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Caution to medicine vendors and OTHERS . XfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That by fti II recent Verdict obtained by Messrs . Morlaou against certain Impostors for counterfeiting thea medicines , all persons selling medicines as and foi Momson ' s Pills , which are , in fact , mere spwiov imitations , are liable to have actions brought agaiag them for every box sold under that name , which at * tion * Messrs . Mori son will deem it their duty to atforce in every case that comes to their knowledge , British College of Health , Hamilton-place , New-road , London , Dec . 29 th , 1840 .
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ALEXA ^ fDRlA , Yale of Leven , Dcxbabtok-SHTBE . —At a meeting of the Universal Suffrage As = oelation , held on the 6 th February , in the Democratic Seminary , it was resolved , first , " That the Association take three shares in the joint-stock printing * nd publishing company , as adverti * ed in the Scottish Patriot ; " second , " That we remit £ 1 to the Birmingham Restoration Committee , in order to assist them in their endeavours to memorialise the Queen , to restore Frest , Williams , aDd Jones , to their families , "" third , "The address of H . Vincent and others , npon the evils of intemperance , being read to the meeting , it w& 3 resolved that we form a democratic teetotal society , in onnection " with the Universal Suffrage Association . " A great ' numi > er signed the pledge before the meeting separated . Lastly , a committee was appointed to receive donations of books , &c , for the forming of a library in connection , with the association . To others we tronld say , go and do likewise . "
BXRItXIKGHASL—Total Absti . tk . kcb Ghaeteb Association . —A meeting was held at No . 17 , Little Charles-street , when Mr . John White took the chair , and a discussion took place concerning the conduct of the police lately . The following resolution was arrived at by the meeting , That this meeting view with extreme regret the disgraceful conduct that paf ^ d unnoticed by the police force on Wednesday evening , the 5 th of February . " The affair to which the resolution alluded , was a fight that occurred on Snow Hill , to the great annoyance of the
inhabitants . I * o policemen came near , although 300 persons or more were assembled together . We cannot bu ; regard this conduct as grossly -unjust , and disgraceful on the part of the police , who can be sent as spie 3 to peaceable meetings of operative Chariisi =, bat who are nowhere to be found when the public p ? ace ia disturbed by brutal exhibitions like the one referred to , patronised as they are , by many of the " respectables . " It was resolved that ' the foregoing resolution be forwarded to the Star and Birmingham Journal .
HALIFAX . —John Cropland has been elected Hiding Councillor . BTJTBUN . —The cause progresses steadily . At the quarterly meeting of the Association recently holden , new officers were elected , and excellent ipeecb . es made by Messrs . O'Malley , Brophy , and Others . WOODHOUSE . —A little genuine seed of Chartism wa ? scattered here , a short time ago , by Mr . Leech . We hope that i ; may produce an abundant crop . HLWPORT . —MoKMorTHSHTBB . —At a recent meeting the Chartists of Newport , thanked , by acclamation , the brave men who attended at Leeds , to welcome the big-beggarman , from poor starving Ireland .
WEST-SOMERSET . —Poverty , immorality , and crime , on all sides , seem to increase , the jaib bearing Borrowfci testimony thereto , nuwithstanding the increase of Christian churcbesj chapels , and missionaries . "WOIiVERBABIPTOK . —At a recent meeting of the Woiverhampton members of the National Gharter Assoeiatien , to which the public were by handbills invued , held at Mr . Magg ' s Temperance Coffee House , Snow Hill , Mr . Broughall in the chair ; the following individuals were , with the unanimous consent of the meeting , spverally nominated for . the Council . Messrs . John Wilcox , J . S . Farmer , John Driver , Thomas Dobson , Wm . Hawkes , Wm . Magg , John Baan , Thomas Broughall , and John Maxfield . Mr . William Mogg was nominated as sub-treasurer , and J . S . Farmer , as sub-secretary .
