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My Beloved Fbiekds , —I am not drunk , bat I an intoxicated by a series of triumphs since I last wrote ; aad now about that last writing . I wrote yon a long letter from Nottingham , bat , as once / before , I addressed it London instead of LeedE . I was dreadfully disappointed at not seeing it in the Star , when the Editor assigned a most excellent reason , sendi ng me the back of my letter which bore the Nottingham post-mark of the 22 nd , and which was posted and paid for at Nottingham by Mr . Rassell . To me H was all-important that you should hare seen jU about Birmingham , but , thani God , I can always lire for a week opou character . I shall now , as well as I can recollect , begin where I left off . / :
On Wednesday , after I wrote fromLonghborough , I proceeded to address the Charfcistsin a room , but behold it "would not hold one twentieth part of the ftock , and there being a large yard outside , I spoke by moonlight to congregated thousands . Cooper ind Bairstow also addressed them , and all expressed { jjemselres highly gratified with the evening ' s entertainment . I promised on behalf of Leaeh , iPDaaall , and myself , that when their association numbered 350 , we would spend a day with them . I left Lougnborough at one in the morning to be at Knightsbridge that same night ; and I went and spoke at great length in my sleep , and I am told I did our cause great good . We had a crammed meeting .
On Friday , I went to Southward , glorious Southwark ; and , as I was to meet Sidney Smith at Chelsea on the same night , I prevailed upon Dr . M'Douall , after a short address , to supply my place at Sonthwsrk . I proceeded to Chelsea with Rufiy Ridley and Wheeler ; and , upon mounting the platform , a scene ensued which baSes-ail descrip tion . Smith was speaking , with a solicitor in the chair , surrounded by a Jarge gronp of the League , Upon my appearance , the whole meeting in front cheered and cheered again , crying out" Ah ! Sidney
our chap has caw / M ihee at last . " " There ' s Feargus , lad . " It was now evident that neither the lecturer nor the League wished for any more of it ; and , after creating a disturbance , by abusing the Chartists , the gentlemen blew out the lights , let down the drop Bcene , left us in complete darkness , and the proprietor cleared the stage . Some ruffians attacked Unffy Ridley , who was outside the drop scene , when the Chartists charged , and a dreadful senffle ensued , which terminated in the complete routing of the physical force Whigs .
*\ ow I decidedly object to the practice of allowing the world to learn , through the Whig press , that all the folly of Corn Law lecturers appears to go down with the people , and I deny the right of any leenirers upon political subjects to refuse discosson . The practice , if not stopped in time , would have made us appear as converts to all the glib philosophy of such men as Acland , Smith , and Cobden . The room at Chelsea is very large , and it was crowded to Euffocaiion . It was the first routing of the League in that quarter , and they richly deserved woat they have beeu long bringing upon themselves , by insolence and intolerance to the working classes .
I now come to Mtmday ; the d 3 y of days—the glory of Chartism . The League had pnt out a bill for an" open air meeting in the Workhouse-yard , Marj-le-bone . We were not idle . Savage and Macconseii were selected as go-betweens , and we were invited , to meet the League Council ; but we refused to meet them except before the people , whose servants we are .
I need not tell you , of course , of what the report will inform you . But I must tell yon that Hume , Wakley , M . P ., Sir Charles Napier , M . P ., and Sir Benjamin HaB , M . P . were present , but were not in the least recognised by the multitude . We put Sankey ia the chair , having waited for ten minutes after the hour appointed , and the meeting caDing oat for a chairman j and never was better presdent .
Sivage opened the business "mtn a mu = t admirable speech , but marred it by proposing a shocking bad resolution . A Mr . Hyde seconded it ia a set Epeech full of Whig constitutional nothings . I , at once , proposed the amendment—whicn you will see . That brave fellow , Ruffy Ridley , aiiy and powerfully seconded it , and told the few of the digue , who attempted to iaterrnp ; him , that he coald roar as a lion for three hours , but he would not be put do ^ ra , nor was be . Parson Hacconnell attempted to snppoTt ine resolution but was so prosey and absurd that the meeting would not hear him long . Sporr then supported the amendment in one of the
most telling speeches I ever heard delivered by a working man ; every sentence was a home-thrust at faction , the League , and class legislation . He was loudly cheered from all parts . Savage then replied , snpponing the amendment against his own resolution . The amendment was then put and carried with , about fifteen bands held up against it , amid cheers which lasted for several minutes . Lloyd Jones then proposed another resolution . I never heard Mm speak before . He made one of the most lacid , powerful , logical , and eloquent appeals I erer hsari , and literacy paralised the League ; bis wa 3 tas speech of the day . Sir Benjamin Hall then came forward and spoke ; Wakley , Hume , and Sir Ctarle 3 went away .
Ths whole 13 reported , but , my friends , your heart 3 would have jumped with joy to have seen the glorious army of Chartists . The largess meeting ever held in great Marylebone 3 —allowed to be so lj Sir Benjamin Hall , the M . P . for the borough , and b y all the pres 3 . Our triumph was signal and complete , and filled the hearts of all with joy profound . ^ ell , at night , I was to address the tailor 3 at the Social Institution , a 3 I did in a magnificent building "ffiili three £ ide 3 galleried , aad a spacion 3 platform . I arrived fifteen minutes before the time , and the building was full in every part ,. and crowds outside . If the day ' s meeting was a triumph , this was
a victory . I never before in London , even at the Crown and Anchor , met the same class of audience . I appeared to be the worst dressed man in the meeting ; and although the Chartist principles "were quite foreign to ihem , yet never in my life did I witness greater enthusiasm , or make a deeper impression upon my audience . This , indeed , I look upon as the most important" meeting 1 efer attended in my life . It was a ? plendid assemblage ; one , as I told them , no money could we procured some months since . I have seen on » « tie committee this morning , and he informs me tiat mj speech made a powerfnl impression . Why should I not be prond of this ? I am , whenever I serve the cause .
