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[ COMMUNICATIONS OMITTED LASI ' WEEK ]
DtTBLrN . —Tba t « of democracy is now tbe prevailing topic There are few working men who do not now UBdealaad what ibejCii » rt « means , bat from various cause * taey we deterred from joining the rank * of the real friend * of Ireland . Mt- O'Higgiua . ' . -haa again . been brought before the public by one of the " disciples of Judas , " bat on a charge as unfounded as any Were made against Tt *™ - He has written a abort bat ratting letter in answer to the charge brought against him by the * ' ''* and water politician , " -who , no doubt , had a rehearsal or two , to " My dear Ray ** and others , before ba made bis appearance to month bis lying charge at the Loyal Repeal meeting . The charge was that Mr . QBig&as had xald that " the nnlon could not bs repealed until all the High Churchmen -were
extermi-IffE Irish Universal Suffrage Association bald theii meeting on Sunday iatt , Mr . W . Woodward in the chair . Zhe miatees of the last meeting were read and confirmed , after ' which the Secretary read an address from the Boman CatboBe Ch&rtiita of Barnaiey to the Kev . Patrick Byan , P . P . of Donahate . He stated that a copy of the address just read and the ReT . Mr . Ryan ' s letters in answer to it had been sent to the Freeman ' s Jmtntai , bat the " liberal" proprietors of that paper bad not yet published them . Several letters were read from England , Scotland , and Ireland , the former of which give abundant proofs of the sincerity of the Charlists towards their Irish brethren in bondage , and Che latter indicating the spread of Chutist principles by jnaunx q [ rii ^ aihtjng tbeStOT . HcT 8 *^ f > naUBOnV Of
th » meetaag was disturbed by soma of the . Loyal Repeaters , whom Mr . Q'Higgins had admitted by courtesy , one of whom ( Mr . Matthew Tiarnan ) said that our looking for Universal Suffrage wm abeex noiaease , that Cmeral Suffrage or Household Suffrage was what Mr . O'Connell said was practicable ; that be pteced implicit confidence in all Mr . O'Connell had said or done , or th » t bs might do f « r Ireland ; that Mr . ( yConneU had refused office from the Marquis of Anglesea ' s government ; ftrw ^ asked did not the Chartists of England use physical fane , and did they not , said he , join the Tories at Nottingham and other towns is England and Scotfand . — The Secretary hers said a few words contrasting the manner in which the last speaker had been beard , who was not a member , and the manner he waa
treated at the Com Exchange Repeal Association , although be was known to be a member of tkat body . yy * ^ pTittnr ^ in ^ rl "" and dispaaiionate speech cf -considerable length , depicted the miseries ot Irishmen , which be attributed to 4 > va legislation , and said that y > . O'Connell and thoss who thought with him . might grow grey like himself , and not obtain what they sought , fur ; and , in his opinion , the only effectual and T £ « i < t « d core lea the abolition of the monstrous evils under which the people-groaned , was the adoption of the People ' s < 7 h * HwT ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dyot , in a speech that would not have disgraced a senator , speke to the principle of Universal Suffrage , and the importance of a free press In Dablin , and excluded the idea of working : men payiag to an assoeiatian where they
Bad no voice , and where their interests never were attended to . Money , caidhe , is the only representative ¦ wantedby Mr . OConneU . GivebimmonBy andbe can ¦ dispense with your presence . The associates have no Trice in the Repeal Association . Not so here , where every man is oa a perfect foeting of equality . Mr . Wotd rose and said that he had just returned from Scotland and KnginTKl , where he bad been on a visit , ad be assured tbs meeting that the people of Scotland , as far as he bad been , were the real friends ef the people of Ireland . He said that in Glasgow more than one hundred thousand persons bad pledged themselves to petition for a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland . A vote of thanks was passed to the friends of freedom in England and
Scotland for the liberal manner they ministered to the wants of the peopla of Ireland , by Bending the two most liberal papers in Great Britain , namely , the Northern Star , and Scottish Patriot ; after which Mr . OHiggins rase and said , that be would answer the questions Vhieh were put by the gentleman , who said be was Mr . OXTonneHI friend , and a member of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , nsznely , " did tfee Coartists cf England not show their hatred of the Tffokj by returning a Tory for Nottingham . ' and by retrying Tories in every plaoe they had power to do so at the late elections ? And was not Mr . O'Connell ' s plan of general suSz&ge superior to Universal Suffrage , and sll other plans ? Could not the people go and vote is several plsees if Universal Suffrage were adopted ?"
