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VT Dsis finsre , —If then * is sny nrampn so Sdmuire tian another the honest politician and J ^ aleman attaches more importance , it is to £ of Jirini down prejudice , ana feeing able to 2 U a « rarsefoT -which he has suffered insult ^ -vLfcsmelv . Whan your choice in 1835 placed fc-ttai poation wMch I hare since endeavonred vLgv aud consistently to maintain , I ihen in-SSi Jon thai " I shonld have much to contend " ^ gt ; lhat thoa ^ h unnoticed in the outset , and lik gathering strength , mj path might appear Sh , vet when that stre ^ th came to be : directed irmhles 701 lld b £ hu
jTpaT service , m ? r ^ One ^ 503 Tfh y I "sras not assailed in the commencement l » jnT caxeeriras , because the great and the powerful Ls ^ edihemseb-es thai if mypopnlaiity became dan-^ nsio misrnle ^ UikemDstofmypredeceEsors , could fessdcesd by the Go&fen Rule from the advocacy of . fjgr csnse . This is thensnal , and by much the 2 e si mode of . staying the march of democracy . In -2 ^ , fij gHi , bj buying ibeleadeis , and thereby ]^ Qsg donbs and distrust in the popnlar ranks . ^ b ang able to injure you by purchasing me , they isTrhid Tecourse to the usual alternative in such
OSS , of persecuting me . 3 lj friends , it is not sufficient that a public man tes jjj honesty or his consistency ; he sbonld T also iesHsio establish his character for sound judgejj ^ T and prndence . He should be able to prove gatis was not impracticable or visionary . That jecdsot oppose for opposition sake , bntbecanse ^ eppostion was necessary , and therefore justinsMs Ton are aware that upon the 26 th of Sept . ign a deputation of my connirymen waited ujoninB iiT-ncles , to request that I -would abstain f ^ Ha sbng- Mr . O'Connell . My abuse ( if Ench it « Hi ] d Re called ) wa 3 at all times merely a defence
of apsS , my party , and my policy against his £ ax § & Horrevers 1 did make the promise j and frwn thai time to the present I hare not mengcsjed Mr . O'Conneli ' s name disrespectfully , whEs je ha 3 not abandened his former course of slanienEg and denonnciLg me and my party . I then fold the Irish to watch him and to wa : ch me , and jo jndge for themselves : and now I come to the qiestions at issue between ns . All Ireland professed is > sorrow for the cifftireEces between Mr . O'Conial and be ; bsi . of eenise , 1 must be in the "wrong . Tim , however , thonght otherwise ; and my principal pectin wriimg this letter is to justify your judgjuenL
I was twice returned for my native county , npon a pledge to abolish the payment of tithes by the Ciiljolic people to the Protestant Church , and to . ejsci , if posible , a Hepeal of the Legislative Union Mr . O'Counell was returned npon the same pledges la 1 S 23 j when seated , and having discovered lhat ^ jg Iran mind would go with him for s vihtte in erer , ha endeavoured to back out of hi 3 pledges forSie"piirpose of conciliating the respectables . To jsemj pledges were sacred ; whSe Mr . O'ConneU begsa to nibble and to advocate the instalment jraan . He called a meeting of Irish Members , at
¦ jfl adi hB proposed his instalment principle of rednriug fehes , instead of abolishing them . I cored as amendment fox ihe total abolition , and arried it . He had made an appointment with Lord JLkbarp and Mr . Littleton , to receive a depniiacfl of Irish members upon the question of tithes , td proposed a string of namby-pamby resolutions as ibe ground-work of discussion . My amendment , L&wever , overruled the attempt ; and we , thirteen of is , wsited apoa Lord Alihorpe and Mi . Littlleton ; nisi , ia violaaon of the terms , Mr . O'Connell pledged himself for the tranquillity of Ireland if the ianslmeni principle was adopted . This startled ssd astonished me ? and I told Lord Althorpe asd
Ui , Littleton that 1 did not corns there to decave them ; . that lir . O'Connell had not the smcuon of the jdelegtt * s to make such a statement ; and thw for myself I would undertake that Ireland should never rest satisfied with any measure short of ihe total abolition of the impost . You are aware of ihe nse that Sir . CConseH has made of the instalment plan , " gei as laaehas yon can , aad 2 ook for more f * sad jon are ik * aware of my reply . Look for all , if it is your && , and be satisfied with no less . This bit by bit lE&aaonly disgusts yonr supporters , and arms yonr -opponents with arguments against altering session ' s £ a « sdon what was said to be satisfactory when tcrea&L
TFtUj my friends , I have now before me Mr . ffCemielPs last letter to the Irish people ; and in is 1 » lays down the fire great objects to be ieMeredly Ireland ss follows , and in the following m&zi : — Braly , THE TOTAL ABOLITION GF TBE TTTSE KENT CHASGE . Secadly , Jlri ^ y of tenure / or ihe occpying tenant * . Thirdly , The encouraging and perfecting of Irish TBisnhcture- . lonnhlj , Complete Suffrage and Tote tj Ballot . Hftilyj Abofition of the present Poor Law , and ragineni&tion of ¦ Bell-regulaied charitable institEtioila . '
Aow , such , my friends , are the five grand objects fonrMeh the people of Ireland are now to contend . firstly , ihB repeal of Mr . O'Connell ' 3 own act , iidMung back upon that principle for which I Jars erer contended . Secondly , the the fixity of tenure ; to accomplish ¦* hich I £ ave notice of my intention to bring a Bill iEt& f arHament in 1835 , substantially to the folhinBg purport , "To compel landlords to give kases in peipetaity at a corn rent * to take
awij the power to distress , and in all * as £ 3 Tshere lands are ield under lease , * 2 ^ l et at a rack rent , to empower a I **! to assess the real value in like manner ss JJiB Vxown or pnb 2 ic bodies assess the value of laroie property intended for pnblic nses . " When I rose to give the above notice , Mr . O'Connell ac ^ ed in j face ; -whae in nearly eight years ixrle lays it down as one of those grand objects lor shielj ibe Irish people are to contend 11
His fourth proportion is Complete Ssffirage , -frith I » cteby Ballot , whQehe has donemore than any other i * Ba Ihing to frcEtrate its accomplishment , and is g aware that without that , his other objects mnst j Bb fifth and last is for the abolition of the ! present Poor Law ; a ^ d this , while for three years Z * ° ? T ^ ^ ^ measare wi i ^ J »« told me 'i out of the House , was splendidl y arranged , while ' * J Plan was a grad ^ j ^ £ cale of . ^^ j Srs *
^^* JM « -J 06 rent , ^ d increasing to doublejwn ihssmees . The msjor portion of the fund ! w oe appaea to agricultural and labour pre-j TOs to promote the encouragement of native in- i ^ rj , and the remainder to the support of « hari- i " ** msfimi 0 ns . I explained my plan to Lord ; ^ ap ^ snd he asured me that in several cases ™ Jj » Jan aly had tried the experiment of agri- ; ^ and labour premiums , the value of the land j j ^ T ™ neaii j doubled in seven years . Now , my ; T ^ - ^ ywi whoaecepted me asa frtw % nft at the rf off
