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bealea tnyeltpe , and sent 1 ree to any patfc ofth * United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Office Order , for 5 a , '¦¦ : ¦ .. - . \ : :- ¦ -. / ' ' -. ¦ ' ' ¦' THB SILENT FRIEND , A MEDICAL WdftK on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into tho concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : — with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARYINDULGENCE asd INFECTION ; local and constitutional W £ AKNESS . NERVOUS IRRITATION , CON SUMPTION , and on ih » partial or total EXTINCTION •* the . REPRODUCTIVE POWERS ; with means of restoration * the destructive effects of Gonorrhaa , Gleet , Stricture , and Secoadary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner ; the Work is Embellished with Engravings , representing the deleterious influence of Mercury oh the skin , by eruptions on the head , face , and body ; with approved mode of cure f » r both sexes : followed by observations on the Obligations op MARRIAGE , and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the removal of Physical aid Constitutional Disqualifications : the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a **• SILENT FRIEND" to be c « u > suited without exposure , and with assured coatidenc * of success . ; ' "¦" .: ' . ' - ' :- ¦ - '¦' ¦ ¦' . ¦; - .. ' " . - - ; ' V Bt R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Consulting Surgeons , Leeds and Birmingham . Published by the Authors , and sold by Buckton , 50 , Briggate , Leeds ; Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Wilson , 18 , Bishopgate-street ; Purkis , Comptonstreet , Soho ; Jackson and Co ., 130 , New Bond-street , London : Guest , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life , and is exclusively : directed to the cure of such complaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System , whether constitutional or acquired , loss of sexual power , and debility arising from Syphiltio disease ;; ' and is calculated to afford decided relief to those who , by early indulgence in solitary habits , have weakened the pswers of their system , and fallen into a state ef chronic debility , by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state , and that nervous mentality kept up which places the individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life . The consequences arising from this dangerous practice are Rot confined to its pure physical result , but branch to moral ones ; leading the excited , deviating mind into a fertile field of seductive error -f-into a gradual but total degradation of manhoodinto a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature wisely instituted for the preservation of her species ; bringing on premature decripitude , and all the habitudes of old age : —such a one carries with him the form and Aspect of other me ; n ,: but without the vigour and energy of that season which his early youth bade him hope to attain .: How many men . cease to be men , or at least , cease to enjoy manhood at thirty ? How many at eighteen receive the impression of the seeds of Syphilitic disease itself ? the consequences of which travel out of the ordinary track of bodily ailment , covering the frame with disgusting evidences of its ruthless nature , and impregnating the wholesnme stream of life with mortal poison ; conveying into families the seeds of disunion and unhappiness ; undermining domestic harmony ; and striking at tho very soul of human intercourse . The fearfully abused powers of the human Generative System require the most cautious preservation ; and the debility and disease resulting from early indiscretion demand , for the euro of those dreadful evils , that such medicine should be employed that is most certain to be successful . It ia for these cases Messrs . Perry arid Co ., particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM which is intended to relieve those persons , who , by an immoderate iudulgence of their passions , have ruined their constitutions , or in their way to the consummation of that deplorable state , are affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach , as the various affections of the nervous system , obstinate gleets , excesses , irregularity , obstructions of certain evacuations , weakness , total impotenoy , barrennessj &c ; , ¦;' ¦¦ - . ' •; ¦ . As nothing can be better adapted to hew » nd nourish the constitution , so there is nothing more generally acknowledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wastiags , loss of appetite , indigestion , depression of spirits , trembling or shaking of the hands or limbs , obstinate coughs , shortness of breath , or consumptive habits . It possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of syphilis , fits , head-ache , weakness , heaviness and lowness of spirits , dimness of sight , confused thoughts , wandering of the mind , vapours and melancholy ; and all kinds of hysteric complaints are gradually moved by its use . And even where the disease of Sterility appears to have taken the firmest hold of the female constitution , the softning tonic qualities of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum will warm and purify the blood and juices , increase tho auimal spirits , invigorate and revive the whole animal machine , and remove the usual impediment to maternity . This medicine is particularly recommended to be taken before perstins enter into the Matrimonial Statje , lest in the event of procreation occurring , the innocent offspring should bear enstamped upon it the physical characters derivable from parental debility , or evil eruptions of a malignant tendency , that are most assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence . ; Sold in Bottles , price 11 s . each , or the quantity of four in one Family bottle for S 3 a ., by which one 11 s . bottle is saved . Prepared only by Messrs . PERRY & Co ., Surgeons , 44 , Albion-street , Leeds , ( Private Entrance in the Passage , ) and 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham . Observe , none are genuine without ; the signature of R . & L . PERRY AND Co . impressed in a stamp on the outside of each wrapper , to imitate which is felony of the deepest dye . The Five Pound cases , ( the purchasing of which will be a saving of ono pound twelve shillings ;) may be had as usual at 44 , Albion-streot , Leeds , and 4 , Great ; Charles-Btrcet , Birmingham ; and Patients in the country who require a course of this admirable medicine , should send Five Pounds by letter , which will entitle them to the full benefit of such advantage . ' :. : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - .-. ¦; ¦ ' ¦ . - ¦ " ' - ¦¦ .. .- ¦ ' ' : ' -. - ' : ' V- . '' ¦ May be had of all Booksellers , Druggists , and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country throughout the United Kingdom , the Continent of Europe and America . Messrs . PERRY expect when consulted by letter , the usual fee of one pound , without which , no notice whatever can be taken of the communication . Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the deta-1 of their cases j as to the duration of the complaint , the symptoma , age , habits of living , and general occupation . Medicines can bo forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulty can occur , as they will be securely packed , and carefully protected from observation PERRY'S PURiFYlNG SPECIFIC PILLS , Price % . ? d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lls . per box . ( Observe the signature of R . and L . PERRY and Co . on the outside of each wrapper ) are weU known throughout Europe and America , to be the most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and Bymptom of the Venereal Disease , in both sexes , including Gonorrhea , Gleets , Secondary S ymptoms , Strictures , Seminal Weakness , Deficiency and all diseases of the Uriharv Passages ^ without loss of time , confinement , or hindrance from business ^ They have effected the most surprising cures , not only in recent and severe . basojsr , ¦ but when salivation and all other means have failed and are of the utmost importance to those afflicted with Scorbutic Affections , Eruptions on any part of the body , Ulcerations , Scrofulous or Venereal Taint , being justly calculated to cleanse the blood from all foulnei = Sj counteract every morbid affection , and restore weak and emaciated constitutions to pristine health and vigour ,
