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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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MUBDEROUS ATTACK O ? THE LEAGUE on FEAEGUS OTOlOrOK , AT BIBflllNGHAM . TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mr Dsx&zst FRJEfW , —I return thanks to jLbni ^ rty God that I still lire to address yon . I jisJl proceed calmly with my narrative , commencing from where I left off in my last . On Wednesday , the good men of Bermondsey , which is a district of Sonthwark , insisted on my visiting item for the purpose of commemorating out Monday ' s triumph . Thsy procured the largest room in the district ; the how for commencing was ^
seTen , bet the place -was crammed at half-past six , and at seven there -were as many ontside the windows as would hare filled it OTer and over again .. You will have & report ; therefore I shall only say it was a most enthusiastic meeting , and the result was * SO SURRENDER . " I net several manufacturers there , all of whom declared , for the Charter . Petition sheets of the gkeat sational were there , and were being well signed . I tell you , London is now taking the lead .
] Sow for Birmingham . And a sore Birmingham it shall be for the Tillaiss . You shall hear every word and judge for yourselves . I had a letter from Mr . Thorn , informing -me of the intended gathering of the League , and praying of me to go , I at once consented , and , as at Souihwark , I strictly enjoined liim not to communicate my intentions , in order that I might really test the value of the . principle , by seeing how the people of themselves , and for themselves , would do their own work . I met Leach and Campbell , both of oht excellent Executive , at the Birmingham Station . "We proceeded to the
bouse of Mr . Porter , a master shoe-maker , and one of the most upright and uncompromising gentlemen living . I there learned that Sturge had sent £ 50 to Collins and O'Neil , and that they had been in conference with the League Committee , and had promised their co-operation and support . I asked what course we were to pursue , and I insisted upon no comproniise on our part . No , said Leach ; and do , ssH Caxnpbell ; when one of trar party took aa amendm ? nt for the whole Charter from his pocket , and xsad it , of which we all approved . I then proposed as follows : — "As soon as they submit their proposition , I shall speak , opening the way for the amendment ; and if they accept the Charter as the
me--ns , we will promise free trade as one of the first results t a townsman must move the amendment , as -neither Latch , Campbell , or myself would be allowed , and Le&ea and Campbell will follow in support of the amendment . From the specimen we had before , and from what our friend opposite saj 3 , I know ihsy will attack us , but we must die game . " This course was resolved upon ; and the nest question was oar means ; when we discovered that only serai tickets had been given to our party , three of TFii : ch were handed to Leach , Campoel ] , and nyself , tins leaving three strangers and four townsmen to meet a thousand of the League . The person * bo was to move the amendment gave me bis ticket ibo . went in pursuit of another .
At a quarter to twelve we Elarted , to be early in &e Seld ; and first , let me describe the interior of the Town Hall . The organ gallery i 3 an immense stage , capable of holding more than 1000 ; on a level * ith it , but railed off , are two large side gaUerie 3 ; a the end of ihe Hall is a spiciou 3 gallery , capable of holding above 1500 ; while the body of the building will contain from 5000 to 6000 . The organ gillerj wa 3 filled wuh the League . About forty overseers , intermixed with a handful of Chartist churchmen , were ticketed far that part of each ads gallery which communicates with the organ gallery ; this wa 3 done to prevent any charge from the side gallery being made upon the platform .
As soon as I entered the organ gallery , the whole nesting set up a tremendous cheering and waving of hits , whereupon me ruffians in the organ gallery torned round , and upon recognising me , they se ; up one of the mosi hideous , terrific yells mortal ever heard , they hissed and groaned , and hooted like sad dg-nh . Nothing daunted I advanced , and Geo . "Whits beckoned to me thst he had reserved a place forme in front . 2 moved on till I got within stven rows of the place , when I was stopped by a solid Trass . I touched one npen Ahe shoulder , and said " WQIyou allow me to pass ! " aad this was the answer :
c , blast $ -euj ice don't want YOU here . You are no townsman , we had you here before . ' " Come , let as pass . " "JYo . by G—d , if you attempt it we'll crack ] your neck ; blast him , throw him ovtr , kill him . "; " Bah , you rascally Northern Star . " " But for you we . voald hsvs a repeal of ths Corn Laws ; you divided ; the working men from U 3 . " ' " I did , and never will caheyoa until you go for my principles ; and now , yon say youwant a union , and this is the way you j go about it . " "So , damn you , we want no union with ;
ror . By G—d you shan ' E speak here to-day . " * By ; G—d , 3 rr i will , " t ! Damn him , pitch him over . ' : u Coae tetmep& 5 S . " " No , bia ? t you ; I am a towns- j ma , and I should like to have that seat myself , and ; to speak too ; bot I can't , and I am sure yon shan't . " ° Who said taat all the properly within twenty miles of BinnbghaiE ought not to bs worth £ 5 V " •' J did , if the people were fired npon , and I repeat it now . 1 * a sot to be intimidated . " " Damn him , throw him « Ter , throw him over . " "Yon had better not . " "Ah ,
joa pcjseal-force rascal , we want no physical force here . " ° So it appeaiss . " I then turned to a rery gentlemanlike looking man , one of the most violent , and said , " will yon just favour me with ycur name and address '" "No , " said he , "I -would see * or dasszb tisst . " "Yoc a ^ e a Gi > "TLE 3 iA >" , "' said I . All the time that this was going on , there was an dderly gentleman at my xfehi , who frequently reno nstrated against the rnfiianism of ihe blocdionnds . ilnntz made his appearance , when the rsSiaa shouted and opened their months , and then ¦ sr : ia eyes Hashing 5 re , turned to me , and said , " you fflaygo hoine ; if you attemps ; o speak you s -all be s ^ Bgled , by G d . " "Well , weU , wait , " said the gadanan oa my right , " the hones : man ' s cheer " 21 corns by and bve . "
I should r . ow tell you that the Organ Gallery is eadreiycut oS from the body of ths Hali ; no appro ach to It ; and-when tha peoplssaw the opposi-^ oa to my advancing to tho front , every speaker Tri 5 isi erraped by shoacs of " Let Feargn 3 come down ; " Coia 3 down , Feargu ? , come down . " All tab time , one faithful and brave fellow , is his working co ^ t and apron , stood close to my hack , determined that I s ' -. auld only be struck behind ikoflga Mm . Whenever ihey jcs ; Ied me , he ciung
J " ^ ^ "ith his fs . es like scarlet . So the whole bsaa sa proceeded , while Weswn , Attwood , and Armor { F ^ eQ were speaking . Not one word could be heard b-at by tliosa dos-a to the speakers j but ^ aea tie Cairter fvas mentioned , then was a murvnx amongst the League , " ^ o Chabteb . " When Wifeii had coccluled , those nearest him cheered ; sa , npon being asked what he said by those behind , * ^ 2 aasirer was , he says he won ' t move any amend-Jaea »; Lhoa anoihar shout was set up , and
