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MEETING IN HONOUR OF THE NOR THERN STAR, AND THE REV. WM. ! HILL.
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Ut djub Jbiesis , —If there is any triumph to jjch more thaa another ihe honest politician and ^ T gendsnau attaches more importance , it is to fa of h ' nng down prejudice , and being a 3 > le to Sjjft a course for -srhich he has suffered insult CcoDbrtoely . When your choice in 1835 placed intnsi position which I hare since endeavoured - vassfiy sni consistently to maintain , I then injfaed you ** ** * * should hare much to contend f ^ jsj ; that tbongh unnoticed in the outset , and * S fa ga&erxng strength , my path might appear * Zorih -jet-when that strength eame to be directed troubles would
-g , joar service , my - hegn . " One _ -= on "Khj I vss not assailed in the commencement jjet career trasi because she great and the powerful j-zszed themselves that if mypopulariiy became danjpistomisrnle jTjEie most ofmypredecessors , could Lseduced by the Golden Hide from thejadyocacy of sj- esnse . This is the usual , and by much the 2 Te 3 mode of staying the march of democracy . In . jjjjji English , by buying theleadtrs , aud thereby staling doubt and distrust in the popular rank 3 . 5 , ' ot being able to injure you by purchasing me , they isTs iad recourse to the usual alternative in such -jar « f persecuting me .
} &j friends , it is not sufncient that a public man stores his honesty or hi 3 eonsistejcy ; he should-also ie able 10 establish his character for sound jndgejjezn £ ni prudence . He should be able to prore ^ sj hewas not impracticable or vi sionary . Tbat j ^ iiidiioi oppose for opposition sake , bnt because ys opposMou Tfas necessary , and therefore jnstinjjjSb . You are aware that upon the 26 ih of Sept . l&il , s deputation of my countrymen waited DBon us at Eccies , to request that I wonld abstain from abaaug Mr . OTJonneU . My abuse ( if such it could bsiaflea ) was at all times merely a defence
of myself , my j > srly , and zej policy against his jiaiges . However , I did make the promise ; and frcm that tune to the present I hare not mentioned Mr . O'ConneD ' s name disrespectfully , wMLr le 13 = not abandoned his former course of slardezwg and deBoaneiLg me and my parly , I then iold the Irish to watch him and to watch me , and io iudge for themselves : and now I come to the qaesdoiis at issae between us . All Ireland professed to sorrow for the di 5 crerees between Mr , O'Con-Bc 2 and me ; bat . of ecurse , I must be in the wrong . Toe , howeTer , thought oiherwise ; and my principal object ia writing this letter i 3 to justify your
judgmem , 1 was twice returned for my native county , npon a ^ ad § e to abolish ihe payment of tithes by the Caiholic people to the Protestant Church , aad to . eSeci , if possible , a Repeal of the Legislative Union Jlr . O'Ccnnell was returned upon the Eame pledges . In 1 $ 33 , when seated , and having discovered that the Irish mind would go with him for a vrhUe in error , he endeavoured t& back out of hi 3 pledge ? ioi the purpose of conciliating the respectables . To me my pledges were sacred 5 while Mr . O'Connell began to nibble and to advocate the instalmeat sjsiem . He called a meeting of Irish Members , at wlich he proposed his instalment principle of
leaaEEg tiihe 3 , instead of abolishing them . I x&Dved an amendment for the total abolition , and carried it . He had made an appointment with lord Alihorp and Mr . Littleton , to receive a deputation of Irish members upon the question of tithes , ard proposed a string of namby-pamby resolutions ss ihe ground-work of discussion . My amendment , howsTer , overruled the attempt ; and we , thirteen of ts , raited upon Lord Althorpe and Mr . Iattlleton ; Tfhen , in violation of the terms , Mr . O'Connell pledged himself for the tranquillity of Ireland if the instalment principle was . adopted . Tnis startled find astonished me ; and I told Lord Althorpe asd Hr . Littleton that I did not come there to
cecare them ; that Mr . O ^ Connell had not the sanction of the delegates to make such a statement ; and that for myself I would undertake that Ireland should never rest satisfied with any measure short of the total abolition of the impost . You are aware of the use that Mr . CConneH has made of the instalment plan , " get as much as you can , and look for more f and you are also aware of my reply . Look for all , if it is your dne , and be satisfied with no less . This bit by bit reform only disgust 3 your supporters , and arms yonr opponents with arguments against altering session after session what was said to be satisfactory when eoseeded .
Well , my friend 3 , I have now before me Mr . O'ConneD ' s last letter to the Irish people ; and in it he lays down tte fire great objects to be achieTed by Ireland as follows , and in the following orda ;—Firstly , THE TOTAL ABOLITIvOX OF TEE TITHE BENT CHARGE . " Secondly , Fixi' t / of tenure for the occpying icntznli . TMrdly , The encouraging and perfecting , if Irish manufactures . lonr&ly , Complete Snfixage and Tote hy Ballot . Fifthly , Abolition of the present Poor Law , ivad augmentation of well-regulated charitable insv"i - innons . "
> oir , sncij my friends , are the five grand objects for which the people of Ireland are now to contend . firstly , the repeal of Mr . O'Connell ' s own act , and faffing back upon that principle for which I h&Te eTer contended . Secondly , the the fcdty of tenure ; to accomplish which I gave notice of my intention to bring a Bill into Parliament in 1835 , substantially to the following purport , " To compel landlords to give leases in perpetuity at a corn rent : to take \
awsy the power to distress , and in all cases ¦ where lands are held under lease , and let at a nek rent , to empower a inrj to assess the real value in like manner as the Crown or public bodies assess the value of prirate property intended for public uses . " When 1 rose to giye the above notice , Mr . O'Connell lingbed in my face ; while in nearly eight years tfter he lays it down as one of those grand objects for which the Irish people are to contend ! 1
His fourth proposition is Complete Suffrage , with Tetsbj Ballot , whflehe has donemore than aay other man Ihing to frustrate its accomplishment , and is well aware that without that , his other objects must fafl . His Sfth and last is for the abolition of the present Poor Law ; and this , while for three years ie opposed me in a measure ? which he told me , mi or the Hoase , -was splendidly arranged , while he myiriabl y opposed me in the House , ill plan ira-i a graduated scale of taxation , commencing with ocenpying fanners who pa ) d £ 108 Tent , and increasing to double upoo abscBtees . The major portion of the fund
to be applied to agricultural and labour pre-Jnnnns 10 promote the encouragement of native m-^ E 3 ry , and the remainder to the support of charifcile institutions . I explained my plan to Lord ¦ A ^ Borpc , cud he assured me that in several cases uhere Ms faaiHj had tried the experiment of agritnitsral and h boar premiums , the value of the land h » d been nearly donbled in seven years . Now , my feeds , yon who accepted me as a free gift at the hands -cOir . O'Connell , and you also who joined m the offtr , because 1 was too honest to de-* en-e ^ . j ^ y 0 Vn > ^^ qjq . ^ trf soph of one man oyer another could db
Bore complete than 31 r . O'Connell himself has sade my trinmph over him 11 The very policy f ^ n he now proposes , I was scouted as one of the ^ pacSeables fer adhering to . My trials have been ^* EJ * & 3 severe during ihis" straggle between prm-^ e * nd expediency , Principle hasitrramphed 1 ** d justice proclaims not only lhat I was right , but ^ tt I was wise !! jj ^* 8 J * & friends , it is hard tha * I shonld have ^ branded S 3 a traitor to my eountry iecause J * wfld sot jom ^ ier ^ g or ^ a party to her r ^ danon ]] int j t ^ mon j ^ paymeni w find that my accuser and mo . 'st impla-** « foe has been compelled to abandon « w n , and acquiesce in
polic"V-^ my Ihare thought it but jastiee to myself to lay ihis fWeaent before yon ; and now I turn to matters of ttottTital importance , ihaveBhown you that the « " » abandoned me wbile bonesfly fighfing the ^ Mtfles of my country . I have shown you that Mr .
