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ZiOHSOH " . £ GRAJO ) POPXTIiAB DEMOX 8 TRA . TTON TO wSJCCOaS pBABGTJS ' O'COJWOB , ESQ .,
ON . HIS RRT . tuct : FBOM YORK , Wu ^ lTen by the men of London < m Monday erenjui list , * iB tbe targe room ' of the Crown sad Anchor , SOTnd , * the largest pnblie Tocm that conM be bad la Iflndon , . ao 4 the largest ttow ^ hotft-the metropolis , , ritJi the exoeption of the E * S $ er'&aU ' . \ Long before tie hon ? . snnomjeeH forthe chair being taken the room tru ii $ e » 3 y i crammed . On : the platform were a ujnnberio . f well " dressed females , ar well as in the pno 7 . ~ - :.. ' . ¦' : '• ' ... •/¦ . . . Mr . FrssTix -was e ^ Ded to the cfeair . He opened the pfoceeedtags by asking a patient hearing for every penoa , as well to Ehow our ententes our good coneast , as . toshowy . O * Coan « , fofj ., crar ' tma regard for ki au He then stated tt&ithf rtijeet of the meeting was to welcome F . O'Connor , Esq . ( Immense Peering . ) Mr . 0 'OonDo ' rhere altered the room , "when the meeting jsiide "wsj- for him amidst the-most hearty sn 4 continued ejieering , having arrived on 4 he' platform , the cheariDg , together irtth tie waving or hatr aad handkerchief * , ns renewed , and cobQbuw ! fe ? " inany-j&tartes .
Mr . " 5 VATKI 5 S moved . the first rwtfafcion . H © 4 id bo for it had the entire concurrence of nis heart ; it was : •—" Thstit is the opinion of this meeting that the iacaieer&don of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ^ m on just to jjjmssif , and an insult atd injury to the oppressed dUlioiLs -Tbose cause he bo nobly advocated ; aid that ri nail bis reappearance among us at this important cr isis with jo ? and gratitude as a favourable omen to as causa . " . - Tie resolution takes notice that the imprisonment rse unjust , it was opposed to justice—the&r , hear)—far Mr . O'Connor tna imprisoned for ad rocatfog justice — haaii—for being the advocate of justice ; therefore , S ttm tie height of injustice . The philanthropy of & £ Hocse of Commons had been tried , and they -would no ; do aught to remoTe Mr . O'Connor , or in his behalf :
be i he was agam out ! We'welcome him ! ( Chews . ) He is ti iis noble -work again . The Whig faction has been gjmsliahed principally through his instrumentality . ( Cheenn He -will be equally actiTe in demolishing it « Tories cHc&r . } The enemies oi the pevple . axe igsins : him on account of his principles ; the people , tee great people , are with him . i" We are , we areO He had called upon "Mr . O'Connor in his cell ; he found Jem kept in a strong room , and hd considered that the Cas : ie where Mr . P . 0 Connor -sras , was more venerable Stan the . 51 ias ;^ r itself ; he looked upo n it as tea on acc- > uat of the prize it contained . He called ijrou hisi " a Becoud time : he found him cheerful under pnvatiorf , and eager for the great cause . ( Cheers . ) Jbe room they had met in that night was ominous c' iheir cause ; the Charter is our anchor , and our crown a crown of joy . -Cheers . ]
iIr . Pi . SK . KS said , be seconded the resolution with the es&lest pleasure » hear ); for he could not refuse his ttibaie of pleasure at seeing Mr . O'Connor there amongst- them , but at the same time be should hare * i £ &i to hare seen another O . there ; ha meant O'Brisn . . Cheers . ) Neither ought Peddie to be foxjoiten . hear , hear ?; nor Carrier ; hear , ; neither Frost , ffiUjanu , and Jones . \ Cheers . ) That cheer must tie s Mr . O"Conner , for it proved that the names of Siose paMots were za dear to them as it was sixtees Esstii ago , when Mr . O'Connor was last amongst fcsn . iHear , hear . ) He had watched Mr . O'Connor eta sines he presented himself before the British
pub-Et Afar opening the stronghold of Toryism—the E city of Cork—he had found him ever tht stem adrottu o ! tie people . That was the reason why Daniel CfConnell and the Whigs contrived to get rid of him . Ss * ss in the House of Commona on the night of the bsciuL committee being struck , and he was astonished s ± s names presented to the House as the committee . Jti ess 3 e of the Charter must now be gained , for they lad Fe&rjus with them ^ gafn ; they would have an CTBrtea press , and then ths Charter would soon become £ a ! wr of the land . ( Cbeers . ) In conclusicc , he must Ksscstnlate them on Mr . O'Connor ' s release , sud hoped be Tonld cc-ntinue in fnch a state of health as to waras : Ms taking part in the agitation . ( Cheers . !
The resolution was put and carried amid aetlasatoa . Mr . Walton , one of the stoae-masons , proposed the aec rejolution . It was one to which every person T 3 dd respond . They ought to shew to the Whip b 3 Tories their deterjnination not to be oppressed any fcsrer fcy them . The Whig * had oppressed them so for tes Tears , but they were new beaten and destroyed . When ie bated to the condition of his fellow-man , he asked issseJf , what had the Whijs done for the people ; they ase 22 professing redress of grievance , ba : had they ims so ? ; yo , no . ) Had they brought forward one
aamra beneficial for the people i t ^ o , no . ) They iadakrD good care to take all their salaries , but never area for the people- The Dake of Wellington had rc := d in tha House of Lords , that the man who was beast and industriously inclined , could not only gain > s » d livelihood , but lay by enough to live La his old ip . Waa that bo ? lio Buch thing ;' , misery stalied ibra&d it waa well known ; "but they had the Lien tot more & £ liberty , and soon woeld their enemies biT that that whieh they rsqnir&d should be graated . . Hear , htar . ) Until every cisu is represented the Tartins civ « ft » would be oppressed and trodden uadex . 2 ear aid cheers . ]
• ' That this meeting is of opinion , that until the Cb * rlei becaaies the law of the land no jtuace csji be epecied by the working classes , nor any relief from Sis excessive burtheius under which they bow suffer . " Ur . Bvttzt Kidlkt said he rose most cordially to teosd the rtsotetion : first , b-ecauae he w ^ a a wording & £ B -, and , sec-jndly , because be had bees robbed of his fehrlght , and he knew his fellow-men had been so Ete ^ iae . &od had made man in his own image , and tl » sre e < iuaL He would ask what had ruined this CKstrj . ' He would answer , its presen : constitution . They said it was liberal : yes , it waa fair to the eye , but
r-Sen at the core . He would ask , which was the most Us his & : 4—the bearded monkey of aristocracy , or the htrd industrious icn ot toil , from whose labour all was p » iacr-l . ' ( Hear , keax . i Let them , all go haad in hat-d fcr the ( barter , and the present state of robbery ard pedation would cot be continued- Let us gel our Carter , aad then ws shall be feappy and free- He akfd fur jusucfi—he found it in the b-srs of the Cfcir' ts- . aad he was happy to find their glorious leader b : j more tiere . His heart ws > 3 not broken , his spirit not anted , nor would his energies be dampe-. l , for he was ere tkatFeargus O'Connor would werk with redoubled exx ; . Cheers . )
Hr . TTh . eei . ee said he address&d them as Tvoril-ig saj for hi believed they were all so . They were tnpzti in the wc-rk of hunianity ; and life felt assured fe » : those wbom he had the honour of addressing Wvre 'J' -srs for a subsistence , endeavouring to compete with ti gigantk machinery . For a ^ es had the philosopher kq Btrivmg to discorar a remedy for their wrongs , the y . ' -iicisa patching up the crszy state of society , but a ! : s ss parpose ; for they worked for a class , and from a " £ , and not for tie bc-dy of ths people ; but they Lad > X 3 edy— the Charter was that remedy : gain that , and tsp&opie ' i ills ¦ wcaM s-. on be cured . ' . Cheers . / ' -is rtsolation "sr ^ i carried nnanimeuiij . r ^ i- Wilson . one of the petition carriers . r ; se / or •^ Purpose of moTiaj the third resolution : — _ . Tea : this meeting pledges itself to co % ll for ' •* Praising •;• : the People ' s Charter , ihs resU'rat : ! T . * ? r ; n , Wiiiia ^ is , and jvses , and to oiiUin ' . lie Bcf * i si the lacislitive Union of Ireland . " Checva .
