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«»—Mr . John Campbell , Town Councillor , bonded * the motion , and Baid he did so because vTknew Mr . Thomason would Tote for what would wLjnithe whole people . The Whigs were worse I *! - the Tories , inasmuch as they promised more , % T pretended to be far better , while ill the time Ajt were at heart as bad , if not worse . What had Sr Hastie done for the unemployed , after all that iad been s&id about him for his liberality J He ud not giTen them threepence to assist them . It W been said he had offered £ 500 for their asrictiuee , but not one farthing of that had been appropriated for the purpose ! intended . After a few remarks , Mr . Campbell concluded , and was long and wf } j cheered . Mr . Hastie then addressed the meetingand was received with a great deal of
, KisiB £ , ** & ? eheeriag , near and on the hustings , 'tt'hen this had ceased , he said—It was his agreeable duty i » appear before them in consequence 4 ? having been proposed by their worthy Provost , jsa seconded by his friend , Mr . Brown . In general jjg found it Tery difficult to speak in public ; but , because of what had been said of him by th « moTei jad seconder of his epponent , he would speak bener « t present . It had been said that he bad go ; pleased the electors of Paisley , bat he could sjt that be always endeavoured to do so . ( Hear , fcesr , hear , and loud cheers . ) An allusion had been
jaie to the Charter . He wonld tell them frankly Jie was opposed to it . He wonld not let h be said of jiim , what had been said of others of the Whigs , th » : "he disguised his real sentiments on this subject , ge ihen concluded by saying he would be Tery jappj to see them all forward at the poll . —Mr . 5 "hoo 35 cn then commenced to address the meeting , and was greeted with a tremendous burst of cheering . \ Fhen order was restored , he said—Electors and non-electors of Paisley , you are called upon to elect a person to represent you in Parliament ; and in consequence of that 1 present myself before you . Certain hints have been thrown out about my being
i stranger , and that I am bo , is indeed a fact ; and i ; is true I am not of the right kidney to sit at the tables of the folks with the big houses ard broad lands . I have been told by Mr . Hastie himstlf that be is opposed to the Charter . Oh , what " a change has come o ' er the spirit of some men ' s dreams I " A few Tears have indfed made great changes . The Whigs reminded hfm mneh of the story told » bou > the pupil in a Yankee school , who , when vsked by the master about the -various kinds of potions , described one as being the stand-still morion . ( Great laughter . ) Now , the Reform notions of the Whigs , ' c « ntinued Mr . T . appeared to him m fee after this fashion . ( Loud laughter . ) What hid the Whigs done since the passing of the Reform
Bill ? Look at the Irish Coercion Bill , which so -frightfully increased the evil it was pretended to lessen— : he banishment of the Dorchester labourers and of the Glasgow cotton-spinners , and many like < iomgs— testifying too well as to what they hare -done . Men who can try such measures as these , falsfring all their promises , cannot now surely hold a very high station in society . We had read of a great jasiy commissions of inquiry appointed since the Reform Bill : but what had ultimately become of them 3-1 J There wa 3 scarcely any of them oF which we ever heard ai > y result—D . Whittle Harvey's inquiry into the Civil List for example . Who has ever heard of any report of it ! His own opinion was , tha ; if the people would only be so good as to remain
qaiet , and say nothiDg , the Whigs and Tories would combine to a man to continue those burdens . Jlr . T . then exposed and denounced , in a most jhle manner , the misdeeds of the Whigs , a 3 regards the Irish Tithe Bill , Russell ' s Appropriation Clause , Canada . gran : stoPnnce Albert , &c , and otherpoints . for which we regret we have not space . He showed cp , in a masterly manner , the ridiculous cry raised abou ; the Chartists being opposed to a repeal of the Corn Laws , and provad , conclusively , that they ( die Chartists ) are the only true repealers , and that the so-called Corn Law repealers are crying for this measure just as a means to get wages rednced .
He condemned in strong terms our pronnse-to-pay Ejswm , aptly terming the banks " rag rookerie 3 , " and concluded amidst the loudest cheers of almost the whole meeting . The show of hands waa then iaken by the Sheriff , when be declared the majority to be in favour of Sir . Thomason . The crowd was Tery great . We have seen few of evenout-coor ones in Paisky so large—yet all was quietness and order , excepting where a rural" lad would make himself too impudently active now and then , in keeping bick the crowd from the hustings . Of course , Mr . Hastie claimed a poll , and Mr . Thomason declined in consequence of the expenses .
The display made by Hastie ' B party was poor enoug h , and the late member himself made his usual appearance —» miserable ene of course , despite the noisy applause of bis electoral fr" ^* on the hustings and in the crowd . Bui , as might fcave been expected , every exertion has been made to destroy the activity of the Chartists on this occasion , as on every other , when their influence is feared . 2 \ o sooner had Mr . Thomason ' a address been ireaed , VH » . n out came a placard from the Wfeigs , containing the most ill-natured Qeuasciations of the Chartists , &Bd soon another still mare "riolent in its abase than the first . And what iras infinitely of more eoaseqarr . ee at the time , -whtn Mr . Thomason and his friends proceeded to the Sheriff-Clerk ' s office , they were told
by the Sheriff , that unless they became bound for the half of the expsnees of the polling , 4 c , which was d 3 co ] a : * d at about £ 30 . that they -would not be allowed to proceed to the hustings to propose a candidate . To secure tfcis at all hszirds , the required arrangements ¦ were entered into ; Mr . J . Campbell becoming surety for Mi . Thomason , and Mr . Bro-wn , of Egypt Park , for Mr . Hastie , each in £ 15 ; and thu * "was the base design frustrated , and Mr . Thomason did appear upon the hustiixs , snd triumphantly carried the hearts and the hands of the multitude along -with him . The prevailing opirion iB , that this demand for the expenses "was odIts quibbling law trick , by which it was intended to frighten the Chutists from their purpose , and that the pr&ceedicgs of the Sheriff were iilegaL . We take this view of the matter ourselves , and we are confident it ¦«¦ & he decided in this -way . But if it be not , "we thiri thi Chartists of ihe -whole country ought to taie tp the qassden , and nat allow Mr . Campbell , who has
