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      : io TlffidlJD GFAEDS , . / jBffSDS -iHD ; COMRADES , ^ ;;/; 7 The season is chaagmg-r-ihe summer is . ^ nff and the mercury is beginning to rise fT ^ njnanftennometer . The . whole coun-& * r n 0 K oneljnsy hher ^ -all . the beeB are buzz-W tgde , an the drones are buzzing in the fl nse of Commons .: AGnisterscliase their o-er not more uponthe disunion of the Peel-C ; and the Pi » tecfipni ^; ] £ han ?« ipon ^ e dis " monof the people ; a , disttfiion which is now , ^ Lret to think ; becoming d aily stronger , but wh however , I fed confident ^ Trill be noware

      V gaik dispelled , - and for this reason-r-becangB ^^ orting classes ; thoughtful and flectfre , and can qnly . be enlisted for the ac-^ pl ishment o £ theirown objects , although fil time they may War ifbH y disunited . -MY iriends , I have attended the meetings of , parliamentary and Financial Reform ConiLnee on Tuesday and "Wednesday , and I -happy * ° near many ° f * ne speeches de-^ H cd there , because the energy and truthiSness of the speakers must lead the Confer-» o to understand that the Chartist party to he catered for by claptrap

      aseBot mere - . r £ Fox , the memhgrforOldham—Laweeitce TTeWobth , the member for Derby—and George Thompson , the member for the rover ffiunlets—advocated veritable democratic and Chartist principles . The Eev . Mr . T VOBRAIX j Bap tistminister ofBethnal-green—• m eloquent and engaging looking young man ^ unequivocally declared himself and thenia-C itr of the men in Bethnal-green—to be Ver iteW e Chartists . Alderman Schoiseieed Ja lilr . Aicock , delegates from Sheffield , stated that the men of Sheffield had been deceived by the Eefonn Bill , that thej- ^ B Chartists andAvere determined to ' remain so ::

      , You may rest assured , Old Guards , that these announcements gave me no little pleasure , and the more especially as they were fondly cheered by a large majority of the Conference . Mr . Bbiqht stated , that it would be foolish and impolitic to contend for a more Janocratic change than that sought by the ^ Association , because , he said , it would alarm the timid . 3 ft > w , if another man had made such an assertion he would have been laughed « i And whv ? because , if you propose to re «

      duee the franchise by ten shillings , the timid , as a matter of course , would be alarmed , as they dread any change , because they do not B uJeretand the meaning of it ; but are the fcrave and energetic toiling millions to remain jn shackles and fetters , manufactured from the timidity of the idle and luxurious ? The Jtefcrm Bill , Catholic Emancipation , and Tree Trade were long deferred upon the same foolish grounds ; whereas , if a modicum of any of those measures had been seasonably conceded , the timid might have resisted the fall growth of all for a longer period . The

      Catholics and the worMng ' classes were then creditors , and satisfied to receive an instalment from the Government , who were their debtors ; the Government , however , refused the instalment , and the creditors looked for twenty shillings in the pound ; they sued for it , and they thought they had obtained it trhen they accomplishedEmancipation and Eefonn ; but , alas ! they were woefully deceived , as neither Catholic or Protestant derived one particle of benefit from either Emancipation orEeform ; and upon this fact the Rev . Mr . WoKKAit , Alderman Scholeeieid , and Mr . Aicock , truly based their argument .

      Sir Joshua "Waxsislet , and others , showed —and I think satisfactorily—that the accomplishment of their object would add at least four millions to the present electoral body . 3 fow , such an augmentation would afford ine no small pleasure—nay , deli ght j while I feel convinced that , with even that constituency and Triennial Parliaments , without the Payment of . Members , you would have as corrupt , if not a more ^ &rtapl , Parliament than yon hare now—and I will tell yon why : because you may rely upon it , that if that increased

      eonsntaency was bound to elect members for counties possessing £ 600 . a year , and members for boroughs possessing £ 300 a year , and to hold office for three years , that those representatives—if not paid by you for their honest laboar—would take care dishonestly to pay themselves ; and , whatever the popular butoy might be against their injustice , they Todd hold the purse-strings of the nation during the whole three years , and would then snap their fingers at you when , within that time , they had nestled themselves in snug offices . . - - ¦¦¦¦¦

      Old Guards , I think I hear some enthusiastic Reformer exclaim , "Ay , bntthe people inrald not let them . " Uow , such was the very cry before the Reform Bill ; while the very first act of the Reform Ministry was to destroy Mat strife and control which carried the Reform Bill ; and yon" may rest assured that , with Triennial Parliaments , no out-door power could ever effect a dissolution until the time had expired , and that all the butchering force of

      me country would be pnt into operation to Oppress any antagonism to a system which enriched the most fortunate . "Upon the other hand , if you had Payment of Members , even ^ Triennial Parliaments , I have that confidence in the sagacity and integrity of the forking classess , to feel convinced that they Tronld elect honest and upright representatives from their own order ,-who would never deceive them .

      Old Guards , if the selection of any portion of the Charter was left to me , I would prefer Annual Parliaments and Payment of . Memk * = to all the other points ; for , rely npon it , that noble lords , Government hacks ) officials , admirals , generals , colonels , and men selling themselres for base lucre , will never consider anj one single principle except that of selfish-5 E 1

      Old Guards , while I fearlessly express those as my sentiments , nevertheless , as the new assoqation has added "Ho property qualificaaon" to their little stock , I entertain a strong aad fervent hope , that your steadfastness to your own principles will induce them , erelong , ^ adopt the whole bog , biusiles and aix . ^ unfl , however , this must be done by argument ana not by violence , as the voice of ttiqwled ge is stronger than the cannon ' s roar , remaps I m }^ ti ckIe your f and

      ^^ ^ ore for myself more popularity , were I to ° ^ ie a regular flare-up against this new jnwement ; bnt as I seethe advantage of allo wing the juryielass striefl yto understand the Wjectsof the wiring class , and as I wish you » have the advantage of their meeting rooms , ** & as I wish them to have the advantage of Jour knowledge and information , I should look D myself as a hypocrite and a traitor , if I * eretpthrow any , the slightest , obstaelein their * ji because when your trade gets bad , and

      w their taxes press upon themselves , and uot npon you , they'll go to bed Reformers and ^ Ch artists . , ^» I must now be off to the Conference , I ^ not time to write more . * our Faithful Friend and Advocate , . - Feabgds O'GosjfOB . ' 3 S- *~" » ittedto state that every Memof

      Ik Parliament upon the platform-r-and * X were numerous—was "invited to address Ty ^^^ u g ..- with the .. single . exception-- of ^ hgus O'CoxxoR . I w ish it , however , to Jo sbn tl understood , that I fully acquit Sir 3 j , * > "ALMSLEr ; and the leading gentle-Xa Jf ^ e . Conference , of any desire to prevent W ^ addressing thathody , aslam : credibly sJS ™ ^ . at the hostility to meproceeded com ^ a ? osiness Committee , to whom was addU *?¦ fl * B 0 WJM > f deciing :: who xcas to " ^ esstlie'Conf erence . «« - - -P ^ O" € .