r ^ Mr . O'CosneBL , and you also who joined . ^^ er , because 1 was too honest to de- ; j ^ ^ Q J , I ask ^ 'ou , -wiether the tri- : : Ea ^ « one man OTer another could be '; ^ « aa plete * &ui Mr , O'ConneU himself has , ' isy triumph over him 21 The very policy ! jZr *? -: aBW Proposes , I waa scouted as one of the 1 ^ J ^ tfieablesfer adhering to . My trials have been ) 1 and severe during this strnggle between prin- j 2 d 3 ^ ^^ ency . Principle has triumphed !• „ J ° race prodaims Dot only that I -was right , but ^ ¦ i "Was wise 11
j ^ - fciends , it 5 s hard that I Bhonld haTe ^ tfttnded as « traitor to my country because I » w iiot join ia her sale or be a party to her JJ *™» BJ bat it la jaore than payment - «« t that my secnser and most impla-^ « foe has been compelled to abandon wrn , and acqiriesee in my poHcy . _^ Te flKmgtt a ^ jj ^^ ffiJBelf to ^ y u ^ JJ ~ a « t before you ; and now I tarn to inatterB of ^ "nMiJBjpcrtance . I haveBhown yon that ihe i ttL ^ yrhne ionesHy && $ * & * be . ^ " « tfffiy comitrj . I hare Bhown jou fiat Mr *
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O ^ Connell now justifies my policy , which should strengthen yonr opinion of my prudence . Hear me then 1 Never within the memory of the oldest man living did England present such a picture as that ¦ which is now in a state of preparation . In less than one month from this date , those elements which hare been long gathering , will come into collision , and the shock to our common country will be regulated in its force and effects by the part the people take . If yon lend yourselves as tools to those who have coined wealth out of yonr heart ' s blood , yon are ruined , and for ever ! If yon-give pliant ear to
those emissaries -who are NOW amongst you , you will lose that triumph , which , If yon are "wisB and discreet , you are sure to gain from the clash of contending interests . If you arm authority -with a feasible pretext for unbridling the worst passions of the powerful' and the wealthy , you become a prey to individual malice and the law ' s vengeance . I caution yon against Secret Associations ; against giving ear to those who are paid out of the £ 50 , 000 wrung from yon , and who , when pushed , will get up another outbreak to back them : a moral appeal for a license to still * f nrther Eubjugate you to their contronL All are bidding for you and bidding against
me . Fix be at them ail 1 if you but remain true to me and to yourselves . Have no secrets 1 no secret letter writing J no conspiracies J scout every rogue from your district "who would urge you on to acts of violence ! stand by yourselves and for your own principles . Bear this one fact in mind , when entertaining the question of free trade . The trade of spinning has been incalculably increased . It has become the great trade , that of exporting spun _ yam , ^ and in the same ratio in which that branch of trade has increased , has machinery been improved , to make it worth the foreigner ' s acceptance , and in the same ratio has hands been dismissed , and wages reduced .
Now mind , my good friends , that not one-third of the number of hands formerly engaged in the limited trade of spinning are now employed in the increased trade of spinning J while the wages of those employed have been reduced to abont onethird of the former amount 1 and then those displaced by machinery constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The same rule that applies to the spinners , also applies to the " piecers . " Their numbers have been reduced , and their wages also have been reduced . I mention these striking facts to put you upon your guard , because I know the
influences which will be bronght to bear against you . I know that some of our old friends are in the market , and they perhaps may hope to carry , you along with them . I know the influence the ! masters have over their starving slaves . I know 1 the influence that talkers have at public meetings , Bnt thank God I know your power , and only ask . for its righteous exercise to be at all known . ' While you are starving these freebooters can squan' ' der yonr money to accomplish their own ends . f Tset hate tod ! they shall not . DESPISE , however , : if I can help it . They are dead beat . Now then
the whole case Ib before you—earth and hell is being moved to destroy me , because faction is aware that I am not for sale . Mr . O'Connell has justified my former policy , and I rely upon subsequent results to justify me in my present course .. I am not in doubt , nor yet alarmed , if yon remain steady , and resist temptation . We cannot be beaten , except by ourselves . In twentyfive days from this time , you will have learned what coarse the several parties mean to pursne . My course shall be to stand firm upon the rock of principle , ioldiDg justice in one hand , and right in the other .
la conclejjTon I have only to request that Mr . O'Connell ' s leu ** " may be laid before you in this week * 3 Star . It appeared in the Chronicle of Tuesday , and wnen yo . 1 are reading that letter upon tenure , and the land , and the advantage of having a large population of in dependent farming labourers , tfcen think of the words . * -e thousand times repeated upon the same subject by Your f a / thful Friend , Fbargcs O'C oiosob .
% * Theletter to which Mr . P'Connor here alludes , it is impossible to give this w ° -ek , As we purpose to recur to the question in our atxt , it will then be all in good time . —Ed . JV . 5 .
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HILL . The Chartists of Hull held a high f . « tiTal on Monday , in the Free Masons' Lodge , i « evince their sense of the services rendered to the t 'aose by the NertTien Star and itB conductor . Much CI 6 ^ is dne to the committee for the laborious ac d efficient arrangements which had been made , an " ° y which the proceedings passed off , not only wit b a spirit , an enthusiasm , and a harmony of feelii 'g * but with an eclat , and an absence of confusion i > ? difficulty , known only to the meetings of the honest and hard-handed working men , and which effectually i distinguishes their festivities from those of the " respectables . " The spacious Hall was beautifully
decorated with evergreens , Sec . Over the platform was tastefully suspended a gorgeous cap of liberty of crimson , gold , and green , the work and contribution of the Hull female Chartists , together with a tastefully constructed arch of laurel leaves so arranged as to exhibit the word *• liberty . " About thirty patriotic prints and portraits of O'Connor , Frost , £ mmett , &c . —the National Petition scene ^—the Manchester massacre , &c , &c . —many of them in splendid frames , completed the adornments of the room , A quartette band of excellent musicians , and an efficient choir of glee singers , added much by their performances to increase the enjoyment of the evening .
