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d ^ M w 8 a > iM * m . * 1 * \ Am of ifr patriotic ^ tfc fumes * a * nn av } of H » i itfrta rf aSi . Ar Cr » * w * : » f ** gntt awMtad-Beoteh gL i ^ diy lhea « fcej > ped fcrward sad affixed the ffTjuHiBi Wr TJffflm wrfl fflmn tii « ri ¦ ftiiirtliT ZLmabl wood I * seek , bya beaatiml afik fastest
* S » 8 a «« Waf wstatfdy : . ^ £ tok »* *•» t « sibteptM « 4 of ftante devotion to 2 *«_< rf their artiBrratfoa < rf om of freedoart KTberoes-- S » hopedwhen b * looked at those ES . would thfa * of Beotaid- * the platted forego ,, rf the people <* Scotland , who , bythefrsuflfer . [^ Bathed theHberty of lawettngto demand their E a JWhen he looked at theat , aheiopedhB would
[^ Scotland ' swooa * , aiedfcfe 9 Ha « d * flood * . Her mouritalna , f ^ eoa , and passes , Her noble mm , bol "boon them a , ' Think o' her bosie Iww , ' ^ oBistie cheering . ) The medal ban the > inaorip [« presented to Mr . John CoQiat , by the Carts * and L ^ sd Fepuie CSartista , as a token of * heir teaject L his exertions in the cane of liberty ; " and « a the Affiide : —" -J-C ^ Wflo * oa * d sot straggle * ar lib JJeiom , kt him be a slave . " jit Ootuss tteea rose , and was received with three « oa taree , a » A wring of h "" il rmrhinft ft ran ik .
yjj ,. H « » i * t » f « t «> orerwhdned-wttfc emotion r ^ t bob ^ , tbifc be ocmW KMoeTr trait bfehfeM to ^ t * l 5 l **** £ ¦' - **• **« w U * very few week * ago , he mun testate Wi& jo-en—< eheers >—Jajiaf hi * achingheat oftfafc « a&fc j » u » w-cnableto * e * ta apeak to er see ttw . wiie of E , law , except ia tbe presence of a ssbtiott « C his L ^ u , who would not allow him to reettr * am » tjfcrt hsscUcenbkf « U it -hi Tn ¦> in 111 iT mlM $ . ae LaOMied the wrioas iasalt * heaped gpoa m »» m »* CentostedaUthU wUh the fftwiporttton" » S fclw occupied , flittered him far oeyBnTttsdesaiti
bt , »^ TOWw 5 * W « i | it » il , tttonki of the industrious portion of the eemssft * * JW i ^! f iS ^ j ? ' * » - •* ¦ ** ggaeote . Tte ( 3 iatana » badw * lVobs < rred , tt )* s * MletvacnntrbUe far tiHtngvt « Hn urt b jfcg . He wett knew that * b * - ^^ « £ « rtte derekrteMBt of moral v 6 toer * r # tjtL , - «« % teaoen , w the doneatie didan BstAjnUB ^ nota lao hv that it «* s-aot a » Ctartfaita ,- bBTc ^ Bi ^ iBlation Btfc bid drawn tfaeir-wma , their abfeeaf and their mgtat £ r « n « je domatte cfcrtte « o brtwthethe im-BtiiroftbeiactoovJtndio Uboor like afatrec , -white b fathers and brathen were wwderiag mboot the tinby , hat in hand , Asking latre to toil , or aittine CoaJJyii home , gzUfrii * th « f InabDHy to pro ^ EbA , iTiufi , taae 4-It-waa aottheOMfftarts who feged the female * from the domesti * dr ^ . ( Criee of | S ^ no- " ) He ; it waa the « nemke of the people ;
liftvasamoag the raat of the objects which the ijartiita hid in Tiaw , to restore to the doBieetic hearth * e ii * & and . daaghters of their affeettoaa . Theae skeni giTen him by hia female friend * , were not smaU iviue- He reeeiTed themaa ttie pledges of their tichmeat to those principles which he adroeatod . then he broke npon them they would recall to ha s&dthe heart-cheering assurance that the females had sfes put in the great movement ( Cheers . ) He retrod those QBOueoa with feelinga open to derotaoa , £ teB £ n WQeal » ieStted to net he might lay them ( Mefor the moment , yet the aentimenU and principle rteefc called Ujem forth were engaTea open his heart , tad deeping or waking were neTer absent from his t * d ; sadwhsnheceaaed to lore and cherish those riBriplea and those aentimeBte , might his ann become paljsed and his ioapie « Uenoed for -ertr . Great toerlBg ) AndWbydMh «\ rtah m ? U « Mlee » ae
ate the presaatfyrtem he saw the field , thefcctory si 8 » workd » p « QC Chta * Britain , where eeeces of tatciedness , ja which were aofiering the noblest of BAoeatorea . It was becaaae he saw men with the nfipoa of Christ npoa their lips , robbing the people tftais country under the pretext that Christianity saM not be supported without such plunder . ( Cbeera . ) Aidif the people complained under their heary burte , they were told sot to meddle with things so ¦ daboTe their teach . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Was I ** extraordinary impudence , to say the least of it fee , after JaJring aerwal anlliona a-yeai f » T adds ; and inatroctinf the people , they should car all , turn round and tell ns that they had
vt&oBe their wort , for we were still aa ignorant aa m . Bot not only wia tbt ) wafting Mane * called post , but also the asjaawL portion of the people Itted seen samdent proof that this was a base dan-Is , while nnder the tender mercies of the WhigB in frock Gaol ; and , from his own personal obeerran , be could assure them , that , after deducting all ftae-rho nerer belonged to the working classes , tiat lJaBred upon infamy sod -rice , witboat any regular ¦¦ jkfjmeot , and eonld not , thete&e , be eomadered ¦ iToriinf people—after dedwting these , tte majority i tia remaimnf criminals belonged to the middle tees of sodefy . ( Cheers . ) And he wae , likewise skied , as they must all be from their own personal
epeaence , that there was more real charity and good teEoj amongst the working classes than amongst those tee names wcie wnlttar-nnd tlnn » l as- ~ n ! becnb « cs to Wpiill * xu \ «^» m atM « i »« titn ^ b ^ J ^ g people vere M , tad that Texy frequently , that they were unable bikld the franchise ; yet , upon « rei 7 occasion , when i wM ttit Tiewj of their imMghttoM topeaioi ^ the paat people were appealed to for sanction asd rapwt tLanghter and cheers . ) He wosld dwell no tear upon that theme ; for he was wasting more time ¦ oet the middle sad upper clases than they deserred . ¦ B * wnld again repeat how geattfyiB * it was to his
