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TITION , ( Abridged / yap the Essex andSuffolk Titles . ) ;¦ STxe ^^ t ! ol <^^ r ; to ^ oi ^ ra $ 6 n " in fa ^ ui ^ f t £ e > National Petitip ^ aixd the pEbptE's ^ HAfeTEik ^ came off « n Monday evening last , in the Market-; r > t ^? &ere : v ^ aajOT& ^ for the accommodation of tEe speakere , ffie Toiy ^ eyorfef this Borpuglr ^ ving ; refused to grant the mectf the Town Hali oh Meoccainah . At half-past sfeokHjck ^ ew ^^ of ftie QolcSester ^ forking Men C ^ sSdojalion ^ ccCnijsaiifed " by deputationi ^ frojfcvtbcjlp ^ c ^; Braintree , Halstead , and CoggleAall Associations , arrived on the ground , and the chair , was immediately taken , by ftp . iWilliam Cranfield , a cooper ., At . thistime there ato
, weraaboat twelvehaiidred persons present , which hnmber gradually increased until it had swelled to between two and three tbpnsand , who , with the exceptionofa few-of- the , hired canaille of the blues of Colctester ^ behaved throughout ; the proceedings with the greatest £ repriety and decorum . Every attempt ^ as made by the facti on to cause a . disturbance ; bat we are happy tp state that it entirely failed ' . ; Thegood sense of the working classes predominated , and the dastardly conduct of their corrupt opponents , their gibes and insults , were treated with that : contempt which they so richl y deserved .- .:,. ¦ > ' ' . ' ¦ ' ; . , •' . ; ¦ "¦ : ; : ' .:. . -. ¦ ¦ ' :... si ¦ ... . ¦ The Chairman , in opening the business , congratulated the meeting that , as was the case at Ipswich .
the authorities of the town had so much confidence in the working men that they did not deem it necessary to have a single policeman near to or at the place of meetingi They wanted not to destroy the good institutions , of the country , but to see every abuse that had crept into those institutions eradicated and removed . ( Applause . ) They wished to see justice done to the poor man as well as to the rich ; but unless they were united for their common object , they would become even worse than the slaves in the West India Colonies . ( Applause . ) He begged of them to be united as one man , for their tyrantshad now got the winch in their hands , screwing the nation down under taxation to the utmost . Unless the screw was relaxed and turned
back , they would nip to pieces the whole of the bands of society , and destroy the happiness of the nation —and then they would , tell the people that it was the ' ^ Radical rascals " who did it all J ( Hear , hear . ) Butit was said their demands would beresisted , and the Birmingham deputation were told , that "Birmingham was not all England ; " letthem show their enemies , by such meetings as this , that if Binninghambenotall England , yet all the oppressed in England were of the same opinion as the men of Birmingham , and that they were determined not to be beat down as the proud man beat his dogs when he was hunting down the hares . ' Mr . Thomas Adkin , brushmaker , in moving the resolution , said ~ Yv * orking Men , I stand before you
to advocate the princi ple of Universal Suffrage ; and is there a man amid this vast assemblage of persons who will tell m » that Universal Suffrage would be injurious ? Will any man tell me that ! am not as capable of exercising a vote at this time as if I occupied a house of £ 10 a-year ? If any man were to tell me so , I should be forced to toll him he was a fool . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If he were to tell me that I ought not to have a vote , I would tell him that he was a tyrant . ( Applause . ) I do not ask you for your applause , but if it be . sincere , prove its sincerity to me this night , by coming forward to sign the national demand . I will not intrude lon ? er on your time , as there are other persons much more capable of addressing you than myself 5 therefore with your
