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London, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

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p!toflohe Their hemeee,
"'nate friends of the, people, the enlightened friend3hoeint.hee.
their Christian conduct,
;Ile iZelela; vies
°f
m?ulteidthlimelitiaelatlheoeunettnliyer.e- economy.—(Cheers.)
there
wasaleerds.n)
:lill,'''''.. to tnaeiresartisiroecr'a.vtile supe.iors. They were et
oafnitt_n
the
, 't them. The neinufacturing and trading interestseono.hy
:'orkrttrY Were all their own. The operatives of the tr
!teewi're fast being educated out of those false, and perniciousnitining
s which they once tberishsd. They. were
sight of the
"lott hatchet of disease, and burying it in the re
advocates
of :4--they were joining heart and hand with the .
class
rrolea; and ere long all classes, saving that solitary
ble and
inee'l,lll opposition to them, would present a foetid.
oibot-111,Ie phalanx to the eyes of the Belshazzars of monopoly,seetie
writ' " they lifted their looks, would. even
.n0w.... d
..
"11' land-
IA g ti, the wall Who stood in their way ? ; I
my ?
hu'nk aristocracy of the country. And who wer I
of the
cartaitiwas their history? And what was -de hhen
the
aws? /loth might' be discussed, !storytogethe. earn_
his
oarer told these men he beat a eight to earn
!ad
.by the sweat of his, brew, and
tteat4tle thy•
alarm?tel h 'f be men of broad acres, w
to gettnic,titii
hnastures
d "tiles in
..aight line through preserves, and p
_,,,
Paddocks, and oth-fields, and hills, and dales,e""
el.ael,--th'ese men said, ' I No, we have a right above.e yours,t,..a_
letr-4 °a'oed than yours, that is to be protected in the u "1
trade of the
e.,,,,10.11 limbered participation of the eetirr
Well,
6a7,'Y lo the principal articles of its fool."—.(Hear.) •
to the time
,f th'er°:?l the time of William the Conqueror down
the
Corn-law
ethis'trth Edward and the reign of Elizabeth,
and cheap-
beis ci°4lltry had for its expiess object abundance
of
tiet,„ titl nag been devised and executed for the purpose
and say-
kg til'e e people a suffietency of bread at a low. rate,aey,
then
ippo, nation from the designs of the landed aristocracy, ,
d and
t!,
rut, tam
with the supply of the peoples'
) Eliza-
O.' elotbitant profits on its sale.—(Hear, heaF.
'IiI !named a law, or rather issued an order in Council..
for
tZ art that any of het- noblemen found combining ,
ke,p,erpose of selling the. peol les' food t undulerepreoL
kit°!.(_i be considered ae a combination ofd victual e
law of
tho"ng misdemeanour, and infringing the common
to
ty'llrltry.
liable
6,, ( Hear, hear. ) And as such they were. . e
aithi,;t•-• To be put iuto the pillory—( Hear,. heat)—to b
tit to a beery fine and sent to prison durireg the Royalthe
ii 144 e. If thes • I •
enforced by
6314'3 P 1' t. }dies were to be again
jailor of a
„ou
.ar lament, why then, he tholtght the
~
You
re-41`'..rItig Penitentiazy would say 'in 'his prisoners—
Noble
rod
Right on the treadmill make way ; I have _ r
t . get Honourable
anti Right Reverend tenants ff! .
els_ Pelace.—(Laagher, and loud tries of 6, Hear, bear. )
that you petty-lareeny men 31111 .assault men, you fellows
atree:teer_e:-„et!t here foe stealin'g loaves of bread in Thamfeees-t
thee your, °Pnalfields, give way, leave year places, nobler
tread-mill.—(A
laugh) 4 Nvill hiinceforth dance upon the
~
th'f{ead „t; I have a stupendous sort of offenders coming here."
eir9 nly Lord of Chandos, and that prince of ronlegaand d
_ tort of Nethei by, and the driver of the Derby '
cill
"those
,`2_ Mot. e of their colleagues, would take the places o
crimes.
ti3/4'..t. he 34:eursed eorn-lawa had tempted to commit
aeollitairn toted stere'
---‘, tween the serf on the one ha
aas
11l titheeaseesnzatcy on the other; but now that aristom-aeY
now
aPoli the e I ; they trampled now upon the Sovereign, n
Ptlli indili' t°P e'
"w
°Pori trade now upon manufactures, wow
..
fte. ~e. s rY, aed now tip,ni pave °w
- They we
pow leY returned themselve- to '11" .1i merit, They-were a
Rare to of provision mon a re.—arHaear hear.) If they
tiv...'