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It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to this horrid disease , owing to the anskilfulness Of illiterate men ; who , by the use of that deadly poison , meronry / ruin the constitution , causing ulcerationB , blotches on the head , face , and body , dimness of sight , noise in the ears , deafness , obstinate gleets ; nodes on the shin bones , ulcerated sore throat , diseased nose , with noctural pains in the head and limbs , till at length a general debility of the constitution ensues , and a melancholy deatk puts a period to their dreadful sufferings . > ¦ : , ; . Messrs . Perry » nd Co ., Surgeons , may be consulted as usual at 44 , Albion-street , Leeds , and 4 i Great Charles-street , ( fow » 'do 6 rs from Easy-row , ) Birmingham , punctually , from Elevea in the Morning until Eight in the Evening , and om Sundaysjfrom Eleven till One . Only one personal visit is required from a country patient ; to enable Mesatti , Perry and Co to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure , after all other means have proved ineffectuaL ; ' V ' N . ti ^ Coton ^ Dt ^ Medicine Venders , and every other Shopkeeper can be supplied with any quantity ofT Perry' 8 PurUyinfi Specific Pills , and Cordial Balm of Syriacum , with the usual allowance to the Trade , by most of the prinoipal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in ' London . ' '' - -V ,: . ' -.., ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ •• : ¦ - % . ¦ . :- - . " :: ¦ : ¦' : ¦¦ ' ¦ - '"¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦"¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ; - -
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Medical liyviGE . TO THB AFFLICTED WITH SCURVY , VENEREAL , OR SYPHILITIC DISEASES , HHEUMATISM , AJTD NKBVOU 3 OB SEXUAL DBBILITY . ^ : ; : , " - ' .:: ' ; ' -., / ' .. : ' . - ^ . ;\ \ iS ^\^^^ $ 6 ^ - SURGEON , &c . 13 4 Trafalgar Street , Leed ? . And every Thursday ^ at No . A , George Street , ¦ . V ; ; - ¦ ; . '¦ . '' , - ¦ Bradfbrdj ¦/ . ¦; ; . " . H AVING devoted his studies for many years exclusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities arising from a seoret indulgence in a delusive and destructive habit , and to the successful treatment of ¦ ~ - ' l r ' . ' ¦ ' - ' ¦ '¦ . -: ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' % : ¦'¦ '' ' : ¦ '' ¦ . ¦¦' ¦ : VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC DISEA $ ES , Continues to be consulted from nine in tho morning till ten' at night , and on Sundays till two , —and country patiehts requiring his assistance , b y making only one personal visit , will receive such advice an < medicines as will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual cure , when all other means have failed . In recent cases of a certain disorder a perfect cure is completed in one week , or no charge made for medicine after that period , and in those cases where other practititiontra have failed , a perseverance in his plan , without restraint in diet , or hindrance from business , will ensure to the patient a permanent and radical cure . ; : . : It frequently happens that ia moments of thoughtlessness a person imbibes a disease where suspicion is least likely to be excited ; this state of security leads to a want of caution which aggravates the nature of the complaint . But where immediate application is made , the corroding poison ia checked in its infancy , smothered ere it takes root , and destroyed before its venom can effect a perceptible appearance in the system . —Where the disease has been allowed to exist and remain , the more cause have we to fear the undermining influence of this poison , and a mere removal of its external appearance is not to be depended upon ; a thorough cure must be achieved to prevent a return of the disease , and leave the system free from all infection . A complete knowledge of the symptoms and treatment of these insidious and dangerous diseases , can only be acquired by those who are in daily practice , and have previously gone through a regular course of Medical Instruction ; for , unfortunately , there are hundreds who annually fall victims to the ignorant use of Mercury and other dangerous remedies , administered by illiterate men , who ruin the constitution by suffering disease to get into the system , which being carried by the circulation of the blood into all parts of the body , the whole frame becomes tainted with venereal poison , and most unhappy consequences ensue , at one time affecting the Bkin , particularly the head and face , with eruptions and ulcers , closely resembling , and often treated as scurvy , at another period producing the most violent pains in the limbs and bones , which are frequently mistaken for rheumatism ; thus the whole frame becomes debilitated and decayed , and a lingering death puts a period to their dreadful Bufferings . What a grief for i young person in the very prime of life , to be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments of / life ; by a disease always local at first , and which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or ignorance . ; . . ;; "' -: v ! ' ;¦ ¦ ¦ : ; : ' - ' : [ - ' ¦¦' : ¦ ¦ : . Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for cure , -which he pledges himself to perform , or return his fee . For the accommodation of either sex , where distance or delicacy prevents a personal visit , his PURIFYING DROPS , price . 4 s . 6 d ., can bo had of any of the following agents , with printed directions so plain , that they may cure themselves without even the knowledge of a bed-fellow . They are particularly recommended to be taken before personB enter into the matrimonial state , lest the indiscretions 01 a parent are the source of vexation to him the remainder of his existence , by afflicting his innocent but unfortunate offspring with the evil eruptions of the malignant tendency , and a variety of other complaints , that are most assuredly introduced by the 6 ame neglect and imprudence . . AGENTS . Hull—At the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , and Mr . Noble ' s Bookseller , Market-place . Leeds . —At the Times Office , and of Mr . Heaton , 7 , Briggato . . Wakefield—Mr . Hurst , Bookseller . Halifax—Mr . Hartley , Bookseller . Huddersfield—Mr , Dowhirst , 39 , New-street . London—No . 4 , Cheapside , / Barnsley-- ^ Mr , Harrison , Bookseller , Market-pl . York—Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 6 , Coney-street . Bradford- ^ John Crossley , Stationer , 3 , Ivegate . Ripon—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Marketplace . Knaresboro' and High Harrogate—Mr . Langdale , Bookseller . Manchester—Mr . Watkinson , Druggist , 6 , Marketplace . Beverley—Mr . Johnson , Bookseller . Boston—Mr . Noble , Bookseller . Louth—Mr . Hurton , Bookseller . Liverpool—At the Chronicle Office , 25 , Lord-street . Sheffield—At the Iris Office . Mr . W ., is to be consulted every day at his Residence , from Nine in the Morniag till Ten at Night , and on Sundays from Nine till Two . OBSERVE-13 , TRAFALGAR-ST . LEEDS . Private Entrance , 57 , Nile-street .
