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Rely upnn it that I « m in no w ' iss in lwre ^ itfethe State Chnrch parsons , and < f by bianco Ishouldmieet & bishop in the nex * --world , I wSl-ask $ im how many Louses he has built for the poor , haw many srf the weak-hearted he has comforted , ^ how many of the fallen he has raised up , and % » liow m . inv » f the 500 , 000 living without ^ < Itta , and without fiflpe , he has administered rdi ^ ous consolation , and to how many iie has stretched out the modest hnnd of charity . ( Loud cheers . ) But nevertheless it is my duty to srce vow from asdattgenms an ascendancy , and thereftreltellyonthptthe breath of Whiggery has filled the pious pipe which the storm of dissent will fan with religions controversy , and if yon toJcrateit , into religiousjwarfare , " and , of al ^ warfsres , Good Lord de-Yiver me from that , of < re \ igious strife , when the
infuriate father and frantic son die in tbe hostile embrace sirttgsling for the supremacy of antagonist dogmas . ( Loci cheers . ) Forthesereasons then , I wiil join in ao religions strife , in no contention for the supremacy of dogmas which the improved mind of fuluregenerations may in their day stamp as heresies , and because I believe the a * e of common sense is at hand , when the Improved roindof man will si ken and revolt at the impious notion , that either a course of college divinitv or government patronage , constitutes the necessary qualification for an assessor between man and hi * creator . Again , if one evil is to continue , which God forbid , give me , a thonsand times give me , the city of church steeples with its shepherds controlled by some opinion , and governed by some law , to the city of Jong chimnies with its shepherds controlled only
by the cupidity of their own Avarice , and governed « nly by the stern laws of political economy , whose counting-house is their cliurch , whose ledger is their bible , whose day-book is their prayer-book , and whose order-book is their catechism . They have each their trinity—the one is tithes , pew rents , and the poor box , the other credit , free trade , and speculation . { Loudcheers . ) Arewc . then , to waste our presentstrength , and are * thereany here who witnessed the elorious triumph , we achieved in this place over "the very faetion that would now rouse us to religions Strife , I mean the battle fought and gained wader oar ( Met and champion Buncombe . ( Loud cheers . ) Who can forget the humilia'ion of their " pet" Mr Wincent . the last arrow in hypocrisy's quiver , and yet this is the poppet that the same faction
would now start np to disturb our union and our purpose by afanatical religions fend . ( Loud cheers . ) And Col . Thompson , forsooth , plays tbe fiddle for this party , and would chastise ns for our former errors , and promises ns £ 5 If we are good for the future —( cheers and laughter)—that is , that be will send it to us , if we can do without it ; but he will not send us the nest egg for others to lay upon ; and because free trade was a crotchet of his , we are to hallow its name by changing our own—for the good it has done , I presume , in producing low wages , short time , and dear bread . ( Cheers , and " aye . " ) I tell you this Col . Thompson is on old woman —( laughter)—and I'll fell you more , that if you are mad enough to join in this infuriate cry , the old eceroy will no longer dread ¦ von . The tea-pot and the pulpit are to be the
steamenguieB of ttts religious freedom train ; but . mark me , you will be the luggage-van . ( Loud cheers , and laughter . ) And when your force has given sufficient impetus to send the passenger train of parsons up the hill , you " will find yourselves ticketed to be left at the bottom , as the reformers in their day ; and-when tlie faithful mount the summit , they will look down upon you , and laugh atyoar simple credulity . ( O'heers . ) Another party objects to our physical force doctrines . It is a subject we never mention . It has been forced upon us by old women , as the surest means of disturbing our moral union and destroying our moral strength . However , you shall have my version of it . It is : would to God that Ihad « noujraofit—( loud cheers )—and then you would liear no more of faction ' s crackers . I could send my
compliments to Lord John Russell , informing him that we had musket for musket , and cannon for cannon , manned ^ by freemen instead of mercenaries . ( Renewed cheers . ) However they profess to despise -as , we keep nations at peace . The Times newt paper laving failed in procuring a share of the Spanish wedding portion would sst the world by the ears , and proclaim the bloody Narvaez as the patriot and deliverer of Iris-country . However , there is no war The motto of Louis Philippe is—" sufficient unto iae day is the evil thereof ; " and white they ask the Infanta ef Spain to relinquish the title of her ieirs to the Crown : the old fox « ays , " Let the namagetake place first , and we'll talk of the PRELIMINARIES after . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well , we are -iold that Lord Nornianby , M . Guiiot , and
the King ,-all looked very red at their last interview , hut I tell you , that if they proclaim war , they'll all look very ul- e . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Their excitement reminds me of the chivalroas Frenchman , who was about to fight a dnel . lie returned in a state of frenzy to his Cafe , tearing his bair and ranting in incoherent sentences : — "Oh ! de bloodiest battatle dat ever vos fout . Oh ! de meat sanguinary conflict ! Oh ! ternble , horrible , frighttul !" *• What , then , monsieur , " asked an English friend , " Did-you fient . and Lave you shot him ? " '" Oh ! no : we did aiot fijrht ; but if we did , it would have been de bloodiest battaile dat ever vos witnessed in < lis rorld ! " ( . Roars of laughter . ) Now ., thus the sanguinary Spanish conflict will end . The King of France doe * things by degrees as our government
did when it lirst embodied civil power , and then armed them as a standing army , ft is natunlikel y that from my eaution against joining is the war -of dissent , that vou mav suppose that I manifest a choice for tue = CIiurcn ] arsons ; however , tO prove my love , I derated yesterday ( Sunday ) to drawing up & resolution , wliicli I trust gome gentleman will propose to thi < -meeting , declaring the right of support of tke frise . peopie out of the Church property , triiich Is lield ic trust for the-benefit of the poor . ( Cheers . ) And idwd , my friends , although tbe governeueut may for . a time resist tfce march of democratic principles -fey dividing the popular racks ; and . however tlie treachery of hypocrites may iave widened the . galph between-Ahe Encash sad the Irish people , nevertheless , they will find it
idpossible to resist -a national march of hunger . ^ Cheers . ) Mr . G * € onnell now proposes a grant . < of Ten Miliii-ns to feed the Irish people . K 1833 , ' 3 i . and ' 55 , ; I repeatedly urged upon Lord -Aiihorp the neeessity-sf raising Ten Millions at 3 per ' cent ., and lending i £ -to the Irish people , not to the landlord ? , at 6 per cent ., accompanying it with a ¦ wholesome measure of Foor Law , based upon a principle of agricultural and labour preraiqnis , but no Poor Law bastiles . ( Loud cheers . ) I proposed and left them upon the Journal * of the Iloaise , all the other good measures at whiah they are now ' mbblmg , as a means ot protecting the remnant of lie Landlords * properties . ( Cheers , ) F : om the beginning of