° J £ 3 of "thars it—no amendment . " Tne re-Stoati on was then going to be pat , when I roared «« i Mr . Mayor . I have a word to say . " Now the Jdling was i&g ke jj ] et ioo 5 e # j was jq the middle « t he iuferaii . infariats pack . ** Tarow him ^ r . " " Don ' tlet him pass . " Tiey were about sght deep be ; Tre £ E mj and the Mayor . I shoved foward wu ; il I ^ u ; wiiain ikree of the float , wbtn I * is j ' atamed by sst&h ruffians into a pen or dtsk , my ^ icsagabst the back rail and my arms by my siue . Come , come / ' said I , " Eaven xo one is too much :
? cat do you mea . n ! do yen want to murder me V a £ J , dimn yon , " said one ruffian , " by Go < i if you ^ kTfc'il haag y oa . I wish I had a rope rcand your ^ k . " M If the May or says I am to speak no power * JU prevent me . " All this time ^ Iv ^ -. z , Douglas , iei ; , Collins , and the old lamp were juat on nay ^ ssnd never once i ^ t-irujtd , uiihcu s h my lite ^ £ ct war Hi one minuie ' s psrebasc . A : length a ^ Ictaan with mustachicr , -Rio had winesseu ail , ^ to tte ruffians . " com :, come , this won't do ,
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this is too bad ; " he rtooped down to the Mayor , and then getting between me and the assassins , ho slapped me upon the shoulder and said " all right , yon . are to speak . " He then , like a gentleman , assisted me in jumping from the midst of the ruffians on to the stage , and when I did , the organ forces Bet up such an infernal yell as neter was heard , while the voices of the fustians soon drowned their hideous groans . The Mayor said that he would not take it upon himself to decide whether or not I should speak , but would put it to the meeting , when nearly every hand was held up except the hands of the roffianB ; and as
the Times has undertaken to give an opinion of my speech , in which the reporter says that I assured the meeting that Muntz , Douglas , and Salt were now to be relied upon , I assure you , on my honour , I never once mentioned the name of Muntz . Douglas , or Salt , from the beginning to the end . I tell yoH what I did say . I said that if they wanted a Repeal they should first have the Charter , as a means . That the Whigs deceived us before , and if they deceived us again it ehould be the people ' s own fault . That I would surrender my life before I would butrender one hair ' s-breadth of the Charter . That the honest portion of the middle classes who would join us were likely to be sincere , as they had been tardy
in acknowledging our principles ; that they had looked before they leaped , and if we began to leap together upon sound principles , Peel and the Tories would begin to jump . That no union should be formed while I had life , unlesB every principle of the Charter was acknowledged as the means ; that upon those conditions , aud none othkb , would my party ever join . That I _ could aot Teply to any of the speakers , as 1 had not heard one word ; neither would I oppose the resolution which I had not heard ; that those things were only done in the House of Commons ; that , of course , if it did not acknowledge the supremacy of our principles , a townsman would move , and another would second , aa amendment for the Charter , which I would support .
No amendment wa 3 moved , bat , a 3 Leach well observed , the principle > nd feeling of the meeting were tested by the show of hands that I should be heard . Leach . Campbell , and myself , left the Hall together , and then we learned that the person who was to have moved the amendment had given me his ticket , and could not for any money procure another for his own admission to the organ gallery . Had one been moved , it would have been carried by a majority of twenty to one ; bnt while tlutt course would have * been most satisfactory , the ruffians in their resolution have acknowledged the whole principles of the Charter .
Of course , Leach and Campbell could not speak , a 3 no amendment was mored , and not being townsmen , they would not otherwise , and I doubt even then , be allowed . When we returned to Porter ' s , I asked Leach , Campbell , and the others , how I performed my part of the duty ? GallanMy , capital , " was the reply . Let that answer the Times . I look for the approval of my own party only .
Isow , working men , I most solemnly swear and declare that I would rather liye under an irresponsible military despotism , with trial by court martial , than lire under ihe government of a middle class , with trial by jury , they being jurors . Had they murdered me en Friday , who would try them ? Seme of the murderers themselves . Had any intemperance of mine led to the slightest violation of the peace , who would try me 1 The conspirators themselves . What chance , then , have we .
So ended a day in my life . And now , to prevent such another scene , I have to request that at least fifty Chartists will accompany their leaders to the platform of every mixed meeting ; it is necessary ; and should another be called in the Town Hall , let the people meet early , and not allow the organ gallery to be opened one moment before the oiher entrances are also opened ; let them post themselves ia each of the side galleries , which command the platform , and ' on no account allow them to enter until all are freely admitted .
I was to have been in Birmingham on Monday next , the 2 Sth j bat in consequence of the London tailors coming out on that evening , and being long pledged to them , I am compelled to postpone my visit till Wednesday next , the 2 nd of March , when I shall remain Wednesday and Thursday , and till noon on Friday , on which evening I am engaged to the Chartists of Westminster . I cauaot dismiss the subject without returning my wannest thanks to the brave working man , who
never Isft me for a moment , and who tried to crush his way after me even to the platform . 1 thank him from my soul ; he is a brave fellow . I also feel much indebted to the gentleman who stood on my right , and to whom I have before referred , and to whom I can appeal for the truth of my every assertion . I also tender my best thanks to the gentleman with moustachios , who , I believe , saved my life , wkile Muntz , Douglas , and the Christian Cnartists ccolly looked ob .
THe ruffians- know that they can only GET RID OF FEARGUS BY DESTROYING HIM ! I now wrlta from Nottingham—glorious Nottingham— . Nottingham ihat drove the rascally Whigs from office , and that , upon the xest trial , will drive the tvro Whig Baronets from its representation . We had such a demonstration yesterday as Nottingham never before witnessed . There is no use in
guessing at nnmbers , except by the Y \ hig standard , and here we ha ' ve them . Twenty thousand they estimated the Rancliffe meeticg at , while they admitted that oars was more than double-the sizi . It rained the whole time of the procession , but we had not one sugar or salt man among u ? . The brave men of Sunon-ioAshfield sent s £ vcn carriages full , a large procession , and two splendid bands , Slid they are distant fourteen miles . I never was hiued with
greater enthusiasm . Notarag but the Charter will go down here . Good < xod I working men ! in my route I passed by the basSile , and saw aged fathers aud mothers from iha top idadows , pzephig like felons throngh strongly-barred windows . I aw pale-facod young men aad warnen , while our new friends luxuriate on money plundered from them for want of the Charter .
