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- | CS yg ABE TWO MILLIONS V i . jn > SO SSTHIV 0 MORE . I ^ B tf taT" two miffioiu of signatures , and then _ j jjjtb authority t * act . "— Thoma * Attwood . ' 0 P tt " aiDioils ef signatures , sod who can L our dea saod . - — Dcadd OVomeU . TO THE FUSTIA 2 f JACKETS . u feagtb . & ° ** I * * * mT dear friends , your o-srn . ptss done your own work . ^ togxra I " sprite upon the qnestion of Universal - ^ I feel more or lea excited , and ifI be now *\ ~ tkui nsnallj so it mxj be Barely considered
jorti-^ friend * , the Fiasr peo tiok of tke working - rf this country ever preBented to the House of jfLao ^ miy mVject , -white its magnltade , and the brief , j ^ jp en » Te manner in which , it wu got up and ^» # to its destination , command some observations L-iBse , « t ^ originator of the project ya * JD recollect that I to charged 'with an act of Haa in haring mentioned aome of the materials V ^ Vrfcicfl the country could hastil y form a Onven-= «_ Thile Mr . Hrfherington and hia friends did not ^ jie to designate the body a * my " hired tools , "
jjj JrfeDd * , let my jini ad of despttism now speak w £ s& Bal 1 t * yet to leartt ^ ky 0 M b *" » lone , oj ba dose much in a cauae , is to be the only - ^ excluded frsa even recommending what to him U » jm » prudent—for such is my case . * rr , 7 °° know tQat every inTention , every chusge , —r Biore , if * t first suggested by one person . Ten ^^ » j the same moment , say , " 0 , we hare just
^ jjj jjl of s pl&a . " >~ o ; oae must suggest , and the - £ k joust decide . Well , Martin shewed the neces-> rrf * Convention ; I said there ought to be a Con-K ^ j a ; yon said there shall be a Coavention , and God wttessed the Convention ; while , as regards my infln-• jeTET , or intimacy with , that body of thirteen m&m-— I never sst ejes upon more £ h * n Dr . M'D-yuall , j ^ a . Pitkettly , Smart , and ¦ kevington , and I was * . ( b ] t person whose same was assailed . So much for
i ^ aponsni . J ew for onr glorious trlnmpb . We must contrast y Tith Sie petition presented in 1839 , and rejoice in ^ icTsaos of our position , demonstrated by the com-« 2 jno . firstly , then , the former petition was aided ^ jE pported by Attwood and party , by the moral get clique and their party , by tke London Working ¦ ¦ I Association and their party , and wis so
e&ctii £ t Tordsd u to be a mere declaration cf general , jaaere ial , and manufacturing distress , which could B ^ be removed by the Charter . The time allowed for tearing sgnvoires was from October 18-38 to June £ >; * powerful ConTention was elected for the gam jxrpose of adding to its numbers p | jB&gnifjiB £ its importance . A large por * % n of our funds went to pay missionaries , & ¦ aoie object it was to propound the Charter , with i&y to the acquirement of signatures . The whole of
l&t&opolis was agitated by the ConTention , in perit , its ex months of the most propitious season yA money was spent in getting up public meetings , aipnesring signatures . Indeed , in London , we paid j » dear for our whistle , " &s reference to the balance jot of the pjustisg and postisg for convening iBSaa wih show . It not unfrequently happened K tbere was a large b&lanc * to be paid to tome pcaofec printer , over and above what thi subscriptions pfcati at meetings ; bat then we got the signals . We had the eow 4 « Kw » ce of two M . P . ' b in oui kas undertaking , and , after all , we got about
BtStca too isndred and thirty thousand signatures ; ¦ tow , bea ^ in mind , that was the whole nest oi Q * at eggs laid for the whole season , from October . UJS ^ U June , 1839 , that no single petition was preaai ; and that time was siren , from week to w » ek , bfithe rery last name , and that the rery last name ¦ lad , and them a supplement , and then a codicil , at ten a postscript , and all this before any disunioc takpiace . Up to that period there were no Gorem-¦ prosecutions , but , oc the contrary , the people were anted by the Right Hon . and Noble Secretary for the Em Department , to meet , proclaim their grievances , aJpaiiion for their redress .
5 ew , obserTe the diitinguishing features in oub JEafem . It was got up in a hurry ; not more than a full knight being aHovcd for its completion . The whole pjsite did noV amoant to £ 100 . We had no asiistbct from aay clap-aap party or Association , but the p&able ladies and gentlemen of the industrious order . H # ! ad ao assistance whaterer from the metropolitan fctes-iq ) ofmeetings and petitions . Our petition had Reding of Frost , Williams , and Jones restoration in p , to fee moral philosophers . I hid numerous letters , pbSBg aaiit would be much better for the prisoners ' ^ pos « to « ait that aad the Charter , but I was rented thst in our short craiss , we should all sail in the S *» bo » i . . Thousands of puling , smooth-faced bypoiaaaihiiaed , " Oh ! sign a petition for those traitors »** a I irifl si ^ n one for the liberation of all polifc ! Anders , because I think they hare already
suf-W » Tere all at sea abonfc the last moment for sendrtewrd petitions , aad weeks were lost by not being * "te communicate at shorter intervals with the * $ *; * hile , ia 1 SS 9 , we had the columns of the fir-jRsi ai our hired serrice . I ** b » d a party reniing the ConTention and ciTlinj P » ay "hired tools , " wid erery attempt made to Nate their orgeet aad impede their progress . We MptfiioEs seEi bzck , and petitions not sent We W Sraacds upon thousands ot signatures to different *<» presented from the Petition Committee , and sent K-P . ' i frojjj ( jjf erent localities , making in all , in the
* 3 « e of less than six weeks , aboTe 2 , 1 O !? , COO SJftrei in ign . i 0 these draTibacis add the threats ^ ni'sent , the law officers , and the press , against if fearj C'DaTeatioa -R-liieli shsald dare to assemble ; P'scations for attendinee cpoa public mestinss ; * wss' ^ sil from employment , ia vmaa » f napara ! - f ^ stress , of ertry man who dared to attach his P * te * to a pe ; iti ,, aj or t 0 take any open part in ^ S agitation , I say , add all these things toge-K-ad ay -srhr-Jier or not the country has a rteht to Gf mj BXd act des
^ Sl £ t laSt ° P ° tism - ^ fss ttat the p reheat c ris U hid corae ujon us r" * Rich a maidferta . * . ion of pablic feelinr , and 9 * that Hoc Gentlemen had been allowed once * to Rtcm to their conitituencies with the pleasing jj ^ 8389 of " O , you sea we haTe put the torch-and-^ -Bffin down ; you bea r nothing of the Chartists r- Wbil , I aak , m-ast baTe been the tffect of such I ^ arlon , espesially in Ireland , where the infant f ^ 7 fcereasing in strength and loteline&a ? Must it I « Tr paral } z = d the energy of our friends , and bare
