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      THE NATIONAL PETITION FOR 1842 . . [ The following is the petition -we have spoken of . in a short leading article ; and we again beg tofres * it upon the attention of every working man in the United Kingdom . ] = : To ihe Boncvrabte the Cornnums of Great Britain astf Ireland , i * Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Vnicrngttd Peopk tf Sit United Kitydaa * Shbwbth , — That Government originated from , -was designed to protect the freedom and promote the happiness * t , and ought to be responsible to , the wfeole people ; That tire only authority oa whiefe sny bod ; of men can nuke laws and govern society , «• delegation . irom * be people j

      That as Government wu designed for ue ? eneflt aod proteettin of , and most b « obeyed as * -gapported by , all , therefore , all should be equally : represented ; That any form of GoTernaeot , 'which falls "to effect fiie purposes for which it was designed , and does net foliy ssd completely represent the whole people who are compelled to p » y taxes to its sopport , and obey the laws resolved upon by it , is eoconstitutioDal , tyraatV * i ; and ought to amended or resisted ; Chat your Honourable Hosae , as at present eonstifcsted , nas not been elected by , and acts irresponsibly of , the people ; and hitherto has only represented'parties , and benefifcted the fete , regardless of the -miseries , grievances , and petitions of tie atony . Your Honourable House has enacted laws oootnry te the expressed -wishes of the people , and , by onconstitutieaai means , « Dforeed obedience to them ; thereby creating an unbearable despotism on the oae hand , and degrading skrery on the other ;

      That if your Honourable Heose is of -opinion that the people of Great Britain sad Ireland oaght # < nr to be rcLLT EIFEESE . MED , yoor petitioners pay that such opinion may be unequivocally made known , that the people may fully understand what they can or-cannot expect from your Honourable House ; becaaae if such be the decision of your Honourable House , your petitioners are of opinion that where representation is denied , taxation ought to be resisted ; That your petitioners instance , in proof of their asser tion that your Honourable House has not bees elected b / the peeple , that the population ef Great Britain and Ireland is at the present time about twenty-six millions of persons ; and that yet , out of this number , little more than nine hundred thousand hare been permitted to rote in the recent election ot representatirea to make Jaws to gOTern the whole ;

      That the existing state of representation is not only extremely limited and unjust , but unequally < Uvided , and gives preponderating influence to landed and monied interests , to the utter ruin of the small-trading and labouring classes ; That the borough of GuQdford , with a population of 3 , 920 , returns to Parliament as many Members , as the Tower Hamlets , with a population of 300 , 000 \ Eveaham , with a population ot 3 , 998 , elects as many representatives as Manchester , with a population of 205 , 00 c ; and Buckingham , Eveaham , Totness , Guildford , Honiton , and Bridpsrt , with a total population of 23 , 000 , return as many representatives as Manchester , Finsbury , Tower Hamlets , Liverpool , Marylebone , and Xambeth , with a population of 1 , 400 , 000 > these being tnt a very few instances of the enormous inequalities existing in what is called -he representation of thii country ;

      That bribery , intimidation , corruption , perjnry , and zkA , prevail at all Parliamentary elections , to an extent best understood by the members ef your Honourable House ; That your Petitioners complain that they are enormously taxed to pay the interest of what is termed the National . Debt—a debt amounting at present to eight hundred millions of pounds—being only a portion of the enoraious amount expended in cruel and expensive wsrs for tbe suppression of all liberty , by men not authorised by the People , and who , consequently , had no right to tax posterity for the outrages committed by them upon mankind . And your Petitioners loudly complain of the augmentation of that debt , after twenty-six yean of almost uninterrupted peace , and whilst poverty and discontent rage over the land ;

      That taxation , both general and local , is at this time too enormous to be borne ; and in the opinion of yoor Petitioners is contrary to the spirit of the Bill of Sights , wherein it is dearly expressed that no subject aball be compelled to contribute to any tax , talliage , « r aid , unless imposed by common consent in Parliament ; That in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , thonza&ds of people are dying from actual want ; and your Petitioners , whilst sensible that poverty is the great

      exsiting cause of crime , view with mingled astonishment -and alarm the ill provision made for the poor , the aged -and infirm ; and likewise perceive , with feelings of indignation , the determination of you ? honourable House to continue ihe Poor Law Bill in operation , notwithstanding the many proofs which have been afforded by sad experience of the unconstitutional principle of that hill , of its unchristian character , and of the « uel and murderous effects produced upon the wages ot Working Men , and the lives of the subjects of this realm :

      That your petitioners coneeive that BID to be contrary to all previous statutes , opposed to the spirit of the constitution , and an actual violation of the precepts of the Christian religion ; and therefore , your petitioners look with apprehension to the results which may now fromitseoctinaan . ee ; That year petitioners would direct the attention of your Honourable HouBe to the great disparity existing between the wages of the producing millions , and the salaries of those whose comparative usefulness ought to be questioned , where riches and luxury prevail amongst the rulers , and poverty and starvation amongst theraled : ^

      That your petitioners , with all due respect and loyalty , would compare the daily income of the Sovereign Majesty with that of thousands of the working men of this nation ; and whilst your petitioners have learned that her Majesty receives daily for her private use the ^ sum of £ 16 * 17 s . lOd ., they have also ascertained that many thousands of the families of the labourers are only in the receipt of s ^ d . per head per day ; That your petitioners have also learned that his Reyal Highness Prince Albert receives each day the sum of £ 104 2 s ., whilst thousands have to exist upon 3 d per head per day ; That your petitioners have also heard with asteniahmeat , that the King of Hanover daily receives £ 57 10 a . ¦ whilst thousands of the tax-payers of fhia empire live spon Sfd . per head per day :

      That your Petitioners have , -with pain and regret , also Jearaed that the Archbishop of Canterbury is daily in the receipt of £ 52 10 s . per day , whilst-thousands of the poor have to maintain their families upon an income not exceeding two-pence per head per day ; That notwithstanding the wretched and unparalleled condition of the People , your Honourable House has manifested no disposition to curtail tbe expensia of the state , to diminish taxation , or promote general prosperity ; * £ That unless immediate remedial measures be adopted , your Petitioners fear the increasing distress of the People will lead to results fearful to contemplate ; because your Petitioners can produce evidence of tbe gradual decline of wages , at the same time that Uie constant increase of the national burdens must be aw parenttoall ; l

