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VOL. Y. NO. 227. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1843. :^V-^ff^g^^jj^g^^
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Ht DBA * Fmehjs , —I have something to say to you this week oa s great many subjects , and consequently I can eay hot little on each . Firstly , I shall sst a word of my last seven days * campaign . Daring last week I made abore SI XT Y POUNDS for my pxrty , fcy my own exerti jus ; I got in subscriptions nearly £ 3 for the wounded ; enlisted forty-six paying recruits i and got seven wounds in my body , limbs , and head . That 13 all Ih&vs to £ aj abonfc last week , except to tender my rery fcest thanks to those brave felJoirg who assembled at the Hall of Science on Wednesday night , determined to defend me at the risk of life itself ; Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , without distinction , were of the army of defence . I shall Bay
ao more of the pro ceediBjjs ofTnesday night , as I i&ve made & solemn tow to puisne tho inquiry to the death , and expose the rascally assassins . I am ever more ready to correct an error than to do an injury . I jind that in the present instance I hare wronged Mr . Warren . He was not one of the procurers of my assassination ; bnt being formerly an active member of the ass- ciationfrom wience thefands came for similar purposes on Q \ her occasions , he therefore cams in for his ehare of suspicion . The fact is , that Mr . Warren , not longer willing to be a tool of Mr . Edward Watkins , wss deposed , the Association brcke np , changed its name , and conferred leadership npon the said Mr . Wa'kins , who is now the redoubtable leader of the National Operative Association .
Tiiis innocent youth . ( W&tkins ) wished to have an spologyfrom me ; and in an attempt to excuse himself , confirmed the fact that he had paid for the printing of the lying extracts from the Manchester Times . I am willing and ready to do jnsriee to Warren ; and I wia treat Master Edward Watkins to justice at pther bands . I now pass over to Monday last ; and , men of the North , believe me , when I tell you that yon have never yet seen Cnartism in its glory . 1 never saw Chartism till Monday last , at Wolverhampton and Bilston . Of course , the reporter for the district will attempt a description of that day ' s proceedings ; bnt I defy him to give it . Bear in mind that Yilliers . the parliamentary month-piece of the
Xieagne is member for WoIrerhaiEpKm , and you Would expect thai bo noisy a community would bare Some ] vi Kli > pnppa » t tW . Bat no , not a bit ot it . No man could gnes 3 within ten thousand or twenty thousand of the numbers assembled at Wolverhampton , and no pen can describe the emhssiasm . Seven iundred glorious women from B'riston and tfee ficmity marched in front of the Bilston procession that came to Wolverhampton . The first thing they said when the cheering ceased was , Do you want us in Manchester ? " The procession Ineraliy filled the tovm , and Whies and Tories looked complex ly
iabbergasted . Well , Mogg , a fine fellow , a townsman , who has fought our battles well , wa 3 in the chair . The Derby resolution was passed unanimously , and then I took a show of hands for ors Chaster and far Stnrge ' s Charter ; for ottbs every hand save one was held up \ for Srurgt ' s ens . and that one the hand of the reporter of the Sttrffbrdshire Examiner ^ Whig journal . lspoke at some length , but it was imDOBsible that one-half could hear . Mr . Mason was elected unanijmously as delegate . The usual cheers were given , -and we formed into procession for Bilston about three , and such a gathering I never beheld .
0 , cotton slave ? ! would to God you had seen what yet remains of English , manners , customs , and dress . There was innocence , simplicity , courage , and mirth , dressed in Engiish Jong woollen smock frocks . The miner ** , " the finest fellows in the worid . As 1 told them , I had been for seven years marching to the slow march of Cbartism , but theirs was the double quick time . Bilston contains 20 , 000 inhabitant ; but there wa 3 more than double that amount from all parts within fourteen miles . The band never once stopped for the three miles , tor had the enthusiasm at all abated when in the dark . I proposed the following resolution : — Resolved , That agitation except for the People ' s Charter , ¦ whole and &ntiis , is a , humb ^ and stould fee resisted by tue working classes . " This was jsut the thing for the brave and honest miners , and every hand washeld up for it amid roars of thundering appkuse .
I next tcok a show of hands for our Charter , and for the ' complete * humbug , when every hand was held np for ours , and not one for hnmbug . I taen declared my intention to see their resolution carried out , and asked every mas who would £ O with me to Birmingham , ten miles , in the eveni of a demonstration in favour of Sinrge ' s new move , to hoid up their hsnas , and the forest was again uplifted , and the very air made to ring with peals of applause . Now , then , brave men of Birmingham , you who have so bravely resisted internal treachery and treason from those who spent your motey ai ; d sold
you for a-rotten corporation , be no jciiger afraid of the old women , lie infidel Christian ? , the old mmp , aEd new traitors . I will take one hundred thousand men to aid you against the resurreerio ^ of old Whiggery , and march back wirh item after the peaceful victory . These moral-force ruffians have got aiy Irish blood np . Men of the Midlands , the humbugs hold a con ferecce at Birmingham ; learn the day , and , sons of toil , do you also elect delegates from ev ^ ry town and village , and I will meet you in conference at Birmingham on the self-same day .
Sly friends , I am coining " tobt" gold oat of my own sweat and blood for mj party . We will beat thtm stlL and all their money , if we only stick together . I never bad such a week as last week in my life . Good Friday ought to be a great day for Laneasnire . I shall be in Manchester on that day . I forgot to mention that Stiran , an excellent man , trzs chairman at Bilston , and that Mason was nnanimouslj elected delegate , and that 1 passed through cue rtreet in Bilston , in which 500 paying Chartist members live ! Long life to the dear , good , and brave fellosrs , I call those tmock-frock fellows-, O'Connor ' s own . Ever your devoted servant , Fejlbgus O'Cosxob .
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GREA . T AKD TRIUMPHANT DEMONSTRATION IN-HONOUR OF MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Toe largest concourse of people ever beheld in this part of the country assembled at Wolverhampton , en Moaday last , to ao honour to the People ' s Champion , FeaxEUS O'Connor , Esq . The spirit aad enthnsiasm displayed on the occasion iurpaises anything of the sort ever witnessed in
E-jgland-The towns of Bflston , Wolverhampton , WalsalL " Wednesbury , £ arlaston , Willenhall , and the whole of the FOToucoiug Tillages , "were posted wiib . large bills , giving notice that a procession would ' . ake place on Monday last , in honour of Fear ^ Ui O'Connor , Etq , and slating the time and manner in which ih- vanwis processions should proceed to the Railway S : a : ioa , at Woiverhampton . Aa early 33 five o ' clock in the morning , the Chan 1 st basd were at their pos > in Bilston , and in a short while af . ; er , the people were to be iseen bussing through me town in ail directions towards tne pla . ee of waiting .
The arrangements entered into by the Bi ' stoa Ccffimiitee were most excellent , and at ten o ' clock aa unm ^ nse concourse of the brav < nannel smoci » e-J colliers , with 500 females , accompanied 5 v ; tb numerous splendid flags and banntrs , and an exe- 'iient iuhd of music , marched off in high & lee to Woiverh&mpton . Tee brave lads of Walsall , Darlasron , Wednesiary , &c , were also up and stirring ; in fact , it was truij aiionishJDg to behold the immense concourse V > hJch poured into the WolverhaiEptoa road frcia all Pills of the eountj , aJForain . ^ an undeuiabje -pr-roi ot the prese&t attachment of tho people towards Mr . O'Cosnor .
