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^ EEAESCS tfCOKNDB AT HULL . jit , O ^ nab * arrived , about twenty -mhitttes part j ^ , pjiU"wi ^ l » " » MJn ^ by a good ^ ninibet of Ms ^ e ^ K ^ : admirem ; Se » w ^ of Ihem aooompaided j ^ to Jiii Inn . A feTr ^ minntearftar eight 1 » entered w ^ preemoKai li Xodge , and *^ reerfred "wiUi neteal j ^ aa of OTtffirTHwBnapplaBae . :-j £ tl 7 e « t - » M OTsnimooily called to Uie chair , an * Bi dhefelt much iononred in being called bo to pre-^ on ths * octtdaa . na » € y- ^ re-li { HK > nrea by the Tjjesenceo ! the most 61 » fiijgnlBbjed patriot of the present aaflpedtopr ? tf «^« ffB- ^ Mr . O'Connor bad been =
-alvsys fonnd die gneompriffmtrtrtg and iuipuit&as&ble jnen gsf fliB-woriiiigmaii , » adftB enen ^ of Ms oppressor —ichteri ) . fit wifla ffl TwoOTMliim | Mr . "Wert ) t © ijaiia ihereiaerely _ to ^ wloglseiSIr ; r O ^ ConnartSjaracter snd talenU , as these ttfinga -were bow matters of history 32 » late triiTi woaai » pqinteato 5 M ft precedent , hy agesi j ^ Bnboou 53 ! hB faeSSffiM 3 at £ IMiliignr fcr ~ Ifira , anfl hs lad xpnmefl Them . Wiihoni fcnfiier xemsra Ijb TrooMintr o 3 oce to them that esteemed friend of the ¦ p oor t" ™ , Jfeargas tTCmmdr .-. fErengnaonBapplanse ^ ehiMted for some time ) . "Whenitlukdsiitadded
ilt 0 "C 0550 RT 08 ^ ana spoke the following efkcV __ jfc CbwT-nwTy and worklug men of Hull , It is Eiany years arnee I had thehqnour of seeing you ; bat I think 2 may tniiy say that , ioweTer long the time may have feeeDjioctiBngehas taken ptece , or is likely to take place , in my principles —( cheers ) . . Within that period they had seen many and important chaagej , such as natiiBr he nor they irere thea prepared to vntneas ; feat every « ns of these changes iad only had the effect ot increasing the devotion of the people to thB ^ Joarter —ihBsr , hear ] . In olden times , it ins only necessary lor the leaders of the people to throw np astzaw to tars the fide ol feeling ; but now the state of thing * is altered . AmasofiritelHgeaiceias beenais ^ iiired by the ¦ sra&Siig classes , and they have found , that it ia all bat It
ioeKSjx > au short ef the 5 ^ pleV Charter . "was -for thatieasoaJieJaadAuck to them through persecution snd prosecution , and vould continue to do so to the end —{ applaoK ) . It is impossible now , for any man . be lus talents or profeaaitmjr » iat $ » y Jnay , long lo deceira tim-people .: 'TRiia -WM ^ aaBge , «» d a great benefit . They { the working daises ) -were the greatest power in tba ^ tate- and , although Uiey could Dot point toibe statnte iwok , and point to laws of their framing , sod jaiy ibis is an evidence of onr power ; or to pile * of btaldingKj and say , « Befioia here onr power ; *» yet they eoold truly asylook TriSRB , and behold our power—{ applanse ) . Sincelie ( Mr . O'Connor ; bad last Been them , many of fhtft * i » tp -popular leaders lad desertel them ; but in return the ranks have been
al ^ y fiDednp by Jioae who have Jocied the standard . 2 io portion of the middle da « ses fitand in the aitoitiqii yon , the woikin ? classes , do ; and , as ihey have failed in making yen xnbserrient to BibSt desire , yon > are denounced TsjVbsm }» " Sbetioisofpbyidcalforee . " $ be caarfista haTB never lefused the aaastenceol { henrladie classes ; zmdihey denied the charge of Tiolence . HetMx . O'Connor } looked upon the conversion of a man from "WHgglam or Toryism to ( Sartismto be Mgreat a change as possible to be made in himj'snd yet this change wa ? xppxxvnt evtgj wiane around ihem . 3 &ey never » w a CSsarfist conrerted to a TrVljig or Tory , unless they saw him clothed in the blue coat ^ f the police , or get some dneenremtcation—( hesr ) . Sometimes they even saw a conrtltoency converted to Ghartism ; aa at Nottingham .
Mr . O'Connor next allpded to the Catholics and Protestants of Irelma , an ^ compared tbem with tie Chartists , . and Whig" , land Tories , of Tgnglawri . ThB ProlEHtants make a ~ great outcry about one poor -pfYPfij . Ti ^ n ^^ T \ QtithfilinjriSr ^ ng Hiemj batsaynotMng about the scares -who desert them for Catholicity . So with the Whiga and Tories ; ties boasted about one deseitifin from the iGhartist ^ MTitHj but * aid notiins abontthoiundredawhodweri themto join tie ranks of the CcarfcistB . Heueitspoke of the . had . Effectsef xmrestneted " macninery . Although in Hull they hud buttwoiaxand cotton sails , they had a large quantity of other kinds « f machinery . Sere Mr . O'Connor explained 'the difference between natural and artificial labour . Twentjr-jnaai ago they did not see strangers ,
as now , walking their streets «» ffi » 1 ^ ng employment withent being able toind it The landlord conridera hiBuelf better off-when he can get a coat for 16 s . by maiinery , than when it costs 40 a , by labour . labour is the source d all wealfe , and wealth , ia the source of aH power . Tieynerw saw any portion of machinery going into xoy ol the abops ± n Myton-gBte , to sdE for bacon , bread , at-ebeexe , at soy azticls of wearing apparel . ~ At | thfl-aiticia oT consumption nsed by machinary was -a little whale oil to esfc its joints agoing . Mt O'Connor next alluded to the different reception be met with in Leeds , the last two nights , to what he bad eight years , ago . * ThgTi f » a met ¦ with a cold receptJon irom the middlfi classes ; last n \ g >» t he canld Bcareely speak CtiigBwn enoush for them—( hear , hear ,
"bear , ) A great objection w&b nosed to -their name ; but ha would aubmit to the delicate ears of the ladies whether Cbartistilidnot sound as sweet as Whig or Tory , especially when we found Sis Tory ruled by force , the Whig by fraud , acd thB Charfisi wanted to jule by persuaaon . Thin lemhided ??'"» of the old man and bis donkey , who , 'when the donkey refused -to draw ihe esrli lield a bunch of carrots before him , and he immsdistely followed them : truly iilustrafing Cifi principle fiiat " penuaaion is better thsn force "—{ applause ) . - He { Mr . O'Connor ) " . was the bandls cf carrots , *™/* ' * r'i * wirlrig to persuade men of all Tanks snd pgnmyfrons to giro in their adherence to the principles ' $ S Cbxr&m . Se did not blame them tot not joining ' them ten years ago j they were then comfortably
situated and cad not given v »* mi > t ^ CT a considerationibear , hear ) . England was at that moment the greatest « aomaTy " in tie troiM . Sinee : 2 S 29 the greatest changes isTB been made . They bad nadCaiiiolJc Emancipation , Ifsgro Slavery Emancipation , the ErformEill , Municipal Beform , ie ., it ; " and instead ^> f these conferring benefits npbn the prodndng daasas , Qxy were setnaOy "WatHbTS ^*» f »^ idoifc iSaenlnery ^ iad paislized them , jmatateaaebile ^ frbni < utbftheiranontlii and poverty 2 zad foona t 2 ieia wittioat a " penny , ilr . O'Connor next iescrifed the eaose of the ailcre of the Seform Bill effectang to -accomplish whrt it promised , by taking tne power from the land fords and gning it to file machinelords . Before QiepsssiBg of ^ the " S&aaa BO 2 povsrry was not eonsiaaed fi crime , for a provision ( though
not so good as should be ) -was xoade for the r poor by the 43 rd -of Sizabettt JLfiertbe passing of tiat Kll , poverty had become a crime ; sod , instead of a provision for the poer they axe doomed to a bastae . Machinery cid not want them , either as producers or consumers , bnt its owners wantia "iree trade" with all the world . They wanted to put English labour in competition with itolabonrof the white £ lava « of all other eeniitriBs ; and , is Tetom , bring tha producers theiTbreakfafit , dinner , snd supper from abroad , charging as cost of transit , && , what they thsosed ; and they would > e enabled todoae ; becanse , there is no zeal power in the bands of Government ; and the Government have no control over the retail markets . As a proof Sit O'Connor cited Hie difiereuc&sxsiny day made in tttepiice of flonr snd bread , thongh there bad been no , or very litBe-dsange in the wholesale market . Suppose they gave these mEn power to haVe a " fieeiraae" m labonr ; fiiey could
