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SHEFFXBXiS . ( From our own Correspondent . ! MB . Baiestotts Lecturb . —Mr . Bak&tow deli" vered his second lecture in the Town Hall , on "Wednesday evening , Dec 29 ih . Mr . Ludlam - * as again called to ihe chair , and Mr . B ., who was received -with loud cheering , commenced his discourse , Ms subject bein g * — "Tha origin , rise , progress , principles , objects , and prospects oT Chartism . " IS has been said , observed the lecturer , that Chartism ^ as dead ; this had been declared from the lips of a Whig Attomey-Gtcersl—had been echoed by a corrupt press—had been sounded through the length and breadth of the land—voBld hs dare to gainsay it then ? No ; but if Ooartism was dead , or if it had ever died , he was there
to stead npan its tomb , aad bid it , in the people ' s name , come forth . ( Ghee »> Chartism , like all great changes , and all great principles , had sprang from the raits of the ¦ working classes—thai paople from ^ fhom had emanated every beneficial change , every improTement in society ; Char&sm owed not its origin to the present generation ; no , in other days , in other timss , a Gerald and a iluir , a Cart-Brighs and a Hunt , had , in "defiance of persecution , advocated the principles of Chartism—principles "which had descended to us a precJoos heir-loom , -which we -will transmit acknowledged and established in tae land , a heritage to our children . ( Cheers . ) It tinfortnnatelywas the case that so long as the people could exist in comparative comfort , so long vrere they content to be
politically slaves . You sever caa make the millions complain until suffering nader terrible injustice , and all relief or alleviation sf their misery denied them , they fregia to ask , why is it that we produce and must not enjoy ? It is when the millions Ind themselves gfoVfa g is -misery , robbed by the tax-eater and proSfmonger , tie iron heel of adamantine oppression crushing them in the dust ; then do they speaS in a voice of thunder and demand the rights we call Chartismrights tiiat must , that will be conceded whenever the millions shall demand their own enfranctusementj for the voice of the people is the voice of God . ( Cheers . } Our principles are ncne the less holy , none the less -valuable , though in their assertion , martyrs perish and patriots fall , oceans of blood may bs shed , aud revolution , may come . What is revolution ? It is a change resisted too long , conceded too late . The oppressors of the poor are deaf to their crie 3 ; the tyrants of the
people seam their demands : they employ fraud and j farce to riSfls the Toice of freedom , and gtem the pre- 1 grass of liberty , antfl the people , wearied of misery and j slavery , rise in the strength of their fearful might , End with tiger-like fury dash to destruction all who < oppose them . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Much as ihepross may wrtiwn-nfatp our principles , the truth -will . triumph , j and those principles -will yet be the all-acknowledged , j and triumphant over every opposition . Slany wonder J bow it is that the working classes can be so blind to j their own interests , as to allow themselves to be led by ' designing men—how tkey c&n be eo itnbbom and so ] stupid as to be led fwm the " big loaf , " with all the ; attendant blessings of " cheap bread , " high wages , " i and " plenty to do , " to follow af : er an ephemeral j object—a visionary phantom , that must ever elude their j grasp . ( Laughter . ) Strange it is , no doubt , especially ' When we remember the means , the influence that has !