' a the cciifldasce and oTerbeaiing of our ene'• ' Sj much lor the impediments against which we ¦* fenigle in procuring sigaatures for the HonouriB sate . ^ i !« "what is ra * jeh , Tery much , more important ; " ^ Siar h . woich the pitition was canied
TO THE HOUSE . TKa this subject need I do more than remind tou fc &et fcat ; &HTEE > - MEN U FUSTIAN ** tta seal of tlieir own bady , and deposited
^ BAR OF THE HOUSE . j ^ I reaun d you that the real petition of the real 7 ** SmtB contained , in 1841 , nearly one million *• " >» from &ot to last , orer the petitisn of { no t coming erents east their shadows before ? *• it not omiDous that such a body should be the : *»« SB ch A message to the Yery bar of the House ? ,, ** Q smb , but eloquent sdTOcate , in language ~> to be misunderstood , say to the intruders , " I ' gitk -roc kotice to quit . - Ye « , that aboTe r » the important feature in " * HLUf ¦ to
our new more W _ ~ X" »* 1 V 0 VIU ^ ± k + U ** t + * V ** iUW « 7 ^ * 2 d s » y another word upon it , would bat p'kfact ^ o * come to the dtbate . That occupies a much otte cf their honourable consideration than a t J ^ XI ? oa * Petition for the rele ase from gaol ^ J * icdiTiduil , [ Mr . Thomas Thorongood ; and ••*«>» compira ' L ; Tt ; ij , insignificant matters , last ^ Pubamtnt I paas orer the Iangfcter and i itL' 7 i y mAoitiy oe paid off upon the hnstiEgs , ^^ " gnnnefcgi - come to grin through the collar . ¦* eet Toir = 5 ¦¦
-I j ^ T ^ come to' tie division , tnd here is the most ^ kj ' " ^ ° ^ The Houis o ^ les 60 and 60 , ^ *~ -t = d . £ --d , as ia usual in rach esses , the r"Tc * ks citing T . te for neeaUTinr the
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proposition span which tte House la Ulanced . This , -which appears a * an act of tyruny against as , was intended as ' some kind of protection against MiaisterisJ corruption . It is » eutom for the speaker , in such cases , to negatiTe tbe proposition , altheugh the Leeds Times says it does " nt envy his feelings . The Speaker bad no other course But then the question arises—is there npon record any precedent for following Each a coarse as to hold the parties in custody after such a diriiion ? And , while upon the subject , gire me leaTe to offer one word in opposition to what has been so frequently urged by the aleek and oily Baronet , against interference wiuh the prerogatire of the Crown , and the trash about want of precedent . I can famish them with a precedent
In 1834 , I moredan address to the Crown for the liberation cf Grant and Bel ! , proprietors of the True Sun , then confined in the Queen ' s Bench for libel , and who do you suppose seconded that unconstitutional appeal ? Why , 8 ir ^ Henry Bardinge , Sir Robert's rigbt-hand man , and a member of bis Cabinet , in 1835 . Now , what think you of the precedent and " unconstitutional interference 1 " I now came to tbe dirision ; the most Immediately importMit part to us poor deTils , pent up this roasting weather in Whig oTens . Now , tlien , I declare to you a fact , and in corroboration of n-hich I giTe you the names of the parties , and this one instance will prore my present state : —
For more than ten days I have been confined to my bed and cell with a Tiolept rheumatism in my back , not able to stir . I hare had the Doctor twice & day , and been drenched with drags . Well , this is Monday morning , the last day of my thirteenth month ; aad this Tery moment I hare returned to my bed , where I now write , propped up , after being roused by the whacking , knocking , and thumping of the attendant of a poor fellow , I belieTe in tbe cholera , and within four yards of me in the under hospital . I was obliged t « get up , and go down to desire the Doctor to be sent for , and I met the Doctor , his apprentice , and the turnkey , just at the entrance .
> ow that is a pleasant situation in this weather , and in my condition ; and I merely mention it to show the Talue of eyery Tote for our relief . Jfow then to the division . It was sixty and sixty . Every man who was pledged to support us did , with one single solitary exception , redeem that pledge . Who was that man ?
DANIEL OCONNELL . Yes , fustian jackets , who subscribed your money and your names for our liberation , we are not now the law ' s prisoners ; we are not the Speaker ' s prisoners ; we are Dakibl © "Coshell ' s victims . Just follow me thxoagb . & bit of plain argument , too clear eren for the Corn Exchange earwigs to misunderstand . A " deputation of Members of tbe ConTention waited npon Mr . O'ConnelL To them he promised his speech , his support , and his Tote . At the meeting in Corent Garden , he was extremely loud and
vehement in . his good intention—yea , quite valiant , He said he would liberate " all , even O'Connor and O'Brien . " He received the petition from working men in company with Mr . Doncombe ; he said a few words upon it , jost to have an opportunity of boasting that there were no political prisoners in Ireland . The answer to which is , that there is no opposition to tyranny in that country . Well , be spoke , aad feebly , and what then ? Why , just as the division was coming on , onr pledged-snpporter " en axd bck ,- " he , O * Connell , left the House , and left us , who bad the misfortune te have his support , still in dungeons .
My friends , is this not very like the abandonment of the Canadians , and the casting vote against the opera * tives , and his speech against the Dorchester Labourers , and then his denial of the report 7 But he shall not have a loop-hole to creep out of here . You must know tbe - custom and practice in all cases of any importance , when a member desires to vote . It is this . Those intending to support a motion request of & fritnd to send for them , when Mr . A or B commences his re ? 7 y , or when sigss ef a division axe at hand . When the division is about to take place , the gil ! eries are cleared of strangers , and all the bells of tie House communicating with the several waiting rooms where members lounge are rung .
Each party has its rendezvous . The Reformers , as they call themselves , use the Reform Club , and the following - is the usual injunction left with some friend upon retiring to the " haunt . " " John , my dear , or Maurice , my dear , or some one my dear , send & cab for me to the club before the division . " Now , there is a cab stand at the very doer of the House , and the whole process of going for , and returning with , an honourable gentleman , does not occupy more than eight minutes . ' Bat why leave the spot for a moment ? Had the Bank of Ireland Charter been the subject , he would have remained stride to his seat .
