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      ji Onward , conquer—kclivrcml , and we fall . " 'JO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . ' lii J > £ " > Fbiesds , —This is Christni ^ -day , im ivo lio \ ' fhy forme . However , the work tnat ' l lave to jtciiVum is of ¦ srcheering a nature , that 1 - cjni - , ac ? itis a valuable Christmas-box—more valua ktiiau anyiHngyou could Lave conferred upon tf t It Is tae work of praising you to yourselves . In ¦ jijeeafoer , I wish you not many happy returns of s ieh a < b / as to * " ® ' ° O ' w » Hspend , but I wish you

      mli , T suca happy Chnstmases as I hope aud trust 3 !« Is st « ns for you ; and now to my subject . Have v . ju xbonsht of the .. point where oppression and tfrjesy sxopped - Chartism in 1843 ? Have you thoug ht of . toe many who have since deserted us , aad t 0 paUiate their own treachery , have never ttf- etl their endeavour to sow confusion in our puiKj ? i 1 : rve y ° n thought of the intermediate yro-pait}—mere prosperity than within the same time was ever known in Britain ? Have you thought of jour own apathy , caused by a roaring trade aad iJie Jans' intimidation ? And have you , when rffloctiu ^ ' upon those things , ever thoughtthat

      Ghart ^ m was dead ? And when you learned that its bitterest foes , the TVhigs , had returned to office , did yonr spirits shrink within you at the notion that it x&g a visitation , a malediction , a curse upon your heads , a triumph to mark your littleness ? Andnave yon read and heard of the magical manner in which ( Jiisitism , with all those odds and false app 3 arances against it , has risen from its slumber , and" once more knocked the ' pr < sumptuous monster ia the head ? Oil , niighty people ^ ! who , " but one s ^ ort fortnight since , would have imagined that the slumbering masses could have been more easily summoned to action tima -wakeful and eTer-gvasping Toryism , than watchful and ever-grasping Whiggism ? Did you not Imagine that the machinery , so lone unused .

      had became rusty , and would requite some time to pat it into working order ? "Who would have ever thought , who could have ever thought , that in eight and forty hours after writs were issued to thirty of the most important Chartist towns , that the response would have been a delegate from each , testifying the resolution of their constituents to march onwards to victory ? "Who , I ask , would have . supposed that , in the depth of winter , in the midst of apparent apathy , such ah event could have occurred ? And yet itisso ! And I confess , candidly , that the magnitude ! < rf the fact ' astoonds me . It is , indeed , a " ' GREAT FACT , " that , while organised faction cannot ¦ be I brocgbt together in ten days , a disorganized multitude can meet in eight and forty hours .

      My friends , deny it who can , if we were represented ijr die press as factions and sections of all denominations are , this " great fact " would , of itself , basufficient to proclaim our superiority . See the meetings which have taken place within the last fortnight of the people ' s party , and not a single notice by the press , except a passing insolent comment , such as that of the Manchester Guardian upon the Rochdale meeting , stating that it was but thinly attended . Will not those present give the scribbler the lie ? Will not the fact , that £ 2 or £ 3 was * collected by voluntarv subscription after the meeting , give the

      scribbler the lie ? while it will prove that the meetin ? was not only numerous but satisfied . You know what it is to collect that amount of money . Again , look at the spinners' dinner , another great fact . The fact that . nesrly the whole body had assembled together in Its might , to proclaim its undying resolution upon the object nifct dear to it . Look to the fact that the Times newspaper has made it one of its flics to fish for sectional popularity ; and look to the fact , that the limes newspaper had a special reporter there from London , and a deputy from Manchester ; sud look to the greater fact , that the Times XEVER ,

      PUBLISHED ONE LINE OF THE PROCEEDINGS II And why ? Because to have omitted reporting my speech that time would have been to I have performed Hamlet , leaving Hamlet out ; and to have reported my speech would have shown the question to thejirorW , not in the patty gaTb in which the Times would present it for party purposes , but to show it lff ^ i ^ Ss ^ Sid veritable Chartist colours , as | a people ' s question , not as the stalking horse of faction . Again , look t > the miserably meagre report I of the Guardian ; again , look to the fact of

      tliirty-| five delegates meeting at Manchester , and not ! noticed by one single scribbler ! Look to tie I meetings we have had within the last ten days . Look ; to the Land Conference sitting for a week , composed ! of the very wisest of thejworking-class order , and not i & line , a comment , except a flying dash by the ASS whose jealousy is choking him , whose disappointment is driving him still , and still , more mad . Now lookat all those facts , and then ask yourselves if it is not a fact that we must f orce , that we must thrust , i that we must drive our policy down the very throat ! offaction .

      How , then , is this to be accomplished ? By those i means , which Air . Buncombe tells us should mow absorb our undivided consideration—THE REPRESENTATION OF OTJR PRINCIPLES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . IJnncombe has done more for Chartism in the Honse , than in ten years Chartism could have done for itself out of the House . When weget there they must represent us , and , therefore , ft is indispensable that we make a struggle to I accomplish that object . I shall be the better able to '• forward it , because , my resolution not to creep in until I open the front door , through which I can walk in ' majcoticsHj , will strengthen my hands for the

      general service . Oh ; that you had taken the advice that I gave you in September , 1833 , when I pointed out the mode of doing that which you are now beginning to think of . AN ELECTION IS NOW AT HAND , and while the League h openly corrupting , with its money , we must fearlessly coerce with our power . In I every district where we possess the balance of power —that is , where the votes of the two factions are nearly equal—we must get up a vigorous , a bold , a determined agitation ; committees should at once be I appointed for thi 3 purpose . Exclusive deauxg should be resorted to , and no means at your disposal aliouid be left untried to secure a single seat . This u the w&v to ensure representation ; this is the way

      to ensure respect . Again , my friends , you must look to the old means of securing the publication of your principles by all and by every means , and it is for that purpose that 1 fee ! culled * upon to expound the mo 3 t important part cf our policy , as embodied in our resolutions We first resolve that the Chartists shall remain a distinct and separate body—we secondly resolve , that neither the League , the Whigs , nor Daniel O'Connell shall have the gratifying opportuicty of charging us with having starved " the poor . We are not prepared

      to ' givetofree trade the doable reward arising from increased speculation aud public sympathy , based upon WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE HAD SOT THE RASCALLY CHARTISTS OBSTRUCTED IT . IM , nevertheless , our policy dees not go tlse length of allowing the League to use the opportunity of famine , and onr tenderness to advance the PRINCIPLES OF FB . EE TRADE ; we but tolerate the act , UNDER EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES ; but we do not thereby recognize the tScacv of the measure as a means of bettering your

      « "ndiuoa until , in the words of thercsolntion , power tonferred upon the whole people shall make the change a national , instead of a class benefit . Sow , my fciends , the way that I would construe tt * t pJicy in letter , an spirit , and in honour , is *»¦ We " leave free trade wholly oat of the questiwi . The people themselves say that they ouglitnot to live under the apprehension of being starved , while there is a prospect of getting food from any-¦ "tere . Their representatives say the same . Then lli 8 question arises eb to Low that policy can be car-*» UOnt without giving a triump h , to the principle . 1 think the sixth resolution provides against such a contingeneyYbut as ihose that bear upon this branch of tiie subject should be taken as a whole , I vw && < & the generalflolicy from their spirit .

