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TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS, THE BLISTERED HAKDS, AND THE TJ5SH0BN CHINS.
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MEETING IN HONOUR OF THE NOR THERy STAR, AND THE REV. WM
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jfx dbas PBIKSD 3 , —If there is asy triumph to yl ^ h more t han anoth er the honest politician and « , 6 gentleman attaches more importance , it is to gut of lining ^ ows . prejudice , and being able to jn ^ fr a coarse for irhieh he las snffered insnlt ^ j ^ cmtnmelj- When your choice in 1835 placed me in that position which i hare since endeavoured vpjjestly and consistently to main tain , I then informed yon thai ° I should have much to contend jMJnstl that though unnoticed in the onteet , and
irlSe gathering strength , mj path might appear ehdoI&j Jc { when that strength came . to be dirscted j ^ j jodt service , my troubles would begin . " One jgasoo "whj I ms not assailed in the commencement $ f bjv eareenras , becsuseihe great and the powerful assured themselves xhat if my popnlazry became dan--gjpasM misml £ , I ^ ike mootoT mypredecessors , could ^ esednced by the Golden Rule from the advocacy of jour cause . Thi 3 is the usual , and by much the ^ sesi mode of staying the march of democracy . In pjja Ensliib , by buying iheleadtrs , and thereby creaEsg conbi and distrust in the popular ranks . £ o ! being able to injure you by purchasing me , they haw had recourse to the usual alternative in sock
gsses , of persecuting me . Jij friends , it is no . sufficient that a public man wares hi 3 honsty or hi 3 consistency ; he should " also be sble 10 establish his character for sound jadgejsent and prcdcLss . He should be able to proTe jjs ^ lis was no : impracticable or vi sionary . That ieiid not opp » e for opposition sake , but because Jus opposition tras necessary , and therefore justiSjlilc You are swire that upon thB 26 sa of Sept . l&Ui * deputation of my countrymen 'waited npcmBeaticcles . toregoest that I would" abstain frpn atearjf Mr . O'ConaeD . -Myabnse ( if such n toojd be called ) tvss at all times merely a defence
t £ Bjseli , mj pany , -and my policy against his f V . TgftR . However , I did make the promisB ; and frco that time to the present I hare not mentioned Mr . OTonnelTs name disrespectfary , vrhil-. Jie its not Abandoned his former course of slanderiBg and deaoimciij ? me and my pary . I then told the Irish to watch him and to watch me , and tojadge for themselves : and now I come to the onasuons at issue between us . All Ireland professed io sorrow for the oiSereEces bertreea Mr . O'Con-Bf ]] and me ; bit , of ccnree , 1 must be in the -smog . Too , however , thon ^ ht otherwise ; an 3 et principal cbjiCtin wrmcg this letter is to jnsufy your judgment .
I was twice returned for my native county , npon % pledge to abolish the paymeni of tithes by the Catholic people to the Protestant Church , asd to . effect , if possible , a Repeal of the Legislative Union Hr . O'ConneH was returned upon ihe same pledges In 1833 , when seated , and haying discovered that ike Irish mind would go whh him for a ichUe in error , ha endeavoured to back out of his pledges for the purpose of conciliating the respectables . To © BJnj pledges were sacred ; while Mr . O'Connell bsgSH to nibble and to advocate the instalment system . He called a meeting of Irish Mtmber ? , at
js&& he proposed his instalment principle -of lednriijj tHies , instead of abolishing them . 1 jaoTsd an amendment for the total abolition , and csmed it . He had made an appointment with Lori JUthorp and Mr . Littleton , to receive a deputation © f Irish members upon the question of tithes , and proposed a string of namby-pamby resolutions as fhe ground-work of discussion . 2 kly amendment , however , overruled ike attempt ; and we , thirteen of is , waited upon Lord Althorpe and Mr . Lntlleton ; Trheiij In violation of the terms , Mr . O'Connell pl e dged himself for the tranquillity of Ireland if the iasiahneni principle was adopted . This startled and astonished me : and I told Lord Alshorpe asd
Sir . lattleion that I did not come there to defcave them ; that Mr . O'Connell had not the sanction of the delegates to mate such a statement ; and that for myself I would undertake that Ireland should nsver rest satisfied with any measure short of the total abolition of the impost . You are aware of the ite -that Mr . O'Connell has made of the instalment plan , " get as much bs jou can , and look for more f ard jon are also aware of zdv reply . Lock for all , if h is your due , and be satisfied with no less . Titis bit by bit reform only disgusts your supporters , and srms ycur opponents with arguments sgainst ahering session after sesion vihz . - . was said to be sat ^ faciury vrben taaceded .
"Well , my friends , I haTe new before me Mr . CCosnell ' s last ktier to the Irish people ; and in it he lays dewn the five great o ^ jec ' s to be ichieved by Ireland £ 3 follows , and in the following order : — Hrruy , THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF TBE TUBE BI 2 TT CHARGE . Secondly , F-xilg of tenure for the occpying iSTiCTiZi . TMrdly , The encouraging and perfecting of Irish -jQ&Bnfactares . ronrthly , Complete SuSrage and Tote by Ballot . PEtEiy , Abolition of lie present Foot Law , and SBgmentaiion of well-regulated charitable institrnsns .