MANCHESTER . —On Sunday evening , the members of the National Charter Association met in the Tib-streei Room , for the purpose of hearing Mr . C . Connor , of Manchester . Mr . Wheeler , Chairman , opened the business ef the evening by remarks upon the death of Clayton , who died in the Northallerion prison . The audience heard them amid symptoms of execration , and cries of " Shame , shame . " The following resolution was moved , seconded , and carried without a dissentient : — " That the censure of thi 3 meeting be passed upon the ba > e , Hoody , and brutal—tne infamous and cowardly Whigs , for their unfeeling and cruel treatment of political prisoners , and in not acquainting the friends of Clayton of his decease in -time , so
that they might have had an opportunity of seeing him before he departed thi 3 world . " Mr . C . Connor then ro ^ e , amid the cheers of the audience . He © ommeLcstl by reading a praxer fr » m Mr . Bronterre O'Brien ' s Po * r Mans Guardian , which called forth great applause . He was not come there to spou : out that dogmatical nonsense which was being put forth ia the various cathedrals in this kingdom , namely , " As it was in the beginning , is now , and ever sna'l be , world without end r" for certain he was that things were not now as they were at the beginning . At that time there were not l , 0 ( X ) prostitutes patrolling the streets of London : there were not at that time 10 , 000 pickpockets , 10 , 000 servants out of employment , 3 . 000 houses for receiving stolen in
gwxls , t . ^ hteen prisons London and its vicinity , 42 , 000 twr-shops and public-honsea , and 80 , 000 committed f-jT crime annually . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker went on to compare the different institutions of the country with what they should be nndsr a well-regulated Government . He ( the speiker ) would always raise his voice against a system which consigned youth to prison , manhood to earthly hells , andoldage to bloody bastiles . He . for hi 3 part , wanted to Bee a system established , whfre childho > d would havemirth , manhood independence , and old a ^ e honour and comfort . He then remarked , that whea the late Mr . Wm . Cobbett went to Ireland , hi wrote a letter to the people of England , in which he declared that he had seen his own steward ' s
pigs the day before he left England , and he affirmed , m the face of England and Ireland , that those pigs were feerwr fed , better lodged , and kept far more eleaner , ihan many thousands of the peasantry of Ireland . 'Hear , and cries of shame . ) He then denounced the factory system , as carried on in this country , and said it was such as that human nature shudder-d so hear a recital of the many- twisted limbs , brokea down constitutions , the pale , ghasdy , countenance * , and deformed creatures , which it had made ; and al s o the foul and filthy expressions which were frequently made use of in them . He referred also to the tendency it had to increase crime , vice , immorality , and prostitution ; and the contaminating influence it had on the physical
constitution , and the frustration , to a great extent , oj mental improvement . He then drew a picture of a man who could have his acre of land to fall back upon , to kaep himself and family comfortable , instead of being at the mercy of the money grubbers , and master manufacturers . ( Hear , hearj Thespeaker entered into an able and eloquent defence of his order ( the working classes ) from the calumnies and asp 2 r = ! oiis of the middle and higher classes a = to their itrivrance , criminality , and vi ; e ; and traced the cao-ei of these with aa unsparing hand , tc those elites themselves who uttered the calumnies He , then , in a very feeling manner referred to tht death of Clayton , which was received with marks oi sympathy , and urged his hearer 3 to step out of the
routine of :. i = ir former energies for the obtainment of the Ckaner . Frost , Williams , and Jone 3 were looking to them to obtain the Charter . Thousands of poor perishing people were looking for it as their only hope , a d that patriot , that learned , able , true-hearted irishman , Feargus O'Connor , whose private l ; i \ - hai been as amiable and as spotless as his public exertions , had been long , arduous , and Taluabk , —he was watching every movement , though ; - the dreary solitary dungeon . The wife " ¦ of Cl&jioii zzd others were looking to them ; the widow and the orphan , and the starving peasantry « f LrelaBJ , all , all , were looking to the Chartists , fco fr&e v ^ im from their slavish condition . The speaker mide a powerful appeal to his audience , on the nec-: > s ; iy of perseverance , and Bat down amid aodamaivj :. 3 . Permission was given to any one present to object t 9 anything the lecturer had ad-Tanced , or of asking any questions , and no " one
coming ior ^ ard , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — "Thai a committee be formed . to receiv ; subscriptions , towards defraying the expences of r ^ icoving the body of our departed friend , John Clayton , from the Whig dungeon , and convey him where be may be decently interred in his own native town . " A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , after which the Chairman announced that the proceeds of Mr . Hey wood ' sexhibitioB , in phantasmagoria , were £ 1 43 . and that he had engaged to jpve two more ; the first to be on Tuesday , the 16 th , nd the other the following Tuesday , Mr . Buchanan , Social missionary , had , likewise , volunteered to give ene , after , upou the same terms . The Garpenter ^ g Hall is taken for the 20 th , with the anticipation of holding a meeting for the delegates to address tha people . A great many Chartitt Circulars , both of English and Scotch , were called for , and all is going a well .
