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GBEATJkiDICAL DEMONSTRATION AT : " PBESTON . On Mondaylast , the pwiinra and women of Preston held tbeir meeringin honour of the cause snd in snppon of fhe fi * e * re *« principles of JtBdieahnxL At awry parly hour the rtreets / began -toTwoond « ith martial air , and st 9 o ' clock the 'LifLTrrir ' "T » moitered in CbadtricV ' s orchard , pro-{¦ t ^ SeeTtliftrogh die maiii streets to the Blackburn toad to meet the good men of that town , who SAtwitiutsDifinf , the soothing corn' law plaster .
of Doctor Syntax Bownng , marched in a large body and dense column , with bands and ban * »«« , to join tbe Preston HadicaLs in obtaining that which alone can torn the ' trade or any other project to naaoBal advantage . The tailors tool the lead -from the orchard , and were followed by ladies and tendemen , boot and shoe makers , and curriers , Bricklayers , stone masons , flax dressers , and several other bodies of the trade * , all marshalled under new and iglendidflap , bearing appropriate mottog , gome of which we give , but it was importable to collect all . MOTTOS ON BANNERS .
Society of Operative Masons—Equal Right * find Equal Laws . United we Stand , Divided we Fall . Justice to Ireland . Lw : the Tree of Liberty flourish round the Globe , and every ^ uman being be a partaker of the frniu . if '; ,. - . *• . Reverse—The Great Contest , Tynum * Chains are only strong when dares suh-^ rtit to QJBX . - Reverse—We Ybow onr Rights , and we are determined to maintain them . The « ax Dressers' Flag , Green Silk , with a white border .
Motto-God prosper onr good attempt Protract onr friendship long , That ages yrt nnborn may feftl The bond of Union strong . ^ " Reverse— * _ Ha * te happy day , that time We long to see When ever ? sop of Adam ShaIH > e " t ree . _ The Weaver ' * Banner—Better to die by the sword than perish with hniu er . - Britons strike Home . We know our Richtx , and we will maintain them The Banner * from Heapay . 1 st—No Peace without Justice . 2 nd—Justice is our own . 3 rd- ^ H e who made the land and sea , Mai created to be five . l * t—Bricklavers—Larje Bluw Flag . Motto—The FHeadly Society trf Operative Bricklayer * . R-verse—In God is a ! our Trui > t , 2 nd—Lar ^ e Bine Flag .
Motto—Plenty i theoffrpring o' lndnstry . Reverse—Friendly Operative Bricklayers . Banner 1 st—The Abolition of British Slavery . Reverse—Union is Strength , and Knowledge ii « Power . Banner 2 nd—Union , and may the Friendly Inter course between link and Link never corrode . Reverse—He that would be Free must strike off his Chains Large Green Fhtf .
Motto—He that fights for Liberty needs no aid . Bottom—_ He that will be Free himself must strike the first Blow .
Reverse—By Industry we liTe . Bottom—God is our Protector . 1—No Taxt-s ob Knowledge . Cheap and Good Government . 2—No Pensioned Clergy , and Abolition -of all £ viu . - . - ¦ '_ ^ No Com Laws . 3—Glorious Liberty . " " Freedom to all Mankind . 4—He that withholdeth Com , the People shall cense him . . Sell yonr Garment and buy a sword . 5—Equal Laws and Equal Right * . oVSiavery shall no . longer disgrace our Native Land . ^^
, ;? 1 sy , i ; he * " » ° f Tyrants be tannedinto leather for Kpdi relff to wear . United be in Freedom ' s Canae , For Equal Rights and EqudI Laws . Green SilkSsuser . Union and Independence . The Banner of the R&dual Association . Motto—Feargas O'Connor , the Champion of the People . "_ .- ¦ " . Reverse—UBited we stand , Divided we fall , and United w * 11 be till we gain our Liberty . Th « Independent Son * of Crispin . United to Snonon . Baabridge . Green SOk Flag , bound with pink . - Motto— " Let there henceforth exist but one law , that ot x « afore : one code , that of Reason : one throne , that af Jnstiee ; onealtar , that of Union .
Reverise—_ A Nation should have courage to conquer its Liberty ; wisdom to secure it ; power toueieudit ; and generosity io commuuicaie it , B * shall a Factory ,. Cnerden Green . Banner . Mot -o—No bastiles for me , 1 intend io be tree .
Reverse—S . 11 your garment , and buy a sword . To the people of this fact-ry the committee of die Radical Association are indented for their gen « on » ¦ id . They had had the liberty to leave their employ on the Wednesday preceding our day of Demonstration , on account of the opening of the new . railway ; bat this liberty they declined , under the hope ot being allowed the *» p { K > rtnnity ' to take part with us on the Monday loliowing . This humble xeqaest could not , However , be complied with ; and , on the men ' s , absenting th ^ nwlve . * , the children having ran off to th * baud at Leylands , the engine was pnt in motion , with a threat that it should continue to run the wuole day ; and every spinner be fiaed aix sniffings towar-ts Uie los ? occasioned to the b
owner , y tieir aJMcncefrom th * mill . Let the time hot come . when every artizan is confined to a bell , and trade have readied its ciimax ; and then farevrelL to every hope of hberty . Suurtly after the lneedag had assembled , Mr . Feargus O Connor arriveu , and was received with waring ntbatoand greatcheering . The space round j ^ snn 6 B hoau Tt * ar ' ^ either 8 de was flen * ely packed , hut as we shall presently speak more accurately of numbers wu-n we come to fin the large . market-place twice over , we leave the numerical strength for th- mom-ul in the huuds of the Manchester Guardian and the Leedx Mercury , whono doubt had-tiler * there for Whig purp . ^ e ^ . Mr . JlicatnD Marsden , of Bamber Briage , a weaver , was unauimonsly catted to the chair . The Chammuj received the following apoloeieg for non-attendance from Messrs . Attwood and Fwlden
Ixmfloa , Sot . 3 rd , 1 S 3 S . _ a& £ -I regret that Bevpre inaispomuun has prevented m » nmrrtmnnig M earlw ivplj to your let ter . -and 1 gull uu , !* legr * t * ot 1 eannut p « wibl attend your meeting on M .. ndi « max . M , hemn u wwh you . ano I ouubt not ihat vour inret-»« wiU reader luiporaw » 4 a » umee to the fmt cauae . 1 nave » ot mj « eU been jible ro alinnd jlbj of the jtnau meetiaas . « - mm Wllh aU huaert JSnjthshiuea . » t Mimeasu ^ the troe patnomm , Tirtaf , and tu . tirin energy , which ia exhibited bv etftw ^ who seem lu be always present where good and wwe 30 en aiP wqmred . . U ^ deM , the peop i * « vtf blv * , and ttu £ mu-t tru « them ; * nd a lilse , uwv n »« wt iii » tanU y cashieV thwn . ^ Kh » ot leaders . there . eau be j . o uiuiy of otj « t . oi lime , or oTopsntiun . » nU of coarae n-, atrenglh . - but let the
people trust and obev Kielden and U'Connn ^ av . il » v ^» j _ people bi » t and obey Kielden and U'Conaur , aid they c » a <} o lam , Sir , Yonr obedient aerraDt ,
Hr . J . Mnrphy . T . ATTWOOD . _ Toamoraoi , Oct . 22 nd , 183 & aa ^ -I ha w thU rooming rea-ired y » uw of the 18 th iugt ., ^ "tt mg an umunna to me u , attend the propiwed lueeuny Str vr £ H * v ° n Moor ' 0 » t ^ - * th "iTiiovcanhernext , . SSSiUrwiSf * -V * ** * ^ *» j . wp « Mi % . tti decide J ££ g £% - % gS ? t ' ^ Ki ^ T * ^ t ° » ttex , d the i ^^ s ^ ssPv ^^^ gl ^ sft ^ gsa
I am , Sir , ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - Yum obedient sprrant , " . Mr . Jan « Murphy . ; WWI nEtBKS . . He opened the mertiDg m a speech , ^ hich if mWlectaud soand j ?« jse formed a qualifica tion' i 0 the suffrajfc , would insure it tor the chairman . He « aid that he esteemed it a high hononr io be placed a snch a situation , that his doty as Cnairinan was i £ S - unf ^ » $ *** of t }* meetiDg , and to show " * IrJend 8 vhtf p . jWerjba'l « L wriir . h * li » iv Vi » . l t # »
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, custom bj ^ hirt- was c illed law , be thi > ngh » the po >*» g * ion of a similar rit'ht worthv the b-- * t conflderariiin nf his order , wno su Hered ail wrong and injustice by what wan colled the law of the land . ( Cheers . ) If the people had the making of their own Ihw * . they wonld be neither beginir * nor robbt-rn—( cbeerj" )—but as lawn at present constinted made one clas * wbbers and the other class I » e | rgans , if snch foul blots could be removed froui the tiifional chart , great honour would he due ro thote who had accomplished the good Wurk —( cheei >) —the . chairman contSnued ip b » ppy terms and with great force and eloquence to point out the iujnstice of the acts of both Whig * and Tories , aud alter a very Kbie speech , 6 T which th- ' .. . above is a intre pnt-Une he concluded amid hearty cheers bv calling n ' pnn ' Mr . George Hulton to move the first reso lution . " - ¦ ¦ .-. ' . ¦ . ¦ . . - .
