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TO THE GENERAL COUNCILLORS , SUBSECRETARIES , &c , 0 ? THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . ELECTION OF THE C 0 XTE >* TI 0 N . The balloting lists not having been sent in . from many important towns in ssyeral electoral disticts , the ballot will be kept open until Satokdat , ras 26 th iksiast , then posihtelt to close ! Tiit numbers for the several candidates will be published is the Star of Saturday , the 5 ± 01 March , when flje public meetings for the final election will take ¦ place . , ,. In the Star of next Saturday the resolmions and addresses of the Executive , agreed to aUhe-ii Bristol sitting , will be published , and the time for the sitting of the Convention madeknown . _ . __ ^ "r " 1 '"" — ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ — ..-- ¦¦ - ¦¦ — - ^ ^ ^ r >
_ . . The General Comicll and sub-Secretaries are Etrictly enjoined to complete tne ballot , and torwaid to the General Secretary the correct lists within the time staled . Asj neglect or delay will tend to prodflce £ eri 0 QS ^ tder of the Executive , Joh . \ Campbell , Secretary .
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THE ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE PEOPLE . Bbothes Chabtists , —It has been our custom , rrom time to time , to report to our constituents the progress which has been effected in the movement , and io lay before them a plain statement of facts , winch saall neither deceive their expectations , nor create false and nnfonnded impressions . Unia ? another Executive we have no party to eossoit , and no faction to fear ; we have one great « nd to gain , one common benefit to secure—the good or all to aehieve . Therefore , if onr pecuniary relies be limited , and onr delegated powers conyneoywe arc , nevertheless , stronger than they in the Ju stice of oar cause , and the imperishable principles « our Charter
¦ ft ei need not the 6 avage provisions of factions law jo enforce obedience , nor the cruel application of * wce to secure submission . We do not seek support at the expence of truth , nor by the aid of II , neither do we maintain power after the ^ friSee of confidence , and in defiance of opinion . We take our stand upon equal representation , equal j ** B , equal taxes , and universal power , to Eecure jse equity of all . Armed with truth , we use arj- u-« te&t to convince , and we confidently appeal to lE * £ oa for a decision on the justice of our claims .
By pursuing on a mailer scale a course which * fist s&o . A £ r or later be imitated on a larger one * e ha % e t . ' * ived the people many mcr . ths , having J * eompla'nts made , little dissatisfaction excitcd . * s eo resip . 'ianGns ( kmacced , hereby affording a E * etiea . l lilutL ^ fiion of Charu ; m to our opponent , y ^ h they arc i ' n general too selfish to admit , or too "fcsaical to imitate .
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. "We will , for the . purpose of proving to yen the pesuliar merits of our plan of Government , explain to you briefly the effects of the system .
oma present posmos . We have issued about 40 , 060 cards within a very limited period . That large nnmber must not be supposed to constitute our whole strength , because we have attached to our xiBsociation " many thousands who , as yet , have not taken out their cards , out who on every occasion , wheTe a demonstration of strength is necessary , muster in such overwhelming numbers as to outvote the expediency-mongers in their own stronghoks . To afford a more sa'istactory proof of our gradually increasing strength , three hundred and tbmy ' cities , towns , aad populous localities have declared for our principles , and have adopted the plan of organisation of the National Charter Association .
we have remarked with peculiar Fati ? faction tfcat the trades have , in many place 3 , declared their adherence to the Charter ; that the colliers of the Tyne have adopted our view ? , and recommended onr plan of organisation ; that the Bradford Reform Club have virtuously overthrown policy and half measnres of Reform , aad acknowledged the necessity of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of the land ; that several dissenting congregations have considered it to be . their sacred and Christian dniy te attach tnem 3 elve 3 to our body , and strive for the political regeneration of their country ; and finally , thtt the ttise aud benevolent of the Corn Law Repealers especially , have , at length , discovered tnat the present House of Common ; mu .-t bs completely purged before any measure of justice worth the acceptance of the people can be carried into practice .
THE XATJOSAI . PETITION . This document issued by the Executive has met with the approval of the English , Welsh and Irish people , and , notwithstanding some temporary opposition in Scotland has b .-en adopted by the majority of the Scottish working mm . It would be a waste of time to occupy many paragraphs in answering the objections urged by some of the S ; ottiih leader ? , ma-ny of whom seem to be more hostile to the National Pj 3 . ii of Organisation , than to the m&f . ti of the Petition , and the motives of whom must be eo apparent , that the people can immediately detect them .
we have no desire to come into collision with the Central Committee of Scotland or be dragged into a controversy with any of our neighbours , neither shall we permit personal abuse or public denunciation io lead us into the whirlpool of division , however long or earnestly men may strive to effect it . We retain our position by and through public opinion alone , and we are determined to do our duty in despite of private animosity or undisguised attack-The Petition 13 before the people and we shall submit to no decision , except it ba given by the reason of the majority . To that ' tribunal we appealed and to no other . We had a favourable response and it will require more power to alter the decision than out adver&axEies possess in Glasgow , Dublin , and London .
If firmness is a crime , we plead guilty to the charge . If consistency is to be denounced , then we mast fal . . If ihe rights of labour are not in all points and on every occasion to be defended and upheld , then we can be of no further service as the Executive , ¦ therefore , from the leaders in Scotland , prejudiced , we appeal to the people , unfettered in judgment and all powerful in opinion . O . her documents have been laid before the public for their approval , aud simultaneously in Glasgow and . London different petitions have been earned , one of whieh is a mere echo of the National Petition , as the Association from which it emanates is the Ehadow of our great National Charter Association . It has been remarked , that the chief opponents to the National Petition have lain in wait for
objections , and instead of urging them when a safe remedy could be supplied , they have advanced them only "when mischief could be done , on the plea that everything must be wrong which they do not approve of or originate . We have satisfied ourselves as to the approval of the people , and we shall , in further proof of the beneficial effects arising from the issue and distribution of 100 , 000 petitions , mention the fact that the public press have inserted the document in full , in page 3 where our efforts and principles were formerly ridiculed . We name the York Courant , the Kent Herald ^ the Galeshead Observer , the Morning Advertiser , the Falmouth Packet , ihe Welsh press , and a long list of other publications , stamped and unstamped . ;
We have also to record another fact equally illustrating the determination of the people to have their grievances fairly and fully reported , that in the North of Eng . and many have been discharged from the factories who signed the National Petition and received the same treatment for not signing the anti-Corn Law Petition . With taese statements and facts before us , we again urge upon one and all the absolute importance of attaching their signatures to the petition sheets ,
and of adopting every mode by which a fair and full opportunity should be given to the public in the streets , at their homes , and the doors of public meetings , to read their dissent from the atrocious Government and it 3 cruel and unnatural enactments . Remember that be who silently submits , wilfully consents to the system ; but he who manfully protests , performs the first duty which is due to himself , his children , and his country . He no longer by tacit obedience empowers the Government to repeat injustice and legalise oppression .