- * : i : d barerciilaous to iweil on the Sri : p . - irt of the ^•^ ir-r after \ rkat b * 3 already r-zisi l . it wsj r .. i ; y ^ tJ ; --= ls sad biycrsets the present Bys ' . trin rru p ^ r-:- ^ xed . ^ Tfceei-s .- Ths latter part he vou :, , c :. ! F ^ ti sa to . Too ion ? taJ ire bees divid- > i ; it hi-i ^ " -C : fts ^ thi to divide us so &s to keep \ : s yyit — ^ . * , hear - —bst he was hippy to 2 nd t ^ t rhr yn-. J ^ K R- 2 J wec ^ irs : awsy . He wocIJ eive the has-1 of - ; aiii : p » Lis fellow Irishmen , aEd in . ' red they iia j ^" -u cohonour te Fesrr-. s 0 Connor , hirr ? e 1 f au Irish-5 ^ --- fighting their f = a : tle « . ^ , Hes . T . &z . i chrtr-r . ~ - Tsald cot s&e ac Iri-: min Imrv . bii - . th-. i m-. s .
** i of fellowship f-. T Li . n . Tie Ucicn tn .- \ l >~ . car-^ cj bribery icd corruptior ; it w ^ 5 3 Trr ^ o . - 5 ii : rted ^^ them , asd be snpr ^ ried the raotiw ., so tz _ -. ; they ^ iti Ls . t « the rigizV > . •• : self-cc-vercrneLt . ^ ' . --a h ^ fctai&a to hiniKli iCr . — n ; " TU Es- ^ iith d : d ncs ~^ ihs Jrlih , aeithcr did i . e believe the irlih b-ve i « 2 ng ; iih ; but thty hid b ? rn ^ -j ; ht :. : ?¦ : ¦ s .- for U . = . ^—t of the class , ' -who robbed th- ; m . He h-tvd . ; - ^ fcr , ^ . jse days -srere r ^ s& , J , a :: 1 12 . li tr-y . hcriy •^ r j woul d exist amon 2 them . ¦ Cber-rs v ; i . i . Goodfzllo-ft ssc ^ ciid the rtscluticn . Durin ; . . T k-dress , 2 Ir . Siziev "wis s « en w = ndiEr his tv » t to
. ^ - * -iH £ - , aiij-a tee cheeriEg of tie con-pas " . Mr . * c ; = t l = ucd , after tL :- cheer : ng hau conclu-aed , ty ¦ ^¦~ = f - ^* he had sgaej t . '; -j petiiioD for CstioJic ; ~^ c : psiion , to obtain his freedem a& regarded con- ¦ ^ - ^; , bu : hs \ raj as far : > ue politics . ! freedom as ; =- ' -is ^ eh he ¦ was a Ch&rusi , dtierniined to do his *^ -j ODtain its enactment . < ^ -e reso l ution was put and carried unanimously . ' ^ r-O-Cossoa was then anneurwed . The cheering ^ tremerioci
S 0 tJomor ^ re presented himself , and the cheer- j r , "f- ^ of hAta and haadkerchiefs and clap-. ' r- ~ 6 or tiaads was coirmeneed and ccatinued for : " arJ inmates before he could utter a word . When ! ^ ace iraj restored , he r ^ c-ie nearly as follows ; bu ;; ^ . "r- ' ^ P * Eo Eyre this a m ^ re vatliat cf l / . s speech , ; V ~ ° v ^? Js- r » ar ; y ; fl-o Loete : — : " j ^ - ' ^ " ' - ^ - ' -: - br . tLcr i ; . VLiic 2 » J w . ia ordered . . '" l . * . '; i ; f : v . - ; - ; : ;; r : ir « . -ksr-po& »; . " . _ '" . T - " - ; ¦ ' ' : ' •' . ;¦ - < -.-v .. l > .- . \ t &t uct ., . - ¦ - * . _ - , . — - _^ ^ _ _ ! * .- „ .,, ~ - ' -. ' - , lj .. ^ U v .. t ^ i ! . U .-.. ¦ " ¦ - * " T" - - 1 > .... _ " ¦ _ " ¦ ; -- ¦ L' - •¦¦ ¦ .. ' i ...- ; ::. ut ao u-l ' . tiT } .. v . i-, j . - --- ^ - ' ; .:.. _ ; -.- m , . - . ¦ _!; jj . jtr ^ r : oriii v' ; t > . ' « - ¦ . TV -r ^ " — - - ¦" .. ic- ^ ry . K ^ :. r , 1-. r I
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the convicta removed from the hulks to be transported to the penal settlement , beyond Dowoing-street Colony . ( Immense cheers and Ianghter . ) They reminded me of tfie patriotic Irtsh TOlunteen , who , notwlthstanaing their "bnminj enthtuiacm and unquenchable patriotism and lore of dangCT , were neTertheless obliged to be chained together to prevent their desertion . ( Roari of laughter . ) I saw the two faces of class legkslatioB under a hood to-d » y . I tosewthe Whig by the tfgn of the the left cgOP —( roars of laughter and cheers ) , —and I knew the Tories by the smirk on the newlypainted side of their faoe . ( Renewed cheers . } 1 saw them ai they passed in review ; and I said to myself , if in a dungeon I beat you , sorely when at liberty I can beat you toe . { Great cheeriag . ) But then they say ,
¦ wont you giTe Sir Robert & fair trial ? Why . how many fair trials does the culprit want . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) Is Welliagton too , and that young reptile , Stanley , and Warncliffe , to have another fair trial ! ( Cheers . ) No , no . I am not ona ot those to break up one administration for no other purpose than to substituteas bad a one . ( Cheers . ) My object is to annihilate both factions ( Cheers . ) We hare trampled upon the Whigs— iloud cheers )—and in truth they aided usin our warfare by their iniquity ; but , then , one paper asks us to rally round oeb . Queen- Ovn Queen indeed . ( CbeezB . ) Another tells us that the Queen it weeping over her lost convivial advisers . Ah , my friends , bo is Mrs . Frost weeping over her absent husband . ( Immense sensation and prolonged cheering . ) The widow
Clayton weeps salt tears over her departed husband . \ Grrsa * confusion and eheers , Mrs . Peddie sighs and weeps over the melancholy fate of her hosb&ud . Mrs Holberry too drop * a tear over the 8 f . treatment of hers ; and "where is the sympathy of the tender-hearted press ? —are these not w « men and mothers ? ( Loudcheers . Another paper tells us that the Queen is a state prisoner in her palace . ( Laughter . ) Aye , you may well hugh at such solitary confinement Poor soul . ' Would to &od you all had her complaint with live hundred thousand a year to console you . ( Immense entering and laughter . ) Ah , I too will pity her when I hear either that she eats skilly , —( laughter , )—or even that she has bowels of compassion for those to wuuui she appeals . ( Cheers . ) Surely she has enough of
cronthing—she has her Lords , her Commona , her People , her dominions , and her half million a-year . ; C " .. twnj > The Parliament , at all events the present one , ib hers ; her " free-trade" Parliament ( Cheers . ) She is too clever by half , or at least her responsible advisers have made her so . ( Cheers . ) She aslred for a Houss , and she his it ; and much good may it do her . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs have paraded their pnppet too often . ( Cheers . ) You would tire of punch and judy , —( rows of laughter , ) —and you have tired of royalty , —( loud cheers , ;—and in my conscience I believe , that had the Whigs rt > ¦ mv . sed for one year longer in office every working man in England irould haTe been a Republican . ( Tremtndous cheering . ) Weil , now they aim at another union -, and God forbid thai I should thwart or oppose so
desirable an object ; but the next unien must be a union for the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) They ask as to lay aside all minor differences , and join for one common object ; we have no differences to lay aside , — ( renewed cheering , )—let those who have , practice their preaching and join us . ( Cheers , > The Sunday Tirrwt tells us that we must unite and take Lord John BusaeJl for our leader , —( groans and hissing , )—but no , no ; I wont have him for many reasons ; and firstly , because he is such a little bit of a thing I could not see him i n a fog . ( Shouts of laughter . ) I find it hard enough to see him in food light , —( cheers , )—besides there is a something in the patent abont Woburn Abbey , and the liad » thereunto belonging , which the noble Lord ttobM rather hide from vulgar eye , —( cheer * , )—there is some
thing about " hospitality and farm house , " for the stranger and the widow . ( Great cheering . ) Besides , 1 believe the Koble Duke , his brother , and the proprietor , is somewhat of an extensive lay impropriator of tithes , or land , curer of souls . ( Loud cheers . ) Moreover , tell me aay one good thing he ever said or did , since he was christened ; ( Cheers . ) He only wanta another tarn at the shuttle-cock . ( Cheers . ) Well , now just see what Whig treachery has brought U 3 to . With wfcat is called reformed institutions , we have the ano maly of a Tory House of Commons . ^ Laughter . i Ay < . and a tremendous majority alaa ; well , and how will you break that down ? you may ask . \ Hear , hetr . ) I answer , very easily . How did the uninstructed people carry reform against the crown , the Lords , and a
