The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-15 00:00:00

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gyre great rasp it oar being here, cr she some
audio ' *bat Is generally treught
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so et orgies Werth' represearadea existing is 'hddatilitrY
▪ the mord time is very Bide mere than this - wi.
Here of Commons Is • Nam to *bleb a few mica have m-
ar who ma sad dais speak the sentimests of the people ;
bet it h • hoses in *bleb of those who si. there a
wis greerty have air fide will to awry into
ihd goer- views which say making such extraordinary
la the p•blis gala. They ere sot willing to eke
Crapeepr of the Uinta %Medea that jut, aid equal,
eel assosadad goverserat to which the industry, and b.-
res,forli the einem of that peep!, so justly cantle
(Lead ebeerej I am not about to disparage the
ogle NIL, bat this I will say Mit, that the franchoe that
res aleabliebra by that 101 l was established for the
woo shirr of embolism the rest mass of what is
eilaravaly gelled the umetting ahem hem its exercise.
(Seer, bear.) I say ses, boomer the establiheseut of a Iran-
abs whisk eihaitted ace we. tit a vets who did not live ha •
mese of the wryly value of 101., besides paying rates sad
gyre, was sersialy • hanchise by which, ander the areal
sheemourese of the montry. it was atholutely imposlllol
rat some meniens of grown, latelliant men should be able I
ingot within the pale of the eenstitution. (Hear.) Bed
bear the worklag mem imagist' for • mouthed that thr
HAM Bill was made moth senior the middle classes them
kg tawm, al'koogh there has been a systematic are
'
ores past to persuade the workbag susses that the gable&
shove were eed through the arum Bill, sal thee
It was Ihe mists Awes who prereatod the farther externem
el
Mora sad the grant of pointed freakier to the people.
Ira share you clearly that whererte the middle claws have
bora onfraashhed by the Reform Ma, they have seed their
privileges for the farther exteasioa of political sigh s, bat that
ir the mar per the reassentation given to the middle
dear is tenderer sad desolates, aid that they have b:en
Oared oat of the power which the bill bad Frothed to
glee them. (Hear, hear.) TAte • car. You en the labs-
biked/ of a Sewn sontaiiiing some 200,000 peas. nor
ere not in the world 200 000 people Within sn 'goal spate
•f :et industry or mere generally deserving ail favour
protectom from their governat-et. (Lead
cries of " Hear, 'hear.") You mend to parliameat two
Min Mai le whom I set very constaatly in the
home. sad with whom run on every division I go into the
lobby, and generally, I am sorry to ray, in a minority.
(Cheers and laughter.) I should net erre so much about
brag in a minority if themes whoopposed me were aa notch
the representatives of large and fre• comtituarieiss as onset.
Islmold say that possiosy I was mistaken is lay views, or
that the people of their pert of the country tad not sofa-
Mende 'weird and needs up their lined' on the ques-
tion. ea which we divided, and that until they Lama
mead to the opinion whet% I held, I should not cou-
rier it • grievear that their eepritimitatine voted against
me. Bat whoa I me sitting opposite me every mea—
-1 like to rto particular cases—fa laugh)—a noblemen, a
mutiquit, the eon in a due-, end nest to him an old :finite.
Rea, who was once, I believe, • Chancellor of the Exche
gees, sad perhaps held power whoa aeb•s were accumu-
lated, when I see them two awn representing—whom
de rem,iak ?—net Liverpool, not tslasiguw. not Bor.
lidesot the Tower Harims, but lihunterd—
(Load tries of " Hear, hear ")—end not even Beaueoril,
brawl tie 'lectors of that borough, in so smell ',umber,
have petitioned the Goose of Commons that, unless they
ert have the free right of electing members, they would
rather he altogether without the trinehise—(load Ghee ro)—
or repentant., Bteenford, but repro silting the Martini of
Bastes—(sheen and laughter)—then I c ars that 1 feel
th, pure are net fairly ri presented in parliament. (Hear,
bees) I have seen a few marepaisee, a few dukes, tat.