Abont five o ' clock , the Hall began to fill with ae honest sons of toil and their lovely wives and aughters , clad in their holiday attire . About two undred sat down to tea , of whom , it may be , one urd were composed of " That sweeter sex whom nature nobly made The austerities of man to soften And relieve . Keen sorrows concn to tend , And diy affliction's tears with hand of sympathy . " A little after six o ' clock , Mr . Hill , accompanied y Messrs . Hobson , of Leeds ; Harney , of ShefeJd ; Murray , of Glasgow : and Arran , of Brad-> rd , entered the HaH , ami * the hearty and cheeril plaudits of the whole assembly , who rose to sceive them , and continued cheering , until they ad become seated in the places reserved for them .
Mr . Wm . Chiesmas , a wofkipg man , and a sterling democrat , was unanimously called to the chair , the honours of which during the evening , he discharged with great ability . The provisions were abundant . and excellent in kind , and , after grace , ample justice was done to them ; the band continuing to play various airs , overtures and patriotic pieces during left * A little after seven , the tat « aB were cleared , and some hundreds of excellent Chartists whose " means " forbade them joining in ihe tea service having been
admitied , the meeting went to work , " singing en tnasse i and in capital style , the Chartist National Ambem , wbicb , together with the programme of toasts , &c , had been printed and circulated amongst the company . The effect of the anthem , sung in full chorus by the whole meeting , and accompanied by the powerful band , was well deserving of the epithet" grand , "and was well calculated to prepare the andience for the fervid displays of eloquence and patriofem by the-various speakers . The Anthem concluded , and the company again seated in order , _ ... .
The Chaibjuh rose , and with a few sensible and appropriate remariB , gave " the People . " The band then played " -Rule Britannia ; " after which Mr . HaBKET , -who -waa received -with lond cheers , Aid he felt that after « H his toil * , labours , and sufferings for nine years in the papalsr < au 8 e , be ma more than repaid and rewarded by tee ¦ flittering manner in which Its iad been received , and by the compliment paid him by the Committee of Management in . selecting him to speak to the flirt toast of . the evening , — " The People , " —» . mighty and magnifldent subject for the orator to dDSte vpon , bet one too gigantic for him to do justice to . The people , the source of all legitimate power—aye , and of fll ^ gitimate power , too . The lonrce , not only t » f that power which springs legitimately from the Totes of » nation of freemen—a sovereignty based upon the equal rights ot all , bnt also tbe source—an d , ie deplored bung compelled to
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admit it—of tnat power which was based upon I , justice , and owed its existence to the triumph of wrong : for be held the doctrine of Yolney , that it was slaves that made tyrants—not tyrants that made slaves—{ hear . ) The people axe the soaroa of all power ; they axe the producers of that wealth which confers power npon the idle and ( he useless . Bat for the people , of what utility would the broad lands of this Island be to the aristocrats who acquired them by force , and held them by usurpation ? Of what utility would be the mines of this country to their present possessors but for the labour of the people ? Where would be the wealth of our leviathan capitalists , but for the toil of their
care-worn slaves ? Then milla would never have risen from the soU—their boasted machinery , which reversing the mythological fable , devours not its children , but its parents , the working classes , would never have existed , bat for the skill and labour of toe people . Where wculd have been the navies of thia country , the xafe harbour , the warning beacon , " the friendly light-house ; in short , all the means and sources from which the merchant-princes of England derived their wealth , but for the indnstry of the people ?—( cheers ) . It was the people who tilled the soil , reared the mills , erected the bouses , made the machinery built the shipping , ploughed the ocean , explored the mines , made all the clothing , created the food , and called into being the vast
wealth of their oppressors , thereby conferring apoa them the power of trampling upon and scourging those to whom they were indebted for their very existence . Ihe sovereignty of the people had often been toasted by knaves whs had hambugged the : people to serve their own selfish designs ; bat never until the present period had the people of this country shown any disposition to assert their owa soveielgaty . Ia days gone by the people bad been used and mattered by those above them . They had shed their blood in the contesta of rival monarcha and factious aristocrats—they had at a later period , from the time of the so-called Commonwealth down to the carrying . of the Reform Bill , expended their energies in enthroning middleclass supremacy upon the ruins of feudalism ; but
they hod done nothing for themselves . It was only within the last five years that the- toiling classss had evinced anything like the spirit of freedom . The year 1838 saw the dawn of a brighter era ; then was partially realised the dream of that truly inspired and eminently philosophic writer , the author of the Bains of Empires , when the standard « f truth , justice , and liberty was upraised—the banner upon which was inscribed in son-beam characters that glorious watchword , the Gharter and no surrender—{ load cheera)—fulfilling the vision of GaUia ' s son , in separating the men of wealth from the man of toil , —the titled few from the enslaved many . Round the bright banner of freedom had gathered those who produced the wealth , paid the taxes , and foncht the battles of the exclusive ^—in short ,
the people . Whilst arrayed against them appeared the drones of the hives , the tax-eaters and traffickers in the blood of their fellow-men . So sablime a spectacle had never before been witnessed in this country , and now mark the results . The Chartists had been slandered by the lying scribblers of faction for their intolerance towards the middle class . Why all the strength the democratic party possessed they swed to the fact of having separated themselves and &toud aloof from that rotten portion of society—( cheers ) . The CbartiBts had withstood five years of persecution , and year by year had increased in numbers , strength , and inane : ce |;
they had had to bear up against the denunciations of priestcraft , the slanders of the press-gang , the calumnies of such foul-mouthed factiontats in the legislature as Macaulay of Edinburgh , the horrible craft of government spies and Iscariot-traitors—the terrors and vengeaacs of class-made laws , and last , not least , the desertion of leaders . Tet were they now stronger than ever . True there had been great sacrifices , immenso suffering ; good men had perished and brave patriots been consigned to the gloomy grave . Bnt they died not in vain ; they perished in the cause of right and justice ; and hallowed is every drop of their hearts-blood poured forth for their country and kind !
