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LITERPOOL DEMONSTRATION . ( Concludedfrom our ttvenih page . ) Mr . O'Bkiek , who was received with tremendous cheers and waving of hindkerchiefe on his rising , asked leave , on account of the delicate stat * of fciB health , to be allowed to advance more into the centre of the meeting , and to occupy a standing on one of the tables . This was at onee conceded , and he proeeeded with his address , which occupied nearly two hoars in the delivery . He addressed them as men and women of Liverpool , and hoped they would not be offended , because he did not know a more honourable title in existence than that of- man , nor did he think the females would frown became he had not styled them lidies . He liked to beMamonff ihe peoolo—* monr those with whom he was always
the most c » ppy , and he was glad to see them there fox a great variety of reasons . He referred to the imprisonment be had undergone , and to the unsuccessful efforts which had been made for his liberation , although the influence of Tom Potter , the Mayor of Manchester , had been successful in the case of the Rev . Mr . Jackson . He mentioned this to contrast the influence of wealth with that of the working classes , for while two millions of signatures could not procure his release , one man liberated Mr . Jackson . When he first vent to Lancaster Castle , it was attempted not only to place him in the felon ' B ward , but to compel him to wear the criminal ' s uniform , both of which pieces of tyranny he had resisted and had overcome ; but he
was thus thrown upon his own resources , and while compelled to provide his own maintenance , was debarred "the means of earning five pounds weekly , which he had had offered for writing for two newspapers . ( Hear . ) He had had much bad health , but had been enabled to weather out the storm ; and all the time he had been in prison he had never set his foot on a board , —nothing but the damp stone floor , besides having only one seat , and that a three-legged stool . - After he had been in Borne time , by the interposition of some of bis wife ' s friends , Col . Yorke had waited upon the Marquis of Nor-Btanby , and remonstrated with him on the hardship to which he was subjected , particularly in being deprived of warning a livelihood by his pen ; to which his Lordship replied , " Why , thiB O'Brien you speak
of , is the most dangerous man in the whole pinydecidedly the most dangeron a . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He then referred to the crime lor which he had been Sentenced , and glanced , in the course of his long and excellent speech , at the form of hid indictment—the recognizances he had had to enter into previous to his liberation—the class legislation whish was the foundation of all the bad Government—the economy and retrenchment of the Whigs for the ten . years they had been in office—his return as the member for Newcastle , and a hint or two for Mr . Ord—his own lack of bodily strength—his exertions since his liberation , which , though it only took place four days ago , had seen him address no fewer than six public meetings . He told them what he had never
told before , that he was put down by one of his own friends— ( hear , hear)—it was quite true that he owed his prosecution to the rascality of one of the leaders of his own party—( hear)—he would . not mention names though he could do so , but such , was the fact ; he had fallens sacrifice to a jealous feeling among those with whom he had acted . He . then went on rapidly to gknce at the proceedings of the late convention—explained his conduct on the national holiday—referred to the proceedings at the Bull Ring at Birmingham—explained his conduct with regard to the advice which he was said to have even ( out which he denied ) to the people to
armand went through the various topics discussed in his speech which we have so fully reported at " Lancaster , aad which in some measure renders unnecessary a more detailed report of his speech here , did not a want of room , and of time , prevent us from doing that justice to it which its merits demand . [ Our Reporter attended the soiree , and found when be got there that the committee , not expecting him , had engaged a Reporter at Liverpool to furnish an Account to the Star ; being unwilling to deprive uim of this engagement , an arrangement was mado that he should send a full report of Mr . O'Brien ' a speech , which , on Thursday afternoon , we had not received , and were thus thrown on our own resources . ]
The next toast was— "The l&dies : may they become food instructors of the rising generation , " which to iIimiV with <* fracting . Mr . Ambler , in a f ew observations , acknowledged the toast on fr »>»* if of the ladies , and regretted that at 00 late an hour a question of so much importance could not have proper justice dose to it He-eulogised the duties they -were called upon to fulfil , and hoped tbe day was not distant when their influence and importance is society would be felt and acknowledged . The Chaibxas announced that he bad been reminded of the object for which the meeting bad been called , by having received from Mr . Ellis , the auctioneer , a Knrereigx ) for the press which it v&s intended to present to Mr , O'Brien .
Mr . O'B&iex protested against the meeting being converted to one of a pecuniary nature to himself ; it woald detract from the pleasure he had experienced He had eoma thsre to receive honour , and honour he had received . The Chaibhah then dissolved the meeting , and thanks having been voted to him for bis esnduct in the chair , the meeting separated at near midnight .
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ittiihlUS . Mr . O'Cosxob made bi 3 public entry into Leeds on Tuesday ; he arrived from Manchester at five o ' clock , and was met on Holbeck-moor by such numbers as scarcely ever before followed in the train of hero or statesman . In fact , at no previous period have the principles of which he is the advocate been go triumphantly—so enthusiastically honoured as on the present occasion . The arrival of the patriot called forth a burst of cheering which made the neighbourhood echo ; while the joyous greetings with which he was individuaDy hailed , stopped the formation of the procession to the town , and delayed its arrival for some time .
A committee had been appointed to arrange the pumper of his entry , to marshal the procession , and to get up the soiree ; and a very effective committee they were , proving , a 3 at all other places where the *« fustians" begin in right earnest , that they lack not intelligence to miu&ge their own affairs ; but where all are determined to do their best , the management of even so large a party becomes pretty easy . This does not , however , detract in the slightest degree from the merit due to the oommittee ; for if the management bscame easy to them their entire arrangements were nevertheless oF snch a nature as tinder any circumstances , to have produced a gratifying result . So sood as the enthusiasm at the Moor
somewhat abated , and the people had fallen back from the carriage in which Mr . O'Connor had taken his seat , then the procession was formed , and the trumpet sounded the advance—the head of the column being about half a mile before the carriage , and a dense mass occupying the entire road , the pace wa 3 slow , and the approach to the town was delayed beyond the appointed hour . -. The procession was accompanied by two bands of music , and a large number of flags and banners , bearing the usual inscriptions ; and hundreds of persons were decorated with green rosettes . There were numbers of well-dressed females , also , whose presence seemed to furnish greater inducement to order in the rougher sex .
