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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ? INTO BIRMINGHAM . GLORIOUS DE 3 HOWSTRATIOIT ! Monday Iwfc v *» iadeed a -gxmX and glorious day for ? he working dasie * . The dj « o « oi-sromea of BirmiDgvJob , sad the saHOBRding districts , bvre on that day g ' n ^ such * Wo » at tyranny u ft will utTer recover fba marking etauaes bm now proved , beyond doubt , £ at they «• not only competent to rote , bat that when Ifcey do their own work , they ue capable of w ^ j ^ tD f and condMttnf the sx »» rtapenaoui a&brs ; fTn ever was Jfcw » S ""** display <* somben and eai > m ^ asm than vu exhttiteu on this decision , and sera wu such a huge tnasa u thcae who blocked op tbe streets of Birmingham on Monday better marshalled 0 c more orderly conducted .

      To give a proper description of the burning zeal and txieat enttiBslMni of the people , * ronld require a jaasterhand . Let the most ardent hrran of the Charter , or the greatest admirers of Mz . O'Connor , imagine wb&t s procession for neb an important town ought to fce , andtfaey may rest awiredtha * had they been present they wvuKt have felt abundantly satisfied . It really was % glorious display ' ; dft that Trill confer everlasting ttosour on the men tad' women of Birmingham , and the surrounding district ; one that w 3 I hare an electrif dog effect on eTery town , Tillage , and hamlet in the TJcited Kingdom .

      The fiat has now gone forth , and tbs assembled thousands at Birmingham hare decided the question . Chxbxism is sow ohwipotksx . "Where now are the paltry trucklers who affected to sneer at the working tijsses ? Where are they ? < But to the sutyact The towits sarrounding Birmingham had been basil j preparing throughout last week to show their lore and admiration of the people's champion ; and , such was their eagerness to be present at the demonstration , that all manner of vehicles were hired to bring the females » ad children on Sanday evening , whilst the meu determined to prove their sincerity by "walking in proeesaon . The men of Wolverhampton walked seventeen sales in yroeession . Bilston , Wednesbury , Bromsgrove , Redditca , Kidderminster , Darlaston , WalsslL tc ., contributed largely to swell and enlarge the mass rf humaa beings that thronged to Hockley HDL

      The morning looked rather hszy , and appeared ineliaed to rain , but fortnnately it cleared up , and at nine o'clock the bustle of preparation commenced Rags , banners , poles , and all the paraphernalia of processions were to be seen emerging from th « various inns , and Treading their way to the Chartist-room in Freeman-street , 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 adjoining were completely blocked up with open carriages , flsf bearers , musicians , -fcc ., awaiiing the arrival of the Triumphal Car , as the cgnsl for moving- About half-pas * ten , an immense

      number of men and women arrived in procession from Wolverh&JEptoiL . Bilston , Dariaston , and WedEesbary , with numerous splendid flags and banners , and accompanied by an excellent band , in military cnifarm , immediately after which the Triumphal Car ¦ arrived , when the marshals too " " their places in front , ¦ and led the way to Hockley HilL At this time the streets had the appearance of a river , for the living tide was to be seen moving from all quarters of the town in the s&me direction ; open carriages , gigs , waggons , and carts , containing their living loads , were entering the town , from the various Toads , the cccupants being decorated with green and white rosettes , the toirn at this time presenting a lively and animating

      scene . On arriving at Hockley Hill , the Marshals , with fifty assistants , who had been appointed by th « Demonstration Committee , proceeded to arrange the prc ^ cassion according to the order laid down in the placards , bat so dense was the multitude , all crowding to taa point at which Mr . CTConnsr was expected to arrive , that it was foTind impofisible to form them until their eager desire to see Mr . O'Connor was gratified . At lecgth a humming sound of " Here he comes I here be comes I" was beard » n all sides , when a close carriage druTe rapidly up to the TsiriiPHAL Ci& , and Mr . O'Connor wns hinded into It The scece at this sta ,-e of the

      proceedings cannr . t be described by words . A burst cf enihusisstic cheering issued from all parts of the dense mass . Again wd again , the thunder of the sovereign people rang the death kcell of tyranny and proclaim-ed their affec-Jaon fcr their fritnd and champion . Wh * n the cheering had subsided , those who had been the most obstinate agninst fallirs into their places , were now the foremosl in taking them . With great difficulty , an opening was effected in the dense mass , and the Triumphal Ca ) passed through amidst the most cordial greetings of ths people , waving of handkerchiefs from every window ; and every possible expression of approbation and joy The procession then moved on in the following order : —

      Mr . Corbett and lir . Rouse , the two Mansion , adorned with splendid scarfs , ai mounted on beautiful bay horses . Lsrge white banner : Motto— " Welcome O'Connor , tl friend of the Charter . " Fp . ma . le * four abreast , bearing winds , to which printed green cards we attached , bearing the following inscription -. — " Bemembez Frost , Williams , and Jones . " Brass Band . Bromsgrove , Redditeh , Darlaston , and Wolverbampto females four abreast . RtTrnCT , Bromsgrove and Redditeh : Motto— " O'Connor for ever . Universal Suffrage , an Jfo Surrender . "

      TBIUMPHAL CAB in which was seated

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., drawn by six beautiful grey horses , with three postilicw ia splendid livery . The Car was the same as that used at Yori , and wai mounted on a very high platform covered with green bail ; and ornamented with a fringe , which added very much to its splendid appearance . Splendid Gr ^ en Silk Banner , containing a well executed copy of the device on the cards of the National Charter Association : Hotto— " Birmingham Charter Association of Great Britain . " Delegates bearing banners . Members of the National Charter Association foui abreast .

      Larga white Banner : Motto— " What is life without liberty ?" THE EXECUTIVE of the National Charter Association , consisting of Dr . P . M . M'Douall , Mr . RK Pkilp , Mr . J . Campbell , and Mr . J . Leach , in a beautiful carriage . Hembers of the National Charter Association fool abreast . Brass Band-Large Tricolotred Bann = T : Motto—" 3 Iay the hydra-hescled monster , tyranny , bow down before the majesty of a united people . " The Coaaci ] of the National Charter AaiL-ciallon in Two open carriif es . Members of the National Chaner Association four abreast-Frost , TTilliams , aad Jones Restoration Committee . Large -white banner—Motto : " We meet to secure the

      re : ura of Frost , Williams , z ^ a Jo-to . " Members four abreast Sp ; £ 2 d : > l banner of the Carpenters , with a betutifuliy executed device . Men four abreast . Beautiful vMie banner snnnouste-i by 3 Cip of Libert } . Motto : " Welcome O"Ccnr . or , the chasapion of the People ' s rights . " Men four abrsait . Large green tana ? r : Motto : —" Repeal of lbs Trdoc . Universal Suffrags . " Rivers ? : — " Green banners Hying . CiTi ] z ~ i Krllgioas Liberty . " Band in military -nifcrra . F : a _« snston Charter Ass-: ciation . VTe hnw our rights ^ will defend thesL Tixation a = 3 poverty . " Bilston Chartists . f : ur abi- - ^ . - Blue S 23— "We do crto others ns we vovui ^ sy should

