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THE yrtjUTHERN STAB. -z_J - AmiL ^jm,
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GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION. Tho foliuwing i...
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JUST PUBLISHED,
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS.
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Friends and brothers—-Trie ti mfe has at...
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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1848.
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WEDNESDAY , April 6 . HOUSE OP _COUUOSS _^ _OO _TOWO T _««|«« li " l _» ud ) Bn » . The _adjooraed debate OD Hill *** ms re _-iflLam , wha . _***• _% _* _" ££ » * _^ " if _SSSS- « SS £ . assumption tP _^ nts virtuous , and wok no notice oftbe fact Chat £ _« w « «* a class _« middle-men in tbat country . It also laid the _foands- _tiou era-constant system of m ,-_ . \_ L _feetween _laadlovd and _tenftSt . TllO pnndl > ltt OU _Ibich it was fomried were 'not ouly useless but mis . _chtevous . as they would lead the people of _Ireleul _t- * . _fcelleve that the amelioration of their con-iiiien could be _sccomp _llshed by legislation when it must bB ihe work of their own industry , energy , and improved morality .
Mr J O'C . KKELt , considered some such system aB that _proposed by Mr S . 'Crawford essential to tbe safety nnd prosperitv _.. fthe people in a very extensive portion of Ireland Whatever _nullification might be proposed of tkis bill in committee he hoped that no objection would be off « d to I * _^ _cond _tudiu . Mr _Knpwr had riven ti » _howe a lecture upoa the immorality and ¦ _ricious propensities of the inhabitants of the south , whom he supposed to be naturally iuclined to disorder and a i _^ ffecdon ; bot tha hon . ani learned gentleman seemed to forg « t _al-ogeth _^ that the north was not always _eremptfrom theimputation . audthatthe Or _* _nf emen o f TJlBter were licensed to commit any outrage they _pleaded . ( CrieB of 'OH . oh ! ' } terms
CUptain _AECBW-i , denied in the very strongest the statement of the hoa . member for Limerick city that the Orangemen wera licensed to commit any ou ' _«¦ # » . He was not surprised at the soreneBs exhibited by the hon . _m-mbar toward * tbe Orangemen , for tbey _had-lwijs ir-oignanUv repudiated every off = r _marli ) by the Repeal party , and the house might be g lad to know that _tbers were 100 , 000 _Orsnsemen in the north of ireland ready to stand forth at any moment when oal _' ed _« poa in defence of order , « cd to crush tho poisonous _Offspring of th .- epitMtion led by the hoa . member . Lord _GiSTtesEAGs was very unwilling to vote against _tm B bill , became he saw reason to object to some of its elanses . He should be glad to see it Bint to a _com-Tuittee up stairs . Sir J . _WilSH wished it te * be understood ihat in voting _igsinst this bill he voted against tenant rig ht Altogether .
Mr _FeassissO'Cokso * , in applying himself to the merits of the bill , said there were _those who thought tenant-right of paramount importance to a repeal ofthe anion . He was not of that opinion , but ho quite ap . proved of rhs conduct of those who , entsrtaininjr any opinion whatever witk respect to the people of Ireland , expressed that opinion openly . Tbe true way to deal with tbe PS * pl _? of Ireland was to be perfectly frank . With _respect , in tbe first place , to tbe manner iu which the present discussion had b ; en carried on , he _mu » tnot only express bis strong dissent from the _sentimnuts _vrhichtue house bad heard from the hon . member for
Limerick , but he must also take the liberty of saying that tbe-speech of the hon . and learned member for the TMvergity of Dublin contributed litfl ; to assist the house in arriving at a sound conclusion . That hon . and learned gentleman jumbled up tho measure of tbe bon . tnembfrf . _ir'Rochdile with that of the Chief Secretary to the _Lord-Ireatenautof Ireland ; It wa 3 , therefore , scarcely necessary for him to do more than call their attention to mat circumstance , as of itself , it _seeraed to him , sufficient to neutralise the entire effect of thoboD . an 4 learned gentleman ' s _spsecb . He should venture to pu one or two cases vrsieb . might be urged in th * nature ef a repl ; to the hon . member , if , in fact it could be said that anyformal reply wera needed . He would say , suppose that a tenant had taken land at 10 s . an acre for twen ' v rears—suppose tbat vritbia that period he had so
greatly improves the land , that at ths end of his term it ¦ pas -worth £ 1 l s . an acre ; it became quite evident that he bad by his w _rovements augmented tha value ofthe _landlords estate to the _extent of £ 400 ., and set tbe landlord could , if he _theusbt proper , oust him from the Boil ¦ which he-had thus _greatly improved . The causes of this Stat ? of things were to be found in a very obvious his'orical truth , — 'hat tbe laws which r .-guiated relations _TietweeB the owner ani the occupier tf the soil had all been made by the landlords , and they took a very different view of the subj . 'ct from that which presented itself to tbe mind ofa tenant . The result of their lawmaking was this , that if a tenant , by _msans of his capital and his skiU , obtained a profit of £ 100 a year irom _s . 'farm ib . it bad bten _orig ' _fmllj worth £ 10 ,
the remaining .- £ 99 _tlionsjb It ought to _bslopg to him . -ccold never under the old feudal system heroine his ; according to that , the _land ' ord was entitled -not only to take advantage of every fortuitous event , but of every exertion of industry or _appMc'iticu of capital . He _bops 4 tha house would not allow themselves to be too much carried _awsy by thr speech of ihe bon . and learned member f . » r the University ofiBublin ; it was a speech full of sophisms ; fent in _oD 3 _rvspeet , at 1 ; . 1 st , tbe hon . and learned _gentUmati could not be accused of any intention to lead the house astray ; because it could not but be obvious tbat theton . and learned memW bad mistaken cause for _eff-. ct . As he understood tbe hon . and learned gentleman , be objected to the bUl becacse the
tenant-attrill tvas ( supposed by it to have a veiled right . But tbe bai-of tbe hon . member for Eechdale provided for tbat , and th « re was no one interest that would be violated by his measure , -What was the _preat grieranre in the _-south-of Ireland ? It wis this , -that ; there was no Tenant-Right ; such a state ofthe law _ofs ' ered a bounty _« poa _idleness . But the hon , and learnei member for the iUaiverjity of Dublin thought himsilf entitled to compliment ihe Irish landlords-, Few _persons would consider _fttru . entitled to auy cou-. plinM . nt who knew the fact , that siity-one laws for tbe benefit of landlords were passedinthe reign of George III ., while only six laws of a similar _^ description were passed for England . Such laws -were unnecessary in England ; aad he was as rea _<* y as any man to bear testimony to the excellent
_spiritdn which- the EDgiish _lpsdlords administered the _trosi-which-society reposed in them . They required nolaw beyond the influence of public opinion to coerce them ; ana hence it was that tbe objections to the present measure did not _eo much come from tbem as it did from , tbe Irish landlords . Then the practice _df squat _, ting formed one of tbe topics of the hon . and learned ! _Bembef ' s _speech _j'but for tbat practice , and to meet the evile to which it gave rise , the measure before the _loni-a _m-rfc , as 6 a conceited , ample provision . ; bnt , ac carding to the hon . and learned membf r , there should be bo _UgiRlction at all on the _subject , everythingvskould be left to the laws or nature ; yet in the same breath he told the _-acHse tfeafriu _Djwq * and Antrim : they ; we re governed _* by the _suci & nt laws and _usaees-in Ireland
that _teuaats -were . _prosperous and landlords not _iyrannicsJ—a pretty good proof , by the-way , that the Irish _-caglit to be allowed to govern themselves • and then sfrom bis _srgnment it was not easy to _ducor-r whether he thought that the _esisttace of a _yeoms *> ry in the _. _aorth ef Ireland . produced those _giod _wrclts , or . _vwhcther he thought that tte relations there . a _* _ab 9 " _ming-. h 2 . ween landlord and tenant had the effect-of producing a good yeomanrj .. 'Ic this instance , probably , the hon . and learned member , as he _naudoneinmaercaseB ,. _coEfonuutu causa _auu _. _efract Ha wonld not , eiewever , . further waste tbe time of fie house by discussing minute points . His haa . friend .