this agitation , which ig iu » 7 , ? unning into ttie twelfth year , although I have been ,-2 aa ] i < rned and abused by the press , the leaders , * a . ad t } ie factions of ibj own country-rehear , hear)—jet I Lave invariably returned good lor ^ -evil , and proeJaim ^ d upon every Eujjlish stage , that the English people-should iiever pessess their liberties a day or an hour bafore the Irish peaide , If I could help it , and all England has responded to the > entimeEt —( Loud cheers)—aad I think after ijie splendid display that you have iUis night heard fro ^ i those young men by whom I am surrounded , you will say that your . prlncples , and yoHr ^ au se stand in no danger of postponement or defeat , -. tliough I was re- ' ; snored from the Jield of action ta-msrrow . The com- '
inon enemy 13 no * before us . f iie vlfhifis are .-. gain in pewcr , but only hold it ii |> on yoiK'sufferance , for ¦ wlien eur dozen zre marslialied and -scady for action under our Grate aad indomitable chief , then the corrupt aad servile pres 3 , the representatives of scinch bow . sit underlie , to pick amusement for factienonfc of Chartist speeches , will be compelled to do justice to tlielr cause , their principles , a « d their eloqueucs . ( Tremendous cheering . ) 1 sl 12 . il now sit down requesting our secretary , Mr . WJjeeler , who ean read my writing better than I can myself , to read my resolution for the amelioration of the Iriel ; people , and the prevention of those dispensations wilch invariably fall upfin the industrious alone , without taking a joint from the royal table . Mr . O ! Connor tLic < at down amid the moat enthusiastic appl&use . Tlic resolution was then put and carried unanimously ami-lit load applause . Mr . Wheeler then wad the resolution drawn uplijMr . O ' Conuor , as follows : —
"Resolved , That this meeting sincerely deplores tiia destitution of their Irish brethren , and earnestly caiis upon her . Majesty ' s ministers to advise h = r . Majesty to convene her Parliament without d ^ lay , for the purpose Of adopting the most speedy remedies to arrest the present distress , as well as for enacting- such Isr . -g as mil in future prevent the anomaly of the industrious being the only or the greatest sufferers in seasons of scarcity , ¦ whether arising from tbe natural cause oi u-iieitnt harvests , or the unnatural cause of landlord oppression snd government misrule ; and this meeting further recumjnend , as a means of meeting present distress , and providing against a recurrence of a like nature , the propriety of raising a sum often million sterling by an issue
of Exchequer Bills , to be called the Chnrch Restoration Pnnd , the interest and repayment of which sum to he chsrgeable upon and payable out of the tithes and other State Church . property now held in tract for national purp 38 es , byhishops , and other dignitaries , and parsons and other ealaried officers of the State Cimrcb , and that tbe said fund be applied , under proper management , to { be purchase of hind ia Ireland , and the location of the Irish people upon it , at its present estimated value , by lease for ever , ia order that the improved value consequent upon tbe husbandman ' s labour , oa ; be secured to him and his heirs for erer , or until the ascertained necessity of our successors may see just cause for making a more equitable adjustment to suit the exigences of the fhen existinsr generation .
«« A nd this meeting also recognises the unqualified light of the Irish people to a Parliament of their own choice , elected upon the principle of annual parliaments , universal suffrage , vote by ballot , equal representation , so property qualification ana payment of members . Mr . O'CAvkNHAH then rose , to propose the above reio-Jutioa , and sai « , he was delighted to witness 6 uch a meat , ing-of democratsmet to agitate for their glorious principles —( cheer *)—and right happy wa § he to find that «» j thought his poor unhappy country not unworthy « wir consideration . He believed the Charter would
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achieve liberty not only for England btt&r Ireland al « o . ( Loud cheers . ) Chartiim was said to have been dead , butihis ineetinrwasaproof that the flame of liberty still existed . The resoluttan , he wes intrusted to move related to Ireland , « nd he agreed with Mr . O'Connor in the nec «« ity of striking at the root of the evil—( hear , hear )—which would beth « only means of conferring permanent blessings on that unhappy land . The promiaed grant * to Ireland would not be paid by landlords and the people was too poor to pay them . The Irish church had aUvayB been ready to aid the aristocracy to opprei * thepaople , and he thought Mr . O'Connor ' s resolution would have s tendency to reduce them down to tome thing like their proper dimensions , he had , therefore , much pleasure in moving this resolution , which he trusted the English people would carry and gain the eteraal jjratitmde of the Will peoule . ( Cheers . )
Dr . M'Douall rose amid great applause to second the resolution , and sqid we had s * en several strange changes , the Whigs out and the Tories in , the Tories out and the Whigs in again ; yet you could scarce call them a ministry , as ther appeared destined to become " small by degrees and beautifully less . " looking at past history mnd pris-nt time , he could see nothing good in our con stitution that owed its origin to modern innovation , no the good was due by our ancestors . Magna Charter was adopted andsigned by men who could neither read nor write . As regards Ireland , surely ten millions of money was small enough after seven hundred years of oppression , and especially as that was to come ont of church property . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought the doctrine of Christianity strictly applicable to this care . It was th . duty of the government to search out the scource of erime and poverty —( hear , hear)—we were progressing in science and wealth , but at the same time crime and poverty went hard in land . He thought the resolution alike aalculated to benefit the two countries . He
was happy to see England , Ireland , Scotland and > rale » , on the move , and he believed n body more powerful in numbers and intellect would arise this winter , than had yet been seen to claim their birthright , and such an united phalanx , would bid defiance to the Whigs . H » fiheuld yet live to witness England ' s greatness aad Ireland's happinets . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was again read , put from the chair , and carried unanimously . Mr . T . M . WHEEiERthen read and moved the adoption of tbe National Petition . Mr . IUbbictt , in seconding its adoption , said , he thought the following shouia be the motto of every working man : "We will have the Charter , name and all !' ( Loud cheers . ) He had mnch pleasure in seconding the adoption of the petition , and trusted the people woule rally round Mr . O'Connor out of the House , and Mr . Duncombe within it , whilst thty yielded their best support to that great luminary , the glorious Northtrn Star . ( Greateeering ) . The p . tition was adopted unanimously .
Mr . T Class moved the adoption of tho following re . solution : — 4 tb , —Resolved , That in the opinion of this meeting , the return to Parliament of a few patriotic iniiividuals , to act in concert with the small band of noble spirits already in the House , and favourable to the democratic Cause , would materially strengthen the efforts of the people for freedom . This meeting , therefore , approves of the principles and objects of the Election and Registration Committee , and pledges itself to jieldthat body all the support in its power . The resolution wag seconded by lit . Sta « . wooi > , and carried unanimously . Mr . Ebnest Jones then moved : — "That the resolution relative to the relief for Ireland be advertised in the Nation , Freeman , . Pilot and World , Irish newspapers . " Seconded by Mr . O'Catamnab , and carried unanimously .