LBcrcsje . —On Sunday evening , Mr . James Leech delivered a very interesting and instructive leoture n the present position of the Chartists , and their future prospects ; shewing the utter uselessnesg , foolishness , and impossibility of a onion of the working and middle classes , unless the latter would ome boldly and fairly out for Universal Suffrage . Th « speaker was listened to with marked attention , » ad produced a great impression . He concluded by recommending all to become teetotallers , as he Mmwelt had , which sentence was received with deafening cheers . A committee was formed to carry out the recommendation of the editor of the Star , relati ve to removing the remains of poor Clayton from the prison to his own native town , and for this purpose 6 s . were collected immediately .
Faosr , Williams , ato Jokes . —The Manchester ^ mauteee for assisting in the restoration of Frost , WiMiams , and Jones , have received from a few wire-Workers 10 a . Id ., and from a few friends at Rentoaw'a beer-house Ie . sd . ; * nd for which the committee return their eiaeere thanks , and hope others wui loiloT ice txampl * .
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LONDON . —We are informed that a Social Concert will take place on Thursday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Casling's Temperance Coffee House , Borongb Road , near the Duke of York public-house , for the benefit of a poor tanner , who is a sincere Chartist , and who has been out of work for many weeks ; he has a wife and five starring children to support . CABLISXiE . —LECTCRE 8 OF DB . M'DOTAlL . —On Saturday evening , February the 6 th , the above-named gentleman delivered bis first lecture , in the large lecture room of the Athenaum , on the " Right * of Labour . " Aa we entered the hall , the Doctor wa » prooeeding with his address , which vas characterised throughout by sound and rational views of what society ought to
be under a just and paternal government ; he proceeded at great length to Bhew how the labouring classes lived in what are now exiled the dark ages , enjlying all the comforts of life , and those secured and held sacred by the Government and magistracy of this country ; bat now the people -were robbed of all those comforts they formerly enjoyed , \ y the ^ eiy men who ought to be their protectors . The Doctor is a rapid and energetic speaker , and at times approaches to the highest flights of fcl'jquence . more especially in his similies , which are well carried out His happy and witty illustrations have s striking effect upon his audience . Oa the whole -we look back upon him u a person well calculated to impress upon the people a strong conviction of what outfit to be their real position in society .
Lik » the Rev . J . R . Stephens , he esters into all the ramifications of society , and shows , that except the Charter secures to the people , good food , good clothing , ana every other comfort it is not worth having ; at the same time he contends , that the Charter will be the best security to those blessings . He exposes with a masterly hand the villany of those who have plundered the people , and is not over scrupulous as to the names he gives them . The following is a brief sketch of the lecture . 1 demand for the people of this country good wages for their labour , a , nd plenty of leisure thne to Bpend those wages , in food and recreation . I demand a provision for them , such as they had in former times , and which must and shall be secured , before there shall bo peace in the palace .