We had another glorioas mating here last night a Mr . Beens kindly gave us hU whole establishment , and the lirga rooms , all eoamsaicating , we could have filled twenty times . Harrison and Bairsiow were elected to th . ? Convention . Sweet , Rnssell z-jd other gzoi fdk-ws tvcreall at their po 3 t , acd although Harrison end Bilrstow hid a majority in the election over Tavlor , yet does that noble little fellow
neither show or feel the least jealousy ; he works harder to recommend himself hereaf : er by the same means w ' nich has insnrcd kuccesa for his older friends . Tnis is as it ought to be . I learned for the first time ' that this Dean Taylor is the same man for whose speech . I WAS TRIED and convicted , and now 1 rejoice in suffering for so good a fellow ; before ,-I thought he was Eome musty old pickpocket preacher .
To-day I go to Derby . To-morrow to Laughborough . On Tuesday I am to address the men of Knixhtsbridge , " Eear London ; on Friday the men of Bermondsey again ; on Monday the tailors ; Wedstsday , Thursday , and Friday , the men of Birmingham ; ' Friday night , Chartists of Westminster ; on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , I deliver three addresses upon the Land , the Repeal of the Union , and upon general policy , at Manchester ; and although I intend to take some repose , I shall now sleep but iktie until we decide the question and terms of our future agitation . My next tour will be Cheltenham , Brighton , and Southampton .
Chartists , look to London . It is going on bravely . ChartUls , do not join the moral-force Whigs in their burnings , shootings , and hangings . If you do , it will so from the straw man to the flesh man and the house i and , believe me , \ on will be in the dock , while the instigators win bs in the jury box , ready to testify their innocence by declaring your guilt . We are near the auction dey . I fully subscribe to evtry word written by the Editor , and published in the 2 ad edition of last week ' s Star . They will now move
heaven and earth to get possession of our movement ; but they shall moi ! If they do , we are lost for ever . Suil we will join them , but it shall be upon out own terms . We are the great majority .
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We will not refuse their honest co-operation . They know that they cannot effect their object otherwise than by a strong manifestation of popular will , or by the adoption of the Charter . The former they cannot have without us , the latter they will not have if they can avoid it . You mast now make up your minds to two things . Yon must make every one of your leaders work double , till the thing is settled , and you must swear to defend them ; and skould the moral-force Whigs murder the poorest man of our party ( whicn is not unlikely .
WH ? THEN— I am , My beloved Friends , Your faithful servant and brother labourer , Resolved to battle with the blistered hands , and fustian jackets , and unshorn chins , and to DIE EATHEE than STJRHENDEE . AN HAIR'S BREADTH
OF OUE CHASTER ! Feaegvs O'Coxaok . Locshbobotjgh . —I have just returned from the Loughborough demonstration , it was a fine gathering of the working classes in this agricultural district . We had a capital muster in the market place , where the Derby resolatioa wa 3 unanimously adopted . I now go back to Derby . It was arranged that we were not to have any procession ; however , without any concert , some thousands attended at the
Station with a carriage aad four , and so numerous were they that I was obliged to address them in front of the hotel . All promised well . Tiio Theatre was taken , * and at seven o'clock it was crammed in every part , all the manufacturers , shopkeepers , neighbouring gentlemen and parsons of the dissenting order were there . I never saw such a muster of that order , and I never saw so well-behaved a set of middle class men . Nott , a working man was in the chair ; a working man a > oved and seconded what I trust will be adopted all over the country , as the Derby resolution . It was as follows : —
" That this meeting declares its unqualified approval of the principles ef free and unfettered trade , while at the same time , it denies either the competency or the right of the representative body , aa at present constituted , to make so great a change us that sought by the advocates of a repeal of the Corn Laws ; as any advantage derived by that measure would not be for the benefit of the working classes ; aiiJ this meeting further protests against any partial alteration being made to affect any separate class or interest , pledging itself in common with the people of all other parts cf the United Kingdom to look with a jealous eye to the
application of the People ' s Charter , for the settlement of those many and corilicting questions which now agitate the public mind , al-roy * keeping in -vi » w the absolute necessity of legislating justly for all instead of partially for & class ; under these circumstances we pledge ourselves not to agitate for any other measure than the whole of those principles embodied in the document entitled ' tha People ' s Charter , * and to which we lock ha a meons of attaining all those ju » t aad beneficial results Trbicb tire ever sure to flow from free and unftttered legislation , and from which alone can emanat 9 national greatness , free trade , respect abroad , and peace , law , and order at home . "
I spoke for two hours and eight minutes to tho resolution , snd they till me that I have done them good by my speech—they say it was a good one . They received ^ £ 16 " &s . for my services , which enabled the Chartists to pay off all their debts , and provide for the Convention . There were two parties here , tho O'Connorites and the "Sensible Chartista . " I enrolled several new members after our meeting and I rejoice to Eay that the good leaders of the Liberal Operative Association joined , and took out their card ? .
You may suppose that our non-intentioned procession was not bad , when the Whig Mercury of this morning gives us much more than a thousand . I assure you I never met a finer sst of fellows in my life than the Derby Chartist 3 . I left them this morning in high—very high spirits , and after my speech tkey passed a unanimous resolution to stand by me and the Charter . The Nottingham Demonstration has paralyse ! tao Whigs . Oa the whole , we never were half so Btrong or powerful , and all wo now have to do 18 to gtand together . I leave this , after I speak t > ni # ht , for London , to be resdy fer Knightsbridge to-iuarrow . F . O'C . Thursday night .
This shculd have appeared in our last , but , in the hurry and worry in ¦ wMch 3 Ir . O'Connor ' s many laborious and extensile corresponde £ ce keep him , it b ^ A been accidentally mifdirected , and so ' was nr . t receired until after the paper was printed . — Ed . N . S . ]
To The Chartists Of Great Britain.
TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .
Brother Democrats , —I promised , Ias > t time I addressed you , to give you an account of our position in the various towns I then intended visitiug . Having left Sheffield I arrived in Nottingham , and held two excfcllen * meetings in the Democratic Ckapsl . I was present at the dinner in the King Gaorge on Horseback . The Nottingham Chartists are men of the righi stamp . No division is tolerated among them . Union is their watohword . I next w « nt to Loughborongh ; met Skevington ; had a g © od meeting ; they were making arrangements for F . O'Connor ' s risU .
