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j ^ ast week I was only able to give you a j ^ ef account of my tour , and the state in which I found the working-class mind , now I can giro y ° u a more detailed narrative . I confess , that since 1848 , when the most
Solent rascals became informers against the ] m ost enthusiastic men , who were deluded by their promises and professions , but subse-l ( raently persecuted by their treachery and perjury , tiiat I felt greatansiety , and entertained tome doubt as to the possibility of again reviving the GOOD OLD CA 1 JSE ; and I have frequ ently told you , nothing is , or can be , more foolish than the vain attempt to rouse the ( jhartist mind when the people are either inert , suspicious , or apathetic , and nothing jb more requisite than sound and discreet judgment at such a period . ,
Th e man who undertakes to build bis house before the materials are prepared is a fool , and must fail , and the leader who . undertakes to develope the power of the national mind "when it is sluggish , is an ass or a political trafficker . From my recent tour , I have not only derived knowledge , but also great pleasure . I discovered that the principles of the Charterwere better understood ,. and I also discovered that there was that sterling value in the veritable working-class mind which is capable of upholding , defending , and sustaining the character of their friends against the prejudice , the trickery , slander and traffic , of their enemies ; a feet , which has inspired me with no small amount of hope .-
It would appear as if Providence was ¦ watching over the holy cause of Chartism . I will tell you \ fby : Because ve are now near a great change ; and if ti % ; Chactist Blind was inert and sluggish , factMns—no * ISlterof what class—would . base their power upon our presumed apathy ; whereas , if we are active and energetic , their acts may be framed in accordance with our power .
When times are quiet , and all . appears satisfactory , no newspaper , - whether daily or Sunday , will condescend to notice our party ; while , when the struggle between contending factions commences , then the Press represents the people as all-powerful , and the mirror o each faction foreshadows the great benefits that the people are likely to achieve from the ascendancy of their respective parties .
My friends , the time is now coming , and is not far distant , " when this country will witness a great and important change—greater ' and more important than Catholic Emancipation , Reform , or Free Trade—yea , greater than all unitedly . The "Whigs have suffered a defeat in the Lords , upon which the Protectionists base their chance of exchanging places . "Well , now , let me ask you , as shrewd and intelligent men , if it -would be possible for the most fanciful or whimsical juggler , to propound or exhibit a greater absurdity than the fact , that a change in the system or the constitution by which this country is governed , should be based upon the party feeling and animosity of HEREDITARY NINCOMPOOPS ?
Just lay down the paper , and reflect for * a moment upon this absurdity . I will not measure it nor argue it upon Chartist principles ; bet I will argue it upon the silly presumption that all parties- are perfectly satisfied -with the present electoral system , while not an elector in England , Ireland , Scotland , or Wales , is represented by the Lords , who have the power of changing Ministers and rejecting measures , carried by a majority of those representing the electoral body .
Now , my friends , it is for this coming change which is foreshadowed in the distance , that I wish to prepare you . I wish to have my materials in readiness before I undertake to erect your edifice ; and then , as your aekuowleged architect , I undertake to say , that a stone shall not be misplaced . On Tuesday last I was to have submitted my motion for the Charter , but , seeing the
impossibility of bringing it forward , so many standing before me in the order book , I took the opportunity of the earliest open day , and I bring it forward on Thursday , the 11 th of July , when only one motion—and which will not occupy much time—has precedence of mine . I will not ask you for a angle petition , because you may as well send so muchrabbish to the House , but I will promise to develope your principles boldly and fearlessly .
Let me now give you a fair instance of the impartiality of the Press . On Monday night last , I put a very long , a . very pertinent , and important question to Sir Geobge Grey , relative to the winding up of the Land Company . I stated my anxiety to render every facility , if the Government offered no obstruction , and , although questions put to a Minister are usually reported by the pressand especially questions which have reference to the Land Company—yet , the Daily News , the organ of the FREEHOLD SOCIETIES , and of the PARLIAMENTARY
REFORMERS , never reported a word of question or answer ; -while the Times and other papers' reported both fairly . From this fact the reader win be able to draw a fair conclusion of the virtue and the principle of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORMERS . I offered no 'opposition to that party , because it afforded us the opportunity of propounding our principles before an ignorant class : it afforded the working class an opportunity of enlightening the minds of their ignorant antagonists , who furnished _ us with places of meeting that we otherwise could not procure . I felt convinced , . that in the long run they
would be compelled to abandon their principles and adopt ours , or to leave the field of agitation , . and I thought it much . more wise and judicious to give them rope enough than to tarn hangman myself ; and I think you will say that my course "was a judicious one , when I tell you thatthey have died a natural death . I have been invited , by the men of TodmordenV to attend an out-door meeting at Blackstone Edge , on Sunday , the 14 th of July ; and , believing in the old maxim , "The better day the better deed , " I will make one of the congregation , and join them in the prayer THAT THE LABOURER
SHOULD BE THE FIRST PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS OF HIS OWN INDUSTRY . I will preach them a sermon , and my text shall be— "More pigs and less parsons , " " " God gave us land , and fishes likewise , Tyrants took them from ns , d—n their eyes . " And then I will make a tour of the Empire ; and I will prove to the toilling minions that the slander of professing friend or open foe , that the power of the Groernment , or the
terror of the law , can never eradicate from my breast the love and affection that I entertain for your order . I am not one easily diverted from my course—I am not one who would abandon your principles or my own for the World ' s wealth ; but I am one , who , like my ancestor of yore , would rather be burned at the stake than abandon those principles , by fte adoption of which , I believe your order * i ! l be elevated to their proper and legitimate position .
