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ZtOKBOZr . £ GRAND POPTTULR DEMONSTRATION TO WELCOME FEABGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., ON HIS RELEASE FSOM YORK , Was gi ^ ea by the men of London on Monday erenjug lasti &t * & * & toom of the Croirn and Anchor , gtraod , the largest public room that could ba had in Itfndon , and the largest throughout the metropolis , trith- the . exception of the Exeter Hal ! . Lang before the b < rar announced for the chair being taken the room , r&s , literally crammed . On the platform 'were a comber of well dressed females , u well as in the g&Ikry . Mr . FCS 5 II . L to ( ailed to the chair . He opened the jjroceeedings by asking a pafcient hearing for every penon , Ss well to show onr enemies our good conduct , as to show F . O'Connor , Esq ., onr true regard for jjim . He then stated that the object of the meeting ¦ was to velcome F . O'Connor , E » q . ( Immense cheering ) Mr . 0 'Coni 3 or here entered the room , when the meeting jn&de way for him amidst the most hearty and continued cheerily ; having arrired on the platform , the cheering , together with the waring of hats and handkerchiefs , xns renewed , and continued for many minut * a .
ilr . Wa . ts . iss moved the first resolution . He did so for it bad the entire concurrence of his heart ; it was : — ' "That it is the opinion of this meeting tha : the incar- ' ctniuon of Fe&rgcs O'Cjanor , Esq ., woj uzjust to ' timssif , ^ -1 aa iusult &td injury to the oppressed Taiiii ^ ns whose cause he so nobly snvocated ; and that j « hail his r « appearauce among us at this important j crir . s with joy atd gratitude as a favourable omen to , our cause . " I The resolution takes notice that the imprisonment j
v& 3 unjust , it was opposed to justice— -. hear , hear;— j far 31 r . O'Connor was imprisoned for advocating justice j —; hsaTj—for being the advocate of-justice ; therefore , J ft was the heigh : of injustice . The philanthropy of j tie ilvu .-ti of Commons had been tried , and they would no ; do sogb-v to remove ill . O'Connor , or in ais behalf ; bat he was again out ' . We welcome him ! Che » rs . j Ha is at kis noble work . a ^ ain . The Whig faction has be .-n ' deic ' . 'iisned principally through hia instrumentality . J C £ f * rs He -ill be equally active in demolishing : tie Tories . ( Hear .. The enemies of tins ptople are t
against mm on account of nis principles ; the people . ; the great people , art with him . ( " Wd are , we are . "> j Ee had called upon Mr . O'Connor in his cell ; he found j him kept in u strong room , and he considered that the I C * s ; le whers Mr . F . O'Cunncr was , ^ as ^ o re venerable t-v-rt-n the Minster itself ; he looked upen it as . such on account of the prize it contained . He called cpon tlm a second time : he found b : ic cheerful neder ; privation , and eager for the gre ^ t cause . ( Cheers- ) The r > am they had met in that nicht was ominous ; of their cause ; the Charitr is ocr anchor , snd our ; az- ^ n a crown ot joy . -Cheers . ; , '
ilr . Park . es said , he seconded the resolution with the greatest pleasure -tear ); for he could :. ot refuse his ; tribute of pleasura at s&cing Mr . O'Connor there j axaongst them , but at the tame time J . ^ - should have ' wished to have seen another 0 . thtrs ; he meant j O'Brien . ; Che * rs . ; Neither ought Pe ^ die to be for- j cottaa : D 2 ar , hear ; nor Carrier h = ar ; neither Frost , ' TYIULin-s , EJid Jones . ( Cheers . ) Taat cheer must j cheer Mr . O Conner , for it proved that the names of ; tfcoss pitri ^ M were as dear to them as it was sixteen j months ago , when Mr . O'Connor was list amongst j them . ; Hear , hear . ) He bad watched Mr . O'Cjnnor erzi srzee he presented himself Ivfore the . B . -iEish pub- ' lie . Afr-fi opening the str .-tghold of Toryism—the j corty of Cork—he had found him ever the stern adTO-
cii * of the people . That was the reason why Diniel I O"CoEHeil md the Whigs contrived to get rid of him . \ Be was in the House of Comnwus on the night of the j Section coraniittee being struck , and he was astonished !
a : * hz car . ies presented to the Hou ** as the cosnnr . tte * Tie cause vi the Charter nmst now be gained , i-jr the ? t& 4 Feargus with them again ; they would Lave an O'Brifca press , and then the Charter would soon broome tbr \ ± ~* v ! the land . ( Cheers .- In concJuiiun . be must C 22 iT £ t !! ia :-e them on 2 Ur . O'Connor ' s release , and hoped bs would continue in such a state of hi- ' th 23 to war-Bs : Us raking part in the agitation . Chters .: T ^ e re * v ! uiion was pnt anu cirnei aiiii-a
accla-Esv . on . ' ilr . Waltos , one of the stoce-masons , propc-sed the j ctx : rwoluricn . It was om t- - > which tTrry person i Tould respond- They ought to shew io the Whigs ; and Tories iheir deteraiinstion not to be oppressed any i l ; -2 gfr ty them . The Whigs had oppressed them so for tsyesrs , bu * . they"weTendwbeaten&nddestroyed . When . fc * icoked to 4 ht condition 01 his fellow-min , he atked ¦ tiiiSelf , what had the Whigs dune for the people ; they i cmt : ^ in professmg redreia of grievance ? , tut had they docs io ' : No , no ., Had they hrougL : forward one ssosure beneScial for the people ? -No , d-j . They ' fca-i tikes good care to take all tfciir salaries , bet never
< sred for the people- The Dake of Wellington had Suited in the House of Lords , that the n : ^ u who was ben&s : and industriously inciined , c . uia iijt cs ] y gain a g > yi livelihood , but lay by enough to lire in his old ase . Was * hxt so ? No suci thing _ . misery staltea abroad it was well known ; but the . had the I ion ccce more at liberty , and soon woild tl-rL' e-nemies knjw that that which they r ^ qainM stould be granted . . Hear , bear . "Until every cjiis is represented the TTurting classes would b « oppressed aj . i trodden under . vHear and eheera . ; " Tha : this meeting is of cpisicn , that until the Charter becomes the law of the land co justice can be expected by the working classes , iior any relie : from the excessive burthens -under whicL they now sue ' rr . "
3 Ir . Krj ? £ T RIDL £ T said he rose n . o ? t cordially to Stcosd the rtsoluticu : £ rs :, because be w « j 3 working itan ; and , stcondly , because he fc-d t « .= n rot-be i jf his birtfcrieht , and be knew hu fellow-n-n had been so likewise , ( rod had mada man is his own image , and all were equal . He would L ^ k vtat tai ruine-A this coisnrry . ' He vrculd answer , its p .-esen : c- nstir ^ tion . They said it was liberal ; yc 3 , it ws& fair to ih- t ;> = , bu : rotten at the core . He would a = k , ^ -fcich was the o . :-st liis his &xi—the bearded moniev of arLst-.-cracr . or the
ti .-d industnous sen cf toil , ituh : -whose lib-.-ur -u wis produced ? Hear , kear . . I ^ t them all go Lii-. i in ha-vi fi . r -he Charter , and the present Etite cf rv / L ' ocry and pecul-tion would not be continued . Let ns set our Chsxrer , and then ws stall bs ksppy ani free . He asked for justice—he fuund it in the i 3 ws of the Cinrter ; and he -s r-s Lappy to find their glorious leader once njfcre there . Eistcart-WisEotbr-ien . his spirit not diuii ;* : d ,.. nor would his energies ' 0-: wiitpe \ , for he was sure L » atFear ~ us O'Connor wouii wsrk with redoubled energy . . deer v .