majority of . the Commoni , in 1832 ? ( Cheers . ) Then they only fought for moon-shine , but now we . have our allour Charter , to fight for . ( Great cheering . ) I stall bold a meeting every sight , in London , or two if you require it , for the next fortnight , —( loud cheering and waving of bats , )—and when I have cemented you in one holy union—for that is my object ( Cheers . ) Yes , yes , I have been engaged in sounding the Charter river , and I will present you with a chart for your future guidance . I ha ^ e marked all the rocks , the shoals , and quicksands . The quicksands are marked with the word jzalovsy , the rocks , discnion . ( Indescribable-cheering . ; Well , I am the first to set an example ; heaven knows , I have been well abused , — 'h ear , hear . )—and in my abseuca . ( Hear , and shame . )
Xo shame , if those who did so were here now to meet me . fCheers . ) Bat I forgive all ; nay more , I ferget alL Let the trafficking politician live upon claptrap and dissension ; I will live upon union alone . ( Cheers . ) When I leave you I sh&li spend a month with my dear —aje , very dear Scotch friends . ; Cheers . ) They are united to a Kian- ' Ciieers . ) I will then visit all E ngland and Wales . ( Shouts of applause . ) That will produce 4 , 000 , 000 . signatures— not one less—( " It will , " and great cheering)—and witM that carried by thirtysix stonemasons in fustian —( cheers —and attended by a million of followers t « the House of Commons , with me at their head , U they will allow me the honour—igreat cheering)—won't that do , think you ? ( Shouts of " Aye , aye , " and great cheering .
Well , bat suppose the Bight Hoo . Baronet should order frut the fellow * in the hole in the wall at the Horse Goards , what then ?—and suppose they should sh&ot us , or shoot me . i" They wont try that" ) Bat suppose they did , we should not be able for the force they could bring to bear upon us ; but if we were not able to resist it here , just think of the arrival of the news at Manchester , Glasgow , Newcastle , Leeds , Nottingham , Sheffield , and Birmingham , that the people in the constitutional exercise of their rights were fired at , aud'Feargus O'Connor was shot ( Tremendous sensitioB .. , Aye , the dead body of Cesar did more than the living Cffisar ' s self could accomplish , t Loud cheers . 7 t zn 3 de-the Romans to mutiny , and I have the vanity to believe that 1 am not less beloved— iloud cheering , *
—and that all Eueland would meet th * t night by torch-light—igreat cheering . —to see the -way to vengeance . Caetrs - Tiiat is my plan ; 4 . 000 , 000 signatures , with a tail ot a ii .:. ' ] ion . The Tories shall not rule this land , i Great cheerin ? . i I wiii make the very air &ruell - _ ' Chartism : ii is the only perfume which can tike the eunx of putrid Whiggery ou ; of our noses—( c '" . ter 3 and laughter ;—and it is the only essence that car . di- - pil tl 2 i-jr .-id Gduur of rampant Toryism . C- £ * rs But , then , they S 3 y , who would unite with tor . h-i ^ d-dagger men ? and ranch haa been s : ud , and inure has been made , cf Newport and the physicalf- ^ rce CL artists . Aye , when my Catholic fellow-countj-y ; : jen lay bleeding in the widow Kjan ' s hay-yard—¦ iTtsi sensation ;—and when their blood waa to bemsde
iT . nt-ifne to political traffickers , then 1 heard nothing t ^ f nsistan . e to physical aggression being a crimech&ersj—and th-people of England offered no subsidies to a' . J in tbe ProtritauX i . tsiaught against their Irish " ' . r&thren . < " ZVo , never , " and cheers . ) Is ' o , you did sot , but you ;•; njpatbised ; and because of your sympathy , 1 loved yuu . ¦ . Cbeers . ' . Oh ! I waa not then a rfcjitructivc , wata 1 vo ^ eH vec ; eance ovei the smoking bljud of the - sidow ' s son—vrhen I visited the dying , :. nl conif ' trted the survivors—ween I preached the funeral 3 emioE over seven of our slaughtered brethren , before the fffa gallant corps" that murdered themwhen I attended ths inquest for thirteen days , and got a verdict > . 'f wilful -border auainst the surpliced ruffian , Areadi . aeon Kiuer , and hi * accomplices—when I
eot i' 50 from Asieriea , and lsrge subscriptions from .- . her parts , : jt ttv wounded , and widowed , and motherless sufi ' erers ; and when I went specially to Cork , to prosecute the murderers—oh ! then , I tvm not caied a torch-rjui-dagger man . i Great cheering , i But when I tosh to "move for an inquiry into the case in the House of . Commons , then I was imploringly asked not to emtarrasa the Whigs . ( " Aye , shame , " and " Daniel O'Connell ! " ) Well , an Orange Grand Jury ttrew out the bills , by writing " ignoramn 3 " upon the back ; and when I was asked if I did not think the anding good , I said , " Yes , it they had just pat one more * , and made it' ignoramW * . '" ( Great laughter . ) Well , no English workman rejoiced that English boy *
and En English Serjeant had shot them down . ( Cheers , and " Xc , nevvr I" ) Mr . O'Connor then went into the question tf free trade , and concluded his obwrvatio ! e ti . 'J 3 : —Now , just hear me . When they * peii of cheap bread , tL « y- ^ tTcr ttii you that of t'i the i ^ itufacturwi ar -. ; c-f-s . br-. a-i , :- < jiu the rivr nsat-iLii to th- inn-j of i' . s i » srii : g i . ikrvi , go * .-. * - Uirough n . ^ . s - i . roct- > - > ea . '» Vr . at U tit raw i . iiurisl . Very we * .. First . } , the txporu-. r izji h ; ^ L-osoiy , the oora ikCt r bir- s it ; > h'rilT , tie mi ^ er l-uys : t ; fmrthiy , the flour f . ctcr bayo k ; ~ : it ' i ? , the bzl . nr L-cys it . or perhaps the Lutl st ? r , f'Oin t . :: :: i jt ,. ; r . cc" : j : Lcix ! ate jouffei ^ ts in convenient .-..: :... L ^ . >' t ' . v , tii-n . vhili ; :. li cur sspit-n : i :. sttuc-. : ¦ - -as ; - .- _ X ; i ; . - ulr .-ut ur . tl ;; aiits : ez ' -euls . 'Jvzb on the c ' ; t ¦ - •; lii" * Kiittria ; , Vi \ ' ; : ;; . av ; :-, ¦ : ; i )• ,-- r »
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/ Bear . ) $ nppos © 'ttb BaftJp t&nter 7 t& : pay » 4-oif : ' ot J £ 3 ¦ per load , vid ¦ mpj ^ ' tterir any of / oa were In the , latbjt of tntjhog annnaUfflrom 9 carpenter tbe furniture tsivde oat' of a load , aha Jtftrppos the whole dutjf to 1 > ef taken off ; feink' ^ outaat the price of * thV next batch of manufactured artfdes would be reduced > y the amoant of the reduced duty "—|< hee » i arid NojJ—rib not to the amount of onefert&iflr . ( Cheers . ) Then what la iriyremedy ? Why , to allow eviry consumer to be his own producer —| lond cheers ) —or at ieaet to have so many small producer * of the raw material as would make monopoly iupossibl& Again , let me ask you , where those displaced by machinery are . to get , tto means of buying even the small loaf —( hear , hear)—and if they have not the means of