My friends , my recent tour has inspired me * > th hope , with confidence , and resolution . It ba 3 taught me that a trafficking clique can serer destroy the power of an honest leader ; ^ d to my enemies and revilers I say" Come one , come all , this rock shall fly , Prom its firm base as soou as L " In conclusion , as the censure of slaves is adulation , I give you the following letter , reared from Stockportthismorning ( Thursday ) , aud my anawer to it Here is the letter : _ Xo . 13 , Stafford ' s-bnildiugs , Hall-street , Stoclsport . . « Esrecra > Sib . —I liave been instructed by the Land
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« ] S £ tf ' & * £ ""* *? rt , * ' * 0 tt con ° enunK the con-Stt ^ ff SKMRyaSSt SSSSS ^ SKSMSfe Ss ! HK 3 aW 3 Art * tS the night previous to the 10 th of Apfil to theNationalPe £ 1 dow <* K ?» i ^ ^ <**> «* the manner you have SSt ^ * M % awi H lliM * P *> n » nfwhich ™ f ^ i * aUe ^ ° *** < ¦ Sir , thes ? are a few of the many Eto ^ ente tot these ' tmprindrfed Tonti . rmen have
hSSEET- Knms totKf ¦* «*«*• But . so far as Stockportw concerned , thej have miserabl y feaea . Their fev ^^ ^ ^ . ^^^ ' ^^ P ^ cularsIreihllhX tte re P ° rt wluch I hare sent to the Star . Itis tt ^^ - aTV * *?* best «««*» * Stockport , that ^ £ ^ ^ ^ # to make way for their brother , who has become a lecturer for th&'Fuiancial and Parliamentary Edo rmAssociatidn ; wfcethvS if the c \ se I knownot , but that theirconduct has be ^ ai I havTde-• cnbed , many can testify . From-the inquiries thej rt it thought they have gone to do the Bajne there . . .. . I ^ a ^ y . onM with respect , ' .: ¦ ' . i : G . F . Rhodes . ' -
Now , hear my . answer , tifany one naa ^ een swindled b y the Land € ompaiiy I AM THE * JA ^ . l ^ anjr qn ^ ll ^ fo ^ ariid' prove « at , li % empl 6 yed-him to attach forged names to the petition ; I will give ! Mm a reward of £ 20 ; andj as now is the time , I defy Thomas Clahk , or any Director of the Land Company , orS ] PflEN Clam , or John Ciakk , to urge a single charge against me , affecting my character , public or private . I should not have published thiB letter if I had not received four or five to a . like effect ; and if the readers of the Star desire it , I will publish a letter that I received from Stephen Ciabk when
occupying his brother ' s allotment at Lowbands , and from which the reader may be able to discover the change that has come o ' er the spirit of my reviler's dream : from that the reader will learn that I am lauded to the skies , while the allottees ' ate jusfl y reviled and abused : so that Master John and Master Stephen may visit Macclesfield , and wheresoever they please , and the ' more they , abuse me , the more I will rejoice in their slander . Is it not the reward
that Ibave invariably , met with from those to whom I have been-most kind ? and if principle was not riveted more deeply than flattery in my breast * - would Tnof have long smce abandoned the people ' s cause ? Butwhen the reader peruses this week ' s number of the National Instructor , and learns the vile an 9 abominable persecution to which my father has been" subjected , he will come to the conclusion , that in me ^ patriotism is an inherent and not an adopted principle . *
My'friends , be up and doing . " United you stand , divided you fall . " I will shortly be amongstyouagahvaslamof no use in the show-box , and . then I will be prepared to meet John and Stephen Clabk , and dl the Clabks whohave a word to urge against my character , before the impartial and unpacked jury ; and , in spite of all my revilers , I will remain till the death , Tour Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , FEARGtJS O'CONNOB .
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On "Wednesaay evening ' laat a meeting of the inhabitants of Carlisle was convened in the lecture room of . the Athenaeum , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., deliver a lecture on the position and prospects of the Chartist movement . Long before the time of meeting , the hall was crowded by a respectable audience , amonst -which there was a goodly sprinkling of the fair sex . On the motion of Mr . JohnGilbertson , se ^ conded by Mr . Thomas Roney , Mr . John M'Nicol was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman' on rising was received with
PUBLIC MEETING—MR . O'CONNOR IN CARLISUE .
loud applause . He expressed the high gratification he felt at being called on to preside over such a meeting . He trusted , that the audience had not only come forward to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , but to the principles which he had so consistently advocatedprinciples which their own government had not been slow to persecute , and which the despots of Europe had used every foul means in then * power to . crush . He then went on to speak of the wily machinat ion of the slimy serpent of Austria and the Bear of Russia , and spoke of the many atrocities which they had committed . He alluded to the treatment of
the Poles by Russia , and the Hungarians by Austria , and denounced in no measured terms the crusade against freedom in which these despots had been engaged . ( Cheers . ) He hoped that the clouds of error , and darkness , and superstition , would speedily be dispelled , and nations would learn war no more but live at peace with each other . He trusted that the lecture of Mr . O'Connor that night would tend' to hasten that better period by creating a sound Chartist spirit in the breast of every
individual present ; and that every one would endeavour to spread a knowled ge of those pr inciples—to diffuse them around him . ( Cheersij Let him not be told , as be bad been even by young men , " That the Charter is a very good thing , but it will never be law in my day . " This was the doctrine their opponents wished them to preach and believe . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded a long and eloquent speech b y introducing . to the meeting Mr . Feargus O'Connor . - « - : .
