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" Bristol , August 24 th , 1841 . " DEJ . B Srs , —Tou will please to excuse the liberty which a stranger takes in thus addressing a letter to you . But I am encouraged in doing so by reading the noble stand -which you and yeur little band ef real patriots hive made against the base , bloody , and brntal faction * , both Whig and Tory , alike the foes of liberty . 0 ! it does rejoice me to my very heart ' s cere when the thought Btrikes me that the English , Irish , Soetch , and Welsh shall one day be united in one holy bond of brotherhood , agitating for one
com-Eion object , political liberty and equality . Then I say the people must triumph over their political oppressors Anether thing I hare long wished to Bee , and , thank God , tLs coming fast , when religious animosities must fall to the ground , and brotherly lore , and Christian kindness , one to another , start up in its stead . But , mark , this is what our enemies dread ; they want to keep up religions hatred , to keep us asunder , lest fey joining in love and friendship , their crimes and tyranny -would be exposed to the scorn of a united people . In my boyhood I was taught to believe that the Catholics were a blood-thirsty lot ot men seeking for an opportunity to embrae their > wmri « in the blood of their Protestant fellow tubjects , but it is long sines my eyes were opened ; * tL » long since I signed petitions for
Catholic emancipation ; tis long since I saw that the rery men who , in my youth , taught me to hate my Catholic neighbour were the blood-thirsty oppressors of my poor Protestant fellow countrymen , as well as of the hard fated Catholics of Ireland . I recollect the time when your enemies and mine had , nothing to do but say to the people here in Bristol that the Pope was coming , when men , and myself amongst the rest , felt more like savages than Christians . "Vy e were savage at the mere name ot the Pope . But now , thank God , 1 see Catholic and Protestant gping hand in hand for liberty . Now , I can hear Protestant England crying out justice for Catholic Ireland . Can the Toices of tw « millions one hundred thousand men , all , all shouting for liberty , be kept much longer in sl&vary ? No , they
sbsT be heard ; their grie-rances must be redressed ; they sre beard in Heaven . I am a Protestant , yet I would unfetter my Catholic fellow subjects as soon and as willing as I would unfetter myself . I say , then , go on , my friends , my brothers , and Cted Almighty bless yoa and crown your efforts for political liberty with success . Be not daunted at the proceedings of the supporters of the base Whigs ; their eyea will soon be opened to the treachery of the perfidious men who bribe patriots with fat places ; men who have spent thousands of pounds to destroy the popularity of the Irish leaders . But they cannot crush two mighty nations seeking for liberty in reality , and no mistake . 1 ssy again go on with courage , and may the great God bless yoor society , and your excellent Christian pastor , F&ibfcr Ryan , and I remain " Your fellow Advocate for th « " Rights of the Working Classes , " the People ' s Charter , " Joss Cop ? , " Io Patrick O'Higgins , No . 14 , " North Anne-street , Dublin . "
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^ TO THB EDITOa O ? THE NOBTHKBS STAR . Sib ., —If youha-re no objections to publish this intelligence , it may afford some gratification to many of your readers : o hear that Dr . Greed , of this city , in his lectures tirongh the country on the principles of TeetoUlism and Hygenism , is strenuously urging and advocating the cause of the people ' s Charter . "filth no small degree of pleasure I have beard him ssy that the crying sin of all ages was oppression ; and the Gospel of Christ was giTen as a directory how to lift the oppressed from under the oppressor ; nor could
this Gospel injunction be obeyed , until the Charter was tie law of the land ; therefore , Dr . Greed denounces erery man as a mock Christian or a counterfeit of Boarding brass and tinkling cymbol , who will not come forward faithfully to the battle of the Lord , sad assist the weak against the mighty . I haTe heard that gentlenan declare these very words in the Chartist ' s Halls of Paisley , Greenock , and Ayr , and I haTe heard he is preaching the same doctrine in other towns of the country . I will conclude by praying may God prosper his efforts , and may others go and do likewise . I am yours , most respectfully , A ChjlBTtsi . Glasgow , -ith September , lSil .
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50 THS EDITOS 07 TBS yOBTHERX 3 XA 3 . Dsar Sir , —It is with regret that I write against any nan who calls himself a Chartist , but at the same time when that man puts forth wrong statements , I feel it to be a duty to contradict them . Arthur O'Neill in his speech at Manchester , ssvb , " Thai certain parties in Birmingham had used means to force him to join the National Charter Association , wtich was one reason why he had not He would not join the Chartist * of Birmingham so long at the present men in that town took the lead of the management" To the first assertion , " That parties had used means to force him to join , '' I give upon good authority a stout denial , and as to the second part of hi 3 objection , it is altogether a shucks ? excuse . The men that he objects to are not on
tie Council , and hare not been for months . Tfcey left ihe Council to try if Mr . OTfeil and others were true nea , and if their presence on the Council iid really prsTcDt these parties from joining , but the resa 2 t has proTed that it was only a sbufiing excuse , made on parpose to blind the eyes of honest men who would have condensed them long ago bad th * y known the real truth . He says again , " That ihs Chartists of Birmingham could not let their fellow men bold different opiriora horn themselves without denouncing them as traitors . " I think Mr . O'Neil for the moment forgot that scriDtural passage which ssvs , " Let him that is
without fault throw the first stone , " because it is well ksows to many parties is Birmingham , that he has dsn ; u-: ced George White and others as spies , and that no witho-t any cause . Now the Chartists of Binninghir . - . ha-i T : Tj s-yyi cause to denounce Arthur O'Neil and Jcin Collins as traitors , -vrhen they m'w them make an attempt to destroy the National Charter Associiti jq . which- they h 3 Ts done more than once , as can be prove : . I cc-zli bring many charges of falseness sgainst Art > nr aai his colleague , but I do not -wish to throw any imptdiment in the tray of a reconciliation . Eopinc tL :. ' ¦ whs : I hare said wiil not be laid : o a facri : us rpirit . hit iLerelY a desire that truth should be known .
I remain , dear Sir , Tours , respectfully , John Wilk . i > " 5 gn . Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . 5 , CTeg- * -tem . ce , Bell Barn-road , Birrrli ^ Lam , Ser-t 1 st , lSil .
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TO IH 2 EDITOR 01 THE > ' 0 B . THZR > " 3 TA . 3 .. London , August SO , Ijil . S- ? ., —If that you imarire the following extract , which I tcke from a ltiter I received from an old TEUrau in Ireland , to be of any service u * forwarding the caise of Chartism in that countrj it is at jour dispel : if yea think it not worthj of a place in jcur paper , be bo Jrird as to forward i ; back to John Hints , No . b , J-.-hti-nrcet , Borough . It is as follows : — " 31 t Dzas B : > "z ; , I have received your letter of the ? -2 na , acciTsp-miea ^ - ^ the - Von . . * rnS : ur of V . H week ' s daw asd feel gratified by psrcemng the manly iad straight forrsr . i Tr ^ r- jr -wtich our neTer-ceasing nercs . 31-ssrs . Brjphy srid O'Hkgit ^ , have judiciouily ^? -- ^ i the Tillaious conduct " of Ireland ' s mortal eSrET , 0 'Corr * 71 .
