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Mt Dkab Farcros , —Since I last addressed you , I have attended meetings at Derby , Belpcr , and the Potteriaa . I spokein ike theatre at Derby , and my party say that xayjspeech has dona them a great deal of good ; that more than pays me . We had & joy gloikas processioa at Belper , -which paraded Qis whole town , and had a triumphant meeting in the Market-place at three o ' clock , and again at half , past eight , when in that small Tillage near 6 , 000 persons stoo d the thunder and the rain , and cheered jne on in my course . They are Ine fellows in this lorely spot ; a spot intended by Nature for man ' s peaceful residence .
I left Belper in an open carnage after three o'clotk in tee morning , to g © thirty fire miles ; up and down hillsj to the Potteries . Bairstow and a friend : from Staffordshire accompanied me . I get wet through , as it rained vwry heavily . I dried myself at Ashboorn , and started again for our destination . We assembled within a mile of Lane End , —the place were the lads beat the cavalry and-made fhem retreat . In this town the people are all born jaarksmen . I learn that a lad of fourteen or fifteen could kill a « row flying with a stone .
When we arrived at Lane End I thought that ^ il the wotld had come there- The town was literally fulL Though the rain fell in torrents , every window and house top was crowded . The poor fellows sent a carriage and four for me , and in front was a splendid military band , and in advance the female Chartists , aVout 300—God bless them—with their band , each > foman bearing a wand . They intended to lave marched me thus about eleven miles , "fe ^ t cut it down to seven in conBeqaeECe of the rain . ¦
We b % d a glorious gathering of thousands at Haaley , and our Chairman , whose name I am Mhamed to say I forget , opened the business like & ChtitiEt . I spoke at some lengtfe , as did Bajr-Etof ? , and Capper , and Richards j but the speech ¦ was tbat of Robinson , a working man—he Bade one of -&e most powerful appeals to the peopfe I ever beard . At seven , I addressed them again , in a large yard , and they tell me tntt they were "weE pleased , indeed delighted . I was very much knocked up , and started on Sunday morning , at a quarter past four for London , for three cays'rest .
To-morrow , 1 go to Nottingham , cad from my labours there I expect some real fruit , ^ ot in Whi g or Tory money , but in Chartist principles . Ah , my friends , what a proud position for the Whig nnd Tory spy , to whack them both in tarn , and then to ask "before the people WHO PAlf ) ME ! I \ ow IS the hub ^ ro --damn me , ichile I -an thrashing my ~ b * Tiefadorsl
Had Saturday been a fine day til Staffordshire would have baea " a-stir ; " but as "fee people of many towiiB through which , the proee 33 ion w& 3 to have passed were disappointed , 1 bare promised to visit them sgain during their holiday in summer , and I will "do it . And I will go to Coalbrook Dale upon their £ r ? t holiday , as I learn that much good may be expected there . In fact I will work the itssh off my-bones bat I will have the Charter .
Read ftH my letters on the land , in the Cho * lki CSrca / cr , and then you will fearn what 1 am working for . ^ Hurrah for Siurge sad Nottingham , or for theDe ^ U , ifbesupports the Charter 1 Ever your faithful friend , 'Feaegcs O'CoNxca . LoEdsa , Wednesday .
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TO THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . BsiOVED Cottstbtmes - *> 'D Fbiesds , —That my leal motives have , at length been ihado"wed . to -ycur mind ' s-eve , tirrctsgh the raist -with "which prejudice , hatred , aDd misrepresentation bad bo long Tenvtloped thas . slices , eossclt-s , and comforts me . Your address tells mss that I have sot laboured altogether in Tain ; while yotir approval of my past career will add strength and vigoar to my faVare actions . 3 fes , my oaBnte-ymen . a union of the- oppressed of both nations isiptet I have unceasiDgly endeavoured to brinjj about , being well assured that disanion is lyranDy ' s strength and the tyrant's only hope . .
Kfee years' ago , I iouad that the BetdJ * of bitter hatred and jealousy of Englishmen had been successfully sown in the breasts of Irishmen , and wMle I confess-myself to have been then , not altogether free from the prevailing prejudice , * 1 exercised Teasoain aid of my judgment , and at length 1 came to the cenclusien , ¦ which facts have since coBiinned , that if "RngMsh laws fc ~» * pn »« saed Ireland . Irish la-w-makers"had , sone Jar to suppress liberty , and urm ^ n ^ every vestige or Eng ~ lub independenca I pass over all time antecedent to the promised millaanm -which Reform vras to have produced , « ad start ¦ w 3 h ? lS 32 } -when the return of forty-three liberal " members gave hope of car ¦ country's regeneiatitn . I east a "backward glance ct the sacrifices made and
tie supposed triumphs gained by tbs brave electors vrtio vrere tttn tailed upon to exercise theii maiden francbi £ « , Their sufferings "were painful and masj ; yet vrere they endored -with Boman , -nay , "with Irish-fortitude , becaaaa in the fulfilment of sworn and patriotic pledges they recognised their country ' s restoratioc from provincial degradation to national independence . Butalas ! my couctxy sowed , in hope , bat have xe&ped in sorrow ! Not a-angle promised benefit has beea . conferred ; -while tha only aim of those who promised freedom bss ^ been to prepare the mind to ¦ wearits shackles vrith quiescence and Bubmkrion- I have -seen my country set vp to auction in the House of Commons , and her freedom-bartered for places ,, pauBions , power , and patronage . I have seen those who coerced
her cares 3 ea by those who were coerced ! -while Irish liberty lay bleeding at the-feet of the " base , bloedy , and brui&l Whigs . " I have been insultingly asted" to sign a-rasolutiou of confidence in one of my . country's destroyers ; but I alone refused to be a party to the unnsteral deed . Since then-I have narrowly -watched the progress of events , and I have discovered that Irish pitrietism has degenerated ; while the sole object of her leaders has been to prepare the way for E secure retreat , by tempering down the public mind to that settled state ef hope through resignation , which ever has bete the temporary shield " -of those who profess to love liberty -while they fatten upon abuse , aad look upon the davrn of freedom as the warning that to its close hav
their occupation is drawing . I e endeavoured to create a kindly feeling between the Engluh and the Irish people . 1 have laboured hard and incessantly to draw tne distinction between the English people and tJie English oligarchy , who equally oppress the industrious c £ both countries ; . and although my Ufa has been aimed at , and my blood has been shed upon the English stage while fighting in my country ' s cause , yet feas reason baxttthe trammels with which a profligate press and hired demagogues had bo long and so successfully bound the Irish residing in England ; and , at length , I see a tiadly feeling growiaj up between tie slaves of England and of Ireland , which promises to end in a union tf sentiment which knaves Cannot Eever © r tyrants resist .
