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TO THE INDUSTRIOUS PORTION OF THE MIDDLING CLASSES.
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LETXEB n . Gestxehes . —I think that the public mind is fairly made up upon two points . Firstly , that the B "Reform Bill" has proved & iailare , and , secondly , that * bo Government can represent this country in accordance with the public interest which refuses to reduce expenditure to the capability of the nation to bear it . Under these circumstances we are to congider how a Government , not acting upon the above pr inciple can hold office .
Politically speaking , the Whig middle class Toters appear to be in a woeful minority , as compared with the Tory constituency ; and we must presume that the Whig constituency are not in favour of Tory principles . " Yet do the Whig voters remain a 3 a dead weight , exerting their influence no farther than to assist their fallen party now and then with a Eide shove upon some not-yet-exploded crotchet . Tou are well aware that though comparatively
anaibilated as a party , yet nevertheless your union with 4 , 000 , 000 of an organised body , would make the incorporated force cf industry too powerful to be successfully resisted by our oppressors . To your inactivity , therefore , the people are justified in ascribing their every calamity and sufil-ring ; while the same cause justly deprives you ( in your present reduced state ) of sympathy from any party . In short , jou have forged your own chains , and wear them wi ; h a becoming obstquiesness .
Kow , gentlemen , with an infant war in India , and another in China , both requiring expensive nursing ; with a starving population in England , Ireland , Scotland , and "Wales , all requiring force to keep them down ; with a idle aristocracy increasing at a prodigious rate , whole all the land in the country still remains in possession of heac ' s of families , and ¦ while the off-shoots must be provided for from church or state ; with a state church demanding and receiving an enormous fixed stipend For religions purposes , irrespective of its diminished duties occasioned by dL-seni ; with a military
establish-Bent augmented considerably in the twenty-seventh year of peace ; with a growing royal progeny , always objects of surpassing interest to those who rote array public money , and the leaders of whom owe their places to royal favour ; with the reenactment of the " Poor Law Amendment Act , " the whole levies and expences nnder which must now fall upon jon ; with a war tax laid upon your incomes in time of peace : with all these and ; en thousand other pressures upon you , allow me to ask how
you ( whose honest energy , joined with that of the honest working classes , would at once and for ever rid yourselves and them of the monster , ) can reconcile your apathy and indifference to yourselves ? Are you so much in love with things as they are , that yon . glory in starving under the law , and perishing constitutionally ? Or are you not aware that your oppriss ^ rs , while they would court your loyalty , Iaogh at your degeneracy and your want of selfrespect I
Now , gentlemen , leaving altogether oat- of the question the great , the ungenerous and unconquerable hatred which you bear personally to myself , allow me to ask you if ever folly , childishness , and Im '* ecilitv , was more forcibly poartrayed than that which your desertion and denunciation of the people ( by whose industry you live ) present ? Sappose that I was the very worst of men ; would that furnish a justifiable excuse for withholding your support from the very best of principles ? and are you not
folly aware of the fact that the way to destroy me , is by surpassing me in honest toil , by explodingniy ikHacies , and developing the soundness of your own views and principles , by attending all local meetings , ( which cost you nothing , ) and especially those where I am present , and then and ihere , by following me , arguiDg with me , and reasoning with me , court public approbation from your superior knowledge rather than from your superior fjree !
i ou well know the great power which an honest recruit has over a veteran politician . Be assured that the very novelty , added to the boldness of the experiment , woald give to the experimentalist an advantage of more than fifty per cent . ; and as to clamour , noise , confusion , and riot , it would be the very means of suppressing all and of rivitting attention ; and as to partiality , where in the wide world is there a more splendid spectacle than that attentive British audience which fair discussion ever insures ? Approbation is then expressed withont clamour ; deference is paid to honesty , though in error ; and judgment keeps firm hold of the reins of prejudice , passion , and personal attachment .
Gentlemen , the unfathomable question of " Free Trace" has been selected by a new school of " political pedlars'' whereon to float your shallow understasojEgs . This free trade means barter with all the worid at a disadvantage to all the nation , save those portions which from their present position could make fortunes during the spirit of novelty and the balancing of demand and supply . Can the mind of man imagine a grosser absurdity than the idea of a nation with three Kings and three Queens , an old nest of Royal Princesses , and Royal Dukes , as state paupers ; with a debt ( called national ) of near a thousand millions sterling ; with an overgrown State Church Establishment ; with four millions per annum ( more than the rental of all Ireland , that
fertile and lovely land , ) going to pay an army and n&vy ; with a nseless legal and police establishment ; with oficea without duties , created for idiots to fill ; wiin . a Civil List of worn-out whores and bastards , arjd political prostitutes , and bhod stained heroes ; v > hn functionaries only rendered necessary to suppress the distemper which misrule haa engendered ; with land held in sterility and barrenness in order that political power may be carved out of it 3 vast allotments ; with a voluntary tax laid upon the dissenting mind , in consequence of the di ? gu 3 t created by a persecuting and unchristian Law Church : I ask , can the misd compas 3 a wilder absurdity than the supposition that a state so oppressed can trace upon terms of equality with the free nations of the world ?