      E we affirm that food may be required , and fcera for ^ as far as procuring food gees , we s hould Sve n « t only no obstruction , but we should give every assis tance in our power , to provide , an immediate remed y , before famine , starvation / and want cotm jotepiag npon us . What I recomnieiid then is just wiatl recommended in 1810 . ^ Tlrat in every town s « -muh !« H . f oteervationLv fappointcd ; and that that Waailttec attend every meeting- calk-d for the pur-

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      pose providing againot scarcity , and that every Chartist in the district attend as an army of ob 3 cryatien—that in "the event * f f the necessity of providing against famine , an ^ tfre-opening of the ports , as ihespeediest and only meats constituting the object of the meeting , that the Chartist body , under their committee ,-not only give SO opposition , but haying decided upon the necessity , tfialt tl'ey boldly carry out thepclicy ; bat if , upon the © tber hand , any wild theorist , who sbonld not be able io properly estimate the tole ' rationthat , UNDER EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES , we accordto the Lea ^ e , should venture upon that tolerationtopropotind the . principlesof free trade as a panacea for all your grievances , or as a political principle at" aB , that then in \ sueh case the committed move the Charter as an ame ndment .

      Now , the effect of this course will be , . \ o keep the League in the . straight jaeftet that famiiSe has imposed upon it ; while it will-keep our party to gether ; and this policy will always issare the ready 'attendance of good officers , and a powerful army of observation ; whereas , if we continued that opposition ,-which , under other circumstances , was not only justifiable , but politic , we should disgust a number ' erf " our staunchest friends , and give—not the Leasue > but the frightful apprehension of famine , wMc 6 would be put down to free trade strength—a triumph

      over us . My friends , — -I have now clearly antf unmistakably propounded ourpolicy at considerable leogth , _ and in conclusion I have only to observe , that it would have gladdened the heart to see the spirit ami unanimity that was manifest throughout the whole proceedings of the Convention ; very different . from the times when rascalsspoke for hire , and deserted nawhen we had ' nt the means of paying for their patriotic enthusiasm . It took two days to discuss sixmolutioas , and each and all , after a calm and earnest examination , were passed , not only unanimously , but cordially . Let me tell an anecdote ; one deserving to be recorded ,

      not more for the honour it evinces than for the name it applies to . . A fine , respectable , manly-lookin « fellow , of the name of EMMETT , was delegated from Keighley , and , upon settling accounts with the delegates , I found that he only mentioned his travelling exnences , which he said had been paid by his constituents . " But , " said I , " the wages—the 6 s . a day . " " Oh , sir , " said he , "I won't take that , AS I WAS OUT OF WORK , and I COULD'NT BE BETTER EMPLOYED , a : id I " am sure that my own constituents will see to me honoarably , without imposing any more burden upon you . " Now , my friends , 1 have only to say , that if you approve of

      the work done—that if you approve of agitating the whole country for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and to enable us to let the dying Parliament see that they shall meet the spirit of our patriots onee more upon the hustings—that if you wish to see a dozen Chartist lecturers keeping our ground and battling our foes—if you wish to see a body of men prepared to take their places upon the hustings at the next general election , you will subscribe your mito to pay for the past , and inspire me with confidence jtf the luiuw I am determined that poverty aba » not stand in uid way of the advantage that may fee take . i of emergency , bat , io confess

      the truth , though I am willing and able to lend , I ain not able to £ > & iou have had the advantage of my poof ah&ity , and by next Saturday I hope , for your hon / j- *? , to be able to announce , not only the discharge ,. <» i the debt , but a surplus to carry onthe war . I feel confident in your honour ; but if I lose the m ^ iey , it will not deter me from pursuing the same course when "X OUR principles are again endangered from the assaults of prepared faetion . Farewell , my friends , and , again I say , think what a revival th » heaven-born principle has had . Ever your faithful friend ' and unpurchasable servant , .,-. 4 J . ii '? - "• - FsARoua O'Cossor .

      P . S . I have , earnestly to request that this letter be read wherever the Chartists gather , and that a collection be made immediately after to carry on the Chartist war , and . that the proceeds be instantly transmitted to cm , in owlet to enable the Executive to see what strength they can enlfct as expounders of the Chartist faith . . .: K . O'C

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      The extraordinary meeting of Chartist delegates , called together to consider the present " crisis , " and adopt necessary measures thereon , commenced on Monday last , December 22 nd , 1845 . The delegates assembled in the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester . Mr . Wild , of Alottraui , in the absence of the president , was called to the chair . Credentials were received from : — Mr . G . W . Wheeler , Reading and Norwich , — Robert Wild , Mottrain , Staleybridge , aad Hyde . — John Shaw , London . Messrs . Donovan and Nuttall , Manchester . — Canning , Wigan . — Marsden , Preston . — Elias Mitchen , flebden Bridge .

      — Mooney , Todmorden . ' : . — Jones , Leeds . — Sweet , JNottinsham . — John Beale , Birmingham . — Richard Pilling , Ashton-under-Lyne . — Mitchell , Rochdale . — Pickvance , Bolton . John Lawson , Halifax , Lower Warley , Sowerby , — W . Bell , Heywood . ^ : — Briggs , Sheffield . ' ' 20 it- ' < ~ — Yardley , Oldluun . . ' ^^ r ^ S , — Almond , Blackburn . "" . : t- " ' ^/ ''¦?'"' ¦ ' .. ' ''¦''; ; — Tattersall , Burnley . " ' . — Webb , Stockport . — J . West , MacclesGcld .

