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GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION IN LEEDS IN FA TOUR OF IRELAND AND THE REPEAL OF THE LEG1SLAT1TE UNION.
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My deab Fbiestcv—In a leader in last week ^ ' S 2 ar the Editor , in spewing of my joining the Bepeal Association , sajs that he is glad tira ; I goi a * rap en the ksnekles" for my over zsai . It is not the fest I have had ; nor , I fesr , will it be the ' last . I towercr entirely agree with the Editor , ! , fiat it -was merited ; Trhile I think a majority ¦ jrD pity ihosB -who g&re It more tftari him who - leesredit , I aia now going to write about ocb ovs xp- liiss ; and I hare the consolation io know that ' ¦ irhen I-imie for men engaged in a honest straggle ' for Hberiy , instead of " a rap on the knuckles , I j iecme correction In the mildest form in -svhle ^' sound reason and good feeling can administer it . i ^
"We aresr sow 2 E-o £ G * 3 O 2 £ i We must start from thai point where we were stopped ! The preliminary step which I propose is the appointment oi a General Secretary , p-o tern ,- to sthom nominations shall he sent preparatory to Jbe dection of an Executive ; and as we must place confidence somewhere ; and as Mr . "Wheeler las already SHed that cffico daring the absence of the Jsle Secretary ; and as he was elected by Jos own -order , and discharged the duties to their sasacnon ; I propose that he shall be the man : and that when the Totes are to be takes for the jgxrentive that a delegate shall he appointed from each Chartist district in London , to aid and assist Jan in making Ms return .
"ffhenan Execntnte is elected , they should , in my cpnrion , call a Conference of Delegates , to whom jjl Pkns of Organization shall be submitted ; for the purpose of agreeing npon such plan as FhaU Ins * Enh onr position , and gnard the body from any Jecoi persecution . That is , to digest and adopt a good , sound , legal plan of organization , by which ihe Executive , the local officers , and the members , 2 h&U be formed . This done , I shall make a bold posh to procure some central commodious bail ding
5 d London , ss the property of the Association , as ihe centre and rallying point ; the hnilding to be nsen as I pointed eat in a former letter npon Oig&oiz&non : ibr , xeij upon it , that the Chartist body never w 31 prosper nniil it has " head quarters ; " and I know of no place so fitting aa the Metropolis of the country . However that will be a subject to 08 thereafter submitted to any Conference that may be assembled . The election of ^ n Executive is the first step ; and one which i 3 indispensable to onr existence as a party .
W « findflie " Complete SnSxage" men , aa they call themselves , uniting with the leaders of the anti-Corn Law League , and endeavouring once Snore to dehisSe the people with masked principles . It is high time that we should be np and doing 2 Above snd before all , it is nect £ . -ary , that we be en ottr guard against the machinations of villains jant trnxersoig the country , rs the hopjz of -gehi ^ g * r ? asozheb szroLvnosl I hsve conversed with two or three , "who were Tery nearly entrapped by those monsters . ! Ehey proceed thns : they make
iheir way into public houses in densely-populated localities ; and , after sponting a quantity of staff , ask those present , "if this would not be a good opportunity for raising wages , while te vary many soldiers have been drafted to Ireland" ! and insinuate that ** a row in England -jroold have a powerful effect apon Irish poliacs . " Stow hear what I hare to say 1 and as my advice , if ioflowed in 1839 , and in August last , would have spared yon much sorrow as well ss much money , yon have a right io jpve it its dne weight . 1 iell tod ,
the * , thai THE OBJECT OF THESE RUFUAKS IS TO DESTROY TJSJ and althongh there may not be any other man In England to do so , 1 tall resist this new attempt to annihilate Char-HsrnJ It Is your dnty to think of the past , and take Training by it . Kothing would so much gratify all partis ? as the drrersionof the public mind from other subjects to a feeble Chartisipjpaibreak ! I assure you that Ireland wonld become tranquil as if by magic ; and the soldiers would be all spared until we were destroyed ! and a compromise of some sort « other wrald be entered onto , when the only body really sincere and in earnest had been crushed .
I hare heard it proposed io send CharrM delegates to Wales . I tell yon to do so seen thisg ! If yon do , THEY WILL BE ENTRAPPED ! and the promoters of the plan , to cover themselves , will as before , ehsrge * ' tiUuponihe Chartists ;" and again tell jcu , that ** it was Peargus O'Connor who did , " cr who spoiled all " . I therefore speak out at once . We hare , through the interposition of Providence , esccpedifgreaicaiamiJifl-Tiolfrom&nYfendeTnesa of our fforj persecutors or WhigmaGgners ; for both f anally
iifeted Jrcr out blood ; but because we relied upon ihe law and oar own innocence ; and used the law properly for our protection . Let « s net then be hastily embroiled in another copjfcct imth the " Strong Gmernmenf ! WHO , XLTHorGH " trBOVB 2 H 15 G IFiS XBBXXGED BErWXEJf THEM ASD HE , " ¦ rculd , 1 asnxe you , be well pleased to draw their jack off ihe Irish scent , and halloo them in full « j after me ; and in which all the " Liberals *' wrailfi gladly act their part of huntsmen , whippers-3 D , scouts , and dog-boys .
A person called upon me on Tuesday ( yesterday ) ; * nd said that " he had seriou 3 notions of going to-~ Wxiss " z and asked " my opinion of his project I " I told him to " go to the Devil if he liked ; bnl to go out of my honse at all events" 1 Old Mother Thompson , Dr . BowrHig * Dr . Ritchie , ssd the Complete Suffrage" men , had a festival last night , Joseph Sturge in the chair ; and no speaker was more londly cheered than Mother
25 ionjp 5 on , while monthing-ont her old balderdash . little Tincail , who swore totbe men of Derby that is "Was a contrite peiaient , and would never err again ? Mr . Baggs , who moved die Birmingham B CotDpleteSuSrage" resolnnons . in the Birmingham Conference , asd refused to withdraw them when Lovett vSbred to withdraw his , were there also . In ibort , as we all predicted at Birminghaai , they have sew openly and unblusbingly joined for onr desiruo-Son .
