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MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION . Continued from our sixth page . Another large , \ reH-finiabed , fnll-leDgtii , oil-painted portrait of Fesrgns O'Connor , Esq . the Champion of the people ' s rights . " Reverse— " A natioa should hare csnrage to achieve its Kl * erty > ¦ with po'srer to defend ' it , ¦ wisdom to sfenre it , and gsnfroiify to com- : nnmicate it . " Band of jMuslc . FoTa large tri-colotcred flags , " ¦ which had a good effect at this part of tie precession . Green silt flag , "with " Feai ^ us OC'Bnar , the champion of the peoples rights ; " from Miles Platting . Reverse— " May there henceforth be bat one . law , that of nature , kit one code , that of reiaon ; one throne , that of justice ; and one altar , that of ¦ onion . "
Banner . " A Government that neglects the phyMcal and moral \ raats of tha people ought not to exist " Portraits of Feargui O'Connor and Dr . il'Douall , decorated -with rosettes . Oil painting of Mi . Benbow , with appropriate mottos . Terr large green silk bannsr , with white border . 11 The people—the foundation—the Bouxce cf all power . " Reverse— " Remember the foul deeds of Peterloo . " Brown-street white ilag . " Liberation of Feargns O'Conaer , Esq ., the nnfiiaching advocita of the pe pie's rights . " Oil painting of Dr . M'DouaU . 3 Iotto—M'Dooall is ccr friend . " ' Manchester Poiitis&i Union . " Banner . 31 otto—" The People ' s Charter ; and Repeal of ths Union . Obverse— " The producers of "weai' . h should ba the £ rst
consumers . " Green silk flag . " The Salford Branch Association . " Banner . " Manchester Political Union—Peace , Law , and Order . " The number ef pedestrians , who waited four and sis abreast , was beyond calculation , and to these folio-wed & long lice of Tehicies filled with people cf both ScitSS . 7 this order did the procession move on with its
ucwielay quickened mass towards : ?; £ Yenson ' . 3 : > qsare . On -passing the IninEOjy , the crowd was so great that pecjle were carried along with the pressure , tae whole l ^ sgth of the street being lined to suffoca ^ on . On their arrival at the place of destination , the Square was so cramnied , that it was \ 1 iU 2 Terr great di&cahy the ciniage ccuid effect an approach to a situation vbere the speakers could be heard- Great inconvenience was evidently submitted to ; and , to prevent an accident , the vehicle was stopped , wb&D Mr . O'Connor , at half-past six o'dcci , in order to arrest attention , at once coj ^ rhenscd soe-JdEC .
Mr . O'Co : f > OB presented himself . The cheermgwp . immense . He said it wonld be folly to go through the formality of appointing & chairman to preside oTer such a miutiviids ; therefore , according to his custom , he wculd go forward at once . . Heir . ) He said , I am particularly hnppy to be present her * today , fcr two reasons ; and let na Hian hiss , hoot , or groan , wiile I am explaining oce of these enormities which will create s sensation of horror in e-rery breast . Firstly , I Trjsice at the overpowering -multitude rart is tfce celebrated spot , Stsphef-son-square ; ai ! & I I ee harpy to be present because it proves that I atn rc-t to be dismayed rren by the threats of the &ssass n . ; Hear and cheers . ) Ycu all rarely reprobate the annenraons invitation which von saw pin carded upon
your walls . But what will you say wh ? n I inform yen , thstl received a letter—not an zncnjiz * us om—bet one bearing the signature cf a man calling himself an Irishman ind a Repealer ; end in that letter I am told that if I dare come to Manchester , that I ehouiu be assassinated , though Iheasacds of iivu Vv ^ re lost ir . the Etruggle . Here a fcrest of Irish hands w = re hell up , with " the announcement , " WeYe Irish , we ' re Irish ; who wcsld fUre do it "; Mr . O'Connor continued . - ¦»" o ; no Irlihman would dare do it 2 &J body guard into Manchester from Eecles , a distance of four miles , c- ^ n-E . stsd simost ETclurliely of Irishmen . iCheers . '< And I believe I ha-re shaken hand 3 with nobody el ; e to-day . But although ycu would not sanction it , yet if the utauarn had succeeded in the threat—and
if I was capable of being dismayed and intimidatedthe same threat would only hare to be repeated in crder to prevent my attendance at public meetings . iHesr , hear , a . nd cheers . ) But I am net dismayed : I sm here ; where is the assassin ? ( Loud cheeis . ; Let him strike . Where are the heroes who arc to put me down ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) Let not the Irishmen here mistake me ; I would not allow my countrymen to wage so unequal a war as a few thousands Eiainst hundreds of thousands . If they want to assassinate me , they hire only » o unite with the enemy ; and cone and be killed , unless you can disproTe any and eTery charge which any or bTsry man can bring a ^ siiiEt ycu . . Cheers . j They Efexli not then want any opponent , for I will ro in the dead of nigLt Egsinst them , and
them alone , wheresoever I should be led . Loud cheers . ! I was requested this day at Etxies , by an Irishman , who walked four miles to see ce , to give up the recommendation of physical force , and the c ' : using of Djiiel O'Connfcil , and they would all join me in a body . To thai I pv ? e no answeT ; but 1 now do it publicly . I have no occasion to give up the recommendation of physical force , as I sll along denounced it iLond cheers , and " Ton did . * ; But tie very men who put the Lord Mayor ' s chain upon their neck , poked themselves into office , and power , aud rewards , by blustering about physical force , even cut of the cannon's mcutb ; and because I would not desert , thrust me in in their steal . \ Heir , hear . ) When I invite you to physical force , or to any secret movement , or wh * n
you hear ef me joining in any secret movement , then desert me ; because yon may rely upon it that I should either be the paid tool of a faction , or shall be preparing you for tucdou . sLond cheers . ) I nee . n- - . it say more of physical force : and now as to ifr . DzrAel O'Connell ; kt us see who mates the opposition ; aiid test , at sH events , my desire to eonci : U . te my countryman by the answer which I shall give . I care no * , f r personal abuse . I have plenty of it I tft "' " * I am tie best abused man in the world . I am abused by both Whigs , Tones , and Repealers . . 'Cheers and cries of not by Rapealers . ) My answer , then is , that I should be justly chargeable with a desire to preserve dissension were I ts refuse even a greater request made by my eeastrymen . Hear me , then , Englishmen , Irisbmer , and Scotchmen , if it is to tike away the pretexi fur disunion and to gratify Irishmen , I pledge myself not even to mention the came of ilr . DaoiclO Conn ell , so
keg as he abstains from abusing Chartists and the Charter . I eitp him carte V . mndhe to Eiake me h : s whole Etock-io-trade . Loud cheers ; I sm rot afraid of Irishmen . If io , t i-0 were here to assassinate me , &S 5 . C-: 0 would be Ttziy to arrest the ESsa » s : ES' blow . ^ Esre again , a for * st of hands were L old en up , nd ir . rr ^ se chirring followed , ! What , in G ^ d ' s name , said Sir . OTcunc-r , c = a there be different in th ? interests cf an English working man , and an Irish wcikiiig i ^ an ? aai > &w can it be that all Englishmen see the SEcessty of making the Chaner the basisof -tegUlatits , while Irishmen are taught to lDok zpon tie pessefsien of a He use of Commons based upen the very prirciple which we all se ^ k to destroy as the onlj ttiig we rib cont-. nding for . The Repeal of the Uaioc without tls Ciir ' . er tt . ^ s a mere cuckoo cry . 'Hear , bear , tsd cheers ) If the Irish wished for a Par . ia-Eiezt in Irt-lan . j , es-J if the whole iaa ^ ic was in lit name of Parliamtnt . we wculd make them a pr&stnt cf ours , re ^ dy tut and dry ; bcx and dice , and all . Hear . Bow was the honesty c-f the advocates of the in .-ties pnnriple to I * tested ? by their promises cr their performances ? What b = had done wss btfure them . Wi .: hi rronrls . d to So wis to cst 4 , 006 . 000 of t 4 D- ^ - ' tures , which would c ..= : him £ 1 000 , demaj-J :: ^ e a reprsl of the L-gifla' / rTe r-ion . -Loud and locg-2 onkiueo cneerse . Hot , rive me leave to ask you , can ycu kr . down the " r : ; sT c f the Irish landlords with the prtsEnt fiarcbiH ? -Chetrs . ^ How can you codtecu ar ^ 'st the oppr-: i ? kn of the Law Church , with i-s ec ^ mous rtpr « £ :. t-. tive powers , isd the staE-iing army to b-ti i : ? Hizi , hear , and loud chetring . i iiow , I as * ., can ycu do these thiuzB TTJthont altering tte pnrcj :- cf Tepreser . ta'Jsa , triich has led to tha * S 5 » SE : cni of bo ; h ? ( Hear . , hear .,. Aye , my beloved countrymen , tdu hire ansryed n ; e much , and annoyed e . c : cr . r . Hear , ttL-, -r < i cbi- ; rs . But 1 Lst = more L-au oncetc-ld 7 ci that I wi = not to be irritated frsm Zr ^ ' , " i =:: t - *• " " — turned frcn . nav course by cc-n-1