Tiic placards announced twelve o'clock as the time &it ilr . O'Connor was expectsd ta arrive , and in accordance with that arrangement th ^ - various proceitioT-s were requested t-j meet st Horsley Fields , 2 / ar Wdverhampton . at ien o ' clock , a ^ d at that tlme _ the imicense prccessica from B ; l .-: oa , which was joined by these oi other towns on their march , armed , ana were met by an imint-nsenmhuude fr ' .-m " ^ iverhampton , Dudley , Kicderniir . ster , ar : ci ct ^ er iowiB in that quar . er , when a sudden burst of caesrine . like a vollcv of cacuonissued ixovi each
, bod j ac < anipaBied with" -waving o { hats and liacakerchieis . The i ; umerous cavaica . de ihtn proeeeced towards WciTerhaxcj-ton , and ior cpw ^ j as ot- two Brits the read vras csmp ^ tcly blorksd up by oise den ~ i , mass of hejean beings . Tee cumeri-us flags , bauners , ard devices Lad a most btsu ' . d ' ui appearaL .-e . On airinn ^ in "Wclverhami tor , a Ic-ur ; . 1-nd and tncE ; t ; bai : i shout w as raised , and repeated as oery E-r < . t end , which was waTmly respoiidtd to by tfav nihatHetii frcm their windows .
Ihe multitude vras increased enormously at Wol-Terharcpt ^ n , end could no longer bo kept in anythbg . 'ike order . The streets were completely biotked up , and from Wolverhampton to tee rail"Braj fciat : on , a diitairce of tvro miles , the road wa 3 eoaplbtely blocked up , the only order observable at the tune being the flags and banners which extanded from the Station to WolverbaBcpton ; the res * was one spiid mass of human bebgs . Th « mnlt ' tade awaited the arrival of Mr . O'Connor in aaxions expectation , and at quaner . to tweive , a earnsifi iud four , conducted by two postiilions in sp ' enoid livery , arrived st tne . Station , in ivhich was se&ted Messrs . Mogg , Stiran , Cook , of Dudley , and 2 dr . Peclow , of Stafford .
_ Tbe walls surrouncing the station were crowded jnih thousands of anxious sptc ' . atorb , and * vtry ineh * f ground wliich commanded ar ^ iew of ihe
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railway was occupied , and the head clerk very civilly admitted Messrs , White , Porter , Stiran , Cook , Hogg , and others , in order to conduct Mr . O'Connor to the carriage . All were now anxiously engaged in looking out for the train , and in a while a loud cheer annonnced the approach of one , but on its arrival , it was ascertained ' that Mr . O'Connor was not amongst the p&s « sengers ; this was tne result of a mistake on the pars of the committee , who had given notice that he would arrive at twelve ; whereas Mr . O'Connor had stated to the deputation which waited on him that he would arrive at half-past two . However , the delay was borne with the most perfect good humour , especialiy as it afforded these who had come fram a great distance , an opportunity of refreshing them-Belv 68 ; after which they again tock np their stanoa .
The weather , which was rather hrnnid at twelve o'clock " , now began to brighten , and all were again on the tiptoe of expectation . At the time appointed the train came rattling np , and npon Mr . O'Connor's recognition , an enthusiastic cheer announced the fact , which was answered by an exulting plaodit along ihe whole line . Mr . O'Conner was then escorted to his carriage , and the railway gates being thrown open , another long , loud , and enthusiastic burst of applause greeted the presence of the people ' s advocate . Mr . O'Connor took off his hat , and bowed repeatedly in acknowledgment of the enthaeiastie raacnex in ¦ which he ~ was receiyed by the brave and athletic inhabitants of this important mining and colliery district . The Chartist ladies of Bilston were amongst the foremost in testifying their esteem by waving their wands , which were surmounted with green cards , bearing the following inscription : — "Remember Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . Francis Langston , who was selected as Herald and who wore a bramifu ] scarf of scarlet and green , then gave the word ,. ** Move on , " and the immense multitude set off in the following order : — Herald on horseback , Supported by two flag bearers . Motto—Peace , Law , and Order . Large Green Banner . Motto—Welcome the Defender of the People's Rights , O'Connor ihe Brave . Large Flag . Motto—What is Life without Liberty . Brass Band . Large Green Banner . Followed by a large concourse of Irishmen . Motto—Universal Stiff age and Rspeal of the Union . Reverse—Green Banners flying—Civil and Religious Liberty .
. Large Banner . Motto—Female Chartist Association , Bilston , With a beautiful likeness of Fcargus O'Connor Esq Members of the Female Chartist Association , ten abreast . Splendid Silk Banner . Motto—National Charter Association . Council of BilstoQ and Wolverhampton National Charter Association . Members of the Association , ten abreast . Splendid American Republican Flag . Members of the Association , ten abreast . Splendid Green Banner . Motto—Civil and Religious Liberty—the whole .. Charter , and nothing less . Open Carriage and four beautiful Bay 3 , In which was seated FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq .,
Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Splendid Pink and White Banner . Motto—The Judgment of Heaven is Labour and Food—the Judgment of Kings is Toil and Starvation .
Band . . Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Splendid Flag . Motto—We know onr Rights and will defend them . Large Green Banner . Mottor-The whole Caarter and no Surrender . Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Band . Large Snk Flag . Motto—The People's Charter and no Surrender Council of the Walsall Association . Members of the Walsall Association , ten abreast
Large banner . Motto—The sacred watchword , Liberty . Band . Splendid large banner . Motto—Welcome brave O'Connor , the defender of the people ' s rights . Ceuncil of tfee Dudley Association . Members of the Dudley Association ten abreast . Splendid banner . Motto—Behold the Conquering Hero comes . Large fl 3 g . Motto—More pigs and lsss parsons . Baud .
Beautiful banner . Motto—Cnartists , now or never ; now and for ever ; onward an 1 we conqu or , backward and we fall ; the People ' s Charter , and no surrender . Council of ihe Darlaston Association . Members of the Darla-toa Association ten abreast . Green banner . Motto—Poor toiling slaves , hard is yonr fate , * You ' re eaten up by church and state . Lirge banner . Motto—We do unto others as we wish them to do
unto U 3 . Together with hundreds of flags , banner ? , and devices ^ toe numerous to mention , the whole having an animating and beautiful appearance . The main d . fBeulty now was to cbsy the marshals , for although they called out " Move on , " it was found that the crush would not admit of locomotion , hundreds being pushed up to the knees in the deep mud at the r ^ ad sides , and the railway omnibuses completely weeded up , so that ibey were obliged to keep close to Mr . O'Connor's carriage during the whole of the route to Wolverhampton .
