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GS . AND SUMONS ^ S ^ TICZh IN ^ aUCHIiSTES CO CELEBR 4 . TE THE L -YIXG THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MONUMENT "TO EE ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THS LATE H . HT 7 NT , ESQ ., AND THE PRINCIPLES OF WHICH , TILL DEATH . HE / WAS A SINCERE , FAITHrrL , "UNCONQUERABLE , A > TD UNSWERVING- ADVOCATE . This laudable , praiseworthy , snd patriotic undertskisg has bem long in contemplation by the Chartist 3 , the Monument Committee , end other admirers of the nan -who never deceived them . Daring ibe l ^ st wetk pl acards were issued , which ¦ were creAitiblo both for e : zb and boldness , -to tie Committee of Mana ^ tisent , and worthy of the grent and glorious object they had in view , the following cf which is a copy : —
** Grand procession on Good Priday next , Msreh 25 th , fQX thii purpose of laying the foundation siose of a mramment , about to be erected to the memory of the late Henry Hunt , Esq ., in the 'burial ground belonging to the Her . Jame 3 Scholefield , Erery-street , Ancoats , by F . O'Connor , Esq . "Order of procession—the members of the National Charter Association to assemble in their respective rooms , at ten o ' clock in t'ae forenoon and move thence to Stevenson ' - s-sqnaie , -where they -will be joined by the Associations from the surrounding districts , and those trades who have determined to tike a jart and join in the crocassion .
" The procession -win move from Stevenson ' s-squaie precisely st eleven o'clock , in the forenoon , headed by two marshals on horseback , along Lever-street , Piccadilly , Portland ' - street , Brook-street , Roshalme-road , to Ardwiek-gr * en , where it will wait the arrival of Mr . O'Connor , then to move along London-road , Piccadilly , Market-street , -where the procession vrill stop and the bands play the "Daad March , " then move np Mosleystreet , Piccadilly , Lever-street , Great Ancoats-street , and Every-street , -where Mr . O'Connor -will proceed with the interesting ceremony of laying the foundationstone and briefly address the assemblage . Pavoors to be -worn in tl » e tb . 3 processioa ere ^ n and whits . "JOSEPH LI 5 XEI , I v ,- ^ ,, . •¦ Gabriel Habgkeates . j 5 £ arsaals
" Men of Manchester , Salford . and then vicinities , come forth in the greatness of your strength , and shew by your conduct that day , your desire for . and love of , liberty ; and 1 st both Whigs and Tories soe that persecution has not had the effect anticipated by them . " Again , -we call upon you to come forward like men , determined to drive slavery from your homes , and injustice from your country . And let your motto be peace , law , und order . " JBy order of the Monument C-. ' nnnittes , " JoHS Mub . ra 1 \ Chairman . - " William Ghcwcott , Secretary pro tern , " An early application for tickets for the tea party and ball trill be neccssiry . Admission into the yard one panny , platform sixpence each . "
Previous appeals had been made bv the steady , sober , and industrious committee to the democrata of the surrounding towns , the result of -which was tant Uiey like-¦ wise made arrangements to come in procession to "Witness the anxiously-expected ceremony , and many were the prayers sincerely offered that the weather would be favourable . On the morning in question the gods -ware propitious ; the sun came out early , the "wind calm , and the atmosphere warm , according to the season . By seven o'clock , hundreds -were seen talking through the town , distinguished , many of them , by an Executive scarf , others -with green and -white rosettes . Whilst groups were coming in irom the surrounding villages , the Chartists at their rooms were buisily engaged preparing the flag ? , " banners , &c .
The fine morning—the orgect of the day ' s celebration —the prospect of a grand display—the opportunity of once more seeing their great chief , Feargus O'Connor , and many distant friends—1 esidPs itrtngthening their cause by shewing the factions the majesty of their numbers , aU combined to put tha people in high glee , and to mate their hearts bound and almos-. burst with gntliusiasni . And surely » he d-vy -will be remembered and handed down to posterity as the most glorious ever ¦ witnessed , and ha * hastened the day when universal justice shall be established , and political inequality , injustice , tyranny , and oppression abolished , and when all shall live contented , happy , prosperous and free , supplied with their natural lights , viz ., good ' food , good clotfeing , good shelter , good education , and proper protection .
Shortly alter ten o'clock , the sounds of drams end of other music , were heard from one end and side of the town to the other , processions coming in at all the great thoroughfares from the surronndin ? towns . The procession from Oidhaci , Tailsworth , anJ Jfewton Heath , conjointly cams down Ever j-strett , headed by an excellent brass band , the musician tastefully dressed for the oce&sion . At the burial ground , the bind tilted , left the procession for a few moments , wect mto the yard and pkjed thS Drf ^ d March -without any scitciUUon . This having been performed , in a solemn sad proper manner , they took their place at the front of the proctssion , struck up again and the music , flags , tanners , tbe
respectability , and immense number appeared to have quickened that part of the town . Tiey proceeded thence up Chancery-lane , dewn Ashton- street , under the Railway Bridge , np Travii-street to Brown-street , where many of the Manchester Chartists had assembled . Nearly in sight and within hearing of the band was the jprocess . cn coining in from Afibton . Mottram , Stalybridge , Openshaw , and Droylsden . The procession hsre halted for a few minntes , whilst the pro- ] cession of about seren thousand from Stoefeport Were i coming np A * hion-aireet from the I *> ndon-r < nd , which I made the procession altogether more than half a mile i inlengthi which "was followed in about five minutes i after by the large Ashton procession . In the above j
processions the yoaths , a « ult 3 , and female 3 toot their j various situations , and walked with the most precise ! discipline ! order and regularity . Daring this time , \ processions were coming in composed cf people from i Bochdale , Heywood , Miad' . eton , and other villages } contiguous to thosa town ? . The people were likewise j entering from Warrington , Eccies , Hal 3 haw-moor , I B » tton , Macciesfield , and from all parts of Yorkshire , , ' Lancashire , and Cheshire . Every railway train was j crowded , and hundreds coming in spring carts and on foot . Such was the dense mass , that the square , which has been calculated to hold upwards of forty thousand , ¦ was wedged so much that it was merslly impossible I for ths marshals to arrange the procession according to the programm ? . To obviate which , those who were appointed to lead the procession moved down i
lever-itreet , in order to make way for those in the adjacent-streets , who before could not get into the square . Thus having been properly arranged , the j mtTsTr ;?* gave the -Frord " march ; " at tie instance of which sll the bands struck up at once , and proceeded down LeTer-street , Porfland-itreet , ; David-street , Garratt-road , Brook-street , and Rusholmeroad , to Ardwick-green . The Btreets , for upwardsTof three-quarters of a mile a&d nearly , thirtyyards wide , were completely crowded with human beings to meet Feargus O'Connor , Esq . at the Shakespeare Inn . Bomt idea mny be formed from reading the annexed extract froni the Mar . a ^ eskr Times , a Whig Corn Law League paper : —
" The length cf the procession znzj be jndg £ d of from the f ict that when the rear had arrived about half-. way along tbe London-road si-1 e of the Green , the head of the procession ws ^ opposite tha Shakespiare Inn . At lids time , the number of people assembled to witness the spectacle was very great " Whilst the precession remained stationary here for the space cf an hour , IIr . Hargraves t-ook a carriage and few , with postillions , the horses bein £ tastefuiJj , bnt not gandily , dscorated for the occasion , to Mr . Scholeflsld ' s , Evsry-str&et , when i > t . Hul . ' y , the Rev . Mr . Scholefield , Messrs . Hnrry and Railton , tha latter tw ^
were Hall of tociesce victims , poor Railton carrying his arm in a sling , get in and came at foil speed to . the Shakespeare , for Mr . O'Connor , t > : e roads being lined with spring cart ? and people , which made it difficult for the carriage to pass , even slowly , with any degree of safety . The Marshals were not able to move along with thtir horsea . Some idea may be formed of the pressure when we state that it took nearly ten minutes to make an opening for ilr . O'Connor to make his way to the carriage . As soon as that gentleman made his appearance , hs was saluted "by the acclaiming thousands with the most rapturous apmauss , which vibrated and made the welkin ring .