v - ' ¦ :: " - ' - - and thrtits of ^ sasiination . > Hear , S " . ' ^ / " - ztiers Wia ; Eow ^ it - coupled with jt * " r ~— * ' -J » Ti- one of my countrymen , that I re-% r » ' c % ' tcni : ' I : is to watch n ; e Lni to watch ajw t - X crd * * ° J * e for tLeaiselTti >* ot to 77 ¦ ^ r " - "" - ^ r ^ rtisan to ; = d ^ e for them , but to jod p _ f ; , then-selves , whether " be or I take the w- ^ r" ? " : ^ --- s ' - ntel'igih-ie . . or the most practical m ^ v * - v * ^^ S grifcTacc ^ s , cromotiiig union , and ' T ^ - ' -fr ? fr = rccm . L-oud cheers i Mighty Providi 7 r-M " v : ;? o : Li £ h time that self-interest and expe-* v " * ^ - ° - - ! £ >;• way to humanity and principle , and ztt
. ., ' ' ¦ vT--.-. z * himself in the general want which i » Ttif' ~ ° ' al ( i ti * -cat his shovldcrs to the wheel , ; a ~ o ^ ¦ ¦ : and shove onwards the onlv remeSy for generally j pre- ^ cg cistisis ? -Loud cheers . ) "When we look ' ^ a Eee ite ^ tenanted Louses , the cottages i acted up and . v e ^ L . n ; eemi _ g ^^ ihe unhBslxii 7 , ^«! v' r ^' ^^^ f aoste , who are Euff = ring living i -7 t ^ - ^ ^ is , stalkin ? ahrccd is Eikedness , and i Jr ^ = niicist cf warehousea ullcd with the produce of ' w =. r i sdustrr—^ re , i ^^ ^ lte ^ - ^ { the : - ~ a wfeo wonJd > bj . ^ n , eil 3 i ehhtI ^^ in j folding the srsUizi that Las led to such , U- -: oi thincB , or withhold his assistaiwe 1 1 ; I
-rc ^ ^ establishmeatof a system which is to destroy I _ w ift-3 . cheers . Why tin 1 hated bj the aristocracy ' r . v *"' , ^ Because I Lad the bodies of the murdered 1 « ^ med , when they came wrongfully br their death , ; waiiia quests held over them ; because I at : ended ) «<¦ aiJiccrsiic , acd there ioueht satisfaction for thel WomoI ray Catholic countryiusD , tiix . 6 . by ibe tyrant 1 by X !~ f - ^ f ^^ rnffi ^ oT the law-cLurxb , fcatied \ ' ri ? - power which tie preseat s ^ sttin of r ^ pre- ! ^ . Ai oa gifts to th& co rporate-SDd infi ^ e ; C hr ^ : iaa& ; ^ ui aaa long continued cheering . ) Well , does nan , o » f ™?> - S - a UlinSS' < io » -an iriskHiaii charge bi& nature , j ¦ Vn I * laad ^ ** " birth when in * foreign clime ? j ibJn't '* Ehoald l-1 «« loTe Ireland cow , xhowb i usen . -r ^ a her shores than when I was onher grteulaiidB I j ; ] j j i ! ! ; ! i ( i
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and heard her moan " , all eaus 3 d by the want of tbat Charter which I look for as a he .-ili < 3 g balm for all her Troucds . And -where , now , are tho ^ a virtuous ones who so copiously abused me ? Where now are all those who called me Tory , beoausa I directed my fire upon the enemy immediately before me and in power—where I ask are they t Where is their great coerce Irr giving to that HeaTen bom -minister the opposition * rith which be MB * h& t » b * met uoon the very threshtfid of office .
> ! Loud cheers . ) I have been a month at large , and during ' that Hnra , show me the man of any-class who has I opposed and registered bia determination to opooss my j friends the Torks as I have done ? Not that I think ' them ' rcuch « orse thsn the Whigs—Bot ! that I ¦ tfeink they would resort to more base ' or tyrannical means fo-r tepresing my principles , or . for killing me , than the Whigs have ; but because I th ? y are in immediate possession of power wh ' J co " . « idfcr unconstitution ^! . ( Caeera . ) On nay route I here to-day , a Sue bolci-Iookin ? working man said to ' me , il Well , Fearrna , the Whigs havn't killed yon ; ! but : by G—d , Bobby wilL" iScouts of laughter , and I Xar , he weiat . 1 X ^ , I balievs you : at least if he
• liot-s it will be a dear purchase . iLead and long ] cheering , and waring of hats , which lasted for Bome ! time . ) And I'll tell yvu why , because I am deter' ^ Eiined that if a second attack is made upon tae , it ! shall Ve upen form auJ not upon law , &a the last ' was ; and 1 am resolved neither to break the law 1 nsy * , nor to allow you to break the law ; and therefore 1 believe t ' uere is sufficient honest intention , moral courage , and stern detsrininatioa in the people never ' to resist an illegal attack aeilnst a political enemy . ! 'L oud cheers . ) Suppose , as the working miu siid , 1 that Bobby ui-1 kill me , how fiinny all the Terifcs at ' Msm-hctier wonid luok wtea the news arrived . ( Hear . )
Mr . O Cunnor then entered into a review of the Chartist ' c . use for tho last two years , ana in ? pt . tking of the ¦ Gcrn Law slid , wili ycu just thiuk of a parcel of fellows ¦ who think all the houses , Iwge and small , too little ¦ for themiselvfes , ana yet talk of giving you a large j loaf . ( Cheer 3 and laughter ) Well , then , am 1 to ( join them ? iXo , na > Xo . ' and are you to join thtai ? Xo , certainly not ; acd I'll ttll you why . Bu' cause * if we t ; o a Lair ' s breadth e ' . tl-.-. T to t > o rigut band or to the left , thd strength vrh ; eh our imb-. cility 1 would give to car oppuuents , and enable them to j throw us backwards , whilu the ; ha-l wholly anninilated ¦ the psuple aa . i ta = ir cause . ; Cheers . ) Teat's my ! rc 2 £ Q ? y my friends , fcr givirg antl for counselling Vo give , fair opposition in the -Ray of argument io every i clap-trap question -Rxicii is pr . posed for your auieliora-; tion waile i : is accomplisted , Wuuld but tend to ! strengthen the batvls of the enemy in the resistance to I the gcntrtl prindpk * oi uaireTsaljustice . { Load cheers . )
\\ hat ! am 1 to look arcund aud see before uie that striking , and rdmost speaking poitrait of Frost , Witli ° . nis , and Jones , asking you , in dumb eloquence , to restore them to their families , io their country , aud to thsij homes . iLocn cheers ) Aye , don't cheer us ; you have no iTinpathy for them . Tkis night ' s festival was rot mudc for them ; and we no = 7 enjoy ^ omethine liktt liberty , -vrhile they are pining in a pen ^ l cjlunyconvicted upon the false caUi of a Governmtnt officer , fcnd upoa the Btiirir . iticii of hired ( iofemmtiit spins . ( Great sensation , and cries cf Shame , Eharne . ) Well , that was the Whigs . ( Cheer 3 , and "It was . ") I fought hard for the Djrchester Labourers . ( Cheers , and " did '' ) 1 never saw them . I fought hard for the CHa ? gow Cotton Spinners , and I had not se > rn ; h = m untU they were arraigned . I have not rtceive ^ l uiuch thanks for eiUirr- But that shail sot interfere with my duty to Frost . iLoud cheers , i U'hat should merit cSpitriatiou to a penal colony . ' 3 s
it tfce fact of beir . " tue btsi of Mavors—tho best of it tfce fact of beir . g tue btsi of Mayors—tho best of lRa ^ istrates—the l-est of Poo r Law Guardians—the best of fith * rs—the best of hosbaruls—the best cf frien .-s —the best of cit zjr . s , and the best of subjects . ' If so , Frost was guilty ; Frcst should i ; ave suffered , for in his perssn , » nd I kn . w him well , were centred all those excellent qualities which constitute the man , the patriot , and the Christian . \ Loud and long-continued cheers . ) WelJ , what is tha Charter to do for Frost , , Williams , and Jones ? Why , they were expatriated j in a dingy transport Ehip , and one of the first ' ¦ acts under a Charter Government would be , to charter a Government man-of-war—ihear }—and bring the convicts home in triumph to thtir native ' land . Loud and long-continued cheering . ) Here Mr . ; O'Connor made an allusion to a tall gentleman , who ] stood on the platform immediately under a Bplendid