Mr . H alton said , that it required no great knowledge beyond common itenoe to come to the conclusion that the terms of the resdlntion spoke thelangTiaie ' of . lrnia . ( Cheer * . ) The House of Common ' s , as at ' present ' ct > ustttnted ]' wiM-no t . the choice of the people— - ( cheer *)—lraud , plunder , and robbery had been committed on the nation , and a pure repre ^ entadon was the _ only means by wbich » nch iniquities could be prevened in fnture —( cheers >—he had ,, therefore , much pleasure in proporine the fint resolution , by the practical wvrkiug of which they could alone hope to ' wark out their own xalvation . ( Loud cheers . ) - fc - Mr . JficH 0 UA 8 Duffi « ecoHded the . resolntiqn with jjo me adinirabe remark * , und Mr . O'Connor was incroduct-d . to speak to it , and was most enthusiastically cheered .
-Mr . O'Connor—Mr . Cbairman and brother Radicals of Preston and North -Lancashire , it is uovr something more than sixteen month * since I was introduced to you . At that time I came to join you in *• kind of bye battle , in order to select the best out of three bad rnies 1 found myself j-nrrounded hj well-paid committee men , who " said thi-y would be present on the huntings to advance the cause of Universal Suffice , as the birthright of mankind . But where are these legal limb * of the law now , and the motWy group who wanted to make use . of yon against the worn out enemy ? Where are they now r 1 ' h ^ y are not here . 11 old you then , and I trllyon now . we should ourselves raily round the . standard « f principle , and be . detPrmined to die fieeiuen rather
than live « -lave * . I knew prophetically that , * cuu > ti * tnted as the prevent constitunim is , their prolessions were empty oomba ^ t , and to it hnu prowd . But 1 always 1 . Hiked more to lhe voices ot the Radical * theinsehv ]*; irom the hour that they intru-teJ meiu the pnjteetion oi their cause , in all places wher * i could exert mysel ) . I have alwaya been before tlsero , i « ee now where you ;« re , mhile the other two parties are daily io > iug power , you are gaining power . [ Cries or hear , hear , and cheers . ] Onr battle i « not against the Couxtitutiou , but against the abus «< which have grown iuto custom , aud the tyraut > whn havegrowu nch withoutHuyexeriions of ihrirowu . J have read a letter truin Sir . " Fleetwoud , in which he . ¦ la ya uur meetiues are cuka ' nted to weaken the
liiKjnu raai > e rather than to strengthpu it . if Mr . Flt-etwood mraiLs l » y the liberal cause the principles which he advitcaits— tht-u Air . Fleetwund is right ; but , it he niean * the true principles of Radical He-£ > nn , then lie ; s wrong ; for nothing cau tend more io strengthen our cause than doi > g that w-dch strikrs at the rout ot tyranny . JJnt the Tories pre ^ ene the monopoly of Iuh W-uigK , aud the Win * s preserve the monopoly of the Tones ; aud it is the aiinues which they have introduced into the constituiion which we have-met to eradicate . ( Henr , hear . ) Will any one tell me that any pageant , if it had not » i » me deeply-Tooted grievance U > complain o , and which it is liecnssnry there should be efHctent uirans taken to redrvss , would have
brought together such au aswniblage as ihr- pr esent one . We are tL » coveuaniei > of the J 9 th centurv , and will any oue tell you that our grievances are not of sufficient importance to call for our meeting a * we have- this dny ? i Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) As Mr . Flet-twiMKl ha . - * exprt-ssed m wish , that no violent langonge should be addressed to iiib pe «» plf , I will not oiily ^ abstain Irom using any , but thrnik him lor poiuting nut the way to weaken his cause ; und strengthen ourn . His CHU « e is supported by phyflcal force aud blndgeou-nieu . Ours is backed by moral courage and a people ' s rights . butilUiis will not do , we wiil try physical lorce : and snrelv
every wortinx man must be with u « . Whenever 1 see a Whig operatiw , 1 conclude he has no brains ; but when I s * e au operative o' Conservative principles it remind * me ol a cocked hat upon a baret ' oote-J m-tu . And with regard to Conservative Associatioiu s ^ ot up among the middle and lower cli > ssr !> of soiiety , they consist ol the master and their men , —the mi ler ami hi- > dogs . But with regard to the manner in which tlie House of Commons is constituted , I would go blindlold into this assembly and pick 608 more > eurtble and better mm than tho > e-oi the Hou » e of Commons . I would throw my hat among you , aud it would light on a better muu * thuu Mr . lleetwtwd .
