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GREAT CHARTIST M . EETIKG AT THE j CROWN AND ANCHOR , j { Continued from our hut . ) [ We have reccivedmany letters complaining , and , Tery justly , of the cartailment of this report in our j last nnmber . The fanlt lay , not with ns , but with the reporter ; as the remaning part of the report , ; which we give below , did not reach as tiU Friday , = when the papers , in which it was most needed , were ; all printed . We are as mneh sorry tor , and as much . « moyed at the circumstance , as any of onr readers i oanbV—Eds ] '
Mr . Rcfft Ridlet , delegate , moved— " That it w , the opinion of this meeting that the exertion * 11 Thomas DuneomU , Esq ., and aE other members ,-w' j © nay aid him in moving the release of all polit ' ^ a ^ prisoners , are deserving . of onr best thanks now , a ^ a ' Sor cordial snpport at the next election . " ( Caeer » . >— . He felt much pleasure in moving that resolution- XB men koatted of the prosperity of the country , yifc bat a few enjoyed or poweswd the luxuries , wbi ' . e % b « y depriTed their fellow-men of the common neoea jarieBof life , and allowed them to starve . ( Hear , hear . ) Store Tnt , however , one man who was eve * the p jot man ' s frisad , and was « r « found adfocafcoig his cause—hs * Uuded to Me . Dancombe . { Cfceers . } He h «« rever , was satisfied that it was almost a farce to j « ti 6 a » the
Honse when , the Governinei * had «• tyra oniaefi over the people wb # Ja they blu ^ oned , and , h i migfet odd , murderCd . \ fiear , hear . * After * he p eopl * ^ carried those me * inte power , he would ** what retan did they mafce the people for fearing becne £ r « m upon their ahcnlO . crs rate effise ? T&ey gave them the Foer Law Bill , which ** par-ted Uw aged-corplea—whiefc tore the father frcui ^ fce child , a » -J the -Btrter from tks brother . ( Hear , hte . r . < Thsy d «? e not : j ? onicw npon the societies , in the sienopolis . ' as tktjy did on"thoftein the ; 3 ? rovinc « a , i because the King of Eanover was at the bead of the i blood-stajced Oraags faction . iHear , hear , hear . ) No , ¦ white they wert afraid U trust one kjh in the metropolis , they arrested -six poor harmless anil defenoelesc Dorchester labourers . ( Hear , hew . ) The
aext instance of their cowsnSce and their treachery , w * s . Uchn Frost , f&oud cheers . ) He was prosecuted j because he h ?> d the spirit to Sell the little Whig Finality ' , lord John Russell , that he was an Englishman—that ! iwoJaimed the rig&ts of an Englishman , tad . that he j -woeld support those rights . ( Hear , hear . } As a re- i ¦ ward he -vnw torn from the boaom of his wKe , and from tfafr-eweaseeof h » beloved danghters and - * ons . ( Hear , ( hear . ) But ths Whigs ware not contented with - those j ¦ aaerifices , they -sought and fonnd another victim in i Feargus O'Corner , the noble cared lion of York Castle . ^ immense cheering . ) Tb « y imagined that by taking the , brave lea ^ iw of the GharUsts , that tkey would break their spir-JJe and -scatter their forces . Bat the meet- j ing of that-ni £ ht proved that they reckoned without :
t iteir host -iHear , hear . ? Their list of victims was not-completed until uitry added the name of Bronterre ' 'Brien . iCbetrs- ) That distinguished patriot , whose , writings have infused an undying spirit amongst the { working-classes . < Hear , bear . ) They persecuted him i % rith the -Etrooet rigour , and even denied him the right ' , of coian > uEicating w-kh his friends by letter . | H&-j , ; hear . } He fcboaid call their attention 4 o bat one victim . more who was slaughtered by the Whig * He roeant ' poor Cuyrtca , wboae life -was lost in tlie Whig prison . ; < 5 eBsatioa of pity and ef rr « w . ) He was gone , but his : apiri ^ feUll hovered or « r tksm , and thecanee , crying out ' nSSfbark , to liberty . " AaJ shall n » t his voice be j obeyed ? ilrt > ud cries of " yes , yes . ") Yes , they vrould ] go onward or die in the cause . ( Cheers . )
Mr . SKBTiSGro * , del egate , seconded the resolution . The cheers having subsided with which he was greeted , he thanked tha meeting for the marked testimony of tiieir approbation , which , was a full and satisfactory reward for his having stood tree to their cause . < Hear , bear . ) Although he was e&rty in the field , he had as yet escaped the fangs of the law , and had not had the Jioaour of being imprisoned . On the 12 th of Angus * he was at his post , when upwards of 120 special constables trere srworn in to apprehend him- Still they did not succeed , which so plagued them , that ofie of them exclaimed , " D—nhim , he says nothing for which we ean take him . " ( A laugh , i The chief magistrate and constable of his place consulted on the possibility of their havine an epportunity to st ' z-3 him , when they
prudently came to the determination of not doing so . ( Hear , hear . ) The Very magistrate who was so amices to poance upon him was so teni 5 e-i by the v& 3 t concourse of people that prtsentc-d iisalf , that instead of returning over the bridge , the "way by which he-came , ¦ be rose back through ths river—( langhter ) ;—and ¦ when , in the after part of the day , he met him ( Mr . < Skeviajton ) he ( the magistzate ^ actually put his hand to his hat . l Increased laughter . ) Mr . Skevington having giren a very amusing detail ef the proceedings of ( ¦ the 12 th of August in his dLslriot , proceedetl to say that the National Petition contained one miSion and a quarter of signatures , which would be presented on the follswine day by Mr . Duncombe , in behalf of the
persecuted and imprisoned victims of TThiggery and their bell-hounds . iHear , hear . ) He hid received letters from Nottingham , asking his advice respecting Sir John Cam Hobhouss and Mr . Lirpent , or , as they call Mia , " Mr . SarpenV ii laugh . ; . His advice was , that before they voted for either of them ., that they should take part psyment-frotfi theui of their promises in the imme-< liate release ct the Chartist pris-. 'Ders in -Ecglinri . XHear , hear . ) That then they should ubtain the restoration of Frcst , > Villiiiiis , and Jones to thrir fainilits . He waa satuSed that the m « n tf Leicester would do ali in their power to Lr * s . k ths necks of their enemies throughou j the iaad . ( H « ir , hear . ) His aiiv : ca to the people was , " Bs at it ; be at it ; be alwiya at it . " { Lc-u . l cheers . ;
