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TO THE WORKING CLASSES.
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To The Working Classes.
TO THE WORKING CLASSES .
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f _>[? Friends . Saturday Morning . It is now _Ticarly eleven o ' clock on Saturday , and I am about to start to discharge my duties as bailiff , to pay tbe workmen their week ' s wages ; and I assure you , after seventeen liours a day of hard woTk and great anxiety , I should much rather devolve tbe trouble upon some one else ; as I am literally doubled up wiih a severe pain in the chest However , that shall not prevent me from tlie faiibful _discharge of mv duty . \
When you read the proceedings of last nig ht in the House of Commons , you will see that I have no littlebadgering to stand for the follies of those who cause me to he insulted—and actuall y jeopardised and perilled—without cause . * 1 have conducted this cause from the Eiouth of September , 183-5 , to a successful
issue , so far as « _-e have gone . I resisted the foliv of tlie Convention of 1839 , which subsequentl y led to the imprisonment of our leaders , and tbe _piosiration of our cause for manv vears . M y advice was unheeded , and a consequence was that I suffered in common with others—from the foll y which I tried to resist .
I then , as now , saw my way b y prudent and coura _geous conduct to tbe successful issue of ovr cause : and , if my counsel had teen foll owed , it would have been out of the power of any government to _hsrye proposed such a measure as Sir G . Grey proposed last n ;< rlu in tbe House of Commons ; a measure which , when carried , will subject everv man , who is found guilty of speaking or willing advisedly anything which may
subsequently lead to—or may be supposed to lead to — an overt act of violence endangering the monarchy of this country , to transportation for life : that is , if I make a speech now , or publish a written article , and if violence takes p lace subsequently , that -speech or that article _would be termed an act of felony , and would subject me , or any person acting as I have described , to transportation lor life .
I delivered my opinion very freely upon the subject , but . Mr Fox , the member for Oldham , made the most constitutional , the most able , and eloquent speech against the measure that I have ever heard delivered upon anv subject in or out . of Parliament ; a speech which , i f he never spoke before
or after , would immortalise him . Well , you will have seen how the current of feeling ran in the house when I staled that an Alderman , and a member of that house , assured me that I was to be shot on Monday ; it was met with a " laugh ; and I also staled that I had received communications of a similar
nature from veiy many sources . Alderman Thomson , without giving me any notice whatever , read to tbe House what he called a report of my speech at Cartwri g ht _' s Coffee House on Monday last , taken by a city solicitor , and sent as hisdepositions to Sir G , Grey _ and not one sentence of irliich , as reported , on my oath , did I speak ; but I mention the fact to
show you the snares by which we are surrounded , and I ask vou , with a knowledge * » ¦* o of the fact , that the whole force , cunning , and ingenuity of the Government , and the hatred of the middle classes and aristocracy , thus directed against our movement , with every one of your leaders threatened "with instant death , or the law ' s vengeance , whether you , by any folly and imprudence , arc prepared to make needless sacrifices ?
Read the letter of jour discreet and zealous leader , Mr Duncombe , who rose from , his sick ; bed to write thoso words of wisdom and admonition ; and say , whether or not you are prepared io reject the admonition of one who has all but sacrificed life itself in your cause . Now , I unhesitatingly declare to you , that I see mv way to the completion of our object as clear as I see the daylight , and I ask you , in the name of God , in the
name of justice and humanity , m the name of your families , your interests , and your country , not to peril the cause of libertv , and jeopardise the cause of humanity , by g iving ear to spies and informers 5 " for , believe me , that , in the present state of Europe , nothing but democratic foliv—which would be regarded as a justification for Governmental tyranny—can much longer retard the accomplishment of your lull , vour undivided and entire libertv .
You , who know that I have stood the bank and tlie breeze from the moment I entered this cause , will not put down to _shrinking or hesitation what comes from Lope , resolution and courage . : Working Men ! I leave myself and the destines of your country in your own hands , and conclude with my reiterated assurance , that worlds could not purchase me , and that folly shall uot intimidate me . Woi \ kin < r Men ! in the words of Mr .
Duncombe—THINK ! THINK ! ! THINK ! !! gThmk * uhat my feelings would be if the world rang witli a calamity I had _produced , and think what yours would be if I were sacrificed to your folly . Ever your faithful friend aud representative , FfJARGGB O'OoMfOR .
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_MircnE < T £ E . — ' Woe unto them that langh now for _tirey shall weep ! ' —A public meeting ef tie _citit ? ns of _Manchester will be held oa Sunday next , April _Q _' . _^ mSmithGeld-market _, _Shndehiff , to take into _consideration tbe awful state of the country . Fellow _citiz-ns , the time has at length arrived when It behoves yon to be prepared for any emergency that Kiny arise . Your petitions have not only been _neglected , but treated with contempt . Aristocrats asd _milJocraip , who live upon tbe preduee of your toil , _i ? . a 2 h , ay , Iaagh at yonr sufferings , and seem to rrjoice at y ear degradation . Will you submit to be thus trampled upon ? Will yon continue , spaniellike _, to lick ihe hand tbat smites you ? Forbid it
justice , forbid it God ! We c & Il upon you by every _esdearing tie—by the dignity of manhood—by the lOTe Of liberty fmp _lsnted ia yonr breasts , io arouse _yourselves , and _s-Jensnly swear , in the presence of _hisii Heaven , that , come weal come woe , you will _renwia serfs no _longer ; nor ever re 3 t till you are emiacipated from political bondage , hy tke enac ' ment Of the People's Charter as the law of the Jand . Qhr . r to te taken at two o ' clock , p . m . By order of the _eooDcil of tbe Manchester locality nf tbe National Charter _Association . William Grncott . chairman ; Thomas _Ormersber , secretary . Mr B , S- Tray _^ er will deliver a lecture in the People's Iostitutr , on Sunday , April Oth . Chair to taken at six o'clock in the evenine .