Gentlemen , England ha 3 been set mad in the days of her prosperity , when her infant inventions gave her an exclusive command of the markets of the whole globe . England was the first among nations to possess herself of the powers of artificial production ; and she had simultaneously the advantage , if advantage it can be called , of throwing the hands of other na'ions from pursuits of industry to the rise and management of arms . During our long protracted war , England , under convoy of her navy , became the queen of smugglers ; while , at the same time , with the people ' s money she paid soldiers
abroad for fighting her battles . Then you com ffianded tie markets of the world , and , as a matter of coBr = e the immense profits of the manufacturers aad the demand for labour enabled them to give hisihvFage 3 , Then England cheated all foreigners , while she was robbing her own people by mortxagiy ; ihem and farure generations for the payment oi the war-tax . But when peace was proclaimed , and our foreign soldiers were not longer required in the battle-field , then was the " sword turned into a plucgh share , " and disbanded armies were devoted to the pursuits of'industry ; and , as a matter of
coiirfe . orhpT TiatioTia Kfinoht to make thpm ~ elve incourse , other nations sought to make themrelve inseptndent , and betook themselves to manufacturers Sud in process of improvement they discovered that Ea * knd had not only been the queen of smugglers , ba ; that she had also been the cheat of chests . Baring a long and expensive war is Dot the time for minute ttudy , or deep reflection . Our gold enabled other nations to stand our commercial imposition ? . Foreign merchants were well paid as parties
* a the imposition ; but when other nations began to fc&auf&ciure for themselves , then accounts were balanced , and the English manufacturer stood in his fans character in the markets of the world . T $ ow , from that period to the present , all other countries h&Te been manufacturing for themselves , some more & £ d some less ; but the more being multiplied by the les ? , will leave you in the quotient , the wonderful nuracie of diminished fo&eigx demand fob
£ 2 iti sh mantfactckes ; which diminution ( if other countries are governed wisely ) will keep goirg on n £ tJ at length our rulers will be compelled to make "k country independent of all others , by the cultivation of our own resources to an extent which will render the whole people independent of th"e whole WOrid .
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wow , believe me , gentlemen , that all tariffs and income-taxes , and " will-o' -the-wisp speculations" to keep our expenditure by taxation up to its present amount , must and will fail J and then , instead of the press of the country , the rulers of the country , the leaders of sections , and the political ' spoolers having prepared the public mind for the only change which can save U 3 , they will find society reduced to chaos in consequence of the complete and signal failure of their artificial policy . Gentlemen , allow me , in conclusion , to submit a simple proposition for your consideration . I will suppose society lo be divided into one hundred different classes , the labourers constituting one of the one hundred .
It is admitted by all that " the people are the legitimate source of all power ? while it cannot be for a moment denied that labeur is the foundation of all wealth . Now , my assertion is , that the ninety-nine classes ( not including the labouring class ) if enfranchised to a roan , would not , nay could not , justly represent their unitedly enfranchised commuuity Their interests would be antagonistic ; they would endeavour to gain advantages the one over the other ; while I contend for it that the labouring class alone of the one hundred being enfranchised * could not do justice to their own order without at the same time administering the same justice to every class of which society i 3 composed . The result ef the enfranchisement of labour would be a vast increase
oT all the resources of the country ; and of these increased resources every other clas 3 would have its due and righteous share . Enfranchised labour would find it to be its interest to protect capital , inasmuch as those working at artificial labour could not find capital for the employment of their own labour ; and , believe me , that the whole people have sense enough to know when labour has its fair share of profit , and they have justice and honour enough to award to honest industry and speculation the just reward of risk and exertion .
Gentlemen , I think , then , that we may safely conclude that the Reform Bill has failed in its results ; while , if not yet prepared to admit the fact , the first visit of the Commissioner lo demand nearly three per cent , upon your income , will convince you of the absolute necessity of reducing our national expenditure to the nation ' s capability to bear it . And , gentlemen , believe me to be sincere in my honest conviction , when I assert that nothing short of the just representation of the whole people , as d-fined in the document entitled " THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , " ever will , or ever can , produce an equitable Reform satisfactory to all classes , or reduce the amount of expenditure to the PEOPLE'S AND YOUR CAPABILITY TO BEA . R IT .
Gentlemen , I have the honour to remain , Your obedient humble Servant , FfUEGCS O'COJJXOR
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF NORTH LANCASHIRE . Mv DEAB THOtGH STAKVIKG FlUEM > 3 , —For SOme weeks past I have watched the proceedings of our body in North Lancashire with intense inttrest . I was aware that that diBtrict , being the former seat of the handloom weavers , must suffer beyond most others from the devouring enemy , machinery . 1 was right ; for machinery in the extreme north would , as a matter of course , affect the price of manual labour devoted to the same manufacture , even in the extreme south . Nay , more : machinery in America would as much affect your wages , -under free trade , as machinery in Manchester would .
It is true you are starving . I have watched your proceedings narrowly ; and from those proceedings I learn two great and wholesome lesson ? . Firstly , that our great union now teaches each locality , that it constitutes but a component part of society , and holds itself responsible in its every act forthe effect which that act may have upon society at large ; and that the strength which it derives from the fellowship of other districts makes it too strong in hope , to be led by the spy , the coward , or the traitor , into any acJ which would peril tbe universal cause . Secondly , it convinces me that an indiscretion upon our part is the last remaining hope of faction .
And now , why J Becanss for seven years we have held our meetings , attended by thousands and lens of thousands , and many sound , and good and able speeches have been made by handloonv weavers . Nay , I am bold to assert that handloom-weavers have been the originators , the ornaments , the prop and support of the Chartist cause . Their interest was first attacked by machinery ; and when in the outset they called for aid , bad their fellomnen flown to the rescue , all would have been well . But no , the first victims were laughed at and derided in their sectional struggle against the monster in its infancy , until the assassin that slew them threatened also to slaj every succeeding interest , and then self interest rallied round the standard which the handloomweavers had raised .
But that is not so much tbe point . This is it . In our struggles the press have allowed us to pass unnoticed , -or has given us a destructive notoriety . But now , we fiud the Manchester Guardian , heretofore silent upon meetings held within its town , nay under its very nose , running to Noith Lancashire in quest of news to suit the palate of its luscious readers . And the Times , that hellish orgau , has been moving heaven and earth to dissatisfy
you wi : h your local leaders , for what the ruffian calls their timidity . This is the first step in tyranny . The tyrant causes a split in the ranks by engendering suspicions and dissatisfaction between the leaders and the people . The leaders , if they are weak-minded and thin-skinned , lose all selt-control , sacrifice judgment to zeal , and in their attempt to wipe off a brand , which should be considered an honour instead of a disgrace , they lose their heads , and also the people ' s cause .