ilr . Wheele 3 said he addressed th-.-n : 25 working Else , ft-r hs l < iievsd they were all so . They were enp-z *' - ' . in the work of humanity ; and he felt assured that tiose wLoiii he had ths honour cf Lldisssing ^ : e tcilfcrs for a subsistence , endeavc-urine to compete with the gigantic maeidnsry . Fcr E . ges had the philosopher bres iiriTiug to discover a remedy for their -wrongs - the pc-iiueUr . patching up tht crazy state cf society , but aV to ai pnrpjse ; for they worked for a class , and from a dis ; , and not for the bosy of the pec-pie ; but ' . hey ha-i a remedy—the Charter wzs that reme-ay : ga . n that , and the j-e :-ple's ilia-would scon b = cured . Cli-ers . ¦ The resolution wa ^ carried ucanimvus y . ilr . Wilsos . one of the petiti-x carrier *• rcsc for *^ r purpese of moving ths tmrd I 6 £ omticzi : —
" That this m&eting pledges itself to Co all for the obtaining of the People's C . imer , the restoiation of Pros :, Williams , and Jones , and to obtain die Repeal of the Legislative " Union cf Ireiand . " < Ch&in . 1 It wciuld be superfluous to dwell or : the first p : « rt ~ : : tbt res : : u ; ion after wiiat had already pissed . It was only by Ballets and bsyocets tt- present system tt- -. ; ptrpetuiied . Cisers . ) The latter part be -wuuM caii StTccrian to . Too loa » had we b ~ jn c : riir ! ; it ha * b « n the system to divide as e-j as to keep r . s poorhair , hear—bnt he was happy to rni thit the prejudice was wearing away . Ho woild civt th ^ b-snd of frisnd&hip to his fellow Irishmen , an-i inds-t-1 they had detto do honour ts Feargus 0 Coedct . hiniseif an Irish-Eaa , ifor fighting their " battles . -H « , ar . i che-: rs . Be Trould n ^< : see an Irishniin hurt , tu : there was his band of fellowship for him . Tie Union haa been carli&d by br ibery and corruption ; it was & wrona inflated upoa them , and be supported the eo ::, e , so tLa ! they
Eight hav » the right of self-government , which he e ^ sia&d fo r hiniselt : Ccecrs . The English did r . J ka : e the Irish , neither did be believe the Iri-h lasted the English ; but they had been t- u .-ht to do su for : ' ae bc ^ e £ ; of the class , who robb-ru thtm . He h :-ped , b-rwevrr . those days were ptsse-l , and that t- ru-L ^ ri ) - fec ' .- . Tij noujd exist among tlt : a . 'Cheers .. Mr . GooijTiLLOis" se < k-n-ir . ' . the rriolution . D ^ r » . his a -ress , iir . Sinkey ' = ras teen Wer . "leg his m ~ , i-j the huiting ? , amid the chefTi :. ^ cf the c--: i 5 v ^ i ? - ^¦ ¦ - G . cjnuEDerd , after the cheering h' -1 c < j . .: u led , 17 Kitin ; th ^ : he had sire - ; : the p ^ itijn f ^ r CaJiL . ic eEaEc : pa :: on , to obtain Lis freed ni . v ; rezzrj . e-1 c . n-Kience , but he was us far from p-. iitical ::-. «¦'• ^ n . as CT er—as such he -was a Chartist . ie ' . e . nr . r . L u do Ida bes " . to obtaL ; it * enictmert The rfedution was pet ur . vi carried xmv-i ; : v > u *' -y . -i-T . 0 "Cox > ob was then anrcti ^ ce-i . I-.- cbetring was trtuienious .
-mi . O"Cjunor here presented hiss .-I , and t ^ e cheering itd ira-nng of hats s :. a L ^ iok re iefs ^ sd cispp : sg of hinds vas con . menc- - - - --i-i ^ cutinued for Several r .: vi tts Wc .-e he cculii uv . i . - » word . When EJtnce T-as reiujred , he spoke E-uriy a * loilows ; but we attempt r . u Dure ^^ mer c ^ u : Lu . i uf Lis speech , which occapie ^ nearly two houis : — ilr . CL . irrc ^ a and broth- ^ r TinUcuiS , I wts ordered to lh = sea si . 'ie by my physician : < -- thres -weeks reposs ; be * , il viok' -yQ of bis injmie'J- 'i : , 1 have at once K £ ij ? e 4 : Lt ' . » thi agitated occ ^ n . ¦ I ^ ov-d chee rs . > Upon
n-J srriTal in I ^ j&con , I fv un ¦' : that aii attempt was beiij ; jzAie cy ths press to get up another form of can- ' . K ' -riortai agitation ior Whic ^ ery . . Heir , teai . i I ' found that mj party -K-as iikely :-.- » fall into another Kfora ri&t ? 1 insvivjv ,: cwnuineu , and without ni ^ ch consideration , thai c- i-. i . or &Iiv < r a mysterious absence fur the benefit of n . . . health , would not only be ci-ildiih or culpable , but " tctuai treason against the psc-ple . ^ Loud and long continued cheering . ) I said if * £ ? party requires my presence , they shall have it . Uheexs ., My life his been devoted to them , and if re-cuisine , they shall have that also . tRtpe&ted cheers . ) I Tie at the House of Cg&niins to-day ; I went to see
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y ^^ t ^ y ^ ^ izir ? hatred to Chartism arose from the fact of his hating drawn up the Charter , and then abandoning it , as he had every ono of those measures which h , e formerly advocated , and which had for their object , the amelioration of the condition of the people of Ireland . He adverted to the enormoas salaries of the BishopOthe standing arnjy and police , who he said were timer found begging , while tbosewh ' o supported them were found immured in the Whig Poor Law Bastiles . It was becauso the advocates of the People ' s Charter told such troths as . ihese that they werr called torch and dagger men , and the enemies of Ireland , 'while the real enemies -were Whigs"the . - basebloody ,
, , and . brutal ;"/ the Tories and the whole of the bloated oligarchy and aristocracy , ; without distinction aa to creed or politics . Mr . O'Connell ( not Dan ) said he cooW not tell how it was but snch was tho fact , that , withini the last fire weeks , he . could hear nothing talked of but the People ' s Carter , and he believed that this arose from the fact of the reading the JStprs , which was truth itself , and ; which , if continued to be sent , amongst the Irish people , would eventually seenrs to ' them all that they wanted , and no mistake—Mr . O Hig ^ iji ; asked . leave of the Association to postpone his rsotion nu : ii that day woek , respecting Mr . O Cor . i ! rli ' oa'V . before iiia Committee oi ' the House ' of Loidji , in 18 ' 2 o , relative to the <* . isfranch 5 sem ^ nt of
tho forty shil ! j .: v : freeholders , and Universal fjngr&ge . Hessid it Yra ^ r ^ cesnty to refer to the mo 3 t authentic sources of in formation , when ' touching upon any subject in connexion with Air . O'Coimell ' s name ; he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) had wiitten for the report of the examination of " vlr . O'Connoll , and other patriots , m 1825 ; he hoped tha ; this report would be considered an authentic document and not an Orange paper . It would be well and right that the pnblio should know what Mr . O'Connell meant by Uuirersal Suffiygp , when ho was examined upon h- ' s oath , before-a Committee of the Lords , as ho Bars now that Universal Suffrage can mean nothing short of giving fhe >; i ; ht 10 VQto . to fccr . ales aud little children . A minute inquiry into this evidence is of the
utnioBt importance at the present crisis , and that evidence should bo Mid before the public in tho clearest manner . —A Mr . TcoIb , a loyal Repeal A ^ sociator , but not a member of the Irish Universal Suffrage Associat i , rose and said , that it was a bad plan of proceeding . to make Mr . O'Connell continually the object of abuse ; what hava we that we did not get from O'Connell ; were we not all slaves , and has he not made us freemen . The English Chartists , and Mr . O'Connor , are always abusing him , and he was sorry to see Irishmen . following this example ; he vr , u \ tlb . e glad to know from Mr . O'Higgins what fault ho could find with'Mr . O'Connell , or why ho . did not support him , and join his standard for Repeal ? Why should anv Irishman
find fault with him ? has he not doue every thing for us I you should all join him . We never got anything from the English . Mr . O'Connell supports the Whigs , becauso the Whigs are better than the Tories , and is it not much better to have our known friend ? in than our inveterate enemies ? Mr . O'Higgiis said that the most tastidisus person could not find one word-of abuse , or bordering upon abuse , in anything that he had said of Mr . O'Connell . His object in bringing forward the motion at all wa 3 to put the public in possession of Mr . O'Connell ' s sworn testimony before a Committee of the House of Lords in 1825 . He denied being the personal enemy of Mr ; O'Connell . The charge was falso , come from what quarter it might . He was