yii . Mahti >' , the Selegate , "who so manfully oppoaed O"Cour . ell , next appeared , aiuid cheerg , to support the lesolud ^ n . He Vus aware of the great difficul ty of their undertaking , and tf the great pr > -judices sg * icst vrbich they hail to eontend—prejudices ert . it « d against them by the vile fictions for their own aggnvn < iiseKient . ( Hear , hear . ) It ¦ vrsa necessary to prej > are the- minds of the people to mt « . and resist the efforts that were ¦ miting to hamfs , to oppress , and to plunder them . ( Hear , hear . ) As soon is those prejudices ¦ were removed , as soon as they were enabled to convince the ignorant of thfcir real vitws acd objects , then they could , by union , make such an effort as ao tyrant power could resist them . ( Heir , hear . ) They should look with caution on every man , even on V . Jm whj cams forward
as a friend , for they had more reason to fear au-hrpo eriticai Cbirtist th * n an avowed and open Tory . ( Hear , hear . ) Their cause was one of peace , and as such should succeed unless it was betrayed by fahe friends . The Reform Bill , which was to have dbne so much for the people , -was carried without effecting a tingle particle of Rood , fot the people ; that Bill never would have b ~ en carried if the aristocracy had n ; t the members at their siae . ( Hear , hear . ) Withont the aid of the millions , the Whigs never could have succeeded in thrusting the Tories ont of power . ( Hear , hear . ) If they were able to force the Tories from power , they could do in turn the same with the Whig * . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , they will do so , for they
find that the TV hies have only exercised their power for the purpose ( f destroying them . ( Hear , ' hear ) Seven millions of able-bodied men , through ¦ whose exertions the capitalists luxuriate in wealth and every indulgenes , shall not starve , shsil not perish , and allow the l&zy and unproductive classes to consume tie produce of their industry . ( Hear , hear . ) Much bad been siid about the repeal of the Corn Laws—that ¦ wasthe question which ¦ was raised by the manufacturers for their own benefit , bnt it tra ? one in which the working classes had m . t the s ' . igLtest interest iHear , tear . ) In fact , anything that came from that House could net be favourable to the ¦ working classes . ( Hear , . hear . ) The cry vras notLing l > ut a felonious . cjmprc-Eiise between Uie Whi ^ s and the middle class
aristocracy , SBu an endeavvur on tneir part to swindle the pecple out of tKir rights . ; Hear . ) The working elasses should therefore be usit-ed to defeat that conspiracy , aad for the purpose of carryiag the , Charter as the law of the land , iHear , ) By no other means could the working and enslaved population assert their Tights or obtain their jast cbios . ( Hear . > They were entitled to the suffrace , and so-Jong &s one of their class was deprived of tbst right , so long should they continue the struggle for libsr * -y . ( Hear ) They had knowledge , they had power , and eonl i not be resisted ; let the fartions— "Whig and Tory , do the -worst , they -wonl'l be ultimately compelled to bow down their necks before the power and fae maj > rity of the people . ( Hear . ) What patriotism -was there in the repeal of the Corn
Iaws , when "that lueafinre only contemplated putting three millions in the pockets of the middle classes , and Who were saving nine milliecs in rates ? ( Hesr . } And all this , while they refused tLe able bodied labourer oat-door , and only offered him eo much in-do : r relief aa reduced him fci starvation point . ( Hear . ) The very felons in the gaols irere better provided for th 3 n the inmit-es of tae workhouses . It -was even said-that the ailent system , the most crud punishcient that could De inflicted , -was xbout being introduced into the workhou £ e » . If * uch -was tie case , shail not every man in Ecgisr .-l raise his voice against sueh an act of despotism ? ( Cries of Yea . ) Yes , the -working classes held in their hands the balance of power , and wou : < £ use it in getting rid of , the accursed law -which thus
subjected the poor to be treated vrcrse "than felons , and rendered poverty a crime- ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of prating about Ue repeal of the Corn Laws , let them repeal the New Po » r Law B ; iL ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of prating about sugar duties , let them give the men more . employment , and better wages . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of prating about such things they should visit and relieve the starving population of Spitalfields , and reduce the hours of factory labour . ( Hear , Lear . ) Thus they would add to the comfort—to the independence of Uje working classes , and secure the peace asd prosperity of tlie country . ( Hear , tear . ) Instead of artablishinz workhonses . they should give employment ;
to the population oa the suil ; and instead of banishing aiid transporting their' besl mechanics , and their best agriculturalbrt * , to New Zaiand and Australia , they ahoaW colonisa their boras waste Iaa ^ s with them , of which waste lands there were in Great Britain sufficient ore * to regain six millions of people . ( Hear , bear . ) It wa » strange that of fcte , and witMa a very Bhart period . Lord John Russell ascertained that M -London , LhrerpooT , Bristol , and diCrent other parts of England , ihoajsnd * of lhn inhabitants were living in wretched swrab , eeliars TrndeT ground , and other places ct wwtebednea , while many of them had not five sail-W& » week each to pay their lodgings Tith and rap-
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por t then- jselves . ( Hear , hear . ) It was strange that he had r , ot ascertained that fact before . But it was only at that moment foand useful for the purposes of agitalic a . ( Hear , hear . ) That trick of trade , agitation , would not do , which would be proved by the next elect ) jo , ( Hear , hear . ) The Chartists were resolved to » jitate peaceably and firmly . Northampton was pie- ^ ed to do its duty . ( Hear , hear . ) So was Leeds . ( H at , hear , hear ) And he was certain that Stroad w jtM teach Lord John Finality such a lesson as he * ustAA neve * forget iHear , bear . ) Mr . Martin entered AS * a very a ^ le statistical detail of the gradual decrease © f wages rioca 1815 , called « pon the Chartists to
sap-. - { j ' f pert Mr . Daocombe and their friends at the coming > -etecttoes , aad concluded with & sioet powerful and : iKipassioBed appeal in behalf of the expatriated and j atoprisened ChartisU , aaaidst the most deafening cheers . i X yong gentleman rased Paxby , here attempted i to interrupt the proceefiogs , hy lecturing the Chartists upon their mode of agitation , by advocating the cause of Whiggery . He at length -exhausted the patience of his auditors , and was with difficulty restrained fiwm indulging in his rambling address . Ha was at length induced to sit down , but not withont exclaiming "that there was no fair play for him , " which created much menfenent and langbter smo » sst the Chartists .
