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^ T' ^ S ^ K - ^^ flfatnct , Inp = Wic »^ BtUmpt to Invade the ^ StiSSg deceiver , of the country , the WfciEi . Sin Sbgltfahnnjingtbrough parliament , 'A Bil 2 ffi * . tti Security of tke . Crown and eoYermn . * . oftheUnite * Kins * om ; ' aad we berebj ¦ declare oar < Te Srmlnadon to oppose , by every lawful nent in oar . power , any patty capafcla of having tewurse to any such Bns'Un-like tyranai ^ l messare to crusn the free « - press . on of pabUc oginien , and prop np -their own weafc tottering despotism . Mr Charles Mcbkit seconded the resoMion . Mr Dayies , from Holyiown , supported the
resolufie resolution was put , and agreed to unani . " mJiWb Owen , in ashori speech , moved the following resolution : — That we , the cities of GIafgow aai-fliesurrounding districts , express our confidence in the sWy and Intcgrity of the Sational Convention , no * s-. tt . ng ^ n Loadon andpiedgd ourselves to resist , at all hannU ,. the anwarraa-ablo attacks o » the liberties of the anlqtctty the revival of acts passed in the reign of Ue perse , eating and Woody tjrantOharle . il ., and hereby « - prexs our satisfaction at theprud « nco and determination exhibited by them under the most trying circumitence « , ia cenSurting . the people of London to a bloodlets victory in the face of the armed mercenaries of the government .
lir James Adaib said , he thought it woaldhave been noneceesarj for fiim to hare addressed them oa that occasion , had it not been that being present amongst them , he felt that he should be doing wrong toalWthem to givs a renewed expression of confidence in the body with which he had the honour to be connected , unti l he had explained some thiDgs in the coniuct of that body . He then defended , the Contention from the charge of eowwdiee which iad been preferred against it in regard to the meeting on E > nnington Common . He also compared ihe various estimates whica had bees formed of the attendance on Kennicjiton Common , to shew how little faith could be - pnt iff We Eondon press . With regard to the signatures ; attached to the National Petitien he considered the ' report of those parties who hid examined ifforthe Conyentioa was equally fobs believed as the report of the committee on petitions of fhe Honse of Commons , until a select
com-EiiUee proved them wr ^ ng . _ .. , Mr Hablet seconded tbe resolutioa . In adverting id the meeting at fonningto . n Common , hechar&cterisei it as a great , gisrions . bnt bloodless victory 6 v « r the government by the Chartists . This meeting wa 3 aether glorious praof of the progress which Chartism Iiad made amoiiH the masses . Mr Gboegs Rosa moved a vote of tnapks to the chairman , which was carried by acclamation . . The Chaisuak praposad &YOte of thanksto Cap .-fain Miller , for hiscoHrtesj and attention thafc day , ¦ w hich . ' wascarried by acclamation . . .. Three cheers were ^ then given for the Charter , the CoBvention , Feargu 3 O'Connor , &c ., and the masting Quietly dispersed . MR ERNEST JONES AT DUNDEE .
A meetin" was ieldhereon Tuesday evening , in tie Bell-street Halt for the object of hearing a deputation from the National Convention . Long before the time appointed to take the chair , theshall was disagreeably crowded . Many a noble Cflartufc had to zander away home with a sorrowing heart , being enable to gain admittance . At eight o ' clock , the general councillors , Mr Jone ? , and an enthusiastic friend from Arbroath , entered the hall , greeted with enthusiastic cheer ? . Mr Rcbset Ktbd was called to preside . _ Mr M'Cbae propssed the following motion : —
That this meeting cacnot find language adequate to file expression of our thorough ditpleasura and disguBt at the conduct of those parting , be they who they may , who have endeavoured to falsify the condition of the Hational Petition , ia reference to the number and character of the signatures attached to it , and by and through these means to destroy the honourable poBl * tion , and damage the effect of the patriotic exertions of Kr Fearffu * O'Connor , H . P ., and of the National Can-Teation ; and we beg to assure that gentleman , in conjunction with that assembly of the people ' s real represeatatives ,. that we will stand by him and them to the last moment of our lives , and give all the aid Incur power , uatil we brnj eoafusion soon all the enemies of onr just and holy cause , and mike it triu . 'nphant in the political liberation and social redesaEtioa of the toiling and suffering eons and daughters of mankind .
Mr Essesi Jokes then came to the front of the platform , and was hailed with loud and long-csntinued cheering . The joj of the meeting Eesaed to have oveifhwed . all usual bounds . He delivered a lsng aod powerfal address , explanatory of the acts of the Convention , the reception of the * Natio& ' s Will * by the incurable House of Parliament , and ou ? future prospects . The magnificent orator , a 9 he moved opi trashing sophhtry to the dost ; was frequently interrupted by storms ^ of applause , both from . the people within the hall , and frem the immense throng
BnrroKnding the windows outside . Mr Jone 3 asked the meeting if they "were determined , to back oat the National Assembly in working out any measure that it say devise , snfSaient to secure our rights ? ( 'Yes , ye 3 . yes , ' was the almost unanimous response , only three ' . noes' be / ngheard . ) Me Joneshaa impressed many mfn's minds tritk the idea that our principles are just , and must shortly batriumphaat . . : Three cheers were given for Feargus O'Conner , three for our own pres 3 , three for the chairman , and s dcrfn for Ernest Jones .
MR ERNEST JONES IN EDINBURGH . On Wednesday evening a public meeting of the Democrats of Edinburgh wa § held in tha Waterloo Rooms , for the purpose , of hearing addreise 3 from the delegates of the National CoRvenfcion , in reference to the present position and future prospects of Chatt ' smin Britain . The delegates were received xritb great applause . The house wa ? completely crowded ; Oa the motion of Mr Henry Rankine , Mr John Grant , of the Weekly Express , was called to the chair .
The Chaieuas then said—Chartists of Edinburgh , out glorions cause has been asking rapid progress of late . From the palace to t&e CDttage , it is tie ali-3 bsorbing topic . The pres ? , which has hitherto looked upon us with contempt , and despised our movement , is obliged to fill its broadsheets with details of oar proceedings . The' Times * even the . 'bloody Tmss , ' as . -it is called , has been obliged to come ont somewhat . I read with pleasure that even that paper has declared in . favour of an extenEion of the soSrage . ( Cheers- ) So much , gentlemen , for that magnificent meeting which took placeinLoEddaonih « 10 th of April ; fer however much the goverhment ' nsay affect to despise it in that organ , yet they seam fully alive to the fact that they most do something io pacify the voice-of the
people . ' Even in oar aristocratic city , we have ' . had two or three demonstrations whieh have shown" the vast majority of the people are in favonr of our prei » dare . The meeting on Monday night wsa a glorious demonstration , and showed that the people of Edinburgh are fally alive to the value and the vital importance of the Charter . There eoold not be less than from 25 , 000 to 39 , 000 persons present , and they were unanimous in expression that they would not reafc satisfied nnta the principles contained in the People ' s Gharter became the principles on which the government of this country will bs conducted . ( Cheers . ) ' : Mr James Adam ? , delssafe from Glisgow , then delivered a lengthy speech , explaining and vindicating the acts of the Convention , and showing np the rascality of the press . He wa 3 loudly applauded . ¦ ;
m Mr Es 5 bb _ t Joszs then rose amidst great cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which lasted for some time . ' Having obtained an audience , he eaid , thit at the moment in which he had the honour of addressing them—perhaps at that very moment , a ministerial traitor to the people and the ponstituvion was having his treasanable ' Gagging Bill * passed in the Douse of Commons . It had alreaoy gone through committee , and that evening was appointed for thethird reading . TMs' Gaggiog Bill' said that the ten » nes whicb . God had given them they were no more to nsp—that the brains with wMca He bad gifted tneni were no more to tfiinkthat a man was no longer to be at liberty to speakso longer to express his sentiments on political
subjects , and no longer dare to speak the truth . The time had therefore come to speak more , boldly . ( Cheera . ) They stood before the meeting not merely & 3 political reformers , bat as Eocial reformers as rre \ l , for it was necessary to have fchosa social remedies ready prepared , which they would be able to apply when they bad attained pelitical power .. The great yalae of political power was , " it woald enable tfeem to procure social amelioration—it would give bread to the poor , protection to industry , and justice to all . ( Great applause . ) There had been many straggles in the history of the past , and to these , class after class , like wares succeeding each other on the ocean of life ,, had rolled along and broken upon the shores ef eternity . Monarchial and