" When caps jjnonjf the erow < 1 are thrown . U « itKiae Hh" caicn \ bv \ u take them for iheir own . " l * hisis the man who > pys that demonstrations h « ve injured the cau > eof ihe people . 3 omeot there gentlemen think I have stronger lungs than themselves , and by the meJins of demonstrations their endu wili bedefeate'l . Bat the aristocracy has been too long supported out ol * the sinews of the people . Let us now take Taboor as the standard . Tlie labouring clajwespoi ' .-iesisin fheip ^* lve » ninet y-ninehundrentos of all that is po «> d iu the state . Tiiev could live bert « r wiihont the aristi > cracT than with" it , i have often thought the people would look better without a king tbau a king without a people . ( Hear , hear . ) In the prt ^ ent case we have neither king , qneen .
loris , or Coii . mon-, because it h » s beeu damued np » and we have beeu deprived of our share in the state . ( Hear , henr . ) They Imast of the pureness ol our constitution—we have no such constitution—bpt w » ask to establish Mich a one . ( Hear . / From the time 1 tir > t ail dressed y i > u to the present tiuj e , the manufacturers have endeavoured , by ail piw ?; ble mr-aus , to thiu onr rankn ^ but they hnve been uunbln to hold the irritutefl feelings of the people , wj ; h freedom flnrtering in their breasts . But will they resi . «> us now , as they have heretofore done , by physical force ? Ha ? the viper sting Jelt tl ; e Whig hrea ^ tl Tso ; why , then , will they not fire upon the people as ttie . y did at Pet--rlo <» ? Because the waddtnu ol the first cannon would set tire to Pre > ton . This is
not threatening language , this issi « nhiug language , t . iis is thrown g the w et blauket over the fire , and this iptopreveutthe Whits from irom firing tlie firstishot . This isa prfreative morion . Brit-1 will tt-11 yon , whai yon ought todo . i > to make ihe desertionof ] rader * ol no avail ; you cannot do without leaner ? , every man who adopu your party is y ur leader for the time beine . 1 have great respect for Mosrs . Smith aud Whittle , the tvp'ej-eutamenot Liverpool in the National Convention , but watch them well , and watch me we-11 . 1 have told the prej-srhnt I disregard their base attempts to misrepresent roe , because 1 am the waking "National Gazett « -, read by every bo-y . Ii they misrepre .-ent me , 1 shall never be tirel ol correcting them , iCheers . ) - During some time that 1
have beeu before vou as a j mrnalist , it has been my object io extiusnish the faL < e lights of tht- pres .- ;—to make the people thmk alike ; aud showing them that they ti mk alike , tench them Io act alike , but 1 have shown you , that all reliance is to be placed m yourselves and iu yourselves alone . And we have now no dread of t e Whig brood in this agitation . They have shown their weakness , —take care that yon shew no weakness ou . yonr parr . Il the Tories h * ve had their Luddites , the Whips have Bnd their Rathcornac ; if the Tories have b » d their Pet-rltH ) , the Whigs have had their Calthorpe-stienf and if we are n- > t able to beat them boih out of the field , it is an object at least worth living for , and dying for . 1 know what you want : nothiuu treasonab
le . Treason links in secret hiding places ' , and requires oaths to bind her votarie . ( Hear ) hear , and cheer-. ) Bur we come in ouen day , when allowed to do so . and when not pe . rmitted sj to do , wetak ? the night . _ Our battle is to give ev-ry man fair wages and a fair day ' s work . We have pot iu HutioH the car of liberty , aud set the car of corruption at defiance . We have determine . ! not to rob others , but they shall not rob us . Some one has ? aid we are like cattle ; we are not—we are worse than cattle . The landlord feeds his cattle well that they may have meat on their bone *—but be take ca / e not to put meat on your bones . fHe . ir . ) And are they not potting raitle-boxets op iu all parts oi the country to destroy the uower of labour ? Tlie vi
higs take care to build bouses before they get inhabitants for them . Thfiyfi-st build the houses , because they know the misery they are causing will tarnish the inhabitant * . Lord John Ru ^ sell built prisons in the Isle of Wig ., t , because he knew the children would soon be born fogues . ( Laughter . ) And this is n system which must be put down , putU down how we may . With regard to a repeal of the Corn-law * , repeal them by all meaus . hnt take care to convert the . benefit to proper use .- Repeal the Corn-laws , ; rrut first get the lad'e—first get the ladle and then tne soup . First get Universal Suffrage , and ihen ' tbe Corn-laws . . And 1 hereby announce that next session 1 shall take the field fur the borough ' of Preston- —( Chern>)—1 will jro to the poll , and poll to the List man . —4 Lqud cheers . ) And where is he" that will not ^ ive up a _ septennial five
sbillingsand a put of beer lor the opportunity m \ enforcing iheirown justdemands , and 5 s a day fir wages ? But I will « j > eak no longer of that &jrrapt house , in which 49 cousntutes a quorum , but of our house , the National Conwnrion ; surely 49 . men chosen by all * ili beln-tier than 49 chosen by 75 , 000 of the whole Population of the United Kiugdotju . - JCot courting the middle clashes or the aristocracy , I will court ibose who have ijo support themselvrf . 1 shall not throw w 1 ate . ? " ^ drowTiiug rat . I will not act by you as Mr . O Lonuellhas acted by his own country . Had Irishmen looked to their , Wli iuten-SC they would have had Universal SntTrdge , and the total abolition ¦ if uthes ; hut wlieu he ( Mr . O'Coiiuell ) had wotke . ] the C 4 . u . iiry to the highest * tnTe-of excitement , he then stopped them , and sai-l that they hud giiuetoo far ; because if they had jjone on ih ! -y would ha \ u
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gaiued what they wauted , nn < l he wHuld have lost the profits of further agitation . The potir : f « lluwA pay money to estabHsh a principle aad wheu all their money is speiit , he makes a new principle to get more raouHT . I will not hide fnim yon my zeal f »» r Ireland ; I hope to * see Euglaud , iVelMuu , and Scotland fif'e at the same time . I say Ireland shall be tree with England . 1 have heard something about the greatuess ot our coustitudon , and of \\* beiiif the admiration of s'lrrounding nationi . Well snys Cobbett , that he wa- not proud of our banking system , of onr army , our navy , or our commercial interest and influeuce ; but be loved to acknowledge that EngUud owed all her prosperity to the 36 . W 0 htdw fib < ers oi the 35 , 000 little children of Lanca-. -y m
shire ; and . t is to retires * their wrongs that we haw met here this day , But there are some who wish to depreciate the importance of these meetings . ¦ • . " . 'The uumbere attending the demonstration at Carlwlt * have been rated at 27 , 000 , while there were no 1 » mm than 40 i ) 00 ]> r »* sent . IH ear ,, hear , and chterV . ) Neddy Baine * says , tbj » re yri » re only 15 , 000 at P « ep Green . I will not attempt to coutradicthim ; he has got a patent to say what he likes .... A Mr . Edward Taylor calculates ; the numbers at a meeting yu a new principle , . which is , that the numbers can never exceed a certain portion of the inhabitants of the town where the demonstration is held ; as if there were no inhabitant !) in the surrftundiiig parts . We had a demonstration at Boltoii , which never could
