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suclr filing . as indm ^^^ ain ^ dr thoug h ^ now in this' couutrr ^ It ^|''| proiap ^ in class fancy ; and no onejri ^^ onsti tuting one of a community of onG , th ^^ d , o )? ten thousand , will measure , his prosjj | c { s ^ by other than class standard . ; However £ || | tlo ;* not despair . ; be cause , if Icannot prwuceregeneratioD by the proper union and development of the English mind , i-will do so hy ^ tfre -union and development of the Irish minwfc : i Tout Eaitfaful andjDevoted Friend , ' - vFeaegcs O'Connor .
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TO MRrJ ^ aiE ^ -TATLOB
Sd ^ ttI ha ve " more tb ^ ii ofdinary p leasure in publishwg your Iwg Jesters a , t foot ;; and understanduig ) that accOTiing ; to the usual practice * 5 rheni tip ; concOTi 4 > y ^ t it was a Suffolk paper ^ and not yo ^ flh ^ t had the audacity tovillify my- > characte ^ f : ^»; beg leave to state that I have still greatevpl&iiLsure in retracting eyery s ^ tenc ^ eflectang Sg | on you , in what I Jo ^ ed ^ ijpe ^ Tfflfeour- ir ^^ SS oiis updii my- cha ^ racter . It is DucTuiotiJBrpiwf of the rascality of the Press , whenever I am concerned but who could have supposed that any newspaper would have dared to have phblished such a falsehood ? . - There is only one passage in your letter which requires comment' ;| it is that in which you ask , " In whose possession are the title deeds of the Land Company ? " M y answer is , that I never saw one of them ; that they are in the possession of the Solicitor to the Company .
There is no man more opposed to personal antagonism than I am ; and no man can receive an explanation like yours , which is unambigious and candid , with greater pleasure than I do ; and with this explanation , those feelings -which I naturally experienced , from the falsehood in the Suffolk paper , vanish , and for ever , And I remain , Yours very faithfully , Feakgtjs O'Connor .
TO PEAKGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ .. M . P . Sib , —Your Star of the 30 th nit , contains some striotures upon the observations I am reported to haTe made at Stowmarket , &c ; and those strictures being a misrepresentation , and are an exaggeration of the troth , Iappeal to your professed love of 'justice , ' to permit this answer to follow them . * It has been my pleasure and honour for two and a half years , to stand upon many platforms , and , in my humble way , advocate the enfranchisement of ' my order . ' I look back upon this period , short as it is . and solemnly declare that I have never said a single - word , to my knowledge , derogatory to jour dignity as a man , and opposed to your cause as a politician . On the contrary , I have studiously avoided saying anything that would cause an enmity to exist between tis ; and , as I told you some months ago , I rejoice in the labours of any man ( you included ) whose labours have
henefitted my fellow working-men . I think your correspondent ( Charles Gladwell ) oughtto have told von that our movement was confounded with yours—that the Suffolk papers were taunting us with the late trial in London—with Slug ' s End and Bed Marley , and that the friends in Stowmarket and otherplaces in Suffolk , were desirous that a distinction should be made . I made that distinction as careful as 1 knew how , and was as guarded in mv language as I could be . My real observations were these : — ' I find that the Tory Press in this country are bitterly opposed to our institution . They exultingly point to the trial which lately occurred in London , respecting the libel upon the promoter of another Land Society , dissimilar in every respect to the one we are here this night to support In this society every man has an absolute conveyance made to him ; the money is lodged in ths bank in the private name of no one , but in the names of five trustees of the society for the uses of the society . We deny Tvhat the Tory Press accuses us of , viz .:
appropriating the money to our own uses and benefit ; and w £ deny the power of any jury to find us guilty of taking Is ., much less 112 , 0001 ., from the labouring population of the kingdom . Be it understood , that these remarks are not made to injure any institution in existence , or to attempt to found ours npoB the rains of another . No such thing . I repudiate any such intention . ' I allude t » it at the request of some labourers here , and also as a reply to * h « Standard , QieSrUUnia , and tl . ^ g ^ flBgeUieferwith . ihe Prpteeilanist Press of vow country . ' These , Sir , were fheTwntiments I expressed in language nearly identical—if not exactly—the same . Are these words offensive ! Could I use phraseology more guarded , or is it possible to form sentences more exempt from blame ? I ' huve « ften stood appalled at the mocking of some pretended friends of the people professing to incnlcate feelings of mutual confidence and respect for each other , and yet themselves use language the most destructive to friendship , and at open war with their own assumptions .
Your conduct , sir , is not , I regret , an exception . I wish it was , Had 1 denounced you as strongl y as the basest of the public Press—had I assailed you privately and publicly—Sad I not rested night or day from defaming youyou could not have dipped your pen move deep in the ink of malignancy than you have done . Yon classically and beautifully describe me as an ' ass , ' a ' pedlar , ' a ' corrupt liar / a 'Juggler , ' a ' poor devil , ' a beast , ' 4 c . ! Is this the language of a gentleman boasting of a desire to ' elevate' the people ! Are such epithets fitto be employed by a 'leader to freedom * and the ' champion of justice V And is the provocation given ( even if there be one ) sufficient to warrant such an outburst of scurrility and malevolence ?
Many times , sir , have I , for years , and often now Ido my best to stop here the tongue of slander from injuring you . I admit the right of no man to delaine you , without questioning his reason ; and often lias it been my pleasure to protect you from the shafts of the disappointed and disaffected ; and on several occasions have I been solicited to oppose your scheme , but my answer has been— 'No ; I have enough to do to attend to my own , Mr . O'Connor believes that he is right , let him do good his way , and me my way , and time wDl oppose he who is wrong . * . Before I close , let me tell you I have never said the things which you have put into my mouth . I have never maligned vou—I have never slandered you ; in short , in what we agree has had more effect upon me in uniting us than in what we differ has in disuniting us . Can the same besaidbyyou ? „ . . .
