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SKEFPIELD . . ( From our own Correspondent . ) JIx BilESTOW . ' s Lecture . —llr . Biirsto-ir d « livered Ms second lecture in the Town Hall , 03 Wednssfov evening , Dec 29 : h . Mr . Ludiam was again oil ? \ to the chair , and Mr . B . , who was received wijh loud caeeriiig ,- - commenced bis discourse , his subject feeing , — "The origin , rise , progress , principles , objects , and prospects of Chartism . " It has been said , ob--Served the lecturer , that Chartism , 'was dead ; this had been declared from the lips of a Whig Attoniey-GeaersI—had been echoed by a corrupt press—had fceen sounded thraugh the length and breadth of the land *— -would he dare to gainsaj it then ? "No ; but if Chariasnnras dead , or if it ; had ever died , he vf&s there
to stsnd upon its tomb , and bid it . in the people ' s nsin * , eome forth . { Cheers . ) Chartism , like all great changes , and all great principles , h * d sprang from the ra :. ks of toe -working classes—tha ; people , from Whom hai emanated every beneficial change ,. every Improvement in society- ; Chartism owed not its origin to th ? present generation ; no , in other days , in other times , a Gsrald and a Mnir , a C 3 rtwright and a Hunt , bad , in defiance of persecution , advocated the pria-. dplfcs of Chartism—principles which had descended to us a . precious heir-loom , which we will . transmit ackn .-Pledged and established in the land , a . heritage to onr children . ( Cheers . } It unfortunately traa the ease that so long as the people could exist in com--CttZatVve comfort , so long were they content to be
politically Blares . You never can make the -mill ions Complain until suffering under terrible injustice , and all rulief or alleviation of their misery denied them , ttey > egin to ask , why is it that we product and musi Bot enjoy ? It is when the millions £ nd themselves Binknsg in misery , robbed by the tax-eater and profitmonger , the iron heel of adamantine oppression crushing thsm in the dust ; then do they speak in a voice cf thnnder and demand the rights tre call Chartismright * that must , that will be conceded "whenever the ndlliors shall demand their own enfranchisement , for the Tok » of the people is the voice of God . ( Cheers . Onr principles are none the less holy , none the less valuable , though in their assertion , martyrs perish and patriots fall , oceans of blood may be shed , ami
revolution may eome . What is revolution ? It is a change resisted too long , conceded too late . The oppressors of Sis TK > or are deaf to their cries ; the tyrants of the people scorn their demands : thay employ fraud and force to stifle the voice of freedom , and stem the progress of liberty , until tie people , wearied of misery and Shivery , rise in the strength of their fearful migbt , Sad-with tiger-like fury dash to destruction all who oppose them . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Much as the press may ciinmnlate our principles , the truth will triumph , Bad those principles will yet be the all-acknowledged , and triumphant over every opposition . Many wonder bow il is that the working classes can be so blind to their own interests , as to allow themselves to be led by designing men—&ow they can be so stubborn and so
Stupid as to be led frem the " big loaf , " with all the attendant blessings of " cheap bread , "high -wages , " ftnrt " ptaty to do , " to follow after an ephemeral © bject—& visionary phantom , that must ever elude their grasp . ( Laughter . ) Strange it is , no doubt , especially "When we remember the means , the influence that has teen nssd to induce people to join the middle class , for jJ Qbtainment of " practice ! measures . " Manufac turers , shipowners , factory lords , shopkeepers , dissenting ministers , understrappers , pimps , and lickspittles , " feave all combined—have employed by turns corruption and intimidation to effect their ends , but all in vain . She -working classes , meeting their employers in ths arena nf public discussion , have negatived , to their teeth , their humbug resolutions , and quack nostrums :
the working classes have declared , over and over again , that they trill not agitate for a repeal of the Corn Jaws . ; Load cheers . ) Well , and after all , the Horning Chnmde' has been forced to avow—compelled to acknowledge that the course pursued by the Chartists Was » wise one ; yes , after all the abuse and misr ^ pre Bentauon—after all the calumny and slander , heaped upon the Chartists by the Whig press , the great organ of Whiggery had been compelled to acknowledge that the Cnartists had acted wisely Sad welL Many of the public journals were aiVaadoalngWhiggery ; 5 t was just he shonld " niectson ind give his meed of praise to the Nonconjormist , a paper that had defended tha principles of the Chatter jerfcc f / . z ; that had by its brilliant and convincing