ariatocratical institutions Bad changed , feudalism into constitutional monarchy . The feudal despotisms that exUted in Scotland hive passed into things that were . It had been succeeded by the vas 6 ' m 8 nied interest ; but now there would be a third great change—the Btraggle of- industry against £ ke prerogative of aristocracy . Tae question seeeied to resolve itself into a struggle against capital . " That struggle would not consist in the . destruction of property or of capital , tot . in-the rescuing of Industry from its ubcoh' ttat ^; ? P ° ti 8 £ a . ¦ There - were' Bflme who said ' ofi&v ? . , PWsper . withoufc capiiai , while ¦ He ^ KttS ^ Sf 5 ? j *¦ wIOw ^ labour . tut he would CO ntend ? K ^ td & ° mt ^ industry , asgMs
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then who is to build hia houtes , till his lands , ' ox make hia earments , or create hia machinery ? All the wealth in the world would not do thia" for him , and he would sit paralysed by the » ide of hia heap of gold , httngrji naked , and abeltsrless . On the conirary , place the poor man—strong in body—pla < & the eabodiment of labour oa that island , and he would build his hut and till bis fields , and hunt the wild beasts , and make Ms raiment from their skins . Thus would labour thrive and grow fat , and prosper without the aid of the paralysed capitalist and hi 3 heaps of dusfe . ( Cheer * . ) But they were not . se king to infringe the just rights of capital . On the contrary , they were saying , give to I ' suar that which is Cffljar ' e , and give to the working-man that which ia due to him . He did not rtouire to say a word as to
the condition of the working-cUsses : that condition the press itself was forced to confesB . All say there must be a change ; an d even the Times m coming out for an extension of the suffrage . But do not trust the Times—trust to yeur own honest hearts , your strong hand ? , and your tanking brains ; for the movement muBt be carried on by the working-classer They were willing to receive the co-operation of every class , and of every man who would co-operate with them , but they believed in the great maxim , ' God helps them that help" themBelvea . ' He would contend that there was no remedy saor of Universal Suffrage by which the working classes and the shopkeeping classes woald obtain the amelioration of their condition . Many nostrums have been tried ; but they were . worthless , and their
business new w £ 3 Hot with the policy , of others , but withiheir own policy ; they mu 8 tVtaad on their own foundation . ' He was satisfied that nothing short of the universal enfranchisement of the working ' classes could bave the effect of throwing down the moao-, poliei under which they suffered . He was happy to Sad thai the middle classes throughout the country were beginning to coee round . EyeH the middleclass organs were beginning to tura round and talk of an extension of the Suffrage . Great . events ' called forth echoea in ' our island . The weathercscks on Lord John Russell ' s mansion wtra beginning to craak with the French breeza . They' were beginning to turn in oppssite directions , and , as they turned to the various points of the compass , they seemed to settle on the six points of the Charter . ( Ap :
plaoss . ) Now they were engaged in $ nrtgnibcent stra ? gls ; at that moment they were engaged in ! a revolatiori . Let no one shudder at ihe word revo-Intion . The slavery emancipation ; was . 'a reyolu ' r tfon ; and reform was a revolution ; rendered abertivebythetriakery qf the Whiga . " Revolutian ' did not mean insurrection . They were enga | ed . ini a mighty revolution ; and ; in order to carry it , ' it was nessesary , that Irishmen , Scotchbeni " . and En | Iish ; - nieri , ' 8 hdHl ( 3 be united , ani , is ons unb ' . roken migHty phalanx , to go forth to . attain'their object . He thought that this would-be " ihecase "; for : fia hid trarei / ed 500 miles from' home ; and he was at home still . He found the same spirit in 'Scotland which pervaded their countrymen in 'the time of the CaypaaHters—^ a desireto be rid of Oppression ,: And theolescendanta of those men . whs established religipus -liberty ,, were bow summing up their eiiereies to establish civil
equality . The great raeni of the Charter was , that it was a bread-and-chee-e qaestlon—a ' ro ^ st be ef ! and plum-puddieg qaestion ; for if they only ha , d , it , ; it would giye food , clothing , and ehelter taeverjf man in the csnhtry , aad he wenld not be Eurprised . that they wouli tnra their baek upon ths Charter unlesa they believed this . He would ask them to turn their attention to the country which they , inhabited * . Did they imagine thai € k > d rronld taanifest his gooduesa by having placed thirty millions of human . ; beings upon these island * for the mere purpose of starving ! by hunger or perishing for want of proper shelter , wickont having given land enough , or making that land fertile ensagh to'support them ? The reverse wag the case ; for it could ba abundantly proved that the land , instead of being able to supporttairty millions , would support a population of one hup . dr , ed millions . Mr Jones conokuled a long and brilliant speech amid the most rapturous applause .
i ) r Huniek tfeen addressed , the meeting , after whieia rate of t&snfrs was then awarded- to the delegates , and appropriately replied to . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and aftergiving three cheers for Mr Feargus O'Connor , the meeting separated .
CHARTIST MEETING AND PROCESSION AT GREENOCK . BRUTAL ATTACK . BY THE . POLICE . . ' ( From the Daily News . ) Some tinvo ago the Chartists of Greenock decided on holding as open-air meeting on Saturday , to hear addresses from MrE . Jones , Dr Hunter ; and Mr Adam 3 ; A procession was also decided . oh , in order to show their numerical strengtbi The . committee sent notice to the provost and magistrates that ' ;{ hey intended holding a meeting and a procession ; ' ; to whieh the latter replied by Baying , that , while there would ba no objection to the meeting , the ' procession would not on any account be" allowed , atuL that effectual means would be taken to prevent it . " ? The committee then submitted the matter to the '; various .
trades , who finally resolved on having the procession ; on the ground that at the time of the passing of the Ba form Bill , snob parades were / rsqnen ^ an d . mrejoined in by the very * parties who were opposing'themselyea to one on the present occasion . This determination having % ecome known to the authorities ^ they caused a proclamation to be widely posted over ^ the town , forbidding the prooeision , under severe penaltiei . The Chartists immediately issued a counter ' one , inviting all their brethren Jo join them . The authorities at ones set &baab securing the means ol enforcing their proclamation , by summoning the special constabulary , augmenting the polioe force ; and getting down from" Glasgow a - 'detachment of infantry . The Chartiste began to assemble at ten on Saturday , in Si Andrew ' s-square , and soon after
formed themselves into procession , aecwapsnied . by two bands of music ; and as the authorities had stationed the easternmost detachment of police In . Virginla-street , the Chartists , ' unwilling to come into contact with them at'that earlygtageof their proceedings , walked in an easterly direction , through Cartsdyke , and np the Port ^ Glasgow-road to Ladybum ; where the workmenof the CJyde Pottery joined them . After waiting a short time , an open carriage , on it 3 way from Port-Glasgow , containing Messrs E . Jone 3 and Adams , the Convention , delegates , ' aad Messrs Burrell and Nelson , leadirig lopal ChartistB , appeared , and these gentlemen were received with great cheering . The processipnthea walked back , and reached ' Delingbur n-sqiiare , where a platform had bsen erected . ' - The numbers in the procession ,
at a liberal estimate , were from 700 to" 80 ft . ' . - 'Therle were a great maay spectators , however ; ana likely enough , the m&jority' of these / frem their appparance , we > e Chartists , but at the . same time afraid io fall into the ranks ) in case of mischief happening to them from the truhoaeons of the ' police -or tbje biyonetssf the militaryi- ^ Vhen theyretorned' to DeliQgburn . sq . uaf . e , Mr Campbelli shoemak ' er , ' was called , to ' tha chairi and Messrs Jonesi and ^ Adaias . delivered addresses . Dr Hunter '\ ra 8 not' prSsehk . ' The meeting broke ; up- ' abaut . two , the' 'deputies , haviag another engagement Wt ' nlfil in the Vale of Leven . and the " people began-to- ' iBoVe off , "; p ' art ' of them in procession . ' -Whetf they w ' entas'fa * a ' i ' yiir- ' ginia-gtreat , a strong police force was stationed 'thereto turn them bapk , so' that they had to retura and go dowa ' another street , in-order to get into the town ; but here . again they weremeb . by thkpolice ' . The great body of them then passed' down to the
East India Breast ; but the police , supported by ; a great number of constables , effectually barred their progress farther westward . The Chartiste seemed to be at a loss what to do to . get home for' ^ heir ' din-, sera , and after soma time they made a bold push against the police and constables ; but these , made a vigoronauie of their batons , an& attacked t&ein s ? i * h such vlelence , that a aamber of-very serioas wop ' njja were inflicted . Ope man , named Mscalister , a oarV penter , had his thigh broken , and . had to be carried home on a mnttreBs ; wHIe anumbsr of heads ' received terrible visitations , some of thera having the sealpmuchtorn . Thi ^( 8 ays . the North BkiTiaHMiiLl whose report we quote ( ended the proceedings ; ana the military , who were placed atthe ra ^ way station , were not called into requisition at all , Itihay'be added , that several of the masterswbuld not ' allow their men to tnra ont at the procession ; so that the number of the Chartists could not be ascertained from the appearance they ' made on the occasion .
