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fceeokeemMto ^ pparent 4 sy . by day , that good gorertjr msnt . ean . anly be produced tlm > "g ) universal repreaeiP tation , _ the right of voting being secured and protect * ljfffi ^ t > ft » iM imit ^ r 8 laid down in the Peopled XEhartafc . I * nm + ** tA attll fnrUta * that wwvi iimuniiiMit i ^ T ^ r ^^^^^^^ t f . ^^^ pV ^* P * TF " ^^^•*^» ^^ T ^^^^^^ r •¦•^^^ - 1 ^ -T ^ T ' ^ P 3 ^^ to dep « W »^ lWaent ; tiat ParHametot , limpid be thejfctfr of W «> 4 t > . wWoW , fat&'ffnt te **» Doe , aod to iti general ttoqxiirlef « JBrfd * tt *« fi ^ i W to greet mass of Ihe people , toff i * afcittjeqtftsee 1 sVpiseflr . eal system of education wr / uM succeed or te ^ cHtefapo- raneou * with measures to g ^ re * nlmpeta » to ladiitry—*» * ed nl clothe theiiid » atriousp © ot > ,: JJetil such plans and iHrpcevetnento be farttodaced . tty bete ** the ' wori ( in » , ro » 9 . >» . f «* . a » means wiU _ allow ,, tQ improve frVf iw , arid prepare for \ U » eomtM change , fcr oome h ' nut , and that at no very great dmst period . tJntH 4 bm , my Menda / ear teiitly , ^ gtedtyHBtdd ^ tCT ^ nedly fte more , you exert yonrselvej the jtooner . will come the twiotfttfydrt-deliTeMwe . '¦••• ' ' '•' ' ' ¦
Mr . MtPLiw « id H . wai with feelings of gnat pleasure he came forward to more the first resolution . He ' wis actuated by no other motive tnan that of len « - fasf : id * hAssable tid io tbt great ( work of political isajimaaUon ; < Cbesrs 4 He treated that aU parties woald be wise , and see Oat the | iop ni approaching when the distress eilht equator maal&iemedisd , It wu : a 4 nestf <» . that concerned . 4 he Cegn L * jr rejwialery the Cbv *^ tbe . Sectarian , the Tory , and the Whig . The working sUsses were becs « li »§ enaih » e < jf the state ofdegradation in which , thtf Wfp placed / aAd which . they sere ? ougW t | rbay # ; , k »« wn . ( Cheer * , TheySefl the wotking « laaa «< sald M * M , } thgttbey am ignonat , a » d pot fli to possess poUtieal power . , 1 deay it Bnt if tfcey aw Jgn * raot f whose tetf $ -l ? , IU , ~ Doe
not tb * mywafWrnr-feft wUfr , theT # ypwtiw , wko mak »; tb 6 sbufe-t < rjear , . *» 4 cheers . ) Plan * have been , proposed to educate the people * bat wogid tbe fievexunut aid in carrying them ¦ oat ? Mr .. Symons jmt faith his plan , measuring man ' s intelligence by ilia own standards ( T « agftW > , It , the criminal isfriagw the law * . of thppe member * o ?« whom he has * of tb * -stigbteBt ooBtrpjd , be jmut pay JhepeBalty , wtwn , pexbtpsi ttoservery laws eauftdj -bii crime . tfttat . ) Tbi peepto onfht . to have aTo ^ ee ia makisg the Laws , The prea » nt existing distress U > h * aUMCnateg topic . It ia . an ril whleh proaw heatily on the rigbta of indu » tcr . ; j » ad whlah , if 4 be people Mlhatraonlpower , mw * t e » e lengbe » e » edied . I am glad to « eao aaajr worljfag hh * piment s-it proTed
that is spirit of toq » irr b * I * rij «^ ajmpg . # eA ; » ahowed that they were •¦ # longer th * » fl ^ g alav * of faethiB or the pMrive ' dwpM flf « b « auJetpewBoy ^ He toped they had aanmbled that night to « pref | Jtheir opiniDBB fairly asd candidly . on ih * . aa > ert « f poUtcal affaira . Tbty had often been teW that ft wa »» Q W te / petition the Honae « f Commons for a redveai of griewneet ; bot he waa < & opinion that a petition aigned by three or four millions of persons would pK » d « m a powetfol efieot eT * n pn ; the preteni Parliameat If it did no * , bowerer , iVMo « W abPT to the ram * that there existed dfamoBteBtwfcien Agpjfeg |* tfI ° < W 9 f * i * B tsrekl aUayr In tire . « Bi » 7 » el ^ tioa . wa # -embodied th » cwat prindplai pf Chi # i « m- M claimed tha ^ the woriing man , tbe . « tiO 4 i « mm , »* d the wealthy man atdaki aiike lie repmented in tb « ieftialatiu twnple of tbe nattpm . Many there w « re ^ ho . ri ^ kuH 4 tbe idea of UalTBoalBBfiraftjlmt be begged to * tat » to * bx » e indiTidnala that the greater part of the diatresa in to
cUar eosntry ewes it ^ origin « Jaa » : leglalikUon ; the working men haYing . 4 toc < nre *» d ttt *^ they haw resolxed to remote it ; bnt how is tt tu be nmored ? why , by the nnoeaaiBg effort * of the people-rrby the spread , of inUIligenca—by thedetermlnalfon of every indiTidnal to won it , as if suceets depended on h > exertions alone . The last four years of agitation hare worked a great amount of good—U bad cwaed the minds ' of the humbter claesea . to understand those principlaa which before were monopoll » dby a few / He called upon them to ally reund thoee wbo . had eonrage enough to denounce the oppxeeribn . to proclaim the qperiorUj of democrat otbt . -arlsfocntey , spd , to try all their pow « r to- ooor { i > oe their . oppon » ut » l )^ reaaon and not by ^ nrr' ****^^ It they adopted the ffrmer course , they woula enmre >{ oi thennelTea Xb » " applrobation of all good , men and success , for ' , theirtiallowed cause . After a lengthy » nd energetic address which was reodTed with gnat cheering , be proposed tbe following resolution : — 7
•? That we . Tie * with regret and dismay , the dafly inoeasing . « f&s arising out of the ( resent corrupt system of ropiescDtatiop . Hating witnessed the complete failure of the Whig Reform Bill as a means of imprcH ^ ing the fi ^^ r ^ t&am of \ } yp \ Hon * e » niek-named the Coflimonr House of Parliament;—boldim Sat iwimbly to be equally oorrupt with . tbe properly oaJLed bgnogfr mongermg Parliament of former daja ; O 0 MJd 9 JtDg . t 9 ) patchwork expedients as unwise and dangerous r wisSing to see peace and social order pretail > anxious for the welfare and pmperity © I all classes of the people ; acknowledging the right to the franchise as being inherent , and indelibly written on tbe person of man by his creator , and that to delay , or annul that right is a serious offence against humanity , we do adopt a petition to Parliament setting forth our grievances , and pointing eut what we coaaide ? as tb » eSKjtaal remedy . "
Mr . Wigqiks , m seconding the resolution , impressed os tbe meeting , the necessity of becoming sober and temperate , as the grand means by wnieb they eould make tbemaelres sufficiently infefllgent 4 o obtain their just rights , which tbe aristocratte Government bad so " long withheld . Tbe manufacturer eould make a fortune ont of the labour of tbe working man , which was the only property unprotected . They were told of their ignoranoe , and yet £ 30 , 000 was all they would git * to edneate tbe whole people , while the Universities , founded for tbe education of the poor , were prostituted to teach tbe sons of tbe aristocracy bow to put their bands into the people's pbekets , with tbe greatest advantage . ( Laughter . ) They bad been told that ChartismwKsde&d ; but be basted that they would show th&t tbe day of resurrection —( eheeta )—and power was at hand . -The isolation was passed unanimously .
Mr . Milsom s » id the age of ignorance , fanaticism , priestcraft , and state-craft was mat fading away , and in its stead be hoped to live to aee tbe day when the tollworn mechanic might receive a fair remuneration for his labour , and , unemployed , might find means to live in abundance , and in the midst of every comfort Tradesmen and mechanic * were alike complaining ; misery and destitution covered tbe land . The manufactore was becoming bankrupt , and onr gaols were being filled with criminals . Plans had been devised by Corn Law repealers and Emigration Committees , but the time for palliatives was past ; the only remedy for the enormous evils preying upon society was in the adoption of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . He would not say that of itself tbe Charter would do all this ,
and that on its passing into a law all grumbling would cease , all tbe empty bellies would be filled , and all tbe backs clothed ; bet the Charter must be tbe basement to suppert tbe edifice in which all these good things would be found . He bad been out lecturing in an agricultural district for some weeks past on Sundays , and be was astonished tb find the feeling which prevailed in favour of democratic principles . He mi at Wmchcomb on Sunday last , and not less than from four to five hundred persons were assembled , all eager to get political knowledge . His office as a lecturer was no sinecure : he travelled and preached politics at bis own txpence ; yet , on Sunday last , tbe parson of tbe parish accosted the assembled multitude , and recommended tbem to take care of their pockets . He could
not have wished te convey an idea that he bad a design on their pockets , he should suppose ; but of a certainty he was the only one present who obtained a good salary out of the pockets of the parishioners . The parson -was accosted not Tery courteously , and rode off apparently rather chagrined . Parson Close , of this parish , once told him that working men had nothing to do with the Constitution . It may suit those who wished to deprive tbe working man of tbe benefits of the Constitution to inculcate such a doctrine ; but the people were becoming teo wide awake to swallow it , and if tbe people exerted themselves , they had tbe
moral power to wren their rights from those who had so long withheld tbem . t Cheers . ) Mr . Milsom then at great length dilated upon tbe principles of the Peopls's Charter , and concluded by expressing his opinion that the Repeal of the Union between England acrt Ireland would be beneficial to both countries . He asked them should England and Scotland possess privileges which Ireland should not enjoy ? He hoped they would be determined to obtain equal rights and equal laws , aad then tyranny would fall , never again to rear its head . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Milsom having read tbe petition , Mr . Glemster seconded it .
