr i pbdin f *! se botibe 5 * fe of their wn * s ad'theiT'eiilttreh , 'he would ^^ rt them to put their iesl -to theliaest rightsons : *^ B" « UM 5 n . . ThBy -6 Dgbi-to . kncrwofhaUt- was ^»»> afy ior them to ] && * && ¦** serpents , bat to ^ , ^ mkw . « s dovesj and lat them ; . te-V . ipto , -con-^* Q « i ihat every glasa ^ fj ^ in ; , aid &eij quid of S p ieo they' conaunnid : ciily JC ^ de ,. gold ior . . rwjters to sbriandur aira ^ Tie ' " ^ oTLcbrrectSdii r ^ feeai pphed to the ' peopTejlJQt : thejrthemselves ^* opphwl' ' li ^^ eiB -to - v ^ f&Su ^^ Hei rod .
a ^ fcr Ifey aow' cWmM ,-Bntf ' wiSe ^ ll ^ orkineri ! * P » e - re « b «| niHed itf die wlttfle - wlft-W ^ bile ¦ as rjto ^ fliey ftiHaiedi&eip iwiB ? , ' airf while is hn » - j ^* Ji * ^ y 'we re ^ aa BMBipfeit »« Ay teh « cii » tioiH « Hri u ^^^ nun ^ dito . croacii' . tb norrteml ,. bjntio lo ^^^ jb ^ s to : siuf ^ . "M ^^ equats . Tand : 2 £ 3 H « iaferio » of aaj ^ maa'iliw ^ , { Vehement ^^^ :: >^ , - ¦' X *\*> z -a . < r- ± ~ yn ^^^ " < W » wa » T « nf 3 Pf jie deleg&tes fena ^ irmfegg § M % » « Mae&fw ^ r ^ : He . Md ^ Wt © pme ^ ibi ^ nf ^^ "SP *? of W&BX 9 B ^ a in&c , lay-dupky j ^^ eB ^ . ^ e cBJoa . ^ e ^ e . iw tlw ' me ? f >' Kpie . Og » w a /^ J |? 9 TO"fi ? J ^ buttctf . m& £ eri . V 4 *<}• * . T ^ Jl ^)^ ylaui ,. £ & * .. ana « w * e plsin & in a ^ mtoiulej' i&d ' ne hopWSorin the C ** a »»« ace ne spoke to plain men . He had CJT qnestioni to pm to them beiore he went ^ « Hs wiiaed to uk thoce who were unrepre-
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sented , and who did not dcciipy ' £ 10 houses , if they wren * -to-the ~ grb «» ra brtblebakers , * wonld ^ they * get a ^ rawBait on - ' ilit-tetiddf tfeeV- ^ uraiSyj ? ' " % * wished to % now-wheth « r the" ftseise * omcer antf ^ Ue fcn 8 tom 4 iou " *^ ffieer , npoaithe pr 6 oT feeing 1 * nd-iv 8 that theyrcad no < rotei would' interfere betweea tht ^ iri andthegoodg-whichihs Lordiibf natorei bad : given Ihem ?^ , ; S « jthoufht ; wie « ihe-putthese qnqstiona he pD ^ ftbeir whq ^ caie .: Itd « aa ^ a . idi , * ud MUh- wiw * apjpearanc / i oi reason ,, that thejeqpl ^ wli * cl aimed the franchise were ignorant and poor . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to their ignorance he . would tell them ' p f- wfa » 4 t dpj ^ iftted :- " -5 ^ f had feotto'much' learning as some mah , Db the ^ i d ** an »* that for " alllhe necessary nented , and who did not deenpy ' £ 10 houses ; -if they
|» f . Bjr 4 onghaaikHj 6 w wHl lie jrkpte jofitheiMrprfra ^ pons of so complica ed a machme ' asl ithe . eleam Pf *?* * , ^ as & to be sajd bepaus ^ . fhey , . did not niKferstand-preelf and 'LajtuC'ta ^ V thpy" were qoi b « Wj 36 ie or y&ffigj ' ffi ifienlb ^ fs W"Pail } ktnent ( Cneersj ) ; -0 f'Jrhat ' . Hid "ther 'dotfiplaiti ' chiefly of the 6 ^ geirtlem ^ tftBSt § at '« ver * the w 4 y ^ wa $ 'it their wan * --6 f knowledge ' t ) TGreek % ndVL « tin ? r' ' NbV no . lt ! waithidiaacfc . ( rf hftB » ay : T 4 ei-ne 3 t ^ Mug that sraiichargedjroaiiistHiefpeeple-wag thtt . ihey . wehs poor ;•>> ccftuiitheyhelpthat ^ -. wh ' entberlawb-fiir the last 50 d veawi ; had ; b © tai made oy therich Bgaihst tive poor , _ who thus were rendered poorer ? Theywew poor indeed , because . taxesjhad Jbeen taken off the
richj who % erewell able to bear them , and imposed upon the labouring rlasses , who hndtocr much to bear already . Mr . Ward , of Sheffield , had sai-3 if th « y would convince him that Universal Suffrage would notijender property insecure he would be a Universal Suffrage man . Mr . Ward had no right to put them to . * ny such probation . If he would tell the people they were dishonest—if he would charge them , ^ s it were , with being thieves , having so arraigned them , on him lay the onut of the proo " . The working classes were fully aware tiiat it would be impossible for them to-exist without capital , and none were more thoroughly convinced of that " tb . au the workmpn of Birming-iam . To talk , theu , of
thp insecurity of property was afe-urd . ( Cheers . ) What was'their motto ? ' ¦ Good profits to the master , in " order that there might be a fair reinuneranou t » the working man , ( Cheers . ) Wasrhat » n attack upon property ? Their motto also was , " Pence rii < 1 Order ; " and further , theirmotto was *• Law . " W ^ nnot the men of Birmingham now worthy of the franchise ? Who dare say , no ? If , then , they had risen so much in the scale of social in telligence iu a few years , who would tell them that , in a few years , as great ' a change wonld not tnkeplarein the meuol England ? Their hopes of success-were not ' suusll , for thty had all agreed as one man to lay asiJ < - tlnwe matt ^ rs -of detail which -q snai ly divided Reformer from Reformer . ( Chrsrs . )
Mr . Lowkev , of Newcastle , said he had been delegated by the Radical masses of Newcastle , Snnderland , and Shields , to support the " People ' s Charter , " and to tell that met * tmg that thev were wflliug to lend them nil the support iu their " powrr in their present agitaiinu . The men of the north werewell organized . The men of Newcastle dared defend with" their arms what they uttered with their tongues , —( cheers)—and that the military would have learned on the coronation day had they made any attack upon the meeting . They were wiiHng , first , to use all tbe moral means at " their disposal . They would break no laws as long as the laws prol tect them ; ihey would not disturb the throne so lung as the throne governed them on princi ples ol justice
rht-y woa ] . d nor abuse the aristocracy mj long as tbe ar istocracy behaved theim-elves civilly ( a laugh ) The Whigs were not to be relied on ; they were only ft mere section of the commuuity , and thiworking man must have ibe suffrage ( hear , " near !) . There must be no bit-by-bit reform ; they had suffered enough from that already . Could the people be worse than they were at present ? If tht-y \ rere ignorant , who had made them so ? The government and the aristocracy . They had enacted laws to keep the people in ignorance , and then denied thtTn their nghts on the ground of their incapacity to -use them properly . Could things be wor ^ u thali they were now ? The throne was falling into contempt—the aristocracy was held in disJain—the
laws were considered as the medium of oppression for the rich on the poor , and the church had dwindled inTo a political machine ( cheers ) . Those who otight to preach humility and peace wer < - tiie most greedy of -wealth , and the ro ^ sc tyrannical iu power . They had seen in Ireland that the minivers of the gospel ever amyed themselves with the sword in one hand and the Bible in the other . They had stripped poverty of its last mite . Iu fact , . wherever exertions had been made for the enfranchisement of the masses , or the amelioration of ttie people , the pr i *» sls had always been fonud against them ( cheers ) . In conclusion , he vrould exhort them to assert their own ind pen « lence . They had a right to doit ; and when they made their tknn their rulers dared not refuse it ( cheers ) .