permission I will propose the first resolution—*> That this meeting are of opinion , that required as they universally are to support and obey the laws of this country , nature and reason entitle them to demand thatiin the making of the laws , the universal voice should be implicitly listened to , and that as they perform the duties of freemen , they must have the pr ivileges of freemen ; they are , therefore , convinced that the Suffrage must be Universal . " ( Long con ^ tinued shouts of approbation . ) Mr . William G . Blatch , boot and shoemaker—As a member of the Colchester Working Men's Association , I feel it to be an imperative duty to come forward to second the resolution just proposed ; because in it are contained those principles of philanthropy which the Saviour of the world strove
to inculcate in both-rich and poor —( cheers)—and , as an Englishman , I feel bound to stand up in their advocacy , because they are in accordance with truth . It was evidently the design of the Divine Being that every man should enjoy the same privileges as his neighbour ; for when , a ^ great lawyer of the Jewish nation asked his Divine Master what was the first and great commandment , the answer was " Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and thy neighbour as tbyseli— -on those two commandments hang all the law and the prophets . " ( Applause . ) Is there any one here who can refrain from being struck with this answer of our Lord to the Jewish lawyer ? and are the rich of this country arrived at that state of perfection which makes them more valuable than any other portion of the people ? Has it not been the case from the creation of the world
down-to the present day ^ that Aristocracy have been the most depraved and demoralised set of men that ever breathed the breath of life ? ( Cheers . ) Look at the histories of different nations ; are they not complete catalogues of murders ? Has there not been more blood spilled by the Aristocracy than by any other set of men on the face of the earth ? (" Yes , " and cheering . ) If we look at the history of , the Jewish nation , we 6 hall find that it was an Aristocratic Government that brought them into confusion . Nearly 3 , 000 years of the world ' s history had passed away before the introduction of a Kingly Government amongst them . Till then the Jews enjoyed a state of tranquillity . Look at the office of the Patriarchs , which , we find entirely abrogated
when Jewish Royalty was invented . Government by kings was first adopted by heathen nations , from whom the Jews copied it ; and a certain writer has observed that it was the best system the devil ever set on foot for the promotion of his cause . ( Hear , add cheers . ) Mr . Donald Me Pherson , auctioneer of Ipswich , said *—I am proud to observe , that the sun ol liberty has arisen on this dark Blue town . Wherever her light sheds its rays , the darkness of tyranny must fly before it . The press , too , the intelligent press , has taken the people by the hand , and has drawn aside the dark blue curtain that blinded their political vision . What is the people ' s House as it is termed ? Does it represent the people ? No ; and
there has been only just a sufficiency of honest men in it to keep it from entire corruption . Almost every stream from that corrupt fountain is impure ; and if ever a good measure has gone from the House of Commons for the people—if ever they intended to give the poor a blessing , the pestiferous breath of the locusts in the House , of Lords has blasted it , and instead of returning to the people as a blesssing it has been a curse . XHear . ) Mark , Mr . Chairman , if our Government , as no doubt they will , be pressed hard for the people ' s rights—I will turn prophet for once—our . oppressors will go into ' the closet , and pick a quarrel with some foreign power , and will
raise the cry of "War , to dwert the people s attention from demanding their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) No , my friends , we want no war ; no war , for us , I say . ( Cheers . ) We are for peace . We ask for justice only . We are paying *" ° ? » now—for a cruel and abominable war , that has run us into a debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 , and into poverty and wretchedness * ( Hear , hear . ) Truth is the only weapon we want ; justice is bur claim : we 6 tand on the Word of God for all-we ask ; and-we defy the Aristocracy , and all who stand round them , to withhold our rights . Mr . Me Pherson concluded amidst the wannest applause .
