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TO SMALL CAPITALISTS MD- OTiu "" . IBMbrLwtf , ' nwmtow Otiod ^ TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by m . lose , finSatoday ^ e 31 st day of ^ > AT THE STAR HOTEL , OXFORD , - ISo ' clocMn tbe Afternoon , VSSSESSm . . ii ^ ntanm ^ Tu ^ ru ^ sT ^ v ^ ^ S . inthe vicinity ofthe following escol-S market towns , namely :- ^ itney , three miles Barford , four miles ; Woodstocfc , eight miles I Oxford , thirteen miles ; and Farriugdou , twelve miles ; and distant from Ohelten-Jiaui , twenty-five miles . ^ Comprising about 297 acres of superior land , principally arable , and a great portion of it iu a hi gh state of cultivation ; together -with eig hty-two excellent cottages , of three , four , and more rooms each , and out-offices , the whole of them huUt in a very superior manner , in stone , with slated roofs , & c , and conveniently fitted np for immediate occupation , each cottage being situate and standing upon an allotment of two , three , or four acres . Also , an excellent homestead and labourers cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings . The estate was formerly the property of John Walker , Esq ., deceased , and was farmed . by him for some time , and two or three years since was purchased for the purpose of allotment , aud creating small freeholders . The -cottages on the estate are very p leasantly and advantageousl y p laced , as to frontage , & c , and the whole property presents a very agreeable and picturesque appearance ; and most of the allotments having been occup ied and under culture , « hieft y by the spade , for some time , ihe soil is greatly improved , as is evidenced bv the superior crops produced at the present time . The greater number of the persons now occupying portions of the property are under compulsory terms to quit and surrender up their respective allotments immediately , unless -the purchasers of one or more lots are willing to accept them as tenants ; and some others hold until about November nest ; possession of the lots iu their occupation cannot , therefore , be given immediately . It is proposed to offer the orig inal homestead , labourers' cottages , and farm buildings , with about twentyjBve acres of excellent meadow land , partl y watered by the river Windrush , ( an excellent trout stream ) , in one lot The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many of the cottages ; and most of the others front the public road , running through and dividing the larger portion of the property leading from the Oxford road to Brizenorton . Withm a short distance of the estate is the forest of Wychwood , over which there is an unlimited right of common . There is also p lenty of good building , paving , and lime-stone on the estate . The whole will he Sold by Auction , without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalists , and other persons , an opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , and votes for the County , which seldom presents itself ; and to the monied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot be a doubt of the allotments finding read y tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested . Fall particulars and plans of-the Estate may be obtained from the Mortgagees , Mr . Weaving , corn merchant , Oxford ; and Jlr . "W . Pinuock , of Chimhev , near Bampton , Ox «> u . ; Elijah Litchfield , ' Esq ., solicitor , 89 , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Lee and Kees , solicitors , Witney ; at the Bull Inn , Burford : the Bear Inn , Woodstock ; Crown , Abingdon ; King ' s Arms , Bicester ; Buck aud Dell , aud at the Guardian Office , Banbury ; Three Cups Inn , and place of sale , Oxford : at the Midland Counties Herald Office , Bu-aungham ; and of the Auctioneer , Wihlov
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TO THE ARTIFICIAL SLAYES . My Fbiesds , —Whenever an independent person undertakes to promulgate a principle which is calculated to render benefit to the industrial classes , he is sure to be reviled , so long as the idle and united capitalists can live , revel , and luxuriate upon the antagonism of their disunited slaves . Let we implore of you to hear one fact in ioiinJ , and that is , that a principle calculated to elsvateyour order , cannot be too searcbingly inquired into , or too continuousl y discussed . When I commenced the Chartist movement
in 1835—fifteen years next December—I tola y ou that if the land was locked np to-day , I ¦ would not give you a straw for the Charter tomorrow . In those days you knew nothing about the land , and you were nnder the cruel fangs of tyrant so-called Keforniers , from -trhose deration to power you anticipated comp lete prosperity for yonr order . Up to the passing of the Keforai Bill , and ty the Chandds clanse in the Bcform Bill , the landlords invariably measured the value of their property h y the standard of political patronage , and not by state necessity and nationsf requirement . Their one hundred and dirty thousand tenants-at-will were the basis of their political patronage ; and , therefore , the landlord who could command a sufficient
number of £ 50 voters to secure an amount of political power , to enable him to confer governmental places , church livings , army and navy commissions , and other benefits upon himself and family , did not care twopence about his landed property . Thosv gentlemen have , however , discovered that they must now look to the land , and not to patronage , as the means of subsistence ; and not onl v they , but the whole press of the
kingdom is now circumspectly examining and defining the capability of the soil . 2 ? ot only in 1835 , bnt in 1845 , when I commenced my Laud Plan , the landlords were opposed tome , every newspaper in the kingdom was oppased to me , free traders were opposed to me , shopkeepers , government , and the law were all , one and all , opposed to me ; while now , the goad has been stuck into them , they are opening their eyes , and their brains are becoming teorc lucid .
