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FEABGUS O * COHNOB , ESQ . INTO BIRMINGHAM . G&OBXOUS DEMONSTRATION 1 Monday last ni indeed a great and glorious day foar fee lrorfciBg dwu > The men and -women of Binningv ynj mdUw igrroaadiagdlrtricU , hvre on that day gSnek » eeb a Mow at tyranny as it will never recover . 53 a working alaates have now proved , beyond doubt , tjat fiwy are n ° t only ea&petant to vote , bat that wheo jj ^ ey -do their own work , they are capable of ^ upagfttff and conducting the mar t atapendoai affairs ; fjr new wu then * a greater display of somber * and e athoalism t&aa was exhibited on tbia « cea « ion , and pever was such a hog * mats as those wbo blocked up ( he streets of Birmingham on Monday better marshalled or more orderly conducted .
To fire ft proper description of the burning Z 3 al and grdsnt ecihiuiism of the people , would require a tasstST hand . Let the most ardent lovers of the Charter , or the greatest admirers of Mr . O'Connor , imagine vh&t a proeearioa for sach an important town ought to be , and tbey mayrert assured that had they been present they would hars felt abundantly satisfied . 11 really was a glorious display j one that will confer everlasting fcorLoM on the men and women of Birmingham , and fce surrounding district ; one that mil have an electrifying effect on every town , Tillage , and hamlet in the United Kingdom . The fiat has now gone forth , and the assembled thousands at Birmingham have decided the question . Chartism is sow omnipotent . Whtra now are the paltry truckler * who affected to sneer at the working ebtsas ? Where are they 7 I But to the subject
The towns surrounding Birmingham had bees busuy preparing throughout last week to show their lore and admiration of the people ' s champion ; sad , such was their eagerness to be present at the demonstration , that all manner of vehicles were hired to bring the females and children on Sunday evening , whilst the men determined to prove their sincerity by walking in procession . The men of Wolverhampton walked seventeen jailes in procession . BQston , Wednesbury , BromspoTe , Rsdditch , Kidderminster , Darlaston , Walsall , fee-, contributed largely to awell asd enlarge the mass of human beings that thronged to Hockley Hill .
The morning looked rather hszy , and appeared inclined to rain , but fortunately it cleared up , and at nine o'clock the bustle of preparation commenced . Hags , banners , poles , and all the paraphernalia of proeessjoas 'were to be seen emerging from the Yarious inns , and -wending their -way to the Chartist-room in Freeman-street , where the members of the Association had determined to muster preTioua to proceeding to Hockley H 3 I 1 ; and in a short time , not only Freeja&n-street , but the streets adjoining were completely blocked up with open carriages , nig bearers , musicians , &t , awaiting the arrival of the Triumphal Car , as the signal for moTicg . About half-past ten , an immense
number of men and women arriTed in procession from ¦ Wolverhsmpton . Bilston , Darlaston , sad Wednesbnry , with numerous splendid flags and banners , and accompanied by an excellent baud , in military uniform , immediately afUr which the Triumphal Car arriTed , whan the rg « r *> i » i » took their places in front , and led the way to Hockley HilL At this time the streets had the appearance of a rirer , for the living tide w&s to be seen moTing from all quarters of the town in the same direction ; open carriages , gigs , waggons , and carts , containing their liTing loads , were entering the town , from the Yarious roads , the occupants being decorated with green and white rosettea , the town at this tim » presenting a lively and animating
tceza . On amring at Hockley Hill , the Marshals , with fifty assistants , who had been appeinted by the Demonstration Committee , proceeded to arrange the procession according to the order laid down in the placards , but so dense wu the multitude , all crowding to the point at wfcish Mr . O'Coaner was expected to arme , that it was found impossible to form them until their eager desire to see Mr . O'Connor was gratified . At lergth a humming sound of " Here he comes ! here he comes ! " was heard en all sides , when a close carriage drore rapidly np to the TBJriiPHAL Cae , and Mr . O'Connor was hiaded into it The scene at this stage of the
proceediBgs cannot be described by words . A burst of enthu-Bistre cheering isrued from all parts of the dense mass . Agiia and again , the thunder of the soTereign people rang the death knell of tyranny and proclaimed their affection for their friend and champion . When the cheering had subsided , those "who had been the most obstinate agaiu 3 t falling into their pliees , were now the foremost is taking them . "With great difficulty , an opening was effected in the dense m **< , and the Triumphal Car passed through amidst the isost cordial greetings of the people , waving of handkerchiefs from eTery window , asd eTery possible expression of approbation and joy . The procession then moTed on in the following order : —
Mr . Corbett and Mr . Rouse , the two > Ty * h » H , adorned with splendid scarfs , and mounted on beautiful bay horses . Large white fr « m «»» : Motto— " Welcome O'Coaaor , toe friend of the Charter . ™ Females four abreast , bearing wands , to which printed green cards were attached , bearing the following inscription -. — " Bemember Frost , Williams , and Jones . " Bran Band . BromsgroTe , Kedditch , Darlaston , and Wolveihasipton females four abreast . Banner , BromsgroTe and Bedditch : Motto— " O'Connor for ever . "CniTersal Suffrage , and No Surrender . "
TRIUMPHAL CAB , in which was seated FEAKGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., drawn by six beautiful grey horses , with three postilions ia splendid lirery . Tie Car was the ame as that used at York , and w&s mounted on a Tery high platform covered with green b&ixa and ornamented with a fringe , which added Tery much to its splendid appearance . Splendid Or jen Silk Banner , eoiiisinmg a well executed copy of " the device on tho cards of ths National Charter Association : llotw— "Birmingham Chxrier Association of Great Britain . " Delegates bearing banners . Members of the Jfational Charter Association four
' abreast Large "White Banner : Motto— " What is life without liberty ?" IHB EXECUTIVE of the Xitional Charter Association , consisting of Dr . P . 3 L M'Douall , Mr . B . K . Pkilp , Mr . J . Campbell , and Mr . J . Leach , in a beautiful eainsga . Members of the National Charter Association four abre&st Brass Band . Large Tricoloured Banner -. Motto— "May the hydra-headed monster , tyranny , bow down before the majesty of a united people . " Ti . 6 CounsU of the National Charter Ais- 'Ciation in Two open carriagei Members of the Natiocal Charier Association four abreast Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee . Large white banner—3 Iotto : " We mt-et to secure the
return of Frost , Williams , acd Joaex " Members four abreast-Splendid banner of the Carpenters , with a beautifully executed device . 3 Ien four abreast-Beautiful white banner sunnoanted by a Csp of Libert } . Motto : " Welcome 0 Connor , the champ : oa of the People's r ights . " Men four abreast . Larre green banner : Motto : — " Repeal of the Union . Universal Suffrage . " RsTerse : — «» Green banners 3 jinr . Civi ! sjid Religious Liberty . " Band in military unifornx . Flag : — " Bilston Charter Association . We know our r % fc ; s and will defend thein Taxation aad poverty . " Bilston Chartists , foar abreast Blue Sag— "We do unto others as we would they should do unto us . "
Members four abreast . Large baan&r : Motto : — " The tacred iratchword-Liberty . " ilerabfers four abitu-t Banner with Motto— " Peace , Vizcr , Lnw and „ - rnion . " Flag— " WoiTerhanptonNations ! Char : « r Assocktion . WolTwaiiEptcu baart- — Motto— " The rights of industry , liberty ,-sscurity , prcsptri ; y . " Men four a ' Te ^ bi . A beautL ' nl fag cf the Palrtv-r'o Srcietj . F 2-Bilstca National Cbortri Association , fi'iJoTTed by an unrr > eii ? e body of sul-sr&rt CoUicra . Kiddenninster Xati- ^ a ; Cbaxttr Association . Fi ^ -r .