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O'Connell now justifies my poliey , which should strengthen your opinion of . my prudence . Hear me then ! Never within the memory of the oldest man living did England present such a picture as that which is now in a state of preparation . In less than one month from this date , those elements which have been long gathering , will come into collision , and the shock to our common country will be regulated in its force and effects by the part the people take . If you lend yourselves as toolB to those who have coined wealth out of your heart ' s blood , yon are ruined , and for ever ! If you give pliant ear to those emissaries who are NOW amongst you , you
will lose that trinmph , which , if yon are wise and discreet , you are snre to gain from the clash of contending interests . If you arm authority with a feasible pretext for unbridling the worst passions of the powerful and the wealthy , you become a prey to individual malice and the law's vengeance . I caution you against Secret Associations ; against grsing ear to those who are paid out of the £ 50 , 000 wrung from you , and who , when hushed , will get up another outbreak to back them : moral appeals for a license to still further subjugate you to their contronl . All are bidding for you and bidding against me , I'll bb at them all ! if yon but remain true
to me and to yourselves . Have no secrets I no tecret letter writing ! no conspiracies 1 scont every rogue from your distriet who would urge you on to acts of violence ! stand by yourselves and for your own principles . Bear this one fact in mind , when entertaining the question of free trade . The trade of spinning has been incalculably increased . It has become the great trade , that of exporting spun yarn , and in the same ratio in which that branch of trade has increased , has machinery been improved , * to make it worth the foreigner ' s acceptance , and in the same ratio has hands been dismissed , and wages redneed .
Isowmind , my good friends , that not one-third of the number © f hands formerly engaged in the limited trade of spinning are now employed in the increased trade of spinning ! while the wages of those employed have been reduced to about onethird of the former amount 1 and then those displaced by machinery constitute aj"eserve for the masters to fall back upon . The same rule that applies to the spinners , also applies to the " pieoers . " Their numbers have been reduced , aud their wages also have been reduced . I mention these striking facts to put yon upon your guard , becanse I know the influences which will be brought to bear against
you . I know that some of our old friends are in the market , and they perhaps may hope to carry yon along with them . I know the influence the masters have over their starving slaves . I know the influence that talkers have at public meetings But thank God I know your power , and only ask for its righteous exercise to be at all known While you are starving these freebooters can squander yont money to accomplish their own ends . Tilet haie tou ! they shall not DESPISE , however , if I can help it . They are dead beat . Now then the whole case is before you—earth and hell is being moved to destroy me , because faction is aware that I am not for sale .
Mr , O'ConneH has justified my former policy , and I rely upon subsequent results to justify me in my present course . I am not in doubt , nor yet alarmed , if yon remain steady , and resist temptation . We cannot be beaten except by ourselves . In twentyfive days from this time , you will have learned what course the several parties mean to pursue My course shall be to stand firm upon the rock oi principle , holding justice in one hand , and right in the otter .
Is conclusion I have only to request that Mr . O'Connell's letter may be laid before you in this week ' s Star . It appeared in the Chronicle of Tuesday , and wfien you are reading that letter upon tenure , and the land , and the advantage of having a large population of independent farming labourers , tken think of the words ten thousand times repeated upon the same subject by Your faithful Friend , Fkabgcs O'Coxuob . % ? The letter to which Mr . O'Connor here alludes , it is impossible to give this week . As we purpose to recnr to the question in our next , it will then be all in good time , —Ed . iV . « S .
Meeting In Honour Of The Nor Thern Star, And The Rev. Wm. ! Hill.
MEETING IN HONOUR OF THE NOR THERN STAR , AND THE REV . WM . ! HILL .
