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Boltoh . —The election of the Borough Members ^ decided on Thursday evening week , after a ftrnufifc ;' most intense excitement , in the choice of tie jEioiiteralists , the numbsrB being for jjESWonb ( a nondescript Whig Conservative yesibercock ) ~ 664 j ) r . Bowricg ( pledged to the Charter , Repeal , it ~ 607 £ » tbwell ( Conservative ) 554 Bo iling ( Ditto ) 444
jjse Tories hare been beaten by weapons they so often ^ p loyed with success on f 01 mer occasions—bribery , JEiijaidation , drunkenness , and trickery . The cotton lords iB the ministerial interest were most active , jeTeral of them closing iheir works on Monday even .-• jsg ; from Tuesday evening all business was buspeaded by both parties- Free drink was to be had jb abundance in all quartere of the town , and the fraikenness and fighting which followed has no pnlie } in the election aonals of Bolton , The Ua rtisis understanding how the game wa 3 to be p jjredj came to > a resolution on Sunday evening to aie no part in the election proceedings , bat to gaud aloof from both Whigs and Tories , they being » Iie enemies to universal justice . This resolution
ins placarded on Monday afternoon , a few hours previous 10 an attack which was made on the colours of ike Tories at the Swan Inn , the Chronicle office , and sereral other places , by a number of drunken rsfims belonging to the Ainsworth party , and jajt have had mnch effect in preventing more extensive net , as Tery few of the many thousands of working men who filled the streets took any pal in the disgraceful proceedings . On Tuesday fTeniDg a placard , announcing the " liberation of Teargus O'Connor , " was posted on the walls , and Staling that he would b « in ** Manchester on Monday reek f calling on the ' Chartists to do their duty . ' look to their friends , " and not" to be deluded by the Tories . " This placard certainly created a groa . t sensation , and was the only one which elicited a cheer on its appearance . On the same evening , a
peeting of the friends of Dr . Bo wring was held in the Temperance Hall , at which he was present , and the newe of O'Connor ' s liberation afforded matter for congratulation , three cheers being given by the broad do 5 for " the liberation of the Chartist prisoners . ' " Hypocritical humbugs ! After this it was no doubt hoped that all the working men would take part in lie business of the nomination , but the great bulk of the people appeared there only as spectators , and liloTfed the Whig and Tory colour bearers to fight for precedence before the hustings , without taking air active part on either side ; and the consequence tri that the Tory party had the triumph , the Whigs , after the loss of many flags , retiring first feoa lie field . The business of proposing the c&ndidr . es was then gone on with ; the show of hands was for Ainsworth about one-fourtk ; and for Dr . Bowring about three-fourths of the multitude
present . Beighkw . —The nomination for members to represent this place in the Heuse of Commons , took place on Wednesday last , June 30 ih , on the hustings erected near the Town Hall , and was attended bj a larger number of persons that ever were preset * , tince Brighton has been , made a borough , and great excitement was evinced by the appearance ef a Cbatist candidate on the hustings . The processions were of the usual character , such as are ordi-Eanly seen at elections ; bands if zaasic , flags , crEnienmen , &c ., were the order of the day , with the exception of the Chartist procession ; this was indeed a solemn procession ; all was calm and quiet ; thev well knew the importance of the business for
¦ which they had met together , and their procesaoD aaedsd no intrsic to urge them on ; their banners were of white , with one exception , that was a jplendid blue flag , trimmed with white , the motto'a en which were written in gold , " Union is Strength /' en ihe reverse , " The Sovereignty of the Peop . ' e , " Another splendid white flag bore in large silver feiiers the motto of " The People ' s Charter . " On others were inscribed . " Universal Suffrage , " — 8 Brocker and the Charter , " — " Brooker and the Repeal of the ^ ew Poor Law , " — " Brooker and the Separation of Church and State . " Another Has had the mono of " Frost , Williams , and Jones f one had on its flag staff the C 3 p of hbtny and the tricolonred cockade ; with these flags in their
profusion , the Chartisi 3 made their way tnrough the toira to the place of meeting , and on their arrival they found it completely blocked up by their oppo-£ en : s ; bn £ they were received with loud shouts of applause ; the people made a lane , and the Chartists marched through and took up their place in front of ire hustings , which they kept till the meeting was OTsi , being flanked on one « ide by the Tories , and ca the oiher by the Whigs ; and though the rain poured , at times , in torrents , the gailaat band withstood the pelting of the pitiless storm , unassailed by either pariy , though the Whip had a go m at the Tones and beat them , destroying three of their orange flags , said more misehief would hare ensued , had it not beea for the interference of the police , for both parties had a set of hired drunken bullies to annoy every one -who belonged not to their party ; the nomination having taken place , the Chartist
candidate , C . Brooker , Esq ., being proposed by Mr . "Woodward , and seconded by Mr . Flowers , a show of hands was taken , and declared to be in favour of the two V >~ hig candidates , ibongh , next to Captain Pecheil , every one most unhesitatingly ; agreed that Mr . Brooker was the next man ; < lo ; so with the Returning Oificer , he cannot conn- j tenance a Chartist , and so he gave it in against him ,: bet Mr . Wigney declared himself teat HE knew not j KMeh held a majority , Mr . Brooker or him . A 3 for ¦ lie Twr . Sir A . Dalrjmple , he is so detested , so 1 spurned by ail parties in Brighton , except his own , j that out of eight or ten thousand people , no more 1 than eie hundred hands were held up for him . His eondset on Mr . DuRcombe ' s motion has so du-gosted everj honest minded man in Brighton , that no one is ' heard to give an expression of kind feeling ior his welfare . When it is known that he was in the i
Boose the whole of the tike Mr . Buncombe ' s j Eoaon for the release of the prisoners was under discussion , and though sent into Parliament by the ; Radicals of Brighton , he bad not the honesty , the 1 Eanlbess , or courage , to give them one vote in return , the conseqaence was , the ChartUts of Brigb- i ton left Mm and his party to the fate they deserve from men of sound principles , and he is bo longer j Member for Brighton , two Whigs being returned by < overwhelming majorities . This election has not been ynibcm Us effect . Captain Pecheil has promised , j before the assembled peopleto rote for the
imme-, diaxe repeal of tne Poor Law Amendment Bill , j Mr . Vi igney has promised to vote for the immediate I ftleas * of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and we do i ircst 1 H 1 : he forthcoming Parliament w ' be innn- j oattd Triih petitions from every town , village , and j ismlet , for the recall of those ujj justly exiled ; pairiois . Ii 13 worthy of notice that the Char- ; tii : candidate and his proposer and seconder : * ae tie on l parties heard , with silence , and toe immense muiiijude , hired men and ail , rap- j jj Urcasly cheeerd every sentiment they uttered . lui nomination of the candidates was as
com-V-i ' -e a Cnarcist meetiiig as ever we s ^ w . air . Brooker , as the rfsse of the poll , said his olj ; -ci tsd b * en achievedj viz : the vindication of ihe princ -p-es contained in the People ' s Charter ; and when tiet : meagaineace , they would Snd him pursn . 'Dg the ^ E : ccarse of £ . c : ; on ; believing as he did that the prosperity and happiness of the CvUlHry would b 2 peEtr ^ Iy ob : aiued , tarouga the establishment Mihe i-riEciples he advocateu . Iso expeuce wLat-ETer K 35 lh . Brocker put to , in j . e : ting poll clerks * o attend the different booths ; those were supplied &eath » ranks of the Chartists , who Toiuctanly gave ^ eir strrjees on this occasion .
