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      ( Continued from our Sixth PageJ -tried forth by toe trumpet of fame to every land sad trerr cltee . ( Cheers . ) Ton have heard tbe rwolu-Uffli propo sed by «>» Wend Mr . Marie . It contains a lamentation for the various ettfieringB that pervade the venting and isdostrieiu millions of oox countrymen . These lamentations certainly call into exercise the feelings of philanthropy , and the anxiety of frerj paJriot , —( applause , )—and it ia a inbllme feeling gf oci nature that has dif tinguiahed the whole character o ( oar leaden in seeking to establish the People ' s Charter . ( Applause . ) It ia the possession of those feelings that has brought into operation those principles that have subjected them to imprisonment , banish * neat , and , in some instance * , to death . Mr . Clayton , ^^

      jtjr instance . ( Applause . ) Bat to come more immedifjgSj to the object which has bees the cause of oar gpembling together this day—namely , to demonstrate g » joylol feelings of the people of this country oa the gberstiatt of that great—thai distinguished , patriot , taigas O'Connor , E- ^ q . —{ cheers , )—from York Castle . I ssst s * y , that it affords me the sincerest pleasure to perceive the rays of light and liberty extending their jjjoenc © over such a vsst multitude of intellectnal and jensMre beings . ( Cheers . ) I oaa almost concelTe Vhat , litea Mr . O'Connor was brought to the dungeons of York Castle—when he * a immured -within the walls rf that strong and impregnable citadel—liberty had not preTioasly dawned amongst the inhabitants of Tork . Bat during this state of thing * , I can readily

      jeneeiye that -when Mr . O'Connor entered within the fortress walls , the lore of freedom became impregnated smong tie people , and this lore has gone on erer since Increasing . ( Loud cheers . ) Let then the name of QrOovBot—that honest , that strenuous , that unflinching tdrocate of the rights of the mea of England and IrebDd , without distinction of birth or class—let his BBne , I say , be written on our hearts , let it be engraren oathe tablets of our memories , and let it produce all Bat fore , aS that unanimity , and all that derotion , which the cause of Chartism demand * , and which it Butt hare before Britain is emancipated , and before Ireland and Scotland are set free . ( Load cheers . ) 1 btf leave most eardially to second the motion . ( Load applause . )

      Mi . WHEELKE , of Manchester , was called upon to support the resolution . He said—Yon have called upon an old veteran in your cause ; and it may be some apology for my trespassing thus early upon the meeting when I state that I come here the representatiTe of 200 women of Manchester , and of 1 , 509 braTe men—( cheers )—who have empowered me to congratulate and Welcome Mr . O'Conner on his release from , the dunfeon ' s glosm . They hsTe also empowered me to tell the 'Whigs land the Tories that we are determined to haTe Our freedom . ( Applause . ) What hare they gained by

      jending . BS to the dungeons ? Hare they frightened j » » No ; we bid defiance to their duBgBons . ( Loud cbeers ;) They sent that uncompromising champion Mr . O'Connor te the dungeon ; yet here he is unsubdued and It hearty in the cause of the people as ever , and our K > We champion he shall be , so long as be continues to lght fer the Charter . ( Applause . ) I cannot speak my sstimests to jou on this occasion , because there are so shut persons to follow me , bat ss an old man I congntulateyen ; land I will yield to no man in England in tb e sincerity of my sentiments ) on the liberation of Mr . O'Connor from York Castle . ( Applause . )

      The resolution was put by the Chairman to the meeting , acd carried unanimously amidst tremendous cbseriBg . The Chaikiux next introduced Feargus O'Connor , Ssjaire . FEAKSUS O'CONNOR , E « q , then came forward : ttd was receired with immense cheering . When it lad Kubsidf ed , he said—Mr . Chairman , Ladies , and : Brother Chartists , I can scarcely gire my entire assent ' . t * the first resolution which has been proposed , al-. Ibo&fh I agree in part of the terms of it , yet I cannot came to the conclusion that that is " cruelty" which has jnxteced the result that I now see before me . ( Loud lasers . ) 2 msy have suffered unjust persecution , but if wr persecution , though more unjust if possible , were

      to kad to respite like the present daily , then I should dup ay hands , and say , " welcome , persecution . ' " { &nat cheering . ) No doubt many persons suppose Sot I am going to indulge in a Yituperatire pbiUipic about York Castle . No . ' this day opens to me a future Thick mikes me look with contempt upon the past . - { Cheers . } I fcaTe does with York Castle—but not with - Jfeose who seat me there . { Continued cheering . ) Those who sect me there , my friends , are like myself this Tery 017 . fain OFT , and so are the Whigs . ' ( Laughter and '¦ cbeen . ) They fcaTe lost the sting , and they haTe left * Boee of the poison behind—( laughter )—and I trust I Sffi tooBtags&nimoas to break the last joist of putrid Wbigferynpon the rack of Chartism . ( Cheers . ) Let Essb lisp , and hop , and hobble through the nps and

      iowes cf life as best they can . ( Laughter and cheers . . Let them now sleep upon the bed that they haTe made ¦ for thansdres , as best they can . ( Cheers . ) They "Uriiht hare been in the position which I have te c * the pleasure to occupy " , if they had relied upon the ~^ 8 Jctio ££ and support of those whom they promised to : J > er » e instead of relying upon those who hare watched > 3 fcs like the jar-catrhtrt dog , to sniffle them the : Booent they come out of their holes . ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ ¦ Mj friends , I appear before you to open the seventh season of Chartism ia person —( hear and cheers |—and . ehhougji my physicians warned me against the effect . ( t any excitement which my appearance here might &jreasce » pon my health , jet 1 was not vxilict _ t ( ; 9 ss this jesjioaby -praifr ( Cheers . ) I ~ Sare cosie Wore yonaaely to tell you tfcai others would sad WET follow more fresh from the scenes where those ih £ y occBzrecees are taking place than myself , I Je&Te they will submit to yon a series of re » olntk > z »

      I > lepictiiigihe present state and condition of the working . tfases , " and laying before you the means for their future ; benefit and advantage . ( Cheers . ) I hare no hesitation ' ' it string that these resolutions—and I haTe read them * « £ —( bear )—do breathe the sentiments of humanity . [ Pear . ; I hare no be&itaifoa in aying that the pric-: e % iks contained is these resolution * will be met not by y « a amendmeEt supported by a majority of ninety-onei tiat they will be met by no amtndment , but meet the approbation of the millions . jLocd and repeated . datiii These resolutions win be spoken to by ! '' ¦ persom who hare themseTres felt the grieTance * ecmpliined ' of , and I haTe eo besiution in saying that the IMdang dsises of this country n- ; ll coatritnte their Btie means in sopport of the Executive Council , in , Wfier to enable them to carry rnu > effect , in proper { -Itesjth , these reK > : ntiocs . ( Cheers . ) I hare so hesi-I fe £ on in ssyirg that the woikiDg classes of this ; eoentry , oppressed acd ei ^ laTtd us they zxe , -will eheerfalir coutribaie the means in order to work out their

      . Cwb and thtir fellows' » lTslion . ( Loud Cheering . ) , We hiTa k * n bu ' tjected to all kieds of tewirs ; « ad insiihg , —( hear , ;—at one time we hare been called Whig-Char&ts—st snothtt tiine we hsTe been called 'Twy-Catrtiite , —and again the epithet of D > strucUTes ; hu been applied to us , — htar , ;—but , as your chairman ' well objerred , in openim ; the procetdicgB of this day , j ttie condnct of this mt * UDg "wiD proTe , trhether or no , i * e are the dsstructlTeg and leTellers we are repre-; » ated to be . ( Cbexaisf . ) We are not leTellers . ( Bear . j 5 w 3 knows we would be sorry to reduce the meanest M » Te to the l&T £ l of an English workman . iCh&era . - ) kWe are not leTellers ; we are eleTatcrs . We wish to ; aue the p-ecple in the scaJe of existence . Instead ¦ ' «( reEdiiig the people to Poland , Russia , Prussia ,