      It was then resolved that the conference should assemble at nine o'clock in the morning , adjourn at twelve , meet again at half-pa 3 t one o'clock , and finally adjourn a t half-past five . The conference thea adjourned . AFTERSOO . V S 1 TTLVO . Mr . M'Grath in the chair . Credentials were l ^ eeeived from : — Mr . J- Emmctt , Keighley . — Michael Seagraves , Barnsley . — Wilkinson , Derby . — John Moss , Hanloy and Shelton . — Cole , Bradford . Mr . O'Connor read the following letter from Mr . Duucombe , which wa 3 received with acclamation : —

      Mr DsAR Fbakgus—I have j ust received yours . 1 collect from it the policy you propose to pursue , and highly approve of the pian that you suggest . Let the factions fight and knock their heads together , while the people stand aloof . As you say , " Mr day is fast approaching . " You know I am , and always have been , for constant changesof Ministers . Every change gives strength to the popular cause , —each succeeding Minister outbidding his predecessor for popular favour by concessions to the popular will . Their inconsistency we have nothing to do with ; all that concerns m is tolook after our own , and to see that oun PEOFiE are not bamboozled . As to the proposed di

      monstrationatKersalMoor , I think it premature . Demonstrations may be resorted to as a great auxiliary to the popular cause , but then their efficacy and importance should not be wasted on slight occasions , as , like petitions , they -might lose their effect . 1 think you had better up-husband the popular strength for times that would more require its exhibition ; and as to your reason for holding the meeting , I do not coincide with your notion , that the people require it to inspire each other with confidence . I think I know Mr cocvmiymes , and , however the apostacy of false leaders may have unjustly earned for them tl : e character of fickleness , I defy any one to point me

      out one single instance of , the English people abandoning their principles , or flinching from the most dangerous jjosition , until fear , or the Treasury sharpshojters , had frightened off , or shot off , their leaders . The fact is ihat . the people are always too forward for their leaders , and until our time their noble zeal arid truly English courage have been made political barter of . " Once let the people know and believe that their leaders are true , lionest , sincere , " wave ai : d

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      prudent , and then you need have no fear of flinching or wavering . I think the virtuous stand and manly struggle made by the Chartists in the depth of winter , at Birmingham , and again at the Crown and Anchor , should have banished all doubts from your mind as to the honour and reverence in which the noble fellows hold their principles . I had no doubt , as I think I proved by testing their principles in the presence of those leaders who sought to rob them of their triumphs by depriving them of their leaders . You say that you are cautious to move without the consent of the leader who struggled for the people while in prison and visited them in their , dungeons * . The very conlldenco that the people honour me with makes me more cautious , as I am aware of the impossibility of retrieving one false step . I most highly approve of the policy of keeping the Chartist party distinct and separate from all others , watching events and

      profiting by change . I hold it to be an impossibility much longer togorern the growisg genius of this country , n / the very best choice or selection to be miulefrom the old political parties . I say , thereforo . let net the Chartist pjsrisy—of which I hare the proud boast of being a member : —disband , t > v ash-eat , or join any ether party wbat < jver , while ! thfew their immedinfe paiicy should be * to exhaust all available means fi > irsore as large a sepresentation of their own principles as possible i&tihe next Parlfamsst . This , in my mindi . should absorifcriSother considerations just now . Uigbit approving of ine representation of ths working classes by their ow *> delegates , I shaft now conclude by eharging you wifcb the tender of ' aiy respects and servfets to those delegates , and nssurstheni , that if oveiy nkftn in England' deserted iheir principles , that I , if Bstood alone , should advocate ttavin my place in Fssriiament , becaase-1 believe tJsem just , and beeaus < r- I feel assured vltat nothing siiort of them would' i » considered as-a ; sufficient concession

      to the populairwill and national-requirements . ¦ Yours , very faithfully , ' J ^ . S . DuNCOMRSi . P . S . —At anytime ihat my pre 3 eneeor council vwll be of service to filic working classes-, I shall be happy to assist them with either or both while I do not think they stand fc ? need of either juat now , added to which , ' a two-fold domestic affliction precludes me irom taking any further part at preseaS . Yours , < fec , T . S . It . - The reading of this- letter was received with several rounds of cheers . . . . Mr . O'Connor then read the following resolutions as embodying the lino of policy laid , down by the Executive of the National Charter Association : — That the Chartist part ; remains a distinct nni ) seperatc body , not agitating for any measure short of the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , :

      That the Chartist party shall he prepared with a national pttitiin , embodying our principles , tobejiresentt'd to the House of Commons , by Thos . S . Puncombc , Esq ., after a general election shall have constituted a new representation . That in the event of a general election taking place , it will be the duty of the Chartist electors , and non-elcctoi-j , to render their most strenuous exertions in favour of candidates who have pledged themselves to support Hie People ' s Charter in the House of Commons , and in ttc sventof no Chartist candidate being in the field , in such case , preference shall be given to those who will pledge themselves to vote for a Ten IIouvs'Bill , a repi-al of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis .

      • That while the present scarcity would place the Chartist party in a ' f . ilsB -position , if they continued their opposition to a repeal of the Corn Laws , that , novertholess , -having no faith whatever in the efficacy of that measure , as a means of'tatteritig the condition of the working clusses , that weabstuiu from taking any part calculated to m 3 ke our approval of the principles of free trade , without political power being conferred upon the whole people to make the change a national , instead of a cluss Leuufit . That , in ordiT to carry out the spirit of the fourth resolution , we recommend the Chartist party to abstain from taking any part in free trade meetings that are held for the purpose of repealing the Corn Laws ; and that , as a party , we shall tender our strength only to those whose measures are best calculated to advance the principles of the People ' s Charter .

      That in the event of public meetings being called to test puhTc opinion , it will be tins bounden duty of the Chartist party to move their principles , as an amendment , to any proposition calculated to lead to the notion that Chartism has been merged in any less measure . Mr . O'Connor said , he expected this quick response , on the p .-irt of the country , to their requeat for this convention ; n convention representing fully the state of fueling of the whole Chartist body ; and he had no doubt but they would agree to the resolutions he hail read , lie had submitted them to the public at Manchester—to the men who Lid kept the spark of liberty alive , and which this convention would raise into a flame throughout all the land . The resolutions had likewise bten submitted to the men of Rochdale , Bacup , Ilebden Bridge , and Todmorden—men second

      to none in the movement . These places had all given in their adhesion to the resolutions , which were also quite in accordance with the views of Mr . Dnncombe . ( Applause . ) Mr . Canning then moved , * that each speaker be allowed rive minutes , and that the resolutions be discussed seriatim . Carried . Mr , Briggs moved the adoption of the first rnsoluttou , seconded by J . West ; Messrs . Donovan , Clark , G . W . Wheeler , and Mr . Sweet supported it . ¦ The second resolution was proposed by Mr . Sweet , and 8 ccoiidedby Mr . dark . i £ Mr ?* Wikl wished to know whether- 'Mr . Duncombe would present another petition to Parliament ? ••> ' Mr . O'Connor : Yes ; to a new House . Mr . Wild would agree to petition a new House , but was decidedly opposed to petitioning the present

      one . Mr . J . West : Petitioning was the most invaluable of all British privileges . They should petition every day until they had obtained tiieir long withheld rights ; so long as they had grievances to redress , so long would they have plenty of materials for their petitions . They should never give up this legal right while they had money to purchase a single sheet of paper . Mr . O'Connor : Petitioning was the only method oy which they could make their principles generally known . He found , while he wag on the continent , that their principles were utterly unknown , and that the Chartists wore considered to be the Lazaroiii oi