¦ ofinp the reception they had gives him . He had no ¦ pat abilities ; but , he thanked God , persecution had ¦ aseased what istoence he possessed , and all that ¦ ataaee , aztd aU Ha alnUtec , shoold be used to pro-¦» Sitiffi best interests of hla eoaatry . ( Cheers . ) He ¦ mady—he was wtiling , if need be , to offer himself ¦» lacrlfioe , if it was necessary , to the success of those ¦ Paoples he had adopted . ( Load cheers . ) Nor must Kb considered he had no lore for hit ffemlly . It was ¦ fcsoehe iored hisfamDy , and was anxious to secure ¦ Sar fntare welfare that he was thus willing . It ¦ Prod him to see the little children immured ia the ret had
apsones , and therr tender limbs deformed by cruel toil ^^ tier acqaired gnmaentatreogth . Heahud-Wnd to think of the fate to which the present r * en eonagned those little helpless innocents . He aer fia Charter , once carried out , would remove 3 dxae erils . It was because he knew rhe Tirtaes i tbe hearts of fathers and mothers that he en-¦ "wrsd to explain the caosea of their misery , and ned to unite them in one bond of brotherly lore . « . Coffin then proceeded to contrast the condition * the laborious population of England with that of " *»!» in the prison * , and showed , en the authority
* fU&zB £ ntagr document * , that the latter was far « Ber in a physical point of Tiew than the former . 3 » •*« a state of things which ought not to exist » wj& to . be proclaimed throughout the length and l * a& of the land , till there was no peace in the B ?* > * uUe such wretchedness existed in the cot-¦*^ It ta a sacred duty to get such & disgrace ¦ H * " * « ^ e and upon the countay remoTed . He F * m > re tianted them for Ute brotherly and sisterly r ^® they had giren him . He would eodeaTonr Fj ^ 4 their afieetien by pursuing the same course ^™* } i » d already giren him a place in their appro-¦ 77 * - Mr . Collins sat down amidst prolonged
**• DRriijioyD then sung the Chartist * song of ¦ wstj ; jftQ vnich i £ r . Colli > s read an extract ¦* 'itter from Henry Yineent . ¦ t ^* CaAIiMxs ^ eo called npon Mr . M'Cbba , from ¦ r ?^ O > irchsn , ^ rjjo joag a parody of hi * own com-?^ a oe " John Anderson , mj Joe ; " the last line of f » T noe being altered to " John Collin * . Oh , my r * ^ The baad played " Iiouden's ^ bonnie woodj and J ^ CHAifiMAX then introduced a depatation from 2 . *» to ChartisU of Qorbals , who were hailed 'Jkmd ^ ppi ^ ue . «» Ebskise read a spirited and eloquent address ** & Coffins , M'DouaU , and White , and handed " **««» to Dr . M'DoualL JJ ^ Heles Lexkox next came forward smidst u ** n ? , and addressing Dr . M'DouaU , said she It * « Q gent by the female Chartists of Gorhals to
Ij ?* " * mark of their wspeci . They knew the 1 SaTi 11 be ^^ trodden for the last two years , and W ? J ? ^^^ that he did so that the peoplenrighi ^^•• more happy . ( Cheers . ) His labours ia the K"f "fee themaelTee sufficient to merit the gratitnde KJr People , and they with others heartily tendered aVl& * KaUtade . The painful ordeal through which K * Ps « ed , the nnwaTenng spirit he displayed ¦ r ^ Paaeeutien , and the determination he had shewn KSJ ^ k * bonx of his liberation , had urged the . KTT ^ rtirts af Gorbsis to girehim a token , how-VW ^\ ** a ** 1 * dmir » tion and their gratitude . E ^ J * tQErefare , in tiisir name , to preaent bim witn ¦ fc T * - It was of it »< df ot Htae TOtae ; bat as an ¦ ^^ aof their feeUngs , it might sot be altogether Kl ? bis estimation . It might descend to his ¦ £ ^ . and be prized by them as a dear relic , testi-&m ^* did , to his virt&ous exertion * in behalf of ¦ sI ^ S People , ( Loud cheers . ) It bore the followr * * opuen
:--I " Prom the Female CMapts of Gorbals , I j ,,, Te P . M . M > BoaaH . Esq ,, I » ta » exertions in the cause of CiTfl Liberty . to 2 l » t Sept , 1840 . " ! I «« j . " « LEKKOX , Chairwoman of the Gorbals l ^ wT * AssociaUon , next addreased Dr . Itii ^ ° be Baid—Honoured and respected Sir , I * 'rft toTr ***^ » ming forward to present yotf * P ^ kito ^ ** a snuai tdkea <* *• TWP «* with t * i » w 7 < mt exertons in the holy canse of equal IWtlf ? * 1 latrB - IQtai . and continued riieering , ' r ^ lW ? HuSB I * > o * ftdjastea tt » pWd around r l ^^ ' J iwpeywiwiU be long ipiHedtowtat IS toT * d 0 WB « Sfr * wiiliort firing my testi-P *« teiiTv * 11101 * a » wnarkB whkii Mr . Collins Bw'fctteu t * etcT l T « tem . They an too true ; it P ^«^ Tei 7 * * ^^ endnre " &oie £ Kto *
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" Maaf » flower is bom to blush unseen , A ** *** te its fragrance midst ttie factory « tayn . " •_ ^ :. . - . ( Load cheers . ) aL ^ S ? ^ " !« K 0 ^ . « Pl » « OBWsata g Dr . M'Do * Si ^ ir ^ T . ™ ' ' * o place this medal around 2 M . : neek : let it haog opoa Oat breast in which beats *» hear t of a true patriot , ofaabonert man . ^ ^ ualljpaeefuHy bent his head , and received tto giittenng offenng from the hands of Miss Lennox . IVwas suspended , like that of Mr . Collin * , bya broad b ^ with ^ he enthasiastic expression of universal Mis * J . Linmay said , u one of the deputation , she « u happy to see Dr . M'Douxll and Mr . CoUinsrelealftl nrfMBTft SOWIBP is tvmi i « HTncfe * rask&A «»
- wed wahsUTtsr medal and Scottish P plaid , ' aadwho 3 bE * TZi £ ?»*~ tbtfcftwiS a ^ dst the . most deafening cheers . He ssid hewas gy "* «« Te aa opportunity of meeting them on the preseat peeasion—an occasion that did the neatest honow-io them aad to hiouself-one that wm ^ ST Oltnlatod * o adtaaee thi , eawe in aW * pecW mtm ^ -Wd , at the tame time , one that fat ? tW ? . ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ « . «»«• C ^ Hin . art wE-TKta nSi ^*^ ° L ?* pwwnt « xasion , beeaus . to s e * that the woneo of Glasgow had done thetts .
wUh feetog , »» . to be deeerlbe ^ » 7 w ^« W ^ watthe eneay . ( Cheers . ) He would Jbud them l ^^! : ^ 100 ^ to " ¦ latert P ° « tertty . PWTided PWTxdeneefaTouredhim with a posterity—( ftaughter and . obeers )—a * proofs that not only he , but the tainciple ^ f or whkm he contended , were honoured and rewed by mankind . ( Loud eheenj He was proud to wear these tokens , beeanse they would remind him « f the laod of the mountain and the fbod : bat he needed not then to keep Scotland in hi * remembrance . His country would always be dear [ to his heart ; and he would ask -.