The Chairman put it to the meeting , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . i , R Bebin < jton said , with the Chairman's permission be had a resolution to propose , which he was tut wosid meet with the approbation of all present ; it was aTOteof thanks to Mr . Duncombe , M . P . { Loud cheers . ) He was a glorious exception to the majo ( rifcy !© f ; these composing that den of corruption , miscalled the floosacf Commocs . He was one whe bad never treated tbe petitions ef the people with scorn or . eontaBffti an * **•» tfeey considered his ariatocratsocnfiOBCttoca , ; aad . situation in life—th&t he was thensflbweiof-aTaBy Pew—that all his family were Tories ,- « n 4 the * , totag tiw younger son of a younger
brother , be w » a deprive *} , by the accursed law of primogeniture , of that wbkiv naturally and morally should be his—when tbej ^^ Oewidcred thai be bad so far descended from bjtf-bigb . position ( aa thi , aristocrat raid say ) , as to preside * bs ** erj night a * a tea-party in tbe -metropolis , for ttorfeeneftt of Carrier , the vieton of WUggm , whoe * wieajetfew , the Wbig dungeon be had . been mainly iasttiiiitMstilb . ini preepring , they must admit that to aim , and men liktbiiPi more graftcode vat owing than to one of ; thait own « bg ») * W merely intended taking tbe burdtn from others to iemov » iU weight from himself . { Cheers . ) - The ' ' following resolution war . then proposed , and seconded by Mr . Wigqiks , and waa passed unanimously .: —
" That the thanks of this meeting are due to all those patriots of tbe present day . who have advocated tbe cause of the working classes ; and more . especially , s > Member of Parliament , to Thomas Danjcombe , Esq ., for the consistent conduct he baa manifested on so many occasions , and to assure him of their having the fullest confidence in hifl political honesty . "
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, BBEPttmjbJ :.: ^ ; , y' ^ , ;* / HHSBEAIO / F JEBBif PiiAQC ^ f ^ dWRIOVS > TBTOMPH'WT ^ Ot ^ ftfiJTk : ' '¦ ¦ ¦*> of Monday BBo' ^ MieaayVMoveniber * th and ' oiji m : tn « subject of Free Trade—these placards were' Wfttedi " The SebooXDajftaTaTSome , in the Town Hail , " Anil annbaiged tha ^ flsY eSB % e ? 6 f ^ aomlaM < m # euld Mtwopence ! Our old ffiml fbtrfndepaulera was not backward in trumpeting the approach of tbe onampion : of humbug ; « s the -following paragraph wiQ < fiow : — « FrWTnde .-L-TrV untie « itod -ttuittwo teMWretFtrOl bedeHveted In tb » IWsmHa »'«•» M « teda # aod TiMtfday , - in deTwwe of tM pTmdpkt of Free TrWe . «« Mr . Wm .
- Dofi % jr > oT aUAebaster . The leetaMr is ' wtof tinown in Ltverpool , Haaebetter ; Bradford , er td ^ tbet tJownt ; fox ISm tenieek in ttw daose , and forthe abtitty wttft wbiUi he encounteri'ifr > 6 pponeBbB ; W # neett ? oalr ^ bespeafc for Wm ^ g *« a « dienrtsBfa fair play ;'' - - '" ¦ / . ' ' Well , the iChartisis found MtopBnfley C-i « kood au ^ ience , ^ and glwwlilm "fair play "—wbat «* « M for , bi » " cause" tb * sequel wffl show . » Qk- * Hm * t & « Cornel eontieWaawttbanr ' tbe Ohirfiitt sneWfroffi * ssiy opposftltm ,. arid the ^ o ^ elsion ultfenOeiy « eWe to , ¦ was , tbattbewWiletttng looWngverynracblikeajob , tdTBprein ^ Tfr . Diffet * p 6 ck « la «^ e expense of the wttfkfiflnen , ibe '• > ( Hutilti AbJuia fc lnrtrBeted not io attend ifte first tveattg ! rectuWJIrttt'tty ' alteBd « tt tsual
attl * Asspea ^ hirdom ( tod ttenatpplntw de ^ otatiQn to J w&fttJQMr ^ BuffBy , for 4 fce purpose ' of T * e > neBUag Wm to throw ope&the doors of the Hall' on Tuesday evening for Oie ^ lrWiuliiilnlon -of tbe-paMi * , * ya ? few frielrfgof th « OharW tduntwMni ? to bear half the expenstef'ttfe'Haffi' ¦ - ¦ " : - ¦ ' = " - ' " ^'" . V •• ¦ " ¦• - ' ¦ ' . .,, Monday evening , the Chaxtfet « ody ass % mUetl fat Fig Trepan */ deptrted MeMtt . H 4 « ey , Manb , and'GUI to waiton Mr . Dufiey -with tb > -s * 6 * e ofle * . On teachingthe hall , a * nriserable array of empty benches met tbe'Vie * : ^ vcerimUd tbe numbers present , and found there- w » jr - j ^ st eighty-three , one half of whom weva Chartists ; while poar ^ uffey stood " alone in bu glory , " with not a single friend beside him , to cheer
hlfat-ln bn < Kap » ndwg « sHaattMu ' ' BlbrUy « ter nin » o ' clock , the lectur « r , « onph » 4 « 4 , be had spoken in so low atone , that during the time we were present , we heard nofa ^ srttefceBdMinctly .-- 5 ' k ' 1- ¦ - ; ^ " Mi . 'HiHNKT , aadressing th # lecturer , said be bad tWlJOBor to topear'there as onfr of ' a'deputatioB app ^ nted'by the CnaltUt body , to challenge ^ Mn Duffey l ^ ipoblio ' dlsetisslod of fheFr % e Trade ^ Weatioo ; and he was brttreefea to aak Mr . Du » y wKetner he would agrw to'ttrow ttiei the do' n of the Hall for the fret vlmasitm ot % tb « pnWlc , b « ( MkH ;)«» Mb Wend * v <> rto » eTli > f-W I W ( Br « alftbe « xpence '? - - ; Mr . Duffbt inquired who would be hU ttpponenU ? Mr . HA * NEY ' rep « ea hiiuself and'Mr . GUI . After some consWerttton ' Mr . Duffey agreed .