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£ w lam * . CHARTIST MEETING ; IN DUBLIN . : The following report is slightly abridged from the Dublin Fkbeuan ' s Jouekal of the 18 th . Unfortunately the Journal came to hand-too late for as . to make any use of itBrepart . iBouc last Saturday ' s A very numerous meeting of ciiizans was held-is the Princess ' s Theatre , Lower Abboy-street , on Sundar , for the DUrDOse of affnntlno- ihn hr * k . tt « anrnK
and the Bhorte « t plan to repeal the Legislative Unioni by forming a complete and perfect league with the Repealer and Radical Reformers of Great Britain . Among those present were Richard O'Gor . man , sen ; , Patrick G'flJggins , J , aiifechel , O . Grace . « n n ^? tt . Laurence M'Court , Rev . W . Ryan , ' ' tj , MahoD ? » Stephen Darcjr , H . Clarke , j— - -Byrne , : Kieder , John Kenny , W . Pentland . C . Coyne , ^~ -Keeley , T . Saxton , James Nagent , John Clary , Doctor . West , S ; R . Fraser , J . M'Cormick , J Mahon , P . O'Donohoe , B . Redmby , C . M'Auley , John Lawless , B ., Fnllam , Thomas Mathews , - — M'Donnell , -J . Hughes , P . Moran &C , &e . - ; ' ' ' . - .:..:.. -, ; . ¦
On the motion of John MitcheVEsq .. the chair waa taken at two o ' clock by ¦ ..:, •; - RlGHAHD . O'GOHHAS , Eg < ji The chairnan procseded' to address the meeting amidst loud cheerifig . Bo s ^ id'he . could hot avoid thinking that" ib ' wa'f particularly snifeed to fill the cJiair crpoa the' preseAt occ&slda , ssd for this reasoD —that the great business of his life had been given to advanee tbe interests of the working classes of this country . { Hear , hear . ) That he had not succeeded bo folly ag he eoeld wish , was sot bis fault—( tea ?
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hear ) . ; r-that he had miserably ; failed , was , ^' perhaps * the fault of ethers—was the fault of the government , which the people of Ireland wero . unfortunately Iwnndta obey . ( Cries . of Hear ,, hear . ) -When the requisition , conroainjr the aeetiaji was presented to hinii be acknowledged he hud so ^ ie ^ eaitatlsn wo on the subject ; beosiuse for . ,-year ' s he had b « en hearing the mpsi ; aaqualified abuse of what were called pha Chartista of England . H « asked the gentlemen who , waited upon him ( two ef whom were olergymen . ) what were the opinions of the party whose conduct he had heard bo much censured ; -and be . was at one ? put in full possession of . what their-principles were . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he had no , objection whatever to Universal Suffrage , which was one of the pointa | of the Charter . ( Bear , hear . ) He thought every mtm
who was a consumer of the produce ot . the country , and who worked for the benefit of society , wbs entitled to a vote . ( Cheera . ) He considered that the working classes were not represented , but that , ou the contrary , they were' grossly misrepresented . ( Hear , hear , ) He repeated , he thought ,, they had been gressly and seriouBly injured by the want of the elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) With : respect to Annual Parliaments , he confessed a difference in opinioi upon that subject ; he did not think Annual Parliaments would work well , because from his own experience that he was satUfied that the members would not have a complete knowledge of their business uatil about the period at which they would have to be turned out under this system . ( Hear . ) But that was a matter of opinion—it was open to
discussion and debate . ( Hear , hear . ) He conceived that the proposal of the Chartists should be treated with all the respeof which if ; deserved ; , but what was the fact ? He understood from the reports in the newspapers that the petition of those men was treated as a hogx by > the members of the Houeaof Commons . ( Groans . ) Now , that was a , circumstance which astouished him exceedingly . ( Hear . ) But who were . the men . whose petition was thus treated with disjespeet ? They were the class who produced all fhe property of thacountry—who produced the luxurien of the rich , and . the comforts of the middling—in a word ,: they were the class who form . ed the ftqudation stone of society ; and such being the case , he thought that . petition GUghfc . to ; have been resoected . not only by the House
ofGoramons , bnt by . the Houee . of Lorda also . ;( Cries of hear , hear , ) . That the members of the . house had tbopght proper noi to respect it . was . in his opinion ; ¦ a great , . a grievous mistake . ( Iioud oheere . ) Ha came there to sympathise , not only with the working classes of this : country > but . also . with the : worb ejm of England aod Scotland . ( Oheera . ) : He had ft mind ; broad : enough to extend it to : the wotkipg classes all over , the warid , for he regarded-them as fellew-Cbristians and fellow-men , and therefore' it was , he was of epiniaD , that this little distinction between Englishmen and Irishmen should be henceforth forgotten . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew the 'Erie-. lish people from- an experience of forty years , and he conjd tell his countrymen . that they were a noble and a charitable people .- ( Cheers . > But he had to raake
a main distinction between the people and . their gavernors . ' . The ' people ofIrolandbad'lwett'treated with terrible injuatice by that gevernmenl ; . ' '( Cheers . ) Mr John Fibser Murray came forward to p r , opose the first resolutidtf , - Mich was as follows : — - * That we hail wHhdeli&ht'the cooperation of the Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain , as eminently calculated to hasten the Repeal of the Legislative Union ; and , in return ; we tender them our hearty sympathy and support in their cx ^ rtiona to achieve eqnal rights an 3 privilegiBa foi ? bqth ceuntries . - ( Hear . 7 ; The resolution , which h ' ehnd read hailed with delight , the co-operation of the Repealers and Radical Reformers' -6 f Great BritaJn , whose object waa exactly similar to their own . ( Hear , hear . ) They wanted a Repeal of the Union
as well aathe'Irish ^ -they wanted England for the English—not for the Whiga or Tories—they ; wanted a Repeal of the Union betweeii their legislation and a corrupt oligarchy—they wanted a Repeal of the Union between their executive and ' its ehormojua and disgraceful and profligate ¦ expenditure—ia a word , they wanted a Repeal of the Union bsiweep constant toil aad constant -misery ; ¦ ( Hear , hear ;) That was what the Radical Reformers of England wanted , end the Radical Reformers of Ireland were working for the same thing . The parliament of Ireland as it was formerly , was not , he distinctly maintained ,-a people's parliament . ( Hear ; hear . ) It was a corrupt and selfish parliament ; and because . of its corruption it rotted . ¦ ( Hear , hear . } ' Was there any thing to prevent them from so uniting ? They
were all brothers , and struggling , to achieve rights which were somewhat similar ; they were all subject to the same oppression , and it , was but just- they should unite . What did th&people of England ask ? They asked tbat every man who paid taxes , indirect as well as direct , should have a Vote ; and'wha'tblocjki head could object to that ? ( Hear , hear ;) With regard f © the Annual Parliaments , he didnot see what objection there could be to that point in the People ' s Cliar . ter . At present their members could misKe-: prefen ^| hem for seven years Without iany feai ? bf being disturbed ; and he . was . of opinwh that , Hfee dirty water , the oftener . they were chnrigefl thQ better . " { Laughter andicheers . ) : H < 5 could not see wh&t there ' vst ^ in these- ' . Eneliah workojeh ih ' pt Bhould prevent the Repealers of Ireland from jbinirg
with them . ( Hear , hear . ) But somebedy caree and told him ; as if with the intention of frighteniDghiijn , that they were Cfaartiats—aoiaethibg horrible ; he supposed—monsters with horns and long . tai ^ . ( Laughter . ) Now , it was not because their pritiqU pies were O'hartist thathe ' agreed with them ,, b ^ fc bncause they were just ; asd such- ' oeing thei ; case % q did not care whose ^ principles' they were—whether they were those of the Grand Turk , ' of the Gr ^ at Mogul j or of the King of the Cannibal Islands' : ( Hear , h * ar . ) The rule of life was that they should make as manj friends and as few enemies aa possible , nd they were there that evening for the purpose of