—Breathes there a man with soul so dead , Who nerer to himself hath said , This is my own , my native land . ( Loud cheers . He tad said open former occasions , that the women were the best men , and he would repeat it . ( Much laughter . ) He had often thought of the men of 6 ia » ow , and although they mieht not be aware « it , be had been amongst them durine their strugles for the Keform Bill , therefore was he familiar with the spirit of the men of Glasgow , for in no other times he had mixed with them , and here it was he first imbibed the principles which he was now advocating . Well did he recollect that , in the reforming times , they were the most intelligent men , and the most artificers
expert in the naiTerse ; now theywere considered very ignorant —( laug hter )—and whji Just because they were serving ihe purposes of their loving and approved good masters . ( Hear , hear . ) He was glad that since that their energy and spirit had not failed , and that with their inereaBed experience , they had gained additional power and determination of purpose . It might appear strange , but he was glad that they had now become a little more selfish . They had forgot to be slaves to their masters , in the workshops , at the hustings , and in the streets . They had learned to follow principles rather than meh , aad he trusted they would not desert this course , but keep steady to the point . He trusted they would look anxiously forward to the Charter , he would not say to nothing
but the Charter , but he would say nothing less than the Charter . Since he hid studied in the new university of Cnester Castle , he was led to look upon the Charter only as a means to lead to other and better thiDgs . They would have to look forward to the fruits of Chartism , and , by exercising their genius to the full extent , enable themselves to appreciate iheir rights and privileges at their proper vatpe . He had not expected , while a student at the University of Glasgow , that he was drinking in the knowledge of principles whbh were to bring about such mighty changes , and that he should come before them in such a capacity that day . He did not expect to have heard that splendid and soul-stirring prayer , which hadjwen - © aVrcd up at the
commencement of their proceedings , nor that he should meet iham in a Chapel like thig , where religion was turned into its proper channel . ( Hear hear . ) That prayer was very differeat from those he had been accustomed to hear for the last twelve months . Three times a -week , at least , he had been obliged to listen to the same routine of prayer , the beginning of which was , that they might be saved from all rebels , and conspirators . ( Mueh laughter . ) He would candidly admit he had left them to respsnd to that sentiment as they thought proper : for his own part , he would have it none of his . ( Cheers . ) But he left himself a part to which he could respond , and it was of the Litany , which prayed that priests , bishop ? , and deacons might be illumined
with the true spirit of the Gospel . To that sentiment he said , with great emphasis , " We beseech Thee to hear us , Good Lord ! " ( Uproarious laughter . ) There was another part , which begged that the magistrates might be endowed with grace . To Voat part , a&o . he said , Amen , we beseech Tnee , Good Lord ! / Renewed laughter . ) There was another party alluded to before coming to the people —who , by the bye . although the first in taxation , were always the lart when benefits were 10 bfi obtained—( hear , hear)—and that was the aristocracy : they were prayed for , and wisdom was especially begged for them . Need he say that he , and all hiB fellow-prisoners , joined in that with the same fervency as with the former . Then come the
people , and peace and unity to all nations ; and need he tell them that he sincerel y joined in that ! ( Cheers . ) At the same time , lie did not like that the people should be considered the lowest in the scale , and that they should pray about rebellion , the aristocracy , and the Queen , before the most useful class of aiL He did nut wish , however , to see the people content with their present condition ; he wished to see them at peace and contented , when they had obtained complete possession of their rights as tax-payers and British subjects . ( Cheers . ) The ' Whigs might endeavour to subdue them—they had imprisoned Collins aud White , himself and many others ; but we were determined they should rue it . He would stand by the motto—** Nemo
impune locessit , '' for be was determined they should uot put their hands upon him with impunity . ( Loud cheers . ) He had left his dungeon , determined that a wound should be given his persecutors , equal at least to that which had been given him . He had promised this to the Judge at his trial—to the Jury and the people ; and since his liberation he had attended twenty-seven meetings , to prove his resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not come forward actuated by a vain impulse , wishing merely to revenge himself . He should have the noblest of all rereuges by taking from a faction the power of robbing his fallow-men , aod by seeing justice done to his suffering countrymen . Dr . M'Donall here proceeded to refer to a remark dropped by the Chairman respecting the middle classes ;
and after exposing their base ingratitude and timeserving propensities , he warned the people against being led away by a Corn-Law , a Foreign Policy , or any other humbug agitation , got up merely to divert them from the great object . He next exposed the bad effects resulting from the introduction of an armed force , such as that of the Rural Police , amongst a quiet people—and , after contrasting the present condition of the people with that of their forefathers , —he commented npon the paper-money system , the French war , and a host of other evils , and monopolies , all the results of class-legislation . He concluded a brilliant address by showiug the importance of their position as working-men , and the advantages likely to accrue from their continued union and determination . He sat down amidst
tremendous cheering . Mr . ITMelas being called upon by the Chairman , sang with great feeling , an impressive song , entitled , M The Suffering Chartist . " After nrhich , the band struck up , " All the Blae Bonnets are over . the Border . ' , The Chaibmas rose and said , he had much pleasure in introducing , to their notice Miss Ross , the daughter of their respected treasurer , Mr . George Ross . ( Loud cheers . ) . Miss Ross came forward , and , in a very graceful manner , read an address to Mr . White . Mr * . Pulleh rose , and with a few appropriate remarks , presented him with a shepherd's plaid , similar to the ones presented to Messrs . Collins and M'Douall , which she adjusted around his person .
Miss Ross then placed a silver medal round his neck . This presentation was ako hailed by tho aadiemce with the most lively expressions of delight . On the applsnse subsiding , Mies Maby Gbahah rose and raid , Mr . Chairman , and brothel and sLsier Chartists , 1 have great pica-Sure in crowning Mr . White with a Blue bonnet over the border . " Miss Graham then placed npon Mr . White ' s head a handsome bine Glengarry bonnet ; this elicited another . burst of applause from the meeting . Mr . White now looked the Highlander to admiration .