Aj foar o ' clock to-morrow morning I start for Birabgfcain . We have got the Town Hall there . Wednesday , Thursday , and part of Friday , I devote to BinniBgiiani ; and on Friday evening , I address tae men of Westminster . On Monday , Tuesday , aad Wednesday , Manchester ; Thursday , Stockport ; * sd Friday , Hyde . Chariots , let every man now be judged by his works . I -Rill stand by the order of fustian to the beat ' s , come what will . I am , Yocr faithful friend and servaEt ,
Feaxlgvs 0 'Co > - > oh . P-S . Have I now deceived you as to the position ¦ friiieh the London Chartists have assumed ? a » o Ketr Move or blarney will stand for a single moment . With four hours' notice we can carry anything . The Whigs are utterly paralysed , and the Tories are anything but comfortable , as it is now folly bsiieved that the shopkeepers and trades will join in our movement ,- their eyes being opened to the monopoly of steam lords j and their minds being conTinced cf tbe crueliy , Eelfisline 3 Sj and deceit of tie steam-producing aristocracy . f . eye . ^—
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GREAT & IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING AT MARYLEBONE . A public meeting was held in the Workhouse-yard , Marylebone , on Monday last , for the avowed purpose of forming a junction between the " Liberals" or the Corn Law Repealers and the Chartists . At twelve o ' clock , the gates were thrown open , and the yard rapidly began to fill j by one o ' clock , the time appointed for taking tae chair , net less than 8900 persons -were present , and until two o ' clock * he number "was continually increasing . The arrival of Mr . O"Connor , abont balfipast twelve , ¦ was greeted -with deafening applause , as -was likewise tixat of Mr . Sankey . At one o ' clock , Mr . Scott moved and Mr . Nagle seconded , that Mr . Sankey take tbe cbair . This being put to the meeting was carried unanimously . Mt , Sajjkey briefly opened the proceedings , by requesting for all a fair and impartial bearing , and advising them to stand by their rights and to mate no surrender . A messenger was then dispatched to the Committee to inform them tbat tbe cbair -was taken , and the meeting -waiting for the Committee . Messrs . Home , Wakley , Sir Benjamin Hall , Dr . Wade , Mr . Potter , and others , speedily made their appearance . . Mr . Savage came forward to nioTe the first resolution . He- said , I shall not dispute tbe authority exercised by this meeting in appointing their Chairman . I have only to inform you , that the Committee had arranged for Mr . Hume u > take tte chair . That gentleman was here to his time , bat he is no way offended , but desirous that you should proceed to business . I appeal to that faculty which distinguishes Tnan from the brute . I call upon yon to exercise your
reasoning powers to prevent every ebullition of ill feelings TbiB is too solemn an occasion for us to be split into party factions . For ten years have we been living under tbe tree of Reform , bnt have been denied its fruits . £ et an experience of the past guide us for the future . Let us endeavour , -when all are oppressed , to do away with all petty bickerings among ourselves . For yeais have tbe two great factions maintained their power by sewing discord between the middle and working classes . One party of the people are now looking to government for a repeal of the Com Laws . Another class contend that it is idle to expect any relief from the present representative body . The late division in the House has confirmed this opinion . The object of the promoters of this meeting is to effect a junction between these two classes . They have deputed me to propose the following resolntion to yon for your discussion . You can alter , pare it down , or amend it as yon think proper to suit the views of this mixed community ; It iB as follo-WB : —
* ' That the distress , anguish , and suffering of mind , body , and estate of multitudes of our fellow countrymen at this moment , are without all precedent , and claim the deepest sympathy ; that such distress , anguish , and suffering are not occasioned by any dire dispensation of Providence , bnt result mainly from want of employment , arising out of our commerce being cramped and crippled by ruinous protecting legislative regulations , made and supported for the sordid and selfish interest of a particular class . " That amongst these ruinous protecting regulations , tbe Corn and Provision Laws are first and foremost—( no , no )—ytt , this meeting looks upon these laws , both in their origin , continuation , and present proposed modifications , as bnt one of the numerous branches from a greater , deeper , and mere deadly root of political and social evil , the mock and wretched representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament—( hear , hear . ) -
" That the present House of Commons , an < l ths Government arising out of it , haviBg in th 6 first act of their legislative existence , proved themselves utterly undeserving cf the confidence o ! the peopie , tkis netting has no confidence in them ; and that it never can , and never will , have any confidence in any House of Commons that is hot returned by the -whole people according to their Charter . *• That -with such a House of Commons as the present , or any other similarly elected , it is fol ! y and madness to up ^ i : tKct iiy btu >> i House any uieosure of public good will be carried , except there be an irresistible pressure from -without ; and that vihile this meeting will not lose sight of any of tbe branches from the deadly root of political and social evil , it -will now direct its main energies to this root itself , the mockery , farce , and tragedy of representation .
"That to this movement of men of all political parties , -we are now irresistibly drives by cur base and repulsive representation ; and that having now nothing to look for from la-ws made by the present House of Commons , or any other returned by the present constituency , -we fall back upon the first great law of nature , Belf-presermtion , and are determined to cirry the Charter of tbe people , by creating for it , as far as -we possibly can ' , a demand that no legislature can resist . " The committee mean by this resolution the adoption of the -whole of the principles contained in that document , -which has received the sanction of thousands , yea of- milions of our fellow subjects . I entirely agrte with every portion of the Charter . S -me are for giving up ens or two of its points—(" na , " )—bnt I recommend not to give up a single one ; if you yield to expediency you-will go down like Peel and bis sliding scale . Mr . Savage here entered into an able expcEitk-n of each
separate point in the Charter . He appealed to them if it -was jnst that ilarylebone -H-ith a population of a quarter of a million , anil thirtttn thousand electors , should return no more members of Parliament taan Harwich , with only two hundred and sixty electors , Nothing gives me moie pain than to see the expence -which parsons are obliged to undergo in order to procure their election , and it is just they should be paid for tkeir serrices . We are compelled to pay an eightpenny police rate , and I am fcure -we -would gladly pay an halfpenny rate for the payment of men to make good Iaw 3 , "which in this parish would produce £ 17 , 00 . Oar principles have beeen greatly belied , iDJury has been added to insult by an hired press . "We claim the right -which G » d ha 3 given to every man . We -will transmit it to eur children , -we shall then be able to protect ourselves from the calamity -which a mad system of government is daily bringing upon us .