Dr . Bewiing , the " poet Laaisate" of ihe " anti-Jscnopolista , * ' ara "foreign Bag-man" to the Whisjs , flecbred , that "we did iuA go far enough for his ttsmep&Bte notions *' ; for " he would unhe = dtauBfcly etfranchise -iPonHn . '' Kow , 1 wonld not : and 1 'ii feB you my reason ? why . Sot that I doubt their jsdgment , or ihe proper use of it ; orthtir hocesiy : fea tw-cause it worn ) lead to p ^ mjit pissKfTJO > s , n&ile it vould not advance or f £ * ve ihe cause of denocracy one single bit . 1 thisk a working man and fc ffifs could agree comfortably as to the most kceficial use to be made of the one voie : and I feel
Assured that the opinions oi the wife would have a powerful controlling dfed over her husband . But "Bitn a Pemale Sufeage , every pro = timte street "fca ^ r . ladies of fashion , soldier * ' wives , idl < r =, and the mTes of Bverv servants , wiih the whole female E&S" at the command of maits-rs , ma of fastoon , aad gansHers ,-HonJd be ever marched up to the poll J 2 = cpportof tyranny , prostiluticn , snd ci ^ pre-aou-Ihfese-giib philj « Dp > jer 3 have made many a-ii ^ m pts io « K-bid ns by rxtraxagant professions ; but 1 r * joice thai ilse eosnd good sbess of the working classes aas t 2 a . b ; ed ifctsa to discover , shas a 3 i are bn ; so isaay atitispii " to i&oks the doe vrith butter " .
It is to be runembered that these extravaganzas tome from ihe principal supporters of ihat laetion idto for ten long gears assuled the Whigs in their crusades against the Chartist hodg ; and who now ; * seruv mike a profession of liberality in the hope of a Jos I They attempted to change car name , ' tod failed ! And they know full well that any ' change of principle wonld be a stOl more fatal step . It is , then , that yre may be in a position to # ive battle to our enemies of ail shades and classes , that
. I implore © f you to lose net a moment in reorganis- '• » ff &e Chariixi body ; and while thanking my * London friends forHie honour they coiiftrred npon -t Jne , I take tMs , ihe most fitting opportunity , to i & £ ie that , * rp < m the advice of general of my best j friends , I hvrb come to the ileternmi&iion not to - become a candidate for the Executive , J 3 y « ouncfl : snd asistanee shaB be at the service of those whom Sie people ttiinlr prJopsr to entrnst with their confi-, dence . * 1 '¦ ; ' ,
I do not see the necessity of saying more npon the , abject of erganisation for the present ; lest it ihould have the appearance and give rise to the cry of diceauox . " i ^ s 1 could not say isdcr tat S J
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circumstances . All I do ray is , that I am ready foi any honourable and legal part that shall be assigned to me in my proper sphere ; And remain your faithful friend , FZABGCS O'CONXOH .
Glorious Demonstration In Leeds In Fa Tour Of Ireland And The Repeal Of The Leg1slat1te Union.
GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION IN LEEDS IN FA TOUR OF IRELAND AND THE REPEAL OF THE LEG 1 SLAT 1 TE UNION .
On Monday , in accordance to previous announcement , thf Democrats of Leeds held a public meeting in the Vicar's Croft , for the purpose of aiding the nwwemenv in Ireland to obtain a Repealef the Legislative Union . Long be ore the appointed time for meeting , the vast area in front of the platform was crowded by great numbers , whose serions and orderly demeanonT a _ t once bespoke iheir feelings on the occasion . A little after seven o ' clock , the speakers , Messrs . West , Ros ? , T . B . Smith , and several others ascended the platform , when , upon the motion of JJr . Brook , Mr . Joseph Jonca was called to the chair . The Chairman having read the placard calling the meeting , at once proceeded to bnsines 3 , by introducing Mr . Ross , of Manchester ,
as the first speaker . His address was listened to with the most intense interest by the thousands who surrounded him . As an Englishman , his words carried conviction to the hearts of his counrryined ; and &t the conclusion of his address he was honoured with themosi rapturous and nnbaunded applause . Mr . West , » f Hull , was next introduced to the meeting , and for more than two hours rivetted the minds of his andience upon the past and present condition of Ireland . It is impossible to do jastice to his speech , nnless conveyed in his own language Mr . T . B . Smith next followed , and in a speech remarkable for its power and patho ? , nobly completed what the preceding speakers had so well begun . Mr . Beaumont moved , and Mr . Boothman seconded the first resolution : —
** That it is the opinion of thi 3 meeting , that the inhabitants of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland have bten for many years subjected to the most unmerited har « isnip 3 and merciless oppressions . , against which evils no protection can be offered so long as the I 3 W 3 are made by the few , and framed for the advantage of privileged classes ; and m order to afford a fair and full amonnt of justice to ali classes of society , we axe of opinion that Ireland merits , and that justice demands , the immediate restoration of her native Parliament .
. " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that the present ail&irs of Ireland do not warrant tbe British Ministry to attempt to put down the mind of Ireland , by the introduction of Coercive measures , such a 3 the Arms Bill ; believing that all such attempts are dangerous to every interest connected with our country and directly opposed to every principle of justice and humanity j and as we are of opinion that Ireland is more j than justified in seeking the Repeal of the Legislative Union , we , aa Englishmen , offer our b = st sympathies to Ireland in the fearful emerr gency ; and we respecifully , yet firmly , call upon i the British Ministry to adopt such measures , as will at once enable them to restore tranquility to < Ireland by at once Repealing the present existing Act of Union . "
The Chaib 3 ias pnt it to the meeting , when it was carried unanimously amidst enthusiastic cheering . __ Mr .. Wn . Beook then moved the following petition for presentation to ihe House of Commons . Mr . Joseph Bbiggs seconded it , and when put to the meeting , thousands of willing handB express sive ' of the feeling of the heart , were elevated in approval . To the Hojwurab ' e ihe Commoju of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of the borough of Leeds , in the county of York , in public meeting assembled , June 26 ih , 1843 ,
Sheweth , —That your petitioners have long viewed with sympathy and deep regret , the varions bardships and oppressions to which the inhabitants of that part of the United Kingdom , called Ireland ^ have , been subjected for many years , which hardships and oppressions your petitioners believe to > originate ia class legislation , and also in the virtual Eon-representarion of the Irish people in your Honourable House . That your Petitioners have beheld with extreme alarm and regret , the measures recently resorted to by her Majesty ' s Ministers for tbe suppression of the legal and peaceable agitation of the Repeal question in Ireland , b&Jieving , as yonr Petitioners do , that sottneg short of a Bepeal of the Legislative Union , and the salutary inflnence and fostering care of a domestic Legislature , folly aad freely chosen by the whole people , can give satisfaction or prosperity to thas long misgoverned portion of the British Empire .