it. a.t honestly and put !pc ila ir( len 'they would write
11Z,House of Commor - el
Hos 'se'of Lords—MTses,
P'..tetilare, Peel, Grahaen? aantad. Company,n self-aepointeitil
kii,i:ttoo tne!-cliant for 27,000 000 of people. "—(‘Ctreeir.i' and
er'r'ei,eii",) 'hey wutild add to the inscription, 1- e‘• e
rior;
wteot.i llowed, for corn, beef, butter, bacon, or egg, 1"
'eon-
bettio,. liine•--( aughter. ) Take especial notice—No
leo h with the sho -
P "—(Loud cheers and
—A ter.
iit,
~ ) 'these wep or the wate%eoied
n rst claims
etil,stee•
,kOd vvhy ? relVaseirtnbericay.u"shee they were worse than
red teht'. 'tlo bat they had acquired power !iotho.e;f h i
I. had
tuezio
i:deiietteriedse !he; iti:iteo trionpolfeisets.twTentiteyir_temnoe.
yPears. It
ii,td
now !ported stuc!ported by PoethPe'r. monopolie,',e, and the saetnito:
poihwy wiire the entht a band of c,enfederatendd p T.
of° PpOiitical
taesti'elionbilhis eounti-yl''l.iistts 11,ot. qely ofh foomd,riaoperists
of the
'aseie 0 Prtrilege 'of a-
t r %•" re
czt ed
according to their
ice'; They Worsettiping —.O
lof ersonal free-
d,. atle this v '\ere the monopo_ists P
was the Chan-
t, of yes. ety Buckingham of to-day, l
i the India
aeitte,
..ertlyy, elm, as Chairman
e manifesto
i:,er,ro.mili.,.t.t,,t,the I hatched House, used to send forth
extinction of the
kt,(e f 1, itt,', "01 saying that to attempt the
as ,
)zek his ',' abominable system of Colonial slaveTy, s t°
and
limn' of%_sed right to the blood, and veins., and sme!,T 'colts
nle -', his fellow-men That was the constlieni
'a his ot°l_. liuckinghamjso conscientious, so sensitive, he
eet,id
.. 'glance to the farming interest of the country, that.t
for
the pir;.'°t consent to sit in the Cabinet, and went out of i ,
ere
*ooldlil'"" of jackeying th n ' ', to a belief that th
ation in
toted ' something Mih e ire of Sir Ro
belt Peel that
e meas ,
tier, e'nnnand thei
worthy their aecepta-
t .--( Hear, i r respect, and Prove
they
body
'4 GI ' near, hear.) This was the
v.
las ie.e,
~enntend aeainst ; it was a contest of land
people,
b, the ha v• the law '3of God, V. the tights of the
as
for,,PdPiness of the people; and all they wanted to do
h the
tlilatiote-ett a their plan of expediency, to . 1
t-sion, to
aste tile; and to starve the people into submie-
the
trave ill 'r strength. and to": send them intoh
quiet
141 ese-rpettorder that thq may remain in
tonetents.—
e„4, aild Ph,a6,3lssis°4 Of this Island and its contents.—
of to
bring
tili-'l. therri' ---4, / But he had another charge
o the
two.
of yearreited ''ad) it was the graevesttheyt
were lords
that
they soil, t,t,ot with them
becaus
of the
instance,
that leY peso '-nat they were monopolists'. the first
._.t .
they they 1 e'sed it, had, seized it m.
had tr ansmttted i
~
reY now t"t kipe t
distributed it,
. had fenced it
%oil, Pcssesse, , te had
railed
it round, .
and they
,aeet „ as.el set u.lt--they had t
s upon it, a t
man-traps
he
hill eerseo th q'ting• guns and
mot earth
I ever,
t'°P, enesty road, and scarce.y
mother e
which
e hared
glunpse of those beauties
her children.
('.,11, to the . . homage ofre the
i "re) , admiration and
t they we
wds qf th ne.qtiarrelled ot with them tha
nd that was
'4'''lth e''
Fair os ' n. h could see hem, hand
..
cak the
'Nis for bin, . P sass , e
h should neither e .
.n
h, f net jro"'.: If he could not,. e
If they rejoteed. i
th akt of ~, P. toe fence to look at them.
he would enjoy
ate •11elt• we
possessions, he could say

llet " With a propriety that none can feel
The A tiea Nyho lifts an unpresumptuous eye, „
ti4t
,Illarge 11711: s:nd says, My father made themdaall.
141 'Ley po, au to bring against them this
t,',"; h,
Iv seaseil these lands ; he would not investyigawtaebstlainregoiret
tar,o`lo'ci to bintld leave them in quiet possession, the
ect
only
Igo, Polists :fng against them was, that they were
virtually the
bitslist.„
of
,tl,le roil of this beautiful land, but stir. .
..