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TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ STAR . ¦ ¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦¦ , - ¦ ,: . THE Readers of this Newspaper will have seen advertised every week for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking P ARR'S LIFE PILLS . These accounts , from their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who have tried the Medicine , have produced a very large sale ^ consequent on such recommendations . For the sake of unlawful gain , unprincipled parties have attempted various imitations , dangerous and disreputable ; and , in order to prevent disappointment , and guard against these impostors , it is seiiously and particularly requested that you will , on purchasing tho Medicine , carefully examine the Government Stamp , and be sure it has the words "Parr's Life Pills , " in white letters , on a red ground engraved thereon , Without which it is an IMPOSITION . * OLD PARR 1 Life is not life , unlesss 'tis blessed with health , Tho'rioh in fame and unincumbered wealth , Tho ' under sunny sky or frigid polar star Life without health is nought—then hailto thee OLD 1 » ARB ! What mighty treasures are by thee revealed , More than Peruvia ' s mines can ever yield ! Not rich Golconda ' s glittering diamond rare Can purchase health , —then hail to thee ; old : parr ! 'Twas thy high purpose to make known to man , The power to lengthen out on earth , his little span Of liie , —which erst was woe and care , But now is bright with joy , thro'thee old parr ! Thousands late racked with agonising pa _ in , Now feel new vigour thrill thro' every vein ! Disease no longer shall tkeir pleasures mar ; They bless the day they heard of thee old parr ! Hail glorious boon ! hail gift benign ! Go forth from polo to pole , to every clime , Let every Iaiid , both hear and farj ¦ Possess the blessing left by theo OLD PARR ! . .:. ¦;*• The author of this humble rhyme dictates it with a respectful feeling of gratitude to the Propri etbrs of Parr ' s Life Pills , which have been , under the blessing of God , a means of restoring him to a new life after a long period of aggravated suffering . London , April 20 . J . R . B . The proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills beg to state that they attach neither merit or importance to the j above lines , but present them to the public as the \
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FROST MR . M 0 TTEHSHEAD , CHEMIST ; MARKET-PLACE , )¦} ... ; : •• } - '• ' : }} ; 7- ; . ^ v - ; -: kANCHBMEttV - V- ; ; , ' _ ' ¦> , \\/ V . /; _ ' ' i « To tte PrOj ^^ *« GBNTiEkEJ ^ -rl feel ikiny "duty for the good cf suffering mankind , to ^ ehd you > thia . true statement of the astonishing effects which , Parr ' s Pills have produced upon me , and also upon _ D » y wifer ; and daughter . Myself and wife hav& both been fitrangera to gopdieal ^ for neatly ; twrentjr years , until we accidentally heard tell of your pills , which we have taken for several weeks , and their effects upon us have been almost miraculous , both now feeling young , strong , ai * d in health ; , nay daughter , also , has found taem equally benefloiaLj- ii , ;;^ 1 ;^ . . ^ - M You may refer any , one to me who at all doubts the truth of this , and you may , make any use 70 a think proper-of ^ this . Testimonial . , ' : > : ' . -: ; " I remain in health , / < ; , ; , ¦ ¦ . ; : ; - < ¦ ~/ , ' \ ,-: ^\ . ' r "Your obliged KratefulflerVanJ ; ¦ ' : ;;' . ¦ ^ . yZ . . ¦ ,. ¦ :: / .: / . ¦ ,- : „ ¦ " James Lbschbbin , . "Grove Place ^ Ardwick , near Manchester . ¦ : ¦ ¦ : *• Witness—fJohn WHigcwoRTH . i ^~ •' May 18 , 1 $ 41 . " V -V ] , -,: ^ UC- i , , .- / " William Wildy No . 1 , South Street , Manchester , hereby publicly states , that after being oat of health for a many years , although he had used every means recommended to him without success , chanced to hear of Parr s Pills , which have done him more good in a few weeks , than all the physic he has taken for years ; He earnestly recommends them to the sick and afflicted , having proved their infinite ¦ value . ; - ';}¦ ¦ - ¦"¦ ¦¦¦ : ' : ¦¦ ¦ ^ Signed ) - ; - :. ¦ : . -: ' ¦ ^ /¦ : ¦ ^ May ^ 1841 . '* " M WuiUM Wjid . "
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iXTRAQpblNARY CASE . —^ Mrs . Joseph Simpson has been severely afflicted , for the last 30 yeajs , with a violent cough and difficulty of breathing . The affliction has been" so severe that she could not fulfil her domestic obligations . She took cold when enly 15 years old , and the cough never left her till she took Parr'B Life Pills ^ She had tried almost every kind of medicine , and had taken laudanum in large quantities , but nothing afforded relief . , . : . - : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .- ¦'• .:.. ¦ - : V :- ; .... ¦ •'¦ '¦[¦ - " \; , r ~ : ' ¦ . - , -y . . She heard of Parr ' s Pills about last Christmas , and as soon as she had taken about half a box she found herself completely cured , and was never afflicted in the slightest manner during the severe weather that followed , and is now better in health than phe has ever been in her life . . ¦ V - This cure does indeed appear miraculous , but for the satisfaction of the most incredulous , she has kindly consented to answer any inquiries , either by 5 ersonal application , or by letter addressed " Mrs . oseph Simpson , Church-hill Close , Old Lenton , near Nottingham . " ; - CAUTION-BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS . In order to protect the Public from imitations , tke Hon ., Commissioners of Stamps have ordeied "Parr ' s Life Pills , " to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to eaoh box , without which n 0 Qe *** genuine .-. / :. ' ¦ ¦ . - ; •;• ' -:. . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦¦ - '• - "¦ ' " '; - ; ¦ ¦ - ' - ' : Price Is . l&d ., 2 s . 9 d ., and family boxes lls . each Full directions are given with each box . . Sold b y most respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and Country ; to be had wholesale of Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' e , London . " " Wholesale Agents—Mr . Edwards , St . * Paul ' s Church-yard , London ; J . Hobson , StarOffice , Mar' et-street , Leeds ; and may be had also of all medicine vendors- . ¦ > ..- ¦ ¦ "' / y ' . y . " ; - ^ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ';¦ ' ¦ Gratis . —The Life and Times of Old Parr , 32 pages , with Engravings , may b « had gratis of all Agents . . ¦¦ ¦¦'¦ . ¦ ., ¦ •;• . ¦' ¦ . ¦ ¦' -. '¦¦; ;/ :- ¦ ' ' : r
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This day is published , price Twopence , AN ADDRESS on the Benefits of General Knowledge ; more especially the Sciences of Mineralogy , Geology , Botany , and Entomology . By the late . Rowland Detrosier . Third Edition . " We most earnestly recommend this little book to every body . " --SyaOTt « wv Important Work by the same Author . Now on Sale , price Threepence , Sixth Edition , AN ; ADDRESS on the Necessity of an Extension of Moral and Political Instruction among the Working Classes ^ : By the late Rowland Detrosier . With-a memoir of the Author . " This is : the best piece of composition on the Bubject to which it refers in the English language , written by a man of unconquerable zeal , surpassing talent , and true patriotism ; who raised himself from among working men to the admiration of the good and intellectually great throughout the kingdom , and who devoted his life to the improvement of his kind . No man can know bis duty to himself and his children who has not read this powerful ttasit" —Maidstone Gazette .