The carriage having wheeled ronnd towards Manchester , the procession then , with flags nattering in tbe brerZ ? , music charming ! - playing , moved stately acd majestically oSircm the Siskespeare towards Ardwiek Green—the people greeting ffie gentlemen in the carriage = a they passed aiunr . - To attempt to give a description of all the flags , trvnnera . and other democratic emblems , was , from the cro-s-derl state of the streets , impossible . The mottoes alone wonld have filled three columns of the StarsuSce it to say , that wa counted three hundred splendid flng 3 , banners , oil rvlntir . « s , and other emblems . The following are , however , a faw : — Behind the carriage , and fastened to a spuing cart , was a large , splendid , and well-execnted oil painting , giving s full representation of the Peterloo massacre , which eausedCTeat attraction , got up expressly for the occasion by the brave Chartists of Brown-street , Manchester .
Motto— " Murder demands jnstice . The Manchester Times said , in reference to the banners , " Tbe number of banners was considerable . " There were fna-lengtb oil paintings , bearing the liSe * DfeSESS of flenry Hnat , Esq ., O'Connor , O'Blien , "Frost , Williams , and Jones , and M'Douall—all bearing appropriate mottoes . A large banner , an oil painting belonging to the youths , bearing the impression of the card of the As ^ Bocianon . A beanUful flag from the Joiners . —3 Iotto^— " We Joiners i ? in for the protection of labour . "
There were large figs frcm Rochdale , Stockport , and other town ? , havirg various inscriptions on them . We noticed the following only as a few : — ' " What mpan ye that beat ye my people to pieces , s&ith the Lord of Hosts ? " "Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , < fcc ., < fca , Sjiford Branch of the National Cbarte ? Association , This was a rich . green silk Flag . ' The Nation must destroy public credit or public ere-
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uit wm destroy tbem ' " A governraent that neglects the I'hj . slci j enj m-jril wants of tbe people ought not to t-xht , " "Down with class legislation . " •' Labour is the source of ail wealth . " A black flag surmounted by the French blood-red cap of libwty and a large banner with this inscription , " freedom's battle once begun , Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son , Xaoughbamed oft is ever woa . " "We have set ourselves upon a cast and we will stand the hazard of the die . " The procession proceeded down London Road . The windows , balconies , top 3 of houses , and every convenient r-lice was crowded with people , who cheered r- - hastily—men waved their hats , women th " " ' .. ^ lifci-r .-inefs and sb " 3 , and in some
instances v r cap 3 : % 7 hich they v taken off their heads . On .. -raing dov , n M-.-ketra-. refct , Mr . Scholefield stepped out uf the carriage to go to the burial ground to prepare for tbe arrival of the procession , and Messrs . Heywood , Higginbotwm , and Cooper , of Leicester , stepped in , and on being asked what they thought of the procession ? Mr . 0 Connor . Dr . Hully , Higginbottom , Cooper and HeywooJ . all concurred in opinion that it was the grandest and most magnincient display they ever witnessed . There were many very large and splendid flags hnn # out in various parts of the town . In going through Victoria-street , and over Victoriabridge , the sight both ways was truly dazzling , not being able to sea the end of the procession either wav . The procession continued to move through
Salford ; the fcxpressioas and enthusiasm of the people baffl-ad all description either by pen or tongue . They turned into Chapel-stieet , Salford , thence by New BaUey-street , Bridge-str&et , Deansgate , and Peterstreet , till they came in view of Peterloo , and here halted , whilst the bauds played the " Dead March . " Thence moved forward by Mosley-street , OMhainstreet , and here -was presented another grand and magnificent sight , while casting the eya both ways , which was a den 3 e , solid mass of Blowly moving human beings . We could jnst discern the white hat of Linney , as far as the eye cauld carry—he being above the heads of the great crowd , m : ; unte < on a horse , uml on looking
to the end of the piocession . could not be perceived . When we arrived at the Aew Cross , end of Oldhamstreet , and on standing upright , endeavouring to see both ends c £ the precession , which wn 3 then Tbo fnil length cf one street , aud a quarter of a mile in thu other , we found it imposs-bie ; Great Ancoats was crammed , whicti is forty yards wide . a : ;« l upwards of three quarters of a mile in length ; the causeways lined all the way with closely packed rr ^ ups of females , acxi-jus to get a glipse of O Connor , and -rtio manifested marks of admiration and applause in every possible manner , he at the same tima po ! it » ly acknowledgin" the respect paid by taking uff his hat , and moving in return .
When wo arrive *! at JEverr-street , it was so packed that it was dangerous for the carriage to proceed UD to the gate ? , Linney cam ? up by the side of the carriage to give Mr . O'Connor a medal , v . hich was one of the first Chartist medals that enme out in 1 S . 35 . stating that it wa 3 utterly impossible fjr him , with his h ( . * 3 e , to get any nearer , requesting him to put it ( th * icedali under the stone , which was done . The carriage was at this time about forty yards frnm the gate ; arid many wouid have been very severely crushed had it not been for some one opening th 3 gate of the lowei yard ,
; -which is capable of holding about 12 , 000 people . This i having a little eased th- ; strost , the carriage proceeded , : and Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by the other aentlemen , I with very great difficulty obtained a passage into tbe i yard , which was then filling rapiilly , there feeing three I separate doors to admit of an ingress . The yard in ; which Its ceTemony -was performed is about thirtypteve-n yards square . There were three hustings fixed ! for the accommodation of the spectators . No . 1 was ! fifteen yards by eighteen eleven inch planks wide . ' . No . 2 was twenty-five yards by ten planks . No . 3 five vards by twenty planks wide .
A Corn Law League paper here says— " At the period of their arrival the street was much crowded , an : ! considerable dim-juSty was experienced in getting admission to ths chappl yard . And the yard was crowded "with spectators in a few minutes . " There btifig as many in tbs 73 rd as cou'd conrfortr . bly stand , and it being then , as near as we could guess , three o ' clock , the ceremony commenced . The Rev . J . SeholeSeW d ; scended from the platform , followed by Mr . O'Connor , aud took their st \ tions by the base of the intended monnment , the Salford Chartut Band playing
" The D » ad March" A cavity , lined with lead , bad been prepared in the Etone , forming the centre of the foundation , for the reception of memorials ; and Mr . ocoanm placed a copy of the Memoire of Henry Hunt , Esq .,- copy of his IrCtters to the Reformers of Great Britain . " written during bis confinement in Ilchester G . iol , " An Acconn ? of the Massacre at Peterloo , " a fnll length portrait of Feargus 0 "Connor , and a medal , together wh ' a the fallowing inscription , written upon strong paper , whica was read aloud by Mr . Schoiefield ; —
11 A few friends 01 liberty , r . ohr . atsd by the love of justice , and having witnessed the dreadful niussacre of their ft-How-men on the fieM of St . Pater ' 3 , when they -were assembled for a perfectly lt'gal purpose—namely , to petition the British Parliament for Universal Suffrage and a repeal of the Com Laws , V . - . te by Ballot , and a reform of the people ' s House of C ; mmons , they were assailed by a drunken and infuriated Yeomanry Civalry , and slaughtered witheut mercy . Therefore , te shew our detestation and horror of such an unprovoked assault npon an unarmed and peaceable people and to perpetuate tbe memory of Htnry Hunt , E « q , and also those who fell on that occasion , it was resolved to erect a monument and thus shew to future generations how the people estimate sterling worth , and how they appreciate genuine patriotism .
