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A , tbe writing of J . . B . O'Bnen ue vain-^" the Public . and as his disciples are eager to see ^^ j fcf eSwoai in as well as out of prison , I ^^ JrdutT to send the following extract from a ^* letter tt » t I received some time ago from him , $% *** ****<* Tonrt > tW ! fcMir ,
B . G . * * And what , after « H , 1117 dtar friend , / Tsrrwrkb * " ^ Cobbett > tmt * **** <* 5 «« b . ' * t lar examp le , Cobbetfs far-famed "Norfolk . - is& hU "Fourteen Manchester . Proposi ^ f wbich contain the whole of his scheme—the * f ? jjj , pijji for settling tl » affiiin of the nation * 2 . * & * eampwia * B » Beforms therein de" * td Titi the actual *** & > of society , tell me who J 3 B fl 5 « k « old think such paltry remedies ade-* " * * T fm * e erils we groan under ? For-what do Sf tfMoJ to ? Wby , jn »* to this-make sale of Wfc of 00 pa ^ ic Prop * * <« " «« , corporate 618 *®~ ao « l » Bd * ' **••> a 8 d wltt *** P ** ** '^ Lssflorf 1 *** ' <«*»« mtadng it byeguit-** f \ ftriea * sXZ disband the balk of the amy . sboliah ' ^ ' ^ fcT ^ md . in short , go on retrenching our
**^ mu t axation back to the standard of 1792 ; ^ i !! bj an improved mode of raising the taxes *^ . triH * aTl be required , that is , about fu&ea wffliwu _ jnd TTT « w"g the Parliament shift its * sittings vml and Dublin—every thing will be renovated , Jj i 3 wm erer * tter run saooth !! l I defy the T $ or ae deriTs grandmother to match this , for Z&gr . Tet , if aD this were done , we should be ' ^ 9 e according to Cobbettfs disdples , the most ^ j&isj peop le in the world' !!! Ah , my friend . I
_ gy ito ost give up one half or my remaining days te 1 » t » a Jarfe weekly paper established in Manv g 5 S ) » Hh about £ 1 , 000 to carry it on . Were it ^ to dmoBsainsuehrabb ish as this , wiiaCartwrighfc , ^ e , ad Yomey into the bargain—not forgetting our 2 faad , Bobert Owen , who , with all his b&Onefaft-^ a the only one of the lot that is worthy the ^^ d & # " »• O * *• ****** •* Jay- « ate , as to A eaB ^ b at hb aeaas apd defesivB . The others seen *»* Jaw wapletafr « ustakta both the esdand -gaBuntt Woe all tha practical reforms proposed by S&g . Qu&iBghL > and C ° - ** be carried into
coiri-* 3 ste fSttX to-aorrow , they would not realise any of 32 k resits anticipated by their authors . They would ; jes-R tie rafcr or too * oJ the eril where they foHBd it ,, tai tE » j = entl 7 cause no substantial change in the ^ ocdiia of the bulk of society . _ ! Ta radix , 01 root of the eTil , lies in allowing the riots tfaaisn to be private properity , and in afalse j irs 3 i of exchscges throogcost erery department of jooa ? . la ether -srards , the roat of the efillies in alJow- ; iefkadro be tbeeiclusiTe property of indiridaals , and in ' jflcriEjotber panicalirLndiTidnals tohaTe the miking , ' \ bk 3 j tui regulation of the circulating medium , or C 83 SST , through the interrentioii of which all valuiMasKJsieraasged . So long a * Qua double evil
eogza , -disre csn be no real reform , in Boetety . Any jtiaEroai" prwtiol rtforms" ( so called ) which shall ; noi « aSy i ^ a Vwo-foW Bonree of eTil , -will proTe ntter ; aboriTa They Trill bat mend one hole by mating j jao 4 s—thej will but transfer power and pelf from oae is t £ gh « nfT « to xaother . 3 t 2 » ru&et of itatKrt , 1 mean of course the land ' and sa , tni all that they contain . These , whicii com- , prise TiU = n fbem all tbe raw matetiala of wealth , lie & n £ of ^' niighty God to all men alike , And , ; t&stfcit , Ttre Etver lnt € BUwi to be prmfce property ;
and , w . *^ , m-rmnt be made the exclusive property of anj indindnal , cr set of indiTidnals , without riolating the EsrsJe property and rights of all the indiyidiais ' erdudai , snd conssquently destroying privjUe property ' fct / a &a iEstiwition 0 ! society . "WtateTer God has made bdongs equally to all ; it is the common property , of j ! i God ! ereatnr ^ s . It is only wttai man has zcada ; that aa be taa sobjstt of private property , without ; ¦ a appaj the Toy foandation of the institution , and i openb | h » ilmder the feet of society . It is for want -of Tr . iting this distinction in prnctia , that society con- ' .
fencs to be what it is—a chaos of antagonism , and crime , and folly . The two errors combined hare made a riddle of > rtnn * n nature , and a pandemonium of the woni It belongs to enlightened reason to remove ' both sources of cril , wiaront pulling society to pieces j in tis aiteicpt Bat H » t U a tS& WMcIi DitUie , or nature ' s god , neTer intended for sach minds ; i « those of Paine , Cartwright , Cobbett , or eren Uie boasted Tomey , whom certain shallow Chartists aMost WDUiip as a diTinity .
lie taxes and the monopoly accruing from them -sre sat wist I > sioe and Cobbett Tepreaented tbem . Tney « e lid tlie ttsjie of oar burUiens ; they are n # t the main BBrce of tia plnrder we complain of . They are bet 1 eesB slke of the p-under tet a part or pvi in a toner dj the phmderere , to preiect ( he red , which rest eocsgeaa aeariy the whole . Bemore tie whole at the aaa to-morrow , and in a few years , or perhaps jncmis , the great majority of us wonld find onrselTes -no setts off than ire are now . Toe landlord aiid osajaanga , with , their standing armies of lawyers ,
PKS& 7 soldien , eoEstafcnlary , literary prostitutes , b * aS , irokfia , giolers , hired satellites , ic . < fcc . would * 5 mtsi inmediaieJy swallow ap tii © proportion of the "iijthst cught to fall to onr share . That resnlt wodd be jne-ntable under the present constitution of •* »! . Aba , wfcne the land wnfinaea to be private frepeif , tad until the nniTersality of the nation shall be Ktemsier , issuer , and regulator of the currency , »» ira ! I is tia sole lsadlsrd , there is no hope for th » offiaa . ***** James Bbosteebe O'Bbiex .
