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JEAWCHESTBR . —The Tib-street Chartist Room ares crammed on Sunday evening ; Mr . Mabon , s real Irish Chartist , -was called to the chair . He said , amongst fcaay other things , thrt eTery man ought to consider Its had a duty to perform towards himself , his offspring , and Ms country . When this was the case the millions of slave * of tw « kingdom wonld be emancipated without resorting to physical force . The Cbaxxista ought to Carry their principles wherever they ¦ went , and when in company to introduce the subject , and , if the people with whom they happened to be in conTereation , did not properly understand it , bat possessed a m : nd capable of doing so , they most hammer away at them till gsey did . ( Cheers . ) He had been in Birmingham , Coventry , and many other parts of the country ; and tiouirh be was proud to inform that meeting that
Chartism was on the advance everywhere , yet he must confess , without nattering , that the working men of Manchester had on all occasions done their duty , and that they were foremost in the field . ( We need not say that this was received with superlative applause . ) There was going to be & convention chosen to sit in London , and if so they would require to be ¦ well supported by tha people , or the Government ¦ would pounce upon tliem and imprison eTery one . If the people had been united , and the Convention lite-wise , in 1 S 39 , the Charter would , be '« re this time , have been the law of the land —( hear , hearw—and those who are now in prison would have been considered patriots eTen by those who have been their tyrants . —( Hear and cheers . ) He Would not occupy any mere of their time , but would
at once introduce Mr . Griffin , who had been announced to delirer a lecture that evening . Mr . Griffin rose aod begged to be excused , as Mr . Batterworth had jn * t returned from a tour , and If he was in the room , he would be glad if he would officiate for him . Mr . Ecttebwobth then came forward to the rostrum amid the cheers cf tho assembly , and , after * few preparatory remarks , said , if they went round the Dsactifi ^ taring districts , and examined the ftoadition <* the people , they would find them all aliie . They Would 2 nd there was a sameness in the esnduct of the middle classes to that practised by the middle classes of Manchester . There was tha same iron hand of tyranny and oppression at work through all the manufacturing districts . There was the same mode of conduet ; -which was to grind , grasp , and screw , aa much as they could out of the industrious class , on the part d those who produce nothing , but enjoy all the
comforts nature and art « mld produce ; while , on the other band , there was a gloom of despair caused by wretchedness , oppression , family destitution , andwant , on the broa-8 of those who produce everything , Snt could not obtain sufficient to rupport their physical wants . The middle class , the shopkeepers and manufacturers , were all agreed upon one point , namely , to procure as much labour as they conld from tha working-men for &s little money as possible . They had come to the conclusion that they were to do just as they liked with the working-classes—they can either make them -work for a Starvation point , or send them into the streets to lire upon tie sir , for augbt ihese wretches care . Well , then , said Mr . Butterwort . il , if they are determintd to play this game ; and , indeed , the laws say that you , the working class , must still keep producing for us who bave the . power of making them ; if they are determined to bring you lower and lower—and every act Shews it to be 60 : if they still continue to mate
encroachments upon your rights , liberties , and labour as they have done , until your physical powers are so low that you are not capable of following your labonr , and your food insufficient to support nature ; if they ( the capitalist ?) have banded tl . emselves together to conspire against to ruin the labourers ; ought not you ; the labcirers : to join for the obtainment of the law to protect one equally with the other ? iHear and cheers . ) A ! r . Bniterworth said he had been at Burnley , and a document had been pat into his hand which had been issued fcy the msster shoe-makers of that town ; and that Which was applicable to one town or to one trade , would be applicable to every town , to every trade , and iDdeed to the whole mas 3 of society . He would read a portion of the circular sent eut by the masters , the following of which is a copy : — " Sir , —Ton are requested to attend