charge the labourers what they liked foi what they gave them inTstum . They say their object is to give *• plenty to ^ o , cheap bread , and high wages . " There Tte / rer was greater nonsense ; because tieTery fact of the meaning oi " free trade , , is tcnnaeEsell ib « Joragn slaves in their own market He wanted to fix their attenfion to the Sismest twins , Hit Charier , and Vie Lattd . Hen Mr . O'Connor gave a lneid description of the capabilities of the land , and said everything they it and wore was fromtbe bind ; andnnless they were able to get placed "open it , he wonld not give them a snap of £ he £ B £ er for tbe Charter . The Charter is the sascna ; and , mK 1 A 3 D is IEE 33 O ) . Mi . O'Connor Hen shewed them how legislation at home conld not efifictwhat "freetraders" promise . When yonr ^ goods go toPmsEa , Germany , Txsnce , aJbuests , itiey can sxelude tbprn by eaiiOTbitant -f cmffiL T \\ n land at fu me is the only thing they cannot interfere with . Ur . O'Connor then detailed the evils of the law of
primogeniture , and tbe effect it bad in keeping tke land in a state of nncnl&vation ; showing the interests its supporters had in making the people kelieve the land could not produce enongb . for its xnbabitautBi wfcereas , nnder a proper state of icnltare , it wonld be aoiB to zoppoit at least sixty miUlons . He next described the emigration schemes of Ellis , ^ rey , ic . to fbfflnrht and Australia ; and compared the landlords sod eettoo-lozdi to the Kilkenny cats . Cobden and Ca , ha saM , ware seeking fop » "free tiaSe" ia ibe prodoee cf machinery . These "bright 4 arknesies -were Bidding high for adherents , and talking loudly of the benefits it would bring to their class ; but when he found there was a elass in society more valuable than &ey ^ that was the class he would confinne to fight
the lottlf * of , against . every oppcftitaon . Mr . trCpsnor next sxplahied bow tbe monopoly of the land injured the srsat bbay of the peopla Ihe landlords know that inonying ont their franchise , farms of ten acres wouldmake a man as dependent as five hnndred . They iound that land Vat not like conscience ; they conldnoislretcb . it And yetlandlards bold the land *» ttey m&jsnj years af a It has not been jubdividEa , iiUjOTgij flye generaBoasofpanpeniliave passed Pntrfft > HtFbce lho « T ) . They whomfe ns , say , " we ^ watnotmarry too early ? it is oat of all comae lot the labourer to think of marrying before he be a good age "; ^^^ g seem to-flank fSoA he onghl sot to mazry , — aklsa » t , taiiarbe jji ^ ty ^ iiw ^ rfer ) - - Whesea * tbey « taii aw if j ^ ^ caa 3 : 0 m . Sed , Jack , « Harry , *» fr 83 to jay hU addnaei at wenaieea to my lady
«« . Be ^ , 2 Tea ^ or BaHyr * " * a awiiet , amiable yosBgrnao he was ! Snppote , for instance , they were to adopt his Jeeommendation ^ ^ abont ^^ theJaad , ^ it weald - ^ BWl-thB ^ jahigljby Bto-or ^ ' ' « n «« a iammS \ t . - « ie xeaaon the laJtStotdl BKnlOdd tfcJ » « am WM ^ aakea hnaaieasiJflHonsbj ^ teonsje , ^ ^ ^ SBptesenta poniana paai ^ a .- 3 ir , <« Wioin ^ de « cnbBdtSfi 4 if-^ nee Iherew « in £ nglan « tho # yearsago , when theb aSjers were fte occupiers « f the spnj sad aaia U »«* nom that time to tbe pzesesk , TJji ^ " ~ Timm ^ r * aTt < * ^ Te " beea Bonfemslly loeing thMr * fcarae * er-cln the wnansnsi jaariet ; so a » t now we haye hard »« k to » d a panhaser . * He then stated that * writer !^ tt » signatare xS " Cotton TaUt" « ad " Mr , «^ Mr * ani "* o ^ Te 1 h « people 5 hs lands can f nyafi ^ be mare io olisis trhen ^ in Amerlea they to
^ k Ca 3 aaa , 3 ^ 3 ^ y fiw nuBa . " In i ^ ly ^» 5 *• ¦ *^> that in America flwre "was rf ^* deniaad-&r agrJealtaral Jabonr , and by ™» aeaas a « labbnrer knew what he vaa vo ^ h 3318 ^^^ r naanfjictBrer wa » oWsfed to go into
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the field and bid him a high priee for hi » laboor . He . tMt O'Connor ) did not wish to hinder any one from ^ gomg Into the adD- —{ hearj . lit the'lajwarers . beraceplaced on their four acre farms , and then the jnannfajrtnier TriD " 'go to him and-aay flWeTli ' you know whs * yon ^ can-make on the land , Iwlli ' give -job the same , or more , ^ ^ for lighter % orlC . MrifO'Con npr . ioi said the Tetirfng grooer did not llvetin the hooBehe was born 01 made bia money in , bat went to the land . The statesman after spending the beat of Ms days in . the bnsy banntat of life , betakes himself to -Qje land ; and the American operative leaves the mm , after he has spent a few years in businessto enable Mm to return i to end his "days in' comfort on -the land—qa-pplaise ) . Mr . O'Connor neart alloded to lord
Brongham . that political nondescript , who had begun 1 o talk of making " fbfltj of tennis" treason , and . threatened that it most be put down by the strong arm of the law . Pretty talk this from thB man ¦ who said that toe people must be thrown on their own rcoouToea , while he himself agreed ito accept a retiring pension of five thousand pounds ; which had been &ecP at fonr !—ibesr ) . . They all knew that sense was worth as much as it will bring hi the market ; snd nonsense "worth no more . Tbe nonsense of lord Brougham when ha talked " of tings being soiled in fee gutter for litHe boys to play at football with , " "was aplanded . "Were ha { Mr . O'Connor ) . 46 ^ speak such nonsense , they would think he might ba better employed . They were told they were not in a fit state
to £ njoy the franchise . He wonld admit they were not all Mathematicians , logicians , or Historians ; but ttey were in possession of what "was of much more -value , Hiey hod knouiUdffe and information . Here Mr . O'Connor allnded to the anomaly of England ) at the present time , when it contained moTe money and manufactures than ever it did ; and yet , at the same time wa 3 deeper steeped in poverty than ever had been blown before —( hear ) . If that was the case , which nene wonld 4 eny , why were they not to have a choice of remedying the evils-which created sueh an unequal distribution ? Oar enemies declare onr views " would lead to revolution , anarchy , an equal distebution of property , and general confusion . '' No suchTthing . They | would brine saeh a change , that tne production would be
inereasHl an hundred fold ; aad is : there no man in society who would not be benefitted by that ? This nnegual diatxibntion has made the Government so poor that tbey b&ve been obliged to tax the Queen upon tne throne 1 When they cannot live by the customs and excise ; that moment they are obliged to tax the accumulated capital to make np the deficiency . Mr . O'Connor allnded to fbe small value of capita ? in comparison to " what It had been twenty years ago ; and said , let them look north , south , east , or west , and every where ' around them , and they would see every where disaffection . In Scotland , the squabble in tbe church ; in Wales , the tampike-gates , sad their nocturnal destroyers ; ia England , bre&king-np among the Bishops and clergy ; and in Ireland , fte Repeal ! Mi . O'Connor then
alluded to the altered state of society . The , trader was ashamed to live in the house he had made his feitune in ; tbe Qneen was not satisfied with the mansion sf her father ; the manufacturer most ! be elevated to a princely mansion ; while the poor Tnnn ^ ttTifa is obliged to go into the cellar . Their labour was the battle field for all who lived withont workj only foi that tbey would have to be like Ifebuchadneznr , to feast upon the grass spontaneously growing on the 1 nW > . He next slladed to the difference between himself and Cobden . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) never charged any one of them a farthing for his services , while Cob * den never travelled a mile , ate a meal , or slept on a bed in bis agitating tours , bnt what was paid for out of tbe anti-Corn law league Pond—( hearj hear ) .
