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LIYERPOOL DEMONSTRATION . ( Cendudtdfnm mm * te + enih page . ) Mr . CBbeek , who was receded with tremendous dicers aad waring of handkerchiefs on his rising , sked leave , oa aeeftUt of the delicate state of his health , to be allowed to advaace more into the centre of the laeetnut , ud to occupy a standing on one of the tables . Thi * was at onoe conceded , and he proceeded with hit address , which oocnpjed nearly two boars is the delivery . He addressed them as men cad women of Lhrerpool , and hoped thej wonld not be offended , because he did aot know a more honourable title in existence than that of man , nor did he think the females would frewn because he had not styled them ladies . He liked to be among the t > eopl«—among these with whom he was . alwayB
the moat happy , and he was glad to see them there for a great variety of reasons . He referred to the imprisonment he had undergone , and to the ansuccessfal efforts which had been made for his liberation , although the influence of Tom Potter , the Mayor of Manchester , iad been -successful in the ease of the Rev . Mr . Jackson . He mentioned this to contrast the inflaenoe of wealth with that of the working classes , for while two millions of signatures could not procure his release , one man liberated Mr . Jackson . When "he first went to Lancaster Castle , it was attempted not only to place him in ths felon ' s ward , bat to compel him to wear the criminal ' s uniform , both of which pieces of tyranny he hsd resisted and had overcome ; but he
was thu 3 thrown upon his own resources , and while compelled to provide his own maintenance , was debarred the means of earning fire pounds weekly , which he had had offered for writing for two newspapers , ( Hear . ) He had had much bad health , but had been enabled to weather out the storm ; and all the time he had been in prison he had never set bis foot on a board , —nothing but the damp stone flaor , besides having only one seat , and that a three-legged stool .. -After he had been in some time , by the interposition of some of his wife ' s friends , CoL Yorke had waited upon the Marquis of Normanby , and remonstrated with him on the hardship to which he was subjected , particularly in being deprived of earning a livelihood by his pen ; to which
his Lordship replied , " Why , this O Bnen you speak of , J 3 the most dangerous man in the whole partydecidedly the most dangerous ( T ^ ughter and cheers . ) He then referred to the crime iur which he had been sentenced , and glanced , in the course of his loDg and excellent speech at the fora of his indictment—the recognizances he had had to enter into previous to his liberation—the class legislation whteh was the foundation of all the bad Government—the economy and retrenchment of the Wbiga for the ten years they had been in office—his return as the member for Newcastle , and a bint or two for Mr . Ord—his own lack of bodHj strength—his exertions since his liberation , which , though it only took place ibtu * days a ^ o had seen him address no fewer than Bix
, public meetings . He told them what he had never sold before , that he waa put down by one of his own friends— ( hear , tear)—it was quite true that he owed his proseeution to the rascality of one of the leaders of his own party —( heir)—he would not mention names , though he could do so , but such was the fac ; ; he had fallen a sacrifice to a jealous feeliag among those with whom he had acted . He then went on rapidly to glance at the proceedings of the late convention—explained his conduct on the national holiday—referred to the proceedings at the Bull Ring at Birmingham—explained his conduct with regard to the advice which , he was said to have given ( but whieh he denied to the people to
armand went through the various topics discussed in hi 3 speech which we Lave so fully reported at Lancaster , aHd which in some measure renders unnecessary a more detailed report of his speech here , did not a want of room , and of time , prevent us from doing ihat justice to it which its merit 3 demand . [ Our Reporter attended the soiree , and found when he got there that the committee , not expecting him , had engaged a Rtporter at Liverpool to furnish an account to the Star ; being unwilling to deprive uim of this engagemeht , an arrangement was made that he should s ? nd a full report of Mr . O'Brien ' s speech , which , on Thursday afternoon , we had not received , and were thus thrown on our own resources . ]
The next toast was—" The ladies : may they become food instructors of the rising generation , " 'which was drank with cheering . Mr . Ambles , in a few ebeervations , acknowledged the tout on behalf of the ladies , and regretted that at bo late an hour a question of so much importance could not have proper justice dose to it He eulogised the duties they were called upon to fulfil , and hoped the day was sot distant when their influence and importance in society would be felt and acknowledged . The Chai&hjlk announced that he had been reminded of the object for -which the meeting had been called , by having received from Mr . Ellis , the auctioneer , a sovereign for the press which it was intended to present to Mr . O'Brien .
Mr . O'Bkies protested against the meeting being converted to ome of a pecuniary nature to himself ; it would detract from the pleasure he had experienced . Be had come there to receive honour , and honour he had received . The Craibjcas then dUsolred the meeting , and frtmV » having been voted to T » m for his cenduct in the chair , the meeting separated at near midnight
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The Chaiesux then rose and said , they were well met on a most gloriously triumphant occasion , an occasion on which Leeds had shown its power—had proved to the factious that nothing less than their just rights would satisfy them , —that they were determined to have the Charter and nothing less . ( Hear , and cheers . ) All parties were reidy enough to admit the existence of great distress—to admit that distress unparalleled prevailed at the present time , but they were not of the same opinion as to the source from whence such distress sprung . Some of them blamed the Corn Laws , and said they were the source of all the ills under which the nation was sinking —( hear , hear)—whilst others had a
different opinion , and laid the blame on something else . But the Chutists traced the evil to its proper source , and they said it originated in class legislation . ( Hear , and cheers . ) They said it originated in all laws being passed for the exclusive benefit of the few , and not for the many ;—in the fact that every thing is protected except labour . ( Cheers . ) To remedy this universal distress , one party proposed to repeal the Corn Laws ; but , whatever might be others' opinions , their opinion was , that the Charter , and nothing less , could ever restore health aud prosperity to the country . ( Cheera . ) And this , be | was proHd to say , the people were becoming daily more and more determined to have . ( Cheers . ) He congratulated them that they were met to
welcome an unbought and unpurchaseable advoeate of their glorious cause—that they had met to do honour to the now un- " caged lion "—Feargus O'Connor—( cheers)—and though they had a great deal to conten ^ against -with the Tories in power , and the Whigs doing all they can to dispossess them of it , yet he called upon them to unite ; to let O'Connor's motto be thcir ' s , " Agitate , agitate , agitate . " ( Cheers . ) He called upon them to rally around him whose past conduct so well merited their confidsnee , of which he had proved himself so well worthy ; and with such a leader , and such a union as they had the power to form , success must be certain . ( Great cheering . ) He concluded by proposing the first sentiment , " The people , the source of all power . " The toast was received with great cheering .
