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      "Sov'a The Day, And Nowy&E Hour, See The Ftoatof Battl* Lour, ; See Approach Proud Stanley's Power , Stanley, Chains, And Slavery."

      "Sov ' a the day , and nowY _& e hour , See the _ftoatof battl * lour , See approach proud Stanley's power , Stanley , chains , and slavery . "

      , , To The Chartists. Xlr Fwes»S,4-. : ....

      TO THE CHARTISTS . _Xlr _Fwes » s , _4-. . _Tjastvreek " -I _to & only able to give yon a _ygf account of my tow , and the state in " j _jjjb . I found the working-class mind , now 7 can g * _? otL a more _detailed _, narrative . I confess , that since 18 i 8 , when the moat _ejflient rascals became informers against the most enthusiastic men , who were deluded by _aj-gjr promises and professions , but

      _subsequently persecuted by their treachery and perjury , that I felt great anxiety , and entertained _lotne doubt as to the possibility of again reviving the GOOD OLD . CAUSE ; and I have _frequently told yon , nothing is , or can be , more foolish than the vain attempt to rouse the _jjjjajtist mind when the people are either inert , susp icious , or apathetic , and nothing is _jaore requisite than sound and discreet judgment at such a period .

      The man who undertakes to build his house j _^ fore the materials are prepared is a fool , and mo st fail , and the leader who undertakes to develope the power ofthe national mind when it is slugg ish , is an ass or apolitical trafficker _, from my recent tour , I have not only derived _knowledge , but also great pleasure . * I _dis-« _jvered that the principles of the Charter were better understood , and I also discovered that _4 hcre was that sterling value in the veritable \ rorking-class mind which is capable of upholding , defending , and sustaining the character oftheir friends against the prejudice , the trickery , slander and traffic , of their enemies ; a fact which has inspired me with no small _onjonnt of hope .

      It would appear . aa if 'Providence was _matching over the ; holy cause of Chartism . I will tell yoa why . ' -Because we are now near a great change Vand if the Chartist mind _tos inert and sluggish , factions—no matter of _sfbat class—would base their power upon our presumed apathy ; whereas , if we are active and energetic , * their acts may be framed in accordance with our power .

      When times are quiet , and all appears satisfactory , no newspaper , whether daily or _Sunday , will condescend to notice our party ; while , when the struggle between contending factions commences , then the Press represents ihe people as all-powerful , and tbe mirror of each faction foreshadows the great benefits tbat the people are likely to achieve from the ascendancy oftheir respective parties .

      _Jfy friends , the time is now coming , and is not far distant , when this country will-witness a great and important change—greater and more important than Catholic Emancipation , Eeform , or Free Trade—yea , greater than all unitedly . The "Whigs have suffered a defeat in the Lords , upon which the Protec tionists base their chance of exchanging places . Well , now , let me ask you , as shrewd and intelligent men , if it wonld be possible for -the most fanciful or whimsical juggler , to propound or exhibit a greater absurdity than the fact , that a change in the system or the constitution by which this country is governed , should be based upon the party feeling and animosity of HEREDITARY

      NINCOMPOOPS ? Just lay down the paper , " and reflect for a ¦ moment upon this absurdity . I will not measure it nor argue it upon Chartist principles ; but I will argne it npon the silly presumption that all parties , are perfectly satisfied withthe present electoral system , while not an elector in England , Ireland , Scotland , or "Wales , is represented by the Lords , who have the power _«> f changing Ministers and rejecting measures , carried by a majority of those representing the electoral body .

      _Now , my friends , it is for this coming change which is foreshadowed-in the distance , that I wish to prepare you . I wish to have my materials in readiness before I undertake to erect your edifice ; and then , as yonr _acknowleged architect , I undertake to say , that a stone shall hot be misplaced . On Tuesday last I was to have submitted my motion for the Charter , but , seeing the

      impossibility of bringing it forward , so many standing before me in the order book , I took ihe opportunity of the earliest open day , and I bring it forward on . Thursday , tho 11 th of Jnlv , when only one motion—and which will not occupy much time—has precedence of mine . I will not ask you for a single petition , because you may as well send so much rubbish lo the House , but I will promise to develope your principles boldly and fearlessly . the

      Let me now give you a fair instance of impartiality of the Press . On Monday night last , I put _' a very long , a very pertinent , and important question to Sir Geobge Grey , relative to the winding up of the Land Company . I stated my anxiety to render every facility , if the Government offered no _obstruction , and , although questions put to a Minister are usually reported by the pressand especially questions which have reference to the Land Company—yet , the Daily News , the organ of _theFBEEHOLD SOCIETIES , _W of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORMERS , gave hut a very meagre report of either question or answer ; while the Times and nrher _naDers reported both fairly . Prom this

      fact the reader will be able to draw a fair conclusion of the virtue and the principle of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORMERS . I offered no opposition to that party , because it afforded us the opportunity of propounding our principles before an ignorant class : it afforded the working class an opportunity of _enlightening the minds oftheir ignorant _antagonfats , who furnished us with places of meetincr that we otherwise conld not procure . I felt convinced , that in the long run they would be compelled to abandon their princifield of

      ples and adopt ours , or to leave the _agitation , and I thought it much more wise and judicious to give them rope enoug h than to turn hangman myself ; and I thmk you will say that my course was a judicious one , when I tell vou that & ey have died a natural death . I have been invited , by the men of Todmorden , to attend an onUoor meeting at Blackstone Edge , on Sunday , the Htboi July ; and , believing in the old maxim , Xne better day the better deed , " I will make one of the _congregation , and join them _ in the THAT THE LABOURER