buying , wdlthe shopkeepers have the means of liviug—( cheers )—and yet the ignorant , besotted , foolish shopkeepers are the very strongest supporters of the all-devouring monster , steam-power . ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the fools—they never see that tha gamblers divide between them what should constitute . their profits . They never rtfleet that every crammed warehouse is so much lookedop treasure , of which they should have a pare ( Cheers . ) Every intermediate class between the aristocracy and the people must , as a matter of course , be ruined , if the people , whose , agents they are in the barteia are not consumers . ( Loud cheers . ) Now that's my position ; it is plain and Bimpto . ¦ ~ £ or the- steam lords to be rich , the people mart be distinctive producers j for the shopkeepers to be rich , the peopfe must be abundant
consume »—( great oheering)—aobaracter in which they have ever and for ever been overlooked ; but they shall not longer be-so .- ( Obetrs . ) Well , then ,- these are the two state patltt »^ 4 « t » aristocracy tick of indigestion , and attacked with apoplexy , occasioned by repletion—( laughter and cheers)—and the people pining from want —( cheers)—and Sir Rebert Peel * aya ; that he is the state physician who has been called in . God Almighty help hia foolish head ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) He was the nearest quack at hand called in to attend the patient in a sudden fit —( loud cheers)—and if he doea ' nt bleed and bleed enough , and something more—never mind it why . ( Tremendous cheers and laughter . ) But just atop a moment ; thatlB , if we 1 st him . ( Cheers . ) Aye , aye , the Titnct has no delicacy in announcing that the experiment is to be made on the old subject , Ireland . tCheera , and hear . ) Ib fact , who can doubt it But I
warn them , I caution them , I apprise them that when my country is attacked , neither Fork Castle , solitary confinement , the dungeon , dock or scaffold have for me one particle of terror . ( Loud and uproarious cheering . ) No , let the Irish denounce me , let their leaders in my absence abuse me , but yet the land of my birth shall ever command my souI ^ b whjle sympathy . ( Load cheers , ; Yes , your resolution to aid Ireland in procuring a divorce from you , demands my thanks . Thia U not jus ; Uie time to enter into an elaborate discussion upon the merits of that great question . It deserves an occasion and an audience specially summoned for the hearing ; and lest 5 k . O'Coanell ' s refusal to meet Dr . Cooke should bave led the ignorant to suppose that it proceeded from a lack of argument , I do hereby , aod from this spot challenge—no , not challenge , it is a term toe harsh and savours more of dissentlon
than a desire to arrive at just conclusions after argument : but I invite him to a whole week's discussion at Belfast , in Dublin , or any where be pleases to appoint . ( Great and long continued cheering , which lasted several minutes . ) Yes , yes , my friends i I will fling back the taunt npon all , upon every one who dares to charge us with intolerance and an aversion to hear reason . My cause lives upon reason , and thrives best upon argument , it is the physical force Whigs and their swivel-tyed chairmen , who can squint round a coiner in search of fcklakin gloves , but can't see blistered hands under their nuics , that I object to . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , but challenge them all , snd Sydney Smith upon the Corn Laws , iLoud cheers . ) Here I am . I ask no back , and not much notice—I am ready . ( Loud cheers . ) But about
the Repeal . They say they'll put it down ; and already one or two regiments have been sent over . ( Groans . ) Well , that ' s enough ; but not one Chartist has volun-. teered . ( Cbeers and " Na" ) No , and let the Right Honourable Baronet con over the meaning of the old adage . " while the cat is away the mice may play . " \ Loud cheers . ) Ltt him order one drop of Irish Catholic blood to he shed ; in short let him bat draw the Irish awurd and aw ^ y goes the English seaboard . ( Loud caetring and waving of hats , I t « U you what , Ireland 1 ; oks upon your fungus aristocracy aa an upstart thing ; we consider them as foreigners even among you . ( Cheers . ) And if the Irish people have an interest in tbe Repeal of the Union , the English have a doable interest . ( Cheers . ) The cheating oligarchy who
plumdered the poor of both nations alike , have an interest in ear united weakness . ( Cheers . ) Once give honest Pat , the finest f jHow in tbe world , with all all his faults and divelment—( cheers and laughter )— give him tbe means of livirg at home < ind he won't trouble you with his company ; for although you bave behaved like kind host * and warm friends , allowing Mm to share in tbe scanty market of ojmpetitive labour , yet , would he rather peel the Irish " praty" in the chimney corner with his thumb nail , with the growls around him , aye , or without a nail at all , rather than leave the dear green land of his birth . . Great Cheering . ) Well , will the enemies of Ireland meet me ? will Mr . Sydney Smfth meet me ? I won't knock his hat off ( Chtters and laughter . ) No , 111 convince his head . ( Cheers . )
And when they talk of Ireland ' s former Parliament and draw deductions from its corruption and suicide , they forget , as the gallant stonemason who proceeded me toid you , that it was effected by Tory gold and the suspension of the law . iHear , hear . ) But , more ; Ireland under the English , never had a Parliament , and for this simple reason , the country , the people , the veritable aristocracy , and the Irish were Catholics to a man , and could not ait in the Houne , while the " aliens in language and in b ! xKi , " composed not a senate , but a junto of Protestant pw > , tutors . iLon ^; continued cheers , and " ToaVs if ) Well , I now come to the question of questions , the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Let us have one word about that I contend for it , that , supposing all society to consist of seventy or eighty classes ,
the labourers being one , that the representation of all others , the labourers being excluded , would lead to as many separate interests as there are classes , while if iabour alone waa represented , it would bo the interest of that class to do eqtui and even banded justice to every other class of society . ( Hear and cheera . ) In fact , I defy industry to legislate to the disadvantage of any other interest , without simultaneously injuring itself , iCheers , and " True , " ) They . have an interest in upholding capital , a * they cannot all be capitalists . ( Cheers . ; They have an intere .-t in preserving property of their own creation and intended for their own eujoyment ; noes others have aa great . ( 0 htst : ! 3 . ) The large gambling manufacturers have a great inUrcst in devourinjz tbe ca-oital c-f small capitalists . ( Hear , hear . ) Tue
vurkine cljs-s&i would lure an interest in creating a ki . rt ; r- e . iiii of sniall and well remunerated capitalistsihear . hear ., —aud in thus extending competition and destroying monopoly which must be tbe inevitable consfcqaiiicd of narr . i-wtd competition . ( Cheers . ) Well now , . ii / OiiBg but Universal Suffrage can fairly represent labour—( Cheers;—but as we approach it and form the b&sis of oiiT superstructure , new architects spring up aad say , " Oh , I have a belter name for it—I call it Geskual SuFFR-AGii . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Well , 1 don ' t uuoeratindUiat . iCoeers , and " It ' s blarney . "' / Yes . if 1 listened to that , I should hear of Colwie ) Sctfrage , Captain Suffrage , Sergeant Suffrage and Corporrtl Suffrage . ( Roire of Laughter . ) I am for private Suffrage and going on with promotion from
