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METROPOLITAN MEETING AT WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE, TO ELECT DELEGATES FOR THE NEW CONVENTION.
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TO MB . O'MALLBF , OF THE DUBLIN CHAKTIST ASSOCIATION . jp Deab O'Mallet , —In my two preceding letters , I l » v e shown thai so f « from the Repeal and -rtJ-Tithe Ayitation being strengthened , it ha * propessively lost ground , year after year , from 1833 to the nMgeat moment ; and now , before I come to a eonsi-2 s » tion of the respective prospects of the tiro count yz , from their respective modes of advocating the 0 X& . e ! freedom , let me , for » moment , direct your jjjajtion to the new figure placed on the wall of the -y * boj >— " Compsnsation for Tenants . "
Kow , O'Malley , mark , " Compensation for Tenants ;" ga ^ observe , thst is one of the boons to be gained by £ epaJ of the Union , and one which Mr . O'Connell gjj he always had in hi 3 eye , bnt which he never ^ oired to the pe ople till the old painting wanted ttfj&bing from ^ & **? acres . Xb e cuckoo cry of " Oh , glory be to God , " coupled yfgi the persecution o ! the trades and reckless voting imy of money to support a useless set of lumber , has
opened the eyes of the trades , the artisans , and the torn * * ^ generally * and poor Paddy from Cork ; BBS have Talae in his own staple for bis own money . , gitnows nothing about Trades Unions , supplies , and jjjib manufac ture ; but he doas understand rent ; and gu question of rent and compensation being at all menjjaaad , and compensation being a -word which not one jaaut in one fcuadred will understand , the whole Bjcbinery will be worked upon the single pivot ,
"r est " j ( oir , I understand tie Irish country people much ^ yg than Mr . 0 C oimell does , and the manner in Tfcieb Irish farmers will be tanght to understand this jiw prcjeet is this : that they are all to hare the land jyDOtiunft ^ thej only b ack Dan . That will be their jajierstandifig of the question . Bat , now , let us consider it as a means to an end . first , observe , it is to be one of the results from Repal , bet baa been prematurely used at a means of proasbbx the Repeal . Her ? then , again , we come to the
jbooI power , and the parties upon whom it is to be jsed—the House of Commons ; and I «| k you , could ga mind ol man hare devised any question more likely to iffiright a House of Landlords oat of tbeir very wits , ffcso the very eae which this " pr&eJcal" gentleman hu proposed as a meaus to enlist their support ? Surtly J » is sot a fool ! but having aiied for petitions to the Hs »» of Commons in favour of Rspeal , and having de-Ksmced physical force , he must be a rogue or a mad jam , to create alarm upon tie most tender point in the Jksss of ihose Tery persons to whom he appeals .
5 o » , O'Malley , I will distinctly show you two facts . Pist , an English House of Landlords never ¦ would jeeede to the nsied proposition of being compelled ta pn eoffipensation ; and , secondly , they never will vote fa the establishment of a riTal Bouse in Ireland , one ol whose first acts promises to be a precedent for interference with their darling privilege of " doing tchat Hey lice viA tkeir oven . '' An English Hoose , then , -trill be faglnared by tfie proposition , wbil * an Irish . House of CaamwLS , returned by XTniversal Suffrage , would , 1 earteed for it , render the scheme wholly nonecessary ;
Ksd , observe , my friend , by Tsirersal Suffrage alone . ¦ win Irtlaad erer get a Repeal of the Union ; and , as the mostzealons , consistent , and sincere Repealer in Ireland I » y God forbid she ever should . One aristocracy , and CB £ court , and one oligarchy , and one royal tail is quiie esoojh for the united beggars to support BelieTe me , thai la Irish Parliament cbosen by & middle clsss conastency would have its music Court , iLs Deputy King , iisr ejil miniature set in diamonds and precioss stones . "We hare already had a sample , from 1782 te 1 S 0 O , of the capacity of Irisk patriots in emptyiag an
ex-1 tell von . OJlalley , that BQly Pitt coa ^ ilained to ie naslfi » f mine , I » 3 rt LongueTJlle , and te many otbeT persons , that the devil himself wouldn't satisfy an Irish Eosse of Conn * obs wiih money and patronage . Compensation , then , is a means of impeding Repeal ; ad E = peal , ¦ with Cnj-rersil Suffrage , would render the imbar BBneeessxry . Therefore , O'Matley , doing Mr . COotmril the justice to suppose that heknowB ^ srbat he b about , I hsTe m hesitation in say ^ s that he tas penaturely raised this question with € he single intentka of persuading Ireland that tb * great st » -ensUi ¦» hiii ha expects from this new sonrce will justify deby nntil it sksU bare been " practkally" marshalied . In fact , tint it is another stab in the -side of Repeal .
OUaZJey , "teie this with yon , " as we say in Iretod , md thn * orer it . Repeal « f fce Union , without TTiriTena ! Suffrage , trcald be a curse to both countries , » 4 I issTire you that if Mr . O'Coaceil bad the castiDg Tote , he woeM , to-morrow , -rote against an Iriih HtKae of Ce « mons returned by the 5 > eople ; and for thte ¦ ap ^ ereascm—that altbongh Paddy can be hoodwinked *» ir by " SeTgeant Jacksoa « nd Mi . iitton , " " Lori SanJeTj ndold B ' ue Beard . ^ llJi H our beautiful li : tto : ^ ariisieerayUiur of a Queen , " ^ wfcile be hasn't his eye « poa the sfe » p ,- yet , if he was in daily communication *¦ '& Ms representaUTe , that gentleman would have to ffti * bet ^ c sccomrt of himself asoO . his progress , tbf . U Sai be was ^ riTen from bis p « ib ' t » by a Scotch fanatic st f t » o onEf e barristers .
vXiltef ,- " many a true word it said in jest ; " and , PJ my o * a kjwI , " my friend Ban was neTer more * $ A in Lu We tban when he said that " the Ki ! d » re boyj would i » » nd abont the home of a fine moja-% . wi th tfc * ii short r . icks , teaebing the members how te rote . " aad » hy Eot , O'Malky ? Our " loTely young < asen" *« nid tead her red coats ,-her "bloody backs , " «» Tuikee doodle calls them , down to KUdare in a t ^ alliE * , * o teach tbe Kildare boys how to pay ttthee , rent , or ijooj rates , or county rates , or any other * a ; ma why not the Kildare boys use their moral ^ Sels to teach their members hew U > Tote for tho » e ^ qa ^ tiens , and soldier questions ? besidea , tfrs ^^ n ^ mj » that " nothing convinces like a lick in *« lar ,-- tud , in good raith , it has been tie only « aamer e * ed by the rich for convincing ihs poor .
