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^ ^ -sons who svstema'ically violate the Fac-^ flnTin no way affected by ' fines . ' A tor ? ^^ f 0 OT ho meet that difficulty . % r 6 ? f 1 l SoriHe that the Factory Law tnnawa 1 is Those millowners who keep the law aS a ° n-pa to an unfair and an unequal competition , arS ff tosell their poods in the same markets with ^ S- S ^ be WistorepeaUf a « „ iJTva That course is broadly limted at l > y l ^ onomist , ' and would no doubt meet with the thL wS of Mr . Bright , Mr . Cobdea , Sir Charles
SfTmt John Arthur KoebucK , ana me ^ ocatel of laissez faire . Many millowners would i indorse sndi a course , not from principle , l > nt !™ an unintelli gent self-interest , which is to them from The efibct of that course would be a eV 2 vai of the worst horrors of the Factory System . rM ™« Ucn would be quickened , wages reduced , 2 ? Sl and children be ' killed off' by ateam Mother wane is that laid down in a resolution recently aS reed to by a meeting of Factory Delegates held at Todmordcn : — ? i i
„ . „„«„„ « ,., *« n . c « ,.,. * £ Zuthe oisiAnws ov lsion of tins meeting thatno la * short / " ^^ Sflie inoAis power , asd underr « mpwiMUes , ° ^? J&t uaBj vwwet the rights an ¦ interests ot those whoarc ^ f ^ rftaS ^^ turo ofthe -pana , * , , &P . iVn 3 av be . as nr . derstoo-. l by th * Factory Dele-;^ V * Experience bus ussply f * o * u that pecuniary penal-5 s « alone mo not saiScicnt : m a vrouJ , mni «„« £ U p'iea « J and intentionally violate r . law passed by the iWatnns to protect women and children , are at best on fiPvVl with felons , and should be treated in a like manner . VSectei child of poverty nil . ule ' Eve shillings from : l ; noCket ofa hw-tawkinemaiia&ctiiwr , no neighbouring tne
i ^ Wi-tur cr in his capacity as masutrate Sacs ueun" ; T t a farthing , and bids him be off . lo do m would be &Hr to pay a premium on ' nibb' / ins :. ' Why greater > ' - , ¦ = it s ' -onid * b ' j shown lo men of wealth , claiming to be -m ' su ' ersi ' free aeents' we are unable to comprehend . Heaniiv , ] 0 we wish the Factory Operatives success in 4 ' r endeavour to procure a law to reslrtefc the moving 1 " r Thav ii "; ve no reason to doubt of success . True , ' ten * Fic !'' en is no more . The memory of that useful and ' " n pooliittti sliouH ba cherished . England at this hour ts nceJof him . Mr . Samuel Fielden , son of the late TnVn Pir fden lias latelv distinguished himself by his sidvo-Sl of labour ' s righa . Bie ' baid Ooatler , the Factory K i » - ' a truly "rent and good man , is still spared to advise and ' direct . " Under such guidance success is sure . This -fine fee must be no mistake . " T » s Fnctorv Question is a great question . The principle
on winch Factory legislation rests , Jays at the very root of the social amelioration of the masses . Experience will make th ' . t fact more prominent in tne future than it has been in the ^ ast- ' Let tbinas alone * is no part of our creed . In our kdirinQnt , proportion i 9 the great law of tha material uni-Veri ? , and should bo of human action . To adjust means to es
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XATIOXAL ASSUUlAXiUiN OF UNITED TRADES . " FIAT 3 CSTIUA . " " If it were possible for the working classes , by combining : ae 2 c themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate oi trcp-i . it need hardly be said that this would he a thing not to be j-ssisfced , hat to be welcomed and rejoiced at . "—Stoast Mill .
ADD 11 ESS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , AND TO THE GENERAL BODY OF THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Workmen—The Central Committee , on emerging from ona of tbe most protracted and harrassing "niggles recorded in the annals of labour , have embraced the earliest opportunity of reviewing their position , and that of the greit movement entrusted to their guardianship .
Upon no former occasion have the ackuowleageu constitutional rights of labour been subjected to a more sustained and unrelenting persecution ; and never has unscrupulous and vindicative tyranny met with a firmer or more uncompromising resistance . The legal right of combination has been signally and triumphantly maintained- 2 ? ot the slightest imputation was ventured by the judge 3 of the Queen ' s Bench against the . strict * legality of tbe National Association of United Trades . The Committee were made parties to , and held responsible for , the acts of others -which they neither approved nor participated in , and the imprisonment , to which two of them have been subjected , resulted from a systematic and wicked
tissue of fabricated evidence . The committee , when they found themselves so unjasth * involved in the late prosecutions , considered only the duty they owed to the cause they advocated , and , indifferent to all personal consideration , determined to justify , and not to apologise for any part of their proceedings in connexion with the Wolverhampton Strike . All offers of compromise , whereby they might have escaped the inconveniences of imprisonment , were rejected , and their counsel were instructed to avow and defend their proceedings upon the principle of their strict legality . This policy eventuated in the triumphant recognition of the legal right of industrial combination as pronounced in the elaborate judgment of Mr . Justice Patteson . The limits within which
combinanation is lawful ( however narrow ) is now defined and understood , and the working classes of this COllutl'V , whenever they can appreciate tbe value of tbe associative principle as a protective agent against the usurpations of capital , may , unhesitatingly , apply themselves ( in strict accordance with law ) to " the perfecting a National Federation for their mutual benefit . The committee are proud to acknowledge tbe sustained fidelity which has been shown by various bodies in connexion with this Association ; " and they feel that they would be guilty of a great dereliction ofdu : y , were they not to apply themselves with all the energy in their power to resuscitate an association which has passed not only unscathed through so severe an ordeal , bat comes out from it legalised in all Us leading features and principles .