the member for _^ _SMbdaie _j-wauld net insist _npon-havlrg tha bill , the _vrtiQle bill , aud nothing but _tiieSjill ,-he , on tht contrary , _« _ac willipg . _lo go into committee and calmly _consider-tbe several provisions of the bill . < _In ¦ disposing of _sEeh . a _^ cestioa as the present , they _^ hoald oot forget that _tfaeiLjjgislatare bad frequently _intesftred _with the existing « hiti 3 ns between landlord and taaant _* _especially in Ireland . In _tbeoourse of the _discuc-sisa _which led to those _anesszres , tbe esormous abuses of tbo EStddlemen system were _frequently _referred to — _jk » * sbese could be greater ; : iiat tho hard treatment wh ' tah the labourer experienced at the hen 4 s of the _farmer wae also an evil o £ the _AigheBt magnitude for oss
_tjraat in _broadclotb , there . were one thousand in friezs . The _£ tity which he owerl to his _cquEtry and to tbat j _henee _, demanded of Mm tha 4 he should deprecate any i attempi _. to trifle with tbe _feel _& _gs ofthe psople upon this I subject . If the iioxtse _thougfet _^ any legislation n < _ce * _sary , ] let thee . < sey so , —if not , let _cCiiem say _-Cie contrary ; 1 but , let nst tb 9 Jrisb people be carried _aeray by false i . expectation ? , —let thtm tat ibs told that there was ' ' nstice oa . their side , and _ihen be in _f ormed that the ] _legislature _fccked the _machinery & r _earryis' out tbe £ _sonnd principles which they _tftcogaised . They might t tfilk as _tbsy _phased about diffe « ltie « with a bill of this I & iBd ,, tnt they Sound no difficulty in bills for inipnsing t taxes ; there . . . was not oae of the -supposed difficulties a about _tLiefr'fijriiich could not st _qubs be easil . over-1
y _ccomejuudw . or . unfair modes of improvement might _ffanly _na _^ _reveated _^ and a board _eaigbt bo _eBtablii _& ed _ttto declare tibw ' ma _^ ayjears' rent m ; gkt be expended in ftfm _prpvements . _Esjiog- commented _sqjnewbat fceei j _iQinpon the _speech of th £ tion . and learned meaber for the TOJniveriitj of Dublin , bs . should not s & _j much mora o _* Itbtbe- speeches of other members , but he could not help _lotobserviap , that by the _sjaaech of tbe hoa . mstEier for Irt _& imerick _, he bad been snoeked _. _diBgusted , and _boiirified * Sithathon . _gintlemin talked of the Irish _msmoars _fising _aprjppressed in that boose by the English ; but , to hi . m . ; it it appeared that the kind of members sent to that
_aeiiease from Ireland were equally oppressive . Ee would _I'OEonclude with this advice to the Irish , landlords . He -alalled en them to beware , and he would teil them that _Ihehs most to Ve done was to bB done by themselves . It _irarss a , weakness for them to be eternall y coming to tbis ( ououse to assist them . Ireland was s country that sigsight be made a garden , if the landlords only did their lututy _. But they were too proud , and disdained _agrinillulturarpursuits . ( 'No , no . ' ) He wag glad to hear naiiat denial , but he knew tbat in hia time they did ft i laugh ) , and he feared tbat what Sheridan said BT . lf . tt 6 Irish was too true , that * they were a poor and _troiroua people .
