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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING A ^& K - --. MANCHESTER ,. ' ,. . < ; ~^ m * : U ' ^ -V-v - . - ~ ¦ -,:, *¦ - : :-: z 3 $ § £ WZ On Sunday evening a -public : ffleetuig w « K held ia tbe People ' s Jnstitnie , Heyjrojtstreeej : Ap ^« f & £ slid although the bill announcing the meeting did T $ i suae thatMr . O'Connor would attend , - * asdit being a remarkably wet day , nevertheless a crowded jnfcHE gassembled . r ' - : - ^ : ¦ * %£ & . Mr . Scixos occupied the chair , and opened tfee incc « a ? ~ br reading the letterof Sir . ! O'CjonnO ?

      from the Northern Star . The chakman then ibtrrf « dac « l Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Lonoooivwiio SiaB & s ' jje , -, ! tpiedh on xBSpoli ^ that had teen pursued by ifo Chartist body ; showing that the denunciation 0 ; t ' j e middle classes had caused them to act upon tbe defensive . He referred to the intolerance of tbe Chutist body , in denouncing all who differed yo '» tnem , and said , before tfacy could succeed in j { fceir vi « ws and objects , they must be more tolerant in l iair conduct . Mr . Hurst resumed his seat amid much applause .

      j ! r . Dosovax proposed the resolution , which was carried at the members' meeting in the afternoon , and remarked , that they ( the Manchester Chartists , } believed it was time to take a step in ad-OT ? e . After alluding to the policy hitherto pursued , Mr . Donovan referred to the appointment of 5 lr . Young , the Protectionist secretary , who had appointed three individuals to go through the sreat Northern Hive , in getting up an aniniion for protection of native industry . Mr . Donov : iu made a few other observations , and resu ^ -d hi s seat amid the applause of the meeting 3 lr . II . XtnxiiA seconded the resolution . 31 r . J . Leach addressed the meeting , and cordiallv approved of the resolution .

      ilr . O'CossoErose , amidst jrreatapplause , and said , men and women of Manchester , I feel more pleasure is hearing speeches of working men , and learn more from them , than I do from the speeches made in the House of Commons ; I always feel a pleasure iii being amongst you . Mr . Hurst , in his speech , Tft-iuniucnds an union with the middle classes ; so do I , hut I wish to he iuformed , by Mr . Hurst , what he means by the middle classes ? Does be mean the shopkeepin ; : classes—those who lire by labour—if he doc 1 agree with him ; but if he means the money manufacturing middle class—those who live upon roar labour , who coin yonr sweat , marrow , and hones into gold—I do not asree with him . They

      will iii' Tcr honestly eo-opprate with yon to obtain your political rights : it would be detrimental to their class , because if yoa had the Cbarteryou would compel them to act more justly with your labour ; for depend upon it the manufacturers will never gi ™ up any portion of your rights . Parliament will meet in a few days , and then you will see such a brc .-ze as you little think of . I see Br . M'Hale , Jrclibishop of Tuam , is amongst you in Manchester —Lc is here to prepare the Catholic mind of this country for the coming struggle . Ireland was always the Premier ' s greatest difficulty , and the Ministry always looked to the Irish members for support ; but tbe Papal Agsression question will give it

      another turn . Mr . O'Consor then referred to a meetin ; , lately held , where Cobaen and Milner Gibson were present , and asked the meeting if they ( Cobden and Gibson ) would come amongst them ? Mr . O'Connor then alluded to the Manchester Conference chick would commence its sitting the next day ; and remarked , that the Conference sitting m Manchester would have more weight with the country than if it held its sittio * elsewhere . Mr . O'Connor asked themeetmg if they would dispel the disunion ?—( " yes , yes" )—would they give up all antagonism ? ( " Yes , yes" ) Very well . He would go on agitating the principles of the Charter fearless of the denunciations of some men of their

      order , and endeavour to dispel the disunion . He cautioned them to adhere to principles , and not to Hen who were endeavouring to live upon their agitation . Mr . O'Connor then took a glance of the political position and prospects of France , showing the difference between the French and English peopV , and concluded his speech by requesting Mr . Him to define what he meant by the middle classes , as he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was " decidedl y opposed to the union of the working classes with the commercial middle class . Mr . IIuBsr said , in reply , that he wished it to be undent « od , in the broadest sense of the word , commercial or shopkeeping . Tie Chaiguas informed the meeting that Mr . JIantle wished to address them , and he hoped they * on ! d give him a hearing .

      Air . Mantle said , he had heard much that he cordially agreed with , and should render them his a-ptance , in creating anew organisation upon the Iriue " ; p ! c 3 he had heard explained that evening . ife CaiiRKis then took the vote foi the resoluiaa which was passed unanimous !? .

      3 H 55 ER TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . On Monday evening last a public dinner was Even to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., at Mr . fa-ra , Cotton Tree Inn , Ancoat-street One hundred and twenty men sat down to dinner , and atwut twenty females in another room . Jlr . O'Connor , accompanied by "W . P . Roberta , tie people ' s attorney-general , was loudly appended . After doing ample justice to the good thaws provided , the company retired for about formy minutes , and , on re-assembling , Mr . James I ^ ach occupied the chair , when the following toasts , sentiments , and songs were given : — " Tbe

