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H Northampton , September 28 , 1840 . B ^^ lmmai ** inserti 0 B tfWiSSK li Yoms , faithfully , II B . Foster , Secretary . "Oakham Gaol , Rutlandshire , I 9 th September , 1840 . I " MT ?^»? .-Ireceived yonrletter yesterday I Korthampton cannot
. I , v £ T ££ ' ££ Z £ I ^ jressmy gtatitade for this mi& tf Oeb affeS I IT " *~««« that I shall Btrive , by my cot I ^ f ™ ^ occaai ™ B . to show ttem thatlaranot I * % E £ T ?* , * ttdraff ««<»^ confidence !' I faJS ? " ^^ of aPP ro ^ l of my pnblic conduct I m . erestmetomore thauCTenthe pecnniaiy aid they tender me . They prove to me that my long-oppressed I ^^^ " ^^ ^ y ^ etotfaeiroTOfaterests , I S £ * ^ L ™ " ** Stand cooUy by andsea tt ^ I » ° J £ , T ^ * " . » «¦* «« sacrificed without I " ,, f « * * them - * " » P «« to me that a I ^ f ? to ? riTed ' » n * that the trimnph ef our I fallowed came is nearer than many of its advocates asppose . .
1 * My Fnends , —I have a Ion ? tale toidl when I leave my prison-house— the "secrets" of the Monnorth den will be made public-and those -who hoped * o wallow in the blood of my glorious and beloved - wand , Frost * -will hear of things they little dream of Bety upon my devotion to yon . 1 lore Democracy , and as long as the spark of life animates my bosom , I will be its fearless friend and defender . " One thing in your letter pleased ma mightHy- * fest was your euloghim on sobriety . Oh , my friends , help meto banish the vice of drunkenness from our land!—and if there should be any left in our Radical rants still debased below the brutes Oat perish—Oh ! shake off the infitfawMon . I « t us remember that we are
endowed ullh reason , and let us not destroy that ¦ God-like attribute by inundating it tcitA poison . ' let Ins be men !—sober men—moral men—and -we may not ¦ only defy the malicious ingenuity of our oppressors , ¦ tat we shall deprive calumny of its sting , and lay the ¦ ue at the not of the accursed system under which we ¦ us now groaning , let no one ba offended at my ¦ &eeaom , <« start at my declaration ; but I tK-¦ flESITATISGLT ASSERT THAT KO DEUSKAED CAN ¦ be a coop Radical ! How can ha be ? In the firet ¦ place , ha is the infatuated dove of a vice which robs
mmmtdf , bis dear wife , and darling children of the ¦ emmnonest necessaries of life . Secondly , he is deprived ¦ of tie mean 3 of educating bis children , and thus causes * &em , too freqnently , to grow into the servile slaves of ¦ our inhnman tyrants . Whatever mischief is done to a ¦? ° » ! t « generally produced by the anfortunste ¦ fcnnkard . Remember , drunkards fired upon Hie mxnktcails ofiht Wetgate Ivn , in Newport , and poor Wbaxtttse vnfmtmate ) FmA teas transported !!! I " Think of these things , my dear brothers and sisters—I R ? 1 m crm : t the partner of our Democracy— unite ¦ tern in the indissoluble bonds of -wedlock . —God trill me
m W ^ Pnx » imUm tsa . ilAj ] . otaaa ' pidthemasunder . ' m " ^ w more thanking you for your kindness , believe M ® to be , with every sentiment of devotion .
" Tour faithful and I I " Undauntedfriend , I " Henry . Vtncekx . "
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Even Governments , established ostensibly for the * S 2 P ***** consequenSyTSuSSe P ^ w of ^ mdisputable prindpleamongst menThave onaUoccasionsruncounterthereto . Tobasebwlaws thereon , theChartist now struggles , andS to this alone , are hundreds of them imnfured in dungeon ? , 55 tte amount of suffering produced by the lery 4 ffort ^ calculable . We but seek the same bw ^ and privUeS which our wealUuer neighbours enjOyt and which we wiUmgly aoord to them in common wi&ouraelve ^ ^ ttariy the whole in arms against us . I do bXe ttattrua confers power , which arms cannot resist in a
countrylikeoura , whew four-fifths of the people are with its establishment ; but , whilst humbugs , gross deceivers , knaves , or fools , like TJrqubart , prowl in heeds , amongst these four-fifths , affecting to sympathise rthJZt JTP **" - " * " ** *« terta 1 Son for the authors of tiieir wrongs , and when they have thus won their ear ^ confidence , telling them , that they mut patiently suffer , tittthey have persnadea the wolf that it was anguish to touch the lamb ; and the catthatit ought not to destroy the mouse , my hopes for the lower of truth must ever verge to despair . Did
, Sir , man but feel fer his fellow as he oughtwas his professions of sympathy ought bnt ' bSllow aypocnsy-indignaKon would take the place of cant about patient forbearance , and he would fly te the unmediate rescue of the sufferer . Stuff ! but the whin-™ 1 ^ J V * tt » sufficient to satisfy its crav-Mgs ; let him have but an appearance of its continuance , for any length of time , and these hollow-hearted professions will be made till sympathy for self shall teach nun to feel for others enduring like woes . _ There areseveial otherglaring errors , butto which it m needless for me to refer . Enough hata already been shown to warn my fellow Chartists of this qjucksana . oiwill-oMtf-wisp , which ever they please to denominate it i _ Your insertion of &e above in your widely circulated journal , will oblige ,
Ever gratefully yours , _ . . Richard Mausden September 28 th , 1840 .
