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London, England, 1842-02-14 00:00:00

all restrictions _
on '
e the importation of food, and protesting against all
tothe laws which tamper with the subeistance of the people; and also
Meneorialise her Majesty, expressing au utter want of confidence
n her present advisers, or in any Ministers who will not propose to
Parliament the entire and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provi.
The resolution was sion-laws,"
\l!r, laauesox seconded the resolution without comment.
Nlr, n put and carried unanimously.
„ •ee Tnoeiseox in the absence of Mr. Rawson, proposed the
f-','nwine resolution and he would do so without a word
thir•tieTenhat the Conference close its general business with
lTh'eeedings, and that the Executive Committee, with power to
this day's
add to its numbers, continue sitting so long as it seems needful
constitutine aquorum ; P. A. Taylor, Esq , being Chair_
Than' and Dr. BlaC'k Deeuty.Cliairman ; and the Rev. J. W.
14aas'•e and W. Evans, Esie, being Secretaries. The following.
Gentlemen to compose the Executive Committee. The Committee
to sit at to
Hotel.
" Mr ~EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
. J Nilson, ilson, London ; Colonel Thompson, London
;
.gr.•
34tr• P. A. TayloreChaii man London; Mr. Sidney, Smith, London,,,',
• Scoble, London ; Black,' M.D., Deputy Chairman, London;
Mr. Kershaw, Manchester; Mr. Win. Rawson, 'AlancheA!,.:ych:lelsr-.
NV. Evans, Secretary, Manchester ; Mr. E Armitege,
cl'hete„, ;
tletrt et.. .
1. Prentice, Manchester; Mr. S. Lees,
dael,,. J. W. Massie, Secretary, 'Manchester; Mr. J. Bright,llla'
Leeds ; et ,
1 Mr L Ileyworth, Liverpool; Mr. Stansfield,Dixon,
Mill'
Car-
ington, Bradford ; Mr. Clayton, Bradford ; Mr.B.r.minghzm
Ito_c_tri-
heir. Bell, Coventry ;
xlisle ; Mr. Ashworth Bolton Mr. Joseph Sturge,
AdcYr, Stroud;
.A"n,reh ; Mr. W. Buchanan, Glasgow; Rev.
j•
Border,
Akroyd,
Mr. Larin, Edinburgh ; Mr. . 1 ton Edin.
,i.' •21. C. Symons, Stroud; Mr. Biggs, Leicesvtervilliams,
Caer.
etalffax ; Mr. Batley, Iludderstield ; Rev. r.!arvon ; Mr. Evans, Caernarvon ; Mr. Mer. T. Bailey Sheffield ; Rev. W. Roar,
Halifax;airy,
She
Rawlins,
C. Edward
W. \Iblo„ otson, Sheffield:
1;
Forfar;
3Nlfri.gca\i‘i,ni,
.11,1 r. W. Morris,
rerPool; Rev. Benj. Renton, Kelso; Rev.
ev• James Ellis, Sal coats ; Mr. Platt."
The Rev,J W doingwhich so, said he ought to explain to the gentlemen.
Coe_
. . Messie rose to second the resolution, and in
leaning London, that a power was vested in the Executive
number,
and
13 wee to be a quorum, to add to their
and this would secure the continuance of the Conference as long asw
needful. lie might mention, that those gentlemen who were lea, -
ing
-'`'''uon, were requested to communicate the same to the Se-
cretary 0,
' the Executive Committee, :old to mention any person
Whom theY Might wish to supply their places as Delegates remaining
in London. They wished, that in order to perpetuate, as long as vesil,s needful, the Executive Committee, because not only must they
ea'oh the proceedings, but make a report of those proceedings
t° the country ; and that report must be madeform which
terposulel give it an authentic character. They hoped also to follow
hat was what was passed in this report, but to suggestv
e ur was necessary to be adopted in future, with respect to any
41.,u0tt
tree transactions relative to the state of the country.
zsolfontg,er on their attention. He had been anxliioeuw.sothat
the dersali
address them,
spectre d friends, who were so
who were so entitled to
well able, and
.t
leho,P:cle,ae:eings should he settled, and that his re.
sentiments ; and althou h
lount
eimownrExecutive Com-
enittee, he, i te absenceg he Was a member of the Executive
A DELEGATE i,--' Mr. Rawson, would second the reso.
any
ROM? , OMP:tttueemwYouo
Conference
N—• The whole of the members of the
Meeting had s A venerable and respected friend at that
door Anti C uggested whether they should not have a great out
-ofe The reso-1 urrhlaw
Meeting.— (G reat cheering.)