" Though foal are the drops that oft distil , Ob the £ e ) d of slaogbter , Wood like this , For liberty shed so holy is , It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles in the bowers of bliss . O ! if there be on thia earthly sphere , A sight , an offering , heaven holds dear , Tis the Jast libation liberty draws From tiie hearts ( hat bleed and break in her cause . " ( Load cheen . ) Well , after all they had achieved and all they had suffered they were called upon to abandon their Charter in-favour of a new-fangled thing called the Bill of Hights . They were all acquainted with the proceedings of the late Conference . —and here let him e-mark that bnt for the Editer of the Northern Star , the
voice of the people ¦ would not have been heard in that Conference , or , if beard , would have been drowned in the clamour of faction , —bat the watcher was on the tower ; he gave the alarm , and the concoctors of the Conference were compelled to pnt in practice their own principle which they would fain have evaded if they could , that of "full , free , and fair" representation . The Conference assembled , and on the one hundred and ninety-three rejecting the precious piece of lawyercraft , dignified by the title of "Bill of Rights , " these gentlemen , friend Storge and Co . abandoned the majority , and they , the minority , actually bad the insolence to constitute themselves the Conference , and did theu and there pass their Bill ot Rights . They might fcave saved themselves the trouble to agree to
that which must be waste-paper , without the people ' s support The conduct of these gentry proclaimed trumpet-tongatd their innate dishonesty . Up to the spring of 1842 , that party had been found either in the ranks of the enemy , or silent approvers of that enemy ' s acte . At that period they became suddenlyconvtr ted to the principles of Chartism . Bnt did they join the Chartists ? No , they Bet up a new agitation of their own ; and now when another oppertunity bad been offered i them of retrieving the past by cordially uniting with | the people for the future , they turn round upon the [ people ' s representatives and treat them with contempt They bring men hundreds of miles to confer with i hem , and then so soon as tbey discover that these men w Ml not tarn traitors to their constituents , they tell
tht tn they will have nothing more to do with them . And ^^ y t Because forsooth the people's delegates wool , t not take a P 8 " > a P ° k e « B ^ "S - they bad neYer Been i mt ' wnich they weretold would occupy four hoars in the i " ^'^ S' and required the luminous expositions cf some nameless lawyer to make its points and details comprehe wble ; a precious thing this to give ap the Charter fo r- &'TO nP ihe Ch&rter ;—the Charter for which O'Cfc * nnor *** & hundreds ef brave men were dungeoned , ' -a felon's cells , —the Charter for which John Frost wi ^ doomed to a life of heart-withering -woe —and for which " EUiB bftS D 9 en doomed t 0 snare his fet € : the Charter for > " » hich ClaytoD died in his wretched dangeon , and Holbt rtj perished in the pride of youth , with none bat filth * dungeon villains to « lose his eyes ;
the Charter for whi ' «*> Sb . ell wrapped up himself in a bloody shroud , and V <> are ^ out his life-blood in the streets of Newpert S ^ b *« to suit the whim , to please the caprice , or to ki 'ethe selfish ends of mouthing priests , political traffic ) . f" . » sngar-weighmg , tapemeasnring shopocratB-g . ™ » P the Charter - Never -limmense cheering . ) B , *«* memories of the illustrious dead .-by the gaffe . TO ° * ™ ! f . ^ tears of orphans , he would fdjure them to standI by the Charter-lloud cheers . ) I . - had been often nid that they could not carry the Cfc «« *?* ont the aid of the middle class ; be did not be . ^ wwua that dootanehe believed the people to be omn ^ potent if only united . The middle class never had yet an tod ** & the P P ' on terms of sincerity , and he b * . 1 ^™* 1 never would The middle classes tell us they will work for usbut not with as ; so be it , let them
, do what they please , but neve ^ , «?* let the people -waste time and money ia ' confe . •"»« ™ lb tnese tricksters . ( Hear . ) No more Confere . ««* *<> ' bim . iHeai , bear . ) Let the people look to the . * »• £ ?¦ only . There was a more potent ally than all the » " ^^ f ^ f _ of England working for them though not w ? J ^ M namely , the National Debt , —( loud cteers , ) - - ^^ ?} and faithful ally . Sir Robert Peel had I ™< f tQe sliding-scale to jtatisfy the Leagners , —persec " * ° put down the Chartists , and lastly , the Income r ^*?? snpply the coffers of an empty exchequer ; and V ^ 01 * 1 the results . That ravenous horde , the freebou ¦*"» were more clamorous than ever , while the very m ^*" snres adopted by the Premier to pacify them , v : b th « sliding-scale and the new tariff , had roused the agriculturalists , and set them in deadly array against him .
The Chartists , despite plots and persecution , conspiracies , and traitois , were more powerful than ever , though repeatedly felled by the blows of faction , yet like the giant ef old , they bat touched tiie earth , and rose with renewed vigour to the contest ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) Aa regards the Exchequer , despite the Income Tax , the published returns of the last quarter ' s revenue shewed a deficiency on the quarter of upwards of one million , one hundred thousand pounds—( cheers ) The landholders were already bawling out through the Homing Chrtnide , that the present Government would rain them . "How would Sii Robert Peel face
Parliament in this worse than Whigguh plight ? Let the people take courage ; events were working tor them ailpowerfully ; they had bat to stand by their principles , surrender not one jot nor on * tittle , and all would be walL If corruptions had crept into their movement , let such corruptions be rooted out ; let them compel iheir leaden to abide by the spirit , aye * and the letter too of Chartism , and thereby set aa example to the nations around , and prove to the world that they were worthy of the lights they demanded . If leaden strayed from the principles they were bound to support , then awsj witH taem , inunple them down—( load cfceers . )—
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Plotting knaves cried out against what they were pleased to call denunciation and ; man-worship . It was denunciation that bad kept the movement in its present sound and healthy condition , —it waa denunciation that would make the tricksters honest of drive them f torn the ranks of honest men . There was less of man-worship among the Chartists , the O ' Connorites , as they were called , than any party in the state . True tbey loved O'Connor for his straight-forward honesty , but the very men who were his most determined friends would be the first to denounce him if he stepped to the righthand or to the left . The justice they would do to O'Connor , they would do to others—no quarter to the humbugs —( lond cheers ) . Let them cultivate knowledge and onion , each aud all labour to promote a knowledge
of their principles and to unite those who already adhered to them ; let the people look to themselves and only to themselves for their own enfranchisement , and all the difficulties which now obstructed their path ¦ would be overcome , the rights of the people acknowledged , and the sovereignty of the people established- — then would be seen their country ' s flajf—no longer the flag of despotism ; but hencef < rth the bauner of the free , floating over the national structures and temples of the land , proclaiming salvation to Englishmen , and hope and joy to the world . Mr . Barney resumed his sfeat amidst loud and protracted cheering . Mr . Harney s speech , after the cheers bad subsided , was followed by the glee , " Awake , iEulian Lyre , " excellently sung .