extending the hand of friendship to their English brethren ; and of apologising to them for the insult which had been offered to them in the country , when os ) how , or for what purpose , it was unnecessary to say . ( Hear , hear . ) He lived amongst those men for years , and found it to ba the case that where they met with a straightforward Irishman who did not disgrace himself , but on the contrary made himself respectable , they alwayu treated him as if he wag one of : themselves . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion he had great pleasure in proposing the ; resolution which he had read , aad was sure it would pass unanimously ' adopted . ( Cheers . ) ¦ ^ ; :
¦ Mr Cotkb seconded the resolution . Heh » d heard it stated by many great men that the man who was not a Chartist ' was a knaye or fool . The people' of Ireland wasted trade and employment , and the way to get both was by obtaining the Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) That once achieved , they would ba properly legislated for—if not , the responsibility would be- on themselves . ; ( Hear , heap . ) Therefore he called ' upo , n them to unite with the working ; men ' ofEtigland and Scotland , who were both willing'and anxiou 3 to cooperate ^ withi aHd servethera ^ ( Clieers . ) The resolution bavingbeen put and carried ,
Mr ; iP . O'Hiqqihs came forwardto propose the sepondr ^ gdlution , which * aa as follows : — ' That wherea 3 Jthslate aristocrstio Irish parliament , being irresponsible'to the people and necessarily corrupt , sold tho nationality of this Country , and might again , this meeting regards the suffrage of the adult male population as the only sound basis for the re-construotion of an Irish pirliament . Reselved , therefore , ' that every male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( infants , insane persona , and criminals only excepted . ) is of common righ * , and by the laws of God , a freeman , and entitled to the full enjoyment of political liberty / - He appeared before them in ratheran odd character . Ho stood there-that ddy for the first time before an assemhly of his fellowcountrymen , for the last ten years . ( Rear , hear . )
He had been for a very considerable time' what was called " a political outcast . He was proudtosay , however , that those who ois'bhim out had now como round to hold the opinions whioh he entertained tqn years agd . ( CheeM . )^ Let any of them be placed in the position which ha had held for years—let them be calumniated publicly and privately—theirmotives maligned- ~ everj ! thing th 9 y gaid turned to their disadvantage--and he aaked howrwould , they feel ? ( Hear , hear . ) And why wasifc that he was thuspoirsecuted f Because ho would auatain no party , but the party who would place the working classe 3 of his country upon the same equality with- himsejf . ( Cheers . ) That was the head and front of bis offending / and here in the presence of hla fellowicounttiymen he challenged his calumniators tosa > one singJe
sentence derogatory 10 nis caaracter . ( Hear , hear . ] It was always his Wish to sea tho working'peopleiBot onlypfthiBDutof every other country , enjoy'the elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) They had been told for several years past that the concentration of public opinion would carry any measure whatever ; Had not public opinion in the city and county of Dublin concentrated f- ~ flad it not been concentrated at Tara and Mullaghmaafc , as well as other [ places , and yet what effeofc had it produced ? None whatever ; and for this reason—that the pesple had not the elective franohiso . ( Hear , hear . ) If they had , would Mr Grogan have been returned for the city , and Mes ? ra Hamilton and Taylor for ' the county of Dublin ( Hear , hear . ) Let themjoin those who wer © willing to uflito with them—who had offered to'assist th ^ ra many a year ago , in procuring Repeal—and who now a » aia offered them the right hand of friendship ; and
for whose sincerity he would be > answerable with his life . ( Loud cheers ) There would be two wsiyg of RepealiDg-the Union , both 61 which he approved I of io a certain extent—one was called the constitutional mode , and the other was the last ' resbnrcei Now tie was for trying every possible means within the law first ; and above all , he wasmost anxious : that a union with the English Chartists should bo speedily cemented !¦ ' { Hear ; - hear . ) < That they were willing to assist them no one could deny ; for what was the fact '? , During the progress of theu recent coercion actthrough tho House of Coratrons there were a hundred petitions on the table of the house againat tti&t tne&sare-befom a soYmry vsewas adopted in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Some people might tell them that the franchise was ot no use to them , but heconteidedthatit was . Without the franchiae they were outcasts of society , and looked upon as
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mere creatures to be worked while there was strength in them , and then thrown a »^ e . W ith the franchise ! there was no danger of a man boins : treated in that manner—there was ao feai-lof hiabaingiturned ; out of flia holding aalong as he ooiuldfBsy . ay or no » t aneleotion ., ( Heari ) iiTherefore ? be ; . ; called apori them to unite . withtha people of England ia'eeekiug the Charter , and he promised them . on the > part of the Cbartiflts , that they . would receive every assistance from them in , return . ( Cheers . ) . Let thero be no misunderstanding ia tho matter , ; ho was ; authorised , to ..--fifly so . ( Great cheering for-Eeargug O'Connor . ) . , i After some further obsemtioasj - ' Mr O'Higgins conoluded by proposing the reselution . Mr Miichbl : rose amidst loud and : enthusijistie
oheerins , which / was prolonged ; for several minuter He said he . wa 3 not a Chartist but a Repealer ^ nevertlieless , he attended that - meeting with pleasure ; its object baJag to torn s league between . the Irish and English Democrats , . and to gain the rights of both nations .: ( Hearihear . ) iHe thought the Irish people were now especially boand to Jstand ^ by the English Chartlflb , when thej"found ihess men in their own country , and : through their own parlia ^ ment trampled en and insulted , and-tHe petitions of millions of working men treated as a jest ^ by tho ? e Lords and Commons whom tho industrious people supported in their luxury . ( Hear ) It seemed that a few ridiculous names had been attached to that pe-. tition ; many of them , very vulgar names , no doubt . .
Amongst millions ot names wnataiaTueyinna * une , the signature of a ' Pugnose ;'~( laughter ) -another , the signature of Mr ;^ Fiatnosfc '—( laughter)—a discover y ; which rejoiced the honourable members exceedinsly ; as it gave them an opportunity to laugh atthepeople andjtheii-petitions . Jt appeared they found a few other Barnes : those of the Dake of Wei-Hngton , for : in 3 tanco ,. and ' Victoria Regina , ' whiqh were said to be forgeries . He did not know bow that mightbe ; but he knew that if fae Duke © f Welling ton and Victoria Regina had not signed that petition , they ought tojhavedorie so ; and the ktter might hereafter regret the day that the cireum-Btanoe of her . signature to that petition had bees treated as a joke in the imperial parliament . ( Hear ,
hear . ) What did the Chartist petition seek from that jeering house ? ; It sought that those who paid taxes for the support of the . i stato-i-who enabled the court to keep up a royal magnificence ^ and the landlords to live in luxurious nndolence—it prayed ithat these men , thebone < and siriew'of th » country , should aavea voice in thedispesaliof their : own money . It prayed that all the ; people of . ' Englan . d , '• Ireland , aad Scotland , should have that-contrelover-theiryeprfl ^ sentatives which an annual' eledtion of the . pariiament would give . —Arid why . should they not have that voice and tb ' at ; . ebntrol ? : See how : their hardr aimed money was applied ; : ' They had in ( Dablin , at present , Prince . George'of Cambrfdge- >( groariB ) - wh ( T received £ 6 , 000 : a year , -wbila hia- ' father , got
£ 21 000 outofthe peokets ofr those Very pBtitioner ' s , whom : they laughed at the other day in the HouBeof Commons . ^ ( Loud criea of hear , hear . ) Hb waa of opinion that itsi would be a small matter to gain Re ; pealif thepeople were not = permittSfl to' have a fingeriritkepTe ' j ' andheibad . no " hesitation inlaying , that the thing ' fialled independenoo : which was ob ; lained in the yeaT ' 82 was a-great delusion ^ and a humbug . ' As it was desoribed in an old ballad , it waa ' won' by gentlemen land kept by gentlemeni { Hear , hear . ) Now , tkey should hava no more aridtocratic iHatitution , Si' Whether {> they had friendsar . not toasswt them , their independence would ba nesfc woh by the people and for the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Aa tiv the Chartists ttiemeelrest the extraordinary terror anAhorror that had beeainculoatedinto ; the minds of IrishojBn respecting that claRs ^ of fpersonji .