hvn , suchj my friends , are lhe five grand objects for which the people of Ireland are now 10 contend . lastly , ike repeal of Mr . O'ConnelFs own act , isdfallmg Isck npon that pmciple for which I lave * rer contended . Secondly , ihe the fxity of tenure ; to accomplish Tffich Igave notice of my intention to bring a Bill into Parliscent in 1835 , substantially to the following purport , "To compel landlords to give leases in perpetuity at a corn rent : to take
r * way tse power to distress , and in all ^ caBs -srliere lands are held under lease , and let at a rack rent , to empower a jary to assess the real value in like manner as the Crown or public bodies assess the Talue of private property intended ior public uses . " When I rose to give tbe above notice , . Mr . O'Conneil lasted ia mj face ; yrh&e in nearly eigit years » after he kvs h cown as one of those grand objects for winch the Irish people are to ccntend ! 1
His fourth proposition is Complete Suffrage , with Tfctebj Pallet , whQehe has done more than any other 3 &n living to frustrate its accomplishment , and is TrtH aware that wiihout that , his oiher objects mnst isO . His fifth snd last is for the abolition of the present Poor Law ; aud inis , while for three years be opposed me in a measure which he told me , oat of the Bouse , was splendidly arranged , while to invarn&Iy op . &osed me in the House ¦ My plsn was a graduated scale of tasab oi ^ , comBencing with occupying farmers who
joiu £ 10 d xent , and increasing to double *? ra abssnKss . The maj . ' , r portion of the fund to be applied to agricultural and labour- pre-Jnmms to promote the encouragement of Dative rnfetry , and fee remainder to the support of shari-¦ tafce mstitutions . I explained my plan to Lord Auborpe , and he assured me that in several cases ftereliBfeijifij had tried the experiment of agrirautural and labour premiums , ihe value of the land ** S been nearly doubled in seven years . Now , my ^ ds , you whoaccepted me as a free gift at the
i « Bds of llx . VConndl , and you also who joined i . ^ tfi * , becanse 1 was too honest to de-4 « 5 tb you ; I ask $ ou , whether the tri-- ^ 7 65 * ^ f oce JJQ 2 JJ 0 Yer another could be ^® e complete than Mr . O'Connell himself has ® ff J triumph orer him ? I The Tery policy I ^^ 1 ie HSW propose I "was scouted as one of the | S * Opraeiieahles fsr adhering to . My trials have been |^ tej and severe during this Btrnggle between prin-|^* : and espediency . Principle has triumphed ! j » iiusfice proclaims not only that I was right , but 2 « SJ I was wise 2 3
iff ? - '' &iends ' ^ *»*¦ i fihoQid i *™ 4 keen branded as a traitor to my conntry becanse I ^^ M not join in her sale or be a party to her | 8 | js iaaa ti ° nj but it is more than payment 1 » iad that my accuser and moat impla-^ W « foe has been compelled to abandon jais own , and acquiesce in my policy . l } ^ "e bought ii but jasfice io myself to lay this r statement before yon ; and now I turn to matierB oi ^ S ?^ Tilal importance . I hare shown yon that the ansn abandoned me while honestly fighting the Rattles of my country . I iare shown you that Mr .
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O'Connell now . justifies my policy , which should strengthen your opinion of my prudence . Hear me then ! Never within the memory of the oldest man living did England present such a picture as that which is now in a state of preparation . In less than one month from this date , tho 3 e elements which have been long gathering , will come into collision , and the shock to our common country will be regulated in its force and effects by the part the people take . If yon lend yourselves as tools to those who have coined wealth out of your heart ' s blood , you are mined , and for ever . ' If you give pliant ear to
those emissaries who are NOW amongst you , jon will lose that triumph , which , if yon are wise and discreet , you are sure to gain from the clash of contending interests . If you arm authority with a feasible pretext for unbridling the worst passions of the powerful and the wealthy , you become a prey to individual malice and the law ' s vengeance . I caution jou against Secret Associations ; against giving ear . to those who are paid out of the £ 30 , 000 wruDg from yon , and who , when pushed , will get up another outbreak to back them : a moral appeal for a license to still further subjugate you to their controuL All are bidding for vou and bidding against
me . I ' ll bb at them mt . I if you but remain true to me and to yonrselve 3 . Have no secrets ! no secret letter writing 1 no conspiracies ! scont every rogae from your district who would urge jon on to acts of violence ! stand by yourselves and for jour own principles . Bear this one fact in mind , when entertaining the question of free trade . The trade of spinning has been incalculably increased . It has become the great trade , that of exporting spun yarn ., and in the same ratio in which that branch of trade hss increased , has machinery been improved , to make it worth tbe foreigner ' s acceptance , and in the same ratio has hands been dismissed , and wages reduced .
£ » ow mmd , my good friends , that not one-third of the number © f hands formerly engaged in the limited trade of spinning are now employed in the increased , trade of spinning ! while the wages of those employed have been reduced to about onethird of the former amount ! and then those displaced by machinery constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The same rule that applies to the spinners , also applies to the " piecers . * ' Their numbers have been redncod , and their wages also have been reduced . I mention these striking facts to put you upon your guard , because 1 know the influences which will be brought to bear against
you . I know that some of our old friends are in the market , and they perhaps may hope to carry you along with . them . I know the influence the masters have over their starving slaves . I know the influence that talkers have at public meetings . But thank God I know your power , and only ask for its righteous exercise to be a : all known . While you are starving these freebooters can sqnander your money to accomplish their own ends . Tset bate tot : ! they thill not DESPISE , howeveT , if I « an help it . They are dead beat . Now then the whole case is before yon—earth and hell is being moved to destroy me , because faction is aware that 1 am not for sale .
Mi . O'Connell has justified my formeT policy , and I rely npon subsequent result to justify me in my present course . 1 am not in doubt , nor yet alarmed , tl-you remain steady , and resist temptation . We cannot be beaten except by ourselves . In twentyfive days from this time , you will have learned what course the several parties mean to pursue . My course shall be to stand firm upon the rock of principle , holding justice in one hand , and right in the other .
Ib conclusion I have only to rt quest that Sir . O'ConnelTs letter may be laid before you in this week ' s Sla ? . It appeared in the Chronicle of Tuesday , and vfcen jon are reading that ktttr upon tennre , and the land , and the advantage of having a large population of independent fanning labourer ? , tken think of the words ten thousand times repeated upon the same subject by Your faithful Friend ,
Feabgcs O'CoKfOB . * . » * The letter to which Mr . O'Connor here * llndes , it 13 impossible to give this week . As we purpose to recur to the quesdon in our next , it will then be all in good time . —Ed . N . S .
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HILL . The Chartists of Hnll held a high festival on Monday , in tbe Free . Masons' Lodge , to evince their sense of the servicf-s rendered to the cause by the Northern Star ai > d its conductor . Much credit is dne to the - committee for the laborious and efficient arrangements which had been made , and bj which the proceedings passed off , not only with a spirit , an cnthssjasm , and a harmony of feeling , bnt whh an eclat , and an absence of confusion or difficulty , known only to the meetings of the honesi and hard-handed workiDgmen , and which effectually distinguishes their festivities from those of the " respectables . " The spacions Hall was beantifu'ly
decorated with -evergreen ? , &c . Over the platform was tastefully suspended a gorgeous cap of liberty of crimson , gold , and green , the work and contribution of the Hull frmale Chartists , together with a tastefully " constructed arch of laurel leaves so arranged as to exhibit the word liberty . " About thirty patriotic prims and portraits of O'Connor , Frcst . Emmett , &c—ihe National Petition scene ^—the Manchester massacre , &c , « fce . —many of them in splendid frames , completed the adornments of the Toom , A quartette band of excellent nmsicians , and an efficient choir of glee singers , adced much by their performances 10 increase the enjoyment of the evening .