Mr . Vevers who had been delegated to represent the HuddersfUld Chartists , responded to the toast He wa * happy te see that the time had come when the people seemed to manifest some consciousness of their power—that they at last dared to think aad to act also . While their power was permitted to remain quiescent , they would always be the victims of oppression . So long as they continued to exhibit themselves in the character of cringing slaves they would never lack a riding aristocracy to ait closely on their backs . ( Loud cheers . ) He was not a Chartist of yesterday . He had borne th « battle aad the breeze for a long period of time , he had adTocatad the principles of right and justice under the personal and living leadership of the
venerable Major Cartwright ; he had enjoyed the happiness of personal intercourse with that veteran reformer in the year 1822 . He had since then stood np in many conflicts for the cause . He was now approaching aeventy yean of age ; but the gratification h « had experienced that day more than repaid him for all the toils he had paaaed through in s life of service . The tpeftker then went on to expatiate upon the influence of the female character , and to call upon the wemen , of whom he was glad to see so large a number pretest , to add their strength to that of their husbands , fathers , and brothers , making trm th « ir phalanx against the enemies of right , aad presenting to oppression « a viyieldisf frost . Th * speaker art down amidst loud
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After ia air by the bud , Mr . Diflrjr was again announced to deliver a recitation . He aaid be bid been one of those who had been imprisoned , aad consequently he knew what the sufferings of the incarcerated were ; bat how severe soever hi * own bad been , it was ao matter ; be was amply repaid by being promt at Hie demonstration of that day , to congratulate in person the " uncaged" lion of all lions—the incorruptible patriot of all patriots . He wai about to recite to them a little doggerel of hi * own composition ; it was composed In prisos , where be waa denied the nse of pen , ink , and paper , and it waa suggested' by having read some splendid canto * of Byroa ' aDon Joan , and'by the circumstances of a robin viiitJng hi * cell every morning , to partake of the crumb * of blaek bread whieh composed bis food . He begged that they would excuse , therefore any inaccuracies in the composition , and take the will for the deed . Mr . Duffy then gave , in a feeling manner , an excellent poem of eighteen staxzu , which received , as it merited , the applause of the numerous
eompany . The Chairman then rose and said , that had he been in eompany of a party of either Whigs or Tories , be might have felt great difficulty in fulfilling the task which had been committed to him in proposing the next toast , and in calling upon them to respond heartily to the stntiments it contained ; but in the present company , knowing that they had got Feargus O'Connor amongst them —( loud cheers)—he had no such difficulty . He gave them , therefore , " The health of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . the unpaid , the untiring , and the unflinching advocate of the people , and justice to Ireland , by a speedy repeal of the onion . " Drank with tremendous cheering .
Mr . O'Connor waa greeted with the most vociferous cheers on rising . When the applause had subsided , he said—Who would not go to York Castle for sixteen months ? ( Cheers . ) If that experiment which the Whigs so hopelessly have tried in Tain , and if the Tories have in store for me a similar punishment for what I am doing , I only trust that a similar result upon my return to the people will await me . ( Cheers . ) Sir , before I make any observations upon the sentiment which has been so enthusiastically responded to by all present , allow me , in the first place , to retain an answer to those addresses that have been presented to me . To that which came from the associated Chartists of Leeds , and was presented first , allow me to say , that from it I derive peculiar pleasure , and for this
reason ; that much of the time to which it alludes has been spent among them in person , so that although other persons in other localities might have taken my character upon trust , from the Whig press or from the Tory press ; although they might have been ready to give me credit for the character which it was ' said I deserved at Leeds , yet there can be no mistake about that coming from the men of Leeds—( cheers )—therefore to them I return my thanks , and I only hope that their confidence will be my retaining fee fc-r the future , and that as it has hitherto ( through the very worst agitation , for I consider that the most difficult part of our work has been accomplished ; for I have dragged the Charter through the mire , even in rotten Leeds ) I trust that ia future my conduct shall also meet their
approbation . ( Loud cheers . ) As- to the address from the Chartist Teetotallers , I receive it with not less pleasure . It gives me great delight and satisfaction to find that I have been driven from the place where 1 cradled the infant in the first instance from the pitiless storm , to such a place as this . At that time there was no other place open to me ; aud willing to seek shelter anywhere , where nine or ton could be called together , it was that or nothing . And now our cause we agitute In sober earnest , and in consequence of that it is becoming a terror to the drunken factions of Whig and Tory . ( Cheers . ) If I could connect the principles of temperance and moderation , I may say , although sot belonging to a temperance society , I am entitled to that address . I know perfectly well that the cause of the
teetotal society being formed was inconsequence of the baneful effects of moderation . Few men know how to use it ; but I , thank God , have had sufficient strength of mind not to allow my judgment to become intoxicated ; and I think , although not a teetotaller , I can say what few men can say who have passed through the exciting life that I have done , that no man ever saw me tipsy since the day I was born . ( Cheers ) Having thus alluded to these two addresses , let me next turn for a moment to the ladies who have done me the honour to hang my principles round my neck . ( Cheers . ) Whether it was that I was not prepared for so great an honour or so gentle a touch , or whether it was that I had had for sixteen months the gallows always within my sight —( laughter;—or whether it was that I remembered
the prediction of the Birmingham . Advertiser , which said that I had mounted a ladder to a triumphal car , bat that perhaps it was not the last time I should have to mount a ladder—I don't know ; but I confess to you that 1 did not like to feel anything ao close to my neck . ( Cheers and laughter . ) However , when I turned round aud saw the bauds who placed this there —( holding up the rosette )—and the motto inscribed on it , " Universal Suffrage , and no surrender , "—( loud cheers)—I said , there is to be a suspension , but not of my body . That suspension is to be of all the factious opposition which has heretofore been arrayed , by the poor little creatures calling themselves middle classes , and upper classes , and shopkeepers , and Whigs and Tories , against the
mighty power of a mighty people . ( Hear . ) That opposition must cease . And why f Because having beaten the one faotion who thought themselves sufficiently powerful , by their union , still to hold the reins of Government , we have now brought them into our ranks ; and depend npon it that they will not adhere so much to their former principles , as to the means by which they themselves may be restored to office . ( Cheers . ) There are many of you present who will recollect my first appearance as a politician upon the Leeds stage ; you will recollect my after appearance among you ; and how , upon each successive visit , the Whigs told us that Chartism was losing ground , that the Radical * were among themselves divided , and that from their opposition no danger was to be anticipated . How do they
treat us now ? If they find us strong they say that the Chartists are a weak , a divided , an Insignificant , powerless body , but if they want an excuse for their own tad deeds they say , it is not the want of the confidence of the people in the Whigs which restored the Tories to power , but it was the Chartists . ( Laughter and cheers . ) See what a thing the acquisition of this great power has become ; is it a thing to be abused by a divided , inconsistent , and worthless party ? My friends , they should not have told us our own strength . Their great strength for j ears has consisted in the manner in which , through their organs , they have been enabled to persuade you of your own weakness , What was my first step in promoting this which has become the universal cause of the people ?