Borne squabbJir ^ tookp ^ cgj ftw wards inconsequeneeof the inteBferenosof Mr . , Waf 4 VB aad others of the " Plagua , " Mr . Wardl * sticking , to , the ticket system of admission , and the Ciuuti | ft Djepaijation insisting upon the public admission of all who . choose to oome . Thti DeputattoiffiaaUy left the , * aJli aotfle < ef the Corn ! Law Repeaters declaring , that ; notwithstanding Mr . Duffeyir tifrMntccfi with Mr . Hsrney , they would cbargB twdpence for admission the next night , as they * had done that However , tbi ? they deemed it prudent not to attempt , for the ntSr \ im « nlng handbills were in etrenlation throngbout 'tike mills and workahopijofthetewn , calling on the '" Free Traders to attend tefartihe time an * prevent tbe packing of the
Hall I" This , as Mx ^ uffey would say , was an Irish way of getting the " Free Traders" to pack the Hall . But a -darker Job remains to be told . The " Free Traders , " , anxiposjo emulate their , " prmMte-ta-meev your-Ood" oomrades of Manchester , sent utfee or four times to the lsaders ^ cf tbe Irish Repealers resident la Sheffield , urging their attendance , for what , atrocioua purpcaes nefiaol J » toiA' Bulv'tenmtr to- tbe Irisb exiles , ttiey indig »« Uy spu > ne 4 the alppeal of tb * " ifidMles , " andttiey may be apoi * d OnVtiteirttan conduct will' not be unappreciated' by tbeir suflerin ^ JSogllsh bretbrtn ; Mr . Wa > dle ^ nled to Mr . Ha > ney ttat hit party nad solicited tne sAtendanw' ^ th « Repealers , bat W 6 have Mncc beaM cbai « ttoh waf U * i aaa ( rotn an nnftoubtad aottiority . ' * K * CMrttsts
lisaed no bills , nor took soy partlffcTar mMsmres to iatnmon their Mends . Nor waa tiitt ntWet ^ for the riijws of tbe Intended fifcuslon ' w ^ t through tbf town Ukswild-flpe , m& ,. so ie « r | y as baJf-pMi ate o ' clock some hundreds « l people ws » congregated to front of the HaJL . The doors , bbweviry weri not opened until half-past seiven , when a rasb for Vse « s took place . " ¦ s :, : V' " - -. ' ; ¦ , > « MtOrtXY was appointed Chairman on the-molicnof Mr . Huffey ; seconded by Mr . Harnej , tivafre * trideA offering no opposition , eicing ' aa they nil , from tbe onssf , that their case washtiualisT . - ^ - ¦ - - - - ' . J : ' Mr . Wardlb read the regulations of tfie disoncsitNr agr « ed to between himself ( oh baLalf of Mr . Duffey ) and Mr . Hamey . .. . . . .. •^^• ---.. ^¦ f / vv : ° - It waa acntd that Mr . Duffey BbouM open the
dlaoBssibn , to speak half anhottraWe ¥ ws »^ tob 63 imtted to a quarter of an bobtIh hto reply tb Mea | rs , * H 4 m » 7 ¦ lid OiOi who were to speak : each thrloe , f t * the same pftfiod ^ -M * . ptiffey to coedn < fe the -dUwwioa . Twt > referees w « re appointed' to time the speakers , Mr . Haroey naming Mr . Marsh , And Mr . Bdfty sarata « Mr . Beatsoni " . " r - ¦ -- ; i :.. ; , sJT ' . i-ojI The Chairman made eon * eremarks' vpSi tb »« ibje < of disevsaion , and detdarug that fc » < wo *» 4 i 6 s bi * ev « r dtme , act lmpMftfcl& 4 & tti * ofe ^ they bad dop » him the honour to elect Mm to , an 4 calling on both parties to preserve order , aid show tbsttab pl atf wbt # should ever characterise an English asseiribly ; he sat down , calling upon Mr . Dufley to proeead . '¦ ' ¦'
Mr . Dupfet , who waa received with sMght applause by his friends , commenced by remarking that it waa a great mistake to suppose that tbe principles of the free-traders were opposed to their own . He bad proposed a Chartist for Chairman , and ho demanded of tbe Chartists that they should show him fair play . He contended for free trade as defined by the Chairman ; Waa it not necessary that something should be done to relieve the wretchedness at present in tbe land ? The people were perishing , taxes and poor-rates increasing—and why ? Because trade and commerce , crippled by Steal restrictions , wero fast leaving our shores . He contended that it was not just that man's industry should be limited , that there should be any
limit to the free exchange between man and man of tbe produce of hifl labour . ( Partial cheerinf . ) Mr . O'Brien , whom be knew aa a public man and' an acquaintance—( oh , oh ) , —yes , an acquaintance , had said that the object of the free-traders waa the further degeneration of the people of this country—their Intent was to reduce tbe working classes of this country to the level of the Continental labourers—( cries of " true" )—this he denied The object of the free-traders was to give Increased employment and cheap provisions to the people of this country . ( Cheers . ) Double the quantity of bread could be purchased in New York , that for the same money could be purchased at Clonmel in Ireland , while the wages of a labourer in Clonmel were but seven pence
per day , and in New York four shillings ; yet , Ireland was a country protected by a Corn Law , while in New York there was no Corn Law at all . His wish was that all should unite to put an end to the monopolising spirit of our legislation . ( Cries of " the Charter . ") It was said that masters and profit-mongers would reap tbe whole benefit of a repeal of tbe Corn Laws ; this be dented , it was not tbe interest of tbe muter to reduce the workmen ' s wages . ( Yes , yes . ) He was told it was necessary to get legislative power to obtain a repeal of these laws . He did not see that—( oh , oh )—the voice of public opinion was omnipotent , and if the people willed the repeal of these laws , the aristocracy must succumb . Time being up , Mr . Dufiey sat down .
Mr . M . Keiterick complained that while there was yet room in the kail , a great number of people were excluded from admission , the doors being dosed against them . ( Cries of " shame , " and confusion . ) - Mr . Duffey said , if any portion of the public was excluded , it was no fault of his ; be wished for full and free admission . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman said , the closing of the doors waa most disgraceful on the part of the officer having charge of the hall ; as Chairman of the meeting , he demanded that the public Bhould be admitted . ( Great cheering . ) After some little delay , the floors Were opened , another rush took place , and tbe baU ttecame completely erammed . " ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ - . . | , ' After the confusion had subsided , the Chairman said he bad now much pleasure in Introducing to the meeting Mr . ' Julian Harney .
Mr . Haeney , who was received with the moat enthusiastic and prolonged cheating , said he felt himself placed in an awkward situation , called upon to reply to Mr . Duffey , and having nothing to reply to—( cheeia ) really he was disappointed at Mr . Duffey ' s speech . It appeared to him that Mr . Duffey had . never entered into the question , but had left it for nhh ( Mr . H . ) to open the discussion . Well , be would do so ; fee presumed he was doing no injusticei to tbe free-traders when he said that Com Law Repeal waa their principal objeet- ^ -well , then , npon this question he joined issue with them . He did not believe that merely a repW of the Corn Laws would confer the benefits asserted fcy Uw free-tradera . / * M people had not forgotten what were the promises made tbem in the Reform Bill ^ eation , and how
miserably they were dnped ^ lhiBseai aad cheers —ttey bad got Hie Bill , but what had been its fruits ? like tbe apples of Sodom , ftd *> the -eye ; but within , dust and ashes . He reiterated the oplnon- that cheap bread meant cheaper labour ; . ( Cheers . ) For what did his opponents desire Corn Law Repeal ? Why to enablu them to compete with the foreign manufacturer in the markets ' * ? the * Continent ^ but would a single repeal of Uie Com I » # s enable them te do that ? No . If those awt ^ w ^ b cepeejsd'bread might be cheaper , but unless labour wajf ^ ibto ' cheapened ; - the manufacturers of this country CenM Hot ^ ucoesl fuHy compete with those of the Continent ; be tfetiKfle * them know what were the wages , an 4 iWbJ ^ W ??*> b ^^ M « i ^ io « labour on the Continent ( Mr . Harney ber » : read a statement of oon-
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Mt aBntil , ** $ *• » : : ^? rt $ Si ^ J ^^' - ^^^ -- ' " ^^^ Ir ^^^^^^^^ if ?^? S ° U « How * en ; J ** w » 4 * d * tod * , pf ^ tfdaed ^; j ( WouJd * hey . |» n (» t « it to ent * r the accused liNHgli thfifta be ( gb «| fl 4 dA > d « shct rJXo ; -U&-M ^< a » &&tifrmi ! & ( Mtur ^ e-disttlcU , ana , w « W tfisre eomp »|*^ rith tfie fte opfefi&ftajtwrtK ft ^ lfata ^ Ht fte factofyj . and worWwpi rtlwiwtfMmMtel ^ dictate to tbe « i nolihey to their } wa ^ terfc what wages they should work < bp . ' c ( Great cjateri « gii Jttr , Hamey eoneludediby sbowln « i , o * 1 » ie . i ^ tt * orUy ot MtJFleWen , tha « as tra 4 eh » 4 ilWt «* ed , tbe wtorns / o f our ffipfrta badd *< 3 reiafed 44 aditbeccen 4 itlon of the > W « dMM . »« ap « had-deteriowt « L JHie » anawd Jais seat « nldst »» MnaI ¦ pplwiise . . . : ' \ :, id ] i'ttiu ' ! ' ^ \' ^ t ! -.. ¦ : i- < ., !¦ ¦! : « ? . Mr . DPFfkt rose , and waa again reoeived with apr tfi
