Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26

the truth, for have heard them over and
over again vociferously cheer sentiments such
as have described.
"In this England, S 100000 of
grown men representing more than 70, OOO,-
900 of the population, are to be presistently
denied that which makes the difference be-
tween despotism and freedom all the world
over [Cheers.] l venture to say that this
cannot last very long. How does 1t stand at
this moment? That the noble and iliustrl-
Gus lady who sits on the throne of England
[cheers and cries of 4" God save the Queen j
she whose gentle hand wields the scepire
over the wide empire of which we are the
heart and the centre-she was not afraid OF
the franchise which the late government IN
troduced during the late session. Seven timese
think, by her own lips or by her pen shn
has recommended to parliament the admisslo 1
of large number of workingmen to the pa
liamentary franchise. If this proposal were 30
destructive, would not the Queen be the first
to discover it, and would the thirty millions
of the people of the United Kingdom not have
been able to produce single meeting in con-
demnation of it? Look at the middle classes
of your town They are vast moJority IN
favor of it. Look at the meeting of to-day !;
the whole of the middle GLASSES of BirmIng-
ham have sympathizsd with the proceedings
Oh tHls Jay, anu Dy-duu-Uy VIC Sheii nH,N "
the populous districts of Lancashire and York
shire assemblages following those which have
been held IN London and Birmingh ham.
& If we go to the House of Commons, al
though it is elected, as | have said, by the
landlords compulsion in the counties, and By
corruption. intimidation, and tumult In the
burroughs, do not suppose that am charging
the House OF Commons that it does not itself
admit and acknowledge this. Have you read
the report of the commission for Yarmouth
Did not you read that a late member tor the
burroughs is said to have spent no less than
SO 900 to maintain his seat Did you read
that one gentleman, the junior partner of &
brewery, unbeknown, as Mrs. Camp would
say, spent "A 900 for the election of his senior
partner? That another person knowing moth
ing of the borough, went down and spent
&c. 900 TO contest 1t, in few days? But do
these things only happen in Yarmouth, or
any other borough that is brought before the
public ? 1t is only a sample of very con-
siderable sack, and for every such borough
there are probably ten other boroughs which
are to q very large extent in the same position.
'' 1t is great cause which is Of
! fered to your notice tonight, and it is a grand
and noble flag under which you are asked to
enlist yourselves. What would commend
! you to do is this-and | imagine myself to be
at this moment speaking IN the hearing OF
every intelligent and sober and thoughtful
working man in the three kingdoms Let us
try to march on together let US not split
hairs on this question. Let US do as your
70 eiA,hers did thirty four years ago. Let us
have associations everywhere-lst every work
shop and every factory be reform association.
/ Cheers. Let there be in every one Of them
a correspondent or a secretary, who shall en-
roll members, and shall IN every way he car
assist this great and noble cause. The work
ingmen may not be able to vote, but they
can form themselves into powerful body
and they can throw their influence in ever,
borough on the side OF candidates who pledge
themselves to the question of reform; aud il
they do this depend upon it they will change
many seats, and give certain majority FOL
reform in the next parliament lt may b.
necessary and desirable to meet parliament
again with petition from all parts of the coun
try, signed by numberless names. There il
no effort which the constitution and which
morality permits US to use that We shoult
leave unused and unmade for the purpose o
furthering this great cause And let US b
sure OF this, that we demand that the question
of reform shall only be dealt with by a gov
eminent honestly in favor of reform.