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Mt pEAX FiiENDS , —I have something to say to yun this week on a great many subjects , and consequently I can Eay but little on each . Firstly , I shall say a word of my last seren days ' campaign . Daring last week I made above SIXTY POUNDS for my party , by my own exertions ; I got in subscriptions nearly £ 3 for the wounded ; enlisted forty-six paying recruits ; and got seven wounds in my Ixriy , limbs , and bead . That is all I have to eaj abont last week , except to tender my rery best thanks to tbose brave fellows" who assem " - bled at the Hall of Science on Wednesday night , determined to defend me st the risk of life itself ; Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , without distinction , were of the arms ol" defence . I shall say
no more of the pro ceedinjjs of Tuesday night , as I have made a solemn vow to parsne tho inquiry to the death , and expose the ra ? ca _ Uy assassins . I am ever more ready to correct an error than to do an injury . I fiad that in the present instance I have wronged Mr . Warren . He was Dot one of the procurers of my assassination ; but being formerly an activememberoftheas * ciationfromw > enceihefund 3 came for similar purposes on . other occasions , he therefore came in for his share of suspicion . The fact is , that Mr . Warren , not longer willing to bea tool of Mr . Edward Waikins , was deposed , the Association broke np , changed its name , and conferred leadership upon the said Mr . WVkins , who is now the redoubtable leader of ihe National Operative Association .
This innocent youth ( Watkins ) wished to have an apology from me ; and in an attempt ro excnse himself , confirmed the fact that he had paid for the printing of the lying extracts from the Manchester Times . I am willing and ready to do jassice to Wsrren ; and I wiil treat Master Euward Waikias u > justice » i other hands . ¦ ' I now pass over to Monday last ; and , men of the North , believe me , when I tell you that you have never yet seen Caartism in its giory . I never saw Chartim till Monday last , at Wolverhampton and Bilston . Of course , the reporter for the district will attempt a description of that day ' s proceedings ; but I defy him to give it . Bear in mind that Villiers , the parliamentary mouth-piece of the
League is member for Wolverhampton , and you would expect that so noisy a community would have some , public support there . But no , not a bit of it . Ho man eocid guess within ten thousand or twenty thousand of the numbers assembled at Wolverhampton .. and no pen . can describe the enthusiasm . Seven linndred glorious women from Bils : on and the vicinity , marched in front of the Bi'ston procession that came to Wolverhampton . i he fir « , tb \ ng they said when the entering ceased was , " Do yvu trant us in Manchester ? " The procession hteraiiy filled the town , and Whigs and Torie 3 looked complexly
flabbergasted . Well , Mo ^ g , a £ ce fellow , a townsman , who ha 3 fought our battle ^ well , was in the chair . The Derby resolution was passed unanimously , and then I took a show of flands for Otra ChaB-TEB . and for Stur ^ e ' s Charter ; for QJT&S every hand save one was held up j for Spurge ' s on ? , and that one the hand of tbe reporter of the Staffordshire Examiner , Whig journal . 1 spoke at some length , bnt it was impossible that one-half could hear . Mr . Mason was ekcted unanimously as delegate . The usual cheers were given , and we formed into procession for Bilston about three , and such a gathering I never beheld .
O , cotton slaves J would to God you had seen what yet remains of English manners , customs , and dress . There was innocence , simplicity , courage , and mirth , dressed in EDgiish long woollen smock frocks . The mmer ? , the finest fellows in the worid . As 1 told them , I had been for seren years marching to the slow march of Chartism , but theirs was the double quick time . Bilston contains 50 , 000 inhabitants ; oat there wa-s more than double that * mouni from all parts within fourteen miles . The band never onca stopped for the three miies , nor had the enthusiasm at all abated when in the dark . I proposed the following resolution : — Resolved , " That agituion except for the People's Charier , whole and entire , is a humiug and should be resisted by the working classes . ' This was ja > t the thing for the brave and honest miner ? , and every hand was held up for it amid roars of thundering sppliuse .
I nt * st toek s scow of hands for our Charter ^ and for the 'complete ' humbug , when every haau was held np for our 3 , and not one for humbug . I then declared my intention to see their reflation carried out , and asked every man who would £ 0 with me to Birm i ngham , ten miles , in the event of a demonstration in favour of Smrge ' s new cove , to hold up their hancs , and the forest was again uplifted , and the very air made to ring with peals of applause . Now then , brave mea of Birxamgbaiu , yon -who iave so bravely resisted internal treachery aad treason from those "who spent your money asd sold
yon fora rotten corporation , be no locger afraid of the old women , the infidel Christians , the old ramp , aud new traitors . I will take one hundred thousand men to aid you against the resurrect io- of old Wh'ggery , and march back with ibem after the peaceful victory . These moral-force ruffians have . get my Irish blood up . Mta of the Midlands , tfc « humbugs hold a can fereuce at Birmingham ; learn the cay , and , sons of toil , do you also elect delegates from ev ^ ry to wn and village , and 1 will meet you in conference as Birming ' tjam on ihe self-same day .
My friend 3 , I am coinirg " toby" gold oat of my own sweat and blood for mj party . We will beat them all ; and all their money , if we only stick together . I never had such a week as last week in my life . Good Friday ought w be a great day ior Lancashire . l shall be in Manchester on that day . I forgot to mention that Stiran , an excellent man , was chairman at Biiston , and that Mason was unanimousl y elected delegate , and that 1 passed through one street in Bilston , in whieh 500 paying Chartist members live ' . Long life to the dear , good , and brave feilows , I call those smock-frock fellows , O'Connor ' s own . Ever your devoid servant , Feaegus O'Cossob .
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GREAT AXD TRIUMPHANT DEMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . The largest concourse of people ever beheld in this part ot the country assembled at Wolverhampton , en iioiuaj last , to do honour to ihe People ' s Champion , FeiT ^ ui O'Connor , Esq . Ti ± e spirit and enthusiasm displaced on the occasion sTirp&iSes anything of the sort ever witnessed in England . The towns of Bilston , Wolverhampton , Walsall . WedDebbury , Darlaston , Willenhall , and the whole of the surrounding villages , were posted with iarge bills , fciving notice that a procession wouid ^ 'a ke place- on Monday last , in honour of Ftar ^ u- * O'Connor , £ .-q , and stating the lime and manner in which ~ tha various procession ? should proceed to the Railway fe anon , at Woiverhampton .
As early as five o ' clock in the morning , the Chartist bane were at their post in Bilston , and in a short while ai' -cr , the people were to- ba seen busviin ? through me town in ail directions towards the place of gtai XiZi " * The arrangements entered into by trie Bilston Coniia-t :- e were most eierilent , aud at ton o ' clock an imnv use concourse of the bravtrbnnal smocked collars , with 500 lem-Jes , accompanied with nomeroes :-Kifudid flags and banners , and an excellent band vt music , marched off m higu glee to w uiverfcampton . _ . , Toe brave lads of WalsaD , Darlas ? cn , Wednesbury , &c wcre also up and stirring ; in fact , it was iru . j astonishing to behold the immense concourse which poured into thr Wolvtrhaniptoii rosd from all pan ? of xh-: county , aifurding an nnoeuiabje proof ot the pie-nx attachment of the people towards iir . O'Coi . ni : r . .
