The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1823.

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MEETINO OF itEFOKSIERS Ar P.►ISLEY.
—mom—

The friends of liberal principles at Paisley, animated by
the spirit that had been excited in Glasgow by the pre-
sence of M . Brougham and Denman, resolved to meet
for the purpose of expensing their opinions upon some of
the leading sublet's which had been so enthusiastically
received in Glasgow. Hearing that Mr. Lawless, the in-
dependent Editor of the Irishman newspaper, had not
left Glasgow, they were desirous of having his company;
accordingly a deputation from the body asked and ob-
tained his consent to meet them. On Wednesday morning
this was announced in Paisley, and before the evening be-
tween one and two hundred persons purchased ticket.. The
meeting was held at the Saracen's Head, and the pro-
eeedings throughout were conducted with the greatest
decorum, until one o'clock in the morning, Mien the com-
pany broke op.
Mr. Lawmtes, aceonipanial by the Paisley Committee
of Reform, entered the room about 8 o'clock. Between
one and two hundred Gentlemen were present; although
the Meeting had been advertised only eight hours
prior to its taking place. Mr. George Mison was in the
chair; hlr.James Fleming and Mr. Duncan Henderson were
the Croupiers. The Chairman, after an appropriate address,
gare the fallowing loan:
•• The King, and may he never forget the principles that
seated his Family on the throne."—With three times three,
and loud cheers.

• The People, the only tree sodrce of legitimate power.'
—Three times three,i and hind cheers.

Song. A man'e s man for a' that.
" The Friends of Freedom, may they persevake in their
opposition to corruption and tyninny till their exerticins be
crowned with success.

Song. John Anderson my jde.—Mr. Henderson.
" Mr. LAWLESS, and may he long live to support the
liberty of that press he has so fearlessly and ably &dr°.
cated."—Three times three, and loud cheers.
Song. The Minstrel Boy.
After tie tumult of applause bad subsided, on the health
of Mr. LAWLESS being drunk, that Gentleman rose, and
began by observing that he had been honoured with many
' compliments by his own countrymen; but here,sald he, where
I stand, In an assembly of Scotsmen, who ars pleased to I
honor me, not because I have any personal claims, all
considerations are lost in the contemplation of the
grand principle with which my name is connected ;
and the liberty of the press, and the honest independ-
ence of its conduct is my purest and indisputed title
to the patronage t now enjoy in one of the most in-
tellectual assemblies Scotland can produce. Or what are
the principles which have recommended me to you at this
moment? The broad, honest, unsophisticated principles of
public jastice ; or, in other words. the giving to every
human being the right of thinking for himself on all
questions, whether those questions be civil or religious.—
, (Great applause.)—You have put your indorsement on these
principles, by the toast you have given this night—when
you drunk " the King."—You were right, when you drunk
the Aing,"coupled with the sentiment which followed ; you
are more right, bedause you do not act the hypocrite, and
you tell the King that the only solid foundation of the
throne of these realms are those principles which, as Mr.
0: moan admirably said, unseated one family, and seated .
another family on the throne of England.—(Criss of"hear,"
through the assembly) Why is his present Majesty more
popular than most of his predecessors ? because there is an
impression that he has a proper sense of the duty he owes
to the people he governs—because be assumes no powers
incompatible with 'people's rights, and in my country,
through the medium of his representative, endeavours to
mitigate the evil lie cannot effectually reme ly.—(Cheering.)
—What snore does the Reformer wont ?—nay, what mare
does a Radical Reformer want ?—a hard word. Gentlemen.
but still it is the honest word. What more dons a itqllicai
Reform want, than what Professor filylne,of Glasgow, iu his
own modest phraseology, was pleased to call a Substantial
Reform, at time late splendid dinner to Mr. Brougham. I have
been long an Advocate for Radical Reform—understanding
the term (toadied exataly , in the sense of Professor NI ylne ;
at 4 what then does 14d,ical man ?—it piano this, that

