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      Jfov^Iber 20, 1847. The N0rth3grn Star

      JfOv ^ IBER 20 , 1847 . THE N 0 RTH 3 gRN STAR

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      "^ TflB O'CONNOR FESTIVAL AT NOTTINGHAM . fl , e ftiendt of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., having determined to celebrate hit return ts member for ( hj { borough , held a festival on Monday evening jjEt , inthe Exchange Hall and Assembl y Room . At the latter place , upwards of four hundred of both jjjes ( the fair sex being strongly predominant ) sat do wn to tea ; and their numlier was largely increased by fresh arrivals after the meal had been va taken of . The arrangements would have been yerv good , as there was plenty of everything

      protided , if the service of the provisions had been less ferdr ; - as it was , every time a basket of fond entered the room , it was immediately seized by the actire caterers for the respective trays , whose motto fceing suum cvigne , sundry friendl y small civil contests were the result , every time a fresh bone of pf contention was brought into the rooms by some alarmed and bewildered waiter . All having been at last served ( which process however extended over the space between the hours of five and seven ) , the at length satisfied company amused themselves in the several ways their fancy dictated .

      At seven o clock , as the last of the tea apparatus Was being moved away , R O'Connor , Esq ., attended by tbe Bev . W . Linwood , 0 f Manchester W p . Kcberts , Esq ., the * Miners' Attornev-General ' & c , tool : bis seat in the centre of the gallerv , amid the uproarious acclamations of the companv assembled brlow . Mr Charles Roberts , of Nottingham , having been called to the chair , brfeflv opened the proceedings by reading the following " sentiment — The people , the producers of all wealth , and the only legitimate source of power . '

      Mr Roberts having been called to speak to the above sentiment , addressed the assembly as follows : - _ I am here to-night for one simple p " urpose .-for but one ; aud for that I have travelled from Manchester , and shall have to travel back again to-morrow . I am here as a very humble member of the Chartist ranks , to thank you , the electors ofHottinrhatn , for the great service yon have done to the Cause of Chartism , and for the advancement which . yon have given to the cause of human progress , b y the election of Mr Feargus O'Connor to serve vou in Parliament . ( Cheers . ) This is really the purpose for which I am here to-ni ght ; for I consider it my

      duty , having received a verv flattering invitation from tie authorities who have convened you together- and knowing tbat onr struggle is to be fought in the House of Commons-knomnghow important It is for our cause that we should bare a powerful manthere-I did consider that it was mvduty te thank the Chartists of Nottingham for the service you rendered to that cause . ( Cheers ) Now with regard to the truth of the sentiment to which I am to speak , no man who can get two ideas together in his bead at the same time , can have anv doubt whatever that the people are the producers of all wealth ; this is indeed a truism in this and in eve ry

      ether time— ( Applause ) -and it is also true that theyare the legitimate source of all soverei gn power . Equally true it is that they have always been at tbe bottom of the tree , and have been a mart for the shafts of political power . ( Hear . ) But there is one thing to be observed now ; and that is , the people are in a different position frem what they ever were before , so far at least as this country is concerned ( Applause . ) It will not do for me to take up your time at very great length , seeing that ether speakers are 'to follow rue . and that we have elsewhere to go ; bnt still I may he pa-miited to mention one or two tb / . nes

      in which I think the people of this day are beyond those who have gone before them . The great fea : are of this day with regard to the people seems to me to be this ; that the people are one and all determined not to be bamboozled . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) I think that that feature rises pre-eminent ; aud 1 will give one or two reasons for that opinion . I was at a meeting at the Crown and Anchor a week or tea days ago , I was there invited , as here , for the purpose of Sleeting the Chartists : I had other engagements then , ts I have now ; and I thought it my dafy to be there , as here . I mention that , because a

      number of gentlemen who bad no engagements , had . all sent letters saying they had ; the fact being that they told a falsehood for the purpose of making an excuse for not being where they ought to be . ( Cries of' Hear , hear , hear . ' ) However , on tbat occasion ( and it is well to treasure up these things ) in one of the leading speeches , —intended to be , —of tbe sig ht , and it was one of the leading speeches in my opinion . tbougb it was a failure , —the leading speaker ofthe night was a Dr Epps ; and he was called forward to ( what he cabs ) heal the breach , and promote

      amicable feelings , and all the trash which they talk under the idea that the people don't understand them . He talked a great deal of very good stuff at the beginning , in favour ofthe People ' s Charter ; but after that he began to say that it did not matter to him whether the Charter was called by this name or the other name ; no , he did not exactly say that , that would have been too glaring ; but he brought it out soft and nice , and got it in corkscrew fashion . ( Laughter . ) He began b y telling the people that if he had a good dinner to sit down to , he did not mind whether the first dish was called a hare or a

      cat , so that he got a good dinner . ( Laughter . ) He had not proceeded ten words—certainl y not . twenty , — before the people , to whom as yet the whole idea was not fully developed , still it was brightening in them , —it was developing itself ; no sooner did they see the artful dodge , than there came such a burst of execration as stopped the man from proceeding any funher , —( laughter , )—and they told him , there and then , what they thought , and sent him home , with , bis cloak under one arm , and his umbrella under the other . ( Loud laughter . ) They told him that not onl y would they have tbe Charter , but tbey would have the Charter bv the name they bad

      fought for it , and no other . ( Great applause . ) He told them a great deal of what he meant for reason and logic , but it was stark nonsense . He said , * what does it matter by what you name get it , so that you do get it ? ' Why , if it does not matter to ns , what X ask , can it matter to the middle classes , if they are honest , that these princi ples are to be called'The Charter , 'if they really are honest in their devotion to . ( . these principles ? What we mean , we say ; in our devotion to the name , we say , first of all , tbat it is sustained by old , former contests , in days gone by ; and I say we will gain thevictorv under the same leaders , under the same

      banners , and with the same weapons , as those we had in former days . ( Applause . ) The practice is a wholesome and honourable one , and I see no reason to differ from it . But we say again , there is another reason : We say that with regard to the people who profess that devotion to the principles of universal liberty , bnt refuse to acknowledge them tinder a . particular name ; we say that we do not believe ia the honesty of those people . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) We believe that in endeavouring so to change tbe name , they will endeavour , at some future time , to fritter away first one p rinciple and then another— ( bear , hear )—and how easy itjwould be ! My friends , do yon know this ; tbat there is not

      one principle of the People ' s Charter but what has been acknowledged b y the veriest Whig iujexistencej Thereis a Whig dinner held every year somewhere in Covent Garden , at one of which the brother of Lord John Russell presided , some few years ago ; and the first toast ' given was . « Taxation without representation is tyranny , and oug ht to be resisted , ' I ask whether , as a p rinciple , there was ever a physical force Chartist that went further than that ? But then it is a mereprinciple-a thing to be talked about ; but when they get into the House of Commons , ? We must consider the circumstances . Half a loaf is better than no bread ' -and all the other trash comes fortn . with which freedom is taken from the

      mouths of the peop le . With regard to every principle of the Charter , itisthesame ; noWhigin existence but will say , 'I agree with youmthe abstract . ' The fact is , with these people ; Universal Suffragein the abstract , means downng bt tyranny inthefact . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Sowiftewy other principle ; they are prepared to let it be taken from their mouths , by some I *« <* **< £ awav its power while apparently adding to its strength . But tbe People ' s Charter-we v « J make them gaze at it- ( cheers ) -they must take the S « Points how they like , but they shall ^ ^ hem as a bill of rights , as an advance on the Reform Bill leof

