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TO THE LOYAL DROGHEDA TRADES ASSOCIATION.
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ADDRESS OF THE LOYAL DKOGHliDA TRADES ASSOCIATION TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF IRELAND.
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Lotai Getclehes , — Had not the organ of ycnr bodv challenged me to reply , I should have allowed 5 * answer of my Chartist friends of Drogheda to rf » nd * 3 » complete refutation of your several toWtJons- However aware that my silence would tore riven a short-lived triumph to Blander , I should bo * hare availed myself of the opportunity which « mr address affords of exposing the supreme igno-L nce of any body of Irishmen professing Repeal SSclples , had I not been forced to it by the Drog-\ eda Argus . Lojsl Gentlemen , how can you be so foolish , bo tbtv foolish , as thus to enable me to swell the catawjie of triumphs over my enemies ? Did yon write ignorance ! Or did yon vainly hope that falsehood trofld p&ss for truth ! or did yon flatter yourselves foi those who raw the indictment would not also the defence !
a * . .., _„ ... ,. _ . „ _ Loyal Gentlemen , in yoor several allegations there « not a single sentence of truth from the beginning even unto the end—not one ; and , what is still w » rse , too know it J I imagine that your address , -which professes to be the address of the working classes , is ge concoction of some one to whom falsehood is jftentimes more servicable than truth . Bat , Meigfal Providence ! how proud should I be in my fflisoc-house , after years of unceasing agitatioB , and j n the sixteenth month of solitary confinement , to re ceive a copy of such an indictment , accompanied with such a list of charges . _ _
Alas ! Loyal Gentlemen , and is this the most that treac hery can do ? and have all my treasons , crime ? jnd offences merged into this narrow compass 1 Suppose I pleaded guilty to the principal count in yonr indictment , what then t What would be yopr Sentence ! Bat , firstly , let as see what that count is . It charges me with giving you a Tory Boose of Commons , and with the publication of an address , in Tfjack was the following passage : — « The Charter cannot be obtained without the people the
^ Ireland ; kmg they are -under influence of O'ConaeU and the Corn Exchange , we cannot expect fteir co-operation : tbeawbat is to be done ? Why 0-Connell and the Irish Liberals are supporting the Jloody Whigs ; and so long as they continus in office . v « ns-rer ean expect to have ths people of Ireland . Be n ont -with the bloody Whigs , and give Ireland jboUht Tory sqnerae ; let loose the National bloodj ^ nods , the Orange faction , and the shooting churchauctioned by s Tory government , and then yon will tore the Irish running into your arms . "
Nott , Genilemen , will you condemn me for teat ? If tou say " Aye , " pause and read the first sentence « f your ^ ddres ^ iB - ^ fiieh yon declare your sole object io be "tie adv-iEcement of that great national question , tae Repeal of the Legislative Union ! " ' Well , -jcn ' iiave read it ; now then , read the following d " cuaient , published no later than last week ; and . above a'J , read the magic name thereunto ifised , ana then condemn ice , if you dare , and » eqa ; £ Daniel O'Counell . Loyal Gentlemen , abovf aU read the « hird paragraph from the bottom , and { ben say whether or not my forebodings of Tory poseeniion conld have exceeded these therein prettied by the " Liberator ! " And yet doe 3 he , as 1 do . anticipate the most beneficial results from the B Torv squeeze . "
" Th = Ke'onners of England and Scotland can haye w ems * to complain of oar conduct ; they ate scattered , iaco 2 ibi 2 e- , isolated—no common bond of union—eo joEamiitypfexfirnoasubsistaarnongsttheni . TheLseae Assoeailca is bet s same . The Birmingham Council is pet d put history . The Chartists ha-ve alarmed and gspated so many that they have proved xht best patrons « d proiect jb of Toryism . " Ba : if Reform shall again raise its head in England —if the Reformers phtTl again congregate in peaceful od ca ££ rirational strength , they can reckon upon the eonntestice and support of the iBdepecdenl Bepealers dlrslusd .
" The advent of Toryism to pewer mart of necessity fend to augment and strengthen the cause of Repeal , jsd the number of Repealers . The insolent oppression d the Orange Tories in Ireland -will serve to animate Sk tinid , whilst it will disgust the indifferent as -weU ss the torp id , tlioueh honert Irishmen . The ipesies of magistrates whem they frill appoint—tie party Sheriffs whom they will same—the Orange iaries irhom they -will pack—the -rioler . t partisans with ¦ whom they will crowd the bench of jnsrice—all these , jnd more , behave to apprehend from ihe Tories , should & 5 j- corae into power . But ail these re-act in favour of BepeaL
" * gnin , if the Tories come into power , the virulent iatrsd of Lord Stanley to the people of Ireland will fca-re full room to display itself . The number of voters in Ireland is miserably small—is Uitaliv , inadequately ECi'l . In mosl of oni counties tliiTe is scarcely oce Titer for eTery three hundred of the population . Us- popslar sennmeut is checked and cootroiled ,-tet that sentiment will be wholly extinguished , and See franchises worse than oncibilated , by Stanley ' s Scorpion BiiL The insulting inadequacy of the Corpcsaie Reform Biil -will become e-very das more and more Bssifes ^ "AH these causes will operate to augment the nun : bos and increase the strength of the Repealers . Then , te the csiier hand , the certainty that all the grievance * o ! Ireland win be redressed by her own Parliament T 3 operate as an additional stimulant to the repeal GEM .
' 1 ETerj-man who feels -srith us that no iniquity can be gres .: er than the appropriation of the ecclesiastical tete revenues of the nation to the clergy of a small lest—every such man must admit that it is 0 E ? y from , C lr . & , Parliament we can obtain the extinction cf the tahe-rent charce , and the arp'icaticn of the ether ' Kfemiss , now eDJoved by the irate church , to purposes ; d education and charity , for the use of all persuasions . " There camiot be a more important or more rain- j ibis , 01 , &t the same tinie , more certain result of the ' iHtcratioE of the Irish Parliament , than that one of its i fat acts must be to extinguish the remaining tithe-rent charge , and to direst the appropriation of the other sate church revenues to purposes of general utility and '
" 2 Every human being in Ireland must be quiU ; XWtn that no extension of the Irish franchise , ho-w&ver : obviously just and necessary , can be obtained from the &itisa ParllaiaeEt ; on the contrary , we are abcut to j adirre from Lord Stance ? tLe Tirntal anuibilation cf j ths ekctiTe fnnchiBe altosc-ther . " 3 . Erery human being in Irelsad mast see tist the ' C-arporate K = form Bill -we ha-e obtained is a Texatioui ElOckery—3 moctery the Ec-rs ves ^ tioas because of ia contrast with the English and Ssotch Corponit * Reform Acts . In fact , it does net Jescrve the name of reform : tisIL Yet there is n&t tb = Itast prospect of redress ; from the British Parliament .