Tfl £ CO-NVE-fTlON . Amongst other plans calculated to advance the cause ana give greater effect to the National Petition , we projected , the plan of xepresentation which was laid before the association , and it was our full intention to have in each district , the number" of de egates in proportion to our resources of the constituency . We have received statements from one or two places , complaining of the limited means of the association , which proves "thas our divisions , extensive as they are , are too limited to afford the proper amount of contributions . Two districts are altogether unable to advance their quota of the funds , '
and acting upon the sound principle of the CharUr , the members of the association do not desire representation without taxation . Northampton and Oxfordshire have also been unable to aid Warwick and Worcester in the return of two candidates , which is a maiter of great regret to us , and clearly shows that continued agitation is absolutely , necessary to iuerease onr strength . Notwithstanding these drawbacks , we must impress upon the members of the associations in other districts , the necessity of abiding bj ths division which has been made aud which will be adopted as a rule for the electors of the forthcoming Convention .
It is impossible fcr us , neither would it . be just to alter gentral arrangements , bo as to serve particular districts . The rule of action ought to be to legistate for all , not fo- individuals ; therefore , we have not interfered with the arrangements previously sanctioned by the people , although W 6 have had requests made to do ro from several districts . Tr . e Lancashire Council deserves our best thanks for the support they have afforded U 3 in this respect , and without which the plans of the Executive would be guided by every friend , and altered by every interest . We nave also to appeal to the people f o maintain
the punty of election ; and wherever the majority have balloted , to pay that obedience to the decision cf tho many waich is the duty of a Chartist ; and therefore , to return , without opposition , at the public meetings , those who are placed at the top ot ibepoll . We regret to find that in gome instances threats have been made to the effect , that if certain men were not returned , the supplies of the Convention would be stopped . We are very willing to suppose this to be tho mere ebullition of election squabbies , which ought , however , never to disgrace our booy , bat whicn we feel firmly of opinion the pfeople vaemselves will instantly forbid and
oppo-e . Candidates who may be proposed for localities where the number oi votes are limited have no right to complain of being in a minority , and the remedy is not w threaten the stoppage of the supplies , but to work harder in these districts where the number of votes are so limited . We confidently appeal to the people to set these tempVrary aiffcrencea right , and , on every occasion they have it in their power , to discountenance all proceeoiuga likely to bring ridicule or disgrace upon our national cause .
Our advice on this subject is very simple , and founded- on justice to all , obedience to the majority , and respect to onr » e ) ve ? . First , let the divisions of the couiiiy be strictly observed for this election . Secondly , ballot fairly and honourably for the candidate . Thirdly , rcrarn without opposition and unanimously those candidates at the public meetings who have received the majority of rotes . Fourthly , 1 st all difference be buried , every division be forgiven , all bitternesB be forgiven , after the election , and lct '« very shoulder be put manfully and honourably to the wheel to rai&e contributions for the support of those men who have- been returned to serve as members of the Peopje's Parliament . This , we conceive , iB soand Chartism ; and the observance of these rules will reflect honour instead of disgrace aponus .
POSTPONEMENT OF CONTENTION . We have , after mature deliberation , decided on altering the day of nuetuig of the Convention of the Industrious Classes , ior the following rtasonB : — F . rst , we wish to have time to coi respond with our Scottish brethren on the important subject of epnding deie * ates to London ,.. and of ascertaining ih ir decision as io rhe numbers they are disposed te elect , or the rules th * -y may tiuuk proper to adopt for th ^ r own country ; and we have particularly to request the- opinion of tie Cn&niits of the vaiicu ? towi : s and districts who have adeped the National Petition , and who are wi '; lisg to co-operate YFiih as ; n ; li : s great undertaking .
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We are anxious to cultivate a good understanding with them , and we are determined to leave no stone unturned to have a cordial union established between the Chartists of England and Scotland ; therefore whatever complaints may have been made on the subject of the petition , we have resolved to have their opinion and decision on the Convention . Secondly , we are moss anxious to have a laTge number of signatures to the National Petition . We conceive that the sanction of three or four million of people will give us more authority to act , and without which sanction we cannot take that high pesitien from which we could remonstrate with effect , and act with success .
Thirdly , we wish to give the people more time to collect funds for Conventional purposes , that we may have it in our power to secure a commodious and central room to assemble in , and appear in the character of representatives of the people . Fourthly , we have taken into consideration the propriety of carrying down the Petition at the head of as large a body of men as can be assembled together on the day of presentation , and we have strong hopes that the tiades of London , and the people of the neighbouring districts will be present in overpowering numbers at such an important ceremony .
We fully expect to prove to the Government that the simple reason of a people ' s wrongs is calculated to rouse the attention of millions , and more pa'riotism and intelligence than the borrowed trappings of royalty , or the pageantry of kings . We are resolved to aUenopt tha contrast , and we rely upon the peopled " all places to co-operate with us on that day when a demons-ration will be made in behalf of the oppressed . No time should be lost in preparing for such au under ! akiug , and if possible , the Irish , Scotch , and Welsh should be induced to
take part in the presentation of a document now stamped as the National Petition . Let the trades of London decide , and we fear not tho resuH . L « t every man be a * , work to effect this desirable object . Let the four nations go down to Parliament peacefully y t firmly ; great is the majority of union , and powerful is the cause of justic * . Lit their voice be heard at the doors of the House of Commons , and their demands be repra ' ed from the Member to the Ministry , and from the Privy Council to the ThTone .
Fifthly , it is important at this critical moment that a watchful eye should be ltopt upr-n the movement , of the contending parties in the state , and that in . particular , we should be in fall possession of the nlcerior intentions of the Government and tho Com Law Repealers . Such information will ba of great use to an assembly of Delegates , and wo are anxious to have a conference with them , and receive their opinion on the future plans to be adopted and line of action to be pursued by tie Chartists , . We have also most earnestly to caution the people against the deception which will be practised upon them , against the existence of any secret association , and against the encouragement of violent andimprudent mm or measures .
