On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (10)
-
6$ftrttj*t %ttUTli£mt
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
6$Ftrttj*T %Ttutli£Mt
6 $ ftrttj * t % ttUTli £ mt
Untitled Article
SBSFFIELS , ( From but own Correspondent , ) Ms . Bbo stkrbe O'Bbirs . —This gentleman has Jstrxmed his visit io Siaffield , to Monday , the I 8 : h W when thateveaina , and vae evening of Tuesday , feelsth , I ** "ifl deliver two lectures . Men of jLfiald , nobly you responded to our appeal , when we called on you to do honour to the Chief of Qiar-« = m O'Connor . Yosr countless misses thronging the Wests on the lon ^ -to- be remembered 29 th . of Sentamber , testified the loTe with which you regard ronr leader , and proTed , to the most sceptical , your devotion to liberty ' s cause . Chartists of Sheffield , Mother of " nature's nobles" is about to visit your iftwn Bronterre O'Brien , the instructor of the the " schoolmaster" of the people , will be
masses , wi'h . yw 0 B ^ ! && ^ there a reader of the Poor Man ' s Guardian rein lining in Sheffield , let him come . Is there one Radical who remembers John Bell ' bold unmasking of Whiggery , and vindication of the principles of Radicalism in Sheffield , le : him forget not O'Brien ' s talented productions in tie columns of Bell ' s London Mercury , and let him come . Is ^ ere a Chartist who has reaped instruction from the effusions of O'Brien ' s pen in the colrauu of the Operative , or Northern Star , let him eoc " . Is there a patriot who honours the stedfast princip le that oppression cannot wither , nor dunleo ^ - punishEients destroy , let liim come . Come one , come all , and cram the place of meeting , to grees ivitii hearty welcome the peop-e ' a friend . Chartists , something more than mere noisy apnl&use is required at jour hands to support those
who risk &il , and lose all , to saTa you ; it is intended tha : the money proceeds , when the necessary and HESToidable expenoea are deducted , shall be presented to Mr . CTBrien , towards enabling him to procore a printing-press , &c . ; confident we are that ro will answer our call , and that giving your aid to ihe rest of the country , Mr . O'Brien will shortly be enabled to resume his noble labours of instructing the people in a knowledge of their rights and duties , and preparing the public mind for those great changes which must be accomplished , if we would obtain our own freedom and prosperity , and tecure the liberties and happiness of oar children . B si ^ sKHOUSES . —This is one of the out-districts of Oi ^ eld a number of good Chartists T eside here , tneir
-V- anxious to extend a Jcoowieage 01 pnn-JLf' u ^ ied Mr . H arn ey to address them . In Se oxduoe with their request , Mr . Harney addressed rrerT " canny" little Meeting of the "blistered hands ? held in the large room of the Union Inn onTbursday , tte 7 th—ail seemed well pleased with « ie address of the speaker , and the feeling was uu-• nimous for the continuance of similar meetings . Anoiher meeting will be shortly held , when the Dncticability of folding these meetings weekly , or far-nightly , will be considered—dne notice will be riven . We would earnestly recommend our Shet-|»! d friends to adopt the class system , and hold in their respectiTe localities meetings of tDeor classes sut evening bat Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , when i ^ eir presence is vranted at the general meeting ' s , lectures , 4 c , in Fig-tree Lane .
SryDAT Etexisg Lectcek . —Mr . Gill lectured in tie room , Figtres-lane , on Sunday evening last , the gcb ect of his discourse being— " The basking system and * free trade . 15 The lecturer commenced by observing that it was a notorious fact , that the work-&z classes of this country had , to a considerable exiKii , bnrst the chains of mental thraldom ia which for centuries they had been bound . This was the dnrv of the people , for only by thinking , inquiring , and " acting for themselves , could they hope to achieve their political salvation . With respect to the question to which he wished to direct their attention that eTening , let it no ; be supposed that he was opposed to the principles of free trade . No ; he believed that it was in accordance with the design of
God thai one country should exchange its svparfiuiries for those of anorher . He believed that the extension of our commerce wa 3 calculated to knit us more closely to the other nations of the earth , and promote peace and harmony among the states and kingdoms of the world . But , he believed that an unrestricted commerce with all the world , with our present monetary arrangemeHts would be a curse rather than a blessing . The lecturer then entered briefly into the history of banking—stating that we owed to Italy the foundation of these establishments ; so early as the twelfth century a bank was established in that country to raise the means of tarrying on the war against the Saracens . Subsequently banks were established at Amsterdam ; the Bank of England was established in the reign of "William the Third , to enable that Monarch to carry
on bis war with France . The leetnrer then entered into lengthy statements , showing the immense monetary powers possessed by the Bank of England , tracing the distress of the country at different periods to the doings of that infamous co-operation , » ad giving it as bis opinion that a repeal of the Corn Laws would only increase the power of the moneyocraey , and enable them to more effectually grind down the wealth-producing and wealth-distributing da = 3 e 3 of the community . In conclusion , the lecturer exhorted his hearers to direct all their energies to the reforming of the legislative system from irhish . these Bank wf&unes spring ; it was only by cleinsiEg the stream at its source , thej could hope to purify its current . Mr . Frost moved the thanks of ' the meeting to the lecturer , which being givenj the assembly dissolYed .
Pbteb Foden . —It will be remembered that this vicuaa of Whiggery was sentenced at the last Spring Assizes , at Tork , to one year and nine months' imprisonment , vithhard labour , in Wakencld Hellhole . A . memorial praying for his liberation or removal to some other place of confin-znent was transmitted to the Home Secretary , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Public Meeting . —The usual weekly meeting of the Chartist body took place in their room , Fig-Treelane , on Monday evening . Mr . Bradwell was called to the chair . Mr . Harney said thev would remember
that on a former occasion , a petition had been adopted in that room praying the House of CommoE 3 to appoint a select conr-aittee to inquire into the present infaaoo 3 prison discipline , with the view of obtaining the abolition of the accursed silent system . Upon that occasion , is was resolved , that the pea * iion should be en : rnst&d to Mr . Duncombe for presentation ; he had , accordingly , sent the petition to the Honourable Member . Some weeks had sbes elapsed ; but , last week , he GIr . H . ) had received fronuhe Member for Finsbury , the following Ie ; t 9 , "which they would hear with pleasure : —
" The Albany , Oct . 6 th , 1841 . " Deas Sis , —On my return to town from Scotland , oe Saturday la * t , I had the houocr to receive your letKr and tee petition thit accompanied it , and I have taira tie eariist opportU 2 i : y of presenting it to the House of C ^ mmojis . " I beg to thank yon and those you represent for the kini expressions your letter contains , as to my btmible exertions on the eceasion of Mr . Sharmaa Crawford's exselient amendmeat of the address . " I resiain , dear Sir , " Tour * faithfully , " Thos . S . Duscombe .
( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . Hamey ) had another letter to read to them . They would remember that on Ia 3 t Mo-day a petition wi ; aicp- ed , protesting against tae prorogation of Parliament while the people ' s grieraaets remained nuredrtssed . That petition lie had seat to Mr . Shaman Crawford for presentation . The following letter from that gentleman woa ^ d explaia why the peua ' on had not been presea- . ed : — " Cratrfordsburn , Biagor , Ireland , October 8 th , 1841 .
sib ., —In consequence of the Pirliimentary busiassa ^ bemg ^ TirtuaLy coacladed oh Sitorday , I left iwaaw on 5 iturd * evening . Ton letter and petition ir « e f ^ rarded to me L ^ from London , acd 1 regret ^ ^ t J ^ *) aSM 9 i Pres-Btation has Veen \^^ l aZ ° ^ * ^ * ^ " « " ^ Perfonn-^ that duty d j i ^ TeCiirea " it previous to my L-Ta London , ai I feel it to be a proof of confidence to * zi-ti * d by those who did me the honour of commit-Eng u to my charge . " I am , Sir , "Tonr obedient servant .
"William Shakmas Csawfoed . " Mr . Harcey remarked ttat this letter was , he was kt ^ every way satisfactory to aU present ; and Mr . u « fora might rest assured he did enjoy the hearty tC ? : f l - the nen of Sbtfield-CcheerB ) -and Wn'Lv 61 !^ 611011 kad n 0 £ been presen ted , it had ** n Pdwsluri in tha Northern Slav . Thus the ^ aury would see that the SheRAd Chartists were CW - duties - M ' a £ ome o ; heT business , the « . X raia ? said ka would cow iatroduce to them ^~; X ! md 'eD-tried friend , George Black , of toni ^ S ^ ^^ " 0 Mr . B lack commenced by ^^ ataiatiag the meeting oa the improved position « o » i 5 ? nse ProsP «« of the oppressed were now brighter than they ever had been . They knew SrLi ^? time W * he had been Qsed to r * , m Wales he ccald < m ? aV tn tho condition
SiSSL- ** ? P ° » i 4 was »« by the ^ W T 6 S " ihxt the Welsh people were tod ^^ J " ^ n ^ ortable , receiviiiK good wages , ua aad , therefore , no ; evtn the excuse of poverty ttw . « *? ™> elllt > tia condect ; but whatever might be Srif ^ tf W ^ h ihen , he knew soaethiag of Sfl nJS * \ . v " *** ^^ Tinted families innumera"fo pon the brink , nay , existing in a state of literal wvation . Within the last two years the wages of 2 ! j ° fe tad be-n reduced four , five , and even ga ¦ a& iinp in the pound . The colliers must toil ^ to get fourteen or fif : een AiUiogs a week , and «» ny conH not make near that sum . ( Hear , hear . ) k «~ r v \ , ° ^ thicg ? the peopte were savage as " « rs robbed of their young . ( Hear , hear . ) He had Efr , H ^ « ° ^ advised the Welsh to imitate J " « r hkgteh brethren , and employ regnlar lecturers * ras tna and organise the people . He believed
Untitled Article
this would shortly be done . ( Cheers . ) If this was so , he would recommend that college-bred lecturers should be employed , men who , knowing what persecution was , could temper their seal with discretion . Sure he was that he was &ot fit to address a Welsh audience ; and Z 3 to his friend Julian Harney , he believed him to be equally anfit—( laughter)—for h « knew that , like himself , Julian Harney was not fitted to preach patience to an oppressed people burning for rengeance and freedom . ( Cheers . ) N * wonder the people of that country thirsted for a change—the very name of Chartism was-proscribed p and death , by want , was the doom of him who , in defiance of his tyrant employers , shook ! dare to avow himself a democrat . When Morgan Williams . % ¦_ % ¦ * % _ * *_ 3 - _ / ^ 1 . i T /» il _ _
opposed Guest upon the hustings , and the show of hands was taken for the Chartist candidate , numbers of the men knelt down upon one knee as they raised their hands for their friend , that they might not be seen by their despotio master and his satellites . In Pontypool , Tredegar , and many other places , not a publican dare allow the Chartists to meet on his premises ; and open-air meetings courd not be called , for the men would not dare to attend . But in spite of all that persecution could do , Chartism was progressing silently , but surely , among the Welsh mountaineers . ( Cheers . ) Aye , they had sworn to die rather than bear with injustice much longer ; and their ardent hope was , that the day would speedily come when they would hear that
their English brethren were risen to a man to demand their rights ; and when that hour came , Englishmen might be assured that Welshmen would not be found in the back ground . ( Loud and long-continued cheering ) The speaker next attacked the parsons , replying to their calumnious charges that the Chartists were robbers , levellers , destructives , &c . The holy hyocritess knew that the Church was a wholesale robber ; it had robbed the Catholics—it had robbed the poor ; but it was said that the Chartists were burners . Yes , the fire of principle burned in their breasts , and powerful was the flame rekindled but lately among the mighty mapses of Birmingham , of Manchester , of Leeds , and of Sheffield . ( Cheers . ) Our breasts burn with the love of truth ; but they are liars , and the fate of liars they shall share . ( Cheers . ) They say we are levellers . I well
remember that when the bastile at Nottingham was in course of erection ; numbers of the hard-hearted shopocracy rejoice *! . Far readier were they to give five shillings to cage the poor in their accursed den , than to give them a miserable eighteenpence at home to save them from death . But , fince that time he had ssen many of them come to the level of the poor , whom they despised . They had come to be innatea of that bastile they were so eager to build for the poor . . ( Hear . ) Others rather than meet that lot , had rushed to self-destruction , and had terminated their existence by the rope or the razor ; he would say a righteous retribution . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chartists ' certainly were leveller ? , for they wanted all to have an equal voice in the forming of the Jaws . ( Cheers . ) They say we are destructives . Granted . For thank God we have destroyed the Whigs . That faction had some months back made themselves
. merry with the thought that they were all dead and buried ; aye , but we have risen again and destroyed i them . ( Ciieers . ) They had gained a glorious point [ in the destroying of that faction ; they had now bat i one faction to battle with , and never would they cease till they had destroyed the Tories . ( Great i ' cheering . ) The aristocracy were destructives—they i had destroyed the happiness of thousands of human beings ; nor had they dropped there—they had des-I troyed the lives of the people . Some time ago when in Mansfield , he was told by a friend of a poor crea-; ture who walked the streets till he had died literally | of want . Some of them would remember readiug i in the papers the accounts of the unfortunate man tt I Basford ; he was a widower , having four children ;