Mr . Htde said I have great pleasure in seconding the resolntion proposed by my old friend Savage . It puts me in mind ' of the good old times of Radicalism , -when ¦ we made a despotic Government quail before us , and with meetings like the present -we shall quickly obtain our rights .- The posts have asserted that the golden age is past , but the present House of Commons palpably conrtadicts jt 2 f ever did gold maintain such an omnipotent BTray as at tbe present day . What but gold has placed Peel upon the treasury bench ? what but gold swayed the decision of tbe electors ? and it is the influence o £ this gold which ha 3 brought us here this day tv » give vent to our feelings and to assist in ot tuning oar-Tights . When we appeal to our rulers for aiiy beneficial measure ; they tell us that our glorious Couititatioa is in-dangtr . It once "was a glor ious Constitution ; it flourish-. d like tbe evergreen laurel , tut it has been cttS np by the evils of ignorance and bad legislation , and unless the corrupt branches are mowed
off , hy the scythe of public opinion , it -will shortly become a decayed and -withered shrub . Ooe speaker , in the late debate , said that they should imitate the conduct of the Barons of RunBymtde ; bnt this was not so . That struggle was between the barons and crown , the present is a struggle between the people and tbe aristocracy ; in which the crown is not identified . Adotaer speaker ia that House told you th-- - distress was occasioned by the influx cf Ir ^ h people into this conntiy . Whsn tbe Union -with Ireland was effected , it was not for the benefit of the Irish people , but to furnish sinecure places to our surplus aristocracy . If we send them our surplus aristocracy , can we blame them for sending us their surplus democracy —( cheers ) in exchange . Tne proceedings of this day -will , I trust , gWe the tone to all the towns in the empire . Hannibal , of old , when he crossed the Alps , had an army composed of all the nations cm earth ; let ns , like Hannibal , : now we are croEBing the Alps of corruption , iave an zimy composed of men of ail political opinions ;
so sha 1 we ensure success . Feabgus O-CosmjH , Esq , then rose and was received with tremendous cneering , which lasted for some length of time . He said , who are you ? The dead Chartists ?—ipieat cheering . ) What a bad undertaker that Whig Scotchman has been lo allow you to rise again ! ^ Cheerf . ) I stand be for e you to support Mr . Savage ' s speech and to oppose his resolution . If they wish our aid to effect a great purpose , they must agree to our terms . For more than ten years , you have laboured unsuccessfully to produce a change . We must now get possession of political power ; we must take the imperishable evergreen and not be content with the pale annual . This is not only a meeting of Marylebone , but a meeting -which -will express tbe sentiments of all Wales will
England , Ireland , Scotland , and . I expose te yon the fault of this rcsolntion , in this solemn declaration . In ike first paragiaph they talk ranch of the distress and its claim for tympathy ; this is the text : in tbe second tbey give you the Cora Laws . Now you are all of you Cockers ; so multiyly the first by the second , and see if tbe quotient will not give yon a little blarney—( laughter . ) If they acknowledge that the Corn Laws can only be effectually repealed by the Charter , let this be fully understood as it is in our amendment We aTe now placed in a position from -which we must not shrink . We are the mountain ; let Mahomet come to ns . It we are worth having , we will be soid for principle and nothing less If a majority of 123 hat done so much for us , what will a majority of 303 do
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for us ? If they are honest let them withdraw their resolution and support this amendment : — " That this meeting declares its unqualified approval of the principle of free and unfettered trade ; while , at the same time , it denies either the competency or the right of the representative body , as at present constituted , to make so great a change as that sought by tbe advocates of a repeal of the Corn Laws , inasmuch aa any advantage derived from that measure would not be for the benefit of the working classes ; and this meeting further protests against any change being particularly made to affect any separate c ass or interest , pledging
itself , in common with the people of all other parts of the United Hingdom , to look with a jealous eye to the application of the People's Charter , with a view to the settlement of those many and conflicting interests , dissensions about which now agitate the pubiicmind . We are resolved that that measure in its workings shall legislate justly for all , instead of partially for a class ; and , under these circumstances , we pledge ourselves not to agitate for any other measure than the whole of those principles embodied in the document entitled the People ' s Charter , and to which we look aa the only means of producing national greatness and prosperity , and of producing peace , law , and order throughout the
land . " If we go to make a bargain , we must examine and know the party we are to deal with . Are we to unite with the steam-made Baronet , Sir Robert Peel , with his sliding scale , or with Buckingham's Duke , with bis skatiugscale ; is it to be with Lord Russeli ' s 8 s . duty , or Yilliers ' s no duty at all ? But you say we are to join with the middle class . Is it to be the Tory middle class or the Whig middl e class ? No , ray tbey ; but join us for tbe Charter . I ask them for what Charter ? Is it to be Sturge ' s complete Charter , or Biggs ' s Midland Counties Charter , or what Charter is it to be for ? There is our Charier ; adopt this unfettered nnd untrammelled , and it will give the amplest justice to aiL For seven years we have been retting on principle ,
and they have not thought it "worth while even to look at us ; but now it is only to " whistle , and we'll be with you , my lads . " All change is the result of previous agitation ; the present agitation has been produced by the failure of the Reform Bill ; and yet the very niea who stated that that measure was intended to give a preponderating influence to the landed interest ; now want you to throw yourselves into their arms to save them from tbe landed aristocracy . You know how they treated you while they were in office . You know that the camp followers of the Whigs were yonr deadliest enemies ; eight or tea of them pretending to be in opposition for the sake of popularity , yet , on any change being contemplated likely to benefit the people , they ever fiew to their rescue , to the old
tune of . "keep the Tories out ;* ' yet these ara the men you are now wished to join . Machinery has been brought to such perfection , that ladies may almost pick their teeth by steam . Yet what have you gained by all these improvements ? Of what advantage has all the mechanical and chemical contrivances which have bo greatly contributpd to raise our character aa a nation been to the working classes ? You have been deprived of these advantages , because the House of Conimons , which ought to have been the heart of the people , is corrupt ; its heart is ossified and decayed ; and you are rendered civilised slaves . The cottage is falling to ruin , while splendid mansions are rising in our streets . The gorgeous monument is being raised to commemorate the deeds of the warrior . The Palace
is being decorated and improved , while those who sustain and support its fabric are wasting in penury . The middle classes are rising from tbe cottage to the hcuse , from the house to the mansion , whilst the poor man is forced from tbe cottage to the cellar , from the cellar to tbe cold bastile . We want the Charter to Hiake the Palace and the mansion dependant upon the eottige . We want the vote to be in the man , and not in thu cottage . The Reform Bill having failed , they want another Reform—Commercial Refoim . Did you ever hear of a : Irishman -who wont to dig praties without having a spade ? The Whigs want to Repeal the Corn Laws , but they won't take tho proper tools . They appealed to the people , and have got 123 majority against them ; and they are noiv discovering that
they did not go to the right people . They now come to us ; and I tell them there can be no union with us unless based on the full measure of our riotta- w « have looked to quacks too long . There -was Russell in 14 J 32 gava us a purge , consisting c . f t Wo drachms Of coercion , three drachms of bastilo starvation , to be ¦ washed down by the draught of a Rural Police . Dr . Petl now admits that vrc are very bad , but cur disoi \ It ; r is not chronic , and before he can administer a remedy , he must hod a consultation with the class above you ; and if uot consonant with their feelings he can give no remedy at all . The Whigs are tho same men aa ever ; and any measure coming from such old offenders , can yoa expect it to benefit you ? ( No , no . ) The lait three weeks has token the stink on" Chartism :