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Mr . White rose and was warmly applauded . Addressing the Chairman , asd his brother and sister Chartists , he said , he hardly knew what ihe Whigs of Leeds would think of him if they saw him at that moment . He felt inroad of the honour done him , and he Teh a debt of gratitude . He knew it was not for any worth that was in him , but l > ecause he had endeavoured to do his duty to himself , his famil y , and his fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) He had taken part in the straggle , and he had suffered nnder the iron rod of tyranny . He knew where the shoe pinched the Whi g * , and that was one reason why he had become a Chartist . He hated , the Whigs before , and how much deeper most that hatred be after the six months of ^ r ^ <* » _ - » • < «
biting misery he had suffered at their hands ' He wai nrond of ( he display he had seen that dayit exceeded every thing he had ever befcre witnessed , and it made him proud to think he had such noble auxiliaries in the men of Scotland . ( Cheers . ) He would inform the people of Leeds , when he went back , that all was right m Scotland . ( Cheers . ) H » w&s glad to see the unity which existed , and to quote the words whieh O'Connell had uttered in one of his humbug speeches , the just required " a long poll , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , " to hurl down the lottea fabric th&t opposed them . ( Cheers . ) There were , however , some sneakers , trying to creep into tho ranks of the people , to which he would allude , ¦ toe more es&eeiallv as the oroceedmca of that nisht
^ would go forth to the country , and would put an ef-/ eetual damper upon allnew attempts to mislead the 5 peQpJe . * -M «* White then proceeded to satirise , bHhe most tying jnaaner , a public attempt making in - feeds- 1 * tern a Reform Association upon ihe principles of Household Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ( Hear , and loud and reiterated cheering . ) He ftw up their published manifesto , and showed the narrow minded absurdity with arWch it was filled . He niutt proceeded to detail the horrible cruelties which had been practised upon him . He had been sentenced to six months imprisonment is York Castle , but "had been toost illegally oonveye < Ho Wakefield House of Correction . On entering that place , he protested against the proceedings , and demanded a sight of
his commitment . This was shown him , and was completely at variance with the original sentence . He ( Mr . White ) , in company with a number of felons , were taken into a Bhed , floored with 8 tone slabs . The snow was lying upon the ground at the time , and he had a inrgeon ' s certificate stating that be was in a dangerous state of health . They were ordered to strip , and had to take off , one by one , every article of dress , till they stood stark naked before the filthy brute who gave the orders . . They were then given a miserable ar ticle called a prison shirt , in which they had to stand shivering above three hours , aad a half , after which he was dressed introwsers that reached only to the knee , and a jacket that reached nearly as far . In this trim he had to sit day after day without daring to move a muscle , under the penalty of being confined in a dark cell , three
nights and three days on half-a-pound of bread , and water . He was subjected to that once himself , for smiling at an old friend who was there for a similar effence . The systematic cruelties perpetrated of ien made the prisoners mad . It was impossible to form an idea of the horrid nature of the cruelties inflicted vpon the unfortunate beings sent there . Those details called forth the most sincere expressions of pity and indignation from the audience ; many of whom listened with mei » tened eyes to the sufferi : g * which Mr . White had endured . Mr . White then proceeded to refute the statement made by the under-secretary ( Fox Maule ) respectinnhim 8 el » » stigmatising that unworthy member of sooiety as a foul liar . air . White went over a variety of interesting topics ; but from the great length at which W 8 have detailed the proceedings , we are reluctantly compelled to cut them short . At the conclusion , he was greeted with the warmest marks of
approbation . The band then struck up , u The Garb of old GauL " The Chairman , after a few introductory remarks , gave the sentiment—** The people , their just rights , and may they speedily obtain the Charier . " This was ably responded to by Mr . M'Crea , of Eilbarchan , in the absence of Mr . , Mouywb » **•* to retire through slight Indisposition . The sentiment « ia responded to with three times three cheern , after which the baud struck up " Will ye come to the bower !" The Celurmajt again rose , and gave " Messrs . Collins , M'Douall , and White ' s firesides , their health and prosperity . " This was responded to with three times three cheers . Mr . White , in returning thanks , said he hoped his wife would never be the mother of slaves .
The Chairman again rose , and gave " The banished patriots—their speedy return to the bosom of their families . " This sentiment was spoken to by Q . M . Malcolm M'Farlane with much feeling , and was responded to by the meeting with three times three . Mr . XI'Millan then snog , in a most touching strain , &n original tong , composed by Mr . Peddle , of Edinburgh , at present confined to hard labour in the Beverley Bouse of Correction , and addressed to bis wife , entitled " A Voice from Beverley . " The Chairman then gave the last sentiment , which was spoken to by Mr . Thomas Gillespje , and responded to by the meeting . Thanks were then voted to the Committee , who had conducted tbe arrangements of the soiree—thanks to the female deputation , and to the managers of the Chartist Christian Church .
Miss Muir proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who briefly replied . The utual cheers were then given , and the meeting , which had' sat immovable to the last moment , broke up at half-past twelve o ' clock , highly gratified and delighted .
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DABUNOTOV . Bricklayer ' s Strike . —The bricklayers employed on the works of the great North of England Railway , near Darlington , have struck for an advance of wage ' s ; it appears that the work is all outside , and that the wages have hitherto been twenty-one shillings per week , instead of which they have struck for twentyfour shillings , being an advance of three shillings per week . Should the men stick true to themselves there is no doubt but that they will soon obtain the advance required .
DEWSBTJRV . Election of the Chief Constable . —A Meeting of the Rate Payers of this Township was held in the Parish Vestry , and afterwards , by adjournment , in the Church yard , on Tuesday , September 22 nd , for the purpose of electing a person to fill the above office . Mr . Thomas Oldroyd having been called to the chair , Mr . William New 8 am , the person who has filled the office for the last two years , rose to propose Mr . Benjamin Clay as his successor ; when it was immediately moved and seconded , as an amendment , that Mr . Newsam be a ^ ain elected , which was carried Unanimously , there being no seconder for Mr . Clay ; after which , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Newsam for his manl y conduct during the last two years he has been in omce .
Siate of the People . —Want and misery is producing its usual results in the neighbourhood of Dewsoury . The scanty and miserable fare which has unhappily been the portion of the great mo 6 SOf the population , is consequence of want of employment , is now producing the typhus fever to a very considerable extent . Within a very short space , at Batley Carr , there are no less thaa eighteen cases , and it is daily on the increase . Lord Wharncliffe remarked that the money which a rural police ' would cost , would be much better employed in providing comforts for the poor—and yet the West Riding Magistrates , the ex ^ officlosol the infernal New Poor Law , have determined that the West Riding shall be cursed by that blighting and hated force—a force only required to carry out their inhuman Poor Law in its full iniquity , viz . — " to induce ( compel ) the labourers of England to live on a coarser kind of food . " Here are the glorious results of the " coarser
kind of food J" When will the rich men retrace their steps , and , instead of endeavouring to rule by the strong arm of power , establish that power by the adoption of Christian precept and example . Nbw Poor Law . —A poor man , residing at Dewsbury , being recently attacked with fits , was under the necessity of applying to the Medical Officer of the District , who resides at Batley , nearly three miles from Dewebury , for assistance . On arriving at his house-, his friends found he was gone to a watering place , and they were told that they most apply to a medical man residing at Nun Brook , a distance of four miles in another direction , who had' been engaged to attend the pauper patients during his absence from home . So that in a case of absolute necessity , the time of the poor is to be so seriously trenched upon , and before medical aid can be obtained , they must be compelled to travel a distance of seven miles . - ^ *" - *>'' ' * ' s- ' *^^ a ^ fca **^^^ . ^\* - " ^ A
WORE YOUNG PATRIOTS . Chartist Christening . —On Monday week , at the Parish Church of Leeds , the infant daughter of George White was christened Mary Ann O'Connor , Mr . Jdairstow , Chartist Missionary , acting as god * father .