most decidedly opposed to Mr . O'Connell ' s politics since 1835 . He had supported him up to that time ; hut when lie saw him turning away from ail his former principles and joining the Whigs , and setting every member of his family to vote for the Coercion Act , and declaring , himself ,-as a reason for voting for it , that it waff necessary in order to put down agrarian disturbance , he , Mr . O'Higgins , could not support him if there was no other reason for it than this . Mr . O'Connor and the English ChartistB did not find fault with Air . O'Co&neH till long after he had deserted them . They considered themselves betrayed by him in whom they had placed the most implicit confidence . And how could they refrain from abusing the man whom they verily believed
betrayed them and sold them to their enemies ? He first began by calling them Tory Radicals , then rascally Radicals , and , at a great meeting in England , he proposed to merge the word Radical in that of Reformer . The Radical Reformers had too much good sense to give up the definite term Radical for that of Reform . Then came the ChaTter , drawn up by Mr . O'Connell ' s own hand , and abandoned by him afterwards ; and finding that he could not delude the people of England , he adopted every means that human ingenuity could invent to bully and intimidate them ; and all this to support that faction whom he had described as " base , bloody , and brutal . " There was scarcely a public meeting held in England at which the speakers described
the sufferings of their countrymen which Mr . O'Connell did not declare to be seditious , and to whi < & he did not direct the attention of the law officers of the Crown , with a view to their prosecution . How often have we heard him state that the speeohes of Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , and Oastler were not only seditious but treasonable ! He would be glad to hear what Mr . O'Connell would say if any great Tory criminal lawyer in England or Ireland , who might perhaps be a great prop to a Tory Government , should be continually directing the attention of the law officers of a Tory Government to Mr . O'Connell's speeches j but he is not ashamed to acknowledge that it was his wish to see Mr . O'Connor prosecuted for hi 3
adherence to , and advocacy of , the very principles which he formerly advocated , but abandoned for Whiggery . It is easy for Mr . O'Connell to say he is for Universal Suffrage , for Vote by Ballot , and the other points of the Charter ; it is easy to say this , but he declined to pledge himself to do so , and he lost hie seat for Dublin , because be would not give a pledge in writing to that effect . There are come who imagine that to say thin is abuse ot O'Connell . Is it abusing O'Concell to make the Irish people acquainted with his real doings in Parliament and out of it ! Surely his friends and admirers would attd ought to like to hear what bo great a man has done for them in return for all the money they give him , and all the money they pay
into the ceffers of his never-ending , ever-changing Associations . In the first place , then , he has got a Coercion Act for Ireland , which may be put in force against himscif by the Tories , but which is a Whig act , and one for which Mr .--O'Connell voted . Secondly , he iias got a Police . Act , and he calls the police the efficient and exemplary police . He has , to be sure , got six relations quartored on the public in that establishment . But mind , this Act , which he so much admires , may one day or other be turned against public liberty . A Tory Lord Lieutenant can turn the whole police force to his own party purposes . He can dispense with every Whig magistrate unless he turns Tory . Ho can turn the privates about their business , and supply their places by Orange
yeomanry fr # m the north ; in short , this act gives despotic power to the Lord Lieutenant for the time being ; and this is one of , the blessings which Mr . O'Connell secured for us from his friends the Whigs . Thirdlv . We have &ot a Tithe Bill which secures in the most effective manner £ 75 in every £ 100 to the Established Church . The people , mind , have all the advantages of paying the full £ 100 , and the landlords get £ 25 per cent , for acting as tithe proctor for the parsons . This is another blessing which Mr . O'Connell bas secured for his country : after all the blood that was shed in consequence of following hia a > lvico to oppose the payment of tithes . Fourthly . Mr . O'Connell supported the Whig Irish Municipal Act , and lest the people should see that he has held
up his countrymen clergy , and all to the solemn mockery and derision of every right thinking man in Europe , he has caused a kind of municipal fever in all the corporate towns in Ireland . Under the pretence of keeping out the Tories , he found an excuse for the Whigs to pass the Municipal Reform Act , with a clause to pay the Ministers' money as a condition of being placed on the burgess rolL One inhabitant of this ward ( the Linen Hall ) paid last week twenty years' arrears of Ministers' money Piacards and advertisements have been recently published throughout the oity , denouncing all those as enemies to their , country who should refuse or decline to pay the Ministers' money , while denunciations of every shape , sort , and size were
heretofore hurled at the heads of those who should directly or indirectly pay the unholy impost . Now the man , whether clergyman or lay » an , is declared to be an unholy knave , an enemy to his country . Who does not pay the unholy impost * And all this turning aud twisting , this changing from one principle to another , this system of expediency and total abandonment of every political principle , is to keep the Tories out . Well , after all the Torioe are now in , and this modern Mokama boasts of having had the Irish Catholic clergy aiding and assisting him in all bis devious , and as it will soon appear , mischievous policy . These are but a few of the blessings which Mr . O'Connell has secured for us . And surely the people of Ireland ought-to be be made acquainted
with them . It should not be forgotten that the Municipal Bill takes away all political power from the pany whom it professes to enfranchise , Believe me , said Mr . O'Higgins , it is all delusion . In the old corporation , tte Lord Mayor was a magistrate , ez-nfficio .- The Lord Mayor , under the new corporation , will not be a maigstrate . His being so , depends upon the will and pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant . The old corporation had the appointment of the city sheriffs , the recorder , the town-clerks . The power of appointing these officers ifl taken awav from the new corporation and vested in the
Lord-Lieutenant for the time being , tnus showing a Tory Lord-Lieutenant can appoint Tory aberifijj , 1 a heretofore , and they can , as usual , empannel a Tory jury to try loyal Repealers before a Tory recorder These are a few of the blessings for what we should kneel down and bow oar stupid heada in humble thankfulness . Bowing to Gesler ' s cap , was liberty compared to this ! Mr . O'Higgin's was much cheered during his address , after which Mr . James Dillon was called to the chair , and thanks given to the chairman , when the meeting separated , much gratified at Mr . O'Higgins ' s clear and dispassionate answers to the questions of Mr . Toole .
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BLACKBOBN . —The fortnight meeting was held on Monday last , in the Music Hal ] , Mr . Thcmas Baines presided . Mr . Broasley , of Accrington , addressed the auaience , audexpossed both Whigs and Tories , and bhowed that it was useless to contend { > r anything short of the Charter . It was agreed to g-jt up a demonstration , aud escort Mr . O'Connor into the towu on his route through Lancashire .