Abont five o ' clock , the Hall began to fill with the honest sons of toil and their lovely wives and daughters , clad in their holiday attire . About two hundred sat down to tea , of whom , it may be , one third were composed of " That sweeter sex whom nature robly made The BBsterities of man to soften And relieve . Ksen sorrows conch to tend , And dry dniction's tears with hand of sympathy . " A little after six o'clock , Mr . Hill , accompanied by Messrs . Hobson , of . Leeds ; Harney , of Sheffield ; Mnrray , of Glasgow ; and Arran , of Bradford , entered the Hall , amid the hearty and cheerful plaudits of the whole assembly , who rose to receive them , and continued cheering , until they had becomB seated in the places reserved for them .
Mr . ' W 34 . Chiesmas , a working man , and a sterling democrat , was nnanimously called to the chair , tbe honours of which during the evening , he discharged with great ability . The provisions were abundant and excellent in kind , and , after grace , ample justice was done to them ; the band continuing to play various airs , overtures and patriotic pieces during lea . A little after stven , the tables were cleared , and some hundreds of excellent Chartists whose "means " forbade them joining in the tea service having been admitted , the meeting " went to work , " singing en masse , and in capital style , the Chartist National Anthem , which , together with the programme of toasts , &c , had been printed and circulatedamongst
the company . . The effect of the anthem , snng in full chorus by the whole meeting , and accompanied by the powerful band , was well deserving of the epithet ' * grand , " and was well calculated to prepare the andience for the fervid displays of eloquence and patriotism by theTarions speakers . -, _ The Anthem concluded , and the company again seated in order , i-3 § PH _ , , The CaiisiLiH rose , and with ^ leTTBensiDle and appropriateremarkB , gave" the People . ** ' The band then played Bole Britannia ; " after which Mi . HJ ^ KEr ; who "was received "with loud cheers , said he felt that after all Ma toils , labours , and
sufferings for nine yean in the popular cause , lie was more than repaid aid rewarded by tbe flattering manual in -which lie bad-been received , and by the compliment paid him by tie Committee of Management in selecting him to speak to the first toast of the evening , — "The People , "—s mighty and rangnifiriept subject for the orator to dilate upon , but one too gigantio for fttm to do justice to . The people , the source of all legitimate power—aye , and of illegitimate power , too . The source , not only of that power which springs legitimately from the votes of a nation of freemen—a sovereignty based spon the equal rights of all , but also the source—and he deplored being compelled to
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wjsjssssffi made tyrants-not lyrants that made slaves- ( hear . j The people ate tbe source of all powlr I they Se the Pincers of that wealth which « 4 fm povSer up " n Sn ^^ S ^ 'T ^ , Bnfc fOT the People , of what rS ! ^ , S , tteb ™ lMdaof tMs WteidJbe to the anstocratswhoacqaired them by force , and held them by usurpation ? Of what utility would be the mines of this country to then present possessors but for the labour of the people ? Where would be the wealth of our leviathan capitalists , but foi the toil of their care-worn slaves ? Their mills would never have risen from tbe » oil—their boasted machinerywhich
, reversing the mythological fable , devoars not its children , but its parents , the working classes , would never have existed , but for the skill and labour of the people . Where weald have bean the navies of this conntry , the safe harbaor , the warning beacon , the friondly li ^ ht-nonse ; in short , all the means and sources from which the merchant-princes of England deiived their wealth , but for tbe industry of the people ?—( cheers ) . It was the people who tilled the soil , reared the mills , erected the houses , made tbe machinery , built the shipping , ploughed the ocean , explored the mines , made all the clothing , created the food . and called into boing tka -past ¦ wealth of their oppressors , thereby conferring upon them the power of trampling upon and scourging those
to whom they were indebted for their very existence . The Bovereignty of tho people had often been toasted by knaves whs had humbugged the people to serve their own selfish designs ; but never until the present period bad tbe people of this country shown any disposition to assert their owi sovereignty . In days gone by the people bad been used and littered by those above them . They bad sned their blood in the contests of rival monarchs and factious aristocrats—they had at a later period , from the time of tbe so-called Commonwealth down to the carrying of the Reform Bill , expended their energies in enthroning middleclass supremacy upon the ruins of feudalism ; but they had done nothing for themselves . It was only within the last 2 ve years that the toiling classes had
evinced anything llkts the spirit of freedom . The year 1838 saw the dawn of a brighter era ; then was partially realised tbe dream of that truly inspired and eminently philosophic writer , the author of the Ruins of Empires , when the standard ef truth , justice , and liberty was upraised—the banner npon which was inscribed in snn-bpam characters that glorions watchword , the Charter and no surrender—( loud cheers )—fulfilling tbe vision of Gallia ' s son , in separating the men of wealth from ths msn of toil , —the titled few from the enslaved many . R . mnd the bright banner of freedom had gathered those who produced the wealth , paid the taxes , and fought the battles of the exclusivea—in short , the people . Whilst arrayed against thtm appeared the drones of the hives , the tax-eat = rs and traffickers in the blood of their fellow-men . So sublime a spectacle hail never before been -witnessed in this- counte ?^ -and now mark the results . The Chartists had been slandered by tbe lying scribblers of faction for their intolerance
towards ths middle clasa . Why all the strength the democratic party possessed they ewed to the fact of having separated themselves and stocd aloof from that rotten portion of society—( cheers ) . The Chartists had withstood five years of persecution , and year by year had increased in numbers , strength , and influe ce , '; they had had to bear up against the denunciations of priestcraft , the slanders of the press-gang , the calumnies of such fonl-niuutbevi factionists in the legislature as Macaolay of Edinburgh , the horrible craft of government spies and Iscariot-traitors—the terrors and vengeance of class-made laws , and last , not least , tbe desertion of leaders . Tet were they now stronger than ever . True there had been grant sacrifices , immensa sniforing ; good men had perished and brave patriots been consigned to the gloomy grave . Bat they died not in vain ; they perished in the canse of right and justice ; and hallowed is every drop of their heart's-blood poured forth for their country and kind !