But , my friends , why waste a word upon this disgusting piece of treachery ? Is not tke fact just this ? —that this man was trebly pledged to support us—that he injured us by ' his speech , and did not vote for us , while hi 3 vote would have given us a majority ; and , consequently , the prayer of your glorious petition would have been granted , and we would have been released by yon . My friends , is not this last act of refined treachery more than flash and blood can bear , and are we not now tke victims of
DANIEL O'CONITELL ? This is not tbe - ordinary case of balanced parties , where it might be urged . O , if any other one had voted with you , the question would have been carried . Here we had a man pledged , offered , forced npon us , and we were abandoned by him—so much for tbe vote of one , and now read th . 3 following list of the division for and against the motion . Motion maue , and Question put , " That an humble
Address be presented to her Majesty , humbly praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into ber merciful consideration tbe cases of all persons coined in England and Wales for Political Offences : "—iHr . Thomas Dancombe . ) The House divided ; Ayes 5 S , Noes 58 . And the numbers bting tquai , Mr . Speaker stated , that he considered that tbe Tute , if earned , would interfere with the Prerogative of th * Crown , and , therefore , declared himself with thd >' Oci
AYES . Aglionby , II . A ., C-. cktr- Langdale , Hon . C , mouth Koares borough BiruarO , E . G ., Greenwich Leader , J . Temple , West-Berkeity , Hon . F . H ., minster Bristol Loahington , C , Asbburton Bewes , T ., Plymouth Molesworth . Sir W ., Leeds Brklgcma-n , H ,, Ennis Muntz , G . P ., Birmingham Brodie , W . B ., Salisbury Mnskett , G . A ., St . Alban ' S Brotherton , J ., Silford O'Brien , C , Clare Buller , C-, Lisieard OConnell , M . J ., Kerry Ba ' wer , Sir E . L ., Lincoln Pechell , Capt , Brighton BasStid , \ V ., Bradford Protberoe , E ., Halifax Boiler , Hon . P ., Kilkenny Pryme , G ., Cambridge
Co . Roche , E . B , Curk Co . Csliaghan , D ., Cork City Bundle , J ., Tavistock Collier , J ., Pljmouth Saiwey , Lieut-Col ., Lud-Collins , W .,. Warwick low Carrie , R-, Northampton Sinclair , Sir G-, Caithness Denistoun , J ., Glasgow Stewart , J ., Honiton Duke , Sir James , Boston S ' . rickLuid , Sir G ., W . R . Ei = thope , J ., Leicester Yorkshire Ellis , Wj-na , Leicester Talfoard , Mr . S ., Heading Erans , Sir G . De Lacy , Tboraeley , T ., ¦ VVo lrer-Weatminster " hairp : on
Ewart , Wm ., Wigan Yillifcra , Viscount , Wey-Fielden , John , Oidham mouth Gillon , W . D ., Linlithgow Wailey , T ., Finsbnry Gr * g , R . H ., M&nckesier Waiter , J ., Nottingham Hal / , Sir B-, Maryleboae Warburton , H ., Briaport Hawrt , B , Limbeth Ward , H . G , Shtffi ^ M Hector , CorUwaite John , White , A ., SuEdtriand Peteraueld ¦ Williams , W ., Coventry Hindley , C , Ashtoh Wood , B ., Sauihwark Hodges , T . L ., West Kent tullebs . Humpbery , J ., SauVhwaik Duncomba , T . S ., Finsbury Jones , J ., Carmarthenshire Hume , J ., Kilkenny
NOES . Adam , Rear-Adm . Sir C , Jermyn , Eiri , Bury , Suf-Clsekma&s&n folk Antrobus , EdmdV , Surrey Keuible , H . East Surrey Baring , F . T ., Portt- Knight , H . Q ., Nottingmouth hamshire Bentinck , Lord G-, Lynn Lucas , Edward , Monaghan Bethel ! , lid . Yorkshire Ma . ca . uley , T . B , Edinburgh Broadly , ^ Henry , East Mackenzie , Thomas , Ross Yorkshire shire
Bruce , C L . C , Elginshire Maryland , T ., Stockport Buller , Sir J . Yarde , Maule , Hon . Fox , Elgin Devonshire ¦ Burghs Clay , Wm ., Tower Hamlets Morpeth , Lord , Yorkshire Clerk , Sir G Stamford Pa . mer , George , Es » ex Cave , R . H . South . Shrop- PaimerstonYii » ct ., Tiverton fchire Peel , Rigbt Hon . Sir R ., Darby Geo ., Eist Sussex Tamworth Diuiscn , W . J . West PISOT , D . Ri , Cionmel Sussex Piamptre , Joiin P ., East Elliot , Hon . J . F . . . Rox- Kent
borglishire Pusey , Philip , Berkshire EstocuJt , T . G . B . Oxford Richards , Rd ., Merioneth Uiilven-l !? shire Fi-rt , J ., C , tbiroe Rjse , Sir George , Christ Frein ^ nu ^ . sir T . Bucks church
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Goulburn , Right Hon . H ., Rttsael ) , Lord Jno ., Stread Cambridge University Rutherford , Right Hon . A ., Graham , Right Hon . Sir Leith J . R . G . Bt ., Pembroke Sand on , Lord , Liverpool Greene , T . G ., Lancashire Sibthorp , Colonel , Lincoln Greig , David . Perth Slaney , R . A ., Shrewsbury Gr osvenor , Ld . R , Chester Smyth , Sir G . H ., Col-Half ord , Henry , Leicester- Chester "hire Stuart . YUliers , Waterford Harcourt , G . G . Y ., Oxford- County shire Teignmoufch , Lord , Mary-Herries , Bight Hon . J . C . lebone
Harwich Wilde , Mr . Sent , Newark Howard , C . W . G ., Cum- Wood , Charles , Halifax berland Wood , T . J ., Middlesex H art , Francis , South Derby Wyse , Thomas , Waterford Inglis , Sir R . H . Oxford TELLERS . University Stanley , E . John , North Jackson , Mr . SerjtBandon Cheshire Bridge Parker , John , Sheffield Having read that list , I would ask the Corn Law
Exchange patriots whether or not they perceive any thing in it revolting to their Irish patriotic blood , disgusting to them as Irishmen , and insulting to them as Catholics ? Do those who comment bo freely npon unnatural alliances and ac f uaintanceship , see any cause te blush in reading tha name which stands next to that of Sir Robert Peel ? Now patriots , Catholics , Irishmen , what say you to this union of the Orange Premier , that is to be , and the Catholic Liberal Attorney General that is .