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Bicnard Brown , of Bilstou , lately had a child 5 ftjgJjJ « Jr »*• name of Jaitabeth . FeMgus J& $ ^* ** Pimlico , London , July 54 tb , a ehUd , bel « BmM-lo John and Rebecca Thoni * . of the naiaeof ^ aaleVarguaTaonis . — ; ^ "pn wM bom to Mr . Evan Williams , moulder ^ CylbrtMt Ironworks , Merthyr Tydvil , an * obris * tened by the Rev . Mr . John , who would be highly . *?*™™* MN ^ . to-. * mmw . t&iHmk&m night , eonld : he predestinate them to be patriots - indeed , in whom there wonX ^ e ^ o guile ?* : The ohild wasnamed Thomas Feargos Vincent Williams . On ^ iday , September 13 th , wM christened at the <« CSurehJ Manchester , John Frost Wflliamu , son ° f : **¦ «? d Ratn WOHaite , ' in the Memory of that patriot , ttetyrantVfoe . John Frost . 7 «^ .. r-- _ _ . -
On Sonday , the i » th inst ., ' ynk baptised , by the fcv . Richard Whiteloek , of Saddleworth fchSrch , John Frost Robinson , Bon of Thomas Robinson , of Sketdersiow . . ¦
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. BW > RWTH ( CoBJ < WAU . ) . -Thestandwdofliberty h * 3 ii b < n iJ e cte here , afipirfted meeting was recently held for the support of the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , Several speakers * ddrested the meeting in seed . style , and Se while i ^ nr ^ wa . enr ^ eCte ^ N ^^ ohii Cntirte ^ Uso ctsttanf * The men of Boarnth- are calling nt the © o-operatidh of the men of Truro , Hs&lL aad Pen « ayice , in the glorioas struggle forKberty . ' . - . " . BEW&BURY . —W&SX RlDIMQ DbLEGATE M « KTwg— According "; t > a notice inserted in the-Star , a Delegate Meeting" was held in tbe Urge room over tbeCo-operative ^ Sferes , Dewsbury , September 2 fthf 1840 , Mr . John Hafefa . in the chair . T 5 ele «« 4 efi twwsent from tbe following plwes j ^ Dewib « ry .. WflUam
Moseley Stott ; OsMt ^ nm > Gawthorp . John 'Hatch ; Dawgreen , Mr . WilliainHanedd J Hnddersfteid , Mr . Vevers ; Barnriey . Mr . Ndbte rBtadfor ^ Mr ^ tatei Maningham . Mr . Wiljiam Idson ; Brafef ^ Jonn William Smith and Mr . Michael Tetley : New Leeds , Mr . H . Edwards ; Dudley HID , Mr . William Oddyl Heckmodwike and Liversedge , Mr . Thomas Waafl : Mirfield , Mr . Benjamin Pearson : Leeds , Mr . Jones . The following resolutions were adopted t—Moved by Mr . Was * , and seconded by Mr . State , ?* That we , the West Riding Delegates in Meeting assembled , do call on tbe Victim Fund Committee , to take immediate steps for the equal distribution of the Funds already in hand to those for whom it has been ooltect-«\ , M mT ed / Mr - Stott , and seconded by Mr . S ? W V T . fa »* Mr . Bairstow be again engaged as the West Ridm
g Lecturer for one month , to commence on the 19 th of October , 1840 . " Moved by Mr . Wass , and seconded by Mr ; Hanson , * 'That each Delegate come prepared to the next meeting with money for the Missionary Fund . " Movodrby Mr . 'StOtt . andge * conded by Mr . Smith , " That it it the opinion of this meeting that each West Riding Councillor should be elected by the members residing in the district for which he is elected . " Moved by Mr . Hanson , and seconded by Mr . Smith , " That the aoxt Delegate Meeting be held on Sunday * October 18 th , 1840 , at ten o ' clock in the morning . ! ' Moved by Mr . Jones ; and seconded by Mr . Smith , " That the next Delegate Meeting be held at Leeds , the Delegates to meet at the house of Mr . James Illtngworth , White Hone Inn , Vicar Lane . " A vote of thanks having been given the Chairman , the meeting separated .
Mb . Bairstow . —We have received a letter signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Weet-Rtdrng Delegates , calling the attention of the Radicals in Nottingham and tbaimdUud counties to the proposed visit of this gentleman , who was recently engaged as lecturer for the WoBt-Riding , and of whom the Delegates apeak in high terms .
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BOGlAXJUnH . A Socialist tea jwty took plaoe iu their room , in . Leeds , last Monday eunin «\ on . th » ncea »!< M » o * ou of thai * lecturers , Mr . Blgby , going to take the management of a newly ettubttshed community in Hampshire . The party consisted of the members and their friends . A good sprinkling of females- were present . After tea people were admitted Into ttie gallery at threepence each , to hear the speeches ; Mr . Joshua Hobson was in the chair . *>¦ ' - . •¦ + ^ ' ;'' ^ ¦ ¦* -- ; " " ' - ^ l •'•; : After tea was over , and an overture played by the b % ad . ' ¦ . - : i ¦" - . . ¦ ¦ '¦;• ' -: ¦¦ ""¦ ¦ . - ¦¦
The Chairman b&IA ihey wet « * 11 aware of the occasion which called them together that night , and therefore It was unnecessary for him to say anything about it He should spate them , then , ' the infliction ef a long speech , and proceed at once to business . A number of toasts would be given from the chair , and various gentlemen called upon to respond to them . The first toast was- ^ '•"' " Tbe UnUersal Community Society ; may its succesa be as great as its objects are good . " ' . ' . ' Mr . John Ellis ( a Socialist Missionary ) responded to it He said , were two strangers to arrive in this country , one from the torrid , and the other from the frigid zone , and were they to view this far-famed sell that evening , and were they to do so without being
acquainted with the moral , physical , and intellectual poverty and misery that afflicted the people of this country , they would naturally Imagine themselves transported to some splendid Ueaven . and their language would be , when they gazed around them , and saw all the resources of nature and of art scattered in profusion around them , " Happy , happy , happy people , to be permitted to dwell iu sueh a country as this . " When they looked around them and saw the works of nature , and entered their museums and beheld the Wonders of art , they must suppose tbe people raised to the highest pinnacle of happiness . Aided by science , they could measure the solid earth they Inhabited—aided by science , they could examine into the structure of the earth on wbicb they dweltr-aided by . science ,
they could ascertain the cause of their moral , physical , and intellectual actions—aided by science , they could cultivate the land , and make it yield more than sufficient for their wants ; and science would afford them all tbe other means necessary to the enjoyment of life . " Surely , " such strangers would say , " surely all the people in this country' must be happy—Burely poverty is unknown among them , except in relation to their ignorant forefathers . " "Surely , " they would say to the people , " ignorance is not your portion ; it cannot be ; for you have on every side the m eans of improvement ! " But if these strangers were told that thousands Btarved in this country for want of food , and were cempelled to exert themselves beyond there powers that they might Jivo in luxury , their hair would stand on end , and their blood run chill through their veins ; and while they listened to the tale of woe , they would say , "Lead us back to our parched deserts ; lead us back to our inhospitable climes ; if this be the
effect of your religion , let us be Infidels ; if this be your civilisation , let us still remain In a state of savageism . " Wasittruethat this WOBA picture of the actunlatatebf this country ? It was a fact ; and as ib was so , let them ask themselves how they must remedy it They could only do so by promulgating the rational system—b y establishing tbe religion of charity throughout the worldand by establishing itin such a way that no man would be able to promote his own interest Without , at the sametijna , prenipting the interests of all . Suoh Was the object of ttie " Universal CommunKy Society , " and were they not all ready to respond with him to the sentiment given from the chair ? Backed by the power of the press , they would go fearlessly onward ; and to tbeir brother about to leave them they would bid farewell , hoping that he would be successful In the great work he was about to undertake , and thus afford a speedy prospect of a happier time , when peace and liberty should be proclaimed throughout the land .