      -thev shall take them as impelled by the F ^ p England , under tbe name ofthe Peop le s Charter . ( Cheers Now , this afiair of Dr Epps , « a strong JrooftometSatthepeopIe won't be bamboozlei There are other things which have tekenjdace lately , calculated to convey the same whole s ome lesson . OneiUhfe contest ahout the Land Plan Isay that p lan does offer a sound «^ bstant „ hopitotheW- ( APP ^ - ) T i ^ £ ! adopted it wHh their eyes « I ^ ^ . " £ j £ seeing acknowledge that «!»«* * ¥ & " £ g lorious battle in that shape , they wiU never fi ght it out at alL ( Cheers . ) Suppose Ohv * ™*<®> in nfirighteous waragainst wth ontr , had ordered ttateveryiaanshouldfint be made drunk , before

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      he enlisted under his banner—have a parcel of ribbons stuck in hit hat , and then be made drank again , and taken before a magistrate ; how long would hts army have kept to gether ? It was confidence in one mm that made it what it was ; and the Land Plan 11 based on that same confidence . ( Cheers . ) Our enemies feel that this isa mightv game ; a game that in its independence of all contingencies , ls sure to win the battle of the Charter 5 « ° «™ 7 \ . Wry IittIe addition t 0 the subscriptions , 2 , 000 labourers , a year will beaddedtothecountv constituency . ( Loud cheers . ) In this battle of the Charter , tbe people are prepared to wait . They know they are sure of success . I telieve tbatthough

      the counties have heen upheld as the strong holds of oppression , they will hereafter he found , under the plan , to be strong weapons against oppression . ( Loud applause . ) There is another thing which I think shows that the people are determined not to be cajoled , and that is this ' . —During the last two or three months , there have been a great number of feelers put out . There is a class existing pretending democratic princi ples , that affect to look upon the name of Whig as a term of disgrace , but yet they cannot yjin the Chartists because Feargus O'Connor is at the head of the Chartists . These men have propounded a variety of things . One says , * Do let us hare more baths and washhouses

      for the poor . Let us wash them " all , and make soap cheap . ' Another cries oat about the law cf primogeniture : and says that all the wealth should be divided amongst all the sons . Why we who believe that the sons are robbers as well as the fathers , do not much care bow the money goes . We feel that we can strike that off with a mere puff of the breath , when we have got the power into our own hands . ( Loud cheers . ) So with the Game Laws ' ; —which we know to be a nuisance , but we will not suffer our minds to he diverted from the one great thing—the People ' s Charter . I will tell you a story : ' There was once a Lord Mayor ' s dinner . Now , a great feature ofamavor ' s dinner is , that there is

      always three times as much to eat as all the people can eat put together . And atone of these dinners there vras a gentleman , who , the moment a leg of mntton came in , seized upon it , and was firing away as if He had had no breakfast or supper either . ( Laughter . ) A gentleman who was near him looked at him with marks of pity—almost with contempt . The other noticed this , and asked the other what he was looking at him for . ' Oh , ' says the other . ' 1 was thinking what a pity it was that . that fine appetite of yours should he wasted upon . that

      leg of mutton . ( Laughter . ) Why not wait for the venison—for the callipee and caUipash ? ' ( Laughter . ) So I say with regard to our political appetite—we will not waste it upon legs of mutton , but will wait for onr 'dinner , in order that when it comes , we may eat enough . ( Loud applause . ) Mr Roberts then advised the audience not to relax- their efforts ; an election might come on soon , and they would have to make their ground gond ; and . in concluding his address , he was again greeted with loud testimonials of applause .

      The following sentiment was given by the chairman : — Tbe health of our highly respected member of Parliament , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., tbe founder of our glorious Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and may he long live to enjoy the ccufidtsce aud blessing ef a grate fnl people . . . Fear g us O'Coxxor , jEsq ., rose to acknowledge the sentiment , amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits . He spoke as follows;—Mr Chairman , and my friends of Nottingham , —If on previous occasions I had failed to render vou any humble assistance in mv power ,

      when your own force was exerted to aid me in the great struggle for liberty , you might consider ray presence here to-night as something egotistic ; hut I . think that you . will pardon me when I remind you that I did not wait for my own triumph to see that commemorated in Nottingham , but that upon all occasions , when there was the slightest opportunity of giving strength to your cause , even when I was not a candidate for your suffrages , I exerted myself in your cause , feeling that I was bound alike to act for . the aggrandisement of another , as I was for my own promotion . ( Loud applause . ) But , however , it is to me a great and glorious triumph—not only that I have beaten your bitterest

      enemies , by your unpurchased and-unpurchaseable voices—{ applause )—but also in the fact , that what I see this night , both here and at the Exchange , convinces me that my . teaching has not been vain ; for at last , the very force , the very power to which , for fifteen years , I have been appealing , and for whom for fifteen years I have been struggling , I now see constituting the great , force ofthe Chartist ranks here—namely , the women of Nottingham . ( Approving cries of'Ah ! ah ! ah ! ' from several women . ) I always fold you that I would rather see the housewife teaching her husband , than teaching him myself ; I always directed your attention to the fact , that woman was the greatest sufferer from bad

      laws- ( applause )—that the man may find some consolation ; while the poor careworn , neg lected woman , who above all others ought to be protected , was obliged to hear the horrors of the law , through the inability of hex husband to support her in freedom . ( Applause . ) And , my friends , there is another very great triumph . in what this night presents to me . There was a time when we were assailed as violent peop le—destructive Chartists—but now , thank God , while the ladies of Nottingham are forced to shun religious meetings in the Exchange , because theological opinions cannot he discussed without bloody noses ( alluding to the late disgraceful proceedings in the Exchange Hall , under the