      That your Petitioners know that it is the undoubted constitutional right of the People , to meet freely , when bow , and where they choose , in public places , peaceably , in the day , to discuss their grievances , and political or other subjects , or for the purpose of framing , discussing , or pasting any vote , petition , or remonstrance , upon any subject whatsoever ; , . 5 ^ yonT Pctttioae" complain that the right has unlawfully and unconstitutionally been infringed ; and five hundred well disposed persona have been arrested excessive t « il demanded , tried by packed juries , sentenced to imprisonment , and treated as felons of the ¦ wo rst description ;

      That an unconstitutional police force is distributed all over the country , at enormous cost , to prevent the due exercise of the people ' s rights . And your petitioners are of opinion , that the Poor Law BastUe and the police stations , being co-existent , have originated from the same cause , —viz ., the increased desire on tbe part of the irresy ^ aibie fete to oppress and starve the ma * f ; That a vast and unconstitutional army is upheld at the public expense , for the purpose of repressing public opinion in the three kingdoms , and likewise to intimidate the millions in the due exercise of those righto and privileges which cught to belong to them ; That your petitioners complain that the hours of labosr , particularly of the factery workers , are protracted beyond the limit * of human endurance , and that the wages earned , after unnatural application to toil in bested and unhealthy workshops , are inadequate to sustain the bodily strength , and supply these comforts which are so imperative after an excessive waste of

      physical energy ; That your petitioners also direct the attentien of your Honourable House , to the starvation wages of the Agr icultural labourer , and view with horror and indignation , tbe patey income of those whose toil gives being to the staplefood of this people ; That your petitioners deeply deplore the existence of say kind of monopoly in this nation ; and whilst they unequivocally condemn the levying of any tax upon the necessaries of life , and upon those articles principally required by the labouring classes , they are also sensible ,

      that the abolition of any one monopoly , will never anshftfkle labour from its misery , until the people possess that power under which all monopoly and oppression Mtt cease ;—and your petitioners respectfully mention tbe existing monopolies of the suffrage , of paper money , of machinery , of land , of the puMic presi , ot » iigiou « priTiiegea , of the means of traveling , and Bantu , and & host < rf other evils , toonnmeronj to tteaUon , all anting from elasi legislation , but which your Honourable Home has always consistently BOaavotna w increase isstead ef dfoiinioh

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      tfbat your petittoaecr are sensible , from the numerous petitions , presented to your Honourable House , that your Honourable Gense is fully acquainted with the grievances of the wotklng men ; and your petitioners pray that the rigttr * sad wrongs of labour nay be const ' tiered , with a vto w » o the protection of the one , and to the removal of the « 4 her ; because your petitioners are of opinion that it « tb * wont spedes of legislation , which leaves tbe grievances of society to be removed only by violeioe ^ revolution , both of which may be apprehended if cossplainta are unattended to and petitions despised ;

      That your petftisners complain that upwards of nine millions ot pounds per annum are unjustly abstracted from them to rstiatf ™ a Church Establishment , from whichtbeypriwipslly dissent ; andbegtoealltheattention « f your HoBssrable House to tbe fact , that this enormous sum i » equal to , if it does not exceed , the cost of upholding Ohristianlty in all part * of tbe world beside . Your . petitioners complain that it is unjust , and not in accordance with the Christian religion , te enforce oempulsory rapport of religion * creeds , and expensive Church Establishments , with which the people do not agrees That your petitioners believe all men have a right to worship G * d a » may appear best to their oonsBianoes , and that no legislative enactments should interfere between man and his Creator ;

      That your petitioners direct the attention ef your Honourable House ^ to the enormous revenue annually swal * lowed up by ike Bishops and the clergy , and entreat yon to contrast thai deed * with tbe conduct of tbe founder of the Christian religion , who denounced worshippers of Mammon , aad taught charity , meekness , and brotherly love ; That yonr ^ etitioners strongly complain that the people of this kingdom are subject to the rule of irresponsible lawmakers , to whom they have given no authority , and are enormously'taxed to uphold a corrupt system , to which they have never in person or by representation given their assent :

      That your ¦ Petitioners maintain that it is the inherent , indubitable , and constitutional right , founded upon tbe ancient practice of the Realm of England , and supported by well-approved statutes , of every male inhabitant of the United Kingdom , he being of age and of sound mind , non-convict of crime , and sot confined under any judicial process , to exercise tbe elective franchise in the choice of Members to aem in the Commons House of Parliament ; That your Petitioners can prove that by the indent custom and statutes of this realm . Parliaments should be held once in each year ; That your Petitioners maintain that Members elected to serve in Parliament ought te be the servants of the People , and should , at short and stated intervals , return to their constituencies , to ascertain if their conduct is approved of , and to give the People power to reject all who have not acted honestly and justly ;

      That your Petitioner ! complain that possession of property is made the test of men ' s qualification to sit in Parliament ; That your Petitioners can give proof that such qualification is irrational , unnecessary , and not in accordance with the ancient-usages of England ; That your Petitioners complain , that by influence , patronage , and intimidation , there is at present no purity of election ; and your Petitioner * contend for the right of voting by ballot ; That your Petitioners complain that seat * in your Honourable House are sought for at a most extravagant rate of expense ; which proves an enormous degree of fraud and corruption ; That your Petitioners , therefore , contend that , to put an end to secret political traffic , all representatives should be paid a limited amount for their services ;

      That your Petitioners complain of tbe inequality of representation ; and contend for the division of the country into equal electoral districts ; That your petitioners complain of the many grievances borne by the People of Ireland ; and contend that they are fully entitled to a Repeal of the Legislative Union ; That your petitioners have viewed with great indignation the partiality shewn to tbe aristocracy in the courts ot justice , asd the cruelty ot that system ot 2 » w which deprived Frost , Williams and Jones , of the benefit of the objection offered by Sir Frederick Pollock during the trial at Monmoath , and which was approved of by a large majority of the Jndges .