the ranks . ( Cheers ) Now , evtjy man understands ¦? rhat I mean . When 1 say twenty one years of age , I doat nitan twelve years of age , ( Laughter . j When I say ot sound mind , I don ' t mean madmen . When I say untainted with crime , I don't mean rogues . ( Cheers . ) Yet the whimsical philosophers of the day tell us that we das , 2 too much in generalities , while they give to their plan the very most " general" and undefined name which language furnishes . ( Great cheering and bravo . ) Well , now , i f we use a general name , and very simply particularise what we tneau , is it not more bonest , more pliiin , and easy of comprehension , than those who use general terras to mislead , without any key to details , or definition of appplicatiou . ( Cheers and right . ) I am for the plain , the iimple , the homely thing that any man can understand . ( Cheers . ) I asn resolved
that you , the working classes , shall have one friend from the aristocratic ranks , who will never , who never has condescended to trifle with yon for individual pnrposes—icheers ;)—no , I have been known to you since tbe 4 th of February , 1833 , as member of Parliament , leading provincial journalist , unpaid agitator , prisoner and friend j and here I stand to answer for my every &efc . ( Loud cheers and waving of hats . ) I tell you what ; when I came among you , I too , as an Irishman , had my anti-English prejudices ; but rending inquiry , and before investi _ -a'iou , I rn-rt . r ,-iUuvred the - i Vj miiitatt i rujiinsc tee p > :-rn . a ; . '» iii '» -. i > s " . ; C (;<< -r > , : ; . ¦ . ' . ijeven and Dorcb' -s ' ir ( a .- ' - ! " =. a > v , 1 li- ^ -.-i I " bring theDi *>• ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' . ^ i "i ] F . •) - * . v ^ iils - l » i-. « , arnl . )>¦; : ?« . i L -v- >\ chet-rs ¦ 1 " » •' ¦ ' . ~ < . i- ' ¦ ¦ -d . !> m >; . tk , bu : fur the accurstd \ Yi . U Cjim : ! ::- « hy which 1 vras fettt .-s-l
ich ^ -. rs —wL'j . j- a ' - ) U 3 <•; " ahoftii'g tfle veritable working men : o aiXA . i ^ . s * r . ajthin ^ by their own sUcng * .: t , would cot adov ? ma to leun a million v \ petitions with the mourning widow to the foot <> f the throne . ( Great chi-erin * * But about those prejuOrces ; they have been converted iuto an indelible , ah evtr-Lwung bcrnl of unity , affection , and regard . ( Cheers . ) Yes , I < iw 'h . ' . you were slandered ; that Ireland's .,.,. ;' ; ... , -k :. ¦ y , / ur cp ^ rts- . ors ; that you loved liberty v-,. ' . ); -: •) •¦;; ' . '¦• . f-.-r ' iLit I loted yon . ( Immense , ;„* i . v : . . ¦!¦ ,. . . rrr Kobeu and the Holy-Pro-., - -7 ¦ ' . - ;» ' ¦ ¦ Par " , iamfrt t- > ho !< t ofnee .- = ;;¦ ; .: ¦ : ¦^' . cn .-.- ^ -f-srj at che . rii ?> . . ± . ' ' - ^ a ' Pr -1 £ - ;? £ v ' , V : > jZi . iZ
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season of . rece **—and then be walks . ( Lond cheers . ) The poor Times timt&m thai l ^ cauae we were not Wirfgs , WQiam be T ^ rleii—^ ngMerl ;—bat no , thew sri not QBeJ&rtni ( Jtetf . Tpiy 1 rorkfHj -: men te theempirB / fdfiieett . ) I know ? I 4 m > doomea ij ^ i'i Mtwcribe * nrttrrT bttt whp ( Sire ' s f £ hl « ' mternmeSli llwitl teat . ( Tr « mendous ' < 5 heerfhg >) -Aye ; i will , thdagblani soon to lose my life . ( Here every hand was held np ; accompanied by oDe slront of « We'll all die then . " ) No , yon shatft—one la enongh —( laughter );—but I'm po % gone yet . ( Great laughter . ) Mr . O'Cotonor continued to address the meeting in the most exciting and impassionjsd elraitt for nearly two boon ; amid the most deafening and general applause , and then concluded by a repetition of his oft-riven pledgethat he would
, never accept ' place , pension , or emolument from any Government , ether' than that which was the choice of the universal Tbice , nor of one farthing from the people for his services . ( Hear , hew . ) He then said , I am going to give you a contrast between the practise of the political trafficking plunders and the Christian conference of political spiritual humbugs JateJy congregated at Manchester . ( A groan for them . ) They advertised for " cheap lodging and cheap bread , " that is to be taken In Jor nothing . ( Ch « er ») Now , I give this sovereign as my mite towards tbe expence , and as my licence to preach the gospel of pea « e and good wilt ( Load cheers . ) Those miserable things
would bare turned the scale of reform In 1830 , but in 1841 , they played to empty benches ; and Instead of exciting approval , they but created suspicion and received ridicule * as they well merited . ( Cheers . ) Tbe hungry sheep lgi # » that they went as exploring traders , and not as protecting shepherds . ( Great cheering . ) Had there been no deficiency in the clerical till , there would have been no inquiry into the empty belly of the flocfr . Well , in this night ' s Sun I find their proceedings adverto » d , pi ice 2 s . er 2 s . 6 d . \ ndoth . What a characteristic c iver for the cloth —( laughter ) —aud what a price for the back of a book . Mr . O'Connor then concluded amid the most rapturous applause .
Air . Geoboe was the first person to speak after Mr . O'Connor . Mr . White , of Birmingham , was afterwards introduced amid much cheering . He addressed the meeting for a short time in praise of their reception to Feargus O'Connor , and excused himself from further speaking on account of the extreme lateness of the hour . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , after three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jonas ; three for O'Brien ; and three for all the political prisoners .
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BLACKBVRM . —The fortnight meeting was held on Monday last , in the Music Hall , Mr . Thomas Baines presided . Mr . Breaaley , of Aceringtoa , addressed tbe audience , and expossed both Whigs and Tories and showed thst it was useless to contend for anything short of the Charter . It was agreed to get up a demonstration , and escort Mr . O'Connor into the town on his route through Lancashire . SAXTORS .-On Sunday evening last Mr . Chriatopher Duyle delivered a lecture on the Standing Army , to a numerous meeting ; and on Monday evening a resolution waa moved and passed . " That he meetings for the future be held on a Thursday night , as generally there are meetings in Manchester on a Monday night , which the members are in the habit of attending . "
Glasgow . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Gorbals was held on the 2 nd instant , in the Chartist church there , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Pattison , on education . Mr . Ord was called to the chair , who briefly introduced the lecturer . Mr . P . then delivered one of the clearest and most eloquent lectures on the education of the rising generation which we believe was ever listened to by an intelligent audience . He took a view of history for ages past , showed the power which the the Church and State held over the minds ot the masses , through the means of the poison which was instilled into the young mind by the degrading
system of education which tyrants and their abettors devised for keeping the people chained to the ehariot wheels of kings , aristocrats , and priests . To attempt to give a report of the truisms and historical references of the lecturer through the medium of a weekly newspaper is of course out of the question , suffice it to say , that he sat down after speaking upwards of an hour , amidst a generous burst of enthusiastic cheering . The school-master of the Gorbals Chartist school gave an account of his system of teaching , which gave great satisfaction ; he stated that the number of scholars amounted to 105 . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and Lecture , when the meeting disaolvod .