Perhaps the newspaper which is least nnder the controul of Government , or political iactioiis , is the Morning Advertisers and now , in order to prove to you , " that the folly of today may be the wisdom of the morrow , '' and that a bold and independent man will adhere steadfastly to principles which he considers capable of elevating your order , let me furnish you with the able and clearl y written , anduncontradictable article from the Morning Advertiser of Tuesday last . Here it is .
Mr . I . Stantohd has addressed a letter to Lord Johx RcssEtL . under the title of The . Victorian Svsu ^ leto ? apian to wpfot , tfe poor , to educate tlleir chddrtn , and to reduce Vie poor vata , d-c . Xothing is easier inan to accomplish all these objects ff government were only disposed to attend to ' its prunary duty , the care of the people-th at object for which all government * , not founded in violence are iiotuutef Bat if the government were to professithc inclination , it -womo add , that there 4 re no funds at ite disposal . "We , however , maintain
that the people annually furnish twenty times the funds necessary for carrying out such views as arc drawn by Mr . Stanford ; and it is no answer to the people to tell them , that their money is all expanded hi civil lists , salaries , pensions , buildings army , navy , and ordnance . Above one-third of the revenue—and we keep far below the mark—is spent on salaries that are made too high , because they are received by the aristocracy—on pensions that would not have * been granted bad not the claimant ! belonged to the aristocracy—on gaudy buildings Which are not adapted to their purpose—andoa tot
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establis hments , which are maintained- in order to quarter the dependents of the aristocracy upon the people . When public money is so misemployed , there will never be any to devote to the service and advantage of the people . Mr . Stanford ' s plans , however , would not require much outlay on the part of the State , even in the way of a loan . He wishes , in oder to establish a better provision for the poor , io extend the allotment , system under the powers of an act of parliament , lie proposed this measure to Lord John . Russell twenty years ago , but it was met by the objection , that the poor could not procure manure to cultivate the land . The system has , however .
been successfully in operation jd the north of Buckinghamshire . At Sherrington there is a plot of land of about fourteen acres , which had always been considered so bad and valueless , that no person could cultivate it -with advantage , and It \ roojd not let for more than five shillings per acre . A few years since it was sold to a poor man , named Hose , for a small sum , and he now lets it out in allotments to the poor of a quarter or half an acre eachat three pounds per acre . Mr . Stanford says that the poor took the laud with avidity at that price , and are cultivating it with every possible success , and procuring from it prodigious crops . Ibis fact proves that the poor can and do
procure manure , and that in very sufficient quantity . Bat this is put beyond question by another fact , that they obtain from this bad land surtv twitch of wheat per acre , and moreover have " a contra ! succession of crops . ' We observe that convicts are to bo employed in reclaiming Dartmcor as much as possible , and that it is expected that moor will bo remunerative property in a few years . That of course will depend upon the management of the men and the money . Such is the spirit of jobbing in every department of public service , that there can be no hopes of realising a profit . But why cannot a similar experiment be made with the honest poor ? Are the
sympathies of the legislature and government to be always with the felon ? By giving employment to the honest poor , allowing them to pay rent for the land which they reclaim , there would be fewer felons , and fewer paupers , and thus two sources of great cost and trouble would be dried up . At Newport Pagnell , lord John Kussell is informed in the letter , Mr . George Lucas lets about sexen acres of land in fourteen allotments , at the rate of £ 6 per acre ; the rent is paid quarterly , and the landlord answers for the rates and taxes . " If , therefore , " says Mr . Stanford , " the poor can and do afford to pay at the rate of £ 6 per acre for land , a mile from their dwellings , anil £ 3 for very bad land , it is fair to calculate , that they can and will readily pay from £ 3 to £ 4 per acre on the
average for land for such purposes . " The late Lord Egmont tried the allotment system successfully , and so have many others in different parts of the kingdom . "Wherever it has been tried , the effect has been most favourable on the habits and morals of the poor . Avarice never committed a greater blunder , than when it destroyed small farms and cottage husbandry . It raised its revenues , hut it lost the affections of ihe people . It destroyed all their motives for attachment to their country , and unless something be done towards restoring things as they were , the landowners of England may some time hare the same occasion for unavailing repentance which the noblesse of France so bitterly experienced for the very same erroroppression of the poor .