it now smells as sweet as a bed of violtt 3 . Remain firm to your principles ; and , as they cannot do without us , they will rush into our arms . You , men of Marylebone a :: d St . Pancras ought to be proud , prouder than any men in London . Here , nine years ago , I planted the shrub which has now grown into this beauteous tree . During the agitation of the Reform Bill tho Whigs jumped into the traces , pushed you into the shafts , and run you into the puddle . Now they must fall into tbe shafts , aau you must take the lead in tho traces . Mr . O'Connor then read their resolution , and showed the meeting how Corn Law repeal was placed in a prominent position , while the Charter was thrown in the back ground . He then ably entered into the question of the Repeal , as it affected tho
retailers and tae consumers . There wr _ 3 no hope of a beneficial repeal of the Corn or other bad laws until the Charter was gained . Let the middle men honestly unite with tbe Chartists , and in six weeks they could drive Peel from office . In 1832 we beat them , King , Lords , and Commons . Now we have & Queen , who perhaps is not opposed to us ; but we don't want her assistance : she is only one , and she has no vote—( laughter . ) We must have a new Parliament before the Charter can be carried . We must have thirty good Chartis > t M . P . 's to do duty in that House . These , with about twenty amateur Chartists , will be a sufficient force to break up any administration not founded on justice . If the people jointd the League without this guarantee good bye to the Chartist agitation : it will be broken
up , and who shall rally it again ? For seven long yeaw have we defended a principle which is a tower of strength to the good , and a terror to evil doers . I told you , losg ago , that the day of action would come ; and now it has arrived . Two men ought to have been placed at those gates , crying step into tbe auction . Russell will bid for you , 9 , 8 , 7 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 pound Household , then Universal Suffrage . Peel will say he nodded too ; and tho auctioneer will not know who to knock you down to ; but , by God , you shall not be sold one fraction under prices— ( great cheering . ) Here I stand , before Whig and Tory , under the canopy of the broad blue sky , aad declare that I never received one fraction of money lrom Whig , Tory or Chartist 1 have done all at my own txpence ; and , thank God , I am
not yet exhausted . If the Lsague join us it will save them some thousands . They have already Epent all their feszuir money ; bnt join us , and they may go to sleep . Provided they are honest , we will repeal the Corn Laws for them . Mr . O'Connor then went into the question of machinery , and showed there was no cordon sanitaire around London . D .-iven from the country by machinery the working men come up to London and compete with you ; they form a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . We are uot enemies to machinery ; we care not , as Butterworth said , if we eat , drink , go to bed , get up , and dress by machinery , provided it does not take our bed and our bread from us . We want political power , that machinery may be made man ' s holiday and not his curse ; not that one thousand slaves to artificial labour shall be wretchedly poor , that one slave-holder may grow enormously rich . If
all the money that has been made by machinery was diffused in its proper channel no poverty would now be felt by the operatives . I am taunted by Cobden with going about the country in a fustian instead of a black coat—( don't you think I should mate a good parson ?—He did not say tais in my presence ; if he bad , I should not quarrel with him ; such evolutions are often met with in society . Mr . Cobden has jumped from the warehouse , from the clogs and the fustian , into the black coat I can , when I please , go back to the black coat ; bnt he will never go back to Ihe fustian while he can avoid it I call upon you , as Mr . Savage did , to make us of that faculty which distinguishes you from the rest of the animal creation . Bo not ltd away by the glib philosophy of any who may address you ; look not to foreign trade to the injury of doineEtic comfort , bnt stand firm for the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . ( Great cheering . )
Rcffi Ridley rose to second the amendment . He said , —I presume that you have met this day to perform a duty not only to yourselves , and to your country , ¥ ut to ihuw to tbe whole world that Iinglisomea will administer justice to themselves and to all mankind . The seconder of the resolution said be Was sorry to have to throw cold water over the proceedings . I am not offended with him for throwing it over ms ; but it is impossible to throw cold water over the ardour st the Chartists ; bat to eome at once to the point—I look upon you as men determined to see justice done to all parties without distinction of class , sect , or colonr . I believe yon will proclaim to the working classes of the United Kingdom that the men of Marylebone , tbr-t the men of London , are determined to stand by the same principles which have received the sanction of the working classes of this . 'kingdom . Why is it that I , a working man , repudiate and find fault with this solemn declaration ? It is evident to you , the men of London ,
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for you : eyes havo been opened , that that this is all claptrap . If these men wero sincere and honest ; they would say at once that all odr evils arose from class legislation ; tbafc to remove the Cora Laws and ether bad laws , we roust . / remove this bad legislation . Read it all the gentlemen said . It shall be read . We wish not to burke the freedom of discussion ; we wish to consult the . feelings of all ; and we count on the decision of this day to lay the foundation of ah agitation that shall be carried on the wings of the wind through the _ whole king om . ( Mr . Ridley then read the declaration , and commented upon / it ; in a strong and fbrciblejjnaanatT . ) Let them put the representation first and the Corn Law Repeal afterward , and they would then be hitting the right nail ou the head ! Will you be cajoled by the factory lords , by those who have amassed their wealth from the blood and the marrow of the factory children ? Will you be knocked
down at such a price ? ( No , nc . ) R 9 maln then :, like men , firm and manly , side by side ; present one broad phalanx of union to your tyrants , and determine upon the Charter , and no surrender / If you do hot do this , you will be sold , and sold cheaply ; but you / will . ' -I know , act wisely and justly ; Mr . Ridley then ably skewed up the motives which actuated the League In their agitatlo . ' , and asked who were the men who had branded them aa destructives ? who had accused them of the worst s of crimes ? who had banished and imprisoned their fellow patriots ? who but the base and brutal Whigs bad entrapped Frost and his companions ? who got up the Calthorpo-streat affair ? and now who but the Whigs were preparing to entrap them again , to delude them to their ruin i He called-upon them , in the name of the men of England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales to perform their duty to their country—( great cheering . / r
Mr . Macconneli , —I have been requested to declare my sentiments upon this subject , which I shall do as briefly as possible . I shall be as candid as those who have previously addressed you in its favour , and tell you , I am decidedly opposed to the amend * ment—( considerable intsrruption );—give me a fair and candid hearing , snd judge for yourselves . I have read the declaration of the men of Marylebone in print ; I have read the amendment of Mr , O'Connor in writing ; and orimy life and wordy by all that is good that is near and dear to hie , I cannot / distinguish any substantial difference— ( laughter , and Why are you opposed to it ?) The amendment admits in its first onset
the principle of free trade ; so does the resolution . The only difference in . the two is , they have the same meaning , but are differently expressed . We say that the Com Laws are but a . branch ; we do not say they are the root . I am sorry any suspicion of dishonesty should exist —( laughter)—that you should suppose it is a trap , ( What trap ?) We are for the Charter ; you are no more . And I think no man in this assembly will think it -worth while to take leas—( hear . ) . I do not believe there is any attempt to coax or deceive you . I know of none . I waa in hopes that the enemes of tho people would no longer triumph by our dissentions , but would have been laid prostrate by our union .