1 have eximined the ancient records of this oeuntry and find thai the people were protected—they then hod a back sUy and it is onJr when this is the case that there can fe « security for the throne—bnt if that protection be wholly removed , 1 would not give two year ' s purchase for the institutions of this country—nor the stability of the crown , which ought to be founded on ttse affections of the people . I demand good wages for the people , and short hours , so that their leisura time may be usefully and pleasantly spent in improving their niim ' . s and making them what God intended them to bt , but these things can only be secured by placing in their hinds political p » wer . I have discovered , that there was once a priesthood , who voluntarily gave up the benefit * of the Church lands , for tha benefit of the
poor . In Scotland , in the abbey of Arbroath , they received at one time ¦ what was equivalent to £ 12 , 001 at present , in the shape of wheat , meal , meat , &c There were only twenty five old men to eat up all this supply , -which was given to the poor and necessitous The black Earl of Douglis , with 1000 of his follewers , remained there twelve months and coald not consume the supply of bread , beef , mntton , fish , &c In 1530 , the abbots turned out their money and purchased food for tke poor ; twenty score of oxen and fish , and other things in proportion , as much as would now satisfy the wants « f the necessitous in twenty parishes in Scotland . The then king visited this plare , but could not with all his suit , diminish the supplies . Turn your attention to that great reprobate George the Fourth ,
the money expended by that royal be&st in his mission to Scotland surpassed all that has been given to the entire poor of that country , and half the po # r of England . Should an Archbishop visit you now , he would scarcely leave a pig in the stye , nor as much meal as would enable yon u > sing " Britons never shall be s ' . aves . " Ne man can mike me believe , that the priests are all inclined to assist the poor , with all their professions of charity , yet they would die through their vexation if they were compelled to assist them ; now the property of the Ccurch is as if it had all flown away from this country . If a working man should take the road , be will observe the priest ' s sign board as he enters every town and village— " Vagrants and be ; gars are not to be relieved ;"—yet they have the
best houses an * gardens in the place . It never entered into the heads of the ancient priests , that there was a division of parishes in heaven . If they saw a p » or man suffering from -want , they instantly gave him food . God himself has proclaimed the rights of the poor . The tithes were brought ia baskets , and placed on the altar , and the priest had to declars before Almighty God , that he would reserve a portion for the Lsvite , the widow , the fatherless , and necessitous pjor of the land . I tnow of no book , exctpt Vae Bible , which bo clearly and distinctly points out the rights of the poor . Lands were given to t ! : e people , and the priests were not to have gold , nor any other property , but what belonged to the Lord . The ancient abbots did divide the fruits of the land amongst the necessitous poor ,
who had a right to this property . In those days , the working man had not to want , but proceed to the Church , and get sufficient food for his support . Having proved that the Ch-aTch lands belong to the working men , and were given to the Church for the benefit of them , he asked , but wh 3 t has now become of those lauds ? I -will tell you . Little Lord John Russellalias Jack Ketch—has a good portion . I would ask the Bf dfurd family , what they have made of the lands which they have robbed the poor of ? Lord Egiinton , too , had got three large estates belonging to Kelwiilen Abbey , -which furnished him with the means of carrying on the broom-stick affair . What right had Fox ilaule ' s fattier to the lands belonging to the abbey of Arbroath ? Indeed , nearly all the aristocracy have
robbed the people to a greater er lesser extent . In regard to religion , I wish to see perfect liberty of conscience . I speak not for the purpose ef curtailing the belief of any one—but to show you who have been fee robbers . "VVheu you pull down idols , you should not rob the people . In thus advocating the rights of the poor ir . an , I cannot help glancing at the effects of the present system , which has entailed misery and wretchedness on the poor of this land . If the people had the church lands alone , they would prevent a vast deal of the misery which at pre-Eent exists . In contending fur the principles of the Charter , I consider it my ciuty , first to make you acquainted with your rights— so that when you get the power , you may be enabled to secure them , when the
power is put into your hands—without this power , it would ba vain to talk—and it must be had by the combined energy and force of the people . You have lately had a courting match at Leeds , which I could scarcely understand . The resolution passed there might have bten a very different one—if the Chartist leaders had known their own strength , they could have carried a resolution containing the whole principles contained in the Charter . I know the design of those Household SuSJMge humbugs , and I am determined at ail times to expose them . The sole object of Hume , O'Connell , and others , is to give what they are pleased to call Household Suffrage , and to throw the Charier overboard . Of what use would a vote be , if the people could not choose the men they thought best
