Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-01-29

plenty of Mr.. Caudles.
Beau Brummel, the great dandy,
flourished then and set the fashions for
the young men Of the day.
At the head of the Parliamen
group, thirty-fve years ago was one,
who now, he regretted to say was
Fory, Edward Lytton Bulwer, one of
the few we'll dressed men who then
advocated the popular cause
" hen the speaker became twenty
and, he came to London, and there
fell upon William Lovett, one of the
dignlfed and well-educated working
men he ever knew. He urged the
speaker to Join with him in rousiug
the laboring men, and they organized
the workingmen s association, and
passed resolutions in favor Of manhood
suffrage. They met in conference,
composed of about $50 workingmen.
and set. about changing the existing
laws. That was In 1886. They
formed committee, Of which he was
one, aud framed twentw-one years af-
ter living one year in a place. There
he devoted himself to securing its
passage as a law and promoting
good understanding between capital
and labor
He could not describe the uprising
which followed, when the people rose,
as one man, and demanded the elec-
tive franchise. O'Conuor headed
what might be called the popular party
which believed IN noise and III clamor
The other party believed in educating
men up to religion, virtue and liberty
But spies came among them and broke
them up riots took place; men de-
nounced capital as tvrant; the mass
es became alarmed, and the Govern
ment resolved to arrest the leaders.
One night, while walking home. the
speaker was accosted by an officer
who laid his hand on his shoulder and
told him that he had warrant and
must take him to prison. He was
taken into the western part of Eng
land and examined for undermining
the Constitution. They wanted to
bind him over for trial, but he refused
to get bail, saying it vas uncoustitu-
tional. 1t was decided by the court
that he could be released on his own
bail Accordingly. until his trial
came of, he went about, stirring up
the people to labor in the cause of re-
form. Then he was tried, and SEN
fenced to prison for eight months
The speaker did not know whether
any of his auditors had ever been in
prIson-he did not want TO press the
queStiou-but the sensation when the
key was turned on one was not pleas
ant. The speaker described some of
the incidents Of his imprisonment, to
the great amusement Of his audience
Finally, he was tried on the second
count Of the Indictment, and sent to
jail for another year. In Milwaukee.
last year, the speaker was delighted
to find man who showed him a kind
ness during his Imprisonment.
After his release he went to Lon
don and found the Chartist movement
in confusion, Joseph Surge, one Of
his best friends, was then at the head
and with them was his late friend and
his hearers late friend, the opponent
of the Corn Laws-Richard Golden
[ [1pPIause, lie was assisted in stir
ring the popular mind by a man who
might be called a Boarnergcs-a man
with the courage of a lion John
Bright. Bright labored with all his
might to show that the Corn Laws
were at the foundation Of their troub-
les. Golden had to face the farmers.
who thought that if grain was allowed
TO come in from the Danube and the
Mississippi, their land would 90 out
of cultivation, and .'there wouldn't be
no more Of nothing SO he fought
on upon the principle Of free trade,
saying that if they could not raise
corn if grain was imported, they ought
not to raise it at all. He told them
that they ought not TO fight against
Gods laws and lay heavy burdens on
the poor Finally, the Corn Laws
were repealed. and when the repeal
was carried, amid the denunciations of
thIrtv-njne members. Sir. Robert Peel
admitted that 1t was done by the la
bors of Richard Golden.
Then they began to move for free
and cheap newspapers, and that was
Then they took hold of fl
nancial reform. They opposed the
existence Of great standing armies.
They called an international conven-
tion at Brussels in IS48. at which
there were some 900 members, and
tried to show the Importance Of an
international system Of weights and
measures, and mutual interchange
Of trade and commerce. Next wear
they went to Paris, and in 1850 to
Frankfort t-on-the- Main, and tried to
teach the people desire for univer
sal peace. In 1852 they met at Man
chester; in 1853 in Ediuburg. Then
England was drifting into war with
Russia in regard to Turkey. Golden
and Bright and their party opposed
war. urging that the power Of Chris
tianity must purify hohammedanism.
They became unpopular; the Tories
went for war, and for a time seemed
to triumph over the radical movement
John Bright was al that time return
ed for Birmingham.
Soon after came mp the question OF
the separation Of Church and State.
Then i seemed that the principles
of his life were at stake when the
question OF liberty in this country
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