' 7 '' 7 £ z * i Bines , since you first commenced to seed ~ ic tie people ' s par . ? , the Xorir . err . Si-sr , or the P ^ or -laa'B Life Guard " I haTe watched with a careful eye ¦ - p ^ i ^ : i of all parties connected with vhat glorious Iv '' ^ . ' ' positively do declare , that amongst all <^ = _ ls . ciEg journals of England and Ireland which I ^ f Q ' > - " -ne have dade the least attempt to expose -e-rera trh ' cb . is daily practised by the oppressor i - zs : : ci ^ FFressed , ic ^ with the exception of the T' ^ l" " ' - ^ yorilern Sijr an 4 the glorious OBres ' s Operatic—the latter to my sorrow has bs-KCEe extiacL But ere long I hope to read of O'Brien ^ 3 O'Co nnor , th-:- nro champions -of liberty , once more P ^ se the hearts of despotic rulers to sh 3 ke within tbtir ^ ajts , as if by a stroke of electricity .
' Bear Hines . the news , the glorious news , which * s have received as it respects the Rev . Father Rjau oecoaimg a member of the Dublin Universal S-iffrase Association Las ir-iiuced many a Roman Catholic in this "•^ to loo k out for the leadin g j ournal of tke Chartist iJ 7 ; and , I may mention here , that many vrho now e > ffie to hear the Sicr read , have been , about five -weeks *?* , the greatest tnernies of the Chartist body ; but ^_ ce they tavr heard of ote of their pastors j Dining " 7 ^ ks , they say . surely this s : cie ' . y must be good , or e ^ s * , he priest would fcsve nothir-g to ' do with it . ic . " 7-7 Dear Hines , the persons I mentioned in my P ^^ ous letters are as H : ^ ch reconciled now on heiricg < -e ± ur read as they havt been enesiifes previews to tfce castieatircs cc « t upon O'Conrell's cz ~ . : uct by the ffieiBT > v ° * ' tLe D- ' ^ a "Cniver .-al 5 ^ 5 ra 2 = Assc-ciati cn . v . r ^ ' --J 2 L p - Br : phy and 0 H : esins ' Tb"e never 1
s ^ -T- : nwy enquiries made abcut the Char-• - *¦* until the rrtat national > eUman commer . eea his «\ . j . ° . " ^ ' f-- * lic E ^ Se tea tLrc ^ gh the publi c press ^ iTi : s -t Fresis .: ¦ , sxd dtptid upon n ; xhs , ' , inueai
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of 0 'CoaneII and hi * mercenary crew endeaTouring to prs-rest the progress of Chartism is Ireland , by their lying oratorical oondact , they haTe eaoaed people of ail denominations to pry more than eves into the principles of Cbutfum . " My Deu Hines , I bare managed to org * ni » e a elas » , at last and - at leng ran , comistinf of between thirteen and sixteen , Catholics and Protestants , intelligent , decent , honest workmen . We keep , as they say in Ireland , ourselves to ourselves ; w » meet twice a week at G B , there to read the Star , * nd diBCuss many matters pertaining to the attainment of the Charter-Dear Hines , yonr old friend , Lawrence K yisits us once a week . He is as full of Irish blood as everstill panting for n-niT <» wia . i liberty . I have seen Mr . 0 , of Maryborough , he is well ; also
and Mr . W . E-, of Ballycarney , they are both welL I £ > avB sent them tea numbers of the Vindicator , one each week , also two Stars weekly . They are highly delighted with the democratic papers . Our recruits are going through a regular course of discipline , and ere long will be qualified to stand or fall beneath the banner of freedom . " We sre going on in our infant state as majestic and « weet as the blooming lakes of Killarney . We hare learned to know our friends from our enemies , and treat them according to their deserredness . " In eenelasion , I beg to remind you neyer to forget sending-the Star , the Star , the Star . " I remain , yours respectfully , " OH * CONROT . " Mountmellick , Queen ' s County , " Ireland . "
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE * 0 BTHERJI STAB . Sir , —The Great Creator has , in the arrangements of his wisdom and goodness , so constituted the human mind as to be capable , in our relative condition , of loving , pitying , and grieving on each other ' s account 2 > ow , Sir , I must tell you , that my sister , Charlotte Lowks , who was the subject of mental derangement , had to be confined in W&keSeld Asylum . Her parents beint poor , yet honest , had to apply to the overseers of the pariah to which she belonged , and , by their instructions , my sister was confined in the above Asylum At different times I made it a rule to go from Nottingham to see her . In accordance with that rule , I left Nottingham , where her father and mother are still living , on August the 29 th , thinking to see my sister .
When I got to Wakefield , I inquired of the matron of the Asylum , if I could see Charlotte Lowks . The answer I received was she was dead , and has been dead four months . " Dead ? " I exclaimed . ' " Yes , " was the reply . Feelings of surprise , grief , and indignation , alternately distracted my brain . How was it , I demanded , you did not let her frien . ls know of her death ? The answer was , "If her friends had placed her here , we should have done so , but the overseers placing her here , we let them know immediately , and they ought to have let you know . " With thLs answer I was perfectly satisfied . I expressed my disapprobation of the inhuman conduct of the overseer , and the clerk of the Asylum did the same , and said it was not
the first time that complaints of the same kind had been made , and that the managers of Asylums were often blamed for the wilful neglect cf overseers . I then went to Cboriton , near Barnsley , to the overseer , to inquire after my sister . He said she was dead . " Dead ? " I repeated . "Yea , " was the cold reply . " How long has she been de&d . '" I demanded . "Four months , " the monster replied . " How was it you did not let her friends know ? " I asked . " Because she was a pauper , " he replied , " and the law only allows ene day between s pauper dyirg and being buried , so I thought it was not worth while to let you know , being , as she was a pauper . " This was all the sympathy the cold-blooded overseer manifested towards the feelings of surviving friends .
The insertion of the above in your valuable paper will much oblige- Your ' E , truly , Edward Lowks . Castigate , Nottingham , Sert . 2 nd , 1 J 41 .
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COLONEL NAPIER AND THE "NATIONAL VINDICATOR- " Freshfurd , near Bath , Sept . 5 j , 1 * 11 . Sm , —I have seen with surprise and regret an advertisement in your paper of the 2 ^ th ultimo , stating tbat the Saiicriiil T ' indicator would contain an Essay upon the New Poor Law , written by me " crprady for that p-jj-er . " For * . his advertisement you are not re ? por . su-le , but it involves a deception , as . , an invasion cf the cupyrisht of the Editor of a DnMin peri .-Jicil , c . i :: e'i the L ' . iV . in Citizen .