Yonr Petitioners hnmbly pray that yonr honourable Hoass will refuse its sanction to any bill or bills icirodnced by the Minister of the Crown , or by any Member of yonr honourable House , having for its objeel the restriction or abridgement of Irish liberty ; and your Petitioners further pray that your honourable House wili , without delay , proceed to pass an Act for the immediate Repeal of the Legislative Union now subsisting in name , but not conferring equal advantages as regards civil or reI 5 gio 33 privileges between the two countries , and providing for a full and free election of an Irish Parliament . And your Petitioners will ever pray .
Mr . Brook then moved , and Mr . John Firth seconded , — " That the petition , when signed , be transmitted to T . 5 . Dancombe , Esq ., SLP ., for presentation , and that John Fielden , Sbarman Crawford , Thos . Gkbonrne , and Wm . Aldam , Esquires , be requested to support its prayer . " As soon as Mr . Dancombe ' s narce was mentioned , three nearly cheers were given for him . The resolution was carried by acclamation . Thanks were then given to the chairman , accompanied with three cheers for Repeal ; after which the assembled thousands dispersed , declaring that such a nJeeting had never before been held in the
vicinity-of Leeds . Such a feeling was never before exhibited on behalf of Ireland . And when the democrats of England follow the noble example thus set them by fhtir Leeds brethren , England and Ireland must present such an aspect , as will nltim 3 te 3 y lead to the emancipation of both countries . When the petition ( whicn 13 now ready for signature ) shall have been signed by 40 , 000 or 50 , 000 Englishmen , and presented to larliament , Ireland will find that tbe mind of England , once roused , never shrinks from ihe-comest , and that Ireland ' s best defence wiil be found iu tbe determination evinced in her favour by the democrats of England .
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The Lord Mayor , however , said , the 32 ao byelaw to which the solicitor pointed , referred to vessels lying at anchor , arid not to vessels in the condition in which the Gazelle had b- en pJnced . The Attorney for the defendant then stated that the Lion aad cut the hawser for the purpose of preventing any injury to the Gazelle , which had most improperly refnsed to slacken the hawser . The Lord Mayor said he should like to hear evidence in justification of the act of ihe defendant . Robert Fenner , marine , and managing man on board the Lion for the Yarmouth Mackarel
Company , then stepped forward . He had been , he said , placed on board by the Company to see that the people on board did their duty , and he witnessed the transaction complained of . The Captain of the Lion directed that his vessel , in consequence of the want of room to pass tbe Gazelle on the other side , should go inside , and called to the Gazelle to slack her hawser and allow the ' . Lion to proceed . The Gazelle refused to do aa she was required , and the Lion then certainly cut the hawser and passed ; and if she had not done so considerable loss wonld have been incurred .
The Captain of the Lion said he had been for forty years , in the habit of trading upon the Thames , and he had not violated the regulations of the river during that time . If he had not cut the hawser on the occasion stated he would certainly have lost his mackarel voyage . The Lord Mayor—If yon have had any experience you must know that you were transgressing very seriously when you cut the hawser . The consequences might have been , in tho case of bo large a vessel , and with the river crowded with craft of all kinds , most frightful . You must know that it was your duty to go into the main stream . I consider the case is a very bad one , and fine the Captain forty shillings and costsj and I must say the public are much indebted to Mr * Hall for having brought it forward . The Defendant ' s Attorney submitted that as his client did not cut the hawser with his own hand , the penalty could not be inflicted upon him .
The Lord Mayor —( evidently surprised . }—But the Captain ordered one of his men to cut the rope . The Defendant ' s Attorney said he could not deny that , but fctill be inu ^ t put it to his Lordship that the men who cut the rope ought to be compelled to pay the penalty , and not the Captain . — ( Laughter . ) - The Lord Mayor—SuTely , you do not mean to say that if a poor seaman obey the directions of his Captain , tho Captain is to make him responsible i The Defendant ' s Attorney—If the act commanded to be done by the Captain is illegal , the man has no right to perform it , and becomes responsible if ho performs it . The Lord Mayor—You ; cannot be serious in laying down such a maxim as that in a case of this nature . It would be calculated to produce insubordination .
Mr . Hall said it was disgraceful in &Dy professional man to recommend-such a course , as well as disgraceful in the Captain to order one of his crew to perform such an act , and leave the whole weight of the responsibility up 6 n- the poor man's shoulders . In order to save ten minutes to himseif the Captain of the Lion had put HveB and properly in jeopardy . The Lord Mayor—Anddf any lives had been lost , he might have been prosecuted for murder . There is no excuse for such conduct . Mr . Hall requested that ; the amount of the penalty should be deposited in the poor-box . The Defendant ' s Attorney said , in his opinion the peralty would not be paid by his client . The Lord Mayor—Then the alternative is three months' imprisonment . The Defenant's Attorney—The Captain did not cut the hawser , and is therefore not responsible .
The Lord Mayor—You don't mean to tell me that tha Captain would let the man he ordered to cut the rope , and who obeyed ihe order , go off to prison to suffer for the offence 1 The Defendant ' s Attorney—That ' s matter of feeling , my Lord —( great derision . ) Mr . Hall declared that he never witnessed a more unworthy case in every one of its parts . It was but natural , he admitted , that a person who was capable of giving so reckless and inhuman an order in the first instance , should fiinch from the consequences , and make the mere instrument under his absolute controul responsible ; but it was very seldom indeed that a fellow capable of acting in such a manner would come forward to make so disgraceful a defence , with a lawyer to back him . The Lord Mayor—It is altogether bad , and the penalty must be paid .
Mr . Hobler here called to the officer not to allow the def-adant to leave the room without payment of the penalty , A young man , who it was believed was conneotcd with the Yarmouth Mackarel Company , said he could not see the man who obeyed the order sent to prison , aud paid the money ; which , was , according to Mr . Hall ' s desire , deposited in the poor-box .
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SUNDERl ^ ANJ ) . —Mr . Beesley defivered an excellent lecture here on Monday night last , the subject of which was , " the evils arising from an Established Church . " Mr . B . handled the question in a masterly style , and gave general satisfaction . SOUTH SHIELDS . —Mr . Beesley 'lectured here on Tuesday evening , iu the Market-place ; Mr . Giffillan ia the chair . The subject was the Repeal of the Corn La-wB , -which ho handled in grand style , and showed the fallacies of tbe humbugging League in their true light . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . B . and tbe Chairman , after -which the meeting separated .