Mr . O'Connor next described Mr . Gobden * s manufacture of decayed shopkeepers into Herefordshire farmers , much to the amusement of his audience . Cobden at thrt instant , while he was declaring for then- frights , was taking advantage of their poverty , paying about eight shillings a-piece for goods woven in Paisley ; and after expenfii-g abont four shillings more upon them at bis print works in Lancashire , be then sold them for twenty-eight shillings « ach , netting a profit of 16 s . on each piece of goods sold . { Hear , and cries of Shame . ") Don ' t say " shame" till yon bear tbe diam * . j While Cobden was thus filling his own coffers at this enormous rate , be had reduced his workmen ' * wages five-pence in every seventeen-pence they earned I { Shune . } There * the man who thanked God "be " was not born a
<^ thoUc" let them cry " shame" aow if they liked . Mr . O-Cosnor next passed 3 * 1 high eulogium on " the immortal Pather Matbew , " who has brought the people of his unhappy country from a state of beastial inebriety to one of soberness and thought Yes , the ^ Irish were turning their attention to tha land . What was «* fixity of tenure" but tbe land ? He next stated the rigbt of the people of Ireland to tbe Repeal ; asd described the struggles he had had twenty years ago with the * ' Whiteboya , " in order to effect it " Suppose ^ ' said he , " Prance was to rnle England , &s England rales Ireland , would not the English cry out against it , and against a Parliament legislating for them in Paris T ' [ " Yes . *) A Parliament sitting in Xondoa ia a »; repognant to Irish feeling aa Prench dominion would be to
the English . Tbe English have a country . The Irish have not a country . The Repeal of ihe Union { would fail iu its object without tbe extension of the suffrage , or , in ether words , the Charter . He would enfran chise the Catholic man , instead of ( ss at present ) the Protestant land . Repeal of the Union 18 a principle ; snd at is tbe interest of the people of England' to go -irith them to establish that great principle . What was the reason the Prench , with a population of \ above forty millions , were satisfied with a constituency of two hundred and eighty thousand ? while tbe English were sot satisfied with one of three times the nurn oer . The French had more practical liberty than the English have . They have no laws of primogeniture j and the dtizsn , as National Guardsman , wzs allowed to be in possession
of arms to defend bis liberty . He had gone over Jarge ^ irtTnyn * in that country , of three or foot thousand acre * , mare than . h * if of which , belonged to the peasantry , the happy position of whom he beautifully described . He next alluded to the cry of the middle classes not joining them , because Feargns O'Connor has been so "physicalforcy . " ( laughter . ) Tbey cant do w | th the Charter name ; bnt say , they wDl go for tho principles . Ibey make ns iVke Vwo sects ol leliglon , with only a shade between them ; bat ever having tbe greatest animosities towards each other—( hear ) . Why did he come among them then ? He was a tsrrister and baa property of hiB own , and bad every thing that conld be wished for . He came because he saw they were worthy of all , tor not being led astray by facfion . In alluding
to the late Conference , be said if it had consisted of 501 members , snd 500 bad voted for another name , he would have stiH stuck to the old ener and have gone on tbe same as now— ( applause ) . He had sufL-red bo much for it-that he had become , as it were , wedded ; to it Hislamlly had lort above twenty thousand a-year : for it Ho next went into the nature of the prosecutions against him for tbe last ten yeaiB . and described the batUts he had had tX Slanebester , Birmingham , aud Nottingham ; and if he had not been what he professed , would * treatmeat snch as that have made him so ?—( applanse )'; Sappose a chiid is naughty , you flog it till you impress the mind . Whig and Tory had so flogged him . so impressed the Charter npon his mind , that the devil himself could not Jget it * nt— ( tremendous applause ) . He
next alluded to his action against tne Times , which wonld be tritd at Croyden that day , -where he aad given them an opportunity of proving their slanders against him—ib . &ar ) . He wonld pot hia life in comparison with aay bishop « piraon in tbe world . If be were a drunkard , gambler , &c , it would soon be brought asjainst him . What did they think of the notion bt the ok physics ! force men of 1839 , toalpg down among them in 1843 , to preach ""moral force" and cottpTete suffrage ? Keesom , the then friend of the Anti-Corn Iaw le&gce men , saying last night , in that room , ' " he who opposed tbe repeal of the corn laws , was a knave or a fool , and he who opposed the league -was a tyrant and a despot . " ( A cry by Neesom of ¦ false- * } Mr O'Connor thought his friend Neesom would have ; been
as well received at leeds preaching physical force , and be ( O'Connor ) at Hull advocating moral force . " jThey * nly -s-anted Organization to secure Qielr position ; and this be expected thsy would accomplish shortly : after * he filth of next month . They only wanted QrgftnilUtion to get the Charter , and then they wonld destroy all the evils in the constitution . Although tbey were not meeting as tbey nsed to do , they were thinking among themselves , and silently but surely extending ( their -principles . They only wanted twenty members in the . House of Commons to sit -with tbe speaker and rise with the house , to obstruct all public : business ;! and he hoped at the next general election they would get them . He reminded them of the saying of leech , who had often told tkem the Charter would never come to them—( hear ) . If a naughty child wanted ia bit of bread and butter , and says " come mother give tte some bread md butler" tbe mother would tell it tb ask
in a proper manner . If they were to go to Peel aad say , - " Come Peel giw m Oe Charier ; ' be would say they must ask as they ought before they could have it —( hear and laughter ) . It was now more than fight years siseehe told them a truth . He told them he would sen them . He sow told them tbe same , snd the price was tbe < a » rter—{ applause ) . He would pat them rip by auction ; Bussell would bid for the Whigs j- Pee for the Tories , and be would knock them down wb en they came to the Charter—( applause ) . Peel said he -would throw himself npon the people for support , if be could not carry bis measures . 33 » only pay be |? Mx . O'Connor ) wanted was to see them all bappy and C omfortable in their homes , their wives well clad , asdtheir children ruddy and healthy , cheerfully playing arbnnd them . He could then g « in peace to bis grave , anfl say with the noble Pernviaa , " Thank God , this , this is mj work . * —( tremendous applause which lasted far iome
tone ) . j - Mr . Njsesom ascended the platform amid groans and hisses , and after tbey bad in part subsided , be said he was an individual at all times prepared to give an account of his stewardship—tOhl ) rfite . O'Connoi was the champion of Coartlsm , and hetlfeesom ] begged to set him right reipecting a statement he had made the other night He did sot say he who opposed the Bepealof the Com laws , was a knave : or- a fool , faHd he who opposed ae league was a tyrant and a despot —{•• yon did , yon did" ) . Here , Mr . STeesom made an attack on ihe SUcr and its reporters , snd hoped ; tie reparter would 4 o him jnstiee . He jNeeaom ) stated the Corn Laws to be a monopoly , and that man who opposed a monopoly was a knave or a fool— ( laughter ) . Tn « answer to the other charge was : —He had taken no * cfive part with tbe Anfl-Coa law league , who were