      V-ift-n—her ri ghts and bo more , " «« The PeopletLeir rights , and no less . " Responded to by Thomas Clark : — «« The Northern Star , and the Democratic «« ss , may it so energetically persevere in its undertaking , that despotism and oppression most Tjtfish before its exertions . " Responded to by » . P . Roberts . Messrs . Clark and M'Grath sung 'Base oppressors . " "Feargus O'Connor , the friend < £ tie oppressed millions , may he live long to kttie in their cause , and by his influence unite the j-wrered ranks of Democracy , —that he may fuISl * fe great mission , and live to enjoy the blessings of a happy and contented people . " Mr . O'Connor responded . "The People ' s Charter , may it soon wtcmetfcelawof the land , and bv its influence

      nnse Britain to be in reality the envy of snrtc-tm diog nations and tbe admiration of the world , ^ id once more restore her exiled sons to their nav-relaad . " Responded to by Mr . Hirst . Mr . Johnson an ? "Spread the Charter . " "The Manchester wnist Council and the cause of Democracy / ' Redd ed to by Mr . P . M'Grath and Thomas Clark . . " H'peration and success to it . " Mr . Bell , of £ « . * ood , said that in his locality a sick , society ^ withdrawn £ 100 , and commenced operations 1 , *> and he had much , pleasure to state that he «« divided £ 200 amongst its members , and he had £ * i « a t quarter to divide another JE 100 . This had " * Saved Ho tifiriintr amnntrst themselves , nnil

      £ ** qnently out of the pockets of the shopf ~? as . Co-operation at Rochdale was on a f ^ f scale ; and at Leeds it was still larger . JMs had returned to its own town council seven rf 0 ra for its own ioC 3 i government . Some k = ; ? 31 ld that co-operatloa was the means of . ' -siiiBg them from the Charter ; it was untrue ; ta ? * the means of drawing together Tories , i * -, - * ? aD d Chartists ; and exchange of sentiment vc £ f v & y to make converts to Chartism . A aad i ttat * 9 was 2 iTen to the host and oMmnao , v . ta e mee ti"g separated , on Tuesday morning , * - *> gratified .

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      '• ^ ffifCHESTER oomsBmcK ^ . Tha ^ ejregatesappointed'to ^ tMs ^ bod y . meiat the Pepple-allnstUute , on ; Mon & yJi ^ htng . ;; At' the appoihted . time , Mr . ^ Amhr ^^ Hto ^ was , uponthe " mo t ion of- ^ essw .. Leao ^ iaad ~^ preside ove ^ . ne ^ ' GMfeKiN ^ i ^ i Mf Grath " was elTOtejdto . ict aslSeeieiaiyiS ^ M" ^^^ 7 ' - £ rje ( $ &^ sr ^ ira ;? t ^ J ) X 6 niofth 1 i ' -Iiyihjf ^) m"j ^' ob ^| g Sam- ^ Graai , ;; : Mn'i ' Cla ^ femil * ndb >) .: Mr ? Lawspn , Loweif ' Warlej ' : fMf / , S & MrviManiie ^ 'Warrington ;^ y ^; ss : ^ i ^ -i-: ' ¦ . H ; tO " nithe .-a » fiotfof ^ * MeBitt : ib ? Cb 5 rao * 'apd'CiiBK , WJtlu ^ gre ^ di ;« TKife '; 1 thS -: MJoin 1 ^ c ^ . Va 6 emble r dap ^; Felock 7 Md ^ # Drn ^' tb ^/'/ iibth ¦ ¦ :

      ; ; i- ' rtrgityrrv' y ^ Hjr ^^ y' ^^^ yt ^ r " S ^ pi ' 6 pow ^ M : ^ po ^ aSa &^ 03 tmeij , " . The present ; . po ^ 6 n ^ of > Cnarfem ^ jto ^ causes " iH ^ Sii (« ae ^ - »! iJ * iB «^ : "B . Wsanangedthat ^ ihe'jdete ^ ipmitmfj ^ ih ^^ cibmj ^^; Secretary s ¦ booEl ' ,. ; . ' ^" j ^^^^ i ^ g &^ js' ^ i j ^ Mr . O . 'CosKOBsaid that the : lamentable : andde-• pfeafBie condit ^ oifio -which Chartism was reduced , fl & ttought , . was atferibntabje to . ' ^ violence and foli ^ f txafBdkhrg ^ olificiiie . ' 'jHffwas . opposed to airaiiS ^ onismVand was" present " at thei Conference to wfi 8 l % . working class aninjlof the country . , ^ He , hop ^' d ^ ithe ^ egates woji ^ d a ^ t ^ diapassionat ^ i ^ i «»^^ te ^ bmg butr «« g ^ nd

      € 0 « a 6 a 3 ew ^^ ft 8 e * p ^ ie > ere nniten , nothing could withstand their power .. If the labouring classes had worked as hard for one month as he had done for twenty-five years , the Charter would be carried forthwith . Look at the state of France , and see what was transpiring there , under the government of the " special constable" President , and they would see what he had often told them would be the effects of violent revolutions . A struggle was at hand , and his desire was , that the people should be prepared for it , and act for

      themselves . It was his pride that he had done more for the people than any man living . He would much rather be in the company of working men than in tbe society of the highest men in the land . He would say what he had often said before , that he would sacrifice his life rather than give up one iota of the Charter . He had never travelled a mile nor eaten a meal at the expense of the people , and was not , therefore , like those trafficking politicians who feed upon tbe credulity of the working classes . He begged of them , for God ' s sake , not to be disunited , but to prepare for the crisis at hand .

      Mr . Clark said , that only one opinion would exist with respect to the condition of Chartism throughout the country . It was in a miserably low state , and he thought would continue to be so unless organisation—in its name—should obtain a more intelliffent , reasonable , and rational direction than had hitherto been the case . But , although such was the pitiable condition to which Chartism hai been reduced , yet he was certain that there never existed in this nation so wide , deep , and intense a democratic spirit as at the present time . The most plain and intelligible signs of the progress of democratic opinion everywhere abounded , as he thought he could show . Look at the state of opinion amongst other classes at

      present as compared with by gone times , and it would be discovered that the democratic idea had penetrated them all ; and , as a consequence , efforts of various kinds were being made in every direction to obtain an extension of power for the people . There were several different proposals , none of them it was true coming up to the Charter , but all tending to that end , and all based npon the same idea of popular sovereignty . Take for example the immense number of freehold land societies which are scattered over the empire , and established for the donblc purpose of promoting the social and political condition of those interested in them . Then there were several societies for the special purpose of procuring , an extension