It was to overcome that p » wer which the press bad : to shew the men of Glasgow that the men of Leeds were with them in spirit ; to shew the men of Nottingham , of Sheffield , of Hnddersfleld , of Birmingham , of London , of Dublin—( hear)—of Bath , and all those of the some class in the other towns throughout the united kingdom , that among the working classes there could be only one view , that for their salvation there could be only one object wwth contending fcr . ( Hear . ) Year after year we saw the Whigs , while in power , obliged to feed their young by taxation , by commissions , and by places , and augmenting taxation according as the paupers belonging to the Whigs increased , aa the law of primogeniture did not allow them to be otherwise provided for ; while the law
of population still went on augmenting the paupers in number . From that period to the present , what has been the result . ' You bad no King—that is , no monarch , living in London nine or ten years ago . You had no such person as William the Fourth reigning here in Leeua ; you were under the guidance and governance of King Baines— he was the monarch of Leeds . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) He was the monarch of Leeds , and it was almost dangerous for the monarch in London to give his assent to , or withhold his assent from , anything that the King of Leeds thought proper to say . ( Renewed laughter . ) In fact , punishment did not always fall immediately upon the aggressor ; but if King William did wrong , the Queen was threatened with the change of her sex : she was put into breeches . (
lacreased laughter . ) I am now shewing you bow Ic is that this local rule or tyranny has been so long kept up . I am now endeavouring t ® shew to you that in each locality there was a petty tyrant who told the people that the passing of the Reform Bill was quite sufficient to redress all their grievances . From that time to the present , when you found out that the Reform Bill is a delusion , you began to waver in your allegiance to King Edward , and that mainly because you found he held out hopes and promises that he waa unable or never intended to perform . He knew perfectly well that he , along with other shopkeepers and middle-class men , had an equal share with other bad men in what could be pilfered from the people ; he knew that there was no staple commodity for
those in his grade to traffic upon and speculate in , but what proceeded from labour ; and he sold to those around him , if we cannot secure some of that to ourselves we shall all starve together . ( Hear . ) Well , what did Edward Baines do ? As soon as he made money by vending his spurious opinions , aud although he professes to stand by his order , he refuses to give you any participation in the land . I have always thought that what was sauce for the goose was good sauce for the gander ; and 1 have heard it said that many pers » ns , who are good judges , make the physicians taste the medicines they prescribe before they take them . What then was Edward Baines ' s first step when be got money ? Why , purchase a little bit of Chat Moss , that be might be a landlord himself . ( Load laughter . ) Though he tells you that the land will not do you any good , be took care to secure a little bit of it for himself ,
aa soon as ever he had ths means ; nay , so convinced waa he of the value of land , that be put up with the very worst description that could be laid hold ot sooner than be without ( Cheers and great laughter . ) Aad as to organic change , as soon aa the Reform Bill la passed , what does Edward Balnea do ? He tons to another piece of cajolery ; and though there ia great great strife and dissension in his cabinet ; though there is for some time & great difference betweea Mr . Balaes as " / , " and Mr . Baines as " tee , " eventually Mr . Baines declares for the Ballot ( Cheers . ) One week be says , ia hi * newspaper , the Ballot ia everything aad the aext week be says that the repeal of the Com Laws , with the Ballot , will do all that is desired ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am told tbat yon bad a meeting yesterday la the Cloth Hall Yard , and I am told that the trickster * tricked yom again ; and tbat iaaioad
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of patting the amendment aad th * resolution , the Chairman pat tbe amendment twice , and then declared it carried . That chairman , an alderman , and a very singular man , though a Goodman too . also put the reaolatien afterwardaj « nd declared that both bad been carried . ( Hear . ) r mention tbia to you in order to ahowyou the next experiment that will be tried to break ¦*> the Chartiat ranks . Now that the Whig have lost their power , by their own trickery , by their own deceit , aad their own vHlaoy , they will endeavour to burl us once mom into aa agitation which will have " cheap bread" and "high , wage * "for ita object I hate heard a great deal of those men in my absence , and their apeeche * read prettily in Mr . Balnea ' * paper , who ia very ably represented here by a gentleman who
la taking no not ** of what I am saying . ( Cheers and laughter . ) In ray absence I always read in the Mercury that whenever Feargus O'Connor present * himself , we alwaya meet uim fairly and fight the question out ; but whenever Feargus O'Connor is present I never see any of that ragged regiment which they have assembled from God knows where . ( Laughter . ) I never hear any of the rhapsodies of those gentlemen who declaim so feelingly upon the advantages of the "large loaf , " and "high wages , " and " plenty to do . " Now they may leave out that last point , for it ia unfortunately a part of the portion of the poor man that he has too much to do . ( Hear , hear , aad loud cheers ) In an address presented to me from Hebden Bridge , and which has not been read , they say , " We are
determined never to rest till the Charter becomes the law of the land . " I tell them that they can't , because there is no rest for the wicked . I tell them that they are system-mode wicked men ; for those who profess a desire to give them a large loaf , have eaten up both large loaf and small ; they have not only eaten up the public resources , but have thrown themselves upon the public also . If this system be much farther pursued , the publio will help themselves ; for hunger will break through stone walla , and men cannot be kept honest by Act of Parliament ( Hear . ) But this Corn Law question i * tbat npon which the Whig * will seek to elevate themselves , and keep out the Tories . It is hard to deal with the sophistries of those who advocate the repeal of these laws . I wish I had some of them here ;
I never can get hold of one ; they are like pi g * with soaped tails , I never can catch one . ( Laughter . ) I have , in every shape , laid this question bare in all its nakedness before a well-judging and sound understanding people . But let us take that common-sense view of it which bos not been taken yet . We cannot , on occasions ef this kind , enter so minutely into details as not to leave something for captious fools to cavil at But suppose you required fourteen millions of quarters of wheat , or any other quantity , for a year ' s consumption , and suppose you grew two er three million * short of the entire quantity , and that the want of that two millions greatly increases the price of the twelve millions that are left ; oar object can only be to increase the supply so as to prevent that Increase ot price . But suppose