The Chairman then qaid that the next toast be had to propose to them he should give without preface , conscious that al ^ he might be able to say would fall far short of tqualHsff the response it would find in their hearts—• ' The NorUiern Star . " ( Much cheering . ) Gtee— " Hail , Smiling Mom " Mr . Hobson responded in an effective and telling speech of about forty minutes , daring which he ran through the history of the agitation for the people ' s rights before and since the establishment of that
organ-He attributed the high tone of political independence of the working classes and their general severance from the factious scribes to which tbey had heretofore been attached , to the exertions of the Star , in labouring to induce among them a babit of looking to themselves only fur the working out of their political salvation ; and he instanced the conduct of the people on the Corn Law question , and in reference to the various other matters of sectional and partial agitations which have been submitted to them as the best evidence that could be offered of the success which
had attended on its teachings . Mr . Hobson having sat down , the Chairman again rose und said , that he now came to the toast of the evening—a toast which be felt equal pride and pleasure in submitting to them , and which he was confident they would receive with honour and delight-After paying some high compliments to Mr . Hill , he proceeded to give the toast , which was : — " The health of our respected guest , the Rev . Wm . Hill ; and tusy he long live to fight our battles in the bloodless warfare of right against wtong principles , with the energy , talent , and honesty , which have hitherto characterised his exertions . " The toast was received with loud and protracted cheering . An air was played by the band ; after which Mr . Hill rose to reply .
Mr . Hill was received with every possible demonstration of respect and applause . He Baid that he felt quiet inadequate to the expression of the feelings wbicb he might naturally be supposed t ) entertain nndt-r the circumstances ; surrounded by his neighbours , his townsmen , and immediate acquaintance—by those to whom he was bestknown , both as to his public career and as to his private character—and thus loaded with their favturable estimation , he might indeed count his poaition to be a high and proud one . Unable to express his thanks in terms which he could think befitting , be must throw himself upon their clemency , and bug them to think for him all that of which his incapacity fell short He said , tbey had been pleased in their eulogistic toast to compliment bis energy , his
talent , and his honeBty . Of the talent which he might or might not possess , it became not him to apeuk ; at least not further than to intimate his hope that the far higher quality with which it waa associated in the toast , would i ^ 'R&jft toraT © the direction of bis talent , whether much or little , to the achievement of right purposes by right means , and the establishment of right principles for the promotion of the common weal—( cheers ) . Talent , iyhen used otherwise , was not merely valueless but mischeivous , and so much the more so the more brilliant aud commanding it might bev However undeserved might be ttfe favourable mention of his talent—he felt emboldened to appropriate the credit they were pleased to give him for a much nobler quality , and that was honesty . —( loud cheers . ) It was
the consciousness of this that . gave him confidence to meet them , and net them only but the world . " Strong armed in honesty , " he feared the face of no man—( cheers . ) There were now present with him those who bad known him many years ; many years before the Star was heard of or thought of ; and he trusted they had always found him the same man—the same straightforward and consiistant advocate of right ; honest and anneal , however feeble in his effoits—( hear and cheers ) . If be had any merit , or if be bad any influence , it was the merit and the influence of consistency : during his whole public life he bad never yet found himself required to recall a word that he had uttered , or to retract a line that he had written—( hear , hear ) . He had never fuund it necessary to qualify or explain
away bis own meaning , or to shrink , skulk , or fly from any single consequence of his own actions . He was bold enough then to tell them that if he merited their good opinion , it was because be had dealt honestly with them , while he trusted that bia " energy" was such aa at all times to make him reckless of opposition and fearless of defeat in a good cause—( hear ) . He felt that he might justly take credit for energy as well as honesty . Indeed they were inseparable ; He who was honeBt waa always energetic : and from the combination of these two qualities , rather than from any talent above that of other and ordinary men , resulted whatever of beneficial service he might have been able to render in their common cause . Honesty and energy had given him boldness to fight their bat
ties without fear or favour . He had alike defied the iron hand of power , the venomous and slimy coilings of intrigue , and the strong prejudices of the people themselves . He bad not hesitated to tell iliem of their failings , while he denounced the villanies of their oppressors . He bad as strongly reprobated villany and dereliction of principle when exhibited in oar own camp , as in that of the enemy . . He ever would do so , for he considered it evem less pardonable here than there . iHear , and cheers . ) And as the best proof that he could give them of that fearlessness wbicb characterises the honeBfc and energetic assertion of right principles , he demanded from them , as an act of justice , not less to him than to themselves and their causa , that in according to him their confidence , they should do so
on the scote of principle alone , withdrawing it the moment tbey found him to swerve , without the least regard to personal esteem , or past services . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Upon no other terms would he esteem their good opinion worth the having . He laughed at the idea , and trampled under foot the doctrine , that past services should screen present delinquencies in any man , and while . be never would admit its application to others , he begged that it might never be applied to him . Taking their present kindness as an earnest ef their satisfaction , hitherto , with his poor efforts , he would regard this splendid token ef their good feeling and good will , as an obligation en him ,
in his course hereafter , to task to their fall stretch of power the qualities en which they had been pleased to compliment him . To see , Ibat the talent they had Bpoken of , whether it be much or little , should not grow rusty for lack of using ; while be trusted that his energy and honesty would lose nothing of their lustre by continual exercise . In conclusion , be waited anxiously the coming . of the time when energy and talent might be less needed , because honesty should have been adopted as the basis and ruling principle of all our great social and political arrangements—as the foundation upon which night ; be erected a splendid edifice of justice for every Englishman to dwell in .