The legality of combination having thus beea judicially established , the capitalists have shown a determination to visit Avith more than the vains and psnalties of law , that which the law proclaims no crime . They usurp the attributes of the Legislature , and forbid as to do that which the legislature sanctions j and the great success of the Master Engineers in the recent dispute with their man , leaves no probable doubt but tbat their successful policy will be reenacted by employers in other trades on any future occasion
whenever circnmstance 3 , in their opinion , may render such a courseJjudicious . That the trades , who are only sactionally combined , most saecmnb to such an attack , whenever it may be made , there cannot remain a donbt , after the lamentable defeat of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers , &c . There is bnt one course open to the trades of Great Britain by which to counteract this unconstitutional interference with fteir recognised liberties . It is the one remedy we have longunavaih ' ngly pointed to : —A national combination of fte whole Of the trades in a confederate union far their
Eulual protection from all aggression upon their rights , from 'aatever quarter those aggressions may emanate . Our o pinion ; , so frequently expressed in favour tf this , as the Onlj effective remedy , we now again reiterate , strengthened ano c : n 5 nned by recent facts . " . fterefoie . tbe Central Committee of the National •^ oeiaiion of United Trades , by right of priority , by being fie first , and , for several years , the only advocates of this Pnnci ple , call upon the Trades of Great Britain , as they •* ne tbe perfect freedom of Labour , the sacred right o f "¦ "mtona tion , "s the legitimate mode of settling the raie of tnif ' - hoar 5 of W 0 Tli | and tlie I eneral awanaenwnts fc w 5 lich their Labour sballbs given , to take th s matonl 1 Jl 0 i imEE ° ia 5 e caDl ^ 4 t Jo > and t 0 rally round the DD eas whuh is ioT tlseadoption itt
Tk « now ° P ' . fpi — - m uun UffCU 1 U 1 fcUCIt . auUgJLIUUa are a- ntra 3 Committee propose , that as many Trades as Bide - ed t 0 m 5 tatain lhe ri ? ht combination , and conr industrial confederation as tbe only or the bes th » . ° Pen to adoption , to communicate their adhesion to tt P"ocsple--t > iheSecretarv of the Xational Association—° * Executive vjjj ^ at the ear 3 iej . pp OrtBnilV s cau a oatW Of the Trades * aad submit f " their appeal an * liica l SUA a confederat > > oas 80 < K P ° n 'boss principles Da * Jf ave at all events , baen tested by an experience of * even years .
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Ur T ^^ -UiiL op l KOGBsss .-Saturdr . v afternoon Itt'onsi lMlarei atVauxhall to about four hundred gtea ; i ' - ! 19 evening he lectured in the Hall of Pro-* » amZS ? V- Iua ^ ce of Theology . " After the lecture T « esdaf ni » i . easaca was ke P P t 0 a late Loar - On to ahr * » g 7 hele ^ urea ° n the " Life of Thoin .-is Paiae " •*<*; Tu « d , ! e : ice ? " * ho repeatedly applauded the lecture ^ e samg sjji | o e y en : c s second lecture will be delivered on v freedom > ' t " ^ Ir- ^ rooai annonnced that ihe " Star T > gthe onw U 8 erted the report respectin ? tbe Hall , ^ toiioon Mr ^ ewsPaPsr that had dono so . Xext Sundav ^ ns . at thpn ^ 17 ' 11 lecture near VanxbalJ , in the 5 X * fc » aSh / H ' , "Christianty ' s Paganism . " On f CHnJin E , ; , * ^ ' ** take place on the "Cause < J ° ai" « t £ S V ™*** « " «» *>» " Star of Free--u * H on lecture ni ghts .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir , —Could you give the annexed insertion in the columns of your widely circulated newspaper ? Knowing your willingness at all times to assist the working classes , aad as our oi ) jecl is to te 3 t the sympathy of our trade ( tbe masons ) on the present occasion , we solicit your aid . And as the man for whom we plead is persecuted by tbe iron hand of despotism , we think you also will deeply " sympaihise with him . I am , Sir , yours respectfull y , On behalf of the Committee , - J . TtiRXEE , Sscretarv .
5 ADAUD , THE MASON RE PRESENTATIVE TO THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY . TO THE MASONS OF TDK UXITED KISGDOM . Fallow WoBKMEX ,-We need not offer an apology for bringing the present address before you . The object in which ye are engaged h one in which Vf e truly think every mason in the United Kingdom ought to fed interested . As the heading of our remarks announce Uadabd , the mason representative , it is on his behalf we wish to enlist your warmest sympathy-not merely the sympath y of condoling words , but that noble and more enduring svmpatbv which resolves itself mto generous actions-actions which live through all time , and which imprint never to be effaced iniprassions on the minds of both recipients and donor * The name of him for whom we plaid is spread ' worWwiie ; amongst the operatives of France his name has become a household word in conjunction with those princip les which trill eventually revolutionise tlie toiH , place labour in its true position , and man in his true social slate .
Xadaud , an operative mason , by industry and sobriety was enabled , prior to lS 4 b , to become proprietor of one o ' f the largest Bating Houses in Paris frequented by tha working classes , and after the Revolution in February of that year thousands of working men were thrown idle , and all tiio Musons nearly of Paris amongst the number . Did Xatjiud withdraw , as it were , within himself , for he had capital at command ? Xo , no ; not so . Ho did an act wiiiclBshould enshrine his name ar . d memory in the minds of all those who live by toil—ho Eeuevou * ly o all he bad , and that was no small sum , to " fead tko hungry and clothe the naked ; " they , in return , whatever they co uld become honestly possessed of , brought in to the one exchequer , and they had all things in common , and , by his zeal and honesty , thousands were kept from starving . Acts so nobly performed raised him in the estimation of his fcllow-rcen , and , aa a proof of the feelings which animated them , they elected him a representative to the National Assembly of France . Well did he merit the distinction they bad placed
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¦ ~ — . ——r upon him , and honestly did he perform the duties of a Representative of the people ; but a more gloomy day was in store lor France , and her noblest sons , having committed no crime except contending for tho rights of man ( if that bo a crime)—some were most brutally " massacred others banished to the wild wastes of tambissa or the swamps of Cayenne without having had the chance of a trial . This is done by Louis Xapoleon and the money class of France to prevent the working clnsaes from justly organising labour . Nadaud was amongst the latter number banished for life to Cayenne ; but they sold the hide before they skinned the bear—ho slipped through their fingers , crossed the frontiers into Belgium , from thence to England , and ho is now auiongst ua a stranger in a strange land , an exile from the home of his fathers , perhaps never more to return .