Finally , we have every reason to congratulate you on the position we occupy , the numbers wo have enrolled , and the improving prospects which are before ns . Oar constant desire is to serve you faithfully . Let it be yours to support us manfully , in every proper and just cause which we may pursue . James Leacu . P . M . M'DpiuiA . R . K . Philp . Morgan WiLLfAMS . John Campbell , Sec . ^ —~~~~~
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UNION OF THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES . A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law Delegates and others favourable to the Extension of Suffrage , was held in the snail room of the Crown and Anchor on Monday evening . The meeting was called together by the following hand bill , issued by Mr . Sturge , and circulated during the day : —
" COMPLETE SUFFRAGE . " Joseph Sturga respectfully requests such of the Dslegates to tho Anti-Cura Law Conference as may en ' A-rmia viewa favourable to ' Complete Suffrage , ' to meet afc the Refreshment Room , Crown and Anchor Taveru , at seven o ' clock this evening . Admission may be procured by presenting a Delegate ' s Ticket at the door . " Friday Morning , Feb . 11 th , 1842 . " The room was well filled . Among those present were observed Joseph Srurge , Esq . ; Sharman Crawford , M . P . ; Dr . Madden , Dublin ; George Thompson ; John Bright , Rochdale ; A . Prentice ,
Manchester ; Wm . Ibbotson , Sheffield ; Rev . Mr . Bailey , Shtrfield ; Rev . Mr . Renton , Kelso ; Rev . Mr . Owen , Staffordshire "; Rev . Thomas Spencer , Bath ; Rev . Mr . Cairns , Paisley ; Rev . Mr . Lowe , Forfar ; Mr . Hichen , Manchester ; John Childs , BuDgay ; Joseph Cor ' oett , Birmingham ; Hamer Stan&feld , LeedB ; Edward BaxtT , Dundee ; Josiah Conder , London ; Nathaniel GrrH'i , E ? q . ; Wm . Boultbee , Birmingham ; Mr . Curtis , Ohio ; Stafford Allen , E ^ q . ; Dr . Perry , Boston ; Lawrence Hcyworth , Esq ., Liverpoel ; Johu Dunlop , Esq ., Edinburgh ; Edward Lankester , M . D . ; C . E . Kawiins , Esq ., Liverpool ; Mr . Henry Hethering : on ; Mr . Watkins , 'Manchester ; Mr . Wm . Lovett .
Joseph Sturge , Esq . was unanimously called to the chair . The Rev . T . Spencer addressed the meeting at some length in advocacy of an extension of the Suffrage . He thought that the higher and middle classes did not repose sufficient confidence in the working classes . For himself he could say no one could have been better received than he at the meeting of the working classes at Bath ; and yet he had done much to provoke them ; but they knew he had done it honestly , and therefore they forgave him . The working classes would think and let think . He had great confidence in the working mea , and the chief mischief of the country was the want of it . In the higher classes there was an unnecessary
suspicion of them , and thai was because people were ^ apt to judge others by themselves . Those wno had sinecures and pensions , and brought up their families to the army and navy , and by the law of primogeniture fattened on the spoils , tnink that other classes , if they had the same power as themselves , would use it in the same manner . But before they put the workman in the possession of power , they would be 6 ure that they should not have the same power of abusing ir . They would not have the law of primogeniture , and he wa 9 sure that Mr . Sturge would agree to this , that they would have less war and less army and navy . These evils nad been ascribed to overproduction ; he was disposed to think there had been an over-production of one commodity—there had been
an over-production of lawa—( loud cheer ? . ) He should very much like to see a Parliament that lor two or three sessions , would do nothing but destroy laws , instead of making them . They had laws which meddled with everything , with their money , their religion—( hear , hear , and cheers)—and with their trade ; with everything they could mention . If the working men were admitted to power , he hoped they would guard against meddling with too many things ; the grand thing was to protect person and property , and leave everything eiBB alone . There were no more important words than "let alone "—the laissess faire , of the French . Above all , let them leave tride alone . The grand question wae , whether , if the working men obtained a
general Suffrage , would they jaefge wisely of their candidates ? When at Southampton , with his friend , Mr . George Thompson , he saw that drunken ruffians were hired to disturb their meetings , as long as they staid , by the County Members 1 Would the working men have dared to do this 1 The Parliament he considered eo ill chosen , that he did not think tbey could choose c , worse . When the best and holiest who ever wore the g&rb of human nature , Jesus Christ , the son of a carpenter , who even worked as a carpenter , was seen to possess everything that is admirable , and deserved respect , yet the rich despised him ; the Scribes and the Pharisees hated ; Herod and Poniiu 3 Pilate set him at nought , but the common people heard him gladly .
Had the Suffrage , then , been with the rich , would they have chosen him as their leader ! Would they have chosen th «» very be 3 t of the earth I No ; but the common people heard him gladly , and would gladly have done it . It appeared to be the will oi God that the common people should be always ready to hear gladly the grand . truths-of religion and politics . But how were they to obtain the Suffrage ! Why , they had the power of passive resistance , and of self-denial . He Bhould be willing to deny himself every exciseable article—indeed , ho had done so for other reasons , and so might alland would the Government do without the money 1 If necessary , he should bo prepared to refuse the payment of the assessed taxes . He approved of the
Memor ial to the Queen , and said he could state some circumstances which led him to believe that their Queen was with the working classes—( cheers . ) The Rev . Mr . Yoxjkg , of Andover , urged the necessity of union between the working and the middle classes . The union was a natural one . The working men stood in need of the capitalist , and it was the energy of the working men that made capital valuable . How was it , then , they had become separated Each party had committed faults , and in order to become reunited , they should look each other boldly in the face , and see what were the faults they had committed . As a middle-class man , he would at
once admit that too many of the middle classes had looked too much to their own interest . But while ha admitted this , he must say that the working classes Lad also committed faults . ( Cries of " Hear , hear . " ) He went fully with them into the suffrage question , but he thought they were in fault , in seeking to pestpone the Corn Law question to the Suffrage question . If ever there was a practical question which came home to the working man , it was that of Corn Law repeal . Let them go on with the practical question , and having gained that , let them go on to ihe theoretical question . He urged upon the meeting the necessity of union between the middle classes
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and the working classes t 6 carry the Corn Law question , which by union they might do ina few months , for the Ministers would give way before them , and he pledged himself to the men of the working classes that they ^ would take the f uffrage question into their most anxious consideration , and agitate with them for it , until it would be gained . He was convinced that without union they could gain neither ; with uuien they could gain both . He would say try the Cam Law first ; and if thoy fail to carry the repeal of the Corn Law , he would say lay aside aionoe the Corn Law agitation , arid begin , a fresh agitation for the suffrage , and he would urge them to go ori until the nation possessed every right which it ought to possess . ¦ ' ; .. - . " : ' . ;• ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; ¦; . .. . ¦ - . ¦ : •;¦ ¦ " ;•; . ¦ .. ¦ . ;¦ ¦ .
Mr . A . Prentice would not have addressed the meeting , had it not been for-. the conclusion of the address of the last speaker . The agitat ion for the suffrage was not how to be begun ; it had begun long since , and he protested against postponing Corii Law agitation His desire was not to see one agitation displacing the other , but to see the two going on collaterally . ; A Gentleman in the body of the meeting requested to know wbat was the resolution they were discussing I ' . •' , - ¦¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' .: ¦ : - " ' . ,. ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' • .-.- ¦ ¦ ' - -.. .