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EDINBURGH . w 5 * hS ? B ° to jfalm spirit manifested in fl » . cfiiSr T ^ l dour wMch MiMted ' tke " 32 m ?^ theso P " » , cheering Sd ^ w ° S and Ks P ect for their priaciples , and noble conduct , they should be entertained at HS pteIBlier ) m . d that . a meeting stouldi unable to attend the dinner would have an opporfcd heating these ^ Mted clwinpionsi . of
' ' ., THE DINNER ,. ,,- . ' . &a at i « ? ded r l ? pwards of two hundred , the £ 2 ? n lHB } ted »» aceount ofthesize of the ^ is ^^ : *^ te ^ SWiPMSS the S ^ ° ? M . Vknc , ' Richardson . " ^ To fcoSttofr ^ Gerald , and other
orchffitSr 11611 * in 8 tru ? l 6 lital tett * occupied : the aSm ^ SSS ^ MNSf ? ate < ! hj . three « at which hour tttenon-arnval of the ' guests led some to fear that aometlnng might have * owurredT pmenfthSr & Tn ^ fearB . however . weregrounS Upontheir arrival the company Btatted to theSgs ^ i aaL 1118 **''" - ^ Mr . KankeB , and other members of the Charter SS' £ ? " * % * ' ^* «» present ^ grace with their Budw and good looks the Char ti « t l 0 aM th
T ^• J iKusseU occupied e Croupier ' s chair . After th « Chairmau had asked ibhS ^ SJ ? tOOk Of * 5 e fiood ^ heer pwffl & M TT ^ . cj ?* bein I «»> ovcd , the Chairman expressed & 3 ffj * *? a h « ^ ndance of so many females , introduced Mwa Buchanan , who , after a few wS ot address , presented Mr . Coiling with a mJsy ^ gold ring , on which waa beautifull y engraved ; the thistlft tm and shamrock , surmounted with ' a S of ft Vw * V" ^ , * 0 have ken P ^ sented ^ To John Collins from Margaret and Mary Buchanan Sns eoffberty ? " ~ « " * *™™ * & . Mr . Coiusshaving made a suitable reply . Miss Mary Buchanan , sister of the former youn ? lady riiBsssr ** presented *««»«
Mrs G ^? L ^ fT ^ ^ ^ . introduced STf £ «; , a l t | le staunchest female Chartmts SLSSSi 1 * wbo would P resent te ^ oh of the honoured guests a cravat , to keep them warm during their campaign in favour of theChaiter . TSs ? Sf . then presented to Mr . Collins . , and the DoctS splendid green woollen cravats , beautifully' emre £ t otS ^ The 89 tokei " g 00 d ^ " ' wS ? Kf r ? 98 If W to * *; that toast was The Sovereign . " Mistaking his import , a few hisses were emitted , which were , however , speedily converted into cheers , upon his saying bv the awn , I do not mean ' any yonng iSK who lives m luxuryand superabundant uponthe produce of our distressed operatives' toil . JNo , the sovereign whose health I have the honour to propose is , the Sovereign People , the t me source of tire ) ( Lnmen 8 B Bering , with three times
Band , "Aman ' aamanfora'that . " «« ^ ™™ wi bootmaker , responded to the toast , and said the sentiment contained in the toast you have now honoured is a self-evident truth , a truth admitted by even Whigs and Tories , and whichit is unnecessary for me to attempt to prove . But the question is , do we , the people offcreat Britain , enjoy our legitimate power ? No : ' who then ? A despot ? ^ No ; but some dozens of desnb ^ - an oiigarchy-a base , mean , worthless oligarchy ; a set of irresponsible , cruel men , who govern lis by S ™ L heUr T ? makJn g » i ^ gesoft ! eirown appointment , and jurora of their own packing ; who can hang , banish , or confine in dungeons : as traitn ™ :
me very men wha , for the same acts , they but lately applauded as patriots . The next question IB . shall such a state of things be endured ? We answerfno . they cannot wiU . not , shall not ! It has been said ! that knowledge is power ; but what is knowledge without union ! knowledge ; without union , my friends , will only lay bare the ill dceda of our perfidious rulers ; but leaves us incapable of bettering ourselves . But , wit humon , it will accomplish all that the most sanguine of us may have hoped for . Mr . K ., at some length , referred to the blessed fruits of democracy m countries so governed , and concluded an eloquent address by a quotation from
Freedom ' s battle , once begun , Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son , Tho ' baffled oft , is ever won . " . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Ranker thea rose to propose—' The Charter though persecution should await its advocates , " to which Mr . Blackie responded . After some apologies , Mr . Blackib observed that the Charter is a docul mentnpon which a great portion of the people , have fixed their attention , as the means of their emancipation from that political bondage in which they have been so long held . The labouring classes look to the Charter as the only means of protecting the fruits Of their honest industry from being devoted to the
purpose of pampering the indolence , frivolity , and reckless extravagance of those aristocrats , who live in ease and affluence on the money drawn from the hardearned gains of tho poor ; and who , regardless of the misery and destitution which prevails in the land , are continually adding insult to injury , by treating with ridicule and contempt the remonstrances and petitions of the people for a redress of those grievances . ( Cheers . ) The useless classes have hitherto looked upon the poor as beings ef an inferior nature , created for no other purpose than to toil and slave ) that the rich may enjoy alifeof luxurious profusion ; and when the poor become aged and infirm , and unable to work , there is no proper provision made for their support—they - are considered burdens on the country—and their only thought is , how they may get soonest quit of them . ( Applause . ) With a view to put an end to such a
state of things , the Charter was framed—its principles are the principles of truth and justice . It desires not to deprive any man , or class of men , of their just rights ; but it insists on the restitution of those privileges of which the great body of the people have been so long defrauded . It demands that every man who is to obey the law onght to have a voice iu the making of those laws ; and it denies the right of the few to legislate for the many , without their consent . And further , it demands that every man who contributes to the na'ional funds shall have a voice in the disposal of those funds , and denies the justice of tuxation without representation . ( Cheera . ) Mr . Blackie then proceeded in the same way to explain the minor points of the Charter , and having done so satisfactorily , proceeded : —Thus , then , I have given a brief outline of the Charter , and I would ask , what does it contain that its advocates should be branded with the
names of " levellers , " "Destructives , " " Seditious Demagogues , "" aiders and abettors of treason , " " discontented and designing men , " who are only desirous for creating anarchy , spoliation , and bloodshed . ( Loud cheering . ) Or that middle-class jurymen should be found ignorant and base enough , to convict them on such charge at the instigation of an unprincipled Government . ( Renewed cheering . ) Yet such has been the case , and hundreds of honest men have been incarcerated in dungeons , for simply demanding their rights , and complaining of their grievances . ( Loud cheers . ) But I trust that all who have been , or may
be yet , persecuted , may follow the noble example of our worthy guests , who have shown the Government that their barbarous treatment will never have the effect of preventing the people from demanding political freedom . And , therefore , let our rulers beware of exasperating the public mind , and driving the people to desperation , as a day of retribution may arrive , when they may perhaps find themselves deprived of that power which they have so much abused ; for , to use the words of Junius : — " A people injured , insulted , and oppressed , will not always be disappointed . " Mr . B . concluded , amid much and loud cheering .