Alas ! tcy countrymen , reflect fora moment upon the Biany ]> owerfal interests -which have been , and which ] Etiil era , opposed to naked poverty and unrequited in- j dustry . Here ¦ they are . The Queen ana her rojal ; household . Tha Lords with their controiing power . The Commons with their illimitable influence . The ; Bishops witn thfcii political power and their religious \ inflaeiice . The Priesthood of ail denominations , save a faw good Irish Cstbo ^ ci The army , the navy , thej police , the bench , the bar , the fundiords , the landlords , the magistrates , the jury class , the pres » , the local ; authorities , placemen , pensioners , and idlers of all j denominations . The capitalist and master-class , the ! shopkeepers , and middling class , the aristocracy of { liboH ? , the authors and publishers of the age , the Poor j Law stsff , steam power , and though last , not least , i those who are too prond to work , and too poor to live ; ¦ Without labour ; and the philosophers who eke out aj livelihood by watching and moulding themselves and i their srares to suit the market of public opinion . t
"Well , xcy coEDtrrinen , such s . re the combined forcea against vhich T aked poverty presents her virtuous and inviEeisle front , and bebold the Vreaches which her stormiEg fckiiieLts are making in the citadel of corruption thus garrLsoned with all th 6 forces of vicious and rsccgciscd ictfcority . The duties of a politician struggling for right against snch aa array of might are maoifold ; tad instead of marveiling that I have si many enemies , my only woncer is that my principles snd my uudeviatiEg adherence to them should have gathered aremid me , and my brother leadera , a force sufficiently strong to bid defiance te the invaderi of our rights , and to lead te a fair presumption th 3 t energy , perseverance , courage , and jndgmeut will ultimately triumph over lbs combined forces of oppression sad misrule .
My countrymen , there are three stages through which a great movement must pass : —Firstly , the creation of jublic opini&n ; secondly , the organization of public opinion ; and thirdly , the direction of public opinion . In order to insure the success of the » e reqnired undertakings I have established a free press in this country for in the midst of political confusion I look U the press a * tiie means by which order Is to be produced from chaos . By its means I have bees enabled to lay the prevailing opinion of the people once in every week before the people . I have thus united parties who were formerly unknown to each other , and have given to each locality not only the strength of it « own . position , but havea ^ ded to it the strength of those at a distance struggling for the same orjeet Glasgow is now a political pc-rtion of Manchester , and Shtfibld adds strergth to 2 se-KC 25 tle , -while the young growth of Chartism in Ireland sdds confidence to the English band of patriots , and gives joy to my heart to think that in . tfce battle for freedom Ireland will not remain neutral
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Within four years and a half , I have had to defend myself against five expensive government prosecutions , and to endure sixteen months of sulitary confinement in a condemned cell , my only crime being that of having established a press , in which vice was made to see its hideoueness , and virtue and honour were Bhewn to exist among the children of industry . But I have not suffered In vain I for now I behold the despised star of Oh&rtum shining in the ascendant , and gradually , but mccessfnUy , dispelling the- mists with which ignorance and prejudice had clouded the political hemisphere . Yes , Chartism is in the ascendant , and why should we rejoice at its triumph ? Because to its influence we look not for the destruction of life and property , but for the preservation
of both . Not for liberty which would degenerats into licentiousness—but for freedom tempered with reason and discretion . Not as a license to man to give reins to his Inst—but as a means to curb his licentiousness . Not as the triumph -of the grosser passions over tae intellectual qualities of our nature—but as a means of subjugating passions and evil propensities to the controul of reason . Not because it would vitiate public opinion , —but because it would purify it as the fitting ordeal to becozae arbiter between conflicting opinions , aad from whose "decisions , and from whose alone , a fair verdict of approval or disapproval , of guilt or of innocence , can be expected to emanate . Not because it would increase immorality—but because it would make dissipatdaa hide its head for very shame . Not because
it - woald increase drunkenness , —trot because It would mate intemperance a ^ crime . Not because it would -create revolution and domestic strife , —but because it would insure a kindly feeling amoag all classes ¦< # society , and give to each an interest in the prosperity of all , and to all an interest in the prosperity of each . Not because it would pull do-svn the rigtts of capital , —but because it would establish the Tights of labour aa the only Hire foundation upen wiiich the temple of capital « an be safely erected . Chartism would in a tenfold degree increase the productions of both countries by developing their natural aud icfluentia ]
resources ; wbxe it wtmid cause a more equitable distribution of the increased wealth , instead of presenting the sad anamoly which Uritain now presents , namely , more money than ever was before in tbe hands of the few and more poverty "than ever was fcefore known s'Scting the many who create all the wealth . The people in their wisdom ask upon whose side is the wealth ? and the answer is , upon the side of the represented ; and upon whose side is the peverty ? . and the answer is , upon the -ride of the unrapresented . For these reasons , my courtrymen , de I love Chartism , with all the faults aad crimes which Malice has heaped upon it .
We are called -destructives , yet have we shed co blood ; we are -called destroyers , yet have millions -of starving and industrious men , women and children , borne two winters and as many summers of heartrending distress and unparalleled deprivation , without the destruction of a penny-worth of-property ; nor in that time have the Chartists been charged with a single political offence , even against laws which by legal ingenuity may be conjured from the statute book to mean anything , and thrown btfora a jury ready to give any construction to them . We have been called torch and dagger men , and physical force men , by wretches who have by th « ir admonitions cinsed streams cf Irish blood to flow , and then shrunk from the consequences ! while I am ready to faoe the-storm and expoce the unrrderers . i did not advise the brave fellows at Rathcoimac to face a military force in order that the odium of the infernal tithe system should be sfcroDgly
shown Ko ; but -when they did so , I deft-nded them ; and instead of their English brethren . loading them with fool epithets and reproach , they ministered to Uieir watts , and from their " scanty means alleviated their distress . " Then they were not torch and dagger men . When Walstown , Charchtown , and Carricksbangh resounded with the moans of the wounded , Englishmen did not then revile . When for stveu days and seven nights , I faced the 'bayonet and the sabre , to return Mr . John O'ConneU , for Toughall , then my conrage wta made subject of national approral ; bnt when the bloody Whigs contpired to rid their Russell of the opposition 6 f our noble Frost , and when perjury bad awarded to him an untimely end , then we ' re all tke crimes that malice could invent saddled upon tbe innocent back of Chartism , and then were the Chartists held up as the irnpeders of all progressive Reform ! TbuB , my countrymen , has vice deformed tbe face of virtue to make a mask for its own
delinquencies . "Rnt . gckos ; go on . I txooocb you . Ireland ova ) to England « ome reparation for tke injuries she has icflicted-upon her ; hut if Ireland had a Wellington , a Castlereagh , and a Reynolds—thank God she has bad an Emmett , a Fitagerald , * nd has an O'Higgins . Yes , s % & has -bad her patriots , who were prematurely consigned to the cold grave ; and she has in the living an embodiment -of the principles for which they suffered . Must it not delight every honest man to see one
Irishman against whose fair fame all the missiles of mahce and of slander have been aimed , yet bold enough and strong enough in virtue fto raise his voice against him , bifore whese influence a Doyle has withered , & lawless has died , an O'&orman has been destroyed , and a Bhiel has been Bilenced ? Yes , O'Higgins , you have boldly stood in the breach ! while the adored and venerated Father ilathew , the real liberator of his country , is surrounding you with the genius of judgment emancipated from the trammels of intoxicated and -besotted prejudice .