pjause by histrleBda . t ' H « ' salff ^ ' Mr . rlarne y UU » yon he i * no friend ti m 6 nbp ^^ b ^ - « * hol # ' t « our of his remarki'InlTe •* e 5 a « i * npj&ort ^ - * iic * opoly ( Gheew , hi % s . antTcoWnsici ) W 6 Ue > hWdeiounoedthe priiicYpleof fe ^ dopoW . ber « endeareured to ' show yon thafciWrenibval woald do no good . Ha co ^ slnitHat ' classJetfialatiod wan evil , and nooody denlea It ( Laughter . ) *^ r ^ Do had ' aJ * ed for tbe SufiVage , and it had been dented hinfcj tfiey ' denW him the Suffrsge otttbfl ground of igdoirBiioe ; but be would tell ' - thB legislaturetSa < Mf ;«** . tho * mt hfai tobUnoiu
ant tohave a vof « , ft * koew he waa ^ too Ignorant to eat ( Cheers . ) 1 Mr . Batjieybliitarkad about the wages onthecoitinent HeiMi . DJ wooldaskdtdthepr ^ sent system keep np > age * in fiaglaiWlt It waa not the price of bread that regulated w ^ get--lfc was supplyi and demand . ' He was tbW be mtut wait 'for the Chat-W . If UiSyhftfl tlk ppwer tog * t thb Charter , let them get It , He . went Wfah W figisiftttire demanding justice ; hCKsd no ^ afi ^ bWlt ' Sie employer at tbe expenjw of thtfeitfpI ^ etl . 'Hfr w ^ n wa i to Me barmoBy beTwWnwtwd'cWslei ^'' '¦¦ '¦ '• ¦¦ '' - ' . >•> - v-. - , ¦ ,
M ^ lSitif ^ hb wife recelTed with cheering , now loss : Hf exwesffdjbia , ptoasura at k * ving& »; b qi * qft * to ad . , d * mibfi& * t >* t ¦* ^« an ^ Urns bi * ret 7 et o thatowing to a sjavejst oold «; he ^ coa | 4 not Syddrsea them aa , be could , *»^ ; irl »» j ^« jJ& 1 imtti »^ i ! i ^ ^ . b ^ ba d ^ not jeertleJirlft , a ( 4 ag ^ M «^»» tpthfjfW meats ^ fi hjs ^ mmfcrr / Mifv vH # rBS 7 i , { Qbfer * , ) ; The question wjp ^ hetbff they yerjMtPj , aasist l »» « tUading and streag *« J «( the , power pf , the moneyoc »« y of tlje r flquntry . j IpB ^ ps «^ b # - ? a » ul 4 opppse to the utmoat aay ^ iilargewwt of th ^ lr power . jCtoej *) -j Mr . Gul be i * enjjerqd Into aome , inbtiQ ^ ting statements , showing jthe w « rkinm < rf , tt M i , bank ^ Bg ; systemf : and proving that teyerjr bujured .: million * . of wealth exJEM » rt « 4 J *™* , thf
eounwy , wm t « xea w ^ amppBtof'twenty , millions by the raamoniy tWevea . Mr . ^ yj , * speeofe ^ , « bleflj statistical , ' : our UmiU wUi not . psrmit u * to give the figures and statements quoted ' in support of his posi-Uop . Mr . GUI concluded by maintaining that it waa nia < b 4 ^ ei 7 «^ majnly ^ canfei the presept misery of the people , because it waa in the banda , of the faw , . and used by them for their aggrandisftment , audthe degiadation of the many ; He resumed , " hlaaeai amidst great cheprin « . « ,, ; .- * . ' .. . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ , ' .: , ' ..: ¦ ¦ ' . -.,: ¦' < ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' ::, ¦ . Mr . DVBFEY said be was now called upon to reply to _ a speech teptoto with atgus ^ ent iaeupport of , hi » own poeitlon . ( Oh , oh , / w 4 great jkugbter . ) Mr . GOJ bad thought proper io denoaaofi * worthy and a tirtaoos
aaas of the commuuUjy , the traders jAd manuwcturers . ( No , no . ) He , stop « t tberft to defend the character of . the eonuMNtal community . ; , In ail ages commerce and trad * had always been onp ^ Md | p ttwtiiim and deapotism , and . it was , to ,. trade and mam ^ faot . nres that Sngland , was . priooiipally indebted fgt b « r igjoryas a nation . In this strain Mjr . 9 uff « y ' proceeded , concluding bis speech , by asking if the Chartlsti meant to wsjt forBir pobert Peel ma | iing the Charter ja » r - ¦' * -. , v Mr . BjkVH » ti agai « rwev H ^ , r ( WWe 4 . that M ^ v Buffer b « 4 : oomplMniii ^ a * , bi » ftppoaeuts ta 4 nb > shewn wherein they 4 iffw * 4 frp ^ i hlni- Se , ( Mr . H ^ wonldleavehiw : » p s » ob cause of woipjaink , FlwK , then , the Chartists belV » Ted that % mere increase of trade , unacjB « npanle 4 . jbyr . ^ oofiil ., } ejjtsla ( Ive cbaoges ,
*/ . wouW bring bo lasting benefit to the people ; . second , they believe ^ that , * nppoatog a repeal of the Com Law * would confa -j fil th # bon « fiUftl *« l by Mr , UuffiBythey believed the ; fleee < tiidfjft , wjjulil ne , vei . ' , $ > % ; that repeal . ( Ch * enu ) | n : J 68 g ; , |^ iwtoJe foreign ^ rade of ttto « 0 tmtrj * mftwntad . lte : rbi ! fe 4 M ^<> fttt . exports and imports tofiethfls .-rinoe then our expoxf bad * had increased twenty-fold , until wear * now trading with from flftjito sixty : states ? aad : wmMeamkit : ti » coriatry from sixty to r seventy miliklaa'itaMrth / of real-yalBe every year ^ land wbom ; 4 iad tblnep « r « Hiu « , t » areaae of oojr trad * befteiltsad f M ? Harasy-wroloii to say that thearisto ^ nox bad declared ^ io , a m Mser sot . to be < w&l& * x ^ mxa 6 mtoo 4 stb ** ty *<» M 39 ir * t oonsM ^ -tou ^ Bsal sfi tM C ( om » l » iwm , / How ; . tb « n , wouM ^ hflfcee-kideH g «« Uttt HpeA * They fltlAt s ^ y Mltw WlmliT ^ imliiiil 1 fi i iililntini * a . * UId . KMi in
• ' •«¦•«• , * f n ¦¦* wwBns > j , mv a ; vsisaww ^ pssBBJCaV UWWi-yj WXJ ^ m >* " ** tMwta > tksowtfnmsW ^ WMM ^{ ia « k « d byth « irxHbaE ^^ sr . ^ gt « t ehssstogj-boe to bidf , by their Charter , aad swaunever t » desert that £ * art «»« ntU they had na « e itlaw . /< : ( EatktisisMiocheeca } They cfiaJdoaly hops to repealithe Csm Uiwi by brtajlqgT the , co « ntry to the vergecf » revolHtioB » : and an eqsal pow «* twpuld carry the . Cbastffi . Let then * sot w ^ ste . vth » if . energies In loppmatoff One branch ' of « nuptlon , ' at » ftf rNp , lay the ¦ ait to tbe ! codti , « ml bring down tbe rotten old system attosjetts * . ( Great cheeriflft ) ., V ^
: 1 «) b . Ddpf * y now declined . to . speak , and xXfloL ' OiLi . again csoM . farvaid ^ b % made aa excellent rsjrtJssn jtnd w *» 6 fltb » rio » tI « n > Hy checrod . " MrvBw » F « r ross fos * the la *« tl » e , but tt was quite eleat from bis agitated appearance , that be felt him-«| sfl ) saten ; bsteld his old . tale that all that bia oppo » ninta bail advanced enly wen * to support bu position ; te wii aot opposed to the spread of the democratic princtpl * , on the oontnry , be believed that as the peoplr progressed in inte ) Ugence , ' the democratic principle would progress and triumph , at the same time he denonnesd what he waa pleased to call the tyranny of the Chartists In forcing every man to be a Chartist , or else opposing all be did for tbe public good . The disenssion having dosed , Mr . Harney moved the adoption of the following resolution . —
" That this meeting is of opinion that a repeal of tbe Corn Laws , accompanied by other just and necessary measures , Is unattainable but by and through a Radical Reform of the House of Commons , and tail meeting pledges itself not to assist in the agitation of any polttle&l question save'that of the universal enfranchisement of the people , and will never oeaae their effort * In the cause of right until the People ' s Charter shall become the law of tbe land . " Mr . Gil . li seconded the resolution . Mr . Wardle proposed on amendment , which was seconded by Mr . Bateson , to the effect tbat a repeal of the Corn Laws would be of great benefit to the people ; tbat Free Trade would give to the people increased power to obtain their political rights ; and deprecating all opposition to the question as tyranny on the part of the Chartists .
This was the substance of the amendment , your correspondent obtained a copy , but unfortunately has mislaid it The Chairman called for a show of hands for the amendment , when from sixty to eighty hands , were held up . The Chairman then called for the original motion , when one mighty forest of bands were upheld . The number may be estimated when we state that the Hall will bold twelve hundred people , and It was crammed to oretBowing . Mr . WaRDLE moved the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman , seconded by Mr . Duffey , and carried by acclamation . . Three tremendou cheers were then given for the Charter , three for O'Connor , three for O'Brien , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones .
Thus Andad thin Xoat-oplo ^ atd- * rf «» . yj . «« ^ ^ m ^ ^ over humbug , and the cause of right over the raachinatlons of folly and knavery .
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BBONTEREE O'BRIEN . PUBLIC MEETING AT WHITECHAPEL , LONDON . A public meeting was held at the Social Hall , Whiteobapel , on Friday evening , to welcome Bronterre O'Brien , to the Tower Hamlets . The spacious Hall was well filled many of tbe audience appearing to be Of the middle class of society . \ . , Mr . Robson was called to the chair , and in a . bri 6 f but pointed manner introduced Mr . O'Brien to tbe meeting , and read an excellent address from the Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , welcoming Mr . O'Brien on bis release from his Whig dungeon .