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SOCIALISMfc ^ Sr ? Bats hs-ring been made during the last _^ between the Socialists and the Chartists of Cj Lir ^ * pniiic meetii * between Mr . Irfech , isT ^ ' ^ ^* - S ^ pixQ S « rf »» iltsgioBary , tn'Z ^^ m 3 * L * of both Principles , and which ete ^ MT K > onen ^ ad mo « t permanently to benefit j ^ srag duses of this country , the Social ^ nT ^; pIaC 8 a PP ° ' mted for it to eome off at , fTe _* « cammed to snfiocation , on Monday T ^ & ^ BradtniHi was elected f-haTrman for Mr . sim ?? , ** - JoJni Cr 3 Bi for Xr - CtmpbelL
** i « t opened tbe mee « ilIg by reamng the roles fw { i ^ f 1121 ^ ' the discussion , wiich appeared ' ¦ BiT . ?*? aiiowing no disapprobation to be jva * ^ e ; half an hour for tie opening Sc » S I 11 * 1 ^* of an hour each afterwards . aiiesT , * LL ^^ rose « ud obserred that the xxL ^ f dirtres * of this country were to be * so 5 /* , « S ttU 3 es- Fim > "* rMlt ^ edueaUon ; f ^*? mm employmen t ; third , low wages ; and bica ^ Peation of machinery against mannal &a « of t ^? Weie not ""^ te ** sufioedent lor the pro-* S a »* 3 ffliffioa 3 Of the popnlation , trMeii m * t fe e * T&n * ^ employment . He contended soeis ^ . no ho P « for ^ e people , so long as fleabg bo L !* 111613 ^ aode * the competitiTe system , I * ** t f tt ^ A ™ 1111 * established on the principfsn-iia ZJ ^ 1 StU : t nor "T oUler iorm - He wonld the
eu . Ra !; T " firt * Pproacaing to the same state as in ^^ oy advancement of maebinery . The *<« iidW « T BI > n : ' Tedtfai « tobethecaBe , anditerar pec ^ ^ J ^ ^ Peiiiion « u put a slop to , and thf proe&ei [ j 7 r r 611 &iteatian to eo-operaiioa . He then floi a ? * fe i * 7 iown ** principlea of Socialism , in ¦ " ¦ k i ^ KaT ^ omerated many of the grievances " ^ «* Tn » ^ the l * bonTin «« lMSea - E- » ery one , he ^ P ^ ^^ rf Becesd ^ T « f & change ; he toped the ^ * a ^^ * ould hett ^^ » ld « oI S » Q 1 * " - ^^ ea ^ JJ mct 1 ' ^ y * ou ld be enabled to d » w their fetiajjvZT - He concluded his fim apeeeh , by es : ' * a 4 ta v * hil ° P * ^ ha * Socialisni wa » best Bt ir ^» - *' * 8 eth « horrible « t » t * of « neifttr . w ^ fh . * 2 Jd rtT greatest
^ d **^ L ^? P ^ P ^ - The silence p b *^ S " ^^^ dar ^ g the deUyery of Mr . S w | tiLlf & «» introduced !* > Jnwhi ft r PTe * dear definition of the Caiar-&e « git S ; o . ^ foaaded oa nateral law . He !?• < S 4 to * W * * KBWMrt , Klatife to edncv-^ ae ^^ K ° od , as « wof the meansofbet" ¦ gUtte ^^ ^ aw * be admitted that many of & C 0 ^ J ^? k edlten » were the best schoian . 25 »« Sti Jf / 'E" ^ P « Ple- . . The property pro
> ,, f * tohi ^ »« ea , wiulit thelabow ^ l ^^ * ^ nnproteeted . Therewas no u * »^ ^ f ^ ftenee but laboor . The factori « s S ? *^ . r ^ L ** * ¦ »« **• The capitalist SL ^^ oiT r ^ 5 t « J because , if the people ^ i ^ T 1 !! ^ W « Price , they musi be J ? ^ aTf ^ stTC et ' Thi * was just Uke ramping fc ^ ^ L t mU > *• «* 1 ° rey rdto M ? J ^ Mr . ^^ ,, . ! ^^ » tere being no ^ " * 4 fer T ^ " ** th&t ^ bome ^ et was ° ? the reductisa of wages ; there
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money poor man . There bad been 14 , 006 Acts of Parliament p » ssed , out » f which not a single act was passed to protect the interest of the working man . No less than 6 , 000 , 000 of acres of land had been taken from toe people by the rich , and they had passed laws to secure it . Chartism gvra erery man equal power , from the king to the beggar . 2 &r , Leech then enumerated all the national and local taxes of the country , aad traced them to class legislation . The Poor Iaw and Rural Police Bills were passed without the consent of the people , and in opposition to them , because they had no power . Mr . Campbell had spoken of America as an instance that the Charter would not benefit the peeple . But he begged to inform him that America , although a Republic , was not goTerned by UniTer » al Suffiage . There were 3 , 000 , 000 Blares , who had no Tote . Besides , the people had to be there fire years before they were
entitled to citizenship , or hare a Tote . Mr . Leech then remarked that it Was impossible for the people to » re money to purchase land for a community , a man with good wages would Bare a few shillings one week , perhaps , but the next he might be out of work , and then want it for support ; besides , it was utteriy impossible for a hand-loom weaver to save £ 50 to be a land Socialist ( Hear , hear . ) He would say let the people get political power , and a Parliament of their own cbeoslng , and then , they could say to that Parliament , grant us £ 20 , 000 * 000 to purfhate land with , which would be no more ourBasoiuLble than granting the same sum to emancipate the black ¦ feres . The Charter was only a means to an end . The laws of primogeniture might be repealed , and erery other unjust Jaw upon the statute-book . Ms . Ltrnk glanced at many etils which heTcnaaHafwirii tftgSggfl Saflrag » : PBrtlaaeiil would' remote , aad appeared to delight the audience .
The speaking commenced at eight o ' clock , and CODtiuued till eIeY (? n ; &nd a more quiet , peaceable , and orderly discussion never waa held . Each man kept his temper , and handled his subject in a masterly style . At the conclusion , Mr . Campbell called upon the Chartists and Socialists to endeaTour to build a Hall to hold their meetings in , instead of being nearly suffocated eTery time they came together . A vote of thanks was giTea to the two disputants , and the Caainnw , when the people dispersed , to reflect for themselTes and form their owa conclusions . A great impression was made , and great good is sure to be the result .
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CITY OF XtONDOH . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , on Monday erening last , at the Dispatch Coffae House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Mr . Saunders , member of the General Council , stated that a public meeting will be held for the Incaroar&tfid TJet' »» , on Easter Monday , on fiennington Common , and that one-fourth of a month ' s contributions of the members of London are to be' derotod for the getting up of the same . The Rotunda , near Blaekfriar'a Bridge , is not to be obtained for the use of the members of London . At present , acttre measures are making in this locality to obtain a rery desirable chapel in this city . Another locality was formed in this city , which will hold its meetings at present at the Globe Coffee
House , Fore-street , Cripplegate , on Sunday erenings . Mr . J . W . Parker read a long letter from Mrs . Peddie , detailing the ignominious sufferings of her husband , sod tt " Lri 1 r » for * the exertions of her city friends , and money sent . ' Mr . Porker &lao read a letter from poor Carrier , who is a real martyr also in the cause . Fifteen shillings were collected for him , and sent , with fire shillings Mr . Cleave , of Shoe-lane , was so kind to give . Mr . C also gaTe this locality fifty Charter Almanacks , to be sold for his benefit Messrs . Cleave and Parker waited upon Mr . T . Duncombe , M . P ., on Tuesday , for Messrs . Peddie and Carrier , who were courteously received by him , with a promise that be would wait en I ^ ord Kormanby , and try What he oonld Aa In tba matter .
