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UMRKMT . A eEAHD POPULAR DRlfOFBTRATION TO WKLCOMJB FEABGCS OXJONKOB , ^ BS (*/ Oh' HIS RELEASE FBO 3 C TORE , Wssgto * W tbt sen of Londoa ob Moaday stbsfetglut , fa tt » hugs mom of tbe Crown a * d Aachor ,-Strsnd , the largest psblie room that eo * W be bad in X ^ odoBv and the lazgesf throughout the metropolis , -with tfce exception of the Exeter Hall . Long before the toon * isnooseed for the casiz being taken the rooa w tttenOr eraasaed . On the platform were a Bosiber of «« U dressed fwmaks , at well m In the pO « 7-Mr . FrsSTiL was catted to the chsir . He opened the jroeeeedtnp by utN « t patient beating for every person , m iwll to ehow onr enemies our ; good contact , at to show F . OtJoanor , Esq . ; oar trsW regard for bim . He then stated tfcattbsofcfe * ofUwtaeettaf was to ws&wme F . O'Connor , Esq . jpmn « ae chew lag . ) . Mr . O'Coraor here entered tha worn , wbea She mee&sg x&de -way for him aaridrt tfee fltwfbeiu Vj sad continued
cbeerins-, having smved on ti » platform , the ebwring , together with tbe Wring of fasti and &asftk * c « bi * & , vu renewed , and eonttaned for may mbmtes , Mr . WxnUKS moved the fim resolution . He did » o is it bid the entire eoncarrenoe of bis heirt ; ftwas : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the incaredition of Fearga * 0 Connor , Esq ., was unjust to bimsell , and an insult aad injury to the ppreesed mfiHons whose « aue he so nobly advocated ; and that we hail hi * reappearance among us at this important ends with jay and gratitude as a favourable omen to oar ease . "
The reeolotfoa tale * , notice that the imprisonment was ksjost , it m opposed to justice—( hear , hear )—tor Hi O'Connor ^ M imprisoned lor advoeitiagtestice —( heat )—for being the adtocats oTjasitee ; therefore , fc was the height of lnjostice . The philanthropy cf the Hcnw of Commons had been tried , aad they would not do Mjtht to remove Mr . O'Connor , or in hit behalf ; bat be ¦*« again out ! We welcome him ! ( Cheen . ) He la atfeisjaobltwork again . Tha Whig factiom has betn dcosQaned spindpatly through M * in * twimnj > fr » iitj fCbeerrj He w&i be eqn * U / active in demolishing Jt > e Tone * , fflear . ) Ite enemies of tfa * people are
against him oa acoooa * of hi » principles ; the peopto , the peat people , we with bim , ^ ' We « t , ire are . ") He liad called upon Mr . O'Coocor in hia cell ; he found bis kept in a strong room , and he considered that the Castle ithere Mr . F . O Connor was , was more venerable than the Minster Itself ; he looked npon it aa loch on account of the prise it contained . He called spas him s te&jnd tune : he found him cheerful aatier pstvation , snd eager for the pnt came . ( Cheertj The rjom they had met in that night was ominous of their cause ; the Charter is oar anchor , tad oos sown a crown of joy . tC&esrs . )
jfr . Pi . EKK * said , he seconded the resobrtion with the greatest plcaucre ( bear ); for he could not refuse his tribute of pleasure at seeing Mr . O'Connor there KBOfigsfc them , but at xfce same time be should have wished to have setn another 0 . there ; he meant O'Brien . ( Chetrs . ) Neither ought Peddle to be forgotten ( bear , hear ) ,- nor Carrier ( bear ); neirfcer Frost , -Jfirniiam * , and Junes . ( Cheers . ) That cheer must ( beer Mi . OXXantr , far it proved th&t the name * of thote pstncU were u desr to them as it wxs sistees moutlis ago , when Sir . O'CoiiDor ¦ was last amongst than . ( Eear , hear . ) He bad w&tched Mr . 0 Connor trer siree he presented hin ^ eU before the Bntiah
pub-Cc After opening tha stronghold of Toryism—the wnnty of Cork—he hid found him ever the stern advoesU of the people . That was the reason why Dmiel OtkHtnell and the WbJgs costriTed to get rid of hia . Be wss in the Hunse of Commons on the night of the election eommktee being struck , and he was utonished at the names presented to the Houn as the committee . The cause cf the Ouster must now be gained , for they had Feargns with them agam ; tLcy would hare an O'Britn press , tnd then the Charter would soon becon >« tbe law of the lind ( Cbeen . ) in conclusion , he must eoBgratslsts them on Mr . O'Connor ' s release , and hopea be would continue in fciich a state of health a * to w&rtai his taking p * rtIn the agitation . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was put and earned amid aeela-BtrJOB . SU . Witros , one of the stone-sasons , proposed the next resoleUon . It was one to which extry ptrson wooH respond . Ttiey ought to shew to the Whigs and Tories their detemicaticn not to be oppressed any ksfer by them , i'he Whifs had oppressed them so fur tenyesrt . bttttheywerenwwbeatenanddestroyed . "When he looked-to the condition of his fellow-man , he asked himself , -what bad the Whigs done for tbe people ; they came in prufeasisg ndceas-ol gderacces , but had they done so ? ( No , no . ) Had thtj brought forward one
measore beneficial for the people ? { No , no . ; They hatf t&ken good care to take all their salaries , but never Bred for tie people . Tbe Daks of Wellington had stated la the Huase ot Lords , that the man who was benest and induttricnsly inclined , could not only gain a good livelihood , but lay ij enough to life ia his- old age . Was that to ? No such thing ! misery stalker abroad H wss ¦ well knows ; but they had the Lion ocemoreat iiberty . and soon would their enemies know that that frbi « & they required should be granted ( Hear , bear . ) U&til every Ci&ss is represented the Walking classes would be oppressed and trodden under . Qsttrandcheus . )
" That this TT ^ ti *? opinion , that until the ; Charter become * ibe law of the land no jnrtice can be ' CXpecUd by U > e working classes , nor any relief from the excessive burthens unCer vrhich they now suffer . ' Mr . RrFrET Ridley said he rose mo * t cordially to ^ seeosd the resoiuUiai : £ r » t , because be was a working j man ; and , secondly , bec ^ -nse be bad bcea robbed of his ; binhright , and be kiiew his fdlow-men Lad been so ; skewise . God bad made man in his own image , and , an were equal . He would ask what had ruined this < cotmtry ? He wtuld annrer , its prtsent coastitution . ; They said it was liberal : jt « , it was fair to the » ye , bu ; i
