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SOUTH STAFFOBPSTTfRK.
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Mt bex * Fjuekbs , —I hare something to say to yon . ibis week on a great many subjects , and consequently I can say but little on each . Firstly , I shall siy a word of my last seYen days ' campaign . Daring last week I made above SIXTY POUNDS for my party , by my own exeriibns ; I got in subscriptions nearly £ 3 for the wounded ; enlisted forty-sir paying recruits ; and got seven wounds in my Ixrdy , limbs , and head . That is all Ifcavetosaj about iist week , except to tender my Tery best thanks to tbose brave felJows" who assem - bled at the Hall of Science on Wednesday night , determined to defend me at the risk of life itself ; Engliphmenj Irishmen , and Scotchmen , without distinction , were of the arms ol * defence . I shall say
no more of the pro ceedirj * s orTnesday night , as I have msde a solemn vow to pursue tho inquiry to the death , and expose the ra ? ca _ Uy assassins . I am ever more ready to correct an error than to do an injury . I find that in the preseni instance I have wronged Mr . "W arren . He waa not one of the procurers of my assassination ; but being formerly an activememberoftheass ciationfromw > enoeihefunds came for similar purposes on other occasions , he therefore came in for his share of gusp ? cion . The fact is , that Mr . Warren , not longer willii ? g to baa tool of Mr . Edward Walking was deposed , the Association broke up , changed its Dinif . and conferred leadership upon the said Mr . Wi- kins , who is now the redoubtable leader of the National Operative Association .
This innocent youth ( Watkins ) wished to have an apology from me ; and in an attempt to excuse himself , confirmed the fact that he had paid for the printing of the lying extracts from the Manchester Times . I sun willing and ready to do jasnce to Warren ; and I wiil treat Master Eaward Waikins to jastice at other hands . ¦ ' I now pas 3 over to Monday last ; and , men of the North , believe me , when I tell you thai you have never yet seen Ciiartism in its giory . I never saw Chartism till Monday last , at Wolverhampton and Bilston . Of course , the reporter for tbe district ¦ will attempt a description of thai day ' s proceedings ; but I defy him to give it . Bear in mind that YiUiers , the parliamentary mouth-piece of the
League is member for Wolverhampton , and you would expect that so noisy » community would have some . pubiic support there . But no , not a bit of it . No man eonld guess within ten thousand or twenty thousand of the numbers assembled at Wolverhampton , and no pen can describe ihe enthusiasm . Seven hundred glorioa 3 women from Bilston and the vicinity , marched in front of the Bi'ston procession ttat came to Wolverhampton . ¦» he first thing they said when the choering ceased was , " Da ynu want us in Manchester ? " The procession literacy filled the town , and Whigs and Tories looked complete ly
flabbergasted . Well , Mo ^ g , a fine fellow , a townsman , who has fought our battle ^ well , was in the chair . The Derby resolution was passed unanimously , and then I took a show of hands for 0 V& CHABtEB . and for Siur ^ e ' s Charter ; for ovas every band save one was held up ; for S-nrge's on ? , and that one the hand of tbe reporter of the Staffordshire Examiner ^ Whig journal . 1 spoke at some length , but u was impossible that one-half could hear . Mr . Mason was elected unanimously as delegate . The usual cheers vrere £ iTen , and we formed into procession for Bilston about three , and such a gathering I Dever beheld .
O , cotion slaves J would to God you had seen what yet remains of English manners , customs , and dress . There was innocence , simplicity , courage , and mirth , dressed in English long woollen smock frocks . The mvner ? , the finest fellows in the world . As 1 told them , I had been for seven years marching to the slovr march of Chartism , but theirs was the double quick time . Bilston contains 20 , 000 inhabitants ; Dat there was more than double that amoun ; from all parts within fourtesn railes . The band never once stopped for the three miles , nor had the enthusiasm at all abated when in the dark . I proposed the following resolution : — Resolved , " That sgitition except for the People ' s Charier , whole and entire , is a humiu £ and should be resisted by tie working classes . ' ' This was ju > t the thing for the brave and honest miner ? , and every hand washeld up for it amid roars of thundering avpl + use . of
I B ^ st t o « k asc ow hands for our Charter ^ and for the ' complete humbug , when every haau was htl-i np for ours , and not one for humbug . I then declared my intention to see their resolution carried out , and asked every man who would £ O with me to Birm i ngham , ten miles , in the event of a demonstration in favour of ii ! urge ' s cew cove , to huid up their hancs , and tbe forest was again uplifted , and tbe very air made to ring-with peals of applause . Now , then , brave mea of Birmingham , yon who lave so bravely resisted internal treachery and treason from tbose "ftho spent your money aad sold you fora rotten corporation , be no loEger afraid of the old women , the infidel Christians , the old ramp , and new traitors . I will take one hundred thousand men to aid you against ther&urrec-io- of old Wh'ggery , and march back with them afcer the peaceful victory . These moral-force rufiUns have . get my Irish blood up . of
M ^ n the Midlands , tfc « humbugs hoM a eon fereiiee at Birmingham ; teara the day , and , sous of toil , do you also elect delegates from ev ^ ry to wn acd village , and 1 will meet you in conference a * Birmingham on the self-same day . My friends , I am coinirg " tost" goid oat of my own sweat and blood for my party . We will beat th « n all ; and all their money , if we only stick together . I ue ^ er had such a week as last week in my life . Good Friday ought w be a great day I or Lancashire , l chali be in Manchester on that day .
I forgot to mention that Stiran , an excellent man , was chairman at Biiston , and ; hat Mason was unanimously elected delegate , and that 1 passed through one street in Bilston , in whieh 500 paying Chartist members live ' . Long life to the dear , good , and brave fellows , I call thase smock-frock ftliows , O'Connor ' s < ncn . Ever your deveiad servant , Ff-a ^ gus O'Consor .
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GREAT AND TRIUMPHANT DEMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF MR . FEARGUS OTONNOR . The largest concourse of people ever beheld in this pan ot ihe country assembled at Wolverhampton , en . Moauaj Jsst , to tio honour ro the People ' s Champion , PeiTfaUt O'Connor , Esq . The spirit and enthusiasm displayed on the occasion surpasses anything of the sure ever vrhcessed in England . The towns of Bilston , Wolverhampton , Walso . il . WedDetbary , Darlaston , Wiilenhal ! , a » u tbe whole of the ? urrounciDg villages , were poured wuh iar ^ e bills , tiving notice that a procession wouid ^ 'ake place en Monday last , in honour of FtaT ^ m O'Connor , £ . -q , and stating the time and manner in which ¦ the various procession ? should proceed to the Railway b auoa , at Woiverhampwn .
