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    • MEETING FAVOR THE PEOPLE'S MEETING IN FAVOR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTF.R ;AT^TOCKPORT^
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      On Tuesday eyening last , a numerous meeting of tHe > &ieii ^ : bf ; Deiad 6 ir ^ y . ^ k plac&inihe Worbn' ^ ' men ' s Association RoomSj Lower Hillgatei ; to , hear Mr . J . Deeganfs address 6 n the alarming ; state of the country , and in defence of the five principles of the People ' s Charter . The placard callingthe meeting was headed " Peace , k ^ Universal Suffrago the people ' s right . " The admission - < ra& fixed at twopence ^ to defray the incidental expanses , after Tyhich tho surplus was to ' be applied towards alleviating the condition of Mitchell , and Davies , now in Chester Castles Many females attended the meeting to hear Mr ; iDeegan , who had beenlecturing

      at Hazel Grove , on tho same subject , tho previous eyening , vrith equal success . ^ t . Faf > xis HiGiQiNs was called to the chair ; and having read , the : placard , he calkd ; upon Mr . Billing to open the meeting by offering a few words . Mr . PittiNG said that ever since tae arrests had tak « h place in this town , they had not had tliDse spirited ; and interesting public meetings which they had had before , as tlioiigh the ^ promoters were afraid of being also arrested . In ¦ consequence of this , the meetings oi' the working classes fell off , they became apathetic , and the public cause was thereby much domaged in Stoclcport . But he hoped that Mr . Deegan would prove from the state of the country that there was more reason than ever for public

      meetings , and that a greater perseverance and de * termination was necessary to the end , that unless we had the People's Charter , this country would become as wretched and as desolate as' Ireland was at that moment . ( Cheers . ) He called upon the people to support the virtuous now in prison for advocating Chartist principles ; and likewise urged the propriety of assisting those who were likely to be incarcerated for the same cause . As he had told those in Chester Castle , so he would toll that meeting that the present arrests wore only a beginningothers would be apprehended—some might be trau spbrted , and some will be perhaps consigned to the gallows , as men had been sacrificed before usy in 1 Bearch of their great and lawful rights . He promised

      his fellowrinen that he never would Cease agitating until the Charter became the law of the land ;—( hearj hear , hear , )—because the country , was in such an alarming condition , that it behoved every man to comb forward in her defence . What with the Whigs and what with the -Tories , ' the nation was saddled with a debt of a thousand millionff of pounds :- ( shaine ;)—the Whigs having increased it about £ 40 . 000 , 000 . and yet they talked / about prosp erity . Yerily , the Whigs , the economical Whigs , instead of reducing taxation , as they promised to do , had positively increased thearmy , the navy , patronage , . commissions ^ arid pensions ; and , in fact , had passed more bad and oppressive laws than over the Tories had done before them . ( Hear . ); Under these circumstances , let every man who wished for the : welfare , of his native land , join hand and heart hot to cease agitation , until ; they had a fair

      share in the representation of Members of parliament . It was their right-: ( hear );—and he hoped , while conducting the agitation , that they would continue to ; conduct themselves as orderly and as peaceably as possible , for : their Chartist meotinga had li , ecn particularly so , they having had such an influence in the prevention of crinle that , when the arrests took placedthere were only twenty-two prisoners in Chester for trial at the Assizes . Indeed , he contended that , had the meetings and the same peaceful system of agitation continued , in the course of the nejet year , instead of twenty-two prisoners , the number would bo reduced to two for trial ; ( Hear . ) Our object is " peace , law * and order ' : " it never was anything else . ( Cheers . ) The speaker having introduced some observations on the proposed reductions in several of the cotton mills , concluded by calling upon them to resist those abatements .