      ofthesuhrage : —snch as the-National Parliamentary Reform Association ; many of them , he said , consisted of themiddte classes , who were dissatisfied with the present state of things . In tbe House of Commons , too , he thought evidence of progress had been given . Upon the three divisions , on the motion of Mr . Home for a most sweeping extension of the suffrage , 122 votes had been given in favour , and of these 122 voters fourteen only represented agricultural districts ; and in no one instance had any one county voted on the side of the people . But more than this was the fact , as shown by Mr . O ' Connor , in an analysis which he made of these divisions ; it appeared that the members voting with Mr . Hume represented

      sixteen millions ot people . Well , then , with these associations out of doors , consisting of every variety of class , and tbe decisions in the House of Commons , there was every reason to hope for the democratic cause . He was , as he had said , full y aware of the weak state of Chartist organisation ; but how , he asked , could it be otherwise , after the violence which had characterised former advocacy . The country was brim full of fine , healthy , generous , democratic sentiment , and it only required good sense and the necessary intelligence . Mr . J . Leach supported Mr . Clark ' s - ? iews . It appeared to him impossible that they could any longer continue to act with those who arrogated to themselves the leadership of the people . It appeared to him that the elements of an organisation existed more powerful than any they had ever witnessed , for , at the time of their greatest strength , there never were more than fifty thousand enrolled

      members . He felt certain that the democratic principle was steadily progressing , although they , as a party , were all but extinct . All they had heard about dividing tbe party appeared to him sheer folly , the fact being that there was no party to divide . Their business here was to commence again and build up a party . Nothing appeared to him more palpable than that their present lamentable position was the result of past folly , which it was high time to remedy . He fully approved of a new organisation upon a more intelligent , tolerant , and conciliatory basis . He believed there were two trains of ideas of policy struggling for domination ; the one appealing to tbe impulses and passions of the peop le , the other to its morality , its equity , and reason . Of the ultimate triumph of the latter he had no doubt . He hoped the Conference would be temperately conducted , and without reference to ¦ the existence of any other parties .

      Mr . Makiie said much stress had been laid on the assertion , that the present apathetic state of Chartism was owing to the sayings and doings of the men of ' 43 . He would not deny but that many things had been done and said which would have been better left alone . But he did deny that their present position was wholly owing to what had been irreverently termed , "the insane ravings" of some of their friends . He had been told by Ms constituents , that their association was broken up in ' 48 by the inexplicable conduct of Mr . O'Connor . There were other causes—the unfaithfulness of leaders to their party ; and the unworthy insinuations by which it was constantlv being attempted by one section , to infuse suspicion and distrust into the minds of the people , towards other sections of their leaders . The representatives of the Charter League had hinted that the Executive was contemptible , and

      its constituency insi gnificant . He would ash this Conference , if it did not think itself ( consisting as it did of eight persons only , representing five localities ) , somewhat contemptible ' ; and whether it did not think these five localities sublimely insignificant , when compared with tbe fifty-three localities that voted for the Executive ? He would tell the deputation from the League , that they were regarded with distrust by those to whom they proposed to appeal for support . He thought the first duty oftbis assembly was , to tike some emphatic steps towards conciliating the goodwill of those whose affections they were held to have wounded , and whose sympathies they had forfeited . Till they did this , their legislation would be looked upon as a factious aggression on the Chartist majority—an insult to the expressed will of seven-eights of the existingjiocalities .

      Mr . M'Grath ; said he thought the Conference had commenced its work at the right point , by an inquiry into the cause which had led to the present lamentable prostration of the Chartist movement . Until this was discovered , a revival of that movement would be a great difficulty , if not an impossibility . He did not hesitate to say , that their weakness was the consequence of the rant , and fury , which , to a great extent , characterised the advocacy of their principles . In . 1813 they were rapidly attaining a proud position—the continental revolutions had fixed the attention of tbe

      public mind upon their movement , when the majority of their leading men became smitten with the mania of platform valour ; terror took the place of admiration in the public mmd , reaction followed and their present miserable plight was the result . He thought an end should be put to this despicable mountebankism ; Mr . Mantle said , thatMr O'Connor was chargeable withthefaUure of 1 S 48 ; heknew thatMr . O ' Connorhad doneall thatmancoidddoto restrain the folly and extravagance of boththe Con"S and Assembly . They should stamptheir reprob atioauponsuchconduct . Kocauseconldprosper

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      in connection with it . It had prove'd the baneand curse of the most , glorious cause that ever engaged itiemind of a ' people . Let them have done with factious policy- Let them stamp their reprobation upon it ; and those who pursued it would find their account in the increased contempt of every sensible and- intelligent- ' Chartist in Eng land . Let their policy , eschew : folly and extravagance . Let their appeals be to ; the reason and common sense of the community , ! and they mig ht' depend upon it that they would not be made in vain . . Mr . NoBTHthought there had been sufficient said

      upon . the subjects . ; In order to effect an union in the shortest time , and at the least expense , he would recommend the Conference and the Executive to write tracts , and that the working classes be . requested to do the same . The tracts to'be'distributed one in each house , and for the delegate to report to the Committee of Observation the opposition he meets with ,. . . - -That , in his opinion , would be the best plan toj ^ dopt . He was instructed to advocate 4 he People ' s Charter whole and entire , and to join no society that fell ' short of that measure . : '•

      Mr . Hubst said , they had met for an important purpose , and although they were few in number , yet they were sustained by a consciousness of the greatness and goodness of their principles . Surveying Chartism in > its present position , they were all , equ a ll y impressed , with a conviction of the deep and general prosiraSonjander , which it lay . ~ No cause fnat had once been so high bad ever sunk so lowno principles so great , so just , and glorious were ever so dishonoured and defiled by its avowed champions , its apostles ,-and defenders . Wherever it once flourished it was now in abeyance ; Conferences , Executives , Councils , and Associations , have faded away , or are dragging out a miserable and pitiful existence ; and yet , amid all this prostration , there never was a healthier Democratic feeling exitting in the country than at present . What were the cnuses 1 Foremost appeared to liim

      the encouragement given to physically violent ideas ; men have talked of violent measures , have inflamed the passions of the people , and , to gratify their self-vanity , have uttered the wildest and most dangerous doctrines—dangerous alike to the property , the liberty , and tbe institutions of the kingdom . Another cause of their failure was to be found in the fact , that in a spirit of bitter intolerance and uncharitableness , they had maligned the character , impugned tbe motives , and vilified the public conduct of every other party in the kingdom . Another , and the greatest cause of their failure , was the fact , that they refuse to work in unison with the liberal sections of the middle and upper classes , without whom they could do nothing , and who , despite of their revilings , were tbe only parties of real power in this country that would widen the limits of constitutional rights , privileges , and liberties .