that those two millions are introduced from some foreign state , we not only reduce the price of the borne grown corn , but to the same extent ; we make ourselves worse consumers of the products of our own trade than we were . The Corn-Law repealers would go all over the continent to seek up the deficient two millions of quarters ; but instead of doing that give me half a million of acres of land at home , and 1 will produce you the two millions required . That would not only moke us producers of oar own food , independent of foreign importers and foreign growers , but would also make us consumers of the value thereof in our own market . ( Cheers . ) The great argument of the repealers ia that it would make bread cheap ; but I beg you to remember that in the exact proportion that bread bas been
cheapened , wage * have teen reduced . ( Hear . ) It is well known that whenever there is an increase of the demand for goods for foreign markets , there is a dismissal of manual workies , and an increase of machinery . If to-morrow they required ten thousand ship loads cf your goods , new engines would be set up , and the workmen would bo required to work double tides in order to meet the foreign demand . ( Cheers . ) I leave those gentlemen that bone to pick , though they may tell you that they do not struggle for themselves alone , but for you . But do you see any of these men wanting a day ' s meal » Do you see Mr . Marshall wanting a large loaf ? the man who , by reducing his wages from 15 s . to 14 s . a week , can save £ 26 , 000 a year independent of the advantage arising from speculation
purchases of the raw material . ' That is owing to the waat of tiie Charter , and that ia a fact which must be impressed upon the mind of every working man . ( Hear . ) No matter what specious promises the Whigs may make in order to captivate the popular feeling and to get back again to office ; no matter what they may do , unless you have extensive organic changes , far i well to every hope of redemption for tho working class . ( Hear . ) We are now in a position that we aever were before . I have dragged this question through the mire . Every political measure has to undergo its own share of slander and disapprobation . I admit that I was scoffed at and spat upon whan I carried the little offspring under my coat in the dead of night ; and my excellent friend , Mr . Duffy , who has to-night entertained you to the best of
his ability , will bear in mind that six years ago , at Sheffield , they cried "Hurrough Pat , what biings an Irishman here 7 " Have I Jnot then lived down prejudice ? I go to-morrow to Sheffield , where , I can tell you . the same mea who cried " Hurrcguh Pat , " in 1835 , will be among the foremost to say "Welcome Irishman . " ( Cheers . ) I started with reminding you of the great strength which the Whigs and Tories derived from the system of delusion they were enabled to practice upon persons in different localities ; aad even yet the Leeds Mercury has not given up its old and flagitious practice . Yesterday , you bad . I am told , from 1 , 200 to 1 , 400 persons assembled in the Cloth HaU Yard to petition on the subject of the Corn Laws ; and , you may depend upon it , that we shall have tbat cried up on Saturday ,
as a great demonstration , the numbers being increased in geometrical progression like the nails in the horse ' s shoe ; and if the gentlemen from tbat office to whom I have before referred , will do me the honour to attend , I will dictate leading articles for next Saturday ' s paper , both as to that meeting and the present ( Cheers , and laughter . ) Now , I will venture to assert that I shall either be booked for a prophet , or shall drive the Mercury out of its intention . You will see la the Mercury all the speeches , with the cheera , and Something more , at the Monday ' s meeting ; and , besides that , a long leading article , approving of the spirit of the resolutions , and telling the faction that the proposer of the amendment was to be commended for having seen the necessity of sinking minor
differences , and consenting to sail in the same boat And you will have another article about the procession today ; for , if my eye did not deceive me , I saw some one in the cockloft of the Mercury Office , counting the numbers as they passed . They bad a man who counted the whole people who came to the Kersal Moor meeting , although they arrived by thirty-seven different roads 1 and he made the number to be just 3 , 339 ! and I have no doubt but that in the next Mercury oar procession to-day will be set down as consisting of 920 persons , twenty or thirty of whom were women . ( Laughter . ) And thus they seek to deceive you . But presently the day will arrive when the hosts of the Mercury will rise up in judgment against the deceiver , and say , had it not been for your falsehoods ,
we should have wedded the people to our cause ; bat you persuade as , by lying and falsehood to wait till the time for something like unioa has well nigh passed by . That amiable , good-tempered , orderly , saintly , quintescence of gentility and good-breeding , Mr . Edward Baines , Bays tbat the Tories let me out of York Castle for the assistance 1 bad rendered to them ; but the Morning Herald says that the Whigs liberated Feargus O'Connor to let him loose at the Tories ; and the Leeds Mercury says that it is quite a shameful thing that Mr . O'Connor should now agitato against the repeal of the Corn Laws , when he voted and spoke against them seven years ago . In that , however , the Mercury is quite mistaken . Now tbat the Whigs ore out of power , their first move will be , and it Is
important to know it , to join In the suppression of Chartism . It may be said tbat the Whigs are dead ; but they are only dead to themselves as a party , they are not dead for mischief . They would rather see a majority of 200 Tories in the House of Commons to-morrow than see thirty men of my principles amongst them . ( Hear . ) We have still much labour before us ; and I believe much of tho onerous labour will fall on my shoulders ; and tbank God , they are broad ( cheers ); and thank God they are strong ; and , thank God , I am of that constitution , conformation and form , that I neither dread the oppressors' threats nor the great man ' s scorn . ( Loud cheers . ) Some persons of my position in society would join wi ; h you at a general election , and court your popularity when It served their purposes , but I
do not limit my ce operation to saeh occasions . I am alwaya ready to shake the blistered hand , meet it where I may . Neither do I do it for selfish purposes . I am always to be found among you ; always mixed op with your cause , aad ready to advantage it in any manner that I think most conducive to its success . It is a dangerous thing , it has always been a dangerous thing , for a man to stand up energetically in tho prosecution of a particular course , which bas fur its object the amelioration of the condition of the working classes . Yet I have made a just estimate of the danger which I ton , and I am determined to persevere . ( Cheers . ) Have I ever once entered apoa thatona-sided course which faction has pressed me to enter on ? Never , aever , never . ( Loud cheers . ) L 9 t me now inform you as to a certain matter , a portion of which you are cognisant of yourselves . You recollect the demonstration which waa made in the middle of the snow in the dead of last winter , when the men and the