      Mr ; : 'Jonx Deegan , on coming forward , was received with inuch applause . In addressing his fellow-countrymen on the grievances un ^ er which this country laboured , and the means tq be applied towards their remedy and reinovalj ; he said he did not intend to attack either Whig or Tory—he had come there for the purpose of enlightening the working classes , as far as his abilities Would allow him , on their present condition and future prospects . He bad come there for the purpose of explaining to the people of Stockport the principles , of the Peoplb ' s ; Charter , and to institute a system of agitation , by means of wliickho hoped that , in the course of time , it would become the law of thelarid . It was not his intention to make use of those undue

      personalities , asperities , and bitterness of language , I which had been unnecessarily indulged in at other meetings ; it was mote properly his object to inculr cate the great principles of the Gharterr-rto increase their necessity , and to carry them into practical operation by all the means in his power , and which must be universally accepted , before England can be a great j a free , or independeut , or a happy nation ; and he trusted without introducing any unconstitutional language , that he ; should be able to ; prove that the principles in question were not only agreeable to the golden maxims of the Bible , but were consonant with reason and ; justice , and . with common ; sense . The people , were entitled to Universal Suffrage—it ought to be tl e law of the

      land—that every man of sound mind , and untainted with crime , might have a voice in the election of Members of Parliamerit who makethose laws by wHich we are to . be governed . ( Hear . ) He advocated ¦ ' ¦¦ " peace , law and order ; " but / there never could be peace until the cause Of alj the people's misery , distresses , and agitation was removed ; nor could there bo justice , until the intentions of a wise , a just , and a beneficent being wore complied with . On these grounds he demanded Universal Suffrage , Annual ¦ Parliaments , and Vote by Ballot , ; . yet- lie was riot one of those wild theorists who would desire to see a reform of the House of Commons , b y means of anarchy , confusion , and bloodshed . He appealed to the reason , the justice , the sound judgirieut , and

      deep deliberation of the people of this country , aid each other in the application of remedies which alone can rectify the mass of human Wretchedness and degradation , and which had been allowed to exist in corisequance of a withholding from that people a share and a participation in their just , rights . ; At present , families were pining in misery arid destitution , whilst the labourer ; . was almost precluded from 'Obtaining an honest livelihood , brought about by bad' laws , unequal justice and partial legislation , all of which wero consequeut upon and inalienable from , the unwholesome state ' of the representation of this country ia Parliament . ( Hear , ) Look at the state / of trade , the condition even . of the middle class , and the blighted masses . of- the labouring men .

      Already were the newspapers crowded with bankruptcies , arid the walls of the town thickly placarded with gales by auction . ( Hear , ) Truly the country was in a most alarming / condition ; and if the Government did not come forward with some popular measure of amelioration , the : condition of this country would riot only be alarming , but misery ^ starvation , and bloodshed would be the inevitable result . Ho was for peace . There was something in that word peace—so delightful to the mirid ^ -so es ^ sential to national happiness as well as domestic comfort ^—that all mus £ hail with great anxiety the beatific attributes of peace \ and . tranquillity . ( Hfiar , hear . ) He could not without emotion contemplate the deep-rooted animosity which served

      to actuate different sects ; and parties , not only in the political world butin religious niatters ;; as though they were not equally ¦ interested in the prosperity of their common country arid in the proper observance of the ; leading characteristicsi of the Bible , which enjoins us through the Apostles , to " Do unto others as they would others should do unto - them " . ?' On this principle , he would cement both Whig , Tory , and Badical , all having but one object In view ^ Viz ., the good of their Country , and the equal rights of mankind ; ( Hearj and cheers . ) Hewould wish to excite in the hearts of his feUow : meri ; frugal and thrifty habits ^ honourable and virtuous dealings , and who would be willing to do every thing in their power to gain an honest and a remunerative-.,

      livelihood—( hear ;)—thereby removing him and hjs family to healthy cottages from the pent up cellars in the crowded courts , where disease is engendered , and which consigri 8 its victims to early and dishonourable graves . (" "Its true ^) Suph a state of things wa s contrary to the wishes of an Abriighty amFajust God ; and where was the impious "villain " . who would lift up his head : to the contrary ,, and in defending this state of degradation ^ cry " Lord thy will be doneV ( Hear . ) The Corn laws ,- the speaker contended , were opposed to the laws of a beiiigri Creator ; and had been enacted to exact high rents at the expense and suffering of the poor . : : Tne : question of their repeal had been brought before the legislature , and although it had vigorously Opposed , it

      was not because they were careless for tho cpiriibrt and happiness of the . lower classes , but because this country being pyerlbaded with taxes , could not part ¦ ivith these laws . And yet it was monstrous , that for the purpose of securing thbse highJrentsfor the rich , that corn which had been deposited in the bonding warehouses , bad been locked up such a length of time , be the necessities of the poor what they might , that the grain had absolutely Tttecoine so rottenas to be unfit for human consumption , and large quantities _ were coiieigned to the sea . ( Shame . ) The Staff of life had been thrown away into the seas ! while the working riaen were starving and had to go to the Wprkhouso for want of food and the means of human