As early as five o ' clock in the morning , the Chartist bane were at their post in Bilston , and in a shore ; while ai ' -tr , the people were ta- bs teen busiiing through tne town in ail directions towards the place oJ Ftariiij "' . . " * The arrangements entered into by the Bilston _ , Coicia-u- e were most esculent , and at ton o Ciock i as untt- nse concourse of tha brav- fliunsi smocked ' colli-rs . wuh 500 females , accomp anied with numeroes ri-Ipudid flags and bann ers , and an excellent . band vf music , marched c-2 " in high glee to > Volver- , haaipton
. _ . „ . , Toe bniTe Jads of Walsall , Darlas ? on , Wednesbury , &c ^ w ^ re also up and stirring ; la fact , n was iru . y astonishing to bcV . o ! d the immense concourse which poured into tht- Wolvtrhampioii road from all ¦ paii . ? of \ k- ; county , affording an uaaeniabie prcor of tbe pie--ii : attachment of the people towards Hr . O'Coun ^ T . Tut placards ar-nour . ced iwflve o ' clock astte time that Mr . O'Connor vtas expected to smve , and m acco >« - « :-ee with thai iirraDiitfficiU the various pro-C 655 i .-:- > w ^ rerequesud tj meet it Horsley Fields ,
Dtar Wolveihamptcn . at itn o ' clock , and at that tile the lEmeuse precession from Biision , whicfl Ka .-j . iu . a by those " of other towns on their zaascli , &Ti : i \ ct s 5 au ' irtx * mttby an imiatEsemaltitnde ^ toiu ¦ Vv- oWeri-, awp-ou , Daf "] £ j-K : accnninsisr , a ^ o itat'i io-rm .- in that qua ? er , viUn a sudden buri-t or cbeeiini . - , liireavclley of cacuon , i .-sutd from eacli bcUv ace . mpanieci viiih wavrng of hats and handktixi . - t f . -. The r . um-. TOTis csTaitrade tlien proceeaed tuwa-d > Wo'Tcihamit-ii ! , and Iot upwards of two eh f .-r' -ad waa ' r-emoIiWly blof ^ d vp by cue
dtjj'c E 2-5 of hnrnsn beings . The nvmerovs ilogs , baiDers , aid dev . ees had a most beautiful appfarEt' -c ' . On aiming in Wotvernam } tor , along , kud , ino tr . tc vhiM j-bout v ^ as raisec , and repeated at fcvery f . r « x r :: > 3 , which ws 3 waimly responded to by the xaLu ' . . r .-i . t- from their vnncows . Th- ami . titnce "vra 3 increased enormously at Wol-Terhitt } . t - 11 , and could no longer be kei t m anyfhiEs = iKe order . The street 3 were completely bicckea tp . End from Wolverhampton to-the railway rial on , a distance of-two mile 3 , the road was eonsplci « iy blocked up , tbe only order observable at the tim « : being tkefia" * and . banners which estanaed from the Station io Wolverhainptoa j tae rest was Oat Suiid mats of human beipfc 3 -
Tie mn t tnde awaited the arrival of Mr . O'Connor in anxious expectation , and at quarter to twelve , & carriage and lour , conducted by tn-o posti - 'iions in splennid livery , arrived at tne Stttioo , in which was BCLtsd Ut ^ r s . AJo # rg . Stiran , Cook , of Dudley , and Mr . Peplow , of Siafford . The waiis surronnGins the station were crowded wi-. h thousaads of anxious spectators , and every inch of ground which commanded a view of tho
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railway w as occupied , and the head clerk very civiUy admitted Messrs . White , Porter , Stiran , l ^ ook , Hogg , and others , in order to conduct Mr . O Connor to the carriage . All were now anxiously engaged in looking out for the train , and in a while a loud cheer announced lap approach of one , but on its arrival , it wa 3 ascertained that Mr . O'Connor was not amongst the passengers ; this was tbe result of a mistake on the part of the committee , who had given notice that he would arrive at twelve ; whereas Mr . O'Connor had stated to ihe deputation which waited on him that he would arrive at half-past two . However , the delay was borne with the most perfect good humour , especially as it afforded those who had come from a great aistance , an opportunity of refreshing themselves ; after which they again took up their station .
> The weather , which was rather humid at twelve o ' -clock , now began to brighten , and all were again en the tiptoe of expectation . At the rime appointed tne train came rattling ' up , and upon Mr . O'Connor ' s recognition , an enthusiastic cheer announced the fact , which waa answered by an exulting plaudit along the whole lino . Mr . O'Conner was tnen escorted to his carnage , and the railway gates being thrown open , another long , loud , and enthusiastic burst of applause greeted the presence of the people ' s advocate . Mr . O'Connor took off his hat , and bowed repeatedly in acknowledgment of tne enthusiastic manner in which he was received by the brave and athletic inhabitants of this important mining and colliery district . The Chartist ladies of Bilston were amongst the foremost in testifying-their esteem by waving their wands , which were surmounted with green cards , bearing the following inscription : — Remember Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . Francis Langston ,-who was selected as Herald and who wore a beautiful" scarf of scarlet and green , then gave tne word , * Move on , " and the immense multitude set off in the following order : — Herald on horseback , Supported by two flag bearers . Motto—Peace , Law , and Order . Large Green Banner . Motto—Welcome the Defender of the People's Eights , O'Connor ihe Brave . Large F ] a ? . Motto—What is Life without Liberty . Brass Band . Large Green Banner . Followed by a large concourse of Irishmen . Motto—Universal Saffase and B * peal of ths Union . Reverse— Green Banners flying—Civil and Religious
Liberty . Large Banner . Motto—Female Chartist Association , Bilston , With a beautiful likeness of Feargus O'Connor Esq Members of the Female Chartist Association , ten abreast . Splendid Silk Banner . Motto—National Charter Association . Council of Bilston and Wolverhampton National Charter Association . Members of the Association , ten abreast . Splendid American Republican Flag . Members of the Association , ten abreast . Splendid Green Banner . Motto—Ci ? U and Religious Liberty—the whole Charter , and nothing less . Open Cstriaga and four beautiful Bays , In which was seated FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , Es * .,
Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Splendid Pink and White Banner . Motto—Ihe Judgment of Heaven is Labour and Food—the Judgment of Kings 13 Toil and Starvation .
Band . Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Splendid Flag . Motto—We kDow our Rights and will defend them . Large Green Banner . Motto—The whoie Charter and no Surrender .
Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abrtast . Band . Large Suk Flag . Motto—The People ' s Charter and no Surrender . Council of the Wal&ail Association . Members of the Walsail Association , ten abreast . Large banner . Motto—Tbe sacred watchword , Liberty . Band . Splendid large banner . Motto—Welcome brave O'Connor , the defender of the people ' s rights . Ceuncil of the Dudley Association . Members of the Dudley Association ten abrea 3 t .
Splendid banner . Motto—Behold the Conquering Hero comes . Large flag . Motto—More pigs and less parsons . Bard . Beautiful banner . Motto—Cnartists , now or never ; now and for ever ; onward ani we cenquor , backward and we fall ; tbe People ' s Chu-ter , andno surrender . Council of the Darlasion Association . Members of the Dar ! a-ton Association ten abreast . Green banner . Motto—Poor toiling slaves , hard is yonr fate , You ' re eaten up by church and state . Lar ^ e banner . Motto—W e do us to others as we wish them to do
unto us . ' Together with hundreds of fbg 3 , banners , and devices , too numerous to mention , the whole having an animating and beautiful appearance . The mam d . ffieuhy now was to obey the marshals , for although they called out " Move on , " it was found that tho crush would not admit of locomotion , hundreds biing "pushed up to the knees in the deep mud at the road sides , and the railway omnibusses completely wedged up , so that they were obliged to keep close to Mr . O'Connor ' s carriage during the whole of the route to Wolverhampton .
The procession , ot more properly speaking , tbe mass then got into motion , and tliu enthusiasm , rushing , and tumbling that took pkca baffles description The procession at li-n ^ th arrived at WalrerhampiOH 3 and through the narrowness ot tome of the streets , great fears were entertained thai bone Btrioud accident would take place . Several were upset and tumbled orer by dozens , bu ; ^ euerally regained their position in perfect g ^ od humour . The whole I / ody then proceeded to an optn piece of ground near the new church . Mr . Mogg was cnanimously called to the chair .