      Rev . Mr Blakeney ' s auspices ); the women belonging to the working classes are not afraid to commit their persons to the tender mercies of Chartism . ( Applause . ) We have been told by many , that it was hopeless to prosecute this cause ; that the oppression and opposition was too gigantic , and that tbe instruments in tbe bands of our enemies were too manifold ; but . when I remember the day when the Queen upon the throne was opposed to us ; when the lords were opposed to us ; when the Commons were opposed to . us ; when the press was opposed to us : when the bishops were opposed tons ; when the parsons were opposed to us ; when the mag istrates were opposed to us ; when the judges were opposed to us ; when the . juries were opposed to us ; when the army was opposed to us ; when the police was opposed to us ; when all the middle

      class influence was opposed to us , and when capital , and calumny , and misrepresentation , were all opposed to uj —we have dragged it through that , and now see it stand independent of them . ( Applause . ) Then , my friends , when what was considered a very violent and irapracticaole principle has been thus dragged throug h that ordeal ; what reason have we to fear for the practical illustration that wehave given of Chartism now ? For many years the far-seeking working men of this country have been asking the several disciples of the different political creeds to propound for them the really practical manner of their creed . The Tories said , Protection for homegrown grain : uphold the church , and the stability of the law . ' The Whigs said , Progress , progress , progress , progress ;; peace , retrenchment , and reformation ; but we cannot exactly define how it is to come . ' We were asked for a definition of our

      principles , and because we confined ourselves to agitation for political principles alone , we were unable to g ive a really practical definition of what our principles meant . But at last , when we did propound our principles , they seized our men by the ears , ard our women by the hearts . When by our p rincip les it was understood that the vast field was to be turned into a hospital , an infirmary , a cot , a school , a college : and when it was understood that every man should not only proclaim the right of a but that

      fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; Chartist principles met every man npon his own castle , on his own Iabbur-fieId- ( loud app lause ) -when . the Chartist princip le negatived the Tory principle , as far as regards the stability of Church and State as established by law ; when it negatived the principle of poverty becoming a degradation and a crime ; then , my friends , when Chartism negatived all these p rinci p les , aud showed what was its own principle , then it became the adopted of all nations and of all

      countries . ( Very great applause . ) This is some prog ress ; it is something to be proud of ; hut I maybe told , as I am told by some of the rabble of the press , that I shall have no weight in the House of Commons , in propounding these principles and enforcing them npon the legislature . But mark , my friends , and mark rae well . No law was ever made in the House of Commons , originating in that house , unless it was an oppressive law for the protection of the memliers of the house . The laws which were at first unpopular , —for which many men have been transported and hung—have been afterwards legislated upon ; but in the first instance the propounders of these were prosecuted and persecuted , and murdered . ( Hear . ) So it has been with Chartism ; but I believe you know that the great strength of the Land Plan -the great strength of Democratic

      principlesdepends upon this , and this only ; -tnat tnere is now a more matured mind out of thehouse , pressmgupon the knoraace and prejudice of the house- ( ioud app lause ) -and whenl apeak ia the House of Com-

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      mons , I do notspeak as Feargus OlConnor only ; - I do ,, not speak as the representative of Nottingham solely , but r speak as the month-piece 0 every induttrious man . in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . ( Prolonged cheering . ) And , my friends , unlike other agitators , demagogues ( names that I glory . in ) , they cannot intimidate me , nor can tbey purchase me— ( applause : )—they cannot divert me from my purpose , and for this reason , that it is now not a part of my existence , but it constitutes my whole existence , to see these women restored t < : their proper sphere in society—to see them taken from that labour which belongs to man , and placed once more in their own households , as the

      mistresses of their own families , sitting by their own firesides—( loud applause ) -and when they areill and unable to work , not compelled to go into a poor la * bastile . ( Applause . ) I am resolved that when a woman is sick , if 1 can secure it , she shall lie in her own bed , in her own house , with her own family around her ; and I have also resolved to do all J can to denounce idleness as a real crime in every man who is able to work , and has opportunity of so doing . ( Hear , hear . ) I look upon the idle man as a great criminal ; but I look upon the man who is strong , and willing to work , but obliged to beg , and disinherited from labour , with great p ity : and have there not been thousands of men in this country

      who have been disinherited from their legitimate labour , in consequence of the opposition of their roasters to their avowed principles ? Was it the will of the Creator that such disparity should exist between man and man ? My feeling is , not to fee 1 you in idleness , but te give you an opportunity for the sweat of your own brow to maintain your own families . ( Enthusiastic approbation . ) What princip le can be more g lorious than that ? ( Applause . ) Mr Roberts , told you that the law of primogeniture , and the other things complained of by many , were only so many small feathers growing out of the foul bird : so with Free-trade ; you were always for it : but our opinion was , that there should he a free trade in legislation , if there was a free trade in corn ; so that the labourer , if bread became

      cheaper , should have the benefit of it , and not the cap italist who reduced his wages to have the benefit of i * himself . ( Applause . ) Now all these princip les when dissected and perfectly apprehended , will constitute the literature of this age ; and hence the abuse of the press;—which ! court;—which Hove , —which I ask to continue;—it is my strength;—for the more fools show their folly , the more wise men mil become cautious of them . ( Excessive a » - p lsuse . ) The reason that the press is opposed to this Land Plan is , because upon all other subjects they may be speculative . About tbe Repeal of the Corn Laws , Tom , Jack , Will and Harry may all write their own opinions ; all will differ , but all will have disciples . The readers of Jack may think Tom a fool , but tbey will think Jack a wise man ; the readers of Tom mav think Will and Jack fools , but

      they will think Tom a wise man—( applause and laug hter )—but it is all theoretical and speculative . But the laud is hot speculative ; a large potato is a thing to be seen—( laughter )—a house from which no tyrant can compel you to go , is a thing to be comprehended . And , therefore , we have distanced them in national literature ; they cannot write about it ; it has come up-m him like a thief in the dark—like a bugaboo—like a ghost—like a babnon . ( Laughter . ) They tell you , my friends , that it is a bad thingnn <) in nothing more bad than because Feargus O'Connor propounded it . Why , if any other man bad propounded it , be would have been the scapegoat of the press ; but because 1 have shown you the

      track—shown you that every man by his own industry , spent upon his own labour-field , can support his own wife and family , that is the reason why they hate Feargns . O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) It was only this day I was reading an article in last week's . Economist—and that ia considered to be an authority for Free-trade—and it was a . review of a work « rii ten by a Frenchman , writing in favour of small against large farms . The Economist—one of the most perfumed papers of the Free-traders—has endeavoured to show that there is more production from large . farms than from small ones ; that is , that one man will produce in a day more than twenty men ! ( Laughter . ) Thus you may see tbat

      these men understand nettling about the matter . If a son of mine , nine years old , had written such rubbish as that , I would have whipped him and put him to bed . ( Loud laughter . ) Bat still you find that that will go down with the readers of the Economist . What is tbe deduction I draw from that ? Why , it won ' t go down with you . ( Laughter . ) I was reading that , in company with a dear friend of mine—a gentleman whom I see amongst you—on « who , not for the purpose of making money , but to give loose to his philanthropic feelings , has purchased 373 acres of the primest land in Lincolnshire , and is building cottages on my plan . ( Cheers . ) Now this proves that I was right in one thing . I