ffo » , O'MtUey , take my -word for it that you will r ^ necessity of bringing this naw force into the ^ Pieced it an excuse for postponing any discussion ^ aie Rep ^ fti qnegtion t ^ se ^ n . ^^' ¦ iej , I bow come to a consideration of the Irish of redraemg grierancas , with its expences , and «¦ aigiiih mode , with its expencea . J *?*** ' « n « 1 S 32 , has subscribed hundreds of thou-, . P ° n « i « to redress her grierances : she has had ^ o ^ ion after Assodation , slaughter after slaughter ; ^ j * » RwhcoKBae , WjOlrtowti , Cirrickshock , aud ^^^ of cases of angle murders ; ^ ha has had her sanyn , b * r Kepeal martyrs , her « lection martyrs ;
l ^ ^^ ^ « lfiaraaces , her outtifigs , her diitrain-^ f « transportations , her -weepius . . her Trailing , her ^^ « i ; « he haa had the largest number of £ ^ £ rf " patriots- erer sent to any legislative assembly , ief ^ ^^ ^ = * kicfc than any msn have ever fcmma Tiley ^ iiad toeir CTery demand ^ ^ , Soared , whether for money or jignatures-^^^^ P or displays—for excitement or for tern-^^ or withholding of tithes or paying ** ' . meD ** re been "turned—their ^ J « bten diguiaed ^ th titles , and re-S s , ^ ^^ Places ; their men have . con-) gaj ^ ~ f Wa ° le . tie sole , tie only majority of — " ¦ ' « i laerwore uie
^ - « yeara ; , ^ nen ^ iJa Othe Uberal Wl 11 P *!*** » pbraid Mini » - J (! e ^ censure falls upon those who compose the * ole »^ I * ^ MiDi sters . O'MalJey , I ever contended , ^^^ shaU conteBd , that but for O'C » nneU and his d ^^ S tail , w ho rendered all respect for public g ^ Baaecessary , the Whigs would have done ten ** " * thsffi 2168 mOre fW tie country thaa be would ftas ^ T" Poillt 0 TIt 02 « w suult which they have t ^ T ^^ p on liberty , aad I -will Budertaie to prove ¦^¦ t ea aie -way ; / J * ** of Tiadej , Unions-O ' Connell ; 2 ^ of Canada-0-Counel ); ^^ J ^ ^ d ^ -O-Connell , fci * -p 7 - * -PP"pii 4 tion ClauBe—O * Connell ; ^ PQUtfe-O'Coaaeii ; ^ Prosecution by
Attomey-Qeoeral-O-Con-^• BOI ^ o-C ^ meU ; 5 ^** " Coercion Bill— O'CoivneU 5 J 2 IT ™ ^ - ^ ^ O'Connen ^ tor ^ ^^ * -OC onnell ; *** CJ ** ^ ° i « r ftMrtloni , « Bd onths W . o-Z , Wh W ) -O-Con . ™ U . ^ ^ T ^ ' * point ont fcanoVedJ of " patriots - 5 * ° «« nj J ? ***' aae 8 > " ^ p ^^ ' - « b y °° ^ i on « r «! " ^^ pOOT mM * ho hM ^^ «*» - *• ^ o ^ ftmd for low * sustTADed in
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the national struggle ? Not one single one . Can you point out the one single instance in which the farmers , or labouring classes of Ireland have been beoefitted » Not one single one , I defy you . Can yon point oat a ingle martyr who has had his attorney ' s bill of costs paid ? Not one . Can you point ont a real ¦ working man who has been beaefitted , « at all consulted ? Thtn , I ask you whether youra has been even-handed , er onesided " patriotism ?" How much nearer is Ireland now to the attainment of ier promised end , than « he m in 1832 ? immeasurably removed from the winning post , while the
whole period has been spent In rough-riding and bullying the brave and manly Irish ; in making them listen to the denunciation of men who risked life and liberty In a struggle for tbeir liberty ; in the inculcation ef the damnable doctrine that suffering in this world will lead to happines in the next j in the establishment of the rtrongest basis of devil-craft , king-craft , priest-craft , and witch-craft , namely , that passive obedience , even to unjust anthority , becomes a part of a Christian ' s duty . In short , the last ten years , and the next five years , of Ireland ' s history may be briefly - written in the following words : —
" During this period Irish opinion was sold at the Com Exchange , in Dublin , by samples , just as any other commodity , while the nation was literally tickled into admiration of its own subserviency . Ireland , however , as if by magic , a ^ psared stnng to the heart by her supineness and degradation , and with one gigantic effort achieved that freedom which no power can long withhold when a whole people wills its accomplishment . This spirit of Independence was inf usetl
into drowsy Ireland , by the manly and patristic exertions ef our forefathers , who , about that time , assumed the name of Chartists , and to whose indomitable courage and perseverance both countries owe the present proud and commanding position which they occupy in the estimation of all cations , and to whose justice we are indebted for the mild yet powerfnl constitution , which renders us great at home and commanding abroad .
" We read , in ' O'Connor ' s history of the Convention and its consequences , ' of the fact of 431 of those brave men being consigned to fe l ons' pr isons at the same time , for periods varyingfronitwelvemonths tofouryears , and many ef them compelled to submit to a species of iabour most degrading , but now unknown . Some , we learn , died in prison , while few recovered the effects of the barbarous treatment to which they were subjected ; the JIarquis of Nonnanby , who was then principal Secretary of State for the Home Department , —( but who was subsequently transported for life , *—having issued
instructions for the treatment of Chartist prisoners at variance with the gaol ru ' es then in existence for the worst description of felons . We read these facts in ' O'Connor ' s history of the Convention , w itlen during an imprisonment of eighteen months , which he suffered in solitary confinement , in a felon ' s cell , in York Castle , " the same in whick the Marquis of Normanby , Lord John Russell , and a person of the ' name of Fox . MatUe , an acder-strapper to tbe Msrqute , Were imprisoned in three years after , prior to being removed to the Hulks .
