New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-18


sharing the. paiernal preiudices. Charles Badlaugh
suitted the place and his home aud forever.
For twelve months he tried like Mr. Micawber TO sup
mort himaeif by selling Goals commission and almost
with a. little He had money and was soon
involved small debts. OF he became more POI
Iemca and political than and the chief orator
OF little secularist club which met near the Hackney
Road the members raised subscription Tor
him but not prevailed upon 10 accept IL AT
length things came 10 crisis represented b. over nve
mounds Of debt and q cash capital Of fourpenoe half-
penny. Walking ont with this sum IN his pocket one
winters day after investing In breakfast at Charing
Cross he entered the recruiungofce Of the East India
CompAnys service and enlisted He remained an efficient
hut uncommonly independent full private until leg
acy accruug from death Of relative. enabled him to
purchase his discharge and return London support
hls nov widowed mother and sisters
Becoming a clerk in a solicitors Office small sala-
~ he also resumed that political and atheistcs prOpa
eands from which he has since desisted. ana I'M
der the appropriate Of Iconoclast achieved
noOriety a. one OF the bOdest Of seouarst and rad
cal orators II assumed q dc guerTe, so
that Charles Bradaugh the clerk should not be too close
" identified" with livery futile precauton In
he lcctured. chiefly religion. 10 John now VIM
st., nhdel haunt" Of many years STANDING Al
iaded h in Kingseys nOvelof Alton Locke anu " "
rous places throughout country His journey" eo
frequent rapid and numerous ne wouiu e@Fo AO"uo"
by the matran Saturday night traVei 10 L'erPoo'
AZ or
sunday and return his oice-work by Monday morn
,n~ lie never then thought Of pursuing this as voca-
ton il WA labor love- II profit accrued he took
AZ n not not he out OF pocket by such eXpe-
tons Sometimes he had large audiences, all Of which
paiG for admission. He also edited little paper called
TAe Investigator which failed involving small loss OF
,apitaI Presently the natural resat persecution IN
the shape Of nydous representations TO his employer
set In; but the solicitor with good sense, took no
notice OF them. But be was, avOwedly, mot a good
clerk" and l0nged become his own master. Giving
mp the law, then. he started In business as manu-
fsoturer OF Italian paint, stil writing and speaking
a. heretofore and awakening the hercest opposition
That damaged Jhe business; people would not buy
paint however excellent, OF "IconOclasP tho atheist
Tory shpbuildcr withdrew large order on that rep
re.entAton stil and for years--indeed. until
comparatively recent date Mr. Bradlaugh chung TO
commerce. Il was not until 1870 that finding no was
becoming involved debt again, he resolved on aban-
donlng e. aud selling of bis home at Lower Totenham
determined 10 live by tongue and pen alone.
Before then however very many things-in fact, the
most prominent incidents In his careerhad happened.
In 1850 he had. In conjunction with joint stock COM
pany started The National Reforner, first published in
sheffield co-editor being Joseph Barker. then
notorious seoularist," convert 20 Christianity,
sud Mr. Bradiaughs bitterest opponent This journal
sdded largely Mr. Bradaugh's reputation for ability,
audaty and thOroughness in the peculiar role he had
chosen Beside teaching atheism and repubcanism, he
took active, and prominent part In the
various questions Of the time, movement OF pOpu-
lar character occupying the attention Of the community
without engaging his fervent support. But il was not
until the reform struggle of 1861 the years Imme
daeIy preceding IT, he attained the political power
unquestionaby enjoys, Up TO that time he was
best known atheistical lecturer and champion.
Wherever a bishop a ritualis clergyman OF any rank
or deDom nation, ex" secularlst' could be pro-
voked into aordng him the slightest opportunity, and
him sometimes invading special sanctuar1es for that
purpose Tue list alone his verbal dues debates.
and controversies would be something extraordinary
hs INCURRED many fights as Don Quixote, only with
much less disastrous personal consequences IL seemed as
n he had adopted as motto that the shman with the
shilaah Wherever you see head, there hit" again
and again ana hard and heavy OF course such cru
SADIE brought pains and penalties. Beside attempts at
putting him down." many devices resOrted to to
check the circulation Of his journal Smith, the Tory
n p and news-vender who rents all the stationers'
stalls the various lines OF railway throughout Great
Britain. refused 10 supply IL smaller dealers did the
Ike and those who exposed it for sale we're liable 70
much local appropriately sun IL held its own, ana
boassed o. gaining adherents every day But while thus
Attacking and attacked Mr. Bradlaugh found time 10
engage In various other prominent transactions. When
the prss was prosecuted by Government in the persons
OF Messrs TruelOve and TchOrzewsh o. infdep pub
ishers) successful part in the effort to defeat
hs arbitrary designs of Authority. When revolutionary
Italy was struggling her rights and heroic Garbadi
Wa screy IN Of money Charles Bradlaugh by his
own exerons raised 100 guiness FOR him, obtaining in
return an unasked letter Of thanks" from that patriot
since his stanch friend and admirer. he helped 70 dis
stablish the ubiquitous Irish Church. For years CO.
operation found In him consistent and persistent sup
portar aud be invariably advocated, both by speech
and pen such treatment Of the questions relating to
capital aud should strikes and protect
zorkmen Al the very hight OF the Fenian agitation,
when Others held aloOf from dangerous task. he
dealt boldly and integenty with the Irish drcultles
His pamphlet on them the approval of Mr.. Glad
stone lie revisited Ireland. conferred with the advo-
Gales Of Homei Rule for that unfortunate country
justified them and raised his voice in condemnation OF
the ferocous aud thoughess camOr excited by the out
rags Al C1srkenwen prison. At accord. in most re-
spects with the opinions OF John Stuart Mil, he
fought strenuousy for the admission Of women TO the
franchise Every way be alert active, and agrees
siye--a the thick OF free ght" Of potcs-giving
no quarter and assuredly asking for none from his
opponents.
Ia 1867 came the Reform agitation. with its mass
meetings and street professions, IN London and the
provinces II distinctly provoked by the Tory Gov
eminent which refused TO cOncede increase Of pO
MtOal Acknowledgement the utterly untenabe ground
that the great body OF the people apathetic and
bad manifested no interest in the question OF course
Mr Bradlaugh accepted the challenge. BE was. from
first 20 last member Of the Reform League and IA
vorte speaker at metropolitan demonstrations and
always advocate Of that bold policy in reference TO
the night OF public meeting which eventually proved
Nor his moral less eyinced than
his personal ntrepdity in Of the stormy Of
the period snge-handed he quelled a serious conflict
Trafalgar Square, when the police hung back ana
denied the assistance OF the eonstabulary, marched
through London literally at the head Of many thou
sands maintaining perfect order Indeed IL was the
League not the authorities which suppressed the
ceptienal rOting in Hyde Park Mr. Beales it's Presi
artfly hore honnr