\ The Chartists of Hull held a high fsstival on 1 Monday , in the Free Masons' Lodge , to evince 1 their sense of the services rendered to the cause by the Northern Star and its conductor . Much credit is -due to the committee for the laborious and efficient arrangements which had been made , and by TYb / 'ch the proceedings passed off , not only with a spiri sa enthusiasm , and a harmony of feeling , hut w ith tfn eclat , and an absence of confusion or difficul t y * known only to the meetings of the honest and hari ^ -handed working men , and which effectually distinem .- bes their festivities from those of the v Hall beautifull
« xespectai > l f - " The spacions was y decorated w ^ evergreens , &c . Over the platform was tastefu l * ? suspended a gorgeous cap of liberty of crimson , go * ^ JSreen , ihe work and contribution of the t ^ nll female Chartists , together with a tastefully cod strncted arch of laurel leaves so arranged as to ex . ^* &e « " liberty . " About fhiny patriotic prT ^ s and portraits of O'Connor , Frost , Emmett , &c- -the . National Petition scenethe Manchester massa « re , & . c , &c—many of them in splendid frames , c ^ P " * tne adornments of ihe room . A quartette i ^ and of excellent musicians , and an efficient choir of ^^ ee singers , added much by their performances to in "ease the enjoyment of the evening ; _ „ „ , .. l £ 11 roth
About five o ' clock , the Hi < U ^ S ^ ° . the honest sons of toil and th . ^ lovely wives and daughters , clad in their holiday . Ulire . About two hundred sat down to tea , of whom ,- 1 % mav be > one third were composed of " That sweeter sex whom nature nobi . V made The austerities of man to soften Ana relieve . Ksen sorrows couch to tev ^ « And dry Effliction ' B tears with hand of » V * spalby . " A little after ax o ' clock , Mr . Hill , acco . ^ P *? ^ by Messrs . Hobson , of Leeds ; Harney , o . **«" field ; Murray , of Glasgow ; and Arran , of ^» aford , entered the HalL , amid the hearty and ch . * ***"• ful plandits of the whole assembly , who roso to receive them , and continued cheering , until the ., " * had become-eeated in the places reserved for them . ,
Mr . Wa . ChiessljlN , a workiDg man , and a sterling democrat , was unanimously called to the chair , the honours of which during the evening , he discharged with great ability . The provisions were abundant and excellent in kind , and , after grace , ample jnstice was done to them ; the band continuing to play various airs , overtures and patriotic pieces during tea . A little after seven , the tables were cleared , and some hnndfeds of excellent Chartists whose " means "
forbade them joining in the tea service having been admitted ,, the meeting" went to work , '' singing en masse , and in capital style , the Chartist National Anthem , which , together with the programme of toasts , &c , had been printed and circulated amongst the company . The tffect of the anthem , sung in full chorus by the whole meeting , and accompanied by the powerful band , was well deserving of the epithet" grand /' a . nd was" well calculated to prepare the audience for the fervid displays of eloquence and patriotism by the varions speakers .
The Anthem concluded , and the company again seated in order , The Chjltehas rose } and with a few sensible and appropriate remarks , gave " ihB People . " The band then played Rule Britannia ; " after which Mr . HasSet , -who -was received with loud cheers , said he felt that after all his toils , labours , and sufferings for nine years in the-pepular cause , he was more than repaid and rerrardea * by the flittering manner in ¦ whicn cb had been received , » nd by the compliment paid > mn oy the Committee of Management Ih selecting him to speak to the . first toast of { the evening , — " The People , " —a l mighty and masnificient subject for the orator to dilate npon , bnt one too gigantic for him to do justice to . The people , the Bonrce of all legitimate poirer—aye , and or illegitimate power , too . The source , not only of that power "which springs legitimately from thfl votes of a nation of freemen—a sovereignty based upon the equal rights of all , bnt bj > o tie source—and he deplored being compelled to
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admit it—of that power which was based upon I justice , and owed its existence to the triumph of wrong : for be held the doctrine of Volney , that it was slaves that made tyrants—not . tyrants that made slaves—( hear . ) The people are the source . of all power ; they are the prodncers of that wealth ¦ which confers power upon the idle and the useless . Bat for the people , of what utility would the broad lands of this Island be to the aristocrats -who acquired them by ferce , and held them by usurpation ? Of what utility iwould be the mines of this country to their present possessors bnt for the labour of the people ? Where would be the wealth of our leviathan capitalists , but for the toil of their care-worn slaves ? * Their mills would never have nBen from the soil—their boasted machinery , -which
reversing tbe mythological fable , devours not its children , but its parents , the working classes , wonld never have existed , but for the skill and labour of tee people . Where would have bean the navies of this country , the safe harboar , the warning beacon , tbe friendly light-house ; in short , all the means aud sources from which the merchant-princes of England derived their wealth , but for the industry <> f the people ?—( cheers ) . It was the people who tilled the soil , reared the mills , erected the houses , made the machinery , built the shipping , ploughed tbe ocean , explored the mines , made sll tbe clothing , created the food , and called into being the vnt wealth of tbeir oppressors , thereby conferring upon them the power of tramplinz upon and scourging those
to whom they were indebted for their very existence . The sovereignty of the people had often been toasted by knaves wbe had humbpgged the people to serve , their own selfish designs ; but never until the present period had the people ox this country shown any disposition to ssssrt their ow * sovereignty . la days gone by the people bad been used and flattered by those above them . They had shed their blood in the contests of rival monarehs and factious aristocrats—they had at a later period , from tbe time of the so-called Commonwealth down to the carrying of the Reform Bill , expended their energies in enthroning middleclass supremacy upon the ruins of feudalism ; but they had done nothing for themselves . It was only within the last five years that the toiling classes had
evinced anything like tbe spirit of freedom . The year 1838 saw the dawn of a brighter era ; then was partially realked the dream of that truly inspired and eminently philosophic writer , the author of the Ruins of Empires , when ihe standard ef truth , justice , and liberty was upraised—the banner npo-n "which -was inscribed in sun-beam characters xhat glorious watchword , the Charter and no surrender—( lond cheers )—fulfilling the vision of Gallia ' B son , in separating the men of wealth from the mBn of toil , —the titled few from the enslaved many . Round the bright banner of freedom had gathered those who produced tbe wealth , paid the taxes , and fought the battles of the excluaivea—in short , the people . Whilst arrayed against them appeared the drones of the hives , the tax-eaters and traffickers in tbe blood of their fellow-men . So sublime a spectacle bad never before "been witnessed in this country , and now mark the results . The Chartists had been slandered by the lying scribblers of faction for their intolerance
