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RETURN OF MR. W. J. FOX TO
PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF
OLDHAM.
A public entertainment was last night given to Mr.
W. J. Fox, at the Hall of the National Association,
I.lolborn, to celebrate the return of that gentleman
to Parliament, ag one of the Members for the borough
of Oldham.
wTea was. provided at six o'clock, but in consequence
the a umber of persons present the whole of them
ere not supplied with the good things prepared for
tue'm until nearly eight o'clock ; at which hour,
Mr. W. LOVETT was voted to the chair, and, in a
brief address, congratulated the assembly on the im-
proved prospects of the cause of "democracy," as
shown by the results of the late general election, and
also by the movement then being made in the Papal
States and other portions of the Continent.
Mr. THOMAS BEGGS then proposed as a sentiment,
`` The true source of all wealth, and solid foundation
rf all power, a free, moral, and enlightened popula-
fe,ll---roay the growing desire for improving our
mow-countrymen mentally, morally, and politically,
which has recently been shown in the return to Par-
' ament of such true radical Reformers as W. J. Fox,
Colonel Thompson, George Thompson, and others,
speedily become as universal as it is sure to become
effectual for good." He rejoiced to see the progress
Which had been made, but regretted that to these
Friends of the people he could not add the names of
such men as Sturge, Alexander, Parry, Vincent, and
numerous other recognised friends of popular pro-
Vets.

Mr. W. HOWITT supported the sentiment, and in so
doingmen
took occasion to review the progress which had
'leen made during the past centuries of English his-
tory in the cause of the rights and liberties of the
People, and lamented that the triumph which they
Were then met to celebrate had been so long delayed.
Mr. PARRY congratulated the meeting on the re-
turn, of Mr. Fox for the borough of Oldham, as set-
'Leg a memorable example of successful resistance to
the dictation of a wealthy and powerful individual.
It Was not the electors of Oldham who were gone
" stark mad," as was lately said by a popular Member
bf a metropolitan borough, but it was Mr. Fielden
\l'ho had gone mad, in supposing that his universally
acknowledged services for a long period on behalf of
the working classes of the people, or his enormous
Wealth and influence, enabled him to dictate to the
electors of Oldham as to whom they should re-
turn to Parliament as their representative. He
felt great pleasure in proposing as a sentiment,
" Our invited guest, Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P. for
Oldham, but one of the true representatives of the
Atocial arid political progress of Great Britain—a man
for nearly half a century, has devoted head and
heart to the general enlightenment of the people upon
"cry subject connected with their true interests,
ZPecially on all those relating to the welfare of the
°forking classes ; one whose eloquence in the cause
lnational rights has only been surpassed by his own
ucid reasoning in behalf of universal freedom, know-
t'uge, and happiness. May health bless, and success
l'ovsn his Parliamentary career."
,pper• P. TAYLOR, jun., supported the sentiment,
"Leh wise received with great applause.
W. J. Fox, M.P., then presented himself, and
FM received with most deafening cheers, which lasted
a considerable time. Upon silence being obtained
said—l feel oppressed beyond the power of
crguage to convey, not merely by the personal
strongest nerve, but by the chezacter, the intelli-
e rine, and the principles of those who make that
t:lnonstration, conveying into it so much more of
L'ree and grandeur by the generous estimate of past
Er
le.teessse,s, and the, generous anticipation of future
whiSS'n teach me the extent of my responsi-
u der
and_ would make me tremble, recoil, and sink
il4 weight, were it not that I have been made
es..,,treeive and feel so strongly, that in your generous
%nate, and in your generous anticipation, you ask
11."' expect of me only this—that my mind and my
eart, my time and my faculties, should be devoted in
icLulg years, as they have been in past years—that I
flotild continue to be that which I am, and to do as
i 4 have done; and thus construed, I accept the
• it
Arden of my responsibility, and go on my way
I,trong and hearty man, full of hope, and if disap-
„
Illtnientss are thrown upon me assured that they
Zast be only those which, in looking to the results of
efforts, you have identified me with principles
protracted
are sure to prevail, but whose triumph may be
beyond the date of mine or your mortal
• N7tence.—(Loual cheers). My being placed in my
nt Position has been represented by one of those
• t•rit°t have addressed you as being a late topic of con-
kinPati.on. It does not seem so, and, to my own
14 would rather that this era should be reserved
se,,.",has been till I had been somewhat tried in the
sp.viee of the people, and then it comes as a good re- i_ilciard of
Past toil in your cause, and calls to more ex-
• 7 ed labour in a higher sphere of existence. I am
fratified that it should have happened at such a time.
Lconsider the remarks made upon the results of the
ent election amply warranted by its peculiar
darritrac ter ; there is much:to distinguish it from all that
e
preceeded for many ages, perhaps ever since the
ati°o of the Commons House of Parliament.
toflLre are more new Members in this House of
014170108 than there have ever been, with
rils_ single exception of the election which
ss• itediately followed the passing of the Reform Bill.