was altogether unaccGuntableito him . Now , he should dike to know who tho 'Chartists were ? They were the men who , generally speaking , might be described aa those who earned their bread , tind the" non-Chartists of England were the men who lived upon the hard earnings ofthe others . ( Hear , hear . ) And he knew it tobefact—for he had other means of knowing it ; besides those which : they , had . iheard on that day—that every Chartistin England : was for leaving Ireland to the Irish . "( Hear . ) Certainly they should be the greatest fools in the habitabVeglobeif they did dot take that help , ' and if ; they did not return ; 'the ! compliment , ahd . give them England , for the English ' . ( Cheers . ) He should net detain ( hem longer than merely to observe , . thatwhene ' ver thorough-going ^ Democracy was te . be supported there would h , e by found . ( Loudcheers . ) . ' "' .-,.,. ; .- " ...-i--... '"'
, , The motion was then put ,. and ' carried amidst loud applause . ' . ' . ' . ¦ .,. ' . '¦ .. , .. Captain Butah proposed : the third . resolution , in every sentiment * of which ; he' heartily concurred . It was as follows ' : —• ¦ ' .. ' .. ' That it ise 3 aential j to a man ' s political liberty that he have a , share . either in the , legislation itself , or in the electing of those who are tp frame the Jaws , wheett , afta ^ u ga -they ought to proteot nim in the full -enjoymeht of those abaolate rights whicb are vested in . him , by ' the immutable law ? .-of nature / may yet ba fabricated to the'destruction of his person , his , property , his religious freedom ' , his family' , ' , and'hi 8 fome ; that ; th ' dfefdr ^ , the right to Universal . Siifffage is as . inherent . right . ' '
MrDroiT ,, in seconding . the resolution moved by Captain ' Bryan , observed that he too had shared in the political outlawry ar . uied t ^ 'by ^ Mr'O ' . Higgins . ( Hiear . ) He thanked heaven he : haid lived -ftf see , and . that in a much ahorter' time tUafi : ever'he expectedj eucha change come ., ov ; e ' r . the Irish mind aa , ljiat great meeting evidenced ,. Irifh" regard if the ( truthful prinoiplea . which he ^^ Xrc ^ ucntlyi ^ iilcaliedion smaller audiences , " He for one was" 'dete ^ mifrea . ' to ] let the English ! goTOrnnient joe ( &at there " were ' neyr men and true . men / sufficient i toi swamp ^ al ^' their iffortsto ' silence the voice of nationality ia Ire . land . r ( Cheers ) They had seized on the giljaht 'forlora hope' of three , but there , ^ fl 8 a battalion bf 300 coining ; to the resoue —( loud cheers)—and henoefdrwar'd they would have to cope with ten millionsiof united pimecrats—Conciliation Hall R 9 pe ^ leps ~ Cphfederates and Chartiats . . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Eyeh ' the
mildeBt section of Rapealers would now alb . w . that they were now tearing away the Jaafc plank oF the constitution . ( Cheera . ) , ' .. ;; The resolution havidg . b 9 en put from the chair , it was carried urianimoualyv ........ . MrMiTHnws then proposed'the following resola « tion : — 'That it iaa natural right of the people ; of this empire , aad required , by . tfifl , principtes of the constitution , that they elect a new House of Representatives , once at least in evpry year ; because whenever a parliament continues . in , being for a lobger term than one session , ^ then . thousanda ^ who , since it was chosen , have atjiajhed to ' , bkanVi estate ( that is io say , " the age of twanty-one ' years ) , and ' a ' r ? , therefore , entitled to enter , into immediate : noSsession of that elective pp ^ er which is . their , ' besc and most sacred inheritance are , in that . caao , \ itijustly : denied their right , and exbladed from the ; enjp / ment ef pB « . liticalliberty / ;•; : ' . , . . ¦; , . ' u ¦ : ' ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ..- . : ' ''
., .. ., Mr CAR 01 . A . N seconded the , resolution , ' which was put and oarried . - -., ! .. , . , ¦ . MrP ., MoEiN had great pleasure m proposing the fifth and last resolution . It was as follows :-r * That the rich and the piety . beirig of thesa ^ je spedles , are Under the " same lawa of nature ; and beiDg alike capable of bsnefitorinjury frora their le ^ ialators , neceafarily have inihe election ef those legislators the same right ; but the ' rich , in defence of their liberty and property , have , every advantage which wealth , knowledge , and thepurcnased powersof others , afford them , while the pojr , destitute of these , jiav . e I np ! Security but in the purity of legislafeipn , nbrftiiy . niean ? ofself-defencebutintheTe-pdsseabiondf theelectiye poweri Thipoar then haver an equal rigHfc ,. . but more need , to elebt representatives than therlcii / ; Mr T . Sbxion sqcondad the resolution which waa carried . . ' ' . ' " '' . " . ' ¦" . ' _ ' : ' . ¦' _
Mr O'Goruan left the chair ' i whioh was taken by Mr O'ffiggin * , and the thanks of the meeting were voted to their prior chairman for his dignified conduct ; while presiding ... . ;; . ' . ' - . ¦ , " . - ' , The meeting then adjourned . ' " , ;
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H ^ amr .. a ^ A ^^!^ KM ^^^ . . ^ plopls of Ireland had been losing many preciouB t eartitf't ^ eadeaVbVr Wm ' oift Jo iBem tfieanstooracy ; - ( Hear ^ feear . )' The ftiriBtder ^ mjght be ; watii ; TJiere j » aa « ne war < Jf ^ winning them . and that was Jby iftightening ' thenJi ; . fOheergsasdslaoghtej ' . ) In receiving any ^ deputation from English democrats they , should Teceiye , them ag . negppiators ; fi- « nv a ifp r reign pe 9 p ] e ~ -they ( the Irish % were a aistinbt nation ~ tfie , English ' were , li ^ wise " , a distinct , and ssp ^ rat * natiph , A strict alliance' might'be , formed , with tHem { but as' the Irish could' not form & pa * t' ef the EnHish' natirini " so : jike . wis « tbey could-hot -form a '
pa ' rt of the'Irish nation . " ( Heir , hear ;) ' He ( the chairman ) had'fcfeen ; elected asa mcm ' barof . tha National OoDTention ; bnt he could not sit . in 'that : as-8 ombly > in anyisnoh capacity j he could only ; baRresent as a negooiator , and he would , attend in Mancaeater in . a few days to explain to the Con yen tiori the reason why he eould . ^ 06 represeht an Engliah constituency I ¦ ' Thoir maxini' sjapnld bs , ' ' England to herself ; ' and , ' Ireland to ' ; herselF . ' Le 6 ' . the people of England render En ^ 'an 'diJhgoveraable by the English ihiniatry ^ Iet Ireland reriderherselfnngp * vernable to anyEngliahministry , and thm ' , indeed , they . inight expect beneficial results . ' The chairmas resumed his seat amidst loud applause . , ..-. , ' ¦' ,,,,
Mr S . K . TDD > , d 6 ieR » tPl | i 9 England , sdid ,: Whcn the National Convention appointed him , ¦' , arid his colleagues ^ they pointed put no partic . ula ' riindi ' of policy , they merely said they believed in the policy of V \* ' radrtihej who said to ^ the deputation ' 61 Chartists 'from England ;' ' Go homeland tell ydnr countrymen that we believe in thepolioy of a revolution of ideas , ' The speaker then said lie did sot . want Irishmen to give up their , nationally , but he thousht an union could still b ^ effected , 'amPP ? them upon other . p'intg .. There was an " u . niversality . ' in . ^ ruth '; upon ; that they cbuld all agree . He then ' referred to the points of itie Charter , the ptindi { . le ' o f which irtw ,, ifcaft . Jfee people abduld Have a . voice and a due , weight in the makiae of the laws . England wiis ^ overned by aria- »
