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      IMo BIRMINGHAM . <} LOBIOUS X ) l » roirSTBATlON ! Monday 1 m * t *» indeed a grw * . * od glorloai d » y f 01 : vorldng dassea . The men and wo ^ Birmingvjm , and tbe surrounding district ! , kare on n ^ ( iay str *^ such & blow at tyranny a » it Trill nerer rec ^^ a . jbe working classes h » Te now proTed , beyond doubt , tbai they are not only competent to vote , bat that wben jkey do theii own work , that they are capable of managing and conducting the most stupendous affairs ; far -nSTer was there a greater display of numbers and enttroEiasm than wai exhibited on the occasion , and se < rer was such a huge mass as those who blocked up the streets of PHrminghmn on Monday better manhalled or more orderly conducted . of the

      To gi ^ e » proper deacxi ? ti < m burning zsal and gui&nt enthusiasm of the people , would require a jBftgter hand . Let the most ardent loTers of the Charter , cr the greatest admirers of Mr . O'Connor , imagine what a procession for such an important town ought to be , and they may lest assured that had they been present t £ = ? w jald have felt abundantly satisfied . It really was a jiorions display , one that -will confer eyfcrlasting ton our on the men and women of Birmingham , and the surrounding district—one that will have an electrifying effect en e" ? ery town , village , and hamlet in the Suited Kingdom . The Sat has now gone forth , and the assembled thousands at Birmingham have decided the question . CeaBHSJI is sow OMMPOIEM . Where now are the paltry troefclers who affected to sneer at the working rfjsses ? Where are they * But to the suHect .

      The towns Egrroarating Birmingham had been busily preparing throufhoot last week to show their love and admiration of the people ' s champion ; and , such was thai eagerness to be present at the demonstration , that all manner of rehides were- hired to bring the females % ni children on Sunday erening , whilst the men determined to prove their sincerity by walking in procession . The men of WolTerhampton walked seventeen jaile 5 in procession . Bilston , Wednesbury , BromsgroTe , Redditeb , -Kidderminster , Dirlaston , Walsall , ix ., contributed largely to swell aad enlarge the mass of human being * that thronged to HockLtj HilL The morning looked rather liszv , and appeared inclined to ram , but fortunately it cleared up , and at nine o'cloeX-Gie bustle of preparation commenced Flaw , banners , poles , and all the paraphernalia of processions were to be ssea emerging from the various inw , » wl wending their way to the Chartist-room in Freeman-etreet , where the members of the Association , had determined to muster previous to proceeding to Hockley Hill ; and in a short time , not only Freeman-street , but the streets adjoinirjg were completely blocked up with open carriages , flag bearers , miisicians , & . C ., awaiting the arrival of the Triumphal Car , as the etb&I for moving . About half-pas : ten , an immense

      number of men and women arrived in procession fruni ¦ Wotra&ainpton . Bilston , Dirlaston , and Wednes-£ ¦ 327 , with numerous splendid flags ind banners , and accompanied by an excellent ban-. i , in military uniform , immadiitely after vrhiea the Triumphal Car arrived , when the Diarsbals tooi their piacc 3 in front , and led the way to Hockley HilL At this time the streets had the sppearar . ce of a river , fur the iiriag tide was to be seen moving from all quarters of the town in the same direction , open carriages , gi ^ s , -waggons , and carts , containing their living loads , were entering the town , from the various roads , the cccup&nts being decorated with green and wLite rosettes , the town at ttis time presenting a liTciv and animating

      se « se . On arriving at Hockley Hill , the Marshals , with fifty sssbrsEts , who had been 2 . pp » iiited bj the . Dtmonstration C'jmmittae , proceeded to arrange the procession according to the order laid down in the placards , but so dense was the multitude , all crowding to the point at which Mt . O'Connor was expected to arrive , thv . it was fosad impossible to form them until their eager desire io see Mr- O'Connor was gratified . At length a humming sound of " Here he comes : her * he comes ; " was baejd * n aH sides , when a close carriage drove rapidly up to tbe Trivxphal Cab , and Mr . O'Cjnnor was handed into it . The scene a ; this st £ ge of the proceedings cannot be described by words . A burst of enthusiastic cheering issued from all parts of the dense mass , igiin and agsin . the thunder of the sovereign people rang the fc&ih kcell of ryranuy , and proclaimed their affection for their friend and champion . When the cheering had subsided , those who had be * n the most obstinate against failinj into their places , were now the fcremost in iaking them . TVith great difficulty , an opening was ef = cted in the dense mass , and the Triumphal Car passed through amidst the most cordial greetings of the people , waving of handkerchiefs from every window , asd every possible expression cf approbatkn and jjj was evinced . The procession then moved on in the following order : — Mr . Corbett and llr . Rouse , the two Marshals , adorned with splendid scarfs , and mounted on beautiful bay horses . lirga white banner : Motto— " Welcome O'Connor , the friend cf the Charter . "

      Fermles four abrtast , bearing wands , to which printed green cards were attuHwiJteimri ^ ff ihfl-fQl . rfffl'V inscription : — " Remember Frost , Williams , and . Jones . " Brass Band . BrcmsgroTe , Eedditch , Darlaston , and WolTerhampton fema ! e 3 four abreast Banner , Broms ^ rove and Bedditch : Motto— " O'Connor for ever . " Universal S- ^ frage , aad No Surrender . ' *

      TRIUMPHAL CAR , in which was seated FEARGU 3 O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., drawn by six beautiful grey horses , with three postilions in splendid livery . The Car was the same as that used at York , and was counted on a very high platform covered with green baiza and ornamented with a fringe , "which added very much to its splendid appearance . Splendid Gr ^ en SUk Ba nner , containing a well executed copy of the device on thv cards of the National Charter Association : Kortc—" Birmingham Charter A « ociition of Great Britain . " Delegates bearirg tamers . Mtnbrrs cf the > "atioral Charter AsiDjiation four abreast . Large "Whits Banner -. Motto— " TVfcs : is life -srithou : liberty ?"

      TH 2 EXECUTIVE of the National Charier Association , consisting of £ .-. P . i £ . M'Douall , Mr . B , K . Philp . Mr . J . Campbell , asd Mr . J . Leach , in a beautiful c ^ rriige . Members cf tie National Charter A 5 =:- ; ia : i-n four abreas-Brass Brni . Large Tricoloured Ba ^ r . « r -. i ! o : to—" May thehydra-heaJed monster , tyrzr . rv , bow down before the ni-v . estj of a united people . " The Cvuaeil of the National Charter Association in T-sro cj-z ? . zz . rri :. zss . ilrnibcrs ¦ :: the National Charier Association f . ur _ abreast . Trost , Ti'illiams , and Jones Restoratic-r . C /~ raittre . Lirze -white banner—Motto : " % Ye r ^ -t ~ j secure the return of Froet , V . 'iLliams . ar .. i J .-nes . " Members four a ri 2 _ -v > r ' .-: riiri banner of th- Carpenter * , with a h-eiutifnlly est-enrrd drvicr . Men fear abr = is :. Bisutifu ! white banner EUKr . ^ unte-. ! I 7 a Cap -. f Libert > . -iott-j : " "Welcome OC-cnr-. r . tee clii ^ i-. jn ^ f ihe Piof .- ' s * : & ' . < : Men f-jur a ^ rrast . I ^ rgr eree a banEer : Motto : — " "R ? :--iz . cf the Uuion . rniverjai Suffr ^ i-. ' Brv ^ ie . — ¦¦ Green bnnr ; e : * ± ; i ' . S . Civi : sz 1 Religious LiDerry . " Band in r :, i :: tiry urif tit .. ? :- ? : — " B : ht- - -n Chirt-r As / cii : ~ -. V ' e kEow our r . zhis and will defend thew . 1 "sa -: . n l . ^ 1 poverty . " Bilstcn Chartirt .= . f > . ur alr-: n-t ¦ n . 'Zi ii ^— "TTc do unto ethers :.- tt : tFoiild they ahoulil do v . ntj 115 . ' Members four-..:. r-ast . Large banner : Motto : — " 1- ? sacred -watchword—Liberty . ' Members four s rri . t Barker-wi-jj Vr ,. * . t . j— " Pcac-r , Ur ' irr , Lavr and 7 ' " - , - •¦ ¦ t ^ i —• " W :: vcrhairj : ^ nNa :-: ral CL-irt-sr Ass . ocisti . jn- * T \" o "; -y » rr- rr ' * ~ ^ - z-t Me :- — " -ite ' 7 ^ 1 ' ^ " ir . ^ : TT liberty , setunry , pr . r ^ r :: ? . - A t-Si-tifclf . gc ' fjbe Peters >; . cie : r .