fali-iength striking likeness of Frost , Williams aud ' Jorea . and who , Mr , O'C . innor was informed wss the ; son of Mr . Fro ; t He said " behold the living son , ' standing under the father ' s picture , supplicating God to lock them once iflore in one fer . d and affectionate envbrace . " Every eye was directed towards the individual , and was follswed by waving of hats and cheering . which tested several minutes . At this moment the i Rsv . Mr . ScboSel-i reached the carriage , from which Mr . O Connor was speaking , when he turned to ' Mm and said— "In the person and in the attendance of the Rev . Gentleman , we have the man who was brave enongh to defy prejudice when tyranny was at its height , and to go bail for me , when others woul . l ' feel shame to have done the deed " \ Laud cheers . ) This '• gentleman ' s presence , at all events , provss my consis- ; terey , because he is the very man who took th ^ chiir and ' presided over the first nieeting , r ^ ow six years ago , which : I art ^ nded at Manchester . 1 trust that he will assura '
you that the very principles which I then propounded , and ray determinBtioa to agitate for nothing less , . are tks ! Bame which I continued tb j ^ Jvocate , and from f ? h : cli 1 , shall not depart . ' . Hear , heat , fioia ilr . Sthot ; cld >' Mr . O Conner thtn entered into striking argume ^' why and wherefore the several trades of Manchf— . rr i had so nobly isweiled the ranks that day by their nnru-, bers and strengthened the c-iuse by their couutenaace . ; He ssid be did not thitk that it w ^ s wi thin the power and scope of possibility , ia the present state of general ' disttebs , tohavv piesenttd to the astonished spectators ; such countless thouiands , with ruch a magniaccnt ; display of splendid fl-igs . ( L 3 U . I chtera . ) One word ¦ for a fjiecd , and I liiTe done . O'Brien , another Irish- ; ir . ^ ri , my friend and c « . iler . gue , —icheers . —i 3 another i pzikti that the English do not Late the Iriih . ; Cbeers . < He was here to-day ; but the i ^ mtDdty of your j cc& to late hour
pr :- -ijn having postponed a cur L : rival on the t-p <> t , and the necessity of his being ia Liverpool thi 3 evening , has dc-priTdU ) him of the pleasure of thanking ycu in person . I do it for him , and 1 'il tell yua more , it is in your power ' to miie him doubly c £ >_ ful to the ciuse , anvi it is yenr jJuty to do sit . iCheeis . j He is afr < . ut t ^ enter into his ' natural clement . Thx-re is this difference between him . aiiil r .: e ; I am fortunately placed in circumstances to ' render ma independeat of your support He is net ! Th = advantage is mine , hut the fault not his . ( Cheers . ) J You must , then , counteract the fault . He is going to ' establish a newspaper— that ne-. vipaper is ia be . his daily bread , and to be an jthtr portion of your inow- ¦ ledge . The compliment brtwetn you will be recipro- ' cai Y'u icust support him—let me shift for E , ; sdif . Put hi : n upon his ltgs ; he has ^ f : Il veil
triedcheer .- ;—anddoiiot al 5 ow yuur avu . Ujy to efict that ¦ whict-Whig tyranny hns failed to a-jconipjish . CLecrs . ; Af :-. r s ^ 'ice more olwcrvatioiLa , Mr . O'Cvnnor sat dovm , ' amid thunders of applause . iJr . Be > bow said that this d 3 y , it vroul'l be admitted , by i ,-jr entiuies , bad indeed been a glorious day in be- ; half r-f the Charter . Both factions mu .-: £ ^ j i > . at tiiir has been a most splendid demvLiiiauon . He w .-. s oi " or ' -nion that had a £ ; : o : ! ar n < asi . ' -j-tat ; cn oi opinion , Ltd . ^ jnpatfey been TLZ . de f .-rmeriy , they vouiti lunc airo haf . e stopped the monsters nvmthsir wicked dceis of V . cyL—h'i m ^ aiit as far u . s th-j C-arter-. va-jconctraed . Hear .. He wss afraid that few c ^ u'id btar wlnt he ' then Eaid , ^ aci : was the state of pressure from the ; cro- ^ i : be . hoald , thcrefure , pnsfuiiy retire lfcavicg his friei . d , the Rev . Mr . Jjchson , tofjllovy him . He , ; ± o ^" -.-ver , rttajxed them Lis sincere Lhai . Jcs f-jr tLs : ; ra ? irk of Jhrir sympathy ; hut Lojtd he wuuid ba ' a ' . i iTF ^ rV ^ Ji * . to till thria that « t s-. ms : at are uay , , vrhen they mklit h-i wtr . teJ , thit tbc-y w ~ t . W . con . e out in the sanH-Tr ^ . tri v . s ar > d socb . i manner th-.-. t u , c > ' hai trial duy icaifested towards iir . Fcarizus oC ' jr . n ^ r , , hircst-lf , ar . d otLsr * . and then most -Sitirtiny boUi i ^ Iiig an <; Tory w ^ uiil nieas factions—( k-. ar sad c '^ iew , —and tiio Charter wou'd become the law of the land . Hear . The factioEs would rather that the kingdom were a SjJoiii and Gomorrah , than , you should erj ? y j year fie-. Join . < Bear . s It wisby suchatnionstratitiis as those " simuluneoualy in that anu othtr towns , that the i people of this country could alone hope to beccme fr ^ e ., Are you nn-iy to fceccme fr-: e ? Y-. s , we are . He vriEh * « l they were . An old rerin en his left hand . THid th&t he Wis r ^ 3 dy . He wished li ^ osi Eicccre ;» " that a simi"ar turiiv . g v-revaiied in aU thslowra ; u" i : did , , n ^ t one mouth M-oiiid elapse before the Cflirtcr " . raalu i becor .-vr the la ? - of tLe lan « l . ( Applause ., Hj ariiu ,
thanked thj n :...--J . L - for the mark of their ev ;; paU : v ¦ which baa Ls . tn tL . Lt cay conyeytcl tu th ^ iu ; ar . u ' for the testimony of approbation at a ^ y rute , ' that tb ? y bad paid him . 'Tea is rcudy . i A voice had reminded him that tc . ready , he would cunsequc-ntly ' not trcsspass longpr ni ^ n theirtinie than by itating that , the iD « -et : B £ would tench tht- atrosious Wiii ^ a and mor = atrocious Tori-: s ths ' . the working millions having the i pawer in their own hands for their political emancipa- ] tion , were determined to exercise that power in the i carss tf freedom ' 'i : d justice . ( Much cheering ) j The Kev . V >\ V . Jacksox said , on comiD ? before the people on that occasion , he could not suffix-ientiy j express his cte-. kuiIs to Almighty Gc > d that Mr . Feartus , O'Connor , Mr . Ber . bow , bimseU , and the rest cf tbeir i friends , -were once mere found amongst them advocating the giorioas , the mighty cause of freedom . j Hear . i The list time thev wtre together for tt . e dissemination
! of siHiiiaT principles , and tl the time when Mr . Ben- i bow was p . dcrtssiDg the pebple in favour of those prin- J ! ciples , he ( Mr . Jackfuni and others were being chained hand in band and cocveyed to Kirkdale House of Correetion . ( Shame . * How Very different on the present occasion—ihear )—and bow different the feelings and j number of the people . That ciay their friends were taken frcm vhtir beds long before day-light , and eonsigned to daik -ar . d- dreary ducgeens . ( Shame . ) But \ thani God , thty w ^ re assembled together in greater ! power and strength than on any previous otensiou ., ' iHear , hear . ) We are jet cncoi ; guered—tgrtat i applao 3 «>—but the Whigs are dead never to rise again ; &ud though the- Tor its are- \ n power , we ¦ will convince . them tbat the Cfawtsr must ultimately becoiae tbe law ; of th 0 Jand . ' ( Cheers ) For himself- he " " promised -j the people "that although he had been . niomiai ^ d i in tte dungeon ^ , he ¦ was determined _¦ to e ^ rtj himstlf more than evsr-in tbe ^ anse cf freedom . iS ^ t . j J Grdd was on their side , and pub . ic opinion was also enl
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their side , and the Whigs wontd yet beeome Chartista and oppose the Tories , la wbich cos © the Chatty mtat prevail , and although both Whigs and Tories combine ; the cause cf Chartism'must prevail . ( Hear . ) 'With these remarks he would close , having also to speak in tbe eoaesa of the evening , in the cause of liberty , fre&-doni , ar . d universal happiness . ( Applause . ) : The Rev . James Schofield was happy to see them on the- $ r 6 sent occasion , and proud to eee in their ranks the old baaners of freedom , which had for some months