To the fiiat question , he ( Mr . CHiggins , ) would reply , that the Chartists of Nottingham toek Mr . 0 Connell ' B advice to the Irish electors , which was when they could not get a pledged Repealer to support the next best . The Chartists of England abhor the infamous , atrocious Whig Poor Law Amendment Act , an act vrhieh treats poverty as a crime of greater , m&gnitnde than murder , robbery , and rape ; because a man guilty of tb . 9 latter shocking , revolting crimes , would f > e deemed innocent nut a ft / cud goiit ? by & jar ; of his eoantry , whereas , on the other hand , ths moment that BjMortaats drive an honest , sober , good man , to seek -even a temporary asylum in a union workhouse , his head is shaved , a ? d a felon ' s dress is put on him . If he bss a wife and ' cbUdrsa , tear are all separated ; never to
meet ng »* " , unless some gooa fortune releases them from lias workhouse , and in the event of d&itb , which frequently and unaccountably happens is those dens of human misery and suffering , the bodies are given up for dissection to some neighbouring hospital , for young surgeons to practice upon . Now , the English Chartist always looked upon thU Act of Parliament as -one of the greatest grievances of modern invention ;_ -and the electors cf Nottingham knew right well that Mr . Walter , of the Times , the Tory candidate , was the fiOBFifrtv ° Tit opponent of this flagitious Act . His advaratry , the Wfcig , was the advocate of that bill , and the Chartists of Nottingham supported Mr . Walter , not becausa he-was a Tory , but because he was the consistent opponent of the Poor Laws Amendment Act .
And even now , when the Tories are in power , he is opposed to them , and will continue to oppose- ami expose them , ualess they repeal that Act . With xegard to the second question . The Chartists did sot return Tories , us sueh , but they did return tbsm in some places on the some grounds , and for the sam « reasons , taat thsy returned ilr . Walter . Besides they were so foolish as to return their own friends , whenever Mxzj could Co so , in opposition to both Whig and Tory . The plan they adopted waa a very judicious one , and ona -which we should foilow at our elections . They made the first cfT-jr to the Whig candidate to split their votes with him , provided his friends would split with the Chartist candidate . " Begone , ye torch acd dagger men , you midnight assassins , " said the Whie .