      do unto us . " Members fourabrsait l ^ rge boscer : Motto : — " The sacr-r . l Tratcb ~ ord—Liberty . " Members four abr = rat Banner with :: otto— " Peae ^ , Or In , Litt : r . d rni- n . " nag— " Wo 1 verhamrt . M : NrX naichir : ir iis-. htioE . " Wolvrrh ' : r : p : on bann-r—Motto— " The rights cf indur . ry , Mlerty , Btctir :: ^ , r'r ^ ^ = ri *~ . " Mc 2 f ^ * .-EVre ^ V . A beauiL ' u ] fhso : : !¦ : Piinter ' i S . j ;;' . ' " .

      Flag . Bilston Nitiot . 'vl Ch ? . tt = r AssvcLuor ., fol ' owed hy sn imrr . ez ^ e codrc : s . i ^' . ~ 2 rz C ;! lf-2 rs . E ; ddenainstcr Natioril Chut-r Ai- ^ c ' . ati-n . Tlog . Sbfbrcshire Pcttcriti FUg" r = iversil Stffreri :. ¦ _> From this patof ihe precession , £ 3 far fcck as the eye ccuid reach , it -was ij ^ postibls to fwni sEvihing like order , the streets bciiy blocked omp : * uly , the Chartists from the ccurtry kertir . g with ihtir fl . gs in the centre , ** * ^ &- J couIiL Thefuilowir . ^ i- ^ i and bauaera , * iih an inucrjeribie Lc _ -t u : all s-zr-. a-d c- ?] jc .-2 , -srers " > be &e « 2 fljaticg triunijiLaatiy over the heads of the WBnt ! es 3 thousands .

      Walsill hsnr ^ r—Motto— " Victory increases i . y concord . " A beautiful ng- ^ e of Briiarnia . . Stiuibridge National Charter Association" The Charter and nothing Ic&s . " " The liberty of the People . " A Iccg line ot open Carriages , containing femaiea elegantly decorated . Wirwlek Chartists . ( Baautiful silk binner—Motto— " The rights of womea—instruction , affection , protection . " Beautiful pink banner- ' Mctto— ' The rights of geidaj— te-xiom , fasie , fortune . "

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      Ths Nostheb . 5 Stak , earried in a splendid frame . Union Jack . Lsrge green banner—Motto— " Liberty is the birthright of man . " " Union is strength . " Large white banner—Motto— " Addition of comfort , subtraction of Bishops , division of wealth , the rule of the three kingdoms . " TricoloHred flag—Eonnouated by a cap of liberty ; Motto— " For a nation $ 0 be free tis sufficient that £ he will it " Green

      flag—Motto— " ITnioa is strength , and industry the wealth of a nation . " "Hail , O'Connor the people's friend . " Bromsgrove— " Universal Suffrage and no surrender . "

      A beautiful American flag , surmounted by a cap of liberty , with an innumerable host of small ones , with all manner of devices , which h % d been got np 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 Mr . O'Connor bowed gracefully in acknowledgment of their applause , the two rp » ''' « t "' T » took thelrstat ' . on , and gave the word " movaon . " The ptotcssion then passed along Great H&mpton-etreat , np Scow-hill , along Bull-street , down High-street , and inta the Boll-ring , where by general consent , and actuated by the recollection of former

      times , they came to a halt , and blocked it completely up . The Bcene was truly awful at th : 9 part of the proeeedingsj a pause of solemn silence took place , and although the immense Bull-ring was incapable of holding another person ; yet the streets for a mile behind were blocked up in the same manner . Off went the hats of all , and three of the most astounding aud triumphant cheers were given , and three times repeated . It was a glorious scene , Mr . O'Connor again bowed in acknowledgment of the nnpurchased honours thus heaped upon him , The order was again given to " move en , " and the marshals led the way down Digbcth , on Rea-streei , Bradford-street , Bromsgrove-strett , and Pcrshorefitreet , np Worcester-street , where the great joy of the people was again exhibited by some thundering cheer ? . The procession then moved along New-street , on Paradi 3 e-street , down Suffolk-street , and up Exeter-row , to HOLLOWAY HEAD , where n large

      hustings was erected for the occasion . An immense concourse cf people were on the ground previous to the ^ arrival of tho procession . The hustings were placed at the bottom of a hill , and commanded a full view of me surrouDding scenery . As each body arrived they took thtir station in an orderly and regular manner , erecting their frigs and bancars in the midst of the friends who had accompanfe 1 them . The Triumphal Car , the great object of the people ' s solicitude , wa 3 eagerly looked for , and at length appeared on the summit of the hill , whtn a spontaneous burst of cheering issued from the countless thousands assembled , and was continued until its arrival at the hustings , at which time . Euch was ice rush , that the hustings began to give way , which created scob alarm , that Mr . O'Connor was requested to remain in the Triuaipaal Car a Bhort distance from it in order to draw off 3 part of the pressure-Tfce business of the meeting then commenced .

      Mr . Moog , of Wolverhampton moved that Mr . George Whits took the chair . The proposition -was seconded by a number of voices , and carried by acclamation . Mr . ' GEOBGB White then took hb vlace on tho hustings amid loud cheers , and addressed the lueeting in the following terme—Men and Women of Birmingham , I consider myself highly honoured by this additional mark of your approbation , and consider the present moment the proudest of my life . We have this -day exhibited such a power as will convey joy and gladness to the heart of millions of our oppressed and starving fellow-countrymen , which wiil fill them with hope and couSderce , and make them feel that better days and happier times are at hand , and that the long

      ! and direful reign of Whig ard Tory tyranny draws i rapidly to a close . The men and women of iJirniing-; ham had that day performed their duty , » nd the surrounding towns bad shown by their numerous attend-! ance that day that the lamp of liberSy burned bright 1 and dear in their bosoms . The working classes had . ¦ that day proved that they were capable ef conducting J ik ^ o ^ q business , by the orderly and peaceable man-I ner in which the stupendous proce&sion was arranged . I They had met that day in the niajrt ' . y of their power to i declare their unaltered lova of freedom , and to Bhew to I the world that they were determined to have the Char-I ter , the whole Charter , and nothi : ^ less . They had ! also jnetto do honour to a man who had proved himself i the staunch and f altnf ul fxiend of the people , one who I had made immense s&cricces in their cause , and who j h » d proved himself worthy of all tho honours that j could be heaped upon him by a grateful but oppressed i people . ^ Loud cheers . * As there were bo many to

      j address them , and as he knew that they would all feel j anxious to bear their champion ( loud cheers ) , he ; would conclude by requesting them to preserve strict -order and listen attentively to the various delegates ¦ and friends who would address them . He then called upon Mr . R . K Philp , of Bath , te move the first resolu-: tion . ' Mr . Philp was received with load and repeated > cheers . j Mr . R . K . Philp said ha felt great honour in being I entrusted to propose a most important resolution to ea : large an assembly . He felt &n indescribable pleasure i to Bee such a glorious demonstration in favour of democracy as had that day been made in Birmingham , ) and he stood before tbew as one from the- Chartists of ' Bath , to show that the tame glorious principles were ¦ prevailing there . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Philp proceeded to 1 rtiaks some excellent remarks on the position of the Chartist cause , and in honour of Mr . O ' Connor , and congratulatory of his release . He stated , however , that he desired that day to be 3 listener .

