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¥ 0 2 SS KBU 9 &S OB THE KOBIHBEN ST 1 X . " JS&Bgpetf being the principle of abduction or rtealingaway of aman , woman , or child , from their c ^ ro tonntry and sending them to another was capital by tie Jewish law . * He that stSaletfi a man , and seHeth Wt"V or if he be found in his hand , ' > e ahull surely be put to death /"—Biackstone ' t Onmrnenianes .
Gextlemex , —Allow ma to call to yournotice a paragraphwhich appeared in the Times of . last ^ Tuesday , being an extract from a Chelmsford paper . ~** In the Chelmsford Union Workhouse there are at present S 23 paupers , and 111 children , from three to fifteen years of age . The Guardians and the Poor Law Commissioners are at a lcwa how to dispose of iAem . The children ' * Friend Society Laving-been applied to , stated that they bad not the means to send them to the colonies , whereon the Guardians and tbe Law Commissioners applied to Lord John Unssell , who has promised to bring in a bill next sesfl ' on to einpoirer the Government to advance ¦ mon ey * to pax the expent * of fendine these and such
destitutechildren to some of the colonies abroad . " This system of wholesale kidn » pping is likely to become general , Bnder the cruel and tyrannical dominion of the Somerset House monsters ,-and their deification humbug is likely te become a cruel , neartless . -ajid most effectual separation of children from their parents , I have writien a letter to Lord John Russell upon thu subject , showing this manstfons attack upon the Liberty of tbe subject to be pert and parcel of the beastly and -wicked Jlalthusian philosophy , which , ? if you will be kind enough to insert , * I will forward it to you without delay . R . J . Richardson . Salford , Dec 19 , 1838 .
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MEETING OF TIIE VTORK 1 NG MEN'S AS r SOCIATIGN .
A mrennjr of tbe members of this Asjociatioa w « convened last night , atChesney ' ii Rooms , F"ley-* m * et , in order to ascertain their opinions on lhe subject of the National Contention , en the receut proceedings » Edinburgh , &c The room was rxce # « rrfy crowded . . ~ FEAnotfs O'Coxxoa , E fQi having been unanimously called upon to preside . addre « sfd the nieet--Ung nearly in tha following terms : —Working Men of St . Pancraii , —It is now more than three -years wnce 1 bad the honour of presiding oyer a Radical meeting in London . However , at thut period I told you that no matter how lon » my absence might be ^ so matter in what country I might live during my absence . I would return to yon agnin precbwly the man 1 left too . ( Cheers . ) Although these " times
are now considered a tittle dangerous , and although the vicinity of a Court , and / more especially a Court unrounded by such men as surround tan Court now , mnr be considered a dnngervus position , and notwithstanding the many warnings I nave , had of that dftaget , I vtand before you . to-night to advocate the sama prindples , namely , Ultra- Radicalism . As soon as it was announced tb * t I intended once more to try the fnrit of that ^ jrindple in London , the Downing-rtreet kitchen maid , Qje fFeeki y Ctiroiu ' clc , edited by George Heary Ward , the Member for Sheffield , had the audacity to attempt to intimidate me , by tilling me tbat the moment I came to a London meetiug die police would arrest me . ( Loud
iangnter . j i am ntre now , ana i aareine ponce—l defy the polk *—and I dare the masters of the pofee- ( Lond cheers . ) If the law * are bad , so Jong » lnaveyonr siippo / t , who pujtht in justice and rightpousnes * to make the laws , I am stronger than ' tfie laws themselves , if they are attempted to h » perverted against me . ( Cheer * . ) And who is this Mr . Ward ? He w a man who , indrviduallv , exposes , reviles , and condemns the Minister * , whilst he has Hie sneakingness to support them , as a confederacy aiainst the people . He tells yon that , as individuals , ttey are one aid aB of them bad , bat that expediency obliges Mm to support them . Why?—for fear we should hare worse . J should like to know
where he - could find them . ( Cheers . ) We hare tried these men now for a length of time , and we bare invariably found them guilty . We cour t investigation , whilst they shrink from the public coaut « - saace , and procrastinate their day of trialriu the Teiy last-moment- Haw is it thai tier care not » eetthe « rantry at the present juncture " ? AYe- $ ee my Lord Durham in London actnally claiming justice , such as he calls it , for Canada , which means jftstioe for himself , wid tbatiastSce is deferred , while bj Lord "Melbourne , € hfi old bean , " may come and go to and , "from The" Palacerast at the Tiour that be * t oito him , ^( Laughter . ) TJrirznightdo Tery weHif &e question waa -only' a- question , between my Lord Durham and tbe Ministers ^ bu t while we make it a
question between- tie labouring : classe * aad fee Minister * , they < annot longer trifle -with us .. We are now upon tb * e -eve ; of jneefins what they have been pleaded to call . another Parliament . . Longlooking , anxiously ioping for something like justice fiom a ReJbrmed Administration , you witiihold jjMtice niiffl forbearance beconaes a cntne ; and yon have said to yourselves , we wiQ . now have leaders of our own , we "will - estabKsh " a small . Parliament of for ^ -nine , and , we wfll lace their proceedinfi in eontrast ' wila tiie' jawordifies of those men who Lave been so long . misgoverning us . ( Loud cheeri » g . ) I hare laboured a * ardentlj to give effect to mat meeting as any other man has ; and one of my wincipal reasong for appearing before you to-niiht
is , to piii jMi upon ; ypnr guard , not against the Whigs , because they are known to you . —not against ie Tories , because they are old embittered foes of HXBn 3 dnd , - ^ { chewa >— -bat against tb . e deserters from our mm ; pararr You htT 6 nothing to apprehend from the pusiflamaiTty of fee W-higs —yon have nothing to dread from thft bold audacity of the Tories —bnt yon bare muca to dread from , those , who have Stained power by y » nr influence- —( hear , bear , and load cheers}—acid would TKiw tura that power to > theirY ^ wli . claas distinctions , and their own personal adTaatage . ( Cheers . ) An attempt has keenma& , in . dinerent plac&s to try to tarn this to socb purppaes . A panj hare sprang up , cabling ftenBelvear " PaDosopmcal Radicals ' — -a party of
ineawnojinstea doi assailrng the strongiiold ofcor-Tnption , woold assail tlie tea-pot and the exciseman ¦^ - ^ oghfejlrft p > rty of-men who speak of moral eooraze Jmi denoonce physical force . Why , they wooidW&e first ; tonsepnyacal force , and to abstain "fcjm aa ^ flimglikc atnal of utoral exertion in this « onoby . 1 tafe ^ ieea ^ denonneedas a person who xecommended ^ m ysical force . I stand here before jon , aaiff ; my -fifeWBg upon tae lips of a judge , © r . apon the Terdict of ^ a inry of shopkeeper ? , if 1 iad recommended physical force I would not retract the assertion . Bat ¦ audng Tny who ' -e existence—^ ring n » y ^ whole : Ra rrtcal career—I . never , directly ° r lTMinpcdyi "' -Tpywwwwa ^^ iii ^ p h \ jnraJ forces ( -Loud
eneees . ) JSat I ' ll ml yoa wnati do recommend—1 recommend a strong pourtrayal of moral force . I donotlooknpon-moral force with tbe same eye as tfae "Philosophical ^ tadieab . " . They consider it saoTsl force to write a stroBg article in a newspaper . 3 considerit moral force to meet those men who are to carry fte Radical petition to the-Honie of Coinsoons— -four or fire hundred thonsandntrong— -marching down without arms in your hands , and . sending * ymir cnmriKmonhi Into the JJoase' of Conuoons-to taj that Mr . A ^ wood and Mr . I ^ den are the teirere of jame&sige , and tiiatyon wait for a reply oaufide . ; ( Hear , and great chesring . ) Thaf s moral fcrce , aod , that ' s constitational Jbrce . It may not be exacdy ^ egal force .. You may be told jJiat more titan a certain number of perMns are not to go upon to the
any occasion ^ House of Commons . Sica is Hbe law / WhaV ^ n gh t to be lbs law ? The law ought toi be ^ rhara ^ people sayis right , and what the 3 > eopie say » ta »^ otthe whole people , becaase feat could not be , botT ^ jaajority of tee people because that conld 1 > e Jtd | . ought to be , ( Cheers . ) You are now represented in > 4 hii borough—and how areyottjrepresented . ? A »< Bcqe five men here who woold bold , up their band * tol \ the man who ia and to be the representadvs oi \ MaryleDOiie in Ifee 5 Home of Commons ? Xc& » hifea nQ' "No i" ) Noi not fi « 8 men ; Tnea ; ire ' TOttr reprinted in the Hoiae of Commoni ? I ^ p , notft ^ ngle ram of yon . ^ CbeeJrsO 3 ot mark the tnni > aat ~ yo . nr ' c « A ; was aboat to tske * Tiere . was » vtriaIolstrengtn , X was 9 ptK > de 4 . a { Binnins }^ m ) r « nd after that followed a ™|^*«^ a >^ ^ " ^ t ^ jn ^ frgltr ' and there to * 4 p ^ P ^ bia tiuAa ^ ii ^ c 82 ne oat , ' and began to ^ l ^^^^^^^ fe ^^ d ^ Pfm ^ S ^ f » mpBxw 6 iv ^ J Wh y * 6 / the nuld ^ agjfe ^^ nJen ^ CoS ^^ b ^ glw ^ de-»| ^^^ gQi ! B j ^ lA ^ ta thd onier SKKBBBigMg ^^ &Z 00 ** ^ ¦ b IHb ^ w ^^^^ wms ^ mm