Mr . Stubge explained that the meeting was one rather for mutual explanation in conversational matter than for coming to any resoluiion ^ there was bo resolution before the meeting . The question before tho meeting was , the propriety of presenting a memorial to the Queen , praying her Majesty riot to take to her council *! nor to retain in ' them , any persons tvho were not prepared to grant complete Suffrage to the people . ; Mr . Palliser had begun life as a working man , and now he was one of therrniddle ; c ! a *» es , possessing a voice in returning eight Members to Paarliamenti in different places , a right yrtuch no man ought to possesss . He thought working men had shown their wisdom in standing Bti . Vas they had done in regard
to tha Corn Law agitation . He had formerly peen of a different opinion , but ke now saw that they were riEjht , and the event had shown iti ; Once bit twice shy ; and as they had been deceived on the occasion ef the Reform BilJ , they were hot again to be caught —( cheers , ) What could they expect from : a House of Commons constituted like the present ? What they wanted was a House of Commons representing the majority of the people , and not the few —( hear , and cheers ) —not one which legislated to take money out of the pockets of the people to put it into their own . Since 1815 the landowners who composed tho Parliament had treblod their rents What-was the remedy for this class legislation ? Why , au extension of Suffrage-- ( cheers)—with
Vote by Ballot —( loud cheers ) -aud equal electoral districts—( repeated cheers . ) That was what himself and his friends in the parish of St . Luke had petitioned for in addition to n total repeal of the Corn Laws—( oheers . ) The Cli artists in his district had joined with them , and he had always found them men of good sound common Benso . He called upon the middle and working classes to follow their example , aad to unite to obtain the complete Suffrage , and ..-to put an end to class legislation—( cheers . ) He had read with indignation and disgust Peel's statements as to the amount of meat and bread consumed by the working classes in foreign countries . Now , what was the mighty discovery Peel had made ? Why , that John Bull loved roast beef better than the foreigners did , and that when he could pay for it he would have it . But since Peel had compared the mode of living of the English
working men with that or tha ibreignerj he ( Mr . Palliser ) should like to make a comparison between the aristocracy of England and that of foreign countries— ( cheers)—and they would find that the luxury , voluptuousness , and profligacy in which the English aristocracy induged at the expence of the poor men , was what any other nation would blush at—( hear , hear , and cheers . ) ' And this could not be remedied until class legislation should be done away with . lie would remind Sir Robert Peel of what happened to Rehoboam , when he despised the outcries of the people . The cry then raised was— ' ^ Eyery man to his tent , ' '—( cheere . ) They all knew what was the result . Let the uristocraxsy beware iu time —( cheers . ) John Bull would not submit much longer to be oppressed and plundered as he had been . They did not want to oppress and plunder others , but they wanted to prevent others from oppressing and plundering them—( oheer 8 . )
The Rev . Mr . Miail , who was announced as the editor of The Nonconformist , then stepped forward , and waa received with loud cheering .: Some : persons had urged the necessity of superseding the Corn Law movement by the Suffrage movement , and others had argued for superseding the Suffrage movement by the Corn Law agitation . Let them look at the House of Commons as it had been recently elected , through intimidation and bribery he would allow , but elected by the middle classes--- ( cheefs)—why , it was one which would establish every principle of monopoly to its fullest extent . No ' w , the onl y way of remedying this state things was by giving a prominent place to the Suffrage movement . — ( Hear ) At the same time he would not desist
from agitating the Corn Law question , The Corn Law League , by their agitation , did good to the Suffrage movement . They opened the eye ? of the people , and ho believed verily that that agitation had done more to forward the Suffrage movement among the middle classes than anything else . ; That agitation had noiv been going on for three years ; they bad had their meetings , their conferences , their bazaars , and what effect had they produced upon the ar istocracy I Before they did that they must have a broader base to rest upon . They required some stronger lever to move the aristocracy than any they had yet worked , and they could only find that lever by extonaing the suffrage . He would be no party to any such delusion as that of asking the working
cHsses to postpone tho agitation for the Bi ) ffrago to the Anti-Corn Law agitation , on an understanding that the middle classes would assist them afterwards in obtaining the suffrage-- ( cheer 8 ) He wasfor the pxtension of the suffrage to every man entitled to it . Every man hid a right to it—( oheers ) He demanded it for every mar * as a right —( oheers . ) Now if that right were fully , fairly , arid honestly recognised , he could see no pretencer—he could see neither the wisdom nor the necessity , for postponing the agitation to obtain that right for anything else—( cheere . ) There were other parts of the Charter with which he con ] d riot agree , but h « agreed in the principal question . Let them settlei the question of tight , and then let them , having settled it , go for the complete suffrage in its most extensive and honest
sense . He would urge the question upos tho middle classes simp ' y as one of right . One great argument to be used to tho middle class to convert them to tho cause of the extension of the suffrage was their attention to the fact of the evils of existing monopolies . The utter impossibility of remed ying those evils , or preventing their recurrence , without enlarging the basi 6 of the representation , by extending the suffrage to every man who had a right to it . Let them &o on with the Anti-Coru Law movement , but they would never succeed unless they jojried the Suffrage movement with it . Neither the middle nor the working classes were sufficiently powerful to carry their point , but by uniting they would break the yoke beneath which thoy now groaned —( loud cheers . ) - ¦ . - .: ¦ ' ' . , ' ; -: ¦ .: r •¦' ¦<¦ : ¦ - ' . ' ¦¦¦' ¦¦ : ' - ' . ' :.