Band— " Up , brothers , up ' . " The CHAIV . 3 AK then rose to propose the health of John Collins , i » ur honest gue 9 t . ( Applause . ) It is now little more that : two years ago since John Collins in this very room firJt roused you to the present movement Those men who then attended him , the Salt ' s and Mnnte ' s , have now i ^ een proper to desert our cause , but not so John Collins . ( Cheers . ) He is , as I have no doubt he ever will be , wt his post ; and for his honesty he has been made th 9 viL'tini of the # toi » law-leeeh that disgraces our ancient city b . having his name connected with it Collins has thus bt en tried like refined gold : hehas been weighed in the ba' ^ ceS i but has not bean found wanting . ( LoUa cheers ., * I am sure I need not 8 aynomore , to- ensure a hearty response to the toast . ( Applause . ) Air— " Join . Anderson , my 3 « pe , Jo&a "
Mr . Coixiks , upon presentingKmseli torepJfrwaa received with tha mostdeafeninganplaus& Hiss ]* 66 h , a 3 well as that of the Doctor , we- giTe in necessarily an abridged form from the length to-which the proceedings at the meeting are jsported . Mr . Comasi-baving duly acknowl&gedthe kindness done him by the Whigs ; by placing aim in a situation which the prosaest of them might envy , he proceeded toeomment for-the benefit of us Msdern Athenians upon the con-Juct of plain John Cainpfeell , at his trial . He was tried for a libel uponthe Londutf Police . It was true he had denounced them as illegal tad anconstitu-
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bojal , but he had never , as plain John cunningly insinuatedj lnclted the people to overthrow the . Govern-? . ]/? w John , it is . true , could not openly say » i but he took advantage 6 fthe . cbnduct . of . ethers less comtfderate , to prejudice ; the Jury . lif indeeditwere wanted ) against him . At the meeting in the Ball Ring a bayonet was fonnd , or said to have been found , . upon muui present !; He , ( MrV'C ) had no more .. tb do with ifte . bayonet than the cunning lVeoh himself , ( nor Perhaps so much , for the . man alluded ' to was never even tjled ! a verysiguificant circumstance ;) andyethe wou ld ; , twist and torture his shapelessicarcaas ' uito thea-, ™>« P Osittotts , and brandish the Instrument before the afirighte d eyes of the Jury ; giving ' utterance at the sametim e , with all the vollriWlity . of his tribe , to a tissue ; of unconnected worts ; " among which might be hewd conspicuous , ' " tr « ason , " " . sedition , " " inflammatory , " " ignorant multitude , ? and other epithets B < v « si ' vutv-i- ^ i ¦ _ .. ¦ ' '" '' . _ . ! - ..- ¦ _' . . .
equally useful to , and duly practised by the Whig' prot ¦ ecutbrs of " sedition and libel . " ( Hear . ) Astone and sword , whichhad beenfduud , and ot which heiMr . C . ) 'k new - nothing , wasusedby thesaid Johnin the same mai tier ; all with the view of-getting aver- ' diet against h » m . The learned gent mightV however , have saved hii iiself all that trouble for a simple request fa- a verdict * ith any sort of evidence at all , would have satisfied i ' . Jury , who would willingly see every Chartist in Brit uu dangling at , a rope ' s end . Mr . Collins then enterot "I at some length upon the treatment of himself and Mr . ' Lovett met with before and after tho trial ¦ ' relating sb itements which roused the indignation of the company ' to such a degree , that it is not likely Plain John ; , or hi , " s patron Little Finality , , will ever walk the streets ol " Auld Reekie without music in their wake ; which , ' if n ot the sweeteBt that could bei imagined , had been at . least well earned , better than any of their other "bliis bing honours . " Mr . Collins made
Bwne excellent remai ss in defence of the female Chartists , and exposed \ he rotten , hypocrisy , of subh as attack ' themfdr ' medt 'ling with politics . * , They , tell us , said Mr . C . ' , thatthi '» domestic oircle is net proper sphere . True j but wl io causes her to leave it ? Those whose cursed doings b . ring misery and starvation into it ; those who have depi ; Wed her , of themeaiis of educating the sweetest orna \ "nents of it ,. ' who cause her partner to absent h ' imself . ' «>» her from dawn to night , who make . the" workshop his prison ; it is , the aristocracy and their" political sj stem ; and we would be told fowooth that women havei nothing to do with politics ; after having thanked the Mies who complimented him so handsomely ; he sat down amid enthusiastic cheering . ' - - ¦ ¦• _ ¦ ' ' ¦ <
The CHAiRMAif introducet 1 Dr . M'Douall , with some remarks upon his eminent ser ,. Tices in the cause of the white alives—the factory ch ildren . We must , as in the case of Mr Collins " , conten * ourselves with adverting to a few of the many passog es upon which he dwelt The applause which greeted ti "'» Doctor , having subsided , he thanked the ladies wh ° had honoured him so highly ; alluding to the . ring he hadreceived , hesaid that closely as he might have t een . attached to ^ the Charter before , he was now w ^ 'dded fei it ; andhe assured the ladies who presented it that whenever he looked upon it he should cohtinn , e to - fwl the , same spirit as that which had all along an . . ! edhim . With regard to Mw . Gray ' s haudsorae era : ^ he should feel gratified by the warmth it would affo . fd . hini ; ' a gratifi .