" Thongh foul are the drops that oft distil , On the field of slinghter , blood like this , For liberty shed so boly is . It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles in ths bowers of bliss . O ! if there be on this earthly sphere , A sight , an offering , heaven holds dear , 'Tis the last libation liberty draws Prom the hearts that bleed and break in her cause . " ( IiouU cbeero . ) Well , after all they had achieved and all they had snffered they -were called npon to abandon their Charter in favour of a ne'w-fangled thing called the Bill of Bights . They wtre all acquainted with the proceedings of the late Conference , —* and here let him e-mark that bnt for tbe Editor of the NorOiei n Star , the
voice of the people would not have been beard in that Conference , or , if beard , \ ronld have been drowned in the clamour of faction . —bnt the watcher was on tbe tower ; he gave the alarm , and the concoctors of the Conference were compelled to pnt in practice their own Drinciple which they weuld fain have evaded if they could , that , of "full , free , and fair" representation . The Conference assembled , and on the one tmndred and ninety-three rejecting tbe precious piece of la"wyercrafc , dignified by the title of "Bill of Bights , " these gentlemen , friend Stnrge and Co . abandoned the majority , and they , the minority , actuall y bad the insolence to constitute themselves the Conference , and did then and there pass their Bill of- Bights . They might have saved themselves the trouble to agree to
that which must be waste-paper , witbont the people's support The conduct of these gentry proclaimed trumpet-tongued their innate dishonesty . Up to the spring of 3 842 , that party had been found either in the rants of the enemy , or silent approvers of that enemy ' s acts . At that periodtbey becamesuddenly converted to the principles of Chartism . But did they join the Chartists ? No , they set up a new agitation of their own ; and now when another opportunity had been offered them of retrieving tbe past by cordially uniting with the people for the future , they turn round upon the people ' s representatives and treat them with contempt . They bring men hundreds of miles to confer with them , and then so soon as they diseover that these men will not turn traitors to tbeir constituents , they tell
them they will have nothing more- to do with them . And why ? Because forsooth the people ' s delegates would not take a pig in a pofee , a thing thf-y had never seen , but which tbey were told would occupy four hours in the reading , and required the luminous expositions cf Borne nameless lawyer to make its points and details comprehensible ; a precious thing ihia to give tip the Charter for . Give up the Charter ;—the Charter for which O'Connor and hundreds » f brave men wtre dungeoned in felon ' s cells , —the Charter for which John Frost was doomed to a life of heart-withering woe —and for which Ellis has been doomed to share his fate : tbe Charter for which Clayton died in Mb wretched dungeon , and Holberry periBbed in tbe pride of youth , with none but filthy dunzeon villains to close his eyes ;
the Charter for which Shell wrapped up himself in a bloody -shroud , and poured out his life-blood in the streets of Newptin . What ! to suit the whim , to please the caprice , or to serve the selfish ends of mouthing priests , political traffickers , and sugar-weighing , tapemeasuring shopocrats—give up the Charter ! Never . ' —( immense cheer ng . ) By the memories of the illustrious dead , —by the sufferings of widows and the tears of orphans , he would adjure them to stand by the Charter—( loud cheers . ) It had been often said that they could not carry the Charter without the aid of the middle class ; he did not believe in thst doctrinehe bBlieved the people to be omnipotent if only united . The middle clas 3 never had yet united « ith the people on terms of sincerity , and he believed never would .
The middle classes tell us they will work for us , but not with us ; bo be it , let them do what tbey please , but never again let the people waste time and money in * confering' with these tricksters . ( Hear . ) No more Conferences for him ( Hear , bear ) Let the people look to themselves only * There was a more potent ally than all the middle-class " of England working for them though not with themnamely , the National Debt , —( lond cheers , )—their eld and faithful ally . Sir Robert Peel had tried the sliding-scale to satisfy the Leaguers , —persecution to pnt down the Chartist 3 , and lastly , the Income Tax to snpply the coffers of an empty exchequer ; and behold the results . That ravenous horde , the freebooters , were more clBmoroas than ever , while tbe very
measures adopted by the Premier to pacify them , v * the sliding-Bcale and the new tariff , had roused the agriculturalists , and set them In deadly array against him . The CbartistB , despite plota and persecution , conspiracies , and traitors , were more powerful than ever , though repeatedly felled by the blows of faction , yet like tho giant © f old , they but touched tbe earth , and rose with renewed vigour to the contest ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) As regards the Exchequer , despite the Income Tax , the published returns of the last quarter ' s revenue shewed a deficiency on the quarter of upwards of one million , one hundred thousand pounds—( cheers ) The f unaholders were already bawling out through the would
Morning Chronicle , that the present Government ruin them . How would Sir Robert Peel face Parliament in this -worse than Whigglsh . plight 1 Let the people take conrage ; events -were working for them allpo-jrerfolly ; they had bnt to atandby their principlea , surrender not one jot nor on » tittle , and all would be vr « lL If corruptions bad crept into their movement , let mien corruptions be rooted out ; let them compel their leaders to abide by the spirit , aye , and the letter too of Chartism , and thereby set an example to the nations around , and prove to tbe world that they were worthy of tho rights they demanded . If leaders strayed from the principles they were bound to support , then away irtth them , trample them down—( load cheers . )—
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Plotting knaves cried out . against vViat they were pleased to call denunciation and man-wi . vship . It was denunciation that had kept the movement in its present sound and healthy condition , —it was deni vnciation that would make the tricksters honest or drivO them from the ranka of honest men . There was less af man-worship among the Chartists , thejOConnorites , a »\ they were called , than any party in the state . True they loved O'Connor for bis straight-forward honesty , but the very men who were bto * n » st fdetermined frietuls would be the first to denounceblm if he stepped to th *> righthand or to the left Tha justice they would do to O'Connor , they would do tpiothtrs—no quarter to the bnmbugs —( loud cheers ) . Let them cultivate knowledge and union , each and all labour to promote a knowlopge
of their principles and to auite those who already adhered to them ; let the people look to themselves and only to themselves for their own enfranchisement , and all the difficulties which now obstructed tbeir path would be overcome , the rights of tho people acknowledged , and the sovereignty of tbe people establishedthen would be seen their country ' s flag—no longer the flig of despotism ; but henceforth the banner of the free , floating over the national structures and temples of the land , proclaiming salvation to Eaglishruen , and hope and jay to the world . ' jMr . Hamey resumed his seat amvdat loud and protracted cheering . Mr . Harney ' s speech , af * eW * he cheers had subsided , was followed by / the pee , " Awake , JSolian Lyre , " excellently sung .