towards the middle clr- » . Why all the strength the democratic party possessed they ewed to the fact of having separated themselves asd sto > ~ d aloof from tbat rotten portion of society—( cheers ) . The Chartists bad withstood five years of persecution , and year by year had increased in numhers , strength , and innue-ic ; they had had to bear up against the denunciations of priestcraft , the slanders of the press-gang , the calumnies of such fonl-montbed factionists in the legislature as Mr saulay of Edinburgh , the horrible craft of government spies and Iscariot-traitors—tbe terrors and vengeancs of clr-js-made laws , and last , not least , the desertion of leaders . Yet were they now stronger than ever . True there had ton great sacrifices , immense suffering ; good men had perished and brave patriots been consigned to tbe gloomy grave . But they died not in vain ; tbfcy perished in tbe canse of right and justice ; and hallowed is every drop of their heart ' s-blood poured forth for their country and kind I * ' Thongh fonl are the drops that oft distil . On the field of slaughter , blood like this , For liberty shed so holy is , It "would sot stain the purest rill That sparkles in the bowers of bliss . O ! if there be on this earthly sphere , A sight , an offering , beaven holds dear , Tis the last libation liberty , draws Prom tbe hearts that bleed and break in her cause . " ( Load cbeers . ) Well , after all they had achieved and all they had Buffeted they -were called upon to abandon tbeir Charter in favour of a new-fangled thing called the Bill of Bights . They Wbre ' all acquainted with the proceedings of the late Conference , —and here let him e-mark that bat for the Editer of the fforihern Star , the
voice of the people would not have been heard in that Conference , or , if heard , would have been drowned in the clamour of faction , —but the watcher was on the tower j he gave tbe alarm , and the concoctors of the Conference were compelled to put in practice their own urinciple which they weuld fain have evaded if they could , that of "full , free , and fair" representation . The Conference assembled , and on tbe one hundred and ninety-three rejecting the precious piece of lawyercraft , dignified by the title of "Bill of Rights , " these gentlemen , friend Sturge and Co . abandoned tbe majority , and they , the minority , actually bad tbe insolence to constitute themselves the Conference , aud did theu and tbere p ? ss their Bill of Rights . They might bave saved themselves tbe trouble to agree to
that which must be waste-paper , without the people's support . The conduct of these gentry proclaimed trnmpet-tongued their innate dishonesty . Up to the spring of 1842 , that party had been found either in the ranks of the enemy , or silent approvers of that enemy's acts . At that period they becamesuddeDly converted tothe principles of Chartism . But did they join tbe Chartists ? No , they set up a new agitation of tbeir own ; and now when another opp 6 rtunity bad been offered them of retrieving the past by cordially uniting with the people for the future , they turn round upon the people ' s representatives and treat them with contempt . They bring men hundreds of miles to confer with them , and then so soon as tbey discover that these men win not turn traitors to tbeir constituents , they tell
them they will have nothing more to do with them . And why ? Because f orsooth the people ' s delegates would not take a pig in a poke , a thing thfy bad never seen , bnt which tbey weretold would occupy four hours in the reading , and required the luminous expositions of some nameless lawyer to make its points and details comprehensible ; a precious thing this to give up the Charter for . Give up tae Charter ;—the Charter for which O'Connor and hundreds af brave men were dungeoned in felon ' s cells , —the Charter for which John Frost was doomed to a life of heart-withering woe and for which Ellis has been doomed to share his fate : the Charter for which Clayton died in his wretched dungeon , and HolbeTry perished in the pride of youth , with none but filthy dungeon villains to close his eyes ;
the Charter for-whieb Shell -wrapped np himself m a bloody shrond , and poured out bis life-blood in the streets of Newpert What ! to suit the whim , to please the caprice , or to serve tbe selfish ends of mouthing priests , political traffickers , and sngar-weighing . tapemeasuring ahopocrats—give up the Charter ! Never ! —( immense cheering . ) By the memories of the illustriouB dead , —by the sufferings of widows and the tears of orphans , he "would adjure them to stand by the Charter—( load cbeers . ; It had been often said tbat they could not carry the Charter -without the aid of the middle class ; he did not believe in that doctrinehe believed the people to be omnipotent if only united . The middle class never had yet united with the people on terms of sincerity , and he ; believed never would .
1 middle classes tell us tbey will work * o / us , but not with us ; so be it , let them ' what they please , but never aga ' ji let the -pje ¦ waste time and money iu confering * with these tricfc ttetB . ( Hear . ) No more Conferences for him , Hear fce 3 * - * Let the people look to themselves only * Tbere ' i " » iaat 9 Potent ally than all tbe middle-class - of Enela " «<* working for them though not with themnamelr l " ^ Rational Debt , —( loud cteers , )—their eld SaftStMa . •»?• Sir Robert Peel had tried tbe slidine-scale to tatisfy the Leaguers , —persecution to pat down the . awtftoto , and lastly , the Income Tax to sup - ply the coffc ^ ot an empty exchequer ; and . behold the results . Tha t ovenoos horde , the freebooters , ¦ were more clamored than ever , while the very measures adopted by the" Premier to pacify them , viz the Bliding-scale and the n <** fc" ^ ^ d roused the agriculturalists , and set them ** deadly array a « ainBt h . ' The Chartistsdespite plot * and persecution ,
conspira-, cies , and traitors , were . "B « re powerfnl than ever , though repeatedly felled W tte blows of faction , yet like the giant ef old , they bu t couched the earth , and rose with renewed vigour to tt ^ contest ( Hear , near , and cheers . ) Aa regards the i ^ whequer , despite the Income Tax , the published returns' ot the last quarter's revenue shewed a deficiency on the ^ Barter of npwards of one million , one hundred thousand' poon ds—( cheers ) Tha fnndholders were already bawling' <** through the Morning Chronicle , tbat the present Government vovia ruin them . Bow would Sir Robert PeeJ * u » Paniament in this worse than Whiggish plight ? J ** » e people take courage ; eventa were working for t hem aupo \ rerfully ; they had but to stand by their P *^*^ ^ surrender not one jot nor one tittfe , and all wen . " M welL If corruptions had crept into their move £ a > * » let such corruptions be rooted ont ; let them coro ^ their leaders to abide by the spirit , aye , and the lett > J too of Chartism , and thereby set an example to the
nations around , and prove to the world that they were ¦ worthy of the rights they demanded . If leaders strayed from tbe principles they were bound to Bopport , then away with them , trample them down—( loud cheers . )—
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Plotting knavea cried out against what tbey were pleased to call denunciation and man-worship . It was denunciation that bad kept the movement in its present Bound and healthy condition , —it was denunciation that would make the tricksters honest or drive them from tbe ranks of honest men . There was less of man-worship ambng ^ the CbartJsta , the O'Connorites , as they were called , ttan any party in the state . True they loved O'Connor for his straight-forward honesty , but tbe very men -who were his most determined friends -would be the firat to denounce Mm if he stepped to the rightband or to the left . Th » justice tbey would do to O'Connor , they would do to others—no omitex to tbe
humbugs—( loud cheers ) . Let them cultivate knowledge and union , each and all labour to promote a knowledge of their principles and to unite those who already adhered to them ; let the people look to themselves aud only to themselves for their own enfranchisement , and all the difficulties which now obstructed tbeir path would be overcome , tbe rights of tbe people acknowledged , and tbe sovereignty of the people establishedthen would be Been their- country ' s flag—no longer tbe flag of despotism ; but hencefirtb the banner of the frre , floating over tbe national structures and temples of the land , proclaiming salvation to Englishmen , and hope and joy to the world . Mr . Harney resumed bis seat amidat , loud and protracted cheering .
