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grass , and having increased alarminglv in the lastlew weeks , the employers have resolved to stop its . farther progress by the issuing of a bond making it imperative to leave the union or be dismissed the employment instantly and direct Ti p to this time the "workmen have submitted to many littfe deprivations rather than strike , and thereby endanger their cause but ^ npw they have no alternative , thev must strike or leave the union—must give np the only defence they possess asainst tv ffess , ana naTinsf inerAasprl nl-irmino-i-D-in + T , n
rsmy and oppression , orperishinthelan e and road side ; for the next step after leaving work wiU be to turn them from the houses . Well , bad and severe as this ordealmay be—and the men lavetried ifbefore—I have great pleasure an stating that the workmen are resolved to test once more the strength of their employers , and thereby establish their right to meet and discuss then- grievances , and to fix the rate of wages and the hours of , work , which b y the laws of the realm they are entitled to do . Tours & e ., , M . Jude ..
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T HE LA S D PLA N v . THE P E O PLE . TO IEAHGCS O ' COSXOH , ESQ ., JI . P . Respected Suv-ft appears tome self-evident , if the Land Plan is not to be activel y and energetically earned out by those having a ' direet interest in its snecess-the shareholders-it will soon he mmberedamong the th ingsthat wore . The shareholders disregardtptheirown interests will compel the Director y to wind np the Company , not according to then- own calm judgment of what is best but even without allowing them io exercise any iudgment in the matter , for without money it is impossible to purchase land , and without land no
member can be located ; and , in a word , without the Company , as » body , do their duty , pay up their shares , and put it in the power of the Directors to do theirs , the progress of the whole concern must conic to a dead stop until such time as reproduction set the movement once more in motion , and that , at the best , can onl y be at a snail ' s pace . Sow , Sir , my conviction is , that the hitherto futile attempts to get the Company registered , have been the means of paralysing the shareholders ; they tnew nothing about what they were doina neither do they know at present whether it be possible ever to get the Company within the pale of "WW " law . °
Jow , Sir , as Whigs , and Tories also , may have a sincere veneration for their own laws , —laws , which have proved so useful to their own orders and so very dangerous to all other orders , at a time too when the people imagine they could make much better laws themselves , why are they in this instance untrue to themselves ? Let them prove by their confidence in themselves , and in you , that they can dispense with Whi g and Tory laws , ay , and Whigs and Tories too ; unless they prove by their conduct that they can dispense with both , then -why not calmly Lear the infliction ? Xow . Sh * , 3 would say at once , lay aside all thoughts of Whi g registration , forbefore they
, allow you to succeed , they will- do their utmost to lain both you and company with expenses , and then turn round upon you , and accuse you of deluding your dupes to ruin ; although I hope , by this time , the greater part see clearly enough who is anxious to ruin them . Leave registration then to the first Chartist Parliament , and , perhaps , they will grant an act instead . Ask nothing from the present encumberers of office , the nation ' s dead Treight ; do not give them an opportunity to do mischief , because they are incapable " of doing good . Leave them to themselves , and show them that selfconfidence is ten thousand times stronger than all their laws . Seek no Whig protection , and the
people will seek no protection hut your honesty ; re-open the Company anew , for the admission of new members , and allow all the dissatisfied to sell out as they best can , but let their sale he through the Directors , so that new members may have an opportunity of purchaang their shares . Establish the ballot as formerly , taking bonuses from all who hare money to spare * ; raise the price of shares from £ 16 s . to £ 2 , and raise the location money from £ 710 s . to £ 10 a share ; and as a great many people are beginning to see that they cannot manage so much land as they at first imagined , reduce their number of shares , but not below two ; and those who think they have not enough -increase them
to eight : and all paid-up members to pay threepence per share quarterly ( over and above the Expense Fund ) , whether located or not , until the whole arclocated ; leave the Company open until such time as it is fully and entirely purged of all malcontents , or-until such time as the Company thinks proper to close . Also make it imperative on all shareholders to pay at least three halfpence per share , weekly , until the whole be paid up . Let mutual confidence henceforth he the Company ' s motto , and we shall see how long the "Whigs will protect themselves on the Treasury benches , when opposed to the united will of a whole people , strong in union , and confident in that strength . I have seen it hinted , to merge the Land Plan
into Mr . O'Connor ' s Xew Plan ; this is far from complimentary to Mr . O'Connor ' s Jong and arduous struggle which the Land Plan has already cost him ; neither is this new move calculated like the Land Plan to benefit the poorest of the poor : the 2 few Plan has a mission to perform , and 1 trust its effects Trill be politically as well as socially felt . Mr . O'Connor ' s plan is well calculated to secure ^ he county representation , and I trust he will be powerfully supported . Mr . Skevington ' s plan is also twell calculated to secure the representation of the
targe ciues , uorougns , anu towns , mm sucn weapons in the people ' s power , I do hope that before there is another general election ( if it comes not before 20 th of July , 1 S 50 , ) the people will so he prepared to meet Whi g John Pinahty , and his friends , as to convince them that they really do Bant organic reform . If ever the people should petition parliament , let ivery one send Ms own petition , it will only he the ixpense of the paper , and let the House be floated sith millions of them . lam , dear sir , Panmure-street , Brechin , A . Campbell
July 16 , 1849 . J P . S . —1 have just seen the -Star , and observe the iuarterl y meeting of the Aberdeen branch of the land Company , the branch to which I belong . It appears the local Directors and members are yet to learn the practicability of a plan thoy have been managing and supporting for the List three years , — they say it has beoomeimpracticahle , butdonot give any reason , knowing as they must- do that the fault lies in themselves . They censure the whole bciy o * Tircct ' . 'i ? , :. s Rctlisg a ¦ . ^ honourable bsu . t'Ccn'ife t-i ^ y are pleased i < countenance Mioils-.-rp-33 , tvhsciiii vvzld appen - - tho Aberdojttxr- . ' - - . ass :- : - i " .-iw as a ); oj . ^ suk :.- shop , forgetting . - ' "'ulu ftj-prtir , ciiLer thrcu : : ¦ selfishness or iga-: i < - - :. _ ihai Ihe L-ii . d . Plan ws . : itsUished for tfc-. -ic-Vse purpose of assisting to p- - tc the
cnian-SC ' . y . stl-. a <> iia-hi > iry , by proving 15 = l- .. ilaa of free is ^ -oi : ! , t-y ajijjjyiiigit i <> land , ovar the value of conipeu' -f > i > R ' -- i-ifcour , and as a means to withdraw some part of the surplus hands from the competition slave mart . This , I believe , was the intention lof the propounder of the plan , and the Directors took office to carry out that intention . - They have invested the money of the Company in houses and land , ( as far as I know , ) in accordance with the " arules , and can have no farther settlement io make ; Jhevhave done their duty and fulfilled their intentions as far as the shareholders have permitted them . St is , then , the shareholders who have failed in doing their i > avt of the duty . It is their duty to make
an honourable settlement of all arrears , and enaoie & e Directors to do their duty , to locate the members gn accordance with their ori g inal p lan . Meanwhile , ! j consider the Directors fully justified in accepting toe assistance of those parties who approve of the original intentions of the propounder , to carry out fchosB mtentioiis . The shareholders had the tomroany closed at the end of 1847 , to p lease what appeared to me a verv selfish policy ; now they are become like the dog in the manger—they Y ^ i ? ° " accept of the benefits themselves , neither will tney allow others to do so who are yObee ™ » JL ? J they wish to control servants . ^ VSSan ? wish to pay , as the whole >«* gptai of the Company TOdd . l ^ . ^^^^^ f ^ rforS -atleasfc , for some time past . So . " « r e ^ j : _ -. i : ™ io- ot » i the wrnmblers generally .