Lambeth . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Lambeth , the recommendation of Feargus O'Connor was unanimously adopted in reference to the new Convention . It was agreed that the subscription for the victims , at Easter , be proceeded with . The meeting next week will , we understand , be on Tuesday erening , at No . 5 i , Webber-row , Buke-strett , Waterloo-road , where all members are requested to attend . WOKWICH . —The CbATtlStg of Norwich held a public meeting on Monday last , to petition Parliament for the release of all political offenders , the recall of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the election of a delegate . The meeting was unexpectedly numerous , and the greatest order and attention "prerailed . The petition contained in uie Star was nn&n ' mous ] y adopted , &a < 2 Mr . Dorer was elected tne delegate to London .
WAKDSWORJfl . —On Monday evening , ft lecture was delivered to the men of W&ndaworth and the Chartists , by Mr . Benjamin Huggett , on the Rights of Labour ; a fair report of which has reached us ^ but the other numerous demands upon our space at this hour precludes its insertion . At tha close of the lecture , resolutions were adopted stating that , whilst all the other class interests had been protected , those of labour had been shamefully neglected , owing to exclusive legislation , which would continue until the Charter became the law of the land . It was announced that Messrs . Westerton and Huggitt would lecture alternately once a for might , on Monday evenings . UVERFOOL . —On Wednesday eTening last , a talented lecture on the People ' s Charter was delivered in the Chartists' Hall , Preston-street , by Mr . William Jones , to a numerous assembly .
WABRXNGTON . —The Chartists met here as usual , _ on Monday , when , after a discussion , the following resolution was carried uuanimousiy : — " That we , the Chartists of Warrington , do cordially agree with the plan laid down by Mr . O'Connor , for tha assembling of a Convention in London , on the 12 th of April , and that we are determined to exert ourselves to the utmost of our power to carry the Bame into effect . " It was then agreed that 7 s . be sent to the Siar-o&ce , to carry the foregoing plan into effect . A discussion ensued upan the propriety of forming a Teetotal Chartist Society , and it was kept np frith great spirit till nearly ten o ' clock , when" it was agreed " that the Chartists of Warrington do invite all teetotallers to come and join the . National-Charter Association . "
wooTTOJi-xncPER-HD&E , —The Chartist * of tiiis place , tender their sincere thanks to Mr . O'Connor for his plan , in furtherance of which they have forwarded us a subscription , acknowledged elsewhere . KIDDERMINSTER . —The Chartists of this town held a meeting on Monday night , at the Freemasons ' Arms Inn , to assist in earrying out the plan of our disinterested and patriotic friend , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Mr . Cnarlton addressed tbe meeting in a very able manner' on this occasion- It was then unanimously agreed , that Mr . O" Connor's Convention Petition Plan be adopted . Auditors were then appointed to examine the accounts , and to bring forward a b&lanee sheet , by the next public meeting .
BRADFORD . —At the Chartist meetings , on Saturdays , the 13 th and 20 th inst ., resolutions were carried to the effect , " That the money collected , after the funeral sermons preached on the Hth inst ., be Bent to Mrs . Clavton , Sheffield—that five shillings be eiren from the ViethB Fond of the Association , to Mr , Willi&m Brook , and that it be sent him to rforthallerton House of Correction , in accordance with his request , and that fira shillings be given from the same fund to Mr . Paul Hoidsworth , he not being able to obtain work . " Mr . O'Connor ' s Petition Convention Plan was discussed , when it was agreed that the further discussion of it should be adjourned to Wednesday evening .
Disccssioh Societt . —At a meeting of the Chartists , held at the house of Mr . R . Carrodas , North Tavern , Wapping , ou Monday night last , it was ananimoaslyresolved , "That a discussion Class be formed , to commence at seven o ' clock , on Sunday erening next ( March 28 th , ) and each succeeding Sunday evening , at the same hoar . The subject for disenssion , the first meeting , will b * e "Whether agricultural or commercial pursuits produce the greatest happiness to the people of this country . " WJSST-BBXSTOT , AHO CUTTOM .-At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of this district , on
Monday eveainc l&st , ft resolution in favour of the petition in the last week's Star , was unanimously adopted . The following answer to the letter sent with the Poor Law petitions has been received from Mr . Fielden , M . P . — " Sir , —The petitions yon sent me with yours , of the lith instant , I presented to the House of Commons on the 19 th instant . I hope the inhabitants ot erery street in Bristol will petition without delay , Against the unconstitutional Poor Law A » endmeBt Act , and the bill to uphold it now undergoing diMnssion . Short versions , and ft short priyer toeftch petition , is enough , "
8 WAZN GREEK . —A few working Chartists , on Sanday last , the 21 « t , went round to the different beer-homes oa Swain Green * with petition sheets for the liberation of Robert Peddie and O'Connor , and obtained 324 signatures . HETWOOD . —Dr . M'DonaH lectured her © on Wednesday last , on the " Devil's Law . " Petitions against lie law are Ijing for agjofttures in various places of the town . Mr . Job Plant preached an excellent funeral sermon on behalf of Mrs . Clajten , after which twelve shillings were collected . Ten hillings ftnd sixpence have been forwarded to the widow , * t Sheffield , the other one shilling * ttd sixpence has paid the ezpences .
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IiWCBSTBR . —Monday afternoon » ad evening , and Tuesday night were exhilarating occasions to the Chartists of Leicester . Mr . and Mrs . Vincent were happily met by Mr . Edwards , who left Oakham Gaol on Monday morning , and sat down ta 4 ea with » gleesome party of two hundred and fifty , in the New Hftll . After singing and other rational amusements , the young champion began his lecture to an audience of nearly six hundred . Mr . Vincent ' s manner and matter are alike calculated to win him a most enthusiastic attention , and the appl&utevras rapturous and frequent . Mr . Edwards followed , with feelings almost irrepressible , from their hayiag been long pent up ; and after a verse of toe Chartist
National Anthem , "God save ' John Frost , " the company broke np , highly delighted . Tbe lecture was of a less exciting , but of a very solidly instrnotive character , on Tuesday ni ^ ht ; and Mr . Edwards again seconded tho observations of Mr . Vincent . Cheers ivere given , as usual , for the Charter , Feargus O'Connor , Frost and his companion ? , and all the prisoners ; also for Mr . Vincent and all the Chartist advocates at liberty ; and for Mrs . Vincent and the Chartist women of England . Edwards departed for Wales on Wednesday morning , and the young and happy pair for Lougborough . Mr . Vincent lectures at Leicester again next Monday and Tuesday evenings .
I 7 PP £ R BANtEY-Agreeable to instruction through the delegate U > Manchester , the Chartists of Upper Hanley and Smallthorn have joined the National Charter Association . BARN SLET . —The sum of one pound has been subscribed for tbe Political Prisoners Liberation and Chartists' Petition CoDTentionFund ; aaren and fourpence of which was subscribed by Worsborough Common fr iends . The subscription iUt atill lies open . EUSDERSFXEZiD . —On Monday evening , a public meeting took place in the Chartist Association-room ,
Upperhead-row , for the purpose of electing a Delegate to the Charter and Petition Convention , when Mr . Pitkethly was unanimously elected . Mr . Cbyton proposed the following resolution , which created a Bbort discussion : — " That in the opiaiou of thU meeting , as a misunderstanding exists between Mr . Pitkethly and the Weat-Riding Delegates , which assembled at Hecfemondwike , it is necessary immediately to investigate the said difference , and settle it to the satisfaction cf all parties ; and that the case be referred to tbe next meeting of the Council of Delegates for the West-Riding , which assemble at Dawsbury .