argument , removed a thsusand prejudices , and already con-TerU-d to cur cause thousands of the middle class . ( Cheeis ) If there is not the enthusiastic zeal of tfca past eroding our ranks , there is instead thereof a » iteijy determination hat affords , nay , as 3 ures a betttr , SKie of the struggle . Par be it from him to depreciate frh « txcifcions and labours of the patriots of thirty-nine ; they "Were men who encountered terrible obstacles ; they -were men who braved no ordinary dangtTs , and ifthey failed in achieving the deliverance of their country , ti-3 failure was owing not bo much to faults of their o"wn , f . s to tha lack of union and resolution anu > :: gst ths y-r- pie . We are told that our principles nre iiapractlcible—my answer is , lock to America ; "when "are see t ' - . v-isauds of Europe ' s oppressed children fl"inc
froru tl : * homes of their fstheia , to seek in the land of liber ; : ¦ •* shelter and a refuge , did not that prore to a demonstration , nd only that our principle ? are tiiie , but « u ~> that "where those prmeiples "were carried out , meii ^ ere ansious to live . After earnestly exhorting the litctiEg to do their uimest to obtain signatures to Vhi * X ^ uonal Petition , Mr . B . concludtd a ieagtcy and CTEgn-ctn . glr ¦ t ^ -a ~ " * ttiJdrasa Vy -warmly CUlOglsing the eharac ^ r of that ex cellent patriot , Thomas Cooper , the leader _ -f tfca Lsicestsr Chartists , and sat doWTi aioidst repestrf and enthusiastic cheers . Mr . Julian Hamey , jsaid IiE rose for the purpose of moving a resolution ha held in his hand- They would remember that som «_ few Treeis baci , a Hieetdng of antd-Corn Law delegates was held it jlanchester , at this meeting Mr . Joseph Sturge ,
ef JJLnningfcani , attended- A conversation upon , the £ ulj"c-. of class-legislation took place , and - tbe Opinion generally expressed , "was , that this "araa the principal canse of the Corn laws , and all the other evils borne by the industrious classes —a f-. r , by the bye , the Chartists for four years past had be « n dinning in the ears of these numskull Kepealers . Well , " better late than never , " and a -new light cavirg shone upon the delegates , they appointed Uessri . Stnrge snd Shannan Cra-wforfi to draw up a document "which should be a bond of union for- the middle and -working classes . Well , aftsr three 01 four weeks " serious consideration , " this , document appears , a" ^ a ' predous production it was . It declared —Trhat ? Why , "what every man knew before haad >
Shat the majority of ihe people are unrepresented Why there is not & Tory in the land but -would acknowledge this , but having acknowledged it , "would he go further , "would he help the people to obtain theii rights ? Ko ; he would say it was not expedient the paorle should be represented . Aye , and if they do not say , so think the Com Law Repealers—in _ the jnas 3 they ase no friends to the principle of universal representation . Glad he ( Mr . H . ) -was that ilr . ' Shar . T ^ xn Crawford had nothing to do with this hnmbug ; snd although Mr . Stage's , name was appended to it , fee had too high an opinion of the honesty of that gentleman , whom be ( Mr . IL ) respected for his manj labours in the cause of humanity , to believe that thii only and wholly "was his Tfork . He had a notion , si
tie Yankee ' s say , that the original document had passed through tbe slave of certain parties ere it had been permiitfcd to see the light with Sir . Sturge's name' affixed ( Hear , hear . ) They knew what parties he meant , tht Cobdens , Potters , Greigs , and Marshalls , fellows wiic Would prefer the rule of the devil himself tor ths b 3 nmph of democracy . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . B . ) deemec it his duty to "warn the people against this clap-trap ; ^ rhai need was there of giving ttree or four -wests ** serious consideration' * to the drawing up of this 01 say other document ? Was there not a docunieni already in existence , a document , as the signatures tc the National Petition would show , that had received the approval of a majority of the nation—their gto rious Ciiaiter ? ( Cheers . ) If the Com La"w Repealeri