Th Essay was vrrittcK by me for a law institution in Dublin , anil the members of th 3 t institution , to whom it vras addressed , did , with my consent , give it to the Editor of tfce Dul : i ; , Citizen . Jt -was published by him iu Lis August number ; but he also strcck off a number ¦ A separate copies , and from one of these copies , corrected and given by n . e to Mr . Philp , Co-Editor of the . Y : ; : ; - ; . ; . a' rindicator , the Essay advertised by you has been printed . I cannot ccniiLt to have my name mixed up with a deceptive , and I therefore rely upon your sense of propriety to give publicity to this n ; y correction of the error \ rhich y / .-u have , unintentionally , been the means of propagating . I rercr . in , Sir , T-. ' - r obedient Servant , W . Napier , Colonel Editor of the Sorthern Star .
"We hold ourselves bound in fairness to give this letter insertion . We have no doubt that there is some mistake . At all events the " Essav , " if it be the same Essay , -will not be a -whit the lets valuable to the readers of the J"ii , dic ^ : or , for not having been -written purposely for that publication . —Ed . >' . S . I "After the abc-ve ttss in type -sre received the Sux of Tuesday , in -n-hdeh -we find the following letter , addressed to the editor of that paper . ] Sik , We find The Sun of Monday contains a complaint fr * in Colonel Napier of onr having advertised the above Essay as-writ ten for the r indicator . In explanation , permit us to state that , whilst the Essay was in the possession of the Dublin Law Institution , CoL Napier promised us the publication of it in our paper ; and when the copy was brought to our office , we found in the Colonel ' s writing , ' For the Findicator" written upon it This , we conceive , conveyed the Colonel's permission to us to announce it as " written for the n > . Jicj .: or . ''
We much regret the misunderstanding upon the subject , aid utterly disavow any intention to " deceive " the public Colonel Napier having permitted us to publish the Essay in our paper , it was not a matter of great importance to us whether it -was written for our paper or not ' We would on no account wilfully misuse the name of any gentleman so highly respected by us as Colonel Napier . We are , yout's obediently , Yi . \ c £ >' i axd Philp . 1 , Chandcs-Buildings , Bath , Sept- 7 .
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O'CONNOR'S ROUTE IN SCOTLAND . London , Sept . 7 th . My deal Bbg- ^ 'n , —I could not with any degree of certainty sooner reply to yours of the 23 rd of August I Lad intended to be -with you on the 4 th of October , Monday , but as I Tuean to challenge Dr . Couke to a disc-ssion on-tae Repeal , for eix Lights , at Belfast 1 h 3 ve put off my visit to Glasgow till Monday , Ilth of October , when , with God ' s blessing , I shall be with you . New , my good friend , it is my wish to do as much . 03 I can , and my intention is to spend thirty
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day » ia Scotland . P . 7 n inefirst week I&haU devote to Glasgow , Greenock , Paisley ,, Hamilton ,, and Dumbarton , which I presume io mean the Vale of Leren , to which I am pledged . Second week—Kflmarnock , Cumnock , Irvine , to see John Brace , and any ' other two places , making fire for that week . Third week—Aloa , Perth , Aberdeen , and Newbnrgh , on my way from Perth to Dundee . Dundee and Capar . Fourth week—Edinburgh , Dnnfermline , and any two places were the Athenians shall send me , and Dumfries in the same week , to return the visit of Andrew
Wardrope , and hear another astounding speech from him . I then propose visiting Carlisle , Newcastle , Sanderland , and South Shields . Then four days rest , and completiBg Lancashire and Yorkshire . Then Merthyr Tyd-Til , where the rich repast of 20 , 000 signatures have been promised . Then Bath , Bristol , Newport , Monmouth , and so on ; and then Ireland to see the outpests there ; and it that does not carry the Charter , some one else must try his hand . Yoa will see by this arrangement , that I shall haTe performed my whole work almost as soon as I should have commenced It , had I run my full time in York .
1 had a glorious warm bath last night at the Crown and Anchor , all done by the real chaps with the bard fists . I never was so delfghted in my life . Eleven hours * notice and thousands went off . The good men of themselves crushed all humbugism in London , and now we are all like one large and united family ; thank God for it Let union be onr watch-werd , and let the first man who widens any breach , or rtfos any old sore , be drummed out of the ranks . I go to-night to act the part of mediator between the disputants , Watiinsand Watson , and I hepe to be able to put a stop to a discussion , from any result of which our cause must suffer .
God bless all Scotchmen till the 11 th of October . Let proper arrangements be made , so that I shall not have to go as formerly , backwards and forwards . I should think that Aberdeen should be the first place in the third week , but the good men of those places will do for the best . Union , my friends , and the day is our own . I am as strong as ten bulls , and able to beat the Peel administration single handed . 4 , 000 , 000 signatures , and Ireland with us and no disunion . The land at a fail rent our portion , and the Cnarter our shelter and sentry-box , and who can stop us . ' Ever faithfully yours , Feakgus O'Connor .
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TO THE MEN OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING TOWNS . THE O'CONNOR DEMONSTRATION . Fbiends , —The 20 th of September is fast approaching ; are you getting ready to do honour to your friend , and give the Birmingham Whigs the horrors , by shewing them you love the man who serves you faithfully ; and that you hate the men who live by plunder and trickafcering . » have you , that live by toiling late and early , got your mite ready for the Demonstration Committee ? If not , get it ready ; and give It at the newsvendere or the Committee . The collectors have books for the purpose . Have any good and true men got time on hand , why not join the Committee , come and welcome . Is every man getting flags rigged up;—has every town got its delegate elected to come to the demonstration ? if not , go to work , and do it Has every town got Its banner * and flags collected ready to send to the Committee—good plain ones , mottos good , with substantial meanings , &c
Come in from all the different district * around , and Bhow the wretches who roll in richeB , yon are men and yon demand equal rights and equal laws ; and the Charter you will have . Let them not mistake you ; let your motto be . —No tent for the landlords—no taxes for the Government—no peace for the tyrants—until we are enfranchised . Give them to learn that neither their ignorance nor their cruelty will avail them . The time is come to show our principles . Let them , if they can , keep us from political power . We are now the third party in the state . The Government of Kings , Lords , and Priests must march out of the way . The mnltitnde must on with as or stay behind and perish . I remain , Brother Democrats , yours truly , T . P . GREEN . Birmingham , Sept 6 , 1841 .
