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GEEAT EADICAL DEMONSTEATION AT COLNE . On Monday l * st Ae Latest meeting ever yk held aiHolne . on the great question of Radical Reform , to S ^ ed irT a p % e caEed Hudson ' s Field . Considering the population of the town , being only 10 , 000 , tie spirit that prevailed throughout the surrounding districts' brought no less than 25 , 000 persons t ogether , bearing about sixty banners , and accompanied by bands of music . It was no less astonishing to see so many women , exceeding in enthusiasm the men , and demanding most vociferously that they and their "lads" should be free . The spot chosen for the meeting was exceedingly suit-^ , m / . » i -nT 7 Mr » XST"RATION
able for the purpose , being on a rising ground below * y »» town , forming a kind of amphitheatre , and dedicated by the good folks of Colne to the most holy purpose . On entering we found the whole the town one scene of joyous festivity , every house , public and private , seemed deveted to the purposes of the day . Very many of the shops were closed , and the mill * ¦ were shut xrp after •>>»* dinner-how , in order that all might attend the meeting . A procession of not less thin 15 , 000 advanced a mile from the town to meet Mr . O'Connor , who was fully expected at the meeting ; and on bei ng informed that a messenger had arrived with * letter from Mr . O'Connor , stating that on account of ill health it was impossible ibr mm to
bo with them , a feeling of deep sorrow seemed to tatp the place of feelings of disappointment . They than returned to the town , where they met the Manchester mail , on which was the Rev . Mr . Stephens , Mr . James Taylor , of Rochdale , and Mr . Richardson , of Manchester , who were greeted with three hearty cheers . The procession then moved In a Tery steady and orderly manner to the place of meeting , where there was a commodious hustings erected . In the procesion there were some very splendid banners . There were not less than ten large rilk banners , borne upon cross bearers , and seemingly quite new , with beautiful inscriptions . There were about fifty other banners , many of them silk , and all
bearing mottos indicative of the great principles of Radicalism . The people who attended the meeting were from many villages around Colne , amongst which are Burnley , Mareton , Padiham , Barrowfoni , &c &c We regret that we were unable to ascertain what flags came from each particular " place ; and beg to recommend that at all meetings of this sort , our friends would make a practice of having a list of the flags , < fcc . from each place , with a description of the flags themselves and the mottos they bear . Although we did not learn the several places whence the flags came which were at this meeting , we give below a list of some of the mottos which , we vere able to make out : —
Tyrant s chains are only strong When slaves sunmit to wear them . Br itons never will be slaves . ' Annual Parliain-nts , Universal Suffrage , Votebj Ballot , and So Property Qualification for Member ? of Parliament . A Black Flag , bordered with crape . Inscription : — We have borrowed money for the King ' s tribute , and that upon our lands and vineyard * . —SeA . x .- 4 . It is better to d . e by the sword than perish witL hunger . —Prtw . xxi . 13 " .
MARSDEX FEMALE FLAGS . Thy princes are rebellions , and companions oi thieves ; every one lovelh giiis , and followeth after rewards : theyjndgenotthe fatherless , neither dotii Ihe cause oi the widow _ coine unto-them . Every man hath a right to one rose in the choicr of his representatives ; and it belongs to him in the right of ids existence , and his person is his titledeed . , Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor he also shall cry himself , bnt shall not be heard . — P . or . xsi , 13 . No imprisonment for poverty when caused by taxation .
SDRKLEY , FLAG 8 . Come let us be united in brotherly love our right ? and liberties to gain . ¦ What is KTe without liberty ? Labour the source of all wealth . Peace and good-will towards all men . Tyrant ' s chains are only strong , Wlien slaves submit to wear them . Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder . Who will be on the Lord ' s side ?
Bl&BOWrORD . TrTrite Hag with Green border . The People ' s Charter . - . Bat 'til over—highisaveuthe ded-ion approres , OppressioB Ita * struggled in v » in ; To the hell she has formed—superstition removes . And tyranny gnaws its own chain . In the records of time a new era uiifold * , All nature exults in itsbirth ; The Creator benign hwcrpationbenolda , . Aod gixea a New Charter to earth * - "Han ' s inhumanity to man Makes countL-s * thuusant ! s mourn .
National Petition . We demand Universal Snffrage , die Oh catch it * high import , ye winds is ye blow , Oh bear it , je wives as j e lull , To regions titit ( eel th «» son ' s vertical ray To the farthest extrwnesof thn pole . Eatnl Laws—Equal Ri fihts to tba nations aronna , Peace and &iei > 4 sbjp their p W-cepts impart ; And wherever tbe footsteps of man can be found , May he bind this decree to hi * heart .
LAKESHAW BBTOaE . Union is Strength . Justice for the Millions The People the source of all Power . The Rights of Labour . Britons , do your Duty . LOTHERSnALE . Blessed are the peace-maters . We want nothing but just cev Render honour to whom honour is due . WXXIWALL . ' Tyrants ' chains are only strong "When slaves submit to wear them . Taxation withont representation h tyranny , and ought to be resisted . J ¦"
No Babylonbh merchants . No fox-hunting parsons . Repeal of Church nnd Stare . Happy homes an d altars free . Justice , Equality . 8 ABDES BRIDGE . - Equal Rights , Equal Laws . Haste , happy daj , that rime we long to see When every son of Adam shall b « free .