At the time the procession moved there were not fewer than from fifteen to twenty thousand parsons present ; but these numbers formed no comparison with those by which it was afterwards actually accompanied through the tovra , while all along the route , namely , along Meadow-lane , over Leeds bridge , up Briggate , down Kirkgate , along Vicarlane , up Lowerhead-row , down Briggate , along Commercial-street , ard dewn Albion-street to the Music Hall , the windows and house " tops were crowded with persons , particularly ladies , by whom the approach of Mr . O'Conn 6 r was hailed by ' waving of handkerchiefs , green ribbons , &c . The progress through the town was triumphant in the extreme :
the Whigs had all shut themselves in back roomsthe Tories were silent as the grave—the Chartist ; were every body , and every body were Chartists at least every body did honour to the distinguishec leader and chieftain of Chartisi principles—repaying him richly for the sufferings he had endured , anc compelling him to the adoption of still greater cxer tions , for the obtaiament of still greater conquests . After the procession had arrived in Albion-street which was so densely crowded as to be completed blocked up , Mr . O'Connor addressed a few word from his carriage to the masses by whom he-was sur rounded , and then retired until the company had be come seated in th e Music Hall , where the Tea am Soiree were to take place .
THE TEA PARTY A 2 O ) SOIREE . About half-past seven o ' clock , half of the company to the number of upwards of five hundred , being a many as the saloon would conveniently accommodate being seated , Mr . O'Connor entered , and was receivet with deafOT "" g cheers , waving of handkerchiefs , &e which lasted for some minutes ; he took hia seat at i table with the Chairman ( Mi Brook ) and other friend * in the Orchestra , and the tea was served up , the tablei having been previously w « n stored with subsfcan is due to the
tials te which great credit com aittee or management , and to those ladies unde whose more immediate superintendance the entertain ment . va * arranged . We should not forget to notice aim that the room was very tastefully decorated wit . eietgnens , booquets of flowers , fce . Ko soonw ha < the gBesta at the tables pff »*»*« n of tea , than the ; rtUwd , aad another large party , who bad occupied th , jpDa ? , apdaa ante-room , took their places , and it wa WdT Bine o ' clock befere the tables were final !; v ^ lMted . ' ' £ i an a < wmrw < Tn < mt , the <^*<™^ an BtOMfl tbat vbito tb » tabta were being cleared , Ui
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Duffy had volunteered a song . Tola he rang in ftod style ; it is his own compostion , and is as follows : — MR . O'CONNOR'S WELCOME TO LEEDS . ; COHPOSED ASD SCNQ BT MB . V . DUFFYil TlHE
S 01 B . SK . Tame— " Rob Roy Uoegrtyr , 0 / Wklcomb , from thy living grave . Brave , bold O'Connor , 0 ! The suffering Billions oome to save ; Brave , bold O'Coanor , O J Thrice veteoma here , thoa best of men , The widows' kope , th * orphan ' * frien' , Oar country ' s pride , from , hill and glen , - We welcome brave O'Connor , O ! Tyrants sought , but sought In vain , Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Thy great and noble soul to chain ; Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Say , have-they tam' 4 the Bon's rage ? Or changM fifon in their Whiggisa cage No , faith , they've not ; I will engage , For brave , bold O'Connor , O !
Long may he live to take hia stand , Brave , bold O'Connor , 0 1 Among the " workiea" of the land ; Brave , bold O'Connor , 01 May Heaven Bless the aaered ck » b 8 , And crows his efforts with * applause , And giin cs just and equal lava , Brave , bold O'Connor , O 1 . The prince of patriots is here . Brave bold O'Connor , O ! Brother Chartists rise and cheer Brave bold O'Connor , 0 ! Cheer him as an honest man . Despite of Whig or Tory clan , " My dear" Ray c * " rpyoiTftn , We welcome bold O'Connor , 0 ! The conclusion of this seng called forth much ap planse , which having subsided ,
The Chairman introduced Mr . Westlake , who presented an address from the associated Chartists of Leeds and its vicinity ; and Mr . Wm . Hick , who presented another from the Charter Total Abstinence Society , from whom also a large and beautiful rosette , suspended by a broad green belt , was placed round hip neck by two of the females . It was inscribed , u Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . " An address was afterwards presented from Hebden Bridge . The following are copies : —
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQUIRE . Honoured Srn , —With feelings of delight and exultation for the adequate expression of which our powers f ail us , the Chartists of your own more peculiarly adopted locality , the toivn and neighbourhood of Leeds , respectfully , heartily , and sincerely welcome you to the renewal of that perBonal intercourse which the recklessness of despotism has for a season interrupted . Permit us to express our grateful thanks for your long-tried , faithful , and ever ready services in the cause of freedom , and to renew the expression of our confidence that those services will be still
continued ; that you will still battle for the cause which you have so long , so powerfully and so nobly advocated—the cause of right , of freedom , and of justice for the working man . Tyranny has done its worst upon it ; but the good Providence of God has guarded you . Your life has been spared ; your fetters are now broken ; and your presence among the people will heal up breaches and dissensions where they may exist ; will raise the spirits of the drooping ; confirm the courage of the bold ; and so invigorate the whole , that f actious domination shall soon quail before us , and the reign of righteousness begin .
Since you have left the tinsel of your own order " to associate with us , we have wrought together as one . We receive you this day in earnest of continued union . We renew our covenant with youa covenant of mutual service and reward . Yours be the service of struggling for our rights—your reward the proud consciousness of patriotism—our heartfelt gratitude—our children ' s blessings : ours be the task to uphold and strengthen yon . Thus shall our march be irresistible . The flag of Liberty unfurled shall wave over the ashes of tyranny , and prosperity shall wait on justiee . Signed on behali of the Chartists of Leeds and its vicinity , J . Siosehovsk , Secretary .
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After an air by the band , Mr . Dairy was again annoonoed to deliver a ndtatton ; Bb syid bf'kajl lupo one of those who had beenlmprboried , and coflseqaefttly he knew what the offerings of the incarcerated were ; bat how tern * rover hia own had been , it was no matter j be was amply repaid by being present at the demonstration of that day , to congratulate in person the " waged" lion of all lions—the incorruptible patriot of » ll patriots He was about to recite to them a little , doggerel of hia own composition ; it was composed in prif sin , where be was denied the use of pen , ink , and paper , and it was auggested by having read aome splendid cantos of Byron ' s Don J nan , and by the circurnstancea of a robin visiting bis cell every morning , to partake of the crumbs of black bread which composed his food . He . begged that , they would excuse , therefore any inaccuracies In the composition , and take the will for the deed . Mr . Daffy then gave , In a feeling manner , an excellent poem of eighteen stanzas , which received , as it merited , tbe applause of the numerous
company . . The Chairman then rose and said , that had he been in company of a party of either Whigs or Toriee , be might have felt ,. great difficulty in fulfilling the task which had been committed to him in proposing toe next toast , and in sailing upon them to respond heartily to the sentiments it contained ; but in the present company , knowing that they had got Veargus O'Connor amongst them —( loud cheered—he had no such difficulty . He gave them , therefore , ' The health of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . tbe-enpaid , the untiring , and the unflinching advocate of the people , and justice to Ireland , bv a speedy repeal . of the onion . " Drank with tremendous cheering .