"Tex these , and iccltirudiuccs other reasons , it is Suite dear that nothing cm tend so much to augment ibs camber of Repairs an , ' , tie force of the Repeal ttOTemasi is the advent to power of Peel and Stanley . Their miEistry severs fcr ever that lini of dfeceptire h « pe of jostisc from an Eng ' . ish Parliament , -which prevented wins , and served as an excuse for others , for not iocnsr taking part ia the Bepeal agitation . "Your committee eoEciuce wiih one caution : It is desi thai the Tories will institute as many prosecutions *» they possibly can—they will prosecute every ebullition of popular feeli&g that can afford an excuse , howercr fntile , f&r a prosecution . XL 3 reign of ' justice ' iu Saurin used to dll his reign ot terror ; will be ^ stor&d . Ihe Tories will feel themselTes secure of ¦ Ssii Bherifs , their juries , and the partizan judges * hsia thsy wffl select
" Siould these threatened eTils terrify the Rej •»" . ci 3 fern their ccatss ? Ce 2 ~ ai > lt not . Let that coarse fe TsSi but firm—moderate but resolute—fr ^ e iivui « e lsngnige of irritation or p-assion , but digcifiird by 1-8 tor * tnd ttmper that becomes men who " deserve to Kfres . " ^ o de ^ piir—eo despondency . Ireland has alitau 5 * MieTed one great and bloodless victory—she \ riil *«« Te another and a great-sr . Ireland had a P ^ rlia-^ i o ! her own ; with rhe blessin f of God she frUl tavs hei Parliament again . " Signed by order , " Ui ^ IEL O'COSTTELL , Chairman of the Committee . * t-V ^ rea ^ * ' ^ W ^ * have you to sav in the ¦ uberator ' s" defence , who wrote it ? Will you ai * » bil } against him 1
-oysl Gentlemen , you profess to read the Northern ajar , md yon appear to be familiar with its con-?? 3 5 'wcy then , in justice , did yon not ; nc : nde tie Kuiowing passage , which you might hava found ttn ™ esoTeria that pu per : — " Let tyranny not ? up-Pteetiaii ; hzs gained a rricmpii in my persecuten « tt the persecution of my friends ; no , Char : i .= m «^ ed srea a stab to roase it from its lethargy ; ~ a u irr snrzaisG has co > "dtced is a > t way to " GJCE 5 ? TEE MOSSTES ' s 5 ¦ raE ^ GTH . -WELCOMi : PF-PBi ^ £ 1 /?^ TH 0 UGH 1 T WLRE
Now Loja ] Gentlemen , this is not a single in-» tp \ ? ^ ief in the necessity of persecution ; JA tae absolute necessity , for the advancement of a P »« cacse . Ko ; for I glory in every pang I feel as the g ™ pwnetic response to some tyrant ' s torture . May"JP jtm have had so manv peaceful and bloodless ^> J > as in Ireland of law > th&t you expected a * * £ oTer for the national staies . " Foolish men w ^ k 1 ^? 01 iware that the 0 &e ^ class legirlatioc ) tZ ^ » rtiE you , till your turn for the sacrifice ^ ww ! And , after all , where are your triumphs ^* y ou may point to yonr tills , for you are ail j ^ j ^ -Pf ^ , although you call yourselves the
work-But where are the people ' s triumphs ! where , 1 «* J On the Bench ; in the police ; in the Four £ ?«? ; m the Red Book ; in the Civil List ; in ^ y ^^ nancies of Connriea ; in the appoin ticent j ^ 1 * 111 ^; in tae stipendiary corps of police .-pies « ad rT i ? mra 2 i ! ^ Colonial jobbery ; in Poor Law v « o-aei coamiss-. ons ! Y = s , Gentlemen , snch have & ?« ir : naphs of Ireland ; but , alas , they are K ^ wapas of the "Lice , " while the exhausted tkeQun .- "S ^ " m » y Point to the transport , ¦ r inoTrk a ' em P 7 house , or the law which tf ^ g ? " 2 pd " ied him to fly , as his poor share
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Loyal Gentlemen , for unifonnitv ' s sake , I will now take yoar several counts , seriatim , in ihe order in which they appear in the indictment . The first is a mere clumsy thing of nothing , containing the old story about " the Chartists' Feagne with the Tories f and having affirmed it , you go on to the old catalogue of Tory oppression , which ( shame to ten years of Whig rule , and your unopposed power for the latter six of that period ) is now discerned to be in full force ;—and having leagued the Chartists and the Tories , you allow your readers to infer that Chartism would be as great an enemy to civil and religious liberty as ToryiBm h&s been ; while , in your souls , you are aware that the equality and even reign of justice which Chartism would ensnre , is the one thing dreaded by every speculator in unhappy Ireland ' s sorrows , sufferings , and woes . In the second count you say , and say truly , " that division among the people was always the main stay of tyranny and oppression . ''
Loyal Gentlemen , allow me to ask you to point me out a man in existence who has done so much to increase and foster that division as Mr . O'Connell ? and who has made it so much the study of his life , even at the expenoe of self , as I have , to destroy that dirision , and cement the whole body of the people in one compact union , looking for one and only one object . Loyal Gentlemen , the third count is a mere repetition of Tory insolence to the Catholic people of Ireland , which FeargU 3 O'Connor , the Northern Star , and tho English Chartists , have resented in more manly terms than the Irish or the Irish press ever have done upon their own account . When the sacriiigioas wretch , the Her . Mr . Stowell , went to Bath to "preach his anti Catholic doctrine , who
hooted him , and his blood-stained associates eut of the meeting-house ? The Catholics ? No such thing ! emboldened by his many triumphs over the Catholics of Manchester , in their very strong-hold , it remained for the English working " Torp-Protesiant-Orange-Chartists" of Bath to teach him that , however the . Irish Catholics may submit to his insults at home , that they , the Chartists of Bath , •• vould noi be parties to such a Protestant triumph over their Irish Catholic brethren ; and , curious : o say , none of yonr Liberal Irish papers published ; he defeat of the " surpliced ruffian , " while ihe Star hada full report , asd an article of thanks to the Bath Chartists for their mauly and spirited conduct . You know , and Mr . O'Gonnell knovrs . that
99 in every 100 of the Euglish working people love iheir Irish Catholic brethren as themselves , and the more for the persecution they have suffered froia wily friends aad foes ; while they hate the very aame of " Orangeman , " as the worst enemy of the human race " . You have no right to libel the English people ; your press his no right to libel the English people ; your " Liberator"' ha 3 no right to libei the English people ; but the English people esteem it as a tribute to their judgement , which has taught them how to affi * the proper stanrp of value to every public man ' s acts aud professions . They havefonnd Mr . O'ConEellont , and hecce their crime . Loyal Gentlemen , in the fourth count you charge me with insincerity , because , I refuse all instalments
of reform . Will you have the goodness to point out any instalment that / have refused . You mike a slight mistake . You should have said , because ho refuses to agitate for instalments of reform . " Iu faith , I dol and will to thf > day of my death . J know of no such thing as an instalment of principle or ^ morsel of justice , while I have never been put to the pain during the tenjears of Whig sway of refusing a farthing in the pound . As you read the Star , you will find iJ therein written , that the whoie popular force could no : command the dismissal of one obnoxious policeman , or of one palace menial ; and should you ieq \ iiie recorded piooi of popular inability to ge ; a tracv . on of justice , ot an " instalment "
of even mere }" , from the representatives of the present electoral body , you will find ample proof in the fact that the vote of the only man who should staud nenser in ihe Honse of Commons overbalanced 2 , 000 , 000 of signatures of people , who pointed attention to the fact , that for fifteen months , amid the most galling privations , not a single outrage had taken place ; and yet was their prayer for the liberation of political offenders rejected , while your great leader and champ : on of civil liberty walked out of the Hou 38 , and his name appears nowhere in the division . What , now , do you think of " instalments" of Reform , and Chart st power to enforce them ?