been used to induce people to join the middle class , for the obtainiaent of " practical measures . " Manufacfearers , shipowners , factory lords , shopkeepers , dissent- ! ing ministers , understrappers , pimps , and lickspittles , j Lave all combined—have employed fey turns corruption ' and intimidation to effect their ends , but all in vain . Ihe working classes , meeting their employer * in the arena of public discussion , have negatived , to their teeth , their humbug resolutions , and quack nostrums : fh * working classes feave declared , over and over again , i that tttey will not agitate for a repeal of the Corni laws . ( Lend cheers . ) Well , and after all , the Morning j Chroxide has been forced to avow—compelled to ac- knowledge that the course pursued by the Chartists ;
Vas a -wise one ; yes , after all the abuse and misrepre- ; ¦ entation—after all the calumny and slander heaptd ; ttpon the Chartists by the Whig press , the great j organ of Whiggery had been compelled to ac-i knowledge that the Chartists had acted wisely j Bad welL Many of the public journals were j abandoning Whiggery ; ft-was just he should ' niention j and give his meed of praise to the Sonam / ormist , a j paper fhat had defended the principles of the Charter j seriatim , ; that hs 4 by its brilliant and convincing argu- i ments , removed a theussad prejudices , and already con- ¦ Terted to our cause thousands of the middle class , j { Cheers . ) If there is not the enthusiastic zial of tlia j past pervading our ranks , there is instead ihereof a , a rfeady determination hat afford ? , nay , assures a better |
issue of the struggle- Far be it from him to depreciate ¦ the exertions and labours of the patriots of thirty-nine ;; they were men who encountered terrible obstacles ;' they were men who braved no ordinary dangers , and if Uiey failed in achieving the deiiverance-of th = ir country , tiie failure was e-sring not so much to feult 3 of their own , as to the lack of union and resolution amongst i the people . "We are told that our principles are iai- ; practicable—my aEsweris , look to America ; -when , we eee thousands of Europa's oppressed children -flying from the homes of their fathers , to seek in the land of liberty a shelter and a refuge , did not that prove to a demonstration , not only that our principle ? are true , but also that -where those principles \ rere carried out , men were anxious to live . After earnestly exhortinz
the meeting to do their utmost to obtain Bignntures to the National Petition , Mr . B . concluded a leDgtcy and surpassingly eloquent address by warmly eulogising ths diaraeter ^> f that txcellent patriot , Thomas Cooper , the leader of the Lsicestsr Chartists , and sat down amidst repeated asd enthusiastic cheers- ilr . Jnlisn Harnsy , said he rose for the purpose of moving a resolution be held ifl his hand . They would remember thstsome ffy ¦ weeks back , asserting cf anti-Corn Law delpgates -was held at Manchester , at this meeting Mr . Joseph Starve , ef BirmiEzhatn , attended . A convereation upon the subject of class-legislsdon took place , aad the opinion generally expressed , was , that this vas the principal cause of the Com Lstrg and all the otber evils borne by the industrious classes
a fact , by the bye , the Chartists for four years past had been dinning in the ears of these numskull Repealers . Well , " better lata than never /* and a new light having shone upon tb « delegates , ths-y appointed Messrs . Sturge and Sharnian Crawford to draw up a document which Bhould be a bond of union for the jniddle and working classes . Well , aftsr three or four weeks " serious consideration , " this document appears , and a precious production it was . It declared what ? Why , what every man knew before band , that the majority of the people are unrepresented ! Why there is not a Tory in the land but would acknowledge this , but having acknowledged it , would he go further , would he help the people to obtain their sights ? No ; he would say it was not expedient the
people should be represented . Aye , and if they do not say , so think the Corn law Repealers—in the ynnxit they are no friends to the principle of universal representation . Glad he iMi . H- ) was that Sir . Shar-¦ pum Crawford had nothing to do with this hranhng ; sni although Mr . Stnrge's name was appended to it , ie had too high ejj opinion of tie honesty of that gentleman , whom he ( Mr . H- ) respected ior his many labours in the cause of humanity , to believe that this only and wholly was his -vrork . He had a notion , ' ike Yankee ' s say , that tha original document had passed \ hrough the sieve of certain parties ere it had been permitted to see the light with Mz . Stnrge ' s name affixed . { Hear , hear . ) They knew what parties he meant , the Cobdens , Potters , Grelgs , and ilarshalls , feilovra -who