Rev . Mr . YouHG explained . He had not wished to set aside the suffrage agitation for the Corn law agitation , but as of two things one must be first , he had thought it , under present circumstances , more desirable ts commence with the Corn Law question , because it ¦ wo uld more immediately tend to relieve the wants of the famishiDg multitude—( cheetB )—and he also thought it was more [ immediately attainable . If he thought they could obtain the suffrage with equal facility , he would prefer having the suffrage to the repeal of the Corn laws— ( Cheers . ) . '¦ . ' ;¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ :: -: . ¦ . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ y-. ¦ : ¦¦' : ¦ ;\ - ' - '' ., ¦ :
Mr . William LoVETTj who was yery warmly greeted , then addressed the meeting . He said he had intended to be a listener , and had not any idea of declaring Ms sentiments to the meeting . With regard to the People ' s Charter , if it could be shewn that it contained any one principle , or any matter of detail not necessary to just legislation , he , for one , ; should be most willing to give up that part of it—( hear , hear ) Of all the objections that bad b « en urged against the Charter , tie had never heard any satisfactory reason given aga . nst any of the details it included . In the first place , nothing was said in the Charter of Universal Suffrage—( hear , bear)—it contained not a word about it . We say that every man twenty-one years of age ought to bate a vote wno was untainted with
crime—( hear , hear . ) We then dedaje that there must boa qualification of three montl \ s " resldence ; having so far conceded the right to the suffrage , we say that he ought to be protected in exercising that right , and for this purpose we assert the necessity of the Vete by Ballot We say , in the next place , that they ought to toe at liberty to choose whosoever they please , and therefore , all property qualification is abolished . They considered that if these points were not conceded , all other mea »\ i « 8 would be a mockery ; It would be like giving the right of the suffrage to sparrows ; and allowing them to elect only hawks—( hear , hear . ) Having this power of electing whoeTer they pleased , they thought they should have the power of paying those individuals tor their services . They said that the present electoral system is unjust , ant- therefore they declare electoral districts to be necessary . AU these principles were embodied
in , and carried out , in the Charter , for this special reason—they bad often been taunted with being visionary —with cot being practical . That was the reason the People ' s Charter stated how all these points were to be worfced out Details were Important and necessary The BefbrHi Bill , when carried in the House of Commons , -was entirely marred in the details . He should like to see a cordial union among the people ; he should like totee the middle and the werfeingclasses combined ; they would never see , or he able to bring about , any change worth mentioning but by tbia means . But the working classes : must ni-k , you concede t ) us the right of the sutFrage as a principle , why then , thus coriceuing tha principle , should you stand aloof from prejudice ? ( Hear , hear . ) Tbero had doubtless been a great deol of violc-nce and folly among the party who preferred the principles- of Cuartisni , but it -was no xeason for siviag np a good and juai < anse becauso bad
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men were among its advocates—( hear , hear . ) There were bad men to be found among Christiana , but was that any reason for rejecting the principles of Christt&hlty ? ( Hear , hear . 1 Howmuca batter would ft be for the middle class to dispel the bigotTy that prevailed among them , arid t * y t ° bring over tho working men , and disprove the violence and folly ' ¦¦ that might be found among themr-fhear , hear , bear . ) Thia P « int was clear , that they must come out for the Charter as a whole ; let thein discuss it : let them show that its principles y /(< Te erreneous ; let : them discuss it fairly , and heibad no hesitation in saying that if they adopted it honestly they ^ wouW find that ^^ ^ the middle and working classes would be in combination in ies 3 than twelve months . With regard to the Corn Laws , he was an advocate for free trade ; and the only reason why he had stood apart from the advocates of the repeal of those laws , was a conviction that they would never be able to carry it in the HbHse Of Commons as at present
constituted—¦( hear , hear . ) IJ had also been supposed by the working classes that the agitation for tho repeal of the Corn Ltiws had been get up as a counter agitaT tion to thei Chatter— { no , no . ) It was certain tbafc at tho time the first meeting was sailed in Lond on , for the Charter , iuPAlMb-yaidjjust at tlsat time an ^ ^ article appeared in the True Sun , calling on the middle classes to commence the agitatioa for the iepeol of the Com Laws . The working men were led to bolieva it was meant as a counter movement . He dirt riot mean to s- 'y this opinion was correct , but such waa the conclusion they were led to adopt . He did not justify all tho proceedings of the Chartists ; he was opposed to the interference of tho 8 e . who iEtsrfered with and intoi'rupted the proceedings ot public meetings called' on other subjects . But let Mr . Bturge tod his fiietids erqaire into the Chatter M a Whole ; he should be prepared to give up points that were proved to be non-essential , hnd by these riieans there would be a chancs of a cordial union , between the midtile and working classes . ( Gheers . )
Mr . Miall said they did not deny the justice of the principles cf the Cfaarter , but thought they should do more gpod by adopting the line of policy they had marked but , than by siicpl y resting on the principles of the Chartists , who would not take one point without theothers . ; " ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦' ... Mr . Sharhan Gbawfobd , M . P ., haying besn loudly cailerl for , paid he should fee wanting in respect to the meeting , if he did not accede to the call it had made on him ^ by addressing to them a few observations . He had obtained both instruction and pleasure from the proceedings of that evening , for he rejoiced to think that there was a probability of obtaining what was so esssential to the interests of the whole community—a complete union between the employing and the working
classes of this country . It was esseniial to the prosperity of this conn try , that tfclere should be unity and friendly feeling between them ; and it was to be regretted that it had ever been interrupted . He hoped the time was coming when iil feeling would no longer exist . He considered that all their evils arose froni classlegislation—Ihear , hear)— and that they never would be obviated till the whole people were fully and fairly represented in the House of Cfommons— - ( cheers . ) He considered that t ' ae Com Law agitation and the agitation for an extended suffrage ought to go hand in band together , and aid one another . Without that decree of union they could not expect to carry a repeal of the Corn taws , nor could they expect any good legislation of any description . From the House of Commons ,
constituted as it now is , thoy could cspee !; no gooa measure , not till the people had the full power of electing their representatives—( hear . ) He therefore thought the working : classes were right in pressing forward that question —( hear , hear )—because he was perfectly persuaded that it was only by an organic reform-of the Houseof Cornmons , that any good measure could be expected to be obtained ^— ( cheers . ) He had himself given notice of a motion for an extensku " ot the 8 uff * age to the working olasaea . That motion waa given : for the earliest convenient day after the Easter recew . The discussion of the Corn Laws would , he expected , take
up most of the time of tlie House till that recess . His health , also , though re-established , would hardly permit him to do justice to the question till that time He wished them to understand that the postponement did not arise from any lukewarmness . He did not see any reason f « r a distrasb of the working classes , inasmuch as their interest , and the interest of the men ot property , ware identical . He had alwayb thonght . that the people were entitled to the right of the suffrage , and had always endeavoured to contend for it—([ cheers ) — and every exertion of mind and body should be given to obtain it , in the position he now had the honour to occupy—( cheers . )
Mr . Brooks addressed the meeting on the moral influence of such assemblies as the present , amid loud calls for Mr . Thompson . Mr . George Thompson was loudly cheered on rising . He said be waa delighted to be there , it was always refreshing ; to get upon a discussion embractog some entire principle . He confessed that times without number , and atmeetings of another kind , they were obliged to discuss only the branches of a great question , and had no opportunities of coming at once to the seat of the disease . One great principle was embraced in their discussion to-night ; they not only l-ecognised the right of the great body of the people to-the suffrage ,
but their fitness to exercise it The only security from a constant invasion of their rights and the abuse oi political power was , admitting the people within the pale of the Constitution , by giving theni the right of the Bufftage—( cheers . ) Mr . T . proceeded to advocate the extension of the suffrage , in a very eloquent address , in which he ; conceded the extension of the ^ suffrage as a grand and distinct principle , but enforcing the policy , of leaving other poiJits of detail to be settled by the fiwt Chartist Parliaruent— : hear , hear . ) Even witbowt the franchise , they ceuld do much in the woitld in which they lived , and leave it better tbiri they found it . They might do this , though ttiey had not the ballot box , and could not go openly to the poll .
After a few observations from the Chairman and Mr . Lovett in explanatipn , The Rev . ; T . Spencer took the chair , and thanks were voted by acclamation to Mr . Sturge for having called the meeting , and for the able manner in which he hid presided over tlie discussion .