_ Mesgenially ; there « eaapU- » t ^ tion that something must be ^^^ to the benefits received . x ? ^ J ^„ , i „ 4 ; n < r can buttomcreasethepricoof ahares Can ^ be morefair ) , and toput itffl . the «« «* mber whoareTmwnlmgtopay moreto reduceth ^ O T ^ of their shares , as well as those w ? ° „ Xv hve too havetoomany ' ; awl others , supposmg theyJgjtoo little , to be allowed to increase them- g ^? . ^ nd tobeopenedito aUowthe to ^ ed ^ ^ soimd men to rep lace them ; and , above ^ , *^ turn tothegoodW plan / tht > Ba ^ V «* gy £ , and labour Bank , and substitute «^ « £ J » for tcrisss ^^ tSSS ^^ i ^ j ^^^ SS Won all , and that yon , sir , wulnotthinfe . ot- w hiS j $ n the dissatisfied cannot do without you -IhereL none else can take your plaee .-A . C .
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'LETTERS TO THE WORKING GLASSES . xrv . "Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces lhat which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " BIBOH , .--. rr . ™ ,, ^ .
HUNGARY . « . - BnOTHEtt PP . OIETAH 3 UNS , — I am exceedingl y unwell , and therefore illfitted to address you this week , but however few my words , I must invoke your co-operation m the good work so nobl y commenced in the metropolis—the hol y work of aiding the Hungarians in thefr g lorious struggle for independence and free institutions .
It is true that the resolutions passed at the great meeting at the London Tavern were not tip to the marfc , butl er atfixm from personal observati on , that the great body of the people present were full y so . The resolutions , while denouncing the crimes of the Austrian and Russian tyrants , and calling on the British Government to recognise the independence of Hungary , stopped short of demanding that which can alone effectually serve the Hungarians—AHMED intervention in their behalf . But twice in the course of the proceedings—first by Mr . Reynolds , and
subsequently by myself— -the meeting was tested as to the extent and earnestness of its sympathies for the Hungarians ; and twice with thundering , and seemingl y unanimous shouts , the assembl y echoed the demand for "War ! Deducting the moral-force sympatliisersi I am persuaded that the immense majority of that meeting would have sanctioned stronger and more effective resolutions , had such been brought forward '; but I proposed no amendment because I felt that to have done so would have created confusion and division , which would have delighted the Times and the
other enemies of the Hungarian cause , including the agents , spies , and tools of the Russian ' and Austrian despots ,, of whom there are no lack in this metropolis . Notwithstanding the comparative tameness of the resolutions , and the nonsensical sentiments of some of the speakers , the meeting of Monday was a g lorious demonstration of public feeling in behalf of the Hungarians . Although Held at mid-day , the spacious hall was most -uncomfortabl y over-crowded , and hundreds went away unable to gain admission ;
moreover , although the meeting lasted five loms , the people remained , and the nail continued densely crowded until the Chairman quitted the chair . I rejoice that I was present at that meeting—not appointed ( as you may he sure ) by the . " noble" and "honourable " members of the Committee to take part in its proceedings , I was called upon to do so hy . the voice of the people , and so was afforded an opportunity i > f representing the principles , the sympathies , and . the wishes of the English Proletarians , on the side of Hungary , Humanity , and Freedom .
The meeting on the following evening in the John-street Institution , was , in every respect , vpto the mark . The resolutions , while censuring the Government for basel y permitting , or conniving at , the subversion of the Roman Republic by the Trench brigands , demanded a better and a bolder course in relation to the Hungarian question—even , if need were , the course of "WAR . The speeches delivered corresponded to the resolutions ; and the enthusiastic responses of the closely-packed meeting —which extended beyond the doors into the
street—were most heart-cheering to all who , like myself , are heart and soul with the Hungarians . Yet no report—not a mere notice even—of that meeting appeared in the dail y papers , although the Committee sent copies of the placards announcing the meeting to all the daily journals , to which I added an announcement on the previous day at the London Tavern , in the hearing of a dozen reporters . But our announcement was not sufficiently " respectahle ' —we had no titled names on our placards . Thus it is that the popular voice is stifled by the infamous Press-gang .