      i :-it : s Nat :--rial Ci . ir : er Ass- > ci 2 t :-.-n . f-. ! : : wtd hr ^ imTr . rr . b .-iy of stalwart C iliera Kid-. eruiister N .. ti - - ¦' ¦ c- r ^ - 'si Ass .-rlatioii .

      F :- ? . S ^ f ? r .-:., L : re P-. tteries Tlzz—_ " Universal S-.: 2 ' rase . " Jrrrri this ptrttf Yhe pr . > ci ^ : jn , as far bsck as the eye k ::: reach , i : was impossible t 3 T : t ; u arything like ^¦ _^ th t st ree ts be : r . c blocked com plexly , the Chartisu ir . ^ il- c : nntry k = t j . ii . g with their niic in the cen tre , " -. v " " ' ^ " ' ' TLc ^ lio -ivin ^ firs and banners , w " - — an i ^ r ^ merab-e host of all si zis and col jura , were ic be seen resting triumphantly over the beads of the cc ^ 'Jess thausarjls . Walsall banner—Jlctto— " Victory increases by concord . " A beautiful figure of Britannia . Stcurbridse National Charter Ass- 'ciation" The Charter and nothing less . " " The liberty of tha People . " A long line of open Carriages , containing females

      elegantly decorated . Warwick Charters . Beautiful silk bsmner—** o ' . to—•< The rights of womeh—instruction , fiffection , protection . " Beautiful pink banneri-o : to—• ' The rights of genius—free-lorn , fame , , ' orturie . "

      Tkiumphal E3stey Of Fearqvs O'Connor, Esq.

      TKIUMPHAL E 3 STEY OF FEARQVS O'CONNOR , ESQ .

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      THt "VOBTHERN SlAB , j carried in . splendid frame . I Union j act I Large green banner-- . Motto- " liberty is the birthright of man . " ] " Union is strength . " I Large white banner-Motto— " Addition of comfort , subtraction of j BiBhopa , diYijn > naf wealth , j the rule of the three kingdoms , " Tricolonredfiag— j surmounted by a cap of liberty ; i Motto— " For a nation to be free tia rafficient ] that she will it" i Green flag— ; \ '

      Motto— " Union is strength , and industry the wealth of a natioa " " Hail , O'Connor the people ' s friend . " BroasgroYe— "Universal Saifrage and no surrender . " A beautiful American flag , surmounted by a cap of liberty , ¦ with an innumerable host of small ones , with all Hianner of devices , which bad been got up by private individuals . The scene was now awfully grand , and in the midst of flags and handkerchiefs waving from the windows , and the enthusiastic applause of the ladies who crowded the balconies and house tops , to whom llr . O'Connor bowed gracefully in acknowledgment of their applause , the two mashals took their station , and gave the word " move on . " The procession then passed alosg Great Hampton-street , up Snow-hiU , along Ball-street , down Higb . -Etre * t lIaa 4 . iBt » the Ball-ring , wner * \ f general consent , and actuated by the recollection of former times , they came to a halt , and blocked it completely up . The scene was truly awful at this part of the proceedings ; a pause of solemn silence took place , and although the immense Ball-ring was Incapable of holding another person ; yet the streets for a mile behind were blocked up in the same manner . Off wentthe hats of all , and three of the most astounding and triumphant cheers were given , and three times repeated . It was a glorious scene . Mr . O'Connor again bowed in acknowledgment of the unf-urchased honours thus heaped upon him . The order-was again given to " move on , " and the marshals led the way down Dlgbeth , on Rsa-street , Bradford-street , Bromsgrove-stteet , and Pershoreetreet , up Worcester-street , where the great joy of the people was agiin exhibited by some thundering cheers . The pri . cession then moved along Xew-street , ou Parxdise-street , do-jra Suffolk-street , aad up Exeter-row , to HOLLOW AY HEAD , where a large hustings was erected for the occasion . An immense concourse of people were on the ground previous to the arrival of the procession . The hustings were plac « d at the bottom of a hill , and commanded a full-view of the surrounding scenery . As each bo % ! y arrived they took

      their station in an orderly and regular manner , erecting their flags and banners in the midst of the friends who had accompanied them . The Triumphal Car , the great object of the people ' s solicitude , waa eagerly looked for , and at length appeared on the summit of the hill , whtn a spontaneous burst of cheering i& 3 ued from the countless thousands assembled , and vras continued until Us arrival at the hustings , at which time , such was the rush , that the hustings be ^ aii to give way , which created such alarm , that Mr . O'Connor was requested to remain in the Triumphal Car a short distance from it in order to draw off a part of the pressure . Ti » e business of the meeting tben commenced . » 3 Ir . Moso , cf Wolverhampton moved that Mr . George White took the chair . The proposition was secended by a number of voices , and carried by acc ! amation . 31 r . George "White then took his place . an the hustings amid loud cheers , and addressed the meeting in ths following tenua—Men aad Women of Birmingham , I consider icyse ' . f highly honoured by this additional niatk of your approbation , and consider the present moment the proudest cf my life . We have this day . exhibited such a power as will convey joy and gladness to the heart of miLions of our oppressed and starving fellow-countrymen , which will fill them with hope and confidence , and make them feel that better dav 3 and happier times are at hand , and that the long and direful reign of Whig nud Tory tyranny draws rapidly to a clo » c . The men and women of Birmingham bad that day performed their duty , and the surrounding towns had shown by their numerous attendance that day that the lamp of liberty burned bright and clear in their bosoms . The working classes had that day proved that they were capable » l conducting

      their own business , by the orderly and peaceable manner in which the stupendous procession was arranged . They haJ met that day in the majesty cf their power to declare their unaltered love of freedom , and to shew to the world that they were determined to have the Charter , the whole Caarter , and nothing ltss . They had aUo met to do honour to a man who had proved himself the staunch and faithful friend of the people , one who had made immense sacrifices in their cause , and who had provsd himself worthy of all the honours that could beheapeJ upon him by a grateful but oppressed people . Loud cheers ., As there were so many to address them , and as he knew th 3 t they would all feel anxious to hear their champion ilond cheers , he would conclude by requesting thtm to preserve strict order aad listen attentively to the various delegates and friends who would address them . He then called upon Mr . K . Philp , of Bath , te move the first resolution . Mr . Philp was received with loud and repeated cheers .

