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Bolto 5 . —The election of the Boroagh Members ir « decide on Thursday evening week , after a fortnight ' s most intense excitement , in the choice of the ministeralists , the numbsrs being for Ainsworth ( a nondescript Whig Conservative weathercock ) . » .- ................... 6 M 3 > r . Bowring ( pledged te the Charter , Repeal , : - &c . — .. « ............ : 6 W B eth ^ eU ( Conservative ) >« ,.. ;— .... i ......,.. ^ 554 Bailing ( Ditto ) « -. „ :... . i ,... 444 The Tories have been beaten by weapojMf&ey so oflea employed ¦ Hith ^ c * ess , o » foimer . oc « aaioa * : —bribery , jntoidaiioa , drunkenness , aad-trickery . The ootton lords in ; bs Tainisteriai interest were . 4 &oet Active , irreral of them closing their works ob Mead * y
evening ,- from Tnesaaj evamiag all business mm BttBp ended by both partws . free drink WW to be had to abundance is all quarters of the town , ind the drunkenness and fi ^ &tiBg which followed has n » paraHeJ in the election annals of Bolton . The Chartists understanding how the game was to be played , came to a resolution on Sunday evening to take no part in the election proceedings , bo ; to gland aloof from both Whigs and Tories , they being alike enemies to universal justice . This resolution was placarded on Monday afternoon , a few hours pre'no ^ tb an attsck which was made on the colours of the Tories a ; the S ^ van Inn , the Chroni cle office , » nd several other peaces , by a num&er of drunken rnffiaus belonging to the Ainsworth party , and
dust have hid much effect in preventing more extensive riet , as Tery fevr of the many thousands of working men who filled the streets took any part in the disgraceful proceedings . On Tuesday evening a placard , announcing the * liberation &f Feargns O'Connor , " was potted on the walls , and stating that he would b ? in ** Manchester on Monday week f cifimg on ihe ** Chartists to do their duty ! look to their friend ? , " and not *• to be deluded by tho Tories . This p ' scard eertainly created a great Beasaiion , and was ; be only one which elicited » cheer on its appearance . On the same evening , a meeting of the friends of Dr . Bowring was held in the T emperance Hall , at which he was present , and the news of O'Connor ' s liberation afforded matter for
eoflgrafnlsiion , three cheers being given by the broad doth for " the liberation of the Chartist prisoners I " Hypocritical humbugs ! After this it was no doubt hoped that all the working men would take part in the business of the nomination , but the great bulk of the people appeared there enly as spectators , and allowed the Whig and Tory colour bearers to fight for precedence before the hustings , without taking any active part on either Bide ; and the consequence was tba $ the Tory party had the triumph , the Whigs , after the loss of many flags , reiiring first from the field . The business of proposing the candidates was -thea ? one < m with ; the 8 b DW of lunds vrss for Ainsworch abont one-fourtk ; and for Dr . Bowring about three-fourths of the maltitnde
present . Brighton . —The nomination for members to represent this place in the H # nse of Commons , took place on Wednesday last , June 30 th , on the hustings erected near the Town Hall , and was attended by a larger number of persons that ever were present since Brighton has been made a borongh , and great excitement was evinced by the appearance of a Charti&t candidate on the hustings . The processions were of the usual character , such as are ordinarily seen at elections ; bands of music , flags , ironken men , < £ . c , were the order of the day , with the exception of the Chartist procession ; this was indeed a solemn procession ; all was calm and quiet ; they well knew the importance of the business for which they had met together , and their procession tfe on ; their
i »© ed * d bo ffinaft-t ^ aj ^ e- ea banners were of white , with one exception , that was » Splendid bias flag , trimmed with white , the mouo ' s on which wete written in gold . " Union is Strength , " en the reverse , " The Sovereignty of the People , " Another sple&did white flag bore in Urge silver letters the motto of " The People ' s Charter . * On others were inscribed ' Universal . Suffrage , "" Brooker and the Charter , "— " Brooker and the Jlepeai of the 2 s ew Poor Law , "— " Brooker and the Separation of Church . and Stats . ' Another fla ^ had the motto of " Frost , Williams , and Jones ; one had on its S . ig staff the cap of liberty and the tricoloured eockade ; with these flags in their |» rooesion , the Chartists jaade their way through the town to the place of meeting , aad on their arrival
they found it eonjp ] etely blocked up by their tfpponenis ; but they were received with loud shouts of applause ; the people made a lane , and the Chartists marched through and took up their place in front of the hustings , which they kept till the meeting was over , being flanked on one side by the Tories , and en the other by the Whigs ; and though she rain poured , at times , is torrents , the gallaat band with-Sto-id the pelting of the pitiless storm , unassailed by ether party , though tbe Whigs had a go in at the Tories and beat ihem , destroying three of thtir orange flags , and more mi 5 ehief would have ensued , had it noj been for the interference of the police , for both parties had a set of hired drunken bullies to annoy every one who belonged not to their party ; the nomination having taken place , the Chartist candidate , C . Brooker . Esq ., being proposed by Mr .
Woodward , and seconded by Mr . Flowers , a show of hands was taken , and declared to be in favour of the two Whig candidates , though , next to Captain Pechell , every one most unhesitatingly agreed that Mr . Brooker was the next man ; not so with the Returning Officer , he cannot countenance a Chartist , and so he gave it in against him , but Mr . Wigney declared himself that he knew not which held a msjoriiy , Mr . Brouker or him . As for the Tory , Sir A . Dalrymple , he is bo detested , so eprntd by all parties in Brighton , except his own , that out of eight or ten thousand people , no more than « ne hundred hands were held up for him . His eondact on Mr . Buncombe ' s motion has so disgusted every honest minded man in Brighton , that no one is heard to give an expression of kind feeling ior his welfare . When it is known that he ^ as in the House the tv-hols-or the Tins Mr . Dunc-ombe ' s
ttoti&n for the release of the prisoners was under discussion , and ihough sent into Parliament by the Radicals of Brighu > n , he had not the honesty , tie manliness , Gr coiirage , to give them one vote in return , the coaseqstiics was , the Chartists of Brighton left him and his party to the fate they deserve from men of sound principles , and be is no longer Member for Brighton , two Whigs being returned by overwhelming niajoriiies . This election has not been without its effect . ^ Captain Pecheli has promised , before the cssemb ' ed people , to vote for the immediate repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Bill . Mr . Wigney hM promised to vote for the immediate release of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and we de trust thai the forthcoming Parliament wi : l be intmdaied with petitions from every town , village , and hamlet , for the recall of those nnjostly exiled patriots . It is worthy of notice that the
Chartist candidate and his proposer and seconder were the only parties heard , with silence , and the immense njaliitcde , hired men and all , rapturo » Eiy cbeetTd every sentiment they uttered . The nomination of the candidates was as complete a Chartist meeting as ever we saw . Mr . Brocker , at the eiese of the poll , said his object aad been achieved , v ' , z : the Tindication of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter ; and when tbetimeagaineame , they would find him pursuing the same courserof action ; believing as he did that the prosperity and happiness of the country would be permanently obtained , through the establishment of ihe principles he advocated . No expenee -whatever was Mr . BTooker pnt to , in gettiDg poll clerks to attend the different booths ; those were supplied from the ranks of the Chartists , who Tolnntarily gave theirserrices on this occasion .