a . meeting of the master shoemakers of Burnley , at tke honse of Robert Jackson , >* e"w Market Inn , at 6 O ' clock in the evening , to take into consideration the reduction of wages , as it is necessary to ruore equalise them -vritb other towns . The journeymen are coming forward to assist the steam weaver ? , on conditions that they assist them , if necessity requires , at any other time . This is forming a barrier which we never can break , if we mlsa this opportunity ; now is the time , or never ! " iit B&ttenrorth said that the kinu-fcearted and humane rnvn -who irrote that concluded with the words "Now or never . '" Xow or never Ut what ? Why , now is the time , or never , to take another pare of the wages of the industrious men . ' To bring them another degree lower in the stage of human existence . To take another part of the food and dothme which s ' uould
be appropriated to fill the bellies and clothe the backs of th-ir already starving and famishing wires and children . ( Shame , shame . ] People who read that circular would conclude that the masters w-. re in a most dep ' ionbis condition ; yea , every one of you would naturally suppose so . But he would inform them that be hid been at their houses , and he had seen among the rest , that very charitable and sympathising gentleman -who -wrote that circular—execrition )—and h » was Surprised and disgusted when he found them in a better condition than those they wished to rob of their fruits of iadostry , and better , too , than men bnght to be who produce nothing , but live upon the labour of others . ( Hear , hear . / Seduction after reduction in the wages of the operative * saeuied to be the order of the day , and would be so ai long as the capitalists were protected by
l « -w , and labour unprotected . The lecturer proceeded in this line of argument for aome time , and then ad-TBrted to the Corn Law agitation . He said , there are a number of men who attribute the evils of the present system to the Corn LawB , and these xien will stoop to every thing , and stop at nothing to gain a plausible point , always keeping in view that they are . stimulated to their benevolent actions by the mU « ible condition of the people . But , forsooth , some of these men had been reducing the wages of their hands for the last twenty years , and hid amassed enongh of wealth to build large mills , stately mansions , possess a considerable amount of cottage property , live in the greatest splendour aud affluence , keep race horses , Jrarstinghounds ,. and any quantity of -women' for theil cam lastfal gratification , in addition W wcicti they
invested large sums in railway speculations and banking companies . ( Cries of Hear , hear , and " That ' s true , lad , "! Mr . Batterworth said he had smb a placard opoa the walls since he came in the to-mi , -which had been put out by the "Whigs , -which he hoped the Ctiarfcists would take t ^ e liberty of exposing . The plac a d in question called upon the Chartists to lndk after their leauers , and asked them what they were doing , and identifying the Chartists with Mi ' . NigknEgsile , and the ¦ ending of him to Walsall on an electioneering tour . How , said Mr . B ., it is -well knuirn that Xightingale is not a member of the Chartist Ars relation , nor is he any way connected frith the Chartists of -Manchester , and that the Chartists had not anything to do with sending him to Walsall , nor would they h 3 ve a : ythin ? to do with either Whig or Tory . tCheera . ; Here Mr .
Bntt-rworth dwelt at some length , and -with his usual ability , upon the fallacies znl specious pretences of the Com Law Rtpealers . Mr . B . sild ha -was as great an opponent to the Corn Laws as the best of them , ad ¦ would wish to see them repealed ; but be-fore he -wouM join a party , who wanted to gain an object for their own selfish purposes , he would go with his own party , the Chartists , and straggle foz that power ¦ srhich -would ju * iant * e that the working classes should eome in for the benefit , and would protect both alike . ( Cheers . - He said it was not the object of the Chartists to take that from them { the rich ) which they had plundered from the people , but it was the object , and he thought a very right and cogent one , to stop them from robbing them any further . ( Hear , h » ir . ) Mt R then referred to the combination of tha middle
• lasses . Now , Baid he , we are taught in the unerring ¦ tandard of divine truth— " That charity is a password to toe realms of bliss . " But what feelingB , -what charity , could there be assigned to those masters who fcnxned their >* ° ^^« into the street , because their minds Were not so contracted and circumscribed as their own , teeaose they dan to be Chartists . He > the lecturer ) knew hundreds of men who were kept out of werk , because of their principles . These misters put a brand mark open their sen , turned them out of employment , atxl used their exertions to keep them so the remainder ff their lives . ( Sham * . ) Shame ,, yes . If that were « bs position , in -which they were placed , liberty surely -was -worth ibe straggling for . When-the people got power , the tyranny of the master was at an end . Hitherto then had only been one side to a bargain .