Again , allow me distinctly to assure you , that the following statement , so for as either I or our society is concerned , I will not imitate you and say , a ' corrupt and wilful he , but erroneous from beginning-to end ; and I demand from you a recantation of the charge , or an acknowledgment of its inaccuracy ; you say that , ' when you was at Great Dodford several of his ( Taylor ' s ) dupes waited upon me , to have my opinion as to whether they can have their money that had been paid to him , back again . ' This , I repeat , contains not one particle of truth ! We never had a memberol our society at Great Dodford—mucb . less ' several . * Consequently , received no money from there ! I , broadly and publicly condemn the statement I do not say who has departed from truth and honour , but I leave you , Mr . O'Connor , to settle this between yourself and the ' several dupes * who waited upon you . Besides this , what will you say when you know that only one party has ever withdrawn
from our society . That all continue their payments , and that perfect satisfaction reigns , I pass over your unkind and ungenerous insinuation , which is made to impeach the accounts , and remark that they are regularly audited , and that three thousand balance-sheets were publicly distributed at Christmas . Depend upon it , Mr . O'Connor , that you are not justified in resorting to the same weapons as your enemies are—what is dishonourable in them is not honourable In you : Yon ask me , ' AVhere are the title deeds of our members * property % ' I answer , ' in their own voucssum , of all xcho have paid off , and in tfte Bank of those who hate not paid off , to be delivered to them when the balance is paid . The holders of 300 allotments have their parchment in their custody , and every week adds to the number . I wUI not follow your example here and ask , who holds the title deeds of the Land Company ' s Estates ?' In writing this I am not influenced by a bad spirit I
have endeavoured coolly to state to you my own opinion , views , and desires . I tell you fairly and plainly , I have no enmity towards you , Inner had . I can allow for your irritable temper , when you have been so assailed from all quarters : and I can readily see that you may feel annoyed when you are led to believe that I am arrayed against you , while I am engaged in another society : All that I ask u this—that you do not , upon mere report , abuse and denounce any one , and do not , to support joureelf , wax warm , and look upon all , who are not -working in the same garden as yourself , as 'jugglers , liars , &c' Take the word of one who has never spoken iU of you that your mode of warfare , and the rather unpolished weapons you employ , have done yourself more harm that all your enemies have done you ; or in other words—that you are your own greatest enemy . I am , sir , faithfully yours , James Taixok jun .
Sib , —Since I wrote the accompanying paperi I have attended a public meeting in Halifax , at which place you have a great number of friends . I there explained what occurred , gave them , as near as I could , a correct account of what transpired , and the position I was placed in by the Tory I ' ress of Suffolk , and stated my only reason for alluding to the national Land Coinyany at all ; and , then , that lwas as cautious as man could be , to do it in a wiy free from offence and censure . I am glad to teU you , that the approbation manifested at my explanation was ample evidence of the opinion of the meeting , and that a unanimous vote of thanks was the result of my address . I mention this merely as an additional proof of my sincerity , when I again repeat my desire , not to be considered an opponent to you or jour cause , believing yon will also draw this inference . I am , Sir , faithfully yours , i . James Tatlob , Jun .
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PUBLIC MEBTiNG . - ¦ CONVENED BX THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE , AT THE LITER ART ' - 'AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , JOHN-STREET . , . [ On Tuesday evening , April 2 nd , the above hall was again crowded , notwithstanding the variona Easter holiday attractions presented elsewhere . '' On Mr . Peargns O'Connor , M . P ., entering the hall , accompanied by the Committee , be was greeted with a right hearty welcome . Mr . John Arnoit wag , unanimously called to the chair ; : he said , as the rogues had left the taxtrap for a while there was nothing to notice in the proceedings of parliament : however , their previous
proceedings had given them more than ' one subject there was the Suppression of Sunday Trading BUI , introduced into the Upper "House by the Earl of " Harrowby , which ; allowed luxuries to the rich on Sunday , and deprived the poor of common necessaries—a most harsh and . grating measure , deserving the censure and reprobation of all honest Vmeni ; ( Loud cheers . ) Next , came the Petty Larceny Bill , of Sir J . Pakington ,, ¦ wh ich m alOffenieft ; under one , shilling , destroyed trial by jury , egd subjected women and children to be flagged ; * " raliame ^ shame . ) "These measurescertainly merited the degrading epithet of class legisUtim ® The third 'bill mjrationed'ifcrofa din 58 f « Htaiifld : ifcfwa « feihat > Bf
Mr ., jfifn foijsm ^ mmm ^ mwmRm dered thstt Mry Fdx ^ m ^ p ^ aWwouia ^ ireBfve the thanks of every honest and-sincere friend of Progression . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted the two friends at the bottom of the hall would be kept well employed enroling members . Let them organise and form the veritable democracy , and then they would know what they were about , and how to act .- ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Tomlinson came forward to meve the followin ? resolution .: — "This meeting having learned , with extreme disgust , that two bills are now before parliament—one introduced in the ' House of ' Lords by the Earl of Harrowby , and called ' The Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; ' the other brought into
the House of Commons by Sir Richard Pakington , entitled' The Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill ;' and being of opinion that the said bills are monstrous in character and inhumane in their tendency , we hereby denounce them as being a disgrace to those who have supported them , and call on every friend to justice and humanity to hold up the said bills to ecorn and contempt . On the other hand , this meeting has heard , with feelings of great satisfaction , of the bill entitled 'A Bill to Promote the Secular Education of the People in England and Wales , ' brought into the said house by Mr . Fox ; and while we call on the friends of progression to use their utmost , energy in supporting this bill , we are fully convinced'that no fair or just legislation
will ever be adopted until the People s Charter becomes the law of the Land . " Mr . Tomlinson ' said , he bad a word or two to say to their fair friends , and he was happy to see so many of them present . He knew it was said to be their duty to remain at home and mind their families , and he supposed by a parity . of reasons , it was the duty of the men to throw the shuttle , direct the loom and spindle , and guide the plough ; he owned it would be a pleasure to do the latter , if-the land was in possession of the people for their own benefit . ( Cheers . ) He asserted it to be the duty and interest of women to study the well-being of their fathers , husbands , brothers , and children ; but as laws materially affected them , causing . the bloom to fall from their