      Mr , R . K . Phi Li- said he felt great honour In being entrusted to propose a most important resolution to se large an assembly . He felt an indescribable pleasure to see . guch a glorious demonstration in favour of democracy as had that day been made in Birmingham , and he stood before them as one from the Chartists of Bath , to show that the ssrne glorious principles were preTailicg thtre . ( Cheers . Mr . Philp proceeded to mak * same excellent remarks on the posAtioi > of the ChartLs : cause , and in honour of Mr . O'Connor , and congratulatory of his release . He sui&d , however , he desired that day to be a listener .

      Mr . Philp concluded by proposing the follswing resolution : — Kcsoi-ed— " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the right r .-f seif-z . ' - Vrrxnitfnt is inalienable and inse-1 arable fr ^ ni n ; in , all attempts at legislation not r- ^ c ¦ ¦ zt . . z : z ^ this groiid and fundamental principle havitic proved insufrcicnt to prut * ct the mass of mankind froiB the innate selfishness tf the ruling few . Thit : h ? lasiecuib ^ e and unprecedented distress which uotv exists air . onest ths industrious portion of ths people , and the topes which the Ref . j . m Bill excited l :-j . r : r . ^ vtotcI tle . ' usive , and , ^ ls the prvCeediBgs of the Hviiie of C-n . iiiGiiS subsequent to the y-issing of that BLi , :. s tvir . ceJ in the ei-n .-tMe . nt uf the " Irish Cjtrzlr . i Bill , "—'' Tee New Poor Law , " and Police Law —in its rcr-L-al to economise ths expenditure of the Cvuutry—in its -. 'tea disrega : j cf tLu S'Jiitrrings Lad misery of the niti .-a—has shown its entire incapability and undtness to lcgi ^ ate for this co untry ; and , as the osverier . ee of Tears , and th- - - history cf a ! l nat :-. ; js ha-vt : fully established , ' -hit irics ; vv . iiblc power i :. vari : iUy itais its ; D-Ssis ^ rs to k , -- i : for their own rr ^ r : ; n . ; : z :-n-eut , aaU beir . g deeply ::: prtrsed with the truth and justice cf cur ^ riEiijlci . wc a ^ iiii solemnly dtciarc .. ur un-. trr ^ l ' . e 1 ^ 76 of flee . lt :: i , Z . TA pledge curjelVeS io ¦ ur ( .-ouatry , that we will aeVtr ce ^ se in cur s ' . iugt-li : t lihcitv , u =:: l ths Pc-jvie ' s Charttr tr tit ^ Mi ^ hed

      Mr . llzyn ? CiNi'V . of Wolverhan : pt ; Ti , seconded the r-. solution . He hoved that thut d-y w uld be the s -u \ l f it union and co-ops-ratioa aaiocg-t thuse ¦ who r- ^ ricitly sought * —e esiablisbment cf ihr Charier . =. ~ . j , h ^ -ar . That as they Lad battled wit ^ and overiLrivrn the ovposition of both V . :.: gs and Tories , they should b = ^ rmly resolved to unite still cluser in th-. - b ' . nd of frifr . dship at . d uni > .-n . If the Govern-: ; .- - -: ; t , by-svfcich tLry were plnntl-. rfc . ' . and oppressed , ¦ w lr-htii to k : iow the feelicga of the peoj-le , let them tci-u re ambassador to vicv . - the giori ^ na sj-ecucle thtn before l ; :: rj , ar .-l th-: y woulJ be sbun-icatly convinced tLat thc-ir m&cLisations agaiiiSt th- liberties of the j-eop ' . r were uf ej avaiL The working mtr . of England ctf ; j : re fzc . -. sLi . and vrtr-. . " . ettrrjircd to be frt >* . T . ** . T rtT ^ - -- 'PVljn T ^^ l n ^ TVi : L- 1 it f '» - ** 1 ^ 4 * & » - * . *« - . « . Luud ehet The prmcip of Chartisni

      ** . rs .. s were founded in J Liatice and humanity , zul tLey couki appeal to Lcavea as a witness of the pu : ; : y 0 / tiieir motives . The pcv-p ' . e bad assembled ti-at day in the majesty of their po < T-r to do honour to or . o of nature's nobles , und Q-itrU Victoria herself , with all Ler riches and splenu-.-ur , could not cosiraas . l such a display tf unbougLt gratitude as was that < : sy shown to Fea / gus O'Connor . Loud cheers .. 1 : was true they could not givi him titlts or wealth ; but he had that which wealth ctuld not purchaie—the luvc and approbation of an oppressed people , A 3 there were many other speakers to follow him he wcnld conclude by seconding tie resolation . Mt . Candy retired amidst loud cheers . The Chaik > i . v > - then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously .

      Mr . ilASo ^ came forward , amidst loud cheering . He said—Mr . Chairman and Englishmen , if the proud and imperious governors of this vast empire contemplated , in the plenitude of their power , that they could crush this ^ loricus movement for the freedom of our country , let them behold to-do / ont myriad majesty —but Dumbir * , though immense ; yet let them behold the order ,-decorum , and enthusiasm of thia gloriousassembly , and the haughtiest despot who revels in spier - dour wrung from the bleeding , toiling millions , must : feel the Impotence of a Government that would thus ; enslave and plunder us . 1 Great cheering . ) The object * : < 5 t this demonstration have bttec—first , to do honour ' . to a grea ; and virtuous man , and , in the second place , 1 to tsjress to the country the opinions entertained byi

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      | the great mass of the population in this town and district on the cAuses of public distress , and the means of establishing the liberty , prosperity , and happiness of the British commonwealth . ( Load cheers . ) Oar Charter is the panacea of all oar wrongs—oar Charter has justice for its basis , liberty foi its superstructure , and universal happiness its glorious object ( Hear , hear . ) Why do the aristocrats of England , who hold their titles , their honours , and their legislative authority , in virtue of a Charter , refile and persecute as for struggling bo achieve a Chatter still more glorious—to exalt and free the millions ? ( Loud cheers . ) But they were the Magna Chartists , ( Cheers . ) They say we intend to

      deprive them of their property . Now , I ask y © u , assembled patriots and just men , do you desire to inter-; fere with the private property of the nobility ? ( Cries of Ho , no , no . ) Do you desire to interfere with the . property of the industrieus tradesman ? ( Cries of No , ! no . ) Bat I want to ask you , above all , and overall , while you will hold their property inviolable , will you tolerate either class , as both combined to violate the sacred and irrefragable rights of labour ? ( Cheers , and cries of No , no , no . ) Labour , the source of all the property they possess ; labour , which clo ; hes them with t-plendour and surrounds them with magnificence ; labour , which erects their gorgeous habitations , which cultivates the soil , and gathers the golden harvests ; labour , which creates the riches of commerce , and

      carries it to the remotest parts of the earth , far the ex-1 change of the riches of other countries ; labour , which ! constitutes the subject of title itself , and for which no j title would exist but for the property labour has J created—( great oheexjn ^);—the parchment title is but j the shadow refected from the -mbetaace created by labour . ( Cheers . ) The subject of the resolution I have 1 the honour to propose , congratulatory of the release and appearance of Mr . O'Connor again amongst you—( great cheering)—Mr . O'Connor , who has this day been ' borne in triumph through this large city amid the apl plause of hundreds of thousands—a scene which mast I have thrilled to his inmost soul ; and if a mortal could i ever feel inspired with the glory of real greatness , Mr . i O'Connor may this day say , " 1 have suffered for the cause ! of the toil-worn and heart-broken poor , this day more ; than repays me ; I have won the unpurchasable gratil tude of those whom 1 have struggled to free , who have i proved worthy of more than I can sacrifice , and for whose freedom I am proud to offer my life as a ransom , ' and seal it with my blood . " ( Loud and tremendous I cheers , and hear , hear . 1 He is now free ; may he : prove as honest to the cause of liberty as he has hitherto done , the honour we confer is conditional , we are now too intelligent to prostrate our judgments to the greatness of a man ; it is his services to our cause 1 which constitute his greatness—honour and gratitude are all we can confer , and he who merits it shall achieve it . 1 Great cheering . ) Let the Government of England reflect on their policy to us as a party , and the powerful position we have assumed ; the greatest of tyrants ¦ may be the weakest of mortals . The history of nations jd political contests , present * to us the fatality of governors , and , ah ! tyrants remember when your folly or cruelty urge you to persecute brave and exalted men , remember the language of the