. 5 ilr . PtPLOW , of Sijfford , moTed the first resolution , and maae an exctlknt s-peech . Jlr . Geoegb White , of . Birxuiagbam , seconded the resolution . Feabgcs 0 "Co 5 xok , Esq . then presented himself , and wa . 3 received with me mojs eu . ' nusiastij and loag-continued cteering , v ? aimg of hais , and other demonstrations o i' approbation . He addressed the meeting in a strain of fervid eloquence ; in the course of which he completely showed up the fallacy of all the projects brouaht fbi-ward f « r remedying the grievances wlT . ch existed . He expiaiuc-ti thu faLasy of Siurgfc ' s compi-. ie s-ffrago ; a : the same time giving Mr . Siurge creaii as a weil-inteaiion-jd mas , and called upon all present who were determined to have " the v .-uoJe Cnarter and n&ifasnji less" to hold up both iia ' uQS . An iniraensii Buinhtir of blistered cands w- - -re iminediaicli displayed , Miccetded bv tremendous clapp : 2 £ and cfiieriug . in
He then called on thu ^ o who were iavuur of Mr . Stupe ' s complete suffrage 10 hold up theirs , when two wers observed behind Mr . O'Connor , which proved to be those of the rcpor-er to the Suf' fordstiire Examiner , who was heartily laughed at by the meeiiusi , and cieverly iampoonea by Alr . O Coanor , who created 2 cud bursts cf laughter b . > his v . iitlcifm . . Be said that he received s : x cuts on h : s bocy , which represented the points of tho Charier , ana the bump of ISo Surrt 3 » itr on his iorehead ( pointicg to a bruise on that purt , which was covered wiih a plaster ) . He then entered into various topics connected with the People ' s Charter , and aiter declaring that lie would stand by its principles , shoxuc all othirs desert it , he concluded -hi 3 address amidst a Eimultancous outburst of enthusiastic cheering several limes repealed . Mr . O'Connor declared that he never receivea a more cordial reception in his life . #
The resolution was then put and carried osam-Mr . John Mason was unanimously elected for the Convention , thanka were voted to the Chairman , and the usual cheers were given . ' The precession again formed and proceeded towards Biiston , and the scene was , if possible , more animating than in the forenoon . As it passed through ' the streets it wa 3 joined- by thousand , and although the streets were crowded , another immense bo * y were observed on another road * accoapanied
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with flags , banners , and music , and formed a junction wiih ihe rest at the entrance to tha Bilston road . As they moved along the youDgsters gave the usual signal for the meu engaged in the various mines , tbe workmen of which , on . coming . to-the surface , cheerfally fell into the procession , which augmented rapidly as it approached Bilston . As it entered the town , the scene wa& beyond description . The windows , doors , causeways , and every available eminence was crowded with hundreds of the fair sex who testified their admiration of O'Connor , in the most enthusiastic manner , God bless you Feargus—long life to you , " &c , and several Irishmen forced ' their way to toe carriage side to shake hands with their countryman , Feargus , as they termed him . :
As the dense mass ei . tered tho middle of the town , tbecheering was treaeadous , and hundreds of ihe hardy miners were npsec in the rush behind the carriage , in the midst of which the Female Chartists of Bilston gallantly held their places behind their fug , although they had been walking in an aimott iasapportable pressure for ume hours . The procession moved through the main Btreeta of the t » wa , aod such was the feeling disolayed , that Mr . O'Connor declared he never witnessea the like in his life . They at last arrived at the place of meeting , and with great difficulty the speakers got to the liusttngs . Mr . J . Stiraw was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . O'Connoh spoke in his usual style of eloqaenoe and animation , amid the loud and lon « conynued cheers of the mass , which alnjost continuously : j » - sounded ^ He would propose a resolution , which shouToTira known aa "The Bilstoa Resolutiou , " which was as follows : — \
Resolved—That every agitation , except an agitation for the Charter , is a humbug , and ougns to be resisted by the people . *' Carried , with loud applause . Mrs- Browa and another lady then placed a splendid ribbon around Mr . O'Connor's neck , on behalf of the Female Chartists of Bilston , and an address , which was to have been presented by Mrs . Langston , from the same body , had to be deferred , on account of the lateness of the hour . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman . Three cheers were given for the Charter , three for Feargu 3 O'Connor , a > . d three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the meeting slowly dispersed .
Mr . O'Connor then retired to the Head lim for rofreshment , amidst the hearty cheers of the inhabitants . He never can forget Die glorious display which he witnessed in South Staffordshire .
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BULL . DISCUSSION ON THE CORN LA . WS . On Thursday evening , a discussion took place in the Shambles , between Mr . Jones , and Mr . T . Palvev . Mr Jone 3 undertook to prove that a repeal of the Corn Laws would not benefit the working classes , unless they ( the working classes ) were in possession of political power . Mr . Falvey undertook to prove that a repeal of the Corn Laws would benefit the working classes , under any circumstances . Mr . Richardson was " called- to the chilr , on the part of Mr . Falvey , and Mr . Grasby on the part of Mr Jones . Mr . Schol 6 y was also appointed referee . After the chairmen , bad eacn britfly addressed the meeting , exhorting them to give both parties an impartial hearing ,
Mr . J OSES came forward and said , working men cf Hull , in coming forward to give my opinion upon tbe important question which is at present engaging our attention , I tell you' that I do not stand here aa an advocate of monopoly in any shape . 1 do not stand here as the advocate of the bread tax , but " as tho advocate of universal jastice , and I mutt conscientiously eay , that in my opiniou a reptal of the Corn Liws -will not benefit the wording classes under existing circumstances— ( hear , near , hear , and chetra j I know full well that the Corn Laws are the natural offspring of class legis > lttion— ( tremendous cheering and clapping of hand ? . ) And so long as the people are unr ^ presented , bo long may we expect the working man to be a slave —( cheer ? . ) Gentlemen , my worthy
opponent has placed himself in a strange predicament , by the wording of his proposition , bs ba undertakes to prove that arepesl of the Corn Laws -will benefit tho ¦ working classes , under any circumstanoea— ( cheers and feisses . ) Bat . gentlemen , r come not here to quirk and quibble about his proposition , although the law of discussion allows me , but if possibie to arrive at the truth —( cheers)—and to make the best 1 caa of my proposition I give Mr . Falvey credit for sincerity , and I do not vnsh you to bs led away with a delusion —( cheers . ) I know , gentlemen , that the promise of a big loif , and a cheap loaf , is a great temptation to the working man . I know ttat the feelings of the people bave been appealed to OB fOrHHT Occasions , and what has been the remit ? disappointment . Gkntlemen , it will be wy
business to prove that the promises made by the Repealtrs can never be fulfilled until the People ' s Charter becomes the law cf the land —( cheers . )—There is . o man m < re desirous than I am of obtaining a big loaf , and a cheap one too ; tienca it is why I bave so long advocated the Peopled Charter —( tremendous cheering . ) Gentlemen , I am not here to appeal to your passions , but to your sound judgments ; lei us carefully txumine tbe qaeBtion before us—( hear , hear . ) I need not tell you tfcat that class which his hitherto exercised that benefit , have enjoyed it without conferring any good to tha people . CIas 3 legislation is the cause of all our woes ; it was class legislation which enacted the iniquitons Cora Laws , tho infernal Police Bill ; and entalea upon us the thing
called National Debt , which wrings from your hard earnings fifty-three millions every year . Class legislation has given you shooting parsons and bio : t ^ ri bishnpa . It was clasB fcgi&iution winch lobbed yoa of six millions of Bcres of common land—cli 3 s legislation gave you tho New Poor latr , which despises all the dictates of human reason . ( Chetrs , and crtes of " question . "; Gentlemen—I am upon the question . It was class legislation which robbed the working man of his just rights , and pkced Shppery Bob at the head of affairs . And I tfcll you candidly , and sincertly , that until the great monster is strangled we sDsll still be in poverty and woe . Ciass legislation has niaue you stoves ; and if the Curn Laws were repealed to-morrow , cannot c ass legislation make anuther equally as bad , if not worse ?