Mr . O'Connor was greeted with thamoat vociferous cheers on rising . When the applause had subsided , he said—Who would not go to York Castle for sixteen months ? : ( Cheers . ) . . If that , experiment which the Whigs so hopeless ); have tried in vain , and if th « Tories have in store for me a similar punishment for what I am doing , I only trust that a similar result upon my return to the people will await me . ( Cheers . ) Sir , before I make any observations upon the sentiment which has been bo enthusiastically responded to by all present , allow me , in tbe first place , to return an answer to those addresses that have been presented to me . To that which came from the associated Chartists of Leeds , and was presented first , allow me to say , that from it I derive peculiar pleasure , and . for this
reason ,- that much of the time to which it alludes has been spent among them in person , ao that although other persons in other localities might have taken my character vpon trust , from the Whig press or from the Tory press ; although they might have been ready to give me credit for the character whloh it waa said I deserved at Leeds , yet there can be no mistake about that coming from the men of Leeds—( choers )—there fore to them I return my thanks , aad I only hope that their confidence will be my retaining fee for the future , and that as it has hitherto ( through the very worst agitation , for I consider that the most difficult part of our work has been accomplished ; for I have dragged the Charter through the mire , even in rotten Leeds ) I trust that in future my conduct shall also meet their
approbation . ( Loud cheers . ) Aa to tbe address from the Chartist Teetotallers , 1 receive it with not leas pleasure . It gives me great delight and satisfaction to find that 1 have been driven from the place where ! cradled the infant in the first instance from the pitiless storm , to such a place as this . At that time there was no other place open to me ; and willing to aeek shelter anywhere , where nine or tea could be called together , it was that or nothing . And now our cause we agitate in sober earnest , and in consequence of that it is becoming a terror to the drunken factions of Whig and Tory . ( Cheers . ) If I could connect the principles of temperance and moderation , I may say , although not belonging to a temperance society , I am entitled to that address . I know perfectly well that the cause of the teetotal society being formed was inconsequence of the
baneful effects of moderation . Few men know how to use it ; but I , thank God , have had sufficient strength of mind not to allow my judgment to become intoxicated ; and I think , although not a teetotaller , I can say what few men can say who have passed through the exciting life that I have done , that no man ever saw me tipsy since the day I was born . ( Cheers ) Having thus alluded to these two addresses , let me next turn for a moment to the ladles who have done me tbe honour to hang my principles round my neck . ( Cheers . ) Whether it was that I was not prepared for so great an honour or so gentle a touch , or whether it was that 1 had had for sixteen months the gallows always within my sight —( laughter j—or whether it waa that I remembered the prediction of the Birmingiiam Advertiser , which said that I had mounted a ladder to a
triumphal car , but that perhaps it was not the last time I should have to mount a ladder—I don't know ; but I confess to you that I did not like to feel anything so close to my neck . ( Cheers and laughter . ) However , when I turneit round and saw the bands who placed this there —( holding up the rosette)—and the motto inscribed on it , " Universal Suffrage , and no surrender , " —( loud cheers}—I said , there is to be a suspension , but not of my body . That suspension is to be of all the factious opposition which has heretofore been arrayed , by the pour little creatures calling themselves middle classes , and upper classes , and shopkeepers , and Whigs and Tories , against the mighty power of a mighty people . ( Hear . ) That opposition must cease . And why ? Because having beaten
the one faction who thought themselves sufficiently powerful , by their union , still to hold the reins of Government , we have now brought them into our ranks ; and depend upon it that they win not adhere so much to their former principles , as to the means by which they themselves may be restored to office . ( Cheers . There are many of you present who will recollect my first appearance as a politician upon the Leeds stags ; you will recollect my after appearance among you ; and how , upco each successive visit , tbe Whigs told us that Chartism was losing ground , that the Radicals were among themselves divided , and that from their opposition no danger was to be anticipated . How do they treat us now ? If they find us strong they say that the Chartists are a weak , a divided , an
insignificant , powerless body , but if they want an excuse for theiz own bad deeds they say , it is not the want of the confidence of the people in tho Whigs which restored tbe Tories to power , but it was the Chartists . ( Laughter and cheers . ) See what a thing the acquisition of this great power has become ; is it ft thing to be abused by a divided , inconsistent , and worthless party ? My friends , they should not have told us our own strength . Their great strength for > ears has consisted in tbe manner in which , through their organs , they have been enabled to persuade you of your ewn weakness , What was my first step in promoting this which has become the universal cause of the people ? It waa to overcome that p # wer which the press bad : to shew tbe men of Glasgow that the men of Leeds
were with them in spirit ; to ahew the men of Nottingham , of Sheffield , of Huddersfield , of Birmingham , of London , of Dublin—( hear)—of Bath , and all those of the same class in the other towns throughout the united kingdom , that among the working classes there could be only one view , that for their salvation there could bo only one object werth contending fcr . ( Hear . ) Year after year we saw the Whigs , while in power , obliged to feed their young by taxation , by commissions , and by places , and augmenting taxation according as the paupers belonging to the Whigs increastd , as the law of primogeniture did not allow them to be otherwise provided for ; while the law of population still went on augmenting the paupers iu number . From that period to the present , what has been
the result ? You had no King—that is , no monarch , living in London nine or ten years ago . You had no such person as William the Fourth reigning hero in Leeds j you were under the guidance and governance of King Baines—he was the monarch of Leeds . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) He was the monarch of Leeds , and it waa almost dangerous for the monarch in London to give his assent to , or withhold his assent from , anything that the King of Laeds thought proper to say . ( Renewed laughter . ) In fact , punishment did not always fall immediately upon tbe aggressor ; but if King William did wrong , the Queen was threatened with the change of her sex : Bhe was put into breeches . ( Increased laughter . ) I am now shewing you how it is that this local rule of tyranny has been so long kept
up . I am now endeavouring tu shew to you that in each locality there was a petty tyrant who told the people that the passing of the Reform Bill was quite sufficient to redress all their grievances . From that time to the present , when you found out that the Reform Bill is a delusion , you began to waver in your allegiance to King Edward , and that mainly because you found be held out hopes and promises that be was unable or never intended to perform . He knew perfectly well that be , along with other shopkeepers and middle-classmen , had an equal share with other bad men in what could be pilfered from the people ; he knew that there was no staple commodity for those in his grade to tram ' s upon and speculate in , but what proceeded from labour ; and he said to those