Btxfbies Bueghs . —The Radical Ewart , late M . P . for Wigas , acd who voted for the release of tbe political prisoners , has succeeded against the Whig Sir Alexander Johnston ^ by a majority of 59 . The Tory Johnston will again be returned for the county without spposition . The shire of Kirkcudbright will be contested by the Tory Maxwell and the Whig Mwray , the late Member . Westbcby . —The designing knaves of faction succeeded here , during the election , in provoking the people to physical resistance in self defence . A large body of police had been imported doubtless for the purpose of exciting the ill feelings of the people by wis insolent implied distrust of their peacefulness . In this however they were disappointed , the people t
hough displeased saw through the trick and refused to gratify them . The police oowever seemed leth to Qnit the town without ha-ring in someway signalized themselves . After the return and the usual ceremonies consequent thereupon , the electors dispersed to the different inns , to partake of some refreshment . One of the electors called on a brother of his and invited hha to eome in to him . The poor man was proceeding along the Market-place , to accept the invitation of his brother , when one of the police ruffians struck him ft tremtndous blow orer the right eye which felled him to the ground , This was the onset of a desperate row . On seeing his the people were exasperated ; and went to work nght aad left with their walking sticks and fists . They floored seTeral of the police and split some of
theb heads . The blood flowed pretty freely fron both parties , but the people came off victorious ; they Bade &e peiwe run ia all directions taking shelter n » the Town flail and different places . Tha greater Pftft of the men went out into the fields and armed themselves with large sticks and then came into the town again , flouTisMng them oxer their heads and nreaing TengeaBoe against tbe police . They then proceeded to . the head inn and beat all the policemen out that were there . They thra went to the other public houses and beat out some that had taken shelter there . AmoEget them was the Inspector of Trowbriige , to whom they gare a good thrashing « ndmade bi » walk out ; when the females outside iav # him another drubbiag . At length he made his retreat to a druggist ' s shop ; where they followed w » and gave him * few more blowB . The police
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then made their way i& the Hall again throngh the backway and locked tbeMseivesup in the magistrates ' PJ ^ te room , while the mob separate going , many of them to the public bouses tc ^ enjoy a glass of aie . In the lapse © fabout an hour the police again made their appeara » ce in front of the HalL The news flew like wild fire , and the j > eople soon assembled with their weapons and droTe them back to their roam again ; and while thoy were proceeding op the stairs of the Hall gave them a rolley ot stones . Daring this , one of tbe police was dispatched to Hey wood to Mr . Lndiow ,-the magistrate , praying him to seadftr the TTowb » d # e troop of lancers . In a few miiirtes Messrs . Phipps and Ludlow case into the Marketplace when * osae of the respectable inhabitants told
then b * wth * row originated with the police . While the magistrates wero in the Market-place with the people , some of tb * police were endeavouring to make their escape the back way outof tbe town aad were Been running as if after a thief . Tbepwple saw them and ran d < jwn the road and met them } when a tremendous sooffle ensued . Several of the poliii were dreadfully wounded and several of the inhabitants had their heads broken . One man was picked up for dead bat recovered in a very short time ; The police then look to their heels * nd made tbe best of their way home , over hedges and ditches ; the
people following them , throwing stones , mud , sticks , and anything that came in their way . When they came back , they found three or four walking about in plain clothes , whom they instantly collared and made them deliver up their truncheons which they did , begging the mob not to hurt them , telling them they obeyed the orders of their Inspectors ; one of ihttQ cried like a child and said he h&d not eaten ox drunk since he came into town at nine o ' clock , and this was six in the evening . Tbe rufiian " peace preservers" haring been thus finally beaten out of the town—the people went home and the town was qniet .
Leicester . —Messrs . Easthope and Ellis , having been severally proposed and seconded , by four members of the Whig Coporation . Mr . John Marfcham , advanced to nominate Mr . Coeper ; and Mr . John Dear , a freeman of the borough , seconded the nomination . The Conservative candidates ( Lord Forrester and the Hon . Spencer Horsey de Horsey ) haviDg been daly proposed and seconded , and Messrs . Easthope and Ellis , haviDg each briefly addressed the meeting . —Mr . Cooper presented himself to the multitude , and said , "Men of Leicester , I stand here , to-day , as the champion of working men , as the advocate of the rights of my own order , and I stand here , likewise , as the determined opponent of Whiggery . ( Yells from the hirelings of the
Corporation , answered by tremendous cheers from Chartists and Conservatives . ) The reasons for Chartist opposition to the base , deceitful Whig Government are manifold , That opposition is not grounded , merely , upon the ruthless persecution which tbe people ' s advocates have experienced from the men who axe called their "natural friends . " It is founded on broad political charges ; on Ihe faithlessness of the Whigs to their promi * ea ; on their bitter disappointment of the people ' s hopes , aud their vile betrayal of the people ' s liberties . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs were fondly recognised as the sincere ativacates of popilar rights , and were borne into office by the fuQ tide of the popular will . The people believed their professions , and joined them
in the cry for M the Bill—the whole Bill—and nothing mit the Bill , " —aad the prayer of that ominous cry has been bnt too fnliy realised . After "the Bill "—Coercion for Ireland followed—the Baatilel&w succeeded—warswerecomtnenced—and as their years increased , this traitorous Government only ij'rew more complete in their delinquency . The two millions left them in the treasury , by their predecessors were squandered in shameless profusionregardless of the people ' s toil and suffering , —and they are now about to be driven from office with a deficiency of six aiUioas on the annual income of the nation , as the record that their evil ehadow had once darkened the council chamber of the Sovereign . Instead of retrenchments , they have exhibited an
Htter recklessness of economy , and have far outstripped the Tories in their officious disposition to gratify the expensive tastes of royalty . They took office under the most solemn pledges to preserve universal peace , and they are quitting it after plunging the nation into four expensive wars—one of which is yet unfinished . A * d for what objects , under what pretences , were these warB entered upon ! The ww in Spain had no other object than the support of the accursed funding scbemeB : the furtherance of the plans of meney-lords , the great bloodsuckers of the nation . ( Cheers . ) The war in Canada was commenced to put down the people ' s struggle for liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) Oppression was borne , till it could be endured no
longer ; and when resistance was made , the iiberty-Icving Whig 3 over-ran the country wih fire and sword , and thus once more stilkd the patriotic Canadians by the administration of terror . Legitimacy rottea legitimacy ! was the object of support in entering upon the Syrian war ! The successor of Mrtomet , forsooth ! must be supported , in preference to a man , who , whatever raay be his faults , has displayed more of European mind and of spirit of civilization and of commercial enterprise than any Eastern monarch for several generations . Lastly , came the war with China : that most iniquitous war which had no other professed object than a determination to slaughter people with the sword who were unwilling to be poisoned with opiam !