idea la a prais = worthy manner , to be in any way a loser by the Transaction . His condnet on the occasion deserves the -Bonnes ! thsnks of working men , and all those at present svingglicg for a restoration of their rights . This hustings plan of annoying the enemy and of strengthening onrseives , is tie very bast that has yet been tried , and , therefore , -sre must nut be prevented from putting hints prscrcs . "We call noon the Chartists generally , then , to kad us their assistance , in order to settle the mv . ier in s ^ ch & vray as -will prevent anything of the like occurring again . The aggressors are united in opposir . 5 us ; let us be united to resist them . Every deiisible means ¦ will be used by the factions to destroy the agitation of the people ; and therefore the prople ought to use every means to destroy t . e facrians . Whatever be the intentions of the enemy , let us prepare for the worst Whether the fight is to be one of -words or of blows , let us have our utmost iifcEri gathered , that we may safely cry , " Hurrah lor the resistance r *
-Dow . vpjTarcK , Jcxt 2 . —The election of David Sietrjij-: ^ "» E ^ q-. the javenile ? prig of Moptalto , pis&ed off to-day in the brief Fpace of ten minutes . At Sve Ertiutes past eleven , the Seneschal ( Hugh ^ allace , E ; q . ) entered the Manor Court Room by the door of ilr . Kerr ' s office , and shortly afterwards tat Court was thrown open , when about one hundred persons entered , the majority composed of little boys . Abo ::: fifteen minute ? past eleven , Mr . Kerr , accompanied by William Wallace , Esq ., his late under-EherS , entered the Court , and took his seat beside tie Seneschal ; immediatdy upon which the latter gentleman read the writ , and inquired if any elector tad a candidate to propose . William Hastings , ¦ &
* sj otter candidate . After the lapse of a few Biiur . c 3 , a tremendous cheer was heard outside , winch was responded to by those within . Several Persons who were looking out of the windows , called Out that another gmileman was just coming into COTirt ; but scarcely had the word been spoken , yhi-Q . ihe Seneschal ro ^ e , and with the utmost Hjsgmlle coolness , declared Mr . Kerr duly elected . The new made member had barely time to thank the wectors , expressing regret at the absence of his papa , "fffiea iir . Dixoa , the other candidate , ent-ered , iM&npair . ea by Messrs , Michael Martin and James "anna , his proposer and seconder . The Seneschal , on seebg these gentlemen , proceeded to collect his g * r s , telling Mr . Dixon that he was too late , as . - Kerr hid been duly elected . Mr . Dizon Conned him that he wt-nld petition against the *? : ErD , jpn : h « ground of not having had sufficient w&e afforded him , and also on being obstructed
Willli , " ? P ^ TTlinn < -v * Ur . V . « - > 4-i ¦» , ^ n CV » r ^ ft 1 V * f T &T tVlP "fill-. ; coming to the hustings . Shortly after the f ^ ee , ihe hero of Moutalto mounted the dickey of * ps chariot , and drove off to Ballynahicb , four-in-^ a ; his faithful friend , Sergeant Walker , Bailiff w that town , siitirg on the box beside him . The kjUr worthy sporttd a large purple flag , trimmed *\ th somethisg of an orange colour . Tnus ended KU 5 mo 5 j extraordinary election . —Mornin § Chron . CH ££ Tia .- _ iast week , the election for Members to •^ e in ParHameut for this city , took place . Pre-T ! oi » s to thi-: , John Jervis , E-q ., one of the late Members and one of the candidates on the present Oec ^ ion , thought proper to call a meeting of his sup-Po ^ tere , and which was held at the Albion Hotel , in we As sembl y Room . During his address , he nought proper to allude to the People ' s Charter , •^ after speakicg of it in terms condemnatory , en-• ea- oured to exculpate his condnc ; with regard to toe Part he acted in reference to Mr . T . Dancombe ' s
™> tioa on the 25 th May last . There was a petition forwarded from this city to Mr . T . Duncombe , signed , M a a very few days , by 1068 of the men resident ^ P , prajing for the release of all ptrsons confined " ? Pohticai offences , and that the People ' s Cnarter ™ lgai become the law of the land without delay , and ? " ^ aiemiined a" couple of days longer , the numz & would most certainly have b ^ n doubled . Well ; *« W irris knew Ttry well that he waa in bad grace " « a many ot - lfle ciuzens , principailj on account of
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his condact with regard to this petition , and for this reason the Secretary ( Mr . Speed ) , by order of the the Committee of the Chartist Association , wrote to him ( aa one of their Representatives ) requesting him to support its prayer when presented in the House ; m reply he stated that ho was & Bincere friend to free discussion , and hoped that something would be done with a view to their release . The Association , from this answer , inferred that his vote would have been favourable to their views , but on inspecting the division , it was found that he had absented himself , aad had not paired off . His attempt at exculpation was Terr dissatisfactory to the audience . After having disposed of that part of the business , he called upon Mr . Vaughan , the eloquent and ardent
advocate of Chartism in Chester , to come forward and disease the points of the Charter with him , rery well knowing , before he ventured to do bo , that Mr . Vaughan was not present at the meeting . Mr . Vaughan , upon being isformed of the circumstanee , forwarded a letter to him , but Mr . Jams showed the white feather in his reply . Mr . Vaughan , upon this , caused the city to be placarded with bills ( challenging him to discussion on the points of tie Charter , one of which 1 have sent you . ) ThiB produced much excitement at the nomination ; great numbers attended , and Mr . Vaughan was determined to attend too , for the purpose of confronting Mr . Jarvis . When 3 Ir . Vaughan arose for the purpose of obtaining a hearing , Mr . Jarvis , assisted
by the other candidate , did all t : ey could to put him down , and for a short time succeeded . 1 h a subsequent stage of the proceedings , Mr . Jarvis arose for the purpose of addressing the meeting . The popular indignation now gave vent , and for » time the confusion was immense- As he attempted to proceed , he was assailed from all quarters , with hisses , yells , groar g , and crie 3 of " Vaughan , Vaughan . " Ultimately , he was compelled to stand down , and give way io Vaughan , who produced and read to the meeting , Mr . Jarvis ' s letter , in which he declined meeting him . He afterwards eulogised Chartism , and on the whole wa 3 very well received . Mr . Jarvis only made the matter worse by his attempt at explanation—a good deal of impatience being manifested . The affair has made a deep impression on the public mind . On account of nf arly the general
feeling that pervades the electors , the Cttaxtirts Tery much regret that they did not put a candidate in nomination , convinced » s they are , that they could have contested the city with a good chance of success . One thing , however , the present members may rest assured of , and that is this , that on a future occasion , so very favourable an opportunity will not be allowed to be flung away , as in the present ins'ance . Ou the night of the nomination , we had a very- numerous meeting , Mr . Wm . Jones , from Liverpool , addressed it in a soul-stirring speech of an hour and a halt ' s duration , which was loudly applanded . After which , Mr . Vaughan addressed the audience in excellent style , in which he did not forget the duplicity of Mr . Jarvis , and many of his and the other Members' votes in the House . His address gave the greatest satisfaction throughout . The meeting retired about half-past ten highly delighted , —Correspo ^ dent .