TLc placards at . nour . ced twelve o ' clock astte time tfc&t Mr . O'Connor was expect-d to trrive , and in accoji - s .-ee wiih thai £ rrai ) i : « Ec : nt ihe various proce 55 i .-:- > w-rerrque > tcd tj meet it Horsley Fields , Btar Wulveihamptcn . at itn o ' clock , and at that tile ti ; e lEmeuie procession from Bilsion , whica wa . « j-Jii .. a by those " of other towns on iaeir ra ^ cli . £ ril \ rt ; ssa ^ " wcr- - niti by an iramtnsemultitude xrom "W « Terr ; . ari - ! pTou , I } u ^ l £ j , K : accrTjiinsisr , a ^ o ti = t > i ioirrj . in that qaar er , wi ? n a suiiden bur > t or cb ^ iin ^ li ] : e a vcUey of cannon , i .-susd from each bi-iiv acc < mpanieci ^ iih waving of hats and harjdktrci .-: fr . The r . unv rous caTaicade tlien pioceeded tovra ^ d . * \ Vo ; Tc : haiQyt ^ n , and for upwards of two Eii-i t .-r' -ad wa 3 * r-c : mpl « t € ly bloiked up b } e ^ e dtu'e K 2 .-5 of hsiDsn beiugs . Tbe msmerc-cs Hogs , bisners ai : d dev ^ ees tad a most beatii : fal
ap-PtSTZLe . On auin-ngin Woiverhamjtor , along , lono , iEa tr . tr vhsM .-Dcul -Fas raif eci , and repeated at every « r , tt e :: *; , which w « 3 waimly responded to by the iakii . r ^ Li- fro m their wiacows . Thr m ' -iHutide was increased enonnously at Wol-TerlujE } . t-a , and could no longer bekeitinanythiES ate order . The street 3 wero completely biockeo T ; p . and from Wolverhamp ton to the rauwaj Mat on , a dhtmce of two miles , the road was completely blocked ; up , the only order observable at the time being tkefla »* and . banners which extacQed from the Station xo Wolverhamptoa ; tne rest was Ollt Suiid mats of human beices .
Tiis mu t tade awaited the arrival of Mr . O'Connor in anxious expedition , and at quaTter . to twelve , a carriage and lour , conducted by two postilions in splencid livery , arrived at tne Station , in which was Betted friers . Aiogg . Sriran , Cook , of Dudley , and Mr . Peplow , of Siafbrd . The walls surronncing the 5 tation were crowded wi : h xhoasaads of anxious spectators , and every inch of ground which coEmanded a view ol tbo
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railway was occupied , and the head clerk very cmUy admitted Mesars . White , Porter , Stiran , Cook , Hogg , and others , in order to condnct Mr . O Connor to the carriage . All were now anxiously engaged in looking out for the train , and in a while a loud cheer announced the approach of one , but on its arrival , it was ascertained that Mr . O'Connor was not amongst the passengers ; Ibis was tbe result of a mistake on the part of the committee , who had given notice that he woald arrive at twelve ; whereas Mr . O'Connor had stated to the deputation which waiied on him that he would arrive at half-past two . However , the delay was borne with the most perfect good humour , especiall y as it afforded those who had come from a great aistance , an opportunity of refreshing themseires ; after which they again took up their station .
The weather , which was rather humid at twelve o ' clock , now bega » to brighten , and all were again on the tiptoe of expectation . At the rime appointed tbe train came rattling ' up , and upon Mr . O'Connor ' s recognition , an enthusiastic cheer announced the fact , which was answered by an exulting plaudit along the whole lino . Mr . O'Connor was tnen escorted to his carnage , and the railway gates being thrown open , another long , loud , and enthusiastic burst of applause greeted the presence of the people ' s advocate . Mr . O'Connor took off his hat , and bowed repeatedly in acknowledgment of tbe enthusiastic manner in which he was received by the brave and athletic inhabitants of this important mining and colliery district . The Chartist ladies of Bilston were amongst the foremost in testiiying-their esteem by waving their wands , which were surmounted with green cards , bearing the following inscription : — " Remember Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . Francis Langston , "who was selected as Herald and who wore a beautiful " scarf of scarlet and green , then gave tne word , * Move on , " and tbe immense multitude set off in the following order : —
Herald on horseback , Supported by two flag bearers . Motto—Peace , Law , and Order . Large Green Banner . Motto—Welcome the Defender of the People ' s Rights , O'Connor the Brave . Large Fia ? . Motto—What is Life without Liberty . Brass Band . LaTge Green Banner . Followed by a large concourse of Irishmen . Motto— -Universal Ssffa ^ e and Repeal of the Union . Reverse—Green Banners flying—Civil and Religious Liberty . Large Banner . Motto—Female Chartist Association , Bilston , With a beautiful likeness of Fcargas O'Connor Esq .
Members of the Female Chartist Association , ten abreast . Splendid Silk Banner . Motto—National Charter Association . Council of Bilston and Wolverhampton National Charter Association . Members of the Association , ten abreast . Splendid American Republican Flag . Members of the Association , tea abreast . Splendid Green Banner . Motto—Civil and Religious Liberty—the whole Charter , and nothing less . Open Carriage and four beautiful Bays , In which was s&nted
FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., Members of the Wolverhampton Association , ' four abreaft . Splendid Pink and White Banner . Motto—The JuQscment of Heaven is Labour and Food—the Judgment of Kings 13 Toil and Starvation . Band . Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Splendid Flag . Motto—We koow our Rights and will defend them . Large Green Banner . Motto—The whole Charter and no Surrender .
Members of the Wolverhampton Association , four abreast . Band . Laree Siik Flag . Motto—Tha People ' s Charter and no Surrender . Council of the Wakall Association . Members of the Waisail Association , ten abreast . Large banner . Motto—Tha sacred watchword , Liberty . Band . Splendid large banner . Motto—Welcome brave O'Connor , the defender of the people ' s rights . Csuncil of tke Dudlej Association . Members of the Dudley Association ten abreast .
Splendid banner . Motto—Behold the Conquering Hero comes . Large nag . Motto—More pigs and less parsons . Bard . Beautiful banner . Motto—Cnartist 3 , now or never ; now and for ever ; onward ani we cenquor , backward and we fall ; the People ' s Charter , and no surrender . Council of the Darlasion Association . Members of the Dar ! a-ton Association ten abreast . Green banner . Motto—Poor toiling slaves , hard is your fate , You ' re eaten up by church and state . Lir ^ e ban ner . Motto—We do into others as we wish them to do
Unto H 3 . ' Together with huEtireds of fbgs , banners , and devices , too numerous to mention , the whole having au animating and beautiful appearance . The mam d . fficuhy now was to obey the marshals , for although they called out " Move on , " it was found that the crush would not admit of locomotion , hundreds biing pushed up to the knees in the deep mud at the road sides , and the railway omnibussea completely wedged up , so that they were obliged to keep close to Mr . O'Connor's carriage during the whole of the route to Wolverhampton .
The procession , or more proptriy speaking , the mass then got into motion , and the enthusiasm , rushing , and tumbling that took placa baffles description . The procession at lt-ngth arrived at Wolrerhampion , and through the narrowness of bome of the streets , great fears were entertained that boce serious accident would take place . Several were upse . and tumbled o * er by dozans , bu ; neutrally regained their position in perfect g-jod humour . The whole i . edy then proceeded to au open piece of ground near the nevf church . Mr . Hogg was unanimously called to the chair .