Loud criescheering. we ‘-e then raised from every part ot the • meeting for
C.
It utk ; and when it was stated that he was not in the rooimot,
neithereZ"g wa' also called for with equal vehemence, ..i
lfdellporeps:iiinfgattheir
he answer
Me ety.„ , •
will
be l:-:(1;::::.11,,Iolumnede st
Gt:), nealgtit
e..? ni
if
at
hie° I:
re,ward Reree CRAWFORD being, next called for, at length. came
eliee„ He eaid he felt it his duty to come forward at their call,
eouid"ogon, after the eloquent ape clues which they had heard, h
add red exPeet to say any thing that could add to those arguments,ith
the . " by previous speakers. But he obeyed their call with
the intention
, of expressing in a few honest wor ,
ates in every
eiaooe_%oi his heart to co-operate with the deleg
(Cheers Could could in the just cause in which they were engaged.
Nen, He did not come forward as a maeufa:turer, or as a
theeriereial
hen'Ma but as a landed proprietor—(Loud and repeated
Watt 4/ Zan(' was convinced that the interest of the land-owneorsf
ariyote"`ePly ineolved in the repeal of the Corn-laws as those•nte-
Nt
°rut,
eclass of society,__(lleae, hear.) He felt that the i
ate n landlord 3 and the manufacturers could not be separated.
to . 'vet served the one was beneficial to the other, and any attempt.
hy yee:rate the interests of those portions of the community
ths
utrricrte,
3 and protective laws, could be of no interest to any
l, bedy in and
' ' 'they were applied.—(Hear,
ear,) There e country to which .
the camp,
ratiee
eaatsgesasl had been a good deal of discussion as to
.r.;
for his
Part he of a sliding.scale and a fixed duty. But
i
toted Wnuld not consent to enter into that discussion, because. he
not
5e
i remedy for the evils which
afflict the
00. n either of them any ,
cept iii the total
et
ey
,e_usntrY! nor could he see any remedy
ex
He could not
'Nen,
~..`"_iscrue Mischievous laws.—(Hear, heare
—(Cheers.) He could
v t adintvt°.
atprornise that great question.
naY eetteli the people should not have provisions
as cheap as
the
dist, e tie procured• There was no other remedy for all
, ess which .•.
4-orkla s prevailed than the instant and absolute therepealotfrade
are
ea n 3' greatw. --
extentaffect ,f
ebhuetapaf,!otda.r v i ti(guepdero!h
ear.)
He thought that
l'enle, trsentia who were parties to keeping up the price of tle
`aevs
et:•"°(.1 Were indirectly answerable for the results of those
tatarvatto, the lives of the people.—(Cheers.) The results
kwere 1
'na tie theian'l deatll—(Cheers)—and i f lie were a party toeoeuenpt: 'hie fee te law, he would feel that he was in some degree acHe
felt
thartbe ue deaths which it occasioned.—(Hear, hear.)
only
bv ots.,egreat relief which they were contending
,for, could f
see -""ed hY th of the different classes o
ierr.e...,11 e cordial co-operation
now
the
working classes
venee„idolite\to ear•) Neither the middle
when they were united
„ nee, suchanY object by themselves. But
aristocracy could
tietielel to power was acquired that no
Those were
the fee:-
Ns woe tong to resist them.—(Hear, hear.)
ilin s he had '
''Caorete,l% he had long entertained. With thosefcreeole,le,
and he
4:4. Derstlaeictension of the suffrage to the
whole
rid o' f class legis.
I,"ori etnn'ed that the country would never get
represented in
,arlia meta the Whole people were fully and fairly
entertained,
ant
itsho 7-(Cheers). Those opinions he had long
them
tea 13r. )30,-,,,,n4 ever be his most anxious endeavour to advocate , e,ddres,''taiXo, M.p., was then announced as the next speaker. A've„"itel e-mt" Meeting The Hon. and Learned Member
.was re-
see,:hen ai1...0 enthusiastic cheers, which lasted for some minutes.
hire ar'-mce was procured, he stated that if any encouragement
-,.," the e‘tee.-if any recompense or inducement were necessary to
lh. nobly;Ve to persevere in the good work which had been
lee'''''side `nrnMenced that r •oin iense would be found in the en-
,ra„th,, . , ec I .
able meet-
-1,,,,aa...,chee e excnernent —of that influential and respect.
to
pre.