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nttered , I don't inow whaUphysical 'force , mean * < Cheers . )/ Bui nothing Wbnld give me greater pleasure-than to w'&t mnn , who caM « me a iniscreant , coining whhjiis force ; - ^ a ^ - soon as tbtysjiwthe spirit of RWicalism , they would de * ert from Daniel O Connell and flock to the stHndard of Univer ^ SuBragel . ( Great-cbeermg \ y'Wl ^ ' ^> " vl look for UnirerKU Suffrage for" Ireland aswep as fp ^ England ? Why , becau « eireIa ^ jrmy ' ^ n ^;" J look dor Universal Snfirage for Irelaqd , because it would take the mask off the jugglers in ^ at country—because , if the total exrinction of titnea does tote place , which" ^ rould'have been the case longsince if it bad not been for the great juggler , Universal Suffrage alone can turn it . to ; proper and TiiwfifAnl ** - fl /^ nTint - Tf + /\* rr \ t \*** f \ vm iknw U . J * t » -l KWkawA ^ ttvwuM At vviuwtiun xi
2 ** w . - M - m ^ j . au ~ -vuC extinction of Tithes in Ireland , without Unirereal Snf&age , it would only be taking £ 100 from the parson , and giving £ V 3 Q to tbe landlord . ( Laughter and cheers . ) ^ . That is tbe meaning ; but it all resolves itself into the compass of a nut-shell , and that nut was cracked on Sunday last , when Daniel had the mortiiicariou of finding the kernel only pence instead of shillings as heretofore . ( Langhter . ) lie mounted the ladder upon the shoulders of poor men , who willingly gave their pence to support him ; and now that he has crushed . - the trades , now ^ hat he has left Canada mourning at his feet , he says it is only the Kiiiional Bank of which be is a proprietor , that is , the respectable portion of society . This is die man who calls me a miscreant , nnof who a * ks
where I , who preach physical force , wai when the riotx at Todmorden took place , and how I cau lie on my bed and reflect on the persons who have lost their husbands , and on those who have been incarcerated in gaol . Now , an Irishman generally answers a question by asking another . Where was he when the slaughter took place at RathconEac ? Where was he when there was ever anythinj , ' to be done , but in the back-ground , skulking and leanng the torce that"he had led on to the assault : ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) \ What nowT > ecomei your duty—not so much to raise an offensive farce as a defensive force . We are now threateueJ oa the one baud with Royal Proclamations , prepared by my I ^ trd Melbourne , ( for agoiidenjt of wlioxe
bead , if 1 was a baiber , 1 would give £ 60 )—( laugh-Ur)—in consequence oi what has taken place in the North ; an . l 1 must now tell you a few words about our Northr-m brethren . * We have a Northern Union wV . irh numbera 56 , 000 nien , paying members , aud 1 . 300 of tie * are enrolled ut Bradford alone . ( Cheer .-. ) We found that thtse men coald not generally express theiDyelves at public meetiugs , because the ruout-yiuougcrs hold them , in ourauw curing the diy ; and , as they were desirous of innkiug thfir > ei ; tim (> nts known , 1 recommended t--em _ to meet tiy torch-light . Th ^ y met . Not a wolalion of the p .-ace took place . On the contrary , they w « -je the guardian * of the peace , even under the dark cloud pi night . Seeing that the union , which '
could notbe effected by day , waa . acli : e \ -ed in the liijjhi , Lord Melbourne go «* down to the Palace , aud 1 suppose , whilst acliickeu was "devilling "—( a laoirh ^—! w ffritMBiDBJt ongraminaticnl proclamation , and one coutaiuiug greuter nousenje , and more illegality , 1 never saw m my lUe ; bui lie puts down « nr torch-light m » etings . When ? Not until he liudi our party is about to be broken—not uatil lhe men in Edinburgh have treasonabl y come forward and denounced tbe principle they were tee iirstto advocate . Tie very moment de «> rtiun take * place in tbe rank . « . Hi * lollowed up by hostility ou the part of the l ' ress . The very instant one man is lopped off , all who hava taken pan in the movement are to be lopped off after them . I hava stood
orward biuniu and nut oJ lhe House of Comnions , battling nil parties who dare to nrrivt the people in their tin ward-ourse of liberty . ( Cheers . ) Now this tnck « er—thu man who is a disgrace to any Govt-rnmenr , and tlu-reiore a much greater disgrace to be ax -the hv-ad « f a Gbvermnent- ^ -thb man , who is afraid to m » set Purliameut whilst a civil war is raging in Canada—has only one way of subduing our leelmgs , and thnt is to pot out our farthing caudles . ( Oli . ) But-1 am joineto give him something to do next month ; we shall have a pretty new moon in January , and let us see if he will pnt out the moon . ( I / OuU auid long continued cheering . ) Let us &e « if Daniel OCoun-11 , and his ^ taff of Precursors , will come to his assutauce , and go up to the man iu the
moon . Let us see what they will do when placed in this emergency , but don ' t you be afraid in Londoc tt e aroallrigutiu the North . ( Cheers . ) Dou ^ t be afraid of two or three foolish men , with a parson at the head of them—Dr . Brewster . 1 suppose Dr . Brejrster , one day or ether , intends to be Primate of theRadicals . He does not Hke the Church property to be meddled with , because he expects to have his share of it . ( Laut'hter . ) Don ' t be alarmed about the state of feeling in Edinburgh , for 1 intend , with theblesai ^ ofGod , to try the real feeling there earl y uext mo ^ tn . ( Cheers . ) I am not to be frightened by these voice . ^ though they may come thundering from the North . 1 am going to see in Dr . Brewster ' s own town w hether the real Radicals or the sham
and . *» Philiwupni ' cal lUdicals" are the strongest party . The v . ry iustar . t the Govenuneut finds Ufc » M Philosophical lladicals" are the strongest , the j will at once thunder out their anathemas against our party . They are already beginning to feel annojea , and w > me of them say thev are for the greatest practical extension of the suffrage : what thejmean is , such an extension as ' will suit their own convenience ; what I mean is , the most we are able to take from them . If to-morrow they gav * us Household Suffrage , I would make use of it to obtain JJniveKal SuSrage . ( Cheers . ) These are not the times to recede one single , step : if we do , we fall to the ground at once . If a dog follows yon , and you run away , he will bite your Jieel ; but if you
turn-round and kick him , he will set off with his tail between his legs . ( Laughter . ) If thesa Whigs follow us , and attempt to bite , we'll jjivethema kick . ( Cheers . ) They tell you thatyou shouldrobey the law so long as ft is the law " ; but it will alwars be the law so long as yon . obey it . These "Philo-8 ophieal Radicals" have placed upon their banners a motto of . which I highly approve , " Peace , Law , and ; Order "—that is , if peace procurei * the law , then I am for order —( uearj andclieers ) r—butif peace procure not tbe luw , iben I am . for disorder . Peace , to the valuable , must produce thnt which will give the greatest amount of happiness to the people . But if the peace is to be all on one ride , I care not for it : I am for peace being general , or not
at alL - ( Cheers . ) Yon ask whatis my opinion ? It is , * hatif you bring one-half your moral force to bear , you will be able to accomplish : Universal Suffrage . But every man must work" as I have doneevery man must suppose that on him alone Tests the responsibility , and that he has not done enough until hecan unfurl the standard , and say thai Universal SnflTa | e is the law of the land . ( Cheew . ) After som » rarther remarks , Mr . O'Connor again adverted to Mr . O'Connell , who he said had haa more power in his hands than ever fell to the . lot of man in the country . Has he not been in Parliament ten years . And yet I defy you to put your finger on a single clause inanyActbroughtintotneHouseofComaionR by him for the amelioration of the condition of the
working classes . Of what use is his power ? Is it hot worse than if he had none at all ? Who putdown the Trades ? Daniel O'Concell . Who was sworn to abandon Ministers if thny attempted to coercfi Canada ? Daniel O'Connell . Who pledged himself to be present . and oppose Ministers on every division on that " questi-in ? Daniel O'ConnelL Wio used all the malicious ingenuity of a practised Barrister to thwart and twist and turn every particle oT evidence against the Trades Unions in this country ? Daniel O'Connell . ( Cheers . ) Who was it that told the Attoraev-General the Dorchester labourers had been rightfully transported ? Daniel O'Connell . ( ' Shame" ) Who gave the casting vote against the factory slaves in this country ? Daniel O'Connftll .