every honest maw, of sound mind, should have the right to
choose his representative that election should be frequent,
and that to secure the honesty of the constituent, and the
independence of the representative, the suffrage should be
aniversal.—(Enthosiasticeitetriog.)—.Do you want proofs ?
Go to America to demonstrate the exquisite advantages of
unleersel suffrage, and frequent elections. Look to England,
Scotland, and helms& for proofs of the calamity which
flow to a nation from the narrowing the natural rights of
man—the !mide are thrown aside, and the favoured portion
of the community, which should be denominated the mono-
tollet. of 'the constitution, become the worst tyrants
the community.—(Repeateel ebeering.)—Let not
the people be misunderstood—they do not wish to dis-
figure the temple of the Constitutionthey are anxious to
preserve to the King all the prerogatives, the laws of his
country invest him with. &id they are at all times de-
lighted in contemplating the ornaments of the Carinthian
pillar of royalty. (Great cheering.) I have long contetn•
plated the progress of Reform in the British Empire.—l
=at this moment, to the evidence of facts; are not
set eloquent, the most informed, the most enlight•
toed •of your own country, all son the side rif freedom ?
I will not mention names, great and venerable names, ho.
mewed& and orious to the country which gave them
Nett; • whom it pleased Providence should be
born in Scotland; bet who, 1 assert, is not the poet of
Scotland:done ; I will not thus libel his mighty and ex.
Imust'ess genius—be was the poet of the British Empire—
he was the poet of Europe—the child of nature—a
revelation of the divine spirit which teaches to man
his right', and makes the finest effusions of genius
the instruments of securing to mankind their inestimable
privileges. (Loud cheering.) From this wonderful being
to the great men of the present day, where is there a man
worth the naming, with the exception of one or two,
who can be charged with opposing the rights of mankind.
Wby is Burns in every library ? because he speaks the
language of nature. Yet Burns nas a Reformer; and
though a Reformer, lie did not despise the hereditary
thrones of aristocracy; no, nor any Reformer—any Radi-
oed Reformer, of the present day. He would, with Mr-
Barns, defend die claims of the aristocracy, as long as the
aristocracy acknowledged the rights of die people. Gen
tlemen (said Mr. Lawless), I have no wish, nor ever had,
to take a single feather from the plumage of aristocracy.
I would perpetuate all the powers of the Crown—all time
privileges of the aristocracy ; hut on one condition—and
that is, the condition of preserving the fall, perfect, and
unequivocal powers and privileges of the people. This is
the condition on which the King holds his throne—a solid
and substantial basis—and which is calculated to make a
King of the British Empire really and truly immortal.—
After returning thanks fur the reception lie experienced
there, is well as at Glasgow, and referring to the condition
of himself and his country, proceeded to ask
comes it to pass, that in this land, this country a hich can
boast of a more enlightened population than any part of
the Empire, that many of your institutions are as con-
temptible as your people are great, liberal, and gs-
nerons—bow comes it to pats that the best and most
opelenW and powerful portions of Scotland are robbed
of their constitutional rights? (loud cheering.) How does
all this come to pass?—because Reform has not taken
place; because that corruption which feeds on your privi
eges holds its place with a desperate obstinacy ; because
even the miseries of Revolution have not convinced the
enemies of the people of the wisdom of timely Reform ;
(enthusiastic applause 0 it is because Parliament is odt re-
formed, that the people of Spain are, at this moment, deso-
lated with the fire of a ferocious banditti (Loud cheert.)—
Had the public had ad honest and faithful Representation
in that Parliament, justice would long ere now, have
threw, her shield over Spain ; the tyrants of the condemn
would be driven back to the wilderness of the north, and
the cause of Goo and of man vindicated against the auda-
cious crowned ruffians who threaten general desolation.—
(Long and continued applause.) To Reform, then, let us
all put our minds—to that, and that alone, let England,
Ireland, and Scotland, give their entire mind, and even
that Noble Lord's conscience, which is so pure in a court of
justice, and so unintelligible on the Woolsack—(loud laugh-
ling) —eveo he will not refuse to strike the unanimous
wishes of the Empire. (Great cheering.) The right divine
meet will then discover from what political power proceeds
--the public mind will take its proper place—and the
pious and Holy Alliance, will also take their proper place
In the contempt and execration of mankind. (Cheering.)
I have long laboured to impress my countrymen with the
truth of this great principle—that Catholic emancipation,
or any other partial question should merge into the ques-
tion of Reform—on which the entire Ent,Jire can act with
energy and effect —and from which, when attained, every
blessing must necessarily follow. Mr. Lawless concluded
by proposing as a toast—
" The Independent Inhabitants of Paisley."
Mr. Lawless sat down amidst long and loud cheering.
Mr. Davies, after an animated preface, proposed (amid
loud cheering)—
"A speedy termination to all factions and divisions among
our brethren in Ireland, as the only effectual means of re-
storing her to happiness and prosperity."
Song. Exile of Erin.—Mr. Millar.

Mr. 51'Nst:irr, after the cheering had subsided, said a
Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament is a matter
of such vast importance, not only to his country, but to all
the friends of Freedom in every part of the globe—that a
patriotic meeting, of this description, could not separate
without raising their united voices, to its speedy and success-
ful accomplishment. To the want of this Reform, may,
with strict Justice, be attributed the disgraceful proceedings,
which, to the eternal infamy of the Allied Despots and their
slavish supporters, has been witnessed on the Continent of
Rarope.—(Load Übeers.)Notwithstanding the notorious
abase that has been made of the energies of this great and
mighty nation, 1 cannot, as a Briton, but feel proud at the
pre-eminence which she has attained ; and, though we
have eminent statesmen, brave soldiers, and intrepid sea.
men—though we are the first in arts, and in all those vir-
tues which adorn and give dignity to human nature ;—still
without a Reform in Parliament, these attainments cannot
be made so conducive to the advancement of useful know-
ledge, peace, charity, and brotherly love, among the great
family of monlcind. Permit me to give.
u A full, free: and fair representation of the people in
Parliament." (Loud cheering, with three times titter.)
•
Mr. LAWLESS next rose, and, after highly complimenting
the Editor, asked permission to propose as a toast—
" The tilasgow Free Paeis, and may its prosperity be
equal to the integrity and talent which conduct it." (Re-
peateti cheetring through the room.)
The EutTott OF 318. FRBB PRESS, in returning thanks,
took occasion to advert Co the restraints that were im-
pdsed on Relitions Liberty, and concluded a long and ani•
tasted speecii by giving—
" A speedy Abolition of the Test Laws,'
Drank with three times three, and greet enthusiasm.
Mr. LAWLESS rose and proposed the health of the gen-
tlemen composing the Sinsuish Committee. Wilk three
times three.

The next toast was—
" Sir Robert Wilson and the other British Patriots en-
gaged in t! le cause of Spain, tagetlia with the Native Pa-
.