B Bir S . Gbet _apposed tbe bill . Every discussion or , Hr 3 irB _* _i _bJeCt " ' hC , We _^ more 8 nd CJora _convincingl y the _.. _^ ri !! " _? f 8 ttUll S by _legislation tho relations betv ? een _^ SS 5 _nn . h _« _X nl in Ir _* , aniJ - He _coctroverted the _nS _tt _«» - „ _" « thadlBcnltiM had _iris-n from _imple-ZltoTXSir _%£$£ ***» _» _™' . » i . « use , _y- _je diffltulty ffS 6 _iDSereut in
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tas circumstances of the _oubb themselves . He agreid with tho hon . member ( Mr F . O'Connor ) ia his last observation , although irrclmiisteat with soma of the other remarks which teAt hon . member made to tbat kouse , that the _reitl remedy for theso evils was to be i found , not in acts of Parliament , but in tbe parties themselves , —not merely in the landlords , but in the landlords and tenants conjoined , and in the mutual agreements which their united interests might lead them to make . In _refrrenve to ejectments and thelaw of distress the legislature nvght regulate the _exftroiseof the ri g hts both of the landlords and of the _tenants , and _might prevent to a certain _txttnt acts of hardship BUG oppression ; but if it attempted bylaw to make agreements _between UndlorJs and tenants which should apply to every casewhatever the wishes of the parties might
, be , the _tafk would be _ab-. olutely Impossible , and , if possible , the law would be evaded . ( lle » r , hear . ) Tho hon . _meta ' ser ( Mr F . O'Connor ) had said a great deal _abnut a tenant _t-ikimr lun t at 10 s . an acre and improving it so as to nuke it worth 80 s . an acre , and had _observed tbat the _landlord in such case , without any expenditure of capital , _reaped the full benefit of the tenant ' s _es .-rtions and industry . Bat . under thOsO Oir . _cums'anc . e , the real security of the tenant was , Worr taking the land at 10 * . an acre capable of being im proved to 30 s . an arre , and before expending capital on the land , to stipulate with his landlord U ) V lUCh _filitj Of tenure for a limited period as would reimburse , him . ( Hear , hear ) No law could be passed , in justice to all parties , which c mM give such fixity of tenure as might hs voluat & ril ? ui > reed _uoon _btitween landlord ami _ttrnnnt ,
When tho land ' ords of Iieund wore spoken of as teing the originators of all tbe evils existing there wkUrtftrencs to the tenure of land , he _thought it fair to state any exception — and he hnprd the exception would become the ruin — that might exist to Buck a geninl _assertion , and to show tbat the principle of making aa agreement mutually beneficial was acted upon by some Of tbe best landlords in that country , Since he hud c < 'm « into that houso he had had put into bis hand an _advertisement in reference to the Queen ' s County , rela'ive to certa ' n farms to let from the 25 th March , by _Hr _Trico . These were tho terms of the adv . _rtlsement for l-tting several lorgo farms belonging to Mr _Fitzpatrick and vhe Marquis ef Lnn'downe , in the Queen ' s County : — ' Proposals in writing , or applications _personally , be received and attended to by Mr John B , Price ,
_Wes-field-farm , Mountratb , wbo wiil be prepared to satisfy all reasonable tenants on the undt fined and vexed questions of ' tenant-right and fixity of tenure , ' r _> y the only remedy calculated to remove the difficulty and to perpetuate a good understanding , between landlord and teBar . t ; that is , by providing tbe fixed capital required for alt permanent improvements , on certain , jus ' , anl equitable _conditiens , to be previously agreed up n ; and by graming a substantial lease for twentyone or thirty-one yews , aB the condition of the farm may require er _suggest , —March 9 , 1848 . ' If landlords off red _suoh terms , calculated to improve the relation b tween them and their tenants , Fuch a mode of proceediug would be fouudmueb . better _fian aujihing else , and most productive of a sound feeling amongst the
_pirt-es . As to tha proposition tbat every tenant wbo fulfilled the conditions of ordinary industrial _cccupation wa 9 to be entitled to compensation from the Und . lord , over and above the profits which he might have realised from bis outh y , it seemed quite prepoateroue . There w ? re , of _course , cases iu which a tenant was equitably entitled to somo consideration in this respect , on surrendering occupation—as , for instance , where he _hivi _erected permanent firm buildings at his own cost . He _shou'd be quite rca < ly , however , to refer this measure to the serious consideration of any committee upp . nlrs to which the government measure might be _submitted . ( _H-.-ar , bear . ) As to the statomeni that bands of armed orang _^ men were wandering about ihe north of _Ireland , it _wai scarcely worth his while to give the statement a denial .
Mr Fag an said that the English tenant was much better off than Uie Irish _ocrup-er of tho land , notwitbstandin ? a far greater proportion of the population of his country depended wholly on the cultivatian of the soil . The biil of the hon . member for Rochdale w : is much wanted in order to restrain the cruel system of eviction that was pursued in Ireland , and he sliould give it his hearty suppnrt . Col . Blackwall said he should offer his _decided opposition to the motion o the hon . member for Rochdale . Mr P . Scbope was of opinion , _Rpeakinc as an Enrfish member , that the speedy settlement of the Ten _.-int . _Kiijht question in Ireland was most essential to the tranquil-Uty of the empire . The hon . member for Rochdale had , it seemed to him . brought forward _tMe measure before the bouse with the best possible _mntivcoand al . 'o iu
ac-, cordance with the general sentiments of the agricultural classes in Ireland . The relations between landlord and tenant in that country called for the immediate and most serious attention ofthe legislature ; ard in bis opinion no permanent tranquillity cou'd be looked for in Ireland until the tenant farmers of that country wore placed on a more equitable footing than lhey had at nre ? ent with _rtigardto the landloids . A large ! number of the agiicnitural population of Ireland had declared the ' r detrrminati- n not to oudure any longer the frightful evils inflicted on them by the present defective system , aud perpetuated by the defective state of the law . All the agrarian outrages which had prevailed in Ireland for so
long a period could ce distinctly traced to the insecurity of Tenant Ri _^ ht ; and it was generally admitted by air . writers on the social condition of Ireland , that the evils observr . ble in that kingdom were solely attributable to the defective laws which regulated the relations between _landlord and tenant . If the question wa ? not settled satisfactorily by _somesu ? k- bill as the present , there would be a frightful scene of convulsion witnessed in Ireland , which f . e landlords would have mueh more reason to d plore than thoy wonld to regret tho concessions that the measure before tke house proposed to grant . Ue should , for the reasons he had stated , support the second reading .
Col . IIawdon regretted the course the government had taken in regard to the hill before the liouse , which should have his support , subject to any modification that mieht be deemed necessary in the committee . Mi- S . Crawford reiterated his former arguments in favour of the bill , and _detained to withdraw the measure upon the offer of the government to take it into _consideration , iueo « juBcti « nwith the Tenant Right bill , brought forward by the hon . baronet the member for _Dmirheda . He shou'd persist , therefore , in dividing the house upon the second reading ; . The hous * _5 then divided . For thesecond reading .. 22 Against it 145—123 After tie _traus _.- . ction of other business , the house adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
THURSDAY , April 6 . THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . —Mr F . O'Co . vsob _presented a petition from forty-nine dele gate * in National Convention assembled , and _representing five _aiillions of t , e pie , praying for the liberation of Frost , Wi Ham * , ' and Jones , The _Astorjjev GEKBBALappreliendcd tliat tbe petition could not be received , inasmuch as it stated that it came fiom the' Nat onal Convention . ' Mr F . O'Connor _reojinded toe hon . and learned gentleman that similar petitions w . re allowed to be rec . ived under Sir _Robert Pi el ' s gave _nnvnt , and as a Convection of 49 _dektates was _recognised by the law , he could mt see wbatobjtcti nthere could be to the reception -of the petition . The _Atiornet-Genkbal was decidedly of opinion tbat the petrton was net legally , wirdrd , but he hoped the bon . _^ ent ' imnn would n t press its _rc-c _^ t on till _hi had _had-time to look into the autboriihs upon the subject .