NEWCASTLEr-Mr . Samuel Kydd of South Shield leoturcd on the Town Moor , on Sunday afternoon ( being race Sunday ) to a numerous audience . He very ably showed up the pernicious effects of the present system upon the productive portion of the community ; jand as several limbs of the aristocracy were listening to him , he enumerated to their faces the Rchemcs which they resorted to , to rob the labourer of his hire , and challenged any of them to deny his statements if they'dared . Mr . Kydd lectured again in the Chartist Mall in the evening , vrith very sjood effect . Mr . Sinclair in the chair . A vote . of thanks was tendered to Mr . Kydd , for the able manner in which he had advocated pure democracy ; and a resolution adopted unanimously , that Mr . Kydd be requested to lecture again in the same place on next Sunday evening .
Thk Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead held their usual , business meeting on Monday evening Mr . Young iu thejehair . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Frazar , shoemaker , Macford ' s Entry , Northumberland-street , took bis seat as secretary . Mr . Sinclair read the answer which he had received from Mr . William Sharman Crawford , Esq ., M , P .. respecting the Newcastle and Gateshead petition for the Repeal of the Legislative Union , which was highly satisfactory ; that gentleman having considered it a pleasure to accede to th > wishes of the petitioners . Not so with the membors for Newcastle and Gateshead , whom Mr . IS . was instructed to request to support the prayer ; of that petition . Mr . Hutt says
he should feel it his duty to oppoBe such a measure as a Repeal of the Union . Mr . Ord says that he will consider it bis duty to give his most decided opposition to it . Mr . Fleming then reported the proceedings of the delegate meeting at Sunderland , having boen requested to do so by some of the delegates there present , which gave rise to a lengthy discussion , whereupon the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —1 . " That a committeo of eight persons be uppointed to inyejtigato the reports circulated by certaiu parties inimical to the good character of fiome of tho Chartist , body ; that two of such members be chosen , by the " Chartists of each of the following localities , viz , Ouseburn ,
South Shields , Sunderland , and Newcastle . " Messrs . Frszdr and Cockburn were elected from Newcastle . 2 . " That a deputation be now appointed to confer with the Chartists of Ouseburn on the subject , aiid that our secretary be instructed to correspond with the Chartists of South Shields and Sunderland , apprising them of the decision which the ; Newcastle Chartists have come to , and requesting them to make the necessary arrangements for theyneetfag of ihe committee at theVr earliest coaB | ki « nce . " Messrs . Fleming and Johnstone were fdeputed to Ouseburn , and after disposing of some local business the meeting was adjourned until next Monday evening , at eight o'clock .
ROCBDALE . —On Sunday last , a camp meeting was held on B&gslate Common . The meeting was very respectable in numbers and very attentive . The speakers were Messrs . Mills , Chad wick , Wood , and Donovan ; the latter of whom spoke chiefly upon the wrongs of Ireland and her present lamentable condition , contrasting the patriotism of Morris , Fitzgerald , the Knight of Kerry , and Arthur O'Connor . In the evening , Mv . Donovan lectured in onr room on " the Repeal Question" which was also well attended .
trowbbjdge , —According to notice on Mon day evening last , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was holden in the Democratic Hall , for the purpose of adopung a petition to Parliament on behalf of Messrs . Cooper * Richards , and Capper , now undergoing the most cruel treatiaent in Stafford Gaol . Mr . Harding was unanimously called npon to preside . He opened the business of the meeting Tby stating the object for which they had met , and concluded by introducing Mr . Payne , who gave a "long and powerful address and moved the adoption of a petition calling for redress , which was seconded by Mr . Stevens apd carried unanimously , after Mr . Hibbert had spoken in its support . The petition was entrusted to > ho care of Mr . Buncombe .
MANCHESTER , —At the conclusion of Mr . Gamoiage ' s Lecture , on Sunday evening , in the Carpenter ' s Hall , Mr . James Wheeler was called to the chair , who stated that about four mouths ago a committee had been appointed for the purpose of promising the erection of a Chartist Hall , in Manchester ; that 240 shares had been taken , eighty-four of which were paid up ; and that there was then £ 70 in the treasurer ' s hands . He called upon Mr . Edward Clarke , who , in a neat and eti ' eotive bgeech , moved the following iresolution : — " ¦ That this meeting , taking into consideration the necessity for , and the advantages likely to result fiom , the Chartists of Manchester ba-ving a : Hall of then-own , in which to transact all business connected with the Chartist movement , do hereby pledge chamselves to assist the
Committed appointed for tho furtherance of this object , by taking up shares and collecting voluntary contributions . " This was seconded by ; Mr . John Murray , and effectively spoken to by Mr . Gammage , and carried unanimously . Mr . Jeremiah Lane then proposed the following resolution , " That the town of Manchester having been divided into districts , and vipitora appointed for each district , this meeting reoommend ihe Committee to iS 9 Ue books to the various visituv 3 for the purpose of entering the names of those wishing to take up shares and for the receipt of voluntary contributions , " which , being seconded was carried unanimously . We hope tha Chartists of Manchester-will follow up their resolutions by the erection of a building in which the pure doctrines of democracy may be taught to the adult and infamilo population .
DissENTiso Parson ' s ^ fidelity . —At a meeting of the Chartist General Council , on Tuesday eveaiu * lait , the following tfesolutioa was moved by Mr . Daniel Donovan , geconded by Mr . John Holt , and carried without a dissentient : "That we , the Commiltee of Management for the Carpeuter a Hall Locality , feel bound to express our gratitude to the Dissenting Parsona bf this borough for the publicity they have given to the fact of our having eatabusaoa a Chartist Sunday Bohool . We also beg leave to inform the saintly hypocrites that their lying
denunciations have bad the effect of increasing the number of scholars from 70 to 150 . In justice to * ourselves , however , we are bound , unequivocally and without reservation , to deny Jthat we are engaged in the promulgation of infidelity , or that we teach the children to hold the Bible iu contempt . So far from tbJB being the case , we [ hereby call upon , the parsons generally , aud those who have traduced us in particular , to act more ia eonlormity with the precepts contained in that book ; more especially that commandment which says ' Tliou ehalt not bear false witness against thy aeighbour , '"
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i GLASGOW . — From s combination of circumstances matters have been nither still hero for some time . To those who neve paid close attention to all the circumstances connected with the Movement from the commencemet , it most have been clear that a calm 'would inevitably follow the storm of Ansast last . The people were duped ; advantage was taken of their ardour iu the cause . Those- whose only object was to live upon the Movement , ttttou-gh ingenuity aad falsehood , succeeded , for a time ; and , as a natural consequence , tbe enthusiasm of those who had been victimised was turned into bitter dissatisfaction . In nineteen cases out of twenty these wera onr best men . However mutters are novr promising to assume a healthy tone once more . Many who for sometane past have remaiaeJ inactive , are again rallying round tbe- standard of our country ' s freedom , and the poor men's only hope .