My countrymen , the great fault which I have discovered in political leaders is this : many , in their own zeal , have attempted to use public opinion before it was ripe for action ; while others , by denying to it a triumph that was within it * reach , have paralysed it for the time , and rendered it less confident in its own omnipotence ; while we , the leaders of Chartism , have acted upon that principle in moral waifare which enabled Espartero to achieve < the freedom of his country , —we have encamped our forces nnder the citadel of corruption , and are now actually starving the garrisoD out . Thus has industry the satisfaction to know that if the drones have consumed the honey that belonged to the bees , the drones themselves must starve when the hive ceases to send forth its riches . '
Jdy countrymen , be not alarmed at the efforts now being made by artful and designing men , in their endeavour to take our camp by surprise . They cannot enter " under false colours , or have hope of gaining possession of our matured movement by a profession of our principles . No , my friends , whatever colours the old Ehip Corruption may sail nnder , we know the crew . LlBEEir IS OHB AIM , CHABTL 6 X IS OUR SAMS ; and by our aim and name , and by none other , shall 4 , 000 ; 000 cf freemen be known throughout the political world . Industry is awake ; her principles are indelibly imprinted upon the heart of every working man in the land ; and , though millions should suffer , yct . will each leave tfee world better than he f jund it , until gorged tyranny will , after a succession of reverses , be compelled to open the sanctuary of the constitution , within which broad cloth and fustian , the peer and tae peasant , shall mtti upon perfect equality in the eye cf ± he law .
This , my beloved countrymen , is a state of thicgi worth living for , and worth dying for . Liberty in every -age has had her martyrs . We are for peace , laW i and order ; but , if attacked in our ptjcrful ret : enchments by tbe brute force of unconstitutional authority , then , as freedom ' s friends , we must prepare for freedom's martyrdom . The field , tbe transport , an > i the scaffold have borne their victims ere now . E Jimett sleeps in peace , but his spirit still lives , and his name bears no reproach ; for the mind cannot contemplate a more gorgeous spectacle than pinidned virtue surrounded by the minioos of faction , as hired ministers of
death , marchiDg to execution with firm foot and cheerful countenance . The scaffold , so appalling to conscious and detected vice , loses its horrors ; while all the eable emblems of . death that paralyse the stoutest criminal , are to him as bridal favours , bespeaking his re-union with departed kindred spirits . His mutilated obsequies are honoured relics ; his funeral procession a jojuus moving festival ; hiB grave the venerated sanctuary of martyrdom , and his name a never-dying , everlasting spirit—a theme on which memory loves to dwell—a Bourcefrom whence it draws its Bweetest , fondest , latest recollections .
Gk > on , then , brave sons of my country , ever foremost in deeds of love , of philanthropy , and arms . The voice of knowledge shall yet silence the cannon ' s roar , and the neighing of the war-horse shall be lulled in the busy buzz of industry . Ever , ever , and ever , My brave countrymen , Your faithful and devoted friend and countryman , FEAKGCS O'COiVKOB .
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STALET BRIDGE . —On Sunday evening an excellent lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room of this town , by Mr . G . Rovre , frem Oldham . BLACKBURN . —Tbe cause progreEses well here . Mr . Beesley , late M . C . for North Lancashire addressed the Chartists in the Music Hall , in an impressive speech ; the effect of which was seen in the enrollment of fifty-two new members . The Chartist youths of Blackburn have formed themselves into a society for united eseition on behalf of the Cbatt < ff . They have sc-Dt us an address to their youthful fellow townsmen , which we cannot " inicit for Jack of room . We bid them Gjd speed
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OXFORD . —The cause has received an additional stimulus here from the recent visit of Mr . Bairstow to this city . It having been ascertained that ho had made arrangements for a lecture at Witney , preparations were immediately made for hia reception here , and a requisition , signed by twenty respectable electors , including four membais of the Town Council , was presented" to the Mayor , requesting the use of the Town Hall Yard , for the purpose of a public meeting . That gentleman , however , refused ; and handbills were immediately i&sued . announcing that Mr . Bairstow would lecture on Tuesday evening , in a large yard belonging to Mr . Towle , and kindly offered by him for the purpose . Upwards of a thousand persons attended the meeting , and the lecturer afforded the most entire
satisfaction . He showed the injustice of a confined constituency , and the evils continually arising froni Government by a class , whose interests wete not Identified with those of the people at large . He clearly traced our amount of taxation and consequent distress to an absence of a salutary influence of popular control . "WitSi a masterly hand and ovrrpouring eloquence be treated the varioea paints of the teople ' 8 Charter , anU showed that the absence of any one would destroy the effect of the harmonious wh ^ te . Throughout his lecture he enlisted aud carried with him the feelings of feia auditory , aad at the conclusion of an « atceile » t address of ai ? hour and a half ' s duration , the following resolution ttos proposed : —*• That this meeting considers that the present appalliDg distress . ' among . , tbe
operative rlasses , and insecurity of property -amon ^ the wealthy classes , aro to be driretly traced and are fairly attributable to claia legislation ; and -deems the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter to be the the only effectual remedy for the grievances of which people complain , and under which the country groans . " The resolution was strongly supported by tbe mover and seconder , w > o crged tae necessity of organic reforta , as the only Hieans by which tbe rights of ibe poorer classes can be secured or maintained , and ridiculed the farce of playing any longer at the game of Whig or Tory , recommending the people to look after tbo management of their own affairs , in public as well as private life . The resolution was unanimously carried . A meeting afterwards took place at the Three
Tuns : a most convivial evening wtct spent , and several members propo . s ^ to the Association . So great was the satisfaction il » . ' lfciratow had given , that a general request was tfH'jp f > ' m m to favour us with another lecture . on Ttrarsday / ATOj lilg , to which he cheerfully consented . * HaodftllF ve iwmed accordingly j ajiJ the us ' a la ' r ^ b sp , ! r ! e ,- lKmed Paradise-square , having been obtained , he ^ iiet a secocd and an increased Oxford audience , ' on the joint subjects of the Charter and toe state ot the conntry . Embracing the various topics of interest contained in them , he again enlisted tbe sympathy acd the ftelings of those whom he addressed and did ample justice to the questions on which he treated . At the conclusion of a long and spirited lecture , the resolution Gf the preceding evening waa again unanimously carried , end the meeting broke up , as the previous one had done , with the most perfect order
and highly delighted after votes of toanks to the lecturer , the ch-tirman . acd the gentlemen -who had obliged their fellow c ; t'Z-r . s with a place of meeting . Aa adjournment tool : place to tbe society ' s room ,-where a most convival uvurnng was spent , during which several excellent speeches vrere made , in responses to the various tonsta given , tnrt whero the kindliest feeling was shown among nil clssjss We understand that the vwlt of Mr . Bairstow to this city has been of great , service in removing some of the prejudice hitheito existing aurainst Chartism , and in pa / ing the way for a cordial union amoni ; ail olasses of reformers on fair and equitable t-- ; rins . He lefi Oxford on Saturday morning , accompanied by Mr . Philp , highly delighted with a reception Very diffdr ^ nt fro : n what he expected here ; and hoping that a connection ' so favourably commenced will era long be renewed .