The procession , or more properly speaking , the mass thea got into motion , and the Lntnu ? iasm , rushing , and tumbling that took placo baffles description . The procession at length arrived at Wolverhamp' . on , and through the narrowness of some of the streets , great fears were enttttaiutd ihat t > orue serious accident would take place . Several were upset and tumbled orer by dozens , bus generally regained their position in perfect g ' - - « d hunjour . The whole body then proceeded to au open piece of ground uear the new church . Mr . Mogg was unanimously called to the
chair-Mr . Psplow , of Stafford , moved the £ rst resolution , and made an excellent t-peech . Mr . Geokgb White , of Birmingham , seconded the resolution . PsaHgcs O'Cojrson , Esq . then presented himself , and was received with Hie mo = t eutimaiastis and long-continiied cheering , waving of hats , and other demonstrations o ; approba-ioa . He addressed the meeting in a strain of fervid ekquence ; in the course of-which he completely showt-u up tho fallacy of ail the-projects bryuiiit forward fl-r renK-c ^ -ing the -grievances which enisled . He exp l ained the raliacy of Siurge ' s cos ; pk-: e suffrage ; at the same time giving Mr . Snuge crtoii ai a Tfeil-iateuiioned man , and caikd u * _*¦ - ¦ 11 all present who were determined to Ltve '" j ' ue v » ht > le Charter and nothing lets" to hold up both Lauds . An immense number of blistered tanda wtre immediately displayed ,
i-ncceided by tremendous clapping end cheering . He tmn called on iho _ 3 -who were in favour of Mr . Si urge ' s , ccnipkw tuffregs to hold up theirs , when iwo wer « . deserved btknd Mr . O'Connor , which proved 10 be those of ihe xepoiicr to the Staffordshire Examiner , who was heartily , ' aaghed at by the meeting , and clvveriy lampooned by Mr . ^ U Connor , who crtaiud Uxd bursts o : laughter b v his witticism . He ' said" that he received six cuts on his bouy , waicbVrepresented the points of the Charter , ana the bump of !> o Sarrei-uer on his lorehead ( pointing to a bruise on teat pare , which was covered with a piaster ) . He then entered : nto various , topics connected with the People ' s Charter , and after de daring that he would stand by its principles , snouiC all others desert it , he concluded hi 3 address amidst a simultaneous outburst of . enthusiastic cheering several times repeated . :
_ Mr . O'Connor declared that he never received a more cordial reception in his life . The resolution was then put and carried UDani-Mr . John Mason was unanimously elected for the Convention , thanks wero voted to the Chairman , and the usual cheers were given . The profession again iormed and proceeded towards Biiston , and the seese was , if possible , mere animating- than in the forenoon . As it passed though ihe streets it was joined by thousands , and although the streets were crowded , another immense kaiv were observed oa another road , accompanied
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with fligs , banners , and music , and formed a \ unetion wiih the rest at the entrance to the B / l * v on road . As they moved along the youngsterB gave the usual signal tor the men engaged in the various mines , the workmen of which , on coming to the surface , cheerfally fell into the procession , whieh augmented rapidly as it approached Bibton . As it entered the town , the eceDO was beyond description . The windows , doors , causeways , and every available eminence was erowd # d with hundreds of the fair sex who testified . their ad miration of O'Connor , in the most enthusiasMo manner , " God bless you Feargua—long life to you , " &c , and several Irishmen forced their way lt > tne
carnage side to Bhake hands with taeir coui . trvman , Feargus , as they termed him . . As the dense mass entered the middle of . the town , the cheering was tremendous , aud hundreds of the hardy miners were upset in the rush behind the carriage , in the midst of which t"ie Female Chartist * -of Biiston gallantly held theirp : aces behind th-ir fligi alihongh they had been walking in an almost insupportable pressure for nine hours . The procession moved through the main streets of the t > wn , and such was the feeling displayed , that Mr . l / Connor declared he never wituesseu tho like in his life . They at last arrived at tie place of meeting , and wsta great difHalty the speakers got to the hustmgs .
Mr . J . Shran was unanimously ca'led to ^ be chair . ¦ - ¦' ¦ - ¦/ - . t-Mr . O'Connor spoke in his usual style of eloquence and ! animation , amid the loud and long COIUiDUi'd cheers of the mass , which almost ooniinuously resouiided . Ha would propose a resolution , which should bo known as " The Bilscou Resolution , " which was as follows : — " Resolved—That every agitation , except an agitation for the Charter , is a humbug , and ougus to be resisted by tho people . " Carried , with loud applause . Mrs . Brown and another lady then placed a splendid ribbon around Mr . O'Connor ' s neck , on behalf of the-Female Chartists of Bilston , and an address , which was to have been presented by Mrs . Langston , from the same body , had to bo deferred , on account of the lateness of the hour . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman .
Three cheers w ' eregiven for the Charter , three fur Feargua O'Connor , a > . d three for Frost , Williams , aud Jones , and the meeting slowly di * ptr » ec ! . Mr . O'Connor theu retired to the Head inn for refreshment , amidst the hearty cWers of tho inhabitants . Ho never can forget th- glorious display which he witnessed iu South Staffordshire .
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union with them for a repeal of the Corn Laws . I hope that you will giro Mr . Falvey a / alr hearirigi and as my time has expired , I will leave my case in your hands till he has flpoken . Mr Falvey -Mr . Moderator imfl men of Hull ^ I wish it was in tny power to convey my voice to the extremity of this building . ThV sentiments 1 com © forward to defend are expreksed in the plaeaTd- ^ fchciBrs . ) Our meetiaga are recoenfaed by the constitution of onr country , and the most powerful despot cannot deprive us of that right ; and the only enemy we have in discusriona like this U ourselves . I alro come forward ; not te appeal to yoar passions ; I come not for ward to defend the despot Jh Jbis fancied right of claas legislation—( cheers ); but I come forward to defend the righta of
the peopie against monopoly . Gentlemen , I come forward as the enemy of the Corn Laws , and I consider thattbeir repeal is of more .- ~ riWe could not hear the remainder of the sentence ( ot the confusion . ) -v- ' . 'GanUemen , it is probable what I stats as truths , I shall be abla to prove them to belao . Mr Jones told you he did not come forward to defend the Corn La ^ sr *; we only differ about the best method of their repeaL - Mr . i ; told you the Corn Laws are the offspring of class legislation . Iurantit—( cheers . ) Mr . J . raters you to past times , but you must bear in mind he has dwelt on probabilities with regard to the Cbarter . But the question cf the Corn Laws Is not a question of political rights , but of lifj and deatb , of justice ' ttgainstmonopoly . ^ aaftiihey are more important than any abstract prKelplea .