. Mr . Pi . PLO"w , of Sijfford , moved the first resolution , and made an exeelknt speech . Mr . Geokge White , of Birmingham , seconded the resolution . Teaugks O'Coyzon , Esq . then presented himself , and W 23 received wir . h me mo ^ t enthusiast ! . } and long-continued cheering , waving of hats , and other dcmonstration 3 oi' approfca'aoji . He addressed the meeting in a strain of fervid eloquence ; iu the course of which he completely showed up the fallacy of all the projecis brought lbsrvrard iUr retccd ^ ing the grievances wh . eh existed . He explaiuc-d th-j fallacy of Siurgfc's compile seifragc ; a . ; the same time giving Mr . Srurge ereoii as a weil-inteinioB ^ d icaBj ' aiid called upon all present who were determined to have " tee whole Cuart&r and noibsnji less" to hold up both iiauas . An immense number of blistered Gauds \ v . - -re immcdiaicly displayed , ^ cte ' eoed bv tremendous clapping aud cluem ^ .
He then called on thu .- , o who were m Iavuur of Mr . Suite ' s complete suffrage to hold up theirs , wheu nvo were observed behind Mr . O'Connor , which proved to be those of the rcpor-er to the Staffordshire Examiner , who was heartily laughed at by the meeting , and cieverly iampooneu by Mr . U Connor , who created kud bursts d laughter b » hi * v . iitlcism . He said that he received s : x cues on h : s bocy , ' which represented the points of iho Charrer , ana the bump of JSo Surrender on his iortheud ( pointiBg to a bruise on that ptirt , which was covered wiih a plaster ) . He then entered into various topics connected with the People ' s Charter , and atter declaring that he would stand by its principles , &honic all others desert it , he concluded hi 3 address amidst a simultaneous outburst of enthusiastic cheering several times repeated . _ ^ Mr . O'Connor declared that be never received a more cordial reception in bis life .
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with flags , banners , and music , and formed a junction with the rest at the entrance to tha Bilston road . As they moved along the youngsters gave the usual signal tor the men engaged in the various mines , tbe workmen of which , on coming to the surface , cheerfally fell into the procession , which augmented rapidly as it approached Bilston . As it entered the town , the scene wa& beyond description . The windows , doors , causeways , and every available eminence tvaa crowded with hundreds of the fair sex who testified their admiration of O'Connor , in the most enihasiastio manner , God bless you Feargus—long life to you , " &c , and several Irishmen forced their way Votae carriage side to shake hands with their coutitrjman , Feargusas they termed him .
, As the dense mass entered the middle of the town , the cheering was tremendous , and hundreds of ihe hardy miners were npse& in the rush behind the carriage , in the midst of which the Female Chartists of Bilston gallantly held their places behind their fl * g , although they bad been walking in an aimott insupportable pressure for nine hours . The procession moved through the main streets of the town , and such was the feeling disolayed , that Mr . O'Connor declared he never witnessea tbe like in his life . They at last arrived at the place of meeting , and with great diffiulty the speakers got to the hustings . Mr . J . Stiran was unanimously called to the chair .
Air . O'Connor spoke in his usual style of eloquence and animation , amid tbe loud and long cqnc * &ued cheers of the mass , which alrnost continuously Wsoundet | j > He would propose a resolution , which shoutorlye known as " The Bilston Resolution , " which was as follows : — ; " Resolved—That every agitation , except an agitation for the Charter , is a humbug , and ougat to be resisted by the people /' Carried , with loud applause . Mrs . Brown and another lady then placed a splendid ribbon around Mr . O'Connor ' s neck , on behaliof the Female Chartists of Bilston , and an address , which was to have been presented by Mrs . Langston , from the same body , had io be deferred , on account of the lateness of the hour . Thauks were then voted to the Chairman .
Three cheers were given for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor , a > . d three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the meeting slowly dispersed . Mr . O'Connor then retired to the Head Ina for refreshment , amidst the hearty cheerB of the inhabitants . He never can forget the glorious display which he witnessed iu South Staffordshire .
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HULL . DISCUSSION ON THE CORN LA . WS . On Thursday evening , a discussion took place in the Shambles , between Mr . Jones , and Mr . T . Palvey . Mr . Jone 3 undertook to prove that a repeal of the Corn Laws would not benefit tho working classes , unless they ( the working classes ) were in possession of political power . Mr . Falvey undertook to prove that a repeal or the Corn Laws would benefit the working classes , under any circumstances . Mr . Richardson was " railed- to the chiir , on tbe part of Mr . Falvey , and Mr . Grasby on the part of Mr Jones . Mr . Scfcotey was also appointed referee . After the chairmen , had eacb briefly addressed the meeting , exhorting them to give both parties an impartial hearing ,
Mr . Jones came forward and said , working men cf Hull , in coming forward to give my opinion upon the important question which is at present engaging our attention , I tell you' that I do not stand heTe a 8 an advocate of monopoly in any shape . I do not stand here as the advocate of the bread tax , but " as tho advocate of universal justice , and I must conscientiously say , that in my opinion a reptal of the Corn laws will not benefit the working classes under existing circumstances —( hear , hear , bear , and cnetrs ) I know full well that the Corn Laws are the natural offspring of class legislation— ( tremendous cheering and clapping of hands . ) And so long as the people are unrepresented , so long may we rxpect the working man to be a slave—( cheer ? . ) Gentlemen , my worthy
opponent has placed himself in a strange predicament , by the wording of his proposition , as b » undertakes to prove that a repeal of the Corn Laws will benefit the ¦ working classes , under any circumstanoea— ( cheers and kisses . ) Bnt . gentlemen .. I come not here to quirk and quibble about hi 3 proposition , although the law of discussion allows me , but if possible to arrive at the truth —( cheers)—and to make the best 1 can of my proposition I give Mr . Falvey credit for sincerity , and I do not wish you to be led away with a delusion—( cheers . ) I know , gentlemen , that the promise of a big loiif , and a cheap loaf , is a great temptation to the working man . I know tbat the feelings of the people have been appealed to OB former Occasions , and What has been the remit ? disappointment Gentlemen , it will be tuy
business to prove that the promises made by the Repealers can never be fulfilled until the People's Charter becomes the law cf the land—( cheers . )—There is . 0 man mrre desirona than I am of obtaining a big loaf , and a cheap one too ; hence it is why I have bo long advocated tne People ' s Charter —( tremendous cheering . ) Gentlemen , I am not here to nppeal to your passions , but to your sound judgments ; lei ns ca « fu )] y txamine tbe question before us—( hear , hear . ) I need not tell you that that class which his hitherto exercised that benefit , have enjoyed it without conferring any good to tha people . CIas 3 legislation is the cause of all our woes ; it was class legislation which enacted the iniquitons Cora Laws , tho infernal Police Bill ; ana enfciilea upon us the thine
called National Dett , which wrings from your hard earnings fifty-three millions every year . Class legislation has given you shooting parsons and bio : t-ri bishops . It was class , legifcl&tion wbich robbed yoa of six millions of acres of common land—cla 38 legislation gave you tho New Poor Law , which despises all tbe dictates of human reasou . iChektB , and wks of " question . "/ Gentlemen—I am upon the question . It was class legislation which robbed the working man of his just rights , and placed Slippery Bob at the head of affairs . And I tell you canaioly , and sincwtly , that until the great monster is strangled we shall still be in poverty and woe . Ciass legislation has niaue you s ! aves ; and if the Cjib Luns were repealed to-morrow , cannot c ass legislation make anuther equally as bad , if not worse ?
