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trmj nor the nary , the poliee nor the constabulary , Whigs or Tories , priests or dwils , stall prevent or fnrare thi 3 agitatfoa for the Charter . ( Load cheers . ) TSx . Moir , by the way , had alluded to Mr . Oswald , their present illegal representative , sod to bis imbecile conduct at the late election . That man , be understood , had dared to tamper with his character , jud take his name in rain . Now , thay would all recollect that , at the first election , he had asked that gentleman if he could advance anything £ o his shame or disbenonr , or had aoy objection to make to his past character or conduct , and he had said ¦ N o . " He then gave him ( Mr . O'Connor ) a high sad reputable character . But Mr . James Oswald fcsd dared to assert , in his absence , that he , along
tnth Bronterre O Bnen , had recommended physical force , and the murder of their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) Aye , but did the people believe him ? . ( Locd cheers . ) No ! they knew his CMr . O'Connor ' s ) j past history , and every movement , and with one j Toiee they cried , " He lied J" He rejoiced that in his j absence they did justice to his name ; and that the calumny of the hoary nincompoop had met with j deserted scorn and reproach ^ ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . ' O'Connor here alluded to the conduct of Douglas , JInniz , and Edwards , those physical-force advo- i cates ; » &eir desertion of the honest part of the ; people ' 3 leaders ; after weaving a net to catch them , ' in , and to the bluster of these fellows as the cause J why the proceedings of Chartists had ever been I
classed with the mention of violent proceeding ? . He then proceeded—he had never betrayed the ! peop ! e- ^ -he had not assumed one position to-day , and ; deniedit to-morrow . If he had deluded thepeople , he i would not have been thereto-day ; if he had quaefced . them , he would not have attempted again to appear i before them . A great deai had been said about . moral force and physical force , and attempts were 1 being made by this means to sow dissension in their ; ranfe . Now ' he ( O'Connor ) would repeat what he i had frequently Eaid before en this subject , and his ! sentiments on this point were unaltered . Moral force i 3 the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind , j which teaches him how he is to reason , how to endure , i and when forbearance becomes a crime ; and when ¦ .
that fails , physical force , lise an electric shock , \ shall sound the preparation , declaring that i the people , having borne with patience and long suffering , tao yoke of the oppressors , have determined to throw off their trammels , aad snap ; the rrrant ' s chain . ( Locd cheers . ) God forbid , , however , that ha would ever be the means of bringing an unarmed people in contact with an armed soldiery , whom they themselves would require tc ; support . Tsty were now come to such a position > that they could , if united , oppose by moral force all that might be brought against them . II . s object and their object , he hoped , was not to pull down those j above them to the same position in society as them- j selves , bat to bring themselves up to the same
position which as men , and as free men , they were entitled to erjoy . ( Cheers . ) Knewing the resources of the country which God and Nature had designed for their use , he was for throwing them all upon their own resources ; but be was also for taking the aristocracy off the people's resources . Let the people be thrown upon their own resources , keep the non-producers off them , and he had no fear of the , beneficial result . ( Cheers . ) Nowthat the blue devils of i Toryism were placed in power , they might anticipate , no very gentle persuasive arguments to induce them ; to cease their agitation ; and to qnietly agree to allow aristocratic cupidity and fraud to live upon their energies as heretofore , and these men would not be backward in using all the means at their
command to compel the people to give way before them . It was for them , however , by their powerful eota ! aspect , by their determined and commanding unions , to prove tbeir nrmness and decision , and overawe the attempts of tyranny and corruption . As they had treated their companions in crime , the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , he trusted they would treat ' them or any government which founded its elaim ro their suffrage upon aggression and knavery . ( Loud cheers . ) As he had to address thirty meetings in thirty towns in Scotland , and" as he intended afterwards to visit the land of parities , he hoped they wonid allow him to reserve himself
for their meeting in the evening . He would content himself with assuring them before retiring that he wa 3 the same now as whea he had met them before—unchanged in principles , unawed by punishments , and u&fiiEching lin his determination to have Universal Suffrage made the law of the land . He wonid boldly and fearlessly afirm , that if death and the Charter were placed in the one hand , and honsurs , rewards , and desertion in the other , he should prefeT death to surrendering his principles . His Eotio was , " come weal come woe , come danger come persecution , I stand by you and those principles even w the death . " ( . Tremendous cheering which lasted for several minutes . )
Mr . Wood , delegate from the Dublin Chartists , bott came forward and addressed the meeting in a long aad convincing speech , which was listened to with great attention , and was applauded throughout . Totes of thanks being tendered to the chairman , and three cbeers given for O'Connor and the Charter , the immense assemblage quietlv dispersed .
THE SOIREE . The proceedings of this eventful day in the annals of Chartism were appropriately closed by a splendid soiree in honour of O'Connor in the evening . The large and elegant New Bazaar Hall , capable of accommodating about 3 oOO persons , and wiiich was fitted up for " the occasion , was crowded in every par : by a respectable and well dressed audience . We may mention , that such was the demand for tickets for this meeting , that in two days after they were issued , the whole of them were disposed or . and such was the anxiety of the people , that thousands of our Chartists fnendshad to be disappointed . We believe , as high as 5 s . and even 15 s . were offered for single tickets and indignantly refused by their
fortunate owner ? . Shortly after sis o ' clock , the hour of opening the ball doors , the place was densely crowded by a gay and delighted audience , whose appearance was certainly much improved by the rich and variegated Lead-cresses of the youthful female Charost * , who had arranged for a ball after the proceedings at the Soiree . When ilr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Messrs . Moil and Culien , the cheering was absolutely deafening , and was again and again repeated as these gentlemen took their seats on the platform . Mr . O'Connor gracefully acknowledged these heartfelt testimonials . On the morioa of Mr . John Rodger , seconded by Mr . Wm . Miller , Mr . Matthew Cclles occupied the chair . He * as supported right and left by Messrs . O'Connor ,
Moir , iiaefarlane , of Condorrat , the aged Bocny-JQrir manyr of 1815 , also by Hessrs . Prondfooi , Gardner , Councillor M'Gavin , Hedderwick , \ Va ; ker , Cume , Rodger , Jack , and others of our cess known CssjUits . In opening the business , Mr . CniEs , chairman , delivered a neat and appropriate address , in which he spoke of the feelings of his audience , of the occasion of their mc-et iagj the services of O'Connor , and the necessity of throwing all petty jealousies aad divisions aside in « e pursuit of the great cause of human ahieii oration , ¦ tie concluded by calling on Mr . Walker , one of the preachers of the Christian Chartist Church , who askftd a blessing . The meencg was then served with tarts ; and a number of stirring airs were performed by an excellent instrumental band .