cation not lessened by the thought tl at the Whigs , if they could , would have given him a La rder one . ( Great laughter . ) The Doctor , referring to the , hisses that followed the first toast , made some rei uarks upon the amount of respect sensible people shot ' -W . ' . pay to the Crown ; and said that if royalty was a g . . > pd thing , this country haa surely enough , of it in allco . ,, aspience . We had three Queens— . ( laughter )—an 4 three . ^ ugs to keep them company . ( Renewed . laughter . ) .-. ]? . , irat , we had the Quebn , supported , as Queen ' s genera lly » re > extravagantly ; then we had her mother , a Quet 'U « te / ' « to , if notde jure ; and lastly , we had the buxom relii stof thelate King , Adelaide , ' , ' with her i £ lOO , uOO a year , i "wi palaces to match . On the other ' hand , we had Prk ce Albert ; we had Old Cain , of Hanover , ' : and we had King
, Leopold ; an feeding upon this country . Thei ^ pwance to the last-named worthy specimen of royalty > though left m . this country , went to pay his debts ; a nd > c 011 " sequently , the public puraewas as muoh mi '" « his allowance as it was Prince . Albert's , pocket v "non 6 y > £ 30 , 000 . In the course of his speech , the Doa ¦<» » in referring to the Glasgow ' demonstration , ment . l ° ued some deeds done by the masters ' there , that astonl sned , while it roused the indignation of the aualence . One young apprentice boy ; who left his- . work to see ' * he procession , was prosecuted byafc master , andsenten ' « ed to nixty days in . Bridewell-jcTies ' of , ' , ' , shame , iibm ' . " from all parts of the wm )~ ana the man was genero ^ to ! i
enough say he would take the lad ; into his empli •! again , upon his paying '' ; the expenses " ; which , to th 9 honour of the legal profession be it said , amounted ti . ' only four guineas t Another factory , girl , the one who presented the plaid ' , was also discha ^ eo . i " many places of employment , such as attended had weeWed their djscharge ; but their fellow-workmeu . nobly » ud resolutely ' stated that ' unless tkey x « e taken back not one of them would workilWd ' tiie masters had to yield . ( Hear , hear , hear ,, . and , ' loud cheering . ) After a long speech , replete with ; thewit , spirit , and good sense , usual to him , the ' DqcWr concluded , by urging upon his hearers perseverance in their efforts to obtain the Charter . ' i . \
Air- " Up and war them a , Willie . " Mr . Rbssell , the Croupier , then proposed , in a ^? , < U of much feeling , and good taste * the health of William Lovett , whom he eulogised in no measured terms . Mr . Collins rotumed thanks , confirmed the Croupier ' s estimate of Mr . L » vett , and promised to let his friend know of the esteem in whioh he was held m Edinburgh . ¦ . - ...:. ¦ .-. " Band— « Over the hills ana far awa . " Mr . Cdmming then proposed the healths of Pearcus 0 ; Connor , Bronterre O'Brien , and the other imprisoned friends of liberty . To the former he gave the new designation of " Goliath of Chartism . " The toast was honoured with three times three , Mr Collms taking the lead .
Band- " There ' s nae luck about the house . " Mr . lN » ESgave " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and may they speedily be restored to their families and country . " Mr . I . assorted the truth of the saying , that " Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God , " and contended that tyranny , be it perpetrated by whom it may , shoald be resisted . The . toast was drank in solemn silence . . .-....- ¦ TheCHAiKMAN gave « The Northern Star , and the Democratic Press generally , " pacing a well-merited eulogium upon that ably conducted and sterling organ of the movement The toast was drunk with all the honours . .. Mr . Collins then gave the Chairman , which was duly honoured . .... : ¦ Mr . Duscan replied . . ...... .
The manner in which every thing connected with the dinner was . conducted reflects the greatest credit upon Mr . Cooper , of the Flesh Market Close , who furnished them , and so sensible were they all of this , that a vote of thauks was awarded to , him . The company then proceeded , with the baud playing in front , to the
PUBLIC MEETING IN DUNBDIN HAIL . This Hall , Which is the largest and most spaoious in Edinburgh , and which , is capable of containing 2 ooo individuals , was filled long before the arrival of the speakers . Upon entering , Mr . Collins and . the Doctor were received with loud cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . Mr . Henry Pahkeb , one of the Secretaries of the Association , was voted into the , chair with acclamation .
The Chairman made brief allusions to the noble conduct of the patriots they were met to hear , and expressed his hope that s « ch as ( though favourable to the objects in viewi had hitherto hung back , would now be induced to come forward ; and those who were not only favourably disposed , but actually had joined the movement , would leave the meeting , confirmed . in the goodifaith . He , then "introduced to the meeting Mr . John Gregor , who would present to Messrs . Collins and M'Donall an address , agreed to by the men of Edinburgh at a public meeting . , . °
Mr . Origob presented it accordingly . After tie address bad been read , The CuiiBSUN said—1 now beg to introduce to you one who his given " Plain John" such a drubbing as he never gbt before or since ; the able and undaunted advocate ot Universal Suffrage , and the friend of the factory children— -Dr . M'Douall . The Doctor ' s appearance on the platform was greeted with tho ' most deafening and enthusiastic cheering which lasted several minutes . When the meeting hail resumed taeir seats , and silence was restored , the Doctor comiumced by addressing them as " Countrymen and brothir Chartists . " This appeal to their nationality drev | forth another burat of cheering , when the Doctor continued . He rejoiced , he said , in meeting the
men of Eiinburgh , to find that they were determined to declare their attachment to the principles of Chartism , audio renew their struggle for the Charter , the whole Chtrter , and nothing less . ( Cheeis . ) Helo ' oked upon the ! compliment they had paid Mr . Collins and himsiif , not as paid to them as individu als but to me principles which they advocatedtuose principles which alone would emancipate the workilg classes from thraldrom , and which alone would be ioductive of social happiness , aud elevated them in tte eyes of forei gn nations . Referring to his trial , he ip , that he had met with their mw-nepresentutivS , { ' Plain Jack , " and was happy to do so ; as well a with another of the same kidney , the Attorney-General of the County Palatine . He iDr .
M'Douall ) { &ve him something for his palate . ( Cheers andlaughtar . A veice— " Served him right" ) He was aware , it ias necessary for one or two to suffer , and he was realy to be one of them , and bear his punishment wit ! the patience that always distinguished a Scotsman , tnd especially a Scottish Chartist . ( Cheera . ) He went t < j prison with the opinion that it was better pne shouldbe imprisoned than thai thousands should be hanged ! As for ^ his trial , it was , in fact , nothing more toana CharjBst ; . meeting witlia fellow wearing a wig in tl i chair ^ ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) That was all . j e took tt'e opportunity « £ letting the audience know somethU g of the principles-of Chartism-, Jffld lie W : i glad to . have the opportunity , for let us agitate as lie may , w » cannot get tho middle classes to hear us ; but when they came forward } to his trial , he took cat \ to din th » . Chatter in tawvms . \ Cheet 3 . ) I appealed-paid the Doa ' or , to thefe reason whtn I got
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them before me ( formind you that was an opportunity but seldom . got ) ,, and when I caught them at their meeting I took care to use my own arguments . The result was , that an impression' was made on the minds of the jury , and what did they do ? They looked to the Judge—( laughter)—the ' man in the wig looked to "the lottery man "—( laughter)—and that personage was pleased to ask the Jury ! for a veriliet of guilty . ( Shame . ) : Was it that there was sufficient evidence ? . Oh ,, no ! but Plain John said that , as'I bad made an impression on my hearers , it was plain I vas a dangerous character , and should not be allowed to go at large . It was , in his opinion , expedient that I should have solitary confinement for some time . He kindly requested them to put ' nie out Of harm ' s Way .