W-UTNEY , ( Oxox . j—Mr . Bairstow , accompanied by an Oxford frieud , arrived here on Monday , anil foucd thtt fear of tiuth , which always haunts the oppressor , had induced a pultry attempt to prevent his being heard . The Witney Chartists bad hired and paid for a room , and issueil hand-bills , announcing a meeting for this evening ; but the landlord tf the house having received an intimation that if he allowed it to take place , be must ahide the consequences , the money was received back , ruther him bubjtct them to probable rain . Not satisfied with -this , the critr was seat round the town by our opponents , to state that the meeting wouM not take place . After considerable trouble , another room -was oblaintd , but the crier , on being ; applied to to cmnoanoe it , refused , ft 3 he feared it would cost him his bKuation . Nearly one huodred assemoled , notwithstanding ; and , after a little time , it was agreed that an out-door meeting shauUl be called on Friday , and a preliminary lecture given on Monday
evening , which gave tbe highest satisfaction . Mr . B . returned to Oxfbr ! on the following morning . ; and on Friday he again made his appearance in Witney . accompanied by Mr . Pnilp , and five Ozfurd frionus woo was engaged Jo . ' eclure that evening at Cheltenham , but was unable to proceed further , owing to the horses being taken -from the coach , by which he was to have gone . At the appointed hour , a numerous meeting assembled on Wood Green , whtn Mr . Bairstow- ' ably explained the principles of the Charter , and elicited continued and gent ral approbation . Mr . Piiilp followed , and was t tpally well received , as were also the d ; fforejit speakers throughout the evening . A simiJar resolution to that pas-ed at Oxford was unanimously carried , and the meeting bn = ka up in the most peaceable manner , evidently delighted with the truths which they had heard , and expressing a hope that tha Charter muht soon give them those rights of which they have been so long deprived .
NORTaAMPTOH . —Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , leclecturcd here in iha Market-square , on Tuesday and -Wednesday evenings , to large and attentive audiences . OH Monday night , at the general meeting cf the Chartists of this town . Dr . M'Douall was nominated one of the Council , and" u ! &o : v proper ptrBon to be re-elected to serve on the Executive . A resolution of thanks to the Convention , waa unanimonsly passed . HOLLIKGWOhTH , —On Saturday evening a
Chaitist tea party took piace at the New Inn , when 100 and upwards sat do-wn to tea , amongst whom were : a large number of well dressed females . Afkr tea , Mr R . Wild , of Lower Bam , whb called to tbt > chair . Mr . D . Donivan from Manchester , addressed them at length , aad was listened to with attention , and concluded a very good discourse amiust grvnt applause . -T / ie chairman then announces that the rest of the evening would bo spent in dauciDa , siuging , and recitations , wliicu continued to bu kept up wuh-great spirit and enthusiasm till midnight .
mYTtH . iLmRQYa . —A public meeting was held in the Piiniitive MttiioiiJst Chapel , at this place , ou Friday week , when a large aud attentive audience wtrt congregate . !; ., and were ahiy addressed by Mr . Duffy , from Staffifcid . Also another meeting was held ou the Wednesday night , jwheo . a Council for tua ntxt aix months was eitcttd . HE 7 WCOD ,- Mr . 'M . Kobtita of Bury , delivered a very interesting It-cture to a numerous ami respectable audience , on Son-. iay t = 7 eniug last . In the course of iiis adiireia tlie lectunr showtd in a clear . ;< nd cunwicciug manner , the ngnbtice practised by tee hight-r class upon the working class , through the instrumentality of class legislation .
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SDKCERI . AND ,-On Sunday afternoon , Mr , Williams lsctured on the Tuwn Moor , to a larpe and in st attentive , audience . The Town Mission prtuchers weiv preaching a short distance from the spot where Mr . Williams stood , but as soon as he commenced they abruptly concluc ed . Mr . W . severely tasked the present te . achtrs uf religion fjr their base smothering cf the vital truths ' of Christianity aud their nev / application of its principles to the present condition of society . He showed that the Christian religion was not a religif-u of particular precepts , the importance of which might vary as the circumstances te which they applied varied , but it was a religion of general principles , whieh were capable of universal application , which were as important now and would be for centuries , as they were the first time tbey ¦ were promulgated . '
Bridge Stbeet Chapel . —On Moaday eveningf , the usual weekly meeting was held in this place , Mr . Blenkhorn in the Chair . Mr . Jamea Taylor delivered an excellent address upon tbe importance of a full representation of the people ; his arguments and illustrations were exceedingly good and appropriate . Mr . Williams followed by an address on the . Ballot , as the means of securing a faithful expression of the popnlar will . Mr , W . clearly proved from the present condition of sarie !} -, the relation between labour ^ nd c :. pitul , the dependent condition of the mass , that without the Bailot , the Franchise wculd Foon become n , mockery of justice . He then noticed snd satisfactorily replied to the various leading objections to the Ballot .