If a labourer west to a master , to reason with him » bout his wages , or to state his own figure for his work , fee- -ma * tor would tell him to go about his business , at Jbe same time r ulin g him an impertinent fellow . Here Mi . B . brought a ease in point . A Tnajinfmv torrw in Bradford reduced his hands from two shillings to ooe rt » T '" g and niaepence ; and gave notice that if Ihsy did not turn off the same quantity of work glfop ^ H to them , he would take 3 s . 6 d . ; so that it wield be more benefit to the master for them not to perform , the prop er quantum of work than otherwise ; Si it was the opinion of the spinners that difficulties Y * y i TT » . ny times been thrown in . their way for that very po « o * e . ( Shams . ) . One maa went to the master to fcKTB aa interview with him about the restriction , ttflt-y ; h ? Tp at the avne time that . he had promised to take it oft The matter replied , " that if he did Bay
aa , b * wa » afool ; and to would say further , that if he 4 id « ay ao , he didnotmean tostick to it ! " ( Shame . ) Bobberies like these were taking place continually , and tfa * workinf people of this country were brought to this poBtiea—that to be in employment was slavery and ¦ fcarration , and to be without was very little -worse . Hit * Mr . Buttenrorih drew a most deplorable picture « C th » factory i&Tea , -which completely electrified and horrified hit hearers , ' when be was describing their ** "tHng . their food , their houses , their small wages , » d fee contaminating and unwholesome atmosphere ; and , lastly ,, the long hours which they had to be imprjasaed . Affeer which , he said it was bo overdrawn ykfan , ma jatoa . whether « uch a state of things ought tft' ^ rist for one niln » t * Me Batterworth next com-¦ HBted upon the oondlct of the ministers of the Vtajpel , and Baid mat instead of thei declaring from
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the pulpit ihat such conduct was wrong—instead of saying , " Cursed is he that oppresseth the poor , " they connived at it- They told the people that the more they starved upon earth , the greater reward would they receive in heaven . They now and then would try to smother aud console the poor by telling them " that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle , than for a rich man to enter heaven . " These men , at least only a part of them , received from the public purse , for preaching this passive and humiliating doctrine , £ 9 , 000 , 000 per year . This did not argue that they , at any rate , wished to be poor—that they should have bad houses , bad clothes , and bad provision ; it did not argue that these men wished to go with an empty belly or bare back , in order to get to heaven . (
Laughter , and a Yoke— " Not they . " ) No , taeir actions gave the lie direct to their doctrine . They appeared to take great thought abant the good things of this life , and to ruu the risk of what might be their situation in the next He , fur hia part , wished to « e « the people comfortable in this life , that men might as well—nay , could better serve God with a full belly than an empty one ; and he was connrmed in this belief by the fact that the land was capable of producing snffioientfor three times the number of human beings already in existence . The fault must not blasphemously be laid upon God . But rather let U 3 , sa ' ul he , lay the fault upon the wicked men , the tyrants . Tyrants did he say 7 No , upon them—the people—fur allowing it ( Hear . ) The rich have no natural privileges over the poor—they came th
in ^ o the world e same ; therefore , it was the people ' s own fault , and it wag the people * * duty to put things right Mr . Butterworth also alluded to the conduct of Sydney Smith , in London , and thought the magistrate right in being a friend to free and open dlscusaon . The fact was , the people had been bar . died about like shuttle-cocks , and would be , so long as they were divided among themselves . There ought to be a sameness , a oneness of purpose . The Government needed no greater Btrengih than to know that the people were divided , and now the people went together for one object The celebrated lecturer , who was strivinyfor the poor , weuid not let them have admittance , unless the police were there to lock their jaws , in case they object to aome of their most confounded and audacious statements . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . B . then , in a masterly
style combatted tlie charge of ignorance brought against the people , as a reason -why they should not possess the Suffrage . He , then , consecutively went through every thing which the peopl » produce for the rich , as a standing argument , that they had sufficient intelligence for every thing Vat political power . Man ' s intelligence might be tried by an outward act He very properly directed his hearers to the grand performances of the working men as exemplified in all the great shops of Manchester . After touching npon many other points , he concluded by hoping , that if there was any one present , who objected to anything advanced , he would come forward , and they ( his hearers ) would give him a hearing , and sat down nmid the vociferous cheers of the people . The regular notices were given out , and the meeting dispersed , highly delighted with the treat they had had .
The 1-e . idisg Chastists , assembling at Brownstreet room , Manchester , met on Monday evening last , and after the reading of the circular of Messrs . Lovctt , Cjllins , O'Neil , and Co ., which document states that it would be considered a breach of honour for any person to cause its publication at present , passed the following resolutions unanimously : — " That this Council Tiews with deep sorrow and indignation , th * conduct of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , and Co ., in endeavouring to create a counter agitation , to the immediate tstablishnicnt of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land ; the said Council pledge themselv * never to entertain any crotchets manufactured by the great Dan , or any of his tail , or any apostate Chartist , short of Universal Suffrage , and ihat as speedily as possible . " " That this resolution ba sent to the Xorthern Star for insertion . "
GLASGOW . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow and neighbourhood was held in the Christian Chartist Church , on Friday evening , April 2 d , for the purpose of appointing a delegate to the Chartist Convention ; Mr . Callen was unanimously called to the chair , Who , after reading the placard , cautioned the meeting , when discussing the merits of any individual -who might be propssed as a candidate , to avoid all asperity of language , and to steer carefully clear of auy thing like party spirit , and to hear , with due decorum SEd attention , any individual who might address the meeting , whetUer for or against the proposition . > ¦ Cheers . ) Mr . Jack conceived that it was necessary , previous to appointing a delegate , to discuss the possibility of setting up a great National Petition , in time for
the meeting of Convention , on the 12 th ; fir his part , he believed it impossible , and that to do it justice , a much longer period would be required . Mr . John Rodger said , that with all due deferencs to Mr . O'Connor , and no man respected him more thwi he did , be was of the same opinion with Mr . Jack ; he considered thst it ¦ would be . ietrimenta . 1 to our cause , if we did not double the number of names attached to the last National Petition , and he believed they -would be so if a little more time were given . Many of his acquaintances , who were Whigs and Tories , were new beginning to acknowledge that the Chartists were right after all . ; Ctieers . ) He would , therefore , propose as a recommendation that injte 3 d of the 12 th of April , being the dav of meeting , it should be the 3 d of May . Mr .