( Hear , hear . ) I tell y < -ju , Gentlemen , that when , the people of unhappy Ireland were in agitation for Cataolic emancipation , they were led to believe that it would redress all tueir wrongs , and make them a free ami happy people ; but alas . ' all tbtir g and hopes have flad ; for class legislation still exists , and they continue to be insulted in taeir feetinjs . ( Cheers . ) When tne people of England were in agitation f jr the Reform Bill , they were led to believe it would better Sheir condition . That bill is passed , and has be * n in operation about ten years , and what better are we now . \ Cries of " None " j Tne necessity for tho Charter is now fcknowieUged . My friends , be careful— ( livar , hear . ) Remember that clasps legislation still exists—the tnir ; g which nionopoiises all tbe advantage enjoyed in this lift . GentlenieD , I do conscientiously believe , that the condition of the people of this country can ever fee improved , so loDg as the cause of their uuffb . ing exists—hear ,
hear . ) The Charter will destroy monopoly at oiica and for ever —( cheers . ) There is one m ' uxiin of thy Cam Law Lesgue which I wish you to he . ir ; it is this— "That it is injustice for one ciass in society to be protected for tho injury of all other classes ; " and I agree with them in tbis : -why , then , not give that protection which the lauGloni has to tho working man?— . enters . ) Gsntlemeu , tie furniture upon wliicti I stand is protected , by the law ; and I tell you every article arcmml you is protected by tne law ; and if I wiifuliy injuro any part of it , they * ill prosecute me as a f . ioa . 1 ttll you that the law protects th s place , wfcLe 1 ibuur is intuUed " , and man is allowed to be tiiro' . m out of employment by the introduction of raachiLssry . 1 will rtad to jo ^ i u "wont vt two , published by the journeymen calico printers in November last . LfV the following fact SL-HL-e , having occurred within Uie la ^ t six monthp . A machine was invented at the
print wurks in AI . tncLosts .-r , giving five colours to each piece ; unu ptrtorming th « Sarno work as was ytrfarmed » y ko less than rive hundred bands in October last ; so thai in six mouths , no less tLan fivti hundred iui-n are thrown out of employment by this machine . Yes , the fact is tiiey will still be able to oppress you ; f zh ( s Ci > rn Laws arc repealed till the cause oi jour diitrL-ss is removed —( inter ; ButiO'o . ) By repeal wo shuuld destroy th » strong hold of the aristocrat , iicd only be opening a way for the manufacturer anil ni&rchant to oppress va farther by enteriag into the citadel < jf c ' . riu ^ tion—they are equally as bad . It woulrf be only a change of masters— ( that ' s it , )— will thvn there is not a broken rush to choose between them
Which is the most benevolent ? If 1 am to be a slave , I care not "who is to be my master . I am one it those who want te be no man's Blave—^ cheers ) I tell you , gentlemen , if these partiesaro desirous of destrojilig the power cf thu oriatocrat , ttief must assist U-J in Kiak > ng the People ' s Charter the iaw tf tha laud , which \» ttl send all th « axiatocratfl , with the Duke of liuckiiigham and SjK P- ^ el into the aiidsS of their own trfeacaery ; and hinder all other ciasses of robbing you . at all—( chters ) . But te repealers don't want thL ° . Wfey do they not war ; t this ? Ill tell you why . Simply because they know full well that- ths same power which would enable 5 on to destroy the aristocrat , would enable you to gtt justice for yoursalves—( intenuytion awl cries cf " true . ") 'Tisfor their own interest they court your
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union with , them for a repeal of the Corn Laws . I hope tha t you willgive Mr . Falvey a fair hearing , and as my time has expired , I will leave my case ia your hartfis till he has spoken . ¦ . ¦ '¦ " : Mr . Falvey— Mr . Moderator and men of Hull , I wish it was in ; my power to convey tay voice to the extremity of this building ! The sentiments I come forward to dtf <; hd are expressed In the placard—( cheers . ) Our meetings are recognised by thf ) constitution of our country , and the most powerful despot cannot deprive us tf thatrl * hfc ; and the only enemy we have in discussions liko this is ourselves ;' . I also come forward not t » appeal to your passions ; I come not forward to defend Uie despot in his fancied right ot class legislation—( cheera ); but I come forward to defend the rights of
the people against monopoly . Gentlemen , I come forward ; as the enemy , of the Corn Laws , and I consicler that their repeal is of m 6 re -iWe could not hear the remainder of the sentence for the confusion . ) Gantlemen , it is probable what I stata as ttutbi , I Bhall be able to prove them to be so . Mr Jones told you be did not come forward to defend tho Corn Laws ; we only diffar about the best method of their repeal . Mr . J . told yoa the Com Laws are ; the offspring of class legislation . I grant it—( cheers . ) Mr . J , refers you to past ttmea , but you must bear in mind he has dwelt on probabilities with regard to the Chatter . But the question tf the Com Laws is not a question of political rights , but of lifd and death , of justice against monopoly , and they are raore important than any abstract principles .
Mr . J ; wishes every man to be a fieo man , so do I—( cheerA ) Gert ' emen , let me not be misunderstood ri 3 man wishes for the Charter more thatfTlfo : I do hot maintain an opinion , which I am afraid of expressing in publici but still I insist there are points in the Charter which ara debateable . Mr . J ; told you ha advocated the People ' s Charter as a mean 3 ta au end ; he also told yoa that th" making of the laws waa ' . ' In the hands of » class , and that tfley are interested parties . I am willing to grant all this —( cheers . ) Mr . J . haa tloi you the landed proprietors have robbed yoa of Bix ' millions of Rcres of commou land , aud it is cften said we are to look to the land ; but we find the aristocrats have endeavoured to bring that land thsy took from the people into a hotbed state of cultivation ;
hero is also the cry of the ] Sew Poor Law as the offspring of class legislation ; but I am not here as the advocate of the aristocvat , or of the Poor Law either . 1 have a family ; I have an interest in their welfare ; but none in class legislation . The aristocrat came forward and said food should be dear ; the aristocrat also made the Poor Law ; I wish for every man to have plenty of employment ; and he that will not work when he has a chance , I would send him to a bastile—( cheera ) Mr . J . has told you , you cannot expect any benefit from any change in the Jaw , till you are all free men . l If you remove a national evil , you confer a positive good upon the pe 6 ple ^ - ( henr , hear . ) Mr . J . cannot imagine a state or society previous to the Corn Laws . Mr . J . must know that the People ' s Charter
is now in the history of the world—( no , no . ) If you cry no twenty times I shall repeat it : Why did I mention this ? Iu order that you might be charitable to all who differ from you In opinion , and that you might be liberal to me . The Reform Bill was an instalment of the people lights—( cries of " We were deceived . ") You deceived ycmrsBlves—( disapprobation , 'which lasted for sometime . ) Mr . J . calls it a deluaion . Hs told you t | ie Irish people expected to bo happy , after the passing of tho bill for Catholic " Emancipation . And well they might be , when it placed them on an equality in the law with people's of other religions . I am glad he has mentioned Ireland , as he has spoken against machinery , for it is nearly free from : it ; they are an agricultural peoplo , and , consequently , by Mr . Jone ' s line of
argument , Ireland ought to be a perfect paradise . In Ireland they have a surplus population of nearly three millions . I wish for a clear stage and no favour , and so fin 4 a market for our industry . Mr . J . says it is the People ' s Charter only which can secure you from being robbed . It has been dec ared in Parliament they could not direct t ! he poor man ' s wages . In 1836 , we had more employment than we find now . Mr . J . has said , if you repeal the Corn Laws the manufacturers w < n \ ld introduce machinery to supply manual ' -labour Gentlemen , Ut me call your attention to the following inconvroTertible fact Daring the last ten yeara the manufacturing population have increased thirty ptv
cent , while in the rural districts , there is a decrease of two and a-half percent ; Look at the increase in the population of Leeds during tbe last twenty years . Gentlemen . I here state , and de ' fy . 'Mr . Jones to prove the contrary , that machinery has brought mora into employment than ever it threw out ; and I defy him to give me the name ef a man who can do so . ( Hooting , jelling , < tc . i—and I state , there la no machine that ever threw five hundred men out of employinent ; Where are the men who get the iron , make the bricks , bring them-to the place , manufacture tno machinery , and build tho pthsr necessary conveniences . ( Hear . ) I thank you for having so attentively listened to me .