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MR . R . j ; BtCHARI ) SON AGAIN ; TO THE EDIT 6 R OF THE NOBTHEIIN STAR . SIR , —In your paper of Saturday last appears a letter from Mr . R .-J . Bichardson , denying the charge which Mr . O Connor had made against him in bis letter to the Imperial Chartists of Great Britain , and stating it to be Tiiterly false and without foundation , and calling upon Mr . O'Connor to retract tbe Isnguago he has made use of towards him and in the sitmo letter he gives aa account of some conversation , which he states to haye passed between him and me ; which statement I assure you is riot true . But for your better information , Iwill give you the sum and substance of what 'did pass ; and the manner in which he came to my house , on Monday , ihe 7 th instant wnich was more like an animal of the brute creatioa than a civiliz-jd man . ' ••¦•' ¦ . " — >—¦¦— ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ p" ^*
-r Oa entering the house , the flrsfc questlori he ask « d was , «• D ^ es a person of the name of Jsaac Kicholls live here 1 " I said" Yes , I am the perso . " '•« D » you know any thing of a paragraph in the Star of Saturday last , with ybor name attached to it ? " 1 said * Yes . " '• ' Well , " 8 aid he , what do you know about it .. ?? .- ; , « Well , " said I , " 1 told it to GConnor . " " Well ; arid where : did you come at this information ? " I said " A respectable Rentleman of Oidhaui had told me of it . " " Where was you , " Said lie , " waen he told you of it ? " "I was at the Duke of York public house . " ' . ; " Where is the Duke of York , that you heard it at , as : tliere are two of that carhe in OldMm ? ' I said V It was that in West-street" «• Weil , " said he , 'Mt is false from beginnicg to end . "
I said , « ' Richardson , yap know it to be true . " He said , " It's false . " : I replied , "" It is truo . " He saidj , V Well , where isr West-str « et ? " I said ; «' Ypu know where ft is . " He said . I do not know . Did yoa give Mr . D'Coriuor authority to publish it with your name attached to it ? I told Uim I gave tlie information to Mr . O'Connor to do as he thought proper with , it . "Are you , " said he , •' able to prove it before tha Association ?' ' I said , " What , Associr-tion ? " . Hereplied " The Radical Associatiop .. " I sa . id , "What Radical Association ? " He said , •« The Ciiaitist . " I aaid " Yes ¦ and I have another charge to bring against you . " He stood for about two minutes , and then asked if I could tell him where Henry Chappell resiued . I told hiin , for the uncivil manner iri which ha bad come to me , he must find him a 3 ho had fourid me . TiiiB is the teutb . of what passed between * um andHie . •¦ ¦ . / - ' "¦ ¦ ; . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . '"¦ • ;'' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' - '¦ .: ¦
Your ' s , respectfully , Isaac Nicholls Vineyard , Qldham , Feb . 14 , 1842 .
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TO THE WOBKINGMEN OF ENGLAND , SCOT' ¦ ¦ . XAND , AND WALES . BROTHER- CiIAEtlSTS , —My friend , Mr . O'Connor , baa once or twice called upon you to aid and assist me in again pursuing the duties of my profession , Which were of course ntglected during the agitation arid my subseqasnt iaipriioamepfc . / I am not very , desirous to depend at any time upon public subscriptions or priv&ta aid , an 4 leas bo when I . may easily , without interfering with my public services in the cause , ' pursue my avocations as a medical man . At the instigation and by the advice of many of my friends I have decided upon writiog a pamphiet , which 1 shall distribute gratuitously ^ descriptive of the origin and tffecta of those diseases to which the working class are peculiarly liable , and then offer a remedy to them , which if purchased will contribute to my supportas well as their benerifc .
I will moke no fcunt-me-custom proaiises Which I may not be be able to fulfil , nor avail m ; self of the piiff of quackery ; but since my political sentiments have excluded me from the chance of exercising my skill aa a general practitioner , I see n 0 > reason why I should not offjr a general medicine to the people . 1 shall as speedily -as possible commence my profesaional duties ia the way I have named ; and I shall confidently appeal to my friends io tUe different parts of the country for support , for the appoiatment of agents , arid for the salq of a medicine which shall , I hope , like Chartism , owe its patronage to its merits alone .... ¦ . : '¦' ¦ ' - ' V ::- '¦ : ¦ ' / : \ * ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ] , . ¦ ¦¦'¦ / ¦ : : " ' ¦ ¦ Mr . Leach has kindly bfiered his assistance for Lancashire , and I may add congratulates me ( along with my brother members of the Exicutiye ) on the prospect ; and if success attends me I wiil not have to retire from the active duties of the'movement .
I am not aware that I need eav iany more upon tha subject , but to request those friends who are disposed to / assist mo as agents , tp forward their namea for the North of England to Mr . Leach , Tib-Btrett , Manchester j and to the South , to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London . I remaiBj my dear friends , . Faithfaily youra , P . M . M'Douall .
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Finder's BLACKiNG . ^ -The following is the money due to the "Executivt ! for the two weeks past , from the sale of R . finder's Biacking ;—¦¦' ¦• ¦ ' - , . '¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ " ¦'¦''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ :- ; -: ' ; ' " :, ' v- : v ' ¦• : . ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ . ' b . d . ¦ ¦' Mr . Llewellyn , New Bridge , South WakB ... ... ... ... 1 10 Mr ; Chappel , Bath ... ..- ... 1 10 Mr . Emnierson , Arnold ... ... 1 0 Mr , Weaiherhead , Kt-ifthley ... 4 ' 4 ^ Mr . Hibard , Mansfk-ld . ... : ... 1 10 ,-, Mr . Baud , Bolton ... ••• 0 5 Mr . Gibson , Mancuester ... ... I 10 Mr . Lunsdell , Brighton ... ... 1 10 Mr . Wake ^ eld , CireECsster ... 2 9 Air . Kingston , tjireitan ... ... 0 9
¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - : - ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - -: ; - ; . i 7-. i _ ii . - "" Dubun . —The uEjial weekly meeting was held at the rooms , 14 , North Anne-street . Encouraging letters were read from various parts of Ireland , Mr . John Featherstone , of Kochdaie , was admitted a member by acclajnauon . Mr . p'H-ggins entered the rooto during the proceedings , wiien he was hailed by three deafening cheers . VVhea the cheer ^ ing had somewhat subsided , Mr . Q'Hijtgins rose and said , that he was at a losa how to expre&s hw thanks for the manly and talented manner in which they defended bis character whilst absent in ihe eietet corintry—England , and in a style that would reflect
credit on auy boay ot mtn . Mr . O-H . read the address presented to him by the men oi Leicester , throughout the reading of which he was loudly cheered , and concluded by . reading a letter , requesting him to propose Mr . Thomas Kajnor Siuari , Mr . John Bowman , and Mr . ; Johu Markham , as members of the Irish IJniversal Siiifrage ABsociation . They'were Sicouded by Mr . W , ti . JJoyle , and carried with cheera . Tntj address was pi dered te bo entered on the miriutes . After eovtral numbers , being eurolled , and jioii ^ ea given Tor oihers , thanks were voted to the cbairimau , and the meeting separated .: ' . ¦ . ¦ : ' : -: ' - ¦¦' ..- . ;• : . ¦ - .. •'¦ ¦ ¦; . "¦ .. " - .-: \ . ¦¦ ' . - . ¦' . ' ¦¦¦ '¦¦¦''
Lewes . —Mr . Woodward lectured here on Moiiday . week ^ ' ' - . ' . ¦ •¦¦ : ¦¦¦ . . ' ¦ ' ?¦ : ' ¦ - " vA ; . ' .:. \ \ : ~ i \ - '¦' . ' .. v ' Hoklet . —At a district delegate mett'ng , held here on Sunday , the resolution of toe South Lancashire delegates , "That those persons yttib I ravel from town to town calling ' themselves , Chartist iec-i turers , do receive their credentials from the bud-Stcretaries of the branch to which they bdpp g , which shall certify that they are good moral characters , and quaiified to lutfil so important a missioa j and that the various branches be i requested nob to countenance any one who cannot produce such prerequisites , " was approved , adopted , aud recommended to general notice . A resolution was also paated , requesting each locality in the Huddersfieid aiBtrict , wiie / e Mr / Campbell ms > y have iectured , to send * delegate to the adjourned meeting on the 20 ih , ( tomorrow ) as important bnsinesa will be brouahfc forward / - " - '¦ ' : ,:.-. ' ' ; - ' . ; . -: :. ' ¦¦ ¦ , ">¦ . ' ; - ¦¦; ' '¦ - . ¦ ¦; ¦ a ¦*
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^ On Saturday last , at Sheffield , of inflammation in the lungB , Mr . George JPxbowr , aged 20 years , by trade . a stontmason . The deceased was it member of the National Charter Association , and waa warmly respected by his brother Chartists , who now dtplorehjs untimely fate . A large uuicber or friendsi male and female , attended tht > funeral of the deceased , who was intirred in the burial ground of St . Marys , Shtffield . ¦ - ¦ ¦ '¦¦ ¦ : Q . i Saturday , the 5 th inst , Sarah Ann , the wife of John Parkiiison , juii ., porter dealer , Yeadon , and second daughter ot Mr . Alexandtr , Ofiioer of Excifio Worofaro' Bale , near Biu-iisiey .
