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Oa Sitaraij- U » t , Biii powerful azd well-tried * ft ? T * K ^« ' o «» »** e big appearance in Sna ^ erihaa , aadmtiie . ereniag addressed the peopk m the AssenMjr tywitts . It h » a b * en originally vmpwod * £ > fiK > oid aadre « them on thiTovrn » oor , at bau-fttt-aem . bat in consequence of the BEteTOttrtVl * ttite of 6 k , weather , the m-etia ,-was obEged to WTkali ia the former place , wWch » " « Bwwp » H 8 ly « crowded out . " On the eatraaw ¦ v * t or «» to & * rooia , he was greeted witaaereral roand * of th » most thundering applause wer heard within the 'wall * < rf the building . On . the mo ^ on of hit . Hobohtox , tecoud : *! bT Mr . Gamsbv . ¦ '
Mrv George BixxrVras called to iho chair . He w * s Terj surry tiiat ' litf wia bad disappointed the men and voiaftf of Snadeflaai of "fee opportunity of exhibiting togarirei in tncrrcttiab ra to testify b ° * i ' ^ J ^^? ^ SBSir'SwMfe ^ 'Sl ireSple 5 Lh&rtjg , and m wsicJr' COn * j { at ( s 2 ^ ho attl » * adoa of the pj ^ jfc of tiiii -v ^ tiYj /^ Srnytlierihev be rich or I" ** *; ( Cheer * . ) Ttu itoorwa * fitiea for a better » ris Roller purpos . ' thaa ev .-r engaged tJi ^ ftttention oftfe « two Uctaocs who haJ oa former ocasioiaoi puistdit . ( Checi * . ) Waa : « u it for which they we * i watepiicg , aad wh- was it they ¦ ware opy 6 siRg-v ? Tbey tos contending forthcstnchts wKen-thsj God of "Jvature declares to fee
thecommon henues of all maaViua , but which - hf . d beefi monopoH »? a by & plundering and in * oJent frmon for csiit ttma , w \ io by the exercise of thai swaopolyhad dptfeoaed the altar of liberty in thn . poor ni-m ' s cottar , aid left lha : boron whicE should be baspy , a * ril # w » s « » » boiling < 3 e * er ; , iasvad o : eoDtn&ttficjr to ; thnr nappintsj and prMperit * ' . f Cheer * . ) They" ( tike teopie ) did not want to pull down the maoism of tV rkn , though they were bniit by the energies of the t * e ? le . They did v . 6 z eT < . a w ^ nt to rob that tactian of its ' powcre in order ths . t they might employ them tu the game bad purpose as ^ tjhed dece . Tkej- w-aatad to Ve placsd on a poiiucai r-qo&litj , tk «» * or * l * & * i * of a justG ^ vrnimeat ; and if they obtained tiay thiug saort of ta&t ,
they were bat slaves if they ;« W con lent trithont the waoJe of tbiir jnsl rijL t * . wJiicu » rhe . r cozamen birtk-r ^' af . and " wV-Jeh xnty niust . b&ve . ( Ch ? er # . ) They ^ oold n « t oLtsin ihe ' se rights >» itliout a desperate ktnifgle—tLev had arighty eids to eoat .-nd a ^ ain * w Tii « T had tb " » influence of wealth , eoafcined witli tin ar ^ itrsr . - - pcv « r of uijcstiaws to oppose ; trey had ph ysical force under tiose law * to frighten t * « -m iito obadiecce ; but wi \ h ail fijesa scare-crows to frighten and intimidate teeia they were © repaid to tftrstjjle for the People * Cbarter to tweore happice- ^ i to tr . » homts of Euglaad , an I tot Oie world ' s freedom . ( Cheers . ) They were strusgiinf for thc »« prijiciplo * whicb tn « middie dejssi's c ^ nteaded fir before they were
etfraacLL « ed by the ReJcrm Bill , which was passed os cocditioB tb * t the labouring dk-ises should posses * that po- « er wbica was conceded to t £ j cdidle da **?* . Before ia « Tr , iri . ^ tf > classe * ¦ verv eafraccLised by tLs R * fona B 1 IL it tra . « on the coa-iiiion ; tat Refcam < acruld ao ; scaad still . Bat that it sioala gc farther—not to be lucited to tie shop coaaters , Bai that it shr-uid be extended to the poor man ' s home . It va * on thia condidon thi . t tbs mighry miHjc . 115 f this coauar nobiy cam ? forvrara , te « der * d their uppart , sacrlacdd i thW iabocr , their time , and their iniere * : in favour « f » aa Refcrm BiL . Bat wbat dia they find ? W t re ti * taxes r ^ rajved ? Were poli tical rights eirea to rhena ? Where wa * tke povrer which was to bars be « n girea them ? ' . Vh- ? , thes ^ raea
were tie rery men who had betrayed tiiani . These men caUe-i upon feem , when tLe principl es or the People s Charter »« e « preadmg with lightEireliie r » piditj—th * a » taaa called upou them to di--tro < t tbox aoaia aen whese lire * were livt > s of p atrionsai . wiiosd cEaraclt-rs too Id be * f tbe « tncte » t lpvesigation , ¦ ahom tii ^ y i > o ^ re&tly r *»« pected for tha . ^ acriiii- * they bad $ &ade in tbe highest cat » e which tke toagte or &-X 3 t 4 of nan hii ever losi % r gained . ( Hear . ) Tbe ^ e msn wasted i iif ta to garrsnder their nghu—tliey wasted them lo join tbe ? .-cJasiem in order to gain ibo : ' ¦ R eform' ia vh . - - skspe of tae iiaQoc , on caudiricn that , ther would beip thsEC { ifc ^ people ) whea tbeygot it : but with the sure ccu ^ ciuustuess that if the people Oe ^ erted
their principles , tia ; y wtvA-1 be betrayed iathe same way sgaia w before . For i' . was in htmnr : nature that a dvrainint oligaxcLy tbonlJ . perpitua . ' . e ' . heir po ^ er sad ifsrardi ^ nwnJi to make the pricciple 5 of Chrisdau jfgislation _ di * generdts into the msre treffic of tradf . He believed the people of thi * ? onntry had too Binch sense- to be led astray bj thsrf men to ae » ft tbeir priacipbs ox the ground of expediency . They b&d bad enough of . this Aalio ^ est of all sysleoas . If tbe T did * r , tbi » y « ro £ ld be cndescrriii j i o . " those rights / cr which they were Gnteniiiiig , wi ^ iout which , they * oold be so better than degraded tl&re . ^ and dJicrri ^ , ' of do belter hipp ine ** ihaa that of TrJn .: d Losses . Tiev were hi ; h of fw ic —die raaster they icrrt-d ^ ai the Prince of Ptrdc *—ieir priiic ' p lei Vert * his principles . They Lad to contend ¦ sri th almost is ^ cperaV . e barriers in the path of duty , and this cause eight lead ihesi to death fcr atcit hp kr-evr or cared . ( Load dial's- ) Eat wiat of that ? Their btriir . eKf
was to adhere to taese principles , cot becan&e they wa-re not to be accomplish . ; d wiih nt a ttrngfle , bm to adhere to th ^ m . oecac ^ i they were hv ^ ei npoa tii 3 Rock of Age»—tie immutable futuda'ion of troth . XLop d cheers . ) He would make -rray for a person who had ooms some Luce reds of iaD * to addresa them oa tae protr ^ ss of tae .. great ciose . They inew that FirargnsO'Connur-a-- ttc IIP » nd kjuI of rheje proceedingi . ( Great app lause . ) "When the wcriiag dassei scowled u ym bin . —*; hen tbe xciddle clashes insulted * iim . --ind the amtocracy endeavoured to destroy ti * power , be r-trod it weL , and for three- year * oppc * ed the domk . io 2 of ' action , tCl at last die xaiiiior ^ cf Ebglaad fie * to b fnccetr . and enabled lisi to maiaiaia tbe pesirioc be now eccopied . H «« ( Mr . B . ) iiopedtaey ^ onld show that evening that regard for Air . O'Coanor , wMcb lis tirtnes aad pacioriiini entiCed iiia to . ( Load chsers . )
Mr . 0 CojfifOB tien ro ^ p , and whj rpcfivedwith a vcSpy of cheers absoln : e ] y deafening . -Afrer tie « heericg , which , wat loaintaiaed for some time , bad sobsided , he addreg * ed the meetin f to the foUowirg effect : —He . woald father aidreuj them th » a the p ^ or hand " jootq weaTOT » or tbe detrepid factory child of Yoiisbire or L * aca < hire—not tot lie loved them ( tbw > men of SoodVrlasd ) sore , or JespecU d them more , bnt b » cau »« iheLr devoton t > Uieir princi ple * ia their « t » te of comparative affluence proTed not only their lore ef the principles , bat also theii tympat ^ r for those ^ ho ' suffered more tiian taeaas ^ ives . TiiTir chiinraa , th'ir friend , and bo « friend , who had "dens 30 mnch for the cause , had left little indeed f ji him to Bay on tbe principles