Colquhcun , in order that the thing might be wull ( lone , seconded the recommendation- A gentleman in the meeting thought it very curious that the shortness of the time had not been sooner discovered , and the eountry earlier npprisdd of such a recommendation ; for his part he saw no difficulty in the matter . Another individual thought that it would take sis months —( cries of " Oh , oh , ")—to get up the petition properly . The last National PetiUon bad taken more than Ibat time , ilr . Wiliie pcouted the Hea of the last speaker ; when the last National Petition was got up , they had the whole country to organize . It was not so now , when every city , tewn , and village in the kingdom was organized , and haxi its acting committee for the time ; part of it they were hearty in the cause . It was amply
sufficient He had been connected with the getting up of a petition in Glasgow , which was despatched in eight days , with 45 , 0 'JO signatures , iCheers ) Mr . Allan thought they sh ould consider if they were ready in other respects . " Tea , " said a wee , " -we are ready with the siller . " tCheers . 1 Mr . Kosswas one of thosa who thought thst the time was rather short ; but he could assure them that , so far as Glasgow 8 Ti 4 Linarksliire Were concerned , they had j-lenty of time to pet a splendid list of signatures by ih * 3 rd of May . ( Chesrs . ) Mr . Jack stated that ho had already written to eyerj town in Lanarkshire . Mr . Wat < or ., reporter for the Chronicle , Journal , an-1 Post newspapers remarked that Mr . O'Connor , perhaps , was nol aware when he proposed tie 12 th , that the PariLament -which adjourn ? ,
on the 6 th , for the East-r recess , -was not again to me&i until the 20 th A person here stated that it was his impression . -when reading Mr . O'Connor ' s plan , that his idea for the Convention meeting on the 12 th or 14 th , was that they ' . vonld be able to iirrange the different matters MaA m \ gV , t be bircviis ; to . before them , and in orjanising the districts of . London , and having the petition ready to present immediately after the recess , when the strength of the nv . mbers would he present . tCrie 3 of " True , true . ") The -recommendation was then put for and against , -when the recommendation was carried . A discussion next ensued upon the -wages of tha dele ? ate , in which Messrs . Un-s , Pattison , M'Farlane , Thomson , Rodger , Jack , Malcolm , ^ VUkie , and otns-rs toia part ; afttr which it
was agreed that they should pay their own delegate , ana , if need be , assist poorer uistricts , who were , perhaps , not so able to pay for a delegate as they were ; it was , also agreed that the delegate should receive ten pounds for expences , to carry him to aod from London , with £ 3 10 s . per week for wages . The following gentlemen Were then nominated as candidates : —Messrs . Moir , M'Ewan , M'Fariane , Pattison , Malcolm , and Cullen . Mr . Ross was then appointed to the chair , in the room of Mr . Cullen : Mr . Ross had just taken the chair , when he was nominated as a candiAate . Mr . Thomson was called to tLe cliair next ; he had also got into the chair , but having been also nominated , Mr . Allan was called to fill his place , amid great laughter and cheering . Mr . Moir stated that he ¦ was sorry that he could not stand as a candidate , in
consequence of his own private aflaira . Ha bad but lately removed his business to a larger establishment , and he could not « n any account leave it for any length of tima . He should have been happy to have gone to London , had his own affairs permitted him . All the other individuals , with the exception of Mr . Cullen , were also placed in eireumstmces that rendered it impossible for them to accept of the office . Mr . Cullen , after being strongly recommended by Mr . M'Fuilane and Mr . Meir , was elected the delegate- Mr . Cullun returned thanks for the honour they had conferred upon Mb : he said that no persecution or opprobrium wonld ever make him swerve from his duty , and one of the first objects he would ardently attend to in his intercourse with Members of Parliament would be the liberation of bis feUow-Chsurtists in prison and in exile , iCheers . ) The meeting then dissolved .