But this conduct of the Press must not discourage you , nor induce you to neglect your duty . Only let your meetings be general , repeatedly held , and numerously attended , and the Press will , ere long , be forced to record your proceedings . As Parliament is about to close you must , instead of petitioning , memorialise the Government to recognise the independence of Hungary , and insist upon the withdrawal of the Russian and Austrian forces
from that country . Send your memorials to Lord Paimekstov , for presentation to the Queen ; and take care in those memorials to let LordPALMERSTON and his Colleagues see , that whilst you cherish Peace , you still more dearly cherish Justice , and are resolved that Hungary shall not be Polandised without an effort , on the part of this country , to save her from so terrific a doom . I have spoken of certain nonsensical sentiments given utterance to at the London Tavern . I allude particularly to the original
mode of aiding the Hungarians suggested by Mr . Cobden ; and to the praise lavished in all forms , and by nearly all the speakers , on the wonderful speech delivered by Lord Pal-MEnsTOtf on the preceding Saturday , in answer to Mr . Bernal Osborne ' s demand for papers connected with the Russian invasion of Hungary . Mr . Cobden having "turned his back upon himself , " by under-rating , as much as he once over-rated , the power and resources of the Ptissian Government , proceeded to show thai that Government could
not carry on a war of avtm two campaigns ydfchout coming io western ^ Europe for a loan ; and Ms plan of aiding the Hungariana was to exercise some sort of moral coercion to prevent the capitalists lending their cash-to Kiaxons . What preposterous absurdity ! Supposing Russia to be as poor and destitute ! of the sinews of war as Mr . Cobden represents , but -wbich I strongly question , every man possessin ** common sense must he satisfied that Nicholas , who could give good security , and would offer high interest , or other
advantageous terms , would find no difficult y in raising a loan to any amount in this country . A safe investment and heavy interest for their cash arc the onl y considerations that ever trouble the money-jobbers of the City . Assured of the one and of the other , they Avould gladly lend their cash to the Tsar , even though they knew that by the aid of that cash Nicholas would be enabled to cover Hungary with desolation , and reduce her sons to slavery . Gold is final-God , arid for its sake they ¦ . . would even betray their own country to the Cossacks . Cobden ' s " unadorned eloquence" will do
^ nothing for the salvation of Hungary . Asregards LbrdPALMERSTON ' s speech I say to you read it , and then ask yourselves what is there in it which would warrant any sensible person including the "noblelord" in the list of the "iriends of Hungary ? " Lord Pai-MERSTOX expresses his anxiety for the continued stability of the Austrian Empire , and avows that he would deplore the separation therefrom of Hungary . He has not one word of condemnation of the Russian invasion ; nor
^ does he say that he has protested or will protest , against , that . monstrous , violation of the . law ofnations and the rights of the free Hungarian people . All he promises amounts to Ibis , that he will use his endeavours ; should he be afforded , the opportunity , , of patching m > a compromise between the Hungarians and the Austrian -tyrant ; a compromise which would be ^ atal to the honour , the liberties , the very existence of HungaTy . aa ^ mdepen-KSon . Itisclearthat , wither without -PJSr whether they perish or succeed . What ^^
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lordship" to cease his meaningless words and tryjnstead the virtue of deeds , i ?™ n nEs ; afford me no little satisfaction : 1 st . The interest which the people generall y are beginning to take in " foreign , politics ;" and 2 ndly , the evident reaction against the peace at any price" party . Not long ago , even the Chartists would hardly tolerate my endeavours to inspire them with a feeling of fraternity towards their brethren of the Continent ; but times are changed , at length the millions . begin to understand that ' . ' all Men are Brethren "—at least all the men of the
people . Notwithstanding past' discouragef ment , I perceive that the men who have a purpose , and ( as the sailors say ) work with a will , do not work in vain . The " decline "; of " Elihu-Burritism" has commenced , and its " fall" is at hand . Even Cobden , when he mouths of " Peace" in connexion with " Hungary , " cannot raise a cheer ; but let the humblest Proletarian raise his voice in , favour of England taking up arms for Hungary , and he will at once call forth the enthusiastic p laudits of the public . I rejoice at this . I desire " Peace "— ' permanent and universal peace , ' ' —but not at the cost of Liberty and Justice . I believe that universal war
must precede universal peace—the " wai- of princi ples , " ( of which we have seen the beginning , ) the war of the peoples against the tyrants of Europe . I observe that a large Public Meeting is about to beholden in the Borough ofMarylebone ( in the Riding School ) , in behalf of the Hungarians . I know not the day , but , whenever held , Iti-ustthatthepoienof Marylebone will do their dut y , and attend in their
thousands strong . Let them do more ; no matter what the resolutions , ' or who the speakers—let the people express their sympathy for Hungary in unmistakeable terms . The men of Keighley have set a noble example to their provincial brethren . What aro-the men of Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Liveipool , Sheffield , Glasgow , and our other , large hives of industry about ? Arouse , brothers ; arouse , do your duty , and have the reward of ari approving
conscience . Hmrah ! The Hungarians have gained two most g lorious victories . It appears that the battle of Waitzen , fought on the 15 th and 16 th of Jul y , resulted in a glorious triumph for the Magyars , who broke through the lines of the Imperialists , and marched to the north . A letter from the seat of war says : — "The attack of the Hungarians upon Paskewxtch ' s division "was tremendous , and tho Russians were borne down and compelled to yield before the terrible onslaught of the Magyars , who
fought with unexampled courage and daring . The renewed charges of the Hungarian horse are spoken of as the most brilliant achievement on military record . PASKEWITCH despatched couriers to Pesth for aid , and the sudden appearance of General Ramberg , who hurried up at the head of a large body of Austrians , alone saved him from a complete defeat . . Ramberg attacked the Hungarians in the flank , thus causing a diversion in favour of Paskewitch . " Another letter describes the Russian retreat to Duna- Kees as a
disorderl y flig ht before Dembinski ' s Hussars , ' and states that ; the Russians were onl y saved from annihilation by ., the arrival of RAMBERG , While Dembinski and Georgy were thus chastising the Russians in the north , Bem in the south was completely crushing the army of the Ban Jellachich . The engagement took place at St . Thomas-on the 14 th of July . Besides these important victories , the Hungarians , on the 1 st , gained possession of the strong fortress of Arad . The military stores of the fortress—viz ., sixty-five pieces of
artillery , 1 , 500 muskets , a quantity of gunpowder , bombs , and other ammunition , felt into their hands . The Hungarians have also rc-takeh Neutra . It was reported at Presburg on the 19 th of Jul y that tho Russians had been compelled to abandon Debreczen from the want of provisions . Fever and cholera have inade fearful ravages , both in the Austrian and Russian armies ; and now that they are beginning to be drawn away from their supplies , these diseases will work their way in a . corresponding ratio . Hurrah ! . .