Bradford . —On Sunday , a Cnartiat camp meeting will be h-Jd at JerebeDd Green , near Shelf , at two n ' elsck . in the afternoon , —A Chartist meeting ¦ _willle held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o _' cluck in the _evenine , at tbe Temperance ronm , Oid Dolphin , near Qacen _' s Head . Several speakers from Halifax and Bradford are expected to attend . —A public meeting 'will be held at Thornton , near Bradford , on Saturday evening , at six e ' cl & _cfc , to organise tlie district ,
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1 _VOLTxI . No 546- ~ ~ LONDON , SATURDAY ; i ? m € 1648 ; _"""" ' _^ ' _^ S _!**^^^ --
To The London Chartists. My Dear Friends...
TO THE LONDON CHARTISTS . My Dear Friends . Friday Morning . Every day ' s cxperiei . ie teaches me , and will shortly teach you , hat indiscretion is , and ever has been , your greatest enemy . This is Friday rooming , and you will have read a proclamation , cautioning the people from
joining in any demonstration in favour of the National Petition ; and you will see that the injunction is based upon the valour of the mouthing patriots , who have advised the people to attend the Demonstration ' armed . ' fsow , my friends , jour cause must not be damaged by the folly and the ignorance of raw recruits . You are aware of the
fate of the Convention of 1839- You recollect that I opposed the insanity which weakened our hands , strengthened the hands of the _Governmeni , and gave the Government a complete legal triumph over us . But to the point ; J _ceusure £ U . ; 0 _"dillpa BdrTOt ''' for "deserting the French peop le in the hour of danger ; I censured Mr Cochrane for deserting his post in
the hour of _danger , and I would deserve your censure were I to desert mv post in the hour of danger . SO I SHALL BE AT MY POST ON MONDAY , and from our Proclamation you will see that it is our intention to keep ihe peace . I never had any other intention ; for , although it may suit the purpose of " some to smile over the ruin they have brought upon the unwary , my object is to secure comfort for all , and make
life worth preserving . Every Chartist will be a special constable on Monday , and in the country , you , the Fuslian Jackets , the Blistered Hands , and Unshorn Chins , will hold your representatives responsible for any damage your cause may suffer at their hands , while the country will hold the Government responsible for any act of unconstitutional aggression upon its part , Faithfully yours , Feargus OVossor .
P . S . —This morning ' s post has brought me the following letter from your longtried and faithful friend and leader , T . S . Duncombe . Read and ponder well upon ihe words of this staunch friend of the good cause , nnd recollect that this warning voice comes from one , who , ercn while stretched upon the bed of sickness , is ever thoughtful of your welfare .
To The Sons Of Labour And Industrf. Sidm...
TO THE SONS OF LABOUR AND _INDUSTRF . Sidmouth , April 6 th , 1848 . Mr Dear Feaugus , — T . i _> i _ i _absoat , I am not an inattentive observer of passing events , and it saddens me to see a cause for wliich I havo so perseveringly struggled—and I think in the ri g ht direction—noiv likely to be damaged by folly .
I can , of course , make every allowance for reasonable excitement , but I cannot reconcile to my mind tbe folly of jeopardising a good and just cause by extravagant language and foolish , threats , which , as of old can only have the effect of retarding progress , and disarming its best friends . _Nothing iu my mind could be- more ridiculous or cruel than to hazard the longlooked for prospects of the people , by auy rasb collision with the authorities , and those who adopt such a course will impose upon themselves a fearful responsibility .
THINK ! THINK ! THINK ! and remember—that one false step may seal the fate of millions . Faithfully yours , T . S . DUNCOMBE .
To The Shopkeepers, Tradesmen, And "Othe...
TO THE SHOPKEEPERS , _TRADESMEN , AND _"OTHER INHABITANTS OF LONDON . The members of the National Conveiuioiij unanimousl y assure the inhabitants of London , that lhey deprecate and view with unmitigated abhorrence all attempts that have been , or may be , made to create disturbance or eFcct plunder ; and that they pledge
themselves to adopt such means as will ensure order , peace , and good conduct on the day when the National Petition is fo be presented to the House of Commons . 13 y order of the Convention , Philip M'Gkath , Chairman . Convention Rooms , John-street , Fitzroy-square , Friday , April , 7 tli , 1848 .
The Martyrs. Mr F. 'Oconnor Moved An Add...
THE MARTYRS . Mr F . 'OConnor moved an address to the Crown praying that the Royal clempncy mi ght be . extended to Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political offenders . Mr "Wakley seconded and supported the motion , in common with Mr Hume and Mr Aglionb y , Mr S . Crawford , Dr Bowrim * , and Mr Gardner , it being opposed by Sir George Grey , Mr C . Morgan , and SirDavid Dundas , Colonel Thompson thought the present an inopportune moment for bringing on the motion , which would have been more properly made a week ago or a week hence . On a division the motion for the release of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , was negatived by a majority of 68 , the numbers being 23 to Ql .
Sooth Loudon Chartist Hall. —At A Meetin...
Sooth Loudon Chartist Hall . —At a meeting of members of the National Land Company , held at the above llall , on March 2 Gth , it was resolved : — ' That the _raetaberd of this locality and the friends of Mr Gatbard _geneia'ly , do enter into a subscription to assist in placin _? him upon his location , he having been the first secretary to the Land Company . ' Subscriptions will berceeived by the secretary , A . Side , 5 , Pepper street , Union-street , Borough , and at the flail , on Sunday evenings , from sis to seven , It _fss resolved : — ' That Mr R . if . Side be the land agent fer the ensuing quarter ; also that the members meet every Sunday morning for the future from half-past ten ta twelve , for discussion , and in the evening Irem bis to seven , to receive money . ' Towee _Laulets . —A public _m-jetine will ba held ia Bishop Bonner ' s Fields . Victoria Park , _TJatbnsl _sreen , oa Sunday afternoon , April 9 th , in support of the People ' s Charter . _Several _delegates to the Coiv _? _tention will attend ausl address _tfeo meeting .
The National Convention. Tuesday Morning...
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . TUESDAY MORNING , April 4 th . This body _assemblod at the large H ' 11 , Johnstreet , Tottenham _Courfc-road , at ten o clock . The organ-gallery was set apart for the reporters . The honourable _delegate-- sat at a table extending the full lensih ot ihe room , each of tbem being provided with writing materials ; Ten o ' clock was named as the hour of meeting , and by _tfiat time several delegates were in attendance , but the proceedings did nut commence until some time afterwards . ELECTION OF _PltKSlDKNT AND _SKCRBTAHY . On tbe motion of Mr Ciark , seconded by Mr Grant , Mr Philip M'Grath , president of the association , was called upon to preside over the sittings of the Convention . On the motion of the same gentlemen , Mr Doyle was appointed secretary to the Convention .