rotten at the core . He would ask , -wbieii was the caost j Eke his God—the bermitd monkey of trutocraey , or the ' hard iidastrions sen ' f toil , frcE whose laboor all was i produced ? ( Hear , L « u-. j l * t them ail go baud in hand ' for the Chartsr , and the preKnt state of robbery and peculation -would not be continued . Let us fet onr ^ Chzrter , antl then we shall iv kzppj and tree . He i asked far justice : —he f Jtmd it in the laws of tbe Char- ' ter ; and he yr&s hzppT to find their gk-ri ' .-us Iccdtr : orce more there . HLe fctart wi' u-.-t 1 rvken , his spirit not ' daunted , nor wonM his energies be r 1 a ::: pet , for be was ' « are tkatFeargug O'Connor would wttk with redtubleo ' energy . . Ct-ews . )
Mr . Wheeles said he addressee tbrm as working men , fcr he believed they ¦ were a'l sa Tfci-y were engaged in tbe work of humanity ; and he ftK ssfrcred &st tho 6 e "srlom he had tie honour tf addressing were toilers for 3 sobfistenc * . tudtavf uricg fo cticpete with the gigantic macLinery . F-. t o ^ ss bsu the pLilcsophtr beeu itr . T : ngto discover a rcrntdy for tbe . r ¦ wrjegs , tht psli ^ ciia r-3 ' chii : g np th « cn . zv state i f soc et ~ , but all to eo purpose ; for ttey woried fur a ciiis . uiid from a class , aad not for ihe bo » y of the pecpie ; Lat vteey had a rtrafedy—the CLarter Wis tba * . remsiy : piiii that , ana tLe ptcp ' . e ' s ills •• • . c ^ ' . d scon be cur « L ; Ca-tr-. ) TLe resolnti'ja wa ^ carries una ^ im ' . us ' 3 ir . Wilson ; one of ihe petition carrier ^ : rcee for tte purposi cf mtving the third itajiutUn -. — ' ¦ Tnat this ir . eetins pledge * i : sr ) f to do all fur the ebrai-isi , - cf the Pe-iple ' j Cc ^ rier , the re-t ' . rztf'jn d Fks , ' . V ' fi . nr . -. s , t _ vA J ? r . 53 . zni . -zo obtain the Krpeal of the legislative "Ciiion of Ireland . " , Ct » -s . )
It-rculd b : =--: re : SzDU . : to uwell ca the 5 rs » . p .-. rt o : the rts-ficUon zin-i vLv . t Ls .-. ' > already j , r . ^ id- it -its ^ ; . * S > j ty ^' .-tt ; zzA taTcrsc ' . c lit ; pr-St- ^ t sj-tera w- fjpttusud . Cbwrt- Tie Utter part l . « irouJd c- \ : attest -- ^ to . XiX . " cr . ; Lu / I "We been d ' . Tiued ; it Li-J beeati . ^ sj stem to iIIt : !" ..: us so ls to ktfp us peertsis . L ^^ j-bit te this hippy to £ nd t ^ at tbe prejudice ¦ w- ss ¦ sTi-.-vring a-sr .-f . He -n-ould giTc U e bund of &ien 5 ih : r- to 1 i * ' tl' .: ^ I ; isLir ; c 2 , and in-iccJ thrv tad ~ ft to fio i ,- b , ur ti- Ft- 'r . u ? 0 C-nx-c ? , Licjte ^ X ^^ ir : * bias , " f ^ r £ i , Ltir , g their forties . ' . Hear , and cL' -trs ., Ee ttcl !!} no ::- ~? : n Irisi n . n huri . fcnt there was L " . s
£ z . x . i ol iiWc ^ izly i ' jt him . Tie V-. a-ju . hsd b ; em csi-^ 22 by Irib-. ry ir . j cirraptka ; it »^ s a irroiig iiS ' vtd ' . cpcni t ' : e ~ , & ' . d he suppor-. td xh ^ tu-jtl-n , so that i ' .. ^; - Ed | h : hs . Ti the ngut of self-EOver / mvnt , which L-. dakr-ed f . LJn : s . ] f . , Cum : The E ^ glUh d : d r .-v tit £ " . he Ir ^ -b , n :: ' Ler cia he belkva tbe Iriih hate .-: tbe E = g .: ; V . y , r v . j ^ . 3 r _ , -, tsagbt to do so for U . e bssect cf the c '? s « , -srho robbed them . He heped . bo-rtT .-r , thc-c . . ; , wr .- s rt ^ "i , - ^ d tta : tro - . htriy feeirr . ? ^ rca ¦ : tx - . = iu 3 rg tl-. tr . i . ., Chfc * r ^ i _ ii * . Go : irj : Li . " » -sec . e-UJ tie rrtol ' -tlon . Darin " tu a " tir ; s > , 3 Jr . s _ i , k- 'y t ^' -s ? - £ b wru ' -iniC his w ^ y to t ^ husti- ^ sa . i . l U . ^ cbccrir ^ c of tL = C « hj a ^ y . ' Mr . U . caat :- u ^ . Lf- ^ r l ue c-v . erir-g ban rc .. c ' i :. . rd , hy ^ 3 5 ^ be Lid : ; . cd l ^ e ?; ; h ; a f-r CaOwlic tnite . p ^ -i-. L , to obtain Lls ffi-tdi , ia ; . « re ^ ar-jtd cc > ni-:: ace , lu : ;; : was ts : "; r . ' r ..: a r > j'tUal irtedom a * tver—ss sscb ie ira . = a C .: cr ; i £ t , d = : e . irii : &U to do hb d-e : to obtain i » * » -- f- , t «¦
Jit ' - resolatir .- ^ r > -- ? put atJ carried ucaniincu- ' y . - ¦ -r . OTc-sxos % r _ s ' ihtu im . i . uLCe . d . Tu-j cLtcriii ^ Voj tien :-. iidcai _ Jir . O'Ccciioi here yr-. ? sated himself , and tbe cb « riiga ^ a yaT- ' ig <_• ; . ^ tacdtircuief ^ acii ci « ppag of tanas -Bas co : i . iacnce 4 ttid c :. nt "; EUM ' . iur sweril miuatea l + fcrt he couid utter a wort When ^ i-tnee ira < restored , Lc spoke nearly as follows ; but we attempt ro mi-re Jhic a nisre outline of Lis speech , ^^ fl occupied ne&r ' . y two Lours : —
- « . Chairman and bict ' .-. r Radicals , I 'was orderid Y , H *** * 5 : le ° r my phy&ic-sinfor thrtc weeks rtpos *; cc . m Tiolstion of Lis irjaretiiu , 1 lare at once Piucgid into the agitated ocean- iK > ad cbecrs . ) Upon J ^ J a rrzTsi i » Luido ^ 2 i i that an attempt was ^ fc made by th * press ; o f , tt up another form 01 «» - Kwctoaai agitatiua lor "Whi ^ ery . iH » w , hrar-i 1 I : - ? ^ t ay party was likely to tail into kcutbtr re ^ na plot ? j itstxatly det « n : ined , sue withoc ; K-ara txttiders'icn , that cead or alive a niyftcricus a . hrct fox iv bentat of my health , vrouid tct culj ba fcJiL ^ cr cx-pable , but actual t-. ec ^ un against the P ^ F'e . 'Load ted lecj coeluiukI cLwricg-j 1 said if ™ y party Teouitis lay prttuice , they aball Lave it . t ^ etrs . ; ily life bag btcn devoted to them , and if reStt ^ ue , thfeJ . siaIi h . ^ fclso > , K-petU ; d cbem ; * *< at lie Eotie q ! Cannons tc-uar ; I win ; 10 sts
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tteeoavicU removed from the hulks to be transported to tbe petal wtflebent , beyond Downing-street Colony . ( Immense ( been and laughter . ) They reminded me of the patriotic Irish volunteers , -who , BotsriUistanding their bnrning enthusiasm and unquenchable patriotism and lore' of danger , were nevertheless obliged , to be ekaiaed together to prereet their desertion . ( Roars of laughter . ) - I taw tbe two facet of eltss legislation tinder a hood to-day . I knew the Whig by the sign of the the LBrx chop—( roars of laughter and cheers ) —end I knew the Tories by tbe smirk on the newlypainted side of their face . ( Renewed cheer * . ) I saw them as they passed in review ; and I said to myself , if in a dungeon I beat you , rarely when at liberty I can beat tou took ( Great cheering . ) But then they say .