Mr . O'Connor on rising was greeted with loud and prolonged cheering . He did not think that any speech of his could propound a fairer or a wiser doctrine than that which they had just heard from their excellent chairman He had now been twenty-eight years and more struggling for their cause , and he was now coming to the time when he obtained his first knowledge of the condition and wants of the people . It was on the 4 th of February , 1833 , now nearly eighteen years ago , that the true position' of the people of this country had struck his mind . Up to that period the people
of England and Ireland stood in bitter hostility to each other ; but when he came to solve the q uestion he found that the people of England were as much oppressed as the people of Ireland , and he saw that if they were united they might be able to resist all class legislation and tyranny . ( Cheers . ) He might tell them , with pride to himself and pride also to them , that he had obtained more information by conversing and associating with working men for a day , than from all the tutors and schoolmasters during the whole course of his education . ( Cheers . ) And he had no hesitation in
saying , that if he were allowed to lay his hand blindfold on 658 men in that meeting , perhaps he might touch some of the women . ( Laughter . ) If he thus fixed on G 58 men out of this meeting , he made bold to say that they would be able to legislate better for this country than the inoapables who now filled the House of Commons . ( Applause . ) The age in which they now lived was different most essentially from the last . Hitherto . the government of this country had based its supremacy on iU alliance with despotic powers . ( Cheers . ) Lord Brougham had told them sometime ago that
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they , could not go to war , for they were bound i m . 800 , 000 , 000 of recognizances to keep the peace . ; ( Laughter . ) On the alliance of the Qg lyJearof . Russia , and the brute ' of Austria , ; h « i England based her power ; but now that . the' dog begins to worr } , they niust keep the 4 og away from their ovrridbpr . - ''( Cheers , ) It was notmorethautwrf years since the republicans of France ? carrieji " a , nd proclaimed the French" Republic ; ' ' They carried ¦ it ' : by the power of the peopl ^ j ; aud ; . ' what Vhad the Vbpecial . Constable'V PresidenVcnpsen by universal suffrage --d 6 ne ? His very first act was to destroy-the very power that elevated
him into power . ^ A pplause . ) c ; Xet men look to the chaages that have , very recently , occurred . On the memorable 10 th of April , Louis Napoleon was a special cpristablejn London , and now tbeir lovely young Queen receives his ambassador at the Court of St . Stephen ' s . |; ( Laughter . ) He then proceeded to speak of the base conduct of the French Assembly in destroying the very } element / which had raised them intO'power .-At present" they pefseonted and ; prosecuted all tho . se / whtfo ' Irculated information amongst ' the . people . ~ No newspaper ' which . . was hot favourable to the government !« 6 uld pa 8 sfiteethrough " thepostpfflce ... It-anynewsjfoer published a single line against their ' feelings , ohei propricta * might ba fined ; froiii g ^ Offo to' 6 , 000 francs ,
ana condemned to lo months or : two years' imprisonment into thebargaiu . ( Shame sharoe . ) -Inthi 8 Country also , the pieaawas tlie » opponent of ? the rights of the people . v !? he press . here . represented the middle classes . qr ; . the higher orders . I ' ,: however , they really had a free press in this country—a press ready tq develope . the mind of the people , they would not belong inflicted : with a , tyrannical government . It was to the supineness of the working classes themselves that the backward state of their cause was to be attributed . If a man at present had £ 2 . a-week he was content , and he was no Chartist . He left . it to the man with 15 s " . a-wcek to agitate for the Charter . . The time , however , came round when he who formerly had 15 s .. was
consigned to the bastile , and the man who had the £ 2 a-week . was obliged , to-content himself with 15 s . Then he turned round and said it was time to have a change . ( Applause . ) If , however , affairs were managed with any degree of judgment , they would not only have £ 2 but perhaps £ 4 a-week , and there would not be - a single pauper ia our bastiles . Was it not an anomaly that , while the land was not cultivated to one tenth of its capability they should have such a number of labourers shut up'in the bastiles and be importing corn thousands of miles across the Atlantic ? ( Applause . ) If poverty created a surplus population in the ; manufacturing districts , why not place that-surplus on the land ? If they went to France } to Italyto
, Germany—there if the people cried out against the tyranny to vjhich : they were subjected ; they would—lords , bishops ; - shopkeepers * every one join with the people : but when they came to this country—though they were a revolution here they would find that not a single man who profited by the toil of the labourer would join . them . ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) How did they" account for that but by the base Bystem under which they had lived . If they looked to the House of Commons , of which he had the misfortune to be a member , no independent member was of any use there . He could not obtain a hearing unless he belonged to some clique or jjarty . There sat Lord John Russell with his paid ministers and BUDDOrteVs