After an address from Mr . Samuel Everett , of Braintree , the Chairman put themotionto the meet , inff , and it was carried almost unanimously , about a dozen only of the Tories present opposing it . The reyult was hailed with enthusiastic cneering . Mr . Sam uei . Austin , tailor , —I am a member of the Colchester Working Men ' s Association , and attend here , though our opponents designate us by the titles of 'Vthe mob , " . the " swinish multitude , the " unwashed rabble , " " the destructives , " the "iiouseless Radicals . " Now let us turn the tables on their shoulders . If we are an unwashed rabble —if we are houseless Radicals , they have made us so . ( Applause . ) That we are a swinish multitude is decidegdly wrong , for they have got all they can put
their hands upon , that is acting most like swine . ( Applause . ) We have nothing —[ Heremuchuproar ensued by a party of the blue faction , who had hitherto kept at the extremity of the meeting , making their way to , and taking their stand at , the left ol the nustings * where -they endeavoured to silence the speakers , but their attempts were Bet at nought , and Mr . Austin proceeded . ] The resolution I beg to propose js , " That the meeting are of opinion that m , order to secure , the free and uncontrolled exercise of the franchise , the people . must have the protection of the Ballot : and that to make th 6 connection be ; - tween the representative and the people beneficial and intimate , a " new Parliament shall -be elected Annually . " T'he = first of these measures our oppo-i nents say is un-English . Now I ask , how can
anything be un-English that 13 manufactured in England ¦? - ¦ ; If we manufacture it here , it cannot , surely , 'be un-English . ^ Applause . ) Perhaps they will say ithat Annual Parliaments are also nn-EnpUsh . That | 1 , deny ; fox previously ^ tb Jhe reign , ^ f William and IMaiyf this country knew , ojf no other Parliamenrs i than Annual Parliamenttf ^ , or , Parliamente that were newly chosen by'the people every time they were talled'together . But when William dhd Mary came to the throne , they cut bff a portion of the people ' s liberties . ; They then constituted three years-Parliaments , which enabled them to tax the people more than before . When George the 1 First came to the throne , three years' Parliaments were thought to be too good for the nation , and an Act was passed for seven years' Parliaments . Then what have the seven years' Parliaments done for you ? The Corn Laws were enacted by a seven years' Parliament .
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" Sfoa ^^ i little nme « p ^ hbe , wieny 0 u ought to 4 iaveH ) ne as large as the t ' rehchmaqi gets . You . have plentiful harvests ! , but they are of no : good to the people . And what does the Law-Church parsOn do ? IJe : gfiurs cUtf thanks , | n the pulpit , with the anstocm ^ iS ^ t hisif ail—^ witk ; the ; Bible ; in one , . hand , while ; l&r # bfl i $ bifk > orman-of his labour , jand : > the widow and fatherless of their subsistence , with the fp ] &er ^ , T £ en 4 ^ of w ^ fcfr ' T btt ^^ eeanl ^ atffis-moment . -These are the consequences of your seven years' Parliaments . ( Cheers . ) Get the Ballot , get Anpual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage—< loud cheers)—and you will le ^ iaoeiyonr « taxatidn , youwill get ^ better paid for your labour , and you will get the Corn Laws * re-, pealed . * . ; '*; ' - ; -V
Mr . John " assie , tailor , seconded the resolution . Mr . John Goslijj , shoemaker , of Ipswich , whose able speech at -the late demonstration at Ipswich , so much attracted the public attention , then came forward and said , I am highly delighted with the general principles of this petition ; it comes before us in a form beyond any other petition that was ever presented to the Honse of ParHament . It shows that there is a unity of action in the whole people . We do not come now to specify any particular thing we want , " such as the Repeal of the Corn Laws , the Separation of Church and State , or any other particular which wf consider a grievance . We come \ to demand pur rights as citizens of a free nation . ( Rapturous cheering . ) We come to present to the
Parliament a demand that we shall have a hand in the making of the laws by which we are governed , and in doing this we state to . the Parliament the cause of the evils from which the country has suffered so much . In doing this we do not petition Parliament to appoint a day for a fast in order to make ; restitution to an offended Deity for the sins we have committed . We absolve Providence from causing the train of evils , with which tyrants have afflicted the country , and of which they have impiously accused heaven . We tell them that it is not in Pro . vidence or in nature , and that it is not beyond the reach of men to apply a remedy , for there is everything in Providence and nature » o that every man , woman , and child , can be supplied with anu
receivethe blessings of life where they are permitted to be distributed amongst them . ( Cheers . ) But we trace the cause and find it . to originate in the misgovernment of the country , in a long train of misrule—in centuries of misrule . For ages this country has suffered ; for ages there has been a depression of the human mind and a stoppage of the thoughts of men . But until half a century ago , the rich of this country had a fello # ieeling for the poor ; though they depressed them , and though they depressed the human mind and shut it up from free dom of thought , yet they had such a fellow-feeling as not to allow the poor to suffer from want . But after what has termed the Protestant Reformation , and the establishment of the funding system , a new