Mr Hill then sat down , and the cheering from all parto of the house was loud and long-coutinued . As soon as it subsided Mr . Garner , an excellent Chartist resident in Hull , sung in a style which delighted the whole
andience" THE PRESS . "Tuse—' Brave old Oak . ' «« £ . song for the press—the mighty press , Vk bo hath batt ' . od for freedom long : Here . ' 8 io * 7 aQ 3 fame to his magic name , That Bcattereth the powers of wrong . There ' s / ear in his frown , when the monarch ' s crown Is reare * ° 'et the people and laws ; And he sbo ^ h bis might , in the grandeur of right , And aideth" the nation's cause ;
" Then ht ^ ' * to the Press—the mighty press—Who st&L ^ d * in his power , alone ; And long flourish he , the pride of the free , When a tho ^ isand years are gone . " In days of old , whe'a Priestcraft bold With tyranny held U > e away , Men crouched at their fe « t ; on their bloodstained Beat , Like creatures of coarsei * clay . Now , where are they , and t he minda that lay In ignorance or in chains ? They are gone , they are fled , and the f preEB , in their stead , i With freedom and justice reigns . " Then hereto to the Press , &&
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" Hurrah ! for the time when every clime . The press shall illumine and cheer ; : When , frped from thrall , peace over ail Her radiant bow shall rear ; : Hia righteous sway Bbatt the world obey— For the champion of truth is he ; And his power shall extend , till the uttermost end Of the earth shall hia empire be . " Then here's to the Press , 4 c " The song was rapturously and deservedly encored . The next toast was the " The People ' s Charter "; after which the " Song of Liberty " was tastefully sung by Mr . Moody , and encored .
Mr . Con Murray , from Glasgow , in rising to ; respond to this sentiment was received with loud cheers . He began by assuring the audience that he was no speech maker ; and if there was less of what he would term oratorical humbug , and more of determined and ( straightforward action , on the part of those who came on the public platform to advocate the cause of suffering humanity , it would tend better to consolidate the ! energies of the people on the great question of thej Chirter Suffrage—lhear , hear ) . The right of every man to a voice in the making of laws affecting his life tmd property , was not now disputed by any man or any party . The day had long since gone by when the iron-handed Tory and drivelling Whig could , as in former times , hold up their faces , and impudently assert that we , the
swinish multitude , had nothing to do with the laws bat simply to obey them ; and failing j in this obedience , er daring to raise our voice against their cruel and restrictive laws , we were brought ap before snetr men as Lord Abinger , and ; by their cruel mandates , buried in damp dungeons for years , transported beyond the seas for the whole period of our natural lives , or end our days by the ignominious death of the scaffold . Men of Hall I the robber factions do not now dispute our tight to legislate , butithey say it is not yet expedient to entrust us with the franchise ; they say we wish to destroy property—we are' the advocates of physical fores—that we are infidels , and wish to subvert all social order by the total annihilation of Christianity—{ hear , he ; ir ) . Thsse area few of the
grave and heavy charges from which the poor Chartists are called upon to defend themselves . He would then , in speaking to thia sentiment , confine himself to a refutation of these vile calumnies and unfounded assertions . How have our despotic rulers arrived at the conclusion that we would destroy property ? It ia we , the people , who produce all ; the van . pirea who live on the vitals of thia nation do not produce anything . If property should be destroyed—if the reign of terror , of anarchy , and confusion should commence [ in England , aura will have more reason to lanient the fatal results than the working men . He would narrate a circumstance which occurred in Gfreenock , illustrative of the vicious tendency of the poor patriotic but despised Chartists . They would po doubt
be aware that in that town the people have been tn a most wretched and deplorable situation in consequence of the late depression of trade—when parish relief was refused them , and all other means had failed in keeping body and soul together , three hundred artizans met in the Harvey Lane Hall ; they chose a chairman and secretary—formed in procession to beg a uiorsel of bread from those that they had , by their labour , raised to the middle class ranks—in the evening they met in the same place , and all deposited their gatherings on one common table—those who got shillings being content to share with others who were lees fortunate—one poor fe . 'low had met a good Samaritan who gave him half of a pig's head , and although his family were starving , he brought it and laid it down forjeommon
use , content with getting an equal portion of what bad been collected . Who will dare to say that after such a fcpivit of disinterestedness , and under such trying circumstances , the patient , and enduring ; people of England wish to create a spirit of j anarchy in their native land—the loved borne of their respected and venerable forefathers!—( hear . ) Oh , but our would-be liberals hold us up aa t ^ rch and dagger-men ; they tell us we wish to < fleet ourlpurpose by a bloody revolution . There is no conceivable crime , however enormous , that is not left ! at tbe door of Feargus O'Connor and the Chartists ; j but he would ask when did we take away the life of a fellow creature ? When have we shed blood to justify our opponents in holding us up bs such - heinous
monsters ? We have never raised our arm , unless in self-defence , from the brutal attacks of an ignorant , savage , and mercenary band of legalised butchers , employed and paid by the heartless landed aristocracy . and the more refined torturers , the millocrats and wages masters —{ loud cheers ) . Indeed , if the Chartists can be criminally charged , he believed it is in their not using the powers which nature had given them to repel the indignities anrt insnits to which they have been subjected by the ruling few . He knew for certain , if they used fGrce to prevent him from giving expression to what he believed to be the truth—if they raised a weapon to strike him down -when , in his right as a British subject , he had met his fellows to petition or remonstrate against
what we could prove to be grievance of the ] greatest magnitude , he should consider himself justified'and no way transgressing the law of nature in meeting f ? rce by force —( continued cheering ) . We are infidels and would destroy the Christian religion . So say ? iho Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury ; se says ( Catholic Daniel O'Connell ; so says the Catholic Duke jof Norfolk , and that Prince of Butchers tho jron godjof Waterloo . Bat , fellow workmen , is it not a fact notorious throughout the world 'hat these very men are the only practical infidels in th s country ; witness their antichristian conduct in supporting a bloated anil dominant Church , which swallows up £ 11 , 006 , 000 of the people ' s earnings ; witness the savage barbarity of the lazy , gambling , and debauched few -who consume the
miserable fare of potatoes and salt , the food of my poor ' countrymen , while 2 , 300 , 000 of these people are in actual starvation ; witness their bloody deeds in catting the throate of tne simple and unoffending inhabitants of China , because forsooth they would not eat poison to enrich a few India merchants ; or their equally base and inhuman treatment of the brave Afghans , whose only crime consisted in defending their father-land from being trodden under the ! wheels of Britain ' s blood-stained car—( loud and long protracted cheering ) . Witness their damnable and atrocious doings , and then ask yourselves the question who are the infidels—the people or their oppressors . This clap-trap of infidel Chartists has been pot up by designing knaves to keep the working men of England and Ireland disunited ,