      . Itatxlc , the Porte , or to America , for their breakfast , fitter snd supper , tre wish to giTe them the means « f proGBciig thfcir brfatff . st , dinner , and snpper at home . ( Cheat cheering . ) We are for free trade ; but we are *« Te all tLiats for free trade in legislation . 1 Cheers . ) we are for no < jas . ck £ iy or humbng—we are not for ** J * iing on the green sward deToted to the raee-horse , •* not allowed t * be euitiTated fey the poor man , *® &by prtTiding him with the means of producing ¦» breakfast , dianer , and supper , that the rich *» might bet with greater accuracy as to the amount * e ' a&ticity contained in the sod . ( Cheering . ) No , w land ought to be made to yield to the heel of fte working man , instead of yielding to the hoof of the So-horse . 1 Great cheering . ) Bat we are frequently

      • Bed Tory Chartists— ( hear)— and the Whigs ssy % » Em to tfeank Fcargus O'Connor for haTing a Tory « CT anment ( Cheers ) Let them take it ; they are \ _ 2 * k « 2 ie . iChters . ) Thank Go 4 the Whigs are too few " ^» party , and too many for a faction . It I were to say 'Pj ^ hnsj of Whigf £ * y—I ^^ ° t going to deal in party WapeniioBs—but il I were to say anything of Whig' " 2 ? ' ^^ allowed the same course of free-trade 'S ?? ^ ' that Mr . Cotton Twist thought fit to take in ¦ king to the working meD , I would gay de moriuis >¦« * ?« ' bewtaa—ind I would take the liberty of trans-¦ Mgit um ^ ., ^ gpg ^ notiung left of Whiggery but SMboEeB . " iLotid cheers asd lanshter . i They are gone ! ¦

      w ^ thsEk God , no one tept up b more conBtant fire ^ ^^ t ? did for nine Tears - iCbeers . ) Snp-B fa * ' my frkcos , duriBg the perioel the Whigs were 9 w ? ' aBd " whfcB * b ey ¦* rere wparatiEg the H ^^ " ° the bo&om of its raother^—suppose , 9 JJ ™ "" y ? ere dragging the aged wife from the home 9 «* e aged husband—suppose , my frieeds , that at that we , wbm they -srere filling the eountry with an armed J ^ ce ' * ortofpe 7 jda 7 T 7 Kri«— suppose 1 had come forward I w » , ? IJWW tiieai in carrying out such measures , W ^ Dot ay c ^^^ ct haTe deserrei the execration of I s *^ aad ^ CUISe of " ^ T tcmest maa ? ( Loud and I E ^ ^ wrs . ) Sappwe I had assisted them in ¦»» Dlt-and-bil Rtfc-m nnlKu aJJ th * Wta _ Jit thn

      I iSw ^ t ^^ ° 'BrB m onths— ( laughter and cheers )—2 ^ ° * \ leEt them my assistance , what -would I Vtww ^^ th 0 tt S ^ s 8 * m ? conduct ? ( Cheers . «*» ri ^* " ? coming thoughts , and in my jroiag 5 « aiDg » , I can look at the glass -without brash lew . 1117 Mndllct - I haTe not betrayed the people ! I wZT ™ - ' *'' > , my friends , I ha-re stood by yon . Now , ~ ame ft , Qy , fBtHre . j fo ^ gpoten only of What I SrST W' Recollect , that lore of ptetsrae , lore of I ^» J ^ *^ ^ J * tt »* t » o 8 s which fasdnate the ^^^ 5 * ° * ^ cl&y ha-re no eh&tsis foi m « . I am 12 « L * P * eent , I am unassuming . ( Cheers . ) I Z ** T ^ * ° ^^ P ^ 16 rf raT ° ' co ™ tJ 7 . that I ZT *^" ^^ Pt oJ pbee , pension , or emolument from te « Tenmen tiat mi ^ ht hoW tkereins ef Adminisj ^ khj—except one based upon TJniTersal Sufrrage . fu . 0 Ee ° * tiose altogether unaccountable persons m * aoaaantise heart . •»>« » ft « Keino fimiVon Vi » tv «

      I C ^ ' "i 3 astl y * ° forsaken , could still linger through Mat */ S ^ Vbich *** « er of 8 corn mi S& **> mZhiZt iv l mj fli « Kk . my principles are loo well Wi ^ ^ Miaer in whichlhaTe hitherto a * Toeated bb ¦«« 1 win eoatinusto pursue to the last day of my

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      life . ( Land cheers . ) Now , my friends , we are told that we we destrnctiTee , and that we should unite with the middle classes . "We might as well be told that we should unite with this nan or that man—this party or that party—because they are as multifarious as black sheep and white sheep , ( Laughter and cheers . ) What elast should we unite with ? If we unite with the Whig middle classes , the Tories wou . 'd say that we ought to unite with the Tory middle classes—and if we united with the Tory middle classes the Whigs would say , yon ought not to unite with the Tories who are your natural enemies ; but if the Tories be our natural enemies , the Whigs are our artificial enemies . ( Cheers . ) I am net one to lead you on to ra&rt ' al stii ' e , but on the contrary I haTe erer denounced the sheddinj

      of human blood;—I hare erer been oppesed to leading the people against a well-disciplined , and a wbll-organised army;—I haTe always set my face against that;—( hear ) — but , suppose when the legislature , while the Whigs were in office , were ptrpetrating those things , some of which 1 haTe named to you , and suppose I were" to eotne and say " Daat mind firing at the front rank that firet upon you , direct the fire oTer the heads of the Whigs in the front rankB and fire at the Tories in the rear , "—now , you would come to the conclusion that if I did eo I ihould be acting the part of a bad general . Would ycu not say that the party in adrazee were the party that ought to be first destroyed ? ( Hear , Lear . ) Now , th&nk God , we haTe triumphed orer the party in adTacce , and the Tories

      haTing triumphed orer the Whigs , and taken np their position in the front rack , and shew me the man that will keep up upon the Tory party a more continuous fire than I " will . ( Lond cheering . ) I am not for giving the Right Eon-Baronet another trial—\ hear , hear)—he has not giTen my country a fair trial . 'Cheers . ) But , my friends , I was speaking of the middle classes , of which both the Wbiju and the Tories are the representatives . Now , whom does it behoTe to join the ranks of the people ? Why , vho are the greatesi sufferers from the present system—cot in the pohtical so moch as in the social eyEton ? Why , the shopkeepers . ( Hear ) Who are the great and Torsdous sharks that eat up all ? Why , the manufacturers— ( hear)—who like so many gamblers , store up all the capital which

      ought to be daOy circulating , as long as they please , during the time the poor worMDg classes are starring . ( Applause . ) Why , my friends , if the shopkeepers knew- their own interest , and would no longer submit to that disgusting system cf long credits , they would see the propriety of allying themjeires with the people . My Lord Wenlocfc , or any other aristocrat , may purchase a hundred pounds' worth of goods , but they are not to be depended upon for the payment of the bill ; the shopkeeper ? - feoweTer , may depend upon ha-ying the poor man ' s penny on SaturOay night . ( Cheers . ) They ( the shopkeepers ) know perfectly well that the Bill or bond of the rich man may be a good security against the future , but the thing that enables them to go on and make up profits , and lay up against the bond of the

      r ich man is the poor man's ready penny . ( Loud cheers . ) That is the next battery we are to assaultwe must tell the shopkeepers that we are not their enemies . We haTe not said to the people , " Go and shoot your brother , and fire his house . " True the Whiga hATe charged this upon us ;;—and why was it that the Whiga brought false charges against us ? Because they could not oppose us by any other means—for Una reason , that they had men to oppose who would not bend beneath their ignorance and intolerance . ( Cheers . ) I hare been blamed for many things—( heart —but I stanS before the people with a bold front to account fcr alL \ Cheers . ) 1 haTe been placed in a position which few men could haTe surTiTad —( hear , bear)—but this day more than compensates me for all