Colonel Thompson said , as he rose to speak to a particular point he should be brief . The Iriunds aid leaders of tbe people had agreed upon certain subjects to be brought forward i . efore the meeting , and he trusted the y would hear his exhortation an > l follow it , which was not to bring any others forward now . " Whatever they might do , he shonJd a ' vise them to stick to the points that had been chosen for them . There might t > e the Corn Laws ; they might ask for atotal freedom of the press ; he hoped they would shortly hear a demaud lor a sYstem of secular edncation , by which he meant asy stem in which no one should interfere with another " on account of his political opinions . ( "Hear !) But he would stick to the poiot . No man must Cty - hah" iu a charge . Let the
people goon as they haj-beguu—let . them s " what they could make of the points t : in . t were before them , and time afterwards would be found for others . Universal Suffrage was one of the objects for which they were met . A new objection had been put forth againxt that b y the press—that if the working classes had the Suffrage they would be the majority ; and because they wouldte the majoriry They would be all-powerful ; and becanse they were all-powerful they would do all mischief . But he asked had not the assembly opposite always had a potential majority , and what-mischief had they not done t Was it likel y ¦ ' the people would ever do half as much ? Was there any probability that when they ^ got the power they would decree that no man in possession of . £ 300 a year shoujd have a seat in the House oi ' Commons , and that no man having i . " 600 a year should sit . for a county ? The assembly opposite did the reverse of this , but the people would not do
the other . Wasthere any probability ofa decree that every rich man should pay seven times as muGh upou his harmless luxuries—his'tobacco , for instance , as the poor ? The people did not ask toiave tothemreWes amajority ana an orerbearing-power , as the rich , had hitherto done , and misused it most damnably . They did iiot seek for that ; they oirly sought to -have have a fair share of influence in the councils of the conntry . He was one of those who stood for triennial Parliaments , but he had now come to siux anew song , tind" he wonld tell them whv . Before the election of ihp present Parliament , did not thn Whigs profesa to "unite with the Radicals ; but the Taiii-WReiit haying b ^ en elected , did they not sav , Now , we iavegot yon fast for seven years , -we will tell-you a secret which we concealed before—we always were for the establishment of the agricultural preponderance , and were opposed to further organic changes ? Why ^ was not that declaration made prior to the election ? :
! Mr . Leader having presented himself , was loudly cheered . He said . tMs -vras indeed a . glorious and gratifying sight . He" saw around him a vast assemblage" of English working men met to consider what their rights were , and to determine by ewry legal means to gain that moral influence in the country which should enable them to assert and to obtain them . In former times , when thousands met iu this very place in defence of their rights and liberties , those meetings were convened by a few leadinn men , not of the working classes , who addressed the masses when called together chit-fly to induce them K > aid their own ^ purposes , and what was the conser quence ? These men appealed to the passions ol the people , and haying gamed the notoriety which
They sought , they deserted the people , who discovered , when , too late , that they had been deluded bjrthem ; The people must trust to themselves , and to - themselves -alone . r Every man . ' ainongsj : them had reason -and geiise to judge for himself , and ought not to lei his judgment be -blinded by ^ thej-s . He looked npon the present meeting and the agitation our- of which it sprung as the lirststepin a great straggle . They were , engaged iu no child ' s play—theyhad not undertaken an e&gy task , for they had to contend against the mosi wealthy , the most -pbwernit , and * the mo 3 t ihtelrigreht aristocracy that ever oppressed Bconunuuny ; Let them ' inall their efforts Iji-arthat in , mmd , and let fhem ' mor ^ egpechdTyWaT ifii mind-the fact that it was by rea > x ) n . bv
L arg « ment , bybbtsuDipgthat moral' inftaence whieh ' the masses moat obtaia , that thtfy ^ coald jBviftntually sncceed- ^ by in all-tbingjt and at , all times opposing violent couasels j by . « et& > g Jheir faces agawwt vioienfc-Jaaguafe ,-and by « &bing to participate in « iolea . c Seeds , th ^ 3 rrTcould -find ^ afety-andthe . besc ¦ meAiis u > £ saccess . , ( Httar , hear . i I . . L 4 tUejn , recql-^ ect _ 3 shJat j ) ad ocqnrred in Jrelahd . . TJbgre ,. by . what . . was called , legal . . a 4 tatiourrcdn * tltution , al-agitation ' , —tbj Telraiu ing-fro ni nolence ' , aad speakinig against 'ife- * 6 w miich nkd not the Irish obtained . ' ( Cries ^ of HrtJe or noming OV Thgy had ^ mWe : r some ^ pr 6-i gjesSi-litfle enonghj' lie wbnld irrttnt— but let them '
Ipofctfithe ^ tii-gBweteiof-Tidleho ^ in eanadal The " ^ o ^ ' ^ r «* ysbpp « fflif-the . ^ goveVBflient ^ 1- arm % ; had ' ^ . v&s ^ w a < prece 3 ttr > lor / oppresiing' ^ tbfitD ; more ' 'than even tie j had 1 » done before ? n-iTiej ^ ttremnwnt 1 inewji » oinwh » fe = t .: dovwidbthem uor Iojjg * aatheyi ! niexe ^ , «^ toted , ' & ? . -mrlralimd ^ iot ' ^ tkt > - > "ta ( fvptii > ^ ejl ^ Pwoi ^ T * ?? *^!^ - CW ei Tbeyj ^ eif W ^ o . gr ^ i hu . ' ?* £ , ^ is ibe ^ dXlti ave ^ aid ^ yTliad ; o ^ e ^ i | ^ U ^ Krit % tofy ' tj } pr ^ , and ^ B ^ ppld be ^ of tiw ^ apple . lierftj jidt tb be . m , too-, great a ^ hmry . ' ( BeaVraiidcbeers . ; Ehdd ^^ ^ d jmd ' vrgediVj nhmjwell-meaning bntWer ^ rndenif'&SnV that ' au the agitation among tie working cla 33 e *—all their organization wonld lead to nothing— -and that it w&j merely a waste ot time and breath . He
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Sfe ^^ o ^ PfP ^ oftfie - orgnuj ^ tiouwhj 6 fi * as nAw- gomg on a \ I over the conriiry . Sppposs nfi ^ iitk ^ i ^ n ? ed ' Foul } if uoVbe infinitely better * and more worthy bf ^ hifllshmA , to 8 ^^^ d « l ^ - aal , i ^ S nffi ^ W ^ ***** aefea-vSn pppression ? fLoud cheers ) A great deal <* f >« ue ^ rr ^^ ^ O- ^ QiSft ^^ b ^ utarow ^ asEay ^ in Fgi / -f ? aUeutiqn -flf EpgUshmen . to the fSS undltH- ^ V ^ iJ ^ ffW * ^ rfstiffin ftff . ? llved V , - MWP » Charta . wfc . held up £ ^ Sfi T ? i v ^ " ^* ^ asked ' ^ ata tnAgRInCeDt DMlwart at , KnaiimW liK ^ . ^ - ^ . ! . „ * iv . deaiedj ^ - 'V ^ Wmi ^ ;^ 1 hiVr ^ rt ^ r ^^ Wn ^^
^ Q ?^ n * W ^^^^ wty ^ L . pBgU sW «; w ^ e I ^ i ° f ^ r r . Jte , . baron * had cot Magna Cnfl ' rtii ^ ! d Utter times the # & ^ haa * o ? W ^ feW ? l PeopTe ' sCtibfer ^ as ile'fctBSysbugfi& / and around . which thay .: mnit tally , &riii wouldiconfer n / htetipoB ] iw « 7 ; iBaniiny th « ddrnBiRnwfialtbi . dHe caMeqqp ^ n tbe ^^ ienv . it ^ . jpia , % b ^ , Wi ) rk Ui » Men ? 8 / Usocaaqpn ^ a agitating for , tba $ objsfitrr-he . oalled upon them to msCTibe- . u-pon ' tU « ifbairaersiheir deter *