Mr F . _O'Cr . _jfsoasaid the n quest of the bon . and learned gentleman , coming as it did from tbe fir _.-t law officer of tbe 'Crown _t-oondod very much liko a command , imt . as a matter of courtesy to the hon . and learned _gentleman , he would tot _prrss it . The petition wasaccordin- _* ly Withdrawn .
CHARTIST -DEMONSTRATION . — Sir J . Walsh wish « d to know , from the Right Hon . the Secretary of State for . the Home Department , . whether he hadreceivodflnyinformation with respect to a number oC persons -called Chartists , to meet at Kennington Common _< on Monday next , for tlieos-• _teusible _purpose-of _. forrairig a numerous _processiaa _rto move through the-streets ofthe _metropofo , and presenting a pefiiion to this house in favour of what _Atas called the sixjpoints . of the Charter ; ami if the . ¦ government had _Siad its attention called to these ¦ -c ircumstances , were _ithey _prepared to take tihose . measures which might be . necessary to secure the ¦ iffiiepeiidfince of _the-houseifrum being overawed by . any _.-meetingcalculatafl to intimidate them , and likewise-to aid in the pwitection . of the peaceable end uay * al .: people of London . -
rSir , _<^ . Gret said ; £ , _now held in my band a no txce ,, _^ . which I believe _wras . _published yesterday , _sigaediby three individuals , one of whom declares _hinaself f-Uie secretary , J _presume _, of the Chartist _Asstjaiation , in which he states that a Convention , _consisting of forty-nine delegates , will assemble in a particular place , upon a _gb-en . d'iy ., and some folio _wingidajs , for the purpose of superintending the present 4 tioc , _^ f a petition to _Parliament , and to advise tbe adqption of such otbier course as they may think fit _feortttfi purpose of scouring . the enactment of the _Peopled _Charter . A great metropolitan demonstration « dlii 3 ccompany the p _2 tition „ _aod persons are invited to &\ $ o ; _t < _l at _Keaningteft-coraraan , where i
the route of the _$ roceasion _wouldi . be prescribed . The attention of -. the government _having been called lis this notice , and . _otfcer information having reached _mewspectingtheiotmided proceedings upon _Moaday next , ihe government feave directed a _aotice to he issued , which they fao _^ e will be published in ti ie course Df half an _hoaif , pointing out that , hy the Statutes ot the Common _jjiw of these realms , such procession is illegal , _anS warning all loyal and peaceful _sul-jfefts of her Majesty to abstain from taking any pari in the _proceedings , and to give their best aid in maintainimj . order and preventing any breach of the _pezne that may ensue . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr F . O'Connor . said , that' the course pursued by the government would be takiu _^ the people utterly by surprise . There were several _precedents in favour of these processions . In tlie year lb _31 a procession of 100 , 000 or 150 , 000 persons marched _iJ . ° wn to this house , and presented a petition in favom * of the Reform Bill . In 1834 a procession of 100 , 00 V also marched down to this house while it was _sitting ! and presented a petition : i : favour of the liberation ' of the Dorchester labou er large demonstration 11
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of sailors also walked past this house a short time since . Those persons who -have put their names u he document referred to by the right honourable baronet , have this day passed resolutions that every man who joined the procession should be a special constablehimself _. and they "pledge themselves _notonly to preserve the peace , but to take any man into custody who might attempt to violate the rights of property . It _Tjas not the intention of the people to come down to the door of the house , they were to have gone over Westminster-bridge . He had never in liis ! if _« attempted to palm a falsehood upon that bouse .
and had he thought that the parlies had any sinister motive or view , or any ulterior design , he would not for a moment have lent his sanction to the proceeding _, or joined in that procession , fie believed that it was a constitutional right of the people to assemble in that manner , and he trusted that the government would not further interfere upon the occasion than to preserve peace . He hoped tbat thc people wouid be allowed to come down in procession as was intended to the house . He should consider _himselt " unworthy a seat in that house if he lent himself to any _demonstrations calculated to incite the people to the slightest _infraction of the peacei
Sir G . Grey * . With respect to the people being taken by surprise , I can only say , that at the earliest moment at which the government could deliberate after tUy received the information , they directed the notice to which I have before referred to be issued , and it may no douht be in the possession of the hon . member for Nottingham this evening . ( Cheers . ) That notice will state what , in the opinion of the law advisers , the law of the land is upon the subject , and , without reference to precedents , I am sure , after having avowed the opinions he has , with respect to thc good conduct of the people , he will , I am sure , be the last man to encourage any body of men summoned to join an assembly to violate the law .
Mr Hume said , that on a former occasion it had been asked if a peaceable procession was illegal , and Lord Melbourne ' s government _seated that it was not , and they refused to interfere , He ( Mr Hume ) thought that it would be dangerous for the government to interfere at the present time , and he hoped that they would be induced to withdraw this notice . ( Cries of ' No , no . ' ) PROTECTION OF THE CROWN AND
GOVERNMENT . Sir G . Grey— -I beg , Sir , to give notice , that I shall , to-morrew , move , before the other Orders of the day , for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better security of the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . )
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GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION . Tho foliuwing is tbe Proclamation alluded to above : — NOTICE ! . ' ' Whereas tlie BS _^ _omblage of large numbers of _CGOple , _accomponird with eircum . _'tsncei _reading to excite terror and alarm in the minds of her Majesty ' s _aubjevta , U criminal and unlawful ; ' And whereas not only _thise persona who tke an active part in sueh _» _s _< f mblaue , but those also who by their presence wilfully countenance it , arc acting contrary to law , and are liable to punishment ; and whereas an Act of Parliament , passed in tbe
13 th year of the Teign of his late Majesty King Charles II ., intituled ' An act against tumult ' and ( lisorders , upon pretence of preparing or presenting public petitions or other addresses to his Majesty in the Parliament , ' it was enacted , ' tliat no person or persons whatsoever , shall repair to his Majesty or both or either of the Houses of Parliament , ' upon pretence of presenting or delivering any petition , complaint , remonstrance , or declaration , or other addresses , _accompanied with excessive numbers of people , nor at any one time with above the number ofteu persons ;
4 And whereas a meeting has heen called to assemble on Monday next , the 10 th inst , at Kennintrton Common , and it is announced in the printed notices calling such meeting , that it is intended by certain persons to repair thence in procession to the House of Commons , accompanied with excessive numbers of people , upon pretence of presenting a petition to the Commons House of Parliament ; and whereas information has been received that persons have been advised to procure arms and weapons , with the purpose of carrying the same in such procession ; and whereas such proposed procession is calculated to excite terror and alarm in the minds of her Majesty's subjects ; ' All persons are hereby cautioned and strictly enjoined not to attend , or take part in , or he nresent at , any such assemblage or procession .