I proceeded to Leicester , where I met my friend Bairstow . I addressed the Leicester Chartists , first in the Shakespereaii Rooms , Mr . Cooper in the chair . The room is capable of containing seven or eight hundred persons , and was densely filled . 1 afterwards addressed the people in the Towu Hail , which was granted by the Mayor oa the occasion , Mr . O'iiiggins , President of the Irish Uni 7 trsal Suffrage Association , took the chair . There ara upvraicU of eight hundred enroled members ia Leicester ; indeed Cooper and Bairstow have done much goud for our cause in Leicester . I had the n&xt meeting in London , and by the exertions of the good men of London , backed by O'Council and > I * DcHi ! l ,. CflartLsm is in ; i more healthy position now , ir « London , tbsu ever is was before . The trades are moving , and let them but come cat , and there is not the least doubt but ouo stiuggles will 6 oon be crowned with success .
I nest proceeded to Bristol ; attended two meeting ; whilst tatre the Djctor held a great meeting on Branlion HiH , BriEtol . Ten thousand persons present . I hare seen Mrs . Frost and her family . My heart grieved whtn I looked upon her venerable face ; and when I bethought me of her nob ! a husband , I almost cursed the misereanf 3 -who transported him , and the other good men , his co-patriots , ami I iaw&rfily vowed nevtr to ceate in my humbla trc-vtions until the syktem Bball be destroyed UiatYictiv . i : z-. & them . Afcer the Executive iiad concluded their business in Briitol , they . v tended a meeting ia Bath , from which place I csine to G-lonccster . I did not find Chnrtism in that healthy position I cculd have vnirhed . I tcld Sidcvwsy that worn cards were disposed of , the lit to be remitted to the Executiveand not
racney or . g , be niadu use of ijy any psrty ; he could not even pay me then for the cards he hud issued . I hope I may not have to a ; lu < ie to this disagreeable affair again . From G ! fucester"I-wt-Dt to Coveotry ; met my esteemed friend Mahon ; lield a good meeting in Coventry , ard arrived in time to be at the Birmingham meetiDg . O'Connor spoke at the meeting ; the vast bulk of the people insisted he should be heard , although the Corn L : iw Kepealsrs on the platform cried out several times , " Throw him over the railings . " However , it was no go , the peop ' e insisted he should have a hearing . Ninetenths t-f the meeting was with him , we could have carried any thing , but owing to some mistake or other , there was no amendment for the Charter ; mind , the resolution adopted was for a full representation . I came to J 3 i ! ston from Birmingham in company ¦ with Mr .
DufTjy , late of her Majesty ' s College at Northallerton . Mr . DuSTej spoke in the afternoon , I spoke at night ; f jrty members carolled . Bilston , owing to the talented and honest exertions of Mr . Stiran is , perhaps , as flourishing a district as any I knew of in the cause cf Chaitism . On Menday , Messrs . Stiran , Doffey , Cadley , and my » cif , with about five hnndred of the Bilston Chartists . , attended a great public meeting held at the public office , Woiverhampton ; it was adjourned to the square , there wen-present at least .. 5 , eoo pereo 33 . Mr . Wynn , a Cera Law Repealer , was elected chairman . Mr . Walker , another Corn Lnw Repealer , meved the first resolution , to the effect that ths Ccrn Lew wssabad law , and the way to repeal it was by giving to the pecpie a fail , fair , anlfree repressct-. tion , us dtflcedby the People ' s Charter . Mr . Mogg seconded the resolution in an excellent speech .
The mover of the resolution is a very wealthy manufacturer , and he said he need to think that the present House of Commons would Repeal the Corn Law , hut he was now convinced to the contrary . He intended to go on that tack no lorger , hut to agitate for the future , for the whole Charter . This vra 3 received with leu 1 cheers - ' A . memorial to tbe Queen vras adopted , praying her to call men to htr councils who will grant a full repreeentationto the whole people , as defined by the People ' s Charter , and the two Membsrs for Wolvtrhamptea are to present the memorial to her Majesty . The Corn Law Rtpealeis of Wolveihampton have dona all the business themselves and went the whole hog for the Charter . I shook hands with the Corn Law
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Repealers . . 1 said this fa a onion based upba principle ; if you are honest we can beat the Wood stained Tories from power , and do away with th « names ot faction f 1 l * They gava me faithful promisea tliat they will go for the Charter and nothing ? uiiu - - d ^ ' -- * U watch you , " that is right they . said you have been deceived onca and a burnt child dreads the fire . " We adjourned at the close ofthe . meeting to-a neighbouring pub : ic houso for refreakment , a room capable of holding ; 400 people , was well filled , we soon discovered we had a spy in the room ; he was making use of very violent lfinguage . Stuan asked him who he was , where he osme from
no person present knew him . , I gave the people some who esome advice , teld them to avoid secret plota of any kind ; the men relUbed my advice , and told the fellow they would not tolerate his language . The consequence was that the taseal cut his stick . I came to Stafford , nut Messrs . Peplow and Ward , had a very crowded meeting . Chartism to doing well in Stafford . I next came to Hanley in the Potterief . I held a most glorious meeting in the Potteries , and the manufacturers are about to call a meeting to adopt the whole Charter . On arriving at home , ¦ ¦! , had to commence the work of correspondence . I have been kt It late and early since my arrival ... ¦¦ - - ¦ -, ¦ . ¦¦ . . ; . ; . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -. - ¦ . ;¦ : ; . • , . - . ' - > ; ,
Brothers , our position now is a proud one—a commanding one . Let us be but true to ourselves—let us have no recrimination— -let us forget the past , but be watchful for the future . No -. flinching , no expediency ; lefc us not abate a jot of the whole Chatter ; but let us endeavour to make as , many friends as possible and as few enemies . I am extremely obliged to the members of the assoeiation who forward to mo from time to time the different newspapers of tho kingdom , this is absolutely iiecessory . besause all the informatien in those papers are carefully Jiept together and laid before the Executive , so that Whenever any victory is obtained by pur patty ; then information ought to be forwarded to me -immediately :, and whenever the pressgang attacks us , then that paper ought also to be fowarded to me ; the Executive can decide much better whatjeourse to pursue when .-. they are put into possession of the actual Btale of the occBrrecces of the duy .
I find that in many places I have been in that my pamphlet is eagerly sought after . It is now out of print I feel satisfied that that humble production has rendered some service to our cause , It is my intention to bring out a seond edition of the work , with , a wrapper to it , and to give three or four other tables , which mast be of some value to sincore lovers of liberty . Our sacred cause is spreading rapidly , nothing can arrest its progress unless it be our pwa divisions , but thank heaven there is less of that now than ovtr there has been . We are in a fair way now to the attainment of our freedom ; let us be firm and we are sure of success . Yours , in the cause of Democracy , John Campbell , Secretary .