had beeoEie converts to the principle of Universal Suffrage , let them , being the minority , submit te the -will and adopt that document that had received the sanction of the majority . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not be at all surprised but that this document would be followed up by Borne scheme of organisation , bj tray of dra-wing the people from the Ifatioaal Chartei Association ; the Repealers "would no deubt wa&t tc " gttrid of Fesrgus" and the Executive Council , but fee trusted they would fail . ( Cheers . ) Let the people KmemDtr tbe fable cf the wolves and the sheep ; th ; Wolves entered into a treaty of peace with the sheep the latter believing the hypocritical professions of tb < former foolishly consented to give up their dogS i anc leeeive in return the cubs of -the -wolves as hostages o
Koa faith of both parties ; it vras not long ere the dogs feeing set upon were basely murdered , and the sheep deprived of their faithful protectors , attacked from-Without and betrayed within , fell an easy prey to their enemies . Such would be the fate of the people if they abandoned those "whom they had tried and proved to be false . If the middle class are honest let them adopt our Charter , and join our association ; he was not epposed to the union of the two classes , on the contrary he desired H , but it must be a union the basis of which Was justice , the object of -which "was the equal right * of all—yield sot a hair's breadth of the Charter—whole and entire let it be our -watchword and demand . Mr . Hamey concluded by proposing tha adoption of Ihe following resolution . - — " We , the Chartists of Sheffield , having waited with a degree of trustful expectation for the public appearance of a document announced 07
Mr . Josepa Sturge , of Birmingham , which document we bad been led to expect "would contain the development of a Mi and equitable scheme whereby the middle and working classes of this country might unite for obtaining universal rights , hereby declare , cow Sir . Sturge's document has been published , that we regard it "with feelings of unqualified disapprobation , as being no mere than a mere negation of the justice of poii&kal role as at present exercised in this kingdom , and in no way whatever as a distinct and unequivocal acknowledgment of the right of every mature- Englishman to the suffrage ; and we furthermore declare that whatever prepositions for a political alliance may , in future , be made to us , as working-men , by the middle classes , we will mpsfc unreservedly and unhesitatingly reject them , uiiiss 3 they coataia an entire and hearty acknowledgment of
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the principles developed in the People ' s Charter . ' ^ Mr . Hollyoake considered : the document of Mr . Starge an insnlt to the working classes—here had the people repeatedly declared that the Charter alone Would- they accept , and now whenihe Com Law Repealers found they could not deceive the people , they come to those they have strove to delude , and offer them something less than they have repeatedly declared they insist upon having—he would say , let the people insist ttjtonhfcviBg their Charter in full , and if the middie-oiass .. would not be content to give them their Charter , let the people
insist span having something more . ( Cheers . ) If they demanded more than the Charter they might get it—if they consented to take less tfceywonld getuothiog , but would be deceived and juggled as they bad been before . Mr . Hollyoake concluded an excellent address , in the course of which he was loudly cheered , by seconding the resolution ; one forest of hands declared the reso-Intion unanimously adopted . The thanks of the meeting having been voted to Mr . Balrsto w and the chairman , and the last part of the Chartist anthem sung in fall chorus , three cheers was given for the Charter and no . sarrender , and the meeting dissolved . *
The Welsh Mahttes . —In reply to a memorial of the Sheffield Chartuts in behalf of Frost ,. Williams , and Jones , the following has been , received by Mr . Hamey from the Horn , Office : — < . > " Whitehall , 23 rd Dec , ' 1841 . " Sib ,, —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered jour application in behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zaph ^ suh Williams , I am directed to express to you his reg et that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "
The Sheffield Chartists memorialiHed the Queen—not Sir James Graham : it was the duty of Sir James to have presented the memorial to the Sovereign , and returned her answer—not his own . This straw thrown up shows -which way the wind blows . The Queen is the Queen of the faction in power for the time beingnot the Queen of the people . No mercy , no justice need the people expect at the hands of the men at present having sway . Well , let them buckle on thzir armour ; let them prepare for the great moral struggle fast approaching : a struggle in which triumphant , as we shall be , if all will pull together , will realise our Charter law , and restore to their country our banished friends .