      subsistance ! ( Hear , / arid shame . ) It - was eufch gross proceedings which ; made tho : psqple deriiand Umiversal ; Suffrage : it ; was the people ' s right ' and then would follow , a repeal of the Cora Laws ' With Univesal Suffrage- we should be able to remove these obnoxious laws which disgraced the Statute Bopkr and to supersede them by wise arid proper enactments . (" And the New Poor Law ^ ' hear" ) And not only tlitf CornLaws , but the National Debt must bo done away with also ; for bO long as they had to pay such heavy taxes , there was very little hopeifor a repeal of the Corn Laws . > Weconteno . for Universal Suffrage , becauge every man has slight to a voice-in the « lection of the membcis ot 1 arliament , wh 6 maka tho laws ^^ which goyerri him Could anjOiinj b « aora reaflo . ^ able—ia ^ r © eoa-

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      sonarit with the fundameatal ^^ principles of suffrage ? Was it r ^ jasptt ( 6 t a man because he rented a house rt £ W or £ 50 to say that ho ha < 4 a right to the Suffrp ^ gej but ; a poorer inari , because he paid only £ 9 , aad no proper claim to such a right ? ( No ^ rio . ) He , iffteod wijth" Paine , who Baid . ; that every man had » . right ; to one . ypte and no more—( hear ^ arid . therefore , he coritended that , because a marilivea ia a £ 40 or £ 10 hoHse , or was a 40 s . freeholder , he Was hot necessarily entitled to the exclusive privilege of voting for members of Parliament . Qri the contrary , it was sufiicient that a man worked , paid taxes , was pressed in the : riavyj or liable to servo In the militia . ( Hcar . ^) Without this right , the labouring man had / only to be a slave , toiiirig sonant the frindamental

      with the Sweat of his brow in ; the production of wealth . But it was said by the epeniies to the extension of the Suffrage that the people were too ignorant to be entrusted with that power . Then it would have looked better if the GfOvernmeut had taken measures towards providing ; fpr the people the means of obtaining a useful and 8 alutary knowledge , instead of voting . £ 70 , 000 tow ards building stables For her Majesty's horses , or the paltry sum of £ 30 , 000 for a mock system of national education . The people wanted Universal Suffrage ; because the parties at present in Parliament on ) y legislated for themselves—( hear)—and raising of . taxes to pay men at 13 . J . a day to cut your throats ; whilst on the other haiuL laws were passed to compel you to

      submit to them . We must have the National Debt removed before we cau have a fair remutveratipn for our labour ;; and we want to have ; Universal Suffrage , or else we cannot ; get rid of the Poor Law Amendmerit Act . ( Hear . ) One of the reasons why Uriiversal Suffrage was sought as a right was , because every man was ; represented except the working classes . The Queen ; was well represented , for / no Jaw . conld pass unless preyiously . agreed to by her ; and unless the grants of Parliameist for her Majesty ' s use were sufficient for her purr poses , she would refuse her signatnre to them or any other Act of Parlianient . The aristocracy , which formed the second branch of the Legislature j were equally well represehted by themselves , in the persons Of dukes , ; marquises , barons , &c ' . ; and yet

      these hereditary and sell-elected lords talk about the working classes having no property to protect ; but he yer itured to say that many of the House of Peers , the aristocracy of this > country , were absolutely poorer . than some of those whom tie was then addressing , because they are generally over head and ears in debt , requiring , for necessity ' s- sake , either to retire to the cpntinont for retrenchment , or go to a prison from their inability to pay their just obligations . ( Hear . ) They also said that the working classes had no stake in the country ; " but if they had no interest in the peace and tranquillity of the nation , no other part of the community had ; because the laboufing man was coriipelled to live where he was born ^ an d to submit to the depressions of trade

      and degradation by tyrant 9 /; since he had no means of avoiding them , by going abroad like the aristocracy . He cannot go to South Australia , tp America , or New South Wales , to avoid the privations which bad laws might entail upon him ; but he was corn ^ pelled for very necessity to work for what the masters chose togive , or without hope and without aremedy ; _ The House of Commons only represented the capitalists , the moriey-mongers the usurers , and the oppressors , in sheep ' s clothing ; all being anxious to get as much as possible out of the po ^ r , the poor at thesairie time being compelled to . subsist upon the leastpossible amount of '' food , and be paid the least possible amount of wages . ( Hear , hearO It was against this state of things , or rather tp ; correct thia state of things , that he called upon his hearers to , contendfor Universal Suffrago , as ; the only means of securing a good and cheap government , and peace .