Staffordshire Potteries Flog" riuveml Suffrage " Frca this part of the processes , aa far back as the eye could reach , it was impossible to form auncing like orcsr . the streets being blocked completely , the Chartists irca the country keeping with their fii § 3 in the centre , M "f ^ they could . The following Siss and baucers , * ia ac imanierable host of all sires aud coloure , were m be » een fleeting triumphantly oTer the teads of the wnntlea thsusands . Walsall hanrer—Mttto— " Victory iDcreases by concord . " A beautiful figure of Britannia . Stourbridge Kational Charter Association" The Charter and nothing Isss . " " The liberty of the People . " 1 long line of open Carriages , eoctainiEg femsles elegantly decorated . Warwick Chartists .
Beautifol silk banner—Motto— The righti of womeE—instruction , affection , protection . " Beautiful pink banner—Uotto— «« The rights of getius—freedom , Case , fortune . "
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The Northern Stab , carried In a splendid frame . Union Jack . Large green banner—Motto— « Liberty is the birthright of man . " " Union is strength . " Large white banner—Motto— " Addition of comfort , subtraction of Bishops , dlTision ef wealth , the rule of the three kingdoms . " Tr icoloured flagsurmounted by a cap of liberty ; Motto— " For a nation to be free ^ ti * £ u £ 5 cient that she will it " Green flag—Motto— " Union is strength , and industry the wealth of a nation . " " Hail , O'Connor the people's friend . "
BromsgroTe— " Unirersal Suffrage and no surrender . " A beautiful American flag , surmounted by a cap of liberty , with an innumerable host of small ones , with all manner of devices , which had been got trp by private Individuals . The Bcene was now awfully grand , and in the midst of flags and handkerchiefs waving from the windows , and the enthusiastic applause of theladua who crowded the balconies and house tops , to whom Mr . O'Connor bowed gracefully in acknowledgment of their applause , the two T" * r » hfti q took their station , and gave the word " more on . " The procession then passed along Great Hampfonstreet , np Snow-hill , along Bull-street , down
High-street , and Inte ths Bull-ring , where by general consent , and actuated by the recollection of former times , they came to a halt , and blocked it completely up . The scene wu trcuy awful at this part of the proceedings ; a pause of solemn silence took place , and although the Immense Bull-ring was incapable of holding another person ; yet the streets for a mile behind were blocked up in the same manner . Off went the hats of all , and three of the most astounding and triumphant cheers were given , and three times repeated . It was a glorious scene . Sir . O'Connor agaia bowed in acknowledgment of the nnpnrchased honours thus heaped upon him . The order was again given to " move on , " and the marshals led the way down Digbeth , on Rea-street , Bradford-street , Bromsgrove-street , and Pershorestreet , -up "Wercester-street , where the great joy of the * people was agtin exhibited by some thundering cheers . The procession then moved along New-street , on Paradise-street , down Suffolk-street , and
up Exeter-row , to HOLLO WAY HEAD , where a large hustings was erected for the occasion . An immense concourse of people were on the ground previous to the arriT&l of the procession . Ths hustings were placed at the bottom of a hill , and commanded a full view of the surrounding scenery . As each body arrived they took their station in an orderly and regular manner , erecting their fligs and banners in the midst of the friends who had accompanfei them . The Triumphal Car , the great object jpf the people ' s solicitude , was eagerly looked for , and at length appeared on the summit of the hill , when a spontaneous burst of cheering issued from the counties thousands assembled , aud "wai continued until Us arrival at the hustings , at which time , such was the ronh , that the hustings began to give way , which created such alarm , that Jlr . O'Connor was requested to remain in the Triumphal Car a short distance from it in order to draw off a part of the pressure . The business of tho meeting then commenced .
Mr . Mobg , of WolTerhampton moved that Mr . George White took the chair . The proposition was seconded by a number of voioes , asd carried by acclamation . Mr . Geoege Whits then took his place en the hustings amid lend cheers , and addressed the meeting in the following terms—if en and Women of Birmingham , I consider myself highly honoured by this additional mark of your approbation , and consider the present moment the proudest of ray life . We haTe this day exhibited such s power as will convey joy and gladness -to the heart of millions of our oppressed aud starring fellow-conntrymen , which will fill them with hope and confidence , and make them feel that better days and happier times are at hand , and that the long
and direful reign of Whig and Toi / tyranny draws rapidly to a close . The men and women of Birmingham had-that day performed their duty , » nd the currounding towns had shown by their numerous attendance that day that the lamp of liberty burned bright and cleaz in their bosoms . The working elanea had that day proved thai they were capable « f conducting their own business , by the orderly and peaceable manner ia which the stupendous procession was arranged They had met that day in the majesty of their power to declare their unaltered lore of freedom , and to shew to the world that they were determined to haTe the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less . They had
also met to do honour to a man who had proTed himself the staunch and faithful friend of the people , one who had mode immense sacrifices in their cause , and who had prorsd himself worthy of all the honours thit could be heaped upon him by a grateful but oppressed people . ( Loud cheers . ) Aj there were so many to address them , and as he knew that they would all feel anxious to hear their champion \ loud cheers ) , he woald conclude by requesting them to preserre strict order and listen attentively to the various delegates and friends who would address them . He then called upon Mr . R . K PhUp , of Bath , ta move the first resolution . Mr . Philp was reeeiTed with loud and repeated cheer * .