Bothekham . —A public meeting was held atKotherham , on Thursday evening , December 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting U 19 National Petition . Mr . Ibbetson was called to the chair . Mr . Kamsden moved the adoption of tha Petition . Mr . Lindley seconded the motion . Mr . Bairstow supported the Petition ,, and delivered a most eloquent and truly masterly address , in which he triumphantly refuted every objection brought against the principles of Chartism . The Petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Harney moved the adoption of the resolution denunciatory of Sfcurge ' fl document , previously adopted at Leicester , Loughborough , and Sheffield , Mr Steele seconded the resolution , which was unanimously carried . The Chartist anthem was tuen sung ; and thanks having been voted to Mr . Bairstow , the meeting dissolved .
MANCHESTER . —Last week a placard appeared on the walls of this town , calling a public meeting for new year ' s day , to petition fora repeal « f the corn laws , and compensation for injuries infficted upon society by such laws . The Chartists seeing this , immediately issued a counter placard , warning the working classes against being led astray , and calling upon them to come forward and prove to their enemies that they were not to be made tools of by any party ; and to agitate for nothing less than a full measure of justice . Tha placard put out by the league , though it was said to be a public meeting , stated that the chair would be taken at twelve o'clock , by Mr . Alderman Brooks . —On the Friday evening a number of individuals belonging to the league , who are Trilling to do any dirty job which may be laid out for
th . m ; a horde of tools who are hanging about , at one time denouncing the Chartists as Tory tools , and at another professing Chartism to the back bone , in order to glean what they can from them , waited upon Mr . James Lsach , to know "whether the placard was officially issued—and feeing answered in the affirmative , they went recruiting for an army for tbe next day , in order to carry their resolutiens by physical force ; their bounty "being a good swig of whisky , and a few shiiUngR On tbe mornkig of meeting the police were collected and marched down the streets , which caused considerable excitement About eleven o ' clock the hail wae surrounded by a va * t crowd , amongst whom were the ieutlew of the Stephenson ' s-square and Carpenters Hall butcheries . Polieemen were at the door to prevent all
but the privileged class from entering , -whilst parties were going in at the side doors until the front seats were occupied . Alderman Brooks took the reporters of the Manchester papers in by the side doors , "whilst the reporter of the Star , was shoved back by the police and refused admittance until twelve o ' clock . When the doers were opened , there was a general rush into the HalL The reporters for the press for Manchester asd district were comfortably tested , -whilst the reporter for the Star had not even sufficient room to lay his book down to trrite , but -mis compelled to hold it in his Land amid the crowd , bein ; all the tima crushed and shoved about by the prtsssure . The reporter told Mr . "W&Vkvns , "wi > oac : e ' . iin the cipa ; ity ef general , that he sLgu * . ^ protest sgiir . st tbe pTOc = edirj ; s . and was told in
re-glj , he might protest acd 50 to thadevil if he liked . Around the platform were placed all the leaders of the bludgeon msa . The audience spemed impaMent for the oojn . m « jxeaiD « ct nf fcnsluesa , upon which a Mr . Daggan toss and proposed Mr . Brooks to take tha chair , a person seconded it and before any person could even have time to speak , much less propose any one else , he proceeded to pnt the motion to the meeting . Mr . Iinney said thathe could not t * Jl whether it was carried against him or not , and df-mamied another show , to which Mr . Watkins , in the cpaclty of general arid prompter objected , ilr . Brook and others were ashamed of his conduct and insisted upon Licnsy ha-Tiug an opportunity of seeing ¦ R-hetker there was a majority or not . The audience seeing the fair manner in which Brooks dt fended the right