cheeksdestroying the fair flowers of health—whilst they were mocked ,- by being compelled to make artificial ones to place in the shop windows at two for a penny ; that they had a deep interest in politics' cheers)—and he asked their aid in rolling onward the cause of Chartism . The resolution he had to submit spoke of three bills introduced into parliament ; and here , let him observe , the Legislature seemed to think more of their souls than their bodies , as their was no less than twenty-one bills oh spiritual matters , introduced into the Legislature during the present session , including the Ecclesiastical Commission , Religious Congregation Bill , the Bishop of London ' s Bill "For the more effectual
punishment of Heresy in Clergymen , " etc . ; and this last - he thought well calculated to create a revolution amongst the " black coats ; " and he sa , id , God send it . ( Hear , hear . ) The Bill for Sunday Tradingdidnotoffer . to _ sjtop , iradiDg , amongsJ ; . the rict ^ Bt'ijE . tb « i ^ oi ^^ l ^« 5 «^ yaiUng-l ' or the husband's earnings , and wanted bread , oh ! let them wait until Monday , or starve . He hated sectarianism ; his ( Mr . Tomlinson ' s ) religion was one of love ; hia God , nature ; his temple , the universe . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fox , in his dealings for the working men , had shown himself Fox by nature as well as well as name : his measure was subtilely drawn , and cunningly conceived . He contended the titee had come when education
should be secular and universal . Mr . Tomlinson then alluded to a bill introduced by Lord Grey , regarding Convicts , and said , from his residence for eighteen months in her Majesty ' s college at Wakefield , he understood something of the working of the convict system , and how work done there operated against the mechanics out of , doors . ( Cries of " Time . " ) He knew they were anxious to hear the champion of liberty , whose Land Plan had immortalised his name , and he would conclude by moving the resolution . Mr . " J . B . Lkno , a member of the Co-operative Society of Printers , and late of the Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom , in coming forward to second the motion , was warmly greeted . He said , the young
men of England had duties to perform ; it was to keep the vantage ground gained by their predecessors , and not only to maintain that , but add thereto as much and as speedily as possible . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew the aristocracy advised young men to leave politics alone , as it did not concern them . If politics did not concern young men , he ( Mr . Lend ) was at a loss to know who it did concern , seeing that the science of government was nothing less or more than the science of society . ( Cheers . ) He maintained that competition was injurious , oppressive , and unnatural ; and that co-operation was - just , beneficial , and natural . ( Loud cheers . ) As regarded the Charter , he contended that the suffrage should be universal , as wealth could neither impart com * mon sense or honesty . The suffrage was a right which came with our maturity . If the Legislature wished to abolish Sunday trading they should strike
at the cause , and place men in the position to earn enough in six days , and then they would not be anxious to work on the seventh .- ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded Pakington ' s Larceny Bill , why . poverty was , in the main , the cause of crime ; an immense quantity of people were out of employ ; masses of them were paupers , and it was not wonderful that they took food to prevent them from starving . For his part he had labour to exchange for food and necessaries , and was perfectly willing to effect such exchanges , bat should he fail so to do , he was free to confess he would rather commit a highway , robbery than undergo the degrading ordeal of the union bastile . ( Loud cheers . ) He held tbat his person was his title-deed to existence—that the Land belonged of right to all—and he was resolved to aid and assist , by every means in his power , the obtainment of political and social rights . Loud cheers . )
Mr . OConsob , on rising , was received with the most rapturous applause . He said , that although it was right and business-like , upon the part of the committee , to lay some resolutions before that meeting-yet , nevertheless , they might juitas well whistle jigs to a milestone , as presume that their unanimous reprobation of the Sunday Prohibition Labour Bill , or the Petty Larceny Bill , would have the ^ lightest effect upon the House of Commons , as at present constituted . ( Hear ; hear . ) He , of course , would vote against both those bills —( cheers ) but there was no use cheering , as his voice , in that house , was like a drop of water in the ocean . With respect to Mr . Pox ' s Bill for the Promotion of Secular Education—whioh formed part of the resolution—he would vote for it , because he looked
upon the ignorance of . the people as the crime and iniquity of their rulers . ( Cheers . ) But his . system of education was this—that every father and mother should bo capable of conferring a sound secular education upon their own children , without being placed under the guidance and management of those who would riot administer secular education , unless they were empowered to indoctrinate their pupils with their own religious prejudices . ( Loud cheers . ) He saw before him many old and venerable-looking men , who had toiled all their lives , and who would , if in their power , cheerfully educate their own children , but they were unable to do so . They wereplacedin a different situation from the barrister ,-who lived upos the infraction of the law , and who was at that moment , perhaps , porusfhghia briefs by the flickering lamp , that he might , in youth , amass a sufficienoy to live upon in
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comfort in niB ^ lujage . ^ Ifrwa $ w with banker —it was so wj&hithe merchant , and the shopkeeper- ; while the popjvman , upon ^ Joae- iniJustry all lirauriat « d i wa naj ™ s 8 ed from ribrning . till night , and could Bcarcdy . pbtajri , in the- vigour- of age , a aaffioiency ^ togtttoitain ;' himself and ) his lami ^ ( Cheers . )^] fftrt £ : that "was the-systenV that he (>^; O Connor ) s 6 ughHo destroy—a : system whioh , as he oftentold the 4 fTfaS 8 olelybasedanon * h « antagonismi of their > order 3 ; : ras . the well-paid- mocfeanic , who ,, when trade iagood / can earn from > J 62 : to £ 3 a week , scouts and deMe ^ his fellow-man who cannot earn a lmer « » m >? 3 p % —not understanding that , if fawly represenSdg&iparliament , he * , instead of the speculator , ^ om ^ oatc . e the legitimate- profit upon
his labour : ; " ''^^ y . aiways judge * byoo-mparison ( Cheers . ) Wtyfflais System would give-to the poor industrious mffi ^ Vwell as to the rich speculative capitalist ^ the wmer of realising , in youth , a suffioieneytajiive ! « £% »» old a # > . ^ Cheens . ) Men did not ; seem tp : i $ jjj 6 JraJand the true meaning of crime . iThe systenijMpeajjga crime ; arid he ( Mr . O'Connor ) in-some . cases ^ ooked upon cririie as virtue . For initMeoV : [ fh ^ ta 4 , a starving child—and w-aa willing tp work , but could not procure Iabouirt 6 > support his'StMVin ^ irifant ;' he would look upon it as a Virtuei and - npt asta crime , to take a loaf from the balcer ' s shop . spr . 'itBy other article of food , io preserv ^| to ^^ b ^ hislbaby . ( Loud and continued W ^ l ^^^^^ Wtg ^ iP ^^ soribe iiih uaoio oi
^ , jMr-mersjjjuwer me upper , aaa . miaaie Classes . If there wereas large and aisi ' respectab ' le a meeting as that which he then ' addressed , ' of the black slugs held at Exeter Hall , or such a meeting of Protectionists , ' Free Traders , or middleclass men , that platform would be too small to accommodate the pressing , —( cheers)—and it was upon the reports of such proceedings , that ministers based their legislation ; while there being no communication of the people ' s wants and wishes , the government told tho House of Commons , and the House of Commons believed them , that the people were satisfied , and contented , and required no change ; but the day was not far distant , when that mind which was sought to be extinguished or disregarded , would burst upon them