• vrtP ?" -. -GE 5- — The Radical Ewart , late ; ? v \ . ^ = aaj and who vottd for the release of ^_ pqii ; ica ] prisoners , has succeeded against the ' *);^ g sir A-exander Johnston , by a majority of 59 . i am Icry Johnston will again be returned for the coolly withc-u : oppoeition . The shire of K J-kcud- > . Riga : wOl be contested by the Tory Maxwell and = » £ 3 g Murray , the late Member .
J v =-sT 3 r 2 T . —The der ' gning knaves of faction sneteeaea here , dnricg the election , in provoking the P- « p : e to physical resistance in self defence . A large ; « of police had been imported doubtless for the K ; "pose of exciting the Ul feelings of the people by . ' 7 . ? ? ^ implied distrust of their ptacefclness . ; « ti irshowever * they were disappointed , the peoplecssg b dirpiea ^ sd saw through the triok and refused * Hrs . i uy thsm . _ The police however seemed loth to v- » " ot town trjihoni haring in some way si ^ TUJ / zed ^ ffiSih 'es . After the return and the usual ccremo- '; f y * to" ^ quent thereupon , the electors dispersed to j ij * ci 2 = r » Tit inns , to partake of tome refreshment , j ¦ 5 ° ^ tae electors called on a brother of his and , wind hia to come in to him . The poor man was j f-otsecij , ^ alo ng the Market-place , to accept , ^ JBTitatj . m of his brother , when oce of ; ^ poice ru . ^ ans struck him a tremendous blow ; j V s right < > je which felled him to the ground ..
^ i _ ^ peopl e > T f-T 3 exasperated ; and went to work ' "rf " ^ lcft wi v « h their " walking sticks and fists . 1 ^ TfiooTed KTt . ** 1 of tne police and split some of > ^ -pteads . The fc'ood flowed pretty freely from J ^ parties , b « th-. ^ People cam e off victorious ; they a T * P&iic » ran ; JJ all directions taking shelter t ^ ToWn Hall anu ' aifierent places . The greater f ^? the men went ou : mt 0 tae fields and armed lo ^* ^^ ± 2 ~ 2 e ' ^ c ^ 5 anci l ^ eD fame jnlt > : ^ e ' ^ ? gii n , Sourishin ? tRem 0 Ter t . neir heads and ' Ljf ^ S Tengearce a * a ^ tist the police . They then £ ^< icd to the beadlnu * && beat a 11 the Policemeu . tev . iV \ Were t ' sere . The T ttiSQ went to the other ; er ^ K Ottses aild teat out ' = ¦ . "> ine tnat ^^ taken shel-2 ? D »' tre " Affi ° Egn tt ^ rn W 3 S ^ In ? p-: -c : or of ^ Jlf ^^ e . to whom t ' n ^ v t ^ a good thrashing ' RrS ^ w * 3 k out ; when & * ***** outside re > La ^ aB 0 lb er drii t > bini ? . A t length he mace his | fcT * J * o » draEgiK » s shop ; vs \ re they followed ; •^ SEdgaye j ^ f _ . Mows . The police ;
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then made their way to the Hall again through the backway and locked themselresap ia the magistrates ' pnvate room , while the mob separated , going , many of them to the publio bonses tojecjoy a glass of ale . In the laps « of about anhour thepolice again made their appearaace infront of the Hall . The news flew like wLd fire , and the ' people soon assembled with their weapons and drove them back to their room again ; and while they were proceeding up the stairs of the Hall gave them a volley of stones . During this , one of the police was dispatched to Hey wood to Mr . Lndlow , the magistrate , praying him to send for the Trowbridge troop of lancers . In » few miintes Messrs . Phipps and Ludlow came into the Marketplace when some of the respectable inhabitants told them how the row originated with the police . While the magistrates were in the Market-place with the
people , some , of the police were endeavouring to make their escape the back way onfc of the town and were seen rnnningas i / after a thief . The people saw them and ran down the road and met them ; when a tremendous Bcuffie ensued . Several of the police were dreadfully wounded and several of the inhabitants had their heads broken . One man was picked up for dead but recovered in a very short time . The police then took to their heels and made the best of their way hom « , over hedges and ditches ; the people following them , throwing stones , mud , sticks , and anything that came in their way . When they came back , they found three or four walking about in plain clothes , whom they instantly collared and made them deliver up their truncheons which they did , begging the mob not to hurt them , telling them they obeyed the orders of their Inspectors ; one of thsm cried like a child and said he had not eaten or
drunk since he came into town at nine o ' clock , and this wa 3 six in the evening . The ruffian " peace preservers" having been thus finally beaten out of the towu—the people weat home and the town was quiet . Leicester . —Messrs . Easthope and Elli 3 , having been severally proposed and seconded , by four members of the Whig Coporation . Mr . John Markham , advanced to nominate Mr . Coeper ; and Mr . John Dear , a freeman of the borough , seconded the nomination . The Conservative candidates ( Lord Forrester and ihe Hon . Spencer Horsey de Horsey ) having been duly proposed and seconded , and Messrs . Easthope and Ellis , having each br iefly addressed the meeting . — Mr . Cooper presented himself to the
multitude , and said , "Men of Leicester , I stand here , to-day , as the champion of working men , as the advocate of the rights of my own order , and I stand here , likewise , as the determined opponent of Whiggery . ( Yells from the hirelings of the Corporation , answered by tremendous cheers from Chartists and Conservatives . ) The reasons for Chartist opposition to she base , decekful Whig GoYerameat are manifold , That opposition is not gronndeci , merely , upon the ruthless persecution which the people ' s advocates have experienced from the men who are called their " natural friends . " It is founded ou broad political charges ; on the faithlessness of the Wligs to their promises ; on their bitter disappointment of the people ' s hopes , and their
vile betrayal of the people ' s liberties . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs were fondly recognised as the sincere advocates of popular rights , and were borne into office by the full tide of the popular will . The people believed their professions , and joined them in the cry for " the Bill—the whole Bill—and nothing but the Bill , " —and the prayer of that ominous cry has been but too fully realised . After " the Bill "—Coercion for Ireland followed—the Bastile law succeeded—wars were commenced—and as their years increased , this traitorous Government only grew more complete in their delinquency . The two millions left them in the treasury , by their predecessors were squandered in shameless profusionregardless of ttie people ' s toil and suffering , —and
they are now about to be driven from office With & deficiency of six ailiions on the annual income of the nation , as the record that their evil shadow ha 3 once-darkened the council chamber of the Sovereign . Instead of retrenchments , they have exhibited an utter recklessness of economy , and have far outstripped the Tories in their officious disposition to gratify the expensive tastes of royalty . They took office under the most soltrnn pledges to preserve uaiversal pestce , and they are quitting it after plunging the nation into four expensive wars—one of which is yet unfinished . And for what objects , under what pretences , were these wars entered upon ? The war in Spain had no other object than the support of tho accursed funding schemes : the
fanheracce of the plans of money-iords , the great bloodsuckers of the nation . ( Cheers . ) The war in Canada was commenced to put down the peoplfc' 3 struggle for liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) Oppression was borne , till it could be enduTed co longer ; and when resistance was ma < ie , the libertyloving Whigs over-ran the country wih fire and sword , and thus once more stilLd the patriotic Canadians by the administration of terror . Legitimacy rotten legitimacy . ' was the object of support in entering upon the Syrian war ! The successor ot Mahomet , forsooth ! must be supported , in preference to a man , who , whatever may be his faults , has displayed more of European mind and of spirit of civilization and of commercial enterprise than