toerats , and Irelflnd was governed by landownera and money . jobbers . : What had the'latter done . for the poor wretches , who were : periahingiof hunger throughout , the land ? : They preferred their oxen beforeithe people . The rights of man were more sacred than the privileges of any , landowner or _ . gamekeeper . The Enblosnfe 'Bills ¦ which , from time to time , were passod tbrb ' ugn parliament / deprived tbeibsmmon people of England jS ' 6 ; 000 ; OOe acres of Iand : The people « tisht !'; fd demand-back ' this land : from the aristooraoy . whp Eeemed ; to saythe laud wasiaotithe Lard '»» j but ' . theira ; ' : Englishmen ought -to make ' common caHse ;\ s ; Hh ! . the , people p ? Ireland , ; : ; for | i } se cqus ' os prp ( 3 uced like effects , npan both . people . Tho Debbie ! o ' uehti ' . to . poi ' ntT . to ' Ca \ rberry , € as tle ,. and ask
why"d bastardariatocracy sKpuld . turh . ou ^ t tbe peepler '(^ e ^ t ' oheeVfl . ) - J bmcthing bipte"than a : Hou ' 3 e " 'of ¦ L 6 rds ' an d a Hduse ' of Ooraraons-was re-• quire'd tb gOy « rn a-pe 9 ple'i it was the morar feelidgr among the ; people , febiirip what was unfairly called thedifferent classes of flociety ;! It the people ef Ireknd , ; had e ^ eh Houses t ' ofPariiaeoeat . aa they had in England ,, their Repeal of the Union would be but an , empty moeker . y . , . He " . knew , the people ' of Scotland-r-ho knew the people ' of Engleind-and ih , e : feeling among Ithem was ;; tba ' t . the Irish , people should h ' ave their Parliament ' awain in " College '• • Greeni The people of Scotland arid England said ' to'We Ministry , ' If we are to be { axed for the purpdse ¦ ' of sbeoting the Iriaii people , you will cave turbulence &i home . '
The : Lord-Lieutenant ought to , ^ nd . . all the War horses , that were eating the food of the people , to plough the fields ^ of England and Ireland , land 'do something el 38 . with their yidera tban keep ibem ts shoot'tho peviple . . He tjien drew aiparajlel Between the Swiss and the Irish , ' arid aaked . ' with' indignation ' why the latter ' , whose land was ' ikpre ; fertile , ' '" should not be as" well fed as ' the former / He ( MrKydd ) wag at the Edenderry Fair , arid detailed at some length to . the meeting the poverty he saw there , ixnd the want of employment amecg the different ,: trades ; He said Ireland exported too much . - He saw at the other side of the channel some fat bullocks from
Irelancl , ' arid when he' came , to Ireland he saw , lean peo « pie , who ' ought tohaveea ^ ari , 'the ''' fatbullocks ; He then enforced at length the necessity that existed for ^' amalgamation between Englishmen arid Irishmen , fie told ' the Irish people to trupt to them--selves , to Bive over : working- for others , and do a little bit of work for themselves , ¦ If a proper union , were established among them , no government , could withstariil their might . His had'faith in the pebble > - « hehadnoneinrthearistberacy ' f nor in ' themospyjabbers ; and he knew the people would triumph in the end . The speaker resumed his place amid tremeadiuseheera . "'^ : ; r : ¦ : ¦ ' * ., !
Mr J . * ues Leach , another delegate from England , then came forward to , address themeetin ? . He commenced byalludingtorthe . export of fat cattle , from Ireland , . instead ; qf leaving , them to feed the creatures who , were perishing from , famine , Ha rekd : from : the . Ukitpd ; Ibishman ; a . table of certain products .. ( The mention of the . paper elicited- much cheering . ) [ They should not have . all ta&oheering to ' themselves ,: for , it would be ; answered on Wednesday ' in Manchester , s The speaker-then said , with allde >; ference , t 6 ithose who saidthere ; jwa 3 ^ famine in . ' Ireland , that there was no famine in Ireland , but there . ; wa 3 , a robbery and , a murder , there . The Gagging Bi ( l , wa 3 ; passedjyitiha , yjew . t 0 : pnt the peopledowrii , lit wQuldi ifail , for thalj . iihe : opeople were , inyiacible . ( Loud , cb . eer . 8 J inhere never could be content till those principjea of . heavenly jnstice . the' people . were
detnftadmg : ware . adopted , j ; , Tb . e paople ; of : Ireland could grow food ( for every country , in : the w 6 rld ; but they ceuld ^ not grow , it . in . themaelyesi , ; , The Chartists wonldsbout more lustily now than . eyer ; 'not withstanding the Gagging BilL He alluded to Lord John Russell having withdrawn a measure-on ; a former oecasion , when he heard the shout . ofthe Renublicana of Fari 3 warning him there was an end to kingly andgovernmentaUyr&nny . ( Great chearinz . ) The hundreds of thousands ; of Irishsettlersinthe different towns in England j ail . united—the days of humbug were cone : for , ever . The English people were heart and soul with the Irish people in their struggle for their rights :. ; (( iraat chearing . )/ .. ¦ Mr William O'Cohhok then moved a resolution in favour' of Universal Suffrage ,, Annual Parliaments , ' Abolition of Parliamentary . Qualification . Paymeat : of Members of . ' Parliament , and Vote By
Ballot . . = . ¦ : ¦¦ . ¦•• , ¦ : ' V ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ,: ¦ • ¦ iTheresolation haying been . seconded and carried the meeting adjourned to Sunday next . ¦ , .
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.. Staib . of Emploimbni ih Manchester . —The official return , Bhowing . the state of employment of all theoperaUve . classes within the borough of Mancheaterj : is this week very discouraging . . The total number , working full time h 3 ? , 83 G ; workingi ahort time , 8 ; 842 . ; and . wholly out of empleymeat , ( 8 , 511 . The depresBed Btatp of the cotton trade , sill be gathered from thefact , that 1 , 67 . 7 . hands have ia the present week been reducedfrom full to" short time , ' . Of those wholly out of employment there are upwards of 5 W dyers , 650 hands formerly employed in foundries , and nearly 2 . 000 men and boys acting as machinists Wffshould have bfeen gkdto add , that this depressed state of trade was merely temporary ^ The -presenS amount of production , howeveri . curtailed as iitis , isrouqh . beyondjhe demandi an ^ muBfc . therefujre , be still ( uttlier , reduced , Abridgement of the houra of labour ia again spoken of very generally , and we
anprenend tnatttienumber of unemployed harid 3 , will be greatly augmented within the ' cpming month . Pi » i > £ ws 3 f is . SHSFi'iBLn . — ' Tee depreeged steie o trade , and the almost' complete annihilation of the funds of the various trades * unions , are beginning to have a serious effect on the poor rates . 'ahd the expenditure is at present proceeding at the rate of £ 5 000 a year more than in the corresponding weeks in 1846 and 1847 . In the second weeki « April , , 1847 , the sum , expended ; in ¦ r elief on the out-poor , was £ 249 , and last , week the expenditure , waa £ 339-ine number of oufj-ppor was last week 3 , 151 , and , the J n « "Vtea ' m the irorkhoii ' ss hare this week increased to 828 . The number in the correanondiBE week in 18 ^ 7 was 527 i 3 08 ia lSiO - ' and 483 in 1845 . . ' The number , of out and in door paupers is 2 974 . ¦
The Odartists of Notiinqham beg to return theii tbanksa to tho AJbiwi Order ef V&dFellomyfdr the kindness shown them by allowing their band to accompany the procession on Monday , and likewise to toe members of the band for the promptness with whfcsli they complied .