      The whole of the delegates having expressed their opinions , Mr . M'Grath said , that in order to epitomise the ideas of the delegates , he would submit the following resolution to the Conference : — "That , seeing the existence of the great apathy which prevails throughout the country at the present time , on the subject of the People ' s Charter , and having given the matter its best consideration , this Conference have arrived at the following conclusion : —that this lamentable state of things has been mainly brought about by the extravagance and folly which have characterised a great portion of the advocates of the peop le ' s cause ; and impressed with this conviction , this Conference deems it its imperative duty to express its strongest condemnation of this pernicious policy , and pledges itself to use its utmost endeavours henceforth to guard the movement against this evil . " Mr . Thomas Clark seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Mantk rose , and moved the following amendment , which was seconded by Mr . Uonin : — " That as the delegates now present , representing only four localities , they do not feel themselves in aposition to legislate for tbe inauguration or direction of a great national democratic movement ; and , seeing that they have not the support of the various localities now in existence , do feel it their duty to defer ' to the negative of the majority by dissolving this Conference , and recommending to the country the

      propriety of themselves decreeing the time and place at which a national assembly shall be held , to provide for the present organisation and future policy of the Chartist movemeht ;' i . c 3 FhBj « nthusiasm of the physical force men was much abated . He came there instructed to more an amendment to the first resolution proposed in Conference , whatever that resolution might be . The London Executive , he felt confident , had the sympathy and support of the people , which was his reason for moving the amendment .

      Mr . Cure said he thought there was a fundamental error in the reasoning of Mr . Mantle in supposing the London Executive had the confidence of the people ; he would not deny that they were supported by the 1 , 300 who had elected them , supposing that number of votes honestly obtained . They ( the Conference ) did not pretend to represent the supporters of the London Executive , nor did they wish to do so ; they wished to begin with the alphabet ef politics . He would ask by what right had parties denied either to them or any other persons the power of forming a distinct bod y ? B y what authority did they sit in judgment upon tbe right of others to form an association for the furtherance of those political principles in which they believed ? What had the London Executive done

      for the people , except to blight the hopes , blast tho prospects , and wither the anticipations of democracy in the country ? He had no confidence whatever either in the political ability or influence of that Executive for good . After some further conversational explanations , the Chairman submitted the resolution and amendment , the amendment being negatived . The motion was supported by Messrs . F . O ' Connor , James Leach , Thomas Clark , Phillip M'Grath , David Lawson ; Messrs . G . F . Mantle , and William North voting against it . Mr , Clark then moved , and Mr . O'Connor seconded : — " That the Conference do now proceed to appoint three members of its body to prepare the draft of a plan of organisation . " The motion was carried , Mr . Mantle dissenting . Mr . Leach and Mr . Kokih were appointed .

      The Conference then adjourned till Tuesday morning .

      TUESDAY . The Chairman having resumed the chair , the minutes of the previous day were read and confirmed . The next point in the programme was then read by the Chairman , namely : " The policy which the Chartist party should pursue in reference to other political parties . " Mr . Ciark said he wished to submit a resolution on this subject , and that he could not do better than propose one similar to the one adopted by the

      Conference that met in London in December , 1840 . A resolution was unanimously passed by that body to the effect , that they would moat cordially aid and assist all parties , irrespective of class , who aim at the enlargement of the franchise . He would move : — "That this Conference recommend that when Chartists attend meetings of other political bodies , reformers favourable to the extension of the franchise , or other progressive reform , that it shall be for the purpose of lending aid and support . " Mr . Leach seconded the resolution .

      Mr . O ' Connor said that the passing of the resolution would do no good . It would tend to divide the people . He would remind them of the deceit practised on the people informer timesby themiddle classes . The people had no more chance of getting justice from this class than they had from the man in themoon . He wasfor keeping Chartism separatefrom every other " ism . " They must rely solely on themselves . The Financial Reformers would use them for their own purposes . He came there to unite the public mind , and in doing so , we must not be considered puppets in the hands of the middle classes , which that resolution would show to be the fiiet . .. .

      Mr . Lbacb said that Mr . O'Connor , in his opinion , was mistaken in saying that this resolution would divide the people . The fact was , that t here was no body to divide ; therefore , we need not be afraid of doing that mischief . Their business was , to build up a movement ; and he thought that this resolution embodied a policy indispensable to tnat work . The motion condemned the obstructive policy—and very justly so , too . We are advised to go to these meetings—for what ? Are we to remain idle spectators ? If not , we must either oppose or support them . How , which shall we do ? Hw adwould

      vice was , to give them support . He never swerve from the Charter ; but , in advocating ms own princip les , no consideration in the world couw induce him to be an obstructive to the progress ol lesser measures of reform . This policy bad done mush evil , and it was time to get rid of it » ife strongly condemned bluster and denunciation in our struggles for liberty . We must try to elevate Chartism from the mire and filth into which this pernicioy . 8 system has plunged it . He would never again e * ab 2 rk » an agitation , unless it was conducted ! upon principles likely to leave the people som & tasgible > ssq ) t as the fruit of ( heir tv > l >

