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AJJ ) THOSB WHO LITE BY LABOTTO . . t-j ^ sds , The hour for which I have bo long * * ^ at le ^ th arrived . We must » w prore ffrL the people are a faction or a party ; whether * LLt ol fcc& » or tha " legitimate souroe of all * . AU that ire ask for , all that we wank , all f ** daile is now within oar gre * p . Yes , I say *** ^ noir hare the Charter—the Charter or ** the Charter or worse than nothing . Worse * *^ thiB £ . anything else you take in Ken . thereof , *** vg . snd for this reason , any thing short of the * L , i ^ l tend to destroy all hope of accomplishing thia
< w » jasas 018-r friecds , I fflo ^ maie eTeI 7 s ^^ ace in letter CLs one- ' I ^ Whigs hare lost themselves by l , " Bpon one vote-master instead of the nation , port We hare been lost for want of the co-** ^ oa of Ireland . Nothing can insure tis that " ^^ iiaB bat a Tory Sfuecze . Ireland has heard *^ T tnt tte n ursed lullaby of " Hush- a-by , f ° T 7 Vbile the Whigs were gorging the hungry wS > " iafcnots . Ireland bsa never yet spoken out foi Srff A Tory schoolmaster alone can teach her people Ireland has sunk in
to cpesi oat- immeasurably el sole of nations , and in the estimation of the * mBs& ky Eer ^ PP 01 * ° * ^ e c ^^ ing , police-enact-^^¦ - ¦ ral ! opiTi 5 " Whigs . Ireland has harked the ^ fttzs art . Bnt , don't mistake me , I must distinguish " gj jj-eJjad and the Com Exchange , although the j ^ ire hUhly censurable for their blin d , their servile a t rrccp isotic foll » wing of such cold-Hooded leaders , j-jsad , tben , has cheered the Whigs in their every ^ s siu a ^ ainsi English liberty , and the English ^^ J Irish representatives h&ve voted for every « wmes 5 cre . The Irish leader tendered his services bici dcrffn the English Chartists , and has threatened to Itiib Chartists -with persecution .
Tea o"fe it . then , to Ireland to prove "what the , j fiarar * £ i o ! the 'Englisa people is , and ^ what their m ! feeiir-fs towards Ireland are . England cannot do ftj fll Ireland is in need of her support Ireland « j 3 K > t profess to need her support until the national ujoJ-bcBaiis , the orange faction , and the shooting Ajscb are again sanctioned in thtir atrocities by n , yf Q ^ Tt . TUEfcnt . Ireland cannot bt better till she is » PK , ifpcs > ii > le —ihe crisis has to eo : ; i ? ; it is ai hand . i&ia&z-¦ Rtc ihe Tcries cerce in they yrll mate a drive si T-jsad . England wiU then return good for evji , anc { 3 eTtrj bioir aimed at Ireland , England ¦ wrill hit Wssd ' 3 oppressors two far it 2 'iuv tJuili sot a <; ain iajder : K ( Iriih people , OR ELSE .
jjgrtiB thes , my friends , rests the distinction . Ui ^ -ar iWtiZ G averment the energies of lreL % nd -siil be iEpiia a d :-zs , for the benefit of paxUamfeLtary j-- ; bjgs ; thfie cn&eja Tory Government her energies -R-iii fc socsed , and instead of rpeaiing through the Cm gninsiE penny trumpet , she will make the laud Tirg ifcfcst stentorian cries of the Charter . Ysasie , ^ 1 predicted In my last letter to OOIaley , OtEEili Las , in my v ^ ry ts-ords , said thai " Jrelar . d Xtv&i&S io apfd Lfyond her cicx limits . '' Tiiis is to ptt- ^ moaeT . nothing else under heaven . Orpns-ion i 21 » l * 3 ys Eska a psople subscribe for those who ac 6 ss Ju eombat it .
Ess I sLsw yon that Ireland must get a taste of layisn before Irishmen coaae to their senses . Whig peseB&a hts done more for the Charter than tre ecsM hsve c-thenrise accomplL-hed for years . I ifjaise in my solitude , because it has served the ff md I r >* n rejoice when I hear of five hundred fepates or Chartists being sent to Irish prisons for jcSaal cf ^ ces , and tfcen the -wv-rk -will be beg-on—Knij ii ias begun ; but they shall not die there , or Eek there , as ¦ we have teen allovred to die and linger Bl&sknd .
la tbs 5 : st time in Irish history , the people are teasing to speak for tremsslves ; action fellows ? eah . 0 , what delight the letter of Bropby gave Ke : 0 , list iifirite joy the eloquent , manly , the powerful . feibie , and convincing Address of the Executive of 6 e 5 iaoaal Charter Association to the Irish , must have pans ill ! Bui what Irish paper -will pnblish it ? iStsl " there ' sthe rub . " bend , then , I say , must be had , and Ireland an «! Tbe had by driving her into the arms of the English ferscseosr , eemfort , and support . / iciil pledjs a' ! Instead rod ScoHand on bthaif of Ireland tcAoi she ttb ftr « ai raslioe .