(• ' Shame . ) A nd yet this is the man who dares to call me a miscreant . Wh y , the abuse of such a man is my greatest honour—^ mygreatest pride > But mark , the Press . While they will not give a sentence ^ of your meednes , ' tliey give Jiim at vdlnminbu 3 length every day . Why ? Because he is favourable to the money-mongerine classes . If there were twenty angel * in the Hotae of Commons , they would be overborne by the great power which the money-mdngers have in that House . Why do we ask iirUniiEerjsal SufTrage ? Wh y , that labour should be represented ; andif labour ia reprwented , capital musr ^ because without the employment of labour , capital would be of no useand without the
expendi-, ture af capital labour would be ofno use . 1 give yen my advice , never , so long as you have afoot of moral p& * bng ground , be misled by any man to enter into a civil war , for when it once commences , God only know * where it will end ; and the working classes , by going on in their underiating course of assaulting b y their moral p ower , will be able to effect all that is nec&sary for themselvei . ( Cheers . ) Por three year * I was said to be a Tory spy ; and now 1 am said to be a-Whig spy .- I am going to ^ accept both , but wiUra little difference ; ram a spy , but it is upon the Whigs and Tories- ^ -1 am a spy for the working classes , an"d so long as I Have an eye to spy , no damage shallcojne ^ to them , andsolong as I have
- an arm to lift—as long as theu- nghts are invaded , I will raise that arm and die fighting in their ranks . ( Immense cheering . ) I loot upon this _ meedng as a mostimportantbne : and if the jesblutionsproposed be adopted , fliey will speak volumes . Why ? Because this xneering will be conaiiiCTed as speaking the sentiments of the same -class ra ^ ougnout the country . >( CheersO It was simply > oj duty to open the meeting ; but I thought it my duty to speak of the . strength behind you—to expose , the weakness of d'ConneUr-ptoexposeJlie imbecrlUy of my Lord Melbourne , * wuo , "belief 8 me , haiiome woes hanging over his head . Tbe people *> f . ads > ounuy win not stand thisdalliance-tbey will not W . I sau ^ tied with , an old worn-out bean devoting bj ame ^ o dnvijig backward and forward , w $ ile tuft ? jrouauyyis iu conlosion , and Canada ^ may be in ; diiuusj- ^ heers . ) In- defiance of Henry George . * Vara r | iw | ick .-3 putle of the Whigs—in defiance of all tae iK » uddn rress—notwithstanding the Chnmcfe aad xbo tfiWe J « commen < led that I should ; be ttwd- ^ ttand here in ^ efiance of them , all * Iani
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* tn- > ngerthanbad-law , bec «« e ^ there is goodbiw behind my back . ( Greatfjcheeriug . ) I thought it necessary to give you my ? ^ inipit of physical rdrcev to expose tiie truculeBceoMbeleaders in the State , and to renew my covenant witb you , which is , tin t 1 will stand by you & the death , ' and that I will die a Radical and : aiJtadical only . ( Mr . O'Cbnndji ejjumed has , sea | aiBMblt loud , ^ uid ^^^ prolonged " clieering . ) ¦""¦" .- ¦ , % ' ^^> - \ '¦""''" *¦¦/ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ,:- ^ : Mr . GARDomo ^^ b ^ Jst resoi trtidn . 3 ^ iswastlie mbJtimportantcnsisftathad-eaSj ted for the working classeg . At the prtaent moment they pojtsejjsed a power most mig h ^ f in ; "Jts . operation , one that ; vras to be viewed by them with ^^ the "hi ghest feeh * ngs of
delight , and by their enemies wjth dread and akrm . Cheers . ) The . Radicals were now in the highway torthe accomplishment of Hueir great object , and was it tobe s ^ d that- ^ ieir Jprospecta were to be blighted by disseDsioDsbeiDg raised up among them ? ( Loud chMtrs , and crieH of ^ No , nol" ) . How did the men of Edinburgh propose to accomplish the great object they had in view ? Why , by taking from them those men who had done all -the work , who bad braved all the danger , and who had Hitherto acted with a singleness of purpose in furtherance of the great objects the people had in view . He would say to the men of ScoUa » d *• Nol" so long a « those men actias they had done , they should have their snpport * and every attempt to divide should only unite mem stronger together . ( Cheers . ) The men of Scotkud
-wud , that too strong language had been used . Good heavens ! ¦ What language- could be too strong , considering the degradation and insult thev kail received . ( Cheers . ) They -would never crouch in the dust before their fellow-men . ( Cheers . ) " Moral force was the first slep towards the suecess of tlieir cause , and that could not be rendered effective unless thepeople were concentrated . If the people were conceutrated , physical force , whioh hnd been said so much about , was not necessary . ( Cbeera . ) Tlieip enemies wished to divide in order to destroy tbern , but lie trusted that the result of the present meeting would be to show them ili ' at they could not effect their object , tkat the Radiciils were detenuined to be staunch to a man , and that " the people united would carry the day . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Visita seconded the resolution . He was happytosiy that the causb of the Eiialish Radicals had met with the sympathy of their Irish Friends . ( Cheers . ) . " - ; ; : A person in the meeUng trusted that no di $ cord would rise up among them . They must adopt the example of the Tories , inid allow no sqwabbliug in their nuiks , for if they did ^ the great cauie they , had to accomplish would be placed in jeopardy . The Resolution was thou put to tie lueeting by the Chairinan , and declarecl by him io be curried unanimously . _ r' - ¦ ' -. ' , .