¦ would prefer the rule of the devil himself to the triumph of democracy . ( Cheers . ) Be ( Mr . H . ) deemed Jt his duty to warn the people against this clap-trap ; trhat need was there of giving tkree or four weeks ' * ' serious consideration" to the drawing up of this or any other document ? Was there not a document already in existence , a document , as the signatures" to the National Petition would show , that tad received the approval of a majority erf the nation—their glorious Charter ? ( Gheers . ) If the Corn Law Repealers had become converts to the principle of Universal Jufirage , let them , being the minority , submit t * the ¦ will and adopt that document that had received the sanction of the majority . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not be at all surDrised bnt that this document would
be followed up by some scheme of organisation , by \ ray of drawing the people from the National Charter Association ; the Repealers would no d&ubt want to " get rid of 3 ? eargus" and the Executive Council , bnt be trusted they would faiL ( Cheers . ) Let the people remember the fable of the wolves and the sheep ; the volves entered into a treaty of peace with th ? sheep , the latter believing the hypocritical professions of the former foolishly consented to give up their dogs , and receive in return the cubs of the wolves as hostages of tfce faith of botfc parties ; it was not long ere the dop beiag set upon were basely murdered , and the sheep deprived . of their faithful protsctors , attacked from ¦ Without and betrayed within , fell aa easy prey to their enemies . Such would be the fate of the people if they
abandoned those whom they had tiled and proved to i » false . If the middle class are honest let them adopt our Cnarter , and join our association ; he was not epposed to the union of the two classes , on the contrary be desired it , but it mutt be a union the bisiB of which » as justice , the object of which was the equal rights of all—yield not a hair's breadth of the Charter—whole and entire let it be our watchword and demand . Mr . Harasy concluded by pro-Dosing the adoption , of the ^ flowing resolution : — « W « , toe Chartists of Sheffield , having -waited with a degree of trustful expectation Sot the public appssraDcs of a document announced by 2 &x . Joseph Sfcurge , of Birmingham , which document we had been led to expect would contain the development
sf a fur and tquitable scheme whereby the middle aBd -working classes xf this country might unite for obtaining uaiv # rsal rights , hereby declare , now Sir . Sturge ' s document has been published , that we regard it with feelings o ? TtnouaYiSed disapprobation , as being jio more than a mere negation of the justice of political rule ¦¦ as at - present exercised in ih \ a kingdom , and . in no way whatever as a distinct and unequiToeal acknowledgment of the right of every msiare . Englishman to the suffrage ; and we f-oriinsrsiore declare that whatever prepositions for a political alliance may , in future , be made 10 us , as ¦ working-men , by the middle classes , we will most EEres £ r > ed ] y and unhesitatingly reject thesy unless Jfcey cofitMn aa entire and hearty ^ ckcoivieagment of
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tbe principles developed in the People ' s Charter . " - Ir ; Hollyoake considered the document of Mr . Sturge an insult to the working clashes—here , had the people repeatedly declared that the Charter aione woaiaithey accept , and-now when the Corn Law Repealers found they eould not deceive the people , they come to those they have strove to delude , and offer them something less than they have repeatedly declared they Insist upon havir . ff—he would say , let the people insist npos having their Charter in full , and if the middle-class would not be content to give them their Charter , let the people
insist upon having something more . ( Cheers . ) If they •• Jtmanded more than the Charter they might get ft—if tbey consented to take less they would get nothing , but ¦ rcufd ba deceived and juggled as they had been before . Mr . Hollyoake concluded an excellent address , in the course of which he was loudly cheered , by seconding the resolution ; one forest of hands declared the resolution unanimously adopted . The thanks of the meeting having been voted to Mr . Bairstow and the chairman , and the last part of the Chartist anthem sung in full chorus , three cheers was given for the Charter and no surrender , and the meeting dissolved .
The Welsh Mabtt ; rs—In reply to a me mortal of tba Shfcffitfld Chaitist 3 inbahalf of Frost , Williams , and Junes , the following has been received by Mr . Hamey from the Horn > Office : — " Whitehall , 23 rd Dec , 1841 . " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zepaaniah Williams , I am directed to express to you his reg et that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public dnt 7 , in advising her Majesty to comply -with the prayer thereof . "
The Sheffield Chartists memorialised the Queen—not Sir James Graham .- it -was the duty of Sir James to have preseLtcd the memorial to the Sovereign , and returned her answer—not his own . This straw thrown up shows which way the wind blows . The Queen is tha Qaeen of the faction in power for the time beingnot the Queen of the people . No mercy , no justice need the people expect at tha hands of the men at present having sway . Well , let them buckle on thsir armour ; let them prepare for the great moral struggle fast approaching : a struggle in which triumphant , as we shall be , if all will pull together , will realise our Charter law , and restore to their country our banished friends .