      That your Petitioners beg to assure your Honourable House that they cannot , within the limits of this their Petition , set forth even a tithe of the many grievances of which they may justly complain ; but should your Honourable House be pleased to grant your Petitioners a bearing by representatives at the bar of your Honourable House , your Petitioners will be enabled to unfold a tale of wrong and suffering—of intolerable injustice —which will create utter astonishment in the minds of bil benevolent and good men , that the People of Great Britain and Ireland have so long quietly endured their wretched condition , brought upon them , as it has been , by unjust exclusion from political authority , and by the manifold corruptions of class-legislation ;

      That your Petitioners , therefore , exercising their just constitutional right , demand that your Honourable House , to remedy the many gross and manifest evils of which your petitioners complain , do immediately , without alteration , deduction , or addition , pass into a law the document entitled "The People ' s Charter ;" which embraces the Representation of Male Adults , Tote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts ; And that yoar petitioners , desiring to promote the peace of the United Kingdom , security of property , and prosperity of commerce , seriously and earnestly press this , their petition , on the attention of you Honourable House . And your Petitioners , 4 c

      The Ifoethern Star Saturday, October 16, 1841.

      THE IfOETHERN STAR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 16 , 1841 .

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      never felt the difficulty of our position , and the utter inadequacy of a Weekly Journal to supply the wants of all tbe people of this great empire , more fully than this week , and this day ( Thursday ) , while we cannot acquit many of our friends from the charge of needlessly increasing that difficulty . There will , this week , doubtless be much of disappointment , and probably some dissatisfaction , experienced by our numerous contributors . We cannot help it , and will have nothing to do with the blame of it . In the early portion of the week but little

      intelligence was furnished to us , and our former pages are , therefore , filled with Reviews , and other matter , which might have stood over ; while this day ' s post brought us as much matter , chiefly interesting and important , from all parts of the country , as would fill three Stars . The same post brought us also the reports of the Glasgow and Greenock 0 'Coin » oa Demonstrations , which not only filled all our remaining space , but obliged us to displace much matter that had been already Bet , including even onr own leading articles , which we had no

      alternative but to keep back ; as well as the whole of the large packets sent us by oar London , Birmingham , and Manchester correspondents , not to mention almost countless communications from other places . We never before were so "hampered" as we are this week ; we cannot even afford the necessary g pace for our usual seriatim notices to correspondents . The only thing we can do is to reserve the mass , and bestow upon it our best attention for future use . Comment upon anything ib out of the question : our friends must \ - ead and comment for themselves .

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      THE NATIONAL PETITION FOR 1843 . ELS-wHsaEwe give the petition w ^ -ich has been prepared by the Executive Council of ihe National Charter Association , for universal ado * "iion by the

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      Working Classes . They have prepared , as announced in their recent address , sheets of a particular size , so that when parted together , the whole may be uniform . We understand that Mr . Hobjon , our publisher , intends to print a quantity from tbe type , &a soon as the Star is worked-off this week , whiob he will be able to supply at a cheap rate to hand about with the sheets when signatures are solicited , bo that every one may know what it is he is signing for . Ruled sheets , too , for signatures , may be had from him .

      Now then ! is the time for work !! Parliament is to meet in February ; we must meet it ! At it , then ! Lose not a moment ! You know the conditions on which Mr . O'Cqkkob , will consent to meet you in your several localities . You know his price ! Prepabe to but him ! To work , then ! Here is the petition : 4 , 000 , 008 of signatures must he had . Which is the first locality to furnish the required number I We shall see .

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      GLORIOUS DOINGS AT GREENOCK . ( From « ur -own Correspondent . ) If every other town has progressed within the last week in the cause of Chartism as Greenock has , our principles would stand in'but slight danger from the assaults of the united factions . On Saturday laBt , at two o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor arrived here from Liverpool , after a very tedious passage , occasioned by a stiff head-wind , which blew against them throughout . At eight o ' clock , the committee assembled in their room and requested Mr . O'Connor ' s attendance , who in compliance with their desire , soon after made his appearance , and although the meeting was for the mere purpose of arranging fox the coming demonstration , yet so great was the rush through the streets and to the building , that the doors were obliged to

      be opened to the public , and tbe large hall capable of holding Beveral hundreds was speedily crammed . Mr . Geo . Campbell was called to thp Cbair , and Mr . R . Burrell acted as secretary . When the routine business was concluded , Mr . O Connor was requested to address the meeting , which he did at considerable length ; and if we are to judge from the applause , with the greatest success . He spoke upon the subject of the Charter generally , and more especially to the glorious prospect whion now presented itself of a union with Ireland . He appeared to be quite familiar with all our local affairs ; and at the conclusion , be recommended every working man to allow his name to be registered in the great national muster roll , tbe books of the Association . This was loudly cheered ; and he Baid that he would test the value of a Scotch cheer , by remaining there in

      person to assist the worthy Secretary in enrolling members' names ; and the consequence was , that forty-one new members paid their admission fee , and became members of the Association . So great was the demand for tickets to the soiree , after having heard Mr . O'Connor , that we could have filled three Town Halls instead of one—ours only being able to accommodate about 600 . More than an equal number have been disappointed , and now any money is offered for a ticket by some of the middle classes , but honour to the workies no sum will induce them to part with one . On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , the Royal Tar steamer , with a splendid band , colours flying and a living deck , came proudly floating to our quay , and borrowed our guest for a day , of which we presume your Glasgow correspondent will have sent you a report , and now I come to the present time .

      OUR DEMONSTRATION In truth it was a glorious and a splendid sight . The day was heavenly , such a one , as at this season of the year we seldom enjoy . The morning was hazy , but a refulgent Chartist sun burst tbe mist , and displayed the broad blue sky in beaming lightness , without one speck of Whig or Tory murky spot on its sublime and mighty surface . At nine o ' clock , the various trades began to muster under their respective banners , carrying each the emblems of their craft . The ship-carpenters were peculiarly conspicuous ; many beautiful models of vessels were borne upon poles , and hatchets , axes , and other tools , were borne by pioneers in front . This bodv mustered , headed by a splendid band .