The Chaiiuu : v now gave the sentiment of " The rjople , the iegitimare source of all power , " which ae prefaced by & neat address . He Baid , on public occasions Fuch as tins , it was customary to propose tt « Chief Magistrate of the realm . Now , althoogh fcoaj was no : his intention at the present time , he segged distinctly to state , that it was because of no < teioyaj or durespective feelings . In the sentiment ne tad to propose her Majesty was included ; and tv ll v t ^ ropOEhl ? her individually , arose solely from Me tabu which the Chartist had to universality . uT ? i m "s *** ^ he r Majesty , and were most ioyally attached to her person . ' They could wish , tonerer , th&t her Majatj was pkeed in such cir-« mstances as shi cotud appreciate and administer Jo tie ff-anis of her suffering and oppressed people , u aus wer * the case , then they would find in every w » a a military tent , and in ever ? citizen a soldier . ?
awj to oefead ills country from invasion , and her . xujessy from the insults and persecutions of her enemies . ( Loud cheers- ) He concluded by prop&rag the toast , which was most rapturously applauded . * Mr " ' -il , TCS eott sung in excellent taste , " O'Connor ' s Welcome to Scotland , " which was well received . Mr . it ou next rose to respond to the sentiment of Abe People , " and was loudly cheered . He de-*«* red a l ^ ag , siirrisg , and sarcastic address in his " ?* fitjie , L" * which he severely lashed Whig cun-* £ } & caicanei 7 , ruffianism , and deceit . He also *" v exposed a . id denounced the tactics of the two opposing factions wita happy effect . He was freqBenUj interrupt ^ with , cheering a ^ d bursts of ^ ffuex , elicited by Jus happy hits . Tune— " Scots Wa&a&e , " The Cbjursus now g&ve " O'Connor , and the wner patriotic Chartists wito have aided the cause « tee psople , " which was received with three times three .
At this stage of the proceedings , a very interesting ¦ Gtte occurred . Miss Moir , a good-looking young ** 7 , along with Miss Millar ' and Miss il'Kay , aae forward to present Mr . O'Co nnor with an addressj and a rich diamond ring , as a testimony of refpenfroa the F « male Chartists of Glasgow . The wUowbg jg the address , which was xead by Miss * Aay with a dear and correct enunciation : — TO FEJLBGC 8 O ' COSSOB , E ( J . Bonmrred Sir , —We hail with feelings of joy and ip-ntude , yoffir presence here this evening ; joy , «* we can still elaim your advocacy of the rights ~™ L Privileges of labour—of honest industry—and * *«« ude to him , who , alone , rules in heaven and «* a ?* nds on earth . For this mbonnded mercy in fading the shackles and tearing asunder the earthly r ^ aels , with which a wily and a worthless »« wn had dared , impiously , to bind your efforts—H ^ endeaTours of an honest advocate of justice . & *\ n . Ioar P re 5 € Qw amongst us , now , seeing « m tee same , the very game , opinions held and pro-
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mulgated by y » n before the farcical attempts of factions to crnsh ' yoar patriotism , and to coerce your freedom of thought , of word , and of action , are still , and we hope , ever will be , evinced by you , in your adherence to the movement of Right , and your ratioEftl and philanthropic denunciation of a system of disgrace , of ruin , and of wrong . We hail with rapturous greeting , the visit of a tried and uncorrupted democrat to our Highland home . We hail the visit of Feargus O'Connor to this oar native land , whtre sir © and son claim by meeting and by right of pure descent , those feelings and those sentiments which actnated our Scottish patriot—oar Wallace , and roused tbe love of liberty —living eternally in the bosom of his countrymen , to assert , aad to fight for the freedom of Sootland and the independence of our fatherland *
We hail your visit , our beloved , to our common country , where the mountains alone , with towering majesty and snow-clad tops , claim that homage , which , in other lands , is tendered by unthinking slaves to a worthless creature , bnrn in ignorance , and nursed by servility—wearing , in the mockery of human wretchedness , the title of the Most High , a title which every honest heart , every true Scotsmap in the fervour of his adoration , offers to the divinity , to him alone , " who rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm . " We welcome you to that land , where streams and flowrets gathered together the
u Spark 3 o' nature ' s fire " that burst in the ardour of heaven , sent inspiration from the rude clay of a ploughman and a weaver in the unpolished lispings of a Burns and a Tannabill ; and , by the rays of democratic genius , shed a holy Instre—an undying famo on those spots of green crowned _ earth and eilverly sparkling burns that reigned in their unborrowed verse , and lived for ever in tha patriotism of their hearts . Sincerely desirous of benefitting our
fellow-creatures , and in our anxiety for the immediate and total abolition of all unnatural distinctions between man and man , we hail your presence here this evening r and now tender you our heartfelt gratulation on seeing you again in tha midst of as , unfettered and free , andfeel and now express our gratitude to Heaven , that you have yet been spared from the efforts of malignity , to nourish hope in the bosom of the poor and lowly , by your s ; Tenuous and uncompromising advocacy of the rights of labour , and the native privileges of humanitv . ¦
Accspt these warm and sincere aspirations for your continuance of these exertions in our behalf , and acceps this humble token of our admirarion of your struggles , ia asserting and demanding justi : e for each and for all . During the reading of this address , which was frequently interrupted with cheers , Mr . O'Connor appeared to be deeply effected . Miss Millar then presented the ring , which appeared a truly massive and valuable article . She ta-. d , the honour had been conferred upon her by the Female Charti-ts of Glasgow , to present him ( O'Connor ) with this small bet sincere token of their admiration . With sentiments better felt than expressed sho performed this duty . In the fervent hope that he would
continue in his bright career , and that the Lord of heaven would prosper his exertion on behalf of th-3 suffering and oppressed people . ( Loud cheers . ) Her sis : er Chartists joined with her in the hope that he would go on conquering and to cocquer , until he had put to flight all the enemies of popular ri ^ ht , of civil and religions liberty . And while they ur ^ ed him to pursue b : s bright and important career , they trusted that Scotia ' s sons would stand by the cause which O'Connor so ably advocates—that Scotia ' s sons would not cease their exertions until they had obtained those rights they were struggling to obtain , and until their fatherland was ma < Ie what she ou ^ ht to be , great , glorious , and frte . ( Loud cheers . )
Miss M'Kay next presented Mr . M'Farlane , of Condorratt , the venerable Chartist of 1819 , and for twenty years an exils for his advocacy of tneir principles , with a handsome ebony staff , ? ilvermoiinzed , and a sovereign to pay his travelling expanses . The oldman , yrho seemed deeply affected , received these tokens with much agitation . When he could command his feeii- gs , however , he shortly addressed the meeting , and expressed his acknowledgment for these proofs of their respect . He entered into a briet but graphic dets . il of tho persecutions of ths early Char . Uti—of the unprincipled bloodthirsty Government of that day . He was frequency applauded . Tune— " Aufd Largsyne . "