Mr . Henxt Vixcext moved the next resolution : They were met to-night to speak their minds plninly aud honeatly to the Govenimcnt and their lellowcounlrymeu—to every man , woman , and child- —^ to all classes of politicians , and all grades of religious opinion—to tell each and nil , that the timewas just approaching wh « u t ' j < v Government of England must surreuder up iu exclusive powers aud monopolies , and give to thu people- their inherent birthright—Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) It was delightful to iiud even in the lnetropolis-rthat the oeutre of corruption , where the bauble Crown was displayed to move the people from the one tiring needful— -where the tinsel Aristocracy ., rolling
through the streets , mocked the poverty of tlie people with iu splendour , and where dwelt all itsviciousuess , mi « ery » and depravi : y , which degraded and disgraced mnn . It was delightful to find that eyeh ihere thu pople had aroused from their bonds—that they came from the looms , the Workshops , ; and the courts , to proclaim their own political equality , uiid to bid the exclusive avaricious few prepare to meet their doom—for , by the God : that made him , their doom would won be sealed . ( Cheers . ) Why were they met to-night ? Because they were living under a Goveruuieut and a Constitution whichAvas said to be " the envy of surrounding nations and the admir ation of the world" ( treat laouhter )—while the
great ma . < s of the population—tho intelligent hardworking mechanics , and the sickly agricultural labourers , who toiled from morning till night , re- ; ceiviug 5 s .. 6 s ., and 7 s . per week—bad no share in the Government which . tli «> y were compelled to support , or no thare in the making of laws , except to hear the heavy burdens placed uj . en theiu . They were met there to-night to tell the rotten House of Commou-f—to tell the three hundred old women in pantaloons , who sat in the House ^ f Peers—to u-11 Lords Melbourne and John Russell—to tell Wellingtor . and Peel—the Queen , and the Queen ' s mammiH that they were resolved to possess the power which belonged to them , eyeu according to
theoretical notions of the Constitution—uapiely , tlie privilege of electing theMeuibers of the House of vCoinmons , or else let not the other classes have the slightest security for the privilege they possessed . ( Much cheering . ); Tne first , « ud broadest , and truest definition of a Government was , that it should keep down depravity and oppression—that it should extend equal protection to tUe rich and the poor , and diffuse the blessings of liberty and iutelhgeuce to every branch of the human lamily . The Government of Euglaud did not d <> that . Although ' in that country they manufactured more goods thiin would dillu * e comfort and happiness to all the labourinjj classes , they found them steeped in . tke lowest deDth 8
of poverty . That ' showed that Aere was something "rotten in the State , " and it ca . uld only be eradicated by determination and unity on their parts . The first great pruiciple of the resolution was , . 'that the present House of" Commons did not represent the people . Did it ? Ye * ; bat -wlio ? All the Three per Cent . Jews and stock-jobbing gentry , and all the naval and military gentlemen . Were they the people ? If so , let them keep themselves , and keep their hands out of the pockets of the people . They ha 3 a population of 27 millions , and of these only 800 . 000 had the elective franchise , and not above 500 , 900 or 600 , 000 give their votes at elections ; and when they came to admit the vote * of the
minority who did not return themselves , it would be seen that the House of Commons only represented about 300 , 000 or 400 , 000 . Among th ' es ' e ^ . were iijl persons living on public , plunder , or expecting to share in it . Constable * , managers of the New Poor Law Bill , and all vrho hoped toi-be Aldermen or Mayors , or asses , and who cared nothing for the industrious tradesmen . ( Great laughter and clieers . ) "What right had the House of Commons ; therefore , to govern them ? Oh , they had plenty of right—the power of tuelaw ! They might talk of the hereditary exclusive powers of the Peerage ; but the House , of Commons was as exclusive , to those who had no vote , as the Houseof Peers . He ; denied the right of the
House of Commons to make laws to " govern him , who had no vote . If the House : of Commons had that right , then the people were not entitled to Universal Suffrage —( hwar;)—but , beu ' eving , as he did , that all Governments , to ba legal , must be based upon , the principle of tlie benefit aad advantage of all , he denied their right . Let the Goverument , then , choose between resistance to the laws made by them , or Universal Suflirage . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Why bad they not Uuiversiil Suffrage ? Because they had a variety of opponents—the middle closes , who denied that the tradeiman possessed intelligence ; but he coutended ttlat the shopkeepers possessed no qualification which the tradesman did
not possess . Did not the mechanics invent machinery , lay down railroads , whichanuihilated time and space , and promoted th « happiness and comfort of the community ? Shame then , upon the middle classes , who said that the working classes did not possess sufficient intelligence * It was alleged that the working classes were sickly , ill-clad' —that their hands were dirty , and their shoea dowh at heel . He , ( Sir . Vincent ) admitted all that ; bat the reason why .. di * y ^ ere not beltt-r fed and better clad , was that tiiey worked so liard for other people ' s benefit that they had not time to do anything lor themselves . ( Hear . ) Itwassaid that tbe democrats were anarchists , which in drawing-room ¦ language meant
cannibals . { A laugh . ) But lie could assure the aristocracy that they had no intention of eating them , for they would prove a bad morsel . ( Hear ;) Their object was to promote the comfort and happiness of the greatest number of the community , and without Universal ; Suffrage they could not do that . They wished to see the peaceful and moral progress of the institutions of , jh © country . He wwhed to see a Government which woflld i imprisbn a traitorrnffian Duke •/ Cumberland with as much ease as the Dorchester labourers . ( Loud cheering . ) The present laeeting wasi the first of a series of political agitation in the metropohs—it was a sort of Precursor Meeting . It hadasilent ^ ^ warningin itarid
, bid the sleepy members of DowaiBg-street to take up their sticks and budge . Inasmuch as they were ; going-to have in a few , weeks , not a rotteo House of ( Jonimqn * oflawn-sleev ^ d , and wbite ^ gloved , and perriwigged dandies , but a body of niensent forth , from , the east and the west , and all parts of the country ^ to watch over the People ' s Charter , and to take care that it suffered no indignity from their rotten worships , inasmuch a « they would have that Parliament sitting and working up the steam to blood-heat—as that new Convention