around him , if we cannot secure some of that to ourselves we shall all starve together . ( Hear . ) Well , what did Edward Baines do ? As soon as he mode money by vending his spurious opinions , and although he professes to stand by his order , he refuses to give you any participation in the land . I have always thought that what was sauce for the gooee was good sance for the gander ; and I have heard it said that many perssns , who are good judges , make the physicians taste tbe medicines tbey prescribe before they take them . What then was Edward Baines ' s first step when he got money ? Why , purchase a little bit of Chat Moss , that he might be a landlord himself . ( Loud laughter . ) Though he tells you that the land will not do you any good , be took care to secure a little bit of it for himself , as soon as ever he had the means ; nay , so convinced
was fee of the value of land , that he put up with the very worst description that could be laid hold of sooner than be without ( Cheers and great laughter . ) And as to organic change , as soon as the Refoim Bill is passed , what does Edward Baines do ? He turns to another piece of cajolery ; and though there is great great strife and dissension in his cabinet ; though there is fcr some time a great difference between Mr . Baines as " I , " and Mr . Baines as " tot , " eventually Mr . Baines declares for the Ballot . ( Cheers . ) One week he says , in his newspaper , the Ballot ia everything ; and tbe next week be says that the repeal of tbe Corn Laws , with the Ballot , will do all that is desired . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am told that you hod a meeting yesterday in tbe Cloth Hall Yard , and I am told that the tricksters tricked you again ; and that instead
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of putting the amendment and the resolution , the tmatnon mt the aiMmftsndf twice , and then declared $ t darned . That chairman , to alderman , and a very aiBgolar maoi though a Goodman too , also pat tbe resolution afterwards , and declared that&eft had been carried . ( Heat ) I mention Ijhia to , you in order to show yon the next experiniea ^ that "will be tried to break nii the , Chartist i / nnui Now that the Whigs haveloat ^ iel * power , by their . jtmi trickery , by then own deceit , and their own villany , they will endeavour to hurl us once more Into an agitation which will hava '' cheap bread" and ''high wages"for its object I have heard a great deal of those men ia my absence , and their speeches : read . prettily in Mr . Baines ' s paper , who is very ably , represented here by a gentleman who
{ staking no nqtaaojTwhat lam saying . ( Cheersand laughter . ) , In my absence I always re £ d in the Mercury that whenever Feorgua O'Connor presents himself , we always meat bim fairly and fight the question out ; bat whenever Feargus O'Connor is present I never see any of that ragged , regiment which they have assembled from Clod known where . ( Laughter . ) X never hear any of the rhapsodies of those gentlemen who declaim so feelingly upon the ; advantages of tho " large loaf , " and "high wages , " and " plentyto do . " Now they may leave oat that last point , for it ia unfortunately a part of the portion of the poor man that he has too much to do . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) In an address presented to me from Hebden Bridge , and which has not been read , they say , " We are deter-1
mined never to rest till theCharter' becomes the law of the land . " I tell them that they can't , because there is no . rest for the wicked . I tell them that tbey are system-made wicked men ; for those who profess a desire to give them a large loaf , have eaten up both large loaf and small ; they have not only eaten' up the public resources , but have thrown themselves upon the public also . If this system be much further pursued , the public wijl help themselves ; for hunger will break through stonewalls , and men cannot be kept honest by Act of Parliament ( Hear . ) But this Corn taw question is that upon which the Whigs will seek to elevate themselves , > nd Jteep out the Tories . It is hard to deal with the sophistries of those who advocate too repeal of these laws . I wish I had some of them here ; I never can' get hold of one ; they are like pigs , with
soaped tails , I never con catch one . ( Laughter . ) I have , in every shape , laid this question bare in all its nakedness before a well-judging and sound understanding people . But let us take that common-sense view of it which has not been taken yet We cannot , on occasions ef this kind , enter so minutely into details as not to leave something for captious fools to cavil at . But suppose you required fourteen millions of quarters of wheat , or any other quantity , for a year ' s consumption , and suppose you grew two or three millions short of tbe entire quantity , and that the want of that two millions greatly increases the price of the twelve millions that are left ; our object can only be to increase the supply so as to prevent that increase of price . But suppose that those two millions are introduced from some foreign state , we not only reduce the price of the home grown corn , bat to the same extent we make ourselves worse
consumers of the products of our own trade than we were . The Corn-Law repealers would go all over the continent to seek up the defleient two millions of quarters ; but instead of doing that give me half a million of acres of land at home , and I will produce you the two millions required . That would not only make us producers of our own food , Independent of foreign importers and foreign growers , but would also make us consumers of the value thereof in our own market . ( Cheers . ) The great argument of the repealers is that it would moke bread cheap ; but I beg you to remember that in the exact proportion that bread has been cheapened , wages have been reduced . ( Hear . ) It is well known that whenever there is an increase of the demand for goods for . foreign markets , there is a
dismissal of manual workiea , and an increase of machinery . If to-morrow they required ten thousand ship loads of your goods , new engines would be set up , and the workmen would be required to work double tides in order to meet the foreign demand . ( Cheers ) I leave those gentlemen that bone to pick , though they may tell you that they do not struggle for themselves alone , but for you . But do you see any of these men wanting a day ' s meal » Do you see Mr . Marshall wanting a large loaf ? the man who , by reducing his wages from 15 s . to 14 s . a week , can save £ 26 , 000 a year independent of tbe advantage arising from speculation purohases of the raw material . ' That is owing to the want of the Charter , and that is a fact which must bo impressed upon tbe mind of every working man . ( Hear . ) No
matter what specious promises the Whigs may make in order to captivate the popular feeling and to get back again to office ; no matter what they may do , unless you have extensive organic changes , faiiwell to every hope of redemption for the working class . ( Hear . ) We ore now in a position that we never were before . I nave dragged this question through the mire . Every political measure has to un&argo its own share of slander and disapprobation . I admit that I was scoffed at and spat upon when I carried the little offspring under my coat in the dead of night ; and my excellent friend , Mr . Duffy , who has to-night entertained you to the best of his ability , will bear in mind that six years ago , at Sheffield , tbey cried " Hurrough Pat , what brings on Irishman here t" Have I jnot then lived down prejudice ?