Therefore , we , the ¦ un dersigned , members of the cciniKire ? e , liavo requested Pear £ ; us O'Connor , Esq ., Birrister-at-law , tho man of the people , and successor of Henry Ennt , Esq ., to deposit this our hamble , but sine * re testimony , along with the " Memoirs-of Henry Hunt , " the "Peterloo Massacre , " and other tokens of that bloody day , the 16 th of August , Anno Domino , 1819 , undtr the centre of thi 3 pilia . r , and which , -was dune amidst thousands of honest and approving spectators , this 25 th day of March , Anno Domino , 1842 .
COMMITTEE . Jajies Scholefield , Treasurer . Philip Knight , Chairman , James Wood , Hsnut Parm Benneit Charles Cholto . n , Ja ^ ies Rawuottom , PETE . B . ROTHWELL , DaVID APPLETON , Samuel Booth , Thomas 'Railton , John Coopse , John Cockshott , Joshua Johnson , John Mvruay , Geosge Exley , Gabriel Hargreaves , Joshua Lomax . Ailen Newton . Joshua Rogers , Peter Campbell . A . VDBEW MELVILL , WliLlAJI GfiOWcOTT , "
These documents having been inserted in tl . ^ place prepared for th < i" ' ; , a smaU s ' aS or stone-was laU " . on by Mr . O'Connor , who teofe tbe trowtl and spread the cement , and uEed th 9 mallfct like a sV :. f al niuscn , snd a 3 ja = ted the stone . A rough drawing prwentlci ; a : i ti- ; 7 ition if the intended moaumtnt , vras fcusr-c-.. i ' ed over the door of the chapel , and poin ^ d ont t > th-.-spectators . It is to be about thirty fet-t high , and is to coc :-lst cf a plain neat pyramWal ihaf :, rUing froze . t square pedestal , th ^ sides of which will be about two yards in width . Under tbe monunvnt thtrs is a Iar ^ e vault in which those who prove faithful to death in tlio f eop-e ' s cause might ba interred , if the people Ncsirc ' . ! . The ceremony being completed ,
Mr . O'Connob . again ascended the platform toadtlress the p-r-i'le SAsemblid . Ho said tLcy had cine together th ' vt d ;; v to perform a sacred but a raouri . f . il duty , for the purpose of doing honour to the niemury of one of the bokleist , bri ^ est , aad one of tfco most honest public men tliat tT « r lived , in any age , or in a ^ y cou ntry . iCllcCT ? . ) He i-. It . OC ) tLariked G « d thLj -were niet there t- > raise a monument to his inrinory , ami although he was so more , y&t l .: s spirit , even at thvt ni . iiiei ^ t , animated every heart present , and bore ample assurance of what was to occur f ) T the future , ihear , hear . ; That gretl and good ; aan had hi « trials . Thosa who had come after ( he , Mr . 0 C . amongst the rost ) were sailicg upon compartiveiy smooth waters . He lived in times when to do what they were assembled to do would
have led permps to another bloody massacre , Taat was not the fLr . : time he had performed an act of duty en behalf of the departed . It was kia po . in ' fal and mcumfal duty to preach the funeral oration over the bodies who were bntchered at Rithcormac It was truly encouraging to thosa engaged in the cvus < i of the people to tnow that their names and character wouid be respected after their departure ; bad he himself not contemplated that he should be respected nob only -when living , bat after death , he would have flagged long since . He -fra 3 happy to be looted up-n 2 * 3 one of the followers of t&e late Henry IiunT , and in aliuding to the massacre he contended that Jnstice on rfce murderers wa 3 t ' enied . The day would arrive when in the presence of a jnst God neither the quibbling of council
r . or the dictum of a judge wculd sava them fn ; m the punishment ; they won .. ! be arraitned iu the awful presence of that great God -who rewards virtus and pBTiishes vice , and btfora that great tribunal would Henry Hunt stand as -witr . ets against them for the slaughter ot an innocent , inoficniive a £ d oppressed people . Mr . Hunt lived in times whe-n if he hud pos-Eessed the disposition of an augrl and spoke in defence of the poor , and devoted his good character , tal-cts , property , and ail , for the sake of right again * t might , he would be considered a devil by tbtir oppressore . Mr . O'Connor then showed the diffirecce of the present times frem those when Muni laboured , and attributed the liberty of speech of the present day to the growing omnipotence which public opinion
had created . Mr . O'Connor then said that he 2 nd com ^ 270 miles for the purpose of attending that meeting , but he was amply paid for all his trouble and expence by discovering the public sympathy for that patriotic , honest , and good man Henry Hunt If they had forgotten him , would it not have been less encouraging for every man to go forward in their behalf at the present day ? Would not . the good work which they had begun that day stimulate every man to go forward with more fortitude vigour , and perseverance' The movement had arrived at that strength and eminence , when it was cut of the power of the Factions to awe it down , shoot it down , sabre it down , or put it dewn by any other means . Time and circumstances have made public opinion of the present day , quits different to wbat it w&s in Hunt ' s day ; yet , he weilded is honestly , boldly ,
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and bravely , and never deserted it . The people had sunk lower and lower in the scale of misery and destitution—they had become more impoverished , and they would have to make a new nation . It was their duty who remained behind , to swear to each and each to all , that they , never would desert the principles of him whom they had met to honour that day . Though the man had departed , his principle ? had not ; and if there was anything worthy of remark fop eommeinorattenina public man , it "was that he should die consistent . Those who had met that day for the purpose of paying a token of respect to Mr . Hunt , would not be nowtaken from their object for any political straw which might be set before them . There were thousanda UDon thousands who really could not obtain a place
to witness the ceremony ; Wapolean , who had murdered millions , had but few to follow his real remains to the grave , as compared with the hundreds of thousands coneregated only to lay the foundation stone of a monument to Henry Hunt . The one being known to the world as a murderer only , while the other was revered as a hero . Mr . O'Connor then told them he had to be at another meeting that night in Manchester , -after which he would go to Bury , thence to London again , and he had eaten-nothing that day ; he thought it / was time that he got his breakfast ( laughter and cheer 3 . ) Mr . O'Connor then begged of them as they admired the principles and conduct of Henry Hunt , to return to their homes peaceably and quietly ; and on referring to the late onslaught at the Hall Gf Science , he hoped aach wonld not take place again ; they must , as he had done , forgot and forgive . Every Irishman an < i Englishman should take each other by the hand , and continue in
one great legal union for the overthrow of that unjust and oppressivfl system which operates alike on the working men of both countries ( cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then spoke in a very complimentry manner of priest Hearne , for remonstrating-with his floek and countrymen , respecting their rash aud disorderly conduct . He next spoke very highly cf Mr . Scholefield , who he said deserved their most sincere thanks ; he hoped some notice would be taken of him—he had watched him well , he had watched him long , and he had never found him in the least to deviate from the line of truth . He then C 3 iled npon the vast assemblage there , under the broad canopy of heaven , to swear never tO desert the principles of him , th » foundation stone of whose monument they bad just seen laid . . Mr . O'Connor then concluded amid the moat rapturous applause , ¦ which sc-tmed to animate the whole assembly . On silence being restored , several voices cried out for Julian Harney .
Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , came forward , and moved this resolution : — " That we , the Chartists of Manchester . Salford , and their vicinities , feel grateful to the Rev . James Scholefield , for bis exertions in procuring the erection of this memento ot our departed friend , the late Henry Hunt , Esq ., and we pledge ourselves to afford that Kev . Gentietnen all the support in our power , whether pecuniary or otherwise , until tbe work be completed . " Mr . C . said—The friends of freedom , his fellow-country men , and particularly the inhaiDitants of Manchester , would agree with the resolution when they heard it read . The speaker then read the above resolution , which was followed by marks of applause . Ho felt confident that his friends would fully agree with tbe
first part cf the resolution , as it alluded to a gentleman whose conduct had been so long before them , and who had been well tried , and always found faithful . Mr . C . then mentioned the many times which he had seen Mr . Scholefield exerting himself at public meetings when he himself was too young to take part in politics . They had mores particularly to thank him for the design cf the present undertaking , as on that rested tho latter part of his resolution . It called upon them to pledge themselves to support him Mr . Cooper then alluded to the bloody affair on Peterloo in 1819 , urged their assistance for the completion of the monument ; and hoped their future conduct would be such , as became men who were determined to be free—( loud cheers . )
Mr . Leach came forward anim loud cheers , to second the resolution . He -was prou . i to sea them there upon BQch a laudable question , namely , to pay a tribute of respect to a tt . au for having stood firm to principle . Mr . Lesch then spoke in eu ' . ogistic terms of the gentleman alluded to in the resolution , for his exertions with tbem in tbeir struggles for freedom . He was glad to see likewise the successor of Hunt there that day ( meaning Mr . O'Connor . ) And he hoped the day was not far distant when they would have to lay a foundation stone not over him , nor any one present , but over that abominable and monstrous system of iniquity —class legislation , -which has enslaved and was now
pressing an industrious people to the surfice of tae earth —( cheew . ) It was the duty of every man to lend a helping hand for such a glorious purpose ; because , until they ( the people ) were prepared to break theii own chains , they never would be broken . He quite agreed wit ! i the vote of thanks to the llsv . Mr . Scholefield ; but let him call upon them to purge from their breast 3 everything calculated to breed division until they tad gained that object opon wWch their minds and Ai ? eetions khtn rested ; namely , justice and freedom for themselves and posterity . He would conclude by Becondingthe resolution , which was put and carried unanimously .
Mr . Scholefield came forward and said , fellowmen and countrymen , allow me to thank you on the preEeut occasion for the good feeling , order , and unanimity which they in their thousands had displayed that day , which had been a glorious one , and would be long remembered . It was near two thousand years since Christ , the Saviour of the world , shed his biood , and the drops of biood which were shed in their cauBe , of which Henry Hunt waa the advocate , had given fresh aaimation and still lived , together with tho principles . RtJerenea had kcea maae to the Mnod which hud been
lost the other evening at the Hall of Science . He forgave those men . He loved an Irishman—( cheers)—and forgave them most sincereiy—icheers ) and he hoped that they would be united until they had gained the liberty of mankind and the liberty of the world . Another duty he had to perform , which was to inform them that the very cement which had been , used for the laying of the foundation stone was promised on the last night that Mr . O'Conner lectured . The gentleman who made them such promise bad given them half a hundred weight of Roman cement—( Name ; namot . Mr . Warren , the CornLaw Repealer—( No good . ) Never mind that , said the Rev . Gentleman , in answer to the above remark ; he has done one good deed and for which he would thank him . He had received likewise
ten shillings from Hebdeu Bridge and £ 1 from Dr . Hully —( Chfera ) , He trusted he should continue to receive what persons had to give until it was finished , an-i then what money he had as overplus after ihe monument was paid for , be would haad over to tbe Chart st fund of tbat towu —( cheers 1 . After a few other remarks , tht Rev . Gentleman retired amid the plaudits of the people . Many voieea cried out again Xor Julian Harney , when Mr . F . O'Connor came forward amid loud cheerily and said that he had a duty to perform , after winch 31 r . Harney would address them , because be ( Mr . O'Connor ) w . ^ s compelled to leave . He thercfure begged to move a Tute of thanks to his brother etoce-ip . isons who assisted him to lay the stone—( laughter and cheers ) .
Tne Mover put it , after being seconded , aud xt was carried by acclamation . Mr . O'Connor then retired amid loud cheering , which rr ^ htr confustd the meeting for a short tima . by the pressure of persons who wanted to get to shaks him by tao hand . . Air . Harney gave way for Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , who s . iid he could not stny with them long . He belonged to an aascciatirin of nearly a thousand Chartist ? of Leicesterich » ers ) . But he had seen such a . sieht that < by vhich he had never done before , and it realTy di . l Iris heart good . He bad Been half a uiillL-n of people assembled that day—ihear , hear , ant' -cKers . ) It wili do th ' . people of Li-icester good also : it had
done hirr ? good once mare to see their grent . chief , Mr . 0 Connor —( elieers , and cries of " God bless him" )—which hz < l m re than compensated him for his journey . He then mentioned Henry Hunt , and said ho h : id used to read of that great , good , brave , and indomitable champion of the people when he was but a ' bo ;' , and there > cas no Radicalism in that quarter in which he resided ; b-at h 3 was glad to siy that there were now Chartists in t ^ at part of the world—( cheers . ) Tiiere are a few Chartists ? . here . Mr . Cooper said they ( thv people ) could see Chartism on a fine scale ; they might expect a clbfu u' tcrrest and ingathering to their raid's dmir . g the ensuiri ; juramer— { cheers)—all coming foT tho support of tbf Charter . Mr . Cooper then went on to sbew the pr « -ju iice which had hitherto existed
acainst the Cl . nrtiats by persons -who did notunderstami what tiie intt utions end oVjects o ? the Chartists were ; but when tbfy earsi-j to hear the principles of Chartism explained , th = y txe ' -:: hi : ; .:. " 0 ! is that Chartism ? if it is , we nre Cbirtists "—( cheer ' s . ) Mr . Cooper then recommended teit- 'ialisin ; after which he was about to conclude , when hs tos saiu ' . td with voices from the crowd , re-questing him to proceed . "Gjci . " "About what ? " sivA Coops-r- For tbey ff . U 3 t know the short time ailove < 5 for each speaker would not allow him to explain much ; and if he began to explain the Complete Suffrage move , he mipht give ofitnee . ( " You Won't . " ) Last Monday , they ( the Chaitists of Leicester ) gave a blow to Complete Suffrage ; ih-. y would not have it there . (¦ ' No , nor we either . "! They were determined to have the Charter—the whole Charter , UEstripped of any of its details . But , strictly speaking , there were no details in the Charter . Mr . Cooper then shewed clearly , plainly , and logically , the superiority of
the Charter movement to that of the Complete Suffrage mevement , by comnifeneins at the first point in the Charter , and fiuLshing at the last la reference to Animal Parliaments , he denied tbat they could have " Universal Suffrage without them , even according to thestandard laid down in the Charter ; for if , said he , a man was twenty years of age at one election , unless they had Annual Parliaments , he cculd not , when of age , receive his title to vote . If it was a three years Parliament he would have t © wait two years , till the election came on again , consequently be deprived of his vote for that length of time ; hence the superiority of Annual over TrienniaL ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Cooper showed that the Charter neither could nor would be allowed to be uojoiated , nor taken to pieces , if It would confer the intended ' benefit ; upon the industrious « niliions . He then congratulated them on their grand display , and the respect they had givtn , net only to Henry Hunt , Esq ., bus to their mble