Brother Proletarians , I beseech you to raise manfully and nationally the cry for INDEPENDENT HUNGARY , and , if needs be ,
WAR TO THE COSSACKS I L'AMI DU PEUPLE July 26 th , 1819 .
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ROJIE AJST ) HUNGARY . A densel y crowded meeting , to protest against the subversion of the Roman Republic by France , and to declare sympathy with the brave and heroic Hungarians , was held at the Literary Institution , Johnstreet , Fitzroy-square , on Tuesday evening , July 24 th . On the platform we noticed F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ; G . Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., ( both of whom , on their entrance , were greeted with prolonged cheering ); Major Beniowslri ; Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , J . Watson , II . Hetherington , R . Moore , T . Clark , F . M'Gratb , W . Dixon , A CampbelJ , G . J . Harney , and numerous other advocates of the political and social rights of tho
people . . Mr . James Watson was unanimously called to the chair . Immediately over the chairman we noticed a huge banner suspended , hearing the inscription , " Poland , Hungary , Rome , and the real Republicans of France . A letter was road from Lord D . Stuart , expressive of . his sympathy -with the object of the meeting , and pleading his parliamentary duties as an apology for his absence—apologies on the ground of pressing engagements were made for Messrs . Thomas and Walter Cooper . The CuAiRMAX said they had met to night in performance of a public duty , and he trusted all had come with the conviction on their minds that it was so , and that every one present was determined to act as became a free man —( loud cheers)—to near
all patiently , and then faithfully and honestly judge for themselves . The question was a world ' s question , ati'I should interest the whole world . ( Hear , hour . ) As reganls Rome , do not think her cause lost 01 ihe ssi- ^ r shs . thrown atruy bec . iuse the Preneh treason i ias ' for awhile triumphed . -Why , the clearance of iei- Jwmiftition was worth all the costs of ths strri-rgle . ( CUoers . ) As regards Hungary , do you thins , that her sons having or . ee \ tecomeparticipft '^ J-oJVi tho soil they coulu . return to serfdom ? Kev ^ r : they will yet inflict , punishment on their tyrants ai : d- send them , back nit . ! i dismay . ( Loud cheers . ) They had thatevenin « a somewhat uncommon occurrence at a working .- man s meeting —viz ., the countenance of two members of parliament . ( Great cheering . ) Atameetingrecently held ,
and through the press , Lord Palraerston ' s speech had been lauded . Perhaps , taking the . general run of Whig speeches , it was liberal enough in its way—( hear)—but , as disciples of Thomas Paine —( great cheering )—we find that great author writing what Lord Palmerston has now plag iarised , sixty years ago , and we had not , nor would not , forget the lesson . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . R . Moore , moved the first resolution as follows;— .. ; r " That this meeting cannot too highly estimate the heroic devotion of the noble Roman nation , nor sufficientl y condemn the conduct of the socalled Republicans of Prance in assassinating those brave defenders of purely Democratic .
Institutions , and in re-establishing tbe temporal government of a hateful Priesthood . ; and this meeting feels bound to express its strong censure of tho British government for its criminal neglect of the interests of humanity , and the rights of nations , in not faking measures to prevent the bombardment _ of Rome , and subsequent subversion of the liberties of the Roman people . " He said , he did so with the full conviction resting on his mind that he was breathing sympathy for a glorious people , whose ... Republic had been put down , but who must ultimately triumph . Lamarthie had said , the sword of France was at the service of Italy—at which , declaration the
press of this country , made a great outcry against the then provisional government , but the present government of France reversed affairs , and turned t he sword of France , against the rising hopes of Italy , and me press . sung the peahs of the oppressor . ( Hear , hear : ) He agreed that , generally speaking , we had no ri ght to intcrferein otnerpeople ' s affairs , but when others wantonly . ' interfered to crush liberty , then was itthe duty of England to . step . in and drive'back the tyrant aggressor . ( Loud cheers . ) Rome had as much right . to change her form of government as Ehglahf had to change her dynasties . ( Hear , hear . ) Roihe has . said , " she abhors priestly governments , that she wants a chanceilpr , oi tho exchequer who should bo responsible to her peop le , and TThO shoidd not turn vp ; his eyes , ' when , called
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to account and say ; « I am responsible to God only . ; .- ;¦ ¦ ; ( Loud cheers , ) The recently deposed Roman government was of the people and from the people , having been elected by Universal . Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) ... We have faith in- Justice ,. and her glorious apostle Joseph Mazzini , and trust to see him yet lead the notle Romans back to victory ., ; Air . iiiomas Curk said—I have much pleasure in seconding the resolution which has been so ably proposed b y the preceding speaker ; 1 question if in , the whole range of history there can be found " i " 7 ?"? J ° l ^ atrocity and shame the conduct ot the Republic of France in its assassination of the young but noble Renuhlm of Rome . ( Hear . )
LhSh ^^ i ? government here at home u highly culpable for having permitted tho . bomforamen ; of the "Eternal City ; " ( Cheers . ) It appears to me that the Cabinets of France and OTn ™ , t > a c < m mon object in the overthrow of SnSf , PW ' * lwt was the destruction of Universal Suffrage in Ital y . : ( Hear , and cheers . ) . gff «^ ac , h 4 destroyed Universal in S nwnS ! pre , ude * ° similar proceedings mind thSAT-^ - ? thcre ^ ™ doubt on my SSJrSr ? £ r h \™ sters were privy to the base tSo fth / vT rulers ( Cheers . / Thb : wsto-S * £ W no object sought , but Rhmtn ^ W « f , n- \ J e institutions which the Romans had established on the ruins of tne old
ll ^ l AS ^ f nA he ^ s-y The Boinans , although defeated for the time , have not been conpower he is less hUy to be the '' last of the Tri-H 2 S f - ? Jo-he . the last of the Popes SS' , I fd Palmerston has been hi ghly complimented both m and out of parliament fb ? his able speech , delivered on Saturday last ; and I am ready to admit , that of its ability , there can be but one opinion , but what I want to ' know is what his lordship . was . saymg . and doing when the French assassins were forcing ah entry into Rome ? ( Hear , f « , c ers \) Of w-hat use are his fine speeches now to theJRoninns ? I repeat that it is my conviction , that both his lo
rdship and his colleagues were parties , to the destruction of Rome . " ,- fCbecrs . ) Had the English : government been opposed to the proceedingsof the French , they would have taken the proper stops at the proper time , instead of pretending a kind of sympathy after all ' the mischief has been done . ( Hear . ) I am not for going to war in the affairs of other nations—I am for non-intervention in ' the concerns of other people ' . But who is there that is acquainted with the moral appliances at the disposal of ' our . ; government , who does hot know that had'they intim ' ated ; t thato giddy and empty-headed'thing , that is at presentplaying the part of President of the French Republicthat they
, were hostile to the invasion of the Roman territorywho is not aware that France would not have dared to have actcdas sho . has done ? ( Hear . ) Had the industrious classes of England been represented in parliament , Rome would not . now be prostrated at the feet of hcrlenemics ; nor would any English minister have dared' to have secretl y connived at the destruction of the . liberties . of . a foreign state . ( Cheers . ) The time however will come , when , through a national representation , we will have the power to aid distressed nations , and when that time does come wo shaft have the . moans of enforcing the nation ' s will . ( Cheers . ) I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution . .
Mr . 0 ' Connor on rising ; was received Avith several rounds of applause—he said , as the , chairman had very properly limited the speakers to fifteen minutes , his speech—like tlie .. brave defence of the Hungarians—should be a blood run . It . was a very exciting topic to address . an excited people upon ; but it was , nevertheless , one with the merits of which the English people should be made thoroughly acquainted . He was called upon " to speak to the question of Rome alone , ' but as he was allowed
only fifteen minutes , he must have a dash at Hungary as . well . ( Cheers . ) As regarded Rome , let him remind' the English Roman Catholics , and the Irish Roman Catholics as well , ; who appear to be indignant at the attack upon the Pope—let him remind them that it was not a war of Protestantism , or a Avar of any other ism , against Catholicism , but a war of independent Catholicism against long-existing abuses , to which the enlightened mind of this age would not submit . ( Loud cheers . ) What would the Irish Catholics sav if the
Italian Catholics opposed them in the struggle for their just rights ? ( Hear , hear . ) Well , ' then , what would be the feeling pfthe Italian Catholics—the Roman Catholics on the spot , and the best judges of their own position— rif their English or Irish brethren resisted them in their g lorious attempt to establish temporal freedom without violating their spiritual faith ? ( Cheers . ) One gentleman , who had preceded him , spoVe of ouralliarico with foreign nations . Eight hundred millions of English : money had been coined out of English sweat , and filched out of English pockets , to preserve that alliance ; which was a mere union of factions , of
parties , and of despots ; but ' what he wished to see established was , the union of the people to overthrow this union of despots . ( Cheers . ) Was it not worse than an absurdity to think of one Cabinet basing its aggression or noninterference upon the teiras of a Hol y Alliance , although the whole people of the nation may be opposed to the conclusion ? while , in another case , the same Cahinet would lend its aid to a holy ally to suppress and destroy that mind , whose only object was to establish free institutions , and a free constitution , in harmony with the improved mind of a free people . ( Cheers . ) He had no doubt upon his mind as to the ultimate success of the brave Hungarians . ( Loud
cheers . ) The soldiers of . that country had constituted the main army of the former Autocrat of Austria , and a man fighting for himself , his liberty , and his country , was worth two men fig hting for a tyrant , and upon this fact he rested his hope of ultimate success . ( Cheers . ) But what were the Hungarians fighting for 1 Why simply for the constitution which was promised , and to which they were entitled . Well , then , is it a fair alliance , is it just , or is it honest , that England , the ally of Austria , should stand tamely by and see the plains of Hungary drenched with blood as the result of the treachery of one of her allies . ( Loud cheering . ) Kossuth mayperish , in the struggle for liberty but ho will not fail . No ;
They never fail who die In a groat cause : the block may soak their gore , Their heads may sodden in the sun : their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls—Rut still their spirit walks . abroad . . Though years Elapse , and others shave as dark a doom It but ¦ ¦ ¦ aug ments ; . tho deep and sweeping-. - thought-. ¦ ' - Which overpowers all others , and conducts ' . 'J . ' . c world at last ' -to freedom . ( Jjfiu ' 0 .-awl ivomenilous Cheering . ) Ay , and now if England did "her . " uutyj au « l-aont hor " y &\ y . lobsters'V : aud '" Piccadilly butchers , " \ vn horse , foot ; . and artillery- to . ftsrht . ' . thc
battles of the brave Hungarians , ¦ ' : tho Eiigiish peop le would be more tranquil in . the midsvov unparalleled suffering in the absence of 1 hose conservators of the peace , if they were engaged in so noble a struggle . . ( Cheers . ) Times change , however ,: and we change with them ; and when the Hungarians have destroyed despotism and established liberty—when Austria shall have lost her ri ght arm—when the northern tyrant shall have been driven , to his frozen land—and when the brave Pole , following the example of the brave Hungarian , shall have established the freedom of his country , and when the \ raags of the Autocrat shall have
been thus clipped , then the English , Cabinet will say to the Austrian . despot and the Russian beast : . " You are no longer our allies , we have adopted the Hungarians because they have been successful . " _ ( Loud cheers . ) That is the meaning of . au aliianc & -. our ally to-day may be our ' enemy-to-morrow ; and as soon as the French people see through the vanity and ambition of their Special Constable President , and when thoy establish a veritable republic in France , with Switzerland a republic , \ France a real republic , Rome , a republic ,- and ' . Hungary a republic — ( tremendous cheering ) — then
what will bo the policy of the Cabinet of St . James s ? But how pitiful that the destiny p i a great nation should depend upon the . tyranny , caprice , or failure of its allies . He was glad that they had one other . member of , par- ; liament upqn : the platform , George Thompson / the really hon . hAenihor for theTOwer Hamlets , ' —( loud and continued cheerihg- )—the man who did not come forward nowdfor the first time ; to advocate the cause of freedom ; .- ' buti the . man who was one of the first , andthe-vevy boldest , to contend for the manumission of the American slave , and \ jjx > , in his sti ; t i 2 ; g lQs ' for those , who
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had few other friends to fi g ht their battles , was compelled to seek shelter for days in the garret of a friend ' s house to save himself from the Lynch law of the American slave owner;—( great cheering , ) the man who protested ag ainst English tyranny practised against the Indian , and the man who - . had the courage on Tuesday week to speak for and vote for their Charter . ( Tremendous applause . ) AH the world round them was in convulsion , tlie base , the cowardl y , and hypocritical Special Constable President was seeking to overthrow the Roman Republic , and in thia rascally
endeavour he had the countenance of all the ruling monarchs , ' who ,, although they ; acknowledged him as tho head of ^^^ ie , only did so from fear , while they ardentl y hoped to make him the instrument of destroy ing republicanism , which by his oath he was bound to maintain . ( Cheers . ) If this policy was to constitute the ruling action of , monarchs , g ive him ( Mr . O'Connor ) a republic , a free republic , in preference to a despotic monarch y . ( Loud and tremendous cheering . ) The gorge of many monarchs is raised against the brave Hungarian struggle . The Hungarians were without a