be nurpassed , aud we gave Mr . Tayhn- ^ by means of torches , an opportunity of counting them , and proving the fallacy of bis theory . I am proud to think that there wiu be an augmentation to the Convention , and am gtad to hear that our chairman ia to be proposed as a . meiuber « f that body . It will be a proud day for him ; and I * hall be proud to meet im there ; and our motto will be—that it is by the he want of laws that we have been injured , and it is only by laws that - we have been injured , and it is only by laws that we can be righted again . 1 am proud io say tt . at I can meet you anywhere : when •> thern camiot ; and that IhayelJeen for the last yy ^ r your journalist , asking your opinions and cdurting your friendship . If to-morrow this rational baud
wais disbanded , who would marshal you ? I have tor the last three years -been bringing you P > . this position—are you . going to lose it . now ? 1 may attempt once more to gather you—but it is oiily my spirit uow ¦ upportiiig me . as my health mu * t » uner trorn '' my . exenious . Some say We may hope to gain the snB ' rage iu three »« r four years . I hope to live to » ee and enjoy it—but I will not wait for tour , tliree , two , or one year . 11 it will *• wr do good , the Boon >; r it does good the belter . It we are not uuittrd now . vre never shall be . " I will take a leaf outol the Duke of Wellington ' s book—the sooner we act the better . Agitation lsexpeusive tome . J ain not one of these who wj ^ h to make a profit by it , aud the sooner we get onr rights the be ter . Th « - cheers yoii have vhen
to-day are n > it tor Feargus O'Connor , but forthe principles which he advocates—honourable death Oelore an iitnomiiiious life . Some will . tell yon thai you will fail ; but they never fail who die in a good 4 - * HU » e . " Their limbs may be hung to gates or castle walls , but still their soirits walk abroad . " 1 i-HDniit . Jail 'f to-morrow 1 was murdered- —there would spring Irom the ashes oi the martyr thousanus , to revenge his death . Our rulers . give if 20 , Uou , 0 OU to purchase the lreedom of tne b ack flaws ' auu rake £ ' 50 , 000 irom them to support slavery here ; but my fneiids , let us no longer be slaves- —a long puil , und a Mxon ^ pull , and cown comes the teni j / U •» f currujjtioti , and up naes the sUuiuard of bberty , [ Loud cheering . ]
Mr . JAwra _ Murphy , jun ., in movitifir the second resolution , * aid , u » y triends , when I look round and see the mottos upon your banners , and your couuteuauce ? smiling with » : elight , at the cheer iug prosp .- « tj « which now tmrrouud u- * , i have no dreftd ol the re .-ult of the present struggle—( chepr>)—and although w >> cannot yet command tne presence ol ineu calling themselves our lepreseutatives , yet have we farbetter chaiii pionsot liberty upon this pla fnrin , to aid in th « good cause . ( Cheers . ) We have our
champion O Connor —( great cheennjt )^ aiid the brave and nucomproinisiDg Whittle , —( renewed t-heer *)—and his worthy colleague lor Liverpool , Mri Smith , a tried lrieud in the cause . ( Chet-rs . ) Mr . W . then read a long letter from Mr . Flertwood apologizing t » r his uon-uttendance , but it was so like nil oliier Whig documents that we do uotthiuk it worth publication . Air . Murphy made r > oiue excellent observations upon the contents of the letter , and concluded amid hvarty cheers by moving the resolution .
Mr . O'Connor again presented himself and said , now as you have been retenvd to iu Mr . Fleet * ood ' * letter , and as ynn are the jnry , 1 will take a verdict upon it . h \ ery mmi , therelore , who thinks it rnnk nonsense from topto biatom , wiilsimiify the tlie saiiie tiy holding up both hands . Every hand in the ltieetmg was beta up amid great cheers aud laughter On the contrary ; not a single baud . T" en said Al r . O'Conuor , its quite clear that the honourable gentleman is not your representative . ( "No , no ! " and cheers . )
James Muhphy . another Irish catholic , came forward to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He said Jeliow slaves—when I « ee your pnl < -fat-es and emaciated frames , I believe in " tap motto which I see ou youder flag , that "it is better to die by the sword than to perish by hunger " Do , we not all recollect when the blood of the innocent hiis cri usoued the sword «» f the oppressor ? ( Hear , h «» r . ^ And whore fault w as that ? W hv our own- io be sure ' - ^ cheers ;—but * haU we be longer put down . ( No , no . ) Then il you are determined and stand to a man , we can veryspeedily obtain our rights . ( Loud Cheering . ) 1 am an lri > hmau . ( Lheers . ) Au exile without having
coiuuiitteU auy crime . ( Shame . ) Tlie son of u . mmi nui the iivphew of a inau , put to death for ajivof . catini ! the same cau »> - ;—( shame , shntiie )—and yet will I tread in the step « of iny ancestors , though deatu be the pen * kv , —( great cheersh-and let their shades jnoge ol me and sentence me if I flinch . ( Cheew . ) No , in the lantfiiage of the poet , ( here the speaker repeated a uumber tif [ mtnutic li » ei « , wtiich ^ cre resuuuded u > by the cheers of the meeting and thus coududed a most heart-stirring appeal i my friends , what no you ask for ? Is it to be slaves or to be Irce . ( "Free , tree . " Cheers . ) Th -n meet you enemies tace to face and you will be lree . ( , < 3 reat cheers . V .
Mr . Whittle , delegate from Liverpool , canie forward to support ttie resolution , and was eiithusia > tically cheered . H ^ said , Mr . Chairman and Hadii-alu ol Preston . Tueiiwt speaker has made use o | oiie observation to which Ibi-g 1 o take an exception . He has called upon you U > meet your enemies lace to face ; bat you have up determined riieuiies ; they tremble a . t _ the dirtuut pro > pect of meeting you . ( Cheer-. ) The Whits have given up the battle . ( Cheers . ) They threatened Kersal Moor with the indignation of their artillery , but the identity of : eMiug was so great between the soldier * and the ueople , that they ureuileu , 1 st popular coutatuiuatiou xhould spread through the milithry ranks . ( Great cheering . ) They haw ho more disinclination
now than they had atCaUhorpe or at Feterlm ^—( cheers )—and if they donot himw us down , now , it is simply because they the more dread our strength . ( Cheers . / . The Tories have more pluck than the Whigs . The Maiquis ol Chauilos objects to the uovelty of Univer ^ i Sullruge—this > s aConservntive UKbleinaii nud all that this man , has to au > wen » ur dt-maud , is a lH . Ueb . ood which every hearer cau answer . iCheers . ) Are Annual PurliamenU a novelty ? Are Annual Parish Elections n n > - velty ' : is UmversRl Siiffrnge a uovelty ; No , but although lrtiddownhy BlacksUm- as a partot the Constitulion . this sneaking fellow ouisiders them a novelty while he sees no novelty in a £ 10 brick and mortar SuBrage and iu his £ 50 teiiauts at will clause .