      the country , the idle and dissipated , until the national petition , signed by three-and-a-half millions of persons , dispelled thia illusion , and made known the true liaiuio of Chartism . Tiie venal press of the country would not notice their proceedings , but if they had a national petition it would be carried on the wings of the press to all parts of the world . lie was confident that , if proper exertum ; were made , we should have a petition with five millions of signatures Ireland and Scotland would both be with us on the

      next occasion . Mr . Doyle : What but petitioning Sad crushed that infamous measure , thu Masters' and Servants' Bill ? Discussions in the Honse of Commons were reported , but let them hold 10 , 00 ( 1 meetings , and the press would not notice their proceedings ; let them , therefore , petition both locally and nationally . Mr . Clark supported the resolution . * He had been in the West of fclnirland ; people there had become C . irn Law Repealers from reading the reported speeches of Cobden and Bright . If Chartist principles were duly reported , as they would be in a debate in the House , they would be equally able to make converts .

      Mr . T . M . Wheeler : A national petition , backed by a national delegition and a public demonstration , would effect more good , bv the notoriety it gave their proceedings , than any other measures tliey could devise ; he believed that they could get up a better demonstration now than they had ever done before . Mr . Shaw corroborated " the statement of Mr . Wheeler . Ho believed that it" something of this sort Was llOt adopted the iy * ea of London would not s-. pport the Executive . In their opinion it was high time something decisive should be done . Mr . O'Connor : It w . vj their own fault that something was not <\» ne before ; their apathj deprived the Executive nf the -means of currying oiw any measure which tlwy might have devised for the welfare oftho Chartist omso . lir . Donovau ' s constituents were in favour cf loyal petitions . - Mr . Bell-was uvftwour of the motion .

      Mr . Nuttall ; wa 8 in favour of po itioningthepi ** ' House , to sliow that we were alive . ° Mr . O'Connor : A nationil petition was the grsit ' gun ; the local potitions were the light nmlisry that should follow-it . Mr . Marsdeu and Mr . Mooney supported the snot-ion .

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      Mr-. Tattemall would support the resolution , if it would include , getting up petitions for the release ol the exiles . , ' ¦ * • ¦ ¦ Messrs .-Yardlej and Ilitchins took the same view . The resolution wa < $ carried unanimously ; ' :-..... Resolution third was mored by Mr . Yardley , and seconded by Mr . Mitchell , whostated , that the menof Rochdale were decidedly in favour ' of this resolution . Mr . O'Connor : A Ten Houra' Bill is a limb of Chartism , and if a man had two hours' spare time a day , there is little doubt bat they would devote it to the cause nf liberty . ¦ Mr . Nuttall : What coarse should they adopt if no such candidate came forward ? '

      Mr . " West—If no such candidate was to be found , then ; ot course , it was the duty of the Chartist body to put up a candidate of their own , to give expression to their own principles . Mi ' . Donovan wished to know what they should do witlisuchmen as Milner Gibson , the member for Manchester , who is opposed to the Ten Hours' Bill , though he has voted tor the Charter ; and ia a Cera Law . repealer . ' Mr . O'Connor—Mr . Dundoinbe is a' Corn Law

      repealer , and yet we always support hiirr , as he is a Chartist ; " - "If they will support the Charter they should receive oiir support . Mr . Tattersall—How arc we to get Chartist candidates ? At tho last election I was nominated , but'the Mayor ' would not let me . speak without pro ducing my qualification and paying £ 25 , Mr . O'Connor explained the Jaw , and showed ; that the mayor acted illegally . Mr . Nuttall thought , with his colleague , thafJ Mr . Gibson was not worthy of their support .

      Mr . Doyle--In all eases prefer a man who will go for the Charter . Mr . Mitchell supported' the resolution , and stated > tfoac Sharmaii Crawford would go for the ' whole . Messrs . Webb , Jones , and Emmett supported the" resolution , which was-cftrrfed unanimously . A&v O'L ' ounor introduced' the fourth resolution , in a spessh of great force and- eloquence . The ; resolution was theft- moved by Mr Sh » W His constituents were determined to oppose the League * with reason and tfeeuBsioB , whenever they could j : eS- a chance ; but it was- well known they were afraid to give them th » opportunity in London . ' Mr . Soagrftve seconded the resoluf& > n , and stated , that if it wn& not adopted , it would place us in an awful position relative to Ireland ; i £ by opposing the repeal of tlic- Corn Laws , we 3 up . porSed the hi . yh Tories , and gave the Orange faction- the- dominating power .

      Mr . West supported the motion .- as-they must pay attention to she signs of the tiniesv Mr . Wild was * in- the habit of mixing witb difl ' ercnt political parties-,, and was confident' thai ; we should Fall into an errofif we opposed the League . If the measure was defeated in Parliament ,-all-the blame would be laid on- the Chartists . If we remained neuter , we should ^ lie-carrying out oui ' old and correct policy . No Chartist , however simple ; ooukliivisconstsue the policy Isicl down in the resolution . We only agree not to oppose the League * owing fci the deficiency of the harvest .

      Mr . Donovan was opposed to allowing , the pabhc to Believe that the Clini-tists were in any way acting in concert , or giving , way to the'Anti-Corn- Law League . Mr . Bell thought that , if this resolution was- not properly explained to the Chartist party , it would be calculated to lead them astray , as he had opposed the League , and would again , " upon all fitting opportunities . Mr . Pilling was convinced that the majority of the people iii his district were- in favour of opening tho ports , it would be tolly to oppose them ; but it was a duty to show them that that measure would not be productive of the benefits predicted .

      Mr . Beale was confident tkat the feeling in Birmhighim wnsin favour oi ' openingthe ports . Mr . TattersaU thought we should make many enemies if we opposed the League at present . He thought the proper policy was to stand aloof . Mr , Mitchell thought the resolution did not dtebui any man from going to their platforms and declaring his views , provided he did not move an amendment . Mr . Pickvance supported similar views . Mr O& ^ . ? ttg' 4 t . iUvguliBOkj \ t . niyomnromue their pmiciples ; wlilie famine wag " tlii | eateniBa the land , not to oppose the League , lie , for one , would not risk an honest fame by so doing . When tiie proper time came , ho , fin one , should notbe backward in assisting to give them a good drubbing . Mr . Emmett : The opinion of the working classes in his town was greatly changed . Many who were bitterly opposed to the League , an « l many had votes , would now vote for a League candidate , if a Chartist , was not : in the field .