Mr . O'Bkien then came forward and was greeted with great applause . The friend who has introduced me has styled me honourable . God knows from the manner in which this title has been prostituted in Westminster Hall , I have not much reason to beproud of it * , tat , if being elected a member of the House of Commons Constitutes one an honourable , I have a perfwt right to it ., I was elected an M . F . by a free , indepent oonatytnenoy , with » majority of 1100 to 200 , but these receiyera of stolen property have usurped my place , havestojen my seat They never even demanded a poll , but because wy frieodsi were too prudent to spend ^ 2 , 000 in law expenses , they have taken advantage of their poverty and thai * pcadence and have sent a man there to make taws for me , instead of my making laws
for him , and in virtue of his laws , I may shortly be scirtagaia to prison for making a good speech ; but I hope the day is not far distant , when thesehonourabie , these respectable gents ., who never earned asbllling in theU lives , who bajre lived by the robbery of you , will be compelled to vacate those seats which they keep from honest Mien . I have been on a tour through Lancashire , WeatB * oreland , Cheshire , and Yorkshire . In Brty-flve days , | Jiave attended forty-one great public meetings ; in some parts I have found an excellent spirit evinced , in others a deplorable apathy . Even where a good apirit , iexiats , I have found them at times ignorant as to the tneass of obtaining their rigbU , and also in complete darkness as to the seat of the place from wbaaee the evil has sprung . I have everywhere seen the ! gpaatest distress exisUng . At Barasley , themenarepalyrecelv
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' Ing 7 a . jor worS . { fbat ten- yeao ago they , got 12 s . ; at whS had used to proauce Iheni 40 s . ; at Manchester , r arejewlvingfrom , l ^ to 2 s . |» weaving sixty yards . Bja ^ u ^ Colni ) , a ^ Infaot , in all the manafacturing dlsiiuAf ; thousands ftmrnym ai » , only receiving from , 4 s . . to 6 s ... per ' week ., ^ w . Jlandpn |^ 7 on hs s ve ^ not experience tUs reduc ^ pfw ^^ bnt loniw ^ uaUy pufferiM Jrom dearth ot employmtmk , They ta * to na aboat ^ afending the rigits of , pwperfcy . What can : be , niore sacred . property than thatwhkha , « naaearns t& bla labour ? Thm njen . w ^ pr ^^ aboat therigh ^ ^ Jp ij l ^ KifflrwStoi ^^ i ^^ >^^^^^ 5 ^^****^^*^^ - « * *^ % ^ fei » W MWMWfj »^» mi * m ! M \ e& when theirfathers eanu » dJ 6 s , jind 4 a « , ! ihew they have ,
swept away fiversixths of your prop ^ ttj , itm < i < wstioa . tbe ^ is , . ^ rb 9 are th e robbers M wbo , are , t ^ e reeeiyeis of stolen goodsi Fot ^ ysan . bjH ^^ sai ^ . ^ epmp ^ nts wjr ^ m ^ de , tt ||« f <« i < : ! i dtatress thw . exWM » but 9 d \ Mrfef ^ . jM , no , Wi , I tore , reaxl In . old . biftorisa that thj 9 r ( sam «» rbitr ^ r 7 « cfa then , existed—that wagef w ^ n Wen being' gradually . * pared down and eapitaHsis enriched at the . expense of , the laVoarfngclassiV All then are agreed that distress « x ^ rt »» but before of « can cure it , we mart findth ^^ aaat and cause of the evil . I believe I b « ixe don ^ jwyjiad 111 endeavour to make all I come in pwtacVwitb ^| so ac quainted with it I suspect I have ' bit upon the right oraserrtbat I have bit the ¦ right nail upofc' the ¦ be » d -h » - 'Goternment would awt have been so anxloul to have 1
got me' ont of toe way ; when the men of Newcastle elected me * to keep watch » nd ward pver the gnat thlevesy they had sent me to keep' wateb and ward over the little ttUevee . 'We * of the Tower HsjnletJ , I d « h « t oo * M ( here to lecttoe or address you , I come here to tsik to you . I doirot coWhereto make a fine speech , 'to be called ; W eloquent man . ' - J dont like doqwnt men ; I generstty find tbem gWat humbugs . They aro g « BeraHy eitber gr « a * rogues or great foolsi If epeecb fcalrti * , Would otfeW « vOa , Jjever oaght a eftuntry t * be ^¦ i ^^ yia ^ m ^ A-l ^ h ^^ , , tdtmetet was accHtati ^ W Messed wm % pfee «* i msi er ^ W « want toknow w « SVoJSS « a ti « % a » M 6 ^ % mven . ? who robbed the agricultural labouter *? who robte ^ you ? who Is it that catuwdtnemcB ' of'AshtoQ and other
ptarJea to walk about the stw * ts like Bving spectres , to He treated as though they bad n 6 t a rlgbt to five f I WUlteU ' ye * -who are the' partiei . Tbe robber * are ; those who make the laws . Tne receivers of stolen goods are thos * who live upon Jarg « flnjd lucbmes . giving the nation nothing In exchange for the * eal& they receive . It matters not whettier ttieir facopes ax ? derived from tithes , rent * , funds ; or wMtevet sbuw ; solong a * tney ^ venottUag * In exchange . - Lord John RosseTl say « that leg ^ lit ^ cannot cure our -evils , that P »» Uam « nteaD < lo . , us' BofeooA The remedy he proposesls ; keeping tlown tn ¥ populatlpii '( not gettlnj ; mar ' - ri « d , I Wppose . be ^ meansV . 'lwIog temperate , sober , and « txtr »« U , emigraUoa . ' - ' - He statestiu ( t be does not like to raise false hopes , dont like to deceive the people , * ( U <
not , U , i » very tomideriUotbim ?) butil w « -ix * ld show hittany pnctical grievance , ha would givaithinnoat napeolMl coosidiwation . { Laughten > \ suppose walking about tbe stfeeU witb nothing to sat , with » empty bellies , is not a practical griaVanse . W Lpjtd ; Jontfs ancestors had not been lucky to fcno sorartNe for atoleh P fpperty , ( Lotd Johnmight hare / been walking about , with , da empty : bellyhimself . ¦ i twoader j . whether h& would have considered it * practical grievance . 1 He tells ypu . Uurtlegislatkmhasiiothhigto do with yoitdistreasi and that the Oharter would give ns the power to destroy the ' property of all other daswa , and finally to bring : do «» destruction upon ounslvu , and these words were cheered in ithe House of Commons , and te-ecboed by fiflr Robert Peel . The Timd said , on the morning
. after the great meeUsg in Palace-yard , that It waa fJkUetortalk » bont < 7 nirenai Snflrage ; . that it wonld do « f no good { thai our dktma was the natutalresBlt of the pMfrjH of dvUfzition . This is mosMtroos false . If I thought so , j I . would .-cease In nycfforti fot the Ptople . But I will nndeYtakft to proveMt Lot * John , Peel , the Timet , and to everyman , flrat . that w « owe ail our dlrtresi to Ada of Parliameot ; aaooad , , that tbreagb ihe Acts these bed men have made * they have ^ enabled themselves to rob and pluader tb » people ; Ihlrdly , thafc I wiU point ottt ! those acts of which I complain i . fourthly , I will show jwfca / t act * ought to be put in their place , to give , with a few hour ' s" labour per day , plenty to every man In the kbngdqm that wouldJabour thesei . fe « nours , and those' that would notdotbis
de-^ serve to be in dlstrwa . ICheers . ) Land / labour , and cAplt ^ l are the three great elements of westttr . The Britiabimtiocvpossesses ^ nbre' land than any raftion in the 4 | dria , ztusda tecepted , and far more good lawi than <( Ven Russia .. We have'In : Britain' seventy-seven nflflbnaof aer ^ s , wUcb " wQaId give three ^ icres to « very fcan , woman : aad cftiMr and we b » ve « rlttion » npon , raWfons oY acr t . in our cvloirie * . We have more land tbanireuldanstaln i& comfort ; a thousand times oar present population . ¦ , We have , then ? an s % undance of land . You are well ( Muvtooed we fcaw no defr efeiicy of laboor—one-third of CWv ^ Opulatlea ^ sTO notj sre f . Tois moment , ' Bjpt-. - ' / ijjf , procure ^ otk Tt i&n \ a , , tw eowatry In W world Mttteises so mtteb capital , eltiw Wfl * nyHHom By tear capital f msaa faottsesV ls *^ nttenkeVyy railroads ; cnkls , Ac , allthaJhas beensreitted * y former Jaboor . 1 ne « d bet teU yon what nWtt «^ c >^ rtal is rytw have tfae National Debt . ' You surisly " can never want for capital When you borrowed £ 8 &O , OO 0 , O 6 O tot the ¦ Cbrlstian ,
bmnaae , and charitable purpose of shooting Frenchmen , and of crushing liberty in other nations . . Sorely , yon Would find no difficulty in borrowing a like sum to purchase land to set the unemployed to work . There is no want of capftal , my friends ; upwards of sixty millions was invested in railroads in less- than two years , and much more could be got if they saw a likelihood of a profitable return . If a Company was got op to go in search of Noah's Ark , wUbV £ 380 , 000 , 000 of capital , i nave no doubt It would be immediately advanced , if yon only ensured them ten per cent , whether the ark waa found or not Tbe Times newspaper told us , at the time Sir Robert Peel was turned out of office by the Ladies of th » Bedchamber , that tile address of condolence which was presented to him , was