behind him , all of them either in office or looking for it . On the right were the Irish toadies and lickspittles . Opposite were Sir Robert Peel and his tribe who , rather than let the Protectionists into powerj would support the ministry in anything . There again sat the Protectionist landlords looking for high prices , and there on the other hand , were four or five independent members of the house struggling for the people . Their voice went for nothing ; but give him forty independent honest members who would sit down with the Speaker and rise with , the house , and he would smash up every gorernment nntU they granted what the people were entitled to . ( Applause . ) He would tell them the . mode in'which basmes 3 was transacted in
the . house . "When the house opened at four o ' clock there was a great rush to get through private business and the presenting of petitions . When a motion comes on , that moment the house is cleared , they go off to their parties , and dinners , and balls , and not more than fifty members remain until eleven or half-past eleven o ' clock , when they are whipped in by the whippers in of their respective parties , and without having heard one word or one argument on either side , they vote along with their party , no matter what the arguments may have been . The moment , too , they come in , they sit down and . commence to cry out "divide , divide divide . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) This point might be very well illustrated by an anecdote which ha
would relate to them . The celebrated Pitt once proposed a motion . A Scotch member who was opposed to him acknowledged that his speech had convinced him . But what did this Scotch member do ? He , voted against the motion ; and when asked for the reason of his stange conduot , he replied " that many were the speeches that had altered his mind but damned the one that ever made him alter his voice . " It is precisely so with the present House of Commons . If any intellectual , honest , independent member brought forward the most powerful arguments , they were left unheeded by parties who had perhaps been convinced by them but who would vote directly against the proposition if it were not supported by their party , ( Hear hear d \ t
. ) Anyia . was the reason that they had only four or five independent men in the house ? Because they were divided amongst themselves . Look to the difference between them and the French people . See what courage the French displayed at ibe barricades . Let , however , 10 , 000 men assemble in London for any given object , and they would be easily dispersed by ten policemen . Thus the government acquired its power from their disunion . There -was not a more intelligent people on the face of the earth , if they would only commune together—unite together for the purpose of : forwarding their common cause . Having seen what had taken place in France , he would prefer annual parliaments and our
present trancnise to universal sufirage with septennial parliaments . If he had the power , he would knock down every long chimney and every church steeple in the land . If " he had the power , he would knockdown the custom house , for they were the means of defrauding the people to a very large extent . If he had the power , he would turn every bastile into a college ; . he would dismiss every soldier , for they would not be required if every Englishman were allowed to sit under his own vine and his own fig tree . Then every man , with his own cottage and his own homestead , would look upon his home as his sentry-boxj and would be ready at all times when his family or his cottage was ih danger . Trade was at present good . It would not
continue long so , and the time was not far distant ¦ when Lord John Russell would say to him , please explain to us what the Charter is . On him ( Mr . O'Connor ) explaining it , Lord John would say ) " Oh , is that it—we will give you that ; is there anything more the people want . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) After twenty-eight years of hard struggling , he saw before him that a new time was approaching . The dark clouds were beginning to be dispelled from the distant horizon , and he saw , as it were , the dim shadow of liberty revealed . ( Cheers . ) He had stated last session in the House of Commons that he did not care whether the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender occupied the throne , provided that throne rested on the power of
the people , and Sir Harry Tierney thanked God that during all the time he had been a member of that house he had not heard such sentiments as those which had fallen from the honourable member . It was really sickening to hear Lord John Russell getting up and propounding views as those of her most gracious Majesty upon subjects of which she had never heard , or if she had , of which she knew as little as . a pig did of geometry . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) was opposed to any form of government which was capable of keeping down the power of the working classes . They would know that there had lately been a meeting of Protectionists , held in London , where some agricultural gentlemen used very strong language , and
where they talked of having all the horses at their command . In his place in parliament he ( Mr . O'Connor ) asked if there were to be one law for the rich and another for the poor , and he put the question to Sir George Grey if government intended to proceed against these parties . The right honourable baronet got up and told him , in the most insolent manner , that he would give no answer to the question . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had replied , "Aye . but if it had been n Chartist , there would speedily have been a legal answer . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then went on to speak of the great valuo of the land to the people , of the right which they had to it , and expressed his belief that this country would never enjoy anything like permanent pros ?