RoTiiEBHAii . —A public meeting was held at Rotherham , en Thursday evening , December 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the National PetiUsn . ilr . Ibbtt 3 on was called to the chair . Mr . Uamsden moved the adoption of the Petition . Mr . Lindlcy seconded the motion , ilr . Bairstow supported the Petition , and delivered a most eloquent and trjily masterly address , in which he triumphantly refuted every objection brought against the principles of Chartism . The Petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Harney moved the adoption of the resolution denunciatory of Sturge ' s document , previously adopted at Leicester , Lougliborough , and Sheffield , Mi Steele seconded the resolution , which was unanimously carried . The Chartist anthem was teen s ^ ng ; and thanks having been voted to Mr . Bairstow , the meeting dissolved .
MAKCHESTSR . —Last week a placard appeared on the walls of this town , calling a public meeting for new year ' s day , to petition for a repeal ef the corn laws , and compensation for injuries inflicted upon society by such laws . The Chartists steiug this , immediately issued a counter placard , warning the working classes against being led astray , and calling upon them to come forward and prove to their enemies that they were not to be made tools of by any party ; and to agitate for nothing less than a full measure of justice . The placard put out by the league , though it vraa said to be a public meeting , stated that the chair wonld be taken at twelve o ' clock , by Mr . Alderman Brooks . —On the Friday evening a nnmber of individuals belonging to the league , who are willing to do any dirty job which may be laid out for
th < an ; a horde of tools who are hanging about , at one time denouncing the Chartists as Tory tools , and at another professing Chartism to the back bone , in order to glean what they can from them , waited upon Mr . James Leach , to know whether the placard was offic'Jiily issued—and being answered in the affirmative , they trtjnt recruiting for an army for the next day , in order to carry their resolutions by physical force ; their bounty being a good swig of whisky , and & few shillings . On the morning of meeting the police were collected and marched down the streets , which caused considerable excitement . About eleven o ' clock the hall wae surrounded by a vast crowd , amongst whom were the leaders of the Stephenson ' s-sqoare and Carpenters' Hall butcheries . Policeratn -were at the door to prevent all but the privileged class from entering , whilst parties were
going in at the Bide doors until the front seats were occupied . Alderman Brooks took the reporters of the Manchester pnpers in by tbe side doors , whilst the reporter of the Star , was shoved back by the police and refused admittance until twelve o ' clock . When ths dc-crs Were opsztil there tfjls a general rush into the EcAl . The reporters fur the press for Manchester and district wera comfortably seated , whilst the reporter for the Slar had not even suffic . er . t room to lay Ms book down ta write , ' but was compelled to hold it in his hand amid the crowd , befog all the time crushed and shoved about by the prts ? sarc . Tbe reporter told Mr . Watkins , vho acted in tho capacity of general , that he should protes : against the proceedings , and was told in reply , he might protest and go to ihe devil if he liked .