      prayer SHOULD BE THE FIRST . PARTAKER OF THE FRUITS OF HIS OWN _INDUSTRY . I will preach them a sermon , and my text shall be— " More _pigsand less parsons /* _,., . "Gtd _gaYeaslaD _^ anafcatsI _& ewise , Tyrants took them from us , d—n _tBeireyea . And then I will make a tour of the Empire ; aud I will prove to the toilling millions . that _fte dander of nrofeasing friend or open ioe ,

      that the power of the Gvoemment _, or the terror of the law , can never eradicate from my breast the love and affection that I entertara for your order . I am not one easily diverted from mv course—I am not one who would abandonyonr principles or my own for the world' s wealth ; hut I am one , who like my ancestor of yore , would rather be burned at the stake than abandon those principles , by % : _Soptionof which , I believe your order irill federated to their proper and legitimate

      My ° friends . my recent tour has inspired me vifli hope , with confidence , and reso ution . it hastaucrhtme that a trafficking clique can sever destroy the power of an honest leader ; _aad to my enemies an d revilers I say" Come one . come aU , tliis rock _shaU fly , From itsfirmhase as soon as i . In conclusion , as the censure of slaves is adulation . I _cive you the following letter ,

      _rehired from _Stockportthismornmgt _iimrsaayj aud my answer to it . Here is the letter : Xo . 13 , _Stafford _' _s-bnUdings , F _**^ _* J ° _Sf _^ Bqibcied Sul-I nave been instructed by the Lund

      , , To The Chartists. Xlr Fwes»S,4-. : ....

      _dn _« , _SfVSh" _^«» _**» * ° _y ° concerning the _con-CtoklUoW _* d J 0 lm . C ! ark < brothe «"*• Thomas warw . who have , for some days past , been very _basilv engaged here , _domgaU they can to _' _defeme _jow p S _^ d _tt _^ . _M circulating _JHRBSSi'S _hSSrfSS _^* at _* Kat _ionaX _*** _Compaq . _IS I _^ vrT « . _nI S n 6 e , laent , y _* 0 UOTe tDB _swtadler : 2 nd . That yea engaged a man to forge signatures the whole of _aL _^ S to _* Mtfl of A _^ to _theNatloSu . Hon , which was presented to the House of Commons , and swore hup not to divul ge the same . 3 rd . That _youZenot U-eat their brother ( Thomas Clark ) in the manner you have _* _%££ _?* ¦ _$% _moremea > _^ _*«>• he should divulge that ? _J ° li ° _" _*?? ffoi iW destroy you as a , public _manfwhich _theyasserthejs abletodo . Sir , these are a few of the many statements that these unprincipled have members — Hi ! _,

      young men _^ _e _^ . al 1 tending to the same _object . But , so far as _SstocRport is concerned , they have miserably failed . Their _conductwasbroaatbefore a nieeting of Land members hist » ednesday _aigbffcjn this town , and for particulars I refer you to thereport which I have sent to the Star . Itis ttoaghtby _^ he * £ . _^ ur best friends ' in Stockport , that tney are paid to _flo _^ o by some _. person or parry ; and by oihers . thai they are sent to make way for their brother , who has become aJecturer for the Financial and Parliamentary Retonn Association ; whether such is the case I know not , but that their conduct has been as I have described , many can . _testify . From the inquiries Mhey made about the _addrcssfof persons who live in Jfccclejfiela , it it thought _theyliawg _^ to . dotbi * same there . \ - - tretaain . yours with respect ,

      " ' •? " 0 . F . Rhodes , . ' . Secretary to the- Chartist Body . - -ToFear _^ nsO'Connor , Hsq ., 2 & . P . ¦ . . ¦ . _? _$ ¦? _,. ' _,,- _^ _gT ' _, New / hear my- answer .. If any one has been swindled by-the Land Company I AM THE MAN . If any one will come forward te > prove that I employed mm io " attafchTorged names to the petition , 1 will give him a reward of £ 20 ; and , as now is , the time , I defy Thomas Clark , or any Director of the Land Company , or Stephen Clabk , or John Clabk , to urge a single charge' against me , affecting my character , public or private . I should not have published this letter if I hadVhot received four or fire to a like effect ; ahd if the readers of the Star desire it , I will publish a letterthat I received from Stephen Clark when

      occupying his brothers allotment at Lowbands , and from which the reader may be able to discover the change that has come o ' er the spirit of my reviler ' s dream : from that the reader will learn that I am landed to the skies , while the allottees arejnstly reviled and abused : so that Master Jonx and Master Stephen may visit Macclesfield , and wheresoever they please , and the more they abuse me , the more I will rejoice in their slander . Is it not the reward

      that I have invariably met with from those to whom I have been most kind ? and if principle was not riveted more deeply than flattery in my breast , would I not have long since abandoned the people ' s cause ? But when the reader peruses this week ' s number of the National Instructor , and learns the vile and abominable persecution to which my father has been subjected , he will come to the conclusion , that in me , patriotism is an inherent and not an adopted principle .

      My friends , be up and doing . " United you stand , divided you fall . " I will shortly be amongst you again , as I am of no use in the show-box , and then I wiH be prepared to meet John and Stephen * Clash , and all the Clares who have a word to urge against my character , before tbe impartial and unpacked jury ; and , in spite of all my revilers , I will remain till the death , Tour Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Public Meeting—Mb. O'Connob M Carlisle. ...