Salisbukt . — 'Wadham "Wyn ^ am , ( Tory , ) and Wm . Bird Brodie , iWbig , ) tae two old members , were returned . The minority of the new Tory candidate , A- J . Ashiey , was fifty-nine , Todmordex . —Charles Towneley , Esq . addressed the electors and non-electors here on Monday bst , in the Market Place . He is for free trade , separation of Church and State , Rural Police being maintained . ancL for the New Poor Law being put in operation . With regard to an extension of the
franchise , he said be would not support a measure of that description until the people were better educated . In short , he is a Whig to the back-bone , and he strove to justify the "bloodies" throughout the whole of his adoress . At the close , he was closely questioned by a staunch Chartist , but his answers wure far from satisfying the non-electors . Before the meeting separated , three cheerB were given for ; Feargu 3 O'Connor and all political prisoners , and j three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones . —Corj respondent
i East CcxbeblaM ) . —The nomination took place on i Monday last . About ten o'clock , the time appointed i for the nomination , numbers began to assemble in i the Market Place , where hustings had been erected , j though they were not of a very commodious de i scription . During the morning the yeomen and ; farmers were seen entering the town by various conj veyances , bnt there were no processions as usual . [ ThA 3 arose from a particular rt quest of the Mayor , who , in oonseqnence of the late disturbance at the i borough election , used every precaution to prevent , ! in fuiHre , any outrage . Th 9 Blue party ( or the j Whigs ) were the first to enter the hustings , and on ! their making their in frontthey
appearance , were | received with loud hissing and execrations . Soon j after this , the Yellow party ( or Tories ) arrived , and i were much better received than the former . Neither music nor banners accompanied either of the parties . About half-past ten o ' clock , the High Sheriff , C&pt . I Robertson Walker , arrived , accompanied by the I Under-Sheriff , Mr . Perry , of Whitekaven . After ; the preliminary business was gone through , the ! High Sheriff called upon the people to conduct them-| .-elves in an orderly and peaceful manner , and not to I disgrace themselves by committing the slightest out-; rage on persons or preperty . Mr . Howard , of ; Graysmck , then came forward and nominated i Mr . William James , of Bamck Lodge , a" ! a fit and
proper person to represent the electors of the eastern division of the County of Cumberland in the forthcoming Parliament . Mr . Gill , of Cumrae , briefly seconded the nomination . Mr . Crackentborpe then came forward , and nominated the Honourable Charles Howard ( brother to Lord Morpcth ) as a fit and proper person to represent the electors of the eastern divUion of the County of Cumberland in the next Parliament . Mr . Djaald , of Linstock , seconded the nomination . Mr . Hasel , Dalemain , next came forward , and proposed Captain Stepbeuson , of Sealeby Castle . The nomination was secouded by Mr . Briseo , son of Sir Wastal Brisco . Mj . James now e&me forward to address the
assemblage , but was received with such a volley of hisses and execration , mixed up wnh opprobrious epithet ? , that only a few words coald be heard . Tee other candidates then addressed the people , but their speeches were nothing but tissues of abuse against the respective parties . A show of hands was now taken for the various candidates separately , when nt appeared that the show of hands -was in favour of-Captain Stephenson and Mr . Howard , but the Sheriff declared otherwise , by stating that Captain Stephenson , and Mr . William James were duly elected By a show of hands . A poll was then demanded for Mr . Charles Howard , and Tnursday and Friday were fixed for that purpose .
Saxford . —Respecting this election , the Chartists were at bay for a considerable time ; previous to the day on which the poll commenced , a resolution was put in the Chartists' room , the purport of which was , that they , as a body , would support neither party ; but , after taking into consideration the merits of both candidates , they came to the conclusion that Brotherton had voted well—that he voted for the National Petition , and the release of the political prisoners—that he had attended be : ter and more regular to his duties than any other member of the House of Commons ; in short , that he was one of the best of the W higs , while Garnett was oneof worst of Tories .. They , therefore , on the foregoing grounds , resolved , at the eleventh hour , to support Brotherton , and go far as we could have the opportunity of judging , there never was a number of men more united and more determined not only to ensure his return , but to keep him at the head of the poll . During no
part of the "day was his opponent , Garnett , so near as he was at the close . Brotherton , most of the day , was more than 200 first . The Chartists not only commanded and polled fifty vote ? , but exerted themselves every way to influence others ( legally ) to vote for him . Butterworth scarcely sat down until it was over , while Linney . aiid Mitchell , of Stockport , and many others were equally as persevering . Not a stone wa 3 left unturned , neither meals nor any thing else was thought of until after four o ' clock . The Whigs , the leaders of the Legislative Union Repealers and the Chartists should shook hands in the morning upon this one point , and the best feeling seemed to exist throughout the day , excepting in one instance , and at the dose of the poll , the numbers stood as follows : —Brotherton , 999 ; Garnett , 882 ; majority in favour of the former 117 . There was ten time 3 more excitement and more interest taken , as allowed by all parties , in that one single election , than there was in the election for Manchester . As we have stated
before , the Whig took the lead and kept it , and for that reason there was not the least occasion for anything like a disturbance amongst the Irishmen , Brotherton being their pet , and at the head of the poll , which appeared to please the leaders of the Repeal of the Union Association , and who were upon the most intimate and friendly terms during the lfength of the < 3 ay with the Chartists . On Friday morning , about nine o ' clock , we saw a number of Irishmen come from toward ? Newton-lane , into great Ancoats-street , myself and Mitchell , of Stockport . had just come out of Brown ' s Temperance Coffeehouse . They proceeded down Oldham-street , until they came to the street leading to Stepbenson ' ssquare , where they turned down and went off in the direction of Little Ireland , as we have heard , and as will afterwards shew to gain a reinforcement .
We went into Mr . Heywood ' s shop , where we remained for about three quarters of an hour ; after which we Tepaired to Salford , waiting the arrival of these men , and to watch their proceedings when they did come . In order to save our own craniums , and make sure of a good place opposite the polling place , we fixed ourselves at one of the inns con-2 ! gcoi 25 , and where we waited till about , as near as we could guess , ten o ' clock ; and , all of a sudden , we saw crowds of people coming from towards the New Bailey Br idge , the direct road for Little Ireland . The people then run in all directions to get out of the way of something which appeared to be coming across the Bridge . Shortly after , there presented to our view , as near as we could calculate , 500 Irishmen , armed with sticks , staves ana bludgeons of -all dimensions , whe , without taking
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any notice as to the state of the poll , or of the ^ m of the election , proceeded along Salford by the Town Hall , until they eame to a , puHie-bouse close to the Bridge , near Oldfield-i * no , and leading to -Bredbury , sobw of the Irishmen wen ! in , and « *?»« drink , whilst the rest remained outside . At this time , about 150 men , composed of colliers , qjers , and navigators ( not Chartists ) , who were said to be Garnett's men , made their appearance . I wo of the old police eame up to then , and told them they had better go back , or the Irishmen would beat them . They , howeyer , refused to take their advice , and proceeded towards the Irishmen , who on seeing thembraBdisbed their shilelahs aad hurrahed in » tone of iri «» ph
, and all efforts of the police proved futile t at it they went , in a most desperate , brutal , and savage manner , for about twenty minutes , for a stand-up , fight , during which time there were upwards of fifty knocked to the ground , and in one instance there were no less than seven in one heap . Donnjlwook * air never witnessed a better fight . The " -naryies , " however , were rather too deep for onr sister countrymen ; they kept their ranks , and althomgh the irishmen wanted to get through them , as they were more m number , yet they were prevented by the navvies keeping in a line ; and , uliimatalj , the Irishmen gave way , and turned and took to their
heels , which gave fresh courage to theirenemies , who followed them and beat them : most brutally ,. knocking them down with one blow on the top of ' ike head , and laying on them while upon the ground , turning a deaf ear to their cries for mercy . This being over , those who could not get away were assisted to doctor ' shops , &c , and the dyers then commenced smashing the windows of the Whig publiohouse . The policecame up shortly after , and dispersed them . It was rather laughable to see the Irishmen eoming back , hiding their sticks under their coats . The dyers and the " navvies" afterwards collected together , walked through Salford in triumph , and no disturbance took place after .