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      middle classes , God help them ! he had seen enough of that whilst performing the duties of Inspcotor of Weights and measures , for his district ., ( Hear , hear . ) - If they required veritable sympathy ^ and support , they must look for it amongst their own order , and look neither 7 to middle nor upper class , but band themselves together , determinedly bent on obtaining their , full rights and privileges . : ¦ : In their agitation , let- them remember that the comparative foMure in France had resulted from the ignorance of her citizens , of their social-rights , which caused-the provinces to act against th ' e ' capital . Then let them make -themselves acquainted with their social rights , and-so , Iong as they could use hand , tongue , or pen , let th * ein never cease agitating until they were in fulLpos / ession of political rights . and ¦

      social privileges . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . < f . ¦ J . Bkzee was now introduced by the chairman , and was greeted with great cheering / Ho said , he was a most grateful man , the Whigs had been very rery kind to him ,, and he exhibited his gratitude by attending the veryfirstChartist meeting after his liberation . ( Laughter . ) His eightyrs ? x weeks confinement bad not reformed him , except it had changed his mind a little ; when he . went to prison he thought his principles were right ) but now he was sure they ^ ere . ( Cheers , )' A brother radical had met him coming to that meeting ; and shook him cordially , by the hand ,-and asked him did he mean to cause the meeting to laugh V He hoped the meeting would remember that , although ei ghty-six weeks' incarceration ^ d-notj ^ rokea . nia heart , yet

      he could not conceive that Newgate s sombre walls were calculated to enliven his spirits or-makc him gay —( hear , hear)—move especially when he remembered he had left their honest uncompromising friend ( John Shaw ) immured within its walls . He had heard , too , ( what should he , as a loyal man , call them , ) wicked speeches . He was not a learned man , although he had been called to the bar—( laughter )—and when . there , his learned brother , her Majesty's Attorney-General , had said , pointing to him ( Mr . Bezer , ) " The prisoner lias positively offered to sell Lord John Russell a pike—a pike , yes , gentlemen , a pike . " ( Roars of laughter . ) Ah , it was easy for them to laugh , but allow him to say it put all the old ladies in csurt into a ' state of " Terroris extremis . " ( Increased laughter . ) Well , ho

      had told them that he was not a learned man , but he had searched Johnson , Entick , and others , and bad there found that a pike was a fish , and of course , by a parity of reasoning , a fish was a pike . ( Laughter . ) Well , as they all knew he was a City merchant , he dealt in fish , and , of course , merchant-like , wished to have the patronage of the first Minister of the Crown ; but instead of giving him ( Mr . Bezer ) an order for the pike , he hadgiyen him an order for the V Stone Jug . " ( Laughter and applause . ) When there , he had been visited by the magistrates ; one in particular said : — " Oh , you are Bezer—you are a fool—I don ' t pity you—you not only get yourself into trouble , but you endeavour to get others into trouble by your talk—ab , 'twas lucky for you that you did not attempt to . march from Kennington

      Common , for I suppose you were there , or you would all have been annihilated , for I had command of the bridges ; one did come roaring out , I am a Chartist—brandishing his stick—I took it from him and threw it into the water ; can I do any thing for youi ? " Yes , he wished to see his wife— " for what reason ? " Because he was a husband and father . ( Loud cheers . ) " Oh ! that's no reason . " Four times had this " Commander of Bridges" visited him and repeated the same tale ; but he hoped the meeting would not think the " Commander " was Mr . Alderman Farebrother . ( Loud laughter . ) He trusted he was addressing three parties merged into one ; viz ., Chartists , Socialists , and Republicans ; and he conceired that any one who attempted to create disunion was a rascal . He knew he

      was not speaking much to the resolution ; but since he had been out of prison he had not seen many papers , as be bad been busily engaged looking after home and hie family . ( Cheers , ) He knew they were called queer names sometimes , but some how or other , they' possessed natural affections notwithstanding , but he trusted for the future to make amends . Mr . Bezer then called for three cheers for John Shaw , which were heartily given , and resumed his seat greatly applauded . Mr . Side said , he did not stand there to oppose the resolution ; he admired the Charter , and had been a member o £ the National Union of tbe

      Working Classes , from whom some of them had sprung ! The chairman had intimated that the Charter League was going for tbe little Charter , leaying the People ' s Charter in perspective ; but no one had ever said so . He and the Charter League contended , that Chartism would be facilitated by anything the Parliamentary Reformers might gam . ( Oh ! oh ! and laughter . ) He believed , that if the Parliamentarians gained what they were seeking that the Charter would follow in six months .- ( Oh ! oh ! Laughter , and derisive cheers . ) Why , those who were admitted to the franchise now must bo oftho

      poorer classes , as every person paying four shillings and sixpence per week rent now , could have the franchise if they liked . ( Xo , no . ) Working men might even improve their sanitory condition , by taking £ 50 houses conjointly—each apartment of the clear value of £ 10—giving the vote . Again , that portion of the middle classes called shopkeepers , were interested in the working men getting better wages . ( Shouts of derisive cheers and laughter . ) Why , would not they have more money to spend with them ? ( Derisive cheers and laughter . )

      Mr . Elliot said be had been opposed to theParliamentarians from the first , believing as he did that tbe middle classes lived entirely on what they wruns : from the industrial class . ( Cheers . ) Hence he called on all to join the National Charter Association . let those who produced all be . firm , and stand together ; and , whilst they support tailors , shoemakers , printers , Ac , in their associations , still keep pushing onwards , and , depend upon it , homo colonies would follow . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously .

      Mr . Sullwood rose to move the second resolution as follows : — " That this meeting is of opinion that a government fully possesses the means to carry out the organisation of productive labour , not only so far as regards the production of property , but also to guarantee to the producers a fair share of such production ; and this meeting pledges itself not to lose sight of so important a question , but to agitate and discuss the . same , so that in the event of a government being elected on the principles of pure democracy , the question may' be fully understood , ' and speedily put into practice . " Mr . Stallwood said he was most happy to propose that resolution . The political one had preceded it , and was- the " means ; " the one he now proposed was a social one , which -was the " end . " His friend ( if

      he would permit him to call him so ) Mr .. Side had said he had belonged to the National Union of the Working Classes . He '( Mr . Stalhvood ) had also belonged to that'body . ' This being so , Mr . Side bad then been a political and social reformer , as the declaration of rights embodied in the rules of'that defunct association would show ; and he ( Mr . Stallwood ) hoped Mr . Side would soon retrace his steps , and be again a social as well as a political reformer . ( Cheers . ) It seemed somewhat extraordinary to him bow Mr , Side could have fallen into so many errors . He had told them that " any occupier of a bouse , of the clear yearly value of £ 10 , could have a vote if he liked . " ' Now , he ' ( Mr . Stallwdod ) would like to possess a vote ; yet , although he rented a house of the clear vearly value of £ 10 , hehadnot , or

      could not , under present circumstances , obtain the vote , —( hear , )—and his washy no means a ; singular case ; no person who resided either in Fulham , Hammersmith , Kensington , or Chelsea , could have a vote , unless possessed of the county qualification . ( Hear , hear . ) Again Mr . Side hod said , houses of £ 50 a " year rent , " could be taken conjointly , and each clear £ 10 would give a vote . Now it was known that with the / exception of places let out as chambers , landlords would not let houses in the way described ^ but simply to individuals , and if the landlord resided on ithe . ! premises , why his residence ,, as * had been decided oyer and over again , damnified the rights of all the lodgers . ( Hear , hear . ) Than Mr . Side had asserted that the middle class shoDkeebers were interested in the

      workmen getting better wages , when it was a well known fact that the-workman got as much'as he rould for his labonriand the employer gave as little as possible . ( Hear . ) "Besides , did not common seii 8 e . ndw > say , td : the workman—you have worked } ong . cnough for . others , co-operate , and divide the ivholqprofits arising from labour amongst the produeei's ? ( Cheering ;) - . Mr . Stallwood then gave a description , of ' . the . reception ' of the working classes at al recent- JParjiambbta ' ry and Financial Reform dinner ; stewed'the'difference between the little and " great Charter ? illustrated the progress of socialism as evinced in the ' progress of the tailors ' , shoemakers ' , printers '; etc :, etc ., co-operative sooicties ,: and urged / them onward in the good work . Mr . Stallwood 'resumed his seat amidst great applause .

      ; . Mr . Milse ,, in-seconding , the resolution ,, said , it contained , the great arid all-moyihg princip le , of social reform-fhear , hear ) Vrand hebelief ed . 'if . thejf once got a : taste , . ' of tBe , Blessings of cd-operatioD ,

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      it would make them better Chartists , as they would havo « -tne-yoft-to-protecti . t . ( -Hear , hear . ) Agen-^^¦ T ' M <* t > preceding meeting had said •? The Charter and : 8 ometbing more . " What more ? Hexapprehendedbyithis time tho gentleman . comprehended the Something more ; meant , e . opial rights . ( Loud cheers . ) Forpign politics .- had ,-. been deprecated , but foreign , politics" hadi taught hinwnuch ; he had seen how matters . ' sto . od in France " from a want of the knowledge Of social rights ; and he had determineu to do his best to prevent such a catastropho here . ( Loud cheers : ) "> ' i The resolution wasithen put arid carried unanimously . , ¦ . ¦¦ .. ; . .. ; . ; •; v ,. , ; ., . ..., . . ... ( ' . . . . :

      . Messrs . Bishop , BbNTIiET ) and o'ther / riends from the City locality , oamofprward and sung the "Mar- , sellaise , ' ? amidst rapturous applause . . ? ,. ' ; ¦ A vote otthanks wa 8 given by ' acoldmatiori to the CnairraaD ; threo che ^ 'siTeregivenfor ' Ernest ' Jones , and the other victiriia 'now incarcerated ; three cheers for the Charter , ' and bur social rights . £ 16 s . lOd . was collected at the doors as the meeting broke up , and we learn ' that : a : gentleman also Bresented 10 s . on thev . platform . iiThus' peaeeably , thoughjoyoualy ; ended thefirstandmpst enthusiastic nfteeting convenedi by the Provisional .. Cpmmitte in South London . v / r . ; - ¦ - ¦ ¦ - - ¦ ' i '/?¦ ¦ ¦ ! , ' ¦ ;* ¦ ¦ ¦> : ¦ ? - ;¦ » ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ .. < r , ¦ i

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      OyERFLOW ^^ MEETING ^ AT ' THE JOHN fSTBEET' HMflTUTroiSr , ' . ' ON BEHALF OF : THE INCARCERATED POLITICAL VIC" 1 TIMS , CONVENED 'BY THE PROVISIONAL : COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION ... > .-.:...- . ... :. Tuesday evening , April 23 rd , having been set apart , for the victims , at an early hour the Hail waa filled to overflofling . , r \ : . Mr . J . . Arnott was unanimously . called , to . the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . by announcing tbat thirteen of their liberated brethren , who had passed the fiery ordral ,. Vfere restored . < to

      them , and now Btood on that platform , (( mmense cheering . ) He would call on Mr . jluffy to move the following ; resolution : ~ " That this meeting is of opinion that imprisonment , or any other punishment , for the expression of ¦ political sentiments is a gross violation of that freedom of speech , which is one of the recognised rights of the people ; and this meeting is further of belief , tbat it . is the duty of the people to labour unceasingly for tbe liberation of their friends , and the abrogation of those unjust enactments under which they -were imprisoned , with the view of preventing future outrages upon the right of . public discussion . '' ' .