would be sitting either by day or night , be hoped that neither the treachery of its own members , or the fear of ttie Government , would keep the people from performing their duty .- When thus surrounded by the steady fiien < yf London ; the Convention would be prepared to stand up in the face of God and man to assert their rights , protected from outrage , treachery and deceit . Who said that the people of London werelethargic and dead ? The Daily Press . Arid ,-yet wua * was its conduct during Ae passing of the [ Reform BUI ? When eightor ten old women met in W 5 ° rner of . the country , ( be tmw » ^ arid * Cfirmtcle ^ M ^ aoMfd « w exjrfe ^^^ dv « xJr ^ ht ^ mniuH bnt w ^ oae ^ imdi ^ ^ bx » nsand ¥ men t **^ r ??* * s «» ease ^ o ^«^ a «^^ aaclie 3 eti tti awgtfteirpotical mdepeira@ilhe ^^ Snteal « 9 ^ jihAu ^ a penny tr « ii& ^ iia ^ uWSI nnmb « aowiL to " tw elve . or ^^ MeianC ^ rii ^ of JVSlu wa . V ) T H « : ' &anW d ^ mmpn ^ euimthvirhatawe wouU the . nSnneritcbriieKwbeu ttejgCB ^ twtobnal'atspU ^ npo ^ 0 ^ 0 j ^^ m
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the * mlymajeitic . bai «^ people would take place- ^ wheh their peMdo * w » s spurned by the Hon »> e of Commons , ondwlienjtb * Convention iflroea its proclaination , . ^ ye , Vife prderj to its ' ednititnentii calkng npon them to leave the anvil , the ploogb , and ^ loo ^ a ^ hem « ntiche « ririg )^ osiand in lite sdemn-stpneiia ^ bf the ; $ oinb ,-anti to apeak to tbe G ^^ ra ^ titinlhe language ofawfol warning , and te ^ S W ^ W d * * fl ^ come down oil their baeesj and yield up peaceful poMeaaion of their rights , they would find - that there was a > oirit beyond which "rtnian ^^ endurance ebultlnot go—beyond which they co ^ ' ^ ° * remain quiescent—that they would suspend tiiwr work aud neter ; return until the whole o ^ their ^ nvUegesweregranted . ( Loud cheering . iteywereengaged in one ^ of the most important
cenwsw mat had ever taken place'in England . It ^ ^ * f cause of Wh % or Tory , of party erftw * tion , but of the people at large . ( Hear ; hear ) lt behoved , them , then , to be on toe alert—they ibould always bear in mind that a iBrohition tobe Huccesstnl —( let them not b « alarmed at the plunge , forall change wa * wolntipn)—the Reform Bill was a re ^ y olation ^ so . wag ^ that » f , 1688 , which placed the Present famil y on the Throne-but , let them bear m mind , that to be successful it must be guided by thelalent and intelligence of the conntrv . ( Cheeria Itthey rallied round the National Convention , they mightiest satisfied that the day was riot far disturit when it woujd hwe to celebrate in one of the Parks <> f the meb ^ polw , the triumph \ of thd rights and happiness «? f all chwse * of the people ;
Air . Webb seconded ^ the ^ re « 6 iu : ioi ^ which was passed uiiauimouafy * - i . ; . '¦ : - Air . O'Connor being compelled to leaver in order to attend another meetirisr , a vote of thauks was passed to him , and in ruturjiing his acknowledgments for the honour ; ¦ •; ' ' ¦¦ •' ¦' . ;• ¦ ¦¦ - ; '• Mr ; P'Gonnoiv said >^ that notwithstana »» g the ingenuity of the press ; in suppiessirig everytbini regarding the . moveineBi" * of the . . working clas 8 e « , thS proceedings of this meeting would echo through Lancashire and Yorkahire ; and , if necessary , giye'to their brave brethren there increased vigour , sireni » th » and determinations Mfc O'C . declBred hinwelf to be precisely the satn » in feelings and priucipiw as when he wa s last among them arid that ; undeteisred bv thetaunts of the ani the
. presa ^ . : "• scorn of tlie grea ^ and the calutnnieji ofth © Whigs and sham-Rad * cals , ne would go on inhis cauRje so long a * he was supported , by the fustian-jftcketed working classes . U w ? f- u ^ 8 years ana a quarter ago since h « had established Radical AisociiHioKs in a iieighbaujing pansh . Froni that perioi Democracy had . Wnadvan ^ ng with giant strides ; And he had been lately devoting himself to thtf uniori of the democratic ppmionv for it waa of no asa that th « wprkiojf classes thought aright il they did not know that they thought ahfce . Qii the 56 th the brave Northumbrians , undaunted by the latn attempt to awe them by the iiulitary ; will bev ** up- aud doiug ; ' * On the 2 bth he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was to attenda meeting " of the working g lasses of Bristel , and hoped to unite them with thvir brethreniri London . ( Cheers ) Mr
. 0 Conner went on to dcblare that he despised the 1 ress , as . the most corrupt engine in the State ; and conyitjced as he was that no Government could live a day against an united press , he promised shortly to establish a . DrtilyPapvr belpugjng to the people—( loud cueers)—hoping that . "a little leaven" would * pvedily >* leaven ihe whole mass . " ( Cheers . ); A hree cheer ;! were ^ iyen for Mr ; O'Connor , / it * ¦ lW nv- ^ "neooc ed that the pioprietorof the room ( Mr . Chesney ) pfferM the free use of it gratis , to the working-classesi , as often . as they required -ifc Three chc « rs were giten for Mr . Chedtiey . Mr . Paiuus was moved into the chair , and , Mr ; Thomas moved the last resolution , which was duly seconded and carried unanimously . The meeting then separated shortly befohj tea o ' clock . ¦¦ - -, ¦
The following are the resolutions : — Moved by Mr . Cardo , secondtrd by JVIr . Viner , — "That this meeting , considering a perfect uni « n of all tiie JBadicaU abaoluierr nece ^ nry for tbe aceomplishtnenc of Universal Suffrage , docs , in the strongest aud most unequivocal terms condemn the conduct of those parties in Edinburgh who ' recently arrogated to theaiseiveii the privilege of dictatirig to the , Itadical bod y , and which dictation we look upon as illustrative of their weakness , rather than of their judgment . " Moved , by Mr . Vincent , seconded by Mr . Webb , ' ¦ ' That tiiis riieetinj considers the House of Commons not to be what its name implies , namel y , the People ' s House ; but that the people are , " not represented there , and thai imposition , fraud , and robbery is thereby . practiaed upoa the people . "
Moved by Mr . Thotna- ? , » econded by Mr . Hodges , "That sad experience ; has taught the vv-orkiig classes j tbat pernianent bent » fit will nfever be procured for ¦ •' . ¦ indu stry until the people at large have th « power of exercising ; their inherent right to choose the men who are to make the laws , to which the Jives , the liberty , and the labour of the whois community are to be subjected , therefore thi * meeting recognises the principles contained in the National . Petition " as juat and reasonable . "
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ADDRESS OF THE JVIANCIIESTER POLITICAL IJNiOH Td TH £ W 0 RBLLNG CLASSES IN BIRMINGHAM . Fellow Countrvmbn ,- —V \ Te are on the eve of a mest imp »» rtant era in ; the political history ot our cpuhtrjr ; the day of our deHverauce from Whig and Tory domination is drawjng nigh , and we believe that you in cqtnmohvwith ourst-lves , are , ho less anxious in looking forward to the dawn of our political liberty . / . There . is riot a nation in the world so favoured by Providence—so adaptfcd by nature ^ -sa abundaht in all . the inneans necessary to render us a great and a ba PPy ; P eopfe > and yet . we * re the most degraded
and . . oyyrtaxed riatiou on the earth- ^ -tke most in-: suited and oppressed people that ever groaned beneath the dictatorial sway of the most sanguinary tyrant that / ever disgriiccd . the huij > ari race . We are subjugated by the power of wealth , and kept in awe by physical force . / W « are : treat « tt as rude , uncivilised ,- unlettered serfs , aud used as riieri machihesi for the creation of wealth ; we are looked upon as wild arid visionary theorists , having no principle of rectitude to govern our movement ; as an , 'hbueVt and industrious nation , weare ; looked upon b y the Aristocracy of wealth with th ^ most sovereign ieonteinpt , and our moral and physical power