Monmoitth Boroughs . —On Wednesday last , the 30 th June , the nomination of a member for the Monmouth Boroughs came off at Honmonth . Up to the last hour there were various reports as to there being an uncontesteri election and whether Mr . Blewitt would walk orer the course or not Dr . Price , of Newbridge , was brought out at the eleventh hour to represent the Chartists , and would , doubtless , have received all the npport of the Conservative interest It was arranged that the two leading " martyrs" as they term
themselves , viz ., Messrs . Dickinson and Edward * , should propose and second the Doctor's nomination , but mark ths treachery—those worthies left Newport , the day previous , on pretence of making arrangements at Moumouth ( distant twenty-four miles from Newport ) leaving Messrs Towusend and Francis to escort the Chartist candidate from Newbridge , Glamorganshire , a distance of forty-three- miles . The following morning , Messrs . Dickenson and Edwards acting in secret concert with the Whig candidate , proceeded to Monmouth and blarnied the Monmouth Chartists to the effect that Dr .
Price was unable to stand the contest and Induced Mr . Buttery and another Chartist to nominate and second Edwards the following morning . Meanwhile , and unconscious of treaion in the camp , Dr . Price arrived in Newport about half-past five on the morning of nomination and proceeded towards Monmouth . When at Usk they found every relay of horses had been snapped up under pretence of pre-engagemeut by the rascally Whigs , they were compelled therefore to continue the same pair of horses to Ragland and ou changing horses arrived in Monmouth by great exertion , still i » ample time , but the hall was crowded to excess After much trouble , Dr . Price and his supporters effected au entrance to the hustings , and Mr . Townsend banded to Mr . Edwards a note to this effect : — " Dr .
Price is with us—he is now arrived , you must propose and let Buttery second him . " To the great astonishment of Mr . Tuwnsend , Edwards then wrote this reply : — " You must do your own work yourselves , and when your turn comes the Mayor will hear you" whereupon Mr . Townsend remarked , " By God there U treason in the camp , we are Bold like bullocks at Sinithfield . " The contusion of election then cemmenced , the Whig member ' s nominatioa waa responded to by about fifty hands . Edwards ( who had by false representations induced Messrs . Buttery and Tyer to propose and second him ) was supported by a forest of hands , whereupon the Mayor declared the show of hands in favour of Edwards , and as a natural consequence , a poll was demanded on behalf of Blewitt The Chartists were
in raptures of joy—but lo ! a change came o ' er the spirit of their dream . Master Recreant Edwards now shewed the cloven foot , and in a Sir Joseph Surface sort of speech , in which he played second fiddle to the immense virtues of his Whig opponent , declined the poll . The execration and indescribable confusion this act of treachery caused , baffles description , which was redoubled on Mr . Dickenson ' s rising , and most unblushingly avowing himself 5 party to such withdrawal . Mr . Townsend , { solicitor , of Newport , ) theu proposed to nominate Dr . P / ice ; but his name not appearing on the revised list , he was precluded doiug bo by the Mayor . A long legal discussion afterwards arose , in -which Mr . Edw&rda anxiously declared hi * wish to spate bis now allies , the Whi ^ s , the expanse of a poll . Messrs .
Buttery and Townsend relied upen the Birmingham case , and refused all bribes or compromise . The poll took place next day , at Newport , Moumouth , and Usk , when it is needless to add , the traitor Edwards did not record a single vote , and -Mr . Biewiit could only record about one-fourth the total number of eltctors . On the close of the poll , immense sensation was created by the publicity of the amount and particulars of the bribery to the leaders , and the men of Newport arose en masse , and demolished the whole of the frontage of the traitors' d welling-housei The military , under the command of CoL Brown , of the Rifles , alone protected these recreant knaves from popular vengeance . The riot act was read and peace restored about one o ' clock in the morning , after Dickenson and Edwards had been flogged , hung ,
and burnt in tfEzy . We regret to say , a severe sabre cut waa inflicted by a gallant officer upon the foreman uf the Blanavon Iron Wharf , who -was inofiensivtly passing along , and which severed his nose and nearly deprived him of both his eyes . Various persons were apprehended next day , and Mr . W . M . Townsend , at the magistrates' request , ( or , as he stated , as a matter of courtesy and not compulsion , ) attended the met ting at the joitice-room and emered into recognizii ; ces to appear himself in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ bO each , to answer any charge that Whig wisdom may prefer against him at the ensuing assizes . The witness against him has
been disproved by his own subsequent acknowledgement , and has made himself scarce from Newport . The conduct of the -wortliy Mayor , T . Hughes , E < q , and of Thomas Hawkins , Esq , tht sitting magistrates , with that of their clerk , T . J . Piuliips , Esq ., was truly kind and urbane , and the evidence which Mr . Hawkins gave in favour of Mr . Townsend , -was liighly creditable to him as a magistrate . The result of the other apprehensions , ¦ whose hearings are postponed until our county nomination be ended , to-morrow , shall appear in our next . Alas , for treachery ! The pounds , shillings , aiv . l pence of bribery shall be unfolded next week . — From a Correspondent .
North Leicestershire . — Oa Tnesday morning , the nomination of the candidates for the representation of this division took place in thd Market-place , the speakers addressed the people from ILe Piough Inn . There was no Whig opposition , but the Chartists had resolved to bring out ilr . W . Dean Taylor and Mr . John Skevingtou , in order that the show of hands might be taken , and the rtal friends of the people elected by Universal Suffrage . We feel bound to sUte that every courtesy was observed by the Tory party towards us though entertaining the most different opinions . The candidates on the Tory interest were Lord Charles Somerset Manners , and Basil Faruham , Esq ., who were proposed and seconded ; when Messrs . Taylor and bbefington ' s friends moved and seconded those two gentlemen ; after which , . the four candidates in succession addressed the multitude . While Mr . Taylor was Fpeaking , the Conservatives cheered most
lustiiy . Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , and Mr . Bairstow , of Derby , then addressed the assemblage in terms denunciatory uf both the factions , but espesially of the " Bloodies , " who winced beneath their castigations . During tbe addresses of the Chartists , the cavalry , of whom thera were great numbers at the meeting , bent forward on horseback , with toe utmost intensity to hear , and ever and anon burst out into cheering of tbe most vociftrous description . The Sheriff then proceeded to take the show of hands for the fonr candidates , when there appeared for Skevington and Taylor a great majority ; but the Sheriff declared otherwise , and that Lord Mannsra aud Mr . Farnham were duly elected ! The proceedings went eff quietly , and without tbe slightest disturbance . The voice of Chartism has been beard in high quarters , and the result will be seen after many days . In the afternoon , Messrs . Cooper , Taylor , and Bairstow addressed a larg e meeting in the Market-place .