Mr . J . wishes every man to bo a frea man , so do i— ( Cheers . ) Gsr . Vemen , let me not be misunderstood ; no man wishes for the Charter more than I do : I do not maintain an opinion , which I Am afraid of expressing in public , but Btill I insist there are points in the Charter which are debateable . Mr . J . told yon he advocated the People ' s Charter as a meana to an endhe also told yott that th- > . making of the laws was in the hands of a class , aud that , they are interested parties . I am willing to gran ] fc all this —( cheers . ) Mr . J . hastloS you the landed proprietors "have robbed you of six millions of seres of common land , and it is cfcen said we are to look to the land ; out we flrid the arittoorats have endeavoured to bring that land they took from the people into a hotbed state of cultivation :
here is also the cry of the New Poor Law as the offspring of class legislation ; but I am not here as the advocate of the aristocrat , or of the Poor Law either . 1 have a family ; I have an Interest in their welfare ; but none in class legislatlou . The aristocrat came forward and said f jbd should be dear ; the aristocrat also made the Poor Law ; I wish for every man to have plenty of employment ;; and he that will not work when be bos a chance , I would send him to a bastile—( cheers . ) Mr . J . has told you , you cannot expect any benefit from any change In the law , till you are all free men . If you remove a national evil , you confer a positive stood upon the people-r-theor , hear . ) Mr . J . cannot imagine a state cf society , previous to the Corn Laws . Mr . J . must know that the People ' s Charter
is now In the history of the world —( no , no . ) If you cry no twenty times I shall repeat it . Why did I mention this ? In ordtr that you might be charitable to all who differ from you in opinion , and that you might be liberal to me . The Reform Bill -was an instalment of tbe people i jghts—( cries of " We were deceived . ") You deceived yours :. lves- ^ disapprobaUon , which lasted for sometime . ) Mr . J . calls it a delusion . He told you the Irifih people expected to be bappy , after the passing of t ' uo bill for Catholic Emancipation , And well they niigbt . be , ' 77 hen it placed them oh an equality in the law v-ith people ' s of other rcligionsv I am glad he has mentioned Ireland , as he bus spoken against inachiriery , for it is nearly free from it ; they are an agricultural people , and , consequently , by Mr . Jone's line of
argument , Ireland ought to . be a perfect paradise . Iii : Ireland they have a surplus population of nearly three miUions . 1 wish for a clear stage and ho favour , and ao find a market f > r our industry . Mr . J . says it is the People's Charter only which can secure you from feeing robbed . It ; has been dec ared in Parliament they could not direct the poor man ' s wages . In 1836 , we hk-1 more employment than we rind now . Mr . J ' . has said , if you repeal the Corn Laws the manufacturers would Introduce machinery to supply manual labour . Gentlemen , kt me call your attention to the following incv ) nlrovertit > te fact During the last ten yearri the inanufastnrihg population have increased thirty per
cent , while in the rural districts , there is a decrease of two and a-half per cent . Look at the increase in the population of Leeds during the last twenty yearst Gentlemen . I here state , and defy Mr . Jones to provo the contrary , that :. machinery has ^ brought more into trnployment than ever it threw out ; and I defy him to £ ivo me tbe name » t a man who can do so . ( Hooting , yelling , aic . i— anrt I state , there is no machine that ever threw five hundred men out of employment . Where are the men wko get the Iron , make ibe bricks , bring them to the place ,, manufacture the macbinery , and build the other necessary conveniences . ( Hear . ) I thank yon for having so attentively listened to me .
Mr . Jones in again coming forward was recclvpij with much cheering , and a little hissing , which continued for some time . When order had been restored , he said , Gentlemen , I am only allowed a quarter of an hour to reply to what Mr . Falvey has said in half an hour . Mr . Falvey has admitted that the Corn Laws are the natural effspring of class legislation ; but says thuir repeal ,: * , under any circumstincca , would be a benefit t « the worklDg classes . Why , the fact is , gentlemen , the existence of them proves a necessity for change . Mr . rF . said I could not imagine a fitite of society , wh . ch existed bsfore the Corn LawSf if theyexist at all I can imagine a time when they were not . Mr . F . concluded that as the aristocrats have had the exclusive ri ^ ht of legislation in the past , they must contiiu ^ in their
power . Mr . F . states the Corn Law Is more important than any abstract principles . I tell Mr . F . he is destroying his own aremnent , f jr bs has admitted they are the rtsult of class legislation . The f vet is , gentlemen , sb long as class legielation exists , so long will the Upas tree of corruption spread its pernicioua fangs over liberty , and retard the march of freedom . Mr . F . seeme to think machinery is not so bad as it is reprobated , and calls upon me to give him the name of the mau , who says asingle machine has thrown out 500 xncn . I tell y « u candidly I copied the report from a pamphlet published by the journeymen , and let me ask any working maa here , if he would tell the name of his master , when he was exposing his ttickery ? If class legislation did not exUt , thesoj men would not fear to give their
names . Mr . F . saya we h&vo a surplus population . 1 relieve it to be a base , and unprincipled falsehood , for the wealth at present produced by labour evtiry year ; is valued at eight hundred and twenty millions of pounds ; let us see how . this is divided ? about eiilht millions « re expended in poor rates ,- twelve millions in the church ; eighty millions for local and national taxation ; one hundred and twenty railliona in rtntal for land and dwelling ' s ; four hundred and fifty uiillions are received by the profit-mongering scheme , iu the shape of banker , jobber , Jew , lawyer , and all the vermin who live by buying labour cheap and selling it dear . Yes , working men , this is the cause of your poverty ; as labourer ' s wages are only one hundred and fifty millions . How much better would your case be if you received the part now received by the banker , Jew , &c ? Gentlemen , with regard to population , ishenff Allison says that Great Britain and Ireland , will maintain one hundred and twenty millions of
inhabitants in comfort , and this allows for mountains , &c , to ije deducted . . Gentlemen , wo are told tbat tho mcohanical power of Great Btitaiii , at present , Is equal ^ to six hundred millions of hands ; bow can the land , I say , with these means , have a surplus population , when , according to the last census , there were only twentyseven millions of inhabitants . ( Cheere . ) Still , G . ntlemen , I 1 : 0 believe , a surplus population is in existence . 1 Vielievo that man who is-usir ' fa ) to society Is not piie o ( the surplus population ; but every man , whoever be may be , who lives not for the good of soeiety , is surplus . Working men , you are the producers of all wealth . Suppose you were . swept ..-out \ of ¦' existence ; suppose tbat you were destroyed sb a class;—tho middle class men would have to beg . or become men having blistered hands and unshorn chins . Again , suppose all other classes 8 wept out : of , existence , how manyif you would be stai-ved but of existence by learning to eat tiitir iuxuiiea . ( Cheering . )
Mr . Falvey , in again coming forward , was receiyed ^ ith cbters and bisses , and said- Gentlemen , you know .. full -well that it is impossible to kt you hear without this noise subsides . I repeat my call and shall continue it uniess Mr . j . cetis « s to mifea his attacks upon machinery . You will , most of ytu , remeuiber a nma wiitn there were no machinery—the ehvieditime when there was no machines—( hissing , hocting ^ and yelling , and cries by the League party of VStop _ the meeiing , " when Mr . Jones intejftjred and wishedit to procceiL ) I must certainly give up speaking unless you are prepared to hear me . I again tell Mr . Jones why he diti not give me the names oi the parties was , because he could not —( disapprotjaUon ) . Gentlemen , 1 aai proud of machinery ^ and V have worked in a mill .