N The„ had thl great globe itself, and all whichbietunu
zlVlllti. 4re he',., ,'y
means of the law, converted t mockery
•Iti p: wag jetn-t ! our ea girt isle into a substantial._ua,
atacit'e'llee io",''ltn, that. there was corn in Poland,unin,ti 1 ' oft P'aLni, "lea, and on the plains of LDS',
it : God had
hired.ploa:th'!ire, if he was forbidden to taste
" n of these laws
t1.,.1t, rui,..:
tall luds, but the operation dor the
brie:e ta e.te'.7aY he furrow, and arrested the husbandman
scaDtPr '..- ...r I!' their toil—those who would have criaeddayloeuj.
re, '.4ki t„ds at. make them into ploughshares, ante
—for
Alb. ,e not ti'.:ll them into pruninw hooks—(Loud cheers)—for
)
'''...,071c.,'',.,,..0e1,e\Y Yfrsre",intr birtetheerds, millions
,:ew,e 1, Ng, be mu IPttie • sad.— m
the
lbee:d ari•to,!-:' slot this wicked man, the remake(law
jo
thty ,i.
oda at had
glv
efruom the shores of
,„;:ta.e? touitht
of,ii,llt.x,,e
stvairryletiailu'leemusoenpeoulei:eedf
itth. e
wuneivsteharrisar-e
-1 tile "'t to
hereY • bid he stand here to abust
tiles Workiar,
classes
to admire and bless God
ch,„ol4'e ea, tit,,,, They have passed for
the eh
et
stacks of
Olati,t,d an failote,ave Met them in the rboyadstheimusteblveeirs
tyke whe'elal th,4A. While the others were lolling
fro
*ey itt 411 l4g it condescension to cast the d e
____.
*l'. gr,::,34%e(ites ef the plebian and taunted pass_ owlie-1
t7(.4ii. arre;:euie antes 1 the custom-houses, the floors of tit
laws
atit the Weight of wheat, which theseabout
nhorined"reets, Put in Prison. They had prowled
had
wife h'3ln Illet'aced police ; they •
liav an star .e heeau by the
elfie siePt i - 'nig Quid se
1 (itert i n 00, h__, ren ; they
ithhee: fore were
teen
been safe, our
and tb r ; Yetst:ibie7l)iandi Of
therehavtehebreeenwamasonga
us,styaetrviwnge
''''s safely ; our pantries have °l' l'o"i• we'e isafe ;we haVe come out and gone
Ashton,
Peh onte h.,Oblic,ly- eh'e '4.,'hil
rouPnadisle or Manchester, or
r.oillions had been
theirY children, their
gselmts,
rliqiei ao bee, „ , oteitsred that the patience of an outraged
s_44ltl e,);;•-in. the a''' Out miraculous. He thanked them thus
come
?orttliistZattedliZonMetoof this Conference hely thanked them,
tleie.m,
!time tgeh. ~ persevere, for . sure
oi)ber , atit, for
and forgiveness,
theili
,if
~ t,.utiresisting
. submission to this most stupendous
d" for
~bi wi.,h
,t,i,tir rights would "‘ lead trumpet-tongue .
on-
their sublime
lasthe
Rle•:,,s'o tho"„i roan got de f tta rpea•
humanity.
and not utterly
kile, 41 the stem of bleedi: These men were
„..euld th -e sttettnti.
is ", and the founation of the country.
deli
....71.., reamer_ P!risth, and that Corinthian capital, vith
ioli-hed
tloT, be ilfent its beautiful strawberry leaves, and its
honYt 4 titaerve4 He WOUld not touch thsonsedwth.tos weren thed a
-
fall ;--(t,i- otititrv, and its strength,
ti; ''(h,:" 0f " Hear h ") Rather let the column
4-4- -toensc eheerin ' ear.
thought they were now just
rs Ille
„Ni ret• Y °aght to be.
.. nerd lArler.frr.Ql4 th eje pirears'egdn. cheers.)
l)ciee. Ilioe(uoldng.On
andwhere
st.o_i'gwhetreb,tett,‘le"rcie4thtt a:ekreyd
dwilstaint,
etthiye.y wTebreeyto do, and had not
d do all that
t4:t;aker tha7° honourable men. Those menwdo'iunimpio.wier,r,:tehr.:
,eth of uthae reed. He knew that they a
qt. Ortlrn,r...
,co,lnt ry. Ile knew that the Sampson b'falßrl-
tt'one I`e oad been lying down in the lap .
t. oght fort, tout they
bknr4,l to sl:,,‘')`l)ll)::,,tie knew that he had been shorn of his strengt
' Hear, and
.Pielers.) /14make sport for the Philistines.—(
*, ° alight „, „atosos God still lived
had put out his ees and he was n _
.'s orn • :'' "14 arm • otence, t(he7lainnceVilh'lsre;!
his eli'tienee hi hart. wil
Let Samp'on call upon
this -,.. L ,•s was love.
ii strut
1:t it,
these proud men sit aloft ; let them
man groping.