When Kings , Princes , ar . d fallen Statesmen seek the shores of England as an asylum from tho vengoanco that is pursuing them , docs not the king-class and ' tho aristocracy of this country sive them a cordial welcome ? Can wo do Ies 3 with one of our own class ? We think not . But apart from anything like political sympathy , on tho broai ) grounds of humanity we have a right to assist him , he is one of our own craft , and is it not : i patent fact , tliaf . no profession in the world , irrespective of creed or climo , have such fraternal feelings as masons ? Let us not , on the present occasion , forfeit such a noblo principle , Thero is a committee formed for getting up a subscri ption for this patriotic exile , and wo wish it , not to bo eonfined to London , or any one portion of the country , but that each and all in connexion with tho trade should ' have an opportunity of expressing their deepest sympathy with true nobility in misfortune . The committee are desirous that the patriotic feelings of the trade shall be drawn forth on the present occasion .
The committee sit every Friday evening , at tho " Craven Head , " Drury-Janc , to which place all communications must bo ad : lre « sed . Subscriptions from ths country are to ba seat- either in Post office Ordera or Postage Stamps made payable at the LimbDth Post-office , to ' Josefh Turner , Secretary , 13 , ¦ ffiilcot-square , Kennington-road , Lambeth . ( By order of the Committee ) , Samuel Jones , Chairman . Joseph TurS'eu , Secretary . Henry Ciupel . Treasurer ,
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CHARTISM . WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING A . West Riding delegate meeting was held at Mitchell ' s Temperance Hotel , Union-street , Bradford , on Sunday last , May 9 th : Delegates present : Joseph Aldevson and Thomas Cameron , for Bradford ; Isaac ClisseU , Halifax j Robert Ropev , Ring ey ; William Emett , Keighly . Mr . Joseph Alderson was unanimously called to the chair : The Secretary called attention to the first article in tho programme , which was to take some efficient mean 3 to secure the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jonea , the present being deemed a favourable opportunity to secure thatobjeot . Mr ; CLissBirsaw , by tho programme of tho Manchester Council , that the matter would bs brought before the Conference about to assemble at that place , and . might , therefore , be left with that body .
Air . Emeit said they could not acknowled » e either tho Manchester Council , or the Conference called by that body ; Who were those pat-ties , and whence had they this power ? They had an Executive elected by the suffrages of the Chartist body ; and he thought if four men in Manchester , of whom they knew little or nothing , wero to usurp the functions of the Executive , which was the legitimate head , they would be laying down a dangerous precedent , which might end in the utter disruption of the Chartists as an united body . Perhaps they would no sooner have concluded their labour , and appointed an Executive over the head of the present , than there would bo another Council of unknown men in Birmingham , calling a Conference to set aside tho labours of the Manchester one ; and , after thafc , another somewhere else , and bo on in endleS 3 succession until the moyemeont was broken up into factions ; His constituents did not acknowledge tho Manohester Conference , and denied their right to call a Convention , or transact any otUev business which belonged to tho Executive :
Mr : Cmssktt asked if things had not arrived at that pass tuat it became a question whether they would not be doing morei harm to the cause b y waiting until the Executive called a Conference , than b y allowing some portion of the Chartist body to take the power out of their hands . Mr . Emett wished to know whether the people done their duty by putting the means into tho Executive ' s hands , without which it was impossible for them to do anything } lie thought , before they talked of allowing another partj to usurp tbe Executive functions , they ought to pay the debt which was banging over their heads : ' If , after that , it was thought that a Conference was necessary , and tho Executive refused to call one , tUn would be the time to empower some one elso to do so . Mr : Ciissm replied that the Executive had been doW
the work of otber parties ; and he did not consider that they could serve two masters , especiall y when tne principles of those masters were opposed to eaoh other . Mr . Wilcock , of Bradford , though not a delegate , wished as a friend and one of their bod y , to make a few observations . He would again a 9 k them what tho people had done to enable tho Executive to do anything , for Mr . Clissitthad not atfempted to answer that ' question . On the contrary ; had not he who was now creatin" all the division and confusion iu our ranks , unjustifiably quitted his post , and thrown all tho obstacles in their way which misrepresentation and downri ght falsehood were capable of ? Mr . Cameron stated that Mr . Holyoake had attended a meeting of tue Financial Reformers , and voted and spoke against the Charter ; and ho thought their principles were not safe in such hands :
_ Mr . Wilcock contended that Mr . Holyoake was not acting in his official capacity as an officer of the Chartist body , but as an independent man , who was a member of the Parliamentary Reform Association as well as a Chartist . Tho meeting in question was a meeting of the Parliamentary Reformers , called by circulars , and not a meeting called to te 3 t public opinion . Somo few Chartists had been invited to express their opinion ; but that was all . They had no right to move resolutions or amendments , any more than a Financial Reformer had to come to this delegate meeting ane move amendments on our resolutions . ' Ho contended that Mr . Holyoake was justified in keepine to the business
for which tho meeting was called , and he felt convinced from what he knew of Mr . Holyoake , that had the Parliamontary Reformers entered a Chartist meoting for the purpose of moving amendments on our resolutions , he ( Mr . Holyoake ) would have defended Chartism . Mr . Holyoake was ono of those men who believed that the Charter could be best obtained by the aid of the middle classes , and they were aware of that when they elected him on their Executive , and had therefore no right to complain , He believed Mr . Holyoake to be an upright , honest man , and ono who believed that the course he was pursuing was best calculated to serve the cause .
The Ciiaibman thought that Mr . Holyoak , as a member of the Executive , had deviated from tho programme , which 6 tated that they were to go for nothing less than the Charter . Mr . Wilcock thought that argument might be applied to them all , for they were Republicans ; and were therefore acting on expediency , and not on principle , in seeking the Charter merely . Mr . Cameron stated , that Mr . Holyoake had gone to another meeting of the finanoials , and there abused and insulted the Chartist body . Mr . wilcock said , Mr . Holyoake had explained that his arks had
rem reference onl y to Mr . Jones and his followers ; and he asked any one , after the outrageous and unjust treatment which , for a long oourseof time , * Mr . Holyoake had received at the hands of that faction , if ho wa 3 not justified in doing as he had done ? All the delegates expressed their opinion that Mr . Holyoake was honest and sincere , and was pursuing tbe course which ho thought best calculated to serve them , but they thought he was in error . Mr . "Wilcock thought Mr . Holyoake was in error , but not intentionally so , and it was just possible that thev might be in error , and not Mr . Holyoake , they were not infallible .