well-knowing that by a solid union of sentiment and unity of action , humbm ; wovld he destroyed , and the trade of Ireland's political traffickers would cease to draw their £ 14 000 or £ 16 , 000 a year out of wretchedness , misery , and rags—( great applause , and '* true — true ' ) . Whether , he would ask , are those who support a system that gives £ 115 a day to one ( woman , between £ 30 , 000 and £ 40 , 000 per ani . um to herbnBband , and £ 6 , 000 to their son , while at the same time they will only grant the miserable pittance of H \ . or 5 d a day to the poor toil-worn Irish labourer ; or 4 s . 6 'd . aweek to the industrious hand-loom weaver ; whether are these men , or those who would raise their voice against such an abominable ft ite of things most ; deserving of being branded with the epithet of
infidel ? Practical Christianity means the core and dt fence of the- poor , the widow , and the orphan ; the Christianity of the British rulers , both Protestants and Catholics , is neither more nor less than that of devouring the poor , the weak , and the helpless . He would for one moment call their attention j to the rejoicings on the birth of the Prince of Wales ; every pulpit and every altar resounded with praise and thanksgiving to the God of heaven for his good it i > 3 in having blessed us with another royal pauper . —( Tremendous cheering ) . They blessed God and prayed for the continuance of a S 3 stem that gave to this infant ! such an enormous sum of money , and at the same time sabred and bayoneted the working men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , dyed the streets of Ennis nnd Sfcibereen
with the blood of a starving people , whose only crime was that of asking bread from those who had robbed them of the fruits of their industry by class-malde laws . —( Lond cheers . ) Is this not infidelity ? he would disgrace the term infidel by applying it to such manstew—he would call them blasphemers and pervetters of God's holy word , and he would leave it to his fellowworking men , If even this was not too miM a cognomen . —( Cries of It is , it is . ) Mr . Murray then passed in review the conduct of the various parties who have governed this country under the names of Tory , Whig , and sham-Radical , and classed them all under one common head , the avowed enemies of the rights of labour , interspersing his remarks with highly humourous and pointed anecdotes , which drew forth the load applause and laughter of the assembly . He then went on' to treat of the disunion that existed in the ranks of Chartism , its cause , and consequencea ,
and dealt pretty hardly with the political pedlars , who after having been wormed into political existence by the people—after having been clothed , fed , and ! paid by the whole hog men until they had drained them of the lost farthing , went over to the "Sucking Pigs" to ' play the same game . He warned the people to throw jthem off the moment they exhibited the least inclination to relax that stern policy which had placed the Chartists above all political parties in this country . He held that these men Were the greatest enemies with which they had to contend j the Whig and Tory dungeons of England could < not , even aided by the convict ships , do so much injury to ear movement as those little ' limping animals that professed such skill in drawing the badger at the late Conference . ( Hear , and laughter . ) Much bad been said about the dictatorship assumed by Feaxgns O'Connor and the denunciations of the Northern Star ; with regard to O'Connor he would say ,
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and boldly challenge iscotalon on he Bu'jefit , that no man now living had done more for the cause of siffering humanity and the spreading of pure sml nnsTiliied democracy—( great applause ) . And then there la the Northern Star ; O ! plague upon that Star . ' why has it dared to denounce the foreign policy lecturers ? { for this was the foundation of all the bickerings . ) It has been a busy meddling thing not to suffor poor shoe * makers , tailors , and schoolmasters to earn an honest shilling in the employ of Tory Urqubart ; but he ( Mr . Murray ) would say go on , brave Star , in the work yon have so nobly began ; apply the rod of correction when you consider it necessary to flog political traffickers , no matter wha * . may be their professions , or by what names they are known . Were it not for the dread of public
censure many of the Chartist leaders wonld act as b 3 sely and treacherously by the . people of England as the O Connells , the Shiels , and the Dannts have done , and are still doing to the poor unfortunate and deluded men of I eland—( hear , hear , and " quite true . ")—The right to canvass and . freely discuss the merits and demerits of pnblic men is the only remnant of freedom now left to the toil-worn sons of England , and the man or party that would dare to withhold or deny as this privilege are lit companions for Sir James Graham and Lord Abinger—( hear , hear ) . He was glad to find , however , that his brother democrats throughout the country were determined not to give it up bat with their lives . In Glasgow , his adopted city , tuey carried it out to the very letter , and they had found it
to have a beneficial wffact in keeping the wolves from devouring the sheep . They had there a few working men banded together under the title of ihe Chartist Club , who , by the exercise- of this right , had become a terror to evil doers . When the Stargites had rejected the friendly overtures of the trades * delegate , and pufc oat their bills calling a pnblic meeting , to elect their intellec ' wxls for the Conference , our infant club raised the alarm of breakers a-head , their biether moleskins took the hint , and the recorded votes of the men of Glasgow on William Lovett ' a amendment will prove the rest— ( bravo club . ) He feared he was trespassing too long on their time —( no , no )—bnt as this was the fifth anniversary of that bright luminary that was guiding the men and women of England to universal freedom .
and as such a large assembly of the fair daughters and working men of Hull had there met to do honour to tbeir worthy townsman , its bold , talented , fearless , and uncompromising Editor , he could not sit down without tendering him his best thanks ; this he would do first on bis own account ; secondly , in the name of the democrats of the Yale of Leven aud Campsie , whose pare patriotism he had the high honour of representing in Birmingham ; and lastly , in the name of bis bleeding country , whose poor emaciated boos found a warm and disinterested advocate in the person of the Rev . William Hill—( tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minutes . ) in conclusion , be would say
once for all , go on , Hill ; finish the work so nobu begun by the Exile of Erin in the Northern Star of oar once united Irishmen ; spread the heaven-born principles for which oar gallant Emmett offered up his life , for which his manly and athletic body was mutilated by the tyrannic bund of monarchical misrule . Go on , O'Connor will lead the van ; the British millions , assisted by O'Higgins and his Dublin battalion , will assist you peacefully and legally to clear out that rotten building in St . Stephens , and erect in its stead a temple sacred to liberty , wherein we shall deposit tho People ' s Chirter , snout , bristles , and all . Mr . Murray sit down amidst thunders of applause and the lot < g-coutinued cheers of a highly-delighted and well-pleased
audience , t The next toast was " The immortal memory of the patriot victims to class power . " Drank in Siieaco , and followed by the glee " Peaoe to the souia of the heroes . ** The next and last toast of the evening was , " The Chartist auff-rers unaer Government persecution . " This was ably responded to by Mr . John Arran , from Bradford . Mr . Arran was received with cheera . Ho felt himself placed in a very queer fix ; he was last at the feast ; one " big chap" bad nibbled a bit , and another had nibbled , and another , until there waa "nuut" left for him but a bare b « Jae to " pike . " Mr . A . then went en to say— " There are three things which are the boast of England—freedom , civilisation , and Christianity .