Mr . Stanford connects the education of the poor with the allotment system . For this purpose , he would make the clergyman and parochial authorities a trust under the act , with power to take the lands , and any lands convenient for the allotment system , at a f air rental , avoiding , of course , ornamental enclosures . On this subject , he has the following explanatory matter : — " Presuming that the land can be obtained at £ 2 per acre on the average , and will let on this system at £ 3 10 s ., that the sum obtained from the allottees over and above the rent paid by the trustees , form a fund ; first to provide instruction to the children of the poor , who may be educated for
a very small sum , by selecting a person in the town or village competent to teach , or who shall be instructed ( if necessary ) for that purpose , and be iippointed by the trustees ; and that the snm over that necessary for such instruction become an accumulating fund on the plan of the Savings Banks and Benefit Societies combined , to provide for the pour holding the lauds , In case Of sickness and for burial , or any other casualty , and to afford the means for those who choose to emigrate ; and I would also encourage weekly , periodical , or promiscuous deposits in the samaftrau for the like pur . poses . It should be an absolute condition , that those who have allotments should have all their
children , under twenty years of age , educated ; and a preference in the letting should he given to those with large families , to the industrious , sober , moral , religious , and deserving , and the allotments should he in proportion to the necessities of the parties as to number , & c , and only hand or spade cultivation should he allowed , taking euro also to avoid anything like little farming ; these operations bring on the consideration of a reduction to be effected in the poor rates . "
In reference to the poor-rates , amounting in the aggregate to about £ 7 , 000 , 000 per annum , be calcubitus , that if 3 , 000 , 000 acres are taken at £ 2 per acre , and let at £ 3 10 s . on the average , the poorrates ( by so much profitable labour having been provided as to realise the difference ) , will be reduced at least £ 4 , 500 , 000 a year . Apparently little more is wanted from govern- ; ment than an act of parliament to legalise all operations , and , at the same time , to encourage the
system by giving it the countenance ot the highest authority . It would be ridiculous to attempt to cast doubts upon a scheme of this kind . The allotment system has not only never failed , where it has been tried , but it has always proved eminently successful , yielding profit to the landlord , advancing the condition of the poor , socially and morally , and relieving the ratepayer . TFe can conceive no opposition to it , but such as might proceed from persons who profit by the increase of felony and paupers .
The education of the pocr , we observe , is restricted to reading , writing , and a few of the first rules of arithmetic ; but these are only the means or mechanical aids of education . Let the poor learn as much of arithmetic as they can ; it exercises their minds ; and add to this slender course of tuition , history , geography , and the elements of agriculture , for such as can understand them . Eeader , could any nincompoop , employed to advocate the principles of a party paper , sitting in his cockloft with his gooso quill
behind his ear , refute those simple but able arguments ? And yet , although you find poor barren soil , onl y worth five shillings an acre , increased to the value of £ 3 10 s . an acre , that is £ 14 . for four acres , without a cottage , and a mile distant from the occupant ' s residence , and no manure , yet you are told that a man is not capable of living upon four acres of land , with a splendid cottage in the centre , an abundance of manure , and the land cultivated , with £ 50 aid and loan money g iven .
Will not your own knowledge convince you , that had it not been for the treachery , the plunder , and rascality , of the ruffians who became possessed of laud and house , aid and loan money , that , ere this time , I should have had five thousand cottages and more built , and that I would have been employing a large number of the surplus population , made surplus by machinery 1 The Wakefield and West Riding Examiner of the 3 rd of August , has the My of criticising my Land Flan ; but I would ask the writer of that article , if he has heard of a certain person being transportedforPIG STEALING ? Of course , I shall not mention names .
I think I have told you before , that if twelve men , who had committed twelve murders each , were p laced in a room to frame laws against murder , they would frame the most bloody and atrocious-laws , with a view of concealing their barbarism ; whereas , if twelve humane and kind hearted men , were placed in an adjoining room for the same purpose , they would frame humane and gentle laws , looking upon murder as an accidental act , rather than as a conspiracy . I do hope , that every man who sees the Star , will not onl y read , but well study , the article that I have copied from the Morning ¦ Advertiser of Tuesday last I will now give you another extract from I the same paperof Wednesday fast , Hereitis .
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"The clerical and lay guardians , of the Islesof Thanet have taken ( from Michaelmas ) ten aores ' of land . This , with the present two acres of garden , will make out twelve acres to employ inmates of the poorhouses , young and old , upon out-do ^ r industry . " Now , recollect that in 1833 and 1834 , I introduced an Irish Poor Law into the House of Commons , which was to have been based upon a precisely similar system ; and how often have I told you that there cannot be a greater anojmaly or absurdity than idle land , idle labour and idle money , while you are importing tb ' e
produce of other lands thousands of miles across the Atlantic , and paying eight mHHonjj a year to support unwilling system-made paj | pevB ? This system is not only an absurdity | not only a robbery—but leads to murder ; an ^ the day will yet arrive when the REAL MURDERERS shall stand in the awful presence , of that great God , into whose council neither the dictum of the judge , the quibble of the law , or the prejudice of the jury shall dare to enter—where murder will be such , but not by construction of human law or political ingenuity . f " i f
M y desire is to leave the world better'than I found it . No man that ever livedlhetoj ^ me , or who wUtftome after mo , has stood so steadfastly to the improvement of your order as I have . No man of my class or means has lived as frugall y as I have , and has been taunted , reviled and persecuted as I have , and most so by those whom I have endeavoured to serve . However , as the principles I advocate are not based upon lucre , but upon integrity , and the desire to ameliorate the condition of all , though scouted by all , I will remain dogged as a mule , 'determined . b y one means or other , to make the industrious poor independent of the idle capitalist .