" From this interesting work we a ^ so learn the gigantic difficulties with which the Chartists had t * contend , owing to tbe treachery of some of their own leaders , which , however , was always successfully overcome by the people themselves , and in every such instance , the traitors' btst exertions failed in again procuring for them the feast confidence from the people 4 and to this striking fact O'Connor ascribes the very few desertions from the Chartist ranka ; his words are— ' In fact ,
when desertion was found t « fee profitless , like all oth « r trades , it was speedily abasdoned . ' The first experiments were made under the impress-ion that the people , like sheep in a foid , would follow the > e * der who » nade a successful breach ; but the enemy , finding that they bought a shepherd without a fl > ck , a dog witkout a tail , [ as , in ho single instanca did a -deserter take even a compaaiom with him , ) thought they had pai < l too dear for their whistle , and , therefore , abandoned the pursuit as hopeless . "
l give you the foregoing , my countryman , as a breath feorn that soul -which I hope to leave as a record to Te * t in the archives of » y father-land , when my spirit shall iave fled to that great God who has imposed upon me tbe earthly duty of tloiug unto others as -I think , nnder ^ similar circumstaDCts , Others should < Jo unto me . O'Malley , I look for two lives ; that which I now eDJoy to be devoted to the poor , in order Va insure for me a rich inheritance hereafter . My friend , tb « deeds of greit men hare a wonderful effect upon mo ; nor do I require ttiat they sliOQld shine through the rust of many dark ages to recommend them . I can admire a living Matbew ^ -and the scarcely
cold Doyle . 1 es , my friend , when Isat in his chair , the host of theStev . Mr . Rafferty , in tbe room in which bis sciil was * o often poured cvt on behalf of his suffering and oppressed countrymen .- his spirit commanded me , and for the moment I kwt all self-possession . I recollected the imperishable wonls which he engraved upon every Irish heart , and I swore to obey their . " JU > italred -of tithes thall be as lasting as my love 0 / justice , " said the immortal hero , before the House of Peers . I had tqaal pleasure in visiting that which had b # en the abode of tbe
immortal Doyle , as I should have in visiting the retreat of Petrarch at Vs-iduse , so endeared ; i > y antiqa ; ty , and so famed for the devotion he so long cherished and « a sweetly recorded for his Laura . Petrarch ' s light was distinguished as a solitary lamp that burns in a dark chamber . Doyle's was as a torch , bniliint even in the noon-day bub . Petrarch loved salitade , because it gave him liberty . J > oyle loved liberty , becanse it would make his country free . If Doyle had lived in the 14 th century , he would have been & patriot ; if Petrarch had lived in the nineteenth he -wasi- 'd have been a
SPOONEY . O'Malley , I Ioek npon Dr . Doyle and the B 2 V . Mr . Mathew as two of the greatest patriots Ireland has had for many ye * rs . My admiration of Dr . Doyle is founded upon his pure Jove of liberty ; my admiration of Mathew is founded upon bh pare love of justice , and his love of juitice is established bj his desire to appeal from Philip J > mnk to Philip Sober . If he had attached other conditions than self-possession , self-exaltation , celf-esteem , and power of self-defence to Teetotalism , I Ehoald have looked upon him as a new ¦ £ nack ; but , having iesled tbe sick that he may use his renewed strength for his own benefit , and walk * J one without crutcbefi , I honour him &&a great State Fhysician .
iO'Malley , as an Irishman , you will pardon all this digression . I am very fond of speaking and thinking of ay good countrymen . Well , now , 1 h » - »« disposed of the question of Compensation , which tbe Tenant of Straw is to extract from th » Landlord of Steel , and , before we part , at thits point , just tbiak , O'Malley , how foalkh , how roguisk , how rascally , how mischievous to endeavour to perieade tke tenantry of an agricultural country ,
where easBpetitlon for land raises it much beyond its real value , that any such powf r can be acquired from men who , aofortunately , certainly , can " de what they like with their own . " Xow , how foolish , to think thst a landlord who can let his land , or let it alone , will be forced to five compensation for any monita expended daring the occupation of his tenant . Let us test its " practicability , "—that ' s tbe slang word now .
Firstly , then , the yery agitation of the question will make landlords more exact and tyrannical ; and , secondly , let us see where npon a lasdlord it might operate unjustly . Suppose a poor honest man to have a little property of his own , and suppese a rich man to take a fancy to it , and that the poor j man is reconciled to part with it for a short period for & tempting offer , aad , that during his lease , he , tbe rich tenant , expends so much as to preclude the possibility of the poor man ever re-possessing himself , from his inability to pay the required compensation for baths , or pleasure grounds , or large / irming establishment , or « o forth .
But , O , say the " patriots , " it shall be defined . I define it by a lease for ever , at a com rent , which leaves the tenant compensation in his every day ' s labour . If there is any one thing in the world more farcical than another , O'MaUey , it i » that of contracting to pay an equal amount of rent each and erery year for ninetynine years , or even twenty-one years , without reference to the price of corn or . other produce . In fact , a Leeds clothier may just as well cell a piece of cloth , and say , yon shall pay whatever a similar article fetches when I ot my executors shall call for the cash , within nineiy-nine years . If Univeral Suffrage was too great a mouthful for the Cora Law Repealers to swallow all at once , they
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should , at all events , have protected the existing tenants and their successors against the tyranny of landlords , by making the current corn price the standard rent price of land ; but they have not offered the poor tenants any accompanying measure as security against the rapacity of broken-down over mortgaged landlords , who would bold them to the old bargain , as I said before , u long as a goose remained . O'Malley , the expenee at which hombog agitation bos been kept up in Ireland , requires no comment ; and now I come to a consideration of English agitation , and its expenee .
Every power that Is arrayed in favour of Irish agitation is marshalled in deadly hostility against Eng lish agitation ; and the very fact of thoss powers being composed of the mighty , of tbe wealthy and tbe privileged because the represented of ail classes , against the right of the poor and unprivileged because the unrepresented of all classes , would , at once , and without a word in explanation , test the value of the respective ends Bought by the respective parties . In Ireland you have with you royal toleration , ministerial neutrality , aristocratic snpport , middle-class influence , newspaper pliancy , and the use ot a whole population , whenever called upon , no matter if to-day for Repeal as the only thing , and to-morrow for " Down with Jack son and Litton , " as a still greater thing . Added to this you have the columns of the imperial press for and
against yon , the latter being yoor best friends from their stupid desire to please advertisers ; but no matter ; you get , even from the enemy , just what you wantpublicity , while we cannot purchase it at any price . Why is this ? Because Irish agitation is a blind to secure power in the hands of the aristocracy and middle classes , and which is not therefore dreaded by their organs as likely to poison the public mind ; while English agitation is based upon a principle which mnst ultimately throw the balance ol power into the hands of those who are whimsically called " the legitimate source of all power , " and yet have not even the power of complaining without the danger of ceercion ; and it is therefore only seen in the columns of the press in connection with some vio . ' tnce , outbreak , disgraceful proceeding , and so forth , all of which is charged on the Chartists , but should be charged on the enemy .