Mr . Spur—As a working man I feel deeply interested in this subject , more so perhaps than any speaker that has preceded me . I can readily enter into the feelings which actuate Mr . M'Conhell and the other gentlemen , though I have but faint hopes that they can understand mine . I will say , as Mr . Ridley , that 1 want not their sympathy ; but if they give us justice we shall bo placed in such a position as not to need their sympathy . I do not deny the honesty of the party professing to give mo a cheap loaf , but 1 deny theii- ability . Mr . Macconneli has said , that he could not see the difference between the resolution and the amendment . There is none so blind as those who will not see . Is there no difference between drawing the cart up the hill and drawing it over the hill ?
The resolution , puts the cart before the horse ; the amendment puts the horse in its proper position . Those men have turned me out of . my employ for my principles , and yet they talk of sympathy to the working men . Mr . Maeconnell tells you that thoy do not consider the Corn Laws as a root , but only as a branch . I tell him as I told Mr . Acland , better known ly the same of " Slippery Jommy , " that tho best ; way to cut off tbe branch is to cut down the tree . The branches urn to > high to reach . It is impossible to have a Kepeal -vvitn the present bouse , but they want you to unite in order that they . inay say to the aristocracy , " Give us the repeal of tho Cora Laws , or we will thrust the Charter down your throat'V— ( Great cheering , l
Mr . Savage then again addressed the meeting . He cared not which thoy passed , tho resolution or the amendment , he waa only the organ of tho Committee to bring it before them . He hoped now in their hour of triumph they would have sympathy for tho middle clas ? . They have not had the advantage of political training which you havo ; they have not their weekly meeting , and cannot so well understand the subject I ask for your sympathy , not that you should giyoup your rights . I-care not individually which you carry ,-so tbat you get the Charter . ihe amendment was then put and the waving multitude of bands showed that the hour of triumph had arrived—that tho auction was over and the lot knocked down at the Charter price . For tho resolution out of the vast multitude , ( tho Court-yai-u estimated to hold 12 , 000 , being crowded , ) only fciKht haniis wese held up . This victory was celebrated -with long and loud cheers , waving of hats , &c .
Mr . Loyd Jones , in an address which we greatly regret wo have not space to insert , moved : tb >) following resolution : — * ' That while this meeting condemns tlio Corn and Provision Laws as unjust in pviucipie and pouiieious in practice ; and approves of all legal agitatien for the repeal of these laws ; this meeting is nevertheless of opinion that such repeal would be totally inadequate to effect a general or permanent relief of the Uei ) p distress under which the labouring population of this country is at present suffering : and this t-rieeting farther expresses its opinion that a well Uvvised and comprehensive system of ' Hoiijb Colonization , ' or the employment of the people upon the land of this country , in the joint pursuits of agriculture and manufactures , can alone permanently place them abpvo the reach of poverty . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . O Connor and carried unanimously .
Sir Benjamin HAtt . —I attended here this day not for tbe purpose of addressing ycu , but front a desire to be present at this manifestation of public feeling and sentiment , that I might , if necessary , declare the tone and the manner in which it has been conducted . It would be ao act of ingratitude if I did not at this the iirst large meeting after my election , declare to you my gratituuo . i need not tell you that I was no party either to the resolution or to the amendment . I have seen that you agreed almost unanimous for the amendment , and I am pleased to say that it is not only the largest but the most quiet , orderly meeting pt "which I was ever present 1 have seen the gentlemen who ra'her differed from you treatedjWith the greatest
kindnew and forbearance . I have seen in th « liewspapara that the metropolitan meetings have generally been conducted in a disgraceful ! manner , I can now p 6 Konaliy bear witness to the contrary . With regard to the resolution , I am opposed to the measures of Ministers , but shall never offer them a factious opposition . 1 am for a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and during the eleven years I have been in Parliament , I have ever voted fov every nieasure of extension of tha Suffrage , and shall net now shrink from / my principles—( cheers . ) Mr . Benuqw in an address which showed that age had neither impaired his physical or moral energies , moved tho adoption of the National Petition , during which he was loudly cheered :.
Dr . Wade in an excellent speech seconded its adoption . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Kid ley moved" That in tbe opinion of this meeting the transportation of Frost , Williams ; and Jones , after the opinion of the Judges given in . their favour , was cruel and UDJust on the part of the Melbourne Whig Government , and this meeting pledges itself never to cease from agitation till they are returned to thuir native soil . " Mr . Maynard seconded tho resolution , which was carried unanimously , with great cheering . Mr . Wall moved , and Mr . GoODFELkOW seconded , a resolution requesting the Guardians to publish tho resolutions of the meeting in the Northern Star , Times , Advertiser , &c . Mr . Peat moved , and Mr . Scott Becon / Jed , a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
Mr . Potter supported tbe motion , and declard himself a consistent Chartist . A vote of thanks was given to the Guardians for the use of the Workhouse yard . Mr . Sankey addressed the meeting , thanking them for the honour they had done him . Cheers out of number were given for' the Charter , O'Connor , the Star , the victims , itc , after which the meetingdispersed . /
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GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OP THE TAILORS , CONVENED AT THE SOCIAL HALL , JOHN-STREET , O : N MONpATf , 1 ? EB , 27 TH . - TO fuktheb tile objects of the national chakter association . At half-past seven , o ' clock j the place was crowded to a degree never before witnessed ; and from that time until nine o ' clock , thousands must have gone away unable to obtain admittance . Mr . Parkbr moved , and Mr- Knight seconded ^ that Mr . Cuffay tike the chair . At this period Mr * O'Connor entered ; and if the warm and enthusiastic applause of the assembled highly gratified audience could reward huh for his almost superhuman exertions in the cause of liberty , on that evening be must have been highly rewarded—he must , indead , have felt himself a proud and happy man .