wont you give Sir Robert a fair triaJ ! Why , how many fair trials does the culprit want ? ( Tremeodons cheering . ) Is WeUiagtoa too , and that young reptile . Stanley , and Warncliffis , to bave another fair trial f ( Cheers . ) No , no . I am not one of thote to break up one administration for no other purpose than to substitute as bad a one . ( Cheers . ) My object is to annihilate both factions { Cheers . ) We bave trampled npon the Whifs—( loud cheers)—and in truth they aided us la oar warfare by their iniquity ; but , then , one paper asks us to rally round ovb Queen . Ocb Qaaen indeed . ( Cheers . ) Another tells us that the Queen is weeping over her lost convivial advisors . Ah , my Mends , to is Mrs . Frost weeping onr her absent husband . ( Immense aensattoB- and prolonged cheering . ) Tbe widow
Clayto * weeps salt tears over her departed bnsband . ( Great oufusioa and cheers . Mrs . Peddle sighs and «••?• over the meUneholy fate « f he * husband . Mrs Uolberry too crops a tear over tbe ID- treatment of beta ; and wheie is the sympathy of the tender-hearted press 1 —are these not w « mes and mothers ? ( Loud cheers . ) Another paper tells us that the Queen is a state prisoner in her palace . ( Laughter . ) Aye , you may w&U laogh at such solitary confinement Poor soul 1 Would to God you all had her complaint with five hundred thousand a year to console yoo . ( Immense cheering and laughter . ) Ah , I too will pity her when I hear either that she e&tt skilly , —( laughter , )—or even that she has bowels of compassion for those to whom she appeals . ( Cheers . ) Surely she has enough of
everything—she has bet Lords , her Commons , her People , ber dominions , and her half million a-year . ( Cheer * i Tbe Parliament , at all events the present one , is ben -, her " free-trade" Parliament ( Cheers . ) She is too clever by half , or at least her responsible advisers bare made her to . ( Cbeers . ) She asked for a Bons * . and she has it ; and mneh food ras > y it do her . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs have paraded their puppet too often . ( Cheers . ) Yoa would tire of punch aad jndy , —( roars ot laughter , ) —and yon have tired of royalty , —ilcmd cheers . )—and in my conscience I believe , that had th * Whigs remained for one year longer in office ertry working man in England would have been a Republican . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Well , now they aim at another union ; and God forbid that I should thwart or oppose bo
desirable an opject ; but the next unien must be a union far the Charter . ( Loud cfaevrs ) They ask ns io lay aside all minor differences , and join for one common object ; toe have no differencu to lay aside , — ( renewed cheering , )—let those who have , practice their preaching and join ns . ( Cbeers . ) The Stmdap Time tells ns that we must unite and take Lord John UosseU for our leader , —( groans and hissing , )—but no , no ; I went have him tor many reasons ; and firstly , becmw he 1 * such a little bit of a thing I could not see him in s tog . ( Shouts of laughter . ) I Mad it hard « nough to see him in good light , —( cneers , !—besides there is a something in the patent about Wolmrn Abbey , and tbe lands thereunto belonging , which tbe noble Lord would rather hide from vulgar eye , —( cheers , )—there is some thing about " hospitality and farm boose , " for the
stranger and the widow . ( Great cheering . ) Besides , J believe the Noble Duke , his brother , and the proprietor , is somewhat of an extensive lay impruprtatcr of tithes , or land curer of sonls . ( Loud ebeerx ) Monorer , tell me any one good thing be ever said or did , since he was christened . ( Cbeera . ) He only wants another tern at the shatUe-cock . ' . Cheers . ) Well , now just see what Whig treachery has brought us to . With what is called reformed institutions , we have the anomaly of a Tory House of Commons , ( Laughter . ) Aye and a tremendous mijority also ; wtli , and how will you break that down ? yon may ask . ( Hear , hear . ) I answer , very easily . Bow did the nninetructed people carry reform against tbe crown , the Lords , and a tnsjority of tbe Comment , in 18321 ; Cheenj Then they only fecgnt for aoon-shiDev-txti now we bave oar
allofar Charter , to fight for . ( Great ebefcrin * 4 X- » U Sold * meeting every night , in London , cr two if you require it , for tbe next fortnight , —( loud ehetring and waving of hats , )—and when I have oenJeat « A you in one holy union— -for that is my object ( Cheers . ) Yes , yes , I have been engaged in nundiDg the Charter rWer , and I will present you whh a chart for your future guidance . I bave marked all the rocks , the shoals , and quicksands . The qaicksands are marked with the word jxalocst , the rocks , Disrxios . I Indescribable cheering . ) Well , I im the first to set an example ; heaven knows , I have been well abused , —{ bear , hear , )—and in ray absence . ( Bear , and shame . ; Xo shame , if those who did su were here now to meet me . iClietrs . But I forgive all ; nay more , I ferget all .
Let the trafficking politician live upon clsp-trep and dissension ; 1 will live upot > union alone . ( Cheers . ) When I leave you I shall sptnd a month "with my dear —as e , very dear Scotch friends . ( Cheers ) They are unite * to a wan . ( Cbeers . ) I will then visit all England and Wales . ( Shoots of applause . ) That will product * Quo , 000 signatures—not one less—( " It will , " and great chrering )—and witk that carried by thirtysix stonemasons in fustian—icbeersi—and attended by a million cf followers to tbe Hoo * e of Commons , vritn me at their bead , if they will allow me the honour—( great cheering )—won't that do , think you ? ( Shouts of " iye , sye , " ar .. l great cheering . ) Well , ba * . suppose the Ri ^ hV Hon . B . ^ rontt should ordei ? ut the feliows in the bole in the -wall at the Horse
Guards , 'what then ?—and suppose they shonJd giwut us , or * hoot me . ( " Thfy wont try that ") But suppose they did , we shon : d not be able for tbe force thty could brir . g to bear upon us ; but if we were noi able to rfsL-t it here , just thick of tbs arrival of tt , e news at Manchester , Glasgow , Newcastle , Leeds , Kottirgbatn , ShtSieW , and Blrmineham , that tbe people ia the ccu * Utul ; onal exercise of their rights were fired at , ard Fsargus O'Connor ¦ pas shot . jTre . mEtJous seng'tion . ) Aye , tbe dead body of Caesar did more than the IiTing Cte ^ ar ' s stif could accomplish . ( Loid cheers , it road-.- tbe Romans to mutiny , and I have the ranity to belitTe that 1 am net less beloved— ( lomd cbeeristi
—and that all Eneland -smilrt meet th * t nicht l-y torch-ljjrl-t— i . rrvtt cheering!—to ste tbe way to vengeance . iCi ) € -t : i , Th . it is 2 iV plan ; 4 , 000 . POO sigaatun-s , with a ti ' . l of a liiUnoo . The Tories SHALL not rale this Isn ^ . ' GivU cbtarin ? . ) I vrill msks the very air tmcli cf C ; iart : > m : it is the only perfams which ra ; : take the stink uf uutriu WhiggeTy out of tur r . oscs' , ' .-. bters ztA laughter *—and it is the only e-sence thit c .- ' Ji di-pt ' i > :-.- ? rancid odcvir of rayap ? . n '' . T-.-ry ' . siu . ( Cieers ; liu :, -. hen , they say , T ^ ho \ FOu ! d oaite ¦ svit ! : txirch-and-i ' 'air " r men ? and much has bef-n sttid , am , more has fern made , of Newport and the phyEica ' .-rorce Cfcart-sts . Are , wbeu my Catholic feiiutv-couc trvmer . lav bit-tdiiig in the ¦ widow Kuan ' s ha ^ -yardto be
: *! -.. at sens-iUonj—2 nd ¦ n-hen their t-looci wa ^ mada profitable to pj ; it ; cal trniEckera , tten I hi aid nothing if n-sutacre to physics . 1 aggression being a trine—. cheers )—and the people of England offered no subsidies to aid ia tbo Protesian ; ons ' . mstt a ^ ninit tl ; -: ir Irish brethren , i" K « , ntTer , " aEd cfceir « . ) Xo , ycu did Eot , but y . ; -u s . ; . rtipaiiiisefl ; and because of your b ; . njp-jiLy , 1 iofcfl yuu . ( Cheers . ) U-i ! I tri ? i : U then a Dfstiucuvc , wben 1 vowi .-d Tfcr . gear . c ? 07 L-r the sniukinc blvoA of the -Hi-JcWs jc > n— ¦« hen I ririted tie djicg . and C'i ! : f > rted the suiviyors—when I preached th * fu :: tial strnian otct MTtn of our slaughtered bT&tbTtn , before the t ^ o " ga ^ iant ce rp * " th-X murderta teemaj . ci ; 1 2 tte ; :-. ; eil the icqu' ^ t for thirteen days , unA go : a "Verdict < f Mi'fiil murdsr acs . inst the tu : pUc < . ti
rufiian , ^ rt . ' .- ' f ^ - ' -n Kiaer , ana hi ? cccomp' / i cc *— wL . tn 1 g- - ^ t j £ sC f v ::. A ; -. itrJca , and isrge iatscriplioas fr&ra i . lt « r } . it : s , :.. t t '; . e wounded , tnd vridowed , find m--tl :. er ; t * i sufT-r ^ rs ; and when I vent specially to C-. n ' k to proKc ^' . e - ! .:.- murderers—oh ! then , I -was iu't cr . led 2 t < rch ir .- ' -i ' -Vi ' tr man . 'Grent ehetring . i But ¦ vrhen I ios-.- »¦ - ¦ ! . ;• ¦ -re fi . r an ii quiry ir . to the Cise in the Hc-u ^ e of Conimors , tlien 1 wa ; imploringly a : ' xcJ not to eni ' . arrass the Whigs . ¦ , " Aye , Ehajue , " am . " D ; nie ! Ol > . CEtli ! " ) \ Vel 3 , an Oratgo Grand Jsn tbreTr out \ hc bi ' s ' s , by writing "i _ i-:: cra : nus" upc-n th < back "; ar . d when 1 vas atktd if 1 tiiJ not think tht &Eai £ g gcoA . 1 khI , " Yt-5 . if rt-y had just put one more s , au-l li . r .- ' e it ' kj ; o :: > n ; us '» - ' " ; G ; - eat laughter ) Well , no En ^ a iia ^ 5 orkLl . a ^ iej"i ; ed that English boy and an English »¦ . rjtsnt had « hot them down . ( Cheer ? , ^ Ed " No , cevtr . '' ) ^ lr . O'Connor then wen t into the
question 11 free trarte , and couclutJed his observations thus : —Now , just Lear me . When tbey speak of cheap bread , they nevtr tell ytu that of aU the manufactured artic ! ts , brsaii . itvm tie raw material to the time of its being bakpd , goes through m » st processes . Wheat is th » raw materisl . V «* ry well . Firstiy , the exporter buys it ; secondly , tbe corn factor boys it ; thirdly , the miBcr buys it ; fourthly , tbe fl . ur factor buys it ; Sftiriy , the baker buys it , or perbsp * the huckster , from whom you accommodate yonwelTrt in convenient amounts . Ifow , then , wL )}« ail our sapjtct iretruc-U / rs are speaking about and making calculations en the ^ . rics t-f thi > raw matt-rial , ¦ which may bu in part rtfju-. a : td by a protect ins ? duty , not one khs a sentence abtut the price of fl ur or bread , nrliich the vendors alone can rvgnUte tccording to will . ( Long-continued chrfrine , aud " Tbat ' 8 it . " ) When the ^ nty wa » taken t-ff Itctber , cid yon buy your shoes cheaper ? ( " >* . **/ >' o ; scd rorpese a case u to timber .