Now , my friend , what is most valuable in a public man ? In Ireland , have we not an old saying , " What is any man but his word ? " Well , then , if , in the private transactions of life , tbe observance of a promise is a virtue , of how much more value does it become , ( if -we can measure -virtue by a graduated scale of excellence ) when applied to the public man In whom thousands may repase confidence , and the betrayal of whose word may lead thousands into trouble , disappointment , and error ? In Ireland , since 1835 , you hnve had scores of Associations , scores of principles , scores of details , scores of plans , schemes , and tricks , and to each and all was attached the never-failing thing , called " means under the title , "—" rent" and collection .
In England , the people have had since that time one pr inciple from which they hav « never budged , through persecution and prosecution , a single hair ' s breadth In England , we have had arrayed against u > all the secondary influence of " our beloved andbeautiful Queen , " in tbe shape of a court ; we have bad tbe Lords , tbe Commons , the Judges , the juron , Ilia law officers , the middle classes , the army , the navy , the secret service fund , tie ma ^ ietraica , the spies , tbe Informers , the traitors , the real enemies and stum friends , and tbe imperial press ; all , all asainst us , with the one solitary exception of the Xorihern Star .
Again , we have nad the subdivision of those classes into bectional wjb . iiIrons , advocating tbe & > o * t enticing questions , in the li-pe of catching a'l the people upou some one or other of their many books ; and to each and all of w % rich the people would have subscribed had they been convinced that tlw object of the several demagogues was attainable without the great organic change in the representative system for which tbey look .
The people object to slavery ia every bhape ; bwt , in order to . prevent a spurious agitation upon the subject , damaging the means of its complete and entire abolition , th ^ r are compelled te bear the name of lovers of slavery , ; so with the Cor » Lnws , which they aortally hate 4 wi with knowledge , -which they fondly )< ive and greedily search for . Emigration they oppose , becauce it is fcrce , unjust force , of a people from their fatherland , through degradation brought aboat by class legislation .
You see four hundred an < l thirlyone of the seasoned uad-trmteu leaders of the people tUrown at once iutu dungeons , and every -device ef which art is master used to supply their pl ? ce with less hoi > est and less . zealous men , resisted by substitutes whom necessity bae created and supplied , as if by magic , and nut & -whit less efficient tliau tuaee who have been removed . Such , then , is our agitation ; a principle , a plain , clear , defined principle , at which no apprenticeship need be served to teach the trade . A . fall * off to-day—B . supplies his place tomorrow ,- while , in Jr « i and , r « a mysterious is your trade that , teke txwag the master
to-uay , and to-morrow not a single one , not even a foreman , has been taught how to cutout . Hawing no p ? iu-• iple , you should all set up toy-shops en your own account . Our work consists of- « . single dress for'nature ' s children , cut out according to nature ' s unening rules and principles , aud whi * b every Chartist wvtkmaa can put together . Yours iss kind of fancy-wurk , cut out by the great Jffesterof Arts , in zigzag fashion ; the pieces on { y given out according to one man ' s will , and none to be put together till all are distributed ; and .
as he alters his fashion according to order , if he died to-morrow , what you have got of your woifc would'but conloun'l yon in your progress . In fact , of your Repe .. l dresa , after nine years , . you have . got but the buttons to your coat—there is neither back , front , nor oleavea . ; you have got no trousers to your straps . But your tithe suit is complete ; you have got a five shilling , cape thrown over your old tweaty-shillinf suit ; while of the ¦ rippf'ng stream , the green valleys , the verdant hilte , and cloU'l . capped mountains , " you have got but the landscape .
Irish agitation , then , h * e had every thing , and almost -everybody , in Its favour—and has done wor-ee than nothing . Englitbagititioniias had everybody , aod « varything , but the ytry honest-opposed te it , —and it has stood tbe brunt of batt ' e ; its front unmoved , "its flank cotarned , Its centre undaunted , its reserve undisturbed ; it fact , "ibe Star and tbe people , agaiest the world in arms ; " and while Irish expenco for doing mischief has been scores of thousands within the year ; our causa , for the lait fifteen , months , after defending over three hundred prisoners , supporting tbeir families , and when our next < Convention th . ll h-ve bsen paid ., will be short of £ 1 , OuO ; that . is ail the expenees since the Monmouth
Special Commission . None ol oar men hare been undefended . I , this day , paid for Counsel for Poden , the last of the Chartista , who is to be tried to-morrow , and who , although he means to plead guilty in the hope of merer , I am resolved shall not be without counsel , leaving the impressioa that , altheugh a stray sheep , he has been deserted in the hour of need . He has had his choice , solicitor and counsel ; I offered him two , or as many as he liked , tj be paid by the Irish traitor in « felon ' s cell . That ' s the way to make a party , O'Malley . Stand by your poorest man to the last- Give what yon can to all and take from none . Let principle be yonr idol , and man your honourably used means for working it
O'Malley , the terms " traitor" and " patriot" are most whimsically used . I know of no treason , but treason against the happiness of the people . I know of no patriotism , but love of man and love of justice . If a never ceasing wutt , an anxiOOS desire to see our own Parliament Bitting in our own capital , is our own kingdom , legislating lor ear own people , be treason , then am I a traitor . If fond affection for the land of my birth , preference for that society In which I grew from childhood to manhood , and a longing desire that my bones may rest with them in oar common fatherland , be patriotism , than am I a patriot But if my love of the human species would induce me to resist my country in an attempt te forge fetters for herself or others , and to oppose decrees made only for fractions of her people , then am I ft philanthropist , which , In my mind , is the highest order of patriotism .
O'Malley , a patriot can seldom be judged during life . Be must die for his reward . I believe tbe signs of patriotism to be a consistent , frugal , honourable life , devoted to your country ' s cause ; no legacy duty , and a poor funeraL Of all these , lam pretty sure . However , come what will , no man , who has ever lived before me , haa ever felt a more sincere desire in the accomplishment of his prin iple « than I have done
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I would not , bo help me God , see a village meeting of Chartists defeated by the enemy for £ 1 , 00 « . I would not impede their cause for untold gold . X would net «« U it for aiy life . I am , O ' Malley , Your faithful friend and countryman , FEARQU 8 O'CONNOR .
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THE CHARTIST TRICKSTERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB , Sib , —From the above heading , you and your numerous readers , may be led to suppose that I am going to " run amuck and tilt" at the whole Chartist host . If so , you are strangely mistaken : I only use the term " Ctiartlst , " in connection with those on whose proceedings I Intend briefly to animadvert , because the Tricksters have the effrontery to apply it to themselves , or rather retain it , when they have forfeited every particle of claim to that honourable appellation .