. nnuatiqn , . never 40 cea ^ e . till / they had : succSifed . V ^ ' i ? ? " ) Let them remember the mi-Tity deed ' s of fcuglishmHn when workhrg for the benefit of a class : and should it be said that they would do less for themsrlvrs whep they were rallying round the banner which was inscribed " Equal rights to evefV-Bnglishrann r He felt that be was there butas a viator , and as there w « re many sirangers present who were auxioBs to inform them oi the atiiteof their various dislncts , he wouldiake : his leave of them " with the praver that they might go on aud prosper . ( Loud cheers . ) , *
The resolution was then put and agreed to . ^ The next resolntion was preposed by Mr . FeArgus 0 Connor . ¦ Wheu Mr . O'Connor came on the platform before the chair , was taken , he was loudly cheered : and npon presentai-i Iiimself to th . e niei-tiug . he was receivea with one jr-neral burstofayplause and waiving ; if hiits and ilappiug of hands , which lasted tor several minutes . He then said , so you o love me still , a d notwithstanding ten mouths ' absence , my u-. tme lies greeuiu your memory . ( Great cheering . ) Aye , iu spite of the battery of both friend and foe . ( Cheers . ) All be could say was , that Mich ft people were worth living for aud worth dyinsf for . ( Cheers . ) Mr O'Connor coutiuneii , —he stood there as the repreof to
s ^ utAUve from forty h ' tty towus iu Scotlan . l » nd England , and his duty was to lay before them the dete-miuatioii they hiui come to . They wen * here to l . tok for the suffrajje , aud ii was necessary f .-r them to know what the value <» f it was —( cheers )—and h-iviug possessed it , the next question was , what they would do with "it ? Au Irishman alwayi nnswereda question b y asking auother . [ Laughter . ] He would a . » k two—What ha . < not the want of the Suffrage done for you r Aud what lias not the postsession of the Suffrage doue lor your enemies ? He had not come there to retract a single word he had ever utter d . [ Cheers . ] He had always stood by Universal Suffrage , and ..-. always would . ( Cheers . ) It wa * sanl that the people were notsufliciently
intelnseut—that they had not sufficient' kuowledjie ! He wouid ask whether they did not know a rogue irom an honest rnan ? Tue -working cfese ^ , above all men , required thw Snrfrag ^ ; but they were told that if UuiviTsal Suffrage wererecogniged ' to-morrow , the Radicals were sucb aragae < l regiment that they would n- > t be euabled to form the materials for carrynig it out . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs aud the Tories bud not the powrr to conduct the Government together . ( Cheers . ) The people were cal ed pickpockrfcu . Now , he would ask what diflWence there was between a rich man and a poor one ? Why , there was this ; the po irinan picked the rich man ' s pocket to fill his belly —( cheers . )—and the rich man . picked the poor man ' s belly to till h s pocket . iirat lhu
(^ lauguU'r . ) pdoplu had borne oupr ^ .-ion too long and too tamely . He . had never counselled tjie people to physical force , because he felt that those who uid so were foo ' . s to their own cause ; bat those who decried it preserved their auThority by it . and it alone —[ cheer .- ]—and in confirmation of tbat he had only 10 cmII tne utteii ' tiuu of the meeting to the two aiuomaioTis at th « Hole-inthe-M ' all iu Parliament- > treet . [ Loud cheering . These , said Mr . O'Connor , are the Mouses , the sireat House and tlie little Ho lse , nuJ the people were continually told that both were necessaries —( roars of laughter , and cheers)—but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) contended that they were not ; they could do without either of tliesn . [ Cheers and
lannbter . ] What was the position , iu which the working classes stood ? Why , - they were nature ' s children , and nil that they wauteJ was nature ' s produce . [ Cheers . ] That was the whole secret . [ Chrerr ' . ] But they had been told that t !; e Working classes were 110 c so well off as they ought to bethey never had been . [ Hear , hear , aud cheering . ] Thf-y had been told tbat they ought to stand by the old cou ^ r itation—rthat was the constitution of tallow and wind . The people now wanted wo such constitution—they wanted the railrotwl constitution , the gas constitution —[ cheers]—but thev did not want Lord Melbourne and his tallow constitution . Tiiey wanted that the science of . legislation should uot stand still . [ Cheers . ] The people had only to
show the present House of Commons iha . t they were determined , and a reform of it must take place . But jnchmen as Sir Robert Peel and little Juliunv Russell would try to get into the house , even , alter the adoption of Universal Suffrage , a . s many of tho > e \ ery Tories who said reform would admit such a class of persons into the house , that no gentleman could take his seat in it , offered themselves a * candidate * for tr-. e first reformed Parliament . . - Rather than not get in at all , they would attempt it through the key-bole . . But it was said the working cla--S ; 'S were dirty fellow . - * , and that amoijg them , they could not get 6 i > & who were tit to s » t in the House- ot Commons . Indeed ! He would soon alter that ; he would pick out that number from , the present
meeting , and the first he choge he would take to Air . Hawen , tbe soap-boiler—then , he would take Mm ' to-- *' Reform your tailor ' * bills "— : th " eii to the hair-dresser—then to the perfumer , in of . ler to give him the fashionable stink —[ tremendous laughter ] . — and then he would be as ' good a member of Parliament as any of them . - [ Hear , 'hear , and loud laughter . ] He [ Mr . Feargus O'Connor ] had sat in the House ot Commonsifor three sessions , and ne had been bolder there , than he had ever been 011 the hustiugs . i ( Cheers . ) It was said the people were not intelligent enough for Members of Parliament . Now , thu iact was , that the people , were too intelligent ; if . they " wero nut , they wuuld get into the House , to-monow . The people were de , -
termined to obtain Universal Suffrage , honestly if they could , bu ; they were determined to have it . He counselled them against all rioting , all -civil war ; . bnt still , in , the hear ing of the House of Commons , he would say , that rather thau see the people oppressed—rather than see the Constitution violaied while the . pwjple were in daily want , if no other man would do so—if the constitution were violated * he would . hinoselfLad thepepule to dea ; h or glory . ( Cheers ) Let the moral force-men take that , and let it set them a good mond example . ( Loud cheers . ) Let- them look at the manner in which they were united iu the North of / England . In his absence there were a bull-dog and a terrier who had their e 3 - es open . There were Oastler aud