      • Mr . Philp concluded by proposing the follewing 1 resolution -. — Resolved— " That , in the opinion ot this meeting , I the rii , ir . of seli-soYerument is inaliecable and insej parable from rc ^ a , all attempts at legislation not i Kcojs ! z '^ g this g rrojd and fundamental principle ! having proved i :. sa 5 i > : ient to proUc ; the mats of nun-I kind from the innate Beloahiicia of the ruling few ; ¦ ' that the la =: i :: ts . b : c aad uiiprccedent-.-d distress which I now exists aruonjss the inau ^ trii us portion of the j people , and ' . he hopes which the Reform Bill excited ' having proved delusive , and , as the proceedings of the ' House of Commons subsequent to the passing of that

      Bill , have evinced in the enactment of the Irish Coercion , the New Poor LiW , and Police Law —in its refusal to economise the expenditure of the country- ^ ia its often dLsTega ; d of the sufferings aud misery cf the cation—its entire incapability and unatntis to legUla ' e for this country ; and , as the oxpei-iecc-e of years , aisii the history of ail nations have fuliy established , that irresrcnsib' . e power invariably Itais its po-5 t £ sors to usd it for thsir own :- 2 grand- -z > aitfnt ; and bsiag deeply impresser ! with iho truth and jujticstoi OUT principles , Tre a ^ iin solein 1 . ;!} declare our ucal := rs . bie love cf freedom , ujad pledce ourselves to our country , tha . mv -will never ceass in our sirugg l ^ Ijt liberty , untu the reoDis ' a Cnarter h : established as tie law of % t ' : z rtal : ^ . "

      Mr .. HE . > 'SY CaSIjT , of Woiverhampton , seconded the resolution . He hoped th-t that gjt would be ibo signal for union an ¦ co-ope-a'Jon amongst those who honestly sought .:. * taViKisbment of the Charter . < Hear , hear . ? The . as they lad battled * rcith and overthrown the op ; . - . M-. i . u yl both Whica and Toriea , theyshonldb ? a ; j » : iy resoivea tu unite still closer iu the beed of frifi . J ^ b-ip and cni < i 2 . If the Gov-mment , by which iLcj vtre piar ^ ief " i and oppressed , wished to krot ? : I . e j \ -iicgs 0 ; the j . ec'tle , let them send anamb-SsiJ-. r : o Tiefr il . b gioiious spectacle thtn before him , zn-1 they ttouM be abundantly con ^ isccd that their ni 2 ci . i .--. atior . 5 a ^ ainat the iiberiies of the people were < - ¦ £ no &TaLL The vroiiisg men of Erjla ^ d defied the fattioni , an-. l were ilcirniined to be Tree .

      < Lcud cLeers .. The priCLipits of Ch&rtu-. u v » re foazided iu jastlc * and huni ^ iii v > ' && thc-y cuuJ-j sppea ! to hei"Sc-i as a tritscss oi the puiity of their motive * . The p * oi ' ' o hai aBLeu . b'f J tl . at day in the majesty of their power to 1 : 0 honour to one of nature ' s nobles , and Qut : tn Viciuiia htiivlf , ^ vith all htr rich w and rplendour , cou ' ..: not luMimaiid f-uch a aispl . iy tt unbJUjLt . gratirii . 3 e a « vr ^ . that day thorn to Ftsrgus O'Cosjicr . ' . Lv / Ud cutcri . i U trab true tLey c-juld rsot giro liini titles or wraith ; but be Lad Uii » t which wealth cculd rot parchaie^—th = I . to a . r . 1 au : ; robatioa ot an oppress £ ! l people . A 3 there wcru uiduy other speakers to follow liim ht would coutlude by Btcoiiding the resolution , Jlr . Candy retirei ' . amidst Iouj cheers .

      The Chaisixa . n then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . 21 r . llASOX came forward , amidst loud cheering . He said—Mr . Chairman and ED / rishrcea , if the proud and imperious governors of this vast empire contemplated , in the plenitude of their r-on&e , that they could crusii this glurious movement f » r the freedom cf our country , let them behold to-day our myriad majesty —our Eumb ; rs , though immense ; vt t let them behold the order , decorum , acd enthusiasm of this glorious assembly , and the haughtiest despot -who revtls in splendour wrung from the bletciac , toiling millions , must feel the impotence of a Govermr . tEt that would thus enslave and plunder us . ( Great cktering . ) The objects cf this demonstration have beer—Srsi , to Co honour to a great and virtuous man , and , in the second place , -to express to the eocnrry the opiniocs entertained by

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      the great mass of the population la this town and district on the causes ot public distress , and the means of establishing the liberty , prosperity , and happiness of the British commonwealth . ( Load cheers . ) Oar Charter is tha panacea cf all our wrong *—oar Charter has justice for its basis , liberty for its superstructure , and uni renal happiness for its glorious objeot ( Hear , hear . ) Why do the aristocrats of England , who hold their titles , their honours , and their legislative authority , in virtue of a Charter , revile' and persecute us for struggling to achieve a Charter still more glorious—to exalt and free the millions ? ( Loud cheers . ) Bat they were the Magna Chartists . ( Cheers . ) They say we intend to deprive them of their property . Now , I ask yen , assembled patriots and just men , do you desire to

      interfere with the private property of the nobility ? ( Cries of No , no . no . ) Pa you desire to interfere with the property of the iadnstrioas tradesman ? ( Cries of No , no . ) But I want to ask you , above all , and over all , while yea will hold their property inviolable , wiil you tolerate either class , aa both combined to violate the sacred and irrefragable rights of labour T ( Cheers , and cries of No , no , no . ) Labour , the source of all the property they possess ; labour , which clothea them with splendour and surrounds them with magnificence ; labour , which erects their gorgeous habitations , which cultivates the Boil , and gathers the golden harvests ; labour , which creates the riches of commerce , and carries it to the remotest parts of the earth , for the exchange of the riches of other countries ; labour , which