In ancient times it was truly Bald , " They are not all Israel that are called , Israel , " and , withi equal truth we can now Bay , they are not all Chartists who are called Chartists . Hypocrisy , deceit , and treachery are not nonentities in the political world , and it is as necessary to keep a vigilant eye upon o " ur professed friends as upou our avowed enemies , and the public exposure of the acts of false friends is , in my opinion , as much calculated to subserve our cause as keeping up an inceasant fire on the . citadel of corruption . In short , I view those canting , turning , twisting , scheming , tramping , noVelty-mODgera in the guise of Chartists , as the best
allies of despotism , and I unhesitatingly pronounce them ( though not without much watchfulness and consideration ) to be spies from tbe enemy ' s camp . It is dangerous to mince the matter ; we are now in a peculiar position , and , therefore , regardless of the censure of self-dubbed patriots and too-confiding Chartists , I pronounce the new project propounded by Lovett and others , as the infernal machine , invented by O Cfcnnell , Hume , Roebuck and othero , of that treacherous clique , to destroy , if possible , the growing spirit of freedom . But what will be the result ? Why , the machine will burst—Chartism -will remain unscathed and the journeymen assxssins will meet with their deserts— an
ignominious political death . I have long thought , Sir , that tbe Chartist tree required a little pruning . Many excrescences have grown thereon , and perhaps the infernal machine will very speedily be seen to possess one good property—it may , nay , I verily believe it will , prove a pruning knife , and will lop eff thaae excrescences , after -which tbe tree -will more abundantly flourish to tbe joy of every sterling patriot , and the chagr in of every idle , spouting pseudo-Chartist . The document which has called forth these remarks ,
is a tissue of falsehood , cant , contradiction , arrogance , and wildness ; and it unquestionably smacks very much of jobbing , in addition to its burking character . These are so conspicuously engraven on its front as to need no comment whatever , and every working man , with half an eye , wilt see through the whole affair . It is too clumsy , iti all its ramifications , to meet with the least countenance from the well-trained portion of our army , and this , I suppose , will soon be shown by the associaations , generally , entering their protest against both it , its concoctors , and its promoters .
Allow rue , Sir , before I conclude to te'l your readers , or rather remind them , that in the spring of 1839 , I attentively watched tbe movement in all its parts , and 1 had tbe impudence to insult the People ' s Parliament , by telling that body , to their facea , that there was "not more than eight honest men—men ef principle" in that assembly . At that time , and up to the present , I have been pressed to name the men of principle . I refused , because I foresaw that events would give the solution , and more credence would be given to circumstances , than to my words . Some of the M . C . 'a are politically
dead , the breath went out of them when the pound pet day and the three pound ten shillings per -week departed ; others have laboured to retain soft hands and keep the apron off ; and some have found it profitable to blow the Russian horn ; however , \ now ask the rta \ Chartists to examine the accounts , and see how the business stands , aud don't forget to note the M . C . ' s who may append their names to the " bran new" plan . After the addition and subtraction , tee how many remains . If more than eight—if eight , I won ' t guess again .
Before I lay aside the pen , I must confess my astonishment and sorrow » n seeing the name of John Cleave appended to tbe " New Scheme . " I know him to be upright , and one who bas hitherto acted with discretion , at least , so far as I have seen his political career . I cannot but think he has been imposed upon by some wily knave , and ere long , I expect to see him retrace his uteps , and pursue the course he has been wont to do . If not , 1 shall be greatly and painfully deceived . Yourstruly , William Rider . Leeds , April 13 th , 1841 .
Metropolitan Meeting At White Conduit House, To Elect Delegates For The New Convention.
METROPOLITAN MEETING AT WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE , TO ELECT DELEGATES FOR THE NEW CONVENTION .
( Reported by our London Oorrespondent . J On Monday last ( Easter Monday , the 12 th of April ) , a public meeting of tbo Chartists « l the metropolis WOS held , pursuant to advertisement , in the large theatre of tbe above tavern , to elect Delegates for the approaching sitting of the "Political Prisoners Release , and People ' s Charier Convention . " In consequence of a mistake 1 %
tbe adrertisemtnt calling the meeting , ( the place of meeting beiu % omitted 1 . it was long after the appoiateii nour ( twelve o ' clock ) before the assembly was sufficiently numerous to commence proceedings ; though , between one and imo o ' clock , great numbers arrived , and a very full and earnest assembly testified thatdespite of the inconvenient hour , the holiday season , and tbe winterly weather , ( snow and hail having fallen at short intervals throughout the moTning ) , —they were reat ^ y to renew their efforts in favour of their persecuted brethren , and for tbe obtaining of tbe Charter .
Air . Parker ( a working mini ) having'been appointed to ^ he chair , opened the business of the day , by stating that they had oeaenrbled to declare tbeir unalterable attachment to the principles of the People ' s Charter , and to appoint ( Delegates to a Convention which was about to sit in London for a fortnight , te see what-can be done to alleviate the miseries of the men now incarcerated for advocating' the cause of the working classes . They ( the meeting ) had been charged with having attended other assemblies for the purpose of putting down , by clamour , all discussion on questions not connected with the Charter ; in reply , to which he woeld promise , that , if there were any . parsons present opposed to the principles of tbe Charter , they Bbould have a fair hearing , and free
discussion . ( Cheera . ) They were determined to make an impression on the legislature of the -country ; and therefore were abast to elect persons ia whom they could place confidence , to represent their wants to the legislature , and 'to devise ^ such means as should accelerate the passing of the . Charter into law . ( Loud cheers . i He would conclude by reminding them , that they coul'i n-. t txpaet working men to do the people ' * work wiMiout beiug propeily paid ;—( hear , hear , )—anri in reference to the announcement that the delegates from the . country would attend this meeting , he must inform them that aicca the bills had been issued , it bad been fuunil expedient to change the time , in order that all parts of the country might act with . unison and ¦ energy- Mr . Parker resumed the chair amid much xheering .