MANCHESTER . —The Chartist ' s Room , Tlb-stroet , was crammed ou Sunday evening , to hear Christopher Doyle , late member of the Preston Whig College . Before he toimnaneed . Mi . Wh «> i « r , the chairman , announced that a great number of shares had been taken towards erecting a Chartist Hal ] , and which is patronised by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . He urged those to take shares who had not yet done bo , that the above gentleman ( F . O'C . ) might lay the foundationstone the first time lie enters Manchester . This waa received with loud cheering . He then introduced Mr . Doyle , who commenced by saying he could not help congratulating them on the recent triumph they had gained over tho Corn Law humbugs . He had two reasons to be proud of the conquest First , because
the Corn Law Repealers -were insincere towards the working classes . Second , that the meeting -was called and took placo in the open day , and at an Uour 'when the bulk of the Chartists were coufinod in the cotton mills , yet they put them to ihe rout . Mr . Doyla then went through the dishonest conduct of the Ropoalers , and expressed his indignation at the presumption of the Mayor in claiming the clia > , coatriry to the majority of the meeting . Sir . Doyle then defended himself against a false report which appeared in the Manchester and Salford Advertiser , and stated that that paper advocated w&tggism , to the very core . The Editor of that paper ( Mr . Condy ) has denounced the Chartists because they had the moral courage to go to the meeting ou Friday , and tell those
public cheats of their hollow and deceitful conduct , and that they had rights to be supported as well as the middle class ; and , indeed , their grievances were of a greater importance , aad of a deeper die . { Hear , hear . ) Mr . Condy , he said , was no Radical , but a political Whig shuffler . Mr . Boyle said that he aud &eren or eight of Ills broths * Chutists had teen at meeting of the C ^ ra Law repealers thu night prea rious to the great meeting on Friday , at which Cobden , M'Konovr , and many othen of the great leaders of that party were present ; and the Rav . Gentleman let the " cat out of tbe bag , " by declaring , that if the Cora Lawr were not repealed the people woufd be unable to support ths ministers of the Gospel , thus proving that he was an interested party , and not
labouring , b&casrse he has such aa amount of sympathy as he would wish the working men of Manchester to give him credit for . ( Hear , hear , and caeers . ) Having given his opinion on the proceedings of these Corn Law humbugs , he proceeded with the subject of his lecture , which was on the miscalled-National Debt and the Corn Laws . He began at the year 1697 , and stated that at that time a war broke out , and the Government called upon the people to lend money ; and in many instances , sixty or seventy pounds were lent to the Government on the national faitll , and was acknowledged as £ 100 , and for which tbe parties received five per cent , interest . This money was borrowed , not so much to prevent a foreign enemy landing upon the British shores , as to put an extinguisher ,
if possible , upon republican principles . ( Hear , hear . ) The war in 1797 cost this country £ 21 , 500 , 000 ; the second war , in 1712 , cost £ < 3 , 000 , 000 ; the third war , in 1737 , cost ^ 6 ' 3 , ooo , ooo ; the fourth war , in 17 CC , cost £ 111 , 600 , 000 ; the fifth ( the American ) war , cost £ 139 , 000 , 010 ; the sixth war , csmmonly called the French Revolution , frem the year 1793 to 1815 , cost £ 850 , 000 , 000 . The men who were at the head of these ¦ wars declared they could not help going to warthat if they did not , Napoleon would land in England , and take their estates . Thes , said ho , according to their own shewing , if the money was borrowed to protect their estates , they , as a matter of justice to the people , should discharge the debt . ( Hear , and cheers . ; It onebt to be paid out of the landed property .
To shew his hearers how they had been robbed and plundered , he read a list of statistical tables , all of which bad been paid by the blistered hands and fustian jackets of this country . Another trick played upen tho peopJe was , the issnio £ of notes ot twenty shillings each , and bought up by the Jewg for thirteen shillings , and the people had to pay interest for twenty shillings , when in reality only thirteen had been had in value . These Corn Law Repealers assert that sines the C'jrn Laws have been put on , that the people havo fared "worse in their living than they did before . Bad as the Corn Laws had been to tbe country , there were two evils of greater magnitude ; the first was the moneyocracy , aristocracy , and tke hangers on of the public purso . ( Hear , hear . ) The second was . and he thought
tne greatest of all , the want of political power to the many . ( Cheers . ) Who were to blame for the machinery going abroad into countries , "where our goeds were formerly exported , but those "who have got factories and are not not only manufacturing for themselves , but are absolutely furniahing other markets "with their surplus of goods ? Whose fault is this ? And what will stop it ? Will a repeal of the Com Laws ? Here Mr . Doyle read from a document , proving that in one conntry , where we but a faw years og » exported 6 uo , 000 , oooib » . of twist , they not only manufacture for themselves , but exporting tor others . Tois document was On the authority of Mr . Gregg , one of the Com Law party . How do tbe repealers intend to obviate this difficulty ? Do they intend sweeping off the National Debt ? Oh ,
no ; they are constitutionalist * . Do they want to bring down the taxes of the nation , and put ns more on a par with other cheap governments ? No ! They say nothing about that . Well , then , what is their panacea after the Corn Laws are repealed ? Why we ignorant fools forget that when the Com Laws are repealed those gentlemen who have gone abroad with their capital , who have laid out two or three hundred thousand pounds in erecting factories which are now paying them remarkably well , would stop their factories , and they who have never been agriculturalists would begin to till the land for us and grow us corn , while we in this country manufactured for them in return . ( Cheers and laughter . ) This is tbe argument of the Repealers : but is it sound ? . ( No . ) No , it i »
not . Those countries are not so heavily taxed ; besides they are in possession of both factories and land , and consequently are independent" Again , the British manufacturer is beaten by foreign competition . Why ? Let us take the account given by ftregg , one of the best Informed of the manufacturers : — " The United States , " which , he says , " manufactured only 100 bales of cotton in 1814 , now manufacture 300 , 000 bales , as much as we then did ; further , sixteen years ago . the forest of Low Hill , in the United States , echoed no sound but that of the cataract ; bat now , there is a water power of 5 , 000 h » rses there , applied to cotton manufectures , spinning 40 , 600 bales yearly . The United States not only manufacture to consame , but to export ;
they send 34 , 000 bales of cottom goods to South America , and 17 , 000 to the . Cape , Calcutt * . and Canada . " " Russia , " Mr . Gregg further informs us , " manufactures to the extent of one-third the quantity of Great Britain now does , perhaps 350 , 000 btlea , France ire know manufactures 300 , 009 bales , and Germany , fee ., about 2 eo , ooe more , altogether l , li 0 , 000 bales ; a number greater than our whole cotton manufacturers . " Now , who can help this ? No one . So long as these nations are wise , and understand their ewn interests , they will employ their own subjects , and their capital , instead of tbe capital of the Com Law League . The manufacturers in the above countries w < uk their mills by water power , which opposes tbe English manutactarer
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who works his mill by steam , So long as such o # ds are against us —«> long aa th « whole expences of a Government only amount to about £ 15 , 000 , and they having the same privileges as another , at the expense of raofethan five hundred times the amount ; when these are put la competition with each other , the latter , wfaielfelr England , most be successfully beaten . SoJUuehj tken , for the fallacies of these Corn-Law humbug * MrvIX aaid , that In the year 1836 , there were manu&eSjreig * h » reaHs « i ^ 200 , 000 . then they did not cry o « t-agabut the Corn Laws . These Repealers put him In mind ( when they expressed their sympathy for tbe working classes ) of the churchwardens , who eat