Glee— "How merrily we live that Shepherds be . " The Chairman thcu announced that the next toast in the list was , " The press , free as air r The sentiment having been responded to . and the song of the "White Squall" given , .. ' ^ The Chairman rose to propose " The health of G A . Fleming , our late stationed lecturer- and success to the New Moral World . " With respect to Mr Fleming , he would state that he had now lived twelve months among them ; and whether , as a man as a member . orasalecturer . theybadhadampleopportunlties of judging of him for themselves . For his own part he would say , that he had frequent opportunities of
witnessing his conduct at home both as a husband and as a father ; and amongst an extensive circle of acquaintances he knew of no man who was mere happy as the one , or more loving or more beloved as the other . He could truly state that he consi dered it a high honour to call Mr . Fleming his friend . - He was an honour to tho class of working men from whichhe had sprang ; and he had raised himself by his industry and talent , to the proud position which he occupied as editor ef a paper which was in the very van of reform . How he had fulfilled that task let his numerous readers answer . Most heartily did he propose the toast which he bod just given
them-Mf . Q . A . Fleming was received with much applause He said , accustomed as he was to address them from thaf platform , and easy as long practice had made the art of publie speaking to him , yet on this occasion he felt his powers of utterance made him almost unable to address them at the present moment . Had be wasted any greater reward than that which was inseparable
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from well-doing , that magnificent meeting would amply repay « m - fo * aU his labour * . He had his father of Soettlism On one band , and the father of the present Bortal movement oh the other ; and he called upon both ti ^^ tle » en -to wltoess tfcie bonesty , andthezea * aad the devotipn , by whiflr he ^ had shown his attachment to the Social cause ; and it gave him great pleasuw now to find , after so « oaay mlsrepresealatiens . eo * $ * '" ^ " ^ y tftainlght to give ' ttose who had SSPfM ^ tbe M Bn * . »* * e same time , while' b * ltamMr rocdved 'this testimony of their kMJ '^ « ttf a * £ * ^^ * not merd y " » » bled that night to do honour either to himself or to his friend on tbe right ; but that they cleaved with the ! fif £ ?! < ! f * ! f !»* *^' 8 «» oM principles and
_ , . , that they regarded him and , hj . Wends wtherepTeMn . » tives of i system , greater , and better , and hoUer than which was never promulgated to the world before . ( Applanse . ) J * fc him , getting » w » yi as far as possible , from aiiy ajere eompUmeot-rlat him ask them what had brought them together ? ! It was the powtr risin behind them , of which their www the mew types . The werJd called them infidels , land their prJndples peraidous i and then peneeitid them i and . in th © langoake * pMM » pereecutod they the prophets that went before ^ hew . ; Xe > them ^ b « i thank ful that they were infidels , for infidels we ** the cause of almost every good tt ^ - enjoyed , i ^ ihere been no infidels hi 9 rRttn-ta . : > fotii ) w . ^ ti ^;; . t&ey ; -wonId . ' ' 'Bt iU have bad their Drnldical « a « d « ces , i and th ^ r bloodv and
grim tdola wou | d sti ^ have , had the liTea of infants sawifleed ^^ am—Sm there been no Infideit In the wwaie ages , they ^ wa ^ etil L have gone on in the worship of images andihe ssto ofcpardojwand indukenoies *** * V !^ $ &ty& *®^<** Wto 4 oonfened upoa * periSTof Teoft jwns tiie emphatic tern of the dark * g « ii ^^ perl * a ; when ^^ 4 f kness covered the land , and thick aarkne ^ jtbe peopte ; V ^ ut there were Infidels toj » os « days ; wd vrfceri they , found things werenot right they said Oaf were inflaeis ; and , though there were but one or tfo voices which thus spoke out , yet they were found sufficient to shake down the ' strong- - l » W of bigotry as the trurhpets of the Israelites bad thrown down thewalla of Jericho . He was now alluding to the times of Luther and Calvin ; and if he went further back , what was Socratesjustly termed the
, divine ? Was he sot an infidel ? What was Christ , the reformer , the founder of a religion yet known onlyin name ? Why was he pers ecuted and put to death out because he wasa "blasphemer" and " had adevil ?" Yes I these men were all infidels ; and he rejoiced .-and everygood man ought to rejoice in the name of infidel . Let them glery in being infidels , for what were they tafldelBto ? They were infidels to a system which gave poverty and unremitting toil to the mass of mankind , to a system which says that human nature comes into the world corrupted , and only to besinfuL They were infidels to that which said that the power which bad brpugnt man into the world had not provided for his Subsistence Did they think that God—that power which made them—that power which erected and which
sustained the univerae--dWJthey think that that power l ^ made no provision for men , and only provided for the inferior crcation-for the rnjth that played in the summer eunbeam ? No , it was mere ignorance that had given birth to these ideas . Let them look around them , and observe the verdant hills , and fruitful valleys , and the gushing streamlets—everywhere plentifulness—everywhere wealth—everywhere goodness smiled around them ; and proved that ample provision had been made fo * alL He had something to tell the people of Leeds ; and there were many present who might wish to know what Socialism reaily was . Some said it was a very licentious thing . But he would ask those strangers who were present did they think that , if Socialism were licentious , there would be so
many mothers and little children—so many of the wives and cbUdien of tbe people present ? Did they think thai © yep U one or two might , if Socialism were licentious , come there , yet that there would be so many as they saw around them ? No ; and even the men had all at one time been the object of some fond parent ' s care , and drank in the glance of a Toother's love , and in helpless , infancy bad been guided bya mother's fondness—they would look back , too , to the days of their youth , when they loved love ' s young dream—and many of them had daughters and sisters trho' were present , and ho would ask even the most credulous , did they think it possible , under such circamstanees , that the Socialists could dream of being the creature * which an ill-informed world had painted them ? ! be
No was sure they did not ; and such he would assert was the rectitude of human nature and the human heart , ttiat it would have instinotively started 4 » ek at * nch repulsive ideas , ' and they would never have had women ' s smiles encouraging Socialism * or her beaming eye looting forward to the day when its principles should bankh crime and misery from the world , and erect a new heaven and a new earth here below ( Applause . ) The world had hitherto been misled by . two great errors— -the one theological , the other economical . The first he alluded to was the dogma that man was bad by nature . He would ask any mother present if , when she looked upon the face of her young infant , she had asked herself the question— " Can this little infant , which had no power whatever over its