      Mr . Rtjffy said , they vvere there to-night to protest against a government illegally constituted . They were there to protest against the harshness with which their brethren had been treated . , They were there to protest against the violation of justice that bad been committed ; and they were thereto bear witness to the heroic virtues of their liberated brethren . ( Great cheering . ) He believed there was not a friend to justice or freedom hut would agree to that resolution * They met in that Hall , night after night , to discuss remedies , simply because they found their fellow men oppressed , and nearly destitute of the requirements of life . ( Hear , hear . Last night he was ¦ informed that a gentleman wa .

      lecturing in that Hall on arts and sciences , connected with ; wbat was termed- the great exposition of industry for 1851 . He thought-the greatest of all science , was the science of government . Now , could he have his way , be would have a space in tbe buildingaet apart , and call it the Ark of Government ; in tbe centre of which he would have placed a certain little lady ( of course hedid not mean the Queen of these realms , ) surrounded by all the tinsel and gew-gaw of the Court , and place over the bead of the wax figure . a large label , inscribed with the cost per day , which , summed up , makes per annum the gross total of £ 385 , 000 . True , he should be at some loss to describe the figure represented by the model .

      Perhaps it : would : not be appropriate to designate it " chief creator of sinners . " Immediately opposite , he would bave-the model of a prince /( a foreign one of course ;) with bis cost £ 30 , 000 per annum , labelled conspicuously , and his designation should be " second chief , creator of sinners . " Facing these he would have placed a distressed needle woman , whose hard toil was requited by 2 £ d . per day . In another corner he would have the bench of Bishops , with their crosiers , mitres , and lawn , inscribed with " cost ten millions per annum . "* ( Hear , hear . ) Facing these he would have placed some of the unfortunate creatures driven to prostitution , and over these he would have placed a label , " effect of State

      Christianiiy . " ( Loud cheers . ) Again , facing these he would have a picture of centented workmen , following rational emp loyment—wives and children in hack grounds—with school rooms , pleasure grounds , libraries , &c , and , as a companion picture , he would have men , women and children , free from care , with pleasure and wisdom depicted in their countenances , happiness reigning in their bosoms , revelling on tbe green sward in their leisure hours . Over these he would have inscribed , " Socialism as it shall be under the glorious rule of the People ' s Charter . " ( Immense and long continued applause . ) It . was now something like twenty years since he

      commenced in the movement , and he had seen . little or no real progress , arid it was time that they comrneitced to do something practical this could only be effected by the discussion of their social rights , ( Hear , hear . ) Social rights would bring the land back to those to'whom it naturally belonged , viz ., the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) How came it that those men , who were just liberated , had been confined ? Simply , because they attempted to awaken the feeling of the people to a sense of their just rights . He had very great pleasure in submitting that resolution to their consideration . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . T . Brown , in seconding the resolution eaid The principal purpose of their meeting to night was to memorialise the government -for the . release of those political prisoners still in confinement , and whose treatment was most scandalous , and which was a clear iudicalion that the Chartists had not done- tbeir duty . ( Hear . ) Some of those men recently liberated , had , for the cause , sacrificed home , friends , employment , etc ., and one or two of them were in that most unenviable position of having no home to go to , —( tear)—whilst- from the long absence of husbands and fathers , some of the homes of others were reduced . to be nearly as desolate as tbe gloomy cells from which they bad

      just emerged . ( Hear , hear , ) He thought it their duty not only to send one but many memorials . ( Hear , hear . ) He had heard expressions fall from noble lords' much stronger than any for' which Bezer and others had been convicted , which clearly proved it' '> to ! i be a party affair ; ( Hear , hear . ) The men had been treated most harshly in prison , and it was high time that they aroused ' themselves on . behalf of their incarcerated suffering fellow men .- ( Cheers . ) - Be it remembered , that those men were not virtually criminals , theirs were only political crimes , and insuch cases what were denominated as great-crimes and misdemeanours to day , were extolled as great and most heroic virtues to-morrow . ( Loud cheers . ) ' * ? . ¦

      Tho Chairman now introduced Mr . J . J . Bezek , one of the liberated victims , who was greeted with a most rapturous ; welcome . He said .: On tho 28 th of July ,, 1848 ,: he was on the .-platform of the Milton-stveet Institution , but at the same date in 1849 , he found himself in quite a different place . And why ? because he had spoken freely , and lie meant what he then said . ( Hear . ) Ho recollected one sentence he had uttered to the government reporters ; it-was— " They were therej 7 not because be . feared the government , but because the government feared the uneducated costermonger , " - ~ i ( great cheering)—and his saying had been verified . When brother Shaw got out he should have a tale to , tell them . ( Three oheers was called for , and heartily

      g iven ,. for John , Shaw . ) Oh the occasion some of his friends had advised him' to go out of the way ' , and'h ' e had taken himself to Highgate ; only five persons ? knew where he was , and one of them had' proved a Judas , by selling tho secret for sixty pieces . of copper—yes , ,. for , fivo . shillings ... ( Hear , hear . ) Well , he was arrested , tried , as it was called , ' and ( convicted , of course ; . and what was ho charged with ? . / Whf ,. conspiring against Her Majesty , her crown ; and dignity . ( Laughter . ) Now , really ,-he' had'never mentioned the little lady ' s name ; but he had told the people , they—the producers of wealth—wfjrfe : respeetable ; of co se this was seditious—truth ; and sedition being , synbriimousterms . ( Loudcheers . ) . Well , hewasnow

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      out of prison , in mind and principle a wiser man than when he went in , —( cheers)—and to use a lady ' s expression— "He was as well as could be expected , "—( laughter)—arid ¦ so he ought to be , considering . that in eighty-six weeks he had swallowed , upon a fair computation , three hogsheads of skilly . ( Laughter . ) Well , it appeared that Popes ran away , Eirigs had their whiskers shaved off , —( laughte >)—and stand ye firm , for the poet has written ^ : ' . : 'f Mitres and Thrones'from this world shall be ! : - hurled / >'¦¦ ' • ¦ ; ; ' : And Peace ; and Brotherhood through the universe . prevail . " , :. : . ¦ \ ( Great oheering . ) , . : Bronierre O'Brien was next introduced , amidst applause , and said , the first thing he had to do was