equally deipised . - ^ ; ; VYhat hope is there left for the unrepresented millions ? How are they to contend fot- an equality of political rights ? By what virtuous charm can the talwuiantie power of wealth be heutraHsed ? By what rules of logic , or course of argumentation can they convince the higher arid middle ; classes of the necessity of giving to every man a fair share of the ; representative , power ? v You have beea ; told that there is inuch virtue in the name of union , in that we most cordiall y agree . ; Uuioa is ; -thef " -first bond of inankind-T-thb first principle of government —the quintessehce , the life of society * / VVhejrever there is union of sentiment—union of ihterest ~
union of synipathyT- ^ tbere will be found peace ; Wherever peace is foundeii upon these rules , there will be laws conducive to the general happiness of society an ^ where there are such la « # , order wilj be' barmonlpus ^ ly bierided > yith every institution i n the commonweaUh , Bui avarice , the bane of society r faction , the ourse of the coirimouwealth ; and ambidbn the source , of jealcjusy arid misrule , have almost destroyed the principle of . union in EpgiaridjandyouMen of Birminghamamongst
, , the rest of your Oppressed countrymen , have feitj and still feel , the damriing effects of avarice ; you ypu ^ have : been cuised by the unholy influence of faction ; nay , further , y our best interests faavei been sacrificed , to the shrine of' ambitiori ; yoiir confidence has been abused ;¦ your trust has been betrayed by the . ambition of your leaders ; and , now , the holy work in which y oii have been engagedis tube thrown at-ide , to make way for seven years longer of Whi g misrule over the British empire . v
; Men of Birihirigham ! . we of the North have watched the movirigs of the political waves towards your ff Union , "^ we have witnessed the efforts of that ; great enemy of tbe iriausmous classes , Daniel O'Connell , to make yoa believe that to « wete attaching ourselves to mea ; and princi ples subversive of our liberty and pur rights . We ; have been grieved to witness , also , jthat some of your council should so readily bavSeresj ^ prided to the call of thV areb traitor , and should not brily have denounced men' who are your friends arid our friends , r but should also have proposed a reconciliation ^ between Daniel O'Connell and Feargua O'Connor . Should that day ever dawn on Birmingham , we shall then suspect the honesty of O'Corinor ; but it cVrinot be- ^ -O'Coniijor never can never will shake hands with the great betrayer of his couritryimen , the tradiicer of the > ' wUonviU , "
« the abusei ' . of the Radicals , and the defanier of the toonietioi England . ; 1 YTe regret that one man , calling himself a : Raidical , ia . still blind enough to , expect any good to the working classic fi ^ : hi ^ w boroug ^^ pnger ^ nd : pa tron ^ empire ; froinhinijwhohaB , over and over' agai p ^; sold himself to the enemies of the people ; and ^ rho has now , in set terms , denbunced " Universal Suffrage ; arid , whor , ia ' so many word * , otfers the ; Wnig CFbyeramerit' . M a ^ force * ' of poiice from Jreliaa ;/ to : oruSh ^ h 3 § 1 ibeirtft& of m ^ j ^ l ? "fe do T ? 8 ^ ^» M m ° f yo ^ couucil ^ ujd ; aniiousiv ^^ S || fe ^|^;«^^^ c |^ e ^^) n ^ ^ a 3 * jipfettn jyijl ^ al yvibnjb ^ uKis tkvM&otfet oX thati . iufemal Action whom- , ^; few jiar ^ -ago , he ^^^^^^^ l ^^ m ^ m& ^^ W ^ mM
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designated ' « ; base , bloodyf andubrntal . ^ He was right when he thus forcibly and indelibly branded tniiip audacious forebeada ; since then they have uedalously : > triy » n to prtve to the pepu ]« that O'Gpnridllnetr them well , for they haTey-suicV then , charged the working cUsses with idleness , hnmoraHty ;; and « Vcry crime { they have passed a law . "; to reduce the labonrers to liy * pii a coarser kind of food , " they haver sent horse , feotj ana ^ w ^ lilery to enforce that kw ; and O'Conriellj . tte ' nian Vhom some of your council iong t * gee in Birmingham , in union with O'CPnnor , now tells those same ** Base ; blood y ,: and brutal Whi j ?»/ ' if they ; want jtddJtwaV force to subjugate England , he hat # r&do jar tAeirttnicemltelahdi > v : ;
Men of Birmingham : Efo you iwi s * to kriovr tibe reason why O'ConneH haf chaBgea hftvireed ? why hehag ^ turaed bis baek ^^ on ; the productive classes , arid allied himself with their oppressors f It is answered in oneyfori—patronage . r v ^ This traitor has discovered that we have some friends who ^ reincorruptible ; ta ripin dur cause he requiresyou andustodeunorice thetri } arid sorry are we that some of your ^ council ^^ should bo readily have falltin into his smare . He first belie * them ; then denoances them . Vfe allude to OXqnpor . Stephens . aridOastler ; - - - ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : :- : ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ : ' -.-a *
The / firstkaa been / before you , and expJainethint * self , seemin ^ lyvtoyour 8 ati 8 fact | pni The two latter have been denounced unheard arid unknown . We ba * e heard them , and we know them . You have been told that they are blood-thirsty jrieeBuiaries , traitors , furies , mid- —and wh y f Their traducers have told you that ^ -e ^ have been ^^ urged by these gen ^ tlemen to turn out and fight against the army ; The contrary is the truth . Thosei men have dome more than any other men to preyerit au urifmadl y meeting between the troops and the people , ; , by proving to both that good goverrimerit is the lriterese of all . ¦ . - . ., . - ""• . ' ¦ "' ¦ , ¦ :. ¦"¦ " . ¦ . - . ¦ "¦ " ¦ - ' . ¦/ ¦ : ¦/ - ¦ ¦ .:. ¦ -. ¦ •¦• ¦ -:: ¦
They baye told us that it is our right—itay ,, that it iV our duty to arm ! Vfe are folloivlbg ^ their advice , ; and we art to be toldi that We have no ^^ right to arm . Freemen , Englishmen , no right : to arm ! ana we are told this , too , by Radicals . "VYhat I shall we whoelaim a constitutional right which the law robs us of , refuse to use a cpnstitutiorial ri ght with which the law invests vt y the right to arm in defeace of our hearths and of the Constitution f ^ Mfen of Birmingham . , you have heard strange tales ; Neither Stephens nor Qaitler have » ver urged ua to fight . To arm they do advisees , arid arm we wiUj in spite of O'Connell or any other sham-Eadieal trait ( rfi But why should yoMy of aH , the menia England , be alarmed , although we kad been fobls enough to bare talked of v
fighting ? I ) oy « i / not remember that your own Attwood ,. who talks s » loudly of " peace , law ^ and order , " told you ^ iri his hi tter to you , that if your petitions were rejected , he would proclaim a week ' s universal holiday . f- " ' ^ . e ' s . \ -atiy ' .- ' ato iri-- ' Birr mirigham suppose that , if the ^ working men of Erig . ; land were to stand alpof from work one week ; the social compact would not be broken * arid would not anarchy , and robbery arid confusion then reign ; instead of " peace , law , andl oilier' : ? Think on tbis question , and say , why so much about the Violence of Stephens and Oastle r ¦ > We beg pardon of : the latter he is not one of us , but he is the tried friend of the iniustrious classes , arid his proudest boast is ^ - that in every party the ekenties oi " ' th * i labourera are histraduoersi . ¦¦' . '• /¦¦''¦ - ¦¦ ;