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penty ; until the land was appreciated andioultivated Si r ' ? ^ ^ ° ^ - ^ e ^ tat . th * t he . had during , the last week been : on a tour . through ^ avious towns ' of Scotland-that this week he intended to visit a few places in England-and , that on / Tuesday evening next he had to bring forward the'CHarter in the House Of Commons . -ReWerred ' to ' hia long , ardu- ^ ous , and gratuitous ' , servicesi-toituo ' causis of the " wor ^ ng classes , and told itlibm that-he : was ; no hfi terested demagogue , ifleoonotadejia long and elo ^ qyent , speech by quotings three , ; .. jrej&jjH ; ; o | , his--ownt R ??? J > mm . rtepepplo to : £ umtoinunik , unite ;!? i mi
ne nauo weci , work of their own deliverance . . ite V Unnor ^ at down / amid loud and . prblpngedidheer ^ " Mr . HughCampbeli , 'in ¦ a'neat ' and Wppropria t& speech , : proposedHho following , resolution * for the adoption of the :: meeting :-v « . ' . That tHe thanks ^ * 9 . roeehng are hereby : du . e < , to Mr . i ; O- 'Conndr ft * Mfl'WF ? steadfast , and . undeyiatingadvoc ' acy of the principles of tie Peoplb ' s Oharter . We alsoas- ' sure . bim , tha . t he has our -unbounded confidence . ; anfl , a § longas heactsinthesamestraightforward nlanner , that ; oonfidencehe will retain in sm ' tb of
? 8 ffi > W ?« £ Frt « # 4 friends . ' , ' .. ( Greatcheering . ) # fhe . M , PtM > h .. was . seconded , by . Mr . Peter Trainer ,- . and carried ainid' the most unbounded dempnstrtffionVbf . anplause ; ' " "' : ! ' * h' ¦ " ' ' '•¦ r ^^? Odwifb > . briefl y > olmpW ^ ed . tho ooinpIi me 9 r ; . and ; pVo ^ 0 ^ iaryi ) te bi , tba ^ S * O'the Ohairi . man ftfrstfle :. excellent wayi-in ^ wh&fhe'liad eo& ducted the business of the evepingY ¦ :-, -,. ; : : The motion was carried . by acolamation , and acknowledged by the ' Chairman ., . . •* '•' , ' At the request of Mr . O'Connor , three hearty cheers were . given for "the Charter and no surrender , " after which the . meetirig broke up .
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THE- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEOF THE NATIONAli CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTIST BODY .
FBIKNDS AND BRETHBEN . —Hsying for a period of some months dischargetl the duties of a Provisional Committee to ,,-ypur-satisfaction , you have thought ,. fit ,, to continue ub in office as your executive ; The-results df-the elections have accorded to us , the undersigned , a lease of power for the ensuing twelve months we cheerfully accept this - mark of confidence at your hands . ¦ ' '
^ To the . enrolled mem hers we have no necessity to apply for support : they havealready given us all the encouragement in their power . But we earnestly ^ and' eiripMticaily' call ; upon those Chartists who are as yet . unenroiled , to take out their card of Membership and swell the ranks of the National Charter Association . "We are prepared to adopt a vigorous policy—we , are / burning to carry it out : but we must be supported by larger funds : than any which have as yet been placed at our dis- ' posal . :.- ' ... .. . .. ,,. . ¦ :..., .
Convinced of the absolute necessity of modelling the whole working-class mind to a proper appreciation of the value of'political privileges and social rights , we have proposed to print and 'disseminate myriads of Tracts upon those important subjects ; and witbl that view we have egtablishcd a : Trad . Fund . Friends and Brethren , we energetically call upon you to support this Fund for you may rest assured that the circulation of Tracts is the best possible means of enlightening the most ignorant portion of . the proletarian claBS , and of arousing the- spirit of thqse who are
already enlightened . ., , : ; S v ¦ We unanimousl y and : emphatically repeat former- declarations which we have made , to the effect that we adopt the policy of inculcating-doctrines of social rights ; so that the Peojpte may know how to-UBe-the-Charter when they obtain it . There is now a point upon which we ourselves are , ' with one accord , prepared to undertake strongand decisive measures ^ but relative to which we desire tie explicit counsel and tho well-considered suggestions of all the Chartist localities-throughout the country . We allude to the policy that is henceforth to be observed
towards the National-Parliamentary and Financial Reform ' Association . We consider that ; the hour : is come . for . a decision to be arrived at on this important subject ; and although invested bv you with plenary powers in the task of conducting the great Chartist movement , wti should nevertheless act with a firmer confidence , and a more vigorous energy , if backed by the specific authority of your opinions in the present instance . We therefore call upon you to assemble fn your local councils ano ] committees with as little . delay as possible , in" order to take this important matter into fair , dispassionate , and honest consideration . . .. ' ¦ - •'
-Friends and Brethren . —Once , more we enjoin you to make . every exertion to supply us with . the funds requisite to conduct this great movement in which we are embarked ; we call upon you to make some pecuniary sacrifices now to this cause which * is so holy , so humane , and so just ;—and you will thereby enable us to give to the agitation that impulse which cannot fail to accelerate its success . : Signed by the Executiv Committee ' : — ; Thomas Brown , Thomas' Miles , . William Davies , John Milne , . : ' . ' •• James Grassby , Edmund Stallwood ; G . Julian Harney . ¦ ¦«' . G . W . M . Reynolds , Treasurer-, John Arnott , Secretary . : 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , June 19 th , 1850 .
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . OF- THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCUTION . i The Committee met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , . Strand , on / Wednesday evening , June 19 th- present , Messrs . Milne , Arnott , Grassby , Reynolds , Stall wood , Davis , Miles , Harney , and Brown—Mr . John Milne . in the chair . Ratchffb Highway . — Messrs . Matthias and Shepherd attended as a deputation from the Char , tists of this district , to request the attendance of members of
the Executive , at a public meeting at the large hall of the Phoenix Tavern . Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , and Davis , were deputed , and Monday evening , July 1 st , the time appoiuted . Correspondence was . read from Thame , Oxon , requesting cards and rules , to open , a . Chartist locality m that town ; from , Lynn , Norfolk , to renew the agitation there ; and also . for a like ' purposo from Old Cumnock , Ayrshire , all of which were granted . . - " .: Thb Address . —Mr . Reynolds then brought up the report of the address , which was adopted , arid will bo found in another place . : 00
° : —Mr . Amery attended < rom the Temperance ««!• little Doan . 8 treet , to request the assistance Of the Executive , in opening a Soho locality in that Uall , and also in holding a publio meeting at the same place , on Wednesday evening next , the . 26 th 1 j Stallwood was appointed ; Mr , Amery added , that Messrs . Walter Cooper and Daniel Walford had also consented to attend on the occasion . Democratic Tracts . —" With the view , to the immediate issuing of a tract or tracts , of which all localities will , at the onset , bo entitled to a supply , in accordance with the amount contributed by each locality , Messrs . Stallwood , Reynolds , and Arnott , were appointed a sub-committee .