A Meeting was hefd on Friday evening , in the Yoang Alan's Academy , CcJlegej-street , to consider the btjst means ot organizing the people of Glaegow ; tmi suburbs . On the motion of MT . iColquhoun , Mr . James Lang wag unanimously called to the cbair . Mr . Brown stated the object for which the meeting was called , and urged upon those present the necessity for using their influence in again placing tha cause of Chartism In that proud position when Glasgow Was , and justly , called the feey-stone of the Movement . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs . Sbeirington , MEwbd ,
Smith , Hopley , Pettigrew , &o . Mr . Colquhoun said he was happy to see some of tbsh : old friends in the meeting ; and as there appeared ( to be some little difference of opinion as to the bast means of carrying on the Movement , in the hope of meeting the views of all be would move that a committee be appointed to draw tip a plan , and to repovt at tile nest meeting . This was supported by Mr . Dennis McMillan , Wm . Clymic , &c , and unanimously agreed toi The Committee was then appointed , and instructed 'io bring forward , their report on next Friday evening .
NOTTINGHAM—The Chartists met on Sunday morning last , in thu Democratic chapel , Rice-place , Mr . H . Dorrnan in tbe cbair , when the following resolutions were passed : — " That each locality choose collectors for the purpose of visiting members to receive contributions . " " That we have viewed with the utmost in'lignatian the bnse and slanderous [ conduct of the Times newspaper , in citanmiating and traducing the character of F . O Connor , Esq . with r&feren ' ge to the part he toefe in tbe late elections at Nottingham ; at which time every action of his being well known to us , we declare that grosser libels against any man were never printed ; and we further declare that Mr . Walter knew them to
be such when he published them ; but he did it for revenge , in return . for tho Bevere castigation he got from Mr . O'Connor on the day of nomination , wbicb was applauded by Whigs , Radicals , Sturgites , and Chartists . We are highly gratified" to learn that Mr . O'Connor ia about to punish the ) Old Weathercock by entering an action against him for libel . " The members of the Female ! Charter Association of Notingham met in the Democratic Chapel , Riceplace , ou Tuesday evening , Jnnej 27 , when the Treasurer ' s and Secretaries books were examined , and found coiTect A unanimous vote | ot thanks was given to them fur their services . The sum of da . was raised
for Mrs . Ellis , and 2 s . for Mr . M'DjiwII . STOCKPOBT . —The cause Igoea on well here . Poverty and democracy keep apace . Much fuss has been made through the country a&out " trade mending in Stockport" It is quite true that a few of the many mills that have been standing ate now at work ; but those that ate employed get bo little for their labour , that it matters little whether they work or play , as poverty is there never-failing portion in either situation . The calico printers , who , before the introduction of machinery were probably ' > he best paid operatives iu any branch of th « cotton manufacture , may now be seen going from door to door , craving charity , and thankfully receiving tbe bard-crust that has to keep tbe wife and children of a | " free-born Britain " from the tender mercies of a Poor Law Bastile , or the
bondage of the grave ! No body ! of men in England has felt half so severely the effects of machinery as tbe ill-used printers . Tha mule upinners , according to the doctrines of the " Free Booters , " ought to be in most Comfortable j circumstances ; as the " improvements'" in the spinning department have been so great , that where upwards of eight hundred spinners were employed some eight oi nine years ago considerably under two hundred will now turn ofi more yarn than the eight hundred jeodd at the former period ! These poor fellows are to , be aeen eaca Siturday night standing at tbe factory | gate , bat in hand , begging tbe smallest trifle from their old shop mates ; and frequently they are ordered off by the pnrse-proud lord of the smoke and long chimney , who first made them paupers and then treats them ] like dogs for being such . So much for the " increasing prosperity" of this " Plagu 8 " -ridden borough ! j
ON Scndat last , Mr . Thonias ClarK addressed a large camp meeting twice ; first , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , and again at six o ' clock in the evening . Both addresses wtre attentively listened to , and well received by the large assemblages , j The police were in attendance , as well as a special reporter . The military , it is said , were confined to barracks , in order to be ready for any emergency . Fortunately , neither the police nor magistrates crested bmj disturbance ; therefore , there was no necessity for the interference of the " boiled ones . " Bj- i— m ni r ^««*^ v ^ w
OLD HAM . —On Sunday last , the Cbartista of this town bad to undergo another disappointment , in consequence of the non-attendance of Mr . J . Leach , of Hyde , who had previously made arrangements to come . These tilings should , if possible , be prevented : as it baa a tendency to do great injury to \ the progress of onr cause . Fortunately , Mr . R . Coopef , of Oldham , was present ; and he kindly consented to deliver an address on education ; which he did in an energetic and masterly style , which gave general satisfaction . —[ We have before taken occasion to reprobate the practice of lecturers leaving their engagements apfnlfl'led . In this case surely some misunderstanding , or forgetfulness , must have caused the disappointment complained of ; for we perceive that Mr . Leach was fully occupied at the Hyde camp meeting ; a proof that he was not disinclined to labour . Care should , however , be taken that these disoppointmenta should not continually occur . ]
ON Monday Evening , Mr . MCabe of this town delivered his third lecture on " Repeal and the history of Ireland . " He showed clearly that if Repeal was obtained under a middle class constituency , it would not confer that benefit which th « labouring classes of Ireland stand in need of ; and he proved to a demonstration that unJess the Repeal was accompanied by aa txtfcntion of tbe Suffrage , based on tbe principles of the People ' s Charter , they need not expect their condi * tion to be bettered . His address was listened to with attention . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer at tbe close . j Tha council