( Cheers . ) Would you , as Englishmen , regard any attemp . J by a foreign nation to force a contraband trade in one of your ports , as less than an impudent affront 1 If a foreign pewer resolved on introducing a poison into your country , in spite of legislative enactments prohibiting the attempt , would yon not regard your GoYernment as a coward crew of traitors , if they neglected to seize the poisonous article and throw it into the sea f The Chinese go-TerHcrent were not guilty of such criminal neglect ; bat the Whig Government have stamped themselves with lasting infamy by commencing a wicked aggression upon a nation because its Government became -be faithful guardians of its morals . The Whig Government have entered on a course oi national extermiHation of the Chinese , because they
refuse to be poisoned ; and as the war is still unfinished , their successors must scamper out of the difficulty as well as they can ! So much for the blessings of Whiggery bequeathed to Conservatism ! ( Cheers . ) Blessings ! aye , the Whigs had ever been the industrious forgers of machinery for oppression , and invariably left the Tories to make use of tho iron machinery . I am opposed to Toryism . I hate it with a bif ter hatred . Bat there is no hypocrisy about the Tories . They are open tyrants . Tkey never put their old cry of " King and Constitutiou in abeyance . It is a rotten cry—( cheers from the Whig . '')—and its death-note is approaching ; but while it is kept up , every one knows what it mean ? . But the Whig note is a deceptive one . They will blow hot and cold with the same breath . The
Tory will not compromise his principles . ( Cheers from the Tories . ) We have been charged with a dishonest compromise , as Chartist 3 , during the preparation for this election . I hurl back the false charge with disdain . I here most unequivocally declare that in my interviews with Mr . Phillips , —aud ho is the only one of the party with whom 1 have conferred—so far from compromise being understood or agreed to—that gentleman , in four several conversations , of hiB own accord uttered sentences to the following effect : —Mr . Cooper , you And I differ as widely as light and darkness from each other in politics—and we make no compromise of our principles—you will not give up your Chartist principles , nor shall I gire up my Conservative ones
—we merely agree to oppose the Whigs as a common enemy . " I state thiB , before the thousands here congregated , by way of public testimony to the gentlemanly character of a Conservative who haa been maligned in the rilest mannner , by the Whig principals ia Leicester , and their tools . ( Cheers . ) No , eo ; there is no hypocrisy about the Toriestyrants though they be—it is the Whigs who are and have been the deceivers ; it is the Whigs who are the changelings—the squeezable gentlemen ! I say vote for the Conservatives at this election . I say it boldly and fearlessly , although an unflinching Chartisl . Whether in or tut , you cannot maid a patriot of a Tory ; but we shall convert the Whigs once more into flaming patriots in the coarse of six
months after a Tory government is established . ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists . ) 0 yes , they will go with us for what we want when they find Sir Robert throwing out his sops in the way of reforms . ( Loud cheering and laughter . ) Let Mr . Easthope tell me honestly if he does not believe this . He know 3 it will be so . But return the Whigs to office now , and you must endure another seven years of mock—another septennial period of preparation for still heaTier tyrannies . Septennial ! aye , remember that thereby hangs another proof of Whig delinqHency ! Sir Robert Walpole , the great minister of George I ., procured the passing of the Septennial bill—the enactment by which the whole essence of the old constitution was sapped—the grandest effort for corruption and abuse that ever was made by a British statesman . ( Cheers by the Conservatives and Chartists . ) What the vile Whigs then began , they have lately been striving to
consummate—the alter destruction oi old Jip ^ lisn liberty . Yoa have been told that the Tories joined the Whigs in enacting the Bastile law . But " Who are responsible for it ! ( ShoutB of '" the Whigsthe Whigs i" ) Aye , the Whigs—and the Whig * only ! Who brought the bill into the House of Lords!—Lord Brougham , the great gun of the Whigs ! Who brought it into the Commons !—Lord Althorp , the Whig leader of that Honse . I need not inflime your minds with reference Ic its brutal provisions : I need not remiad you how the husband is torn from the wife and the child from tbe mother at the door of the accursed bastile—you know it all ! ( Groans for the WhigB . ) I need not recount tbe items of the dietary table in your hearing now . I occupied the time of some thousands of you , in the market-place , last Sanday night , with tbe revolting details . But horrible as this law is , what would it Lava been if the recreant Russell had bad his will ? He sought to introduce a dexaonlike ciauss into its provisions whereby be could transport
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any pauper ' s child beyond the seas , nnder the guiee of apprenticing the child , Jmd ^ makjBgjBe English ; mans child a slave for the cultivation of sugar of ootton during the remainder of its life . (** No , no ! ' from Mr . Easthope . ) No . no ! does Mr . Easth « pe say ? then I will place the Tery sections of Lord John ' s cursed " amendment" before his eyes . ( Mr . Cooper hen produced an authorised copy of , Lord John Russell ' s abortive " Amendment to the New Poor Law " and pointed oat the sections , erring the pamphlet into Mr Easthope ' s hand . ) Does Mr . Easthope « ee \ O yes , but he can return no answer . And Mr . Easthope , too , strove to get the three devil kinga at Somerset House re-appointed for three yoara !—bnt thank God ! the Tory majority of one ,
and that tree effect ** "by the Nottingham election , fctot&fiVtttoitgvUfeh ' <lSipt tVjpltldtig the existence of the power of tbe Commissioners , and circumvented tbe additional treasos dejjsed by Lord John . ( Tremendous cheering by the "Chartists and Cosservatiyes , and great -IrnbKioa and uproar among the Whigs . ) I . fearlessly avow that no Conservative gOTernmeat erer invented so cruel an infringement of the rights x > f humanity , so brutal and base a violation of the spirit of British 'liberty * ' as the destable Whig Poor Law . ( Renewed cheering by the Conservatives . ) Again , I say , rote for Conservatives at this election ! vote against the respensible framere of the devlish New Poor Law 1 ( Shouts and cheering . )
And now I have told the Whig candidates and their supporters of some of their faults I shall claim the privilege of stating my ovVn principles . ( Load vocifcratloBS from the exasperated Whigs . ) No . no , I defy your throats . 1 shall tell my tale to the end , and I shall not give over till my strength is exhausted . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I stand here to demand Universal Suffrage . I demand it in the name of the unrepresented millions . I am aix-audthirty of age , aud have never possessed a legal vote for a Member of Parliament in my life . I ohallenge Mr . Ea 3 : hope to deny my tight to the Suffrage . I demand Universal Suffrage as man ' s birthright ; I demand it because every man is taxed ; I demand it because every male inhabitant of England is liable
to be balletted for on the militia . I challenge Mr . Easthope to show why any man should be governed without bis will ; taxed without his consent ; or drawn out to expose his body to fire and sword , without baring any share in creating war-makers . I demand Anuuil Parliaments , as the only means of destroying the fangs of the canker Which the Whig Septennial bill has planted and quickened in the constitution , as the only means of destroying the evils which " Parliaments for six years sinning and one year's repentance" have created in England ; I demand Parliaments so short that there could be no sinning -without being forthwith nipped in the bud . 1 demand the Ballot . Not because I desire the shield of secrecy-my self , not btcanse all desire it ; but