( Cheers , and Aye lad . ") In these new political liostrunis there is lio Venerable trace of autiquity and from these novelties have spruug the very worst parliaments , ever kuowu to exist . ( Cheers . ) WiUiaiu Cobhett * aid , that instead of ceusuriiig the King in the hrst parliament , that the members should have b .-yu hung or put into the pillory . ( Cheers . ) But thi . « nobletnau is a New Poor Law Guardian , is that up novelty ? [ Cheers . ] Are the game lftws mm Hboluiou i-t juiyliwp , and lost ) of liberty no novelty ? Pension * they call no novelty because their pvsteUi is supported by a baud tit plundering thieves . ( Great cheers . J The pensions which ihev gave to soldiers ui Oie-rcign of Geo . III . was more than the Poor
Law allows you ULactual expenditure apart from the locusts wh » maladniinisler it . [ Cheers . ] Lord Lprton said , in Ireland , that he gave the option oi c ° i o ^ , r . xale ^ " P ° " f ** u * uts . l ^ h « me . i burl fifzwillidm has promulgated » * hnihtr autichnMian doctrine in the House of Lords . I'hey . « Hy that Euglaud aud . Ireland is theirs , but when we shal ham stnng them uptin the ucaffbld after trial , then let them recollect that they have provoked us . [ treat ^ cheers . j—and il ever I rettact let m \ strength tail auu my limbs wither . [ Renewed cheers . " } 1 have nought for the cause of all « iur disasters , rtuu I hud it m the violation OJ the Coui « UtutioB , as laiu down by . an old EngU > h lawyer , who giv « s us a . rote .-uon in honest iudee . N . trial bv iurv . ami arm « l
guards at the uaa > iTs dispusdl , to lusure those bles- ' . ings . ( Cheers . ) la the words ol Oastlei , then , Arm yourselves with the pike , and you will we your children iu jour ranks ; tor uur remonstrances are-vaiu till we resolve to repel fore by force . " w at if ' ^ aUl 1 l ou tf- ™» tiuued cheers . ) Wr . bMriF , the . other delegate from Liverpool , said tuat he had much pleasure iu uiweliug his old Irienus ot PrtfBtou—that twelve years ago lw had gaiued au Hcquamtauce wiUxtHem by i .. trod ucii . g nisirieud , and ineir lneiid , Mr . CoUberr , to tUeir uotke-( . cneers );—and lie had since ottered himselt for tl . e representation of the l , or , ) Ugh , and had polled 8 J 0 voters- ( cheers ) ; -and he once more c ^ me to joiu the men ot Presrou in . accompli > hing their ej . ls , bv , another kind ot Par . iameutary repr « entatio . I ^? , v W Couveiitioii ( Great cheering ) To the oiw ^ nertUi he . must look to , iv the present , namely . 4 frsal Stiflnjge ; the Ballot , uud the le . ^ i , , f n . « i-.. w .
Laws , ami . ot all bad laws , . wil UpUuw as aiiiaUerot course ; and as they seemea to have made up their minds to the accomplishment of thut , and as his
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vino * was tow weak to reach one-half pf bo vast an asserablage ; he wonld retire for the presentj with thp ad \ iw to follow' their leaders , aid hot to flinch , ( Loud cheers , and "VTe wills" ) ' - vMr . Duncan Robinsow came forward 1 to second the third resolution . He said that he was fully convmced that . nothing short of the live great principles could establish popular rights , ( Cheers . ) Let them then , take the advice given by Lord Byron to the Greeks— - ' ¦/ ' -. '' };¦ " . " . ¦¦¦¦ ' - ¦ ¦'¦' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not , Wha would be free , themselves must strike the blow . " mymm a .,, ,
( Cheers . ) O'Connell had ofteh shouted that motto , but had iilow become the basest tool of the Whit faction . ( Cheers . ) No doubt it was a sound un * uiufflcal in the eare of those who hailed it , till it took Universal Suffrage for its aim-- ( cheer 8 ) ; --but , jn spite plall . opposition , they , would yet have it , ( Great cheenugj ' . . ;;;/ * Mr . John Stag rose ^ secpHd the resolution . He said—Fellow-men , we % ill sacrifice life itself , which n » a burden , tor the establisament of our principles ( Lpnd cheers . ) Are not the working classe / thfe produwns of all ? and if you wish to have a thorough knowledge of your increased and « rill
increasing misery , read Callucan ' s statistical review ot th © expenditure and repeipti of labour ; we ought ST i *^^ ^ tofi ^ over petitioning for onf rights , bat as O'Connor has told us—demand them . ( Loud cheers . ) There will be no occasion for physical force ; our « mon will do it all for ns , and as O ^ Coniior again says , there will then be no use for jails or for Bastiles . / Cheers . ) Look to your-right and there you , we the jail ; look to your left and there you nee the Bastile , built with your money for the preservation of the dominion of others : justice aloue can pull them down . ( Cheers . )
r Mr ^ Nicholl , the ; patriotic ^ and active delegate from Blackburn , rose to move the nomination of R . Marsden as delegate to the Convention , and was loudly cheered . Altejr bearing testimony to the htuess of Marsden , he said he should have expected that machinery would hav . conduced to the improvement of man ' s condition ^ but it has injured him . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not , however , the fault of the machinery , it was the fault of the engineers . ( Cheers . ) Tliey wanted Radical engineers , but we cauttot get them from the £ 10 houses - , atid a man in £ 9 19 11 | house has no brains ( cheers ) , at all
events , one would suppose he had no mouth . » Cheeri « . ) Now he thought that those who did not require to labour required no vote , and that the vote ought to Ke for the working man ( cheers ) who had no time to look after the nicety of Government . ( Cheers . ) They could not vote , but thev could be called idle , while they saturated the world with the produce of their industry . ( Cheers . ) Warehouses , storehouses , and all were full , while the people were naked and hungry ; if t '> is wag law , the sooner wo were without law the better ( Very loud cheers . )
• 'Mr . AWerrnan Noble then came forward to support the resolution , and was greeted with waving of hats and •• nthusiastic cheering . He said , fellow townsmen * you have heard much to the purpose today , a « d I merely came lorward to attest my approvHl of the great principles for which you are contending . ( Loud cheers . ) Our opponents say . that rhe labourer is well and sufficiently represented by his employer , hiit . if that doctrine is worth anything , it will equally justify the employer ¦ . being represented by h's spperiorv and so on until delegation is vested in one chief ( hear , hear , hear ) , which mlist of necessity terminate in the establishment ol a despotism— ( jjreat cheers , and brave , and noble ) -
but we want both more of popular influence , and we want protection for it where it never does exist . ( Cheers . ) The elective franchise in this borough is iiiore extensive than other places , but it is a inere mockery and insult without the Ballot . ( Cheers . ) ( it ntleraen , those are my opinions , and I am proud to say , that 1 agree in all the sentiments expressed this day —( Repented cheering , and waving of hats , amid which the able and eloquent Alderman retired , Imvinjr tally borne testimony to the fitness of the fhairmHn . to discharge the office of delegate in the Cauv « jiitii » u . ( A vote of thanks was then given to Messrs . O'Connor ,- Whittle Smith , and the other delegates , to which Mr . O'Connor responded . Mr .
O'Cuunor was then called to the chair , . when a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , who briefly returned thanks for the double honour cmferred upon him , when Mr . O'Connor again came forward , aud said—Now , my friends , you have been only speaking to oue : another , let us go and speak to the senses of the enemy . ( Cheers . ) Let us then form into proce .-sion , and show pur physical muscles as we have shown oUr moral force . ( Cheers . ) Come every man ot you , and , though tired and fasting , ! will walk at your head , muster then your banners , your flags , am ) yonr music , and fresh let . us go to the battl ** , [ Uproarious applause . ] \ Ve shnlTbe up to our knees in mud , but never mind , the beams of
lree-« Jom s sun will dry us . [ Cheer-s . ] The only way in which the mass can judge of our numbers is bv filling the market place two or three times —[ cheers ] —aii . l as many have been held in bondage , who would wish to be here , they shall have their night , as we have Uud our day , and there shall be torch lights , tor 1 will beat the cotton lords out of their tyranny . [ Loud cheers . ] The whole body then formed into a processions , and paraded the town for nearly au hour , the factory girls forming a group , and singing tin the niarcli . " ' We'll pull this orange down , " j . nc "I 11 wear green upon my cape ; . " When the procession reached the market-place , it was diM ? ove > ed that that vast space was not
sufficiently large to contain one half of those assembled . Nothing could equal the good order and Uecornm oi both men and women in passing by the several factories , where they never failed to cheer iu token of their hatred of tyranny and the system . After having paraded the town for about mi hour , Alderman Noble and Mr . O'Connor walking at the head of the procession , the Blackburn division departed from their friends at the end of the town on their way homeward , after having registered a vow to die Ireemeii rather than live slaves . Let the Gitardiati and the Mercury go and measure the square
and mill dul y the number of houses by the numlier i ) i stalls in the square ,. and they have the amount of the nieetitig . We cannot as a postscript avoid c < iihmeiiiiiig upon the Solon of the Uuurelian ' s new auli -arithmeuc priuciplei He says that there could not have been 50 , 000 persons at Bolton meeting , because the town does not contain that nilmber of itthabitaiits . What a slap in the face for the other Solon , if Wakeh ' eltl in 1832 had npt a population of 200 , 000 . So the Guardian ; has discovered that no greater number th : m the population of a town can assemble iu the town . The Boobu .