order of people arose * who competed with the lauded aristocracy in the government ol the- country . The monied aristocracy then became a powerful and mighty competitor with the landed aristocracy , and as the wars of this country increased , and the national debt consequently increased , it was a natural result that the aristocracy of money should become more powerful than the aristocracy of land , so that in the course of time the ruling principle of the government became that of money . It is that which is now the ruling principle of the government , and ultimately it will not only swallow up the poor , but the landed aristocracy and the church itself—it will be the means of uprooting bothjehureh and aristocracy . Then will be the time for the people
to step in , and push the principles we are advocating to night . When we arespeaking of thft government , we should not distinguish the persons composing it as Whigs and Tories , for they are onl y two different regiments of one army of oppressors . Their common objact is to rob the people of the greatest amount of labour that they can , and they only quarrel as to who shall have the greatest share . The Government , or the Whigs as the executive , and the Tories as the whippers-iu , passed the Poor Law by the common conseutof the whole of them against the evidence of the nation , for there were more than two-thirds of the evidence brought forward , which proved that the Poor Law was the consequence of heavy taxation . It was passed for the
benefit of the oppressors and the money-jobbers . This session , they have been talking of the Commutation of Irish Tithes , which they-have carried with the consent of O'Connell and Peel , and the rest of the faction in the House 5 and during that time , they have passed the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Bill . They say the people will not get in debt now ; bnt I can tell you , that those that do may be stripped of everything they have , and be left to lie on the bare boards . Indeed , the bare boards are not left them , for they can be got out of the house by another law , without going through any law process . Thus they may be stripped of everything , and then if they do not occupy a house of £ 20 a year , they may be forced out of that too ;
and where then are their homes ? Why , at the basr tiles . This is a law to protect property and oppres * the poor , and it is because our eyes are open to see tkat they are legislating ior themselves in contradiction to the people , that we come forward to demand our just and legitimate rights . ( Long continued plaudits . ) Had the Parliament of England only shewn a disposition to give us but half justice , we should never have murmured in this way ; could we have had but half a loaf , we should have been better satisfied ; but if a man buy three stones of flour for his family , he must pay 9 s . for it under the accursed Corn Laws , when , perhaps , the whole '¦ his wages for the week would not amount ; £ p that sum . I bring forward these things to show that . the
people of England are a peaceable people ; there never was , in any country in the world , a people so peaceably disposed as Englishmen . Go into the agricultural districts , and see whole families dining off that accursed root , the potatoe , and ask yourselves if these are people who wish to destroy all order , and make the country a carnage house . ' No ; I know , and am persuaded , that the people of this country are the most peaceable and well-disposed of any people that ever existed on the face of the earth towards any Government that treats them well . ( Cheers . ) But it is necessary that their oppressors should say something against them . During the time that we have been suffering by the misrule of the Government , our eyes have been opened ; we
can search into the causes of nature ; we can look at the fields , and flowers , and shady groves , and enjoy the pleasing scenes that surround us , better than the rich themselves . We can also look into the causes that have produced all the ills of our country , and we have discovered that it is the governing power that has produced them . ( Applause . ) Let a man walk round the suburbs of any great town , and look at the palaces that are being continually reared , and ask how it is that they have been reared , the inhabitants of those . palaces being men who do nothing to get their living . ( Loud cheering . ) How can they have risen ? There must be some secret power . Years ago the squire lived in his house on his farm , which was let out in small
portions to numerous individuals ; but -now there is hardly a town in which those palaces are- not occupied by some of the squires , who never work .. The lactis , thata system of funding has taken place , and they live , without labour , on the rents derived from their land , and the produce of the people ; This is th \ e consequence of that corrupt system of funding which we would have put an end to if we had had the franchise given to us ; but it will go on increasing except we get that franchise . For they have all the power in their hands , the army , the navy , and all toe riches of the nation , and are , to a man , combined to carry but their iiefanous system of plniider , until they crush the people down to death ' s door . But we will assert our rights— -we will join from
north to south—we will have what we demand , or M e will not work . They shall either produce their own living , or give us our rights ; without those rights we shall not labour , and thus we shall crush their power . Our friend , Mr . M'Pher ;; ony said he would be a prophet for once , and I will quotg'from a book which the parson quotes 'from 'When he teaches the people to behave well . He says ^ that the predictions of that book are true , so that I will just point out a passage like * this : "I will bring tip my armies from the north , and they shall come like an overwhelming storm . ; they shall , over whelm and destroy the tabernacle of the oppressors . " ' I " will make no application of this passage } I will . not leave it to the Queen to make an application -of it .