because there are many : who would need it , even with Universal Suffrage . Sut I unhesitatingly proclaim a steadfast opposition to the Ballot without Universal Suffrage .. Since I hold it uujust , and I hope Mr . Eastbope does , that Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote secretly , so I regard it as equally unjust that a few thousand electors , who , virtually bold the fraBObise as a trust for tbe millions , should be allowed to aot under the veil of secreey . ( Cheerg from the Chartists . ) I also demand the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . I challenge any man to show me any atom of reason why a man who possesses so many acres of land , should , despite his idiocy or dishonesty , be adjudged more fit to
become a member of a legislative body thau a man who is upright and intelligent , though pennylcss . 1 demand , also , Payment for Members 02 Parliament ; because , thereby , every man might be rendered independent and become proof to corruption : might be iairly sent about his business when he had received his wa ^ es ; and because the work of a legislator demands not less capacity than the duties of a judge , and the workman has , therefore , an equal right to live by the labour of his brains . I also plead for a new division of the Kingdom into electoral districts , in lieu of the present custom of returning members for boroughs and counties . I do this because it is unfair that some constituencies of a few hundred electors should return two men while several
thousands can do no more , in some other constituencies . And now having very hastily addressed sayaclf to the Six Ptints of tbe People ' s Charter , 1 come in the last place . [ An . viproaxious hubbub -was here raised by the Whig iiirelings , who had contrived during the various skirmishes which occurred throughout tbe day , —in one of which all their greeu flags , save one , had been torn to ribbons , and tbe staves shivered in pieces , —to secure a posiuon immediately in front of the hustings . "Aye , aye , your last Cooper , y out last ! " exclaimed some of tke paltry crew , " you understand that ! " Mr . Cooper co » - tiaued My last , do you say , —you poor to « l 8 of the manufacturing tyrants ? Know , then , that 1 am proud to stand here and proclaim that 1 was a
shoemaker till three-and-twenty years of age , aud tell your tyrants , —and let your tyrants know ( turning towards the Mayor and the member * of the Whig Corporation -who had secured part of the hustings , and bad railed it off in a gentlemanly way , from thereat —) that I say if tkey had once Seen shoemakers they would have been shoemakers stUL ( Shouts and cheering . ) Tell your tyrants that if they had ouce been oa the stall they would not , as I did , have taught themselves five languages while bending over the last , nor acquired , as 1 did , a knowledge of the elements of general science , while using the awl . ( Prolonged cheering , and chop-fallen looks among the Whigs . ; I proclaim again that I stand here as the candidate selected by working men;—that I shall esteem it the high honour
of my life to represent my own order , in the People a own house . I proclaim here that 1 intend to be returned to Parliament yet , before I die , and that I expect and believe I shall one day , represent thig , my native town , in the British senate . ( Uproar among the Whigs , and a stone thrown at Mr . Cooper . ) Let the dastard who threw that stone know that 1 am not to be intimidated . ( Mr . Cooper thea held the stone ap in his hand , and taking off his cap , laid open his bosom , and advanced it over the front of thehustings ) Let any working man who believes mo to be his enemy strike here !—shower yonr stones if you choose , —for unless you slaughter me , 1 shall speak on till I have done ! ( A rending shout burst from the ranks of the Chartists and
Conservatives , and the Whigs looked more abashed and woe-begone than ever . ) I tell you that your tyrants with all their prato about cheap bread only seek to keep you in fetters . I tell you , —and I will compel you to hear it , —that the cry of your manufacturing masters about a repeal of the Corn Laws , is all humbug . ( Uproar and cheers . ) I tell you , that although 1 am a foe to all monopolies , and I hate the accursed Corn Laws , as well as all other wicked laws , yet their repeal , without other great preparatory xaeasureB , would only involve you in deeper ruin . If the Cora Laws were repealed to-day , to-morrow , aed the following days , hundreds and thousands ef acres ot laud would be thrown out of cultivation in this country , —as utterly
profitless . The peasantry wouid thea swarm into your towns , —machinery would still be increased , so as to employ the extra numbers , —but , when tho floodgates of competition were once open , the glut must soon come in the foreign markets , and then your tyrants would reduce your wages to the continental level . ( Prolonged cheering . ) These are arguments as common as dust among you , and you know they cannot be gainsayed ; but yet , unfortunately , a part of you are still so blind as to yield yourselves tho slaves of those who only seek to grind you more completely to the dust . ( Renewed uproar and cheering . ) Well ; my strength is nearly gone for the present . I had intended to tell your tyrants something about their renegadism . But as
personality is but & poor game , and I should only be imitating the bad example set and followed by others , I shall say but Littla by way of reminding your tyrants of their past professions . Mr . Paget ' s proraises of " plumb-puddicg , " after the passing ol the Reform Bill , are vulgar things ; every one is acquainted with them . Yoar Mayor and your Town Clerk , and otherB ob tke central platform , have keen heard to advocate , some Universal and some Household Saffrage ; but now , they are silent 011 these matters , and all join ia the one deceitful ditty about the repeal of the Cora Laws—the ditty which suits their own ends and their own purposes , but would not , under the great existing monopoly of class legislation , benefit the working man . If
Mr . Easthope can secure us four hundred Members of the House of Commons , or , at least , a fair majority , to vote for Household Suffrage , I , for one , hv > ld myself free to declare that I would willingly receive the boon—nay , I should think tnyseif fully justified in agitating for it ; although I 6 hould still assert our right to Universal Suffrage . Bnt as long as any cry is deceptive , we , as Chartists , shall sing but one song " Universal Saffrage and no surrender . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , and if the Mayor and Mr . Easthope , aud Mr . Ellis be Radicals , if , as they say , they are not Whigs , why then they are , at heart , glad to know that the working-classes are treading on the heels of the middle-classes , and of tbe Government , and impelling them to real reforms . Before I oonolude , I again
say , Vote for Conservatives at this election . Only get the recreant Whigs out , and they will become patriots again . O yea , they know now to revolutionise the country 1 they know bow to raise tbe flames for the burning of Nottingham castle , and of tbe city of Bristol ! they are the men to stand on the Bteps of the Green Hall , and say " Working men of Leicester , hold yourselves in readiness , for , to-morrow morning , you may be called upon to inarch to Birmingham I" Some ot them , Each as —Mr . Alderman Hadson , can talk of introducing stocking-wearing into the gaol to starve you , now ; but they will all have vastly patriotio hearts , once more , when the Tories have got upon the Treasury benches . What I say as my last word ib , vote for Conservatives at tbia eleotion , as the great step
towards getting your rights . ( Loud and Iong-continHed cheering . )—Lord Forester , on tbe Conservative Bide , followed ; and the Hon . Horsey De Horsey aot having arrived , one tfhis friends made a speech
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"i tos s ^ d . —WhenTthe candidates were put to the xf * J *« an d ? Jj * oohsifferable majority appeared for Mft Chartist candidate and for Lord Forester ; but the Maypr . of course decided that the ^ shew of hands , was m favour Messrs . Earthope an « Ellis . —A '' poll was demanded for the two Conservative candidates ; but only as a form . It was determined before the nomination dosed , npt to proceed to a eonteat . —The Char tist body afterwards paraded the town , witfca band and flags , and Mr . Cooper , having addressed the crowd again , from his window , in , Chorth-Gate , was followed by Messrs . Markham aadSwainJwhefi the multitude dispersed , : vi- ' : .. ¦ ,-: -