      PUBLIC MEETING—MB . O'CONNOB M CARLISLE . . 'On Wednesday evening last a meeting of the inhabitants of Carlisle was convened' in the lecture room of the Athenaeum , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Feargus O'Connor , _HL P ., deliver a lecture on the position and prospects of the Chartist movement . Long before ihe time of meeting , the hall was crowded by a- respectable audience , amonst which there was a goodly sprinkling of the fair sex . On the motion of Mr . JohnGilbertson , seconded by Mr . Thomas Honey , Mr . John _M'lficol was unanimously called to the chair .

      The Chairman on rising was received with loud applause . He expressed the high gratification he felt at being called on to preside over such a meeting . He trusted that the audience had not only come forward to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , but to the principles which he had so consistently advocatedprinciples which their own government had not been slow to persecute , and which the despots of Europe had used every foul ' means in their power to crush . He then went on to

      speak of the wil y machination of the slimy serpent of Austria and the Bear of Russia , and spoke of the many atrocities "which they had committed . He alluded to the treatment of the Poles by Russia , and the Hungarians by Austria , and denounced in no measured terms the crusade against freedom in which these despots had been engaged . ( Cheers . ) He hoped that the clouds of error , and darkness , arid superstition , would speedily be dispelled , and nations would learn war no more but live

      at peace with each other . He trusted that the lecture of Mr . O'Connor that night would tend to hasten that better period by creating a sound Chartist spirit in the breast , of every individual present ; and that every one would endeavour to spread a knowledge of those princip les—to diffuse them around him . ( Cheers . ) Let him not be told ,. _as he had been even by young men , " That the Charter is a very good thing , but it will never be law in my day . " This was the doctrine their opponents wished them to preach and believe . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded a long and eloquent speech by introducing to the meeting Mr . Feargus O'Connor . "

      . ... Mr . O'Connor on rising was greeted with loud and prolonged cheering . He did not think that any speech of his could propound a fairer or a wiser doctrine thaH that which they had just heard from their excellent chairman . He had now heen twenty-eight years and more struggling for their cause , and be was now coming to the time when he obtained his first knowledge ofthe condition and wants of the peop le . It was on the 4 th of February , 1833 , now nearly eighteen years , ago , that the true position of the people of this country had struck his mind . Up to that period the people

      of England and Ireland stood in bitter hostility to each other ; but when he came to solve the question he found that the people of England were as much oppressed as the people of Ireland , and he saw that if they were united they mi"ht be able to resist all class legislation and tyranny . ( Cheers . ) He might tell them , with pride to himself and pride also to them , that he had obtained more information by conversing and associating with working men for a day , than from all the tutors aud schoolmasters during the whole course of his education . ( Cheers . ) And he had no hesitation in

      saying , that if he were allowed to lay his hand blindfold on 658 men in that meeting , perhaps he might touch some of the women . ( Laughter . ) ° If he thus fixed on 658 men out of this meeting , he made bold to say thatthey would be able to leg islate better for this country than the incapables who now filled the House of Commons . ( Applause . ) The age in which they now lived was different most essentially from the last . Hitherto the government of this country had based its supremacy on its _alnancewitii despotic powers . ( Cheers . ) Lord Brougham had told them some time ago that

      Public Meeting—Mb. O'Connob M Carlisle. ...

      . % _<* uld not go to war , for they were bound m 800 , 000 , 000 of recognizances to keep the peace . ( Laughter . ) On the alliance of the ugly W ofRas 8 ia > and the brute of Austria , has JLngiand based her power ; hut now that the dog begins to worry , they must- keep the dog away from their , own door . ( Cheers . ) It was not more than two years since the republicans of France carried and proclaimed the French Republic . They carried it by the power , of the people ; and what had the "Special Constable" President- _^ chosen hy universal suffrage—done ? His very first act was to destroy the very power that elevated him into power . ( Applause . ) Let men look to

      the changes that have very recently occurred . On . the memorable-lOth of April , Louis Napoleon was a special constable in . London , and now their lovely , _jwjpg Qaeen receives his ambassador at the Court of St . Stephen ' s . ( Laughter . ) lie then proceeded to speak of the base conduct of the French Assembly in destroying the " very element which had raised them into power . At present they persecuted and _prosecutefair those who circulated information amongst 'the people . No _newspaper which n « s not favourable to thegorernmen £ eo « pass free _tlwugh _, tnep 0 st office . It any _hfftftiaW pnbhshed a single Hue against their feelin _«^ _Ete proprietor might be ! fined fromi 5 , 000 to ' G _. OOO francs ; and condemned to . 18 months or two years' imprison _^

      ment into tne bargaiu . ( Shame , shame . ) In this _countryalso , the press-was the opponent of the right ' s of jthe people . The press here represented the middle classes or the higher orders . If , however , they really had a free press in this country—a press ready to develope the mind of tho people , they would not be long inflicted with a tyrannical government . It was to the supineness ofthe working classes themselves that the backward state of their cause was to be attributed . If a man at present had £ 2 _a-week he was content , and he was no . Chartist . He left it to the man . with 15 _s . [ a-week to agitate forthe Charter . The . tirae , however , came round when he who formerly had Ids . was consigned to the bastile , and the man who had the