      law , ; arid ; oruer . Headwcated Aiinual Parliaments ; because he thought it onl y right and proper that the members of parliament should every year submit to the ordeal of election , just the same as the town councillors do at the present time . / The electors would then have it in their power to chastise their member , if by any vote he had not consulted the interests of the public at large . The present law gave the members the right to sit for seven years , unless a dissolution of Parliament , took place , or the Sovereign died . This was one of the Sacred privileges of that cPnstitution which " was the admiration of the world , " and whose gloripus qualities could not be depicted by any master ; " Short reckonings make long frieuds , '' and if the people , had had a

      more immediate controul over the representatives , they . would not now be called upon to lament the state of the country or the wickedness of its laws ; and y 6 t the middle classe 8 j unmindful of their own interest ,-Support the existing . system . He would have Vot « _ ^^ by Ballot , ^ because ; he knew .: thit intimidation with it was applied fo . - ' jserve . private interests . He was aware it was very natural that a cotton ntanufacturer with three or / four thousand / hands , and wishing / to be a Town CounciUor , or a Magistrate , or a Poor Law ; Guardian , or a ; Meinber of Parliament , would endeavour tp gain his own elec ' tion by prevailing upon his ^ workpeople to support him ; and it was notprious amongst the Aristpcracy arid other men Pf wealth , that if their tenants and

      dependents did not vote as they wished , they were turned adrift out of their farms , and the habitations in which their forefathers had resided , arid the remembrance of the pleasing associations , endeared by many domestic reminiscences , were thus violated atthe sliriae of convenience , because they would . not pervert their judgment and coerce their principles . We have many instances of honest and independent electors being reduced to beggary ;; and it was for this reason that he would give the peppie ypte by BaUot . ( Cheers . ) The practice , be was sorry to say , was not confined to Whigs and Tories ; he was not going to hold up the Radical jleformers as the very paragon of virtue ; because he had found that they had been as guilty as others in this degrading

      system ; and unless they were p-epared to reforiri themselves also . thcy would never . get that reform from either Whigs or Tories . Meri , « f all giades of politics had been alike guilty ; and professing Christians ,-who go to churches and chapels , to worship , " in truth and sincerity , " were also found by their practices to be acting at variance with their professions . The Ballot would protect the indeperident vpter from the unjust and dishonourable intimidation of masters , and tyrants . The no Property Qualification for Members of Parliament was another principle of the People ' s Charter , which he was prepared to defend . ( Hear . ) It had been argued on the other side that the electoral body would send coblers and tinkers to the lecislature buti referred

      ; . M all Sncli to t \\ 6 conduct of the working classes in their clubs , the odd-fellows , the freemasons , the gardeners , and soon , tvjietner they selected improper persons as treasurers , ; presidents , secretaries , &cr , and whether it was likely that they would elect unfit men to offices of honour and trust . ( Hear . ) On the contrary , it was to their interest to choose men of private worth , integrity ; . and inteU h » ence , for the management of their concerrie . Why should the qualification of £ 600 a-year for county members ^ and £ 300 for those representing boroughs be insisted upen ? Was it wealth that made the poet , the patriot , or the philosopherl ( No . ) ¦ No . ; -. ? the mind ' s the standard ; of theman ; " it was Virtue and / wisdom that mtuteiVie statesman . There

      was no qualification for Scotland ; arid yet do we find th ^ m embers inferior to those sent irorn England } And while he coritended for the abolition of the qualification , he with equal justice argued in faypurpf the payment ^ of Members of Parliament ; for he could not understand why a man should be put to agreat expense to serve his constituents and his country , without having something for those services . Forhis o ^ n part he did not like to work without being paid for it ; and doubtless every inaji > Ould require a fair day ' s wages : for * ,. fair day ' s isvork . And yet such men should be so liberally paid , that they may bo proof against any pecuniary temptation . At presenttaany of the Members of Pariiariiierit were m such I * dependant condition that , with a deirradin *