HylnEadSjiu this struggle every tnai "will fee kuewn t ; ha *» ik& . You have renewed the covenant between B . I tiaLk you all from my scuL I thaiiS you for ; Jtxt TsfpoEL-z to my sppeai . "Tou say " von triU siick it we Hie trai ; " but you dent £ 2 y what wax . In I Itjfy , I premise to stick to yon like cobbler ' s wax . te&s eneny like a leech , ard to the Charter like a i TijSKis aoir bat one war cf cznrjing tb £ Charter : SttSj . A dissDlution is at hand . Bely upon it that ;
fls Wiks will dissolve ; they -will nui give the Tories j 1 daaee as Ion ? as they can kelp it . Indeed , they fcntsjTiBged 2 tll the dissolution scenery for the per- j knniLK . Thdy expect great thinf s from the novelties . , tel they do not know rha feeling of the people . How- j fKt , * eviallhave % dissolntioa , tint ' s certain . Alii fiieodvliin favour of a Ministry in office will be tried i 1 « i » jtaaial dectios , bef ^ ie the hungry Whigs walk Kt i Vh » t then beccmes yrur duty ? I shall tell yon . ; ait eumples by your " sateriors" in diplomacy- : ; Sot do Uj » YTLks hope to get a majority ? How "; to every Ministry get , asd how preserve a majo- ; Sj ? B ; " EXCLUSIVE DEALING . " There , my i fesds , is the whole secret What they I he tj » n themselves , in you they will refit To whom are BLshopricks , the Bench , j " ^ iaissaes of Counties , Commissions of the peace , 1 keaaasoia in tbfc army and navy given ? To whom ; ¦* pmsoaa , siDeeanes , aed salaries given ? On whom i elasocn , titles , and distinctions conferred ? From ' '
fem is ths Queen ' s tea , sugar , timber , cheese , bread , feapa , fnraitura , tobacco , wine , whiskey , gin , and ** beads ? Why , all from the friends of the ad-* a&jstioa in power . What is the greatest taunt to * & » iLicistry can be subjected ? Is it not , " O , ?* J » t = ; fcs Bishoprick , or the Bench , or some appoint-** to i Qo-abtial man—how then can you expect your Hadi io tvppzri you r What has been the burden of tafctelTi every song and letter ? Has it not been , 0 , jn dent give us Irish our share in appointments , 4 bow us ; cu txpect us to support you ? " Even ^^ salthy col onies , the hungry cevils face infection
* Sai fcr pbee and plunder . Deal , tue >" , with J B-i Tors , feiends , and before an election **• pcee yaa wil ] not on ) y hold the balance ol pc ~ irer > * T 8 i - » iil be the legitimate source of all power = * Uvs ntTti tried it . Try it in earnest , and in six ** 2 ii the battle is won ; and if you will cot for six ^^ prefrr serving your friends to serving your *>* fc 7 , bs slaves and be damned . I tell you not to v * pjcch of scnS , an onnce of tea or sugar , a hat , a ^* FP ? , or leaf from asy man who will not vote l a&l tbey vi : i soon learn the real value of the * 5 fe ' * Ptace agjinit the treasury gold .
851 niust hi ; . a in time , Ltt the Executive take ^» toi send a i ^ ra . of pkdge to be printed in the i » sd 1 mb the S : ar to be reprinted in slips in every **> wsd left by the Committee of the Association in ; * e , v . eTcry shop in the town . This could be *"' da ; - T ^ e expence is nothing . The shock k fc ^ tricaL iLiie Do combinauons to injure rT *^ ^ combine to terve your frieuds , and stick " » , Juy dear fronds , pray observe . You must j * & * * h vkeep ii' irwrest against the shopkeepers ' Tbej now iE 0 W that a well-fed and well-paid ^** ttl ks a fQ : l till a ; . d a cheerful wife on a Satur-4 ~* f ' that a b * dly-ps , id people make an 7 tod a grumbling spous *; but this they have
M ? T * . ' fr ° 'n a fooli * h > Tain love of their little social * fc ™!^ 1011 ' ^ ^ ' ^' ^ things would mecd j ^^ complete ignoraiiee upon all political and ** « 1 abjtet .. > «« in mind , in ipaaking of the middle T *> freai amj ajjraut errors have been committed , i ^* feon ^ bfeen "gued as though the interests of ^* niiddie classes weie identical , whereas , the lT * <* ^ P-kefpers and that of mannf * ctarera are » to ^ tipQde * eDet 0 Ule oUler ' ThB ij 3 terest of /^ i&ctnrer is to have cheap labonr ; while the * » r ** * P kw P « r « to bare dear labour . You i * tten the shopkeepers and tradesmen of all \ rj ^ * ' ^ ^ t * em against the real enemy—
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From the fact of the manufacturers being represented ifl Parliament , and commanding the capital and markets , and paying wages , and discussing politics , they have placed their questions and their interests in the ascendant , and have kept them eternally in view , bringing the poor , foolish , ignorant shopkeepers up as backers , upon mere prejudice against popular rights , and against their own interest In fact , the manufacturers must be put down , and no means so speedy and certain as by enlightening and instructing tbose who make up their numerical strength , and which alone gives them any importance , Bnt for the shopkeepers , the manufacturers would be but a mere handful of political buffoons .
Now , although I do not , in general , recommend the txample of the Court or the oligarchy , as worthy of being followed , yet I ask you , if you can discover fl . ny more moral and efficacious naoila of agitation than a well directed system of " exclusive dealing ?" It but requires method to make it irresistible , while it has the sanction of locg-established precedent in its favour . I do trust that this question will be calmly and seriously discussed , and , if approved , instantly and energetically acted upon . Myfriends , just mark our position for a single moment , and see what perBeverence has led to . My " trild asfociales '— " Fe&rgns ' s wjJd associates , " as Dak and his Tame foiloweks have called von and
me , mark flow we stand , and how it has been accompliih'd by the very systtni which so justly entitles me to the name of the " wild Feargus" We are misters . —aye , MASTERS , who can deDy it ; and how has it been done ? By that " wild" sybtem of agititi-in which I have ever practised , and shall ever recommend . The storm created >> y the " wild" elements of Enslb'h agitation is irresistible , while the methodical , si / $ temulic , paying , and " PRACTICAL " agitation in Ireland has . left the disconsolate people at the mtrcy of a bad faction , whom they preftr as a choice of evils to sr . ve them from a worse faction , while we defy both factions . I am the " wild Feakgvs . " Dan is the " practical Liberator- " Let us sea "whose ship will best stand the storm , and who will best pKot the vessel when it rages .
Every attempt has been made in England to create 3 sietficdical , si tte malic , " practical ^ paying agitation , but I ¦ w as a ! ways on my guard ; it means retail purchase , and ¦ srhojesale sale of public opinion . It means , "Ah . ' now , don't mind we , just ltt me go on , or let us go en , and depesdnpon ; x ; don't take any trouble , we'll do italL " Has not this tysttm , I ask yau , paraljsed Ireland , and has not the abserce of it made England the envy , admiration , and -read of Whigs and Tories ? Just look at our lecturers , paid so badly , tbs . t the return to labour from the Eccvmplisbmtnt of the Charter , woulvl HUrally be a G-nl-send . I to ' ir you In January last , in u ' . y letter upon the Sanderiar . il resolutions , that the time was nearer than ir ^ any supposed , when those -who had h » nestly &too-, l by the Charter would be called upon to take thtir natural p-i-siVior . in the administration of their country ' s affairs . 1 repeat it r . jw . I also told them that no man should long continue in ths wtjcj road far want of calling aftvr . I repeat t > at a ! sr > . Now , my friends , in conclusion , 1 have only to add , when my honour aad my caase wtrfeaUncVed , Idefended myself . as became an irishman , a Chartist , and a gentleman , n ^ t dealing in vituperation half so strong as
circumstances warranted , and I hold it that I should but ill deserve year confidence , yonr regard and respect where I base enough tamely to submit my neck to the oppressor ' s yoke . I have done my duty in defending myself . 1 threw down tbe gauntiet when the foe was before me , ani Iaow tender the olive branch to all who wish to unita with me against the oppressor . We have no -right to make merchandise of the people ' s c-use . Whatever our feelings may b ; , personally , at all times they should be tif hostile . ! reluctantly expressed , and onjy when extracted from us ; but , at the present moment , disunion is treason .