You ask why the Chartists interrupt meetings for the Corn Laws J I will tell you ; because , in the commencement of the agitation upon that subject s the people were invited to attend and take part , and when they did rake part , they wero not only' insulted , but thiy were in many instances assaulted , dragged out of the meeting , rolled iu the kennel and covered with mua , culled by rnf&an police , and arcaned at by idle shop boy 3 ( for fvn 5 ch see Morning Chronicle ) ; and when tiey moved their amendments , the class-legislation Chairman invariably dec . ared thoss amendments in be los ; , although in almo :-t eTery instance the majority in their favour
was fifty to ore . This prac :: ce was pre-eminently calculated to make the Chartists appear a poor mincrity of the working classes , and their principles but the wild theories of a discontented faction ; and seeing the result likely tc be produced , and the injury likely to be inflicted upon the real causa of freedom , I did recoamecd the people to move their own Chairman—to stand by their own " order" and their o- ^ sfc—io hear if they icere heard , and to STRIKE ' / V'fy " ? rf ST . RUCK ; and from the moment the peoul ? acted rpen that advice every paper teemed u-ith Chsrii ? t triumphi ; , aic ev ^ ry tougue was obliged 10 adniit the Chartists' strength .
You gay , m ilie same count , that I eppose every Liberal a : id Reformer , ani give the Tory Monopolists sufh a ni" joriiy s . s w : il enable them not only to crush the Chai-If-t * , bat to put down all attempts of the peopje iu nCiiZji 2 . i&tiress of grievances . ' To . "• - . at I & ; . i- ? rer < 1 lock upon what you call " Liberals and R-formcrs" as ine greatcrt Monopolism and the greater , cur ^ e that ever the country endured ; walk 1 xeii yo-j , in the language of Emmett , that " it shall only be over niy lifek-ss body" the Tories shall impede the progress of Chartism , and suppress the just compiaiiits oi" ihs people .
In the same count you say— " It was for the same conduct be was hissed from the stage of Irish politics . " Poor silly creatures ! When was he hissed from the stage of Iri = h politics ? Was it in 1821 , when he aione cf Ms order , backed by eleven Roman Catholic Clergymen ( all his friends to this day ) stood up agfuns * special commissions , martial-law , shootings , burnings , and ernelties of all sorts , and defended the poor White Boys driven to madness by despair , against the united force of Whig ¦ ji . d Tory marshalled in military array against the Catholic people ? Was it in 1831 , when be paralized he Great Reform Meeting in Cork , by the assurance that & ' . l Reforms , except a Repeal of the Union would t-e mtre moonshine for Ireland ? Was it in
1882 , wLcn be refused to plead guilty and receive icsrc-y for taking the lead and the post of danger in i ' . ti-tkhe meetings ? Or was it in the sama year , when , without any help , but that of some good priests and the whole people , be broke down the most powerful aristocracy ever known to exist in any eountv or country , and in which he dragged your ? hc ? p-keep : ng order after him much against their inclination , and gained a victory which for 150 years ail coiiibiiianoES strove in vain to achieve ? Was it in 1833 . when he took the mask from humbug and forced iir . O'Connell to pledge himself to bring the Repeal question forward , and when the liberal press was vriih him ! Was it in 1834 , when in spite of ihe opposition of Mr . O'Connell ' s friends and
relarre ? he again triumphed over the Protestant aristocracy of the county of Cork ] Was it in 1835 , when the Catholic people subscribed six hundred vouuds , to defend h s seat which was lost by the treachery of some of the Irish liberal members , who , by Mr . O'Connell ' s recommendation , absented themselves from the Ballot for his committes ? Was it at the close of that year when , after he was unseated , the Liberator offered him a hundred guineas , " sat a hcsbbed , " to go to Carlow as counsel for Jew Raphael , and which he decline d , offering at the same time to go at his ovn -expanse for a good man ? Or , was it in 1839 , when he met a large number of priests , with whom he had acted since 1821 , and the two liberal members for the county of Cork at a public meeting ,
or rather in a town where & public meeting was announced to be held , and to which he went alone , amid shouting , cheering , and welcomes , none asking for the members , and none daring to oppose him , and upon which occasion Mr . E , Roche , the present very excellent M . P . for the county of Cork , said to the Rev ; Mr . Dohaney , P . P . of Donmanway , " Well , let them say what they like , Feargnsis the man of the people . " " He is , and ever hasbeen , and ever will be , " was the rev . gentleman ' s reply . Upon that occasion , the Roman Catholic clergyman , of his own parish , to whom he w&s known " and with whom he has been intimately acquainted since tho year 1816 , a period of twenty-three years , stood by him upon ; he platform , and responded to his every sentiment .
Now , jast judges , when was he hissed off the Irish stage ? Answer that if you can 2 You say " were we so disposed we could occupy ro : umns of newspapers , with extracts from his own Northern Star ^ in support of our assertions , but we deem it sufficient to refer to his address to the Char-
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tists , published in the Star of 15 th June , 1841 , or of Jan . 8 th , 1841 , or in his address to the Chartists of Newry , published June 8 ih , 1841 . In those will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . " Yes , I believe yon i Thank you , very much , for this count . Loyal Gentlemen , you say " were you so disposed , " you could do so and so . In truth , you have shown the disposition , but the proof you lack . You say , " in these will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . " Yes , I believe you , " in these , " and these alone , that is in yonr airy imagination alone will these be found , for the records to which you refer , have no existence anywhere else . There is no such thing as a Northern
Star , bearing date , either the 8 th of Jnne , 15 th June , or 8 th of January , 1841 . There is no such thing extant , or in existence , as an address from me to the Chartists of Newry . I never wrote a line of an address to the Chartists of Nswry . I den't know to this day , who wrote the famous and powerul reply to the address of the Corn Exchange patriots to the people of Newry . I know it was the act of some Irish Catholic Chartist of Manchester , but I never heard of it till I saw it in print . Now , wh « t do you Eay 1 Even yet , you shall not slide off upon a quibble , because I give you the whole file of Stars , and I defy yon , under any date , to find a justification for myself , or any one , " speaking one way and acting another . " It is the very thiag which 1 have ever decried and avoided .