• Sew I ode of one sort or soother, and I refer that,
with eery tartorable disposition, Tel b all oar amiable
weakness in admiring men of high rank fur very
terrosplate virtues—l Inver saw is ray of they
mope anythi, g, either in their heads or in their
bane, so superior to mot of oar ow. order in life as to ir-
deo me to feel that I was fairly dealt by, or at my l.
limos in Manchester wire faWy dealt by, when th
my colleatonsi gue
sun I, 'ripe out into one lobby supporting the opinions of
300 OW perms", and I.e. n two getstenten got g on: iti.o an-
other, the latter nestrais.ng with tone two roes the wishes '
sad .•piaionsof the peopleof Manchester. (Crie s ot " thecae.")
Our conetitation—for nobody is more contitutional thee
am—oar eciastinetios recognises the sovereign on the throne, I
sad the peers la their owe thumper of the legislature, tut
it neconoes to • no less tette. the representatives of the
Crime, s of England and none other is the Hoene of
Comma. (Loud cheer.) Bet we have 'he peers in thrr
own hour, and the ulterior ins if the peer to en over.
win Imine :tent in the H tate of Common. Where is the
proof ? Perhaps Tint of you have lucked over e
(NAM Circular," and men it announced via a %Tinton
council sat at two o'clio k, and that " the fell wits
members wets preseat," followed by a het of 12 or 14 negro
all estimable Mil in priests life, and lathy of theta u feel
is publie, but of those thirteen, eight or sine would be' kit, r
warn of the peerage, or In some way or ether ben tue
title of toed before their came& Of HIM! who had not that
title you would find that three or four were either ou the
rt.) threshold of the p stage, or were allied by the very
closest ties of blood, or oonneara, air pen of one rank or
anmksr. (Hear, hear.) Now, if the Hour of Coomons
were • fair npresentati in of the people, of the Natl. c.mses
--ifor if you choose I +ill shut nut the whiz's clews in
this illesontioa-11 the middle clew II were taint repre.euted,
is it possible that they wool's se stultify thentieleas as never
to fled among themselves 13 or 14 men to furs • govern-
lane, bat would Ines/rely leave it in the hands of the ar s.
treritcy of the country. (Hear, hear.) When these 13 or
14 men I have arateused piker round the council tales you '
ro ally itemise their hell go when uked to legislate foe
the mirth aid weekie Chaff . They will act do it, for
May loss ao sympathy in thew hearts - they are net of the
rr.., mid they wile ant legislate f ithfully for the pe
(Loud Mom) Now • nate req. a line this may be, in
some respells, better 'bra absolutism, bet is other reel etc
it is wore. Maay themes have been doer by our chain re-
po* notives which so ale lute avouch who has Merl
thee, latter days dent have attempted to do. No ab.