THE RETURNS . The secretary read the certificates of the folfowipjz returns;—Exeter , J . Prater Wilkinson ; Ipswich , Samuel George _Francia ; Bolton , Matthew Stevenson ; Ha lifax . Ernest Jones ; _Wisan , James ilitehins ; Leicester . _George Buckby : Nottingham , George Jtilion Harney ; Birmingham , Joseph Linney , and J . A . Fussell ; Oldham , Samuel _Kidd : Manchester , Dan . _DunoVan and James Leach ; Live-pool , Edmund Jones and Henry Smith ; Edinburgh , , James Cummins ; _DunAe _^^ _ameiVGra harn l Lancaster , J . T . Luna ; Barnsley , Frank Mirn ' eld ; Newcastle . James
Watson ; Northampton , W . Ashton ; Bury , Thomas Tatters' 4 U ; Stockport , John _Vyest ; Sulf _irdshire Potteries . Samuel Beviftston , Ed ivard Sale ; Aher deen , James _Shirron ; Derby , W . G . M- Reynolds ; York and East _Riding , George Stevens ; Paisley , Robert Cochrane ; Glasgow , James Adams ; Irish Democratic Confederation , C M'Cariby ; Bath , Charles Baldwin ; Bradford , D- Lightowler ; Leeds , F . O'Connor , John Shaw ; Carlisle , John Lowry ; Merthyr Tydvil . David Thomas ; Ashton under-Lyne , Robert Wild * , _Worcester , Edward Walter ; London , William _Cuff-iy , Henry Child , and Bronterrc O'Brien ; Plymouth , John Petrie .
Mr Cuffay wished to know if Mr _Reynolds was a Chartist ? A goad deal of conversation ensued relative to th ? impropriety of _putting such questions , it being held that a man had a right to sit in the Convention a _*< a delegate , no matter whether he was Chartist or Conservative , so as he was sent by a Chartist constituency , regularly convened . Mr _Rktnolds said he had only become a Chartist within the lun few dais , but he had held the doctrines of Chare ism ever since he had been eighteen years old . ( Cheers . ) lie had e _^ ne even further than that _. and had avowed himself a _Republican . ( Cheers ) One or t « o delegates here asked it some of the members present had not _fceen elected contrary to the instructions issued by the Executive Council ? [ Here Mr _Fiarsus O'Connor eutered , and was received with load cheers . ]
The return of Mr M'Carthy as the representa tive of the Irish Democratic Confederation was then read . Mr _Cm-rAt moved that the credential be not received . Mr Francis seconded tho motion . Mr _Ernest Jones moved that the _certifii-ate be received . On a point of order , Mr Cuffay waa undoubtedly correct ; but now that the Convention had , by recent events , become the organ of denncracy in this country , he thought they would do well to admit Mr M'Carthy ; when the Chartists of _England ami the _Repealers of Ireland held out the _haod of
friendship to each other , it would ill _become the Convention to refuse the representative of Irish democracy . ( Cheers . ) Mr Feargus O'Connor : Bj receiving this certificate they wonld be establishing a _dangerous precedent . ( Hear , hear . ) They might be _as > ked to admit ten or twenty more _delesates to morro'v , on the same plea . Let it not , however , go to the country that tbe Convention had uo sympathy for Ireland ; they had as much sympathy with tne Irish as tbey bad tor the English—the wrongs of Ireland were also the wrongs ot England . ( Cheers . ) After some discussion , the _question was referred to the following committee : —Messrs . Leach , _Fussell _, Adams , West , and Cuffay .
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_COCNCIIi . Mr Wheeler begged to remind Mr O'Connor that having bsen elected as delegate for Leeds , he had a right to vote . Mr O'Comnob said , he would wave his ri ght to vote . Mr Bho . vtehkb _O'Bbibn said , that Mr O'Connor appeared there as an elected delegate , and he should not be allowed to escape from his due share of responsibility . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr O'Connor said , thero was one objection tc members of the Counoil being allowed to vote ; if thej had a Chartist parliament they would not allow ministers to vote . ( Hear . ) He did not wish tc shake off one single particle of _responsibility . ( Hear ) A _lsng discussion here ensued , in the course of which Mr O'Connor announced that he had just received a letter from Mr Thema 9 _Sfingsby Duncombe . M . P ., statirg tbat he was much better , and that he hopen by next month te take his place amongst thtm . ( Cheers . )
Ultimately the affair resolved itself into tbe following shape : — Mr Wild moved that members of the Executive Council should be allowed to sit ex officio , but not to vote . Mr O'Brien moved that all delegates duly elected should sit and vote . Mr West moved that membera of the Council should sit ex o f ficio , and that they should ba allowed to speak and voie . * Mr Adams moved that members of tbo Council should be allowed to speak in the Convention . Amid cries of ' order , ' and divide , ' tbe motions were put seriatim from the chair , and the result was as follows : —
For Mr West ' s motion 18 Mr Adams ' s motion 11 Mr O'Brien ' s motion 4 Mr Wild ' s motion 9 Mr West ' s motion was then declared to be carried . ORDER OF PR 0 _CEEDIS 03 . On the motion ef Mr Claik , it was agreed that the Convention should meet each morning at nine , adjourn at one until balf-paat two ; re-assemble at halfpast two , and sit until five . Thatthe proposer of any motion should be allowed ten minutes for his introduction , and five minutes for his reply , That the seconder and other speakers should be restricted to five minuteu . That no person , except tbe proposers , should speak more than once on the same question .
A committee to fold and arrange the petition was appointed , as were also a door-keeper and two or three messengers . The Convention then adjourned until half-past two o ' clock .