Around the platform -were placed all tha leaders of th * bludgeon men . The audience seemed impatient for tho commeacement of business , upon -which a Mr . Duggan rose ; ujd proposed Mr Brooks to take the chrur , a person seconded it and before any per * on conld even have time to speak , much leas propose any one else , he proceeded to put tbe motion to the meeting . Mr . Lfeney said . haths could not tell whether it was carried against him or not , arid demanded another show , to which Mr . Wa . tkins , in the cpacity of general and prompter objected , ilr . Btoo ' k . and others -wtre ashamed of his conduct and insisted upon Linney having an opportunity of seeing -wbiiker there "was a majority or not . The audie-nes seeing the fair manner in which Brooks defended the right of Linney to take the sense i . f the meeting were hiafclv
pieaseci ; and , as anolhcr Chairman was proposed , Linney Ttqaested tht msetingtoholuup again , and decided that the majority -was in favour of Mr . Brooks . All that the Chartists wanted-was fres , equal , ana fair discussion ; and it mattered not to them vfho was Chairman , so that ha dealt honestly , and procured every man a hearing . Mr . Brooks , in openiiig the snecting , said that he hid been at a meeting on the night previous till twelve o ' clock ; and , when Le returned home , he sat down to prepare himself for that day . He had coma to the concliision that the Corn Laws were base , blocdy , brutal , and unrighteous . Mr . Ravson moved the the first resolntion in a regular anti-Garn Law speech ; and was seconded by Mr . Watkins in a mere echo of a tale a thousand and one times told . Hr . Falby , of MacclesSeld ,
was called upon to support the resolution . . In the course of a long , rambling , harangue , he uttered aonics scandalous , and intuiting imputations aeainst his toTTnsrain , Mr . West , endeavouring to prove him a Bapporier of the Corn Laws . The cotton masters , he said , vrete tyraala , aad -would reduce wages , so long as they had the power . In a sii-jrt time after , he praised the cotton ousters , f « r not dropping v ? age 3 when they had thepo-wer . Tl-. e speaker continued for upwards of an hour , putting forth contradictory positions , and Tvas highly applauded by the respectable class . His address ¦ was a complete tissue of spleen , abuse , and " nonsense . There certainly - was ona sentence something like consistency , which was , that the working classes , had nothing against machinery , but aeainst the monopoly ,
and unfair regulation of it . Messrs . Leach , Linney , and Candy wished to submit an amendment ; but , instead o £ the Ghiirman soliciting a hearing , he played tbe same game as Cobden did at the Stephensonsquara butchery , and put it to the meeting as to whether they should be heard or not ; of course , ke immediately decided against them ; he said the amendment was altogether irrevelent , and asked whether they would allow them to speak , to which the " bludgeon men" replied in the negative ; and by the bj , every speaker declared himself to be a Char'ist . bat denounced , in the most bitter terms , Feargus 0 Connor , and other leaders . " Prepare to . meet yuur God" Finnigan spoke next , and during hi 3 speech
fighting was going on in all paTts of the room in the presence of the Chairman , wkLout the least attempt to prevent it The pstitien and resolutions were carried by intimidation end force , and ought V : > be labelled "the petition of the bludgeon men . ' Mr . F . eraing said , if the prc-ceedings of the aeeting were correctly reported , it -would not have much weight upon the public mind ; they -were disgraceful . The Leagus , in order to ensnre a triumph and to carry their point ,. selected Irishmen fur speakers who endeavoured to work upon the prejadicts of their countrymen who understood nothing a ^ o-nlthe question at issue , and thus make it dangerous for any but their own party to be in the rooai . The proceedings ended in great confusion .
AS 3 TON-DNDEH . 1 YNS .-A Chartist tea party anJ soiree took place on New Tear ' s Eve , in the National Charter Association Room , Old Factory , Wellington-road , Gharlestefrn , in honsur of the opening of their new room . Tee room was mast tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , &c . Notwithstanding there were a large number of tea parties in ihe town on the same day , at six o ' clock 300 sat down to tea , which , with it 3 accompaniments , were of the best quality , and were served up -with an unsparing hand . Ample
justice having been done to the cheer , the tables were removed , when a large number were admitted at twopeace each , to partake in the evening ' s amusements , consisting of songs , recitations , and dances . Mr . Greo . Jehnson was chairman Ior the evening ; after he had addressed the mettiDg , he called upon Mr . William Alien and Mr . Wilcox , who each addressed the company . Tia Qld year was dismissed and the new year ushered in by singing the Chartist National Anthem . A vote of tb ^ frs were given the Committee for the excellent manner the tea party was got up .
GtiOSWXCK , > 'eab . Oldham . —The Instruction Sudety of thi 3 place took tea together on New Year's Diy . Nicety-five sat down , and afterwards spent a comfortable evening . WARKINGTO ?* . —A public meeting wag held fce ? e en the 2 vth ult ., whan au a < Idr <* ss of congratulation to her Majesty , and praying for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners , -vras adopted . .