; Mr . O'Con . nob now rose amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . Whea the plaudits had in some measure subsided , he spoke nearly a ? follows : —Sir , I have ' less reason to find fault with the ginger-beer bottles than any person in this assembly . ( Mr . O'Connor here referred to a little interruption which took "place a minute or two previous , from the serving ou : of ginger-beer . ) I rejoice that the excellent arrangements of your committee have afforded to me one mament of reflection before I responded to t :. e beautiful addresses of the 'adies of Glasgow , and the flarurisg present which they have done me the honour to present to me : for , had I boen called upon instantly , a . ud upon the = p \ ir of the
moment to reply to these addresses , 1 know not what pomt my feelings would have carried m- * , or to w ' nav sentiments they mi ^ ht have led me to utter ; I would perhaps have lost ail control of my judgment and left a bad impression us > on this meeting . It requires a man to cairn him elf for a moment when he receives such an impulse in the cause of liberty as this . When the name of Wallace is made use of by female lips , and when the son 3 of Scotia are asked if they would not rather fight for their liberty than pine iu slavery , what arguments have I to u ? e to impress upon this large assembly the necessity of working out their political salvation ? ( Loud cheers . ) As I have not words to express my feelings , I shall piss from this point , simply returning my hearrelt thanks to those ladies who have done me the honour
to present me with these tokens of regard . would say , that if before I was engaged to the people , cow I am wedded to ihair cause . ( Renewed checnug . ) Sir , as regards the sentiments which you hate done me the honour so eloquently to propose from the chair , it pves me some pleasure to thick tkat it is now nearly five years since I was first introduced to the men of Glasgow , and that I have et 111 some hold upon their esteem . Unknown comparatively—a comman stronger . I entered upon your boards , and veEiured to present myself as an enemy to the politicians of the day , and presented to the people , if not new principles , at least anew mode of accomplishing their realisation . Our union has gone on , and , like mazier like man—the one
determined to do the vrork so lODg as he ccnunues to hold the confidence of tLe other , and the other determined to entrust and employ the servant so long as he does his duty . ( Hear , hear , and cheors . ) S ; . rae reference has been m ^ de to my sufferings iu this cause , but if I had suffered as much as the veteran who Lad just preceded me , whose sufferings put mine all to flight , tbe illustration of my princ . ? le 3 which I now see bifore mo would rspay me fi .-ra . 31 . ( Hear , hear , and long-continued chc-rirg . ) Wxfat are the sufferings of one , if by these sufferings the caure of freedom i 8 advanced , and the oppressor humbled 2 The answer , in my ca ^ e is , that I Lave gained a victory of the oppressor , because" that cause for which I was imprisoned gaius mere by my
absence than if I had been present . ( Cheers . ) As now , kfter = i x years of agitation , sixteen months of thai period spent in a dungeon , we meet again to renew the covenant ; such as I left you I meet you again . If I was impelled , by the love of these principles , to advocate your canse heretofore , how much more determined must I be , now that I see you in earnes : in the cause . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But it is not enough that you and I are in earnest , and those excellent , men who have laboured along with me ; the people must be in earnest . Remember that the moment you will it , then will the power of the oppressor fade—then will you be recognised in the legislature of the country—then you any stand erect as freemen j and then indeed
you will be the source of all power . ( Loud cneers . ) Sir , it is rather a farcical thing that faction uses the name of the people ( and especially the Chartists , because I think the word people encompasses all that are worth having , and the Chartists 2 re the people ) it is surprising that they say at one time that we are a mere fraction—a section of tke community whose influence is as limited as our principles are unpopular , that we are unworthy of notice ; but when en excuse is needed to save the bankrupt reputation of a sinking party , the cry is , 0 ! the Chartists did it . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let u 3 take this leaf from the Whi ^ f book—the confession th * t we are able to beat one of the greatest factions in the State , and that it depends upon us to say what
shall be done with the other . They say that we are ignorant , as well as poor in strength , and unfit to hold the suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , then , it must appear plain , as a question of rule of three , and evident to any one without the knowledge of a Cocker , that , if a fraction of tbe people , we were able to beat the Whigs , what are we not able to do if united . ? For my part , I think that we could not only beat the Whigs , but beat the Whigs and Tories united . ( Cheers . ) It is clear to me , at all events , that before the Whigs or Tories will yield or claims , they will unite to a man against us . It is necessary for us , then , fcp have a onion that will beat both the
factions . It is gratifying to know , however , that the causa is going on in a way which tyrants dread , which patriots nrist admire . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . M'Farlane alluded to the means that were used in his day to split up and betray the cause of tbe people by spies and informers , I can assure you that these means are not left nntried now . There is gold ready for the traitor spy , and he has only to walk in , commence , and divide . But I rejoice you are now too shrewd and too united to be afraid of spies . If yon hold by the law , bad as it is , until you get a power strong enongh to control the law , you need fear no attempts of the spy or the traitor . ( Cheers . ) I have told you before , and I say again , do not on any -account connect yourselves to secret societies . The man who aeks you to do in tbe dark what he
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wonid not do in the light is a traitor : avoid him : our cause ia righteous , and need ? no covering . " Treason broods in darkness , Aad dreads the light . " Caution and vigilance are necessary at all times , but more especially at the present , when all the power of Tory gold is ready to be loosened upon you . Do not suppose because the Tory Tamworth Baronet has not ventured upon any stronger gagging measures that the spirit of Toryism has changed ; do not anticipate that the Tories will behave better than the Whigs ; and do not suppose that every effort of that faction will not be tried to KoM iisnrpation over you . What they have done hitherto they are prepared to do again , Poblio opinion alone keeps them : in
check . ( Loud cries of hear , hear , hear . ) We are toldby the historians in all ages th » t physical force revolution means an outbreak of people , witlj arms in their handa , when they upset all that originally governed the country and take it over to themselves ; while moral force is a power brought to bear on the legislation of a country , which compels them peaceably to yield to the claims of the people—not having the power to refuse them . The latter is our position—this is the means by which we intend to carry our viewp . Now , many men of sufficient zeal and energy will say , when there is no hope of impressing tne legislature with your views , by peaceable means , what use is their persevering in the movement ? To those I would answer , there is of