      told you that tbe Land Plan never could ha completely national until the Cbarferma . de it so . ( Applause . ) Bnt I told yon that to all sensible men , all wi * e , all sane men , I wonld so devel . ope tbe value ofthe Land Plan , tbat capitalists would be the very first to avail themselves of its security . ( Loud applause . ) 'Oh , but , ' says , the press , there is no security in land / The foolish attorney gives us ten per cent , on mortgage on the land , and won ' t take seven per cent , from others ; but still 'land is no security , ' while the promissory note of a banker , issued on his own security—this is rood security But the land docs not fly away ; and if the land does not go away , and if it does fail this year , it won't

      fail next year . 'But crops may fail . ' Well , the shuttle , the hammer , tbe steam engine may fail ; but if tbe wheat fail " , the potatoes won't ; and if the potatoes and wheat fail , cabbages won't , and tnrnips won't ; and in the same proportion in which these things don't fail , will they be a valuable exchangeable commodity for the thin < is that do fail . JSo that you will always have the real value of the thing that does not fail in exchange for the thing that does fail . ( Applause . ) There is a poor simpleton in this town who writes against this plan . Poorfellowl ( Laughter . ) I am told the children follow him , and begin to ask Timkins , how Tomkins is . ( Loud and prolonged lauehter . ) Thereis an unfortunate

      gentleman who , I hope , will one day ba restored to bis senses . ( Laughter . ) He takes upon himself to write upon the Land Plan ; and he ' s a practical agriculturist , because be has four or five flowers in geranium pots in hia window . ( Much amusement . ) This gentleman likes to be in perfumed company — in high company;—not in the company of such a low-lived reprobate as O'Connor . ( Laughter . ) This is . the very man that entertained Oliver the spy , whohung the two men in Leicester . ( Cries of * Shame . ") I promise you , before I have done with this man , to make such an exhibition of the immorality , tbe depravity , the villany of this press-gan » as no man ever was trounced in this world . ( Lond and long

      applause . ) And this is the great value ofthe Land Plan ; and my value to you , as your representative in the House of Commons , consists in the fact , tbat the press , thoush unwillingly , will be obliged to blazon it to the world . ( Loud plaudits . ) You will find that the American papers , and the French papers , are all full of Feargus O'Connor and the Land Plan . ( Tremendous applause . ) When I go into tbe House of Commons , tbe press of England will be obliged to notice it ; and I believe tbat Chartism will not be confined in the narrow limits of this seabound isle ; but that when the people of the universal world see the folly of one country importing from another country what it can grow itself , they will demand the land , and insist upon having it . Well , my friends , I believe tbat there never was such an exhibition in any

      country , as that which is now making in this country upon behalf of that principle . As Mr Roberts told yon , they are awake . The subscriptions are increasing . They are twenty-four fold what they were this time two years . This is what they are afraid of . ( Cheers . ) But now ' we are to meet en the 18 th . * How we apples swim J ( Laughter . ) Wo are to meet ,-u / e .- ( Lauebter . ) This is what Tom Bailey said on Friday . We are to meet on the 18 th November , and her Majesty ' s ' Ministers are going to ask for a Bill of Indemnity , vir ., to be forgiven for what they think they have done wrong . ( Cheers . ) We ask for no bill , because we do not think we have done wrong . ( Loud cheers . ) If her Majesty's Government can show me that they will do anything to improve the condition of the working classes , I

      would forgive them , with all ray heart ; ( Applause ;) I cannot judge of their fallibility or infallibility ; but if they can show me that their intentions arehonest —although hell is paved with good intentions , — then I will not be a party to any seeking to keep them out because they are Whigs . I have come to Nottingham , because 1 have observed there is ranch ignorance in the House of Commons of the objects , mctives , and interests of the people . . l ™ re °° me here now to remain with you from this till inursday , Friday , or Saturday , if necessary , to take counsel from the several professions and interests ; ana 1 will represent faithfully all those interests in the House of Commonaas they instruct me ; but I will know no interest , whim , or caprice , which is advewe to the interests of those upon whose labour all otner iun

      classes live . ( Loud applause . ) 1 go to me »««• Commons , not only to illustrate a great principle , hut to prove a great » " *»; - £ prove that every idle man m the state is a burden upon the state ; to prove that there isaufficieut raw material in *»« J" ™ . ™ employ every man in England at ««« m «« J ™ wages ; and therefore the crime of rile «« u a crime to be charged to the Government , and not to the man who is willing to work and »¦»«• » " " mense applause . ) Since I saw you last , 1 nave traversed those estates , - ! have seen thoseinim paupers . -thosemiserable allottees , , placed upon their own land , in the centre of their o * n labour , field . There ' s your townsman Tawes , -taKen iram

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      s- ^ . SwjAouB -e j I saw him with his five children , as lealthyand comfortableM " ever I " eaw '" fitfochildren nmy » fo v ( Cheer 8 . ) And . tbe , 'Rambler' having < uteu to you tbat Tawes ' was insuch ' a forlorn con-, tition , I told him that a gentleman who was with me was come to offer him £ 50 . down for his two , C m v- ' out ne «> t take it for ready money , ' « id ; his wife ; I was in the workhouse long enough . Just come out and see my three pigs . ' ( Oheers a » d auehter . ) I found her happy and comfortable . vTell .-have they come back to you ? No . On the ontrary . while all are reviling tbis Land Plan , you tre desirous to become dupes to this plan . ( Laugh-I "* . There is not a single woman in Noltinaham that is not counting the hours when she shall be

      1 , ra ^ d . Mr Roberts marfe one slight mistake , when he said , I added thousands yearly to the constituen"ic *; for I promise before next year to locate 5 000 on the land , and add them to the constituoncks . ( Immense cheering . ) I have already commenced a city . It has now seventy bouses , reared since the Uth of September ; and I will have 3 , 000 acres , and build 1 , 000 houses in the same time that I build one hoase . When I have one hoiwe to build , I let it * o a man to build ; if I have 1 , 060 houses , 1 let them to 1 . 000 men . I have , for instance , sixty sots of masons : I give four houses to four , six to six , eight toeight , and so on ; so that in the same time as 1 build one , I bu Id a thousand houses . ( Loud apr . lau « j . ) But if Lord John Mannersor Lord