Ht . M'Docjll , 4 a Teply to-this champion oi the repeal of tits Corn Laws-avowed his willingness to meetian or soy-other of the feagae , -when or where they pleased ( Cheers . ) Mr . Sankt said that a soto badfceen jurt placed in hk hands , which « tated that -Sir Robert Peel -had given notice that that night ke would , move a * ate -of a -want of confidence in her Majesty ' s ministers , on next Thursday , the 26 th . ( Loud cheers . ) The » osult of ¦ w&ich was the -withdrawal of Lord John Eos * eU ' s > 'ew 2 k > or Law Amendment Act . &R
" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present House of Commons , being altogether cauprised of * epresent&tives of land and capital , does sot posses * the confidence of the labouring population , who are thereby excluded from the exercise of the saSrzge , and are denied any protection for their labour . This meeting is further « f opinion that the rights of labour will n ^ ver be properly established or prsUcted , the life and liberty of the -workiuen secure or permanent , nor happiness , independence , er freedom , be the lot of the millions , until Universal Suffrage is proclaimed a law , and the whole Charter form part of the statute acts of this empire . "
< Loud cheers . ) Be agreed , in every principle , which that resolution contained . Tbey were going the whole hog . iHear , hear . ) Every one who supported that resolution held up bis bsnd as a pledge of his determination to have the Charter enacted as the law of the land . It was not by desultory movements , bnt it was by such combined action as the assembly of th&t night evinced that they could succeed in obtaining the prayer ef the millions who signed the National Petition . ( Ht-ar hear . ) That meeting ought to add 14 , 000 signatures to the National Petition . It was their duty to accompany Uie petition on to-morrow , and to see it carried into the Bouse- Thus they could know the men who opposed it , and cheer the Mtmbers who supported it ( Hear , bear ) They had a great dnty to discharge when they advocated the cause of Euffering humanity . They should , on the next day , by a moral display , convince their enemies that the praytrs cf a n-. iHion of working
men eould not be treated with contempt- ( Hear , hear . ) If the middle classes had bnt common honesty they could protect their fvliow-men , and turn the scale in their favour ; but as they had not , the weiking classes would fi ^ ht thei r own battles , and exercising that power -which they possessed , N ottinshiimiFe the wholi country , as it would be better for them to have open fi ^ s than pretended friends to contend against They "would not blink the question . The man who was net with them was against them . ( Cheers . ) Upon that principle , the working classes , instead of submitting to be robbed , will assu-. ne the power -which will enable them to protect themselves . ( Htar , hear . ) That meeting , which was got np by working men , proved what , they could do . By following np the victory they gained that night—by union and increasing efforts in the cause , tkey will be enabled to oast botL Tories and Whigs , and make England what she ought to be , the land of " the brave and tha free . " 'Cheers . )
Mr . Moegas Williams , delegate from Merthyr , seconded the resolution . He appeared before that meeting not merely to be seen , bat in order to advocate those principles for which he always struggled , and to secure for tLe working elasses i f the kingdom their just and ina . 'ienabie rights . < Htwr , hear . ) This they wereboend to do , as the-men who outht to discharge those duties either neglectc-d or abandoned them—in fact , he defied them to point out one single speech made—one single exertion made—or one advice given by the members in Parlianient , in favour of the working
classes . All the speeches he heard that night were full of eloquence , and full of useful matter , and he trusted they wuald go forth to evt ry corner of the land . ( Hear , bear . ) It was proved that niijht , that each man had viihin himself a power of obtaining a voice in the election of representatives ; and he trusted that power they wuuld txercise . ( Hear , hear . ) Hia heart was gladdened at the sij . Lt be beheld that night . He would icturn to hia native country , carrying to it the glad intelligence that the nier . of London Were up and licing , mst he wished theru success , in all tLeir patriotic enti-. avjurs . from the bottom of his heart . ' . Chetrs . )
Mr . CLLLE 5 , delegate of Glasgow , mpp-tied the resolution . It was gratifying to hhn to witness such a meeting , not only was the great room , in which they were assembled , filled , but tvt « tlie Jobbits . the annas , and that j > ortion of the street in th = front of the Crow n and Anchor . ( Hear , htar ) He came tLat moment from another meeting , which -was held to greet Htnrj Httherington on his release . He ( Mr . Cullen ) was not the advocate of party . He desp se . l the brand of p .-irty . \ Uezi , hear . ) He advocated the pritciplts of Universal Suffrage—principles by which he alone would stauiu ( Hear , hear . ; He would attend to ihe great principles of liberty and leave others to di-cuss minor differences . He would do his duty and endeavour to conciliate tc lha cause all he could . ( Hear , heir ) Every man
s :. cnld come forward and pledge ln ; iis . iif to act a certain par ; in the achievement of the greit c ^ us .-, and hold out the right hand of fellowship to all willing to assist them . ( Hear , hear . ) Chartism was ibus-d by the bar —by the pulpit , and by tbesynoA , aud still the leaders » f the Chartists , and the men themselves > hou ! d demand Universal Suffrage , eqnal laws and justice for all . ( Cheers . ) It was not for themselves that they were cont ending , but they were contending fortbe just rights of their fellow men . They made no distinction . Catholic , Protestant , Quaker , and S _> cisli * t ; all should have their help . ( Hear , hear . ) The Government imagined tnat by laying hands upDn the best of the kuders ef the Ch'irtists , that tha latter would sink into apntLiy . They supposed wrong . ( Hear , heaT . ) For instead of sinking them infcoapithy—instead of lessening their entrgy , it roused them and filled them with new courage and fresh vigour . ( Hear . ) He wished that the middle classes
vrouid aid the working classes in putting do " . vn despotism . ( Hear . ) It was strange they did cot , as tbey must be aware that it was opposed to their best interests , to the snectss of trsde in general , and to their future welfare . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chartists would , however , do their duty ; they would be no longer misled by the nickname of Reform . They would bs satisfied with nu hollow promises , but would go on manfully until they emancipated their brethren then in prison , and until t :-: ey reJt-jred Frost , V . 'illianis , aDd Jones , iCheers . A crisis had armed , cf which they shonld avail themselves , when thsy ih ^ uld carry upon their shoulders met of their own ch ^ ict—men upon whom they could depend , and return them to Parliament . ( Hear , bear Tbat would prove thtir determination to fight the battU of liberty , and woulu be a death-blow to tbeir enemies Hear , heir . ) Mr . Callen sat down amidst enthusiastic cheers .
Mr . Mohgas , delegate from Bristol , also supported I the resolution . He wns the rtpresintative of a city j which was determined to have the whole hog , bristles j and alL ( Hear , and laughter . ) The advocates of tyranny —the advocates of the repeal ef the Corn Laws , who were anxious to sow dissension amongst them , and would have it believed that there wero divLsior . s in their j body , that great meeting of 4 * 00 of Chartist wording J men , which he beheld that ni-. , gave a damning lie i to the assertion . ( Hear , hear , and chetra . ) Nottingham ! had made the Whigs stagger , and ha < l given them somu i idea of Chartist ii . fluer , c « and of Cuartist power . | ( Hear , htar . ) Dr . M'Douall would , he trusted , give ! tiieru , at the next election , another proof of the same j
power and of the siiiie i ^ fluince . ( Hear , hear , hear . ; , Mr . Morgan here most facetiously described tbel ; result of his interviews with the different Members of ¦ Parliament , the anxiety uf those Members for their ! seats , and to know how the Chartist pulse beat His ; account of the ssveral answers ho revived convulsed ¦ the meeting with laughter . He then took an nble view of the prospects' of the Ccs . r :: sts , proved | the m : isked treachery which the present Whig agitaj tioa for the repeal of the Cam Laws , and for the reduc' tion en the duties of sugar and timber , caused . If Slid he , the Whigs were sincere ia serving the working man j and enabling him to live cheap , they tbouM reduce , the I duties on tne following articles which produce the | revenue annexed to them , viz .: — 1 Sugar and MoLuses £ i § 27 , 018 2 Tea : i . a 5 S , 800 S Tobacco 3 , 4 y 5 , t > 86 4 Ru-.-, Brandy , dec ... ... 2 , 6 i 5 , 443 5 Wine l , 849 . 7 v » C Timber I . C 03 . 1 S 4 7 Corn 1 , VVS . 779 8 Coffee 77 y , 114 9 CottonWool 416 , 257 10 Silk manufacturers 247 , 362 11 Butter 213 077 12 Currants ... 188 , 291 13 Tallow - 182 , 000 14 Seeds — 135 , 525 15 Sheeps Wool 13 y . 770 16 rUiaitu 134 . 5 S 9 17 Cheew ... 105 , 218 17 Articles prodndng ......, £ 21 . . 7 OO , 630 If the people sent into Parliament rascals vho imposed mch taxes , they deferred to suffer all the evils of despotism and merited not the naics of mtn but of cowards