Senderlasd . —Mr . George Binns issued an address the day previous to the nomination , wiiich was the sSgxuU for such a display of public feeling in his favour that if he had consented to go to tbe poll but little doubt was entertained here of his election . Mr . Binns delivered a most powerful address on the hustings which completely silenced all opposition for the time . About 20 , 000 people stood , after the other candidates had aimost exhausted public patience , and listened for nearly two hours with ths most breathless interest to the eloquence of truth . Mr . Binns had the shew of hands declared in his favour , and fit the conclusion of
his speech was carried home upon the shoulders ox the people . He tried in vain to be allowed to walk , but to no purpose , for he had won their opinion not less by his talents and integrity than by his noble bearing . He addressed the people from his window on arriving home and again at night A public dinner will be given to 3 Ir . Binns en Tuesday evening in the Arcade . Let honest men rally round au honest leader of Chartism . Mr . Binns had a fourth part of the hustings assigned to him and no token of disapprobatios was heard either from the hustings or the public , during the whole of his address .
HtaL . —No Salvation but bt the Charter . — During the election in Hull , the Chartists hare be : n all eye and activity , acd though Col . Thompson , the ptople ' s friend , by the most corrupt bribery ever known , has lost his election , Chartism has flourished . The four candidttes were risited , aad written answers ob-
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tained , » n the six point * of the glorious Charter . The Colonel , all right in hia answers ; the Whigs promUed eow » things ; the Tories seemed to tremble , feat answered no , to eTeijr point w « baT 8 held several Urge and animated meetings . Tke last two were held on Monday and Twadsy , the 5 th and « th instant . Ihe former , in the Freemason * ' Lodge , a large and conniodloua room ; the latter , under the broad can » py of heaven . On Monday evening , the room was crowded almost to suffocation , when spirited addresses were delivered by Mr . DoiTy , the liberated CfcartlBt from Northallerton gaol , and others . The beKt-rendi » g sufferings of Duffy , while in prison , in a Christian land , called forth tke abhorrence of 8 ueh cruel lows used to suppress the iaerosing knowledge and libertws of the people . A liberal collection was made in'h » behalf . On Tuesdaj evening , with the sky for »
covering , the immense multitade demonstrated their high approval of the principles of Chartism . The following motion was cheerfally , heartily , and unanimous ]; agreed to by tbe sober-minded listening thousands , only one or two hands being held up against i ' .: — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the People ' s Charter U the only measure calculated to permanently benefit the working classes * and save this sinking counts ; from despotism and- rain . " Three cheers were given at the various meetings For the Editor of the S / ar , tho " caged lion , " and all political prisoners . On the day of nomination Col . Thompson had the show of hamis by three to one ; , thb shows bow things would go . if we had our Charted Our numbers are increasing ; twenty-three joined the Association . OnManday evening we anticipated & g » oat in-gathering . The Whigs-aw convinced at last that Chartism alone will save them .
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Oa the show of hands being taken , the Sheriff declared that Lords 51 orpeth and Milton bad the majority ; this ougbt t » be the case . I woald be Urtb to question the decision of the Sheriff , and certainty the show of hands was apparently very near e < jual for the three parties , bat ia my humble opinion tke Torwa had a trifling majority ever tbe Whigs , and the Chartists a trifling majority over the Tories . Had the rest of the West Riding done as Dewsbury and Barnsloy did , our victory would have been no doubtful one—it would not have been in the Sheriff's power to have given to the Whigs tbe palm of triumph —ft triumph which , to say the best of it , was mere disgraceful than any defeat could be—a triumph that was purchased by corruption , intimidation , and the vilest tyranny .
Notwithstanding the decision of the Sheriff , It shall consider myself and Me . Pitkethly to be the veritable representatives of th » industrious toilers—we care nothing for tho auffrages-of the aristoctatic and respectable idlers—as such , I < shall hold myself in readings * to perform at any time the command of my constituent * I have not done all . I could h » re liked to nave done , but I have done all , more than all that health , strength , and means would allow of my doing . Hurrah for the men . of Dewsbury ! Hurrah for the men of Bsrnsley ! Hurrah for tbe Irish Chartist *! Hurrah for the Charter and no surrender ! I am , brother Democrats , Yours fraternally and faithfully , George julum Harkzsv Dewsbory , July < 5 , 1 MJ .
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making the law what society intemded is to be—the absolute , irreaUtJNe master of each , feat tbe servant of tbe whole . lam for conserving all that is sound and valuable in our institutions , and for radically reformteg all that is unsound . An enlightened public opinio » freely formed and freely eapresaed ; I consider it to ke tie only proper test of what is sonnd and what oosoumi , lam , therefore , for unbounded liberty of opinion above and before all things else . I am for the perfect inviolability and samrity of ail property , publij and private . Public property belongs to the whole-of tho public Private property belongs only to the individual owners . I consider , therefore , that only the voioe of the entire public ( constxtutienaUy
expressed by the vote of the majority ) eao jsstly r honestly appropriate or dispose of the property of the publift I consequently consider it to be » downright roVbery for any portion « f the general and loaal taxation of the country-, which is public property as also church-rates , publicr endow * inenta , and various other descriptions of public property , which are now raised and appropriated exclusively by thos& who make the laws , without tie sanction or content of the unrepresented people , to whom a'l t 2 sw public property belongs- afnally as to the othe » classes of society . I include also among the psoperty of the public , all our unappropriated colonial lands , in which a > » os * shamefol tr . iffiVis eanied on by onr aristocracy , who are every day raoJuag grants and disposing of the best portion of them , at aominal prices to their own seedy relatives and
gwiedy minions , until , at last , they will have appropriated all our lands abroad , as they have all our lands at home , and left the great bulk of lh » British public , without any public property at all {{ Now , I am for putting an effectual stopper upon this wholesale system ef public robbery in the only possible way it can be done , namely , —by securing sueb » fall , free , ' and impartial representation of the whols of the people in the House of Commons , as is laid down and demanded in the famous set or document entitled " the People ' s Charte * " As well , then , Jo * the sake of conserving the property of tbe public to uses at the public and the puDUa only , — as for divers other ^ ust and imperative reasons , I shall deem it the first and most important of my parliamentary duties , to eadeavonr to get the national representation amended npoa tke plan and principles of the " People's Charter . "
I am also for the perfect inviolability of private property . 1 consider the public has no niore right to invade or appropriate the property of individuals ( without their consent ) than individuals or fractions of the people have to invade the property of the public . I Bhal ) , therefore , oppose all schemes of confiscation and agrarianism , and resist every thing in the shape of sumptuary laws or ' other modes vt spoliation , come from whom they may . I shall equally resist the attempts of all factions either to rob the public for the selfish interest of the few , or to rob individuals for the pretended benefit of the public , being fully convinced that no country , however favoured by art or nature , can be preserved from civil strife , or made free and
prosperous , without maintaining personal security , as well as strict justice for each and all , and that any attempts to do away with the present monstrous inequalities of wealth and condition , etherwise than by the natural effects of just legislation would but injure the rich without benefitting the peor , while they weuld expose all classes alike to interminable feuds and dangers . At the same time , 1 hold it to be perfectiy just and competent for the legislature to interfere with any and every species of private property , where such interference is required by tbe public interest , provided always that the parties interfered with be fully indemnified by compensation . In all such cases I shall support the public in opposition to private interest .