the rabbit , and gqnr the skin to the starving poor . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Doyle contended that if the Corn Laws were repealed , with an equitable adjustment of the debt , that we would be worse off than -we were before . Land would fall in price , money would be dearer , wages lower , and the people less able to pay the enormous taxe * oa etjier things . He showed the Inconsistency of th * middle classes calling upon the werklng classes to * 5 a * BJst in opposing a Parliament which they have uB Jjj H ' ii themselves , and whioh the working classes haifi j voice in choosing . He spoke at great length , and saVBown amid the applause of the assembly . T
Dr . M'D 0 UA . Lt .--jfiln Monday evening , pursuant to announcement by fftcard , X > r . fel'Douall delivered a lecture in the CifyAtee ' t Hall , on the evils of the factory system . Mr . William Gresty was called to the chair , and lnfrni ^ rqnWiM | JliJinr Imiil thi tfitodits itf the vast ^ mmW-Wtl ^ mafm ^ StVXw , the Doctor gave a puhllo challenge to Mr . Cobden , to meet him in discussion upon the question of the Com Laws . Mr . Watkina , a Corn Law Repealer of tbe first water , asked the Doctor-ffhether the Corn Laws Were an evil or not The Doctor replied , and reiterated his challenge to any one of the Corn Law party . Mr . Watkin refused on the ground that the Doctor -was a talented man , and be himself was not ; consequently
the Doctor would be certain of a victory . Mr . Bailey , an operative , rose and said he would undertake to meet Mr . Watkin if he chose , but he declined . Mr . Warren , the president of the defunct operative Corn Law Association , made a few remarks in his usual mistified manner . Mr . Bailey then reminded him of the agreement , which was made at the dissolution of the Operative Association , that subsequently they would go for nothing less than the Charter , but this had not been followed out because some of the parties were paid by the League . The Doctor was then put in nomination for the Convention , and was elected at the Tib-street Room , on Tuesday evening .
Lecture . —Mr . Leeoh delivered a lecture , on Tuesday evening , in the ChattiBt ROODQ , Tlb-Btrc 6 t , Manchester , to a numerous attendance . Abbest . —Mr . Christopher Dean , member of the late Convention , was arrested on Tuesday , in Manchester , and sent to Kirkdale , to take his trial . X . OV 6 HBOROUGR . —On Thursday week , atueeting of tho anti-Corn Law Association was announced to beheld , to which , in their address t * the inhabitants , they invited these favourable to repeal to attend . The Cbartists , believing they intended to adopt a petition , resolved to attend to watch the proceeding * . The consequence of this was . that orders -were given not to open tbe doors till tha gentlemen came . After the people had waited till nine o ' clock , the meetiug beinj
announed for eight , tbe Secretary of the anti-Corn Law Association , and whose name was attached to the address , made his appearance , and ordered tbe lights to be put out , amid the laughter of tho assembly . The Chartists immediately adjourned to the Market-place , where Mr . Bairstow made a spirited speech , dissecting the address used by tho Corn Law gents ., and giving them a sound thrashing . At the close , cheers were given for Charter , 4 c also groans for the humbugs . On Monday evening last , a public meeting was held at tbe Charter Hotel ; Mr . Pratt was called to the chair , and gave a pleasing account of the progress of the good cause at Nottingham . Mr . Skevington then came forward , and moved tbe adoption of the petition contained in the Star , —repeated applause taking place during its reading , also execrations at the contrasts it contained : —it
waa unanimously adopted , and arrangements were then made to get as many signatures as possible . Mr . Skevington was then elected a delegate to the Convention . BIIUTIINGHAM . —Chartism is assuming a glorious position in this town since the late meeting at S . alloway Head . The Chartist meeting Room in Freeman-street , will prove tho foundation of a better and more numerous Association than has heretofore . existed . Tbe-worn has . beon well attended daring the whole of the past week . fo hear the eloquent addresses of Meaera . Martin and Taylor , the talented Chartist nii&Mlon&riea for this district . Mr . Martin arrived on Wednesday evening , and addressed a numerous and enthnsiastic audience , by whom he was loudly and repeatedly cheered . He was elected tbe same evening as the delegate for Birmingham to the Petition Committee , about to assemble in London .
Chartist Peeacjiing at Hollowat Head . — Intijrfeke . nci : of Police . —On Sunday last , pursuant to public notice , Mr . Wm . Martin attended at Hulloway Hi ad , for tho purpose of delivering a political sermon . He preached from the following text : — " Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake , " and was proceeding , in an able manner , to show the iuutility of persecution , aud the hypocrisy of priests , when a large posse of policemen were seen advancing , " rank and fiie . " One of them , who seemed to be a superintendent , or sergeant , stepped up to the speaker , and ordered him to desist Mr . Martin
insisted on his right to preach the gospel wherever he thought proper ; after which Mr . George White demanded their authority for coming there to interrupt the assembly . The "Jock in office " , replied that be had been sent by Mr . Burgess , the superintendent , aud had positive orders to disperse the meeting . A loud iiiurKur of dissatisfaction was then raised , some insisting en Mr . Martin to continue his address , whilst others advised an adjournment to the Chartist meeting room , Freeman-street . The latter proposition was adopted , and the people departed in a body to the Chartist meeting room . Oh ! What & blessing it is to live in a free ceuutry . '
Now look on this picture , and mark the dlftrence . —On Thursday week , three persons were pro . seeding down Spiceall-street , but could not get through a crowd of some three or four hundred farmers , by tvhom the street was blocked up , to the annoyance of foot passengers . One of the above-mentioned individuals applied to policeman 185 ) to remore tbe crowd from the thoroughfare ; but was told that they had orders not to interrupt them , as they were respectable farmers and corn-dealers . He was then asked whether the Chartists would be allewed to stand there in the same manner ; to which the policeman made the following answer ;— "Yes , to be afterwards removed to tbe dungeon . " This needs no comment , and proves the degree of slavery to which we are reduced ;
Public Meeting . —A public meeting was held at tho Chartist Meeting-room , Freeman-street , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Wm Martin , on the treatment received by the Chartist prisoners in Northallerton House of Correction , and also to nominate a council ; whose names are inserted elsewhere . Mr . John Williamson , the Chairman , introduced Mr . Martin to the meeting . He was received with cheers and clapping of hands , and delivered an able addrtss on the atrocities of NorthallertDn Holl , and tho bad treatment to which the Chartist prisoners had been subjected . Hia address gave great satisfaction , and excited in turn the s ympathy and laughter of tbe assembly by
the peculiar mode of illustration which he adopted . After Mr . Martin had concluded , the meeting was addressed in an able and spirited manner by Mr . Mahon , of Coventry . He advised them to discontinue the use of intoxicating drinks . A very handsome mahogany box was presented to the members of the National Charter Association , by a gentleman -who declined giving his name . A tote of thanks was given him for his kind present ; thanks were also given to the Chairman , after which , three hearty cheers were given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the incarcerated Cbartists ; when the meeting separated .