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sal willing slaves . ( Hear . K- After a mo ; t luminous speech In favour of liberty , Mr . M « rgan retired amidst load cheers . : ,.-,- . .. Mr . John Cleave was .- received ¦ withlond andb » ntinned cheers . He s- id , Brother Chartists , and Ladies , we have our em aiesbsfore ns ; we know their strength and we also kr *>* that we shall easily conquer them . ( Hear . ) The < mly danger to liberty and Its cause can arise from disunion , ( Hear . ) The-slightest tendency to feuds am' jngst U » working classes must be instantly and I trust will be for ever pat down , as bringing certain and lnev rt » ole destruction to tfee great , the noble , aad the virt' xoas cause in which all are engaged . ( Hear ) We most forget aad forgto oar mutual faults . Cor it is oar duty to conciliate all and U indaoeallto
join as . Everyman should freely speak vnt bis thoughts and declare what Tie thinks most likely to forward the cause . { Hear ) Freedom of thought and action is that to which every mania entitled— -H is more precious than . gold—it ia my right—it is your right , ani it is a rigfat which every mat : should hold dearer ; than life , for upon . * & depends the public ' gooA , and the very essence of liberty itself—that precious jewel for which we are at this moment straggling . ( Cheers . ) Rely upon it , that sueh a course will not damage the next general election , but will do mote for a good and perfect organization than could be otherwise devised . ( Hear , hear . ) The grand object of the Convention , who called this meeting , is the liberation of all political prisoners , now in durance
we . This great meeting , if it sets to work properly , will be more than enough to achieve that and their other objects . ( Hear , bear . ) I am satisfied that the results < jt the forthcoming elections mainly , nay , entirely depend upon the Chartists , and that it is with them to decide who shall represent the country . Their cry should be "Universal Suffrage , " and the release of all political prisoners . ( Cheers . ) I again repeat that any , the slightest division , will damage the cause of the prisoners . Hence every man should endeavour his best to preserve unanimity . ( Hear , hear . ) Every man should also exert hitnjelf in his own locality—should collect friends , and should do all in hia power to relieve and release the prisoners in our prisons in England , and to restore Frost , Williams , ami Jones to their " happy homes and altars free . " ( Cheers . ) Every head of a family should inquire how the baker , how the butcher ,
how * the grocer , intended to vote , and should deal with the man who poised hint best ( Loud cries of " hear , hear . " ) 1 declare to God , that I look upon the man who would not do so as the greatest enemy the cause could cave . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They alone who have tasted the bitterness of a gaol , as I have , ean form an opinion of the sufferings of its inmates . ( Hear , hear . ) We should not look to strangers for help , but should remember that God helps those who help themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) We should never cease our exertions uutil we obtain equal laws , and equal privileges for all , and never cease oar struggle until we secure the Charter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) In all our struggles vre should declare that we would be content with nothing but the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing k&s than the Charter . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Barmby , delegate for Ipswich , followed Mr . Cleave , in a speech of great power and ability , which he concluded amidst immense applause . The resolution was then put aud carried . Mr . Mjlinen moved •¦ That the best thanks of this mesting ate due and given to the delegates of the Petition Convention for their upright and persevering conduct , aad unremitting attention in obtaining the release of political victims , and in forwarding the cause of the people , so that the Charter may speedily become the law of the land . " Mr . Parker seconded the resolution , and supported it in a very animated and eloquent address
Mr . Cleave , previously to the putting of the above resolution , called the attention of the Delegates present to the " model prison" now erecting in Copenhagen fields , and fur which Parliament has voted such large suras . He trusted that before they left London , that they would not fail to pay a visit to the " Whig Helj , " in leaded alike fur the country as fur Londoners , in order that they might describe it to their constituents on their return to the provinces—so that public feeling might be aroused on so important a subject . ( Hear , hear . )
Thanks were voted to the Chairman , when the great masses of human beings separated and retired peaceably to their homes , after giving three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three cheers tor Feargus O'Connor and all other political prisoners -, th ee cheers for the Convention ; three cheers for the National Petition and the Charter ; and three cheer * for the Northern Star . Thus terminated the proceedings « f as glorious a day as evtr shone upon Cu&rtism . r . ^^^
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GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM OVER THE CORN LAW REPEALERS AT TILL 1 COULTRY . The middle-class portion of society in Tillicoultry are no way distinguished for extraordinary intelligence or political activity . They have exerased their political franchise upon the principle of holding the working population in contempt , and begetting the good-will of the aristocracy in giving their votes to the nominees of the landed aristocracy , if they could liave continued to secure their profits by a c-jntiuued reduction of the wajes of tbeir workmen , gladly would they have slumbered away their tiaya , satisfied with this inglorious distinction . But fatal expetiei . ee has changed the spirit of their dreams : their fast-rccediDg profits convince them that they are upon the verge of a gulph , and how to save themselves they know not . in this sinking condition , the only tub tbeir limited vision can discover floating upon the surface being Corn Law repeal and free trade .
The Chartists of Tillicoultry , who make np ninetenths of its population , are very much distinguished for their acuteness of thinking , and penetration into national afiuirs . They know that so long as thu aristocracy hold the absolute controul of the land , and from this enjoy tbe right to make Ioavs tixisig all the resources of industry , that neither lha merchants , manufacturers , nor wo king population , can have protection or security to thbir property : past experience has convinced them that tbe working population are the victims of this system—that its workings have destroyed and nearly dried up the source from which their prosperity springs ; and this corruption , in its woiking , having now reached the middle class , wiil speedily operate in convincing them that their only safety will bo in joining the Chartists , for national regeneration is hopeless through any other means .
We now proceed to detail how the battles have been fongbt and tbe victory secured . Tiie head-quarters oi the ccrn-crakes in this district of tlie country being Stirling , the clique there drew up a petition , dispatch « l it through all the manufacturing districts , praying for a toUl repeal , but in none of these pjaces did tbe crokers attempt a public meeting . Accordingly , upon the evening of the 21 st , that intrepid and indomitable advocate of the Charter , Mr . Abram Duncan appeared in Alloa . in a meeting of 2 , 000 of its inhabitants , discussed the subject uf Corn Law repeal , pointed eut the danger of working men reposing any confidence in middle-clsas men as leaders , until they give full proof of their entire conversion to Chartist principles . The result was , that none of the corn-croakers gave one chirp , and the meeting passed a unanimous vote of confidence in their present leaders , and the resolution to countenance no counter-agitation until the Charter become the l&w of tbe land .
The Ciiartists of Alva convened a meeting upon Monday the 24 tb , the whole inhabitants of the town attended the meetinc , the same result followed . T :-. eChartists < f Tiilicoultry convened their meoting on Tuesday the 25 'h , for to take into consideration the conduct of ths m& : ; uf . ! Ct : ; rcTS ia stcuring signatures to the petition . We wish tbe country distinctly to know that the manuf icturera in all the villages here about , aa weli as the shopkeeper- ! . Lave hawked ahout thesa petitions , anil by using every low , mean , dirty artifice , have induced a few lickspittles to attach their signatures to them , but we must say tiius much for the poor fellows , that after signing the- petition they are ashamed of it and deny it in public . When it was announced upon Tuesday the 25 th , that Mr . Duncan was to deliver a lecture in the open nir , deep was the
consternation of the cvokers in Tillicoultry ; they were seen flitting to and fro like ghosts ; the result of their deliberation , being that the head clerk of one of the establishments was seen to leave the town in a gig for Dunfermline , to bring up a sort of non-descript , for he avows himself to be a Corn Ln-vr repealer , Free-trader , Malthusian , Chartist and Republican , ( bis name is Thomas Morri-sou ) for the purpose of opposing Mr . Duncan . Tiie repealers uow breathed n littlo more freely , and as they peered into each others' faces the passing exclamation bein * •¦ I wonder if he'll be in time to stop the mouth of that fellow . " At the hour of meeting there wcnld be about 700 people on the ground Mr . John Rolektson being called to the chuir , read the excellent address issued by the Peopled Convention , and by the time it was concluded , the meeting increased to about 1 , 900 .
