New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-21
EFhRGUS DCOHnOR.


Chortist leader vho sans food ans elorbes s.,.i.
toilect, sans SOY thing. wa found dssd ia snsr.
bo lodging in IsliDgton. where be aBnst .oA
cared for in his idiot dissolution BY one eefsscu6.og
vonso Lis sister He is smother melanch )iy in..an,
Of what, The London Tim,s recent, held upa.
warning 70 young ertsusasts Is usually the fac o.
thOsc Who adopt agitation az profession, and on.
Of politics make pence
Feargus &c 'nnor was bOrr in 1896 IN Cork. tho
empire county of Ireland not isf from
Where 70, bel, OF Sbladoo
The pleasant OF ths nvet Lee
lie wa, descendet As he loved to boast, from long
Inc OF Irish Kipgs. a small portion Of whoss vast
possessions still fingered in the family when he
boin but haze since passed into the hands Of lsss
ancient but more industriou, race Ancestry was 81
that tie o Conncrs hsd to boast OF. Like their
national potatoes all that GOOD of them Ter
ground O'Counor's father was charged sith stop
ping the mail anG taking undue Liberties with IL con.
terts and Cornell who faltored at no coarseness o.
personality where opponent was to be struck dosn
often remarked in bis public speeches, in his
period Of anger that {" It was in ho ding the
o heads Of tie leaders while his father robbed
g the coach Fesrgus took his earliest lessons 10
principle" We bel eve. however the OConnos
were houo-ably acquitted, bat even the suspicion
threw over them a cloud. Fearzus like most of the
sors of smell Irish sQuires, was early called 70 the
I-sh bar; but the steady snc intense application
REQUIRED for success was rpsuited 70 his buoyaat and
reckless nature and after having taken his degree III
some remarkable local eectoneeriog exploits in hus
native county he leh beh md the small passions OF
yipee and entered in 1891, on the large and exciting
field of national agitation under the leadership ot-
OC.npell. then in the zen h OF his popular power.
In the turmoil Of that tempest which Doomed
then raised O'Connors huge energy aud Wig
orcus animal life made him at home. AT
time when physical force had large share in
securing elections no puglist could hsm hn
wav with more desperate daring through
mob. or cary off village, burn score or two Of
voters, ii necessary with greater cooness La this
wsv. and by an afiluence OF verbagc often mistaken
for eloqut nee n ireland. ne became OF vast Sc 70
O'Conuell, through whcse influence and his own 20
soual popularity he returned for the County OF
Cork in 1883. But O'Conuor would not wear the Dit
ter bit which 0 ConDell orced the mouths OF oil
his followers lie broke violently loose, foried on
the celebrated debate the repeal of the uncn and
refused I, sanction the LIT h6ed-House CONF act, IN
,vh;cn OConpell IA he again strove TO do IN ls7,
barterd principle for place Ii was necessary 10 get
rid of FeGruus. OConDell WI b that generosity
which lie invariably practcei when he had no
further use of friend made him present to
the Chartists At first, with the cha acterisic
caution Of Enslshmen they refused to acceP, sha
burly gift. But Feargus being unseated Tor want "'
oualitication and thus made artyr 10 one OF Their
kadi1g principles, was received at INST with
ooldiees. which grew into warmth and confidence
when thew witnessed the giant energy with ~hicn no
traversed the manufacturing districts, pretchns Tue
posrel of the Charter and leaving ywhere a. no
passed his mark in u "ppincal union "a mulh'"ae
of which soon covered the land like network From
that hour he held the command OF the Charts' pahy'
His first object " as to start an organ Previous TO
hs reign the patty had but paper, HeiberiHgton'
London Dis p0tck which was edited by man nsa.ed
beaumont but its placid feeble tone aud mora fOrce
views never took with rush the heart of the people.
and on the launching st Leeds OF OCOnncrs p, er,
Tie Northern Star, which caught and refecei
spht Of the time it gradually dice out IheNr't .
Star was started by number Of friends takinssii,
to the amount of eight hundred pouros, Feargdsht
self being at the time cepeLdant on that ratheJri
csrious property, his witt. II was placed under t1t
direction of the Rev Willian Hill dissenting
minister of much but 20 the popularity "a
OCornor, whose holiness MADE hun the IDOL Of che
working classes, it owed its chief The
Star rose raj idly and wss ed on With
gorgeous breadth and monster msgnlfcence of hum
bug which would have given delight even to
Balnun Every working man who opened his
mouth TO second n resolution was Cuiy gazetted 10
large type and rep t;ented a rural Demosthenes.
And although sometimes glaringly was the brush
laid on that they must have the Of color.
yet with the selfove which belongs to poor humso
nature, this style Of painting was not uncongsnai
their The circulation Of The Star reached fifty
thousand weekly. Other smallcy stars rose srouGi
the great Northern light making perfect coustella
ton. In Newcas leon Tyne The Northern Liberation,
Ia Edinburgh The True Scotsman, in Birmingham
The Journal, edited by joseph Douglass, man Of
much ability and in London The Opcrat,Ue edited
by J. Broutt RE o Bren, man who has since figured
conspicuously before the public, ana CONT buteJ
perhaps a larger share than any other IN
molding the mind Of the British democracy.
As may be imagined, these were so many
fires impartDg beat to the pIpuu heart,
and gathering from is reflect n again ife.h incte
meni. Immense gatherings took plsce at Gil Ssgow
ard Tyneside at which resolutions Of the strongest
character declaring determination, evenif necessary
to wie,t their rights by pbysica force wee entered
into. The Midland and Northern Counties allowed,
until at last the flame reached London and meeting
was held on the 18th Of September 1885 q. which
were present Mr. Leader, member for Westminster,
Coonel Thompson, author Of the Corn-Lsw Csts-
chism, ard member for Hull; Mr.. Atwood member
for Birmingham SIR. Muntz, now member Tor THAI
borough and many delegates, among the mo'tTe-
malkable o.. whom were Dr.. Taylor, George Jghan
Harvey aud Henry Vincent. Tayo-, who hso