      £ 2 a-week was obliged to content himself with _Ioj . Then he turned round and said it was time to have a change . ( Applause . ) If , however , affairs were managed with any degree of _judgment they would not only have JE 2 but perhaps £ 4 a-week , and there would not be a single pauper ia _,-our bastiles . "Was it not an anomaly that while the land was not cultivated to one tenth of its capability they should have suchanumber of labourers shut up in the bastiles and be importing corn thousands of miles across tho Atlantic ? ( Applause . ) If poverty created a surplus population in the manufacturing districts , why not place that surplus on the land ? If they went to France , to Italy , to Germany—there if the people cried out against

      the tyranny to which they were subjected , they would—lords , bishops , shopkeepers , every one join with the people : bnt when they came to this country—though there were a revolution here they would find that not a single man who profited by the toil of the labourer would join them . ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) How did they account for that but by the base system under which they had lived . If they looked to the House of Commons , ol which he had the misfortune to be a member , no independent member was of any use there . He could not obtain a hearing unless he belonged to some clique or party . There Sat Lord John Russell with his paid ministers and supporters behind him , all of them either in office or looking

      for it . On the right were the Irish toadies and lickspittles . Opposite were Sir Kobert Peel _apd his tribe who , rather than let the Protectionists into power , would support the ministry in anything _^ There again sat the Protectionist landlords looking for high prices , and thereon the other hand , were four or five independent members . of the house struggling for the people . Their voice went for nothing ; but give him forty independent honest members who would sit down with-the Speaker and rise _^ with the houf e , and he would _Smash up every government until they granted wha _^ _thfcpeor pie were entitled to . ( Applause . ) He w _^ _ds & fl them the mode in which business was transacted in the house . "When the house opened at four o ' clock

      there was a great rush to get through private business and the presenting of petitions . When a motion comes on , that moment the house is cleared , they go off to their parties , and'dinners , and balls , and not more than fifty members remain until eleven or half-past eleven o ' clock , when they are whipped in by the _whippers-in of their _respective parties , and without having heard one word or one argument on either side , they vote along with their party , no matter what the arguments may have been . The moment , too , they come in , they sit down and commence to . cry out " divide , divide , divide . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) This point might be very well illustrated by aa anecdote which he would relate to tbem . The celebrated Pitt once

      proposed a motion . A Scotch member who was opposed to him acknowledged tbat his speech had convinced him . But what did this Scotch member do ? He voted against the motion i and when asked for the reason of his strange conduct , he replied " that many were the speeches that had altered his mind but damned the one that ever made bim alter his vote . " It is precisely so with the present House of Commons . If any intellectual , honest , independent member brought forward the most powerful arguments , they were left unheeded by parties who had perhaps been convinced by them , but who would vote directly against the proposition if it were not supported by their party . ( Hear , bear . ) And what was the reason that they had

      only four or five independent men in the house ? Because they were divided amongst themselves . Look to the difference between them and the French people . See what courage tbe French displayed at the barricades . Let , however , 10 , 000 men assemble in London for any given object , and they would be easily dispersed by ten policemen Thus the government acquired its power from their disunion . There was not a more intelligent people on the face of the earth , if they would only commune together—unite together for the purpose of forwarding their common cause . Having seen what had . taken place in France , he would prefer annual parliaments and our present franchise to universal suffrage with

      septennial parliaments . If he had the power , he would knock down every long chimney and every church steeple in the land . If he had tbe power , he would knock down the custom house , for they were the means of defrauding the people to a very large extent . If he had the power , he would turn every bastile into a college ; he would dismiss every soldier , for they would not be required if every Englishman were allowed to sit under his own vine and his own fig tree . Then every man , with his own cottage and his own homestead , would look upon hia home aa his sentry-box , and would be ready at all times when his family or his cottage was . in danger . Trade was at present good . It would not continue long so . and the time was not far distant

      when Lord John Bussell would say to him , please explain to us what the Charter is . On him ( Mr . O'Connor ) explaining it , Lord John would say , " Oh , is that it—we will give you that ; is there anything more the people want . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) After twenty-eight years of hard struggling , he saw before him that a new time was approaching . The dark clouds were beginning to be dispelled- from the distant horizon , and he saw , as it were , the dim shadow of liberty revealed . ( Cheers . ) He had stated last session in the House of Commons that he did not care whether the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender occupied the throne , provided that throne rested on the power of the . neoole . and Sir Harry Tierney thanked ; Godf

      that during all the time he had been a member oi that house ho had not heard such sentiments as those which had fallen from the honourable member . _Itwasreallysickeningto hear Lord John Russell getting up and propounding views as those of her most Gracious Majesty unon subjects of which she had never heard , or if she had , of which she know as little as a pig did of geometry . ( Laughter and cheers ) He ( ilr . O'Connor ) was opposed to any form of government which was capable of keeping down the power of the working classes . They would know that there had lately been a meeting of Protectionists , held in London , where some agvicul-* , „ ., ! _ffontfomen used rery strong language , and

      where they talked of having all the horses at their command . In his place in parliament he ( Mi-O'Connor ) asked if there were to be one law for the rich and another for the poor , and he put the question to Sir George Grey if _government intended to proceed against these parties . l _« o ngnt honourable baronet got up and told bim , in tne most insolent manner , that ho would give no answer to the question . Ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) had replied , "Aye . but if it had been a Chartist , thero would speedily have been a legal answer . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then went on to speak ol the gwat value of theland to the people , of therighfc which thejjm to , it , and expressed his belief that this country would never enjoy anything like permanent pros-

      Public Meeting—Mb. O'Connob M Carlisle. ...