The Chaieman then said that the next toast he had to propose to them he should Rive without preface , conscious that all he might ba able to say would ftvll far short of f quailing tho response it would find in their hearts— " The Northern Star . " ( Much cheering . ) Glee— " Hail , Smiling Morn " Mr . HOBSON responded in an effective and telling speech of about forty minutes , during which be ran through the history of the agitation for the people ' s rights before and since the establishment of that organ .
He attributed the high tone of political independence of tbe working classes and their general severance from the factious scribes to which they had heretofore been attached , to the exertions of the Star , in labouring to induce among them a habit of looking to themselves only for the working out of their political salvation ; and he instanced the conduct of tho people on the Corn Law question , and in reference to tho various other matters of sectional and partial agitations which have been submitted to them as the best evidence that could he offered of the success which
had attended on its teachings . Mr . Hobson having sat down , the Chairman agaiu rose and said , that he now came to the toast of tho evening—a toast which he felt equal pride and pleasure in submitting to them , and which he was confident they would receive With honour and delight After paying some high compliments to Mr . Hill , he proceeded to give the toast , which was : — " The health of our reBpected guest , the Rev . Win . Hill ; and may he long live to fight our battles in the bloodless warfare of right against wrong principles , witb the energy , talent , and honesty , which have hitherto characterised bis exertions . " The toast was received with loud and protracted cheering . An air was played by tho band ; after which Mr . Hill rose to reply .
Mr . Hill was received with every possible demonstration of respect and applause . He said that he felt quiet inadequate to the expression of the feelings which he might naturally be supposed t ) entertain under the circumstances ; surhumled by his neighbours , his townsmen , and immediate acquaintance— by those to whom he was best known , bdth as to his public career and as to bis private character—and thus loaded with their ( avoumble estimation , he might indeed count his position to be a high and proud one . Unable to express his thanks in terms which he could think betittiug , he must throw himself upon their clemency , and beg them to think for him all that of which his incapacity fell short . He said , tbey had been pleased in their eulogistic toast to compliment his energy , his
talent , and his honesty . Of the talent which he might or might not possets , it became not him to epe&k j at least not further than to intimate his hope that the far higher quality with which it was associated in the toast , would always insure the direction of his talent , whether much or little , to the achievement cf right purposes by right means , and the establishment of right principles for the promotion 11 the common weal—( cheeis ) . Talent , whin used otherwise , was not merely valueless bnt niischcivous , and bo muoh the more so the more brilliant and commanding it might be . However undeserved might be the favourable mention of his talent—he felt emboldened to appropriate the credit they were pleased to give him for a much nobler quality , and that was honesty . —< loud cheers . ) It was
the consciousness of this that gave him confidence to meet them , and n » i them ouly but the world . " Strong armed in honesty , " he feartd the face of no man—I cheers . ) There were now present with him those who Lad known him many years ; many years before the Star was heard of or thought of ; . and he trusted they bad always found him the same man—the same straightforward and consistant advocate of right ; honest an . l earnest , however feeble in bis ' effoits—( hear and cheery . If he bad any merit , or it he bad any influence , it was the merit and the irflaence of consistency : during his whole public life be had never yet found hitnse . f required to recall a word that he had uttered , or to retract a line that be bad written—( hear , hear ) . Ho had never found it necessary 1 to qualify or explain
away his own meaning , or to shrink , bkulk , or fly from any single const quenee of bis own actions . He was bold enough then to tell them that if he merited their good opinion , it was because he had dealt honestly with them , whilo he trusted that hia " energy" was such as at all times to muke him reckless of opposition and fearless of defeat in' a good cause—iheur ) . He felt that he might justly take credit for energy as well as honesty . Indeed they were inseparable . H « who was honest was always energetic : and from the combination of these two qualities , rather than from any talent above that of other and ordinary men , resulted whatever of beneficial service he might have been able to render in their common cause . Honesty and energy had given him boldness to fi ^ ht their
battles without fear or favour . He had alike defied the iron hand of power , the venomous and slimy coilinga of intrigue , and the Btrong . ' prejudices of the people themselves . He had not'hesitated to toll them of thoir failings , while'fte denounced the villanies of their oppressors . He had as strongly reprobated villany and dereliction of principle when exhibited in our own camp , as in that of the entmy . He ever would do bo , for he considered it eveni less pardonable here than there . , Hear , and cheers . ) And as the best proof that he could give them of that fearlessness which characterises the honest and energetic assertion of right principles , he demanded from them , as an act of justice , net less to him than to themselves and their cause , that in according to him their confidence , they should dp so
on tbd score of principle alone , withdrawing it tho moment they found him to swerve , without the leaBt regard to personal esteem , or past services . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Upon no other terms would he esteem their good opinion worth the having . He laughed at the idea , and trampled under foot the doctrine , that past services should screen present delinquencies in any man , and while he never would admit its application to oihers , he begged that it might never be applied to him . Taking their present kindness as an earnest ef their satisfaction , hitherto , with his poor efforts , he would regard this splendid token et their good feeling and good will , as an obligation en him ,
in his course hereafter , to task to their full stretch of power the qualities en which they had been pleased to compliment him . To see that tbe talent they had spoken of , whether it be much or little , should not grow rusty for lack of using ; while he trusted that his energy and honesty would lose nothing of their lustre by continual exercise . In : conclusion , he waited anxiously the coming of the time when energy and talent might be less needed , because honesty should have been adopted as the basis and ruling principle of all our great social and political arrangements—as the foundation upon which might be erected a splendid edifice of justice for every Englishman to dwell in .
Mr . Hill then sat down , and the cheering from all parts of , the bouse was loud and long-continued . As soon as it subsided Mr . Garner , an excellent Chartist resident in Hull , aung in a style which delighted the whole
audience" THE PRESS . " Tune—' Brave old Oak . ' " A song for the press—the mighty press . Who bath battled for freedom long : Hero ' s glory and fame to his magic name , That scattereth the powers of wrong . There ' s fear in his frown , when the monarch's crown Is reared o'er the people and lavs ; And he showeth his might , in the grandeur of right , And aideth tbe nation ' s cause . " Then here ' s to the Press—the mighty press—Who stands in hia power alone ; And long flourish he , the pride ot the free , When a thousand years are gone .