Resolutions simuar to those adopted in Alloa and Alva having been moved aud seconded , Tiio Chairman calitd upon Mr . Abram Duncan to address tbe meeting . Mr . Duncan then came forward , and said , that every Chartislnow hearing him would give a hearty response to the ad < iress now read . For his part , he felt proud of the man that represented him inLondon . In that ¦ docttuient-they had -given atnpW proof of their capacity to legislate for the people j they had investigated into the cause of our wrbnga ; aud pointed out the chicanery , hypocrisy , and fraud of those that misrepresented and cruelly oppressed Ihe British people . Our duty , at the present time , being -to meet daily , in ; large masses , and publicly declare our attar and complete want of confidence in the -British Parliament ; cur united and unanimous confidence in sour : own convention , with our resuiutioB totobey them tn everything that -will advance the popular movement for the Charter .
At this stage of the proceedings , Ttfr . . Morrison made his appearance , accompanied by Alexander Halley , late member of the Convention . Their frieudB attempted , when they entered the meeting * to raise a cheer ; tut it proved an entire failure , dyiqg away lik # the growl of a toothless mastiff . Mr . Duncan then resumed , pointing oat the propriety of the Chartists acting unanimously and decidedly in breaking up Whiggery in all its forms . Their duty was to txpose the hypocrisy and hum&ag of Cora Law
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repeal ; their next step Would be to bring for ward thair candidate at the hustings . They had given him this honourable and distinguished position ; and with their assistance he would give them a three hours drubbing at the . nomination . The Chartist shout which would follow , would tell the heartless faction that the love , affection , and confidence of the people were gone ; that they had nothing now before thenxbut a desperate struggle with the popular voice , demanding freedom and justice—a country paralysed in her resources , and merging fast into disorder in her financial arrangements . He would now give way , that Messrs . MorrUqu aad Hatley might tell tiieir own tale , who sent for them , what they wanted , and what they had to propose to this meeting .
Mr . Morrison , in very circumlocutory manner , informed them that he could not tell who sent for him ; -what he had to iay to them , was , tUsithey ought to join Corp - Law' repeal ; and that he wished to discuss Cb ' artism and Corn Law repeal with Mr . Duncan ; that haifld ^^ ^ endraent to propose to their resolutions , Tiese Being put by the Chairman , were unanimously * &W *> ' , ; .-i . i- ; ' : ¦ . '¦¦ - ¦ ¦ " ' . ¦¦ ¦ -. ' Mr . Duncan then dealred him to state his question which , he wished discussed . . Mr . Morrison stated that he wished to discuss , first , That Corn Law repeal would benefit the people ; second , That the jplnfngof this movement would neither impede nor retard . tha Chartist movement
Mr . DOT can declined to discuss the first proposition , upon the ground that it was tantamount to betraying the Cuartist cause altogether . The second proposition he would discuss , if the Chartists of Tillicoultry requested him to do so , with Mr . Morrison or any other opponent of the Charter in the country . Two hours was spent in making the necessary arrangements in the open air , and it was tbe unanimous opinion that Morrison and Halley's conduct carried an appearance of desire rather to mystify the public mind upon the subject than to give instruction , and the meeting treated them accordingly . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , this closed the business of Tuesday evening .
- Upon Wedrtasday and Thursday , the news flew like wildfire over the district , and the discussion was fixed for Thursday evening at seven o ' clock . Every village and hamlet were seen pouring In their quota of those that felt interested in the pending discussion . Some feats were entertained that Mr . Duncan ' s voice would prevent him taking up the discussion ia . the open air , as his voice bad beconie quite hoarse from the many large out-dt > or meetings he had lately addressed , and from the appointments be has yet waiting upon him to fulfil . The committee never thought of asking fur any house , as none were large enough in the place to . contain one-third of those who would attend . At the hour of meeting there could not be less than 2590 people upon the ground , and shortly after the commencement of the business the best judges calculated there were upwards cf 3000 . The articles te regulate the . discussion being read , Mr . Duncan proposed for his Chairman , Mr . John Robertson , of Tillicoultry , a Chiutlst , who will be neither nattered nor overawed .
Mr . Morrison proposed Mr . Alexander Shaw Baker . It was agreed the discussion should last four hours , fifteen minutes bejng specified for the opening , and ten for all succeeding speeches . Mr . Morrison commenced by observing that although the subject of the debate did not require it , he would go fully into the evils of the Corn Laws . He pointed , them out as a monopoly exclusively for the benefit ef Uie landed interest—that in the working of this monopoly , trude bad in many cues been crippled—our exports had been stunted in their growth—population increasing pressed upon the labour market—wages fell—tbe monopoly increased the price of the provision ; hence the misery of the working population . He called upon them all to unite with the middle classes for the repeal of these laws , and then plenty would flow into our ports , and the board of every working man in the land would groan with abundance .
Mr . Duncan now rose to address the meeting . He said honesty Was an essential characteristic of a public political party . Consistency was a requisite to command respect . The Chartists hitherto had occupied this proud position . Honesty was the essential element of their public character—their principles were based upon political justice—they declared enfranchisement to all , and they had consistently persevered in using every Mseans Hkely to secure their object . Could this be said Of tbe Corn Law repealers . They desired the Chartists to sacrifice principle , and give up their hitherto
untarnished consistency , sink into the quagmire of class-distinctions , and waste all thur ^ nergles In figntiug the butlts of one class' of monopolists against another . He called upon them to review their past struggle ; and were they prepared to sacrifice the . fruits of that struggle , and lay it at the footstool of middle-class deception ? No 1 He trusted the time had come when they would place their confidence in those who had given proof of devotion to their cause by conversion to the principles of Chartism , that carried with itself the evidence of sincerity aud disinterestedness .
Mr . Morrison complained that Mr . Duncan had taken up none of shis arguments , but from what had fallen from Mr . Duncan , he was inclined to think that lie had no intention of defending the present Corn Liws . He ivjoicerl in this conversion , as the removal of a powerful opponent was sometimes as good as the accession of a friend . He would now go on with bis argument , shewing the evils of the Corn Laws . He pointed out that ia the years 1834 , 1835 , and 1836 , provisions were at a very low and reduced rate in this country , -while at the Bame time wages were then very high . He predicted that the same result would follow were a repeal of the Com Laws to take place at the prea- nt time .
Mr . Duncan said that Mr . Morrison ' s calculations were rather premature . He had announced to the meeting that Mr . Duncan was now a convert to his views : in this he would find himself mistaken . Ho knew his opponent ' s design was to drag him away into irrelevant matter ; but he was not to be diverted from the qutsthn before them , which was , whether the joining Corn Law repeal would Injure the Chartist mo-. ement ? He-affirmed that it wcuitl . The Chartists who joined Corn Law repeal might understand the principles of the Charter ; but either he was ignorant or cureless how to carry them to a triumphant issue , who would join in any counter movement for any mere administrative Reform . Clif . itisin must triumph in
public opinion before It cau be recognised in the House of Commons . Every political slavo was a missionary in this cause ; and he ought to labour to make it triumphant in the workshop , the coal-mine , and the highways and hyoways . Ho knew that tbe spirit was spreading like a name every way , arid we were called upon to assert its predominance « ver every pseudo scheme of national improvement . This was our task , and it required energy , union , and determination , to make it triumph , neither to be deceived nor led astray by any class movements , for it had now grown up to that importance that it could try its strength with them a : i , and had prostrated all with whom it hasbeeu called upon to encounter .