      / 1 haTe suffered . ( Cheers . ) If I haTe sptnt fonr dsys 1 of the seTen in anguish and sorrow , I bv ? e been com-! pens&ted en the fifth by the vuits and reports of my j faithful , amiable , and trust-worthy friend , -who saw me I on the Thursday—I mean my pnbliaber , Mr . Hobson—! ( cheers )—who . neTer failed to bring along with him good tiduigg in rtftrance to the progress of our cause . j 1 Hear . ) Oa the Fridays I read the first edition of the I HorlhernStar , and on the Saturdays I saw it one Tiew j all England and Scotland , and the intelligence 1 then j received gladdened my heart ( Hear , hear . I This being I the position of aSairs , I was confident that we were ; able , as we haTe shewn the Wkigs , to work out our own salTBtion . ( Hear . ) Mauy is the time , my friends , in the depth of winter , I haTe been propped uf on

      I pillows , and in anguish I ha / e written letters to you , as if I -were in the enjoyment of the best of I spirits . ( Bear , hear . ) I was determined that the sufj ferings which I endured I would not communicate , lest j it should haTe the effect oi spreading the plague of de-I spoadeacy amongst my VFotiing friends . ( Loud cries j of hear . ) The time , my friends , is at hand when oar ¦ cause shall becomes triumphant . The great , the indoj mitable , the braTe Shannon Crawford has hoisted the ¦ standard 0 / the people in the House of Commons , and ! thirty-nine haTe nobly responded to the call made : upon them . And proud am I to think that it was an j Irishman and the representatiTe of an English constij tneney , tLat first obliged thirty-nine members of the i House of CummoBS to tell her Majesty that before the

      i people coold hare comfort , they must have Universal I Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Those Bien who supported the j motion of Mr . Crawford represent the thirty-nike articles I of our political belief . ( Hear . ) We will keep these ' men to it -, and let the two s&T&ge factions fight like the Kilkenny cats . ( Laughter and cheers . ) What do they I discuss ? Is it how they may benefit the people , or htttf » tfroir eosdHitm * Ko , but bow they can best promote their own selfish interests . ( Applause . ) One of the bugbears they haTe raised to frighten the working people from the scent , is the cry of " too-inueb population ; " but I haTe no hesitation in saying that we are in adrersitj- tar wjtct of pcpal&dco . It" we had men there is land enough in the country , the gift of God , and labour enough , the inheritance of man , to make in England a perfect paradise . ( Cheers . ) I am not one

      of those men that want you to be idle ; I am not one of those that want you to liTe in luxury . No ; the ralue of my politics is this—that they are suitable to the poor man s interests and principles . ( Cheers . ) I do no % watt to see you driving in carriages or riding on horses— ihe * rj ; but I do not want to see you driTen to the "bsitile , as one poor fellow -was lately driTen from bis cottage by Lord Graniley—( hear );—and I hiTd been told of a case of a similar character , which lately occurred near Stockton , -where a peor man was driTen from his cottage . No , the land was giTen to man , —labour is his inheritance and capital . God told him tiit the land was his heritage ; that he ¦ vr as to possess , and be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth . ( Bear . ) The man that says

      otherwise is the enemy of the working cla ^ sea—is an infidel , and net a Christian . ( Hear . ) 1 ntver took such an airing as I tock to-day . ( A . laugh . ) I thought I should haTe fallen btfore the excitement ; but , thank God , I rise equal-to the emergency before me . ( Hear . ) I shall go forth to the proceedings cf the future with lew preparation than I at first thought , to work a union among cur o-s ? n ranks . You mnbt recollect that union is a great thing—it is by union that the Whii . s , though a small bind , have been able to hold an unjust supremacy , eTen by a minority , for a length of time . You most recollect , if union be good for a minority , it 13 dcubly so for a majority . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) The Irishman asked , when eating an applepie that contained one quince— " If one quince maifes

      an apple-pie so good , what -would it be it it was all qainces ? " ( Laughter and applause . ) If union for the Wfcjgs was so good , what mnsl union be for the -whole country ? Sfcame upon me , then , on my release from the Castle of York , if I forget the gratitude I owe to the men , not for getting np this grand demonstration , but for hiTing attempted , and sruccesifuHy attempted , to ¦ w ile away my tedious hours of imprisonment ( Hear , hear . ) I sin glad to find that on my being twice con-TJcted without the examination of a single witness , a feeling -was raised in the people of York against bo grinding a system of oppression . ( Hear . ) There were bo Chartists in York this day two years—now , bthold the Chartists of York . ( Hear and cheers . ) There you axe , and where is the other party of your opponents wfco

      could get np such a demonstration ? ( Loud cheers-They are not in existence , iChews . ) They suppose that they haTe triumphed oTer us , because they haTe sent me to the dungeon , and many others to the cold graTe , yet I trust ia God that there is spirit enough among us so long as the cause is righteous , and just , and honourable , to maintain that position to -which we haTe attained . ( Hear . ) I trust that we baTe those amongst -us capable of distinguishing between a future and present time . ( Hear . ) I do not liTe for to-day—I lire for futurity—I do not life for any particular moment—] hope to lire for all time—( bear , hear )—and how csnany man ' s time be better devoted than to the adT&neeEieiifc of the improTement of the working classes . ( Cheers . ) It will not do to tell you tfeat

      yon produce all and haTe something—ihear )—tbe thing that you must haTe must be defined . ( Hear , hear , and ' cheers . ) You ought to know what yon art to hare , to make you independent cf the caprice of the Crown—independent of the caprice of the House of Lords , and independent of the caprice of the House of Commons;—( hear . )—so that whtn you see the majority in the Heuse of Lords or in the Hon » e of Commons , ycu may know there is no majority that can prig your pig from your corner in the shape of taxation . ( Cheers , ) Where is the man that will deny you that right ? WbereTer he exists be is an enemy—& man that opposes the legitimate rights of the -working classes—he is a man that does so , in order that he rosy hoard np millions ont of the labour of the working classes . Look at Mr . Marshall , of Leeds ; he , with two millions of money , wants a repeal of the Corn Laws , in order that he may hoard up more riches . ( Hear . ) Well ,

      if I had two millions I would purchase land , and let it out at a fair « nt to the poor for eultiTstion . When 1 see Mr . Marshall giTe up one million to the poor , and then look to Poland , Russia , or other continental countries for hi * breakfast , dinner , and supper , I will say " well dene , good and faithful steward . " ( Cheering . ) But I must look at him and his class with Tery different feelings so long as I find them trying to scrape all they can from the working classes . They come and ask as to let them hare another pull ; but they haTe had too many pulls already , as we say in Ireland , at grannywe&L ( Cheers and laughter . ) These fellows haTe had too many pulls at the poor of England and Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) There is one resolution in particular to be proposed to you to-day , which raises erery particle of sensibility in my composition—it is that which pledges you to devote yourselTes to consort in a bond of union and affection with your Irish brethren . It has been said that the English people are