women from distant parts crowded to Leeds in order to do honour to the principles ef the Charter , and to meet their re viler ; you remember when the flax mill waa fitted up , almost like a theatre , and wbea the people were Marshalled under the auspices of the man worth two millions of money ; you recollect that night whea the Whig * just really felt my power . I was in a dungeoa then ; I waa the caged lion then . ( Cheera . ) Aad yet Mr . O Council , who did aot venture to come to Leeds , told the people of Ireland that I had recommended the people of Leeds to assassinate him if he came . ( Shame . ) I would appeal to all ofyou who know what I aaid and did , whether any one ean soy that I ever held out such an intimation to any oner (" No , sever . " ) Were not these my words— " They will endeavour to break tbe peace , biit let every man be a policeman to preserve the peace . " My recommendation wu to oppoM the sliding soala of principle , aad to accept no inatahnwt
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of joatice . At the Mancbe * t * r denonatntion , yeaterday , the aceae waa a moat splendid one . All the trades came out under their own banner *; * uch a processioa was never seen there aince Manchester was built ; andauch a seeaee will never again be witnessed nntil I carry them the abstract of the Charter aa the law of the land . ( Load cheer * . ) Bat what wen the circumstance * attending thia demonstration f Why , aome dan * i ° I neeivad a letter bum a repealer , say . ing , tbat in case I went to Manchester , I should be assassinated , even if 600 © Iriahmen fell In the straggle . Last week they were invited to assemble in Corpenter'a Hall , by placards , which clearly pointed me out as an object for assassination . They naked in large letters , " who incited the people of Leeda to assassinate
Daniel O'Connell ? " and then they anawered the question in atill larger letters , " Feargua O'Connor . " Notwithstanding this , the working men of Manchester met in thousands to welcome O'Connor in . Stevenaon ' ssquare . And sure enough O'Connor waa there to meet them . ( Cheers . ) Though I had the letter in my pocket , nobody had heard of it till I had got into Stevenson ' a-square ; and when I arrived there , I stood up and asked for the assassin . ( Loud cheers . ) Bat there was no assassin at hand . I knew that no Irishman could be brought to perform ao Tile a deed . I did not more shew my courage in going there than I showed the opnion that I held of my countrymen . Aad who were the patties that nocked round tke
carriage for the four miles of procession ? I scarcely heard a word of English ; it was all Irish . ( Hear . ) But mark the moral . If I have escaped whom have I to thank ? But if I bad shrunk from going wbat would have been tbe consequence ? Wfay , that I should have received similar letters from Leeds and from Sheffield , and from other places which I might propose to visit , and thus there would have been an end to the Chartist cause . ( Hear , hear , aad cheers . ) And now hear what was the result We had a very numerous teadrinking which lasted from six o ' clock till near midnight , for the tables were replenished with guests more than three times over . We had manufacturers there , middle-class men , and shopkeepers , for
" A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind . " And what was the consequence of my refusal to attend to this intimidation ? Why , a deputation from the Repealers , saying tbat they agreed with every word that fell from me in Stephenson's Square , and that now they would join the Chartists . ( Loud cheers for some time . ) What docs oil this mean ? ( " They join as . " ) They join yon . What . ' and yon cheer at it ? You ? ( " Yes . " ) What ! the working men of L&eds join in cheering at the union with Irishmen 1 ( Loud cheers . ) Well , you astonish me ! and I do lack words to express not so much my astonishment aa my delight What ! you , the " enomies of the Irish working classes . " ( Never . ) Wbat ! not for " seven hundred years the enemies of . Ireland . " What ! not" the men
who gave a Coercion Bill to Ireland ? " ( No . ) Wbat not tho men who support the power tf the law cimrcb . ? ( We have no power . ) Well ; that ia tbe very answer that I have been giving for the last ten years ; that yoa have no power to do anything ; and that if yoa had , it would be applied to make Ireland a nation instead of a province . After some further observations on Irish topics , Mr . O Connor reverted to the subject of Anti-Corn Law Agitation , which he said had been set on foot by the League with renewed vigour for the purpose of harassing and annoying the new Government And he entered into lengthened details to show that it would be immensely to the advantage of Great Britain to encourage tbe growth of corn at home , rather than to sanction ita being imported from
other countries . He wished for a more extended cultivation of the land and an - increase in the number of domestic farmers , as he was satisfied that an occupier of five acres of land would not only be able to pay a reasonable rent , but to save as much at tbe year end as would equal the rent and the value of the labour expended on the land . In conclusion he said—My friends , neither misinterpret me when I go away , nor misunderstand me in our communings one with another . What I say is , that no power on earth—that no power of man shall ever induce me , by bribes , by coercion , by persecution , or by intimidation , to give up one single fraction of one fractional part of the whole principles contained in the People's Charter . ( Loud and continued applause . )
Tbe CUAimiAN said the next toast did not require any comment to recommend it It was , " Tb ? Charter , and may it speedily become the law of the land . " ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Peter Hoet , of Birnsley , was received with cheers , and responded to the toast . This was , be said , the pleasantest evening he had ever spent in bis life , and he rejoiced that he had travelled to Leeds to be a witness to their devotion to the principles of the People's Charter . He waa delighted for two reasonsto witness their enthusiasm , and personally to repay the compliment to his eloquent countryman for the eloquent manner in which he had ever advocated the people ' s rights . He had been imprisoned for his principles , and he could assure them that his opinions had
not been in the least changed by his imprisonment ; but he stood before them a better Chartist , if possible , than be was before he entered the dungeon ' s gloom . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Since his liberation he had visited bis native country ; that visit hod not disappointed him ; nay he was delighted to h-vve to announce to them that tbe great principles of the Charter were steadily progressing throughout Ireland . ( Tremendous cheers . ) He had stood before a meeting of Chartists at Dublin , and he could assure them tbat were there no other society but that in all Ireland , it was enough to Radicalise the whole of the towns in Ireland .