This insidious attempt is not confined to the Times and tbe Guardian . No ; I told you mauy a time and oh , that when the day of trial came , Whig and Tory midale class that had any thing would shake hands : and so it is . The , Manchester Advertiser , a paper which in the day 3 of poor dtpmed Gonriy advocated popular rights , has now , it appears , stepped into the raBfe 3 of our enemies . Beesley wiiiuS me that a most cowardly and flagrant misrepresentation ia
given of a speech of his in that paper ; and what redress has he ! None whatever . Remember the trials at Liverpool in 1830 . A scamp of a reporter , that kuew nothing of reporting , got into the witness-box , and reaJ old cotes , pat as the Bible . There it was ; written down ;( W'hig Go 3 pel ) who could contradict it ? and several persons were found gaiity and suffered . Remember who tig Jury class are , who the witnesses are : who the Judges are , and whose the laws are . ' ! I
Now , I would council you to appoint three discreet persons of your own order , to agree to all reports sent to the Star ; that course will protect the paper , andfurnish the only defence you can have . Believe me , as to class , thero is no difference between Whig and Tory ; neither is there in Government . There is yet enosghof wealth in thebands of the middle classesior ruintorallyround , and we do notderive as muchstrength from the junction of thefew who joinu 3 as may be supposed . And for this reason ; their uniting is an act of necessity rather than principle . It has not even the merit of expediency ; so that when they leave their old order , they unfortunately leave behind them all that gave them strength , might , and influence , " the bit of brass ; " so that we receive them as deserters , without their arms . Now , my friendB , just allow me to ask you a plain question or two . Do you suppose that the Tory
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Times , the Whig Guardian , and the Whig-Radical Advertiser would play the same destructive and anti-Chartist game , if it did not exactly suit the classes for which they respectively write ! Now , just answer that ; and allow me to remind you of a lew very { striking facts . Clayton is dead ; Hoey is a cripple for life ; Duffy is a dying man ; Holberry dead , and his wife an idiot ; Peddy still lingers in his living tomb ; Frost , Williams , and Jones are banished their native land , while every single soul
who led the brave inta the pitfall , and then abandoned them , areeithersku ] kingathome , living happy abroad , or provided for by the Government they so faithfully served ! Now , is that to bo denied ? The hero who would have recklessly sacrificed the whole of the West Riding of Yorkshire took shelter behind a flour sack , and fled J while the Editor of the Star , whose advice and prompt exertion saved the lives of thousands , and spared the carnago that ambition would have produced , is still at his post .
" These ( indeed ) are times to try men ' s souls . " No man has wisdom who would say " starve on" to tho starving man ; and no man has courage who would be placed in a false position by the jeew and taunts of a revolutionary and middle class press . Had it not been for the pending Nottingham election , I should have been among you long since ; but now I embrace the first , the fitting opportunity . On Monday , I shall be at Halifax at nooa ; and at Burnley ia the evening . I Jay you under no restrictions , none whatever , beyond what your own judgment points out . I am bound over in a heavy
recognizance to keep the peace ; and remember that already fire criminal prosecutions have , in fourand-a-half years cost me above £ 1 , 200 , and that I was no party to one of them . Remember that I was found guilty , twice at York by Special Juries ; once for publishing four lines from another paper ; and once for publishing two speeches , the one made by Mr . Dean Taylor , and the other by Mr . O'Brien ; and bear in mind , that I defended the speeches , though I suffered for their publication . Remember , that at York and Liverpool many men were convicted for merely being present at public meetings , where speeches said to be likely to
lead to riot were delivered ; and bear in miud that nothing would give your manufacturing magistrates greater pleasure than to be able to hire some ruffian to implicate you and me either by being present at the delivery of an inflammatory speech , or by the employment of some firebrand to cause a disturbance . However , with a knowledge of these things before me , I go , because you demand my presence . I go , because I am resolved , come weal come woe , to stand by the poorest of the poor . I go , because I have hope that my council will save you and our cause from those snares which faction is so busy in setting for you . Let your resolutions be strong manly , and brave , but strictly legal .
While the poor Irish are starving , those who have plundered them are comfortable , and absent ; when poverty rages and threatens destruction , then I choose to be a party to throw a protecting shield over the destitute . Bear in mind , that the magistrates of Staffordshire have renewed the spirit of 1839 . They have commenced the crusade against the Chartists , by apprehending Mason and others , and binding them over to take their trial , when they sought justico at their hands for an outrage offered to Mason by a constable . Recollect that all the Man of Authority will have to prove against Mason will be , firstly , that he is a Char list , and consequently an outlaw ; secondly , that he , the Authority-man , has no doubt
on his loyal mind , that the speech of Mason was calculated to lead to a riot . And he was right , for it did lead to a riot , but the Authority-man was the only rioter , while Mason and the Chartists were constables , and preserved the peace . It would be folly for me to do moro than to remind you that the Government is too strong to require SEch a god-send as a physical force outbreak just now . And that the parties who look upon such a calamity as a blessing are the Whigs , who would then say to the middle classes , " Ah ! see how we put tte Chartists down , and how tho Tories have allowed them to meet and speak . " I tell you that the Corn Law Repealers will move heaven and earth to produce a revolution , from which they would hope to reap the spoils ; but I tell them that they SHALL
NOT . My beloved Friends , I am now going to make a vigorous and unceasing effort to cement the head and tail of Chartism—the leaders and the people—in one firm union : and aiding as I shall , the efforts of the Executive of your choice , I have only now to implore that henceforth all idea of disunion and strife may be buried and for ever , and that we may go with the head , heart , and body of one giant man to the rescue of our common country .