" In days of old , when Priestcraft bold With tyranny held the away , Men crouched at their feet ; on their bloodstained seat , Like creatures of coarser clayi Now , where are they , and the minds that lay In ignoranee or in chains ? They ate gone , they are fled , and the ( press , io theii stead , With freedom and justice reigns . " Then hertis to the Press , ( fee
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" Hurrah ! for the time when every dime , The press shall illumine and cheer ; When , frped from thrall , peace over all Her radiant bow 8 h * lt rear ; His righteous sway shall the world obey—i For the champion bf " trnth is he ; And his power shall extend , till tbe uttenaoat end Ot the earth shall his empire be . " Then here ' s to the Press , < fcc . " ; The soDg was rapturously and deservedly encored . Tfou next toast was the " The People ' s Charter "; after which tbe " Song of Liberty " was tastefully sang by Mr . Moody , and encored . I
Mr . Con Murra y , from G ! s » g 09 P , in risin |; to respond to this sentiment was received with loud cheers . He began by assuring the audience that he wus no- speech maker ; and if there was less of what he would term oratorical humbug , aid more of determined and straightforward action . ou the part of those who came on the public platform to advocate the cause of suffering humanity , it would tend better to consolidate the energies of the people on tho great question of ihe Chaster Suffrage—( hear , hear ) . The right of every man to a voice in the making of laws tfleeting his life and property , was not now disputed by any man or any party . The day bad long since gone by wbon the iron-banded Tory and drivelling Whig could , as in former timea * hold up their facea , and impudently assert that we , the swinish multitude , had nothing to do with the laws but simply to obey them ; and failing in this
obedience , or daring to raise our voice against their cruel and restrictive laws , we were brought up before Bucta men as Lord AMnger , and by tbeir cruel mandates , buried in damp dungeons for years , transported beyond the seas for tbe whole period of our natural lives , or end our days by the ignominious death of the scaffold . Men of Hull ! tna robber factions do not now dispute our right to legislate , but they say it is not yet expedient to entrust ua with the franchise ; they say we wish to destroy property—we / are the advocates of physical fo : cf—that wo are infidels , and wish to subvert ail social order by the total annihilation of Christianity— ( hear , hair ) . Those are a ] few of the grave and heavy charges f 1 oiu which the po ^ or Chartists are called upon to defend themselves . He would then , in speaking to this sentiment , coi . fine himself to a refutation of these vii « calumnies and unfounded
assertions . How have our despotic ru ' . ers arrived at the conclusion that we would destroy property ? It is we , the people , who produce all ; tha vampires who live on the vitals of Shis nation do not produce anything . If property should be destroyed—if the reign of terror , of anarchy , and confusion should commence in EDgland , none will have more reason to lament the fatal retulta than the working men . He would narrate a civcumsiancs which occurred in GreenocK , illustrative of tbe vicious tendency of ; the poor patriotic but despised Chartista . They would no doubt be aware that in that town the people have been in a most wretched and deplorable situation ia consequence of the late dei > n > ssion of trade—when parish relief was refused them , and all other means had failed in keeping
body and soul toge'her , three hundred artieins met in the Harvey Lane Hall ; they chose a chairman and secretary—formed in procession to beg a ; morsel of bread from those that they had , by tbeir labour , raised to the middle class ranks—in the evening they met in the Bume place , and all deposited their gatherings on one common table—ttu » se who got sbiiliEgs ! being content to share with others who were less fortunate—one poor fellow had met a good Samaritan who gave him half of a pig ' s head , and although his family ware starving , he brought it and laid it down for common use , content witb getting an equal portion of what had been collected . Who will dare to say that ( if ter such a spirit of disinterestedness , and under such trying circumstances , tbe patient and enduring people
of England wish to create a spirit of anarchy in their native land—the loved j home of their respected and venerable forefathers!—( hear . ) Oh , but our would-be liberals hold us up as torch and dagger-men ; they tell us we wish to tffect our purpose by a bloody revolution . There is no conceivable crime , however enormous , that is not left at the door of Feargus O Connor and the Chartists ; but ha would ask when did we take away the . life of a fellow creature ? When have we shed blood to justify our opponents in holding us up as such heinous monsters ? We have never raised our ami , unless in self-dtf nee , from tho brutal attacks of an ignorant , savage , and mercenary bund of legalised butchers , employed and paid by tha heartless landed aristocraey ,
an . l the more refined torturers , the rmllpcrats and wages masters —( loud cheers ) . Indeed , if the Chartists can be criminally cbArgi-d , be btlieyed it is in their not using the powers ¦ which nature- S had given thorn to repel the indignities and insults to ( which they h . vvn been subjected by tbe ruling few . He knew for curtain , if they used fcrco to prevent him from giving expression to what he believed to be th 0 truth—if tbey raised a weapon to strike him down when , in his right as a British subject , he had met his fellows to petition or remonstrate against what we could prove to be grievance of the greatest magnitude , he should consider himself justified and no way transgressing the law of nature in meeting f ? rce by force—( continued cheering ) . We are infldela and
would destroy the Christian religion . So says the Prot *» t , int Archbishop of Canterbury ; se says Catholic Daniel O'Connell ; so says the Catholic Duke of Norfolk , and that Prince of Butchers the iron god of Waterloo . But , felJow workmen , ia it not a fapt notorious throughout tbe world that these very men e . re the only practical infidels in this country ; witness their antichristian conduct in supporting a bloated and dominant Church , ' hich swallows up £ U , 0 O 0 JO 0 O of the people ' s earniDgs ; witness the savage barbarity of the lszy , gambling , and debauched few who consume the miserable fare of potatoes and salt , the food 6 f my poor countrymen , while 2 , 3 © 0 , O 0 O of these people are in actual starvation ; witness their bloody deed 3 in cutting the throate of toe simple and unoffending
inhabitants of China , because forsooth they would not eat poison to enrich a few India merchants ; or their equally base and inhuman treatment of j tha brave Affghans , whose only crime consisted in j defending their fatber-land from being trodden under the whet la of Britain's blood-stained car —( loud and longjprotracted cheering ) . Witness their damnable and atrocious doings , and then assk yourselves the question who are the inddels—the people or their oppressors . This clap-trap of inlidel Cliai lists has been got up by designing knaves to keep the working men of England and Ireland disunited , well-knowing that by a solid union of sentiment and unity of action , humbug would be destroyed , and the trade of Ireland's political traffickers would cease to draw their . £ 14 . 000 or . £ 16 000 a year out of