EpiNBOMjH .- ( Abridged from thtjEdhUntrg fi Op serverj—lharsdiLj , the election for the eity was proceeded with , in presence of a lar / wponcourse of spectators , who manifested tjfexbiuibqat the most perfect good humour . Pithy r ^ nurfce and comnaej ) ' - l J ^ « ® n > &rtioukr observations , Were occasionally made ; but not a single expression which could \ be designated offensive reached our ears ; and though the speakers were more thati once interrupted , there was less ground of complaint on this account than on almost any previous similar occasion . A'i twelve eclook , Mr . Macaaley , Mr . Gibsou Craig , and their friends , among whom , besides the mem berg of the ^ By eS * t «> committee , we observed the Lord Peovogt , fe ;^ ^? ! ? W' ^» Wf ^ Mu 83
el-^^ . bHrgh ; Mr . Veitch , of Woodside ^ adotheVs . appcfti-ed on the hustings . Mr . Lowery , the Chartist , accompanied hy Dr . Glover , of St . Patrick Square , Mr . Macintosh , and others , also appeared on the hustings—tickets of admission having been given them by the Sheriff . —The Sheriff having read the writ and acts against bribery , Bailie Grieve stepped forward to propose the Right Hon . Thomas Babington Macauley , as a fit and proper person ' to represent this city in Parliament , ( Cheers and hissing . )—Mr . Oiftord , master of the Merchant Company , seconded the nomination . — Mr . Adam Black proposed Mr . Gibson Craig . —Dr . Maclagan seconded the nomination of Mr . Craig . —Dr . Glover , St . Patrick Square , was received with loud cheers by bis friends . He
rose to propose , as fit sad proper persons to represent the oity in Parliament , Colonel Peronet Thompson and James Lowery , Esq . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Robert Lowery is the name . At the Waterloo Rooms , ob Saturday , he did not think it necee&ry to state any serious objections to the gentlemen proposed on the other Bide ; but he had good and decided objections against both of them . ( Cheers ) In the first place , Mr . Macauley had a difficulty in giving a plain answer to a plain question . He was not enough of a John Bull for him : his answers were more like those of the sophists of ancient Greece . TheH he had in several instances opposed the voice of the people , in Parliament ; and as one instance , he might notice his defence of Lord
Cardigan , who had thought proper to flog a ! soldier on the Sabbath . And who apologised for that in Parliament but the honourable gentleman who now stood before them I ( Hear and clamour . ) He called it a great piece of indecorum ; but if his back had been bared , he fancied the Hon . Gentleman would have thought it something more than , indecorum . Then Mr . Macauley voted againBt addressing the Crown for the pardon of the political prisoners , confined in England , and the numbers , were equal on a division ; so that if Mr . Maoauleyhad voted the other way , the addret is to tk « Crown would have been carried . The Hon . Gentleman had a great aversion to pledges ; but he recollected at bis first meeting in the Assembly Rooms , that he came forward as a euuDorter of
the Whigs , and declared that while a shred of their banner remained , he would fight under it . ( Cheera ) Mr . Macauley then had pledged himself to fight for the Whigs as their slave , and not as a freeman . With respect to the other gentleman , he objected to him that he was the nominee of a person who had put forward members for Edinburgh ; aud not members only , —but who hail attempted ta give them a Lord Provost ; and hie intended Lord ProvoBt had returned the compliment by coming forward to propose his eon . ( Laughter . ) He djd not think that ihe Reform Bill had improved the character of the members of Edinburgh . Tho former members had got peerages ; and , he had no doubt , that , in course of time , Mr . Macauley would be raised to the House
of Lords as Lord Edinburgh , or Lord Madrid , or Lord Calcutta , or some such title ; as to the other gentleman , he , of course , would be Baron Ricoarton . ( Great cheeriag and laughter . ) The great object of the electors should ba not to send men to Parliament to get situatioaa for individuals , and gratuities for themselves ; bnt to send men who would benefit thtm . ( Laughter . ) They came before the electors now with the argument of cheap bread ; but what was the measure proposed ! They laid a duty of 8 s . per qr . on wheat , while the half of all the corn imported since 1828 had only paid a duty of 2 a . 8 d . and 1 s . per quarter . So it was with sugar ; all the difference , in fine , would be from a farthing to half a farthing por Ib . But his grand objeotion to the 6 e
gentlemen was , that they refused to the people their just and inalienable right of representation . Mr . Macauley said at a former election , that if we had Universal Suffrage , we should all become as Cherokees . ( Cries of " No , no . "; Well , if it was not that , it was something like it ; and he said that he would leave the country and go where ? Wiiy , to New York—the very place where there was already Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He had better go to New South Wales . ( Cheers and Laughter : ) Dr . Glover then proceeded , amidst manifest symptoms ot impatience from his own friends , to give various statiBtical details , on tb . % authority of Mr . Sheriff Alison , to show that crime had increased ; also fever and destitution ; all of which he contended would
be cured by Universal Suffrage . He next adverted to the laws of primogeniture and entail , and contended that were tho land more subdivided , wages would be better , aqd tho people more comfortable . ( A voice in the crowd , — "What say you to France . ") The French were not sufficiently civilised . We had the Bible ; and if with that and our advanced civilisation we had Universal Suffrage too ; this country would then be happy . He concluded by proposing Colonel Thompson and Mr . Loweiy , amidst great cheering . ) Mr . Macintosh seconded ! the nomination . Mr . Macaaley and Mr . Craig then addressed the meeting . Mr . Lowery was received with cheers . He commenced by disclaiming any \ rah to give noisy interruption to the proceedings j but if any class of
his fellow-subjocts considered that , they were unjustly excluded from their portion of legislative power , they had a right to come forward and protest against a mock representation , which did not represent them . He then ad verted to Mr . Maeaaley ' s observations , that the non-electors were bound to show , by their calmness aud propriety of conduct , that they were fit for the franchise . But Mr . Macauley must be aware , that there wrre feelings in their nature which might be driven to desperation ; that there was such a thing as tampering with their better feelings , till these were overturned ; and he was afraid that this had taken place , first , by the oppression of the Tories ; and then by the hypocrisy and truckling of the Whigs ; and , lastly ,
by having one law for the rich , and another for the poor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley said he would never interpose his voice to protcot malefactors who had come under the condemnation of the law . He would not wish him to do so ; but he would wish to see the Bame law applied to the rich that was applied to the poor . If the Dorchester labourers had been rightly sent abroad by the Whigs , why was the . Duke of Cumberland and his friends allowed to escape when when they broke the same Act ! The Hon . Gentleman , in speaking of the measures proposed by Government , said , if the reduction was but a farthing in the pound , it was something . He admitted that . But what man of common sense would accept a farthing from tbe hands of a man who had robbed him of 21 d . The question was not
whether a farthing could be taken off , but whether there might not be a reduction of 3 d . —not whether there should be an 8 s . duty on wheat , bnt whether there should not be a total repeal ? How could tke Whigs claim their suffrages ? All they could say for themselves was , that they were not quite such villains as the profligate Tories . But if they had been torn by the tiger , was that a reason why they should love the jackall or the wolf ] ( L » ud cheers . ) The Hon . Gentleman had also said / he wished the people could get food cheaper ; and asked what votes of'his had a tendency to make them dearer ! Had not the increase of the civil list to Queen Victoria , as compared with that of William , a tendency to make food dearer ! Had not the pension to Lord Keane , and the extravagant pensions