      not fewer than two thousand . The several bodies balloted for their place in the procession , and also on tbe hustings , which were erected in Dillingburn-square , and were capable of holding several hundred persons . At ten o'clock , under tbe guidance of their marshals on horseback , the vast cortege left the town on their way to Port Glasgow , three miles from Greenock , where O'Connor and his friends from Glasgow were to join the procession . Tbe veterans in the cause had selected this place of meeting , in consequence of many of them having witnessed the departure of O'Connor ' s Attfaer and uncle from that port , when , forty-three years ago , they were consigned for seventeen months to Fort St . George , in the north of Scotland . At Port Glasgow

      some of tbe Committee met O'Connor with an open carriage and four , and as they passed on -their way through the town , the little band of regenerators were loudly cheered . When the carriage and procession met , within about two miles of Greenock , the coup dan was one of the most magnificent things that can be imagined . The procession opened on both sides , and the carriage passed through to the bead , with the several bands playing , and Bplendid colours flying , amid the most joyous cheers and waving of hats . There were , besides many small flags , fifty-six splendid large banners of the most magnificent kind , each trade following under its own proud streamer . When the procession had formed , they proceeded through tbe old town of Greenock to

      the extremity of the new town , by tbe lower route , and then returned through tbe principal streets and the new town . Every window was filled and every cross was choked , while the gallant Scots passed with their friend in triumph through their native town , not afraid of their master ' s withering eye , and to their praise be it recorded , only two tyrantsimposed absence upon their bands . When the rast multitude arrived at the square and the muster was made of all the banners and the bands to the centre of the meeting , the scene was grand in the extreme , and was rendered more than sublime by a number of sweet looking and neatly dressed females who took part it tbe proceedings and encouraged their husbands , sons , and sweethearts with their countenance and cheers

      Mr . Nelson , an uncompromising patriot and a gentleman of the most urbane and winning manners , was unanimously called to the chair , amid the most sincere applause . This man is much beloved by his townsmen , no more for his calm consistency and unbending principle , than from the fact , that no other man could be got , when the tug came , at the last election , to propose John McCrea , the people ' s candidate , for the representation of Greenook . Scotchmen know hew to appreciate real service , and therefore are they more than ever attached to the few good and truo electors who afforded the misrepresented an opportunity of meeting their oppressors upon the hustings at the last " dog fight" The Chairman opened tbe business in an admirable speech , exposing the hollow-beartedness of bis class , who deluded the people for six years of the seven , and upon the

      seventh , refused them the only opportunity which they could enjoy of morally exhibiting their pretensions upon the hustings . He entered at great length upon the position of the people and their cause , and concluded by passing a severe censure upon those who now presumed to trump up tbe old humbug of physical force Chartists for the base purpose of dividing the people . Here , said he , is Feargus O ' Connor , who has suffered for others' indiscretion , in person , to give you bis opinion upon that foolish buggaboo . The Chairman sat down amid the most enthusiastic applause , and called upon The Rev . Mr . Thompson , the people ' s pastor , to move the first resolution . Tbe Rev . Gentleman was most cordially received , and after a splendid and soul-stirring speech , conoluded by moving the resolution .

      The resolution was seconded by Mr . Campbell , shoe-maker , and was carried by acclamation . It was as follows : " That this meeting hails with unbounded pleasure the release of that tried and unflinching advocate of our rights , defender of our liberties , and exposer of the many wrongs of the industrious millions , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . from the fangs of that hollow-hearted , treacherous , and cruel government . We rejoice also that they have been tried at the

      bar of public opinion , and have received their just reward , they have received their doom , to retire into eternal oblivion , amidst the execrations and curses of those whom their relentless oruelty hath crushed to the earth . We this day receive him as the tried and uncorrupted friend of the oppressed millions . We are determined to stand by him ao long as he stands by just principles . We are also determined that no consideration Bhall cause us to leave off struggling for oar just rights till the People ' B Charter becomes the law of the land . "

      Mr . Johk Iwcb , M . P . for Greenock , was then introduced by tbe Chairman , for the purpose of reading an address from the inhabitants of Greenock to Feargus O'Connor , and which will be found elsewhere . A friend from the Large was then introduced for the purpose of presenting Mr O'Connor with an address from the Chartists of that spirited district ; and after the presentation of the addresses , and the passing of the first resolution . Mr . O'Connob was introduced , and most rapturously cheered . He spoke at considerable length setting forth the effect which those institutions which the Charter would establish would have upon every class of society . He entered very fully upon the great fact that the Charter would be the means of considerably extending all the productions of the country , in the distribution of which all classes would have an equal advantage . He showed how the present system must limit production , while it unjustly distributed it , He explaioed in a very able

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      manner , the sophistry of the Cora Law repealers who direct public attention to the state of America , in proof that cheapbread and high wages may exist » t the same time . It mayi so said he , and it would be so in Britain and in Ireland ; provided that equal laws made an equal distribution of the country ' s resources ; after providing for the country ' s wants ; but the fact exists in America in consequence of a national surpluB remaining , after providing for the nation ' s wants , and all having votes , all have a fair share in the distribution . of the oyerplua above consumption . He handled the subject of physical * force to the entire satisfaction even of the cautious Scots , and after a high eulogium to the Scottish Patriot , and recommending the meeting to . read that paper in preference to his own , as it required support , he Bat down amid the most enthusiastic cheers . : ; . Mr . M'Lean then moved the second resolution ,

      which is as follows !—[ Through some accident , our reporter has sent us two copies of the first resolution , and has omitted to send its a copy of the second , which should have been here inserted . ] He analysed the resolution , under different heads , in an able and masterly manner , forcibly pointing out the means to which the united factions would have recourse before they would concede the people ' s rights . He told the people that they alone were the authors of their own sufferings , as their enemies had no strength but that whiob . they derived from the people ' s weakness . He exhorted them to give up all thought of , and talk about , the hobgoblin , physical force , which their enemies were now trumping up as a bone of contention to divide their ranks . He was attentively listened to , and loudly applauded throughout his speech , evincing great tact , and no ordinary talent , and conoluded by moving the

      resolution . : Mr . Wood , a member of the Dublin Chartist Association , who , though not delegated by that body , has visited Sootland for the purpose of satisfying himself and bearing back to his countrymen a true and correct account of the feelings of the misrepresented Chartists , as regards Ireland , was received , when introduced for the purpose of seconding the resolution , with one general burst of tbe warmth of the feelings of the men of Scotland towards his suffering countrymen . It is said he had come amongst them for the express purpose of having oral demonstration as to the principles which they advocated , their means and mode of accomplishing them , and the effect their establishment would be likely to have upon the land of his birth . He ridiculed in bitter terms the idea of the sohoolmaster , who had for ten years received £ 13 , 000 a-year for educating the

      people , now turning upon them , and calling them ignorant just when they were capable of anderinoing a desire to do their own work ; he told them the Irish expected that they would neither mixextraneous matter , fanaticism , or physical force , in their discussions , but that they would adhere to the simple question of the Charter , and thereby discover their enemies . He said it was most treacherous that the poor people should have been taught , by trafficking politicians , to hate the enemy in power , while those very men were quartering themselves , their families , and their relatives upon the faction they professed to hate , while they upheld their dominion . He drew a sad but true picture of the state of feeling of the shooting church in Ireland towards those who professed his and his country ' s religion ; and , after giving a most cheering account of the progress and prospects of Chartism in Ireland , he retired , amid the most enthustastio applause .