bacfe beeft towered . They were again unfurled in the glorious cause , and their colours could not be unfurled on a more honourable occasion . ( Heat . ) He could not allow that opportunity to pass away withoat making one observation on an occasion set apart to welcome the patriots home to theif friends and families . ( Hear . ) He was , however , sorry to see thsft the very head of their body was somewhat poorly and looked indisposed , and he was really afraid tbat the people would not allow him that rest and fepose from his labours which ho appeared so much in want of . ( Hear . )
Mr . Beeslev , of Accrington , in retnrning his acknowledgments to the men of Manchester , for their noble exertions in the cause of universal libertf , proposed the following resolution . " That this meeting places the utmost confidence fri Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and hails with pleasure and delight inexpressible the reappearance of that goutleman , together with J . B . O'Brien , Benbow , Jackson , and the other suffering patriots , again amongst ns , eonsiiWring them to b « the undaunted , unflinching , and con 3 i 3 tent advocates of the rights and liberties <» f the starving millions , and for their perseverance and late
suffering on our behalf , place cur unbounded confluence in them , not only for their labours , but for their great 3 acriSe ~ s , and hope and trust they will receivo the manifestations of gratitude and esteem tendered this day by us , th-j working nieu of Manchester , as an indication of tuch . "We therefore hope that it will stimulate them furward in thtir patriotic and glorious career . They and we joined in one firm bond of union until our efforts are crowned with success ; the liberty of the people , and the restoration to their country and their affectionate families , those suffering exiles , Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . aTCiHTHi , of Liverpool , seconded the motion in a ftw words and deprecated the opinion , circulated for calumnious purposes , that tha English portion of the pL > pul * tion were opposed to tbe rights of hia native co . iiitry i Ireland . ) . The resolution on being put , was carried by tremendous applause . Feargus O'Co . \ . \ on , Esq ., briefly replied to the resolution , in tbe name uf his friend Frost Tho conduct of the people was beyond all praise . The blue bottles" were marshalled in Lever-street ; but the Ctiartists would not be swerved nor intimi-Uuted , nor frightened by any such a forniidaule civilmilitary force .
The whole of the proceedings were conducted in the btit temper , and eack man exerted his interest to mitigate the excessive annoyance arising from the vast concourse in the Square being propellsd onwards by those ia ihe rear wtio could not get in at all . This was an argumentative lessoa to the enemies of the Charter . " Leave pomps to those who need ' em , Adorn but man with freedom , And proud be l-raves The gaudiest slaves That crawl where monarche lervrt > m . "
Tae pressure upon the carriage , however , at length become very great , and the density of the crowd waa net unattended with danger . To remedy the inconvenience , it was thought desirable and prudent that the business should here c . 'ose ; and the proceedings in Stevenson ' s-square terminated , providentially without a single accident . The postilions were then desired tu drive to the Hall of Science , Cam ^ -fltld , where it was advertised that
A TEA PARTY - would be held at seven o'clock , aud to which 1 C 50 tickets had been issned , with tbe necessity of refusing hundreds of other applicants . The Hall is capable of holding about 2 , 500 persons , including the gallery . The party holding tickets , the sexes being nearly in equal numbers , were accommodated at three sittings , upwards of 5 'J 0 taking tea at same time , the others occupying the galleries and dancing room respectively . Considerable , though unavoidable , delay therefore arcse before the tables were clear , and it was eleven o ' clock before the chair was taken , at which hour the intellectual part of the affair commenced . Great praise is flue to the proenrateurs ; and satisfaction , order , and the utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the immense audience .
THE SOIREE Was formally opened by the Rsv . James Schofield being called to preside , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Mr . W . V . Jackeon , Mr . Benbow , Mr . Livesey , and Mr . Barker , with their immediate friends , and the Committee of . Management , or Demonstration Committee , occupying the piatfonn . At the lower part of tho room , immediately b « neath the gallery , were suspended two full-length representations of thft iiivincibie friend of ths people , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and another , bearin * also full length paintings of Frost , Williams , and Jones . They are well executed and highly finished portraits , and were the same borae in the Manchester procession , and excited universal admiration .
The Ck . uilman opened the proceedings by stating that he waa in a peculiar situation , in consequence of the appointment they had given him . He hardly knew how to address them , whether aa brother a . nd sister Chartists or not , he being one as well as themselves ; however , he wonld call them brethren in the cause of Chartism . iCheersJ He felt great pleasure in thus being called upon on that occasion , and he trusted he Ehould be ab-fi to discharge his duty with satisfaction to those over whom he was called upon to preside . He was a . workiug man like themselves , and at times wore fns ' . ian ; and ho considered that the character of a
labouring man was tbe greatest honour be could possess . ¦ Cheers . After making a fow preliminary remarks , lie said he would give the 2 rst toast upon the list , each speaker being awr . re that their time would be uhort , as , after tho business was gone Ihrongb , the tadirs would liSfi to trip it on the light fmtastic toe . He then gave— " The sovereign people , the legitimate source of s !! po . 7 er , " and called upon Mr . Doyk to rejpond to it , who , f . n coming forivard , was greeted with load cheers , chipping of hands , and other marks of app ' ause . The band—Mirsellaise Hymn .
Mr . Dovle , a ; : er ai'dresiiDg the Chairman and the j numerous audience , said , that there was not perhaps a toast or a Etnience in tbe English language than the one ; he had bt-cu caiiud upon to respond to that had been bai . uki ! atv , ut by p . irUcs who , -when properly tested , ; were agn . i : ;; t tsttmii . g political power to the vorkiBg ' c ' xsses . It wss : ; i ^ : true that the people were the ] kzitininte i-uarce of : ;' : 1 p . jwer ; ytt they were , colleG- i lively an i politically tpeatir-g , slaves , which he could shu \ v , Lad ho time , but it could net be expected that he c-. u ' . d justice to such an important tcait in the limited ; iuw of five n . iuutt * . Hu - . vever , he conceived that j e ^ ery man should bs in y osseasion of such power as ' } would prutic ; Lira-.-if and his ! j . lx , ur against the ; c-apit—llbt and hia c ; 'i- ; t-I ; that every man who has an j inti-rc-it in socit ty , : ru . l he trustci the working man j who pro-.. ! u > vd evtrjibin ; - valuable ; in society would be j Considered to have n material interest as to its welfare , ( should be protect-dTho Whigs have mado use of feJ 4 L \ fcWbwfc A-h V IT ¦ W »«¦ k % « WL
.. ; . ~ J u > *** 'V £ * * ^ . ^* . * " ^ * - * * £ ^ ^* **** *^ W *^ ^^* , the toast , aud liw T riirs too , cccislonalTy . yet both ; would do all f . uy could to prevent them , the people , ; frc . u Laving such TJVTcr . ( Hear , bear . ) Ho novtr felt j i . ' . ore happy than J ; a h : il dor . ? that day iu witDfeeaiug > uch agloriiiiw <]¦ sci .:::-tra : iun , and to see such a large , j crderiy , aud resi-cotabie a . ie ; nbly met to ilo honour to j honest am \ upright Char : iata ; aiul in doing which tbey , j ths worker : ;; pav ^ - ' i , had < . ' . one honour tu theinselVi'S . ( Hear , htar . ) Sir jukn Cauipbell has stated that Ciiar- j tirin -w .-. s dead ; but La vriahed lie had bovU there that j night to see its miitrtction . After ir . alnng a fe \ v other jointed rein ^ hs , he : vt . red a : / iid loud cheering . [ Tho CJJaU ' . Mas r ^ . 33 , an ^ l said the next toast was— J " The Caaiter , the only rerriinm through which prosperity and real hiptiiness cao ever be attained by i the toiling millions . " j Air— " Scots wha hae v ,-i' Wallace bled . " !