11• 14 Merely are;there more new Members, but there is
kotaW spirit in the mode in which the choice of them
A been exercised. This election has not, like its
•• LaitleeBs°r, been is struggle of party ; it has been the
Aa of all parties—it has been the trampling of
dee In the dust, and which has shown the freedom
0.0 grandeur of a real popular choice.—(Cheers.)
. summers-up of returns, the calculations of
tp .
, the „ mPera-ua, the classification of our guide books to
th„ew in,
seem all suddenly to have failed,
kcir reckon so many Protectionists, so many Whigs,
ter) 1° Many Peelites, but they know nothing more
all this classification of what the forthcoming
seha,,Y'e, Will be. They overlook the great circumstance
fewer makes Takes its great characteristic—that there are
or those svho have fought their way to legisla-
these a°llrs by military deeds—there are fewer of
pp llose• 'Pe:s have been returned under the patronage of
AWeseal and great aristocratic families—there are
••
„at% men sent from the mere prestige of party ser-
eb Party importance, and party connexions, in this
is 'e than in any which has ever yet been returned.
et penf!t a victory of Whig or Tory, or Conservative,
elech,„
or Protectionists, orof Liberals, but the late
l'lcto 41, With all its marked results, has been the
lee II of the great mass of the people:determined no
bepßoertt,sto.he fettered, but with their present limited
keed
ri'llittes to show their existence, to make their
t 4 Is:--e'es and principles felt, and to cause their voice
And heard within the walls of legislation.—(Cheers.)
so
sous should it be. If it is more the people's
the e 13f Commons than it has hitherto been, it is
Itilklitur°llgest evidence that it will become more so
:I"...nr'°4 future occasions, until, whether with the
the eof the arithmetical ratio or the rapidity of
and pietrical, the two things so long separated
1811nited will become one, and really identified
aWki Ziell other; and then there will be seen " the
taidiug,°rensons of England" sitting, legislating, and
rates the internal and foreign policy of the
tesf:,and thus giving effect to the principle so
atlCese who are in the habit of assembling in
true that the people, and the people only, are
le der. source of all legitimate power ; from them
• ‘..(Cheelveli,) and for them it should ever be exercised.
.11.111lion.11.) Who should govern England but its
Vets ? an Who
not its few separated and isolated fami-
2reee
ss".,,no should govern England but those who
°4l the4"
England what it is—have redeemed it
tl_arwastes, pf barbarism— those who have erected
golden
dings, who have sown and reaped
s
harvests which adorn its fields, who manu-
- tarr't its goods—those peaceful banners which
earth our name into the remotest regions of the
11443) n. a which are the re.al emblems of conquest,
e 4„,, Which-make a people tributary not to an enforced
s,"ansission, but to that mutual interchange which bene-
talike all classes and races of mankind ? Who should
overn England but those who are England ? For
ngland is not a thing of pomp, of gaud, or state
.tltrriages, of glittering robes, or tinsel adornments.
England is not the mere soil; it is not its buildings,
j 1.73 aaious or splendid though they be, but England is
,;1 Millions of human beings, who have nerves which
retet minds which think, hearts which respond,
red Which toil, souls which aspire, memories which
d the past, hopes which anticipate the future,
svill energies which work with the rich material
)41
the pastaffords in order to build up the future,
t
tja 0 accomplish that great and glorious work which
Isericie real creation of the people—its liberty, its inde-
`s.(eeje, its enjoyments, and its continued progress.
cal "eers.) Why, parties, what are they ?
Play which make the people their tools—the
their of of England—those to whom these parties owe
Witc greatness and their grandeur—the people—
aels a°Pt whose intelligence and toil society would re-
there iteelf into its pristime. elements—without whom
With Would be no nation, no moral or social world,
be Out whom chaos would come again, and all would
vc'efusion, disorder, and misery.—(Cheers.)
ha .vert send them more triumphs like those they
ep,:ellalseady
so bravely won, and prepare those who
Of th:.4l.lred like myself to be as it were the index
are vits Progress, and to mark the rate at which they
at), .'vanci
ng, and the objects for which they are
the r 6*.-(Cheers.) I look with satisfaction also to
aide of ue the late election as showing how
Great el Power the people even now possess.
of the It Were the disappointments as to the working
see , "`-kelOrm 14:
the B.nOrt.eum. '-'.11) gross as were the absurdities
thtinet, Ings of that Bill, preposterous as is
_k,-)tor;,., lon of freeman and slave, as shown by the
L;_meo-la. rcation drawn by the rent ()fa man's house,
LThitlkiol....l:BTcaltinteiaedtalsl:eing rendered contingent upon un:
kortarng uaaterials and the accumulation of bricks and
are the difficulties which beset the
Perplexing as are the sentences of the