Mr . Shackl-eton thought , however they might differ from Mr . Jlolyoake on tho present occasion , he was entitled to their gratitude for his past services in the cause of human progress . He differed entirely from that school of politicians who deemed it impossible for any one to think differently from themselves , except from dishonest motives Mr . Clisseit moved " That we abide by the decision which had been com 9 to respecting the Manchester Conference . " Seconded by Mr . CAMERON . Mr . Clissett ' s motion was carried by a majority of two . # The case of Frost , Williams , and Jones , was then gone into . It was considered best not to mix up the case of those men with any others .
Mr . Embtt moved , " That Sir Joshua TValmsley , Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . Hume , and Mr . Wakley , bo requested to Wait upon the government to further the object in view " Agreed to . Mr . Emett then moved , "That Mr . Kydd be invited to attend the West Riding Election for the purpose of being put in nomination . " Carried new . con . M . Cameron moved , "That Mr . Ironsides , of Sheffield be requested to act as treasurer to tho Election Fund and to nominate him at Wakefield with Mr . Kydd , and that should he refuse , Mr . R . Brook , of Huddersfield , be applied ' to . " Agreed to . r
On the question of the policy by which the new Executive , which was about to be elected , should ba "uided ' Mi-Roper moved the following resolution on the subieot ¦ ' " That we are in favour of a paid Executive of three , but we are of opinion before such an Executive can be called into existence an ample fund must be provided to support them , and enable them efficientl y to carry out our principles And in order to carry out that object we would suggest that a fund of £ 1 , 000 be raised . The following bffi in our opinion the most feasible means by whicK that fur " ^^ I ^ T ^^^ ne d the number of organised localities the be divided
sum equally amongst them ^ according to population , and tbat each locality pledge itsel " to pay its quota , within a given time , to bo hereafter agreed upon . And in order to facilitate , and make more certain , the collection of the funds in the localS w " recommend that as soon as each locality has ascertaYned the amount which it will have to raise , that a numbe-ofthe r best , most intelli gent , and most influenS men corre I ponding m number to the number of pounds to be rased mv i .-i ™ mn' ? £ ? at each . P S himself to beg . or Stw f * . . tlme / P ^ ified . And we further reloramend that the policy of such Executive be coneiliatory and fraternal in its action , instead of antagonists and do-
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nunciatory as heretofore , and that thoir time be devoted to the peaceable enunciation of our principle ! j nS of attacking other men and pub ie bodies imi «« n . I ? i of opinion that the parties who aSaJIo ' lntod 1 T ? tive bo men of . sober habits and goSKatlfi , cteS ^ nd unconnected wuh any newspaper or periodical , it beta ' jr S our opinion impossible for such men to follow theKE business and attend to our 3 . Mr . Siuciueton stated that this plan of raisin" the money was his ; ho had proposed it long ago . He had hid it before Mr . Jones at Halifax . Mr . Jones had [ toldI Km that it would bo impossible to raise the money But ho thought if 1 , 000 men could not be found in England and Scotland who would place themselves in such a position they might as well " shut up . " The delegates thought the plan was a good one , and if properly taken up would , they had no doubt , be highly successful . Mr . Cmsseti thought the Executive should be nllowcl to exercise their own judgment as to how they dealt with other men and bodies .
Mr . aiiACKLEio . v 3 tatod that tho Executive would ho the proper servants , and mustspend their timein spreading Chartist principles , and strengthening the ovgamsnijon but if they were allowed to run asido and bark and .-rin at everything that came in thoir way they would end only in fillimr tho country with enemies to Democracy . Mr . Clissett wanted to know how they were to proceed in crises where public meeting , wore called for the purpo s e of testing public opinion on certain political questions ? Mr . SiUCiUETON thought that in cases of that kind the parties in the locality where such meoting 3 woro called would be best able to judge what eourso to pursue . If thov wevo confident of having a majority , if their amendments wore put to the vote , they might move them , but if as was now the case in Halifax and Bradford , they wove confident of being voted down by meetings of their own order their best plan would bo to attend tho meetings , show the fallacies of tho principles that were laid before them and leave the people to iudge .
Mr . Emeu and Mr . Aldebso . n expressed tho same opinion . Mr . Wilcock was of opinion , that the course which Mr Jones had pursued towards the Trades' Unionists and Cooperators had operated most disastrously for the martvr causo . ' Mr . Clissett waa of opinion that the course pursued by Mr . Jones was necessary , in order to arouse those parties to a sense of their political bondage , and the worthlessness ot their Societies , as a means of emancipating tho people . Mr . bnACKtETos thought the discussion of Trades and Oo-operativo theories misht have been of uso if the dis *™
sion had been conducted in a proper spirit . But instead of attempting to persuado the Co-opevators , &c , aa a friend Mr . Jones had tried to crush them as an enemy . Everything that made against them had been dul y chronicled whilst every thing in their favour had been as carefully suppressed . The Trades' Unionists and Co-operators had been told they were the aristocracy of labour , and they must bo crushed ; and their leaders had been desi gnated as rogues or fools . A ow , that waa not the way to make friends of men , Mr . Cameron thought that Mr . Jones had ewed not so much in attacking thoso bodies as in the unfair , one-sided and malignant manner in which he had done it . ' Mr . Shackletos said , the day of attempting to carry out Chartist principles in an antagonistic manner had gone by MosS of those whom he saw there wero veterans in the cause ; and could they recollect a single instance of a man having loft them because they had not been sufficiently antagonistic ? But , on tho contrary , could they not point
to hundreds who had left , or refused to join them , because of their factious conduct ? And yet they were told by one , who was only a raw recruit , that in order to succeed they must become more antagonistic , and more denunciatory ' . If tuo people continuod to listen to this political sanqraclo . they would soon have no Society at all . The best test of any particular kind of policy was seen in the progess which the principles made under that policy . If it was found that their numbers and influence increased , then they ou ^ ht to continue that policy ; but , if the reverse was the ca ° se , then that policy was wrong . Now , what was the caBO with
regard to the Chartist body ? They had been decreasing both in numbers and influence for several years . The fault lay not in the principles , for no men now ventured to call them in question . It must therefore lay in their policv which must be roversed if they must sucoeed . ' Tho de \ egates all conourred in this view of the question Mr Wilcock said , they had placed themselves before the public in the odious light of a more squabbling and contentious faction , who existed only to breed strife and confusion , and to devour and destroy each other . The attack which hr . d lately been made and waa now being continued , and m which they were called to join , upon Mr . Harnev , was most unjust and disgraceful .