She , according to the Constitution , can do no wrong , consequently she has no thought about the matter . I know that the people of England will do her no wrong . " We know that kings and queens are mere puppets moved b y the strings of those who should pe responsible ministers , but who on the-contrary , from their ground of responsibility , and would even shuffle it on the Queen herself to save their own necks . ( Thunders of applause . ) I will leave that to 'the House of Lords and the Government , and Jhe corrupt Parliament , and the three Bashaws of Somerset-house ; ( Coutiiiued applause . J ¦¦ _ If we get our rights , we would put an end to all misrule and injustice—we would establish , instead of . disorder , the empire of reason over the tyranny of fashion . We would make this ¦ wdrld . wortb . living jn ,- because / we are conscious that it can produce everything that is
calculated to make us happy , free , and social . b ^ ng ? . Mr . Goslin , in conclusion , pointed to our immense standing army , which , be said , not only require * d a large amount of taxation ^ br- ife support . But ^ the . gentlemen belonging to it were the pnncipaTcause of the female prostitution Tvhich prevails , to such an jpxtentin the larger towns of England . l £ vtas not . the working man that effected the ruin "of , these ifemale . s but the' ™* n who were maintained atjfie expense of the nation ! ( Disapprobatibn . ) - Had jwethe franchise , wel should set ; those-wretches to , iwhen their ^ re 8 Bonsibili | yjisigsted , sh « ffiefroni " uieir jwork , we would pntthem . to tspme useful occupation ; landteach them tbbe men . I amhappy that yon have ¦ no part of the army in Colchester . In Ipswich . we have many soldiers ; and Bometime ago a wretch calling himself a gentleman—an officer , " bet his fellow officers that he would debauch ten of the
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daqgkers of respectable tradesmen . He acconjplisheA hia purpose with one , and went to the second , but the virtnoua and brave brother of the maiden caught him whilst attempting the deed , and inflicted upon the wretch a much deserved punishment , giving him a good thrashing , and breakinB hu -collarbone . This was an Aristocratic villain , kent as an officer and leader of a body of men . Andif M ^^ Jfe evpfficer ^ tibis description v is it not itkeiythEtthey-vrill , to a--certain extent , follow- their example ? I can see no reason myself for ^ keepin e up a standing armyi besid ^ keepttg-us down % bt J P& ^ Jw . to . &e ; . n ^ rjil ^ QfJhe , gojcej 3 mie ^ day ^ ^*^ i ^ ttd | Bf ^ e % ^ liza ^ death . CCheera . ) After some further ffimaris Mr Goslin concluded' Bw address by saymg Ihai" ^ trusted the men of Colchestemhd Ipswich would
uo their duty in TOppor ^ . ^^ ffl ^ nTOt the laojOw and that when the Tatter arise in millions as on * mani to assert the rights of humanifyj they would back , them against the * - tyranny of a corrupt and rapacious government . ( Long continued shouts « f approbation . ) ' u , \ - : . i . . : ji ,. ¦ ; The reiolution was pat . by the Chairman-and agreedto . ,: /__ , ¦ . ; ,: ; . .. I-..- " ¦ ' : i : " : ; ; - . / :, ; ¦ ; ¦"• ¦ ¦ " . Mr . Benjamin Parker , fruiterer , proposed ti& thirdi resolution , V That this meeting ¦ consider it to be jqst and right , that the constituent body should kave ; the free and unrestricted choice of their representatiyes , and that their choice jjhould be tins oiut qualification ; an 4 . also ' that Ae services rendered bt the representativesshbuld be adequately remunerated in order to insure the faithful dischargeof their legialatorial functions . " r
MKJpHsi Veriander seconded the resolution—With respect to the property qtialincatibn , he should npt object to . a man because he possessed propertyfor there were many , very many , iriends of the people who were men of property . And there were some twenty or thirty of them in the House of Commons ( Cheers . ) There was Mr . Attwood : he was not afraid to stake his large property to the NutionaJ Petition . ( Applause . ) There , was also MriFieldenj another great manufacturer ; and he was riot afraid of the National Petition and the People ' s Charter ( Continued Applause ;) He then , amid ; much approbation , referred to the late Mr . Cobbett , the unflinching friend of the poor manand whoso