like a clap of thunder . ( Loud cheers . ) And he had come there ; that night , not to develope the principles of the People ' s Charter , as it would be an insult ; to them , to presuriie that they were igno ^ rant of those princip les , "but now that he had discovered , from his recont visit to Bradford ; Halifax , Sheffield , and Derby , that the mind of the industrious hiyo was no longer to be based upon temporary satisfaction ; inasmuch , as although trade was never so good in these towns , yet , contrary to former practice , devotion to , and agitation for , the Charter , was never more enthusiastic or cheering . ( Loud cheers . ) This fact proved to him that the enlightened mind , of the , working classes was now directed to . positive , and riot to
comparative comfort . ; and had it not been for that resuscitation of the old spirit , he should have slumbered quietly upon his oars , as nothing could be more injurious ; to a popular leader , than failure in an attempt to raise the popular mind . ( Hear , hear . ) He was there that night for the express purpose of firmly moulding the working class mind ; and he would remind them of the old adage—" That if they had two many irono in the fire they would all cool ;"—( cheersj ^ -and , therefore , he had come there to teach them how to keep the one iron hot , and that was , by not listening to any man who propounded ridiculous and selfish doctrines upon the platform , which would injure their cause , and promote his own popularity . ( Hear , hear . ) It made
him sick , when he heard men declaring themselves republicans and revolutionists , and his principal object in being there , that night , was to show them how such agitators injured their cause . Now he , ( Mr . O'Connor ) was a republican in the veritable sense of the word : that is , if he formed one of a new community in a new colony , and : if he was asked what form of government he would submit the colonists to , he would decidedly prefer a republio ; but then ho was perfectly aware , not only of the ( difficulty and the danger , but of the folly of relapsing from a monarchy to a republic ; ( Hear , hear . ) He stated in the House' of Commons , and h ' eriow repeated it , 'that ho did not care whether the Pope , the devil , or the pretender , was upon the
throne , provided the power , behind the throne was greaterthantb . e > brqneitself . ;( Loudcheers . ) WtslY , SieiRapjjrovakjof those , Hentyn ^ n t 8 .. was . a repjidiatio ' n of republicanism in a country ' like this , in as much as if they had the Charter to-morrow , the monarch upon the throne would be a puppet in their hands . ( Cheers . ) lie ( Mr . O'Connor ) owed the people little , they owed him much . He had sacrificed everything for their benefit ; and to-morrow , if he stood alone upon a platform , he would not cater for their enthusiasm ,. their cheers , and their support , by propounding doctrines that would tickle their fancy , but were repugnant to his own feelings and principle ! . ( Cheors . ) Let him now travel with them through the last ¦ twenty years
of agitation , and they would be able to understand whether the poor gentlemen , who had become their adopted leaders , measured their principles by popular requirement or selfinterest . In 1831 and ' 32 / when the Whigs required , not the co-operation , but the madness of the people to carry the Reform Bill ; when Bristol and Nottingham were in flames , and when Birmingham was up in arras , their valour was lauded , but as soon as their valour had achieved power for the Whigs , they were prosecuted , -and the rights which they before possessed were taken fiom thom . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , in September , 1835 , when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) discovered that the Reform Bill was a mere Whig farce , he established
an association , denominated the GREAT RADICAL ASSOCIATION . The name of Chartist was given to the ' m by tho Morning Herald , and they adopted it . Well , that association was not long in existence , when some of the tradesmen of London established a WORKING MAN'S ASSOCIATION , and o « e of their rules was , tbat none but . working men should speak at their meetings ; while Mr . Leader , then member for Westminster , and Mr . Roebuck , then paid Attorney-General of the Canadians , were the ostensible leaders of that party , and the principal topic discussed at their several meetings was the condition of Canada — ( hear , hear)—without any , the slightest , reference to the condition of England . Well , every leader in that movement attempted
to make a living of popular credulity ; they had all abandoned the cause of Chartism , and had all become his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) greatest reyilers . ( Hear , hear . ) He had brought them down to 1837 , and now he would carry them on to 1839 , when the first National Conference was held . That Conference was" composed of men professing themselves ready to die for the Charter . The object was to develope its principles , and to back a petition to the House of Commons fortheir enactment . That petition was entrusted to Thomas Attwood , member for Birmingham ; and the definition that he gave of tho Chartist principles , upon presenting . ' their petition was , ; that they wanted an alteration in the :, currency , and that tbat
was the Charter . ( Lintd cheers and laughter . ) When the poor gentlemen , who constituted that Conference , had exhausted the exchequer , which contained thousands of pounds , they abandoned the cause , the- Birmingham , delegates nestled themselves in snug offices , the poor gentlemen , who had'lived so long upon the funds of the ' people , became Free Trade spouters and agitators , repudiating Chartism , and contended for Free Trade . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Well , then came 1842 ; and again , he and others were prosecuted for eight day 8 at Lancaster , for resisting the violence of Free Traders , knowing that violence would damage the cause of Chartism , and many of our professing friends , who had written and spoken
revolution and rebellion , were the first to be placed in the witness-box to swear against the Chartists . ( Hear , hear . ) Next came 1848 , the period ot the French Revolution , when they were again urged on to madness in that very hall , by gentlemen , one of whom declared that he stood upon that very platform , with his heart In his hand —( cheers and laughter)—ready to die for the cause . Well ; were there not then a few desertions , and no few spies and informers , and was it not a wonder — nay , a miracle—that Chartism , after being exposed to so many traps and difficulties , should , once more , unfurl its banner , and , resolve to march onward ? ( Loud cheers . ) Now , he , had , defined the Reform movement , the Radical movement , and
the Chartist movement for tho last twenty ' years , and he _ would ask ihem , whether there was upon record , an instance of a people standing alone , contending against , and surviving so many difficulties ? ( Cheers . ) For his own part , he looked upon the suppression ofspeech , and the persecution of opinion , not only as ^ an- injustice , but as a crime . He would allow every man to propound bis own doctrines , no matter how . irreconcilable or repugnant they may be to the feelings ' of others . ( Cheers . ) If the principles , propounded Were sound and good , and met with the concurrence of the majority , they would be adopted ; " if they were uneound , and topugnant to the feelings of the majority , they woulu be rojeoted ; but , however unsound they may be , if the propoumtefs : of them were , persecuted , the