iLoud theeriPR , ) which v ? as reaewed by tLe Ccauniftn caliing upon Mr . Bailey to respond to it . j Mr . Bailey said , it was an honour to have to respond j to such a toast , for he -wr . s sure if it was fully curried I out , it would be a blessing to us all . Tho to ^ st to ! which he had the honour to respond , stated " that the i Chrirtcr is the only niediun ) t :. r . ; ij ; h which happiness ; am : prosperity can ever be attaine-i by the toiling mil- ' lious . " ( Hear . ) The state of society in which we now j live did not , politically speaking , give us prosperity ; f an the state in vrliich we onght to live would give us political equality . Hs hoped , h&w-. vtr , that they vrould be stimulated to every oxertu n , in order to a ** - I
complifh the possession of tbeir rights and privileges ; r . nd be felt assured that peace and plenty would then ' rei ? n throughout tbe length and breadth of tbe land . 'Heart If such principles vreie worth struggling j for . such principles were woitii dying for . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman introduced , in complimentary terms , ¦ the names ef the guests of the evening . Messrs . j Ffargns O'Connor , J . B . O'Brien , Wm . Becbow , W . \ V . Jackson , the unflinching advocates of the rights of ! labour , and tbe other patriotic guests who have suffered in the same cause , which was received with tbe moit enthusiastic cheering , followed by volleys of * clapr-irg . The applause was quite deafering . ] Air— " Au'd lang syne . "
When Mr . O'Connor came in front of tbe platform , i . ho whole company rose simultaneously , and remained wavir £ their handkerchiefs and Lats , ai ; d cheering for . several minutes . When the applause had t >\ ibaidtd , , Mr . O'Conkob , said , Sir , it ia & characteristic of Iriahmen , that even after death they are attnehed to the < very atp « utmc 8 of the departed , and nothing more consolatory to LL > heart , than that the eorpae ihiill present a , gcod aprnarance , and as J may ba truly sai 4 , to be < oue of the parents of Chaitism , and feeing an Irishman ¦ < must it cot bt > baltii arid consolation to me , to seedofunotjCiiaitism presenting tiiis . night , so .. comely a : cojpse , after , Laving its nose pulled , and being laid ont ; in the . most approved order by the Whig undti'Ukexi piaiu John Camobell ^ ( Irenjendtnw . cbeara aod laug ^ ter . ) He would have laid it out—he would have wrap- 1
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ped it in the winafag sheet—he -would have bnried in WMg moald / bat- ' -wben he thought the monster was deacl i < Hfce Bi ^ Van WtaMle it was bat , enteahced , and like B ? p Tao Wintle ijpon awaking front its ainmbert , So powerful became its strength , that it-was at ' a'loss to recognise ifa own identity . < I * ra < i cheers . ) But , Sir . the biter wa * bitten . We hat&pteced tbe i corpse of Whigge » y-ln the grave * " * ¦*» »> S < br Chartism ; over it ve ' vffl place th « dead body of Toryism , and over both we wfll erect the temple of Chartism .- - ,. •>
" And then they will both U stW | jf . tftjey are wis * For they are damned if they rise . " , . ( Langhter nnd cheera . ) Sir , I 'have beenu » w after a hard and fatiguing day ' s work , a mere spectator of the social happiness which I-havef seen around me for more than five hours , wnile tWe'imnwnse building wai being four times replenished with those who crowded to the banquet , and ia troth I could remain for five houia lunger as a passive partaker of the innocent mirth . Thia , Sir , under the state of things which we seek to establish , should not be a thing of accident , or of an unfrequenfc oceurenoe , but should be the pleasure to await every . working man and his family eVery day in the . year after a reasonable day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) This very -room , Sir , and such buildings are auxiliaries , and
not mean ones in the cause of Chartism . Eear we me 9 t —here we , commune together—here we interchange opinions here , by adrairiDg virtue and decrying vice ; we place bounds to poverty'Ik beautiful contrast with idleness and consummate profligacy . ( Loud cheers . ) This proves your power when you combine ; this ia the work of your own hands , and I am told that the same parties are now engaged in the erection of a similar ediace at 8 tockport . let these be encouraged . They aro seminaries where knowledge can be diffused , before which the mist of ignorance will vary speedily be dissipated . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , I was in the House of Commons on Friday night last , —( laughter , )—aud such a House man or beast was never ia before . If a man rose by chance to throw in a word en behalf of the
suffering millions , the close of the debate was anxiously sought , and the means resorted te for its accorncomiklishmujt were most logical , conclusive , and convincing . They began and ended-with Bor ! Bor ! Bor ! divide , divide , divide , boo , boo , boo , and such like powerful reasoning . ( Shame , shame . ) I fear , Sir , that my excellent follow labourer , Christopher Doyle , who spoke so ably to the first sentiment , tha people has made a mistake in his calculation of that boiy . I believe , Sir , in Parliamentary phrase . th » Minister of tha day . with his apprentices , and sixteen reporters , in galleries in the House of Commons , are Intended , governmental !? , to representthe suffering people . ( Cheers . ) Let us , Sir , take a brief reviow from tho days ef the heaven-born statesman , Billy Pitt down to the
resuscitation ef the heavon-born Minister , Sir Robert Peel , and let us see from the funding system of the former down to the defence of the present Tory Government , and tbe refutation of the existence of tbs distress deduced fiom the draws from , and deposits in , the savings' banks for the last four months , as ueed by the latter , and who , be it observed , eaya that his Government pojsesses the entire confidonca of the people . Let us see how tbe principles of the first union of the anti-popular party , created by the heaven-born Pitt , bos been followed np by all succeeding heaven-born ministers , and how tbe present heaven-born one makes use of tbe last link of this golden union , in order to prove who the people are , how tbe people are , antl wherefore the people are , friendly to his administration . Now " Billy Pitt" bound almost every man , whether possessing land , connected with trade , expectants from patronage , recipients from public bounties ,
and all that tribe of beggars to the State . That was the heavy game , and it was left for the pigmies who followed him to try their hands at a " little go" of chicken hazard . ThiB was effected by the establishment of Savings' Banks and the appropriation of the deposits to what they call national purposes . That was another link which bound another class immediately abova tho people to the S . atu . ( Cheers . ) Thus have our ranks been always thinned , and those state dependants , high and low , ate taught , during any excitement , either to uphold their support , or to join in resistance against us . They are told that revolution must follow our agitation , and that their ruin must follow revolution . ( Cheers . ) Hitherto the license of tbe shopkeeper to gamble in duties , customs , excise , and all indirect taxes , has effectually bound them to the State : but tbat link the State itself has snapped because the state has drained their customers and left
them full bhops . empty tills , protested bills , ugly wives , naked children , broken hearts , and the prospect of a cold bastilo as the result of their mis-placed confidence in a traffi . 'ing oligarchy and a gambling government . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) But , Sir , to come more minutely to this question of tbe Savings' Banks , let us , by thia financial measure , tost tho financial powers of that heaven-born Minister , who is to perpetuate in brass tho union which his predecessor established in gold . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Now , I pray you to follow me through the reasoning of the sophist . In answer to the prevailing distress which is admitted by every man , woman , and child , save the very parties to whom we are to look for its correctien , — ( cheers )—what does he present as a satisfactory answer
to this cry of stalking poverty and nakednees ? Why , he shows us the returns for tho last four months from the Savings' Banks , and ingeniously selects from the manufacturing districts his answer as to their present condition . Now , just mark this , he shows that in June , while tho dissolution of the late bad Cabinet of bad men was doubtful , that tbe amounts tiravrn out considerably exceeded the deposits ., be then . toes on to show that the elections in July having preved that the trade-wind of Toryism had set in , produced a large excess of deposits over the amounts drawn out . Tha same results , he said , were produced to a greater extent in the month of August , when his party ' s footing was confirmed . He then brings his returns down to the 11 th of the present month , although lie could have had them to