      Mr . Thomason moved the following resolution : — " Thai we , the inhabitants of Greenock , in public meeting assembled , view with extreme regret , the alarming distress at present prevailing throughout Great Britain . We most earnestly request her most Gracious Majesty to dismiss from office the present Ministry , and call to her councils such persons as will investigate the cause of the distressed situation of the working millions of this nation , and grant to us ( the national Charter to become the law of the land , as nothing short of that can relieve the present state of this country , and satisfy the working classes —the producers of all wealth . Also for the speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones—those

      martyrs of Whig tyranny—to their native country and distressed families , and immediate release of all political prisoners incarcerated within her Majesty ' s prisons ; and that a memorial to the above effect be drawn up and signed by the Chairman , on behalf of this meeting , and Mr . Thomas Duncombe , and Mr . Sharman Crawford be requested to present it to her Majesty . " He ( Mr . Thomason ) made some remarks on the prospects of the country under a Tory Government , and made some amusing remarks on Lord Melbourne ' s anxiety to disclaim the character of an opposition . He called upon them to exert

      themselves for Frost , Williams , and Jones—to agitate for the Charter , and conoluded amidst loud applause . Mr . M'CBiK seconded the resolution in a speech replete with humour . He referred to the hypocrisy of the clergy in never coming forward in behalf of the people till ruin was about their ears . He made amusing observations on the expences of the monarchy , and exhorted the people to endeavour to cheapen Government by demanding the Charter . He concluded amid loud cheering . After a rote of thanks being moved to the Chairman , the vast assembly separated to their homes , more than delighted with the proceedings of the day .

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      GLASGOW . GREAT AND POWERFUL DEMONSTRATION OF THE CITIZENS OF GLASGOW AND SUBURBAN DISTRICTS , IN FA TOUR OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Monday morning , the 11 th of October , will long be remembered by the sons and daughters of the Queen of Chartism , a day , the consequence of which no tongue can tell or the most eloquent pen describe ; the news of the release of Mr . O'Connor from the Fox Maule dungeon of York Castle , was hailed by the Chartists of Glasgow as a new era in their political existence , and from that moment all was enthsiasm and animation preparatory to the reception of that illustrious patriot . The day when they were to

      meet their illustrious champion having arrived , they assembled at an early hour in the morning , which appeared rather gloomy . At four o ' clock in the morning the wind blew and the rain fell , while the Chartist bands were playing through the streets of Gorbala , Calton , and Bridgeton arousing the dreamy sleepers from their slumbers and to a sense of the glorious cause of human liberty . The Demonstration Committee assembled at six o ' clock in their own ball , College Open , when that sincere and honest Chartist , Mr . Baird , was called to the chair , who called upon their firm and honest Colquhoun , treasurer for the committee , to render an account , which was done to the satisfaction of all present , after which Con Murray read for approval , an address

      agreed to on Saturday night by the Irish Chartists residing in Glasgow , to be presented to Mr . O'Connor that day on the Green ; after which Mr . Brown , secretary , read the address of the citizens , of Glasgow , both of which met the unqualified approbation of the members of the committee and delegates present . The affairs having been arranged , and as tbe Royal Tar steam boat , which the committee had hired for the purpose of bringing up Mr . O'Connor from Greenock was to sail at seven o ' clock , the committee , headed by the band which they had hired , and who were dreased in rifle dresses , proceeded down the High-street , along Trongate , Argyle and down Jamaica Streets , to the Broomilaw . where thonsands were in waiting . By this time the morning was

      beautifully fine , the storm of rain and wind had passed away , tbe rich luminary of Heaven shone forth in all its glory . The boat was soon crowded by persons of all denominations , some from a distance of five , ten , and twenty miles round . In making our way through the vast crowd assembled , we heard gome poor weavers saying they would like to meet the brave O'Connor , but that they could not spare more than one half of tbe fare . We soon made this known to the Committee , and they at once generously agreed to allow all those who felt a wish , belonging to that unfortunate class to go aboard , under these conditions , the boat was soon laden with a rioh freight of sterling Chartists . The utmost extent of cordiality ,

      generous feeling , and independence of principle prevailed , and at the mast-head floated the flag of Chartism— " Peace , Law , and Liberty , " while the boat was decorated with ever-greens , laurel , and branches of birch , and Royal Oak . While going down the river , vast crowds were assembled on the bankB , who hailed the rich crew of the Royal Tar with waving of handkerohiefs , hats , and immense cheering , which echoed over hill and dale , and thrilled through every heart . The crew of the Tar being what may be called a pick from the ranks of Chartism , amongst whom we observed M'Crea , of Kilbarchan , Clark , of Bathead , Wood , of Dublin , the stars of Paisley , Rutherglen , Bridgeton , Calton , and Anderston , humorous jokes , comic and solo-singing , speeches from persona who had never appeared as public orators , and the rapturous cheering of the royal crew , made as glorious

      a medley of happy souls , as ever met within the walls of a floating palace . When we arrived at Dumbarton Castle , the whole crew , ladies , young FearguseB , and all assembled oa the deck , and Btruok op "Scots Wha hae wi' Wallace bled , " accompanied by thfl band . The scene at this stage of the business was truly graphic : the glorious swell of three hundred Toices rung from Bhore to shore , which brought tO the doors of the dwellings of the hardy sons of o \< $ Scotia , those who as yet know but little of onr present movement However , the novel scene , the rom&otic scenery , the part recollections , the deep tradition of Scottish history , which is in-Stilled into the mint 2 « of the sons and friends of our native land , brought utit many of these individuala , and the cheering which Sowed from various villages , and from both sides of the river , told over the mighty mass of waters which intervene betwixt the shores of oar native land and the br ^ w Atlantic Ocean , of