But stop , stop , the English People who have been so vilely and cruelly slandered—as tbe enemies of Ireland— aust know who and what this said Right Honourable Dav . d Pigot Is . He is , then , a county of Cork man , nobly sprung from the people ; he has honourably , honestly , and most highly creditably worked his way up to hit present position . Thus , I admit that there breathes not a better private character on tbe earth than Mr . Pigot , but , melancholy is thefact , that so good a man should be found in such society . Pigot is the Member for Cionmel , the most Radical Borough in the county of Tipperary ; he is a Catholic ; he is a brother barrister of mine ; we go the same circuit , are members of the same bar mess , and to tke hour we parted , were personal friends .
And , O , Pigot , Pigot , Pigot , why tarnish your laurels so nobly won and so dear , by such an act of wilful oppression ? Will not the Irish people now begin to test your position by Mr . O'ConnelTs own rule ? " What was that ? " you ask . Some few weeks ago , when the repeal fire required slacking , poor Jackson and Sutton , the living ghosts of departed Orangeism , were thrown over it as dampers They made their usual speeches against Catholicity , upon a motion of a maniac Scotchman , and in those speeches O'Cannell saw quite enough to render their appointments to the Irish bench a question of importsince—of greater magnitude than even Repeal for THE PRESENT .
O yes , what security could the Irish Catholics have as parties in a Court ot Justice from such Judges ? They had the security of a Jury . Bat , I ask , what security for liberty , or justice , can they have from your appointment , who , as a juror , have given such a damning verdict ; and let it be borne in mind , that almost as a right , Mr . Pigot is now entitled to the first vacancy upon tbe Irish Bench ; and , upon behalf of my Chartist countrymen , who are to be prosecuted . What security , I demand , can they hate at your ha . nds ? By a parity of reasoning , is not this a fair question ? 'Tis , and one which you must and shall vet answer .
Again , Sir , do we net find you in company in this diTision , with tbe said Sergeant Jackson ? and is not a man to be known by his company ? O how often does it happen that a young politician rashly commits an act which years of strained and studied policy cannot obliterate ! With these few observations I leave you , Pigott , to that sorrow and remorse which a foolish act must ever create in the good nan ' s mind . And , my friends , I leave you also , having thus contrasted our present position with our position when we were thought more formidable , but while we were literally weak in the perfidy of brooding treason , which , thanks t « your discernment and the over anxiety of the traitors , has been blown into air . I have al&o shown you that we no n are the prisoners of
DANIEL O'CONNELL . Ever your faithful Friend And brother Chartist , Feargus O'Connor .
We are 4 , 000 , 000 -So ? - ' o Surrender 2 P . S . Let me not in my general duty forget that which is duty to a good individual . My friends , out good brother , Peter Hoey , has lost a leg in the service . An appeal has been made to you to know whether his life is also to be sacrificed for want of the poor means of visiting bis native land . I have no response . Is bo to die ? I now invoke you—I ask yon to send me your pence . I will be treasurer . None shall stick to my fiugers . It will gladden me to receive the gcod man ' s bounty for the sufferer , and when Hoey c mes for it I will have ninth pleasure in not diminishing it . Let each send a letter direct to me , to York Castle . Give me something to do in my solitude . Yours , F . OC .
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npon the wild stock , or your wild graft spou the tame stock has prodnesd the best fruit I date your poll , tical existence from aboot the yew 1811 , and from that time to the present , a period of over thirty years . Yon have raised millions of pounds upon tho poor Irish for the purpose * of agitation , and the fit mi of which was to be foand in the nmmber of signatures attached to a petitl » for a Repeal of tbe Union . Sir , I rejoice to be able to test your practice and success 1 by aome recent declaration . You cannot , yea shall not , fly from it , because It constitutes my whole triumph . Yon hare said over and over again , witWn tke last six weeks , that 2 , l » 0 , M 0 signatures woaW
carry Repeal . You demanded a shilling a head u " blood money . " Yon have not yet any signatures You have never for thirty yeara , with all your perfect practical machinery , got up one petition -with 28 » iOOO names to it . You have never go * up petitions upon any subject with one half the amount of signatures attached to our last petition ; and mark , the 200 , 000 , at one shilling a head , is to be the test of yoor practical agitation , and Is to entitle yon to a Repeal of tho Union , while our petition , got up at an expence less than a week ' s " rent , " with over 2 , 000 , 0 $ 0 , commands but three columns of a debate , and does not insure your vote .
Now , Sir , reflect upon that , and think that while you al large , at the expence of minions , with a people more masters of their time than the poor English , and with an able agitator in each parish , have not been able to get half a million of signatures for a great national purpose , and while no impediment or obstruction was thrown in your way , yet have I and my wild associates , while I am in prison , at an expence abort of £ 90 , not one week ' s " rent" of your Association , in one fortnight , produced 2 , 000 , 000 signatures .
Now what say you to that ? And again , Sir , upon the question of physical fore * . Thanks be to God , and as you profanely say , which I devoutly pray , glory be to His hoiy name , no Chartist has ever yet , in general conflict , row , or single combat , shed one drop of human blood , while streams of Irish , blood on both sides have freely flowed in furtherance of your practical , peaceful , divine agitation . Di > yon suppose , Sir , that in the long run , these startling facts will not tell ? or
do you imagine that because you have hitherto had a hireling press at your back , to circulate your slanders , and fire its batteries at your foes , that truth can be much longer held in abeyance . No , Sir , for believe mo that the day is fast coning , when my voice will , and shall , be heard throughout the length and breadth of the land , notwithstanding the many , the mean , the low , the lying , and the dastardly methods resorted to forsmothering it .
Yes , Sir , our day ia coming , and upon that day Feargus will be found , with his wild associates , fighting the battle of justice , equality and right , against all tyrants , morally if vx may , physically if xve must . Who is now the practical man ,
DAXTIEXi OR FEABGUS O'CONNOR ? P . S . Every machination that the wicked mind of wicked man could invent , has been pnfc into full operation to destroy me ; but , Sir , I hurl defiance at you . I live in tbe heart of every working man of the land ; he inhales my spirit with his breath ; we are flesh of the same flesh , and bone of the same bone ; and all your sophiotry , and the sophistry of your tools , can never , never , never , eradicate the name of the " wild Feargus" from the memory of his " wild associates . " With them I will die , or with them I will conquer . F . O'C .