      _! _$ * y « ntrt ' the land was appreciated and cultivated _mt ought tobe . He stated that he had 'during _tnOjlast-week been on a tour through various towns of Scotland—tha t this week he intended to visit a lew places m England—and that on Tuesday , evenmgnext he had to bring forward the Charter in the _aousepf Commons . ; He referredto his long , ardup UB , and gratuitous , services-to . the cause of the _$ sE . _i- ? c , as 8 cs » ' _^ hd told , them that he was no ints & steddemagogue . ' He ' concludedalong and elo-< jj £ _6 nt speech by quoting three verses of his own poetry , urgmg the people ' to " _unites-unite , unite , " } 2 M _* hallowed work _' oftheirowhdeliverance . Mr . j _^ wnuor sat down amid loud andprolonged _cheer-IsfSSvon _Qaupbeli , in a neat and appropriate speech , . proposed the following resolution for the adoption of the-meeting :- '' That thefthahks of this meeting are hereby due to Mr .- O'Connor for bM _^ itherto steadfast and- undeviafcing _^ dvocaoy of _HatWinClDleafofthftfPnnn ' _lo ' _q _inKoil-n _^ ' _^ W _^ i ;» _.,:

      _35 _** .. that he , has . bur unbounded' confidence I _^^ . _^' as . he : _^ cts in the same _straightforward nWBtiter , that . 'cdnffdemse he will retain in' spite' of _open-foes ' or preten _^ _ffl _^ fehds _*'' ( Great _oheerinfi . _)' The motion ' _^ _f _& _cw _ded by Mr ; Peteb _Tbainbr , and _carrladl'amid the . ino ' st unbounded ( demonstrations ; of . applau 89 . ; fri'i , J ;• . _' , _« -. ' ,, ; - - Mr . O'CoiMon _ojtefl y acknowIed ge _^> _thrcf 6 wpH _PMmjjl and . proposed a . vbte _^ tbahks ' tp _^ h _' e _^ ha _^ " U _^ _I _^ _Nihe _^ _excejieiU _^ _ilf _ihV _$ } i 6 j £ _hShftii _^ _P _dimteu , _tnebu 8 _ihesf of the evening / ' : _^ ' ' The motion ? _# Mcamed _* by acclamation , and acknowledgedby tbe , Cbairroan . _< , At the-request pf Mr . O'Connor , three hearty _cheers _^ were given fp > " tho Charter and no surrender , " sifter which the meeting broke wp . —Carlisle Journal . :-

      The .Executive Committee Op The National...

      THE . EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTIST BODY .

      Fbiknds and Brethren . — Having for a period of some mo nths discharged the duties ofa Provisional'Committee to your satisfaction , you have thought fit- 'to continue us in office as your executive . The results of the elections have accorded . to us , the undersigned , a lease of power for the ensuing twelve months ; we cheerfully accept this mark of COnfidenee at your hands . ' ' ' _~

      To the enrolled members we have no necessity to apply for support :, they have already given us all the . encouragement in their power . But we earnestly , and . emphatically- call upon those Chartists who are as . yet unenrolled , to take out their card of Membership and swell the ranks of the National Charter Association . "We are prepared to adopt a vigorous policy—we are burning to carry it out : but we must be supported by larger funds than any which have as yet been placed at our disposal .

      . Convinced of the absolute necessity of modelling the whole working-class mind to a proper appreciation of the value of political privileges and social rights , we have proposed to print and disseminate myriads of Tracts npon those important subjects ; arid with that view we have established a Tract Fund Friends and Brethren , we energetically call upon you to support this Fund ; for you may rest assured that the circulation of Tracts is

      the best possible means of enlightening the most ignorant portion oi the proletarian class , and of arousing tho spirit of those who are already enlightened . We unanimously and emphatically repeat former declarations which we Have ma . de ; to the effect that we adopt the ' _pplmy of , inculcating doctrines of ; social rights _);' si that ihe -People may : _kub . w _4 ; h owf _^

      whenthey obtain it . There is now a point upon which we ourselves are ,, with one accord , prepared to undertake strong and decisive measures , but relative to which we desire the explicit counsel and the well-considered suggestions of all the Chartist localities throughout the country . _"VYealJudo to the policy that is henceforth to be observed towards the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . "We consider

      that the hour is come for a decisionto be arrived at on this important subject ; and although invested bv you with plenary powers in the task of conducting the great Chartist movement , we should nevertheless act with a firmer confidence , and a more vigorous energy , if backed by the specific authority of your opinions in . the present instance . We therefore call upon you to assemble in your local councils and committees with as little delay as possible , in order to take this important matter into fair , dispassionate , and honest consideration .

      Friends and Brethren . —Once more we enjoin you to make every exertion to suppl y us with the fuuda requisite to conduct this great movement in which we arefembarked ; we call upon you to make some pecuniary sacrifices now to this cause whicli is so holy , so humane , and so just;—and you will thereby enable us to give to the agitation that impulse which cannot fail to accelerate its success . _: Signed by the Executiv Committee : — Thomas Brown , _Thomas Miles , William Davies , John Milne , James _Grassby , Edmund Stallwood ; G . Julian Harney . G . W . M . Reynolds , Treasurer ]

      John Arnott , Secretary . 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , June 19 th , 1850 .