Frost , &c , Restobation Committee . —A meeting of the above Committee was held at the Chartist meeting-rcom , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last A letter was read from JLeamiDgton containing 6 s ., and enquiring whether the committee intended to act on the plan suggested by Mr . O'Connor ; one from Heywood containing a remittance and accompanied with a memorial ; and one from the North West District of Glasgow , with a memorial signed "Josh . Dixon . " After the correspondence had been read , a long discussion took place as to the manner in which the memorial should be presented . Mr . Wm . Martin was proposed and unanimously elected an honorary member of the committee . Mr . Charles Aahton was added to the committee , after which , an enquiry was made regarding
some peeiniary matters , in which Mr . Cotto » , one of oar late secretaries , is interested . Mr . Barrett wu appointed to wait upon hint . A balance sheet up to March 1 st waa then read and approved . It was then moved by Mr . Noaks , and seconded by Mr . Blake , " That this meeting highly approve of M » . Win . Martin as a fit and proper penon . t » act on the proposed Convention about to assemble in London , and are satisfied with hix nomination , on behalf of Birmingham . " A long discussion then took place concerning Messrs . Moir and Pitkethly , and as to Jthe manner in whioh the business of the committee might be transacted in London . It was ultimately arrassfed that no further steps should be taken until it waa known who had been appointed id attend th * London Convention .
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; BRIGHTON . —A public meeting « f iheHChattisto of Brighton , was held at the Cap of Liberty , Partland-• treet , on Wednesday evening , March J 7 £ h , 1841 , when It was tuuminmaif resolved , « Tost tbe-plan of Featjgtu O'Connor , Esf ., a » to a Contentionto meet in London , for the purpose of getting up petitMM fo ? all the political victims , i « fee adopted , and aeted moa immediately ; " it was farther resolved , " ia * t th « draft of ft petition to thv&oaae of Lords , inserted in the Star , for Frost , William * * Jones , be also adopted an * signed by the Chairman on behalf of thesaeetisg . " The good cause progresses steadily but fitntiy is Brighton . MARYtEBONE . —At a meeting at the Mechanics ' Institution , on Sunday evening , Vb » phtnot organisation , as laid down by the late delegateineettng at Manchester , was diasusoed , when resolutions were passed in favour of It , and Mr . O ' . Coonor ' a Conventfea Petition Plan .
CITY" Or WESrnriMSTSR »—Tlw Chartists held their weekly meeting on Wednesday , the 17 th of March , at the Payiour ' a Arms , JohBSon-steeet , when a resolution was adopted in favour of Mr . O'Connor ' s Petition Convention Plan . CHELSEA . —At a meeting of Chartists , held at the United Temperance Coffee House , Lower 6 eorge-street , Chelsea , on Sunday evening last , " Captain" Wall , In a short lecture , » Wy expeunded the principles of the People ' s Charter . Maoy sew members were enrolled , and other business wm tranaactsd . ^^ ,. ^ ,,: ;;
' -MWS ^ jTSiiaiy ^ lasi , W . Balrsiow preached a funeral sermon , in the Market Place of this town , to a crowded and attentive audience , for the benefit of the widow and family of poor Clayton , irbezt the sum Of £ 1 15 S . 8 Jd . Was Collected . Expencea being deducted for bills printing , post oraer , &c etc ., wo have forwarded to Mrs . Clayton £ 1 . Mr . Bairstow took his text from the nineteenth chapter and sixth verse of tha Gospel according to St . John— " When the Chief Priests and officers therefore saw him , they eried oat , saying , 'Crucify him , crucify him . "" Mr . Bw applied the text in an able and masterly manner .
SOWERBY . —O'Connor ' s plan for the formation ol the " Charter and Petition Convention" i » highly approved of here , and the sum of Us . has been collected for Its support HALIFAX . —On Sunday last , two sermons were preached in the Chartists' Lecture Room , Waterhousestreet , by Mr . John Arran , of Bradford . The text was from the 13 th chapter of Hebrews , and the third verse , " Remember them that are in bonds , as bound with them , " from which hB delivered a spirit-stirring discourse .
Public Meeting . —On Monday evening , a pubfljs meeting was holden in the same place , to adopt the plan recommended by the people ' s champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . John Crosland in the chair . Kesolntions , sympathising with Frost , Williams , and Joues , and all the incarcerated victims of a tyrannical Government , and stating that tho meeting resolved to petition the Commons' House of Parliament on behalf of the said suffering parties , as well also to make the Charter the law of the land ; and agreeing that the petition , as published in the Star , be adopted by this meeting , and also that Mr . L . Pitkethly , of Huddersfleid , waa a tit and proper person to sit in the Convention , to watch over tho presentation of the petition ; were adopted .
BUNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns delivered a lecture at the Life Boat House , to a large and very attentive auditory ; at tha close of hte address a collection was made ou behalf of the widow of tho system-JUurdored Clayton . The Life Boat House fronts the sea baaca , near the Pier , which being & place of great resort in fine weather , is admirably adapted ft > r open air meeting * It is intended to continue those meetings , weather permitting , every Sunday afternoon , at half past two ' clock . Petition Convention . —On Sunday morning , a meeting of the Council of the Charter Association of Sunderland , was held in tbe Corporation Hall , to consider the proposed Convention . Mr . Oliver of Newcastle , proposed , on behalf of the Chartists of that place .
that Sandcrland should unite with the former , in electing and supporting a Delegate to tha said Convention . Tfl « Convention was unanimously approved of , and it was resolved that a public niueting should bo held in the evening , to bring the subject before the inhabitants of the town . Ou Sunday evening , tbe Co-operative Hall , by the numerous audience assembled there , exhibited clearly that tho Petition < 3 oaventlon wm deemed a subject of great importance to . the cause . Mr . Dobbie being called to the chair , explained the nature and objects of the meeting . Mr . Williams then came forward and after an energetic aud suitable address , moved the- first resolution , viz .: —That this meeting has heard with pleasure the proposal , submitted to the country by Mr . O'Connor , to farm a Petition Convention , in London ,
and believing that the said Convention would in many ways be powerfully calculated to advance the cause , determines - to adopt the most speedy and energetic moans to carry the same into" effect . Mr . Deegan ably Bupported the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Oliver , of Newcastle , addressed the meeting , after which the following resolution was moved by Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Kirker , and carried unanimously : —" That thia meeting accepts with pleasure the proposal of our brethren in Newcastle , to co-operate in tbe election arid maintenance of a delegate to the said Convention . " The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Deegau , seconded by Mr . Small , and carried by acclamation : — " That thismeeting tenders its warmest thanks to Mr . O'Connor , for the excellent advice contained in his letter on the proposed Convention , and
assures him that thoy will cheerfully and energetically aid him , in every suggestion and measure calculated to advance the interests of that cause for which he is suffering a cruel and unjust imprisonment . " The friends in Newcastle having expressed their wish that either Mr . Williams or Mr . Binns should be selected for the office of delegate , if possible , Mr . Williams stated that having just entered upon business , which required his constant care to establish firmly , he would be under the necessity of declining the honour ; but would give bis best exertions in Sunderland to arouse tho spirits of his brethren , and strengthen their resources and power . Mr . Binns not being present , it was determined to ascertain wheibe * he could comply , and , in the event of his inability , to solicit that stanch and able patriot , J . Watkins , Esq ., to represent Durham and Northumberland in the proposed Convention .