With the hope , then , that out disunion may ptovp no source of strength to our enemies , I have forbid the publication of the remainder of my letter to Mr . Hetherington , and also all personal angry feeliDgs upou tbe " new move . " I am ready to forgive and forget , but I am not ready to move backwards , by a hair ' sbreadth , in the course which I have so long travelled and which , though "wild , " I have measured every single inch btfore I took the step . The " wilder" the agitation , tke greater the necessity for thought and study iu those who had , sometimes , to suggest , and whose suggestions have always been honoured with confidence and attention .
In England the people speak for themselves . In Ireland the " p-itriols" speak of the people as a mechanic speaks of his tools , as things to work with . My friends , be firm , be united , be brave , and the Devi ! himself cannot beat us . Ojitcard , and we conquer ; bjekward , and ice falL Not one atom less than ovr ChaBTEE—not half an atom . Tonr faitifd ] friend , And loyal subject , F-EAKGUS O'CO-V . NOJt .
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HALIFAX—Cors Law Disccssiox . —A disrussion on the Corn Laws came off at the Qd <\ Fellows' Hall , in this place , on Saturday and Monday evenings , the 9 th and 11 th of May , between Mr . Win . Warren , of Manchester , on the part of ihe Operative Anti-Corn Law Association , and Mr . Leech , on the part of the National Charter Association—whether a repeal of the Corn Law , accompanied with other remedial measures ,-would benefit the working classes . At the conclusion of \ be second lecture , the following was adopted , without a dissentient voice : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Corn Law monopoly , aud every oihtr monopoly , is founded on iijus-tice and robbery ; bu ; a repeal of the Corn Laws , unaccompanied wnh Universal Suffrage , cannot be eif « cted so as to prove beneficial to the working classes . "
; DERBY . —The Chartists of this place held their meeting at the Northern Star , when the following reso | lution was ncanimously passed , some friends from the I country being present at tbe san ; e time— " That we , tbe 1 . Chartists of Derby , pledge ourselve 3 on behalf of the ' town and . county , that in case Mr . O'Brien survives his ' imprisonment , the sum of £ 5 , as requested in the | Star , shall be punctually paid , and should his death ' ensue before that period I which God forbid ) , we also pledge , oune ' . ves that his funeral stnnon shall bt ' preached throughout the county , and collections made : at each place , as a meats ( as far as in our power lays ) i of consoling his bereft ar . d Tesptcied widow and family . ' . And we tail with delight the noble exertions made by ; the Petition Convention for that noble of iiature , Mr i 0 'Brii . n- and thould the Government reiuse to release
! Mm , and he 'Mr . 0 'B . i become a martyr to their ever : detestable and damnable misrule and oppression , we , the Chartists of Derby , will give the aforesaid Governr ment iiioral battle upon all occasions that may present ; themselves to us ; and we recommend the whole country 1 take the same s-teps . " i ' KENSIKGTON . —At the usual weekly meeting of ! Chartists , held at the United Temperance Coffee-house , ! Lower George-street , Chelsea , on Monday , May 10 th , ! Mr . Stallwocid delivvied an ablt and interesting lecture ! en teetotal Chartism , which was at ended with the pood result of an addition of four members to the \ National Charter Association , aud likewise an addition of the same number to the ¥ nited Temperance Asso-: ciation .
I KOTTXN 6 HAM . —The following reiolntions were 1 passed at a meeting of the Chartiits , held at the King J George on Horseback , on Monday evening last : — " That we have no confidence in any body of men ( or j in any movementi who have not for their object the j atUinment of Universal Suffrage ; and that we have \ unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and the ! Northern Star . " " That we are of opinion , that the ! Government move for a Repeal of the Corn Laws is ' . intended to raiee popular opinion in favour of the { Whigs , in order that they may ride back to power ( from ; which they are likely to be driven ) on the shoulders of ] th € people , whom they will afterwards basely deceive . ! If the said WhigB expect any support from the Chwj tUts , they must giTe them a proof of their good intenj tions bj restoring to their country , and their families , i the exiled patriots , Frest , Williams , and Jones ; and { also set at large all persons confined for political j effeccef . " ,
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BB-oirrEKTus 0 'Bb . ikn . —The Brighton Committee for the release of O'Brien , have received a letter from Captain Pechell , stating that he has seen the Secretary of State , who has ordered a report to be ma 4 e on Mr . O'Brien's case . LONDON . —( Westminster )—At a meeting of this body , held at the Union Coffee House , Carnabystreec . Regent-street , on the $ ih instant , the following resolution was passed : — " That we , the members of the National Charter Association , of Great Britain , resident in Westminster , having carefully and dispassionately examined and discussed the proposed plan of Messrs . Lovett and Co ., are of opinion that it is calculated to create disunion and distrust among tbe people of this country , and we pledge ourselves to continue as members of the National Charter Association , aud we further pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to support ihe A ' orthern Star , so lcn « j as it pursues that straightforward course from which it itever yet has deviated . "
ST . PANCHAP , ( Middlfsex ) . —A most numerous meeting of the Chartists of this pamh was holden on Monday evening last , at their rooms Brook-street , Novf-road , Mr . Humphries in the chair . The preliminary business of the meeting having been gone through , the election for the Executive then took place . Tho meeting then resolved into an Election Committee for the Borough of Marylebone , Mr . H . Marlcy in the chair . Names were takeu down and the Committee adjourned , There seems to be & veTy good prospect ot a good souna Radical coming iu for the borough , or else it will be . Nottinghamised ,
St . Pancius . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Parish of St . rancras was holden at the Archer }' Assembly Rooms , Bath Placo , 7 \ ew Koad , on Tuesday evening Ja > t , in behalf of ihe political victims , aiid the furthering of the cause of universal liberty . Resolutions were agreed to , deprecating the conduct of the Whigs towards the political victims , and calling up-jii the people to siui the National Petition for the liberation of the said vicunas , and for tho speedy adoptiou of the Charter .