Mr . Bai&S came forward to move the ficst resolu-. tfton . — " Tbat the security , peace , and happiness of the . people entirely depend upon the interests of all ¦ yetscbs being represented , and as suck can never be tbe case until the law adiuita every person witbin the pate of the Constitution , we call upon the Legitlature u > -enact the People ' s Charier , which provides for the representation of erery adult male , and therefore necessarily provides fur ever / interest being protected . " He addressed the meeting as bis brothers of the * lave class , because they were not witbin the pale of the constitution , having no vote in the choice of those who make the laws , and who accumulate thereby untold riches to themselves , whilst those who lure
produced these riches are cast off , and compelled to go into those slaughter-houses , called Union Workhouses . ( Hear , hear . ) There was more humanity exercised in the putting to death of an old worn-out horse , than in tbe patting to death of an aged or worn-out son of labour ; for it had been proved , tbat even in the criminal gaols , the convicted felons received more food than did the inmates of the Unien Bastiles . ( Hear , hear . ) In that consistent and unchanging journal , The Times , —( loud laughter)—it had be « n shown that in the Bridgewater Union the paupers received only 145 ounces of food per week , while ia the Millbank Penitentiary the convicts received 292 ounces , thus giving an advantage to the convicted felon of 147 ounces of food per week over the honest ; but
unfortunate pauper . ( Load cries of " shame" and partial cheering . ) This WM tjie work of the Poor Law Commission , that cost ia the year before last the sum of £ 58 , 216 6 s . 3 d . The BUI which gave these men power was nothing else than a Bill to cause unfortunate mothers to destroy their own offspring , and to gradually but surely starve off all who were unable to labour . ( Hear , hear . ) But the working classes saw very clearly that neither the Poor Law nor any other bad enactments would be repealed till tbe legislature were made responsible to the people —( loud cheers)—and they were determined peacefully and calmly to agitate till the glorious principles of the People's Charter were engraved on the pillars of the constitution .
( Prolonged cheering . ) The advocates of these principles have endured within the last three years a more cruel persecution than was ever endured by any people ; the middle classes had combined with the government to put them down . Four hundred and forty-five individuals had been consigned to the dungeon by the Juries selected from the middle classes ; bat the watchword of tbs Chartists still contiuued to be " freedom 1 " and thejr would persevere until they bad abolished the system of exclusive legislation , which enabled the idle few to live on the blood , tears , and toil of the enslaved million ! . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) It was gratifying to find that even in Ireland their principles were beginning to be underttood . and tbat tbe justice of
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tbeir demands . was at length recognised by tbeir brother working men in that country . ( Hear , hear . ) Four Charter Associations were now in existence in Ireland . ( Tremendous and long-continued cheering . ) Yes ! though the " Liberator , " and his Man-Friday , Tom Steele , bad used tbeir best efforts to crush Chartism aver the water , truth , ;• justice ,, and right , would still triumph over tyranny , trickery , and duplicity . ( Cheers . ) In esnclUBion , he would urge them to make one united effort to obtain the release of those who have boldly stood up to demand the rights which nature and nature ' s God have given to ail ; and the day could not be far distant when they must triumph over all opposition ; when the brand of slavery should be removed , and England , Ireland , and Scotland would be what they ought to be , " great , prosperous , and free . " ( Loud and long continued cheering-. ) . ¦ ' . ;'
Mr . Wall rose to Becond the resolution . They were called upon , he said , to pledge themselves to persevere in that cause in which they had been so long embarked . Universal Suffrage belonged to the people , according even to the constitution of the country ; for every man enjoyed the franchise till the reign of that pusillanimous monarch , Henry the Fifth ; and until the 25 th of Edward the Third , a Parliament was holden every year . As regarded tbe property qualification there was no Bueh . thing till the reign » f Queen Anne , nor was tbere a Septennial Act till the time of the Georges . ( Loud cheers . ) The aristocracy , and those who support them , were acting illegally , then , in keeping tbe franchise from the people ; they will not give tbeni their right to vote , becanse they wish to keep them as
bondelaves . ( Hear , hear . ) . Mr . Wall then referred to the allegation of ignorance made against the working classes as an excuse for withholding their political rights ; he had always found , he said , that those who brought this charge are very far less educated than those who say nothing about it Who were they thut judged ot a man's education ? What was the standard to be with the propagators of this education mania ? Was the mathematician to be denied bis right to vote because he was not also a linguist ? That would be not a bit more unjust than the denial of a competent workman the privileges of his calling , because he could not read and write . ( Cheers . ) He would tell them ho-w to get educated ;—do away with jfee Vackbooks and use that money which is now thrown away upon
fellows who preach a service of two hours a week , in order that they may enjoy their cigars and champagne , aud who yet smile and sneer at the people because they are ignorant . He would like to have some of these gentry before them , and sea what their educational quattucatiou was : probably they could read and write , and that was alL Now he , ( Mr . W . ) would undertake to enable any m 4 n to read and write too in six weeks , and if that was to be the standard , they would not know where to commence or where to end . Some would be fer an examination as to the Alexandrian measure of a verso , and others would talk of the Homeric standard ; * but it was all preposterous absurdity even to think of it , and until the working classes were
represented as effectually as the other classes , they would hear of nothing else than thirty thousand for national education , and seventy thousand for royal dog-kennels . 1 Cheers . ) Tljtre was * another source , however , if the Parliament were desirous of educating the people ; there Were charites in this country to the tune of six millions annually—( hear , hear , —all of which were directed Wrongly ; Let the people have their share of that , instead of two or three hundred aristocratic sprigs receiving it all ; let all the people have a fair chance , and then that class from which had emanated a galaxy of self-educated talent and genius , would show the aristocracy , in spite of all their tinselled show , tbat
" A man s a man for a' that . " Every man was amenable to . ail the pains and . penalties of the law , and the advocates of the Charter sought no more than their right to its protection , and to vote for those who make it . ( Cheers . ) Their opponents do not deny tbe abstract right of every man to the franchise , but contend that the people are not prepared for it ; yet the men who thus argue are in general possessed of tbe least general understanding of any class—( bear , hear )—they are the men of the ledger and the counter ; the possessors of the dead walls , and bricks , and
mortar ; and . aa dull as the senseless stuff which confers on them the right of voting . ( Loud cheers . ) He would conclude by asking them , in the name of all tbat is beautiful and free , to act as men ; to show by their unity and determination that they are not to be put down ; that they will never be content till the Charter be given them ; that they will have those rights which their fathers exercised ; that they will have the inheritance of which thieves have robbed them ; and , ouce again , res « lve ta obtain the Chartei , they must get it . ( Prolonged cheering . )
Tbe Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . NaGle briefly proposed the adoption of a petition to the Commons ; which was read from the Northern Star by Mr . Wall , with very gre « £ effect ; the contrast of sentences passed on political offenders and on criminalscalling forth loud and deep expressions of execration . Mr . Bennett seconded the adoption of the petition . A Gentleman ( Mr . H . D Griffiths we think ) from the , body of the meeting proposed that the words "free pardon" as applied to Frost , Williams , and Jones , be omitted ; and that their " immediate liberation " be asked for instead . They had dene nothing to be " pardoned "for ; and the use of that term implied guilt . ( This proposition was received witu great cheering . ) The mover and seconder of the adoption of tbe petition acceded to the alteration , and on being put from the cbair .