SALFORD . —On Sunday evening last Mr . Christopher Doyle delivered a lecture on the StauUiug Army , to a numerous meotiug ; aud on Monday evening a rescluiion was movod and passed , "TUat tho meetings for the future be held on a Thursday night , as generally ihere are meetings in Manchester on a Monday night , which the members are in . the habit of attending , " GLASGOW . —A public m « eting of the inhabitants of Gorbals was held on the 2 nd instant , in the Chartist church there , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr Pattison , on education . Mr . Ord was called to the chair , who briefly introduced the lectHrer . Mr . P . then delivered one of tha clearest and most eloquent lectures on tha education of the rising generation which , we believe was ever listened to by an intelligent audience . He took a view ot
history for ages past , showed the power which the the Church and Sta ; e held over the minds of the masses , through the means of the poison which was instilled into the young mind by the degrading system of education which tyrants and their abettors devised for keeping the people chained to the chariot wheels of kings , aristocrats , and priests . To attempt to give a report of the truisms and historical references of the , 'ecturer through the medium of a weekly newspaper is of course out of the question , suffice it to say , that he sat down after speaking upwards of an hour , amidst a generous burst of enthusiastic cheering . The school-master of the Gorbals Chartist school gave an account of his system of teaching , which gave great satisfaction ; he stated that the number of scholars , amounted to 105 . A vote of thanks rras then given to the Chairman sod Lecture , when the meeting dissolved .
BUIDGETON . —The weekly meeting of the Bridgetou Association was held in their hall . Dalestreet , which was crowded to suffocation , for the purpose of hearing Mr . M'Farlane deliver hia lectuj-on njr / u , nioney , and talent , to carry on the agitation , . Mr . Vxodger in the chair . Mr . M'Farlane ' s Lecture gave Ui « highest satisfaction to ali present . He -aiJ he would raiher have twelve men , with talent and principle , than five hundred without it , because , said he , a great portiou of mankind may be compared to 3 clock , or watch , which require wiudiut up , afiu- winch it ticks , ticks on , until it runs
oui . aud ih-.-ii it must again b < j wound up by some inasar-mind ; the winding up , aud the Chartist tick , ticking , however , will comiuue until the glorious hour arrives which will 1 proclaim the people free , sovereign , and independent . Mr . M . was loudly cheered throughout his eloquent and animating address . Mr . Black then rose , aud moved an address to Father Ryan , aud the Chartists of Ireland , which was read by the chairman , and unanimously agreed to . Cheering votes of thanks were then given to the lecturer , the chairman , &c , when the meetiug dissolved . Large aud crowded meetingn were also huld in Ca'tou , Anderston , and i ' uliockshaw .
Gbeat Meeting in St . An . n s Church . —A meeting has beeu held here , in order to devise the best ni'Tius of paying respect to Mr . O'Connor when he viti s Glasgow . The rush for admission exceeded anytning which lias taken place in the Chartist movement . Mr . Rodger was unanimously called to the chair , who stated that nothing could make him so happy as tho important situation which he now held over such a large and respectable meeting , and for such a noble and generous purpose . He hoped the greatest order would bo kept , and every one heard with that attention which has hitherto characterised the meetings of the Chartists of Glasgow . Mr . Brown , Secretary , then read the minutes of the directors' meetings , bearing upon the meeting now
a ^ < rmbied . Mr . George Ross , Treasurer , gave a statemeju from his books , regarding the state of the Chartist t ' uuds for the last quarter , which shewed the progress of the Chartist cause , and the healthy state of the finance department . Mr . Thomas Gillespio then rosu , and moved a vote of thanks to the hom ^ t , unflinching , and long-tried patriot , Mr . George Ross . Mr . Ross returned thanks in his usual pointed way , and eat down by declaring that he would never cease to agitate for the liberty of his fellow-men so long as he continued tp exist . He had also to inform them that they had now procured the new large Bazaar Hall , for a soiree to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , which would contain from four to five thou .-and people . The ^ Chairman then
addressed the meeting upon the principal object for which they had assembled , and shewed the vast pi .- > gr < . ** 5 which they were making , and the great numbers of friends and advocates which were flocking to their standard . Mr . F . Thomson considered tho present meeting as the most important which had been held for a long time in Glasgow , and he hoped they would do honour to themselves and the important object for which they had assembled . Mr . Cullen said they had assembled to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , a gentleman who was dear to evtry genuine Chartist ; it appeared to him a strange coincidence that while that noble of nature was shaking off tha chains of York Ca 9 tle , his merciless persecutors were leaving
Downing-street , amid the universal execrations of a nation , with their honours tarnished for life . Mr . Gillespie , in a speech full of deep truths and eloquent animation , referred to the past conduct of O'Connor , and said the meeting furnished a proof that their principle and untarnished honour will conquer every obstacle . A discussion then ensued , in which Colquhoun , Cullen , Pettigrew , Malcolm , Baird , Gillespie , Johnstone , Proudfoot , and others took a part ; after which it was agreed that a eoiree be held in the Bazaar Hall , and that the tickets shall not be above one shilling and sixpence , nor btlow one shilling . It was also agreed that a meeting of delegates from trades , shops , factories , and
districts be held in the same place , on the 10 th iust ., for the purpose of making arrangements for a demonstration on the day Mr . O'Connor arrives in Glasgow , and that a correspondence be immediately entered into with that gentleman about the day of his visit . A large and respectable oommittee of middle and working classes was then appointed , for the purpose of carrying the necessary arrangements into execution . Mr . Colquhoun proposed a vote of thanks to Shaman Crawford , and those who voted along with him on his Radical amendment , which was given with great glee ; three cheers for O'Connor ; three for the Charter ; and three for the Chairman followed , when the immense meeting separated .