      to congratulate , thenoj on having a baker ' s dozen of the liberated victims ' , present —( loud ' cheers' )—and it wasa great pleasureto know that they had come out better men-thari they went in . It was ' pleasing tqcknowi that perseoutibn nnd imprisonmont had failed in dam pingitheir energies for . the People ' s Charter ., ( Cheers ^ : Their friend : Shaw , and their galla , nt young friend . Ernest , Jon . es ,, and the other martyrs , were imprisoned for their excess of virtue . ! PV 6 | iTl'adfll'S had attended meetings—madospeeches —an'drmurder h ' ad ' ehsu ' ed ; but thos ' e " men' had riot been "treated ; rid ' Ernest" Jones was : ; ' : and why ? -t-beoause that -piitproti had been' tnedvby ' a " \ Yhig i goverflmont ] ana middle class vampires ;; ' ( Gheorr . He ;( Mr . O'Brien ) was a ,: man who : could see far into the future . Their friend Bezer had-told . jthem that kings had had their whiskers shaved off , " and '

      he , prophesied tbeir heads would follow their whukeW . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought that violent speeches ( althoughhe did not anticipate any ) wpuld injure , not benefit , their cause . It was not only necessary that the twelve hundred persons present should be up to the mark , but also the floating millions outof doors , and how to get at these men was a subject worthy of consideration . He would ; most respectfully and deferentially call tliq attention of Harney , yernon , and their other friends , to the matter , with a view ' of . finding a remedy . Oh ! he wished he could' show them a letter from their friend Leyne in Paris ; addressed , to the Irishman , in which lie asked his countrymen not to confine

      themselves to Universal Suffrage , but to direct their attentionto their social rights . ( Cheers . ) And he wished he could induce his and their friend Harney to say what he meant-by that " something more " than the Charter . The National ' Reform League had endeavoured to explain what it meant by social rights . Its members bad issued , seven resolutions , which resolutions woukl be stereotyped in Manchester ,-Glasgow , and London ; So much confidence did the friends of the'Reform League place in the principles contained in those resolutions , that they bad resolved , if possible , to get thirty millions of them distributed in Europe —( loud cheers)—fifteen millions . of them on the continent . His wish was that

      those resolutions should be discussed aa a means to obtain social rights . He wished his and their friend Harney would lend his assistance in inducing his continental friends to translate and circulate the principles of those resolutions , placing them in the hands of those who are now actively engaged preparing the mighty future . ( Great cheering . ) Anybody might make : a profession of Chartism or Republicanism . Even Louis Napoleon called himself a Republican ; and well he might , seeing that the Republic bad given him six millions of vetesthereby making him the first man in France , whereas nature had . made him the last . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) Mr . O'Brien concluded by making an eloquent appeal to the meeting to give liberally to

      tho Victim Fund , seeing that the victims had sacrificed so largely for them , and resumed his seat much applauded . ; Mr . W . J . Tekxon said , he felt much pleasure in supporting that resolution , especially as he found himself—right and left—surrounded by those who had recently boen liberated from prison . ( Hoar . ) He contended that punishment should never be inflicted unless it had a'tendency 'to prevent a recurrence of the crime for which it was inflicted . Well , just suppose that in 1848 they had attempted to overthrow the government , the only punishment justice and wisdom would have inflicted , would have been an attempt to convince the insurgents of , the error of their ways ; but nothing of the sort bad ever been , attempted , but recurrence to bruto force had been freely indulged in . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Brien had said , nil the men had come out better Chartists . Speaking from his own experience he said , they had

      all conio out much , more than Chartists , and this would ever be the case ; where : brutality was . practised it never could induce love , but must engender deep and deadly hate . ( Hear , hear . ) As the only p iece of advice he was likely to offer Sir G . Grey , in a civil way , he said , try kindness , and if that failed give up the point . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Brien had asked , what was meant by something move than the Charter ? -and had commended seven resolutions issued by the Reform League . He ( Mr . Vernon ) . had not seen the seven resolutions , but would make it a point to do so , and consider them minutely , and if he found them to contain a full measure , of social rights , ho would do all in his power to circulate them and insure their adoption in practice . ( Cheers . ) What he meant by something more was , in p lain terms , "that the producer of wealth should enjoy the . full measure of such produce . " ( Loud cheers . )

      The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . ¦ ¦ Julian ILinNEY , who , on coming forward was received with grant applause , said : He should consider it out O ? place to say much on any other subject than the one pointedly before them , viz ., that ' the memorial he was about to ' propose on behalf of their incarcerated brethren , ( Hear , ) But , nevertheless , he would say , in reply to tho observations of ' Mr .: O'Brien , that his ( Mr . Harney ' s ) " somethingmore" included the seven excellent resolutions of Mr . O ' Brien , and still something more . ( Great cheering . ) Ho then read the following meriiorial— : To theHight Hon . Sir George Cfrey , Her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , this Memorial , adopted at a Public Meeting , held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , JTitzroy-Equare , • .

      Shewetu that the memorialists have experienced great satisfaction from the exercise of the Government's clemency in liberating from prison some of the persons who , in the year 1818 , were convicted c-f sedition , and other political ofiitnecs . They deplore , howeTer , tliat the Government has not extended the same humane consideration and mitigation of punishment to others , who still remain in penal confinement , in consequence of convictions on similar charges . '' The memorialists , therefore , earnestly and respectfully entreat the Government , to enlarge the sphere of their

      niorcy , arid to restore to liberty Ernest Charles Jones , Joseph J . J . Fussell , John Shaw , Peter Murray M'Dounll , Francis Looney . and the others now suffering imprisonment in various gaols in many parts of the kingdom , for the expression of their political opinions . ¦ ' ¦ The m « morialist 8 beg leave to give the assurance that by restoring these wen ' to their homes , the Government will secure to themselves the gratitude of their families and friende * the esteem of the humane , and tho approbation of thegreat body of the working classes . Signed on behalf of the meeting-, John Aunoit , Chairman ,