Mr . Stall wood moved a vote of thanks to the . Chairman for hi < impartial conduct in the chair ; which was seconded by Mr . Feabgus 0 'Cohnob , and carried with thundering applause . Mr . Bwame suitably acknowledged the compliment , and he declared the meeting dissolved . Three tremendous cheers were then given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; three for Duncombe ; three for Frost , Williams and Jones ; and three for Ireland and Itepeal . Three lusty groans were then giveH for the Whigs , Tor ies , Protectionists , and Free Traders ; which were sneeeeded by three hearty cheers for Ihe Nwthtm Star .
Upwards of 2 , 000 signatures were appended to the National Petition at the meeting . This Grand Metropolitan Chartist Demonstration then quietly dispersed .
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m THE FREE TRADE TURN-OUT AT KEIGflLEY . "HIGH WAGES AND PLENTY TO DO . " The combination of the Keighley manufacturers still continues without any material alteration ; and they now begin to talk of running nearly all their , factories short time . The men , on the other hand , meet all this tyranny with cool and determined courage . If the Leaguers are putting their workmen t " di&eulties and privations , it ia now quite evident that they are suffering flsverely themselves . By throwing their men . out of employment to prevent them from supporting those of Mr . Robert Clough . they bare subjected themselves to an enormous increase-of poor rate , which now begins to tell admirably through the numerous applications of the men for relief .
The < Guardians hold their weekly meetings or Wednesdays ; and on last Wednesday , the 16 th Ult ., on numbeis of * the men applying for relief , the Guardians wanted to know if they had asked their eraployere-for work since they bad turned them offas if they were willing to employ them again—they could not , consistently grant them any aid iron the parish funds . To satisfy tke Guardians upon this point , a man or two belonging te each firm waited upon their late employers , and wanted to know if they were disposed to set them on again . The invariable answer they received was , that " they were at perfect liberty to return to their work , providing they required no advance of weges , and thai Robert dough ' s combers return to their work at tbe same time . " IThis answer was tantamount to say .-
ing , that if they would throw the men dependent . upon them overioard—do away with the Protective Society—and throw themselves entirely upon their rjaercy , they might return to their ^ bondage . One of the factory masters noted for nothing but the size of % ; s corporation , end his utter want of reason and common sense , tauntingly told the poor fellows who waited upon him , £ hat '' he wanted no eombere , being quite able and willing to carry on his Business w ' r&out them , * but ia believed Eobert Clough , ot Graces Mill , wanteda-number , and they might applj tuepe . " The men returned with their Tarioue answersto the Board , who immediately proceeded to grant jthem some small . pecuniry aid . The liberal application of the parisbfunds to thesupportof the men iwveraploying them on the roads , &c , has boeit barrier asto their
regarded by the manufacturers a chance of success ; and an attempt was snadeto put a stop to it about a week « Bce , by the Chairman of the Beprd of Guardians , w&o is a manufacturer and ringleader of the League , against ihe men . Thia pereafcin the discharge of his official daties , represented tc the Board the great waste of public money by enjoying so many cousfcers upon thejoads . The expenditare in hammers , shwels , and weekly payments would be enormous , and jie would recommend that , instead of working on rofids , the coEpers ekould be ordered to find work at their own callings , " ' for instance , "" said the Free-Tradwg son of Malthas , " I woald take a certain number myself , asd Mr . € lou ? b , I have no doubt , would take a number more , and the mea would thus not only get
comfortable employment aid moderate wages at Sheir own work , tsut the parish would be relieved of a great burden . " It , however , fortunately happens , that the majority-of the present . Board of Guardians # re not such neefc-or-not&ing Free Traders as their Chairman , and eonie of theei told him very honestly , that being an in&rested party , " he had no right to sit in judgment apon therein , and ^ further , that they had no doubt the eondu . e £ of himself and brother Leaguers , had brought the iurdeii upon the public . " The same manufacturer , of wUom we are now speaking , is an out-and-out dissenter , and a determined opponent to church rates ; he Jmfaeaded the anti-rate party , acted as chairman at their meetings , and assisted in pointing out to the poor , the horrible injustice of being compelled to pay two pence per year , towards a church trhich has a plenty of its own .
This cheap method of procuring 3 character for liberality , and of saving liis own pocket , has been somewhat damaged by ihe conduct of himself and party . The labouring portion of his followers have begun to suspect that ' if taking two pence from them by a pardon be such % glaring piece of injustice , the act of a manufacturer taking from them two pounds must be still worse , the sum being not only much greater , but the parson giving them the chance of paying or not paying by vote , while the manufacturer gives them no chance at all . We apprehend tfcafc , through this simple circumstance , the next campaign of this mighty Free Trade and liberty-ofcoBScience-loving General will not be opened with the spirit hitherto manifested , and that many of his soldiers will want to see their commander more consistent in his conduct .
While pointing out one trait in the character of this Leaguer , we can scarcely refrain from presenting the public with a small act lately performed by his own person , who like the huik of his congregation , \ % also a thorough Free Trader . During the last session , while the Ten Hours Bill was pending in Parliament , a deputation of ten working men waited upon him with a petition in behalf of that humanemeasure , requesting his signature . He expressed himself as " a decided opponent to all restrictions upon time , labour , and wages , of either young or old ; he wanted to see every thing free , and matters of that kind left entirely to the employer and the employed . " "lf . ' » said he " , " you had waited upon me with a petition for Free Trade , and the Repeal of the Corn Laws . I would have signed it with all pleasure , but am entirely opposed to a Factory Bill . " " Let us , " said he , " only obtain the Repeal of the Corn Laws , and I have no doubt that a working man like you at the head of a family ( pointing to one of the deputation , a wool .
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comber ) may earn at the rate of two , three , or even four pounds per week , instead of your present nine or ten shillings , and have the power of keeping your family comfortably without sending them to the factory at all if you choose . " On hearing this strange rhapsody on the enormous benefits of Free Trade to the working man , the deputation wanted to know if he was in joke or earnest , " Oh decidedly in earnest , " said he , "itismyreal belief . " It happened since the commencement of the present struggle betwixt the combers and manufacturer , that another deputation of two combers waited upon him requesting his assistance . This deputation , like the first , was quite in the wrong . "He was opposed to all kinds of unions of workmen for protection of wages . His opinion wag , that wages , like every thing else , should be quite free , and he had no doubt that if the workmen would leave the matter in the hands of the
manufacturers , they would always give the highest wages they could afford . " Finding it quite impossible to move him to pity on behalf of either a factory worker or a wool-comber , they wanted to know if he had not told some very fine things toa former deputation concerning the effects of Free Trade upon the working man ' s condition . " Well indeed . '' said he , " 1 recollect saying something on the subject . My opinion ofFreeTrad ^ is , that it will do some little good to the labouring class , but I would recommend them not to be too sanguine , nor expect it too soon . " They then reminded him that the "great measure "
which according to his predictions , were to raise tbeir wages to two , three , or four pounds per week , had passed , and he beheld them there that evening turned from their employment for trying to procure an advance of ninepence . He then protested that the first deputation had entirely misrepresented bira , and that he had never said they would realize to the amount mentioned , and he finally dismissed them with something like a horse laugh . This plain con ' tradiction of his own words created considerable astonishment , and shows the baseness of this priestly Free-Trader .