( Cheers . ) They were united—they used their influenceand it was not too much to say that with such a onion and such powers as they possessed , it was impossible that the spread of their principles could be put a stop to . ( Cheers , ) He bad received a letter since bis return which fully corroborated these statements , and which said that let what influence soever be exercised , it was not in the power of any party to stop the advance of that little band . ( Cheers . ) He wonld not detain them further than to assure them that what he was , that would he remain , aad that under no circumstances could a change be made in his sentiments . ( Great cheering . )
The Chairman then gave " The Chartist Candidates at the late general election . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Wm . Martin , of Bradford , was called upon to respond to the toast He said he waa proud of being present on that occasion , not because Mr . O'Connor waa there , but because tbe men and women of Leeds had that day shown so bold a front in favour of their own principles , proving to a demonstration that they were determined to shake off both the factions , and to take their affairs into their own hands . ( Cheers ) He was proud , certainly , to see the honour which was paid to bis countryman , —( applause)—because in honouring him they hod also honoured his uncle and his principles . ( Great cheering ) Mr . Baines had on one occaaiea been guilty of tolling the truth . He had said In a
letter that the people of England were determined to do justics to the people of Ireland . ( Hear and cheers ) He did not complain of the number of Irish members , but of their quality , and he was quite determined to do bis best to give them an opportunity of choosing members of their own—men who would advocate their principles , and who would be chosen on the broad ground of Universal Suffrage . ( Great cheering . ) They did not want mea who would legislate for the church , or for a profit mongering faction . —( hear , hear , ) —but men who would legislate for the whole country , and who would give protection to labour . ( Cheers . ) Governments were originally formed to protect the weak against the strong ; bat by degrees , and in process of time , tbe aristocracy gained power , and used
the people aa stopping stones for their own aggrandisement , —{ hear , hear , )—and drew tbe labourer from his inheritance , in order that they might obtain possession of it for themselves . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) But Mr . O'Connor had proved that he meant to restore to them that which they had been so unjustly robbed of . ( Great cheering . ) The speaker then went on to say that there was more land than was required to support tho entire population of the country , from which he argued that were the labouring classes treated and employed as they ought to be , they would be so far withdrawn from the manufacturing districts , and occupied in agriculture , as would render it unnecessary tbat females and children should any longer labour ia those degrading rattle-traps , the factories , because the
earnings of the father would support tbe mother aud ber effspring . He could not endure tbat women should be any longer subjectad to the brutalities of over-bearing overlookers , or thai children should have to endure tho tyrant's lash . There were some amongBt the middle classes who were better than others , and there were also amongst the aristocracy some better and some worse ; but still these would not give tbe suffrage to the working classes for fear they should send men who were batter acquainted with the circumstances of nil classes to legislate for them in the House of Commons . He then went on to expose the pretended superiority of the aristocracy , who style the labouring population the swinish multitude , aad spent their over time in ths company of prostitutes .
and other e . ven more degrading ways ; though even they were obliged to admit tbat the working classes were respectable , and possessed great intelligence . The people were now getting too intelligent to be humbagged ; they were no ( so ready no was formerly to listen to the tales told to them at the hustings , and to shout in favour of tbe factions who were onanarlag them ; for they knew now that all the talk was mere humbug , and the ; were not to be led away with it He ( tke speaker ) had been returned as the Member for Bradford at the last election by show of hand * by a trenundoua majority , and had not the other parties demanded a poll he should have token hi * seat . He regretted that at a period like this the privileg * of voting
was vested in bricka and mortar , and not in the man ; and while the majority of those who lived hi such house * , voted ia the manner they did , the ayatem could not be different Had the people the power , then would a different system prevail , and labour would be the standard of the currency . ( Cheers . ) Ho exhorted them to mnlty , and ito steer the rame peaceful course they had hitherto done , by which the enemy would be prevented from plundering them , and they would be enabled to proceed on to victory . He warned them against being led away by spies , had it not been for than the people would « re this haw been la pomes ¦ ion of the promised land . He entreaUd them not to eteakm their exertion * on behalf of ttw ttapxisened
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Chartist *; and paid a high eotnpliment to the Norther Star and ito Editor , but for whom the unVring * of those who had bees incarcerated wonld have bean much mere severe , and , like Clayton , they might haw been murdered . Hi * blood atill cried out for ven geance , and vengeance it would yet have . He thanked them for the pattenoe with which he had been heard , aad congratulated them o * tb « ir number * and bear ing . He hoped what they had beard would be impressed on their minds ,, and thai they would go home with a determination to come , forward and join their brethren in the atiug « le for liberty , by joining th « Chartist Association ; aad thea farewell , a long farewell to the ifarcury pill in Yorkshire . ' Mr . Martin sat down amidst great cheering . . The Chairman next proposed . " The speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . Skevingtoh , being called upon to respond to the . toast , said—That after the achievement of the people ' s rights , by the establishment of the principles of the Charter , the objeet nearest his heart was tho desire to see those expatriated patriots restored to thoir couatry , their families , and friends . Personally he was unacquainted with Williams and Jones , yet , through the medium of the press , he had learned suffloient of their characters to entitle them to his most strenuous exertions on their behalf . Of Mr . Frost he knew much : he had been a co-worker with him in the cause of political redemption—he had fought with him , side by aide , in the campaign against despotism , and he ever found him a man of sound principle and sterling integrity . Mr . S .. after
passing a high eulogmm upon the public character of the exiled patriot and urging upon the audience the necessity of exerting themselves to obtain the fall and immediate remission of the unjust sentence passed upon the three patriots , concluded by informing the men and women of Leeds , that being appointed lecturer of the East Biding with which the Chartists of Leeds had identified themselves , he should have frequent opportunities of addressing them , and that as the time allowed for each speaker on the present occasion , was limited to five minutes , he would enter more fully into the subject at some early period . Mr . Skevington ' s address was well received throughout , and he sat down amid loud and long continued cheers .