      A gentleman in * the body of the meeting asked why'the name of Mitchcl was not included in the memorial ? Julian Harney replied that the memorial was founded on the liberation of their friends on the platform , but he begged to say that thoyt had not forgotten the ; g lorious patriot Mitchel , and he and hia colleagues would at any time work with their Irish brethren to obtain the freedoih of that heroic man , and the other noble spirits who are suffering for ther devotion to long . oppressed Ireland . ( Much applause . ) [ Press of matter eompels th ' eiomission of Mr . Harney ' s speech . ] Mr . Walter Cooper , on being announced , was greeted with tv most cordial welcome ., He said he

      thought the beat thing lie could do at . that late hour was , simply to second the resolution and resume his seat . ( Loud cries of " jS ' o , no . " ) . Welj ; then , he would say a few words . Their friend Harney . had alluded to their late , and respected friend , Henry Hetherington , who ' sometimes entertained them with an anecdote of a farmer , who called his poultry together , to ask them what . sauco they would like to beeaWnwith , at which they clapped their ; wings , and ! cried , "bravo , " : with the exception of a young cock , i which Mr . Henry Ilethorington called- the Chartist " cock , and he declined to bo eaten at all : " : Ah , " said tho farmer , "that ' s not the question . " ' : ' Yes , " said the cock , " that's' the vital question to mo . ; ' ( Loud cheers . ) It was too often the ; way

      with the people—that they often cheered before they knew what : they were- cheering for . The people sought justice , which all the privileged ) classes , of tyranny , could neverrcntirely eradicate from , their minds . ( Loud cheers . ) He had often been amused by the cries of the party ofj ' r Order and . Ileligion /' . put forward td ' excite and' prejudice the minds of the people against progression . First theyluut' ine Church in Danger , " butthis had become stale , and the people would no longei' rally to it . ¦ ¦ The second was , " The Throne . in Danger , " ithis had pro \ 8 i very powerful . Thejudgo who had tried , Thomas Muir , had said-r- " , The Eng lish constitution waBjhe best that ever Va ' s or eye ^ ^^ VSoibSry HftweyerVtney . diariot . thirifc so . . Well ,, another c » y

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      «* x / ' / , ¦ AC ^^^ Pamily / Pw ^^ up in Franpe / and was finding itsway here . Fninily was quite right , " everybody , felt affection for the human family ; but he maintained that none had a right to surround themselves by such circumstances as would enable one family to swallow up tho blood and-marrow of other families . Mr . Cooper here quoted ¦ a paragraph from ; one of- ' -Mr . James a novels—showing that therewas butlittle difference between the kinga of the earth and those of inerry Sherwood , except that , thq Robin Hoods , ¦ vvere the best . This very apposite paragraph elioited the . moat hearty applause . ' . Hedid not think' it right , ' in order , to keep up'family , that tho Duke of Bedford should hold lands given him for dubious servicesi

      oy lienry Yin . which ; by-tbe-by , ' Henry had' no right ; to—property in this case being robbery , awlhe no where found history relating any great talents the original Bedfords ever possessed . ' ( Hear , bear . ) This question of property might be very weli , but who could show God ' s handwriting for a single acre ? What was property ? All besides land waa the result of labour , and , therefore , Prouduoii waa not far wrong ; when ho said property was theft . ' He held that the Nazarihe and his disciples , were qujto right in declaring " That ho who would not work neither should he eat . " ( Great applause . ) When ho was asked what he meant by " the Charter and something . more , " he distinctly said—ha ^

      meant God ' s earth for God s creatures—property for those who produced it ! . ( Great cheering . ) , ft was cant and humbug to tell the people they werfl intelligent when they are not . He gloried ia Bronterre O'Brien telling them that much required to be done in the way of instruction ; A better il « lustration of this could not be given than the Know * ledge , that a body of bootand shoemakers had been on the strike ,-keeping their men out of work for A long time , at a cost of £ 350 , and now they w . erfl obliged to go to their work worse men than whea they left it . ( Hear , hear , ) Another body of ' tUf same trade was about to follow their example , Whv wastecariital and laboiirthus ? ' Whynotwori

      ' for" themselves , and have all the profits ? Wliyj . with the same-amount of capital , the . tailors had rescued a nuinber of ; their / fellows from poverty uud wretchedness , and set an example tO : the world I , Two branches of . shoemakers had done thesame-s tbe ^ needle '' women had' followed suit , ' and , th « iBHdwr nTre-meetin ' g ; every-n ) gWio-se |;) ip ^ could ^ ffectaBimilar object , ; ( Loud ^ heer . 8 . );; ; . ,. ; Mr . j ; GERAtp : MiBsEY r 8 aid , \ l , 80 ( T years ago tlif Christ -of- NazaretK-preaijtied ^ EciuaU ty-: and - Fra « ternity , but the Pharisees'of-that day shouted out . " away with him—crucify him . " Rienzi had found

      men ignorant enough to persecute him ; and even : at- this day Ernest Jones was being , tortured out Of existence . This true poet of labour had thought , when Rome threw off- her Pope , that Englishrnen-w the dependants of Hampden and Milton ^ -would have been prepared . Ho had hoped that the spirit Of Leonidas still prevailed , but misery and degrada * tion had done their work ; the people in by-lanes and back alleys had fallen a prey to priestB , whd preached of gods of . wrath , and of hells . of torture as though they were the devil ' s own salamanders J but theday would pome when thrones and aristo * oraciea would no longer hang as millstones about their necks . ( Loud cheers . )

      ; The memorial was then put , and adopted bj aff « elamatiori . Mr . Harnbt , in moving a vote of thanks to tha Chairman ,, passed a high eulogy to the memories of Williams and Sharp , and made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the Williams and Sharp Widow and Orphans' Fund . The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation . i Three cheers were then given for "ErneBt Jones , " three for the " Charter and Social Rights , " threa for the candidature of " Eugene Sue , " and the meet " ing then quietly dispersed . j Four pounds ten shillings w « re collected aHhff door , and several members enrolled in the AssocU * tion . ' . .

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      HUGH STOWELL AND MR . FOX'S BILL FOR A SYSTEM OF SECULAR EDUCATION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . . Sir , —I am constrained to address this note to yoU in consequence of the . disgraceful conduct . of-thS Stowell party at the Free Trade Hall on Tuesday night , April the 16 th . For five days the walls wer « placarded with an announcement that a public meeting would be held in the above Hall to adopt ft petition against Mr . Fox ' s motion , calling on th « government "to reject that motion : admittance by ticket only . On seeing this , those opposed to Mr , Stowell ' s scriptural education , and in favour cf Mr . Fox ' s bill , commenced running for tickets . Before , Saturday , at seven o ' clock , upwards often thousand , tickets were distributed , and the Stowell party had not any left for the supply of the Sunday school * and churches ; So says the Stowell party , we musfc

      alter this or we are done ; we must have another set struck off , alter the type a little , and set up a cry that there are forged tickets abroad , as a pre « tence to exclude all but our own party . The meeting was announced for seven o ' clock , but before half-past six the streets round the Free Tradfl Hall wore so crammed that it was a difficult matte for the coaches and other vehicles to pass , and thq doors were opened long before the stated tuna . When the doors were opened out rushed a numbar of police , —I should say there could not be less thaf eight at every doorway , —whs commenced examin ing the . tickets of the parties as they went in so that they could pack the meeting with their own sort ; and to a great many waa put the question , " arfi

      you favourable to our views or not ! before they would admit them with any ticket , and this was to be called a public meeting of the inhabitants of Man * Chester . I had a ticket of each sort , but they would not admit mo with one or tbe other , so you see the rascality of tbe black slugs and their fol * lowers . I understand that the numbers inside were about six thousand : and . when they came . to the vote the numbers sere so near equal that the chairman , Canon Stowell , stated it was a difficult matter to decide , although he gave it as his opinion that they had the majority . But there was also a great amount of cruelty displayed by the police of this city . When the persons addressing the meeting stated things which were not true , with regard to