aigned by between six and seven thousand merchants and others of London , who alone could pay off the whole of tbe National Debt , and then retain a sufficiency to live in comfort during the rest of their lives ; and these , yon must remember , were only belonging to one party , and that the beaten party . These men , you are aware , were not Spitalflelds weavers ; no , they were those who neither toil nor spin , yet Solomon , in all his glory , could not bout of capital like this . I wish these gentlemen would just take it Into their beads to pay off this debt , or I wish the people would just take it into their heads to make them . ( Cheers . ) We have , then ; the most land , the most capital In the world , and plenty of skilled labour . How , then , Is it we are not the richest people in the world 7 Simply ,
because our legislators have robbed us of It by Acts of Parliament Now , then , let me trace the stolen goods to the possession of the robbers . At the time of the Revolution the revenue of this country amounted to fourteen millions ; it is now between sixty-three and sixty-four millions , besides about three millions' worth ef aristocratic timber , cut down every year , ' and about two millions in quarries , mines , fisheries , collieries , fee ., making it amount to about eighty millions . When the Norman Conqueror divided the land among bia followers , it was the surface only ; but they soon found that there were collieries , mines , fee ., which would prove valuable . How to get at these without a distinct law , which would open the eyes of the people , they did not hardly know ; but they set a cunning feltow , a
lawyer , to work , ( for when these fellows want helping out of a difficulty they always send either for a lawyer op a parson ) , ao this lawyer coined tbem a bit of Latin , Which the people eould not understand , and by' that got possession of the whole . Mr . O'Brien then gave the English of the celebrated Latin sentence ** follows : —«• Whoever :-owns the surface to him . belongs all that is under , down to the bottom , and all that is above up to the heaven "—( laughter );—you . may wall laugh , to think what they wanted up to heaven ; but they were cunning rogues , and , t Vr * knawthara were birds , &c flying above tbe surface on which thev cast thWr in » a ^ « y «»« p » . yious to this there wa 8 a maxim of the old common laws , that' wkteh was made by the Commens , " wild animals to
belong no . one . " What I want la , that the Commons should again make laws- they would then be for the jjommon benefit Mr . O'Brien then went into a long detail of the manner In which the property of the landlords bad increased , how rents bad been raised ; and statibg an instance of a person whose property In Manchester had within thirfasrf century increased to forty tiroes its then value , and ; the owner living during the whole period in France , and if he had bew . asleep it mattered not , hl « property ^ TOuld have Increased li value equally as well ; and inqulringif they were to go asleep , whether they would find their incomes increased ? One man he knew received f 2 , 000 annually for the rent of a salmon fishery for allowing others to catch tbat which God sent for all ; and white thair
property had thus gone on increasing , the value of the labour of the poor had gone on decreasing , showing that every Increase in the value of their estates had been effected by the robbery of the working claesea by Acts of Parliament ; if Acts of Parliament were founded on justice , they would not allow any one to get rich out of the labour of the working classes without giving them something In exchange . Not only bad they so largely increased their incomes , bnt by depreciating the value of labour , tiiey had enabled one pound to go further than three pounds did previously ; they could bay three or four , gross of Birmingham goods fer the same money as they eould one ; they could buy four , five , and six day s' labour of the hand-loom weavers for the same amount as they could tken purchase one day ' s . What
wa *; smb . ; but robbcrx ? These are fA « ta you ought to know . I defy asyitwn in London or dot of London to contradict It These men , not content with getting possession of the land by robbery , must make lawa to increase ita value , must become receivers of stolen goods , stolen from the people ; and to enable them to retain it must force us to support an army of 150 , 00 © armed men . This Is how the landowneia have robbed us . Another description of receivers of stolen goods with whom I shall make you acquainted ; don't be alarmed , I believe you are all honest men here , but if there should be one ; here , I would advise him to make restitution to-morrow , and to go and steal no more . I aor for allowing these men to retain all they have stolen according to law . I am not for taking it from
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. ttf " J '"' " t I " fci M ^ k \ " h' ' w < n ! * J- ii " \ £ •¦ - ¦ - - -ijiw ¦¦ ¦'" ¦ ¦ These oUte receivers or « £ ctogooa 8 Me t ha ^^^ ^^^!*^^ ^ leiu ^ o ? ' ' ffiea *^^^ ^ K ' i ^^ ' ' T '' * * 5 mjj ^^^ v » B » t !^ lr ^^ M ^ SwS *^^ i ^^^^^^^^^< % Ji . increasea nftyper cent , he might nave been « d ? tot aUtke good baJmJJnaiJtB never 4 un ^ t 7 L ^ & $ -iM ^ M 2 J&m JP ? fl ?^ = or jrixyibS
^ ess ^ oi ! amm ^ tot you without your ezextunu ? . Poe » iCWorkft » 2 .. |^^>^ ste m ; w ^ ' 4 i ^ 7 te ^' wi | & ate yean and rievir get a «^ P ^ , M UryoH ^ TeS it before hand , and- no ^ 8 « fc ^ t UiTO ^ ufittT jamSI earned per&aps # to ^ fo ' Z ^ 4 mw * ri 3 L what I call foul pUy—this U thwgft Jfc 2 , t £ ! npon themselves the bouble df ms « nf ^ ice Isiftll
andmtadthia / wh ^ r o ^ toW j ^ fcnow fact ^; anlaqt to care about flnV spwcSfc . S ! i ^ Mf ^^^ m ^ mmSB fm loom waitea
weavers upon me ,. ih . i leanedM Item , that upwards of alho ^ and ^ ttiej ^ JetsSi M ^^^ 3 Brft 5 i ^^^ S ^¦^^ ' - '•^¦ ¦^^^^ *** W vi ^ J te ptoattxhnl ^ ^ A ^ SsvS :-8 P ^™^ ii W » iSf -mM ^ -i ix m & % * m ?» % fj ? M- * # ^ wwlwSPwSI » imfa- . pray , tj&iiou , JiajJi'toJMav ^ rtft . ^ -:
MtM ?? - «* sk w ? $ * m -MSV 9 %% & «¦ i n ]' , * ^ T ^^^^^ W ^ lffiljfel ¦ :. % ? ¦«<» i ParlUment you h * vebeen romd . iByiub crestet tk National Deb ^? .:. " a | ts ^ t . ifap ^ e ^ . ^ WbW alS the interest ? ' Acfc ^ of ; F ^ kj ^ mcok ; Yif ^ Aetaof . j !^ , jnent bad not created ' t ^ sS ^ we ' aJiduld ^ w'fiEr fastsassSSm
of the taxes of the naUon . TRotEffi ^ a ttoffi would not advance a singlflvdue ^ u # & baverDsUW Acts , of Parliament inS ^ VWw ^ lwSv ' the enormous amount of foqr'Wo ° ffti ^ nWo ^ iL though the deht U enljt « vaa Wd ^ ittTidS f ^ ^ S ^^ fef S ^^ W ^ ¥ W * Dave not WlpfXl Op , / POOiHsjPflfiMT Qf itllOr sasilir * nm h * i , u *—it » •* " ^ " ^* 'muYJiW , * ^ fly . TTTjJj ?^ Ct 1 \ **¦ - ! . kJ ^ a- &jv& > w * f . > h ^ fVF ^ fiW § mM ^ thousand years usury w * r Hmfw | tlw > 7 isiliii | tu 1 m land ,. It was a crime naraai c ^ sf * eonin \ 6 n smI ^ fc&t ftjfflW ^' JsHste . *?* * # i P , nnfahe | d by bantsbment Tbe cawJaw ^ aSfce OMkl pun&hei those gutfty of ' usury . j Suranc ^^ bipif S ^ MStS 5 N 8 ^^
4 tea , who had been guUfy . oXMtarV anttLiwRiadsiBs > % uy « fc * That wife-kWiSlffi ^ nSw ^ SJ thatjdlsgracefnl villsin—was the first who madein -lawfti . ¦; - and ,. to ahow UJa vUlainy , commeneed w ^ kta percent . ^ heTarllaiiieHti blffwefi rqbbedtSeiitai ; - and , flat they ntfgn ^ TeMn- ^ ffiia' pifeparty ; »> . ! ifc . tbe best of it , they pass *! this law , bnt itwaiaboaisi In the next reign < The people rose up , In . arras ttsiBi sif ^ MilTOs ^ i
wz&' ^ mw& ^ mmm enacts it commencer with ""tVooeas uiuij' ^ sWil j and dete ^ bfe ta thftsigfafcc&bd . r 4 c , ap * tta pre- ¦ ceedsto enact it ( Loud laoghter . ) She WBsMdgfj L ths ) people , so . gsflunoaed : ftMa ^ denotitBtsj *; ssl 1 ; thsnenactedife to . ftjkMhS Parllamenj « ibh » d ( bv times ptengeAJkeiKnUitaLi QneeBl AonerSxaJ ft i » > five per cent . ; and .. so yQH see . ^ . ctt rof Pirlta * overthrew th « common law of the land ,- and . fit away with MoseTajadiae ^ PjopheW Ap I ajW ^ * eu . In charting A ^ ts ' c ^ Pii ^ ni ^ witt ^ efliit to root of eurevils . If they never asked our coawtti borrow this 800 mUltdns ; aiid ^ even If we ' bad | B « 1 them ,, we dtonld not have been neb foeh attrisMi ;