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NOMINATIONS ! 10 THE GENERAL CQUNGIL . . ..- ' > . ' / . ' ; ' :- . " . '" ¦ : ¦ ' THVvtirt WLkVD . ' . ' . - .. . " ¦;;¦ ¦ ; Mr . James Stepheusou , weaver , Stockmoor-top Mr . David Woitehoad , ditto , Fooistone . Mr . Henry Armitage , ditto , Whitstoaea . Mr . Thomas Hi ^ gson , ditto . Mr . George Gibsoa , ditto , ditto . Mr * John FoUard , ditto , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Divid Lee , ditto , sub-Secretary .
LEFIOK Mr . Matthew Whittle , weaver , Mr . George Jessop , d < tto . Mr . Thomas Shaw , ditto . Mr ; Jonathan Senior , ditto . Mr . Henry Messenger , ditto . Mr . Lufcd 3 chofield , en&ineer . Mr . Charles Smith * weaver , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Siudland , dittto , sub-Secretary
HAYWOOD ; Mr . John Hampson , Pavc-brew . Mr . John Lomas , ditto . Mr . Robert Buckley , ditto . Mr . Efiacis Penaia ^ ton , ditto . Mr . James Grinishall , Miln 3-lano . Mr , Richard Hamer , Manchester-street . Mr . William : Yates * ditto . Mr . James Hay , Church-street . sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Butterwonh , Peal-streot , sub-Secre tary . : ¦ . ¦ ' ; . - . -.. ¦ ¦ . - , ' '
BOSTON . Mr . Joseph Hanloy , screw-maker , Bridge-street Mr . William Rowley , miner , Wolvcrhamptoastreet .. ' : . : ¦¦ ¦' .. . ¦¦ ¦' /¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' ' ' ¦ • .: " ' " : Mr . Thomas Bradley , miner , Walbrook-strect . Mr . William Walford , miner , Bilston-street . Mr . William Davis , mioer , ditto . Mr . John Cruchley , lathe-maker , Tern pie- ? t reet . Mr . George Dudley , tin plate-worker * Proads lane . ¦ '" . '¦ ¦ . ¦ . ; '¦"¦ .. ; ' ; "' ¦¦¦ ' . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' Mr . William Onions , miner , Bilston-street . Mv . Ezekiel Baker , labourer , Pinfold-street . Mr . John Stiran , cheesefactar , Green Croft streets ; " " Mr . Francis Lacgston , ' schoolmaster , Oxford etrcet .
TnE LONDON WESTERN DIVISION OF BOOT AKD SHOEMAKERS . Mr . William Swith , g , Upper Rupert-street . Mr . George Horni , 2 , Turner ' s-court , St . Mai . tin' 3-lane-Mr . Robert Parks , 7 , Graffcon-ftreei ; , Soho . Mr . Thomas Keeley , 47 , St . Andrew-street , Seven Dials . Mr . Johu Corson , S 3 , Berwick-street . Mr . Thomaa Shackleton , 2 , Pickering-place , St . James ' s-square . Mr , Robert Barrett , 1 , Cranboum-alley , sub-Trersuver . Mi . William Hawkins , 8 , Taylor's-btiildings , Bub-Secretary .
WIGAN . Mr . Thomas Walsh , weaver , Spring-gardens . Mr . James Robinson , porter , Quceu-street . Mr . Dennis Downey , leather-dealer , Crispia court . Mr . James Rosoow , cotton-spinner , Little London Mr . Silvester Booth , weaver , . Hardy-huts . Mr . Patrick Bradley , weaver , Scholes . Mr . Henry Booth , weaver , Clab-row , Mr . Johu Bootle , weaver , Hardy-buts , eub Treasurer . Mr . Richard Kendrick , shoemaker , Brother ton's row , 8 ub-Secretary .
BEDMINSTEK . Mr . Thomas Taylor , tailor , 47 , West'Street . Mr . Johu Rogers , carpenter , Easton-road , Laureiice-hiU . Mi \ Nathaniel Williams , cabiuet-maker , 20 , Crossstreet . ; Mr . Heury Lockyer , engineer , Tyler-street , Dings . Mr . George Crenks , last-maker , TnYunel-atteet . Mr . Abraham Williams , caviier , 21 , Castle-green . Mr . George Goddaid , mason , West-street , Bedminster . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' : ; Mr . John Scamp , ditto , Somerset-sfrreefc , Cat-hay . Mr . Woodruff , ditto , . dit'ta , Kingsdowu . Mr . James Popal , tanaeiv lied Cross-lane , Old- ^ market . . Mr . Robert Hooper , smith , Northumberland-court , FrosimorG'Street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Jame 3 Burroll , painter , 9 , Waters-places , Bed minster , sub-Secretary .
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:- - •? — . . BAtFORO —Tho Chartist Youths held their weekly meeting on Wednesday lait , when Mr . Thomas Hindla lcctui « a on tUo present distressed , state of tbe country and its remedy , BOLTON— pn Sunday evening , the large room belonging to the Chartists '' -of this town was densely filled by a respectaljla and attentive audience to bear a lecture by Mr . Qrifliaj of Mancester , who dwelt upon the evils of class legislatieu , auch as competition , over apeculatiou , and the misapplication of machinery ,
the Ne * Poor . Law , the laws of primogeniture , the liural Police JUiw , the Tithe and Church liate system , the Game Ln ^ vs , and many others , all the effects of class legislation . . Ho touched upon the merits of Teetotalisni and Socialism , and proved that the agitation for tha Charter -was superior to any other method of agitation in abolishins ; n . t only the Corn Lawflj but every other bad law which at present disgraces the statute book , The lecturer enrolled many names to the Association .