of Linney to take ths sense of the meeting were highly pleased ; and , as another Chairman was proposed , Linney requested ths meeting to hold up again , and decided that the majority was in favour of Mr . Brooks . All that the ChartistB vranted v ? = s free , equal , and fair discussion ; and it mattered not to them who was Chairman , so that he dealt honestly , and pr ^ ured every man a hearing . Mr . Brooks , in opening the meeting , said that he had been at a meeting on tLe night previous till twelve o ' clock ; and , when he returned home , he sat down to prepare himself for that day . He had come to the conclusion that the Corn Laws were base , bloody , brutal , and unrighteous . Mr . Rawson moved the the first resolution in a regular auti-Com Law speech ; and was seconded by Mr . Watkins in a mere echo of a tale a
thousand and one times told . Mr . Falby , of Macclesfleld , wa 3 called upon to support the resolution . In the course of a long , rambling , harangue , he uttered some scandalous , and insulting iiapntations aeainst his townsman , Mr . West , endeavouring to prove him a supporter of the Corn Laws . The cotton masters , he said , were tyrants , and would reduce wages , so long as they had the power . In a short time after , he praised the cotton masters , f * r not dropping wages when they had the power . The speaker continued for upwards of an hour , putting forth contradictory positions , and was highly applauded by tbe respectable class . His address was a complete tissue of spleen , abuse , and nonsense . There certainly was one sentence something like consistency , which was , that the working classes . had
nothing against machinery , but against the monopoly , and unfair regulation of ifc Messrs . Leach , Linney , and Candy-wished to submit aa amendment ; but , instead of the Chairman soliciting a hearing , he played the same game as Cobden did at the Stephensonsquare butchery , and put it to the meeting as to whether they should be heard or not ; of course , he immediately decided against them ; he said the amendment was altogether irrevtlent , and asked whether they would allow them to speak , to which the " bludgeon men" replied in ihe negative ; and by the by , every speaker declared himself to be a Chartist , bnt denounced , in the most bitter terms , Feargus O'Connor , and other leaders . " Prepare to meet
your God " -Finnigan spoke next , and during his speech fighting was going on in all parts of the room in the presence of thB Chairman , withont the least attempt to prevent it The petition and resolutions were carried fey intimidation and force , and ought to be labelled "the petition of the bludgeon men . " Mr . Fleming said , if the proceedings of the meeting were correctly reported , it would not have much weight upon the public mind ; they were disgraceful . The League , in order to ensure a triumph and to cany their point , selected Irishmen for speakers who endeavoured to -work upon the prejudices of their countrymen who understood nothing about the question at issue , and thus make it dangerous for any but their own party to be in the room- The proceedings ended in great confusion .
ASHTOW-UNOEB-I . YNE . —A Chartist tea party and soiree took place on New Tear's Eve , in the National Charter Association Boom , Old Factory , Wellington-roa-i , Chariest © we , in honeur of the opening of their new room . The room was mest tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , &c Notwithstanding there were a huge number of tea parties in the town on the same day , at six o ' clock 300 sat down to tea , which , with its accosip&nimentSj were of the best quality , and were served up with an unsparing hand . Ample
justice having been done to the cheer , the tables were removed , when a large nnmber were admitted at twopence each , to partake in the evening ' s amusements , consisting of songs , redtationSj and dances . Mr . Geo . J ahnson was chairman for the evening ; after he had addressed the meeting , he called upon Mr . William Aitken and Mr . Wilcox , who each addressed the company . Tc « eld year "was dismissed and the new year ushered in by singing the Chartist National Anthem . A vote of thanks were given the Committee for the excellent manner the tea party was got up .
. GLO 3 V 7 ICK , seab , Olduam . —The Instruction Society of this place took tea together on New Year ' a Day . Ninety-five sat down , and afterwards spent a comfortable evening . WASIRINGTON . —A public meeting was held here on the 29 th ult ., vrhen an address of congratulation to her Majesty , and praying for the release cf ¦ Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners , was adopted .