which should now actuate theai , or tipoa their present condition . However , as he ( Mr . O'Connor ) "h ? A traTcIi ^ d mnch of laws and collected much of public opinion , it was right that he sbeuld inspire confidence in themselves , and hope of snecew ia the cause . - Their chairman had told them that the middle classes and their aristocracy called them rjoleat » while tiey were pe&csfojly piosf cnting ibeir sobln object in . & most righteous and religious war . Tfeeir esysaizt deagnated them aafirebrand * and deftrncdvw—itherew peace was within tbeir 0 » c power , if they would only coacsde to ns that wbch they poa *« 5 , and by withholding which th ? y < hiv ? vs to a fssfve , ia that Hnfi . H « was peeuliaily glad to find " that iki middle * lasje )« of Sunderland
treated tiem m a diffi ; rent manner to that of other classes in th * 'tre * taaa » t ^ of -8 » eir * l » ves . Ij « thit owing to tkeir greater generoaty -or yonr firmer mnioB ? Tiey migh . 1 reJy aooa it , it was from circsanatacee * which-titey h * d created aroncd their ccstfe , whiob-in ^ ireds them with z determiaausn that if they cadi not obtoia taeij rights by peaceable me&ni they woilj ba compelled to try other meani . ( Iiear , iieir / ind lond clwers . ) . The people of this country had not flocied to tis sfanaardalmoagli ie was single tad alone when oiLtti were aSraid t » hoirt tbea-culonrj- ^ alihout h he stood five yean ont cf , tag -Hooac of Coaiawas , and
ihree yesti in it , adTocating the aame principle * , yet ke ' did it from the ftmeTeason as that which had guided bis young friend "beside Mm ( the cLzinnan ) , becgpge h TasbiKJ , upon 0 x 9 rock sf eternal jusucc , and Lsw ^ if-. r the wares of lac ; ioa had duhed agsinst it , yet i : was a roc * agaiatt whxh the wave * , ot inctlon weald . dai their fnij-in Tiin . ( Cheers . ) . He dared tb » scora cf tbe middl- clasee * , and the contaaielT ol his own order , th « aristocracy ; ke knew they hated Liin , b * t he waj confident they did Dot despise lim . ( Cheer / . ) And now , day after day , year after year wag tali caase progressing , and as n progressed , k : » Mr . CConn-r ' s ) rerdict and ac-5 ttitta } was pronounced- He had told ihem at
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tkeir last meeting he lad with tlum , tiiatthe two f . u 5 bon < would uuile to » top uu . « u ^ vemm .. rather than conce-e to tbe people their wisher J . the facaons ntiu ; d for their own henefit , an . 4 for the destruction of the people , and to trample apon the liberties of the eoontry , Tet they ( iho peopl- ) had prepared for the utraggle , aad -woul-i acou te » : their * tnugth . They had beaten them aecuonally , and if they united , they would beat them lecunaallj and IocaU y . If they Were such trebrandh . as they *; re stated to be , and if there was danger ia tue way , why did not their enemies hull out a beaaon , and place a bnoy to prevent the- danger ? Tae working classes had shewa their moral sVreng'h by peacefaliy aad constitutionally penaocing iha liocie of Com ^ eas to crunt tr . cm fbo ; i- !„ ... -. „ .: v . v . j __ - ^ ^ ......
laeir nssy . and ttea the ni-idlu classes by refngias ' tnem Vxvj rights , tf . onght to lead them into disorder , vo br ^ k tae ptace ^ .- and ao » erTe ditOr « wn etd * . lb «» y woulipeQQon ao ' mow . < If their enenuef ^!?; *^ ^ . " ' * ** eai b J a ^ mnmit , . v *^ y tfad t .- iey ooii ^ o the people to resort -to ' pbyrtcal force , when by their moral force they conld carry Lsiv ^ ol Sv . firage ? Thpy were a peace-. o % ing peopie—they wo-ld rather get thrit ricbu by moral torce than rash headlong into physical reKstance even against tbe bad laws that are io existence . Bat if taey still pewieted in refuiini ; th ^ -m tteir netts , be faoald , with Mr . Binnx , pn-fer a freeman ' s pure to the ctaian of slavery . ( Loud cheer ? . ) The national p- "itiou had been urtsrnted ia Pardiiapnt . h had beea scoffed at bv wanr
aEd i-ia-ci-d a : by all , except l ! ie worthy man who preheated it . and lae equally wertbv m ' an who secoadeJ i :. Jn ibe mias : of the polirica ; chiof , confosin , and corruption -which preTjilrd . it w .+ x . o ^ eruinc to fiud ihat the y had two iiouf # ; ' n-vn to tr-. ii _ 'he House o , Comrcoui that if the peo ;>!? we to deaiei tbeir riuhv , they would come iu tbe ra ? ie >! y o : tb-ir ; . by > ic : ' . i fud mom : l ' crr-, aad cry ' Ite / ron-. re « : or-. _ resu .-re . " ( LonJ ch-er . < . ) Attvood dia speak lit-i s . Kiac , and sapperted the petition e . - ^¦• . ' 11 as any n . sa coald liaTe supported ir , and ( jr"Prved the- wann ^ t ti ant a of every wan who lovfj nud cherished ireedom . He tiiBs ' awBrded to liira bis Bieedof prace becao » 3 he de * er \ -ed it ; aart rn-Ereat fsalt o : the Radical party was this—th < -y co
uot take ciiitpie by Uie manaer iu - whica others iorm their combinations and suppart their power . The Waj gdard Tories magnified the virtues of tUcir friends , aad ( mpprei > . < ed their vice ? ; while , oa tbe coatrary , the RadkaLs dignified the T ]( 5 es o' tbdr rriruds , asd suppressed £ h- ; ir rirtnes alt ^ etb . r . T ' ais was an eril wbich ooght to be remedied . Ths Waigs and Tories pained strength by it , bv . t it was thu weakness of tn * Radicals . Bat the weakness of the Whig- ) and To : ies ww exhibited in the tnioa of ibe Rauicala .--Thr Terr moment tae peop ? e were tborouglijy waited in affection , fhey wonld traap ] - oa corra > acn , aad receive thtir liberty and frc-lor-He ^ fouud now that the fee'in ^ in Enala-Ki wm v-rv u ; urrent to what it was twvve mosths ngo , whic :-. oriidnau-d in the fact , not that ta « peopki tiiouehi
diuereatiy new to what they did taen . bui fr .-ra UiA isbvious f ^ cttba t theiara of Sonderland k . ' ow the men of Bristol , —( hear , he « r , he ; ir , )— th » luvn of Glasgow know the aiea < . f Ediabursb , and i ; . 7 a < their tn : on of K'niimea : which foriaeJ r ' ae str nmh 0 / tbe Rad := aLi . Fonn-riy , thcagh not aaUam d of their principle * , \ et tasj did not kn ^ -s ths extern t « wi . ich iey m ^ Lt , carry them v-u t . Thev ( the men of Suidf-Hiuu ) ncder&iooi vrisci ^ . e as ' it nxisted ia Sanderla ^ d alone , bet tley weu ! d tooa he . ir it su \; f on every pi ssirg ) reeze . He Wfw called s . Radical , bat according lo Lor-i Chesterfield , who f-aid every nian had Lis pri = e—he mi ^ h : be kcoght ; hs woold not opp . te thet doctrk . ^ , and th . er . - lore Le declared he wof retdy ; e be Lr . b-d bat Ms pr . cr ihould be , " UjutumiJ Szfi ' race , and
no svrreaCer . " ( tjreat applanse . ) He foiner ! v told lae people , that tae day would oome , srUea Lord Joka ftUs ^ ll aad Sir ftJb » n ? eei , the r . ; s " peciivf W&deis of the respective panics , « e ? iag the acioiand screpgihof the ? eop . e , wi-ull b . i for yopalar sn . port aad coaMdence . He tbea told tho peopitha : : ie ^ < is prepuriig for tte ancdrn-ddT , and ihat ^ hea rie day c * - ^ e . ttea Lord JoLn } Ims *« 11 und i-ir Rober : Pesl -srurzld bi' , 1 kp ths Dutcarii&'j , for the peop : " . Sir Robert wotld bid £ ' J , £ S , £ 7 , £ 0 £ 5 . —liPasehold Suffrage . Thea Lord Joha vFonldiidid , i' 4 , £ 3 , £ 2 , £ 1—Universal Sallrsge . ( Load cb . " cT * . ) Like tk « Scotcbjia ^ , tbey would nj , ' Get money—honestly , if yoac ^ n ; it " n ,: , kE ; it any way . " ( Laughter . ; As socij aj i ; w .-is kL ^ cl . ei down to Lcrd Joiu ; , Sir Robert woild - « v .