The Chairman gave as the next toast— " The liberation of all incarcerated Chartists . " Mr . Duffy was extremely happy both for his own sake and that of the meeting , that nig time was limited to five minutes . He was little used to address meetings like that ; but his soul must have been indeed , dead if , with the promptings of his ] own experience he could hesitate but one moment to reciprocate the sentiment embodied in the toast . They were all now comparatively happy , their mirthful countenances bespoke a glee of heart , aed their joy at the reception of the lion from his cage , was a temporary overbalance for the sufferings and privations which they habitually endured ; but let him conduct them for a moment from that
splendid saloon to the hells of Wakeueld , Northallerton , and Beverley , where their brethren were languishing . What was the condition of the Chartist captive iu those abodes of misery at that present moment ? Ho was then locked in his cell , and stretched upon his pal * let to reflect a midst the gloomy stillness of the night upon the rampant reign of tyranny—to think upon his wife and oh his little ones who mourned his absence , and to curse in inward bitterness ,. the iron which he felt within bis soul . If he should dare to uncover but bis hands or to thrust his head from beneath the Whig blanket , it would be quickly noticed by a ruffian traversing the room in list slippers . " Hist !" would be all he would hear for that time ; the number of his bed would be taken down , and in the
morning he would be had up before the Governor ; and for the crime (!) fiercely reprimanded , and sentenced , it might be , to a day or two ' s solitary confinement , or it might be to a deprivation of a portion of his miserable food the next day . [ Great sensation was produced in the meeting by this pourtray al of tho miserable condition of our suffering brethren . ] The speaker then went on to state that this was no fancy-drawn picture ; it was one in which he had himself formed a figure in the foreground . The Whigs had beenmercifully pleased to remit a portion of his sentence . Why ? because they imagined that by infernal tortures they had got rid of him . They had
brought him to the verge of eternity . There were those present who saw him and whoconld testify that his body and limbs were swollen to an alarming extent—his nervous debility and general state of health was such , that they thought he could not live more than three weeks , and so they let him out to die . Thank . God tVey were mistaken . He was now something like his own man again—he was there a living witness against despotism and class tyranny ! aud by God ' s blessing he hoped to see their downfal , and to rejoice , not only at the liberation of his brethren now incarcerated ; but of the destruction of the foul system undo ? which they and so many others have been made to suffer . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman then gave as the next toast , " The Northern Star and the democratic press . " i Great cheering . ) Mr . Hat begged , on behalf of the Northern Star to thank them most cordially for the compliment they had paid that paper , in placing it at the head of the democratic press ; nor was it of course the less pleasing to him after the four years' service he had endeavoured to render them in the conducting of that journal , to know that this was no idle compliment , but a simple acknowledgement of . fact . If the sentiment upon which their proceedings had been based was correct in its expression ; if the people were indeed the source of all power , and that they were so was a truism universally acknowledged : it was
surely then worthy of their best concern to consider how the real power of the people could be best and most efficiently exercised for their own benefit . Ia the absence of legislative means , which they had supposed to be filched from them , there was no lever so effecti ve in the hands of the masses as a sterling democratic press—and whilethisexisted , and was rightly estimated and supported by the people , there ceald be no danger of permanent class legislation . With the liberty to think , to reason , to argue , to inquire , and to communicate freely the results of their cogitations , there was ever an amount of intellectual power in the people to devise the means of effectuating their redemption from enthralment . He hailed it , then , as one of the best tokens of the times , that the people had now learned to estimate the value of the
democratic press . If there was any reason why the Northern Star should be by them placed at the bead of that press , he would seek it not so much in any particular individual talent , or energy employed upon it , as in the fact that it was , it ever had been , and while under his management it ever should be , an essentially democratic organ—an organ recognising broad principles and universal rights alonean organ of their own , in which the people could read their own minds , write their own minds , and see their rights asserted , and redress claimed for their grievances . It was thus that the Northern Star had become a terror to the peoplo ' 9 enemies ; and upon these grounds he claimed for it a continuance of that upholding favour which could alone make it capable of tearing down the towers of corruption , aad establishing the reign of
righteousness . The Chairman next announced that he had come to the last toast of the evening—" Theladies . " He w ? js happy to say that he bad sscured the services of " quite a lady ' s man" to respond to the toast ; his remarks wonld be brief , as after he had done , the baud would stay for a while , in order that the ladies , who were very wishful , might enjoy the pleasure of a dance . The toast was received with much cheering . Mr . Hick , in a speech of some length responded , after which thanks were voted to the Chairman , and the proceedings terminated at nearly two o'clock in the morning . Thus ended a demonstration which will not be speedily forgotten , and the salutary effects of which must be felt to the latest period of time , in the influence which it . will have npon the advancement of those principles which are for the benefit of the whole human race .
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T . HHHR Mi . O'Cosxob . made his public entry into Leeds on Tuesday ; he armed from Manchester at five o ' clock , and was met on Holbeck-moor by such numbers as scarcely ever before followed in the train of hero or statesman . In fact , at no previous period have the principles of which he is the advocate been eo triumphantly—so enthusiastically honoured as on the present occasion . The arrival of the patriot called forth a burst of cheering which made the neighbourhood echo ; while the joyous -greetings with which he wa 3 individually hailed , stopped the formation of the procession to the town , and delayed its arriTal for some time .
A committee had been appointed to arrange the manner of his entry , to marshal the procession , and to get up the soiree ; and a very effective committee they were , proving , as at all other places where the " fustians" begin in right earnest , that they lack not intelligence to manage their own affairs ; but where all are determined to do their best , the management of even so large a party becomes pretty easy . This does EOt , however , detract in the slightest degree from the merit due to the committee ; for if the management became easy to them their entire arraisgssients were nevertheless of such a nature a _ 3 under any circumstances , to have produced a gratifying result .
So soon as the enthusiasm at the Moor somewhat abated , and the people had fallen back from tbe carriage in which Mr . O'Connor had taken his 6 eat , then the procession was formed , and the trumpet sounded the advan<»—the head of the column beiDg about half a mile before tbe carriage , aud a dense mass occupying the entire road , the pace w&s slow , and the approach to the town was delayed beyond the appointed hour . The procession was accompanied by two bands of music , and a large number of flags and banners , bearing the osuai inscriptions ; and hundreds of persons were decorated with green rosettes . There were numbers of well-dressed females , also , whose presence seemed to furnish greater inducement to order in the rougher sex .
At tho time the procession moved there were not fewer vhan from fifteen to twenty thousand persons present ; but these numbers formed no comparison with tbosa by which it was afterwards actually accorcpanied through the town , while all along the route , namely , along Meadow-lane , over Leeds bridge , up Briggate , down Kirkgate , along Yicarlane , np Lowerhead-rcw , down Briggate , along Commercial-street , and dewn Albion-street to the Music Hall , the windows and house top 3 were crowded with persons , particularly ladies , by whom
the approach of Mr . 0 Conner was hailed by waving of handkerchiefs , green ribbons , &c . The progress through the town was triumphant in the extreme ; the "Whigs had all shut themselves in back roomsthe Tories were silent as the grave—tbe Chartists were every body , and eTery body were Chartists ; at least every body did honour to the distinguished leader aad chieftain of Chartist principles—repaying him richly for the sufferings he had endured , and compelling him to the adoption of still greater exertions , for the obtaiament of still greater conquests .