The manufacturers continue to fight their workmen in their usual cowardly manner . Instead of simply withholding their own work from the men , they are constantly persuading others to do the same . They have carried this system to such an extent that it may now be regarded as a combination to starve the men out of existence . . We must not forget to mention that they have very powerfully increased their combination by the addition of another member . This individual . Spencer by name , residing at a small hamlet called Ainworth , employed three eombere , and judge of the consternation when news was brought that he had
turned them xtt off . No doubt the manufacturers intended this to be & finisher , and had reserved the honour of giving the combers their eoup-de-grace to this powerful ally . We have not , however , heard of any material alteration in either the public funds , the markets , or the condition of the combers in consequence , the only apprehension being that Spencer will have a greater difficulty in getting them back again then he had in turning them off . One very pleasant feature is this affair is , that every tongue moves in condemnation of the manufacturers , while the men continue to receive universal sympathy , support and encouragement .
Krighlet , Wedmksday . —The struggle betwixt the Keighley woolcombcrs and tbeir employers still continues with unabated vigour . It is expected that the manufacturers will this week change their tactics , and endeavour to prevent the men from obtaining relief from the parish funds . We understand that their method to accomplish this is to proffer the men work at the same wages they had when they turned them off , and when they present themselves for relief , cause the Guardians to send them for work to their respective employers . By this plan they think they will be enabled to ease their own burdens , and have an opportunity at the same time of supplying Mr . Robert dough with tops , so that he may
run his factory without giving the advance to hw combers . To meet this plot , which is intended to defeat the objects of the Protective Society , the men are now determined to have the advance from every firm before they resume their employment . That man of brass in Bingley , named Jonas Sharp , whose conduct we hare already mentioned , re . com mencedjoperations upon his weavers last week , by again reducing their wages 3 d . per piece . The firm of Craven , of Keignley , have also this week reduced the wages of a portion of their weavers 3 d . per piece wtfii About twenty of the weavers so reduced , made bold to go in a body to remonstrate with them against their conduct , when they were all ordered to weave their work up and go about their business .
The conduct of the " League" towards their combers and weavers is , beyond all description , mean and tyrannical . The combers request that persons subscribing money in their behalf , will give it to none but these who hare certificates from the Committee , with the secretary ' s name , as several impostors have gone to different places , obtaining money on their own account by representing themselves assaying been employed by the woolcombers .
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FESTIVAL OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . ( From a Correspondent . ) Reader , like me , you are ene of the world of men , you to some extent exercise an influence On tilOSB by whom you are surrounded , and with you , in some degree , rests the character , and , therefore , actions of coming ages . Your life has its sweets and sours , moments of sunshine burst upon you , and your soul revels in enjoyment ; dark hours of gloom come o ' er you , and the world is to you one bleak and barren waste . Sometimes the good and true of nature that still remains , spite of all fortune ' s buffetings , takes the lead , and you are prodigal in generosity ; at other times , you are parsimonious , it may be avaricious to an extreme . Really you are a fickle and a strange being ; but , withal , your thoughts assume a certain character : it may be that you are not
sensible of it . but the most careless onlooker will at once detect it . Do you love to talk of battles—are Hannibal , Napoleon and Nelson your heroes—has the God of War found a throne within you ! if so , Grossing the Alps , invading England , or sinking a French , man-of-war , are your subjects of conversation ; on these themes will your mind delizht to dwell ; you live among them , you dream of them , you-speak of them , and by so doing you influence the current of thought in others , and thereby affect the present condition and future destinies of man . "Tie fraternity of nations" is one of my favourite subjects , and I will speak to you on the festival of ithe Fraternal Democrats , and at once introduce the scene of my musings . It is a Iarce room in White Genduit House , on tie evening of September
the 21 st . It is almost nine o'clock ; the rooms are brilliantly illuminated with gas , tables are filled with the good things of this earth , around them are seated men of all countries , yet they are as one family—the greati family of man . Here there are no party difitinctions—you . cannot see one trace of section—there is not a single emblem of division manifested—there floats the flag oi ' no nation , no fleur-dt-lis , no shamrode , no thistle , no eagle , is to be seen . This night nations are represented by her children . There is a marked distinction of countenance and manner , the result of climate and educational circumstances , and you may read Kiueb of the world ' s history in the faces of Jihese men , l > s . t there is but one sentiment in all—hear it you whose . motto is "divide and rule "read it you men whose patriotism is blazoned in the
words , " keland for tfca Irish "—think of it Loma-Pkilippe , smd mark it well Emperor of all the Russian *— " All men are ibretuern . " There is a reform in education and morals to be effected by the carrying out of ihat great truth , that glorious declaration . The Smss , fror a his cold clear lakes and snow-crown'd mountains , thinks and feels in common with the inhabitant of the fertile saynanalis of South America . Philosopher here is a , field for inquiry ; statesmen here is a key to enable yeu the better to understand the government of man . Sisters and brothers of earth , here is an avowal of universal brotherhood , and ike carrying of its spirit into ihe every day exercises of life would revolutionize society and rectify many of the annoyances of private life . It would annihilate for ever
the poking question of , is neighbour Browu as rich as neighbourGreen ? Ifc would destroy all feav of losing caste in the circle of your acquaintance , and the immaculate gentility of the ring and glove gentry would be heard of no more . In the assembly before us the representatives of the progress parties of all nations feel and practise the doctrine they admire , SMi d the first brother who claims our attention is au illustration , lie is a spare and studious looking man , a I scholar and a philosopher , he speaks languages { fluently , and is no dreamer on the affairs of men ; : the world ' s history has been read by him , and tlWj study of many years enunciates % great truth , re- i
solves itself into a sentiment . He says the first toasfc of the evening is— " The sovereignty of the j people . " That sentiment means much , it says I Mature is no churl in the distribution of her gifts , earth and air are the property of all : valuable truth . Byron , Burns ,- Beragner , Freilgrath , Schiller , Shel-Icy , Jones , all sing or have sung but one strain , —the > sovereignty of the people . The sentiment is spoken to by men of the people , it is the people speaking ' for themselves . A triumph worthy of the age in ; which we live . A lesson that the rulers of tho earth I will do well to study , and the members of St . Stephens ; do well to read . i