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O'Connor . ( Cheers . ) He was not ashamed to be considered a man-worshipper ; he cobBidered Pym , Paine , Washington , and many others , as the personification of great principles . And what was i \ O'Connor , so long as he said he would and did go for the Charter a man who gave hia labours , bis talents , his wealth to ; the cause of'the people , but a personification of great principles . Then he ought to be respected in \ , he a&ine proportion , because he haaono interest ? save that of the millions , consequently u 6 interests in deceiving them . ( Cheers . ) After an admonition not to be led from the Charter , Mr . Qooperf-retired loudly cheered by the people . ;; ¦ ' - . ¦ - . :-: - ¦ . '• • . ' ' . ' ¦ ¦' , "¦¦ ¦ . : ' ¦ . ¦ ' ' :- . - - - "
Mr . Hakney next came forward amid vociferous cheering , ¦ which , when it had subsided , he said their respected and reverend friend , Mr . iSchblefleld , had told them it was nearly 2 , 000 years since the Saviour of the world , was nailed to the cross , who was the founder ef Christianity . Why was it that he was put to death ? Because he was the advocate of justice , equality , arid right , and for doing which he was acoused an ( l Condemned for sedition ; ( Hear , he » r and long continued cheering . ) He wns not of party , or faction ; he taught no creed but that of ^ 'justice to all , " unless they yrould call that a creed , which was that of Feargus O'Connor— - ( cheers . ) The greatj the good , the patriotic of every age , ; of every clime , and of every country had had the war-whoop of the factions , of the tyrants , and the
selfish against them . Wherever a good man has distinguished himself for the love of liberty , of the people , and of his country ; whereve * he has come forward in defence of right against might , justice against injustice , and truth against falsehood , the cry of sedition and blasphemer has been raised to destroy both him , his influence , and the good he was calculated to do —( loUd cheere . ) There are men who would hunt down Jesus Christ at the present day for preaching similar doc ^ trines to those he did nearly two thousand years ago , the same as they hunted down poor Henry Hunt to the grave—jcheers . ) After a fow olher remarks , Mr . Harney said they wore called together that day to wash off the stain which has rested upon their heads . since the death of Henry Hunt , a , stain which had never been
eff . iced till that day . He called upon them to stand by their principles , as he did ^ ^( cheers . ) He was the same in 183 Q as ha / was iu . 1890 . Ho , like O / Connor , was admirttd for his consistency in the House of Com * rnona and amongst the people ^( cheera . ) They must not he led astray from their object by the Sturgites . They were huuibugs , and every other ite , that would not go for a full insasure . They were philosophers only for their own interests , and they— the .. peoplemust be philosophers nnd politicians for their own interests , and not ba made tools of for any party , or far any selfish or factious interests —( cheers , and " we won't ) No , no , they must mate tiiem come to the sticking point—coine to the staadard of juBttca—banish exDediency bafora they will deserve or can obtain
the assistiinco , support , and confidence of the industrious but oppressed iind enslaved miilion 8-r (« heers . ) The universal cry of the people must and ought to be the Charter whole and entire , and no compromise , no expecliency , no mystification , nor any surrender —( hear bear . ) It was how three years since he had the pleasure of' seeing some of his friends from Ashton , ; stalybridge , Hyde , IJolton , Rochdale , Oldham , kc ., many of whom he then saw before him . Since thai time he had been , the self-same , man as he was then when he was taking a tour previous to tbe first Convention , and always was , prepared to do all and suffer all for the rights of the people . Mr . Harney , who had walked all the way from Sheffield to be present at the great demonstration , then retired amid enthusiastic cheering ' .
Mr . JONES , of Liverpool , late North-riding lecturer , next addressed the meeting . They bad assembled to pay a tribute of respect to a departed friend , one who was persecuted * spurned , and scoffed at by their oppressors , because they , like himself , their noble O 'Connor , and the preceding speakers had dared to tell them of their long-witheldrights —( hear , hear ) . Iftheylooked back to history , they would find that those men who were most virtuous , indomitable , unconquerable , and prominent in tha agitation of the peopje , bad ever hart the Shifts Of thd law arrayed against them' ip « irusb them , aud were watched by the Government as objects of their persecution , torture , and destruction . Many of thoso had been put within the gloomy walls of a duugeon , and there ; in many instances , left to perish ; ¦
others had ; been consigned to the gibbet—to transportation , and the scaffold—( hear , hear ) . He stood there not to natter them , but to tell them the . iritb , The Government would not have carried out their designswould not have been so powerful only the people in the hour of trial—in : the faour of trouble , when firmness was moat demanded , the people themselves have rushed to mad persecution , which had hardened the solflsh rulers in their career , and both government and people had scorned and laughed at the downfall of a patriot , and thus have men in . by-gone times fallen a sacrifice to the cause of human fieuuom . Mr . J . then warned the people against such a line of procedure for the future , and called upon theui by allmeausBO long rb their leadara were consistent , to s ' -ick by and support them by their
countunance and every other possible wtvy v / nich might ba required . Mrl Jones exhorted them to teach the peoples to cherish that divine principle implanted in t ' aeir bosoms , namely , an eternal hatred to tyranny , in any and every shape in which ifc might shew ite rnphstroua , wgty , and deformed head to eradicate : all feelings of servility to injustice , ' and plant in its stead a neverfading lovs of liberty —( cheers ) . Mr . J ., in ii most elbquentand fueling manner , shewed virhat cruel and dreadful brvvoc h : id been made of good men as a warning to the millions to keep them in servility and passive obe'lieuce . He then exhorted them to press onwards and they would conquer—their demands were just , and victory would be certain . He retired amid repeated cheers . . ' - ' . •¦ « ,. ' . . ¦¦ ¦ . ; ;
Mr . Josh . Linney , one of the marshals ^ then cam e forward , and returned them his thanks for their conduct that day , because they ware deserving of better usage than they received at the hands of thosa whom by their industry they had to keep , and who , by classmade law , prevented them from even receiving the common hceesaaric s of life . : Mr . Linney then fihawed np in a mattiriy manner the conduct of the uDti-Corn Law League , and deprecated a Government , whether of Whig or Tory , that had to be Bupported bythe sword , the bludgeon , the sabre , the scaffold ^ an d the
dungeon , instead of tho virtue , spirit , intelligence , and affections of the people . They must remain firm , udbroken , determined , and united advocates of the PeopVe ' 8 Charter , and no power under Heaven would be able to much longer withstand their righteous demand ? . No- Complete Humbug , no Househould Humbug ; , no Two Points Humbuy , no Twenty-five Years ' Humbug , no other equivocation , maneuvering , or capering , but the Charter , without any mixture or appendage ; and then down with class legislation , aud up with the people—Xloud cheering . )
The lueetiug then dissolved to repair to tll 9 Hall 01 Science ; and thus ended a glorioua demonstration of numbers , splendour , and good order . The bands , the niarahals , thu conimittte , and all who took a part , performed their work admirably . It was ; the-unanimous -opinion . of both old and young , and men ef long sta ding in Manchester , anil active politicians , that the JLiBplay tf that tity far outrivaled anything ever witnessed in Manchestsr . Not a drunken , bad tempered , disorderly man , woman , or youth , wasto . be sesn all the day .