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. : : , ¦ - : «©» ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•;;" FRATERNAL MEETING OF CHARTISTS AND REPEALERS . ' 1 -1 J Ddbuk , Monday , April 24 th .-The adjousnment of a meeting hold on Tuesday week , tor the purpose of advancing the national movement in favour of Repeal , took place this day in the Princess's Thea , fre Lower Abbey-street ; with a view of ' concluding the ' proceedings so auspiciously oommenced ; ' and further , < : to adopt the betf , the sureat , and the shortest plan t 6 repealthe legislative union by iormine a- league with' ihs Re ^ ealerajaad Radical Reformera of Great'Britain for that purpose , and baaed nn the principle of a full arid complete representstion of the people m the Commons House of Parliament . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ..: ' . ' ;_ ¦ : ' '' : ' ' . - ¦ ¦¦¦ •"¦'
; . _ _ Mr John Mitchei , ( ofthe United Irishman ) havjug been called to the chair , said the present meeting w « s held for the purpose of receiving a deputation froth the Chartists of England , fl | ho were anxious to fraternise with them . There' was -nothing he believed , so much dreaded by their enemies—that was the English goverrimen 6 ~ ag an alliance betWn the people of England and the people of Ireland . Every art had been usedto prevent ' ihem froin confiding ! in each other " . He ( the chaitiffian ) trusted the English Chartists had learned from the ' manner in which their petition had been treated by the House of Coinmons the folly and absurdity of ever petitioning' the legislature again / ( Cheers . ) ' The Irish Confederation had given them a lesson , vie '—thnt when the
people of any country desired to raise'themselves to the level of the aristberaoy- ^ -when the democracy desired to do juatice to their country , tliey ( ingiltnot to resort ; to the absurdity of petitioning ; ( Tremendous applause ) He ( the ' ehairman ) - did . 'nofi ' know the pr ^ eoistf terras of "alliance which the deputation fri > m England would wish to form ^ with the" MbIi people , but . whatever , they were they should be most carefully considered' , a ' nd ' so far as it was possible , they weuld bind ' themselves in an alliance , offensive ' and'defensive , with the democracy of England ; ( Oaiere . l'Thc ' Dli | nrcby of' England and Irelariu had combined , and did not keep each other at a distance . Not so the people . The aristocracy of both countries then were intimately connected , and when they combined against Gfeagfiojtfe , euglii not toe pesple to combine
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iTHEjCC ^ blTIQN O ^ E ^ Gi ^ ASJ ) QUESTION , L ABdURBB 3 ' ' MEEtiN' 8 : ' AT OOLI ) ' jffABifhTTR ¦ - ¦ ' - ' ¦¦ ' ; - ;; siTrrifi ) OMV ; ;• - : ¦ "" * ' On . Sanday mornlsg , Aprjlihe ptb . ' Ia public sneetlns Wa « heldio the open air in a field St Hi gh ^ ortb ; nejr < M < f Hirbbai . l On the motion of Mr John A * k . H a Jabonrtng 'raiin 'nain ^ 'd- William 'SpacknjBB / .-froia r Strdttott- ;? Se Mnrgaret'i , !' * aB elected chairman for the . day . '<' ¦ ' : ' ' - ¦ ' ' ' : p - ^ •¦¦' - - . 7 ¦ The OhaibmaH requeeted . ewry iman : te . be quiet , and ordBriy , nncltO . recollect that Cod's will must fee done , as wellas the laws of man , obeyed . ; He wag , hfaaelf a la . bburlag man , wprWBg for 9 » . a week , arid hwlng ' nlne cBildreri to njaintain . Sbm ^ ilme aga from an acoi ' dent WiJch bippefielj ' ttiat reaierea him ihoapaVIe of workaJtogether ; ha applfed tp tho ' Bb ' ard of Guardians for relief , but as they told him they iseuid not relieve him unless he went'into tho baitile' werkhouje , h » lingered on ont ef
it for several weeks togethor b « well as he could antll hlg leg wn » well again . Now some years ngo notboJiigraHe at any . rateto . find-hiniBelflabour .. which would enable himself arid family to lire at all , be bad Seen sent tp " the ' bastlle . ( for he could call it by no other natae ) where he remained ftsrnlno whele months of ihe year , costing his parish not legs than £ 60 ' or £ 70 , whereas If hsharfhad a ¦ littteluib ' tanco dut ; of thehouse , ! t would Bothave ^ ooat trierateipayOT 6 aqiatUr of ' that sum . Something re . qalred to be done , and something ! most be done , for the people ; what they wanted was a-Httfe land , but bb the farmers said that tbey could not live npon it even at 80 % an acre , what were they poor fellows to dp with it at 8 d , or 9 d . 0 Ing f Mr Arkoll would tell them more about matters of government than he could , bnt one thing more he would tell them ; while in the bastlle he was sent to the tr « ad-wkael for a week for smoking a little tobacco whinh some friends sent -to him there , so they might gueaa what sort of a plnco it wa « , ¦ ¦
. Mr Abkell then said , that although be was sot" like poor Mr Spackman ,, hard preBied . / Qr'fooi or rafment , yet he ,, with thoaaapds and tens of thous&Bds of other emBll traieemen , was beipg BtarveS ai } d , sg , u , e , eKd , out of existtnee bjiLo . mostfJamnaWa ' and ciirscd syateni of monstory law « : which aver was Intrcduoed intoaootmtry , and which if not got rid of la bhB way or another before long , would goon reduee the people of this coun . try to aa wretched & condition as Ireland was now is . Thecurrenoy roeeBiires and the police law » of Sir Robert Peel &&d Lord Jobr ^ Euasell , were the nioqt nn . juataota of Parliament this country had ever seen , jsnd If they dj ' d no * gat rid efsuoh-laws , taote laws ' weuld get rW . of thB . i ^ dep » ndene , e . of the people altogether ; ' rCoa . gi qaen ' . ly it nas now high time for every Englishman wto ha'd ' s ; heart in his' body to . 'be ; prepared for ' ' whatever circumstances might bs forced upbil him . ¦ ' ' ¦ Thi meeting then adjonrnod till trto o'clock in the Bfternson . ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ . - . ¦ \ -. ' . w .-: ::. ' .: <¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; -:, The cb » ir was again taken by Mr Spackkin . . \ j
. -, Mr , QE « BGB Basses reed certain sxtracte , from tbe No » ibe » n . $ tar , to an audience , of about , a theusand pareobe , but pa Mr Barber ' s . attention being called to the principal objects ef the meeting , lie commenced an . outUno of the petition whioh was about to be ' pre « ent « d to the House of Commoos on behalf of the People ' s Charter , desoriblrig the rarlouB poiats as - he went on . The andienoe were / highly plsastd : with tbeoeuefits irhlch Mr Barber said t ! se Charier wfiuldeoafsrupoa theni , : . . ¦ )•! ;• : : -i , ; ¦ - - . ;; : Mr Abkill was then called to expUln the principal busineiB . of thetaeetiag , and in so doing he gaid . that one great objection raised againat the meeting waq that it was held on th > Sabbat ^; , on which day it viii Wrong for them to enter npon . say such bniintss , hoWerer nr > eoct it might be considered Kow as their cansa was
that ofthe common people , and as tag very existence of the State depended npon the virtue and presperlty . of tae working- peopls themselres , it was n » v / highly necessary tobriag them together in tbobest manntr . thsy cquH fp that as littls suffering as possible . shonld' be felt by the poo ; in carrying out the necessary agitations , for the emanclpatloBi ofthe « onntfy at ' large'from th ' o tsonditfon which it hadfalleu into ' tferpugh the , 'f ' obiiek infatuation ahd " degged upathy of tho people themselves . -He waa therefore prepared to defend their conduct agaiiist the whining and canting hypocrisy of the age . Had the mi « dla classes , done their duty towards their eouatry at the elections , sad honest men bees sent to , parliament , there would not have been any sccasion for the pcesent meeting , aad as it was the order of tyranny , at certnin times when it suited its conyeaienoe to turn hypocrite
as well & 9 knave , ho would defy all the canting hypo « crltes in ths world to show that they were ~ . dbing harm to ' society by holding their meetings on tbat day , pro . rided they behaved tbemstlves as they ought to do ; ' and if individuals got drank and abused tbe public after , wards , let the sin rest , with themselves end hot with-the great body of the meeting , who advised peace and gpodwill to all men . It was only last week . that ho had publicly called upon the upper classes to eome forward and assist them in the great struggle which they were making , and he xr&s most happy to inform them th ' at ' onenobleman at least and declared in favour of the great principles of universal right which they were adroca ' tiog iaewry district of the . country . ; , and aa that nobleman was no other than that wisa and consistent Eagiiehman , the Bar ! Stanhope , be would read them a letter dirccted
to . himself from the Earl ' s seat in Kent . ( Th « letler-waa then . read , and occniioaed shouts of applause land de . light'Va . 'ib . o . meeting ;) , Mr XrkeU then , saicl . that al . thbugn tney ' might ' not agree in every respect ' with the noble carl about ' ths duration of parliament , yet he saw no reason why we 6 h « uld not- send him the'petltien which was absut to ba presented fer their adoption ; and » s Lord Sadaor-was a radical reformer Ukewlae , it was but right that they shonld solicit bis .. support in favour of : that ' . sacred xaueo ., which tlwy . hsd . undertaken , -and meant togo throngb , at all hazvrds . If . suoh men would continue to help tfeem along they ought to feel every rt 8 gec ' t for there . All those , who were determined not to assist , they should har « nothing to thank for ; so with hopeS for better success , 'irith their leave he would read tho politics , and propose its adoption by the meeting .