The Jury ,. of course , obeyed ; and John ' s kind intentions were carried into effect . . ( Cries of shame , shame . ) He had not forgotten this , however , but will pay it- back hand be much disposed to give them the benefit of the same retirement . ( Cheers . ) To him ltwaainone sense a benefit , whatever might be intended , for while there he had turned his thoughts to futurity ; and considered what was to be done with the Charter when it was obtained . The Charter was like a lever , and should be used to perfect our social condition , to secure justice to tne majority of the country , and enable working men to live in comfort and happiness . ( Cheers . )/ And he found ; that studying in these great seminaries of Chartism , York and Chester , were productive of the greatest good . Upon hia liberation from
the latter place the warmest reception he received was from the soldiery . ( Cheers . ) He was surprised and gratified to find them express their attachment to our principles . The reason was that they hated the Government , . which , to crush our movement , bad established the unconstitutional and illegal foree , the Rural Force and they knew that he ( the Doctor ) hated the police ' , and loved their interest and that of the working men . Let the Government , said the Doctor , digest that , and if not foolish and ignorant indeed , they will reason and see the necessity of altering their policy ^ Ho w are we tonw * cthem reason ? Why , by shewing them that every prosecution , or rather act of persecution , only advanced the people ' s cause until we are able to put or rather kickthem into a notion that they had better give
us the Charter than allow us to take it Heregretted the events that had taken place in England fer many causes . They were , however , to be lamented rather than blamed . Cool reason , perhaps , would have led them to act differently ! but if we considered their situation , there was nothing in their eonduct to surprise us . You , here in Scotland , said the Doctor , are not all aware of the oppressions under which the people of England groan ; you are ill off , bnt yetcannst feel the full measure of tyranny and hardship that is heaped upon them , nor has the iron entered in your soul as it has into theirs . This indeed may yet be the case . I sincerely hope not ; but from the conduct of the masters with regard to the late demon , stration at Glasgow , I fearthe worst . The Doctor then
alluded to the ease of the apprentice boy mentioned at the dinner . He then proceeded at some length to show how the condition of working men , with all the boasted reform of the Whign , had every year grown niore wretched . In 1794 , ahandloom weaver could weave a gross piece aweek . for whiehhe got 7 si 6 d . For this he could buy ( In estimating wages we must look to the length they weuld go In purchases ) as much provisions as would cost in 1840 ( when wages are only 5 s . 9 d . ) the sum of 15 s . 8 d . ! And thus working men are robbed to the amount of , 10 s . per week . In consequence of this the working man would have first to pawn his furniture , then his clothes , then he must strip Ms wife and children , andafter that he would require to diminish ' the quantity of food whiehhe and they ate . In such
circumstances was it to be wondered at that men feeling as husbands and as fathers , should give their passions the lead , scout the notion of applying moral meansto remove this great physical evil , and resist the Government by force ? ( Cheers , and shouts of "No , no . ") While then ,, said the Doctor , it is a subject of regret that such , declarations were Biadej'I cannot forget at the same time , that their grievances were many and great , and that their resistance was just . "( loud cheers . ) If they will attact our present moral movement with physical means , the spirit of Englishmen will be again roused , nor will that of Scotchmen slumber . 'We will have no effusion of blood if it can be avoided ; if we are allowed to go on peacefully and morally , let . us do co ; but should the Government attempt to put ' down
our movement by force , then is thotime-forustotake again our rifles on our shoulders and—( the rest was lost in . immense cheering . ) We would shew the Government that persecution is , of no avail , and that . if , they withdraw physical force from : us we shall pit argument against argument , as we have hitherto done on every possible occasion . The men of England , he said , were resolved to lay aside all talk , of physical force ; and they hoped the Government would do the same ; but ; if net , they had not forgotten tha duty of resistance to tyrants , and the rights of citizens to have arras , and use them when attacked . ( loud cheering . ) He neither hoged , looked , nor wished for Buch a strugg ' e ; , but working men have a right to suffioiant remunera tionforthelrlabourt theyhavenotgoUhat . Theyhave
a lght to political power , so that when a cheap loaf is on their table they can keep it there : they have not got that either ; and each and all of these they must have . Refe tf ing <*> the spirit of freedom so prevalent , he Baiu " , that m L 66 ^ ' with the other large towns in England , the nv asses were determined to be free ; and even the Frend l nave snown ^ a * they are beginning to awaken . At Par . ; '"• > 000 8 at d « wn to a reform banquet ; the one half of i hem beiD S of the National Guard . The working men of . France came forward and defiled through the meeting i n tne ancient military style . The struggle in France m ainly helped to carry the Reform Bill ; and were anot , ^ er revolution to take place , it would ma . terially aid to gain tho Charter . In Spain , Portugal , and Ameria v > the s P irit of freedom was stirring . If we
could succet . "• continental kingdoms would speedily follow . In t Vmerica—free as , ia many respects , they were—the Wi irkin K men were defrauded through a rotten system i lf ragmoney ; but if the democrats there could but suco 3 e ^ m re-electing Martin Van Buren as President , it w OttW be the death-blow to rag money there , and this country would speedily follow . The middle classes wi . ! l De ruined ; and then they will find out that you are a very intelligent people . They will want your assistai 1 ce to Pro them up , and as long as you please them j ou are very intelligent ; but should you be wise eriougl * * ° ^ ° k to your own interest , tuat moment you becon , ' ° " an ignorant class of men . ' . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It is melancholy , said the Doctor , to see how the affairs of this nation are
managed by a Q , leen . peerage ,. and priests . But of the whole S » 8 the priesthood are the greatest enemies t % f liberty . Laying aside the crown and the ceronei ; , . we tiad under the mitre the greatest amount of enmity -J ° P ° l'u'ar right . Chartists , are called infidels by the . - £ -Pdests , but if we look to the Bible , it is very mani " ,. ^ ^ at they ( the priests ' ) are the inBdels . ( Cneers . i H we turn to the Mosaic dispensation , we find that i ~* od seated the earth for man , and not for a set of me . 1- We ^ also in that book that the labourer . is wor fen y ° f nis hire , and entitled to the first fruits of th e earth ; riot that the Queen , or Bishops , or aristt oracy should have it ( Cbeers . ) The Doctor then att acked in severe terms the present system of priesteraffc ^> S ! "d he , there be
a dunce , or licentious rascal in a i reat mau ' family , ho is fixed for the . Cburch . " Thi v Iotten and slin > y slough of Churchism is always pa dd le byagoosling of the aristocracy .. let him but i now himself a debauchee , a fool , or a knave , and h 8 1 S made , a public instructor . After having boxed the c om 9 ^ ss of iniquity and vice , he is chosen as the most fit to officiate at the altar of God . ( " Shame , shame . TDat class , since the beginning , has been the most determined opponents of the working man ' s interes tl T ^ aristocracy ,-taking advantage of man ' s inhei . ent inclination towards worshipping God , made men < lf their own class priests ; and thus wrought upon tne religious tendency of man ' s nature , to cheat the p e 0 Pl 0 out of the land and the fruits thereof . The Docix , w wished it
to be observod that ho did not in any way , ""tack true religion ; far from it ; he honoured and revi Ted Christianity and the Bible , and only warred wit h the in " famous hypocrites that made it a mask for ai " manner of abominations— -with tbe maggots that at © up the cheese . ( Immense cheering . ) Tue Doctor I Q eu referred to the infamous Poor law system exit ting in England , which he denounced in the most unme Mured terms . When God made the earth , he did not \ Dten ( 1 it for any particular class , and yet of do . -ure ' fair garden the labourer and husbandman . raust rest contented with a hut in the corner , or , if he be very poor , With the Bustile . The treatment recei- » e « l intliese Bastiles is most brutal . If you go to any of the parsons , anil pay them , they will join you and yo \ ir