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ADDRESS FROM THE LONDON DELEGATE MEETING . Felloti-Be 2 > gs , Men , and Women , of Britain , —We , the members of the London Delegate Council , have deemed it to be our duty to address you at this important juncture , opening a new session of the Parliament of the workingrnen of London , we wish to lay before our constituents , and through- them before the empire , our views upon the prospects of the nation , our opinion as to the best means of promoting the welfare of the empire . If we look around U 3 at the present state of British society , what striking contrasts meet our eyes , wLat direful admixtures of poverty and wealth , of luxury uud indigence ; scarce can we turn our gaze from the gorgeous edifice ere we are met by the hut of misery . The single glaDce of an eye will shoiv io us the garb of splendour and effeminacy , and the squalid naked wretchedness of abject poverty .
We have investigated the cause of this deplorable inequality—we have analysed the subject , and traced it to its first elements , to its primary sources , and vre have found that the fountain Lead of this evil , the spring from whence flows the broad stream of vrretchciness and misery , which threatens to engulf and overwhelm the laud , ia bad government—is legislative inequality . We observe that poverty and distress are found in the abodes of the working classes—in the abodes of those srho create , 'who produce all those necessaries , comforts , and luxuries , which minister so greatly to human comfort—we likewise observe that splendour and affluence are the lot of those who labour not , who live in idleness , or at best in misapplied exertion ; we
iind that the class who live in splendid idleness , are those who have been entrusted vriih the power of making the laws , while the clas ^ who are enduring misery and toil are those who have no share in the Government , but the penalty of obeying its laws . Here then is the seat of the disease ; here and here only can be applied a sure and certain remedy : this remedy is Universal Suffrage . The cure of this disease is the People ' s Charter . This is the banner under which we are fighting—this the cause for which we would enlist your sympathy , would claim your co-operation ; all are suffering from the same common cause—all should unite in effecting a Radical cure . We claim for the working classes of this country that political power—that share in the legislature , which their position , as creators of wealth ,
their numbers and intelligence so justly entitle them to . Grant this our just demand , and prosperity and c-jmfort would speedily banish discontent and crime from the happy homes of our labouring population . Hitherto this mighty hive of human industry—this gigantic concentration of the extremes of Bplendenr and cf misery has been apathetic in the glorious cause—has had no complete organization to draw forth its slumbering energies ; but we are proud to tell you that this is now remedied , * that London is awakened from its slumber like a " giant refreshed , " tbat its well-organized and powerful trades have come to the rescue , and with their co-operation and assistance , we Bball speedily triumph—we shall be enabled to keep up such a welldirected and incessant fire at the bulwarks of corruption , that they will speedily crumble and fall before our united efforts . Everything angurs well for the success
of our cause ; the middle class of society broken into sections by the imbecility of the Whigs , disappointed in the result of the late miscalled " cheap bread" agitation , are already tempted to look deeper for their remedy , to consider the cause rather than fritter their entries upon palliating its effects . We have been accused of coalescing with the Tories , on the part of the men of London . We rebut this assertion—we detest the Whigs for their treachery to the cause of the people , for their inhuman and unprincipled treatment of our incarcerated brethren ; but we equally detest the Tories , and with both factions we will continue to wage unceasing warfare , usiDg the one to crush and destroy the other ; but to all honest Reformers we hold out the hand of fellowship , we invite their cooperation—we claim their assistance . Do they fear the cower of the Tories , Jet tfeem unite witi as . Without
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1 - — I , , , I ,-pubDo opinion . & Tories are powerless , and a union with , t ^ woufcl ^ . annihilate , them as a party for ever . Thtt U ttelr only * thefc true policy . The time for half meaanres i » gone . by ~ we demand the whole . The Chartist cause stands in too fcigh , too proud a position to _ abato one iota of its claims . We will not leave the high , the firm gronnd of rfcbfc and Justice , for the qukksands and shallows of expediency . We will combat tyranny and oppression , under whatever name or whatever form It ' rears its Hydra head ! Women of Britain , you hare ever been foremest in every good , in every noble cause " we entreat your
, assistance . TUs ia pre-eminently yonr cause . Yon have to bear the greater burden—the greater share of our misery and distress . You have to endure the insults aud contumely of a class of avaricious and unfeeling shopkeepers , who prey upon your indigence and want ; you have to bear the thousand varieties of domestic vexations , which to the impatient spirit of man , would be worse than the actual distress . You are then even more interested than ourselves in procuring a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . Lend us then your powerful assistance , animate us in the glorious struggle , cheer us by your approbation , enliven us by your presence and we cannet , we will not fail of success .
Men and women of Britain , nobly have ye acted in the past period of our struggle—bravely have ye borne persecution , privation , and distress . Patriot after patriot has been torn from your ranks , but yet ye have not flinched from the cause . Ye have never deserted the principles of your Charter—no counter agitation has led you astray—no false friends bave been able to beguile ye into the enemies ranks ; if you have acted thus nobly in the infancy of our cause , what may we not expect of you , now that it hath started into manhood— Bowithat we have become an object of dread and dismay to our enemies ; we call upun you in the words of the immortal Homer—• • Be men , be what ye were before . Or weigh the great occasion and be more . "
Now Is the time for action—now is the period for increased and Increasing exertion . Let us shew to out noble champions , who will shortly be restored to us , that though a vile Government bad incarcerated their bodies , yet their spirit , tbe spirit of liberty has animated our bosems , and enable us to spread the cause throughout the length and breadth ot the land . Onward then in the good cause—slacken not in your exertions—press forward unceasingly to the bigh prize we have in view , and in no part ot the land will yon meet with more zealous supporters , more determined adherents than in the Chartists of London . J . Fusseil . G . Humphries . C . F . GOODFELLOW . T . Mills . W . Drake . P . M'Grath . E . PlCKERSGILL . J . SMITH . J . Knight . J . Watkins . J . W . Parker . Kcffey Ridley . G , Matthews . J . WORTHINGTON . A . Walton . A . Wilson . W . H . Wilkins . — SlMVSON . — NODDEIt . G . JOR 0 ON ' . A . Hogg . Thomas M . Wheeler , sub-Secretaty . ? See No . 28 of the English Chartist CircuH . ar .
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ADDRESS OF THE O'CONNOR AND O'BRIEN DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE . To the Brave Men and Virtuous Women of Manchester , and its surrounding Neighbourhood , Friends , Fellow Townsmen and townswomen , —The Caged Lion and Chieftain of the brave and good , the champion of universal liberty , and determined enemy to tyranny and oppression , is again at liberty , breathing tho free air of Heaven , more determined than ever to break down the unholy system
of class legislation , which is rapidly spreading ruin and devastation throughout the length and breadth of the land , and preparing England , ( once " the envy of surrounding nations , and admiration of the world "; for becoming a degraded province , or a desolate wilderness . Yes , the single-minded Feargus is again using his mighty personal exertions , for the purpose of overturning this monstrous system , and of establishing upon its ruins that perfect system of equality which can alone be obtained by the adoption of tho People ' s Charter . 1
Also , the truly noble and uncompromising O'Brien , the schoolmaster of the age , and the dread of tyrants , will , on the 24 th inst , leave the dungeon ' s gloom ; agaip to plead the cause of justice and humanity . We therefore call upon yon , brave men and virtuous women of Manchester , immediately to prepare to receive them in Manchester , on Monday the 27 sh inst ., in a manner that will convince them , that the more they are persecuted , the more you love and esteem them ; and show to the tyrants that the millions are coming forth determined to destroy the blasting , degrading , pauperising , anil infamous system which has been brought forth in blood , cradled in corruption , and matured in a nation ' s misery .