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HOW TO CARRY THE CHARTER IN THIRTEEN MONTHS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Will you allow me , a werking man , a corner in the Star , to suggest a plan for the obtainment of tbe Charter ; one which is perfectly legal , and would most certainly carry it if properly managed ; it ia as follows : —For every working man in tho country to save by every sixpence he can scrape together by every means in his power , to get as much as would keep him for one mouth , by making every sacrifice the cause demands . Surely this might be done in one
year ; then every man having saved enough to keep him for the said month , for the whole working population atone and the same time to strike work and take holiday for one month ; then for a great meeting to be held in every town , under the direction of tho Gr . neral Councillors of each town ; then for the Executive , accompanied by a million of men , to wait upon the Queen , to acquaint her of the juat demands of her people . This would most certainly carry the Charter , and also restore Frost , Williams , aud Jones , if fully carried out . Yours , respectfully , Robert Lott . Bennondsey , May 31 , 1841 .
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ADDRESS TO FfiAUGUS O'CONNOR . Bridgeton , May 17 th , 1841 . Honoured Sir , —At a meeting of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association , held in their hall , College Open , Glasgow , on the evening of Friday , the 11 th May , it was proposed by Mr . Wright , seconded by another gentleman , and unanimously agreed to , that the Secretary be instructed to write to Feargus O'ConBor , Esq ., to inquire of him if , at his libmation , he would make it convenient at the earliest opportunity thereafter , to honour Glasgow with a visit . Suck , honoured Sir , is tbe resolution of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association ; and I am proud in being tbe instrument ot conveying the resolution unto you for answer . ,
True , Sir , there may be intervening causes between this time and your liberation , which may frustrate the wishes of both you and your invitera ; but we must leave this to the will of Providence , hoping , however , that you will be spared to receive the congratulations of your friends , and they to receive the honour of their noblest friends visit But , meanwhile , it must be consoling to the sslitaiy prisoner to know that he lives in the sympathies of the best portion of the community—to know that he has their good wishes and their prayers , and that the grateful expressions of their gratitude are before the patriot ' s Ged for his welfare . And that you do so , I have only to revert to the unanimity , and sincerity , and impassioned manner with irtiich the resolution of Friday evening was ; received fjr proof ; and I know that you will appreciate the tender regard which the friends of freedom in Glasgow and Lanarkshire cherish towards you at their proper
v < ilue . No , Sir , 'tis no flattery ; let no false delicacy obscure the truth- Such is the testimony of pubiio opinion tu wards your patriotism , that on all pablic occasions yen have been brought forward as the lion of our cause—no meeting concludes here without the name of Ftargua O'Connor , coupled with the Charter , receiving three cheers ; and , on all demonstrations , the Cagtd Lion" is held forward us the pole star to guide to freedom . That you may ever merit this—that you
may ever live , as you now do , in the hearts of the people , as the friend of hatiianity , of truth , and justice —as the fearless anti noblest advocate of freedom , of the ptople ' s cause , of the rights of man—is the prayer of Your ( utniiring and wellwishin ^ Friend , William Brown , Secretary of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association . Feargus O'Connor , E > q ., York Castle .
P . S . —Let the people of England know that Feargus O'Connor is tho admiration of the pesple of Scotland by this invitation . W . B .
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CHILD STEALING-SINGULAR DECEPTION . In the course of last week , a female , from the Highlands , called at the house of a sailor , named M'Lachlan , at Port-Dundas , and inquired for lodgings , which , however , it was not found convenient to grant ber , but as she seemed to be a stranger , and scarcely able to speak English , lodgings were got for her in the neighbourhood . She returned next morning , and asked liberty to mako breakfast for herself , and permission was given her to do so . Mrs . M'Lachlan had in her arms a fine male child , about four months old , which the stranger
began to fondle , and latterly offered to take it to , the duor to give it the air . The unsuspecting mother made no objection to this , and the female left the house with the child , to which , however , she never returned . The affliction of the bereaved mother at toe loss of her infant was boundless ; and , after four days and nights had trauspired , all hopes of recovery were almost given up . On Friday evening , however , the child was restored to her , and a plot of the most remarkable character laid bare—the thief being , at the same time safely lodged ia the Police office . The following are the circumstances of tb . BC . 18 e : —
The name of the woman referred to ia said to be Kiraty RJbs . She had been for eome time servant with a farmer in the parisli of Buchanan , Stirlingshire , where she contracted an intimacy with a shepherd on a neighbouring farm , and who , previous to this , had been a f-llow-servant on the same farm with , herself . At 31 art : innaslast , she gave up her place , believing , or pretending , that she was six months . gone with child to the young man , who concurred in some arrangements wiiidi &e suggested to conceal their shaiue . She took
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an affectlbute leave of her paramour for a time , came to Glasgow , and at the proper period made it known to him through their correspondence , that he wa « to consider himsetf the father of one of the finest fnale children he had ever aeen . The young man sent her » little money ; but , Jt is alleged , not quite so mash as she considered he might have done . Aud now cones the story of her child-stealing . She was out of pteee from Martinmas to Ctwdlemas , the quarter-term , when she entered into an engagement here for half-a-year . At Whitsunday , she employed a woman to do her work fora few days , untH she would see her friend * , and left her master's heuse , it waa understood , with that intent . On Tuesday last , she went to the sailor ' s bowe at Port-Daadaa , and entered into a eonfabulatioa hi
Gaelic with the good wife U the honest tar . She got the child in her arms , fondled ft , and afterwards was intrusted with it to tbe door to give it an airing , and thus found an opportunity to complete her deaigm Every publicity was given to the eircumatance . aud means were taken to discover the wicked offender . A gentleman , who had taken a deep inte ; eat in the case , gave information at the police-office that a woman with a child , answer ins ; the description given , had been seen walking a ong Girscttbe Koad , and inquiring for means of conveyance to Aberfoyle . As this was ascertained to be in the direction where she had formerly served , a Highlandman , named Ewen Kennedy , was despatched in pursuit , i * the hopes of getting the woman in the neighbourhood of Aberfoyle . He found
it necessary , however , to proceed to tbe parish of Drunimond , and at the farm where her sweetheart , whose name ia M'NeU , was employed as a shepherd , she was found feeding the stolen infant with a spoon , its dress having been almost entirely changed . It appears that , before her capture , the female bad been at the ruling elder of the parish , to whom she stated that M'Neil was the father of tha child , expressed penitence for her offence , in order to be subjected to Church censure , and expected to have the child baptised on the following Sabbath . The arrival of the persons by whom she was captured , however , broke up her whole design . The child had readily gained the affections of the supposed
father , and the reader can easily conceive tbe change of feeling caused by tho exposure . Campbell , the criminal officer , who had been likewise sen ? in pursuit , came to Glasgow on Friday night last , with the prisoner ; and , having lodged k'r in the Police-office , took the child home to its mother , whose excess of joy on the little one being placed in her arms was beyond the grief and pain she had Buffered on account of its absence . Ross , who is a Woman about thirty-five years of age , of a coarse rustic appearance , was , on Saturday , remitted to the Sheriff's Chambers . Her object appears to have been either to extort money from M'NeU , or to draw him into a marriage . —Scottish Patriot .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . Hail spirit of universal liberty . ' glory to the imperishable causa of immaculate truth ! Justice will soon assert her empire over the vile passions of the spoiled children of luxury and pride . Class supremacy , class vassalage , aristocratic profusion , and plebeian destitution ; pampered idleness and starved toll ; are nearing their social dissolution . It was said a few months ago that Chartism Wag dead as a door nail—honest John Campbell declare that he had killed it The Whigs spent many thousands of the nation ' s money on its obsequies , and their hirelings sung its dirge in strains of exulting merriment . Poor animals , did they really think that the people ' s demand for their just rights wasbut the effervescence of temporary agitation ?