future wife in the bonds of marriage , declaring tha t "those whom God has joined no man may pu \ ' asunder ; " and yet , if within a few months poverty , through disease or otherwise should overtake you , these monsters , under cover of law , will not scruple to separate you from the wife of your bosom . Aye , and lest the sight of your rags might raise recollections of your lost freedom , you must wear a livtry of theirs . I" Shame , shame . " ) Poverty is treated as a crime ; and even the mother , the newly-made widow , is called upon to Make another sacrifice—her infants are torn from her ; she must part with the babes she has nourished from the first moments of their existence . ( " Shame ;" " Brutal . " ) These priests , said the Doctor , are slippery fellows . They are like eels , you can't catch them ; or , if you do , you can't keep them , i . laughtet . ) If you quote the Old Testament to them , they put on a long face , and tell you , with a whine , and much gravity" Oh , we livo now under the Christian dispensation . "
Well , let us see what has been done by the Founder of tuat dispensation , the Saviour of the World himself , and judge from His practices . When He met with the 5 , 000 men , did He proceed to preach to them without inquiring as to thoir physical wants ? No ; He healed their diseases , and when He found they were hungry , He said , " these people are ia want , " and ordered them to be fed first , instead of ( like our Bishops ) preacluug to them with empty bellies . iHear , hear . / But how did His followers , the Bishops of those days , how did they act ? Why , just as their successors would . They said , " we hwe not eno' for ourselves ; " ! but He checked their selfish greediness , fed the multi- ' tude , and then gave them the fragments . ( Ohecvs . ) Were our priests to get but the fragments there would be little danger of a surfeit . ( Laughter . ) The Doctor then pioceoded in an elegant appeal to their nationality , tad declared , tatiiei than that the present grinditg - system should continue , it wets better to go back to
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the days of barbarism , and drink at the . streams and fountains of a primitive people . He trusted they would show to the people of England that they ' were tojwoceed unitedly and determinedly : ' Are you determined to have tha Charter ? asked the Docter . " Yes , yes , burst from every oorner of the hull , mingled with the most enthusiastic cheering . That declaration enlivened him much ; it reminded him of the Glasgow display , and he would now go forward , while bacJced by them , with an armour that tha darts of the Government could not pierce . It would givenini aspirifc to bravo all danger , and , above all , it would teach him to despise the miserable dungeons ef the Whigs . ( Loud cheering . ) ' Let them go on with-their persecution !) , trials ,. and-imprisonments ; he cared not , for though they might enchain the body , they could net bind
reason ; , and though they might imprison a Chartist , they could nevar confine Chartism . He trusted that physical force would never be needed ; but he knew it was impossible for Scetsmen to be deceived repeatedly , and the more they were deceived , the more would they oppose their oppressors . We must' resolve to go on now or never ; the prayers of millions were . with us ; the God of Justice was with US ; and the right Of tb . 8 poopleinust reign triumphant over the stronghold ' s of tyranny and oppression . The Doctor concluded amid the most immense cheering , the whole meeting having , as he ended , started to their legs , and emitted a broadaide that waa truly gratifying .
The Chairman tken introduced Mr . John Collins , the oH and tried friend of the people . His appearance was the signal for another such burst of applause aawelsomed the Doctor ; indeed , during the whole evening , . Dunedia Hall got such a shaking as may insure safety to the most timid creature that soirees , tea-parties , public dinners , or lions , may entice to enter for some years to come . Compared to the reception given the honoured guests of the evening , how different would be the coldly-expressed compliments and faint choera of the miserable rump that deigned in tha same place to honour (?) Little Finality , the patron of Plain Jack , or , us Dr . M'D . calls him , " Cheap John , the lottery man , " had that important little personage ( he who not only
killed Chartism , but performed the duty oi sexton and undertaker to its ashes ) so far screwed u $ his courage as t « ventura After the cheering subsided Mr . Collins prooeeded—He felt peculiar sensations upon recollecting the difference of his present situation from what it was & few months ago ; when , instead of being surrounded by the kind , cheering , and friendly faces of men opposed to every kind of oppression and cruelty , and glad at his release from the fangs of tyrants , he saw nothing but the gloomy countenances of his jailors , lying with an aching heart within stone walls mixing with felons . When ha saw , whsrever he went , but the same determination on the part of the people to carry into effect those principles which he humbly but sincerely advocate *! , he felt it waa
neither m the power of tho oppressors or of their bluecoated gens , d' armes to crush liberty ; and his ' heart was elated with joy to think of the brighter era thai was reserved . for his country . Thew -wasnowisoo years since the doctrine of universal brotherhood had been proclaimed by Christ ; sine ? , in the name of the Almighty Maker of the universe , it was ordained that men should live as brothers ; and yet we seo ,. look where we may , that , instead of that , inhuman oppression and tyranny is everywhere prevalent . Man fixes upon his brother man the iron chain o £ slavery , and we see around us the . deformed viBage of Cain , instead of the mild countenance of Christ . Notwithstanding the immense sums of money wrung by priests from the Wood and tnnews of working menwhat
, have they done ? While they professed to teach the doctrines of universal love , they never exemplified them in their conduct . In order to spare the blushes of these men ( for blush they must at the wide discrepancy between their conduct and the precepts of the Bible ) he would propose that a new version should be made expressly for their use . This could he easily done : he would give a few specimens which these holy gentlemen could read with at least « onsistency . In the firsk chapter of Genesis , for instance , they would find the following passage : — " God created man in bis own image , and said , let them have dominion over tho fish of the sea , the fowls of the air , and tbe beasts of the field . " And now he would propose it should be altered to— " God created man in his own image , and said , let
some of them have dominion over tho nab . of the sea , * &c ( Laughter . ) It waa only adding the word " some •/• but in other places it would be better to omit words . From the eighth commandment , " Thou shalt not steal , " he would propose that tho word noiho omitted , and it would then answer them to a nicety . In short , by adding here and omitting there , an ; improved version could with little diflxculty be made to suit them . ( Laughter . ) If , to ,, make tha Scriptures tally with their conduct , it were necessary to make such alterations , who , he would ask , were the iutidels ? Attat assuredly not we , for we disapprove of such alterations . They were tie infidels , for they needed such alterations , and neither feared God nor loved their brother men . Mr . Collins then
proceeded at some length to shew the iniquitous conduct of the clergy with regard to the Poor Laws , and the . monstrous atrocities committed under sanction of these laws . He ( Mr . C . ) was un-willing to mention the name of Christ in any manner that m ^ ht have a teatoncy to be thought irteverend ; but in some cases ft was necessary . Had the Saviour visited tho world at this day and confessed in hearing of any of the bluecoated myrmidons that scour the country , that he had not -wherein to lay his head , that official would speedily bring him before a magistrate . "Oh , " his honour would say , " you , fellow , arearoguo and a vagabond , the law provides for your case , yon haye not by your own COnfeflgion a place of abiding , and I sentence you to three months at the treadmill . " Yes . said Mr . C .