! his rent was due , he could not pay it ; his landlord I threatened to seize his little furniture . Brooding j over his poverty , he saw nothing before him but the j bastile , where he must be parted from his dear | motherless babes ; the thonght was madness . In the i agony of his heart , with his pocket-handkerchief , he i strangled his little ones . Thank God he ( the speaker ) ; saw on every side evidences of that spirit pervading j the entire country , which be had long hoped to see . i From his heart be congratulated them that their j glorious leader , O'Connor , possessed now the undi-I Tided confidence of the working millions . ( Cheers . ) I That gentleman had seen the mighty myriads of 1 Birmingham , of Manchester , of Leeds , and of Shef-1 field , in their strength and their might , and he
! trusted Mr . O'Connor would leave Sheffield with j the impression thai he could repose erery confidence ! in them . ( Cheers . ) When that Mr . O'Connor had | gone through England , and Scotland , and Wales—\ aye , and Ireland too , and had counted the people ' s ! strength , and seen unfailing evidences of their deter-! miaatioD , then he ( the speaker ) donbfed not but | -that O'Connor would risk , if need be , even his life , | to achieve the triumph of Universal Suffrage . ( Great i cheering . ) It wa 3 said by some parties that the j Tories would give us a rally : he did not btlieve it ; i he thought they were wiser . But if Peel's faction i should , dare to imitate the scoundrel Whigs , and J wage- persecution against their leadere—3 they : should dare to lay hands on the friend of the people ,
< and again drag to a dungeon their champion , ! O'Connor , he trusted the people would proclaim their [ resolution , aad act upon it , too , to have man for J man . ( Tremendous cheering .. ) He ( the speaker ) I had resolved to do one man ' s work ; let them all '< resolve to do the same—let them support the Execui tive , and rally round the forthcoming Convention , \ then would the year ' 42 be the year of the people ' s ! redemption . Mr . Black sat down amidst repeated i cheering . —Mr . Harney said they had heard a truei hearted Englishman ; now he would introduce to ! them a right little Irishman , with whose name they I were familiar—Charles Connor . ( Cheers . )—ilr . j Connor commenced by giving tho " black s ! ng 3 " an awful lashiDg , whom he described as teaching the
people doctrines every way subversive of the real truths of Christianity , teaching them to be content with their lot , to come regular to church , to pay their tithes and taxes without grumbling , to honour the Queen , and all in authority ; doing these things , they should enjoy heaven hereafter . On the other hand , they were not to think for themselves—they were not to talk about rights , or imagine they had natural liberties—they were not to listen t : > seditious demagogues , on pain of suffering torments eternal . The speaker excited roars of laughter by bis castigatian of the surpliced humbugs . Mr . Connor next took up the question of representation , remarking that , under the present system the aristocrat ' s pigs and pig-stye were protected ,
while his labour was not protected ; our legislative system must be thoroughly reformed , before any change calculated to better the condition of the working class could be accomplished . Ho had no faith in the scheme of Corn Law Repeal . True , we were told vast benefitB would result from that change . But they all remembered the fine promises made to them during the Reform agitation—the great reforms the destruction of the rotten boronghs would lead to . Why what good had we reaped from the destruction of the rotten boronghs ! So long as wood , Bteanij and iron , is preferred over mu ? cle , blood , and bones , so long "would the working man be the helpless prey of the scheming , soulless classes that fatten on his toil . iCheers- ) Besides , Corn
layf Repeal was not what was wanted ; why should we seek foreign corn , when the land was every way adequate to the support of three or four times the number of the present population ! There were not thirty millions of people in Great Britain and Ireland , yet according to Colquhoun , Porter , and other statistician , the land , if properly cultivated , would snpport a hundred millions . After dwelling at some length on the enormities of the present system , Mr . C . said , of ail the cheering signs of the times , the most cheering was the progress of Chartism in Ireland . ( Applause . ) Flourishing Associations were established in DnbJin , in Nevrry , in Drogheda , and other places , and he knew that several influential parties in Cork were abeut to come out in advocacy ef the Charter . ( Cheers . ) All the props of the infernal system were giving way and be hoped to rise some fine morning and find the whole fabric of corruption tumbled in the dust . Peel
might tell the people to wait , but , thank God , the hour was coming when they would wait no longer , but would take the rights withheld from them by tyranny . Mr . Connor throughout his address was loudly cheered . —Mr . Harney moved the thanks of the meeting to Messrs . ^ Biack and Connor for their excellent addresses . Agreed to unanimously . —Mr . M'Kettrick stated that the Council had resolved to have a collection made every Monday evening , for six weeks , to pay off the debt due to the Execntive . The first collection would bo made that evening . — On the motion of Mr . Harney , it was resolved that a public meeting should be held the following evening , to consider the propriety of memorializing the Home Secretary on behalf of Rober t Peddie . Thanks having been voted to the Chairman , the meeting adjourned . The room was densely crowded throughout the evening .
Peddie , the Whig "Victim . —A publio meeting was held in the room , Fig Tree-lane , on Tuesday evening , to take into consideration the propriety of memorializing the Hoae Secretary in behalf of Robert Peddie , confined at the present time in Beverley House of Correction . The room was filled . Hi . Green } was called to the chair . Mr . Julian
Untitled Article
Harney moved the adoption of the memorial , which waa seconded by Mr . Fearn , and unanimously . carried i—To the Right Honourable Bit Jame » Graham , Bat Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department , The Memorial of certain Inhabitant Householders and others of the Borough of Sheffield , is public meetiAg assembled , this 12 th day of October , 1841 r Respectfully S&bweth , That Robert Peddie , late of Edinburgh , waa convicted at the York Spring Assizss of 1840 , of conspiracy and riot at Bradford , and sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour , in Bevariey House . of Correction . That the said Robert Peddie was convicted on the W * i < 1 i m , m m «¦*
evidence ot » ne James Hsrrisoa , who , according to bis own avowal , -was tta chief instigator of the said conspiracy asd riot , and who admitted that he- received the sum of £ 80 from the attornies of Bradford for hia wicked labours in instigating others to a breach of the 1 &w . That the said Hairiaon was at the time a notorious informer against poor publicans , and continued to be such until the magistrates refused to take his evidence . That upon the trial of the said Robert Peddie and others , a witness for the prosecution declared be would not believe the said Harrison on his oath . That the said Harrison has abandoaed his wife and children to the care of the parish , and is himself at thB present time in Preston G-aol , waiting his trial for horse sUaliag .