^ Put it up ugain—I give AcanrU Parliaia » at-i aJa Vote by Uiilot ; tbea jay Lord John , "iwiilnot ba c " ' : eutei , I gire tbe * h- > le Charier , lnm ;> avA bottom . " ( Loud spplaci-. ) His ( Mr . U'C . ' i ) ^ r ? a : e » t work was no : so much to spread th * R ; dicai cv « . se , bat to prevent pablic atteiaoa irom bcin ^ diverted frora its proper course . K * would ukt- cars tii : Eitifhertbe repeal of tbe Cera Law * , the Vote by Baiiat , the Pi-cey Posia § t » , nor any other iji : c > . nori . sbeeld diver ; tftt-ir r . iteiirlon from its p .-opcr dir < cc : lc-n . H » was a . friend co tbe repeal of t : UCora Law » . bnt « aly wb a tbo « o !»¦» ? wocld -r . able th--ia to taro ihew 10 their own advantage . Ht- wa > a irieid lo tKe Ballot , provided liiej- had L " n ; Yer » iU Surlrf . ge . and not to plica it as a xn- ^ sk to ai . - ^ u :.--ihe-ir t-aec ^ iei . Ha was 2 . Irl .-nd to cheap pestaae .
proviced it epe ? a , r J a < much ia favour of thp p . jor mr-T ) as the rich man , but ae was not a frieai to a gys ' ttfin which * aved 50 per cent , to tb > > bai . ktr , bu ! dreTT £ 200 . 000 : rom the con ^ tr . - , when tho poor ra < -. ii had to icik ¦ . vp tbe dt-fi ; it-acy to the nsvenus by t-ixaticn . There was eoc a plan which they pro * - pe-ied < hicu « ras not ior the benefit of the wtaithytiers ~ &i Dot a plaa for reaiovics tbe tuxes from those least able to bear them . The whole qae-tiou wilh tht-ir opponents wa * taotey ; and th-yiiiuHgiaeJ tLey had a . 11 pxclusdve ri ^ h : to wring munvy out oi ; be p-opleV iiacds . He had told ihem that he did do : love them n ; ere thau the men of Yorkshire auri Laacashire , becaaje o' tha cifferenc *! of \ ia ir situa-: ion « . Br . t this mode of comparative jndg ~ . njj wiunfair , becaas ? the real quesden should not be .
whether you are more comfortable than tbe rren 01 Yorkshire er Laacusbire ; but the quastioa ought to be , are yon a * comfortable under exutir . g ci : cnmstanceg as yon oa ^ at to be ? ( Cri * g of ' No . " ) Tue qufsiioa * ju « , whether tbe vil ] of Providence was to DO prevcnled—whether that disparity between mm ana man . which we * never intended by their Craator , Kotild eaciai . He admitted that in every state of society tLere mast be three daxses ; bnt taey m'ast forai one link dep ^ cdiog apon and receiving from each other those benefi t * wuicii they c » atiibute to tho general « ocicty . But the aristocracy received all tni benefit and contributed nothing . Th-y received the mean of life and luxury , and » ull tht-y declared they were in danger , and were gaini j' to arm tbe rich , arainst tbe poor man—bat , bekeve
aim , acd be never deceived any oxe —( cries of " No , never , ")—bnt perhaps there were some blae coAted fentry prtseit who wauld trAL ^ sait hi * speech to , crd ' Joha Rossell , who might rraa « ait it in th ; arcaivci ? of history aad the records of time—he rold Lord John ' Russ-rll that if be armed the rich man against the pjor mw , he ( Mr . O'C ; would frpeiid ^ the last farthing of his property in arnaiag tbe- poor - man agaius ; the rieL msa . ( T . - . ouUera of long-c ^ Dtinued applause . ) He fenh ^ r told Lord Joan Russell that ao ( Mr . O'Cc-aaor ) wai a more humane maa than he wasmore iejider-hearted , becacs ; be felt more for rh « poDr , and at the same lime he was aotuatboaghtful of the r . cb—because he wished to preserve tae properry of the rich , by making more secure the p . o-
perty of ibe poor maa . He threw oterboari aD otLer cor . » iieration 4 , and be would stand by the five poiat * of Racicali * m . They might tacnt them wira lafidtliry against " the altar , the throne , and ihe cottage . ' Why . hU yonag and ataiable friend , Mr . Bians , bad nior- » Chrijitianity than all the Bishop * - in tie Hoa ^ e of Lordt > , and ali theinfidei parsens iu tae kiiigdora . He could rot avad sayiDg tbat they ought to bt proud of having such a " happy iliusttttU&n of tbe snioa of Canr-h and State as in the persons cl Williams end Bians . It was the onty proper iHastratton of the union of Church aad Scat-.-, for while Mr . Bines was preac " r » L . | j Caristiatitj . Mr ; T 7 ilh ? . Ei < was circulating poliQccl kaowledg- ,
( Lond chf ere . ) Tb" nnioa of the Church ? nd 5 ; ute as £ most miserable one wh ^ n it united in the pCTaQu cf the late Duke of York , the Bisiicp of Osnabargi ani Comaafmdr . r of the F ^ rc- ' s . He ( Mr . O'Ccnner ) wai for the altar , teca . se he wished it to be the footstool 0 : God , and not the throne of Mammon . He was for the throce , besauss he wished it to be supported by the affections of the pe-aplej and not to bs the craature of the aristocracy . He was for thj cottage , b cau 5 e bi wished ic to be me palace of ths poor jnaa , insteid of the dea of the slave . Wi : at be told the tn-n of South Shield * he to . d them , though , contrary to the sayings of the prt >*{> be seyer maie tue x-we ? p- ecli in two places .
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That might do for the Hera Id and the false Beacon . He was glad they had two papers with such names , .-it- called ilie JJvucoit the false HerttU , anrfthe Herald tb <> false Beacon . B « t this he repeated , that if ta « voicft of kaowled ge was to be drowned by t : i * cannon ' s roar and thf note of war— -yes , if the sword was to « Wh in civil war , and if man wan to bf » armed avaincc bis fellow-naan , then they would invoke the Creator otthe poor ; God would be their King , aad they would be soldiers under him . ( Lond cheers . ) In tbi- cause they were detere » ined , " com * weal , corae wqe , " to sacrifice life itself , if needful . Ir . former dftye patrioH ^ nj wa s called treat-on , but wbe » the hour of snfjeriug hadp \« ed , it was not called treason , but rinue . Brutus , when he « lew _ ....... _
Crwar , wrs called » trait' ) r . bnt now be is called a patriot . Thoso men txiled froja hi * ( Mr . O'Coai nor ' s ) country , were ( failed ratals ira 1798 , bat ia 1841 Xfoe . Ion . jes 1 tim » be . wftold igive lliehigtoriau to wd » e tbe rfcorr : «»< rf < l !»^ ewatry )* ibey ¦ w < jn ^ a B |( (} Httfi ^ patriots aad . lieiv *» . -Kow ' they || a § . Kiast np"their ' mmjs oil this questioa—no more petitioning ^ ( Loud cri e * of ' No , " ho . "" ) That ix the shadow of the nubstance which follows close behind . There wu their mo-ttl po * cr , ar . rl moral power i * a delibfrothf quality withiu cecL ui-ia ' , 4 xnind » which touches him m reason when to < udEre , and when forbearance bec * mf » a criiae . I , their enemies dre ^ the sword , th » y wculd ai * o throw away the scabbard , aud go to work in t \ e be ^ t way th- could . ( Cheers . ) lie
y uad told the Hon * e 01 Commons , seven years ago , that he . would rathir allow his head to be cut off than sanction tLe pawing of the Cotrciua Bill ier Ire-Knd . aiid that , ii La could do ir , a-- woald make the peopl :: rc-ix )' .:. He hud always 1 stood up boldly there lorthe is-purt ot their principle * , as Lv bad doue beiore tbe p-o- ^' e . He cx ^ rtea no popular favour , ex cept what the bounur of working 0 , ese princi ples ' cliiit-d him to , and rpoa the .-e princi p les he woo ];! > tp . a « or fail . If tkese priuci p le ^ werp uccc ^ sury for m-2 in crt-ater poverty tlma tbem ^ 'lvef , th' -y would al .- ' j 6 f i : t-cessary tor their protection . Tkey could i 0 ' .. preYfr . t th » pl . ii ;> je sprenrfui ^—tijey conld not dm' * ft ex .-1 dun ianiluirc round Sanderlnud to prevent ine phv ' i ' orniui ! from Laiica . »"? : in * . The iJlaeue