21 r . Harney ' s speech , after the cheers had snbslded , was followed by the glue , " Awake , iEaltan Lyro , " excellently sung . The Chjusman then said that the next to' t he had £ 0 propose to them he should give without preface , conscious that ail he might ba able to say would fall far Ebort of ^ quailing the Tesponse it would find in their beairts- ^ f'JJhb NortJiern Star . " ( Much cheerj-Jg . ) Qltse— " Hail , SuiUiag Morn " Mr . Houson responded in an effective aud telling si-.: in of about forty minutss , during which be ran through the history of the atjitatioa for the people ' s
rights bt fore and since the establishment of that organ . Ho attributed the high tone of political independence of the working classes and their general severance from the factious scribes . to . which they had heretofore bten attached , to the . exertions of the Slur , in labouring to indue 3 among them a habit of looking to themselves only for the working out of tbeir political salvation ; and he instanced the conduct of the people on tbe Corn Law question , and in reference to tbe various other matters of sectional aud partial * jitr . tions which have ' en submit \ d to them 01 the best evidence tbat could be offered of tbe sucp 3 as which
had at * Mided on i ^ te < - ' hings . Mr . Hobson having sat down , the Chairman again rose and said , tbat he now came to the fo- "rt of the evening—a toast which ' he felt equal ptide and pleasure in submitting to them , and which be was confident tb « y would receive with honour and delight . After paying some high , compliments to Mr . Hill , be proceeded to give the toast , which was : — " The health of our respected gnest , the Rev . Wm . Hill ; and way be long live to fight our battles in the bloodless -warfare of right against wrong principles , with the energy , talent , and honesty , which nave hitherto characterised his exertions . " The toast wes received with loud and protracted cheering . An air -was played by tbe band ; after which Mr . Hill rose to reply .
Mr . Hill was received with every pcrsible demonstration of respect and applause . He said that he felt quiet inadequate to tbe expression of * lu f lings which he might naturally be supposed 11 entertain under the circumstances ; surrounded by bis neighbours , his townsmen , and immediate . acquaintance—by those to whom be was bestknown , both as to his public - reer and as to bis private character—and thus loaded with tbeir favourable estimation , be might indeed count his position to be a high and proud one . Unable to express bis thanks in terms which he could think beatting , he must tbrow himself upon their clemency , and beg them to thiDfe for him all < - ' iat of which bis incapacity fell shor - He said , tbey had b : in pic " 3 d in their eulogistic toast to compliment his energy , b ' t
* "ilent , aud bis honesty . : Of the talent which he might or might not posse .--a , it became not aim Co speck ; at least not further than to intimate bis bope that the for higher quality with which it was associated la the toast , would always insure the direction of bis talent , whether much or little , to tbe achievement of right purposes by rigbt means , and the establishment of rigbt principles fur tbe promotion cf the common weal—( cheers ) . Talent , when used otherwise , was not merely valueless but miacheivoua , and so much tbe more so the more brilliant and commanding it might be . However undeserved miiht be the favourable mention of bis talen £ r ^ ja felt uWjololenedt . to appropri&ta the credit tbey werepieflsed'ta glvs'Kiin for a much nnblpr quality , and tha > i < wu » honeBty . —( loud cheers . ) It was that him confiden ce
tfle conscwUaoeaa ^ wthls gave to meet them , and he £ &em only but tbe world . " Strong armed in hori ^ 8 tf ^ Jiie | feave d > 4 b e froe o » no man—( cheers . ) ¦ jhej » were now present with him tboBe wbo had known bjin many yeara ; many years before the Star was iieard $ sTqr thought of ; and he trusted they had always fouwhim the same man—the same straightforward and consiatant advocate of right ; honest and earnest , boweger f sole in bis effoits—( heat' and cheers ) . If be bad an ^ merit , or if be bad any influence , it was the merit and' tbe iiifittence of consistency : during his whole public life he ibad never yet found himself required to recall a word that be bad uttered , or to ret 1 "ta line that he had , written—( hear , hear ) . Ha had never found it necessary to qualify or explain
away his own meaning , or to shrink , skulk , or fly from any single consequence' of his own action ? . He was bold enough then to 1 * 11 them that if he merited their good opinion , it was because he bad dealt honestly with them , while he trusted that his " energy" was such as at all times to make him reckless of opposition and fearless of defeat in a good cause—( hear ) . He felt that he might justly take credit for energy as well as honesty . Indeed they were inseparable . He who was honest was al ways energetic : and from the combination of these two qualities , ratber than from any talent above tbat of other and ordinary men , resulted what jver of beneficial service be might have been able to render in their common cause . Honesty and energy bad given him boldness to fight their
battles without fear or favour . He bad alike defied the iron hand of power , the . venomous and slimy coilings of intrigue , and the strong prejudices of the people themselves . He had not hesitated to tell them of tbeir failings , while be denounced the villanies of their oppressors . He bad as strongly reprobated villany and dereliction of principle wben exhibited in our owu camp , as in tbat of tbe entmy . He ever would do so , for be considered it evein less pardonable here thnu there . » Hear , and cheers . ) And as the best proof that be could give them of that fearlessness which ; characterises tbe honest and energetic assertion of right principles , he demanded from them , aa an act of justice , not less to him than to themselves and their cause , tbat in according to him their confidence , tbey should do so
on the scote of principle alone , withdrawing it the moment tbey found him to swerve , without the least regard to personal esteem , or past services . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Upon no other terms would be esteem their good opinion worth the having . He laughed at the idea , and trampled under foot the doctrine , that past services should screen present delinquencies in any man , and while he never would admit its application to others , ! he begged that it might never be applied to him . Taking their present kindness ss an earnest ef their satisfaction , hitherto , with his poor efforts * be would regard this splendid token ef tbeir good feeling and good will , as an obligation en him ,
in bis course hereafter , to task to their full stretch of power the qualities on which they bad been pleased to compliment him . To see that the talent they had spoken of , whether it be much or little , should not grow rusty for lack of using ; while be trusted that his energy and honesty would lose nothing of their lustre by continual exercise . Iu conclusion , he waited anxiously the coming of tbe time when energy and talent migbt be less needed , because honesty should have been adopted as the basis and ruling principle of all our great social and political arrangements—as the foundation upon which might be erected a splendid edifice of jnstice for every Englishman to dwell in .
Mr . Hill then sat down , and the cheering from all parts of the bouse was loud aud long-continued . As soon as it subsided Mr . Garner , an excellent Cbarti&t resident in Huli , sung in a style which delighted the whole audience
"THE PRESS . " Tune—* Brave old Oak . ' 'VA song for the press—the mighty press , Wbo bath battled for freedom long : Here ' s glory and fame to his magic name , That scattereth the powers of wrong . There ' s fear in his frown , when the monarch ' s crown Is reared o ' er the people and laws ; And be showeth hia might , in the grandeur ot right , And aideth the ^ nation ' s cause . " Then here ' s to the Press—tbe mighty press—Who stands in his power alone ; And long flourish be , the pride of the free , When a thousand ; years are gone .