My friends , I will conclude by once more imploring of you to read the article which I have extracted from the Morning Advertiser ' , keep it in memory , and let it be the monitor of your mind and director of yonr actions . Do not listen to men talking about land who would not know a cucumber from a hand-saw , and who do not care about the land so long as they can extract a sufficiency from your folly and credulity to purchase the produce of the land . And remember my lines , repeated before the " black slugs" at the London Tavern :- — Unite , unite ! ye Chartists brave , Let" THE LAND" your watchword be ; Scout , oh ! scout , the servile slave
That crouches when he may be free . Up , ye heroes—at the despots ! Lick no more the tyrant ' s band ; Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots—Live like freemen on your land . . Then , free trade will be a blessing , When men can work , and eat , and play ; When shepherds ceaso to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . Tour Faithful and Unpurchaseable Advocate , Feargus O'Connor
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" Come one , come all—this rock shall fly From its firm base as soou as I . "
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TO THE OLD GUARDS . M y Dear and Honoured Friends , In spite of opposition , slander and impudence , I have not been driven ' from my course , or from , the- ; advocacy of those principles by the attainment of which I hope and trust in God I shall ere long see you , your families , yonr friends , and relatives happy , comfortable and indiwmndent . — -
You are aware of the antagonism against which 1 have had to contend for many months —I will say for many years—in London ; and you are also aware that I have frequentl y told you that if I was obliged to rest upon my oars , I would stand firmly and resist the current of the tide , the buffering of the billows , and the growling storm . I have told you , that although Paris is France , London is not England ; and I have relied upon the confidence , the integrity , and the affection of the busy bees in the Northern hives to put down , to overpower , and overcome
the buzzing of the drones ; and at length you have succeeded . My comment never applied to the veritable working classes of London , but to the " poor , gentlemen , " who endeavoured to enlist them iu antagonism to me , in the hope of making them the basis of their own idle living . For a length of time my name had been mentioned with contempt at the John-street meetings ; however , having fall confidence in the veritable working classes , and feeling perfectly convinced that wild and selfish enthusiasts could onl y animate them for a time , notwithstanding all the slander to which I had been subjected , I appeared before my old friends , in the same building , on Monday last , for the purpose of raising a
subscription to enable Mrs . Lacey and her little family to join her expatriated husbaiid . Fussellone of the recently emancipated victims , was in the chair . He made two able , powerful , and eloquent speeches ; he showed the foll y of men who had been incarcerated for political offences g iving up their labour , and hoping to live idl y upon politics after their emancipation . I dare say , when I . was emancipated from York Castle my old friends would have raised a large subscription for mo if I would accept it ; but I never have , nor I never will accept a farthing for advocating your cause ; and for this simple reason—that my advocacy of your principles , would naturally be considered selfish if it was based upon lucre .
Old Guards , we are now m a trying time , and my desire is not to see you broken up into sections and factions , which make you a rope of sand and constitute the tyrant ' s power , but to see you thoroughly united ; not sectionall y led b y this leader and that leader ; not following men , but principles ; and then how soon labour would achieve its triumph ; and then , oh God , how happy I should be . I believe no man , even of your own order , ever had the same confidence in the integrity of the majority of the working classes that 1 have ; but mind the maxim of Lord Barrymore— "that one enemy can do you more harm than a thousand friends can do you good . "
Old Guards , the " Show Box" is closed , the weather is becoming more genial ; the days are shorter ; and you will bo likely now to abandon your pleasure trips to derive political knowledge ; and therefore I will be shortl y amongst you to test your mettle , and direct your mind , because J think it has passed through the two first stages , namely : CREATION and ORGANISATION . You have a powerful antagonism to contend against , but your principal antagonist is your own disunion , and that is what I now hope to destroy .
On Sunday , the 1 st of September , I will have the honour of attending a camp meeting at Mountsorrel , near Leicester ; and , on Monday , the following day , I will , according to custom , meet my constituents in the Market Place of Nottingham , and there tender my resignation . As far as I am able I am determined to carry out the principle of Annual Parliaments , although my friends do not conform to the principle of PAYMENT OF MEMBERS ,
To The Old Guards. M Y Dear And Honoured...
W Guards , I have had a hint that MY FRIEND , Bradshaw , intends to > muster his forces there upon that occasion , but I defy him . ; I would pay him-handsomel y if he would venture to come upon the platform , and I think . my friends would pay ^ hfrasPhand-SOmel y . ¦ - . . ¦ , ; > . ; - -:-,, ); rV ;; - | . Old Guards , the atrocious , ¦ the'base , bloody , and brutal acts . that Parliament ' has passed for Ireland , during the last session , should ' convince you of what the policy of a Govern- ' ment is when a people are disunited ; but : ;!