leader" Till greatly rising in his country s right , If er Kossuth , her deliverer sprung to light ; A . race of brave Hungarian sons he led , Guiltless of courts , untainted , and unread , "Whose inborn spirit spurned the ignoble fee , Their hearts scorned bondage , for their hands were free . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) It was now thirtyfour years since Napoleon—THE Napoleonnot the Special Constable—prophesied : that in fifty years Europe would be Republic or Cossack . He could not answer for the feeling of other nations , but this ho would say for the English people ; give him but ten hours' notice to sound the tocsin , and announce the despot ' s
approach , and small though his influence may be , he would undertake to raise a million of brave Chartists to meet tlie tyrant , and they would erect a pyramid of Cossacks , and cap it with the Czar . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The English people were not for war till war was forced upon them ; they knew that war was to trade what the hot-bed is to the plant—it forces it but strengthens it not in its growth ; while peace is as the pure air of Heaven , wliich forces it not , but strengthens it till it arrives at a wholesome maturity . ( Cheers . ) He was not a man of war , but he would cheerfully enlist as a drummer , or a trooper to resist the invasion of the Northern Tyrant , or . to . aid the brave Romans in tho establishment of their
constitution . ( Cheers . ) And if England did not very speedily take her position—and a prominent position—in the establishment of peace , by the establishment of freedom , she would find herself a beggar at the door of the foreigner . They had heard his oft-repeated sentiments , ' and although made prematurel y old by the ingratitude of some of their order—' ( Cheers and "Shame" )—he would stiR . stand b y their principles until the league of people had overpowered the league of despots , and until liberty , pure and unsullied , was established for their order . For their cause he had struggled , and rather than abandon their cause , he would
abandon life itself . ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats , which lasted several minutes . ) Ma job Bbxiotoki came forward and said : —Interest said to . him , do not speak , but his conscience said , do your duty . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho must be permitted to say a few words respecting several of the persons who had been mentioned . As regards Lamartine , he could not help regarding him as a man of " mere words , in fine , a humbug . Do could not hel thinking that Lamartine had been the cause of the disastrous results they now witnessed in France—( cheers , )—and lie thought thoy should
ere long witness him here as a refugee , ay , and the President would be here too in the same capacity . ( Loud cheers , ) -As-regards Joseph' Mazzini , he really thought he should have taken a lesson from the Emperor of Russia , and have Moscoived Rome rather than ever have given way . ( Hear , hear . ) He had some experience inPoland against the Russians in 1830 , ( cheers , ) and he now told Ludwiff Kossuth , it was his duty to lay every city and town in Hungary . in ashes rather than leave anything for the miscreants of Austria and Russia , ( Cheers . )
George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ,, rose amidst gveat cheering , to support the resolution , and said , he would not take more credit for being there than he deserved . Mr . O'Connor had taken him by the button-hole in the House of Commons , and hence he appeared on their platform ; and now he was among tho conspirators . -. ( laughter . )—He would say , with Jaffier , " I ' m amongst you , and , hy Heaven , it glads me To see so many virtues thus united To restore justice , and dethrone oppression ! " , Ho was happy to think there was no Belviderii to betray them . ( Hear , hear . ) There is a Belvidcra , but she desires to see Venice free . ( Loud cheers . )
Many asked , what can be tho practical result of your public meetings ? Had not many a Roman been fired with the noble words ,. ' " I am a man !"—( cheers)—and it did us good to sympathise with our brethren , whether on the banks of the Tiber , the Theiss , the Danube , or the Indus —( hear , hear , )—and it must bo grateful to their feelings to receive our sympathies . We wanted many such meetings as these , as a set off against the : press ; yet , after all , the press did not hoodwink the people , they were but holding themselves up to infamy , crying " Wolf ! "Wolf ! " so often , that their own malpractices must eventually overthrow them , from sheer want of confidence . They could not transport or
g ibbet us for expressing our sympathies with the brave men of Pesth , or Buda ; and can the people sympathise with those men without having their minds set on their own liberties ? Then let us generously sympathise with every oppressed people of the face of the earth . ( Hear , hear . ) There were but few of the sentiments he had heard expressed but that he agreed with : he was a peace man , but his sympathies were with those who were struggling for freedom . ( Loud cheers . ) France had gone to Rome to smother her new-born liberties , and our censure could not be too severe . Ho estimated Lord Palmerston ' s speeches as lightly as any one ; Lord Palmerston spoke after a fact , when he should
havo spoken before . ( Loud cheering . ) 01 course it was perfectly understood ho was compelled to make that speech to save him from the opprobrium of the people . But whilst we think of our brethren abroad jet \\ u not forget- our rights at home " ; and when our flame burns dim if is well to say to the Hungarians , " Give vis of vour oil , " : md thus resuscitated lot us hand the torch about—the torch he meant , was ' thaf of truiu- ' uivj ! iusjice . ne ; l . ikcd to see those . mental revoliiuoTifi ;{<; ¦ " »\ i ; 'ins i / thw . " > fn « ,. fimt . - . tliey need not . isven risk rv- ! J ! iiig ,, vti w- . thu efficient - < ui *« h . * .-. ; - ¦" their rights and liberties : there was nothing ' better than a fine , bold , stern , moral attitude of defiance . ( Loud cheers . 1 He must coufe ,. when he eaiue on
that platform , that : he had a strong feeling in favour of Mazzini , Kossuth , etc ., and still retained it ; . but ho was not desirous of having a passage at arms with the gentlemen-who took a ditferent view , as he hoped the time had arrived when principles would rule , and not . men . ( Loud cheers . ) Had the English government-issued a timely protest and remonstrance , he believed that would havebeen sufficient , Ho cordially agreed with the object , of the meetingfor , after all , it was a struggleK fpr the : suffrage , -a struggle for . the Charter , and he trusted the struggle would go on until England possessed reall y free institutions , and the franchise was extended to everv male adult . fThe hon . member resumed his