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      EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF" THE NA-.. TIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The Committee met at tho office , 14 , Southamptoii- ' streeC Strand , on Wednesday evening , June 10 th— present , Messrs . Milne , Arnott , Grassby , Royfibld 9 , Stallwood . Davis , Miles , Havney , and Brown—Mr . John Milne in the chair . _Ratchffe Highway . — Messrs . Matthias and Shepherd attended as a deputation from the Chartists of this district _, to request tbe attendance of

      members of tho Executive , at a pubho meeting at the largo hall of the Phoenix Tavern . Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , and Davis , were deputed , and Monday evening , July 1 st , the time appointed . Correspondence was read from Thame , Oxon , requesting cards and rules , to open a Chartist locality in that town ; from Lynn , Norfolk , to renew tho agitation there ; and also for a like purpose from Old Cumnock , Ayrshire , all of which wore granted . Tub _Audbess . —Mr . Reynolds then brought up the report of the address , which was adopted , and will be found in another place .

      So « o . —Mr . Amery attended _Irom the Temperance Hall , Little _Lean-strDBt , to request tho assistance of the Executive , in opening a Soho locality m that Hall , and also in holding a public meeting at the same place , on Wednesday evening next , the 20 th inst . Mr . Stallwood was appointed ; Mr . Amery added , that Messrs . Walter Cooper and Daniel Walford had also consented to attend on the

      occasion . , Drmociutic _Tiucts . — "With the view to the immediate issuing of a tract or tracts , of which all localities will , at the onset , be entitled to a supply , in accordance with the amount contributed by each locality , Messrs . Stallwood , ReynoWs , and Arnott , were appointed a sub-committee . ¦ .- ¦ . . _Bloomsbduy . — Mr . Avnott stated that Mr . Cottcll had already obtained the names of eight persons , who were desirous of opening a Chartist Iocality in that district , and convene a public meeting in the Bloombury Assembly Rooms , Theobaldsroad . Tho secretary was instructed to request Mr . Cottell first to obtain a room , and form the locality , after which arrangements will be entered into for the public _meeting . ¦

      , „ . Liberation of Ernest Jones . —Messrs . Grassby , Miles , and Stallwood , were appointed a sub-committee for the puvpos ' e of getting up a tea , festival , to receive and welcome Ernest Jones to liberty , on Wednesday evening , July 10 th , the dayfollowing his liberation , at the John-street Institution ,

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      _^^^ _nby , ; , _Mu % _, o _^ _mcg _§ ut , os . pecially _; _those . oalllhg : _yiemselves-Qhitrtjgts . at the present _crislsjWa _^ hdVed _^ hbw ' _iiecessary it Was for thopeopletogct _^ poliiicaVinformation , in ordferhot to be ( as the people of France had . been , e 8 pebjally in the country districts ) " Bed as tools by the _ariBtoorafcs . ' Inthe course of his speech , he gave the police—some , of whom were in disguise—a most severe ; _castigation , such a oneas they will not soon forget . fAt the close of Mr . White ' s speech , the . Chairman submitted the motion , which was carried " Unanimously , after which tho meeting separated , apparently well satisfied . Grkenwich . —The following address has been is- '

      suedby-tbe Chartists meeting at Mr . Swcetlovo _' s , Bridge-street , Greenwich : — ( . _' ? TO THB CHARTISTS OFj OHBAT BRITAIN . . _' ! _Bboihbb Democrats , —In a few weeks our esteemed , valued , and talented friend ,. Ernest Jones , will' be released from the Whig dungeon , where he has undergone two years of the most Severe punishment , for fearlessly proclaiming ' the wrongs ofthe oppressed-millions , and advocating with _eld-Suence the principles of democracy . He _hassacriced his liberty , his constitution , undermined his health , and been deserted by his former friends and relatives for our interest ,, and for the principles of democracy , _j then shall we also desert him ? No ! a . thousand times / no .. Let us rally around

      him , nnd cheer him when he leaves his cheerless prison—not with empty applause , but by each contributing their mite , to present to him some token of gratitude for the niany valuable lessons wo have received , and the . sacrifice he has made . on our behalf . —We remain , brother democrats , yours fraternally , the Committee of tho Borough of Greenwich Locality , Joseph Morgan , Thomas Entecott , John Rooinson ,. James Eight , G . T . Floyd , Simond Sweetlove , and Samuel Lewer . — Subscriptions received , per post-office orders or postage-stamps , made payable to Mr . G . T . Floyd , baker , Church-street , near the Broadway , Deptford . Bradford ,: Yorkshire . —A camp meeting was held on Sunday last , Juno 16 th , at two o ' elook in

      the afternoon , on Bradford-moor , when tbo follow _, ing resolution was carried unanimously : — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that to petition the House of Commons as at present constituted , is of no use whatever , and this meetingis further of opinion , that justice will never be done to the people , till they are fully represented in the British Parliament . "—Moved by Robert Rider , of Bradford , seconded by Abraham Robinson , of Wilsden , and supported by John Shaw , of Leeds . Thomas Wilcock , chairman of the meeting . Stalbtbbidob . —A meeting of members was held on , Sunday evening last . Several new , members we ' re enrolled , and tho following persons appointed to serve on the _council for the crfsuing three

      months , —Thomas Buckley ,- Thomas Hedson , _^ Edmund" Bells , John Hunt , Henry Pekin , James _Ramsbottbms , treasurer ; William Hill , secretary . All communications for the Staleybridge Chartist to be addressed , William Hill , 02 , Winterbottom ' _shouses , _Crossleech-street , _Staleybridge . Edinburgh . —At a meting of Chartists , held on the 11 th inst ., in Bu ' _rketrs reading room ,, 108 , West Part—Mr . Walker in the chair—it was unanimously resolved— " That this meeting form itself into a society , to bo designated the Edinburgh Western Locality oi the National Charter Association . " The following offica bearers were then appointed . Mr . James Howden , treasurer ; Henry R . -Kay , secretarv ; and Messrs . Walker , Burkett ,

      Dickson , Stevenson , ana Smith , as committee men . It was then agreed— " That this locality meet every Tuesday , evening , at eight o'clock , in this place , for the next three months , and that the local payments be one penny per month for the next six months . " Tho secretary was then instructed to correspond with the general secretary . Twenty members enrolled themselves , and , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting broke up . _CnirriiEGATB _Localitt . —At a meeting recently held , the following resolutions were passed" That a meeting of all members who have _talcen out their cards forthe National Charter Association at this locality , do meet to elect delegates to represent _tliom at the delegate council } the election to take place on Sunday morning , June 30 th , at half-past ten o ' clock .