( Hear , Lean * I ttll j ^ u , Grntltmen , that when , the people of unhappy Ireland were in agitation for Ca ' . aolic emancipation , they wcra led to believe that it would redress all taeir wrongs , and make them a free ami happy people ; but alas ; ali their g and hopes have flad ; for class legislation still exists , and they continue to be insulted in tiifcir feeiinss . ( Chters . ) When tnt » people of England were in agitation f jr the Reform Bill , they were led to believe it would better their condition . That bill is passed , and has be * n in operation about ten years , and what better are we now . \ Cries of " None ") Tne necessity for the Charter is now . - . cknowleUged . . My frienOs , be careful —( hear , hear . ; B ^ mernber tbat clas . s Itgislation still exists—tbe thbg which monopolises all the advantage enjojwd in this life . Gentlemen , I do conscientiously believe , that the condition of tiie people of this country can ever he improved , so lODg as the cause of their uufib . ing exists— hear ,
hear . ) The Charter will destroy monopoly at ouce and for ever—( cheers . ) There is o » e muxiai ot thy Cora Law League which I wish you to he . ir ; it is this— "That it is it-justice for vm ciass in society to m protected for tho injury of all other classes ; " and I agrse with them in tnis : -why , then , not give that protection which the lattcknt has to tha working raan ?— . cht-rs . ) Gsntlemeu , t-ic furniture upon whicii 1 stand is prctecied by the iaw ; aud I tell you every nrtjele aroantl you is protected by the law ; and if I wiifuliy injuro any part of it , they *> ill prosecute me aa a f . iou . 1 ttll you that the law protects th s place , •* hLu libuur is . intuited ' , and man is allowed to be tiiro' -rn out of employment t > y tne introduction of maehiLery . 1 -will rtau to jo ^ i a wont or two , published by tbe journeymen calicfj f / rinters in November last . Lft-tbe foliuwiiig * fact si-iS - 'e , having occurred Ti'ithin ttie l ^ jt six month ? . A machine was invented sit tlie
print wwrks in M . mchost-jr . giving five colours to each piece ; unu vcrtornving Ths s . im 8 work as waa \ trf-jruird » y bo lesa than hve hundred bands in October last ; so that in six mouths , no less ttan fiyp huncred iut-n aro thrown out of employment by this mauhina Yes , the face ia they will etxil be able to opprubS you ; f che Ci ' -n Laws arc repealed till the cause of jour distress is removed—^> hter ;« ptio'D . ) . By rep eal wo shuald destroy tha strong hold of the aristocrat , acd only be opening a way for the manufacturer anil merchant to oppress m farther by entering into the citadel vf c < nupturn—they are equally as bad . it wonlrf be oniya change of masters— ( thafs it , )—will then there ia not a broken rush to choos > e between them
TjV hich is the most benevolent ? If 1 am to be a slave , I care not who is to be my master . I am one cf those who want te be no man's Blave— ( cheers ) I tell you , gentlemen , if these partiesaro desirous of deslrojilig the power cf tfau ariatocrat , tcej-nms 6 assist Vii in wafemg th « People ' s Cnarter the law cf tha land , which will send all tbe aristocrats , with the Duke of-Buckingham and S * R P- ^ el into the midst of their own treachery and hinder all other ciasses of robbing you . at all—( chters ) . But te repealers don't want thiF . Wfey do they not want this ? Ill teil jcu why . Simply because they know ^\ iU well * h&t ths same power which , -would enable jon to destroy the aristocrat , would enable you to gtt justice for yoursalves— ( inttn upturn ami cries cf " true . ") 'Tisfor their own iuterebt the ? court your
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union with , theni for a repeal of the Com Laws . I hope that you will give Mr . Falvey a fair hearing , and hb my time has expired , I will leave my case in yoar hanils till he has spoken . Mr . Falvev— Mr . Moderator and men of Hull , I wish it was in my power to convey my voice to the extremity of this building ; The sentimenta I come forward to dtf <; hd are expressed In the placard—( cheers . ) Our meetings are recognised by tho constittttlon of bur country , and the most powerfnl despot cannot deprive U 8 tf that risbt ; and the only enemy we Lava in discussions IJlid this is ourselvesi I also come forward not t » appeal to your passions ; I come not forward to defend the despot in his fancied right of class legislation—( cheers ); but I come forward to defend the rights of
the peopte against monopoly . ' ¦ . ; Gentlemen , I come forwaTd aa the enemy , of the Corn Laws , and I conaicler that their repeal is of m 6 re - ( We could not hear the remainder of the sentence for tlie confusion . ) Gentlemen , it is probable what I stats as truths , I shall be able to prove them to be so . Mr Jones told you he did not coma forward to defend thpCbtn Laira ; we only differ about the best method of their repeal . Mr . J , told yoo the Com Laws are ; tne offspring of class legislation I giant it—( cheera ) Mr . J . refers ! you to past times , but you must bear in mind he has dwelt on ptobabUIttes with regard to the Chaiter . But the question vt the Com Laws is not a question of political rights , but of lifdand death , of justice against monopoly , and they are more important than any abstract principles .
Mr , i ; . wishes every man to be a trea man , bq do I—( cheCTi ) Gett ' emen , let me not be misunderstood ; no * man wishes for the Charter more thatn 90 : ; I do hot maintain an opinion , which I am afraid of txpressiug ia pu-blici but bUU I insist there are points in tho Charter which are debateable . Mr . J ; told you ha advocated the People's Charter aa a mean 3 t » an end ; he also told yoa that th" making of tho laws was in the hands of v class , and that they are interested parties . I am willing to grant all thia —( cheers . ) Mr . J . haatloi you the landed proprietors have robbed yoa of six millions of acres of common land , and it ia cf ton said we are to look to the land ; but we find the aristocrats have endeavoured to bring that land thoy took from the people into a hotbed state of caitivation :
hero is also the cry of the iSew Poor Law as the offspring of class legislation ; but I am not here as the advocate of the aristocvat , or of tho Poor Law either . 1 have a family ; I have an interest in their welfare ; but none in class legislation . The aristocrat came for--ward and said food should be dear ; the aristocrat also made the Poor Law ; I wish ^ or everyaian to have plenty of employment ; and he that will not work when he has a chance , I would sonil him to a bastile—( cheers . ) Mr . J . has told you , you cannot expect Any benefit from any change in the law , till you are all free men . If you remove a national evil , you confer a positive Rood upon the people—( hear , hear . ) Mr . J . cannot imagine a state cf society previous to the Corn Laws . Mr . J . must know that the People ' s Charter
is now in the history of the world- ^( no , no . ) . If you cry no twenty times I shall repeat it : Why did I mention this ? 111 order that you might be charitable to all who differ from you in opinion , and that you might be liberal . to . me . The Reform Bill was an instalment of the people lights —( cries of " We were deceived . ") You deceived yoursflves —( disapprobation , which lasted for sometime . ) Mr . J . calls it a delusion . He told you the Irish people expected to bo happy , after tho passing of tho bill for Catholic " Emancipation . And well they might be , when it placed them on an equality in the law with people ' s of otfcei religions . I um glad he baa mentioned Ireland , as he has spoken against niachinery , for it is nearly free from it ; they are an agricultural peoplo , and , consequently , by Mr . Jone ' s line of
argument , Ireland ought to be a ; perfect paranisc . In Ireland thoy have a surplus population of nearly three milUona . I "wish for a clear stage and no favour , and so nn 4 a market for our industry . Mr . J . eays it is the People ' s Charter only which can secure you from being robbed . It has been dec ared in Parliament they c ;> u ! d not direct dhe poor man ' s wages . In 1836 , we had more employment than we find now . Mr . J . has said , if you repeal the Corn Laws the manufacturers w « uto introduce machinery to supply manual labour Gentlemen , Itt me call your attention to the following incontrovertible fact During the last ten yeara the manufacturing population have increased thirty pev
cent , while in the rural districts , there is a decrease of two and a-half percent Look at the increase in the population of Leeds during tbe last twenty years . < 3 ksntlemen . I here state , and defy Mr . Jones to provo the contrary , that machinery has brought mora into employment than ever it threw out ; and I defy him to give me the name ef a man who can do so ; ( Hooting , jelling , akc . j —and I state , there is no machine that ever threw five hundred men out of eniploymenh' Where are the men wl-io get the iron , make the bricks , bring them-to the place , manufacture tho machinery , and build tho -other , necessary conveniences . ( Hear . ) I thank you for having so attentively listened to mo .