BWUMINGHABZ . — monthly meeting of tbe Birmingham and Midland ] Counties Chajttr Association was held at thfc Ship Inn , Steelhonse-lane , on Sunday last Mr . © anks- fma unanimously called to the cbair . On the rnotien of MJr . Welspond , the Secretary read over the juia » tes of the previous meeting , which were confitniad . Letters were read from Coventry and Warwick . A conversation ensued on the present state tf tha people in ; the districts . It was tbe prevailing opinion of the delegates that a delegate meeting should « r « imble atjthe earliest opportunity , to take into consideration the present state cf organisation . Tbe meeting was a < ij our . ned to Sunday , July tbu Ovh , theu toiutet in tbe Pfcopte ' s Hall , Wednesbuty , at two & * c \ ock in the : afternoon ; wben business of . great importance , in J reference to the present plans of o ? ganisation will be submitted for tbe consideration of the assembly . I
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_ i Sheffield . —Fig Tree Lan 3 . —The Northern Star and Nation wiii bo rtad , as usual , on Saaday evening , commenciisj ; at bix o ' clock . A publsa disoussion at eight o'clock . j A p ublic meeting will be holjden , on Monday evening , July 3 rd , at ei ^ ht o ' clock , in tfe& above room , when the propriety of the 6 uggeste < i National Conference will be taken iaio consideratJGa—also the question of organization . Birmingham . —The Coancil of the Birmingham . Chartists will meet at their room La Aston-street , at three o ' clock on Sunday next , { When , business of importance will be brought forward . The collectors are earnestly requested to bring in their books and subsctiptions . ¦ ' | A iechjrk will be delivered in the above ream , at seven o ' clock , on Sunday evening . ]
Mr . G . Whites Support CotQ . mvttw Vfiu meet in the Aaton-oireet Room , on Sunday QT 6 P ing , at six o ' clock , to receive eubaoiiptions ,
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London * . —A public m ^ tin ^ bb hoidtfi n thu Bri'a-i-nia fields , City-road , at six o ' clock on Sunday eveiib , £ nexc Mr . I 3 ei . wt . LL will lecture on 'Sunday evening , afc the Star , Golden- ane , at eight o ' clock . Golden Lion , Dean Strket , Soho . —Mr . Mantz wiil lecture at the above place , on bunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . BRHHONDSEY . —Mr . Bolweli , from Bath , will delivera public lecture on " the sis points of the Charter , " at tbe White Bear , Long-walk , 7 Jerinonciseysquare , on Monday , July 3 rd , at ei ^ ht o ' clock in the evening . A Concert and Ball for the benefit of Dr . M'Douall , will be hell on Monday evening , July 10 . Tickets sixpence each , Mr . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday evening , at the Flora Tea Gardens , York-place , Barnsbury-par at half-past aix o'clock .
City of Lo . ndos Fclitical and Scientific Institution ; Thrsagain-lane . —Mr . Wheeler will deliver an adtiresg on Tuesday evening , upon the " Pleasures and advantages of knowledge , " b * isg an introduction to a course © Hectares on scientific and literary snlj . cts . Admission free . To commence at eight o ' clock ' . A B . vll will take place oa Monday evening at tha City of London Inrjtitution . „ Single lickete one shilling-double , one aud- sixpence , Marylebone . —Yit . Buchanan will lecture at the Mechanics' Institution , Circus-Street , New-road , on Sunday evening next , July 2 nd , at balf-past savea o ' clock .
ReJ >? al cf the UkvOV . —A lecture will be delivered by Ftar ^ us O'Connor , E .--q ., on Monday evening next , July 3 rd , at the Social and Soientifio Institution , John-strert , Tottenham Coort-road . Chair to be taken at haif-paoi soren o ' clock . A DJSCi / ssiOiY will take place at the Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo T < mn on next Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock . Subject— " What benfefits would accrue to the industrious dasses under the present system of class legislation , from a total repeal of the Corn Laws ?"
Mr . Mantz will deliver a funeral oration ou the death-cf Mr . Wm . Evans , on Sunday , July 2 ud , at the Black Horse and Windmill , Fieldgata-street , Whitechapel ; the chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . The Members and friends of the Black Horsa and Windmill locality will take an excursion with the ovber localities of the Tower Hamlets to Whatford , on Monday , August 7 th . Worktn g Mess' Hall , Mmb End Roas ;—A discussion will take place here , on Monday , J'aly 3 rd , subject— " Will a repeal of the Corn Laws remove the present distress of the country !" TowtB Hamlets . —The General Council of fcSa Hamlets will caeet at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , on Sunday next , at fire o'cloek in the afternoon .
An { Iabmo . vic Meeting will be holden at tha " Feathers , " Warren-streefc , Tottenham-eourt-road , on Monday , July 3 rd , 1843 , at eight o'clock ; the proceeds to be girea to William Jones . Mottr . am . —A Chartist camp meeting will b © hold ? n on Wedensough Green , oh Sunday , July 9 , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and sis in the evening-Mr . J . M . Leach , Mr . Booth , Mr . Caadelet , and several others will address the meeting . Stockport—A camp meeting will be holden on the vacant Bface of ground at the back of the railway arches , on Sunday ( io-morrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and again at six o ' clock in tha evening .
The People ' s Paper , the Northern Star 19 read every evening , at the Chartist Room , Kirkgate . The Chakhsts of Cheshire are nqijestcd to nominate delegates , to attend a delegate meeting , tobe holden at Northwiteh , on Sunday , July 3 th , for the purpose of organising Cheshire . All communications for the delegate meeting to be addressed to Mr . Thoa ; Clarke , Park-street , Stockport . Nottingham . —Mr . H . Dorman will preach in the Market-place , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . The subject—* The duty of the Government and ^ dnty of the people towards each other . ' * Ho will also deliver a lecture in the chapel , Rice * place , on Monday evening next , at eight o'clock ,, upon the " Life , character , and patriotism of William , Tell . "
Carringtok , wear Nottingham , —A puhlio meeting will be holden on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , in Mr . Lee ' s large room , Mansfield Koad , sign of-the New Inn , when every lover of liberty is requested to attend , as business of importance will be brought before the meeting . Halifax . —A camp meeting will be holden on Norland Moor , on Sunday , July 9 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Olpham . — On Sunday , f . o-morrow , July 2 nd , two lectures will be delivered iD the Chartist Boom , Greaves-atreet . First lecture at two o ' clock in the afternoon , subject— " The Land . " Second lecture at six in the evening , subject— "The wroBgs of Ireland and Repeal . " A collection will be made after each lecture to defray the expence of the Room .