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CITY OF IiONDON . —Mr . B . Camerou ^ of Fins bury , delivered ft Toy eloquent and 'instructive lecture on the growth and progress of Chartism , in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , last Sunday evening , to a crowded congregation of respectable working men and women '? the lecture lasted an hour and twenty minutes . Mr , Cater gave out the following announcements . Next Sunday morning this Hall will be ; opened at halt-past ten ' o ' clock , for reading and discussion ; and In the evening of the same day , Mr . Sfeallwood will lecture . Free admission to the public on each occasion . Also on the Tuesday following , Jan . 11 th , Mr . J . Watkihs will lecture on the present distressed state of the country . — Every Monday night , a concert and ball will take-place ' in this room . Tickets of admission , threepence each , to be bad of the committee of management .- —Forty shareholders' cards are undisposed of by the committee of the Institute , which can be takenup by the fiiends to the cause at sixpence per week ; shares 5 s . each .
Masons . —Dbb it ? Lane Localixt . —This associat ion met , as usual , at the Craven ' s Head , on Saturday last , Mr . James Lambert in the chair , when the minutes of last meeting having been confirmed , it waa determined to the send five shillings to the Executive . , DTJBUTf . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Assocto y tton held thetriieual weekly maeting at ' No ; 14 . North Anne-street , on Sunday , the 2 nd of January , 1842 . At one o'clock , Mr . Henry Clark was eilled to the chair . Mr . Dempsey , in the absence of Mr . Brophy , was appointed Secretary pro tern . The Chairman said , as there were several strangers present , he felt it his duty to explain as briefly as possible , the objects of the Association , and the principles upon which it was founded . Prior to the formation of this Association , there did not
exist in Ireland any regularly and legally organised society founded for the purpose of petitioning the legislature , in favour of the rights of the working classes . There never was a petition laid on the table of the Imperial Parliament , praying that the Irish working classes of twenty-one years and upwards , be admitted within the pale of the constitution . ' ( Hear , hear . ) It has often been truly said in this spacious room , that the Irish labourers would never be treated as human beings , until every man of twenty-one years of age and npwarda , would have a vote , and that Is what we are looking for . Our object is to seek , by every lawful and constitutional means for Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annul Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , Payment of
Members , and the Repeal of the Union . ( Hear , hear . ) These are our objects ; they are plain , clear , open , and defined . There can be no mistake about them . We have no secrets . We are most anxious to see all eur acts and deeds published ; and all our boeks , papers , list of members , finances , and so forth , are open for the inspection of the authorities at all reasonable hours . We neither send delegates to any society , nor receive delegates from any . We are , in tbe strictest sense , a petitioning society . We seek for the accomplishment of our objects by no other means than that of petition and we are well advised that , our society is lawful in every respect . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) Mr . Clark resumed the chair , amidst great cheering Mr . Rafter called the attention of the Association to a
speech of Mr . O'Connell ' s , delivered at the Corn Exchange on Tuesday hut , and published in the Morning and Weekly Register , in which he insinuated , in as vile and truculent a manner as ever he ( Mr . Rafter ) had read , that their respected President ( Mr . O'Higgins ) would one day or other appear in the witneas-box to swear away their lives . ( Shame , shame . ) He bagged pardon—what Mr . O'Connell did say was , "he would like to see him in the witness-box swearing against the wretched persons he had deluded ; be would be glad to see him prosecute the objects of his delusion , but be would not like to see the objects of that , delusion explode . " This sentence answers a double purpose ; it directs the attention of the Attorney-General to our Association , while at the same time it holds up Mr .