I have to request that no carriages be provided for me ; that no expense be incurred in the distressed district ? , to mock poverty . I can pay my own expences , as I always have done ; and I can preach the gospel truth of Chartism , as I have often done before , wherever a lew of the faithful shall be gathered together . Brothers , every thing is working for the great end ! In God ' s name , then , let us not aid tyrants in their endeavours to subvert the will of that pflovldence , which designs good fob all . Ever your devoted Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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MR . MASON , AND THE SEDGLY AUTHORITIES .
TO EVERY MAN WHO LOVES JUSTICE , WHETHER HE BE WHIG , TORY " , OR CHARTIST . Lov £ bs of Justice , —You will have learned that the authorities of Stafford have resolved upon putting Mason and others upon their trial , for having demanded justice at their hands , lor an insult offered to them by a brntal constable . Now bear in miud
thai our cause has gained moro strength from the vigorous manner in wnich , in 18139 , we defended our prisoners , than from any other source ; and also bear in mind that our desertion oi that fair-play principle now , would ve : y rationally lead our enemies to a beliefin our division , aud would hurry them on once more in tho same destructive course . We mu » t , therefore , though poor , make a vigorous effort to procure a good , nay , the best defence .
'lav trial comes on on Monday next , or Tuesday , the 28-. h . A ftw pounds will do it—a littlo from tach . I will give my mite , though the General Defence Fund it ft me between £ 500 und £ b ' uO out oi pocket . You had better remit whatever each locality can 8 ffurd , by post-office order , direct to Stafford , as no time should be lost . You will know some person of our cause thtre ; send him the money . You haa better send it to the treasurer of the Chartist Association . But pray send it ; and I will thank him to pay ten shillings on my account . Your faithful servant , Feargus O'Connor .
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STAI » YB JUDGE . —The Cbartista of this place have resoiveu not hereafter to permit any person Co lecture in their room unless he produce bis card cf meHibtrsnip in the National Cnarter Association , and credentials from the locality whence he may come . HOTTXNQHAItt . —On Monday evening last , the members of tbe Chartists meeting at the Chapel , Kiceplace held their weekly meeting , Mr . K . T . Morrison in the chair . Two shillings was v& : ed from the Association Fund , and a subscription entered into for the UB 8 *> f the victim * . Hinea and Duff / , and agreed to for the same to be open foi a week , when the amount * U 1 be divided between them .
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Hull — Additional nominations to the General Council : ——The Rev . William Hill ; Mr . William Cheesman , joiner , Edgar-street , Potteries ; Mr . Samuel Pulford , tailor , No . 2 , Dagger-lane ; Mr . George Barker , engine filter , Jessamins Cottages , English-street . Beading . —A public lecture was delivered here on Tuesday , by Mr . Wheeler , of Londen , ou the " Superiority , of the Democratic form or Government . " Mr . James , at the conclusion of the lecture , addressed the meeting with great ability . London Delegate CoraciL .- ^ Mr . J . -Bowline , in
the chair . Tho Secretary reported from the Committee fur drawing up rules and regulationSj and also froni other parties with whom he was deputed to correspond . Reports were received from various localities , and a resolution received from the Broinpton and Kensington locality ; it was resolved that the Cemmittce appointed to investigate the chargo against one of its members be dissolved , and that the matter be investigated in open Council on Sunday next . The sum of 4 s . 2 d . was received from the Shoemakers , Foley Place . Credentials were received from Mr . Swatton , from Hammersmith .
Queen ' s 'Head , Cambridge-road . —Mr . Duffield lectured at this place on Sunday evening last , to a goodly company , aud gave great satisfaction ; Mr . Spencer in the chair . A vote of'thanks , to ' the lecturer , chairman , and host , ( Mr . Scurr , ) who <» veraHy returned thanks ; in the course of whioh , Mr . . Scurr , the landlord , regretted ho was in his present unpleasant position , and declared he should remain firm to the Charter , however he may be persecuted . The Chartists of this locality , will hold their next meeting on Sunday evening , at the Sugar Loaf , Wells-street , Mile-end , Old Town . Great praise is ciue to Tucker and Blight , who stood outside in the wet , and invited the people ih . The license of Mr . Scurr has been stopped and the house ia bhut up . . ; ¦¦ ¦ ' ;
Chaven Head , DruryLane . —' The provisional commit toe request that all localities will see their delegates attend on Tuesday evening next , at eight o'clock , at tho above-named place , to give in a final account of money and tickets , appoint auditors , and transact other important * business .- For the satisfaction of the localities , it was moved " that a deputation of three persons be appointed to wait on the lessee of the Victoria Theatre , to know if
the report , given in by tho sub-Committee , of the receipts be correct . "—Carried . Moved , "That M'Carthy , Tread well , and Pearce , form the deputation . "—Carried . Moved "That the receipts of the Theatre , and the donations be printed in the Star . "—Carried . Moved " That all persons connected in taking money or checks , or in any way connected with the business of the Theatre on the benefit night , be desired through the Star , to . attend the committee next Tuesday evening . "—Carried .