am happy to find that the tyranny of the Government , and the hopeless state of Irelaud , have oreated . a union between the Young Irelanders . and . the Irish-Alliance ; and I hope and trust that your long suffering . will : create such a union of your order as will overthrow , and for ever destroy , the tyranny of your oppressors . I regret , exceedingly , that it will not be in my power'to attend the meeting at Bahnockburiv . bn Monday next , i as > my / solicitor . informs me ; that ;' my presence in London is indispensabloi ' a ^ thfe Minster ^ Lovel Estate
is tb'be ' sold on- Saturday het ^ Hthe 31 st inst . This fact gives me ^ a ^ lannbyahce ^ as I ent 8 rtain ; a ^» $ em h ^» alw |^ Ii ^^ Now , Old Guards , in conclusion , let mo once ihbre implore of you to set ajl antagonism afiide , v . to be united as working men , who should live comfortabl y upon the profits . of their well requited , labour , and do not allow interested ; demagogues , who would live upon your credulity , to create' disunion , which would establish the strength of your tyrant
oppressors . Your Faithful'and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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THE POWELL PLOT . On Monday evening , the 19 th inst . , a numerous and highly respectable assemblage of persons , met at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , FHzroy-squarc , to hear a lecture from Feargus 0 'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., in aid of the fund now raising to enable Mrs . Lacey aud family to join their husband and father , in the land of his exile—South Australia , At eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Mr . Fussell and the committee , entered the hall , and were greeted with loud demonstrations of applause .
Mr . John Fussell was unanimously called to the chair , and said , he felt happy in being called on preside oyer a meeting convened for the purpose of hearing a lecture from their well tried friend Feargus O'Connor —( hear , hear)—for the trul y benevolent and p hilanthropic purpose of enabling the wife to join her husband , and the children their father , in the land of his banishment , where he had been consigned by the tender mercies of the Whigs on the evidence of miscreants of the Powellian order . ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor , with his usual benevolence ,
had stepped forth that night to aid the weak against the strong . Chartism must ultimatel y triumph , despite the foul system of espionage which was a disgrace to the country . ( Cheers ) By such base proceeding . " , the cause had been placed in imminent peril , aud many honest , zealous , and worth y persons had fallen victims—amongst whom was their excellent friend William Lacey , and ho-was pleased to know that a determination existed to re unito this much injured and oppressed family . From the victim Lacey he ( Mr . Fussell ) had over experienced the greatest kindness , and the
people were indebted 'for his zeal , perseverance , and sacrifices ; whilst the whole of the victims were largely indebted to their honourable friend , Mr . O ' Connor , who had kept them from oakum p icking for fifteen months , and otherwise been the means of contributing to their greater comfort and defence . ( Loud cheers . ) He , as . one of the victims , thanked his fellow countrymen for the support they had so handsomely rendered to their wives
and families . As regarded Chartism , he held firm to the principle , and liked much the idea of "a federal union , " broached within the walls of that institution yesterday . Let that principle be adopted , and democracy would be something more than a rope of sand . -He had no doubt their excellent friend , Mr . O'Connor s lecture , would tend to cement that union , and lead to the speedy enactment of Chartism and the establishment of universal liberty . ( Great cheering . )
Mr . O'Connor , on rising , was received with tremendous cheering , which lasted for a considerable time . He said that he would prove the sincerity of the interest ho felt for the wife of the expatriated victim by informing the meeting that he had that day received an invitation to dine with an old and valued friend , which , however , he declined , in order that he mig ht render service to Mrs . Lacey . ( Cheers . ) He was glad to find another victim ( Mr . Fus sell ) presiding over that meeting as chairman ; and , although a member of parliament , he felt a greater honour in addressing him than in addressing the Speaker of the House of Commoiis . His attention was called to the name
of Powell , whoso name was read from the bill b y the chairman . ( Perhaps that meeting was not aware that that sycophantic ruffian had also laid a trap for him ( Mr . O'Connor ) . He wrote to him about the same period , telling him that upon a certain ni g ht a revolution was to take place in a certain part of London , and that ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) would be assassinated if ho did not join in it . He turned his letter inside out , and re-directed it , with this answer— " Go to the devil , you scouRdrcl . "' ( Loud laughter . ) Ho wished that all others had given him such a reply . He would give
them another instance of the many traps that were J aid for the "RED CAT . " ( Laughter . ) Yes , he was the « RED CAT" of Chartism ; and , in 1839 , when the Whigs dreaded the power of the united mind of the people , they enlisted thousands of spies and informers , in thohope . ofcatchingthe " RED CAT . One night , two suspicious-looking fellows called at his house at Hammersmith , and wished to see him privately . They told him that the Chartists were prepared for a revolution that ni ght , and that their intention was to assemble in Fetter-lane , and set fire to it : and that the
plot would not succeed if he ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not take the command . Upon hearing this announcement , he instantl y rang the bell , and when the servant came in , ho said , " Robert , are there not policemen upon tin ' s beat , generally parading before the door ?" "Yes , sir , "he replied . "Then , " said Mr . O'Connor , " go and fetch them in . " The servant had scarcely closed the door upon those two hired ruffians , when they rushed at