Mr . Cuffay , having been unanimously elected to the chair , commenced by informing them that he should not make the usual apoligiea of incompetency , &c . ; but as a working man , a tailor , and a Chaitifct , he would never shrink from the performance of any public duty which his fellow-trademen and brother-slaves elected him to perform—( cheers ) He trusted they would support him in the chair ; and he would give to all / who migkb wish to express their sentiments a fair and impartial hearing ; and he trusted they wonld never be deluded from standing by the rights of their older , either by the middle menj or by the aristocracy . As a trades unionist , he had exerted himself to the / utmost in behalf of bis older ; but he was now convinced that the cause of their distress was higher than the tyranny
of their employers—that they must put the axe to the reot of the tree ; andj sink or swim , he would stand like a irian till the last , and if he died he would ; die like a martyr gloriously in the cause —( great cheering . ) Whigs and Tories had too long united to oppress and humbug the people , and to screw them down to starvation or emigration . Mr . Cufiay then informed tfee meeting tt \ at they had enclosed a copy ef their address to the trade in a note to Captain lieua , and bad received a letter in reply , which he would read to them . Mr . Cuffay theii raad the letter , which ascribed all their distress to over population , and that they must
emigrate . Tailors in work , the Captain said , could earn from 36 a . to 42 s . per week ; masons and other trades were in receipt of high wages ; and to look to political power to remedy the distress was quite futile . Mr . Cuffay commented with great sarcasm and energy upon this letter ; he believed the spite which the aristocracy showed to the masons-was because they were the first trade to come out for the Charter —( great cheering . ) Mr . Cuffoyj in beautiful and manly language , urged them not to desert their father land , but to stay in it , and make it worthy of them . If any must emigrate let it be the aristocracy . He concluded with the following sarcastic lines : —
" ' If bugs molest me , as in bed I he , I'll not quit my bed for them , not I- ; But ; rout the vermin—every bug destroy , New make my bed , and all its Bweetsenjoy . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman read notes apologising for non-attendatice from Messrs . Duncombe and Leader M . P . ' s , and from Dr . M'Douall . / Sir . PAHKEa—fellow tradesmen , thi 3 meeting haa been called for the purpose of feeling the pulse of the trade , which has ever been a democratic one in favour of the principles of the People ' s Charter . Amongst others that have been invited to attend , is Feargus O'Connor , an individual highly respected for his energetic exertions on behalf of the people ; I shall
therefore hot occupy much of your time , but at once direct your attention to the distressed condition of our trade . We have taken every step likely to alleviate that distress , but in vain ; and we have therefore resolved to go at once to the root of the evil ; for this purpose we convened this meeting ; I have before said that our trade is essentially democratic , and the crowded meeting whieh has responded to our call proves that it is so . There is not a man in this assembly but will admit that the most horrible destitution exists in our trade . It has been objected by a few of the aristocratic portion of it that we have deno harm in exposing tbe prices in our address , but I ask them when thousands are starving . IS it a time to sit jrilrinHjrlay 7 ia it nottime that wo should come boldly forward and Join thij democratic trades who have preceded ua in endeavouring to iemove that load of taxation which fetters our energies ? that we should throw off those shackles from , our labour which proteet capital at our espence .
There are many men who have been in the trade nineteen or twenty years compelled to work for three farthings an hour , or starve . Many may not believe this ; but lot them go as I have done to the purlieus of the East end of the town , nnd they would then more than credit it Women are making waistcoats , aye , and well made too , for threepence each ; and when this is the case * who shall tell me we have no right to move for fear : of the masters shoulil at the aristocratic shops reduce the wages . I appeal to the females present , i 3 it not shocking , is it nota disgrace to humanity that the daughters of tailors , I am almost asbaraed to say it , should be compelled to prpsti' . ute themselves to the foremen at the slop-shops , ere they can obtain employment —( true , true . ) Mr . Parker then entered further into the prices paid by the Government contractors , i : c ., and then called upon them to conic out as they did at the time of the trades ' unions in support of the Charter' —( loud cheers . ) He proposed the following resolution : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting , the distress and misery which exists in the trade of journeymen tailors , has r > een brought about through class legislaticn ; and we hero recommend a union of the trade , with a view to alleviate that suffering . " Ho called upon all who held up their hands for the resolution to t ,-ike oat their card of membership . Mr . Xatcche seconded the resolution . They had been accused of being led away by demagogues ; of being ignorant of the motives which governed their actions . If we ore ignorant of our motives , we at least are
acquainted with the motives of the aristocracy . We are aware that our distress arises from class legislation . We see that in all ages those who have had the power of legislating , legislate for their own benefit , while they entirely neglect the masses . Where the aristocracy haveiwsumed the power , they have only two means of governing : —it is : either by fraud or force . When : the first fails , then they resort to their anned police , or their military force . Mr . iatuehe then appealed' to ancient history in proof of his opinion , that freedom produced prosperity ; and concluded an eloquent address amidst loud cheering .
