The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-18 00:00:00

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ADDRESS

TO THE PE DPLE OF Pea:cofrarm, nom: THE
K MEBERS OF THE -A7BERDEEN NATIO NAL
ASSOCIATIK/N, FOR PROMOTING THE PO-
LITICAL AND SOCIAL inntoirEmENtr OF
THE PEOPLE.
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free, sufficient that she wills it," ire are cow-
i,4l).l„:solmit, that as e nation we have newel- known.
nte •a people willed our freedom. Believing,'
natosu
degradation and political bondage' are thin
p7d liedlo
legislation, engendered and pernea
liberty, •nut
that our social .
and vice, we hailed with satisfamion.
effects of exclus.'ve
tuated by igoorancte
and delight a system ..`f organisation, having for its ob-
ject the removal of thosn primary causes and their con-
sequent effects.
Aware, however, that many of out.. Chartist brethren
have, through miaconattion, drawn very unwarrantabled
conclusions rospectitee :he motives and objects of those,
who hove joined w!:: t they are pleased to term thn:
" new move," we Clink it a duty which we owe to them.
and to ourselves, fra.thly and openly to avow our rensens.
fur the course we have adopted. What we mean to uiicr
is not lotemled as a reply to that small section of our
frieods who have 'deOounced end cut off from their con-
nect:on all who have openly dared to approve uf, or ad-
vocate, the " new •ploat ot• organization, for we must
CollieS3 there is little iv that "plan" calculated to attrac t
the ignorant, or call forth the approbation of the unthilik-
iug. But withotn pledg:nn° ourselves for the perfection
of any system devised by human ingenuity, we beg to
submit the following as our seasons for becoming mem-
bers of the " National Aseocinetion" :—lst. Because it has
for its object the obtaining of the " People's Charter." 2d,
Because it proposes to effect this .by raising the moral
and intellectual standard of the people. ad, Becaus e
its objects and means ere in strict accordance with the:
first Chartist. Association established in Britain.t 4the
Because it proposes to carry out whet every Chartist:
union hits to some extent been eteleavouring to do. 3tll„Because it 'providea for the education of our chil-
dren, end prevents them from being subjected to the
present system of moral training by which the corrup-
tions of society are perpetuated. 6th, Because it IS
opposed to, but goes beyond any Chartist union or
association now- existing. 7th, Because it proposes
nothing but what is practical if the people are willing.
Bth, Because it will not endanger the liberty or re-
quire the sacrifice of any one to forward it. inh, Be-
cause it opens a. path to our ranks for good men of all
classes. 10th, Because it would improve our condi-
tion, - even if .it failed in procuring fur us the Charter-.
11th, Because it would qualify- us to make the hesn
use (X our rights when we obtain them. 12th. Be-
cause it would destroy the power of dictators. These
reasons appear to us sufficient to justify our conduct.
for. the course we have taken. Having on former
just oc-
casions pledged ourselves to use every and lawful
means in our power to obtain the "People's Charter,"
we would have deemed it a violation of that pledge,.
had we neglected to adopt this much despised " new
plan of organisation." Claiming and exercising for
ourselves the right of individual judgment, we assert it .
to be the best and most efficient plan that has yet been
proposed- for making the " Charter" the law of the
land. We ground this assertion on the fact, that there
are thousands, ay, millions of our fellow-countrymen
who are yet ignorant of their rights, or indifferent to
their own interests, and we think it must now be ap-
parent to all intelligent men that nothing less than the
demand of a majority of the people will ever procure
for the whole people the Charter of their liberties_
Hence the necessity fur " extending and promoting an.
enlightened public opinion in favour o 1 the People's
Charter." To accomplish this, the plan which we have
adopted proposes to employ missionaries, to circulate in--
formation through the press, to form libraries, to erect
halls for the old and schools for the young; and, in order
to carry out these objects on a far more extensive scale
than has hitherto been done, it is only required that
those who have already professed themselves Chartists,
contribute the turn of one penny per week.
Fellow-countrymen !—We ask you, as rational, in-
telligent men, whether these objects " are unworthy
of your consideration ?" whether you think it unne-
cessary " to extend and promote an enlightened pub-
lic opinion in favour of the People's Charter ?" nbc-
ther you deem it impracticable to employ mission-
aries, to circulate information, to form libraries, to
erect halls and schools ? or whether you consider the
obtaining of your rights not worth one penny per
week ? If so, then you will act wisely in condemning .
the " new move." But if it should happen to be other-
wise—if your calm judgments should approve of those
objects—will you still refuse to join the " National As-
sociatiOn for promoting the political and social improve-
ment of the people ?" We think not ; but it is for you
to decide. It is for you to determine whether, in en-
deavouring." to establish in one general body persons
of all creeds au-i elaasen".t. you would • actually be
making an attempt "to cheek the movement." It
is flit you to consider whether, by creating "un
lightened public opinion in fitvour of the People's
Charter,l you woull in reality be agitating for
" Household Suffrage." It is for you to ascertain
how a plan, "concocted" in Warwick gaol by Lovett
and Collins, could have had for its authors " Hume,
' Roebuck, and O'Connell." It is for you to de-
cide whether the People's Charter be an " infamous
document," because O'Connell was one of its " con-
tst:tors." It is for you to say whether men NI ho pre-.
ferred the dungeon, and refused theirliberty rather than
'desert your-eause, arc now worthy only to be bramled
as " traitors and assassins l" it is for you to consider
whether those who tell you to rely on your own exertions
for achieving your liberty, or those who promise to get
the Charter for you, are the most likely to lead you •
astray. And, lastly, it is for you to avow whether, Iy
! extending knowledge, you would retard the progress of
Chartism. We call upon you. as honest rational nice,
to give these topics your consideration ; and When you
hive (ione„se, openly to. declare the result.
You may, however, object to the plan we have
adopted, because it does not embrace all the measures
that have been proposed for obtaining the Charter—
beeettse it does not recommend the setting up of
Chartist candidates at elections, and exclusive dealing.
Trite, it does neither of these ; for the very good
reason, that they could not be generally practised. We
know from our own enperience, that there are some parts
of the country where it would be utterly impossible to
adopt a system of exclusive dealing, unless by setting up
co-operative store-houses; and we certainly think that if
men are not able to spare one penny per week, they are
net in a v cry fit and proper condition to start co-operative
stores. We are also aware that it is equally impossible to
find Chat tict contli:latee to stand at every election—men do
not see the propriety of incurring expense in such hopeless -
contests—therefore it is that these measures have net been
recommended. instead of tleat, however, we propose, first,
to make the people Chartists; and to accomplish this
geoti work, we invite the friends of education to aid us
in extending it throughout the empire. We call upon
the contenders for moral and intellectual tests to assist
us in disseminatiug information. We invite the advo-
cates of freedom to join us, that we may become strong
by !dor', and powerful by knowledge. We solicit th-e
asestance of the benevolent and the humane in our at-
tenon to banish wretchedness and misery from o'ar
shores. We call upon every individual who desires the
prosperity of his country to co-operate with us in our
endeavour to elevate the condition of the whole people.
Should this appeal to our countrymen be made in vain,
we will, nevertheless, devote our energies, and conthme
our exertions to the • utmost of our feeble abilities, in the
propagation of the truth—relying on its omnipotence for
uprooting ignorance, vice, and misery, and establishing
in their stead knowledge, virtue, and happiness.
Signed in behalf of the Association,
- JOHN LEGGE, }
Chairmen.
JOHN MITCHEL,
JAMES WYNESS, Treasurer.
GEORGE ORD, Secretary.