Stephens , the one called a madman , and the other a firebrand , because of thvir honesty , who were watching during his absence—who were looking out for " squalls . ( Laughter . ) And woe to the rich man who dared to violate'the rights of the poor man where such men . lived :- ¦ " . ' [ Long and coutinued cjieering . ] :. They had . had a taste of physical lorce in the north a ghor . t , tame since . Souie oi the Metropolitan Police . . were sent down to DewsbDry , but the boys of that noble tqwn sent them home again . : His desire , was , to . try moral -dpice asjlong as it was . possible , even ^ to ' . the fullest extent , but he would haw them always bear in mind that it was better to die ireemen than , live slaves . ( Loud cheers . ) Every conquest , which was called honourable had
been : aphieved by physical force ; but they did not want it , because ^ if all hands were pnllinglori-Umrersal ¦ Suffragfy they wonld soon pttll down- the stronghold of corruption . ; . ( Ht > ar . ) *¦ The Whigs . had not . onlr deprivrd the poor ot their rights , but , they had robbedithe middle .. classesof theirs also , and ail for . the . 'pqrpa >< e of putting , the power , into the hands of the three devils , pf Somerset House . Stanley . had . dpclared . 4 : ha : t , he would oppose . the repe ^ of a . parchment , iniqn to" the death , and he ( Mr . ^ Q ^ onnpr }^ wqhia ; to the death : oppose ; th e violation , pr The National-Union—a . yiolatjpn . sanctioned by Government . , ( Loud , and continued cheers . ) He bad been praised , by some gentlemea from Scotland for ^ whathri haddod ^ in extending tbeuniong . - 3 s-ww just three -years thatdaysih . ee 'he formed a- Radical union iniMaH ? l *> hnn *> . and ** s r
- since he had been doing 'nothing- outlaying Radical ! eggm all ) orer the coun try- *{ laugb . ter >)—• which had ^ bpn-hatched ^ in / i'cfledged ^ . jr aMltwerelnow , . 'flyiag in-. « Teigs « can ^ rj © f > tlie , kingd < MWin . the ehftpeofiwinpns . ; It was bjfthosB algne thataayvoodcouldbe aco . on >; plished .. Jdere , ( poinrinc torfte ^ ^ reporters ) b ^ ne ^ isua , pretty JitUe . nnion b ^ itsel ^ . ^ Herje . are ^ gentlf jnen farming a " , nice l ^ . rfte union of ; their © wn . Here . ai » >| r : Easthope , ahdj j > lr . Mttrdo Young , and Mr , Aiaer ^ ai-Harmer , ' k 4 d a 11 the re ^ t ' otthem . la | ught : X ; 'OKv ' yoa ne ^ . d a 6 t loot : raejFkrW ^ iotiifere ' tqorany at : all , onlfplifftfia . mj'tke'iiuBsttthc 6 is ' not b ^ re ^ fioniythe ^ shaadW , hhi ^ fwefej ^ thw and ^ heit ^ Sundayjre ? will fejitefctthili 1 stewleiW " = irin i operattfinpahrycmr ssbxtano « ix ; q < LaaghteT ^ ¦ DJdt -theyehitik ¦ h ^ waatefl thei ^ fava uiabhir Bttpptak- ^ did ^ he ^ thinki ' he woald-ask : jtbefd 1 tqidveisr diM ^ T ss&tqnctfofrfcirf
v 8 P ^^ fti * Wiras . t ^ fiJlfei ^ waJ ; fiaaHtM' kiscuf ^ t r ^ S ^ f ^ M ^ w a 8 f » d > in OT « f ' townfli Ej ^ l ^ n ^ i Jfcs o mmWfc $ Awg *\ fresi ^ aM . Aj ^^ , ( in | an Hanner knew that . - _ r Her knew tbM ^ e j » aH latel y taken the wrong traclc ; he knew that gin and beer did not amalgamate , and he would tell Mr . Murdo Yonngthat Universal Soffrage and tbe Corn Laws could never be kneaded into one loaX They
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» ff » i , i n ^ H if ^ : £% * ™ Manage ¦' . . tbeir own S'J ^ SuS ' " -F ^ be ^ , ; tt ) long ^ ppressed ^ « o o enlightenithem ^ that , wa 8 the oigan * tti » bma 8 >* 6 - ^ W ^^ : ftlltlie&rt % « n ?' ^ rda ^ - ^ L * u ^ tei- -1 " M ^ would ^ n theS ' 1 ^ " ? KMt ? K Vinin ^ l meefiog--lie ha ^ gjveftthe he . Whigs the only flptlie feW * coul £ catchV He haisaiq , -- ,., , ; . ¦ . , w ' ; " J ^ n , ofi ( mthyo Wgreenat ^ ard re » ring , . ; - ' nn jS ° ^ sftev ? ry « word to tHhitt , ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ ¦ . - ¦ , - On <* nr « ide w virtue and BrSr&n ¦ i ¦
; " .,.. . -.,. . O ^«^ ira , b . tjifjpa , rgon juj 4 rguat . y ; ' ,, : woiSf ^ LSlKo ^* ^ ^^^ ¦ ¦¦ ' .,, o P ^ aird y 0 UTblack l > al >^ rsleeping ; ¦ ¦ ^^ ^ l ^ mr ^ - ^ t 8 ^ t th ] ngr ,, • : ' ° ? ^ Wisbflrruptionand-atiiik . '^ ' ' T ^^); + 1 % M no ^' ! , kt both friend and fde that princi ple' wai an-mpfeabW t $ 8 i : fr *' -7 ^ W' ? 0 ? ifflure the sensitive feelings « f . ^ Vff a ? tn ? P « . I by quoting anything : from the BMi , becnuse . he'mi fit say the devil Ibnld quote sanpture , but he would endeavour to inspire them m the . words . of the immortal Byron : — ; ¦ ' ' :-
The bloc ^ may aoak their gore , ' L ™?? " *? " od ( lett ¦'» ¦ the imn-their : limbs te strung to city gates AnacwtVwil ) , ; but ^ til ^ hrir spHt walks abroad ; ftt ^ & y « f ^ P ^ r , and others share as dark a doom , iuu" if ^ ment ? tile deep * kd . 8 weepinj thoucKt ' VVhieh oWwe ^;^ otL ™ , &nd Ufch conduct * The « orld at last to frrtedom . " Iu reference to Mr . Leader ' s laudation of what he called constitutional -. agitation- 'in frelana . and what iV had accomplished , Mn Leader omitted to state what it had really erlected ; but as he had not thought proper , he ( Mr . O'Coiinor ) wbuld teHthetn . that the only beneht which agitation had conferred
upon the Irish : bad been to . fill the bags of -a net of Pl ^ t - ? ?> nytjd y barristers . ( Qrea , t cheering . ) 1 he Irish agitation was not based ' upon priuciule or conducted with principle . ( Cheera ;) It commenced with the sadrince of the farmeri to the peo- ) le , which was foH ' owed by the Sacrifice of the people to the landlords , and then concluded with the sacrifice of landlord and peopleto the parsons . ( Repeated cheers . ) Does Mr , Leader call that beneficial and constitutional agitation ? And then with regard to his moral philosophy respecting Canada , he neither agreed with Mr . Leader nor with Mr . Cleave . ( Cheers . ) What did they mean by censuring the Canadians ? ( Cheers . ) Bat it anpeared they only oiffered upon expediency as regarded time ; as they admitted the riehtto defemi .
( dreat cheers . ) It was all nonsense to be continually spouting moral philosophy to an oppressed people ( Repeated cheVrd . ) VVhilelie ( Mr . Q'Connor ) told them that his charge against them was , that theyhad borne oppression tooibng and too tamejy . ( Immense cheering . ) He would leave them now to their own judgments , and he hoped and trustea that out of the exercise of that judgmeut which belonged exclusively to the working classes a union would nrise , aud from that union a moral power would be created sufficient to establish the rights of tlu > poor ' , aud if that failed , then every man would raise hw arm in defence of that which his judgment told him was justice . ( Loud cheers . ) He , in conclusion , begged to move . that the Nationnl Petition , now about to be read , be adopted . When Mr . O'Connor retired , the whole meeting cheered .