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LEICESTER . —Tke Shak ? perirm Association of Leicester Chartists now numbers 1 , 350 . fhe factions have bereft us of a room to meet in ; bat , nothing daunted , we hold our meetings beneath the blue canopy of heaven , singing of the Charter and O'Connor in the open streets , till the middle classes stare and quake at the noise . Our agitation is kept up in the most vigorous form ; and not only the town but the surround * ing villages are being impregnated with Chartism . On Wednesday night before last , our beloved chief , O / Connor , was expected at eight o ' clock at night , to lecture in the Amphitheatre ; but he did not arrive till near ten . Hia reception was more enthusiastic than ever ; and for more than an hour he held us breath-Irbs with attention , while he deserlbetl fclie present state of the country in his own peculiarly piquant and fervid style . Last Sunday , Mr . Cooper preached in the Infirmary Square , in the morning , from '' Be . ye oli of one mind , " ( Peter ) in Russell
square ; in the afternoon , from " Miserable comforters are ye all , " ( Job ) ahdin the Market-place at night , from " My soul is ' -wearied' because of mUrdtrers . " ( JeremUh . ) Mr . Beedham preached at Great Glenn in the morning , at Oadby in the afternoon , and Wigstown at night On Monday afternoon Mr . Cooper lectured at Great Glenn , i \ aA in Hnmberstone Gate , in the town , at night . ToniRht ( Tuesday ) he is to lecture in Infirmary Square , at seven , and to meet the Chartist shoemakers r . t eight ; and to-morrow lie is to lecture in Rusfcell Square at Beven , and tn meet : the Chartist woolcombers at eight Mr . Beedharu lentnred 4 fc Thurhwston on Monday night He ia to lecture at Belgrave to-night ( Tuesaay ) and at Anstey tq-inprrow-night Its 13 already determined to erect : a building by five BhilliEg chares , to be ttikyn only by Ctiartists . The subscription list amounts already to £ 115 ; no part of the money , however , will be paid down till Mr . Copper receives promises for £ 250 , but that will soon be . ,
SHEFFiatD —POLITICAL iNTTirUTE . —On Friday evening , we were favoured by a-visit frem Mr . K . K . Phllp , " of Bath . Although no provioua cotice was given , except by word of mouth , the large room was crowded by the working men of the town . Mr . Richard Otley was called upon to take the chair , who in a brief speech introduced * ? . 2 r . Philp to the meeting , who was received atnici much cheering . He commenced by sbowiug the extravagant txpeuces of the Queen compared with the President of America , proving to the metting that the more they paid to support royalty the more wore they oppressed . I shall not attempt to give you even an outline of the lecture , which gave general satistaction , but confi ' ne ^ my . Bieif to the concluding lemarfcs of Mr . Phlip , whidh- ' I am sure will h * ve the desired effect
amongst the ' . ' really intelligeut portion of the people of SnertietdV He had not come there to explain the six points of the People ' s Charter , for he believed that there was not one in that meeting that did not understand thu principles as we'l as he did . He came ttore to promote union anil good feeling amongst them , for it was owing to disunion in the Cfaa tist ranks that made their enemies look upon themwith . conteirjpt . He was 'sorry to say that he had not been in any large town ( with the exception of I >? rby ) but there were tlivisiong . He dul not mean by this to dishearten them , but on the contrary to endeavour to unito all parties , and he hoped lie nhould bave the satisfaction of 'leaving the pcodpcoplo « f'Sheffield once more united , —( lomt clieeriiia ;')—tha ' fhe niicht go to the i : ext town and tell
them that the people of Sheffield have buried all their forrr-ii' uiff-reucts , nnd agreed to agtitu together for the one am ! sole object—the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) In onutown that ho had visited ^ party feeling ran so high , even in public meetings , that he could not refrain from shedding tears to see the people place themselves in direct opposition against each other , but this he hoped would for ever cease . For his part ho had resolved never to denounce any man that was favourable to the People ' s Charter , even ii he did n (/ t go quite so far as be dirt , but that he would hold out the right hand , ot fellovrahip to ail . He hati felt the laah < i denunciation for a certain line of conduct he had pursued . This he thought was not right . Heclaimed the same privilege for himself at > he would allow to others , to forward the cause in every possible way . He would now conclcde , plHdgiug himself to agitate for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing lese than the Charter , with
tenfold vigour . He again hope I that a union would be coiue to . He then concluded aanidst loud cheering . —A member of the Institute then ajcose . Ho said , that to carry out the suggestions bfipME . Phiip with regard te a union being formed ; he would propose the foilowing resolution , " Tnat four raembers of the Political Institute be apjolnted to . wait upota : four me moors of . the Fig-tree-tuno Afc 8 < j « iation . " TWa resolution was seconded by a member ef the lait mentioned association . The Caairmau 6 aid that he arosia with great pleasure to put this resolution ; as au individual he should give it his support . It v » as then put to tha meeting and carried unnuimously , n . m \ A loud cheering , not one hand being held up against it . A vote of thuuka was proposect to Mr . Pnilp for hie a ' olo lecture and carried . In returnint ; thanks for the honour that they had doue him . ha saM he hoped the Fig-tree-lane Association wouM come to the same unanimous conclusion . — -Correspondeiti .
FjG-TnEK-LANE .- — Mr . Philp . — -Tnis gentleman viaitrd bliettie ' . d on Thursday week , and the same evening addressed the members and frieuds of tho Charter Association in their room , Fig-Tree Lane Tiie room was densely crowded . Mr . Paiip delivered i lenjflhy and fxcollentaddress ; and , at the conclusion of his di ( scourse , enrolled twenty-three new members . On Sunday last , Mr . Pbilp preached in the afternoon to a very livrge audirnce ausembled in the Haymarket . -Mr .-P . preached ft second sermon in the evening , in the Fig iree Lino room , which waa crowded almost to suffocation by a highly rtspectabie andience , who appeared to be well pleased with ... Mr . Pailp ' 9 exposition uf the prinicples of Chartism . liEADING . —The Chartists of this place had a swee on the 17 th . Several excellent speeches were made . " ¦
BIRralwGKAOT . —State o' » the Movement . — The Chartist ? of this important town have determined to t'Xtrt themselves to extend their ort-anisation for the Charter , and have appointed an Executive Committee , camposed ef ono member from each association . Meetings are held in Various parts of the town on Monday and Tuesday evenings , and it has been detertnined t-j hold op « u air meetings in various part * of tha town , to Arouse the people to u aense of their degraded situation . Monday's 3 ikETir * G . —An open air meeting was held at the Railway Btition , Dudfleston-row , on Monday t'Vtning , at haU ' -past' seven . Mr . Gaorpe White addressed them : \ t great length , and explained the manner in which the working classes were oppressed and plundered V > y the present system , He showed the utter
hopelessness of looking to tho present Parliament l ' oi an amelioration of their condition , and dwelt with peculiar stress on the necessity of the men of Birmihg-. ham' entering heart and soul into the present struggle for life and liberty . Hecalied on every inan present to join the National Charter Association , and use their n fluence to induce their fellow workmen and neighbours to foliow their example , and concluded by declaring his determination of holding a Hieetingon that spot every Monday evening , and of walking in procession with thos « w . hn" tLougbt proper t j iicccinipauy him tu the ApsocJatipn lloom , with those who intended to enrol their nuinesy A number of men present wished to fo : m a procession tiien , but it . was uUiniatcly agreed to defer it whilst next Monday evening , when all those -who are tired of slavery , and anxious for freedom , are expected to -sit end . Down with tyraimy . ! . ;
Association Room , aston yritKKX . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held at their room , in Aston-street , on Monday evening last . An address was delivered b > y Mr . Smith Lindon , and arr raogements enteml into for taking the ballot for the forthcoming efectica of the Executive ; atter which the meeting £ > panii . ed . Steelhouse LAne Meeting .: —The meeting of this body was held at the Ship . Inn , Steelhout > v :-lane , on Tuesilay evening last , Mr . Taylor , priuter , in the chair . The meeting was addressed !> y Mr . Mason and others , and a conversation took place as to the best mode of strengthening ik « Chavtibt ctuso in Uinningham ; after which the met-tint ; separated .