the 22 nd . ; and the triumph of even the eleven days of that month he offers as proof that his administration coinmnnds the confidence of the whole people . (" Oh ! oh" ! and laughter . ) Now , Sir , let u ; e see if an ignorant Chartist canclo that which the English House of Commons either were ignorant of or afraid to perform . ( Cheers . ) Jn tbe first place let us go to the principle ; and though by no means a friend to tho Whigs , 1 answer his first assertion thus ; that upon any sudden change or fluctuation of political power from the hands of one party to another party , the same result will be produced . ( Cheers . ) Confidence is paralysed for the moment , and the Tory-stakeholder , and the Ciiartist-stakeholder , merge their distinctivenes 3 in the interest which they conjointly have in
looking to their own properties . That neither Whig , Tory , or Chartist , upon a change of Government , would long hesitate to withdraw their deposits , whatever might be the effect upon their political patty . ( Cheers . ) So much for that : and now for the facts . DLd'nt this cunning gentleman know , tbat June was a quarter-dav , and that the demands for rents , met by checks upon tho saving bunk , are at that period , as sure as death . ( Loud cheers . ) He also knew thnt tbe succeeding months were a period when deposits were ma'le to meet the coming quarter , and which is n « w : and I pledge myself that if the Right Hon . Gentleman had waited for the -whole qu-irters return , of tlie first quarter ' s reign of Toryism , th-i * he would have found the result to- be similar to
that in the lest quarter of Whiggery , namely , an excess in deniand over deposits . ( Loud cheers , and " true . " ) Why , Sir , does not tha very name tell us that it is the Htoefc-purse fo those who mo not of sufficient conseqnetce to risk their stakes and have ofi'a at the great j ;> int-stock hells . ( Cheers . ) But yet I have not done with this financial sophistry , which passed current in the Jiouso of Commons . Now , Sir , I will draw other (\ cilnctions from the admitted fact of the deposits i-xceedinj : the demands at anyperiod . Is it not , tfiwi , matter of notoriety tin ' , but few day labourers make ritpasits in the S . vines' iiauka . ( Htav , h&ar . ) Is it not a fact that tha principal amount is made up by the deposits of the newly cre .-tted class who may be said to have fixed incomes : I mem domestic servants , and
persons having small annuities ? Little tradesmen , small shopkeepers , and a fow of the better employed of the labouring classes a ! so contribute . ( Loud cheers , and " that ' s it . ") Well , but I Lava not done : for now I come to use the Kt . Hon . Baronat ' a sword against hiiusdf— and what do I piova ? Why , upon a small scale , what I have eve .- assorted as an undeniable proposition , is this : that the poverty of the paople , produced by over production , anti a oonisequoiit diminution in the price of their produce , places all servants with fixed incomes—be they high , or 1 o they grtat , or be they small—la a better position . Those household servants , and persona with small nr . nnites , and those who only spend their monies in the purchase of the working men ' s produce , u . ro now by the working men'a poverty enabled to purchase the same aunual amount of clothes and other manufactured articles for one half their former price ; the other Laif , consequently ,
becomes a depesit in the savings ' bank , but is lodged in tbe name of the privileged Unionist , instead of being placed to the credit of the plundered operative . ( Loud and uproarious cheering . ) Aye , and repeal the Corn Laws to-morrow , and machinery will make a drug of your produce , which the foreigner may or may not tike for tbe promised food , as he pleases , and those with fixed incomes will have the double advantage of ' getting the ' large loaf , " and buying your produce at n drug price , and making ' deposits" of the surplus to the amount of millsoBS upon millionB a-year aa long as the bubble lasta—and those millions upon millions are ever at the command of the oligarchical unionists to ba " consolidated" into blood money , persou money , spy money , and commission money ; to shoot you , to pray you , to swear you , or in some shape to consign you to death . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) This is one of yonrgreatest causes of complaint presented by the minister as aa answer to our demand for reJitf . ¦
[ The remainder of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , which "was riiost rapturously cheered , ¦ would ocoupy more than five columns of our space . Our readers will therefore sea that , the demand for Liverpool , ' - Leeds , and Sheffield , nil coming upon us at once , " precludes the possibility of doing josUce to Mr . O'Connor without doing injustice to bthtrs . j •'¦•' - ¦ ; : - - ¦ - .- i ¦¦ - -- ;; : ¦ Mr . BiiSBOw was next introduced as iq eld and Consistent Kadicalj wha rose aniid lou / J ; vpp ) ause , iind said that he wag onoe more in a position in which . , , he cojifa apeak to . them fredy and openly . ¦ ¦ % o be , surg fie had jtfw . ayB . spoken freely , jfearjesalj , . # 1 t ? Fj $ y *\ -: f ° F would " Firmer be ft dog and bay the moony than fctana
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In awe < of such a thing as himself . Hawasput on mind -that it ¦ was near one o'clock ; . he certainly did intend to bave addressed them at some length ; but he would not do then , because he knew they had , tbeir domestic affairs to attend . There was one thing which caught his attention , when Mr . O'Connor was addressing the meeting . In soliciting their attention , in order to support thejr cause , he seemed to forget , that it was very Bimple , which was merely that they wanted to be represented in the House of Commons . He then shewed the inconsistency of the " League" in agitating fora measure which did not go to the root of th » evil , and even if it would , they were not sincereiri their advocacy of Repeal , whilst thfr € hartl 9 ta on tht ) other hand were askinur for that which God and nature tfebtgned them to
possess . It was not right / feonestor jnsttfiat the Chartists fihould join them , but it ° waa right that they should join them , the Chartists . ( Cheers . ) The Whiga had given them the Reform Bill which bad set tho middle class against them ; they had likewise granted that most atrocious of all , the Rural Police BUI . ( Hear . ) And society had come to that pitch , that almost every man considers or looks upon nearly every other man as an enemy . He was glad , however , tbat the people by their conduct had refused to he gulled by the atrocious Whigs , or those more atrocious , if possible , the Tories , and had let them see thata spirit oi liberty was still living in their bosoms . Mr . O'Connor had told them of a union—but he ( Mr . Benbow ) wished to know what sort of a union ho meant ; he wished him to be distinct and definite . There -was such athing as a black Union—a union of perjury and infamy . He for I 113 part , hoped he would always have sufficient
resolution to resist befog united witli a traitor—and if they would do that , they would defy any kind of men in the world from injuring them—if so , they would become respectable—if so , they having truth and justice oa their side , would soon arrive at the haven of freedom . He would recommend thorn not to follow any man but the cause , and , like the disciples of Jesns Christ , have a single eye . No , no , he would not be deluded , he would koepa single eye fixed upon the man whom he considered to be a traitor . After making several other remarks , he said that be was an old Ropealer of the Union—he joiued Daniel O'Connell in order to get a Repeal of the Union , because he conceived' it would be a benefit not only to the sens of the sister Isle , but for the working men ef England also . He hoped however , in conclusion , that they would make justice and equity their polar star . He would not keep them any longer , but would give ample time for Mr . R . Jackson to give them four or five hours if ha thought proper . ( Cheera . )
Mr . Jackson waa next introduced , amid vociferous cheering . He said tbat was tbe third time that day he had been brought before them , and he" felt highly honoured : if ever he felt prond , or felt willing to make a sacrifice in behalf of the Charter , it was tbat night It had been said that he had left the cause of the Charttr , and was about to unite with a man who was not a Chartist Heaven forbid ! It had no foundation in truth ; for he believed tbat if ever there waa a tune when it was necessary to labour for the Charter , aud a
greater probability of its becoming the law of the land , it was doubly so then . ( Cheers . ) John Edward Taylor was compelled to acknowledge the influence of the Chartista , for he said that a great deal of tbe success of the Tories gaining power was owing to the services rendered by the Chartists ; although at other times he would assert that they were only the rabble . After touching uppn many other subjects in his usual lively and eloquent strain , he sit down , by thanking them for the honour conferred upon him , and retired amidst loud applause .