Gtoet;g ; let them marvel to see this ,s grope
°n. 'Vo 4' '43- C-riends," (continued Mr. Thompson,) o.`
look upon
li ha
4,45,' , Call ve the pillar to-day, you have clasped it;
cletuttupenout
' I' t 'll.'°n Your God, Who' is a God of justice. a
''. bretd,to the name of your country perishing
_fo.r. rant
't..cbe,,_ trul yet. a little while, and that edifice which
shallls
teemi:' 'tlQits weight so many millions of our country
theee7 at once and for ever to the ground."—(
o their
tleelar`T•) What, then should they do ? Hold fast y . .
Vrn!heneme ot
qay ....jlL'aof the previous nieht, and their declaration of Wat
oxi;edi"loar, hear.) The resk' before them was the rock of_
jou diet Tliey were embarked on board of the vessel of
N4-r4e°c-s—te' t°la, tut conditional, uncompensated—unless it
the c:3ll,Pensation for the injured—uncompensated repeal of
kito, I.4?:laws•—( Cheers. ) But they were not upon the quarter_
side
',`"ee were other men upon the quarter-deck. Upon this
ollse''' it, and upon that, there was Sir Robert Peel with his
toerleutus followers and proud supporters, who. used him as
(Hear' allY instrument that was ready to their purpose.
'l-1 1: "eat. ) And there were men who called themselves
4teitns, 110 were not repeaters. He warned them of this.
were those w ht the Americans would call "men of
fa-o)ittuity" in the House of Commons—men of name and
tneeutlY. and influence—who \ said "Yes, we attended many
'Peal ng't and have responded to many toasts for the iotaltr_e-.
, of the a.' Have
• but we only meant the repeal of hd-
bre''''t laws, and the enacting of fresh ones." They shout
aid such men. They would pretend to represent them,
by their fine speeches and sophistries endavour
(1 th,ir tediporary notions of expediency down their throats.t '.-"liear'•hear. ) Let them stand firm—let them regard tha
~41111 as w4rse than Sir Robert Peel, who consented to any
'4l:atinie wllich violated the principle of their cause. Let them_
I,t,h,is and they were safe • the battle would then go on out. of
th-:",,attterit, and triumph was' certain. What, then (continue
y - 11°,1. Gcntlernan)..arrre you to do? Be united; throw
;.turselves upon the k 9 1 ‘ses of this country. Get the peo-
-1) eat your back. o"°nrotlia; afraid of them---do not neglect them
--Q0 not fezir to look them right in tke face. Take their hands,
'etar4,a 1:1 their ord r • listen to what they say, correct their
' r's•----( Hear, hear'. ) Let me tell you that the other day,
Sri a distant city in the north of England, I had a five. hours
KilleaA
tlioaie blowde lite , in an immense meeting of working men.
pelting of the storm five hours. What came
ft.• " I d, or eodeavoured to show, that 1 was their
4'4". The clock struck twelve, and instead of a tempest,
ii4tea of violence and unreasonableness, and animosity
teem opposition, the soh and the tear, and, by and by, a
thatetoendous burst of acclamation, demonstrated to me
they wire men with " organs, senses, dimensions,
It4ssioos like ourselves ;" with reason that • you might appeal
Wuul,°' 'with affections that any one might win ; and that they
._„ -, 1.1. .- . ',ben you demonstrated tl...ct you were their
Li‘-',c-•. ~. ~.-.• them that which no man would withhold, a
Ple' . •
~, ~ 1.14, -, ~,,,,. nave a right to snmething u...ore than: bread ;
and that if they, with peaceful weaponsovill help you to fight
this holy warfare for that charter which you find iri the first

Page of the iiih!e, you will help them as tar as your under-
standings and your consciences will permit you to go, yolt will
help them to obtain that power,without which, if we repeeled the
Corn-laws to-day, we should find ourselves unable, Successfully,
through coming years, to contend• with the monster whose jaws
had been forced to disgorge the prey which it had taken free„
a starving people. Throw out, then, your grapt2ljeek-trons, and
bring all these men home to you. You lee going-4. and bye
to your respective neighbourhoods,. end there you can do much.
You are the true Conservat.;:res Of this eloutitilthe Wier men
plot treason.—(Ch' ees.) I •ttleer.ge them With violating the
Constitution of. this country, and tri.Mpling upon the sacred
i".incti":-.1 of the Denalogue, and tying in the face of our
n .tonal religion, which teethes us to tray seven times on the
sabbath : " Give us this day our daily bread." I charge them
with these heinous offences, and 1 charge it upon you tit link
yourselves with the people, to become one with their' ; and,
while they take a course at once injitrions tri physical happiness,
the moral purity of the people, and the debility of the nation,
take you a course 'which wilt preserve all that is worth pre.
serving, and extirpate ell that defaces our beauty, diminishes
us
a aw
cmireproacheeeetiiinnggi
)tthoe elbytes shmaolfol
shall'
the eoetw.
tare ou our
—(Loudadvantagestre n g4tt strength,
of or
a takesC long-continuedor Corn-law
than this:—(Hear.) A word to the wise. When the
tieliasnevssh, ashllalclobemeonth:tthee
that
mpooptmee, the
ntth mi
the doom
and the w
o(mofthec Corn-law;
ng
,s
shall be sealed. I thank you, Sir, for your attention, and
beg respectfully to wish you farewell.—(llr. Thompson sat
down amidst vehement and reiterated applause,
The resolution was then passed by acciatimf on.