the following resolutions werft unanimously passed i —• 1 . That this meeting considers the House of Commons not to be what its name implies , viz ., the People ' s House : but that the people are net reures « -ut * -d tnere ; and that imposition fraud , and robberv , is owing to that designation practiced on the people ; and treason committed by the memburs thereof , iu . violating a constitutional principle . 2 . That this meeting conceives the people ' s ckartei to be the great palladium of all human iitjerty ; and that without its recognition by the .-t nation cannot be considered free . : t 3 . That the National Petition embodying the five-great principles of Radicalism , be adopted by this meeting .
THE DINNER . At 5 o ' clock the Radicals sat down about 120 strong to an excellent dinner at the King ' s Head , Mr . Weltliiig presiding as chairman . Messrs . Al-. lerinan Noble , O'Connor , Whittle , and Smith were among the party , and several excellent-toasts were given , and admirable speeches made , which , howrver , * e regret our inability to give , in consequence of the many Radical meetings , which we have reported . The . ' » -est order and the most entire harmony existed till a late hour , when tlie company separated much pleased with the whole proceedings of the day .
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as free citizens of the world ; : Hoping that the favour of heaven will be upon us until we obtain them ,- ¦; ' ; ¦ . - . - ,., ¦ : ¦' . - ¦ . ; - ; --- ' : .. ' ¦; . ;¦ '¦ ' . ; ' ¦ ' ¦ .-We remain youw traly , . The Rate-payers of lh « township of Honler . Signed on behalf of . the above > - C . WOOD ¦ ¦ ¦) - ¦' - ^ P « i , __ Rate-payers . r
H . LITTLEWOOD , V ^ Honley , November 3 rd , 1838 . The rain during the time that Mr . O'Connor was speaking , was as heavy as ^ ve ever remember , and yet did not a man stir , but on the contrary , so delighted were many hundreds , that , in defiance : of wind and weather , they followed the carriage to Holmhrth , a distance of about two iniles ; iolpon entering the town ; the procession was joined by the whole population , when the body marched forward to a temporary husungn , and aiier the meetiurwaa opened , SAu O'Connor addressed the people- for about _ an hour , and was loudly cheered all throturb He said , that he was glad to come to Honley , not because it was a good place , ; but because it ««« &
worst place lnYorkshire-rnot because they had vested confidence . in . good men , but because they had sent Sydney Moorhouse ; and six of the greatest ripsin the neighbourhood to carry out the vilest law upon the statute . book . He said thatthe people had formerlv resisted the enemy ' s-machinery in the wrong way and seventeen of their brethren were butchered m 1812 , hung like dogs for defending blood against cold iron , and many more were inhumanly slaughtered in 1819 , for seeking the means to protect themselves , but now opinion had silenced : the cannon roar , and put all physical resistance to flight . He explained the course which agitation was taking , and the probable period when any fruit might be reaped Irom it , which he said should be HDeedV . or
he would not expect to live to participate in the benefit , as his . work was too hard , and two more winters must finish him . - He dealt tremendous blows at the Whigs and Tories , showing that it mattered not to the people which party represented them , and explained the whole question of labour and capital so familiarly , that almost every rnan who heard him niusj have perfectly understood the question . During the whole period the rain fell in torrents , and yet did the meeting stand to the last , and when Mr . O'Connor had concluded , Mr . Taylor moved the adoption of the National Petition and the People ' s Charter , which was seconded by Mr . Cunningham in a neat speech ; : The Chairman then introduced
Mr . PiTKKTHLEy who , amidst pouring rain , spoke as follows : — . * Men of Holmfirth , it was time for you to aTise in your majesty . The enemy is upon you ; your tyrants have meted out the fullest measure of oppression . The Tories didlong rule you with a rod of iron , and the Whigs have come in far the purpose of reducing your bodies to perfect skeletons , and grinding your bones into gold dust , which is easily convertible into sovereigns , which are employed to purchase ste . tni-looms , bugbears , devils , and all sorts of infernal instruments with which to work you to death , or keep you ( starving in rags and tatters . Not satisfied with this , they hav » engaged seven out oi the graveship and : set them to work ( and they , are laithml servants ) in ordervto bring the bastile system with all its horrors into full operation ampngsc you . Theyiutendto have the prisou-house built as soon as
possible , they intend to let you know that if you will not worlc at whatever wages they think proper to award—you must go into the bastile , your wile to be put to the right , yourseli to the left , the boys in one division , the girls in another . The next thing they do is to sell your houses up and then yon are fixed ; tor when you get work you must also tind a home , and how is a man without a penny to find a furnished house : my friends , he might as well attempt to make Guardiaus Littlewood and" Bates , walk as straight as Mr . O'Connor . This new bastile law is , abhorred by all good men , it was invented for oppression of the industrious , and for the purpose of Starving you to death , after they have worked you till there is no more gold to be extracted ; but mark that when they have separated you from your iamilies , and punished you with whips and with scorpions until you are dead , you are then to be sold to the doctors for dissection .
The rain , nuw poured in such torrents that it was not possible to abide it , and the meeting adjourned into a large room . As many as could be crammed in got in , and the rest were compelled to disperse . Mr . Pitkethley was then called to the chair , and continued his address in a strain of very severe deuuueiation against several of the Guardians of the Huddersfield Union , whose conduct in labouring to cram the Poor Law down the people ' s throats by fair means or foul , has drawn on them the just displeasure of the people , alter which . Mr . O'Connor again addressed them for above an hour upon the word Constitution and the spirit of Government ; he ran over the history of the country and the altered position of the working classes from
the earliest period , showing how oppression had increased with every successive abridgment of the freeman ' s rights . One portion of Mr . O'Connor !* speech at the torch light meeting literally convulsed the audience with laughter . I am told , said he , that at Honley you have Whig workingmen and Conservative operatives . Look said he , at the Whig wqrkingman and you'll find that he has either no mouth , no beUy , or no brains . Look at the Conservative operative ^ a thing which always reminds me of a cocked hat on a barefooted man , and you will find that he has a goldwatch ^ and gold chain , and that he is onl y politically one of the peoiile and socially one of the elect . The
" people" is a Word most capriciously used . The Whigs by the word people mean the Whig constituency , and the Tories mean tpe Tory constituency , while I mean exactly the people without them ; As politicians they delight in the term people , but asa class their inline is gentlemen . A Conservative operative society consists of masters and overseers and unprincipled working spies of millers and their dogs . Mr . Mark Crabtree was also introduced to the meeting , and stated some heart-rending proofs of the well-working of the blessed Poor Law in the agricultural districts through which he had passed , lor the purpose of observation and enquiry . We give ' the lbllowing cases , stated by Mr . Crabtree , and crave special attention to them .