" In days of old , when Priestcraft bold With tyranny held the sway , Men crouched at tbeir feet ; on their bloodstained seat , Like creatures of coarser clay . Now , where are they , an * tbe minds that lay In ignorance or in chains ? They are gone , they are fled , and tbe fpresB , in theii stead , With freedom and justice reigns . « Then here ' s to the Press , &o .
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" Hurrah ! for the time when every clime , The press shall illumine and cheer ; When , freed from thrall , peace over all ' Her radiant bow shall rear ; His righteous sway shall the world obeyi-For the champion of truth is be ; And his power shall extend , till tbe uttermost end Of the earth shall bis empire 1 :. . " Then here's to the Press , &a . " ¦ The song wr - rapturously and deservedly encored . T&e next toast was the " The Psopjle ' s Charter" ; after which tbe " Song of Liberty " was tastefully sung by Mr . Moody , and encored . i
Mr . Con Murray , from Glasgow , in rising to respond to this sentiment was received with loud cheers . He began by assuring tbe audience that he wri no speech maker ; and if there was less of wbat- ' he would term oratorical humbug , aad more of determined and straightforward action , on the part of those wlio came on the public platform to advocate the cause of suffering hnmanity , it world t md better to consolidate the energies of the people on the great question of the Charter Suffrage—( hear , hear ) . The right of every man to a voice iu the making of laws affecting his life and property , was not now disputed by any man or any party . Tbe day bad long sinc 9 gone by when the iron-handed Tory and-drivelHng Whig con ' . d , as in ! former times , hold up tbeir faces , and impudently assert that we , the
swinish multitude , had nothing to do | with the laws but simply to obey tbem ; and failing in this obedience , or daring to raise our voics against their cruel and restrictive laws , we Were brought up before such men as Lord Abinger , j and by their cruel mandates , buried in damp dungeons for years , transported Beyond the seas for tbe whole period of our natural lives , or end our days by the ignominious death of the scaffold . Men of Hull I the ] robber factions do not now dispute our right to legislate , but they say it is not yet expedient to entrust us with tbe franchise ; they say we wish to destroy property—we are the advocates of physical force—tbat we are infidels , and wish to subvert all social order by the total annihilation of Christianity—( hoar , hear ) . These are a few of the
grave and heavy charges from which the poor Chartists are called upon to defend themselves . He wonld then , in speaking to this sentiment , confine himself to a refutation of these vile calumnies and unfounded assertions . How bave our despotic rulers | arrived at the conclusion tbat we Would destroy property 1 It is we , the people , who produce all ; the vaviipires who live on the vitala of this nation do not produce anything . If property should be destroyed—if thej reign of terror , of anarchy , and confusion should commence in England , nene will have more reason to lament the fatal resuUi than the working men . He would narrate a circumstance which occurred In GreenocK , illustrative of tJao vicious tendency ] of the poor patriotic but despised Chartists . They would no doubt
be aware tbat in tbat town tbe people bave been in a most wretched and deplorable situation' in consequence of the late depression of trade—when pnrish relief was refused them , and all other means bud filled in keeping body and soul together , three bundiediattizans met in the Harvey Lane Hall ; they chose a chairman and secretary—formed in procession to beg a morsel of bread from those tbat tbey had , by their labour , raised to the middle class ranks—in the evening they met in tbe same place , and all deposited their gatherings on one common table—th » se wbo got shillings being content to share with others who were less fortnnate—one poor fellow had met a good Samaritan iwho gave him half of a pig's bead , and although bis family were starving , be brought it and laid it down for common
use , content with getting an equal portion of what bad been collected . Who will dare to say that after such a spirit of disinterestedness , aud undeTJauch trying oiicumstan' ; s , tbe patient and enduring people of England wish to create a spirit of anarchy in Ihoir native land—the loved home of their respected and venerable forefathers!—( hear . ) Ob , but our would-be liberals hold us np as torch and dagger-men ; they tell us we wish to tffect our purpose by a bloody revolution . There is ino conceivable crime , however enormous , that is not left at tbe dour ot Feaxgua O'Connor and the Chartist ; but he would ask when did we take away ! tbe life of a fellow creature ? Wbf-n have we shed { blood to justify out opponents in holding us up as such heinous
monsters ? We have never raised oar arm , unless m self-defence , from tbe brutal attacks of an ignorant , savage , and mercenary band of legalised butchers , employed and paid by the heartless lanided aristocracy , and the more refined torturers , the jmillocrats and wages masters—( loud cbeers ) . Indeed , if the Chartiote can be criminally charged , he believed it la in their not using the powers which nature bad given them to repel the indignities and insults to which they hava been aubjected by the ruling few . He knew for certain , if they used force to prevent bim from giving expression to what he believed to be tbe truth—if they raised a weapon to strike him down -when , in his rigbt as a British subject , he had met bis fellows to petition or remonstrate against
what we could prove to be grievance , of the greatest magnitude , he should consider himself justified and no way transgressing the law of nature in meeting f-rce by forca—{ continued cheering ) . We are infidels and would destroy the Christian religion . jSo says the Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury ; se says Catholic Daniel O'Connell ; so says the Catholic ] Duke of Norfolk , and tbat Prince of Butchers the iron god of Waterloo . But , fellow workmen , is it not a fact notorious throughout tbe world that these very men are tbe only practical infidels in th s country ; witness their anti-Christian conduct in supporting a bloated and dominant Cflurch , which swallows up £ 11 , 006 , 000 of the people ' s earnings ; witness the savage barbarity of the Iczy , gambling , and debauched few who consume the and the of
miserable fare of po ^ toes salt , food my poo r countrymen , while 2 , 390 , 000 of these , people are in actual starvation ; witness their bloody deeds in cutting the throate of tne simple and urioffendiug inhabitants of China , beeause forsooth they would not eat poison to enrich a few India merchants ; or their equally base and inhuman treatment of tbe brave Affghans , whose only crime consisted in defending their fatner-land from being trodden under the w bee Is of Britain ' s blood-stained car —( lond and long protracted cheering ) . Witness tbeir damnable and atrocious doings , and then ask yourselves the question who are the infidels—the people or their oppressors . This clap-trap of inndel Chartists has been got up by designing knaves to keep tbe working men of England and Ireland disunited ,