and sinecures which year by year they voted , a tendency to make food dearer \ ( Cheers . ) Let the Hon . Gentleman give them an earnest of the desire to promote free trade , by giving to the people a share in the legislation . If he did that , the people would readily join in procuring free trade . Who opposed these measures but the Tories ? He would ask his friends , did they think the industrious men would ally themselves with theToxies or monopolists ! What had they to do with Conservatism ! Many of them were without shoes , without homes , without beds . They Conservatives I—they had nothing to conserve . Had not the people assisted the Whigs to carry out the Reform Bill 1 And the re » 9 on the people left thea was , they truckled to the Toriesthey fell back upon the doctrine of finality , and Lord John Ruesell declared that the Reform Bill
was passed to give a preponderance to the landed interest . Let them ; thin , retrace their steps—if the suffrage was good for the middling classes , it was good for the wot king classes . It had been eaid that they were leagued with the Tories . He scaroely thought it worth while to repel the calumny . He knew that if the Tories or Whigs supported them , by proclaiming the rights of the people to elect their representatives , they would cease to be either Whigs or Tories ; and he would take the assistance of &uj man who would help his class to regain their political rights . He had moved largoly among the people , from the foot of the Grampians to the Land ' s End , and seized the present opportunity of speaking to men moving , in a different sphere , wuo could not be expected to know their feelings , Qito sympathise with them , to show them that their interests and welfare were ^ nit and interwoven with the pao ple . The time had gone by when the people would take food , or sugar , or education , or anything else aa »
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boon . They claimed them as rights . If the people had been represented , these laws would have been repealed long ago . It was twelve years since the people petitioned against the Corn Laws ; when the manufacturers would not join them . It was their sagacity that first discovered the necessity of a change ; and his opinion was , that God had given to every nation ' a predominance of virtue and intelligence , which would lead tbe people to discern the proper course . . ;> He knew there were ricioas poor- men '; tut were there no vicious rich men IK there wereohaats aad thieree among thti poor , were there not fraudulent hanfetaptB among the rich ! Qiv f . him : the generosity of he * rfcr-the ; attainted feeliugs . which nat « a » badiglven to her children , and
presejrvaoJum . ifiom-thai ; avaricions > . class * whose Jedgera were their Bibles , whose counters were their akATS , and wh * e « money was their God . ( Loud cheers . ) He wouM ask the ten-pouuders if , on the hour or the day when they entered vn their Un pound houses , ( bey found themselves wiser or more virtuous men than they were the day before ! Assuredly not .. They could not measure men ' s brains by the'Ungth of their purses ; and why should the houses be more esteemed than the men that reared them ! ( Loud cheers . ) With regard to intelligence , he must remind them that , if they surveyed the history of literary men , they would find that a baser set of apostates had never existed . Was not that a proof that intellect did not always
mean virtue ! ( Cheers . ) Why should the masses be forbidden to exercise the political franchise , because a section of the people set themselves up as lords over them , and said we are wiser than you are . When he entered a church , he found the parson preach that all men were corrupt : he hoped , then , that neither the driest nor the peer would exempt himself . If so , why should they choose a small portion of this corrupt nature to lord it over the other and the larger portion f ( Cheers . ) It was well te talk of time and of patience as a remed y for all this t but he told them that men were starving , and they had no time to talk of ^ alienee . There were thousands of them without th « necessaries , and thousands more without the comforts , of life . He begged those
who enjoyed the franchise to look at their own wives and children , and ask themselves how they would like to fee them ia rags and wretchedness { He knew they would not—he knew they had kind hearts , and wished to do justice to the people , if their perverted intellect would but allow them to believe that the rest of their fellow creatures could be as honest as they . were . That was the difficulty Standing in their way ; and to remove it the people mast stand , forward aad protest against these proceedings . When once they brought a system into contempt , its days . were numbered . Two or three years ago , when they started the system of protesting against the mockery of representation , thoy were sneered and laughed at ; but they had
kept their ground in defiance of the prosecutions of the Government . Was not that much to boast of ! Formerly it was deemed wrong for a poor man to enter en a platform at a . public meeting . Bat these days were passtd ; and it was found that working men were capable of stating their sentiments justly . They had passed the platform , they had entered the pulpit , and had turned its corrupt artillery agaiuBt himself . ( Cheers . ) It was not fair of the Whigs to attack them . for infringements of the law . He begun his political life at the time of the ¦ Reform Act ; and he remembered reading in the M » rning Chronicle , the . Whig , organ , the letters of Colonel Maoeroni , teaching the people how to handle the pike and to barricade the streets . ( Cheers . ) Yes , and he had Bat iu a committee of the Political
Union , with Sir John Fife , who had . received a title since , in which they were told how they could easily thrash the Tories , and seize the barracks , too , if need were . HaviDg been so tutored , he asked the Whigs in charity to allow something for their ignorance , considering that they bad been taught political warfare by such a class' as themselves . ( Loud cheering . ) The working men tilled the fields and plied the loom—they had borne the standard of Britain round the ocean , and chastised every-- tyrant but their own—( ckeera)—they had carried the flag of England from the shores of the Mediterranean to tbe gates of Paris , and -were they now to be told that they were to be slaves in their father land ! that they were not to be admitted within
the pale of the constitution which they had toiled to rear and bled to defend U ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , he asked them whether they were , prepared to submit to slavery ! ( No , no . ) What did slavery mean if they were not slaves 1 Did it not mean that one class could seize the persons of another class , and seize upon their toil I And if they were taxed without their own consent , was not that a seizing upon the fruits of their toil ! Then with regard to their persens . Wore thoy not liable to be called to tho militia and impressed for the navy ! If this was not slavery , he did not know what was . But , thank Heaven , theeyesof the people were now opened ; and the Government had hesitated to train the militia of late , because they kuew the people haa
been wronged , and could not be trusted with arms . ( Laughter . ) After alluding to the state of affairs between this country and Russia , Persia , and Turkey , to show that foreign affairs had not been properly conducted , he concluded by advising the people to keep both factions weak . The Whigs in opposition made excellent members ; and if merely the dread of losing office made Lord J . Russell a fixed duty man , be had 110 doubt that his exclusion from office would make him a total repealer . Ho thanked them for their patient hearing , and advised them to protest against the election of everv man for whom they were not allowed to vote . He then retired amidst . loud cheering . The Sheriff then called for a show of hands for the four candidates successively , when a decided majority of those present appeared for Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery . The Sheriff then declared the show of hands to be in favour of Colonel Thompson and Mr .