As to yonr old folly about tho torch and the dagger , in the same count , my reply is the same . I give you the whole file of Stars , and I defy you to show that I ever used the word '' dagger" iu my life , or that I ever used the word " torch" in any other sense than as a substitute for that light which tyranta had denied their men the use of , by re - f using them permission to meet in open day , for the purpose of discussing their grievances . No : v , what do you say 1 and what will the 1 , 000 , 000 moral force-pike-Repealerssay ? Your sixth count ruus . thus : —
" While the Euglish Chartists were going on in a constitutional ¦ wa y , they -were becoming a formidable body in the eyes of their » lespotic taste-masters , who could not bear the sacred name of liberty ,- and then it seemed to them the most effective way to crush the honest Chartists , to send araontr them some cf those subtle agents to dr . w them into the fangs of the law by the comniission of crime ; and here -we find Feargus as the principal actor , with liberty and the Charter on his lips , -while in hia actions is to be seen the most diabolical hypocrisy . "
Loyal Trade ' s Association , I admit your position here , and I will make the allegation perfect and sustainable by jn * t substituting the name of Daniel ' ) 'Conuell , for Feargus O'Connor . We , the Chartists , that is , the Radicals , looking for the six points of the Charter , were all-powerful , until Mr . Daniel O'Coaiseil , and a set of monsters at Birmingham , seeiDg that nothing but treachery could impede our progress , resolved upon entering our ranks for the purpose of dividing us . The Whigs in 1836 required a diversion of the public mind from the operations of tke Poor Law Amendment Act , and Mr .
O'Connell stood in need of some counter irritant to attract atteution from his sale of self and Ireland to Lord Duncannon , ami the Whigs . He therefore , in conjunction with five other Members of Parliament , invited a body of working n : en then known by the name oi " theLondon Working MenVA ^ ociation , " to mould all their principles into a condensed form , which they did , incorporating our Radical points ; and to that document , pledging the subscribers to its support , Mr . Daniel O'Connell and fivo oilier M . P . ' s attached their name ? , Mr . O'Connell observing upon the completion of the thin . ? , " there , take that , it is your JVST RIGHT , ACC £ PT . NOTHING SHORT OF IT . "
Gentlemen . I have had that document in my hand ; we had it at . Monmouth : and a person who witnessed Mr . O'Connell si ^ u it , was in atteuJanco to prove his signature , if required . Now , Loyal Gentlrmen , who requires an excise for spfca . k-. ng one way and acting another 1 1 told Mr . Lovett , at the True Sun office , when ho showed me the document , that O'Connell would sell them and from tha : moment to tho preseiit , hi < every hour has been devoted to the fabrication of means of every sort for the propagation of disseation among the people .
When Mr . Lowery went . to Dublin , he did not preach torch and dagger Chartism : no—he went to advance Mr . O'Connell's own principlesthe people ' s " j ust bights ; " and how did the " Liberator" treat him 1 And mark , and mark well , that it was before any outbreak . Why , he is-ued a general lhauskgiviag to the Irish who hod nearly strangled pour Lowery while expounding thoso principles to which the " Liberator" had attached his sacred came ! While upon this subject , allow me to ask whether even the outbreak at . Monmouth would have
furnished Mr . O Connell with an excuse for abandoning Chartism , if Chartism had been to him a paying thing ? and , again , let it be understood that this lover of justice had been for many months previous to the Monmouth outbreak denouncing every Chartist by name , a-. ; d selecting the fabrications of a hired pres 3 as matter worthy the notice of the Attorney-General ; and that every leader tcho was prosecuted by the Attorney-General was first declared to be guilty of high treason by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , who now ludicrously enough assures his hearers that the Whigs were mild tcourgor 3 of Chartism , as compared with whas ihe Tories required at their hands !
Yonr seventh count is all nonsense . xour ei ^ litb . I pleaded to fir ^ t . Your ninth is a fabrication . ^ sO such thinu ever occurred at Aehton . It was a labourer ' s strike . The first dissention between the English and the Irish in England was caused by Mr . O'Connell iu person , when he marshalled tue hatred of the Irish Catholics against their Protestant Chartist neighbours , and then , coward-like , fled the field . Then for the first time did ive hear 0 : " Orange-Chartibt-Frotestant , " and such like stuff : but , thanks be to God , justice aud principle are now too stroDg for buffoonery , clap-trap , and expedieDcy ; and the Irish themseWcs are beginning to open their eyes to the foJiy of their ways . Thera never was a cry ' of " no popery '' rr . ised by the English People ; uever ! never ! never ! not even in olden times . It was raised by the enemies of the English people , the bigoted oligarchy . The only sectarian cry raised during the recent election , wa ^ the cry of " Orange-Protestant-English Chartifets . " by Mr . O'Connell . But it has had the short-lived existence which , I trust in God , all the offsprin-s of ignorance and tyrauny are doomed to have iu an atmosphere no longer suited to their growth or favourable to their propagation . In the ninth count you also say : — " But above all , and before all , who was it that laid the plot to insult and injure O'Connell , and upset the Reform Meeting at Leeds V
To a portion of the above I plead guilty , if there be guilt in defeating humbug . It was I who concocted the plot of upsetting the "Reform Meeting , ' as you call it , atLfcds ; and it was I who recommended ihe people to wateh and restrain every man who attempted to riot , as our enemies would be sure to create one if possible . But allow me to ask who it was that said , " The Irish boys would treat Feargus to a swim in the Liffy if he went to Dublis . " and who told one of his braggart cowards that " he would have done well to have kicked Feargus soundly \ " Why , Daniel O'Connell .