That in addition to the unnatural and degrading punishment of the treadmill , the said Robert Peddie has been subjected to all the cruel restrictions of the " silent pystem , "—a system , in the opinion of your memorialists , demanding immediate reformation , opposed , as it is , to every principle and dictate of Christianity . That the effects of the said punishment and discipline « pon the B&id Robert Peddie , hsie been most lamentable , impairing his health and destroying hia constitution , afflicting him with grievous disease , and even threatening him with premature death , ia the miserable prison-house to which villany the blackest has consigned him .
That the said Robert Peddie has yet , according to the term of his sentence , one year and a half imprisonment to suffer under the unnatural aud destructive system of prison discipline , which has , it is to be feared , already irreparably injured his health . Your memorialists cannot but believe that the Government , of which you are a member , have only to be made acquainted with the facts of this oase to ensure their humane interference in behalf of the unhappy person for whom your memorialists plead . That when it is taken into account the worthless evidence upon which the said Robert Peddie was
convicted—that , supposing him to have been guilty , ( which your memorialists cannot admit upon the evidence of so base a character as Harrison , ) the p'inishment he has suffered most have expiated his offence ; and lastly , when th « deplorable state of his health is considered , your memorialists fervently hope for that merciful interposition in behalf of the said Robert Peddie , which would not only save from disease , probably death , the suffering prisoner , but would also , in this , as in many other similar cases , impart joy to the bereaved and sorrowing "wife , aud peace to the afflicted family of the captive .
That your memorialists respectfully submitting the foregoing to your consideration , earnestly request that you "will Bubniit the ease of the said Robert Peddie to royal favour , in order that he may be discharged from farther imprisonment ; or , at least , your memorialists respectfully urge that , if this cannot b * granted , you will be pleased to direct the removal of the said Robert Peddie to the County Gaol of York , or some other place of confinement , where the cruel restrictions of the " silent system" are not enforced . And your memorialists , &c . Mr . Hearse seconded the adoption of the memorial . Carried unanimously .
Untitled Article
DERBY . —At a council meeting of the Chartist Association , held at the Northern Star , on Monday evening , it was agreed to call this branch of the National Charter Association , " The Derby Bridgestreet Association , " and that we meet at six o ' clock on the Sunday evening-, instead of eight , as inserted in the Star of the 9 th instant . On Sunday evening we enrolled several new members , and many more have promised to come next Sunday evening , so that in a short time we feel confident that Chartism will wear a more pleasing aspect than what it has done in Derby heretofore . For the purpose of spreading useful information , we have agreed to establish a
reading-room , and we are going to take in the following papers for a start : —Northern Star , Sottish Patriot , Nonconformist , National Vindicator , Executive Journal , Chartist Circular , and Chartist Rushlight . All persons are invited to the reading-room , whether they belong to the Chartist society or net ; it will be entirely optional whether they spend or pay . The reading room will be open every day . from nine in the morning until eleven at night , aad the secretary will be furnished with books for the purpose of inserting the names of those persons who wish to be proposed as members cf this Association .
THOWBRIPGB , Wilts . —A tea meeting was held in the democratic chapel , on Saturday evening , for the purpose of doing honour to Mr . Cluer , teetotal Chartist lecturer . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Mr . Clarke , attended from Bath . The company was numerous , and the arrangements wero excellent ; the chapel was decorated with various banners , mottos , and portraits of distinguished patriots . The tea having been removed , Mr . John Moore was called to the chair , and commenced the evening ' s entertainment by introducing Mr . Roberts , who delivered an excellent speech , full ofsound reasoning , in which he clearly proved , that no measure short ot the Charter would be of any benefit to the working classes . Mr . Roberts said he was glad to meet them
on an occasion like the present ; he hoped they would still persevere , and cautioned them against the falling into any trap which may be laid for them by their enemies , and assuring them that they may always command his services . He sat down amidst the hearty cheers of the company . The Chairman then gave the following sentiment , "Life , pure love , and boundless liberty , " which was responded to in an effective manner by Mr . Cluer . The song " Little Moth , " Mr . Harwell . Recitation from " Wat Tyler , " Mr . J . Moore , Jun . Song by Mr . Lamb . " The Gipsey Girl , " by Miss Dicks . " The Mountain Grave , " recitation by Mr . Cluer . The Chairman then called upon Mr . Clarke to address the meeting , which he did very briefly , congratulating
the people of Trowbridge on the exertions they had made in the cause , asd urging them to redouble their exertions , which he said was rendered necessary , by the increasing distress of the people , and the fact , that they bad no other source to appeal to for redress of grievances than themselves . Mr . Haswell then gare the recitation " Napoleon ' s dream . " Song , " Social Bard , " by the company . ** Eliza in the Battlefield , " by J . Moore , Jun . "Sturdy Neighbour , " by T . Carpenter . " Alas my Country , " by Mr . J . Hasswell . Tfee Chairman then gave the " People ' s Anthem , " which were sung with enthusiasm . Three cheers was given for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three cheers for the Charter , and the meeting broke up , the company highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
LONDON . —At a meeting of tailor 3 held at the Red Lion , King-street , Golden Square , on the 6 th inst ., Mr . Ridley attended , and advocated the principles of the People ' s Charter , after-which a branch of the National Charter Association was formed , when the spirit of democracy was warmly entered into , and it bids fair to be a strong auxiliary . CITY OP W 5 NDON . —A meeting of Chartists and others assembled in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , last Sunday morning . Mr . J . W . Parker was appointed reader for the occasion . The leading topics from the Star , Vindicator , English Chartist Circular , and other excellent Journals of the Chartist Movement , were read , and received with unanimons satisfaction and delight , especially the Executive ' s unexpected , extraordinary great undertaking in the noble cause of social justice .