MANCHEaiEtt . —Chartist Painters . —A meeting of the Chartist painters will bo holden in the Painters ' Reading Room , Watson-street , Peter-street , on Saturday ( this evening ) , at eight o ' clock , when business of importance will be laid before the meeting . BsowN-siREET . —On Taesday evening next , tho continued discussion on "the cause of the present distress . " A Special Meeting of the South Lancashire delegates will take place , in the National Charter Association Room , Brown-street , near St . Andrew ' s Church , on Sunday next , July 2 nd , when the delegates are requested to come fully prepared with the opinions of their constituents as to the most efficient persons to -be put in nomination for the contemplated Conference . The chair will be taken at one o ' clock in the afternoon .
Carpeweers' Hall . —Mr . Daniel Donovan will lecture in the above Hail , on Sunday next , at halfpast two o ' clock in the afternoon ; and Mr . James Leach , at half-past bis in the evening . After the evening ' s lecture , resolutions of considerable im ~ portance will be submitted to the meeting . The QuABiBBLr Meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , residing in the Carpenters' Hall locality will take place in the above Hall ,-on Sunday next , July 2 nd , at ten o ^ clock in the forenoon ; when business of an important nature will be brought before them . A numerous attendance is particularly requested .
Route ob- the Souih Lancashire Missionar y- . —Mr . Leach will visit the followmg places : —Monday , July 3 rd , Ashton-under-Lyne ; Tuesday , 4 th , Rochdale ; Wednesday , 5 ? h , Stalybridge ; Thursday 6 th , ( Hdham ; Friday , 7 th , Middletou ; Sunday ,. 9 ih , Hollinwood ; Monday , iOfch , Bury ; Tuesday * , lith , Ratclifti Bridge ; Wednesday , 12 th , Bolton ; Thursday , 13 lh , Failsworth ; Friday , 14 th , Halshavr Moor ; Sanday , 16 th , Nekton H > -ath ; Monday , 17 ih , Chowbent ; Tuesday , 18 th , Wigan ; Wednesday , l < kh , Hindley ; Thursday , 20 th , Leigh ; Friday , 2 l'st , Warriagtoa ; Sunday , 23 rd , Milnrow , near Rochdale . Rochdale . —A camp meeting will be holden tomorrow ( Sunday ) , on L « obden , near Whit worth , to com mi ace at two o ' clock . Several speakers will bo in attendance from Rochdale and other places .
Bbuoford . —The msmembers of the Council are requested to meet in the Council Room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , on Suuday evening next , at six o ' cl&ek , to take into- consideration the propriety of holding cainp meetings daring the Summer , in various parts of t ' ae district ; also to draw up a local lecturer ' s plaa , for tho ensuing three months . A full attendance is requested ; and all persons halding collecting books are requested to bring them ia , to be examiaed by the Council . A committee will be appointed by the Council to raise subscriptions to defray the rent of the room . A LEcrvRE will be delivered by Mr . John Arran , ia the Large Room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , on Sunday evening , at half-past seTen o ' clock .
A Public Meeting of the woolcombers of Brad * ford , will be holden on Monday evening , in front of the Odd Follows' Hall , at half-past seven o'clock . The committee respectfully solicit tha attendance of the trades of Bradford , as a code of rules will b » read to the meeting , asd arrangements made to enter into subscriptions immediately , fo ? the purchase of land , ia order to locate as many as possible of tha " surplus l abourers , " mode so by machinery . LiTT&E HoRTON . ^ -The Chartists of Little Horton will meet o& Smiday morning at nine o ' clock , in the sohool room , Fsrk-place . A full attendance is requested . Daisy HiLL . ^ Tbe Chartiaia ef Daisy H 1 I , will meet on Sunday morning in the Association room , at aine o ' clock * on important business . A delegate from the Council will attend the meeting . The Chart' ^ ts , meeting in the council room , are 'eo attend on Sunday morning at teu o ' clock , on business of importance .
Wappij ; g . — The Chastists of Wapping will meet on Sunday qaorning at nine o ' clock , in their Association room , to take into consideration the lecturers * plan for the ensuing three months . Bowl' ^ uj Back-Lane . —Chartists are requested to meet on . Suada ? moinius at teu o'elock , to elect a delegate to the General Council . A full attendance is requested . Lesds District . —A district cpuneil meeting Will be iseld to-morrow morning at tea o ' clock in the Chartist room , Cheapidc , ou important business . Leeds . —Mr . Ross wiil lecture to-morrow after-Q 9 on and evening , in the Chartist rocm , Cheapside , to commence at half-past two , and half-past six tftslock . Abmley . —Mr . Rosa will lecture at this place on Monday night at eight o ' clock . Bbamley . —Mr . Ross will lecture here this evening at eight o ' clock . The friends are requested to make immediate arrangements .
Sundebland . —Mr . Beesley will lecture on Monday next , on " The etils of a Standing Army . " It is earnestly hoped that the working people will attend .
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MIDDLE-CLASS HONOUR AND HONESTY . At the Mansion House Police Office , on Monday , tbe Captain of the Lion Steamer , which was stated to be in the service of J fee Yarmonth Mackarel Company , was summoned before the Lord Mayor for heaving out the hawser of the Gazelle steam vessel , by which act he not only placed a great deal of properry in the Thames in great hazard , but endangered the iivea of the passengers . Mi . Hail , tne wharfinger at the Custom Housb Quay , Biated that , in all his experience , he never heard of a more reckless and wanton act on the river Thames than that of which he appeared to complain , and he trusted that ample exposure wonld be given to the complaint , for the bake of humanity and of pnblic justice . It was neither more nor less than that the Captain of a vessel had , in order to sz . re himself and hss crew a few minutes
trouble , cutaway , at iwo o ' cloek in the morning , , tbe rope by which another vessel was secured from ! rnaning into danger herself , and endangering thej iivts > and property of ovheis . 1 € apiain John HbW , of the Gazelle steam vessel , 1 staled that he arrived in the river at nine o ' clock , on Saturday night , at ebb tide , opposite to the Custom-house stair 3 , and made the vessel fast to the lower stairs there , in order to wait till the following I flood , when she was to dear out . There were pas- ttngtrs , and eixht horses and a carriage belonging 11 to the Duke of St . Alban's , on board , and the watch was ordered to call the hands np st four o ' clock in morning . At two o ' clock in the morning , the Lion came down tho river , and instead of going in the " middle of ih » sia-eam , wished to pass between the Gazelle and the shore , and called ont to the GszeSe to slack her hawser , which was fastened to she stairsThe watch refused to Slack the ropp » »*• d
| ! . told the Lk > n Io pas « n the outside , -whoiew ^ iTOthout more ceremony , one of the crew of ii » J j 0 Jl i cnt the hawser -with a hatchet , leaving the V . azelle Sat the mercy of tbe tide , and of course ¦ jnnning ¦ along with the stream . The passengers and the crew , alarmed at the occurrence , ran Vpon deck , in their shirts , and exerted themselves $ © prevent the consequences to which they wcra exposed , and which Blight have "been very serion ? , if it had not been for their zealon 3 activity . An Attorney , who appeared f 0 I the Capt&in cf S the Lion , handed to the Lord Mayor a set of hyei laws , which he submitted completely Eettled the question , ia favour of Isi 8 CJ ^ ent .