Mr . JONES in again coming forward was rec 9 ived with much cheering , and a little hissing , ¦ w hich continued for some time . Wnen-. order bad been restored , he said , Gentlemen , I ain only allowed a quarter of an hour to reply to what Mr . FAlyey has said in half an hour . Mr . Fulvey has admitted that the Com Laws are the natural effspring of class legislation ; but says thMr Tepeal , under any ciroTHias-tances , would be a benefit te the working classes . Why , the fact is , gentlemen , the existence of them proves a necessity for change . > Jr . F . said I could not imagine a st ite of society , wh . ch existed before the Corn Laws ; if they exist at alii can imagine a time when they were riot . Mr . F . concluded that as the aristocrats have had the exclusive right of legislation in the past , they must conti ; ua in their
power . Mr . F . states the Corn Law 13 moie important than any abstract principles . I tell 31 r . F . he is destroying his own arcuiaent , f ; r ho lias admitted they are the result of class legislation . The fact is , ger . tlemen , so lung as class legislation exists , so long will tbe Upas tree of corruption spread its pernicious fanijs over liberty , and retard the march Of freedom . Mr . F . seems to think machinery is not 80 bad a 3 it is reprt sjuted , and calls upon me to give him ihe name of tho mau , who says a single machine has thrown out 500 men . I tsll you candidly I copied the report from a-pamphlet pub ? Hshed by the jourueymen , and lot me ask any working man here , if he would tell the name of bis master ; when he was exposing his trickery ? If class legislation did not exist , these men would not fear to give their
names . Mr . F . says we have a surplus population . I believe it to baa base , and uuprinctpled fitsehood , for the wealth at present prod used by labour every year , is valued at eight hundred and twenty millions of pounds ; let us see how this is divided ? about eight millions are expended in poor rates ; twelve millions in tbo ehurch ; eighty iniliious for local and national taxation-one hundred and twenty millions in rental for land and dwellings ; four hundred and fifty millions are received by the profit-niongering scheme , in the shape of banker ,-, jobber , Jew , lawyer , and all the vermin who live by buying labour cheap and selling it dean Yesr working nun , this is the causa of your poverty ; as labourer's wages are only one hundred arid flfty millions . How much better would your case be if you received the part now received by the banker , Jew , &ci ? Gehtleiuen , with regard to population , Sheriff Aliispn says that Great Britain and Ireland will maintain one hundred and twenty millions of
inhabitants in conifort , aud this allows for mountains , &c , to he deducted . Gentlemen , we are told that tho mechanical power of Gffcat ' ¦ JBti ' taiiv , ; at present , is equal ^ to six hundred millions of bands ; bow can the land , I say , with these means , bave a surplus population , when , according to the last census , tDero were only iw ' e ' niyseven millions of inhabitants . ( Cheerf . ) Still , G ; htlemen , I do believe , a EurpluH population is iu existence . I believe tUat man who is useful to society is not one of the surplus popul ? . t \ on ; but every man , whoever he may ba , who lives , not for the good of soeiety , is surplus . Wortir . g men , you are the producers of all wtalth . Soppbse you were swept out of existence ; suppose that you were destroyetl as a class;—the middle class muh would have to big , or become Kienhaviug blistered bands ami unshorn chins . Again , srappese ail Otlier CVdSSeS , SWOpt OUt Of tsAktoaco , how ni : my of you would be Stli'ved out of existence by learning to eat their luxuries . ( Cheering . )
Mr . Falvey , in again coming forward , ¦ was TCcewM with chewra aud hisses , and said-Gsntlemon , you know full well that i 5 ia impossible to kt you ht * ar witLoat this noiso suvaides . I repeat my call and shall contiiiU ^ it unless ,. Mr . J . ceases to m ; ba his attacks upon / machinery . You will , moat of ycu , remeuibyr a lime when thei-e were no macliineTy—the envied time ¦ when there was no machines— - ( hissing , hotting , and yv .-ilin . sr ; aad cries by the League party of > ' Stop _ : the iiieetiiig , ' ^ when Air . Jones inteifured and wished it to proceed . ) I must certainly give up flpeaSing unless you are prepared to hear me . I agairi tell Mr : Jones v / hy he did not give me the names of the parties was , bei cause he could not— ' ( disapprobation ) . Gentlemen , I aai proud of machinery , and I have ; worked in a mUl .