Lt the afternoon of the same day , and in the above place , the County Council again met . Their business was , as usual , very Jabourious . The delegates gave in their credentials . Is the etening , Mr . Brown , of Walwortb , read the excellent and noble address of the Executive Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . Mr . Parker alea read the first chapter of the New Age , from Yolney ' s Ruins and Survey of Empires , after which Mr . William Carrier , although to all appearance very much afflicted and reduced in physical strength , gave a very argumentative and
forcible address , to a crowded and respectable audience of the working class , on the necessity of joining the Association , as the readiest means of procuring a remedy for the present and future utijust system of class legislation , which entails on the human family so much degradation , misery , and woe . An animated discussion took place afterwards on the subject , of a very instructive and pleasing nature . After which it was announced that the subscribers to the Institute are particularly requested to attend their general quarterly meeting in the above place , next Sunday morning , the 21 st inst . by tea o ' clock ; that
Untitled Article
the Chartists meet every Tuesday evening , in the same place , to enroll members ; that the Chartist Youths meet towe also on Friday evenings , to enrol member *; and that Mr . William Benbow , the tyrante- late TJotkn , will preach next Sunday evening , at seven o ' elock . Free admission on every occasions Itwasalso announced , that the Northern Star National Vindicator , English Chartist Circular , and othea invaluable vehiclesof sound political knowledge , oan be had on each occasion . Mr . Carrier received a-vote of thanks for his services in tho cause , And at tbe-conclaston the committee met to arrange the meana to carry sut the Booial festival and- ball , for the benefit of Mr . Wm . Carrier , which is to . come off in the Social Hall , John-street , Tottenham Court-road , on the 1 st of November . T . Duneombe , Esq . M . P . is expected'to preside on the occasion . it ^ 11 i . f _ i . - __ . _ ' _ . ' 1 -
At the weekly meeting of the Tailors' National Charter Association , a * the Three Doves , Berwickatreet , Soho , Mr . Medealf in the chair , the- minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed ; . Mr . Gaffay gave in the report from the County Council . Two more members were elected to the Council . The Council of the Association submitted some rules for their guidance , which were agreed to . Two new members were enrolled , and a lecture announced for Wednesday evening , Oct . 20 th , A vote of thanks waa then passed to tho-Chairman , and the meeting adjourned to Monday , the 18 ; h inst .
Council Meeting . —At a meeting of the Members of Council residing ia Surrey from the following localities , viz ., Wandsworth , Bermondsey ,. Lambeth , and Deptford , held at Mr . Fox ' s , Frogmora , Wandsworth , Mr . Hayter , sen ., chairman , reports from the various localities were read and received—each locality increasing in . numbers . Mr . Morton nominated for Lambeth , in room of Mr . Seales . Bermondsey reported that they had resolved , to have , at each meeting , a lecture , or an open discussion , and they had agreed to- get up , for the benefit of the Executive , a social concert , on Monday . October 18 , at the Horos Tavern , Crucifix-lane , Bermondsey ; and they had forwarded to the Executive the sum of lOd . Wandsworth reported six new . members had
joined ; and paid to the Council 7 s . Sd . on account of delegates' expenses to York . Mr .. Rose reported he attended to the meeting at the Joan of Arc , where the Northern , Star was taken in and read , and a discussion took place—the best meaiiB of obtaining the People's Charter . Tha address of the Executive was read by the Secretary , and highly approved of . Mr . Smith's motion respecting the Corn Law agitation was discussed , and it was resolved— " That we recommend to the various localities tho necessity of their watching the proceedings of the Corn Law agitators , and to attend sach meetings for the purpose of introducing the principles of the Charter . " Moved by Mr . Maynard , and seconded by Mr . Rose— "That each locality do
report , by their representative , at the next meeting of council , the number of payable members in each district , and also request each locality to forward , as early as convenient , to the Treasurer , their amount of money due to tho Council , as it is essentiul that the Tract Committee recommendations should be fully carried . " Notice of motions for discussion at the next meeting , by Mr . Rose— " That the General Council residiug in Surrey do take Into consideration the propriety of nominating a person or persons to sit in the Convention in February next . "* Notice by Mr . Maynard— " That wo , the
Members of Council , do take into consideration the best way and means to fully carry out the objeots contained in the address issued by the Executive , and tho same be reported to the various localities . Mr . Morton gave notice— " That penny subscription cards for a Surrey and Kent Political Tract Committee be considered . " After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting adjourned to the Joan of Arc , East-lane , Walworth , on Sunday next , chair taken at four o'clock ; each member departed highly pleased with the evening's proceedings , not regretting the least the distance each had to walk to for * ward the cause .
Tower Hamlets' Locality . —At a meeting held at 171 , Brick Lane , Spitalflelds , the following resolutions were passed unanimously : —Moved by Mr . Critchell , and seconded by Mr , Cardon , " That we do hold our meetings at tbia house in futare , the Carpenters' Arms , 171 , Brick Laue , Spitalfields . " Moved by Mr . Og ^ den , p ^ ad seconded by Mr . Baxter , " That this Association do approve of the steps taken by the Council in voting the Bum of £ 2 103 . 6 d . for the London Delegate Fund . " Moved by Mr . Robson , and seconded by Mr . Ogden , That instructions bo given to th » dole ^ atsB of the plan that we propose to hear the abilities of candidates for the forthcoming Convention , in order that we may judge which is the bost man to sit in tha forthcoming Convention . "
Female Meeting . —At a meeting of the females , it was moved by Mrs . Newland , and seconded by Mrs . Downs , " That the sum of 3 s . Id ., in Mr . Drake ' s hands , be drawn from him , and the sum of 5 d . be drawn from the fund , to make up the sum of 3 i . Gd ., aud that it be forwarded to Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien , to help to defray the expence of his printing press . " London O'Bbien Press Fund Cghmitteb ; . —At the second meeting , of this Committee on Monday
evening last , Mr . Pickersgill in the chair , it was resolved that each locality be requested to get up a ball or concert , to raise funds for taking one of the Theatres , to have a grand general benefit for O'Brien . A gentleman in the room made a present of some manifold paper for the use of the Secre tary , also 4 s 6 d for the press fund . He was ascertained to be Mr . Smith , of Leamington . 5 s 81 was delivered in as subscription , and the meeting adjourned , after agreeing that the following address should be sent for insertion to all the Radica
papers : — TO THE FEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . We , being , members of the London O'Brien Press Fund Committee , severally elected to represent the various Local Associations of Chartists in the Metropolis , beg to lay before the men of the United Empire our objects , with a view to solicit their co-operation . It is well known to us all that O'Brien has voluntarily advocated our cause upwards of nine struggling years , and in all that time he has never been known to deviate from principle . In all that time , though severely tried by private and public enemies , he has ever proved himself a sound , ft zealous , and a consistent friend of the people . By the machinations of ambitious and of
selfinterested individuals , his energies have frequently been cramped , aud have sometimes been completely paralyzed , or made to produce © Dly bane to' himself , instead of good to the cause . He bas hitherto been too much under the control of adverse circumstances , that have curbed his spirit , though they could never subdue it And now that be has again emerged from the dungeon ' s tomb in which he has been buried alive for the last eighteen months , what is left for him after having drained to the last drop the bitter cup of ignominy and injustice , which a base , a brutal , and a bloody faction gave him to drink—what is left for the poor , persecuted , broken-down O'Brien , but to leave the " land which he has so long served , and for which he has s »
much suffered—to leave it with bis dear wife and children , whose interests have hitherto been moat cruelly sacrificed to his principles—to expatriate himself in search of a home in the wilds of America , unless the people procure him a press , and place him in a situation that may render him independent of jealous friends and of fearful foes . Let it not be said that Bronterre O'Brien did but leave his dungeen to go into exile ; banished , not by the tjranny of government , but by the ingratitude of the people . He has come out weaker in budy but stronger iu mind—more determined than ever to pursue the noble course be has hitherto held in behalf * f our glorious cause . Ba it ours , for our own sakes , as well as for his , to give him the means of doing justice to as and to himself .
