Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-22

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sic, Della Martin, Thoresby, j. Curwen, Foy,
etc. The appearance of Mr.. Beales, he
chairman, accO Dpanied by Mr.. Mill. NJ r,
/ Mr. Taylor, " p, aud other members of he
Reform lie gre, was the signal for enthusiastic
and long m tinued cheers.
SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS.
! When silence had in some MEASURE been OBJ
iainened, Mr.. Beales, the Chairman OF the
League, made brief speech, after which Mr.
Wootenton proposed the following resoiu-
non:
That the present Government, by assisting
10 defeat the bill introduced by the late Gov
ernment for the amen iment of the representa-
ton, ard by themselves indefinitely po-tponiDg
! the whole Ques ION OF reform, and hnaliy by
their em mpioJing the police to fOrclbly prevent
the working classes from psaceably meeting IN
Hyde Patk, Monday last, to complain of
he suffrage being wi hheId from them, have
forfeited all claim to the confidence and sup
port OF the country
! L. is utterly impossible, be said, for any one
with such demonstration as this before him,
20 deny that the people are anxious for reform
Fho-e who have spoken thus have 1elied your
feelings, and the proof is now before them
ICCheers
Mr.. Mason Jones, in seconding the resou-
lions, said he should endeavor to make himself
ii
him patient hearing. In The Tunes of that
morning, there question put which de-
manded an answer. Inc question was why
we called meeting in Hyde Park. He would
tell them-bec- use the Tories and the Adul-
!amities said they did not want reform. Cries
II - We do - and =, We shall have it."l l.
How did We Try TO prove that? BY taking
tens OF thousands to Hyde Park. Hear. -
Thai was TIE most convenient of the Parks 10
meet in. CHear, hear We said We had
egal right 10 meet thee. The Government
sad We had not. What then ought the Gov
ernment to have done ? Tney should have al
owed US to meet And it violated the law
" 50 dong they should have arrested US.
Hear, hear Instead of doing so, they shut
he gales aud would not let go in. Now,
sven If We had DO legal right, he cortended
Inat the present OF those cases when
il would De wise not to emf rec the law. Hear.
There is 3 maxim which OverrIdes all law, aDd
1t IS This : - Salus populi suprema lex "
ia u say, the safety of the people Is The
lghest Jaw. lCheers.l WHAT did the Gov
eminent do They suut the gates of Hyde
Park against US. Had they right to do so !?
No no.l 1hen their friends we'll their
ioes saio they committed an error. Well,
what happened ? The ralngs were pulled
down, ana | rejoice they were pulled down.
Loud cheers That gave you he victory
IlCheers.J " nen ne saw policemen beating
PEI ple-"hen he saw the guards with their.
guns loaded and their 0ayonets hxed-when
ne saw all this brutal array OF force, he ex-
p Claimed, IN something like Inc words OF Oliver
Cromwell on one occasion, The Lord deliv-
CT Us from Sir K. Mayne.' (Cheers-] uld
any one doubt tual the Torres intended to make
d battle of tne people Hear, hear.J Iney
said a first that YOU did not Care tor reform,
and when you began to snow that you were IN
earnest, they would not allow yOl to manifest
Your feel NJ. Il is the O,d stor, of The ass and
, The peasant again. When a man rode on the
as ne Vas caued 4 brute, and when he carried
he ass he called fool. Cheers and
aug hter Wnen liberty is progressing all the
1 soIlG over, you must not 90 back, but De
ready 10 defend Inc for when your faith
ers u.ed and died. lCneers-
Il Mr.. J. 5. MIil Nj. r, VINO supported the
.esoiulion, on rising received With loud
cheers rom all VINO could hear the announce
meut OF his nam5. the honorable mem Der,
VINO seemed deeply impr' ssed oy the spectacle
ot The teemiug III sway ing multitude before
MIN, saG-LadIes aJd Gentieme. IhIs
building IS d sufficient guarantee that the Cause
[ II reform viii suffer nothing by your having
> Ge,ermlned 10 nolI Your meeting here instead
OF r. Jeaung the astempt To mold II IN the PARK
Bu, 10 not want to talk TO you OF reform,
y ou DO not need to De stimulated by me on
mat subject FMS NEE ing is sutbce re
i ply 10 any one VINO supposes tnat you do not
want discuss eiorm. Hear, hear.J You
F. nav been very much attacked for holding
sucn large meetings, on the ground that they
are Iuco nsIstenI win Clscussion. But discus
sion Is not the only use OF pubic NEE iings.
OAe OF the Oblects ot sucn gatherings is dem
oustratlon. Hear. You want TO make d
display Of youc sIr-ug b, and l ieIl you that
lne countries where Tue people are allowed TO
SOW Their strength are those Ia which they are
not Obliged 1t. As regards the parks
4 your Chairman, who is a lawyer, does not doubt
your rIgnt to maeG In them. am not law
yer and know nothing about the mat
tel But you thought 1t rlght assert
d your claim, and only to withdraw under pro-
l lest. Your protest has been made, and you
4 nave, lnInk wisely, Determined not to rene"
X 1t. You have been promised a falr opportunI-
L ~ OF having question settled by judicial de
e cison, and YOU have wisely resolved that, until
that decision given, the question shall remain
= ~ here ii is. The Government, without aban.
+ donIng what Ihey thought were tnelr legal
q rights, might have permitted the park Tor one
e meeting when PERMISSION Was asked and
: ,hink IL would have been a wise policy aud
e gracious act to have granted it. Tremendou:
: cneers. But II was refused.
AT tits point the crowd IN front of the plat
form became, from the inevitable effect OF press
ure, SO tumuiluous and noisy that 1t was lm
possible tor the honorable gentleman to pro-
= ceed so as 10 make himself audible even tC
Il tnose who were nearest him, and according
- ly ne made attempt to complete bis re
: | marks
Ine Chairman then put the resolution, nc
: it was Carried with great enthusiast.
y Mir. Bradlaugh proposed the next resolu
- uon, VIZ:
= That petition signed by the Chairman, oil
N the benalt of thls meeting, be presented to In
" house OF Commons, praying for the appoint
. ment OIL a committee TO inquire into the con
duct of Sir Richard Mayne, and the police un
n dsr his orders, IN forcibiy preventing The work
h ing classes from meeting IN hyde Park OIL
+. Monday, the 23d of July, inst, and hkewis
4, their conduct 10 ejectlng persons from tn
J. Park, and otherwise maltreating them on tn
n and the two following days.
& MIR. Henry Vincent, in seconding the resolu
III ton, said there never a time when IL wa
ce more important that the people should pubilcl
IL express lnelr opinion. Whatever The Tune
s. or the Standard might say, The people OF tDl
Id country determined to have REFORM
le Cneers. Ihe working classes were NOS,
D / tney mao been termed, d.unkards or anarchists
or Ihey were loyal TO the law and loyal 10 tn
ds crown, but at the same time loyal to that libel
~ IN which they claimed 10 participate
Cheers.l Ihey were indignant against thos
who had dared 10 turn loose on them an arme
MT ponce, ana TO insult them oy quarterlng troop
,st Ia various parts of the metropolis. Hea
.lv hear That demonstration q proof lhs
nd there Was wanted nelther police nor military {
a. keep order. Loyalty 10 the crown, nowevs
i'd oiu not mean 10, atty TO Lord Derby. ln COZ
.r- ciuson, the speaker declared tnat, Iaving late
Mt he