with emphasis , under the present system of the Poor Laws the Founder of the Christian religion mustinevitably have been sent to the treadmill . ( Shame . ) Ho then referred to the evil done under sanction of what is called law , and said , " I am bold to affirm that under sanction of law more cruelty and inhumanity have heea perpetrated than aver has baen done against law . This is caused by the manner iu which the laws were made The rich few have combined the power Which their wealth gives them for securing the making of the laws to themselves , and this power 'is and has been applied to further their own interest , without regard to either justice or the law of God . From this it was evident that to make it incumbent upon
one to obey a law , it was necessary he should have a voice in the making of it . Every man , said Mr . C , is t slave who is bound to obey laws in the making of which he was never consulted . ( Cheers . ) And under tins system working men are robbed of their property . Their labour is their property ; and this property ia wrung from them in the shape of taxes , in the levying or appropriating of which they have no voice . And 3 any person , feeling the bonds of slavery on his forehead should call out against the injustice of the system that oppresses him , he is laid hold of , and thrust into a dungeon . While we are subject to these and other cruelties and indignities , we are placed without the pale of the Constitution , and it is this which induces
mo to support the principle of Universal Suffrage . Ignorance is charged against us , said Mr . C . by the very men who acknowledge the falsity of the accUBft . tion . When our assistance is needed , they ask us to petition for the repea 1 of tho Com Laws , for Household Suffrage , for Abolition of Slavery , for Foreign Policy aad many other political topics ; thus endeavouring to get an expression of our opinion , upon the subject of which they tell us we areineapatte of judging . ( Cheer- ) This is ]? proof of their " intelligence . " ( Laughter ) Mr . Collms . then made some most important remarks upon the state of literature in general , In his youneer days he read much , indeed , eTery book he could lay his hands on ; and now when he had studied thestate lr ^ i " ' he ^ . ^ ^ view it gave of
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SSpHSSl : ¦ 3 a - « tt £ 5 strS Co . -has said , thoytell us , "Oh , that is what Shave tot xpect in commercial districts , trade is always liabln toil 3 seasons of adversity , " andso on ; buUhffSs that every season to the workman , is " a season nf ^ fy . " ( Cheer ,., They mean I suPpose " 1 Mr . C , ) by" seasons of prosperity , " when trade is brisk and » les ready . Then , indeed , the working "SS to rather better off in one sense , begets , no doubt hSh £ wages ,. but what ishe tho better of that ? Hi ^ 2 ™ state of pov erty left him in debt , and fflSJC managed to liquidate that , comes the " seasonsof Mvemly" when he has little or nothingto ^ an l which swallows up the proceeds of tbe next «• season of prospemr , and „ j . have said . •««
> ^ " season- of adversity" to him ii « J 7 ¦ These so ^ "^ L 2 Si ^ SS ^ Sr reminds strongly of the mannerin which STo ten behave towards their victims . When pusshaa' £ * a mouse , and chances not to be in the hu uour of ' ramediatemmdsr , he gi , him a gentlo "'™ ™* lets him go ; the liberated animal fliesw Rui Bess , b « t ere he has reached a safe resting pLe ^ finds biinadt again i a the firm grasp of firi nalkin * that ia his season < rf tAnofa . m reat i « ^ 1 ! The frolicsome cat then lets him ' go ^ Kft bounds ; that is his «» of prosperity ! lid So on adversity andprospenty until it has pleased the Mine tytanUomakeanendofhim . ( Cheers . ) Inserting ( Concluded in oitr ei ghth mge % )
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• M ^^^ MV ^ Z /^ AM ^^ v ^/^ y ^^^^^ Murder of a Child bt his Father . —On Wednesday last , this town was thrown into a state of excitement , by a report that a little boy , about eleven yeare of age , named William Brain , had been poisoned by hi 3 osva father , who is a gentleman ' s servant ont of place . Unhappily the rumour was too well founded , the man had been taken into custody , aud the body of hi 3 child discovered in a barn , situated on the London-road . The circumstance waa immediately made known to E . Eagles , Esq ., the coroner for the county , who ordered a post mortem examination of the body of the child to be made , and on Thursday morning an inquest was held . Several witnesses were examined , from whose evidence it appeared that Brain had administered
srsenio to the child . Brain said to Me of the witnesses , « I have taken some poison myself and I f ? J ° j ? 2 i C ^ ld x *?*'* J thou S ht of dvin S together . " Headded , that the child had lost his money . The coroner called upon the prisoner , who waa present X , fu *• evidence , to say anythinghe might to taken down m writing and used ae-evidence , if Th « S Ct of . th e i u * y shouldsend him-forWa " The prisoner had no statement to mate , and- the coroner havingbnefly recapitulated th 3 dence , the jury returned a vetdietof - Wi QfdMurde ^ agaVst the prisoner , James Brain . He was . then committed assizes . We undeKtand that his wife is living , but MfiJ ^ &kjT Of the Iua ^ a 8 vluXfor seme tune . —Bedford Mercury .