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( Hear . ) Suppose the Battle timber to pay a d « ty of £ 3 per load , ana suppose that any of you-were in the habit of bnytag ammaHy from a carpenter tbe romitnre made oat of a lo * 4 , sad suppose the whole dnty to be taken off , thin * yon that tbe price of the next batch of mamftetaied articles wonld ke reduced by the amount of the redaced dstyieheers , and No , )—no nor to the amount of one farthing ( Cheen . ) Then what is my remedy t Why , to allow every consumer to be his own producer—Hood cheers ) —or at least to have so many small producers of the raw material as would make monopoly impossible Af ain , Ut me ask you , when those displaced by machinery are to get the means of buying even ihe small loaf—( hear , hear )—and if tbey have not the means of
bn ; ir > g , will the shopkeepers have the means of living—( cheers)—and yet the ignorant , besotted , foolish shopkeepers are the rerj strongest supporters of tbe all-devouring monster , steam-power . ( Cheers . ) Yatj the fools—they never see that the gamblers divide between them what should constitute their profits . They never rt fleet that every crammed warehouse is so much lockednp tnasure , of which tbey should have » park , ( Cheers ) Every intermediate class between tbe aristocracy and the people must , as a matter of coarse , be rained , if the people , whose agents they are in the barters are not consumers . ( Loadcheers . ) Now that's my position ; it ia plain and simple . For the steam lords to be rich , Ute people must be distinctive produeers ; for tbe shopkeepers to be rich , the people must be abradant
eonfomen —( great cheering )—* character ia which they have ever and for ever been overlooked ; but they shall not leeger be ae . ( Cheers . ) Well , the * , then an the two Mate patients— the aristocracy sick of indigestion , and Attacked with apoplexy , occasioned by Tepletioo—( laughter and cheers )—and the people pining from want —•( cheen)—and Kir Robert Peel says , that he iathe state physician who has been called in God Almighty help his foolish head ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) He was the nearest quack at hand called in to attend the patient in a sudden fit— ( loud cheen ) -and if he does ' nt bleed and bleed enongh , and something more—never mind it why . ( Tremendous cheers and laughter . ) ,. Bat just stops moment ; that is , if we let him . ( Cheers ) Aye , aye , tbe Tines has no delicacy in announcing that the
experiment is to be made on the old subject , Iwland . ( Cheers , aad hear . ) In fact , who can doubt it . But I w « ra them , I caution them , I appristo them that when my country is attacked , neither York Castle , solitary confinement , the dungeon , dock or scaffold have for me one particle of terror . ( Loud and uproarious cheering . ) No , let the Irish denounce me , let their leaders in my absence abuae me , but yet tbe land of my birth shall ever command my eoal ' 8 wbjle sympathy . ( Load cbeera ) Yes , your resolution to a ! 4 Ireland in procuring a divorce from you , demands my thanks . This is not just tbe t ' ma to eater into an elaborate discussion npou the merits of that great question . It deserves an occasion and an audience specially summoned for the hearing ; and lest Mr . OCountll ' s refusal
to meet Dr . Cooke ihould have led the ignorant to suppose that it proceeded trom a lack of argument . I do hereby , and from this spot challenge—no , not challenge , it is a term to « harsh and savours more of dissentlon than a desire to arrive at just conclusions after argument : but I invite him to a whole week ' s discussion at Belfast in Dublin , or any where he pleaBet to appoint ( Great and long continued cheering , which lasted several minutes . ) Yes , yes , my friends ; I will fling back the taunt upon all , npon every one who fares to charge us with intolerance and an aversion to btar reason . My cense lives upon reason , and thrives best upon argument , it is the physical force Whigs and their swir « l ^ -yed chairmen , who cau squint ronnd a corner in search of kldtkin gloves , bat can't see Mistered hands wider their neses , that I object to . ( Lotul cbeera . ) Well , but I
challenge them all , and Sydney Smith upon the Corn Laws . ( Loud cheers . ) Here I am . I ask no back , and not much notice—1 ara ready . ( Loud cbeers ) But about the Repeal . Tbey say they'll pot it down ; and already one or two regiments have been sent over . ( Groans . ) Well , thav ' s enongh ; but not mo Chartist has volunteered . ( Cheers aad " No . " ) >' o , and let the Right HoDoarabie Baronet con over the meaning of the old adage , " while the cat is sway the mice may play . " ( Loud eLetrs j Let him order one drop of Irish Catholle blood to be shed ; in short let him but draw the Irish sword and away goes the English scabbard . ( Loud cheering and waving of bats . ) - I tell yon what , Ireland looks npon your fungus aristocracy as an upstart thing ; we consider them as foreigners eves among yon . ( Cbeera . ) And if the Irish people h&Te an interest in t fct , RfpeM . yf- ^ ttfi TT «< p ^ fh t ^ wi rf wh- have & double
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interest . ( Cheers . ) The cheating oligarchy who plnndeted th * poor of both nations alike , have an interest in » nr united weaknem . i Cheer a . ) Occe give honest Put , the finesf f / ilow in the world , with all all hi * faults and divelment—( cbeers ami laughter ) - give him the means of living at home and he went trouble you with bis company ,- fur although yon have behaved like kind hosts and warm friends , allowing him to ( bare in tbe scanty market of » ompetitlve labour , yet , wos ' . d he rather peel the Irish " praty" in the chimney comer with his thumb nail , with the grawls around bim , aye , or without a nail at all , rather than leave tbe dtsr green land of his birth . ( Great Cheering ) Well , will tbe enemies of Ireland meet me ? will Mr . Sydney Smith meet me ? I wont knock hfs hat eft . iCbtnn
and laughter . ) No , 111 convince his head . ( Cheers . ) And when they talk of Ireland's former Parliament and draw deductions from its corruption and suicide , they target , as the gallant stonemason who proceeded me told yon , that it was effected by Tory gold and the suspension of the law . ( Hear , hear . ) But , more ; Ireland under the . English , never bad a Parliament , and for this simple rtason , the country , the ptople , tbe veritable aristocracy , and the Ir . sh were Catholics to s man , and could not sit in tbe House , whiie the " aliens in language and in blood , " composed not a senate , but a junto of Protestant pmecutora . ( Lpng continued cbeers , and " That ' s if ) Well , I now coiuo to the question of questions , the suffrage . ( Chetre . ) La us Lave one word about that I conttndforit , that ,
supposing all society to consist of Eevtrty cr eight ; daiBes , the labourers btir . g one , that tbe representation of all othtrs , the labourers being txciudc < i , w ^ nlii lead to us many sepesate interests as there ara classes , while if labour alor . e was represented , it would fee the interest ot tiiat claig to do equal and even bonded justice tu every otter class cf society . ( Hear and cheers . ) Jn Lict , J defy industry to legislate to the di 3 adyact :: ! jp o ! any other interest , without simultaneously injarir .:: itself . ( Cheers , and " Trua" ) They hive en inter- ^ t in upholdirz enpita' , as they canT . ot all be cipitaH 3 U . i Cheers . ) They have an interet in preserving pioper . y us their owu creation and in ^ niied tor their own ti-j .-yment ; none otheTB have a 3 great ( Cheers . ) The larg ^ ( Sibling mriTJufactcrprs bare a great inurest in