      poet—The victor vanquished , the conqueror o v erthrown , The arbiter of other ' s fate—the suppliant for his own . — ( Cheers . ) The resolution entrusted to me I have much pleasure in proposing . In conclusion , may all who are yet suffering for our cause , whether it is in the dungeon or expatriation , soon ba amongst us agatn , and may we soon all enjoy the freedom we are struggling to achieve . Mr . Mason then concluded amid great cheering by proposing the following : — " That we hail with feelings cf pleasure and delight the reappearance amongst us of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the unflinching and indomitable champion of the people ' s rights ; and cannot find words to express onr

      disgust at the tyrannical and unjust treatment which be has bo manfully borne . We admire his honesty , perseverance , and courage ; and receive him from his dungeon with gratitude , for his noblo exertions in the peopled eause , and sincerely hope that he may soon be rewarded for Uis labour by seeing the principles for which ha is contending carried into full effect ; and having received him amongst us ones more , we pledge ourselves % o go on demanding the restoration of Frost , Williams , and J ones to their native country , and the release of all political offenders from those dungeons in which the Reforming—but dastardly and treacherous—Whigs hj . ve cist them . "

      Mr . Moses Simpson , of Staffordshire Potteries , seconded the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He said he felt great pleasure in having an opportunity of testifying bis admiration of tbe-opright and nob )* , coadattof the people's friend , Feargus O'Coahor . " ( Louil cheers . ) He was rejoiced to see the glorious display the men of Birmingham and its neighbourhood had that day made , and hoped that now the heart of England was aroused , that other parts would tollow up their glorious example . Ue bad long been a witness of the conduct of their noble friend , O'Connor , and had always found him straggling on the right side ; and on that account he would must cordially second the resolution . After a few other appropriate remarks , he said he should not trespass further on their time , as so many others had to address the m . Mr . Simpson retired amid loud cheers . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amid tremendous cbeers .

      The CiliiRMAX then announced that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., would address the meeting . This announcement was received wilh a demonstration of feeling that baffles description , and was continued for Buveral minutes . When Mr . O'Connob presented himself he was received with several rounds of cheers , and waving of bats and clapping of axads . He said , Mr . Chainuau an J countless thousands and tens of thousands , Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen . Now is not my voie j pretty good for an invalid ? ( Cbeers and iaugbter-i The Morning Herald says tbat it wa ^ scan d al ous to hear a prisoner liberated from ill-health addressing the unwMbed with stentorian lungs , immediately upon his release . 1 Groans . ) Weil , but I will tell you a story about that . Billy Pitt

      wcls nut particular in liis dress , but Beau Bruminell , who was the leader of fashion of the day , thought of nothing but dress . Pitt generally wore short breeches and dirty top boots ; upon one occasion be asked Brumniell why he never went to the Houte of Commons , aid Bmniinell replied that it was sueh a ilirty htuse tbat it was the ruin of clothes . ( Laughter . ) Jiow ( .-v- _ r , he promised to go , and haying gone ami h * --ird Mr . Pitt , that heaven-born minister , wiien ntxt tb ' . y n : t * . a ^ kes him wLut hi thought of hi 5 ( Pitt ' s ) ipeti . ^ ' . ' ' 1 ' ou my soul , > Ir . Pitt , you ' re a must astonishing man ; but how the devil you cau tpeak from suck boots is what astonishes me . ( L > j \ m \ luaTS of laughter . ) N » t » it was tf my limbs and weakntS 3 in 1117 k ;; ta = that I com : lained , and therefore ti . r . t I can speuk from

      such ku . es is th-j thing that should astonish iuv grandmother . ; . Shouts of laughter .. Working men , it id now nujre than thrte years sir , co I witnessed the finality of humbug on yonder spot — icbeers" —and tu-day we witness the Cwinuier . cuiuent of reality in this sacred spot , .-ittwood til til to . 'd us what lie would do if i ; u cou . 'd get 2 , yv 0 , 00 u hands raised ruund him , L ;; t , likj all others of his el'iss who undertake to pilot your bark , be didn't wait lor th « cargo tLat lis waited , he frei ^ htul the Vessel with Mayors and Town Citrks , a : » i titled placemen , aud then he s . i < l to the poor , now sink or bifhn asbi-vt you can . ( L' w ] cheera ) Iv ' n ni" : i dt-ubia Attwuod ' s huuitinit * , but we don't want hunnuii ' . y , we waiit justic-j . ( Cheers ) Attwo . jil wouM rather see yeu all hapj'V thansee you mistral ! -. }; tut tbi . 11 , e on

      tLat happiness must be of his own selection and ha own K « t ; ari > i the gift Le L . ni in v . oru "Wad cut justice but ' 't iinisus . " ( LaUjl . v . r . j Aye one p ^ -uud r . utcs to stick oter a mortal wuiimi to i ; t ; il a ruci . ing sore . ( Loud chbsrs . ) Birmingham was with , uj till iho Brumrnagtiiis wot their tiL-kt -L for toup , and thi . 11 Muutz , aiid tLat cuumu ;^ Sco tchman , Hubert Kutry Douglas , left us . ( Chten and " salt . " ) Aye , Sal : . ' tfc us also , and in iotakimr of him , 1 havu tliia suoniciit had a letter in which I am informed that Salt s .-iys 1 am the impediment in the way of the people ' ^ cause . ( Laughter ) YV'tll there 13 an Act c-f Parlia-ueut fur xen . ovin ^ nuisancesichceis und laughttrj—ai . d if 1 am olu htie , I am upon wheels ; and why doesn't Turn Bait come down with the rump of the defunct union and carry me away ?

      Great cheering 2 nd laughter . ) TUese nasty fellows wno coiictled money i ' roui you to travel about the country with s . iinplis uf muskets—iloud cheers )—asked you la If 5 j , 1 / you would be led by an Irishman ? ( Groans . ) Well , when Uia Yankee Duix . ia llspublican Ljndbursi called the Iiisa , ali « ns in hragvuigo anA in Wood , the v > rata of yunr Birmingham patriots was roused , but they dared to tell you that because I wu an alien ibot I waa not a ii : ieuder . ( Groans . , But when did ycu ever see one alien in language aud in blood , come single-handed as 1 aid , and liiasolve that union in person , which for years liad been a real cuUauce —( luud cheers and " true" ) —and the great impediment in the way of our cause . Where are they now ? Again , they said that , if the Duke and the Baronet were in ornce . I dare not hold

      a meeting on New Hall Hill ; bow fooliBh to measure my corn by their own bushel . The Duke and the Baronet are now in office , and here am I to tell them , through the press , tbat 1 defy them to stop me and the cauBe of Chartism— ( indescribable cheers);—but where are the fugitives ? it is they who would not continue in the teeth of a " strong Government" to join in a denned and democratic agitation . ( Cheers , and " aye , that ' s it . " ) What would they have given for snch a Birmingham fall of people es I saw to-day ? ( Shouts of laughter and cheeri ) Never did the oldest man witness such a procession —( cheers and " never , " )—and all to see an alien prisoner —( cheers );—and how beautiful , orderly , and peaceably , but , I am sorry to say , not lawfully conducted—no , not lawfully , because