After the procession had arrived in Albion-street , which was bo densely crowded as to be completely blocked up , Mr . O'Connor addressed a few wordi from his carriage to the masses by whom he was snrrounded , and then retired until the company had become seated in the Music Hall , where the Tea and Soiree were to take place . THE TEA PARTY AND SOIKES About half-past seven o ' clock , half of tha company to the number of upward * of five hundred , being u maoy as tbe saloon would conveniently accommodate being seated , Mr . O'Connor entered , and was reeeivec with deafening cheers , waving of handkerchief * , &c which lasted for aome minute *; he took hi * seat at t
table -with the Chairman ( Mr . Brook ) and other frienda in th « Orchestra , and the tea wa * served up , the table ) having been previously well stored with aobrtan tialB , for which great credit i * dns to the com mittee of management , aad to those ladies nude whose more imswdiate raperintendanee tbe entertain merit -was aza&ged . We should not forget to notice also that the room wa * very tastefully decorated will evergreens , bouquets of flawer * , Its . No soonar ha < the g&eata at the table * partaken of tea , than the ; retired , and another large party , who had occupied tb gallery , and aa ante-room , took their plaees , and it wa warty aiae o'clock bete © tbe tables wen finall ; cleared . As aa aeeaernaiiEent , tba { ft *<""«» an aoaaaed tiatt wfaa * tto taUai m bsiag deseed , Mi
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Hoxopbkd Sir , —The Chartist Total Abstinence Society desire to express their unmingled satisfaction at again beholding you free , unmanacled , and nothing daunted in your glorious zsal for liberty . They hail your reappearance among us as an earnest of success , and they feel your exhilarating presence to brace the nerves ef their determination , and to urge them onward to increased exertion . We beg you , as an earnest of onr love , as a testimony of our gratitude , and as a pledge of our attachment , to accept this simple emblem of liberty and purity , which we are satisfied must always be coevsJ .
Praying that the time may speedily arrive , when your glorious efforts shall issue in the establishment , -upon a legislative basis , of the Charter of our rights , and pledging ourselves to unceasing and continuous straggle , while we express an unreserved confidence in your gallant leadership , which has already done much , we look forward to the epeedy accomplishment of all our hopes—the establishment of the throne in righteonsness , and the universal prevalence of prosperity and peace . Signed on behalf of the Leeds Chartist Totil Abstinence Society .
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TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ .. Mr Dzab Sib , —At a meeting of the National Charter Association of Hebden Bridge , on Monday the 20 th inst ., Robert Sutcliffe was unanimously appointed our delegate to represent us at Leeds , on Tuesday next , to assure F . O'Connor , Esq ., of our unabated confidence in him , as our political leader , and of our firm determination to persevere in the glorious cause of democracy . And we hereby pledge ourselves never to rest until the Charter becomes the law of the land . Yours truly . On behalf of the National Charter Association of Hebden Bridge , He . nry Babbitt , Sub . Sec .
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JMtj had volunteered a somg . This he sang in gsod style ; it ia his own eompostion , ud ia aa follows : — MR . O'CONNOR'S WELCOME TO LEEDS . COMPOSED A . HD SUKO BT MR . 3 . DEPFT , Al THE
S 01 US . Tone— " Bob Roy Moegregtr , O !' Welcome , from thy living grave , Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Tha suffering millions come to save ; Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Thrice welcome here , thoa beat of men , The widow * ' feope , the orphan ' * frien ' . Our country ' s pride , from hill and glen , We welcome brave O'Connor , O t Tyrant * sought , but sought in Tain , Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Thy great and noble soul to chain ; Brave , bold O'Connor , O . ' Say , have they tam'd the lion ' s rage ? Or chang'd him in their Whiggish cage ? No , faith , they ' re not ; I will engage , For brave , bold O'Connor , O !
Long may he live to take his stand , Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! Among tbe " workies" of the land ; Brave , bold O'Connor , O J May Heaven bless the sacred cause , And crown hi * effort * with applause , Aad gain a * jast and equal laws , Brave , bold O'Connor , O ! The prince of patriots is here , Brave bold O'Connor , O ! Brother Chartist * rise and cheer Brave bold O ' Connor , O ! Cheer him as an honest man , Despite of Whig or Tory clan , " My dear" Ray or " royal" Dan , We welcome bold O'Connor , O !
The conclusion of this seng called forth much applause , which having subsided , The Cha . ir . ius introduced Mr . Westlakb , who presented an address from the associated Chartists of Leeds and its vicinity ; aud Mr . Wm . Hick , who presented another from the Charter Total Abstinence Society , from whom also a large and beautiful rosette , suspended by a broad green belt , was placed round lii « neck by two of the females . It was inscribed , " Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . " An address was afterwards presented from Hebden Bridge . The following are copies : —
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQUIRE . HoNotrHED Sib , —With feelings of delight and exultation for the adequate expression of which our powers fail us , the Chartist 3 of your own more peculiarly adopted locality , the town and neighbourhood of Leeds , respectfully , heartily , and sincerely welcome you to tbe renewal of that personal intercourse which the recklessness of despotism has for a season interrupted . Permit us to express our grateful thanks for your long-tried , faithful , and ever ready servioes in the cause of freedom , and to renew the expression of our confidence that those services will be still continued ; that you will still battle for the cause which you have bo long , so powerfully and so nobly advocated—the cause of right , of freedom , and of juBtioe for the working man .
Tyranny has done its worst upon it ; but the good Providence of God has guarded yoa . Your life has been spared ; your fetters are now broken ; and your presence amoDg the people will heal up breaches and dissensions where they may exist ; will raise the spirits of the drooping ; confirm the courage of the bold ; and so invigorate the vrhele , that factious domination shall soon quail before us , and the reign of righteousness begin . Since you have left the tinsel of your own" order " to associate with us , we have wrought together as
one . We receive you tbia day in earnest of continued union . We renew our covenant with youa covenant of mutual service and reward . Yours be the service of struggling for our rights—your reward the prond consciousness of patriotism—our heartfelt gratitnde—our children ' s blessings : ours be the task to uphold and strengthen you . Thus Bhall our march be irresistible . Tbe flag of liberty unfurled shall wave over tbe ashes of tyranny , and prosperity shall wait on justice . Signed on behali of tho Chartists of Leeds and its vicinity , J . Sro . f EHorsE , Secretary .
Valuable Works.
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Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Fearous O'Connor, Esq., Of Hammenmith, Countj Middleaex, By Joshua Hobson, At His Print-
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