We , the Radicals ' of Manchester , have been long and arduously BtruggliBg / .- ' to ^^ legenerat * ^ our coflrity under the banner of ^ peace , law , and order ;" under that banner we met * t ^ discuss . otir grievances in the fair face of day ; tvterity years ago , with that banvei we marched peaceably , loyally , and orderly , on to St . Peter ' s Field , constitutionally : to petition jParlkmenc for Universal Suffrage ; and tliere ^ hear it , ye men of Birmingharii-4-Whilst jour ifa . doitnitable champion , Henry Hunt , was xjalling orjier and hear it , O ye womeri of Birmingham , whilst oned your frail sex was waving the greenbanner of peace , the Whig and Tory tyrants of ; that day let loose a drunken and infuriated mounted band of bravoes ,
middle classmen , armed with sabrieij , who rode and cut down a peaceable , a lawful , and orderly assembly ; and whilst troops of the line , with , bristling bayonets and grape-shotted cannen , bloekaded every , avenue of escape , the inhuman cavalry brutally slaughtered our wives and children , and trampled under their iron hoofs tbe unoffending multitude .. 'Si nce that dreadful day , " peace , / law , and « rd « r '' has lost its charm ; every meeting' we hear / of only awakens the horrible Tecollection of the doings of that meriiorable day . ;/ and when ytei talk "' of " peace , law , and order " W « cannot forget the banner used upon that day , and in dread of a recurrence of such ; blood y events , we are determined to be p / r « - pared to enforce peace , command the law , and pre-¦
ierveertfcr . . " ' : . - ' \ " -: ' . ' : ¦ . '¦/ .: ¦ . ' ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . Men of Birmingham , can you wonder when you hear of our determination to act upon the defensive ( for it is purely defensive ) against further aggression ; can you blamt us when we take a proper and , wbalt we coiigidcr , too , a legitttnate ; course , to enforce our claims upon the attention of ^ the ^ legislature . We know well that ' . theleal . power of the people i § riot when they strike but wheri they keeji in awe . , Our rulers , too , know well thie truth of this / maKiinthat their power to oppress the people ia in the standing army and the floating navy ; tHey know that before they can enforce bad lawsand collect unjust
, taxes from the people , they must overawe theni by brute force . We ought to learn by their example- ^ , forit ; is when the people can overthrow everything , that they never need to move . . 'Shew - / yourseiveV ready for war , and you will haVe peace . . . We have seen , the time when the Radieals of Birmingham were the inost forward in the cause of Universal Suffrage ; we have aeeu you l ^ d . astray by nieri who , if not throughput Whig ? j arestrpngly tainted with their doctrine . * , and who baye , upon more than one occasion , been used : as the instruments pf that despicable faction , and who are driving you in harness to procrastinate the cause of :
Universal Suffrage , which they , in their late speeches , by liuppprting O'Connell , have declared not practical-You know . the extent of their views and liberality ; go » s npfurtherthari HousehQld- Sriffragev which in principle is a » exclusive as the Reform Bill qualification . You know , too , that the party who profess to leadyou werie , in 1 ^ 3 / j Household Suffrage men arid they how , in 1838 , likeartfal "Vyhi giRadiealit ' have to keep the Whfgjj in power arid the Tories out . and stifle the cry of the New Poor Law agitation '; they raised ia cry for the vital question , which beyond 1 ; heir own expectation , -has become so important that they fear they have gbne top far , arid now they would sefl you to the Durham Q'ConneUi Whig'itadicdl'inidd / e'class exciusives . Bewaire working-men : do your own work : let riot rich
inerchanta ' . . . ' apd ^ O'Connell snare . Without your aid they would become contemptible . Take your affairs into your own hand . We have no rich men leading or driving us but , iu ? the true democratic spirit mnnajge pur own affairs . We will have no such dictators -noldfrig over us the threat of disunion if we rebel against their particular crotchets and mandates . They ^ in conjunction with the " Working , nien ' s Association iri London , and the Scotch p hilosophical Radicals , shrink at the 8 torm " . they have treated , but we of the North will brayeitout ; let theiri retrograde s we wilt advance ; but ncutrAlize our power and destroy :. 6 ur hopes they shall not . Our motto is ^ Universai Sv ^ ffrage and no surrender- ; By Order of the MANCHESTER POLITICAL UNION " '
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FEMALE RADICAL , ASSOCIATION . ; At a public meeting of the Carlisle Female Radical ^ Association , held at My . Sinclair ' s Beaming M& chine , DeCr 17 j 1833 , Mrs . Cat ^ rme ^ opre iri ; the : cliair , the followingj resolutions were carried unanimouslyy ¦ /¦ : ¦ ' ¦; .. / ; / '¦ - - . ¦¦ : / -: / ¦ ¦//• ; / . ; -v "' 1 ;; - ^/^/¦;[ : // First . Moved by Mrs . Me Ilwy , and aeconded by Mrs . Giles , " That seeing the many unjust laws that have ; been enacted , in . order to deprive the working classes of thatinliuence they onght to have in society ; and finding ; b y every day s experience' that those whom we have raised to ' wealth and influence by ^ otir industry are our worst enemies ,-we dPh ^ rebY ^ resolve that , from this '¦ ¦ "day ^ forth i wei will ^ not contribute to : the support of any person who in any way abets . or supports the present system of oppression and
misgo vernmenU or is in any way suspected of supporting or wishing to continue such cruelty aud tyrannyshameful to a country professing to be Christian—and in order , to carry put our resolve- —we do most solemnly pledge ourselves , each to each and altogether that we will spend Pur earnings with none but those who are willing to be co-workers with us in the great work of national redemption , and are willing to cour tribute their mite towards the support of the same . " Second . Moved b y Mrs . Grahome , and seconded by Mrs . : Wilsp ^ . ' > Vf ^' at ' | b& ; ' ; mee ' tiiig ' : resolve that . tnjs '¦; day forth , we will engage mpre assiduously iri tbe gr / eat Work in whicb . wferbaVe begun : / and , will as ouf
cpntnbutej ^ Tar m ppwex , ; tpwards ^ ^ w ^ ^ ^ port of 6 nx' jWeno ^ arid advoc ^ are about to nieet in the Gon « e | iiti 6 ri , and ass they are the representatives of the working classes , we do hjereby declare , that we will ourselves ,- ( and all over ! whona wehave any inttuence , ) honour and obey the eatae . delegates iu Conyentipn a , ssembled , in nil things biwftll ; audju » t ; and denounce aUthos 9 peiv Srtns-who willirigly degrade those nobles pif , the peOple ;^ t ^ o * e ^ dy « 3 tca ^ a ; of ; the /^ rkmg : cja ^ -jThinte Movei by Mrs . ; Hurst , iafld ^ fiond ^ diby Mra . H ^ tou ^ ^ 'i ' tiUt as th ^
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< JBoBtOUOHBRIDQE COKNf MiMM . iw ^ ir : ¦„ mm ^ aM ^^^ ' BOROWGHBRJBOB ReTIVED FAIR ¦' ' *** . l , k . ii ^ tk ^ iath and 14 th iustaat , ^ B ^ t S ^ f Cattle r Englwh ; bred bwsts were-vrath « r seaic ? although , amongrtv tbe nupiber / Boiri * good ^ were shown , andiipeedil y bought . We bel td m&n ker . ofiangthorpfe , wbieh wasiold to Mr . Ruddoek fndayy the sheep few was WeU attended and w « U stoeled ^ cocsidenagit being a reviv . d fair . Fk pet with a ready sale ; atf ^ d . perlb . >? P ! r 5 E ^ ? ¥ DeVis r
^ ***** * . . TotalQua » t ; tie * Pr , & T * tJm * & K Imp , Measure . & . '¦ # ,. jfc ' : : , ,. ^ Wheat .,.. 332 ; . 3 19 4 . ^ . 136 ^ 18 0 ' Barley ... v 168 _ 1 16 5 ...., 288 O 6 Oats ...... 245 .. 1 1 3 ... v 2 e& 7 3 Beans .... 110 . ; 2 6 6 .... 256 2 6 ^ eai ...... 5 .. i ; J 6 j ) . ; , v 9 ^ 0 0 ^ O NCASTEB GQU ^ ftURKBT . Dec . 15 . ^ We h ^ a good supply of wheatiathis / aayfe mariet ^¦^" Fiees - for the Sneit descri ptions ruled : 6 dT perjftree bushe ^ lower , and the inferior oualitiesls . Jn Oats ot gopd quality no , alteration , ^* Bean * are also firm ,, particularly the old dry descriptiont . We had a large suppjy / of g ^ y Pew . and m ^ sons ^