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SHEFFIEUD . ( From our own Correspondent . J U . sl BArRSTOWs Lectum . —Mr . Bairstow deli-Tared tiis second lecture in the Town Hall , oa Wednesday evening , Dee . 29 th . Mr . Ludlam was again . called , to ffi » casir , and Mr . B-, who was received with load ckeering , commenced his discourse , his subject being , — "The origin , rise , progress , principles ,. objects , and prospects of Chartism . '' It has been said , observed the lecturer , that Chartism was dead ; this had been declared from the lips of & Whig . Attorney-General—had been echoed by a corrupt press—had been sounded through the length and breadth of the land—would he dare to gainsay it then ? " No ; but if Chartism was dead , or if it had ever died , he was there
to stand upon its tomb , asd bid it , in the people ' s name , come forth . ( Cheers . ) Chartism , like all great changes , and all great principles , had sprang from the raiJra of the working classes—that people from whom had emanated every beneficial change , every improvement in society ; Chartism owed ; not its origin to the present generation ; no , in other days , in other Mmes , a Gerald and a Muir , a CsrtwrighD ani a . Hnnt , bad , in defiance of persecution , advocated the principles of Chartism—principles which had -descended to us a precious heir-loom , which we will transmit acknowledged and established in the land , a heiitage to our children . ( Cheers . ) It unfortunately waa the case that so long as the people could exist in comparative comfort , ao long were they content to be
politically slaves . You never caa make the millions complain until suffering under terrible in justice , and all relief or alleviation of their misery denied them , they begin to ask , why is it that we produce and must not enjoy ? It is when the millions find themselves »^ v ; ^ g i » misery , robbed by the tax-eater and profit-Xnanger , the iron heel of adamantine oppression crushing tJ )« n in the dust ; then do they speak in a voice of thunder and demand the rights we call Chartismrighta that must , that will be conceded whenever the millions shall demand their own enfranchisement , for £ he voice of the people is the voice of God . ( Cheers . ) Our principles are none the less holy , none the less ¦ valuable , though in their assertion , martyrs perish and patriots fall , oceans of blood may be shed , and
revolution may come . What is revolution ? If is a change resisted too long , conceded too late . The oppressors of the poor are deaf to their cries ; the tyrants of the people Bcorn their demands : they employ fraud and force to stifle the voice of freedom , and stem thg progress of liberty , until the people , wearied of misery and slavery , rise in the strength of their fearful might , end with tiger-like fury dash to destruction all who oppose them . ( Enthusiastic cheera . ) Much as thejpress may calumniate our principles , the truth will triumph , and those principles will yet be the all-acknowledged , and triumphant over every opposition . Many wonder bow it is that the working classes can be s « bund to their own interests , as to allow themselves to he led- by ^ PCTyntncr mgn —how they I an be so itabborn and so
Stupid m to be led fwmthe "big loaf , " with all the attendant blessings of " cheap bread , "high wages / pad " plenty to do , " to follow after an ephemeral object—a visionary phantom , that must ever elude their grasp . ( Laughter . ) Strange it is , no doubt , especially when -we remember the means , the influence that has been used to induce people t « -join the middle class , for the obtainment of " practical measures . " I Manufacturers , shipowners , factory lords , shopkeepers , dissenting ministers , understrappers , pimps , and lickspittles , bare all combined—have employed by turns corruption sad intimidation to effect their ends , but all in vain . JEbe working classes , meeting their employers in the arena of public discussion , have negatived , to their teeth , then humbug resolutions , and quack nostrums :
the working classes have declared , over and oveiagain , that they will not agitate for a repeal of the Corn laws . lLoud cheers . ) Well , and after all , the Morning Chrmide has been forced to avow—compelled Jo acknowledge that the course pursued by the Chartists was a wise one ; yes , after all the abuse and misrepresentation—after all the calumny and slander heaped upon- the Chartists by the Whig press , the great c * gan of Whiggery had been compelled to . acknowledge that the Chartists had acted wisely Kid welL Many of the public journals were abandoning Wbiggery ; it was just he should mention and give his meed of praise to the Tionamjormisl , a p aper that had defended th « principles of the Charter seriatim ; tfeathaA by its brilliant and convincing
arguments , removed a thousand prejudices , and already con-Terted to our cause thousands of the middle class . ( Cheers . ) If there is not the enthusiastic zsal of the past pervading our ranks , there is instead thereof a & steady determination hat affords , nay , assures a better issue of the struggle . Fa * be it from him to depredate the exertions and labours of the patriots of thirty-nine ; they were men who encountered terrible obstacles ; t 2 iey were men who braved no ordinary dangers , and if they failed in achieving the deliverance of their counfey , the failure was owing not so much to faults » f their own , as to the lack of union and resolution amongst fha people . We are told that out principles are impracticable—my answer is , look to America ; when we see thousands of Europe ' s oppressed children flying
&oni the homes of their fathers , tosses in the land of liberty 2 shelter and a refuge , did not that prove to a demonstration , not only that our principle ? are true , 4 > ut also that where those principles -were carried dnt , men were anxious to live . After earnestly exhorting the meeting to do their utmost to obtain signatures to the National Petition , Mr . B . concluded a lengthy . and jpirpassingly eloquent address by warmly eulogising the character of that excellent patriot , Thomas Cooper , the leader of the Leicester Chartists , and sat down amidst repeated and enthusiastic cheers . Mr . Julian Hsmey , said he rose for the purpose of moving a resolution he . beld in his yvatft . They would remember that some few ¦ weeks back , » meeting of anti-Corn Law delegates ¦ vrsa lieldat Manchester , at this meeting Mr . Joseph Sturge ,
ef Birmingham , attended . A conversation upon the Bubjbct of class-legislation took place , and the opinion generally expressedj was , that thi 3 was Ihe principal canae of the Com Laws and wQ . the other evils borne by the industrious-classes ^ a fact , by the bye , the Chartists for four years past bad been dinning in the" ears of these numskull Re-Dealers . Well , " better late than never , " and a new light having shone upon the delegates , they appointed iMessrs . 8 targe and Sbarman Crawford to draw up a document which should be a bond of union for the middle and working classes . Well , aftar three or four weeks " serious consideration , " this document appears , a&d apreeions production it was . It declared —what ? Why , what every man knew-before hand ,