The writer of this report witnessed all tne demonstra'dons at Birmingham in the year 1832 j but they fill into insignificance , as compared with thufc of last Friday . The ^ Manch ester Guardian , which has frequentl y represented a demonstration , ¦ . which has been allowed by competent juilges to consist of 200 , 000 to ba about 5 , 000 , states that "there were 15 000 in the street by the Chapel Yard . " And at this time Ancoats-stre&t was filled for . uoru'ly hn ! f-a-mi ! e . St that p :: rtiua Knowing the the character of Jjlm Edward T ; iylor , and the opposition which he ^ ives to our cfcm « e , will conceive what a magnificent tura out it was . Not a single accident happened throughout the day .
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them as to make them sufficiently powerful to beat the other patty ( bear , hear and cheers . ) Arid when the two factions saw the people becoming united , resolute , and deterrained i they would coalesce to put them down ( hear . ) But they were ready to encounter them , ( cheers . ) They , the meeting before him , were sat to their . humble meal , and , though humble as it was , it was not often they could so eojoytkemselves ;^ - -. jretit was . " . from ^ their sweat and blood that the dainties and luxuries emanate which spread out the ' Queen ' s table . Mr . O'Connor then said that a portion of the aristocracy believed that they were born for no other purpose than to eat and drink . He called them the maw-worms ( laughter . ) Had fchey not , when they ( speaking io the -meeting } had been taking their gambols in the fields , seen , if they
knocked a clod over or a stone , a nest of pismires ? although he asked them this question he knew it was not frequent they c « uld eDjpy themselTes so . Had they not observed the pismires , every one taking off its egg . jasb ed it irae witb the . House of-Commons . r i hey were like a nest of pismires ; there were so mnny intereits and each wanted to carry away its own egg ( laughter and cheers . ) He had never deceived thbui , and he could tell them that if Sir Robert ' s Bill passed it would destroy the present organization of society ; He then related what he had toW them in his letter , and informed them that Mr . Wakley had recently read one of his letters , elated 9 th of March , in one of their meetings in London , ' in doing which he excited much laughter . Alluding to
his" pro-Tory policy , " he said he bad been Ritich accuged for that step . Had he done wrong ? -. ( Voices from pvery part of the vast assembly replied , " No , no . " ) They had the Whigs under them . Where was Nor manby , Fox Maule , Little John Bussell , and plain John Campbell , who had ' presumed' to have buried Chartism ? They had beaten the Corn Law League . Where is their strength ? They hardly knew which way to look , nor how to look , when they ( the procession ) were passing the Exchange that day . All the strength and numbers they possessed could be held very snugly and comfort ^ ably in one room ; whilst the wide streets of Manchester were too niarrow to contain the Chartists— ( hear , htar ) . They had beaten down the humanity and emigr .-ition Uumhuga , and they would beat the Complete SuiFracs
bumoug , w&en it came fairly into the field—( , cb . eo «) TheseQuakera were apparently fcbe most affaWe » nd disinterested creatures iu Christendom . Joseph * S : urge , the leader of the Cbmpleto Suffi-age move is a Quaker , all singie-breasted —( laughter ) . Joseph Sturge was interested in trying to obtain a repeal of the Corn Laws , because he was one of the greatest corn importers . But then finding that the League object had failed , he was more cunning and wily than the Philips , Greggs , and Cobiiens , by making it appear directly that he wishes to give the people the suffrage , yet indirectly he only wants a Repeal of the Corn Laws . ( Some one cried out from the body of . " the Hall , and askbd what Complete Suffrage meant ?) Mr . OCohnpr replied by saying he could not tell his friend what they meaut
by it ; but he coultl tell him what t ' ae Chartists and himself meant They would go for the Charter r the whole Charter , and nothing but tho Charter * They were there as a political body ( party they could not be called , because they were willing to give the flame privileges to others they claimed fW themselves ) , one huudred to ¦ one to the factions . What then have they ( the Chartists ) to be afraid of ? The laws had been framed for the benefit tf the few ; be wished them to be made beneficial for the whole of the people —( cheers . ) If they asked him to expose the vices of the working classes , he would tell them that be could not , nor weuld not da so , because all . tbeir vicea were the result and offspring of the bad institutions of society , and their virtues were characteristic
of their nature —( cheers . ) He respected the men of Manchester for their constant adherence to principle against the force , influence , money , intrigue , and plots , plans , and tricks of the Corn Law League , who wished to make tools of them for their own factious interesta . He naw doubly respected the working men of Manchester , and he would promise them that his coming amongst them for the future should be more frequently - —( cheera . ) He would give them three more lectures- ^ ( cheers ); one on the effect of class legislation , in connection with the Scate Church ; another on the effect Of the middle classes holding with fio aristocracy ; the third subject was lost amid the deafening cheers , He was glad that there was a kind of a pie-bald fory got into the House in the person of Mr . Ferraad , who
bad declared that he would expose tyranny come from what party it may —( hear , hear . ) The speaker then sarcastically told of the doings of Ferrahd amid the con-TUlsive laughter of the audience , in showing how that gentleman had exposed the cotton and commercial lords who would skin a flea for its skin and leather . What were their profits made of but labour ?—ib-ear . A-nd where had . those men got their property ? boasting , as they had done , that the manufacturers within twenty miles of Manchester could pay off the national debt . The Speaker then gave a tiua and proper description of the Whig and the Tory . The former promised every thing and did nothing , the latter never promising anything , was a tyrant and Btuck to his text—| hsa » , hear . ) wijat wa 3 little Lord John Russell ? why , if the Chartists had
him in taeir ranks they would not entrust him to second a resolution at an outdoor meeting . He told them that Peel would give more than the Whigs , and that Russell would join him . The bfcjecfc of the Cbartista would be to get about thirty good Chartist members in the House , and if so they would be reported by nearly the whole army of the press . The one party doing business in the House , Whilst the great body of the people were supporting them but of the House . If they could arrive at such a position they would be able to beat the factions combined^— ( cheers . ) The Chartists of Manchester , assisted by their local leaders , deserved immortal credit . The League had exposed their ¦ wives and daughters for the purpose of getting £ 10 , 000 by the bazaar , whilst he ( Mr . O'Connor ) and them had done
more execution than they had > with only three night ' s lectures and £ 45 —( cheera . ) He had come two hundred and seventy miles to be at the demonstration which they had held . He bad spoken twice in Mancheattr , and had again to speak that evening in Bury , after which he would have to return again without any sleep ; They had commemorated the memory of one of the bravest and most indomitable men that ever lived . Hunt braved public opinion even When deserted by his own party . Public opinion was seldom wrong , and never long together . Hunt was scarcely cold in bis grave when the people saw their folly . They thought he was no more , and therefore gave themselves up to the guidance of the Whigs , and they had deceived them , which had taught the people a fine arid useful lesson ; they would not , with all their cunning and craft , be able to cajole and lead them astray again —( cheers . ) They ( the Char-
tists ) must , therefore , stand firm to their principles . If they saw one of their leaders take ; a wrong step , they must argue with him , and , if he was determined to persist , why , then , throw him qverbeara---inear , hear . ) They have had a body of men in the Executive who had rendered valuable services to the cause ; he never know a body of men more useful , nor men who bestowed better energies op behalf of the cause , and still the worse paid by the community . Leaders are essential— -nay , highly necessary in all great movements ; but > then , they should be well watched by the people , and they ( tbe people ) ought to be their censors , in order to keep them honest— ( hear , hear . ) He never was more amply paid for a journey than he had been that day . After a few other remarks , he concluded by stating that he would never cease till they had gained the six points , included in that important document cailed the PeoDle ' s Charter . He then retired amidst
loud cheers , A fink Youth , belonging to the Youth ' s Charter Association , theu advanced to the front of the platform , amidst loud applause . H « caid he would not detain them long , because Mr . O'Connor said he had to go . If ever there was a time -when it was necessary , a ' n d' when every man ought to come forward in the cause , that time was the present —( cheers . ) A great deal had been said about the Charter , and what it would do ; but , for his part , he
would give but little for it , unless it would give them a Government based on tha principles of Republiranism . He wished that a ! l the support possible should be given to Feargus O'Connor , so long as be abides by principle , and when he does not , why then throw him overboard . ( Loud cheers . ) The youth , who appeared to be about fifteen years of age , then called the attention of the audience to the following address ,- —\ loud cheering , )—which he read in a clear , distinct , bold , and powerful tisne , amid the admiration of the whole meeting : —
" Address of the Chartist Youths of Manchester to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Jfai-eft 25 */* , 1842 . " Honoured anb estekmed sir , —we , the youths of the National Charter Association , resident in Manchester , beg leave most respectfully to offer you pur sincere congratulations upon your recent escape from the murderous attack made upon your person by a band of infuriated ruffians , hired and instigated by men who not daring to meet you in discussion , knowing the powerful effect that your captivating eloquence would nave had upon the miud 3 of their dupe 3 , and being aware that if you were allowed to be htard the whole of their fallacies would have been exposed and iricbn trovertibly refuted , to the total annihilation of the system of delusion , cant , and hypocriBy , at once agreed that their only hope was in working upon the passions of their followers by representing you a 3 an Orangeman ^ as an enemy to the Catholic religion and as a supporter cf Toryism .