quence tne nurket declined from pd ; to ^ J s ^ er ' thrft * bushels forthis article . / Barley was also well supi plied , jind ^ dechned Is . peryqrV with / a brisk sal * ^ wards tjt close . Whea ty 25 ^ : ti 31 * . ; R , « , ]* ~ to ' £ &- » BVendcorn ^; 22 s . 6 d ; / tp ? 27 s ; 6 d . , »??^ - - * ° ' ^ ^ - to 35 s . ; 0 » t » 21 s . to SSs . 'per qr . / ;/ ' ^ pC ^ DALB ; Fl , iNNEI . MABKET , Dec . I 7 th >* There . has beei a good demaridfor " low goPds pf most ^ descnptionsi ; and rather mPre ^ demindJbr fin » tjualifaes , butnp advance ia prices / / A deal of busii ness was dpne . Wool iemains -as usual both in price and demand . Oils perceptible ^ alteration
, ^ . Newgastlb Corn Market , I > ee ; : 15 . —W « had _ to-day * good nupplyof larmeraVwheat at our market this ttforning , whifehniet a > ery null sale ^ at a dteline « f 2 ^ . per qr . There was scarcelyany thm ^; dping in granaried and ship wheats ,: ' tbe factoro not being willing to submit ; to a rednctiPH in price , ¦ itye continues in good demarid ,: and isfully , as dear as las ^ week . Barley and Peas unaltered i the 'l atter continues still -extremel y scarcer There was * good supply ;^ Gats , and good dry Samples were takenpff rea 4 ily at last week ^ prices ^ The duty ^ oa foreign wheat -J » now Is . ter qr ., but the stock i »
pona at this place n very email , being lest tha * 3 , 00 p qrs . Arrivalsduriag this week ; CoastwiB « i ?* V ^^ % * ' Rye i / l , 0 i 7 , qrs . B 4 4 ley ^ . 1 , 740 ys . Oate ; 32 qri . Bean « ; and : 1 ^ 0 * j aekj ^ Flour ; Foreign , 1 , 200 qrs .-Rye ; arid' ^ S qrs .:-Peas ; - - / - > ,. : ¦ . ' c , \ •/ ,- ; : '¦• :--r r // . ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ' ¦ •// | J -Hull Corn Market ^ Dec . 18 .-The ; subpfij of n ^ w / Wheat . frpm the farmers to this day ' s iBark « t exceeds that j ) f any rijarket here since harvest ± me samples ; are comparatively fcaree ^ ; Snchfaw taken about Is . per qr . below the rates of last weei . Th «_ same ^ rill apply ; to : old wheat All tender , light ,: and coarse selJslowiy at areductiari of li ^ gr- P ? 1 ^ a ° d a greit many sampjraJfeft UD 80 W at S-W ^ / The / price of Bearie i . steady . White and . blue peas Bcarce , and in reauesfc atPTicea ^ opted . / The demand for either iaW
ana griming umlCj „ ^ Hy c ^ a ^ t * * k «* m » ply ^»^ the best *» Is . per qr dearer . Oats , met ^ sinulir iroproyement . Linseed arid Rapeseed as last week . ^ . HUDDEBSFJE tt ^ MaBKBT ; Dec . ; Wth ^ The market of / to ^ ay is ^ notso brisk as last week , hut asmuchbusmess has been done as ^ ttsual at HJ * ° / * > year ; : price 9 , / remain . ' BtatiPnam yi ools are firm but no business doing , , ' // Maltojc CattlbiJMiD , Pio MiBKii ^ Itec ; 15 * The number of cattle shown at this market on Saturday last , ; was uncpmmpril y small , though fair average prices [ were obtained . The number of pi « on the contrary was very large , andpriees for small ones and porkers were -rather higher .: Prices for large , bacon pigs as before ; porkers from / 6 s . t « . -W . per Btone ; bacou pigs from fig . 9 d . to 6 s . per stone . . ¦ ¦ . - ';¦/ . ¦ ¦"¦' . '• .- -: ; ¦¦' .- ¦ . - ¦ ¦ . . •• ¦¦¦¦ * . ¦ ¦ .
Maltoic Corn Mabket , Dec . 15 . -Theri was an exceeding small Supply of samples of Wheat at our market on Saturday last * / Barley was more plentiful than of % te , and the supplypf Qato war mpderat ; e . / Wh ^ at was Is . per qr . Ipwer ; but Parley and Oats maintained their previous prices . Wheat i < Jiew / red ) sold from 863 . to 90 s ; per qr . of 4 ( J stonejvditto , ; ( white , ) 88 s . to 96 ai per ditto . ;/ Barlej from 34 si toAQa . per « j ; of 32 s ^ ne j Oat » j front 13 d . to 14 d , per sti / ;; * ? ^ L ^ born FAiR Dec . W ^ -Th « showx ) f stock ^ atthisfAirwas larger ^ than ^^ usual ;^ and the greatest part sold readily , at good prices . >; ; °
\ . Statk of Trade . -The near approach of-Lhristmas , and the uncertainty or the cotton market have this week operated to-freVentr * any ^ active demand fpryarn , which remains nominally ai hut ' week ? s prices ; but transactions are exceedingly ' limited . In manufactured jgoods there i » not muck | hange , except : that 7-8 ths calicoes are not quite « tfbrisk as for some weeks past , the demand mmnin * f iripre upon 9-8 ths ^ clbft . / / / / ^ : , V tojRK- CxtKkj . MARKET , Dec . 15 : —There is «^ fair suppl y of all kinds of Grain i *> thia day ' s niar ^ kfet , buta conjiderable / dullnefls prevailsiri the wheat " trades ; owing to tfie release of Foreign this / week / a * 4 the lowest ratejt ^ 4 «^ i , ipatl »? cpnditioii of ^ sample *) ofieringi which are gene ^ eOlj ^ only wy Widdling ti and wfaere tfalea ^ ; kreniade , ? a reduction of ; 2 s . per qr ^ is submitted to . Barley , except for-best malting qualities , Is . lower jQata dull sale jBearis , aslant ' noted .-- / - .: > 'H '; -i- ^ % ¦ ¦ - -C > : ' ;/ - /• . ¦ ¦ ' '• .- - ¦ ' /¦;
YoR ; K = CteitiStMAa Horse / Show ; - —Thi » M celebrated annual horse fair commenced on Monday last , and . has : bwri ^ eU / attended every day ; Th » l horses were numerous and of alldescri pUoDs ; anaaii there were inariy buyers , good horses sold readily *; at ! , high pnees ; : ^ tmpngst the principal purchaser ! f were two ItaUanBjV . who i » aye come to England I direct froni Flpren ^ , and 4 ? Q 0 for Jtwp ; hunteK » and- are- on the loofciut for I more . '' /¦ /;/ . ¦ :-: \ : ' v . ¦¦ .: •• ... - . ¦¦ :- --: ' .. - ; : "¦ •> . ¦ ,.. ¦ . -- " . «
; i DAttnrotoij Markets , Jit onr ^ hay market ! yesterday weetj tbersupply was yery small ^ aridj *? W » t ^ 5 lp » . to ^ 10 s ; per tori : no straw ; A * l our forhug hV fair , ^ u Monday last , tfie supply ; pt tome and ^ aheep was gbpd i ; sales brisk and j » rj «^ srfri ** i £ ^ laHtiair . dBeef , fid , jto 5 ^ d ;; WMoa , i &J 4 . to S&perlb . Jn * h « corn marketthe suppljfot s grajn yraa JVge ^ and sales duMjJ mea ^ l ^ itoS 22 ?^ Qats , / 7 s . to 7 a . Bi * }^ Beahfc Wto-M ^ 4 Bsffjey , 9 i » . Hi ^ pef bpll . ;; yBatter >^ # io ^ l Sd ^ per lb *} ; Applesi 2 s . to 2 s . 6 d . per ppek ^ J ^ fatoes ^ l 2 s , to 2 ? ; 6 df jerbushel iM ^^ i / lai \ o ^ 5 » . mi SSSSSSSfSSSSSSSBSBSaS ^ smmmmmmkmmmmi
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TO THB EDITORS OT THE KOBTHERX SXA * . Gisti « jier , —1 « ee by the Star of laxt Saturday , a letter-agued- Henry Mitchell , t ^ latiteto a *< -ntfrider contained in a speech made by me at Cohns in which 1 allude , in general terms , to / Associations in London promulgating Malthusiani ^ m under tlie £ ui ? e of Universal Suffrage . I acknowledge the speech , bat 1 don ' t feel bound to account for my speeches to an individual , unless he identifies himself with a particular Afisochtion , 1 repeat , - ** that there are Associations , " and if Mr . ^ litchell will name hi * Association , J wfll tell him *~ huncsliy ¦ whether I mean that Association or not ; and if his be the one I allude to , and 1 believe it j * , ( for " •»!)«• jralled jade nincet , " ) I will tiiank him for the opportoriUy he w 31 afford me of laying bare , "by fact * andr arguments , " the plausible hypocrisy of those who hold " consciencons opinions , " # uch opinions being atricdy MaltLusian . ¦/"" . "" . R-J . RlCHJlRbsON . 19 , Chapel-street , Salford .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1037/page/8/
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