any Eastern monarch ior several generations . Lastly , came the war with China : that most iniquitous war which had no other professed object than a determination to slaughter people with the sword who were unwilling to be poisoned with opimm ( Cheers . ) Woald you , as Englishmen , regard any attempt by a foreign nation to force a contraband trade in one of your ports , as le = 3 than an impudent-affroni ! If a foreign pewer resolved on introducing a poison into your country , in spite of legislatiTe enactments prohibiting the attempt , would you not regard your Government as a coward crew of traitors , if they neglected to seize the poisonous article and ¦ throw it into the sea ! The Chinese government were not guilty of such criminal neglect ; but the Whig Government have stamped themselves with lasting infamy by commencing a wicked aggression upon a nation because iia Government
became the faithful guardians of its morals . The Whig Government hare entered on a course of national'txtermination of the Chinese , because they refuse to be poisoned ; and as the war is still unfinished , their successors must scamper out of the difficulty as well as they cau ! So much for the blt > 3 sings of Whig ^ ery bequeathed to Conservatism ! ( Cheers . ) Blessings ! aye , the Whigs had ever been the industrious forgers of machinery for oppression , and invariably left the Tories to make use of the iron machinery . I am opposed to Toryism . I hate it with a bitter hatred . But there is no hypocrisy aboat the Tories . They are open tyrants . They never put their old cry of " King and Constitution " in abeyance . . It is a rotten cry—( cheers from the Whigs)—and its death-note is approaching ; but while it is kept up , every one knows what it mean ? . But the Whig note is a deceptive one . They will blow hot and cold with the same breath . The
Tory will not compromise his principles . ( Cheers from the Tories . ) We have been charged with a dishonest compromise , as Cnartiits , during the preparation for this election . I hurl back the false charge wiih disdain . I here most nmquivocally declare that in my interviews with Mr . Phillip ' , — and he is the only one of the party with whom 1 have conferred—so far from compromise being understood or agreed to—that gentleman , in four several convert ar . ons , of his own accord uttered sentences to fnefollowiug effect : —Mr . Ooper , yon and I differ-as widely as h ^ ht and darkness from each oiher in politics—ajad tve make no compromise
of ouTpritcipki—you will not give up your Chartist principle ? , nor snail I # ive up my Con * trvatire ones —we mereiy agree to oppose the Whigs as a common enemy . " I state this , before tha thou-anri ? here congregated , by way of public testimony to ihe gentlemanly character of a Conservative who has been niaiijmed in the vilest rnanuner , by the Wnig princ ; . p : iis in Leicester , and their tools . ( Cheers . ) . No , no ; there is no hypocrisy about the Toriestyrants though th ^ y be—it is the Whigs who are and b " a ~ e bfen the deceiTers ; it is the Whigs who are the cS anjeiirjgs—the tqnezable gentlemen ! I say vote {• r ine Conservatives at this election . I sa \ it
boldij a id fear : essiy , although an uiiflinehing Char- ' tist . Whether in or out , you cannot make a patriot of a Tory ; but we shall convert the Whigs once : moie inio Having patriots in the course of six ] inoDths af : cr a Tory government is established .: ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists . ) O yes , they wiil go wiii ; u ? for what we want when they j find Sir Robert throwing out his sops in tho way of \ reforms . ( Loud cheering and langbrer . ) Let Mr . j . Easthope tell me honestly if he does not believe this . He knows it will b& so . But return the Waigs to j
cEce Lex , and jou must endure another seven j years of mock—another septennial period of prepa- j ration for stilJ heavier tyrannies . Septennial ! aye , j remember that thereby bangs another proof of Whig delinquency 1 Sir Robert Walpole , the great minister of George I ., procured the passing of the Sep- j tennial bill—the enactmen : by which the whole essence of the t > ld constitution was sapped—the i grandest effort for corruption and abuse that ever was made by a British statesman . ( Cheers by the ' Conservatives and Chartists . ) What the vile Whigs j then began , they have lately been striving to con- 1
summate—the ntUr destruction of old English j liberty . You have been told thai the Tories joined ! the Whigs in enactirg the Ba =: ile law . But who ! are responsible K » r ii \ ( Shouts of ' the Whi ^ s— the Wc- ' .. ' " ) Aye , rhe Whigs—and the Whig * ; only ' . - Who brought the b ; li into the House of ! Lords ?—Lord Brougham , the ^ reat g -un of the ; Whigs ! Who bron-ht it into the Commons ?— ! Lord Akhorp , the Wjr ' g leader of that HonKe . I j need 7 . 01 inflame vour minds with reference to its i
brutal provisions : I need n ^ t remind you bow the hasferusii is torn from tne ^ ife and the > shild from ' < the mother at th a door of the accur .-ed bastile—you 1 know if all ! Groans f-t the Whiir .-: ) I need not ri-co ' -in : tie items of the dietary table in your hearin . tr ; now . 1 occupiea the time of some thousands of too , in the irarket-p ] are , last SuDday p . izbt , with ! 1 , e revoltir-g details . But horrible as this law is , I what wouia it fcave been if the recreant RuiseU had had his will \ He sought to introduce a demonlike chute into its provisions whereby be could transport
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any pauper's child beyond the seas , under the guiee of apprenticing the child , and making the Englishman's child a slave for the cultivation of sugar or cotton during the remainder of its life . ( " No , no ! ' from Mr . Easthope . ) No , no ! does Mr . Easthope say ? then I will place the very sections of Lord John's cursed " amendment" before his eyes . ( Mr . Cooper here produced an authorised copy of Lord John Russell ' s abortive " Amendment to the New Poor Law " and pointed out the sections , giving the pamphlet into Mr Easthope's hand . ) Does Mr . Easthope see ! 0 yes , but he can return no answer . And Mr . Easthope , too , strove to gat the three devil kings at Somerset House re-appointed for three years !—bnt thank God I the Tory majority of one , and that owe effected by the Nottingham election
frustrated the devlish attempt to prolong the existence of the power of the Commissioners , and circumvented the additional treason devised by Lord John . ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists and Conservatives , and great irritation and uproar among the Whigs . ) I fearlessly avow that no Conservative government ever invented so cruel an infringement of tha rights of humanity , so brutal and base a violation of the spirit of British 'liberty , as the destabie Whig Poor Law . ( Renewed cheering by the Conservatives . ) Again , I say , vote ior _ Conservatives at this election ! vote against the responsible framers of the deylish New Poor Law ! ( Shouts and cheering . } And dott I hare to 2 d the Whig candidates and their
supporters of some of their faults I shall claim the privilege of staling my own principles . ( Loud vociferations from the exasperated Whigs . ) No , no , I defy your throats . I shall tell my taJe to the end , and I shall not give over till my strength is exhausted . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I stand here to demand Universal Suffrage , f demand it in the name of the unrepresented millions . I am six-andthirty of age , and have never possessed a legal vote for a Mejj . ber of Parliament in jny life , I challenge Mr . Easchope to deny my right to the Suffrage . I demand Universal Suffrage as man ' s birthright ; I demand it because every man is taxed ; I demand it
because every male inhabitant of England is liable to be ballotted far on the militia . I challenge Mr . Easthope to show why any man should be governed withoat hiB will ; taxed without his consent ; or drawn out to expose his body to fire and sword , without having auy share in creating war-makers . I demand Annual Parliaments , as the only means of destroying the fangs of the canker which the Whig Septennial bill has planted and quickened in the constitution , as the only means of destroying the evils which " Parliaments for six years sinning and one year's repentance" have created ia England ; I demand Parliaments so short that there could be no