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I I 10 IHB EDIfOR OP THE K 0 RTHERN SIAft . I Sib , —Permit me . through the medium of your " ¦ crtumns , tomakea few remarks on the language o : itUrquhart , tte person now at the head of thepre-H felt foreign policy movement I Some or ourChartist leaders seem bent on Tunning Vter the ignis fatuus , no doubt to perish , if they per-I V ^ , in some bog or quagmire . These remarks will , I Confidently hope , have a tendency to dispel their mistv Bewilderment . }
TJrquhart is asked by a few working men , Chartists , I V opinion on our internal state , and on prospects for Meliorating it He replies , " Government can do no People any good ; it is a load to bear , and is only ne-I Kssary to restrain acts of injustice exercised towards 'aether perpetrated at home or abroad . " Now no , rtist ever expected more than this ; for this alone H H Charter is songhi . Kemore but injustice and the fruit of the workman ' s labour is his own ; with this , H »^ rty would be removed where the least industry -led , and man be happy , so far as humaa nature ¦? permit him . "But what , " astaUrquhart , "is to thought of a nation occupied with other things and fc-gent of this—it being a fearful thing to
contemm i 3 a Government , itself a party to the violation of the H » -ts of a nation ? " To restrain injustice at home and •• ad , aei » asjastdedared , i 8 thehu 8 iaess of Govern-H K . * " S lecfc this duty , is consequently to violate ¦ - rights of a nation . But where , he further asks , ndividual commits an act of injustice , what do yon ¦ - Doyougoto generalpiopeeiaonsandseekaremedy B ~ theory ? ¦« SO , he answers , you explain to I 3 S ^ "J ^ 4506 ° f ^ act , and are enabled to resist H m others concur with you in your view of its injustice . I ¦ hty ° n n ° t to proceed in like manner against the H ¦ itice-whichassumestheformof thelaw . " Precisely B VBly C 0 - UISe * hich ^ e Chartist pursues , and whid I mi * he immediately condemns , as but the following
» 'iomafterphantom , idolafteridol , evidentlymistat the rights we claim , and the injusitc e soug ht to be ¦ trred , through those rights being withheld , for theo-H B 3 » d general propoations . No wonder that this ' ¦ kke should be made , since hehas the candour to ¦ .:: that ne knows nothmg of the Charter , nor of its m . 3 ta 11 He then foolishly and with fended triumph " K you BSW , in a counHng-honse , the clerSs dis-I ¦ ¦ ' ! ahout tte princ ^ les of book-keeping , would Kot know ttat the books were not in order , and - the concern was approaching to bankruptcy " ¦» . * . intolerable nonsense ! Here are a number of ¦ , bankers , they aze seeking to turn out of office
^ H ^ m ignocant clerks ( who , with impudence united to H B incapable quality , are obstinately persisting in ^ M ^ Baing the clertfihip ) as the only means to renovate ^ M ^ m dying con cern , and here is a . loquacious qnacfe H Bag to lead them frosi the very course which he had ^| ^ fcdmitted as the only one , under the circumstances H Hi ease , to be pursued . I Hrer , Sir , did Tread in so limited a span , so great Krjnit of error , inconsistency and absutdity , as in H WJaUeman ' s observations on the above subject of H ypiatipg tbe condition of the peopla He tells you H Konnnst point ont injustice to othera , with the «? of enabling you to resist it , and wiisa yon seek lifs «* = ¦ » . v ..
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I have now spoken for myself , and will now speak for my brother delegates , who met me at Durham ; they-will , i am quite sure , respond , to my sentiments . After pledging themselves , in the way I have before stated , they cannot but feel hwt that your correspond ' eni has not stated their very disinterested offer , as to being liable for the money required for the support of the missionary . Had I had time at my command to visit my very spirited brother delegates , I am sure they would , one and all , have borne me out in all I have said ; had I visited them , I could not have been in time for the insertion of this letter in next week ' s Star , i felt particularly desirous of giving as quick a saxr * for —*" With best wishes , believe me to be , Tour obedient Servant , John Garut , Delegate for South Hetton District of the County of Durham .
_ We , the Council of the Sonth Hetton Charter Association , having attentively perused the letter addressed to the Editor of the Star , respecting the appointment of a missionary , &c , pledge ourselves to support our delegate in carrying out the great principles of the Charter in the County of Durham . John Graham , Chairman . Asthony Ridley . JOHN Hl / XT ER . R . Bainbkidge . Wa . Mason . George Blake . R W . Weech .
measures as might be deemed best , resolved unanimously , that we would ourselves , at our own expense , ( until the funds subscribed by members of the County of Durham Charter Association , should be sufficient , ) undertake to pay all deficiencies for the maintenance of a missionary . In this district , for which I have the honour of acting as delegate , 1 can assure you that the cause is progressing as desirably as we can expect , and I am quite certain , that my brother Chartists will support the missionary ; so confident am I of that , that for my own part , I pledge myself to bo responsible for and pay any deficiency which may arise respecting bis salary . My district is merely as a drop of water to the ocean , compared with this extensive county ; yet , small as it is , it is qnite sufficient to pay for a missionary ; this is ay answer to your correspondent ' s question , as to "where is his weekly salary to come from . "
, 9 . , DURHAM MISSIONARY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . No . 171 , South Hetton , Sept 26 , 1840 . Sot , —On perusal of this day ' s Star , I have no doubt , with myself , you will feel much astonished on reading a paragraph entitled " Durham Missionary . " the writer of -which rates most despondlngly , and , I Will venture to say , untruly , when he speaks of the apathy of Chartists , in each delegate district , for I didnot , at our delegate meeting , understand that Chartists , in our several localities , whereas he , the writer , has endeavoured to make it appear to the world lukewarm , or were indifferent to toe great cause ; without going much further into the subject , I beg to inform you that , a ± a meeting of delegates , assembled at Durham , on the Sth of September , we , the delegates , agreed , rather than that the County of Durham , for the want of immediate funds , should be left without amissionary to agitate , and act upon , and recommend such other
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 3, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2704/page/7/
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