1 am opposed to every species of monopoly , whether of wealth , power , or knowledge . While , therefore , I am for maintaining the rights of property , public and private , I am for doing away with all laws and institutions which give one set of men facilities for acquiring wealth , power , and knowledge , denied to other men by the same laws and institutions . I am , consequently , opposed to tbe monopoly of the Bank of England , and . to all banking companies , other than mere banks of deposit and transfer .. I deny the right of any company or fraction of the people to issue money under the name of promisaiory notes bearing interest , whether convertible or not ; it is giving to them and to their accomplices and favourites , advantages over their fellow citizens to which they have no right , and which have
been the source of more public and private suffering in . every country where such banks of issue ore allowed to exist , than any one other assignable cause of their social evils . The prerogative of making and issuing money , I bold to be one which cannot be delegated or parcelled out to individuals without danger to the common wealth ; nor can it be exercised by any but the supreme power of the state , without producing a series of frauds , panics , sudden fluctuations of fortune , derangements to trade and commerce , and such uncertainty and insecurity in all the business of life , as must sooner or later terminate in general confusion . The tendency of such banks is to multiply scheming and usury in all directions , and to accumulate sudden
fortunes for speculators ( who yield no useful service to society ) at the expence of defrauding the labourer of his hire , and the manufacturer and tradesman of their legitimate gains . I shall , therefore , deem it my duty to promote the abolition of all existing banks of issue , and to substitute for them a national bank ( with such branches as may be required for tho public accommodation ) which shall affjrd tqnal facilities to all classes alike—to the small tradesman as to the big merchant—to the mechanic as to the mid ( Ue < cla 33 man and the profits on whose issues and discounts shall belong to the public , and go to public uses . Of course snch bank should bo under tho surveillance and control of a legislature chosen by the people ; otherwise its existence would , bijacurse , iastead of a blessing .
I am opposed to all restrictions on trade , commerce , and industry , for mere purposes of revenue , and deubly so , when imposed to create monopolies for particular interests , I am more particularly hostile to our com and provision laws , -Which I consider most iniquitoUB , unchristian , and inhuman ; and which taken in conjunction with the enclosures of our common waste lands , and the modern system vof consolidating small fains into large ones , I take to be one of the chief causes of our national distress—regarding them as a flagrant imposition or tax on the public for the profit of a single class—the landlords . I shalj vote for th&ir total and immediate repeal ; but I shall also demand that such repeal be accompanied with other measures toe reducing the national debt and other public burdens
and liabilities in proportion to the fall of prices consequent upon their repeal . Otherwise , the repeal of our oorn and provision laws would benefit only funduolders , mortgagees , usurers , and men of fixed income ( not immediately derived from the land ) 4 c , with a few merchants and manufacturers ; but to the millions of work people , who have only their daily labour to live by , to the numerous b » dy ot shopkeepers dependant upon their custom , and to the industrious classes , generally , it would yield no benefit at all , while it would augment the public burdens of all , and cause injury and ruin to millions of debtors in every ClaS 3 Of sooieky . I am , therefore , for a Kadiciil repeal of the corn and provision Iaw 3 , but not for Whig repeal , which means robbing and no relief where relief is wanted . .
I am , of course , opposed to all restrictions en the liberty of the press , whether by bonds , stamp duties , or censorship . I will vote for the repeal of alL I am for abolishing all connexion between Church and State ; for applying the revenues of the established clergy to public uses , ( after making due provision for the present incumbents , ) and henceforth leaving them , like the ministers of other sects , to the voluntary principle . I am opposed to placemen having seats in the House ofComuions . The constitutional law of England is
that " no person holding a place of trust or profit under the crown , shall be eligible to be a Member cf Parliament . " I shall , therefore , vote for the repeal of the statute of Queen Anne , which first admitted that most mischievous infraction" of our constitutional law . I consider it mest indecent and monstrous to see not less than 212 placemen in the present House of Commons , one day voting the public money into tbeir own pockets , and the next day voting to keep Bronterre O'Brien , and other Loyal Chartists in gaol , lest we should expose the rogues if we got out !
I am an advocate for free trade ; but would first free the industry of the country from the enonuoxa burdens and artificial shackles impoed upon , it by our present cumbrous , complicated , inquisitorial , and most expensive system of taxation . This , I believe , cannot be effectually done without , in the first place , greatly reducing the amount of the taxes , and , in the next , substituting for our system of excise and customs a system of direct taxation , to be raised from landed , funded , and other property . Upon these and other points , however , I still feel it uiy duty to consult you freely and often . I consider a representative of the people to be a mere servant of the people , bound , in all cases , either to vote or act in accordance With their . wishes , © r if he cannot conscientiously do so , to resign forthwith . If elected to serve yon , I shall act upon that principle . 1 shall feel it my duty , not only to visit you at the close of every Session , to give an account of my stewardship , but also to obey a summons
from you , at any time , requiring my attendance at a , public meeting of your body to be openly and fairly convened . And should it be your wish at such meeting to have another representative , I shall , forthwith , accept the oliiiteru Hundreds . These , Gentlemen , are my principles ; if they be in accordance with your own , I shall esteem it a high honour to represent you , and a labour of love to promote and protect your local as Well as general interests in the House of Commons . If they be not in accordance with your * s —if they be too democratic for you—or if I am not to hare the suffrages of the electors , without consenting to sink the rights ef the non-electors , then am I not for the House of Commons , your mam I consider the meanest and most illiterate of my fellowsubjects ; to be as well entitled to the franchise as t am myself , and I consider no man to be the representative of a city or , borough , who has not been fairly chosen by a majority of all its adnlt male in habitants .
I have th « honour to be , Gentlemen , Tour moat . obedient Servant , James Bronterrb OBaiBK
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WEST-RIDING OF YORK . DOINGS OB TUB PEOPLE S CANDIDATES . Fhiends and . Buothebs , —Your Delegates assembled at Dewsbury on Sunday , June 20 th , and ha-uJBg thought proper to determine upon putting me in nomination as one of the people ' s candidates for the representation of the West-Riding , now that the nomination is over it behoves me to address you . This is the more necessary , as while tbe doings of Morpetb and Milton have been trumpeted forth in the lying columns of the Leeds Mercury , and those of Wortley and Denison in the Leeds Intelligencer—x \ otinn has been said in the people ' s paper ( with the exception of the Leeds meeting ) of the people's candidates .
Monday , June 21 st , I addressed a large open-air meeting at Heekmondwike , next morning took the seven o ' clock train from the Dewsbury station to Leeds , reached there , went with Messrs . Leech and Williams to the Cloth Hall Yard , where I addressed eighteen thousand people for an hour and three quarters—a report of tbe proceedings appeared in the Star . It was a quarter past two ; o'clock when I concluded my address . Morpeth and Milton , and Wortley and Ddnison , left Leeds at half-past two o ' clock , I had to wait ( tny carriage and four not being ready i ) for the three o'clock train . This threw me behind the ether parties , I not reaching Huddersfield till five o'clock , in the meantime , the Whig outrage had been committed , alluded to in Mr . Pitkethly ' a letter in the Star of June 26 th—tbe Whig horsemen riding down the people without tbe shadow of a shade of provocation having been given them .