hope our views beiDg impressed upon the legislature . For the last ten years we have had nothing Jn fVhamtnt ^ ' ^ e . an opposition—we have had one bad taction hounding on another to do worse than they were attempting ; but now we will have a rampant , noisy , energetic opposition- The Whigs are quiet in the meantime : but as soon as the old aristocratic papas find that they are unable to support their young sons in their accustomed afiiaence , they will kick up a terrible bobbery —( laughter and cheers)—and in the Hoase of Commons we may soon expect to hear the music of their sweet voices . There never was a great organic change ia the Constitution of any country originated in a House of representatives . The Whigs
did not wish to give the great mercantile changes that were forced upon them—they only brought them forward to gain an excuse for being kicked out of power . Every measure for tbe good of the people originates with the people , and it is left with the people themselves to carry it out , and force it upon the legislature . Now , what was our position in 1831 ? Why , we ha-d the King against reform—a majority of the peers against reform—a majority of ihe Commons against reform . But tho people were in favour of reform , and a majority of the people , beat a majority of the Commons , the Peers , and the King upon the throne . ( Cheers . ) When the Whigs are once more in that position , they will try us with their measures for commercial changes , and the
Corn Law question , and it' we catch at the bait , they will pass over to the ministerial benches , and , having cheated , they will humbug us as before . But , on the other hand , if the people hold by their present principled course , depend upon it , rather than loss the chance of spending two hundred millions of money per annum , they will accede to the claims of the Chartists . ( Loud cheering . ) In the winter months , then , you shall have an Opposition as mad as if it were the heat of summer in the dog-days . ( Laughter . ) But it is for us to hold out agamst all their attempts to mystify and delude , and insist upon the recognition of our right to the franchise—( cheers )—and I know not what is to prevent vou . What is a man but his prinoiplss and
consistency ? or , as wo say in Ireland , what is a man but his word ! and if we are honest by our principles , we must defeat the factions . The Whigs , in the end , ! . will say , now that we have excited tbe people to violent and exciting demonstrations—now that we have burned Bristol , and sacked Nottingham , and now that we find the people , after ten years' tutoring , too united to continue in crime , in wretchedness , and in suffering , let us give them tho Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) It may be that Lord John Hussell , Melbourne , Sir J . C . Hobbouse , and others of chat school , may endeavour to get up a constitutional Opposition , but the hungry pack of expectants won't fctand it . Russell may go live at Woburn , but be assured the coming Opposition will be of a
very fierce and determined character . We will again hear of their rifle clubs , and other gentle " moral force" hints at rebellion ; aHd I beliave , in the end , these fellows . will go the length of asserting that the people of Glasgow are entirely moralforce men . JiLoud laughter and cheers . ) Instead of throwing themselves upon popular sympathy for support , these men have depended , for their political supremacy , on the misnamed representatives of my countrymen . Yes ; I assert that sinco the Reform Bill , forty of my countrymen iu that House have been the greatest enemies to the cause of justice and freedom . There is much talk of the claims of Ireland upon England or Scotland , I rather think that if there is a debt by Scotland or England to Ireland
or by Ireland to England and Scotland , it is amply paid off by these representatives . But I deny that there is anything like ill-feeling on the part of the people of England and Scotland towards the Irish people . I deny that there is any prejudice in the minds of Scotsmen against the interests of Irishmen . On the contrary , I assert , without fear of contradiction , that were it offered to-morrow to enfranchise the people of England and Scotland , at the cost of refusing liberty to the people of Ireland , that they weald indignantly refuse if . ( Loud cheers ) Tho greatest fault is that my countrymen have alwayB knocked at the wrong door . Iustead of tbe doors of the Housa of Commons , if they had knocked at the hearts of the people of
Scotland and England , they should not have eo long knocked iu vain . But my countrymen were fighting for one thing and we for another . They are fighting for a Parliament , while we arc fighting to get quit of one . They Bay , give us a Repeal of tbe Union between the two countries ? We say , of what use would tLe Repeal be , were they to have no greater hold upon their representatives than they now have ? Tkey say , ' give us a Parliament . And we say , unless you have the power to elect a Parliament to attend to your real interests , of what use is it ? They still cry , however , give us a Parliament . ( Laughter . ) Very well , say we , if you want a Parliament , there is one cut aiid dry to your hands , in God's name , take it . ( Laughter . ) O'Connell £ ays , let us have a
Parliament . Why , the present Parliament is five times better than any Parliament they could have in Ireland under the same franchise . But the people of Ireland don't know what Universal Suffrage means . Thanks to the spirit of the age , however , thank" to the brave men who are forming Associations there ; they are getting their eyes opened ; tkey are now beginning to see to their truo interests , and are associating with their English and Scotch brethren—( loud cheers)—and by and bye , 1 feel confident , my oppressed countrymen , like you , will give nothing " for a Parliament that . they have no power over . When I commenced this movement there were no Chartists in Ireland , thsre is now a great association there , and nu have present with us this night , in the person of an operative , a member
of that association . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not legal , you Enow , to send delegates to other associations , but he is bero . to teli the people of Glasgow the progress of our cause in Ireland . Why , if I had nothing more in this meeting than that circumstance , I should , indeed , feel , that with a smaller congregation this was double compensation . ( Cheers . ) I have laboured long in that country to convince the people , that in order to beat down the union of our oppressors , we must have a union of the people , and that union must go on until we are one great nation . We will then see who have been the traitors , who have been the patriots ; and then , by tbe improvement of the country , who have advocated the best and most righteous principle . ( Loud cheers . )
You of Glasgow may say that you are represented by Mr . Moir on the platform and before the public ; bat he has no power in the Legislature—he cannot comm&nd a hearing in a town ' s meeting amongst your Bhopocraoy . Why is this ! because you are not enfranchised . Is this right , is it proper , is it according to the necessity of the times j ( No , no . ) Then , I ask you , can any power opposed to this great ana good attribute of representation , continue much longer to hold a power over the minds of the people of this age . ( No . ) Then do you wish to hasten the accomplishment of this great principle ? ( Yes . ) Well , why do you allow any one to get up divisions and fritter away the essentials of our agitation ! We hear of this Chartism and the other Chartism .