The National Petition was then read to the meeting , after which Mr . D . BnowNE , M . P for Sligo , came forward , as he said , to ideutily himself with the great popular movement in that country . He did so , not onl y as a British citizen , but as one of the representatives ot the people of Ireland - ( hear , hear , and clieers)—wishing it to be understood that the people of Ireland sympathised with the working classes , and desired to unite with them in obtaining the great foundation of all public liberty ^ a fuil representation of tje people in the Legislative Assembly . ( Hear , hear , and c ear . -. ) The great Democratic principle was the one for which the people now struggled , and they would not struggle for it in vain , for in every contest between the people and the aristocracy , if they read the history of the
country , they would rind that the people asserted the right of governing themselves , and the aristotracy 111 each tstnitrKle were taught anoth . r lesson of humiliation . 4 ( Hear , hear . ) He cared not , comparatnely , ior the abolition of the Corn Law—for an aboliti n of tithe assessments—for those general principles connected and interwoven with the social tiappihtfss of the people , as he did for the means by vyhich thns «? principles could be effected . The Whigs mid Tones equally united in denouncing the princ . ple of democracy . Lat the people do their own duty , however— . let them follow up the example !< et tntim by the Irish peopl ? previous to etnancipHtion—the example which they themselves / oliowed before they wrnDg from the aristocracy the retonn of their Parliament . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) ' ^ ¦
Mr . Richardson , of Manchester , said he came Forward to support the national peti ion and " people ' s charter , '' and he would tell them why . In t . he first place , he , saw a great and mighty nation , possessed ot « U the rHqui-tea for good governmentft nation which had been called the envy and aJmiratiou of surrounding nations— -di ^ raded at home and despised abroad . They lieard of the Queen ' s army and navy , aud the Queen ' s courts of law , but there was nothing belonging to the nation but the National Debt . (" Laughter . ) Now , since our rulers have jiiven us a National Debt , it is but fair we should have a National petition . They were armed , ( Hear , and cheers , ) He had seen the arms hiinging over the mantul-piecfs . But the National Petition had
come opportunely , and they would not have signed it had it not dt , 'm « nded Universal Sutlrage . If they should fail in the present instance , he . would not attempt to say what wonld be the consequence . The riftes would be loaxled—that would be tne next step , do doubt , an . d ' . he . ; d « 'tied , tbe power of any Government or of any armed Bcmrbon -police to put them down . It was no use to disguise the matter . Secrecy was the ruin of all . things . Everythiiigwonld . be done op ^ uly by the people of Lancashire , and it would be done constitutionally and legally . Now for - the . People ' s ChartHr . They demanded it bncau ^ e it containeu JLJnivers , al Suilrage- ^ -because it gave them a voice in the choice of representative?—and they were justified in askiig- for this . Was it too
much for those who produced » ll the food ^—all the clothing—all the luxu . ries of life , who , fought all the battles of . the" country , to ask for a Voice in the choice of represMiUttives ? < Loud and continued cheering , ) He would , state what the ipeople 01 Lancashirii , were going to do . They . intended on Monday ' next , to to hold a great meeting at-Manchester , an aggregate meeting , where .. they ; expected not . less than 3 v 6 , 000 men , two-thirds of w ' lkom were . fit , to bear ann ^ . He was' sure th « y would-rally . round the standard of ' real Kiidical . Reform—[ clieers ] - ^ tTiat they would drmandin a . voice oi > thunder , Univtirsal Surlrnge , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Q . ri » lifichtiori , and Payment of "Members .
Lif \ pplause . | ii Jit that 8 hould not be granted , woe to them that interposed b etween fcb , e people and their , God . The spirit of freedom was mariilesting itself in every toyrn , -village * and hurnlet , whetber c <> mmercial , mauufactuung 1 , 6 r , n gricultuifal---alibreathHd the , same essence of liberty ^ and . the democratic storm now blowing through the empire would bUst and overwhelm every petty consideration . ' The peoplewould sweep awayal } the scum of aristocracy and all who , opposed them ; and they would ultimately have a Republic —[ cheers]—which was far iroia ; beiug theifsiweiJtion ^ at-preeent .. He ^ wished to impress upon them the words " of "iAddissn ' s
41 A day , an hour , of vwtuons liberty , Is worth a whole eternity of bondage ! Bemeuiber , O , toy friendnV the laws , the rights . Thegen « ron * pl * u of p » vrde ) iyer « fd down From age . toageby yoarrfinownjidiforBlathera—( So dearly rought , the pni : e of 80 roucli blood ) Oh , Wverlet it perUhlii ybtirhan ^ li -1 . ' ' '' - ' . But pi . iusly timsmit it to your childten . ' . Y )^ , * -f ^ - ^ W Wire ot frB ^ tiia ; And make ourhves in thy po&ie&upp happy , Or our deaths gloriouH in twjtiiit defence . , , % v DyjjjfAN ' j - of ; EdmBuren ,, ihenvr 6 ^ e to propose the fourth resolution . 'V ;^ . e < wa 4 . ope of the two deputies that had been sent ' ta \ h ^ t meeting by the Edmborgh ^ RadicalBin otder to ? meet tl » e Radicals of LjoRdQn ,,-, , They ; were resolvedf : whatever \ ihight . be x * a ^ , of \ tne W . ^^ j PetviaousMi \ tlie , HuuKea , o [ PHrhament ^ an ^ d ^ they ^^ us ^ ed tbat . ^ o ^ uld ^ be Iftiectea—I npJir . nonrl ^ frtr tViiw ^ . OiAua ^ > kni o ^ vl
ldtatuated those he lntended . ^ o destroy—they were rt | 8 dlved' to demand jtfniv&sal "Snrrragev > Arinuaf Pprliaments , and Vote by gallbt : ICheersi ] ' Thb * v ^ prd ^ wew writteiU ) y 4 ^ 4 <^ dicalg ot Scottafad had re solved nejfex to -put their names tp . a petition couched in tne hambfe toguage ^^^« pr ^ : ^ tfftfaeywe ^ resolved to nndv \ a ;< new > e ^ tran < je ioto * tb ? e HpuiMfVof Gotrimontf t ^ roBgbjvany ^ indiwdua ^ NwJia . iyouia > vadvooato ^ -ft b » eause . He ; m » ved the fourth reaolution i- ^** That ^ ngdonx to ma . A&fitifLs , £ ndto wpointi depnta ,-tions ib reimS * MM * ^ n ?^ fli « aM ^ U JxZJZ ? ^
"VP ^ S ^ ttf ae ^ i ^ iiai ^ titi oi ^^ 'A ;^^™ * j ^ Mm ^^^^ m ^ i ^ iii ^ # ^^ ' #% ^^ W , ^ f « ap > T . ie Radicals of SoQaw ^ iiiiMtilda ^ urt tnetoV * ^^ R ^^ a ^^^ Wli ^ afea ^ yttim ^ a ^ J erT jjoryhed place , bnt even there there were now five Radical Association * in . the county , and they were fiat increanuff . . ¦ - - ¦ ¦ " • ¦
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f , Mr . Cow ^^ froni Stirling , haying- addressed the meeting id aupport . of the resolution * it was put and pJJ 8 % i i . ^ y \ -: : >¦• . :. ¦ ; ; ,:,,,,: ; .., ; ¦ ,,: . ; .. ; ¦¦ , . , T& ? CT ^ U Brentford , then moved ^ 5 . ^^ " ^^ r « ght prt-3 bri be appointed bj ^ hdrtSSffi" * QW * ^ th P dele ga tea thatmay be KWS ^ k fljber meeting * in , dififere , nt . parte ' at the Sfe ^^ wafch ^ % Jnar 4 anf ^ etitSt rtJ ^ u ^ ^^ 10 PirliamenfcMr ^ S ? J ! r > Hethenngton , , Mr ; Love ^ ; MriiVincenA n&M&P ^ # k | JftWfW& Mr ^ Moore , and Mr ! bnf ^^^ AeJRad icilsTofiBrentford had sent him to wIaV ^^ I ? &&&F * W * & to- stand by thei x ^ , « I Cf jrethrcn ofother parte of the country ^ Me trti ^ dftat ^^^ efc ^^ H ^^ % e : fcin&if ^ i tKom aBjwcoarsdvtdJphyncal force . '' . He wag isure that it
Rigu : ^ a » a , ne ^ i ^^ hat ; j 4 ^^ . ... ^^ w ^^ fj ^ Mh ^^ ' -r ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . k-K iiSb % ^ tSv ^^ A Vore' fought the batflebf'RaaifcalT ^ nihn -Ebnaon ^' aVirt ^^ those Awhet sffertahludgeontd iandtkixiked ; about at M'te ?" ^? Mi be . wonl ^ jaeyer forgive the . Whigs , whom . ^ e con ; , fdered as bad as tlie Toties ; Hfe wasbrdered'to ftgffle'to ' no wmpVomisei andftesrUstedftOne ^ ould be propOBedi ; TT \ . - JMr . eABRiEK j of drawbridge ,, said he had been requested to inform . them , ttiat whateTer the national convention ' of delegates thought hecessarv pr convenient , the people of vTrowbridee and . IW ..