The Chartists had made an agreement with the treacherous Whigs that they ( the Chartist candidates ) should speak from the Whig hustings . More fortunate than Mr . Pitkethly , who was refused admission , and assaulted into the bargain by the cowardly villain ? , I did get on to the hustings , and spoke after Morpeth . During the whole course of my address , ( I spoke nearly an hour ) , I was assailed with the most blackguard interruptions from the " respectable" ruffians around me ; one fellow ( whose name 1 have down in my note-book ) crying " Throw him over , d—n his eyes—throw him over , aud break his neck . " Wednesday , 23 rd . — 'Addressed a fine open-air meeting at Honley , and returned to HudderetMd that night Thursday , 24 th . —I went to Bradford , where I had again the noneur of meeting the Whig and Tory candidates , and addressed , for an hour full fifteen thousand people .
At Bradford , a deputation from Kelghley waited upon me , wishing me the ntxt day to meet the Whigs at that place . I could not comply with the request of my Keighley friends , having to be at Lepton the next evening . Friday , 25 th . —Returned to Huddersfleld—went by way of Aldmoudbnry to Lepton through a pelting storm of rain , reached my destination wet te the skin—found no meeting , they having no room , and the state of the weather entirely prevented any assemblage out-doors . I felt a little mortified , and wished I had gone to Keighley . Saturday 26 th . —Returned to Hnddersfield that evening , addre » sod a meeting at Paddock . Sunday , 27 tb . —Went to Dawsbury from there to Wakefeld .
Monday , 28 th . —Went to Barnsley—met the Whigs . We had a meeting of not less than 12 , 000 people . Morpeth could not get a hearing until it waa decided that 1 should speak after him and before Milton ; it was put to the people who decided by at least five hundred to one , that they would have the working man before the Lord ! I followed Morpeth , giving the Whigs an hour and a half 's dressing . I was delighted with the Barnsley people . They are noble fellows , and , which is best of all , they include in their ranks a band of Erin ' s exiles who would go to the death for the Charter .
I was expected to address the Barnaley people again the ntxt day , but two other calls were made upon me . I lmd been pressed to return to Bradford to be present at tbe nomination as jockeyed first by Wood , and second by Simpson . The Bradford Council waa fearful tbat nothing would be done unless I came , as they were not sure at that time they could get Martin to stand . Second—The people of Doneaster wrote to mo wishing me to be with them on the Tuesday , to meet Morpeth and Milton . I took the advice of the Barnsley leaders to the number of fifty or sixty . They unanimously decided that I should not lecture in Bairnsley on Tuesday—that I should not go to Doneaster ; but , that I should go to Bradford .
Tuesday , 29 tb . —Rose at four o ' clock , and was just starting for Bradford , when three men with horse and gig from Doneaster came upon me . I must go with them . I refused . I did not go , but pushed on for Bradford , taking the railway train to Leeds , from there , coach to Bradford , which town I reached by ten o ' clock . Found on my arrival that Martin was there , and that I could have been dispensed wish . I regret now that I did not go to Doneaster ; but what I bad done was for the best , with due deliberation and advice . After seeing Martin elected , 1 that evening walked to Dewsbury ,
1 reached Dawsbury exhausted with fatigue , and miserable from tbe fear I entertained t '> at I should be laid up with a murderous complaint to which I am subject—quinsey in the throat ; finding my fears but too likely to be realised , I that night , and the next day , drenched myself with physic . Friday , no relief . I applied leeches to my throat , which did me some good . I was still very unwell when on Saturday , July 3 rd , word was brought me tnat MoTpetb . and Milton were to be in Dewsbury that night . They came , and I was there . 'Twill be long ere my Lord Morpeth will forget the shouts of execration that rung in his ears when he showed himself to tbe people ' of Dewsbury . Charles Connor spoke after Morpeth ; Milton then spoke , and i wound up the proceedings . The Dawsbury people know that I did my duty .
Thus I think I have shown that so far as health , streneth , and means would allow , I did my duty to you , who through your delegates , had done me the honour to select me for nomination as your representative , in meeting the euemy face to face , exposing tUeix trickery and exhibiting their villany , and labouring , as I did , to prepare each locality I visited for the nomination at Wakefield . Monday , July 5 th . — 'Tis not necessary I should give a ' full , true , and particular" account of this day ' s proceedings , as the reporter for the Star will have mainly done that for me . Enough that Dewsbury , Heekmondwike , Earlaheaton , Hanging Heaton , Chickenley , Livereedge , Batley , < kc , turned out nobly—we had a glorious procession to Wakefield . At Westgate Common we were joined by the Huddersfield men , and the noble men of Barnsley—and here I make way for the aforesaid reporter to detail tho proceedings of the nomination , confining myself to a few comments thereon .
The Whigs had moved earth and hell to get such a muster as should ensure them the show of hands ; thousands were brought from Leeds by railway , their fares paid , bread , cheese , and alo found them at Wakefield , and a shilling each given them . Thousands more were brought from Huddersfield , Cleckheaton , &c . < &c , by j ail way , and in carts and waggons ; their day's wages paid them , and upon pain of losing their employment , they were ordered to vote for the Whigs ; an overlooker was appointed over every twenty men , to see that not one absented himself . At Huddersfield , a regular manufacture of bludgeons was carried on for a fortnight preceding . These , thank God , were rendered useless by the . energy of the determiued Chartists .
When Morpeth had delivered himself of his meaningless string of nothingisms—when Milton had again exhibited his pitiable imbecility—when Wortley and Denison had spoken , Mr . Pitkethly addressed the assembled thousands , and he gave it the " Bloedlea" in style . I followed , but one storm of groans and execrations met me from the Whigs , and was replied to by the deafening cheers of the Chartists . This state of things having continued for BOine time , the Whig mercenaries being apparently instructed not on any account to allow me a hearing , and my friends being determined I should be heard , the question was speedily brought to an issue . In one moment thousands of good walking
sticks were raised by the hands of sturdy Chartists , ¦ while from their ranks rose one long deafenenlng shout of defiance , thr , t made Morpeth quiver in his shoes , and tbe " Bloodies" to quail , hundreds of whom now scampered in all -directions . Again , and again , the shout of defiance reat the air , making the welkin ring . The effect was magical ; in that shout , and in that show of moral forve , the Whigs learned that Yorkshire was not Manchester—that if they were for peace , so were the Charti ^ s ; if they were for war , let them fling down the fjau&Uet , the Chartists -were ready for the gamr . Need T saj more ? 1 was ef course heard , and so far as time would pevtait . I trust I did uiy duty .