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PUBLIC MEETING AT BRADFORD . A great meeting convened by the cocstaWes , was held in front of the Bowling Green Inn , Bradford , on Thursday last , at half-past twelve o ' clock , to take into consideration Peel ' s Corn Law measure ; Mr . ~ T . Salt , jus ., constable , in the chair . Hesht Fobbes , Esq .. though in a weak state of health , moved a resoiation strongly denunciatory of both Peel and his measure , in a most energetic and telling speech . He said he Ehould ba very sorry , to deal in mere declamation ; what he nttered came from his heart , and might betaken as hi ? sincere convictions . We had in reality arrived at a crisis in our nation ' s historyand it now remained for as to say if we are
, wijiing to remain the slaves of more than Egyptian taskmasters—( cheers . ) "We had heard some talk lately of Sir Bobert Peei's heart j dux he would leave the meeting to determine whether * that heart was of cast steel or of adsanant . He ( LPeel ) had at length revealed his Ccrn Law j but it was a bn £ - bear , a sheer delusion , an improvement and yet no Improvement —( cheers . ) Mr . Forbes then alluded to the speech of Sir Robm Peel , in the course of whict he unfolded his Corn Law , and said that it was fnll of hollow fallacies , it was monstrous , cold-blooded , he wonld . eo farther , and say , it wa ; Emrderoxis —{ loud cheers . ) The whole system was a delusion , and a mockery , and if the people of England are not slaves they will rise np and resist
it—( cheers . ) He declared that , after giving the matter a serious consideration , he had come to the conclusion that the new scale was worse than theoldone^—( cries of hear , hear , hear . " ; It was more plausible , to be sure— ( laughter;)—but was as calculated to serve the interests of ihe aristocracy , and to starve the people . But every person who dies of starvation while Corn Laws exist , his death lies at Sir Robert Peel ' s door , and hi 3 blood cries for vengeance-The qnestion now is , what is to be done ? ( Cries of a The Charter , the Char ;« r !") Mr . F . said that he had his mind made np upon the subject . He admitted that the middle classes had not done the working
clasie 3 ] usuce ; he willingly made this admission . Jsbw was the time for unitisg all together , and if united sorely twenty-Sve millions could carry their own measures . He was convinced that , though they had a to ; al repeal of the Corn Laws to-morrow , it would not be worth a farthing wiih . the House of Commons constituted as it is —( cheers . ) He held that every man of twtnty-one years of age , of sound mind , and nnconvieted , should have a vote in the choice of a Parliamentary representative . He conncilled a onion of ail reformers at this important crisis , and condnded by advising a short pnll , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . Mr . F . retired in the midst of lond cheering .
Geobge Ozbokse , Esq ., in seconding the resolution , said that he found in Sacred Writ a great principle , to which none would object— " Do justice and love mercy . "—( cheere . ) He applied it to the Corn Law question , and asked , is it jast to tax any member of the community in a greater proportion to his means than any other member ! If it i 3 unjust to do so , then he applied the test to the Corn Law 3 , and found the tax on feod was nnjnst , because it did not bear on each individual of the community in proportion to his means of sustaining it , but pressed most heavily on the working man , who was least able to bear it —( cheers . ) He applied the same
test to the suffrage— ( loud cries of hear , hear . ) He rejoiced that we lived under a constitaiion which recognised the principle of representative Government . He asked—Was it just that any man Ehpuld be taxed for the suppors of a Government without his having a voice in electing a representative of that Government ?—( bear . ) Jf not , then every man ealied on to pay taxes , either directly or indirectly , has a right to be represented—( cheers . Juit : ee and right went together , and it was on principles of justice that he supported these measures—( cheers . ) He seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amidst Joud applause .
Mr . Hodgsos moved the second resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the present Corn Laws are nnjnss in principle , cruel in their operation , oppressive aMke to both master and workman , and thas the proposition of Sir Robert Peel is alike nnjnst , and unsatisfactory . But while we denounce and condemn all Corn . Laws . &ad all other monopolies , we are of opinion that they wili never "be repealed until the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , namely , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qaahflcation , and Payment of Members , Equal
Electoral Districts , be made the law of the land , " in a short speech , in ¦ which he very properly deprecated the agitating of the country for a repeal of the Corn Laws , which could clearly not be obtained "with a House of Commons as at present constituted ; when the same amocnt of exertion , which might obain thatjtronld be sufficient to cleanse the Augean stable of corruption , and rweep from the statute book every nnjust law and dishonest monopoly without leaving in the hands of faction the power of reenacting them , or of depriving the people by other enactments of their just share of the benefits to accrue from their repeal .