f. te the re
That enthusiasm would give every motive . h
Id be great question in which they were engagea, and whic
oe beep le
carried
••••••-(0,4 every respect, he would say, delightfully .
t had
e.'ntrniterieee cheers.) When it was recollected. how
-' next
-;hithetetieem---first, there were statistical discussions—next en the fist,
doubts, hesitation, and opiiotshi,e
ti
pre-
lite ,t
tesoef things were remembered and compared with.
aws
('neke(i'lupee feelingf in this country as to the question of Corn I ,
tplec;,' hot a, now was, not only as a moral and a political ques.
et,•"eiplee - a religiou ' inseparably connected with the
'Lea - °t. that a question, insep .
all bound to defer-
-1,,,,„ l', nod
eh book to which they were
fallacies of the
grope f
Ta:_er,)--no longer were the frauds and
public im.
el,
byte Ne. "Zrth to east impediments in the ofway
by the
ettatg_Y, y„lne question Of Corn-laws was now taken up
The
pet")lis, ette"i.'n and hy others,e of England.—(Cheers.)
and
rhe:yeall. terehily,es; the m and the daughters of Eng
,tle,;)"-ttiese t in& to get rid of those iniquitous laws—(Loud
the' was : ',W, which had given authority to that monopolyd
50d hb,,at°l intolerable an injustice—which had perpetuated
114,14 Priett e alstero of giving up to the few the
tri.goh
rieB-,"t at th,eig," of the many.—(Hear, hear.) The. Rtgh
_H
w'
ilorte) rqore e4ead of the Ministry had referred to his (Dr.
.B
It'll;
aerie eoertL" reference to the state of feeling and trade
Cont
int% oe'l oche nlie (Dr. Bowfin) had been sent to the .
:er Th'ie ene,'h of Europe to ascertain what were the feel_
iket'' ''aesls- re'ear,' '6vernment The feelings and wishes of that
•tiereasi'n iarte'eeTiverYthing he could desire—(Cheers)—the mar-
had gee :,'! 41,11,-4 ler:lands for British produce were considerably
Bit/ of thisttect of iteaals were made which would have undoubtedly
eree, entryl4nving the condition and securing clue prosper_
‘nede' ' c,loe h' Wh t the answer made when he (Dr.
the 4 the 44?....a (Crieswas " Hear, hear.") The answer
Tim 0en„.14 elyiti., of .
" we cannot touch
5 herea irs-e(efee'n Government was, ,
touch the
Laetae a'5."..,(1., 4r, hear, and groans), la e cannot (en ee' to the Britishnti disapprobation.) No matter what
.t he ad-
ne see not toe
e.,People ma be the German and foreign mar-
sh 'foerre be "'ado ace • y ' (Hear hear.) The
all th_ . any shap
not
hessible to them
c;
f England—nor
izenitth:l7 hakeee thy
i:rncaueeiaovfe
ctleireiorniannu acThe
people of Germany
hater Its onea„ 'it and the people of 'EnYgland might stara e, for the
4 eetm,a.4ne monopolists should d' -curbed —(Hear.) He
et e. i' 'ed the condi • not be is . •
port "h that of non of the people of Prussia and the Conti-
tounit the People of England, and having had a good op-
e, ,e nf Making that ngland,
Si' that the cont comparison he had not the least hesitation in
e r Roe rast was most d' •editable, most dishonourable
hee etrt Peel —(Hear, e iscr. .
l'es gn(lwas
' ear.) If the condition of the
people of
etest contrasted with th• t • • of the most im_
hed eounte 4 of the inhabitants
e ghee_ .
.ies on the Continent Sir Robert Peel should blush
'..ivto3
...e.Je ror being the cause of th ' ' rt of England, and for
4 n,itleh t,orsrevented the repeal of those laws which had caused so
(pr.
tivcrY through every part of it,—(Hear, (aHear hear, and cheers.)
t, ter pewr'ne) had visited most—of the' cities of the north
trianyrnhie
peke he could assure the meeting he had never
ntho t:erowooclai the extreme poverty and distress which existed
re
,t4.4aa4,
a..r.l3tolton, with which he was connected. Therestawte
of
dt4itieo, :Id°
prens of thousands of his fellow.men in a b
huri
to et, of thee, °clueing that v. hich they could not sell, thoug .