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principles would beadmircd . ( Chopra ) ( He , would noft only net persecute- or even revjlf Sowalisin or Communism . . If a man believed in the doctrine he had-a perfect right to propound . ' ify . and if it coultf be ; sustained by Mr and legitimattarEuroent , it riiigJit becoree popular ; : however , ' he Jiaai always : pertinawiously refused to mix up Chartism' with ; G 6 mraunism [ . or any other ism , and he wo * M' perti-; naciouslj » adhere to that .. ( 'Hear , hear . ) Jindmow ; be would ? desoribe Socialism-and Commuaism fo > ; jtHem . He- was ^ a Socialist in ther true acceptation i 'of the word ,. which meant the fitnessibf thiaga- to society ; : but he was no Communist . ( Hisse * ftom an : olil man near the- platformy with cheers from tile meeting .. )) Mr . © ? 'Gbnnor continued £ . Sow , there IS . the very , svatesi'thnfc hiv irenrnhatetLSibb- I f
ing . any , man-let every man be fairly heard , ' and he- promised the- meeting that he- would mafte the-old gontleraan ; whohi 8 sed ,. aoq » iesee in hi&iBSe . O Connor ' s )! views ,, in a very shout time . Now , said he ; that * an old man ; . and . he appears t& be a poor man and he would ask him , as Gorar muniBm < meant 4 he- diatribHtioni of the produce of all fop : the . sustenance of' all ; whether-if he went to bed' that nighfr a very poou and indigent Communist ,, and woke to-morrowV morning and heard the announcement ; that his father ; , his brother , or his friend had died and' left' him Jc ^ . OOfr / whether he wonto go to bod to-morrow night a Communist ? ( Loud cheers -: and ¦ buigtttev . )¦ ---. Hev ' -waa- 1 ro £ . only yiMfffr . but . anxious- to . hear eyesy ma > fjph > pourid ' hi 8 ;; ttoctr | fle 3 ^ -Bo ^ jnni ! h , 8 o- . 'tbat . H ga-veiiim ; great tHfiaflUrA' tiA ' . ; Yu * Ar ; tinA VAarl . f . hb ianA ( ukkak . * . Af * ViWt — — -
f w - «^ . » - » ^ - w . u «» . wnw . . « Mk UVWbVligOJ ^ Vi '••* itly philanthropic , kind , ' : anil , generous-hearted man , Robert Owen —( cheers)—a man , who if he had ten millions of mqn ' ey to-morrow , " he ( Mr . O'Con nor ) in bis conscience , believed : that ho would apply it to the last farthing to the relief of the poor . ( Cheers . ) 'Well , he met that gentleman once in the-music Ball at Leeds . ; He ( Mr . O'Connor ) went merely as an auditor , and when Mr . Owen had . defined his principles of Communism , he challenged him ( Mr . O'Connor ) to refute them . ! He rose , and said that he came there as an auditor , not as an opponent or as a lecturer ; but as he had been challenged , he would undertake to define the difference between individuality of possession and co-operation of labour , and the
principle of Communism . He would presume , that there was three : sons , all born at one birth , and all brought up in the greatest harmony , entertaining the strongest fraternal affection for . each other . He would presume that the father was a merchant and died , leaving his business to tho three sons , each performing the duties of a separate department . He would presume , that after a short "time , one took a fancy to fox hunting , and went out a day in the week . At first , when he returned , hia brothers would laugh at him , and ask him if ho got-a tumblo ; then he would go two days in the week , then three days , ind ultimately , he gave up his office business / and became a sportsman .. The brothers would discover that the business of his department was neglected , and diminished their profits ; and immediately they would inform him that he must either abandon his
sporting life , or sellout of the firm .-After addressing the meeting at considerable length , - he said , that as he was challenged by Mr . Owen to discuss the question , he would then take , the opinion of the meeting , called , by himself , as to their respective principles . He declared himself for individuality of possession and co-operation of labour ; and npon a snow of hands being taken , out of about 1 , 200 who' were present , there were at leaifc 1 , 100 held up for his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) principles . ( Great cheering . ) Now , if he came upon that platform , and lauded Kossuth and Mazztni , he would be loudly cheered ; but while no man in that meeting , or in the country , entertained stronger sympathy for Kossuth . and Mazini , or more he . avtly wished them success , than he did , yet at the same time , he entertained the view of Shakespeare , who said— : . ¦ .-..-,.. ¦ : •'¦ ' •¦ -. . •¦¦
"If England cannot keep the dog from her own door let her be worried . " ' ....- ,, And he told them now in confirmation > of that , that if they worked unitedly together for the achievement of the Charter , the Charter would soon be the law . of the land , and then instead of the Ambassador of a Foreign tyrant going with his missive to the English Foreign ' Minister , he should come to a Chartist Minister and that Minister would ' teil '_ him ' that liberty being established at hbine despotism' should' not prevail abroad ; and then tho cause of Hungary and Poland , and other countries , contending tor their liberties , would be espoused by the British Minister , when he was the Minister of the British people , and not of an
interested faction . ( Loud ; cheering . ) There- was nothing more easy than to elicit a , cheer by expressing sympathy for those who contended for liberty in Foreign countries , while riot a word o £ sympathy was expressed for the famished Irish people . ( Hear , hear . ) Cows afar off have lon £ horns , but what would they think if a million individuals died of the sword or of starvation in Foreign countries , while in a country , under British dominions ? a millien have perished of hunger , in the course of a vory short period . However , thank God , the mind of Ii eland can no longer be recruited as the strength Of a British Minister , who for years had based his power upon English and Irish dissension , Now , the priests had joined with the Irish people for the
promotion of a veritable democracy —( loud cheers ) —and reviled and abused , as he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been , be bad been invited to attend a meeting of his countrymen , which was shortly to take place at Castleeomer , " in the county ef Kilkenny , and there Tie would faithfully develope the principles of English . Chartism . He would now describe for them , the notions that a Foreigner entertained of British liberty . Some years ago , he was sailing up the Rhine , arid was reading a very excellent treatise upon the cause ef the potato rot . He left the book upon a table" in the cabin and went up staire , and upon his return , he found an Hungarian interpreter , who spoke all languages , reading the book . Ho said that it was very valuable , and
tbat he should like to have one ; I begged that ho would accept it , as I could get another . We sat next each other at dinner , and entered into a comparison between the governmental system of Hungary and England . We commenced with the army . He said , " Well , the difference lies here , if a man enlists in England he is a slave foi \ life but if he enlists inHuiigary , he is a soldier for seven years , and if he is in the cavalry , if he is able to purchase his horse , he may take it with him . " Then we " turned to the Game Laws . And ho said , "Well , the difference lies here , if you shoot a hare in Hungary you cook it for your dinner ; but . if you shoot a hare in England you goto prison . " "Well , but , " said I , " What do you think of our Press ' ?"