solace wear* mold, toe thirty ye', have main-
tared a law for the express parp.oe of bee; leg
thirty 'Million of people on the v ego of fame. (Ii no
No absolute monarch could we lost, have resisted the dr
mods of the people for the lib aetton of this law es our
house of representatives did lead when that law MIN at
Iwo &Wished, then were not one hundred and fisty men in
the Hour of Commons redly and tray in fsvf,nr of Its
and not tan ease in the House of L ods who
did too burke the bill w tch they were. compelled to pro
L Haeri bin.) The feet is, our constitution, as at present
, sad as you re it working every s, tel's of sorbs-
meat, is a constitution "'most at a deed lock ; it an ouly
with through some feerf.l pressure of rustic of intim, or
Werth the thentrnine of *ems dire c .hunity, such as
reeettly visited one pinion of the United Kutgdont. For
all the reforms that we have gained for a gitteratioa both,
we have sot to that k the peen or the crows ; we have
not to thank our Coseitatios as it is, but we have
to thank the dentoi:ratis element, which, being stirred up
terror the whole Wirt, freed • reluctant p aliment to
do that jetties which, whims hese, it sliver would have
dose. (Hoer, hear.) And sow, if you inlet anything more,
take say weed Ice it,—take the word of every man who site in
paratati at to topeseent you, that it is imposible for you to
get those changes for which you ask, and which the country
en much requires, neept by pursuit." the same proms' as
has been carried on before, that is, by tioncentrating the
intelligent pnb:ic opinion of the coastry, and alarming the
pastor,' of power into the concessioa of the necessary
tbanen—(hear, hers)—no' the alarm of physical forte, but
the slues welch will spread amongst them when th-y known
that what thresher= has dour with regard to the freehold
land Rheum is being does in a hundred other large towns I
•
ad when they feel that day by day their ill-gotten, the;
usurped, and their still evil-used power amongst the county
constituencies is being gradually sapped and undermined,
sod destrcyed by Ins economy, the industry, the
prker, and the liras moles of the great MUM of the
people who belong to these societies then you will obtain
what coormioas you require. (lonseass cheering.)
Now, I tzar that all are not of my opini in. (Leughter.)
limy of those who are net her. traight will read the
speeches which are made 8 one gold easy people living at
hoer In ere will fancy that all is going on well. Trade,
they will on, is somewhat reviving—the people are not die
eatisll•d—it is better not to disturb thing; abort all, don't
embarrass • government which means well. (Lsughter )
Now, I would jest ask each people to consider what it
is that we ask, and what are the mesas that we are using
to obtain it? (Hear, hear) Is • mercantile' system
good or not ? (Hear, hoar.) An we retest to lies ender
as absolute government—(esies of "No, no")--or aster ea
dilatable goverument—(mewed miss of "2•10 pee")--per
us we resolved, being firmly convinced of its adirealsge,
to
live under an honest, fair, representative 'oysterman
(Chem) It we ban cams to the last conclusion--sad I
think se man in this country would declare that he pretend
the &Nastier or the obligarchy—(hear)—if es have made
op our Wads in favour of an Desist and fair 'ones
averamint, let these persons ask themselves, and let as ask
them, if there is say tbirg in this project of whisk the meet
timid man shear be afraid ? (Hear.) Why, it appeals es all
the virtues of the people. (Caen.) There is no Mahar,
no outrage ; there is not a menace, nor the shadow of one, is
the scheme. It simply says to that vast mar of our fellow-
countrymen who are now excluded from the franchise, yet
who daily percent all the duties of social life, " Henceforth
be
moreindustrious than you have been; be more s Ater,
more prudent ; spare • portion of your earnings,
if you can spore them—and then are thoironds and teas
of thousands of you who an do so—and deposit this
portion where it will not be lout, where it will (notify,
and not merely produce four or five per cent—that is bat
a small pat of the advantage—(hose, hear)—but obtain
for you those privileges fur which your tether vainly
rm./RM. (Loud caters.) Thus, too, will you have the
martian of Ithowiag that by every 50i. which yen deposit
you will ban given an additional aureate, that whatever
war fathers or younelves may have suffered, to your Gill-
dr,n at least you will Imre the harems of a good, as
honest. and ea equal government. (Great cheering.)
I behold in this sovement an argumeat of MOTS power than
any other Ia favour of parliamentary reforms. Daring the
last a era of parliament, whoa Kr. Haar moved some re-
sols• iOllll is favour of such reheat, I 'peke at some length on
that elastics, and I prated out to the men who sat opposite
to us, and to the entrusted, what were the points to he
marked in this mthement, of which they already be.
pas to be and& Let as hold latrines like
this in every town in the United Kingdom.
(Colon) Think you that the people who feel that they
are kept out of their rights, who have to make such stir
fres to get that which is fair and right, who listen to
speeches some of which are not of the least exciting
tendency—think you that the people, when they have