sinning without being forthwith sipped in the bud . I demand the Balloti Not because I desire the shield of secrecy myself , not because all desire it ; but becasse there are many who would need it , even with Universal Snffrage . But I unhesitatingly proclaim a steadfast opposition to the Ballot without Universal Suffrage . Since I hold it unjust , and I hope Mr . Easthope does , that Members of Parliament Bhould be allowed to vote secretly , so I regard it as equally unjust that a few thousand elector ? , who , virtually hold the franchise as a trust for the millions , should be allowed to act under the veil of secresy . ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) I also demand the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . I challenge any man to
shew me any atom of reason why a man who possesses so many acres of land , should , despite his idiocy or dishonesty , be adjudged more fit to become a member of a legislative body than a man who is upright and intelligent , t&ough pennyless . I demand , also , Payment tor Alembers or Parliament ; because , thereby , every man might be rendered independent and become proof to corruption ; might be fairly sent about his business when he had received his wages ; and because the work of a legislator demands not less capacity than the duties of a judge , and the workman has , therefore , an equal right to live by the labour of his brains . I also plead for a new division of the Kingdom into electoral district ? , in lieu of the preseut custom of returning members
for boroughs and counties . I do tkis because it is unfair that some constituencies of a few hundred electors should return two men while several thousands can do no more , in some other constituencies . And now having very hastily addressed myself to the Six Points of the People ' s Charter , 1 come in the last place . [ An uproarious hubbub was here raised by the Whig hirelings , who had contrived during the various s-kirmishe 3 which occurred throughout the day , —in one of which all their green flags , save one , had been torn to ribbon 9 , and the staves shivered in pieces , —to secure a position immediately in front of the hustings . " , aye , your last Cooptr , 5 ouT last ! " exclaimed some of tke paltry crew , " yuu understand that I" Mr . Cooper
continued . My last , do you say , —you poor tools of the manufacturing tyrants ? Know , then , that 1 am proud to stand here and proclaim that 1 was a shoemaker till three-and-twenty years of age , and sell your tyrants , —and let your tyrants know ( turning towards the Mayor and the member * of the Whig Corporation who had secured part of the hustings , and had railed u off in a gentlemanly way , from the rest —) that I say if tkey bad once been shoemakers they would bare been shoemakers still . ( Shouts and cheeriDg . ) Tell your tyrants that if they bad once been on the stali they would not , as I did , have taught themselves five
languages while bending over the last , nor acquired , as 1 did , a knowledge of the elemenfs of genora ) science , while using the awl . ( Prolonged cheering , and chop-. - ' allen looks among the Whigs . ) I proclaim againthat I stand here as the candidate selected by workii g men;—that I shall esteem it the high honour of my life to represent my own order , in the People ' s own honse . I proclaim here that 1 intend to be returned to Parliament yet , before I die , and that I expect and believe I shall one day , represent this , my native town , in the British senate . ( Uproar among the Whigs , and a stone thrown at Mr . Cooper . ) Let , the dastard who threw that stone know that I am not
to be intimidated . ( Mr . Cooper then held the stone up in his hand , and taking off his cap , laid open his bosom , and advanced itover thefrontof thehustings . ) Let any working man who believes me to be his enemy strike here . ' —shower your stones if you choose , —ior unless you slaughter me , I shall speak on till I have done ! ( A rending shout burst from the ranks of the Chartists and Conservatives , and the Whigs looked more abashed and woe-begone than ever . ) I tell you that your tyrants with all their prate about cheap
bread only seek to keep you in fetters . I tell you , —and 1 will compel you to hear it , —that the cry ot your manufacturing masters about a repeal of the Corn Laws , is all humbug . ( Uproar and cheerB . ) I tail you , that although I am a foe to all monopolies , and I hate the accursed Corn Laws , as well as all other wicked laws , yet their repeal , without other great preparatory measures , would ouly involve you in deeper ruin . If the Corn Laws were repealed to-day , to-morrow , and the following days , hundreds and thousands of acres of land would be thrown
out of cultivation in this country , —as utterly profitless . The peasantry would then swarm into your towns , —machinery would still be increased , so as to employ the extra numbers , —but , when tho floodgates of competition svere once open , tho glut must soon come in the foreign markets , and then your tyrants would reduce yuar wages to the continental level . ( Prolonged cheering . ) These are arguments as common as dust among you , and you know they cannot be gainsayed ; but yet , unfortunately , a part ot you are still eo blind a 3 to yield yourselves the slaves of those who only seek to grind you more completely to the dust . ( Renewed uproar and cheering . ) Well ; my strength is nearly goue for the present . I had intended to tell your tyrants But as
something about their reDe ^ adism . personality is but a poor game , and I should only be imitating the bad example set asd followed by o : hers , I shall ' bay but little by way of reminding your tyrants of their past professions . Mr . Paget ' s promises of " plumb-pudding , " after the passing of the Keform B . 'l ) , are vulgar things ; every one is acquainted with them . Your Mayor and your Town Cierk , and others on the central platform , have been heard to advocate , some Universal and some Household Suffrage ; but now , they are silent on these matters , and all join iu the one deceitful ditty about the repeal of the Corn Laws—the ditty which suits their own ends and their own purposes , but would not , under the great existing monopoly
of class legislation , benefit the working man . If Mr . Easthope can secure us four hundred Members of the House of Commons , or , at least , a lair majority , to vote for Household Suffrage , I , for one , h > id myself free to declare that I would willingly receive the boon—nay , I should think myself fully justified in agitating for it ; although I shouid still assert our right to Universal Suffrage . But as long as any cry is deceptive , we , as Chartists , shall sing but one sor : g " Universal Suffrage and no surrender . ' ( Tremendous chefcriisg . ) Aye , and it the Mayor and Mr . Easthope , acd Mr . Ei . 13 be Radicals , if , as they say , they are not Whige , why then they are , at heart , glad to know that the working-classes are treading on the heels of the middle-ciasses , and of the Government , and impelling them to real reforms . Before I conclude , I ai'ain
say , Vote for Conservatives at this election . Only get the recreant Whigs out , and they will become patriots again . O yes , they know how to revolutionise the country ! they know how to raise the flimes for the burning of Nottingham castle , and ot * the city of Bristol ! they are tho men to stand on the steps of the Green Hall , and say " Working caen of Leicester , hold yourselves in readiness , for , to-morrow morning , you may be called upon to march to Birmingham ! " Some of them , such as —Mr . Aiderman Hudson , can talk of introducing stocking-weaving into the gacl to starve yoa , now j but they will all have vastly patriotic hearts , once more , when the Tories have got upon tha Treasury benches . What I Fay as my last word is _ . vote for Conservatives at this election , as the great step towards getting your rights . ( Loud and