      , George Bentinck . or D'Israeli , —if they had built nine or ten cottages , they would be objects of adoration ; ' Come and see the Bentinck cottages , ' or tho ' Manners villas , ' or the D'Israeli palaces ! ' But because 1 am building them for so manv as will relieve the labour market , they are damning it . ( Cries of 'Sbamp . shame . ') The moment ray plan becomes national , they will no longer dare to use oppression indforc ? . Why ? Because the Chartists will not take an > ( h ng buttlw Charter , and will demand an-1 insist upon having the land to support them . ( Loud and prolonged applause : ) You may rely upon it that our Government will dread to ' goad the people ; for the people aro Wi-11 prepared , not for physical ; but moral resistance ; and when the government is

      hampered , as it will be presently , if itjdai-es to go to war , — ' when the cat ' s away the mice may play , '—( lauEshtev)—and when they came to ask tbe people what they want , the people won't say , ' wc want the spit for the leer of mutton , '— -the Charter without tbe Land ; but they will say , « we want the spit with the leg of mutton upon it , '— the Charter with the Land I will pronound these important principles in the House of Commons as fearlessly as I propound them here . . When I met the ex-member for Nottingham on several occasions , here , I did not then quail in the presence of a minister of the crown . And when I was in the House et Commons before , I did not quail before the authority of the crown —( loud ap . plause)—or the power of taction or party . And when

      1 go there again I will do the same . I go with redoubled force , and f » r that reason . The Free-traders say that I do not represent your . 'feelings . Well , you know my power of locoraetion ^ Let them tell me thatbsfore the Easter recess , and in a fortnight I will take them back three , four , dr five million sirnature ? , showing that I only do represent the work , ins classes . ( Tremendousplaudits . ) . 1 do not . mean only I ; but l 8 ay ,. th ' ahk God ! we have our Thomas Sling sby Duncombe , our leader , your leader , ray leader—a man who has withstood more calumny , more pelting in the House , of -Commons , than any other man . It ' s something to do , is tbat—it is differentfrom addressing a friendly audience of this kind . It is very different when a man is placed in such cir-v

      curastanccs as Mr Duncombe has been . Thomas Slinssby Duncombe shall ho alwars our leade , and I will be always at his back . ( Loud apphtuVe . ) You are told to have confidence in the press—in joint stock bankn , in railway speculations , in your corporation . That reminds me of an affair I saw in vour last Friday ' s Review . ' £ 41 . 81 , for mops ! O Tomkins ! ' 'Well Tinikins—ainkin 2 the candles and soap in the mops , as we sink the cattle and straw in the straw ! ' And then ^ Tomkins , £ 421 . for fccdinp the paupers , and £ 2 . 521 . for , keeping the police . ' Now what do you think of that my friends ? ( Cheers . ) Doyou suppose I would court the support of the corporation of Nottingham , to . keep in . the back ground and hide that ? If the corporation of Nottingham

      possessed a majority of votes , and produced such > balance sheet as that , and said , ' Be still , and we will give you our votes , ' I would not dp it ; I would expose it . Why has not Bailey exposed this ? Because he is a poor minion of the corporation , ho is their , dog , and he is afraid to say , ' Bow , wow , wow / against them . ( Loud laughter . ) You send mo to the House of Coramons to tell the minister that the cultivation of the natural resourcefl of the country is the great means of destroying pauperism in the country—the great means to lead to glory , self-respect , national honour and aggrandisement . You send me to represent your feelings , yotir wives' feelin g s , and your family interests . ( Loud cheers ) And now as I have to address another portion of my

      constituents—for I look at the non-electors as well as the electors of Nottingham as my constituents—( tremendous applause)—in another place ; I am sure you will say that I have performed my duty here to night . ( Cheers . ) But now mind ; all the blame , the fault , the crime of my ignorance—if T am ignorant about local matters—will fall upon those who neglect to give roe information ., I have come here as no member of Parliament every did before—not like , a couptryman of mine , Mr Bennett , who bought his constituents ,, and when , they said , 'What , sir , would you sell your country V 'Ay , ' he answered , 'and glad I am that I have a country to sell . I bought you and I will sell you . ' This is what Sir John Cam Hobhouse comes here for . (

      Out-Cries . ) But I did not buy yen . I came here with a £ 5 , note , and I took back 41 . 17 a . 6 d . ( Loud cheers . ) As I did not buy you , I will not sell you . ( Repeated cheering . Whenever the interests of any class in Nottingham requiie my presence here , I will corae down , not at their expense , hut at my own . I wonder Mr Bailey did not canvass Lord Ashley ' s balance-skeeA . £ 87- expenses for travelling ! That is in the Times newspaper , —not noticed in the Mercury . I have not asked you for that , and although the men of Manchester insist upon a large and beautiful mansion being bought for me , 1 refuse it ; I will not accept a fraction —( tremendous cheering)—and for this reason , my friend ? , that I have told you that the characteristic of a . patriot was to live useful

      and die a pauper . ( Shouts of applause . ) ' I do r > ot know now whether Tom Bailey will let me die a pauper . He is making me so rich that I have resolved that my children who have been located , instead of paying rent in May , shall pay none till November , because I will pay it out of my own pocket for them , trusting them to pay me after . Out of evil comes good . Tom Bailey bas done tbat . Don't mind wbat the press says . Stick to your own opinions . There is one thing which ought to be printed upon the tablet of every man s memory , and placed under her pillow by erery woman of this land , and read when she goes to bed , and rises . every morning . She should take this apothegm to bed with her , sleep upon it , dream upon it , — ' It is iraposaib'e for the canitalist

      who lives upon capital to represent labour . ' The man whb makes a profit upon it is not a proper person to represent it . ( Cheers . ) I have shown you a thousand times the startling fact , that if labour is only one to ninety-nine other classes in the state , that the ninety-nine cannot represent labour ; but it labour be represented , I defy it to represent itself fairly , without at the same time conferring advantage upon every other class . I went to-day and ' yesterday to see my friend ' s cottages . They are precisely the same as mine ; my lot cost £ 100 . each , but hia cost £ 150 . each . So that by every hundred cottages I build , you have £ 5 , 000 . saved by my overlooking it If I build five thousand cottages in the year , multinlv five thousand by fifty , and you frnve £ 250 , 000 .