Mr . B . . K Pbilp said he felt great honour in being entrusted to propose a most important resolution to se large an assembly . He felt an indescribable pleasure to see such a glorious demonstration in farour of democracy as had that day been made in Birmingham , and he stood before them as one from the Chartists of Bath , to-Ehow that the same glorious principles were prevailing there . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Philp proceeded to make some excellent remarks on the position of the Chartist cause , and in honour of Mr . 0 "Connor , and CBngr&tnratory of hu release . He stated , however , that he desired that day to be a listener . Mr . Philp « oncluded by proposing the following resolution : —
Resolved— " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the right'of self-government is inalienable aod inseparable from man , &U attempts at legislation not recogniting this grand and fundamental principle having proTed insufficient to protect the mass of mankind from the innate selfishness of the ruling few ; that- the lamentable and unprecedented distress which now exists amongst * . he industrious portion of the people , and the hopes which the Reform Bill excited having proved delusive , and , as the proceedings of the House of Commons subsequent to ths passing of that Bill , have evinced in th « [ enactment of the Irish Coercion , the New Poor Law , and Police Law
—an its refusal to economise the expenditure of the country—in its often disregard of the sufferings and misery of the nation—its entire incapability and unStnessto legislate for this country ; and , as the oxperienes of years , and the history of all nations have fully established , that irresponsible power invariably leads its possessors to use it for their own aggrandizement ; and being deeply impressed with the truth aud justice of enr principi ^ s , tro again » olemnly declare our unalterable love of freedom , and pledge ourselves to our country , that we will never cease in cur struggle for liberty , until the People ' 3 Charter be establkoed as the law of this realm . "
= Mr . Hb . vbt C . t-M > 7 , of Wolverhampton , seconded the resolution . He hoped that that day ttcjiIJ be the sigral for union and co-operation amongst ihosa -who honestly sought the establishment of the Charter . I Hear , hear . ) That as they had battled with and overthrow tb « opposition of both Wbigs and Tories , they should be firmly resolved to unite stiJl closer in the bond of friendship and union . If the Government , by ¦ which they were plundered and oppressed , ¦ wished to know the feelings of the people , let them send an ambassador to view the glorious spectacle then before him , and they would be abundantly convinced tbat their machinations against the liberties of the people were of no aT&iL The working men of England defied the factions , and were determined to be free
( Loud cheers .. The principle of Chartism were founded in justice and humanity , nni they could appeal to heaven a > s a witness of the purity of their motives . The people had assembled tbat day in fee majesty of their power to do honour to one of nature ' s nobles , and Queen Victoria herself , with ali her riches and tplendoTiT , could not command . " -uch a display et unbougfct gratitude as was that day shown to Feargus O'Connor . . ( Loud cheers . ) It -was true they could not give Mm ' titles or wealth ; but he bad tbat which wealth could not purchase—the love and approbation oi an oppressed people . As there were many other speakers io follow him he would conclude by secondingthe resolution . Mr . Candy retired amidst loud che « rs .
The Cuaijuiaji then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . JIasos came forward , amidst loud cheering . He said—Mr . Chairman and Englishmen , if the proud and imperious goTernors of this vast empire content plated , in the plenituda of their power , that they could crush this glorious moTement for the freedom of our country , let them bthold to-day our myriad majesty —our numbjrs , though immense ; yet let them behold the order , decorum , &nd enthusiasm of this glorious assembly , and the haughtiest despot who revels in splendour wrung from the bleeding , toiling millions , must feel the impotence of s Government that would thus enslave and plunder us . ( Great cheering . ; The objects of this demonstration have been—first , to do honour to a great and Tirtuous man , and , in the second place , to express to the country the opinions entertained by
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the great mass of the population in this town and district on the causes of public distress , and the means of establishing the liberty , prosperity , and happiness of the British commonwealth . ( Load cheers . ) Our Charter U the panacea of all our wrongs—oar Charter has justice for its basis , liberty for its superstructure , and unirersal faappiness for its glorious object ( Hear , hear . ) Why do the aristocrats of England , who bold their titles , their honours , and their legislative authority , in virtue of a Charter , revile and persecute as for struggling to achieve a Charter still more glorious—to exalt and free the millions T ( Loud cheers . ) Bat they were the Magna Chartist * ( Cheers . ) They say w « intend to deprive them of their property . Now , I ask yeu , assembled patriots and just men , do yon desire to
interfere with the private property of the nobility ? ( Cries of No , no , no . ) Do you desire to interfere with the property of the industrious tradesman t ( Cries of No , no . ) But I want to ask you , above all , and over all , while you -will hold their property inviolable , will you tolerate either class , as both combined to violate the sacred and irrefragable rights of labour » ( Cheers , and cries of No , no , no . ; Labour , the source of all the property they possess ; labour , 'which clothes them with splendour and surrounds them with magnificence ; labour , which erects their gorgeous habitations , which cultivates the soil , and gathers the golden harvests ; labour , which creates the riches of commerce , and carries it to the remotest parts of tbe earth , far the exchange of the riches of other countries : labour , -which
constitutes the subject of title itself , and for which no title woald exist but for the property labour has created—( great cheering );—the parchment title is but the shadow reflected from the substance created by labour . ( Cheers . ) The subject of the resolution I have the honour to propose , congratulatory of the release and appearance of Mr . O'Connor again amongst you—( great cheering )—Mr . O'Connor , who has this day been borne in triumph through this large city amid the applause of hundreds of thousands—a scene which must have thrilled to his inmost soul ; and if a mortal cculd ever feel inspired with the glory of real greatness , Mr . O'Connor may this day say , "Ihave suffered for the cause of the toll-worn and heart-broken poor , this day more than repays me ; I have won the unpurchasable gratitude of those whom I have struggled to free , who have proTed ¦ worthy of more than I can sacrifice , and for
whose freedom I am proud to offer my life as a ransom , and seal it with my blood . " ( Loud and tremendous cheers , and bear , hear . ) He is now free ; may be prove as honest to the cause of liberty as he has hitherto done ; the honour we confer is conditional , we are now too intelligent to prostrate oar judgments to tbe greatness of a man ; it is bis services to our canse which constitute his greatness—honour and gratitude are all we can confer , and he who merits it shall achieve it ( Great cheering . ) Let the Government of England reflect on their policy to us as a party , and the powerful position ve have assumed ; the greatest of tyrants may be tbe weakest of mortals . The history of nations in political contests , presents to ns the fatality of governors , and , ah ! tyrants remember when your folly or cruelty urge you to persecute brave and exalted men , remember the language of the
poet—The victor "vanquished , the conqueror o ' er thrown , Tbe arbiter of other ' s fate—the suppliant for hia own . —( Cheers . ) The resolution entrusted to me I have much pleasure in proposing . In conclusion , may all who are yet suffering for our cause , whether it is in the dungeon or expatriation , soon be amongst as again , and m&y we soon all enjoy the freedom we are struggling to achieve . Mr . Mason then concluded amid great cheering by proposing the following : — " That we hail with feelings of pleasure and delight the reappearance amongst us of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the unflinching and indomitable champion of the people ' s rights ; and cannot find words to express onr
disgust at the tyrannical and uDJust treatment which he has so manfully borne . We admire his honesty , perseverance , and eoui . 'se ; and receive him from his dungeon with gratitude , for his noble exertions in the people ' s t&use , and sincerely hope tbat he may soon be rewarded for his labour by seeing tbe principles for which he is contending carried into full effect ; and having received him amongst us once more , we pledge ourselves to go on demanding tbe restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones to their sative country , and the release of ali political offenders from those dungeons in which the Reforming—but dastardly and treacherous—Whigs have cast them . "
Mr . Moses Simpson , of Staffordshire Potteries , seconded tbe resolution , and was loudly dieered . ' He said be felt great pleasure in having an opportunity of testifying his admiration of the upright and noble conduct of tbe people's friend , Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) He was rejoiced to see the glorious display the men of Birmingham and its neighbourhood bad that day made , end hoped that novr the heart of England was aroused , that other parts would follow op their glorious example . - He had long been a witness of the conduct of their noble friend , O'Connor , and bad always found him straggling on the right side ; and on that account be would most cordially second tbe resolution . After a few other appropriate remarks , be said he should not trespass further on their time , as so many others had to address them . Sir . Simpson retired amid loud cheers . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimous !/ , amid tremendous cheers .