Let the disciples of the bold and energetic O'Brien rally round their schoolmaster and fence him in . The more enemies he has the more friends he should find . Let us raise him a press—be will preside over it—it will be his , and his master mind Will nave ample room and verge enongh to develop itself—to impress itself , and freely to ffy abroad upon the couriers ol the ait into every nook and corner of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales—into the four quarters of the great globe itself . O'Brien and the cause !
The Committee meet every Monday evening , at eight o'clock , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleetstreet , to give information and to receive contributions . DonatioDs will be thankfully received by say member of the Committee , as follows : — Messrs . Hogg and Scott , masoni , Craven Head , Brarr lane . MeMrs . Taylot and Nagle , Marylebone , Working M' - Hall , 5 , Circua-atreet . Messrs . A . Hogg and Smith , Fliwbury , Lunf » Coffo MonsA . ' ' *
Messrs . Morgan and J « mea , Lambeth , Chartia * Hall China-walk . ' ' Messrs . Pickersgill and Cooper , Glojw F * , m . Hit < Misa Tavern . Messrs . Parker , Osborn , and Watkins , C , iw of Londoi Convention Boom , 55 , Old Bailey . Mr . Treadwell , Tower Hamlets . ( Signed ) John Wa » k ' INSj g ^ 8 , Bel ' .., „(! , Twnple-bar
Untitled Article
. ABERDEBZf . —On Saturday evening-, a special meeting of the Council of the Charter- Union was held to make arrangements tor the forthcoming deisonstTation , when delegates from the following trades and crafts were present : —Fi ? st , from the hammermen , Colin Gordon , convenor , who stated that the above craft were determined to- turn onto in tha full regalia ot their order ; James- Tfaompssn , from the naxdressers , who gave in a report similar to the above ; also from the fleshers , who stated
that it would' be-impossible for them all to come , it being Friday , bat that as many as would be able to display the regalia and emblems of the oraft would attend ; delegates from the ropespinners > the tailors , tho wood-sawyere , the bakers , and various other traces also attended , who stated that the various bodies to which they belonged , were all determined to walk- in procession on that day . After some other business , and a vote of thanks to the various delegates * , and the chairman , the meeting separated , highly delighted at the prospects of the peopla ' s
cause .. BRADFORD . —A meeting of the Chartists , of Bradford was heltf on Sunday night last , at the North Tavern , which was numerously attencfc&d . Mr . Brook delivered a short but impressive lecture i > n the benefits which would accrue to the working classes by the People ' s Charter becoming , the law of the land . After tke lecture , the Council commenced their business , which chiefly related to the forthcoming demonstration , to welcome Mr . O'Coaaar to Bradford . A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements ; they will hold their first meeting on Wednesday evening nest , at eight o ' clock , at the s ' rga of the Three Pigeons , Middleton-Fiolds . A resolution was also passed to invite Mr . J . B . O'Brien to come to Bradford to deliver a lecture on Monday next , if he be at liberty . A subscription was set on foot for Mr . Du £$ t when 3 j 7 ^ d vr&B collected on the spot .
White Abuet . —On Monday night last a meeting was held in the Chartists' Association . Room , Gracechurch-atreet , Mr . R . Sutcliffe in the chair . Messrs . Anderson , Jennings , and Brook addressed the meeting on the evils which afflict this uuhapy land , and the remedies- which ought to be adopted to relieve the toiling millions from the effects of bad Government . The room was crowded , with an attentive audience . At the conclusion , several new members were enrolled , and took them cards of membership .
Middleton Fields . —The Chartists of thi 3 locality held their weekly meeting at the sign of the Three Pigeons , when Mr . Dewhirst delivered , an interesting lecture on the People's Charter , and showed the necessity of the working classes mooting to obtain that great measure , without which * , they will ever be the slaves of the factions who . now govern them . At the close of the lecture five new members were enrolled t this branch of the Association is in a flourishing state . DAISY-HILL . —The-Chartists of this place , hold their weekly meeting , on Sunday , the Sd inst . The cause goes on gloriously at this place ; preparations are being made to receive O'Connor , when he visits Bradford . It was rewired that 5 n . be sent to Mr . W . Brook , a prisoner , in Northallertoa hell-hole , to purchase flannels to protect him from oold in his lonesome dungeon .