Yes , come forward on Monday , tLe 27 th inst ., in your countless thousands , and demand in a voice of thunder , the total annihilation of class-legislation ; make it a day long to be remembered , a day to be recorded in the annals for the perusal of future generations , as reflecting honour upon you , as being the day which shook tyranny to its fall , and Sent it into the abyss of oblivion . , ffhe Committee beg to assure you that with your aid and assistance , no exertions upon their part shall be spared to make this town ' s demonstration such an one as the people of Manchester never before witnessed . Signed on behalf the Committee , James Harrison , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary . P . S . —The Committee meet every evening at 9 , Whittle-street , Oldhamstreet , Manchester , -where pecuniary assistance to carry out the above object will be gladly received and duly acknowledged , and every information given .
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SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Feargus O'Connor , Esq . —Tho Chartists of Sheffield have resolved to welcome O'Connor , the friend of the people , with a ^ rand pubiic entry and dinner , oe Wednesday , September 2 Dch . An active committee has been appointed , arid every arra ; ^ emont will be made fitting for tho reception of the man whom the people delight to honour . The Glorious Thirty-nine !—At a lato meeting of the Sheffield Chartists the following resolution , proposed by Mr . M'Kctterick , was passed unanimously : — " That the sincere thanks of this meeting are given to Sharman Crawford , Esq ., General Johnson ,, Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., and the other
members of the House ol Commons who composed the glorious minority of ih \ rts -nine , wuo supported the rights of the people . At the same time , this meeting feels bound to express its indignation ufc the conduct of Messrs . Roebuck and Leader , who were returned to Parliament , pledged to the principles of Chartism ; and this meeting trusts that the Radical electors and non-electors of Bath and Westminster will not fail to call their misrepresentatives to account for their treacherous conduct . Lastly , this meeting expresses its deep disgust at the conduct of Mr . Ward , the Member for this borough , promising that gentleman that when he shall again appear before tho people of Sheffield , he will not escape that reception his deeds bo well entitle him to . "
Sunday Evening Lecture . —A numerous and respectable audience assembled in tho Associationroom , on Sunday evening last . It had been announced that Mr . Barker wa 9 to lecture on " The necessity of an abolition of the House of Lords . " That gentleman , however , did not attend ; illness , we believe , was the cause of his absence . Mr . Clark apologised for the non-appearance of the lecturer , but hoped that Mr . Harney would favour the assembly with an address . Mr . Harney was not prepared to lecture , but would certainly have no objection to address those present . Mr . H . then spoke for about an horr , showing the necessity of a Radical Reform of the House of Commons , if the
people would accomplish any other leal Reforms . . Mr . H . triumphantly argued the right of the working class to the franchise , and , in reference to the ignorance of the people , showed that where that ignorance existed , it was the work of the priesthood , who had , in all ages , and all climeg , been ever the perpetrators of the ignorance and slavery of the many , and the apologists and upholders of the despotism of the few ; the inimitable manner in which Mr . Harney showed up the hypocrisy and knavery of the !» riesthood well nigh convulsed his hearera with aujfhter , and afforded the utmost gratification to all present . —Mr . Gill then addressed the meeting , taking for his text the golden rule of " Do unto
others as you would wish to be done by , " Bhowing that it was not those who had that rule upon their lips who showed they had it in their hearts . Those who practised the rule were the scorned , afflicted , despised , trampled-upon people . Mr . Gill next vindicated the claims of the female sex to an equality of rights with the male , and concluded a lengthy and excellent speech by earnestly appealing to his hearers to labour ta make known the glorious principles of Chartism among their kindred and kind . —Mr . Otley next addressed the meeting , calling their attention to the abominations of the accursed " silent system . " In tho course of his address he touched upon the hypocritical conduct of the humanity-mongers and antislarery-bawlere , and well exposed their rascality .
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Public Meeting . —As announced in the last number of the Star , » public meeting was held in the Large Room , FigTree L » ne , on Monday evening , fo consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament / or an enquiry into the working and abolition of the infamous silent system , and also for the liberation of all political prisoners . At eight o ' clock the room was well filled . Mr . John Green was called to the chair . —Mr . Otley moved the first resolution— " That this meeting having heard statements of cruelties the most revolting being perpetrated in several of her Majesty ' s Gaols ana Houses of Correction , is of opinion that it is & duty , they owe to their country and themselves to petition Parliament for an enquiry into the truth of these statements
that if found correct , the discipline under which these enormities have been committed may be changed , and the parties who have shown themselves monsters , rather than men who have ordered or directed the barbarous treatment comp lained of t may meet with that just punishment their infamous conduct so loudly calls for . " Mr . Oxley spoke at considerable length in support of the resolution , showing that misgovernment was the cause of poverty and ignorance , and these were the parents of vice and crime . " Tho unfortunate toiler ( said Mr . CM denied the employment he sought , withheld the labour by which in the sweat of his brow be was willing to earn the bread of life , having no resource but the hated workhouse , in which he
must be separated from his wife and babes ; shrinking from ontering the accursed bastile he fives to the beer-shop , and there meets the poacher , who boasts of being able to make his pound or thirty shillings by a night or two's work ; the wretched man , hunger gnawing at his heart , and the cries of his children for oread ringing in his ears , consents to join the poachers' band ; ' tis not long ere he is pounced upon by the satellites of aristocracy , he is dragged to a prison , a id there on the tread-mill sutlers all the horrors familiar to the public ear ; he leaves his dungeon a changed man—changed horribly for the worse ; the result is , he ends hiB career on the scaffold , or drags on a wretched existence on some penal shore . The system drives the man to tho commission of crime ,
and then punishes by torture and death the unhappy criminal . How different was the lot of the working man in free America ; there , there was little crime , because a just government secured to the working man the fruits of his labour . True , all was not perfection in the United States ; still things were widely different there and here . Mr . Buckingham , in describing in a late work of his , the condition of the farm labourers of America , tells us that the wages of a labourer is » dollar a day , or something like twenty-four shillings a week , in addition they had three substantial meals a day , at least he should call them substantial , when for breakfast besides tea and coffee , they could have cold roast meat or broiled ham . ( Cheers . ) In hay and harvest-time they had
four meals a day , with every variety at each . Too people mere well fed , well dressed , and well educated ; there were no beer-shops , every man brewed his own ale . Living thus , and each saving a competence for old age , there was no crime—housebreaking was an offence never heard of ; there was no prosecutions at the sessions , and hence no need of justices , magistrates , clerks , constables , police , informers , and ail tho rest of the endless tribe of useless and vicious beings that in England fattened upon the labouring classes . Such were the fruits ot good government , and if they would bring to an end the present crimes and miseries , they must struggle to put down the system that caused chem . ( Cheers . )—Mr . M'Ketiti . ick seconded the resolution in an able