      Mr . Nuttall thought that the adoption of the first resolution had entirely settled the question . The rise in the price of bread had materially altered the question . "Mr . Doyle thought that with starvation staring them in the face , all eloquence to persuade the people againsta repeal of the Corn Laws would be thrown away ; the people were led away by the prospect of famine . : Mr . Clark : The future fortune of the cause depends upon the decision of this conference . He thought we could not attend meetings of the League unless we opposed them ; indeed all attempts to show the futility of their measures was considered by tlu-League to be an opposition . He was of opinion that we ought to-entirely abstain from attending their meetings , and call meetings of our own . Mr . Wilkinson said his constituents were in favour of ihe resolution .

      Mr . Moss : The people in Hanley were opposed to any opposition to the League . Mr . O'CoiiuOi : There was a time for policy , a timfor expedience , but there was also a time for existonce—lie should ba sorry to have the death of an \ man laid at his door . This convention had a power , by acting with the Duke of Wellington and the Ton lords , to stop a vupeal ot the Cot'ii Laws . If the aristocracy thought they should luivcthe sup port ' of tlit Chartist party they would speedily uso the bayonet and the bludy ' eon to enforce their views , and then the League uo ' uld be looked upon as the guardians and saviours ot' the poor . Nature and hunger , even in Chartists ' , was stronger than principle , lie \ vs \ s not the man to adhere to a policy which might bj the death of thousands ; the people would soon see and repent of their errors if they depended on the promises of the League .

      Mr . T . M . Wheeler believed that it-was in tlw power of the Chartist party to stop a repeal of tin Corn Laws , but in the present crisis he should b « sorry to share such a responsibility . He was confident that ia London , Stockport ,. and many ^ other places , they could triumphantly defeat the Anti-Corn Law League ; but if starvation should niiiiet the masses , he knew that it would be more than human nature could bear , and that riots and rebellion would be fric consequence , and the Chartists would be tho party upou . whom the bvunt' ot' tlic warfare would fall . ' He should , therefore , strongly support the resolution . Mr . Bell : lie . should do as he ever had done , give his views plainly , at any mecti-a upon the ( iiiestiuii of the Corn Laws , and that would bu taken tor opposition .

      Mr . Canning agreed with Mr . Bell ' s views , lie thought wo . should recommend the people to keep away from their meetings . Nil * . Donovan : It a . repeal of the Corn Laws , in Yorkshire and Lancashire , wore p laced airtiinst the Charterj lie feared it would be cavried ; bat if they combined the Ton IIouvs' Bill with the Charti'i , tiit-, v could , in Jill places , defeat the League , lie should vote for the resolution , as it did not dubar them , under circumstanced , iVoiu opposing t ! . 3 League , lie thought it best not to attend shoir nicetia ,. s , It 100 U 00 " Chartists were at a meeting , and only 3 l > 0 Cum J / iw repe . ilci' 3 , and the 30 d held up their'hands , and the Chartists did not , the whole meeting would bt taken f ur Corn Law repealers ^ LuS them passs another substantive rosolutiou , seating tkat Chartists should not attend their -. lcctringa . Mr . Webb agreed with'Ms * . Donovaa ..

      Mr . M'GnuU was proud io see the unanimity , that prevailed . With respect to the threatened scarcity he thought thu opening of the poms : i matter ol absolute necessity , lit would sign a petition to that effect to-mwow . He would to 6 od that the Corn Laws wens erased fvcan the statute book ; their vepeal would prove the-truth of Chartist predictions , lie thought it unwise to attend any oi' the Anti-Gorii Law meetings . The resolution v . v . 3 then carried unanimously . . Me O ' -Oonnov tlicwreait the firth resolution , nn- < showed that it woaid give conhVience to the Chartist party . Mr . Or . Wheeler moved the resolution , and saiii they must _ fallow out the course laid down , or they would be forgf ; tful of the name and principles p f the Charter , and the press would ring with the tiding that Chartism was de ?« l ; in fact , it already asserted ? o , ami itwiis necessary that it should be speedily contradicted .

      Mv \ ' Mooncy seconded tho resolution . . Mr . Marsden . thought that a clear iino of polio )" should be laid . down . " The League intended holding nv .-iister J > io 6 tings during , the course of the spring * , at t-hos ' jmeetings they would propose tho Corn Law . * as a remedy , for national grievances ; what course si ' . diikl the Chartists then adopt ? Mr . O'Connov : ii ' thc-y put the v ? r > e . i ! of the Cora

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      Laws forth as t . ' ie only panacea for public wrongs , then he would ja . »»> t the platform to show them that the Charter was a , superior ' measure . :-. Mr . Donovan vrai i » favour of the resolution . If it ; i \ vas not . earned it would allow other parties to ride rough-shod over them . The motion was withdrawn for the present . , Mr . Webb moved , . and Mr . West seconded , tho sixth resolution , which , l vas carried uziiinimuusiy , and the convention then acJioi iriied .

      TBBS'DAY M 0 RS 1 S& A letter was read from Jj > Iin Frost , wWel » was received with great attention ; fresh slips were ordered to be printed for the evening ' s meetksg . Mr . O'Connor then resumed the . discussion o » the resolution which was withdrawn tlw previous 1 evening ^ and stated that if anything eoulS induce Mm to remain firm to that resolution , it wa » the spirit which he had seen evinced , especially by the females , afc a huge meeting at Kochdnle : We Rwsi tolerate ilieEeagae owing to the f amine , but nevardesert our ? rinciple » Mr . Donovan strongly supported the resolution ; principles with the Chartist party , when fairly tested , were stronger than even hunger * .- He should propose the resolution with the -omission of the words " political principles . " Mr . Tattersall wished to -know whether its was meant to apply to an agitation for Ihe Ten Hours ' liill . .. • ¦

      Mr . O'Connor : Decidedly not ; the Ten Hours ' Bill was one of tho legs of Ohnrtism jilt stood in thu same relation as the Poor Law Amendment Act , op the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and it was not likely they would be placed in opposition to Chartism . Messrs . Clark and Doyle expressed simihir opinions . Mr . Wild : The resolution was open tomiseonstruction . Meetings were often called to consider the distress of the country ; if the Corn La-. vj were proposal as a panacea , they would be found to place i the Charter in opposition to that or any similar mcaisuve . lie did not consider tbat would be afty violation of the resolutions previously passed .

      : All * . O'Connor did not think the resolution could be-improved ; he should comment upon and explain it mad fcbe other resolutions iit the Northern Stqn >; and the delegates would do the artine in their districts . There was a great ditference between not opposing the opening of the ports , and the admission cf thu general principles of tree trade . . Mr . Doyle : In his opiuvattthcy had no business-to attend : lectures or other private ' -meetings of the League ,, and in that respect their proceedings bad hitherto been faulty ; but if public meetings were called that was quite a diiFerent thing . Mr . Tattersflll proposed a similar resolution , whichwas afterwards withdrawn . Mr . M ? 'Gra £ h-expressed his opinion on theimpolwy of atteraUng private League natetiugs .