it , dragged it open » . and scampered off as fast as their legs could carry them . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Ho thought that would give them a fair definition of the traps that were laid for him . They were met there that night for the purpose of enabling the wife and little children of an exiled patriot to join the husband and father ; and perhaps the best course that ho could pursue , would be to repeat the charity sermon of the celebrated Dean Swift , Upon
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bis first visit to England , the Dean was looked upon as a kind of prophet ; he was invited to preach . a charity . sermon , at a , very large church , and being " very proud , and not wishing to be exhibited ; as a raree show , this was his charity sermon : — "He who g iyetiito the poor , lendeth unto the lord ; if you'Iike your security , down with your dust . " ( Grreat . cheering and laughter . ) If ' Cobden or Bri ght , or some of the leading Financial Reformers had been transported for advocating the , principles of their party , what time would elapse before thovtsaaida of pounds would be
iraisedto a ' esist their families to emigrate , aud to erect monuments to commemorate their great deeds ? ( Loud and continued cheering . ) ft startles me , said Mr . O'Connor , to hear those most vociferous cheers ; in a hall which uP n appearance , 11 thought would resound with / groans and hisses . ( Loud cries of " no , no . " ) ; Mr . O'Connor had understood that it was customary to scout his namei when mentioned hi that building . ( Loud shouts of V no , liever . " ) ' . Well , ho was glad to / hearit :
and he . told them that , if he ; was scouted and - ] j i ^^^^; - . ^<^^ Vn \ ci 9 t | . ^ ,. th . 4 i ^ -. ii . e , . wloald ^ sfcHJ ^ here | pi ^ ai 4 | as ^ to ? l ^ sj ^ ncip leai-ft ^ jthe advo ' caoyjof Avhich Laceyjirpdor , G . uffayf . ; and otlier 6 hadv been exiled . ^( . Cheers ,- ) I Hawevej it may distress their feelings , or annoy their ears , he would tell them over and over again , that they and not the- Government were the forgers of their own chains , ( Cheers . ) They ought to be ashamed to cheer it—they ought to be ashamed to bear it—as it was a fact that could not be controverted . What
was , ' and ever . had been the position of many of their leaders ? Give many of them a pound a week to advocate the princi p les of the Charter , and let another party offer them a guinea a week for advocating principles that were opposed to it , and they would accept the higher salary and advocate the lower principles . ( Two or three feeble cries of "No , no ; " which were scon drowned by cries of "Yes , yes ; " and loud cheers . ) Mr . O' Connor repeated it , and he would repeat again what he had often told them , that the man who earned fifteen shillings a week looked with scorn upon the man who could earn but ten . shillings ; while the man who earned ten ' looked with contemnt
upon the pauper in the bastile . ( Cheers . ) Well , they should be ashamed to cheer that too . The last session of Parliament — in which not one act beneficial to their order was passed—the blue books and rubbish cost them nearly half a million of money . ( Shouts of "Shame . " ) They had six hundred and fifty-six members , forty constituted a house , and one hundred and fifty was looked upon as a large house ; whereas , in America and France nearl y the whole of the representatives of the people were in constant attendance . And why ? Because they were paid for their
services . ( Cheers . ) And if their representatives were paid instead of having bankers merchants , and officers , and traders , attending to their own business by day , and attending dinner , - supper , and ball parties by nig ht : coming into the House , rather muggy , to vote away their money ; they would then have representatives who would sit by day with clear heads , and attend to their duties . ( Loud cheers . ) A great many enthusiastic philanthropists vowed that they would contend for the Charter and "something more ; " but , "would the most sagacious
amongst them / define what : ' , ' something more" mean s ? Ho would struggle for the Charter and nothing more , as the Charter would confer upon their order every ri ght and every benefit -to which they were entitled ; but , as he had frequently told them , if they had too mauy irons in the fire all would cool ; whereas , if they continued to . blow the Chartist bellows , little Lord John would ask them if there was anything more than the Charter they wished for . ( Loud cheers . ) ( A
man in the gallery shouted "Republic" ) " Ah ! " said Mr . O'Connor ,. " there ' s iinother cold iron in the fire ' ; " and , as he stated iu the House of Commons ho repeated there , "that he didn't care whether the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender was upon the throne , provided the power behind the throne was greater than the throne itself . " ( Loud cheers . ) Although he might surfeit them by repetition , ho would again repeat a fact at which they should blush , and which should make-them ashamed of
themselves—it was this : the whole governmental' expenses of the United States of America cost that independent country only eig ht millions a year ; while we paid to bishops and black slugs ten-millions three hundred thousand a year . ( Shouts of " Oh , oh , " and "Shame . " ) Aye , the . shame was to themselves ; and to prove that this was the heaven of those cormorants , they preached that it was as impossible for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven , as for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle , But , as this was their heaven , and as they made it the people ' s hell , they did not cave as long as they were happy here , as to their chance of meeting the old gentlcm . ni in tho world to come . ( Loud