I would rather work in a mill than in the field of the husbandman ; and I would rather see rny child work in a mill than drivea into a union workhouse . I said the Charter waa a new . tbing iii the fiUtory of the world ; he has told , you notb . v » g ol Its ag » . 1 know he could not . 1 told' him it neve * was a law in any age , eo , gentlomen , you have a right to be chariteblei I believe Mr . J , said I could not point put a time ; that the aristocrats had always been the makers cf the laws , and that we ( the Corn Law repealers ) could not get it f rom them . I tell Mr . Jones that we t » n get the Corn Laws repealed . We have iwrnng great measures from the aristocratic law makers , without the franchise to wrenck them from their ^ nCs . -. ' "'if- ' - ' ycu rtftstw } Vc cause , they will cease—(« , t c < ef" T -11 th v Ae it y it ' GentlemeD , if I had the i ^ wtat wsnalii destroy it at
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once . I believe , gentlemen , the Corn Laws would fcave been repealed ere now , but for the interference cf the timid Whig .- Kemember , withcut the People ' C harter , we abolished Slavery , while America , with the franchise , has that dark . stigma Mpon her character , Mr . F . next quoted a few sta . istica fr 6 m M'Gregor , Hume , and Villiersv to ttie-ei ^ -ct ' that if the Corn Laws were ropealed , they did a-ot'k ' now why a man might not live 03 cheap is Englani ! as any where else . Mr . J . says I said thewrwas a surp lus population . If I diVl say so , I m 9 an it to be cohdit ' oiiiaL I agree there is a conditional surplaa population . But I believe neither ilr . Jones , nor Sheriff Allh on—( cries of " Wor . U'Gres ; or either . " ) Gentlemen , permit Hie to state , that ia the year 1835 , there were paid more ia wage 3 by twenty millions than was last year , wbieh has stopped the home niarket—{ hear )—not with , over production , but witu under consumption . ( Heir , hesnr . )
Mr . Jones waa raetjWith deafeningraeers : when these bad subsided , he said , Mr . Falvey ha * told you that lie is very sentimental , he would rather see his child work in a factory , than see it go into a worXaousp . If this is Mr . R ' s humanity , I have more xespeet for his child thau ho has himself . I should wish roy child to- receive a good education till it was fit for Iabou-r—fcheets ) —and this could be done by tho destruetion of dasa legislation . How . syinpathotic are tho manufcicturci » now ! they have the half-naked wife and child pinioned down to slavery , while the husband is wandering through the etreetalfli this right or wrong ?; If . it is right , let us Hy « in thh happy . state without murmuring ; if it is wrong , I 8 toa raise with one voice ; and insist upon the dtsSruction <> f class legislation . Now
for Mr . Falvey b great measures ; he ( Mr . F . ) . calls the Reform Bill an imprpvemeat , as it enfranchised the middle classes . Btfjre he ealls this an inatalment c £ rights , he must first prove they have a greater claim-to tha franchise . Mr . Falvey :-Bays you must assist the middle class to get a Ilepeal of the Corn Laws—( cries of " No ; never /*) I say . let the middle cJnss join you to obtain the People ' s Chirter , and then I will give them credit for honesty ; but so long as they keep aloof ; I Shall consider myself justified in dediaring them deaigninft ana UDJUBt . Sir . F . has told you the People ' s Charter is new in the history cf the world ; but , gentlemen , this is not the question of debate—( cheers and a few hisses . ) I tell Mr . F . that the .-age of the People ' s Charter is not the subject < f the present
discussion . He says the changes of Government have been gradual . Have they been gradual since the passing cf the Rtforrn Bill ? God knows they have been giv dual enough for the merchant , landowner . Jaw ; and jobber ,, aa thsy have wrung milliona during that time from the labour tf the people—( qn 3 stion . ) Mr . Falvey has told you that we fcuppressed slavery while the Americans retain it . I tell Mr . F . I differ from him , when he saya we have abolisheA slavery— ( Mr . F- interfered , and said , " black slavery . * ) Mr . F . has said enough , and has corrected himsslf . I am . not one of thpso Mr . F . rspresented me . I siy the people of
JEagland produca more than is aufficient for them all , if there was an equal distribution of that wealth . Suppose the labourers to be the largest class in society , which they are , will they only receive one hundred aad fifty millions out of the eight hundred and twenty millions they produce , while the protit ^ monger , &c . : eceives four hundred and fifty million . Now , Mr . F ., don't you think they would bamueh bettor off with the profit-mongers' : present sliare ? He mujt net identify the . interest of the labourer with the capitalist . 'Tis their wish to make the poor poorer than they are . Taey only wish to Repeal tho Corn Laws to enable thera to rob you still further—( cheers . ) ;
Mr . Falvey—Ganilemeu , a thud time I call on Mr . Jones to give me a reason why machinery robs the people ; aad the Corn Laws being repealed would not confer a positive good npon the people . In 1835 , the people were not represented , but they had cheap food . Again I call on Mr . Jones to show why the removal of a positive evil would not be a positive good . I thank him for the / kindness towards my child , but the working man cannot-educate his child for the iniquitous Corn Laws 5 they take away one third of the l . iSenr oftue workiog man . Mr . Jones ihinka little of the Keform Bill , &C . Dies the Dissents * feel no inder pehdence in mind by making the CatUoiio equal to him in the eye of the law ? Am I to be toH the Catholic felt no inward satisfaction when he obtained
emancipation , that he could eu joy the first just right , without the finger of scorn boing pointed at him ; but . for my own part , I think , withS jllusfc , that" liberty with danger is preferable to slavery without it . " I want to giye freedom to the belly Rswell as the mind . I isoutt tbe assistance of the middle classy . '• and . be who dares to raise his voice against them mistakes the truth . Do you think the working classes can achieve their Charter without aid— . Cries of . " Yes , yes , and no , ho . " ) I say any man who comes forward , and calls the middlei class villains is an enemy to the working man . I conaidcr the \ vorth of tho middle clasp . Can you suffer the loss of the middle class ? ( Cries of "we can . " ) There is no use you Btopping me . I Bhall ropeat the same thing ; their intereas ia inseparable from ypura . Mr . Jones says you must not identify th « labour with capital . They are father and son . That man who makes capital by his labour , makes labour with his capital , by building machinery , and so confera
a good upon the nation . Mr . Jones has told you the maufacturer and profit monger make a great deal put of your labour ; but I tell you that the manufacturer receives a very littlo from each of his labourers . Most of tho manufacturers have risen f ran the ranks of the peaple within thirty years ; and Sir Hobert Peel's father was a spinner . iCries of was " Lord J . ltusseHs" ?^ It iB said tho manufacturers have become rich , but I know-many who have become beggars by endeavouring to give employment to the people . ( At this stage of the proceedings , the confusion was so great that at times it was impossible to hear a : word distinctly . ) Gentlemen , I have answerecl every point Mr . Jones made in his last speech , and again I call upon him to prove what I stated before—( hear , hear . ) ¦ Mr .- Jones has not referred to the national debt , and I wish to knew whtther the land does gro ? enough for the people . They dare not put it to ttio test . — ( Choe » Si and hisaea . )