devuiirine the capital of sma'l cipva'is's . ( Hear , hear . ) The wciking elates would have an interest in creating a iarge class of small and well remumtrated ci ; . ita : istsih ? a . r , Lear . !—tnd in thi : 3 extending competition and destroying monopoly which must be the inevitable consequtriCa of narrowed coiipf-tition . ( Cherts . ) Well r . 'j-sr , nothing bu ; Univeri' : ! iuftr 8 f : e can fairly ivpreseiit 1-ibuur—' cheers ;—but as we approach Uaud fv . mi ilio i ' . sis of ocr ^¦ . it ; r ? tructu 7 e . new architects Bpring op ami y . \ y , " Oh , 1 huve a i ' . i ' . er name for it—I cail it Gemiual Evffhage . " ( Laughter andchwrs . ) Well , I do : / t un- ' -erst-irid that , iCaters , and " It ' s blaruey . " j Yts , if I listened to that , I should bear of Coltnei Suffisg- ? , Captain Suff .-iy , S ^ rge ant Safi ' rage and Cori-rnl S' ; ftV = £ : 9 . iR ; ars of Luighter . ) I am for
FRIVatf . Suffrage and poiu > j on with promotion from the rai : k 3 . iCheers ) Now , every man untierstaBdu what 1 menn . When I say tweDty one years of age , I don't UKtin twelve years of ag' \ ( Laughter . ) When I say of found Tuicd , 1 don't mvan mudiutn . When 1 say ur . tainteA 1 . vriih crime , I don'tintan rytues . ( Chetrs i Yet thy whimsical philosophers of the ¦ . " :: y tell us that we ( ie * l too naicii in generalities , -while tfcey give U their plan the very most ' general" and undefined nniui whicb langc-ge furnisbe 3 ( Great cheering and bravo . ) Well , now , if we use a ger .-ral narau , and very simply particularise wlist ^ re mtuB , is ii not more honest , more plain , and e ? --y of comprehension , tlir ^ n the se whu u ? e general terms t > iniflia' ] , without any key to detail * . it definition of apv- ;> lication . ( Cheers anrt rigbt . ) 1
a . ra { o : the plain , tha simple , the homely thir . g tuat any ican can under » tau < l . tCht-ers . ) 1 am reso ^ vt ri that yc-u , the wurkiEg classes , sh ; dl have « ne friend ; rcm the arifctocrttic ranks , -. tLo will never , who neVei has comUsctnded to tiifl ; irith jou for iudiridual purposes— ; cht-i-rs ; j—uu , I hare beer , known t < j you sine * the - { til of Ferrua y , 1 S 33 , r . s mt : iit > er of Parliamint , itadicg provincial journalist , unpaid agitator , i rUouer .- nii fr . tni ; and here I stand to answer for my evtvy set i . L-nd chetrs nr . d wavisg of bats ) I tell } ' < u what ; when I ca ; ae atcong jou , I too , as an Irishman , ktil r . ; y anti-Engli&h prejauicen ; but pending inquiry , and brfore iDv ^ sltgation , I nerer allowed them to niilitate against tie poor man ' s interest ( Cbeers and never ; ard Bjrchcfiter Labourer ? . ) Aye , I helped to bring them back , as I will Frost , Williams , and Jones .
tLoudcfcetrsJ I wculd hare bad thorn back , but the accursed Wlii ? Committee by which 1 vra » fettered ( cheers )—who , jtwlous of allowing the vtritable working meat to accomplish anjthing by their own strength , would cot allow me to lead » million of petitions with the mourning widow to the foot of tbe throne . < Great cheering . ) But about those prejudices ; ttiey have been converted iDto an indelible , an everlasting bond of unity , affection , and regard . ( Cheers . ) Yts , I saw that you were slendered ; that Ireland's eppref sors were your oppressors ; that yon loved liberty and Jreland , aed for that I loved yon . ilnunecse cheering ) Oh , I allo ^ r Sir Robert and the Holy-Protestant-ajrieultural-ahti-Irish-Parliament to hold office r « r jest seven months , end bo longer— ( great cLeerir . g —and oniy so long , because fire ol them vill bea&& >
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» es , son et rftt m and tften be wallar ( tend dwert . ) The poor Tftnei thought ths * l « eaos « v »* were noj Whigs , we most be Tories—( laughter ) j—btei ao , tttet are not one hundred Tory working men In the wnpira . Cheers . ) I know I am a riooned man ; a proscribed man ; ba * who carea ? this QOTernment I ttiU beat ( Twroeadtaui eheering . ) Aye , I will , though I am soon tohxe mfftte . ( Here every hand was held ap , accompanied by Washout of We'U aU die then . " ) No , you shant—oi »» i » enongh ^ - ( Unghter );—but I ' m not gone yet ( Gntt laoghter . ) Mr . O'Connor conUnued to address tb » meeting in the most exciting and impaaskned strain for nearly two hours , amU the most de « feniag And general applause , and then concluded by a rap « Mtton of his osWiven nledee . that he wonld
netat accept place , jtiittea , or emolument from any OoMMWent , other t $ &&at which was the choice of « be untvenai voice , a # ^ f « M ferthing from the people for , hta service * ( Hair ; hen . ) He then said , I am . , gotnfl to give y % u % contrast between the practise of ft « political trafficking plunders and the Christina cpnrerence of political spiritual humbugs lately eonjfpgtited at Vfancbe *^ . ( A groan tot them . ) They adtmHn&tot * cheap lodging and cheap bread , " that is to be « iken in for nothing . ( Cheers . ) Now , I Civs this sorereign as my mite towards the expense , and as my lietme to preach the gospel of pease and
good wilL ( Load cheers . ) Those miserable things would teve turned the scale of reform in 1830 , but In 1841 , tbey played to empty benches ; and instead of ex < citing appfina , they but created suspicion and received rKUeato , as they well merited . ( C ^ eert . ) The huugry -ab « p knalrthat they wenfc as exploring traders , and nofc-as protecting ghepherda . ( Great cheering . ) Had there bean no deficiency in the clerical till , them wonld have been no Inquiry Into the empty belly of the flock . Well , in this night's Sim I find their proceedings advertised , piiee 2 s . " or 2 a . 6 d . inatotit . Wh * t aeharacteTistic c iver for the cloth—( laughter ) —and what a price for th « back of a book . Mr . O'Connor then concluded amid
the moat rapturous applause . Mr . QEORoe wa » the first person to speak after Mr . O'Connor . Mr . White , of Birmingham , was afterwards introduced amid much cheering . He addressed tbe meeting for a short time In praise of their reception to Feargus O'Connor , and excused himself from further speaking on account of the extreme lateness of the hour . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , after three cheers for Frost , Willfanu , and Jobm ; three for O'Brien ; and three for aU the political prlsonera ,
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BtiACKBDRN . —The fortnight meeting was held on Monday last , in tha Musie Hall , Mr . Thomas Baiiio ? presided . Mr . Breasley , of Acerington , addressea the audience , and exposed both Whigs and Tories , and showed that it was uselepa to contend for anything short of the Charter , it was agreed to get up a demonstration , sod escort Mr . O'Connor into the- town on his route through Lanoaa hire . BAZiFOBD .- ^ On § nnday evening last Mr . Christopher Duvlo delivered a lecture on the Standiug Army , to a namerous meeting ; and . on Monday evening a resolution was moved aad passed , " That the meetings for the future be held on a Thursday night , as generally there arc meetings in Manchester on a Monday tight , which the pembeia are in the habit of attending . "
GLASGOW . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Gorbals was held on the 2 nd instant , in the Chartist church there , for the purpose of bearing a lecture from Mr- Pattison , on education . Mr . Ord was called to tho choir , wbo bmily introduced the lecturer . Mr . P . then delivered one of the clearest and most eloquent lectures on the education of the rising generation whioh we believe was ever listened to by an intelligent audience . He took a view ot history for ages past , showed the power whioh the the Church aad State held over the minds of the maasest through the means of the poison which was instilled into tha young mind by the degrading
system of education which tyrants and their abettors devised for keeping the people chained to the chariot wheels of kings , aristocrats , and priests . To attempt to give a report of the truisms and historical references of the lecturer through the medium of a week I j newspaper is of course out of the question , suffice it to a » y , that he Bat down after speaking upwards of an hoar , amidst genera ** -burst of ^ eothusiastic cheering . The school-master of the Gorbata Chartist school gate an account of his system of teaching , which gave great satisfaction ; he stated that < he number , of obolars snoanted to 105 . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and Lecture , whou the meeting dissolved .