cheers , and laughter . ) Well , it took , ei ght millions a year to support unwilling paupers in this ' country—as much as the whole governmental expenses of America—while the land of tlicir birth was crying out for their labour . Their army cost them as much as tho whole governmental expenses of America ; and let them see how their ' government was now constituted . Sir John Cain Hobhouse , now a minister of tho government , but formerly , not only a Reformer but a Revolutionist , once said , that if he had his will , he would turn the Thames into the House of Commons , aud swamp its members ; while , during the last Session of Parliament , it riiado his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) blood run cold , to hear this enthusiastic Reformer—this iuundator of the House
of Commons—lauding Lord Gough with fervour and ecstacy , for the brutal manner in which he ordered tho English troops to slaughter the Indians , vhtf were contending for their legitimate rig hts . ( Shouts of " Shame , " ) Ah , but it showed them the effect that money had upon all loaders —( cheers)—whilcit was his ( Mr . OConnor ' s ) pride aud glory to say , that he neve ? had , nor never would , travel a mile , or eat a meal , at tho expense of the people . ( Cheers . ) He had paid to Mrs . Frost over 200 / . out of his own pocket , when her husband was expatriated ; and was he in tho same condition uow , he would not allow the government to understand that the wife of another victim was
compelled to appeal to the country for the means to enable her to join her exiled husband . ( Loud cheers . ) There she sat by him on the p latform , a lady-like , a modest , but careworn woman . ( Cheers , ) Well then , would they allow her sorrow to continue , when a mito from each would drive it awa y ? ( Cheers , and " No . " ) Although nothing had recentl y been done for England , yet the present state of Franco inspired him with hope . France was the neighbour and great ally of England , England was now sanctioning the suppression of liberty in France , in the hope that when France became a despotism , she iu return would enable England to contend against the power of tho popular voice ; but she nevershall succeed , ( Loud cheer * , ) He ought uot to be
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byited upon a platform to address them upon a question of banish and cruelty- ; itiiu'led his Irish blddd . to too great a" height , ; ho was the last of his family now to Europe ; he ma determined , however , to ^ contend against the opposition of friend and foe , to better * the condition' Of their order , and leave the world better than he found it . ( Loud and continued cheering' ) , His uncle was in the ninetieth year of his age , and in the fifty-second year of his banishment for contending for Irish liberty . His father had been for years immured in dark under-i
I ground cells until his forehead had beconifl rotten , and he had lost the " use of his limbs , when , by thetendermercy of LovdOastlereagh , ho was allowed to be " taken out of his cell upon a handbarrowto receive the fresh air . ( Shouts of " shame , " and horror . ) Well , then , wa 3 not that enoug h to rouse his blood ? Let them remember that it was now , near twenty years since he was first returned to parliament , and while sitting ' in that house he defied them to point to a single speech or a single vote of his which was opposed to their interest . ( Loud cheers , and cries of " Not one . " ) No ; and
although boasting was of no great value to their order , hef vowed before high Heaven , that he v oiild ; " rather starve in a garret than accept of all j the ' offices and salaries ; ' . of' Gpveinor-General of ' India , Lord Chancellor , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and Prime " Minister of England , to give one vote that waa injurious to the interests of tho . people . ( Loud and continued cheering , ) And however some men may despair , he never did , when he saw the improvement that had taken place in the mind of this country since he first propounded Chartism . Then , helooked upon six or eight itt a little garret as a good meeting ; while , now , no house or building is large enough to hold those
we could assemble . Then , the men of London only knew . Edinburgh ; . Glasgow ,. arid Man-I cij ' este )^^ there is not ' a town , . j ' n ^ Eng iahd ¦ \ . Scotland , ; or Wales ,, ' in , ^ vltic ] h \' v ! ih 1 a ^ leaders iof . iho ' ^ c ^ Smi ^ t- . ; are ' npt known to each other . He need hot again repeat Deau Swift ' s celebrated sermon , but he did hope and trust iheih o ^ -oi-y man present who had it to spare would contribute his mite , to enable Mrs . Lacey and her little family to join the exiled husband and father , and thus make them happy , and prove their own generosity . —Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid loud and long-continued cheering and waving of hats .
Some collectors then went round the meeting , and realised the sum of £ 3 10 s . 10 d ., which ,, on being added to the money received for admission , amounted to £ y 8 s . 8 | d . On the motion of Mr . O Connor , a vote of thanks was awarded to Mr . Fussell by acclamation , for the able manner in which he had presided . . c ' : Mr . Fussell having briefly returned thanks ,
Mr . T . Brown rose to move a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor , and took the opportunity to request that gentleman to deliver a lecture on behalf of the suffering p atriotic exiles now in this country ; and should Mr . O'Connor agree to do so , he should wish it to be g iven some , where at tho East end of London . He also wished to suggest to Mr . O'Conuor the utility of his mixing himself more amongst them , and thus become one of tho veritable demo «
cracy . ( Loud cheers . ) The motion was seconded by Mr . WilKS , and carried amidst great applause . Mr . O'Connor came forward to acknowled ge the compliment , amidst waving of hats , handkerchiefs , & c , and said he would cheerfully comply with the request made by Mr . Brown . The Poles were a bravo people , and had been grossl y ill-used b y the monster of Russia . ( Loud cheers . )
Three cheers were then g iven for the Charter , whole and entire , and no surrender ; three for the Poles , and the incarcerated victims in other countries ; three for Kossuth , Bern , Mazzini , and Lcdru Itollin ; and three groans for the "Whigs—when , the "TdarseL kise" having been sung , the meeting termb niited .