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MORE " PHYSICAL FORCE . " It seems desirable that earnest attention should be directed to the subjoined paragraph , which has recently * gone the round' of the newspapers , indicating as it does the system that gradually obtains in the Government of Great Britain : — Abjuxg akd Bhoad Swobd Exercises ov the Poucb . —The police are being converted into something moTe than a semi-military force , in order that
they may perform the duties of the military , should any sudden emergency render their service necessary . iThe mounted horse police are being instructed in the broad sworb exercise , under the immediate inspection of military men , and in which they have already made great progress ! In the event of the military being called off from the metropolis , the police will be enabled to act in their stead ; and it will he in the power of the authorities to use- them , either as a civil or military force , as they may judge proper . —London Paper .
If there be any truth is thiB—and although widely promulgated it has not received any contradictionwhat a fearful futnre iB shadowed forth in this virttual confession by the * powers that be , ' that such ^ sway as theirs can now only be upheld by undisguised physical force—that henceforth they can only rule by the aid of the" broadsword . " Aye , as Lord Grey once emphatically exclaimed . " What a picture of a government is here presented ! " The mere contemplation , indeed , of such a picture is * ' horrible , most horrible I" But this " more than a semimilitary force "—this new standing army—is but a mere portion of the fruit of that atrociousand libertyd- stroying parent tree of evil , ' yclep'd ceiitralixation * which the Whigs planted in our English soil , and
which their Tory successors in iniquity are apparently determined shall cover the land with itB upas branches . And now it seejnB coolly contemplated that the roots of this tree most be nurtured even at the expence of blood spilt by the "broadswords " wielded hy the blue-coated myrmidons . Merely as professing Chrisuans we are bound to feel bnt little of respect for those who follow bloodspilling as a calling—the implements of whose trade are swords , and mu 3 kets , and bayonets , — whose bread is moist with ^ tears and blood—yet must we admit that something like honour and a kin to human feelings may ; be discovered in some , at least , of those who unfortunately wear tho scarlet uniform of tyranny ; but as for the blue
e t c ( 1 c t coated , bludgeon wielding , and now " broad sword exercised" army of P-apays , we should be puzzled indeed to discover anything creditable to our common nature in their composition—aye , even so mnch as a homoeopathic dose of humanity in the "whole " force . " While the soldier would disdain % o act the part of a spy , the experience of late year e , if it be beld as worth consideration , has shewn that no employment 13 too mean or zoo infamov . 5 for police . The soldier would hesitate to fire upox , an unarmed multitude , but such outrages as those of Cahhorpe-street and Kunnington Common , testify how eager the policemen , although his own coward ly carcase may be in no posoibk danger , is to knock unarmed men on the head , to trample defy jnceless women and even children
t 1 1 j 1 3 j ' . f under his f ? et . If such were the ' daring deeds of these ' mer , of mettleX ?) when armed only with the bludgeon and cutlass , what may we not expect them to ventv re upon with their ""broad swords I " If w e read the concluding sentence of the newspaper paragraph quoted above , in connection with the present aspect of affaira in Ireland—tbe ewarm-3 v - that country with soldiers—the inference is s >_ rong that onr most humane and upright rulers are ' looking ahead" for the time when they may prof claim martial law— " war to the knife" against Free ; dom in both connferies . Let our friends " at home mark these word 9 , " In I he event of ihe military being called off from the metropolis ( to Ireland for instance ) the police will be enabled to act in their stead f '
The fact is that the condition altogether of affairs in this country indicates a crisis , the event of which must be to ensure its forward progress immensely , or , on the other hand , to force its retrogression to a hopeless extent- The labouring classes—we may say , indeed , all claEses , except the aristocratic landdrones—are heart and soul interested in the movemem in advance—bnt these have little political power—ana lor these are aot wielded the mighty engines of military and police—while it is tbe inse-
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parable interest of the drones of which we have spoken , and who exercise at will political , civil , and military power , that we should" bo thrust backward—it possible beyond the point the two last centuries of civilization have enabled -us to distance . And looking consequently by this Hgh £ at such a measure as the farther arming a * d drilling tbe Wubcoated creatures that Peel called into existence by thousands , must of necessity engender suspicion and watchfulness . Ths suspicion presenting itself to our minds is not that the further suppression of crime is designed , but that covert means are sought whereby the Wow shall be rendered secure whieh is destined to strike from us , ' the hope , the name of political emancipation . * Peace and be still are not to be the words employed to lull the agitated waves of our political ocean , but a mongrel race composed partly of the spy the policeman , and the soldier , and exercised in the
bad qua / iUes of each , are to be thrust forward to awe us into subiai .-8 i <» n—perhaps by such means as attending the publio meetings we may hold in support of our roost sacred rights—parading forth with bludgeon and " broad-sword , " ready to use either iadiscrimi ^ nately on anizans , on women , and on children ; and as well , perhaps * by sneaking more numerously in disguise throughout the land , urging the foolish and the weak to commit that they may betray . Shame on such things , ; and Bhame on their employers . " broad swords" jare not requisite for the pursuit of felons , but are extremely necessary , in the estimation of onr most righteous governors an < J masters to soppress Chartism and the just demands of an oppressed people . . Watchfulness , we say , too , is likewise engendered among the millions . It is our . sacred duty , as far as we may , to render that watchfulness permanent . — Chartist Circular .
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Routes op Lecturers— Again v-e notice that all " routes" senlheie , to ensure puhitcatron , must be signed by the sub secretary oj the hcalUy , or district , where the arrangeisepls are made for . We irili not in future publish any that may be sent without such signatures . It is not right that any localit y should Is visjted by a lectirer , unless he has corresponded wity them , and made mutual arrangements . Considerable ^ inconvenience has arisen to portions of \ the Chartist body from unurtanqcd-Jor visit ' , j which we have partially caused hy pointing unauthorised " routes . " We shall do so no m&re .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1219/page/1/
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