CAMBER WELL AND WAI . WORTH . —The Chartists of this locality held th- ^ ir usual weekiv meeting on Monday night ; a second subscription wa 3 entered inta lor Mrs . Frost ; l ( is . Gd . was collected , which has been sent to our office . The following resolution was adopted : — "That a public meeting be htlJ at Mr . Pago ' s Assembly-rooms , Newiugton on Tuesday next , at ei ^ iit o ' ciock p . m . BOLTON . —Mr . Isaac Barrow lectured here ou Sunday evening last , to a numerous audience . A collection of l' 2 s . 6 d . was made for Mrs . Frost at the end of the kecure . In a few days upwards of 8 , 000 signatures were obtained here to tho A ' ationaJ Charter .
NOTTINGHAM . —At a meeting on Monday night the Chartists passed resolutions expressive of pleasure at the determinawuu of the men ox Leicester to put Mr . O'Connor in nomination , to represent thai : own in Parliament . It was also resolved by the Genera ! Council that their thanks be tiveu to all these pevsous who approved of their conduct at the late ckciion , on the return uf Mr . Waktr . CHELTENHAM . —The Chartists held a meeting here on Tuesday night , and collected il Is . for Mrs . Frost . Thanks were passed to Feargus O'Connor , Esq , and the Rev . Wia . Hil ) , editur of the Star , i ' or their patriotic conduct rn the cause of the suffering ml lions . T . iu cau :-e here i 3 in a flourishing condition , and the Chartists will join the National Charter Association as soon as tbe requisite arrangements can be made .
OIiDHATtt . —The Chartists of this place , at their weekly meeting , renewed their expressions of confidence in O'Connor and the conductor of the Star , of their determination to = ; i ! ck by them , and of tneir repudiation of the " now move . " NEWCASTLE . —The " Leaguk" Men . —A correspondent writes us thus : — " As 1 was going down Manor Chair , this day week , I heard a person say to a gentleman—you are requested to attend the anti-Corn Law meeting to-day , the Mayor is sent for , and the meeting will take place in a few minutes .
As ihe meeting had not been publicly announced , supposed it to be a meeting to make preliminary a- ningements for ihe public meeting . But , behold , I we ; , t into a barber ' s shop to get shaved , when J wa- requested to sign the petition emanating from ihis hole and corner meeting . Some signed , supposing it to be the National petition . I should not be ihe leist surprised if they send it to Parliament as ¦ j . petition of tbe inhabi : auts of Newcastle , in public meeting assembled . Some of them , when 1 interrogated them , confessed that they were afraid of being swamped by the Chartists at a public meeting . "
The National Petition . —W e intend sending tomorrow , the petition sheets which we have ready . Many of the surrounding districts have not sent in th . ir sheets . Yet Newcastle and Gateshead and one or two district vil . ' age 3 have raised 15 , 674 signatures . We will send the others as soon as they art received . SUNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns delivered an able addre .-s at tho Life-boat House , to an unusually large audience . A collection was made for Mrs . Frost , in compliance with the appeal of Mr . Pitkethly . Nearly 10 , 000 signatures have been obtained to the national petition at Sund * rland and its neighbourhood . Sums received by Mr . William 3 , Snnderland , aud remitted by him to this office , for the following purposes : —
IMPRISONED VICTIMS FUND . Mr . Brown , Wingate Grange 0 1 0 Mr . Marley , do 0 0 6 MR 3 . Clayton ' s fund . Mr . Davison , Bishop Auckland 0 5 9 FOB MRS . FROST . Collection at Sunderland ... 0 5 7 i Per Mr . Coates # 26 Other sums 0 4 9 —0 23 10 .
£ 1 1 11 Petition Convention Fund . —The Chartists of Stockton have remitted to Sunderknd 143 . towards ihe said fund . HUDDKH . SFIELD . —During last week , the town aud neighbourhood of Huddersfield were posted , announcing that Mr . Leech would deliver a lecture in the Guildhall , on the fallacies of Socialism , the Com Laws , and the supremacy of the Charter . A number of the Whig magistrates attended upon Mr . J . Kay , tli 9 owner of the place , and declared that , if ho allowed the lecturer to proceed , they wonld never enttr ths place again , and that they would possibly tine all the parties who took part in the proceedings . This ended in Mr . Kay ' s paying the necessary
expences , and stopping the lecture . The Chartists immediately applied for tho New Theatre , which they got ; but no sooner did the placards appear that the lecture was to take place in the > Theatre , than the owner was sent for by Mr . Wo . Brooke and the magistrates' clerk , J . Laycock , and threatened in like manner as Mr . Kay had been before , and that place was stopped . It appears that the base Whig crew are determined to enforce the little authority which has been given to them by ministers , who thrust them in to enforce the Kew Poor Law ; the time is not far distant when " Billy" will be called upon to help " Neddy ' s" nominee , and then the people ' s turn will come . The " boys" aro preparing for a fieid day , and , no doubt , will do their duty . After all , Mr . Leech lectured in their own room , Upperhtad-row , to a crowded audience , both in doors and out . He showed the tyranny and
oppression which is carried on amongst those who are crying out cheap bread , and proved , that until the people obtained more political power , nothing but oppression and tyranny could exist . After the lecture was concluded , a member of tho Socialists read a challenge to discuEBion , which Mr . Leech accepted , on condition that it might be to discuss tbe merits of each case . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , Upperhead-row , on Tuesday evening Iatt , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Josh . Kay . / or bis generosity in discharging the expencc 3 ofpiinting , &o . of the lecture of Mr . Leech , attheGrildhall , when the cowardly Whig magistrates had deprived them of the room . Ten new meatbers were enrolled , and some other business done . All who have any petitions are requested immediately to send them in , and the oat-townships who have not got , are desired to get one up immediately .
ASHTON-UND 23 B-L 7 NE . —The Chartist Association of this town having been deprived of the room in which they met , assemble at present in the Co-operative Stores , Catherine-street , near the Market-place , on Sunday , Monday , Thursday , and Saturday evenings . The Conneil of the Association seeing the appeal which appeared in the Star of the 1 st of May , on behalf of Mrs . Frost , stating tho peculiar and distressing circumstances in which sho is placed , at once determined to make an effort on her behalf ; they immediately issued small sheets , ( at a trifling expence , ) soliciting subscriptions , by -which means they have been enabled to raise the cum of 45 14 s . 2 d ^ which we have reoeived at the office .