The Chairman then gave " The Executive Council of the National Charter Association ; and may their exertions be speedily crowned with success . " Air— " England for ever , and the land we live in . " Mr . Dunavan rose amid loud cheers . He felt favoured to have the pleasure of responding to tbat toast , because it showed that be , an Irishman from Cork , too , ( smiles from Feargus , ) possessed their confidence , and went on to prove that tho working men of England were not hostile to tbe working men of Ireland ( Cheers . ) However , as to the toast , the country bad elected the Executive , and reposing , great confidence in
them , appointed them to direct the movement which was then going on , in the achievement of which tbe interests of Irishmen were involved . Those men he knew personally himself , and he believed them to be sincere , honest , and persevering men in the cause of redemption . After exhorting bis hearers to renewed exertions , having brighter prospects before them , as a sure token of which , they Itad only to witness the demonstration of tbat d 3 y as unparrelleled by anything ever attempted in England before . ( Cheers . ) He sat down by thanking them for their repeated expressions of applause .
The next toast given was " the exiled and imprisoned patriots , and may they soon ba restored to their country and their homes . " Air— " Exile of Erin . " Mr . Caiitledge responded to this in his nsual touching and affecting manuer , having been called upon several times before on sucu occasions , he was quite at bome , and shewed plainly his ability and willingness to the cause to do justice to this important toast The Chairman ia a very flattering manner gave " the Chartist press . " Ah *— " Bonny breast knots . "
Responded to by Mr . Griffin , reporter to theNortkern £ ' < : ir , who returned thanks for the manner in which tho Chairman had introduced the toast , likewise his sincere thanks for the merry manner in which the band had pl » yed the air , and for the enthusiastic manner in which the crowded assembly had received it , because it convinced him that though ha was pointed at by the finger of scorn , by those wholivo out of the people ' s labour —by buying cheap and selling dear , —( cheers , )—he at any rato waa thought of by them . The working men of Manchester much valued the paper referred to , namely , tbe Star , tho advocate of the rights of labour . ( Loud cheeriug . ) He would likewise take that opportunity of thanking them for the glorious and triumphant manner , and for tbeir tokens of respect to F . Connor , Esq ., who established the Northern Star , wbich had done more to bring the people to a general
uuderstanding with each other , and had done more to spread instruction amongst the working millions ; than all the other press put together besides . It might appear presumption in him to thus eulogise the Star , but such was the case that it mada the people independent of the proprietor faiinself . —( Hear , hear , from O'Connor . ) He had weathered tho storm in and out of danger , neither turning to tbe right nor to the left , —( loud cheers , )—advocating the rights , liberties , and immunities of the millions . In order to be short , having great respect for tbe la'iies , be would there and then pledge himself to , as far as his abilities would permit , both with tengue and pen , defend right against might , tbe weak agaist ( bo strong , justice agaiust injustice , truth against falsehood , exposing tyranny and corruption , until freedom , happiness , and contentment were the lot of the industrious yefc starving millions of the kingdom . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman then gave " The Female Chartists , and the Ladies generally . " Responded to by Mr . Wheeler ., who kept the audience in convulsive laughter . Mr . O'Connor then rose , anil when advancing to the platform , v ? aa met by several vociferous rounds of chneriug , -waving of icaifs , hats , and handkerchiefs , clapping , cheering , trnd stamping , which beggars description . When it abated , ho moved Mr . Schofleld do leave the chair , and that Mr . Wheeler take his place . Here a little familiar sparring took place between Mr . O'Connor and the voteran Wheeler , the latter rising before his time , aud the former putting him down again , and pulling each other by the coat tail , which excited roars of laughter .
Mr . O'Connor then , m a veiy flattering manner , moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman . K ^ did it not only because he was an esteemed personal friend of his , but as a public friend t » them , hearing of his good services on behalf of the public . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jackson rose and seconded the motion , and when put , was carried * itii long , loud , and enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Sciiofield responded . Thus euded the oratorical part of the proceedings , it being about two o ' clock . Mr . O'Connor , the Chairman , and a number of tha . good and true , left the Hall , highly delighted and elevated by the glorious and orderly display of . the day .
The band then struck up , tno forms were aided , the dancing masters came to tbeir post , and the females , about hve hundred in number , took their turns ia the amusement , which lasted till nearly five o ' clock , and eveu . then tho mirth was so profitable , that had it not been for having to attsnd to tbe : r other employments ifc would have been too soon . And thus ended one of the most numerous , splendid , and . enthusiastic displays ever held in Manchester , and , in the opinion of many , unequalled—and which reflects a . iaatiug credit upon the Committee of Management , the females , the blistered hands , unshorn chins , aud fustian jackets of this great emporium of commerce . Hurrah , then , for the Charter , O'Connor , and tho people .
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£ . IVZBFOOZi . The demonstration in this town , on Monday last , in honour of Mr . O'Brien and Mr . O'Connor , though deficient of a public procession , and confined to a eoiree , was nevertheless of a moat soul stirring character . For sometime an active committee fead been formed , who have been indefatigable in their exertions to give effect to the arrangements , and by their endeavours , backed by the spirited conduct of the men and women of Liverpool , an entertainment was got up worthy of the cause , and worthy of the patriots . Tho soiree waa held in the Queen ' s Theatre , Christian-street , the
interior of which , was adorned a « d decorated in most beautiful stylo ; tbe stage w . ia devoted to a cross table for' the chairman , the guesta , and the speakers ; the pit was floored over , and throughout its length were placed six tables , at whicla were accommodated npwarda of Eve hundred persons , of both sexes . In front of the gallery ' was suspended a large and handsome flag , < m which was . inscribed , " TJie speedy return of the exited patriots to their homes , aiid ^ to their kindred ;" portraitsi" of ; "the ' patriots , ' particularly O'Brien Md p'Connbr , . and of tha exiled Frost , in . handsome frames ; # ere IfungaromidthB frohfc ' of the boxes ; and in front of the proscenium waa a lengthy bto& * ,
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inscribed , " National Charter Association . " In add ! - tion to the tickets which were issued for the tea , the public woro admitted as spectators into the boxes and gallery , on payment of a trifling som , and every seat in tbese places was occupied . '"' .. . ' The arrangements \ w , ere excellent , and reflected credit oa ' those by wihom the entertainment waa managed .. / - ... -.. ' ,., ' . » •" , ; .-.,...- ¦ The tea efulpajfe havjng Deeh removed , Oa the motion' of ; M £ Ambler , Mr . Llotd was . unanimously called" to ihe chair , and in opening the . business . of . the meeting , he sajd ha trusted that by thtnr kindness ^ ' he should be enabled to shew to them hftw ' well ' aVorking man could preside over a meeting : composed of working men and women $ be meeting had been got up to" dp honour to those
noble patriots who had been imprisoned for their advocacy of the cause , and' for' the ' especial purpose of hearing addresses from two cf those—namely , Mr Brontene O'Brien and Mr . Feargus O'Connor . As candour ha a Chairman waa the best under all the circumstances , lie thought it his duty to at once state that on that occasion they would ouly have the pleasure of hearing one of * those gentlemen— Mr . O'Brien . ( Heat , hear . ) And lest they might think that the' Committee had taken any unfair advantage , he was instructed to say that were any porsobs present disappointed , and wishful to retire , they would have their money returned . He then explained the circumstances under which Mr . O'Connor had entered into the airangement to attend a 4 Liverpool , and read tho following letter which he had just had put into his hands : —