wretchedness , misery , and rags—igreat applause , and " true — true '') . Whether , he would ask , are those ! who Bupport a systoni that gives £ 115 a day to on ! e woman , between £ 30 , 000 and £ 40 , 000 per am uin jto her husband , and £ 0 , 000 to their son , while at the ; same time tbey wiil only grant the miserable pittance of 4 1 . or 5 d a day to the poor toil-worn Irish labourer ; or 4 s . 6 d . aweek to the industrious hand-loom weaver ;; whether are these men , or those who would raise their voice against such an abominable ffcite of things most deserving of being branded with the epithet of infidel ? Practical Christianity means the care and dt fence of the poor , the widow , and tbe orphan ; the Christianity of the British rul ° rs , both Protestants and Catholics , ia neither more nor less than that of
devouring the poor , the weak , and the helpless . He would for one moment call their attention to the rejoicings on the birth of the Prince of Wales j every pulpit and every altar resounded with praise a | nd thanksgiving to the God of heaven for his goodness in having blessed us with another royal pauper . —( Tremendous cheering ) . They blessed God and prayed for the continuance of a system that gave to this infant such an enormous sum of money , and at the same time sabred and bayoneted the working men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , dyed the streets of Ennis and j Skibereen with the blood of a starving people , whose jonly crime was that of asking bread from those who bad robbed them of the fruits of their industry by class-: Tuade laws . — ( Loud cheers . ) Is this not infidelity ? j he would
disgrace the term infidel by applying it to ; such monsters—he would call them blasphemers and pervertera of God ' s holy word , and he would leave it to ; his fellowworking men , if even this was not too mijld a cognomen . —( Cries of It is , it is . ) Mr . Murray then passed in review the conduct of tbe various parties who have governed this country under the names of Tory , Whig , and sham-Radical , and classed them all under one common bead , the avowed . enemies of the rights of labour , interspersing his remarks " with highly humourous and pointed anecdotes , whichJdrew forth the loud applause and laughter of the assembly . He then went on to treat of the disunion that existed in the ranks of Chartism , its cause , and consequences , and dealt pretty hardly With the political pedlars , who after having been wormed into political existence by
the people—after having been clothed , fed , and paid by the whole hog men until they had drained them of the last farthing , went over to the "Sucking Pigs * , ' to . play the same game . Be warned the people to throw them off the moment they exhibited the least inclination to relax that stem policy which had placed the Chartists above all political parties in this country . He held that these men were the greatest enemies with which they had to contend ; the Whig and Tory dungeons of England could not , even aided by the convict ships , do bo much injury to eur movement as those little limping animals that professed such skill la drawing ths badger at the late Conference . ( Hear , and laughter . ) Muoh had been said about the dictatorship assumed by Feargus O'Connor and the denunciations of the' Northern Star ; withjregard to O'Connor be jfrould eay ,
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and boldly challenge isooiiioB OH he subject , that no man now living had done more fot the cause of suffering humanity and the spreading of pure and unsuliied democracy—Ureat applause ) . And then there is the Northern Star ; 61 plague upon thsAStarf why haa it dared to denounce the foreign policy lecturers ? ; for this was the foundation of all the bickerings . ) It has been a busy meddling thing not to suffer poor shoemakers , tailors , and schoolmasters to earn an honest shill ' wg in tho employ of Tory Urquh&rt ; bat he ( Mr . Murray ) would say go on , brave . Star , in the work you have so nobly begun ; apply the rod of correction whea yon consider it necessary to Hog political traffickers , no matter what , may be tbeir professions , or by what names tbey are known- Were it not for the dread of public
censure many of the Chartist leadew would act as basely and treacherously by the peop ' e of England as tha OConnells , the Sbiela , and the Daozrte have done , and are still doing to the poor unfoituinte and deluded men of Ireland—( hear , hear , and "( fcaite true . " )—The fight to canvass and freely diacuss the merits and demerits of public men is the only remnaat ot freedom now left to the toil-worn sons of England , and the man or party that would dare to withhold or deny us this privilege are St companions for Sir James Qrabaru and Lord Abiflger— ( hear , hear ) . Hd waa glad to find , however , that hie brother democrats throughout tie country were determined not to give it up tut wittt their lives . Iu Glasgow , bis adopted city , tbey carried it oat to the very letter , and they had found it
to have a beneficial effect in keeping the wolves-from devouring the sheep . They bad there a few w < rAing men banded together under tbs title of ihe Cbcrtiat Club , who , by the exercise of tb » right , had bg « orue a terror to evil doers . When the Sturgitea had rejected the friendly overtures of tbe trades * delegate , and pofr out their bills-calling a public meeting , to elect their intctiec ' uals tor the Conference , oar infant club raised tbe alarm of breakers a-beari , their brother moleskin * took the hint , and . the recorded votes of the men of Gasgow on William Lovett ' s amendment will pfov * the rest—( bravo club . ) He feared he waa trespassing too > long on their time—( no , no )—but as tbis was the fif ; b > anniversary of that bright lnmluary that was guiding the men and women of England' to universal freedom .
and as Buch a large assembly ot- the fair daughters and working men of Hull had there met to do honour to their worthy towssmsn , its bold ^ 'tatented , fearliss , and uncompromising Editor , he could not sit down without tendering fcim his best thanks ; thia he would 36 first on his own account ; secondly , in the name of the democrats of the Vale of Le- » en aud Campsie , whose pnre patriotism he had the high honour ot representing in Birmingham ; and lastly , in tbe name of his bleeding country , whose poor emaciated sons found a , warm and disinterested advocate in the person of the Rev . William Hill—( tremendous cheering , which bated for several niinutea . ) In conclusion , he would say once for all , go on , Hill ; finish the work so nobU
begun by the Exile of Erin in the Northern Star of our once united Irishmen ; spread the heaven-born principles for which our gallant Enimett offered up bis life , for which his raauly aad athletic body was mutilated by tbe tyrannic band of monarchical misrule . Go on , O Connor will lead the van ; the British millions , assisted by O'Uiggins and his Dublin battalion , will assist you peacefully aud legally to clear out that rotten building ia St . Stephens , and erect in its stead a temple sacred to liberty , wherein we shall deposit the People ' s Charter , ai'out , bristles , and all . Mr . Murray sat dowa amidst thunders of applause and the long-continued cheers of u highly-delighted and well-pleased aui > ance .