An address is read , and reader , if you hare not already read it , you will do well to do so , remembering these words , " AH men are brethren . " It is a manifesto worthy of the occasion , and is followed by one of labour ' s neglected poets , singing" All hail Fraternal Democrats . " John Arnottis a- shoemaker aBdarliyraer , trutlifulsent ! ment 9 , truthfullyexpre 8 sed curne from his pen . Years of toil and trouble have not yet destroyed the spirit of the man , and we marked well the locks slightly tinged with grey hairs—the stooping of the shoulders more to be attributed to trouble than years—but the grey eye twinkled with the fire of the moment , as he poured forth the senti-
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, y ^ M M—¦ M ^ wwii ^^ —¦ — ments of the heart . He is a representative of his order , and one of tbe many sons of genius who weuld never have been heard of , but for the agitation for Democracy in England . Other speakers claim our attention , the evening is getting advanced , and men of all countries speak in all languages , and are listened to withadmiration . and responded toowithenthusiasm . One speaker on the President ' s right , a tall and muscular young man , rich in the exterior gifts of nature ; there is a mark of a sabre cut on his cheek , and resolute determination is reflected in every feature . Carl Fchapper is a citizen of the world—a true cosmopolite in thought and action—he speaks with a voiceltliat thrills to the heart . " Sisters and Brothers , the Iraternity of nations is a toasfc to which I can respond from the bottom of my heartfor I am convinced that
, when the oppressed of civilized Europe unite and demand , as with one voice , their rights , demand justice , they will get them ; aye , they will get them without having recourse to physical force , for when the people enlightened , united and strong demand , no tyrant on earth will dare refuse . " How much of mystery and idle declamation are here unravelled . Physical force , that war cry of party is here placed in its true light . " When the oppressed of civilized Europe unite and demand , &c , " You are right Carl Schapper , and there oan be no union without physical and mental power , until then the murder of the Bandiera will be a common occurrence . But that union once accomplished , the physical power of the people being greater than the physical power of all the monarons of the earth , will
exercise an influence greater than the influence of hired assassins , or the cunning of crafty advisers . With that union will cease war and all its horrors , the people will be morally great because they are physically powerful . To the kings of earth they will use the words of the centurion of old , " I Bay to one man , go , and he goeth ; and to another , come , and he cometh ; and to my servant , do this , and hedoeth it . " Oh yes , it will be so civil , that government will then be a government of the citizen by the citizen , the greatest possible protection with the leaat possible infrinptnent of individual liberty of man , government will bean engine working for the gooa of all , and keeping pace with the intelligence of all . Suddenly there rises one who is known to all , in him is descended the spirit of a family that has
manfully braved ihe persecution ef many agcB . Campbell , author of " The Pleasures of Hope , " could not forget the sufferings of this noble family . The muse of the bard paid its devotion to the sufferings of the patriot , and "The Exile of Erin" will live in the annals of literature while poetry is adored and the English language known . Mr . O'Connor is ( himself a representative of the improved mind of England for the past twenty years , and his speech is the foreshaddowingof a new era . He tells us that every persecuted ' man is his brother . — " Our course , Sir , is no Quixotic orusade in search of undiscovered or even remote regions ; it is the minds travel in quest of Us legitimate throne . " And then follows a picture "f the past and a presage of the future , rapid , but truthful and eloquent . Such a painting , as he
alone can sketch , it is one great cartoon ot history , and its composition is neither crowded nor obscure . Reader , pass it not lightly by . " That knowledge by which the old world was governed , was gleaned from celestial phenomena . " Sad and melancholy truth , and to it may be traced ihe errors and horrors of the early and middle ages . Here you have exhibited the groundwork of the astrology of Epypt in early times , and the witchcraft of England and Scotland in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . But the speeches of this man fall a dead letter on the press—they dare not print them . When Hume , the hisforianpublishedhishistory of England , it displeased all parties who read it , it was known but to few , but succeeding ages read it , and it is now popular when other historians are forgotten , —and I tell the oress of England , that future ages will demand
the speeches of Mr . O'Connor and the history of the movement of which he is a member . O'Connor and freedom will live and stand ; when they are buried , dead , and damned . The evening is tar advanced when there rises a studious and middle-aged exile from his father-land . Colonel iOborski is a Pole , and his thoughts , from whatever point emanating , revert back to Roland . Oh ! there is something noble in the feeling that binds a man to misfortune . Brother OborBki loves Poland for her misfortuncg—it is the most generous of all loyal feeling . But he does not claim Poland as an exclusive territory , he olaims Poland as the land of progress . He lives in the thoughts of his own beloved Kosciusko , and he calls aloud for the equality of man . He says of Poland what Professor Seivers , so beautifully says of Greece : — " Yes , we
admire these men and their maanatnity , we admire nil men who act like them . " " But . brethren , was it Greece for which they struggled ! Was it their father-land * No , brethren , it was not ; for Greece was at that time another name for liberty , as Persia was for tyranny . " These are no mere " after-dinner orations , " no sentiments to be retracted when convenient , these are the opinions of men of years , men of knowledge , men of experience—philosophers , wliose knowledge extends beyond the cloister of an university , or the teachings of a priest . Oh , this i « a glorious night for the world—for progress , for humanity and love . The aotors in this scene may differ on some points of minor importance , but all know , and own , the rights of man ; all admit the doctrine of equality . and the riehteous distribution of wealth .
And while the kings of the earth are plotting for power , they ask for human happiness , and a better future . There is a link ihat binds them all ^ and liko the taU oaks of the forest , they flourish in a social proximity , affording protection to each other from the chill of ignorance , and the blast of prejudice . I-will mark th © " fraternity of nations" i » my chronology , as a phrase for life ' s history— a great sentiment , an everlasting truth . As I wandered leisurely to my lonely home I thought of the past , and I reasoned on the future The scenes of many centuries voae to my view—the barbarous cruelty of tbe middle ages , and the natural ' simplicity of savage life , were with me in my mental vision ; and , as I thought of the past , and of the present , I exclaimed , " Thanks to nature , for her goodness , and her power . " In the men with whom I iave just parted , there still remains the simplicity
of the child , and its true companion—the wisdem of tbe philosopher . Education has taught them to see in man a being worthy of life , of love and happiness , and nature in them speaks with her own voice . Their intercourse with man has taught them to see in the world but one great family . Their minds are expansive , not only stored with truths , but filled with principles . How often have they thought in their closets , and reflected midst the bustle ef life—those moments when one's soul holds converse with itself , and as they have seen man kill his brother , warriors conquer , and bankers rule—as they have gazed on pampered luxury , and its accompaniments , misery and woo . They have yearned to improve this earth , and better mankind ; and they have seen the right course to this end , the adoption of the world for their country , and the propagation of the great truth" All Men are Brethren . " A Leap from the An \ als of 1 Shoemaker ' s Garret . London , Sept . 29 , 1846 .