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enaeavooring to remove a monopoly , and he said tbat sum wv . fityrant who would oppose them in trying to do fto—tretfewed ' iMgbier ^ :-Mr . O'Connor tad stated thatChia friend Neeaom , ai te ^ rpleased ' t ? .: teM iiiiji- ' Xan ^ dj ^ cmOaiioti ^ jwbJ % jr ^^ edjttfoolh th ^ ineet-Ing , wVcciuld not near the condnBlon of the sentence ] Se A ^^ f ^ ire 1 ifm a ^ . w ^ tr ^ . ^^ -i ^^^ He aBonid . 66 a ^ hypocrite . ;| JP . he we * to call himself Mr . O'Connor ' s friend ; tat ha knew ae wa no such thing / iMr . ^ Vest andVlundy bothtried to get Mr . Neesoin a hearing , ; which they partly accomplished ) . As to ' Hr . b'Connor ' a talk of btAag ai JLaeds , asa phyaicalforce chartist ! and ne ( Neesom ) here ae a moral-force Cb ^ st- ^( laugnter ) i-he ywM allow Mr . O * a to etate to them that he had been a phyBical-force Chartist He
had had certain ideas of physical force * but they have passed out of his mind , and he new declared that the people are neither physically nor morally prepared for a change—( dlsappTobatiob ) . He had great attention paid him by » gentleman on his right , without his coat ~( thfa wa » Mr . LunSy , -who was endeavouring to stop the clamour of those ' around him ) . He was no finality man . No people had a right to make laws this year which shonld be bineUng for ever . Mr , O'Connor denies thaVever be was a professor of phyaical force ; and the only difference there is between na is , he denies that he ever profess 9 d it , while I acknowledge it Did he not call it physical force when he recommended the people to gain their itighto by every means in their power?—( laughter ) SHe would ask Mt . O'Connor if he
ever knew an instance of a national leader deserting his iriends in tne hour of danger and turning hia back on them ? Did he « T « r at "Bristol say he would have the Charter before forty xlays passed or tibe { soldiers should pass ^ ver 10 s 4 ead body ? ( "No . " ; How do you know ? I have only got to say , that I am prepared to prove he did . He has denonnced every man who was a leader that did not suit him , till be has no more to denounce —( disapprobation . ) ( Mr . West bad again to endeavour to persuade the people to hear him out Mr . Bichardson , &oxn the body of the ball , said they were only showing Chartist freedom ; in answer to which Mr . West said , fee hoped that gentlemen would endeavour
to show a little Complete Suffrage good manners . ) I beg to state that I was never heard either to pray or cry in prison , but prepared to bide my time ! I did not cringe and cry to : get out of prison before my time i ( Regular confusion ) . ] . ( Mr . lundy " again begged of them to hear him out , it would be such a beautiful speech !) Mr . Neeaom was new very much out of temper , and began to > abuse Mr . O'Connor witb nothing but personalities , Stalling him a coward , ic Tbe disapprobation was so great that scarcely a word could be heard , and the Chairman tom to order , and wished Mr . Neeaom to go on without indulging in personalities , but he still proceeded with them till the audience would no longer / tolerate him .
The REPOiXEKrose cod said , Mr . Chairman , Ladies , and Gentlemen , after tho insinuations that have been cast by Mr . Neesom -upon the Norther * Star , and the generality of ito reports , I hope yon will all endeavour to see the Siar next week , and judge for yourselves whether this meeting is reported onesided or not ; us it -will ever be my duty , whether employed by Mr > O'Connor 01 any one else , to state nothing but facts as they appear before me—( hear ) . Mr . O'Connob . roae saluted by vollies of cheers . He said bis authority about last night's meeting was Mr . West ; and that Mr . Neesom had confirmed hia words . Ha -would ask Mr . Neeaom if he knew anything of a resolution passed in 1841 , to oppose the league ! He ornnt J « nn imeiaivw a . a > a *«« LV . 4 . _ - * — . * # ts ¦• * 4 would the mighty charge of " ad
sow answer - vising tbe people ; to use all means in their power to gain the Charter . " The reason Why he bad not recommended physical force was , he knew it was oat of thels power to be successful . To the charge that he had said he would have the Charter in such a time , or Utejoldiers should walk over , his dead body , his answer was that he said at Birmingham to Attwood , ' Hunts , Douglas , the CobbettB , fee . " If you continue with us , we will have the Charter before Michaelmas day . Bnt these parties ran away ; tiie Government then broke Into their ranks ; andtho getting of the Charter was at that time defeated . It was too mucb , however , to taunt him with the failure , and charge him with the defection asd cowardice of
others ! Had he ran away ? Up , he stayed ; and he got his share of the Gbvernment Chartist pay in a sentence of eighteen months solitary confinement ia York Cast ' e ! But Mr . Neesoiu sayo , " I cringed , and cried , and crept ont of jail before my time . " If I could have passed through the key-bole I would—( laughter )—but I never begged to be | let out before my sentence transpired . It was in consequence of the Dootor-8 certificate that my life was in danger that I was released . As to him ( O'Connor ) being a coward , he wonld let Nottingham , Manchester , and Birmingham answer . Was he a coward when be had bayonets stuok in his body in his endeavours to return Repeal Members in Ireland ? He had worked at thirteen contested elections , and never received a farthing , even as a legal fee , though he was entitled to it—( cheers ) .
Mi . w . Q . Subks , from the body of tho Hall , stated , that be -wished to aak Mr . O'Connor two questions . The Chairman invited him to the platform . ( While he was ascending it , he was greeted by cries of " Moscow , " " Dundee thief , " *• Traitor , " shouts , groans , and other marks of disapprobation . ) When they had partly subsided , he asked Mr . O'Connar if be had ever applied to him , personally , by delegate , or letter , for the loan of £ 40 , as had been repeatedly stated ? Mr . O'CONNOR replied that Mr . Barns' daughter , a young and unmarried woman , wrote to him ia Mr . Burns ' s name ; and , when be declined the request , be was exhibited in the Leeds Times , by Mr . Burns , either the following week , ot the week after that , aa the " Caged Lion . " Mr . Burns said he < believed the Chairman had a
relation that was transported -, but had he ( the Chairman ; anything to do with that ? He ( Mr . Burns ) was not then at home wii ^ tv that letter was written , and Ttact n » l teen there since . He was qalte irresponsible far what bis daughter might take into her head to do . { The next question be -woald &sk Mr . O'Connor was , as he denounced the use of machinery , \ why was it he used a steam engine in taking eft' the impressions of tbe northern Star ? Mr . O'Connob— -So long as its circulation was limited , we toofe tbiia off by hand , and did not use machinery till it was impossible to supply the demand by vtnnyfl labour . Mr . Burns—Do you . mean to affirm that the demand cannot be supplied by manual labour at present ? Mr . O'ConnOB—I do mean to affirm that we can't do it now . Mr . Burns retired to the body of the Hall , saluted on every aide by disapprobation .