Donations received by Ruffy Ridley on account of Provisional Committee Fund . s . d , Mr . Britchart , by Ruffy Ridley ......... 0 6 Mr . Dobson of Hammersmith ' ......,.. Oil Mr . Rogers , Lambeth 5 6 Mr . Lucus 0 6 7 5
VICTORIA THEATRE . FINANCE SHEET . Cash paid at the Doors . £ s . d . 5 Box ... 0 10 0 34 Half Box I 14 0 202 Pit ... 10 2 0 3 fl 3 Gallery ... 9 16 6 Cash ... 22 2 G Tickets and cross money 53 9 6
£ 75 12 0 Number of persons in the house after half price Boxes , 23 G ; Pit , 729 ; Gallery , 924 . " ii ¦ ¦ ' Tickets taken at the Doors . £ s . d . 98 Box ... 9 16 0 26 Pit in Box 1 6 0 73 X to Box 3 13 6 413 Pit .,. 20 13 0 11 Box in Pit ... 1 2 0 53 Gallery in Pit ... ... 1 6 6 6 "G X to Pit ... .... ... 1 13 0 Cash in Pit Box ... 0 4 6 472 Gailery ... 11 16 0 39 Pit in Gallery ... ... 119 0
£ 53 9 6 J . Lucas , Secretary . Subscriptions recieived by Ruffy Ridley , and paid into the hands of Mr . R ' yall , ou account of Mr . Chas . Southwell , late Socidl missionary : — s d Robert Foulton ... ... 0 G J . Elston 0 3 J . Preeca ' ... 0 6 S . Gifford ... 0 4 R . P . ... ... ... 0 4 A Friend 0 6 T . D . 1 0 Mr . Dron 0 6 Ruffy Ridley 1 1 Mr . Wheeler ... 0 6 M . D . 0 6
At a-Meeting of the Surrey council , on Sunday last , reports of a flattering nature were received from the various localities . A report was received from the committee appointed to attend a public meetin ? , at 69 , Great Guildfprd-street , Porough ; and a local ity was formed to meet , at the Coffee Rooms for the future , until further notice . Surrey . —The committee for getting up tho tea and concert , at tho Moutpelior Tavern , are earnestly requested to attend on Sunday next , at three o ' clock precisely . Mill Wall—Mr . Frazer lectured on the principles of the People'd Charter ^ at the Smith ' s Arms , on Monday evening . It is intended that another iecVaTe shall be delivered on Tuesday next , when a new locality will be formed . Nino persons have already taken up their cards .
Queen ' s Head , Cambridge Road . —The Chartists of this locality aro requc&ted , tor the future , to meet at Mr . Palmer ' s , Sugar Loaf , Church-st ., Mile End , New Town . ¦
BIRMINGHAM . —People ' s Hall of SciEiNCB . —A mf * i : tii ) g of influential working men was held at the Public Offiae on Friday evening last , Mr . Pago in the chair . Tho meeting was convened by circular , for ihe purpose ol ascertaining whether tho working m » n of Birmingham . ' would lend their aid in completing tho erection of the People's Hal . ' , as the Committee had nor , sufficient funds for that purpose . Mr . George WhUe , Mr . Corbett , Mr . Hiude , Mr . j . enkingou , Mr . Ernes , and others , delivered their Beiitiments on tho subject . Au excellent feeling prevailed , and it was ultimately agreed that a public meeting should be called , when thu business should be brought forward , and an appeal made to thoso who wished to forward fo desirable an object . Thanks were voted to the Ghairmun , and the meeting separated .
Meeting at the Hall of SctENca on bkiialf of Mr . J . G Hoi . yoake . —A numerous and enthusiastic meeting was held at tho Hall of Sdtnco , Lawrence Street , for the purpose of petitioning Purlia ; t . ent on the injustice of the late prosecutions for blasphemy . Mr . Hulse was unanimously called t <> tho chair , after which Mr . John M = tsoii proposed the following resolution . "That in the opinion of this medium , u is tho liutural and inalienable right , of every human being to express his houest and coiisciemibus convictions on the subject of religion , any liw or practice tending to prevent the saoao being in opposition to the befct interests of / society , aid caic ! i ! aU : i . i only to produce immorality and Ciime . " Mr . Macintosh seconded tho resolution , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Soar then read a memorial and petition embodying the views ot the me&tvug on the
subject of the late prosecutions . He moved that they be signed by the chairman , and forwarded to Lerd Brougham , for presentation to the Houso of Lords , G . F . Muntz , tor the Commons , and the memorial to the Secretary of State ; Mr . G . White seconded the motion , after which Mr . J . G . Holyoake del vered a long and able address in vindication of his conduct , and was loudly cheered by the meeting . The resolution was then carried unanimously . Mr . Ed ward Nicholls moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . James Betts , and unanimously agreed to . "That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the Northern Star , Weekly Dispatch * Sun , Cheltenham Free Press , and the liberal press ' generally , for their able an < i generous advocacy of civil and religious liberty . " A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and tbe meeting separated .
AsTON-feTBEET Meetings . —Mr . White addressed a meeting in the Chartist Room , Aston-stroet , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Talbot in the chair .
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Momdat Evjening—Tbe usual weekly meeting was held at tVie room in Aston-strebt , oii Monday evening last , Mr . Charles Ashton in the chair . Tho minutes of the council were tl en read over , from which it appeared that the connoil had passed a resolution © f resigning their offices . Mr . Bough moved and Mr . Lynell aedonded a motion , to rescind that part of the minutes , on the grounds of the whole council not being unanimous on the pubjact ; . Mr . ( Vhite supported the motion , and affirmed that they had no right to proceed in that manner ; he moved an addition to the motion , that each member of the council who wished to resign , should tender his resigna ion to the meeting . After a long discussion in which the retiring members , Messrs . Wiiliatnson , Saunders , White , and others took parJ , the motion was carried almost unanimously . Messrs . Lindon , Fussell , Newhouwe , Wel ^ ford , and Stewart , then
resigned , and Messrj . White , Talbot , Yardley , Ryan , Bough , and others , were nominated iu their places . Mr . White then gave a report of the proceedings of the directing couiioil , and afterwards moved a vote of . confidenoo With regard to tho political honesty and integrity of the it tiring councillors , which was unanimously agreed to . The caso of Messrs . Mason , Chance , and others , who have to appear at the Stafford aud Worcester Sessions in a few days , was theti brought forward by Mr . White , When a defyac ^ oooitnitteo consisting of several most actiye feitoali 87 t ^ aiiiiition to the other members , was appointed , and a resolution agreed to , that the other localities in Birmingham be requested to act likewise ^ The commiUoe will meet at Anton Street , at twelve o ? clock oh Sunday next . Notice was then given , that Mr . Geo . Julian Harney woul-i address a meeting at Aston Street on the following Sunday , after which the meeting separated .