!> idcc > 'af noary to tl . eir own duor in Sunderland . Hr sas ic ) d there was one 01 thc > sf beautiful sights on the t . iii . 'ks of the T yne called factorieK—rattlehox-s fr . r thtir cUUrea lo be torn from their inother ' s br--astf and tieir fj : th-r '» kaees , iud consifnecro th-Victory . That i . s bringing the plague very nigh—it j ^ \ he first pimple , oa the body , and » -i ! l S .-OE 8 pres : i OTt-r the whole surface . Ho cntrrisi' . ied eo : o ; i '! Uli prejudices as lo what Universal SuurajjRwa . ' . l . l- 'fffc * .. We would net go t-n far a ^ l : ttlt- ' ¦ Fin Jity' Lt ^ d John , to » i » y t iat wi « must ra ^ iafactur-.- 4 r aaci ine , and not afterTardi ! ha : \ Yivwed to wc . rk it . _ H « might a . « w ^ U have ? aiu , ih-rc wiJ be u .-. darkness when darkcePB coin's . He might a * -w ell faj Le bal ii ; vonted a machine
, !\ na wouid ndnait o ; ' n-o imprnveEful iu it . It wat like the man who * aid he had itveuted a new coudens-d s-rt of manure , live licres of whi dl hp d'U'i I . e carried in Lis wai .- Con . t pocU- ^ t , wLfj a be wnstolt . ' ty another that : io doubt he carried the crop : a lbs oibrr pocket . fLou-i lauphtf-r . ) The Government labour- ! upon ! h « pnociples whkb \ a * y received from secb 1 aper « a .- " the Hi raid and tile Benson T ' -. o *^ paper ? wruld m > t tell Lord John Russell the real . * p ;! i : of public npiniou ; tlen-fore it t * m no wonder ths : U . - < i John Ru .-s Jl ylidili be leirii'laiii )^ in the dark . Tke Gov .-rnmfnt woull think that they were merely legUUtiag 8 K : iia * t a pique , whereas they wt-re ipgislatiKg HgHi ^ st a great princ-. plf , backed by stoat he « rta aud btout arms , lid
t .. ese tnrcu ntfa ^ c-s op ra * rd to puvr-riully en Lord Joha Ki .-s - -.-5 j . tb . uhe v ,- ;) * renlly ie ^ i ^ latjrig in th » ¦ iark . Tb- > Mer . ber frr SufffiMd , Mr . Ward , who is the edit-r r . f the li ' ckly Vhrmklc . wiiri that the j-eopif req-ir-d to be takt-u cut «! the guia ;» ace of Mr . O'Counor , and prorjuj-d to 1 ^ 't the elertors berts tbe Ball > -t , and then h » Uojied ow » day—TibU ' s eve , » rbich wati neithfi ; .- before nor after Chri * tmai ' , a .-d no day at aVi —( LauKater)—to let fae people bavo the vot «' . He mi » rht ba well h « . ve « mJ— » Ii \ l \ yei x 0 be rom ^ PrJir . e Mir . L r . 1 will let you do r . » you plen *> .-. '_ ' B-it th * Gov ? rnmeut tever took the j-eople int > tLf account vhnu leglilatmg—tliey only li-jd ^ ited { or their own gain . Yet wl ^ n Mr . Sprinir R ; c told ttu > country tfaat k was the 8 avin t -s ot the poor man which enabled him ta stand aRainit thn . « pecul-rioHK of the moaird classec , he csid , the nountry was net to dtsuondb ? ca \ i >» e in tbe vear
, 1665 , by the ex { 'irutioa of < . h « lon ^ aumuitie * , tLero would £ > - > a j-a-nug o : five million- in the Exchequer . Therefore , it they lived , till 1 SC 3 , they would liavi * the plciasure cf earsim : fivu niiilians for ep ^ ndturifis , Wlr .-n the Refor _ a Bill vim pts ^ ed , tbelr inotto was , ¦ ' Peace . Law . r . ad Ordt-T ; —pcac-, if it produced aw—and la * , if it produced" justice . There shall i > e no r . eac * for tha neb mar :, if there is no lav for the pooricat . There is no law for tb « poor man , h-c-insi ^ thor ^ i ? more d ^ cger to a peasan t shootinj ; a xquirrs ' . i harn , tbau to the squire who suo- ' . 't-i at the PL-nssut ' o head . Therefore . Lv ( Mr . G'C . ) was drawn . ' nj . ti his morui p- ' sirioa as a juror , and ccul <\ nat do hi * duty . But . et the laws br m » d « by all . « nd ir ¦^ i ;! be tae . rr . ost powerful ia « thod of exacting
obt-Q . ence tn r . rir ftii ' , h"rity . ( L-md ch > erin ^ . ' ) I ' licu t- wouli ge as far ; . s nny man iw en ^ icrinp n stmag cod ^ of laws . Then " he wonld riue the puor inau a riiiv or a week ' s wages fur being drunk , but he would take care to fine the rich man t * ire that 8 « m for tae srune offence . If hu fined ; he poor man £ 2 . hn wi ul-i fine th < - i : ch mm , £ 1000 who pcsse .-, » t , d jtiCKi . OOO . He would hove tho laws ree - pectsd f-r tLeir jj « ua > and trutb . They were now in r different state to what they ever were before , and ic would be nec-5 ? : uy for him to explaiD th-i reasoii why a moral revolution would be productive of mere benefit t :. aa any etber revolution . AH ihe ctLer revolutions were mada by thr moni'd cla < . <^^ , itq o made the law * f > r their own b'wfit .
lliey crentod an enjergfiiry without any principles upon which tbe pe-j r' ! e might nUly . Tliey provided no » uk- ; -itutr ! for a bad syntem , aDd the peopla perished for warn of an : h a substitute . Now , however , ihey badaConveati-.-nia which they had cenfideace . They hnd placed tlit- Convciitioiiin tht fore-ground of danger , and thvy must place implicit confiJeuce in it . It « as a Convention that pave thw kitigdom to \ rilliam tise Third . They would tele care tbat the children cf Nature ehould not b « slaves upon their ovra soil . He should not liave been amour them tq-nigh £ in that po * iriou , pleading for the defence of oi < iccarceratei fri . > ud . ' , if it baa not be ^ u for the rashness of Government . The fiovernmont had placed ; L ? dj in a f ' . ujigeou , and M'Douail nnd
Vincenr , tcong ' a not the representatives f ^ r Durlm-u , jet tht-y were asmuchfntHLfd to their support as the man whom tht-y h . ad sent , if lw were placed in the same situation . He wag determined there should bano want of zeal or exertion on his part for the protectioa of his brethren . They ( the Conv ntion ) were such a body as never met before in any country . The people were not , however , to be buoytd np by mere representatives ^ or leaders . He was neither a leader himsslf aor did he wish to bs . Public o ^ iaion w »* hii- gro ^ t leader . As bed boea gaid kl Public opinion was seldom wronj , and not long wropg . " If he had any fault to find with , them or his fellow oountrA'm ^ n , it was that of bearing persecution t 6 o long . " Hi ? therefore came among thum in order to
rain' more steam as 2 safety-vairc—¦ es . fetj in exp ^ ctaUcn of what waa to come hereafter . Let no man think lightly of Universal Suffrage . No man who has real the semieaa of Air . Stephens , or theaddrys » f » Aof bisyosng au ^ ex eel ! err . friend Mr . tinn ^ , —( loud cbeew . )—could fail to be impressed with the importance ana value of the great cause . What had operated uy . m the mind of Lia atoiab \ e y ^ ung frierd wuo prt -. ^ de I . over thi » meeting ? It was tiw axle o ; public op inieam taii great cocntry , ai ; d it Mas taeir b ^ uc ' -en du « y to u ^^ ra' ral ferce , ' and « psre pbysici-i fjieo . Tain wa » a que ? ticrf ^ orth living uu d dyicg for . Ho bad cut o ( F evrry retreat bot froTD Sefore aad behind—liehndnot stored ary ne .-tegg up jn which he cuuld fall back . Ti . ej bad tUal night to csasider upon the course takec by Governmeat to pat this movement down . If they trie ' .