      . Mr . V . « estdenied the imbolity . of attending League meetings inipnet tinoes . if the Chartists were placed on an equality with Leaguers in the eye of the law , it would be wrong to-force ouv opinions upon them ; but while the working men were slaves , it was tha only wise policy to be adopted . Ik-would never let them suppose that hu was a contentai . Vislave .. Air . O'Connor was happy to he : u- what fell from Mr . West . it : ticketed meetings were taken advantage of by the League , ho , lbi ? one , afc-tlie risk of his life , would attend them . If they attended to thrust their opinions upon , the public as the expression of public opinion , it was the duty of the people to oppose thorn . Be- confessed to « p . error j he deemed the course pursued to be perfectly right ; . it was the very reason he opposed- the . resolution of Mr . Parry at Birmingham , in the Sturge conference . He had not abatutt one iota of . Jiia liatred to the d ; niin < i-ble system pursued by the Leuguu capitalists of thia- country .

      Mr . T . Wheeler thought the policy tliey , had Hitherto adopted was one highly conducive io the good of CliiU'tism ; it spread their prineiplea iiu anil wide on the wings of the pre 3 s , it caused the wholu London press to admit that no meetings could be culled , for any object , at which > the Chartists' prin eialu was not triumphant . Mr . Jones wished to know whether Mr . Doyle considered that ho was acting with despotism when , in past times , he had attended the various League ticketed mcetins'S ' *

      Mr . Doyle ; 1 imre attended aa many private meetings as any man , but I was convinced at the time that 1 was acting wrong ; but it" I had not done so-1 should hare been denounced as a traitor . At Leeds I weiu , hod to oppose or break up the" meeting but to discuss the question ; aud whun i attempted to speak 1 was dragged oil" by the police . But if it is the will of the people 1 am ready to go again , Mr . Nuttall : It has been by meeting the Leaguors on their own dung hills that we have aeuievud hi Manchester our proud position- We have stuck to principle and prospered .

      Mr . Donovan : As ti-ie Leaguers"had called lecture meetings public meetings , theChartists would have stultified' themselves it" they had not attended , urn ! proposed their principles as an amendment . Mr . Bull : The League would follow their old policy ; they would calf their meetings "lectures , " and afterwards convert them into public meetings "; it would then be our duty to oppose them . Mr . Moss expressed similar views . Mr . Yardley : They had come to the resolution tit ' Oldham to act according to the resolutions laid dovv ' u by the convention , until the League made an inroad upon them . ' ¦

      Mr . West : They must ever adopt their old line oi proceedings ; they must drive the League forward ; they had done so ; they had made them . shift tilth ' line of policy , until they made the labtiur question the one great question of the day . If ; iay one of the resolutions implied that our former policy had been wrong , he would move that it be rescinded . Mr . O'Connor r-Gliurti . sm had never done wrong ; obstruction and ^ sntiigonism was the life ' s Wood oi Chartism ; they were opposed to every-party in the state , and had ; . stood up nobly in defiance of them . If ever the timed rluniaiulcd it , he should he proud to recur to tJio-old obstructive policy .

      Mr . Marsden : Working men were not opposed to a repeal ot the Corn Laws , but they could not see that they would be productive of benefit to them . lie novel * knew a man in a meclumiual employ who thoughito bandit by them , unless accompanied iiy othei ' . iiueasnrcs . li" they attended lectures by tho Le » i ; je ,-and they thought piMuer to answer questions , 'twas , well ; if not . it was not wise to compel them .--Vriie resolution was then carried unanimously . . Credentials were received from Mr , Bairstow , of Leicester . Air . Wild moved , and Mr . Bairstow seconded , thai the following resolution be an instruction to the address committee : — " That we fully approve of thy p . ist policy of the Chartist body ; their opposition to the Leajjuebeingjustiliutl by circumstances , the cause

      of that opposition having originated with the Corn Law League . " After along discussion , in which all the delegates took part , the resolution was carried unanimously . Mi \ Doyle moved , and Mr . W . ; bb seconded , t ) : c following resolution : — " That Messrs . West , Donovan , Wild , Bairstow , JJrisrgs , M'Gr . ith , Sweet , Yardley , a . iil Tiittersall , be appointed as a committcu to draw up an address to the country , embodying the spirit ot tha Foregoing resolutions , and calling upon the Chartist body particn ' mrly to pursue the lino of policy hud down in them . " Carried unanimously . Mr . Nutcull moved and Mr . O'Connor seepncUd tiw fo ilowiug resolution : — "That we recommend to t ' au country the necu .-sity of getting up local and indhudual petitions in favour of the release of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Kllis , immediately , and also ptititious in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill .

      Mr . liiiuvstow was of opinion that similar means should bis taken relative to petitions for the Charter . Mr , O'Connor shoiv « l the inutility of pctitLsuinj-, hc present Parliament for the { Jharter , and stated the disinclinationuf Mr . Duucoinbato have thfriicoyle insulted by presenting one to ihe present ILua-ee ' ^ ill * . Shaw strongly recommended local aud individual petitions for the nbjve object , and si ; ued that the metropolis was acting with great sphit in this matter . . Mi * . West was strongly in favour of petitioning Parliament ; He onco stood almost alone- on that sibject . lie trusted they woulI bring n . sfc . only those subjects , but all their grievances , beffjM ! the country by means of putitiouhuj PurliniuonL . Gat num in the habit of working iu tho habit ot . jetitioni . u& . ti . r . d they would as readily think of purchasing a . sheet a ! paper fur a petition on Satuniav ; night as think , of nurchasing-thch * tea or tobacco .

      Mr . Wild proposed an a-mendr ^ pnt-, embodying Mr . WesCa views , but it wai uMma . rc * y wUlvsitjuvn . Mr . Pilling agreed with t , i » oiiginal resolution . Ho thought it best to have &finitc oliscts to lay be fore Parliament . Mr . Wheeler read a lctterfrom Mr .-. Hoylo , a victim of tho strike in 18 ± 2 , calling attention to tlw case of the victims transported , ^ Abinjer at the Liverpool special commission . Mr . Yardley spol « : strongly upon the case of these men , and detailed the ease oi' a ymint ; map , named Knowlta , bi'&i . ' iov-inJaw to Mv . West , whim it . was well kmm'&wa 3 innocently transported ,, and trusted the coivvencioa would consider the , case oi tliesc men .