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      the Republic of America , andthe purity of the laws of savages ^ which is even to be round in the vast woods of the other world . Such , then , fellow Chartists was the condition and impression with which we arrived in Greenock . After passing Port Glasgow , we Baw » in the distance , the Royal Tar bore into the quay , with her flags flying from the masthead , on the shores of Greenook , hundreds and thousands of human beings , waiting the arrival of the Glasgow Chartists ; and when we landed amid the congratulations of the Greenockonians , who lined the quay and the road up to the Royal George , with one mass of living beings . We prooeded from the landing to the Royal George , where O'Connor was in waitine . when the Glasgow Committee was

      presented one after the other by Mr . Mackay , and also a number of young Fearguses , whom Mr . O'Connor very affectionately kissed in rotation as they were presented to him . We then left the inn . surrounded by thousands of tbe brawny sons ot Greenook . Admiral O'Connor came on board about twelve o ' clock , and was received amid the loud huzzas of a gallant and patriotic crew . We then proceeded straight on to Glasgow , at which place wo landed at about a quarter after twelve at noon . Here was a glorious display of the friends of the Charter ; thousands after thousands lined the

      banks of the river , and , in order to be present at the landing , the vast mass of males and females rushed along the river side , while we in the boat , keeping time with the band , sung O'Con ? nor's welcome to Sootland . " The coach and six grey horses received him at tbe Broomilaw Quay , after which he went up Jamaica-street , along Argyle-Btreet and Trongate-street into the Green , where the largest meeting we have ever seen awaited his arrival on that same platform we Baw the O'Connell and Durham demonstrations ; but the present one for Feargus out-muatered these demonstrations by many thousands .

      THE MEETING ON THE GREEN . Heart-stirring and enthusiastic as was the reception of Mr . O'Connor at the Broomilaw quay , where the masses in their strength greeted him on his arrival , and which we have endeavoured above faintly to pourtray ; animated as was the scene along the different streets , on the house-tops , and the windows , all of which were filled with the wealth , the influence , and the beauty of the city of Glasgow , to cheer the patriot as he passed surrounded by the different bodies who had mustered to acknowledge his services to the cause of freedom , it was nothing to compare with the spectacle on the Green . As the carriage with Mr . O'Connor a&d the Chartist committee , drawn by six beautiful white

      horses , and which was preceded and followed by bands of music , and banners with appropriate devices , entered the Green , one tremendous cheer rent the air , followed by enthusiastic bursts of cheering until O'Connor arrived at the hustings , which for hours previous had been covered and surrounded by thousands anxious for situations from which they could hear the roar of the liberated lion to advantage . Mr . O'Connor , who , notwithstanding his long imprisonment and the thousands of tugs , embraces , and congratulatory squeezes , which he was obliged to sustain in his progress from the river , looked fresh and vigorous as before , now ascended the hustings , accompanied by the leading Chartists , amid thundering bursts of cheering , which was repeated

      at intervale . The scene at this time from the hustings was of the most exciting and gratifying kind . Notwithstanding the advice of the Editor of the Patriot , that no working man who valued the cause of Mr . O'Connor , should leave his work or break faith with his master to be on the Green , seeing that they could see Mr- O'Connor in the evening , notwithstanding the scarcity of employment and the tyrannical disposition of many masters , who might have taken advantage of thu occasion to coerce their workmen , the numerioial display on tbft Green was equal to any that has yet taken place in Glasgow ; and although here , as elsewhere , trade is dull , and the people comparatively indifferent to ordinary political movements , such was the electric effect of

      Mr . O'Connor ' s presence , and the deep-rooted love of the people to the principles of the Charter , that we believe there was scarcely a workshop or a factory in or around the city that did not contribute to the immense gathering ; and , assuredly , there were few honest , energetic Chartists , within miles of Glasgow , that were not present . I t may be said , with truth , that the fustian jackets . horny hands , and unshorn chins , this day nobly did their duty . But besides the glorious array of Glasgow Chartism , we rejoice to know that delegates were present from almost every town and hamlet within thirty miles of Glasgow . From Airdrie , Hamilton , Stonehouse , Kirkintilloch , Eaglesham , Paisley , Greenock , Vale of Leven , Pollockshaws , Coatbridge , &c , we had many good men and true ;

      altogether it was such a demonstration as Glasgow has not seen for many a day , and which the cause of Universal Suffrage may well be proud of . The proceedings on the Green commenced with the appointment of a chairman , whiob honour , on the motion of Mr . Baird , was unanimously conferred on Mr . Moir . On coming forward , Mr . Moir was loudly applauded . When silence , bad in some measure been obtained , he said : —If the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs had not yet died of consumption , brought on by profligate living , he was quite certain that thespeoiacle before him would have a tendency to bring on a fit of the blue devils , which he hoped would finish them . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He was delighted with this display . It ,

      proved to him that it was a mistake when it was said that Chartism was dead . He was glad to have this palpable proof , with the aid of his spectaclesdaughter)—that Chartism not only lived , but that the men of Glasgow could appreciate the services of one who had aided at its birth , and who had done much to keep it in life , health , and activity . ( Cheers . ) He was proud that the men of Glasgow came forward upon this occasion , and in such numbers , to testify their continued adherence to the cause of Universal Suffrage , and their sense of the extraordinary services of the patriot O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew of no man who had done so much to spread a knowledge of the principles of the People a Charterand who bad advocated more

      strenu-, ously the necessity of these principles being carried into practical operation . ( Hear . ) As he had often told them , his colours with theirs were nailed to the mast , and he was determined that they should not be taken down until the Charter was the law of the land . They wished to be recognised as men—as freemen , entitled to equal political privileges , and he trusted they would not cease their exertions until their rights were achieved . ( Great cheering . ) They claimed , and justly too , the right of electing their representatives to the Commons House of Parliament , that they might no longer be compelled to obey laws , in the making of which they had no hand , and to pay taxes for the support of a system directly opposed to their interests . Notwithstanding his