Bloomsbort . — Mr . Avnott stated that Mr . Cottell had already obtained the names of eight persons , who were desirous of opening a Chartist loca . hty in that district , and convene a public meeting in the Bloombury Assembly Rooms , Theobaldsroad . Tho secretary was instructed to request Mr . Cottell first to obtain a room , and form the locality , after which arrangements will bo entered into for the public mooting . Liberation of Ernest JoNKS . —Messvs . Grassby Miles , and Stallwoodj were appointed a sub-committee for the purpose of getting up a tea festival to receive and welcome Ernest Jones to liberty on Wednesday evening , July 10 th , the' day follow ' inc his liberation , at tho John-streot Institution .
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my : ( family' 3 . m * § jy- private pursuits ; i ' ifcfend to settlo ^ omyiriifofess ion at Asbtori , TfrovHe ' d things iat - e > fayo ) Jmb [ e 5 j and , above all ; . supposibg 1 have ; £ bMJ ) eju ? s * f-so doingv l . do . inotiin | endphowever , iWKK ^ royself ; but shall , on allocoijisions , advocate W , b 4 P"nc | p ^ s , | have struggled to make law , in a SS ^|? ° jM »» .- «! anly : ¦ mantjerK .:.: The ; working S ^ ISi 0 ! Jf : m 4 !? »> 8 ' heretofore , their steadfast SM" ^?^ ' ® - - - » 'HW " Blia 1 i 'do all I can to ^ w | . tW . Wdle claS 8 t . tb a'd 6 pfc tho . 'dharter , IHBSI ^? 5 " ^ ' *^^!^^ ^^ - ? ^^ mS ^ m ^ bs . na . 0 nothiiig wranro ! '¦ & ' cb ^ oiiSraliioDi or at least , a commoh'urfderstiinding . Capital and labour have achieved all social triumphs , and they alone can perfect political libevty . . I intend to pay some of my old friends ah early visit , provided they send me an invitation . I p ' ropose making a brief todr before settling , as soon as my'health and feelings will permit me . I beg that all
parties will distinctly understand that I belong to no particular body , and that I aim at a co-operation with the middle class to effect our political emancipation . I shall use arguments calculated to convince the middle class , and I wish them to be invited to hear , my public defence . I want , a jury of all classes called in the principal towns , to hear a calm , rational , and I trust convincing , defence of those principles I have so long advocated . It will be absolutely necessary to have a reporter expressly engaged at each place ; therefore it is no use inviting mo to small towns , merely to get up meetings . My time is limited ; and when I have performed this great public duty , I shall retire to my profession . Let all parties direct to my address as given above , who desire me to visit them . Still uncompromising , true , and firm in tho cause , I remain , your friend , 1 O 1 ¦ . P . M . M'Douall . ' 13 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , June , 1850 .
Subsequently to receiving the above , the following letter came to hand : — Dear Sir , —In communicating to you by provieus note , the release of Dr . M'Douall , I acted upon the information of his wife , ivho , it appears , was nather too hasty ; considering him out of prison so soon as the order had arrived for that purpose . But he was detained by the magistrates until Jie should find bail for two years , simply , because they were letting him out six weeks sooner than he would have been . But he rather-chooses to stop his full term of imprisonment , and come out unconditionally . He , perhaps , will get out ou his own terms before the six weeks have expired . I am , yours truly , _ . , W . L . COSTINB . Liverpool , June loth . :
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Stockfort . —Amemhers ' meeting not having been held for a long time , and the original committee not being prepared to call one , the matter was taken up > y a few of tho most active , and the consequence was , that a meeting of about thirty of that body met in the Association Room , Waterloo-road , and a provisional committee was elected to call a geueral meeting of members ; the following Was the result ;—A members' meoting of this branoh was held in the Chartist Association Room , Waterlooroad , on Wednesday night , the 12 th inst ., and in consequence of the meeting being announced by placard it was numerously attended . On tho
motion of . William Benfold , Thomas Highton was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by a short , but appropriate speech , and after reading the reoort from the Star , on the case of Registration , which has been pending before the i / r ° w ^" n s Bench for sometime , introduced Mr . William Bonfold to move the first resolution , which was seconded by J . HadfieW .- " That we the members of the Stockport branch of the Na ' tional Land Company , earnestly request Mr . pi i nn ?^^ - dlscharge from the directorship Clark , M'Grath , Dixon , and Doyle , or otherwise call a conference to consider the propriety of doing so other localities
, as many have repeatedly requested them to resign , but they have not had the honesty to comply with their request ; we further consider that it is a direct robhery on their part to receive £ 2 each , per week , out of our hard earned money , and perform no labour in return ; and we further consider them to be a set of knaves and tools , that may be employed by any party , and would sell their best friend , Mr . O'Connor , for filthy lucre , and that a short time will prove such to be the case . They are no longer fit to bo trusted with our affairs , but , on the contrary , deserve to be scoutedfrom the society of honest men . " Proposed by ( j . F . Rhodes ; seconded by James Torkineton .