well-knowing that by a solid union of sentiment and unity of action , burnbug would be destroyed , and the trade of Ireland ' s political traffickers [ would ces > "w to draw tbeir £ 14 000 or £ 16 . 000 a year out of wretchedness , misery , ami rags—igreat applause , and " true — ttue ' ' ) . Whether , he would ask , are those who support a system that gives £ 115 a day to one woman , fcjtween £ 30 , 000 and £ 40 , 000 per anium to her husband , and £ 6 , 000 to their bou , while at ; the same time they will only grant tbe miserable pittance of 4 d . or 5 d a day to the poor toil-worn Irish labourer ; or 4 s . 6 d . aweek to the industrious hand-loom weaver ; whether are these men , or those wbo would raise their voice against such an abominable st ite of things most deserving of being branded with the epithet of
infidel ? Practical Christianity means ; the care and defence of the poor , the widow , and the orphan ; the Christianity of the British rulers , both Protestants aud Catholics , is neither more nor less than that of devouring tbe poor , the weak , and the helpless . He would for one moment call tbeir attention to tbe rejoiciDgs on tbe birth of the Prince of Wales ; every pulpit and every altar resounded with praise aad thanksgiving to the ^ God of heaven for bis goodness in having blessed ua with another royal pauper ]— ( Tremendous cheering ) . They blessed God and prayed for the continuance of a system that gave to this infant such an enormous sum of money , and at the same time sabred and bayoneted the working men of JYorkshire aad Lancashire , dyed tbe streets of Eanis and Skibereen
with tbe blood of a starving people , whose only crime was that of asking bread from those who had robbed them of the fruits of their industry by class-made laws . —( Loud cbeers . ) Is ( his not infidelity ? he would disgrace the term inndel by applyiDgjit to such monsters—be wonld call them blasphemers ] and perverters of God ' s holy word , and he would leave it to his fellowworking men , if even this was not too mild a cognomen . —( Cries of It is , it is . ) Mr . j Murray then passed in review tbe conduct of the { various parties wbo have governed this country under the names of Tory , Whig , and sham-Radical , and classed them ail under one common head , the avowed ] enemies of tbe rights of labour , interspersing his remarks with highly humourous and pointed anecdotes , which drew forth the loud applause and laughter of the | assembly . He then went on to treat of the disunion ] that existed in the ranks of Chartism , its cause , and consequences ,
and dealt pretty hardly with the political pedlars , yrho after having been wormed into political existence-by the people—after having been clothed , fed , and paid by the whole hog men until tbey bad drained tbem of the last farthing , went over to the "Sucking PigB" to play the same game . He warned the people ^ to j throw then ^ off the moment they exhibited the least inclination to relax tbat stern policy which had placed the Chartists above all political parties in this country . He held that these men were the greatest enemies with which they had to contend ; the Whig and Tory dungeons of England could not , even aided by the convict ships , do so much injury to our movement as those little limping animals that professed such skill in drawing the badger at the late Conference . ( Hearj and laughtef . ) Much had been said about the dictatorship assumed by Feargus O'Connor and the denunciations of tbe Northern Star ; witnjjregard to O'Connor he would say ,
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: K ^ and boldly challenge discussion on he sufject , that no man now living bad done more for tbe cause o 5 suffering humanity and the spreading of pure an >! ut sullied democracy—( great applause ) . And then there ia the Northern Star ; O ! plague npon tbatStar . ' why he * it dared to denounce the foreign policy lecturers ? ifor this was tbe foundation of all the bickerings . ) It has been a busy meddling thing not to suffer poor shoemakers , tailors , and schoolmasters to earn an honest shilling in the employ of Tory Urquhart ; but he ( Mr . Murray ) would say go on , brave Star , in the work yon bave so nobly begun ; apply the rod of correction when you consider it necessary to flog political traffickers , no matter what may be their professions , or by what names
they are known . Were it not for the * dread of public censure many of the Chartist leaders would act aa basely and treacherously by the people of England as the O Connelh , the Shiels , and tbe Daunts bave done , and are still doing to tbe poor ucfottun ite and deluded men of 11 eland—( bear , hear , and " quite true . "!—The right to canvass and freely discuss the merit * and demerits of public men ia the only remnant of freedom now left to the toil-worn sons of England , and the man or party that would dare to withhold or deny us this privilege are fit companions for Sir James Graham and Lord Abinger—( hear , hear ) . He was glad to find , however , that bis brother democrats throughout tne country were determined not to give it up but with their lives . In Glasgow , his adopted city , tUcy
carried it out to the very letter , and they had found it to have a beneficial * ffect in keeping tbe wolves from devouring the sheep . They had there a few working men banded together under the title of he Chartist Club , wbo , by tUe exercise of this right , had become a terror to evil doers . When the Sturgites had rejected the friendly overtures of tbe trades * delegate , and put out tbeir bills calling a publio meeting , to elect theix hiteUeciuals for the Conference , our infant club raised the alarm of breakers a-head , their Kt « ther moleskina took tbe hint , and the recorded votes of the into of Glasgow ou William Lovt-tt ' s amendment will p " rove the rest—< bravo club . ) He feared he was trespassing too long on their time—( no , no)—but as this was the fifth anniversary of that bright luminary that was guiding
tho men and women of England to universal freedom , and as such a large assembly of the fair daughters and working men of Hull had tbere met to do honour to their worthy townsman , its bold , talented , fe&rlcf" , and uncompromising Editor , ho could not sit down without tendering him his best thanks ; tfeis be would do firat on his own account ; eecoitdly , in the . name of the democrats of the Vale of Leven aad Camp-ue , whose pnre patriotism be hud the high honour of representing in Birmingham ; mid lastly , in the name of bis bleeding country , whose poor emaciated soci found a warm and disinterested advocate in tbe person of the Rev . "William Hill—( tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minutes . 1 In conclusion , he vsould , saj
once for all , no on . Hill ; finish the work so nobl * begun by the Exile of Erin in tbe Xoriliem Star of oar once united Irishmen ; spread the hcavers-bom principles for which our gallant Emmett offered up his life , for which bis wanly aort athletic body was mutilated by the tyrannic hand of monarchical misrule . Go on , O'Connor wiil lead the van ; the British millions , assisted by O'Higgins and his Dublin battalion , will assist you peacefully and legally to clear out that rot 1 ' on building in St . Stephens , and erect ; in its stead a temple sacred to liberty , wherein we shall deposit the People ' s Charter , snout , bristles , and all . Mr . Murray sat down amidst thunders of applause and the long-continued cheers of a highly-delighted and well-pleased auc ' - ence .