The next toast was " The immortal memory of tha patriot victims to class power . " D . imk in siienco , and followed by tbe glee " Peace to the souls of the heroes . " The next and last toast of the evening was , " Tha Cbartist sufferers unaer Government persecution . " This was ably responded to by Mr . John Arran , frcm Bradford . Mr . Arran was received with cheers . He felt himself placed in a very queer fix ; he was last at the feast ; one " big chap" bad nibbled a bit , and another had nibbled , and another , until there waa " nout ** left for him but a bare bone to " pike . " Mr . A . then went ea to say— " There are three things wbiuh are the boast of England—freedom , civilisation , and Christianity . Freedom—England ' s freedom is bitter slavery . Cdst your eyes o ' er the fair face of creation ; look you through the habitations of men , and in the cottage of the poor , you will find misery , degradation , and slavery . I know that British fcols have often
-sung" Britons never shall be slaves , " and fools they must be to sing that song . Now , wherein does slavery consist ? It consists in involuntary servitude—not in the mere circumstance that a human being may be bought and sold in the market ; that ha is mada the value received for his fellow-creature ' s gold and silver ; that he is considered as much a man ' s bona fide property as are his goods aud chattels , his houses , his lands , his horses , his cows , his swine of his dogs— no ; servitude which a man cannot avoid conr stitutes him a slave . " The weight of chains , " s : xys Algernon Sydney , " number of strip ; S , hardness of labour , and other effects of a master ' s cruelty may make one servitude more miserable than another , but bo is a slave who serves the best and the g < mtl" 8 t maa in the world ; and be does serve him , if he must serva him , if he must obey his commands , and depend upon his wilJ . " Whea I d'uaidor tbo deyraiiod » &ii enslaved
Conoitiuu of the millions subject to an insignificant minority of luxurious , pnfligate , and bloated aristocrats , and mon » y-grubbing speculators in the profits of industry , I feel ind'grjant at the fact , and could like to see the people rise in tbe majesty of their might and overthrow their unprincipled and' cruel oppressors once and for ever . Sfcall it be endnred that they who produce all shall eternally pine in want and misery ? Shall the industrious sons of labour continue tbe overburdened serfs of tbe ignoble and base born children of idleness ? Bather I would that nature should become one universal desert ; rather I would that the fig-tree should not blossom , and that there should be no herd in the stall ; rather I would that the grass should wither , end the flower fade , and that the smiling corn should cease to wave its fruitful ear ; rather I wculd that man should rise up and meet bis fellow man in mortal strife , until the last human pair become the ixecutioners of each other .
A second boast of England is her civil-zition — And what is civilization ? True civilization is the refinement of nature ' s' sympathies and nature's principles—not tbe reversion of nature as now , bnt the progression of nature for the advancement of human happiness . It observes an abiding conformity to nature ' s laws . Nature is sacred and eught not to be interfered with , except for the purpose of improvement , so as to better wakta it meet the wants of the mass of animated beifigs . Nature is impartial ; civilization should ba equally impartial ; its principal duty is to make nature ' s produce more abundant , ai . d to distribute with an equal hand , that tbe comfort of all may be equally promoled . Such is true civiliz ttion ; any tiling else is a cheat—a delusion ; and worse , an injury to society .
Look at facts ; England ' s civilization consists in the undue elevation of the few , and the depression—the prostration of the multitudes of the common people ; in the reduction of wages ; the extension of working hours ; the employment of women and children in placa of men ; the starvation of the Union Baatile , aud tho imprisonment or the banishment of the virtuous and the brave—tbe best of mankind . The truth is that England ' s clviliziUon is but a refined system of canibalism—not man-eating literally , but man-kiliing moafi undoubtedly . The factory system , with ita widening jaws , eats up its thousands of helpless , defenceless
childrun ; the system of poor laws consume by degrees the vitals of vast numbers of unwilling . idlers ; the rent-roll , excessive and burdensome , breaks into , and breaks up , the home-stead of the poor , happy or miserable alike , and drives adrift into the World ' s width , houseless and unfriended , men , women and children , many of whom perish by the pinching hand of hunger , or the starving cold of fret zing winter ; a profligate aud vicious clas 3 of nobles and upstarts make a prey of . neglected , unprotect e d virgins , myriads of whom , after a short-lived course of false and infamous pleasure , die the victims of murderous iu 3 t , eaten up by unnatural
disease . A third boaat of England is her Christianity . England ' s Christianity is , alas ! for the most part , nothing but hypocrisy and priestcraft . Oar cities are crowded with churches aud chapels—our merchants and manufacturers and money-hunters of all sorts and shapes and sizes , are fiuad regularly , piously , like their prototypes—the pbarisees of elden times , thronging these modem , stately synagogues . But on this head I need not enlarge , as it has been already well has died by my friend Mr . Murray .
We seek to remedy this state of things ; for this wa meet , for this we agitate : we bring you not together for the mere purpose of speech-making ; not . to spendatt hour in pleasurable amusement only , but to prepare tha public mind for a great and mighty change ; to lead on the people in the course of political progression . Our object is the perfection of public opinion , convinced that without this , no substantial or lasting change can ba effected . We wish to convince men of the necessity of the Charter , aa a means to an end ; we would show you how to get the Charter , and that when you have got it , it will remain for you to use the powei it will give you to work tbose social reforms and social improvements , without which you
will never be either individually happy , or happy ia the bosoms of your beloved families . Such is onecourse , so righteous ; such is our object , so full of tha milk of human kindness ; and yet strange , passing strange , there are men found who themselves stofesa to be lovers of mankind , and who rest not day , not night to thwart our benevolent designs . Every obstacle is thrown into our path—every hindrance is apreated before us—every time-serving tool of the tking called Government is set in battle array against us—r « - » ery inch of our progress is disputed ; we are watinually ia hot water , and our fives on * continued scene of active controversy . Hundreds o \ good and tr » e have been oaat into prison or banished from the shores of the land of their bitth . ited ; we are ecatinually ia j continued scene of active good and tr « e bare been oaat > m the shores of tbe land
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70 L- YI- NO . 270 . SATUR DAY , JANUARY 14 , 1843 . PR ' % , ^ Sg °£%£% ? "
To The Fustian Jackets, The Blistered Hakds, And The Tj5sh0bn Chins.
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