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STUOXJP . —The Chartists here recently passed resolutions denouncing the " new move , " and expressive of a determination toi support Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., so long as he stands by the people . On Monday Evening , May 10 th , Edmund Dyer , a renegade member of our Association , who attached his name to the Lovett and Collins ' s document , waited on us and stated * -he had received a parcel from Mr . Lovett . He wished to hear if we agree J to adopt Mr . Lovett ' a plan , as he had received in the paTcel twenty cards , some rales , and circulars , and a book to enter members' names , and other instructions to form a National Association . The note to him was as thus : —
~ Deak Sir , —I herewith send you twenty cards , which you are to charge Is . to each member , and send me tho names of those entering ; the cards to be renewed quarterly ou payment of la . &o . " Of course Mr . L . must have the " bob . " It was put to the sense of the meeting , when it was unanimously agreed " that we reject Mr . Lovett ' s plan altogether , and express our disgust at Mr . Lovett's attempt to start a rival Association . " It was agreed upon on Monday , by the Association , to have a tea party * at their room on Sunday , Ma > 23 rd , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . Tickets Gd . each for admittance , to be had of H . Pritchard , Secretary , and of the Committee of the Association . SPOTiAND . —The men of Spotland have denounced the " new more" and itsooncoctore in no very measured terms .
SHETTiESTON , near Glasqow . —The Chartists of this village have met , and denounced tho " New Move . " SASiFOBS . —Mr . Connor lectured on Sunday evening . The adjourned discussion on capital aiid labour was resumed on Monday evening . Tnere was no opposition against tho Chartists' views of the question . Fourteen fresh members joined o- 'i Monday night . The Co-opeiat . ion Store is going on rapidly ; another place will be opened near Booth-sireet , on Saturday next , for the accommodation of the Chartists . BRAJ 3 FOHD . —A memorial , on behalf of O'Brien , to Nornianby , has been adopted . At the meeting , a subscription was begun for J . Hiding and F . Rush worth , Us . being collected in the room . The National Petition has been sent off ; it contained 29 , 006 signatures , of which 5 , 525 aro females .
STOCKTON--ON- [ TjGES . —The Chartists of this placo held a public meeting for the benefit of Mrs * Frost . Tho chairmau opened the business of tlio evening by reading Mr . Pitkethly ' s letter in t !>» : Star . Mr . Maw g-ive an excellent speech , describing the tyranny of the Whigs , in wishing to deprive that suffering woman of the last remnant of support that her merciless persecutors had left h » r , asia urged the audience onward to increased exertions , till the Charter becomes the law of the land . The following resolution was carried nem . con . — "That this meeting will never < soiu « nd for anything k » srf than the whole Chars , er . " Mr . Whally afterwari-s addressed the meeting .
BIRMINGHAM . —Gtoiucm Triumph of Chartism —A meeting of all persons favourable to a repeal of the Cora Laws was called hero . Nothing was left undone which the " League" thought should be done , in order to carry their point . The Green Man , in Deritend , was selected qh the post at which the campaign was to commence ; and at half-past seven o ' clock tho following persons mado tli ' ir appearance : —Robert KeiHe Douglas , Editor of ihe Birmingham Journal , Alderman Cutler , Thomas Glutton Salt ,. Mr . George Edmonds , Messrs . Bonltby , Rawlins , Rilcy , TruemanJ Griffiths , and several other Whiglings and " Foxosl" In a while after * iho Chartist troops began to pour in , amongst whom * were Messrs . White , Dean Tavlor , Hill , T . P .
Green , Empson , Williamson , and Barratt . The room was almost crowded to suffocation . Mr . Rilcy moved that Mr . Rawlins should take tho chair . Mr . Cooper was proposed , as an amendment , and carried by a majority of twenty to one . After somo preliminary skirmishing and cross firing between the two parties , M ? . Dean Taylor proposed that it would be a waste of time to petition the House ot Commons , as at prefent constituted , and therefore that no good could be effected until the People '* Charter became the law of the land . Mr . Empson seconded the resolution , and shewed that there had been an enormous increase in the exportation ot machinery within the last few years , and maintained that the trade of this country could not
be brought back by repealing the Corn Laws , and tho people would trustno party in future but themselves . Mr . Aid . Cutler said , that he did not wonder at tho working men coming to the determination of doing their own work . Thero was no doubt that they had been deceived , and he admitted that he had also been deceived by the Reform Bill . He was sorry to hear some of the leading Chartists denounce the middle classes as their enemiee . He was sure that it was not the case in Birmingham ; i ' , had not they returned two Members to Parliament who voted for tho Charter / He should like the Chartists to be more moderate , and not uct the inconsistent part they did at Nottingham , where they helped to return a man that was as much opposed
to their views as it was possible for a man to be . ( Cries of " we'll do the same at Birmingham . " " No more Whigs . ") He should bo happy to see them working amicably together frr the end they sought . Mr . George White then addressed tho meeting at some Icngih . He maintained that the working classes were fully justified in taking their present course . With regard to Nottingham , it was not so much the hatred which the Chartists had to the New Poor Law that oauscd them to support Walter ; it was their determination , to get rid of the deceitful and treacherous Whigs at all hazards . He was ona of 400 Chartists who had been imprisoned for opinion's sake ; there were hundreds still immured in Whig dungeons , Buffering torture which could
be called nothing else but slow murder . For that and other reasonB , too numerous to recount , their cry should be , " Down with the base , deceitful Whigs . " ( Loud cheers . ) ( At this stage of the business , Messrs . Edmond ? , Boaltby , and a good portion of the cheap bread folks , took up their h&ts , and scampered off , amidst the groans , hisses , and laughter , of the meeting , and were received in the same manner by a crowd assembled in thu street , who could not got into the meeting . ) Mr . White proceeded to denounce the tricks of the Whins and Repealers , and f comment upon the
conduct of the Chartists in supporting Walter at Nottingham , and concluded by challenging any anti-Corn Law advocate they could produce , and he would discuss the question with them—at the Town Hall , or any other place—and by cordially supporting the resolution , and was loudly cheered . Thf . chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amidst enthusiastic cheers , which were re-echoed by the crowd in the street . Three cheers were given foT the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three for the incarcerated Chartists ; after which the meeting separated .