Mr . Bkook . seconded the resolution , which was supported in a short speech by Mr . F R . Lees , and earned unanimously amidst lond cheers . A petition to Parliament , praying for the rejection of Peel ' s measure , was moved by Mr . Kemos , seconded by the Rev . J . Acwokth , A . M ., and an addition thereto , praying to be heard by rf presentative 3 ia statement of grievances at the bar of the House , and for the immediate enactment , without alt-ration , defection , or addition , of the People's Charter , was moved by Mr . Smith , seconded by Mr . omith , seconded by Mr . Fletcher , and allowed by the mover and seconder of the petition . The petition thus amended , was carried almost xuiani-* ttously . Mr . JBtles moved that a memorialsigned bv the
, Ujainnan on behalf of the meeting , be transmitted w her Majesty . The aoiion was seconded by G . Asdebton , Esq . Mr . Areas proposed an addition to the memorial , the substance of which was , that class legislation was the caase vrirj we had Corn Laws , or any oiher Cad laws , and praying that her Majesty would adant to her conncils such men only as will , witbont « lay , make the principles contained in the People ' s Uianer , viz .:-Universal Suffrage . Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Ho Property Qaalificatian , and rajmeBt of LI embers for their Service * , and Equal electoral Disiricts , a cabinet measure , and ai > ply remedies to the distress com plained of , bo as to injure its immediate and entire removal
. The addition was seconded by Mr . JEN 5 NI 5 G 5 , weeded to by the mover and seconder , and earned imjminonEl y . ? t was then resolved , on the motion of Mr . Colum-M seconded by Mr . Hodgson , That Messrs . Oiborn , ByIe 3 , Smith and Arran , W a committee io digest the petition and memorial ^ Wording to the resolutions , and to iorward them for presentation . " * kaaks were then voted to the Chairman , and the tteetog broke up .
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v LbtTDON' —Hammersmith Road—This locality met on Tuesday last . Measures were brought forward in support of the ensuing Convention , aiid ably discussed by Messrs . Aldridge , Mortimer , Stallwoodj Dobson , and Thomson / A . Committee was appointed to get signatures to the petition , after which Mr . Stallwcod delivered a lecture on the institutions of society , much to the satisfaction of
his audience , and concluded amid the most cordial approbation . A vote of thahks was unanimously passed to the lecturer and the Chairman . The meeting then adjourned uutil Tuesday evening nest , when the attendance of the members anil friends i& particulariy requested . This locality is increasing its strength by adding new members weekly . LiMEHOusE . —Mr . Farrer delivered an excellent lecture on Tuesday evening to a very numerous audience , and was iriuch applauded . Ward of Cripplegate Within—The Cobn LAWS- ^ lMPonTAriT Decision . —On Thursday afternoon , a numerous meeting of the inhabitaina of the above Ward , was held , at which Sir 'M atthew-Wood , Bart ., the alderman presided , for the
purpose of taking into consideration the proposed sliding scale . Several gentlemen spoke at very great length , and subsequently , it was moved , seconded and carried unanimously . — " Not to petition either the House of Commons , for an alteration of the Corn Laws , but to agitate until the obnoxious impost was carried by the voice of the people ., by the middle and working classes joining as one body . " A . vote of thanks was given : to the Chairman , and-the meeting , which consisted of several hundred persons , separated . . ' ; ¦ /¦¦ : . . : - ¦'¦' . ' ¦ ; : : An Intelligent Jury . —At an inquest held on Monday last , at the George public-houee ,
Casilestreer , Leio ster-Equare , on the body of a poor man , named Dale , who died in St . Martin's workhouse , a few hours after having been found ia a most deplorable state of destitution ia LoDg-acre , by a police constableof the F division , a long discussion arose as to what verdict should be returaed . The foreman suggested oriel ¦ " from natural pauses exlucerated by want , " Another Juror said it was quite clear that his constitution had been "repaired' ? from the want of food . Another Juror said he would sit there till he got as thin as the deceased before he would return any other verdict than that of " Died from starvation . " Another Juror—We
can't say that the man committed suicide . Another Jurprr—It is quite clear that the man had nothing to eat , arid nature gave him rip . Another Juror—We are keepirig the Coroner . Coroner—I am in no hurry , gentlemen ; my time is yours . ForemanTWeli , let ' s come to some verdict ; i ' ts no use to boggle abaut words . A verdict wag subsequently returned 1 ? y the Foreman , of "Natural death , txhilerated by the want of the common necessaries of life . " A Juror— ' Acceleratedt' you mean , I suppose , Mr . Foreman . —Foreman—That ' s what I mean , Sir —( laughter . ) :
THIHSS . —Gebat MoBtalitt in the Wobkhovsb . —A most awJul visitation having fallen on the nrifortunate ; inmates of our prison-workhouse , originating , it would appear , in the introduction of a poor woman and her children from Boroughbridge , who were labouring under virulent meazles and fever , and there being no fever wards , or other place , where they could be kept separate from , they : were obliged to be received amongst the other inmatesamongst whom , predisposed , as they were , to its influence by meagre workhouse diet—the contagious disease spread with the greatest rapidity—so much so that no less than nine times within the paat week
has the earth of our churchyard been opened to receive the bodies of victims to tbis dire contagion . Surely thoee Guardians of the poor , as they are strangely called , must feel some compunction for their clamorous refusal , on account of some trifling cxpence to coincide with the more humane porcvoa of the board , who were wishful in some measure to mitigate the horrors of workhonse iuiprisonreent , by the addition of fever and vagrant wards , that they might be enabled to prevent , as far as they could , the spread of any contagions diseaso , as well as to put a stop to the computsbry commingling of our poor , unfortunate , but decent fellow townBtolk , with perhaps filthy beggars , and casual bo ^ gars , of all deseriprions .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE KORTHERJ ? STAU . Sir , —In your journal of last week appears a letter , signed" Benjamin Stoit , ' * respecting the charges preferred by U 8 against Mr . B . J . Richardson , in which the writer labours to niake it appear that the charges , &c , had undergone ' ^ investifatioa . " V 7 hen , -where , and by whom , however , he has not condescended to inform ui . We never heard of any sucih inviett'gaucn , 'where ifc was entered into ; and who this gentleman , or the mysteriouB " we , " who hud tho management , of this investigation may be , wo are , therefore , equally at a loss t > conjecture . The mode adopt ; d by these mysterious investigators , appears to us " utterly at variance with justice , " and savours some what strongly of a desiie to adopt a " foregone conclu
sion . ' At all events it is a new and unique method of coBductiug public inveitigatiaris .: We beg to state , fo * the satisfaction of th ^ public , that we have no fenowledge of the person who subscribes himself a " Radical , of the Old School ;"' we are equally : ignorant ef Mr . Benjamin Stott , or the secret " we , " who profess to .-have investigated this matter ; but cad they been really inclined to investigate it , they knew where we might be found at any moment ; we have riever shrnnfe from the subjects nor are we now about to do so , but ; stand by all our former statements , and remain , Yours respectfully , James Wood . James Wheeler . Pjlvl FjlIRClovgb . James Harrison .. Samuel Chamberlain . Geo . Mitch . ell . Henhy XuTiAii .. Kobeet Gsay . Manchester , Feb . 14 , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct742/page/5/
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