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      opposed to the interests of the Irish—I deny it . ( Applaase . ) There is no such feeling existing In the English mind . Those who are opposed to the interests of the English people are opposed to the interests of Ireland , and those who are opposed to the interests of Ireland are hostile to the interests of the English people . ( Cheers . ) If I were to canTass this mighty meeting now I should not find one individual opposed to the interests of the Irish people ; but as I am not a snan who would lire upon sectarianism , so I am not one that would lire npon applause obtained by inculcation of bad feeling and religious prejudice , and I am ready te prore to mj countrymen that the English people are with them to a man . " ( Cheers . ) They may suppose a burnt child dreads the fire—they may imagine they bare scorched me , and that I dread entering York Castle again . No—( cheers)—they can neTer make me suffer more than I haTe suffered , and what

      I haTe suffered I am ready to seffer again if it would prore beneficial to your cause . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now , then , you will think I haTe rather trespassed on the order of my physician . ( Cries of "Go on ; " "Go on . ") Aye , g « on , bat there are a great many to go on after me ; and there is yet a duty resting upon me to enter more into detail this eTening than I haTe done on the present occasion . In conclusion then I must say that so long as I can hold a hand to my head—so long as I haTe existence—so long as I can aid the cause—so long as I haTe a pen to moTe—so long as I have an arm to wield in defence of your rights , I will stand by you—( cheers )—and if any man goes before me in advocacy of those rights , he must go at a quick pace , or I will pass him hop , step , and jump . ( The Learned Gentleman tat down amid immense and longcontinued cheering . His speech occupied twenty-five minutes in the dellTery . )

      Mr . Gsob . « s White , Birmingham , moTed the second resolution . He said he bad been seat there by the men and women of Birmingham , in their name to congratulate F . O'Connor , E * q . on his release from the fangs of tyranny and oppression ; and not only to congratulate him on being once more in the enjoyment of the greatest of all blessings—liberty , but to assure Vi < tti that both the men and -women of Birmingham were determined nerer to rest satisfied till the Charter had become the law of the land . ( Great cheering . ) He would tell them that be bad taken up the cause of the Charter , because he had witnessed the suffering * which were endured by the -working glasses—( hear)—and because he thought it was the only , mean calculated to put an end to those sufferings ; because

      hesiW the drones rolling in affluence and plentybecause he saw that there was plenty and to spare ia the land , while the Tery men who produce all the wealth are starring in th » midst of it- ( Hear , and cheerB . ) He knew there were those amongst the working men who did not agree with him in b 5 s Ttewswho saw no utility in the Charter ; but It they were willing to be amused , and to go with a ragged coat , they were quite welcome to do so ; for his own past , Be was determined , and he hoped they were the same , not to rest satisfied until the full measure of his birthright—of the birthright of eTery Briton—was granted to him . ( Load cheers . ) He had heard it asked—what if they had the Charter , what good would it do ? He would tell them . The Charter would giTe

      them all that was necessary to secure the full measure of their rights . ( Cheers . ) What had they , or any other working man , to expect from either Whig or Tory f He would tell them : just nothing . ( Cheers . ) Who promised them a fair week ' s wage for a fair week ' s work ? Neither of them . ( Hear . ) Neither of the factions would do anything for the working man ; and if weikvug men any longer submitted to be the slaves of either party , they were not worthy of the name of men , much less of the name ofBritons . ( Great cheering . ) There was not btc-b a pig in existence which would not grant if his breakfast w ere Uken away from him ; and if they would not do the same , he would tell them at once they were worse than the pigs . ( Hear . ) There were thousands of men living at a great distance from York

      who would haTe been thete that day to testify their devotion to the patriot and to the cause , but they could not afford it , —( bear . )—for they could not obtain the necessaries of life ; there were hundreds , he knew , -who -were actually perishing for want , because they had no means of getting anything to subsist upon ; and these were charitably told , by the possessors of great wealth , that if they had not enough to feed on they must starve , and that it was the decree of providence they should starve . ( Shame . ) He did not think that providence had decreed anything of the sort ( Cheers . ) But how could these things be remedied ? He would tell them they neTer -would be remedied until ev ' . ry man had a voice in the maJsLDg of the laws by which thty were to be goTerned—until

      Universal Suffrage was the law of the land ; and he called upon all to unite and follow the example of Birmingham , of Glasgow , of London , of Manchester ; he called upon every town in the kingdom to come forward and unite In favour of that rueseuie . ( Cheers . ) He could tell them that he came there as the repre&outatire of the Chartists of Birmingham , who were determined to do their duty ( Loud Cheers . ) He had no doubt the deputies present represented eight or nine millions of people ; aad if they were determined to baTe their rights , who could resist them- « -wbo could compel them to lire at slaves and serfs , or keep them in the state of starvation , in which they were J ; Hear , aBd cheers . ) They might think he was alluding to physical force 1 bat if , tha people were united , and go hand Tn hand together , there would be no need of physical force ; their moral force would be a mote powerful agent . ( Cheers . ) What did they want with physical Utcb * They wanted no

      man ' s property ; they were not desirous to icjure any one ; but while they would respect another ' s rights , aa too sacred for their interference , they were determined to hare justice for thenuelTes ; and before they could have justiee for themselves , they must haTe the Charter . He hinself was one who had been prosecuted , aad he would ask if they thought persecution had broken bis spirit ( Hear , bear , and " No , no . " ) No ; he was if possible , rendered firmer in his resolution , and more impatient in hia demands . Did they think persecution would put O'Connor down ? No : h » would lead thtm en to Tictory , and that Tictory would not be obtained till thtyhad established truth , freedom , and justice for alL ( Cheers . ) He thanked them on behalf of the men and women of Birmingham for the kindness -which had been shown to him , and for the patient manner in which he had been beard whilst tendering their gratitude to their inTJDcible champion—O'Connor . The resolution he moved was as follows : —

      " That this meeting— reviewing the prjt persecution of their leaders in 1839 and 1 S 40—remembering the gross violations of law and constitutional usages in the trials of their friends—and forgetting the barbarous cruelties that have been inflicted , and are in course of infliction , upon the patriots whose only object was the establlshmtnt of the people ' s rightscalls upon their countrymen to watch with the most unwearied Tigihir . ee the slightest attempt at a revival of persecution on the part of the oppressors . And thu meeting solemnly appeals to the people of Great Britain and Ireland to protect for the future , by eTery means in their power , those -who risk all and dare all for the common good . Let the people act upon the principle that where one of the community is oppieased all are oppressed , and let them be prepared to carry the said principle in 0 practical fcffeot "