I would-rather work in a mi'J than in the field of the husbandman ; and I -would . /• atber see ' my ctuld work in a mill than driven into a n aion workhouse . I said the Charter was a new thing ? & the history of the world ; he has told you nothing of \ ta age . I knew he could not . I told bim it never wb * « law in any age , so , gentlemen , you have a rif ^ fat to be charitable . - I believe Mr . J . said I coul <* . aot point out a time ; that the aristocrats bad alwa ^ been the makere of the laws , and that we ( the Corn ^ aw repealers ) could not get it from them . I tell M j . Jones that we can get theTCdm Laws repealed , w © have wrung great measures from the aristccratic law makers , ¦ without the franchifle to wrenck them f eom their vinds . I " jrco dftstir \ i ' c : cause , they w ; dicease —( v it < * f" * i-tlv : ^ Ie . ^ t yit " GsntiemeD , , f j had the : JwetI wonlZ destroy it at
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onc 9 .. v ? I beHwe , gentternen , the Corn Laws -would have been repealed ere now , but for thtfinterference cf the timid l ^ hig . Bcmember , witboot the People ' s Charter , weaboT ^ ed sl ave ry , white America , with the franchise , has thoFdark stigma vpon hor character . Mr . F . next quoted it few aU'istics froth M'Gfregor , Hume , and Villieni , to the effect that it the Corn Xawa were repealed , they ' did not know why .-a man might not livo aa cheap in England as any where else . Mr . J . Bays I said there was a surplus population . If I did say ao , I mean it to be conditional . I agree there is a' conditional surplus population . Bu-S I believe neither Mr . Jones , nor Sheriff Allisonr- ( cts ; es of " Nor JVPGregor either . ;) Gentlemen , permit me to state , that in the year 18 S 5 , there were paid more in wages by twenty millions than was last year , wbsch has stopped the home market—( hear )— -not with orer production , but with under consnmption . ( Hoar , bear . ) - '
; : Mr : Jones was met ^ with deafening aheerB : when these had subsided , he said , Mr . Falvey haa told you that he is very sentimental ; he would ' rather see bis child work in a factory , tbaii see it go into a workhouse . ; If this is Mr . F . ' a humanity , I have more respect £ . > r his child than he baa bimself . I should wish my child to reeelve a good { education till it was fit for labour— ( cheers ) —and this eoald be done by the destruction of class legislation . How sympathetic are the manufacturers now ! they have the half-naked wSf 4 and child pinioned down to slavery , while tbe husband ia Wandsrioj through the streets . Is this right or wrong ? iJitis right , let ua llvo in this happy state withoafc murmuring ; If It is wrong , let us raise with , one voice , and insist upon tbe destruction of class legislation . Now
for Igr . Falyey ' a great measures ; he ( Mr . F . ) calls the Reform Bill an improvement , as it enfranchised the middle classes . Btfore ho calls this ah instalment of rights , he must first prove they have a greater claim to the franchise . Mr . Falvey says you must assist the middle class to get a Repeal of the Corn Laws—( cries of 'No , never . " ) I say , let the middle class join you to obtain the People ' s Charter , and then I will give them credit for honesty ; but so long as they keep aloof , I shall consider myself justified in declaring them designing , and unjust . Mr . F . has told you the People's Charter is new in the history cf the world bat , gentlemen , this is not the - question' . ' of debate—( cheers and afdw Wssea ) I tell Mr . F . that the age of the People ' s Charter is not the subject ( . f tlie present disof
cussion ^ He Bays the changes Government have been gradual . Have they been gradual since the passing of the Rf form ^ ill ? God knows they have bee n gri dual enough for the merchant , landowner , Jew , and jobber , as th « y have wrung millions during that time from the labour tf the people—( question . ) Mr . Falvey has told you that we suppressed slavery while the Americans retain it I tell Mr . F . I diff er from him , when he says we have abolished sUvery—( Mr . F . interfered , and said , " black slavery , " ) Mr . F . haa said enough , and has corrected himsslf . I am not one of thosfr Mr . F . represented me . I siy the people of
EDgland produce more than is sufiiclent for them all , if there was aa equal distribution of that wealth . Suppose the labourers to be the 'largest , class in society , which they are , will they only receive one buvidted and fifty millions out of the eight hundred and twenty millions they produce , while the profit-monger , < fcc . leceives four hundred and fifty million . Now , Mr . F ., don't you think they would be mueh better : off with the profit-mongers' present share ? He must net identify the interest of the labourer with the capitalist . 'Tis their wish to make the poor poorer than they are . They only wish to Repeal the Corn Laws to enable them to rob you still : further —( cheers . )
Mr . Falvey—Gentlemen , a third time I call on Mr . Jones to give me a reason why machinery rpbs the people ; and the Corn Laws being repealed would not confer a positive good npon the people . In 1835 , the people were not represented , but they had cheap food . Again I call on Mr . Jones to show why the removal of a positive evil would not be » positive good . I thank him for the kindness towards my child , but tbe working man cannot educate his child for the iniquitous Corn Laws ; they take away one third of the labour of the working man . Mr . Jonea thinks little of tho Reform Bill , ic Djes the Dissenter feei no independence in mind by making the Catholic equal to him in the eye of the law ? Am I to ba toli the Cathollo felt no inward satisfaction when he obtained
emancipation , that he could enjoy the first just right , without the finger of scorn being pointed at him ; but . for my own part , I think , with Sallusi ; . that liberty with danger Is preferable to slavery without it" I want to give freedom to the belly as well as the mind . I court jpfe ^ assistance of the middle classes and he who darea tiAaise his voice against them mistakes the truth . Dp you think ( the working classes can achieve their Charter without aid— . Cries of "Yes , yes , and no , no . " ) I aay any man who comes forward ; and calls the middle class villains is an enemy to the working man . I consider the worth of tho middle class . Can you suffer the loss of the middle class ? ( Cries of " we can . " ) There is no use you stopping me . I shall repeat , the same thing ; their interest is inseparable from yours . Mr . Jones says you must not identify tho labour with capital . They are father and son . That man who makes capital by his labour , makes labour with his capital , by building macbinery , and so confers
a good upon the nation . Mr . Jones haa told you the maufactuier and profit monger make a great deal out of your labour ; but I tell you that the manufacturer receives a very little from each of his labourers . Most of tho manufacturers have risen from the ranks of the paeple within thirty years ; and Sir Robert Peel's father was a spinner . ( Cries of was " Lord J . Russell ' s" ?; It is said the manufacturers have become rich , but I know many who have become beggars by endeavouring to give employment to the people . ( At this stage of the proceedings , the confusion was so great tbat at times it "was impossible - to hear a word distinctly . ) Gentlemen , I have answered every point Mr . Jones made in his last speech , and again I call upon him to prove what I stated before —( hear ; hear . ) Mr . Jones has not referred to the national debt , and I wish to know whether the land does grow enough for the people . They dare not put it to the test—( Cheers , and hiBses , )
Mr . Jones was again received with great cheering , and said gtutlemen , I will in the first place give my authority of ^ he wealth wrun g from the people by the profit-monjcera . which has never been overturned , it is from Mr . Ca | npbell ' 8 exuniihatlon of the Corn and Provision Laws , but we are not bound to take the ipsi dixit of any mat . I aui sarpr " s 3 d : Mr . F . should have referred to the aurjatt of religious differences— . lsujhter . ) Gentlemen , I aiu liot one of those who would depri 7 aany man of hisreligioua liberty , and I am tint oneof thoso who would appeal to the religious views if any party uader any circuinstanceai I tell you that tho woilaiausy country ' , and-to do good is my religion —( bravo lad . ) Air . R askB me to prove the irjuricm effects cfmachinary . I will endeavour to do so . In 1707 , thera w * re
manufactured twenty-three millions of pounds weight ; of cotton , and in 1840 , the enormous turn-1 f four hundred and sixty millions of pounds . Iu 1797 , tae wages cf thehandloom weaver per week , were 26 ' s . 8 d ., while by Mr . F . ' s boasted blessings , they were reduced to 5 s . 6 d . in 1810 . —( cries ^ of" bravo , that's gone into him , ") this , according to Mr . F . ' s calculation , is bettering the condition of the people ; I do not wish to iiiwcunistme him , tiit I do contend that machinery has done great injury to tbe people . Mr . F . says that man who darea to riiise his voice against the middle cJasstutstates the trutb although they have . wealth and power ; I will neither bow to their power , nor court their wealth ; but there is no man more willing to forgive and forget than myaelf . and to snake hands over the grave of our
differences . Mr . falvey has told you labour and capital are father and son . ( Cries of ¦' " So they are . " ) . Labour begat capital , and capital begat labour ; thus a fathor begets a son , and then the son begets the father . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Allow me is draw your attention to the . following important statemeut made by Mr .-Falvey ; he says ^ many hive risen from the ranks of this people during tho ' last thirty years , and b . come master manufiictureis . Will Mr . Folvej tell us that a prosperous trade has taken place umier tue influence 01 the Cor . Laws ? and it is his wish in repeal thesi , for he admits a prosperous trade has taken place under their influence . If ihe Corn Laws ha > 7 e cla-i 0 the shepoctats and miilowners rich , I think the best plan for them , would be to continue ths same course in eaistence .