PADIHAM PROCESSION headed by drums and fifes . 1 st banner , with a besom . Motto—Sweep out the House of Corruption . * ^ 2 ncL An Effigy . Motto—Just escaped from the 3 rd . A tri-coloured flag . —kh . Banner—No Bastiles forme ; I intend to be 6 th . No New PoorLaw—no Basrlle Punishment Vo ^ by iSo ^ ^ ^ ^ rt Farhamento , and SWORD ELL Y 0 UR GARMENT AND BUY A of L * eSy ! MemorJ ° HenT ? Hnnt > the Champion SiL The Liberty of the Press . . _ The several parties having reached the ground ,
Mr . Jamk Oldham was unanimousl y called to ^ "kJH P v « i v tDe meeting byitatmrthe frand object for Uch & had ^ J ^ ggJ * , ™ attairnneBtcfUnrrental Suffrage . They soughtfor Uiuvw ^ l Suf frage , becaute it was ( heir righL thS maltenallenght , a right to whicb every man wasbv nature entitled , _ and of which he could " sot be deprived without an act of downright robberr They sought the restoration of this right merely Jur the benefit of thos » who were entitled to S I ? BOt , indeed , as they had been representeO ^ tbe purpa * of giving political dominion to any class or SS' * -r -- ¥ VPX&e of 8 " ™* the dominion to 23 &&HS ? ^ L ^ i H . MbT" «* fairly Resented the of
m government the country , of fte WfiT r ! i ^> Ve !? ment if il was not to act for t oy roSn £ [ £ * - ^^ Pwpte ? Md how could to * Sf % ^^ * l *^ T * gftenuDeul appointed fefc ^ sresss ? of tbTSuflrage , for br S ^^ &J * ^ ? . ^ tai ri t ^ repeil of all bad W w £ ? -i 5 i ° i
" S $ Ti 3 r \ V <^—tjiOif z , mciimOved . And X » trr * . . ¦ rsioEEvwooo seconded : the first resoMnn - ™? » r ™* r *~ n ** it U the . opinion ef S &n w ^ . § e present modeiofeSg the Mem W ??^ House of Commons of this wun&y , is Wia ?^ ^ rS S ^ S ? «» # «^ J « indirecdy , hold S Zg ^ LZfJ ™ . TOTi and , in too . many iustani £ $ * £ & * & *> of < he interest ; of ihB ^ labBuriS -v ^^ Sf iJESii M ^ ^ pported O . l
time for * £ JT 7 * . « ««» ow wa ^ the OOoidJiotieeD the c ^ nW \?^ P 9 m ? n on earth ^^ s ^^ s , ^« f xwnbem from their rank « aB ? ' 5 Sftw * wdd «« m an advantage ever tnem . mekfwi ^ sZS ^'^^ rr ^^^^ they ^ maS Jtcmthegrooid oi jusuce aad reason , tjJI ^^
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man had told them that the theory of the Constitution declared that no man * hoold be taxed without hin own consent . Now , this was just the very reverse of what they were now doing , for they were taxed to the highest possible pitch , and were yet altogether nnrppre 8 entea . For this purpose they wanted Universal Suffrage , in order that they might have the fair share of their influence in raakiug the laws . ( . Cheers . ) They not only wanted Universal Suffrage , but Vote by Ballot , in order that the labouring portion of the community might be protected from the tyranny of their employers . ( Hear , hear . ) In addition to this , they wanted Short Parliament * , for they all knew the value of the old saying—that short reckoning , make long friends . ( Cheers ) The man had told them that tbe theory of the Consti-
Whigs might talk about the inconvenience of frequent elections ; bnt for his part lie saw no reason why the whole business might not be doue in one day . He then adverted to tbe property qualification as being Tiujust , and a restraint upon persons of talent offering themselves as candidates for aseat in the legislature . This involved the necessity for the payment of members . ¦ J 1 , then , they had none of these things which were so essential to iheir political well being , it wan because the people , till lately , had been apathetic and indifferent- But now that they had begun to arouse themselves , if they wonld only persevere withunion and determination , thejr would get their rights in spite of every wicked faction . ( Cneere . ) "
Mr . J as . Moony then moved the next resolution , which was— " That this meeting is of opinion that no body of men , styling themselves legislators , ever did or ever can represent the interests of the people , unless those men calling themselves legislators be elected by the bod y great of the people upou th » p rinciple of Universal Suffrage aud Vote by Ballot ; that Parliaments ougat to be annual ; that ali pecuniary qualifications for members onght to be abolished , and that we ought to have equal representation . " He said that the resolution he hrld iu his hand wiii
one upon the principle of which depended the happiness of the people at large , and the salvation c . f the kingdom . It was needless for him to go into the details of the resolution , as there were mauy speakers present who would be better able than himself to do justice to the several poiuts it contained . Suffice it to say , that with the same determination and activity which the people were now manifesting , it could not be long before the time arrived wheu they should enjoy all the happiness and prospeiitv which the attainment of the great principles of Radicalism conld afford . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . William Wilkinson had great pleasure in seconding tbe rc-solntiou .
The Rev . J . R . Stephens then came forward In support of the resolution , and wasreceiwd with the most enthusiastic cheering . He spoke at great leugth and with great eloquence and animation . As we cannot afford room ior both of the eloquent speeches Mr . Stephens delivered at Colne , we refer our readers to the speech delivered in the rVce Hall on the evening of the same dny . The following letter from Mr . O'Connor was then read : —
To the C / mirmsn of the Colne Meeting . London , Saturday , October 20 th . My Friend , —Will you have the goodness to say to the Radicals of Colne , that it i * really out of my powex—though strong my inclination ana desire—to meet tht-m on Monday . My heart nud foul is with them , and when . Stephens , the virtuous , the dauuiless , the bold and good Siephens is with them , my presence is unnecessary . In every word which thai man utters , I shall agree . To his every sentiment my heart will respond . Let him , in that eloquence whic his matchle . » s . —and tbe more valuable because
felt , —speak for me . My intention is to agita-e London for the meeting of Parliament , but that is not my apology ; fatigue nnd nver exerriou must plead my excuse .. We have now indeed a buttle to fight—and fight it we most , and fight it we will . We have gone through our course ot moral philosophy , and must now look to our enemies lor example . We know then how » he weak have bound the strong , and let us see if the strong cannot now bind the weak . Tell the men o ! Colne that they must not blame me . I send a faithful reporter , to give their proceedings to the world , —and am ,
Yours and theirs , 'till death ,
FEARGUS 0 * C 0 NN 0 R . P . S . God and Union be with you . Therasc . illv press of London is attacking Stephens : rally rouud him , his " only strength is in the strength of your muscles ; not in the elements of the law . Mr . Thomas Baldwin then owne forward to move the third resolution , which wa . «—*" That this meeting cordially approves of the People's Charter , as an outlineof an Act of Parliament embodying the pr iuciple of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , No Properly Qualification , Equal Representation , and the Payment of Members . ' He said he was at a loss to know what to say to them after the eloquent manner in which they had been addressed br Mr .