qualified to serve them ; and , without they have that power , the thing wouid be of no use . Hume has given notice of a motion to give lodgers a Tote . If I had stopped in Chester Ca ^ ie , I would have had the benefit of it ; but it will be all a humbug . Joe Hume is a Whig-Radical—one half white and the other blackknavery on the oiie side of his head , and folly on the other . Nothing , I trust , will satisfy the people short of the Charter . The more you want of a Government , the more you should ask for . We have been standing like the man in the moonlight—the people are the man , and the Government the shadow—if the substance moves on , bo will the shadow—but if it stands still , so will the shadow . If the Government still continue to refuse us the Charter—I will go further
. ' and unfold the banner of republicanism . ( Immense cheering which lasted for some minutes . ) If they won't : give us it now , they will very soon find it expedient to : do so . We will , with the Charter , secure the rights of ; the poor , and be able to proteet their wages . In the i records of the county of Berk * ., I find a table , by which the wages of the working man were regulated . , Thi quartern loaf was taken as the standard , the number of the family was also taken , and what ttwy dmld ; earn by their labour , and the number of shillings they could produce in a week . If a man had a wife and one i cbiid he was not to receive less than ten shillings ; if : two , fourteen shillings and sixpence ; if three , seven-; teen shillings and sixpence ; if four , twenty shillings ; , and so on in proportion . This was offering a premium
for young men to get married , and to increase the population In those days the wages of the working man were always steady and secure ; he was to have , at least , seven pounds of butcher's meat in the week , with vegetables and other necessaries ; good clothing , and a go » d supply of chamber linen . Where is the chamber linen now ? Why , if there is any at all amongst the working people , yon will find it at the sign of the three balls , slumbering in some snug corner with an elegant ticket at the end of it . What has become of the beef ? There is still plenty , bnt you get precious litUe of it ; it goes into the hands of your masters , and all the tit bits are seised by the overgrown parsons . It would be a curious census to take an account of the 4 i . tcb . es of bacon and hams which are in the country ; Tery few would be found in the dwellings of the working men . What joiier e-rer thinks now of putting crooks into the ceiling of a working man ' s cottage ; but that of the parson is studded all over with them ,
as it he were ' going to bang up the ains of the whole nation . Now , we have Marcus's plan of painless extinction , for the poor man's children . If the scoundrel who wrote tkat book bad ahown his face among the magistrates or Berks ., he would have been put in the pillory or the stocki ; but it is not a bad recommendation , if properly applied . The bees , after they have laboured a whole summer , and perceive that the drones increase—they assemble , march them out and destroy them , because , if . they did not do that , they would soon eat up alL So it sb . os . ld be with the idlers , or donothings of society . I Bbould like to aee Marcus's plan adopted in this respect , for it would only be retributive justice . Tha 2 > octor then went on to urge ^ he people to unite as one man , and be determined to obtain the Charter . A rota of Qmnfca -was then given to the Doctor . The h&ll was well illed soon after the commencement of the lecture , and it Trill arid , at leart , > tbouaaad penena
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EAST tONDON . —Chabti 8 T Total Abstinence and Mut » al Instbuction AsstvciATioN . —On Wednesday week , the monthly meeting of its members was held at the Association Room , 166 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . " That this meeting i 8 of opinion that it is the duty and interest of the Chartists of England and Wales to imitate tha Chartists of Scotland , by adopting the teetotal pledge for one year at least , and do furtherearneatlyre-• ommend its adoption without delay . " 2 . ¦ ** That the thanks of this Association are eminently due ,
and hereby girc-n , to Mr . J . Cleave , for the great assistance he has given Bince he became a member of the same to the present time . " S . " That this Association do immediately establish % benefit society , on the Birmingham plan , and that all abstainers from intoxicating drinks be eligible to become members of the same . " 4 . " That it is the duty and intention of this Association to use its beBt efforts to Bupport the Northern St * r , on account of its advocacy of the tvtaple ' s rights , and the cause of temperance . " 5-" That the foregoing resolution * be sent to the Star far insertion . "
BRISTOL . —Things are looking well here . Public meetings have been holden in several wards of the city , at which it has been resolved that a lecturer ¦ hall be retained to agitate the city and suburbs . TRURO ( Cornwall . )—The cause is getting nicely on here . At a meeting of the members of the Truro Working Men ' s Association , on Monday last , it was unanimously resolved that £ 1 be sent to the committee for the management of the funds for the support of the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists . Likewise Its . was voted from the funds to be Bent to the National Executive Council : and
it was also resolved that the members do become enrolled in the National Charter Association . Our numbers at present are but small , but we are in hopes of our labonrs proving successful , in drawing others into our ranks . We have also voted 10 ? . to be sent to the "Frost , Williams , and Jenes Restoration Committee , " and we have petitions in course of signature , which , when filled , will be sent to the above committee , to be presented to the Queen by three working men , being in our opinion the best representative ! of our causet our feelings , wishes , wants , and grievances .