did their ignorance of human nature , and of tho signs of the times , lead them to believe that because they had consigned to their bastiles a f « w mighty spirits , who had contributed to the political storm , a dead calm was to ensue ? Abject miscreants ! they will now see that Chartism is immortal , ' aud why not ? It dates its origin at the creation of man , and the decrees of the eternal hallow its principles . Our national petition is the response . That glorious testimony of the people ' s will , and the harbinger of the people ' s power , will tell trembling cravens of corruption that there is an accumulating , a deep and sweeping under current ot Radical knowledge , feeling , and determination among tha millions ; it will gather strength at it rolls on , and at last carry every obstacle before it .
The National Petition of 1839 had 1 , 250 , 000 signatures . Tho agitation was . then apparently in its zenith . Many of our noble-minded friends , who are now exiles in dUtant lands , or languishing in tbe gloomy precincts of the dungeon , were on the field . Demonstrations were held in every quarter of the country for the purpose of getting up the petition , and abundant time was devoted to the necessary arrangement ; but , in the present instance , it has been got up without any extraordinary effort—indeed without scarcely any effort at all —a few simple newspaper addresses to the country ,
calling our unity of desire into operation , have , in the small tpace of six weeks , affixed to our National Petition of 1841 , 1 , 348 , 848 signatures , being nearly one hundred thousand more than that of 1839 ; besides , there are many districts that we know who bad not their signature sheets forward in time for presentation , and as we have no doubt but tke same has occurred in almost every county in England and Scotland , we have little hesitation in saying , that had another month beeu allowed , an additional quarter of million of names would have been appended . —Scottish Patriot .
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AN ECCENT 1 UC CHARACTER . The Glasgow Courier htites that on a recent occasion , at the conclusion of tho business in tbe Police Cjurfc , Glasgow , John Macpherson was brought into the hal ) , and placed at the bar . His hair was lung and matted ; and he respectfully begged permission to retain his cap on his head , to prevent his " roped" locks from falling over his face . The attitude he assumed was commanding , and even graceful—his brawny well-formed limbs being exposed below the knee , while his loins were girded by a piece of blanket , and over his shoulders , leaving his arms bare , was thrown an old sack—which completed his entire costume ! His dark shaggy beard gave a patriarchal cast to a countenance expressive of intellectual power ; and , except tho oddity of his dress , and a slight peculiar expression of his dark eye , there
was nothing to txuite suspioion of his saaity , when he was rebutting the charge of having a vicious dog in bis possession . He gave a diaUnet account of having been in company with the men siid to be bitten by tbe dog . They , according to his statement , had , on coming out of a house near Blue Vale , where they hod met on business , attacked both him and the dog—when it had turned upou the assailants—and the prisoner , in the hurry , hod fallen clown a steep place , and got both his leg and shoulder ii jured . Court—Why do you not wear clothes ? Prisoner ( in a changed and hurried manner)—Because I gave them to others , until I had neither clothes nor money left . I found all those I assisted to be ungrateful -all ungrateful ! Court—You cannot be allowed to go about
the streets in that mannor . Prisoner—Oh , no—I never leave the neighbourhood of Glen Park , "where I reside with Kiy faithfu dog alone , apart from ungrateful man-Tcind . Court- ^ -How do you support yourself ? Prisoner —I am a twister ; and in the gloaming , when no man sees me , I steal out to those who employ me , and in the dull leaden hours of midnight , when ail is hushed , I am busy twisting in the damp shops of the weavers , proud that there is none near me but my faithful dog . Court —Would you wear clothes , if you-liadthein ? Prisoner —Yes , if they were my own— ( emphatically)—if I purchased them . Captain Miller— -I will present you with a suit of clothes if you willpromise to wear them . Prisoner
—I have always heard of Captain Miller being a benerolent gentleman ; now I hara proved it . I feel obliged to him , much obliged , but I would rather not ; I will have them of my own . Court—Have you made any vow ? Prisoner—No , no ; three years have seen me in this garb ; the block ingratituto of mankind is as strong as a vow . But ( bis voice softening ) even yet , I extend my hand to the needy , and the cry of distress makes my heart thrill ! Court— We will continue the case in the meantime , and see what can be done for you . This singular character was then conducted out of the court , with a freedom of step and dignity of carriage worthy a chief of the desert
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Sidnet Smith ' s ' * Last . " — " Sir , " said , Lord Cto the Rev . Siduoy South , " do you think Parliament will be dissolved 1 " " dissolved , my Lord ! lc must be if this hot weather continues much longer . " United States . —Wo CMorning Herald ) have received by the St . James , Capt . Sebor , which arrived at Piymouth on Friday , accounts from New York to tho 4 th instant . The following extracts are all that we can glean from tho paper * brought by this arrival : — "Alexander M'Leod . —Unexpectedly to most of our citizens the city of New York is to be honoured to day with the state prisoner whose name has excited so many remarks , and so muoh feeling on both sides the Atlantic M'Leod was in Albany
yesterday , from Niagara . We understand that M'Leod has been removed by habeas corpus from Lockport , to be placed ia confinement until his case has been decided upon by tha supreme court of the 6 tate . " The above papers , we are sorry to say , bring no account of the President steamer . Montreal papers , received to the 30 th April , do not contain any news of consequence . A Romantic Tale . —A correspondent of the Toulonnais writes from Algiers : —* ' Amongst the female prisoners who have recently arrived at Algiers , and have just been exchanged , were three remarkable for taeir personal appearance . One , in particular , was very pretty , and was attended by a necressasher servant . Thia Arab beauty , attired
in a black burnous , on arriving at Algiers , remained reolimns ; on her mule , being wounded in the thigh by a ball . She excited the most lively interest among the males , and the most romantic sympathy amongst the females . A tale has been told of her which the habits of the Arabs render not improbable . She was , they say , the wife of a Marabout , whose trice was pfllaged , and put to fire and sword by our soldiers on the 5 ih inst . Her husband was mm-tally . wounded , and her father used the greatest efforts to prevent her falling into the hands of the French , but he himself fell in the rencontre . Her foster brother seeing ; the impossibility of paying her , and unwilling that she should become a prisoner , fired a ; her almost point blank , but by some chance the ball only hit her in the thigh , and sho became the pri&e of tbe conquerors . "