THB HtPOBIS CF IIIE DELEGATES . At the afternoon meeting , tbe chairman called upon the delegates , in the order in whieh their certificates had been received , to lay before the meeting the political and social state of the several districts for which they had been returned . Mr vV ' iiki . vsom * said he had very Utile io report . The city he represented waa cot remarkably forward on the sulject of Chartism . A spirit of Chartism had arisen in tbe districts around , more than in the city of Exeter . At Tiverton , where their friend Mr Harney had faced Lord Palmerston on the hustings , a determined spirit had been shown . A vast accession of members had been gained in that neighbour hood . The population round Exekr waa very
scattered—the people were more like lambs than wolves —they were of a strictly peaceable character , and had great confidence in the moral strength of the Charter , ( llear . ) They were , by nature , opposed to physical lorce . ( Hear . ) ' The Cbarter ( concluded Mr Wilkinson ) never stood so high before ; and having contended , through years of adversity , _agninat physical force , let us not _. ' at the eleventh hour , throw aside tbe majesty and _dianity of that moral power which the Charter at preeent exercises over the minds and feelings of the people . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr Geo . _Fbascis said he had no lengthened report to produce , because the Bociety at Ipswich had not long heen in existence . There were a few staunch souls belonging to it , men who were ready and willing to lire and die by the Charter . ( Hear . ) '
Mr Matthew Siiyensok said , the working _claJ 8 ta of Lancashire were sunk for ever , if ft change , and a sweeping change , did not take place m the institutions of tha country . ( Hear , hear . ) There was no good in preaching patience to the starving _massee . ( _Uea _* _. bear . ) He wished to convey to _govasument , th _resh the medium of the press , the assurance tbat the people of Lancashire would not _quietly submit to die by thousands in a land gluttea with wealth . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Tne _euenea h _« daily witnessed when at home were truly _horntyiag . The naked , emaciated , spectre-like _beiug-j _^ _ne erowdied round his house for charity , _ww enough to melt a heart of stone . It wsb _hi _^ h viae the government stepped forward to renvpdy . thia state of society , instead ci listening to the [ j _ne-[ epan _argamejata of _Jrimg _Bright . _{\_\_ % Xt _iiesr _,
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a _^ _Mj'laughter ) If they did not , no man could answ & _rfor the peace of tbe _country . . Mr _ErsestJojses _t-aid , his constituents were _impresited With tho desirability , if possible , of conducting the movement oa moral force _prineiples ; but they warned him not to stoop to one act of _unnecefsary humility in urging their _olaimu . To a man they were ready to fight . ( Cheers . ) If necessary , tbey were ready to ruBh down from the hills of Yorkshire in aid of thoir brother _pdtriots in London , ( llear , bear . ) Tbey wished to enforce moral fores measures if those measures were consistent with eommon sense . They _thought the Convention should appeal to the House of Common ' s , and if treated with contumely , or pnt off with _halftneasurft- ' they should
, _petition the Queen to dissolve the parliament and dismiss her ministers . In case her Majesty refused to obey that command—ho used the _werd' command ' adyifedly , forthe Queen was but the eervantof the people—they theu would be prepared to advise the Convention to resolve themselves into a permanent assembling , and the struggle would commence be tween the two parliaments as to which should be the dominant authority . ( _Chters . ) Mr James _Ilncnix said , that no town had been / more _oppressed , nor had any population suffered tiiore privations , than ihe people of Wigan , Olf put up with bo bad a state of things more peaceably . Nearly all tho factories were at a stand ; in short ,
thfx . ' _ri ' - -y bad .- _brolion , into tho cost _mines ' iitHt _Aft _^ eiitietf operations . Tho people of Wigan considered , however , that they had _Buffered Ion ? enough , and they would rather so to work and resort to physical force at onoe , than remain in their preient deplorable position . ( Hea _, hear ) He asked them to try aiain . They said tbe . v would try one more petition ; but if that were rejected , _ibey wouid ' so to work , ' let the consequence bewhat it might . He knew that the people of Wigan had the . spirit to come out and stand manfully by the Convention until the Charter became the law of the land . ( Hear , hear . ) They were determined to have the Charter , either morally or physically .
Mr Bcciusr said that his constituents had furnished him with no specific instructions , nor was he prepared with any report . The people thought they had petiti ' oned lohg enough , and if they got nothing bv this petition they would try no ether . They told him that they would get the Charter by moral force if they could ; if they could not , they _wei-e determined to have it by other means . ( Cheers ) Julian Harney said , be was elected for Nottingham at one of the _largest meetings ever held in tbat democratic town . He was not , however , present at
the meeting at which he was elected , and tho only instruction" hehad yet received wasthat the men ot Nottingham had resolved that th _* _s bhould b 8 the liwtpetitionaddie .-sed tothe Ilouse uf Commons , asat present constituted , lie should be in daily commuiiicati"n with his constituents , and expected further instructions , which be doubted Dot would breathe a _s-pirit of determination _worthy ofthe known patriotic character of ibe men of Nottingham . Whatever these inutrnotions _miiiht be , he Would enforce them to the utmost olhis ability ,
Mr Linnet said , that in the district round BirminKbam the peoplo declared that they were ti « d of meeting . Lie waa authorised by the people of B _ilst-jn , Wolverhampton , and Dudley , tu -ay , that whatever course wight ' jbe recommended by the Convention , they were prepared to carry it out . ( Cheers J In bis own mind , ho felt determined to have the Charter before he left London , ( _Hear ( hear . ) Mr Fu-seli , said , the condition of _BirminghaKi was better than it had been in previous years . The middle classes had declared for the People's Charter . The Chartists wire now freely granted thc use ofthe Town llall . _wheiein to hold their meetings . The Chartists of Birmingham hope that the Coavention will bo unanimous , ard tbe . v might then safely rely upnn their aid . They hoped the question of physical and moral force would not bo introduced to destroy thair unanimity .