6 AIXSBRO ' . —The standard of Chartism has been uplifted here . At a recent meeting , a subscription was entered into for the incarcerated victims , and three rattling cheers were given for O'Connor . RUGBY . —Mr . Henry Candy , who was requested to agitate the three counties of Warwick , Stafford , and Worcester , arrived at Rugby on Saturday , from Nuneaton . On Monday night , we got up a meeting , which was well attended , and he gave us an excellent lecture ; when , in a most able manner , he fully explained the principles and object of the People ' s Charter , to tho satisfaction of his hearerB . He
concluded by an affecting appeal to them , exhorting them from that night forward to be up and doing , and join in the holy struggle of right against might . He sat down amidst the most enthusiastic applauBe . Several gave their names in to become members . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer ; the health of Mr . O'Connor was drank with the greatest enthusiasm ; and also , "Frost , Williams , and Jones , and their speedy return , and the liberation of all the incarcerated victims . " The whole of the evening ' s proceedings were conducted with the greatest propriety . The seed sown will be productive of great good in this Tory and priest-ridden place .
JHAN 3 FIELT ) . —Since the inhabitants of this tosvn have been favoured with a batch of the " New Police , " it has become matter of doubt with the " unwashed" whether , in the event of their walking up the street , they shall be allowed to return again the same way , as the town crier , among others , has been prosecuted / jr the atrocious crime of standing in the streets of his native town . However the prosecution broke down , and the blue coat was found not altogether " fly . " The Chartists have established , in Mansfield , a kind of debating society , and opened a reading room , both of which are well attended .
SCOTCH CHAKTXSM . —Movements of Mb . HaRNET . —On Monday evening , Ftb . 1 st , I addressed a most magnificent meeting in the Thistle Hal ) , Dundee ; 1 pretend not t » give any particulars , as , In the Dunde * Chronicle , will be fonnd a report of the meeting , which you will probably transfer to your columns . " Bonnie Dundee" is now at the head of the movement in Scotland . Chartism is there all-powerful and all-triumphant ; the Democratic Council , representingand supported by the several Trades' Political Associations , virtually commands the town j the Chronicle , in the
hands of the Chartists , has already made their influence to be felt ; and that organ of popular rights , once firmly established , ( which it may be , if the men of Dundee are true to themselves , ) will be an all-potent engine for good in the national cause . I may add , that thrice on the Sabbath-day , each week , do hundreds of the toiling classes listen to the eloquent strains of our leal-hearted friend , John Duncan , poured forth in vindication of the eternal rights of man . For the first time in Dundee , the poor and the oppressed have " the gospel preached unto them" in reality , by one whose character may be summed up in these few words : —he is bold enough U be honest , and honest eneugh to
>> e bold . " The day may be distant , which it probably is , when I shall again visit Dundee ; but wherever my destiny may bid my pilgrimage , it will be with feelings of pleasure I shall summon up the recollections of the past , and with pride bethink me , that I enjoy the confidence , and have the warm wishes , of its " honest men and bonnie lasses . " Wednesday , Feb . 3 d—Crossed the Tay to Newport , and ( passing through Cupar-of-Fife ) after a walk of eighteen miles , reached Kettle , where , at eight o'clock that evening , I addressed a very good meeting in tha school-house , Kettle-bridge ; that veteran in tho cauae , Mr . Alexander Henderson , presiding as chairman . Tke inimitable manner in which he scourged the " black slugs" justly entitled him to the applause his townsmen were not slow to award .