long-con-Dnued cheering . )—Lord Forester , en the Conservative side , followed ; and the Hon . Horsey De Horsey tot having arrived , one of his frieniis made a speech
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mb . 13 stead . —WhenJthe candidates ware put to the shew of hands , axoosiderablemajority appeared for the Chartist candidate and for Lord Forester ; but the Mayor . of course , decided that the shew of hand * , waBin favour Messrs . Eastbope tni Ellis .-ApoJJ was demanded for the two Conservative candidates ; but only as a form . It was determined before the nomination closed , not to proceed to a contest . —The Chartist body afterwards paraded the town , with a band and flags , and Mr . Qooper , having addressed the crowd again , from hia window , in Church-Gate , was followed by Messrs . Markham and Swain , when the multitude dispersed . -
Edinburgh . —CAbridged from the Edinburgh 06-scrver . j—Thursday , the election for the city was proceeded with , in presence of a large concourse of spectators , who manifebted throughout the most perfect « ood humour . Fithy remarks and commentar > u particula f observations , were occasionally made , but not a 6 iDgle expression which could be designated offensive reached our ears ; and though the speakers were more than once interrupted , there was less ground of complaint on this account than on almost any previous similar occasion . At twelve s clock , Mr . Macaaley , Mr . Gibson Craig , and their friends , among whom , besides the members of the a « gy « sa * p cmiimUtee , % ro observed the Lord Provost , Bailie Thorn , of Leith , Bailie M'Donaldof
Mussel-, bargh , Mr . Veitch . of Woodside . and , others , appeared on the fctisfcuw . Mr . Loirery , the Chartist , accompanied by Dr . Glover , of St . Patrick Square , Mr . Macintosh , and others , also appeared on the hustings-tickets of admission having been Riven them by the Sheriff . —The Sheriff having read the writ and acts against bribery , Bailie Grieve stepped forward to propose the Right Hon . Thomas Babington Macauley . as a fit and proper person to represent l J ? -w Clt J m Parliament- ( Cheers and hisaiag . ) -Mr . Gifford , master o £ the Merchant Company , seconded the nomination . —Mr . Adam Black proposed Mr . Gibson Craig . —Dr . Maola ' gan seconded the nomination of Mr . Craig . —Dr . Glover , St . Patrick Square , was received with loud cheers by his friends . He
rose to propose , as fit and proper persons to represent the city in Parliament , Colonel Peronet Thompson aud James Lowery , Esq . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Robert Lowery is the name . At the Waterloo Rooms , on Saturday , he did not think it necessary to state any serious objections to the gentlemen proposed © n the other side ; but he had good and decided objections against both of them . ( Cheers ) In the first place , Mr . Macauley had a difficulty in giving a plain answer to a plain question . He was not enough of a John Bull for him : his answers were more like those of the sophists of anoient Greece . Then he had in several instances opposed tho voice of the people in Parliament ; and as one instance , he might notice his defence of Lord
Cardigan , who had thought proper to flog a soldier on the Sabbath . And who apologised for that in Parliament but the honourable gentleman who now stood before them ? ( Hear and clamour . ) He called it a great piece of indecorum ; but if his back had been bared , he fancied the Hon . Gentleman would have thought it something more than indecorum . Then Mr . Macauley voted against addressing the Crown for the pardon of the political prisoners confined in England , and the numbers were equal on a division ; so that if Mr . Macauley had voted the other way , the address to tha Crown would have been carried . The Hon . Gentleman had a great aversion to pledges ; but he recollected at his first meeting in the Assembly Rooms , that he came forward as a supporter of the Whigs , and declared that while a shred of their
banner remained , he would fight under it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley then had pledged himself to fight for the Whigs as their slave , and not as a freeman . With respect to the other gentleman , he objected to him that he was the nominee of a person who had put forward members for Edinburgh ; and not members only , —but who bad attempted to give them a Lord Provost ; and his intended Lord Provost had returned the compliment by coining forward to propose his eon . ( Laughter . ) He did not think that ihe Reform Bill had improved the character of the members of Edinburgh . The former members had got peerages ; and , he had no doubt , that , in course of time , Mr . Macauley would be raised to the House of Lords as Lord Edinburgh , or Lord Madrid , or
Lord Calcutta , or some such title ; as to the other gentleman , he , of course , would be Baron Iticcarton . ( Great cheering and laughter . ) The great object of the electors should be not to send men to Parliament to get situations for individuals , and gratuities for themselves ; but to 6 end men who would benefit them . ( Laughter . ) They came before the electors now with the argament of cheap bread ; but what was the measure proposed ? They laid a duty of 8 s . per qr . on wheat , while the half of all tho corn imported since 1828 had only paid a duty of 2 a . 8 d . and lri . per quarter . So it was with sugar ; all the difference , in fine , would be from a farthing to half a farthing per lb . But' his grand objection to these gentlemen wa 6 , that they refused to the people their
just aud inalienable right of representation . Mr . Macauley said at a former election , that if we had Universal Suffrage , we should all become as Cherokees . ( Cries of "No , no . " ) Well , if it was not that , it was something like it ; and he paid that be would kave the country and go where \ Why , to New York—the very place where there was already Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He had better go to New South Wales . ( Cheers aud Laughter . ) Dr . Glover then proceeded , amidst manifest symptoms of impatience from his own friends , to give various statistical details , on tho authority of Mr . Sheriff Alison , to show that crime had increased ; also fever and destitution ; all of which he contended would be cured by Universal Suffrage . He next adverted
to the laws of primogeniture and entail , and contended that were the land more subdivided , wages would be better , and the people more comfortable . { A voice in the crowd , — "What say you to France" ) The French were not sufficiently civilised . We had the Bible ; and if with that and our advanced civilisation we had Universal Suffrage too , this country would then be happy- He concluded by proposing Colouel Thompson and Mr . Lowery , amidst great cheering ) Mr . Macintosh seconded the nomination . Mr . Macauley and Mr . Craig then addressed the meeting . Mr . Lowery was received with cheers . He commenced by disclaiming any wish to give noisy interruption to the proceedings ; but if any class of his feltow-subjeets considered that they were
unjustly excluded from their portion of legislative power , they had a right to come forward and protest against a mock representation , which did not represent them . He then adverted to Mr . Macauley ' s observations , that the non-electors were bound to show , by their calmneBs and propriety of conduct , that they were fit for the franchise . But Mr . Macauley muBt be aware , that there were feelings in their nature which might be driven to desperation ; that there was such a thing as tampering with their better feelings , till these were overturned ; and he was afraid that this had taken place , first , by the oppression of tho Tories ; and then by the hypocrisy and truckliDg of the Whiffs ; and , lastly , by having one law for the rich , and another for the