MEEiiNQ . ~ On Monday evening week , a public metting was held . in the Temperance Hail , called by a requisition , the Mayor in the chair . The hall wa ? crammed . The object of the meeting was conjointly to condemn tho acheiiie of Sir Robert Peel on the Corn Lhws , and t » pass resolutions in favour of the Charter . A eoinmittee , consist ! tigv of Kepeal ^ r . 9 and Chartists , was called previously , to get up the resolatiqiis , A resolution was agreed to by both parties on the Committee , which was afterwards condemned by the Chartist body , of which the following ia a copy : — " That while this meeting believes that the entire cbolition of the Cern Laws would relieve the present distress , and save the cjuntry from rain , it is convinced that there can
be no permanently good and impartial Government until every man of twenty-ona years of age , of sane mind , iuid untainted by crime , is effectually secured by all needful measures in tho free exwdse of the elective franchise , and the other numerous evils now affecting tho liberties and privileges of the surTering niassea are ; renioyed , by wise , legislation , from the statute-book . " The above -resolution' was condemned by the Chartist body , and another substituted , which was ultimately carried unanimously , and which was as follows : — " That- this meeting is of opinion that the only way in which the people of this country can be secured in thefull possession of the fruits of their : industry , is by extending the elective franchise to Universal Suffrage , protecting the voter by the Bnlkt , by Auuual Parliamtuts , no Property Qualification , the Payment of
Membera , and by taking the election in such limited districts as shall secure the effective operation of these principles . " CITY OP tOHaJON . —Last Sunday morning the Committee of Management of the Jnstitilts , 55 , Old Bailey , met in tho Bame , as usual . The following moiion was agreed to : — " That this Committee is of opinion that it is injudicious to make any exclii-6 ive pecuniary call on the sharcholtleJ's of this Institute tor the support of the same , without first trying every other rational means to induce the friends of the cause of : freedom to cb-operato with them in carrying out the piinciples for which this Iustitiite has been established . This Commutes , therefore , do agreeVto hold a Chartist vocal and- iiistrnmental concert on Monday evening , the 7 th instant , and on the Iir 3 t Monday evening in every ciorith , and that the admission tickets be twopente only . "
Meeting . — -The London General Delegate Council held their weekly meeting on Sunday afternoon la&t , as usual , in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . LEcrifJKE . ~ On Sunday evening last , Mr . R , Cameron , of Fmsbury , delivereda very eloquent and powerful discourse to a crowded audiencei at the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . Marxiebone . —Mr . B . snbow lectured here on Sunday evening last . Fifteen new members were enrolled . BteBMOXDSEY . —Twelve new members have been enrolled here . LEcipHE . ~ Dr ; M'Douall lectured at the Working Men's Chapel , Dock Head , Bermondsey , on Thursday week i upoa the present position of the Association . The above locality is increasing in strength at every meeting . "
Norfolk . Cottage , Hunteb STBEETi Dover Road . —At a meeting of tho Suiprey Council , on Sunday last . Mi . Thorpo in the chair , the minutes of the last mectiDg were read and confirmed ., XetJers were read by the Secretary from various places . ; Reports were received from each locality of a very flattering nature . . ' ; : ' ^ . ' .. '" , - , - \ " . ¦ - ¦ .. . . ! ' .. . ;¦¦;¦ ¦ ;; - ¦ .. ' . . ' ¦ . ¦'¦¦ . ' . . WAtWonTH . —On Monday evening last , the members of this locality niet at their rcomSj the Ship and Biuo Coat Boy * Walworth Road . Mr . Brown gave in a verv tlattev ' mg account from the Surrey General Couneiir A public lecture will take plaoe at the above irocms , on Monday , March 14 th- It ^^ is particularly Kquested that the members will attend on Monday evening noitj March 7 tb , at half-pasi seven o ' cioek . . "' ¦ , ¦¦'¦ / . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ V ' -- , - - ; : ¦ ' .- - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦' ¦¦• ;• ' : ; ' - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ . :- ;
Thk O'Bhten Press Commitxee . —This Committee held their weekly meeting , as usualj at the Dispatch Coffao House , Bride Lane , Fleet-street , on Monday Evening \ k 4 . Mr . J . Watkins read a very interesting lett ? rirom Mr . B . O'Brien ; giving an account of his surprising success in the glorious cause , which coutinually takes place at the many meetings ha attends in his tour through Scotland . Tiie raffie for the i ' ramed portrait of EearguB O'Connor , Esq . was postponod until next Monday fortnight , and then to oomo off at the Craven ' s Head , Drury Lane .
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ASBBURTON , < DEVON . ) - —Cnarfism isgaining the hearts of rriaay of the middle classes here , ineetings are held every Monday evening / tbe ipelition sboets are getting nninerously signed , and we ^ are happy to stats the Com Law Repealers" -see that notfeing short of Universal Suftrage and the Charter will raise tbta country to happiness and prosperity . EISKOP AUCKLAND . —At a meetins ! of the Chartists held here oh 34 ondayeycniDg . It was resolved that we v the Chartists of this district , will Buppoipt the brave O'Connor in the just , gopd , aad glorious cause lie has espoused . J . UOV-TCN . —Mr . William Booth , of Newtou Heath , gave , a lecture on Sunday last on the prepent distress , of the country , and the best means of removing it . The room was crowded to excess . A few names were enrolled . ;' -.
ABBRBSSN ;—On Monday Right last , a festival wa 3 held in the large Pavilion , Newmarket-street , in honour of our talented schoplmtssier , Brbnterr © O'Brien . Fla « s and : banners decorated the walls , roof , &fli > and » spteiidid band was in attendance , which played several favourise aits during the ovtning . When Mr . O'Brien entered i he wa 9 loudly and repeatedly cheered : The party were addressed first by MrVNicolson . whio responded to the sontiment- — " The people the legitimate source of all power . " He wai frequently cheered during the delivery of his address . Tiia Chairman then gave " The Cnarter : may it soon become the law of the
land . " Mr . Macdonald responded in an able manuer , and sat down applauded . Mr . John Legge then moved an address of congratulation and confidence in Mr . O'Brien ^ and pledging ourselves by the Charter . This was seconded by Mr . Wright , and carried amidst great cheering . Mr . O'Briea oa rising was greeted by several bur $ 4 > 3 of applause . He delivered a short address , in which he described the cause of his imprisonment and his conduct while in durance vile . The worthy tutor was unable to speak long from physical exhaustion . He Bat down amidst applause . . Several good songs were sung during tho ; evening ; and , after tho usual cheers , the meeting broke up at a late hour .
Me . O'Bbiejj lectured on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings , to a , large aoid respectable audiences . We never naeard any lecturer go so deep into . his . Bubjects . or lay bare tho corniDtions of the system in a clearer light than did Air . O'Brien . Wo have seldom heard or Been any public speaker who gave such general satisfaction as O'Brien ; the good resulting from his labours ambnast us will be incalculable . He has converted many of our opponents , roused the apathetic , confirmed vhe wavt-ring , satisfied all parties , removed prejudicea from the niinds of many , regarding his own character , principles , and professions . And his earnestness in the cause , his desire to see justice reign , wrong annihilated , vice crushed , and virtue established on the ruins of corrupt aristocracy , may be judged from the fact , that ho lectured thero tiireo hours and a half on the first nighJ , and four hours and a half on the second night .