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      Mr . 0 Connor expressed his fullest confidence in the . mtegrity of Mr . > Leach , buti nevertheless , should dis $ ent from him on this motion , w His long experience enabled hrnUo judge correctly of the House of Commons ; and he would tell them , \ that although Cobden and Bright might now , vote for the Little Charter , still , if the ' rewas a chance of ever making that measure law , they ' would bribe some of their own party to prevent it ^ hVainv of these men was to juggle us for their Swh benefit . They were now told that Lord John wduld propose Bonietumgnear the Charter ; if so ho will go out ; but when again installed in power , he will pause and deliberate and take time to consider , and will come to tie conclusion that tbe convenient time is not

      yet come . If they mixed up any other question with the Charter , they ' would injure the mover ment . He told them in conclusion to place no confidence infany other class of the community but the working classes . For . his own part he would never confide nor co-operate with any other . He had spent upwards ' of £ 130 , 000 ' in their cause , and he would never desert them . He said let Chartists go to the meetings of the Reformers , and propound their principles , by bo doing they would command places of meeting beyond their own reach , in whictf to-teach the middle classes the truths of Chartism ; ' : His grand aim at . the . present time was to unite ; and £ prepare the public ^ mind ; for the strugg \? i . which would ensue during the

      forthcoming session . ..... Mr . . Lawson said that his instructions ' were to vote against the connexion of any other movement with the Chartist agitation . Mr . Mantle proposed the following amendment : — ' That this Conference , with every desire to promote co-operation with all parties anxiously strugg ling for the people ' s emancipation , regards with suspicion the movements of the Commercial Reformers , and does not feel itself justified in recommending co-operation with those reformers headed by Messrs . Hume , Cobden , Walmsley , and Co . " He could not vote for the resolution , hence he felt it his duty to move this amendment . Those who differed from him had proved to his satisfaction

      that the interest of the labourer and the capitalist were identical ; therefore he could not support any movement in which such persons were embarked . If they were to judge of them as masters , they could not expect much from them as senators . They had no interest in common with the people . The object of their plan was to increase their own power . If they did succeed in their project of enfranchising four million of the people , it would only make things worse : because it would increase tbe strength of tyranny , for it is natural to man to use power despotically over those who have it not . Mr . Short thought that the motion , if carried , would be likely to create dissension , and therefore he should vote against it .

      Mr . M'Grath said that Mr . O Connor had advised them against antagonism , but he could not understand how it was to be avoided . Mr . Clare , said that Mr . O'Connor had himself done more in support of the Parliamentary Reform Association than any other man in connexion with the Chartist movement , ' and ought , therefore , to be the last man in the community to reproach the policy of others , for having done less than himself . Mr . O'Connor had gone all the way from London to Aberdeen , a distance of nearly 000 miles , to be present at a meeting of the Parliamentary Reformers . It had cost Mr . O'Connor £ 20 to bo prosent at that meeting . More than that , when it was proposed in committee at Aberdeen to alter the

      constitution of that Association , and to adopt universal suffrage , in preference to tbe suffrage of the Reformers , so unwilling was Mr . O ' Connor to offer the smallest obstacle to those whom he went to support , that he would not allow universal suffrage to be substituted . Again , Mr . O'Connor , at his own expense , travelled to Norwich , and gave the Association all the support in his power . He read from copies of the Northern Star , several passages from Mr . O'Connor ' s letters , in which he advised support of this party , and strongly condemned all opposition . In doing this he thought Mr . O'Connor did right . He hoped that Mr . O'Connor would now support the resolution , because it was in strict conformity with the policy he pursued and recommended .

      Mr . O ' Connor said , the fact ofJMfr ., Clark- conv ing prepared tothe Conference -with sb'inahy extracts from his letters , showed that he anticipated something like antagonism . It was true that he had attended the meetings of the Parliamentary Reformers ; but it was always for the purpose of advocating the Charter . The leading men of that party would not , if they could prevent it , allow the Charter to be mentioned at their meetings . Several wealthy men joined with the selfish motive of getting into Parliament . Mr . Clark complains that he is reviled for doing what he believed to be right . No man was more reviled than himself , but he considered the censure of slaves to be adulation . So also , should Mr . Clark . He was abused at Brighton , by Mr . Prout and Cunningham , for having mentioned the Charter . For his part , he had no confidence in these reformers , still he would advise the Chartists to . attend their

      meetings , and propound their principles . He told them that they did not want the Charter . Take their conduct on the Income Tax as an illustration ; when that tax was being levid the manufacturers put into their pockets , in the shape of decreased wages , no less than £ 400 , 000 . Reduction of taxation , under the present system , would be no benefit , because the employers of labour would take advantage of it to reduce the wages of labour . His aim would ever be to locate all on the land of their birth . And at whatever cost of labour or anxiety , he was determined to carry out his Land Plan . He had not the slightest confidence iu any class but that of labour . He confided more in the intellect of the working classes than in any other . And he would glory in the day when he could seethe blacksmith doffing his leathern apron , and betaking himself to the House of Commons , to make laws for the benefit of his order .

      Mr North said , if he understood the motion right , it meant that no opposition should bo given to the Parliamentary Reformers ; in that he agreed ; but it also pledged the Chartists to support them . Now , he would support them himself , but he could not agree to recommend others to do so . He would leave all to be guided by their own private judgment . Mr . Leach said , that what his jud gment told was rig ht , he would feel no qualm of conscience to recommend to another . The question was not the honesty or dishonesty of other reformers , but whether they would struggle for a modicum of justice for tho people . He cared not by what motives they were actuated , provided they accomplished some

      benefit for his order . Mr . O'Connor advised attendance at their meetings , were people to remain there idle spectators ? Let them not dally with the question , but speak out boldly ; if they thought the movements of tbe parties bad , oppose them , if they thought them good , support them . This was the dictate of common sense , and he defied contradiction to it . They were daily sinking as a party , through the arrant stupidity of their conduct . Six years since many of the trades bodies of Manchester were enrolled Chartists , but now the very name was loathing to them . As to Mr . Mantle ' s argument , that the emancipation of a part of the people would prove an injury , it was too absurd for serious

      comment . He was for a policy that would pull on instead of push back , all who fell short of their views , convinced that such conduct would give strength to their cause and respect to themselves . Mr . Hurst made a * long and eloquent speech in support of the motion , in which he denied that the commercial classes were so irrevocably opposed to popular rights , as had been represented . He vividly depicted the serfdom of the agricultural labourer , as compared with the manufacturing operative , and concluded by declaring his determination to abide by the policy laid down in the motion . Mr . Horsfall thought the motion , if adopted , would create great dissension . The people would never aid the manufacturers in any movement .