Mr . JONES in again coming forward -was recsived with muca cheering , find ft little hifiring , 'Which continued for some time . Svnen order bad been restored , he said , Gentlemen , I am only allowed a quarter of an hour to reply to what Mr . FAlvey has said in half an hour . Mr . Fulvey has admitted that the Coin Laws are the natural frffspring of class legislation ; but says th * sir repeal , under any cirenms-tances , would be a benefit te tbe working classes . Why , the fact is , gentlemen , the existence of them proves a necessity fur change . Mr . F . said I could not imagine art ite of society , wh . ch existed before the Com Laws ; if they exist at all I can imagine a time when they were hot . Mr . F . concluded that as the aristocrats have had the exclusive right of legislation ' . 'in . . . the past , they must conth us in their
power . Mr . F . states the Corn Law is mota important than any abstract principles . I tell Mr . F . lie is destroying his own arsuiaent , f ) i ha has admitted they are the result of class legislation . The fact is , gentlemen , ae long as class legislation exists , so long will the Upas tree of corruption spread its pernicious fan ^ s over liberty , and retard the march of freedom . Mr , F . saema to think machinery is not 80 bad as it is ropn sauted , and calls upon me to give him the name of tho man , wbo says a single machine has thrown out 500 mon . I toll you candidly I copied the report from a p ^ niphlei published by the journeymen , and lot me ask airy working man here , if he would tell the name of bis master ; when he was exposing his trickery ? If class legislation did not exist , these men wouid not fear to give their
names . Mr . F . s ^ ys we have a surplus population . I believe it to baa base , and unprincipled falsehood , for the wealth at present produced "by labour every year , ia valued at eight hundred and twenty millions of pounds ; let us Bee how this is divided ? about eight millions are expended in poor rates ; twelve millions in tho ehurch ; eighty millious for local and nationnl taxation ; one hundred and twenty millions in rental for land and dwellings ; four hundred and fifty millions are received by the profit-mongering scheme , in the shape of banker , jobber , Jew , lawyer , and oil the vermin who live by buying labour cheap and selling it dear ; Yes , working riitn , this is the cauas of your poverty ; as labourer ' s wages are only one hundred arid fifty millions . . - How much better would your case be if you received the part now . received by the banker , Jew , &ci ? Qehfclejuen , with regard to popiilation , fabenff Allison says that Great Britain and Ireland will maintain one hundred and twenty millions of inhabit
tants in conifort ,. aud this allows for . mountains ., &c , to he deducted . Geiitlemen , we ave told that tho mechanical power of Grffcat Britain , at present , is equal ^ to six hundred millions of hahdsj howcaii the land , I say , with these Means , ' bave a surplus population , when , according to the last census , thero -were only twentyseven millions of inhabitants . ( Cheerf . ) Still , < J : htlemen , I tio believe , a eui'jjIuh population is ia existence . I believe that man who is usifa ! to society ia not one of the surplus population ; but every man , whoever , he may be , who UveS j not for tha good of soeiety , is surplus . Worlii ; : g nieu , you are the producers of all wealth . Siippose you were swept out of exiatence : ; suppose that you were destroyed as a class ;—tha middle class m ^ h would have to big , or becomeimen having blistered bands and tmsborn chins . Again , suppose ail other classes , sAvopt out of tx ^ tenco , libwi « : inyofyou would be ttli'Ved out of exLstence by learning to eat their luxuries . ( Cheering . ) ¦
Mr . Falvey , in again coming forward , was received with cht-fer 3 aad iiisses , and said- . Gentlemen , you know full well that it ia impossible to let you hoar without this noiso subsides . I repeat my . call aud shall comisueit ' uTiltss ; Mr J . ceases to nivba his attacks upon machinery . Y'ju ' will , most of ycu , remembur ft Ume when there were no macliinery- —the envied time when there was no machines —( hissing , hocting , and yi ;) in ? y and ' .-pries by the Lwvgue party of > ' Sfeopthe meeting , " wbenMr . Jones inteifjred and wished it to proceed . ) I must certainly give up speaking unleasyou are prepared to hear me . I again tell Mr ; Jongs why he did not give me the names of the parties was , be ^ cause he could not— ' ( disapprobation ) . Gentlemen , I am proud ef machinery , and I have worked in a
mill-I would rather work in a mill than in the field of the husbandman ; and I would rather eee my child work ia ainill than driven into a union workhouse . I auid the Charter -was a uewthiDg in the Bittory of Use world jfe has told you nothittg pi Its ag » . I know he conia not . I told him it never was a law in any age , bo , gentlemen , you have a right to be cluiriteblei I believe Mr . J , said I could not point out a time ; that tbe aristocrats had always been the makers of the laws , and that we ( the Corn Law repealers ) could not get it from them . I tell Mr .: Jones that we can get the Corn Laws repealed . We have wtung great measures from the aristocratic law makers , without the franchise to wrench them-from their Mods . If ycu dftsUf ji . ii . A cause , they will cease—(« , tc . jif " T-iitJi vAeit yit ' GcntlemeD , if I had the "Jweel wftttUi "' destroy it 4 t
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onco . I believe , gentlemen , the Corn Laws would have been repealed ere now , but for the interference cf the timid Whig . Bemember , withcut the People's Charter , we abolished jlayery , while America , with thefianchise , has that dark . etigma npon her character , V Mr . F . next quoted a few statistics fr 6 m ; M'Gregor , Hume , and Villiersi to the-ex ^ -ct' that if the Corn Lawa were repealed , they did n . > t know why a man might not live S 3 obeap-is Englani . 1 as any where else . Mr . J . says I said . there waa a surp lus population . If I did say so , I mean it to be cohdiL ' onaL I agree there is a conditional surplsa popalatK > n . "ButI-believe neither Mr . Jones nor Sheriff A 1 H& on—fcriea of ' Nor '' . ' . li'G ' re ^ or " either . " ) Gantlemen , pfcrmit me to atate . that ia the year 1835 , there were paid more in wage 3 by twenty millions than was last year , wbieh has stopped the boine niarket—{ bear )—not with . o » er production , but witu under consumption . { Heir , hear . }
Mr . Jones waa met , with deafening rteers :. - ' . nrfcea these had sabsidedi he said , Mr . Falvey h a * told you that he is very Bentim ' entai 1 he would rather s « e his cbilrt work in a factory , than see it go into a worVnousp . If this is Mr . Fv ' s humanity , I have more respeet i > r his child than , he has himself . I should wish my child to receive a good educatioa till it was fit for labour—( cheers ) —and this could be done by ^ tho destruction of class legislation . How . sympathetic ^ are the manuftictarcrsnow ! they have the half-naked wife and child pinioned down to slavery , while the husband is wandering through the etreets ; . to this right or wirong ? : I { it is right , let us Hy « in thh happy . state without murmuring ; if it is wrong , let u » raise with one voice ; and insist upon the de struction of ' . class . ' 'legislation . Now