      Mr . Tattcisall ' snirgestcd an amendment in Mr . NuttaU's CiotiCjn , tliac U should inciudo all political prls-. ine . vs . Ali \\ V CRji wanted agcaernl pr . n : ! p lo lai-l down ,

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      thai ; ttio people suOflMwiyB pctUion-Parlmracnt for'the re-lr , 'is of anv grievanl'C un dw- ' waiuh tlis / mijr ' it be labouring . . " . " ' * . Tho letter from Mr . Frost was again read , many delegates being absent -when it was previous )} ' ivaa , and a consiilerable luaiiilcstation of feeliiig toofc place . ¦ ' \ „ , ; Air . Bairstow could not consent to the vita ! spirit 6 f CJiartisjn , as reprcsentod in this convention , appearing' before the House of Commons for other nwnsurestothe exclusion of the reop'lc ' s Clir . rtei-. ila wished for all their grievances to !« included , : u « d Ihut it should be an iustructioti "to tiio 7 addtes 3 cu : amitteo to embody them . ¦ . " x a Mi * . Marsden-: It" lie must beg , lie should like

      h : i fill . 111 . 1 n # . ft ttl n l \ fll-lt IAII ti > iiiIKi + Lii Uat ti ! i t \ m . tll t" ill ^ ti t-j be-phecsd in a position to aive the Pariiainoiit , and uot to bo kicked by them . Let ' them'i ' -inake'tho struffgie a national * one . Let the case of frost , Williams , and Jones bo broughtpi-oiniiicirtlj-ibrwH j-d , and a national sir . ' . gglc take place Ibr their-reli'ase . Tlio resolution way then ctimcd with Air . B : » ii ' - stow ' ssuggestion . ' .. . ...- - . - .- ' ; The address comraittee was ordered to-report at four o ' clock , and tbB .. arraBseineiit 8 ; of . '' the iinbiic meeting were also rei « rr « 2

      AFTERSOOSf SITTIKff . ' 'Ihe address committee ! stated they were Sot pro * paved to report , and were atiowcil until eightVcioclft in the evening . ' Mr . Shaw moved , and S&- YunHiiy ' -so ' eondcd , " That it be an instruction t » the coMi : uti <* e t « i-ccommond . tlio getting up of a Centra ! Execs'ikstorationC ' ommittec . " Mr . Yfti'dley advissd the kecpii ; - ^ of the petiticna and m * mori fsladistirsctonc frimi anc-uhor . Mr .- "O'Connor expressed a similar fjiinion . -Mr . Shaw explained that in London tl « y had ftUvfty&got ni > aeparatepetitiow , altiwi « sli-thdy ivcvty all adopted at the same Meeting . ? . ~ ¦ Mr , Mooner ; In T odnwrdeii -ahcy tool-J ailvhnttigo ' of the presence of the Messrs . 'Wheeler S > get up ' petition * for Frost , Willisias , Jonau , and Kills , andhe was ssre that tl « j ettcet-would nM bo apcerfily loafrin lodnionkn . ind Hubden Bridge . V-

      ihe recommendation ^ as the »' uhaniroously ' carried .- « v . . v k ' A letter'was read' -from Mr . U ? siy Ross , of ¦ Londra . _ . - Air . West impressed- upon the meeti ^ tho noccs- - sity of having Chartist candi ^ tes -it' * &in' ensuing . i elections . J le thought if they- had' no csnididateS ' iwho would represent tliem ,.. claey shd « l < l piopjse-: working-nieii' ^ and , if carried , they should < itme ; ivour to take their scats iu the iiouso ot' OvmtuaEs ! . They wou : d , probably , be arrested ; : kot . tliey . wust bff pi'epurcd for that-. They should also entlc-JVY . our to > have an audience with hec MjiJB-ity if tiicj ; wire again arrested ; it would force tliei-ir opinions on t ins public- Ue should move the foUowitsg i-eiolution : —

      1 hat at thu next general cloctiow the Chartist hotly ho prepared with Ghartkt i ; an ^ Iilat <» to propound and support oar principles-upowthe hustings . " Mr . O'Connor seconded tho rssoltrfson , _ bu !; disagreed with the views expressed by $ & . West . A . '" iwicwld-legitimately talco liis £ « iuiii . tho Ilousu ;¦ iie coulialso legitimately murder , ' a uku ! -, aud , then he would be legitimately htin& i ' or ^ it . Mr . O'Connor then showed the various ibrmik te > bu r u !* . e through Iwlbi'ummincoukltakehiaaeatintlwliousa of Commens ; Mr . Donovan feared tlie plan could nc * ts carried out . He had suen it fail at the last clecbion . If Mr . Leach was put tin at Man « hester , if ho had not tl «» money to jiay ft ..- thu hustings he would by ttpi' « dily handed over to tlic police : A man . -- . 'ho ; . USce Mr . O'Counor , coiiid doiy the psn-er of tim Jyoni' aut-hsrities , liiiyht iio-rhans hiivo it clianeo of avjuoua * .

      Mr Vickviaicc ihought thd-spiirit of thaass&lution . had been prevjousiy adopted .. : Mr . Brigys stilted , that in Shefficltl they had car- " j-i ed thuir candidate by-show of hands , andmo-money ¦ Wiisdeniaiidcd . Mi * . O'Connor stated that fexpensca- could * not be legally clenwuded . until tho wk'CHon was-ovar . Her ; had many tiims been a candidate ' . vithout'liitv-injf c » i pay the uxpeuse 3-. . Air . Mitche ! l . thou » ht itcouldba ea « ilj : effected bytUe districts euturing into-a subscription for tJic purpose . -Tin-yhad nubly- done it at . tho lastsaunty ei « ction at Wakciivki . They nseileu on \ y ;" m \' u > a and couueiitration . Mr . Wtst . asrec-A-to insert tl « - words " whomever pradent" in his resolution ..

      Mr . Soagmve wjis in favoui o ? tlio rosnlntion . At Wigan , at the last election ,. chejclocte'd Mr . li'isua by a lav . ire inajoi-ity .. ' ¦¦' . The e--olutmn-was then carried unanimnus l y .. Mr . iVtittiill thought that sodic d : < t iiaimtion « w , is necessary -regarJiug the positi ^ u : p'tHhe Kxeeati »/» j , wliethciv-tliey intcaVied to resj' -ns . as some pei-atms suuposed , owing to tliuirpositiqii' ? . s-director ctUhts Laud Society . ' . ; : ¦ Mr . O'Connor stated , tliafclthfi ^ hartlst- Esceutive

      bewsme direttors oftiiu Lufid S ' o ^ e ' fy / bucausu of uincoiiliilonce reposed in tnem . ' ^ it cv »; r tlie-iltities-of tlwt- Executive become too oiicrbiifr . i ' ui- t ' ncm to vwvfoiiia , he could- saw ! / - - say fcliatj ., ashvwyai ' itbiu ii ! tflJ f ,.. ,. ^ they would resign . Kcgiivdingiidu fumls , he itrighBsay . . with Airs . Glas « , ¦ ' First ' catch . yuiu hare ,. thm cook'H , " They-wwe rtblo , he believed , to coutiuet , by . a little extra oscnion , bota tiu ; surin ! ami iiuiitiuul features of the movement , and he trusted that tins fpayention would not ^ . jj'ai-aic uatii they had given- a deoftled opinion upon . thu conduce or ' . thu EN' cciitivi ' ,.

