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PROGRAMME . - On MONDAY , January 29 th , 1838 , and every H ening during the Weet , the . GREAT Bta . GICtaK 3 . - "Entertainments will commence with tie " . GUN TRICK , OP -WEIGH HE IS THE SOLE INVENTCTR . Mr . J . H . A . will allow any gentleman to charge ¦ x fowling-piece with powder and bullets , in the jjresence pf the whole audience , previously marking ¦ ike balls so as to ascertain them again . ' He will be ~ 2 aslred to Sre at Mr . A ., who will receive the bails 3 a Ms iands , on his face , or any part of his body -6 x audience may direct ! being upwards of the l , 0 O 0 kh time of his attempt icg th : s experiinent Any gentleman will be allowed to bring his own jbwling pi ^ ce and ingredients for loading .
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On Monday Evening last a meeting was convened in the Assembly Room , Wakefield , for the' purpose of petitioning Parliament for Universal Suflrage , Short Pa&anients , and Vote by Ballot . At seven o'clock the large rdoin , which will hold upwards of 2 , 000 persons , ^ as crowded to excess , and every individual in the large assembl y anxiously joinfed in the shou t for frcedoin . A bout a few ; minutes ^ before seven Captain "Wood enter the : rbonr , and was hailed ¦ with the loudest cheers ; Mr ; O'Connor followed shortly afterwards , and was enthusiastically cheered as he made his way through the dense throng to the platform . -
Mr . Martin was unanimously called to the chair . He was sorry they had chosen him to fill that office , as he would much rather have seen some of those old veterans who had ' grown grey in the cause of Radicalism filling that pbsti As however they had done him the honour to call upon him to preside at their meeting , he woHld use his best exertions to acquit himself honourablyand usefully of the duties Which devolved upon him in that capacity . fHpr ) hear . ) "Their object was toKear * H side * of the question ; and if any one : had any objections to mate as to the propositions which were likely to be laid before the meeting , or any remarks to offer regarding any thing that mi ght fstfl from any of the speakers , he would do every thing j n his power to obtain for them a fair hearing . ( Hear ; and cheers . Y
He hoped the meeting would be conducted in an orderly manner and that the Radicals of Walcefieid would show both Whi gs and Tories that they were capable not only of calling a publie meeting , but also of conducting the business of . such meeting in an orderly , mariner—thus giving a contradiction to those impudent and shameless epithets which had been so copiously heaped upon them ; such as senseless asses—houseless Radicals—vile trash " and a thousand others too vile and contemptible for him to mention . ( Cheers . ) He was sure such epithets were unmerited ,: ( Hear . ) He Avowed Himself , pne of those ; who thought that every maii who paid taxes had a right to have a voice in the House ^ fCommons ; ( cheers ) aBd that all those who opposed thisprjneiplewere in reality tyrants atheart : H ^ r ,-hear . ) But jthough they were virtually tyrants . he would not rush upon them with the sword or the bayonet j . but he . would arrest them' with argument and ^ stab their reason ; : ( HearO He was no
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advocate for Violence ; but he pijpfd Iho ^ WD ^ wer tyrannical ; and tlifejr / objeej jwasliBtijl p > pity 4 tfreig « and , " 'ifpossible ^ to ! 'JccmTe ^ J ^ i 3 in ^ : , ^ ' dic . a ^\^ 8 hra ; to convince the niasfesfof ^ their rights : they jhjijl often beiendesignat ^ iJ ^ tee , ignprant to ' kjnpw W&& thoserights werei jyttat nji g | ft be ,: 1 > ut he " was : % re the geveriimer it were not wijsei xm witholding them / ( Laughterand cheers . ) They on 3 y- <;} aimi ? d a right tq . spealy in the Qonamb ^ . House > i ii Parliament , that was their u ^ doabtedvfi ^ it ; Itu t alas it was tttoriopqiised by the ^ landjotos , P 0 , \ consequently , labour was unrepresented ., " * NpthiSg ibut wealth spoke there : j ; Hear , hear ;) "Wealth had its house —^ -the House of tTPrds—andii was top : bad ; thafr . it ; should inoudpolise both that and the House * of Commons . He wished however that both labour