"Oh , mais , that is the Diavolo—the Devil ; the difference lies here—in England the rich pays the press for telling lies of the poor , but in Hungary we are not allowed to' tell lies of any one . " ( Great cheering and laughter . ) His ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) most anxious desire was to make the rich richer , and the poor rich . ( No , no ; from a man who stood up in the gallery . ) Who said " No , no , " asked Mr , O'Connor . Is there any man so selfish as not to allow any person to become wealthy by his own industry , whether by mental or manual labour ? ( Cheers . ) He repeated it , that that was his object , and the darling wish of his life ; and , as he stated in the House of Commons , in his speech upon Lord Ashley ' s motion , if he could group all the bloood-suckers who lived upon the sweat , and
blood , and marrow of poor little children , in one lump , he would extinguish them at once . ( Loud cheers . ) Those were the mon who audaciously complained of the ignorance of poor little children , who worked and toiled when they should he receiving instruction ; some , of them voted for Mr . Hume ' s motion , for the " little Charter , " merely to cater for popularity ; while if one of them had to give a casting vote for the destruction of a system upon which their monopoly is based , they would vote the other way . ( Loud cheers . ) But , as they well know that the motion would be lost , they . preferred being in the niinority . Borne men were now seeking for popularity by denouncing tho Walmsley . movement . ; but he never would base his popularity upon such a rank injustice . ( Cheers . ) . That party enabled them to get good places of meeting , enabled the > Chartists to destroy the prejudices that existed against them ,
by ably and faithfull y propounding their principles , which were the principles of justice , not of violence and folly ; whereas , during the palc&y . day ' s . of Free Trade agitation , if a Chartist dared to appear upon the platform , to propound his . pinciples , a policeman was instantly ordered in , and ho was as inr stantly . ordered out , in a most brutal and violent manner ; but now they had acquired a different position ; and to show his ( Mr . O'Connor' ) deeprooted affection for the people ' s cause , let him inform that meeting , that at every ; meeting of the council of that Association , he .. ( Mr . O'Connoi ) was most brutally reviled and abused . But what would be Ins feelings , and what would , bo their feelings , if any personal piquo or vanity upon bis pa » t , could induce him to ofter opposition to any movement which waa capable of benefiting tfeir order ? Because he was with them ? and over , remain with them Uq w » 8 nobody \ but what situation would the
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He would now conclude , , by again repeating his forraerdeflnjtijjn ^ qfmo ^^ : Moral power is . fhe . d ^ liberatiye quali ty » n eacH ^ man's mind , which t « ablies him -how ' to reason , ¦ how to endure , and when forbearance becomes a crime ; and should that fail to secure for man all those rights to which he is justly entitled , and should physical , force he required , ( which Cfod forbid ) , it would come to their aid like an electric shock j but the man who martials it destroys it , and will be the first to desert it . "; . . ¦ - . . .. ( Cheers . ) Now , the truth of this was perfectl / M A »^ 7 gentleman who- called upon him ( Mr . O Connor ) some short time ago , who had . witnessed _ the Revolution in "" France ; arid he urged upon him ( Mr . O'Connor ) the necessity of getting up a revolution in England , as the only means of carrying the Charter . He asked the gentleman if hewas prepared tadoit ? ^ Hereplied / « he was ;" when hw ( Mr . O'Connor ) observed"then of
, course , you would be prepared to take the first plac « m the ranks ?" :, "Ohl no , " he rejoined , "the commander should always be in safety "( Loud cheers ,. and . laDg . hter . ) Now , let them rest assured I that' that was the invariable ' policy of men who endeavoured to achieve popularity by spouting revolution and nonsense ; He would- tell them now and I would finish with the declaration—that ther © : was not a ma » living , " e * a wan that ever did live , :-who loved , hoBouredii and' respected their order a » h © did ; and he begged to assure- them that , at ail risk and knzard of popularity op life r he never would allow them to be led away by the folly and nonsense of those who would base then- popularity upon the deelaration of sentiments and principles I which , it' pwfeto the test ,, they would be the first ! to retract . Mr . O'Connor resumed his-seai amid floud and lonaNsontiriued cheering ..