"We rejoice , Sir , that their nefarious plans were unsuccessful , and although we cannot but . regret that yoii have beep , personally injured , yet the 1 , 0 ^ 4 buxat of popular indignation , which has been already expressed through the length and breadth of the land , with the manifestations of devptsdness and attachment to your person which this base attempt npon your life has called forth , must be gratifying to your feelings , as we assure you , Sir , they are to our 3 , knowing as we do , that these proofs of attachmerithaye been justly merited by the undoviating < jonsistenoy of character and conduct , with the many pecuniary sacrifices arid disinfcer-« sted txortions which have marked the whole of your political career . B t l {
" Wehail you , Sir , as the representative of those great and glorious principles 1 which were advocated by the immortal and ( Bver-to-be-lamented Henry Hunt , ; Eaq ,, Whose patriotism we have this day met to perpetuate . When that sterling patriut was removed from ni ^ ' you , Boble-miiHleci Sir , iieaceuded uotii ttio rftuks of aristocratic distinction , stepped ir . to his place , and amid
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the treachery of false fnenda and the base calumnies of avowed enemies , pursued your noble career , promulgating and defending the glorious cause of democracy , regardless of govemaiental persecution and imprisonment . V : .. : :- ' : ' . : "" -: . . ; . - ' :.: . . "' .. , ';¦ ¦ ' " . ' . '¦ . . " " In conclusion , we hope , Sir , that you will not think ua too . bold , if we entreat yoti to : pwsevere in your noble and praiseworthy exertions to benefit an oppressed and much injured people until our glorious Charter be established as the basis of the future constition of our country , and the top stone of the temple of liberty be crowned by one universal burst of enthusiastic rapture , reverberating from shore to shore , and proclaiming the downfall of tyranny , with the establish " merit of happiness and peace throughout the world . ' - " That yoUj Sir , may be delivered from the malice of your enemies , and have the satisfaction of seeing England , Ireland and Scotland ' great , glorious , and free ia bur sincere wish / .: . ; -
' .- ' '" Signed on behalf of the Manchester Youths' Ckartist Association , . ¦ ¦ " John HARGREArES , sub-Treasurer . "JOHN SCHOLEFIEI . D , sub-Secretary . " This was followed by long-conthiued cheering from the meeting , the ladies joining most lustily . The youth then commenced , before handing it over to Mr O'Connor , to say that there were many fathers and raotkerB present who had cheered him . They would not be acting Consistently if they did not send their sons to the Youths' Aasociation , where they would learn the true and genuine principles of democracy-- ( 16 ad cheera . ) ;; . : ' ' .- . ¦' . ¦ ¦; ' .: ' - . ' ' ' ... "' : ¦ ¦' . .:. ¦ -.
Mr . O'Connor then stood with the boy's hand in bis , expecting the boy was about to present the address , when the youth said , stop a bit—one more word , then he had done —( loud laughter . ) Little Lord John said they had buried Chartism ; but they had shewn him that Whiggery had been buried in the grave which was made for Chartism—( loud cheers . ) : He then in a very polite manner said , Feargus O'Connor , I here present you with this Address on behalf of the Chartist Youths of Manchester . Mr . O'Connor said , anxious as he was to depart he had been highly gtatiaed with tke manner in which the youth had performed his duty He would not detain them by any remarks , but content himself by asking how many thousands a year would many of the aristocracy give for such a youth as that ? ( Loud cheers . ) Mv . O'Connor then retired for Bury amid the applause of the ; assembly . ' ¦" '¦¦ ¦" - '¦ ' . ¦ " . ; ' - . / . ' :
the other parties who had not taken tea then took their places , arid were served . After which , the clotl * was drawn ; the tables sided , and on order being restored . The Rev Mr . SGHOLEFiEtp was called to the chair , and commenced by observing , that aa the ladies wished to have a little amusement , the speakers would be brief , the time for the Manchester speakers being only five minutes . He then gave as the first sentiment , "The pebpie , the legitimate source of all power . " The Patriotic Salford Chartist Band played the " . . . , '¦ ??¦ Marselliase Hymn . "
Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , was called upon to apeak to it , and said that he would not trespass long upon their patience , after the xemaik which had been made by their worthy Chairman . The . subject to which he had been called upon te speak was an important one , and ought to command the attention of every honest find right-minded mani ( Cheers . ) What would a nation be without its people ? When he thought of the mighty mass of the people be concluded that they were the source ; from whom all wealth sprang that was in the eountry , and therefore being the producers of all wealth , they are , and ought to be , the oily legitimate source of all power . It was impossible for any power to be legitimate nnles 3 possessed by the people . They , the industrious people , ifc were who dived into
the bowels of , the earth to get the minerals , and afterwards formed and fashioned them into nsefttl articles . They till the land and weave the cloth , and it was the Ifbour of the millions which produced every thing valuable in society . The people ^ the legitimate source of all power . ' If they Werethe source of all legitimate ^^ power , hriw was it that without exception , they were the nwsfc raiserable people in exiatenc 9 ? If the people of this country were to have their rights-rrighb must reign predominant over might —( hear , ) There had been a great deal said within the last ten ' years about the people " * rights , and he knew that there were parties who pertinaciously denied that the power " ought to be
lndgeu in the hands of the many , and argued that they , the privUegad few , had derived their right to goyera from divine origin , " which he the speaker denied ; and if it could be proved ; according to the rules of justice and truth , and according to the laws ef nature , that such power was not of divine origin , but usurped by unjust laws and class legislatiori--the sooner they were deprived of it and it given to the people the better . After a few excellent remarks , the speaker urged the people to unite their mental and moral powers for the establishment of that which they were seeking—( cheers . ) The Chairman gave the next sentiment , "The immortal memory of Henry-Hunt , Esq . " . " ¦ '• ¦¦' .