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      th « bmmtocratie May&i Muritz—( great laughter)—and hii nMjiiirntiilea ha «| akN » vu « d that it was mdsw fultobraabpthe ^ BaSBing" ( Immense cheering . ) Well , whar ^ Hd you do , as if by common consent , to prove that onion giyes a power greater ' than the laws best manhalled oppression ? Ton had me drawn to the battle-field , to the centre of the " Ball Ring , " under a Tory goTernment , and there you halted and made the welkin ring , not leaving room for little Jack Russell , the . bear of the Bull King , even to stand on the hallowed but forbidden spot . ( Long continued cheering , followed by waving of hats . ) Now doea that , or does it not , in the-very teeth of the police , and in open day , and nn ' der Tory role , prove that what we bore in 1839 , tw would not stand in 1841 ?—( renewed cheering , )—and "we were none of us afraid . ( Cheers . ) Believe me , I never deceive yon , that to carry the Charter we must be brave ; fasting and prayinst wont

      do it , — - ( cheers , )—and upon Birmingham I call to repair theinjtfry that Birmingham traitors have done to our cause . , ( Cheers , and we will . ) Yes , you mast ; for had they not deceived us , no experiment beyond the law would have been tried , the dungeons would not have been filled ; but if the law should be again stretdjkd , for although I have no objection to sixteen month » lna , stone coffin , yet I don't wunt to have the dose repeated , —( laughter , 1—a little now and then may be well enough , but a continuous popping from light to darkness , from free air to the dungeon gloom is no joke . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) You , then , most resolv « that you will not again allow those who lawfully , honourably , and constitutionally advocate yoar > cau # e , to be kidnapped , and , after the mockery of » triaj ^ to be immured . ( Ciwe rs , and ' We wilL ") Faith , ' ^ must have more than that . You cannot all meat by day ; yon are then engaged in making money for the oppressor ; but all of you who pledge yourselves to meet , and who think that all the blistered hands

      throughout the kingdom should meet , by torchlight , as the proclamation has expired , if the law is again stretched against your leaders , hold ap your right band . ( Here a forest ef blistered hands was held up , which was followed by several rounds of dapping of hands , and cheers . ) Now , then , be assured that I shall neither commit ' one illegal act myself , nor yet allow yon to commit one ; and then we shall see whether or not the old opnressors are , as they have oftentimes declared , ready fo concede their rights to the people when they know how to demand them , and gave promise by their

      conduct ' that they could use them . ( Cheers . ; The promise which I require from you , and which they dread , is that yon are resolved to have'hem . ( Cheers . ) Don't you fill any part of your heads with Whig stuft' and Tory stuff . ( Cheers . ) Believe me , that the question is land upon one side , the proprietors of which will hold so as to preserve a monopoly of legislation tor their order , —( hear , and cheers , >—and steam and fictitious money , on the other Bide , which the owners of tbat property will keep to themselves , taking advantage of the laws made with consent of tha two combinations of

      unionists , for the purpose , tho one of dividing all tun proceeds of taxation among their idle families , while the other compound for enaotmuuts to screw out of you what j the court , the church , the professions , and all sorts < of peculators leave after helping themselves . ( Cheers . ) Just thir . k of your present condition ; one set of hungry hounds lick up tha whole year's mess in half the year , —icheera and lauchter , ) - —and then they ask for an experiment to till the trougk again , and the Tories say , oh no ! we must ; how havo our turn ; and now , instead of the £ 2 , 100 , 000 originally required , they want £ 2 , 300 , 000 to be quite safa ( Hear , hear , and long continued cheering ) So tbat by no possibility an idle pauper should want a day ' s meal . ( Cheers . ) Very well , then , in this state of the country tho

      Parliament meets for the first time ; and when general distress is admitted " , and while expectation is on the very tiptoa , when vee were expecting some nostrum from the quacks for immediate use—when we were to ^ have seen what we should see , what do we find ? Why , ' slippery Bobby says , " I'll tell you nothing ; for although it is true I have been called in , I have not been fee'd yet . " iClieers . ) So , they go to work , and the " heaven born Minister" commences his statesmanlike career by asking for eight ]/ or ninety thousand pound * , to warm the Hume of Commons . ( Groaus , and " Shame . ") Well , that ' ll Tory retrenchment , raid he concludes , ov rather one of his apprentices . Sir Thomas Freemantle , concludes , with making provision for kitchen gardens for the Queeu , so that none of the royal geese shall lack

      an abuudaut stuffing of sage and onions . ( Tremendous shouts of laughter » nd cheers . ) Alas ! - alaa ! my Friends , in that laugh I recoguiz ; much of your grie ? - aBces and much more of your oppressors' strength : £ fout- 'kear . > It is not because I may have dressed up a' fact in ludicrous ifitxxn ( aab you are to forget its con-E 6 % uenw » . ( Hear , hear . ) If you were trained to what I wish you to do , I would make those heartless men laugh at the wrong side of their mouths , who would thus dare to insult a nation ' s honesty aud tamper with a people ' s patience . ( Cheers . ) However , it has had ita beneficial effect ; forty-two men have in consequence voted against giving any supplies to such a taction upon such terms . ( Leud cheeis . , Aye , that is something ; it is long since it was tried , it is the

      principle I admire , although a great many of the fortytwo wouH have given the whole amount and as much n ; ore to the Whigs , if they asked for it , with no better pretensions . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Now tuat we are becoming omnipotent and irresistible , all the smugglers in politics will oppose us . Nothing will bo left undone to destroy our union , which is out strength ; but how my heart bounded with joy to-day to recogafze the Irish brogue upon the tongue of many a juau in the procession . ( Cbeers . ) But I am told that the Irish of B . rmingham have received a veto from headquarters against joining the Chartists . ( Laughter . ) Nay , more , against allowing the Cbartista to join them —( renewed laughter )—for a Repeal of the Union . N « w who ever heard anything like tbat in the annals of

      justice-hunting ? That one sat of working men are not to receive countenance and support from another set ; but I tell you what , we will heap coals of tire on their heads , for we will carry a Repeal of the Union without them . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Aye , without them ; if the measure is good , it shall be how and not who shall . ( Loud cheering . ) A new Hay will soon beam upon the Irish Repealers , which will enlighten their understanding , much better than " my dear Kay . " ( Cheers 1 Won't ltt U 3 heh > thuiu . Why , I help myself , as I am a sincere , an ardent , a dbvoted Kepealer . ( Cheers . ) And if they don't choose to draw witli us , in Gjd ' a name they must take their lumbering waggon away , because as an Irishman , I am determined to elevate my country from a state of provincial degradation to national i :: ;

      lepeudtnee . ( Loud cbeers . ) Whenever we are prepared anvl itaiiy , tho fortune hunters tell us that the time is in / , come , and if we wero waiters upon thtm it nevtr would come . ( Cheers . ) We were ready 111 J $ . *?!• , hut f <; r treason , and when our advocate , Attwoud , rose to advocate our ' cause , what did he do ? Why turnul to the oue pound notes . ( Cueers . ) He never said a word cf the Charter , except that lie did not aijree with our means of imitating for it .- ^ - 'beur , hear — and then up gets little Jack , conus-A lor tbe crown , and hs very cunliin ^ ly s hows tbat tbe very principle -which Attv . ood uses ever a million rutn . es to at . force , is cuu to which tLe Chartists are oppose' ! . ( Loud cheers 1 Now was this , or was it not , umji . j , ' us most unfairly to splicu his own broken crotchet ? Cheers and aye . i Aye to be