( Cheers . ) 1 am a sworn enemy to monopoly of every kind ; still I cannot' reconcile the contradictions made by Mr . Falvey , when be says , men have me ;; in the last , thirty years , and mauy bave been entirely ruined . Gsntlemen , let me ask you if it is possible that a man could rise during prosperous trade and fall by the same cause . ( Cheers ami hisses . ) : Gentlemt . n , I'll teil you the reason why some of the nievcha : its ' ; and manufacturers have risen , while others haves fallen , is owing to success , or not , in speculation . The niau who has been the most fortunate in his calculst'ioas has been the most fcucBessful , and mad * tne most profits . Guntleiaen , another contradiction of Mr . Ealvcy is , where he asks joti , if the land dees grow enough for the people ? No , sayB be . He admits that it -will- grow eno'i ^ h . by the custom of hot bed cultivation he spoke of in " , jus first
Bpeech . : : : . ; ¦/ '' ; ' ; ' , ' - ; ' -. .. ;¦ ¦' :. . ¦'' . ••¦ . ; ; Mr . FALVETf -waa met ¦ with cheers , and said after three repeated challenges I have , brought him out at last- He informed you bis auta «> rity was Mr . Cimpbell , and I donrt know that his evidence is ao notorious--( hisses , groans , and yelU . ) At this time Mr . F . seemed to be very much displeased with a person busing him , and said , " Why , you i lackguard wl ; at are you hissing at ? you ' re some Tory , a Chaitiat would not behave bim-<*\ trc " . ^ ( laugbtez . I >» . *¦ 70 SiU'iito 1 Mi eurf" :-i 1 «|< Mj ¦ ' .- /<; s : igi *' . Itt I '' ) n c ^ fdvkjo ' lit auv'fiorli ^ of . & ouar < iat , irkebvia part ota \ xp > v between
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him and myself ; it Is theaathorfty of Mr . West . He state * we manufactured 259 , 412 . 709 ! bs in 1840 , so that yoasee when these gentlemen talk about niiliions , they cannot Iiavo studied Cocker ' s arithmetic . G : ntl ? raen , t flul from " Porter's ptogtm Of the NaUon , " in 1 ? 63 , tha population of this countrywaB little more '• than air millions ; while in 1841 th ^ re is twenty seven millions cf inhabitaats iii the united kingdom , so that you 860 We now h&vd a a ^ aessifcy { » r ia ropeal pif tJie Corn L-xva ^ m you ors br&ight to tse condition at which humanity shudderp . Mr . Jones says let the middle class joiu n « for the Charter , and we wilfthen giv ? them credit for honesty . I can point to the Corn law Bepealersv and they are the advocates » f the Suffrage . I have 00 sympathy with the WlnW and they never can be again : in power es Whizs . Look t
» Joseph Stnrge , Sharman Crawford , JJud Colona Jhompson , acd you-will find thepj the stotrtevt advocates cf an txtenston of the suffrage . I stated in my ls « t address that labour and capital were father and sod , and Mf . Jones , by hisingenuity , seemed to turn 'ft fc > a good purpose . iQuMtion , question . ) Gahtlemea . I should DO f have jnadethiB BUteraent , but ha Baid they , ( labour a » i cipltil ) -B-ere ^ not identical . ( Complete confusion . ) -Ms . Jones says tbo manufacturer nas raised himself froiK the ranks of the working classes under the operation ofthe Corn Laws ; but thia is no reason why the peppleabouW not have cheap feod ; Wo have driven the foreigners from our shores , and they are now determined to majmfacturo for themselves ! The t : in » is come to remove this monopoly , and again I call upon . Mr . Jones to shew why their repeal would not be * benefit to the working man . He ( Mr . Jones ) directed .
your attention to 1797 ; I will goa little firther back into the history of our country . In the reign of Ed war dll I ., in Branisonje ' s HUtory of Colchester , and a work by Erasmus , cf Holland , wrpte in the sama reisn , we find our ancest rs had no chairs , or other necessary articles of furniture , and were obliged to aifc upon boxes and stools ; and that they were sa filthy in . their habits , they slept among the excrements of dogs and cats , and that the nastiness of th « people was the cause of the frequent : plagues which ravaged tho country ; . ; , ; .- So much for the timos when we ^ had no machinery . / ' ¦'¦ •; - ' . ¦ •• . ¦ .. : . - ¦ [ ' . ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦; : ; : V- ' --- " . '' V '¦ . '
Mr . JONES Twas receWe ^ -with deafening eneers , and sald--Geig ; lf ! men , thia la my last tinw to-night , so I bope yeu Will all pay the « reatest attention . Mr . F . stifead , in the latter part of his address , Bcmething yery unfavourable to our ancestors in that period ; but I will brinjf spmetbing forward to prove that the labourer wa 3 better off then than now , for his- labour was protected by law . By the 23 rd of Edward III ., we find th « ' wages of the agricultural labourer was 4 d . per day ; a woaaan for miking bay , Id . mowing an acre of grass , 6 d . ; and thrashing sv quarter of wheat 4 d . At the same tima a pair of shoes cost 4 d . ; so you see the labouring man : could buy a pair of shoes then by the price of one day ' s labour ; but how long will it take him now ? I believe the average
price at presenj is 9 s . per pair ; so the band-loom weaver has nearly a fortnight to work for a pair now . If -we fuither compare the past and present , we shall find the same difference existing in other things at that remote time : a etall-fud ox cost 4 s ; a fat sheep , onfihbrn , - . 1 * 8 d . ; a fat pig , two years [ bid , Ss . id * ; a fat goose , 2 id . ; a gallon of ale ,. Id . ; and a qtaoter of Wheat , 3 ? . 4 d . - Which of these times think you th » best gentlemen ? The reason why the people were betier off was , because their labour was protected bjr law . Gentlemen , a repeal ef the Corn Laws , under existing cireumstances , would jiot destroy the monopoly ; and I call upon him ( Mr . F . ) to prove , that by shifting a monopoly yon destroy it . A repeal would only place the moaopoly on the shoulders of the milli
ocrats aud mauufacturers . The power to plunder yon would only exchange hands between the aristocrat andt millocrat I am one cf those who are for being oppressed by neither party ; they are one as bad as the other—( cheers ) . My opponent haw told yon competitioh makes a demand £ > r labour , and ; competition has reduqed wages . I ask bim hove he can tell us that ' Gentlemen , I am one of those who are for having their wages reduced br Neither . I -want the power which Dsture awards me t > have a vo 5 co in making the laws by wcich I am governed . I tell yea , gevt' . emen , you mtit never expeit a ropealof the Corn . Laws till the People ' s Charter becomes , the law of the land ; and I -tell him that the people . cf this c uf-try will soon find 5 t to be their only hope ; he has admitted that class legislation