BRIPGETOIf . —The weekly meeting of the Bridge-ton Association was held in their hall , Dale-Btreet , which waa crowded to Buffocation , for the purpose of hearing Mr . M'Farlane deliver his lecture on men , money , and talent , to carry on the agitation , Mr . Rodger in the chair . Mr . M'Farlane ' s lecture gave the highest satisfaction to all present . He said he would rather have twelve men , with talent and principle , than five hundred without it , because , said he , a great portion of mankind may be compared to a clock , or watch , which require winding up , after which it ticks , ticks on , until it runs
out , and then it must again be wound up by some master-mind ; the winding up , and the Chartist tick , ticking , however , will continue until the glorious hour arrives which will proclaim the people free , sovereign , and independent . Mr . M . was loudly cheered throughout bis eloquent and animating address . Mr . Black then rose , and moved an address to Father Ryan , and the Chutists of Ireland , which was read by the chairman , and unanimously agreed to . Cheering votes of thanks were than given to the lecturer , the chairman , &o ., when the meeting dissolved . Large and crowded meetings were also held in Calton , Anderston , and Poliookshaw .
Gekat Meeting in St . Ann ' s Chuhch . —A meeting has been held here , in order to devise the best means of paying respect to Mr . O'Connor vvhen he visits Glasgow . The rush for admission exceeded anything which has taken place in the Chartist movement . Mr . Rodger was unanimously called to the chair , who stated that nothing could make him so happy as the importaut situation which he uoy held over such a large and respectable meeting , and for such a noble and generous purpose . He hoped tbe greatest order would be kept , and every one heard with that attention which has hitherto characterised the meetings of the Chartists of Glasgow . Mr . Brown , Secretary , then read the minutes of the directors' meetings , bearing upon the meeting now
assembled . Mr . George Ki » s , Treasurer , gave a statement from his books , regarding tho state of the Chartist funds for tho last quarter , which snewed the progress of tho Chariist cause , and the healthy state of the finance department . Mr . Thomas Gillcspie then rose , and moved a rote of thank » to the honest , unflinching , aud long-tried patriot , Mr . George Ross . Mr . Ross returned thanks in his usual pointed way , and sat dowu by declaring that he would never cease to agitate for the liberty of his fellow-men eo long as he continued to exist , lla had also to inform them that they bad now procured the new large Bazaar Hall , for a soiree to Air . Feargus O'Connor , which would contain from four to five thousand people . The Chairman then
addressed the meeting upon the principal object for which they had assembled , and shewed the vast progress which they were making , and the great numbers of friends and advocates which were flocking to their standard . Mr . F . Thomson considered the present meeting as the most important which had been held for a long time iu Glasgow , and he hoped they would do honour to themselves and the important object for which they had assembled . Mr . Cullen eaid they had assembled to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , a gentleman who was dear to every genuine Chartist ; it appeared to him a strange coincidence that while that noble of nature was shaking off tho chains of York Castle , his merciless persecutors were leaving Downiog-street , amid the universal execrations of a
nation , with their honours tarnished for life . Mr . Gillespie , in a Bpeech full of deep truths and eloquent animation , referred to the past eonduct of O'Connor , and said the meeting furnished a proof that their principle and untarnished honour will conquer every obstacle . A discussion then ensued , in whic ^ LVIqubonii , Cullen , Pettigrew , Malcolm , iiuh'i . Giilespir , Johnstons , Proudfoot , aud others tcok u [ ai ¦ : i !' - r ^ iiiL-ii it was agreed that a soiree ' ¦¦ •¦ : ¦ '¦>• : ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ I " . < . ];• ¦ fczwr Hal ., aud that the tickits .-. ;¦ . »! : i ot br * : u < ov « orif . shilling and sixpence , uor b-iuH ~ < jd- ; f hui :: > t ' . It was also agreed that a meeti ' s ; oi ( tekn ^ rt irom trades , shops , factories , and ii-vric's b < - , held in th *; ? amo place , on the 10 th inst .,
for ihe purpwse of inaku g arrangements for & deiih iistw . ion on the day Air . O'Connor arrives in G . aSfHitv , and that a correspondence be immediately entered into with that gentleman about the day of his visit . A largo ani respects bio committee of middle and working classes was theu appointed , for tho purpO 3 fl of carrying the necessary arra-i ;« emenw into execution . Mr . Colquhoun proposed a- vvis <> i thanks to Sbarnwn Crawlord , and those who vo » e <* along with him on Ma Rad ) cal amendment , whkjh wub givea with great glee ; three cheers for O'Conuvr ; threo for the Charter ; and three for tho (' lamina followed , when the immense nr . eetiny . < l . irz' . ed .
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CHMTBR . —Dr . P . M . M ^ Douail has been rerfdtag V ^ ib l ^ ptyj * tat a &b , o * t jwriod , and during bis («* y ho estimated $ 9 the Committee , pfc . the Chartist Aasociatioj ? .,, blii desfte to give a publio / lecture « n CbarHma and its objects ; accordingly the subject was brought forward at , a general meetiagof themembers of the body ., which was held , in their meeting room on tbe evening of Wednesday week , and sfta ; some discussion , it was resolved , that , with s view of giving tbe meeting greater publicity , a man be engaged to carry a iargejbecsd on a pole-with as inscription inserted * n it containing the terms on which the meeting was to bb convened , and that the same be carried throngh the town the next day , from ten o ' clock in tbe morning till seven o ' clock in the evening , which was the hour
announced for the meeting to take place . Well , pursaant to this resolution , a man was engaged to- do so , and started on bis mission with the board ; bnt he had not displayed it long , before the parsons , the intolerant gentry , the illiberal , ' respectable' shopkeepers , tbe tyrannical police , and tbe whole horde of tbe idlers , who live upon the labour of tbfr working classes , got the scent and he was assailed by them with every . expression of illiberal and intolerant feeling and execra tion ; some of them being encouraged by Mr . Hill , superintendent of tbe police , who exclaimed several times , " See , gentlemen , " pointing to the board , " there is a pretty affair for you ; this is a most shameful business ; " aud they had the audacity to gather close round him , and threaten to take the board from him and break it
to pieces ; and I am sorry to say that one of these " highly respectable gentry" was a clergyman belonging to the Established Church of England . Upon this , Mr . HU 1 says , " I'll soon put a damper on this affair . " He gives the s ghal to his blood-hounds , who were walking at a distance , and immediately tbe man was surrounded by them . Some of them laid hold of him and others hold of the board . " Hold , " say * Hill , " they shall not take you to prison , if you will consent to go back with that board , and not exhibit it . Recollect , you mast cany it down all the way home , " at the same time , showing him how ; " bat , atop , " saya he , " I shall go with you , aad Bee you and it safely housed . " He then selected two of the blue bottles from amongst the rest , and says , " there , now , march on . " Tbe man had one on each side of him , while the
great man brought np the rear ; thus accompanied , the man comes to the Coinmittee-reom ; but the police , after they had seen the man and board housed , thought proper to wait abont the premises for a length of time ; there happened to be present in the room several members of the Committee , and amongst them Mr . John Bnrkhill , a very valuable member , who went out to expostulate with Hill on his conduct . He told him that be considered his eonduct very illiberal In denying ue that which he invariably allowed to every other person . He replied , but it was illegal . Mr . B "it is not illegal , and I defy you to prove it so . " Mr . H . — " if you attempt to dictate to me , and are not off , I will kick you out ef the street , you scoundrel . '' Shortly after this scene , several members of tbe
Committee , including the treasurer , went to take legal advice on tbe subject ; the result ot which was , that they were instructed to lay a complaint before the magistrates against Hill , and to send the man out into the town again ¦ with tbe board , and abide the issue . The complaint to be laid officially by tbe secretary on behalf of the Association . Accordingly he attended , and l aid the complaint before tbe mayor , who acted impartially ; but Hill could not restrain himself , for he had a great deal to say against us and our principles . Tbe secretary » was accompanied by Mr . John Pritchard and Mr . John Tnughan , two highly respected memben of the committee . Mr . Vanghao , addressing the Mayor , said , ' With your Lordship ' s permission , I beg leave to ask why it is that our board must not be