      sure it was , aud so it ever will be , so lung as you laui ; b at fraud aud insolence , and pass by desertion without exposure . ( Cheers . ' But an you are going t- > have a rising of the Political Union again—; No , no . i No nit if 1 know it . iLoiid cheers . 1 Again 1 ask for the acv ; uunts . I have been asking for them fof years . I want to see how they lived , and fc 6 w much wine the teetotallers drank . ( Laughter . ) DM not 1 tell them in 183 $ that they were humbugs ? ( You did . ) Aye , and 1 told them tbat they were marshalled under the Whig banners , but they denied it ; but what -would they not deny ? ( Cheers . ) But stop awhile , you don't know yet why the Irish are not to join us ; let mo tell you . Be it known to you , then , that it is btcaubo some foolish bicut , advertised in an

      old woman's paper , called the Tablet , for a cook , and the advortis 8 inent stated that no Irish Catholic littd apply . ( Laughter . ) You may well laugh , and Mr . OConnell uses this as a reason why the English people are opposed to the Irish Catholics . ( Shame , shame . ) But suppsse I was to tell all hero to holdup their bauds who have been dismissed from service or prosecuted because they are Chartists . How numerous would be the blisters . ( Cheers , and " True . ") Well , thui , comrades , is it not high time that this blighting dissention , this blasting difference , this odious trMa in prtjudiceand disunion should cease ? ( Criesof - 'It is . ') It is , nnd U shall ; for , so long as Englishmen are pulling one way , and Irishmen are taujjht to pull another way , so long ¦ will the common enemy , no matter under what name , pull onr very life's , blood out . ( Cheers . ; Talking of requiring tbe Charfex ; why , not

      a working man in all England requires it so much as I do . I require it for a few days' rest ; aye , one day ' s rest , and one night ' s sleep ( loud cheers ); for , on my soul , I never get one except in prison . ( Cheers . ; Just hear me for one word . I most solemnly declare , and most religiously swear , that I would not in any other service la this worid perform the duty which I have performed , far the last eight years and a half , for ten thousand a year ! ( Load cheers . ) No , on my oath und conscience I would not ; and no other man could do it , and live . ( Cbeere , and "True . "/ Well , then , I am not like others ; preparing you for my own auction , and to make merchandise of you . ( " No , " und cheers ) "No ; for after all , here I stand to swear btfore high Heaven that , as I never have done so , so I never during life will , bny you ^ sell yon , or take from you a fraotlonfor any service I can renderyou , neitherwlll labandon yon till we are all moored In the same harbour of freedom , with

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      r- - ¦¦ y . u ' .-. t- . ^; ! . jf pnx : ¦" .-- ¦[ i . ^^ - , ^ , -r ri i- : ¦¦¦• -. or Caarter floating ftoni the mast-head , and then you may ahift far yourselves . ( Loud and long-continued cheering and clapping ot bands . ) I have been delighted to hear from Mr . Philp and Mr . Mason , and , above all , from that fellow with the white flannel jacket , Candy . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Aye , aye , those are my men . I have been delighted to hear their account of the state of our cause . You have heard from them many truths ; let them sink deep into your mind , and let neither Whiggery , Toryism , or nothingness , tbat is , Chartist Churchism—( loud cheers , and no , nothing ) in any way turn your minds a hair ' a-breadtn from the one point . ( Cheers , aud . no . ) Just think of a set of

      preaching working men , praying for the Charter in the nineteenth century , and saddling us with a Chartist church , while we are trying to throw the state jockey from our backs . ( Cheers . ) Why , this would be enough to frighten overy honest man from the Chartist ranks ; bat I am told that theStithea are failing . But Candy , that honest man , that hard-flsted fellow , who would like to pray , but not on an empty belly—( cheers and laughter ) , —has nobly prayed to-day that this should be a meeting—a phy « cian to heal wounds ( cbeers )—I say , here I am , ready to forgive and be forgiven . ( Cheers ) But I am not ready to go half way , or any way , or any fraction of the way , to meet any party by a surrender or cumpromise of a particle of your principles . ( Cheers and right" ) Aye , to be sure ,

      I'm right . ( Laughter . ) I should have nothing else to do but to give up a bit to this party , and a bit to that party , and a bit to the other party , until the mere shadow of myself remained . ( . Cheers . ) One party aays give up your minor ditfuwnoe and join us ; aaother party says give up your minor difference and join us . ( Hear , hear . ) Now hear me , do they mean we wijljotn you as at present politically disposed ? No , they meaa no such thing ; what they mean Is , go through the Whig purgatory , and when purified , come forth and join as ; it is not difference they wish us to give up , but principle . They may call the abandonment of principle by the mild name of sinking influence , but forme it will not do . ( Caeers . ) You have come out this day in a manner that makes my position dangerous from the

      strength you give , and the respect you pay me ; and it is a very bad time , with this great town teeming forth its countless thousands , to ask me to sink minor differences . ( Cheers . ) What ! can I consent to see one faction living upon taxes wrung from you , with the perfect concurrence of the other faction , in order tbat they may moke profit of your helpless state , aud compel you to work liko slaves , and for less than slave ' s fare ? ( Hear , bear . ) If poverty waa the will of God , or if it equally affected all , I would say , well and good ; but while you complain of taxation and want consequent upon over-production , are others debarred of a single luxury ? \ Che « rs , aud no . ) No ! When I see the soldier refused his pay , the placeman wanting his dinner , and the Queen tasting skilly .

      ( cheers and laughter ) , and Prince Albert sent to the Union Workhouse , if the Queen cannot support him . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then , when I see these things made general , 1 will tell you to pray and fast . ( Laughter . ) But I see the aristocratic board bending under every luxury that the world can produce , while you are told to look to Poland , Russia , Dantzic , or the Porte for your breakfast , dinner , and supper . ( Ciieers . ) Now if only one class can be fed at home , tbat class should be those who produce at home , — ( cheers )—so they ask you to emigrate . ( Aye and groaus . ) Well I am a great friend to emigration . ( Sensation in the meeting . ) Yes , a great friend , but I would not send you far , and I would not have brought one of my brave countrymen herd in -quest of other means oi

      prolonging existence . My destination for you should be to some of the lands in Warwickshire—( loud laughter and cheers )—at a fair rent , and in convenient lots , — ( hear , hear , and that ' s it )—and for the steam-made over population of every other large town , their destination should be to the land of their country . ( Cheers . ) And then the Irish would cheerfully return to tbe green laud of their birth , while the draw from the artificial to the natural field of industry , would render the artificial state less irksome , and would make the masters more dependent upon the reduced population for work , having established a full , a fair , and an unerring standard for the price of labour , by the exercise of man's skill , strength , and industry , upon the inheritance which God intended for each at his birth . ( Loud cheers . )

      None but idlers were intended to be destitute , and those who dont work , neither should they eat ( Cheers . ) Believe me , ( then , that by the land at home , and by that only , can we overcome the unrighteous and gormandizing influence of steam power , over which man Jjas now no controul , neither do the steam lords wish to give us that controu ) , as your comfort is not their object .: ( Cheers . ) Thein . object is to make you depea-1 ent by Act of Parliament upon any system which will give them tbe means of gambling in cheap labour . ( Cheers . ) Of course you know what taxes are . It is not the exact amount required which is laid on even of a direct tax ; no , that being for the law maker , a little reserve beyond what is required is provided for , a 3 it constitutes the idle pauper's fund . ( Cheers . ) But let

      us for a moment enquire into the nature , amount , and effect of an indirect tax or duty . I think I must illustrate this for you by a story . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well , then , before the last great European war broke out , a countrywoman ofmiue , an old lady that in Ireland we call a Collaugh—( laughter )—that f s , she used to ait ia the chimney coiner , ami from the 1 st of October to the 1 st of March she used to have a halfpenny candle to do a bit of knitting by , but between March and October , a duty was put on tallow , to carry on the butchery , and when the old lady went on the following 1 st of October for her halfpenny candle , as usual , when she got her candle she handed a halfpenny across the counter ; whereupon the huckster said , " Ouh , Mrs . Mulligan , the candle is a penny . "