      out of my labour in one year . ( Tremendous approbation . ) Now as Tomkins says to Timkins ' these figures is real things . These figures is awkward things ! ' I owe . everything to you . I do not tb ink I am likely to forgot the lesson you taught me , and I am sure I shall not forget the duty I owe to your wives and families , I have now done my friends , and wish you a good night . Mr O'Connor left tbe room amidst ahurrie-me of applause , at half-past eight o clock , and went immediately to the Exchange . The Rev . W . Linwood then rose , and was recetved most warmly . In allusion to Mr O ' Connor ' s strictures upon the press , Mr L . said that the press ought to be the teacher of the people , free from all

      corruption , and above tbe reach of bribery ; ought to know no class and fear no party , but should stand between the people and justice , and aid the people in their career of interminable prowess . It must be acknowledged that the press of England was far too servile , lie spoke this with all sincerity . He had the . honour to be connected with the most democratic journal in this town ' , amine could frankly . any , tbat during the whole time that he had been ' connected with tho press ^ he had never penned a line in opposition to his own sincere convictions ; and when ever the time should arrive when it should appear necessary to write in opposition to those principles , or compromise the interests of tho working classy he would then throw do wn'his pen , vacate the edit' rial stool , and wait for the arrival of the period wh n in honest man mi ? ht find literary employment . ( Load applause . ) He had always since he ent red this

      neighbourhood , been an advocate for tht Peoples Charter . ( Cheers . ; From that point be lad never swerved , and the more he thought nnon this subject , the mere be was convinced that until tbe people obtained political power , the working clashes could not be permanently happy , nor enjoy those blessings which a bounteous Creator had provided for the enjoyment of all . ( Cheers ) Let any impartial man look over the surface of England at the present time . Let him look at the workhouse , on the ene hand , and the prison on the other . Let him go into these ghastly squares that' adorned' the great metropolis —those loathsome courts and alleys where ventilation and drainage were unknown ; and then , when he had surveyed the two extremes of our selfish civilisation—the princely splendour and the most consummate squalor , —Jet him say , was it not time that a great and glorious reform was accomplished ? Were they to believe that nature was thus partial ?

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      that the God of Nature InteBdedJie few to enjoythe mahrto ^ hdure?— ' * v " * " ' ' - ' ¦'¦ - ' * - 'Did God set MrcurtatsB of lig ht in the skies , . That man should look up with the tears in his eyes t Bid Ood make this earth so abundant and fair , That man should look down with a groan of despair ! Did Qqdfil the world with harmonious life ,. Tbat man should go forth with destruction and strife t ' DM God scatter Freedom o ' er mountain and wave , That roan khould exist ai a tyrant and slave ? A » ay with so hopeless , so joyless a creed , " For the ' oool that believes it is darkened indeed . '

      There were certain classes in this country who invariab ! " declared themselves the friends ef what they Billed abstract trnfb . One of the speakers who had preceded ; him had referred to men who called themselves' ' Chartists in the abstract . ' Yes , there were many such men ;—gentlemen in lemon-coloured gloves ,, with patent leather boots on;—eentbmen who had noobjection to tread the high-road of reform , provided it was so clean and soft that they could walk in silk stoclcingsand pumps —( laughter )—these were the kind of reformers who talked absufc the Charter bting true in the abstract . Why , what an absurdity was this 1 If it was true in the abstract , why not endeavour to gain it ? That which was true in the abstract , was eternally right , eternally good .

      ( Cheer * . ) Did such gentlemen ever dine in the abstract ? ( Laughter . ) Did they ever make money in the abstract ? No , most assuredly no . Then why admit that a principle was true in the abstract , and yet refuse to aid ; tho triumph of that principle ? But a c-Ttainplan in which they ( the audience ) were all interested , had been assailed . He referred to the Land Plan . Now there appeared ( o him to be something- very practical about the Land Plan , if tho people would only persevere . Tho people must hold this * as the maxim of every true reformer , —the psoplc must look to themselves f or elevation , for freedom , for everything which they believe to be in harmony with justice . and calculated to promote their eood , ( Loud plaudits . ) There was one other subject to

      which he must allude before he sat down , and that wa » , tbe growing power ofthe spirit of Democracy . II they would look over the surface of modern Eurnpo tht : y would find a movement in favour of lab ur , going on in wellnigh every country . ( Applause . ) Ancient pilfis were shaking ;—ay , ' neath the shadow of tbo Vatican , tbo spirit of freedom : now moved , and the reprosentative ofthe most servile of potentates had started forward as one of the most earnest lovers of reform . ( Applause . ) It was a glorious thing to see the Pope , wielding at once the power of the priest and that of the friend of human progress;—a clorions thing to believe that ere long tbe hymn cf liberty would mingle with the music of old Tiber ' s wafers;—that where the martyr

      was once sacrificed , there tho patriot should be crowned . ( Applause . ) But why did he instance Italy alone ?—if they went to Prussia , the movement was there;—to France , the movement was there : —ay , and though some one did . say that Poland was dead , —that she ' was blotted out from among the nations , yet still the old spirit t-f Polish nationality stirred in its bloody grave , and heaved with ( hat vitality that would ultimately accomplish for it a glorious resurrection . ( Very great applause . ) Men might revile freedom as they chose ; they might sneer and seff at thee who hailed freedom , as hunters after popularity and applause , if thoy chose ; but freedom was man ' s birthright , and it had ever been at work , if not as an upper ,

      at all" events as an under current . What was the , history of the human race but the history of the triumph , —the sure and certain advance of freedom . And what constituted the glorious idea which tbey entertained in connexion with the visionary future ? It was the idea that in that future to which tbey were lonkintr , there would be no tyranny , no slavery ; bnt ' roan with man will brother be . ' To aid in hastening on that glorious consummation , was his work , and the work of every one who stood forward , not only as a teacher of the people , through the medium of the press , but likewise as a teacher of practical , not

      sectarum ; religion , through the medium of the pulpit . For never let it be forgotten tbat-while nature told us that all men are brothers—when she poured forth the , open sunshine , and sent forth the refreshing dews for the sustenance of , all—Christianity told us to love one another , and declared that the divinest worship that men could render to tbe common Creator , was that holy , that warm sentiment of brotherhood , which gave him to sympathise with , —to aid and respond to all the wants and feelings of the great human heart . { Lr . ud applause . ) The following sentiment was read 6 y the Chairroan : —

      Tbe Peoples Charter and no Surrender ; and may it soon become the law of this country , and be a beacon / or all nations , as the only means of the people ' s possessinjr their moral , social , and political liberty . This having been heartily responded to , the Chairman vacated his post , and the room was cleared for the dancing , which was k ? pt up to a latehour .

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      TEE EXCHANGE ROOMS . At five o clock , these extensive rooms were filled to an overflow , there being upwards ot COO welldressed males and females assembled and taking tea together . At eight o ' clock , Mr Motl took the chair , and addressing tbe audience said , the honour of presiding over them had been conferred upon him , and if tbey would be very silent , so tbat all might hear , he would read : over some letters which he had received . The first was from Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and was as follows : — Brighton , Kov . 1 , 1647 .