Restoration Committee . —The usual weekly meetin was held at the Chartist room , Freeman-ptreet , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Shaw , jun . in the chair . Mr . Spinks , jun ., and Mr . Ntsbcrt were nominated as members of the committee . The foilowinu memorials have been received by the committee , namely , Glasgow , signed by John M'Arthur , the chairman ; Congletoa , by Mr . Win . Gosling , tMe chairman ; Leicester , by John Markham , tke chairman ; Mansfield , by Samuel Hollo wall , the chairman ; Bradford , * * * and from Bromsgrove , by Matthew Hayle , chairman . Two shillings and sixpence was received with the Congleton memorial . The committee then adjourned until the next evening , supposing communications would be received from the deputation in London .
LEICESTER . —The intentions of the Whig and Tory factions , as to the approaching election , have been very closely watched by the Leicester Chartisis £ or the past week . The Tories were known io be actively canvassing for two candidates , and yet had net announced their names ; because the men were actually yet to seek ! Tho Whipa had not been openly on the canvass , but it was known that they had had several private meetings , and had only come to the resolution to bring out one candidate , but whether Easthope or Ellis was the man seemed uncertain . Moreover , what was the drift of this resolution to bring forth but one candidate , and whether it did not proce « d from a design to coalesce with the Tories , rather than permit the Chartists to succeed in returning O'Connor , by means of
offering a coalition , could not clearly be ascertained . In order to force one of the factionB in < o a coalition , it was thought that the moBt advisable policy to be pursued by the Chartists would be for thorn to bring out two candidates ; next , to make the offer of a coalition to the two factions ; and , lastly , if the offer were refused , to poll for the two Universal Suffrage champions to the latt man . It was , therefore , resolved to send a deputation to Colonel Thompson , soliciting him to permit himself to be put in nomination , along with Ftargus O'Connor , for Leicester . Mr . Cooper , Editor of the Illuminator , accordingly went to Londen , at the close of last week , and waited on Colonel Thompeon , with this request . The Colonel consented , at once , to stand a contest , aud made the very handsome observation that , in the event of either of the factions
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accepting a coalition , his ( the Colonel ' s ) name ought not to stand in the way of O'Connor . He , ( the Colonel ) would do nothing to prejudice O'Connor ' s election ; that O'Connor had claims on Chartists unequalled by any man in existence , and , therefore , they ought to support him in preference to all others . For himself , he ( the Colonel ) had hopes of being returned for Hull ; but he would , nevertheless , ia the event of a coalition being refused by both the Whigs aud Tories of Leicester , poll with O'Conner to the last man . The Colonel ' s answer was made known to the general meeting on Monday night , and the joint names of O'Connor and Thompson were received with enthusiastic plaudits as the Universal Suffrage candidates for Leicester . A body of electors met to confer with the Chartists committeeon Tuesday
, night , as to the next steps to be taken . It was resolved , on mature consideration , that theoffarof a coalition bo made to the " Liberals , " first , through their chairman , Mr . W . Biggs , and that an answer be lvquested by two o ' clock on Thnrsday afternoon . Uus resolution was come to , with a view to close the mouths of the Whigs against the utterance of a comp . aint , should the Chartists be eventually driven on any line of policy which would end in the retura of two Tories for the borough , an occurrence which was known , ( by the state of tho canvass ) to be not at all improbable . A petition to the Ho > ise of Commons has been entrusted to Mr . Duncombe , praying that Mr . O'C . may ba liberated without delay , to enable him to address the electors , in the mode permitted to all other candidates for Parliament .
The malevolence « f the Whigs has been now fully tested . In order to bring their hypocritical professions to the proof , the deputation appointed by Chartist tlectors fulfilled their mission by waiting on the chairman of the Reform Society , and proposing a coalition . The answer was what might have been expected-a tissue of evasion . Chartists will now take their own course with { heir two can-< i : < latei > , O'Connor and Col . Thompsou , and the wings must take the consequence ? . NEWTON HEATH .-A total defeat of
THE LOHN LaW UjsPE-aLBKS , AND A Tllll'SlPHANT Victory of thk Chaktists . —A large public meetnifi was held at Newton Heath , ou Tuesday evening last , —placards having been numerously issued ihrougu the village during the last week , and evevy eiloit made , and all means resorted to , to make a grand demonstration in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws . At the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting , people were soen wending their way from Droyisae ;) , Failsworth , Opeaehaw , Manchester , &c , and when the lecturer commenced
thero couid not , according to tho opinion of the Corn Law rt pealers , bo less than seven hundred present . Tno lecture being concluded , Mr . Bell , a workiig man , replied in a most argumentative speech . Mr . Fimgau attempted a rejoinder , but we were more inclined to be sorry for him than vexed ; the matt no doubt did as well as he was able , considering he bad tho wrong side of the subject , and indeed he is oiio oi the best of a bad lot . Mr . Mahon , an Frish Chartist , moved , and Mr . John Massey , of Newton Heath , seconded the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that it is an insult to the understanding to call upon them to assist to R- 'pcai the Corn Laws , until the People ' s Charter is inatio a legislative enactment . " The Chairman called repeatedly for any amendment , but all was silence , no not even a murmur , and ithe cream of tho joko was , when he was abou \ to put \ t to tfle meeting for a drcision , he sVid he wa \ afraid he would not bo ablo to ascertaimwhether \ 9 would be carried or uof , as the people were so crowded . He then put the motion , when nearly every hand in the building , except those on the p ! atform . were held up in its favour . " Count ' em , count ' em , ' echoed from every part of the room . The chairman , anxious to see the result , thought prudent not to count them , but shouted for the contrary two or three times , but not a single hand , no , not one , could be seen . Thefustian jacket boys , and the unshorn chins , thought they had been lock-jawed long enough ; three cheers were then given for Feargus O'Connor and the Star , which made the building ring . Three , likewise equally as enthusiastic , wero jiiven for Frost , Williams , and Jones . [ We had a full report of the speeches , &c . sent us , and would most gladly have inserted them , but they only
reached us a very short time before going to press . ] LEEDS . —At the weekly meeting of the Association , held on Monday evening last , there was a full muster . The plan for giving addresses $ cems to have given general satisfaction amongst the members . On Monday night next , the members are earnestly requested to attend , as the quarterly account will be submitted to them . The friends at Hunslet , Holbeck , and Woodhouse , are desired to attend at the council on Sunday afr , crno <> n , and state the most convenient times to hold meetings in their respective places . BRIGHTON . — The Brighton Chartists have received from Capt . Pechell , M . P . for Brighton , a letter acknowledging the receipt of their memorial in behalf of O ' Brien , and stating tha ^ ho has placed it in the hands of the Secretary of State , and drawn his attention thereto . They have voted thanks to Capt . Pdcheli , for his prompt attention to their
memorial . BRISTOL . —On Monday a public meeting of the Chartists of this city was holden for the purpose oi meeting Mr . Henry Vincent , and receiving from him an explanation of ltis conduct in reference to the " new move . " After much discussion and various explanations , the following declaration was drawn drawn out and signed by Mr . Vincent , and placed at the disposal of the meeting : — " I quite approve of the plan for bringing about an organisation proposed
by Mr . Lovett and others ; but I conceive the plan to be impracticable when opposed by tho majority ef the Chartist body , and 1 think also that any attempt to put it into operation would be unwise , and tend to create division in our ranks , unless first mentioned by the Executive . Being a member of the National Charter Association , I shall do all I can to extend its operation . Signed , Henry Vincent . " This was accepted by the meeting as a satisfactory withdrawal on the part of Mr . Vincent from the operations oi the " new move " gentry .