Mr. MASSEY, of Manchester, ttioved--" That, whereas her
Alajsety's present advisers have wholly dissatisfied the country
by refusing to bring itt h measure for the immediate and total
abolition of the Corn and Provision-laws, a memorial from this
Conferenft be presented to the Queen—(Cheers )—expressing
an titter want of confidence in her present advisers, or in any
Ministers who will not propose to Parliament the total and im-
mediate abolition of there laws, an their alarm at the conse-
quences likely to arise from the distress of the suffering people."
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
Mr. COATES, Delegate from the Tower Hamlets, moved a
resilution to the effect that the Conference should adjourn
until six o'clock in the evening, to reassemble in the same
place, to receive the sentiments of such Delegates as might
wish to declare their opinions of the Conference and the
country, but recommending the speakers to be brief,as a number
of gentlem tri were anxious to address the meeting. Mr. Coates
then said he should-best recommend brevity. in the evening by
being brief himself in the morning.--( Hear and laughter.) Some
people had been weak enough to anticipate good things from
Sir Robert Peel, but he (Mr. C.) was not one of them. On
the contrary, he endeavoured last night to ere rect their delu-
sions at a public meeting, by telling them a story about the late
Rev. Air, Huntington, a well-known and most popular preacher
of the Calvinistic connection. Mr. Huntington was once in-
vited to a new congregation, and the people were as eager to
hear him as they were to hear Sir R. Peel last night in the House
of Commons. The preacher commenced by saying " Beloved
brethren, if you have come hither expecting to hear an eloquent
and learned discourse, or a grammatical discourse, then I am the
man to disappoint you."—( Laughter anti hear.) So Sir R. Peel
might have said if you came hither expecting liberal principles
or free trade, or even an approximation, however remote, to
free-trade, I am the man that can disapp iet you
( Loud laughter, and cries of hear, hear.) The Pr hoe Minister
however, said that the good and bad harvests did not fellow
alternately, but came in cycles. Now, that was discovered b
a cleverish youth about 4,000 years ago.— ( Cheers and laughter.)
But during the seven rears of plenty he stored up against the
seven years of famine, so that ,he was able to supply Egypt,
and also Palestine. While Sir Robert would not permit a
supply to be laid in against years of famine in years of abund.
ante, at seasons of famine he said you must eat bread
at the famine price. This was the whole substance
cf his political wisdom. It seemed to be r. satisfaction to the
Prime Minister to state that the people of Prussia were worse
off than the people of England.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Was
it to find out this that the King of Prussia was re-
ceived with such splendour and hospitality on our shores?
But he bad but tittle knowledge of the people of this country
if he thought they would derive satisfaction from knowing
that the subjects of a despotic kingdom were in a more miserable
condition than themselves. But still they were not without hope
that when they got more ground down—when the poor were
poorer still, and the hungry hungrier still—when the people
of England were brought down to the level of the most de-
graded nation—then the time might come when Sir tlobert Peel
would be their political saviour. Perhaps Sir Robert
did not think that. they were yet sufficient sinners to receive
his gown.—( Laughter.) Perhaps he would say in the words
of the well known hymn—
Come hungry, come thirsty,
Corte ragged and bare ;
You can't come too dirty,
Come just as you are.
—(Shouts of laughter.) He, (Mr. Coates) had a better
opinion of the good sense and indomitable courage of the
people of England, to fear that the nation would hetrampled on
by a faction.—( Cheers). Whatever might be done to reduce
the people to the condition of the lowest of the
low their spirit would revolt against it, and every
man in England would exclaim, " I'd rather be a dog, and
bay the moon, than such a Briton."—( Cheers.) The motion
which he rose to make was, that the Conference should ad-
journ to six o'clock in this place. But he wished also to
inform them that there would be a meeting at mile end at
eight o'clo k, for the purpose of promoting the same righteous
cause—(Hear, hear)—and he had the plea ure to add, that
although they were in this district in the heart of the Char-
lists, and surrounded by a mass of the poorest
of the working classes in Bethnal-green and Spitalfields, there
never yet occurred a public meeting on the subject of the
Corn-laws in which free discus-ion was not allowed, or order
not maintained—nor one in which the resolutions were not
carried almost unanimously.—(Hear, hear.) At all those
meetings he had had the good fortune to receive a vote of
thanks for his impartiality, in which vote the Chartists pre-
sent unanimously joined.—( Hear, hear.). The secret of his
success was short and simple, it was to give a fair hearing to
all men of all creeds.—(Cheers.) He was quite sure
that the only way to make truth triumph was to investigate
and give it fair play. If they wished to make the cause of oppo-
sition to monopoly truly powerful, they must look downwards,
and not upwards. They must unite themselves with the working
classes. If the middle and working classes were united, they
might make a present of the aristocracy to the monopolists.—
(Cheers.) lie concluded by moving the adjournment to six
o'clock.