The Chairman then announced that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., -would address the meeting . This announcement was received with a demonstration of feeling that baffles description , and was continued for several minutes . When Mr . O'Co . nnob presented himself he was received with several rounds of cheers , and waving of bats and clapping of hands . He said , Mr . Chairman and countless thousands and tens of thousands , Englishmen , Irishmen , aad Scotchmen . Now is not my voles pretty good for an invalid ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) The Horning Herald sijs that it ¦ was scandalous tobear a prisoner liberated from ill-health addressing the unwashed with stentorian lungs , immediately upon his release . ( Groans . ) Well , but I will tell you a story about that Billy Pitt
was not particular in bis dress , but Beau BrnmmeH , who was the leader of fashion uf the day , thought of nothing but dress . Pitt generally wore short breeches and dirty top boots ; upon one occasion he asked Bruuimell why he never went to tue House of Commons , and Brumnieil replied that it was such a dirty house that it was the ruin of clothes . ( Laughter . ) However , he promised to go , and hiving gone and heard Mr . Pitt , that heaven-bom minister , when next they met , oskei him what he thought of his ( Pitt ' s ) speech ? 'Pon my soal , Mr . Pitt , you ' re a most astonishing man ; but how the devil you can speak from suck boots is what astonishes me . ( Loud roars of laughter . ) Now it was uf my limbs and weakness in my knees that I complained , and therefore that I can speak from
such knees i § tho thing that should astonish my grandmother . { Shouts of laughter . ) Working men , it is now more than three years since I witnessed tbe finality of humbug on yonder spot —( cheers;—aud to-day we witness the commencement of reality in this sacred spot Attwood then toli ns what he would do if he could get 2 , 0 « 0 , C 00 hands raised rou&d him , but , like ail others of his class who undertake to pilot your bark , ho didn't wait for the cargo that he wanted , he freighted the vessel with Mayors and Town Clerks , and titled placemen , and then he said t-j the poor , now sink or swim as best you can . ( Loud cheers ) No msn doubts Attwood's humanity , but we don't want humanity , we ¦ want justice . ( Cbeers . ) Attwood would rather see yeu all happy than see you miserable ; but then , even
that happiness must be of his own sslection and his own gift ; and tbe gift he had in stora was nut justice but 'flimsies . " ( Laughter . ) Aye one pound notes to stick over a mortal wound io heal a running sore . ( Loud cheers . ) Birmingham was with U 3 till the Brununagtms got their ticket fur soup , and then Muniz , aud that cunning Scotchman , Kobert Ksiry Douglas , left ub . ( Cheers and "Salt" ) Ays , Salt left us also , and in speaking of him , 1 have Ibis moment bad a letter in which I amiufonred that Salt aajs I am the impediment in tha way of the people's cause . ( Luuguter . ) Well there ia an Act of Parliament fu ? removliig nuisancestcheexs and laugnter)—a > . d if 1 am one her « , 1 uni upon whe&ls ; and why Gots . n't Tom Salt come down with the rump of the defunct union and carry nio away ?
( Great cheering and laughter . ) These nasty fellows who collected money from jou to travel about tbo country with samples of muskets —( loud cheers )—asked you in 1838 , if you weuld be ied by an Irishman ? ( Groans . ) Well , when the Yankee Doodle Hepublican Lyndburst called tbe Irish aliens in language aaA in blood , the WKitn of your Birmingham patriots wu . 3 roused , but they dared to tell you tbat because I w&i an alien that I was not a fit leader . ( Groans . ) But when did you ever see one alien in language and in blood , come single-handed as I did , and dissolve that union ia person , which for years had been a real nuisance —( loud cheers and " true" ) —and the great impediment in the way of oar causa Where are they now ? Again , they said that , if the
Puke and the Baronet were in office , I dare not bold a meeting on New Hall Hill ,- how foolish to measure jjjy corn by their own bushel . The Poke and the Barontt are now in office , and here am I to tell them , through the press , that 1 dtfy them to stop me and the cause of Chartism —( indescribable cheers);—but where are the fugitives ? it is they who would not continue in tbe teeth cf a " strong Government" to join in a deaucd and democratic agitation . ( Cheers , and " , that's if ) What would they have given for such a Birmingham full of people as I saw to-day ? ( Shouts of laughter and cheers . ) Never did the oldest man witneas sueb a procession —( cheers and " never , ")—««* nil to see an alien prisoner —( cheers );—and how beautiful , orderly , and peactably , bat , I am sorry to say , rat lawfully conducted ; ao » sot lawfully , because
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the tabryrtoeratic Mayor , Muntz —( gtea , % laughter )—and h > new associates have discovered that it Is unlawfal to block «» the "Ball Ring . " ( immenw cheering . ) well , what did you do , as if bjr common-consent , to prove that onion given a power greater than the lawa beat marshalled oppression ? You had me drawn to tke battle-field , to the centre of the " 3 oll Ring , " nnder . a Tory government , and there you halted and made the welkin ring , not leaving room for little Jack Rnsaell , the bear of the Bull Ring , even to stand on thB hallowed but forbidden spot . ( Long continued cheering , followed by waving ol hats . ) Now does that , or does It not , in the very teeth of the police , and i n open day , and under Tory rule , prove that what we bore in 1839 , we would not stand in mi ?—( renewed cheering , )—* nd we were none of us afraid . ( Cheers . ) Believe me , I never deceive you , that to carry the
Charter we most be brave ; fasting and praying won't doit , —( cheers , )— -and upon Birmingham I call to repair the injury that Birmingham traitors have done to out cause . ( Cheers , and we wilL ) Yes , you must ; for had they not deceived as , no experiment beyond the law would have been tried , the dungeons would not have been filled ; bat if the law should be again stretched , for although I have no objection to sixteen months In a stone coffin , yet I don't want to have the dose repeated .- ^ laughter , )—a little now and then may be well enough , but a continuous popping from light to darkness , from free air to the dungeon gloom i *_ no joke . ( Hear , bear , and load cheers . ) You , t&en , must resolve that you will not Again allow those whb lawfully , honourably , and constitutionally advocate your cause , to be kidnapped , and , af tor the mockery of u trial , to be immured . ( Cheera , and «• We will . " ) Faith , I must have more than that . You cannot all
meet by day ; you are then engaged in making money for the oppressor ; but all of you who pledge yourselves to meet , and who think that all the blistered hands throughout tbe kingdom should meet , by torchlight , as tbe proclamation has expired , if the law is again stretched against your leaders , hold up your right hand . ( Here a forest » f blistered hands was held up , which was followed by several roands of clapping of bands , and cbeers . ) Now , then , be assured that 2 shall neither commit one illegal act myself , nor yet allow you to commit one ; and then we shall see whether or not the old oppressors are , as they havo oftentimes declared , ready to concede their rights to the people when they know how to demand them , and gave promise by their conduct that they could use them . ( Cheers . ) Thepromlse
which I require from you , and which they dread , is that you are resolved to have them . ( Cheers . ) Dont you fill any part of your heads with Whig stuff and Tory staff . ( Cheers . ) Believe me , that the question is land upon one side , the proprietors of which will bold so as to preserve a monopoly of legislation for their order , —( hear , and cheers , !—and steam and fictitious money , on the other side , which the owners of thnt property will keep to themsolves , taking advantage of the laws made with consent of the two combinations of unionists , for the purpose , the one of dividing all the proceeds of taxation among their idle families , while the other compound for enactments to screw out Of you what tbe court , the church , the professions , and all sorts of peculators leave after helping themselves .