      'Mr . ' Yardley stated , tliat his-coustituuutti highly approved of ciic coiuluut of , tha Ext-uutivi . . -uid . nrish ^ U that other towiis had t ^ Hj .-portcil am lixectttivtfiis Olo'iiam hml . done . ' lie should move ,. " TJiat we hiivc tihe fullest conildeucc Lu . Uie lixmui'M , and return them our thanks for their , past serviues . " Mr . Mitchell si comk-i ; ltiio resolution . , Mr . Doyle siatcd , pu . sitivuly . aiiU . sylt-mnUythafcthe . Exeij : itive iiad-no-inteiition of rcvi ^ iiinj , ' ; . tauvrwould jiever be guiity of&uch dastanll . y conduct as-ssi . descrt || ie cause iu the hour of . nee ^ l . ¥ Mr . Is ' uttiill wiw-i . emctl . v . suiijaljed . witli tiio ; expla . - natiun of Mr . O'Couiioi , biic wislicd . otiiea pai'tivsalso to bo satislied . Mr . Uiark eaulil . not . imagine how . siich ivn . opinion ^ could iiiivo been , omci-iained ,. thuy . nuviij iliutight of resiynliitj when they only received a t ' cyr . sl | iiling . » per . week , and \ i was ihii , likely t : u-y sivonlil . rcdi ^ a now- * that they were uthenvisu provided for ..

      iu ' r . ' iMoss stated tiiaB iiis ooitstituL-iitiK iiluliiy anui'ovt'ii . of tho- eoniluct of tlie- Executive .-unl iiad ever supported ihmii iu ii ; e . utmusr . of thuir vjoiver . Mr . Mooney . thought that iho app ^ wmcj of . the ikkgatos at tiiisc . mveuS . it >' . ! ,. on llits Aiisumuns nfiiio Exuuiuivo , -A'iK a proof of then * coulideuc-o ,. suiHuiusifc for any rcasunuljlo porsuii . Air . Wessr . it iiia Gis-. n-dst Oi- ^ . v . nzidioa was perfect , as ic ctiglit to bs ,. UiDu ^ iit thuy "Ujhi tu b ;} a boily < listl ! ii .-t Irwiii thu dirco-tors of theLjiiiii . rfui-iety ; but ' at piMsui-it they acted . like ! ja ; i liiasiors , they anipliiycJ servants , n ; id did aoi pay t < iiC ! iu and . i ! r " . \ - foi'o ought to be thankful fur tlitir-gjuttuitoiis . uxerlions .

      Mr . Danovan : Surprise was expressed tlmi » . ha dircatossshouid be . suispiisfiii to ! v . about lxsig-iin ^; he knevA n » t how it got . about-,, but , ho unsi / iivt * ly-) icun \ ibu names of ; C now . Esmitivo siwul .. to bu aplioiiil-ad . Tho Kxscutive wow uoj . the sorv * 'iiis of the Chartist body ; they had erdere . 1 a levy , from imotSiKC . bu ! y for th ' .-ii * siuyivu-t , and ic was suyyovt that iliis-cwiventioa would elccfa .: iew Exauuiivu . Mr ; . 'Coiinor : Mr . Donovin . ! ud . opcii ..: d a new vtewoftho -question ; - wo-. ihl . he bu kind cu : « yh to , na : n- <« who the ne * . ; KKucmkr . t * wcko ? . If . i \ a > y w ..-. renii-sefit , he knew the pi-csuat bi ) ii j ; ' wijvii'i . tl !* n havo-, nuol > jv-utiuu to icsign , Mr . ' Donovan .: ; As the convention soei ; jf »! _ unauinioiij mi the poLit ,. hethuught it « : «> : ¦ id . vv i : j .-tii : ici ! t : > iraiiviuuuliz-j ihe Hiiijj-j . -jt ^ ami t-lnu . crc-Ho . iuckuiMigs : md ihuil'I was ..

      Mr . ' . Veot :. A . s we do not nay . tho EsMiitive , wo have no cl .-iitu ujjou theii * aciv . ieos . ' . 'iV . e uunti-KCb sartde witis thorn wiisr ^! J and void , niuUin-ir sei-vieia-.. weru thutvj ' iiru g '' . imit : m . « .. i \ h' . l i ! i . H ! j wished , lo . know \\ fan-. U- - neei ' . wulo . toil fortuc E : wcutivc , m . what , aiammr . - « s-ve thvy to ba . . UbmvL'd ? Mr . orC / omtor seated tliai it wouiji'lie i \\ a ( hit-:-vnf « the Exociuiv . ; to iiiii . -loy louysrow , - . uiA iitiu-rwi . < aexpend tlva money soi ' . c « ted iu fui-. tlSiyi' . uiw « f Clviv . -iUt !) lll'pUii . 'S .

      Mt-.. i / aale ,. the tlcLsgnte k-MXt V >\ rmhv $ \ m , moved , cho jbilov'iiig fCdolut-i > v : > in iivccsdamju wiiliinstruutimis rucciveil frcm . ais uoi ) . stijv : , i'ts : — " 'J ! iiat we rscuiasneis-itu the v » -riwvo « i « . sti * 4 . «« eivs ' , rewcsonu ' vi : in tbl * . ' co ! ivc-: i i « n , fun r ^ -opi-jmy « r defniviflg t ! ie o ^ penses -.- ; tb . u ivAz- ^ a , si * wedec-m ' : t to bo highly . di-swfttitoUlc on " -. iia part fei Uie-Chariiist boilj , to allow ous-woviAiy ti-ttwuvei * , Air . Fi'ar . f . -us . O'Conuor ,. t ^ ijiay ,,. ftw'i nivs uv .-c ^ viva tc vosources ,. ( icuiands which , nvKorainou jv ^ iicc , oajfhU to be ilcfrayed bv oiiLVUves , " Mr-. Sii : iv : sicosulod ; he- refiilution . Tho racn oP L . m :: o : i hfiv . iteu the ideAol' Mr . O'Cains'i ' vayi ; - . gjthe-si * i ! ek \ i » -ls . <; Umy tUoafe lil . Lie Isauisulfcredsula-, ' cicaitly aL-eaily . Messrs . iimraett ,. Wt-W . > er , and . jihci * 'U'le ^ atcs , supporisd tiic- moiio-ij wliicli w . % < 'cavvied unsuij ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1347/page/1/