Stephens . He was inlly convinced an an individual , that the working clashes of this country possessed a sufficient degree of iutr-liigenre to enable them to vote for such Members of Parliament as would represent the interest * of the people ; and he wan also equally convinced that the people ' s interests had not yet been represented in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Had the people been able to send representatives to Paniamenr , would they have chosen those men which voted for" _ snch a inea-iore as the Corn Laws—( bear , hear )—to make bread dear , or Peel's Currency Bill to make labour cheap , or the Poor Law Amendment Act to imprison men and women who . were oppressed bv the haud of poverty ? ( No , po . ) And every honest man wonld also respond u No " ; for there conld not be
three measures more tyrannical than weTe those to which he had referred . ( Cheers . ) There were many other things that might be enumerated which tbe people would not have suffered to be done had they had the franchise in their hands , as well as many o-hers that they would do if they had the possession of political rights . ( Hear , hear . ) In former times th ^ -y were divided ; one section was going for one thing and another for another ; but now they were nnit ^ d , and all going for the same thing . ( Cheers . ) Parliament , therefore , could not now say the people did not know what they wanted ; the Suffrage was what they wanted ; it was that with which they wonld alone be satisfied ; and if" the people wonlu only persevere as they ought , their oppressors would be obliged to yield it up at last . ( Long continued cheers . )
Mr . T . Whftehead seconded the resolution . Mr . J . Taylor , of Rochdale , then came forward in support of the resolution . He said they were there met as Ridical Reformers— they were met to demonstrate to the world their united opinion and purpose . Now though they had often stated fully and openly to the people—though they had fairly met the various objections which had been brought against them , yet they were btill aspersed , and their name was vilified . ( Hear , hear . ) They were called levellers , destructives , republicans , ( i . e . ) opposed tt > monarchial government * . Now in defence of themselves as Radical Reformers , suffice it to say , that though there might be , and was , a difference of
opinion on sonw . subjects , at present , of min-r importance—thongh some of them might perhaps , theoretically , preler a republican to a monarchal f- « rm of government , it was not because they were Kadicd Refonnrrs . Nor were they to snppose that because they were Racical Reformers , and that because some Radical Reformers were or mi-ht be Republicans , that , therelore , the great bi 3 ° dy of Radical * were Republican * . No . The great principle by which they were to be distinguished as Radia l Reformers was thin , a reform of the House ot t ommon-j on the principles of Universal Suffrage . Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Viuahfication for Members , and Payment for Serrini in Parliament . These were thn princiles they held
p , and by these principles they were to be distingnished and the holding of these principles was perfectly consistent with n high regard to the prerogatives of of the crown and tbe privileges of the higber Ho cum ? They wanted , andihey asked for , and they would nave a reform of the House of Commons They wanted to make it what it ought to be , and what it once was , the peopleiHouse , and they thought that the principles they laid down were necessary to be adopted in order tomake the House of Commons the P ? i iL 2 £ ? , tation of the P ° p le - That they had a ngUt to be all represented had been so often proved ftudtne objections which had been rawed against t « expediencyof theirexerciang thatright had Wn oiten
so and so fully answered , that ft would be a work of smererogatitu , to attempt it again at the present . Suffice . it therefore that he very briefly noticed oneortwo objectionsvhat were raised against their possessing the -suffrage . . It was sometime * urged that the peopie were too changeable to be trusted with a prinjego which conferred a power upon the people of subverting every Valuable iustirati . m It was urged that the great body oF the peonle noghtbe moved by furious and designing demagognes hastily and passionately to attack one day whattheyhad supported the day before , and that when they possessed suck a power there would be no security for property or any thing fixed and permanttit , and that such a state of wings was extoemrfy iHimical
to the welfare and dignity of a « *^ j v ow' * rere there anytruth in this objection it would . be forcible ; but he denied that the people 2 K « i ? K l 88 d - change - The testimony of history KTOhirio ? K " **«>• ( Cheers . ) No important « ro ^ uon had erer taken place in which toe people g 2 « 5 Pwt , bativid been after aserie / of SS ta 5 " S ? tiS ^ 7-| ¦ '¦ AL ««! cterW . ) That they -suffered nSh nriv . ^ MV ^ th « ° ' ^ d Potion Sfflr ^^? hrden ^ in-K ^ SSSSr ^ f&a they w ldw their given force to tyraimy ( Very loud cBeeitoe 1 " Wi ! h respect to Annual Parliaments , it had bSSf objected to them , it would lead to a continued state of SJ mem—a state injuneuato the peaceable and domeT
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tic habits of a virtuous people . To this he .. replied : that their rights could never be preserved " ithbut having their attention almost continually placed npon their most important righta . ( Cheers . ) They must bear in mind that their selfish tyraiitij were al way * awake to protect themselves at their expense , i And they must be so too , or suffer . And nothing was so calculated to keep them alive to their political rights , as their being often called upon to exercise them . ( Loud cheers . ) The speaker then briefly no'iced the advantages to be derived from short Parliaments . Iu conclnding , he gave them a word tic habits of a virtuous oeoDlB . To this he renliedi
or two of advice . First , that they continue united on the great questions at issue : not to be led axide by minor questions . ( Cheers . ) The united wish o ! tbe people , publicly and forcibl y , roust be ultimately obtained . It was disunion amongst the people that had prevented their obtaining any one important meagre . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) HeadvixedaWthat they should make no concessions—no compromises . ( Cheers . ; They had rallied , he said , round Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) They would not have rallied for any other Suffrage . Have it all , therefore , or have it none . ( Very loud cheering . ) Mr . John Crabtrke moved , and '
Mr . William Smith seconded the next resolution , which was supported by Mr . Richardrton , of Manchester . The resolution was— ' That this meeting hails with delight , the National Petition drawn up by the Birmingham Political Uui *» n , and resolve * to adopt it , and iimneuiatel y to obtain signatcres to the sam « . Mr . Richardbon , of Manchester said , that had the meu of Coln « no wrongs to complain of , no grievances to redre ** , be should not have been here this day , but their wrongs were ' manifold , their gnevaLces cried aloud to heaven for redrens ; and their sufferings demanded from the hands of their rulers immediate alleviation . He meant the ineh
of Colue more than the rest of his couritrymeu , becau > e they were more oppressed in their ment 1 and physical condition than any other portion of British subjects . He pitied them from his heart , and ever had douesince he heard from Mr . Fielden a faithful Teport of a survey made in tbu ueighbourhoodv which seated , that the band-loom weavers , in this disiricr , did not upon an average earn one penny per head _ per day . Jjince that time he thought their condition most deplorable , and had determined-to lend his voice and hi * hand , if needed , to root out the cause of their oppression . ( Cheers . ) " He could not see the sufferings t > f his fellow-creatures aud own himself a man . " He had the re fore come that day iu
to render them his humble nss ^ tance removing the lotiii . ihat pressed heavily upon them . ' The qnestioiinow was , bow wer »» they to s : t abont it ? Some-snid , take off the Corn Laws , open tbe ports , let in foreign corn , and there will be abundauceol rheap tood , and jl-nty of work for everybody . Such idle schemes he tossed to the wind * as tallaciunsau'l pregnant with extreme . danger —( cheers)—that it would be ouly a partial mode of adu ) ini > iermg relief ; and so loug ns the fundholdf-r , and tbe taxes ,-and . the- currency questions remained in the same sute , so long would there b « misery all over the country . H * warned them of questions of party poiitic .- - , not to believe or trust those who Simula to
divide ib > people by idle crotchets , for to iiidulgt ? in them but one momeut would--procrastinate tbe day of iheir deliverance lrom bondage- ; - and above all , he begged to warn them of the dangerous and damnable doctrines of the Scotch and English Political Economists , who . by their scientific humbug , wer »* secretly underiniuiug the fundamental prini-iples ol the Con-li'miou , aud under the guise of Universal Suffrage , thr-y were perpetrating the debtrnction ol a'l those valuable iusf . iutiuns for which Hampdeii bled aud Sydney died upon thescallbld . Thi-rn ate iu London A s ciaiions of this kind who . professing Universal Snfi ' rage would pass a Ni / w Poor Law , and are now daily pn m llgating tlieir iufernal