"Well , they made a similar one to the Tory . , -wao Eaid , ' I do not like your principles , but you have a right to fee heard , and to send as man ? members as you can to represent your views , wants , and feelings , in the House of Commons , and I -will split with you . " The result of this wise and sensible policy on the part of the Caartista is , that they have npwards of forty friends sad advocates in the present House of Commons , whereas they h&d but three in the last . one ; and what is sfcl bitter , these forty English members are pledged to extend the same rights , priTileges , and immunities to Ireland , which they hope to obtain for England ; in fact , to treifc Ireland , in every respec * -, as if- it were an English county . IJoea tbi 3 louk like hatred of Ireland ? ( No , no . ) As to the difference between
Universal and General Suffrage , it is such a miserable , paltry , pettyfoggiag quibble , that it is unworthy of a serious reply , but , said Mr . OHigginr , 1 will give the gentleman who has asked the ques . lun , just one month to teli 63 the exact difference between tic two terms . Universal Suffrage always bore the some dear and simple tifrpnTiingj which is , that ovary male inhabitant of this empire of twenty-one years of ags , of sane mind and not convicted of a felonious crime , by a jury , should feave the right to vote at the election of a Member of Parliament Now , this is Universal Suffrage ; and if we had it , who would be the members for the County and the City of Ihib . 'in ? ( Hear , hear , not West and Q-rogan . and Hamilton and Taylor . ) As to the people Toting in great numbers in several places " at the same
election , the accusation comes with a very bad grace from those "who profess to be the friends of . public liberty , and who declare that the Irish people " are the best anil most virtuous in the world , when it answers * purpose , and then tarns round and accuses tkem of the basest of crimes , when the accusation answers a different purpose . Bat to do away with all cavil and to obrU : e every apprehended difficulty whether real or imaginary , the People ' s Charter maies ample provi-Bian , ana the original of that Charter i s to be found in Jaaflfe > History of Ireland , voliv . and page 414 . It was copied from that book or from Borne other Irish feook bj Mr , O'Connell , and banded by him to some membat of the Working Men ' s Association in London .
deetring them , at the time , to agitate for it and for BOthlng leas , and at the same time , saying that " He who is not a Chartist is either a knave whe profits by the evils of misrule , or a foel upon whom facts and reason make no impression . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chartsr provides that ail the elections in Grest Britain sal Ireland , shall f ^ mmannR at the same hour and conchide before five o ' clock the same day . ( Hear , bear . ) How could the people vote in several places under such ffrypn ;« f a » w *« » Mr . O' 2 iggins concluded by hoping that he had given satisfactory answers to the questions , and resume * his seat Mr . Clarke was called to the ¦ hair , and thanks were given to the Chairman , when the meeting repented .
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hXJVttfKliJifiVo . GREAT MEKHN& ; 15 FAVOUR OF THE LOlfDON OPERATIVE MASONS . Bight gladly ** reeordevid « Bce th « Vtfce country is frajinntfir to pensive thai the *© are prin « pk * and eon-Bttenttool involved ia tiie strife of the Parliament fiooe Bi 0 ou which imperatively demand that the latter Should have the lympaihy and support of every lignt-heartM wim » aad woman in the kingdom . As a jMot of a spontaneous movement having already com-SMMBd in their favour , we insert the following copy cf ft placard issued at Bundertand : — '?• BlQHIS OP LaB 8 PB . ^ A pnblic meeting of the wiodtinf olasses , and other 4 ajiabitants of Sunderland , Vfll be held on Tuesday evening , Oct J 9 tb , in the Anade Boom , to take into consideration the ease of t £ e WtKBt reeenBy employed at the Parliament Work * ,
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London , and to determine the propriety of aiding thtm in their present straggle . An operative mason , from London , will address the meeting , and explain the eass of the workmen ^ rWorking men , and enemies of despotism ! the can 96 of ths London masons is your cause They have struck , not to procure an advance of wages , but to resist the intolerable tyranny of a taskmaster , Allen , the foreman of the above works , a maar whose coarse and brutal nature unfits him to govern any , bat those Bank so low is the Bcale of humanity" as to be governed only by the whip of the slaw ^ lrivei . -Sncha man is a diagraee ^ to auch an employment , and utterly unfit to superintend a body of intelligent British working men . . Chair to lie taken at » igbti o ' clock . * '__^_ ' - ' In accordance with the above call , a public meeting was held on Tuesday evening— "¦ ' ¦¦¦ " '" * ' -- ' '¦
Mr . James Young , an operative etoaemason , was unanimously called to the chair . He observed that whatever difference of opinion might exUt opon other subjects amongst the capitalists , they all agreed fh one thug , that it was their doty to wring as-nfc&h Wealth as possible from working men ; and , if this eoaW net be aecomplisaed by other means , they would not scruple to coerce them to effect their purpose . The present meeting , however , was called , not to enaUe ^ a portion of working men to m % fr > tMT » wages ,. but to « onvey to those engaged in reskttng a system of degrading tyranny the assurance that they had ths sympathy , * nd > if nscsssajy , should also have the support of . that . meeV ing . ( Loud cheering , i Ha would not , however , enter into any details ; these would be best communicated by a friend who had felt the system in operation . He , therefore , had much pleasure in calling upon Mr . Alexander Wilson .