Lowery ; and a poll bein # demanded , he appointed the Bame to take place on Monday . Dr . Glover for Colonel Thornpson , and Mr . Lowery for himself , declined a poll , amidst the laughter of the friends of the other candidates ; whereupon the Sheriff intimated that the two candidates had withdrawn : aud there being now only Mr . Macauley and Mr . Gibson Craig in nomination , be deolared tho gentlemen to be duly elected . Mr . Macauley presented himself , but was received with hootings and yells , which entirely prevented him from being heard ; and Mr . Gibson Craig met a similar reception . After several ineffectual attempts to obtain a hearing , they bowed and retired . On proceeding from the hustings to the Merchants' -Hall , the members were surrounded with a crowd pressing roughly forward , but no actual violence was shown . As ' they entered the lobby leading to the Hall , a rush was made at them by some young men , but through the firmness of tho police , they were checked and kept back .
Norwich . —The samo Correspondent from whom we received our last week ' s intelligence , writes us as under : —In my last , I informed you of the proceedings of tho nomination day , allow me now to describe tne following day . Although Norwich has long been noted for its electioneering tricks , no precedent can be found for the excitement which this day prevailed . Early in the morning , the streets and Market-place quite equalled in bustle the morning of any former contested election . Dissatisfaction and a determination to be revenged oh the parties connected with the nomination , seemed to be very general ; but during the day no opportunity offered , therefore peace was maintained . In the evening , a public meeting was held in the Market-place , which ,
m point of numbers , stands unrivalled in the list of Norwich meetings . Mr . Goat being called to the chair , he impressed his audience with the necessity of keeping order , preserving the peace , and convincing the magistrates ( before whom he had that day appeared ) that they were men ; and however much they might feel themselves betrayed and insulted , they bad sufficient sense to know there was a better mode of action than meeting abuse with abuse , After treating upon the subject which called them together , he introduced to their notice the first speaker , and withdrew . The business immediately before the meeting was an exposure of the various characters connected with the compromise and treacherous withdrawal of the nomination of
Mr . Eagle , after which an extensive view of the Charter and its effects upon society , was taken by several speakers . The Chairman th « n rose and requested te know if any present wished to address the meeting , assuring them that whatever opinions they might wish to express ( if within the pale of the law and common decency ) there was no fear on his mind as to gaining for each an attentive hearing ; bat none coming forward , three cheers were given for Mr . Eagle , and three for the Charter , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman . The Chairman rose and thanked them for the flattering mark of respect just shown to . himself ; but more particularly did he thank them for that great self-command which they had that night evinced , notwithstanding the allurements
thrown on one Bide by amock-chairing to attract their attention , and discordant noises given by persona drinking at the upper windows of the inns on the other , whose interest ' or ignorance induced them to keep aloof . He again thanked them for their decorum , and trusted they would depart in peace , retir © to their homes , or elsewhere ; but leave the Market-place with that prudence wnioh they had hitherto manifested , and he and bia immediate friends would continue there until the Market-place was somewhat cleared ; then , wishing them a good night , bowed , and retired . The assembled thousands were dispersing , each taking his own road , when a
person arrived , and stated that John Dover was at home , at the King ' s Head ; that he was seen speaking from the Window to a man in the street . Tbe report ran quickly through the multitude , and , seeing the danger , several of the Chartists ran to tha spot , reached the houae before any mischief was done , and endeavoured to prevail on the people not to break the peace ; but their efforts were useless . Revenge was their determination ; one good fellow who resisted their endeavours to force an entry , was knocked down , and trampled on , in their eagerness to get at Dover . At length , they found him in an upper room , where he defended himself with a aword . Several were , wounded , but h « was soon
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disarmed , driven to the street , stript of his clothing , with the exception of his trousers , beat f& the most unmerciful manner ; his hair torn from Bis head ; stabbed in several parts with knives ; struck with paving stoaes ; and driven , barefooted , towards tha Market-place , where they intended to hang him ; but , on crossing Blackfriar ' s Bridge , theory was , "Throwhim into the river , " and , had not his soa clung to himt determined to share his fate with him , he would unquestionably have been thrown over the 'bridte : bat leaving it , they proceeded till they wer «
met by a , large body of polioe , who enawwf Dover toiakesshelter in a house for a time .- The military arrived , and , by the assistance of the « e . tw « formidaHe . bodieH ^ he wastakentotheeity gaoUwherehe atiUremaffis for prpteotion . After Boye * was reeled , * slight demand was made for Whiting , ( the fteojfder , ) but it aid not take effect . Some few : were c * ntpred ; the others were dispersed by the military * , * n < i ultimately tranquillity was restored ; { tit . Whiting , not wishing , to meet the same fate , has left Norwich , ( much the most prudent plan . ) All is now quiet .
, WEstinttsTER . —Amongst the several candidates who have solicited the suffrage of the electors of this great city , to represent their interests in Parliament , were John Temple Leader , General De Lacy Evans , ( Whigs , ) and Captain Rous , ( Conservative . ) Leader bffered himself as the advocate ef cheap bread , and that more substantial measnro—the Suffrage ! and the Ballot to protect it . General Evans would not go a step beyond "free traid > . " { I ) whilst Captain Rous , who , to use his own words , •* offered himself at the eleventh hour , " and had not one
single meeting ! took his stand against the infernal New Poor Law , and the Window DutieB . On the day of the poll , Wednesday last , the Gallant Capt . was at the head of the list . Leader second , and Evans in a most woeful minority ; consequently Leader and Rous were declared duly elected , and "free tradtf . " (?) Evans sent to the " rightabout . " A portion of the Whig press is quite in a quandary about Captain Rous's election , and protest that it is all owing to the wicked alliance the Chartist 3 have entered into with the Tories .