Mnlthusian do-trines , uproutii g and destroying the last remnant of English liberty . The people ol England must go on surer grounds ,-upon the only Sdie und solid ground , that will ensure them of Certvn sucrt-s * . They must take the Bible in one hu . dand th ^ Constitutiiin' in the ot ' jer —( cheers )——thus armed , tliey might lately dety ihe iual ; c « ot their enemies , and be sure of ultimate success . Ihe word of God declared all men equal in his sight , and the book of the Constitution declared all men equal in the sight of the law . The Word ( il God declares that man was created in the image of his Maker , the book of the Constitution acknowledges and respects hi * authority . God gave to the earth for his
man inheritance , the birds of the air , the caiue upon the thousand bi'l 8 , and every tree a . nd herb , he gave to him for sustenance ; the Constitution acknowledges tbe munificence of the creator and afford * protection to man in the ehjoyinent-ofthem . Bv thecoustituti « in my LordCukes ,. y . v an Euglisbuau ' s liberty is not to be exempt from the law , but to b-i freed iu person and estate from arbitrary violence nnd oppression , and his birtiiriglit is guarded by Parliament und Juries . By the first , tiie subject h . ia a share through his chosen representative iu the Uw making power . By the .-ecoml his life and entate can only be affected by the lawful judgement of his peers , and thin is the constitution we are called Ujjtin to deleud in preference to the wild and new-fangled doctrines of the political economwts . That all men have a right to vote no will
oue presume to deny in tbe face of God ' slaw , and iu defiance «» f hisholy commands . By the first principles of civil society , by that-covenant and obligation which all turn haw made and owe to each other , by their very existwucft as a social community the voice oi every iuduidual in aodety is required to harmonise and perfect tbe -commonwealth . That Annual Parliaments is strictly constitutional no one will question for a moment , it is the first priuciple of free Parliaments originated by the wise and immortal ^ Alfred , coutiuued down for ages through the var ious dynasties that have ruled in England , and was always considered to be the greatest salegunrd to the hberties ot the people . When the corrupt monarch Charles wished to extractinou «* y iruin the parliament he gave them leave to pass the triennial bill , or in other words he gave iHem libertv to sit two vmrs
longer than the common law and the statute law ot Lujdand allowed them . In the rei npf Geo . I . the Pmluiment declared themselves alegislat ve body for four years longer , that i > , they pas ^ d the Septennial Kill which rendered them at that time so unpopular that at the end of the : four years their dissb ' . utiorJ was celebrated by the people with a general illuminatu n , ringing » f bells , bonfires , and other dt-monstraoousof jtiyforibeir deliverance lrom the power of their worst enemies . If the people were rij / bt anlI they were right in celebrating the dowiit » i ,. i
such a corrupt parhament ; surely the people are now right in wishing for the downfall of the present parliament who so teuaciously cling to such corruuuon . ( Cheers . ) He then exhorted them a * they valued those lusti . utions , under which their lorelathers lived free and happy , aa they valued all tho » e ancient rights aud liberties which rendered England dear to their ance ^ ors—as they valued the laud of their birth , the houses of their fathers , the ereen vod which yielded to them plenty , the domestic hearth , their aged sires , their affectionate wives , their obei . eut cuildren , tlieir lovely sweethearts—as they valued aU those materials of wtuch this country wasso abundam , that wasiu everyway sufficient to make life easy and happy—as thev valued all th ^ . t
ning .., let their eitrUous be made in their behalf . !^ , t r ? . - if slaildard of r « "al Radical Reform , support th « r delegates at the conveuuou , andfollow back they would then know what to do , the next step wouU be-he dared not mention it . ( We wS SnownVVh They , j « be right in do 4 so , for knowing tbe great distress ttiat now prevailed amongst them , he believed , after all pmyCrs and r . mo ^ trances had failed , iith absoluxe ^ tem S staring them in the face , it would be better toX by h H S T J - pemh bJ ^ g '"" . ( Cheers . ) H « b . heved the time was come when either the government must come to the l > eopleor the people must jto to the goverument-JcUee ^ -starviug disappoin ted men know no other remedv than n . wn < r-. » . r »; ii
have vengeance against the oppression of tW noor saith ^ the Lord . " p eers ^ ^ lf , M Archdeacon Paley says , the poor have no food , they have by the s -isnnsssr kk ^ ^ ss ? si clergyman . The Word of God , says - ( S feed me with . oodlest 1 be hungered aud , teal .- &S of nature declares it rjght-tue law of EnSan ? cannot punish those who do it ; but when suchtoSes do come topa ^ they will not end there ,-God Sfd that the peoplr should do these things but if by the hard h ^ nedn ^ pf thei r rolers they ^ re driven to it if they cry havocjaud let di p the dogs ef win then 1 say up then and atthem / ( LondcheeVs V Your qausew just , and must prevail , bS £ % moral iKT watchw <> rJ ¦ ' » En eM and 4 « r ™ ° S
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PIECE HALL , ¦ . • a ^ wWch there could not be less than 1500 person smsmsm Ye «) ns bfLabonrriae r Throughout \ ' < iiir native land ! » . mte u you are wise , ' And by each other ^ stand !
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Arouse ! awake your mental poWers . Andvictory will soon be ours . - Ye have oft united been When despots urged you on , In slavery ' s ranks we've seen How the tyrant ' s cause you ' ve won Aronse ! awake your mental powers ! The cause of sacred truth is oura . Yon haveby ceaseless toil , _ With plenty tiU'd the ltod , But drones consume the spoil Created by your han d-Arouse ! awake your mental powers ! Unite—wealth shall soon be ours . rn . ^ i ~ , ^~ y--- - .
Come ! join onr gacred cause , Let peace our motto be ! For equal rights arid laws Unite ! - ^ And we are Fajre . Arouse ! awake your mental powers , T-rnth , wealthy and peace will then be ours . - ¦ : ¦ ' ., ¦¦ ; i ^ . .:-:: C : . '' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ = ' . ¦ ¦;¦ w . l . After the song was sung , Mr . Richardson delivercdi a short address to the meeting . ^ r . ^ EPHENS : followed ; and was loudly cheered wherr he rose to speak . He said that if . he thought that by coming to Colne he should be the means of setting oiie partyup arid putting another flown—if he tbought that he should set one class of men against another class of men < arid increase the
heartburnings , and add to the bickerings , and prejudices , and passions , that hitherto in England hkd distinguished men of aU parties waging war not against common . enemy , but against themselves—if he thought he should b « instrurriental in producing these results , he would rather be a thousand miles away from Colne than upon that platform . ( Hear . ) But he did believe , barring a little of that prejudice which will always cleave to short-sighted mortals of a day—he did believe that the demonstration of that day would produce the most benehcial iuflnence upon the neighbourhood of Colne , a * well as uuon society at large . ( Cheers . ) He . ' did think tiat the derrionstration which had been made , wt > ul 1 show to the wealthier portion of societv . that
the ohjects which the working claisses had before them were not objects of blind haphazard , revoluiion and change for the sake of revolution and chanEe . ( Hear , hear . ) There were few men in England tlijit bad associated more intimately , and obtained airiore intimate acquaintance with the workiug classes of this cpuhtry than he had done —( hear ) —because he had not read about them in book * , but he had g < me personally amongst them . What he knew of them lie had learned from them at their firesides , He had talked with the old and greyheaded men ; he had talked with the mothers ot families ; ho had talked with hushands xvho had borne the heat and burden of the day ; he bad t ilked with young men , and maidens , and childnn :
heliad watclied them at their work ; he had seen them in thfir recreations , and amusements , and pastirues , tind there were few public men that knew more of the intentions , objects , desires , and determinations , of the working classed -t . ' san he did , and lie happened to be what lew men were , who moved in a public sphere—an independent man : —Tories , Whigs , nor Ivadicals could claim him , nor should they ever have hi l . He n .-ver would be pledged to any party ; lie never would be a man that would sign his name to iiny abstract propositions , or crotchets , or creeds of policiciil or religwus faith whatever . He would always stand upon his own feet , and act in accordance with his own judgrnent . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , being a practical mail who would sueak with .