seat amid reiterated plaudits . The resolution was then " put , and carried unanimously , amidst the loudest applause . ] r , r . . ; . - „ ., ., - . ; , , .- ; Julian Harne y , in a speech of considerable length , in the course of which he was loudly and repeatedly applauded , moved the adoption of . the following resolution : — "That th ' ebrave Hungarians in their struggle for independence , and the establishment of Democratic Institutions , are eminently entitled to the support of the peop le of this-and every other country ; and this meeting viewing ; with : abhorrence the atrocities committed oy the Austrian ' .. forces , and regarding the intervention ; 6 f Russia as a violation of the law of nations , hereby calb upon the British government
to at once recognise the mdependence . of Hungary ,, and intervene , if needs be by force , in behalf of the Hungarian people ^ in order that the horrors of war maybe put an end to , and toe ; Huhgarians be left at liberty , to . remodel their ; institutions in accordance with their own wants and the spirit of the tiniest * Mr . Henr y HEinERiNoioNj 'in seconding the resolution , said . he dissented from tho sentiments ; of Major Beniowski . Let them remember ' Kossuth ' s proclamation , in which he said the Hungarian ' s would , yet beat and bury . their-oppressors .,.. ( Loud cheers . ) 1-The instructions he had laid down for tbe , modei . of warfare '; to be adopted ' , ; against ,-the Austriansi , and ftussiahs . were . ^ . to niine the . towns »? 4 ; ft S & fire ; tO ; the ; pla « ejs ; j ) ehJBd tUein .-MIe
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( Mr , Hetherington ) , thought this was an excellent mode ot warfare against such" barbarians , and ho trusted it would be carried out . ( Cheers j Mr . G . W . M . aiwrxpins . rose ,- imidst much applause to support the resolution and said :-Ho had gone to the London Tnrern yostordav , with a stronsr feeling ; m favour of the Magyars , and handed Jul card to Mr , Salomons , with a view ofaddressinn-tho meeting , and in a minute- or so Mr . Snfomons ' liid beckoned him to him , and then told him hi 3 vvi ' nciplea were too democratic , and could not be ' permitted there , and consequen t refused him a hearing , but tbe working classes bad obtained a hearing for him . lie told the meeting" it was the dittj ot England to send her army and ' fear licet to the succour of those brave men , and that
declarationeven in the London Tavern—wasrescived with great applause . Lord Nugent ' had told Mr . Salomons tha # hevras ill-using aman whorcprescnted ' the feclingsof the workingmen of London . Mr . Cobden had come forward at that meeting with some ofthosespecious fallacies ho was so fond of deluding you with . ( Hear . ) He said Russia could not find money to carrv on a war if you prevented her getting a loan Why £ , t , , ' ,, " ! means * ° PP ress and suppress Poland ? ( Hear , hear . ) Ai 5 d would nof a certain class fand rsseans again for titer Autocrat of ' Russia * ( Hear , hear : > Why would they not send omrsoldiers out to the pftiins of Hungary ? Because if ahey did they would irabibe republican notions whiclv might prove dangerous on their return to Ehjlaiid . Why was not Field-Marshal Prince Albert sent out
at tlie head of an army of liberators ? Could ? not tlie Queen spare him from her side ? ( Laughter . ) It had been said that Austria was aur ancient allyally in what ? Fighting the battle of the Bourbons . It was said she was a bar against tlie aggression' of the Mussulmen of the East—why there were two occasions when they had engagements with the-Turks . ( Hear , hear . ) In the six & enth centm'y they fled before the Turks , and the Turks worn compelled to raise the siege in consequence of an in « surrcction which broke out in the Turkish dominions . In the seventeenth century the Turks returned again , and proceeded to the gatcs > of Vienna ,, and the Austrians were about to give up the citywhen John Sobieski came down from thcmountains with his army and routedthe Turks . ( Haar . hwir . )
Then what had become of Lord Palmerston ' s boast i Kossuth had done nothing but what must inspire the lovers Of freedom with confidence ; he ( Kossuth ) would yefc liberate Hungary and save the Western world , and under his command he had three brave generals—Georgy , Dembinski , and Bem . ( Great cheering . ) Kossuth ' s policy was to draw tho enemy into the centre of the kingdom , and there , on their own ground would the bloody battle take place , and God send that the whole of the Russians ands Austrians may be destroyed ! . ( Tremendous cheering . ) But the generals could not restrain themselves . Why even Georgy had' departed from this Fabian
policy and fought and won two battles , and di & we not find Bem beating Luders in Transylvania , and the forces under the infamous Ban Jellachich cut > tO pieces ? ( Loud cheers . ) The speaker concludedbv calling upon the English in the names of Cromwefl ) and Hampden , the Scotch bv the names of a Wallace and a Bruce , and the Irish by the heroism of a-Meagher and a John Mitchel , and men of all other nations in the name of the God of battles , to give their cordial and devoted sympathies to the brave and glorious Hungarians . ( Tremendous cheering ) The resolution was then- put and carried unanimously . ...
Mr . Gill briefly moved the following petition : TO HIE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GKEAT BRITAIN AM IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMW . ED , The Petition of the inhabitants of London , in public meeting assembled at the Literary and Scientific institution . _ in the borough of Marylebone , this 24 th day of July , 1 S 4 JL SlIEWETH , —That your petitioners have ivitnessod with grief and alarm , tho apathy of your Honourable House with regard to the Trench Intervention in the affairs of Rome , by which a brave and heroic people Iinve been subjected to foreign domination , their constitution destroyed , and their liberties annllulated- ; and that too by a government which owes its existence to the profession of the same principles . "Your petitioners feel assured that so false a power cannot be the faithful ally of this , or any other nation , and your petitioners must express their profound disapprobation of tllQ Conduct Of lid' Majesty ' s Ministers in declining to acknowledge the llomnn llepublic , and la refusing its aid to a people assailed by . a . treacherous , ferocious , and apostate foe .