p ) : ysicil force—if they attempted lo suppress public meetings by phybical fore-, then physical fcrce ¦ v roBld b « employed against them ; and it they allowed public meetings to go od , then , as jura as " JtDowlecge is power . " then ^ 9 s ure would tbe raora . 1 power of t ^ e Rttdical * prevail over Whig aad Tory physical force . ( Chears . ) He was net cow in tue jima pocitioa before them as when be last addressed ' . beta ; then it wag upon hia own rsspcnkibilitynow be was acticg upon the authority of a pablic body , aad hewouidnot take- the praise that belonged to otLcr men . It was their duty to listen to the CoBVuntisn acdnot to him . If tbat Convention vrere tf err , they ( the people ) would find it ou < / ritbost Lim . That Convention had accomplished more dnring its exi ^ ten-e , tlian had ever been a :-cwap liihfld in thrf e Jioies the time , Jt was some-
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thin g to efctnbll * ih a standing for it on < U > r the law . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) If the Convention Jiad taken up a tttovg portion , uot j ^ tiliecL , in its inf * ney—if it « ad not , taken up a negative ground at first , the Government wonld hava seized upon iu jni ^ u cy and utraB ^ li'd it in the cradle . But now they had the sanction of thei public ; - ~ tfi ? ir petition bad beenpres « nt *} dj and henceforth they « ould take cow that thmr prowedin »» nhould be ot a more positive character . Tho Contention should not be driv n too fast , nor should Hb « allowed to lag . -If it l&gired , their ( the people '«) frood « en « i wonld take tbe drag- off the wheel , and ; * end itdowpfhe £ }) 1 , or appoint auotlier . But tbey would not ^ et ajrbptttr Convention ~ hecaufe it had . done ittduJiT , nobly and honourablyithdrefore they woul ^ award to U UifiV infted of prniie . But wben ^ ume rf i | i- ww ^ htitf were thrown into pria-m—ha niuMetf ' ¦ ¦ mxis to be tried at thr ueXt Yorivdhire Assize *—; bot haajkrsgat } not for Mrniftitikba vika »» Vi « Iiofc » -W « Ui 3 sibifof . V , v »« r
He tfouU defend himself ; % K S : Ywoly to om He vroyld uotJ * Jbimktm * $ ;? batl h « would arraign their e ; iemie « , and find them guilty of persecution Rgaiiwt th « m . ( Loud cheergA H « would gladly compromise a aaon a ct tar tread , mill , for every uour he might speak rather than lose the opportunity , and when he had done with ti-. e peopfeV acensatioa and his own defsree , he voold wish , tbe , AUoiney-Gener ;\ V joy of hit ) posuion , ( Cheers . ) He vmuld rather have * h © Attenify , General to more for tho criminal information against him faun , have his ^ art to perform . Ti ey must rally rocad the Convention . Jrle wus determined to go to Glasgow , and oilW kinsself as a candidai * at tha next election , and , by iruiuip ? a show of
bands , display the strength or . tht » Radieal caufie . Wherever the enemy wa .- « , they ought to bf » . Th « man did not love liberty wlio did not know how to meet tho enemy ut all hours . He ( Mr . O'C . ) t » na bom a R : idicai , bad livjd a Radical , and wonld die a Radical . ( Cl \ eers . ) Mr . O'Connor tA « : i proceederf to gtato that in 1822 ha had published » nnmphkt , three thousand copies of which were r-eize-l by th . i H-gh Sheviff , who h * d « aid that if ht < had holi of him ( Mr . O'C . ) he nhouldnmJce him par tbe same debt of nature a * th « paid by the Wliiteboyn , upon whose ca «> e he ha A tnken bis stnnd , ami for which ho wan obliged to " c . t and rmi , " Mr . O'C . IbiB showed that ibo urgameot adopted in tbni pamphiut , which wvre tken called treasonabl . " . had
since be « jn acted upon by theGoTermneut . Ainorgst thi cjinplainU which , he made ia that pjuapWet . wp .-j fte narrowaess of representation . He wished every man to have a portion in the representation of th < i ¦ mntry , and k . i < ooh as every man htx-i bis portion , the pr « Aectiun of property wan sure , and by no other means C'ukl property be aect . re . They naui « t baTn Univers * i Suffrage , for he wouM have it , or di' < m loolcinic for it . ( Cheers . ) He did not ask ihem to . ron belong in : o denger , or to be foolish ; lot any foolish duviation irom a' straightforward conrge taight ffiistriitii ih « r dcsiirasf and throw bach their cause for years . Thttititratj £ th wan ir « . tbeir uaios : there was pow ^ r in their-, voic .-, and auuce . u in tlieir peweveranoe ... ^ Aux * g « r « # » io « aunin » t them would
justify th ? ra tn adapum any «« ifre . * ive raeasnres . They would offead uo mau , prowdcid their agitation were allowed to jf ( nviu ;' but wee to thpow men wao ddredtaenijiloyiiysical f ^ rc ^ against th * ra . Lord John Russell had told the rich that they were entitlec to take up arm * , ami linrely it was not too much for tho poor to purchase arms , if they like * . The arms that were to be provided for the rich were to bo purchase 1 by robbing the poor . If the aristocracy aud the «¦/*/« of tha Nation were ta take no , arms for the defence of property , surely tho m « ri who had no property . but : vhwr lives to defend ought not to be tauuted if they ventured to posfe ** themselves of similar weapons . But Lori Joha Russell was a bad lawyer ami a werse statt'smai :.
He ( Mtj OC . ) mit a better lawyer than n * , aad , 1 * placed in the same position , woold make a better stateeman ; hecausv U » would » ov do anything tint had not the cossent of a inajority of the people . That was the © a ] y patbiu which a utate--man ought to tread , aud he had evernVjl in that path iu politics , neither taming to tha right hand nor to tUo loft ; aud , when he atood before a meeting of the people , whether of friend * or en « mi «« , he stood upon th « purity o ; bis motives , , and he dered any man to charge him . with an act of incouiV ^ T u Ufin f t Q ]» wholt > of his life . ( Cheers . ) He had braved bU dangers aad despised all tyrants A * he had told the poodle of Sheffield and South Shields , he had been promoted firom tV « j ranks of
tne Aristocracy to a c-mmj . tswn in tbe Democracy ' N < tsrititandiajj the Act of George III ., cU 6 , against cnlhn ^ and training , y et he had « o trained andjnarshalled Iuh co : p ? , that ho defleid any one to attack them without danger . They were too strong to be deieated—too wise to be caught by the wisest heads of tie day—and too manly to jbe driven ' 'om ta- ir Ciurae . f Ury d . > sirad no cuurosion—they dosired no ciwl war , because labour was tfee only real property ia the country . Wijpn tlieir enemies threateued what ti . ey would do , they Mkeif wh ' st tbo naople r . ould live opon Juring-tr . eXt : o ^ g 0 i ^ fhs p ^ yaical force would op ? n ths larder of every inaa , He , for on * , if ho were nungry , would break open the first biker ' s shop iu t . a street , and tnko and eat hialwaf
( Laughter aud cheers . ) Tuey did not want physical force ; bat if moral force tailed , then—a * "hunger breaLsthronghstotttwaiU , ' and "iirtcmta is Ae mothdr of invention "—n man WtaW attack tha loat . tor these principle * , tb-y bad been attacked . iiid abused- by vVhig and Tory G ^ veramentH . Tu- ? y hal been looking for him ( Mr . O'C . ) for five years , and a : last they had onl y got a nibble . ( Laughter . ) Ihejr wantod to got hold of him first , and theii they would tike all tho rest together . If taey conld catch a goose , how the old fox would rejoice . But from this taey wore not to infer that ths others ha " . really commuted themselves . Ttwy had « iidnothiag bat wbat w . aa juncvtied by tho law . Thy porsecutioa they hod suffered justified tliB atrons lar
ijuuge they i . ai umd . Hut their enemies wera afraid of lmn , bfcatiBe they kuew tbat he knew as much of the mystification ot law as the best of them . ' . Coke * ma—a man whj und . rrtaokhij « wn defeac-had a fool for his client . Bat he could defend-iuaawli better than . 8 Whig or a Tory could for him . He should not have a fool for Ljs client , because he woald beat them for his cliect . And if they wens to send kia to a ducgecn , ihor would bo & little Star tlatteriag over them every Saturday niifht . ( Loud cheers . ) They wculd tia . i that if ' he could not make his way through the prison , yet the Sl < ir would make its way tVou ^ a tV bhop door of . his excellent friends , Williams and Binus ( Cheers . ) Bat wen tken he would con * taatly be endoavourinK to promote their cause . Let them ponder Well what he . had said ; lat tha jpoorest nsau aaiong tbeia Avc
a mite to Hie cause ; Bad let him who in .- ' . not abl « to give anything , curac the system which prevented mm from gmig to others in the hour of neesd . Let no man who was able to giro a halfpenny to thi * cause , think he had done Ins doty till he had given it . He ( Mr . O'C . ) was the advocate of thi * . cause , Let them rally ; for if taey had not the assistance of mend * , they would havelikl . e raiugetioufrom their [ oes . If th y rallied ronud their frienda they -would break throDga all danger . He took leave to tell them this—that they were onl y slaves so long as they wjshed to be slavei . Slam ; is an act oi volition . As soon as they were united they were not ' slaves . Lat them msnfully endeavour to thrsw the yoke of slavery off their necks—then England would be dest-rviug tie name of couutry—tlien they would with pride call her taoir native laud , /
or" Bre&tW lh « a < v man vrith » oiil « o dead , WllOXlcVJ-r ty UlUlieJf hiti » il !» id , 1 tus t « my own—u . y nativeltnd . " Mr , O'Connor concluded amidst the most deafening and yirotra .. 'e » 'c ' w . ring . Mr . Batcrei . or sail ad bad great pleasure in propo * mg the folWwjug resolution : — . "That thi » meatiu < fully approves of the plaa l « iddown by Mr . O'Conur for the eBt ^ bli . ihineut y PJtHPQ- % ?? Fuu * ' * $ hereby agrees u do' all iir its power by « ubjcripiioa » , aud other # ise to -malie < 3 U -jtaid Food ' to . Efficient as poisiWe , aud ibat a c > llecriou be now made . " Mr . Gardener seconded the reaolution . Mr . Binns then raad the following addregsto Mv O ' Connor , from the laemberi of tho Female Charter Association , which was drairu up on a parchment scroll .