for Mr . Falvey a great measures ; he ( Mr . F . j calls th * 3 Kefoim Bill an imprpvement , aa it enfranchised the middle classes . Btf j ' re he ealls thia an inatalment cf rights , he must first prove they have a greater claim-to tho franchise . Mr . Falvey says you must assist the middle class to get a Jtepeal of the Corn Laws —( cries Of 'No ; never .- ' ) I say . let the middle ciass join you to obtain the People ' s Chirter , and then I will give them credit for honesty ; but bo long aa tli&y keep aloof , I Shall consider nvyse ' i £ justified in deciaring them cle-Bigntaft , and uojuBt . Mr . F . hS 8 told you the People ' s Charter is new in the history cf the world ; but , gentlemen , this is not the question of debate —( cheers and a few hisses . ) I tell Mr . F . that the age of the People ' s Chatter is not the snWect < f the present
discussion . ' He says the changes of Government have been gradual . Havo they been gradual since the passing tf the Il » form Bill ? God knows they have been giy dual enough for the merchant , landowner , Jew ; and jobber ,. s # thay have wrung millions during that time froni the labour « f the people—( qusstion . ) Mr . Falvey has told you that we tuppressed slavery while the Americans retain it . I tell Mr . F . I dififer from him , when he says we have abolished slavery-- ( Mr . F-interfetedj and said , " black slavery . * ) Mr . F . has said enough , and has corrected himsslf . I am , riot one of those Mr . F . rapresented me . I s \ y the peotiie pf Eagland produce more than is sufficient for them all , if there was an equal distribution of that wealth . Suppose the labourers to be the largest class in society .
which they are ,, will they only receive one hundred and fifty millions out of the eight hundred and twenty millions they produce , white the , profit-monger , &c . eceives four hundred and . fifty million . Now , Mr . F . don't you think they would bamueh bettor off with the profit-Mongers' present share ? He must net identify the . interest of the labourer with the capitalist . 'Tis their wish to make the poor poorer than they are . Tuey only wish to Repeal the Corn Laws to enable thera to rob you still further—( cheers . ) ; Mr . Falvey—Gan ; lemen , a third time I call on Mr . Jones to give me a reason why machinery robs the people ; aad the Corn Laws being repealed would riot confer a positive good npon the people . In 1835 , the people were not represented , but they had cheap food .
Again I call on Mr . Jones to show why the removal of a positive evil would not be a positive goo . I thank him for the kindness towards my child , butthe working man cannot educate his child tot the iniquitous Corn Laws ; they take away one third of the ' -in bent of the working man . Mr . Jonos thinks little of the Keform Bill , < 5 cC . Dies tha Dissttatsr feel no inde ^ pehdence in mind by making the CatUoiiC ; equal to him in the eye of the law ? Am I to be toU the Catholic felt no inward satisfaction when he obtained emancipation , that he could eujoy the first just right , without the finger of scorn being pointed at him ; but , for my own part , I think , with . Sallust , ttiat" liberty with danger is preferable to slavery without it . " I want to give freedom to the belly bs well as the mind . I court
toe assistance of the middle classes ; and . be who dares to raise his voice against them mistakes the truth . Da you think the working classes can achieve their Cbarter without aid —; Cries of "Yes , yes , and no , no . ") I say any man who comes forward , and calls the middle class villains is an enemy to the working n \ an . I consider the worth of tho middle class-. Can you suffer the loss of the middle class ? ( Cries of " we caa . " ) "There is ho use you stopping me . I shall repeat the same thing ; their interest is inseparable from yours . ; ' . Mr . Jones says you must not identify th « labour with capital . They are father and son . That man who makes capital by his labour , makes labour with his capital , by buildiug machinery , and so confers a good upon the nation . Mr . Jones has told you the maufacturer and profit monger make a great deal out
of your labour ; but 1 tell you that the n / anufacturer receives a very littlo from each of his labourers . Most of the manufacturers have risen from the ranks of the pesple within thuty years ; and Sir Hobert Peel ' s father was a spinner . \ Ctiea of was " . Loid J . liusse \ ls" ? j It is said tho manufactursrs have become rich , but I know many who have become beggars by endeavouring to give employment to the people . ( At this sfctga of the proceedings , the confusion was so great that at times it was impossible to hear a word distinctly . ) Gentlemen , I have anavfeied every point . Mr . Jones made in his last speech , and again I call upon him to prove what I stated before —( hear , hear . ) Mr . Jones has not referred to the national debt , and I wish to knew whtther the land does gro » v enough for the people . They dare not put it to tuo test . — ( ChoeiS i and hiBses . )
Mr . Jones was again received with great cheering , and said gentlemen , - I will in the first place give my authority of the wealth wrung from the people by the profit-mongers , which has never been overturned , it is from Mr . Campbell ' s examination of the . Corn and Provision Laws , but we are not bound to take the ipsi dixit of any map . I am sarprssd Mr . F . . ' should have referred to the surj ^ t of religious differences—Ji ; ui » hter . ) Gentlemen , I am not one of those who would deprive any roan of hisreligious liberty , and I am nnt one of those wfco would appeal to the veligicus views cf any part } uader any circumstances . I tell you that the world is my coui . try , and to do good is my reiigion ^( bravo lad . ) Mr . F . asks me to prove tlie irjuriou ^ effects if machinaryi I will endeavour to do so . In' 1 . 797 ' , theru were
manufactured twenty-three millions of pounds weight of cotton , and in 1840 , the enormous > um f f mr ' -h ' un-4 ted and sixty millions of pounds . In 1797 . "the wages t f the handlOom weaver per week , were 2 Gs . 8 d ., while bv Mr . F . ' s boasted blessings , they were reduced to 5 s , ¦ 6 d , in 1810—( cries of M bravo , that ' s gone into him , "! this , according to Mr . F . ' s calcutetton , is bettering the condition of the people ; I do not wish to ntiscouttiue him , tut I do contend that machinery has aone great injury to the people . Mr . B * . says that man who dares to ruise his voice against the middle class mistakes the truth altiiough they have wealth and power ; 1 will neither bow to theirpower , nor eourt their wealth ; but there is no ' man more willing to forgive and forget than myself , and to shake kinds over the grave of our