Untitled Article
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Honourable Sir , —We , the Chartists of Glasgow , and its surrounding districts , congratulate you on your emerging from the gloom of the tyrant ' s dungeon , where for sixteen months you suffered the persecution of a despicable faction , for merely advocating those principles which would give equal political equality and justice to all—which would give to the labourer the just fruits of his labour—which would enlighten the superstitious , inform the ignorant , deprive a tyrant aristocracy of legal plunder , and the monopolists of the fruits of injustice , and which yould give the greatest possible happiness to the greatest possible
number . We sincerely welcome you amongst us , once more to take your stand with us on the platform of freedom , to advocate the cause of the poor and the oppressed . We are happy , dear Sir—we are proad to see you here , unfettered and uncaged , and tender you our most Bincere and unfeigned welcome to the " laid o ' cakes . " Sir , freedom has had , in every aga and country , noble and devoted advocates—men who bare dared to speak the . truth , when speaktag troth « aa a crime worthy of death—men who have loved their country with a love stronger than life , for they have died for their country . Rut , Sir , of allthe ages that have preceded this age , none could display a brighter galaxy of patnotic nanv . * than the age we live in , and amongst that galaxy iwo flatter not when we say it } there ia not a brigb ' er nor a nobler than th « patriotic ^ ephew of the Pat \ iottc Extleof Erin . " ¦ t ___
" iZW ^^ y ^^^^ T ^ r ^}^ fe ' ttrffiSKaft ^ as ffi ^ cf HSt eSw . film , P *» , an * devoted ^ Cart " M yob have been , by the Kndnew of Providence into the lap of fortune , yon could have Jived at your ease . Refined toeiety , with all the eleganciei of life at your cowmand , possessed of that whleh renders life easy and agreeable , and enjoying that fundamental right of man—the suffrage , you had no occasion for giving up tho sphere of life which fortune enabled you to move in to grasp the blistered hand , and , side by side with the poor and despised , contend with them a for them , impelled not by that stern necessity which s i Otvs to struggle for justice , that
Untitled Article
we may thereby get bread . Ton bad no occasion for exchanging the parlour for the prison , and becoming m voluntary sacrifice in the cause of the people ; tat prompted by the feelings of your generous awl humane nature , yon saw the _ masses oppressed , and feeling for their sufferings , you made their causa your cause , and although knowing ; how dangerous it was to be'in the right , when men in power are in th » wroDg , yon came nobly and fearlessly forward , and with a patriotism and an eloquence by which the can * of truth « u honoured , advocated those principle * ef universal justice and right , by which alone the suffer ings of the- oppressed could be alleviated , and for which you did sacrifice that happiness , comfort , aad liberty , which you eoald have enjoyedunmolested ,
by-, only turning your eyes f * em the tyrant ' s oppression * and keeping ailenee at their flagrant injustice ; but thir , O'Cennw oenld not do , an * O'Connor wfiered ; and wa » glory in the suffering whi <* > for sixteen months , yo » havejendured at tie hands- of tyranny ; it has erawd every stigma with which envy endeavoured to blot your name ; it h « purified you from every calumny ; you had to ^ bear it a * proof , if any werr wanting , that you were not the mu which your enemies , and omr enemies , would have-us believe you to- be ; It ha * proved to wNthat yo& are the same O'Connor you ever ¦ were ; the unchanged—the unftohght—ths-anpurchaaed —the unpurchasable—and , if it could be mad * stronger , it bas strengthened oar eonfldanee in year political virtue * your unyieldiBg integrity * the purity of your motives , and tho sincerity or yoar principloa . *
And let me tell yoai Sir , that in despite of every aspersion to -which your political character has been subjected , the resentment of the-mean , the aversion of " the great , the subtlety of the base , tho misrepresentation , and the eSbrts af your enemies to- make them misrepresentations effecUv « , have had no weight with the people ; , you still live in their hearts , in their esteem , and in their unshaken confidence . And , Sir , many thanks ,. and much gratitade , are tho labouring millions of tkiaxountry owing you for yoar personal exertions in their cause , for th » personal risks you have-run to promote-our interest * Yes , Sir ,, we have much to thank yon Cms , and of this much it would be difficult to select one from tha iaaoy of yo « r noble actions on which to bestow most thanks ; action * which are not the result of any sudden impulse , grren forth for effect and glare ; th « y are undrcumscribed , uniform , and" universal , grasping all mankind in their generous embrace .
Honoured Sir , accept the feeble but si&eere expression of our , gratitude , and that you may . toag live and act so as to merit and enjoy the confidmes which is . now reposed In you * and that , -when full © I years , and virtuous-honours , you may rest from yoar labours , surfr of the jatriot ' s reward , being conscious that you bav » acted the patriot ' s part , is the prayer preferred by that . assembled thousands you now behold before you .
Untitled Article
10 PEAR 6 US OCONNGB , ESQ . Honoured and Patriotic Sir , —We , tho Cfcarw tl 3 ts of Largs , County of Ayr , would bail with feeling * of delight , your appearance amongsd us this day , after sixteen months of incarceration in the dungeon of despotism . We deem it our duty bri » fly to address jon , expressing our approbation of yoar past career , and our esteem of y . omt public conduct . Aa Scotchmen , free iu heart and soul , t&ough politically and socially held in . the chains of thraldom , via scorn to play , th * part of sycophants . The language of flatterer * shaHnot be ours ; . but , in all sincerity , we award yo « our heartfelt approbation of your political career , both as an advocate o ! the people's rights , and as one wbo > bas suffered in the cause of libsrty .
Honoured Sir , we most heartily congratuivte yoa om yoar release from the felon ' s eell , in which * toe tyrants of our country Tiad immured you . Our confidence aad support you shall have , ae > long , as an honest man and sterling patriot , you are faithful to your trust , and no longer ; but , Sir , faithful in the post , yeu have onr undiminished confidence for the future . Go on , then , patriotic Sir , go on in the noble course you hav » hitherto pursued . Fear not the plots of your ' enemies , nor the calumnies of false friends ; the people will support you , aud we , the Chartists of Largs , pledge you our untiring aid until the Charter shall have become the law of the land—every despotic institutionannihilated—every unjust law swept away—and our country's greatness established upon the equal rights and happiness of all .
Untitled Article
ADDRESS OF THE IRISH CHARTISTS RESIDENT IN GLASGOW , TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . Honoured Sir , —In the simple language of one hearts , and with the generous and untutored manners of our native homes , and with blistered hands , we welcome you to onr adopted city . As exiles from tb « loved land of our fathers , compelled by tyranny to leave onr miserable hovels , made so by class legislation as th » victims of trafficking and place-hunting politicians , wo hail with delight and satisfaction the disinterested and brave O'Connor , the incorruptible advocate of the right * of labour—we welcome you , honoured and respected Feargus , from the dungeon of the base , brutal , and inhuman , but now defup'Jj whiga .
Honoured and r ^ jpeoted Sir we m not 1 ^ 3 ^ toe many atonies and misrepresentations attempted it C 1 : ilate < i PK 3 aaieml to your nnsullied character ana r > y men too , calling themselves Chartiats and moral reformers . But , Sir , we know their motives ; they have leagued themselves with our enemies for their own aggrandisement—they wish popularity , that they may sell us to our foes . Avarice and ambition are their incentives to action , and for this they would sacrifice their brave and noble friend . But , Sir , they shall fail , miserably fail , in their present attempt to injure liberty ' * best and bravest advocate— our friend and the friend of mankind , Feargus O'Connor .
Honoured Sir , —We are taunted as being men-worshippers , for the honour and respect we pay to sucft men as O'Connor , O'Brien , and M'Douall . Bat , Sir , we throw back-with disdain and contempt this foul and unfounded charge . We tell these men from this public platform , and in presence of our beavenly Father , that we will not place unlimited confidence in any human beings —we believe it to be idolatory . Wo are men who are heart and sonl for the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . We have considered these principles in all their bearings ; we will agitate for them while we breathe this world ' s air ; and we will support to the death that man , no matter what be his name , no matter what be his country , no matter what be his creed or the colour of bis skin , who has moral energy sufficient to brave every danger and lead us on to the attainment of our glorious Charter . This is not man worship—this is principle worship , if we may use the term ; and in this principle or political worship we will live and die .