Here the petition was . read , proposed » y ilr Arkell , and adopted unanimously : —r . ' . Xhe petition was to tho following effect : — "That the petitioners were mostly . farm , labourers , but without regular employment , in consequence of the inability of tbo farmers so to employ them—this inability arising ; from tbe oppreasirebardena of taxation , end the uncertainty of holding their tenures . That the petitioners ' wag&i were too low to cnRbla them to live ' as Chris , tlans eni Eajl ' iBhtBen , 'and that they , with . 'all other clajsesjn the country , . wtre in a state , of great distress , They , therefore , prayed the house to consider thuir case —to grant a . labour-rate , and to abelish tho Poor-law , thatthus the people ralgbt . be kept quiot until , the whole system of electoral . laws have , been thoroughly revised , and a hew Parliament , more' favourable to the . people , elected . : : ' "' ' '" : : / ''
Mr David MoBEiaoif seconded the adoption of the petition ; He felt hsppy that' they hsd- © no nobleaan at leaat who . was not ashamed , to be with the poople , and although they , might not agr « e .: Tfith every proposition madaby the Eirl : of Stanhope , jespeqijjll y as regarded Triennial Parliaments , ic , yet ev « r / . taaa ought to be % xm \ y ' ob ) i p d ' , to , the ,, noble , e ^ rl ^ op . . his , aayic «; aBa opinions , atid most particularly '' so for offu ' ring his 6 er » vices to tie pebple should they fletut him a petition for pfo 8 entatio ' n , '' j' . ' ' , ' . \ : Mr Simpson , another working mechanic spoke on th » ¦
, petition . ' . ¦ N . ; - . ¦ - . ¦ ' ' .. ' ' . ... . . u Aiabourinf man from Hintoo ^ then camo fortvard ^ and m . ade the following statement t ^ Mj . aanje ia Isaac E | aTr \ s ,, from Hinton . Ihavcworked ; constantlyfor oaa master for fourteen years , untiilaat year , when , wita a wife , anil ten chiUreaia . family , and tho Wgh price of brea ' dj it was impossible tdlivkon 8 s . psr we « k , sol went into the house . ; Tills ' . circumstance ^ being ooaveyed tcthe meeHng ' by another speaker , mshy of tha labourer * present cried out , ' Andmany of us have as low as 75 , a week . ' . : ¦ . . .. ' . •¦ '
Another farm labourer , in a-smock frook , here re » qaeBted that BometKin / j : more should be put to thepeti « tion , which Would tell tae great men that it was impossible for them to live and remain BftUsQed in their pre = 8 < ht aitaatfon , and tbat things must be altered , Ia conseqaeHce of this , aaother clause , was added to the petition . ' ¦ ' : . ^ ¦ ¦ ' : .. ' . ' ' : , ¦' . ' , ' . ' . ¦ " '¦' ¦ ' this ti « i > , and whsn the petition wasfermally pat , it is considered that about fifteen hundred persons were present , consisting principally , of labourers , mechanioe ^ and country tradesmen . .. . .. ,: :,.. , Three cheers were , then given for Earl Stauhope , . anol three ohoerg . for tha Chartar , and taa mas ling quiatly dispersed . .
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. ;¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ , . ¦• __^»^_ : . ., , . ¦ . BBqoHpni . ^ There ^ aaa Very sT gnifidant dem onatrationof popular feeling exhibited aere' 6 h ' Monday evening week . ' Oa tliit dafMr M | tch . el , of ' . the Unitei ) ' iBisiiMAs , cam 8 ' from Dablin . tp kas ' ume' the onToe ' - of . pre 3 tdeat of the ; « Dr ^ ghe'da ' CdnfatJer ' ate Club . '; ' ShOrtly before ? erie ' np ' clpfaKl ' this gentleman , accotnpaniM by , ¦ M es 3 fe'P'A ' yin Rajlly aha ^ Sr aith ^ arrJrad ajt '' Ae ' . fejrminus ofthe ( railway ^ where *^ they vrere raefefef , » oonsld ^ rable body of thi tradesmen ( baling ^^ s ) ' artd sereraT ' other re | pebtabla , and welUatt |? ed pfir 8 dfiS : ; lQ ^ n | Bir \ ' pro ^^ railway , to the phca appointed . to hold tHenleotingi the ' learned '' gentlomeri wer , e ^ gVea ^ ed witli ' clie erin » , ' Mlfr VI 4 W iimmn IMIMIMI t fc Sf
|^(^^( . ^^^> . «^*^ . . VI »* C ^ * ^ > U * HIU faotion . The me ^ iffg wis an ^ punced to be Hel 4 lip theLihenihall . a'spa ' cibaB'ballding ' ca ' pal )]^; ^^ ing from 4 , 000 to ; 0 S 9 ' pflnclna .: 'Before the ' pro-, ceedinga comraenfebilytlEie' 'ball was full to inodnyem- ene ' eVand hundr ^ s wdrs obliged to go away , bein ? uniblo to ' obtain effti-anoS . "ihaVe © ftea witnessed nibatinga iii this town ctur | ng | he height of O'Connell'k' stormiest' agitation , Ibut never'did , I behold s \ ach enthuaiasta '—such determination , as was evinced on "this ocoasiqn . 'by the men of the ¦ ' ' blistered hands . ' Itoy ' assembled peaceably , but on their Brows ; ' and in their glanoS ^ mighti ba read tjie determination of men , who ^ ar ' e resolved no longer to submit patiehtly to theerueUy of their heartless taskmasters . 'Tfie speteh-viski p g oh 1 the , ooomon wa ? -firmand energetic ; it waa chiefly cbnfinedjto the Dablifi gentlemea . ' M » ' Mitchei boldly reile .
t&ted . those sentiments which he has been promulgating , both by writing and speeph , for the past two mouths . He alluded in his speech , to Mr O'Connor and ; ttiq \ Chartist moVemont > ' in' England , expressing his , ' delight that the Repealers' and Otiartists were at last beginning to understand enchother , It was the infcBre&tof both parties to fraternise and forget the old grudge' which was heretofore fomented and fanned in : it 8 rancorous resentment by crafty 9 and designing old dodgers . Every sentiment he uttered was again and again responded to with cheering ; such as jou in Eegland , can have no idea of . Nothing , koWeirer ; delighted me more than to witness the expression 1 of feeling exhibited by the entire assembly for thbir brothers , the Chartist of England . Be apsurcd there is not one trice Repeater fa Ireland who does not believe the cause of the populace ia Ireland ito be identified with that of his fellowmen on the
other Bide . . There is a true and a lasting fraternisation effected . May God grant that nothing ion earth Bhall have power to sever tbat bond of- unanimity , till the working classes of both countries have fairly and eifeotiiallysubdued their common enemy . I im sure if Mr O'Connor were tocome'tolreland i his receptioa would be as wavm- and affectionate as sin Irish welcome could be . He is now looked upon here ; fia ' well aa through the country generally . iaa the unflinching champion of the poor and oppressed . Hence it is that all admire and bless him . A visit from him at the present criaia vrould , I am convinced ,, be productive of much good . It w < mld tend to cement more closely the ties of brotherly feeling betweeri the people of both countries , The business of our
meeting terminated peaceably , not one disorderly person being present ; As a matter of course , there were several of the ' flfetective , ' Of . ' spy force prefeentj prowling abou . t for the purpose of swallowing down all the sedition' preached on the occasion . It is really disgusting to' think of the meanness of eur' base and brutal' government . They baVe fel » lows ' employed , who go aiBetvtin every garb , from She ' swell' to the simple isloven , ' spjia * intoerery place they can get their n . oaes . A government that ean atoop to aucli low triekery , would be guilty of an / speoies ot villany . It is one gratification that such mea cannot long hold their position . Every good aad virtuous man in the country is arrayed againEt itksm ; and when tf uth and virtue src ogfticat rice , &k impossible it can stand ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1468/page/6/
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