and wealth might there be represented , ( hear , hear ) but not wealth alotte , * . it had no fo&gue . and ' fiould ' not speak , they wanted their representatives t < i extend the Suffrage , for he held that it was the right of every man of twenty-one years of age to have a voice in- . the : choice of those who were to ; be their representatives * ( Cheers . ) He would not detain them longer and begged to call upon : - ' Captain Wob : p to move the first resolution .---He was received with loud cheers . He said , that having taken ; a-somewhat active part in aiding them to obtain their rights , he had then come forward with great pleasure to assist them in the same great object they had so long been seeking , and wei ^ j yet to find * When the Reform Bill was . introduced into Parliament , he did then think it would prov " e
inefficientand that it was built upon a basis contrary ^ to the : rights of Englishmen , and theconstitution , of the country ; His . opinions tothatenect were stated -in the Court ' House , ; at Wakefield when he moved"That " the Reform Bill would ; not be productive of any real ' benefit ; unless the extension of theSuftrage went to the great holy of the people , and unless they were protected by the Ballot . " , 'ihatresolution was opposed by those who called themselves Eeformers ^ but was carried by a . tremendous majority of the men of WakefiekL ( Cheers . ) " It was a painful thing to see a man act with insincerity on any : occasion , especially those ; who pretend to hu the friends ' of freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) " He had . given his ppposi > tion to the Whigs , though he did not . then think them : quite so bad as the Tories , but really he must now aav that he did not see the slichtest shade of difference
between them . ( Loud cheers . ) He . had the other day the pleasure of hearihg ilr , Sharinan Crawford address the people of Leeds , and from that address it appeared the ; people of Ireland were stillsubject to / the Coercion . Bill , and that that shameful measure was still in iorce in that insulted country . ( Hear , hear . ) . That Bill , ; as they were aware , Mt the couiitry : at the mercy of whoever might be this Lord Lieutenant of Ireluud—a power wlucli mvolwd the happiness or misery of otherd too much to be yosteii in the bands of n « y one mail . ( Hear , hear . J tte . # ave ; the Whigs credit for placing Earl Mulgritye at the head of that country ,. ' . whose kindness ; ind humanity were instly uriiued : ; but : they should re *
member that the . character of an individual was ho « ecurity for the welliire of : states . .. ( Cheers ;)' . : It wjvs n tvrioii $ to all who hud paid auy attention , to the affairs . - pf this country th ; vc , for several years p . 'A ' st , tneAVliigs had beva . urging the people uv demand their'ju ^ t and undoubted' rights' from the Tories , whom thfy represented as being' unjust , cruel , and oppressive : —by their agitation and the inlHtehce of the people there was a change made in tbe aduiini . smiticii —the '¦ Whigs-had obtained the power , and what was their first act ? The Reform Bill . ( Laughter . ) He could not consider the Reioriu iiili to . be any thing more th ; ui he ' .. thought it to beat the time—a ' will ' ul-delusion . ( Cheers . ) ' . And , iu ,-
ueedi i > uch Lord J '» hii'Rns& ' eU . had himself declared it to Lie , ( shtu ' ne ) for , instead of giviijg . wqual repveseutauaxi . to the people of Eiigkiitt , tbe iraiaeK of that uit-asuiv -intunded to give a -preponaerating infiuericii to the lauded imstacracy . ' ( ileat . kear . ) Auaiurvhat reason v ,-n s thia ? Vv'hv , merely ' thot they nrlght kuep iu tlieir own . hnn . tls the power oi tliruwiiig i 3 p » n uare 2 ) rea'O 2 itfd ]< ab ; xir thote taxes - which -ought to Ije biid upon property . ( Shaine , shame . ) it was now uatori"US that the VV'hi ^ s Tylieii Uusy got into place , if he inight take Lorii J > itiil-sell as tiieir orj : un—it wa . s notDrious ' tluit they werj . op- - po-io-d-to the progressive improvement of the represeiitiitive t-Vf-teui , bwca-use , as they . say , sucw cliaiii'es to the