      City _CnjoinsT Inu , 26 , _Golden-uve , Bar . _BicAJf . — Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture on Sunday evening last , on the life , character , and writings of Thomas Paine . Ho addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour and a half , vindicating the character of Paine for the base aspersions thrown on it by ignorant and interested _defamers ; showed that his life was spent in doing good , and that his works , both political and theological _, were well calculated to aid materially tho

      great work of civil and religious liberty , and advised that , the universality of Paine's politics and his freedom of conscience doctrines , should ,, when established , bo used as a lever to obtain social rights and , ultimately , [ the economical _systematising of those rights . Between tho parts of the lecture , Mr . Fowler , aided by his daughters , and Mr . Hewit , sang some appropriate pieces of music . The lecture was warmly applauded throughout , and at the close a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the lecturer .

      Hall op Science , City-road . — On Monday evening J . J . Bezer , a political victim , recently liberated from Newgate , delivered his second lecture on Prison Discipline . Mr . Brown presided . The leoturer was warmly- ' . applauded . Several patriotic songs were sung . during- ; the'evening . At the conclusion of tbe lecture the audience resolved themselves into a public meeting to consider the case of the PoliBn , , Hungarian , and Badanesc patriots . Mr . Brown resumed tho chair , and the meeting resulted in the appointment of a deputation , consisting , of Messrs . Bezer and Miller , to wait on Load Dudley Coutts Stuart to submit the case of these unfortunate exiles to him , and through him to the Polish committee . With a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting adjourned until Monday evening , the 24 th instant .

      Formation of a Debating Society at O Con' _norvuxe .--A few young men ,. resident on tho O'Connorville Estate , being desirous of giving their humble aid to the good causo of progress , resolved on forming a debating society . Thoy accordingly held a meeting at the house of Mr . G . Wheeler ; Mr . Hoasein theohair . The'following motion , moved by Mr . G . Wheeler , and seconded by Mr . J . Sturgeon , was unanimously agreed . to : —** That a society , to be called tho ' _O'Connorvlllo Discussion and Mental Improvement Society' be opened , for the purposo ' of holding debates upon all subjects connected with the welfare of the working classes . ' ' The meeting then formed itself into a committee , to carry out the above objects . Mr . G , Wheeler was appointed treasurer , and Mr . J . Sturgeon , jun ., secretary . Rules woro then formed for the _guidance of the society . It was resolved : — " That tho meetings of tho society should take place every

      : Tjiosday evening in tho school-room . "— The _firafc meeting took place on Tuesday evening , June 11 th , when Mr . G . Wheeler was called tothe chair . The chairman eloquently explained . the obobjects of tho society , and then called" upon the secretary to read the rules of tho society ; after whicli thoy were unanimously adopted . —Mr . J . Sturgeon then proceeded to open tho debate , choosing for his subject tho following allegation : " That tho principles of Protection to Native Industry are superior to tbe dootrir . es of Free Trade . This led to an interesting discussion , m which Mr . T _. M .-Wheeler , Mr . G . Newson ,. Mr . Baum , and others , took part . —The . second meeting took place on Tuesday last , when Mr . J . Sturgeon took the chair , arid , after a few remarks , ho called upon Mr . G . Wheeler to open the debate . Subject , " The utility of a debating society . " The members are desirovi of forming a library , and they would feel

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      . . » . _- _y vuauoo pmeuuy _^ eHr _^ jtgyery _rnuionaij ; : _, mirid ' tbat . w _^ : _orfnt-leastJ a _^ m . | _j * uildeM _^ nding /! _tJapS _^^?! labour have achieved ' all s 6 _EarHSm ' pbs , _" _' _^ tlfey- _% J _« _alonecanperfeot political liberty ; -I ifftetKLto pay _'" some of my _old-friendsjiiin early visit , _proVjdecT they send me an invitation . I propose making a brief took before settling , as soon as my ' health ' and feelings will permit me . I beg that all parties will distinctly understand that I belong to no particular body , and that I aim at a co-operation with-the middle class to effect our political emancipation . I shall use arguments ' calculated to convince the middle class , and I wish them tobe invited to hear my public defence . I want a jury _, ney - • _- _" - idedV

      of all _clashes called in the principal towns , to hear a calm , rational , and I trust convincing , _defencejof those principles Ih ' avo so long advocated . It will be absolutely necessary to have a reporterexpresSly engaged at each place ; thercforo it is no use invitmg me to small towns , merely to get up _meetings . My time'is limited ; and when I have performed this great public duty , 19 _hiill retire to my _profusion . Lot all parties direct to my address as given above , who desire me to visit them . .: i Still uncompromising , true , and firm in the cause , I remain , _voiir friend , V P . M . _M'Douall ; 13 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , June , 1850 .