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the convicts removed from the hulks to be transported to the penal- settlement , beyond Doirning-street Colony . ( Immense cheers and laughter , ) They reminded me of the patriotic Irish volunteers , who , notwithstanding their burning enthusiasm and unquenchable patriotism and love of danger , were nevertheless obliged to be chained together to prevent their desertion . ( Romb of laughter . ) I b » w the t ^ o faces of class legislation under a hood to-day . I knew the Whig by the sign of the the left chop — ( roara of laughter and cheers ) —and I knew the Tories by the amirk on the newiypxinted side of their face . ( Renewed cheers . ) I svw them as they passed in review ; and I said to myself , if in' a d-nngeon 1 beat you , surely when at liberty I can beat you toe . ^ Great cheering . ) But then they say ,
wont you give Sir Robert a fair trial ? Why , bow many Mr trials does the culprit want ? ( Tremendous cheering . ) Is Welli&gJon too , and that young reptile , Stanley , and Warncliffe , to have another fair trial . ! . Cheers . ! No , no . I am not one of those to break up one administration for no other purpose than to suoaritiiwas had a oae . 'Cheers . ) My object is to annihilate botJd factions < Cheere . > W « have trampie : ! apjn t / . e Whigs— 'loud cheers )—and in truth they aided us in our warfare by their iniquity ; but , then , one p-iper a * ks us to rally - roan . 1 OUB Queen . Ovr Qiueii indeed . \ CbetT 5 . ) Another tfcV . « us that the Q-Jeeii is weeping over her lost convivial i . iviaera . Aa , my friends , bo is Mrs Frost wseping over her absent husband . ( Immense sensation and prolonged cheering . / The -widow
Clayton vrecpa salt tears over her departed husband . ( Great confusion and cheers . Mrs . Peddie sighs aud ¦ s-eeps over the melancholy fate of her hu .-band . Hire Eolbcrry too drops a tear over the ill-treatment of hen ; a id -where is the sympathy of the tender-hearted prea * ? —are these not vremaa and mothers ? ( Loud cheers . ) Another paper tella us th&t the Que ^ n is a i-: .:. prisoner in her palace . ( Laughter . ) . \ ye , you w-. y well laugh at snch solitary confinement Poor sonl ' . Woulu to God yon all had her complaint with nv * hun tired thousand a year to console you . ( Immense ch .- ^ r » : ii ; and laughter . ) Ah , I too "will pity her -when 1 hear either that aha eats skilly , —( laughter ,, —or tven tl . it she has bowds of oompassion for those to vhor . i she
appeals . 1 Cheers . ) Surely she has enough of tv . rything—she- tus her Lords , her Commons , her Peop ! e , her dominions , and her half million a-year . \ Cheers . ) The Parliament , at all events the present one , is hers ; her " free-trade" Parliament ( Cheers , ! She is too clever by half , or at least her responsible advisers hive made her so . Cheers . ) She asked for a Hou 3-, anil she has it ; and such good may it do her . iChefers . ) The Whigs have paraded their puppet too often . ( Cheers . ) Tea would tire of ponch and judy , —troars of laughter , ) —and you have tired of royalty , — loud cheers , )—and in - my con .= cience I believe , that had the Whigs remained / or one year loader in effioe every rrarkizig man in England -would have been a Republican . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Well , now they aim at another union ;
and God-forbid that I should thvrart or oppose so desirable an object ; but the next nni * a must be a Uiiion f-r the Charter . tLoud cheers ) They ask us to lay aside all minor differ = nces . anJ join for oae
commun obj-ct ; vet have no differences tu lay aside , — renewed cheering , )—let those who have , p-. srtice their preaching and join us . ( Cheers . ) The Sus . Jay Tiutu icLs as that we must unite and take Larri JuLu . Russell for our leader , —tgroans and hissing , !—b . : uo , no ; I trcz't have him for many reasons ; an-1 Irs- ' . ly , because he is such a little bh of a ^ ing I cuulu ii .-i see him is z f-jg . ( Shouts of . au 2 htar . ) I find it hard enough to see him ia goixi light , —1 cheers ,, —besidrj there is a t
\ ¦ svi ^ eiuuig we paueiiL » uru . ru . jixf , iuiu we land * thereunto belonging , which the r . ibie Lord -would rather hide from vulcar eye , — : eh ^ srs ,. »—Shere is some tbirg about " hospitality and far : ; ' bouse , " for the stranger and the -widow . ' . Great cheering . ) Besides , I believe the JToble Dake , his brother , ar . d the proprietor , is somewhat of an extensive lay imprvpriator of tithes , cr land curer of souls . . Loud ch&ers j Moreover , tell me any one good thing he ever Kiid or did , since he ~ 53 christened . ¦ Caeers 1 He only wants another tarn at the shuttle-cock . Cheers .. Well , ' now just see what Whig treachery has brought us to . With wi ^; t is called referased icaritutiv .. ^; , we have the
anomaly of 3 Tory House of ConuEcns . . Laughter . ) Aye and a tremendous msi ^ rity alar ; well , and how will you break that down ? yon may ask- Hear , hear . ) I ansvrer , very easily . How did the uTili > tructed people cmtt reform against the crown , the Lurda , and a majority of the Common ; , in 1 S 32 ? ; Ch ;> ers . ) Then they o * . iy feught for moon-shine , but uow we have our allour Charter , to f ^ lor . 'Great cheering . ) I shall bold & meeting every night , in London , or two if you require it , for the next fortnight , —( ioud cheering and waving of hats , ;—and when I hav ^ cemented you in one holy union—for that is my o' -ject ; Cheers . ) Yes . yes , I have been engaged in s ^ uuding the Charter river , and I will present yon w-iii a chart for your
: uture guidance . I have narked all the rocks , the shoals , and quicksands . The quicksands are marked with ¦ the word jealousy , ihe rocks , disumok . Indescribable cheering .: Well , I am the first to set in example ; heaven knows , 1 have been well abus&d , — hear , hear , ;—and in my absence . iHear , and shame . i No sham ^ if those who did so were here row to meet me . iChe * rs ,:. Bat 1 iorcriva all , uaj more , 1 f wget all Let the trafficking politician live upon clap-crap and dissension ; 1 will live upon union alone . 1 Cheers . ) When I leave you I shJi « pe&d a month with my dear — £ ) e , yerj dear Scotch friends . 1 Cheers . j They are united to a- hud . Cheers . ) I wili then visit all England and Wales . Slants of applause . ) That will p roduce -4 , 000 , 000 signatures—not one less—{ " It will , "
and great cheering)—acd with that carried by thirtysix aicnemasoEs in fnstian—( cheers )—and attended by a milJion cf followers te the House of Commons , with me at their h-: 3 d , if they will allow me the honour—great cleerinc)—won't that do , think you ? Shouts of " Aye , aye , " and great cheering . i Well , but suppose the Right Hon . Baronet should order eut the fellows in the hole in the wall at the Horse Guards , what then ?—and suppoie they should stwut as , or shoot me . " 'XLej wont try that " , But suppose they did , we Hlonid not be able for the force they could brtug to bear upon us ; but if we we ,-, no ; able to resit ; it litre , just think of the arrival of the news at MancLrster , Glasgow , Newcastle , Leeds , Nottingham , ShfSicid , acJ Birniingkati ' ., that the people v ¦ . ¦ - -.. r . fAitut foxii- ' - fcx .-rcise of their rights were fired u ~ , Lkua Feargus O'Connor was shot . Treinondtms
stusation- A ; .., th :-dead body of Citiir did more ih-u the living Caspar ' s self coulu accomplish , ' . Loid chters . ) It Eade : L ? Ho : nan 5 to mutiny , and I have the vanity to bciieT- that 1 ara not less beloved—loud cheering —ai . d th-i * . zh England would meet tiist &ignt by wrcb-liai . t—great cheering .- —to see the way to vtugSLiwi .. Cheers Thai is my plan ; i , uuO , uOO signatures , with a : _ 1 of a million . The Tories shall not rule this iaat ; - > iireit cheering . I will m ^ ke ' . he very air snicli r-: C-iirtism : i » is the only peifuuie which can tak- ,- tbe . jti .. K of putrid Whigs = ry out of oar nosea—( Cuter ; » ud laughter —and it is the ui . iy essence that c » u < li&pel tut ranuii odour ot rnupaut Toryism . £ ; . eers .: But , thtn , they say , who would unite with torcii-and-itagger men 7 ani much has be ^ n said , ana u .- ' . ~ tics been raade , < A Newport and the phj-Eical--force Charutii . Aye , when my Catholic fellow-counuyi :. en L » y bleeding in the widow Ryan ' s
hay-yaraere .-- , sc&s-iti'jni—and when their biood was to be made pi ^ flt . ble to political traffickers , then I b ? ard nothing of resistance to physical aggression being a crimecheer " - "—and tht people of Er . glan-1 effertd no subsidies to aid in li-c Protestant onslaught against their Irish brethren , 1 " Ne , never , " and chesrs . ) No , you did isot , but you sjmpaUiisesl ; and urca ' -ise of youi s > my-t- ; 7 , I laved you . Caeers . uh . ' I was not thtn a . Destructive , when 1 vowei vengeance over the smoking £ - ] - > od of the widow ' s soa—whtii I visited the dying , and co'jifi . rted the survivor *—wbeu I preachea the funeral s-rmoa over sev « . n of our slaughtered brethren , vci ^ ns the two " gallant corps' that murdered themwh = u 1 attended the inquest for ihirt-een days , and got a v-. rdict of wilful murder against the suipiiced
iof-1 ia . 11 , Archdeacon Rider , aaid his accomplices— "wjeii I got £ bO from America , sr . d lir ^ D subscriptions from other parts , for t ^ e T > -jonJeu , and vrido-wed , and motherless sufferers ; and when I went specially to Cork , to pros&cnte the murderers—oh ! tLen , I was nut ca ltd a torch-and-dagger wan . ( Ore-aJ cheering . / But when I rose to move for an inquiry into the case in the House of Commons , then I was imploringly asked not to eniL « arrasa the Whigs , i" Aye , shame , " and " Daniel O'Connell !"> WU 1 , an Orange Grand Jury threw oat the bills , by writing " ignorarnas" upon the back ; sad when I wis asked if I did not think the nnuing good , 1 said , " Yes , if they had just put one more * , and madfc it' ignoramus '* . ' " ( Great laueht-er . ) Well , no EofiUsb trcrkman rejoiced that EDglish boys and an Es ^ lUc ssrjs ^ i ;; had shot them down . ( Cheers , and " No , never ! " ) Mr . O'Connor then went into the
qucauon if free trade , snd concluded his observations thus : —NotvJus : Lear me . When they « pesk of cheap bread , they never tell you that of aH the manufactured articles , br ^ sU , * r . > m the raw material to the time of i ; -s being isicd , toci through most processes . Wheat ia the rsw mitfcriai . Very well . Firstly , the exporter bu y * is ; -secondly , the corn factor buys It ; thirdly , the miDer buys it ; fourthly , the flyur factor buys it ; fifthly , the baker buys it , or perhaps the huckster , from whom you accommodate yourselves in convenient amounts . Now , then , while all our sapient instructors are speakiDg about and making calculations on the price of the raw material , which may be in part regulated by a protecting duty , not one says a sentence abeut the price of flour or bread , -which the vendors alone can regulate according to will ( Long-continued cheering , and " That's it ") When the duty was taken off leather , did you buy youi shoes cheaper ? ' , " Ko . " ) >" o ; and suppose a case &s to timber .