      constitutes the subject of title itself , and for which no title would exist but for the property labour has created—( great cheering);—the parchment title is but the shadow reflected from the substance created by labour . ( Cheers ) The subject of the resolution I have 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 applause of hundreds of thousands—a scene which must have thrilled to his inmost soul ; and if a mortal could ever feel inspired with the glory of real greatness , Mr . O'Connor may this day say , " I have suffered for the cause of the toll-worn and heart-broken poor , this day more than repays me ; I have won the nnpurchasable gratitude of those whom 1 have struggled to free , who have proved worthy cf more than I can sacrifice , and fot

      wboso freedom I am proud to oner my life as a ransom , and seal it with ray blood . " ( Loud and tremendous cl : eers , and hear , hear . ) He is now free ; may he prove aa honest to the cause of liberty rs he has hitherto done , the honour we confer is conditional , we aro now too intelligent to prostrate our judgments to the greatness of a man ; it is his services to our cause which constitute bis greatness—honour and gratitude are all we can confer , and he who merits it shall achieve it . ( 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 . Tha history of nations in political contests , presents to as the fatality of governors , ani , ah ! tyrants remember when your folly or cruelry urge you to persecute brave and exalted men , remember the language of the

      poet—Tfce victor vanquished , the conqueror o ' erthro ^ rn , The arbiter of other ' s ftte—the suppliant for his own . —( ChetrM . ) Tha resolution entrusted to me I have much pleasure in proposing . Iu conclusion , may all who aru yet sufl'eriug for our cause , whether it is in tlio dungeon or expatriation , soon be amongst us asuin , and may we Boon all enjoy tha freedom we are ( struggling to achieve . Mr . Mason then concluded amid great cheering by proposing the following : — " That we hail with feelings of 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 he has so manfully borne . We admire Ma honesty , perseverance , and courage ; and receive him from his dungeon with gratitude , for his noble exertions in the people ' s esuso , and sincerely hope that he may soon be rewarded for his labour by seeing the principles for which he is contending carried into full effect ; and having received him amongst us once more , we pledge ourselves to go on demanding tha restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones to their native country , and the release of all political offenders from thoso dungeons in which the Reforming—but dastardly and treacherous—Whigs have cast them . "

      Mr . Moses Simpson , of Staffordshire Potteries , seconded the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He said be felt great pleasure in having an opportunity of testifying his admiration of tha upright and noble conduct of the people ' s friend , Feargus O'Connor . ( Load cheers . ) He was rejoiced to see the glorious display the men of Birmingham and its neighbourhood bad that day made , and hoped that now the heart of England was aroused , that other parts would lollow up their glorious example . He had long been a witness of the conduct of their noble friend , O'Connor , and had always found him struggling on the right side ; and on that account he would most 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 waa carried unanimously , amid tremendous cheers .

      The CiiAikiiA 5 then announced that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., would address the meeting . This announcement was received with a demonstration of feeling that baffles description , and wis continued for several minutes . When Mr . O'Conkor presented himself he was received with several rounds of cheers , and waving of hats and clapping of hands . He said , Mr . Chairman and countless thousands and tens of thousands , Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen . Now is not my voiee prett / good for an invalid ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) The Morning Herald says that it was scandalous to hear a prisoner liberated from ill-health addressing the unwashed with stentorian lungs , immediately upon his release . ( Groans . ) Well , but I will tell you a story ubout that . Billy Pitt was not particular ia his dress , bat Beau BrutnmeU , 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 he asked Brummell why he never went to the House of Commons , and Brummell replied that it was such a dirty house that it was the ruin of clothes . ( Laughter . ) However , he promised to go , and hiving gone and heard Mr . Pitt , that heaven-bom minister , -when next they met . askeu h ; m what he thought of his ( Pitt's ) speech ? 'Pon my coal , Mr . Pitt , jou ' re a most astonishing man ; but how the devil you can speak from such boots is what astonishes me . ( Lonrt roars of laughter . ) Now it was of my limbs and weakness in my knees that I complained , and therefore that I can speak from such knees is the thing that should astonish my grandmo ' . her . ( Shouts of laugflier . ; Working men , it is now uiotu thr . n three jears since I witnessed the finality of humbug on yonder spot —( cheers)—and to-day we witness fid cc / inmenuement of reality in this sacred spot . Attvood then tiki us \ vh : Lt ha wonlrt do if ha could

      gtt 2 , 0 t . j , G 00 hands raised round him , but , like nil others of his clxss who uadertake to pilot your bark , he didn ' c wait fur the cargo that he wanted , he freighted the vessel with Mayors and Town Clerks , and titled placemen , aud then ha said te the poor , now sink or swim aa best you can . ( LjuJ cheers . ) No man doubts Anwood ' s humanity , but we don't want huiuauity , we R-a .-it justice . ( Cheers . ) Attwood would rather s < = a j-ju all happy than see you miserable ; but then , even that happiness must be oi his own s ^ lect ' ic / ii and hi 3 own gift ; and the gift ho had ia store was not justice but § 'fl ; juoies . " ( Laughter . ) Aye one p-. und notes to atic . : oiftr a mortal tvound to heal a running som . ( Lcud cbeeis . ) Birmingham was with U 3 till the Brumiaagcnis ; ot their ticket for soup , and then Muntz , and that

      ciinmiy dcotchnun , Robert Keiry Douglas , left us . ( Cheers and " Salt . " ) Aye , Salt left us also , and ; u st-fcakiusf of h \ m , 1 have this moment had a letter in \ Tiiivh I ami-afouiied that Salt Bajs I am the impediment iu the way of the people ' s cause . ( Laughttr . ) Well tbere is an Act of Parliament for removing nuisances—( cheers aiul laughter)—and if 1 aui one here , I am upon wheels ; and why doesn't Tom Salt cpjuo tlown with the rump of the defunct union and carry me ow&y ? : Great cheering aud laughter . ) Tteso nasty fellows who collected money from you to travel r . bout the country ¦ with samples of muskets—( loud cheers )—asked you in 1 S 38 , if you wsulilbe led by an Irishman ? ( Groans . ) TV ell , when the Yankto Doodle Republican Lyndburat called the Irish alier . s in language and in blocil , th « wrath of yuar Birmingham patriots was roused , but they dared to tell you tistbscuusa I was an aHen ibut I was not a fit leader . ( Grcar . s . But when did you ever see one alita in language a : iU in blood , come single-handed

      a _ -1 ciii , and dissolve that union in person , which for years bad been a real nuisance —( loud cheers and " trae" ) —and the great impediment in the way of onr causa Where are they now ? Again , they said that , if the Duke and the Baronet were in office , I dare Dot hold a ffiteiitg on New Hall Hill ; how foolish to mes 3 ore my com by their own buebfci . The Duke asd the Baronet are now in office , and here am I to tell them , through tke press , that I dtfy them to stop me and the cause of Chartism —( indescribable cheers);—bnt where are the fugitives ? it is they who would not continue in the teeth of a " strong Government" to join in a defined and democratic agitation . ( Cheers , and " aye , that ' s it" ) What would they have given for such a Birmingham full of people as I saw to-day ? ( Shouts of laughter and cheers . ) Never did the oldest man witness such a procession —( cheers and " never , " )—and all to see en alien prisoner —( cheers );—and how beautiful , orderly , and peaceably , bat , I am sorry to tay , not lawfully conducted ; no , net lawfully , because

