The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-12-28
Reform Demonstration In London

Reform Demonstration In London.
There was a great reform demon
stration of workingmen in London on
the 4th inst. The number of men col I
lected together is estimated at be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 Everything
was conducted in the most orderly
manner, and the procession of the
trades is declared to have been most
"extraordinary sight.
The London Daily Ne,cs, in allud-
ing to those who took part in the dem
onstration, says: upon them the
moral effect of the orderly march of
this fine representative body of British
workingmen, will not be lost, but will
sink deep and bear fruit in the COM
ing years. We are not passing we
have passed--into new phase of po-
litical life, and the class so well repre-
sented yesterday, must soon be admit
ted within the pale of the constitu
ton" Speeches were made by John
Bright, Sir John Gray, Mr.. F., Mason
Jones, and others.
In the course of his remarks, Nj.
Bright said;
A Parliament like our Parliament has
numbers enough, and just enough of
( the semblance of representation to
make it safe for it to do almost any
thing it likes against the true interests
of the nation. This Parliament of
landowners and rich men either were
wholly ignorant of, or they wholly de-
spised the great national opinion
which has been exhibited during the
last three or four months; and they
resisted the reform bill with peril
,pacity never exceeded, with an
amount of intrigue, with an amount OF
/ unfairncss to the government which
they burst not for one single night
: have attempted if they had ever felt
t any real responsibility to The English
= nation. Cheers And now they re
/ sist up to this moment, and for aught
, | know they may possibly resist wher
: they meet at the beginning of Februa
4 nv, until the discomfort which is nov
r so general shall become universal, anC
o that which is now only great exhibi
s bition of opinion may become neces
y sarily and inevitably a great menacinG
n exhibition of force Loud cheers &C
q companied by the waving of hats.
d And those opponents OF ours-man,
of them i'll Parliament openly, ant
many of them secretly in the Press
g charge us with being the promoters o
a dangerous excitement. They sa
u that we are the source of the DANCE
I which threatens; and they absolutel
have the effrontery to charge me wit
n being a friend of public disorder
- Kisses and cheers.) | am one G
the people Renewed cheers Sure
/ ly, if there be one thing in free coun
try more Gear than another it is tina
any one of the people may speak open
IS ly to the people. If l speak to tn
$ people of their rights, and indicate t
N them the way to secure them-if
> speak to the monopolists of power {
- their danger, am | not a wise counsel
lg or both to the people and their rulers
(Cheers,) Suppose that, standing q
eff the foot of Vesuvius or Etna, | sa
r hamlet or a homestead situated VI
~ on its slope, and / said to the dwellei
in that hamlet or that homestea,
=" You see that vapor which ascenc
OF from the sumit of the mountain. Thi
10 vapor may become dense black smoh
ut that will obscure the sky. You 81
id this trickling of lava from creyice {
iissure on the side of the mountain.
That trickling of lava may become
III river of fire. You hear that mute
ST ing in the bowels of the mountain.
It. That mutterng may become belloS
no ing thunder--the voice of a conyu
n sion that may shake half a continen
- You know that at your feet is Il
IN grave in which lie buried great citi
as for which there is no resurrection,
history tells us that dynasties and a
istocracies have passed away, al
ST. their name has been known no mo
we forever, If say this to the dwelle
rec upon the slope of that mountain, al
ew if there comes hereafter catastropl
Of which makes the world shudder, am
.- responsible for that catastrophe?
lbs did not build the mountain, or fill
the with explosive material mere
lck warned the men who We're in dang'
ay- Loud cheers a large portion of t
cry assolnblage rising and waving Tia,
hats enthusiastically"