Mr Saml'KIi _Kvdd said , in Oldham there was a general leeling of discontent . So long and so ontinuouahad been the misery , that the pe ople be _^ an to feel reckless . Thty entertained ihe idea that conptsnt starvation was worse than dea * h . Mr D , Djnovan drew a _deplorable picture of the _suffirincs of the working classes of Manchester , nearly 10 , 000 of whom are now entirely _unemplot ed . They wish for the Charter at all risks ; but they would wish to arrive at tbeir end without shedding one drop of blood . ( Hear , hear . ) The shopkeepers , too , felt the necessity for a _change—their trade had fallen off more than one-half , while their rents and _outgoing were the same . 6 , 000 _cumraon ? e 8 had lately been issued against [ . _oor-rate defaulters . ( Hearhear . )
, Mr Edmund _Josks Baid that Liverpool composed all the various classes of _Bcciety . There were the wealthiest merchants in the world who looked down upnn the other classes with _indifference it disrespect . Liverpool had been prosperous , but now it was the reverse . 10 , 000 unwilling idlers , from among the river porters alone , thronged tbe streets . They bad been twenty weeks out of employ . Liverpool saw bankruptcy on the one hand , and revolution en the other . Depend upon it . there fg an under-current at work which would wash before it every _ve-tige of oppression and wrong , leaving behind it a fair He'd lor the erection of justice , humanity , and liberty . ( Cheers . )
Mr II . Smith said , hecould re-echo the _sentiment .-of his colleague , Mr Jones , and he believed that it no Other town con . _m- ? nced , Liverpool would . An immense meeting bad betn held in tbat town , ami ¦ he feeling was that if the petition was not granted they must obtain it at the point of the bayonet . Here the Ro _;> ealeva wtre _Chaiftkte . There was a great body of tbe trades who hud by destitution become Dem- crat ? . Ilis constituents had resolved t » have a large meeting , to _cafl upon tho members for the borough to support the motion of Mr O'Conncr _,
wheD made . Mr Jams * ' Cummiso Baid that Edinburgh waa not so badly off , comparatively _speaking . They were not poverty-stricken Chartists nt Edinburgh ; they were Chartists from principle , and were ready to support that principle at the stake , in the dungeon or on the fi eld- ( Cheers . ) If France had a re public , England _ougnt * to bave her Charter . Mr J . " Graham said that he was not instructed to say 80 ; but tliB conviction was , that the pet-pie ot Dundee would indignantly reaent any attempt to coerce the Irish , and that they would be ready , by every means , to support the People ' s Charter . the Chartists of
Mr Lu > d said , Lancas _' er were ready to join io extreme measures , if there exists any probability of success . Mr Fh ank Mikfibld said that his constituents _, at a large public meeting , had instructed him tu say , that if the government let tho military lo . _'so upon Ireland , something else would ba let loose here . ( Cheers . ) It the petition were Tej . cted they hoped the Convention would not break up , but that it would take into its hands the government of the country . ( Tremendous _oheers from tho strangers ' gallery . ) That they would divide the land __ into _Bmtill _larms , and give every man an opportunity of _getting liis living by the sweat of his brow . Mr Jajics VVatso . v said , ourae what might , the people of Newcastle were resolved to have the Charter . The Convention then adjourned for the day .
WEDNESDAY MORNING , _ApbilS . Mr M'Guath took the chair at nine o'clock . (| Mr Dixo . v took his aeat as delegate for Norwich . Mr _MuuPUY took his seat as delegate for _IlttdSdersfield . Mr Lrace reported from the Election _Gomwittete : ' That Dr Hunter was duly elected for _FMfcburgV ' That Mr M'Carthy should sit aa a representative tl London . ' The report was received . _iMr Tanner took his seat aa delegate for Totness . Mr J . P . _Glenisier took hia seat as . delegate for Cheltenham .
_RKPOHTS . Mr Aston rose and _% _atd , that Northampton had been in a bad state , and they Uad coiiie to the conclusion that nothing but the iVple _' _s Chaster _wouldveatore a proper _t-tate of things , by bringing about good and beneficial social cb _angea . The people being makers of bouts _ai ; d shoei ,, depend on _foreign tradd Ho _wa- > justified in _stsiti-jg that the working mon were do . termined to ba _f 0 the Charter at all hazards . Thi working _classe- s thought the man who would not fight for it , was un worthy of it . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) They furtlic / thought that the _« rongsof Ireland were the wrongs 0 f England , and that the people of both should un _, te f 0 r their removal , aud the abolition ol
class mis rule . He wsb instructed k > support anj measure that wonld insure the adoption of thc Chartei in the *• ¦ ' _aot test time . ( llear , hear . ) Mr Jambs Leach said , lm report w « s much the same liis brother delegat « _' . He should _s _/ iy nothing ° f P _rtysical or moral force , but leave that to the cn' . pter of accidents . ( Hear , hear . ) . Mr Tattkbsam _. said , the state of the people in Mry was moss frightful— vork so bad , that they could scarce keep body and soul together , and ** . uch a state made the people reckless . The Charter was the all-absorbing topic , and he could assert , without fear of contradiction , that at no previous time waa the feeling so intense , or so enthusiastic aa the present . He could say , emphatically , the men of _Lancashire
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were up to the mark , but he thought they should not destroy the labi'M * of years by any act of ra .- & ne *! 9 . Mr John Wm said , tbe people weie living upon less than half wage ? , or rather they were atar « a » on it ; they were in favour of the protection nf Uvea and property , bat it would be the lives and _property of all , and if this were not done , they saw nothing before them bnt a war . The people of Stockport had dfiermir . ed tbat this should be the last petition . EJe , like Mr Tattersall , was opposed to a precipitate _mo- 72 ' ment , hut he was equally opposed to cowardice . Mr _BEViseioi * said , poverty and destitution provailed to an alarming extent , and he never witnessedsuch a state of uneasiness and restlessness—the people were determined to accomplish their rights at all aad anv ri _> k .