Your petitioners ' beg to direct your attention to the struggle at present raging in Hungary , between the people of that , country and tlie despotic power of Austria , by whose tyranny the brave Hungarians have been compelle-. l to fly to arms iu defence of thoir constitutional liberties , and in which struggle ntvoeities m > e being committed b > the Austrian forces mostrcvolting tohumnnitv , and wort iy the reprobation of all civilised states . That " the power c . Austria being inadequate to enslave the heroic Hungarians , the Austrian government have caused the invasion of Hun gary by Kussinn armies , in violation of the law of nations , and to tlio imminent peril and welfare of the whole of Em-ope . Your petitioners therefore pray your Honourable House to address her Majesty ' s government to at once recognise the inuepcndenco . ' of Hungary , and to interfere , if needs be , by forre of arms , to aid the Hungavians against their despotic and savage assailants . And your petitioners , io . Mr . M'Gkath seconded the adoption of the petition .
The Petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . William Dixon moved that the Tetilion just adopted be signed by the chairman , and forwarded to Lord Dudley Stuart for presentation , which was seconded and carried unanimousl y . Mr . Harket moved that a duplicate of tlie petition be signed by the chairman , and forwarded to Lord Beaumont for presentation to the House of Lords , which was seconded and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to Mr . James Watson for his impartial conduct in the chair , which he briefly acknowledged and the meeting Quietl y dispersed , TV ' e have received the following letter from Mr . Watson , the Chairman of the meeting , in reply to Major Heniowski , as far as regards the conduct of Mr . Mazzini at Home : — The proposition for withdrawing further resistance came from the Constituent Assembly , and not front the Triumvirs .
How did Mazzini act at that critical juncture 1 When the order from the Assembly was put into his hands lo execute , he declined to do it . / lis answer was : " I was placed in tlie position I hold to defend the I ? om « n I ? cjmlltc against aggression , and my conscience will not permit me to execute the order of the Constituent Assembly , and I resign at once into their hands the authority I hold . " Ifow unjust , therefore , it is to hold that brave man answerable for surrendering the Eternal City to the French homhardcrs . In the foreign news of the last month , you may probably have inserted Mazzini ' s letter of resignation in tho Star . I have not the papers to refer to , but I am confident I have given the substance . Yours respectfully , James Watson .
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"Whittington and CAT .-The So p s of Freedom , on Monday evening last , resolved to place the sum of £ 7 in the National Land and Labour Bank . They also resolved to have an excursion to O'Connorvile , on Monday , for August Oth , when all friends who wish to judge for themselves , are invited to take a trip . The vans will start from the Weavers'Arms , Pelhamstveet , Bvick-lane , at half-past six in the morning . Peterborough . —Mr . Geoi-ge Hows , of Boston , visited this cathedral and priest-ridden city on Thursday week , and delivered a very able address to the inhabitants in the open air , on the evils- and abuses of a state church , and recommended ,, in a very eloquent manner , Universal Suffrage as the only remedy . The Chartists have invited Mr . II . to g ive them another lecture on Sunday , Aug . Cth .
CBirpLEOATB IjoeAMTi" of the National Charter Association , 23 , Golden-lane . —A meeting was held on Tuesday evening , July 24 th . Mr . Bentleyin tho Bluiir . The following officers were elected : — ftfessrs . Brisck , Ilflfikkv , and Mather , auditors . A har . tlsomc ' worktofcx was presented to the jrcnlity by Mr . '¦ . « . : ; -. <* . a ad it wiis resolved that it should he-. dispwed of foy-ims .. r . ci .. ' .-f of { he Victims , The * councils of th * Tower ilamiyU ^ . ' . ^ ub . -i . according toapnointmeut . Moved hy Mr . l » rU' ; i \ , ' s ( iev . ; rt , by - Mr . brown , " Thar , the council of this 'local : uamalgamate- with that of the Tower Hamlets , " Three new members . were enrolled , ' Moved ami carried unanimously , " That this locality a | tpreciato the . services , talent , and incessant exertions of F . O'Connor , Eso ., M . P ., and return him their
confidence and thanks . " It was decided that theamalgamated councils meet on Sunday evening , Aug . Sth , 1849 , at the Crown and . Anchor , Taw . ec-Hamlets . It was also resolved , '' That a steam boat excursion , to Richmond and back , should take place on the 20 th of Aug ., the proceeds to be devoted , to the building of a Chartist hall . " Mr . Brown , stated that he had written to Lord John Russell ,, asking him if he had presented their petition fertile Charter . His Lordship aaswered that he . had ; presented it on the 10 th of Jane . Mi * . Brown also , stated that the memorial to . tne ( Jueen , for a general amnesty , was in the hands of Sir George Grey , doiivereu to him hy Sir Josbaa "VYalmsley . Also , that the other petition for tbe Chartes- was delivered to Lord Nugent .
Toweh " Hami-uts . —Mr . 0 'Colon ' s Mow for the TEorhE ' s CiuRTsa . —A public meeting was held , on Wednesday evening , July 3 oth , at the Phcenix Tavern , Ratcliff Cross , to give expression to the feeling of the people in this boroug h relative to the result of Mr . O'Connor ' s , motion , in the House ot Commons . Mr . "William Davies was unanimously called to tho chair , and briefly . stated the object o £ the meeting , after which . Messrs . T ; Clark , P , M'Grath , 1 r \ Nixon , W . Jouesk Dr . Brookes , ; R . Tbwnaend , and E . Stallwood , addressed the meeting with their wonted ability , ; and the . following resolution was unanimousl y adopted : " That the result of the debate on Mr . O'Connor ' s motion , clearly indicates that the House of -Commons does not represent tho people , and . urgently calls on us to be up . and doing in the good work ,, of effecting ; aucb . a measure of Parliamentary RefQitutaa shall embrace the interestof the entire people .- ' A vote of thanks was given to tie Chairman , and the ; meeting separated ,: ; . : ' .,.-. ¦; . . . ; .. ..-.-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28071849/page/5/
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