Hc » dejisfield , —Thb Whigs iNDTHEiaDoiwes . — Much has' been said of the tyrannical conduct of the Tories , in sending up their tenantry like serfs of tbesoil , to do their masters bidding at nominations and elections . Suoh conduct has been condemned , and most justly , by the Whigs ; they have been the inesfe loud in their denunciations of such disgraceful proceedings . Let us look on the other side oft the picture . Monday morning last was a busy one in Huddersfield ; ' soon after four o ' clock the Chartists were parading the town with music aud banners , to roase the sleepers for Wakefield . They started for Wakefield .. ' alittle before six o ' clock . Shprtly after the Whigs began to muster , with bauds and banners , and waggons , carts , and every description
of conveyance , loaded with their workpeople . -The sight was imposing ; but , then , tha most tyrannical measures had been resorted to by their employers , through their lickspittles and Jacks in effice , who are always ready to do the dirty bidding of their masters . In many of the barracka ( for so they are now designated ) the workmen were called together , and informed that they would be expected to be ready to go to Wakefield on Monday morning , and that conveyances would be ready to convey them to the place of destination—ihat u all of them" would be expected to wear a yellow card in front « f his hat , and lest some should pot hold up their hands , or slip away , a man was appointed to every section of-the men , to call over their names , and Bee that they wero at their post , and to note how they acted ; and if not found at their post in the yellow ranks , their
day swage was to bestopped , and they must take what would follow . Such were the measures taken by Whig factory lords , who allow , freedom of conscience—Heaven eaye the mark ! Many , many—very many were they of the good and true thus compelled to wear the damning badge of Whiggery , whilst their hearts and wishes were with their comrades in the ranks of the Chartists . So jealous were the factory lords of their workmen , that hundreds were conveyed by the railway , money beiBg no object ; so that no excuse whatever could be made by the men for not being at their call . So bent were they upon their object , that rather than be beaten , one of the lords , and a leader of the Wesleyan body ia this town , stated that they would spend a quarter of a miUioa of money . Facts like these speak for themselves Is not this intimidation and tyranny of tho worst description ! " 0 Whiggery , where is thy blush I "
Ipswich . —A requisition having been presented to Mr . Barmby , requesting him to offer himself as a candidate in the Chartist interest , he answered it by an address which was placarded about Ipswich and diffused in every possible way ; in which he declined standing at present on account of ill health which precluded the possibility of hise » stainirig-the harrassment of an election contest , but avowed ' his determination to " wear tho white toga as their candidate for the future . " After the publication of this address , and on account of Mr . Bannby ' s illness and absence , together with the faetious riot and
debauching corruption reigning throughout the town the honest- Chartists of Ipswioh determined not to support by word or deed either of the Whig or Tory factions ,, but to wichdraw themselves from the scenes of political villany , that they should not identify themselves with that felon-system which disgraces the very name of representation . " This they signified by a placard signed Wm . Garrard , secretary of Mr . Barmby ' B election committee and strictly adhered to . Two Wh'gs , Wason and Rennie , were returned , but ; next election success' to Barmby and the People ' s Charter !
HYDE . —This town was visited on Thursday , by Stanlty , the Whig candidate for Cheshire . The meeting was holden in the Working Men ' s Institution . la answer to questions , he declined promising to vote for any extension of the franchise , or any alteration in the Poor Law . -Hs would vote for a rednction of the duties on corn , sugar , and timber . Mr . Bradley addressed the electors and non-electors in an excellent Chartist speech . Nottingham . —For the last six weeks , society haa been one continued scene of drunkenness , riot , and disorder ; happily , however , this disgusting state of things has again subsided since the recent and unexpected resignation of the two Conservative candidates , who did not coatinue the poll a full half
hour . Party spirit is settling down , business resuming its wonted vigour , the people begin once more to mix in the domestic circle , no longer subjected to the fears of the horrid system of lawless intimmidation , which has been the order of the day for some time . The Chartist body have been surrounded by the fiercest hostility imaginable ; so tbat it must not be supposed that justice will , be shown by the "press-gang" to any effort of theirB in carrying out the glorious principles of democracy . Some few , who have long been regarded as sound and sterling democrats , have not been able to sustain that character , but have fallen before thegoldea bait which was thrown out from the treasury J but the great majority of men advocating Chartist
principles , havj manifested a firmness of character and stedfast virtue almost without a parallel , more especially , as numbers are out of employment aud in deep distress . Hobhouse and Larpent exhibited themselves through the principal streets on Tuesday afternoon , June 29 th , iu gaudy triumph ; but what sort of a triumph has it been in reality ! Why , a positive triumph of gold and bludgeon-law over moral publio opinion and principle . The moralforce Whigs exultingly chuckle and cry , that they have achieved a glorious victory over the combined powers of ' .. Toryism and Chartism ; we , however , ean laugh them to scorn , while we reflect upon'the base , bloody , aud brutal means which they have put in practice throughout the election . The Whigs are
also constrained to confess that the skilful exercise of Chartist influence , in wielding the balance of political power by the return of Mr . Walter-to Parliament , was the means of placing the present Ministry in their degraded position , namely , beneath the confidence ef the-sovereign people , who , if , but true to themselves , will keep the pledge-violators in jeopardy till they have given them a proper good Tory squeezing ., Nothing short of this will make them good boys ; and then , ere many months , they will be placed as front rank men in the Chartist army , ready and willing to go the "whole hog and no mistake . " Of late our streets have been crowded by a kind of army , called lambs , but it would , perhaps , have been a more proper appellation to have
called them wolves , or bloodhounds , their business being to break people' b heads , to detstroy property , intimidate , and the like . A bludgeon manufactory baa been recently established , not a hundred miles from Barker-gate , for the purpose of supplying these gentle creatures with implements , and very active and industrious have they made themselves ; for a few days the glazier business has flourished to : an extent hitherto unknown . Many of the signs and tokens of their handy-work are to be seen as you walk through the streets . Almost every third person has a mark to show , and which is the distinguishing mark of a lamb's favour , or Whig impartiality . On Tuesday morning , at half-past eight , the long visages of the intelligent electors of the borough of Nottingham became remarkable , though a few days previous , body-snatching was carried oh here extensively . The demand for burgesses and- ten-pounders ceased
immediately it was announced that Walter and Chariton- had given up ; though but a few hours prior to this untoward event ( on Sunday ) a certain sham-republican and his French valet were seen 8 troiling about ihe Mansfield Road , offering from fifteen to twenty sovereigns each for an unprincipled burgess , and from twenty-fiva to thirtyfive sovereigns each for a rascally ten-pounder . Such are the present representatives of the people of England , and eueh the constituency .. Let the noneleotors of each oity , borough , sad village , throughout England / Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , immediately form election committees , in order to put down this damnable system of traffic ; the people have the power to discontinue alt such disgraceful proceedings , and the : sooner they begin to ehow their authority , the better for each and all of her Majeety ' a good and lojal subjects ; and until the Charter becomes the law of the land , there can neither be neaoa m the cottajp not security ia tie p » i w , tt * " **
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct387/page/7/
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