- ; " inat we , the Land Members of Stockport , after hearing the base statements which have been so freely circulated in this town , against the private and public character of F . O'Connor by Stephen and John Clarke ( brothers to Thomas Clarke , ) consider them to be base falsehoods , and that we have lull confidence in that gentleman , arid we consider it to be our duty to instruct our secretary to write to Mr . O'Connor on the conduct of the % Th J $ S ? oi byZ-Holden , seconded by J . Haofleld .- " That we recommend Mr . O'Connor to wind upthe affairs of tho Land Company . "
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THE "IRISHMAN . " The usual weekly meeting of the frierid 3 of the Irishman newspaper took place at No . 26 , Goldenlane ; Mr . Wm . Flanagan was called to tho chair . The chairman said he had not words sufficient to thank them for electing him to preside over thoir proceedings that night , for heexpected that through their exertions they would be able to do something towards the re-establishment of the IritMan newspaper . He said the days were bygone days when talk was the leading principle , but now comes tho hour of business ; it bad-come , and it was for them , under present circumstances , to put their shoulders to the wheel , and do their utmost for their valued friend
, Mr . Bernard Fullam ; he concluded by calling on Mr . Joyce , acting secretary , in tne ahsenoe of Mr . Clanoy , to read a letter he had received from Dublin , intimating to them that the Iridman would appear on the same principles as before early in July , which was received with applause . The secretary expressed his surprise at the slowness of his countrymen in coming forward on this occasion , Sfti | t C 0 " T ^ *? be the la 8 t 8 P a * k ^ l «* rty that existed in Ireland , and intimatca to the meetmiefitfn , - I ™ thei !; lntention t 0 cal 1 » Public l , nnf ; ltS n ^ - at an early ., day , of which * K rT « ivei » --Mr . Lynch got up and S 2 . «! at , n ° thine gwe him more pleasure than to near that his countrymen responded to the call of tneir fallen friend , namely , the proprietor of the tfmmon newspaper , who was the advocate of civil and religious liberty all over the world , and that if they did not aot on that principle that they would not
be worthy of the name they assumed . — -Doctor O Connor came forward and said , that as he considered ho and those who were working with him had done their duty towards the Irishman newspaper , he considered that the time had arrived when they should order their secretary to write to the secretary of the Irish Democratic Society to send tho rules and regulations of their society , so- that the Democrats of London mi ght have an opportunity at co-operating with their brethren in old Ireland .-Mr . Daly came forward and said that nothing gavo him more pleasure than to second the proposition of Dr . Connor : — «• That they as Irishmen in a foreign land were in duty bound to cooperate with their brother Democrats , and civo them all tho facility in their power as the friends of Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world "_ A vote of thanks was proposed to tho chairman and the meeting sepanited .-Tho committee meets etenS . ° ^ * ^ am 6 * llace « v « 7 SuTday
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of- tVK ^^ try ^; M ^ utp ^^ pecially those calling themselves Chartists at the present prisis ; and showed how necessary'it was for the people to get politicali information , in order not to be ( as the people of France had been , especially in the country districts ) used as tools by the aristocrats . In the course , of his speech , he gave the police—some of whom' were in disguise—a most severe cassation , such * one as they will not soon forget . : At the : close of Mr . White ' s speech , the Chairman submitted the motion , which was carried unanimously , after which the meeting separated , apparently well satisfied . ; , : :: . .: ¦ . ¦¦ •' Greenwich . —The following address has been issued by the Chartists meeting at kr . Sweetlove ' s , Bridge-street , " Greenwich :-- '„ ' " TO THE ' CHAKTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . :
Brother DEJidcRATs , —Ip a few weeks our esteemed , valued , and talented ' friend , - ' Ernest Jones , will be released from the Whig dungeon , where ho has undergone two years-of the' most severe punishment , for fearlessly ' proclaiming the wrongs of the oppressed millions , and advocating with eloquence the : principles of democracy . He has ' sacri : ficedhis liberty , his constitution , undermined his health / and been "deserted by . his former friends and'relatives for our interest ; and for the principles of democracy ; then shall we also desert him ? No ! a thousand times , no . Let us rally around hinij' and cheer him when he leaves his cheerless prison—not with empty applause , ' but by each con ^ tnbuting their mite , to present to him some tokoii of gratitude for the many . valuable lessons we have
received , and tho sacrifice he . has made en our behalf . —We remain , brother democrats , yours fraternally , tho Committee of the Borough of Greenwich" Locality ; 'Joseph Morgan , " Thomas Entecott , John 'Robinson ; James Eight , G . T . Floyd , Simond Sweetlbve , and Samuel Lewer . — Subscriptions , received , per post-oifice orders or postage-stamps , ' made payable to Mr . G . T . Floyd , baker , Church-street , near , the Broadway , Deptford . Braotord ; YoKKsnjBE . —A ' camp meeting was held on Sunday last ,-June' 18 th , at two o'clook in the afternoon , on Bradford-moor , -when the following resolution was carried unanimously . — " That it is the opinion of this meeting ,, that to petition the House of Commons as at present constituted , is of no use whatever , and this meetine is further of