( Cheers . ) Just think of your present condition ; one set of hungry hounds lick up tbe whole year ' s mess in half the year , —( cheers and lauahter . )—and then they ask for an experiment to fill the trough again , and the Tories say , oh no 2 we must now havo oar tarn ; and now , instead of the £ 2 , 400 , 000 originally required , they want £ 2 , 500 , 000 to be quite safe . ( Hear , bear , and long continued cheering . ) So that by no possibility an idle pauper should want a day ' s meal . ( Cheers . ) Very well , then , in this state of the country tbe Parliament meet * for the first time ; and when general distress is admitted , and while expectation is on the very tiptoe , when we were expecting some nostrum from tbe quacks lor immediate use—when we were to have seen what we should see , what do we find ? Wby ,
slippery Bobby says , " I'll tell you : nothing ; for although it is true I have been called in , I have not been fee'd yet" ( Cheers . ) So , they go to work , and tho " heaven born Minister" commences his statesmanlike career by asking for eighty or ninety thonsund pounds , to warm ( he House of Commont . ( Groans , and " Shame . Well , that ' s Tory retrenchment , and he concludes , or rather one of Ixis apprentices , Sir Thomas Freemaatle , concludes , with making provision for kitchen gardens for the Queen , so that none of the royal geese shall lack an abundant staffing of sage and onlona . ( Tremendous shoots of laughter and cheers . ) Alas ! alas ! my Friends , io that laagh I recognize much of your grievances and much more of your oppressors' strength . ( Hear , bear . ) It is not because I may have dressed up
a fact in ludicrous terms that yon are to forget its consequences . ( Hear , hear . ) If you were trained to what I wish you to do , I would make those heartless men laugh at the wrong side of their mouths , who would thus dare to insult a nation's honesty and tamper with a people ' s patience . ( Cheers . ) However , it bos had its beneficial effect ; forty-two men have in consequence voted against giving any supplies to such a faction upon such terms . ( Lend cheers . ) Aye , tbat is something ; it is long since it was tried , it is the principle I admire , although a great many of the fortytwo weuIA have given the whole amount and as much more to the Whigs , if they asked for it , with no better pretensions . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Now tbat we are becoming omnipotent and irresistible , all tho
smugglers ia politics will oppose us . Notfeing will be left undone to destroy our union , which ia our strength ; but how my heart bounded with joy to-day to recognize tbe Irish brogue upon the tongue of many a man in the procession . ( Cbeers . ) But I am told that the Irish of Birmingham have received a veto from head quarters against joining the Chartists . ( Laughter . ) Nay , more , against allowing the Chartists to join them —( renewed laughter )—for a Repeal of the Union . Now who ever heard anything like that in the annals of justice-hunting ? That one set of working nieuarenotto receive countenance and support from another set ; but I tell you what , we will heap coals of fire on their beads , for we will carry a Repeal of the Union without them . ( Enthusiastic cheerinir . ) Aye , without them ;
if the measure is good , it shall be / low and not who shall , ( Loud cheering . ) A new Ray will soon beam upon the Irish Repealera , which will enlighten their understanding , much better than " my dear Bay . " ( Cheers ) Won't let us help them J Why , I help myself , as I am a sincero , an ardent , a devoted Repealer . ( Cheers . ) And if they don't choose to draw with us , in Gad ' s name they must take their lumbering waggon away , because as r . n Irishman , I am determined to elevate my country from a state of provincial degradation to national independence . ( Loud cheera ) Whenever we are prepared and ready , the fortune hunters tell us that the time is not coma , and if we were waiters upon them it never would come . ( Cheer *) We were ready in 1 S 39 , but for treasor , and when our advocate , Attwood , rose to
advocate our cause , what did he do ? Why turned to * he one pound notes . ( Cheers . ) He never said a word of the Charter , except that he did not agree with oar means cf agitating for it , —( hear , hear )—aud then up gets little Jack , counsel for the crown , and he very cunningly shows that the very principle which Attwood uses over a million names to etforce , is one to which the Chartists are opposed . ( Laud cheers ) Now was this , or was it not , using us most unfairly to splice hia own broken crotchet ? ( Cheers and aye . ) Aye to be sure it was , and so it evev willbe , so long as you laugh at fraud and insolence , and pass by desertion without exposure . ( Cheers . ) But as you are going to have a rising of the Political Union again—( No , no . ) No not if I know it . ( Loud cheers . ) Again I
ask for the accounts . I hava been asking for tliem for years . I want to see how they lived , and bow much wine the teetotallers drank . ( Laughter . ) Did not I tell them in 1838 that they were humbugs ? ( You did . ) Aye , and I told them that they were marhhalled under the Whig banners , but they denied it ; but what would they not deny ? ( Cheers . ) Bat atop awhile , you don't know yet why the Irish are not to join us ,- let mo tell you . Be it known to you , then , that it is because some foolish bigot , advertised in an old woman ' s paper , called the Tablet , for a cook , and tke advertisement stated that no Irish Catholic need apply- ( Laughter . ) You iimy well laagh , and Mr . O'Conneli uses this ae a reason why the English people % re opposed to the Irish Catholics . ( Shame , shame . )
But suppeae I was to tell all here to holdup their hands who have been dismissed from service or prosecuted because they are Chartists . How numerous would be the blisters . ( Cheers , and "True" ) Well , then , comrades , is it not high time tbat thl 3 blighting dissention , this blasting difference , this odious traffic in prejudice and disunion should cease ? ( Criesof " It is . ') It is , and it shall ; for , so long M Englishmen are pulling one way , and Irishmen are taught to pull another way , so long will the common enemy , no matter under what name , pull our very life's blood out ( Cheers . ) Talking of requiring the Charter ; why , not a working man in all England requires it so much us I do . I require it for a few days' rest ; aye , one day ' s rest , aud one night ' s sleep ( loud cbeers ); for , on my