ourselves with the Interest of it' ; if they Uwflftil , we should make ^« jn . 4 ey ^ If yon b ^ wnrr ; 7 oaf ^ pay , brit jon ca ^ pjttate a piacb ' of p «* p « r , $ * - & £$ \ f&& * % ** % *! # »^ » Pw for that wWcb ^ jptt ^ ew . bjaioweil . , Uvongfcjaift , and , cannot pay ; ( a tp ^ piBrhaps , yon B » y jb % jp tlcaUy acquainted w ^ flj )^( Iaughter)—beingpjwpt , I dare say yon bave been hanied up to thedqjS ^ ft quests , and made to pay It by instalmenU ; Umf ^ 18 s ., and arranged , to pay it weekly at the v&M ** weeks you would , have paW IV yon would wAMoos pelled to pay any usury ; and why ? because y « r # by Moses and thejE ^ ophete . ( Ls ^ Wer . ) , t , iwl « called a violent Chartist , I only demand anoasRS *
of Parliament , to do away with that bad oaa ., « p « J If a moHstroos wlfe-kiUlng tyrant , aad a Parllan ^ presenting nobody , could do away with ths - « psj law , and overthrow Moses and the Preja # > Parliament ejected by the whole people-a ParJww elected on Chartist principles has a : right to aboW usury- ^( loud cheers )—and yet because we aik fc ? P * tical power we are called ugly names—tbe manjfrfej W monster , the unwashed , the swinish maltltnda . ^ P' say you want spoliation and anarchy , becausVni . ' ^ to keep their hands off your pockets . We kiJGg ^* genta are highly respectabre , that is , they Jaw ** done any u » efnl act in their lives ; and , being isff . p" * derate , we will allow them to keep what they h » W I *
but no more thirty millions of usury . Tfef )^ right to have things called by their proper viflt ^ call a dog a deg , a pickpocket a , pickpocket $# M have got not Only the making of our laws , ; 6 » t « 2 language also . When they robbed ttiepeopfcjp common land , they called it waste land , tho « iM * the only land that was not waste , seeing thepf » fip" ? the benefit of it This puts me in mind of # tAPr who said to his dog , " I will not beat thee , *«** tiiee , nor shoot thee , I will only call thee V 0 Real property , which is your goods , the tfci « J * J you have created , and which are your owajtSsJ" " given the name chattels ; but land , and man * •" those articles which God has given for all , pf ** dignified with the name of real Drouerty : Jwflw ** r
they have called landowneri ; toehubqaw . ***" / y « rds , the palaoes , &d , which are youn , tbey . W «• Queen ' s , and they allow nothing ( as Cobbst * tw says ) to be yours , but the Debt- ** ' * ¦ # ** * " * * 5 you have . When you hear of the n *^^ , S to think Of a heap of money ; H' ^ Sfi economy . and retrenchment . ^^^^ Sot deficiency . True , you might find ¦** Ji « t % a 2 SL Bills there ; but they were the «^ chLtl « i but of debt I want you to hare *• gEJfL ^ S means to an end . What that eBdi »/« ¦ £ * "J '™ but I will give 7
you ; you * tS ^ ot ^ tdveni liament should do elected by AejriMftple " . ^ i . Suffrage . I would hava tnem g « t ffSJfftS land and of tbe ^ j »« ating cur «« J- , \^ TaSwo ald an inch of tend ftoin thepresentproprie ^ n /^ v ^ j producea clvU war . I do not want strict i ^ W ^ L impossible—I only want » change ^^ jS ^ -d * to joiAice being done . I would : laawW . jJ terbed pos ^ esrfon of their wtates ^ ^ ^^ To when they should be purchased by the * f * « - ""? \ proceeds divided among their heirs . ^ JL ^ advocating this the Government Is strongly imud *' hang me , and I am as strongly tocUned not p hanged . ( Loud cheers . ) You must look out ^ o ? «^ these mornings you will miss me . Mr ' ^ . ^ L | # went into a long detail of this sublect , showtog « % getting possession of the land in this fair and eW * £ manner a rental of at least £ 120 , 000 , 000 ™* l * J % to the nation , and that thUi was nothing C 0 I ? P !?' wi lUn aannlfo nrliixK vnnM flnor trnm ( mttiVattOf *> ir __ .
in small allobiitnta ; mentioned a farmer on t . *^ 5 who firmed 11 , 000 acres of -land JiWs * W 25 sr Feargos O'Cpnnor'a letters on this subject to t 99 ^ , tice ; explained ; the advantages of a natio "f , JJ ^ t with branched , to ourpresentsystem . Wesn «^ ^ then allow men . like the Barings t » acenmuu ^ themselves acknowledge ) £ 19 , 000 , ( 100 from ttett' 5 Ing tMiisactibnl j but " what benefit was < JenT * MS be to ourselves- Mr . O'Brien concluded an . *™^ . which occupied three honrs in the delivery , W *^ ing them to stand , by the Charter—to have W » , hog , bristles and all , ( Loud cheering . ) ¦¦ L ^ 4 Mr . Cabhiee , In a neat speech . m 0 Te ^ JiiJit thanks to the lecturer , seconded by Mr . WW T ; - and carried with three cheeirs . . # 1 $ fi > Three cheers were given for O'Connor "ad ^ -0 three for Frost ; WUliams , and ' Jones , and wwjr " who in any way assisted in the Chartist moveffl »»
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¦ ' ¦ MstesUBis ^ LBi BE / ' ^ " --PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE APOPTfON OF THE NJHMffiPx ^ flSftei ^ 'f ^ ¦ - ^ : r & # t $ fieiaei&ag'w ** swi ^ anid ^ Wai ^ igl ^' t *^ ^ " ^^ ^^ itW « a ^^ J ^* Wffv . » e <* sett > a - JB ^^ nS ^ B& rittinre In jfentfJg& * n « mbs / of , * - ' M » otoa * aMubJe 4 o ^ sacb sin iftjtJyM&f > nd' hnport-<» aToIie 4 » fi&i ttOerlod a * binir wtt ' sjqiear on the nwesf history as one of the moat important , and the j toeamest « bnst tot * . intmteesd ^ u-W of : ttfe -ssbsf Baoifest records and convincing claims ever set forth , cfj ^ s / g idelswB rotvnt . aiift the justice of bis rights "The J K ^ i » rFetttion d ^ 'Innmui csrediV to the parties who drew it np ; but , to make Its character of imporV = &B ^ BiT pr iclB sa Fpoat or i ie w . ' ^ equlres th e " exeT » * tnmm rrf * t »» « iw ) ia lasss "ofc SRidHetiia dndnstnv / oiim ' . tned , ooncentiabed , vigorouaL ^ im , and full } determined > ttSrbrd and aetitnL Tnequestiontf tber ^ xoTuni' ^ mJs > sl ^ ** s 5 D * BB » 8 HBsw ^ B 0 Br 'Is * ' ^ PVOUBBIDk - kQDbKsHC KBu X * sUu happy to Ism iiiii iisT CMslseataBBc « anotf alire to -JfaiariWtaMB -4 feal raneh pkasyeA nssiing to . - yWi ( 4 ^; K ut it wo ' ttU naVe gtve ^ me mucn greatec fegfktte Have ssda 'ma * f . the atf * ajfied ~« me mow the serf of the present system than myself ; , ow . of iha-- '• ' ' jfrti rty-piufaeiifr sUves , denied the rigfet to say yea -- o ^ nsyfn ' tbe miking of tbe laws by wtoch be is go * . - ^ aqiefl , pwsidrng apon tbe present eccasign . Thetnae be * psassa away wben the pivot turned merely to tbe pofijtcf wealth as a guide ; t » f or totefflgenee , Tbe worJdwdassesbs ^ trrtoped up the heels cf their self . 1 1
¦ dubbed sarperfbt * and arenowfully opaHe of nvtriap . L Iny-tbeir own sDiirs . We are -met to determine " on a jwititio n , praying tttat tbe whole male adutt population , ' •¦ with faw exeepUtaa / -miy be teougbt withtathe pate ** - ef th ^ winstitulleal . ' -Onrj a mintfte portion , no com" "JwlsDB with * ttre 'Wbe'te , bold the prfvuBge , as it is ^ - termeo ? by tts prlvfteged « rder * , to , mjfnacblae ; and ¦^ ttc se fe % far from being the , " moat Intelligent . I con'tep&tib&i it R" 9 o privilege , ' but a iluiL wbldi comes ) - ^ rfMb . lbeiadM < hialiati tfa worid—bjrperwn Tjeli - the « tis-aes ^« % m ^ r iiealedr « nd delfvespd' ^ r . the load of Omnipotence . I am 6 ot % f' 1 tx so ^ aQea pri-, - leged ^ rote tm , and here been since the passing ot We Itoftani Bttt ^ TBtd , therefore , aacordlng to elecaoneerim -: '; s * Wf » t"i , 0 lre ofthe ^ fwean ' dindependent elector * . -
^ ' - » ebka 4 me , you taQ-won . vaJSjalr , ' dented fheptlTilege ' eTxraecitiansMp ! % i ^ , and p > evI 6 % -tothat time , r i -vmhohliiKxttn ; o * ratnerundvff , bondage . - fwas * : afcv * TTa sfcn , ' miaa , like yourselves . - I . pay ^ on no : eoBBpUmoit rte ^ y * fre ^ ' and' 1 rttarwhat youaw - r ^ foer , nwan , vsasfftttetf , etawfing slaves !' too abject almost to ' oostmxnd the least reispect- ^ too Tt t **^* flItlmiBt ; ; ' apparently , to resist tbe yoke of your oppressors . fflde , O hide your beads , tod Mfeb for yoof inaigniflcaneei Arouse , I say , arouse , and throw , off your cor' rodiBff manacles J Tor myself , at the tone of an ejection , * "» ianyiais , Iamlna . siteation to command respect---yoa ' -witboirt tiiU ' priTilege « re considered as ' serfs- ^ y «« are . snifi jiiii * ro lookofi upon and trest © 4 _ B 8 the xWsisBof soefety . Still , in aBattpnatpolntiit vtew / I