Mr . Wilson ( who is one of the eighteen Masons that carried the National Petition into the House of Commons ) then stood forward , and was reeeived with great cheering . He commenced «/ . observing that it waa not his intention to attempt what might be called a speech , bat he could tell them a tale of facts , which he would challenge any man to deny . His presence in the country would not have been necessary , bad ft not been for the conduct of a corrupt press , in giving insertion to a tissue of falsehoods in fa tout of The masters , and refusing on any conditions to publish a fair statement of the case between the workmen and Maura .
GrisBell and Peto their employers . That « bsmiaabl « paper the Time * , and others bad been guilty oC suoh conduct towards them ; bat , whatever might be their perversion of the ease , be could assure the meeting that he had been n 1 " * months under , that abominable monster Allen . During that period be bad seen him guilty of innumerable acts of tyranny . He . bad seen him abase men every way superior to him In physios ! and moral character for no offence whatever , he had treated them worse than he could treat a "mongrel dog . " ( Laughter , &nd cheers . ) His conduct was indeed most intoteiaMft— so much so that he and his brother
workmen generally , went in a morning folly prepared to take up their tools and my ^ h . in such a state of mental agony and uncertainty were they that they never knew in the morning whether the tyrant Allen would allow them to work their day out . He " sackd" the men at any time , without a moment ' s warning , and without any just cause of offence . ( Cheers . ) He would relate a few facts , illustrative of bis character and conduct . After they struck , they sent a letter to the Commissioners of Woods and Forest * , to make them acquainted with their grievances . They stated that they were prepared to prove the following eases Tne first was that of an individual who had been engaged on the wsrks , « nd had the misfortune to get his leg broken by a fall from the w ?? ffoldt"gr He was
off work some time , and when he rdoovsred he came back to the works , and thought that though not able to work hard , there might yet be some light work which he would be allowed to work at to procure bread for his family . He was not able to walk well , bat still knowing that he had received bis injuries at the works , he thought thst , from the common feelings of humanity , they would not exact too much from him at first However , he ^ s-as mistaken . No sooner bad be commenced work than Allen came , and finding him at it , and unable to walk without limping , thus unfeelingly inen ) u > ri him by ordering him to take up bis tools and go , as he " did not want such d—d hobbling fellows about the works . " ( Loud crie « of * Shame . " ) The next case was one of a workman who learnt that
his wife was very ill , and not expected to live . He wished to be present at her dying bed , and accordingly Allen not being on the works at the time , went to the tinder-foreman , and asked his leave , which was immediately granted . Well , when the man returned , Allen came to him , and asktd where he had been . He told him , when the brute said , " Then go , and die with your wife , and be d—d to you ! " ( Shame , shame . ) Another case was a poor fellow who bad been tramping about for three months out of work ; he applied , and was set on , but , owing to his exhausted state , be bad not been more than a few hours at work , when he was taken bad , and was compelled to leave work . He was off three dsjs , and when be returned Allen told him to " go back , he wanted sound men . " A young msn ,
btticngiog to Manchester , received intelligence that his mother had died ; he asked whether they would allow him to go down to her funeral , and sake some arrange ments about the disposal of some little property . He was asktrd bow long be would mgfdm ; h » answered aboui three weeks . This waa refused v bewaahrfOtBMd that if he went fee might stop away : The young man then agreed to Lake & week , but this also waa refused , yet the men advised him to go , and resolved that if he was discharged they would all strike . Thk was determined at a general meeting of the workmen . No sooner did Allen hear of this , than he discharged the man who presided at the meeting and six othera . The man went When he returned , Allen was toe cunning to manifest his malice by discharging him immediately , but be found