U -3"•-•••-f er-anala of persons in Germany are anxious and willing
4eabaetileth ar, hear ) Was that state of things to be endured—
Useli: encncluot of .the Right Hon. Icaronet be tolerated merely
hatitry \-eliresented, as he called it, the great landed interests of the
e(1 Proe,°' But as the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin
with eerie cautery the matter be analysed. Look at the
vete etts eons..
.ed, let
• e tangMe unintion of the lower classes of this country.comp
relative
" nrted ati --(Hear hear)—look at their
teen;'
eee,„4 -if thset"racY • ' was' to be carried out, it must be
comparison
hone at jaa-` ',ere are miseries endured in England which are not to be
witi I.), p arlY other Part of the world.—(Hear, hear.) Yet there
~n this "Me who had so much moral aptitude, so much virtue, as
4,r eehheercuritry
five months
erasion Was • Was it not insulting, that after
thee`'ori and consideration her Majesty's Government
!ne COtioßne forward and say they a'dmitted the extent of misery ill
tspeet tc:Ye h.ut they did not imagine that the proposition with
't4r,)
At h.. 5 intn reaction of corn would affbrd any relief?—(Hear,
~'ly
n):.tar as he (Dr. B.) was able to see, he could state post_
'reitee
te t the proposal of Sir Robert Peel wag much
14 Ili "an the law as it was at iresent.—(Hear.)
the oenglit Ron. Gentlem •t, 1 d t I
rfect the machinery of
that
t.et'',leaws. Ile told atluiernmliTeveas nooptesatisfied with those who
'hat to,7.ue averages ; and Ito proposed, therefore, to introduce
Ykt s. rt unpopular part of the administration, the excusedo draw
hi,
.!ghter the cord by • foreign ' lle
th 'front l which corn was exclude.
7'l' bre
adept by some mismangement the People should obtain
-13,
„e
bone shilling cheaper. He was determined that
tore be
ees.;
and that only on certain terms should foreign
hot be"; arinlitted,_
(Hear, hear.) He was sure that this would
that a chceiated as a solution of the question. He rejoiced to think
'Thole eeigher and nobler tone—a clearer understanding of the
Wise 4"e_stion, now pervaded the land.—(Cheers.) He viewed
and ex'4at• indifference the squabble between sliding.scalea
t 0 so reeeeduti''s• He should be sorry if the question were lowered
hrinetei' and unworthy an inquiry. He would not give up the
luriee`,l! that the bread of the people ought not to be taxed. That
*4hl are tat the only solution"; ,•by that he would stand, arid he
!tal•hpeetorit•-..el)ct. of no solution which 1 ad for its object to show the
e,
aril_ f a fixed duty over a sliding scale.—(Hear.) Sliding
belt,
_autNed duties he should alike repudiate. The HOD. Gen-
hee It down amidst to cheers.
Nile
~,ev• Hr. WADE said they might be satisfied that nothing
(II 'nye the
ea, he_ , monopolists but their overwhelming terror.—
Pireey'. `'T.) Peel. had hoisted the black fla of monopoly
qeaere; be would give no qua ter to them, ands hey should give no
OPoe
~_ him —Meer hear T 1 hands' of the monopolists are
ge„ me ) le
throats ''
.
devil°Pple between of the people ;it was the death
I,nli relonopnly and free. trade, it was " pull
ho en.,... neorae.e_.._
(Hear, hear.) The operatives were those
Selees,
o"," decide the fight. Neither the middle classes, of them-
to_eree, ,
b.t41.,e ope,atives, of themselves could conquer the ark-
r'l,: (ler,' eytadr.,)°, .
ited, the aristocracy would sink in the struggle.
force Chartists wov'sl a morel force Chartist.—(Cheers.) The mote I
illawrid ey ftie_
~. u d come in to them if they extended to them tl e
Three s. Ile e".u. o_.ip. They only required equal rights and equal
e were differed from some of them as to the plan of action.
iootiget, because
me who contended that the Charter should first be
neer when that was obtained th
Beth • are it in their • ' e monopolists would no
Par e argued th power to impose burdens upon the people.
t?dye, .at before they could obtain the Charter they must
hold the right arm of 'mono 1 .
o
el-(ilear, hear, ) Veh' this
Y, and strike down its strong-
e o,n,e „ e
nail
. .en this had been done it would be time
th y 1,,.:1.."1 Iby carrying the Clue:ter. The Chartists thought
ht
elee,e;" net the confidence of the middle
Imjg
was Would
The
If the middle
pledge themse'v
. __
ea h . .es that when this measure
had in,fori t e operatives suld not b
4 red
the
e forgotten, he
_ operatives would join them in the attack upon