      " Now , Ma ' am , a penny Mrs . Brady . " " Ooh wisha , what's tbe maining of that my dear ? " " O'the war you know , Mrs . Mulligan—the war my dear . " " Ogh yea wibha , then bad luck to their sowls , and wasn't the day light long enough for them , without fighting by candle light ? ( The rich Irish brogue and inimitable manner in which Mr . O'Connor represented the characters , while telling the anecdote , produced a burst uf the most convulsive laughter , which waa followed by repeated cheers . 1 Well , now , continued Mr . O'Connor , that we have had one joke let us have the moral . ( Hear , bear . ) As it was with tallow and candlts , so would it be with wheat and bread . ( Hear , hear . ) The Legislature may , to a certain exUnt , rix the duty at which , and the circumstances uuder which , the raw

      material , wheat , shall be imported ; but when Mis . Mulligan goes to Mrs . Brady for the loaf , what guide is the Act of Parliament regulating duty upon wheat , in the purchaso of tho loaf ? iLoud cheers . ) Well , Mrs . Mulligan's s ^ are of the duty on her halfpenny candle was about a nmaii fraction of a farthing , but Mra . Brady ' s share was almost the whole farthing . ( Loud cheers , and cries of its true . ) Such would be your case as to tread . Why tha corn dealer , the miller , the tlour factor , tho huxtor , and the baker , all have a proiit that r . o act of Parliament can iuterlere wit . " . ( Cheers . ) WLat then is thj remedy ? Why to let all who choose to give a fair rent for a sufficiency uf hin . i , bicomo their own producers , and thrfir on wofuittia , and then monopoly will cease . ( Loud

      cheers . ) But then yi . 11 nre ovtr-popu ! ated , and other .-s say emigrate . I have told you tha : I was for emigration , a ;; . 1 1 have told you of the sort of emigration I am fur , but I am ulso for emigration to foreign countries , but 1 wiah to he judicious in my selection of emigrants , because I admit we are overpupulated , but it is with drones ar . didiers , —( cheers—and , theieforo , would I most glaaiy see the first transport , with a cargo of parsons aud a crew of bishops , with PhilpuUa i ' or a pilot , bidding farewell and fur ever to thd land which they iud infested like vermin , ( 'freiuendisag cheering . ) Aye , let thtm go to South Australia . No , no , r . ot to South Australia either ; we all have friends thereto whom we wish peace , prosperity , aud happiutss , aud the holy evantf . 'lical emigrants would vcrj spctdily kick

      up a bhiudy , create confusion , and strife , cud ill-will amaDf ; myn , tha thing by which they thrive . ( Loud clitets ) Mr . Sydney Smith has betn luost valiant in mouthing ubuut tha Com Laws , l > ut for tifietn days I bave betn making proclamation for l . iin in eftry meeting , and the return always made was , what thesherirls term " 11011 est inventus ; ' he is uut to be found . ( CLuti-a . i But 1 am gumg to put him in ths ' Hue and Cry- " iLoud laughter and cliefcrs . 1 The miserable wi-btche . s say that we wou t hear his argument ; why , we never can have it ( Cheers ., They abuse us in their hole and corner papers , written by fellows without a shirt , — ( Ia . u 3 hter . 1-but we never cau bring them to the scratch . ( Cheers . 1 Where are they now ? Mr . Philp told you that the press waa our greatest enemy—it is so . ( Hear , hear . 1 And sea the trouble which its villany puts you to , und the expense to which ll beat

      it puts mo . \ Hear hear . Bui nevermind , I' tbaS also , ( hear , » nd cheers ; , although it is too bad that I should be put to tee expence of being the National Gazette . ( Laughter aurt cheers . ) I wonder h « w many my grand-mother and the rest ol the twaddlers will give us for this n : « eting—this Birmingham full ol people . ( Cbeers . ) Not many , because they know what this meeting will & ive them . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O Connor then entered into a plain and satisfactory explanation of the effect which steam-power , fictitious money , and over-B * oductl «» n had upon the several classes of society , and especially upon every trade aad every shopkeeper , whose ta&iostay was the affluence of the working classes as consumers . He showed that while a night ' s rain Induced the cum faUor , the miller , the flour-factor , and the baker , each to put a profit upon the raw material , by raising its price , that ten days » f sunshina had no effect in rescinding the resolution aa to the rise . < Thia was met witu loud eheers . ) He also entered most clearly into Vx queetiou © f tend , and labour ,

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      / M ^ M ^ /^ uUZ ^ S ^^ aad then went on to ¦ bow $ ht reasoning by whicfe lw >/// waa led to believe in tbe nat advanea which Charflna . / u ^ had made since 1839 . He then -paid a high coioplL ^ ment to Messrs . S . Crawford , Daneomjue , tod t&e-ifttl * band round which we should rally . He UupbnedJriPkt support the Executive , join theonly Charfist AJeocia- ' " ' ¦ tiao which was in existen ^ 'and vovr before heaven , that what we were pro ^ jfW by the Beform BUI , we would now have . ( Load and long cxratfauediibeeria * > Mr . O'Connor concluded , by informing tbe meeting tuit be wout 4 m * kfl » tour of alt England , IrsliBij ^; Scotland and Water , and then ^ u ^ eJDbak / u 0 t ^ r onld . HepaidhisdwncountrjTOte ^ ^ ums , j ^ 4 ^ 4 ap e ^ cj ^^ „ tion , and " agcitad ^ JnJW ^ PJ'faWltlMi g -wejW fe ever and *?«« & # - ^ sSfc ^^ h » S kW » d for several

      miauteaV ' ^ Z ' - *»** BB ?**''¦>¦ - *• ¦ The C / HAIRman then called upon He . M'Douall to propose the next resolution . Dr . M'Dai all rose amidst loud and enthusiastic cheering . He had met the men of Birmingham ia former times , in-rough and in smooth times , amidst danger afcd'difficulty ; but he never experienced more real pleasure than he did in meeting them once more , not ouly to advocate those great principles for which O'Connor and many others had suffered , but likewise to proclaim to the people of Ireland that wesympathiae with them—that we feel for their wrongs , and that we are determined to emancipate that long-suffering aad oppressed people from the shackles of religious and * political oppression . ( Loud cheers . ! If we think of

      her seven centuries of misery—if we look to the existing distress , and to the splendid resources of a country which might become , in a few years , if justice waa done to her , the most productive among the nations . If we turn our attention ta her starving people and her luxuriant plains—to her palaces and her towns—to her natural ricnes and to her artificial poverty , we must fe « l confident that powerful and enduring causes are at work to perpetuate the slavery of her people , and convert the bles&ings of a God into curses , as fatal in their operation as they are enduring in their mischief . ( Cheers . ) We find a State Church existing in Ireland , not for the sake of preaching the Gospel , but for the purpose of plundering the poor ; not to advocate justice for the widow .