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( Hear . ) Suppose the Baltio timber to pay a duty of £ 3 per load , and suppose that any of yon were in the habit of baying annually from a carpenter the furniture made oat of a loal , and suppose the whole duty to be taken off , think you that the price of the next batch of manufactured articles would be reduced by the amount of the reduced duty—( cheers , and No , }—no nor to the amount of one farthing . \ Cheers . ) Then -what is my remedy ? Why , to allow every consumer to be his own producer —( loud cheers ) —or at least to have bo many small producers of the raw material as wonM make monopoly impossible . Again , let me ask you , where those displaced by machinery are to get the means of buying even the small loaf —( hear , hear )—and if they brvve not the means of
buying , will the shopkeepers have the means of living—( cheers)—and yet the ignorant , besotted , foolish shopkeepers are the very strongest supporters of the all-devouring monster , steam-power . ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the fools—they never see that the gamblers divide between them what should constitute their profits . They never rtflsct that every crammed warehouse is bo much lockednp treasure , of which they should have a part . ( Cheers ) Every intermediate class between the aristocracy and the people must , as a matter of conrse , be ruined , if the people , whose agents th . 'y are in tha barters are not consumers . ( Lond cheers . ) Now that's my position ; it is plain and simple . For the steam lords to be rich , the people must be distinctive producers ; for the shopkeepers to be rich , the people must be abundant
oonsauiers—( great cheering)—a character in which they have ever and for ever been overlooked ; but they shall not longer be so . ( Cheers . ) Well , then , these are the two state patients—the aristocracy aick of indigestion , and attacked with apoplexy , occasioned by repletion—( laughter and cheers )—and the people pinfng from want —( cheers)—and SiT Robert Peel says , that he is the state physician who has been called in . God Almighty help hia foolish head . ' ( Cheers aud laughter . ) He was the nearest quack at hand called in to attend the patient in a sudden tit—( loud eheers)—and if he Joes ' nt bleed and bleed enough , and something more—nevermind it why . ( Tremendous cheeia and laughter . ) But just stop a moment ; that is , if we let him . ( Cheers . ) Aye , aye , the Times has no delicacy in announcing that the
experiment is to be made on the old subject , Ireland . ( Cheers , and hear . ) In fact , who can doubt it But I warn them , I caution them , I apprize them that when my country is attacked , neither York Castle , solitary confinement , the dungeou , dock or scaffold have for me one particle of terror . ( Loud and uproarious cheering . ) No , let the Irish denounce rue , let their leadsrs in my absence abuse me , but yet the land of my birth shall ever command my soul ' s whjle sympathy . ( Loud cheers . ) Yes , your resolution to aid Ireland ia procuring a divorce from you , demands my thanks This is not just the t ' nid to enter into an elaborate discussion upon the merits of that great question . It deserves an occasion and an , audience specially Bummoned for the hearing ; and lest Mr . O'Conaell ' s refusal
to meet Dr . Cooke should have led the ignorant to suppose that it proceeded from a lack of argument , I d-j hereby , and from this spot chalk-ugt *—no , not challenge , it is a term too harsh and savours more of dissention than a desire to arrive a ' , just conclusion after argument : but I invite him to a whole week ' s discussion at Belfast , iu Dublin , or any where he pleases to appoint ( Great and long continued cheering , which lasted eever . il minutes . ) Yes , yes , my friends { I will fling back the . aunt upon all , upon every one who dares to charge us with intolerance and an aversion to bnar reason . My cause lives upon reason , and thrives best upon argument , it ia the physical force Whigs and their swivel » eyed chairmen , who can squint round a corner in search of kidskin glovea , but can't see blistered hands under their
noses , that I object to . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , but challenge them all , and Sydney Smith upon the Corn Laws , iLoud cheers . ) Here I am . I ask no back , and not much notice- ^ I am rrady . ( Loud cheers . ) But about the Kepeai . They say they'll put it down ; and already one or two regiments have been sent over . ( Groans . ) Well , that ' s enough ; but not one Chartist has volunteered . ( Cheers and " No . ") No , and let the Right Honourable Baronet con over the meaning of the old adage , " while the cat ia away the mice may play . " iLoud cheera-i Let him order one drop of Irish Catholic blood to be shed ; in short let him but draw the Irish sword and away goes the English scabbard . ( Loud cheering and waving of hats . ) I tell you what , Ireland iooka upon your fungus aristocracy as an upatart tiling ;
we consider them as foreigners even among you . i Cheers . ) And if the Irish people have an interest in the Repeal of the Union , the English h * ve a double interest ( Cheers . ) The cheating oligarchy who plundered the poor of both nations alike , have an interest in eur united weakness . ( Cheers . ) Once give honest Pat , the finest f .-How in the world , with all all his faults and divelment—^ cheers and laughter;—give him the means of living at home and be won't trouble j ^ u with his company ; for although you have behaved like kind hosts and warm irionds , allowing him to sharv in the scanty market of competitive labour , yet , would he rather peel the Irish " praty" in the chimney corner with his thumb nail , with the grawls around hiiu , aye , or without a nail at all , rather than leave the dear
green land of hia birth . 1 Great Cheering . ; Well , will the enemies of Ireland meet me ? will Mr . Sydney Smith meet me ? I wont knock his hat off ; Ch « trs and laughter . ) No , 111 convince his head . ( Cheers . ) And when they talk of Ireland ' s former Parliament and draw deductions from its corruption and suicide , they forget , as the gallant stonemason who preceded me told you , that it was effected by Tory gold and the suspension of the law . ( Hear , hear . ) But , more ; Ireland under the English , never had a Parliament , and for this simple r-.-ason , the country , tlie people , the veritable aristocracy , aud the Irish were Catholics to a man , and could not sit in the House , while the " aliens jn language and in blood , ' composed not a senate , but a iuuto of Protestant persecutors . ( Long continued