that the majority of the people are unrepresented I "Why there is not a Tory in the land but would- acknowledge this , but having acknowledged it , would be go further , would he help the people to obtain their lights ? No ; he would say it was not expedient the people should be represented . Aye ,- and if they do sot say , so think the Corn Law Repealers—in the Tthm they are no friends to the principle of universal representation . Glad he ( Mr . H . ) was that Mr . Shar-« Tia .-n Crawford had nothing to do with this humbug ; and although Mr , Starge's name was appended to it , be had too high an opinion of tbe honesty of that gentleman , whom he ( Mr . H . ) respected for his many labours in the cause of humanity , to believe that this only and wholly was bis work . He had a notion , as
the Yankee ' s say , that tbe original document had passed through the sisre of certain parties ere it had been permitted to see the light with Mr . Storge ' s name affixed . ( Hear , hear . ) They knew what parties he meant , the Cobdens , Potters , Greigx , and Marshalls , fellows who Would prefer the rule of the devil himself to the triumph of democracy . ( Cheers . ) Be ( Mr . H . ) deemed it bis duty to warn tie people against this dap-trap " ; ¦ what need was there of giving tiree or four weeks ' " serious consideration" to the drawing np of -this or any other document ? Was there not a document already in existence , a document , ss the signatures to the National Petition would show , that had received Ihe approval of a majority of the nation—their glorious Charter ? ( Cheers . ) If the Com Law Repealers
bad become converts to the principle of universal fjuftrage , let them , being the minority , submit t * the ¦ wi ll and adopt that document that had received the sanction of the majority . ( Loud cheers .- ) He would not be at all surprised hut that this documeni would be followed up . by some scheme of organisation ' , by iray of drawing the people from the National Charter Association ; the Repealers would no d » nbt want to " get rid of Feargus" and the Executive Council , but fee trusted they would faiL { Cheers . ) Let the people lemember the fable of the wolves and the sheen ; the solves entered into a treaty of peace with the sheep , the latter believing the hypocritical professions of the former foolishly consented to give up their dogs , and TeosSve in return the cubs of the wolves as hostages of
the faith of both parties ; it was not long ere the dogs being set upon were basely murdered , and the sheep deprived of their faithful protectors , attacked from without and betrayed within , fell an easy prey to their enemies . Such would he the fate of the people if they : abandoned those whom they had tiied and proved to I be false . If the middle class are honest let them adopt our Charter , and join our association ; he was not « p- i posed to the union of the two classes , on the contrary ! be desired it , but it must be a union the basis of which i » us justice , the object of which was the equal rights of sH—yield not a hair ' s breadth of the Charter—whole > and entire let it be our watchword and demand . ' Mr , ' Barney concluded by proposing the adoption of the ; loilowing resolution : — " We , th « Chartists of Sheffield , having waited with a degree of trustful expectation lot the public appearance of a document announced by
2 ir . Joseph Sfcurge , of Birmingham , which document we bad been led to expect would contain the development of a fair and equitable scheme whereby the middle and \ rorking elasses of *> " « country might unite for obtaining universal rights , hereby decl are , now Mr . Sturge ' a . document has been published , that we regard it with feelings of unqualified disapprobation , as being no more jh * n ' a mere negation of the justice of political rule as at present exercised in this kingdom , and in no way "whatever as a distinct and unequivocal acknowledgment of the right or every masare Englishman to the suffrage ; and we / uitherHiore declare that whatever prepositions for a political alliance may , in future , be made to us , as ¦ wo rking-men , by the middle classes , vre will most unreservedly and unhesitatingly reject theia , unless Jhij coama aa entire and hearty acknowledgment of
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the principles developed in the People's Charter . ?' Mr . Hollyoake considered the document of Mr . Sturge an insult to the working classes—here had the people repeatedly declared that the Charter alone would'they aecept , and now when the Corn Law Repealers found they could not deceive the people , they come to those they have strove to delude , and offer them something less than they have repeatedly declared they insist upon having—he would say , let the people insist upoa having their Charter in full , and if the middle-class would not be content to give them their Charter , let the people
insist upon having something more . ( Cheers . ) If they demanded more than the Charter they might get it—if they consented to take less they would get nothing , but would be deceived and juggled as they had been before . Mr . Hollyoake concluded an excellent address , in the course of which he "was loudly cheered , by seconding the resolution ; one forest of hands declared the resolution unanimously adopted . The thanks of the meeting having been voted to Mr . Bairstow and the chairman , and tbe hut part of the Chartist anthem sung in full chorus , three cheers was given for the Charter and no surrender , and the meeting dissolved .
The Welsh Mahttbs . —In reply to a memorial of the Sheffield Chartists in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , the following has been received by Mr . Harney from tbe Horn j Office : — ¦ ' . --.- . " Whitehall , 23 rd Dec , 1841 . " Sik , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zepaaniah Williams , I am directed to express to yon his reg et that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "
The Sheffield Chartists mtmorialised the Queen—not Sir James Graham : it was the duty of Sir James to have presented the memorial to the Sovereign , and returned her answer—not his own . This straw thrown up shows -which way the wind blows . Tbe Queen is the Qaeen of the faction in power for the time beingnot the Qaeen of the people . No mercy , no justice need the people expect at the hands of the men at present having sway . Well , let them buckle on their armour ; let them prepare for the great moral struggle fast approaching : a struggle in which triumphant , as we shall be , if all will pull together , will realise our Charter law , and restore to their country our banished friends .