      , the stranger , and the f ^ herl | M ^ MHBg £ hfctca . the ' purpose of rubbing where it s ^ MHHHMy ^ rsecutitag of sorrow / where it ahBal ^^ l ^^^ Sa ^ i ^^ M ^^^ independence , ( fcoud cijaeri ) " -Xet us ^ uifiraj ** . tt » massacre of Rathcormac . " Did thor representative of the meek and lowly disciple of Christianity exhibit uiuch sacredness of character , or practise the benevolence of the first founders of his religion , when he declared from , the altar which he desecrated iwt to soothe the distress of the widow , not to give bread to tbe hungry , or protection to the weak ; but to steal tha sheaves of corn from the fields of her whose protector was gon 8 , and whose stay and support was an only but a manly son—he who had sown the grain and gathered

      it in for her support and her coaifort ? ( Cheers . ) Did the parson practice peace and charity when he went with armed men to rob the weak and the widowed ? ( Xo , no . 1 Did he recommend hhaself to you when , not contented with theft , he became guilty of uiatder ? ( Loud cries of no , no , no . ) Aye , my . friends . That church is one of Ireland ' s curses . ( Loud cheers . } The parson was not satisfied with the tithe ; ha waa not content with the grain itself . He weut further , and dyed the beloved food of the earth in the heart's blood of the' widow ' s son , and then placed the dripping and bloody offering on the altar of bis Maker , thare to be an eternal staiu npou the character of the state church , autt a damning witness against htr . ( Loud and repeated cheers . ) Away wilh such spurious

      Christianity . Perish such an infidel church , and let religious liberty be proclaimed from the Cove of Cork to the Giant's Gauseway . ( Great , cheering . ) Let us imagine the results of carrying out the People's Charter in reference to Ireland , for , unless the Irish people have political power in their owu hands , it would matter not whether the members of their Parliament were elected by absentees or residents . Unless tha people have the power , it is a matter of no consequence to them whether one kind of aristocracy or another have the elective power . ( Hear , hea-. j Repeal , unaccompanied with the Suffrage , would only change ia a slight degrea Ireland ' s masters . ( Hear , hear . ) Repeal and Universal Suffrage must be the watchwords in Ireland . Jf , then , the political or religious shackles of Ireland were broken and curied , her people would return to their native shores to cultivate her fertile plains , to raise up their social standard of comfort aud of

      wages , aud would not increase competition amongst the English workmen . ( Loud cries of yea ) How many thousands of Irishmen are forced over the channel by the hard hand of tyranny and oppression , and because they caunot starve they must work for lower wages than you . ( True . ) Justice to Ireland means higher wages , less competition , and more comforts ia England . ( Hear , hear . ) Justice to Ireland mean * no rags ia their country , no starvation , wages in accordance with their important labour , and consequently , when Ireland's rags perish , your manufacturing industry will flourish . ( Cheers . ) If Ireland ' s rags were six times less , your production must be as much more . ( True . ) Iu short , Ireland would be the Poland of the Unisn , and her grain exchanged for your goods would ensure a safe and enduring home market , comfort to each cuuntry , and religious and political independence to both . ( Loud cheering . ) He concluded by proposing the following rosolu ' . ion : — ¦

      "That we deeply sympathise with our suffering-jnJfJP *" oppressed fellow-countrymen ia Ireland , and throwbatfk with di 8 daid the vile insinuation that the English people are opposed to the liberties of that long-oppressed country , and as our principles , as Char tists , iesd us to seek self-government , we are , therefore , determined to . join our Irish brethren to procure a Kspeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , and will give all the assistance in our power to its accomplishment . " Mr . Jons Cowbell , secretary to tha Executive of the Natioual Charter Association , seconded the resolution . He said that as regards & repeal of the legislative union , he would not give two straws to see a House of Commons sitting in Dublin based on a property qualification , because such a house would make laws to protect property and deteriorate the value of Labour .

      Have we not a House of Commons , aye , and a Houso of Lords , with a . Queen to boot ; now if the Irish people imagine that such a crew of legislators and governors would be of any benefit to thsm . he only wished they had them , root and branch to-morrow ; the fact ia , we have them in this country , and yet there is distress , misery , and poverty widely spread through tha wholecountry . Let Irishmen , Englishmen , Scotchmen , and Welcbmen recollect that the oppressor of the poor maa is the same in every country , and it matters not by whom the producer ia unjustly robbed ; the enemies of tho working men are of the same class in England as Ireland , and vice versa . Let then the motto of the Chartists be to assist Irishmen to obtain a domestic legislation based on the great principle of Universal Suffrage . He concluded amidst the most dcaftii iij cheers .

      Mr . DonaldoO . v , of Warwick , supported tlie i ' .. 0-iution . He said that , as ail Irishman , he was happy in having it . in his power to testify the fact , th ^ .: tiia English ' people were decidedly in favour oi ' the rights and-liberties of the Irish nation ; aud . he hoped it would , go forth on the wiugs of the p-ess to his dear friends in Ireland , who would be rejoiced to find tha ; the people of Englaud were determined not to stand quietly by and witness the wronj ^ aud oppressions to which they were subjeci . eo , but wished cj lioJd out to them tl ' e hand of fellowship and friendship . After a fe . v more excellent . tmirks , ho concluded by supporting the resolution ; aud retired amidst loud ch ? ers . Tho Chairman put tiie resolution to the meeting , which was also unanimously agreed : > ,. the

      Mr . Chance , of Siourbndge , prc ^ o ^ d npst re-ohuisii , and was received with lo ; : 1 cheering . He saiJ that , after the many excellent u ^ uresses which they had heard , he should not tre . - ; p-i .-3 loc # on their liiiK-, particularly as the reso ' iutiuii which he had to propose spoke tor itself . MaiA plans had been proposed for the purpose of or ^ aaUinK the people , On . they had ail tailed . But , irJOi tho efl ' tots produced by the pJa-. adopted by the iVational Charter Association—from its justice aud straightiorwardnee's—he felt convinced that , it embodied all that was required to draw the people into one strci'g bond of union for the purpose or opposing tyranny , and ultimately achieving the emancipation of their country . He would , therefore , most cordially propose the following resolution : —

      That , in the opinion of this meeting , the People ' s Charter will become the law of the land as scou as tho people are united for us attainment ; it i £ , therefore , the duty of every person desiring to advance the Chartist causo immediaUiy to join the National Charter Association , which : s the bess aiiapted to embody the people in a powerful organisation ; and it has already received ths sanction of nearly 200 important town ?/' Mr . Chanco was iotuiiy cheered ou retirm ;; . Mr . Cjjab > to . x or' Kidderminster , seconded the resolution . Ho said he felt well pleased at tho proceedings of that Jay . The working classes had conducted themselves in such an orderly manner as diil them infinity credit ; ; he principles of the Chart « r were dear to hin heart , as he believed that only through its establishment could ihe ptopleexpect to live comfoitaoiv ard happy , he therefore begged

      leave to second the resolution , and after a few otner excellent obau-vjiiions retired amidst great applause . The CHAiKtoAN then put the resolution which was unanimous )} agreed to . On tbe proposition of Mr ; Mogg of Wojverhampioo , seconded by Mr . Walter Tborne , three cheers were giyen for the ehairman , to which he replied in an appropriate mamer ; three times three enthusiastic eheers were given for O'Connor and the Charter ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones and the incarcerated Chartists , and three for J . Bronwrre O'Brien , after which it wa 3 aanouncui thai the ^ ddegaxea present woaid meet at the New Jun , Bromsgrove street , after which the imnuruse multitude separated highly delighted with Iho proceedings of . the day , and well they might , for a more soul-stirring or animated scene waa never wir . nesstd . Birmingham has nobly performed its duty . ( Concluded in our Eighth page , )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct398/page/1/