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» n end to this anomaly hy securing the protection of tha Charter fer the whole people , and deprive for ever the minions of an extravagant court of the unholy power ot following out their schemes of family er personal ambition , regardlesa alike of the duties of their station , the dictates of consofence , or the feelings of humanity—to the great detriment of tha peace and welfare of society , the oppression and degradation of the industriou * millions , and to the actual starvation of thousand ! of their fellow-creatures . Moreover , I would in the meantime , have these usurpers to know , that there is such a thing ai treason to the people—as well as treason to the Crown—of both of which crimes I accuse all those who , through the mstrumentality of hired spies , have enveighled and exasperated , because a plundered , " * deceiyed . andan insulted popul « ce
into the commission 01 any act—which , by their own strained construction , may be denominated a penal offence ; and when , as in tho cases to which I have alluded , they have taken the lives of their victims whilst they had tli « power to sare them , I further fearlessly proclaim the monsters guilty of foul murders , and all their aiders and abettors partieeps crimines ; and I hope soon to see the day when , by the establishment of the People ' s Chatter , a better system shall prevail ; and then , but not till then , we may beat our swordi into plough shares , and our swords into pruning hooks ; for a « prudence est ab hoitis dooere , I would advise such of my friends as have serious thoughts , of adopting this ne plusjiltra of peace and rusticity , to wait a wee ; G « t the land to till , and the Charter to protect it , and none shall more willingly or readily comply with ihe humane recommendation , than Dear Sir , your Brother Democrat , Henbt Boss .
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THE BELFAST COTTON SPINNERS ON STRIKE .
TO THE TRADES GENERALLY . Fbuow-Woikmbn , —It is now thirteen weeks since the cotton spinners employed in the mill of Messrs . Lepper and Co ., of this town , struck work against one of the most unjust and shameful reductions ever proposed . Not content with five or ten per cent ., they must have 22 J per cent , below the average list of Scotland and England . And now , after supporting forty-nine men three months on strike , out comes another tyrant , and throws forty men more on the streets , in order , as they say , to exhaust our funds , which have been long since exhausted , and but for the assistance of Glasgow and some English friends , we should have been , starved into subniis . sion . We call upon you , then , as men and as brethren , for the sake of suffering humanity , to come forward
and resist us , by loan and subscription , to defeat the grasping avarice of overgrown capitalists , who would rob ks of the Drice of our labour , which nature and nature ' s God intended for the support of our wives and suffering children , who are crying for bread , which , when we ask , the tyrants would give us a stone . " The labourer is worthy of his hire , " saith the Lord ; but our tyrants would " reverse that majim , by reducing us to the level of the Russian serf , and making us hewers of wood and drawers of water . From what we ^ know of you , you will not look heedlessly on , and see us crushed to the dust . We remain , your faithful and obedient servants , Signed by order , on behalf of the cotton spinners of Ireland , James ArmourSecretary .
, N . B . —Our address is , —James Armour , 65 , North Queen-street , Belfast * Any remittances matio to tbe Belfast cotton spinners will be gratefully acknowledged , and , if called upon , will be punctually repaid . Tbe Nailkrs of St . Visians , near Stxblikg . — Mr . Jacobs addressed a large meeting of the nail , makers of this place , chiefly members of the National Associations , in the Public School Room . All expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied with the progress of the association , a vote expressive of their confidence therein to remove their grievances were passed unanimously ,
Camblox , near Falkirk . —Mr . Jacobs addressed the nailers here on Tuesday evening , with tho same result as above . The nailers , here , complain that meal has risen from 9 d . to Is . 3 d . per peck within the last twelve months , and other things at a similar rate , that their wages have not rose , and if they are not rose soon they must starve , as they are obliged to work from five in the morning till ten at night to get 9 s . or ios . per week , that the masters ebarge them 11 s . for a cart of 12 cwt . of coals , just as they are taken from the pic head , that the masters only pay 4 s . 6 d ., exclusive of hauling . Bannocburs Carpkt Weavers . — Mr . Jacobs addressed the carpet weavers , of this town on Wednesday evening , in the Public Hall . After ' the lectures , a resolution was carried to the effect that it was to the interest of the carpet weavers to bin the National Associations the only means of removing all their grievances .
Uwtbd iRADES .-Enrl Shilton—Messr s . Buokby Winters , Lucas , and others , from Leicester , attended this place on Sunday last for the exprc ^™^ adding a new link to the Association for tho Protection ot British Industry , under the auspices of T S . Duncombe Esq ., M . P . In the afternoon Mr ' Buckby preached a sermon from the 6 th chapter of $ &JTL ^ J » ™^ J ^^ 7 & % i ^~ on the . Sabbath day . ' '' This dtoSwS 1 Sd I ! i f "f - " miseries , he went into the principles of the National Association with ercafc 'KSffSw" " 1 ! i ie clo ? ean »»^ o « s VotIS passed in favour of the union .
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THE STAFFO RDSHIRE POTTERS , Dba * Sw . —Allow « e , through your escellent Journal , to report th . proceeding , of « Th ^ Stafford . blr , Potter * ' Socuty , "in connection with the -National Amq . eiation of Trades for the Protection of Industry . A portion of Potters in Staffordshire , have for some time past been formed into » branch of the above association , and since our adhesion , we have been labouring to d . s . ema . nate its p rinciple ., to exp lain itt object ., and to promt * its interest . In doing which , however ,-it ha . not been 10 smooth and unobstructed a movement as wight haT « been expected . No ; w . have had to contend with nu-« evou 8 Ld powerful objections , to do . baUle mOi deep , rooted and lone cherished prejudice , and to dispel a mas . . j—^
¦ ire cloud of thick darknew flirt obscured the real iHter . est and welfare of operative Potters , which prevented them from seeing Into the paramount claims , _ and superiority of National Combinations over local Unions . I am happy to say . that the hardsst portion of thU arduous taskhai been all most accomplished . So tkat our position at the present time is of tbe most pleasing character . For having succeeded in answering the objection * of some , and breaking up the prejudices of others ; and gaming the adheaion of more numbers of others have commenced an inquiry respecting our plans and objects j and the result promi . oi to be a numerous and encouraging Ingathering of Potter ., under the auspiciou . bannw and powerful protection of our mighty combination , We have up to \ h \» time nmnbexed about on » hundred
and fifty paving members , and tbiB week w « shall have to « arol an addltion . of fifty more . At our meeting of the 26 tb imtant , it wa » resolved that the tfortftern . _ Star b » taken in at our lodge , that theproceedingioftbeaMO . elation may be weekly read to our members . We be . lieve that this will have a good tendency , that it wUl awaken our fellow-oparative . to * sense of duty , by moving ourselves to more active exertions to spread the salutary principle ! of the National Association . Incon « elusion , we are looking for the visit of our able mission * ary with considerable interests . Webelierehispreienc * and labour ! among ub for a week , will be attended with great good . That you m * y know on whom you re » t for tail communication . I » ub 8 cribe myself , Tours truly ,
Edwaed Hetmfhbies , Corresponding Secretary .. Hanlev , September 28 th , 1846 . Lbicbsteb . —Frame-Work Khitibbb . —A publia meeting was held here on Monday last , on the Organization and the Payment of the Debt due to Mr . Brigg 3 and others , relative to the Frame-Rent Trial , &c . It was addressed by _ Messrs . Swift , WinterB , and Buckby , and a committee appointed to collect subscriptions from the hands towards defraying tho said debt . SeveraCqueations were aBked and satisfactory answers given . The old committee were reelected , and a gojd spirit reigned throughout . Bla 3 Y . —Messrs , Buckby and Winters , of Leicester , attended this place on Monday evening , ( after the Leicester meeting ) for the purpose of explaining the { objects of tlie National Association of United Trades . Several attended tbe meeting , which , wagheld on the Green , and were greatly satisfied at tke explanation offered , and passed a vote to join the Union .