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A Rabbi : * , M . Kian M « blan , died at Warsaw » short time tiaoe , aged 1 QS . He leaves more than 120 descendants , and enjoyed hii intellectual faculties to the last .. ; ' , " .. ; . ¦'¦ : . ; . ; -=. r .. ; ¦ ¦ .-. - -,-. ' , . ' . " ' . A Wit . —* I * m striving to obtain a sufficiency , " said a witness inthe Court of Common Pleas . "And what i » a sufficiency I " . inquired ' , the Judge . " A little mare , my Lord , ( replied a witty barrister ) , than what a person has already got . " Suitabus Refb * iotceJ--A petition was presented to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvaniaon the 10 th inst ., asking that a tax might be imposed
upon bachefora over the age of 30 years . Th » document vras referred to the committee on domestic manufactures . —PiUsviile ( American ) Gaxefte , Hatmakih © . —This important portion of th * farmer ' s daty ins partially commenced in tho neighbourhood of Sfarborne , and in a few days will have become very general . The crops are sost abundant in their yield , and superior in quality . The crops of clover were never known to be so universally good , and the fr agrance imparted from tho beautifully scented flower © f of this plant to the passing traveller ie truly delightftf . —Sherborne Journal .
Tub hat harvest ha 3 commenced in a few favoured spots in the neighbourhood of Devises ; and there is « prospeot of an abundant harvest . —Wilts paper . Berlin , May ) 5 . —Letters from Russia state that , with the beginning of the spring , the hostility of the Circassians recommenced with increased violence . In one of their lateattaeks Major-Genera ) Backnniw , a much-esteemed Russian officer , was killed by a masket shot . Corn Laws —The manufacturer who bawls for tbe total abolition of the Corn Laws really means nothing more or less than reduction of wages : and the conclusion must be come to , atone leap , that if bread stuff values are t 6 be equalised with the current rates of continental . Europe , to ats * must the
rate of wages mv If 1 , 000 , 000 of rural workmen were ejected from land npon tbe manufacturing market for labour , would not th * necessary effect be starvation wage * to all t Beware of the monied traitors , who wish to fill their own pockets byreducing the physical condition of the English artisan to the squalid wretchedness of the labourers in Russia or Prufsia . When it is said the corn ia cheap—< mark this !)—money to yon is , or nay be , the nominal price of corn ; but labour is the real price of corn . Never forget , also , that the foreign is only one-seventh ot the home and colonial consumption of yo-ir manufactures , and that as land and labour are the only real values , agriculture and manufactures must stand or fall together . —Morning Herald .
Tatal Accident—Two -Lives Lost . —On Monday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , a deplorable and fatal accident occurred on the river Thames , off Wandsworth-meadows , by whioh two young men of the names of William Shield and Richard Carpenter , both linendrapers' assistants out of situations , were unfortunately drowned . It appears that a > party of young men , their companion ? , were returning from Richmond in a boat , where they ali bad been spending the day . On arriving off Wandsworthmeadows , all being partly inebriated , some proposed to bathe in the river , whioh being agreed to , Shield and Carpenter undressed and plunged into the water , their companions for amusement rowing about , when suddenly Carpenter was seized wita cramp ; he called to his friend Shield , who proceeded to his assistance , in rendering which he must have been fastened on by Carpenter , and both were drowned before those in the boat could render any assistance . Neither of the bodies were recovered .
On Sunday an unusual spectacle occurred on the banks of the Seine , between Cbarenton and Alfort . The river , in consequence of some violent storms of rain in the middle of France , had risen suddenly to a height of 75 centimetres ( 27 inches ) . At the point of its juaction with the Marne 22 boats , laden with charcoal , were stationed , which were all forced from their moorings by the violence of the current , and driven with such a crash against the bridge at Ivry , that the whole of them sunk . A man who was perched On one of them , to fish , was with difficulty rescued by some people who witnessed the accident . The . colour of the river , near the bridge , for some hours after , was changed to an inky hue . The loss , is estimated at 40 , 000 f .
Melajjcuqly Suicide of a Religious Maniac . —On Saturday , an inquisition was taken before Mr . Payne , at tho Brakenhea'd Arms , Bartholomew-close , on view of the body of John Goodchild , aged 53 , a retired publican , who committed self-destruction under the extraordinary delusion that he was past redemption in another world . James Goodchild , plumber and ghuier , No . 52 , Bartholomew-close , deceased ' s brother , said that his unfortunate relative was of the most recluse habit , and would frequently remain in his bed-room the whole day . Tho previous evening , witness had occasion to go up to his room about eight o ' clock , to induce him to go to the hairdresser ' s to get shaved . He had a great disinclination to be seen out during the day . The door was
not locked , and on entering his room witness fonnd him apparently in an attitude of prayer at the foot of the bed , but , upon closer inspection , witness found that ho was suspended fey a handkerchief to the rail of the bedstead . Witness had not nerve to cut the handkerchief , and called for assistance ; a neighbour came , who cut the handkerchief . The deceased was laid upon the bed , and a medical man arrived , who opened a rein in the deceased ' s arm , but little blood , however , flowed , and the surgeon said that he had been dead some time . By the Coroner—Mr . Farr , the resident medical gentleman at the Aldersgate dispensary , advised that my brother should be confined in a lunatic asylum . He saw deceased three months ago , and then observed that he was
labouring under a mental delusion upon the subject of religion . Ho ha 3 been very desponding for months past . Coroner—What has been the cause of his despondenoy ! Witness—He has been so ever since he has beeu out of business . He was a publican for many years , and lost two wives . He used te remark that he was a great sinner , and that he would never have forgiveness ; his conversation was always upon that subject , and he was so much in the habit of saying when calling upon people that ho was a bad man , and that there was no hope for him , that he was latterly afraid to go into the street . He
has given himself up on charges at station-houses , but was invariably turned out , and told to go home . By the jury—About three months ago , he tried te hang himself . He observed that he knew he must be hung , but that he had not the courage to make away with himself . The Rev . Dr . Lee , of the chapel , Aldersgate-street , has tried to alter his ( deceased ' s ) opinions . The coroner remarked it was to be regretted that the deceased was not placed in some asylum , as , in all probability , thie distressing event would not have occurred . Other evidence was adduced , when the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " .
Violent Thunderstorm . —Last Thursday night , the Forest Division of Berkshire , wag visited by one of the most terrific thunder and hail storms which this country has ever witnessed . The sky , which for the last two days had beon unusually bright and sultry , began about eight o ' clock in the evening to present symptoms of a-change , .-and to forbode the coming tempest . As the night closed in , the atmosphere became more close aud oppressive , and masses of dark and threatening clouds began to collect from . the south-west , illuminated almost incessantly with vivid sheets of lightning , accompanied by the most terrifio crashes of thunder . About half-past nine , without a minute ' s warning , the most destructive shower of hail was discharged that it has over been ,
our lot to record . We have been favoured with an account of the storm by one family who were spectators of the scene . They were sitting at the teatable , and the servant , who had fastened the shutters in two ' of the rooms , was preparing to close the others , when a crash was heard , as if the side of the house had fallen in , and in an instant the shatters were burst open and tho room covered with pieces of ice , many of which were found under the sofas half an hour afterwards , as large and nearly as hard as marbles . To close the shutters a second time was found to be impossible , and the lightning almost blinded those who attempted it , and the shower of hail was irresistible . In the bed-rooms where the windows bad been left open , the chairs were thrown
down , the beds drenched with hailstones , and the floors covered with ice and glass . After raging in this awful manner for twenty minutes the stormabated . The chief weight of the tempest seems to have fallen on the country between Bracknell and Reading , a distance of about eleven miles . In Bracknell and Workingham the windows on one side of the s : roet in each place were literally smashed in , and are likely to afford work to the glaziers for three months . At EasthMnpstead Park , the seat of tho Marquis of Dowashire , great mischief has b ' eea done to the mansion aud the conservatories . At Biil-hilJ , the seat of Mr . Leveson Gower , the damage is immense , nearly all the windows on one side of the house being broken . At Bear Wood 160 panes are broken on one side of the nonse , besides all the glass in the conservatories and skylights . At Hurst House , the residence of Sir John Conroy , the damage is said to amount to nearly £ 1 , 000 . At Sindleeham
House , the residence of Mr . T . Haiman , 136 panes are broken in the house , and the glass in the conservatories quite destroyed . In the Berkshire Hospital at Reading , 150 panes are broken ; and at Purley , near Reading , we hear that , in addition to other damage , several cows have been destryed . The ravages of the storm ont * f doors are not iess complete , and far more distressing than within doors . T / 10 devastation of the . crops is immense ; whole field * of beans , peas , and turnips , besides wheat , are as completely levelled as if they had been cut off by a scythe , and Several small farmers will probably be ruined . Tho . flower-gardens present a most melancholy spectacle , being completely strewed wit <\ the wrecks cf Iheir late luxuriance , and the bhoots of tho young fowst-trees are in many p ( ace 3 quite cut off . The visitation Im-certainly been most awful , and will be long and painfully remembered . Wo are thankful to add , that wo have EOi heard of the loss oi any lives .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO DANIEL O'COjSNELL . " Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not , Who would be free themselves must strike the blow . "
TO DAMEL O'COXNELL , ESQ ., M . P . Sib , —I have very often marvelled at the frequent use you make of the above noble sentiment of Byron ' s . I am at a loss to discover your application of it . However , I usa it , as -we are over 2 , * 0 # , * 08 , to remind you of the moral blow we gave physical tyranny on Tuesday , the 25 th of May ; a day ever to be revered in the annals of the country . "While 1 truly deplore any circumbtance tending to hold my friends and brothers yet in bondage , I cannot too fervently return thanks to providence that I have been spared the infliction of owing my liberty to you , even in the remote degree which
yonr name , standing among 12 * others , would imply . Upon my o-srn laity , I luaivd rot at ycur perfidy , but I beg to remind you of tbe analegy between your conduct and that of oar degecerate countryman , Lord Carbery , upon the question of Catholic Emancipation-That Noble Lord spoke in favour of the measure , and voted againat it ; upon ¦ which you very justly observed , that yon trusted in future be would speak against you and Tote for you . I -wish most sincerely , Sir , that you had been governed by your own recommendation ; though , in fact , tbe little that you did say was calculated , as it "was intended , to 11 jure us .
Sir , many 'Who do not yet understand you , will sup . pose that some reason may be assigned fur your absence , after ycur thrice-pledged vow to set the captive free , but I feel convinced that you , like al ) other politicians "who look to besults only , would have given tbe castiDg vote against us , rather tban let us loose . Yes , Sir , you would prefer another torrent of that popular indignation to which your recant perfi : !/ mast subject you , to meeting us once more ia the field . How is it , Sir , that absence of Irish MsniberB upon all piliry divisions has been si savagely commented upon by you , while you thus dare to outrage a nation in the very presence of nearly 2 , 000 , 000 of its people . It is not many days since tbe absence of Sir David
Roche , upon a government measure , was accounted for by you in a letter to tbe Morning Chronicle . You stated that tbe expected death of bis amiable wife was tbe causa of bis absence , but you have given no excuse for your absence . ¦ Base perfidious man ! You rejoice in the result : you nave obtained your » bject ; but you shall answer for it . For some days you were foolishly tolerated In public upon tbe presumption alone that you were going to take a lead in behalf of your victims ; but I , who know you better , assured every friend of mine that you -would again betray or desert us . You have done so ; neither you nor one of your s » na , nor one single joint of your tail , voted for us , while many , very many , voted against us .
Sir , I dimiss this disgusting part of my subject , and come to a question of much more importance . You have recently done me tbe honour to call me the " wild Feargus , " aad my brother Chartists " miscreants , " my " wild associates , " -while you have surfeited us -with tbe repetition of "I am a practical man . So now , Mr . Practical man , as " "Words are but wind , And actions speak tbe mind , " give ear to tbe " wild Feargus , " -while be reasons calmly with the " practical" Mr . OConnell . You are ptrhaps sufficient of a gardener to know that the method ef producing the best apple is by ent . r ; if ting a tame scion on a -wild sk-cX and let me see whether my tame graft
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— THE NOBTHERfT STAR , 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1112/page/7/
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