out l ^ ar , «> r without being either bought , or biassed , or innirjidated , he would teil the »; ent ! eu : en ot station , and ' inHuerice ., and rank , and property , in that . riei {> libourlHio < n that the working clas-es so far-as he kne , w any thing of their objects , meant to . stand lnovteiirii'isily by what they had no * undertaken ( Hear , hear , * ht'ar . ) TLere was no wish . ' in , the workiug classes to destroy property , or to-make men who lawfully held what they hud lawfu'l y gotten poorer to-morrow than they were to-day .. ( Hear , Hear . ) _ He never heard a working man breathe anythii g like hatred , or thow anything like ill-will , or exures-s any deteTmiviation to do anything wrong to ihose classes that , iu the present state of . > ociety , were above him ; but he . believed that the working
rliyises , as a body , Nought to obtain , by legislation , that state of things in this country which would enable every man , to use the scripture language , to sit under Ins own vine and fig-tree , none daring , smd none wishing , make him afraid . ( Loud cheers . ) N-j ' w be had Iteen spoken of as the advocate of the 1 ights of the poor , ami as the ' friend of the helpless portiiin of society . ( Hear . ) Richardson had done bim the honour to introduce him to that meeting , Uiidcrthe designation of a man of that character . Now , it was true that the advice which he had given to the people of England wa ^ advice which i if carried out ,, wou ^ d relieve the oppressed—that it would delend those that had no helper—that it would provide solace and comfort to the destitute and
di > olute , and such as had no earthly friend lo under take tlttir cause . ( Hear , hear . ) But those doctrines whichhehaJ taught , not only applied to the poor on the . oue hand , but to the rich on the o her ; and if it could be said with truth , that m advocating those principles which he had taken up . he had befriejided tde poor ^ it could , with much greater propriety , be yaid ; that he had ^ befriended the riehi r and wealthier portions of society . ( Cheers ) He knew it was necessary to come to first principles in everything , either , iu act ^ of le gislation , or when discussing thu objects that flow from them . ( Hear . ) Now there was * no law , either of God or man , to say , that any man ought not to be , in a certain sense , for certain purposes , and to a certain extent , the
holder of any iuiagiuable amount of property . For instance , the Monarch of England was constitutionally , rationally , and scripturally , for certain purposus , a id to a certain extent , possessed of all the land , all tue money , and all the property , of any description , which was girdled in by the seas that had made this country an island . From the King downwards , individuals might be holders of property to au unlijuited extent . Btit by what title r m what title did the Queen hold the property which she now possessed ? No person in the world had any irresponsible title to any property whatever . When ihe Sovereign cornea beiore Gpd , and before the people , at tun coronat ion , before the crown could be put upon bur head , she had to come to God ' s Ifltar ,
which typified the meeting ground between God , ou the one hand and man on the other . She had to come * a that altar , which ^ was ail much as to say , " That which I am about is a question not as between a stro nger and a weaker pjirty , buta question bptween man and God , and coming , here to receive the free suffrages of a free and independent people , r swear beiore God , who made heaven and earth , to govern this laud and all the subjects it contains , according to the principles , and injunctions , and commands ot his ' invst Hol y Word . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now , the Constitution provided for this . ( Hear . ) He was not going to give a lecture in proof of the authenticity of that book , commonly called the scriptures ; he took them as they stood , and as de .
clared to be part and parcel of the laws of England the very foundatiori upon which all the laws of this country ought to b * built . ( Cheers . ) Now , what were tue principlea of that book ? It was the fir .-t law book in the world ; : it was a deed of conyevauce , and nothirig less than a deed of conveyance by which the whole earth was made over from God , the holder iu chief , to man , the holder in fee simple , under God , for certain uses arid iuterestSi . God had suid in that deed , " I give toyou all that I have made j It is all very good . There is the green hei-b , and U e tree , and the gold , and the silver ; it is all very good , and I give it over to you man and woman , being no 1 > nger twain , but one flesh ; I place the eartli at yoir service ; and uow go , and with my blessing on your
head , with mylOve m your heart , with my fear before your eyes , go now with your feelings and affections entwined the one with the other , go , now , one holy flesh and be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth , and nubdue it ^ for all is youra . '' ( Very l < -ud cheers . ) Nowvif that were a bad doctrine , it was not . his fault . If that were a levelling and destructivtvxloctririe , he could not help . it ; if that were what tho \ Vhig 8 arid Tories called a "kill ' em and eat * tm " creed , hfe could not : help it ; he did riot make it ; it was no imagination- - -of his ; it had not been spun Out of hiVbrairi ; it had not been turn ed off from a forge br an anvil which he had set up in the " workshop of aphrensied imagination : " it was the word of ¦ the true arid living God . God either knew what he was about when he mad ? the :: world , or he could not be God ; and if he did not , the result was
that we " might eat and drink , for to-morrow wedie . " But if there were a God—a God all wise , all good , all powerful , then he made the world large euough for all the human beings that were ever to come into it . ( Loud cheers . ) ' Then God made enough for each and all , arid for eyer more . ( Cheers ;) After a variety of other eloquent observations , which ^^ were intended to show that every mari arid woman had a right to live by the sweat ot his browr , and that when he could not get . work he was - still to Have a living , he concluded in that eloquent and affecting manner for whieb . his speeches are bo remarkable . Thtf effect which hid address produced upon the meeting wa * tremendous , the , whole place many times trembling with the rapturous applause of the people . Mr . Taylor and cMr ; Guff also addressed the meeting , which separated about ten o ' clock .