Is one Chartism not enough ? We do not hear oi this Whiggery and the other Whiggery—of this Toryism and the other Toryism . Why , then , so many Chartisms ? I would have you to be on the watch towers , and be jealous . Observe that you do not forget the good old Chartism . ( Great cheeriDg . ) Let us hear no more humbug , but let the man who is not a Chartist without any alloy get his walking paper and tramp . ( Laughter and sheering . ) Let us have no more bullying about moral force and physical force ; but let all go on morally contending for the one great and good Chartism . Sinee my confinement in York dungeon , L have been denounced by both Church and State , ind maligned by individuals . ( Loud cries of bear , tiear . ) In my absence , one of your members took ; he liberty of asserting that O'Brien and myself tvere physical-force advocates . The men of
Glasow , however , rightly denied the charge , and threw back in the teeth of my accuser . I ask you , men f Glasgow , did any man in this great meeting ever ear me , directly or indirectly , recommend the use F physical force ? ( Here a host of voices oried No , no . " ) Then why trump up the ghost of ph ycal force to divide us once more ! Why talk bout a , thing that never was in existence 1 ( A voice l the meeting— " It was to suit a Whig purpose , " id Mr . O'Connor proceeded , ) I am not for shootig anything . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) I believe , jwever , that ia is done to shoot Chartists . Be asired , however , that so long as we remain true to lr first love , and stand united for the cause , they ill neither be able to shoot our principles nor our xlies . ( Cheers . ) But do you not think , fellow hartists , that it would be dishonourable and imroper in me to allow a parcel of tramping horses to
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stalk through the country to gain , from misrepresenting me , a share of my ; honours . I have never yet abused , calumniated , or misrepresented any man ; and am I to remain silent and allow slander to go forth uncontradicted , ( No , no . ) While in York Castle , I was told that Brewster would not join you unless you threw overboard O'Brien and myself , because of onr pbysioalism . Now , he forgot te inform you that I was ready to meet him on his own ground —( hear , hear , and true)—and to prove to the satisfaction of an unprejudiced audience that he was as great a physical force man as in the country . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I am not here to abuse Brewster , although Brewster abused me ; but to disabuse jour minds , and to caution you against
allowing any man to come into our ranks with another Chartism —( load cheers)—forunquestion&Wj the whole story just means in the end , my Chartism is better than your Chartism . If this wore persevered in , you would speedily have so many Chartisms that you would not deciedly know tne real one . I am sorry that Brewsfcer recommended practising rifle and pistol shooting , as I have always considered our cause might be triumphant without these things . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Douglas , Muntz , and Edwards , to whom I have already referred to-day , and all of whom were brought up by the Whigs and installed into comfortable berths —these men always talked loudest about physical force . Now , if I had got a remuneration for my
services , for spending my own money , and my time in your cause , instead of being seut to York Castle for sixteen months , I might have deserved Buch treatment ; but I come forward with spirit unbroken , and still determined to go on fighting against tyranny and opposition . Is it right , then , I ask , of any man who comes to win your affections to say , that his services could only be given at the sacrifice of Bronterre O'Brien and Feargus O'Connor 1 I am not paid for preaching , neither will I tell you that praying will get you into heaven—( cries of ** hear , hear "—but if you think so , I will have you pray a while and make your oppressors fast . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If they give you plenty to eat and drink I care not how long you pray , but until
that is tho case , I would have your oppressors to fast and pray along with you . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) I can see as far through a millstone as any one , and I can perceive that by and bye there will be a struggle for the leadership . Now , I do not wish you to follow me implicitly as your leader , I only ask that you hear my advice , and that you judge of it as may seem best to you . But ray dependence is upon the blistered hands , the fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Immense cheering . ) In their hands I will risk my life , and with them my principles are safe ; but my character I leave to no man : that I can and will defend against all assaults . I say , then , that you are less bound to defend the character of your absent friend , than you are to
vindicate and de f end his principles . But above all , when next you are appealed to , do not stultify yourselves by declaring that | you will never attempt to carry the Charter by physical force , as if at any time you intended to do eo . I would have you further to resolve , but let it come from yourselves , at your first meeting , that every man who mentions p hysical force in your Association shall be looked upon as a traitor to the cause . Let what you do , however , be con amore of your own free will , and do not submit to that truckling , sneaking way of putting in tho wedge to split the timber . ( Hew , hear , and cheers . ) I am in 1841 tho same man in principle and in practice that I was in 1 U 35 , and I will not chaDgo . If to-morrow you should
box the compass , you shall find me true as the needle to the pole . I will not desert tho road I have trod so long . From 1036 , and until the shopocrats joined us , I had established 107 Radical Associations . I have been before you in 1836 , 1837 , and 1838 , and I am before you again ; and I shall not allow my character to be a stalking-horse for any man to get into your favour . ( Hear , hear . ) I spent £ 8 , 008 of my own money in this cause , and during the whole time that I was with you not a pane of glass has suffered on my account , and not one man has been charged with an offence before a magistrate . ( Cheers . ) Unlike those who come amongst you to make merchandise of our canse , I have never recommended violence . In reference to the moral and physical force