Loyal Trades of Dregheda , —Ha-ring now replied to your several allegations , allow me to put Mr . O'Connell ' 3 principles , loyalty , and sincerity , to the test . That be is an avowed Chartist , we have his sign manual as evidence—so much for his principle ; but then his loyalty takes alarm at the revolutionary means by which the Chartists , as he says , profesa to work out their object ; aud therefore he denounces the torch and dagger Chartists : so much for his loyalty . But now , pray observe how we lose ourselves in all attempts to patch up his sincerity . All
these reasons may hold good in a weak mind , as regards English Chartism : but in the name of common sense how do you account for his denunciation of Irish Chartists in general , and of the Rev . Mr . Ryan , P . P .. in particular , the more especially as that body have published their means of advancing Mr . O'Connell ' s principle and the people ' s " just rights , " which meaus are strictly constitutional , peaceful , and moral ; and when they have further declared their determination not to send delegates to other bodies , or to admit of delegates being sent from other bodies to them '
Now pray , for the sake of common justice and consistency , answer that , and tell me why the Rev . Mr . Rjan was held op to public reprobation ? O perhaps it might have been unbecoming in a Christian minister to be a member of an association whose objects are UniverEal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments ; but quite seemly in the same Rev . Gentleman to be a paying member of an association whose objects are Household Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , aud Vote by Ballot ! Yet the sacred calling of tho " annointed priest" did not save him from tho " Liberator ' s" sarcasm . How very droll all this ! Now , is it not , Royal Loyal Trades of Drogheda !
Ah ! most Loyal Tradsmen , we have bad more than enough of this " prick in the loop ' patriotism . It shall cease . For never again shall the mariners in freedom ' s bark be deceived by the dazzling flicker of the sham lights of the smuggler bbining i ' rom
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freedomb light-house . No , no ; call me what you wilj , bat do me the justice to admit that through all vissiotudes I have adhered to the one grtat principle which alone can insure man ' s equality under the law ; and I thank God that my exertions in his behalf , have insured for me a resting place from persecution in tho heart of every poor and oppressed man woman and child ! You mast slay the nation before you can erase my namefrom it 3 records . I sought no strife with Mr . O'Connell . He attacked me most unceremoniously , and refused a reply to my too mud application for even an explanation . What tlieD , was I to see fa this autocrat to make me bend before his prescriptive right to denounce all who differed from him f Was I to fall down and worship
at the sorine of this Protean politician 1 No ; consistency , honour , self-respect , and love of justice and of truth forbade it ! for mayhap such blind subserviency wonld have obliged mo to worship as many principles fn one short month , and all as various as the several colours in the varied rainbow . What J is there to be no mind in this Empire but that of which his pliant conception is the main spring ! Not satisfied with having denounced me while at large , he , coward-like , took the opportunity of my incarceration to heap slanders upon me . Ww this patriotism 1 was this principle i was this Irish honour ? I hurl defiance at him ar « d you . ' I do not suffer imprisonment By deputy ! fight my battles by proxy ! or vote by pair ! where the liberty of my fellow man is at stake .
He and hia well-paid patriots have charged me with being a trafficking politician . What is the fact \ Ho has made a fortune , eked out of Ireland ' s sorrows and her tears , while I have spent one in an attempt to redress her wrongs ! You charge me with bsing an enemy to Ireland . I join issue with you : I dare you to the proof . I demand a trial . We have a precedent . John Lawless was tried : I wa 3 one of his counsel . Hear my terms . I require no more than tho common law usage of traitors . Serve ibo with a copy of an indictment , and a list of witnesses to be produced , tea cle-di- days before the dav of trial : aud upon the morauut of my liberation .
—aye , I will meet you at the duugeou'rf gate . You shall have theNorihcrn Star , whicn , by tho time of my liberaiion , willcontain more , than 10 , 000 columns ; you shall use it in evidence . You shallhave its free columns till that time to advertise for every line ev ^ r written by me , a ^ -d for hashing up every word spoken by me hi public or ia private . I will allow Mr . O'Connell to name his tribunal of any number . 1 will give you the whole bar aud all the patriots of Ireland ; and , single-handed , I will meet you in
Dublin to stand my trial . All that I stipulate for is , that it shall lake place in a room capable of holding 1 . 000 persens—that admission shall bo free —that some Dublin paper rhall be agreed upon as tho medium of publication of matter which shall be submitted , before being printed , to both parties for their approval . These are my term 8 ; and if 0110 of a tribunal of tiat number , shall say guilty of a line written , an a . ct done , or a word spoken against the bc < t interests of my country , I will agree to abandon that country and tho British Empire , for the remainder of my natural life .
if justice be indeed your object , there is a court open for you . If intimidation be your design , I hurl defiance at you ! I will not bo a iioadug bladder of wind , buoyed upon the changeable current of your " Liberator's" odoriferous breath , with " Hurrah for this , " and " that , " aud " the other ;" Aud ' -for this , " and " that , " and " thoother , hurrah !" No , I am a professor of simple politics which all can understand . I wiH neither bo a scholar in the r . ew school of msgic politics , nor will 1 teach ha doctrines . The natural right of man requires not diplomacy cr art to convince the veriest dolt of his title to that right ; and tho moro wo mistify it , the more difficult do we make it of attainment . My creed is simple : The vote for all : A Parliament for Ireland ; and the green fields at their full usurped ¦ value a 3 man ' s labonr wart—his own labour being his staff a : id his savings' baiik .
If that is not plain enough , I cannot mako it p lainer ; while you s ; iy that tho only means of insuring the advancement of the great national question of Repeal , is through the instrumentality and agency of yonr representatives iu Parliament . . - 1 Loyal Tradesmen , without entering upon the question of Ireland ' s advanco generally ia that respect , let me just test the advancement by your own position in Drogheda . " Tho tree shall be kuo . vn by its fruit ,: " and if " the tree which bri .- ;! Kth forth bad fruit should be hewn down aud
cast ; into the fire , " I fear your town would got , a scorch—for verily you havo advanced like tho rear raiik of tho Kerry militia ! But let us just run you through your facings , and s ? o how you staii'i inspection . In 1833 , Drogheda returned Carew O'Dwyer , a Repealer , Tithe Abolitionist , and Chartist . Iu ' 834 , you returned the Hon . Randall Phw . ket , Orangeman and Anti-iiepeai-. r ; and m 1837 and lt > 4 l , Sir Marcus Summerville , mere keep-out-the-Tories , Whig and Anti-Repealer ; and this is what the Loyal Trades of Drogheda call " advancing their great national tjueslion through their representatives ! '
A sergeant of tho Kerry militia , in drilling the awkward sqnad of his company , ordered ihe rear raiik to advance three paces backwards . Gentlemen , I fear you have been under drill of a Kerry sergeant since the Reform Bill ! for in good trath yea havo advanced very much liko the rear rank . You should call yourselves the Royal Loyal Crabs of Drogheda . Suppose the English people , taking Drogheda as a test , wero to say , " Aye . ^ the Irish _ people lave always been lae eneuriea of England ; just see , ihcy returned a Tory Oiangeman at Drogheda last election , and now they havo returned a Poor Law , ami-Charter , ami-Repeal Whig . " What could you answer to that 1 or how dare you talk of advancing your great national que ? tion through your representatives , when you yourselves—aye , youcompose , the Committee of an anti-Repeal Member How very consistent and patriotic !