means to gratify his nature by setting him to work at tha roughest work about the building . The men observed this , and resolved that they would not allow the poor fellow to be thus trampled on . They addressed a letter to Grissell and Peto , stating that the conduct of Allen was past all endurance , aad they would not in fnture work under him . Messrs . G . and P ., however , rtp ' aed that they would not be dictated to , and that they , the men , might think themselvea honoured in receiving an answer to their communication . The men wrote again and advised the masters to reconsider the matter as it might become a more serious affair than they anticipated . Messrs- Q . and P . then consented to receive a deputation from the men , whan they promised that the men shrmid not in future have cause to
eomplain . Allen , they said , was a " rough diamond" bnt a good one . The men consented to go to work again , and thsy had a calm for about four weeks , until the following circumstance occurred- The works are carried on simultaneously , and Allen anxious to get as much work as possible from the men , devised the following scheme . He kept the men working about small jobs , until he had as many stones up as would enable all to work recnl&rly on , all round the building , calculating that by this arrangement , the men being spirited , would work against each other , and make slaves of themselves to enrich their musters ; but the men , with but few exceptions , resolved not to do so , yet , a few were such fools as to work like horses to beat their fellow-workmen . These got their work done seo&er , and Allan
when he found this resolved to compel the other workmen to work at the same rate ; be , therefore , " Backed " a number who had not produced the same quantity , and ¦ bullied and blustered about tbe works , in fact , it was evident that do matter what the ment » l and moral character of the workmen , the only man who would be respected by Allen was the man who produced tbe most work , no matter to Allen if he ruined his constitution by it He might go to the devil , or the dogs for aught he cared . There was one individual in particular who was guilty of this folly and meanness ; he tore away like an old collier's horse—( laughter)—the consequents was , he was done before the others . Tbe men considering this system of chasing an abominable one , aad knowing that they had done , and were willing
to do a fair day ' s work , met aud resolved to fine those who should be guilty of it They did not mind a reasonable difference in the quantity ] they did not wish to bring all down to the lowest standard , they only wished to restrain that excessive spirit of rivalry ; they therefore determined to fine those who should be guilty of it That individual was ordered to be fined , and was fined . This gave Allen an opportunity of breaking out again ; he accused the men of conspiring to rob the masters , and swore he would discharge 100 of them by Saturday uigbt This they , the men , could prevent , and they determined to do it They wrote to the mastera , and informed them they could no longer work under Allen , accordingly they all struck . He ( the speaker ) knew that be was a rational btiDg , and
ought to be belted as such . AHea did not know or care ought of this , and therefore be had left him ; and , by the blessings of God , never ir <> nld return to work under such a tyrant . The men had an interview with the masters : the Utter were asked whether the men had not been doing & fair day ' s work ? tchetherthey had not been industrious and attentive ? . Mr . Grissell said they had . He ( the speaker ) then asked what they wanted ? Ttt after this , and putting up on the works placards , acknowledging the men were industrious , the masters had the folly and audacity to represent through the newspaper press that the men w « re indolent and unwilling to work . The speaker then observed he must give them one or two additional facts . At the Parliament works , then was no water to be had by the men ; but a beer boy came round once a day . This beer was supplied by a relative of Allen ; the men were compelled to bay of him , no other beeneller being admitted to the works . The beer was often so
wretchedly bad that a pig would have run away from it ( Loud laughter . ) There was a class of men employed who were , however too poor te buy beer—here were the labourers earning about 10 a . or Us . per week . Well there was a pump in the Parliament Yard , dose by , to which those fellows were wont to resort to quench their thirst ; but Alkn , when be karat this , had the base ness to procure a Jock and get the pump locked down , thus Compelling them either to buy hi * relative's bod beer cr leave their thirst unquenched . ( Loud cries of " shame . " ) One morning about fourteen men were standing at the gates a little before six o ' clock , getting each a cup of coffee from a poor old woman who earned a livelihood by the sale of it Allen came up , and without rnVbjng any observation went in and shut the gates , the bell then rung asd a few minutes elapsed before the men could get in . They immediately went to their work , bnt Allen came round and having recognised nine of the man , he ordered them to take up their tools and walk off . He might have struck them off a