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      toeftafo « toqnsH # Mayor , Jfun&- ( great laoghterV-and his new associates have discovered that it ia unlaw ful to block up the " Ball Ring . " ( immense cheering . Well , wh » t did you do , as if by common consent , to prove that union givas a power greater than the law bert marshalled oppression ? You had me drawn to tke battle-field , to the centre of the " Bull Ring , " under a Tory government , and there you halted and made the welkin ring , not leaving room for little Jack Russell , the bear of the Boll Ring , even to stand on the haUowed bat forbidden spot ( Long continued cheering , followed by waving of hats . ) Now does that , or does it not , in tha very teeth of the police , and in open day , and ander Tory rale , prove that what we bore in 1838 , we would not . stand in 1841 ?—( renewed cheering , )—and we were none of us afraid . iCheers . ) Believe me , I never deceive you , that to carry the

      Charter we must be brave ; fasting and praying won't do it , —( cheers , )—and upon Birmingham I call to repair the injury that Birmingham traitors have done to our cause . ( Cheers , and we will . ) Yes , you must ; for had they not deceived as , no experiment beyond the law would have been tried , the dungeons would not have been filled ; bat if the law should be again stretched , for although I have no objection to sbtteon months in a stone coffin , yet I don't want to have the dose repeated , —( laughter , )—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 , must resolvo that you will not again allow those who lawfully , honourably , and constitutionally advocate your cause , to be kidnapped , and , after the mockery of a trial , to be immured . ( Cheers , and " We . will . ") Faith . I must have more than that . You cannot all

      meet by day ; you are then engaged in making raonoy for the oppressor ; bnt 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 up your right hand . ( Here a forest ef blistered hands was held up , which was followed by several rounds of clapping of hands , ; md cheera | Now , then , be assured that I shall neither commit one illegal act myself , nor yet allow you to commit one ; and then we shall see whether 01 not tho old oppressors are , as they have oftentimes declared , ready to concede their rights to the people when they know how to demand them , and gavepromlse by their conduct that they could use them . ( Cheers . ) Tho promise

      which I require from you , and which they dread , is that you are resolved to have them . ( Cheers . ) Don't you fill auy part ot your heads with Whig stuff anil 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 for their order , —( hear , and cheers , )—and steam and fictitious money , on the other side , which the owners of that property will keep to themselves , taking advantage of the laws made with consent of the two combinations of unionists , for the purpose , tho one of dividing all the proceeds of taxation among their idle families , while the other compound for enactments to Bcrew out of you what the court , the church , the professions , and all sorts of peculators leave after helping themselves .

      ( Cheers . ) Just think of your present condition ; one set of hungry hounds lick up the whole year ' s mess in half the year , —( cheers and lauehter , )—and then they ask for on experiment to fill the trough again , and the Tories 6 ay , oh no ! we must now havo our turn ; and now , instead of the £ 2 , 100 , 000 originally required , they want £ 2 , 500 , 000 to be quite safe . ( Hear , hear , and long continued cheering . ) So that by no possibility an idle pauper should want a day ' s meal . ( Cheers . ) Very well , then , in this state of the country the Parliament meets for the first time ; and when geneva ! distress is admitted , and while expectation is on the very tiptoe , when we 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 trae I have been called in , I have not been fee'd yet" ( Cheers . ) So , tkey go to work , and the " heaven born Minister" commences bia statesmanlike career by asking for eighty omrinely thousand pounds , to warm the House of Commons . ( Groans , and " Shame . ") Wei / , that's Tory retrenchment , and he concludes , or rather one of his apprentices , Sir Thomas "Freemantle , concludes , with making provision for kitchen gardens for the Queen , so that none of the royal geese shall lack an abundant stuffing of sage and onions . ( Tremendona shouts of laughter and cheers . ) Alas ! alas ! iny Friends , in that laugh I tecognizt much of your grievances and much more of your oppressors' strength . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not because I may have dressed up

      a fact in ludicrous terms that you are to forget its consequences . ( 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 and tamper with a people's patience . ( Cheers . ) However , it has had its beneficial effect ; forty-two men bare in consequence voted against giving any supplies to such a faction upon such terms . ( Loud cheers . ) Aye , that is something ; it ig long since it was tried , it is the principle I admiro , although a great many of the fortytwo would have given the whole amount and as much more to the Whigs , if they asked for it , with no better pretensions . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now that wo are becoming omnipotent wd irresistible , all the

      smugglers in politics will oppose us . Nothing will be left undone to destroy our union , which is onr strength ; but how my heart bounded with joy to-day to recognize the Irish brogue upon the tongue of many a man in the procession . ( Cbeers . ) But I am told that the Irish of Birmingham have received a veto from head quarters against joining the Chartists . ( Laughter . ) Nay , more , against allowing the Chartists to join them —( renewed laughter )—for a Repeal of the Union . Ne-w who ever heard anything like thutr in the annals of justice-hunting ? That ona set of working men are not to receive countenance and support ftoaanother set ; but I tell you what , we will heap cools of fire on tbeir heads , for we will cany a Repeal of the Union without them . ( Enthusiastic cbeerin « . ) Aye , without them ;

      if tho measure is good , it shall bo how and not who shall . lLoad cheering . ) A new Rat will soon beam upon the Irish Repealers , which will enlighten their understanding , much better than " my dear Ray . " ( Cheer 3 ) Won't 1 . 1 us help them ! Why , I help myself , as 1 am a sinctre , aa ardent , a devoted Repe 3 ler . ( Cheers . ) And if they don't choose to draw with us , in God ' s name they must take their lumbering waggon away , because as an Irishman , I am determined to elevate my country from a st . ite of provincial degradation to national lodependence . ( Loud cheers . ) ' Whenever wo are prepared anil ready , the fortune hunters toil us that the time is not como , and if we were waiters upon them it never would come . ( Cheers . ) We were ready in 1839 , but for treason , and when our advocate , Attwood , rose to