      Mr . J . Watts , M . de St . Hilare , . M . A ., and ether individuals , a number of men in tbe body of the Hall having sufficient courage to give vent to their feelings by shouting that the statement was ftilse , were taken and beat by the police to SHch an extent , that blood poured down their faces in all directions , and they were put out of tho meeting . One res « pectablo young man , nnmed Scholefield , living in Great Jackson-street , Hulme , was beat to such aa extent that he bad to be taken home in a' cab . Whilo the Stowell party , assisted by the police , were perpetrating those perfidious and unchristianlike acts inside the Hall , we were not wasting time outside , much to the credit of Mr . J . R . Cooper , of Bridge-street , ( who procured a large cart ) , Dr .

      Watts , Dr . Story , and M . de St . Hilairei Wo had two glorious meetings outside , not packed , but meetings in tho open air . One was held in St . Peter ' s-square , and wae addressed by Mr . Storyj of Salford , Dr . Watts , and Mr . J . R . Cooper j : a peti « tion waa adopted in favour of Mr . Fox ' s motion , and carried unanimously . There could not havo been less than two or three thousand persons present at this meeting , and there was not tho least opposition . Finding that thero wns a few thousand persons round the Free Trade Hall , we came to the conclusion of holding a second meeting in North * street and that part of Peter-street that surrounds the Free Trade Hall : there could not have been

      less than seven thousand individuals present . The numbers were so great that it wns a difficulty for the speakers to make'themselves heard at the more distant parts of the meeting . ' The speakers were Dr . Story , Dr . J . Watts , Mr . J . R . Cooper , M . do St . Ililaire , and a young man who held been carried out of the meeting in the Hall , whose name I could not catch . A similar petition to that at the other meeting , in favour of W . J . Fox's motion , was adopted , which was endorsed , signed , and sent for presentation to the House of Commons . I enclose you the two tickets for your inspection , and I think you will say with me that it was a niOBt disgraceful affair . Mam , Sir , Manchester . Leigh Gleaye .

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      DR . ERDOHAZY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —We have had tho benefit , such as it is , of the above-named gentleman residing amongst us for some time past . I believe I do not require to inform you , sir , that Dr . Erdohazy repVoserited himself as a Hungarian refugee , and I believe has been most humanely arid kindly treated by many persons here . Bowover , sir , it turns out that the Doctor has been borrowing money from numerous individuals , and from more than one to the extent : of a good number-of pounds , and has lately taken his departure without g iving any one notice . 1 he impression then , at present , is , tbat we have been , grossly duped ; and I write this letter to you , sir , that simple unsuspecting people elsewhere may not beimposed on as we seem to havo b ^ en . . ' - I am , my dear Sir ; most respectfully yours , Glasgow . . " - . James : Moir . ¦ flf there is anything incorrect in tbe above letter , Dr , Erdohazy will do ' w . cll to furnish the necessary explanations '—Ed . N . S . ] - , :.. \ : ri { ,, ¦ •¦ :- . ¦ .

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      A Lieutenant of Dragoons cuked of . Rheumatism bt Homato'ay ' b Ointment and 1 ' ihs —This ) officer , trho is in the pitch army , . states that ; lIolloway ? s ' 'l iUs and Ointment have cured him , of rheumatism , which appeared to be incurable , as , neither ' sea bathing , vapour Vaths , ^ or preparations vaunted as kure remedies did huiv any gooa , and the treatment of theilqctor , after . several months trial , was without success , kt ' this juncture he . commenced ta . ing these piHs , and rubbinp ; tlie ointment into the . complaining parts twice adajy wliirti effectually cured him in the cb arse of six weeks . The tvuthiof this statement can be ouehed for by Mr . J . B . Shatmau . of Bois-de-duc ., u ; .- . ; i-. .

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      SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . "" - ^ ne first meeting convened under thesuperintendance of the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association , in this hall , was held on Monday evening , April 22 nd , and was more numerously attended than any meeting held on this side of the ¦ w ater for two years past . Mr . Patiisson was unanimously called to the chair , and said , that night they would not be called upon to support the Parliamentary Reformers , but to stand firmly by , and agitate for the People ' s Charter . He could not understand , for the life of him , if they expended " al ! their strength" in support of the Parliamentary and Financial Reformers , what nse would it be " holding the Charter in

      view when their energies were entirely exhausted . The resolutions to be proposed partook both of a political and social character—they were open to discussion ; and should any one have objections to offer , or amendments to propose , let them come forward , and , as far as he ( tbe chairman ) was concerned , he would do M 3 duty in getting them ft full and fair hearing . ( Hear , hear . ) He had much pleasure in calling upon Mr . O . W . M . Reynolds to move the first resolution . Mr . Rktsoibs , on rising , was greeted with prolonged cheering , and moved the following resolution : — " That , as the life , liberty , and property , of every individual is , or may be , affected by the laws of the land ia which he Iive 3 ; and as every person 19 bound to pay obedience td the same : and as no

      man is , or can be , actually , represented who has * DGfr . a . yote in the election of a representative , cannot . be said to be fairly protected by the laws ho is bound to obey—this meeting is of opinion that every man in this realm hath a natural and equal right to vote ia the choice of a representative to parliament ; pledges itself not to give up agitating until the said right is granted to every man ( criminals , insane persons , and infants only excepted ) , together with the remaining points of the People ' s " Charter . This meeting is also of opinion , that any agitation which will not give to Others the same rights they claim for themselves , cannot be based on time and just principles—so that , while we refrain from factious opposition to any such agitation , we are , nevertheless , determined not to combine nor unite with any