differences . Mr . Falvey has told you labour and capital arc father and son . ( Cries of "So they are . ") Labour begat capital , and capital begat labour ; tlius a father begets a son ^ and then the son begets tha father ( Laughter and cheers . ) Attow me te draw your attention to the following important statement made by Jlr . Falvey ; fio says , many have risen from tha ranks of the people dUriKg the Just thirty years , and b , come master manufacturers . Will Mr . Fslvey tc-il us ttxat a prosperoua trade has taifeii placa uadsr the influtiace 01 the Cor > Lawa ? a . nd it is his wish t » reptal thewi ,: for he admits a pi'osperous trade has taken place under their influence . If ihe Corn Laws ha ? e rcaae the shopocrats and miliowners rich , I think tuff best pkn for them , would be to continue the same course in existence . ( Cneers . ) I atn a sworn enemy to monopniy of every
kind , Btill . I cannot reconcile the coRtrp . nictions made by Mr . Falvey , when he says , men hive risen in the last thirty yeurs , and many have been entirely ruinod . Gsnttemen , let me ask you if it is possible thataman could rise during prosperous trade ami fall by the : same cause . ( Cheers and hisses ) Gentlfemen , I'll toil you the reason why sonic of tile mwcliauts and manufacturers bave ; risen , while others hay « 'fallen , ' isT owing to success , or nbt , ; in speculation . The in an who has been the niost fortunate in his calculations baa been the most iucGessfuli and made the . - ' most profits . Gentlemen , another contradiction of Mr . Falveyia , where he asks jo « , if th « land dees grow enough for the people ? No , says be . He admits that it will grow enoagh by the custom of liot bod cultaTatiori he spoke of in his first ; 8 peech . ' ' . ¦ ' [ . . '¦ ' '; " : ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ""¦ . ... ¦¦" ' '¦¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . Falvet waa met with cheers , and said after three repeated challenges I have brought him out at last He informed you his authority was Mr . Campbell , and I don ' t know that his evidtnee is bo notorious ^ - ( hiB 8 e 8 , groans , and yelUrO ; At this tinie > It . F . seemed to be veiy much displeaBed with a ptison hifsing him , and eaid , Wby , you J lackguard wi ; at are you hissing at ? you're some Tory , a Chartist would not behave him-«« ifrS" - ( laugbte ^ - I v a ' 5 H ' xailu" t " i puU'Cv ^ j M » - '' . ft . > 5 ri ^ L *' .. i . ' ift . I" V » C" ph . fi . )» Hi au&oi'J . y of b oua * , 1 st j'Wh : oh is part of a Ap A bet * een
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•'¦ ¦ •¦ :- - ' -: ' - " . : y " ' ¦"' ¦ . ¦ : ' ; :- Xkje-TpT ? ¦ :. -: \ ¦ ¦' . him and myself ; it is theanthorityof J 4 r . Wert . He states we manpfactiired 259 , 412 , 7091 bsin 1840 , so that yoo « e » when these gentlemen talk abont Kiiiliqiis , they cannot have studied Cocker ' s arithmetic . Gcntletnen , I find from ' " Porter ' s progress cf the Nation , " in 1763 , the pdpu '^ tJon of - this countryvras littlo more than b ! x mflHons ; ^ bHo ibT 341 there is twenty seven toiilioia cfinhabliar . tb ^ the ^ ited kingdom / go thit yon « a we now have a n ^ essit . ? . " f > ra repeal of the Corn Laws , as you are brought £° t ^ e condition " afr which huuiaJiitj shudderK Mr . Jones Wy ? Jet the middle class join tui for the Charter , and we Mil then give them credit for honesty . I can point to the Corn Law Repealera , and they are ibe advocates of the- Suffrage .
I bate no sympathy with tfie Wcixf , * nd they never can be ¦ again in power aa Wfelja . Loofc at Joseph Sturge , Sharmaif ; Crawford , and Colofld Thompaoni and you -will find tSrttn the stoute t adrocates of an > xteiision of the suffrage : ' I stated in my last address that labour and capital were father andson , aad ^ Mr . Jooes , by his ingenuity , s&ergsd to turn it to * F © od purpasc . ( Question , qu 3 stion . ) f Gentlemen , I should not bavo made tais statement , bat fc 9 eaid they ( labour and cip-til ) w « e not iaentical ; | € ! oiapiete confesion . ) Mr . Jones says the rnanufactrire ? has raised himself from the ranks of the working dasaV under the opf ration of tho Corn I ^ awa ; but thia Wno reasoa why the people should not have cheag faod . We have driven the foreigners from our shorts , and theysre now
determined to manufacture for themselves . Th » time is come to remove this monopoly , and egain I caD apoa Sir Jones ito shew why their repeal would cot be » benefit to the working man . He " ( Mr . Jones ) direoted your attention to 17 & 7 j I will go a little f j . rtiiet hack into th-j history of our country . In the reign of Edward 11 f ,, in Bransorae ' s History of Colchester , and a worfe by BrasmU 9 , of Holland , wrote in the same reipi . we find ourance » i > ra had no chairs , or other necessary articles of furniture , and were obliged to sit > 5 ppn boxes anrt stools . ; aad that they ivere so filthy in their 'habits , they s ept among the excrements of dogs and cats , and that the nastiness of the people was the cause of the frequent piagoes which ravaged tho country . ; So mach for the time 3-when we had ' . no . - ' machinery . ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ :.. .. ¦ ¦ -. ,. . ; : ' ; ; . ¦ ' - ; . \ .- ¦ ¦" . •; ' -- .. - . ..
-Mr . Jones was received with deafening cheers , and said—Gsntlemen , this is my laofc time to-night , so I hope you will all pay the greatest attention . Mr . F stited , ia ^ b » 4 atfc » *« rfcx # -M *« a 3 « SS , Something fery unfavourable to our anoestors in that period but I will bring Eomething : forward to prove that the labourer was better off thea thein now , for his labour wna protected by law . By the 23 rd 0 ? Edward III ., we find the wages of Mia agricaUural labourer was 4 d . per day ; a woman for miking hay , Id . ; mowiug an acre of grass , 6 d . ; and thrashing a quarter of wheat 4 d . At the same time a pair of shoes cost 4 d . ; so yoa see the labouring man could buy a pair of sho 8 J then by the price of one day - labour ; but how : long will it take him now ? I believe the average
pneo at present is 9 a . per patt . 1 so tho band-loom weaver has nearly a fortnight to work for a pair now If we fuithet compare the pa % t and present , we shall find the saine difierer . ee existing in other things at ttiat remote time : a stall-fed ox cost 4 a j a fat sheep , unshorn i 1 * 8 d . ; a fat pig , two years old , 3 a . 4 d ; a fet gooce , 2 . W . ; a gallon of ale , Id . ; and a quarter of wheat , 3 s . 4 ( 1 . Whith of these times think you the best gentlemen ? The reason why the peopJe were bethe * off'was , because their labour waa protected by law . Gentlemen , a repeal ef the Corn Laws , under existing cireumstances , would not destroy the monopoly ; and I call Upon him ( Mr . F . ) to prove , that by shifting a monopoly you destroy it A repeal would only place the moEopoly on tho sbbnldew 0 / the
niillocrats aud manufacturers . The power to plunder yon would- only exchange hands between the aristocrat and ihVSiocrut . I am one cf those who are for being oppressed by neither party ; they : are one > 3 bad as the other—( cheers ) . My oppanent has fil ' d you competition raakea a demand for labour , and competition has reduced . wages . I aak him how he can tell us that ? Gectlemen , I am one of those who are for having their wages reduced b ; ' / ieither . I want the power , which nature awards nu . t ) have a voice in making the laws by which I am governed . I tell you , gentlemen , you nmt never expett a repeal of tho Corn Laws till the People ' s Charter becomes the law of ; the land ; and I toil him that tbe people ( f thia ciuntry will soon find ft to be their only hope ; he has admitted that class legislation