      servility to the Ministers ; of the day ^ they wWe perpetually ingratiatirig themselves in the good graces of the hangers-on of the ( Government , for the sake of the ; scrapings . ( Hflar and laughteri ) Mr . O ar irieU had stated that he had had so maflyapplicatKMwby post from the Patlanders for offices as constables or "Peelers , " that he was obliged to refuse all letters that were not post paid . This was the way that Members went on getting £ 10 for every £ 1 « a ^ d procuring places for their needy constituents *? ii . *^ , ; % iR S ° « e through the five points ^ J ? . ? V , ° P ^ Charter in .-a most argumentative arid mtelhgible manner , Mr . Deegan Baid that the creat-« ft , of a ^ l ^ asUniversal Suffra ge ^ It > vas th * PeOr pie 61 Kight ; and he proceeded to- reiterate the

      reasons why he said so . He then referred to the nefarious system of furidhblding , and showed : how the people , by being their , own banker , conld reduce the power of the money-mongers in ThreadneeUle-street . arid bring them to estinaat © justly the rights and powers of the working classes—the orimn or au wealth ; Let each marii become ; thrifty and sober ; and / mstead of spending theii-moriey in public houses ^ lay it ouHn miuietering to the ^ coinfort and happiness of his family , thus serving himself ,, and preventing ; the middle class meiffroiri puttingjnthe bank ; and thereby applying the earning of the poor to the augmentation of the present jessing and a arming state / of our cSSori countryv . In conclusion , he called upon the meeting £ ^ th eir influencely pecuniary assistance' ^ wards amehoratirig the condition of Mitchell and aTie

      ^ s , now m Chester Castle ^ -to cpritribute in £ 1 S - ^ f — ^ theix i ^ o ^ rit ^^ wives and families-and also to assM the otherorictims in - the canse in this town more especially . He . appealed to W ^ fe score ^ fvhunianity ; He : was ^ 6 t there to defend ^ what ^ he had ea id , being a etranger amongst them ; because he himself , perhaps in the heat of his addresses at that period , might possibly nave uttered language not strietly withiu the ^ bounds ot prudence and moderation , but . with respect to these men , thelawshad Keen sufficed , and therTall ennuty >» ving ceased , it was the duty Of both Whigs and € onserTatwe 3 to support their fellow creatures when in distress . It was a pure question of charity ~ a question In which both Methodists , Catholics , Protestantg , Calyinists , Ranters , Jumpersi Quakers , and Shaker ^ wfire oa th 9 bipad prinaiple of th «

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      Bible * alike interested . < Hear . )/ Jt was sufficient to know that the inen ; wete in " , prison , arid thpJ families ^ were in need , to call forth the better 1 WL ings of all parties ; arid-he trusted that their affpv tion would not be directed itt vain . Let them ah by their exertions thai they were . doing all in thp ^ power to niakc the ; punishment of these prisoners a . lig ht aspossible . ( Hear ;) t ; v ¦ * . ; -.. ¦ "" . At the close of ih& address , which we have givoh but imperfectlyj Ifr ; Deegan received a vote of thanks by acclamation . : ; ¦ The meeting : broke rip about half-past ten o ' clock

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      v DR . TAYLOR . PUBLIC MEETING IN : THE LECTURl ? JROOM .

      ( Abridged'from theNorthern Liber atQr . ) On Tuesday evening , this ^ gentleman met the Hadical Reformers in the Ifew Lecture TRoqih , JJelsohstreet , for the purpose of delivering an address on the prpsent po 3 ition of public affairs ; : Though merely a few hours' rietice was giveri ^ and the charge for admission was twopence , the meeting was lar geyand exhibited the best feeling . At about half-pa ^ t eight the Doctor mode . his ; appearance , and was -loudly cheered , arid proceeded with a brilliarit address , of which , we only profess to give the outline . He had e-omeainbrig his Newcastle friends under peculiar circumstances- ^ -harrassed on the one sideV arid threatened on the other ; but he looked for safety to his own honesty , and thrfirmness of the men arouiid