Barnblby . — State op Trade .: —The trade of this town continues in a very depressed condition . Tbii is the Fancy Drill season , and in the very worst of times , from September to December , or January , before this year , there was always a movement , but now with all the Free Trade boasting , things are at a Btaud , Other kinds of work would be pretty fair but for the bsneful influence of the ' long chimnies / which stand erected as monuments to Satan and avarice , and which swallows up . the people ' s employment , and with it , their means of existence .
NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION . Glasgow . — A meeting of -the Calton Eastern District of the ; Scotti 8 b National Union of Boot and Shoemakers was held at the Suffolk Street Chapel , near Gallowgate , on Monday last , at twelve o ' clock , when Mr . Jacobs delivered a lecture on the advantages of the National Association . The lecture was listened to with great attention , and heartilyresponded to . At the close , rotes of approbation were carried by acclamation . Glasgow Nailers . —On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mr . Jacobs delivered a similar lecture to the Nailers , in the New Chapel , Nelson Street , with great success . Thb Cxksru , Cornonm w rai Pawia Looit WairsRB Froimouos Association held ita usual
monthly meeting on Sunday , the 37 th inst ., in a commodious room in Oldh ' eld Lane , Salford . On the roll being called , delegate ! from the following places answered to their names , y \ i . —Manchester , Salford , Pendleton , Wkan , Leventhulme , Droglesdes , Stockport , Staleybridge . Oldham , Royton , Bury ,. Boiton , Chorley , Preaton , Blackburn , Burnley ,. Padisham , Rochdale , Over Dorwen , Warrington , Farrington , &o . Communications from Barnslev and a few other places were read , statin ? tke condition of the society in those districts . The society now numbers twenty-four of the largest weaving districts in England , and those placest hat have not yet joined are not dead to the importance of the society , but some unfortunate circumstances have prevented them from as yet becoming bona fide members of a
society for tne success of which they offer up their most ardent prayer . Since the appearance ot the Balance Sheet of the society which was brought out at the last meeting of the Central Committee , the increase of members has surpassed the taott ardent expectations , some districts having nearly doubled the number of their members . The great and astonishing difference of prices paid in different town * and even in the same town , for weaving tho same description of cloth , is ft subject of which the better disposed of the employers themselves have often complained , constitutes a grievance which it will be to tbe advantage of all should be redressed to this end . The Weavers Protection Association purposes to bend its energies , &c , hopes to tnliat in its support , not only the weavers themselves , but those employers who are paying the best prices .
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . The Central Committee of this Grand National Confederacy , met at their office , 30 , IJyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , Se \ tember the 28 th , Mr . J . Bush in the chair , when the Secretary read a voluminous mass of correspondence from the various trades of Great Britain and Ireland . The Burton-On-Trent , small wear weavers , the trades of Ilkiston ,
the lace makers of Nottingham , the Belgrave framework knitter ? , amounting in number to 600 , have forwarded their adhesions to the office . A deputation from the City ladies shoe makers , attended torequest information , &c . for that body . Mr . W , Robson reported that he ' , in conjunction with Mr-Allen ( tin-plate worker ) had waited upon the City division of boat and shoe makers , who had received them most cordially—and agreed to join the Association . After tlie transaction of muoh other businessof a routine nature , the Committee adjourned .
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msmres renewed fears for the ultimate safety of the noble vessel , whose auspicious career wassosuddenlV and unexpectedly arrested on Tuesday last . On Friday evening the moderate weather which hithertohad been experienced underwent a change . The wind then increased to a i ; ale , and during the ensuing night and morning blew with violence from the south and south south-east , the storm being accompanied by rain and a heavy sea . The powerful steam-tug despatched from Liverpool to the assistance of the stranded tesi-el was driven to seek shelter
from the bay . During the morning the Great Britain gradually drove further ashore , until at length the strain upon the anchors became so great that the chain and uivwser snapped , the upper part of thft i < udil 6 v-l > ost was broken off , and a plate of iron adjoining was carried away . The ship , however , up to the hour at which these accounts were despatched , had made little it no water ; and though at present the gales which have proved thus digastvows arc again prevailing , Jet , it is hoped , thai , with additional assistance , the ship may be preserved materially uninjured .
Ice fiiom Gbmslahd . —The importations of ice , •» frequently noticed as having taken place from the north ol Lurope , and other places- during the present year , for the first time , do not appear to have yefc the Regent s Canal from the Greenland seas , with , aeeordine . to tbe maater ' s report , a cargo Of ICO Oil board , which , taking into consideration the tonnage ? nn VJm may ^ . ^ P ^ ed to have comprised from 300 to 400 tons weight ol the article . DEATH op Mn . Alex . Rodger . —The friends and adimrersof po ^ ic genius , will hoar with vegret that Mr . Rodger , "the Bard of the West , " died this
morning at his own residence , about two o ' clock , alter a short and painful illness . For some time previous Mr . Rodger , although able to walk about and . look after his accustomed occupation , was evldantly declining in health , and it was apparent to all that he was nf » t much longer to jog in this world . Latterly , when feeling himself giving way , Mr . Rodger entertained a project of a voyage to America , where he had some relatives , but from causes with which we are not conversant gave it up . His demise , we ar « sure , will cast a gloom over those circles he was wont to enliven with his wit , good humour , and song—and we believe , among Glasgow soug writers it will be generally admitted that he bus left tow equals behind .
Sudden Death op a Naval Officer . —On Monday last , an inquest was held before Mr . William Bilker , : it the Bell and Have Tavern , Tottenham , on the body of Meeson Dmry , aged 80 . The de-C < Si » sed was a gentleman of considerable fortune , and was a retired officer in the navy . He enjoyed very good health until within the last few days . On Thursday evening week , he retired to rest as usual about half-past ten o ' clock , and in two hours aftenviucla his wife was alarmed at his difficulty of breathing . He died almost immediately afterwards . Verdict— " Died bv the visitation of God . *
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS—CASTLEREAGH'S VICTIMS .