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Tub Executive Committee or tiiij National Charter . 4 ssociatiok . —This b ody met at tho office , 14 , Southiimpton-stvcct , Strand , on Wednesday , August 21 st . Present : Messrs . Gvnssby , StiiIIwood , Milne , Avnott . and Miles . Jlr . Gmisby in the chair . Tho secretary reported that a most numerous and unanimous meeting was- held on Sunday last , to form a federal union of tho several democratic parties , which had resulted in the appointment of a . sub-secretary , whose duty it would he to cement such union . On the nioiion of Messrs . StaUwoou and Avuott , \\ w following resolution \ vas unanimously adopted ;— " That the Executive recommend the' Hand Book of Registration' to their
ureihercn throughout tho country , as containing some excellent information , vrcil calculated to add Chartist strength to the present electoral roll ; and which worfc , they arc happy to know , can now bo obtained at one sliillinir and sixpence perdezeft . " It was then agreed : — " That the Jolui-stirct meetings be discontinued for the present , and that the next meeting he held at thy Temperance Hail , Broadway , Westminister , on Monday cvemu-r nest , Aug . 26 th , to which attention is particularly rcqucsicd . All sub-secretaries of the National'Charter Association aw . requested to make an immediate return" to the office , ' of tho number of members - enrolled in their several localities . The address to ihe electors and non-electors was postponed until the nest meeting . The committee adjourned until Wednesday evening , August 28 th , ' at eight precisely .
Mbtrofomtax Delegate Cocscii ., City Chartist Hall , 20 , Golden-lane —At the meeting on Sunday , August the 18 th—Mr . Edmund Stallwopd in the chair—it having been announced that the men of Stalybridgc requested some of the addresses of the Council for distribution in that portion of . tho county , on the motion of Messrs . IV . A . Fletcher and C . Jeffery , the following resolution was carried by acclamation : — " That tliis council duly appreciates tho compliment paid to it by the men of Stalybridgc , in taking sonic of its addresses for circulation > hioh , wilfjthuulatc it to fnrimr exertions , and excite it to acts of sympathy , when called for by Stnlvbridge or elsewhere . " A letter was then read from J . I . LoekhartEsq ., acknowledging the
re-, ceipt , and promising n notice of the council s address in the colweiis of ( lie Bucks Advertiser and Ai / lcsburtt Kews , and announcing ' the concordance of Messrs / Hamilton ( editor of the FmcI-s Advertiser , ) and J . I . Loekhart , Esq ., with the principles of that address ; also setting forth ( if-agreeable ) that Messrs . Hamilton arid Loekhart would commune with the council at tho City Chartist Hall on Sunday afternoon , September the 1 st . Upon the motion of ' Messrs . Fuzzou and Johnstone , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That this council have heard , with feelings of delight , the letter of J . I . Loekhart , and pledge Messrs . Hamilton and Loekhart a fraternal greeting en Sunday , September the 1 st , when they have announced their
determination to honour it with a visit . " The fortmghtly Chartist Tract . —Qn the resumption of this dr bate , estimates verciiandsd in from several firms , and , after a discussion , in which Messrs . Fletcher , Mown , Johnstone , Dicey , IVilken , Stevens , Fuller , and others took part , on the motion of Messrs . Euzzon and Fletcher , it was resolved—" . That each delegate report progress to their several localities , and take their opinion as to the number of tracts each locality can use , and the support they can otherwise give . " Ops * Air J ' ullic Mating . —Mr . A . Fuzzon then brought forward the proposition" That public open air meetings be held on Clevkenwell-green , or some « ther convenient spots , " which was seconded by M » . Jcffry 5 and after ' a long and animated discussion , in which Messrs . Briscfc ,
Stevens , Wilken , Johastone , "Fletcher , Fiulen , Moron , Jeffry and Stallwood took part , was negatived by a large majority . ]* rogrc * sof Chartism , tfcn . —On the mot ion of Mesyss . Bvistk and Movan it was resolved — " That this council aid and assist in getting , up , so far as speakers and making tiio objects known are concerned—a public meeting in the City Chartist Hall , oa Monday evening , September the 9 th . " After the transaction of other business , and a vote of thanks to tho Chairman , tho council adjourned until Sunday afternoon , August the 25 th , at three o ' clock precisely . TSoBTimirios— . Mr . Brzer lectured on Monday night last in tho New Hall , to a large and highly respectable audience , on " Political and SocialKeform , with llovolations of his Imprisonment , m . B . s happy vein of treating the above subject , ?»
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24081850/page/1/
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