bugbear , I can lay the foundation of all I have suffered to the beginning of the movement , which took its rise OB the Calton Hill , and to the resolutions at the meeting held thereon , got up by Brewster . Then followed the Birmingham resolutions , the Dublin resolutions , and the resolutions of the Londoners , all pointing out certain parties as physical force ChartistB , and all appearing simultaneously . By this means the government were told that the people were divided , and they accordingly commenced the persecutions , by picking us off one . two , and three , until 500 of tho best men in England were dungeoned and treated like felons . ( Hear , hear , and true , true . ) Now remember that at the present moment the same parties are moving—Brewster in Scotland ,
O'Connell in Dublin , and the working men in London . ( Hear , hear , and oheering ) We will be cautious , however , and balk their efforts . Lot us declare that in this same city of Glasgow there shall be but one Chartism , and that shall be the universal creed of all . good men . ( Cheers . ) And I would impress upon you to move at your first meeting a resolution , declaring that the first man who mentions physical force is a traitor to our cause . I recollect that some of us were nearly suffering for the Sheffield riots , by the traitorous conduct of some of those phy 6 ical-force worthies . A Sheffield workman was offered £ 3 , 000 to oonhect me with the riots there . It happened , however , that one of tho witnesses swore too much , and the indictment broke down : he swore that I was in Shtfii .-ld at a time when I
was comfortably at home in my own county Cork . The Attorney-General said they might as well give it up . Buc for that circumstance I would have been pulled up for high treason ; and there is no saying what the result might have been . The time is coming , my friends , when something must bo done . Talk as you will , I believe the people of this country are so improved in political knowledgo that they will not allow the oppressor to pross upon their comforts with impunity , nor will they much longer be trifled with . Even my Lord John Russell is willing to accede something . He has declared his belief that there would be no harm in giving tho Suffrage to the people of Scotland , because of their superior intelligence ; but he will not
give it to England and Ireland . Now , if Lord John is sincere , why not give it to Scotland ? because he knows if he did so , there would be fifty-three Universal Suffrage members in tho House who would speedily leaven the whole lump . ( Cheers . ) I havu attended at six of the largest meetings in England lately , but I never Baw a more lively scene than this , nor so many lovely women , ( Ciieers . ) It is a noble feature in the movement , the presence of eo many of the women , and a sure proof that the men are along with them . If the women come out the men must follow them , or they will find sheir situations made very uncomfortable at home . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The shopkeepers are also beginning to acknowledge the influence of the women .
They are beginning to discover that a fine window filled with showy furnishings , is of little avail if thero is nothing in the till ' on Saturday evening , and I can assure you an empty till on Saturday makes an ugly Sunday morning . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) When bankers' bills are not paid , and when people find that they cannot spend the Sunday as they used to do , the women will begin to inquire the cause . When they do so , tho husband will bo compelled to say , because the peoplfl have 110 one to epeak for thorn in the Parliament Houue , my dear . And haven't you a vote for tho man who goes there and does your business ? " Yes , " says the husband , " and doesn't he keep the array , the navy , the stirrup-holtier , fhe cheese taster , and the
other hangers on of the system V " Not at all , " gays the dear man , " I do that , my dear ; we , the people , do that . " That is the answer of the better half—why , then , let us have a Chartist member , and do away these useless things that I may have my Sunday recreation , and my bills paid as before . ( Laughter and oheering . ) By this means the middle classes are made not only sensible politicians , but feel the effect of their own wretched management , and by this means will the principles of the Charter win their way to the hearts of the people . Coming up the Clyde to-day , we saw some fine ships to oarry you to foreign shores , now that tho aristocracy are tired of you , and you are likely to become troublesome . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , I am not an enemy to emigration . I am for emigration . I would have a largo cargo of parsons , with a crew of bishops , and with Bishop ¦ Puil ' pots at the
helm , to emigrate immediately , and continue until the country was rid of them . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These , and not the producing classes , are the proper parties to emigrate . One bishop out of every diocese , and one parson out of every parish , would materially help to live upon their own resource ? . ( Renewed cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor proceeded in this Btrain with his accustomed eloquence , to expose the fallacies of the Corn Law R « pealers . the mal-administration of the people ' s affairs by the Whigs , and inumber of the most prominent evils of the present system of class legislation . Ho concluded a long and brilliant speech , which was listened to throughout with breathless interest , by declaring that he should never rest satisfied until he had brought comfort to the cottage , and until every man rejoiced in equal political privileges . He eat down amid loud and continued cheering . Tune— "The Exile of Erin . "
Mr . Thomas Gillkspie , being introduced by the Chairman , rose to respond to the sentiment— " The exiled and incarcerated Chartists , " and was received with chews . After stating the sentiment to which he was about to speak , he said there had been three grand epochs in the history of Great . Britain : the first of these was the time when the nobles of the land demanded and obtained Magna . Charta from King John ; the second was when the Whigs banished the House of Stuart from the throne of this country , and proclaimed the Bill of Rights ; and the third was in 1832 , when the Whigs were again victorious , and were carried into power by tha *
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Reform Bill which the people had wrung from the swindling aristocracy . ( Hear , and cheers . ) But it had been found that that Bill only created additional votes for the aristocracy and the commercial interests . And another , a fourth great epoch , took place in the history of Britain ; the people raised the cry for their rights , and assembled under the banner of Universal Suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) The people asserted broadly their olaim to that position in society which their God destined them to eDJoy . They were banded together by the holy bonds of patriotic philanthropy and selfpreservation ; and they have sworn , opon the pure altar of liberty , to obtain that Charter for which they were struggling . ( Loud cheering . ) And it was