      Mr . Black , of Nottingham , seconded the resolution . He had beea cent there to represent the people of Nottingham and its Ticlniry , and to congratulate , on their behalf , their tried friend and champion , Feargus 0 'Crranor , EBq ., on his release from captivity , and hia restoration to the people of his choice . ( Chotra ) He had witnessed with pride and exultation the glorious spectacle which had been exhibited within the walls of the dty ef York on that day ; but he had heard , as ho passed along , exclamations from some of those who styltd themselves nobility— "Aye , there goes Borne of the poor deluded followers of that miscreant O'Coanor . " ( Hear . ) All he would aij would be that if they were delnded they were not by themselTes , for there were many , many thousands , in Tarious parts of the country ,

      who were deluded also . But was it so ? ( Cries of " no , no . ") No ; they were not deluded by Mr . O'Connor ; they had been deluded by those who had so long denied them their rights ; and new , so long as O'Connor was determined to place himself at their head— so long as be was determined to take the lead in tfee mighty struggle for frofcdom , so long would they stand by him to the death . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Black then alluded to the others who had been incarcerated for the adTocacy of their principles , and remarked that since their imprisonment they had besame mbch more effective ami indefatigable teachers of the people : the Whig College education qualified them better to give instruction to the people . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He rejoiced in the number of those who-were so well qualified to giTe instruction—who had receiTed their College education , and trusted that they would eo on , and neTer rest satisfied—neTer , for a single

      moment , withdraw their band—never cease agitation till the object of their wishes was obtained—till the Charter was the law of the land , and until they had realised the full measure of justice to each and to all . ( Cheers . ) He viewed the conduct of the Whig ministry with iisgust for haTing carried persecution to the extent they had done . The Chartists had been spofcen of as leTellers , and had been represented ob destructives ; and all because they did what these Tery ministers had left undone , and followed the advice that had bees given to them to the letter . Those who receired salaries had forsaken the people , and therefore the people would forsake them . ( Hear . ) He expressed bis determination , and the determination of bis constituents , to persevere till death in their efforts to obtain the full measure of their rights , —the Charter , and concluded , amidst loud cheers , by secondins the resolution .

      Mr . Gbobo » Juliah Harket , of Sheffield , supported the resolution . He had the pleasure of standing before them as the delegate from the brare Radicals and Democrats of Sheffield and Barnaley—men of sterling skel and hearts of oak , -who -were ready to suffer all and dare all , until the Charter should become the law ot the land . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) He was happy to stand on that day , before such a most respectable assembly « f his countrymen and countrywomen ; respectable , net because they were attended by their servants in rich liTtries—respectable , not because they were accustomed to luxurious liring—respectable , not because they resided in expensive and magnificently furnished houses—but respectable because It was thsic principle to giTe unto ethers all the priTileges they pos <

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      sessed themselTe * -that those -who worked for all might abundantly enjoy alL ( QxtaX cheering , } It was s . source of sincere pleasure and congratulation to him that they had that day assembled to welcome ooca more amongst them Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud eheera . ) They welcome * him in York on that day , tort etety town in England , Ireland , and Scotland , would era long meet and welcome the noble patriot amongst them . ( Cheers . ) He had been selected to support the reeolntionwnich had been se ably submitted to them by ( ha worthy delegate from Birmingham , and which had been no less ably seconded b y the delegate from Nottingham , and in doing so he would not waste their time in detailing the deeds of deriluh darkness which hod been enacted by the Whigs in their futile attempts to put down Chartism . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered that

      Sir John Campbell—lucky plain John—had boasted that he would pnfc down Cbattlam ; but now he thought he might turn the table and inform Sir John that the Chartists had put down the Whigs . ( Cheers . ) He took credit to himself for the part he had taken inputting down ,, wbi £ gery . tHear . f The Chartists had put down the Whigs , when they jaTe the Tories the majority , at least w > the Whigs said , and he was happy In having to thank them for the admission ; for previously they had . been told that they ( the Chartists ) were of no use tat to putdown and disturb com law meeting * ( Cheers . ) | p yes , those Whigs now acknowledged that the Chartttts had put them down—( cheera . ) - ^ they now acknowledged that they were the third party in the stote—and not the smallest party either —( cheers . )—and he would venture to predict that as they had put down the

      Whigs , so would they put down all parties who refused to gire the people the rights which belonged to them , and to which they had a title so clear aa to admit of no dispute . —( Cheers . ) He did not congratulate them m the Tory majority , for he detested the Tories equally with the Whigs—but as he had worked to put down the Whigs , so would be work to put down the Tories . —( Cheers . ) The Tories had proclaimed , in the debate on Mr . Shaman Crawford ' s motion , that they would maintain all their own old prejudices ; but the gli / rious minority of thirty-nine oa Sh&iman Crawford ' s motfon—the prophetic people ' s parliament—would henceforth sit in St . Stephen ' s chapel , prepared to majbtaia for the people the extension of their rights . ( CfiArs . ) The Tories had avowed all their old pre-JaiTices an * principles , and he called upoa them not to rt » t from their labours till they had driTen them from power as ^ hey had . done the Wbigs . ( Cheers . ) The Tories

      -wwe > he ^ pattjrwfco had inTolved the country in ruinous ftocTupensire wars , who bad abstracted from the country the bravest of her sons , who had murdered Tbistfe ^ wood and Brandreth , who had killed their thousands at Waterloo , and who would now attempt to further ; deprive the people of the few rights they already ! had , and compel them to become doubly serfs and slrres ; but in spite of this—ia spite of the Toriesthey -sfould have their rights—( cheers)—they wonld not rest satisfied until justice , and nothing less than justice was done to them . ( Cheers . ) Had the people done their duty , neither O'Connor , O'Brien * , nor hundreds of others wonld bare been incarcerated in Whig dungeons , and he called upon them , by all they held sacred , to resist such another attempt at tyranny ; not because they might attack O'Connor , for that they would not dare to do ; but because they might attack others . He concluded amidst great cheering .

      The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting ; it was received with great cheering , aad was carried unanimously . Mr . Binns , of Sunderland , was next called npon to move the third resolution . He said he had boen deputed by a large assembly of the united trades of Sunderland , to congratulate Mr . O'Connor on his release from confinement , and to swear on their behalf renewed alliance to him and to his holy cause —( cheers)—to assure him that it was only the extreme distance between Sunderland and York that prevented thousands of honest meaaad « wotnea from being there to welcome him in person , " and to assist in filling that extended space of green-sward which he saw before him . ( Cheers . ) The resolution which had been put into hia hands was framed to u to save him a great deal of trouble ,

      and them a good deal of time—it spoke for itself—( hear)—it called a liar , liar —( Uear)—and it proclaimed that they , whilst adopting every fair and legal Hieans for the salvation of their own country , would not rest satisfied until they had broken the bonds of other countries , and &iven liberty to all . ( Cheers . ) J > an iConaen had told his deluded countrymen that they ( the Chartists of England ) were the enemies of Ireland—Jerks of " liar I" ) but if there were any Irishmen ia that assembly , he would ask them who it was that murdered Eminett . ( Hear . ) The factions could best tell them that . ( Cheers . ) Were they to examine they would not find the portrait of that lamented patriot hung upon the walls of the great and noble , but upon the walla of the poor man ' s cottage . ( Cheers . ) They had tried both the Whig

      and Tory factions , —the latter were the advocates and supporters of murder , rapine , &nd bloodshed , and the former were the tfhiue ; they ha > l also tried Chartism , which they had found every tiling that was noble . ( Cheers . ) Their friends had been imprisoned , but they had not been defeated—tlu-y bad always returned to their liberty firmer and more determined in their actions than they were before . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He called upon them to swear allegiance to the men who had done &H for them , and to go boldly forward in the detoandjbr ^ ibeir _ . righis ; he would do this ; he Towed offer to cease his exertions , and so long as the breeze waved amongst thu green treesj ^ o-long ^ as the sun shone in the firmament , so long would hoconteudfor the rights otthe whole people , to long would he agitate