Mr . Jones was again received with great cheering , and said gentlemen , I will in the first place give ray authority of the wealth wrung from the people by the profit-mongers , which has never been overturned , it is ftomMr . Campbeil ' s examination of the- Corn and Provision Laws , but we are not bound to take the ipsi diieil of any mite . I am sarpr ' sid Mr . F . should have referred to the BUtj ^ Hit of religioiXB differences—iku ^ hter . ) Gentlemen , I am not one of those who would deprive any man of hisreligious liberty , and I am not one of those who wpuld appeal to the religii-us views cf any partj under any circumstances . I tell you that the world is my couLtry , and to dp good is my religion —( bravo lad ) Mr . F . asks me to prove the irjuriou ^ effects if macbinary / 1 will endeavowt to do so . In 1797 , thero were
manufactvired twenty-three millions of pbunda weight of cotton , and in 1840 , the enormousium f fmr hundred and sixty milliona of pounds . Iu 1707 . the wages tf thebandloom weaver per week , were 2 Gs . 8 d ., while bv Mr . F . ' s boasted blessings , they were reduced to 5 s , 6 d , inl 840—^( cries of " bravo , that's gone into him , "! this , according to Mr . F . ' s calculat ' -on , is bettering the condition of the people ; I do not wish to nii&c <> nbtmo hirri , tut . I do contend that machinery has pfone great iiyury to the people . Alr . F . says that man who darts to r ^ ise his voice against the middle class mistakes the truth altiiough they have wealth and power ; 1 will neither bow to their power , nor eourt their wealth ; but there is ho man more willing to forgive and lorgefc than myaelf , and to Bhake tinds over the srave of our
differences , Mr . Falv « y has told you labour and capital are fatht-r and sou . ( Cries of * ' So they are . ") Labour begat capital , and capital begat labour ; tbtiB a father begets a sun , and then the son begets the . father . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Allow me te draw your atten ^ Uon to the following important statement made by ill . Ealvey ; lie says , many have risen from the ranks of the people during the last thirty years , . and b , couie master Manufacturers ; Will Mr . Ffilvey toil ns ttiat a proaperous trade has tokfen placa und-er the itsfluuase 01 the Cor i Laws ? audit is bis -wish t » reptal the *! ,: for be admits a prosperous trade has taken place under their iufluepce . If ihe Corn Laws have maae the shdpocrats and iiiiiiowners rich , I think tho best -. plan -for . them , would be to continue the same course in existence ;
( Cneers . ) I . ' ath a S 97 orn enemy to monopoly every kind , still . I cannot reconcile the contiRrtictJons made by Mr . Falvey , when he says , men havs risen in the last thirty years , and many have been entirely ruinod . Gentlemen , let me ask you if it is possible that a man could rise during prosperous trade and fall by thesame Ciuse . ¦ Cheers ' . .. and hisses ) Gentlfeinen , Til tsJl you die reason why some of tUe merchaiits aud manufacturers have risen , while others have fallen ; is owbjg to success , or not ,: in speculation . The inau who has been the iuostfortunate in hiscalculations - 'baa been the moat iucGessfuli and made the most profits . Gentlemen , another contradictipn of Mr . Falvey is , ¦ whew he asks 3 pu , if the land dees grow enough for the people ? No , says he . He admits that it will ; grow enough by the custom of hot bod cultivation bo spoke of in Wfl flrsJ : speecli . ' . . - ' .. ' . . '¦ ' ' , " - ¦' ¦/ ' . ¦ . ¦''•• . . :. ¦ ' : '¦
Mr ... Fait ' et' "was met with cheers , and said after three repeated challenges I have brought him out at last Ha informed yon his authority wss Mr . Cdhipbeil , and I don ' t know that his evidence is so notprions ^ - ( hisaes , groans , and yellr . V : At this time Mt . F . seemed to be very much displeased -with a p « son hisBing-bim , and eaid , " Wby , you > lackguard wl ; at are you hissing at ? you ' re some Tory , a Chartist ^ ould not befciye' Wms * lfr'fc" -- ( Iaugbter . I « a ' 7 j \' iadm > ¦ ¦ t- ! i ' 5 iU c - V iijMi / t 5 Ci gt / . Hfi I ' / 1 n O ilvfi fo He auvaoi'i ' . y of i » cusp , < 1 at } yrh . ch is part ot a » tp ..- ; -. bet * een
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him and myself ; it ! s theanthorityof Mr . Wett . He states we manufactured 259 , 412 , 7091 bsin 1840 , so thatyonse * when these gentlemen talk about Kiillioris , they cannot have studied Cocker ' s arithmetic . Gcntletnen , I find from V Porter ' s progress : cf the Nation , " in 1763 , the popa . '^ tion of this country was littlo more : than ids . mfllions ; ¦ vhHe in lSil there is twenty ssven niiiliona cf-inhabiuHitb U » the onited kingdom , so that you , 899 / we now nave a n ^ essity t > repeal of the Corn L 3 W » , as you are broaght to tie condition ai which huajaiiity shndderK Mr . Jones si ? w Jet the middle class join n » for the Charter , and W 8 Mil then give them credit for honesty . I can point to tbe Corn Lw Repeal- / erg , and they are the advocates Of the Suffrage . : ! - ¦ ha ^ e no sympathy with the Wfeij ?* , and they never con be again in power as Wfiijfs . Look at Joseph Sturge , Sharmarr CraWord , andColofld Thotnpaon , and you will find t& « in the stoute t advocates of a n > xter . sion of the su&age . ' I stated iani ?
last address that labour and capital were father andson , aad Mr . Jones , by his ingenuity , seeiged toturn it to » goo d purpose . tQuestion , qusstion . ) Gectlemen , I shoulAnot bavo made this statement , bat fc 9 eaid they ( labour anrl ctp-til ) were not identical ; leciuplete confesion . | . Mr . Jones eays the ^ manufactoyB ? has raised himself from the ranks of the working das 3 ss " under the opfration of tbo Corn I ^ , vf 3 ; but thia i ^ noreaaoo why the people should not have cheap faod . We have drivea the foreigners f / om our ahprts , and they sreno # detferrained to manufacture for themaelves . T ^ hs -tima is come to remove this monopoly , and again I caD upon Mr Jones to shew why their repeal would not be » benefit to the working man . He " / . Mr . -JpnW ) dirested y&ur atteBtion to 17 & 7 y I will go a little fartner hasfe into tn-j history of our country . In the reign ©« EdwardHi ,, id Bransome's History of Colchester , and h a work by Era 3 rnU 8 , of Holland , wrote in the same reira . we find our ancestors had no chairs , or other
necessary artrcles-of furaitHre , and were obliged to sitr upon bux « 8 and stools , ; : and that they irero so filthy ia their -habits , they s ept among the excrements of dogs and cats , and that the nostinesa of the people Was the cause of the frequent piagaes which ravaged tho country . So much for the time 3 when we had nomachinery . : ' . .. -.-. ,.,: ¦ ¦ . ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦; ¦ - ; - ' ... ' ¦ : ¦ .: ¦ - "• ¦ .-:..- ¦ . Mr . Jones was received with , deafening cheers , and said—Gantlemen , tiSLia ia my teat time to-night , so I hope you will all pay the grrotest attention . Mr . F . stated , in tint Utter yrt ^ if ^ rt »» a ^ a ! 9 , admething Tery unfavourable to pur anoestors in that period ; but I wiH bring Eomtthing forward to prove that the labourer was better off then thin , now , for his labour waa protected by law . By the 23 rd of Edward III ., w ©
find th « wagps of Jdie agricaltural labourer was 4 d . per day 3 a woman for nuking bay , Id . j mowiug an acre of grass , 6 d . ; and thrashing a quarter of wheat id . At the same time a pair of shoes cost 4 d . ; so you see the labouring man could buy a pair of shoes then by the . price of one day's labour ; but hoV 7 loDg will it take him now ? 1 believe the average prico at present ia 9 a . per pair j . so the hand-loom weaver lias nearly a fortnight to work for a pair now . If we fmther compara the pa * t and iwesent , we shall find the saine differer . ee existing in other things at that remote time : a stall-fed ox : cost 4 a j a fat sheep , unshornYl * 8 tl . ; a fat pig , two years old , Sa . 4 d ; a fat goose , 2 id . ; a gallon of ale , Id . ; and a quarter of wheat , 3-v id . Which of these times think you the