Mr . West rose and said , be was glad this gentleman ' s fuestions bad been so readily answered by Mr . O'Connor , and particularly as it bad generally been said , " O'Connor durst not make his appearance in Hull during Mr . Burnt s day" ! I He introduced Mr . Smith , trho proposed the following resolution , "That we , the inhabitants of Hull , take tbia opportunity of the visit of Feargua . O'Connor , Esq . to tender him our grateful acknowledgments for hia almost superhuman and untiriag exertions in behalf of the impoverished and oppre&ked working classes of this country :
and , as we have long watched hia every action , and ever fcund him the unpurchaseable friend of the suffering poor , we feel it onr bounden duty to declare our unabated confidence in his patriotism , his wiadem , and his"discretion , as the leader of the great movement fur national regeneration ., . Nor can we allow this opportunity to pass without expressing onr special gratulations for the glorious victory achievad in the late trials oveT Whig and Tory tyranny and persecution ; by the frustration of the ; plots and schemes of the well * known enemies of the people . "
Mr . itJKDT , in rising to second the above resolution , felt himself highly honoured at the opportunity of listening to Mr . O'Connor that night . He considered the personalities of Mr . Neesom were quite unbecoming a man . If Mr . HeeEom would attend that room on Monday ntxt , he would prove Mr . Neesom to be a traitor and a coward , or ho would never attempt to prove anything again . ; ( Here Mr . Richardson caused on interruption ) . Mr . lundy , in continuation , said they were to let him have hia own way , and to mind and don't bite ihtir teeth ; for if tbey did , he expected to get a job to put fresn ones in—( laughter ) . Mr . O'Connor bad Bteod by them through trouble and
distress , persecution and prosecution ; he bad spent a fortune in advocating their cause . He ( Mr . Lundy ) did not think there was any one present who would not agree with tbe resolution , and give him- their thanka for his able lecture . The collection that night had been a large one ; bnt Mr . O'Connor received none of it ; it went to pay for the rent of that room and other expenses they had to contend with—{ bear ; . They did not like to make a charge , but were at times obliged to resort to it—( question ) . He hoped tbey would excuse him for rather diverging from the question ; but he wished to let their enemies as well as friends know how they spent their money . He cordially seconded the . resolution .
The Chairman pnt the resolution which was carried without a dissem went . % ¦ Mz . OConkob returned them bis thanks , and proposed a vote of thanks to their chairman , whom he bad ever known as the successful opponent ot both Whig and Tory . J Mr . Smith seconded it , and it was passed with aoclamation . ] Mz . WEST , in responding ,, said the best thanks tbey could tender him wonld be to register themselves members of the National Charter Association . Threecheers were then given for O'Connor—ifcree for the Charter— 'three for Repeal of ttie Union—three for the victims , and three for the Chairman .
Mr . O'Connor , before he left the room , said that one whom they had hitherto registered among the victims was no more . Poor Williams , the companion of Frost and Jones , had been hung in Van Diemanft land , for killing an old man . ' Tola announcement caused many to go away with a heavyfhearfc
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THE P 0 UH 0 AL TICt ) m FUNR ? 0 , IH * CHAimsts OF 4 * EiT BftlTAlN . ^^^^ SM ^^^^ mm s ^ parfcsssi 7 ** S £ r ??? * ?* «*«***< » awaits me ol having ^ gtt ^ S ^ S . ^ S ^^ i ^ it S « £ 35 £% P — / Voatetenca . according to the best dictate of my judgment I do IndeedibelieTe that if ^^^ iSZ ^ f * *** *
man , and this the present Editor of the Star has had w fi l « X 3 V * WWM * nwW friends : they ^ j ^ T l » ad w-vic tims itoo ) ia the glorious struggle , of ? 8 ome years back , for a free press the ' unstamped- stamped them friends . Mr " Hobson ^ S ^ % ^>? W * » - - * ai ««^ acquit me of any -even ttesl ^ htest-. aesire to be pWnaiiy ofansive ; SSfJ ^ S ** , ^ ^ d ^ deW somewhat mow SSSJT ^ ? . It flM ! fc ******* ««¦ « w » tt »™ probable that "this most perplexing and annoying Sttf * " * * . toTO be 9 n " ^ gethw r avoided . I do think Uiat , previous to his having pribiiclyproposed the appointment ! of the Manche 8 t « r eommlttee—the only point at which we ate really at issue—he ought ( I say it with all deference and respect ) to have addressed some such communication to me as this •—
"Friend , Cleave , —Urgent and affecting appeals have _ been just received at the Stor-office , on behalf of the Political ! Victims . You ate U » t * east » e * pf the fund . Do , therefore , communicate to me > per return of post , what amount of fund you have in hand , and how you propose to disburse it Something must be done , and that quickly . " If I had even delayed replying to such a communication as -this ,, the editor of the Star would have been perfectly justified—nay , he Would have performed a duty—in censuring me , and proposing eomo plan by which yon would have got rid of such a wrong-headed , indolent , and unfeeling fellow of a treasurer as I should have { proved myself . Bull , as you know , no such common act of courtesy was exercised towards me ; and hence the consequent misunderstanding .
As regards the point upon which we differ , I reiterate again and again that I am anxiona to co-operate not alone with the Manchester , but with every other Local Committee . ] I repeat , too , that the people of every district should immediately elect a committee ; seek out the victims in their own locality , and then forward me ( as the legitimately appointed treasurer ) the names 1 of those victims—the number , ages , and circumstances of each family , and such suggestions | aa to the amount » f relief necessary for each ease as such local Committees would —from their residence on the spot , and personal acquaintance wtth the reBpectvv * claimants—ba best
qualified to supply . If this plan w 0 re generally adopted the Victim food would ba more satisfactorily disbursed tbanif left exclusively to ^ ith er a Committee at Manchester or to a Treasurer in London . But I must repeat something more , and that ia that ] I conceive a General Committee should be appointed in the same manner that I was appointed the General Treasurer—viz * by a National Conference , and not liyany local body whatever . Yes , says the Editor of t&e Star , but the Manchester Coxtimittm ia merely proposed as a pro ten . Committee , j Well , then , I do not perceive the necessity , « nd deny its existence altogether , for any such pro Um , Committee—especially as we are so speedily to have a Conference . To this the Editor rejoins that : —
"The manner in which our proposal for tbe establishment of this Committee pro 1 dm . baa been received by the codKTry ai large , makes it * for all purposes , as good as if appointed by the CON perknce itself 1 Nearly every Chartist locality have voted their ac < yilesceuce with it ; not We baa voted against it . Tbe present and last week ' s Northern Star affords as good an expression of Chartist National opinion on the point , as it is possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly loos : upon the appointment of that Committee ( Manchester ); and the fiuties assigned to it , to be as NATIONAL AS IT can be f—NorUiern Star , Avia , 15 tb , 1843 . i Well , then , my friends , I have searched the two numbers of the Star to which the Editor so triumphantly refers me , and will now just direct your attention to the result of my search : — . EXPRESSIONS of tho ' NAXIONAL-AS-CAN-BS" OPINION reported in the Northern Star , July 29 .
1 . Sheffield Counoil—say twelve members . —vote approving of the Editor ' s suggestion to transfer Victim Fond to Manchester . 2 . Huddersfleld Counoil—say twelve members—same vote [ . ¦ ' \ 3 . Golden JLane locality Meeting—ray thirty ptesntresolution inj favour of " General Victim Fund , " unaccompanied 1 by any opinion as to election of Committee . I " Nationali Opinion ** reported In the Northern Star , August 5 th :-j-4 . Brighton meeting of " Cap of'liberty- " section of Cbartlstg . Probably not more than thirty present . Vote approving of Editor ' s suggestion . 5 . Halifax ^ Delegate meeting . Eight present Same vote . 6 . GarU&ta j Gwm « H . Say twelve present . Voted * collection tor '^ fietim Faad .