is the father of tho Corn Laws , and I say it Is the Ciuse of ail our sorrows . Mr . F . wishes you to join the class of aristociats , landowners , ' bankers , Jews , jobbers , and middle men , who have hiLherto proved themselves to be * nothing but a race if blood sucking vampires —( cheers ; and hisses , which continued sometime . ) Mr . Falvjsy on eoming for ward was met with the most dsifening yells , hLises , and groans , ; it was ever our lot to hear . After it had sonic what subsided , Mr . F . said ,, Mr .. Moderator and Gentlemen ,: Mr . J . jhcs has read to you a few extracts from an Act of Piiiliament , mine were from the history of Colchester , ao muca for the two authorities , and in such like case 3 who is to decide ? In tbe year 1835 wheat was on an average 39 s . 4 d . per quattav , we ; were in full employmeht and
in good circumatancea , and why ? because we could get £ 100 worth of food , for tha same value in mannfausturer ? . We bad nofa tins charter then—( cries of we had the Cord Laws . ) At present a great portian of our population ia out ) of employment ; there is no immediate remedy , and ; I tell you the people want food ^ -f ( cheers , and cries of the Ckatter . ) I am not come here to talk about " tlie Charter . I tell you I dont come here t » place repeal against the Chait ^ r , I come to endeayoar to prove that a repeal would benefit us all , under any circumstances—( cheers and hisses . ) The reasons aw | these , they want food and have no employment . I appeal to past experience in proof of my argument ; if you go to Manchester , Stockport , or Leeds , you will find hundreds of families starving , , My ; friend hasinformed you tbat by transferring a mdndpoly , you dont destroy it ^—( cries . of it would . ) This was not the opinion of F mry Hunt , * and I think you -Trill give him creditforhi esty . On the first day he entered
Parliament , he mi . de a motion for the total repeal cf the Cora Laws . Mr . Jones wonders how competition and tbe Corn Laws reduce wages . I told you competition .,, made a demand for labour . In 1835 , wo bad ' :-deap s * : : co * i > n , ' .. ' : . snd ' - ' . wby : . 'wa have not at presejt , is tbrou- 'h these la ws ; . and hinders the middle classes of speculating with their wealth . My worthy opponeat cohciuled his remarks by calling them a race of blood-iuckings vampires , we need not wonder they are afraid of you ; is this the way in which you expect their union —( hisses . ) I again say by giving us cheap food it would increase our employment , and give yon the toast of George Thompson , " as y < u sttuggle for the Chartar , may you have a cheap loaf by the way . " I willnow leave my case in your hands , and conclude by reading the following quotation ; Cthrou ? h : the interruptiou , we ccu'd not bear a word of it , ] and Mr . F . Was asked by some one in the crowd , why he did not work ? we think he concluded with invectives upon the poor fellow insteadtf his quotation .
' Mr . RicHaKDSON , on calling for a Bhew of hands , stated Mr . Falvey'a wwild ba an amendment on Mr . Jones ' s resolution , and therefore he would put tha amendment first , ( there was ho amendment in the case , ) and mentioning the name of Mr . Jones three , times , ami speaking Mr . fahreyVs nearly in a whispflr , completely deceived the people / and nearly all the vast multitude held up their bands , and then against ; he said , nearly half held up their hands for it . He then said , I do declare . Mr . Fal * ey ' s amendment to : be carried by a decided inJ * j ) iity , which made the people completely outrageous , Beeing they had been deceived , and we can give the names if desired of some of the Chaitiat counsel , Totihgagainst their desire . "¦
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Skegby . —CLaitism is making rapid progress here ; twenty new . members were enrolled last . week . At the meeting on Sunday , three shillings Were collected for the Manchts ' -er victims . i ) A rxington . —Mr . Charles Connor lectured here on Thun-day week ; a large number of new members wera enrolled . . DELtGATE Meetixg . —A district delegate xneeting was held at Birsial , on Snnday last * when delegates were present from the following places : —Dewebury , Henry jctobinson ; Birsttil , Frederick France ; Batley , Benjacain Bromley ; Liver < -, edge , James Charle 3-vvorth ; Dawgreeu , Daniel Wilson . Mr . Benjamin BroHjley in the chair . The following resolutions
were passed :- — ¦ _ That the delegateo sent to tbe next council meetin ^^ are requested to take into imroadiare consideraiion , the best meaue of raising a fund toward s defray ing the expeu ces of the forthcoming Convention , " . "That any Chartist lecturer coming into this district , do communicato with the sub-Secretary of the place where he intends going to , when or before he sends iris route to-the S / ar , or else he will not be attended to . " That the next eonncil meeting be held at Batloy , on Sanday , March 27 , at'I'Mr . Benjamin Bromley ' s whan delpsites from Horbury , Jiarlsheaton , Lrvereedge , Birkenshaw , Cieckheaton , Miifield , and G ^ wShorp , are requested to attend . " . ¦ ¦
Dewsbdry .: —Mr . West delivered two eloquent lectures herey on Sunday aftsrrioon and evening , ia the Large Roem , over ibe Co-Operative Stores . Easisgto >« , neae SxBOim . —Tha SturgUes held a public meeting on Thutsaay , at vh \ 8 village . Overtures were made to the Chartists for coalition . They were told that they might have tho Birmingham Collins resolution . On this being demurred to , they were reminded that the mefiting was to be held ou private property , and ihej ; would oot be allowed to Bpeak at * all it rhey insisted on proposing any more explicit resolution ; they therefore aesented . Knowles and anolher good Chartist moved and
seconded the milk and water resolution ; both of tb . eni denouncing it to the meeting The resoluti&n vras negatived , only five hands being hold up for it . A show of hands was taken for tho whole Charter , when nearly every hand was held itfjBafet ioud cheering . ^ Sturge himself was \> te $ epfri £ w te ' if&L-P }< ' x , ing , but his speech , onr correspoHWerfE ^ E ^^ i ** v -- ^ i 5 ' miiX 6 ) i $ && : afc ; fp : - : < V ^ fl »^^ U , l ^ # s ^\ ^ tr ^ - ^ . / JhrwpS ; ¦ . ¦ P ^ fo ^ fe ^ M ^^ 'fe M cay tyeiung Yl- ^ S&fc&iE * ^\<^ ¦ : ' - ; - ¦¦ - ¦;¦ : ::.. ; " : v- -i ¦¦ "fe ^ pK ^^ fe
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HULL . DISCUSSION ON THE CORN LAWS . On Thursday evening , a discussion took place in tho Shambles , betsvet-n Mr . Jones , and Air . T . Falvey . Mr . Jones undertook to prove that a repeal of the Corn Laws would not benefit the working classes , unless they ( the working classes ; were in possession of political power . Mr . Falvey undertook to prove that a repeal of tbe Cora Laws-would benefit the -working classes , under any circumstances . Mr- - Richardson -was called to the cn ^ ir , on the part of Ml . Falvey , and Mr . G-rasby on the part of Mr . Jones . Mr . Scholey was also appointftf referee . After the chairmen , had each britfly addressed the meeting , exhorting them to give both parties an impartial bearing ,