BBIDGETOTT . —The weekly meeting of the Bridgeton Association was held in their hu . ll . Dalestreet , which was crowded to suffocation , for the purpose of hearing Mr . M'Farlane deliver his lecture on men , money , and talent , to carry on the agitation , Mr . Uodger in the chair . Mr . M'Farlano e lecture gave the highest satisfaction to all present . He taid ho would rather have twelve men , wiili talont and principle , than five hundred without it , because , suid he . a great portion of mankind may bt compared to a clock , or watch , which require winding up , after whioh it ticks , tioka on , until it rnus
out , and then it must again be wound up by some mnster-mind ; the winding up , and the Chartist tick , ticking , however , will continue until tbe giuriciu houi- arrives which will proclaim the people free , sovereign , and independent . Mr . M . was loudly checreU throughout his eloquent and animating aJdiess . Mr . Black then roso , and moved an address to Father Kyan , aud the Chartists of Ireland , which was read by the chairu > au , and unanimously agreed to . Cheering votes of thanks were t ) ' « u given to the lecturer , tho chairman , &c , when ibe meetiDg dissolved . Large and crowded meetings wero als . o held in Ca ' ton , Anderstoa , and PoLocksh&w .
Gueat Mkktino ik St . Ann s Ciiuncii . —A meeting ias been ht-Jd here , in order u > devit-e the best means of payiDp reBpcct to Mr . O'Connor when he visits Glasgow . The rii 6 h for admission exceeded anytning which has taken place in the Chartist movement . Mr . liodgcr was unanimously called to the chair , who stated that nothing could in : iko him so happy as the important situatiou which he no ^ held over such a large and respectable meeting , and for Euch a noble and generous purpose . - He hoped the greatest order would be kept , and every one heard With that avteutiou which has hitherto characterised the meetings of the Cbartises of Glasgow . Mr . Brown , Secretary , then read th « minutes of ihe dirt dors' mec-tir-jr * , bearing upon the meeting new
assembieiJ . Mr . Georae Items , Treasurer , ^ ave a smtenj ' -nr-from his books , regard ing tho state of the Chartist funds tor tho b . « i qiarter , which shewed the pro , re-s of the Chartisi cause , and the heailihy stale ol' iho finance department . Mr . Thomas Gillespie then rose , and moved a vote of thanks to tho honest , uniiiuchiug , and Ions-tried patriot , Mr . George Ross . Mr . Ko .-r returned thanks in his usual pointed way , and tat down by declaring that ho wouid never ceaso to agitate for ihe liberty of hi ? ft-llow-iiuJi so loi-g as he continued to exist . He had a ! s 9 to inform ihem that they hud hotv procured tho new larjjD B : 2 iir Hall , for a soireo to Air . Feargus O'Connor , which would contain from lour to live thousand people . The Chainr . au then
addrcBMd the uieeiiiiif upon she principal obj ;<;; t for v ? luL-h they haa assembled , and shev . ' ed iiit * . va&t pro >; reis which ikej were making , and tho gresi uumbers of friends aud n'lvm-atcs which were lioekit £ to their standard . Mr . F . Thomson considetcd tiu < preseirt xnfttirjg aa the most important which had been held for a long time in li'sFgow , and he hoped they would do honour to themselves and they important object for which they hed assembled . Mr . Cnlien eaid they hid astcnibled to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , a gentleman who was mar ; o ev < iy genuiiso Chartist ; it ap pcared to him a straijue coincidence that while that noble of nature was shaking off tho chains of York Castic , his merciless persecutors wero leaving Down
iug-sirect , amid the universal execrations of a nation , with their honours tarnished for life . Mr . Gilk'spie , in a speech full of deep truths and eloquent animation , referred to tiio past conduct of U'Connor , and said the meciiui ; furnished a prcoi that their principle and unturiusht-u honour will conquer every obstacle . A discussion thtn ensued , in whick Colquhcuo , CuIIcd , Petvigrew , Malcolm , Baird , Gillespie , Johnstone , Prou «!} oot , and others took a part ; after which it was agreed that a roiree b-2 held in the Bazaar Hall , and that the tickets shall not be abovo one shilling and sixpei ; fe , nor below one shilling . It was also agreed that a meeting of delegates from trades , shops , factories , and
dv ti ids be held in the same place , on the 10 th inst ., for the purpose of making arrangements for a demonstration on th « day Mr . O'Connor arrives iu Glasgow , and that a correspondence be iumediately entered into with that gentleman about the lay o ! his visit . A large and mpectable committee of middle and work ing classes was then appointed , for tbe purpose of carrying tho necessary arrangements into erecuUon . Mr . Celquhoun proposed a vote of thauks to Sharmau Crawford ,-and those who voted along with him on his Radical amendment , which was given vHj great glee ; three clieors for O'Connor ; three for the Charter ; and three for the Chairman followed , when the immense meeting separated .
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tf ^ P&ffl ^ L ? ' ¦ .. * . Wfflwai 4 tai »*«* ««? Mhi * ta tto city for svahoit pedoj , ptA daring his sUyAe lirtoate * to the ComSt ^ oTthe Cblrtist Association' his desire to give a public lectur * 90 Chartism aad its ohjecto j accordingly the adject mi brought Forward at a general meeting of the members of the body , whlth was held in their meeting room on the evening of Wednesday week , and after some discussion , ft was resolved , that , with a view of giving the meeting greater publicity , a man be engaged to carry a large beard on , a pole with an inscription inserted en it containing . tiwtexms oa which the meeting was to b » convened , and that tbe same be carried through the town the next day , from ten o ' clock in the morning till seven o ' clock In the evening , which was the hour
announced for the meeting to tata placa . Well , pursuant to this resolution , a mm was engaged to do so , and started on his mission with the board ; bat he had not displayed it long , before the parsons , the intolerant ( entry , the illiberal , 'respectable' shopkeepers , the tyrannical police , and the whole horde of the idlers , who live upon the labour of the working classes , got the scent and he was assailed by them with every expression of lUlberal and inteletant feeling and execration ; lome ot them being _^ B « mraead j . ^ Mr . Hill , superintendent of the police , vrhoexeiatned several times , " See , gentlemen , " pointing to the board , " there ia a pretty a&ir for yon ; thia is a most sbamef ul busi ness ;** and they had the audacity to gather close round him . ami threaten to take the board from him and break it
to pieces ; and I sjq sorry to say that one of these "highly respectable gentry" was a clergyman belonging to the Established , Churcli ef England . Upon this , Mr . Bill aays , " I'U ^ oon put a damper ejfttbto afiUr . " He ^ ives the s ' gnal to his blood-honnds , who Were walking at a distance , and immediately the rajyi was surrounded by them . Some of them laid hold of him and others hold of the board , " Hold , " say » Hill , " they shall sot take you to prison , if yon will consent to go back with that board , and not exhibit it Recollect , you most carry it down all the way home , " at the same tinfe , showing him how ; "but , stop , '' says he , "I shall go with you , aad see you and it safel ? housed . " He then selected two of the blue bottles fr om amongst tbe rest , and says , "there , now , march
on . " The man bad one on each sido of him , while trie great man brought up tho rear ; thus accompanied , tke man conies to the Corainittee-reom ; but the police , after they bad seen the man and board housed , thought proper to wait about the premises for a length of time ; there happened to he present in the room several members ot tbe Committee , and amongst them Mr . John Burkhill , a very valuable member , who went out to expostulate with Hiil on his conduct He told him that he considered his conduct very illiberal in denying us that which be invariably allowed to every other person . He replied , but it was illegal . Mr . B— "it is not iUeg&l , and 1 defy you to prove it so . " Mr . H . — " if you attempt to dictate to me , and are not off , I will kick you oat ef the street , you scoundrel . " Shortly
after this scene , several members of the Committee , including the treasurer , went to take legal advice on the sutject ; the result of which was , that they were instructed to l « y a eomplalnt before the magistrates against Hill , and to send the man out into the town again with the board , aad abide the issue . Tho complaint to be laid officially by the secretary on behuit of the Association . Accordingly he attended , and laid the complaint before the mayor , who acted Impartially ; but Hill could not restrain himself , for he bad a great deal to say against us and our principles . The secretary was accompanied by Mr . John P / itchard and Mr . John Vaughan , two highly respected members of the committee . Mr . Vaughan , addressing the Mayor , said , '' With your Lordship ' s permission .