, writings he begged of this meeting to peru > e . Let them read his history of the Reformation , his Legacy to Parsons , and his Legacy to Labourers , and they would be led in the perusal of those works , lilmbst to think they were holding conversation witli the man , himself . ; ( Cheers . ) He wished there were a hundred such men as C ibbett in the House of Commons a *; this moment , forno faction would be able to stand against them . ( Plaudits . ) In closing , Mr » Verlnnder said , that an excellent man , now nonioreobseived that , " for a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . " .. And how was that will to be known ? The people must make it known by signing the National Petition .
Mr . David Stollery , plumber and glazier from Ipswich , next spoke in support of the resolution before the meeting . In the course of his observations he remarked—Let it never be said that after this meeting Colchester will work for any of the aristocratic gang again ; let it never be _ said that the working men of Colchester will again record a vote in favour of ar istocratic principles . Arise then , Isay and assert your rights ; join the brave patriots of the North ; let your voice echo and re-echo from the North to the South , and from the East to the West and may it shake the House of Commons to its centre , and the abominable , accursed and contaminated House of Lords to its Veryfoundation . ( Cheers' v
We have borne the heat and burden of the day long enough ; we have petitioned and petitioned , again and again ; oar prayers have been unattended to ; aud we now come boldly forward , not only with * . petition , but a demand . ( Prolonged plaudits . ) Perhaps this will induce them to give us what they term an " equivalent . " I say , take all you can , but never gi \ e up an iota , and never relax in your exertions until you have accomplished your full ' and perfect work . Agitate , agitatej agitate , until you get your rights ; and never be satisfied until yon obtain them . ( Applause . ) It is the intention of tha Ipswich Working Men ' s Association to re-echo the sound through the county of Suffolk , until every village and town in the county ring with working meus associations . They will send miswionari e * into the country to ureach . the true onA faithful Ant-.
trine ' s of Radical Reform , and there is do doubt that success will attend their efforts ; , The Chairman put , ; th . e resolution to the meeting and it was carried unanimously . Mr . George F . Dennis , shoemaker , -then commenced reading the National Petition , but the knot of obstructives , who had , by this time , recruited their fprce by the acquiffltionofanumberof boys , and ladies of doubtful character , endeavoured to . create a noise in order to drb > vn the speaker ' s voice , and not succeeding in this , they all marched inabody , shout iug aloud , to the market gates ' .. ; , ' : ; v : ¦ - ¦¦• •• Mr . Dennis resumed j apd-in preposing the National Petition for adoption , said ^ the suffrage y : the natural right of every citisseapfa free state . I am an elector of the borough ofColijhester . thoagh I d * not possess a half-dozen chairs or a table , or rent a house . In the language of
Wesley" No home , no land do I possess , Or cottage in this wilderness ; A poor way-faring man . " And yet I am an elector of the borough ' . '( Cheers . ) And why ? Merely ~ because : I . am the son of afperson who is called a free hurgess . . But . what ; a , wretched system that must be which gives me a vote , while tens of thousands of my feUow countryinen are ioS in possession of the franchise . ; The Tories say that the Ballotis un-English , Jand unmanly , and unjusU But I ask , is anything unjust that will lead to the prevention of crime ? Is anything uh-Engh ' sh that will put down bribery and intimidation ? You all answer " No . " ( Loud . cheers . ) . Here another disturbance was occasioned by two ellows making an effort to get up a sham fight , and by the return to , the body of the meeting of the . party who had just left . Mr . Me Pherson called upon the meeting tbstand