Mr . Morrison again complained that Mr . Duncan had failed to produce one argument in support of hiB assertion , that Corn Law Repeal would injure Chart-siu . He ofrked , would the big loaf which cheered the poor man ' s board unfit him to contend for his political ri # Jits ? Would food for his famishing children divert hia attention from national improvement ? Ho contended , on this contrary , that food in the cottage could not by possibility dutract f :-om his patriotism . Other results woulif follow . The manufacturing class were all but unanimous for the Repeal of the Corn Laws ; and were the woj king class to acconvpany them in this movement , tbey would give a convincing proof to the middle class of thi-ir intelligence and practical wisdom , which would go far to carry a conviction into their minds that they were well qualified to exercise the franchise ; then -would peace , coucord , and hurmony reign between them , and happiness would be the genenil character of our country .
Mr , Duncan must compliment Mr . Morrison upon having a poetic imagination ; but his millenium of bappiness to the . human , race -wus like many which had gone before it , ami embraced a mere evaporation of oily words , which consisted in keeping tha promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope . Corn Law Repeal , under the present circumstances , w « uld be found of this character .. But who , after all , created tbe Coru Bill—continued it—and perpetuated it ? Was it tke working population ? . No . They have no power of legislation la the House ef Commons . When that House undergoes an election , working men are not consulted , except at the nomination , and that is one of th ;; fictions of our glorious Constitution , which is the envy of all thieves and liars . Thu . aristocratic cless arc
haughty and arrogant from their long established exclusive privileges . The middle classes , since they wero enfranchised by working men , have , to the aristocracy , been meana . id servile ; , to thvss upon whose industry tbey live , they have been cold , haughty , and tyrannical . He would boldly charge the manufacturing class with hypocrisy iu tho case of Corn Liw Itepeal . Thiy tnsde a loud ciamour against tho monopoly of the Corn Laws . They Bay that its working is injurious to thtir tradethat it has dried up their profits—puri ! lod ttieir capital , aud thrown a darkening cloud over their future prosptcts . These are heavy charges against the Cora Bill , and if true , what are we to think of tho houesty Ami consistency of that party , who defends , the monopoly fr # m , which this minor one sprints . The . Chartists
would long t re thi 3 time havo . carried tbe tire of reform into tbe augcan stable ; but who protected it—let my opponent , the advocate of middle class wisdom , declare ¦ J-havB . they uot done every thing in their power to destroy \ the Chartist movement . TLeir vile hireling prints , from the i / orninffCftronfc ' c dovru . to Uio Stirling Observer , that puddle-pool , where brainless wits playoff their , harmless jokes upon Charti * m—huvri they noi thrown , their shield of protection over this House at the expeuxe of their character ? Aud , they now wish the Cnartiata to sacrifice their character at the same shrinei ' In : this there is deejp d . siga . . Merge tlie
organisation for the Charter into Coxa . Law Repeal , and we would become again the despicable . serfs of the very faction who ' are expiring , from tbe severe and terrible conflict they have sustained with Chartism Having unmasked the hollow-hc&rtedness of Wiriggery—laid bare its low artifices—proved it to ; , be a persecuting and bitter exterminating enemy to popular liberty , and the just ' rights of the working millions , would uot the future historian designate the Chartiiia of the 19 th century as a power which arose thut " . bade fair to cope with , unmask , ' undermine , on 1 overthrow Parliamentary " tyranny ; and when it had secured its flwt step of triomph , abandoned i ' 8 dvilotw
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position , and went forth , koight-errtnt- ' . ilre , to rescue and save the fell monster who had exerted its utmost strength to Imprison and exterminate it , and , even in its death-throes , to spit its serpent slime upon it ? Yet this is the task Corn Law repeaters seek ns to perform , and which iny consistent opponent is here this uightto , plead the cause of , before the sharp and clearheaded men ef Tillicoultry . Mr . Morrison declared that he had abandoned the hope of inducing Mr . Duncan to discussr the question of Corn . Law repeal . Mr . Duncan , In this case , might Indeed plead a short memory , but Mr . Duncan is very apt t » forget questions that were difficult for him to answer . He would now put again to him the question , and they themselves would judge whether it was the want of ability or will—Now , in the years which he had commented upon , when provisions were low , employ ment plenty , and wages high , wonld not the Mine result again take plaoe were thft Corn Bill repealed ? Yes , my friends ,: I am a sincere ad-. ,
vocate of the Cfcarter , though I differ with my opponent in the best means to secure it . All improvementa ever got in this country have been got by piece meal , and the Charter will be secured in the same manner , Let us , then , advocate every good and wise measure . Let us join with , all those who are for improving our institutions and remodelling our laws . Will the abolishing of an evil prevent the obtaining of a good ? He looked upon the Curn Laws a » a positive evil . He would hail their repeal as a positive good . The good and the wise were uniting every where for this o ' j « et . Upon Monday evening five thousand , in Dunfennline had come to a unanimous vote , and he anticipated tho same decision at the close of this speech . It required the whole exertions of the chairman to repress the highly restrained feelings of the meeting during its delivery . Ho told them that their vote of the close of the discussion , wonld be the record of their judgments upon ite merits .
Mr . Duncan said , that bis opponent had taunted him with not answering this celebrated question—the solution of which is calculated to set our national affairs right , open the . eyes of the blinded Chartists to perceive the wisdom of middle-class political economy and Whig new-light . He might answer it by stating that it resulted in the coincidence of a succession of abundant harvests and an excess in the harvest of rag money . The abundant harvest served its own purpose . Tiie 6 xcess of the rag-money harvest had its reaction in 1338 , under which the nation has reeled liko a druuken man ever since . He , however , was not required to answer such a question , in discussing . the proposition . Ho would now , ask Mr . Morrison was he satisfied ? Ho would now proceed t « point out
another duty to the Chartists connected with this very proposition . They l&d to unite the good and the wise of every class ; sufficient for us that they acknowledge tbe principles of the Charter to be just , and would agree in acting with the great body in carrying out every measnre to make them triumphant as the peer , squire , manufacturer , peasant , or weaver . Our object being justice to the oppressed from bad government , we sec-k the nnion of all for a common object . He , ' the advocate . of . Chaitisni , stood forward to advocate the political rights of the ditcher , the ploughman , the sower , and the reaper , as well as the spinner , the weaver ,. the shoemaker , and the tailor . If class legislation has . divided us into all these conflicting interests , and the various monopolies have led . us to believe we have nil separate interests—it is the sublime mission of Chartu-in to erect a common vantage ground , upon which the oppressed of all these various interests
can stand , and to perceive that a Parliament irresponsible to tbe people is the source from whence all our national evils hava sprung . The Corn Law repealers are one of those classes struggling to be freed from that very monopoly of power they are so anxious to protect . So long as we occupy this fortress , all the oppressed will flow into it as into a citadel , where justice and equity is the watchword . One false step on the part of the Chartists at the present time , would sink the hopes of those who are rushiag to our standard , and the very strength which this party are so very envious of at present to secure to tlioir aid , would belofs to Chartism , and despised by them—neglected aud trampled upon ; when we would perform our task , we would , be thrown aside as so much lumber . His advice to them , then , would be , to stand fast amidst all temptations , By this course they would command tho respect of those who are opposed to them , aad soon they would gain their reward .