I Ik g leave to aak why it is tbat our board must not be exhibited to announce our meeting , there not having been any attempt to prevent placards being carried on various occasions ; for instance , Mr . Brlndley had several boards at the same time , and hand-bills and circulars , to make known h \ e meetings ; players and circus establishments have shown boards , and have had them carried ; the teetotal procession , a few weeks back , had a large banner drawn on a very extraordinary large and uncommonly wide hogshead drag , so wide that it could not go np many of the principal streets , because other carts , Ice . could not pass it ; and even the proprietors of Punch and Juity are tolerated ; bat our board must be driven out of the streets , and tbe man who carried it threatened with being taken to prison in this brave land
of liberty . "—Mr . Hill said , The board is chalked over . " Mr . Yaogban replied , "It Is painted , except the Fpsce * left blank to announce the rpenker , and tell the hoar , fodOnu ilMl , of feonrse > be oiled ap with chalk ; but doyon offer the chalk on tho board as a just reason why & should not be shown iu tbe street *? . I teH jou , Sir , yon have no Authority to prevent oar meeting from being made pnblic . *— Tiio thief-catcher thea replied , "Yon must first prove your meeting to be Wgsl before you can announce it "—Our friend Vaughan told him ihe meeting was legal ia the highest dvgree , the room heir ; g licensed ; and that neither he or any other tnau hod any right to intimidate that meeting , or any other legal meeting , though held in tha open air ; when old Swear-all Hill replied , " You got your room licensed
aa a place of religions worship , or it would not have bven licensed at ail . " — " Yee . , " said Vaughan , " and as a place of religious worship it is used , asd preached iu every S . ibbath Diy ; and being a place of religious worship , does not prevent us holding any other meeting of a legal nature in it The theatre is licensed as a place for amusement , and yet Mr . Brindley defended Christianity in it against Socialism . Mr . Mayor , if you will satisfy me it is wrong to show that board , we will desist ; but , being right , we seek your protection . " Here the master of the " bluebottles " burst again , ftBd said , " The Mayor may please himself what he does , but I shall do as I bave done ; for four or five gentlemen this morning came to me , and said it was a shame I did not put a stop to the carrying
of that board , and ono of them said he had a good mind to * e'Z 9 it and break it to pieces . " " Well , Sir , " said Vaugiian , " we have had the advice of an attorney on the subject , and 1 should like to see bim or you seietisat board or break It ; and if you do , we shall bring aa action asainst you . " Mr . Hill— " If you carry that board there will he ( i breach of the peace , I'll swear it" Vaughsn— " If you send some of your aid-decamps to Interrupt us , there will be a breach of the peace , but not without ; and if they do they must abide by the conKqnencfa : the law is open to our protection , and we shall use our privilege . If it must not be carried , you surely caDnot object to my fixing it on my cart , and drawing it through the streets ; my can must have room to pass as well as others . " Mr .
Hill" If you do , I tell yon I'll mate an affidavit There will be ft breach of the peace . " Vaushan— " What ! swear on speculation ! I suppose , Mr . Hill , you'll allow , before you will bo permitted to take such an oath , there mnst be ocular proof . Wbat magistrate will allow you to make such an oath ? I tell you we shall shew tbe beard , and at yeur peri ! dare to touch it ' " Well , " said the Mayor , " if you think you are right , jou must pursue your own eoutse . and leave us to pursue oure . " We then left the court . After we left the magistrates , vre w « ut vith the man and the board all oves the city , accompanied by several others of the Committee , who would have instantly bailed the roan , if any attempt to lay bands or h m again had been made by the police , and would have
prevented him from becoming tho victim of perjury , I ncoming- forward as witnesses Jn his behalf , anrt testifying to matters as they really had occuned . In traversing the various streets , we fell in with niary of the police , incindiiig Hill and tne inspector ; they al ! showed their teeth very much , but did not dare to bite . The meeting was a bumber , the room was filled to ovorfl . wing , and many had to go back , being unable to gain a ^ miUa-nce . Hill did no * forget us , for seven of his bludgeon men were prtseat in plain clothes . Mr . John Vaughan was called tr > the chair , who in an able style opened tho business of the meeting and in the course of his adores did not spare Mr . Hill ;
he concluded by introducing Dr . M'Deuall to tho meeting , who delivered a lecture in Erst rate style on the merits of Chartism ; it ocenpied about an hour anrt a half in the delivery , and g , ava every satisfaction to the crowded meeting . The Doctor , like his predecessor , did not fwrget the Teprebena \ ble conduct of Hill . W hen the lecture was finished , three times three were given ou account of the liberation of the highly esteemed patriot , F . O'Connor , Esq . Cheers were also given for Dr . M'Douall ; for the Piople ' s Charter ; for tho People ; and for Col . Napier . Thanks were voted to the Mayor , for his impartial conduct that day ; also to Dr . M'Douall for his very excellent lecture .
DUBUW .-Tho Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their ttsual weekly meeting ou Sunday last , Mr . W . Woodward in the chair . The minutes of tho last meeting confirmed . Letters were read from iho following pereoas and places : —Mr . Thomas M'Cullock , Glae )? ow ; Mr . Patrick Bradley , Bamsley ; Mr Samuel Robineon . Stoke-upon-Trent ; Mr . John P . Rodger , Glasgow ; and from Mr . William Magee , Grecnock . Two very heart-stirrinR letters were read , ono from Mr . Hugh Doyle ^ of Kilikeel , and tht other from Mr . P . OXtormell , of BallyroffKat , Ireland , after which several new members were enrolled , amongst whom was Surgeon Madden , Member of the Royal College of Surgeons , irefand . Several notices were handed ia for the admission of others at the iiext meeting day . The secretary spoke to a considerable length on the substance of the letters which he had read , and which went to pro re tbat Mr . O'Connell does not speak truth when he says tbat the working people of England are tho enemies of Ireland . He also showed for what the Chartists w < jre denounced by Mr . O'Coanell , and said that Mr . O'ConneH's
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^/ ^* y&y /^ iJir ^ ip ^ \ s ? A-A ^ fe ^ A * 01 ^ cJla&jL lutredtoauri { 8 »* rcj » fr « ts ^ fU oftf 4 havinvt drawn np the Charter , and the * abandoning , as h « had every one of those mearores which he fonnerlr advocated , » ad which had f « r their obj « et » the » iaeK » oration of the condition of the people of Ireland . H « adverted to i&e enormona salaries 6 f the Bishops , the standing army and police , who he said were never found betrdae . while those who tupported them were
found immured in the Whig Poor Law Bastiles ., It was because the * dvoeat *» of the People * * Charter told such truths as these that they were called torch and dagger men , and tbe enemies of Ireland , while the raQ enemies were Whkfl , tho base , bloodj , svnd brutal ; " thr Tories and the Mole gt the bloated oligarch ; and aristocracy , " irithout . distinction as to creed or politic * . &f * y O'ConBeU ( not Dan ) said h > ooald not tell how ft was , hut such , was the fact , that , within tbe last av ** eeks , bo , c ^ Jd fc ^ ar noth ing talked of but 4 h «
troth itself , and wlBtfj , if continued tfc **» j * n * tbem « U Asi ihe * wwiM ^ iw ^ l ^ i 5 » fc . O'Hiuina asked leave of the : 4 a 80 &gf 3 m * :- partpone his motion until Wat day week , xespeetinjt 3 | r . U ' Connoll ' a oath before the Committo * of tke House of Lards , in 1823 , relative to tbe disfranebifeBienfcof the forty shilling freeholders , and Universal Suffrage , tie Bud it was nebessary to refer to the most authoatto ^ souroeB of iaformation , when touching npon any subject in connexion with Mr . O'ConnellVBaine ; ha ( Mr . O'Higgias ) bad written for the report of tna examination of Mr . O'Connell , and other patriots .