A Mr . Heaiine here caused considerable interruption , by asking tritting questions , as to by whom the meeting was called ? to which the Chairman satisfactorily replied , informing him tbatit was by the ChartUt tailors' meeting , at four of the West End Houses of Call . ' Mr . ' O'Connor was received with tremendous cheers . He fcaid , it is . not of . so much importance who called the meeting , as that the hiseting is called . Is there any man here who will refuse to adopt wnat is sound , and reject what is unsound , because he is not aware who . called the meeting ? We are for impartiality to all ; We live upon principle ; our principles are good— they will bear discussion ; those only shrink from discussion whose deeds : ire evil and will not bear the light . Can
there be a more pleasing sight for a philanfcrophist than this / crowded meeting ? Can anything more strongly bespeak the sentiments of an Englishman , than . ; the manner in which Captain Rous has been treated , unless he can prove to you that people should go naked ; You at least are interested in having a large population . I much admire the sentiment expressed in tbe sarcastic lines of your chairman . Shall the drones be allowed to drive the bees from the hive ? No , rather let the bees sting'them ' from the liive J If it is necessary that some must , l ^ ave the country ; if God has sent more inhabitant j than the land will support , let the idle be the lirstto leave the land ; let us live in our fatherland and make it woi'tliy of us . I r « joice to see you ,: the oldest body of the incorporated trades ! coming out in this
cheering manner . I recollect when Sir Henry Hardinge said , pending a Btrike of your body , that he would rather go naked than the master should submit to youi dictation . This would be coming to the primitive state with a vengeance . I am astonished to hear Mr . Parker state that waistcoats are being made for 3 d . each . PerhapB the aristocratic portion of the trade may not work at them ; but I am surprised , that because men are comparatively well off > thoy should be content with their compartive condidion . I contend that the peoplo ought never to be satisfied until they have full and equal justice . If the masters have gained 15 i . in a suit of clothes by the fall of cloth , they should divide the advantage with the men . I have been to the head and to the foot , and I now come to the middle . I -have been to the batters and to
the shoemakers , and I have now come to the tailors . What causes distress to fall so heavily upon your trade ? not that the land is over populated , but because we have a naked ; starving population . Oar wise political economists tell you that machinery cannot injure you , because machinery does not yet do the sewing work . But the dnllheads forget that it injures your market ; that your customers are compelled to lay out , in provisions , that which otherwise they would lay out lu clothes . If your brethren , the tailors in the manufacturing districts , cannot obtain employment , they come up to London , thinking that where so much wealth and luxaryia found , there must be plenty of work , and these constitute the reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The men from tbe country may not obtain employment ; but , while they are in the market , your
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r " o ^ e ^^ v v- ^ s ^ $ ^ /^ t ^ ti ^ i ^^/ ' - ^ € ^ JZ ^ sfajAMj employers can say—if yon dont like the work there are plenty others who will do it . Your chairman has said , that you have tried trades' unions and they have failed . We do not seek to destroy-trades ' unions ; we seek to prevent them from failing . All property is protected , save labour which creates property . I look in the conntry , and see the boards stuck np— " Whosoever trespasses here shall be prosecuted according to law . " Bid yea ever see a man with a brass plate on his breast inscribed— " WhosoeTertrespasse 8 on this man ' s labour "will be prosecuted" ? ( Great cheering . ) Those who trespass upon the tights of labour are the parties who have the power of making the laws . Look at the treatment the Unions-have received since the time of the
Reform Bill—look at the assistance you gave them in canying ; that measure ; and then ask yourselves , have the governing , powers treated jou feiriy ? Why do they object to the name of Chartism"i a rose would smell as sweet by any other name . ' Chartism sounds as well as Whiggery or Toryism . Whiggery has rendered Toryism triumphant . We look for political power , not to displace either Whigs or Tories , but to give us equal power with them . Give us the Charter to-morrow , and the trades would be at full work in a month . We want equal protection and equitable distribution . I have been Member of Pailiamentj member of the People ' s Parliament , leading journalist , head agitator , and an , / extensive farmer .: I have published a small wovk on practical \ farming . I da not even do as your Chairman said , recom-Riend you to go to the waste lands . I say that ia the cold meat in the larder , which may serve some centuries hence for those who come after us . Lot U 3
cultivate to the highest the lands now in occupation , and , instead of importing wheat , we shall grow plenty for eurselves , and be enabled : to import com ourselves ; yet our sapient economists tell us that we cinnot grow sufficient corn to support us . Wfey » these men scarce know whether wheat is dug np out of the ground , / or grows on the top of the straw . If you gave them 100 acres of ground , they would starve , unlessi like . Nebuchadnezzir , they could live upon grass . Why should you go to foreign lands for food when , your own country would produce sufficient ? Is it better for you to sit at home all day working , to mako goods which may or may not sell , while you must rely upon theia for that food , which 7011 want
three times a-day ? If the manufaeturers could gain a Rspeal , they would speedily throw our land cut of cultivation ; and , when we were at the mercy of foreigners , if a famine should come , they would pnt a duty on the exportation of grain , remembering that when we were mistress of the world , we imposed 0 » similar duty on its importation . Walk round London , and where will yoti see tbe poor man ' s comfortable cottage . You will see the mansion of the man who has grown rich em your energies upraised five stories in the air . If capital is rewarded with ten . per cent , profit , let labour have its seventy-nvia per cent . ; let not the poor man pine in want while the rich isdwelling in luxury . We have now arrived at a crisis when something must be
done . ; The political world is now on a pivot , and the least thing wonld turn it on the oneeide or the ether . It depends upon the mighty people which way the scale shall preponderate . If we now shrink from principle we shall perpetuate the reign of faction ; if firm , I defy either Whig or Tory to stand against the mighty torrent : of public opinion we can bring against them . You are told by little llussell , the least man yon ever saw f ir nothing , that all th = s distress is local , and caused by tli « natural commercial revolutions of a great country . They cared notning about the distress until they got on the bleak side of the Treasury ; they are like the lady who , when going round the cold bleak common , pitied the condition of a poor cottager ,
and ordered her footman to take her a sack of coals , but no sooner had she got , in her warm drawing-room , and her foot on the fender , than she ordered John not to take the coals because the weather had got warmer . You are now asked to join the Corn Law Repealers , to restore to power one of the basest factions whichever trampled on the : liberties of a nation . Talk of us as destructives ,, as physical force men . Why it makes my blood boil when I read their inflammatory speeches , their secret endeavours to excite tho people to violence ; they excite you to burn and shoot at an image of straw ; even they would excite you still futthei , and while they sat in the jury box and tried you , they would boast of their love of order and peace .