      him . Tliey wereawarethat there was no moVejneat in England or Scotland but had been put down by briite force . These / were put down ; because tb » Aristocracy were united ; because they cbuld afford tp ^ pay spies to perjure themselves , arid bribe jurieg with place and . perquisite : ; : because they could set their menial servants to be editors of newspapers , arid , ( 3 od knew ; , no menial servant could be as mean as some of ^ th e ^ editors he could point out / TheDoct 6 r -h . ere laid the lash pretty severely on the Tyu » Mercury , though he described the editor as a man whom to touch ; would defile a horsewhip . The njen who in 1819 went to ^ he ^ ^ field werei . a ; small minorityj because .. they were organised in secret ; but it was different with themen before him , who came forvvaid in public . He had ; himself been once ^ arrested without-a warrant , and he would , have been justified in resisting theineiwho attempted it ¦'; but he would , look upon the next warrant as / a forgery , and shoot

      the man who attempted to execute it . ( Loud cheers ' . ) They had two courses to puKue-rthey might remala in " slayefy and be starved , or they might at pnbe throw off the incubus . He knew not what was their iriteatios . but he knew his own , arid that was , to li ^» a rreeinan or not live at / all . ( Renewed cheers . ) Tne Rotbari . epicure made ; sauce of pearls , but' one drop of vinegar soured the whole . So it was with him : he could not go beyond his own little : domain wthout seeing misery all roundv ; This soured h'i » enjoyments : Ee could riot enclure : to see his felWcrcatures in want ; and misery ; arid , ; therefore , h * quitted retirement and joined the Convention . Ha did not expect that the Goiiyention ' would do much good ; he had beeri . deceived , ; it had effected iriucb good ; but ho was of opiriiori with the poet , and ho trusted it would not be construed into trpason , if h 8 repeated the lines so often in : the mouth of their friend DanielG'Gorinelli- -. -.

      "Hereditary bondsmen , kripw ye ndt Who > would be free themselves must strike the blow !* ( Ldud cheers . ) He would take occasion to expresB his thanks to the CarliBle magistrates . He could not do so through their own toad-eating press ( with its circulation or 300 a-week ) , but he thanked them from that platformfor haying distinguished him with their hostility . Time was when magistrates we »» chosen for their qualifications , for their honesty ^ aad ability , to serve the people ' s cause ; that time waa gone , and now no inan was chosen except such a * wo > ld make the ; best tool of an oppressive governirient . There was , to be sure , one exception to thi general rule— -he meant their worthy , patriotic ; arid incorruptible Mayor , John Fife , Esq . ( Roars of

      laughter , ^ andloud cheers . ) -That man , equally d ^ tinguished for great powers of mind and unbending firmness of purposojibrave as a lion in the field , and tender as a lariib after the victory was wotu ( R& riewed laughter and cheers ^ He ^^ ^ gave him credit for all those good qualities , and if the public would not do so , he ( Dr . T . ) was not to blame . The Dottor then , reverted to the chemical lectures he had proposed giving in Newcastle . He described tb nature of gunpowder , and maintained that the rocket was merel y pf the ( nature of other hollow ^ projectifeg , with the difference that it went off as a squib > in so « - cessive ; explosions , whilst the others exploded at orice ^ They had heard much about Colonel PasWt operation . sagairist theHeyal Georire . The GnTR 4-

      ment papers were proclaiming the powers of destruction that resided in . the gaTvanic battery , whlck was a ^ simple wire , and could be coiled to a ladT ' i thimble . The Goyernment and their papers ouch tabe indicted for proclaiming that an agency fiS » this couldpass through water and explode gunpowder at the distance of a thousarid feet . He had onoi been a Chartist , but he was so nd , Ipriger ; he would now counsel them * ob « . quiet and orderly , and wak the tnne . and a merciful Proridence would malw them free . . [ This sentence , delivered in a significant and saTcastictpne , was responded to by a cheer also sarcastic and signihoant : ] v He ^ alled ^ heir attention to the Declaration of Rights , which he affirmed tp bi one Of the most important documents ia the Eh «!; = > .