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . NOBLE P ^ TKIOT , —Wo tao mombem or ths Woireu ' a Chirter A *« ci » tioa of Snoderlnnd , h « il you on > oot ^ iait to aw town , aa one whow ainbiiion it b « M been to gourd the bninai of tb * poor . und to » ec \ i'n f » r otitcoantr » th « blc 6 « BB of a Government founded on AlJND ftud CHARACTER . Albi . i aryetutoiu wouli requiru tiiat ve < ho « . d lear « ih « i tfij . UM df pjlitn- * l warfurn , . iinil even tbu pleawmur tldtyof congratu \ atu > g lh <; » orl . \'» mnausipatoM to othora . but Sir , tU 3 tpnis lone their tulu- to reupect « -hea by d . jirivingwanW
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arm * of the-aid ef woman's hewf , th « y tend to b ^ iia nutiiin ' i frcrdom . - W « harijsaen tb « U ^ iroW ef v » 'rj *» 78 m torn by rbbbor-haiid * from your knnty brow , njrid lk « < t » 1 « W pownr whirU that patriotism cntitlu you 16 m dtmacrafr&tina crpt ia the h « HcU of twui'iwtinn . W « oJmire yoor unat ^ Ter ' inn fidelity to the e » u » e of lhi » poor in aland wWtt't ^ itb ii pronoanrea dangerous- ' and dnty t <> mao ia coiwteuoil fato rebftlHon » gtiiiiit Ooi . But wo ' know that thonth ' tWeen-»» m > ii ^ of oirrtptioB ni » y hi »»<> iti horror * /» r tbo # yw * nt , T <> t yo » r kr » rt & ftll * d mt !»!» onr » fpi and * lth hop *; nvt the flitting gleaui of » HJ * k . nttwt than reality , bijj iv « on . r ^ aUW uotir . thfl r . )« k oriutj-hope-s ^ nn iJ iiMfcvlro iu * Knqwledge of the past . Yon w « -nt fu * il » » t lha ont « i of thU miphtT B ^ vanwnt wiih "honiMiky of porno ** Mfe ytif fYtiiHu . anil * k » tiAiv ' ii 1 liMi ! 4 > f i 'am » & ¦* . * ^ u _ l Am- . > u—i + : l ¦ 1 . ¦;
s . n , humanity , and tmA , * bi » ankmrd ami 4 »» " Qm . tiSwi tiiiM im \ l of opBwiiuu ¦ in ( flr < NitK , -jr 4 *\* afa \ M $ tm mf $ ihL , d « iip <» tJj < in « i . it rolled , » nd » r * now Tå . i 5 dSitSO . r ^ te&mm * * ** uaw » nii librrt . ^ d ^™ ^ sir-& mmTt 6 : - ; IT ; - " r ; U iiliffiLlfBii \ M : tofi ! t tim « v . * T \ rt » y « iftOW g \ ywff «> g it iu itM wini ** , « ii 4 o « u-Cw »» pr » o H « nmii , tb ^ t « r a yo * nr > y ? ii reaimaieflftn 4 vodr lw » rT ' t ^ oW b * * f k ^ y < »» ^ f - **? yoor eoonuy WtonfiL fend B » on . Most n * W « f « tmt !~ t » freedom , if Matetfi « isd | la H «* en , if jw f < 4 J ~ . ' . , ^ WW ^ F ' SiRnod < m behalf # f > the SunderUnd Y ( et * K MtfMx -Atfuciatiin , t ^^^ POIS ? . AGNE 8 CAMPBBEL . PreiiiiJwit . 8 m » der 1 » nd , 22 d ity of June , 1839 .
Mr . p'CoNKOR said , in hopouring him witn that ad < 1 ret' 8 , it always gave fiira extrtinti pleasure to parcfivft tbe identity of fHing between mule * and fomaW in their struggle for political rightx . Ox : thw ociarion any ona wonld suppose that he hid been honoured with thi ? address before he hud commenced addressing them , for it would have formed an excellent text fcr ihe sermon lie had ju ^ t preachi d . He always felt more for females than aalea . II there were any reason why female * should complain , it was becan » -. « th « highest power and the lovro ^ f degradation wero Fustained by female * . At Ihe present tnomi-Bt , there wan a female on the throue to whom female look for proteetion , at a ¦ time whnn female Tciuth and innoci * nca were cotied to
^« n xinneoeasary toil and a prematuro tirav .-. There . was .. . no portion of th « c . nimnnity whf >»« advice osght sooner to be receWsd than the , advice » f females- If they conld n- ^ t aid ut in the fiirU , yet they were liona in tho cabinet . They coud ijjspirf tirt with the belief that we nhonld receive iht > laurolH of victory . They hon « ht for n happy abede for thorse ! wand for tho *? they gave birth to ; but how painful it must bo foritiothera to hm their children bora with tile brand of slavery on their frrehead 8 . They did not s « ek for increased privjlegcH by strife , bat they looked for the stability of the throue , aud the happiaws uf the cottage . They W"ul « i be guided by the Rood advice of the wemeu , and if they failed to encourage and itmpire themes , h « hoped the mew wooiii f . ul to inspire them widi
tho r » ni > ct worrhy of the name of man . To tin * Indies he would eay , thnt he had msr « pleasaru m receiving an addretg from them than iroiu tie malo smx . It 'vm easier to matt" an iiapression Hpon a woman ' s heart-by a viva iwe jp ^ -. h than otherwine . They indged him br what ha had done . It was his pride and ambition to preserve the good opinion of the weraen . He hoped <^ very man wohU receive the same iropeiui * aul smpulsi ) which ho felt from thi * beautifull y- written and eliMiurut address , which he » nly regre ' ttod was i"O \ predated to tt more wbrtliy object ; but he h <) pod it would inike ; he same iiuprejMon unon thf men wfiichil did upon him . Hirtbest Uiank ^ t > uld
be proved ty his actions far the future . He took this addrew , cot as a reward for the past , but -. is n retainirg f » e ior what h * should do . This address w < uld have taV « n him aback , if he had not b » n prepared tor it by » heir worthy Chairman . This was all ; he wmld say , fpr he trusted more tp tho fooliagf of Uis heart for an anawor , th ? a . to the word * of his tongue He returned bis best thanks for tki * and all other . tok en * of respect which he had received Jrom the working elaasM , to who&e serfice he was ' devote ! , f » r wh ^ se caw he lived , and for who *? benpfat he was ready to die . .. : Mr . Shkldom . ox Southwick , proposed a vote of thankxtoAlr . O'Oimnor .