cheers , and " That ' s it . "> Well , I now come to the question of qnestiuns , the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Let us have oce word about that I contend for it , that , supposing all society to consist of seventy or eighty classes , the labonrers befog one , that the representation of all others , the labourers being excluded , would lead to ad many seperate interests aa there are clashes , while if iabour alone was represented , it would bo the interest of that class to do equal and even handed justice to every other class of society . ( Hear and che « . rs . ) Ji ; fact , " 1 defy industry to legislate to the disadvantage of any other interest , without simultaneously injuri ; , y itself . Cheers , and " True . " ) They have an intei ^ t in upholding capital , as they cannot all be capitalisf . ii . 1 Cheers . > They have an interest in preserviug pro ± > e » -, y
or their own creation and intended lor their own enjoyment ; none others h 3 ve as great ( Cheers . ) The large gambling manuf acturera have a great interest in devouring the capital of small capicalis s . ( Hew , hear . ) Tue working classes would have an interest , iu creating a large class of small ami well remumerated capitalistshear , hear , ;—and in thus extending competition ami destroying monopoly which must be the inevitable consequence of narrowed competition . ( Cheers . ) Well now , nothing but Universal Suffrage can fairly represent labour i cheers )—but a 3 we approach is and form iLe bisia of our superstructure , new architects spring up and say , " Oh , I have a better name for it—I call it General Suffrage . " 1 Laughter and cheers . ) Well , I don't understand that ( Cheers , and " It's blarney . ";
Yes , if I listened to that , I should hear of Colonel Suffrage , Captain Suffrage , Sergeant Suffrage aod Corporal Suffrage . ( Boars of Laughter . ; I am for PRIVATE Suffrage and going ou wuh promotion from the ranks . ( Ciders . ) Now , every man understands what I mean . When 1 say twenty one yeara of age , 1 don t mean twelve years of age . ( Laughter . l When I gay of eound mind , I don't mean madmen . When 1 say untainted with crime , I don't mean rogues . ( Cheers . ) Yet the whimsical philosophers of the day tell ua that we daal too much in generalities , while they give tt » their plan the very most " general" and undefined name which language furnishes . ( Great cheering and bravo . 1 Well , now , if we nso a general name , and very simply particularise what we mean , is it not more honest ,
more plain , and ta ? y of comprehension , than thoae wh . > use general terms to mislead , without any key to details , or definition of appplicaiion . ( Cheers and right ) 1 am for the plain , the simple , the homely thing that any mas can understand . ( Cheers . ) I am reaoived that you , the working classes , shall have one friend from the aristocratic ranks , who will * iever , who never has condescended to triflo with you for individual purposes—( cheers ; j—no , I have been known toyousir . ee the 4 th of Fefruary , 1833 , as member of Parliament , leading provincial journalist , unpaid agitator , prisoner tnd fritniil ; and here I stand to answer for my every act ( Loud cheer ? and waving of hats . ) 1 tell you what ; when I came among you , I too , as an Irishman , had my anti-Engllih prejudices ; but pending inquiry , and before investigation , I neveT allowed them to militate against the poor man ' s interest ( Cheers and
nerer ; and Dorchester Labourera . ) Aye , I helped to bring them back , as I will Frost , Williams , and Jones . ( Loud cheers . ) I would have had them back , bnt for the accursed Whig Committee by which I wa 3 fettered —( cheers )—who , jealous of allowing the veritable working men to accomplish anything by their own strength , would not allow me to lead a million of petitions with the mourning -widow to tha foot of the throne . ( Great cheering . ) But about those prejudices ; they have been converted into an Indelible , an everlasting bond of unity , affection , and regard . ( Cheers . ) Yes , I saw that you were slandered ; that Ireland's oppressors were your oppressors ; that you loved liberty and Ireland , and for that I loved you . \ Immense cheering ) Oh , I allow Sir Robert and the Holy-Protestant-agricultural-aati-Irish-Parliament to bold office far just seven montha , and no longer—( great cheering ) —and only so long , because five of them will be a dead
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never acifept place , penaien , or emolument from any Government , other' than that -which vras the choice of the universal voice , nor of one farthing from the people for his tervi' jea . ( Hear , hear . ) He thon raid , I am going to t > tvo you a conttast between tho practise of tte political trafficking plunders and the Christian coufereuce of poiiiiciM spiritual humbug lately congregated afc Manchester . ( A groan 'for them . ) They advertised for *• cheap losing and cheap bread , " that is to . be taken i . ; for nothing . ( Gnaws . )' ' Now . I giva this Suveieigu aa my mito tow . was the expence , and as my licur . ee to preach the gospel of pease aud good will . ( Loud chetrs . ) Those miserable things would have turned the scale of reform in 1830 , but in
season of receBS—and then he walks . ( Loud cheers . The poot Times thought that , because we were not Whigs , we [ must bo Tories—( fanghter );—but no , there are not . one hundred Tory -working men in the empire . ( Cheers . ) I know I am a doomed man ; a proscribed man ; bat who cares ? this Governinwifc / will beat . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , I will , though I am soon to lose my life . ( Here every hand was held op , accompanied by one shout of «• We'll all die then . " ) No , you £ han'tr-on < 3 is enough— ( . laughter );—but I ' m not gone yet ( Grent laughter . ) Mr . O'Connor continued to address . Jhe meeting In the mast exciting and impassioned strain for nearly . two hours , amid the most desfening and general applause , and then concluded by a repetition of his Oft-given plstee , that he would
1841 , they played to empty benches j and instead of exciting approval , they but created suspicion and reeeived ridicuk ' , as they weil merited . iO jeers . ) The hungry sheep knew that they went aa exploring traders , and not as protecting shepherds . ( Gi-eat cheeriiig . j Had thero bufu . no dtficlency in the clerical till , there would have bv * x £ fl 6 inquiry into the empty belly of the fitakv Well ; in this night's Su , t I flnil their proceedings advertised , piice 2 s . or 2 s . 6 d . \ ncloth . What a characteristic c jver for the cloth—( laughter ) —and what a price for tho back of a book . Sir . O'Connor then concluded amid the most rapturous applause . ilr . George was the first person to speak after Mr . O'Connor .
Mr . White , of Birmingham , was afterwards introduced amid much cheering . Ho addressed the meeting for a short time in praise of their reception to Feargus O'Connor , and excused himself from farther speaking on account of tbe extreme lateness of the hour . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , after threj cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three for O'Brien ; and three for all the political prisoners .