      until all be made free , and until the poor man ' s cottage was secure without a lock . ( Great cheering . ) He did not know what icfluecce Cbardsm had ia York ; but ia Sanderland , he cuuU . assure them tkat no longer was malth looked up to as supreme—a " bit of a tad" had been brought forward there to maintain the rights of the people , and though the factions might wonder at himself presuming to take the lead at an election , and suffering himself to be brought forward as a candidate , he had taught them that their wealth did not command for them respect ; for -while the electors—the tenpounders , who are entirely under the influence of the wealthy , —had given their votes in support of the pre-8 t : nt Bystem , the non-electors—the " , people—the unpurchaseable—bad by their voices declared by a tremendous majority , that he alone was the object of their choice , and that he alone should be their

      representative ( Great cheering . ) Ho was rejoiced to see the numbers—the thousands—who -were assembled under the shade of the green banner , on the broad green turf before bim ; it rejoiced him to see their numbers , uud to know that they , individually , were determined to have their rights ; but the delegates who had liiet from all parts , were the representatives of thousands r . iore , who were determined to nail their colours to the maat , and , convinced that their principles were true , were resolved neither to turn to the right hsnd nor to the left , never to lt > t their tonguectisoin the praises of those who stood so nobly forward in their behalf , until the Charter , the -whole Charter , asd nothing less than the Charter , hod become the law of the land . Mr . Binns concluded , amidst rapturous cheering , by reading the resolution which he bad to propose .

      " That this meeting feels bound to express , in the strongest terms , their disgust at the conduct of those ¦ who have represented the people of England as being the enemies of the people of Ireland . With scorn and contempt this meeting throws back the Tile calumnies uttered against their country and themselves . This meeting repudiates the charge brought against them , of being averse to the liberties of the Irish people ; they Bolemnly declare that the charge is false and calumnious in the extreme ; in seeking their rights , as embodied in their Charter , they seek that justice for their Irish brethren which they demand for themselves ; they declare that they neTer -will accept any measure of

      reform which shall not be fully acceptable to the Irish people , and shall guarantee to them all the rights which may be conferred upon themselves . This meeting , acknowledging and asserting the tight of the people of Ireland to constitute and legislate for themselTes , pledge to the people ot that country their eyetj support in their present righteous straggle for s > Repeal of the Union , belieTtng that only -will the people of both islands enjoy real prosperity when the legislature ^ j f- each country shall be responsible to the whole people ; and we further call upon the Chartists ef Great Britain to embody , in their next national petition , a demand for tbe Repeal of the Legislatire Uaion of England and Ireland . "

      Mr . Fussell , of London , said he had been deputed by the men of London to heartily congratulate Mr . O'Connor en his release from the Whig dungeon . ( Cheers . ) He came to thank him for the stupendous exertions which he had made on behalf of tbe people ( Cheers . ) He had instructions to declare tkat the London Chartists were the advocates of equal laws and equal j ustice to all ; and that they were , at the same time , determined to obtain equal laws and equal justice tor themselTes . ( Cheers . ) They had shown , by their acts , they were not only willing , but able , to assist Ireland in obtaining that , justice -which they wanted to

      secure for their own country . ( Cheers . ) They had always stood op In support , sot only ol their own liberties , but of the liberties of all mankind . ( Cheers . ) They had always been the defenders of Ireland ' s liberties ,- they bad always worked with the Irish ; and they had always found them ready to werk with all who would support them . ( Cheers . ) He hoped the resolution would pass unanimously , as he was convinced that the Irish people bad beea deceired ; and he trusted that the resolution of such a meeting , at such a time , would show then that tbe English Chartists -were not their enemies , bat their friends . ( Great cheering . ) He had much pleasnre in seconding the resolution .

      Mr . DOT . LB , of Manchester , supported tbe resolution He said he had bees sent by bis countrymen to bear their thanks to their countryman , Mr . O'Connor , for the manly and determined conduct which be had manifested . ( Great cheering . ) The men of Manchester , he could assure them , were determined that tha Charter should become the law of the land . ( Applaase . ) He had beea fifteen yean in England , daring which time he hadv been associated with English working man , throughout five counties ; he bad always found them intelligent ; he had always found them anxious for the possession of tbe same political power which they saw in the possession of others . ( Hear . ) If he bad not found them so—If ae had not found that they "were ail unanimous , he -would long ago haTe caased his agitation , and wauld not « peak another word in favour of the Charter —( hear , htar)—but believing , as be did

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      belieTe , that this feeling : was universal , that the people were determined to possess their just rights ; he came forward to advocate the Charter , as the only mean * to obtain the end which they had in Tiew . ( Great « heering . ) Would Mr . O'Connor have endured sixteen months' imprisonment as patiently as he had done , if be had not thought so t ( Hear , hear . ) Ha would not detain them longer , bat merely thank them for the patient hearing which they baTe given him , and he assured them he took tals leave of them hoping that they would render all the assistance in their power in carrying oat the holy object which they had ia viewnamely , equal laws and equal rights to all classes of the community . ( Cheers . ) ' The Chairman put the resolution , which was received with great cheering , and was carried without a dissentient voice .

      Mr . Wm . Martin , of Bradford , moved the fourth resolution . H « said he appeared there on that glorious and ever-to-ba-remembered day , in a different capacity and under different circumstances to those in which he was when be was arraigned in the dock at York Castle , in 1839 . ( Hear , bear . ) Ha was placed in the dock a poor working man , with nothing but the Integrity of his principles to support him , and Sir John Campbell , Attorney General , was brought specially from London to assist la his prosecution , and la obtaining bis incarceration . ( Cheers and laughter . ) But he should like to know Ia what shape his ghost bad appeared to Sir John Campbell , when it was announced to him that he bad been returned by the free and unbought voices of the people , as the real and only true representatiTe ot

      Bradford . ( Cheers . ) He was there to congratulate them not only on the liberation of Feargus O'Connor , though that of itself was an eTent sufficiently important , but he tame to congratulate them on the spread of glorious principles of Chartiaro , throughout the length and breadth of the land . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Tha Wbigs when they imprisoned Feargus O'Connor , thought to destroy him . ( Hear . ) Hod they done so t No , nor they neTer would do so . He was thete that day to tell them that be would never cease the agitation in which be was engaged till the Charter had received the sanction of tbe law , and till liberty was proclaimed to ) he entire people of tha country . . Hear , and cheers . ) It was clear now that the people were determined to place confidence in men of their

      own order—( hear , hear )—they placed confidence in O'Connor , because he was an honest aristocrat ( Hear . ) The politics of the aristocracy were simply made stepping-stones for themselves to political power ; and when the people wished to go farther than the aristocracy were disposed to do , they were met with the cry of , " Ob , yon are revolutionists . " There was not one amongst the whole class of the aristocracy that would go with Mr . O'Connor , if it was not to serve their own selfish purpose * ( Hear . ) Not even Mr . Roebuck , who was for sending working men to the Canadas , would compel them to eat a certain kind of food , and would do all he could to prevent an increase of the population . But Mr . O'Connor said that they had not population enough , and in that remark he fully concurred .