in 1 JJ 25 ; he hoped that this report would be considered an authentic document , and ttot an Orangepaper . It would be well and right tbat the pubUo should know what Mr . O'Connell meant bj Unirersal Suffrage , when he was examined upon his oath , before a Committee of tEe Lords , as he » ya now that Universal Suffraga can mean nollung anort of giving the right to vote to females and little : children . A minute ingniry to | o this evidence it ef the utmost importance at H » preeent crisis , andtnat evidence should be ssid before the public in the eleareijt manner . —A Mr . Toole , a . loyal Repeal Afsooiator , but not a member of the Irish Universal Suffrage Aseociaton , rose and said , that it wass > pad plan of proceeding to bake Mr . 0 * CoaneU con , - tinually the object of abuse ; what have we tbat wo did not get from O'Connell ; were we not all slaves .
and has faewt made as freemen . The English Cbartistg , and Mr . O'Connor , are always abusing him , and he was sorry to see Irishmen following this example ; ho wr . uld be glad to know from Mr . O'Higgins what fault be could find With Mr . O'Connell , or why he ditl sot support him * and join his standard for Repeal ! Why should any Irishman , find fault with him 1 has he not done every thing for ns ? you fhould all join him . We never got anything from the English . Mr . O'Connell supports the Whig 3 , because the Whigs are better than , the Tories , and is it not much better to have our known friends in than our inveterate enemies ? Mr . O'Hicgins said that the most fastidious person
could not find one word of abnse , or bordering upoa abase , in anything that he bad said of Mr . O'Connell . His object in bringing forward the motion at all was to put tho pnblie in possession of Mr , O'Connell ' s sworn * testimony before a Committee of the House of Lords in 1825 . He denied being the personal enemy of Mr . O'Connell . The charge wasfalse , come from what quarter it might . He was most decidedly opposed to Mr . O'Connell ' s politics since 1835 . He had supported him up to that time j but when he saw him turning away from all his former principles and joining the Whigs , and getting every member of his family to vote for the Coercion Act , and declaring , himself , as a reason for voting
for it , that it was necessary in order to put down . agrarian disturbance , he , Mr . O'Higgins , oould not support him if there was no other reason for it than this . Mr . O'Connor and the English Chartistsdid not find fault with Mr . O'Cotinell till long after he had deserted them . Thev considered themselves betrayed by bim in whom they had placed tbe most implicit confidence . And how could they refrain from abusing the man whom tbey verily believed betrayed them uid sold them to their enemies ! He first began by calling them Tory Radicals , then rascally Radicals , and , fti a great meeting in England , he proposed to . merge the word Radical iu that of Reformer . The Radical Reformers bad too much
good sense to give up the definite term Radical for that of Rfiform . Then came the Charter , drawn np by Mr . O'Connell ' s own hand , and abandoned by him afterwards ; and finding that be could ftot delude the people of England , he adopted every mean ? that human ingenuity could invent to bully and intimidate them ; and all tbis to support that faction whom ho had described as w base , bloody , and brutal . " There was scarcely a public meeting held in England at which the speakers described the snfferings of their countrymen which Mr . O'Conueil did . not declare to be seditious , and to whioh he did not direct the aUen > tion of tha law officers of the Crown , . with »
view to their prosecution . How often nave we heard him state that the speeches of Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , and Oastlor- Were net only seditious but treasonable 1 He would be glad to hear whafc Mr ~ 0 "Comiell , would sayif any great Tory , criminal lawyer in Engl&ad ~ er Ireland , 'who might perhaps be 4 H ? re * i t * pp * o a * Tory Government , should be continually directing the attention of Ibe law officers of a Tot y " Government to Mr . O'ConneH ' s speeches ; but he ia not ashamed 10 acknowledge that it was b \ a wish to bc& Mr . O'Connor prosecuted for his adherence to , and advocacy of , the very principles which he formerly advocated , but abandoned for Whiggery . It is easy for Mr . O'Connell to say
heia for Universal Sufirage , for Vote by Ballot , and the other points of the Charter ; it is easy to say this , but he declined to pledgo himself to do so . ana he lost his seat for . Dublin , because he wonld not give a pledge in writing to that effect . There are some who imagine , tbat to say this is abnse of O'Connell . Iff it abusing O'Conuoll to make the Irish people acquainted with hia real doings in Parliament and out of it i Surely his fnends and admirers would and ought to like to hear what so great a man has done for iliem in return for all the racney they give him , and all the money they pay into the ccffcxs of his never-eadfog , ever-changing Associations . In the first place , then , he has got a
Coercion Act far Ireland , which may bo put in foroe asainat himself by the Tories , but which is & Whis ; act , and one for which Mr . O'Conuell voted Secondly , ho has got a Police Act , and he calls the police tho tfiicient aud exemplary police . He has , to be sure , got six relations quartered on the pnblie ia that establishment . But ramd , this Act , which he so much admirc 8 , may one day or other be turned against public liberty . A Tory Lord Lieutenant can turn the whole police force to his own party purposes . He can dispense with every Whig magistrate unless he turns Tory . He cau turn tbe priva . ee about their business , and supply their places by Orango yeomanry fr « m the north ; in short , this act gives
despotic power to the Lord Lieutenant for the tme boin # ; and this is ono of the blessiiiga which Mr . < J'Connell pocured for us from his friends tho Whigs . Thirdly . We have got a Tithe Bill which secures ia rhe-most effective manner . £ 75 in every £ 100 to the Kntablishecl Church . The people , mind , have all the adyantases of paying the full £ 100 , and the landlords get £ 25 per cent , for acting as titha proctor for the parsons . This is another blessing which Mr . O'Conne » l ba . 9 secured for niscuuntiy : after all the blood that wa 3 shed in consequence of following his advice to oppose tho payment of tithee . Fourthly . Mr . o'Conndl supported the Whig Irish Municipal Aci , and lest the people should foe that he has held
up his countrymen clergy , ar . d all to the solemn mockery and derision of every right thinking man in Europe , ho has caused a kind of municipal fever in all tha corporate towns in Ireland . Under the pretence of k ^ ' -ping out the Tones , he fonnd aa exouso for the Wi'igs to pass the Municipal Reform Act , with a clause to pay the Ministers' money as a condition of being placed on the burgess roll . Ono inhabitant of vhis ' ward U ' no Linen Hall ) paid intt wetk twenty years' arrears of Ministers' money . Piacard 8 and advertisements bavo been recently pnb » iiehed throughout the city , denouncing all those as enemies to their couutry who should refuse ot dGoline to pay the Ministers' money , while
denunciations of . every shape , sort , and & ? ze were b&re' . ofore hurled at thehtads oi' those who should directly or indircciiy pay the vmholy impost . Now the man , whether clergyman oi iaymau , is declared to be an uuhely knave , an enemy to his country . Who does j : ot pay the uuholy import ? And all this turniug and twisting , this changing from one principle to another , this eystem of expediency and total abahrio . 'iHcnt of ercry political principle , is to keep the Tories out . Well , after all the Tories are now in , and this modern Mokama boasts of having had tbe I ' . isli Catholic cleygy aiding ar d assisting h ? m in all hie < 3 ev . ou ? , and aa it will soon appear , niischievouS policy . Thtse ate but a few of tho blessings which
Mr . O'Connell has secured for us . And surely the people of Ireland oaghfc to be be maJc acquainted with them . It should not be forgotten that the A'Juuicipal Bill lakes airay »! 1 politics ) power from the pany whom it-professes to enfranchise , Belicvo me , said Mr . O Hi « sin 8 , it is all delusion . In tho old corporation , tho Lord Mayor was a magistrate , ex-ojficio . Tho Lord Mayor , under the new corporation , will not be a maigatrate . His beiue ao , depends upon the will and pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant . The old corporation had the appointment of the city sheiiff ? ,. the rtcorder , tbe town-clerks . The power of appointing these officers is taken away from the new corporation and vested in the Lord-Lieutenant for the time being , thus showing a
Tory Lord-Lieutenant can appoint , Tory sheriffi j- as heretofore , and they can , as usual , eapannel a Tory jury to try loyal R ^ ptalers before a Tory recorder . These are a few of the blessings for what ire should kneel down and bow our stupid heads in humble thankfulness . Bowing to Geskr ' s can , jas liberfcy compared to this I Mr . O-Hi giu'JlttKsiUWH ^ cheered daring his address , after which MKbMansu Dillon was called tu the chair , and 1 h * nfcQijft | fYp - - the chairman , when the meeting « yw ^> SVJ « V ^ -- ^ ' > \ gratified at Mr . O'Higgins ' s cltar "rgJMpMMBnfcr ^ *?* . <" answers to the questions of Air . T < H ^ w ^ s ^ r « 4 / : !^ ' >> i- '' H'idVaSAVaM
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct720/page/1/
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