torawQuldjgphearc a nd hand ,, be it what it misat ^ eers ) .. Such were Ae principles of tie * lonr benighted ^ peqple i of the county of Wilts , the inoonrakers , ^ hoi ^ aisent the ^ enegade ? jr ; F ,. Burdett to Parliament , . Hjs brother Radicals Jlad had SotmiS to do with that , although he for one wouWt S ? s £ & see &ir F . ; BuTdett ; ttiw repraseutative as Paul Met reil ' p ? ** % othe f ^ % , ia the Iftngdom . ite wouldprefer a Tory to a Whig any day . ' ^ \ ™ j The Rev . Dr . \ Vade said he had latelv visifpl France ,: andI had-taken a ^ copy J > $ ? $£$ Charter with him . . The people there were deter-^ i u v 5 K t ^ r ? 81 I ? t OPP ^ 011 J and this country he trusted that they were all determined to have a more . exten .-iye suffrage , as & first step to the pouti ! S ^ S ^ te ^ tionalSuard
^ ^* W ^ rance—the shoplieepeM ( boutiquie ; rs , \ as thev were called—they were mon who were determinea to ntaud up [ or their righw ; , and it should b « remembered 1 the National Guard comprised five milhoni of men , who made their remonstrances with a pen in one hand and a nword in the other This was the consequence ofnoi a llowing the right oi petition . Advocate as he was foir moral force he would say that if their . meetings were put an end to —it they were tohavegaKging bills , and tobe treated as tyrannically as m Frauce , it wouldbd a matter for their consideration what they would do unaer such circumstances . ( Loud cries of" heitr , hear ! " ) The worthy , doctor concluded by proposing three cheers tor the French people .
Mr . Hetherington then proposed a vote of thaiiks to th « Hi Kh Bailiff , for the courtesy w . th which he had called the meetiugj aad the urbanity with which he han presided over it . ,- Mr . Lovett seconded the resolution , which was carried amid tr « niendous cheering . . The Hii > h Baiuff thanked the meeting for the mgh honour they had conferred upon him , and he begged to say that he should feel it to be his dutV to call public meetings <* o long as he considered tha ' t tuei
onjects ot those meetiugs were constitutional and legitimate . ( Cheers . ) He believed that public meetings were the most constitutional mode of gmug an opportunity to constitueuwl to state their opinions to their representatives in parliament . As such he had called the present meeting . The object ot it being legitimate , namely , that of obtaining good and cheap goVemmeut , tie had called the meeting with : great pleasure . fLoud cheers . ) i he meeting , at hve minutes past six o ' clock , then quietly dispersed . '
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. ¦ — m * ADDRESS O F THE BIRMINGHAM UNION TO THE NATIONAL GUARDS OF FRANCE . " To the National Guard of Paris . " Members of the National Guard of Paris ! . "It is with great satisfaction , that the men of Birmingham have learned your determination to procure for yourselves , and for your countrymen , an extension of the Electoral franchise . " Across the waters , which separate , but do not divide , the freemen of France and England , we offer to you , through the Council of our Political Union , the right hand of a sincere fellowship .
Your brave and beautiful country , like our own is the prey of Party , whose only principle ot Government is the advancement of . their own interest . The masses of the nation , the foundation p f its power and the sources of its wealth , possessing no voice in the making of laws , to which , notwithstanding , they are forced to suhmit , nor in the imposition of taxes , which they are nevertheless compelled to pay , are suffering , with you as with us the nscessary consequence of such an unjust exclusion—their interests are neglected , and their rights are trampled upon . " Members of the National Guard of Paris ¦
_ " The men of Birmingham have not forgotten the victory over a base and besotted tyranny achieved m th « Tarce CJlorlous Days ; neither are they ungrateful for the impulse which that triumphant exhibition of the popular will gave to-the cause of Lnghsh Reform . It was the standard of their National Guard which cheered on the patriots of Paris at that memorable crises—under the same onsnlHed banner they are now about to rally for the praetical application of the priuci ples which they theu so nobly vindicated .
" With the honest sympathies of men suiBfering under the same wrongs , influenced by the same hopes , and aiming at the same end , we bid you and them , God speed ! < May your present peaceful and lawful endeavours to . emancipate ; yourselves and your children from tbe thrall of faction , be crowned with a success yet more abundant , than followed your former glorious efforts against the encroachment of a single despot . "
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UNANIMITY ON ' THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION . ' It is really gratifying and refreshing to see tht cordiality with which the several Patriots , now moving in the front rank of public opinion , agree to dismount from theft" several bdbbies , and march in consolidated array to the singlepoint of all-engrossin ( f interest and importance . This was well exemplified at the meeting of the Council of the Birming . ham Political Union , on Tuesday week . The tbllowing remarks from the opening speech of Mr . Muntz were responded , to by the succeeding . ^ ppakers , and the whole meeting ..