Mr . Morrison would at once frankly admit Mr . Dunoan was no way bound by the proposition under discussion , to answer his question ; but he had been asked what would become of all those labourers who live at present by cultivating the soil , and who would be thrown out of employment by the repeal of the Corn Bill 1 They vrouid find abundant labour in our factories , from the increase of our export trade . He avowed himself an out-and-out Malthusian . It had been called a theory ; but in fuqt it was a principle . Give us free trade , and although the population was doubled we would all be comfortable and happy . He had no fear of an excess of population with free trade , until the whole world was tieusely populated . — But what was the fact at the- preseut time ?—capital , was invested in sixth rate land . Tbey were
now cultivating the moors , when it may be more profitably invested in manufactories . This was his political economy . Invest capital where it will procure the highest return of profit ; and by this lueaus we will raise our couutry in prosperity , and confer happiness upon the people . These were great and important truibs of political economy : he took great pleasure in unfolding them before tho people of Tillicoultry ; and he thought it would not be the last time he would have the pleasure of addressing them upon such subjects . If they were not prepared to adopt them , and act upon them now , he felt confident the time -would soon arrive wheu t | iey would , and be . sorry at thoir past ignorance ; and th ' jy would make up , by their future activity in t ' leir active co-operation with the middle class , for their past neglect of thete truths . had
Mr . Duncan s ^ id they heard a lecture upon political economy ; but it iui ^ ht be characterised as a heartless exhibition of unprincipled « elfishne » s . His opponent belonged to that school of political economy whose leading idea was , niaka the rich more rich ; crib , cabin , aud confine the mass of society iudungeoa mines aud ovcr-beated factories . This school ridicules the idea of cultivating land that -will not pay , or , in other words , if ye can draw a per cent more from the cultivating of cotton than from waste lands , neglect the latter and attend to thu former . The comfort of thu
people is nothing ; the per centage is everything . Had his opponent been compelled to breathe the pestilential air of tbe factory , he would have spared his small wit in attempting to ridicule the cultivation of the moors , and his iuisomo praise upon heated atmospheres and greasy wooL He would ask , -were no » those branches of trade that dealt largest in exportation the poorest paid ; and as that exportation had increased remuneration h . ul decreased ? blU . OOOhund-looiii weavers gave the lie to tiie prophecy of the Corn Law repealer . Would 2 d . off tho stone of meal make his board groan with all the other articles that are required for the comfort and happiness of man—with the same sum off the stone of Hour make the artiztms of cutlery iu Birmingham feel as if they hod passed into a land of milk and honey ; yet
this is the full extent of comfort that Corn Law repeaf promises . The whole is a selfish scheme to increase their own profits , and the hypocrisy is to talk of the poor man ' s loaf . The middle class have given no proof that they are capable to lead or guide the people in national politics—tbey cannot take care even of their own pelitiaa . 1 lights . Nsetl lio tell thwiwhen a « a ;\ £ 10 suffrage was niooted in the House of Commons for the counties which would have been an increase of Parliamentary power to the manufacturers , they paid no attention to the subject—a penny oft' a shawl or a farthing off a- yard of cotton cloth is their morning ibeam and mid-day vision . Where are the Chartists , then , who would abandon their present leaders to follow men whose political philosophy is comprehended in tho driveliing ravings whicli have been addressed to thejii this evening . The electoral bodyof this country
number about a million ; would any one pretend to say that a fifth part of these have sigueil for Coru Law repeal ? The Cuartuta then have substantially the whole power of public opinion ; the factions are in a state of maddening desperation ; who shall enjoy the plunder ? The recriminations in aud out of Parliament liave laid bare the whole trick of on aristocratic and middle class system of bod government . The factions are destroying each other . The Corn Law repealers stand up aud say to each of the factious , you are destroying each other . The people are enjoying the spectacle , expecting wheu rogues fall-out they will come to their own ; give us a part of the plunder , and in return we will gull the Chartists ;; tplitand divide them , and we may yet live many years upon the fruits of our fraud , until their returning sense again unites thim . .
Mr . Morrison—Hi 3 epponent had charged the Corn Law party with gross inconsistency in that wjiile they ascribed all our commercial depression to the monopoly in corn , and the restriotian upon trade ; they had spent much money and great labour to destroy the Chaitiet party , who would have reformed the source from whence these minor evils spriug . He had also been taunted with the low , mean , and contemptible trlckaof the Anti-Corn Law paity in this district , in the way they had got up their petitions , the unmanly means they bad resorted to , to secure a few signatures . He was not here to defend such conduct . His opponent had a ! s . o taunted him that Glasgow , Edinburgh , and all the large towns in Scotland bad resorted to the same low tricks . He regretted such conduct on their part , but he could apeak distinctly for the town which he
himself belonged to , ( Dunfermline , ) but still he tk « ught souietUing might be said in defence of the manufacturing class in this r , «* pect It was the Reform Bill that had done . the evil ; it had protected the landed interest Wherever the maaufacturtB had power they . had rtturoed Com Law repealers , and the number would Ih > increased at the next election . They had been told that : as , expotts had increased , wages had fallen ; he could not deny it , bnt was that any proof that their decrease would wtd j » their comfort ? The handloom weavers and the Birmingham artisans , that his . opponents had alluded jto « ofeelingly , ha 4 no other relief but Laving theirexport trade increased , and he would ask how was that txpoit trade to be increased but by the abolition of all monopolies 7 Tbey have excesses of the production of food in other lands ; we have the excess of the productions of manufactories in ours . Allow these to be freely exchanged , end it appeared clear to b ' oi tfcat profit wou ' d lacreatti , demand Iucreate ;
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¦ " " _ ¦¦ ' , ' ~"' ¦ ™^ " ™^ ^ ^^^ ^^¦ ^¦•¦• - —iSSSSBCSssi ^^^^ ^™^^ consequently wages would rise , and nroviri ™ . . He would aafc , « , old the joining iff 7 £ « ** retard the Charter ? No ; he loved tb « rfflK **** would be standing by it when some of itTi ^ advocates would no whew be found . He J ^ prudence , for erery caution , and safe n » ea « X £ removing evils pressing heavy upon us at then ' time ; j a contrary , conduct would lose as ther ^ alS ? * those whose assistance could not he disD € n « edS ^(< securingthe ; Charter , i * ° «« imo j , Mr . DDKc&s said he also was for prudau * for . ewy safe and cautious measure ; but hT rii- *" being the judge hinttelf of th « e moral quaUfwf * when , and how they # ught to be exercise ^ S / lS rison , throughout the . whole of this disewaiM i never attempted to pw >? e any one ef hla patitioM ^ to disprove any of , those statement * which kI ?* made illustrative of \ the &ct— that were ' tne Charter * join any other agitation got up by the middle Z ^* would damage their own position , and playT ^ handa of their bitterest foes . He would « ik ^ *» tated ino » t far the abolition of the oora « ,. ** whenita removal could have besn effective fo | l > The manufacturing artisans did ao for t » ant » c < 1 J Where were , then , the middle class ? Whv HJ *^ lUMj spaniel ,
uroan , sums , w > secure a smile fm T * tended aristocracy ; and , during the same w ! f ^> lagingthe wages of the working men , that rtw ^>< ?" ape the tinselled gewgaws of an effeminate arSL *^ Four-years age , when the conviction arose in ti , ^ ' of the million * that the manifold national ^ - ^ were called npon to contend with sprung fromth ** of representation of the people , and they BMf , ?** " * strations in England and Scotland of their em ^™* of-this fact , such as this or no other cooninr k recorded in their annala , how did the middle elaL in their factories ? They used all tueir aathorii f * overawe and break , down the lofty devotion of ? £ people to the principles of political jnrtlce ' andw **
sai uoerty ; ana wnen tney failed to curb oj mta their stern integrity to these principles , they own *! battery of abttse and misrepresentation from thS vr * ling joumald upon the people , calculated to driif ' more phlegmatio people into open robtlliea , tp ! * this artifice failed , ' they resorted to the spy sy ^ m . ^ spared neither bribery nor gold to Wak-to" ^ people ' s organisation for the Charter ; and whatfth hellish machinations partially succeeded m ladfaw many of our zealous friends into the pit wnich t * bad * dug for them , they walked into the Jarrfe ! and consigned them to the axe of the bloody » cutioner , transportation to the penal eolonkT to the tread-mills und loathsome dunireoM ^»
free , happy , and merry England ' , and for-what r vl demanding what every one ef God ' s creatures b en . titled to enjoy—freedom and protection to the frnitsrf their lawful industry . These cool , cold-hearted , Ja bloodthirsty men , who spoke the sentiment * of ths middle class from the jury-boxes of theEh gliah inqni sitions , now say to their immolated victims , com « forth , and fight the aristocracy for our exclude td . vantage . Those that can forgive these great attjonii wrongs ' without repentance , have no conceptions of moral duty . It Would only be encouraging theo in their past criminal course . We cannot Wcogniw Mm as beingactuated by . the spirit of bumonity , until *»
lieu . the wail of the' orphan whose father th « y hun sent to Port Arthur , and until they hear the moan of the widow whom their bloody decision has jhade » by consigning ' her natural protector to the prisons m 4 madhouses of England . Manufacturers have no other course left them for national safety but to juin th » Charter Associations , act along with the peopla , and then the national will will be embodied in the national law ; class interest will be extinguished ; then freedom and happiness will spring forth like the morning , and become matured in their strength . He now left the csn » of Chartism with perfect confidence that they wonld io it justice in the vote of this evening .