      ( Hear , hear , aad cheers . ) The resolution he had to propose was a v « ry long one , and the time was fast spending ; he would not therefore take up their time in reading it , but would hand it to the chairman to read when he pat it to the meeting , and thus saTe their time . It was not eTery Irishman that would think of that ( Laughter . ) He called upon some of them to propose Mr . O'Connor , as a candidate for their borough , and to carry him as their representative to Parliament ( Hear , hear . ) The Speaker would then have to say " Hark from the lobby the noble lion's roar , " and might have to ask for advice as to whether or not be ou « ht to admit him . ( Hear , and cheers . ) They had let tbe lion out of Yerk Castle , and Lord John Russell

      would give his ears now if O'Connor would turn a Whig . But he would not do bo , for then he would turn traitor like his countryman Dan , and that he knew he never would do . ( Cheers . ) They had met that day over the grave of Whiggery , and if the people did their duty the day was not far distant wben they would follow to tbe tomb the hearse of Toryism . ( Cheers . ) He appealed to the ladies of York not only to come forward themselves , but to compel their husbands and brothers to unite with the men and women of Bradford , in the good cause in which they were engaged ; and they would enable them to tama the hyena , and make bim as useful as a household sheep . [ Great cheering . ) The resolution he moved was : —

      " That this meeting , remembering the specious promises of the faction who acquired power in 1830 , bearlag in mind how infamously , they were deceived , how bitter haTe been the fruits of the so-called measure of reform proposed to tbe , country at that period , have no confidence in those who pretending to be the people ' s friends propose to remove their miseries by bit-by-bit reforms ; at the same time we avow our hostility to tbe present House of Commons , it having already declared itself , by its decision upon Mr . Sbarman Crawford ' s motion , tbe enemy of the liberties , and , consequently , tbe happiness of the toiling millions . Seeing tbe misery in which the working classes of this

      country are steeped—the ruin fast overtaking the middle classes—tbe increasing and alarming emigration of all who ean fly from a country that no longer affords them protection—that guarantee ' s not to the toiler tbe fruits of his labour : this state of things so deeply to be deplored by eTery lover of his father-land ikts ^ be attributed to tEe present unjust legislative system 'which affords to capital , every facility of preying upon labour , and solemnly pledging themselves to stand by , their rights , this meeting calls upon the people to give no countenance or support to any agitation which has not for its object the enfranchisement of the whole people as defined in the Charter . "

      Mr . Lewis , of Oidham , seconded the resolution . tie said he had been sent by the men of Oidham , who were generally called " Oidham rough-beads , " to congratulate not only Mr . O'Conuoron hisre ' ease , but the country ako . Iu Oidham they bad seven hundred Ch&rtiBtB , good men and true , betides ninety-fire females . ( Cheers . ) He had to congratulate them also ( hat the Whigs , aa well as O'Connor were out . Both factions had been grinding the faces of the poor for 450 years back —( hear)—it was that time since the Tories first laid the foundation , which had since been gradually progressing ; and though the Whigs had beau in office ten years , they had not done anything for the cause of the people . ( Hear and cheers . ) It was only by the spread of the

      pr inciplesof theCharter that thiB state of things could Be remedied—it was only the Charter that would depose them from their long-abused power . ( Cheers . ) There were fifty counties and places in England where Charter associations were already established , —( hear)—a » d if the factious were determined to grind the fa « ea of the poor , they would find that it was too powerful to permit them to continue their inglorious work . Mr . Lewis alluded to the ministerial conference at Manchester , and eaid that aa a proof of the spirituality of these gentlemen , their ledger v ? as their bible , and the only spirit they worshipped was a bottle of brandy . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by earnestly calling upon them to support the Charter , and not to cease till it became law . The resolution was unanimously carried .

      Mr . Moonet , of Colne , moved the fifth resolution . It was . as follows : — »» That this meeting , consisting of many thousands of the inhabitants of the city and county of York , and delegates representing the most important districts of Great Britain , tender their warmest thanks to William Sharman Crawford . Esq ., Gen . Johnson , John Fielden , Esq ., Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., and the other members of the Commons' House of Parliament , who gave their support to tbe following motion of the patriotic representative of Rochdale . — "That we further respectfully represent to your Majesty , that , in our opinion , the distress which your Majesty deplores , is mainly

      attributable to the circumstance ef your whole people not being fully and fairly represented in this House , and that we feel it will be our duty to consider the means of so extending , and regulating tee Suffrage , and of adopting such improvements in the system of voting , as will confer on the working classes , that just weight in the representative body , which Is necssary to seoura a due consideration of their interest , and which their present patient endurance of suffering gives them the strongest title to claim . " And this meeting ateo beg to express their gratitude to the noble and Independent constituency of Rochdale for returning so bold , unflinching , and talented an advocate of the people ' s rights . "

      He said he had tbe honour to represent Colne , the bravest and most patriotic constituency in the kingdom , who were determined to sacrifice life aud limb to secure the Charter becoming the law ef the land . ( Great cheering . ) He had been sent there to congratulate their tried friend and champion on his release from the dungeon ' s gloom ; and the men of Rochdale on having returned such , a representative as Sharmau Crawford . ( Cheers . ) O'ConneU ' s tail was not quite lopped off ; but if they did their duty as men , they would make tbe pressure from without so powerful as not to bo resisted , and Dan must be content to walk in th « rear . ( Hear . )

      The streams of public opinion are continually pouring into one vast reservoir , and if the factions did not mind , it would burst , and overwhelm them all in irrecoverable ruin . ( Hear , and cheere . ) lftey could not be told , after this demonstration , that the working men were not fit for the suffrage ; their oonduct on that day had been a sufficient refutation to such an assertion , and they might throw back ihe impudent falsehood ia the teeth of those wb . 0 made it with all the contempt it so richly deserved . He wouW not trouble them further * but beg « e 4 most cordially to propose the resolution . weendd th

      Mr Andrew Gabdmbr , of Leeds , e e K 8 ^ r ^^ d that aough he ooald not congatulatethem onthetowu of Leeds holdmgjfcat proud and prominent place which it was the good fortune of other towns to enjoy , yet he was happy to sav the * were greatly on the increase , and bad tecently received an addition of seventy members , and an infusion of fresh sp irit . He fioped Leeds would rise in the scale , and be ready , erelong , to occupy a front rank . ¦ - Mrf Taylor , of Rochdale , supported tha resplation . He said he came there to congratulate them on behalf of the constituency who ha » l » etwned Sharmau Crawford- ( great oheering ) -wr behalf of the constituency who had returned aatheit representative in the House of Commons , Mr . Sbarman Crawford . ( Renewed « he « ing . ) There -were men

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      in Roohdafc who were equally as fit to represent them as Mt- Crawford —( bear , tear , hear)—bat it was in answer to Daniel O'Connell , who e * i 4 that the English were sot friendly to the Irish , that tbej returned Crawford by triumphant majority ( Cheers . ) He ho ;> ed they would not let tM cause drop with th * proceedings of that day , but that they wouM reflect on the principles cf the Charter , b y which A koowledgo of those pri » - ciples would be spread abroad , and that great measure of justice to one and to all most beeomw the law of the land . ( Cheers . ) If they did net d » this , but suffered themselves to fall into apathy aad

      indifference , they would become a bye-wurd to tn * country , aad would be pointed at by the finger of scorn . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was put and carried UDana » w » ly . It being now six o ' clock , the hoar at which it had been announced the tea would be served , the sixth resolntion , which embodied a vote of thanks t » th # York Chrrtists , for the pains they had taken is getting up the demonstration , was withdrawn , and - thanks having been voted to the Chairman , ton * cheers were given for Frost , Williams , and Jones * three for O'Ccnnor , three for the Charter , and th «»' for the Northern Star , and the immense assemblage dispersed . .

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      THE SOIREE . After the interesting ,-though laborious proceedings of the public meeting had been brought to a close , those who bad been fortunate enough to mak » early application for tickets , ascended into th » spacious saloon of the Grand Stand , and took their seats along the well-stored tables . - We cannot commence our description of thfc elegant entertainment without at once paying th * tribute which is justly due to Mr . Bell , the occapier of the Grand Stand , for the splendid , th » excellent , the substantial , the really elegant re *

      pact wnica he served up . Along the entire length of the large and beautiful room were placed six rows of tables , so set out that there was a comfortable passage left for the waiters . These tables were plentifully spread with various cold meats , and every kind of bread and butter , with tarts , cheesecakes , and ornamental confectionary—every thing of the heat kind ; aad each were the arrangements for tht waiters , that the numerous gues-ts , amounting at the first course to about four hundred , were comfortably and plentifully served without the slightest confusion .