I go to-morrow to Sheffield , where , I can tell you . tbe same men who cried " Hurrcguh Pat , " ia 1835 , will be among the foremost to say " Welcome Irishman . " ( Cheers . ) I started with reminding you of the great strength which the Whigs and Tories derived from the system of delusion they were enabled to practice upon persons in different localities ; and even yet the Leeds Mercury has not given up its old and flagitious practice ; Yesterday , you had . I am told , from 1 . 2 Q 0 to 1 , 400 persons assembled in tbe Cloth Hall Yard to petition on tbe subject of the Corn Laws ; and , you may depend upon it , that we shall have that cried up on Saturday , as a great demonstration , the numbers being increased in geometrical progression like the nails in the horse's shoe ; and if the gentlemen from that office to whom
I have before referred , will do me the honour to attend , I will dictate leading articles for next Saturday ' s paper , both as to that meeting and the present ( Cheers , and laughter . ) Now , I will venture to assert that I shall either be booked for a prophet , or shall drive the Mercury out of its intention . You will see in the Mercury all tbe speeches , with the cheers , and something more , at tbe Monday ' s meeting ; and , besides that , a long leading article , approving of tbe spirit of the resolutions , aad telling the faction that the proposer of the amendment was to be commended for having seen the necessity of sinking minor differences , and consenting to sail in the same boat And you will have another article about the procession today ; for , if my eye did not deceive me , I saw some one
in the cockloft of the Mercury Office , counting the numbers as they passed . Tbey hod a man who counted the whole people who came to the KersaA Moot meeting , although they arrived by thirty-seven different roods ! and he made the number to be just 3 , 339 ! and I have no doubt but that in the next Mercury our procession to-day will be set down as consisting of 920 persons , twenty or thirty of whom were women . ( Laughter . ) And thus they seek to deceive you . But presently the day will arrive when the hosts of the Mercury will rise up in judgment against the deceiver , and say , had it not been for your falsehoods , we should have wedded the people to our cause ; but you persuade us , by lying aud falsehood to wait till the time for something like union has ' . ' / ell nigh passed by .
That amiable , good-tempered , orderly , saintly , quinteacence of gentility and good-breeding , Mr . Edward Baines , says that tbe Tories let me out of York Castle for the assistance 1 bad rendered to them ; but the Morning Herald says that the Whigs liberated Feargus O'Connor to let him loosa at the Tories ; and the Leeds Mercury says that it is quite a shameful thing that Mr . O'Connor should now agitate against the repeal of the Corn Laws , wken he voted and speke against them seven years ago . In that , however , tho Mercury is quite mistaken . Now that tbe Whigs are out of power , their first move will bo , and it is important to know it , to join in tbe suppression of Chartism . It may be said that the Whigs are der . d ; but they are only dead to themselves as a party , they are not dead
for mischief . They would rather see a majority of 200 Tories in the House of Commons to-morrow than see thirty men of my principles amongst them . ( Hear . ) We have still much labour before us ; and I believe much of the onerous labour will fall on my shoulders ; and thank God , tbey are broad ( cheers ); and thank God they are strong ; and , thank Qod , I am of that constitution , conformation and form , that I neither dread tbe oppressors' threats nor the great man ' s scorn . ( Loud cheers . ) Some perspns of my position in society would join with you at a general election , and court your popularity when it served their purposes , but I do not limit my co-operation to such occasions . I am always ready to shake the blistered hand , meet it where I may . Neither do I do it for selfish purposes . I am
always to be found among you ; always mixed up with your cause , and ready to advantage it in any manner that I think most conducive to its success . It is a dangerous thing , it has always been a dangerous thing , for a man to stand up energetically in the prosecution of a particular course , which has for its Object the amelioration of the condition of the working classes . Yet I have made a just estimate of the danger which I run , and I am determined to persevere . ( Cheers . ) Have I ever once entered upon that one-sided course which faction has pressed me to enter on ? Never , never , never . ( Loud cheers . ) Let me now inform you as to a certain matter , a portion of which you ore cognisant of yourselves . You recollect the demonstration which was mode in tbe middle of the anow in the dead of last winter , when the men and the women from distant parts crowded to Leeds in order
to do honour to tbe principles ef the C natter , and to meet their reviler ; yon remember when the flax mill was fitted up , almost like a theatre , and wben the people were Marshalled under tbe auspices of the man worth two millions of money ; you recollect that night when the Whigs just really felt my power . I was in a dungeon then ; I was the caged lion then . ( Cheers . ) And yet Mr . O'Connell , who did not venture to come to Leeds , told tbe people of Ireland that I bad recommended the people of Leeds to assassinate him if he came . ( Shame . ) I would appeal to all ofyou who know what I said and did , whether any one can say that I ever held out such on intimation to any one ? (•• No , never . *') Were not these my words— " They will endeavour to break the peace , bat let every man be a policeman to preserve the peaee . " My recommendation was to oppoat the sliding scale of principle , and to acoept no < " * Wmfnt
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of Justice . At the Manchester demonstration , yesterday , the acene waa a most splendid one . All the trades came out under their own banners ; such a procession was never seen there ainee Manchester was built j andanch a soance will jnOT « , again , be witnessed until'J , carw , thenx !^ a >» tr ^ wirtet as the , law of tbe land ., ( Loud « li ««* r ) , ? BVwhat were the dreomstaiiQe * attending this demonstration ? Why , some days ago J received & tottot f rum a repealer , say ing , tbit in ease I went to Manchester , I should be assassinated , « ven it ~ 6 QQ 9 Irishmen fell in tbe straggle . . List week they were , invited to assemble in Carpenter )} HaU , by placards , which clearly pointed me out s * fcn object iorjMWWfllnatlon . They asked in large letters " who incited the people of Leeds to assassinate
, Daniel OConnell f" and then they answered tbe question in still larger letters , " Feargus O'Connor . " Notwithstanding this , the working men of Manchester met in thousands to welcome O'Connor in Stevenson ' s * square . And sore enough O'Connor was there to meet them . ( Cheers . ) Though I had the letter in my pocket , nobody had heard of it till I had got into Stevenson ' a-squaie ; and when I arrived there . I stood up and asked for the assassin . ( Load cheers . ) But there was no assassin at hand . I knew that no Irishman could be brought to perform so vile a deed . I did not more shew my courage in going there than I showed the opinion that I held of my countrymen . And who were tbe parties that flocked round tke
carriage fox the four miles of procession ? I scarcely beard a word of English ; it was all Irish . ( Hear . ) But mark the moral . If I have escaped whom have I to thank ? Bat if I had shrunk from going what would have been the consequence ? Why , that I should have received similar letters from Leeds and from Sheffield , and from other places which I might propose to visit , and thus there would have been an end to tbe Chartist cause . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) And now hear what was the result . We had' a very numerous teadrinking which lasted from , six o ' clock till near midnight , for the tables were replenished with guests more than three times over . We had manufacturers there , middle-class men , and shopkeepers , for ¦