The next teast was " The immortal memory of the patriot victims to class power , " Diank in etK-nce and followed by the glee " Peaca to the souls of the heroes . " Tbe next and last toast of the evening wps , " The Chartist sufferers uuaec Government persecution . " This was ably responded to by Mr . John Arran , from Bradford . Mr . Arran was received with cheers . He felt himself placed ia a very queer fix -, be was last at the feast ; one " big chap" had nibbled a bit , and another had nibbled , and another , until there was " nout" left for him but a hare bone to " pike . " Mr . A . then went en to say— " There are three things which are the bo : fc of England—freedom , civilisation , and Christianity .
Freedom—England's freedom ib bitter slavery . Cast your eyes o ' er the fair face of creation ; look you through the habitations of men , and in the cottage of the poor , you will find misery , degradation , and slavely . I know that British feols have often sung" Briions never shall be slaves , " and fools tbey must be to sing that song . Now , wherein docs slavery consist ? It consists in involuntary servitude—not in th « mere circumstance that a human being may be bought and sold in the market ; that be is mads tbe value received for his fellow-creature's gold and silver ; that he ia considered as much a man ' 3 bona fide property as are his goods and chattels , b ? 9 houses , bis lands , his horses , bis cows , his swine of his dogs— no ; servitude whick a man cannot avoid conr statutes him a slave . " The weight of chains , " saya Algernon Sydney , '" number of stripes , hardness of
labour , ami other effects of a master's cruelty may make one servitude more miserable than another , bufe be ia a slave who serves the best < ind the gentlest mri in the world , and he does serve him , if he must serve him , if he must obey bis commands , and depend upon bis will . " When I consider the degraded and enslaved condition of the millions subject to an insignificant minority of luxurious , psoftigate , and bloated aristoora « - ? , and monoy-grubbrng speculators In the profits of Industry , I feel indignant at'ths fact ; and-ctmldlifee -to- see the people rise in the majesty of their , might and overthrow their unprincipled and cruel oppressors once and for ever . Shall it be endured that tbey wbo produce a'l shall eternally pine ia want and . micery ? Shall tbe industrious sensf of labour continue the ' overburdened serfs of the ignoble and base born children of idleness ? Rather I would that nature should become
one universal desert ; rather I would tbat the ng-tree should uot blossom , and tbat there should be no herd in the atail ; rather I would tbat the grass should wither , snd tbe flower fade , and tbat the smiling coxa should cease to wave its fruitful ear ; rather I would that man should rise up and meet his fellow man in mortal strife , nntil tbe last human pair become the executioners of each other . A second boast of England is her civilization . — And what is civilization ? True civilization is the refinement of nature ' s sympathies and nature's principles—not tbe reversion of nature as now , but tbe progression of nature for the advancement of human happiness . It observes an abiding conformity to nature's law ? . Nature is sacred and encbt not to be interfered
with , except foe the purpose of improvement , so as to better make it meet the wonts of the mass of animated beings . Nature is impartial ; civilization should be equally impartial ; its principal duty is ' to make nature's produce more abundant , and to distribute with an equal hand , tbat the comfort of all may be equally pro moled . Such is true civilization ; any thing else is a cheat—a delusion ; and worse , aa iDJury to society . Look at facts ; England's civilization consists in the undue elevation of the few , and the depression—the prostration of tbe multitudes of tbe common people ; in the reduction of wapes ; the extension of working hours ; the employment of women and children in placa of men ; the starvation of the Union , Hostile , aud tka imprisonment or the banishment of the virtuous and tbe brave—toe beat of mankind . The truth is that
England ' s civilization is but a refined system of canibaliam—not man-eating literally , but man-killing most undoubtedly . Tne factory system , with its widening jaws , eats up its ' tbouhands of helpless , defencaless children ; the system of poor laws consume by degrees the vitals of vast numbers of unwilling idlers ; the rent-roll , excessive and burdensome , breaks into , and . breaks up , the home-stead of the poor , happy ox miserable alike , and drives adrift into the world ' s width , houseless and nnfriended , men , women and children , many of whom perish by the pinching hand of hunger , or the starving cold ef freezing winter ; a profligate and vicious c ! m of nobles and upstarts make a prey of neglected , unprotected virgins , myriads of whom , after a short-lived conrse of false and infamous pleasure , die ' the victims of murderous lust , eaten up by unna ' aira-l
. A third b , oast of England ia bet Christianity England ' s Christianity is , alas ! for tae most part , nothing but hypocrisy and priestcraft . Our cities are crowded with churches and chapels—our merchants and manufacturers and money-hunters of all sorts and shapes and sizes , are fcuad regularly , piously , like their prototypes—tbe pbarisees of elden times , thronging these modern , stately synagogues . But on this bead I need not enlarge , as it has been already welt handled by my friend Mr . Murray .
We seek to remedy this state of tbing 3 ; for this we meet , for this we P 3 itate : we bring you not together for the mere purpose of speech-: naking ; not to spend an hour in pleasurable amusement only , but to prepare the public mind for & great and mighty change ; to lead on the people in the course of political progression . Our objec : is the perfection of public opinion , convinced that without this , no substantial or lasting change can be effected . We wish to con vince men of tbe necessity of the Charter , as a means to an end ; we would show you now to get the Charter , and that when you have got it , vfe will remain for you to use the power it will give yon to work those social reforms and spcial improvements , without which yon
will never be either individually nappy , or happy in the bosoms of your beloved families . Such i « otnc course , so righteous ; such . ' a out object , so full of the milk of human kindness ; and yet strange , passing strange , tbere are men found who themselves profess to be lovers of mankind , and who rest not day no * night to thwart our benevolent designs . Every obstacle is thrown into oar pata—svery hindrance is upieared before ua— every time-serving tcol of the thing called Government is set in battle array gainst ub— -every inch of our progress ia . disputed ; we are continually in hot water , and our lives one continued scene of active controversy . Hundreds of good and true have been cast into prison or banished from the chorea of the land of their birth .
It 18 well-timed , therefore , that in the midst ef our rejoicings , this day , we are reminded of a mostjolemn duty—to " remember them that are in bonds aBoa with them . " : fcygX It would ill-become this assembly ot J& vSS &H patriots to sit down to eat and to drink aniffCSswrap and make merry without one thought caaw « iM ( Continued in our fifth pqgGbfc * - ' '
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TOL- VI . NO . 270 . SATURDAY , JANUARY 14 , 1843 . PRI 0 B p ™^ m ^^ £± r "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 14, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct633/page/1/
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