Shoemakkrs" 'Association . — The werube : a of this putviutic bo ; i > c . nneccetl with the National Charter Association h-id their weekly meiting , at the Biitunuia Inn , Peck-lai . e , on Tuesday bvening last , iMr . Hcalay in the chair . Tho meeting was addressed by Mr , E . P . Mead , and Mr . Gaorge .-Wiiito "; aiul , after choosing three members to their Council , Mr . Henley was chosen a member of the Birmingham Executive ; and Mr . Magee , secretary of the Association . A lecturer will attsntl evtry TuisiJay eveuing . Black Horse association . — -An address was delivered to this soirited body on Tuesday eveining last , by that talented advocate of the people's cause , Mr . Thomas Soar . , ' " -. ' v ¦ '" .. •'
Lye Waste and STOURBiitDGB . —Mr . George White adrtrtsiicd a large and enthusiastic meeting in the open air , at Cross Walk , Lye Waste , on Wednesday last , Mr . Goodfellow in the chair . This difltrict , which has been the seat of tho late riots , aa they were terratd , . prorinjei to be , ere long , the strong hold of Ctartism , Kr . White lectured 6 u the same evening in Stourbrid fje . STOCKPOR . T . —At a public meeting held on Monday Jtight , a - tho MiUgate hall , resolutiona ' were submitted for the forming-. of an assoi ; iati&n on the Sturge principle of C inpieto Suffrage . A nwjority of th 9 meeting , however , thought the already establisher ! Chartist orr . air . zuion yreferable , and au amendment to that effect was actfovdingly carried .
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. LONDON—¦ WALWORTH . —On Whlt-Mohday a grand public festival took place at the Monpelier Tavern , Walworth , to assist in defraying the expences incurred by the late demonstration . Lambeth . —The members of this , locality are determined to assist by all means in their power in obtaining a better organisation of the inetropolia , which they consiSet the plan of the Executive is calculated to effect , if properly carried out The existence of a District Council in the Metropolis is a thing long wished for , aud at Ja * t adopted . Mr . D / on and Mr . Jago were elected by the above locality to attend at the Stav Coffee House , GoHen-lane , on Sunday , June 5 th , aa delegates to ' the above body . \ Wandswokth . —The Chartista of this locality met » t the house cf Mr . Foxr Frogmorej on Monday evening , when , after the usual business was transacted , the nomination fur the General Council was proceeded with .
SOBUN .-The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held ita usual weekly meeting on Sunday , Mr . W " Connor io tha chair . Mr . H . Clatke , aub-SeCTeUty , read the minutes . Several new members were proposed , and some subscriptions : handed in ftosu . the country , by Mr . O'Higxius ; after which , Mr . Freebairn , in a most feeling and affecting speech , took a review uf the present disastrous condition of the working classes in both countries , ground do \ yn to the earth as they were by tyrannjr and oppression of every kind . He pfavaly shewed that this was all owlug to the aeiflsh legisla'don of the oiass-returned Members of that assembly aJled in mockery the People ' s Htfuse . Saveral other speakers afterwards addressed the meeting . BRADFORD . —Little HoiitoS . —On Sunday evening la ^ t Mr . ; Suiith lectured in the Chartist ' s Association Rooni , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union ef Ireland .
GLASGOW . —The Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association mot in their Hall , College Open , onMonday evening last , Mr . Kyle in the chair . The minutes of l * st meeting being read , Mr . L-tine ; moved that the resolution of the public meeting held in St . Ann ' a Church , on t ! . ie evening of the 16 t , U instaat , recommending the directers to call a general meeting of the Association to conaicler the propriety of diasoivin ^ the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association anrt resolving themselves iuto an AssHCtaUou , to ba called the Glasgow Charter Association , be approved of . The resolution was unanimously asrec *! to . A GommiUea was then appointed to cili a niflcting in terms of the above resolution , and to prepare rules and regulations for the new Association .
ASHTON . — The Chartists of Aehton held a very large tea party in their room , on Friday , when abuye 350-sat down . After tea , the public were admitted at twopence each , and the company amused thomselves by aiuging , dancing , and reciting uutii a late hour . OLDHAM . —Mr . Storer , of Ashton , delivered an address in the Chartist Koorn , Greavea-atreLt , on Sunday last , wherein he depic ^ erl scenes of the most appalling destitution produced by the present system .. , On Tuesday Evening , Mr . John West , delivered a most energetic address to an at ' . tjntive audience , and gave general satisfaction . BIANCHESTEa . —The fusthn-cutters of tbis tewn have formed themselves into an aMsociatioh in conjunction with the National Charter Association . Nominations to the General Council , Manchester . —Mr . P . M . M'Douall , surgeon ; Kev . W . V . Jackson .
COAJLBROOK DAIiE . —On Moaday evening Mr . Mogg ( ielivered a leccur « at Watlitig-street , Wellinjjton , iin 4 afterwarils fornisd an asaociation ; bafcsv « n sixty and ; seventy names were taken downj aSout five hundred persons attended the lecture . On tUe same evening , T . Halford , ef Coaibrc ;{ v Di ! e , deliverfrd a lecture to about four thouKinrt parsons , at Oakou Gates ; from sixty to one hundre < i names were-taken . An association has be « 5 n recently formed there , by the joint exertions of Messrs . Mogg aud Halford ; - which , in less than one month , has ecro !! e'l niore than oue hutvdred members . On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mogg delivered a lecture to an attientiv « audience , at Broae ' . ey , where we intend to start an . issneiation j - forty-five names were taken . At Coalbrouk Dile , in lea . s than ten weeks , we have enrolled m « i're than two hundieU arid sixty membora in our assopwtxon .
KTEWCASTSiE . —The Proviaional CoinniUtee , selected by the delegate meeting in South Sfnelds on the 16 th inst , to carry the plan for the better organisation of the . Cbartiata of NortbaiubarJ ^ pd ami Durbanj into effect , met on Sunday iifu-rnoon in Mr , Binna'a , Nun-stre < it , Nowcistlo , Mr . Stephen Binnain the chair on the . motion of Mr . Hall Mr , SinvUir was elected Provisional Secretary , who g « yy a , very satisf ictory report of tha business conferred upon hitu ai the last meeting . AftarNomo discussion upon the subject , the following resolution was agr ^ eii ' -O unacinipualy ^—'' That the Secretary be instructe'l to correspond with the other districts , directing tLwir attention to the plan aq insertedi in the fourth page of last Saturday ' s Star , and requestirig to . 'k ' uo . w the opinion of tha Chartibtj in eaoh locality r «! speotively uposi tht ; . subject , and solicit ?
ing their co-operation , if it should meet their approbation . " Several , sums were paul in to tho Missionary Fund , and if tho districts continue to come up as some of them have alroady : done , v / e hope to be prepsred to engage a missionary in the ccm-se of . a -sveek or twa . » and as it will answer no poud puipose to engajjo a lecturer until we have a sufficitney in hand to defray his expencea hither , and reniuntrate him for hist first ; month ' s labours , we hope all parsons desirous of a , lecturer bsing enz . iged , will stind a . rcmittanse for that purpose , to-Mr . J . Sinclair , No . 3 , Pipewsllgate , Gateshead , who was elected treasurer for that fund . A first-rate tectiirer "willbe engagoil as soon as the necessary funds are procured . The meeting adjourned n ; stii next Sunday , when it will b « resumed in the same place at three o ' clock in the afternooD .