; Mr . Bbontsrbb © 'Bhisw came forward loudly ^ app lauded ; and ' said , although not an enrolled metn-¦ bep of the Ch&utev Association , yet ,, as one ef . the original promoters- of the Charter , and as a member of another Association , or League ,, which went for the whole Charter , he thought he might claim a right to addre ' 98 them . Mr . O'Connor , in the esurse of his speech ,, had talked' of making the " rich richer , and the poor rich ; " Now , he thought if the- ; poop man was madarich he would not care to labour tojmake any-iono- ^ rioherJ' - ^ Cheers . ) He w < rald , WthwvMf ^ O ^ DojiiiopihadTsaia 1 ^ ' Eetj ^ tlbiefeld ' . what they have , i ; but ,, Henceforth ,: we , will product ' for ouBselvea ,.. {{ ipud cheers . ) He agreed with Mr . O ^ Connor , that jro should ask for the Charter only ; but that we should do so- with our eyes-open ; by throwing such a Waze of solar light , by the disoussion . of important q . ueations afiectimr our best
and dearest social rights , as shall prevent the squibs , crackers , and Catherine wheols of the-Free Traders-from : taking any effect . ( 'Cheers . ) With thisviewthe" Reform League had drawn up seven resolutions , and published them , as affecting the interest , welfare , and happiness of all , from Victoria down to the special constable—and he knew no animal lower than a special constable . ( Loud laughter . ) Sir Robert Peel had advised the people to take their , affairs into their own hands , which was the best advice he ever gave ; but , 7 HBfortni > atelyr the people were not united sufficiently to apply the advice ; and if the people happened to doit whilst , in sections , why ; Newgate , the bulks , or the gallows ; was their fate , as was instanced in Wiltshire the other day ; hence he advised the people to unite , for the Charter , with a full knowledge of their social rights . ( Great cheering . ) . ' ; . '
Mr . Campbell , of the Co-operative Printers' Society , said this was his , first appearance ; the Charter-,-was again being agitated ; the agitation did not want fire , but it required stirring , and ha proposed to be an active humble stoker . ( Loud cheers . )' , He would warn the noble * of the land tobeware of flogging—the people might rebel—they might not prove blocks of stone' under the lash . The people might hear a still small voice , telling you that " The earth ia the Lord's and the fulness thereof , and tbat they were the Loid ' s ehildren , "all equal—with no law of entail . He . said , let them beware , or they would perhaps discover , ' sooner than they anticipated , who are the rightful inheritahts of God ' s earth—who are the true nobles of the land .
Who are the nobles of the earth ?— : The true Aristocrats , —; ' . Who need riot bow their heads to lords , Nor doff to kings their hats ? , ; i' Who are they , but the Men of Toil , ; . The mighty and the free ,, Whose hearts and hands subdue the earth ' And compass all the ae ; i ? ¦ Who are they , but the Men of Toil Who cleave the forests down , And plant amid the wilderness The hamlet and the town ? Who fight the , battles , bear the scars , . And g ive the world its crown -i ¦ Of name , and fame , and history , And pomp of old renown ? .. 1 These claim no gaud Of heraldy . v- v * . . : I And scorn the knighting rod ;' :. . ; .. ^ Their coats of arms are noble deeds ; f ; " . Their peerage is from God , ! U-i ¦ They ^ take not fro ^ anpistraljgi'ayes _ ; ¦' . - - - ^ -Theglory oftheirnauie , '¦ .. ' . _ . ... " """ '''* . But-win , as first their fathers won , '•; The laurel wreath of fame .
( Great applause . ) . Mr . W . J . Verkon came forward amidst much . cheering , and said—lie regretted that both Messrs . O'Connor and O'Brien had left the platform , as the few words he bad to say he should have liked those two gentlemen to have heard . Mr . O'Connor bad declared tbat he was no Communist ; nowhe , ( Mr . Vernon ) was . ( Loud cheers ) . He protested against Mr . O'Connor's saying , " there never w . i ? , or would be , any man who loved the people as much as he did . " — True , be was not so big a man as Mr . O'Connor , but he loved , with all his heart , and Mr . O'Connor could not do more . ( Hear , hear . ) To Mr . O'Connor they owed much : he was an effectivo agitator ; but he ( Mr . Vernon ) humbly thought , nothing but an agitator . He conceived that Mr . O'Connor had brought them up to a
position , and there left them , which more than once had compelled them to renew the Charter agitation . ( Hear , hear . ) He differed from Mr . O'Connor's view of Socialism . It was his ( Mr . Ternon ' s ) opinion , that it was their duty to change society to things , and not circumstances to society . He demurred to both Messm O'Connor and O'Brien , as he thought it was wrong that the rich should enjoy their thousands whilst so many were starving . ( Loud cheers . ) He wished every man to be so rich that no man should be . driven to take from another . He contended that Socialism meant equal or equitable distribution . ( Loud cheers . ) _ The resolution was then put and carried , unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed , a considerable number having been enrolled as member * of the National Charter Association .
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BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , Nbw Road , Londoh . arsenic in cholera ! m oh ! oh ! oh ! Fellow Countbtmen , — What to you think of thia ? Arsenic in cholera ! Oh ! Oh ! Well , if you will take the trouble of looking into the Medieal Times , you will hnd printed in laige letters ,, ' Case of Asiatic Cholera suecessfullt treated with Ausenic . ' A doctor positively advising arsenic in cholera—the case is also reported at length in the 89 th number of the Hme ' at , to be had at the office , 3 C 8 , Strand , price Id , or 2 d b . v post . Well , can you be surprised , my friends , that we should have so many cases of felonious poisoning tliroug lwut t } ie country by arsenic 1 What is the real'differesce between the poisoner
and the doctor ? Why , that in one case the party , wliea he dies , is said to have been murdered by arsenic ,-and in the otker , to have tlied of some disease or other . L « t tilings , we say , be called by their proper names . The doctors have made the public so familiar with poisons , that the lower classes think there is no havsn in ' taking a lesson from the ' Guinea trade gentlemen ; ' and , for our own part , we do not see any real difference between the felonious poisoner and the doctor—the only difference is , that the doctor , in somo cases , gives the poison in such doses as not to kill , thoug h , in many he does kill , bat then dont you see it is called , ' death or disease . ' and not murder . ' . .
Now , fellow countrymen , can you be surprised , that what was called cholera last year , should have been so fatal , whilst such poisons were piven for . its cure ? Arsenic , opium , &c . That tins doctor ' s advice was generally taken about arsenic in cholera we will sot say , but it wns published in the columns of a widely-circulated medical paper , and answered the : purpose intended mishiily , yiz ., ot p » o-CLAIM 1 NG DEADLY POISONS AS C 9 BES FOB CHOLERA—Oh , OH . What a pity that the aqua tofona is unknowa to doctorsthey mi ght just givo a littje of it to some unfortunate patient , and ' then publish , to the world with trumpettongue , ' that the aqua tofyna was an excellent remedy tor some disease or other , ' awl the poor ignorant and conttding public woald swallow all . We sjiould then see aqua tofana , marked on fine-battles in tho tfiemists nnrt « ruggista' suops of this faja island . Let « W people nnso from tU mS ' il of . « , o British Colleg * of Health therefore call «> r the t . tal pohibition of the Sollowi . 'S deadly poison * us medicines : — J . Avseniciiv splits forms . 2 . Prussic Acid in all Us foyOB . . 3 . Opium ia all its forms . : . 4 . Mercuvs in all its forms * ¦ •¦ s £ ^ aKS « F « . novev can , assimilate with flesh and wtoa .