7 . London Delegate Meeting . Say twenty-five present Unanimous vote " approving of a LOCAL Committee at Manchester , nnd also fn all other districts where Cbartist victims may bare resided ; such local Committees to act conjointly ! with Mr . Cleave , the Treasurer appointed by the Birmingham Conference , transmitting to him the names end circumstances of the parties applying , and their opinion as to the omonW ? of relief required , " &c . 4 o . { ; £ ?• Had all tho meetings above-mentioued asseuxoied together as one meeting , there would have been less than 130 j persons present . Of these about sixtytwo , less than half , constituted the " national-as-osn-ba " appointment { of the Manchester Committee . Tbe London delegates unaniiaoualy passed a resolution adverse to the i plan , and the remainder expressed no opinion other than a mere hope that tbe people would uphold the Fdnd I
Thereupon " tbe Committee ot Management for the Carpenters' Hall locality'' appoint suoh " national-ascan-be" pro tern . Committee . There was not oven a publio meeting , but a Committee iiasemble on Sunday evening , and ^ Ject a Committee ttom n Committee / Is this 8 U . cn a national expression of opinion as I should be called on to obey 1 Is it in reason such as ought to set aside my appointment by the Conference ? I leave you , imy Friends , to determine . I will not hazard even a remark upon this point , Ieet it should be said that it proceeds from some of that " hot blood " of which tbe Editor speaks , but which certainly does not flaw in my veins . .
The Editor BBfes in , last Saturday ' s Star "What is to be done ? Are each party to btwd staring at each other , and there the matter end ? ' ? To this I answer that ^ he vic t ims are tbe o g " party ? ' at which / have been " staring "—to their benefit alone should I look placed as I am . The Secretary of the Manchester Com * mittee says the same . " Applications , " writes be to tne Editor , "have been made , and each case is being Investlgated . " I rejoice at this assurance , because it shows that both parties are much better employed than in staring at each other . " I hope that other parties in other districts will apply themselves to their woik in the same manner . Hoyle and Williams will then have shamed you—the Chartist body—into doing your too-long deferred duty to tbe victims . I have no means of ascertaining , as I abould have ,: what information
tbe Manchester friends have collected ; but 1 will tell you what I have been enabled to collect ! I must first remind you that last week I received an application from Williams and Hoyle , on behalf of the seventyfive victims in jKirkdele gaol . I must refer you to No . 231 , of the Chartist Circular , for a correct copy of my reply to that application , it having been incorrectly printed in last [ Saturday ' s Star ; the centre paragraph ef my letter having been transferred to the end , and a form of return ( which I requested Williams and Hoyle to fill up ) having been omitted . The' Editor certainly gave an abridged statement of the forms in question , bat Idesbed that the form itself should : be published as 1 sent it , conceiving that it might be advantageously adopted by such local committees as are or may be established . j ' Here is William ' s and Hoyle ' s reply to my inquiries :
; Kirkdafe Gaol , August 11 , 1845 . Esteemed Sir—Your letter of the 7 th instant we have received , ' and agreeably to your instructions , we have prepared two reports , from which you wilt be able to form a particular idea of the cases of the men therein named . In report No . 1 , there appears only one CHAHTIST , and in No . 2 , eleven Cbartists . No doubt this wilt appear a very small number ; but there were amongst those ! who were sentenced to six months imprisonment , land who pleaded guilty , a very large number ; andamongst those who will have to remain in prison after the persons named in the reports will have been liberated , there will be six . Notwithstanding there are j 80 few who can be mid to have belonged directly to the Chartist body , we can state that the wAofe of them are Cbartlsta in principle ,
and ac heart We therefore sincerely trust , that there will be no distinction made . You and our friends generally -will reflect that the whole are suffering the cruel and unjust lash of the law ; and as they are a section of the unjustly persecuted millions , we trust that tbe policy * an well as the justice of making no distinction will at once be apparent Iff the cause of the people is to progress , there is nothing in the world can give it a greater impetus than toiteke by the band all who have been an justly immured ; within the dungeons ; ' for it most be quit « clear , that If such men are made object * of public sympathy , it will at once induce them to join that cause in which yon and we have so deep an interest There are many appaling cases that might be selected from the reports , especially that of poor Kearnan , who has died here , and
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whose wife died from the murderous blow of a Policeman , previous to jhis ferial , and whose son is now suffering in this gaoL It is the wish of the Chartists here , that no aUrttootton shonld bemade . They are even willing to saorifice what might otherwise bo given t » tt « m rather than that thereat of their suffering fellow prisoners should not receive Bome relief . We need not inform yon ] that these poor men will have to face a dreary winter , and with , debilitated bodies be destitute of employment ; but we feel oonvinced that the benevolence of your heart will at once prompt you to make the most indefatigable exertions for the welfare of all , and Jtherefore we leave the mattor in your bands , confident that you will enter into our faeling 8 , and cause , if possible , that to be done for as , which yon would pray for { were yen in th > situatien of tbe prisoners , on whose behalf we have writtea this letter . Your reply , whek convenient , will greatly oblige your-very humble and most obedient servants , 1 Isaac Hotlb , James Williams .
To Mr . John Cleave . The two returns which accompanied the ab ^ ve letter are highly creditable to the ( industry and intelligence of our friends Williams and Hoyle . I have written to the parties to whom reference la made in these returns as knowing the prisoners enumerated in them I hope I shall be enabled next week to submit to you the result of the inquiries thus instituted , together with a copy of the returns mads by Williams and Hoyle , and the decision In each case . i I await with anxiety the appearance of this week ' s Slat ; trusting that it will contain some satisfactory , and really " Nationai-aE-can . be" answer to tbe question addressed to you in my previous letter— " Whether other than Chartists ore entitled to relief from a Chartist
Political Victim Fund" ? You will observe tha generous and affecting offer of the poor Chartist victims in Kirkdale ( as communicated by Hoyle and Williams ) , rather to relinquish any claim they may have upon tbe fund , than that their fellow-prisoners should go unreliaved . But , however greatly we may admire this admirable trait of generosity , we must yet remember that the question with us is- —not what we might wish to do , bat what we should and ; can do . In conclusion , permit me to express a most fervent hope that the misunderstanding as to the appointment of the " Manchester Committee" will not—as the Editor of the Star fears—¦ - " eventuate in hot blood , " but that it will only give rise to a noble rivalry , in at once seeking ont aad relieving the victims in oar great
cause . I am , your friend and fellow Chartist , John Cleave . London , August 15 th . [ On tbia we have bat a few words to say : and that is to reiterate tbe disavowal that in suggesting the appointment of a Committee at Manchester , we had any intention of " getting rid" of Mr . Cleave , as treasurer . In making thai suggestion , as we have before explained we but proposed to bring into existence the machinery mat had oeen employed before for a precisely similar object . That machinery worked well then . We fancied it would do so now . j The error , however , or , misunderstanding , has all arisen from the non-observance " of a common act of courtsey" on our part We are sorry for It We feared wounded feeling was at the bottom .
Great parade is made of the " probable" numbers attending the meetings , at ] which positive expressions of opinion were given in favour of the proposal we made . Now , this " setting-forth" is more ingenious than fair . It may do to say , that o Delegate Meeting only counts eight , or twelve ; and thus sink all the electors in the persona of ttie represented . On tbia rn \ e the very body that elected Mr > Cleave Treasurer , was only " a meeting of some ! 130 persons ''! Therefore , on his own showing , ( if it be good for anything ) the appointment of the Manchester Committee is as good as his own ! | But U not this , as we before pnt It , mere child ' s play ? Is it becoming of us to have a quarrel as to who ehall give the funds to the distressed . There is very little to give . Thai is the cause forj regret ; not who shall be the distributor .