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quarter of a day , bat be discharged them entirely and without any warning . ^ " Shame , ' shame . " ) Mr . W . then described the great exertions which Mean * . Grissell and Peto were making i * « il parti of the . . country to get men , and the manner in which the miserable creature who had come were treated on their arrival , and having made some excellent observation * upon the bad spirit shewn by the Tnaslen , « preased bis convie | lonjtha from the ? London . t » mo » s they would not gft twenty men to-go -fatf itowevet loag tha atrugglejnight Jaat He thenlzead A placard shewing that tbe masons employed at Woelwich Pock Yard and at Nelson ' s mbnn * ment bad resolved to ^ Hkje'ilso . ( Cheer * . ) Thaprea had stated that the * ' men wanted to strike , * u £ the union would noVTet them at first , aad now the press stated that theee men had- been compelled to strike by . order of the union , which "Wat utterly unfrue . Tbe onion bad nothing to' do ^ ritb it He thought there would now be a vacancy for Allen , he might be seat to Woolwich Dock Yard , and certainly there was » ot
anotherplaoe wWeh tea was more At for . ^ Laughter and cheers . ) He was sorry to find that Mr . GricaeU appeared determined to screen sad retain- Allen . He iGrissell had stated to some of the men khat he would not keep a foreman who . could pot keep bta workmen under as complete astete of discipline as that which prevailed In an army . But the men had replied that they considered themselves rational beings , and bad minds too enlightened to be brought under any thing like the discipline of an army . iLoud cheers , i . Mr . W . then commented upon the conduct of the press , and gave the Weekly Dispatch a severe and well-merited lathing , denouncing it as utterly unworthy the support of working men . He then read a placard shewing that the joiners of London had resolved not to support it , and coneluded by observing that he came out after deliberation , and would stand firm ; he knew they could not be defeated now , because they never had a better cause , and they were all deter * mined to stand to it Mr . W . then eat down amid
great and continued cheering . Mr . Babclat ( a mason ) then moved the first resolution : — '' That it is the opinion of ibis meeting that the conduct of Allen , the foreman of OriseU and Peto , has been most tyrannical and unjust , towards tbe workmen under his authority ,. and this meeting therefore considers that tbe said workmen were fully justifiable in requesting his discharge , and on refusal in quitting their employment " Mr . Smith , another mason , in an exoeUent address , seconded the resolution . Mr . Williams also supported it in a longaddrea * . during which be waa much cheered , but our limits will not permit us to give his nor any other of the subse quent speakers' excellent addresses . The second resolution waa moved by Mr . Taylor , seconded by Mr , Bagg , and ably supported by Mr . BlNNS : —
" That considering that the strike of the aforementioned workmen has been called ferth , not horn a desire to obtain advanced wages , but from a determination to resist tyranny which it would have been disgraceful to submit to , this meeting feels , that the said workmen are deserving its sympathy and support , and therefore resolves to aid them by every means in its power , and urgently recommends the same to all who value manly independence of character . " Both resolutions were carried by acclamation . Mr . Binns moved , and Mr . Bbagq seconded a vote of censure upon the Weekly Dispatch , and a resolution that it was undeserving the support of working men , which was carried with great cheering . A liberal subscription was then entered into to aid the workmen on strike , although .
Mr . Wilson , the delegate , stated there was no lack of funds—the object of the meeting being mainly to make the people acquainted with the merits of the workmen ' s case . The meeting then dispersed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct403/page/2/
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