is the father of tho Corn Laws ; and I say it is the ciuse of all bur sorrows . Mr . F . wiaheB you to joiii the class of aristocrats , landowners , bankers , Jews , job-, bers . and middlemen , who have hiihorfoproved themselves to be nothing but a wee tf blood sucking vampires —( cheers , arid hisses , which continued sometime-i Mr . 'Falvey on eoming forward was met with the most deafening yells , hisses , aud groans , it was ever our lot to hear . After it had ioiiie'whatsubsided , Mr F . said , Mr . Modtrator and Oqntleineh , Mr . Jones has ree . d to you a few extracts from an Act of Pailinmenfc , mine were from the history of Co ' chsstsr , so muca for the two autboritiss / and in such like cases who is t 3 decide ? In the year 1835 wheat was on an average 39 s . 4 ii . per quaitar ; we were in full employment and
in good circumstances , and why ? becauss we could get £ 100 worth ' of food ; for tha same value in manufacturer ? . We had not the Cbarter then—( cries of we had the Corn Lawsr ) At present a great portion of bur population is . out of employment there isno immediate remedy , and I tell you tha people want "food— - ( cheers , and cries of the Ckarter . ) I am . not come here to talk about tde Charter . I tell you I fiqnt come here to placa repeal against the Chaiter ; I come to endeavour to prove that a repeiil would benefit us all , under any circumstances —( cheers and hisse ? . ) The reasons ara these ,, they want food and have no emplpymenf . I appeal to past experience in proof of my ari ? u >* ient i if you go to Manchester , Stockporfci or , Leeds , you will find , hundreds of faciilies starving . My ' friend has informed you that by \ transferring a monopoly , you dont destroy it —( cries of it woald . ) This was riot the opinion of K « ry Hunt , and I think you will give him credit for hv esty . On the first day ho entered
Parliament , he ini . de a motion for the total repeal cf the Corn Laws . Mr . Jones ywonders how competition and tha Gprn Laws reduce wages . I ¦ told you -jcompetition made" a demand for labour . In 1835 ,. we had cheap com , and why we have notat prese ; t , is through these Jaws , and binders the middle classes of specuUting with their wealth . My wortliy opponent conc ' u ' left his remaTk 3 by calling them a race of blood Truckings vampires , we need not wonder they are afraid of you ; is this the way in which yea expect their union— - ( hisses . ) I again say by giving ua cheap food it would increase pur employment , and give you the toast of George Thompson , " as y < u strujgle for the Cbarter , may you have a , cheap loaf by the way . " I willnow leave my case in yourv hands , and conclude by reading the following quotation ; £ Tbreui ? h the interruption , wo ecu dfiot hear a wont of it , j and Mr . F waa a » k ? d b 7 aom . 8 one in the crowd , why he did not work ? wo think he concluded with inTecttve 3 upon tha poor fello . w instead tf his quotation .
Mr . Bichardson , on caliing for a shew of hands , stated Mr . Fulvey ' s ¦ vp suld be-an amondrhenfc on Mr Jones ' s resolution , and therefore he would ^> ut the amenditfent ikst , ( there was n 9 amendment in ths caso , ) and invntioning the name of Mr . Jones three times , and speaking Mr . ifa-vey ' s nearly in a whisper , completely deceived the people , and neatly all the vast multitude held up their hanuB , and then against , he said , nearly half heid iip their hands for it . He then said , I do deciare Mr . Falvey ' s amendment to be carried by a decided migiiity , which made the people completely outrageous , seeing they had been deceived , and we can give the names if deaired of some of the Chartist counsel , voting against their desire . . .
The > nioQerator not being called on to decide * and Mr . Kicbardsoii , through the quietntss cf Mr . Grnssby , would , not allow it to be put to the mefcting again , although they utopped for half an hour to see the result .
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SKEGBy . —CLartism is making rapid progress here ; twenty new meniters were enrolled test week . . ;¦ At -the iiieeting on Sunday , three shillings "wei'e colltcted for the Mancluster victims . Daklington . —TVIr . Charles Connor lectured here on Thursday week ; a large . -numbet ' ef now members were enrolled . - . -. ¦ ' . ¦; ' . . .- . . ' ..: . - ... - ; ¦ ¦"¦ : ; :: , ; . ; v ' ;• , ¦ " Deltgate Meeting . —A district delegate nicetlng waa-h , tl ' o _ at Birotal , oh Snhday last , when delegates were present i ' rom the following places : —Dewsbury , Henry Robinson ; Bir 3 tal , Frederick France ; Bat-It y , -i fic-njasiin Bromley ; Liver ^ edfccj Ja mes Charleswortli ; i > awgreen , Daniel Wilson . Mr . Benjamin Bromlcv in the chair . The followi » # regoiuiiohs
were passed : — That tha delegates scuv to the next couucil meeting ' , are requested to tako into immediate coiisiderat-ion , ths best meaat ; of raising ft fltlld to \ vart ;' 8 defraying ike expencesiof the forthcoming Conveniicn . " ' " That any -Chartist ' , lecturer cjmhig- into this district , do communicate v ? 5 th tho sub-Secretary of tho placq where he intends % o \ zg to , when of before he sends his route to the ' . -Star , or else he will not . be attended to . " " That ' th ' e ' nezt conncil mc-ef ing be held at Batley , on Sunday , March 27 , at ( Mv . Banjamin Bromley ' s when dekgates from . Horbury , ' Earlsbeaton , Liversedge , Birkenshaw , CleckheSton , Aiirfield , and Giwthorp , are requested toatte nd . " ' :. ' "• ' ' ' " " :- - ¦"¦ - . ¦" '"¦ . - - ¦ ¦" ' " ' .. ¦ : ¦ . .. ' . . '
Dewsbuey . —rMr . west delivered two eloquent lectures her . ej on Sunday afternoon arid evening , in . the Large Room , over the Go-Operative Stores . Easington , near SxRorjD . —Ths Sturgites held & publio oieeting on Thursday , at this vilmge .-. Overtures werbnaado to the Chariisiaforcoalition . They were told that they might have tho Birmingbask Collins resolution . Oa this being demurred to , they were reminded that tho meeting was to be held on priVate property , and they Tvould not be allowed t (» sbeak at all it » lt 6 y insisted oa proposinc au ?
morft explicit ret ilutiou ; they therefore afiseuted . Knowies and apoiher good Chartist ' moved and secojided the milk and water resolutioni ; both of them denounciog it to the teeeting . The resolutien was negatived , only five hands being held npi for it . A show , of hands vvas taken for the wholo Charter , when ; nearly every baud was held tip ^ amidsfc loud cheering , sjtargo himself was preseviijpte ^ aiEeutmg , but his fppoch , bur oorreapon ^ SJrt ^ rMpjjka 1 * ^ wy ®) < j $ rer * & 3 « . * ^ K ^^« te ^^«^ i . trAT . ^ A- * , Jbt ^ pa ^ « | te ' ; Cv M day treiuDg ¦ . ; : ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ¦ fep ^ r ^^ C ^^ # ? ^ ¦ '¦' ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ' : " ... . '¦ . ¦ l *** f ' ri ^* ' / : ^ ' / - - - ' " ' ^ 'iw A ; . .. ¦ .... /^ nP' ^ rrA '"& $ } £ ' ¦ . . ' "'¦' - ' ¦ ' " ¦ ' ' ""¦ . ^^ ^ i ^^^ zr
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1153/page/1/
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