' And all well-disposed persons are hereby called upon , and reqnired to aid in enforcing the provisions of thelaw , and effectually fo protect the public peace , and suppress any attempt at the disturbance thereof . ( Signed ) 'C . Rowan , ' R . Mayne , ' Commissioners of the Police of the Metropolis 'Metropolitan Police-office , Whitehall-place , April 6 , 1848 . *
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —FRIDAY , ArBU , 7 . THE NATIONAL _TETITION . Mr H . _Bbdhhond : Seting the honourable member for Nottingham iu bis place , I bag to osk bim what Is tbe coume meant to be pursued with regard to tke presentation of the petition on Monday next , of which ha had given notice . I have seen in tbe public papers that it haa been a question agitated at a meeting at which that honourable gentleman w _& 9 pr « sent—What should be done in cat a of this house refusing to receive the petition then presented ? I havo read tbe petition myself , and I bditve there is not one human being in this house that would say ' No' to tbe reception of ft . ( Hear , ) Tture is no doubt that the petition will be roceived aa a m atter of course ; and —( Cries of order . )
Mr F _» 0 'CoHKOE ' In reply to tho honourable gentleman , I beg to say that on _Hondar week last I gave notice that I would move a resolution , founded upon the principles iu this petition , aa an amendment upon the orotr of the day for going into coramfttee of supply on Monday next . I now End there is no _sapply for that night ; _thsrtfore , unless the noble lord ai ( he head ofthe government will be kind enough to allow mo to bring It forward the first question on Monday , I cannot give the honourable jjentleman any answer as-to tha time wheu I _sball be able to do go . The noble lord is aware tbat the petition is one of great _importance to some millions ot the people ; and I ask this from him as a privilege , upon the undertakiuu that I at least shall not detain the house long upon It , If the honourablo member bad not put the question tome , I should myself have asked tha noblu lor 4 for _parmlsulon to bring tbe measure forward—a
measure upon which , as a _mittcr of course , there is great excitement both in and out of this house . If the noble lord does not grant tbe indulgence I aBk for , then I muat look far another open night ; but on Monday I ahull present tho petition . ( llear , hoar . ) Li , ri 3 , Russell : I should bo very unwilling , sir , thai a petition so _numerously signed , as tho honourable gentleman has declared the petition ho has to present will hi , should not be _rtculved , and meet with every consideration from tbe house . I do not , however , think that gorernment should give up _Monday to the consideration of the petition . But _considering the importance of p . petition presented by such _number of tbe peoplo , and ? that a petition so signed ought to have early consideration , I shall be ready , _htwlng at the same time regard itopublic convenience , to .-consent that tbe bon genii-, mun ahull bring on his motion oa Friday . nest . { Loud _ohetri . 'l
Mr F . _O'Conhoiw-I am most thankful to tho noble lord , [ Hear ] IBE < 3 REA . T DEMOKST _* R _& TION IN _UATOUB OF
THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . _MriEBiGHi—I wish to put a i & ue 6 tion to the govern-• csent . with regard to tho _motlca that has been published , teaching the meeting proposed to be held on Monday . I wish'to know whether _itSs 'intended to refer to botii tbe aneetlsi ? and the procession , or _. onl y to the procession . If tfce _ipeopie may meet _quieiilyltilsone th ! nj ? ; _if they are _pewalMed , er not permitted , -to . come through the streets dn _inanense numbers , ii _> is a wary different thing . I think , * hen , there should beoo misunderstanding , for if _thtre be , . there might probablj ibe . risk-of collision and _disturbance , xxiilcb every member of ibis'bouse would be anxious to avoid .
Sir G . _Geeot ; Sir , the bonoDr « Me _> ; gor » ilenian _aekn me if I _undecatood him rightly , whether t & e meeting as convened to assemble on _KeaaiDgtoc-Coiiimou , _separate from , a * _td independent of , _tbeprqpased procession , wonld bo illegal ? That _would depend entirely upon the circumstances under which the meeting was held . ( Hear . ) _'If _acy meeting should be befd , _foriwhatever purpose , jfit be _. _eecompanied with _elrotunstsnces _Buefe . _* , % I " aa **© before , alluded , to—circuui'it 4 tlce « 'Calcu . Icted to inspire terror and alarm—just terror and alarm
_t \& the minds of her _Majuety _' s loyal and peaceablo _sjibjectn . thin , I apprehend , Jt would be _ogulntt the com . mon law . ( Hear J But tf tbe meeting la belt ) , or in convened _, to be held , for the express purpose of framing oue of it a _psropesBlon for the purpose of proceeding , contrary to the sta . t » t « law , to either house of Parliament , to ac . company tbepresentfttion of a petition in _tscenslve numbers , then I alao apprehend tbat a meeting identified with the procession woshl come ivlthiu the provisions of tho _law . ( Hear , hear , )
; _fcord B , _GsoBVfiffoff put a question to tbe right hon , baronet respecting tbe meeting , not _ose word of which was audible in the gallery , Sir G . < 3 eky : AH I know of the intended meeting on _Kennington-comm _^ n ia * stated in the notices _publishrd tbroug & out England , that euch a meeting was convened : take my _knowledge fro'ta tbe published announcements
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of thu _Chartiatu' Asiociutton , signed by three ( remit meD , oae of whom colls himself « secretary , ' which havii no \ been disavowed by the hon . gent ' emanj opposite ( Mt F O'Connor ) , _'WS-jo is considerad one of the leaders of tha ns _. _eclation . In those announcements' ft it stated ttmt the object-of the meeting i » _tomarBbal the peoplo for assembling in large numbers—to tbe number of 800 , 0011 it haa been stated—and that physical force may acrom _OBBJ tbe _potitisn to the door of tbe House of Commons . Mr f &\ _O'CotfUOB : I wish to ask the right bou . _Kentll " _ruan if be haa received a deputation to-day from parties who have Issued a notice on the subject Of tb' . meeting .