Thero is something disgusting ; to the plain understandiug of men to read of' the new juggles presented weekly to the bravo Irish people in return for their pence . O , how despicable , to see a f < reat two Si . -teii ] ri ? hman , fifteen or sixteen stone weight , traversing the country in the nineteenth century , like a common mounte&ank , with his tonguo ia one side of his cheek , a quid of loyalty in the other , and cheap ^ overnmtnt upon his lips ; while we find his recorded declaration that his pauper constituents instructed iii 111 to voto tho highest figure for the Queen's pauper husband ' s allowance— £ 50 , 000 a year , the amount proposed by the Whigs not being sufficient !
Havo you the vanity , or the folly , to supposo that " Our religion is in danger , " and 'Keep the Tories out , " and " Cumberland is coming" will much ion u ; er prevent the starving Irish from seoing these things in their truo light ? Read the " Liberator's " opinion of tho Whigs , now that they are out and that the fat has gone , and say have I ever given thera a worse character ? Read his new creed , which he never broached till ho had no power to enforce it ; and then tell me that ho is sincere in his advocacy of the cause of liberty . You array your whole
associated strength against a single prisoner , but although I have not stood upright for ten whole days , and although I am at this moment experiencing the most excruciating torture , not being able to bend my knees , and although tho doctor has but just left me , with a hint that I have got a rheumatic fever , yet on my back , if you set your bull-dog at me , I will fight to the last ! Don ' t imagine that he shall filch away my character by deputy , or fight me by Loyal Associations , while he halloos them on and would take advantage 0 ! ' any turn in their favour .
While you talk of my inconsistency , pray what do you think of a teetotal brewer , and an advocate for metallic currency paper banker , &nd now a director of the new land investment company , which he tells us he accepts not because the office is a lucrative one . Bah ! I tell you whoever ia " in waiting ' the " Liberator" will be " Gold stick . ' Even now , in his " new birth unto righteousness , " what is his announcement 1 Why , that no government shall again command his support who will refuse place or pension to Repealers , and who will
not leave Repeal an open question ; not an open question in the cabinet ; no , no ; he dos ' ent either want , wish for , or ask for that , out an open question with the people . Did you ever hear such humbug ! has it not already been made so open that a , blind man can see through it ? Now , what is the " political trafficker ' s" opinion 1 Why , that I would not to-morrow accept of the Governor-Generalship of India , or of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , because my doing so would weaken my cause and injure my party .
Loyal Tradesmen , now to conclude . You say that your principal object is to advance the cause of Repeal through petitions : well then I pledge myself on behalf of the English , Scotch , aud Welsh people to have , for presentation during the very next session of Parliament , that is , in 1842 , a petition signed by 4 , 000 , 000 , ( without the two shillings a man though ) and all at my own expence : and then ( w . ark my words !) the " Liberator" will tell you thai V . wont bave Repeal Dow , as the English people the enemies of Ireland , have assisted I
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What I was ia 1832 , when I gave my pledges upon the hustings , that same I am now ; and I boldly assert that there is not in this wide world one man—do , not one , who would make equal personal sacrifices to carry a Repeal of the Legislative Union , or one who eo mortally hates Tories and their principles . Neither tho fate of Lawless , O'Gorman Mahon , Purcell O'Gormau , Lambert , or young Ruthven , shall drive me from my course . I am neither to be bought , seduced , or intimidated ; and as to your power to root me from the hearts of-the British and Irish slave-class , I defy you ! I stand like a rock in the midst of ocean , against which the angry surf of your wrath may dash , but must
part in foam . The value of my politics consists in their plainness : my sincerity has yet to be proved , although my consistency , in the eyes of expediencymongers , is considered my greatsst crime . Loyal Gentlemen , when you are engaged in the advancement of those principles which tho people of Ireland agree upon , your " enemies , " the Euglish people , will not volunteer to the number of 500 , 000 , nor yet a single or : e , to put you down L and if they do , I will be found fighting in your ranks against them . Never shall England , or Scotland , if I can help it , have tboir freedom ten minutes before Ireland has hers ; tha same act which insures liberty to the one , shall give freedom to all . I have the honour to remain , Loyal Tradesmen , An Irishman , A Repealer , A Chartist , And a Prisoner , Feakgus O'Connor . 18 th of 16 th-Month of Solitary Confinement in York Castle .
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Fellow-Col-ntiumes , — 1 . As a body , constituted chiefly of the working classes , for the advancement of tbat great national qui'ation , the liepeal of the Legislative Union , and a / though we look upon that aa tiie only balm calculated to heal the galling wounds that have beon inflicted on this country by that unnatural and unholy act , yet , we deem it our duty , on all occasions , to co-operate with any body of Br itish subjects -who may be seeking for any sptcies of Reform calculated to bo of any real or Jastiug benefit to the great bulk of the people , provided tbey go in a legal and constitutional manner to looK for it ; but on no other terms will we ever join any class of men , no matter how plausible their pretensions may be ; knowing , as we do , ttia . t evil should not be done that
good might come out of it : therefore , as a body of Reformers who are enemies to every species of monopoly and class legislation , not caring whether that system be carried on by Whig or Tory , we here call on every man in this kingdom -who is a lover of civil liberty , justice , and ( airplay , aud above all , - who values the peace and good order of society , not to let themselves be led astray by those wolves in sheep ' s clothing , v ? ho are prowling about under the name of Chartists , but ¦ who in reality are in league with the Tories , who have ever been the avowed enemies of all Reform of Ireland and irishmen . The Tories , it was , that to accomplish the ruin and destruction of your country set man against his fellow-man , on the score of religion , and thereby banished from men ' s minds every fewling of Christianity , and replaced it with that rancorous hate and religious bigotry so calculated to destroy that divine maxim of " love your neighbour as yourseif . "
2 . Fellow-Countrymeu , we ask you whether this was done for the pure lovo of religion , or to weaken the com ! -hied strength of the people in order to facilitate the wicked designs of your merciless oppressors ? for , mark , that division among the people was always the mainstay of t ) rauny and oppression . 3 . The Tories it was who bavo called you " Aliens in religion , in country , and in blood ; " they it was that assailed your venerated clergy as a " demon priesthood" aud " surpliced ruffians , " and alter -wasting all
the calumny that their inveterate bigotry could suggest , they then sent into parliament a bill virtually to repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act , and to leave the reform bill a dead letter . And on what grounds was that bill brought forward ? Why , that the Irish were villainous perjurers , that the spirit of perjury was instilled into them by the Catholic religion , and encouraged by the Catholic priesthood . Mevuiful Heavens '! are these the legislators with whom the English Tory Chartists would bless the Irish nation , and then look for our co-operation and support .