soul , I never get one except in prison . ( Cbeers . ) Jost hear me for one word . I most solemnly declare , and most religiously swear , that I would not in any other service inthi « worid perform the daty which I have performed , for tbe last eight years and a half , for ten tiiousand a year ! ( Loud cheers . ) No , on my oath acd conscience I would not ; and no other man could do it , and live . ( Cheers , aad « True . " ) Well , then , I am sot like others ; preparing you for my own auction , and to make merchandise of you . ( " No , " and cheers ) No ; for after all , hew I stand to swear btfore high Heaven tbat , as I never have done so , so I never during life will , buy you , sell yon , or take from you a fracU onfor any Bervieelcan reader you , neither will 1 abandonyomtill we are all moonct ia the me hartow of freedom , with
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pur Charter floating from the maat-iead , and then yon may shift for yourselves , ( toad and long-continued cheering and dapping of hands . ) Ihave been delighted to hear from Mr . PhUp and Mjr . Maaonr , and , above all , from that fellow with the white flannel jacket , Candy . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Aye , aye , those are niy men . I have been delighted to hear their account of the state of our' cause . You haTe heard from them many troths ; let them sink deep into your mind , and let neither Wbiggery , Toryism , or nothingness , that £ s , Chartist Chnrchism —( loud cheers , and no , nothing)—in any way tarn your minds a hafor ' s-breadth from the one point ( Cheers , and no . ) Just think of a set of preaching working men , praying for ( be Charter in the nineteenth century , and saddling us with a Chartist
church , while we are trying to throw the state jockey from oar backs . ( Cbeers . ) Why , this would be enough to frighten oTery honest man from the Chartist ranks ; but I am told that thejtithes are failing . Bat Candy , that honest man , that hard-fisted fellow , ¦ who would like to pray , but not on an empty belly—( cheers and laughter ) , —has nobly prayed to-day that this should be a meeting—a physician to heal wounds ( cheers)—I say , here I am , ready to forgive and be forgiven . ( Cheers . ) But I am not ready to go half way , or any -way , or any fraction of the Way , to meet any party by a surrender or compromise of a particle of your principles . ( Cheera and " right" ) Aye , to be Bore , I ' m right ( Laughter . ) I should have nothing else to do bat to give up a bit to this party , and a bit to that
party , and a bit to the other party , until the mere shadow of myself remained . " ( Clieers . ) One party says give up your minor difference and join us ; another party says give up yoar minor difference and join us . ( Hear , bear . ) Now hear me , do tbey mean we will joia yon as at present politically disposed ? No , they mean no such thing ; what they mean is , go through the Whig purgatory , and when purified , come forth and join us ; ifc la not difference they wish as to give up , bat principle . Tbey may call the abandonment of principle by the mild name of sinking influence , but forme it will not do . ( Cheers . ) You have come oat this day in a manner that makes my position dangerous from the strength you give , and- the respect you pay me ; and it la a very bad time , with this great town teeming forth
its countless thousands , to ask me to sink minor differences . ( Cheers . ) What ! can I consent to see one faction living upon taxes wrung from you , with the perfect concurrence of the other faction , in order that they may make profit of your helpiesa state , and compel you to work like slaves , and for lesa thau slave ' s fare ? ( Hear , hear . ) If poverty was tbe will of God , or if it equally affected all , I would say , well and good ; bat while yoa complain of taxation and want consequent upon over-production , are others debarred of a single luxury ? ( Cheers ,. and no . ) No I When I see the soldier refused his pay , the placeman wanting his dinner , and the Queen tasting skilly , ( cheers and laughter ) , and Prince Albert sent to the Union Workhouse , if the Queen cannot support him .
( Cheers and laughter . ) Then , when I see these things made general , I will tell you to pray and fast ( Laughter . ) But I see the aristocratic board bending under every luxury that the world can produca , while you are told to look to Poland , Russia , Dantzic , or the Porte for your breakfast , dinner , and supper . ( Cheers . ) Now if only one class can be fed at home , that class should be those who produce at home , — ( cheers )—so they ask you to emigrate . ( Aye aad groans . ) Well I am a great friend to emigration . ( Sensation in the meeting . ) Yes , a great friend , but I would not send you far , and I would not have brought one of my brave countrymen here in quest of other means of prolonging existence . My destination for yoa should ba to some of tbe lands in Warwickshire—( loud laughter
and cheers )—at a fair rent , and in convenient lots , — ( hear , hear , and that ' s it)—and for the steam-made over population of every other large town , their destination should bo to the land of their country . ( Cheers . ) And then the Irish would cheerfully return to the green land of their birth , while the draw from the artificial to the natural field of industry , would render the artificial slate less irksome , and would make the masters more dependent upon the reduced population for work , having established a full , a fair , and an unerring standard for the price of labour , by the exercise of man's skill , strength , and industry , upon the inheritance which God intended for each at his birth . ( Loud cheers . ) None but idlers were intended to be destitute , and those who dont work , neither Buould they eat ( Cheers . )
B « U « va mo , then , that by the Una at home , voA by that only , can we overcome the unrighteous and gormandising inflaesce of steam power , over which man has now no controul , neither do the steam lords wish to give us that controul , as your comfort is not their object ( Cheers . ) Their object is to make you dependent by Act of Parliament upon any system which will give them the means of gambling in cheap labour . ( Cheers . ) Of course you know what taxes ate . It is not the exact amount required which is laid on even of a direct tax ; no , that being for the law maker , a little reserve beyond what is required is provided for , as it constitutes the idle pauper's fund . ( Cheers . ) But let na for a moment enquire into tbe nature , amount , and effect of an indirect tax or duty . I think I must