speech , in which he showed the unjust difference made between the punishment of the wealthy and the poor , citing and commenting upon the notorious case of Medhurst , in support of his argument , and stating it as his firm opinion , that the present hellish prison discipline was part and parcel of the fiendish Malthusian system for driving out of existence the unfortunate poor . —The Chairman put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . Gill moved the second resolution , " That while this meeting have resolved upon petitioning the Legislature for inquiry into , and amendment of , the present prison discipline , this meeting cannot separate without expressing its conviction that that system of Government is radically false and bad under which
the rich reap all the benefits , and the poor meet all the penalties , of the law . And this meeting , having little hope of class legislators effectually reforming the wrongs and grievances of the toiling many , is ot opinion that only will just laws be executed in righteousness and equity , when that the law-framers are responsible to , because elected by , the whole people . " in support of the resolution , Mr . Giii eulogised the patriots suffering iu the dungeons of tyranny for that which was now held to be the greatest of crimes —that of thinking for themselves , and demanding those rights oonferrred upon them by the Deity . Mr . Gill concluded an excellent speech by entreating his hearers to do their duty , and struggle until the vile system was brought to an end . —Mr . Buxton
seconded the resolution . It had been often said that in this country there was one law for the rich aiiii another for the poor ; of this he had witnessed the proof . He had seen a man—a hard-werkiag , honest man , dragged to the bar to answer for tho crime of shooting a partridge . He bore an unexceptionable character , had never before been charged with any otfence , yet did the Judge sentence him to 3 even years' transportation . ( Cries of " Shame . ") The same day , before the same Judge , was tried a man charged with destroying the life of his own son . The youug man had been at a fair , a .. d returned home at oue or two o'clock in the morning : some quarrelling took place between the father and the
son , when the former took down a loaded gun and shot the latter . The young man died in a few minutes ; but ere he expired , as he lay weltering in his blood , he stretched his hand to his lather , begging his forgiveness : this the wretch refused to give . ( Expressions of horror . ) For this crime he was tried , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Why was this ? Because he was a rich farmer , and not a working man . ( Shame , shame . )—Mr . Parkes , Methodist preacher , supported the resolution in a speech of sterling eloquence . He denounced the devilish cruelties committed in the public gaols of this country , save it was that in savage New Zealand , or barbarous Hindostan . There was not more atrocious laws than those of the Christian
land . He declared himself a Chartist who is not to bo humbugged by any half-ai ...-nalf measure of Household Suffrage ; no , he was 1 ¦ r tho whole hog ; ha was for the people's rights iutuJi , ana no compromise . ( Cheers . ) The hour was fast coming when tho people would no longer bear with these atrooities . O'Connor , on his liberation , had lighted that fiamo which would ere long sat England in a blazo , bring despotism to the dust , and e-iablisb . th ^ , reign of universal liberty . Mr . Parkes I'iiimed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering , ihe chairman put tho resolution which v / m earned . —Mr . Julian Harney moved ihc adoption of tho peiuion . He ; escribed the horrible sufferings of the unfortunate .. 'imatcs of Wakefield Hell . Let them bear in mimi
that this ticatment was not enforced only upon iolons , the victims of a liberal system . No , their brother patriots were sufferers too . William Ashtou than whom a br ' -ghter , better man never trod English ground— ( ti cers)—was subjected to those fiendish tortures ; he would givo them ua instance of tho tender ciercies of tyranny's tools . On the day of tho West Riding nomination , poor Ashton , eluding the vigilance of the keepers , contrived to gaia the upprv part of the prison , where , from a window , he saw tha Chartist candidates , with tiwir gallant Bu ^ vKrters , enter the town in procession . Poor Ashton saw the loved banners of groen , and heard the cheering shouts of his compatriots , the noble men of Barnsley , what must have been his
feelings ? H ( Mr . H . ) would leave the meeting to imagine ; but mark the sequel ; hia tormentors came to know that poor Ashton had thus gratified his eyes and ears , and to glut their rage , they , pitiful , spiteful ruffians that they are , sent him to the solitary cell , with bread and waterfor hia food . ( Shame . ) Peter Hoey , a man h : aithy and strong ere he had been consigned to that accursed place , was now , it was to be feared , a cripple for life . Penthorpe wa 3 lying in the Sheffield infirmary , a dooirad man , speedy death , or a life of disease , it was feared , would be his lot . He should , at auother time , call their attention to Holborry ' s case . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . H . ) knew a little of tho sileut system from personal suiferings . The meeting would remombcr
that ere the Whigs took office , from which , in spite of all their craft aud villany , thuy were now , thank God driven—( cheer 3)—that these same Whi ^ d were great sticklers for the liberty of the press . — "Tii © liberty of the press , said they , i 3 like tho air wo breathe , if we have it not we politically die . " Mr . Denman , now Lord Denman , declared when the infamous six acte ware passing through the legislature , that in vain wight the Government try to put these latvs into execution unless they "were prepared to place a dagger at the throat of every man who could use a pen ; yet so soon as these hypocrites were in power , did they commence a crusade against the press ; thej imprisoned Carlile for two years , they imprisoned Carpenter for six months , they twice for that term impiisoned Hetherington , and in vainly labouring to put down one publication only , the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published in defiance of the law to try
the power of right against might . They imprisoned upwards of five hundred persons ; heirad the honour to be one of these ; thrice ere he was twenty years of age they had dragged him to their vile chingeons , and in that den of darkness , Cold Bath-fields prison , he had tasted a little of the silent system . But horrible as that place is , it was paradise itself compared with the London Bastile , the hell-hole building at Holloway , iu which the unhappy inmates were never to see the human face , or hear the human voice , save that of their tormentors which could hardly be called human , in which men totally secluded from each other , were to be masked and hooded , and there sent unwept , unknown lo their silent graves . At Dewsbury he had asked Lord Morpethfor what dark purposes was this hellish place intended 1 He got no answer , but as he told the noble lord at the time standing Bide by side with him on the same hustings , he believed , in hie soul he believed , that that accursed place was in-
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tended for a political inquisition—( criea of hear )—if so , ho langhed the tyrants to scorn , he defied them . ( Cheers . ) Lit the aristocracy , Whig and ' . Tory . not dream that by such means they could stifle the voice of liberty , or stem the on-flowing fade of democracy , for if they did they would find themselves miserably deceived ; the imbecile monarch and scoundrel aristocrats of Franceboasted in thesferen ^ h of their bastile , but the morning's sun of the 14 th ot July rose on a people determined to be free , and ere night fell , the bastile was crumbled into the da 6 t . ( Great cheering . ) Let the aristocracy wmembnr that , and let them know that the leaders of the
Chartist movements are men , who having set their bands to the pbugh , will not turn back ; and though their doom may be to rot in model prisons , of drag on barbarous shores the exile ' s chain , or it may be to lay down their lives on the scaffold , no matter , they have sworn , —and well will they keep their oaths—to make the Charter the law of the land . ( Enthusiastic cheers . )—Mr . Harrison seconded the adoption of the petition , which was unanimously agreed to . —Mr . Harney moved " That the petitioa be signed by the Chairman in name of the meeting , and that it be . c ntrusted to Thomas Duncombe , Esq .. for presentation , and that Mr . Sharman Crawford and General Johnson ba requested to support it 3 prayer . " Carried . The meeting dissolved .