It will be seen that Mr . Cleave has not explained why he did not object to the appointment of the Committee , witb its proposed functions ^ in the first instance . There was time enough to have have done so , without letting it be appointed first , and then objecting . It might have been more courteous for us to have written to Mr . Cleave in the way he suggests ; b ' nt the letters of Hoyle and Williams were intended for the publio ; and oar observations on them were for the publio also ; and-were made publicly , and withont reference to any Individual or party whatever , other than ] those named In the documents on which we commented .
It is time that this " pretty dispute" was ended . Once for all , then , we disclaim all , any , the least , intention to offend , or slight , or pass over , or " get rid of any man or body of men , in connection with this business . All wa purposed ; all we aimed at ; was to call public attention to the grievous wrong we were committing In snff-ring the wives and children of ChartrsT Victimsto starve to death ! jand we wanted to set agoing some machinery or other to get them relieved . This was all we intended ; and we feel that we had a right to expect co-operation and laid , rather than difficulty , in the quarter where the latter has manifested itself . ]
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In examining the various remedies that have hitherto been proposed to remove what has been found oppressive * I must first call your attention to the present position of the British Government . As I stated in ona of my early letters , it 1 « most highly advantageous that we have what it considered a strong Cotja « rvati 78 Government . ¦" ; and every friend 6 £ isrder must rejoice that suoh men as the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel are entrusted with the task of calmly watching passing events , and adopting such measures as shall be rendered necessary by the drcumatancsa that are to arise .
It is to be hoped , that no one wiUanneces , sorily prers upon th . ese individuals ; for , however painful the position of tba masB may be , theirs is equally so -, aad I have it on no common authority , that a niorQ unhappy man does not at present exist in &e tbzes kingdom tbau Sir Robert Peel , aa he has come to the cunviotion that fiye out of six of his party aetest him , ana express it , and the sixth only profess friendship from the hope of remuneration . We cannot have a better view of their sfcri * of mind than wasgivea in their respective places iu P-rUament daring tbe past week . On Tuesday night it > . the House of Lords , the Doke of Wellington , as reported by the Times , says , "I feel confident that all that could be done has been done in order to enable the Government
to preserve , the peace of the country , and to meet all misfortunes and consequenoBs which , may r-. anlt from the > violence oJ the passions of those men woo unfortunately guide the maitUude in inland . My Lords , I do not dispute the dangers resulting from organization in that country , I have stated it publicly on more than one occasion . I do not deny It—it is notorious , it is avowed , it is published in every paper all eye ? the world . I do not deny the assistance received from foreigners , who are anxious to h » ve an vpportanlty of deteriorating the great prosperity of this country . I don't deny all this ; but still I say . I feel confident that the measures adopted by tha Govern
ment have been such that they will be enabled to resist all , and ultimately to preserve the peace of the country . ' This was spoken by the Duke with regard to tbe affairs of Ireland ; and every good man , even the most ardent of Repealers must rejoice to he « it . Whibt confessing his own Inability and that of his cssociates to give relief , or rather jus ^ ce , to Ireland , he v « ry wisely limits all his endeavours to the pressuring Of order ; permitting tbe Irish people , calmly , firmiy , anil temperately to examine every bearing of this most intricate question , and to obtain such an amount of practical experience as shall direct them to the true path for their redemption and consequent salaatlon .
Sir Robert Peel , on Wednesday evening , also fpeaking of Ireland , when replying to some strong observations or Mr . D'lsraeli , who has hitherto , aeto'l mtirely with him ; remarked , the Bight Honourable gentleman ssys , he is surprised at the apparent ' apathy ^ and calm composure with which I view the present staw of taints in that country . I assure the Bight Honourable Gentleman I view that state of things wUh no other feelings than those of deep anxiety and pain . I know tbafe I have done all I could . ' These are I believe admissions made in all truthfulness and msst painfully made by the reapective individuala- The " fcsro of a hundred fights '' has already found in on 8 v * ry iiuperfeot moral organizntion of & . section of the people , a poarer for greater tbaa Napoleon conld ever bring against him ; and as to poor Sir Robert , the reading of His apeeih must disarm his most powerful opponent if he can bus give himself time to reflect npoa the ment&l change tbat must have taken place in him since the day that be accepted the reins of Government .
The Duke however , and Sir Robert , as well aa the other members Of the Cabinet , in common with all other classes may most heartily rejoice in the knowledge that ' a remedy will be at hand iu due time . There is a power beyond all they see , or know , or perhaps have leisure to think of , that is , under the divins influenaBS , new actively employed in laying a sure and c ^ ih basiB for man ' s future happiness ; and I trust thej will all be made largo partakere of it The government are the Instruments of this power in the preserYingof peace and order ; and as they perform their duty well , whilst they continue to do so , they ate not likely to meet with any effective opposition . They admit that they have no remedies to offer ; they Will therefore be glad to bear of aay , from any quarter , and I toveno doubt , they will iii due time eagerly lfcVsu to them , and their adoption will be as rapid as the preparation of the minds of the people will permit .
The first remedy that I shall call your attentwn to , is ; the temperance movement of father Matliovi- ; and a most important one it is . As far as Father MstSsew ' s public career baa gone , I have not kuowu a siDgle deviation from the . Universal , and bisefforts h ^ s been crowned with proportionate soccesi Ho tias taken under hfa care a most important preliminary step towards a universal brotherhood , and is a ballitmt example of what pnsttancan effect , who is able to act practically what he theorises . Tha influence possasaed by . Father Mathew would appear aiiracuioas , could we not discern that the Isw « of nature are universe ,
and thata single person in harmony With tfee VavjE which , govern the universe may extend bis influence as that harmony can be brought into contact with ovhers prepared to become the recipients of the Divine love . Whether-we regard the moral , in ' tellectu ii , or physical well being of man , iemperaqce . ia of tbe highest ; importance ; and must not bgr confined to a mere abatinence from stimulating and fermentftd liquors ' , but per-, vade- out whole beVnga iaevety , action ol , our . liv « a . et » we shall not be prepared to oyercoine . tho « 3 obhVdolea by which we are surrounded , or to enjoy that happiDeU Which is now destined to ba conferred , on na .
The Value of this step in progress cannot ba better shewn than in the immense changeuMde-in tho people of Ireland * Believedas they now and , from tresaafa&ab , flti-jfe . and discord , always consequeut upon intemperance , fc&ey . ara faecomilng , ptapat&d to ? the maoo . \ - featation of tbat further iighS ' whicb . ia being exhibited to them ; and this will in its turn again make them , ready for being further acted : npon , ' until they m-tysooa . be so placed as to eojay aa amount of happiness Which they are not at present even capable of conceiving the desire for , in this , or any future state of existence . There appears n » w every probability tna * : ili > j exer-Uons of Father Mathew will daily become tboto and more efficient , and that he will overcom ? a !{ tiitj evils of intemperance , and . thereby prepare all tnind 3 for tbe reception of those high truths that shall develops with unerring certainty tbe path of progressive happiness to man .
The next remedy that I have to notice is the agitatauon for the Repeal ol the Union with Ire } 3 . nd ; a Bubject that should occupy aa entire letter instead of b ? iog crowded into the small space n ^ w left me . As * however , your spaee is Valuable and my business crowds upon me , I can only say that this agitation , although far short of the Universal , and one that will not be effected in any manner resembling the present ^ shes of its promoteia , is & step in the right direction Many of the shackles aad buithens now impi » sert uion the Irish people will be removed ; and when this is rfone , all parties will be in a better position for discaruing what is best for them ; aud they will advance in proportion as they use the knowledge jhey acquire in harmonv witb the universal good . Mr .. O Council promises fixity of tenure In land , plenty of occupation
for the people at good wages , and the removal of the church revenues to educational uses , aa the highest advantages that he can at present hold oat ; but he will soon be ma < Ie to discern that the commonest capacity will be placed far above being agitated for such , parposes aa these ; and in the meantime ho cannot do better than go on , giving and receiving thai ; experience which will adapt him for still higher purposes , and enable him to increase that great amount , of good which he has already been made the ins ^ umsnt of acqairing for bis countrymen , and through tbsax for humanity at large . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant , William GalpiW . Concordium , Ham Common , Surrey . August 14 , 1843 .