Tune—«* l > s » d March . " : , The Chairman then introduced Mr . Cooper , Editor of the Comiiionweafthsman , of Leicester , to speak to the sentiriient . ¦ "' . . - ¦ . '¦ ¦ :- . ... '¦ Mr . Cooper , came forward amidst the plaudits of the meeting . . The immortal memory ; of Henry . Hunt ! Would not hia name and principles be remembered by the working men and women of Manchester ? for those were the lems in which ho liked to address them . They had , at Leicestsr , left off those terms of " Ladies and Gentliii ' - ^ u , " and he would advise the working men of Mancheater to leave such f nlsome terms off also , and let those use them who could do so with more assumed manners —( hear , hear . ) Would not his memory ba remembered . ? ( Yes . ) if they walked ' into the Cathedral
of St . Paul ' s , m London , they would find that nearly all the fine statues ; were in commemoration of some Gonerah or Aumirils , or some of the class of butchers . There were on ! ' y few exceptions , such as those of John Howard , the l ^ nrned Dr . Johnson , arid William Jones ; the : rest " were \ ifen-, of bloody celebrated for their activity and c < ' ( terii 2 ship in destroying their fellowcreatures . Bu ; riunt would live in the memory of the working classes , because he was a " friend of the people —( cheers ) --although he was treated by bis and their enemies with scora and contempt ' Mr . Coope * then alluded to what had been said about him in the Morning Chronicle , which he said he mentioned to shew that he was the nian spoken of , and that he was riot ashamed to own it . He gloried in it He then
exhibited a piece of a Whig flag , which was taken in the contest , ; and when he came into conversation with a middle class man , he usually pulled off his cap , to show him the trophy of Chartist victory . No ; he was not ashamed to do what he did do at the last Borough election . Had rhey , the Chartists , stood alone , they could Only have conimaaded thirty-seven ' . Votes . - . They , therefore , helped one ftwtioa to cut the throat of the other faction , in order to give the people the power to cut the throat of the remaining faction . He told the Tory candidate io Lis teeth that they were about to use him to cut the tbroata of the Whigs , in order that they , the Chartists , niighs cut the threats of him and his ; faction aiterwards ; Had the leaders , who stood upon principle , done wrong ? ( Cries of No > no . " ) After a few remarka upon the pre-Tpry policy , M-r .
C . asked them to permit him to congratulate them again on the glorious display which he had witnessed that day , and the magnificent meeting which he then stood before . He was glad to hear the youth come out for Republicanism ; he wished they had more of such boye . They would then begin to ¦ thinJrthat ' : crowns and sceptics were only baubles and play things . He had read , when' very young , .. tno Black Dwarf , ¦' , ' : ' ih ' e Poor Man ' s Guardian , and man ; ;; f CobbetVs works ; aiid'bad , while working ; at his : i \ ade , made himself master of five different languages . Mr . Cooper aniniarlverted upon the conduct of Francis Buhiiitt and lord Melbourne , the latter for movini- a vote of thanks in Parliament to : the Yeomanry for ' cutting do ^ n th ^ people at Peterloo . He then retired amid loud cheera . The Chairman then gave " The Chnrtor , and maj it speedily become the law of the land . " Tune— "Scots whaha ' e wi' Wallace bled . " Mr . Jones , the I » Iorth Riding Lecturer , rose to respond to it , and on coming forward was greeted with enthusiastic cheering . He said he would oecrpy but a very few moments , because he saw so many yunn ? r ladies present who were prepared for oth ^ r aMusements—( Cries of "Go on half an hour" ) Mr . Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen it was with extreme pleasure that he came forward to speak to the toast given by the Worthy Chairman , because ha Urmly agree- ? With the eeBtiments , beVioving that the obtainment cf the Charter would give political juatica to the people ; and it was ; therefore the earnest desire of his hea ^ -t that it should become the law of the iaud . Chartism epntends that every honest , industrioussober man .
' , , 1 has a decided interest in the good , judicious , and pi i per government of the country , and to give him > ' Bhare m the making of the laws by which all wero 9 be governed ; as by : it was determined the interest a 1 destiny of man individually and collectively A j why Bhould he ask for the whol « ' power of legislati t » to be lodged in the hands of the many instead as now , ; the hands bf tlie f 3 W ? Because he knew , p . b tically speaking , there was no dUtinction between t 8 hand 1 tb e POO ' , the high and the low- ( cheei 1 They had all att equal right to that power by wbi 1 their hyes and property should be protected . He s £ ' 2 ? ® i , J enc « > tween the child of the poor man a the chUd of the rich man . If they could show tt nature had given authority , and had placed a mark the rich maa ' a ohild ta goTern , and that 6 ervility a slavery were engraven upon the brow of the poor mai childhe ior would
, one say that the former should command and the latter obey - bat until he ; Could be Ehowfl tuesapenor mark of the affluent and wealthy , arid the iafsnormark of the industrious bug poor , whilst ; nature had given no distinction ; he would denounce the system which allowed , fosterect , and perpetuated it —( cheers )^ and would contend that one portion ought to ecjoy privileges to which the other was deprived . Tie same power which called one into existence called the other , and although one might be born in the midst of splendour and titles , yet it possessed the same feeungs , wants , and faculties as the child bora amiJ the toiling slaves . He saw the Bame features in the rich man ' s child as the poor man ' s child ; to day breaks the same upon one as tbe other ; the fertilising showers degeend tho same in the neighbourhood otM e as the other ; the sun , the bvight luminary of nature , , ( Continued inpur , $ evenlh page . ) >
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TEA PARTY AND BALL AT THE HALL OF -,. ¦ SCIENCE . The party was superintended by Mr . Higginbottom , and served up in . excellent style , by the tna : ngors of the Institution . About half-past six o'clock , the first party had just finished taking their tea , when Mr . O'Coiirior entered , and- was greeted with every manifestation of applause . After sitting for a few minutes , Mr . O'Connor came forward to the front of the platform amid loud cheera . He said , aa he had promised to be present with them that evening , and as Mr . Sehoiefleld had not arrived , they would try to manage without a clrurraan . He had been requested to address them for a short time before ho set off for Bury . He then congratulated them for the order , nuiubers , and
magnificent display which he and they Lad witnessed that day . It b ; id hitherto been , and was the object of their enemies , to endeavour to make the millions coriceive meanly of themselves , and to think powerfully of them . But hu for his part thought powerfully of the working class ; h and liieanly of theiv opponenti 1 . ( Cheers ) They had by their indomitable aflhevanco to principle , by thein unswerving consistency and unconquerable courage , they had been enabled to beat down ail the flimsy . weak , and shuffling arguments and sophiataieB of interested parties . There were parties who said they were favourable to the Charter , but they did not like the name— - another called out for their help for an undefined project called Complete . Suffrage ; a third called out for a twenty-five years Suffrage ; a fourth , the Charter Suffrage and ; Vote by Ballot ; a fifch came forward with a Manhood Suffrage , but did not define When they
considered a man sufficiently old , to have possession of tbe franchise , whether at forty or at eighteen years . Mr . O Connor then contended that according to the definition of Manhood Suffrage , a youth at eighteen years , if he eould perform as much work as a man at forty , was equally eiititled to the vote . ( Loud cheering . ) The Chartist ' s standard for the Suffrage was , therefore , most proper , tangible , and defined . They took the law for their guide , and were in that , too , supported by custom , because males were at rived at age at 21 years . They would , because justified , continue to agitate for the Charter until they got it , with all . its qualifications ( cheers . ) He should be plain with theni because he liked plain dealings with each oth-r .. Heeaw no utility in -wrapping a principle in mysterious words , which could not be comprehended . They , tbe Chartist 8 , had beaten one faction , and tbe saroo power which they poEseBsed , by unity and perseverance , would SO fortify
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1155/page/6/
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