"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind . " And what was * the consequence of my refusal to attend to this intimidation ? Why , a deputation from the Repealers , saying that they agreed with every word that fell from me in Stephenson's Square , and that now they would join the Chartists . ( Loud cheers for some time . ) What does all this mean ? ( "They join us ! " ) They join you . What ! and yon cheer at It ? You ? (" Yes . " ) What I the working men of Leeds join in cheering at the union with Irishmen ? ( Loud cheers . ) Well , you astonish me ! and I do lack words to express not so much my astonishment as ray delight What ! you , the «' enomies of the Irish working classes . " ( Never . ) What 1 not for " seven hundred years the enemies of Ireland . " What ! not "the men
who gave a Coercion Bill to Ireland ? " ( No . ) What not the men who support the power of the law church ? ( We bave no power . ) Well ; that is tbe very answer that I have been giving for the last ten years ; that you have no power to do anything ; and that if you had , it would be applied to make Ireland a nation instead of a province . After some further observations on Irish topics , Mr . O Connor reverted to the subject of Anti-Corn Law Agitation , which he said hod been set on foot by the League with renewed vigour for the purpose of harassing and annoying the new Government And he entered into lengthened details to show that it would be immensely to the advantage of Great Britain to encourage the growth of corn at home , rather than to sanction its being imported from
other countries . He wished for a more extended cultivation of the land and an increase in the number of domestic fanners , as he was satisfied that an occupier of five acres of land would not only be able to pay a reasonable rent , but to save as much at the year end as would equal the rent and the value of the labour expended on the land . In conclusion he said—My friends , neither misinterpret me when I go away , nor misunderstand me in our communings one with another . What I say is , that do power on earth—that no power of man shall ever induce me , by bribes , by coercion , by persecution , or by intimidation , to give up one single fraction of one fractional part of the whole principles contained iu the People ' s Charter . ( Loud and continued applause . )
The Chairman said the next toast did not require any comment to recommend it . It was , " Th >» Charter , and may it speedily become the law of the land . " ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Peter Hoey , of Biraaley , was received with cheers , and responded to the toast This was , he said , the pleasantest evening he hod ever spent in his life , and he rejoiced that he had travelled to Leeds to be a witness to their devotion to the principles of the People ' s Charter . He was delighted for two reasonsto witness their enthusiasm , and personally to repay the compliment to his eloquent countryman for the eloquent manner in which he had ever advocated the people's rights . He had been imprisoned for his principles , and he could assure them that his opinions had
not been in the least changed by his imprisonment ; but he stood before them a better Chartist , if possible , than he was before be entered the dungeon ' s gloom . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Since his liberation he had visited his native country ; that visit had not disappointed him ; nay he was delighted to have to announce to them that the great principles of the Charter were steadily progressing throughout Ireland . ( Tremendous cheers . ) He had stood before a meeting of Chartists at Dublin , and he could assure them that were there no other society but that in all Ireland , it was enough to Radicalise the whole of the towns in Ireland .
( Cheers . ) They were united—they used their influenceand it was not too much to say that with such a union and such powers as they possessed , it was impossible that the apread of their principles could be put a stop to . ( Cheers , ) He had received a letter since bis return which fully corroborated these statements , and which said that let what influence soever be exercised , it was not in the power of any party to stop the advance of that little band . ( Cheers . ) He would not detain them further than to assure them that what he was , that would he remain , and that under no circumstances could a change be made in his sentiments . ( Great cheering . )
The Cuaibman then gave " The Chartist Candidates at tbe late general election . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Wm . Martin , of Bradford , was called upon to respond to the toast He said he was proud of being present on that occasion , not because Mr . O'Connor was there , but because tbe men and women of Leeds had that day shown so bold a front in favour of their own principles , proving to a demonstration that they were determined to shake off both the factions , and to take their affairs into their own hands . ( Cheers ) He was proud , certainly , to see the honour which , was paid to bis countryman , —( applause )—because in honouring him they had also honoured his uncle and his principles . ( Groat cheering ) Mr . Baines had on one occasion been guilty of telling the truth . He had said in a
letter that the people of England were determined to do justice to the people of Ireland . ( Hear and cheers )' He did not complain of tho number of Irish members , but of their quality , and be was quite determined to do hia best to give them an opportunity of choosing members of their own—men who would advocate their principles , and who would bo chosen on the broad ground of Universal Suffrage . ( Great cheering . ) They did not want men who would legislate for the church , or for a profit mongering faction , —( hear , hear , ) —but men who would legislate for the whole country , and who would give protection to labour . ( Cheers . ) Governments were originally formed to protect the weak against the strong ; bnt by degrees , and in process of time , the aristocracy gained power , and used
the people as stepping stones for their own aggrandisement , —( hear , hear , )—and drew the labourer from his inheritance , in order that they might obtain possession of it for themselves . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) But Mr . O'Connor had proved that he meant to restore to them that which they had been so unjustly robbed of . ( Great cheering . ) The speaker then went on to say that there was more land than was required to support the entire population of the country , froai which he argued that were the labouring classes treated and employed as they ought to be , they would be so far withdrawn frcm the manufacturing districts , and occupied in agriculture , as would render it unnecessary that females and children should any longer labour in those degrading rattle-traps , the factories , because the
earnings of the father would support the mother and her effspring . He could not endure that women should be any longer subjtctdd to the brutalities of over-bear ing overlookers , or that children should have to endure the tyrant ' s lash . There were some amongst the middle classes who were better than others , and there were also ^^ ongst the aristociasy some belter and some worse ; but still these would not give the suffrage to the working classes for fear they should send men who were better acquainted with the circumstances of all classes to legislate for them in the House of Commons . He then went on to expose the pretended superiority of the aristocracy , who fctyle the labouring population the swinish multitude , and spent their over time in the company of prostitutes .