      Mr , O'Connor said , in reply to Mr . Hurst , that the agricultural labourer , at fifty years of age , was a better man than the manufacturer at thirty . The manufacturers coined tho sweat of their slaves into gold . Could they over co-operate , to any extent , with such tyrants ? For his part , he never would . His mission among them was , to destroy all antagonism ; and , therefore , he would recommend that the motion bo withdrawn . Mr . Leach could not consent to tho withdrawal of the motion . The old system must be discarded . The mind of the people had shot far ahead of their

      old policy , and those who thought to drag them back to it would find themselves miserably mistaken . He would never be a party to carry it out . If they went to meetings in thejspirit of liberality , to reason , they would be listened to , but if they went there to oppose they would very properly meet with their reward in total exclusion . Mr . O'Connor . —But does not Mr . Leach see that the effect of this motion would be to create distrust and division in the minds of the people ? Let them aim at cementing union and mis up nothing with the Charten . ¦ « .

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      ' ? MiVM'Gbath said , that the fear of creating antagonism must not prevent them from advising what they thought the proper course . He thought their antagonists were wrong , and the plainer they told the . 'people . sothe better ., Every party on the road of ; progress was entitled to tbe aid and friendship of its . neighbdur . . The third part of a life was spent in . agitating for' the Charter , without any tangible advantage . ¦ What stronger evidence co ' uld be ao > ' vanced to show ' / the inefficiency of their means ? Mr . Mantle ' s ' amendment expressed suspicion and distrust of the Parliamentary Reformers . This was the-, pernicious practice they wished to put an end to . By what right could they denounce the Reformers as dishonest ? The Reformers would be equally justified in denouncing the Chartists as dishonest . His opinion was , that these Reformers were just as honest and sincere as themselves . He was sure that the assertion of these Opinions would excite the ire and denunciation of some , but these

      ebulitions should be met and crushed , and he , for one , would not shrink from his share of the work . He had listened with , amazement -to . Mr . Mantle ' s speech .: The averments in ; that speech : were too gross for the credulity of the most ignorant meeting that could possibly be , assembled . And : he ; was proud tothink that , the time had come when such speeches could not be ^ addressed to any portion 4 f the people ; with impunity . He was certain thatMr . Mantle did hot believe that to enfranchise four niilliojj «^ fe 4 to . , iWorkingi ; classeS vWould be- a positive eiVi ^ B ^^ p ^ v ^ kxekptQiW bv his judgtftfjnl ; to believe mm oapable ^ -gnyfMO T ^ IaMali ' op'SB ^ thought that a party going for-sl ^ Vah-extfinsivitf measure of justice , were eminently entitled to the friendship , goodwill , and aid of every man anxious to witness the elevation ' of his fellow creatures . He would support the resolution as the embodiment of a policy honourable to themselves , just to others and calculated to raise their cause from the abasement to which it had fallen .

      Mr . North made a few remarks , when the further consideration , of the question was adjourned to the next sitting . [ From circumstances for which we are unable to account , we have not received the report of the Wednesday ' s proceedings up to tho time of going to press .-En . N . S . ]

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      MR . \ ERNON AND MB . O ' CONNOR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —In reading the Star of Saturday last , wo were astonished on reading what Mr , "Vernon said with regard to Mr . O'Connor , and the money that has been subscribed to keep him ( Mr , O'Connor ) , and defray his expenses both in public and private life . If Mr . O'Connor was dependent upon the public for his support , he would not have had the many followers he has at this moment . To talk ol him living , and defending so many persons as he has done , out of tho few pence subscribed , is not worth the paper we write on . Has he received the money he expended in defending Frost , Williams ,

      and Jones ? The money that was spent in 1842 , and again in 1848 , let alone the Bradshaw cases ? We think that Mr . Vernon might make himself more useful in trying to get up a union , instead of denouncing Mr . O' Connor , and throwing cold water on the Chartist body . So much for Mr . Vernon . And again , Mr . Plaxman asks where Mr . O'Connor gets his money from to pay those expens es ? If Mr . P . had been—what he should be—a Chartist , and had done his own share of the work , he would not have been so much puzzled as to where it came from . Signed on behalf of the BroomHeld Section , Bradford , near Leeds * T . Fiintiff . January 26 , 1851 .

      The Registration And Election Committee....

      THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —We , the undersigned , having been appointed to audit the accounts of the " Registration and Election Committee , " which we carefully . weut over , and furnished you with a balance sheet ( bearing our signatures ) , but which was published , in the Star of Saturday the 19 th ult ., with the names of tho auditors omitted . You will , therefore , much oblige by the insertion of this note in your next impression , which may prevent any suspicion that might otherwise attach itself to the Committee , through the publication of that ( apparently ) unautheriticated document . Yours most respectfully , Alfred Uunnibau . , \ . , „ ,. >„„„ Jacob Blake , ' } Auditors . January 27 th .