own formation—can this little infant be born a child of the devil and a heir of hell ? " Can it to be damned to an eternity of torment ? " However hampered they might be by prejudices , the ready response from every mother ' s heart to such a question would be " No , God is too just and too good to actas the priests say he acts . " All men must remember that when bent with difficulties , they have striven to do better than the circumstances would permit them to do but if the doctrine of the depravity of the human heart had been true , would they have acted thus ? No it was because the human heart was good at first that it was continually going on getting better . ( Cheers . ) The economical error to which he had alluded was one that had been inculcated by a parson . He was sorry to
say this , as there were some parsons far whom he entertained a sincere respect This error consisted in the opinion that the world was too little for those born into it Now he had lately seen an article in Chamber ' s Journal which contained a calculation that tbe surface of the globe , excluding all deserts and barren soils of every description , if cultivated upon the plan adopted in the best parts of England an * Scotland , instead of being found too little to support" the six or eight or ten hundred thousand millions of inhabitants , at which its present population was variously estimated , would support in abundance from the sixteen to seventeen billions of human beings , or twenty times the
amount Of human life at present He would ast what was the wealth of a country ? Take away the people and where would it be ? Let them decimate the population , and they would destroy one-tenth part of the power of producing wealth ; for the greater the a-nount of population , the greater ( all other things being equal ) tbe amount of wealth in a country . Mr . Fleming then , having stated he would not occupy their time much longer , briefly alluded tothe conduct of a journal entitled the British Empire , which he accused of having excluded articles on Socialism from ' its columns , notwithstanding its engagements to the contrary , and having described in glowing colours , the great powers of the press , resumed his seat amidst much applause .
Duet- " Tell me where is fancy bred . " The Chairman then gave the health of Mr . James Rigby . With respect to that gentleman he would say , that he / too , was well known to many of them , having resided amongst them for a long time ; and how both he and Mr . Fleming were esteemed the assembly then present abundantly testified . The occasion upon which he left them was an important one , view it in whatever light theyimay ; for ne quitted them to assume the management and conducting of on experiment upon which the destiny of the human race depended—to solve the problem whether it was possible for man and man to live together in harmony and peace , when all their wants were satisfied up to the bounds of temperance , and thus put an end at once to crime and to misery . That Mr . Bigby was a person eminently
qualified to fulfil this important mission , let his ten years' service in the great cause of human progression —let his unvaried disinterestedness be the sufficient and conclusive answer . Deeply imbued , as he was , with the love of human kind—possessing , in aa eminent degree , those qualities which secured to him the sympathies of all he came in contact with , he was most admirably fitted for the task he was about to engage in . He went to his important office with the kind regards , and affectionate wishes , and best sympathies of all who knew him , and of thousands to whom he was not known ; and that he might soon be enabled to say to them , " Come and see , how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity , " was , he doubted not , thejheartfelt wish of every one present ; and in that spirit he weuld give them—
" James Rigby , the newly-appointed ( Jovernor of Tytuerly : may bis efforts to reduce the social principles to practice be as successful as his efforts have been ia their dissemination . " Mr . Kigbt rose to reply . He said it was now about a year and a half sinee he became acquainted with many of them ; sad during that time he had been endeavouring to establish for them—and not only for them , but for every other human being—a better state ofBOciety . The toast had coupled his name with the success or their present undertaking . He could say to his friemls , and even to those who were opposed to the social system , that he bad been trained in a school where he was taught that he ought so to live in tho world that he might leave it the better for his having lived in it He had been taught this by his respected Mend . Rowland Detrosier , who had instilled his prin ciples into tbe minds of tbe youth of bis town . At
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mn ^^ pt ^ mvmm vt wiiN to society whatever , and when he reflected thtf * osi who produced an this w «« lth w « e too often 4 ea « iZ of food , and shelter , aad clothing h * the . camTinto collision with the first prbieiples « pon whi « h soeHr was founded . When he compared theliv « s of tttge luxurious Idlers with those of the people in the toetory district , he felt there was a radical etil In sodety , which ought to be remedjed . He then adTosate « 4 ha Ten Houw BUI , in order to li « ut Ute hour * ia wbiaa thechllarftn of the poor efaoald be compelled to labour ; and how far they were stMosssfa ] was new weU known ; they bad , at all events , hindered the masters ftom makiag many ; crooked backs , many crooked l * gsj and , above all , msny crooked minds ( Applause . ) He ] ; ^
, subsequently became connected with a society whieh had been established by some enlightened merchaots of Manchester , entitied tfie " NViooal : Begeneatlon society , " with a view to oauao the working men tojoia the masters in an attempt to improve their own condition . Tbe objects of the Society were to reeirict ^ rtojW % ^ * 6 * TrM * W * irtirt in eonnation Witt the large mills , and altogether to r « u ^ what it had beretofow been . ^ : He ^ ai awy ^ saj 2 ^^ f ^ S * ** W * & **** » fceated thtaattwj * with todiflerenfe ; and that , after waUdn f miles aS mUes with a view to their interwta , b / fott ^ th * St ! * , ¦**'¦ ¦ p ^ d & ¦¦ "Wwtiwi *> him than th * mMdl ^ eUisBea . He oooid only attribate it to their not
«™* gBwwing their real jodttao . * U ho mbM- ^ meeting w a large room , « a S » aday tSchool , or ¦»* . Sr ^ " * ' ** e * 64 no one bat the middle classes but S W ^ S ? - ** * $# **>»*> *> « oSnia ; ftS £ * £ ^ *** £ * & * « W *«» what a giorio « a measure it was . . He then determined , upon attempting ^ f e ^ ttose « f ? u ^ n ^ *? *¦ w f k . .: He began at Manchester . At jBrst « rm one said It was a raadirick ^ H wif the « eatest abitr / dlty to talk about the working aaasef $ S £ n £ E wartes
^^ owB- ^ of ^ ebc ^ wn—dancing daasee of ana ( aowari ght nonsense . CM Ut w « s contended ) h * d nevermade tne working classes for that—he had odto tatended they . . h ^ ^ ve , just efficient knowledge to know how to work , and to read their Bible tocauso S 5 f ^ aft It ^ ^¦ ' * " ^« ' « K ' * K £ r ft ^ fr- ^ * * - :: *> w » but he and his friends were determined that the poor should have them too . They therefore caUed the working classes together , and explained to them their position—how easy It would be for them to get instruction for themselves and their children .