George Cox , aged 50 years , has a wife and seven chiluren , before the passing of the new law , had , when not employed , some small allowance from ihe parish ; alter . tnp passing of the law : he wag obliged to dispose of part of his furniture to live upon . At last he was compelled to accept the workhouse leaving a little of his furniture , wldch was seized by his landlord for rent . When the time arrived that work was obtainable he was turned out ; nothaying where to lay his head , but the kindness of aneighv bouring fanner allowed him to live iuj ) is barn , with nothing to lay upon but straw like Jjjiy of the cattle J when the farmer wanted his barn he was compelled ' to-leave . it ,, and had tii lay four nights entirely- without any shelter in the rick yard , when he again had to take to the workhouse and to stop there for three
months . He came put again with his youngest child as naked as it was bom ; as nothin g belonging to the union is allowed , not even a prison dress , to be taken away . One of his other children took off her petticoat to wrap it in . He then went into an-old cottage without windows , where be and hisfai nily had nothing to lay upon but a little straw ; he v-as soon alter taken ill from the scanty pittance he liad had , and was not able to work , when he was again dragged back to theworkhouse , where lie is at the present . He was a man of temperate habit ? and liad an excellent character , which Mr . C . says , was signed by the churchwardens and overseers of the liarish ol Amphtill , in the county of Bedfordshire , in tlie immediate neighbourhood of the Duke of Bedford * the father of Lord John Russell .
Mark Herbert , in the Parish of West Oning , whose wife was confined and was supposed to be doing well , but three days after was taken seriously ill . ^ polication was made to tlie overseer , who . gave a . note to the relieving overseer , a distance of four miles , but when they got there he would not look at it . This was on the Saturday , on the Sunday morning she was found to be worse ; the Union Surgeon happened to be in the village , when he was solicited to go . and see her ; and on seeing her , he pronounced it . to be an inflammation . He asked if they had any money and he would do something for her ; but they had none . He then ordered them to go to his master and borrow some , but as the master . thought he should have no more work , it was denied and sent him to the relieving officer , who still refused until the surgeon himself applied , and then he gave an order . The . order was obtained after travelling backward arid forward nearl y thirty miles , but it was too late , the poor creature died t !! Bairstowwho
A man of the name of William , had a wife confined , and was out of employ , applied for relief to the relieving officer , having neither food nor fire of any sort in the house , bnt was refused on account of the law being , that no able-bodied laboure r should receive any . out-door relief ; therdore . j if he wanted any , he must go to the workhouse , and leave his wife , and they would relieve her . He refused for a time , hut . was compelled to submit ; so they relieved her with 4 s . ^| i . of which the landlord claimed Is . for rent . Another man , of the name of Ondle , in the same district , had his wife confined , and was without work ; having neither fire nor food of any kind to comfort nature's sorrows , he applied'to the board , but they refused to give him any relief , unless he would bring his wile into the union workhouse , which , was a distance of several miles , andfihehad only been confined a very few hours , which he refused to do . If it had not been for the timel y aid , of the inquiring friends , who administered pecuniary assistance , it is doubt ful , she might have ^ perished . This man from the infernal system , became a poacher and defied even the laws of the aristocratic game preserver . n , r Another case , a man of the name of Win . Virgin , hud a wife and two children , the oldest only three
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years , had . been out of work a long time . Wiv »?*« " riV tfeTJoctor declaring it to be an inflamnS tton brought on by starvation , and othet etFect 3 > i poverty , he apphed to : the board for relief , but they >? fused togive himany , unlei 8 he would conMittolLw hiscMdrenandgohimselfihto theUmonW i ork hGTj ^ which was several milesdistant , and then they co ^ 5 accordmgtolaw reliev ^ her . He consented to tak the order , but when ^ he arrived at home his heart misgave Wand he would not leave her , so U tu ™ ef out and began craving charity amongst hi , neighbours . ; : y ; ¦ - Enoch Heaps , an old man aged 70 years ^ kppliea to the Board tor rehef , but he haying a house which J ^ yPBthfol days he had built on some wasf * and , and which he could neither sell nor eat / anS if he let it he hadnowheretoliveMtiev t ^ s 2 a Jl
grant him any relief . Heisold almost all his wear «?§ apparel and furniture , and in a short time tin old man : was found dead , ronttie road , near his cbt . tage , with his shirt under hi ^ arm , goiri ^ to s ell if for . something , to satisfy his craving-hunger ^ Alioa Taylor ; -rher husband yta » traHsported fw poaching ; was left wiUi . four children , , the oldest IS an ^^ heyouhgest 4 yearaof age , she had 3 s . 6 d Bei week allowed in bread and money until the Uninn Workhouse wa * built ^ J then it ; . . waa all taken off stating she inight'take her childrerf and go down S Jerby , and obtain work amongst the ¦ factories Thig Bhe refusedi on account of hearing of the prfv ^
tions ofthose who had gone before . They haw aken off her pay , and she has never had any since In this parish , a . subscription or donation is eivf * yearly to widows and , orphans . Her proportion »! 2 s . and a piece of cloth . The overseer took ont ? the poor woman ' s share Is . for poor rates , and th « refuse her admittance into the workhouse : ' At the conclusion of the meeting , a vbteof thanh was , passed to Mr ! O'Connor ^ with ( t renwudoS cheers . Three , cheers , and one che « rmore for th « bortA pnStar . A vote of . , thanks and ^ three ^ cheeh or Messrs . Roebuck , ; Cooke , Wrigley , Senior , o farnley , Senior , of Luuton . Seninr . of Kirtw * U
Moxon , Dickinson , jr . Brooke , ; Iattlr-wood , « Bowling ; Taylor , Parkin , Midgley ^ Mellor , Hur ^ of . Thurstowland ; -Rhodes , , Stockwell . HirstV ^ Kirkburton ; ^ Bond ^ . ' l ^ orner and Chadwick , the ! leople s guardians , for their indefatigable and pro . longed exertions in defence of the poor ^ Thanki and : thrte cheers were also given for Messrs . ^ Fielden , Oa-stlerS and Stephens , and the same for the chair . man , who , in reply , expressed the pleasure He j ^ t" 8 eei n 8 some of the female sex present , and hoped they would soon / have a numeroui women ' s union m Holmfirth . At eleven o ' clock Messrs ; O'Connor , PitketUev Dickinson , and Mark Crabtree , of Dewsbury left for Huddersfield , amid resounding cheeri and hoped to have got quietly home after the fatigne of an arduous night ' s work : they were mistakbn
however , tor the spirit ran like wild-fire through thj neighbourhood , and the demagogues were stopped at Armitage Bridge , within a mile and half of Hudder * field , and wereliterally dragged from the carriage to j crowded room of working men , where Mr . OCon . nor addressed them for above an hour amid tin most hearty cheering , Those gentlemen who had heard the several addresses , declaring that there was not a repetition of a sentence , and that Mr . O Con . B ^ r never made a greater imuression . The whok
rokd from Huddersfield to Holmfirtb , a distance of ovt er six miles , seemed to be active with groupes of pejople , standing at the roadside , cheering as the carriage passed , and testifying , their spirit iu tag only way which the tyrant masters have left them , namely , by the torch and night shout of ¦ liberty .- ^| j the Whigs at Holmfirth came to hear Mr . O'Connor and many have since declared the impossibility if any government standing in the face of such aiiot . gauised opposition .