exhibited to announce our meeting , there not having been any attempt to prevent placards being carried on various occasious ; for instance , Mr . Brindley bad several boards at the same time , and hand-bills and circulars , to make known bis meetings ; players and circus establishments have shown boards , and bave had them carried ; the teetotal procession , a few weekB back , had 5 large banner drawn on a very extraordinary large and uncommonly wide hogshead drag , so wide that it could not go up many of the principal streets , because other carts , Ice . could not pass it ; and even the proprietors of Punch and Judy are tolerated ; but out board must be driven out of the streets , and the man who carried it threatened' with being taken to prison in this brave land of liberty . " —Mr . Hill sold , ' The board is chalked over . "
Mr . Vaughan replied , "It is painted , except tbe spaces left blank to announce the epenker , and tell tbe boor , and these must , of course , be till" - ? up with chalk ; bub do you offer the chalk on the beam ^ a just reason why it should not be shown in the streets ? 1 tell yon , Sir , you bave no authority to prevent our meeting from being made public . "—The thief-catcher then replied , " Tou must first prove your meeting to be legal before you can announce it" —Our friend Vaugban told him the meeting was legal in the highest degree , the room being licensed ; and that neither he or any other man had any right to intimidate that meeting , or any other legal meeting , though held in tbe open air ; when old Swear-all Hill replied , " You got your room licensed as a place of religious worship , or it would not have
been licensed at all . "— " Yes , Sir , " said Vaughan , " and as a place of religious worship it is used , and preached in every Sabbath D * y ; and being * place of religious worship , does not prevent us holding any other meeting of a legal nature in it . The theatre is licensed as a place for amusement , and yet Mr . Brmdlej defended Christianity iu it against Socialism . Mi . Mayor , if you will satisfy me it is wrong to show Uu . t board , we will desist ; but , beiiig right , we seek your protection . " Here the master of the " bluebottles '' burst again , and said , "The Mayor may please himself what he does , but I shall do as I have done ; for four or five gentlemen this morning came to me , and said it was a shame I did sot put a stop to the carrying
of that board , and one of them said he had a good mind to seize it and break it to pieces . " " Mali , Sir , " said Vaugtian , "we have had tbe advice of an attorney on the subject , and I ahouM like to see him or you aetea that board or break it ; and if you do , we sball bring an action against you . " Mr . Hill— " If you carry that board there will be a breach ot the peace , I'll swear It . " Vaugban— " If you sand some of your aid-decamps to interrupt us , there will b : > a breach of the peace , but not witboui j and if they « o tLf y must abide by the consequences : the law is open to our protection , and we shall use our privilege . If it must not be carried , you surely cannot object to my fixing it on my cart , and drawing it through the streets ; my cart must have room to pass as well aa others . " Mr .
Hill" If you do , I tell you I'll inako an alndavit There will be a brettcb . of tho peace . " Vanghan— " What ! swear on speculation ! I suppose , Mr . Hill , you'll allow , before you will be permitted tu take such an oath , there mast bs ocular proof . What magistrate will allow you to make such an oath ? I tell you we shall shew the board , and at y < nir peril ruiTe to touch it . ' " Well , " said the Mayor , « if you think you are right , you must pursue your owi : course , and leave us to pursue ours . " We then left the court . After we left the magistrates , we went with the man and th 6 board all over the city , accompanied by several others of tbe Committee , "who would bave instantly bailed the man , if any attempt to lay bands on him again had been made by the pslice , and would have
prevented him from becoming tb-J victim of perjury , J > y coming forward as witness in hia behalf , and testifying to isattera aa they really had occurred . In U * - veraing the various streets , we { ell in with many of the police , including Hill and tbe inspector ; they all showed their teeth very much , but did not dare to bita The meeting was a bumber , the room was filled to overflowing , und many h » d to go back , being unable to gain admittance . Hill did not forget us , for seven of his bludgeon men were present in plain clothes . Mr . John Vaughan vras called to the chair , who in an able style opened tbe bnsiness ot the Meeting aud in the course of his addres did not spare Mr . Hill ;
he concluded by introducing Dr . M'Douall to the meeting , who delivered a lecture in first rate style on tho merits of Chartism ; it occupied about an hour and a half in the delivery , aud gave every satisfaction to the cr owded meotLig . The Doctor , like his predecessor , did not forget tbe reprehensible conduct of Hill . When the lecture -was finished , three times three -were given on account of tbe liberation of the highly esteemed patriot , F . O'Connor , Esq . Cheers were also given for Dr . M'Douall ; for the People ' s Charter ; for the People ; and for CoL Napier . Thanks were voted to the Mayor , for his impartial conduct that day ; also to Dr . M"DouaH for bis very < xcellent lecture .
DTJBkXf *' . —Tho Irish Universal Suffrage Aseooatiou iielti » i . -ir usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . W . W »< lward in the cbair . The minutes of thekotu ; ing confirmed . Letters were rtaa from the ioiio ' .--an ; uersoaa and places : —Mr . laomas M'Culli'C ! ., Glasgow ; Mr . Patrick Brudley , Aurnsiey ; Mr . Siiuoel Robiuaou , Stoke-upon -Tieni ; Mr . John 1 \ Rojk r , Glasgow ; and from Mr . William Ms ^ ee , Greeiio . k . Two very heart-stirrm * ietter 3 , were read , one fri-iu Mr . Hh * u lioylo . of KiUkeei . wm th . other fruai Mr . i " . u'Counell , of Ba ! Jvr . /«« a » , lreland , after
which . everai new members were euroiicU , » monK 3 wham wa » Surt ? eon Madden , Member of the Royal roi ! . * e i > i ^ . r ^ eous , Ireland . Several notices were h ' andra ^ n tor the admusion of orders at the uexs ir . ee' . at * day . Tha secretary i . p © U to » considerable itae-aoii vho subsiance of tho letter which he had read , aud which went to provo ths . t Mr . O'CoDneli does not speak truth when ha tay 3 U . iu the wvjkiug pewpio of Eng land are tbe enemies of Ireland . He a . t = J showed for what the Chartiits w- re denounced by Mr . O'Connell , and eaid that Mr . O'Connell ' s
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S' flfhor ^/ jMs f ' '' ' ' ¦ CAsisfff ' JL - '// Z ~ - hatred to Chartism arose from the fact of hfs havings drawn np the Charter , and then abandoning it , aa h »> had every one of those meaaure 4 whi « h he formerly advocated , Mi which had for fbeSrolyeet , the amelioration of tbe condition of the peopb of Ireland . He adverted to the enormous salaries of the . Bishops , tbe standing army and police , who he Baid were neve * found begging , while those who supported them were found immured in the Whig Poor Law Bastiles . II was because the advocates of- the People ' s Charter told such truths as these thai they were called torch and dagger menand the enemies of Ireland , while
, the real enemies were Whigs , " the base , bloody , and bruial ; " the Tories and the whole of fho bloated oligarchy and aristocracy , without diatinotion as to creed or politics . Mr . O'Connell not Dan ) said he could not tell bo # it was , ; ut such was the fact , that , within the last tro wocks , he could hear nothing talked of but tha PeoplVs Charter , and he believed tha * - 'this arow from the fact of the reading the Stars , which was - trath itself , and which , if continued-to be ' sent amongst the Irish people , would eventually secure to them all that they wanted , and no mistako ^ -Mr . O Wiggins asked leave of the Association , to pdst-Kjne his motion nntil that day week , respecting Mr . O Umneli ' s oath before the * Committee of the House
of Lords , in 1825 , relative to the disfranchisement of jeforty shilling freeholder ^ and Universal Sufixageu ie said it was necessary to refer to the most authentic sources of information , when touching upon any subject in connexion with Mr . O'Connell ' s name ; he Mr . O'Higgins ) had written for the report of the examination of Mr . O'Connell , and other patriots , in 1825 { he hoped that this report would be considered an authentic document , and not an Orange paper . It would be well and right that the public should know what Mr . O'Connell meant by Universal Suffrage , when , he was examined upon , his oath , before a Committee of the Lords , as he says now that Universal Suffrage can mean nothing short of giving the right to ' vote to females and little