The CH A IRM AII then, in terms of warm eulogy, introdueeda
seconder of the motion, the gentleman well known as author of
the letters signed" Diogenes' in a Mo-ping Paper.—(Cheers. )
The Gentleman then came forward, and said, that the kindness
with which he was received on the present occasion confirmed him
in the conviction he had ever bad, that if a man would but con.
scientieusly and diligently exert himself in a good • cause, he
would receive from Englishmen his reward, no matter from what
clime or country 'he came, or to what class he belonged. NV ben
he first took up the question of the Corn-laws, it was fashionable
to declare them a bore. It was difficult to make any person listen 1
to any argument on the subject. If he began to talk of reciprocity,
every one would say, that, if he supported the doctrine of reci
procity, he should lose his cash. But he said, that if he went to a
baker, to purchase bread with tar instead of with cash, he would
be certain of not getting as good bread as if he had brought cash.
So much for the doctrine of reciprocity. He would be extremely
brief, and only observe, that he trusted he benefited the good
cause, whether he introduced Sir Robert Peel to his friend Hub.
bard, in the City, or to his own friends in Mark-lane—whether he
showed him how his Jim .Crow scale worked, or raised Lord Stanley
to the dignity of the Marquis of Tamboff. He would say no more,
but beg to support the resolution proposed.
The CHAIRMAN then put the question, which was agreed to ; and
it was intimated that the Conference should reassemble at six
o'clock this evening.
Mr SYDNEY SMITH then came forward, and addressed a few
observations to the meeting. He stated that 994 petitions had
been presented to the House of Commons, in favour of repeal of
the Corn.laws, since it had assembled this session, whereas the
Prime Minister's siiding scale was supported only by three
petitions.
The Conference then separated at a quarter to four o'c'ock.
Among the Delegates present we noticed—Sir William Low-
thorp, of Hull, Mr. Bouitbee, Col. Thompson, Mr. Greg; Mr.
Sturge, Mr. George Thompson, Hamer Stansfeld, Esq., of Leeds,
the Rev. Dr. Campbell, the Rev. T. Binney, the Rev. James Car-
lisle, the Rev. Dr. Reid, &c. Among the Members of Parliament
present, we noticed Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Williams, of Coventry, Dr.
Bowring, and Mr. Ewart.
Copy of a resolution passed at a General Meeting of the Members
of the Manchester Anti-Corn-law Association, held on Tuesday,
January 25, 1842 :
ress for a
" That the Deputation to London be instructed to
p
total and immediate repeal of the Corn and PrOViSiOn laws,
resi and
should any modification be offered, that they (the Deputation) st
and repudiate the attempt."
Nearly 100 Deputies arrived to-day.
" ADJOURNED MEETING.
The Anti-Corn-law Conference again met, pursuant to adjourn-
ment at Six o'Clock last evening, in the large room at the Crown
and Anchor, P. A. Taylor, Esq., in the Choir.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the Delegates on the exceedingly
satisfactory meeting of the morning, and said, he had no doubt,
by continuing such a spirit of unanimity, enthusiasm, and
deter.
mination, they could not fail eventually to carry their object.—
(Cheers.) It was impossible, considering the great importance of
the business which was before them this morning, and the great
importance of that winch would occupy their time to.morrow morn.dis-
ing, which was to present a memorial to her Majesty lbr the
missal of her Majesty's present Ministers—(lmmense cheers)—it
was impossible in the morning to give many Deputies who were
desirous of addressing the Conference an opportunity of laying
before the Conference au account of the statistics of the various
localities. They had met this evening, not to pass any resolu-
tion, but to give those Deputies, who were desirous of so doing, an
opportunity of laying an account of the statistics of the respective
distress before the Conference, and as as several gentlemen had re.
turned their names as being desirous to address the meeting, he
would impress upon them the importance of condensing their re-
marks into as short a space as possible.
Dr. PENNY, of Reading, said that the Conference had hitherto
heard, almost exclusively, of the state of the eaanufacturing dis-
tricts. He was a Deputy from Reading, which was in the heart
of the agricultural districts, and he could state that Reading had
never witnessed so exten ive and such largely extended distress
since the Corn-laws had first been enacted.—(Hear, hear.)