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* Accident .-- —On Monday' evening , as vfifr . Clarke , his apprentice , Mr . 'Whitenian , and Mr . Harris ^ were driring to Northampton in a light chaise-eartj the horge ran away with them , and , striking his head against a turnpike-gate , was killed on the spot . All the party were thrown over the gate by the force of the shock , when j .-melancholy to say , Mr . Clarke was Killed , his apprentice had his skull dreadfully fractured , Mr . Harr is ' s thi gh was broken , and Mr . IWhiteman , although no bones were broken , haa been much injured . —Northatuucon Mera « f ,
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE . ¦ f . Th * Editors or "The Northern Star" mtk to be iulinclhi underttood , that in affording a vehicle fdr th * dueuttion I ^ fk f ^ M ^^ ««»¦»• ftW ^ SHiS the Sentiment * or the Language of their texxral Corrtf pendent * . . - ¦ ..,. - ^_ - ' . ^ - . - ¦ '" - -. ¦ ^^
THE REV . J . E . GILES . LECTURES AGAINST SOCIALISM , TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHBRN STAR , GENT ^ EMEN .-HaviBg seen a bill , whicli , I am informed , has been very widely circulated through the town of Leeds arid its neighbourhood , containing the following paragraph : — , m >^ uiu d 'lf ^ u * HEATON is authorised to inform the Pubhc , that the ABSTRACT of Mr . GILES'S first Lecture , published without his sanction * iAexceedimlu incorrect ; — ¦ ; ^ ° * Having * I say , seen this bill , I beg the favour of a little of your space for the purpose of a reply . It may possibly be considered by some of r * nr readers that there is no necessity to occupy vour snacR with exist
matters ^ hat merely between two individualr 1 nope , however , that the matter may be considered a pubhc one , inasmuch as both Mr . Giles and myself occupy public situations , althoHgh differing widely m their character . I beg , then , Gentlemen , to state that the above paragraph is false and slanderous . That it u false every unprejudiced person who heard the first lecture , and read the Abstract ^ will testify , as . irideed , many have already testitied . That it i » slanderous , follows of necessity , from its being false , because it is directly calculated to injure me in my professional character . I confidently appeal to the Dublic—at lpast that
portion of the public who heard the lectur *—whether the Abstract be correctw not . - After a careful consideration of the affair , t-can onlyarriye at two reasons for the publication o this mean slander : — -firstj a fear that the Abstract might possibly spoil the sale of Mr . Giles's lectures , which are about t > be published ; secondly , that Mr * Giles , by attempting to ruin my character as a reporter , may be able to furnifh , as his lectures , publications which are not his lectures . Mr . Giles may choose which of thtse two reasons he pleases ; either of them aftordn a very poor pretext for slandering a man s professional character . Iu answer to thennt ot these reasons , I can only state that the Abstract was never intended to supersede the publication of the lestures in full , and was got up cLiefly thstt those who might go to hear the reply to Mr . Giles ' s first
lrcture , might be furnished with all the points in that lecture , and that they might , therefore , be able to judge whether those poiuts had been fairly met or not . I am not a Socialist . I detest the principles of the system , and there is , therefore , every reason to suppose that if I represented anything unfairly , it would be against the Socialist , and not against Mr . Giles . The second reason which I have supposed must have led to the publication of this slander , I shall not now advert to any lurthvr than to say , 1 hope I may not have occa > ion to do st > at a- i-y future period . I respect Mr . Giles too much to gay more on this unpleasant business ; but I now publicly t 4 t him that , unless he publicly retracts this slander , Twill publish hig lectures verbatim from my notes , and then the public will judg . i whether the Mslruct be correct or not .
If Mr . Giles caii speak , I can write ; andit shall not be a slander like this that will prevent me from writing . Witti every apology for occupying so much of your valuable space , » I am , Gentlemen , yours obligedly ,
P . B . TEMPLETON . Northern Star Office , Oct . 24 . P . S . I may perhaps be allowed further to state tha f having attended those lectures and the proprietor of the paper with which i am connected , having heard that I had taken them , he requested me toturniehan abstract for the paper . Had it riot been for this , the abstract would not have appeared at all ; and certainly when it did appear in the form of a small pamphlet , it was not with any view of profiting by it , but merely for the sake of Having Mr . Giles from being misrepresented by his opponents . ¦ . - r P . B . T .
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PEEP GEEEN MEETING . TO THE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR ; Gentlemen , —A copy of the fttllowing letter ha 3 been . « eut to the Editor of the Bradford Observer , and should you think it worthy a place in your columns , its ^ iuseriion will oblige— P . B . To the Editor of the Bradford OusjEiiTERr Sir , —Being convinced that your Reporter arrived at-a very erroneous conclusion regardinj ? the numbers assembled at the meeting , held at Peep Green j on M onday , October 15 , and as the press ought to be the great Palladium of liberty which it cannot be if it wilfully misrepresent the deriioristrations of public feeling on any vital questian , I consider it is the duty of evt-ry man to correct such misrepresentations J and in my attempting so to do , 1 trust you will allow me to glance at your article of la « t week on that snbject . You say that on reaching Bank-foot the Bradford procession was joined by large numbers from different quarters extended at
least halt a mile and was estimated at 6000 . This estimate I think a very reasonable one , arid one which you will not be led to dispute . Yoa then say "that as it advanced , its numbers continued to increase ; aiid on reachine ; the ground was uot much under a mile in length . This , according to the above estimate , would make the Bradford procession to con-> istof 12 , 000 persons j andyour opinion is , that if 20 , 000 persons had leit the ground , there would not liaye been half a dozen individuals to discourse on the proceedingB . Thus endeavouring to make it appear that only 8 , 000 persons arrived on the ground frum every other part of the riding . You next say , that the bands were computed at fifty , but you be * heve that to be below the mark . NowSirif we
, , take this statement and allow ten persons to coiripose each band , we shall have 500 persons as musicians , by this we shall have about 400 to each band , allowing that every person walked in procesgion , whereas in tho Bradford procession we had six bands of music , which according to the above statement , would be 2 , 000 persons to each band , which calculated by the same rule , would show that 100 , 000 persons walked ou thegrouud in processioa , not taking into account the immense numbers who never joined any procession . You next say that the flags , banners , and emblems , were not less than 1 , 000 , which it we average the numbers engaged in bearirigiUiem , at three uersouu to each , tUey would amount to 3 , 000 , and with the musicians would make 3 500
persons . Thus , you will perceive thatybugive . it as your opinion , that there was not seveBteen persons to follow each banner , &c + which I think you will allow , on a reconsideration of the question , te be a ridiculous statement ; Now , Sir , 1 flunk that those mis-statements—thdse peryersipnt of- ' truthought not to be persisted in . The state of public feeling should always be fairly and justly reported , that portion of the press acting differently , being the great-ist enemy to every man ; whatever his station in society may be , and by buoying : up the Governmen t with forlorn hope a , might cause the two
parties to be brought in coiitact in a manner which every well-wisher of his country would deplore ; But , Sir , as you treat the matter lightly regarding the present movement ,, and consider at repeal ot the Corn Laws would be the great panacea for all our evils of ' you are serious upon this subject , call a public meeting of the inhabitants to petition Parliamerit for their r .-peal , and you will then have ; an opportunity of fairly testing ^ publi c ppinioH . In the mean time , Sir , with my best thanks to Mr . Baines , the courteous and veritable ' ¦ 'Editor Of Uie Leeds Mercury , I adopt the title and subscribe myself , i Yours , respectfullyj ' PET ^ R BU SSEY / Esg . Bridge-Street , Bradford , Oct 6 ber 22 , 1838 . ! -