Mr G AsiSBY rpi ? e to second it . Mr . O'Connor , a ^ an imimaual , required noenloginmfrom him . When he- . ( Mr . O'Connor ) " foond UwpriBei / le of Universal Suffr agH an a little babe , he cherjsliedit till it arrived at maturity , and now it had M > increased in siisa thnt it had become as * trorig as a giant . Now it had rawed its massy arm , and threatened demolition to th « tyrants if they refused to concede the rights of the people . Yes , the giant was holding up one arm for i-i rights , and dem * nding them ; the otl . er arm was lifa ; d up , and woe , woe- to those upon whom th'ifarmfnu . 4 , whetht ? r upon RoWu Hood or Little John—( laughter )—for annihilation most assuredly would ' be ? his ' fate . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'CoNNOB r ^ to return thanks . The only sorrow he felt ia risin z was the inflictiDg of nnoth-r speech lipo . n theia . However , as ho did not o . 'tan
appear cmocg tfern , ho might take the liberty ol snyine that he required no greater reward—he never would aceept of 0 greater reward , than tho thanks of the people , for whose cause he was ready to < ii * . ( Loud cheers , ) Hefcad never travelled a mile nor eas » meal at Uie espease of the pablic , nor received inc farthicg of pabhc msney , in ihe whole coarse of hu hie . ?• Cojuo weal , como woe , " come life or death , he nc > i ; r would be a pensioner np-n tho pab > lie . If eyar Uu . day of dutreascame , he was able to exert tho . e faculties which God had given him : but it he ware not able to axert them , then h ? would be compelled , and would consider himself bound , to receive such per sion a . * thu'State might give . ( Tr « . meudons cheering . ) He had a profeosion , which wad a lucrative one—he had landed Drooertr . and
16 po ^ sesseJ l » i « intellects . ( Hear , hear , and cheering . ) If he had to aurronder his pro ' etwion , and his property , mill Qod had given him bis intellects , and it wou . d fiud its level in s 'cietv . If the gift of man prriiihfid , the gift of God r « maWd , which was his b : rtb .-r ' gl » t and his consolatioii . But still be * u ° A for those , who were sjfiV . riDg for the cause , and if he was in their aituation , he would not consider it a d gradation for others to suo for hiqahelf . Ho wp . s ready to support them , becaasa he was placed in more afflaeut circamstances . lie knew that ii drovimstances were changed , they would giro rolu-i to him . He askftl for corresptcidiiig exertiohs-un their parti He coosider « d th-ir attendance taat ttyhU altar a day '» wcfls , a . greater sacrifice than the hrmdreas of miles he had travelled was t » him
. He thiuiked them for ta * honour they had conforrad upon him for the poor services he Iwd rmderad . If any man had left nay iliing undone for tho cause ho ^> f » t . ^ n 8 his daiy to tl > e fullest extent . Ho . Alr , U C . ) kad left nothiag undbn > that it , was in bis power to Adi , Onco niore ho tliank ' eil > hera , and wh « u they met again he hoped it Would be b conjrratulttte him 00 tbo saccafs to which thr-y had po ' i * ir !> i . aMd . r'for th « rmtgbt bclivrb hiiti ; fenders , > ver » but the skeletons—the peoph Werethe . buay of the fttiny . Jtiags would look moro riJiculoncwirboTit sabjecw , . tUaji . sub ^ -c toi wiili ^ at .-kijpBi TEe tith * - pV * £ U 3 mr $ A bai . w . iHae . off , * ittioat ; a fiock , than the fijek without the sl ^ ei- herd ; .., The gentlemen of his . ( Mr . O'G . *) clotli wauW look- more foo ^ uh without
clients , thoin alianU « it ! iout . ttem . Althopgh be - 'as coasIderLvi" a ] efi . Z < zr » . jvp , ^? t t » was reedy to Sconce a humb > ft » lio * 4 r in tl » o jpath . of rectif adc " and truth , for to that he knew tbey would lead Mm . He was determined that nothing should stoD him till the cold hand of death waro upen him , and his body concealed in the grave . They tai ^ ht make n martyr of him ^ but from onp drop of the martyr ' s blood wouM sprinj ten thousand ( patriots to ar : ngt > tLe martyr ' s death . ( Loud cheers . ) He now came to discharge a most plewant duty , that of propoxinp a vote oJ thanks utlit'ir noble , youthfof , anc tf . Vntad Chairman . Tb /) r > j was no man in the pr ^ s » -atmovempnt * h () J . ad so exerted hims-If , ot likel
wa * y to render mare essential service t 3 tN > cau « e , than Mr . Biuns . TUosswLohud seen feia ; were brst abb to jndge of hia devotion to the cause . ' IVy * ould not fiui in Sua'derjand a more geat ! " - mialy , noble , or more raligiouH young man ; noranr on ? who had exerted hitus ? lf moro than hefcad done , or eccompliiiaed more for the caHgethan he had .. He would not say arymore in hia presence , though he had not sai-i more thia one-half which he bajthc to haxe void ia his praise . He begffad to nro . pose a \ pte of Aenfcs to Mr . Biafis , not for ihe manner in which ke had discharged his duty on this or any single occasion , but tor has unwearied services m support of Radical princip ea . ( Uud
^ Mr . Sheldon seconded tho motion , which hanai been put by Mr . O'Connor , -was carried in the 2 euchiiaiastic manner . « uy « k Mr . B . KNi , vetnried thanks . Hfl thankod th 9 m kindly ior the honour tlawy uad conferred « pon iim . Ihe W reg ard hf cmld hav ^ for tua serfioe « h « . had Ttsniered to t >; e cause of liberty aad tr >» tk whs . that those men among - , vh ., m te iabeui « sd mkut
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maniteHt by their * $ & * iapport of i » nd Ot 1 ii ?* Hi * fidelity to tktw * pnncipla * h ^ fead UcgbttSiKi Mn O'Connor bad told them that % n ' wptkdl-t ^ PSf ' Oaf mote of Mr ^ BJun «; r ~ B * ( Mr . rB . y * d se « eAihk ^» conld * sy more th »» i h « bad * aii ~ it wai Cfftaiwlt / more thnn he ( Mn £ . )« rii »*^> -j& * U ^ . > There « w a 0 « ibte . ^ M > J ^ . - « 4 KKJui ^| tp before he « li «» oKe 4 ^ metifofr ' * M&M&L--. ibe . power of 0 > e -pr « M . ^ Jf ^ m ^ lmp ¦ ^ fe& ) $ ^' twa ' PHpers in - , Sl »» d <» i ; Ur >< L , ¦ ' . i ^^ j t , { $ f ; :. » VCtf ^ eft : njrft btasr , '') T ^ e ^^ a /^ filled ^ iaO ita ^^ ^ t « jjrl ^ j- | 3 * 'iooj ( accounts o horrid . '¦ murderk ^ DT ij iVi ^ p ^ titfteS f ¦ pyf 4 ^^ r CHoHipriar « S . did everj ihiog ' woik ^ ndj ' aft ^ mriF . $ &rifity ^ mj ^ t mckm& * frw& f ^ M- ^ tmiA- ^^§^ : ) iLii ^;^ i $ ^ - do . Sq J ^ g ; M t h ^^ C ^' aooeyVtKaaiaA tte P *^ " ^^^ P ?«^ i ? ipifeUk ; pttpe ^ rortbfepublicans m-KhV / TtwlKeYWlEfl . iaiua ^ fcr them . Conld the publicans do without thapeopErf- hot them try . It ira * the dnty of the people to d © all tlwy could to destroy tho ifaflueiicft of n cttrapt prsua ; sod < ae best way to 4 o that was t « with 4 ? a . w U » eir sapport from such paper * , and eapport those papers which honestly advocated , and adhered with a Goi-Uko fidelity to their interttstt . Lut them « opp « rt thosi publtcuis who supported tho people ' s paper * , and if they would not support thosa pnoers , tril them ifcalt th « r aLv ia > ery bad . ( Laughter . ) The meeting is bow diVgoWed . Si ve-ral rounds of the most entbaaastic cheerintr wr-re then gjvsn for the Chairman , Mr . O'Connor ^ the Conrftuwn , for Mr . StepTiins , and tbo A ' wMww - liter , and the meeting separated . > ,--. '¦?^^ T ^^^^^^^^^ P ^ W ^ . L
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- - —— - , 11 . ~ nr ~ - ~~*< , * v ~ . MB . MARSDEN'S AGITATING TOUR . Gentlensn , —A § at every plaee whefd meetinj {» oceur . wi ccounl thrr < ipf i » got up » nd / orwwded to jour uaijcr for ia-¦ wrtioa , w ihe pjwplfl of Clitkerot * urgantly rvu \ je » tcil me at wnd % ahon . ceotrnt ef ' th'Mn to th « . ^ r . wuic ' . vl novrdo , ¦ jritha-brirf detail of tlw nther mwiicg * tliat 1 attended ( luriujt the l »» t vfotk , trtt 8 tin « that you will have tho goodaeim , if # pac « pannita , to ins » rt it . A aweting-had btft-n exiled hj pla «» r 4 for J « , n 15 th « t Cluhwoo , to itke pl . ri" at thehou 5 w of Wm . Kauwbottsm . mnk » ep .. r . The day betore the mectinx iho lasdlord recei *^ order * irym a mMutrate not to allow vt at Uh koase , tuy «» mpainf d by a threat of low of license if h * wfased to oW , tnongh tha cnatoin ot th « noikraen mn-cewry to mafce chat iieeBBrt 01 any ralue ; yet it in fckfer to fcrare ilieir hoatiUtv . tb . n t ^ a «« wuy uf a magiitruW , nctwiihjtauJiufc tke miii pi » ca ., le diamaour nai pr , li « hed cxinrior wbidi he wear * , ™? . cA »<; i > uisar . 'e wn Siive lcn ? loond ihern to oor cost . luit of all onclrtanne . sH . Sy . ! ne » Sixilh Bad b « ai \ lccturinir ilw « mi <» wedk w CliUieroe , wi'h the be * : : iccouun ^ aum ifce U . irn coold nff . rd : » nti « oikmen at tta v ^^ io ^ s » place * ot ern ) l » r . ifncoiir * g . 'dby their « m 4 ovor » to ao . but th « ttarf ^ cal