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CITYOP LONDON . —Mr . R . Cameron , of . Finsbury , delivered a very eloquent and instructive lecture on the growth and progress of Chartism , in the Institute ,. 55 , Old Bailey , last Sundtty evening , to acrowdedeongregation of respectable working men * and- women ; the lecture lasted an hour and twenty minutes . Mr . Cater gave out the follow , ng announcements . Next Sunday morning this Hall will te : opened at half-past ten o ' clock , for reading and diflcusdon ; and in the evening of the same day , Mr . Stallwood -will lecture . Free admission to the public on each occasion . Also on the Tuesday following , " Jan . rllth , Mr . J . TWatkina will lecture on the present distressed state of the country . - ^ Every Monday night , a concertand ball will take ' place in this room . Tickets ot Admission , threepence e&ch , to be had of the committee ; of management— -Forty shareholders' cards are undisposed o ' f ^ by thf committee of the Institute , which can be taken up by the ftiends to the cause at sixpence per week ; shares S 3 . each . .
Masons . —JDbcbt Lane Locality . —This association met , as usual , at the Craven's Head , on Saturday last , Mr . James Lambert in the chair , when the minutes of last meeting having been confirmed , it was determined to the send five shilllnga to the Executive . DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal . Suffrage Association held their usual weekly mketing at No . 14 , North Anne-street , on Sunday , the 2 nd of January , 1842 . At one o ' clock , Mr . Henry : Clark was wiled to the chair . Mr . Dempsey , in the absence of Mr . Brophy , was appointed Secretary pro tern . The Chairman : said , as there were several strangers present , he felt it his duty to explain as briefly as possible ; the objects of the Association , and the principles upon which it was founded . Prior to the formation of this Association , there did not
exist in Ireland any regularly and legally organised society foundad for th 9 purpose of petitioning the legislature , in favour of the rights of the working classes . There never was a petition laid on the table of the Imperial Parliament , praying that the Irish working classes of twenty-one years and upwards , be admitted within the pale of the constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) It has often been truly said in this spacious room , that the Irish labourers would never be treated aa human beings , until , every man of twenty-one years of age and upwards , would have a vote , and that is what we are looking for . Our object is to seek , by every lawful and constitutional means for Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Anneal Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , Payment ol
Members , and the Repeal of the Union . ( Hear , hear . These are our objects ; they are plain , clear , open , and defined . There can be no mistake about them . We have no secrets . We are most anxious to see all our acts and deeds published ; and all our : books , papers , list , of members , finances , and so forth , are open for the inspection of the authorities at all reasonable hours . We neither send delegates to any society , nor 'receive delegates from any . Wo are , in the strictest sense , a petitioning ; society . We seek for the accomplishment of our objects by no other means than that : ol petition : and we are well advised that our society is lawful in every respect . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) Mr . Clark resumed the chair , amidst great cheering . Mr . Rafter called the attention of the Association to a
speech of Mr . O'Gonnell ' s , delivered at the Corn Exchange on Tuesday last , and published in the Morning aad Weekly Register , in which he insinuated , in as vile and truculent a manner as ever he ( Mr . Rafter ) had read , that their respected President ( Mr . O'Higgins ) would one day or other appear in the witness-box to swear away their lives . ( Shame , shame . ) He begged pardon—what Mr . OConnell did say was , "he would like ta see him in the witness-box swearing against the wretched persons he bad deluded ; he would be glad to see him prosecute the objects of his delusion , but he would not like to see the objects of that delusion explode . " This sentence answers a double purpose ; it directs the attention of the Attorney-General to our Association , -while at the same time it holds up Mr .