Sir G _, G _* : _t WBS «** " _>' enirage'l with public business this day when I received an intimation that tbrie _gentlemen , whostnted tliemsclve 9 10 bo a _deputnlionfrom ' _theNdtlonalConvent on _. ' wereat tho _Home-office . Thej saw the Voder Secretary of State , in thepriSCUCO Ot the _Attornry General and Mr Hall . I was not _pregent , I will read to tbe bouse the letter which tliey addressed to me , ( Sir George bero read the letttr . ) Sir R . iHG _- _tis : I w \» h to ask the _Secretary cf State for lb ** Home _Depar'ment whether , through his under _BCCrrtary , he bas acknowledged a _Natiounl Cuavention titling in London . _( Oh _. ob , nnd hear , besr ) Sir G Gret : I have no hesitation in answering iry honourable friend . Tho tbr- e _geotfenu-n who went to ihe Heme Office were not _received or recogni _. ed as dc _legati 8 from tbe National Convention . I bare received a note from the Under-Secretary , informing roe that tbe distinctly stated to them be could not rtceivo tbem in the _rapneity of delegates from the National Convention ( Hear , )
Mr _WAKLrr _; I wish to ssk a _queBtioc . Tbe meeting on Kennington Common has bom publicly odver-Used duriDg the last monib . I want 10 know , If it were known by tbe govtrnment that ouch a meeting BD' _-i sock , a _profession Wero illegal , why the people had not information on the su _* -j ; ct bifore this late _period ? Sir 0 . GaEr : Because I had not tbe _inf rm _* i » ion which the Tight h » n . gentleman , better informed than he Secretary of State possessed . ( Cheers , and _laughter . ) It was my duty to know , and from information wbich it _u-as my dutjr to obtain I did _aacerlaiD , tbat at _nmtioit
held in certain _patls of the metropolis specchcH wero made to e-mail numbers of men iu which such an atention was announced , in which it was said that upon th > 10 th or _lltb there would ba _u great demon 8 tr , \ tlon to attend tbe _pr-.-tentalion of the people ' s petition to tb * House of CommM > _n . But the first public _advertinomtnt I have soeo of any fuch intrntion is that which now lea before me , _^ h _' ch I _received tbe day before _yctttrtavt The Cabinet rfcHheraited upon ft , and after their del' tteration the notice wns published , the nature of which I have stated . ( Loud cheers . 1
Mr Waklki , —The right _honsurabla hnronet , in the first part of bis rerdy to my gu _^ _stion , _intt-nated that 1 bad better _knowledge upnn this _subj-ct th » in he possessed . I can state positively that I have _attended no meetings whatever in relation to the petition wbich is tobe presented to tS is bouse on Monday , I have nor attended any public assembly regarding it , and I have had no direct communication with the persons calling _thomBelvoi the Kaiion _« l _Convention in rrlatkm to it . I derive ray information frcm « public _newspaper , the properly of an honourable member of tbis bouse . Ig't it _frnm no other source whatever . I c . ' _iBsider'hat the peop le are unjustly treated b ) being lured in ' o ihe supposition tbat tbey can _oafel y _asR-mhte In _larueuumbtrS , and _nanat-end _aprocesBion to this house in large numbers nls _<» , during bo long a period _bb has _trtnupired sine * - the announc' _-ment was made in tbe publ c _journals .
Mr _Peabqcs _O'CoNNoE : I beg leave to _atata that 1 have not _at'eadtid any public _mAe-Uni ? in _Loaduvt in connexion with ths getting up of _thcdemonntration ; thou *} . I have attended , ns fl _lieJeuate , the Convention nbiih Is now Bitting . The lion , gentleman has girenmc _credit It having _nome _lriflu < _nco with _thoss parties . I have hai * that much influence to show _ihera they sbou ! d not come down to the _Hou _* e of Commons to present the petition , but go orer Westminster-bridge , _whorcaa the la-t _t'nv they _m-irched in procession th * _petition was brought > o the door , and I myself laid it upon the fl > or of _ihehouBi _* . The conclusion , then , which I come to is that ibe peo |> l > - haVG tho Same right now , when n Liberal goverami nt 5-in office , to avail themselves ofa _privilege which wo _> never denied to them by former _administrations . I reclare BoleronW . if it had been knows before the _meeting
won announcd that it waB the intention of gov _. _rniient to _suppress it , the people rroald not have held it ; but when millions ore petitioning for thtir rights , _wiirn wp hnvobecn told that tixatiou without representation Is tyranny , and should be _rcsi'td , by g ntlemen now en the Treasury _fcnch , it is bard that tl : a government slim ' - ' _punish them for obeying their owu _instructions . I have always said , and' « ay a « a _' n , that I never _shrink from any responsibility tbat may be impr _. _n d on me , and theriforo I should bo sorry to bo a party to ge : injr up a procession and then shrink from tho conB"qu'nces . It is my Intention to _atteed the meeting . ( _Haar , h' _-ar . ) It io my intention to c'rae down to the _Hnuseot Cummins with the procession , but the profession will pass over _TTesfminBtcrbrid _tfe ; and it will be my duty to use . - 11 my powers , aa I have hitherto done , to prevent the slightest infraction of the peace . ( _Che-ra . )
Sir James Gbaham : I desire _. te say one or two words words on this _oecision . The honourable gentlewho has just sat down has Raid , and truly Baid , there aro precedents In fav -ur of the course which ho Is atout to take . I understood him , however , to Bay , that in 1813 , when I had the honour of _fillinr tte situation of Home Se _* retary _, tbat tbekonourabJe member for _Finsbury _^ _' who _, at that _ti-ne , I think , presented a petiiion most num < T 0 u _* Iy signed on the part of the Char _is's , presented it in a manner identical with the p ' . an prop osed ta bo _adopted on Monday next . Alderman _TnoMPfl-iN : Sir , I rose for the purpose of _txpressing the astonishment with which I heard the honourable member for Nottingham declare tbat he had not _n'tended meetings for tbe pnrpo 3 e of promoting thia _asBatnb ' nge of the people , and that be bad no idea of any dlspasltion to break the peace . Mr P , O'Conhob : No public _meetings .