Mb . White addres 9 od numerous meetings at Lyewaste and Stourbridge , on Wednesday , and at Cradley and Dudley on Thursday last . The cause progresses rapidly in the mining districts . IJuDDLF . STps Row Meeting . —The usual weekly meeting was held at this place on Monday evening last , on the open ground , opposite the railway station , Duddleston Row . Mr . George White again addressed a numerous assembly , on the necessity oi rallyiug round the banner of freedom , and joining tho National Charter Association . He described the holloiw ' ness Of the professions of the Complete Su £ frageites , and warned the men of Birmingham of tbomanner in which they had been deceived by the middle classes in'the-Reform Bill , and declared that if ho stood alone he would oppose every attempt that was made to impose on the working classes . After adverting to various other topics he retired to attend an important meeting at the Chartist Room , in Aston-street , which was well attended .
A meeting was held in tho field near th 3 Asylum , Sumraar-lane , on Sunday last , at eleven o ' clock , which was addressed by Mr . George White . He also addressed a meeting at the same place , on Tuesday evening . The meetings at this place Will be continued to be held at tho same time , whilst the weather permits . Walsall . —The members of this locality held their weekly meet ing on Tuesday evening , when a liberal subscription was opened to defend Mr . Mason and the others at the forthcoming sessions at Stafford . The prejudice of tho Corn Law repealers against us is fast giving way , aud a strong feeling exists in favour of Chartism . A visit from our noble champion in the cause , Mr . O'Connor , would produce much good .
Redditch . —On Sunday last , Mr . Peter Rigby delivered two discourses to attentive audiences . He gave very great satisfaction . We strongly recommeud him to the notice of the Chartist world as a very talented but distressed man . FOLESHILfc . —We had a splendid meeting on Monday , to hear Mr . John Starkey preach a political sermon . We expect to hivo a very flourishing association in the course of' a week or two . OIiDHAM— On Sunday last , Mr . Ross lectured to an overflowing audience in tho Chartist Meeting Room , Greaves-street . A great many strangers wore present . He made a powerful appeal on the necessity of union for obtaining the Charter , as the only means of destrojing class monopolies .
Weekly Meeting . —At the Weekly meeting " of the members Which toofcplace on Monday evening last , the following resolutions were unanimously passed , after a spirited discussion : — " That this meeting s-rongly censure Mr . O'Brien and Mr . H . Vincent , for their vile and malicious conduct towards Mr . O'Connor , the Northern Star , and the National Charter Association . " "That a vote of thanks be given to Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , for the spiritod manner in which he que&ttoned , and the manly reply he made to the flimsy reasons why he ( Mr . O'Brien ) was not a member of the National Charter Association ; and that this resolution be sent to the Northern Star apd Comnionweahhsmun for insertion . '' " That one shilling be sent to tho Northern Star office , to raise a fund to set up Mr . Duffy in some kind of business , and we would recommend every town , village , or hamlet , where there are any Chartists , to do tho same . "
BUBIilW . The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting in the Great Rooms , No . 14 , North Anne-street , on Sunday , the 19 th , Mr . Patrick Rafter in the ehair , Mr . W . H . Dyott , Secretary . The Chairman said , that in accordance with a good old custom , he should call upon their talented , amiable , and excellent Secretary , whom he was glad to see in good health and spirits , to read the rules and objects of tho association . It may appear tedious to those who are accustomed to listen to this preliminary to their proceedings every Sunday , nevertheless it is * right and proper to read the objects and rules if it were for no other reason than
that of showing even to a single stranger who favours us with a vitit , that we are not what others represent us to be ; that we are not Orange men , nor Ribbon-men , that we are not Tories , nor aro we Whigs ; that we abhor the base , bloody , and brutal authors of the Irish Coercion Act and the English Poor Law Amendment Act ; that wo are neither O'Connorites nor O ' Connellites , but we are Chartists , true lovers of genuine unadulterated liberty ; that our motto is " Peace , law , and order ; " that we are banded together like one man , lawfully and constitutionally , for the purpose of obtaining Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , the division of the Empire into equal electoral districts , each returning to Parliament an
equal number of representatives , thus doing equal justice to all parties ; the abolition ot the Property Qualification , which will do away with perjury in the highost ; tribunal , or , at leastv tho next to the highest tribunal in the Jand ; for the payment of our representatives ; that is , for the right to pay them , if we deem it proper so to do ) Now , said the venerable Chairman , we goek for tho attainment of those great and glorious objects , by no other means than by petitions to Parliament , —( hear , hear , ) which we shall continue to pour into the House of Commons , from time to time ,
until every honest man , every lover of the prosperity of the country , and the happiness of the people , shall become fully impressed with the justice ol granting U 3 our rights . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) . Before I sit down , fiaid the .. Chairman , I wish it to be distinctly undemobd that every man . whether he be for or against any proposition , eha . ll have a fair hearing ; and even thoso who are not members shall be heard in opposition to any measure , provided that they keep to tha -rules , that is , to abide by the ordinary and common rules of legitimate discussion ; hut n-Jno except mehi . bers '' can vote upon any question . T < : ero is nethirig sectarian in our society .