poor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macaulty Baid he would never interposo his voice to protect malefactors who had come under the condemnation of the law . He would not wish him to do so ; but he would wish to see the same law applied to the rich that was applied to the poor . If the Dorchester labourers had been rightly sent abroad by the Whigs , why was the Duke of Cumberland and his friends allowed to escape when when they broke the same Act ? The Hon . Gentleman , in speaking of the measures proposed by Government , said , if the reduction Was but a farthing in the pound , it was something . He admitted that . But what man of common sense would accept a farthing from the hauds of a man who had robbed him of 2 } d . The question was not
whether a farthing could be taken off , but whether there might not be a reduction ot 3 d . —not whether there should be an 83 . duty on wheat , but whether there should not be a total repeal ? How could the Whigs claim their suffrages ? AH they could say for themselves was , that they were not quite such villains as the profligate Tories . But if they had been torn by the tiger , was that a reason why they should love the jackall or the wolf ? ( L » ud cheers ) The Hon . Gentleman had also said , ho wished the people could get food cheaper ; and asked what votes of his had a tendency to make them dearer ? Had not the increase of the civil list to Queen Victoria , ae compared with that of William , a tendency to make food dearer ? Had not the
pension to Lord Keanc , and the extravagant pensions and sinecures which year by year they voted , a tendency to make food dearer i ( Cheers . ) Let the Hon . Gentleman give them an earnest of the desire to promote free trade , by giving to the people a share in the legislation . If he did that , the people would readily join in procuring free trade . Who opposed these measures but the Tories ? He would ask his friends , did they think the industrious men would ally themselves with theToriesormonopoiists ? What had they to do with Conservatism \ Many of them were witkout shoes , without homes , without beds . They Conservatives!—they had nothing to conserve . Had not the people assisted the Whigs to carry out the Reform Biil ? And the reason the people left them was , they truckled to the Toriesthey fell back upon the doctrine of finality , and Lord John Russell declared that the Reform Bill was passed to give a preponderance to the landed
interest . Let them , then , retrace their steps—if the suffrage was good for the middling classes , it was good for the working classes . It had been said that they were leagued with the Tories . He scarcely thought it worth while to repel the calumny . He knew that if the Torie 3 or Whigs supported them , by proclaiming the rights of the people to elcot their representatives , they would cease to be either Whigs or Tories ; aud he would take the assistance of any man who vrouid help his class to regain their political rights . He had moved largely among the people , from the foot of the Grampians to the Land ' s End , and seized the present opportunity of speaking to men moving in a different sphere , who oould not be expected to know their feelings , or to sympathise with them , to show them that their interests and welfare were knit and interwoven with the people . The time had gone by when the people would take food , or sugar , or education , or anything else as a
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boon . They claimed them as rights . If the people had been represented , these laws would have been repealed long ago . It was twelve years since the people petitioned against the Corn Laws ; when the manufacturers would not join them . It was their sagacity that first discovered the necessity of a change ; and his opinion was , that God had given to every nation a predominance of virtue and intelligence , which would lead the people to discern the proper course . He knew there were vicious poor men ; but were there no vicious rich men ? If there were cheats and thieves among the poor , were there not fraudulent bankrupts among the rich ? Give him the generosity of heart—the untaiuted feelings which nature had given to her children , and
preserve him from that avaricious class , whose ledgers were their Bibles , whose counters were their altars , and whose money was their God . ( Loud cheers . ) He would ask the ten-pounders if , on the hour or the day when they entered on their ten pound houses , they found themselves wiser or more virtuous men than they were the day before ? Assuredly not . They could not measure men ' s brains by the length of their purses ; and why should the houses be more esteemed than the men that reared them 1 ( Loud cheers . ) With regard to intelligence , he must remind them that , if they surveyed the history of literary men , they would find that a baser sec of apostates had never existed . Was not that a proof that intellect did not always
mean virtue j ( Cheers . ) Why should the masses be forbidden to exercise the political franchise , because a section of the people set themselves up as lords over them , and said we are wiser than you are . When he entered a church , he found the parson preach that all men were corrupt : he hoped , then , that neither the oriest nor the peer would exempt himself . If so , why should they choose a small portion of this corrupt nature to lord it over the o ; her and the larger portion ! ( Cheers . ) It was well to talk of time and of patience as a remedy for all this ? but he told them that men were starving , and they had no time to talk of patienee . There Were thousands of them without the necessaries , and thousands more without the comforts , of life . He begged those
who enjoyed the franchise to look at their own wives and children , and ask themselves how they would like to see them in rags and wretchedness ? He knew they would not—he knew they had kind hearts , and wished to do justice to the people , if their perverted intellect would but allow thera to believe that the rest of their fellow creatures could be as honest as they were . That was the difficulty standing in their way ; and to remove it the people must stand forward and protest against these proceedings . When once they brought a system into contempt , its days were numbered . Two or three years ago , when they started the 6 ystom of protesting against the mockery of representation , they were sneered and laughed at ; but they had
kept their ground in defiance of the prosecutions of the Government . Was not that much to boast of ? Formerly it was deemed wrong for a poor man to enter on a platform at a public meeting . But these days were passtd ; and it was found that working men were capable of stating their sentiments justly . They had passed the platform , they had entered the pulpit , and had turned its corrupt artillery against himself . ( Cheers . ) It was not fair of the Whigs to attack them for infringements of tho law . Pie begun hia political life at the time of the Reform Act ; and he remembered reading in the Afoming Chronicle , the Whig organ , the letters of Colonel Maceroni , teaching the people how to handle the pike and to barricade the streets . ( Cheers . ) Yes , and he had eat in a committee of the Political
Union , with Sir John Fife , who had received a title since , in which they were told how they could asily thrash the Tories , and seize the barracks , too , if need were . Having been so tutored , he , asked the Whigs in charity to allow something for their ignorance , considering that they had been taught political warfare by such a class as themselves . ( Loud cheering . ) The working men tilled the fields and plied the loom—tbey had borne the standard of Britain round the ocean , and chastised every tyrant but their own—( ckeers)—they had carried the flag of Englaud from the shores of the Mediterranean to the gates of Paris , and were they now to be told that they were to be slaves in their father land \ that they were not to be admitted within
the pale of the constitution which they had toiled to rear and bled to defend ?! ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , he asked them whether they were prepared to submit to slavery ? ( No , no . ) What did slavery mean if they were not slaves 1 Did it not mean that one class could seize the persons of another class , and seize upon their toil ? And if they were taxed without their own consent , was not that a seizing upon the fruits of their toil ? Then with regard to their persons . Were they not liable to be called to the militia and impressed for the navy t If this was not slavery , he did not know what was . But , thank