Mr Sale coincided with hia colleague ; the authorities had rofused to issue any more _flumraonses for poor rates and had , at tbe _suggestion of a public open air _meeting , taken twenty acres of land to employ the destitute poor on ; but this did not go far enough for him—excitement in favour of the Charter was rery high , Mr _Jamks _Shibbok , said , . in Aberdeen the Chartists were Dot well organised , but oh great occasion ? , like the present , the people had always come out in _gfent numbers : they had procured upwards of 10 , 000 _signatures to the National Petition . Should _thtiif . petition pot succeed , they _wojildrecomuirnd tho _% dgptton . fif ah _nddress to the *'<& ueeoj aiid'h 1 & ve any further steps to the Convention , Mr G . W . M . _Rmsoibs said , he had been in
Derby but a short time , but he had made tbe best use of that time . The best feeling prevailed in tbe town and districts ; they wished every strp to be t _' ken , and did not anticipate that the _government would _crant the Charter all at ence ; neither did he . At tbe same time he thought this should be the last petition tothe house , and _heajareid with a deputy _whospoke on Tuesday , that ite refusal would be a declaration of war _against labour , lie said he agreed with the sentiment of Lafayette— ' Tbat tor a nation to be free , ic wassufficient that she willed it , ' A fe _* v drops of blood were as nothing ia the _tca _' _e and it ' moral means should fail , the people were prepared for any means . The people of Derby agreed fully in the sentiments he had uiven utterance toand he trusted they would speedily be in possession of their rirhts and liberty . ( Loud cheerB )
Mr Geo . _Stxphbn—His constituents wished a deputation to wait on Lord John _Ru- _^ eli , and represent to him the condition of labour , The masons hadbeen engaged in a resistance to a reduction of wages . The _.-earoen bad also been similarly < ccupied . Tho _boiler-makers had been working short time during the winter , and the masters had taken advantage of it , and made an attempt to reduce wages . A cfimpany of the 57 th had been quartered in Hull ; they wero ordered to Ireland , and before tbey left , not less than thirty-seven ol that body attached their names to tbe _Nittional Petition for tbe People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) _Iltnce ,
he thought " this was adding dis . flection to Ire-and . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of Hull wished the Convention to continue its sittings until the Charter was g ained . Mr _Cpchrane «»! d , bis constituents wished that the delegates would wait on the membera ol Parliament to reason with them prior to the _presentation of the _Natianal Petition ; also , that tho pereons res'dins in the several districts , should write to tho members , demanding their support to the Charter , and they also recommendird , in _iht event of the rejection ofthe Petition , simultaneous _meetingsshould be held all over the country to ascertain what other steps should be taken .
Mr Addams said , from Glasgow , which was a _district comprising an immense _population , he bad brought up one hundred thousand signatures to the petition , and another thirty thousand had since been forwarded . The middle classes had begun to fraternise ; in fact , the only parties who refused their aid and subscriptions were those who fatten on the vice and _dissipation of the _jeople—the publicans . ( Hear , hear . ) They had a large hall in Glasgow , in tbe principal street , the Trongate ; and on its front was inscribed , in letters ol large dimensions— '
Democratic Hall , ' and meeiings were held almost even niilht . Poverty pr * vailed to a great _ixtent , and discontent kept pace with it ; and so strong was the feeling that , at any rate , they could manage to keep all their soldiers _^ to themselves . ( Loud _applause . ) lie had no particular instructions ; but he should oppose any precipitate _movi-ment , as being calculated to injure the _onuse . He had attended a meeting of the Irish in Glasgow , and tho best feoiin _^ prevailed between thera and the _Chartists . ( Loud cheers ) As regards the late riots in _Glasgow , the Chartists had do _connexion with them whatever ,
_except to oppose them . ( 13 ear , hear . ) Mr Lightowler said , he had the honour to represent something like 100 , 000 persons , and he should Lave a . tlea 9 t' 70 , 000 signatures to thepetition >» ( hear ) —and the opinion of his constituents was , tiiat life , under present circumstances , wa * a _burtben , and they resolved to bave their rights at all _hazirds . The people were in a starving condition , and the time- had arrived when a change should take place . This was the opinion of the great majority of the inhabitants of his district .
Mr F . _O'Consou , M . P ., said , he was ready to receive a variety of taunts and _ineers , in his place in the honse , in the execufmn of his duty on presenting their petition , and making bis motion cot . _afqueat thereon , ( llear , hear . ) He looked on this Convention as a fair and faithful representation of the people . ( Cheirs . ) He had long been connected with tho movement , There were somo that _ni'glit have been a tew years longer , but none more inee : > san * ly than he had for the last fifteen years , and , consequently , the cause was deeply graven on his heart . At tbe first _Convention , at a coat of £ 30 , 000 , they bad only 1 , 250 , 000 signatures . At the _seeoud , at a cost of something loss than £ 200 they had an accession of strength to 2 , 000 . 000 ,
and at the last _cccasion tbey had three millions and a half , at an expense of eighty poinds . Although the Scotch pedlar had stated that he had put down the movement , Chartism was increasing , and to be increased , —( great _applause , )—and ho had every reason to believe that on this occasion he should have five millions four hundred thousand signatures , and yet the _shopkeepers had only just _beuun to pour in to tbe stream , The eventa of Franee had doubtlessly given an impetus to the movement * thrones were crumbling and tumbling on the continent , and was it to be expected that England should remain in slavery under such circumstances ? ( Loud _cheers . ) The Press was now doing , or attempting to do , what Pitt did with gold heretofore , —destroy , the
proper influence of the Fiench revolution . Ay , but should events occur here , when the change did come , the _suffering of your friends had _prepared'you with such a politieal and social system as could , and would be , at onco adopted by the people- of this country , _i Loud checrs . l He would not give v fig far the Charter _unless it carried with it a social change ; such a ono had he prepared as * wuld employ all the unwilling idh k > _, and set them at work in Che free Jabour Held . ( Loud cheers , ) In fact , the whole question was a labour _quest ' ioin ;; from his _starting into publio life he had always looked at it as such . Ilia efforts in Ireland had been frustrated by the showman , with his box of _figures . The meeting year-, —tho clinching yaar , —and the