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^ children , it ha ^ been ^ pr ^ hededb yjhe « L « O » and fcT tbe nunjBters , that this ttf ^ t ffitfdy a do-nothing Session - Mt ff ° i \? nS House of CommoBs , Iik 6 ' race 5 teke th ^ ca ^^ befiore ; . they | re S 3 ferthe race ; and you may depend npon f the Protectionist haye-merel y ^ n i-f i er , ioweyer confident the Whigs * i »« nf SryinffaU before them . Tott see f the ' Steak A ^ embly naa rejected ; the ^ nation for impoang an additional caution Sv upoii thepre ^ s ; a fact , ^ Vhichf above ^ SJ ^ should ^ conrace -yoaio ^^ w ^
v W over the representatives of that 1 D % h e " Times" boasts of the tranquillity ihat now exists , and that is likel y to continue InFraJice jwhilel gather , from the very best ihoStv , that the mind of that country was aeVer more unsetttea , while its neighbour Germany , one of oar staunch allies , is in a state of incipient revolution . But more than that , and a circumstance which is more than all calculated to inspire the English
Government -with alarm , is the fact , that her sister , Ireland , was never in a more alarming state . The late Chables Btjlebb , informed the House of Commons , that dnring O'ConnelTs Efe-fiine , Ireland would be in a state of incipient revolution , and that upon Ms death she vonjd lw « akout in open rebellion . This prediction has been verified ; and you may rely mxrait , that the discontent of the Irish people , when joined by the Irish priesthood , is calculated to cause greater alarm to the Eng ^
Jish government than the discontent and dissatisfaction of all foreign countries . And now let me implore of you , and let me beseech you , not again to allow yourselves to fall into any trap , that open fee , or professing friend , may set to catch yon , but to adhere strictly , steadfastly , and unswervingly , to the principles of the PtorxB ' s Chabtee . My children , Lord Chesiebeieed said , that any man could be bribed if you come up to hia he meant that
price . I do not know whether the p rice should be measured by money , or by principle ; but this I do know , that it is with yonr money that your oppressors are enabled to bribe their supporters ; while , to your shame l » it spoken , you are again allowing youredves to be the meek and the laughing stock of all yonr oppressors , by not contributing means to allow those , who have now under taken the management of your cause to do so effectualiY .
In 1839 , there were thousands of pounds subscribed , which I have before shown you \ rere dishonestly lavished npon the very men who deserted yonr cause when theExchequer Tras exhausted . I do not ask you now io subscribe an equal amount , although you are better able to do it , but I do ask you , as a matter of justice ,-that yon will not allow your ^ aizse to linger and / perish ^ fbe ^ anfc of . thsJ ! , small amount contributed by each , and which would furnish a , sufficient Exchequer if } carry -on yonr morement . Of conrse , in a short tune , the members of the several branches will eleet a Chartist Executive ; and what I entreat of you to do is , to place at their disposal a sufficient amount of funds to enable them to
appoint able , eloquent , and efficient lecturers , to proponnd yonr pr inciples throughout the length and breadth of the land ; arid that yon mav be able to send some of those lecturers to Ireland , where they will be received with open arms , faithfully—but not foolishly—to propound and circulate your principles . JIv children , never lose sight of the fact , that if the land of Ireland was open to Irish industry , it would thin your districts of the surplus population , and make the Irish producers better customers for your goods . It
trould then enable the Irish people to fiend veritable and honest representatives , instead of speculating politicians to represent both you and them in Parliament ; and bear in mind , that although I have been reviled by the Irish press , and the Irish people , for sixteen years , that I have always propounded the fact , that as long as the antagonism of the English and Irish people continued , so long it would be impossible to establish any system to benefit the people of either country . But now , thank God , that antagonism is destroyed ; sophistry ,
moonshine , and religious differences no longer exist ; the Irish shepherds are leading their Irish flocks ; and 1 tell you again , for the one hundreih time , that there is no class upon the face of the earth , more devoted to the interest of ( heir country than the Irish priesthood . They never can forget the dominion , the persecution , and torture , which they and their flocks have been subjected to by Protestant ascendancy and English misrule . They are not like leaders in other countries ; they anticipate no profit from their struggle beyond that benefit which it is calculated to confer upon their fleeced , their
famishing , their care-worn flocks . They have adhered to their profession and their faith , in spite of torture and of persecution , when the murderous adulterer , Harry VIII . compelled your forefathers to abandon the creed of their ancestors . They have crept from the caverns to preach their doctrine , and administer comfort to the dying pauper , when there was danger of death for doing so . "While the pampered parson is grunting in bed , they are to be found wending their way along the almost impassable mountain track in the dead of right ; to administer consolation to the fimished dying slave .
Well , then , my children , is it not some consolation to you and to me , to know that such philanthropists are beyond bribe or purchasethat their object is not based npon vain ambition , but upon the hope of leaving the world better than they found it , by faithfully devoting their Iive 9 to the amelioration of the condition of those who have implicit faith and
confidence in them ? M y children , yon saw by last week ' s ^ "Star , " that I would receive a -warm and ' h earty welcome at Castlecomer ; and , as it is Eiy intention to be there at the forthcoming ^ tee&ig , you may rely npon it , that neither * % nor incaution shall induce me to utter a ^ tence calculated to injure your cause , or to gke the law the slightest hold of me .
In conclusion , let me implore of you to direct your mind steadily to the value of this m now capable of being established between the English and the Irish people . Would to Goo that you could calculate the ** auions a year that the location of the Irish people upon iheir own land Tvould confer npon the English labourer , against whom they are now competitors in an over-stocked labonr-. market But , alas ! there is no nse asking you—you will not do eo , because there is no
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1568/page/1/
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