Honoured and Respected Sir , our beloved brothers , the Chartists of Great Britain , are said to be our enemies , and the enemies of our country and our religion . This , Sir , is of a piece with what we have alluded to in the foregoing paragraph . Hen who are living oa the credulity of our ever generous and too confiding countrymen maka use of this accursed calumny ; they take advantage of the national and religious prejudices of Erin ' s hardy sons to sever that union so necessary to the acquirement of the fall rights of man recognised in the People ' s Charter . )
Our Honoured and Brave Countryman , we tell 70 a thua publicly , that the Chartists of Great Britain are not the enemies of our country , nor tha religion of onr country ; and , in proof of this , we fearlessly point oar calumniators to . all the demonstrations that have t * fc ^ n place since your liberation from York Castle , showing that these much-abused and ill-used Chartists hav » unanimously passed resolutions in favour of , and pledging themselves to agitate for a Repeal of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland , accompanied by the People ' s Charter . Yet , Sir , notwithstanding all this , we are told that we are opposed to the liberties of Irishmen . Base and foul calumniators ! what stronger proofs can We . give of our sincerity ?
Noble Feargus , in conclusion , we again welcome yon to Auld Scotia ; we leave you to the care of her brawny sons and fair daughters ; and as long as you are the advocate of the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , the descendants of William Wallace will defend you from your secret hypocritical enemies , as well as open foes ; but , &ir , the moment yon swerve from this Cbarter , both them and us will spam you as we have done all the traitors and apostates who are now obliged to bide their ugly heads , ia fear of that mighty weapon , public opinion .
Again we say , go on , O'Connor , the lineal descendant of Erin's ancient defenders , go on , and follow the example set by your predecessors , the chiefs of Auchinrteet go on , as did your noble father and exiled uncle , Roger and Arthur ; go on , and open up the resources of oar lovely and once-happy Hibernia ; go on , and lead usout of exile , that we may enjoy eur heart's desire—that we may live and die in our own green isle ; go on , and may Sod defend you from harm . This , Sir , is the wish and prayer of your beloTed countrymen * the Irish Chartists resident in Glasgow .
Untitled Article
ADDRESS OF THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS , TO P . O'CONNOR , ESQ . Oct . 11 th , 1841 . Honoured Sir , —We the Chartists of Glasgow and surrounding districts , congratulate you on your liberation from the tyrant ' s dungeon , where for sixteen months , you suffered the cruel persecution of an imbecile and despicable faction , for advocating those pr inciples which would five equal political equality to aflt —which would give to the labourer the just frait of hi » labours—which would enlighten the superstitious , ! a-r form th » ignorant , and deprive a tyrant aristocracy of legal plunder , anoV 4 h « monopolist of the frulU ot la . justice , and which would give the greatert poniU » lia $ plneu to the greatest possible number . ?
We are happy , Sir , we are proad to « ee you ten » - fettered , encaged ; and we tender yo » a sincere wekom » to the land of cakes . Yes , we sincttely welcome 70 * amongst us once more to take yoar stand with n * an this platform of freedom , to advocate what you have so often done , the cause of tb « poor and the oppressed . Sir , freedom has had , in every ago and country , noble and devoted advocates , men who have dared to tpejK ^ truth , when . speaking troth was » crime worl )^ - ^ death ; men ' who have loved their country ^ ^ m j - love stronger than life , for they &av « di' / j ^^ country '
Untitled Article
THE CHARTISTS OF GREENOCK . TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . HONOURED AND RESPECTED Sir , —It is with feelings of the highest pleasure and delight that we , the inhabitants of Greenock , in public meeting assembled , would now congratulate you on your escape from the fangs of your crnel oppressors , and from that unparalleled and unmerited punishment which vindictive malice bas heaped upon you , for your devotion to year country ' s cause , and ydur straightforward , manly , and consistent career in the path of truth and justice .
The name of O'Connor has long been associated with the cause of universal freedom and human happiness ; aud we are no strangers to those wrongs and sufferings that were endured by yonr illustrious father and uncle , in bthalf of the land of their nativity , and the best interests of the whole human family . Nor can we refrain from reflecting on the joys that must glow in the breast of the aged exile , to see that Northern Star which be planted with his own right hand , but whose glory was quenched for a time in the blood of his devoted countrymen , rekindled anew by one . descended from the same lineage , and to see it shedding its effulgent rays over the length and breadth of the land , lighting the whole British empire on their way to freedom and happiness .
The baaa and perfidious Whigs , envying that eloquence which they could not match , and that honesty they could not imitate , thought , by casting you into prison , that they would destroy your influence , or perhaps silence your tongue in death ; but you have lived to triumph over all your enemies , and while they are biding their crest-fallen heads from the faca of that people they have persecuted and betrayed , and while the mantle of eternal disgrace must for ever cover their Administration , you are again marching through the land in glory and triumph , admired by myriads of humnn beings who pant for an opportunity to pay you that respect which your devotion to their cause so ricbly merits . By your precepts and example you have produced a union of the toiling millions that no sophistry can destroy , and no hollow-hearted policy is able to seduce .
We regret to see your deluded ceuntrymen still under the baneful influence of those interested and mercenary politicians that have so long fattened on tkeir country ' s wrongs ; and we bail with delight the glimmering rays cf light oa their political horizon , and hope the time is not far distant , when conviction will flash on their minds that they have been betrayed , and the safety of their country , and the hope of a Repeal of the Union , will be best effected by uniting their efforts with Scotland , England , and Wales , for equal justice and universal freedom to all , regardless of sect , party , or nationality .
Go on , noble patriot , in the proud career you have hitherto pursued ; let not the calumnies of your enemies damp your energies , or abate your z ; al ; but , in spite of every puny effort , go forth , until you have completed the glorious work you have so nobly begun . We have taught our children to lisp your name with gratitude , and their mothers look on you as the political saviour of their little offspring . Thousands , and tens of thousands , have kindled the torch of liberty at the patriotic fire that glows in your bosom , and while you hold on the same upright and glorious course , you will live in the love and affections of yeur country , until yeur sun sets , amid the blessings of your species , and the grateful remembrance of generations yet unborn .
Untitled Article
YOL . IY . NO . 205 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 16 , 1841 . ™^ i ! J « S 5 ? p 2 ^ S 5 r 7 ° ¦ ' " - ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .
Untitled Article
AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVEBTISEIL i ¦ ¦¦ ; ' ¦ . . j . __ - . ~ • :
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1131/page/1/
-