Mr . Hood begged permission to offer a few observations . Ha * no amendment been proposed , he would still have sought an opportunity to address them , believing as be did that they might as well preach to the wind , or stand on the sea-shore and discourse to the waves , as petition the Parliament aa at present constituted . { Hear , hear . ) No one loved th « principies of the Charter more than himself , and if this paradox of men " petitioning " for their rights , must be carried out , he trusted that it would not be done in the singular , feut that petition after petition would be pouied in , till there w « s a positive deluge of petitions . ( Great cheering . ) They nmst tell the law-snakera , that if they will not attend to the business of the people , the people are -determined that
they shall not attend to their own . ( Cheers . ) It was not long since tbat the principle of teetotalism bad been introduced into England—( " Question , question ") —he was merely using the fact ia argument , for though a teutotailer , his business there was political , and not < o preach teetotalism—tbat principle bad spread throughout England , am well as Ireland , like a fl . Jiae ; why , then , he would a « k , did they net carry out the principles of the Charter like they had tarried out the principle of teetotalism r ? If they could not meet under tbe fretted roof , thay might assemble under the broad span of tbe arch of heaven ; in every towntbere was aa open space—in every village there wae a field ; and in such . meetings the pure air would brace them up , while uniting to obtain the Charter , and the return of
Frost , Williams , and Jenes . ( Cheers . ) Why were they kidnapped away ? . ( Hear . ) Simply because they had stood in the front ranks of liberty , tbey bad been selected as victims by a detestable , an atrocious , and abominable Ministry— ' ( loud cheers)—a Ministry who , if another Jtieuzl or another Cromwell -were to arise , would consign them to death or transportation . They ( the meeting ) must not -deceive themselves : tbere existed a degree of feeling . against the Chartists even among the working classes ^ beiuselves . ( Hea r . ) Som e called them infidels—some called them Socialist * , and « thousand opprobrious epMitets were heaped upon them ; but occasions like these furnished line oppor-UraltieB of telting their fellow-working men what Chartism really is , and no maa , when he really understands the principles , will longer refuse his aid in tbeir propagation and establiahmeat . < Loud cheering ) Tin ' s . tnea , was the rml Wagna Cuarta—not that Tor which
foola fought at Runnyiuede . ( Long-continued cheering . ) This Charter was to ennoble the whole peopleto make a nobleman of every maa who walks the streets —to make a lady ( though not a titled one ) of every female who sits besid e the hearth , brightening its blaza ; And to make a free-bom buu 1 of every child on its mother ' s lap . ( Loud and long-oontinued cheering . ) He would beseech of them to remember , that clapping of hands alone would not obtain their object ; they wanted Frost , William * , and Jones in England , not at the Antipodes —( hear , hear)—though the Whigs would like them all to be sent th « re ; they wanted all good men at home , and if the Charter were not already , as one of the speakers had said , " engraved on the pillars of the Constitution , " they would take care it should be , or they would pull down those pillars , aad scatter them to the winds . ( Loud cheering . ) He would conclude With the poet's exhortation : —
" Snatch from the ashes of your sires The embers of their former fires ; And be who in the strife expires , Will add to theirs a name of fear , That tyranny shall quak « to hear , And leave his sons a hope , a fame , They too will rather die than shame : For freedom ' s battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft , is ever won . Bear witness , Greeece , toy living page , Attest it many a deathless age I While Kings in dusty darkness hid , Have left a nameless pyramid , Thy heroes , though the general doom Have swept the column from their tomb , A mightier monument command , The mountains of their native land !" Mr . Hood » at down amid long-continued and enthu Biastic plaudits .
The petition , as amended , praying for "immediate liberation , " instead of " pardon , " for frost , Williams , and Jones , was cattied with , general acclamation . The Chairman announced that tbey would now proceed to the election of d elegates ; and it having been proposed , seconded , and agreed to , that the number be three , the following candidates -were put in nomination : — Mr . Wall , T Mr . Spurr , Mr . Beggis , ( Mr . Neesom . Others were named , but they declined . The supporters of the candidates severally addressed the meeting in behalf of their Bomineea » and afterwards
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tbe candidates themselves spoke briefly m explanation » f Jheir viewa and principles . What follows is a summary of tha proceedings . , : Mr . Wi . lt , in the course of a lengthy , and , we must say , egotistical address , took occasion to deprecate the conduct of " certain parties , " which Afterwards turned * out to he in allusion to the address of Maasra . lovett , Collins , * c , in last week's Star , Mr . gOGGis very modeatiy and properly contwste tbe style of his address with that of the preceding speaker , and in hall a dozen sentences at most , left himself in the hands of tbe meeting . ¦
Mr . Spurr , in some degree , imitated Mr . Boggis , but took occasion to regret the introduction of eensun ; on other persons , ( in reference to Mr . Wall ' s deprecation of the circular already referred ta ) A loud and general cry of '' Wall was right i" shewed Mr . Spurr that , in this respect , he bad not the feeling of his audience with him ; « o , after a few well-placed and sensible observations , he sat down , and was followed by Mr . Neesom , who , ( there having been a question raised as to his eligibility on account of not belonging t <> the National Charter Association , which point was decided in the affirmative by the Chairman , this being a public meeting , ) expressed his readiness to take a card <> f membership , if that was deemed the test of a true Chartist He belonged , he said , to the Teetotal Charter Association , and would tell them that until the working-classes found some better employment thaa the pot and the pipe , they would never obtain the Charter .