chHdren . A minute inquiry into this evidence is of the utmost importance at the present crisis , and that evidence should be teid before the publio iu the clearest manner . —A Mr . Toole , a loyal Repeal Asoociafor , bnt not s member of the Irish Universal Suffrnce Association , rose and eaid , that it was a bad plan , of proceeding to make Mr . O'Connell continually the object of abuse ; what have we that we did not # et from O'Connell ; were we not all slaves , and has he not made us freemen . The English Charti&t 3 , and Mr .. O'Connor , are always abusing him , and he was sorry to see Irishmen following this example j be would be glad to know from Mr . O'Higgins what fault he could find with Mr . O'Connell , or why he did not support himand join his
, Ptant ' arrl for Repeal ? Why should any Irishman find fault with him ! has he not done every thing for us ? you should all join him . We never got anything from the English . Mr . O'Connell supports the Whigs , because the Whigs are better than the Tories , and is ^ it not much better to have our known friends in than our inveterate enemies t Mr . O'Higgins said that the most fastidious person could not find one word of abuse , or bordering Upon abuse , in anything that he had said of Mr . O'Connell . His object in bringing forward the motion at all was to put the public in possession of Mr . O'Connell ' s sworn testimony before a . Committee of the House of Lords in 1825 . He denied being the personal enemy of Mr . O'Connell . The charge waa
falfo , come from what quarter it might . He was most dt-cidedl y opposed to Mr . O'Connell ' s politics since 1835 . He had supported him up to that time ; but whan he saw him turning away from all hia former , principles and joining the Whigs , and getting every member of his family to vote for the Coercion Act , and declaring , himself , as a reason for voting for it , that it was necessary in order to put down agrarian disturbance , he , Mr . O'Higgins , could not support him if there was no other reason for it than this . Mr . O'Connor and the English Chartists did not find fault with Mr . O'Connell till long after he had deserted them . They considered themselves betrayed by him in whom they had placed the most implioit confidence . And how could thev refrain
from abusing the man whom they verily believed betrayed them and sold them to their enemies ? He first began by calling them Tory Radicals , then rascally Radicals , and , at a great meeting in England , he proposed to merge the word Radical in that of Reformer . The Radical Reformers had too much good sense to give up the definite term Radical for that of Reform . Then came the Chatter , drawn up by Mr . O'Connell ' s own hand , and abandoned by him afterwards ; and finding that he could not delude the people of England , he adopted every mean ) that human ingenuity could invest to bully and intimidate them ; and all this to support that faction whom he had described as " base , bloody , and brutal . " There was scarcely a public meetina
held in England at which the speakers described the Bufferings of their countrymen which Mr . O'Connell did not deolare to be seditious , aud to whi < & he did not direct the attention of the law officers of the Crown , with a view to their prosecution . How often have we heard him state that the speeches of Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , and Oastler were not only seditious but treasonable ! He would be glad to bear what Mr . O'Connell would say if any great Tory criminal lawyer in England or Ireland , who might perhaps be a great prop to a Tory Government , should be continually directing the attention of the law officers of a Tory Government to Mr . O'Connell ' s speeches ; but he is not ashamed to acknowledge that it waa
his wish to see Mr . O'Connor prosecuted for hia adherence to and advocacy of , the very principles which he formerly advocated , but abandoned for Whiggery . It is easy for Mr . O'Connell to say he iB for Universal Suffrage , for Vote by Ballot , and the other points of the Charter ; it is easy to say this , but he declined to pledge himself to do so , and he lost his seat for Dublin , because he would sot give a pledge in writing to that effect . There are some who imagine that to say this is abuse of O'Connell . Ib it abusing O'Connell to make the Irish people acquainted with his real doings in Parliament and out of it ! Surely his friends and admirers would and ought to like to hear what so great a man has done for them in return for all the
money they give him , and all the money they Day into the ceffers of his never-ending , ever-changing Associations . In the first place , then , he has got a Coercion Act f « r Ireland , which may be put in force against himself by the Tories , but which is a Whig act , and one for which Mr . O'Connell voted . Secondly , he i > as got a Police Act , and he calls the police the efficient and exemplary police . He has , to be sure , got six relations quartered on the publio in that establishment . But mind , this Act , which he so much admires , may one day or other be turned against public liberty . A Tory Lord Lieutenant can turn the whole police force to his own party purposes . He can dispense with every Whig magistrate unless he turns Tory . He can turn the privates about their
business , and supply their places by Orange yeomanry fr » m the north ; in Bhort , this act gives despotic power to the Lord Lieutenant for the time being ; and this is one of tbe blessings which Mr . O'Connell secured for us from his friends tbe Whigs . Thirdly . We have got a Tithe Bill which secures in the most effective manner £ 75 in every £ 100 to the Established Church . The people , mind , have all the advantages of paying the full £ 100 , and the landlords get £ 25 per cent , for acting a 3 tithe proctor for the parsons . This is another blessing which Mr . O'Connell has secured for his country : after all the blood that was shed in consequence of following his advice to oppose the payment of tithes . Fourthly . Mr . O'Connell supported the Whig Irish Municipal
Act , and iesi the people should see that he has held up his countrymen clergy , and all to the solemn mockery aud derision of every right thinking man in Europe , he has caused a kind of municipal fever in all the corporate towns in Ireland . Under the preteuco of keeping out the Tories , ho found an excuse for the Whigs to pass the Municipal Reform Act , wiih a clause to pay the Ministers ' money as a condition of being- placed on the burgess roll . Oue iuhabitaut of this ward ( the Linen Hall ) paid last week twenty years * arrearsof Ministers' money . Placards and advertisements have been recently published throughout the city , denouncing all those as enemies to their country who should refuse ox , d ecline to pay the Ministers' money , while
denunciations of every shape , sort , and size were heretofore hurled at the heads of those who should directly or indirectly pay the unholy impost . Now the man , whether clergyman or laysan , is declared to be an unholy knave , an enemy to his country . Who does not pay the unholy impost t And all this turning and twisting , this changing from one principle to another , this system of expediency and total abandonment of every political principle , is to keep the Tories oat . Well , after all the Tories are now in , and this modern Mokama boasts of having had the Irish Catholic clergy aiding and assisting himin all his devious , and as it will soon appear , mischievous policy . These are but a few of the blessings which Mr . O'Connell has secured for ug . And surely the people of Ireland ought to bo be made acquainted
with them . It should not be forgotten that the Municipal Bill takes away all political power from the party whom it professes to enfranchise , BeaeTe me , said Mr . O Hi * rgias , it is all delusion . In the old corporation , the Lord Mayor was a magistrate , ez-officio . The Lord Mayor , under the new corporation , will not be a uiaigBtrate . Hia being so , dependa upon the will and pleasure of the Lord-Lieatenaiit . The old corporation had tha appointment of the city sheriffs , the recorder , the town-clerks . The power of appointing xheae officers is taken awav from the n « w corporation » nd vested in the
Lord-Lieutenant for tbe time being , thus showing a Tory Locd-Lkutonant ean-sppoiw Tory iheriffs , as heretofore , and they cau ,. is usual , empamu'l a Tory jury to try loval Itnpi atari before a Ttvry recorder . These are a tew oV tho biespintf' ; forwhasvreshould knee- ! rfowu ami bow our &iupid heads in humble th&iikfii ) iK' 5 s . Bon-ing to GtsWV cap , was liberty compared to this ! Mr .. O'Hi £ g -n ' s was much c he ^ red during his a ^ dre *? , after which Mr . James Dil'on was ca ! . '<(! to the ijiair , aud thatka given to tiv ; cha-. rmau , when th . 3 laectiiig separated , much gratified at Mr . O'Higgirs ' s clear om dispysionale answers to the questioas of Mr , To . ^ le .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1126/page/1/
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