As a party they were never mere disunited . We were never so united . I do hot think that they could take one man that we trust from us ; if they did , we care not . If I were to desert yon tomorrow I could not take a man away with me . There is my strength and pride . If the shepherd break toosq , the flock will not turn aside . The present agitation is the result of the pent up feelings of bygone years , and will finally destroy ail opposition which can be brought against it . As well might the presumptuous Dane attempt to force back the rolling waves of the mighty ocean , ns for them to stop the rushing stream of public opinion . Kuowledge cannot b ' e pent np ; it is like a smothered fire , ifc will again burst forth , and burn still brighter and
clearer for the obstruction . ( Hear , hear , and loud pheera . ) We ask , for ali , thesame liberty ¦ ¦ ¦ and power wliiolr w demand for- otirnelVca . They eoy yfe are too ignorant and vicious to be ehtiusted Vritb . the franchise . If , as -Baptist Noel states , there are 500 , 000 living without God and witkput hope in the world in this Metropolis , I affirm it is caused by bad Government . Men are born with certain propensities which can be nourished into virtues or vices . Their virtues are the result of their nature ; their vipes of miarule : His vices are encouraged , because thoy tend to aggrandise the capitalist . They say would you enfranchise
the drunkard ? Give me a constituency of 10 , 000 drunkards , and one teetotaller , and such is the power of virtu 9 j that they sha ' : l choose the teetotaller to . represent them . Rome in its origin vras a combination of the greatest . rogues in the world , yet they chose the wisest and the best men for their Generals . A community of rogues would choose an honest man for their representative . We look to the Charter to promote morality , and not immorality . Mr . O'Connor continued for some length of time to address them on the question of the land , trade , &c ,, and concluded with a burst of eloquence we have never ytt heard surpassed , and retired amidst thunders of applause .
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Knight , in a brief manner , proposed the second resolution : — "That this meeting is of opinion ^ that the onl s means for the trades and the working classes generally , to benefit their condition is , by adopting tho principles contained in the People ' si Charter . " ' Mr . Kuight explained the aeveral points of the Ciartsr , and sat dewn much applauded . Mr . M'Grath seconded the resolution in an address which occupied nearly an hour in the delivery , and which / for argument and . eloquence , we have fieldonx heard surpassed . In the cbur 3 e of his address , he paid some deservedly high compliments to Mr . O'Conbr , and concluded by calling upon his brother tradesmen to join the Nationa . ! ' Association ; he was greatly applauded . The resolntion was then put and carried
Mr . GoodfeLlow moved , and Mr . Shephee » seconded the adoptio-i of the National Petition , waich was also carried unanimously . Capt . ACUKRI . Y , for some length of time , amused the meeting , which concluded by a vote of thanks to the Chairnian and the usual Chartist hououiti . Many signatures were received to the petition . Sheffield . —Political Institute . —On Sunday evening last , Mr / William Gill lectured to a crowded audience at tbis place . Subject— " The present prospeots ofChartism . "
On Monda y Evening the large room was again filled by a respectable audience , to hear a discussion " On the / reasonableness of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of tho landi" Mr . WiJJiam Gill opened the discussion by explaining how the People's Charter first originated , and concluded an / abla speech by explainiii * the six points separately , which Save general satisfaction . Several questions were asked , and answered to the great batisfaction of the meeting . Afterwards several new members were enrolled . ¦ v
SxocKroRT . —The Chartists of this town procured the Town Hall , last week , issued placards announcing a public meeting for Monday evening last t » n 3 invited Mr . Jame 3 Lesach , of Manchester , to take part in the proceedings . Accordingly the Stbckport Rads assembled very num . rously , and passed similar resolutions in favour of the Charter to those carried at the great twenty thousand demonstration held at Manchester last week , without the least opposition . v ; v
Manchester . —A meeting of the manufacturers was held on Tuesday , near the Exchange , Wei Bright , of RocMale , " was elected chairman . Mr Alderman Brooks , and several others * addressed the meeting . A resolution , condemnatory of the Corn Xiaw , was carried , and a petition founded on the same ; bus neither the Suffrage nor the Ballot was mentioned , either ia the / speeches , resolution , or the petition . [ This shows the sincerity of the Leaguers , in their sudden conversion to Chartism . Let the peoplo mark tho fact ; and mark it well!—Ed . 1 IiKES . —A lecture was delivered in the Chartist Room , Lees , on Tuesday night last , by Mr . Thomas Hannam . ¦<• ' : ¦ . ; . '¦ / : ' . / / /;// ¦/ . . . ' '¦;¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . •/¦ ' .: STALEYBRiDGE . —Mr . Henry Candy delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartist Room , on the principles of the Charter , our present position , and the necessity of firmness to attain tauoa .
Ulvbrston . —Mr . J . ' . T . Lund leotured here oh Thursday , the 24 ch instant , to an overflowing audience . . / -. . ¦/ ¦' , y '¦ : ' .-. " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' '¦"¦ .:. - - . "¦¦'¦ . ¦ ' /¦ ' // - ¦" ' ¦¦ . '' .. .. " York . —At a meeting of the Council , on the 27 fl » instant , it was ; re .-olved , " That the Association Room be open , fer reading and discussion , every Sunday evening ; the public to be admitted free . " ToDMoapEN ^ The weekly meeting © f the Council was held on Monday ; when it was resolved , that any . person wish ing- to visit Todmorden to lecture , shall correspond and make arrangements with tho sub-secretary , Robert Brook * and bring testimonials of membership from the society he belongs .
; J ^ The ^ . William ViUiers Jackson rom Manchester , delivered an impressive l « otnr © in the Independent Chapel , to ' :-. k congregation of about fi ^ pr six hundred , on the principles of m people b Charter , and the means to bs employed for its attainment ; . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ..-,- •'• --. . -- * .
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Motibam . —Mr , Bropbyj from Dublin , lectured here on Saturday and Sunday last , to respectable audiences . . '¦ . Chobley . —Cheering accounts reach us from this place ; the cause stems to be going gloriously . Crieff . —On Wednesday the 23 rd ult ., a large and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this place was hold in the Weavers' Hall , when Mr . Abram Duncan delivered a leoture .
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- iLiccLE £ Fi £ LD . —Mr . J . West lectured on Sunday eTenrng to a numerous audknce . Ch £ steefiei . d asd Esjosptoh . —At the weekly Opting of the Chaitists of the above place , in Silk aull "iard , on McLaav erening last , the Secretary « u » lediB ; 2 s . Id . fioin the Chartists of Holy Moor * de . After oilier business the following resolution * as carried : — " Ttat the sum of 10 s . be sent to Not-^ gnata , towards dfcfrayirg tbe expenses of the dele S *^ for tte eEBuiug Coimuuea .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct588/page/1/
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