" Mosley Arms' Hotel , Manchester , Sunday night . " Sib , —I feel assured that you will give toe credit for the sincere regret which I feel at not Laving it in my power to attend at your festival' tc-morreow night , intended to honour my excellent and much valued friend O'Brien . It was my intention to havemade one of your party , nor was I siware till after my arrival at Manchester , that their arrangements would debar me of the pleasure . However , your own good sense will point out the impossibility of both O'Brien and myself absenting ourselves front oa entertainment got up at much expense . Of all men living , there is not one of whose public worth and private virtues I have a greater opinion than James B . O'Brien , and therefore , do I feel the disappointment more fully . However , he and you , will , I am sure , take the will for tbe deed , and receive my apology perhaps With less sorrow than 1 experience in making it " Your faithful friend ,
•• Feabsus O'Connor . " Untier these cirenmstances , he trusted the Committee would be exonerated from all blame , and that at some future and not distant day they wonld be gratified by having Mr . O'Connor amongst the % i at '' a free meeting ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman then proposed , as the first sentiment ; of the evening— "The people , the only legitimate source of all power . " ( Three times three . ) Mr . A iiBtER responded to the toast . He was sura that nothing could give him more pleasure than speaking to such a toast , on such a convivial occasion , and in the presence of one who had suffered in the cause of the people . ( Hear . ) There was such a war of words between parties at the present day , that it was a
difficulty to discover who were the people ; but he thought it might be discovered by referring to ths utility of the parties . ( Hear , bear . ) He repudiated any ill-feeling against the lady who now hald the sceptre of these lands , but in his opinion there was no necessity for such a personage . ( Cheers . ) It was necessary , certainly to have s presiding head over all assmblies ; but while he admitted that , he considered that a persen holding such office . should be selected for his fitness , and fer his talent ; but under tho present system , a child or a fool might fill the office . ( Hear and cheers . ) Eat who are the people ? Tho producers of all wealth—the working classes . ( Hear . / And there was another question , " Why do you toist the people ? ' to wbich he replied tbat tne ' ij '' . Mb indeed the legitimate source cf all
puwer . The vrotkmg classes "were admitted to have manifested cfteir power in various ways ; they uad manifested their power , and that very lately too , by taking , as they had been advised to do , the power into their own hands of managing their own affairs Tbey had manifested their power , also , in the recent electioneering struggles , when they had Btepped in amongst the candidates and offered themselves to be the representatives « £ their own body ; and in doing bo they had acted most manfully , and had given utterance to sentiments which , though unpalatable , were nevertheless true , and were expressed in language not to be misunderstood . ( Cheers . ) He toasted tbe people because tbey now proclaimed that
war should be no more , and because they had determined that the institutions of the country should be of a new kind , and should be of a nature far superior to any that had ever been offered to them . ( Hear , hear . ) He toasted them because of their knowledge , as manifested in their inventions , which were of such a nature as to be capable of making the people sueh a people as they had never been before . ( Cheers . ) He toasted the people because of a long-neglected and downtrodden portion of that people , the brawny and industrious sons of old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Some other observations occupied the remainder ef the speaker ' s time ; and , after congratulating them on their taste foi meeting together for mutual improvements , he sab down amidst ereat cheering .
The Chairman then gave the next toast—" Tbe People ' s Charter , and may it Bpeedily become the law of tha British Empise . " The toast was drank amidst the most enthusiastic cheering .-. Mr . William Jones responded to the toast . He said , in coining forward to speak on tJbat occasion , ha bad to regret that a want of experience might render his development of the principles of the People ' s Charter Boiiiewhat deficient ; but he trusted , in the few observations he shsuld make , he should not trespass upon thtir patience , while he would leave to ths gentleman who had to follow him to supply that definition : wbich he should' bo incapable of . ( Cheers . ) He looked upon Universal Suffrage as the chief point of tba
Charter , and without which it would be a dead letter , and not worth the attention of any ; real Keformer . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He did net recognise the accidental circumstance which gave to one man a vote , while ifc reduced another to tbe level of the brute . ( Hear . ) So long as the working classes could boast of having produced from- their ranks a Paine , a Franklin , a Burns , and a Bloomfield , so long would they bo capable of exercising the rights of freemen , and claimed for him that distinction which raised him above the fool and the brute . ( Hear , and cheers . ) True , it was that a frightful mass of vies and depravity existed , bnt ifc was also true that a va 3 t mass of misery and want were abroad , created by class legislation . ( Hear . ) Tha
Government depended in a great measure for ita support on the vices and immorality of tho age , and so long as this existed—so long as the younger branches of the r . ristoerafcy wero dependent for their existence on the professions , aDd the eWer blanches had the privilege of tlie entail , so long would the present anemalous state of things exist . ( Cheera ) Mr . Jones went on at very great length , and with much eloquence , to expose tbe fallacy of the present system of class legislation , to which source he clearly traced the evils under ¦ which the nation-groaned , and for which the Charter alone would provide an efficient remedy . His speech occupied above an hour in tbe delivery , and waa frequently interrupted by the hearty cheers of the
company . Tbe Chairman said the next toast is , or was intended to huvo been , " Tiie Guests-, " but , as only one of those gentlemen waa present , it placed him in a difficult position . He thought , lio-vvever , there wouM be no impropriety in giving Tho health of Jame 3 Bror . tevre O'Brien , " aud in associating with him the name of O'Connor , with best wisUcs i ' or their future ¦ welfare anil pr ? speri £ y , lio went is : o a detail of the services rejuiareri lv the two patriots , dwelling upon the merits hi both in a higbiy eulogistic stylo , and said that as tliey were so much indebted to tcein . -io should call upon tha uieeting to rtpaypart ^ f the debt by giving tiirej timiss three for each- Tha clioera wera given wilb gc « . at enthusiasm . : ( ( Jontinued in our Eighth page .
On Sunday Morning Week, A Woman Named
On Sunday morning week , a woman named
Mussan , iivi » g-at Carlson , near iNotnr ^ hamjDiiaiDg her husband in bed with auotiior woman , fired at him- "with a gun , and 8 hot away a large portion of his right chee ' i aatl jaws . Iviusson . waa conveyed to the General Hospital , near Nottingham . A con .-Btaule apprehended the vromau on tha spot . On hi 3 arrival at the hospital , it became necsssary to perform au operation , and Mr . . William . Wright , surgeon , Pelham-efcreet , took away a portion of the upper and . lower jaws , which had been fcrokon by the shot 011 ths right ^ ide . Hn is still alive , and may recover if lock jaw does not coni 3 on ; at present he is not out of daiiser .
Destructive Fire near Wooi / wich . —On Thursday morning , between one and frwo , aiirebrokoout in a cottage on Plunistead-comnion , occupied by Mr . Carnugton , aObuilder . Ifc is not kaomi I 201 V tiic fire originated , but it is tupposed the chimney must have been ignited and communicated to socie of the wood work , of which the building w » 3 principally constructed . Mr . Garrington and his family , who had a short tiaie previously retired to rest , escapod in their night clothes .. Within a short period after the alarm was given the Royal Artillery engines and parties of men arrived , but could not obiain a sufficient supply of water ; the entiro building was burnt to the " ground , and almost , all the furniture aud monev , in cash and notes , were oonsuiae 3 .
MtmPEROi / s attack on ths Police . —Friday , about one o ' clock , a policeman named Berry , while Bofeing a fellow who tvaa climbing over a garden wall at the back part of Upper-Wharton-street , Bagn ^ sge-road , was most brutally attacked , beaton , and stabbeH in several parts of the body by the ruffian and two of his '« omp&nions- Tho ruffiaus left him apparently dead on the ground , « nd made their escape rcros 3 , th 0 fields . Subsequently , Sergeant Scotchmor , aud Colton , on passing by th 9 spot , frtSind B ?> rry lying down' inr a-state of insensibility , anol oiiey immediately procured a'stretehor aftd conveved him to the ( Station-house , it sucgooa teas sent for , overV assistance was fiffordad . him , sadLhewas restored W his senses , and carried to his residence in Wynyatfc 4 tr&efc , Clefcfcenwell , where he istKW ? lying in 4 b dangerous &tat 9 t' « v ¦^ ' ¦¦ - ^ ui u . < x . ; .-.= ^
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THE KO ^ R ^ H ^ R ^ N ^ STAjt . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1129/page/7/
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