illustrate this for you by a story . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well , then , before the last great European war broke oat , a countrywoman of mine , an old lady that ia Ireland we call a Collangh —( laughter )—that ia , she used to sit in the chimney corner , and from the 1 st of October to the 1 st of March she used to have a halfpenny candle to do a bit of knitting by , but between March and October , a duty was pat on tallow , to carry on the butchery , and when the old lady went on the following lat of October for her halfpenny candle , as usual , when she got her candle Bhe banded a halfpenny across tho counter ; whereupon tbe huckster said , " Ogh , Mrs . Mulligan , the caudle is a penny . H ow , Ma ' am , a penny Mrs . Brady . " Oca wisba , what ' s the maining of that my dear ? " *? O'the war
you know , Mrs . Mulligan—the war my dear . " " Ogh yea wisba , tben bad luck to their sowls , and wasn't the day light long enough for them , without fighting by candlelight ? ( The rich Irish brogue nnd inimitable manner in which Mr . O'Connor represented the characters , while telling the anecdote , produced a burst of the most convulsive laughter , which was followed by repeated cheers . ) Well , now , continued Mr . O'Connor , that we have had one joke let us have the moral . ( Hear , hear . ) As it was with tallow and candle * , bo would it be with wheat and bread . ( Hear , hear . ) The Legislature may , to a certain extent , fix the duty a ' , which , and the circumstances under which , the raw material , wheat , shall be imported ; but whea Mrs , Mulligan goes to Mrs . Brady for the loaf , what guide is the
Act of Parliament regulating duty upon wheat , in the purchase of tho loaf ? ( Loud cheers . ) Well , Mrs . Mulligan's siare of the doty on her halfpenny candle was about a small fraction of a farthing , but Mrs . Brady's share whs almost the whole farthing . ( Loud cheers , and cries of its true . ) Such would be your case as to bread . Why tLe corn dealer , the miller , the flour factor , the huxter , and the baker , all have a profit that no act of Parliament can interfere with . ( Cheers . ) What then ia the remedy ? Why to let all who choose to give a fair rent for a sufficiency of land , become their own produces , and their own consumers , and then monopoly will cease . ( Loud cheers . ) But than you are over-populated , and others say emigrate . I have told you tbat I was for
emigration , aad I have tcld you of the sort of emigration I am for , but 1 am aleo for emigration to foreign countries , but I wUh to be judicious in my selection of emigrants , because I admit we are overpopalated , but it is with drones and idlers , —( cheers )—and , therefore , would I most glaaly see the first transport , with a c . irgo of parsonB and a crow of bishops , with Philpotts for a pilot , bidding farewell and for ever to the land which they had infeatedlike vermin . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , let them go to South Australia . No , no , tot to South Australia either ; we all have friends there to whom we wiab . peace / prosperity , and happiness , and tho holy evangelical emigrants would very speedily kick up a shindy , create confusion , and strife , and iil-will among men , the thing by which they thrive . ( Loud
cheera ) Mr . Sydney Smith has been most vaiiant in mouthing about the Corn Laws , but for fifteen days I bavo been making proclamation for him in every mooting , and the return always made was , what the sheriffs term " non esl invenlus ; " be is not to be found . ( Cheers . ) But 1 am going to put him in the '' Hue and Cry . " ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) The miserable wretches say that we won't hear his argument ; why , we . never can have it ( Cheers . ) They abase us in their bole and corner papers , written by fellows without a shirt , —( laughter . )—but wo never can bring the ; rtto the scratch . ( Cheers . ) Where are they now ? Mr . PhUp told you that the press was our greatest enemy—it is bo . - ( Hear , haar . ) And seethe trouble which its viJlany puts yon to , and the expense to which it puts mo . ( Hear hear . ) Bui r ever mind , I'll beat it is too bad
that also , ( hear , and cheers ) , although that I should be pnt to tno expence of being the National Gazette . ( Laughter and cheers . ) 1 wonder bow many my grand-mother aud the rest of the twaddlers willgive us for tbta meetiDg-thia Birmingham full oi people . ( Cbeera . ) Not many , because they know what this meeting will give them . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then entered into aplaia aad satfsfastory explanation of the effect which steam-power , fictitioua / noney , and over-productien bad uponthe sevaral classes of soeiety , and especially upon every trade and every shopkeeper , whose mainstay was the affluence of the working classes aa consumers . He showed tbat -while a night ' s rain induced tbe com factor , tbe miller , the flour-faetor , and the baker , each to put a profit upon the Taw material ) by raising its price , that ten days % ( sunshine
bad no effect ia reminding the resolution aa to tbe rise . ( Ibis was a « V with loud cbeers . ) He also entered most cleady into toe qnettioa it land ) and tofcour ,
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and then went on to show th « reasoning by which Ip was led to believe in tbe vast advance which Chartism had made since 1839 . He then paid ahighcomplt metat to Messrs . S . Crawford , Duncombe , and the littla band round which we ahould rally . He implored all to support fcna Executive , join tbe only Chartist Aasoci * tian which wa « in existence , and vow before heaven , tbat what we were pntfiised by U » lifrform Bffl > w * woald how have . ( Load and long wmUnned eheeriag . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded by InfomJng tbe meeting thai be would make a tour of all England , Ireland , Scotland And Wales , and then stop the Charter * & > coald . He paid his own countrymen macy well deserved ealogiums , and after a ; speech whiclj gave general satisfaction , and elicited more applause than we have ever witnessed , be oat down in tbe midst of waving of hate , and clapping of bands , which lasted for ' several minutes .