COaaUer It hf Uttleravail , that 1 and others' ate thus tiresxntariced ; farihe vofoe of Independence Is even toaBy ^ swaar ped by pcreoni Interested , or Iriflnaneed i » the wAsort of bad Government Stitt having a will of my own , I am a freemanr andyouan alaves . ' Ate yoBTBcVa sliamedof eaxrying abort you this badge ^ sf 70111 Vrts , rsi 1 sHiiii * Are you so naeb tn love wfth your fsttscs ttat yon win rather bug thra to your persons than dash then to pieces ! It ia yov own faults , and fist-that ef yoar oppressors , ttiat you are beoad band ad foot to their ebftriet wbeen ; for whilst they B * e « nlte d , fceth Whigs and Tories , In secuzing you aa tt ^ slave-property , you are , to a considerable extent , apathetic ; yon are divided' among yourselves , and thereby beeome tbetr easy prey . Torn have not as yet willed 700 emandpatiOB : if yoo . bcd , tyranny would
&a back abashed , the waapoM with which you are assailed would at once become powerless . : Side yoni hwriifor ¦ hame ^ yo n diacomflted , yet dicjoint ^ d , pi » arve , meagre Bates . Yoar forefathers wtfuld bloah for yon , dUI Jbsy wibass yoar- ^ ll «» , yeTdastardly coadittos . Yon deserve to be slaves , I say , to long as you have not the moral courage to throw off your shackles 3 x » doctrine of universal representation ie n » new nettoaM ; U is-what I bave Advocated , and donemy beattoftMBnlgate for the last thirty yeara .. I contend lor , it atia , bet set on tbe sbaUow grwmd of-the imtaediate ¦ ecasafty rfjtbe times—tbe depropsion of ttade < aad the diajttiihfcondiaon of the working elasses . ; take my / ita » J en more lofty , and note , ennobling views . JL contend f or it , on tbe same priadplas that TTist'i iiMwrlmtirm waa demasded by-then tens ef of and
* -h ~ " ^ rH « dissenters other pbflasthropists some yiazs back . ( Hear , hear . ) It was twaddleit was scouted as a nuisance by those tender hearted and far-sighted Christians , when they were told to the SMBve-owners thai their living-engines were well
dotfaacTsad well-fed . They acknowledged as much , it being prmipttirt that the property of the slave-owner shopM be kept in repair lest it shoals , too soon wear out They contended , and so do I in this ease , that man should be free to have a will of bis own ; and not having that win , be is * being , though born free , ; by asjBBped authority tnasformed into a beast of harden ad * d € gr * sed slave . I oontena for &e emandpa tioB of tbe white staves of my own cowtry—tfae vassals of 'Christendom—tbe place where Christianity rears its majestic head , denonnojBg . iBjiuiice , decrying happnslavery ; but where , its professors , to _ a eonsiderabte extent , forge the fetters to manacle its indu * . bio&s artisans in civil bondage . The emancipaton of tile blade alaves bad no direct interest in their cap .
tivity Bwyhave in yours , both parsons aud laymen , and thstsfsre their Christianity t ** 4 * hf them not to " love ese aaottier —to " be just and fear not , " but to " bold-fas * that wnieb ia good" —for themselves alone . I sosks a claim for the produser , as well as tbe consumer of wealth , —or the man who drags trots t&e boweia of the earth nature ' s choicest treanm ; far tbe mechmk , whose ingenuity-eiiables him to mskfi that vast store of nature more valuable throngh his labour and industry ; for the slave who entwines the chastely threaded vest to adorn the person of majesty , who supplies the acquisitions to make nebQity appear noble , and who gives to female beauty all that art can accomplish ; fox the toil-worn operative who erects tbe stately mansion to shelter the pompous
aristocrat as well as the bolder of wealth , deprived of his right through barbarous conventionalities;—in act , I claim for industry its rights , that it may receive Us doe reward . I ask for property everything , and nothing more than what labour might possess ; but I think it truly ridiculous and unjust tbat one description of property should render a man a slave , and confer throngh another tbe freedom of election- I demand for the public virtue , talent , and manly superiority , honesty and integrity , exertion in behalf of the public weal , and tbe anxiety to relieve human suffering , a full benefit of tbe honours and rewards , equally and individually , both to rich and poor . Look at me and examine me well , you hitherto thoughtless and passive slaves ; "tunitu between
yourself and other individuals composing society . Can you tell where the iM « HnrHnw lies between me and yourself , that I should hold a privilege which you are aliens to ?—that I should bave a voice in the election of law makers , and that you should bsvr none ? TJnravei the mystery if you can . You may tell me that I am more wealthy , and , that its possession confers the privilege ; bat it is no such thing , for under tbe absurd system of representation which disgneas this coun&y , a man may be ever so wealthy , but not holding tbe necessary requisite itself , he Is a slave in the midst of it You may tell me that I am more talented or more intelligent ; but talent nor intelligeoee are no test to the qualification , and far from the ^ BaHfieatioa itself . You may tell me tbat I am better attired , that I have a better coat on my baek j bat that ia not the distinguishing point ; nor , allow me tell you , does a fine coat make a wise head , or a suit of fine
dotbeemakea real gentleman . You may observe that 1 am In an extensive way of business , and move among what the world calls respectable men , but this does not essay the difference . That I am a Poor Law Guardian , and therefore knew a great deal more than tbe poor themselves , bet I must tell you , you are still a long way off tbe mark , and also that it is not always the wisest and best men who get Into office . It is not in myself that I hold this right or privilege , either &s aa elector , or Poor Law Guarfiaa , but according to the value of the bricks aad mortsr ^ of which my premises are composed , with fhe battenee of ~ wealth , in tbe election of the lattir;—ib tbat bricks and mortar are the qualified sub-Hrtsjneef 'in the election of members of Parliament The ^¦ attfieaHon lfterafly is in tbe purse , and not in tbe ¦ as ; atsi Ihe right of the mass of clay and lime Is frf fi " Tl » rtiijsM * n wall ss iiijsnif under dxcumstanc ^ s ,
ibfiinpfcv * & faih . pcBmJaM , lor a limited time , invert ' xm T 5 sfik ; freak _ powea The premises of jgS lfli Tljrf wtntafnajLtfevn a ' fnrthhig more entities the occupier to the p ^ vifegsvejf a freeman , . The bolder ef premises within the ten * plrt of an inch of the boundary of the ten-has a ' vote , and the occupant of a ten poftnd rental , within the same , diptance on tbe opposite side of " the line of £ 49 19 sll | d . is cut-off from-tiie franchise altogether . The forty-shifting freebolder , with a ten pound occupation , not Ms ' own jwv petty ; bold * Q » privilege , in rawy instances , of voting for four Members of Parliament , and an occupier of proEDbea at three , ot five hundred posuds per annum , may be retained as a slave through' the non-paymemt of a shflliag , oron account of some informality in tbe entry of bis name on the Hat of voters , awHful-or insdvertent act not of bii own , but that of some hired tod of party .
Tfawyoo see from Ossse brief sad hasty statements what trifles interfere , and under what TOotiBgencie * the right ot voting exfstsT I contend that we are In a wozae situation now , than we warer ^ rerkmar to the pasatag of tbeBeform Bill , botfi a * Mspecte the condition of tbe people , and the system of representation trader the old boro « gh-mong « ring systeni ; numeroas Whig noblemen sent individuals of talent and integrity into Parliament , who in taosa days preached the creed of Radicalism , On the introduction of the new system , the direct power of dictation was taken from the members of the Upper House , and placed under the influence of the aristocracy generaBy In the counties and the boroughs ; and is therefore not a representative of the people , but of the aristocracy , the peers in Parliament being the principal movers in the farce ; you moat then perceive from the Ukti » I have said , that we are not progressing , but on the retrogade , and it is a fact which
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct729/page/6/
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