Mr . Emeit said , that Mr . Uarney had joined the Chartist ranks when a mere boy , and had been one of the most straight forward up-right , consistent , and independent men in the ranks . At the time when Mr . O'Connor waa surrounded by a set of crawling sycophants and parasites , he ( Mr . Uarney ) had ventured , at tho risk of his livelihood , to oppose tho course of folly into which thoso men led Mr ! 0 Connor . The delegates all bore testimony to Mr . Harney ' s creat services and consistent conduct in tho cause , and thought it would be an eternal disgrace to tha Chartists bodv ° , if they allowed him to bo sacrificed . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Alderson , of Bradford ; Mr . Clissett , of Halifax , and Mr . Slmckleton , of Queenshead ; were then appointed a-i Observation Committee over tho West Ridine Election , with power to add to their numbev . CHnisiop HEn SmcitLETox . Secretary .
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statement of their opinions , and to save timo they had drawn up the pithy resolution just read . —Mr . G . Parrah said , thero were many men at , that Council who only visited their localities once , m about six weeks , and all busines , opposed to their notions of right was of course factious and merely done from unreflecting opposition . Tho speaker ironicall y allu ded to tho display of denunciatory declamation directed ajainst all who dared to differ with some persons at thai ; Council . ( Hear , hear . ) -Mr . Stratfcoo . i ft i ' tllis c ° uncil should have one particular organ , ( . !« . Tif , e ? Plo ' Paper" should be tha organ , as it would aWM Th profits to the movement when there were rh .. iL \ 7 i . r motion "wing been seconded , Mr . F . Parrah vlawfnf f fc disctoditablo to men assuming to have broad Dane ' « i , ii ! l mfcy to mal { Q - ™ invidious selection of one :. jF : i _ , . ° thei ' c Was Still annfhm- nrmnr nmt . n ns ofljfiiflnr .
ZtoXnST" o » o they ha ' dn ^ medj . nnd asTo perhaps seem ljkQ snow * ls ldea of Ohartwin would there were so m , 8 oowh ? to another ; and while in each , and reported them faSCh d e e n ?! MM f th ° g 0 ° ? aolaimtobupport as a pnpo ^ wffl S ? w i i ? organ , and th ^ only organ of " hartism n T ! . ° - ^ turn in saying flint the" Star offSm " l , » ^ heMta " as he hn / described . He moved tint Sit ™ ? h a pap 6 r mended in the address .-MJ % yJJitt J ™ be , « IC 0 « l " motion He thought . Chartism coul &t Vto °£ , « 25 exponents ; and ho did not admire the juCnUf 2 K £ * J ?™ uW , P 7 » mo to decide on tho honelty of paS wluoh had only jnst struggled into existence -M- Snel . ng moved as an amendment- " That tho Council K hold their support from the "Star of Free . iora ' i it ° « ™}* Y of if (!) The amendment being s COiMlod , Mr . Pinion rose , and after much fulsome adulation Si ° " J ' ? one 3 . ' ? « S !»! esont )) proceedc . dtotbunder
nm ' " V ' 7 . salU 5 t au til 8 wrIl 0 H of tlie " Star of Freetorn , and denounced Uv . Harnoy as being "a renegade ? eSt ' '' ° 5 ° nf % / - nwOrtliy of the coS ^ mnMA P l'I r 1 Ir > Cla ^ ^ 'ised the withdrawal of tho SfW Mr- Stratton re P ! iod « and duril » g his repl J' much Sien ? Was manifested by several members , as Mr aS S 3 J ^ iff ! wandercd fr om the question to denounce tw > * anda 11 '" tors connected with tho "Stor . " - The motion was agreed to elnir ^ "n' ^ f ^ Gnm .-Mr . Henderson in tho ' Tint r ?« n y Mr > Ev '; ins ' seoond (! d b ? Mr - Knowleabo wSuSm HW *? ? ^ OP 0 ' ^' Delegate Council this S , ^ t ? St ! lt 0 t 0 the Obserouon Committee , that Ett 0 to M , nM T ° . miM a " ™ W m for 8 emling dele " by tl elooi" St u f MS 5 uffiuic " t / unds ai ' ° P ° ' ' * K l sond tff 0 ol" m ° r 9 delegates . " Carried KUS rf uSmS' T r by ¥ '• K » owles- ' . That in wlt Bven& ot tuo Mannlmafnn n ^ tv ,.,,.,.... .
ESS ;; «•• * <» a ^ ^ K 2 legates troin London do withdraw . " Carried Moved bv ^ i ? cS ofod ' ' T dCd by ^ E « ShS comnosGdo tt ; n Ittolt ^ fW't no Executive unless D » S 5 S T ? ' u no in the ° ^ ' Th 9 ™™ tes of Sort U » "S h £ ving been read and confirmed , and the nHL £ na ° Bq [ c % ^ Couueil reeeived , the following motions were unanimously agreed to ¦ - " That iris tha ^^^ ^ JaSSfiKKK safesaSSKsZa-as
SfiiT * ' * &n the majority of the Chartists have re . solved upon withholding their support , and the remainder are destitute of the influence andVesou ' rees so nJSsarv to render a Convention useful or creditable to Chartism- and , XS ™ T * i they are ° ^™ > tlsafc if th 0 Siime amoun of energy had been more wisely , and perhaps more honestly , exercised , to pay the debt which now stands as a monument of disgrace to Chartism , they would havo rendered a more effectual aid to Democracy than any Convention at present is likely to accomplish J and for these reasons thev are determed to give no countenance to any such nuWro " Tho delegates wero instructed to read theao resolutions ' at tho Council meeting . The locality then adjourned .- * - twh
Corresponding Socretaiy .-P . S .-The members of this locality meet at the St . George Coffee-house , B . rbican , City , overy Saturday evening , at a quaiter to nine o'clock . Cheltenham . —Now we have a paper worth caNni" Democratic , every place where the spirit exists ought to report whether , » progress or not . Whoro there is any good uomg done it would encourage others to follow their noble example . Where there is no progress in the glorious came ot tue people , it ought to shame them out of their criminal indifference ; for every man has a sacred duty towards humanity to perfoim . b , this town a fuw good spirits have since the last ebullition of Chartist feeling in lSiS . donc their best to keep the causo alive , having weekly a room open tor reading anu discussion , but nuitiwy by occasional lectures , nor by persuasion , could we fret a sufficient number ol members to pay the rent of tho room , and the postage for the little correspondence required . At the meetiii * last
Wednesday evening , being the last of the quarter , iho room was given up , and a comurttco of five appointed to watch events , canvas for more helpmates to tho good old cause and upon the first favourable oppoi . unity ca' I a ! l tho friends together and strive again to teach the goal we have been so long and anxiously lcoKing for . Sureiy it cannot be long ere the peoples will again arise to assert their rights Fixsbuuy LociUiY . —At the weekly Meeting of ths body on Sunday , the programme issued by the Manchester Council for the forthcoming Coufcreisce was , after some discussion , approved of .