Repeal year , had ; _vesolved him ia prosecutisg a movement when * such humbug would not prevail . Oa Monday they vsoald go dowti to ihe Uouae . Hia was not prepared ; to destroy the movement he had been mainly _insbruaaental in raising by precipitation , ¦ nor was he prapftred to allow the people to rem * Ain ia bondage one moment longer than * they could obtain their freedom * . tLoud cheeis . ) . look to Ireknd at the present moment , and he _taught he might say with the _delegate _fr- ? m Glasgow , thty would be at least ible to keep all the _oiilitary therr \ ( Loud cheers . ) Me had a greater _jaterest in the question of the _Gfsartev than any _ottwf ? roan living ; he belonged to . a persecuted ami prosecuted family , whose wrongs lio had sworn to avenge . He had fouaht and
bled at Birmingham , M & _Bcfcoster , and Nottingham , and therefore was no * likely to turn craven now . ( Heat ? , hear . ) He had received hia credentials in 1 SS 3 , and waa proud , af them , and thereforo would not abdicate , and should the people even _depose him from their leadership , he would remain in the ranks and fight the battle out . ( Loud cheers , ) Tin _Prenhad kept the aristocracy and _taonied classes in i ( ino ranee of the real state of the peoplo . He was now becoming a quasi-minister , and doubtless would _bti asked what they intended to do en Mon . day . On tho faith of that Convention , he should reply , that not one pane of glass , nor one pennyworth ot property would ba injured . ( Loud cheers . )
That peace and good order would prevail whilst tbeir grievances' wero under discussion , ( ltepeated cheering ) An alderman had told him , in the house , that ho would be hhot on Monday ; he told the alderman that _weto hs shot , shooting would tako place all over the country . He would bo in tbo procession , in the front row of tho front rank ; and now tbey might shoot away . ( Rapturous cheering . ) In tho eveht of tho _rejection of the petition , be recommended simultaneous meetings in every part of the country , to address the Qaren to dismiss the ministry , and call to her councils men who would make the Charter a-cabinet question . ( Applause . ) If that were unavailing ; he would never fiinob , bu _$ w > uH _BOwier die than not w'ia the Charter , lie
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meant to _tfali _na longer than the _I ' mo when tht majority of tho peoplo demanded it— and were prepared to establish their rights . Ho _thought they now bad power to obtain it . He was now about to leave to go to the house , to give his support to Mr Sharman Crawford , for a bill relative to Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Again he repeated , oa their faith he would pferfge himself for the _ecauritf \ of life and . _property on Monday . ( Groat cheering " . ) ! Mr Joh . v Shaw said , in tbe reports delivered here , much of the opinions of those he represented had been expressed ); like them , they resolved . this should . be the very last petition presented , nnd that they " would * have ib _^ barter , if not peaceably , otherwise _* _ftey believed _raeir _condition could not fco vrom _ristfer any circumstances , aid they were prepared to * _rw & _iheirall on the attempt to gain the Charter * _ilisiMr'tctions were , not to _return-ontil the Charter was the Jaw of the latd . , ., ..., « ... , - .. _ . .
Mr _LowBRr described the condition of fhe people in _Carirde to be most fearful . Aa regards physical force—the- _Gzrlith people were rot in favour of it ; they _thought tke Charter would be pained with _, out it _—Wigton , DaMon , and other _tewiis thought different ) / , that it _wenld never would be _gaieed without physical force . Tbe shopkeepers had signed tte petition , and more : _numeiouslr _rhan at any former time ; they were generally complete suffragitts , Mr D . Thomas said ,, the people of Merthyr Tydvil were desirout _* . ot having a _prceession in tbeir district , at tbe same tin e _as-tf-e procession was _proceeding tothe CorcraonM witb the _jietitina ; . they were prepared to carry out the _views-of ihe Convention .
Mr Hi beat WuDsaid _, the district he represented be thought had not less than one hundred thousand unenfranchised workmen in it , all expecting soon to be enfranchise ! , and he believed they should have nearly that amount of _MsnatureB ; he _badbiought up 70 , 85 _* with him . lie had _instructions j one was to wait oh the _niunlwra of the government , and tell them _il tbey were not prepared to Brid employment , to give up their offices to those who were both willinjj and _a-ble to do so . ( _tn-ar , hear . ) , lie hadithe pleasing duty c $ infoimirg them , tliat only one middle class man had refused to sign tbe petition when ashed . ( Loudeheers . ) Tbe district had _su-norped bim ta say , that collision with the autherities would be premature until one mere step had teen tir . it taken ; they were tired of petitioning , and resolved that if London did its duiy , Lancashire would not be behind band . ( Hear . bear . ) In fine , the p < _r . ion of Lancashire and Cheshire he represented , were determined to continue their efforts until their _object was-achieved .
Mr _Waeoth thought tbat petitioning , under any circumstanced , was humiliating . He should , however , _tio with it , on this occasion . lie believed ga Is and gibbets were tha _impfements of _the-atislocracv to keep down the peoplo , and he thought that aristocracies should be _abolished—some pi rtion of bis constituents were in favour of physical—ethers in favour of moral force . Mr Wm . . . _Ci-fvat said , the middle classes in London were opposed to us , but the working olass' s wtrer up to the mark . In ihe Westminster district they increased in numoers thirty or for & y per night-Confi derates were with tho _Chiirtiativ and would nyn-ch u ' _-toer their ow hanner—the green _rl'ig of Erin , on Mondavmxt . Tho trades were also coming out . He was prepared to " _darrj out * all he Lad . -aid .
. Mr _UuiirtY Cbilb Paid , _hiseonst'tupnts were determined to have tt , eir rights , peaceably if they cm d—» but foreiblj if lhey must . But he was- cerlnin no alarm need be raisi d , Tbe i eople would ki _tp _peaceable until such time as their pe & itioi . _'s prayer waa either grained or _reacted . The Convention then adjourned to _half-paat two o'clock .
_AFTERNOON SITTING . _MrM'GuAiu _luviuij rammed tho chair at half _, past _t-vo , Mr G . W . M . _RjtvNOtDS announced that the government bad sent two reporters to If-k _« their _proceedinjjs . This announcement was _leceiwd _witb gre'it anplause ; Mr _PfcTiUE _rcsa to Give in his report . In Plymouth they had a considerable nunvber of half-pay officers , The people were peaceably inclined , but _wi-jhed . _neverthele . _-s , _ciergeticmeasurea-talien for thf _iiurposa of ihe obtainment of the Charter .