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      . ROCHDALE FACTORY OPERATIVES . A public meeting was held on the 23 rd ult ., in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-street , for the purpose of giving a report in connexion with J . Scholefield , manufacturer , and his hands , who have been for . twenty-seven weeks on btrike at Littleborough ; and also to show to factory workers the necessity of joining the present union , and making it an inuisso ' . uWo and consolidated union of all branches of factory operatives . The meeting was addressed by Samuel Cryer , Isaac Newton and Edward Kershaw . James Greenwood occupied the chair . They all spoke for a-considerable time , enumerating the grievances between themselves and Mr . Scholefield

      in energetic tones , calling upon those who had not joined the union to do so , and defend their fellow workers in their present struggle against the unjust aggressions of their master . Mr . Ambrose Tomlinson descanted on the effects of reduction after reduction , showing how these reductions had operated on them physically , mentally , and morally . He commenced with the year of Arkwright ' s invention of the spinning frame , and showed how , after each reduction , year by year , that the means of subsistence had been pared down ; and that in tho same proportion crime and immorality had increased . He also gave an elaborate description of the failures

      of past unions , showing that it was the isolated system that had failed , and that a consolidated union alone could prove successful amongst factory operatives , and that factory workers should have one general scale of prices , so thatmanufactuvers mi ght meet each other in the market on an equal footing , and concluded by an appeal to them to join the union , and to support the men and women now on strike at Littleborough . A strong agitation in favour of this union is likely to be the result . Young Tomlinson was asked if he could attend and give his assistance at future meetings ; he consented when disengaged to do so ; and we know of none that could be of greater service . Yours truly , SUTCMFFE CRABIREE .

      The Ensuing Session Of Parliament.—At Th...

      The Ensuing Session of Parliament . —At the commencement of the ensuing session , on Tuesday next , the statute passed in Juno last , entitled , " An act for shortening the Language used in Acts of Pari lament , " will takeeffect . It isexpected that considerable improvements wi 11 be made in future acts , both in the phraseology , and in the omission of clauses which have hitherto appeared in such things . Acts are to be divided into sections without any introductory words . Where any act is referred to , it shall be sufficient to cite the year of the reign , chapter , and section . In future acts certain words which now

      appear in interpretation clauses , importing the masculine gender , are to include females , and the plural the singular , & c . Repealed acts aro not to be revived in virtue of tho repeal of the repealing statute . Repealed provisions of any act are to remain in force until the substituted provisions come into force . All acts arc to be deemed public acts , unless the contrary is declared . This act ( 13 Vict ., cap . 21 ) is to commence and take effect from and immediately after the commencement of the next session of parliament . There are ei g ht short sections in the new act .

      Tempdhaby Augmentation of the Tolics Torce . —Within tho last few days tho Executive Com . mittee of the Great Exhibition have been in communication with the Commissioners of the Metro ' politan Police , relative to a force necessary to preserve the peace in the neighbourhrod of the Exhibition at the time of its opening and during its continuance , although a vast number of the superanuated constables nave received orders to do duty on that occasion . On Wednesday the commissioners intimated their intention to augment' the force by adding 900 men , who will be employed for twelve

      months only . Those men will perform duty at tbe various police stations in lieu of the A or reserved force , and the latter , with the detective men , will be stationed in and about tho Exhibition Building . The additional men employed will have the preference of joining tho force as vacancies may occur instead of taking fresh hands . There aro at present engaged at the building under ex-Superinter . - dent Murray of the M division , and ex-Inspeciers Hornsby and Fraud , who have charge of the building until the 7 th of March , when they will receive the assistance of the other constables who may be appointed under thenii . . ...- * .. .

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      ; THE GHARTEti ^ ORGANISATION . ~ - A public meeting , calletfby the Exccutivo , waal held on Monday evening , at the Brit i sh Institution , Cowper-street , City-read . The . attendance was very numerous , the imniensc room being crowded . At eight o ' clock Mr . I . e Blond was called totha chair and was received with loud applause , as wera also the members of the Executive who were pre * sent , ' ¦" ¦ " . ' ' . The Chairman said he was proud to see so larger an assembly at that , the third public meeting held bv , the present Executive . On their election to . office , they had to contend with great apathy ; bufi the meetings they had held , and the practical demonstration of support which they had received , proved that the Chartist public was awakenin" from

      its slumber . ' It was not so much the amount of tho subscriptions they received as the number of personal from whora they received it , which gave him coa « fidence ; it was numbers united in one great effori ' that the government dreaded ; ho implored them toavoid all bickerings or denunciation of other classes and strive to . give utterance . to their sentiments io ' firm , but moderatetetigwgv ; it was by sush means and not by antagonism ,- ihat ,. their cause would ha made to succeed . . Mr . Holtotke moved the first resolution— " That as class antagonism ;' .. gross- anomalies ., and monstrous inequalftjes are'the resnits of || he present system of legisl ' stioiv ' and being fblly coMderit thaff the onl y means whereby the system can-he removed , - and' the condition sf the toiling masses politically elevated , and their socialrights ensured , is by thff enactraent of the People ' s Charter ; this meeting , therefore declares its determination to agitato until

      teat measure isrecognssedas the law of the land . " One great ' effort of tha Charter would "be the " removal of antagonism , which was so much time lost to the cause of progress . It would require but little argument to show that tuch a measure ns tho People ' s Charter was necessary . In no sage or country ; were any class of men to be found , however honest , who were fit to , be entrusted with the government of the people , unless guided by certain rules , and restrained by certain checks . If the representatives were elected by the people it would not only be a duty , but a neijessity , on their part , to attend to the interests of the people . Their opponents objected ' to their being entrusted with the franchiseronrtl ^ " ground that their ignorance pre-^ M- &^ ft om ^^

      ^ aleasiriterest ' s . i ' o ^ - ; g % ^ quality of the Charter was that , from seiPmlere ' st , all classes would be interested in the spread of knowledge and the education of the people . At present , whether tfee iuterests ot * the people were attended to or not was a matter of chance , left entirely to the good feelings and moral consciousness " of their representatives . The Charter would make it the interest of those who governed to consult ^ the interest of the governed . They must have one eye to the effect of their agitation on other classes . One great test of their devotion to their principles was the funds th-y subscribed towards carrying those doctrines into practice . In a good organisation nothing should be loft to chance ; thevmust be

      a'de to calculate upon the agency they could apply , and then they would be able to ascertain with something like certainty the probable result . There was a great moral di gnity about democracy . The man who comprehended itsprinciples was elevated above the man who did not . It inspired men with a true notion of self-respect , and they so monl-led their conduct as to be worthy of the character and tho duties to which they aspired . When the great body of the Chartists fully appreciated these sentiments their demands must be conceded to them , because their fitness for the rights they demanded could no longer be denied . It was for these and similar reasons that he had so readily entered into the agitation for the Charter . Mr . Holyoake , after other remarks , sat down loudly cheered .