The farmers in that treighbourhocd were not, generally,
very enlightened on the subject, aand those who were so were
not at liberty to express their opinions, in consequence of the in-
fluence of the domineering landowner.—(Cheers.) needing was
at the present moment virtually unrepresented in the House of
Commons, for such was the state of distress at the period of the
last election that the candidates felt that they had an opportunity
of exerting influences deleterious to the character and principles of
the electors to obtains their votes, which they could not obtain in
an honest way, and the consequence had been that two Tories had
been returned to represent a borough which, for years, had been
represented by Liberals ; and they had been petitioned against for
bribery and corruption, and consequently Reading might be said to
be unrepresented. He was no party mart—he was a Minister of
the Gospel, representing his congregation, and he had the satisfac-
of stating that he had brought up with him a petition from that
congregation, to which 250 signatures were attached, praying
for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.)
He had been sent as a deputy to Manchester, and in the Town
Hall of
Reading had given an account of Isis deputation. The
Hall was crowded to excess, and the utmost unanimity prevailed in
approving the progress of the Manchester Conference to have, not
a sliding scale—not a fixed duty—but no duty at alt.—(Heer,
bear.) He had been present at a meeting last week, not in the
Town Hall, for the Tory Mayor had refused the use orit—(Cries
of " Shame.")—but at that meeting, which was attended by
5,000 of the working classes, the most p
pre-
vailed in favour of the abolition of the existing law. Tire cause
of Anti-Corn-law r perfect unanimity
epeal had made immense progress in Reading
within the last few months. He was in favour of a further ex-
tension of the franchise.—(Loud e
tists in Reading, but
s--(lsoud cheer;) They had many
they Cha-
rtists had never interfered with the efforts of
the Anti •Corn- .aw I
League.—(Curers.) e--(Cheers ) They had said, "We will
help you to repeal fire Corn-law' and hope you will help us, as
far as you can go, to
(Continued cheering. obtain an extension of the franchise."—
) It was high time that some one should
the Physicians to heal himselfuch
arise who would administer
diet for his patient, butmi thhoeisportflopeeramleruthrgode toorPeceul;aesww.outoldgcivoemtpheel
(Cheers.) He had prescribed low
soon be restored to a state of
patient plenty to eat,
as the air, and exercise, and he would
that the time would speedily comehealth and rigour. He hoped
throw overboard all those who when they would be able to
fixed duty, when they would see theiradvocated either a sliding scale or a
world, and coinmeres :tee air
ports thrown open to all the
in the courity• of Reeks for more thaew of ors incii•Adual who lived
octal:.—(Hear.) lie ('Sir.
Penny) Lrhthas wal:ts the tiilirs upon the
respectable
radian, who, n sixty years, the soo of a
owing to extreme depression, brought

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vPeerismi te);} fortyS° m'ep
t timeck ets , etre,
stub
ma ts imndairvkieddua.lo gwahviechtowheire him on by the existing laws, had fallen from a state of comfort into ad_
rally 4d 6d , Is., and never exceeding 2s. 6d. The articles
were pawned for the purpose tr biiihting the poor
Matt to procure stistehinCi for himself and his wretched
grandchilttrets; end of those articles one was the little frock of his
perishing grandchild—(Criea of " Hear, hear," and " Oh, oh.")
That was a state of circumstances existing in the centre of those
who advocated high aristocratic principles—in the neighbourhood
of the Duke of Wellington's princely abode—in the midst of the
proud mansions of those who, because subjected to no sufferings
themeelcee, imagined, or scented to imagine, that rto degradation,
no distress *as ehdured by the people. But there was a point
beyond Which the patience of the people could not be provoked.--
(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the principles of liberty, to which
expression had been given in the course of this Conference, would
find an echo in every bosom, and then, and then only, they would
find that " Britons never would be saves."—(Cheers.)
The Cumin AN next announced the Rev. Dr. Bailie, of Sheffield.
The Rev. GENTLEMAN then came forward, arid said that he-was
not a Doctor, but he thought that if he were one, after having
promised a recipe for a desperate case, he should at least have the
courtesy, when he delivered it to his patient, not to torture him
by saying that he had noconfidence in its success. Sir R Peel, after his
long preparation for the present—after having sent to all corners of
the empire emissaries to collect information—after having told the
people of England to be patient, and that he would provide a re-
medy—after all that, the Prime Minister came forward last, night
and told them, n hat ?—why, that in the remedy which he proposed
for the sufferings of the people he had no confidence' whatever.—
(Hear, hear.) Sir Robert repudiated his own plan, and how, then,
could they avoid repudiating it also ? He (Mr. B.) was not dis.
posed to repeat all that had been already said to prove how great a
nuisance the Corn-laws were ; he would only say that hitherto he
had been in favour of a fixed duty, not because he thought it a de.
Yensible measure, but because he thought it the only one attain-
able.—(Hear, hear.) But now he repudiated that
,measure which
he advocated before, and whatever power lie had he should pledge
himself to exert it to procure the total, entire repeal of the Corn.
laws. Sir R. Peel had last night proposed a maw addition of the
al.dtng scale, and he (Mr. B.) trusted that the first use that
would be made of it would be to slide the Right
Hon. Baronet into the position of a private individual.—(Cheers
and laughter.) As a Minister of religion he felt himself bound to
advocate principles of justice. When John Knox was taunted by
some parties to abate somewhat of his claims, and concede
something to the severities of the time, he sternly replied that
his Divine Master was to him all, and that he would stand or
fall by the invincible justice of the everlasting God.—(Cheers.)