gratifying to him to see the people now instilling those principles into the miada of the-rising generation , and which would be taught their children ' s children , and revered and prized , and never forgotten . Pride swelled his bosom at seeing his working * brethren bo earnestly engaged in the sacred work of political redemption . Why , he thought some one ejaculated , are some of their beet friends expatriated and in prison for their devotion to the same good work ? Yes , it wa 9 a melancholy fact . The rolling ocean intervened between the patriots and their loved native land . The grim walls of the dungeon separated them from their friends , and it was a duty , and an imperative one too , for every man to stretch out his arm to save and protect ; it was the duty
of every man to crush in the bud the vile spirit of disunion , which wrought destruction wherever it appeared , and thwarted the noblest efforts of a people or of individuals . The name of Frost could never be tainted with ignominy ; but although posterity might do their memories justice ; still , what nobler tribute of a nation ' s gratitude would it be to thrill their souls with the glad shout of national emancipation , and bear them baok in triumph to their country , their homes , and their friends . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not deny the indiscretions that bad been committed ; but the motives they had in view , the necessities that prompted them on , and the unmerited sufferings which bad been heaped on their devoted heads , and the
courage and patience which they had displayed under affliction , all plead forcibly in their behalf , and he rejoiced to see such a meeting as that telling the world their opinion of those men , and hailing with delight the prospect of yet welcoming the banished Chartists to their native land . ( Cheers . ) Hampden was the precursor of the death of Charles I ., and the persecutions against the Chartists was the sure precursor of the death of the Whigs . ( Hear , and continued cheering . ) These were facts , and with a people so anxious for the release of these men , it might be dangerous for any goverhment to tamper longer with and lacerate the popular feelingB by continued cruelty to the incarcerated . Rome had its Brutus , and the imperious Csesar fell before the patriot ' s steel . Britain has its O'Connor , and the
treacherous w higs have been struck down powerless for their perfidy and oppression . ( Loud , cheers . ) The loud shouts of triumph which , in honour of O'Connor , floated over the broad bosom of Clyde that morning , would spread north and south , east and west , and reverberate through the inmost closet of the tyrant ' s palaco , and he trusted that similar shouts would yet swell on the wave which brought back the banished Chartists who were now suffering , that the people might be free— - [ cheers]—be made happy—[ cheers]—that justice and freedom would be felt , by all was hiB Bincere hope . The day of retribution was drawing nigher , when the watch-word would would be death to tyrants , and freedom and liberty to mankind . [ Loud cheers . ] The meeting responded to the ' sentiment with universal acclamation .
The Chairman then introduced Mr . Thomas Wood , from Dublin , who had come over in the name of the Chartists of Dublin , to express their admiration of O'Connor , and their attachment to the Charter . Mr . Wood was received with loud cheers . In speaking to tho sentiment "Shaman . Crawford , and the other Chartists members of the House of Commons , " and after apologising for his want of ability , Mr . Wood Baid ho was but a young scholar , and one of their own instructing . Ho was , however , ono of those individuals who had long perceived the thraldom under which Ireland had groaned for centuries . Had he sufficient talent to describe in their proper light the accumulated load of misery which has been laid on the necks of tha people of Ireland , could he describe their extreme misery , and the horrible sufferings endured by thousands , it would raiso the fire of indignation on every honest brow , and make them curse in their hearts the
oppressors of his unhappy country . ( Loud cheers . )—The daughters of Caledon might weep for the sufferinga of" their country ; but the enslaved sohs and daughters of Erin might weep tears of blood for tho grinding load which bowed them to the earth and steeped them to the lips in woe . Mr . Wood wont on to state a detail of the great physical sufferings of the working people of Ireland , their extreme poverty , and the delusions which had been practised upon them . He congratulated them upon the spirit which was however awakening in Ireland , fostered of the intelligence which the Chartists of Eugland , Scotland , and Ireland , by sending tho Northern Star and the Scottish Patriot . He could assure them that tke working men . in Dublin , Sligo , Belfast , Lochrae , and Newry , were fast imbibing the prinoiples of the Charter , and emerging from tho delusion of tho Whigs . Mr . Wood was cheered throughout .
Mr . M'Ckae , from Kilbarchan , then spoke to the sentiment " Union , " in his usual eloquont and forcible manner . Mr . Jack next spoke to the sentiment" The Democratic Press . " The numerous assemblage then broke up in good humour , the instrumental band playing the while .
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BRISTOL . —On Monday evening , the 11 th inst , a numerous assembly took place in tho National Charter Association Room , Castle-street , for tho purpose of hearing Mr . R . K . Philp , member of tho Executivo Council , state tho p lan agreed on by the Executive fer the future agitation of the Chartist cause . Mr . Simeon was called to the chair , aud after making known the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Philp , who was enthusiastically received . Mr . Philp commenced his address by stating he was not about to enter on an explanation of Chartist principles , for he judged they were fully understood by the persons present ; but his purpose was to make known the course resolved upon by tho elected head of the National Charter Association . Mr . P . then briefly entered on the history of the formation of tho National Charter Association , and explained the position of the Executive and General Council , &c .