Rotheeh am . —A public meeting was held at Rotherham , on Thursday evening , December 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the National Petition . Mr . Ibbet ^ on was called to the chair . Mr . Ramsden moved the adoption of the Petition . Mr . Lindley seconded tbe motion . Mr . Baintow supported the Petition , and delivered a most eloquent and truly masterly address , in which he triumphantly refuted every objection brought against the principles of Chartism . The Petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Harney moved the adoption of the resolution denunciatory of Sturge ' s document , previously adopted at Leicester , Loughborough , and Sheffield . Mr Steele seconded the resolution , which was unanimously carried . The Chartist anthem was teen sung ; and thanks having been voted to Mr . Bairstow , the meeting dissolved .
MANCHESTER . —Last week a placard appeared on the walls of this town , railing a public meeting for new year ' s day , to petition fora repeal ef the corn laws , an 4 compensation for injuries inflicted upon society by such laws . The Chartists seeing this , immediately issued a counter placard , warning the working classes against being led astray , and calling upon then to come forward and prove to their enemies that they were not to be made tools of by any party ; and toagitite for nothing less than a full measure of justice . The placard put out by the league , though it was said to be a public meeting , stated that the chair would betaken at twelve o ' clock , by Mr . Alderman Brooks . —On the Friday evening a number of individuals belonging to the league , who are Trilling to do any dirty job which may be laid out for
them ; a horde of tools who are hanging about , at one time denouncing the Chartists as Tory tools , and at another professing Chartism to the back bone , in order to glean what they can from them , waited upon Mr . James Leach , to know whether the placard was officially issued—and being answered in the affirmative , they -went recruiting for an army for the next day , in order to carry their resolutions by physical force ; their bounty being a good swig of whisky , and a few shillings . On the morning of meeting the police were collected and marched down the streets , which caused considerable excitement . About eleven o ' clock the hall wad surrounded by a vast crowd , amongst whom were the leaders of the Stephenson ' s-square and Carpenters' Hall butcheries . Policemen were at the door to prevent all
but the privileged class from entering , whilst parties were going in at the side doors until the front seats were occupied . Alderman Brooks took the reporters of the Manchester papers , in by the side doors , whilst the reporter of the Star , was shoved back by the police and- refused admittance until twelve o ' clock . When the doors were opened there wss a general rush into the HalL The reporters for the press for Manchester asd district were comfortably seated , whilst the reporter for the Star had not even sufficient room to lay Ms book down to write , but was compelled to hold it in his hand amid the crowd , being all the time crushed and shoved about by the presssure . The reporter told Mr . Watkins , -who acted in the capacity ef general , that he should protest against the proceedings , and was told in
reply , he might protest and go to the devil if he liked . Around the platform were placed all the leaders of the bludgeon men . The audience seemed impatient for the commencement of business , upon which a Mr . Duggan rose a&d proposed Mr . Brooks to take the chair , a person seconded it and before any person could even have time to speak , much less propose any one else , he proceeded to put the motion to the meeting . Mr . Linney said that he could not tell whether it was carried against him or not , and demanded another show , to which Mr . Watkins , in tbe opacity of general and prompter objected , ilr . Brook and others wtre ashamed of his conduct and insisted uponLinney having an opportunity of seeing whether there was a majority or not The audience seeing the fair manner in which Brooks defended the right
of Linney to take the sense of the meeting were highly pleased ; and , as another Chairman was proposed , Linney requested the meeting to hold up again , and decided that the majority was in favour of Mr . Brooks . All that the Chartists wanted was free , equal , and fair discussion ; and it mattered not to them who was Chairman , bo that be dealt honestly , and procured every man a hearing . Mr . Brooks , in opening the meeting , sai d that he had been at a meeting on the night previous till twelve o ' clock ; and , when he returned home , he sat down to prepare himself for that day . He had come to the conclusion that the Corn Laws were base , bloody , brutal , and unrighteous . Mr . Ra-wson moved the the first resolution in a regular anti-Corn Law speech . ; and was seconded by Mr . Watkins in a mere echo of a tale a
thousand and one times told . Mr . Falby , of Macclesneld , was called upon to support the resolution . In the course ot a long , rambling , harangue , he uttered some scandalous , and insulting imputations against his townsman , Mr . West , endeavouring to prove him a supporter of the Corn Laws . The cotton masters , he said , were tyrants , and would rednce -wages , bo long as they had the power . In a short time after , he praised the cotton masters , for not dropping wages when they had the power . Tke speaker continued for upwards of an hour , putting forth contradictory positions , and was highly applauded by the respectable class . His address waa a complete tissue of spleen , abuse , and nonsense . There certainly was one sentence something like consistency , which was , that the working classes had
nothing against machinery , but against the monopoly , and unfair regulation of it Messrs . Leach , Linney and Candy wished to submit as amendment ; but , instead of the Chairman soliciting a bearing , he played the same game as Cobden did at the Stephensonsquare butchery , and put it to the meeting as to whether they should be heard or not ; of course , he immediately decided against them ; he said the amendment was altogether irrevelent , and asked whether they would allow them to speak , to ¦ which the "bludgeon men" replied in the negative ; and by the by , every speaker declared himself to be a Chartist , but denounced , in the most bitter terms , Feargus 0 Connor , and other leaders . "P repare to meet
your God" Finnigan spoke next , and during his speech fighting was going on in all parts of the room in the presence of the Chairman , without the least attempt to prevent it The petitien and resolutions were carried by intimidation and force , and ought * obe labelled "the petition of the bludgeon men . * ' Mr . Fleming said , if the proceedings of the meeting were correctly reported , it ¦ would not have much weight upon the public mind ; they were disgraceful The League , in order to ensure a triumph and to carry their point , selected Irishmen for speakers who endeavoured to work upon the prejudices of their countrymen who understood nothing about the question at issue , and thus make it dangerous for any but their own party to be in the room . The proceedings ended in great confusion .