4 . We look upon their leader , O'Connor , as insincere in bis boasted desire for liberty , inasmuch as he refuses all instalments of reform , and condemns all those who do not go with him , no matter how extravagant his projects may be ; he effects his design by upsetting meetings for any purposes of reform , or retrenchment of taxation , ( no matter how necessary or practicable , ) unless they be for the eatiro Chatter . The peopie are long and loudly calling for cheap bread , and why do the Chart ; st 9 interrupt meetings for the repeal of the Corn Laws ? The greatest curse of tho country , while they staud neutral when the Tory monopolists hold their meetings , as was the case in Lincoln , -where
they carried their resolutions without any opposition , and in the teeth of all justice and common sense . F . O'Connor opposes every Liberal and Ueformer , and gives to thete Tory monopolists such a sweeping majority as will not only enable thtm to crush the Chartists who have befrieuded them , but , they will be able also , to put down all attempts of the people ( almost ) in seeking for a redress of grievances . Can we , then , believe the man sincere who tbus acts in perfect harmony with the enemies of the peopls ? It was for similar conduct , he was hissed from the stage of Irish politics , and ha has ever since bsen unceasing in his efforts to injure , if not to destroy , the influence of tka Liberator of Ireland , and the other leaders of the
Repeal Association . Were we so disposed , we could occupy columns of newspapers with extracts from his own Northern Star in support of our assertions , but we deem it sufficient to refer to hie address to the Chartists , published in the Star of the loth of June , 1841 , or of January the 8 th , 1841 , or in hia address to the Chartists of Newry , published June 8 th , 1841 , in these will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . But , let not wily Feargus think that the Irish people are to be caught by his Tory hypocritical canting , for we are now too well trained in the school of legal agitation to give our enemies a chance by his torch and dagger doctrine .
5 . The . well-meaning Reformers of England who were writhing under the galling yoke of despotic tyranny , and thirsting for liberty , conceived that the People ' s Charier wan the only meaus by which they could shake oft ' completely their serf-like m . iuacles , and stand before the world as freemen . In this they had the sympathy of every lover of liberty in Europe , particularly tho Irish , who look upon themselves as the most degraded , oppressed , and insulted people on the face of the earth . It was but natural that the Irish would sympathise with their brother slaves in England and Scotland when looking for their rights , so long as they kept within the bounds of the law ; for , bad as these laws are , we know there is nothing to be had outside of them .
fi . While tho English Chartists were going on in a constitutional way , they were becoming a formidable body in the eyes of their despotic task-masters , who could not bear the sacred name of liberty , aud then it seemed to them the moat effective way to cruali the honest Chartists , to send among taem some of those subtle agents to draw them into the fangs of the Uw by the commissien ot crime , and here we find Feargu . i as the principal actor with , liberty and the Charter on his iips , while in hifl actions is to be seen the most diabolical hypocrisy . We look for a redress of grievances through our representatives and by the sacred right of petition as the oniy means by which such retires * should be sought , while the Fergusites throw those rights overboard and seek it by revolution . We know of no other means by which they can obtain what they pretend to look for . They set aside the influence of their representatives and the right cf petition .
7 . Let us be clearly understood . We ilo not put all Chartists under the head of " Tory Chartists , " on the contrary , we firmly believe there are honest men who look upon the Charter as the only fulcrum by which they can be raised to the level of freemen ; and let it be also understood , that we do not place implicit confidence in the Whigs , or that we look upon them as our particular friends , we only look upon them as the lesser evil of two bad factions ; we would not support them one hour if we thought we could get a better government Yet , we must confess , we have received more evenhanded justice from them for the last four years , than during the previous half century from any other
government . They have at leaat shewn a disposition for progressive reform . Did tbe Tories ever show any inclination of tbat sort ?—on the contrary , we believe it to be their intention to undo all the good the Whigs have done . Let us tell the Chartists , that experience has taught us sufficiently neither to be led nor driven by them again . We know bow they served us when we fought Bhoulder by shoulder with them for parliamentavy and municipal reform , which they would liot now enjoy were it not fov Irhh majorities , and how did tbey serve "s when they got their own ends JXCOinpluiEeri ? Why , they left ua to the mercy ef tbe church aristocracy , and instead of getting reforms , we got insult ; for tbe measures we got , were nothing short of it . . 8 . The English never yet asked the sympathy of the Irish , unless when they had some great end to accoin-
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plish , and that done , th « y flung ns from them as w many contemptible creatures , only fit tot eoereUra : aa a proof , wo request your particular attention to the following extract from an address of Feargus O'Connor * * to tLe Chartists of England , Jnne 15 th , 1841 : " The Ciiarter cannot be Obtained withont the people of Ireland , but as long as they are under the influence of O'Connell and tbe Com Exchange , we cannot expect thefr co-operation , and what ia to ba dona » Whj O'Connell and the Irish Liberals are supporting tbe bloody Whigs , and so long as they continue in office , we never can expect to have the people of IreUad . Then out with tbe bloody Whigs , and give Ireland another Tory squeeze ; let loose the National bloodhounds , the Orange faction , and the shooting churchsanctioned by a Tory government , and then you will have the Irish running into yoar arms . "
0 . This language will , in part , account for the feeling manifested in England towards Ireland . Let asy think * iDg man look to the conduct of the Chartists a few days ago in Ashton , when they were parading the streets in thousands , armed with guns , pistols , pikes , doggere , &C ., &c ., and offering from £ 5 to £ 20 for the heai of an Irishman . Look to the no popery cry that has been raised of late in England to facilitate the return of the Tory candidates ; - but , above all , and before all ,-who wa 3 it that laid the plot to insult and injure OCoREell , and upsift the Reform meeting at Leeds 7—Who , but the Tory Chartists , goaded on by Feargus ! And this is the man tbat would call upon the people of Ireland
to join him , and commit self-murder , by putting down O'Connell . Such , fellow-countrymen , ate the doctrines of the Tory Chartists , who call on you to join them , to put down , to abandon , or to assassinate , if you will—O'Connell , ana the liberal leaders of Ireland , While they are giving their utmost support to your inveterate enemies . Men of Ireland , mark well the design of those hypocrites who call on you to throw off the influence of O'Connell , the Liberator of his country— -the Moses of Ireland—the man who has spent a long life in seeking , obtaining , and defending any scanty liberties you now enjoy . He who bus stood like a wall of brass between you and your blood-stained oppressors * the enemies of your country and your creed .
10 . Such , fellow-countrymen , are the acts , and such the doctrines of the-Tory Chartists . And where then , we ask , is tbe man carrying an Irish heart within bia boaoni , who will be found weak or base enoagh , with those facts before bis eyes , not to look with abhorrence and disgust on the man who would breathe to him the principles of a Tory Chartist . Signed on behalf of the Society , . John M'Alinden , Secretary . JaJy 27 th , 1841 .