      Dear Sir , —J Hgrct to say , that aiy health cnatinuM so precarious , that it will be impossible for me to bo present at yoar Jubilee on the 8 th inst ,, but be assured that there will be no one there present , who more sincerely rejoices at tho return to Parliament , of Mr O'Connor than I do , aad to whom I beg you will convey my best regards . I have the honour to be , dear Sir , Yours faithfully . Mr W . Mott , Nottingham . , Tnos . Doscohdb . The next was from George Thompson , Esq ., the member for the Tower Hamlets : — London , Oct . 14 , 18 * 7 . Sir , —I have tbe honour to aeknowlailgs the receipt ot your favour of tbe 18 th . A public engagement in another part of England at the time mentioned in your note forthe »» r « to commemorate the leturn of Mr

      O'Connor will prevent me from accepting the invitation which the committee of management , through you , have been bind enough to forward me , I am , Sir , respectfully yours ,. Mr Win . Mott . Geo . Thompson . The third was from Lord Rancliffe : — Bunny Park , Nov . 6 , 1847 . Sir , —I regret much tbat tbe state of my health is such as to prevent my attending any large meeting . Will you be good enough to present my compliments to Mr Feargus O'Connor , and tell liim , had it not been for that , I should bavo bad much pleasure in attending to celebrate bis return for Nottingham . BeliDve mo , yours radically , RANCilFfE . 68 , Itussell-fquaro , Oct . 29 , 1847 .

      Sir , — -I beg ta thank you for the flatterinsr invitation which you have been kind enough to send mo , for the tea party on the 8 th November , bat , whilst I feel deeply grateful . to those gentlemen who intend te mshe it an occasion of celebrating- my return , I cannot bat be aware tbat my name will be liable to be associated with opinions from which I entirely dissent , and wbich I am content to see monopoliasd by my worthy colleague . I therefore beg leave respectfully to decline tbe honour of being presint on this occasion , And remain , Sir , yours faithfully , Mr Mott , Nottingham . John Waltzb . Hastings . Sussex , 18 tb October , 1847 .

      My Dear Sir , —I ihould have real pleasure in attend ing tbe tea party on the 8 th proximo—but as Mr O'Connor and myself start for Scotland by the 14 th , I am obliged to make the most of my time between this and then , in writing of legal matters . I am dear & ir , your ' s truly , Eknest Jones , Mr V 7 m . H . Mott , Nottingham . He would now proceed to the business ofthe evening , as they were anxious to begin to dance . The fiftt toast he had to propose was : —

      The people , the producers of wealth , and the only jouree of legitimate power . The gentleman who would respond to the toast was W . P . Roberts , Esq . , the Miners' Attorney-General . ( Applause , ) He thought it was tbe first time this gentleman had appeared before a Nottingham audience , at a public meeting , but he trusted it would not be the last . He had great pleasure in stating tbat'thero wore 398 females in that room , and he was sure he would rather have one ' woman than ten men . as at the last election tbe women worked like slaves , for wherever there was a voter th v found him , whether ho was in the garret , the

      00 lar , or the chamber . ( Applause . ) He then introduced the first speaker . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., having bsen received with warm applause , said ho had just been addressing an over numerous meeting at the Assembly Rooms , in responding to the same toast , and with the permission of the audience , ho would , as nearly as he could , say the same words over again that ho had said there . He then made a Ion sr address , and just before tlw conclusion , Mr P . O'Connor , the Rev . W . Linwood , and other gentlemen , entered the room amidst enthusiastic applause , and took their seats on the platform . TheCbairman said the next toast was : —

      _ The 1 , 849 independent electors who voted , on tbe 28 th of July H » t , for Jtsargus O'Connor , E » q „ M . P ., for Nottingham . * ' ' .. Mr DquMAjrniost cordially responded to this toast , and eulogised in warm terms the conduct of thar leader , Mr Feargus O'Connor . He congratulated the meeting on the progress of democratic principles , and alluding to the charges wbich had been made against their leader , said there were two objects m view , one of which was to cause b l J « pen au » property , till it should be all gone in his own defence ,

      and the other to harrass bim till he is worn oat . It . he > were- ; ruined * with expen 8 e 8 , ^ and ;* his ... p hysical powers were destroyed ! then his enemies would bo gratified . ; butitwasthedutyof the people to fight with him m his battles , and if they " could not win , Iodic with him . ( A pplause . ) After the sentiment given at the Assembly Rooms was again passed , Fbarqos O'Connob , Esq , M . P ., then rose and was received with unbounded applause , which having subsided , he delivered an address of considerable length . He never in his life was mere desirous than on this flccasion to belike-Sir Boyle Roche ' s bird , to be able te bo in two places at one and the same time . It was , said of a celebrated Irish race horse that he always run best on

      one course , because he always won there . If , said he , I do not run better , I always feel more inclined for my race at this spot than in any other . I was going to tell you what ! wish to do , now lam become vour member . It is true that the common course of members of Parliament as soon as they have received the sweet voices of the electors , is to make their bow and come no more near till the next elec tion ; but believing , as I do , that it is the duty of a representative—I will say of an honest representative of the people—to do much good to his con stituents , I have taken the unusual course , not to ask for your votes only , but to ask you to instruct me in ray duties as your member , If there ever was a time when

      members of Parliament required instruction from their constituencies , it is at the present moment . The cnnstitutionofEnglandmay . be supposed to be the same as it was in the last Parliament , but the system bas been so shaken through the instrumentality ofthe late elections , as to render it impossible to say what the complexion of the next Parliament will be ; the government is bewildered ; their currency is out of joint ; legislation is entirely gone ; and as they cannot make both ends meet , trade is entirely at a stand still . At all other periods of our history , tbe meetine of Parliament has been a humdrum thing on the first Tuesday in February , when the Q , ueen ' s opening speech was delivered ; but now there is a change , and as the Times says , it cannot be

      conceived what ministers can do . ( Hear , hear . ) One-third ofthe Parliament are untried men , upon whom the ministers cannot calculate . Now it becomes yourbounden duty to try by all possible means to augment the 'd ifficulties of the ministers ; it becomes your duty to' show to the 220 new representatives , that the popular mind of tbe country is more advanced than it was , and to teach them useful lessons for tbe next election , when jou will bo better prepared w fight the battle of democracy . The aristocracy has been trying to put me down ever since 1823 , but the . assembly in this room is the answer , and if tbey try for another half century they will not put mo down . ( Hear , hear . ) lam glad to hear the Land Plan associated with my name , as it

      gives me an opportunity of speaking on what Sir Robert Peel has called the science of agriculture . This science is , in its infancy , ^ but from what has already been developed , it is quite clear that if any able-bodied man . in the country is a pauper the fault lies with the government . The labour of the poor is taxed seven millions a year to feed the idlers in the country . I take it that no man would bo aa idler if he could earn an honest livelihood . The reason why seven millions a year are paid is because the poor are compelled to work for low wages . I have been thinking , while we , Vere getting corn from all the world , to be paid for out of the hard labour of our artisans ; and while our merchants and bankers have been ruined by their own folly , how