      advocate our cause , what did he do T Why turned to the one pound notes . ( Cheers . ) He never said a worvl of the Charter , except that he did not agree with our means of rotating for it , —( bear , hear )—and Vr . en up gets little Jack , counsel for the crown , and he very cunningly shows that the vevy principle whteh Attwood uses over a mil ) ion names to eDforce , is one to Which tho ChatUsts ms ' opposed . ( Loud eb ^ t ire ) Now v . as this , or was it not , Using us most \\ ufairly to splico b . 13 awn broken crotchet ? ( Cheers and syc ) Aye to be sure it was , aud so it ' ever VrlUbo , so long as you laugh at fraud and inso 3 enco » and pass by t'e 3 ertio : i without exposure . ( Cheers . ) But as you ara going to have a riding of the Political Union a ^ aln- 1 N 0 , no . ) Xo not if I know it ( Loud cheers . ) Again I

      ask for the accounts . I have beeu asking for them lot years . I want to see how they lived , and liow mncli wine the teetotallers drank . ( Laughter . ) Did not I tell them in 1838 that they were huniimgs 5 iYou did . ) Aye , and I told thtm that they were marstalled under the Whig banners , but they denied it ; but what would they not deny ? ( Cheers . ) But stop awhile , you , don't know yet why tho Irish arenoSto join us ; let 1110 tell you . Be it known to you , then , that it is because some foolish bigot , advertised in an old -woman ' s paper , called the Tablet , for a cook , and tlie advertisement stated that no Irish Catholic need apply . ( LRughter . ) You may well laugh , and Mr . O'Connell use 8 this as a wa 3 on why the English people are opposed to the Iriah Catholics . ( Shame , shame , )

      But 6 upp © 391 was to tall all here to holdup their hands who have been dismissed from seivice or prosecuted because they are Chartists . How numerous would be the blisters . ( Chetrs , and " Tn \ o . ") Well , then , comrades , is it not high time that this blighting dissentioa , this blasting difference , this odious traffic in prt-juuiceand disunion should cease ? ( Crlesof " It is . It is , and it shall ; for , so long as Englishmen arc pulling one wjy , and Irishmen are taught to pull another way , so long wiil the common enemy , no matter under what name , pull our very life ' s blood out . ( Cheers . ) Talking of . requiring the Charter ; why , not a working man in all' England require * it so much . s > s I do . I require it for a few days' rest ; aye , one day ' s rest , and one uigufa sleep ( loud cheera ); for , on my

      soul , I never gut one except in prison . ( Cheers . ) Just hear me for one word . 1 most solemnly declare , and most religiously swear , that I would not in any other service ia this world perform the duty which I have performed , for the last eight years and ia half , for&w thousand a % tar ! ( Loud heers . ) No , on ray oath and conscience I would not ; and no other man could do it , and live . ( Cheers , and " True . " ) Well , then , I am not like others ; preparing yo « for iny own auction , and to make merchandise of you . C" Ko , " and cheew ) No ; for after all , here 1 stand to swear before high Heaven that , as I never have done so , so 1 never during life will , buy ycu . Bell yo » , or take from you a fcactlonfor my service I can render yo « , nettfaer will I abandon you till ire are all moored in tha tame harbour of freedom , with

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      our Charter floating from tb » mast-head , and then yon may shift for yourselves . ( Eoud and long- « ontinned cheering and clapping ot hands . ) I have been delighted to hear from Mr . Philp and Me . Mason , and , above all , from that fellow with the white fiuuel jaokel , Candy . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Aye , aye , those-aro my men . I have been delighted to hear their accavnt of the state of our cause . You have heard from- them many troths ; let them sink deep into your mind , and let neither Whiggery , Toryism , or nothingness , that is , Cliartist Gaweblnn —( loud cheers , and no , nothing )—in any way torn your minds a balr ' s-breadth from the one point ( Cheers , and 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 osr backs . ( Cheers . ) Why , thfa would be enough to frighten every honest man from the Chartiatranks ; but I am told that thejtithts are foiling . But Candy , that honest man , that hard-flsted fe ! low > who would like to pray , bnt not on an empty belly—( cheers and laughter ) , —has nobly prayed to-day that this should be a meeting—a physician to heal wounds ( cheers)—I say , here I am , ready to forgive aud be forgiven . ( Cheers ) But I am not ready to go half way , or any way , or any fraction of the way , to meet auy party by a surrender or compromise of a particle of your principles . ( Cheers and right" ) Aye , t » 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 rtadow of myself remained . ( Cheers . ) One party ttays give op yonr minor difference and join us ; another party says give up your minor difference and join us . ( Hear , hear . ) Now bear me , do they mean we will join you as at present politically disposed ? No , they mean no such thing ; what they mean is , go through the Whig purgatory , and when purified , como forth and join us ; 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 fox me it will not do . ( Cbeers . ) 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 I can I consent to see one faction living upon taxes Wrung from you , with the perfect concurrence of the other faction , in order that they may moke profit of your helpitss state , and compel you to work like slaves , and for less than slave's fare ? ( Hear , hear . ) If poverty was 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 ? ( Cheers , and no . ) No ! When I see the soldier refused his pay , the placeman wanting hts dinner , and the Queen tasting skilly , ( cheers aud laughter ; , and Prince Albert sent to the Union Workhouse , if the Queen cannot support him .

      ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then , when I see these . thing 3 made general , I will tell you to pray and fast ( Laughter . ) But I see the aristocratic board beading under every luxury that the world can produce , while you are told to look to Poland , Russia , Dantzio , or the Porte for your breakfast , dinner , and supper . ( Cheers . ) Now if only ono class can be fed at home , that class should be those who produce at home , — ( cheers )—so they ask you to emigrate . ( Aye and groans . ) Well I am a great friend to emigration . ( Sensation in the meeting . ) Yes , a great friend , bat I would not send you far , and I would not have brought one of my brave countrymen here iu quest of other means ' of prolonging existence . My destination for you should be to Borne of the lands in Warwickshire —( loud laughter

      and cheera)—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 , tbeir destination should ba to the land of their country . ( Cheevs . ) And then the Irish would cheerfully return to the green hind of their birth , while the draw from tho 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 . ( Load 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 ha « now no controul , neither do the steam lords wish to give us that controul , as your comfort is not their object ( Cheers . ) Their object is to make you dependent by Act of Parliament upon any system which will give them the means of gambling in cheap labour . ( Cheers . ) Of course you know what taxes ore . It is not the exact amount required which is laid on even of a direct tax ; no , tbat being for the law maker , a little reserve beyond what is required is provided for , as 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 of mine , an old lady that in Ireland we call a Collaugh—( laughter )—that fa , she used to sit iu the chimney corner , and from the 1 st of October to the lBt 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 ou 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 , ' Ogb , Mrs . Mulligan , the candle is a penny . H ow . Ma'am , a penny Mrs . Brady . " " Och wisha , what's tho raainins of that my dear ? " O'the war

      you know , Mrs . Mulligan—the war my dear . " " Ogb yea wisha , 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 of tho most convulsive laughter , which was followed by repeated cheers . ) Wei ) , vow , continued Mr . O'Connor , that we have had one joke let us have the moral . ( Hear , bear . ) As it was with tallow and candles , so would it be with wheat and bread . ( Hear , hear . ) The Legislature may , to a certain extent , fix the duty at which , and the circumstances under which , the raw material , wheat , shall be imported ; but whea Mrs . Mullican coes to Mrs . Brady for the loaf , what guide is the