_ Mr . P . H . Muntz , having taken , the chair * , observed , that the ¦ council had not met on the previous Tuesday , ' in consequehne of Mr . ' O ' Conhbr attending . on ; that night ta address the Reformers ac tibe Town HalL He , ( Mj . M . ) . was not present at that addrpss , but he understood it was a very admirable one ; iand he tejoiced to' hear "that Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions i were such as the inen of Birrningham could ; cheerfull y and . heartily respond to . They must take care Jo , keep well . united . The , men of the North , and the men of Lancashire , and the riien of London ;' and the men of Birmingham , must stick close ; together , in aeritiment and : action . They
must-forget the cprn-l ^ wss , thie pobcJaws - -and the money-laws—< hear , bear ) - ^ and adhere rjnidly to the ' one . great principle- and if , they did , then there could be no doubt they would ultimateiy triumBh . ? he Whigs and Tories Were , of late , quite . unhappy 'aboutt . the people . They were deploring their condition , because they w . ould be led by bad men . "They ' saw ^ the peo ple determined on adhering to principle j-and not to mety and hence the outcry ^ ( fleat , hearO ¦ They bid us iagitatefor the cprn-jaws , because they knew < tbafc >* he monieBt the question was raiajed , they would enlist against us all the ^ agribulttirafyinterest / ' They knew they would '
at once divide thepeoplev Snd * that Was ^ the ' reason rw-hj . they adviseclihem to-agitate ( for thai / repeal ; of the ^ prnjlawg , .,, ; They people , ; , he Tepeajted ^ iimust stick to their ^ first ^ resolution . ' , . By going for , ' the > r eat ; principle of ^ UriiterW ' 'Sufeage ; My were c ^ un tqfhavewith ihemall : the ' 'working claste ^ w jth . tb ^^ xception , of & $ mine * f iQperati > te Copservative j Associat } onsi ^ ( Ijaughter ^ -J 3 je ; didj not apply the term swine . } p Tories ' gpne ^ ally . ' ^ . did ' ndt ( teny to fevery ; 'ihah theVi ^ Bt -ttfjiidgie for . hiuiself upon * bat aod > , eyfery ' othfer poifat 'but he considered thja , t t ) j £ ni ^ n wh pbelieyed b { msej [ f un . tvorthy tofinjoy tte poorer . " of . elebting a \ epVes'i'ntiatiye , to ( maj ^ e ; , \ py 8 for ' the ° g <^ Wment- ¦ of ' . him ' self aud bis country , to be in-. * -- stat « of < j « rife 8 sed anam 6 » t 8 winisHiknora " n ce
—iaecord > njg .., to . h ;! sawn \ admi » don ~ nnw 4 rthy' of t » e ' bljssgingg ; ofi g ood gove « jm ** flt . ; v . iWe )^ witjb ^ the , ejtceptipn of' ja feiyV-of ' ; Aii .. c . \ ara ^ U : ith . e ; , i ^ kiog .. iniij ^ would be Vita them . ' In a few d ^ iys ' it" would be ' tried whethar tbd ' niejfi of London wbuld go' f dr a relpealL pjf ^ tbe jcorp-lawa ;> ror ^ whetherf they- WooJd , -t ^ n ^ jup 9 ^ jt ^ e greaf pri H * iplt ; ? f iiPniv « gatSi » fFfftgei Hte had : no doubt sprae of .. tli ^ ir , frieja ^ a ^ frprn ^ ^ r , m hghiin ^ worild [ attienld Ai t great njeeting ^ and p p lain thejobjefct fer ^ whtchitfe m ^ of Birmingnkih W ( irc ^ pfiX ( ie ^ A \ pgr : x H « also , ! kl » Wi ' Aatiitomergpod ?^^ %# ^^ J 4 u ^^< winef ^ v ^ Lancashire , Hull ; and other places , and well knowing , as they did , theReality of the manceuvr ? which would direct the attention of the people * , oiii Universal Suffrage , they would caution the people
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agarast it . He thought-it would be proper for the council to address . the people of EDgiand upon the necessity of avoiding the ~ discussion .. of the corn or any otter' lawHftt- ^ preseH ^^ m igajo tp ; tell the * p ^ ple : that % itiaut iKDiv ^ Frage ,: which vrouidlgLve them power to : makeb their JwUila . » fs , thevykad noxhing . to , hope . f «» r ; Sod that they , . fnu « t , direc ; tiall . their energie ? to the a ^ tainaifjnl pf that great meaisure ^ A' resolution ^ he believwl ^ c ^ ° ^ afc * % Sl wpuid . be 8 ubjnitted ; to them , andjuiu addresTprepHred in ^ due course : ~ - /;;¦ - —^¦ -- ¦ ¦ ¦¦^ ~ .
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nrW ! rV l 3 Ev ° ^ THE NATIONAL Glj - AilDS OF ^ ANCE FifJll AN EktENTI 0 N OF TRE ^ ELE CTORAL PRANCHfSK ^ mm- \ nine paVtmpate 'iu i tfe : ^ ec ' tion of ^ Chamber of Deputtes-. v-Ofnall representative * tatBs ^ t ^ ° ^ f - ^"^^^ ^ W Sal ftauchW-is moskf Mmited .. ; The present law does ¦ not give the eleb-. toral franchise'to a ttuniber of iitiajns ' surncienVtV great ttt render the iDtenste of t ^ - elector v anrt l ib « t '' of thecoommupity at large identical . The interest * , and rights .. pf the pepple must hience be , ¦ . and arp ; sacrificed , to the interests " and passions of a fetr ' privileged persons . The existing iaw ^ is an
insultto the French ' nation . In the midst of a brave and-: intelligent peaplej which rmarcbea at the , head :. pf ; civilization—which proclaimed t ; o the worldi thft princrples of liberty and equality—which accom- ' plished the . revolutions of 1789 and 1832 j against the efforts of European aristocracy— -it is . prexeudeaii that ocly 180 , 000 of its citizens are worthy ^ or ., capable of exercising electoral ' rights . This ' is ! to reduce all not included in the number to " heiptisnii J Eltctoral reform is therefore just ¦ and ' necessary Nobody can prevent so important a measure . TJier government has often called the National Guard the ' safeguard of society , why , then , should the lavr deny to its members the ri ^ lit ; of electing denu ! ieg ' as well as defending the public order ? We , in X'oa * sequence ^ demand electoral reform ; and , w about entering into details ,, demand that every National ' Guard be an elector ! " '
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_ .. Earl Amherst , who , . with the Countess of Plymouth , and Viscount and Viscountes . ' , Skcimersdale , has been sojourning at Ryde , left oh Fridayforhis ' 8 eatin Kenfc _ Mr . Morrison , of Fonthill , has just added to bi « other valuable landed estates in : Berks , Hante , Wilts , ; Kent , Es * ex , Sutfolk , Cambridgeshire , and Glamorganshire , the magnificent mansxoa -and estates of Basildon , Berks , His Excexlencv Fetih "Ahmed P ^ sha , accompanied b y M . Zphrab , the Turkish consul- ' general , and ColoHel Bekir Bey ^ left JLonfJon on Monday morning by the Birmingham railway , on a tour through the manufacturing districts .
The Price of Bread was on Monday reduced in the city and suburbs , one penny per ' 4 ' In . loaf . The fine loafis now selling at lOd . ; the hpuseholcl ' do . at 9 i . —Glasgow Paper . ; Seduction and Desertion . —Eliza Moore , ! an interesting looking girl , aged 18 , whose manner indicated respectabilitv , was brought before Mri > Rogers by police-constable . No . 73 , divi 8 io , n charged with being houseless and destitute . Ths Constable stated , that yesterday morning , at' atf ' early hour , ; on passing through " St . JohnV-square , ' - CLerkenwell , he found ; the-prisoner pittiug on th « step of a d . oor , and , on questioning : her , she said that , she had no place to go to . He took her to the station-house , where , in answer to questions by '
Inspector Dewing , she said that she was Jiving with- ' her friends not far distant from . Locdon , when a-, ? gentleman , residing in the neighbourhood of Clerk-- . enwell , whos-e name slie refused to mention ) paid hi » ' addresses to her . Under a promise of marriage , he ;; took her from her home , seduced her , and '' .-ih / u de- ' serted her ; and being ashamed to return to her - friends , she bad ever since been wandering about , the streets in great distress , and she occasionally "' lodged temporarily at a house near Charing-c-roas ^¦ ; She refused . : o mention who her friends were ,-although pressed upon tbe subjec " . Mr Rogers orderedthat she should be taken to the workhouse , and that j efforts should be made to discover her friends . ' She' ^ quitted the office in tears .. .: . ¦ : .