Covesirt . —The Chartist 3 of this place held their weekly meeting , on Tuesday evening , May 11 , 1 S 52 . Mr . Baraes in the chair . Mr . Auxford wished to know if a report of their meeting was to bo sent to tho " Star of Freudom " —The Chairman : " Yo 3 . Mr . Bedder will send a report . " —Mr . Auxford : " \ V h : xve ; passeda resolution not lo send , nor allow to be sent , any rep : rt of our meetings to tho ' Star , till the' People ' s Paper' is fully established . " —W . Bedder : " That is a libel on us as Chartists . We sit here protesting against despotic power , and practice the same onrselves /' -Chaivmau : "Order-that is not the objact of tuia meeting . "~ The Programme to bo laid before tlie ensuing Conference wasthen discussed , and resolutions , by way of instructions to tho delegate , were adopted — IVlr , Hosier was elected delegate to tho Conference .
Jsewcastle-ox-Tme . —We are happy to hep- from o \ . V correspondent at Newcastle on-Tyne , tbat tha Democrats of thac town have taken a solendvl \ H \ ami Jtouiin " Rooms m Kun-stveet . Tiio Domcsi . ttic Reading Rooms in that towu ave progressing favorably . Oar f .-fenda did us the honour of ordering two copies of the " St ? v of Free dom" weeWy ; and , spe ? kin ^ of tb'g , ou" cu-resopondont says : — " I am proud to inform you that , when 1 diow the attention of the members to tho pai r , they tleclaved themselves highly pleased with the txAent d > $ p-ayed in it , and Mvc pronounced it the best napor in the room "
On Sunday , tbe 2 nd . irtst ., a discussion was hold in the luge ; room Mr . A . M'L id in the chair . Subject :-" Will Englund decay as tho great nations of antiquity have done ? Sevoral speakers took pwt , among whom wero Messrs . Cnarlton , J . Cockburn , John llayne , and James Hay . Tho discussion was adjourned till Sunday , lGtii instant ,
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THE O'CONNOR FUND . Brought forward £ 7 0 g , 2 d . W . A . B ., per Mr . Reynolds MW ? i 1 per ditto , 2 s . I < l .-Dukwtwe 6 Adult School , Carlisle , por J . Patterson , 12 a . 7 d -Cham ber ' s warpers , ditto , per ditto , 5 s . 5 d . ~ Pucsey ner W Booth , £ 1138 . 9 d . ~ Mr . Seagravo , Favnham , 3 d .-Nottin ^ l iT ^ r ' J' S ^^^ -Ashton-under-Lyne , per William Aitkm , £ a-J . Beddows , ls .-Byron Ward Locality , Not-£ lIs 3 2 d Pei > 2 s ' ~ Acorington , 13 a . 3 d .-Total , ^ S ^ ' ^ . havin Ieft EnglMd for the United States , the Committee do not teel themselves just'fied in receiving further subscriptions on his behalf at present ; ? nd as to the funds alread y subscribed , the doners are respectfully re-Sons *!* l ' eXl > liCit repliM t 0 thefollowiDgques " 1 st . Shall the money in hand bo returned ? or , -nd . Shall it be placed in trust to await Mr . O'Connor ' s return ? All letters to be addressed to the secretary , care of Joha Bezer , 1 S 3 , Pleet-3 treefc , London . John Ahnom , Sec
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OUIDE TO THE LECTURE-ROOM , Literary Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square . —Jlay ICth f 7 J ) lea i \ -vly ana Soiree . z /| South-plate , Moorfields . -May lCtli ( IUa . m . ) , II . Ierson JI A will Lecture . " ' ¦ " * > A . vcop ; i (; us Coffee and Reading lioom , 5 D , Church-lane Wli ! to ehjtpel .-Every Sunday , Monday , and Wednesday ( 8 ) , a Lecture ot City Fo . um police House , ( JO , Redeross-strcet . -Everv Sumkv Monday , and Thursday , ( 8 i ) , a Lecture . y sunuay , Eclectic Institute , Denmark-street , Soho . —Ewrv l ? i . iii -n < oi » Mr . J . 1 ) . O'Men Home and Forei gn PrtJttalf ^ vOT A ( 7 i ) , on' Moral and i ) ocml Science . ' s 9 Uuaay " Ciiaiinercial Hall , rhilpot street , Commerciai rna ^ ^^ „ 13 ( 8 ) , Mr . H . II . Nicholls , ' CharacteriSto Ti ^ tl aL " -Theological Discussions every Sunday morninir tm < £ ™ 5 ecords ' to m , 'iuecday ( S ) Thursday ^ ,, tJsSSS jftf *****™* * £ i £ StS %£ lr *^ 1 Gth " «• «« Coope , . » , JK '" ' ^ fih Holborn .-Ma 16 th ( 8 ) , rif . r ^ rfitt afsas ^ a £ 5 JS ! ld 011 Literary In 8 titu « on , Bethnal . gveen .-Moy ICtb ( 7 » ,
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TIIE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE-METROPOLITAN DELEGATES . . . A public meeting , convened by the Metropolitan Council , ?? ,. , L 5 ? ^ ^ msbur . literary and Scientific Institution , L \ ttlc Sfttfton-uUl , on Tuesday night , May the lltb , 1 S 52 . Tho meeting was preceded by a tea soiree , at which sixty persons sat down , presided over by Mr . J . Finlen —The following sentiments were given :- "The Sovereign Pe ' onle " " The People ' s Press , " « The People ' s Charter , as tho means to the end" "Social Reform , " "The Ladies " which were spoken to b y Messrs . Finlon , Sharp , Bligh , Wheeler , atratton , Belheld , Jones , Murrey , Ac—The tea being over the public meeting commenced ; the number of persons present bomg increased to upwards of 200 in all —Mr
Bhgh was called to the ohair . ~ Mr . Elliott proposed tho following resolution :- "That this meeting heroby pledges itself not to support any delegate but SUOh as supports the principles of tU People ' s Charter as propounded by the National Charter Association . " Srsonded by Mr . Hulmo and carried unanimously , —Mr . Kuowles rose and said hi objected , on the part of bis " wal ' ity , to the election of delegates , after a tea party , at such a very late hour ; he thought it gave them neither time nor opportunity for investigating the merits of the several candi'lates . The Objection was over-ruled . —The chairman said the nominations received from tho several localities were a 3 follows :-Ernest C Jones , J . J . Rezer , T . M . WheolevC . MovrayJFinlen