      Act of Parliament regulating duty upon went , in the purchase of the loaf ? ( Loud cheera ) Well , 3 / ra . Mulligan ' s sbare of the duty © n her halfpenny candle was about a small fraction of a farthing , but Mrs . Brady ' s share was almost the whole farthing . ( Loud cheers , and cries of its true . ) Such would be your ense as to tread . Why the corn dealer , the miller , tho flour factor , tho huxter , and the baker , all have a profit that no act of Parliament can interfere with . ( Cheors . ) What then is the remedy ? Wby to let all who choose to give a fair rent for a sufficiency of land , become the'v own producers , and their own consumers , and then monopoly will cease . ( Loud cheers . ) But then you are over-populated , and others say emigrate . I hiiYe told you that ; I was for

      emigration , aBd I have tolil you of the sort of emigration I am for , but I am also for emigration to foreign countries , lut I wish to be ju «! icioua in my selecffpn of eroi . Slants , because I admit we are ovfcrpopnlstcd , but it is with drones and idlers , —( cheers )—and , therefore , would I most glaaly see the fiist transport , with a cargo of parsons and a crew of bishops , with Philpotta for a pilot , bidding farewell and for ever to the land which they had infested like vermin . ( Treaiendou 3 cheering . ) Aye , let them go to South Australia . No , no , Hot to South Australia either ; we all have friends there to whom we wish peace , prosperity , and happiness , and the holy evangelical emigrants would very speedily kick up a shiudy , create confusion , and strife , and ill-will among men , the thing by which they thrive . ( Loud

      cheers ) Mr . Sydney S : nitk has been most valiant in mouthing about tiie Corn Laws , but for fifteen dsy 3 I have been making proclamation for him in every meeting , and the return always made was , what thesherifis term * ' non esl invenius ; " ho is not to be found . ( Cheers . ) But 1 am going to put him in the " Hue and Cry" ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) The miserable wretches say that we won't hear his argument ; why , we never can have it . ( Cheera . ) They abuse n $ in theii hole and coiner papers , written by fellows without a shirt , — ( laughter . )—but we never can bring them to the scratch . ( Cheers . ) Where are they now ? Mr . Philp told you that the press was cur greatest enemy—it ia bo . ( Hear , hear . ) And see the trouble which its villany puts you to , and the expense to which it puts ma ( Hear hear . ) But never mind , I'll beat

      that also , ( iwar , and cheers ) , although it ia too bad that I should be put to the expence of being the National Qai 9 tte . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I wonder hew many iny grand-mother and the rest of the twaddlers will give us for this meeting—this Birmingham fall 01 people . ( Cheers . ) Not many , because they know what this meeting will tite tfiem . ( Cheers . ) M » . O'Connor then entered Into a plain and satisfactory explanation of the effect which steam-power , flctittons money , and over-productien had nponthe several alasces of society , and especially upon eTery trade and every shopkeeper , whose mainstay was the affluence of the working classes as consumer ! . He showed that while a night ' s rain induced the corn factor , the miller , the floor-factor , and the baker , each to put a profit upon the raw material , by raising its priee , that ten days af woabine bad no effect in rewinding the moluiion a % to ths lise . CThis waa met wita load abeecM H « also entered most clearly into tbe question » f taridi And labour ,

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      . ; ¦ ¦ ^ , ^ 4- J- ' ^ : J * t ! S ? f 7 £ t ¥ **** *** »« Ww " < to hi was led to behave in tba Task adiaace which Chartism . had made since 1839 . HV then pat * a high compUmeat to Mewnr . 8 . Crawford , Vwatonibe , and tbe littla band round which we should roily . He fteplwed all to support the Executive , join ths only Chari&E Asaoeia .

      tian whica was in existence , and tow before heaven , that what wa were promised by tbpffeform JHH , w « would * ow have . ( Load and long continued drawing . Mr . O'Connor , concluded by informing the meetiDat that he would make a tour of all England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales , aud then stop ( he Charter who could . He paid bia own countrymen many well dnerved eolopums , and after a speech which gave general aatfafset < on , and eUcftqd more appteu < £ tian Jw have ever Wi tnessed , he sat down in the midst of waviag- of hats , and dapping o ( hands , which lasted for several ndaafrt

      The Cuaibka » then called upon Dr . M' 3 duall to propoee tie next mutation . Dr . M'Hoc ali « cose amidst loud and enthaslastic cheering ' . Be had met the men of Birmingham ia former times , £ a rough and in smooth times , amidst danger and diSprilty ; bnt he never experienced more real pleasure than- he did in meeting them once more , not only to advocate those great principles for which O'Connor and moo ; Hhera tok « Buffered , but lifcewi *» to proclaim to the peopto of toted that ire sympathise with them—that w « fee * for their wrongs , and that w © are determined to emamlpate that long-suffering ac « oppressed people firom tke shackle * of religious an * political oppression , ( lood cheer *) If we think of her seven centuries of misery—if we look to thcr

      existing distress , and- to the splendid resources of a country which = night become , in a few years , if justice was- dona to her , the most productive among th * aattons . ¦ If we tarn oar attention te hex starring peopte tad her luxuriant plains—to her palaces and her towns—to her natural riches and to her artificial poverty , to mart feel confident that powerful and enduring cause * iura at work to perpetuate tho slavery of her people , and convert the blessings of a God into curses ; as fatal in tbeir operation as they are eaduring in their misebief . ( Cheers . ) We find a State Church existing in Ireland , not for the sake of preaching the Gospel , but fb * the purpose of plundering the poor ; not to advocate justice for the widow , the stranger , and the fatherless , but solely for the

      purpose of robbing where it should enrich—of persecuting where it should protect—aud of sowing the bitterness of sorrow where it should convey comfort , peace , and independence . ( Load cheers . ) Let us remember the massacre of Rathcormac Did the representative of the meek and lowly disciple of Christianity exhibit much sacredness of character , or practise the benevolence of the first founders of his religion , when ha ssued from the altar which he desecrated not to soothe tha distress ot the widow , not to give bread to tbe hungry , or protection to the weak ; but to steal tha sheaves of corn from tho fields of her whose protector was gone , and whose stay and support was an only bat a mamly son—he who had sown the grain and gathered it In for her support and her comfort ? ( Cheers . ) Did