would be daii ^ erous Ccustitudou ; ui 4 the country . ( I leur . ) ' Now ,-, he need ' - . not toil that ineeti ' iig-. thsit all insiitutious . have , at some periotl or other ,- been innovations . j every thing liuman had 'had '¦ its . ci > 7 iim » encommit , and would have its t'lid-, * aiid lie cured little what' ch .: uiges \\ "ere ititr ' tiduced ' provided they did . i « rt tarow obbCacles . in tins way oi the happiness of men . ( Hear . ) But though huinaii things vyere churit'eable , tiie pnuciples of . tru . tii and justice were eternal uiiii uuciiau <; iug ; , & \\ d fe would prove that the elmms wluch they iii ; . itie were not his . s bused . upon the lmturai ritsht ^ of iii ; in iliaii they . ' word iipoii the | jriiicijjles of tr . utii- and justice . ( fiear . ) lie hud told Luem already that there was
no umu ut the room , \ ylio was liviu ' g uyou bin hibom who ¦ . wt ; s not us much' entitled to the Sufi rage us the proudest , aristocrat in thit land that . would deprive liiih of it . ( Hear , Lear , and c ! : eei « . ) By Lord J ; llus-sell' s account , one would ,. suppose he had : ; never read the history ol the country , lor if lie referred , to one of th .- actj of iienry the 8 ui , he would find that tiieSu . flia ^ e wast'Xteu .-ed to the iiiuf ses ' - 'oi " the people . A writer 'iu the dnya of iiliiiibetli had said that every Englishman by birth , was entitled to vote at elections . ( Gheeis . ) , ! Now if that wrs not Universal
Suffrage he did not know what was * ( tiear , hear . ) Ir the people then possessed the sulirage , they were now a thousand times more- e ' ntkled to it ; and he would shoVv 'the : truth of that assertion , upon the authority of Crown lawyers who could hardly be suspe ' e ' tea of having too great a Lias in favour of popular feeling : Sir V »' m . BUielvstoiie expressly stalt-s that by the constitution of this country no ihun could- be t ; :. ved vtiiliout his consent having been given cither by liiuusetf or by his representative iu Parliament-: and he gives this as a . reason
why . tne laws of our country are never promulgated as was formerly the case in other countries—that every person in the eye of the law is presumed to be present at their etifictitient , thius at once conceding the principle tliat every man either is in Parliament by his own person , or by his representative . ( Hear , and cheers . ) But he would come tp a more mot ' ern lawyer . Lord Brougham before he was riiade Lord Chancellor of Euglund ,. expressly declared that repixseiitatiou was tUe undoubted right of all , the tax-paying inhabitants of England . ( Cheers . ) xvovv if . they could bring forth one :. individual from any part ol the United Kingdom who escaped taxation hewouldthea grant that that man was not entitled
to he . represojitcd . ( Hear . ) He had shown that the people had formerly had the Suffrage , and that they were therefore entitled to it again : It was true there xvere some both of Whigs and Tories who fancied themselves a great deal wiser than Judge Blaeltstone ; but it was enly natural for the aristocracy of the country , who had so long possessed the entire monopoly of legislative power , to think that workinir meu _ wou ! d not legislate so well for theni as they would do for themselye * ^ - ( laughter)—while they tell you on the other hand that such a system would be xhe destruction of all our other institutions , apd of every thing they held dear . Perhaps he might be allowed tc » illustrate this by
relating a conversation that had occurred between himself and another intelligent gentleman for whom he had a very great respect ; he nieint the late Earl Vitzwilliam . Meeting this gentleman one day , he ( Captain Wood ) was introduced to him as an dutand-out Radical . Earl Fitzwilliam ^ aid , he hoped Captain Wood did iiot pretend to he a Radical . "Kb , my Lord , " ' replied Captain Wood , "I do not pretend to be a Radical , for I am one in reality ^" ( Cheers . ) Eairl Fitzwilliam said , Why , you would not wish to see Universal Suffrage , Vdte by Ballot , &C , " "Yes , my Lord , " replied Captain Wood , " I think they would be the protectiou of