      anguage . That documerit went on the supposition of a mpnarchy—hesigned his name to it althbugh he was not a % alistv but a Repnblican-he did so because the majority of the Convention differed with him . on . thatsubiect ; and whilst it was the will oi tfle majority to have a throne he would bend to th « opinion of the majority , but he would also labour to ££ , % ^ r" ? to thin k « Pon the subject as 1 m & v ' ' an ^ e ^ cceeded-r-if the majority jpi ried with himv then . he would gay , "Down with ths throne , and up with the Republic . " This was onh the opinion of an individual , and he had already told S ^ L ^ n ? ^ . e grta ^ m ^ 0 Ijty ° f th « Converition we * opposed to him on that subject , and neither had Ik receiypd from his constituents instructions to demand btit

      anything the restoration of the anoient lawa arid co » stitut } on of . the . country , as embodied in thai Declaration Of Rights which lay before him ; and oi which erery man should procure a copy . What th < SlS 7 T ? ^ m ^ ew ; it had been th « SaP ' ¦; u ¦ " " ' ^ f n ht UniTcrsal Suffrage , th « right = lo be armed . to ; the teeth , and protection agam ^ t magistrates from disturbing the comforts oJ their home , or violating the liberty of their persons iSvervthmg c ^ mprwed in their preserit demands wai fnf . ft V ^ W the count ^^ p ^ indeedj the BaJ > lot ; and . if they gave him all the rest he would mab < them :-a . present of the BaUot . ( Hear , hear . ) Whes he duitted ^ home to join ; the Conventipn , he wai determined to never return tillhe returned a free

      ; man ; ^ he vrould adhere to that determination ; h < knew the battle Was to b 0 fought , arid he alsc Knew that it was to be fought inthe Norths H < did not mean to frighteri their Mayor by sayin / i it was a battle to be fonght with sabres ; ther ' were several kinds bl battles , / and let them fine Qut what kind he ( Dr . ^ iy meant . They had thre < ways to work out their freedom . They had skx * the . breaking up of the Convention , ceased to pa their money mto the Union , he hoped they wer « applying it to something useful : he did not inear that there ; wouldj ) e nothing but & ^ moral struggle but all : was dark and uncertain before themfant they could not tell wbat / might arise ; Tho speakei proceeded -to advise the formation of a new Con

      vration .. Their frienda-too , were ; imprisoned , oi threatened with lmprisoriment ; those friends mu * be . defended . ^ One way to defend therii was b Bupscribmg ^ their money , and another was by takirij care that they never should be brought to trial ( Here a vowe cnedj M They clipped your hair . " lne spealcer made some humorous remarks ori tha subject , jind . proceeded to say that ^ there was not i convict m the hulks but was one hundred tima better off than their : frienda Lpvett arid CoUina W ^ Warwick Gaol , - ( Hear ; hear , hear . ) It war not to be eudured that good , humario , virtuous unimpeachable ^ men should be shut up in dun geons like ; felons and murderers , to please a tyran meal Government ; arid it was the dutv of the neoDi

      tp freethemby some process either of law or reaeon A crash and a crisis tvas approaching , when he lef London all were looking for the arrival of the Liver pool steamer from America , expecting nothing bi > : news that all the American bank s were broken . Ii anticipation of this ' the Bank of England had fiv * miUibris of one pound , notes ' ready for . circuiatioii arid parties had taken means to have those note counterfeited ; the country would be inundated witl blank paper ; a crashwould [ come , during which thi Government , / he feared ,: would attempt to do tb people harm . For his own part he would not slinl into the . presence of his GOd : a willing slave ;/ h would bolt into his presence ^ in the attempt to b » come / free . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho intended to visi the several districts , and found , put of the relics o the old Uniona Union more formidable than eve

      , theyhad before . Let them remember they had bu one cpriimbn foe to beat down , and ; if they juu' | & they / would never have to strike a blow but if tne ; were not united , he feared they would be struck ^ before they were prepared to > parry the blow . . Tw corintry was standing on a volcano ; if that roloan exploded the blame must rest with the Whig Go verrimerit which denied the people their rights , wiw the Tories who assisted them j arid with the stem Radical traitors who turned round and joinmia hereditary oppressors of the people . These and ties alone were to blame , ani-whatever might nappe : the people ; were acquitted of aU moral reiponsiDiJJij The Dr . made a fewcoacludirig observations relativ to his intended jbarney tp Carlisle , and c onclude amidst loud aridl oft-reriewed cheering , after wto * . the meeting quietly dispersed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1839, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1083/page/2/