opinion , that justice will ; never be done to the people , till they are fully represented in the British Parliament . "—Moved by Robert Rider , of Bradford , seconded by Abraham ' Robinson , of Wilsden , and supported by John Shaw ,: of Leeds . Thomas Wilcock . chairman of the meeting . Staleydridoe , —A meeting of members was held on Sunday evening , last .. Several new members were enrolled , and the following persons appointed to serve on the coun oil , for the ensuing three months , —Thomas Buckley / Thomas Hedson , Edmund Bella ; John- Hunt ; Henry Pekih , " James Ramsbottoms , treasurer ; William Hill , secretary . All communications for the Staleybridge Chartist to be addressed , William Hill , 92 , Winterhottom ' shouses , Crosslecch-street , Staleybrid « -e . ¦
iiDiNBUROH . —At a meting of Chartists , held on the 11 th mst ., in Burkett ' s reading room , 108 , West Part—Mr . Walker in the chair—it was unanimously resolved— " That this meeting form itseJf into a society ; to- be designated the Edinburgh "Western Locality of the National Charter Association . " The following office bearers were then appointed . Mr . James Howden , treasurer ; Henry R . Kay , secretary ; and Messrs . Walker , Burkett , Dickson , Stevenson , and Smith , as committee men . It was then ' agreed—" That this locality meetevery Tuesday evening , at eight o'clock , in this place ; for the next three months , and that the local payments be one penny per month for the next six months . " The secretary was then instructed to correspond with the general secretary . Twenty members enrolled themselves , and , after a vote of thanks to
the chairman , the meeting Broke up . Crippleoate Locality . —At a meeting recently held , the following resolutions were passed" That a meeting of all members who have taken out their cards for the National Charter Association at this locality , do meet to elect delegates to represent them at the delegate council ; the election to take place on Sunday morning , June 30 th , at half-past ten o ' clock . "Cm Chaktibt Hail , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . — Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture on Sunday evening last , on the life , character , and writings of Thomas Paine . He addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour and a half , vindicating the character of Paine for the base
asDersions thrown on it by ignorant and interested defamers ; showed that his-life was spent in doing good , and that his works , both political and theological , were well calculated to aid ma terially the great work of civil and religious liberty , and advised that the universality of Paine ' s politics and his freedom of conscience doctrines , should , when established , be used as a lever to obtain social rights and , ultimately ,-the economical systetr-atising of those rights . Between the parts of tho' lecture , Mr . Fowler , aided by his daughters , and Mr . Hewit , sang some appropriate pieces of music . The lecture was warmly applauded throughout , and at the close a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the lecturer .
Hall op Science , City-road . — On Monday evening J . J ; Bezer , a political victim , recently liberated from Newgate , delivered his second lecture on Prison Discipline ., Mr . Brown presided . The lecturer was warmly applauded . Several patriotic songs were sung during the evening . At the conclusion of the lecture the audienoe resolved themselves into a public meeting to consider the case of the Polish , Hungarian , and Badanese patriots . Mr , Brown resumed the ohair , and the meeting resulted in the appointment of a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Bezer and Miller , to wait on Load Dudley Coutts Stuart- to submit the case of these unfortunate exiles to him , and through him to the Polish committee . ' With a vote of thanks to the chairman the meetintr adiourned
until Monday evening , the 24 th instant . Formation of a Debating Society at O'Cotf-NonviLLT } . —A few young men , resident on the O Connorville Estate , being desirous of giving their humble aid to the good cause of progress , resolved on forming a debating society . ' "They accordingly held a meeting at tho house of Mr . G . Wheeler ; Mr Hoase in the chair . The following motion , moved by Mr . G . Wheeler , and seconded by Mr . J . Sturgeon , was unanimously agreed to : — " That a society , tobo called the 'O'Connorvillo Discussion and Mental Improvement Society' bo opened for tho purpose of holding debates upon all subjects connected with tho welfare of the working classes ' » The meeting then formed itself into a committee to carry out tho above objects . Mr . G WheaW was appointed treasurer , and . Mr . J . ' sturgeon jun secretary . Rules were then formed for the guidance of the society . It was roBolvod - « tC
tne meetings of the society should take place every Tuesday evening hi the school-room . '' -The first when'lh ° G m T " eSday eveni 1 * ' » " " * when Mi . G . Wheeler was called to tho chair . lhe chairman eloquentl y explained the oliobjects of tho society , and . then called upon the secretary to read tho rules of tho society ; after wmeu they were unanimously adopted . —Mr . J . bturgeon then proceeded to open , the debate , cuoostng for his subject the following allegation : inat tho princi ple * of Protection to Native Industry are superior to the doctrines of Free Trade . " 1 ms led to an interesting discussion , ia which Mr . A . M . Wheeler , Mr . G . Nowson , Mi . Raum , and others , took part . —The second meeting tooK placo On Tuesday last ,, when Mr . J . Sturgeon took the chair , and , after a few remarks , he called upon Mr . G . Wheeler to open -the debate . Subject , "The utility of a debating society . " The members are desirous of forming a library , and they would feel
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1579/page/1/
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