TO TI 1 E ED 1 TOE OF TUE HWTUE 1 N SIAR . Sib , — In your able and correct report of the grand festival of the democrats of all nations , held at While Conduit House , on the evening of the 21 st ult . I find my name introduced as having made a few general observations on "The Solem . n Memory . of the Patriots , who have suffered and perished in prison and in exile , on the senffold , and the battle field , in struggling to establish the Rights of Man , " and whilst I do not complain of your reporter , who I may be permitted to say , is a great deal more correct , in general , than the majority of those who cater for the columns of the factions . I thimk I may reatonaWj claim u &m ; itt space in jour valuable broad sheet to explain my reasons for introducing myself on the Attention of the meeting , and to briefly state the nature of the subject , to which I referred , and which , in this instance , your reporter has intirely omitted . It will yet be fresh in tbe memory of many of our Scottish brethren , that the Radicals of 1819 and 1820 had a hard struggle with the friends in power at that time , that their worse than fantastic tricks made many a law * made widow weep , and mauy a helpless family mourn , that under martial law our Glasgow friends will recollect their having been hunted like wild beasts through the streets of their native city , after nine o ' clock at xiight , by the Dragoons of Castlereagh , Ac , that many nvore totally ruined , some banished for ever from the lan their birili , and that tteee victims to tue hellish spy . system were actually sacrificed , according to law , to secuiv tne rule of tne P » ders and gratify the base passion ^ ° » " Bloated buffoon . " These , Sir , were the circumstance to which I wished to ( Jraw ' ti ** &ttenti <> n of tue meeting , and the country and having 1 l ) een an eye-witness of tue murder of James Wilson , at Gi . '" lsBow , I thought it a fitting occasion to perform a sacred dutv to tlle memory of go good and so worthy a man ; t 0 denounce tho tyranny which produced such calamitytliri'ugnoutthe laud ; tmil to caution the people against suppling that the base , brutal , aad bloody Whigs of the present ^ ay were a whit L'ss inclined to perform once more , if the . P eople permitted them , the like tragedies , than wero their T « r J brethren of that time . I have as great a respect . for the peace of" our Lady the Queen" as for any otber lm ty i nHris country ; but , when I retteet on the enormities I i'ave seen committed under the sanction of her namer and authority—such as ut Cal-Shorpe-street , Kennington ' -coii'mou ; the Bull-ring at Birmingham ; the Taddington , terminus , and Other phiees—I c « unot help thinking tli M those who wield the jower of the expensive " baubAe , " tIie Crown , have quite nistaken their mission , inasmu cb . ^ tnev invariably deitroy the peacs of large masse 6 of v'he people in their mxiety to preserve what they ai « pleased to call " the jeace of their Lord or L /| dy ( " a « t . ' V ^ se may be ; and , iherefore , I think it is high time we fW e uniting to put
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HOW TO GET THE CHARTER : TO FI 1 » GO « O ' COXNOB , ESQ . S » , —Ai I do not often intrude myself upon your notice , or on your valuable time , I h « v * no doubtyou will excuse me on the preient occasion ; indeed I ihould not do so now , if I did not think tbKP tht lubjict , upoo ffnicb I write , ii of the utmost Importance to the liberties of the British people . 1 have no doubt you will recollect 10 much of m * «• to know that I am not , have not been , nor am likely to bs a mere follower of men ; not an . O'Connorite , but a Char , tint ; not a Sturgite , but a Complete Suffragitt ; not Peeliu , or a Rmsellite , Whig or Tory , but an Englishman . The difference in the two first t consider to be
merely in name ; nor am I either of these on account of the name , but because each of thele parties propoie to give to the people their universal rights , aa once held by our Saxon ancestors ; and not merely from this consideration , but because the Charter contains the inalienable , ¦ atural rights of man , to which , in his own individual person he has an indisputable claim . The only and allimportant question is , how Englishmen , yet , and Irishmen and Scotchmen too , can practically attain these rights f This is the question , which , I hope , the following practical plan will answer . The Anti-Corn-Law League his set us the example , —has taught us the worth and the worthleislesg of a property qualification . Itl worthltssuess is in its uncertainty to its holder ; its worth to th * working classes that it may be increased , at pleasure , to almost any extent , at least for every desirable and
practical purpose . It is an old and self < evident proposition in mathematics , that two halves are equ * l to the Whole ; and vita vtrte , that the whole is equal to two halves . The Anti-Corn . L&w League acted upon the dividing quality or property of freehold estates , they have made one freehold into two , four , or six forty-shilling qualifications for county votes ; the working claaiei must aot upon the uniting principle to claim votes for both small and large boroughs . The qualification to vote for a borough member is a rental of ten pounds annually , and to berated to the poor , that is , the name entered « n the rate book . Two working men live neighbours to each other , and each pay a rental of six pounds ; now two «\ % pounds make twelve , more than is required to give th * required qualification . One may and can be booked for tbe two houses , as one teuameat , and to make this perfectly
«» fe , letone half to hi * neighbour a » unfurnished lodgings . Certainly this will be as good a qualification as two freeholds , or three , four , or lix , each separated only by one wall , belonging equally to tha claiming tennt ments , so that neither is an independent freehold , yet each claims and gives the county vote There il in Sheffield twenty thousand houses which have not th » franchise or vote , these , if the working classes ot tha town could be induced toco-operate unanimously , could claim the qualification to vote for ten thousand . But to hope for such an unanimity would be utterl y vain } if how * Yer only six thousand , or even four , wer * to do 50 , this would be sufficient to send two independent , workiof elass representatives to Parliament , at any election , for this , or in like proportion , for any borough in the United Kingdom . The smaller the borough , the mote praoUcal the plans , and the morecertaiu of success ,
Now , Sir ; this plan u carried out in other similar casea . It is acted upon with succesi by'brer-houi « keepers . When the hoaiefor which tbe licenco is deiired is only ten pounds rent , the applicant unites the next house with it , and thus increases the rent to tlie legal mm , and then lets off the appended house to another family , as lodgings , and thus becomes legally qualified for licence to retail beer . Thus acting upon this . plan , with s powerfully organised Association , the people may not only send twelve members to the corrupt and venal house ot mil . representatives , but 150 or 200 ; and what could resist such a phalanx , such an army ofpionetrt , backed and supported by a petition of one million , or fifteen hundred thousand Signatures of an earnest and determined people , Wbat I say could resist t ! i * ir « arrjin& the Charter through thathouse , and establishing it as the law Of the land , without which neither their land , labour , or liberties can be safe .
There are some other details required te work out the plan successfully , in committees ; thinking this plan of increasing the qualification worth your serious consideration , permit me to subscribe myself Your respectful and obedient servant , K . Onsr ,-Sheffield , September , 23 , 1846 .
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The Great Britain—The Tenour Of The Accounts
The Great Britain—The tenour of the accounts
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 3, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1386/page/6/
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