O'Higgins to his countrymen as an infamous character —a man to be avoided by all honest men—to be hunted out « f society—to be utterly destroyed . And let me ask you , said Mr . Rafter , what would be the fate of Mr . O'Higgins under such a denunciation , corning from a man of such power and'influence as the chief magistrate of Dublin , if Mr . O'Higgins were not so generally known and so much respected by every man that knows him ? { Hear , hear . ) There is no doubt but this vile slander—this atrocious libel will sink deeply into the winds et those who are unacquainted with Mr . O'Higgins ' s character : it will injure his reputation , and was intended to do so . On the part of the Association , there is nothing to fear : we hav « j no " oaths registered in Heaven , " or any other place . We have no secrets
and therefore we defy the Attorney-General , or his wily , deceitful informer . Why does he descend to lay informations against this Society by inuendo ? He is chief magistrate of Dublin , and why does he sot put us down ? A day is fast approaching when everybody will know him . He had wstehed his political career , and he saw but very little to his credit . The mist v ? ili soon be djspelled Mr . O'Higgins Baid he was out of towa on Wednesday last , and did not , therefore , see that day ' a papers . Hs had hoped that Mr . O'Connell , whom he has heard , goes to communion encea fortnight , would hava come forward ere this , and niado some reparation to hini ( Mr . O'Higgins ) for tke grievous wrongs which he had dona him . It U now nearly nino ye . urs since Mr .
O'Connell first attacked him . He was then in a flourishing trade , carrying on extensively the wholesale Irish woollen trade in that very house where they were then assembled for the purpose of promoting the real interests of their fellow countryman . Mr . ' O'Connell " s foul denunciation of him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) "broke up his establishment at that time . He hud embarked all his capital and all his credit in tho promotion or Irish manufactures . It was going on prosperously until the foul , false , and infatux ! U 3 ca ! u ; uny , which Mr . O'Connel ] and his cowardly aaU-lliea published against him , destroyed it There is no doubt but thut sentence greatly affected all Mr . O'Higgins' prospects . It drove him to ssek for private discounts for the first time in his life . It closed the banks arainst him . The bills he
received from the shopkeepers for the Irish cloths he sold to them , were refused at the banks , and some of the sbopkaepers , -who were predisposed to act tho rogne , bad taken advantage of Mr . O'Connell ' s denuucintion , and not only failed in bis ( Mr . O'Higgins ') debt , but were the loudest , and still are the basest propagators of all the slanders which Mr . O'Connell has heaped upon him ; and some of them , those whom Mr . O'Counell praises most , and recommends to the notice of his countrymen as honest men , actually swindled him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) out of a sum of £ 750 . ( Hear , bear , hear . ) Ihe sum lost in this way and in consequence of those proceedings exceeds £ 3 , 000 . They can well afford to villify and slander him ; his money is in their pockets . He had suffered deeply , but he paid everybody . He
never did Mr . O'Connell an injury ; on the contrary , he had done him signal service , and he had acknowledged them even since January , 1833 , the date of Mr . O'ConneU ' a first attack upon him . But , the cause of his ire . now is , that hs refused to vote for him at the election of 1837 and at the election of 1841 , unless he would sign a pledge that ho would support no administration but one that would give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members for their time and services . This is the " Head and frout of Mr . O'Higgina' offending . " And now , when Mr . O'Cennell deems it expedient to recommend to the Repealers of Dublin a candidate in lieu of the late Mr . West , who is pledged to civil
war in preference to Repeal ; he does not scrupie at libelling him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) in the most atrocious terms for the purpose of destroying his character , lest he might have sufficient influence to give a formidable opposition to Mr . OConuell's nominee , Lord Morpeth . ( Hear , hear . ) This is the root of his present malicious slander . This is the real secret of his having pronounced the flagitious libel which you have heard read , and which shocked you alL As the laws of God seem to have no effect upon this pious gentleman who goes ' to communion once a fortnight , perhaps the laws of man may The report in the Homing and Weekly Register is calculated , and wa 8 intended , to blast and utterly destroy all his prospeeta . What , said Mr . O'Higgins , am I to be held up by a man ef such influence as Mr