, , . and Thomas Cooper , but the latter gentleman had sent a note doclining the nomination .-Mr . Osborne was proposed and seconded , as were Messrs . Dick and Grant , who declined . The several candidates then addressed the meeting , with the exception of Mr . Bezer , who was absent and whose nomination was without his sanction , The votes were then taken , and resulted in the election of Messrs . Jonea and Finlen . Mr , C . Murray obtained nearly the same number of votes as Mr . Finlen , the numlevs being for Mr . Finlen , 72 , for Mr . Murray 0 i . The el < tion of the former caused somedissatisfaction atnonest tlie friends of tho latter . The proceedings terminated ata very late hour . '
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Metropolvtax Delegate Council . —This body held its usual weekly meeting on Sunday , Mny 9 th Mr a Grant in the chair . —Mr . "Warren took his seat as delecate from tho Boston locality . —On Mr . Wheeler bringing up tho report of the O'Connor Committee Mr . F . FarrabT moved its adoption , and re . : the following resolution , which had been passed at the last meeting of his locality : — " That in the opinion of this locality the Metropolitan Delegate Council has no right to call for subscriptions to have Mr . O'Connor ' s accounts audited ; neither shall wo subscribe anything till we know Mr . O'Connor ' s financial position . " —Mr . G . Farrah then read a resolution of a similar character , which had been agreed to by the Hoxwn locality . Report adopted . —Mr , Farrah , in reference to the soiree
resolved on last week , read a resolution from his locality ( tbe City ) condemnatory of the invidious selection of ono paper as the organ of Chartism , and thus , by implication , endeavouring to bring another into disrepute .-Mr . Wheeler said ho had left twenty-Eve of the soiree tickets at the offlce of Mr . O'Brien ' s National Reform League , and next day received a letter by no means flattering to Mr . Ernest Jones . —Mr . E . Jones was at a loss to acoount for ^; e hostility of Mr . O'Brien—Mr . C . Murray , a member of the Reform League , having obtained leave to speak , vindicated Mr . O'Brien and his policy . Retort adopted-Mr . Bh gh , from Greenwich , handed in 5 s . towards the expenses of the delegation to Manchester—Mr . F . Farrah I ! T , nr , l . 1 £ ^ that a resolution on the booka ? It ' ll ^ 'll" ? . "'/""! ^ - ^ . in hand to pay the aid
s . expenses , they ought not to take anv further steps . I ho Council wero in debt—Mr . Washington thought it wise and prudent to defer tbe nomination till tho financial ffiT ^ £ - Ulff 8 rent localities had been made . Until they had sufficient funds or a guarantee of funds for the expenses , it would be unjust to put any person in nomination , still more unjust to elect any one . They would place their chosen man in a very unenviable position if they were compelled to declare they could not pay his expenses after bis election—Mr . E . Jones said that the Couueil depsnded to a great extent upon tho soiree to furnish sufficient funds for the expenses , and trusted that no difficulties would be thrown in the way . —Mr . Washington could give no hopes of support from his locality , and read a resolution , winch his locality had instructed him to read , condemning in strong terms the conduct of the Council in sunDortinjr
this Convention . ( Tho resolution is to bo found in the report from the City locality . )—Mr . Mills said a very factious spirit animated the City locality , but be did not believe the resolution came from there . —Mr . V . Farrah was surprised that any such imputation should bo thrown out . He was secretary to tho City locality , and was present when it was passed , and intended to include it in his report to iho "Star of Freedom , " and other Democratic papers . —Mv . Washington said that as the consistency of the City locality had been called in question , he could assure them that tho resolution he had just road had been P ^ sed unanimously in a full meeting of members—Mr . Wheeler thought that too much time was wasted in hearing reports from localities . ( Hear . ) It was merely doae to engage the time , and impede the business of the Council—Mr , F . Farrah said , that his locality -wished to make a veal
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ViTIONAL CHARTEi ? , ASSOCIATION . The following itsms havo been received :-R . D ., Is . ; S . C , ls . ; per Ernest Jones , 3 s . ; Friends at the Bennondsey h cture- Hall , per E . Preston , 3 b . lOd . ; P . Kibbio Pebbles , per H . Robin- in , Edinburgh , ls . Od . ; tfewpor 3 J . W ., i ji- E . Urry , 5 s . ; Alerthyr TydviJ , per John Oircn , 03 . ; Surplus Money of the Washington Locality , per W . Sibley , 5 s—Total , £ 15 s . 4 d . The Executive Committee , at tho request of several friends , havo deemed it advisable to extend the time for the final winding up of the accounts until Thursday noxt , i ? iy 20 th ; and as the debt is now reduced to about £ 5 , it is hoped that a determined effort will be mado to pay this small amount . „„ „ James Grassby . Secretary . 06 , Eegeat Street , Lambeth . '
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2 s- Ocr Friends will oblige by forwarding reports ol Chartist meetings , uud other Democratic " proceedings .
TIIE PATRIOT REFUGEES OF ALL NATIONS . A meeting of leading Democrats , residing in the metropolis , look placo on Sunday a f ternoon last , in the Coffee Hoo . ' : i of the John-street Institution , to take into consideration the present unhappy position of the Refugees , numbers of whom are in a state of absolute starvation . Tha meeting had been convened by a circular signed by Julian Uarney , Thornton Hunt , Gerald Massey , and D . W . Huffy , who was elected to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings .
Julian * Harxet said , it was necessary to draw attention to the number of German , French , Polish , and Hungarian Refugees , r . ow in this metropolis , without , or with very little , employment , or means of subsistence ; all willing to work if they coulU only fiud employment . II © thought it became tho Democrats and friends of humanity residing within tho united Q . ieendom , to see what could be done for them ; several deputations lud called on him respecting tbi 3 matter , and thus had lie beea induced to undertake toe work of initiation . He thought it necessary that local committees should te formed , and in one-ration over tiie
entire country , and so operating as to form a national body . Mr . Ilaraey here read a statement of the number of French Refuaess at present unemployed , with their ssvtral trades , < £ c . ; and said , if committees , such as lie namad wore formed , he could not think there would be much difieulty in finding them employment . Among the R .-fugecs were a number of Poles , and being Poles , h was iiu ! t « sufficient for them to he suspected , ; - > u \ l w 7 cry ? fli ? i'e hunted b y tha sattliiles of the blood-reeking tyrants , the more especially aa the Poles wore ever ready to act as soldiers of . liberty in anv part of the globe .
-The Chaicmas next read letters from Viscouni Goderich , Vf . Xewto ;; , jir . Brayfield , G . W , M . Reynolds , and others , regretting their inability to attend , but pledging themselves to give every possible assistance . A letter was also read irom Colonel Stolzman , submitting some valuable suggestions to the meeting . TnEOBonE Kahciiek ( French Refugee ) said , their unfortunate brethren were now in the streets of the metropolis , to the nmnber of seventy ; these unhappy men had no employment . On their behalf he iiad applied to Mr . Harney ,
to ask him to make known their condition to the British people , and see , if through their aid , work could not be obtained . Ho waa a \? ave of the difficulty that would arise from the want of knowledge of the English language , on the part of many of the llftfugeos , and unfortunately they had not money to pay to learu that language ; but they desired to give lessons in the French , German , and Lalian languages for any they might receive in the English tongue . On behalf of his exiled brethren ho could only thank JJr . Harney suid the other friends who had taken such a warm and lively interest in their behalf .
StAsisLACs Worceia ( Polish Refugee ) on behal £ of the Poles , said , he begged to thank Mr . Harney and the other friends who had interested themselves in the cause of tho persecuted of all lands . The Polish emigrants of 1831 had obtained government grants until within the last few years , and had more or less acquired the English languages , and obtained employment—for those ho asked nothing . Bat there were those who had taken part iu the campaigns of Baden , Hungary , « fcc , & ; ., and others who had . been driven out of France , &c , simply because they wero
suspected of being democrats , altogether numbering , probably , 300 . Some few of whom had obtained employment at a remuneration of somo " sis shillings per weok , and who " could , therefore , exist and hope on ; but there were " othera who had no employment , and but little food , and "whocould not possibly exist for more than a week or " two longer , unless some sustenance wa 3 provided for them . " It was these he especially recommended to their care and attention . Many of them had been driven out of Franco , the Grand Duchy of Posen , & 3 ., merely because they had corresponded with their friends in London .
ScaiM-EY ( German Refagee ) addressed tho meeting in French , which was translated by M . Theodore Karcher , aa follows : —He had only some few general matters to mention a 3 regards tho German Refugees . There were some 30 D of them in London , some sixty or seventy of whom were unemployed ; most of themhridrecs' . veu w&nt was considered on th 9 Continent a liberal education . The great difficulty was , to find employment for those -who wero not , strickl y speaking , mcohanics or workmen , ilo , on behalf of himself and Gorman brethren , cordially thanked tho English Democrats and other friends of humanity , for taking up their cause . M . Wohcell , on bobalf of tho Italian Refugees , said , the Friends of Italy were better organised ; and , consequently , the Italian Refugees were more happily situated than tbe ' ir more unfortunate brethren of other nations .
Robeki Ls TJloxd said , the sympathies of all human men must be excited by tho statements just made . The people had allowed themselves to be befooled by knaves on each side of "The Puddle , " by the cry of " "They aro foreigners . " As though men of ' all nations were not made of one flesh and blood ; and . were , therefore , to all intents and purposes , brethren . It occurred to him the assistance required was threefold ; firstly , pecuniary ; secondl y , employment ; thirdly , educational ; tho httor to inculcate , far and wide , the great principle of human brotherhood . Lot Englishmen remember it might be their lot some day to become refugees ; then how sweet would be the recolleetiou tbat they had dons their duty to their brethren of other countr ies .
• J . B . Leso thought the best course to puwuo would be to form a committee . n < 5 liked tha idea of mutual teaching Tvmen ; a committee , such as had been suggested , would bs essentiall y necessary in the good work . " With such a commutes in action , the whole of the Democratic press might be moved , and and they would speedily find 200 000 in action in their behalf , lie would move That the persons present constitute such committee , with power to add to its numbers . Mr . Xichoils seconded the motion for a committee . He thought they should have , a printed list of all seeking employment ; and let not those present think tbat sympathy for the unfortunate Refugees was confined to Democrats ; persons who took no part in politics generallvhad sympathy for tboso men . J . J . Bezek was in favour of a Committee . He looked on the question as one of duty , not charity , and it would reflect eternal disgrace upon the British people , if they let those men perish of want .
IIe-VRT Holtoake said , on behalf of himself and brothers , they wonld . be ready to give all the aid possible ; and lie thought , with the aid of Mr . George Dawson , thero would be no difficulty in obtaining very considerable aid from Birmingham and tbe surrrounding districts . Thorstox Hunt said , he felt they had more difficulties to overcome , such a 3 the general apathy that pervaded all political parties at the present time . The appeal must be to tho general public , who had considerable sympathy for the Itffugee ? , and if the ear of the public could be obtained , he thought great help mi ght be obtained . The Poles were very models of nationality , and he thought it a disgrace that such men should be compelled to exist like paupers . With these views he was in favour of a Committee for the purpose of appealing to tho largest number of Englishmen —obtaining subscriptions , and such information as might be of service hereafter . "
After a few words from Messrs . Arnott , Grassby , H . Ross and Julian Harney , the resolution , worded aa follows , was earned unanimously : — J ? ilw 4 Perion i P $ sent > applauding the noble efforts of men tfavn £ ^ l freedom an ° nationality , and sympathising with the suftenng rafuRces now in this country , resolve fo constitute t «? f » a ? f ! ionat Committee , tt obtain employmentfor the leS S £ '* r *? ' f , their ca C acit randpresent know ! ffi 2 ^ , ffiSk 53 . * 0 Uect funds t to At tho request of the Committee , George Julian Harnev consented to act as secretary pro . tern . Messrs . Ilarney , Thornton Hant , and Massey were appointed a sub-Committee to draw up an address to the public , and the Committee adjourned until Mondav evening next .
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