Mr . Fcssell , of BinHinguam , who was received with considerable cheering , stated that he had a friend of his bosom in prison , with a very large family , whose cause had never bean broached , and he was anxious to know if the persons proposed were ' of the right stamp . The first candidate had made certain allusions which he did not understand ; but which drew forth an expression of regret from Mr . Spurr tbat ab 3 enf parties had been alluded to . Now , if Mr . Sourr meant tbe Lovetts and Collinses , he told Mr . Spurr they were not the man for him . [ The speaker was interrupted , at this point , by a simultaneous burst of cheering , as well as by the Chairman , who called him to order ; the eall to order seemed only to excite the feelings of the audience gtill forthet , and Mr . FuseeR proceeded to denounce , in terras which we need not UleraJly repeat , tbe parties to the circular in last week ' s Star ; " thieves , " " HaTs , " and " humbugs" were commonplaces , although Mr . Fussell offered to prove his assertions ]
The Cuairman again csued him to order , on the ground ' that they were not met there to discuss the merits or demerits of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , and Co . s plan ; but if the speaker had anything to say against any one of the proposed delegates , he ( Mr . Parker ) would attentively listen to him . Mr . FfSSELL said he did not wish , to create disunion , and withdrew . Mr Spurr , amid great confusion , explained . A Gentleman ( whose name we could not leam ) maintained that Mr . Spurr ' s explanation had made his case still worse ; he had asked what had Lovett and Collins ' s address to do with this business ? He ( the speaker ) tepUisd " everything ; " he asserted that that address was an eternal disgrace to the cause of Chartism ,
( tbe Chairman here called the speaker to order ; tbe meeting , almost unanimously , insisting upon bearing him -, Mr . Peat stood forward to set the speaker right , but a volley-of hisses made even Mr . P ., who is , as will he seen below , very highly esteemed by the Radical body , retreat ; the Chairman put it to the meeting whether the speaker should proceed , and they decided unauimously in the affirmative . ) He then * 'leathered away , " io earnest , at the " breatfi of honour circular , " and its . supporters ; declaring , in conclnsioB , that the Chartists had one grand plan laid down ; and those who , instead of giving it , or pointing out any defect , thut it might'be remedied , sought to establish a rival plan , and thus divided the Radical body , were not Chartists . ( This sentiment was received with tumultuous cheering . )
Immediately on the conclusion of this gentleman 8 address , tbe nominator of Mr . Spurr withdrew his nomination , but another person having proposed Mr . S . he still remaioed a candidate . Mr . Boggis , in explanation , said he thought some of the meeting were blind , and that others bad no discernment ; and Mr . Neesom said , after the denunciations he had heard , aud the determination of the meeting to listen to them , be thought their vote was not worth soliciting ; and that , unless tbe expression of the meeting was unanimous , he would decline a poat , in which , though there was some honour , there was more danger . If elected , however , by the unanimous voice of the assem . Wf , he should feel himself bound to do his duty as he bad done throughout the last Convention .
The Chairman then proceeded to take a show of hands for the respective candidates , seriatim : to out yiew , we thought the numbers for Messrs . Wall , Boggis , and Neesom , were as nearly equal as could possibly be ascertained ; tne number for Mr . SpUTT tjevng not mote tlitm one-half that for the others : Tta « Chairman , however , decided that Mr . Neesom had the largest ' majority ; and that so far as the other three candidates were concerned , the numbers were so nearly equal he could not determine which two of them were elected . ; A second show , therefore , took place for tbe tnree remaining candidates , when the minority who voted for Mr . Spurr was manifest to all . Messrs . Wall and Boggis were therefore declared to 13 duly elected , as well as Mr , Neesom , to sit on the forthcoming Convention . The election was certainly a boisterous affitir ; but then , the very fact itself ahows earnestness on the part of those engaged .
This part of the business over , Mr . Cameron was called upon to movo tbe following resolution : — "That . this meeting sympathising with illegally exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , and with our incarcerated brethren , call upon all friends to liberty to assist in obtaining their freedom . " Mr . C . made a long and eloquent speech in support ol the resolution ; and concluded by saying that when the people became united , there would be an end to the nefarious , traffic of the government . Let the people pursue their rights with avidity and determination ; and while he would guard them against any unsuccessful attempt , '—because such an attempt might be attended with calamitous circumstances , —he would urge upon them to keep their rights steadily in view , and when they got within reach , seize on thorn by force . ( Loud cheers . ) , "
Mr . Peat—who -was now aa loudly and enthusiastically appluUtled as he had before been goosed —( there's a word ! but what other word would express such an incessant storm of hisses ?)—came forward to second the resolution . He did so , he said , because Frost , Williams , and Jones had done nothing morally wrong . After some admirable remarks , and one or two biting sarcasms on the" education-mongers , " Mr . P . observed , that a recent writer ( Mr-Combe , we believe ) on America , had stated tbat in some parts of the Union , the people are very ignorant ; " but then , he adds , " the ignorance of a democracy is superior to the intelligence of an aristocrucy . " He next referred to the cbaTge of tbe Chartists making a " cuckoo" cry of the Charter . ( This expression was used by Dr . Wade , when very few , if any ,
' Chartists were present at the Corn Law meeting , mind' ) A cuckoo ; ' cry was it ? He hoped it would be sonu tiling more ; for " cuckoos" cry only in one season ; '" the Charter" must be eried in every season ; nay , in season and o «< of season , "the Charter" must be the test of their practicaleducation . Mr . Peat next referred very ably to some of the practical proofs of education already to be seen among tbe working classes ; they hivi found out that sugar at 3 ^ d . a pound , which it niight be sold for but for the monopoly tax , would be only just half the price that it is when sold for 7 d . ; there was practical education ! Mr . P . concluded by entreating hi ? audience to give " a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , " for tbeir rights , liberty , and Chartism—so as to " up with democracy and d » wn with aristocracy . " ( Loud cheering . )
The resolution , on being put from the chair , waa carried unanimously . Mr . Cameron moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried with acclamation , Mr . Pabheb , in returning thanks for the compliment , trusted they would keep straightforward in the Chartist road . The petition committee had this week received ( addressed to him ) a petition from Pont-ypool , signed by 3 , 186 persons , in favour of the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; but such was the tyranny practtsad in that quarter , that the poor fellows who forwarded the petition had begged of him ( and they had reposed confidence in him , for which he
thanked them ) by no means to let it be known by whom the petition had been forwarded ; and on no account to let one of their names be known . There was a st . te of things t However , he hope * they would be enabled to get the greater number of those now in prison oat ere- long . Ho briefly referred to the case of poor Jones , transported oa account ot the Birmingham riots , in which ht * had no concern ; and coccluded by proposing three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Janes , which were vociferously responded to ; as also were calls for similar honours to Feargus O'Connor , and the incarcerated victims ; the Charter ; the NortiiernStar ; and the new Convention .
The proceedings concluded with a recitation ( very distinctly and duly emphasised ) by an intelligent little girl , apparently not more than eight or nine years old , the burden of each stanza of which was" Men ! your rights no longer barter ! Strike ! for freedom , and the Charter !" This was received with universal cheering , and tbe meeting separated .
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Convicts . —On Wednesday morning , the following convicts were removed from York Castle , 5 n pursuance of their respective sentences of transportation To be transported for fifteen years . —Richard Cousins , George Dawtry , William Ibbetson , Henry Greenwood , Win . Gaukrodger , James Nicholson , John Thackray , Joseph Wood , ' Alfred Green , John Straker , Edward Townend , Joseph Handley , * n . d John Shaw . To be transported fourteen years . — - Henry Brsdahaw . To be transported ten yeara . — Charles Hirst , James Bart ) e , Benjamin Livesey , Thomas Appleyard , William Greenwood , and Geo . Fletcher . To be transported seven years . —John Gregory , Thomas Bray , Thomas Booth , and Wo . Longeast .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct702/page/7/
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