-Enclishmen . ' "Why , my good friend , " answered Earl Etzwilliam , ^ ' 1 cannot believe you , for you must be sensible that no civilized society could exist with these laws . " Dinner being nearly ready , the Captain intimated to his Lordship that he would hot protract the discussion , but would put an end to it in ^ oue word . " What was that ?'' asked hia X-ord ^ ship . " Ameriea , ' 'replied Captaini Wo ^ d ; arid he would refer all men of every rank who "doubted the propriety of the tfxtehsion of the Suffrage t « look to Anierica- They heard of no danger to proper ' ty in that country / and yet they had the Suffrage to the
fullest extent . The Captain proceeded to address the irieetlng at great length , and in a very ihterestiDg speech , replete with excellent observations and amusing anecdotes , - showed the necessity of every man having the frauchiseMcombated the . arguments which had been made use of in ojppasitipn to the rights of the people , and did away with a variety of frivolous objections which are often urged against a further extension W the representa ^ iTe » r » t « in . He concluded , amid loud cheers , by moving the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . GitL , and carried unanimously . ¦ ' '
Mr . Gill proposed the next resolution , which was second by Mr . Butler . , He said he did not conie forward as an orator ; he merely wished fo dp scmelhing in aid of the good cause if it were nib more than presenting himself Upon that platform . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed it was understood that all who presented themselves there had embarked in the cause of Reform , and he was . glad at this opportunity , of . acknonledging himself a reformer .- ; He was not an ad \ -ocaie for partial reform , but for Universal Iteibnn ; not that freedom which was to
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le . held at the will of a donoi-, but that which h « cpas / dered the birth-right of every man . ( Hear , hear ) He regretted that Keform , asnt respected the - wprking ; classes , . . had been . treated bymany as a mere delusion , and by others with more than contempt ; . but that cause was not to be given up by those whose interest and well-bein ^ must s tkrid or fall by itv ? Io ; they were to return to the conibat animated by every blow . they received , until the enemyy exhausted , by fruitless exertionK , had no longer the power to cp ' ntend . Theti would the victory be won . ( Cheeri ) . ) Mr . JKEIlSHAVf moved the third resolution . ¦ He
wastw '' j ^ cbcpnyhmd ^ rm " i ^ ceMff- short Parliaments as ^ of ; the . Extension of ; th \ Suffiage Sbine people enteftaijt ; :. vejy ^^ djffereotttibtibns as to the extent of durition to which PjurliaRientsshbuld be prolongea ^ botforBs'part ^^ g ^ f ^ re ^ Thonest Radical would ; he ^ ati ^ ied wiA . nothijag . lesi than Anhua ! f ; Parliam # n ls . ' By this raeans , if a representive was hhnest ^^^ -w © uW-return , ; hiin- again ^ if he was capable of doing their busiwss ; if notj a year was . long enough either to injure -their interests , or to sit . in the House without doing ' anything . ( Hear j hear . ) In times past they bad beenr niuch deceived by electioneering speeehesj but while .-. they-had such lone Parliaments thev Could hardiv expect otherwise
than to be deceived . ( Hear . ) "It had ^ been gaiA that a man wai hot fit for a churchwarden who la ^ only had one year ' s trial jbtit the fact was , that ; under the old system if he had been a church-H / arden for two or three yeavs ^ te generally became a rogue ; and the same argument applied t 6 : annual Parliaments . ( Hear , hear . ) ; Mitch hadbeen said : ibout the confusion of having Annual : Parliaments ; for his part he did hpfc thintthere would be a fourth part of the confusion there wa ^ under , the presenjt system , : ^ fld ; th ' ere . W 6 vId \ Tiot :: be :- « p : mu . ct . ' siakih ^ of hands between the candidates and electors , the former of whom , as soon as they got into Parliament j forgot they had a constituency , and of course remembered ¦