NORTHAMPTON . —In compliance with a requisition numerously and respectably signed , the Mayor , W . Williams , convened a public meeting at the Guildhall , May 10 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration the petitioning Parliament to use their efforts to procure the speedy restoration of Frofet , Williams , and Jones—the liberation of all political prJsooers > , and the adoption of the People ' s Charier as the law of the land , with as little delay us possible . At the time of meeting it was announced by the Town Clerk , that the Mayor could not attend , being officially engaged elsewhere . It was then
unanimously agreed that Mr . R . Foster should tak « the chair . At this early stage of the proceedings the hall had becomequite crowded , which caused some delay before business coulu commence . As soon as order could be restored , the business of the meeting wont smoothly on , adopting resolution after resolution , and the National Petition , without the slightest opposition . The various speeches upou the resolutions and petition were at great length , and contrasted wo ) l with the nonsense of the brick aud mortar wise . The whole meeting appeared to be deeply imbued with the principles of the Charter .
SHA ^ , ( near Olpham . )—Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , lectured here on Sunday evening , the 9 th inat . He commenced his lecture by showing the amount of the national debts of other countries , and likewise the population , and compared them with tho national debt and the population of Great Britain—proving , as he proceeded , that it was not tbe Corn Laws alone which cause aH the misery and poverty under which the working classes suffer . lie taid it was his intention on that occasion to call their attention to the evil of a standing army in time of peace . Ho w « uld first make a few remarks , by way of introduction , upon tho object for which Governments wore established , and then referred to the standing army—its origin in this country , its numbers , its expense , and its
laws—the moral depravity it produces wherever it goes—the cause why it spreads such misery—and lastly , point out an easy and simple , but effectual remedy . Firstly , then , as to tie object for which Government was established . The object of Government is ( and should be ) to promote the happiness of society , affording equal security to the property and persons of every individual , protecting the weak against ihe strong , the poor against the vich . In Bhort , by guarding its members against the extreme of indigence and crime , luxary aud vice , and spreading an equilibrium of comfort and enjoyment through all ranks , by good laws , wiBely conceived , and impartially administered .
When supported by the respect and confidence of the public , there was then no need of standing armies in time of peace ; there was then no need of expending sixteen millions a year of lh& public money , to support naval and military establishments ; there was r . o need of a sinking fund , as a resource for future war . Government was strange ^ when based iu tho lieana of tho people ; it was then prepared for every exigency , » ud must bo invincible against domestic feeti and foreign aggreBfcors ; but Government had not now this support . If h were looked upon only aa ah instrument of Tap-ioity and extortion ; if it were lookedupon only » 3 a cabal of artful tyrants , united for . plunder aud oppression ; then mast such a GoT « rnment f instead of being a cher . p
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, ^ y ^ r / ff ^^^ - and simple institution , be a complex and expensive establishment—strong , not in the hearts of the peop le , but in its means of corruption , delusion , and intimidation . The English Government was in the latter predicament . It had long ceased to possess the respect and confidence of the people , and it had governed by awing the weak , deluding the ignorant , and corrupting the baser part of the community . Its power of corruption , its means of rewarding the
adherents by the spoil of the people , is the great lever by which it operates . This power , its connection and influence as exhibited in the standing army , ia enormous . This , the lecturer said , brought him to the second part of his subject . Ihe standing army is a "body of men separated from ihe great mass of the people—having no affinity to , nor identity of interests with , the people generally . Prior to CharltB the' First , there had been several ineffectual attempts to reduce this country to a military despotism , but Charles became sensible of the folly of raising troops for the purpose of enabling him to begin with despotic rate , in defiance of hi « coronation oath , which bound him to maintain the constitution , "the glorious constitution , "
as now called , which dtd not recognise a standing army , whon the people of London marched down to Westminster with muskets on their shoulders . However , he paid : the forfeit by the loss of his head , which history records as a warning to future monarchs . At the restoration of the Stuarts , Chariea I . raised several armies , but was obliged by the Parliament to disband them . Charles remonstrated , but his Chancellor Hyde very significantly told him the standing anny eut off his father ' s head . This , and the following resolution of the Parliament on this Euhjeot , quieted hie rago for a standing army . and eati&fied him that the continuance for any standing force in this nation , other than the militia , was illegal , and a great erieTance and vf-xation to the
people . Jamps II . raised an army of 16 , 000 , to which tho Parliament objected , and in a resolution of tho House told him , that they had defended themselves for more than a thousand years without any army ; that a King ' s , truest strength was the love of his pe ople ; that they would make tho militia useful . Finding the Parliament obstinate in their opposition to his tyrannic conduct , he faeftcd back to the fat © of his father , arid jan away from his kingdom . At length they , entered upon a . new era in the constitution of the covHitry . The "Whigs , who had always been careful of , the people ' s rights , and who had ever manifested , upon all occasmns , a strong desire to preserve the ancient fights of Englishmen entire , sought William . Prince of Orange , and made him
King , but not uneonstitutional ' y . They weredetcrmined to guard against fumre tyranny and oppression by proposing o bill of rights , which declared " that , the raising and keeping up a standing army in time of peace , is contrary to law . " So far so good ; but what did cunning , crafty , sod sneaking Whigs do to crcato a pretext for kerping np a standing army ! Wby , they appendsd the words '" without consent , of Parliament , " and thny hava over since had a Parliament basernough and subservient enough , to keep np a standing army , from that day to this ; arid when they have been in power , they have endeavoured to strengthen its power on all occasions . That tho standing army is illegal , he would proveby reading over the opinions of some of