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TO THE EDITORS OF THiB NORTHBRN STAR . Genti < emen , —We have determined to remain here a short while longer . We suppose it blows and rains at other p laces ; and moving about is so expensive and unpleasant , we thought it wisest and best to be stationary . . : \ The wind whistles ^ the rain pelt ^ arid ; ffife isei roars : yet still , we seem to breathe ;^ ft warm ' and genial zephyrs of Mayi The salubrity of the air is really astonishing ; Sir H . Halford , Bart . rM . D . mights jji- ^ ll aay ^ that S * it was the inoist ; pure , and ; the moscuivigorating atmosphere whieh ha had ever breatlitHlif ' . - . ' ' .- - . . .:, -- . ,- : i ,: ; :. ' : . ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ;¦ * : Sfiut » w ] t , as I am here , from the noise and tumult of " lio ^ ufusing and bewildering manufactu ring distri& !; y , j ou must be content with a reference to the . cornparntively noiselefs , but not altogether uninteres ! iu £ incidents , which 1 meet with . ' Yesterday ,
during one of the gleams ( of which he we had several 1 rambled to Khuddlan . On my way 1 met about thirty boys and girls , ucampering , and jumpmg , and laughing , and chattering at a fearful rate ; they seemed to form nearl y the whole population { of that age ) o ! this little village . ¦ ' : ' : They ^ ere ; . " : returning from school to dinner . HOW different , thought I , w this sight to that in Manchester * t the same hour ! There , the care-worn ^ children are now pouring out pfthefactories , after havihglaboured from six o ' clock in the morning for their parents and themselves , whilst you , my little pets , have been receiving useful instruction , whist your parents haye been properly engaged in laboiiriug > or 7 ? u arid fijr . thtemselvei » . 1 earnest ; ¦ •• pr i * s-- - ' hj >; icis drUjfat u . vaJl' * v might never be sr-. r ^ d wita the ' aotorv svsariri--might never be aisgraced bythe .-si ght oi Inland ahu
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httle children being deprived of school andof ^ to be imprisoned on factories , there to weVS their tender frames , there to extinguish the 7 eeL ** knowledge , there , instead of virtue * to learn & 1 become the bond-slaves of avarice , enSS ?' tS tonnentors and impoverishing their , parents . J ^ they are destroying their own health and rriTi ^ their immortal souls . ¦ ' . ' : . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦' - ¦ ¦¦ . ¦¦ ¦ •' - . - ¦ .. - . ^^|' Such , Sirs , were my thoughts and feelings , as hmeriy little langhing group ran past me . ¦ ^ When I arrived in Rhuddlari , I called upon £ worthy near . He wasattendirig a funeral ^ I hadnot seen a ; Welsh furieral—I paced tOw . » i the church . I there . sauntered Boriie tune- - !* 2 ! ^!^ i ?! 7 *?«'} amalways fondqf ehS
, chensh the finest feehrigs . The church is Gott ? old , and rustie--but neat and clean . The yarp elevated on an enainence , which rises abrriptly fo !? the nyer Clwyd , just beneath yon . The bndg e ^ g village—the rine and ancient castle , with the n *? form a foreground , so rich » rid beautiful , that , f * * while , the broad steeple of St . Asaph and the S rale between , remaiaied unnoticed . Then , 1 feaS my eyes . with the more distant ebjects- ^ the toww Denbigh , with its aricierit bulwark— the castle-A : long and fertile valley—aid * ha vast r 2 ! t
round the grave yard . I found theJIW hoasfe ^ pared for the comiB& tenant It was the biidySt mottier of nine children ! She had died suddenlvd ansequence of frightr How , the sad and ml * choly procesgion moved towards the gateway ' tS WMno . ppmn ^ nofunei ^ splendour . T tebodvS the parish bier , covered with a black cloth , waa £ , 2 on men ^ g shoulders , followed by : tiie meurneSS seemingly the major part of the inhabitants Tfc ! rested . at . the grave . The ticar then en ^ red fi church ; he soon returned in his canonical ^ S Jed the mournful procesMon into the sacred edi ^ repeating , in Welsh , the parts iallstted ,. of theS ¦ service * ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦'¦¦'¦ ' .- "' . ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦¦ .. - ¦ ¦¦¦ - t *^»
I occupied a . pew next to the mourners . Ivyt not goon forget : that scenes I did not unde-S thelanguage-butthesolenm and impressive t ™ £ and manner of the priest-arrested an < f fixed ari tention , —and I tfirfizhderstarid the language of w moutner ^ -sons of the ^ eceased . : At isViheffi band , who seemed to hare been arousing him « S aga-nst the ^ softening power of « rrief ,-durmX reading . of the lesson , was unable to subdue hiafeS in § 5 ~~ hl J 8 Drea 8 t ^ aved ,- ^ teaf 8 gushed from ^ reddened eyes-they rolled down his manly cheek It was not for me to remain unmoved , midst sncli scene ; . ¦ - - .. . - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ :-: - ' .: " - ; -- ' - ¦ .- . - '¦ . - . ™* After the . lesson , - .-the minister ¦ ' " went to the Conu mumon Table- ^ there he concluded that part ofX service , whichis appointed to be read in the chnrdt lhen , ^ an-offenng , ( a voluntary collection ) « u made for the priest ; thisis always ; the case lea instead of dues . * »«•
. At the grave side , ! stood behind the bov , ( abort 15 years t ) ld , ) who had most rivettedTny attbitioi His gnef was excessive when the . coffin wa < ni ! covered and lowered in the grave . I conld noth * trying to comfort him . The coffin had no ornanaM —no name—not a single piece of lace or tire It was a plain 6 a } t coffin . ' When the ministerhad finished the solemn service ' an dftenng was made for the clerk and sexton ; ftea the fnends filled up the grave . When that saloffic ! was performed , all kneeled round the new teuarited house ; and the sextpn solemnly repeated the Lori * ? . &K !* w'ilfc . The friends and relatives tW leit
. uollowed them . I was sorry afterwards ^ I did so . There was only one . female there ; sbeni an old woman , whose office , I was told , was to place myrtle , and laurel , and flowers on . the m ^ I was grieved that 1 did not witness that part « f £ ceremony . Next : Sunday week the service will b » completed , by the relations meeting once more romi the grave , to renew the leaves of laurel , and tin myrtle and the flowery and again to knei-lroani the grave and repeat the Lord ' s Prayer . That for is called " the day of remembrance . " Such is a Welsh funeral . How strange itij-linj so it is . 1 n tliat funeral I saw the death -of the Net Poor Law in Wales . '
« ri ? ' ¦ ' * there saw how much attached til Welsh are to the spot where their ancestors' adw repose , and how much they cherish the feeling of veneration and reverence towards the ground when their dust shall one day return to its own dust , t » rest and mingle together until the morning of ffo resurrectton . I asked myself in the- church and by the grave side , can such a people by force , bj stri tagem , or b y delusion , be made to yield to any svi tern which is of necessity imendedj not only {» sep ' arate the poor from the rich in life ; not only to shut _ pat the poor from his own national churcband for ever to banish him from its altar : botalM
. so devilish ; so accursed is the system of the New Poor Law , ) to require that the dust of the poor man , woman , and chUd shallbe refused a burial plaw a ™ ° ng » t their kindred « that their bodies shall 1 » shelled and cast into a hole in an aceliama at » tached to the Union' Bastile . Can the Vfehkl asked myself , be made to submit to this ? Tiffi not that 1 am dreaming . The accursed Triohtt already dared to ask a bishop of the Church of M * and , to CON 8 ECBATE (! 11 ) such a place for the tecen . honof the bodies of the poor !!! And will the Weli stand that , I ask the Welsh nobles ?—if you ate bu , enough to wish it , will your labourers stand itf
uowith me to a Welch furieral—and there erer sigh , every tear , every beating of the heart , erar look , every gesture , wll tell you , No ! they \ rifi not ! They will die in the old green sod ' -Until 1 heywill be enfuriated at the base attempt ; thef will die , arid cause others to die , rather than be ia torn from the graves of their sires ! 1 But what fools— -what idiots—what madmen-art nobles (!> and clergy (!) who endeavour thus -to eradicate the finest feelings of nature from til breasts of the peopie . To destroy all respect fir hereditary rank—to banish—to force the peoplj from that last link which draws and binds themto
the church !!! Oh , uow 1 see , this faneralteW me . I see thafr-the- Welsh will fight , once morerather than ; submit to the triple-headed monster ! So , fools and madmen f go on building bastilei « l toe bidding of your Somerset House Lords ad master *!;! but ^ remember--they are ridt to be occfr pied by the poor—they may prove tobe receptadai foryourselves ! . ^^ After the funeral I called at the Vicarage . 1 ?« very kiiidly received by the Vicar . He pressed n » to stay dinner . I passed a few delightful hours wi 4
mm and his amiable family . He is a man of < jod ^ - the friend of the poor . Of him , all men speak weD . He disapproves of the New Poor Law right hearuij He gave me many reasons to believe , that the prisr ciples of that law arid the Welsh characternext could cogieice ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ .: " ¦ -: Have you seen , gentlemen , that Lord John Rt * sell is going to put the edncation of the people ini the hands of the Three Poor Law Comniissionenf Have you nothing to say about this ? If you b »« not , 1 shall very soon trouble you with my thougW on that head . . v . ¦ ¦ ¦ -:.