Tempehance and Chartism . —It has been reaolrea by tho Temperance , or Teetotal Chartists of Sunderland , to wed the regenerating and tax-destroying cause ot Teetot&liBni to Chartism , on Monday evening next , by the formation of a Teetotal Charter Association . This step has been forced upon them not less by the mutual connection between , and importance of both Temperance and Chartism , than by the contemptible bigotry , fanaticism , and tyranny of the Old Teetotal Society ; - ' the management of which is now in the hands of a sectarian clique , to whom the interests of tho cause are subservient to the aggrandise , nient of a sect , and the gratiHeation of their Tory spleen against all political Reformers . The use of the Temperance Hail was recently denied to the Mechanics ' Institute Committee , who wanted it for popular concerts , on the ground that the Committee -were composed of Chartists , Socialists , and . Infidels ; and for similar reasons it was refused to the Charter Committee , on Messrs . Williams and Binns' liberation from prison .
DUKHAOT . —We have very great pleasure in stating that the Chartists of the city of Durham continue to maintain with judgment and zeal the cause of liberty . They are weekly adding to their numbers , and have now engaged of Mr . Bradford , Temperance Hotel , a large room , where they meet eTery Monday evening . At those meetings , discussions , songs , jecitations , and lectures h ave been , or will be delivered , and although they cannot , fr « u the scruple * of the landlord , be said to be public meetings , yet , aa every
Chartist has the liberty of introducing a fctend » or friends , they will be greatly serviceable to the cause . They have resolved to establish a reading room , and have ordered a quantity of tbe English , aad Scotch Chartist Circulars : the TeetolalUr , Stephen * ' * Mag * Mlm , Northern Star , Weekly Dispatch , am * . Dia&eChnnfcle , &c We Wd them Qo& speed , and desire them to remember , tuat while struggling for their rights , they have wisely adopted a course wJ iich will contribute to their personal improvement aniJ . enjoyment , as well as their country ' s redemption ..
OTJSBBWRW . —The Chart ists of this place met on Sunday evening last , in th 9 Bjker Building Scho « l Koom . After some anancir i business had been transacted , tbe National Petitia a was read and gave general satisfaction . On Monday evening , a special meeting of the Chartists was call «\ to hear » deputation from Newcastle . The depuV 4 Uoa proceeded to state that it was in contemplation by the Chartists of Sunderland , Newcastle , and < &te / ae * 4 , to send a delegate to tBe Charter Convention , v ^ ad they wished the co-operation of um nut of Onset * arn . An animated discuarien
eaeuei , which was pu # /» Stop to by Mr , J . H » ll proposing and Mr . J . Hebde a seconding , the following resolution i— " That Wa , the Chartists of Onseburn will co-opeiate with .-our friends of Sonderiand , Newcastle , and Gateshead , iu sending a delegate to the Charter Convention ;» nd tnat the Committees of Ouseburn , Wew « astl » , Mr d Gaieshead amalgamate into one to carry out the above object" Meetings will be held in Newca stle , Opa * burn , and Gftteshead , during this week , to elect del ' jgate , and adopt the National Petition .
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y ^ ^^ V ft&T CARXJSLE . —We are happy to state , thai S * O'Connor ' s plan baa been universally acted upon both - j here and in the neighbourhood . Various sums of money . / have been sent from the different neighbouring village * . ^ The calico printers of Cummendale , have come forward with their usual spirit and generosity , by subscribing no less * « um than seventeen shillings . A council meeting took place on Monday evening , when Iettan were read , by the secretary , Mr . Joseph Richardson , from Wlgton and Dalstoh , expressive of the detmahm- - - tion of toe people in those plaets to iftall in their p ower to assist in carrying oat the praiseworthy object Th « council did not finally decide on sending » delegate to Lyndon , they considered money might be wanW ing foi'tn * $ Tptrpose . We would strongly recommend of
to the *» ana 9 ^ the propriety sending a delegate , for two co ^ nt reasons—firstly , Mr . O'Connor naa singled out CsrhVle , knowing well the strength , spirit , and intelligent V of the Radical party there ; and , secondly they posses * m tDe House of Commons , one of the most straightfor * « &nd independent men in that House , who has ae t er failed in doing his duty towards the people , and whose particular kindness and feeling conduct toward * that suffering body of men—the handloom weavers—tt ? h * never to be forgotten—not to men > tion his manly an t' persevering conduct in theHonae in favour « f Mi OV * !> nnor . The expence of a delegate to and from Londoa mi 8 nt *» from £ 5 to \ £ 6 . Now suppose Carlisle to nA e £ 3 , Wigton 15 s ., DaJston 10 a , Cummendale 10 s ., s * d minor places 20 a ., thia sum eould easily be raised .