Let that be their motto—(Hear, hear)—and they were sure of
ultima e success. The course of justice was a glorious• one, and
would triumph in the end.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel, and those
who advocate his measures, must remember that, little as these
meetings may appear to him, they contain no small voice of warn-
ing on several other subjects relating to the great evils that are
passing in this country.---(Hear. hear, hear.) He believed
that that day a new war hail commenced, and God only knew
what might be the issue. A question had been raised in a form
more than phantasmal, and it would be well if it did not come with
terror. A little time ago the country would have been content
with half the measure now demanded from the Government, for
tardy legislation on this subject will share the fate of tardy legis'a.
tion on all other occasions. In 1628 the franchise was asked for a
few great towns; in 1830, it was demanded for the whole kingdom
—(Cheers.) In 1636, Charles was asked to abate a few of the
national grievances, and refused; he was petitioned in 1639, and
refused ; and again lie was petitioned in 1640, and again he
refused; and at the end of that year indignation had brimmed the
national cup, and struck down in quick succession all that sup.
potted that absolute Throne, and brought about the Common-
wealth —(Cheers.) Let those times and those hist tries be present
to Sir Robert Peel—for he might be assured of this, that those
principles will be reacted ; and if the aristocratic power is to set
at nought the claims of the people, the next step will be—how did
the aristocracy come by its power ?—(.Cheers)—and by what
nicans can we recover this possession ? The next question
will be, ought the aristocracy and the power of the landed interest,
or the popular power, to be predominant in Parliament? When
the crisis came, when one of the two will hare to be preferred, he
knew that the tardy justice which Sir Robert Peel was
so reluctant to give, will decide that the people shall have the
preponderance.—(Cheers.) This contention with the power of
Parliament _was big with other issues than those of the Corn.
laws : the people who have read one page of our mischievous
legislation of itl.educated legislators, (our Colleges, it appeared,
were very fine places fur learning political justice)—those who had
read one pege of this mis.logislation of their Governors—will turn
far back, and read more ; and as they turned beck they will find
upon the memorable trial of Lord Strafford, when impeached be-
fore the House, and when he made such an eloquent
defence upon every point of law, that he beat Pym,
and all the patriot lawyers who opposed him. Pam
alone, in the spirit of patriotisin, rose and said, " There are
points at which the statute law dies, and where we must revert to
the eternal and unrepeatable laws of humanity, which are above
amt before all Parliaments; and upon those laws, the laws of man,
it is that we impeach him."—(Loud cheers.) This was the
ground they must occupy, when they found that they could not
obtain political justice from Parliament. If the National Church,
that placed its eminent teachers in the House of Lords, fails to
educate that House and the House of Commons, in the common
principles of morality, then the people must educate those Houses
—(Cheers)—in those principles.—(Loud cheers.) It was not pre-
tended that a repeal of the Corn-laws in the abstract was an injus.
Lice, but Sir Robert Peel said, last night, that in the complicated
state of the country it would be an injustice. Is it then come to
this? Is it because ages of mischief have been growing up in
forest height, and to forest density, • that the bright
beams of heaven are never to pierce through it ?—(Cheers.)
No! if they wanted justice, whatever other measures may be neces-
sary let them be had too.— (Cheers.) He had said that the pre.
sent struggle was big with other events than the mere dispute upon
the Corn-laws; the great trial of monopoly was now to be met,
monopoly of all kinds, monopoly of religion, monopoly of Lcgisla.
tion, monopoly in Parliament, monopoly of the' pension-list, mono-
poly of the Colonies, monopoly everywhere—(Cheers.) They
were about to enter upon the great trial of monopoly, in the per.
sons of the starving thousands of the people and a tilled and
gorgeous •aristocracy—(Cheers)—and as to the issue, he was con-
fident beyond a doubt, and night and morn it should be his prayer
for the advent of the justice of the invincible God. Justice, like God
its author, was uo man's enemy, and ought to be hated by no man.
Let the aristocracy bring or. the trial, and let the people of England
look to their part in it, and remember that if Peel should carry
Isis measure by a triumphant majority, it would be a great calamity.
But Sir R. Peel might apply to himself a verse of Quatles, the
quaint author of the " Emblems." To a man determined to avoid
justice, he seers— _ _

" The farther ofF you go,
Justice deals the weightier blow."
So with him; the farther he travelled from the high road of jus_
tice, so much the heavier would be the blow with which the people
of England would visit him. He considered that the. communica-
tion that had been made to Parliament would raise- a sensation
throughout the country, which Sir Robert Peel was not prepared
to meet.