Mr . Heury Clark , rose , pursuaut to notice , to propose for admission to the Irian Universal Suffrage Assooiatioij , Messrs . i ' iui ; ck , Hanlon , Jaiafs Coyne ( son / of Mr . C . Cojiio , of C- 'ptl-sirettt ) , and Mr . Jas . Armstrong . Mr . Ct / yuc , like many others , had prejudices against the -Ch . ari-i .- jts , but lie happened to be at the Hall of Science , in-Manchester ^ the ni « ht on which tho Kepealer ,-, as they call themselves , made the attack upon Mr . O'Connor and tho Chartists . He had mentioned to him ( Mr . Clark ) that the gross misconduct , the brutal conduct of the Manchester Repealers , and the mild , cool , generous , and conciliating conduct a . tul sound r < a $ 0 Ruig of the English CJiar . tisifi , and Mr , O'Connor in particular , had determined Mr . Coyne to como boldly and manful ' y forward to join their ranks , in despite
of the puny thr-oata of the would-be Repealers at ¦ the- ¦¦ Corn ¦ ' ¦ Exchange—( hear , hear . ) One oi' the . other gentlemen whom he , Mr . Clark , had the honour ot proposing , was au elector in Dublin , and he was ready to join the other electors iu signing the pledge , that he would vote for no candidate for the representation of this city , but ono tfeat would givo a pledge in writing to support no administration , but one that would giva its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of ilembevi—( hear , hear ) . As for the Repeal ^ Association humbug , every body sees now , that it is not worth a farthing a week—( hear , hear ) . Mr . William Woodword seconded tho motion .
Mr . O'Higgins said he had very great pleasure m proposing tor admission in their Association , Mr . John Doyle , of Ballard , Couuty Wicklow , Mr ,
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Patrick M'NuHy , of Keady , Couiify . Arm ^ a-U and his two respected ntiiiibours , Mr . SmUh . ot " rlilot-mftreefc , and Mr . B . Maguire , of North Ai / ao-sirtet .-Thesotwogentleman took twelve raonth-i to . study the rules and objeot 3 of the Association ^ and its objectsand general tendency ; and aft . r tiie biosc mature consideration , they have come forward tc- j "in it , aad to give it every aid : in their power . Tneir own words are that they , never knew of any Association but this one establishment in Irelaud , for ttie benefit oi the whole peoplewithout ; Tdijiiyas . or sec-¦
, tarian distinction , and one of the reasons wdiih kept them back so long from joining ; t , was entirely owing to what Mr . O'Coniiell so of : en said about it i illeg 3 lity-- ( hear , hear . ) II « pledged his professional reputation" that it wa , 8 a trau ^ portable off « ii ? e to belong fc » it but finding thas that pledga did not deter the people from jjining , he then liad rec * tirse to personal abuse , calumny , and vi ^ iperation—( iJrfar , hear ) Yet after all , the Society ; is proiperin ^ : truth and justice will " ultimately-prevail over pr < judice and error . Th ? accession of thosa ^ -entienicn to our ranks aSbrds one proof at any r-iSe ^ -that of the power of truth over falsehood and misreprentation
se , ; Mr . H ; Clarkrseconded the motkm . Mr . . Hudson sard that he was ' , asqaa-inteH . ' : . with hundreds in his " own line of business or trade ( bricklayer ) who werei aost anxious to join thou , fcuS who were deterred from . doing ' -soy- fet thiy woulrt be denounced by M ? r . O'ConneU and S . ia tyrartnVsal satellites ; and thus force their einp . -uyr-s to discharge thsm , lest by keeping them th-sj would lose their business . Tha day was when the people were afraid of Tory tyranny , but there never was such an infamous system of tyranny practised » y Whig or Tory , as that which is now uRblijshiri ^ 5 y pract ' by the Liberal O'Connetl partyv H «; ( Mt . Hudson ) was told in this very roosi by ad O'CouneilUe . tha ' . the house they were- i& outfit to be b&raed , and every one in it who didi not a « ree with © 'Council . ( Hear , hear . ) Was ever Tory tvianny equal to this ? • - •• ¦; . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ., ¦
Mr . H . Clark rose arid raid that when bo joined . the Irish Universal Suffrage Association be little expected triat any circumstance Bhould e ? er arise which would make him feel s > proud .. as hs tacn felt . He wasnot only proud of tk ^ high and distinguished honour which two hundred and . forty or' his countrymen conferrbd . upon him 'by-. rcqiiestinir , - ' hint to proproso them for admission ir «* o -the ranksV&f the association , but he was proud of being aComiausht man ; the countryman of . those br-ayo and niauly fellows who had signed the paper , the long list of two hundred and forty naineii to be eiirolied as nieifi-bers . of the Irish Universal Suffraga Association —( tremendous applause ) . Here they , are—( great cheering ) . He should read the whole list over , with many of
the names' therein he was iatimately acquainted . Some of thoso whoso names he should read , difP-red with him in religion , and some of whom dffered with him afehort time since in polities ; but between the repons of the proceeding * in that room , and the liberal and-.-. enlightened , articles from tha ptu of the Rev . Mr . Hill , in the Northern Stay , those gentlemen have all becomo . converts to the geuuine and philanthropic , doctrines ofv Charti-ui ( hear , hear . ) The day was not distant wheu every lover of right and . justice would gioiy m the name of Charlitit ( hear , hear ) The primitivo ciirif-tians were hunted , put to death inmany instances , and persecuted for centuries for no other cri me than that of adhering to the true faith ia religion . ; We , the
Chartists , have bc-eu hunted , persecuted , vilified and traduced , for no crime under heaven but that of abiding by the true faith in politics ( hear , hear . ) But the day of triumph is at hand j the people aro beginning to open their eyes- ^ to think for themselves , to ba no longer led by tho nose for a farthing a-wei k to support druiiken profligates whose debts t 6 > - ; publicans and tavern keepers , Lave been heretofore more than onoa paid by penny . subscriptions , and to help to make a couucillor of Tooi Ray . Tom Reyijolds ai » d Tom Arkins being now provided for , it is ¦ quite natural thit the people would withdraw from a society that : obtained £ 10 , 000 from theui under tho false pretence pf Repealing , the Uiiion , but for tha real purpose of applying it to thoir owa uses ( hear , hear . ) What has become of tho mousy I What was done with , it ?