TheCHAiBMiN then called npon Dr . M'PooaU to Propose the next resolution . Dr . M'Doball rose amidst loud and enthusiastic cheating . He bad met the men of Birmingham in former times , in rough and in smooth times , amidst datiger and difliculty } bat he never experienced more real plea 6 ure , tban be did in xneetiBg thorn once more , notonly to advocate those great principles for whieb o Connor and many others bad suffered , but likewise to proclaim to the people of Ireland that we sympathise wittr theau-tfaat we feel for their wrongs , and tbat we are determined to emancipate that long-suffering and oppressed people from the shackles of religions and political oppression . ( Loud cheers . ) If we think of her ssven ceatariss of misery—if we look to the existing distress , and to the splendid resources of a country which might become , in a few
years , if justice was done to her , the most productive among tbe natious . If we turn our attention to her starving people and her luxuriant plains—to » er palaces aud her towns—to her natural riches- and to her artificial poverty , we mast feel confident that powerful and enduring causes are at work to perpetuate the slavery of her people , and convert the blessings of a God into curses , as fetal in their operation as they are enduring , in their mischief . ( Cheers . ) We find a state Church existing in Ireland , not for the sake of preaching the Gospel , bat for the purpose of plundering the poor ; not to advocate justice for the widow , the stranger , and the fatherless , bat solely for the purpose of robbing where it should enrich—of persecuting where it should protect—and of sowing tbe bitterness of sorrow where it should convey comfort , peace , and independence . ( Loud caeers . ) Let us remember tha
massacre of Ratbcormac Did tbe representative of the meek and lowly disciple of Christianity exhibit much sacredness of character , or practise the benevolence of the first founders of his religion , when he ssued from the altar which he desecrated not to soothe the distress of the widow , not to give bread to tbe hungry , or protection to the weak ; but to steal the sheaTea of corn from tho fields of her whose protector was gone , and whose stay and support was aa only bat a manly son—he who bad sown the grain and gathered it in for her support and her comfort t ( Cheers . ) Did the parson practics peace and charity when be went with armed men to rob the weak and the widowed ? ( No , no . ) Did be recommend himself to yoa when , not contented with theft , be became guilty of
murder ? ( Loud cries of no , no , no . ) Aye , my friends , That church is one of Ireland's corses . ( Loud cheers . ) The parson was not satisfied with the tithe ; he was not content wita the grain itself . He went further , and dyed the beloved food of the earth in the heart ' s blood of the widow ' s son , and then placed tbe dripping aud bloody offering on ths altar of bis Maker , thore to be an eternal stain npon the character of the state , church , and a damning witness against her . ( Loud and repeated cheers . ) Away with such 6 purious Christianity . Perish such an infidel church , and let religions liberty be proclaimed from the Cove of Cork to the Giant ' s Causeway . ( Great cheering . ) Let us imagine the results of carrying out the People ' s Charter in reference to Ireiand , for , unless tbe Irish people
have political power in their own bands , it would matter not whether the members of their Parliament were elected by absentees or residents . Unless the people have the power , it is a matter of no consequence to them whether one kind of aristocracy or another Lave the elective power . ( Hear , bear . ) Repeal , ooaccempauied with the Suffrage , would only change in a slight degree Ireland ' s masters . ( Hear , bear . ) Repeal and Universal Suffrage mast be the watchwords in Ireland . If , then , the political or religious shackles of Ireland were broken and buried , her people woald return to their native shorestocultivateberfertileplains , to raise up their social standard of comfort and of wages , and would not increase competition amongst tho English workmen . ( Load cries of yes ) How many thousands of Irishmen are forced over the channel by
tho hard band of tyranny and oppression , and because they cinnot starve they must work for lower wages than you . ( True ) Justice to Ireland means higher wages , less competition , and more comforts in England . ( Hear , bear . ) ' Justice to Ireland means no rags in their country , no starvation , wages in accordance with their important labour , and consequently , when Ireland ' s rags perish , your manufacturing industry will flourish . ( Cheers . ) If Ireland ' s rags were six times less , your production must be as much more . ( True . ) In short , Ireland would be the Poland of the Union , and her grain exchanged for your goods would ensure a safe and enduring home market , comfort to each country , and religious and political independence to both . ( Loud cheering . ) He concluded by proposing the following resolution : ~
" That we deeply sympathise with our suffering and oppressed fellow-countrymen in Ireland , and throw back with disdain the vile insinuation tbat the English people ore opposed to the liberties of that long-oppressed country , and as our principles , as Chartists , lezd us to seek self-government , we are , therefore , determined to join oar Irish brethren to procure a Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , and will give all the assistance la oar power to its accomplishment " Mr . John Campbell , secretary to the Executive of the National Charter Association , seconded the resolution . He 83 id that aa regards a repeal of tbe legislative union , he would not give two straws to see a House of Commons sitting in Dublin based on a property qualification , because such a house would make Jaws to protect property and deteriorate the value of labour .
Have we not a House of Commons , aye , and a House of Lords , with-a Queen to boot ; now if the Irish people imrMne that such a crew of legislators aud governors would ba of any benefit to them , he only wished they bad them , root and branch to-morrow ; the fact la , we have them in this country , and yet there is distress , misery , and poverty widely spread through the whole country . Let Irishmen , Englishmen , Scotchmen , and Welcbmen recollect that tbe oppressor of the poor man is the same in every country , and it matters not by whom the producer i * unjustly robbed ; the enemies of the working men are of the same class in England as Ireland , and vice versa . Let then the motto of the Chartists be to assist Irishmen to obtain a domestic legislation based en the great principle of Universal Suffrage . He concluded aniidat the most deafening cheers .
Mr . Donaldson , of Warwick t supported the resolution . He said that , as an Irishman , he was happy in having it inhis power to testify the fact , that tne English people Were decidedly in favour of tbe rights and liberties of the Irish nation ; and he hoped it would go'forth on the winga of the prtss to his dear friecxlain ireiand , who would be rejoiced to find that the people of England were determined not to stand quietly by and witness the wrongs and oppressions to which they were subjected , but wished to hold out to them the hand of fellowship and friendship . After a few-more excellent remarks , he concluded by supporting the resolution ; and retired amidst loud ch era . The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting , which was also unanimously agreed to .
Mr . Chance , of Stourbridge , proposed the next moluticn , and . wa 3 received with loud cheering . He said that , after the many excellent addresses which they had heard , he should not trespass long on their time , particularly , as the resolution which he had to propose spoke for itself . Many plans had been proposed for the purpose of organism ); the people , but they had all failed . But , from the effects produced by tho plax adopted by the National Charter Association—from its justice and strai g htforwardness—he felt : convinced that it embodied all that was required " to draw the people into one strong bond oi uuion for the purpose oi opposing tyranny ,
and nltunately acmeving the emaucipation oi their country . He would , therefore , most cordially pxopose the following resolution : — "That , in the opinion of this meeting , the People ' s Charter will become the law of the land as soou as the people are united for its attainment ; it is , therefore , the duty of every per 3 on desiring to advance the Chartist cause imnieaiaiel y to join the National Charter Association , which is the bess adapted to embody tho people in a . powerful organiaaijoo , and has already' received the sanction of nearly 200 important towns . " Mr . Chance was loudly cheered on retiring .
Mr . Chabltok of Kidderminster , seconded the resolution . He said ho felt well pleased at the proceedings of that day . The working classes had conducted taemselvea in such an orderly manner as did them infinite credit ; the principles of the Charter were dear to his heart , as he believed that only through its establishment could the people expect to live comfortably u . ad bappy , he therefore begged leave to Becoud ihz resolution , and after a few other excellent observations retired amidst great applause . The Chaikmak then put the resolution which was unanimously agreed to . On tho proposition of Mr Mogg of Wolverhaupton , seconded by Mr . Walter Pkimo' thwaa "h »» ini war * enren for the chairman .
to which he replied ia an appropriate manner ; three times three cathusiastic cheers were given for O'Counor and the Charter ; three for Frosj , Williams , and Jones and the incarcerated Chartists , and three for J . Bronterre O'Brien , after which it was announced that the delegates present would meet at tho New tan , Bromsgrove etreot . The immense multitude then separated highly delighted with the proceedings of the day , acd well they might , for a cioro soul-stirring or animated scene was never witnessed . Birmingham nan nobly performed ill dafe . ' ¦¦ ¦¦• - '• . ¦ ••'• . ¦ ' - ¦ ' . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' ( Concluded m our Eighth paw . )
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1128/page/1/
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