nothing ; at ; n ! l " ab'dut ^^ their interests . —^^( Hear ^ 'Iheah ) Mr . Kershaw proceeded to animadyert on the measures of theWhiga whom he declared to be equally as bad as the Tories , and if the people were to be oppressed it mattered little who' oppressed them . —r ( Hear , hear . ) They had been charged with supporting the Whigs > -they had supported them while tbey professed to go with the people , hut theWhigs had shamcfuliy ; abandoned their promises and were now justly deserted by those' who would have been their firmest and most lasting supporters . —( Hearhear . )
, It mattered little , how ever , bow they were stigmatized so long as they maintained an upright and honest course ; that he was sure would win their cause for them when stratagem and treachevy would fail . The Whigs had entailed upon the country much unnecessary expense ; they : had angmente d th . e salary of the Dutches ^ of Kent £ 8 , 000 a year , instead of taking ; away : that . £ 12 , 000 which she was allowed for educating the Queen . This was in ' sufi ; fefable , especially when they considered ^ the pTeicnt depressed . state of trade and the diffic ' ulties with
¦ which poor people had to contend . . Their object j theiij was to obtaiti good- - ' and chenp gbvernment . The pregentGovernment was merely a system of monopoly and plunder , and the annual expense of it wils unprectdented in the history of any country , and monstrous to think of . .. - ¦ . ¦ But they had trusted too long ar . d too coufidhigly to ptliers to do their work tor them ; it was now" necessary that they should think and act for themselves ; and 'however hard it miarht be for them who had so little time to .
devote to affairs of this bind there was nopother v / a , y bfobtaining redress . Thej ought then to be deterrhinedjto accomplish Universal Suffrage , Arniual Pavliament ^ Vote ; b y Ballot , and No-Pioperty Qualijieatior ^ and whenever they were dsked-ior a vote for any candidate for their suffrages ( he spoke to those who could vote ) thej * should refuse that rote unless they would pledge themselves to support these principles in the -House of Commons ! Without further detaining the meeting he begged to move the resolution . ' ... '' - : . : . ¦ : ¦ ; . ' ¦ - ' . '''• - ' ¦'¦
Mn Appleyard seconded the resolution . L : Mr . O'CoNNOH was then , with loud cheers , introduced to the meeting . He said ; Tie was : not quite Sure that he had best consulted their interests by appearing at that meeting ; but he was sure that in visiting Wakefield on that occasion , . he- had hot consulted bis own ; . feelin ' gs ,. ^^ arid had . it ' not beeirthat he had disappointed them at a former . period , he certainly should not have then been : there : : Hi » health , for some time past , had been tar from good , and he did not then feel so able to address the
meeting as he wished , - but if his . voice was feeble , he hoped his advocacy . of the people's cause . '¦ jv oiild lack , uothing of its ibrmer energ ) ' . —( Hear , hear . )—lie agreed with the Chairman and Captain Wood , when these gentlemen laid down the real extent to which the people of England ought to hear all that ignominy which lad betu heaped upon them before they had recourse to the power of that moral ' force lbr which they were so distmguirfhed , and which waa but the mere shadow of that physical ioiceofwhicn the . people were in possession . He was glad to learn that , a new cera had been coinrneuce . d in Vv akfelield , and tii ' at the \ yorkiug classes had begiia to discover the folly of worshippinff at theshriue of
either the : Whig or . Tory . factions . —( Cheers . ) Mri Kershaw had complained , of . the shameful extravagance of the Whigs in their expenditure : of the public money , but for . his part , he would notthank either the Whigs or Tories to pay . ten shillings in the pound when they ought : to pay twenty . He cared not fqr the pence , but tor the principle , and he vyas glad to find that Radical Associations were finding . their way into . Wakeiield ,-- ( cheerd ) --VYhieh had been so long famed for the influence of its . "VVhi g andToiy ¦ popu ! ation .- ^( Heary Much had bora iaid by these two factions about the ignorance of the people , and of their incapability of judging 1 q political affairs ; hef however , was aware the people had sufficient knowledge of their own rights , and that they , merely required a good understaBdiDg
