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triumphant on exultil 'lag;" sad Britain would owe
aaore'smile, a land of liberty and piece."
j This speech was hailed throeshoost with fond Auriga.
The Resoltitimis wee, thee moved by lwe Ileembeee albs
Committee (Mr. Brookes and Mr. Mathes', we believe),
the one after the other; and carried unanimously. The in-
troductory address of the Promos had so far exits...led the
different branches of the requisition, that little of one wore
oratory wart dissphoyeil; but some of the strangers--plaia,
intrioallielooking mien—favoured the meeting with their see.
littorals.
5' person from Arbroath urged the necessity of uniou
among all Reformors. The iovestigat of hush could
never-he the catme of error, either in opinion ur residues;
and !Duyvil could regale from associations in which it was
the object of every man to assist hi. nvichhoor in regaising
his C 011.61111111 (((( al richly. He adverted to the boosted fruga-
lity of the Senill, and said that ibis patio,e principle was now
set at defiance, as the labourer had all his means wasted by
the extravagance of Government.
Another person from Arbroath alluded to the misery of
the country, as exhibited in the wretched hovels which many
of the
poor
which they' ' g
were'lligeetcerltollryhr;erfrdor. dwellings'
and
the
privatio
A person from Glasgow, in propoonic the Thanks of the
Meeting to the Committee, spoke of the scorn and malice
with which the people and their bumble leaders hod been
eet3ileti by she supporters of the present system. Yet they
111111 110 other tootive than their country's good; and thee
they had steadfastly followed, without the smallest aissistio,ce
from those who, by their situation in life, their education,
and their influence. pnurased she means of serving the coon.
try far mote efficiently. Allotting to the wish of Ilia Mode-
rate Refotiners lo limit ilmelertive franchise to honoeholders,
Ise said, that upon 110 principle of justice would it be fair to
~elude those yowl( men 1111111 S (1111 P their activity, were
the sinews of the State in lime of peace, and likely to be she
Mel who, on the approach of a foreign foe, would stand
forth in iis defence. Advertioog 11/ the abstinence of the
Radicals from exciseahle commodities, be said that mach
moral reform had been accomplished in the West by the
adoption 44 that measure. When the people were sober and
virtuous, they would be gond citizens, their private worth
would be enhanced, and their example would descend as an
inherit•oce to their children. Instances of iitehriety were
becoming daily less frequent in the welters parts of Scot-
land ; the people were becoming pal tenor of virtue ; and
without This there could be no happitiess under any form of
government—as was abundantly evident from history.
The thanks of the Meeting were voted with great en-
thasiasm to their respected Presto. In reforming his se-
knoeledgmente, Mr. Kinlorh promised to be always at his
post, when the country required a defender, or the people
a friend. " But where (he exclaimed) are all your City
fiespeclables ! Why bast they nut come forward to assist
you 011 this important occasion? Because they are so or-
copied in the pursuit of the phantom of borough reform—
s Inch they will not obtain—that they are blind to the far
greater importance of a radical reform in Parliament ; com-
pared to which, their petty borough serum is as a mole.
hill to a mountain—(.heats of opplouse.)-1 have no ob-
jections to borough reform. It ought undoubtedly to be
granted. nut, in the mean lime, it serves se a tub to the
whale; sad I am sorry to say, deprives you of the valuable
assistance of many of your ablest fellow-citizens."
About half-past one, Mr. Kinzocit stepped forward, and
again reconinieuded to the people to disperse quietly and or.
derly, that their enemies might have nu alone to revile them.
This advice was implicitely obeyed. The workmen again
rallied under their banners, suet marched home in the mime
order iu which they canoe; and in tea minutes no vestige of
the meeting was visible ono the Green, except the remains of
she basting, nod a few idle bites era.
A collection for the Manchester sufferers was made at
the points of entrance; and thongh consistiog chiefly of
copper, it amounted to about 'Wawa monocle. A subscrip-
tiou on a larger scale is also opened ; to which Mr. Kmiech
has contributed ten guineas.
Ti.. perturhstion which Provost Anderson betrayed on
the first announcement of a Radical Meeting in Dundee,
bad, before Wednesday, sobered down to a very allowable
caution. The Sheriff did lint leave Forfar : the soldiers re.
',mined in their barracks; the constables, shoot thirty-six at
a time, whiled away their three watches from noon till mid.
night) in the Tows-halt; and long before the end of the last
watch the town was hushed lobo a 111•1 e of still and dark
security, which might even have beguiled to slumber the
wakeful vigilance of my Lord Sidmoutb.