      such party , conscientiously believing the same would end in disappointment and dissatisfaction to the most needy , and most deserving of the working classes . " Mr . Reynolds said , it gave him great pleasure to move that resolution , as he was for the " whole Charter , " and had but little sympathy for those who advocated anything short of that measure . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Reynolds here reiterated his determination to move an amendment in the programme of the Parliamentary Reformers , at their Conference , which would commence to-morrow—namely , for registration , in lieu of taxationwhich would , if adopted , bring them to Universal , or Manhood Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He intended , also , to add Payment of Members . He should do so , because be believed that any measure less than

      tbat embracing the six points of the Charter would prove Injurious to the working classes . ( Cheers . ) [ At this moment Messrs . J . J . Bezer , Bryson , Martin , Snell , Young , and others of the liberated victims came on the platform , and were welcomed by hearty and prolonged cheering . ] Mr . Reynolds said , if any justification was required for the step he was about to take , they had it in the harsh treatment and the severity of the verdicts passed on those men who had just been liberated from prison —( loud cheers)—and he ( Mr . Reynolds ) believed that if a less measure of Parliamentary Refurm was obtained , the middle classes would turn round upon tho working classes and say— " This is a final measure , and if yon attempt any further agitation you will be prosecuted ; we shall be the jury , and will

      convict you . ( Loud cheers . ) The working classes now toiled almost day and night for a bare subsistence , and were scarcely thanked for their labour , and they were notnnfreguently called " a mere mob " of . " the canaille , " beings without either rights or privileges . ( Hear , hear . ) At a recent meeting , at the ^ National Hall , he had spoken of their social rights ; the Times had seized upon bis speech , evidently , with a view to hold him up to scorn as a spoliator ; representing him as having a desire "to sell the estates of the rich , " when he knew right well that be had said all changes must be made by Act of Parliament , and that as first- steps under tbe Charter , he had recommended tbe Repeal of the Laws of Mortmain , Primogeniture , and Entail ; and that he had then said that parliament did now

      interfere with private property in the matter of railroads , quavs , or wharves , granting compensation for the private lands and property it took for the benefit of the public , and * he hoped the time would come when a government , elected by the people , would hold all the lands for the benefit of the whole people . ( Tremendous cheering . ) There could be nothing wrong in this , always providing that the present holders were duly compensated ; but if be or any one else were to advocate spoliation , he verily believed that he or they would be hissed from the platform . ( Loud cheers . ) He must confess that lie held it to be a wrong and a robbery for one to have superfluities , whilst another lacked the positive necessaries of life , and more especially so

      when the possessor happened to be a useless , indolent aristocrat . ( Loud cheers . ) He maintained that preaching Socialism , as well as Chartism , was only acting in accordance with the dictates of Common Sense ; it would be worse than useless to occupy time and means in advocacy of the Charter , unless the Charter led to the adoption of social rights . ( Hear , hear . ) Socialism meant finding employnentfor the unemployed , food for the hungry , and raiment for the naked . Socialism was horrified at the gross immorality and the mass of prostitution tbat prevailed in our streets ; and the numerous suicides that took place amongst those unfortunates , was a proof tbat such a mode of life was unnatural and most abhorrent to them .

      Where was the Tvisdom or patriotism of Parliament , when they looked on and ' saw gaunt famine prevail in Ireland—when they daily witnessed scenes of wretchedness and ^ misery which drove poor wretches to the poor-law bastile , and separated husbands from wives , and parents from their offspring . ? ( Hear . ) Yet did these rulers call themselves Christians , whilst they violated the fundamental rules of Christianity . ( Hear , hear . ) And here tbe genius of Socialism stepped in to perform its great mission of humanity ; and he conceived that no man could be their friend , who would attempt to stay its progress . ( Loud cheers . ) When they witnessed the enormous progress this principle was making in France he was sure that they could come to no other conclusion than tbat Socialism

      was a compound of sublime facts . ( Loud cheering . ) Sure he was , did Socialism prevail , rags and wretchedness would be chased out of existence . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds next reviewed the origin and progress of aristocracy , and asked was it wonderful that men so formed and trained , should be the deadly enemies of Chartism and Socialism , seeing tbat those measures would lay tbe axe to the root of their tyrannic . and oppressive privileges 1 Then , he said , let them discuss the social subject ,, and when the Charter came—as come it would—( tremendous cheering)—Socialism would be the legitimate question . ( Hear , Lear . ) Tbe upper and middle classes appeared to dread tbe increasing intelligence of their working class brethren , and were apparently throwing a small modicum of reform bv

      way of a sop to stay their progress . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe working classes had been deluded in 1 S 32 , and again on the repeal of the Corn Laws . Hence , he said , stand staunch to principles , join the ranks of the National Charter Association , remember that every one of the members of its Provisional Committee are the- advocates of political and social rights . ( Loud cheers . ) Support their efforts , and give vitality to the veritable National Charter Association ; "be firm and true , and political rights and Hocial privilcgesmust soon be theirs . Mr . Reynolda resumed his seat amidst rapturous applause . Mr . D . W . Rbppj , in seconding the resolution , asked why he was there to-night , seeing that he had retired from politics for some few years ? It was because the cries of his suffering fellow-men were greater than he could bear . ( Hear , hear , ) They owed those brave fellows who had just emerged from the bastile , and now stood on the platforni , a debt

      deep of gratitude-T- ( loud cheers ) - ^ and which he thought they would best repay , by convincing tnera that they were more determined than ever to gain their rights and liberties . ( L < md cheers ) The . resolution he held in his hand contained the gems-of great and glorious principles , principles which proied ; that when they eame from Jh ' eir Creator they were free , and thatlhe ' earth andits fruits belonged of , right to all . ( Great cheering . ) He trusted that the working classes would not he fr ightened at any bugbear their opponents . might put -forward . - ; ' ( Hear , hear . ) Socialism meant co-operation , . and , when the . working classes could appreciateits blessings , they would co-operaiite for themselves . ( Applaiisei ) When the work-, ing man iad ' hi ^ pittance . doled out to him on Satur- ' dday nights he had to count it- over and over again before he could tell : how-to spend it , so as to preserrean existence for'thacoining week , for himself , wife / and family ;' .. As regarded the sympathv of the

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1571/page/1/