Oh ! the people see clearly enough that it is money taat is wanted , and not Repeal . Why not bring the que&tion forward in the House of Ccmoi' us , and let the world judge of its merits by . tho arsumonts there . Oh no , that would uot do , ' it must ba an opeu qviestion for the Irish people to agitato for . " Was there ever such barefaced delusion as this ? . Bus thank God , ruy countrymen , tlie brave . Cpnnaught men are beginning to see through if , and the fusutt of their enlighten meat is the two huaiired and forty men whom I now propose to be admitted members (^ reat cb > ering . ) Mr . O'Higgms , having been loudly called upon , rose and in a clear and luminous speech , which would not discredit any man , seconded the motion for the admission of the two hundred and forty Coanaught men . . ' ; . ' :
Mr . Dyott rosa to bring forward the addreag of which he had given notice . He should not troublo them With many ob-iervations , as the address in itself was lengthy , and would eiplain its own objects . The ptoplo oi' Irelaad were hovroreralowly lapsinjj ; back into common sense . They saw that repeal as at present agitated , was a mere pTetext for extracting the pence of the poor . Men were gettng " sick" and " tired , '' he quoted thoir own words ; of being humbugifed —( hear , hear , hear )—and at ouca allowed that tho obtaining of the Suffrage was the only thing worth contonding for— ( hear . ) .-Tfie Corn Exchange Association was dying of 7 political atrophy ; its members were shrunk up , and ifs money exhausted . America ws offended asd would send no moro , a 3 the provident Bank man had been called " Mongul Moonev '' —(
laugMwhich was certainly a bad return for the dollars he had With such dexterity extracted from tho pockets of the slave-holding , liberty- talking Yankees . In the address he had now to propose , they would - 'find an absence of nicknames or vituperation . It was rendered necessary , lest Englishm ™ should suppose all Irishmen were slavish enough to subsc / ibo to the vile and foolish threat made by the Sylla of his country against the liberties of the working classes of the sisier kingdom—( hear , hear)—and likewise to deprecate the ill feeling with which their unfortunate countrymen might bo . .. otherwise ' naturally received on the neighbouring shores , whither biting distress and rack-renting tyranny drove them , to cam , by underworking the inhabitant peasantry , the means of holding the miserable patch of grcui-d from which they derived a mere existence— ( cheers . ) Mr . Dyott then read the address .
Mr . H . Clark seconded the address . He wn an Irishman , a Catholic , and long an ardent adciir&v of Air . O'ConneU , through all his devious tun . 'ihjis and wild inconsistencies . But experience had shown him that though the people were made abundant use of by the so-called Liberator , their rights and their wrongs were set aside and dibre ^ aro ' tf ] , while the privileges of the wealthier and middle classes were fiercely contended for , and in s > me measure achieved . ( ll ? ar . ) Mr . O'Conuell had never distinguished himaeli' as th ^ defender oflabour ; on the contrary , he had made war on the tradesman . oi Dublin , and had he not been vigorously confronted by them , would have still fur : her curtailed thtir power of self-defence . ( Hear , and cheers . ) And he had now come out—the aristocratic cloven foot had again appeared —( laushtei)—with a threat to extirpate ; the starving artizans of England ,, if
they laid . hands on ihe bread - for lack of winch they were famishing . ( Hear . ) This address Was indispensable . It was not to be supposed that Mr . O'Connell's 500 . 000 fighting men were to march en masse , ho ; they would go jjrdjyiaion . " , and the English labourers might rationally suppose , on Ihe arnvaloithe Tipperarry men that they formed part of the first brigade . ( Hear . ) imagiuati'm rniyht readily convert thtir reaping hooks into falchions , and their shillelaha into musquets . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) And a collision might take place fatal to their fellow countrymen , and favourable to those who wished to trade on the respective prejudices of the people by prolonging iheir divisions . v'Hear . ) He had no doubt but the recomniendaUoa in the address would be acted upon by the English Chartists , and that wich British money Chartist princ ple 3 would be brought back to this country . ( Hear . )
ivir . ( J Gonnell said he had no notion of defending hi 3 nainesake , whose expressions and conduce were indeed , hereiTeited to say . in too many instances , indefensible : but he suggested the policy of soft ening some pati ? a ^ re . s in the address . Mr .. Dyott said he alvvays was delighted to bear the speeches ana i- \ ig >; estions of Mr . t ) "C > nnell , wiio was a cretiit to the working cla ? .=-esi , for the -EO ' uiiiness of his views , and tn . e extent ot' hisiiif ' oimatton ; but ho regretted that he cou'd not , on the preseut occasion , agree , with . him . They had too long temporised with truth tor the eako of expedisneyj autl what had beea tkeir reward ? abuse ot' -tho-coarsest kind , and vituperation the vilesc and most unmeasured . \ Vere they still to "bend low with 'bated breath-. ' . ared-whispering humblenessV No ,, but iii the genuine atiiiude ot men determinsd to be free , they should reply , with tho voice of independence , to every threat aud sJander with whioh malignity
arid falsehood assailed them . ( Cheers ) They hud done so already as regarded themseive « . They had silenced the fire of tne Cjrn Exchangp , und . procured tacit toleration at all cohus ; Were thty to perruiS their friends , the Chartists of Enplane , to be used worse than theniselves ? ( Hear . ) Against the uii-Irish and uugeaevcus sbatiment , were ho to stand alone , he would conteud . ( Cheers . ) They f-hould defend tho absent With double the energy that they wt > uId use iu their own behalf , and not content with murmuring their indignation , they should openly and manfully denounce and repel tha narrow , intolerant , unworth 0 'Counell , " wliom they vocating the generous of ^ ^ universal liberty . ( The address was then tient voice , and Mr , O' chair , the , usual vote of Rafter , and the meeting
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct759/page/1/
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