SIiGXN . —U is now two months since a Working Men ' s Association has been formed here ; about eue month before which time we had a visit from Mr . Julian Harney , which I may say , was the commencement of our Asjocifttion , He delivered two lectures , which have left a lasting impression upon thousands of his kearers- At his last lecture , there were present a good sprinkling of the middle classes , and among the rest was our Sheriff . Since our commencement , we hare had to contend with very great difficulties to get a place of meeting rented , which was very difficult to be obtained . At last we got one . We then agreed upon iasoing an address ; sent it off to Glasgow to be
printed . We at preseDt hold weekly meetings , which are always full ; last night being the fullest we have had yet , and we added five new members to our number . When Mr . O'Connor ' s new mode of agitating and petitioning for Chartist prisoners and the Charter appeared in the Star , a meeting was held , -when it was agreed to adopt the same petition , and a resolution was passed , that in the course of n * xt week , a meeting of all the inhabitants be called to lay the said petition before them , and implore their assistance in petitioning in favour of Chartist prisoners , and the Charter . Our contribution towards defraying the expences of the Convention will be forwarded before the 12 th of April
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MANSFIELD . —Mr . Simmons preached a sermon here oh Sunday last , in tho Chartist Meeting Room , in the Liwn , to a few determined followers of the glorious cause of democracy . The men and women of Mansfield are most earnestly invited to attend the meetings on every Sunday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , in the Lawn , to liold discussions upon the principles of the Charter . An excellent library is now in formation here . SSimo&S . —The Chartist * In this place held a soiree on the 31 st alt , in Mr . Thomas Walker's
factory ; ichen Mr . T . Roberts , from Cupar Fife , addressed the meeting in his usual talented-and humoursome style . Mr . Barclay , from Nevrbigging , also delivered a very instructive -and humourous lecture on what he called the philosophy of lore , which kept the meeting in one continued burst of laughter during the whole time . The meeting was enlivened with instrumental music , and a var iety of songs and recitations ; and when the song , entitled " Lines on O'Connor , " was sung , the whole company joined in chorus , which produced an excellent effect
MARKXNCflt ( FiPBSHrRE ) . —On Tuesday evening , the 30 th ult ., a public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held in the Society ' s Hall , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favonr of the Charter , and for the liberation of all political offenders . Resolutions pledging the meeting not to relax in their exertions till the Charter was the law of the land , and expressive of abhorrence at the many cruelties inflicted on the Chartist prisoners , were unanimously adopted . The Chairman then read the petition from the Star , which was also adopted unanimously , and petition sheets ordered to be sent to all the districts , i » order that it might be signed as numerouily as possible . Mr . M'Leen , the Ayrshire poet , then addressed the meeting in an able manner .
REDRUTH , Cobn-wall . —On Thursday , April the first , a public meeting took place at the Miner ' s Ins , in this town , to hear the principles and objects of the People ' s Charter explained by Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , Christian Chartist Missionary , in spite f many unfavourable circumstances , at the time appointed , the large room was crowded , t « the great disappointment of numbers , who could gain no admittance . Mr . £ . P . Mead produced , for the inspection of the Radicals of this place , testimonials from several bodies , appreciating his talents , and speaking in the highest terms of him for honesty of purpose , and unshaken real , in the cause of universal liberty . Mr . Mead then came forward , and addressed them preparatory to the lecture , and gave out a Chartist hyniD ,
which the people joined in singing ; after which he commenced showing forth the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and combatted the argument * against it , showing the folly of those , and villany too , of such who advocated the repeal of this or that bad law , and produced convincing proof that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would or cou \ d remedy the evils which the people were suffering under . In the course of his lecture he strongly and affectionately appealed to the people present to become united , to become sober and thinking , reading and prayerful men ; and then they would , by their good feeling and general
good conduct , show to their rulers , who consider them , the labouring poor , as the dross of the earth , that they were men deaerring those rights they so just )/ contended for . He was listened to throughout with marked attention , and was much applauded . At the conclusion of this , his first lecture in this county , a vote of thanks was given him for the able manner in which he had exerted himself for the rights of the poor . On Saturday evening last , Mr . Mead delivered a sermon , from the fifth chapter of the general epistle to James , first and five following verses . The service throughout was well and attentively listened to by a most respectable auditory .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct374/page/2/
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