and other even more degrading ways ; though even they were obliged to admit that the working classes were respectable , and possessed great intelligence . The people were now getting too intelligent to be humbugged ; they were not so ready now as formerly to listen to the tales told to them at the hustings , and to shout ia favour of the factions who were ensnaring them ; for they knew now that all the talk was mere humbug , and they were not to be led away with It He ( the speaker ) bad been returned as the Member for Bradford at the last election by show of hands by a tremendous majority , ami had not the other parties demanded a poll he should have taken his seat . He regretted that at a period like this the privilege of voting
waa vested in bricks and mortar , and not in the man ; and while the majority of those who lived in such houses , voted In the manner they did , the system could not be different Had the people the power , then would a different system prevail , and labour would be the standard of the currency . ( Cheers . ) He exhorted them to unity , and to steer the same peaoefal course they had hitherto done , by which the enemy would be prevented from plundering them , and they would be enabled to proceed on to victory . He waned them against being led away by spies , had it not been for them the people would ere this have been in possession of the promised land . He entreated them not to slacken their exertions on behalf of to * imprisoned
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Chartists ; and paid * high compliment to the Northern Star * a& its Editor , bat for whom the sufferings of those who had been incarcerated would have beta mach more aevere , » n « F , like Clayton , they might have been murdered . His Wood still cried out for Ten . geance , and vengeance it would yet have . He thanked them for the patience with which he had been heard , and congratulated . them on -their numbers and beat ing . He hoped what they had heard would be im . pressed on thek minds , and that they would go home with a determination to oome forward and join their brethren in the struggle for liberty , by joining the Chartist Association ; andthen farewell , a long farewell to tbe lTenwry pniltf Ywkahlre . Mr . Martin sat down amidst great cheering .
The ChaikjOm next proposed " The speedy return ofFroBt , WUiiaina , « ndJ 6 nes . . Mr . SlumNSTXHf , beioc called upon to respond to the toast , said—That after the achievement of the people ' s rights , by the establishment of the princi . pies of the Charter , the objeet nearest hia heart waa the desire to see those- expatriated patriots restored to their country , their families , and friends . Personally he was unacquainted with Williams and Jones , yet , through the medium of the press , he had learned Buffioient of their characters to entitle them to bis most strenuous exertions on their behalf .- Of Mr . Frost he knew much : he had been a co-worker with him in the cause of politioal redemption—ha had fought with him , side by side , in the campaign against despotism , and he ever found him a man of
sound principle and sterling integrity . Mr . S . y after passing a high eulogium upon the public character of the exiled patriot and urging upon the audience the necessity of exerting themselves to obtain the full and immediate remission of the unjust sentence passed upon the three patriots , concluded by informing the men and women of Leeds , that being appointed lecturer of the East Biding with which the Chartists of Leeds bad identified themselves , he should have frequent opportunities of addressing them , and that as the time allowed for each speaker on the present occasion , was limited to five minutes , he would enter more fully into the subject at some early period . Mr . Skevingtdn ' s address was well received throughout , and he sat down amid loud and long continued cheers .
The Chairman gave as the next toast— "The liberation of all incarcerated Chartists . ** Mr . Duff y was extremely happy both for his own sake and that of the meeting , that his time waa limited to fire minutes . He was little used to address meetings like that ' ; but his soul most have been indeed dead if , with the promptings of his ] own experience he could hesitate bat one moment to reoiprocate the sentiment embodied in the toast . They were all now comparatively nappy , their mirthful countenances bespoke a glee of heart , aed their joy at the reception of the lion from his * cage , was a temporary overbalance for the Bufferings and f > riva tions which they habitually endured ; but ec him conduct them for a moment from that splendid saloon to the hells of Wakefield , Northallerton .
and Beverley , where their brethren were languishing . What was the condition of the Chartist captive in those abodes of misery at that present moment ? He was then locked in his cell , and stretched upon his pallet to reflect a midst the gloomy stillness of the night upon the rampant reiga of tyranny—to think upon Ius wife and oh his little ones who mourned his absence , and to curse , in inward bitterness , the iron which he felt within his soul . If he should dare to uncover bat hishands or to thrust his head from beneath the Whig blanket , it would be quickly noticed by a ruffian traversing the room in list slippers . " Hist 1 " would be all he would hear , for that time ; the number of his bed would be taken down , and in the morning he would be had ap before the Governor ;
and for the crime (!) fiercely reprimanded , and sentenced , it might be , to a day or two ' s solitary confinement , or it might be to a deprivation of > portion of his miserable food the next day . [ Great sensation was produced in the meeting by this poor * trayal of the miserable condition of our safierinf brethren . ] The speaker then went on to state that this was no fancy-drawn picture : it was one in which he bad himself formed a figure in the foreground . The Whigs had been mercifully pleased to remit a portion of hia sentence . Why ? because they imagined that bj infernal tortures they had got rid of him . They baa
brought him to the verge of eternity . There were those present who saw him and who conld testify thai his body and limbs were swollen to aa alarming extent—his nervous debility and general state of health was such , that they thought he could not live more than three 'reeks , and so they let him out to die . Thank God tVey were mistaken . He was now something like his own man again—he was there a living witness agaiast despotism and class tyranny I and by God ' s blessing he hoped to seo their dpwnfal , and to rejoice , not only at the liberation of his brethren now incarcerated ; but of the destruction of the fool system under which they and so many others have been made to suffer . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman then gave as the next toast , ' The Northern Star and the democratic press . " ( Grett cheering . ) . ' Mr . Hill begged , on behalf of the Northern Star , to thank them most cordially for the compliment they had paid that paper , ia placing it at the head of . the democratic press ; nor was it of . course the l « ss pleasing to him after the four years' service he bid endeavoured to render them in the conducting of that journal , to know that thiB was no idle compliment , but a simple acknowledgement of fact . If the Ben * timent upon which their proceedings had been based was correct in its expression ; if the people wen indeed the source of all power , and that they wen so was a truism universally acknowledged ; it wis
surely then worthy of their best concern to consider how the real power of the people could be best and most efficiently exercised for their own benefit . In the absence of legislative means , which they bad supposed to be filched from them , there was no lever so effective in tho hands of the masses as a sterling de * mocraticpress—andwhilethisexisted , and was rightly estimated and supported by the people , there could M no daBger of permanent class legislation . With die liberty to think , to reason , to argue , to inquire , and to communicate freely the results of their cogitations , there was ever an amount of intellectual power fo the people to devise the means of effectuating their redemption from enthralment . He hailed it , then , as one of the best tokens of the times , that the people had now learned to estimate the value of the
democratic press . If there was any reason why the Northern Star should be by them placed at the head of that press , he would seek it not so much in an ? particular individual talent , or energy employed upon it , as in the f act that it was , it ever had been , and while under his management it ever should be , an essentially democratic organ—an organ recognising broad principles and universal rights alonean organ of their own , in which the people coold read their own minds , write their own minds , and see their rights asserted , and redress claimed for their grievances . It was thus that the Northern Star had become a terror to the people ' s enemitfj and upon these grounds he claimed for it a continuance of that upnolding favour which could alone mako it capable of tearing down the towers of corruption , and establishing the reign of
righteousness . The Chairman next announced that he had come to the last toast of the evening— " The ladies . " He w « happy to say that he had secured the services of " I ^ ta a lady ' s man" to respoud to the toast ; hia remarks would be brief , as after he had done , the band would stay for a while , in order that the ladies , who were very wishful , might enjoy the pleasure of a dance . Tbe toast was received with much cheering . . Mr . Hick , in a speech of some length responded after which thanks were voted to the Chairman , ana the proceedings terminated at nearly two o'clock in tl » luornine .