CHESTERFX £ U > i , ^ ND BROWPTOH . —Tha Cbartists resident in t&e * Plaeea held their weekly meeting On Monday e «« . ' "I ML The Secretary bawled In 12 a , 6 d . from a ? , ft . end , ( & W . Y . ) and the following resolutions werff * nanimously passed : —1 . " Thafca vote of thanks be gi «* to our friend , S . W . Y ., for fate donation to this Society "—2 - That 6 s . 3 d . be seat to the Northern Star fa * ^ w Convention Fund . " a . "That we nominate a deleg&k -tothe Convention . " 4 . '' That Mr . WilliamMartin ) , tfi » late victim of Whig tyranny , be the delegate . "—5 . M ° 3 fe % t M the Chartista of t&Js neighbourhood have got pc * session of a room of their own to meet in , and infetax } . having it openod about Baxter , a letter be writt&ni . to Mr . William Martin , to know what day will bttfe a 4 lfc him to come . " 6 . " That this Society Uk » the saeney \ of the Engiui Chartia * . Circular ,. tQ& . qX&m dumpnd Uaittwfc " ,- * . eveninga . **— 8 . " That the foregoing-ixraem for insertion in the Northern Star . " -
NOTTiNQEtAiYi . —At a public'iBeetft * . ?> held on Monday evening last ; it wag agreed * thafr a . - Sweet , Goose-gate , be appointed to represent 1 this I ewn and county in the Conventien , recommended by- 2 ii 'OTBn * nor ,-to meet in London on the 12 th of AJjriJ Ml * t , and that the petition , as it appears in the Siar of tfea week , be adopted . BOLTO * r . —Foreign Polics . —M'Boiutu . axi ? Warden . — -Dr . M'Douall gave a lecture to the mew of Bolton , in the Theatre , on Monday last , oatfae Kigbt « of labour . " At the conclusisn of the lecture , Mr . J . Warden , of foreigu-polioy notoriety , stood'up- i&the pit , and was about'to address the meeting , when he was invited to the stage . When there , be'reminded the audience of his having pledged himself to-vindicate the course he took in joining the ranks of tbe Foreign Policy men , and to refute the charge of dishonesty circulated against that party by Mr . ll'Douall . He eaoae
forward , he said , to redeem that pledge , and'hoped that the Doctor would be ready to meet him on an eaxly day , as he wonld within a week , perhaps , quit puWio life and return to his original occupation . The Doctor expressed himself most willing to meet him , and , to prove his charges of political dishonesty against that party who were long , ago dead , and named Friday-for the discussion . Messrs . Lord , Giilespie , and others then , stated that , at Mr . Warden ' s request , a public meeting of the Chartists had been held for the purpose of- affording him , as a Chartist leader , an opportunity ? of vindicating his impolitic aud devious course , which ,, ofter a patient hearing , he failed to do ; and that hi * conduct in again attempting to revive the subject onghfc to be held in very great suspicion . Mr . W . Warmly replied , and was as hotly answered , amidst cries of " cock-tail ginger , "— " off , off , " and groaDa , and fainfc cheers from a number of his friends , which have grown . " Small by degrees and beautifully less , "
since hia connexion with the foreign policy humbug . However , Friday was fixed on fvr the discussion , and was looked forward to with nmch interest . At eight o'clock on that evening the bouse waa filled in every * part . Mr , B . Marsden wm called to the chair , and it . was agreed that each speaker should occupy half as hour alternately . Warden commenced , and consumed ^ bis time more by unworthy and petulaat personalitiestowards his opponent , thaubythe matter of the question . To these the Doctor found no difficulty in replying , and carrying with him the good sense of the ineetiag . Warden then came nearer to the point ; and endeavoured to prove the paramount importance of keeping an eye on the thieves at a distance , rather thaa ou those with their hands already in tli « pockets of
tne people ; spoke largely of international law , and the foreign policy of Miuisters , which he denounced ; and showed that he was better acquainted with the modern names and divisions of theancieut Bosphorus , thaa he was with the manufacturing districts and condition of the people of Lancashire . He was frequently interrupted by cries \ of . V Give it : uiv Warden ; 'f ~ " Go home , " &c . Ac ice . Dr . M'DouslI , in reply , wa quite at home , triumphantly upsetting and demolish * ing the fallacious arguments and sophistries , of hu opponent ; satisfactorily showing , however , that the fruits of the foreign policy mania were to its advocates of a more substantial and golden nature than those gathered by the men devoted to the Chartist cans * Warden then wound up a most weak , lame , and
impotent defence , by proposing the following specious resolution— "That it 1 m the duty of every man to inquire into the foreign policy of bis country . '' Dr . M'Douall contended , that . as the working men of this country were in a state of political serfdom—a mere slave class—their first duty and their best interest * commanded them to look at home , and to put forth their every energy for their emancipation from political thraldom . lie moved the following amendment" That the foreign policy of this country would neither be honourable to human nature or beneficial to mankind , Until political power was vested in the people according to the principles of the Charter . " This
amendment was earned amidst reiterated cheering . A few Conservatives held up their hands for the motion The Chairman then Btated that one ef Mr . Warden ' s friends wished to be heard for two minutes , when , to the astonishment of all , Mr . Cardo staggered towards the front ot the stage , where he stood for some time , amidst cries of "he ' s . drunk , * ' scouts of indignation , groans , and hisses . The Chairman interposed and said he would take the sense of the meeting , in the regular way , as to whether he should be heard , which being put , was found to be unanimously against him , when Mr . C . retired , under the same infliction of popular disapprobation which he received ou his appearance . The meeting then separated , cheering fox the Charter , &o .
DUBLIN . —Chartist Association . —The weekly ; : meeting of this Association was held on Sunday evening last , in the Reading-room , Golden-lane , which was numerously attended , Mr . Patrick Rafter in the chair . The meeting was addressed in very eloquent terms , by > ir . O'MaUey , In rapport of the People ' s Chair ; after which the following resolutions were put from the chair , and carried by acclamation : —1 . * 'That we sympathise with our illustrious , unflinching , aud patriotic countryman , Feargus O Connor , Esq ., who is now suffering in the felon's dungeon for advocating , the People ' s Charter , and that we cannot bat loot with horror and disgust , upon that base and tyrannical . Whig Government , for their unprecedented cruelty and barbarity towards him , and the other patriots still suffering in the different dungeons throughout England , as
well as their tyranny to wards Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , who were illegally banished from their native land . " 2 . "That we view with no little sur--prise the great decline - -of the Northern Star from .: amongst as , since the formation of tbe Committee in . Liverpool for its distribution . " 3 . " Th * t tha marked , thanks of this association * r « due , and hereby given ,, to the different persons in Bngland , Scotland , and . Wales , for their kindness in sending us the Northern Star . " 4 . •' " That we unanimously reqjast that all , communications and papers , that our friends may deem fit to favour us with in future , be directed to the care of Mi . John Nortoa , No . 8 , Golden-lao * , for this-Asao > clatiou . " After these resolutions bad been passed , the meeting separated , giving three cheers- for Ifeargus O'Connor , Esq . and thS > Charter , aad three , dismal groan * f « r the base Whigs . '
CHARTISM IN IRELAND . —3 Jho follWfing extract of a letter ( dated Drogheda ^ March i 3 , in answer to a friend of the cause ia . Bolfcoa , who baa been in the habit of sending Start : aad Chartist tracts to tbe writer in Irelan d > will ahow that the good cause of Chartism has taken root in that town * and -will in duo season produce aknndance of fruit : — " With respect to polities , though i was for some time : ignorant of Chartist prittcipleft , I Ms no longer so ; and am always preaeaing them in my limited circle . Several oth « 3 get . Stor * bete . Mr . O'Coanot takes credit to himstif for helping , and I believe producing , through the mediamof his paper * Uie agitation for the Charter , which > s the first combined movement the people , as a body * hav « made for their right * . The people ' s fijdito areclearly defined ia the Charter , and are such &s na true friend to liberty can object to . It ( the
Uiarter ) embraces all that theonsti have been so Jong talking aboat , and I with that the people ^ ero would acitate for H likewise . We had a largo ineetinKhere , the other day , to petition in favour of Morpsth ' i Bill . Some of the speakers went into a histor ; of the franchise from ike time that none oat serfs were exoluded . I wish some bold fellow had been present to advocate tbe Charter , for as I bad been westkinjr prenoHiIf to tarn of tho more latolligeat persona there » bout it , and declared myself % ChartiBt , several of them replied ? ditto : ' but it un « fortunately happens that the great bulk of th * people , whom it more immediately concerns , knownothing about it—even among tho respectables , who are generally horrified at the name . Some honestly conicB 3 , when 1 have explained the Charter , that they knew nothing of the prinoiplea . ' All who have acquaintances in Ireland should imitate o . ux Bolton friead ' s © sampler
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct699/page/1/
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