The Chartists of Newcastle held their -weekly business meeting in the ChnvtiVt Hall , Goat Ion , Cloth Market , aa usual . The minute-i of tue former nieutiiis were read and confinnod , aad thanks were , voted to Mr . Duncouiba , M . P ., for his speech in tli « House of Commons . B&SSTOL . —Complete Sufkhage Union . —a meeting of this union was he A < ui Tuesday night . May 25 th , at Mr . Clement ' s , 2 , Lower Castle-street . About twenty-two persons assembled , who were admitted by ticket , and at half-past eight , Mr . Clement ' s commenced business by reading over a ru . ' o of the union .. to the following iffect : — " That no person be allowed to
address a private meeting of this association , except he be a member . " He then read a few of the objnis of the union , nnd stated that Joseph Sturge went farther than the Charter , that is , th : it a person convicted o : crhne shonhi haven v < ste five luoiiths afterthe conclu sion of hiB punishment . —( Of convsa the rule read pnivented any contradiction . ) A questwu was put to ;\ lr . Clement , how many members were present , or if any ? And the answer was , "there aro -none . ' - * . No diseussion waa allowed ; an iutinia ' tiou was given that a public meeting would be bciU for discussion , which would be open to alJ . We wero likewise told that the trades were coming out .
STROUD . —At a mosting of Cbartista on Monday , the following resolutions were carried-unanimously :- — " That we , the members of tha Stroud Charter Association , viewing tfie wars at Cfvuaand India as unholy , unjust , and anti-Christtan on the patt of the British Government , enipbaticaUy denounce any Goverhmtint . supporting , upholding , and continuing auch wiirs in opposition to the people of this rtalm , anA pledge ourselves , as lovers of pi ace , ta cripple the reBowces uf war by non- « nliisting and abstaining frbju exciseablu articles . "— " That we , the members of the Stroud Cuart * ir Association , hail with delight the ; opportunity
afforded the electors aud non-elec' . ors of Nottingham to establish the purity of election , and urge upon them to use every exertion to maintain the power of the peoplti in the election of Mr . Joaeph ¦ S . i , urge . "i " That-thu Council of the Strotui Charttr Association deem it a duty incumbent upon them to render every assistance in their power to fcnuanca the cause of the people , ami dtsti-oy the power of ths advcrsiTy . We , therefore , earnestly , though painfully , exhurt those uiemlers who [ by non-subscriptions , render us powerless in the hamis of thaBnemy , and cripple ua in the maintenance of public estiniation , once again to come to tbe help of the weak against the mighty . "
WONKWEAnMOUTH —Since the last report from this place , the Chartiste have been ( ieprived of the use of the room in which they met ; the landlord alleging as area 8 pn for refusing the further use of the room , that he wasafrairi that he would be deprived of his license by the njagiatrates if he permitted the Chartots to meet in his house . Thisiamere pretence ; he ought to have considered this danger , if danger there was , before he consented to let his room for the purpose . The fact is , he expected it would l > e the means of drawing a
good drinking trade to his house ; in this we are happy to know that he was disappointed , as at the close of last meeting , not more than four persons out of 200 or 300 remained to drink . The CUartists of Sunderland , because they are almost universally teetotallers in pr ; icV tice , cannot gtt a room at a public house ; wo are uU > , of this , and wish that publicans throughout tho country had similar cause to refuse the use of their rooiiis . Tho practice of holding our meetings at pubHc-houses . we regard as attendeil with many injurious coescquences . to our cause . —Correspondml .
Failswokth . — Tbe Hey . W . V . Jackson lectured in the Charter Association Room , on Tuesday evening , tea era wded audience .
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HTOE , —A public meeting of tfce ^ nhabitarit 3 of Hyde , was heldi inthe Working Men's Hail , on Wednesday evening , to adopt the remonstrance to tho House of Commons . Mr . Stephenson , a . working ; man , waa called to the chair . 'Mr . Candlet moved the remonstrance , which was seconded , \ Mr . C . ¦';>* -onnireda few observations from him ^ as it fjl ' -i v Hv their represehtotivea in had bseujrecommeiHreu- ~ 3 ' -..... ;• -. ¦ —* -. * &qtq . the Convention ; he would ™ 6 Teifow ***** £ ,-. l .. _ ,-,.-monstranceaud let it speak for itself , tie . tnOT
, read the remonstrance , - ' and begged leave ^ to dooto its adoption ; and sat down amid loud olwerfl .. / . sax John Leach seconded tha motion , « no « : was supported by Mr . Dison , from Wigan , Q » tne remonstrance being put from the chajr it was ? <> ar riod without a disseatient A vdt «» of : thanaff vras giveii to T . Duncombe . Esq ., M . P ^ forhis advocacy « the people ' s cause ia the House of Corambnaj oft t&o motion for the people ' s agents to be fteard a * tae bar of the House . Thanks being voted to the Cflairman , the meeting separated , bsyeral new members were enrolled .
Ddkenfiblp . — -Oa Monday last , a man whose liame , we understand , is James O ^ den , lost his life in the following manner ^ The deceased was employed , as a blow man at the new pit at Dukettfield , and on the day in .. ' question , had been putting on a new tope , and whilst doing something with It at tho top « f the pit ; he was precipitated from tha top to the : bottom of the shaft , a distance of more than three hundred yards . The deceased has left a widow and seven children to lament his loss . OI . D BA 8 F 0 RD . —Mr . W . Dean Taylor has been nomiriatea here as the candidate for the next Executive Council . - ' . . '¦ .... .: . '¦ : ¦ ::. - . - . ¦'' ' : '¦ ¦'¦ " - ; - : ' " ' . "' . v C ' ; . ¦ ' , ; . ' Sxlfoiid ;—Mr . Campbell , the general secretary of tho National Charter Association lectured htit on Sunday night to a respectable audience .
RAictiBFE , BRIDGE . J-MT . James Leach , of Man ' AesttT , lectured in the Chartirt ABBOciation Room , in this place , on Tuesday evening last , " On the pr&sent distress of the -working classes , and the cause of chat ¦ distress . "' ' - . ' . " ' : - . - ¦ ¦ ' . •¦; . '¦'¦ ¦ ' . ' .. ¦ - . : ¦; : ' " :. ' : ¦ ' CLECKHEATOX—On Monday evening last , there was n ' n out-dbor meeting held here , to hear a lecture from . Mr . North . There was a very good attendance . Mr North" spoke upwards of an hour with great effect on the six points of the Charter . Several members were enrolled . ;
Doncaster— On Sunday evetnnglast , Sir . S . Parkes , of Sheffield , preached an excellent sermon in our Association Room . Chartism is gaining ground in this aristocratic town ,- and we believe that a visit from Sir . Feargus O'Connor would be the means of a great ingBthering to the National Chatter Association in this place . ¦ ¦ •; ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦• '¦ '¦' . '¦ -: "" ¦' . ¦ ¦ _ ¦ ¦ . ' .. ¦' . . - . ' .- . v . Newark . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , from Dublin , delivertsd two lectures here on Monday and Tuesday evenings , to very attentive audiences .