Dr _Hu . _itek said , Edinburgh was not quite so democratic as be couLl -wish . lie was _dtdi _^ _htfd at hearing Mr _Feanjus O'Connor to-day ; oniy one resuit could tike _pWe Irom the _obtainmtnt of the industrial priDci * 1 s _la- 'd dawn by that _eentl' man—the prosperity and _hapidness _«! ' the people * . there were only two or three xa n who thoroughly _understood those industrial principles , araon » st whom was to be found Mr _Fuareus O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) lie had no instructions from his constituents , but fie did wi _. _ih to say a few words on first principles , be thought the Charter could be made the law by moral tVce , and moral force only , as when the _oeople said— 'Wa will the Charier / it must bt'eome hw . ( Gliei rs )
Mr J . P . _Glunnisier said , perhaps they would esteem it a novtlty to have a delegate from tha aristoemic and priest-ridden town of Cheltenham , Tiieir clergyman had irom the pulpit denominated tfie _provisional government of France—id _O'i-hottfds _II-i could not say a 3 others had done , that bis constituency were _prepared {' or such and such things , but thty desired ttjiitition , and a long : pull and strong pull for the _t _. LtainnKi t of our rights . Mr William Taxhkr _i-a ' id , tbe Chartists of Totness had thought some mistake hud occarred in mak'ng out tlio districts , as i ' ottiees was no 6 a _rafognised portion of the National Charter Association ; however , tbey _supposed the object was national , and as they were in 1 ' avuur of the Clmrter , they had gone ) to work—got tho use of ihe Guildhall , _adopted the National Petition—ami _ahcrwaidtbeld a meeting fertiio election uf delegates , when he waa elected . His instructions were to remain until the petition _, was presented .
Mr Hichard _Mabsbem said , be bad _brought up = some Go 060 signatures with him . He was up ia London about ten years ago , things were bad enough then , lhey were tun times wor _^ e now —( _ihear hear }—and _unleMS something was done h * Rincerrly b > lieved it would be ira * _csiit'le to keep North- RancD'hire quiet . He gave a _harrowing picture of tiie suffering endured by the people in _North _Hancsahiro j ono woman lay _perishing , and ten minuses before she died she said to her husband , 'Is it right that I should be rnure ' ered like tbis , b y starvation _? " Tha husband said , ' Thouhno » -ct > t 1 can ' t help it , I have done my beat . ' Ten minutes from this the _wsmaa died . This was not a solitary cve \ by any _nseans _Kow , notwithstanding this , they were prepared to wait time for it to te done , but a change mu & t be had . ( Tremendous _cheering )
Mr Wm . Djxo . _v said , his constituents-were _bttilittla better off than those described fey MrMarsden _. _and ha could sky Mr Marsden had not overdrawn the picture . Hcioonstituents said , . _sbouldthopraiyap of the petition be _rejected , they were in , favour of- simultaneous meetings to bo held all over _EnulaniJ on one day , and at one hour , and never to desist until the Charter waa law . ( Loud cheers . )/ Mr _CiiMaES _M'Cakiiiv ( Irish ConfederaJist ) said , the Cont ' erit-raliita were determined to _achieve theic liberties t and they hud their rifle club * , _siiawing a 6 onre their sletertniQatii'n to fi » ht fur- their * - liberties , if necessary—( loud cheerr )—and hhou'd a simile _s-hot be fired in Irelaud , forty thuui-and Irishmen , in Lou > don . were ready tuavei . gi _* . ilieir brethren . Mr M _* EKrnY said his constituents at _Ifeddersfield , wero determined to have the Chartr m _' _-raily , if possible , but to have it any , road . ( Loiui cheers . ) Mr G . J . llARXEr said _^ he yesterday , stated that he ha 4 received n . > instruction from . hiii . _conbtt '( uents :
to-day h 8 had received a fetter , settii ) g ; ' » rth tbe ivish . ot the constituents , that the Convention should _continue their sitting until tho _Charter became law . A _meesinw was called for Monday ne _* _at ,. tbe mayor had refused the use of tha liall ,. and thi : _rt'qtii . _sitioiiJsts liadzesolved to hold it themselves ; ,- the mayor said , he fuuf received _afeitor from Sir & corge Grey , _eettins forth that a _graat number ef . pifcea were being iuan- 'atactured and distributed in ; JSc (! iinghac :. ( Tremendous cheerin _;? , _); Mr J . B . _O'Bn-mifchad _atten-isdiraeetings in London , and he foun & them warray _. and if they wire not , he generally _endoavoured to _a-ftkaiiheixi so ; he had attended a raeetip . *; in the _National Hall , _wheiotba
_(¦ _jjce- 'tion was pel-,, ' Should _A _& - _gc-Ternment take up . arms against trie _provisionii & _aoi _^ ynment , would yoa _Syht for tha gpvernment o & _IShgland or the provisional government ot _Fraiico _Z' tho answer isas , unanimously ,, _i'he _provisional government of Franse . ( Tremendous cheering ) Qfi couree , as a loyal _¦* a an , ha regretted , this state _offeeiing . { _Laughter ) U » did not think the people uf _I'laduii _generally were with them , nos-did he think _llwy were prepared far uU terior _measures at the p / _e _^ _a _* _. moment * , he _woald n jfc go against the law so lung as he thought tie la ** would dfi us justice , but as goon as ho found ihe lasv would _aot do us justice , and that the _petyle wera _stroiigsr than the law , at that moment ho snapped _hialisgorat the law . ( Loudeheers . ) ( Continued ( o the Eighth Pag * . )
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Towkh II ' _anmm . —A t'eneral _meetis _*? of the _Globa » fld FrWOda _lOOlllhy ofthe National _Charter * _AsSOCUU tion will meet , fer important _bushr _^ ss , on _fcuntiay evening , April 9 th , at seven n _' olfeck _> Ir „ i l _^; Jones lectured at tbe Globe and Fi » nds . on _^""^ and gave _kivaI satisfaction . Tweiva persons entered l" _^ 7 h ? lelrl T his locality uieets __ cn Monday Dorninff . at seven o _' _cH * , _X _^ _bSncH the _IIhvwuod . —A _meting oi _**« _^ ° * 2 brauc " \ NHionaf Land Company irill Jake _I'Jaw _™ _" ? _neStto o ' clock ; in the afternoon , at bnmael _Partinoton _' s , Paved-brow . . branch of tha hut- _Gom »» ny wiU be he'd at tha house of Mr J-hn Smith , D * _Mane _tailswortli , oa Su-day , April Oth _, at two o ' cloek in thealtcrnoim . ( JAni , _r-XK . _--A special meeting of the membcrB oi the Co-operative _Safety , connected with this branch , of the National Land Company , will be held at No , 0 , Johnstrtet . Caldew _^ ate , on Tuesday , April 11 th , afi
eight o ' clock in the evening . Any other persona _wishing to _bsoame _raeiS _& _tft aro _retHcsted _^ attend .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/1/
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