      election as the real representative of the city of Glasgow , by 20 , 000 of his fellow-citizens , at the last general election—as he had told them , a pot-bellied fellow objected to the legality and fairness of the vote—and thus , by 3 , 000 of the most brutal and ignorant ruffians that the middle class could produce , he had been forestalled , and deprived of his legitimate privilege . This proved to them the injustice and inequality of the present state of the representation , and the necessity for a change . It was these same privileged ruffians who had refused him a hearing in the Trades' Hall , and who claimed to themselves the right of dictating to public opinion . He was proud , however , that these tyrants bad no power to ehut his mouth here— ( cheersV—and for their

      comfort he could tell them , that he would not be done with them until their principles as politicians had ceased to exist in this country . He would use his every effort to hunt these obnoxious expediency principles out of British society . ( Cries of " Hear , hear , " and loud cheering . ) It was truly pleasant to find the useless Whig imbeciles in the same position as themselves , without the doors of office , and also obliged to send their memorials through the Home-office , to the care of their dear friends , the Tories . ( Laughter . ) They knew now what it was to be in adversity , after their desertion of the unenfranchised and their ten years betrayal of the oause of popular right . It was changed days with them , indeed ; the people had taken their confidence from the vagabands , who had so long proved themselves unworthy of it ; they had locked the door , and put the rogues out of office , and be trusted they would

      keep them out , until they proved themselvesworthy of those principles , the advocacy of which had placed them iu power . ( Great cheering . ) He hoped , that all of them would that day consider themselves as special constables , and , that they would at once suppress any attempt to disturb tbe peace of the assembly . It was necessary that this should be , and that they should establish their views by peaceable means . Their meeting , to day , was a proof , if any were wanting ; that they were determined to carry their object by peaceable and legal means , and that they would never have recource to physical force , until moral force had become of none avail . ( Loud cheers . ) In conclusion , he bogged to thank them , for the honour they had conferred upon him , and hoped that as formerly , they would make his duties as light as possible . Mr . Moir sat down amidst loud and prolonged cheering

      Mr . Psoudfoot now came forward to propose a resolution , and was greeted with a burst of cheering . ' He appeared again before an immense assembly of his fellow citizens to propose that they should peti-. tion , in a national capacity , that that Hoose—faisely , called a House of Commons—should make the Charter the law of the land . While he did ao , he coald assure them , that he believed they might as well ' petition the rook of Gibraltar , or Nelson ' s Monument , as expect a favourable answer to their prayers . ( Hear . ) But , knowing that it would have the effect of letting the Legislature know that they were still determined to agitate their claims by every peaceable and legal means , he recommended this course as necessary and useful . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He never supposed for a moment that such men , of whom that old woman , James Oswald , was a worthy specimen , were capable of managing the people ' s affair , * in Parliament , fax le . es attend to the dictates c «

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      honesty or intelligence . They would petition merely as a matter of course—not that they were convinced that the imbeciles of the present Houss of Commons would ever propose or advance any measure which weuld goto benefit or improve the condition of the suffering people of this country . Leaving aside these nincompoops , however , he would say distinctly , that he held the man , be who he might , who refused to Acknowledge the justice and utility of the principles of the Charter , as neither a Christian nor an honest man . ( Cheer ? . ) , He argued for the adoption of the motion he held in his hand , as a test by which to illustrate the fellings of this assembly , and prove that the principles ot the Charter were firmly fixed in the minds of the people beyond the power of Whig or Tory to remove them . He wished every man of the community to have the

      right of voting for representatives to attend to their interests in Parliament , instead of such men as Dennistonn and Oswald , who were ignorant as well sj careless of the interests of the working community . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Whatever might . be said by their enemies of the ignorance of the Chartists * he maintained that Mr , Moir , as the real representative of the citizens of Glaegow , was better fitted to-Iook after their interests than those who at present usurped that privilege , and if the people occupied their proper position under the law , he , and net Oswald or Dennistoun would , now occupy the situation of M . P . for Glasgow , in the Commons House of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) He considered that these latter named gentlemen were destitute of the talents

      as well as of the energy of representatives of the people . - Mr . Moir , on the other hand , possesses tea times their intelligence , ten times their shrewdness * and ten times their honesty . With such men aiding the movement and holding fast their principles , he felt confident that the principles of the Charter would soon be the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . He had much pleasure in proposing that they again petition in favour of the People ' s Charter . Mr Proudfoot retired amidst great cheering . Mr . John Colquhoun seconded the resolution . He did so because this was the only constitutional coarse that they as Chartists could adopt under present circumstances . This was the only course left them to prove to the Tory Tamworth Baronet and

      his supporters that they worshipped principles , not men ; and that they were as anxious to kick these scoundrels from office as they had been to \ put out their predecessors . ( Cheers . ) It was necessary that they should prove to these wen that if they continued to rule , they should not do bo on a bed of roses any more than the Whigs . ( Hear , bear . ) At the same time , he considered it to be equally necessary that they should prove to the Whigs , now that they were out of office , that they never could regain ' the confidence of the people , or be returned to office , except by the recognition of the principles of the Charter .- ( Leud cheers . ) They must swallow the Charter , bristles and all , ere they can hope for a return of public confidence . After a few further observations as to the necessity of again petitioning , Mr . C . said—In conclusion , he might take upon him to remind them , that

      however legal or constitutional might be their course of agitation , they would continue to be sneered at and despised until they had obtained their proper position in the Commons' House of Parliament ; and he could also assure them that so soon as the aristocracy found they were in a position to enforce their claims as petitioners , they would accede to their demands . He would never counsel other than peaceable means for the attainment of their object ; but he would say that if the people were illegally attacked , like the people of Birmingham , when peaceably met to transact public business , it would be their duty to repel force by force . ( Loud cheers . ; After * few other pointed remarks , Mr . C . sat down by seconding Mr . Proudfoot ' a motion . The Cbairman now took a show of hands for the motion , when a dense foreat appeared . He asked a show of hands of all opposed . We think about three were held up . '