ana how much more enjoyment there woulot be - in the family circle , if ; they , joined in muala and song at home , instead of the son being at tiwpublio . house , the daughter roaming the streets , and the poor mother breaking her heart in solitude at home . ? roaa was he to say that they had succeeded to a considerable extent ; the working classes were now determined to be elevated ; they were determined no more to be slaves , hewers of wood , and drawers of water ; and when this principle were adopted more generally among them , it would be impossible for any power on earth any longer to enslave them . He then said that before , the werking man was in ^ a proper position , he ought to give ap the idewof being the serysnt of any man ; and he was modi , pleased with the saying of Christ . " Call no nun
master ; " and he , therefore , thought ' that it was of th » highest importance that the people should have possession of the land upon which they were born , He , therefore , with bis friends ' , showed the working men that this would be impossible without a comblnation . simil&r to that made by the Apostles , when no man called that his own wnich was his own . The working men began to-see this ; and now there was one of the * most powerful associations ever formed for the accomplish ment of this object , and he would never cease teaching its importance till every poor man was pro vided with everything necessary for his comfort and happiness . But a great battle must be fought before this could be dona It was stated in the toast th » t bia efforts had hitherto been successful ; an * toe Chairman had stated that he possessed the sympathies of all who knew him . He could tell them the manner in whieh mi
they ght gain the sympathy of their fellow-men . Br allowing to every individual the same privileges that you require for yourselves ,. and never takingfrom him those rights whkh God ha « glvfen Mm v and havinsi , acquired a little knowledge on tb ^ t ^ tject h ^^ il ^^ tell tell them m iimiii jiV " "inTnttglii"'t 11 iWnmFsin ' Infant Inbiaarnw . > aa 44 ti ^ ieliatodia *^ raat lengtta onthe Owenitedoctrineoftheforrnationof character , contending that as the infant had no choioe as to what religion it should be taught , or what situation in life it should fill , it could not justly be blamed for any opinion it might hold , or any acts of which it might be guilty in after life ; and insisted that the acting in a knowledge ^ of these facts would canse ^ men to act charitably one towards the other , and thus secute to each the sympathies of all . He continued to address the meeting some time longer , and at length sat down amidst the , applause of his hearers .
Duet— " Minute gun at sea . " The Chairman said the next teaetupon ' tbe list Wat " The Bishop of Exeter . " ( The announcement of this toast occasioned considerable merriment ) He doubted not that they all had so grateful a recollection of what the Bishop bad done for them , that they would drink this toast with three times three . ( This was tberr done , with one cheer more . ) He was very sorry to bave to say that the Bishop was not present In person to return thanks for thehouour they had done him , but in his absence , Mr . Fleming would endeavour to say something in his behalf . ¦" ¦ ^ T
Mr . Fleming said , he dared scarcely address then , when he considered the grave responsibility they had now thrown upon him . By a singular concatenation of circumstances he now stood before them in the place of a Bishop . Mr . Owen should have returned thanks for his esteemed friend Henry of Exeter , but he ' was unfortunately detained at Glasgow , whither he had proceeded for tho purpose of attending the meetings of the British Association ; and , therefore , on the present occasion , ne ( Mr . Fleming ) represented both a Bishop and . thefounder of Socialism . ( Laughter . ) What eottld h * say for a Bishop 1 Only think of his returning thank for a Bishop ! He supposed he must say something The Bishop was their very good friend whether he himself thought bo or not ; and they had shown by tb « in
manner which they had-received , the name of Henrr Philpotts , that they were inclined to give him bis due ^ and notwithstanding all the good that Rigby had done—notwithstanding all the good that Joseph Smith had dene—or that Owen had done—or that Fleming had done , they had none of them done so much good for them as their own Bishop . For they had got a Bishop , and they intended to make much of bint $ and in the New Moral World , when all the other parsons were unfrocked , he should have the pleasure of wearing his mitre , and he should be their Bishop stUL If it had hot been for their Bishop would the press bav * spread the knowledge of Socialism over all landswould the broad sheet of the Times , and the Chrmide , and tho Herald , and the Post , and after them all the
small fry of tbe press , have told all the world that the Socialists wore in existence ? ¦ No ; they would have said nothing , and kept Socialism in the back ground j but their glorious Bishop gave month , and then the whole pack opened after him . Mr . Fleming thea stated that the Bishop had other claims upon them , and that in a document from his pen , purporting to be tbt report of the Educational Committee Of hlB DiOOese , he had strenuously maintained the correctness of Root . Owen ' s doctrine of the force of circumstanoe * . This be observed , gave the Bishop a two-fold claim to be consi dered by them as a brother . He then sat down , exclaiming , » All hail , Henry of . Exeter 1 and give vm another lift as soon as you can . " Glee— " Red Cross Knight "
Here a great bustle ensued about the cross table occasioned by the entree of some large trays filled with cabbages , turnips , potatoes , and specimens of wheat , oats , fcc , A quantity of fruit was handed round , an * it was understood that the specimens came from th * farm held by the Socialists in Hampshire . The Chairman then gave the toast " Success to Tytherlyi" which is the name of the farm abeve mentioned ... . ' ¦ . . '¦; The toast was replied to at considerable length by Mr Joseph Smith , who entered into the history of tbe growth of the various specimens of agricultural and horticultural produce before him , and which appeared to give great satisfaction to the Oweaites present . If Air . Smith ' s account is to be credited , every thing Iff protperingattiefiuTO ; and the ivperts made DT Mr .
Brindley ( a gentleman well known for bis opposition t » Socialism , ) that the soil is only an Ineh thick upon the land , is net to be relied upon ; for turnips were shown that weighed , when pulled , 141 bs , and an eac- cellent specimen ef potato , grown witheut manure excepting a little vegetable mould from the roads es the farm , was on the table . The speebnens of c « m were very good . Mr . Smith explained that the aeami had been against them , they having been thirteen weeks without win , and their description Of toil ieqoiring a dripping season te make it wry producttvi He also said , from their having entered the farm at a late period of the year , they were six weeks behind the season with their sowing . From these beta , and the vegetsUet before them , they might hxdgTwba the soil would grow when all e ^ camstances wen
. The Chairman then gave the last toast upon fba list ;— , <• May the fog * of religious animosity be needflw dispelled by the genial sunshine of univeml ebari 3 !» Mr . Ellis briefly replied , the Glee Singers taia "Glorious Apollo , " andthecompanysbortb ' afterwaida broke up , after giving thanks to the Chairman forhto urbane demeanour in the chair . Tbi whole aftte was coadueted with the greatest order aad d ^ wrok * Se ^ SSSS ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 26, 1840, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2703/page/1/
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