Openino of the London and BiRMiNa-: ham Railway . —On Monday morning , in consequence of the opening of the . entire Hue of the-dbove . stupendous and national undertaking , the tefrninug at Euston grove was at an early hour crowded-by a numerous and resptetable- body of persons , who ; were eager to be present pn the memorable occasion of the departure of the first train , which was to start at eight o ' clock . Long before that' time the Duke of Sussex , some foreigners of distinction , ' the directors andinanagers of the company f- &c ., &c , in addi ^ tion to many lashicmable aud tle £ antly dressed ladies tad arrived in their carriages . His Royal Hi ^ bnes 3 ^ who looked Uncommonly well , was with the company
introduced into the spacious areay ' . and ankipuisly : watched the operations of arranging the order of tha . f carriages . The whole having been seated , ther train , started at erght o ' clock on its journey . Shortly after " as the concourse of'persons who had arrived : was ' very great , it was found necessary to . prepare ariotheri : train , which consisted of about 16 carriage ;!! : - £ Jsf nine o ' clock a third train was started , in yhichVas ' the same number of carriages ^ in the m ' ajoHfy "< if which there were ^ 24 persons . Along . the sides ofthe railway crowds hadcollected as far as tbeituhnel at Primrose-hill , who testified their Relight by : lou 4 . congratulations . . i
Lamentable , Catastrophe , —Xhree Chil- ' j DKF . N Prownkd ^—A most distressing event oc- ? curred on Wednesday evening week , in the parisn of Saint-Decuman , near Watchet .- A Mr { Caps ' was busy harvesting his torti , and the evening beingj unusually clear / serene ,. andbeautiful , Mrs . Q . saidl she would go to the beach ^ and bathe the eJiildren ; Her husband observed that ' they were too husy ;^ bot ' she remarked thafehe sljpuld not be long away , "' and r - accordingly took six of the children and the servant ) with her , ; leUTing the eldest boy to ' assist his father . ?; , this was about six : in the evening . About" half . past ' Dine , Mr . C . having come into the house ; from ^ he" ' yard ^ and not finding his wife and family returned ^;;
became alarmed for their safety , and , sent ; tp aneighbouring farm-house to see if they were there j but not ¦ hearing anything of them ,- he procGede 3 , tfith two or three others , to the' beach in search of them , continnally calling out to his wife by name , if butreceiviug . no answer . . The ; tide had now , receded ., Some : way . ^ t length he-heard a sound near the cliff , and on coming nearer he found his wife and servant with three chitdrtn . "MrS . G . on rpc ' og ^' nising ; her : husband i exclaimed— ' 10 Joseph , . ' iJp hope yeu will forgive me-r I rhavg lost three of yourf children ! " -, " . The moon had now risen to , spme height , and the calmness ahd serenity of Yhe ; eveh-
> ng . were remarkable .. The : distressingly weakened ^ > itate ot Mrs , -C ,, her children * and the ; servant , ' and the agonized fe . eliug-5 of the fatber , arc only ; to be conceived from the appalling nature of this . ¦ distressirg Calamity . It appears that Mrs .- ., on reaching .-the beach , and ; selecting the intended ¦; place for bathing , acted , fromi . the idea that the ;; tide was-ebbing . After having bathed and dressed . her children , still thinking that the tide was ebbing , ' 8 ^ 8 ' went up to dne part of the cliff , and sat down , unconscious of the danger she thereby incurred , to Ibok . at the interesting scenery that 8 , urrpunded 3 her . After BtayiUK with . . children ... ' some . ; , time ,..
She bbserVed that the water was washing the ; two . points % at iforri » edI the eitrpmity of the bay she bad " sheeted- for bathing ; and , immediately becomingr [ . alarmeBfl went to thi ^ point / near ^ v to- , her .:: bufc , - ^ found she could not get round _; it ,.. and . immediately ,., returned to that part farthest from the yrate ' r , thinkirig ¦ that ? the : tide wouldi -pjesentry - ' ¥ ece 4 e ' . ^? To r ! i ^ ater , ' however , stUl kept rUidg' 4 tW - ? ya \ e 3 .: rose ¦ : ¦ Buce ^ s ' iyejy ,, until . ^ t .. la ^ t . ^ e / iton ^ op- ^ biph . thej % 1 stjood was . ' under-water ; .. whjetf-one ^ of ¦ ner ' chiidjren if ; ; i ; spittle boy ofabbutffiveyeaW ^ ag e ^^ mot her-ttf put hiih vj > into a hole in the ¦ qllff just ' abo ve . them , i as he said ¦ ith ' ttt I all of them would be '] -,
drowned ,. iS'His mpther ji ^ h ^ some i difficulty , cpm . »; plied with his . i ^ flu ' es ] t . ; Tan d ; , ^ -- 'in . '' a '' ' iew ' fl . te « j ,.-. ai trtrriftiaous swell of . tlietiderw-ashed tliem an'froni th ; e stone . ;; Mre ^ 'CapB ^ thel * ervanti aad tw o of the ^ , childr ven . rpgau ^' tbejpiac . e Where they were tfashe ^ from j itratthree of tW younger ones . 8 un ^ tpjri ^ nt » . m | ore ; Tlie ' seVvant ' had a ' chHd in ter arms , abou . E * ight 6 en % 6 nth 8 oW ; « nd r in ^ aBTendeavour to sivtf ado * hef » ; itiw « 8 vwashed away fromlherafld lost . $ beV . how ^ erv iuc « ee < jed : . ingisayin ^ 00 $ , ! ^ Riding ^ It ^ lothe ^ rmly in . ^^ . ,, The e ^ e ? 5 'that wa » Tb 3 t was' a grrl about ei ^ ht years of age ;' «¦««»¦ i
arid ths " - 'next-a ooy w * -auu ~ uc > " «« »» - ' mbnths xAif Had thene been" any «» a , ih ihss . fchin-ii jjel . aiUnns't ¥ ^^ ! l ^ tS i » . ^^> M 3 fiW » » 3 ^ px ' remelr calm , to which circumstance therarvivori ' ¦ oje ^ eir ^ a ^ r ' lt ^^ ned ^^ higher tide * of ihi ^^ flgf and ibe Wate r rose < oail ^ ,- jB-jcijiafc liejjgjjf . iaff ;^ boy : wfio w » i |» 8 t intoti&hffoii of tee cliff , when tuk <; n out , was fast asleep . Mrs . 1 C . na * remained iu a Q 3 »< tr <«« ing itate of mind , and a very weakened state / of body eter « nce # ^ -2 V » " *'»* Courier ,
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7 September 22 , 1838 . THE NQBTHERN ST ATI . ^^^^^ i ^^ ^ BI ^^ BB ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ I ^^^ SII ^ S ^ S ^ S ^^^ SS ^^ Sm ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ S ^^^^^^^ S ^^^^^ SS ^^^ S ^^^^^^^ SS ^ S ^^^^^^^^^ S ^^^ S ^^ S ^ S ^^ S ^^ F ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ B ^ IB ^ K ^^ nKK ^^ ' - "•"•* ¦'" ¦ ¦ : ' ' \~ . ' . ' . '• . l -..- ¦ . ' ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ " ' " . ¦ ^ % i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 22, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1024/page/3/
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