the greatest men in this country in their day and generation , from tho lUh pas ; -i of " RieViartison's Right to Arms : " " The present numbers of the standing army are as follows : eff < ctive , 121 , 112 ; non-effective , 83 . 871 ; making a total of 204 . 883 . Tho gross amount of tbf > post to this conn try of the standing army is £ 6 , 254 9 n 3 sterlnig , bpsitf c-s 4894 , 154 paid by tbo East India Company , making a total of £ 7 , 149 , 107 paid to teach men to murder their fellow men in cold btood , and without the slightest offence being offered . " Can any man in his senses believe that that ia needed ? No ; he would think not . Well , did they think that the government would be able to go to war for such things as the biood of England ' s sons had been shed , since the creation
of the standing army by the infernal , base , bloody , and brutal Whigs I No ; they would not have been allowed by a House of Commons chosen upon tbo just principles of Universal Suffrage , to enter into war , with any and every nation that chose to change the form of its government . Now , in war alone ,, since the glorious revolution , which gave us a standing army , it had cost this country 1414 millioas of British money—a sum which , if divided amongst the people of the united kingdom , would give to every family the small sum of £ 282 10 s ., which , at the rate of ten shillings per week , would keep the entire mass of the people of tho united kingdom for the space of SQ 5 we . eks , that is , rather better than ten and a half , years . There had been upwards of 4 , 000 , 000 of human lives lost , or rather sacrificed , at
the shrine of political knavery , since the standing army was introduced by the political Whigs in 1689 , being just . 125 y ^ ars , which wonld make 32 , 000 a year , or 615 per wetk , or 88 per day . ( Shame , shame . ) Men had fallen at this rate merely for . the aggrandisement of a few , and to the dismay , suffering , wretchedness , and loss of the millions . The present cost of ihe standing army would support 274 , 965 families at ten shillings per week , to which purpose he ( Mr . Cartledge ) thought the money might have been a great deal better applied . And by-the-bye , it was a very important question to ask , where did the ruling few get " the monish , " as the Jew would call it ! Why , from the industrious portion of the community—from the producers of all wealth . So that they have not only to bleed at tho will of the oppressors , but to pay for the instrument that draws tho vital current from their veins .
The standing army is a body of men distinct from the people ; they are governed by different laws . Blind obedience , and an entire submission to the orders of their commanding officer wero their only principles . By the military law , the administration of justice was so quick , and the punishments so severe , that neither officer nor soldier dares to dispute the orders of his supreme commander ; he must not consult his own inclinations . If a soldier was commanded to pull his own father out of his house , he must do it ; he dare not disobey ; immediate death would be t ! ie result of his grumbling . Now , to prove , said Mr . Cartledge , that he f > ad not overdrawn the picture , he would read a few articles of
war . ( Here the speaker read some extracts -in * corroboration of his position . ) The next subject which he would bring to their notice was tho moral depravity produced , by the standing army . Here he wished to be clearly understood , that though he considered the standing army as an evil , it was the system which maintained it that was the cause that produced the withering effects in the social arrangements of society . Follow these men as they prowl about the country , producing drunkenness , debauchery , prostitution , crime , misery , wretchedness , hunger , " a ^ erty , want , murder , distress , pauperism , and ^^ k pestic discord , blighting and blasting the ha ^^ kss the people have . These were the results t ^ Hever they went . Follow them , watch their
he would nay agaij ^ Bnd proceedings ; listen to their futhjHmversation , mixed continually with oaths and curiB , and then , he was sure , they would say with hiraMhat he had but feebly drawn the picture , and but mildly coloured it . Coloured it , did he say ! Would to God the reality wa 9 no worse than " he had portrayed it to them . But , alas ! alas ! the picture was too true ; not that all young men entering into the army were naturally vicious . Oh , no ! But the saying of St . Paul was fully verified , which was " thatevil communications corrupt good manners . " No matter how virtuous a young man might be before he was induced to sell himself to do the work of a viciou 3 and corrupt government , the circumstances by which he became surrounded , soon converted him
into as much the child of devil , as his companions in iniquity . Did any of them , asked Mr . C , ever witness the departure of a detachment of this public pest from a town where they had been only perhaps but a short time ? See them assembled ready to inarch . Look at the number of the females—poor deluded creaturee , weeping and bellowing with looks of anguish and despair , crying and moaning , and grieving at . the situations their betrayers had placed them in , and then to lea ? e them , the victims of their lustful passions . Happy , modest , prudent , and innocent , before these hired assassins of the public morals aud female virtue wero introduced into their walks , who , by their gay trappings and military blandishments , had led them from the
paths of virtue , and had so far goaded them on ia the walks of vice , as to entirely uproot shame , modesty , and every other adorning accomplishment of woman , lovely woman , the comfort and compauion of man and the pride of the world . Mr . Cartledge then glanced on many of the causes which enabled these soldiers , while travelling , to accomplish their wicked purposes , and be productive of fuch an alarming amount of crime and misery . This ho attributed to the parents of children more than to any other cause : it was they who first implanted the idea into their offspring ' s minds that it was really an honour to be a soldier . Their pretty clothing , and , in general , their delightful music , were all calculated to work upon tbe infant mind , which once done , it would take some time to erase tbe impression of . The teaching of children to sing the war songs , . and to admire the heroes of the
prostituted muse , begot a love for the life of a soldier in the male portion of the community , and caused tbe female portion to become more easy of seduction . The remedy he proposed was , for parents to teach their children the consequences of war , and warn them against all such wiekednen , and an utter detestation , of soldiery ; and likewise teach them the ruiuous effects the standing army has produced , and tl > at , instead of its being a credit to be a man butcher , it was a great corse , Ac &e . Thai this was piacticab e , had been fullj illustrated ia the ease x > f theinfsrnal "blue-bottle" force . When tiwse reptiles first made their appearance in the streets of our large towns , the children were heard to cry " soldiers ; " but no sooner did the children understand that . they were obnoxious to their parent * than they treated them with contempt , and would almost as soon bare a peep at bis Satanio Majesty . Mr . Cartledgo continued fox iome tiate . longer , and at down much applauded .
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