Alderman _Thompsou ' . Dues the honourablo member rememher the meeting on Monday nigh ' , at tbe coffeehouse in Cripplegate ? [ loud cries of ' hear , hear , ' in the midst of _whicb ] Mr P . _O'Connoe hastily rase and s & _id : Sir , I wont from thia house to a tea party o £ some dozen or so , that was all _. Alderman TnoMPBOH : I mn awaro that it was not a " public _morting- " I bave here in my _basd a report of his speech [ loud cries of ' read , read , ' ) communicated through a person of the utmost respectability , and on whom I can place perfect reliance , and lot the house mark the contrast between tho honourable number ' s speeches in this house and out of it Sir , it was not a meeting of tbe Irish confederated _delegates ; and the honourable member said ' tliey must pat down royalty , and all titles as in Prance , R » mrmbcr the 10 th of April . It would be a glorious day . ' Such was the _npeeeh of an honourablo member ,
Mr F . O _Conkor—I repeat , on my honour , 1 declare before God , that I never mentioned titles on the _OCC 8 _fion ; and to tbe best of my belief , never men tilned France . It is notorious that I havo always been against _fipublicanifm , I _challenge the aldtrm _. in to prove this _upetch , which _nns been trumped up , He bad ( _top . ouuced mote than any other man in tho kingdom the American form of republicanism . Mr Hdue said tbat it was of tho utmost _importancu for the houso not to allow its attention to be diverted towards what took place ot meetings held out of doors , for they were all aware how liable finch proceedinps were to miBr . pr . > aentations . Members ought to be more guarded in receiving- and repeating such statements . Tbr government ought sa
partieular to be very reserved m _acting upou any information Bave tbat wbich lhey proceed upon affidavit . Sir D . L . _EvAsshad never yet been found on the side of those who would restrict public meetings ofthe people , but he was pound to say on the part of his constituents , the inhabitants of V \' e _> tminster , that there wero c _' _reumatances which rendered tbe contemplated procession of Monday a peculiar case . He could assure the kouse that not only had there been great alarm created at those comparatively small meetings , but also that numbeis of his (• _onatitueiitB had suffered materially in their business . He concurred with the hon . member for Cockerinouth tbat the hour was corn's when every _hoseBt man _-iclieevs ) —was bound to declare what side ho was prepared to take . In tliat spirit he was prepared to state thathe gave his willing usscut to tiio measures adopted by the
government . Mr J . _O'Conneix hoped his countrymen , _particularly such of tbem as might be contem * laling the ' tailing part in the KennuiL'ton-coinmon meeting , would not bo led away by tha hon . member for Nottingham , lie ( Mr O'ConneU ) hoped thev would tako . the warning given by their best friends in Iroiand _, and bave nothing whatever to do with the _meeting . Lord J . Kussell said : Tho hon . member for Nottingham had told the bouio that he did not intend that this procession should come to tho House of Commons ; but wo fiud it stated in a printed notice , _signed by three persona , who , I suppose , belong to tho party in favour of this petition— * We propose that a great metropolitan demonstration shall accompany the people ' s prayer to the door of the House of Commons . '
. ( Hear , hear . ) I quite admit that there ara occasions when it is unnecessary lor the government to interfere , and enforce the strict letter of tbo law ; _thcBO are times ! of singular peace and quietne 6 B . But a _contrary course _i must be taken in times of great disquiet and alarm , and Iputitto the house whether the present tisrae is not suoh , ? ( Hear , hear . ) _Tiiohon . gentleman _( MrO'Coniior ) mu « 4 inow that recent er « _nts bave _rai'ed guilty designs and _guilty hopes ; and in proportion to these , have been alarm and terror experienced by the peaceable and loyal subjects of Her Majesty . The bon . gentleman tells us himself -that he is reproached and reprobated , ani for ivh : itf . ( iHear _, he _. ir , ) _laitforanydialoyalcofidact ? Is it for _any behaviour worthy ofa man or a member of _parliament . ' Is it for expressing bis attachment to the monarchy ? ( Hear , hear . ) No , _atvd the hon . member , thepoiltica .. * _oci 6 ty with which h * . consorts reprobates him because lie is 111 iavoui * of a monarchy and against a republic . ( I _. _aiqghter . ) Tho government have thought that tho law is the inteuded
agaiust praeflssiou , and feel it Ulan * j _Juty « . o _u'fli-ii all the loyal aad pea « 6 able subjects Ot her Majest y against it . ( Hear , bear . ) N . ow , sir , has there not been sufficient warning gW , _er . s There are three days before that announcement for holding the meeting , during which _interval the hon . _gen . _tleuian , and every ono else , can _A-eec-nsider their decision . ( Hear , hear . ) They may have thought that tho procession would not be illegal ; they may have thought that it would not be a _transgression of tbo letter of the law , and that custom and precedent would have authorised them in expecting t : _attf « p _** _- oces » ' ° n w _«» _ia have been permitted . They nowku' ° w thatthe jrovernmenl has declared tlie meeting ills , ' * - *''*! J tbey are now aware that the notice of such a mceV S bas produced terror and alarm among her Majesty ' s _subjects . ; nnd is it tiot , tlu 5 i ., Uifcduty of tho hon . _geiitlemanno _^ tojuiu in sueh a procession , but tu teil then ) , a * d jho w » y _tv ¦ _' _* tliem with truth , that their petition will be received _avii _' U respect ,
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and that a fair opportunity will be _affbrded-for ftieca . lm discussion oftbe people ' s Charter , bet bim advise them to proceed properly and _conttitutionally in their oHoris to have the prayer of their petition conceded , and not _ny illegal means endeavour to terrify and overawe the deliberations of _Parliament . ( Chcera . l Sir R . Peel said , he recollected no act of the government _ofl 843 which ought to fetter tbe discretion of ber Majesty' ministers . lie knew it had been said that there were _occasions in former years when _procession of the people were allowed to approach the House of Commons . But that was only by indulgence ot the executive government _. The present was tbe time when ihe government might properly express its _intentions ; and , he must say that considering the circumstances ofthe times , as well foreign as domestic , nnd taking also into regard the state of the public mind at present , if _loo _. _ou' ? peopl e were to be permitted to parade the streets , it waa impossible to foresee the consequences , and , in hi » opinion , tho government had acted rightly in t : iking the course they had done .
_Theason and Sedition Bill . — Bir G . _Gutr then moved U _* e leave to bring in a bill forthe better security of the crown and go-: crument , to apply equally to the United Kingdom , the principal feature of tlie measure being the substitution of the punishment of trans _, portation for that of death incases enumerated in the existing acts , but not comprehending the crime of _com-VAaMuti _' _CiPd'igisiiiugtUe _^ eat'i or _iuiprisoiimeut of tb e _sovereign , and the imposition of tho penalties imposed I-y the bill to all such persons as should , by open advised speaking , eompass , imagine , or promote tbo said _trenscnable _designs . After some debate , in wV . ch the latter _proposition was condemned us a _RUHgling clause , and calculat . d to interfere with thc _discus-ion Of political subjects the house divided , when the motion for leave to _orinc in the bill was carried by a _niojorify i , f i ! S 9 , the numbers being 28 ' to 2 +. [ We shall give -11 account of this bill , and the debate upon It next _WCek . _]—TllQ Lnilulord and Tenant ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time after some discussion , and referred to a Belectcommittee . The Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Bills were reported , and the house adi . iurned .