      Subsequently to receiving the above , the following letter came to hand : — ' ' , Dear Sir , —In communicating to you by previous note , the . release of Dr . M'Douall , I acted upon the information of his wife , who , it appears , was rather too hasty ; considering him out of prison so soon as the order had arrived for that purpose . But ho was detained by the magistrates until he should find bail for two years , simply , because they were letting him out six weeks sooner than . he would have been . But he rather chooses to stop his full term of imprisonment , and come out unconditionally .. He , perhaps , will get out on his own terms before the six weeks have expired . I am , yours truly , W . L . _Cosmnk . Liverpool , June 15 th .

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      Stockport.—A Members'meeting Not Having ...

      Stockport . —A members ' meeting not having been held for a long time , and the original committee not being prepared ; to call one , the matter was taken up by a few of the most active , and the consequence was , that a meeting of about thirty of that body met in the Association Room , Waterloo-road , and a provisional committee was elected to call'a general meeting of members ; the following was the result : —A _^ members' meeting of this brupch was held in the Chartist _Assocjation Room , Waterlooroad , oii Wednesday night , tho 12 th inst ., and lin consequence of the meeting being announced by placard it was numerously attended . On the motion of William Benfold , Thomas Highton was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by a short , but appropriate speech , and

      after reading the report from the Star , ontliefcase Of Registration , which has _bden ' rien ( ling'before ihe Court of Queen ' s Bench for sometime , introdiilbd Mr . William Benfold to move the first resolution , which was seconded . by J . HadfieM . — " That we , tho members ofthe Stockport branch of tho National Land Company , earnestly request Mr . O'Connor to discharge from the directorship Clark , M'Grath , Dixon , and Doylo , or otherwise call a conference to consider the propriety of doing so , as many other localities have repeatedly requested them to resign , but they have not had tho honesty to comply with their request ; we further consider tbat itis a direct robber // on their part to receive £ 2 each , per week , out of our hard earned money , and perform eo labour in return ; and : _jwe further consider them to be a set of knaves . and tools ,. that may bo employed by any party , and

      would sell their best friend , Mr . O'Connor / for filthy lucre , and that a short time will prove such to be the case . They are no longer fit to he trusted with our affairs , but , on the contrary , deserve to be scouted from the society of honest men . " Proposed by G . F . Rhodes ; seconded by James Torkington . — " That we , the Land _Membew of Stockport , aftor hearing the base statements which have , been so freely circulated in this town , against tho private and public character of F . O'Connor by Stephen and John Clarke ( brothers to Thomas Clarke , ) consider them to bo base falsehoods , and that ' w _, e have lull copfidence in that gentleman , and we consider it to bo our duty to instruct our secretary to write to Mr . O'Connor on the conduct of tho persons . " . Moved by Z . Holden , seconded by J . Hadfleld . —" That we recommend Mr . O'Connor to wind up the affairs of the Land Company . "

      —. Oi The "Irishman.". Tho Usual Weekly ...

      — _. oi THE "IRISHMAN . " . Tho usual weekly meeting of the friends of the Irishman newspaper took place at No . 2 G , Goldenlane ; Mr . Wm . Flanagan was called to the clisir . The chairman said he had , not words sufficient to thank tlicm for electing him to preside over their proceedings that night , for he expected that through their exertions thoy would be able to do something towards the re-establishment ofthe Irishman newspaper . He said the days wero bygone days when talk , was the leading principle , but now comes the hour of business ; it'hiid come , and it was for them , under present circumstances , to put their shoulders to the wheel , arid do their utmost for their valued friend , Mr . Bernard Fullam : he concluded by _oailinjr on Mr . Joyce , _acting secretary , in the

      absence of Mr . Clancy , to read a letter he had received from Dublin , intimating to them that the Irishman would appear on the same princi p les as before early in July , which was received with applause . The secretary expressed his . _surprise at the slowness of his countrymen in coniing forward on this occasion , which he considered to . bo the last spark of liberty that existed in Ireland , and intimated to the meeting that it was their intention to call a public meeting for its support at an early day , of which due notice would bo given . —Mr . Lynch got up and said that nothing gave him more pleasure than to hear that his countrymen responded to the call of their fallen friend , namely > the proprietor of the Irishman newspaper , who was the advocate of civil and religious libertv all over tbe world , and that if they did not act on ' that principle that they would not bo worthy of the name , thpy assumed , —Doctor O'Connor ciimo forward and said , that as he

      considered he and thoso who nere working witli him had done their duty towards the Irishman newspaper , he considered that the time had arrived when they should order their secretary to writo to the secretary of tho Irish Democratic Society to send the rules and regulations of their society , so that tho Democrats of London might have an opportunity of co-operating with their , brethren in old Ireland . — Mr . Daly came forward and said that ' nothing _gnro-him more pleasure than to second tho proposition of Dr . Connor : — " That they as Irishmen in a foreign land wero in duly bound- to cooperate with their brother Democrats , and .-give them all tho facility in tbeir power ss the friends of Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world . "A _vota of thanks was proposed to the chairman , and the meeting separated . —Tho committee meets at eight o ' elook in the samo place every Sunday evening .

      A Corbesposdent Ofthe Edinburgh Newsaole...

      A _corbesposdent ofthe Edinburgh _NewsAolefiwy complains , that a lew days ago , he counted twenty clergymen ofthe Church of Scotland , " witnessing , with plcasuro and satisfaction beaming on their eclesiastical countenances , " a military review in Queen ' s Park , Edinburgh , ne thinks this" a . libel on our holy faith and its _Divino Author . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22061850/page/1/