with , each other , to obtain these rights ; and he was also aware that the dread which ty tants have of knowledge was the best proof of the increasing knowledge of the people . ( Hear , hear- ) If the pecp ! e of England were aauniriformed people the Whigs would . grant them ¦'• the . Suffrage ; . it was not their ignorance ^^ _ tb . ey dreaded , but because- they had the very description ; of knowledge which tyrants most dreaded- ^ -the knowledge of their own rights ., ' . ' . Mr * . O'Connor would not travel over the history of the Whigs— -it ^ was well enough known at present for ho . believed they had broken all faith with the people .. ( Hear , hear . ) He would take his date from the time of tie passing of the Eeibrm BiiL In 1833-Parliament declared ifoelf corrupt aiid incapalile of iegislatingfor the country . They were seif-convictsi traitors . It was the House cf Coiamons itseif that
conceded the fact that they ivere no longer worthy of holding the confidence of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) . That beirig the case wes it not expected that tie Reform Bill was to do , away with existing abuses and give to the ¦ people that-which they justij demanded ? It was lint he who had told then what the Eeform Bill was to do ; bu £ it was the present Vr'higadministratiori when out of office , who . trumpeted into their ears the .-. necessity of such an extension of the suffrage as would leave th « pfeople ' the Tight of control ' over all the institutioi : 8 of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) This Tvas the posi" 6 on ia which the Whigs had placed them ; ard now having . occupied the places of Government , they were just as bad as the Tories . Mr . O'Conr or entered into a long detail of the follies of Whig
iegislatipa , : showing the manifest ' -. > bsurdi ^ ' of many m their measureis . ;; He deprecated ¦ : them : for their ; inconstancy to the people ' s cause and their extravagarice , and tyranny ; n 6 twiths « tanding all the impudent claims they get up for the countenance of flie people , on the pretext of carrying on the business of Reform . - ( Hear , hear . ) He exhibited the folly of piaclng any reliance upon either faction ) for whatever good they mi g ht profess to be willing to dp for the people , they were all the while seeking their ow ^ advantage . It was to them a' cdbplete system of monopoly ; and the Whigs were certainly the meaner of thetwp ; for if the Tories offered to do ? tny thing for the people the Whigs would inunedi ] a . tely offer a fraction more , hut such a fraction a » could make little or no difference to the real interests
of _ tbe community . Mr . p'Cbnnor then enteredl into a Jong argumentative cdurse , proving the necessity and ^ aloe pf UniFers al Suffrage and the importance of this right above all ethers , becanse he eotosidered it the foundation of all others . ; wit )} that right he thought « ther nglbfe would he obtained , ; : withput that he .. thbugh ; t it was impossible to " obtaiti any thing really \ worthhiving . -- ^ Mr . O ^ Connor then p ^ eecled to speak at great . leagth p ' n ; a / Variety of ' other interesting topica conaected witb ^ jtbe el aipas of the pcoplei . and during an aA&ress of upwards p ^ f an hour and a half , commanded the steetest sittentipn , and frequently the loudest applause * : ;^ - -: ; : ;/ ; ;
Mr , I )] Ryi > Ejf mpved theadoptipni pf th 6 petitioii , Hrgipg the inhabitants of 'WakeSeld } io- - r . come forward and :: sign it . It ; was to be presented inthe House of Peers b y lord Brougham ^ . and jn tiie House-tif Cpmmclng , by Sir Wm ^ M ^ lesworth . - Mti . LpciKwpoD seconded the adbptipn oi the getition , v vvhichag welias the other resplutioM were carried : unanimousl y . -, '" . ' ¦ ' . : ¦ ^ : ' ; , ^ . Vv ; ' . . ' A-: ¦;; . i : y- ' . ;' - ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ . " ¦; : /¦ : ¦ 37 htr meeting then ! dispersed , giyipg . thr ^ e hearty cheers for Fieargiis ; a'CopuPri three ¦ fo ^ Captuis Woo _ d ; and three for the cause cf Radicalism-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1838, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct338/page/2/
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