" Girs ' em more Church !"—A circular , of which the following is . a copy , was received through the post a few day's since by a Sheffield Chartist : — " Sir , —I hate ventured to enclose an envelope addressed to myself , presuming that you will kindly consent to forward a small donation , to assist in defraying tbe expense incurred in the erection of a church , in the township of BrierctiftVs , within the Cbapelry of Burnley , for v ? bich I am -wholly responsible . " The need of it has been most deeply felt , tbe township now containing above two thousand people , who , with v « ry few exceptions , are iu tbe greatest poverty , being hand-loom weavers , and in a deplorable state of spiritual destitution . " The nearest point in which there is any consider * able nninber of inhabitants is about three miles , and tbe farthest extremity not less than six miles distant from Burnley Church .
"The immense benefit likely to accrue from the aocoinpliaiiment of so desirable an object , will , I trust , be considered a sufficient apology for this intrusion , " I have tho honour to be , " Sir , " Tour obedient and faithful Servant , " Robert Moslet Master , ' Incumbent of Burnley , Lancashire . " Burnley , Aug . 25 , 1841 . " As stated in the foregoing , an envelope ( looking very much like a money bag , ) accompanied the same , in which the fortunate receiver was to enclose a moucy-order , or , if agreeable , a few loose bank-notes , to tho "Rev . Robert Mosley Master ,
Burnley , Lancashire . " The best of the joke is , that our friend happens to le a dissenter , and , as may be imagined , bears no great love to Old Mother Church . Really the presumption of the Burnley parson , in " presuming" to send all the way to the " city- oi soot" for the " siller" to help him to build his " gospel-shop , " is vastly amusiug . The person who received the circular knows no more about the Bnrnley pareon than he does about the man in the moon . It may be asked , how is it , then , that his " reverence" caine to trouble our friend with * ' his envelope" 1 The probability ia , that bis Clericalshiphas got h" > ld of a Sheffield Directory , and is , at random ,- inundating tho town with his holy missives . 'Tis . a pity his " reverence" is not more citations , as if thus he bids " stand and deliver , " he may happen to bum his fingers , unless he knows his man . A word to the Burnley parson on the
" spiritual destitution" of the "Briercliffe handloom weavers . " V / e have been at Burnley , and we , too , can ... vouch for the poverty of the Reverend Mosley Master ' s flock , and we would recommend to that Reverend Gentleman , that instead of building more new churches , he directs his attention to the temporal wants , and the physical " destitution , " of hi 8 charge—what humbug to talk of filling a hungry man ' s belly by ramming a church-steeple down his throat ! Talk of " big loaves" indeed , that would be a " big loaf " and no mistake 1 But this is tho good old remedy for social ills—give ' em more church—give ' em more parsons—more Bibles—and more bullets—they are the remedies , warranted , like Monson ' s Pills , to cure all popular diseases ! But it won ' ; tho days of priestly humbug are numbered— " Othello's occupation ' s gone . "
Association Meeting . —The Association met on . Tuesday evening , Mr . John Green presided . Moved by Mr . Harney , secv . iJed by Mr . Needham , that the price of tickets to the dinner to be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., on Wednesday , bepteniber 29 th , be ladies tickets , Is . 6 d . ; gentlemen , 2 s ., agreed to unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Bucton , Messrs . Otley aii .-I Harrison were appointed a vitputation to obtain a place of meeting for Dr . M'Douall , that talented patriot intending to lecture in Sheffield , oa the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday , September 14 th and 15 t . h . Moved by Mr . Gill , seconded bv Mr . Needham , that a letter be sent to Messrs . Wa : i and Parker , the members for the borough , requesting their support" to the petition adopted yesterday
evening , and thanking them for their past efforts ia behalf of the ShefTold victims , and soliciting their further help in behalf of the suffering patriots j agreed to unanimously . Mr . Harney brought the case of Samuel Holberry before tho meeting , and read the letter from that suffering patriot to William Martin , published in the Northern Star of Saturday last . Mr . Karney moved that the following persons , withpower to add to their rumber , be appointed a committee to take measures for obtaining tho liberation , 01 , at least , the mitigation of the punishment of the Sheffield victims , viz . Messrs . Otley , M'Kettrick , Gill , Buxton , Haiiison , and Giluy , seconded by Mr . Needham , carried . On the motion of Mr . M'Kettrick , Mr . Harney was added to the committee . The meeting adjourned .
KIDDERTSINSTra . The Chartists of thi 3 town held a meeting at the White Horse Inn , on Thursday last , when a fresh Council was chosen , and the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Holloway , and seconued by Mr . Sharp , " That we , tho Chartists of Kidderminster , do a ^ ain join tho National Charter-Association , aud use every legal means in our power to support the sa . v . c . " BURTON . —Tho Chartists of this place bavo up . r . ed a room at Mr . Tyzack ' s , High-street , for the purpose of lecturing . At the opening , a number of members sat down to an excellent supper prepared by the worthy landlord on the occasion , - who is a strong Chartist , and independent of Whig or Tory . Several members wero enrolled , and dancing and singing were carried 01 till a lato hour , when the health of O'Connor wa ^ drunk with three time three .