Freedom—England ' s freedom is bitter slavery . Cast your eyes o'er the fair face of creation ; look you through the habitations of men , and in the cottage of the poor , you will find misery , degradation , and slavery . 1 know that British feols have often sung" Britons never shall be slaves , " and fools they must be to sing thafaong . Now , wherein does slavery consist . ' It consists in involuntary servitude—not in the mere circumstance tbat a human being may be bought ind sold in the market ; that he is made the value received for bis fellow-creature ' s gold and silver ; that he is considered as much a man ' s bona fide property as are hia goods and chattels , his houses , his lands , hia horses , his cows , bis swine of bis dogs—co ; servitude which a man cannot avoid conr
bUtutes him a slave . " The weight of chains , " says Algernon Sydney , " number of stripes , hardness of labour , and other effects of a master's cruelty may make one servitude more miserable than another , bat bu is & slave who serves the best and the gentlest man in the world ; and be does serve him , if he must serve him , if he most obey bis commands , and depend upon his will . " When I consider the degraded and enslaved con-( i ition of the millions subject to an insignificant minority of luxurious , profligate , and bloated aristocrats , and money-grubbing speculators in the profits of industry , I feel indignant at the fact , and could like to see the people rise in the majesty of tbeir might and overthrow
their unprincipled and cruel oppressors once and for ever , S ^ all it be endured that they who produce all shall eternally pine in want and misery ? Shall the industrious sans of labour continue the overburdened serfs of the ignoble and base born children of idleness ? Rather I would that nature shonld become one universal desert ; rather I would that the fig-tree should not blossom , and that there shonld be no herd iu the stall ; rather I would that the grass should wither , snd the flower fade , and that the smiling com should cease to wave its fruitful ear ; rather I would that man should rise up and meet bis fellow man in mortal strife , until the last human pair become the executioners of each other .
A sec jnd boast of England ia her civiliz ition — And what is civilization ? True civilization is the refinement of nature ' s sympathies and nature ' s principles—not the reversion of nature as now , but the progression of nature for the advancement of human happincss . It observes an abiding conformity to nature ' s laws . Nature is sacred and enght not to be interfered with , except for the purpose of improvement , so as to better make it meet the wants of the mass of animated beiogs . Nature Is impartial ; civilization should be equally impartial ; its principal daty is to make nature's produce wore abundant , and to distribute with an equal hand , that the comfort of all may be equally promoted . Such is true civilizition ; any thing else is a cheat—a delusion j aud worse , an injury to society .
Look at facts ; England ' s civilization . consists jn the undue elevation of the few , and the depression—the prostration of the multitudes of the common people ; in the reduction of wages ; the extension of working hoars ; the employment of women and children in place of men ; the starvation of the Union Bastile , and the imprisonment or the banishment of the virtuous and the brave—the best of mankind . The truth is that England ' s civil ' zitionia but a refined system of cani bahsin—not man-eating literally , but man-killing most undoubtedly . The factory system , with its widening jaws , eats up ita thousands of helpless , defenceless
children ; the system of poor laws' consume by degrees the vitals of vast numbers of unwilling idlers ; the rent-roll , excessive and burdensome , breaks into , and breaks up , the home-stead of the poor , happy or miserable alike , and drives adrift into the world's width , houseless and unfriended , men , women and children , many ' of whom perish by the pinching hand of hanger , or the starving cold ef freezing winter ; a profligate and vicious class of nobles and upstarts make a prey of . neglected , unprotected virgins , myriads of whom , after a short-lived course of false and infamous pleasure , die the victims of murderous lust , eaten up by unnatural disease
. A third boast of England is her Christianity . England ' s Christianity is , alas I for tbe most part , nothing but hypocrisy and priestcraft . Our cities are crowded with ckarches and chapels—our merchants and manufacturers and tnouey-honters of all sorts- and shapes and sizes , are ftund regularly , piously , like tueir prototypes—the pbarisees ot elden times , thronging these modern , stately synagogues . Bat on this head I need not enlarge , as it has been already well handled by my friend Mr . Murray ..
We seek to remedy this state of things ; for this we meet , for this we agitate : we bring you not together or the mere purpose of speech-making ; not to spend aa hour in pleasurable amusement only , but to prepare the public mind far a great and mighty change ; to lead on tbe people in the course of political progression . Our object is the perfection of public opinion , convinced that without this , no substantial or lasting change can ba effected . We wi 3 h to convince men of the necessity of the Charter , as a means to an end ; we would show " you how to get the Charter , and that when you have got it , it will remain for yon to use the power it will give you to work those Bocial reforms and social improvements , without which yon will
never be either individually happy , or happy in the bosoms of yottr beloved families . Such is out course , so righteous ; each is our object , so fail of the milk of human kindness ; and yet strange , passing strange , there are men found who themselves profess to be lovers of mankind , and who rest not day not night to thwart our benevolent designs . Every obstacle is thrown into our path—every hindrance ia upreared before as—every time-serving teol of the thing called Government is set in battle array against us—every inch of our progress is disputed * ' we are continually in hot water , and our Mves one continued scene of active controversy . Hundreds of good and true have been cast into prison or banished from the shores of the land of their birth .
It is well-timed , therefore , that in the midrf ot oar rejoicings , this day , we are reminded of a most solemn dnty- ^ to " remember them that are in bonds as bound with them . " It would ill-become this atsembly of professing patriots to sit down to eat and to drink and to rise up and make merry without one thought cast towards the ( Continued in our fifth page . )
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 14, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct918/page/1/
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