,, drp / nred 0 ! eren tko Ubeviy of a public-home room , and thur jHinted billn rendered thereby a nj . ickery , codii noteTuuhuo inth »» aui 6 piaee the muxiciaug to load tta t&eir b > id > -an aguida to Rnothi-r p ' . aee « -f meMinff—th * is mwnnau * bttinjr frf * rful that ad » an . as" would be taken ot wif f - elr '"" PW" * . Wh » t * o d » upy * Ute wo a > e ia i When 1 wat mt-Uitau , ter lha other day , l " wiu told Uut the wurfeir ^ n at gome et tha milli wcto -- . fa « al-neA with oxd » i 1-» ion for pttrsha » ini { yo « r Northern Star . Uut r * ed we trnudrf whan . lawr ailruimnr » ior » c « n bawiawdly ami BBblnaaiiwrir net with rticliaparf y spirit ; aud etcs . law meters ihemsilui * > far . ovnttheirduty asto set the Vile eximvle . Sen Ru * wS « uch :. rgiig ( r . . m th « iu » gi » sratyj tfiat jiu ^ jrvudty VFB .-mteA inan-tue dag 8 fteatorof our U » U « ' » taoiuM y , Mr . K / oet , aod ihe bra » e patriotic Pole , B-uiawski . foratU- ^ irsg public nieefr •<»« . Uxs . wholemnnmeicrRWTi ^ VeMaatea .. , Wi : i' hnw « -vw had aa r&ptdlent rneetwp lu tbe op «> m air , a mils um pf tU '« w «« , TW wannrat npini wia iDHnif *«( e < l < «•«»» flid men were with m » in th » « rt , which had b « tt p ' aeed for « ur ' standing . wUi * e gtvrt and spnsitl ) reoiNJkr tlicit-d from the u ** j&bied otolutode . tha xaust asAritui us-> Iai »» " - ~ - : - - > - - . - . . ¦ : ¦ ' , ; . ^
. . ... - AtPadthaitt , w ' j jeh I n « xt attended , we htd a very fnll Meeting , coBaidermg iha population of tha placp . Thors toe oellw » n woald . not venture to «» ll a Chartist mwliuK ; but a inun zttiwertd the pnrpOM fall / , before the tollman vroaM have ilone ; tboogh ho , » long thia * fl W periuit . t « d i * now a dnubdal ua&tt « i >; tfce mayor of PrastoB , having s ^ ut 14 prison , a man Bamed Waning , thia » ery W weet , fur cxiliug S . mating of ours by . he bell . Go on tyrauU ; Ujb day < rf reckohmgis not distant . Sabtlsii waa my nextpUee . - How it would gladdon O'Co » - nor shoart to sec a little place lik « thin uritk only l , * W ln ( i ' —• t » k » n B- » ° !•»» than UStun . They hare seat * i . 10 * . to the Aauofial Cosv ^ ji'ion , and thfl namo son tn Srflplienn ' s Kand ; an . V eollectnij tbe monuno fellow .-: * tru rat-etuig atthe wri ) i-k » hop , Us . in aid of tte fittfton Association . Hew tUuy ixjHjcttd tiat tbeir smplovorw would Ua . vt permitted ih « m the uie of tke School & ¦ uul which tad t ** e latel
y erected ; but-all in the lew sb-ire us , appeur boanJ iu one comtrioa bond afraiMtiin . \ V « met in th > open air , tlw t »« 'wpR b gal * to turn out bad : and eoon alter i > nr aMemblW » ho ram i « ii Ueavil y ac « ampanieiJ with ihumin . Tojwd «< ^ rom the uninher . them eoald haxiiy b * a wan in the viilaffe but must l . ave been preaent . The place « f meeting m reiucimitly lelt j and « v » contrived to g « t a ronta m a public noiwe , »| : some , \ j ght UenUaLioii ou the part of the iand-! ord to jjariiiitit . " Froanhc latterplacel went to Burnley . Here they met ic a large room Ttelnnjing to the Tempsranco Society , whicb wa » crowded to eoflfcation . The middle dun ** . Iwu told were in th ^ tovru be » iuning to look n >« T 4 J »» oor * bly OOfin tRe CiiaTtuUtuan fotmi-ri ^ ; an d tte h » d « a » 3 ii tiflunk prem ; nt ; as alto at Padihaia , who seemed to w * e a livel y mtmeit in our broeeediiia .
On ^» turdif , tha week > ra * wi ^ h ine comp \ s ! tf 4 at Ci > 6 rW where th « y had tlieir demoartration ; the nnmbern attendant « n which , iau » t h « e rarpriaed . eviery whabitant Mane preeoded by a il * g led the way to the hasting * , The raertfoc inw- wMrw ^ d by Mr . Stag * , of Pre * toh : and Mr . War < K Meg&u- to the Convention for B ^ ltonV The rain dn .-in * it » nine oJ meeting begaato faU Li torrent *; otiu « to whichit " ! ' \* » "i ^ ort time broke up , but pa the caauation of the nnuita ^ ainre-aHsembied ; and Aough sums nther h ««» T -how « rii again tell ; the nj ^ tini ? remained invmevabl . ! : at tb * cl . w * . ofwnic'h , th « bai »< 2 , followed by the crowd ,-mardu ^ hi-ouj tU tbe greater part of the town . ; . No Macsre iUdioal could uvaidJoeimj ? delight at thu spirit her .- i ! is » laynd , n , ir a « y pn ^ myfailtobo eonTJncea , how MwoV . h-ila /' withia the j | oiv : r nf ? he rrtw ' adeis m * is , when > rer i's * treu ; tSi - slwuli ae , in the least degree exerted .
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HOUSE OF LOROa . - ^ i ^^ y , June 24 . Tbn-Maiquwof-. WSSTMtfATU « umplair . » i of the imperiect returns priweuted by toe Girerninent ' nijtudiair tk * : traj « M- joai » t Kaltingar . Soreral Most important Tetters ana docntnontrwera omittej . H « Lord « W ont-red iioj ^ xten « ire dotavta « a th » iUtaof Ireland , at . d on tnemaaaj ^ m « ai ot ^ htJ inquiry now pr'i « eeCing . ¦ The Matnawet LAND 31 . OWNE movod that tha Bili « orKxehan strt Bill ; bo eoiiiidered tn Cwmiflittce ; its oVJ < et » r . sto continue , without limiution as to peri ^ , the act ' u * Er Si * * * ° " ** ° mitig * tinR * " "W ** V <* ' The Du (« of WELHS 6 T 0 N wll th-it he had bo oV jv-tion to eoutinn « the * et , but h » hel 4 that it o cht w o j » a luniwa period only , ye , therefore , uiovrt'l a «* Ifu ?" ' ttoriiluii L ° at il remains iu fjree till Jauoar ;
the Jl arnnii * of lAITSDOWNg atwnaly 0 B-. Med ftW hruttatwn coutending that iti only effect was tS ' make b ^* aliwiV' " . « W ^ rV ««« fl « m »—* * ictim * . ^ i ^ t ^ &JjL . aiiacuUtes 111 rai » ing nionej . « . . Tb ^ fo ' nimitt ^ e divided en thts claims . Th » number * w * r * - ^ cfntetPn , G 9 j » ion . cont » inta , 52—uwjirity 17 . The JHtt then we . it through . Oommittrj . l T ? h ^" ^ ea * Jrtving been bnrua * * 8 *» & »**
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Jtfbarfay , Junefii A . petition , that had been forwarded to the Speaker , w «« wad by tke clerk complainin g of Mr . Alcock aavuig-beeit ttndaly rttumed for Uad ' . ow . : ' ° , ; IS rtf' ^ Vt ^ K ( iu ^ nw to MrPftBagtoa ^ inqaiTy ) ' H&idthataViIlhad beei . rweiveJ frem Uu ^ r OanaJu rexar " ¦ ng-thedergy . rnwrvee , bnt that it wa * uuaec . iasinwl br the rupuMte document from the garner , witUwt which , ft Tol ^ i kg * ' T » * " l ' ^ Ut * U * " V * iUnMMf ^ . ad *; sir out oi the * r » r- ^ v >** fur J > rt RU ^ ^ : in «» mittr « of « pv ' r , % rat « U i , r j * " . rtacaf «> u gn . m-rfia . aely , ^ rAl ( , r jubhc edecatwn w G / eat Btitain for th « carr . nl fiuanci . i L ^ rd MAHON Raul ftathn . Wtit to be aui doty t <» m « t tk « pr ^ xwal vriihadi ect neitaiivp . laesutjeci ledtoaBrxtt . Jeddi-eussioiu . Mr ik ^ l ^ « 'Coii .. l ) , Mr . Litton . Mr . CrwswetV , nil ; . ' ) ' » r - G •¦• ti'irn , an * LarJJ . Rusaell in reply , took part iu th » debate thatfollowed . . ¦?'
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, . ¦ ; -. T . ' ¦ ; . Thunder Storms . —The pr «* inciaipaper *« oa-Uia accouHti of dretdfdl atoms dnfMnNNM ^^ and precdling w *« L Tbe liuhtMifKBfSWfA beea ia several instaacw fstalHMHSIIBf ^^ M ^ aej wa » accompanied " , id some eas ^ fl&aLjflte ^ tf 3 nacommrto mairBlrBde . Th « ^ fflmjmmWrWl 05 2 miner » ay » ^ be bail was in ¦ om ^ i ^| |^ g ^ 6 ^ fe | k ^ 2
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TOL . n . : go . B . _ ¦ SATURDAY , JTOE M , 1839 . . ,:. ¦ ¦ jp ' f- ^ S ^ E ^ S ^/ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ***^*^ ^ " ^ " ***^ ^* WMWWMaM » BwaWBBa »» MajejBsjejejejB < PBWMaM 8 HBaMMa >^ ' — « ' . : >" ¦ " % - ¦ ¦• . •; " - « ' ¦ ' ¦ '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1063/page/1/
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