      . ... Mr . Buown , secretary of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association , now came forward ,, and read a long and well written address embracing , the sentiments of the Chartists of Glasgow , on the occasion of O'Connor ' s visit . Mr . Dennis Murray also read a splendid address from the Irish Chartists of Glasgow , which was well received . Mr . O'Connor , who remained standing during the reading of the above addresses , now came forward to address the meeting . The cheering was here renewed and kept up for a minute or two with the greatest enthusisam . When Mr . O'Connor could be heard , he said : —Highly gratified as he was with the language and presentation of the two excellent

      addresses which bad now been read in their hearing , he was more gratified at the glorious display he now saw before him in favour of the principles of the Charter . ( Cheers . ) He appeared before them again —altered it might be in appearance , hut with his principles unchanged , his energies unbroken , and his spirit as vigorous aa before . ( Cheering . ) From the first be had moved in this agitation , because he considered it his duty , and because he thought that by so doing he could be productive of some service to the suffering and oppressed artisans of thiB country . He held that in so doing he only did what justice and honesty called upon him to perform . He held that no man ' s position in society , be he surrounded by what circumstances he might , entitled him to deny

      the claims of his poorer or less powerful brethren to the franchise . And if he did not deny the justice and utility of this demand , he held that he was bound to lend his assistance to carry them into practical operation . The more comfortable , the more exalted a man ' s condition in society , the greater was the demand upon him to exert himself to raise his : fellow-men to an equality with himself . In this particular he considered that he endeavoured to perform his share of duty , and he was the better entitled to make the demand upon others . ( Cheers . ) He was , nevertheless , glad that the same spirit which was supposed to be dead and buried by plain John Campbell , was now resuscitated to make him hide his ugly physiognomy behind the mask of a peerage . (

      Laughter and cheers . ) On the subject of the addresses that had been presented to him , he begged to add a few remarks . As to the one from his own countrymen , he received it with pride . He was gratified that the Irish , who had been so long excluded from a voice in the representation of their country , and who were forced to emigrate and to become aliens to the land of their birth , had resolved to follow in the only agitation which could secure to them the blessings of impartial legislation aad the bounties with which Providence had blessed them in abundance . That address told him that they had for a long period been excluded from participating in the privileges enjojed in Scotland and England—that they would gladly leave these shores , on which they

      were considered an incumbrance , and betake themselves for a resting place in the land of their birth , if they were admitted to those rights which would enable them to act the part of freemen . ( Cheers . ) He had been amongst them for years . They had had many an opportunity of judging of his worth—he loved , he adored them—but he had told them before , and he now told them again , that if he thought that Ireland should have one particle of liberty Ies 9 than Scotland or England , he should not exert himself for them . ( Cheers . ) He recognised and gloried in the principle of the man , be his creed , colour , or language what it might , who _ acknowledged the civil equality of man—he was entitled to a front rank in the army of Democracy . Allusion had been

      made to York Castle . Now , he suffered no punisnment there in comparison to the good he had effected . ( Hear . ) He was detained as an hostage for the people , and he was glad ef the opportunity of proving his devotion to hia principles . ( Cheers . ) He was glad that he could see no leaders , north , south , east , or west , but leaders of honest principles . He was grateful for this display , and for this oppo £ tunity of again looking upon them in their majesty and power . To-day they saw before them , in ms worihy friend Moir and himself , their old member and their present M . P . for the city . ( Laughter . ) When the election came , his ( Mr . OrC . ' s ) time expired , and Mr . Moir was duly elected by the suffrages of the citizens of Glasgow . ( Laughter ana UOgvO VI « UO V 1 VIAUUO wa , ^ a ACttT ^ vr vv ^¦* - •*—Q— " ,. « etui

      cheers . ) He rejoiced that their colours were nailed to the mast , and , like his beloved friend Moir , they would die rather than desert the c ause in which was embraced their right to be rap" * sented . ( Cheers . ) He was exceedingly p leased above all to find that they were now to have a union with the Irish people , and that the lands of cases and paraties were about to embrace in sisterly alteotion . Thanks to O'Higgins and Wood , and tne other brave men who had joined the movemenc in Ireland . By their union and perseverance he trusted they would weave such a web as wouia strangle all their tyrants by the neck . The political jugglers of his unfortunate country had saia that , if Repeal was to be gained , they should not bcotiano

      owe it to the Chartists of England or . Now , he could tell these quacks , that , if it was w be gained at all , it would be by the assistance ana co-operation of the two countries ; and he couia assure them further , that , let the people of I ^* . ? continue man worshippers as they mipht , we snau not allow them to be satisfied with political treachery , but do better for them than they wouio for themselves . ( Cheers . ) They had resolved again to petition the House of Commons , and he wasi g » of this . His friends , Messrs . Moir and Pw ^ foo t ? two of the handsomest men in tflasgow , and « w » of the most intelligent , had told them that negooa was to be expected from the present Adrnmisttanos Nel Mow

      —that they might as well petition son ' s ment , or the rock of Gibraltar ; and he would ado , or the hill of Howth , as the Peel Administratwn . He knew this ; but he was convinced that a . gw * number of advantages accrued from , petitionum By petitioning they got up a disctfesion in ^ House , and kept their claims before the eyes ^ their so-called representatives . Had they not pew tioned before , plain John Campbell , " the Ch « w » undertaker , would have ta&en possession « j ^ peerage with tbe consoling reflection that n « effected the downfall of Chartism . The two > bUWJj ; of signatures , however , gave him the ue , ^ blasted his sweet anticipations . They weret / " their thousands to-day , to declare that neither « b »

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      THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Ws \ earn by communications from various members of the Executive , that the Association is rapidly . extending its ramifications through the whole coq utry . Cards of membership are in almost universal i \ equest . This delights us . Bat oar friends through th e whole country must not forget that this enlarga Tient of oar borders , while it entails additional e : tertion and labour upon their indefatigable sem '&ts in the Executive , also enhances greatly their exj fences . We learn from the worthy Secretary that ca rds go out much faster than returns

      come in . This will not do ; the sinewBofthe giant must not shrink when Iv is utmost strength is called for . Remember , Chartist "• > that the Executive is the life , the very soul , of yoa " useful capabilities ; and that all your prospects o 5 national advancement and sncoesB depend upon tin effectual upholding of their bands . Let them not di \ ^ P * then ; show yourselves worthy of enfrancbisemea t by rallying round the standard of your UbertitV ^ the only effective manner . Let fall and la . \ ge returns be instantly made to the treasury of tbe Executive . Let there be no scrupling—ao hesitation , 1 it is necessary , and must be done .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct401/page/4/