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
Friends And Brothers—-Trie Ti Mfe Has At...
Friends and brothers— -Trie ti has at length arrived , when those \ v } _, 8 hold your confidence must appeal to y wisdom ; when those who have strugg _ledfr om the infant ' s birth to the giant ' s maturity , will have to rest their claims and confidence , not upon one solitary act , but upon their cveryact Perhaps there never was a time in the history of this , or of any other country , when tbe
fate of millions , living and yet unborn , so en , tirely depended upon the _prudence , the wis * dom , and the courage of those whom the peop le have selected to conduct the mind ' s volition to a successful issufe _/ and _H'hile _mimy _« j )] tej | you that they are tired of agitation and now demand the looked-for _change , _u * k those men where they were when we braved the t yrant force of persecution , and were solaced with a dungeon as our reward ?
The mighty mind of England—ay , and 0 f Ireland too—is _looking to us all , and especiall y to me , for the promised fruits of our long an ( _j incessant labour ; and ) _fisfaras I am concerned , 1 am resolved , that , whether my days in this world be _lonn or short , not to abate my ardour —not to diminish my demands—or to peril the cause whicli is nearest to my heart—b y _throw . in _£ away a single opportunity which may lead to its accomplishment . . If I had trafficked in your confidence , and . made merchandise of your credulity , I might , perhaps , be induced to cry WAIT ! WAIT !! WAIT !' . !
But your poverty — your destitution and misery—and my own" feeling and sense , of humanity—the love of truth and justice—H'ould not allow my lips to utter the delusive words ; and , therefore , it is that I tell you , that in my soul I believe the propitious hour has arrived , when our long suffering and martyrdom may be crowned with the laurels of victory . On Saturday morning vou will receive this
letter , and still continue to send up youif twigs to increase the bundle representing the National Will , and let him who refuses to sign be looked upon as a traitor to freedom ' s cause . Old Guards , spur the recruits to the proper performance of their duties , and tell those whose names are not to be found in the national master-roll , that they are not deserving of their freedom .
With the many , the arduous , and anxious duties , now imposed upon me , and the varied occupations that you have assigned to me , together with the crowded state of our columns , and after my fifteen years' incessant _preaching , y ou will not require a longer letter from me this week ; and , in conclusion , ] have only to add , that if the peace is broken on Monday , the Government , and not the people , will be the aggressors , as the Convention has passed a unanimous resolution to respect property , and observe perfect PEACE , LAW , AND ORDER ! Ever your Faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .
The Northern Star , Saturday, April 8, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , APRIL 8 , 1848 .
" The Cause Of Justice Is The Cause Of G...
" THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE IS THE CAUSE OF GOD . " Such were the memorable words with which Arthur O'Connor , now in the fiftieth year of his exile , concluded bis memorable speech in the Irish House of Commons , in May , 1786 ; and , presuming that tiie cause of the English people and the Irish people in tlieir present struggle for liberty is just , their cause is God's cause , and for it they must struggle though present defeat should be their portion . We have nursed , have nurtured , and trained the mind of this country to a _religious belief in its own omnipotence ; we have silently rocked it in the cradle—have anxiousl y watched its growth , and now exultingly rejoice in the giant strength it bas achieved .
We cast an anxious but not a desponding ¦ jlance to the history of the past ; we count over tbe names , and feed upon the valiant deeds of departed heroes , and , in silent commune with ourselves , we _as-k , whether u * e would rather participate in their posthumous fame and eternal glory , or passively and submissively crawl through life , evading the oppressor ' s foot , and the tyrant ' s yoke—our path beset with the law's snare , and the tyrant ' s
pitfall—and we exclaim , " What is life but liberty ? and _whiit is liberty but the fullest enjoyment of life ? We look upon the past as the damning evidence of willing slavery , and we look to the budding future as portentous and promising , if we but avail ourselves of passing events to absolve us from bygone transgressions , and to lead us to a new birth unto _righteousness . The world rocks around tbis sea-bound
dungeon—tbe howl of famine , of vengeance , and despair , rages throughout the sister Islethe people of both countries—always identified in interest , but divided in feelinghave nt length awakened to a knowledge of tbe great fact , that «¦ United tbey 6 _' and , Divided tfe y fall . " and , though divided by the ocean , the electric spark of freedom has passed from breast to breast , and tbey have sworn to achieve their liberties . And is the resolve unnatural or illegal ? Reason answers , that it is not unnatural—power answers , that it is not illegal ; because the Will of the majority should be the law of the land and _^ the _ha-jis of the constitution .
On Monday next the matured Will of tlie producing classes of this country wil )| be carried in triumph to the Senate and will be presented to tlie Representatives of worn-out prejudices and exploded privileges— prejudices and _privileges which allow the idle few to lord it over the industrious many , and to live sumptuously upon the sweat of the producer . This mighty monster may be , and probably will be , rejected by those who feel strong in the possession of power ; but we would warn them gravely , and warn them in time , of the fallacy
and foll y of any attempt to resist the flood oi mind and fixed resolution _nwnifested in this ; the people ' s last appeal . It may be < i . tUv . sacrifices—bloody sacrifices — may be demanded by the confident / and _self-relying oppressor ; but , should it be so , the hot blood flowing in the veins of freemen , will contend for the prize and the honour of martyrdom , and the greater the number of victims tlie more profuse will be the seeds of freedom , for from every drop of the martyrs' blood will spring ten thousand _^ patriots to avenge the martyrs' death ; for
" Labour b bittle onco begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son . Though baffled ofc is ever won ; '' so , ' will it be with tbe noble army of Chartists , who have sworn to bequeath liberty to their successors . They look to the voice of knowledge to silence the cannon ' s roar ; they demand tlieir just rights , and all their rights and liberties , without
trenching upon the rights or liberties of others . And , whilst engaged in this holy and god-like undertaking , should lewd power Jet slip the dogs of war , power must take the consequence ; and great and dreadful will the consequence _bfl _i if vengeance and despair should once possess the minds of the millions of freemen who pant for liberty , and demand the restoration of their long-withheld rights .
J he right to petition—to commence the petition humbly and . conclude it with a prayer , and to convey that petition to the Senate House—is a right that has never been disputed , and a right which | the people , as trustees to their successors , are bound to preserve —a right which they have exercised legally , peacefully , and constitutionally , at all times and , as recently as 1843 " under the Govern-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/4/
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