O'Connell , as a person who is deluding the people for tne purpose of swearing away their lives ? There are thousands of my confiding countrymen who read the Register , and receive what > Ir . O'Connell says as gospel truth , who deem it a great service to their country to knoek the brains out of any man whom Mr . O'Connell would point eut as he has pointed me out . Bear in mind that Lord Morpeth , whom the Chartists of Yorkshire kicked out of their county for political treachery , ia now recommended to the Repealers of Dublin , and they will be called upon tomorrow to ratify tbe recommendation , in fact to pledge themselves to vote for this man who at a dinner in New York the other day said that ha would shout Orange Boven every where but in Ireland . Here are
his words . Lst him deny them if he dare . The dinner was given by Dutchmen . It was an annual dinner . " If" said Lord Morpeth , " we gave them a navigator , they ( the Dutchmen ) gave England a deliverer and a hero ; and although this is not perhaps an appropriate place to mention a king . I may be permitted here to acknowledge gratefully , the benefits we have received from William , tha Dutchman , and I am ready to shout Orange Boven every where but in Ireland . " Here is an Orange candidate for the Repealers of Dublin 1 Here is Lord aiorptth in his true colours , vouched and authenticated . by himself . Will you vote for him ? ( " No , no , never ; we'll oppose the Yorkshire outcast ; no , no . " ) Now , said Mr . O'Higgins , notwithstanding all the injury he bad suffered , at Mr . O'Connell ' s hands , ytt he would not only forgive him
heartily , but vote for him , and perhaps be the means of returning him for Dublin , as be had been upon two former occasions , provided that he would give up the Whigs , stand by the people once more , and give him a pledge , in writing , , that ho would support no administration but one that weuld give its pificial advocacy to "U aiversal Suffrage , Vote by BaUpJ ,, Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . ( Great cheering . ) The Repeal Question he would leave in Mb own Lands . ( Hear , hear . ) It is the mere circumstance of having required this pledge that . stings Mr . O'Connell to tfee very souL ( Hear , hear , and great cheers . ) No doubt of it ! He ia a Whig to tha back bone ;) Mr . Dyott said that he thought that the time was now fully come -when they should take measures for vindicating themselves against the repeated and calumnious
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attacks made opoD them by an individual whom he need not name . The paragraph jus £ * ead , which so malicious ^ and ^ so falsely ; « Shargedi their respected President with being a deTfidei , and all the old cant , guperadded to the dwring and most maligbantassettion that he administered secret oathg . ' Could Mr . O'Connell have seriously believed such a charge * Inip 088 ible ! and . what must bV thought , of * a fmari , swho not belieyii&y yet Jadvanced it ! dteHbeiratel& beJbre thosS wtib received every word' which fell from 4 his lips as gospel ? In order to jsneet _ lhis most audacious assertion he would move the suspension of the standing orders , that ; a ^ otnnuttee might be appointed to consider tne most effective meanfl of indignantly repelling the base and groundless imputation , and laying afresh before tfeeit fellow cUisens the objects and rules of their association . This denial should be presented for insertion to the liberal press of Carlow .
If theyjtefusato ; insert it , itwould than be seen of what kind their liberality -was , and they ( the association ) would pay a neutral dt Tory journal for a fair and full repudiation of the . absurb , the wicked and malicious aspersion . Of Mr . O ! Higgina he would only say that to adopt thevords of the paragraph , he Mr . Dv ^ 'knew" him and to "know" him well was to respect him thoroughly To that gentleman he should leave his own personal exculpation , it was In competent hands ,: but'the society to whom he ( Mr . D . ) belonged , should not b « malignod and he ait idle , and he felt the inBult more particularly grievouB having become m member of the Repeal Association when it was given . He . then moved the suspension of the standing order , and subsequently the appointment of a Committee for the purpose alluded to . —Mr . Dillon seconded the motion . —Mr . Freebaim gave notice of the admission of five members on next Sunday . Mr . Dyott was called to the chair , when thanks were voted to Mr . Clark , after which the meeting separated .
BARNARD CASTLE . —Mr . Maw , from Middlesbro ' , delivered an excellent address at this place , oil Wednesday evening , December 29 th , in Mrs . Barker ' s large room . , ' . ; ¦¦ ' . ;¦ . : ¦' .: ¦ ¦ . - . ' ,:. . ! -- \ ' : r '¦ ' .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct412/page/2/
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