O'Higgins to his countrymen as an infamous cbaraoter , —a man to ba avoided by all honest then—to be hunted out » f society—to be utterly destroyed . And let me ask you , said Mr . Rafter , what would be tbe fate of Mr . O'Higgins under such , a denunciation , coming from a man of such power and influence as the chief magistrate of Dublin , if Mr . O'Higgins were not so generally known and bo much respected by every man that knows him ? ( Hear , hear . ) There is no doubt but this vile slander—this atrocious libel will siuk deeply into the minds ef those who are unacquainted with Mr . O'Higgins ' s character : it will iojure his reputation , ana was intended to do so . On the part of the Association , there U nothingto fear : we have no *• oaths registered in Heaven , " or any other place . We have no secrets ,
and therefore we defy the Attorney-General , or his wily , deceitful informer . Why does he descend to lay informations against this Society by inuendo 1 He is chief magistrate of Dubiin , and why does hb not put ua down ? A day is fast approaching when everybody will know him . He had watched his political career , and he saw but very little to his credit . The miat will soon be dispelled . Mr . O'Higgins said ho waa out of town on Wednesday last , and did not , therefore , see that day's papers . He had hoped that Mr . O'Connell , whom he has heard , goes to communion enco a fortnight , would have come forward ere this , and made some reparation to him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) for tUe grievous -wrongs which he had dono him . It is now nearly nine years since Mr .
O Cunnell first attacked him . He vras then in a flourishing trade , carrying en extensively ths wholesale Irish woollen trade in that very house where they were then assembled for the purpose of promoting the real interests of their fellow countrymen . Mr . O'Connell ' s foul denunciation of him ( Mr . O'Hitrgins ) -. broke up his establishment at that time . He had embarked all bis capital and all bis credit in tho promotion of Irish manufactures . It "was going on prosperously until the foul , false , and infamous calumny , which Mr . OConnall and his cowardly satelliea published against him , destroyed it There i . i no doubt but th&t sentence greatly affected-all Mr . O'Higgins' prospects . It drove him to seek for private discounts tot tho first thus in his life . It closed the banks against him . The bills be
received from the shopkeeptrs for the Irish cloths he sold to them , were refused at the banks , and some of the shopkaepew , who Were predisposed to act tho rogu 9 , had taken advantage of Mr . 6 'Coanell ' s denunciation , and not ouly filled iu his ( ilr . O'Higgina'l debt , but were the loudest , ami still are the basest propagators of all the slandora which Mr . O'Connell has heaped upon him ; and some of them , those whom Mr . O Cornell praises most , and recommends to ttw notica of his countrymen as honest meii , actually swindled him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) out of a . &uui of £ 750 . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) lbs sum Io 3 t in this -way and in consequence of tboae proceedings exceeds £ 3 , 000 . They can well afford to villify and slander him ; his money is in their pockets . He had suffered deeply , but he paid everybody . H «
never did Mr . O'Connell an injury ; on the contrary , he bad done him signal service , and ha had acknowledged them even since January , 1833 , the date of Mr . O'ConneU'a firsi attack upon him . But , the cause of his ire now is , that ha refused to vote for hini at the election of 18 U 7 and at tbe election of 1841 , unless he would sign a pled ^ a that he would support no administration but o ; : e that vrouid give its offidal advocacy to Univtrsal SufTrase , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment cf Members for their time and services . This is the "Head and fror . t of Mr . O'Higgins ' offending . " And now , wben Mr . O"Csiinell deems it exptjuient to recommend to the Repealers of DuDliu a candidate in lieu of the late Mr . West , who is pledged to civil
war in preference to Repeal ; he does not scruple at libelling him ( Mr . OVaggins ) in the most atrocious terms for the purpose of defilroying hi 3 character , k-st he might have sufficient influence to givu a formidable opposition to Mr . O'Conr . ell ' s nominee , Lord Morpeth . ( Hear , hear . ) This is the root of his prtsent malicious slander . This is the real secret of his having pronounced the flagitious libal which you have heard read , and which shocked you all . As the laws of God satm to have no effect upon this piou 3 gentleman who goes to communion once a fortnight , perhaps the Iaw 3 of mm may The repsrt in the Morning and Weekly Register is calculated , and was intended , to blast and utterly destroy all his prospeet 3 . What , said Mr . O'Higgins , am I to be held up by a man ef such influence as Mr .