* At a meeting- of the Aberdeen Charter Union, held
on May 3, it v.-r:s moved by Mr. T. Davies, of Birming-
ham, " That all thor,:e Members who had
called
of.
Lovett and Coll in s's' plan of organisation be called 'upon.- tr
reeant, U 1 expelled irom the Union." The motion '
carried by a majority:
t'Sko Rules and Objects of the London Working-Men's
• A ssoqia am • • A. 44

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f Pirstploject of the National Association. '
Secorid 11ijc:c1:-Of the National ,Association.,,;

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EXETER 11ALL MEETING.
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TO THE 2311T01: OF THE SUN.
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• Sin—l attended fileeting last night at Exeter all,
of what is called,.'n Protetatit Operative Association,
the ostensible objee:: of which, as nJade known in one of
their' handbills, is to "protect the throne and the altar,'
objects Which no holiest Englishman can object to.
Throe-fourths of the meeting was composed of females.
11‘Neil, of Liverpool, was the principal speaker. of the
evening. Nearly the whole alms speech, as well as the
speeches of those who preceded him, consisted dim-
pti im-
puting base
tin.. and dishonest motives to the members of tho
6' overnme.nt. No disinterested pecirsits:ne,Bw-alrioe attinfelnude:eilh,ahit,
meeting, could fail to be impressed with .the conviction.
that it was convened .to serve a political purpose
No one Could fail to observet,hfre ti:fliet'lbea;t:
Al`Neil and his coadjutors are very much melistyakise.;lo-ibluili:i,
thov,suppose that the' wth.king,
their opinions of the Corn-laws by him, and those who
in„,l.,timligelet,
ottltitactrythetoir .If-\:eorvePopepalr.i-y
piirposei
ital.oclot;:tillisteexh.—i
etiieutdheGirenstolentulse,4i
thatseeni edthtoe
miaelm-
bers of thes:,
iSSloelegv:teirt'aii(eljslieen'o.uld return Conservative Members ' for
i'mewe•unielLofit!raliri itihuenfribesro3c;ientilet3niptinu-t
the
metropolitan boroughs: Yet a complaint was made in
.Iti'uoriftlrtehtel
together, How ridieulrs, then,.the idea that GOO (sup-
btleleriiLripxoi
posing that they are ail electors, which is very unlikely)
could turn the scale in favour of those whom they were
told to vote il.r. I forbear noticing auy more of the ob-
servations of these Reverend declaimers, and shall con
elude by saying that if Mr. M`Neil, and those who act
with line, think to convert Roman Catholics by reviling.
their religion, and imputing base and wicked motives to
their teachers and spiritual guides, they are mistaken—it
is only to be done bycontroversy, tarried on by Christian
kindness and love, not by recrimination.
I mil, Sir, yours respectfully,
• GEORGE BtVERIDGE.
Tottenham-courroad, June 17, IS4I.

ELSINORE, JUNE 12.—At the departure of the
post at five o'clock this aftorueon, 140 ,abips from ti),O BilUs
wet e lying in the road, detaiged by contrary trincts.
FLORENCE, JUNE 4.—Her Majesty the Ern.
press of Austria will remain at :Moder:a till te fetet aaulpatit.
following day set out to rctutti direct to Vieant
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