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE . —A Chartist tea party and soiree took place on New Year ' s Eve , in the National Charter Association Room , Old Factory , Wellington-road , Charlestewn , in honeur of the opening of their new room . The room was mest tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , &c . Notwithstanding there were a large number of tea parties in the town on the same day , at six o ' clock 300 sat down to tea , which , with its accompaniments , were of the best quality and were served up with an unsparing hand . Ample
justice having been done to the cheer , the tables were removed , when a large number were admitted at twopence each , to partake in th « evening ' s amusements , consisting of songs , recitations , and danp- *" ! Mr . Geo Johnson was chairman for the evening ; after he had addressed the meeting , he called upon Mr . William Aitken and Mr . Wilcox , who each addressed the company . The eld year was dismissed and the new year ushered in by singing the Chartist National Anthem . A vote of thanks were given the Committee for the excellent manner the tea party was got up .
SliODWlCK , neae OldhjlM . —The Instruction Society of this place took tea together on Nsw Year ' s Day . Ninety-five sat down , and afterwards spent a comfortable evening . WARLINGTON . —A public meeting was held here on the 29 th ult , -when an address of congratulation to her Majesty , and praying for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners , was adopted .
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CITY OF LONJJOIf . —Mr . R . € ameron ,. or Finsbury , delivered a ^ ery tfloquent > and instructive lecture on the growth and progress of Chartism , in tbe Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , last Sunday ^ evening , to a crowded congregation of respectable working men and ¦ women ; the lecture lasted an hour and twenty minutes . Mr . Cater gave out the follow . ng announcements . Next . Sunday morning this Hall will be opened at half-past ten o ' clock , for reading and discussion ; and in the evening of the same day , Mr . Stallwood will ^ lecture . Free admission to the public on each occasion . Also on the Tuesday following , Jan . 11 th , Mr . J . Watkins will lecture on the present distressed state of the country . — Every Monday night , a concert and ball will take place in this room . Tickets' of admission , threepence each , to be had of the committee of - management , —Forty shareholders' cards are undisposed of by the committee of the Institute , which can be taken up by the ft lends to the cause at sixpence per week j aharea 5 s . each .
Masons . —Decry Lank Locality . —This association met , as usual , at the Craven ' s Head , on Saturday last , Mr . James Lambert in the chair , when the minutes of last meeting having been confirmed , it was determined to the send five shillings to the Executive . ' DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly mseting at No . 14 , North Anne-street , on Sunday , the 2 nd of January , 1842 . At one o ' clock , Mr . Henry Clark was e * lled to the chair . Mi . Dempiies , in the absenee of Mr . Brophy , was appointed Secretary pro tern . The Chairman said , as there were several Btrangers present , he felt it his duty to explain as briefly as possible , the objects of the Association , and the principles upon which it was : founded . Prior to the formation of this Association , there did not
exist in Ireland any regularly and legally organised society founded for the purpose of petitioning the legislature , in favour of the rights or the working classes . There never was a petition laid on the table of the Imperial Parliament , praying that the Irish working classes of twenty-one years and upwards , be admitted within the pale of the constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) It has often been truly said in this spacious room , that the Irish labourers would sever be treated as human beings , until every man of twenty-one years of age and upwards , would have a vote , and thatis what we are looking for . Our object la to seek , by every lawful and constitutional means for Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , Payment of
Members , and the Repeal of the Union . ( Hear , hear . ) These are our objects ; they ore plain , clear , open , and defined . There can be no mistake about them . We have no secrets . We are most anxious : to see all our acts and deeds published ; and : all our books , papers , list of members , finances , and so forth , are open for the inspection of the authorities at all reasonable hours . We neither send delegates to any society , nor receive delegates from any . We are , in the strictest sense , a petitioning sosiety . We seek for the accomplishment of our objects by no other means than that of petition : and we are well advised that our society is lawful in every respect . ( Hear , bear , and loud cheering . ) Mr . Clark resumed the chair , amidst great cheering . Mr . Rafter called the attention of the Association to a
speech of Mr . O'Connell ' s , delivered at the Corn Exchange on Tuesday last , and published in ^ he Morning and Weekly Register , in which he insinuated , in as vile and truculent a manner as ever he ( Mr . Rafter ) had read , that their respected President ( Mr . O'Higgins ) would one day or other appear in the witness-box to swear away their lives . ( Shane , shame , ) He begged pardon—what Mr . OConnell did say was , " be would like to see him in the witness-box swearing against the wretched persons he had deluded ; he would be glad to see him prosecute tbe objects of his delusion , but he would sot like to see the objects of that delusion explode . " This sentence answers a double purpose j it directs the attention of the Attorney-General to our Association , -while at the same time it holds up Mr .
O'Higgins to his countrymen as an infamous character —a man to be avoided by all honest men—to be hunted out « f society—to be utterly destroyed . And let me ask you , said Mr . Rafter , what would be the fate of Mr . O'Higgins under such a denunciation , coming from a man of such power and influence as the chief magistrate of Dublin , if Mr . O'Higgins were not so generally known and so much respected by every man that knows him ? ( Hear , hear . ) There is no doubt but this vile slander—this atrocious libel will sink deeply into the minds ef those who are unacquainted with Mr . O'Higgins ' s character : it will injure his reputation , and was intended to do so . On the part of the Association , there is . nothing to fear : we have no " oaths registered in Heaven , " or any other place . We have no secrets ,
and therefore we defy , the Attorney-General , or his wily , deceitful informer . Why does he descend to lay informations against this Society by inuendo ? He is chief magistrate of Dublin , and why does he not put us down ? A day is fast approaching when everybody -will know him . He had watched hiB political career , and he saw but very little to his credit . The mist will soon he dispelled . Mr . O'Higgins said he was out of town on Wednesday last , and did not , therefore , see that day ' s papers . He had hoped that Mr . O'Connell , whom he has heard , goes to communion enco a fortnight , would have come forward ere this , and made some reparation to him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) for the grievous wrongs which he had done him . It is now nearly nine years since Mr .