Thus ended a demonstration which willnot be speedily forgotten , and the salutary effects of which roust s felt to the latest period of time . In the influence wW * it will have upon the advancement of those principle which are for the benefit of the whole human race .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Ho . voirsED Sib , —The Chartist Total Abstinence Society desire to express their unmingled satisfaction at again beholding you free , unmanacled , and nothing daunted in your glorious zeal for liberty . They hail your reappearance among us as an earnest of success , and they feel your exhilarating presence to brace the nerves of their determination , and to urge them onward to increased exertion . We beg you , as an earnest of oar love , as a testimony of our gr&titude , and as a pledge of our attachment , to accept this simple emblem of liberty and purity , which we are satisfied must always be
coeval . Praying tha . tho time may speedily arrive , when your glorious efforts shall issue in the establishment , upon a legislative basis , of the Charter of our rights , and pledging ourselves to unceasing and continuous struggle , while we express an unreserved confidence in your gallant leadership , which has already done much , we look forward to the speedy accomplishment of all our hopes—the establishment of the throne in righteousness , and the universal prevalence of prosperity and peace . Signed on behalf of the Leeds Chartist Total Abstinence S&ci&ty .
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TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ . Mr Dear Sib , —At a meeting of the National Charter Association of Hebden Bridge , on Monday the 20 th inst ., Robert Sutcliffe was unanimously appointed our delegate to represent us at Leeds , on Tuesday next , to assure F . O'Connor , Esq ., of our unabated confidence in , him , as our political leader , and of our firm determination to persevere in the glorious cause of democracy . And we hereby pledge ourselves never to rest until the Charter becomes the law of the land . Yours truly . On behalf of the National Charter Association of Hebden Bridge , Henrt Babbitt , Sub . Sec .
The Chaibhaw then rose and said , they were well met on a most gloriously triumphant occasion , an occasion on which Leeds had shown its power—had proved to the factions that nothing less than their just rights would satisfy them , —that they were determined to have the Charter and nothing less . ( Hear , and cheers . ) All parties were ready enough to admit the existence of great distress—to admit that distress unparalleled prevailed at the present time , bat they were not of the same opinion as to the source from whence such distress sprung . Some of them blamed the Corn Law 3 , and said they were the source of all the ill 3 under which the nation was sinking—( hear , hear)—whilst others had a
different opinion , and laid the blame on something else . But the Chartists tracad the evil to its proper Eource , and they said it originated in class legislation . ( Hear , and cheers . ) They said it originated in all laws being passed for the exclusive benefit of the few , and not for the many ;—in the fact that every thing is protected except labour . ( Cheers . ) To remedy this universal distress , one party proposed to repeal the Corn Laws ; but , whatever might be others' opinions , their opinion was , that the Charter , and nothing less , could ever restore health and prosperity to the country . ( Cheers . ) And this , hejwas prond to say , the people were becoming daiiy more and more determined to have . ( Cheers . ) He congratulated them that they were met to
welcome an unbought and unpurchaseable advocate of their glorious cause—that they had met to do honour to the now nn- " caged lion "—Feargus O'Connor—( cheers)—and though they had a great deal to contend against with tbo Tories in power , and the Whigs doing all they can to dispossess them of it , vet he called upon them to unite ; to let O'Connor ' s mono be thcir ' s , " Agitate , agitate , agitate . " ( Cheers . ) He called upon them to rall y around him whose past conduct so well merited their confidvnee , of which he had proved himself bo well worthy ; and with such a leader , and such a union as they had the power to form , success must be certain . ( Great cheering . ) He concluded by proposing the first sentiment , " The people , the source of all power . " The toast was received with great cheering .
iir . Vevebs who had been delegated to represent the Huddersfield Chartists , responded to the toast . He waa happy to see that the time had come when the people seemed to manifest some consciousness of their power—that they at last dared to think and to act also . While their power was permitted , to remain quiescent , they would always be the victims of oppression . So long as they continued to exhibit themselves in the character of cringing slaves tbey would never lack a riding aristocracy to sit closely ou their bocks . ( Loud cheers . ) He was not a Chartist of yesterday . He had borne the battle and the breeza for a loag period of time , he had advocated the principles of right and justice under the personal and living leadership of the
venerable Major Cartwrigbt ; he bad enjoye . 1 the happiness of personal intercourse with that veteran reformer in the year 1822 . He had since then stood up in many conflicts for the cause . He was now approaching seventy years of age -, but the gratification ho hod experienced that day more than repaid him for all the toils he hod passed through in a life of service . The speaker then went on to expatiate upon the influence of the female character , and to call upon the women , of whom he was glad to see bo large a number present , to add their strength to that of their husbands , fathers , and brothers , Tn > v < ng firm their phalanx against the enemies of right , and presenting to oppression an unyielding front The speaker sat down amidst load cheers .
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