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CHESTER , —Dr . P . M . M'Douall has been residing in this city for a short ' period , and during his stay . he Intimated to the Committee of the Chartist Association his desire to give a public lecture on Chartism and its objects ; accordingly the subject was brought forward afc a general meeting of the members of the body , which was aelil in their meeting room on the evening of Wednesday week , ami after some , discussion , it was resolved , that , with a vi ^ w of giving the ; meeting greater publicity , a mar hi engaged to carry a large board on b pole with au inscription inserted on it containing the terms on which the meeting was to bu convened , and that tha same be carried through the town the nest day , from ten o ' c l ock in the morning till seven o'clock in the evening , which was the hour
announced for the meeting to take place . Well , pursuant to this resolution , a man was engaged to do so , and started on his mission with the board ; but lie had not displayed it long , before tbe parsons , ihn intolerant gentryi the illiberal , ' respectable * shopkeepers , the tjrannicat police , and the -whole horde of the idlers , who Sivtj upon tbe labour of the working classes , got due scent and h « was assailed by them with every expresaJon of illiberal and intolerant feeling and extcmtion ; some of thum being encouraged by Mr . Hill , siipevintendtnt of the police , who exclaimed several timss , "Sec , gentlemen , " pointing to the board , " there is a pretty affair for you ; this is a most shameful businesjjj'and they bad the audacity to gaiiiw close round him , and threaten to take the board from him and break it
to . . pieces ; -and I am sorry to say thai one of these " highly respectable gentry" was a clergyman belonging to the Established Church , of England . Upon this , jUr . HJll says , " I'll . soon put a tiamper on thia affair . " He Inyes the s ' gpal to bis blood-hounds , who were £ ajJgQ £ ., $ t a , disjan . ee ,. and immediately the . man was suri'flun 4 | fc % : them . Some of them Iald * a 61 d ' of him and others hold of the board . " Hold , " say » -Hill , " they sb ; ill not take you to prison , if you will consent to go back with that board , and noS exhibit it Recollect , you must carry it down all the way home , " at tha same time , showing him how ; "but , stop , ' says he , " I shall go with you , and see you and it safely housed . ' * He then selected two of the blue bottles from amongst tbe rest , and , says , " there , now , march
on . " The man had one on each side of him , while the great man brought up the rear ; thus accompanied , the man conies to tbe Comniittee-reom ; but the police , after they had aeen the man and board housed , thought proper to wait about the premises for a length of time ; there happened to bj pxesent in the room several members of the Committee , and amongst them Mr . John Burkhill , a very valuable member , who went out to expostulate with Hill on his conduct . He told him that he considered his conduct very illiberal in denying us that which he invariably allowed to every other person . He replied , but it was illegal . Mr . B — " it is not iilegil , and I defy you to ;> rove it so . " Mr . H . — " if you attempt to dictate to me , and are not off , I will kick you out ef tlie street , you scoundrel . " Shortly
after this scene , several members of the Committee , including the treasurer , went to take legal advice on the subject ; tbe result of which was , that tht y Wvjre instructed to hya complaint before the magistrates against Hill , and to send tbe man out into the town again with the board , and abide tbe isaue . The complaint to be laid officially by the secretary ou behalf of tbe Association . Accordingly be nttended , and laid tbo c inplaint before the mayor , who acted impartially ; but Hill could not lestruiu himself , for be had a gTeat deal to say against us and our principles . The secretary was accompanied by Mr . Juhn Pritchard ami Mr . John , Vaughan , two highly respected members of the committee . Mr . Vaughan , addressing the Mayor , said , *• With your Lordship ' s permission ,
I beg leave to ask why it is that our board must not be exhibited to announce our meeting , there not having been any attempt to prevent placards being carried on various occasions ; for instance , Mr . Brindley bad several boards at the same time , and hand-bills and circulars , to make known bis meetings ; players and circus establishments have shown boards , and have bad them carried ; tbe teetotal procession , a few weeks back , bad a large banner drawn on a very extraordinary large and uncommonly wide hogshead drag , so wide that it could not go up many of the principal streets , because otber carts , &o . could not pass it ; and even tbe proprietors of Punch and Judy are tolerated ; but our board must be driven out of the streets , and the man who carried it threatened with being taken to prison in this brave land
of liberty . "—Mr . Hill said , "Tbe board is chalked over . " Mr . Vaughnn replied , " It is painted , except the spaces left blank to announce the speaker , and tell the hour , and these must , of course , be tilled up with chalk ; but do you offer the chalk on the board as a just reason why it should nut be shown in the streets ? I tell you , Sir , you have no authority to prevent our meeting from being niauo public "—The thinf-eatcher then replied , " You must first prove your meeting to be legal before you can announce it "—Our friend Yaugban told him the meeting was legal in tbe highest degree , the room beiug licensed ; and that neither he or any otber man had any right to intimidate that meeting , or any other legal meeting , though held in the open air ; when old Swear-all Hill replied , " You got your room licensed
as a placo of religious worship , or it would not have been licensed at alL "— " Yes , Sir , " said Vaughan , " and as a place of re'igious worship it is used , and preached in every Sabbath Day ; and being a place of religious worship , does not prevent us holding any other meeting of a legal nature in it . The theatre is licensed as a place for amusement , and yet Mr . Brindley defended Christianity in it against Socialism . Mr . . Mayor , if you will satisfy me it is wrong to show that board , we will deaist ; but , being right , we seek your protection . " Here the master of the " bluebottles " burst again , and said , " The Mayor may please himself what he does , but I shall do as I have dons ; tor four or five gentlemen this morning came to we , aud said it was a shame I did not put a stop to the carrying
of that board , and one of them said he had a good mind to seize it and break it to pieces . " " Well , Sir , " said Vaughan , " we have had the advice of un attornpy on the subject , and I should like to see him or you seize that board or break it ; and if you do , we shall bring an action against you . " Mr . Hill— " If you carry that board there will be a breach of the peace , I'll swear it . " Vaugban— " If you send some of your aid-decamps to interrupt us , there will be a breach of the peace , but not without ; ami if they do they must abide by tbe consequences : the law is open to our protection , » nd we shall use our privilege . If it must not be carried , you surely cannot object to my fixing it on my cart , and tirawing it through the streets ; my cart roust have room to pass as well .-. 8 others . " Mr .
Hill—•• If you do , I tell you I'll make an affidavit There will be a breach of the peace . " Vaugban— " What ! swear on speculation ! I suppose , Mr . Hill , you'll allow , before you wili be permitted to take such an oath , there must be ocular proof . What magistrate will allow you to make such au oath ? I tell you we shall shew tba beard , and at yeur peril dare to touch it * " Well , " said the Mayor , " if you think you are right , you must pursue your own course , and leave us to purauu ours . " We then left the court . After wo left the magistrates , we went with the man and tbe board al ! over the city , accompanied by several others of tho Committee , who would have instantly bailed the man , if any attempt to lay hands on him again bad been made by the police , and would have
prevented him from becoming the victim of perjury , by coming forward as witnesses in his behalf , an « l testifying to matters as they really bad occurred . In ti » - ¦ versing the various streets , we fell in with many of the police , including Hill and the inspector ; they all showed their teeth very much , but did not dare to bite . The meeting was a buniber , the room was filled to overflowing , and many had to go back , being unable to gain admittance . Hill dil not forget us , for seven of his bludgeon men were present in plain clothes . Mr . John Vaugban was called to the cliair , who in an able style opened the business of the meeting and in the course of his addres did not spare Mr . Hill ;
he concluded by introducing Dr . M'Douall to the meeting , who delivered a lecture in first rate style on the merits of Chartism ; it occupied about an hour : md a half in the delivery , and gave every satisfaction to the crowded meeting . The Doctor , like bis predecessor , did not forget the reprehensible conduct of Hill . When the lecture was flnisiied , three times three were givta on account of the liberation of the highly esteemed patriot , F . O'Connor , Esq . Cheers were also given for Dr . M'Douall ; for the People ' s Charter ; for the People ; and for Col . Napier . Thanks were voted to the Mayor , for his impartial conduct that day ; also to Dr . M'Douali for hie very excellent lecture .
DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Sufirage Association held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . W . Woodward in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting confirmed . Letters were read from tho following persons and places : —Mr . Thomas M'Ciillock , Glasgow ; Mr . Patrick Bradley , BarnsJey ; Mr . Samuel Robinson , Stoke-upon-Trent ; Mr . John P . Rodger , Glasgow ; and from Mr . William Magee , Greenock . Two very heart-stirring letters were read , one from Mr . Hush Doyle , of Killkeel , and th « other
from Mr . P . O'Connell , of Ballyroggat , Ireland , after which several new members were enrolled , amongst whom was Surgeon Madden , Member of the Royal College of Surgeons , Ireland . Several notices were handed in for the admission of others at the next meeting day . Tbe secretary spoke to a considerable length on the substance of the letters which he had read , and which went to prove that Mr . O'Connell does not speak truth when he says that the working people of England are the enemies of Ireland . He also showed for what the ChartiatB were denounced by Mr . O'Connell , and said that Mr . O'Connell ' s
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct566/page/1/
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