best gentlemen ? The reason why the peopJe were bethe * offwas , because thebr labour was protected by law . Gontlomen , a repeal ef the Corn Laws , under existing circumstances , would not destroy the monopoly ; and I call Upon him ( Mr . F . ) to prove , that by shifting ; a monopoly you destroy it . A repeal would only place the moEopoly on tho shouldera of the niiilocrats aud manufacturers . The power to plunder yoa virduld- only exchange hands between the aristocrat and ihiUocrat . I am one cf those who are for being oppressed by neither party ; they : are one > 3 bad as the other—( cheers ) . My oppwnent has fil ' d youcompetition makea a demand f-jr labour , and competition has reduced , wagea . I ask him how he can tell us that ? : Gentlemen , I am one of t ' aose who are for havios their wages
reducedb ; ' / ieither . I want the power . which Estuie awards nu . t ) have a voice in making the laws by which I am govorried . I tell you , gentlemen , you iiin ' . t never expect ' a repeal of the Corn Laws till the People's CUarcer becomes the law , of the land ; and I toll him : that the people of this ciUDtry will soon find ' .-ft-to be their only hope ; he has admitted that class legislation is the father of tbo Corn Laws , and I say it is the cmse of all our sorroV-s . Mr .: F . wisheB you to join tb © :. class of arittocratB , landowners , bankers , Jews , job-, bers . and middle men , who have hUhorto proved them-Beives to : be nothing but a race tf blood sucking varapires —( cheers , arid hissos , which continued sometime . ! Mr . 'Falvey on eoming forward was met with the mostddufening yells , hisaes , aud groans , it was ever
our lot to hear . After it had bpine-whatfsubsided , Mr . F . said , Mr . Modtrator aud Opnttcmeh , Mr . Jbnea has reftdto you a few extracts from an Act of Pa ' . Hamenfc , mine were from the history of Colchsstar , so mucb . for the two authoritissi and in such like cases who is t 9 decide ? In the year 1835 whf . at was on an averaga 39 s . 4 ii . per qniutar ; we were in full employment and in good circu . ui 5 tan . cea , and why ? because we could get £ 100 worth of food ; for tha same value in manufacturer ? . We had not the Charter then ^—( criea of we had the Corn LawSr ) At present a great portion of out population is . out of employment there isno immediate remedy , and I tell you the people want "food— - ( cheers , / and criesiif the Ckarter . ) I am not edine here to talk about -trie Charter . I tell you I 3 pnt come here to
placa repeal against the Chaiter ; I come to endeavour to prove that a repeal wouldb ^ neat us all , under any circUmslaiices ^ - ( cheers and hissee . ) Tue reasons ar a these ,, tbey wan !; food and have no employment . I appeal to past experience in proof of my argument if you go to Manchester , Stock port , or- Xeeda , you Will finil ; hundreds : of faiailies starving . My friend has iriformed you that by transferring a monopoly , you dont destroy it—( cries of it would . ) This was riot the opinion of Ffsry Hunt , and I think you will give him creditforhi esty . On the flrat day ho entered Parliament , he nis . de a motion for the total repealcf the Cora Laws . ' i / Ir . Jones ywonders how competitioa and tha Gptn -Laws reduca wages . I .. r told you -competition made' a demand for labour .
In 1835 ,. we had cheap com , arid why we havenptat preae ; t , ia thrcu ^ h these Jaws , and binders the iri'ddleclasscs of speculating with their wealth . My wortliy opponent oonc ' u'led his remarks by calling thea a race of bloodTiuokings vampires , yr& need not wonder they are afraid of you ; is this the way in which ycav expect their union—( hisses . ) I again say by giving ua cheap food it would increase our employment , and give . you the toast of George Thompson , " as yc u strujgle for the Chatter , may you have a cheap leaf by the ¦ way . willnow leave my case in your hands , and conclude by rearting the following quotation ; [ ibrou ^ h the interruption , wq ecu dfiot bear a word of it , 3 and Mr . F . waa at = ked by auma one in the ? iovrdt why he didnoti work ? wo think be concluded with invecttve 3 upon tha p oor fellow instead tfhia quotation .
Jlr . RickaRDSOK , on caliiug for a show of hands , stated Mr . Fulvey ' s 'W « uld be- au amendment on Mr . Jones ' a resolution , and therefore he would : put the amt'ndm ' ent tii-st , ( there was n 9 amendment in ths caso , > and mentioning tie name of Mr . Jones throe tiniea , and speaking Mr . i ' a'vey ' s nearly in a wbiBp ^ r , completely deceivedtha people , and nearly all the vast muititurte held up their hands ; and then against , he said , nearly : half held up their hands for it . He then said , I do decjare Mr . Falvey's amendment to be carried by a decided mejoiity , which made the people completely outrageous , ae « ing they had been deceived , and we can give the names ; if desired of some of the Cbartist counsel , voting against their desire . . . to
The ^ modera tpr being called decidev and Mr . Uicbatdson , through the quietness cf Mr . Grassby , would , not allow it to be put to the meeting again , although , they stopped for half an hour to seo the result . :
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SKEGBy . —CLartism is making rapid progress here ; twenty new memfcers were enrolled lust wxiek ..- At the iiieeting on Sunday , three shillings were colltcted for the Mancuvster victims . T : : Darlington . —Mi . Charles Connor lectured here on Thursday wetk ; a large number cf new members were enrolled . - . . .- ' ¦ . ¦;' . . , . . ,. . - . - . :- ]¦¦ - r ' :- ¦ ' . : ¦ DEtf gate Meeting . —A disirict delegate Kcetni ^ waa held '' at Birotal , on Snnday last , when delegates " were present from the following places : — Dewsbury , Henry Robipson ; Bir 3 t 3 l , Frederick France ; Batley , ¦! Benjajsin Bromley ' v Liversedjiej Jaines Ciiarieswortli ; i > awgreen , vDaiiiel Wilsou . Mr . Benjamin Brotnlev in the chair . The folio win * resolutions
were passed : — That tho delegates sent to the next coui-cil meeting , are requested to tako into immediate coiisidera-oion , ths best means- of raising » fuild to \ varc ' 8 defraying theexpencesofjhe forthcoming Con ' veniicn . " " That any Chartist lecturer cjniing . into this district , do consmuiiicato with tho . sub-Secretary of the placei where he infenda ^ oicgto , when or" before be sends his route . to theSlur , or else he -will not be attended to . " That the ' next council meefitig be held at Batley , on Sunday , March 27 , atIMr . Banjamin Bromley ' s when delegates from . Horbury , " Karlsheaton , Liversedge , Birkeiishaw , Cleekhe&ton , Aiirfield , and Giwthorp , are requested to atte ' nd . " ' " : ' . - . ' ¦ ' : ' ' : - ' . - - ;¦" -- - . ¦¦¦ ¦" ' " ' . / . ' : :
Dewsbury . —Mr . vvest cenveTed two eloquent lectures here ^ on Snnday afternoon arid evening , ia the Large Room , over the Go-Operative Stbresv Easington , near Stroud . —Ths Sturgitea held » public nieeting on Thursdayj at this village . ; Overtures weroruado to the Gharcists for coalition . They were told that they might have tho Birmipghaja " Collins resolution . On this being demurred to , they were reminded that the meeting was to be held on private property , aad they would not be allowed tft
speak at _ all it , » hey insisted oui proposing auy morfi explicit rets ilutiou ; they therefore asseuted . Knowle 3 and another good Chartist - moved and seconded themilk and water resolution ; both of them denouncing it to the njeeting . The resolutiea was negatived , only five hands being held np for it . A show , of hands was taken for the whblo Charter , when nearly every hand was held tipiimidsfc loud cheering , t ' targe hiinselfwasprese n ^ te ^ fttDeutmg , but his fppcch , our correspond « a * WTOO ^ B i * wto ? Y *' ffif *^ m . ' t > A ^ v K ^ - ^ Sfttes ^ ^ * , U / ¦ - 1 ¦ . — — —— J 7- — Vv—_ wprva » . - ~^^ W , ^ m - * WVI ^^ J- _»* MM
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To The Imperial Chartists.
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
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SOUTH STAFFOSPSTTT'R'R .
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YOL . Y . WQ . 227 . SATURDAY , MARCH 19 y 1843 . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct882/page/1/
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