Thursday the 4 th—Left Kettle , passing through Falkland and Strathmiglo ; after a walk of sixteen miles , reached Kinross . The Chartists here are not a large body , but though few are true . I addressed a very good meeting ; at the close of my address , it was intimated by the chairman , that a proposition was under the consideration of the Council ( in the event of an election I to introduce to the counties of Clackmanan and Kinross , William Devonshire Saull , Esq ., of London , aa Uadical candidate , in opposition to the Whi £ taol &nd placeman ,
Admiral Adam . A resolution was passed at the meeting , inviting Mr . S 3 Ull to explaiu his views and principles upon public subjects , particularly as te the Peoples Charter . I may here mention that tho Kinross Chartists have commenced the nectssary steps lor . ards the erecting of a public hall , which , once accomplished , will enable them to laugh at the petty tyranny of the idiotic , knavish " respectables , " whose attempt to " put down" Chartism only exhibits their own impotency , and the strength of the principles they vainly contend against
Friday the 5 th—Left Kinross , passing through Dollar , and Tillicoultry ; after a walk of eighteen miles reached Alva in the evening . Saturday the 6 th—Addressed the Alva democrats . Here , as at Kinross , the working men have had many difficulties to contend with , consequent upon tho want of a place of meeting ; but " first of the brave , foremost of the free , " has long been the character of the men of Alva , and not disgracing their name , manfully have they gone to work . Shares have been taken , the cash gotten , and , within a week or two , will commence the erection of their own hall . This is good . This is the right way of fighting the battle ; would to heaven that the Chartists of every other town would " go and do likewise . "
Alva , with Kinross , is misrepresented by that Whig hack the " gallant Admiral , " of cat o' niuo tails notoriety ; rumours are afloat here , that upon a bone being flung to the drivelling eld quarter-deck tyrant , he will make way for that very personification of all rascality , Fox Maule ; but let me warn the Fox that 'twill be no child ' s pliy 3 t Dollar , the day he exhibits himself upon the hustings—if he shall dare—the Alva lads are preparing , and by all their hopes of " happy homes and altars free , " by all their hatred of tyranny , and heartfelt detestation of tyrant ' s reptile tools , have they sworn to " maule his nese !"
Petitioning for thb Charter . —The annual farce has been gone through by her Majesty ; and the rival factious have again met , not to redress grievances , but to fight for power . During the recess it was agreed by the delegates , who met at Manchester and Glasgow , that petitions should be presented to the representatives of the middle classes , in St . Stephen ' s assembled . There are some who have been disgusted with the treatment the people's petitions have received from Honourable Members ; and have , therefore , determined to petition no more . We cannot think this wise or politic . This form of expressing our opinions is a right which , as Britons , we ought to prize . It legalizes our meetings , and gives assurance of safety in our attempts te spread oar principles . It is a means of keeping the agitation before the public mind ; and if
it should not alarm or convince our sapient legislators , it is , at least , an excellent instrument by which to annoy them ; and , above all , it is a plan so cheap and simple that it interferes not with any scheme that may be proposed or carried into effect by our more obdurate friends , who have determined never to petition . Throughout this session let us petition . Petition in thousand ? , and in tens of thousands , as communities , associations , and individuals , till the walls of the House shall re-echo the words—Universal Suffrage , the People ' s Charter , Justice to O'Connor , Frost , and his companions . Let the Central Committee of England and Scotland take up the subject ; let the districts prepare petitions for their Members ; and let every Chartist petition by himself , and thereby prove that -we are the majority—that we are determined , and that it will be d&ngerous much longer to resist the righteous demands of & united people .
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raOTTRAM . —Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , delivered two very interesting lectures here , the first on the 28 th of January . In his second lecture , on the 4 th of February , he took a rapid view of the money thai had been expended in supporting the strikes that have taken place in England aad Scotland , sinoe the year lt' 25 , and shewed in glowing terms the result that would hare been produced had it * been speit in buying the waste land , and building houses thereon , and placing the poor , industrious classes in them , to till the land . After a rote of thanks to Mr . Connor for his able lecture , he urged on the people to come forward and join the National Charter Association , as the only means of gaining their rights . The Association have great pleasure in announcing that they ar * progressing in their numbers rapidly .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct843/page/2/
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