The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-06
Action of the. English Chartists.

Common, London, the following opportune state
ment will be read with interest, long it is. We
copy it from the N. Y. Tribune's London letter,
dated April 7th
The Chartists of England are now most for
mdable body of agitators. They demand vote by
ballot, universal suffrage, and other reforms; but
behind this screen they are preparing to carry out
still greater reforms which are designated by the
press g treason' Their real object is, the subver
sion of the Church-the Monarchy-the Houses OF
Pariament-the cancelment of the Public Debt
To accomplish this they would not hesitate to de-
sroy public buildings, barracks, dockyards and ar
senals, andeuen the Souereiga. They laugh at the
word treason, and point to American g treason,
wien the Americans fought for r LIBERTY" they
also point to France, Prussia, Austria, Italy
Last week, and also on Sunday last, the Chart
lists held meetings in several parts of the metropolis
for the purpose of organizing their forces for the
grand demonstration on the 10th, when it is sup
posed that 100000 Chartists will meet in London.
petition to Parliament will be presented on that
day, by Mr.. Feargus O'Connor, and on the follow
ing an answer will be demanded, and the 11th will
be the great, and perhaps the bloody day. The
Chartists mean what they say they do not hold
secret and other meetings merely to talk, but
to organize and act. To show the sentiments of
this large and powerful body, it is only necessary
to give few extracts from the speeches of some of
the leaders. ,--''-.......
On Sunday last not only every Chartist club-room
throughout the metropolis was densely crowded,
but from 5000 to 1000 Chartists melton Kenning-
ton Common, where no man was afraid to preach
revolutionary doctrines.
The numerous delegates to the great National
Convention met on the same day at their committee
room in the Old Bailey Mr.. Vernon, the chairman,
spoke at great length the folly of appealing to
the House of Commons for their rights, and although
they intended to go through the formaEty of asking
them to grant the prayer of their petition, they
pected to be treated with utter contempt. In this
the people must be prepared to achieve their
rights The grand procession of the 10th must be
composed of knots of men who understood each
othef-bold, determined, unflinching men, who
would rally round him, and carry him off the field,
either wounded or dead! Mr.. Vernon said they all
knew that their lives in danger, and they must
be prepared for the worst They must be prepared
to have the charter made the law of the land, not
in an indefinite period, but in two three weeks.
tremendous cheers followed these remarks)
Another speaker said that they had great work
to do, and that they must well consider It, Ii they
thought the time was come to strike the blow, then
strahe!
The chairman then rose and said, he hoped there
would be no collision on the 10th, but if few
hundred individuals fell on either side and were
killed, it would then not be trial of physical force,
and the result must not be taken as decisive, for
these would only be the casualties of mighty
movement. Great cheering.) They must all be
prepared for the. worst, and obtain their rights,
peaceabIy if they could but if they must fight, then
let euery man do his duty' (Vociferous and pro-
longed cheering followedD
Mr. Gregory next addressed the crowded meeting.
He said that the delegates to the Convention were
instructed not to leave London until the charter 0ds
the Ian of the land. These delegates had come to
the metropolis to defy Parliament, to overawe the
Government, and to put the Charsts not only above
the Government and Parliament, but to set aside
the will of kings and queens! The press might
sheer as it liked; 100000 Chartsts, all united, did
not care what the press said All they wanted to
know was what the Government said If the Gov
eminent did not yield to a moral appeal, then they
people would get nothing from the Government
until they were prepared to take 1t. 1t was no use
to talk to the people of soldiers. There were not
more than five thousand soldiers In all London, and
in the face of these soldiers they would obtain their
rights. They intended to take the petition to the
House of Commons on the 10th. Well, what would
they do then! The convention would tell them
what they were to do on the 18th! Tremendous
cheers) If Parliament threw out their petition and
treated it scurrousy, as they were sure to do, he
would not tell them what to do but Ii they liked to
take ANYTHING beside their hands, that was their
business, and if they did not beat the Government,
the Government would beat them! But if the Pc
ttion was not answered, they must all walk to the
palace, and if they could not find admission, they
must force admission! loud cheers.)
This speaker said farther, that st. James Park
was a wide field, and soldiers would be there, and
and all they 0he people, had TO do was to make
rush at their threats and crush them! (Cheers.1
Mr. Handley, delegate, then addressed the
meeting. He said that the Convention intended
to send delegates in every direction with secret IN
structions to the Chartists, informing them how to
act. Thv intended also to meet the Repealers OF
Ireland in London, and they were anxious to act
with the Chartsts. They 'Dere an determined TO
overcome a constitution under wh'ch Mousands Of
peopA were walhing about The streets adie and an a
II fha
one Engshman was equal to three Frenchmen,
and he would ask, how was it that the oppressive
and tyrannical Government of France was changed
in single hour whereas here for ages the people
have been chained in slavery! (The most ire
mendous cheering followed) 1t was phys,caI JORGE
that effected this great change in France IL was
physical force at Vienna and Berlin, ana PhyStca
force can do The same here! Tremendous cheers ,
Several other delegates addressed the meeting IN
the same strain, and were loudly cheered
At another meeting, also held on Sunday last, 1t
was stated that Populations from upward OF one
hundred trades societies We're present, VINO
had returns showing that at least 1000 persons
would ioin the monster procession on the 10th, and
be ready to act on the following dag At this meet
ing it was unanimously resolved that all the differ
emf trades should assemble on Remington Com
mon on the 10TH and that each individual should
carry baton dixie policeman staff for his own
personal protection and that interference on the
part of the police should be allowed! They would
then proceed to the House of Commons with their
petition
The petition is two hundred yards in length, and
weighs upward of 100 pounds. 1t will be carried
on the shoulders of six stout men, and taken into
the House of Commons, and presented to Mr.: Fear
gus O'Connor. The immense procession will then
through the principal streets of the metropolis
and retire at night to Hghbury Barn, ian extensive
tavern in the northern part of the metropolis, where
they will pass the night in forming plans for the
work of the llth On that day they intend q, TO 60
to the House of Commons armed They VIII tiieh
and there demand an answer to their peution
There is already great excitement and alarm man
Tested about the CRartist meeting on Monday next,
but Tuesday will probably be the critical DAY, cine Inc
leading journals have not given reports OF the mar
fist meetings and they ony seer at e dd ,h
thing on the very day that Republic was pro-
claimed in France But the present is critical mo-
ment The Charsts are the down,st1cken PEG CO.
pie They have been organizing and P planning , lot
I.bo pha nf 300 tNu feel tfldI