He then reported what had been done in Manchester aud Birniin ^ ham , andgave a most pleasing statement of the extent to which Chartism prevailed in those great and important towns . He described tha entry of O'Connor into BirmiH&ham , and reported what took place at the meetings which were held . Mr . P . then entered upon a riew of the position of political parties . The Whigs , said he , have so long deluded the people , and made so many unjust attempts to suppress the rising love of liberty , that they are loss for ever as a party ; sunk never to rise again . The Tories had succeeded to office , an <> there would soon be but two parties in the state , the aristocracy and the democracy ; and who , couteraplating the mighty power of the people , could lor a moment aver , that the many , becoming enlightened and united , would be held in bondage by a corrupt and tyrannical few . Mr . P . then adverted to th « attempted agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws , and showed that Chartism had maintained a noblo
stand against persecution , misrepresentation , an'i the attempt of laonied and majiufacturiD ^ classes to divert the people from this great object into a factious movement . Ho alluded to the admissions of the public press , that the Chartists were correct in their view of the impossibility to repeal any monopoly under ihi preseat mis-representation of tho masses . He called the attention of bis audience to the fact , that the Spectator and Novconfo ; mist , most talented papers , and circulated only amongat the privileged classes , had recently advocated Chartism ; and this he took to be a sure indication that there was a re-action in the publio mind in favour of Chartist pruniples . He spoke of a union with tho middle classes being desirable ; but it must be for the
Charter , and nothing less . He believed tho working people in themselves were powerful euough , if united , to achieve a victory . But if a union with the good and honest portion of the middle classes could be effected , the victory would be realised more speedily . This consummation was coming about ; shopkeepers and tradesmen were depressed in circumstances , and they , like working men , were beginning to look to the cause of their suffering ; and in comparing Chartism with the nostrums ot political traffickers , they could not but , be convinced of the superiority , justice , and practicability of Chartist dosifcnB . Mr , P . then proceeded to read the National Petition for 1842 , remarking on its passages as he proceeded . The reading was frequently interrupted with ma' -ks of approbation . Having read the whole document , Mr . Philp continued . - —Who , with a head to think , and a heart to feel could withhold his or her name from a petition bo clear , so just , so discreet ,
yet determined ! It was the duty of lathers , mothers , sons , and daughters , to sign a petition , so calculated to establish the people ' s rights . The General Councillors of the National Charter Association , and also the members , would be expected to use their utmost exertions to get this petition numerously signed . He believed it would not receive less than lour millions of signatures ; and where was the Government that could or would resist the will of a people so loudly expressed 1 . Mr . P . then Bpoke of the Convention , as being necessary to give a determined tone to the people ' s movement . After enforcing at length the duties of individuals upon the attention of those present , Mr . P , concluded by a declaration of his attachment to Chartism , and the happiness he experienced by taking part in its advocacy . At the conclusion he was loudly cheered . Mr . F . W . Simeon was then elected delegate to the meeting to be held in Bath on Monday , Oct . 18 . Several females present resolved to enrol in the National Charter Association . The meeting then broke up .
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WILTSHIRE . —On Sunday , October the 3 rd , the County Council held tneir monthly meeting at Mr Tucker ' s , Westbury . Delegates were present from Trowbridge , Messrs . Haswell and Stevens ; Bradford , Messrs . Gordon and Holbrook ; Melksham , Mr . Douse " ; Webtbary , Mr . Tucker . ; Warmin * ter , Mr . George ; Monckton Deveralls , Messrs . Tud ^ ey and Garrett ; Frome , Mr . White . Mr . Gordon was appointed Chairman , Mr . HasWelli Secretary . Letters were read from the following places , Shaftesbury , Mere , and from the Executive . The Chairman commenced the business of the meeting , by calling on . the different Delegates to give in -their statements respecting the progress of Chartism in their localities . Mr . Stevens said , with regard io the caus ^ in
Trowbridge , groat excitement had been caused in the town of late , owing to the opposition that had been shown towards Mr . Claer , by the Tory Teetotallers , bat he was happy to say * that they were making great progress since the New Move Party had left them . Mr . Holbrook said , with respect to Bradford , he waB sorry to say they had been very . dead in tho cause of late ; but he conld say now that a new spirit ; had sprung up amongst them since the lectures of Messrs . Vincent and Cluer , and they were determined never to fcive up agitating for their rights until the Charter was conceded to them . Mr . Tucker ' s statement , from Westbury , was to the same purport . Mr . Cluer ,. had been the means of many being arfUcd to their number at Melksham . Mr . Douse said , ths cause goes on well . An Association has been forraed and they have taken a large room to meet in . F ^ rty cards have been ordered . Mr . George paid , that a lecturer was much needed at Warainster , but the
middle classes were strongly opposed to them . Mr . Tudgey and Mr . Garr-Ht said , that their localities were anxious to hear Mr . Cluea , and if he did not come amongst them soon , they should be obliged to come after him . Mr . White said , that the statement that Air . Tudgey had made was similar to whAt he was instructed to make . The people of Fromo had heard Mr . CJuer once , and they long to hear him . again . The Secretary was then instructed to write to North Bradley and Holt , requesting them to send Delegates to the next County Council Meeting , which will be held at the Association Rooms ., in Frome , the first Sunday in November . 9 j . Ild . wa 3 paid in from the different places , and sent off to the Executive by the County Treasurer . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . O ' Connor for his noble exertions in tke causo of the people , likewise to the Executive . All letters for the County Council to be addressed , James Haswell , No . 2 , Mortimer-street , Trowbridge ,
REDKUTH , Cornwall . —On Sunday Iasi , a meeiing of the Chartists of this place , took , place at the house of Mr . Hancock , to consider the best means for spreading the principles of the People ' s Charter . After the question had been properly discussed , it was resolved that a letter be written to the Executive Council in Manchester , praying them to u 3 e their influence in sending Dr . M'Douall , or some other influential gentlemen to arouse the men of this district to a sense of their duty . A spirited latter was read from Bradford , Wiltshire , which gave the men of . this district great encouragement to pres 3 forward in , the glorious cause , and remember tlrat the old Cornish motto is , " One and ali , " and if wa
adopt it wo are sure of Buccess . Another letter wa 3 read from Helaton , which stated that through the Star which had been sent by the Bradford men to the Secretary at Rediutb . Association , the seeds of Chartism had been Bown , and that thirty good and determined men were about to form an association . If any association or friend could send a Star or Stars , the Redruth Association would see them pu 6 to a profitable use . They have applications every week , from neighbouring towns , for information , which they cannot supply . Direct to the earo of Henry Peters , beershop , for Mr . Hancock , Redruth , Cornwall . After a vote of thanks to tho chairman , the meeting separated , highly satisfied with tha afternoon ' s proceedings .
STONE ( Staffordshire ) . —Messrs . J . Richards , James Oldham , and several other friends from Hanley , will visit Stone on the 18 ih instant , in order to form a Charter Association .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct725/page/5/
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