. ; It will prove , as I said— an universal Commif ^ on "—supported . by ^ ariuniyersaVPolice ! " 'ft throne—the church—the rents will all be ^ coma * sioriejl "—arid every " ancient institution" must fi if this horrible monster ^^ be allowed ... ta exist ! Qu that those who onght to be watchmen' in EpgW add in Wales would now , before it be tooilat ^ p ? the alarm . . -::.:...- ' -. v- ' : - \ : : V . j-y : ' v \ -j ' ..: ¦/[; . _ At present I must leave this subject . I am * gaged to say a- .-few words aboutth « Ashton b * gistrates . " ¦ ... :. ¦ ; , ' ; ¦ ^ w » ^^ w- ^ h ^ v ¦ --.,. ^ - . ; . ^ 1 . -.
Whil st I was on a vm ' t-wi . &- ' -i ^ y . * inendStepfc # 1 sometimes rambled to Ashton . - On one bi tb « occasions , I was teld tliat two pie ' eers bad been ( S * charge d , uitAuut noiice , { 6 r attending a riieetirigin . « .. erening , aftertheinill hours of labour . ^ Ideterinin | a send lor the boyx , to hear tiie factafrenithem 5 eW arid thenV resolve whit course should be takvn . W hoys were ¦ soon with ^ nie . Their cases were new similar , but the my their of one of themi wair afra $ that if her son should dare to complain of his m * ter ' 8 coriductj he might be marked , ^ arid deprivedi work elsewhere ^ That being the case , I idvised v * boy to do as his mother wished him . "He did * o , a *
allowed hit master s tyranny to go unpuriished . T » other boy , James Kippax , an orphan- ' -who » laboured for ^^^ hJa Hring " from eight yeaV / oW , ^ wishful to " seek for justice ; fi He told me his talrf wa ? , as afterwards proved * before the Ashton bena of justices ^) . -It haa teen reported inanany ne «* papers , there i * no need that "I should , repeat it t »» . Had I beeu . ari ' inc ** ri d ^ ai 7 , " : oranf « ssasaD , ' ' { my enemies would make th ^^ public , believe tM am , 1 should have advised ' { Taineij ifippak to taiej very different course tothat ^ h icb'I ^ n || eJted . Jfl the Ash ton magistrates mark that . ' " l ^ w boj i ? be ^ nrytiefi , atvi qtmuUefi ^ l ^ &Uxa to go to $ master Heginbottom , and claim either ]) i « wnge << tfis' two ' weeks' notice , cu ^ dmg'W l ^' riikviadt thesitnieMr . Heginbditom . - If the , jriaster refqsei ] told hini to say that 1 w « w $ &MMHt arid altboog ? the' boy was poor , he should 1 >^|» maed- wiih inert ! to seek justice in a feri ^^^^ ifiginbottoin "W refnse . 1 then furriishijd tti ^ Doy ^ ith moiiey to Pfl rorasamniiouij ; I also ' wefiti ' wita the bot's appro ''' ta Air . K , Cob ^ mf ^ tie ^ aM was heard * bM the Ashton ; m ? gis « att « ,- who decided , as stated M Mr . -Cpbhett . cotUrttru to the Law of EmIjuiJ , H
acciroUitg"X 6 the cotton mill law , that altbouP notice waappated in He ^ ribottbm ' ii mill , ttiM ^ - Q * Mi / iatttfithat twoweek » ' notice Aould be gi « e » jet , ^^ that Heginbottbm wai riot liable ¦ ¦ to this hi < o «* la > r , although he had ordered the boy to be 0 * charged ; without notice , and Md stopped the w ^ - at which the bog worked , to Jorce him to > quit ; & it seem * , that it \ a not the " :-lairpf thecotwn mi ^ to punuh the master in such a case ! This e *« f ? f ; « uicy , ; provB ( i ; tha , t justicecin no longer b" ^ A « htori—nhe hasone 1 eye wid « open--not , wi 1 ^ ^ seem to award the law of England ^ but to read ^ administer the cotton lords'law I w The boy nfext went for justice , became his n ®* X had aasaolt « d him . The assault was clwl ^ ' ' -j , againit Heginbottombut ti \ - > iiw : d r »; a-: f . j
, ; , was , that he had done » : w ? wc . v jsau , "" ( Cgnct itaeU m tyar Tih vate % )
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"THE NORTHERN StiiL . . ' n ' « h I ''¦ ; " " — : — ' ' — - ——• — : ———* - ¦• • • - * :- * ' * : ¦¦¦ - •' - - ¦•¦ - " " ¦¦ ¦• -- ^ ^ ¦ y-y - - ^ ^•^• ¦ v-, v ,-: ¦ : ¦• : ... ;¦ .,, ; . ¦ - .. - < October 27 , 1838 I ¦ : ' ¦ . • \ i ± .. ^ . 2 : ^ .:, \ : ' ¦ '¦¦¦' ¦ ¦ . - ' ^^ ^ SS '^'' 1 ''™—¦ ¦¦ gg ^ i ^ m-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1838, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1029/page/6/
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