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NEWCASTLE ELECTION . There was a public meeting of the inhabitants called by placard , to be held- in the Long Room , Chancellor ' s Head Yard , en Wednesday evening , June 3 » ; to consider the propriety of taking immediate legal steps to secure to Mr . Bronterre O'Brien that seat in the Commons' House of Parliaaaent , to which he is entitled , having been duly elected by an overwhelming majority of the electors , and unanimously by the non-electura of this borough , but which the monopolising factions wish , to deprive Mm of , through a fear of hia honesty . Long before the hour of meeting , there were three times as many assembled eutside as the room ( which contains from 400 to 600 ) coald contain . They therefore adjourned to the Forth . Mr . Crothers wa » unanimously called to tbe chair , who having briefly stated the purport of the" meeting , called upon
Mr . John Masoa to address the meeting , who . did so in first-rate style , shewing the advantages that would accrue to the industrious classes by having a few of such sterling friends of the people as Mr . O'Brien in the Hoase of Corruption . He showed how it would be a meaas ef overturning that accursed system which dooms the fions of toil to be subject to the most abject misery and want , while those cormorants who " toil not , neither do they spin , " are , at their expence , rolling in abundant luxury and superfluity . Mr . Mason Was loudly cheered throughout bis energetic address . Mr . Hugh Daffy moved the first resolution , which was seconded , in a very humorous and pithy speech , by Mr . Morgan , and carried unanimously : —
" That this meeting do highly approve of the proceedings of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien's Election Committee , in protesting against the decision of the High Sheriff , in declaring William Ord , Esq . duly elected , in preference to James Bronterre O'Brien , Esq ., who was really duly elected by an overwhelming majority of the electors and non-electors of this borough . " Mr . Cross moved the second resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Sinclair , and carried unanimously : — " That this meeting is of opinion that legal steps should be immediately resorted to , to secure that seat in the Commons' House of Parliament for Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , to which he was duly elected by a very great majority of the electors and non-electors of this borough , and that this meeting pledges itself to enter into n voluntary subscription to defray whatever legal expences may be incurred ia procuring justice . " It was then moved , seceuded , and carried
unanimously" That this meeting tender their sincere thanks to Mr . O'Brien's Election Committee , for their assiduous exertions , and the straightforward manner in which they conducted themselves throughout , in opposition to the conjoined factions of Whig and Tory . " Three cheers were then given for James Bronterre O'Brien , Esq ., M . P ., three cheers for Mr . O'Connor , and all incarcerated Chartists , three cheers for the Charter , three groans for the Sheriff , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his impartial conduct in the chairt to which he km fly responded . The meeting separated about ten o'clock , aad a subscription was made for the Election Fund . As the night was coming on wet , the Committee adjourned to their room , Chancellor ' s Head Yard . Mr . Franklaad being called to the chair , Mr . Hall moeeii , and Mr . Bruce
seconded" That Mr . Btontetre O'Brien ' s Election Committee tender their most sincere thanks to Mr . George Binns , of Sunderland , for the able and masterly style in which he personified Mr . O'Brien , at his election on the hustings , on Monday , the 23 th instant . " Carried unanimously . It was likewise moved , seconded , and carried unanimously" That , in consequence of the offlciousnes 3 and spleen of the enemies of truth , ia calumniating the political sentiments of Mr . O'Brien , aurt in euduivcuring to create a prejudice against him , this Committee would feel extremely obliged to tho Editor of the Northern Star if he would be so kind aa to give insertion to air . O'Brien ' s address , which will , of itself , foil all their attempts . " To the Electors and Non-Eicclors of the Borough of Newcastle- upon ¦ Tyne . Lincaster Castle , June 23 rd , lS-tl .
Gentlemen , —I am honoured by the invitation of a numerous portion of your body to allow myself to be put in nomination as a candidate for your suffrages at the approaching election . I accept the invitation ; but in so doing , I beg you to understand , centleuien , that nothing but a strong sei . se of public duty , coupled with tbe hope of being , in some small degree , instrumental in saving the country from its present embarrassments and dangers , could have indu-. ed me to come forward , even at tbe request of the men of Newcastle , whose public spirit and intelligence I have lorjg admired .
In ordinary times you would , I think , be best represented by an inhabitant of your own town , personally known to you all , and well acquainted with your local wauls and interest ? . But in times of unexampled difficulty and danger , you wisely consider , that the best friend of your local interests is he who will approve himself the beat guardian of your public interests , as a member of the British commonwealth . Your knowledge of my public career and character has satisfied you , that 1 will approve myself such , If honoured by your suffrages . And to this circumstance alone , I ascribe your preference of a stranger to one of your own townsmen ; for I have no claims or pretensions to represent you , other than my known z ^ al and devotion to the general interests of the country . Should this
claim be found sufficient to command a majority of your suffrages , it will be a triumph indeed!—on « equally glorious to the electors and the elected ! It will show that the men of Newcastle consider the general interest to be paramount to all other interests , whether of sect , class , party , or locality ; and it will place in my hands a constitutional weapon , wherewith I shall be enabled to combat the tyrants , who have persecuted me on youx account , and to contribute one legislator ' s share , at least , towards rescuing our country from those hordes of agrarian monopolists and usurers , who , with their standing armies of lawyers , priests and soldiers have uprooted nearly all our ancient institutions , without substituting a single good one in tbeir room , and brought the most favoured country on earth to the verge of national bankrupts aud a servile
war . To ensure this mutual triumph , all that is required , gentlemen , is a frank hearty union between the honest electors and the non-electors—a union based upon acknowledged equality of rights and mutuality of interests . Let the elector bear in miad , that even the present corrupt ministry and House of Commons have declared the franchise to be a trust conferred on the elector , for the-non-elector ' s use as well his own ; and that he is , therefore , morally bound , in the exercise of it , to consult the non- elector ' s wishes and interests as well as his own . And let the non-elector bear in mind , that however sore he may feel against the
law which made the unjust distinction between him and the elector , he can owe only gratitude and admiration to those electors who shall practically repeal the law in his favour , by laying down their monopoly at his feet , and consulting his wishes as well as their own in giving their vetes . Let these consideration but be borne in miud ; and we shall have the union we require . Without it , we may conquer by the show of hands , but we cannot complete our victory on the day of polling . With it , we may bid defiance to the monopolistsaud the usurers both on the hustings and in the polling booths . Hurrah ! then , for an honest onion between the electors and the non-electors .
To the major part of yon , gentlemen , my political views and principles are already well known . For the satisfaction , however , of such who know them not , to prevent any future misunderstanding between us , I deem it my duty to submit the following outline of them ; and it will be for you to say whether such views and principles shall command the union I desire . I am a Conservative Radical Reformer in the just and obviouB meaning of . the words . I am for Peace , Law , and Order , in the only sense , and on the only terms , upon which they can be either desirable or possible ; I am for peace founded upon liberty to all—for law founded upon justice to all—for order founded upon contentment for all . I am for unqualified obedience to the laws ( even where they are bad and vicious ) so long as any hope or chance remains of altering or . amending them ; but I am also for giving to the people every facility ot altering and improving them in conformity with the will of the majority , so that they shall always command a willing obedience . In short , X am for
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1117/page/5/
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