STOCBPOaT— On Sunday night last , Mr . Clark , of Manchester , delivered an excellent address on the state of the country , and the necessity of the Chartists maintaining vtheir principles inviolable , for which he received a vote of thanks . Great Pcm-ic MEETiNG in the Couht House . —• On Monday evening last , according to announcement by placard ,- a public meeting waa held in . the Court Room . Shortly after seven o ' clock the doors were thrown ppen ; , and al i hough a penny admisaion was charged , the spacious room was soon filled . At eight o'clock , the time for opening the business , Messrs . Clarke ^ Carter , Leach , Doyle , Mitchell , and Haraermade . their appearance on tho platform . Mr . G . Brad burn was called to the chiir . Mr . Thomaa
Clark moved the first resolution , to the effect" That in the opinion of this meeting , the unparalleled distress that ao sererely presses on both the manufacturing and the working classes of this country has boen entirely brought aboui through th « j infiuencp of class legislation .. " Mr . John Hawer seconded the resplatiou ' , Mr . A . Campbell spoke in support of it . After which Mr . Doyle was introduced amidst the cheor 3 of the meeting . He . Supported tho motion in his usual manly and eloquent tone , and then retired whh thunders of applause . The motion was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . James Mitchell moved the second resolution in a short speech , " Tbat in the opinion of this meeting tho only effectual remedy for putting an end to the
baneful intiuence of class legislation is to have immediately passed into law : the six points con « tained in tho People ' s Charter , viz . Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliamente , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment oF Members , and Etectorial Districts . " Mr . Carter seconded it in a brief and effective speech . My . Leach then came forward , and was received by every denibristration of respect lie began by statiug ; tho objects of Chartism ; ha ridiculed the idea of any ihiug less than the Chatter doing the people any good . During the whole of his pawerfiil , argumentative , and convincing address , he was listened to with breathless atseniion—every
Eentenc * he ifttered carrying conviction with it . He concluded by calling on the people to join the Association . He' then sat down amidst cheers , v ? hich made the building ring . The resolution was then carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was given to ilie Mayor for granting the use of the Court Hoase ; also , one to Messrs . Leach and Dnyle , and iho Chairman , with three cheers for tho two members for the borou » b ,- for voting for Universal Suffrage ; also for O'Connorj Frost , WiJliams , and Jones , and the Charter . Thus ended one of the most ; important meetings ever held in , Stockport . .-.-: ¦ ' . ¦" .. '¦ ¦ . " ; . . .: ¦ . ; .: ¦ ¦ ; .- ' .:.. ¦ ¦ , - .: ..
BRtSTOt . —At the usnal weekly meeting of the Chai'tists held at the Association room , Cas 5 le- £ q ., ifc was resolved , " That , in the opinion of this meeting the preseti state of affairs call upoiu all professing themselves Chartists to be cautious in forming any union with the Corn Law Repealera , and that we pledge ourselves not to join in any agitation which does not embrace -the six points of tho People ' s Charter . " Several new members were enrolled , and it was intimated that Mr . Forsbury would deliver a lecture in Nelson-Ptreet . on Sunday eveniugaext ; and in the same house a Female Chartist Association would be formed on Monday evening . A meeting is held every Monday evening for transacting business . BEDMiNSTER . ^ Tho weekly nieeting of the Bedminster branch of Chartists was held atiheirrooms , da Tuesday , the 22 ad ult ., when eeveral new members were added to t ^ eir list .
WATERHEAD IVIIXjIh—A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening , Feb . 23 rd , for ' -he purpose of taking into cohaideratioii what measures should be adopted xn the ^ present distressed condition of the country . The working classes attended to shew that they were : determined to ha 7 e po'itical power . A resolution in favour of tho Charter was carried without opposition . Mr . James Cartledge of Manchester , delivered a very powerful and in-Btructive lecture , on Sunday aftercoon , on the advantages to be derived to tho country generally , by passing the People ' s Charter . Several new members were enrolled .-OLBBAW .-On Sunday evening last , Mr . Jamea Cartledge , of Manchester , lectured on the proud but critical position held by the Chartists .
NEWCASTI . E . —Mr . Charles Conrior , from Manchester , delivered-an addrcBS on Friday evening , in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth market ; Mr Cockburu moved the following resolution , which was ably seconded by Mr . Kemnster Bobson , and carried unanimously :-- " That in the opinion of this meeting all the misery now felt by the industrious classes of these realms , is undoubtedly the resnU of class legislation , and that nothing short of a fall arid free representation in the House of Commons can remove those miseries , " after which the meeting separated ^ highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings . . . :
The Newcastle Chartists held their weekly meeting on Monday evening . -Depntations were appointed to actend the meetings of the pitmen on Saturday , to exhort them , after their o wn business is over , to foroa Charter associations in their various localities , and to procure as many signatures as possible , to tho National Petit ' on . Wigtown . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this royal Tory burghi was held on the 19 th Feb . in the open air , to consider the present : prevailing distress , and to adopt a petition to Parliament for the People ' s Charter . ¦ Chowbent . —Oh Sunday , Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Bolfconj deliyered two lectures in HarriEon ' s chapel . A collection was made at the close of eaoh Bervice , to defray the expencesof the chapel , which amounted inalHo ^ l Us-5 id .
Binolet ;—The Chartists of this place have been put to considerable inconvhienco and expsnee owing td an annoniicenient which appeared in the Star of Saturday week , stating that Mr . Brcphy would visit I ^ eigbiey * Bingley , &c ., for the purpose of lectnring ; relying upon this statement the Chartists of Bihgley placarded the town , prevailed upon the Mechamcg * institute to give up the room , and made every arrangement for hi 3 visit , when on the day the lecture should have taken place , Monday , tha 23 * of February , we were com plstcly dt ? appomted by receiving intelligeuce that i ^ Ir . Brophy lad not authorised any person to publish his route in the Star , and that other engagemepts wcnld render it quite impossible to fulfil ilic appoiutments .
We certainly think that .. Mr '; Brophy : ought to have taken means to inform the aesocia-. ion in tefflcient time to prevent disappbintment , as niauy persons came a distance of three or four miles to hear the lecture , and the room was filled to overfi : wing ; of course having no leci urer the evening v ; as spent in reading and difcusBion , at the close of . which the ;¦; -. following resolution was ^ nanimonsly carried : —*' That it is the opinioa' of this meeting that the distress at presen t so prevalent in this nation is the effect of olass legislation , and that the only true remedy will be . "the enactment of the People ' s Charter ^ whole snd entire ; We therefor © do pledge ourselves to agitate for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . " After which the meeting broke up .
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MR , JOHN DUNCAN , MINISTER OP THE CHRISTIAN CHARTIST CHUUCH . DUNDEE , versus THE NATIONAL PETITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . TO THE £ DIT 9 R OF THE NORTHERN STAB . SIR , —I addressed several letters to the people of Scotland en the National Petition and ita rejection by the Scottish Convention ; Mr . Duncan stood forward , although not personally alluded to , to combat my argumeut ? , with what success the resolutions adopted for and against the National Petition in Scotland alone can prove .