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Serious Collision between H . B . m . Ship Electra and the french flshebmen os tub coast of Newfoundland . —The brig Science , which arrived at Cork late on Friday night , in sixteen days from St . John ' s Newfouncftand , has brought over J 3 mea ToWns , Esq . withi despatches from Sir John Harvey , the Governor of the island , to the British Grorernment . They relate to a serious collisioa which took place , a few days before tbo Science left St . Johns , between her "Majesty ' s shir > Eloctra , of 18
cans , and tha French fishermen . It appear 3 that the fishermeu bad begun to take bait on British ground , were repeatedly warned off , but refuaing to 6 b 8 V § were fired opon by the Heotra , stationed there for the- purpose of protecting the British ground * when one man was killed and several wounded . This untoward collision fcadi excited ^ co ^ itferable senaationl at St . Johns , and the Governor'had deemed it of such importance as to forwwd dwpatc&eshome , bv Mr . Tobin , on the day of ¦ syhose ^ departure a French fngate had arrived to demand explanation .
_ Thb Right of Visit arb ^ op ^ Search . —Mr T- ¦¦ ¦ i ; i , y om . ot the deputy . BberJffd Tof manners moat polite aud of bearing most ^ raillaB ^ Tcallei testerday aV a house , in executioner hi » dttty-jiwliere ae met aa amiable and interesting young lady . "X aapoae , madam $ n flaid the organ of the Jaw , calmly raising his hat from his head , and making * at the same time ; a gentle inclination of the body- *** I am come madam , to pay you a visit 1 " : - . '
^ J >» r »; 8 aia : tlje ; lady , . you are welcome . rrPray , beieated . To 'whom , may I ask . am I iadafekdfo this unexpected act of eourtesyl ^ . . « Why , t&e fact % madjunj « said the ^ % « I have an attachment for certain articles p&Vroperty which I have reason to believe ajpe secret linthia honse , and for which I feel bound to makaaaearcli . " •' Really , sir , "/ saidthe lady f "from V # r manner When job first entered , I imagined it wosf&r myself you Bad the attachment , and I thereforfeii 6 * de yoa
welcome . I must now tell yon , hoBs ^ er i that though in favour of the right of visits -X am ^ pcidedly opposed to the right of search , so . witDcsotir ,-permission I will show you to the door . " : ' ' ^ %$ . Blr . T- ^ r- ^—bJMl too much- native galfifctry in him to offer any opposition to th ^ will of ao pretty a lady ; ? o , patting his grey castor on what phrenologists call the chamber of the brain , he bade this female follower of the Cass policy , a " very good morning , " and withdrew . —N . 0 . Fteavune .
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HeBBiBtS MoaDBRs . —At the Stafford Assises on the 8 th , Charles Hieginson aged 26 , a farm labourer ¦ was convicted of the murder of bis son , a boy of five years of age , byburjlagi him alive . While s witness -was under examination the prisoner admitted the fact , and said , ^ 1 put him in alive—tbat is all I did . " James Ratcliffe , aged-58 , was convicted at Chester on the same day , of tbe murder of his wife , on the 22 nd of Jnne last , by stabbing fter in the abdemen with a knife . Both prisonm were entenoed to be executed .
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H » ; UNIVERSAL ^ ROIHERHOOD ; LETTER XXII . 10 XHB EDITOR OF , THE N 0 ETHERN STAR . Sir , —In my last letter , j I endeavoured to pourtray a faint outline of the present position of the social , political , and religious affiira of this country . Prom the heavy preeaura q { \ my >?> rtaxit tuiVtet npon your oolumnB , fourteen days instead of seven have elapsed since I -wrote ; and tha doVnward movement la the meantime has been so rapid that thia letter might well be filled with new evidences of decay . But as the time for preparing for the great change that is to come will necessarily be limited , ! in proportion as the destruction is rapid , I shall jmerely aak your readers to bear in mind , tbat I am not regardless of events as tbey pass ; and that it is also their duty , calmly and coolly ,
to look at all new movements , for they are all the necessary preparatives for their improved condition ; and I shall now go forward ] to the next division of my subject , namely , " To examine the various remedies that have hitherto been proposed to remove what has been found oppressive . " ] The improvements and discoveries in mechanics and chemistry , aided by the general diffusion of the elements of knowledge throughout society , have placed the people of this century in a different position to those of any former period ; and Tvh&n they shall have bean enlightened to discern truly their own interest , nothing will be more easy , plain , and simple , than tbe
introduction , as it were by magic , otjeyery measure necessary to give high prosperity and happiness to the . people of thia country ; and , through them { to extend throughout the world those high and noble gifts which the Great Creating Power of the Universe has so liberally and bountifully provided for the use of his creatures . Steam power , aided by superior mechanism , and assisted by tke daily growing intelligence of the people , has been the means of introducing changes which never could have beaa contemplated by the people even of the last century ; and theae changes are the merest trifle , when compared with what could immediately be done in this department .
There is one man alone , Mr . J . A . Etzler , Who is soon to arrive in this coautryj , whose view ? you will see represented in tbe letters of [ Mr . Stollmeyer , now beinc inserted in the Star , who possesses ideas which appear most simple and practical for the introduction of powers aa much beyond anything pe now have , as the most powerful eDgine yet constructed is to the unassisted physical strength of a single Juneducated man . KuoWledge and power may now be procured to any extent that can possibly be conceived desirable ; and there are all the elements at hand for giving to every individual what he ] may require ; but there is one thing wanting that cannot be too aoon , or too eagerly sought for , as the bond is to unite ufi fdr every good worfe , and this is lova j
Nearly two thousand years ago , a precept was delivered to his disciples , by one who was intimately acquainted with human nature , ] to the following effect : — That they should love one another ; " and la describing this feeling , he says , "Itdab been said , thou sbalt love toy neighbour , aud hate thine enemy . But I say unto yon , lore your enemies , bless them that curse you ; do good to them that hate yon ; and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute yaa ; " and it will not be until our practice is in accordance with thia precept , that we shall enjoy all tbe benefits that aro in store for us .
I must not , however , digress ; my business is to eall your attention to the essential pointa of difference between the present and former periods of human history . We have now plenty of power , plenty of knowledge ; and when we have an eqpal amount of love , we shall immediately place thia power and knowledge In suoh relation to the' universal good as shall supply all liberally with every ] thing necessary for their Well-being ; whereas , at every former period , the main body of the people were ignorant and uninstructed , and were the dependents of a , few who could net see how others were to be provided for as Well as them selves , and who Were therefore afraid to act liberally , lest it might produce their own destruction , and that of their immediate relations and friends .
To the reflecting mind it ( most daily become more evident tbat the universal good is the only load to individual happiness ; and the ' Indication * on all sides of us testify that , however { alarming and terrifying events may for the moment appear , we are on the eve of procuring advantages soch as man never before possessed . The love of war appears to have subsided to a great extent among the people ; and although ambitious or disappointed rulers may desire to revert to it , theyara very coneideraWy ] ohacked by a far more enlightened general publio opinion than has ever been
known before . Religious disabilities have been much removed to what they were and although men are still too much shocked by the expressions of those who cannot believe with them , yet an immense difference in this respect esisto between the present and any former period . A desire for association has also been gaining ground among the people of all ceantricsand when they Bhall have made a little further profit experience , they will be in ; a state to assist most essentially in the introduction of the new order of things which it will be my duty to point out
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct495/page/7/
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