      easily the people might have been placed upon the land , and produced all they wanted ; but no ; tbe masters don't want to go to the doors of the workmen and rap at the brass knocker , and say to John Jones , 'Will you come and work for me for a month ?' The answer would bo . ' It' you would give me aa much as I can earn on my farm 1 will come . ' , ' How much is that V ' Three pounds a week . ' ( Laughter and applause . ) ' Then 1 will give it you ; ' and away goes John Jones for a month . Would not this be better than going to the poor law bastile ? . ( Ap . plause . ) The cost of the poor in this country ia seven millions a year ; now if the government would allow a poor man two acres of land , at £ 30 . an acre , build him a house for £ 100 ., and let him have a

      capital of £ 40 ., ( and thus apportion £ 200 . to each pauper , till six millions of the poor rates had been applied , leaving one million for tbe sick and helpless , the governmeat would save thirty . five per cent , on the poor rates , and free the country from pauperism . ( Applause . ) I can prove this by figures which neither Timkins nor Tomkins can disprove , and if this be not done , the government is chargeable with all the p werty , with all the vice , with all the crime , that exists in this country . ( Applause . ) Tho great benefits which you have achieved by tbe late election will be felt when the squabbles fake place in tbe House of Commons , which is like a cock-fight ; for as soon as I shall have opportunity , when I have watched events , and the parties fighting like two

      dogs for a bone have dropped it , I shall pick up the bone and say ' Here is the people ' s share of the fquabble . ' ( Laughter and applause . ) You find that the government are obliged to assemble Parliament three months earlier than usual , because the government system is paralysed , and it is impossible to receive through the Excise and Customs—that is through ^ dissipation and : drunkenness—sufficient money to carry on the government . ( Applause . ) I bare always found tbe government an obstacle to the progress of the people . Last Saturday , I was going by train from London , and at the same time Lord Je-hn Kussell and the Cabinet Ministers were setting out for Windsor , when the train I had to go by wa-f delayed half an hour on account of their trip .

      Now , I remarked at the time tbat tbe government always stopped the people from making progress , and here was an instance in point . ( Applause . ) He then treated upon tbe cost of the Church;—the guessing of the Times , which is the Ministerial baremeter as to the future;—the versions given as to the causes of tbe late famine;—and cautioned the people around him not to be bambotzled by the press . He charged the government with raising taxes out of the drunkenness and vices oi the people;—insisted that the Established Church did not live in the affections ef the people , and declared that he was ofthe highest order of the aristocracy , but he had been promoted to a commission in the democracy . He would stand by his order ; he meant not

      as Lord ( irey did , the aristecracy , but the order of labour . He defied the aristocrcy to thrive , unless the labourer was requited for his labour . ( Hear , hear . ) He mentioned the circumstance , of Mr Allsop buying land at Lincoln , and the saving effected by bis Mr O'Connor ' s superintendence ofthe building of the cottages , and the reason of the press taking against the Land Plan . There were S 98 women in tbat hall , beside men , ar . d he wished every man was a woman into tbe bargain ; and there were nearly eight hundred members of the Land Company in Nottingham and its neighbourhood . ( Applause . ) He expressed similar sentiments to those be had uttered at the Assembly Rooms , relative to women constituting the great force of the Chartist ranks in

      Nottingham , and tbe proceedings at tbe Exchange Hall . when tbe Rev . Mr B / akeney delivered his last lee- - ture , contrasting tbe scene of the present meeting ; with the results on that occasion . I will give jou l ( said he ) an instance of the effect of women taking c up the Land Plan , and then yon will see that I had I rather have one Mrs Caudle to give lectures , than l ten Mr Caudles to lecture to . A very short time a ago , a man came to Lowbands , and said he was anxi- ious to enter tbe Land Company . I told him it was a Sunday , and the secretary was not there . ' D—nit it ( said tbe man ) I must and will join : for ever since ( 6 last Sunday night , I have not had a wink of sleep , j , through my wife continually saying , 'Wilt thou join in the Land Plan ?—wilt thou join the Land Plan « ' «'

      ( Laughter , loud applause . ) This man took £ 6 . 6 s . id . d . out ef his pocket .- and insisted on leaving it with th some one before bo . went away . ( Applause . ) Take Iso this as an illustration of bow the plan is working . II have always told you that the man who would not lot contend for his political rights , is a coward , anddcea iea not deserve to have them ; but if the men will con- intend as tbe women do , we shall very soon have all ali we want . I would rather have one thousand women ien engaged in this matter than three thousand men , en ,: because the woman is the person who is compelled lCu to bear the hardships ; to carry the baby ; to bear eas all the reviling ? , and tco often the blows of the dis-diBheartened husband . He then spoke of the effects of a of bad laws upon the poor , both to men and women , ien , and recommendtd the

      readers of the Mjkcort . tor to > save their money , expended for a paper every week ^ ek ,, and to invest it in the Land Plan . He had beeiueent told that a tnend of his had been that day to a friendjendl ot Mr Bailej s , where he was gone to dine , to ask ink ill Mr Feargus O Connor could come to meet Mt Mti Bailey amongst his friends ? « No ( said his friend ) jmd ) , i , if feargus O Connor comes , Bailey will not come . ime . . bo that Bailey actuall y runs away at the name ofne oil Feargus O Connor . ( Applause . ) Ho had not yet yell shown a millionth part ofthe Land Plan which he in < ie in * tended to carry eut , and whatever difficulties migbtoighU c- mo , he wonld either conquer them or die . WhertfherM were the shopkeepers , with their empty tills and ancc their gaily dressed wives ? Where were the advoadvoi cates of Free-trade ? Why were they not in thai thai ! room ? Why did they not give their support to thio th « Land Plan , which was in accordance with tbe deae del

      claration of the Bible . ' that man should Jive by thoy thii sweat of his brow V Why is it , ( said he , ) that I an I ani branded by the press and what do I care for thor thin press ? I am able to maintain myself above the thm whole press . And why ? because I am clad in J inn coat of mail ; I have pot truth on my side , andaondana in the rig ht . Formerly when we went into the agrie agrii cultural districts , and asked a labourer wbat he prae pros fessed , he used to say' Church and Queen . ' Btf Bm ask him now what he is , and he vtill tell you . ' iu . ' h Chartii-t , your honour . ' 'And what docs that mean bean \ \ He will / say'A house and land . ' ( Applause . ) I wi ' I wii undertake to raise for the goven , mont a properiropertt tax of ten per cent , upon every hundred acres oi lanot lana in the country , without laying a single penny upoy upon the land-owner or labourer , if landlords will on'ill on ' i adopt my plan . Allow every man who is a tonantenant at-will , and holds 100 acres of land , for which Hiieh 11 now pays £ 100 . a year , to have a lease for ever : ever !

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20111847/page/7/