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( Private Correspondence . J There have been made , during the past week , very energetic efforts ( considering his advanced age ) on the part ol' Mr . Daniel O'Gonnell , to wake tho genius of Repeal ae ; itation in Ireland ; which , Bince the astouading fact that all . ¦ ¦ ¦ the inoney , ten thousand excellent good pounds sterling poured into the coffers of the Corn Exchauge , had dwindled unaccountablj down to some £ 200 was published to the world , had betaken 'itself to tha deep sleep of apathy and the dark . dream of despair . The meetings had become merely nominal . ; aad though O'Neill , Daunt , the Rev . Mr . Groves * and Tom R * y went through the hebdomadal farce regularly , their ' ¦ associates" were few , their audience miserable , and their collections , even swelled now and then by a pecuniary godsond from the folks t ' other side of the Atlantic , nothing to boast of . r
In this crisis an effort wa 3 indispenaible , and despatches were forwarded to the father of the movement , explaining to him the ricketty state of his bant'ling-r-that as much a the dry nurses to whom ho had cornmiked it could answer for Wa 3 its existence -till he arrived . He came , and though it vyould have been more paternal to let the sinking infant die decently in seolusion and quietude , he -insisted , oh dressing up the sickly brat'in the most 8 howy manner , and again preBenting . 'it to the public gazo for admiration and acceptance . A few have been deceived b y the momentary hectic which illuminated the puny creature ' s cheek , but common-sense ( an excellent judge in these matters ) pronounced everywhere that the original constitution of the babe had been unsound , and that it would be useless to go to further expence to prolong an existence painful to itself and its friends , and contemptible to its enemies . Repeal , we mean Dan O'CoaneU ' s Repeal , is as good as dead .
We have ; had , Sir , all kinds of ward meetings , at which the Liberator publicly declared that he know of no other society in Ireland than the Repeal Association , at the same monjent that our petition was hauded-to him , and from vrhioh he shrunk like -the devil from holy water . The fact is , he is rabid with , jealousy and disappointment ; he finds the people arc beginning to think , despite all his repeated offers to fee not only purse-bearer , but sensecarsierto the Irish nation . : " Ireland , " said ho , soaie time ago , " hai nothing to hope from a Parliament returned by the present consiituenciea . " " In the name of heaven , then , " -aid a s aeusibie ex Repealer to me , how does he expect to get the Uniou ; Repealed without going to to
work in , oarne ^ t change those constituencies 1 " Bab . ! Dan does not care a button about anything whatever beyond getting ju the coppers . By the way this may be called , in oontra-Uwtiucuon " to the former or * ' button agitation , " the " / arthiug movement , " bo One being to contribute more than obaiarthirig a wee& , unless they like tQ dv > so . Surely thiB is the last kick . The . Lord Mayor told hia dupes that he did not immediately say it himselfy but some very smart and trust-worthy persons had , that there were 1 , 500 , 000 forged signar turestotbe Chartist petition , ' and that though it was a very , allowable thii . 'g to break , men ' s heads at an elfcctioa in Cork for exercising tha franchise as they wished , yet , to write another man ' s name even with
his own consent , on a petition sheet , was an offence of b einous turpitude , and what Tom Ray had never yet done , aiijait-us he was at caligraphio manufacture . He a ppeal ^ d to the two or three gathered together , ( in some cafes their w * rd meetings numbered at their most thronged period from ten to fifteen ) whether he had done well for Ireland . He had got several hundred thousand pounds for himself aud his family , but then he had given up the forty bh j Hi ug freeholders , and settled the tithe rent charge iirjnly on the landlords , who would never ask it from ¦? he ptpple , av course . Jle had put LalorShiel into Parliament , aud made him a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital , since when he had never squeaked for repeal a ; all atall . Wasn't that doing
feo ' o . d--. to the people ? He had shipped off Marcus Costello and benched Brady ; Wasn't that serving repeal ] He had got bis son in-law a place in the Hanaper , since when a change came o ' er the spirit of Aw dream , and he was not nowa repealer . But why should he tire th-ni with a , list of their triuinpks , of all those who had sold and given up counties , and abandoned boroughs , for the . sweets and Eubstantiala ot ' offlct ? Let him now come to their civic successes . Behold in him the Whittington of real life . Some s ^ id his bejng Lord Mayor so late in life savoured ol a ' political antVclimax ; " but he was sure they were members of the late corporation . Look to the right and then to the left . On one side was Fusbos
Arkins ,-a shear fellow—a greater adept thaii ; Lord Stanley . himself at th ]' mble-rig ~ -iiow did the tag-rag and bob-tail of Alary ' s Jane shout in that eventful hour when his tailor was made hia sword bearer J Some were disposed to call this anomalous , but that was absurd . What matter who was sword-bearer tohirnwro had a vow registered in Heaven never io u-ie one . unless , indeed , it was when Ue ma&tertjd theSOO . OPQ Tipperary boysV to P « t dotvn those rascaiJy Chartiste , who refused to starve magnanimously . On the other side wasiPic / cinninny-Currm —he begged his pardon , now Curran . Me mainiaued , no matter what Was said to the contrary , that he was big enough to carry the mace , even when they got the Greek crosses added to it—for
aif . iough tiioh crosses were not orthodox , they were better than npne , and they should have them . Would hot . Coohist lift up its head and rejoice now the broken little grocer was entrusted with so congenial an ensign of authority ? There should bo a general clatter of coffins ,-and rattling of breastplates , in that death ' s head and cross bones locality . Look next at Marshal Sa ^ -Reynolds- how gently lse has roared—that , whilom made the welkin riug—since he was made chief seller of fUatressecl chairs , fables , bedstead ? , < fcc . Tom Ray , too , he bad helped to put in his terms , and T-ira vyould soon come to terms with any Grovernment that would give him a bdtt ' er salary than they conld —thus they would get rid of part of the Coru-Exchange dead weight , and make room for some
one eke , As to poor Clements , he did aot know well wha ^ t to do with him ; he , and . Council Lor Davis , were two such very clever fellows , and 30 ind * pendent , that despite Lord Ebrington ' a ahtberaa , rhey gave up ^ all the businoss they had ( none at all ) and joined that association . Ton shillings a-week was a ; poor allowance for such promising young men , and even that must he stopped now the £ 10 , 000 was expended . Let the generous people , then , for whom so much has been done , and from whom so little has been taken . come forth with their earthings—the minnte £ 150 , 000 is collected in
farthings , or that 4 , 000 , 000 male adults sign a petition m Ireland in its favour , that moment Repeal is carried—unless tho money slips £ 18 , 003 did , " as fast as it comes in . appeals were answered by a cheer for / driarth ' . ngg , and the same for repeal I will report progress , and , if yoii adventure a sketch of socie of our as the liberal press of Ireland is Irish way—that is , they most any view oi . the case , save their masters ; who that master is , Mr . Rrohter . vfh * waiturned out o *'" - ' . m daring to defend himself , can tell . ¦ ¦ . . : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ >; > ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ 7 :--r
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct755/page/1/
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