The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-29
.17T,sg sFrs. QUESTION
ms. Gael. plague aud tho .T.wa-
Hne os, move against tne h.nd Ha~
Mon without M'a'

-. move Against fho r.,,
Mon without Meat ""1'
o,+ ~ keeping up the supply OF meal
T., Enyland has become ma'ter VI po,'os
.1s,I az Of vital interest, and the aglatlonS
now going on indicate growing popular
.,o1sment for the demolition of the aristo-
cratic land system which has solong prevailed
there To give some idea of the strength OIL
sentiment and importance of the movement,
we take the following from the London fost
of the 18Th instant: ., =.
a second mass meeting of workingmen Oh
RIrminpham was held on eaturday evening 10
apitate FOR a reduction In the price OF meal
= Mr.. Councillor Whateley, who was caileo
upon TO preside, said that one OF the means TO
be adopted to lower the price Of meat was 10
open the ports for the Importation OF healtny
foreign cattle. Mr.. Forster has made smail
concession In this respect. Inere was ~
doubt that the disease was spreading ~, Lh Sou ~
sequence OF which the Germans nau loiu a,t,a na
embargo upon the admission OF ioregJi vaiIo no
into their porls. Many people mad resoiVeu t'' "
do without meat altogether, or 10 aostal9 isoa,
r. three or four days week LII it was isu. d
pound An alteration OF tne anu ',t;sot,or naWo M",
also required. 80 as to bring INTO CULTIVATION
large tracts of lane Whlcn were now eproyHs
for preserving game and other amusemenls
of the landed proprletors. There were maay
clerks and other classes Of the community
who had not participated In the rise OF wages
to whom the high price OF all commodlties
was a serious grievance. They must meet
week by week TO agitate and send resoiutioCs
u their members. II they were united anu
determined, he had no doubt Lhey would De
as successful as they were In getting the corn
laws repealed, the ballot, reform and otner
bills. [Cheers.]
MIR. Rafies said that the landowners were
pushing the working people Into an ugly COT
Ter. but they would soon get fixed themselves
If the people we're Ouly true TO themselves.
During Gie last three months there were loS,-
100 fewer head of live stock Imported lnto tiIe
Midlauds than during the same three moulus
of last year--a state Of things wnlch was
brought about by the cattle plague n faseu ontS ny
disease meant closing the poris, the monopo-
ly of the article which they sold, ana MAKING
the people pay 1s. Id. and ls. I'd. pouna Ior
good meat. It the government did not saope
some means to getthe land OF me &c COUNTY sha onS
beneft, instead Of for the advantage OF the
greatest number, the people would 90 IL
themselves. CApplause.l He hoped tney
would use Australian meat, because " was
cheap and nourishing, and it would help them
to fight the battle against the selfish landed
interests OF the country. 1t was very hard
that, to enable those interests to get more LOT
their cattle, hundreds and thousands OF the
Workmen Of the country should be deprived
of their Sunday joint. 1t was double in)ue-
tice that there was no means OF raising tne
price Of manufactures In proportion to the
rfse of the necsssaries of life. Protection,
which they thought had been ban!ehed Tor
.ever to the Internal regions, had returned IN
Its worst form.
He deprecated the cry for closing the ports
which had been raised By the conservatives
ana landed interest, and said that when mixed
cargoes arrived they ought to destroy the cat
tie which were diseased and slaughter all the
healthy for immediate sale. If the price OF
meat were lowered the next day they must NOT
stop their agitation. The snake must not oe
merely scotched, but killed, end 1he protec-
ton must be utterly abandoned: By depriv.
ing the population of animal diet race OF
dWarfs would be raised, the moral stamina
would be taken out of the nation, and thous-
Rnds Of the strongest and best OF the working
classes would leave for those countries where
they oonld buy meat al three halfpence q
pound. he asked Birmingham TO come to the
front In 1872 the same as they did In 1882, and
never cease harassing their sc-called liberal
government until they had freely opened the
ports for the unrestricted admission Of all the
necessarles Of life. He concluded by moving
sthat, In the opinion of this meeting, the gov
ernment should prevent the killing OF lambs
and calves by act Of Parliament for two years,
to enable the home stock TO Increase as near
aspossible with the Increasing demands OF the
population"
Mr. Beech, of West Bromwich, In secondlng
the motion. commented upon the hardship of
depriving the people of their greatest enjoy
ment In sitting down 10 their leg of mutton OF
round Of beef. and then graphically depicted
the slavish toll OF the rollers, shlngers aud
pouring Off them, while ten Thousand Of them
had resf iS ed to do without meat killed IN this
country for month. After suggesting diet
of eggs and Australian beef, he called upon
the men OF Birmingham and the surrounding
districtto speak ont with q voice, loud enough
70 reaohSt Stephens; then commended the
thirty butchers of Vest Bromwich who had
resolved to close their shops and help the
people In their agitation. The cause OF The
present dear meat lay deeper than the butcher
or even the deficiency OF grazing land, the de-
msud being beyond the supply, and 10 meet ic
were laid In the way Of admitting foreign cat
tle. Many landed proprletors were also large
cattle feeders, and II the government conl-
bned with them to keep Russian cattle out OF
the country, thousands and millions OF the
people must say they would have 1t no longer;
then meat wsnld be cheaper in few days.
TCheers.l To give practical Illustration TO
his remarks, the speaker held up what seemed
very like q piece Of csrrion, which he said had
been bought at butchers shop for l0d. q
p0und.
:. Mr.. Adams supported the motion, earnestly
denying the imputation which bad been made, /
that those who had got up this agitation were \
getting any profit out of It. He animadverted Il
upon- those who held aloot from all public i
movements, and assigned motives to those Il
who took the responsibility OF them, and then j
denounced still more vehemently the combl-
ration of landowners to put an artl6cla, price il
Epon commodities In order to enrich their Il
own pockets.
The motion was put, and carried unani-
mously. II
Mr.. Dalzell rose to propose the second reso-
luton, saying they must have free trade In Il
land. There we're 50, 600 men who had almost 4
the whole of the land of the country. The II
father and grandfather Of the Duke of Suther- H
land avicted some thousands OF their tenants j
for the purpose Of snlarging their own hunt l
Ing grounds They never yet had Radical \
but the Whig and Tory admins Il
Lration had assisted In the passing OF ineiosure
acts, by which the people had been robbed Of I
nearly 20, ,000, 900 acres Of land. After other
remarks Of the same tendency, he moved /
t'thas, In the opinion Of this meeting, 1t is the
dutyof the government to take up the land
question, ITO secure to: theruse of the English \
people many millions OF acres now In an ca-
productive condition, for the purpose of in-
oreasiug the home stock of fanlmal food"
Mr.. Bradley seconded the motion, which
was put and carried by reclamation, as was
also the following resolution, moved by Mr..
OSMaley: ttThat In the opinion OF the meeting l