OConnell , as a person -who is deluding the " pooplo for tae purpose of swearing away their lives ? Ther * are thousaads of my confiding countrymen who read the Regisltr , and receive what Mr . O'Connell says as go&psl truth , who deem it a great service to their country to knock the brains out of any man whom Mr . O'Connell would point eut as he has pointed me out . Bear in mind that Lord Jlorpetb , whom the Chartists of Yorkshire kicked out of their county for political treachery , is now recomaifended to the Repealers of DuUin , and ihcy . will . be ' called-upon tor morrow to ratify tha recoininenciation , in fact to pledge themselves to vote for this man who at a dinner in New York the other day said that he -would shout Oraaga Boven every where but iu Ireland . Here are
his words . Lst him deny thara it he dare . The dinner was given by Dutchmen . It \ Ta 8 an annual dinner . " If" said Lord Morpeth , " we gave them a navigator , they ( the Dutchmen ) gave England a deliverer and a hero ; and although this is not perhaps an appropriate place to mention a king . I may be permitted here to acknowledge gratefully , tha benefits we have received from William , tbe Dutchman , and I am ready to shout Orange Boven every where but in Ireland . " Here is an Orange candidate for the Repealers of Dublin ! Here is Lord Morptth in his trno colours , vouched and authenticated by himself . Will you vote for him ? ( "No , no , never-, we'll oppose the Yorkshire outcast ; no , no . " ) Now , said Mr . O'Higgins , notwithstanding all the injury he had suffered , at . Mr . O'Connell's hands , ytt he would not only forgive him
heartily , but vote for him , and perhaps be the means of returning him for Dublin , as he had been upon two former occasions , provided that he would give up the Whig 3 , stand by the people once more , and give him a pledge , in writing , that he would support no administration bnt one that wsuld give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , No Property Qualification , and Payment of , Members . ( Great cheering . ) TceRepeal Question he would leave in his own handi ( Hear , hear . ) It is the mere circumstance of having required this pledge that stings Jlr . O'Connell to the very souL ( Hear , hear , ami great cheers ) No doubt of it . . He is a Whig to , tha backbone . ) Mr . Dyott . said that he thought that the time was now fully come when they should take measures for vindicating themseiTfeS against the repeated and calumnious
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attacks made upon them by an individual whom he need not name . The paragraph just read , which so maliciously and so .. .. falsely ¦ -charged their respected President -with , being a deluder , and all toe old cant , superadded to the daring and most malignant assertion that he administered'secret oaths . Could Mr . O'Connell have seriously feelie-WMi ijuch » charge ? Impossiblef and what must be thought ? of i * inan , i ' . who hot believing , yet advanced tt deliberately , before those who received every word which fell from' his lips as jjospel ? In order to meet tbia most auajfoions ? assertion he : jirbfild mo « the suspension of tha f atanaingoriaers , that , i ' ft $ onn 4 ittee ? ntfgtt be ap i poin ^ . Vtd ~ co . nBider ' . ; th 9 . ' inostW ^ Teme . afl 8 . of . * indig ' nantly repelling tbe base and groundless imputation , and laying afresh before their fellow citizens the objects ftnd . ; roles of ttejir MBo&ttonw I Thtt clenial should be presented for . insertion to the liberal presa of Carlow .
If they refuse to insert it , it would then be seen of what kind their liberality was , and they ( the assoeiation ) would pay a neutral or Tory journal fora fair and full repudiation of the absurb , the wicked and malicioug aspersion ; Qf Mr . O'HiggiDs he VpnlA only say that to adopt the words of the para ^ phifre Mri D . > "knew" him and to "know" him well was torespect him thoroughly . To that gentleman he should leave his own personal exculpation , it was in competent hands , but tbe society to whom he ( Mr . D . ) belonged , should not be maligned and he ait idle , and he felt the Insult more particularly grievous having become » inembef of the Repeal Association when it : was " given . He * then movad the suspension of the standing order , and subsequently the appointment of a Committee for the purpose alluded to . —Mr . Dillon seconded the motion . —Mr . Freebairn gave notice of the admission of five members on next Sunday . Mr . Dyott was called to the chair , when thanks were voted to Mr . Clark , after which the meeting separated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct875/page/2/
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