North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-04-26
April. o6

; The want OF universal Suffrage has enablc5
oppFessors too lonF 10 ride roueh-shed Owe, %
want of Universal Suffrage has allowed tho -
Of the factory system too long 10 CANINE.
bloody system, deiotni the bodies and deh,a.t
lns the minds Of our children Oh ". n,.n '.
crs and factory-lords How will YOU an,,...,
the wholesale murders We have con,m;,teI '''
Will We answer at Gods judgu,ent-sest IA, r.
crimes against humanity Tho want Of /, ~
sal Suffrage has enabled the Wings and r..
frame that bloody law. the New Poor Law >,
New Poor Law Is step the first IN the Ph,lo,,,i
/ cal system by which the Wings and Nrabb,,t
Liberals hope to rule England. Step the secor3
to be the establishment OF a Rural Polirs :,
! force their dannable Act and to sileneo Tho 49,,
murs of the people hut Il the waigs shall a..
attempt The establishment Of THAI un-Euelt,b ~
constitutional force, rather than have IN ,,r..
hamlet, on every ioorpath, on every bghsav
mercenafy spy--rather than have tuch d,,,rsl
state Of things-l say " Cry havoc. and 10, ny
the dogs of war" -And what thlnI, YOU. nv COM.
trymen, and what think you my fair country v@
men, Is to be the third step in this helllsh system
why that your third or fourth child shall be ,o,
from its mothers breast and ther and tbcr. ,
TO death. We will nal
country one vast, bowling wdelnos IS OF desol,,;o.
and destruction rather than the ~ rants shah
ny out their Internal system. Cheers and c,I..
OF we will" They say we are / 90 manv--iI,,
popaiation increases faster than tho means Of s,l
sIstsnce, II so let those leave the Ia nd who DO NJ,
love labor-let those who work not le,yo n,
country, and when tho Aristocracy betakc Then.
selves TO Van Diemen's Land anti the none,
mongers TO the devil, take nv word far II tL
will be enough Jeff for you and mo- But we,r,
not leave the land Of our sires--ws will not ora
the land that gave US birth.
II bugs modest me as in bed lie.
Shall desert my bed for them No,T
will arise and every bug destroy.
New make my bed, and all IS sweets enloy,
Again ask what do we want =? We wantth
every nan should have his wife, nd ever, yon,,
her hns5and-we want that every lad should have
his lass, and every lass her ad-we want the bus
band to be able to support his wife in comfort
without sending her to The damned rattle boxes
o be able to up his children OIL his own hearth
stone without sending them to tho &c hell holes The
factories.
we want state Of things in VIII ich every younn
nan shah be able, without fears 70 the future to
axe unite himself wife, and fulfil tho laws OF ma
ure and OF God. Men of Derby, we will have our
wives and our sweehearts, and, il needs be- we
Will defend them with our own light arms. with
'ur hearts best blood. have given you to un-
erstand that the men Of the North are armed
invite you to follow their example. You have a
Isht to be armed the Constitution enoins il nm.
n every man as his duty to be armed fulfil. then
our duties, exercise your rights, and then your
yfahts VIII listen to your petitions aud grant your
emahds. Initiate the brave men Of the North--
exhibited In paragraph TO be found in that
ones advocate Of the poor man'!, rights. Tile
Perdttve, OF Sunday last, which stated that in tho
OF Newcastle, sturdy democrat
o'thy Of me oiden tune, cast lots with his wife as
} whether his coat her cloak should be sold to
nrchase musket Tho lot fell lpop the coat
was sold and the musket purchas I'd thus GGl.
ng the command of Scrpture-'sHt that nath no
woru let MN sell his garment and buy one"
me was when every Englishman had n umske,
MS cottage, and along with it hung the fitch Of
icon now there was no fitch OF bacon because
ere was no musket let the musket be restored
~ the h'tch OF bacon will soon follow. Iwill
1t further detain you this cold day, but thanking
~ Tor your patient attention, and kind reception
VIII fellre, repeating 10 you that you will get
'th'hg from your yrants but what you can take,
"a you can takonothng unless you are propery
cpafed 90 to do In the words Of a good man
en-, say" Arm for Peace, arm for Liberty,
m Tor Justice, arm for the rights Of all. and The
rants VIII no longer laugh at your petitions"
emember that
"our green flag glitters DER us
Inc friends we've tried
Are by side.
And the foes we hate before ns .,
hr. Harvey retired amidst enthusiastic p lone
ltlnued cheering. 30
.lr' John Page proposed the second resolution.
'cn was That George Julian Harvey, OF
o,oH ana John shevngton, of Lcughborough
eee'ea delegates to represent these districts
INV entioh ior the purpose of enforcing by
constitutional means the just demands Of tho
PIE lhls meeting pledging themselves never
e'ax IN these demands until they have obtained
n National, Social, and Political Rights and
meeting further pledge themselves to suppor
Delegates by every means in their power,
'nocr any circumstances to protect and do
'nem both morally and pbyscally.'