      Mr , Bkzer seconded the resolution . Ho believed that tho present Executive meant to do tlieir duty , and if their agitation was again a partial failure ( for liberty could not fail ) , he believed it would be the fault of the people ,, and not of their appointed head . The speaker concluded amid much applause . The resolution was then put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . Mr . Brisck , in an effective speech , moved a vote of confidence in the Executive , and called upon the meeting to render them effective support ^ . ; Mr . Elliott ably seconded the motion . " * 5 i V . '" Mr . Jokes , who on rising was received with tremendous applause , stated that he should more particularly direct their attention to the subject of the

      first resolution . It propounded the first rudiments of democracy . What did democracy mean ? It meant the right of every man to govern himself , so long as he did not injure his neighbour . With this limitation , it meant the ri ght of the majority to rule . "Oh , " cried the ignorant and timid , " The majority would rule badly . " -Let us reason . \ v hy ? . What is the motive impulse of man ' s nature ? Self interest . A man takes most cave of himself and bisown interest . What was the ostensible object of government ] The greatest possible good tothe greatest possible number . Then it followed that the greatest possible number should bo allowed to take care ¦ of themselves . That was democracy : But had they sufficient knowledge to choose , what was for their own good ? For democracy itself

      would be only an evil if its laws were not based on . justice and on wisdom , What did history teach them ? What states were the most prosperous , Persia , under its tyrants , or Greece under its democracy ? Rome with its plebeians , or Rome beneath its Emperors ? Spain with its kings , or Holland with its senators ? England with its Stuarts , or England with its Puritans ? America with its-Republic , or Great Britain with its Monarchy ? Who were the men fit to rule—the bishops , who opposed emancipation , or the people who enforced it 2 The Peers who resisted reform , or the working men . who carried it ? Tho landlords who combatted Free Trade , or the people who combined for it ? Tho poor who practised temperance , or the rich who

      only praised it ? Who deserved power—the men . who were idle , or the men who did the work ? Then men who pocket , or the men who pay ? But cry they " The world has always been thus—democracy is something new . " Democracy was older than their nobilities . Men existed before kings were crowned , and pulses bounded before chains were forged . But , again , the timid cry " Democracy , " means anarchy ! Look when the mob has becn ' let loose what horrors it has committed . Nine-tenths of man ' s atrocities had been inflicted bv the high born and •• enli ghtened , " the noble and the religious . If we are pointed to the criminals among the poor in the present day , can we not point to criminals among the rich ? How many Sloanes , or

      Uaynaua were to be counted in its ranks ? And what were the temptations of the rich compared to those of the poor ? Was the rich lady forced to go . upon the streets from the pangs of hunger ? Was the high-born child obliged to steal for food ? Was the wealthy . trader obliged to forge or rob to sustain life ? No ; but he forges and he robs , and yet he goes unpunished . If you deny a man bread , you may possibly deny him what he has not earned . But if you deny him work , you deny him that to which he has a claim . What good would democracy do them ? It would enable them to cry "stop thief" to the privileged robber , and toreclaim their own . Let them ask themselves these simple questions : —Will the man who lives on

      taxation lessen taxes ? Will the man who lives on tithes do away with tithes ? Will the man who lives by the army do away with war ? Will the man who Uvea by the Church do away with simony , or ho who lives on usury abolish the National Debt ? Would the men who lived on sinecures do away with class rule ? Would the men who lived on gross ignorance give them education , or those who profitted by their weakness , give them the franchise ? Common sense must convince them that these men would not commit such political and social suicide—they would not help to destroy theic own prerogatives . What they wanted done they must do for themselves . The only hel p they would get beyond that would be from tbe poorer portion of the middle class , whom poverty would force

      against their will to join them . The privileged united to crush thero , and they must unite to crush the privileged . ' . ' The oppressed against the oppressor , " must be the motto of their creed . When they obtained the Charter , they must destroy three monopolies—those of laud , machinery , and money— . the nationalisation of land would destroy the first ; the co-operation of labour would destroy the second ; these two would weaken the third , and prepare the way for man s commonwealth . Tho Charter was but the first step . Tho trumpet that sounded its victory would but blow the onset to the battle . Mr , Jones then went into the best means ofim * proving the org anisation , and' alluded to theassembling of the Manchester Conferer . ce , and concluded amid great applause . The resolution was carried unanimously

      A vote of thanks was given to tha Chalrmaa , and the meeting dissolved . A considerable number of members were enrolled , and a good collection received at the doora

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      JmLK MARiNES . -Du . ra g the fancy dress S ' ht SLi \ f "nexwnT wiSh the ll » Jal Astern Yacht Club , Lieutenant Hutchinson ia reported to Z J ^ w u ? bser v / tion to Captain Britten to the effect that his wife was "flirting , " that Cant . Britton resented the use of such a word in reference to his wife , and that the consequence was an altercation . and a kicking down the assembly-room stairs . The consequence has been a court of inquiry , and the placing of Lieutenant Hutchinson under arrest , and a court-martial is to be held to try the lieutenant . Exhibition of 1851 . —Her Maiesty ' s Commissioners have decided , in order to prepare for the reception of forei gn goods in tho ensuing week , that the public must be altogether excluded from viuitino the bailing after ' Monday next , tho 3 rd gfc February , , ! * "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01021851/page/1/