Mr . Jones cime forward and said , working men \ -t Hull , in coming forward to give my opinion upon tbe important question which is at present engaging our attention , I tall you thit 1 do not stand here as an advocate of moropoiy in any shape . I do not stand here as the advocate of the bread tax , bnt as the advocate of uuiversal justica , and I mutt conscientiously say , that in my opinion a repsal of the Corn Laws will not benefit the working classes under existing circumstances —( hear , hear , hear , and cheers ) I know full well tbat the Corn Laws are the natural offspring of class legislation —( tremendous cheering and clapping of hand ? . ) And so long as the people are uarepresented , so long may we sxpect tbe working man to be a slave—( cheers . ) . Gentlemen , my worthy
opponent has placed himself in a strange predicament , by tbe wording of his proposition , as ba undertakes to proTe that a repeal of the Corn Laws will benefit the ¦ wor king ciasses , under any circumstances —( cheers aud hisses . ) Bat , gentlemen , I come not here to quirk and quibble about bis proposition , although the law of discussion allows me , but if possible to arrive a * , the truth —^ cheers )—aud to make the btst I can of uiy proposition I give Mr . Falvey credit for siccerity , and 1 do not wish you to be led away with a delusion —( cheers . ) I know , gentlemen , that the promise of a big loif . and a cheap loaf , is a great temptation to the working man . I know tbat the feelings of the people have been appealed to ob former occasions , and what has been the result ? disappointment . Gentlemen , it will be my
business to prove tbat the promises made by tht Repealers can never be fulfilled until the People ' s Oh : irtcr becomes the law tf the land —( cheers . )—There is o man rmre desirous than I am of obtaining a big loaf , and a cheap one too ; hence it is why I have so long advocated the People ' s Charter —( tremendous cheering . ) Gentlemen , I am lid here to appeal to your passions , but to your sound judgments ; let us carefully txamine the question l > efoie us—( hear , hear . ) I ntea not tell you that that ciass which h is hitherto extrciscd that benefit , have enjoyed it without conferring auy good to the people . Class legislation is the cause cf all our woes ; it was class legislation which enacted the iniquitous Corn Laws , tho infernal Poiice Bill ; and ect ulea upon us the thing
called National Pelt , which wrings from your hard earnings flfty-tLreu millions every year . C . asa legislation has given 50 U shooting parsons and bio : t- > d bisfctps . It was class legislation wiiicb robbed yoa of six millions of acres of common land—class legislation gave you ihe New Poor Law , which despises all the dictates of human reason . iCuetxs , aud cries of " question . ") Gentlemen—I am upon tlie question . It was class legislation which robbed the working man of his just rights , and placed Slippery Bob at the head of afiiiirB . And I tell you caniiiciy , and sincerely , that until the giLuv monster is strangled-we shell still be in poverty and ¦ woe . Ciaaa legislation bus w& . e you slaves ; and ii the ' Corn La ^ -s were repealed to-mtrrow , cannot c ass legislation mais another equally ns bad , if not worse ?
( Hear , htar . ) I tell ytu , Guitltmtn , that wbtn the peopie of unbsppy Ireland wero in agitation for Cataoiic emancipation , vhey wire led to believe that it , woulu redress all tr . eir wrongs , and make them a freu arui h . ippy people ; but alas : all thtir g and hopts have fl = d ; for class legislation ttili exists , aud tLey continue to be insuited in taeir feelings . ( Chterp . ) \ Vhen ti ; e people of England were in agitition f jr the Ksfinu bill ; they were led to beiitive it would better ihtir coudit ^ ou . Teal biii is passed , and has be ? n in opi-rat ) i < n about ten years , ? . ud what butter are we now . iCrics of " None " j Tiie necessity for tb .-CI : urU ; r is now ^ cknowicoged . ily frie < itls , be careful—( hear , hear . ! R-ifltrnber tb ;; t cla-iS ltgislntiun stiii exia . a—lue thii g which uionopoHsfes all the advantauti enjj \ % . l in this life
Uoiitiemen , I do constieuuoufcly O ' . lkve , that the condition of the people of this country can ever Ke itnuroTOii , so locg as tfcs cause of Uieir fcutfciog existi — hear , hear . ) Thu Charier -will Oestrf .-y monopoly at Ohco and for ever—( cheers . ) Ti ;« e is ov . o uxuxmi of the Corn Law League whicn 1 wiah you to hu . it ; it is thu . — --Tnatitia injustice for one ciass in sociuty to bd protected for tho injuiy of all othtr classes ; " auti 1 agree "svita th ^ ai in tuu : why , ' then , not give that protection -vihich the la > .: i : ki ( t has to the working man ?—ch ' . tra . ) Gentlemen , two furwturo upon whicu 1 stand is piot-icted by tLt -avf ; aud . I tell you every article aruHLlJ you is protected by the law ; and if I wilfully ii jure any part uf it , thty v < ill prosecute me as a fv ! on . lull you th : it the la , vv jjrutccta tb s pUu : e ,
¦; e lib-jur is infused , aj ; d man is allowed to be thrown out of eiupioyjiieiit by tbe introduction oi machii-. ' cry . 1 will read ty y > n a worU or two , pubiiah ^ d by the jnurntymtn e ^ iic ) " ^ nntwa iu November last . Let tbe Jollowing fact s . ffije , having oceutred withiu tae last six months . A inacuiue was invented at the print works m Mnnchrb r . ti ' - - . giving fi ? a colours to eu . ch piece ; « nd peTJorming the suuie woik as was performed fey bo it'AS than live huuarea baniis in October last ; so that in s ; x months , no less ttian fire hundred rutn aie tbrown out of employment by this machine . Yt-s , the fact is taey wiil atUl be able to opprtas jou ^ ihe Cuin Laws ar . i repealed till the cause 01 your distress is Tcmovea— unteT > - apiioT > . ) By repenl wo should dejjtroy the strong huld of tht aristocrat , and only bo opening a way for the manufacturer and merchant to oppress U 3 farther by entering into the
citadel of c < nu ^ tion—tnt-y are equally as bad . It would be orny a change of masters —( thats it , )—wtll then there n uot a broken rush to choose bttween thtm "Which is the most benevolent ? If 1 am to be a slave , I care not -who ia to be my master . 1 am one if those who want te be no nia&'a s . ave— - ( cheers ) 1 tell you , gentlemen , if these partieaare desirous of dtsiroyiEg the power if the aristocrat , tney must assist u * in making the People ' s Charter the law if the land , which will send all tbu aristocrats , vita the Duke of Eackinghsm and Sir K Peel into the Hiiast of their own treachery ; and hinder ali other dasscs of robbing you at all— - ( enters ) . But ti . e repsa : ers don't w&nt this . WLy do they not want this ? I'll teilyiu why . Simply because they know lull well thaith . j same power Mhich would enable you to de&ttoy the aTiaiucrat , would enable you to get joitice fos yourjfclvea— ( intenuvtion and cries of " true , ") Tis . fjor tteir own interest they court your
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct746/page/1/
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