ACCEUNGTON . —On Sunday last , a delegate meeting took place in Bhekhnru , for the purpose of better organisiny tho Northern . Division of Lancashire , and to take into . eansideration the necessity of employing a lecturer to spread the principles of Chanism through e ^ ery town , 'hamlet , and village , in this division , when delegates from Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Colne , Chorley , Clithero , Preston , Lancaster , and ^ . . islingden , were present ; J . ' r . Baines , delegate for Blackburn , was called to tho chair , and Mr . Lund , of Lancaster , acted as secretary . The business cf the meeting commenced by Mr . Beesley , of Acciington , stating ¦ to tlw meeting , the object for which it was called . He said he had done all ho could to spread tho principles of the
Chcrter , and arouse the people to a sense of their duty , and to eifact 3 union amongst them ; hut he found he could do little of himself , until the townu and villages could be brought to act in union together . He thought it indispensably necessary that a delegate meeiing should be called to take into their consideration the propriety of calling ous some able lecturer , to effect a better organization amongst them ; he , therefore , had taken tno responsibility , of calling that meeting , upon himself , and if the delegates thought he had been too presumptive in doing so , thai they vyould bear with him , as he had doue it in his opinion for the be ? t . p ] ach delegate expressed himself well , satisfied with his conduct , ' and a discussion ensued . J . ir . Beesley moved
mid Mr . Slater seconded . " That it is the opinion of this m ithg , thatlecturGrs for the Northern Division of Lancashire , i ? much wanted , and that the delegates now assemble * , do a ^ ree to engage one . " Moved by Mr . HuD 7 plirey Odlieum , and seconded by Mr . John Slater , " That Mr . Richard Marten be ent ; aged as the lecturer , if he agree to the terms proposed by the delegates , and that he be engaged for six weeks . " MovH by Mr . Luud , and seconded by Mr . Siatu-, " That Mr . Robert Cunliff , of Blactburu , bo appointed treasurer . " Moved by Mr . Hoifiate , seconded : hy Mr . Sumner , " That tiiesubsecretarios of the different towns immediately inform the district secretary of the most convenient timo for tho lec ; urer to visit their respective peaces ,
and also to send : i dividend of tho sum promised towards the support of the lecturer and the addresses of the sub-secretaries . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Hoigate , " That the secretary bo empowered to draw up a list of the places , and the order in which they will be visited , and puMish them in the Northern Star , also empowering the secretary to call out the lecturer as soou as a sufficient sum of money has been received for the purpose . " The resolutions were all carried unanimously . After ~ ome business had been gone through , a discussion arose respecting the propriety of Chartist lecturers adopting the total abstinence pledge
when the following resolution was passed : — "That it is the opinion of the delegates here assembled , that while £ 30 , 000 , 000 sterling of the produce of the labour of the industrious classes of this country is expended upon intoxicating drinks , ignorance , slavery , misery , crime , poverty , and destitution will always be prevalent amongst us . " The delegates request that those places who are desirous of . forming this district , and naming the visits of the lecturer , will immediately inform the secretary the sum they will subscribe towards his expencea , and the time it will be most convenient for them to have him .
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= TO THB SDIT 0 & OS THE SOfcTHEMf STAB . Sir , —A copy of the enclosed admirable letter to * Bent to the Freeman ' s Jmtrnal for publication . The Editor refused to publish it ; and stated as his reason for tie refusal , tbst he did not think it right , or food lot Ireland to publish any tiling in fcvmtrof tbe reng ^« h peo ple : and Uiia -wise man and enlightened politician added that the English were always opposed to Irish interests , that they -were a selfish people . It -was in Tain to tell him that there were more English thvi Irish petitioners in favour of Catholic Emancipation , mere English than Irish petitioners against the Coercion Act , gad more English than Irish petitioners in favour of iuitioe to Ireland . I also told him , but to no purpose , tb * i I expected more English than Irish petitioners in fevour ef Mr . Shaman Crawford ' s Landlord and j giant Bill I am , Toor obedient servant , PiiaiCK O'HlGGJJiS . Dublin , Sept 3 , 1841 .
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•• Harrogate , Sept 6 th , 1841 . " Ml dexs , Fbie . vd , —I have been to Dr . Kennion tliis morning , and told him that I should not be able to stop longer than a few days . His answer vas , ' If you leave now , when you are recovering so fast , you may be thrown still further back . My advice is , for you to write to your friends , and tell them . The advice he gave sae in tbe enclosed note , which I thought proper to send yon , my dear Hid , bo that it mj friends could only help me through for the next fortnight , I could then ba enabled to battle with our enemies manfully . " If I am to be left destitute , and neglected now , after they hare done so ranch for me , I shall bow with submission . If I had the sum of £ 1 I could cill my life Young , and myself rich , as it would suffice me while here ; for I assure you that I am not extravagant in my diet , nor have I been able to get any wine ( as recommended ! sine * I came here .
" J thank you most kindly for your kind exertions on my behalf , " And believe me to be , " My dear Hick , " Your obliged friend and brother Chartist , " James Dutft . " P . S . Write me a few lines , if you can spare time , to the Post-office . "
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PHTSICIAN S CERTIFICATE . " Dr . Kennion thinks that a residence at Harrogate for a fortnight longer will be of much service to James Duffy . " High Harrog&te , Sept 6 th , IS 41 . "
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE . N 0 BTHEB . V STAB . " Dear Sir , —I have just received the following letter from our nmcb-iDJured friend Daffy , along with the certificate of the physician , who gives his advice gratuitously at Harrogate . If you will have the kindness to publish them , it is more than probable the amount required to rear this Chartist patient will be forthcoming before yonr next I am sure it will : our friends need only be told to provide the needful- I leave it with them , And subscribe myself , " Dear Sir , Tours , affectionately , Willum Hick .
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" t ^^^^ mm » 1 1 11 1 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND THE CHARTIST CHURCH RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM . Friends and Fellow . CorNTRYMEN , —On Monday the 20 th of September , that noble of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., wiil enter tlie town of Birmingham , attended by the chosen servants of the people , ( the National Executive , ) after a long and a trying absence 0 / very nearly eighteen months . On that day you will be called upon to attend and do honour to the individuals who have passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , for having the courage and the honesty to advocate your just and natural rights .
Dear friends , my object in addressing you is to call upon you to rally unitedly round the standard of democracy , and do justice to the men who have defended yon and yonr cause . Act upon the follywing simple plan and you may not only be enabled to produce such a display of popular feeling as will strike terror to our oppressors , but by prudence and calm deliberation heal the wound that afflicts the Chartist body of Birmingham and restore it to that pure and pristine state which it ought to be in , and save the Executive the trouble of doing that which I feel assured you are competent of performing yourselves .
Let pubLic meetings of both bodies be called , and appoint chosen and tried men to act as a demonstration and grievance committee , whose duty it shall be to superintend the demonstration that is to be given in honour of the brave patriots , and if possible , to unite all parties under one common banner , so that we may act unitedly and present an impenetrable phalanx to our precious Government , that will compel them to give us tbat which is our just and inalienable right Hoping that these few words will be taken in the spirit ot kindness with which they are given , and that they will be acted upon , I remain , faithfully yours , W . H . Cotton . September Cth , IS 41 .
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