      the parson praciica peace aud charity when he went with armed men to rob tho weak and the widowed ? ( No , no . ) Did he recommend , himself to you when , not contented with theft , he became guilty of wurdcr ? . ( Loud cries of no , no , no . ) Aye , my friends , That church is one of Ireland ' s curses . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe parson was not satisfied with tho tithe ; he was not content wita tho grain itself . He went further , and dyed the beloved food of the earth in the heart's blood of the wUow ' g aon , and then placed the dripping and bloody offering on ths altar of his Maker , there to be an eternal stain npon the character of the state church , and a damning witness against her . ( Load and repeated cheers . ) Away with such spurious Christianity ! Perish such an infidel church , and let

      religious liberty be proclaimed from tho Cove of Cork to the Giant's Causeway . ( Great cheering . ) Let us imagine the results of carrying out the People's Charter in reference to Ireland , for , unless the Irish people havd political power in their own bands , it would matter not whether the members of their Parliament were elected by absentees or residents . Unless the 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 , hear . ) Repeal , unaccompanied with the Suffrage , would only change in a slight degre j Ireland ' s i&asters . ( Hear , hear . ) Repeal and tTniver&al Suffrage must be the watchwords in Ireland . If , then , the political or religious shackles of Ireland were broken and tuned , her people would return to their nativu shores to cultivate her fertile plains , to raiaa up their social standard of comfort and of wa ^ es , and would not increase competition amongst

      the English workmen . ( Loud cries of yes . ) How many thousands cf Irishmen are forced over the channel bythe hard hand of tyranny and oppression , and becausethey cannot atatva they must work for lower wage * than you . ( True ) Justice to Ireland means bighes wages , less . competition , and more comforts in England * ( Hear , hear . ) Justice to Ireland means no rags in their country , no starvation , wages in accordance with theia 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 . ) In short , Ireland would be the Poland of the Union , and ha ? groin exchanged for your goods would ensure a > safe and enduring home market , comfort to each ceuatxy , and religious and political independence to both . ( Loud cheering . ) He concluded by proposing the following resolution ;—

      " That we deeply sympathise with our suffering and oppressed fellow-countrymen in Ireland , and throw back with disdain the vile insinuation that the English people are opposed to the liberties of tbat long-oppressed country , and as our principles , as Chartists , lead ua to seek self-government , we are , therefore , d » - termined to join our Irish brethren to procure a Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , and will give all the assistance in our power to its accomplishment . Mr . John Campbell , secretary to the Executive of the National Charter Association , seconded the resolution . He said that as regards a 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 Uw value of labour . Have we not a House of Commons , aye , and a House of Lords , with a Queen to boot ; now if the Irish people imagine that such a crsvr of legislators and governors would be of any benefit to them , be only wished they had them , root and branch to-morrow ; the fact is , we have them in this country , and yet thsre ia distress , misery , and poverty widely spread through tha whole country . Let Irishmen , Englishmen , Scotchmen , and Welcbmen recollect that the oppressor of the poor man is the same in every country , and it matters not by whom the producer is unjustly robbed ; the enemies of tha working men are of the same class in England as Ireland , and vice versa . Let then the motto of the Chartists bo to assist Irishmen to obtain a domestic

      legislation based en ths great principle of Universal Suffrage . Ho concluded amidst tlw most deafening cheers . Mr . Donaldson , of Warwick , supported the resolution . He said that , us an Irishman , he was happy in having it in bis power to testify tho fact , that the English people were decidedly in favour of the rights and liberties of the Irish nation ; and he hoped it would go forth on the wings of the press to his dear friends ia Ireland , who would be rejoiced to find that th , e people of England were determined not to stand quietly by and witness the wrongs and oppressions to which they were subjected , but wished to hold out to them the hand of fellowship and friendship . After a fewmore excellent remarks , lio concluded by mipporting the resolution ; aud retired amidst loud ch ers . " The Chairman put tho resolution to the meeting , which was aico uuaiiiiaoujly agreed to .

      Mr . Ciuj-ce , of Stourbndge , proposed the nest resolution , and was received with loud cheering , tie said that , after ike many excellent addresses which they had heard , he should not trespass long 09 their time , particularly a 3 the resolution which ho had to vropnf ;<} spoke for itself , Many ^ pJaasiiad U'co ' prop&seu ior the purpose b * oxgaitis ' ing the perpe , bin they bad all failed . But , from the effect-i produced by the plax adopted by tho National Charter Association—from its justice and straightfer wariness—he felt , csnvinced that it embodied nil ' that wu 3 required to draw the people into one strong loud of union for the purpose of opposing tyanuy , and ultimately achieving the emancipation of their country . Helwculd , therefore , most cordially propose the following resolution : —

      " That , in tha opinion of thia meeting , the People ' s Charier will become the law of the land as soon as the people are united for its attainment ; it is , therefore , the duty of every person desiring to advance the Chartist cause immediately to join the National Charter Association , which is the b 6 si adapted to embody the people in a powerful organisation , and has already received ibe sancticu of nearly 2 d 9 important town 3 . Mr , Chaace was loudly cheered ia miring . Mr . Cuakltov of Kidderminster , seconded tho resolution . Ha said he felt well pieased at the proceedings of that day . The working classes had conducted themselves in such an orderly manner as did them infinite credit ; the principles of the Charter were dear to his heart , a « he believed that only through its es tablishment could tbe people expect to liva comfortably and happv , he therefore begged

      leave to second . the resolution , and alter a few other excellent observation : } retired aujidsS great applause . The Chaimuw then put th « resolution which waa nnanimou / sly agreed to . On the proposition ^ Mr ! Mogg of Wolverhampton * btfoaOed by Mr . Walier Thome , three cheer * wwre niTen for the hainoan , to which he replied in an appropriate manner ; thre * times three enthusiastic eheew we » given for U Con- % £ , not and the Charter ; three for Itott v WiUutms , and Jones and the inear « errted Chartists , and taxes for J . Bronterre O'Briea , after which it jras an- re - nounced that tbe ' . dde / rases preeent woaldjijgafcat j . the New Inn , Bromsgrove Areet . The JEmejn 4 } ~ j 5 > v multitude then : separated hiaalj ¦ < digHLjtfHP £ < & X the proseedings of the day , and weu ™\ tW $ wpjjj £ 2 * * i * $ jjr \ a more BOMl-stirriag or animated ¦• a ^ Sii ^ Sr ^'^ S ' & { ) t > witnessed . ijiraMngham , bag nobly ^ S ^ SS ^^ S ^' a ^ ^ ** & * ¦ " . " . - . r . : . ^ fe-A » . ;> ; i > v & 4 fy '/ , i ~ g f ( &w ? MgW ** 7

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct722/page/1/