The question of its adoption being in my opinion how 8 eltltd in the most praiseworthy spirit by my countrymen , it only remains for me to address myself to Mr . Johu Duncan ; and in doing so , I may remark that I have a very great diilike to come iuto collision with any man and would havo pasaed by Mr . Duntan ' last letk-r in sllenda ! had it not b 3 en for hi 3 peraonalities , aud the sneering , illiberal nature of his communication I -will , however , content mysalf with making jftlr ., Dancah answer himself , employing aa few of my own observations aa I can well dispense with . Mr . Duncan—The Doctor ' s remarks are rather of a rambling nature . ¦ ¦; Answer—Because jhy letter was an answer to his , nnii 'bo rule in such cases is follow your leader . Mr . Duncan—Until the Doctor converts all friendly to'tbe Cbarter to his ppinipus on the subject of Repeal tf . tha Union with Ireland , he has n «> right to Biix up the one with the other .
Answer—On the Repeal question no conversion was neciJtd . The people were convinced ; and the difitrence between Mr . Duncan and myself arose from the fact tJiaf 3 Ir . D . supposed the whole people adopted hia view , whilst I believed they had adopted justice to nU as their motto , and Uiertfove Ireladd ' a wrongs as England ' s gtiavance . Mr . Duncan— On the Poor , Law , I deny that the Doctor or any section of our body has a right to introduce his own or their own pecutiar views into a document Intfcndod ( or adoptiun I 7 tlio WhuJO C&arttSt body , including , as it doeSj mauy who dissent , ftom these view ? . . Answer—All England is the section here al ; nied to , and I also deny that ..
Mr . Duncan , backed by all Scttlsmd , has not any right whatever to object to the expression o Eqgliah opiiiien on theacenrsed Poor Law ; besides if we placed Mr . Duncan ' s dissenters agai « 3 ttlie Euglish section of P « or Law opponents , tmd were guided by tucb a princip ' . e of conceHsidn to opponents , we may as well give up . pice-meal , the principles of tho Charter , because etitain middle-class Cftai lists havo certain views en tha education test , and household and no property qualification claims- ; no txpeiliency . Mr . Duncan—The Djctor obsolutely confonnda the Chartists , as a body , with Peter Murray M'Douall . Answer—If this " wilful mistake" arises from the number of capital I ' s in my luttcr , I would refer Mr . Duncan to his own . If the sneer tmees from a determination on my part always to identify niystlf with th « Charter , the charge sits so plcasant ' . y on my back , that I would recommeml Mr . D . to try that remedy for an uneasy political conscience .
Mr . Dancan—The Doctor has tee strangest opinion on the power of the l « islaiure . This may lead men to consider him conceited and arrogant . Answer—What will tha following remarks of Mr . D . produce ? "The measure which I would consider necessary for the aalvatiuu of the country Dr . M'Douall hardly ever alludes to . ( Pity Mr . D . was not chairnian of the Executive , with two votes . ) Indeed , with the exception of Mr . O'Brien ( and niysslt , his disciple ) none of the . leaders ffrapp ' e icith the whole system , but simply nibble at corners , and these not tfieinosl important either . " My nibbling conceit cannot of course be compared with the above . mountain of modesty .
Mr . Duncan condemns tire mention of Prince Albert's inconif . so do tho middle class and all the Com Law repealers ; but not on tho same pVa , because Mr . Duncan cocceires the Petition represents only the views of ita framers . He thinks real grievancss are overlooked : smaller ones , like ^ he Poor Law and the National Debt , introduced . He thinks the people should be made thpro \ u ; hly acquainted with the working of tha present laws and institutions . He would show how other or different- laws would reni o \ e the evils , anil then , af U-r his process of
eTilichtenment , the people , to a mau , hu snys , would rush forward to iign a petition for such rtforra , whether particular grievances were eiiiimemhdin it or not . -Bat , says he , no stick knowiedyeU possessed by Ihe great num This wind up ia Dither strange ,, considering the great efforts made by Mr . Duncan , and the decided political ii . fjrmation imparted by the labours of Mr . O Brith . I-. u-et'Iy anticipated that Mr . Duncan would have given u ? a practical illustration of what he had done , and what he could do , with a Scottish Petition outshining by far ihe lesser luminary of the English Executive .
Mr . Duncan—If the majority were to decide that we were-all to join the holy Catholic church , 4 oes he ( the Doctor ) mean to say that every nwii of us was forthwith tJ become the possessor of > crucifix ? Answer—Speaking for mysell I would not be disposed for expediency sake to take up the cruciSx of tiie Irish ( Jaurca lo pleaBts the priest 3 , any more than the creed of a Christian Chartiat Cfaui-ch for the sake of conciliating the fanatics . . Mr . Duncan— Lat tho majority rtecide on the course to pursue , taking caie tbat their decision does not iuterfcre with the private opinions of members of our botly on other subjects . Answer—This ia unsophisticated expediency . Mr . Duscan—The p&titioa was concocJed by one or two individual ? .
Answer—They / were the wrong one ? . The Charter wa * aiso the act of six , but the document of the many ; and that , of course , vas got up in a manner Mr . Duncan will not tolenite again , unlesa he ia first consulted , like Roebucfe and Ward , before they would vote oa principle . Mr . Duncan—I do net see why the opinion held by Dr . M'Douall or John Duncan ! or the opposite , should be a matter of concern to the working man . ; Answer— On the same ground , Mr . D . ' b opinion of Mr . O"Brien and hlniBfelf can have stiilless to do with the leaders of this spicy correspondence . Mr . Duncan—When th « day of unmnikfng ; lurrlves , a proportionate share of masked faces will be fuund south of the Tweed . Does the Doctor not think 80 ? Answer—Mr . Duncan knows hia own frienda and co » respondent 3 south of tha Tweed better than I do . - -. ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' - ' ¦ . ' - . - : " . ' - - "" i ' ¦ '¦' - . ' ¦' ¦ ' ' ¦¦¦¦ : ' ¦ ' ' ¦;
In conclusion , I have not , and I need not attempt to throw a new light on the BUbject ; since I can have the advantage of instruction from siotta of the Tweed , whery old Cobbett said all the feeloaephers and apecLil pleaders Were to be found . ; Heave tbe subsequent instruction of the readcr 3 of the Star to Mr . Duncan , and unless aome peraohal remarkmay again be applied , I stall take bo further trouble with a correappndence which . must have spilled so much ink , or wasted 80 much paper . . ' -.... . • ¦ Iam , Si-:-- ' - " - - ' .. - ;¦; . . ' , ¦¦ '¦¦ : .. . ' ;; - .., Teurs , in the causey P . M . M'DowAit .
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An extensivb fraud hasJust heen discovered ia Dublin . George Lvcky MUis , a . young elerk ia the Back of Ireland , has confessed tnat he has been in the bu . bh of takiug ftoioi caiBcelied SOa . notes , eorners stamped with the turn , and affixing them to £ 1 notes . He stands committed for trial .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct588/page/7/
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