OConnell first attacked him . He was then in a flourishing trade , carrying on extensively the wholesale IriBh woollen trade in that very bouse where they were then assembled for the purpose of promoting the real interests of their fellow countrymen . Mr . O'Connell ' s foul denunciation of him 1 Mr . O'Higgins ) broke Tip his establishment at that time . He had embarked all his capital and all his credit in the promotion of Irish manufactures . It was going on prosperously until the foul , false , and infamous calumny , which Mr . O'Connell and his cowardly satellies published againathim . de-Btroyedit There i 3 no doubt but that sentence greatly affected all Mr . O'Higgins ' prospects . It drove him to seek for private discounts for the first tiine in his life . It closed tbe banks against him . The bills he
received from the shopkeepers for the Irish cloths he sold to them , were refused at the banks , and some of the shopkeepers , who were predisposed to act the rogue , had taken advantage of Mr . O'Connell ' s denunciation , and not only failed in his ( Mr . O'Higgins' ) debt , but were the loudest , and still are the basest propagators of all tbe slanders which Mr . O'Connell has heaped upon him ; and some of them , those whom Mr . O'Counell praises most , and recommends to tho notice of his countrymen as honest men , actually swindled him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) out of a sum of £ 750 . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The sum lost in this way and in consequence of those proceedings exceeds £ 3 , 000 . They can well afford to villify and slander him ; his money is in their pockets . He had suffered deeply , but he paid everybody . He
never did Mr . O'Connell an injury ; on the contrary , he had done him signal service , and he had acknowledged them even since January , 1833 , the date of Mr . O'Connell ' s first attack upon him . But , the cause of his ire now is , that he refused to vote for him at the election of 1837 and at the election of 1841 , unless he would sign a pledge that he would support no administration but one that would give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliamenta , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members for their time and services . This is the "Head and front of Mr . O'Higgins' offending . " And now , when Mr . O'Connell deems it expedient to recommend to the ReDealers of Dublin a candidate in lieu of the late Mr . West , who ib pledged to civil
war in preference to Repeal ; he does not scruple at libelling him ( Mr . O'riiggius ) in the most atrocious terms for the pnrpose of destroying his character , lest he might have sufficient influence to give a formidable opposition to Mr . O'Connell ' s nominee , Lord Morpeth . ( Hear , hear . ) This ia the root of his present malicious slander . This is the real secret of his having pronounced the flagitious libel which you have heard read , and which shocked you all . As the laws of God seem to have no effect upon this pious gentleman who goes to communion once a fortnight , perhaps the laws of man may The reperfc in the Morning and Weekly Register is calculated , and was intended , to blast and utterly destroy all his prospects . What , said Mr . O'Higgins , am I to be held up by a man ef such influence as Mr .
O'Conneli , as a person who is deluding the people for tne purpose of swearing away their lives ? There are thousands of my confiding countrymen who read the Register , and receive what Mr . O ' Connell says as gospel truth , who deem it a great service to their country to knock the brains out of any man whom Mr . O'Connell would point eut as ho has pointed me out Bear in mind that Lord Morpeth , -whom the Chartists of Yorkshire kicked out of their county for political treachery , is now recommended to the Repealers of Du'lin , and they will be called ubos tomorrow to ratify the recommendation , in fact to pledge themselves to vote for this man who at a dinner in New York the other day said that he would shout Orange Boven everywhere but in Ireland . Here are
his words . Ltt him deny them if he dare . The dinner was given by Dutchmen . It was an annual dinner . " If" said Lord Morpeth , " we gave them a navigator , they ( the Dutchmen ) gave England a deliverer and a hero ; and although this is not perhaps an appropriate place to mention a king . I may be permitted here to acknowledge gratefully , the benefits we have received from William , the Dutchman , and I am ready to shout Orange Boven every where but in Ireland . " Here is an Orange candidate for the Repealers of Dublin ! Here is Lord Morpeth in his true colours , vouched and authenticated by himself . Will you vote for him ? (" No , no , never ; we'll oppose the Yorkshire outcast ; no , no . " ) Now , said ' Mr . O'Higgins , notwithstanding all the injury he had suffered , at Mr . O'Connell ' s hands , yet he would not only forgive him
heartily , but vote for him , and perhaps be tbe means of returning him for Dublin , as he had been upon two former occasions , provided that he would give up the Whigs , stand by tbe people once more , and give him a pledge , in writing , that fee would support no administration but one that weuld give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . ( Great cheering . ) The Repeal Question he would leave in his own hands . ( Hear , hear . ) It is the mere circumstance of having required this pledge that stinga Mr . O'Connell to the very souL ( Hear , hear , and great cheers . ) No doubt of it ! He is a Whig to the backbone . ) Mr . Dyott said that he thought that the tima was now fully come when they should take measures for vindicating themselves against the repeated and . calumnious
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attacks made upon them by an ' individual whom he need not name . The paragraph just ' read , which so maliciously and SO ; falsely charged their respected President with being a delnder , and all the old cant , superadded to the darings and most malignant assertion that he administered secret oaths . Could Mr ! O'Connell have seriously believed such a charge ? Impossible ! and what must be thought of a man , who not beHevteg , yet advanced It deliberately , l £ fore thaw who received every word which fell from bis lips as gospel ? In order to- -m <^ tHa most audacious assertion he would move the suspension of the standing orders , that a committee might be appointed to wnsWer the most effeetive means of indignantly repelling the base and groundless imputation , and laying afresh before their fellow citizens the objects and rules of , their association . This denial should be presented for Insertion to the liberal press of Carlow .
If they refuse to insert it , it would then be seen of what kind their . liberality was , and they ( the association ) would pay a atutral or Tory journal for a fair and full repudiation' of the absorb , the wicked and malicious aspersion . ' Of . Mr . ' O'Higgins he would only Bay that to adopt the words of the paragraph , he Mr . D , "knew" him and to "know" btih . wellwas to respect himi thoroughly . To that gentleman he should leave his own personal exculpation , it was in competent hands , but the society to whomhe ( Mr . D . ) belonged ; should : nbt b « maligned and he sit idle , and he felt the insult more particularly grievous having become a member of the Repeal Association when It was' given ; He then moved the suspension of the standing order , and subsequently tho appointment of a Committee for the purpose alluded to . —Mr . Dillon seconded the motion . —Mr . Freebaira gave notice of the admission of five members on next Sunday . Mr . Dyott was called to the chair , when thanks were voted to Mr . Clark , after which the meeting separated .
BARNARD CASTLE . —Mr ; Maw , from Middlesbro' , delivered an excellent address at this place , on Wednesday evening , December 29 th , In Mrs . Barker ' s large room .. ' — .. ' .... ., ¦ ... ' . ¦¦ :. : '•¦¦ ¦ . ; . : ' . ' - V : ' . . : ' ¦ . - ¦' : '¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1143/page/2/
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