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STOCKPORT . —A Sunday school has been commenced in the Association-room at this place . All who wish to havo their children " trained up in the way they should go , " so that " when they are old , they will nU depart from it , " will do well to send them to the Chartist Sunday school . OiDKAJa . —The Chartists of Oldham at their weekly meatiug on Monday last , unanimously agreed to tbv > following resolution : — " That ten shillings be voted and gent to the Northern Star Office , to be appropriated to the carrying out a petition to the Commons' House of Parliament respecting the contested seats ; and we further agree to enter into a subscription which will be forthcoming if the object is carried out : and we earnestly request and recommend to the association * ^ - . orally to take the subject up with spirit . "
POI . ' . CK 3 aAWS .-A meeting cf the inhabitants of Polloksnavrs was held in the Town Hall , which was cvuv / dml to txcess . Mr . Adam Smith wss in tlie chair , who introduced Mr . Cullen , of Glasgo-w , amid rapturous cheering . Mr . Cullen then came forward , and delivered with his usual ability a long and explicit address on the present condition and future prospects of the country , ilr . Charles M'Crregor followed with a two-edged broad Scotch sword , which struck after the fashion of the bold Macgregor , two ways , cutting down with the one stroke the Whigs , and the next the Tories , amid laughter and cheering . Mr . Smith followed in a spiech pourtraying great erudition and sentimentality They thtn agreed to hold meetings weekly , and tbafc Mr . Cuirie , who had passed the Chartist College , should ba requested to deliver his splendid lecture on Democracy to them at the -next meeting . A vote of thanks was given tJ tbe Chairman , when the meeting dissolved .
Ma . O'Connor and xhe Kev . Baptist Noel . — At a xfleetJBif of the South Lancashire lecturers , held this week , the following resolution was unanimously carried : —Resolved , ' - ' That it is the opinion of this meeting tbat the thanks of tho people are due- to Peargua O Connor , for his able defence of the toiling millions , as contained iu his irrefutable exposure tf the flimsy and impious sophisms of the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel ; and the thanks of this meeting are given to him for the above valuable seivice . " WANS > Sv 7 ORTH Tho meeting on Sunday last , at Wandaworth , was well attended , when the report from the Chartist Tract Committe was read and received . A very animated discussion took place upon the great principle of the Charter , and the best means to carry the same , aud it was resolved to support the Executive in every possible way . —The Council meet next Sunday , at the School Room occupied by the members , iu Deptford , near Creek Bridge , chair taken at four a ' clock .
TROWBRIDGE . —A public meeting was held here on Monday eveniog , in the Democratic Chapel , at which aa address was adopted to be presented to the Man * Chester conference . TOBMCORUEN . —The weelrly meeting of the Cbartist Association took place as usual on Monday , when the propriety of opening another Room , in Millwood , was taken into consideration , but eventually postponed until tbe , public dinner to Dr . M'Douall was over . — Mr . Charles Connor visited Todmorden on Saturday , and gave a very effective address to the lads . At the close of his address there was a collection made .
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Ashto >\—Mr . Storor , of Ashton , will lecture in the Charter Association Ro ^ ra , Catharine-street , on Sunday , io-tnorrovr-, at six o ' cieck in the evening . Hukslet . —Mr . Hick vail preacli on the Stockhill , Huuslet , on Sunday evening , weather permitting ; if not , ia the-Hoom , Fleece-yard . Service to commence at half-past six . Keighlj . y . —On Sundav next , August 22 nd , the Rev . W . V . Javkson , of Manchester , will preach two sermons in tho Working Men's Hall , Sunstreet , Keighley , toward raising a fund-for the erection of his new pfea . ' : hin # place . Services will be iu the forenoon and afternoon . The announcement made in the Star of last iveek was a mistakenext Sundsv the 22 : id , being the day intended .
Leicester . —Mr . Harrison , of Nottingham , will preach here , in the Market-place , next Sunday evening ( Mr . Cooper haVii >> jf to be present at the campmeetiiig on Nottingham Forest ) . Smart follows the next evening ( Monday ) , with his second lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter . Newcastle . —There will be a public meeting at St . Peter ' s Quay on . Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock , when Mr . Mason and oiher friends will deliver addresses . Gloucester . —There , will be a pnblio meeting and tea party in the Assembly Rooms , WorceBter-street , on Monday evening next , at which Mr . Henry Vineent will be present ;
Derbyshire . —Mr . Dean Taylor will lecture at the following places , during the / bllowjiiif week ' . —At Derby on Monday , August 24 'h ; H ^ annr , Tuesday , ' 25 ih ; Breaston . Wednesday , 26 ih ; Casilo I'onuiagt-., n , Thursday , 27 th ;" Meibwnrn « , Friday , 2 S . n ; and will preach at- D-jrby oa Sunday , aUih , at hix o'Uock in the evening . MaCclksfield . — Mr . Chandloy will lecture in the Chartism Room on Sunday evening , on " ihe various evils which afflict society . " Nottingham . —On Sunday next , Aii . ^ u 8 < 22 n d , there will be a Chartist camp-meeting on Nottingham Forest , e ^ rjmfiiCink at nii : « o clock , and . continuing till evening . Mr . Cooper , editor of the Mi'tlaiid Counties IHnmin-Mor , will attend the mtetiug . Mr . W .. D . Taylor , county missionary , Mr . Viokers , of Bel per , Messrs . Simmons aud Alee , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , &--d several oilier friends from » distance , are expected .
On Monday , August 23 nJ , Mr . Bairstowr will lecture in the Democratio Chapel , Rice-place , Nottingham ; Tuesday , at Arnold ; Wednesday , at Sutton-in-Ashfield ; and Thursday , at Mausfieid : eaoh . evening at seven o ' clock ' . Chartist Delegate Merting . —A delegate meeting will be held iii Stockport on Sunday , the 5 th of September , at ten o ' ciouk in the forenoon , to which tho Chartists in the' following places are requested to s « nd delegates : Macelesfield , Congleton , Sandwich . Nautwich , Middlewich , Northwioh , Mottram , Tintwistle , Window , Cheadle , Haslegrove , Bredbnry , and Chester . By order of the Council , Joseph Carter , sub-Secretary . Wandsworth . —The Council meet on Sunday next , at tho School Room , near Cxeek Bridge , in Deptford ; the chair to be taken at four o ' clock .
Lambeth . —Mr . Watkine will lecture at the new room of the National Charter Association , Lancashire Coffee-house , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth Walk , on Tuesday evening next , on the present condition of the Chariiat movement . Mr . Leach will be in Todmorden , on Monday night ; in Hebden Bridge on Tuesday } Halifax on Wednesday ; aud Keighley on Thursday . A Chartist Festival will be held at the Ball Court , Riiston , on Tuesday , August , 31 st . Tickets o ha had of Mr . Storer , grocer , Green-court ; Mr . R-i ^ f-r ? , Waiaali-etreet ; end Mr . Davis , Ball-courtj Stafford-street .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct393/page/1/
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