Heaven , the eyes of the people were now opened ; and the Govevnment had hesitated to tram the militia of late , because they knew the people had been wronged , and could not be trusted with arms . ( Laughter . ) After alluding to the state of affairs between this country and Russia , Persia , and Turkey , to show that foreign affairs had not been properly conducted , he concluded by advising the people to keep both factions weak . The Whigs in opposition made excellent members ; and if merely the dread of losing office made Lord J . Russell a fixed duty man , he had no doubt that his exclusion from office would make him a total
repealer . He thanked them for their patient hearing , and advised them to protest against the election of every man for whom they were not allowed to vote . He then retired amidst loud cheering . The Sheriff then called for a show of hands fer the four candidates successively , when a decided majority of those present appeared for Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery . The Sheriff then declared the show of hands to be in favour of Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery ; and a poll being demanded , he appointed the same to take place on Monday . Dr . Glover for Colonel Thompson , and Mr . Lowery for himself , declined a poll , amidst the laughter of the friends of the other candidates ; whereupon the Sheriff
intimated that the two candidates had withdrawn and there being now only Mr . Macauley and Mr . Gibson Craig in nomination , he declared the gentlemen to be duly elected . Mr . Macauley presented himself , but was received with hootings and yells , which entirely prevented him from being heard ; and Mr . Gibson Craig met a similar reception . After several ineffectual attempts to obtain a hearing , they bowed and retired . On proceeding from the hustings to the Merchants' Hall , the members were surrounded with a- crowd pressing roughly forward , but no actual violence was shown . As they entered the lobby leading to the Hall , a rush was made at them by some young men , but through the firmness of the police , they were checked and kept back .
Norwich . —The same Correspondent from whom we received our last week ' s intelligence ^ writes us as under : —In my last , I informed you of the proceedings of the nomination day , allow me now to describe tae following day . Although Norwich has long been noted for its electioneering tricks , no precedent can be found for the excitement which this day prevailed . Early in the morning , the streets and Market-place quite equalled in bustle the morningof any former contested election . Dissatisfaction and a determination to be revenged on the parties connected with the nomination , seemed to be very general ; but during the day no opportunity offered , therefore peace was maintained . In the evei ) ing , a pu-blio meeting was held in the Market-place , which
in point of numbers , stands unrivalled in the list of Norwich meetings ; Mr . Goat being called to the chair , he impressed his audience with the necessity of keeping order , preserving the peace , and convincing the magistrates ( before whom he had that day appeared ) that they were men ; and however much they might feel themselves betrayed and insulted , they hud sufficient senBe to know there was a better mode of action than meeting abuse with abuse . After treating upon the subject which called them together , he introduced to their notioe the first speaker , and withdrew . The business immediately before the meeting was an exposure of the various characters connected with the compromise and treacherous withdrawal of the nomination of
Mr . Eagle , after which an extensive view of the Charter and its effects upon society , was taken by several speakers . The Chairman then rose and requested to know if any present wished to address the meeting , asButing them that whatevsr opinions they might wish to express ( if within the pale of the law and common decency ) there was no fear on his mind as to gaining for each an attentive hearing ; but none coming forward , three cheers were given for Mr . Eagle , and three for the Charter , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman . The Chairman rose and thanked them for the flattering mark of respect just shown , to himself ; but more particularly did he thank them for that great self-command which they had that night evinced , notwithstanding the allurements
thrown on one side by a mock-chairing to attract their attention , and discordant noises given by persons drinking at the upper windows of the inns on the other , whose interest or ignorance induced them to keep aloof . He again thanked them for their decorum , and trusted they would depart in peace , retire to their homes , or elsewhere ; but leave the Market-place with that prudence which they had hither to manifested , and he and bis immediate friends would continue there until the Market-place was somewhat cleared ; then , wishing them a good night , bowed , and retired . The assembled thousands were dispersing , each taking his own road , when a
person arrived , and stated that John Dover was at home , at the King's Huad ; that he was seen speaking from the window to a man in the street . The report ran quickly through the multitude , and , seeing the danger , several of the Chartists ran to the spot , reached the house before any mischief was done , and endeavoured to prevail on the people not to break the peace ; but their efforts were useless . Revenge was their determination ; one good fellow who resisted their endeavours to force an ontry , was knocked down , and trample don , in their eagerness to get at Dover . At length , they found him in an upper room , where he defended himself with a sword . Several were wounded , but he was soon
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disarmed , driven to tha street , stript of hia clothing , with the exception of his trousers , beat in the most unmerciful manner ; his hair torn from his head ; stabbed in several parts with kniv # 8 ; struck with paving stoaes ; and driven , barefooted , towards the Market-place , where they intended to hang him ; but , on crossing Blackfriar ' s Bridge , the cry wag , " Throw him into the rivor , " and , had not his sou clung to him , deteraiined to share hia fate with him , he would unquestionably iave been thrown over the bridtfo : but Jeavine it . they proceeded till they were
met by a large body of police , who enabled Dover to take shelter in a'house for a time . The military arrived , and , by the assistance of these two formidable bodies ^ he was taken to the eity gaol , where he 8 tUlremainsforprotection . After Dover W 8 srefCued , a alight-demand-was-made for Whiting , Uhe seconder , } but it did not take effect . Some few were captured ; the others were dispersed by the military , and ultimately tranquillity was restored . Mr . Whiting , not wishing to meet the same fate , has left Norwich , ( much the most prudent plan . ) All iB how quiet .
Westminster . —AmongBt the several candidates who have solioited the suffrage of the electors of this great city , to represent their interests in Parliament , were John Temple Leader , General De Lacy Evans , ( Whigs , ) and Captain Rons , ( Conservative . ) Leader offered himself as the advocate of cheap bread , and that more substantial measure—she Suffrage ! and the Ballot to protect it . General Evana would not go a step beyond " free trade , " (?) whilst Captain Rous , who , to use his own words , " offered himself at the eleventh hour , " and had not . one
single meeting ! took his stand against the infernal New Poor Law , and the Window Duties . On the day of the poll , Wednesday last , the Gallant Capt . was at the head of the list , Leader second , and Evans in a moat woeful minority ; consequently Leader and Rous were declared duly elected , and " free trade . " (?) Evans seat to the " right about . " A portion of the Whig press is quite in a quaudary about Captain ltous's election , and protest that it is all owing to the wicked alliance the Chartists have entered into with the Tories .