arm , and not to proceed to any act of violence towards the contemptible creatures , the scarecrows ^ who were inciting them to a breach of the peace ; Mr . Goslin said none but hired ruffians wonld behave in this way . No man , with a spark of honor in his bosom , would . goin . the dark to create this disturbance ; the villains are ^ hired by the petty aristocracy of Colchester—by the . base Tones and tte insidious Whigs . ( A voice , "ItisCarr , thegrocerr thebrother of the Parson ! " Roars of laughter . ) v , Mr . Me Pherson—Ye Tories of Colchester , to night w ill « mk your character in the eyes of Britaiu ; the press will shew Britain what Colchester is . Let me beg of you , then ; to be quiet ; and , my fellowcountrymen , let . it be seen that you are consistent when you advocate what is right and just . ( Thi * had the desired effect , and silence was once mow restored . )
Mr . Dennis—Annual Parliaments would maty the representatives jnore responsible to their constituents than they can possibl y be under a seve » years' Parliament , which is in itself no cbnsderable portion of the life of a inan . In 1835 , Sir John . Tyrrel waselepted on has promise to support "' the repeal of the Malt Tax ; but when ^ the Marquis jl Chandos brought fof ward his motion Ior that purpose , he voted against it . None of these ocenrreuces would take place if we had Annual Parliar ments . As it regards the Payment of Members , i » there one . among yon who would expect his fellowman to perform the slightest work for him withoiit payment for the service ? : Then why hare the
buflness of the State performed without payment ? f * the salary , and you . will have eligible men ' and , tf a certain Town Councillor of this borough once said , " legible characters- " ( Roars of laughter . ) If tlus were the case , should we have the Baronet ofBerechurch to represent us , or the ex-Quaker of London ? ( Cheers , and cries of shame , from one of tfl& well-behaved faction . ) Then taxation wonld W made , tq fall upon property , jand notion industry— - " theia woujd ; a . system' of > 4 atianal'edu " cation ov established ; ' eiery < Jhild wonla ^ early taught J" » duty to heaveu , and to man , and we should tneft . combine the . energy of industry with lie meekness * - of the Christian . Then-no more would the slangBand
ters of Rathi ^ rma ^ Peterlob be repeated , ¥ om yourselves , into an impenetrable square—be unit ?" and -firm . -:- . Remember you have a soul , and Ui « that soul is destbed to sit as high in the heavens »» the soul of the Pope of Roiae , the Bishop of London , or the Queen of England . ( Loud Cheers . ) .- * would , irtconclusioh , aHude to that common sevrer . the Essex Standard , in these Unes . ( Oh ! oh ! and " Yopr ^ ribtJle rswhbbranaisktteirgoose-ftather'd states , To . batteiaown BatHdta » ai bolster op knaves , Ah ! let not the spite of such impotent foe 8 , Girepain 4 o the bosbni where punty flow * . tt f&SJ I&fiS ^ *^*^ of the petition . . . ; , ¦ . « , ' _¦¦« . •; jv-v . i Mr ; BboLEY / coach-sp ^ gmaker ^ np ^ wich jftett addressed the meeting , 1 ) ut we regret that tbeleng © to wMch the pro ^ dingshave already ^ tended pre-Dnei im
vents ourgiving even a ouume « ^^ 7 ^ The Nationa ) PetitioD ^ was then adopted by « w tTi ^ etin " withhnf one dis ' sentieht hand . ¦ ¦ - TTtonlJ iere then voted to the London Work » ' MeftS ^ soci ^^ on , for the outline of the Peoplfr » aSSrfand - to ^ e Council of the Birming *** ; ljnion for the Rational Petition . Mr : Goslin ^ in a neat speec ^ proposed , nnd M £ ss £ ? s 5 ass ^ ssaffi ^ a ^ . S ^ fc ^ SaW ^ S whichwasagreed toj aiidrMr . Craniield acknow S ^ S ^ S ^ orderly manner ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1838, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct530/page/2/
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