      A cross table was placed at the head of the room at which sat the Chairman , Mr . Cordeux , of York , the patriot in whose honour the Soiree was held * , the Editor and Publisher of the Northern Star , Mr . Fleming , the Editor of the New Moral WorJd and other gentlemen . All being comfortably seated , the tea was served up , and was discussed in the most friendly and social manner possible—each striving with the other in hi * efforts to do honour to tha occasion , and to make the entertainment one of pleasure to the numerous ladies by whose presence the Soiree was graced . Indeed , had the most fastidious Bciutinixer of good breeding and good order been present , hecoula not have found any thing to carp at—the entertainment was worthy of tha people ' s champion—the people were worthy of the entertainment .

      Such was the demand for the tickets , such the desire to be present , that tho spacious room , large as it is , was not sufficient to contain all the com * pany at once , nay , nor twice , for the tables were thrice replenished , and thrice nearly filled with guests , before all could be accommodated ; and it was eight o ' clock before all the tea equipage wa * entirely removed . The company having been re-admitted , the room was speedily filled to overflowing , and Mr . Cordeax

      having taken the chair , an announcement was made that the delegates present were prepared with addresses from their constituents to Mr . O'Connor . These were then presented , and occupied some time , each delegate present being either furnished with a written address , or being deputed by his constituents to express their gratification at the release of the noble champion of their rights , and their anxious desire to have a visit from him at his earliest convenience . . These having beea ill presented ,

      The Chairman then said—Brother Chartists , and fellow citizens , you will all , I am sure , agree with me , that this day ' s proceedings affords abundant cause for congratulation ; and , I think I may say , that the men of York , . with the assistance of our brother Chartists , have acted as became themselves , and no mistake . ( Cheers . ) I think the display we have witnessed this day full supports this sentiment . ( Cheers . ) It would ill become me to detain you any longer ; but I cannct sit down without expressing my sincere hope , that the glorious sun of liberty is not shedding his light abroad in vain ; I trust the day is not far distant when it will shine out in all its glorious brightness , and illumine the heart , of every individual in the empire . Then will

      the language of Scripture be fulfilled— " and the people shall beat their , swords into ploughshares , and their spears into pruning hookaumtion shall iioHiftirp « vrortn&ainst nation , " nor shalkthey learn war any more . " "Then shall every man sit under his vine and under his owu fig-tree , and nose shall make them afraid . ' ( Loud applause . ) The first sentiment of the evening is "The sovereign People , the only source of legitimate power . " Mr . Hick was called upon to respond to it . He said—Mr . Chairman , Ladies , and Gentlemen , much has been said , much has Been written , and much hai been sung , on the subject of sovereignty ; Kings have been congratulated , and Queens have been praised . Dryden , the poet ; Southey , the renegade ; and

      Butler , the author of " Hudibras , " and many others , have done their best in celebration of royalty . I have sometimes thought that it was a subject worthy of my own poor ability ; bat the fact its , I never yet could enter upon a consideration of it with anything like gratified . or interested feelings . ( Hear . ) I never yet could find the contemplation of sovereignty , when placed in one individual at all pleasing to me . But I never look upon that subject when in the mass—I never look

      upon sovereignty when possessed by the people , bat I finnd my whole bouI stirred within me . ( Cheers . ) 0 ! I long to see the time arrive when the real sovereignty of the people will be established in our own country . ( Applause . ) I am not , Mr . Chairman , prepared to make a speech upon this occasion , and therefore I shall not attempt it . There are doubtless many present this evening who are qualified , and who are much more disposed to address the meeting than I am . I never considered myself a speech-maker , although I am proud to consider myself an honest and zealous worker in the cause of Chartism . ( Cheers . ) With these few remarks , I beg to respond to the toast , and to ait down . ( Cheers . )

      TheCHAiKHAM then said , the next toast is one which will find an echo in every heart . It is "FeargHB O'Connor , Esq ., the persecuted and unfiinchiug advocate of universal liberty ; may ho live to be a terror to the tyrant , and the champion of the free . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor then rose and was received with great cheering . He said , —Mr . Chairman , and my dear . friends , both male and female , I think I might , without affectation of modesty , follow' the excellent and laconie example of my good friend Mr . Hick ; and I might , fa truth , offer an apology for brevity . I may say , " unaocustomed , as I am , to public speaking , "—( cheers ) ;—nay , I may go further , and eay , " unaccustomed as I have . been to speaking at all "— ( hear );—but there fa a

      something—I dou't know whether it is the scintilla of speaking power ; 1 dou't know whether it is the flint of Chartism ; I don't know whether it U the lucifer match of patriotism ; but you have struck a light in my bosom , and I feel that you have resutcitated all those dormant energies which the Whigs would gladly have extinguished . ( Loud and continued cheers . ) Allow me , la the fiist instance , to return those delegates , who have come from a distance to attend this meeting , my warmest gratitude , and heart felt thanks , and through them allow me to return tbaoks to those who sent them here , —( hear , hear , )—the fustian jackets , the blistered hands , and the unshorn chins—the poor , — ( cheers , )—those who are , in fact , an ornament to their country ; who have stood forward like Christians , like

      freemen , in advocating the sawed cause of freedom . ( Loud CheerB . ) You have placed me in a proud , but hazardous position this night The numbera whom I have this day seen assembled out of respect to the principles which I have steadily advocated , shows me that that respect does not come merely from within the City of York—( cheers)—but from the people of tbia empire at large . ( Cheers . ) Those several addressee which I have received I look upon as so many retaining briefs , with the amount of the fees marked oa . the back at them —( hear)—and in reference to the request made by Mr . Martin , I have to say that I win take particular care of the address , as a retaiMr , paying strict adherence to the principles contained wltiii * the document ( Cheers . ) I treat , my frienda , after

      I have received sueh an assurauce of support for mjr part conduct , that , whenever the time shall wm » again when I may be forced to be long separated feom you , I trust , my friends , that I shall receive yon * renewed thanks , not bo much for what I have « u « wa —for no man has a right to receive tfaauks for suffering thaWw which he has done for the benefit of the cause--( TremendeM cheew , which drowned theJ » ndnaion <* the sentence . ) I am not yet quite * £ *>* WWg * ( Cheers . ) I look upon this day as a delightful Tewam of iny S lmprisoS ^ i look with **** % **<>»»* acene now presented before ma on a ? em ^ ging from ™ the have received front

      durg « n 7 ^ addresses I my friends reassure me of having their « onfidenoe . jCoaturned cheering . ) The day has at length y arrived when the Chartists every where ffflto ^•* «• that which has been ^ forcibly ^^ J * . ™* friend from DumMe * , when they will k » TM « 7 thing their own way—( cheerd-not , " \ naderrtoojl the lentleman from Dumfries , that liberty in our hamta should degenerate into licentiousness , but havtogliberty to our hands we will not infringe upon 01 abridge the rights , privileges , and tiberttes of otterjpeople . ^ 1 *^ ebrtn ) By liberty we mean liberty tempered with discretion . ( Hear . ) The WbJgi apeak ot liberty »¦ »«« - ( Confirmed in « ur Eighth Pogi' )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct395/page/7/