Mr . Morrison said , according te the rules of the debate , it belonged to him to * close- this discassion . His opponent had charged him with having failed V > prove any one of his positions ; ho would leave that to the judgment of those he was now addressing . He hid also been charged as having failed to disprove any et those statements which Mr . Duncan had brought forward against those who had opposed the Charter . , He admitted them all to be too true , and was sorry foe what had taken place in England . But he did not
confine himself to Charter agitation . He was a republican ; be was for the repeal of the Corn Laws , because it would do good to our trade—ho was for the separation of Church and State , because it would introduce the principle o ' f free trade into religion—he also was for the Charter , and thought the people had sufficient intelligence to exercise the franchise—he was tor s Republic , because hereditary , monarchy was , in his estimation quite Irrational . He had no more to add ' than to leave the decision with themselves .
The sight at this time was one truly grand . TiIH « coultry is situated at the foot of the Ocbill hills , at the mouth of one of those glens whose waters drW& the machinery of its woollen factories . The mom was ehining over the romantic , scene , in all her splendourupwards ot 3 , 000 people , consisting of men and women , had stood in the open air for five hours , closely eom > pafcted together . Among these , we observed the lead * iiig manufacturers of all the surrounding towns , tie in o . 31 of them remaining to the last Both of the dispo . touts agreed that there , should be no expression of feeling during the discussion , as they were afraid their voica might fail them , addressing so large % meeting till midnight in the open air . It was evident from tin
glistening eyes , and their suppressed feelings , that this was no . easy task for them to accomplish . But the Chartists of this district have too much respect for their principles and themselves to give any violation to the most rigid decorum ; and , although they had to listen for two hours to what they themselves characterise as the most wretched twaddle—^ yet the motive assigned enabled them to exorcise pa ' . ierce under i t . When the vote was taken , a forest of hands was upheld fer Mr . Duntan ' s side—for Mr . Morrison ' s side not more than thirty bands were held up . The cheers and shouts of triumph which followed made the glens of the Ochill-hills re-echo with the glad shout of Chartism , over all the will-o' -the-wisp and the false
lights that the middle c ! ass are raising to deceiva and mislead the Chartists . Every town in the country is in a commotion , previous to and since this discussion cook place . Wavercrs are confirmed , and the enemies are chopfallen and dispirited . The cheers that followed for Feargus O'Connor , the Charter , and all imprisoned victims , made the enemies present both bine and black in the face . They now find that the Charter and tie people ' s leaders are engraven upon the heart of heartJ of the people . Whigs and Tories are " threatening utter extermination to Mr . Duncan , and declare there will be no peace in the district until he also forms one of tha already nutnerons list of victims to satiate tho revenge of WhigB and Tories .
The business was dosed by Mr . DoncaN moving and . Mr . Morbison seconding , a vote of ttwuks to the respective chairmen . — From our own Correspondeni .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , May 23 . A large number of petitions were presented on the : subject of the Corn Laws . Lord Desman presented petitions from baptist and \ other dissenting congregations , against the practice of administering oaths , and praying tbe substitution of . affirmations . He had no idea of lntroducir . g ^ y ; measure on the subject at present , but if he ree&re * any encouragement from the House he should b »* e objection to do so . . Lord AsHBtmTOi * . in presenting a petition from toe shipowners of Whitehaven against the -timber done * wished to relieve the minds of the * public of a rt-lo ?"" . under . ' which they laboured ; namely , that the prop * measure with regard to timber was a reduction , . oft ** tien . On the contrary , the people would find " >» . a was to all intents and purposes a measure ° ^^ ** ' ?!^* After a conference with the Commons on the ranjw * -pUW Arms ( Ireland ) Bill , their Lordships a # > urn »» Thursday next
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbjday , JUt 28 . j Mr . Scholfield gave notice that on tbe 3 d ° {* "f he should move that the extreme suffering of the laa 1 * trious classes from low wages and want of . employ 0 *™ renders it the imperative duty of Parliamet t noiw separate till it has devised some mtans foral-ena'f * the great misery that now prevails in all the manouw taring districts of the country . ( H = ar , bear . ) _ On the motion of the ATTOEXEV-OiXEB ^"" Stamp Duties Bill was read a third time and P ^^ L&rd J . RCSSELL moved the adjourw-jent oi" » H ouse at its rising till Wednesday next . Sir R Peel said It had been generally snopo ^ that the object of his resolution was Jo mtwisie the discussion of the Corn Laws ; but so fat fr 0 ™^ be-lngthe case , if the Noble Lord had P P ° f . ^ tbe Hou 3 e should sit on Jlonday next , be wouia i _ offered no opposition to the motion . B ? L , ^ j rf Lord having proposed an adjournment till Y ^ Zmbk , he should not ol-ject to it , with the vbO ^^» - however , that the debate should have precacen w that day . . . , TT 4 a « . . Lord J . KcssEtL had no objection to that amw » " The " Want of Confidence" debate w » «? V and the Houso was addresaed by Mr- M lr !!' Jfc Sandford , ^ Ir . Darhri Mif . Hu tton , Lord N orreys ^ , H . Oratun , Lord Tgigbriouth , Mr . Ingbaui , - ^^ Lord Sandon , Lordf Morpetb , and Sir James «*^ . Oa the motion of ; Mr . Sergeant ** ^ 'JZ " JaMf . ter before ene , the Bouse adjourned tiU \\ ean ~ - * next '" ' ¦ ' ' . " ¦ * ¦ - ' ¦» .. > . ' . ,,... r . ~~~~—~
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¦ IftB Augsburg Gaselte , in its ^«^ ° A liast , states that disturbances are approhen < i » Cypias » but gives flo / details . The Counter Jgv * & , t ^ t % l Pacha governtojj thai- -ttland ftrW " Soitaaiiasafikea / or the adwceol »' , «» "ftS . - - iwswl oftbe foteiisn consuls and the ^ princjp *! ^ tian inhabitants . The GoMette of -pPP ^ - ^ W et » t « 8 that Tahir Pacha wiU neu cypw *¦* K < tiag to Candia withhw squadron .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct382/page/6/
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