H l'bdebsfield . —The Whigs and their Doings — Much has been said , of the tyrannical conduct of the Tories , in sending up their tenantrylike serfsof the soil , todo their masters'bidding at nominationsand elections . Such conduct has been condemned , and . most justly , by the Whigs ; they have been the most loud in their denunciations of such disgraceful proceedings . Let us look on the other side of tho picture . Monday morning last was a busy one in Huddersfield ; soon after four o ' clock the Chartist 3 were parading the town with music and banners , to roHse the sieepers for Wakifiold . They started lor Wakefield a little befoTo six o ' clock . Shortly after the Whigs began to muster , with bands ana banner ? , and waggons , carts , and every descriptioa
of conveyance , loaded with their workpeople . The sight was imposing ; bur , then , the most tyrannical measures had been resorted to by their employers , through their lickspittles and Jacks in office , who are always ready to do the dirty bidding of their masters . In many of the barracks ( for so they are now designated ) the workmen were called together , and informed that they would be expected to bo ready to go to Wakefield on Monday morning , and that conveyances would be ready to convey them to the place of destination—fhat "all of them" would be expected to wear a yellow card in front of his bat , and lest some should not hold up their hands , or slip away , a man was appointed to every section of tho men , to call over their names , and see that they were at their post , and to note how they acted ; and if not found at their post in the yellow ranks , their
day ' s wage wasto bestopped , and they must take what Would follow . Such were the measures taken by Whig factory lords , who allow freedom of conscience— - Heaven save the mark ! M » Dy , many—very many were they of the good and true thus compelled to wear the damning badge of Whiggery , whilst their hearts and wishes were with their comrades in the ranks of the Chartists . . So jealous were the factory lords of their workmen , that hundreds were conveyed by the railway , money being no object ; so that " no excuse whatever could be made by the men for not being at their call . So bent were they upon their object , that rather than be beaten , one of the lords , and a leader of the Wesleyan body in this town , stated that they would spend a quarter of a million of money . FactB like these speak for themselves . Is not this intimidation and tyranny of the worst description ? " O Whiggery , where is thy blush !"
Ipswich . —A requisition having been presented to Mr . Barmby , requesting . him to offer himself as a candidate 211 the Chartist interest , he answered it by an address which was placarded about Ipswich and diffused in every possible way ; in wnieh he declined standing at present on account of ill health which precluded tho possibility of his sustaining the harrassment of an election contest , but avowed his determination to " wear the white toga as their candidate for the future . " After the publication of this address , and on account of Mr . Barmby ' s illness
and absence , together with the factious riot and debauchiug corruption reigning throughout the town the honest Chartists of Ipswich determined not to support by word or deed either of the Whig or Tory factions , but to withdraw themselves from the scenes of political viilany , that they should not identify themselves with " that felon-system which disgraoes the very name of representation . " This they signified by a placard signed Win , Garrard , secretary of Mr . Barmby ' s election committee and strictly adhered to . Two Whigs , " \ Vas 011 and Rennie , were returned , but next election success to Barmby and the People ' s Chatter !
Hyde , —This town was visited on Thursday by Stnnlty , the Whig candidate for Cheshire . Tho meeting was holden in the Working Man's Institution . In answer to queations , he declined promising to vote for any extension of the franchise , or any alteration in the Poor Law . He would vote for a reduction of the duties on corn , sugar , and timber . Mr . Bradley addressed the electors and non-electors in an excellent Chartist speech . Nottingham . —For the last six weeks , society has been one continued scene of drunkenness , riot , and disorder ; happi'y , however , this disgusting state uf things has againsubsided since the reccui and unexpected resignation of the two Conservative candidates , who did not continue the poll a full half
hour . Party spirit is settling down , business resuming its r / onted rigour , the people begin once more to mix iu tlie domestic circle , nolonger subjected to the fears of the horrid system of lawless intitnmidation , which has been the order of tho day for some time . The Chartist body have been surrounded by the fiercest' hostility imaginable ; so that it must not be supposed that justice will be shown by the " press-gang" to any effort of theirs in , carrying out the glorious principles of democracy . Some few , who have long been regarded as sound and Bterliug democrats , have not been able to sustain that character , but have fallen before thegelden bait which was thrown out from the treasury ; but the great majority of men advocating Chartist
principles , haya manifested a firmness of character and siodfast virtue almost without a parallel , more especially , as numbers are out of employment and in deep distress . Hobhousc and Larpent exhibited themselves through the principal streets . oh Tuesday afternoon , June 29 th , iu gaudy triumph ; but what sort of a triumph has it been in reality ! Why , a positive triumph of gold and bludgeon-law over moral public opinion and principle . The moralforce Wlu ' gs exultlngly chuckle and cry , that they have achieved a glorious victory over the combined powers of Toryijm and Chartism ; -rve . however , can laugh them to ecorn , while we reflect upon the base , bloody , and bratal weans which they have put in practice throughout the election . The Whigs are
also constrained to confess that the skilful exercise of Chartist influence , in wielding the balance of political power by the return of Mr . Walter to Parliament , was the means of placing the present Ministry in their degraded position , namely , beneath the confidence of the sovereign people , who , if , but true to themselves , will keep the pledge-violators in . jeopardy till they have given them a proper good Tory squeezing . Nothing short of this will make them good boys ; and then , ere many months , they will be placed as front rank men in . the Chartist army , ready and willing to go the " whole hog and no mistake . " Of late our streets have been crowded by a kind of army , called lambs , but it would , perhaps , have been a more proper appellation to have
called them wolves , or : bloodhounds , their business being to break people ' s heads , to detstroy property , intimidate , and the like . A bludgeon manufactory has been recently established , not a hundred miles from Barker-gate , for the purpose of supplying these gentle creatures with implements , and very active and industrious have they made themselves ; fora few days the glazier business has flourished to as extent hitherto unknown . Many of the signs and tokens of their handy-work are to be seen as you walk through the streets . Almost every third person has a mark to show , and which is the distinguishing mark of a lamb ' s favour or Whig impartiality . On Tuesday morning , at half-past eight , the long visages of the intelligent electors of the borough of Nottingham became remarkable , though a few days previous , body-snatching was carried on here extensively . The demand for burgesses and ten-pounders ceased immediately it was announced that Walter and Charlton had given up ; though but a few hours
prior to this untoward event ( on bunday ) a certain sham-republican and his French valet were seen strolling about the Mansfield Road , offering from fifteen to twenty sovereigns each for an unprincipled burgess , and from twenty-five to thirtyfive sovereigns each for a rascally ten-pounder Such are the present representatives of the people of England , and such the constituency . Let the nonelectors of each city , borough , and village , throughout England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , immediately form election committees , in order to put down this damnable system of traffic ; the people have the power to discontinue all suchi disgraceful proceedings , and the sooner they begin to show their authority , the better for each and all of her Majesty ' s good and loyal subjects ; and until the Charter becomes the law of the land , there can neither be peace in the cottage nor security in the palace .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct714/page/7/
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