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THE GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT NOT . TINGHAM ,, IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , ON MONDAY , NOVEMBER THE FIFTH .
Jine morning was gloomy , and about nine o ' clock there came on a smart rain , which appeared as if itwould continue the whole day ; but the livel y interest and intense anxiety of the great mass of the people , for whose advantage the great assembly was -aboiit to be convened , remained unchecked . The Committee of the AVprking Men's As * ocis . tion met about eight o ' clock , at the Sir Isaac Newton ' s Head , Glass House-street ; where there was s « en floating from one of the windows a large purple flag , with an appropriate inscription . Aboat ten o ' clock , the crowd had become very dciiae , and shortly afterwards the Committee and friends moved
rom this place , preceded by a person bearing on s pole the Cap of Liberty . Then another person , bearing a Bundle of Reeds , on . a pole , vfiih the inscription below , "Union is Strength . "Then the Banners , after them the brass band . The Gommitteeand their friends , followed by ah immense concourse of spectators . The process-ion inoyed oti Glass House-street ., down St . John ' s r street , along Goal Pit Lane , Sneinton-street , Old Glass- How Larie to Lee ' s Close , there to await the arrival of the friends from Carltbn , Gedling , &c . After halting a short time , the procession moved towards the Caritoii Road , where they were joined a little abort Sneinton Elements bv their natriotic brethren , witii
bands of music and banners fl ying . The liuh now burst from the dense clouds behind which ; he had been hid , and shone upon the gathering multitude gloriously . It was utterly impossible to estimate at this time the rapidly augmenting throng ; ever / heart beat hig h , and every countenance was the index of joyful expectatiop , hoping , ere lone , they and their children might live to see better days . All the while the bands played merry tunes , every fear was banished from the mind of the most timid , well knowing there could be no ground ^ for terror , wtiile the teeming thousand ^ then passmg befbr <* their eyes , were those who cared for , and loved or Jef and peacefnlness in Society , aud were thehmeering , not to wreak
vengeance da the heads of their opprt'ssof ? , but determinedly , with a meek , bat undauiiteJ , and awfully fixed resolve , &i any sacrifice to have their rig / Us . Having passed on Carter Gate , Hollow Stone , The Pavements , Castlegate , The Hollows , and down Park Row , they arrived . ^ HJie Mari ^ Place , and . spaciou . s as it ' is , had the j procession halted there , it Would have been incapable of contaiuing the aggregated masses . True , indeedi there were no rich , —we should have said there were ho drones , no tax , or weal th consumers—but there were present the wealth . -ereato ' ug-, but famished tfeous-an ^ S j and for once was seen , unmixed With any base alloy the strength , the mechanical geniu * , the rock of id support , arid as respects the source , or hope ofwealtli to every inhabitant , the'foundation of Nottingham .
Passing along Clumber ^ street , Milton-street , and Mansfield Road , they arrived on the Forest , where , in a hollow place , with rising ground on its thie ? sides , forming a kind of natural amphitheatre , the hustings were erected . for the Speakers and the chairman . Seen from the Forest , nothing could surpass the beauty of the procession , with its streaming banners , as they appeared when moving down the Forest Hill , turning / by the Toll-bur , and advancing towards the hustings . The foHow ing was the manner in which tlie pro * cession arrived , taking up its position around the platform : — Steward oa Grey Horse . 1 . —The Cap of Liberty . 2 . —Bundle of Rods , with motto ;
" Union is - ' Strength . " 3 i—Large Placard ^ with inscription , »> To know the whole Truth , Read the Northern Star , To be had of Mrs . Smith , TradeBmen ' s Mart . " 4 . ^ Females' Association . Large white lace banner ,, with p ink silk stripe * . - attached to two poles . ; -. Inscription . The Nottingham Female ' s Association . Establish to assistinobtaining The People ' s Charter . ; -.- ' , ¦ , Reverse— ^ - , Why grind ye the faces of the poor saith the Lori Freedom ' s cause cannot be lost , It is sacred before the Lord of Hosts .
Nottingham Band . 5 . —Large green silk flag with white margin . Nottingham Association . Justice to all . There is more strength in Union than numbers Universal Suffrage . Vote by Ballot . Annual Parhament 8 . : No Property Qualificationi Payment of Members of Parliament . Our cause is just . : 6 . —Tri-coloured flag .
Equal laws . Equal Rights . — The hand holding the even balance . ( Emblem ? Justice . ) '¦ ' ' Reverse— ¦ " : ' . ' ¦ . " ¦ . ¦ - . Freedom is otir birthright . 7 . —L arg ^ urpleflag . ' We know our rights ahdare determiiiedto have the * The strength pf , the country consists in the Hbet ! J r . ; . " .,- .. of'the people , 8 . —Tte large banner of the SmiUis' Union . Band of Music . . 9 «—Purple ttagi . with white lace marg in . Befirm . Patience has an end * 10 . —Green flag . Motto—ChilwellUnion . No more petitions . Continued in our 7 th Page . )
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HOLMFrRTH , HONLEY AND ABMITAGE BRIDGE DEMONSTRATIONS . H olai '' rth , long ; slumbering and Whig-ridden Hulinritth , b * nke the bonds of union on Saturday lns : and bid adieu to Whiggery for ever . Late on the week it was announced that Mr . O'Connor would attend a meeting by torch light in the town of Holrafirth , and extensive arrangements were made to form a procession of the faithful at Honley Bridge W escort Mr . u'Conuor . Th « night was most unprop iuv > us , the rain . falling in torrents , but , nevertheless , the Radicnls , to the number of 2 Q 00 or 3000 , ii < et Mr . O Counor about a mile at the Hudilersfield siiie of Honley , with bands , torches , and banners , and escorted him to tli& house of a patriotic joiner , Mr . Kay ., when . tlie frame was removed from an iippnr window , arid the business of the meeting bewail . A Chairman having been appointed , the ! oUo < viiig address was presented to Mr , O'Connor . Ai-. iv'Ciniuor then harangued the multitude at consiuerable leugth .
Address to Feargus O'Connor , Et , q . Doar .-m ,-i- \ v " e , the inhabitants and rate-payers of the township of Honley , do return our warmest and must sincere thaiiks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . lor siHMibly advocating the cause of the Guardiaiis chosen by the rate-payers of the aforesaid township , is lieuitj only elected by them . Not having had the ( ipporruuiiy of shewing our gratitude towards Fearuiis O C « iiiiinr , Esq . until now , in public meeting ;> 8 > emlileiU wei therefbue heartily thank him for the kiudiiW . 'Lie ' . did injileadiag the cause in HuddersnVld Court H . iuse , on the 24 th day of April , 1838 , We rti-e aWglad to see such men as him come for->< ar < l toMi | ipiirt the rights of man in their pristine purity : in mi doing , we are willing to join heart ¦ find hand in . so noble a cause ; and by all legal means that can be adopted , we are willing to support him , in order to obtain our inalienable rights ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 10, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1031/page/6/
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