单词 | Chartist |
例句 | Those who were left with enough energy to protest joined the political unions and movements such as the Chartists. The People's History Museum provides pieces of a global jigsaw 2010-12-04T10:59:00Z It was this idea that inspired early Chartists to seize upon the Bible as their justification. Christianity: a faith for the simple 2011-01-31T13:00:01Z Beckerman, a former editor at the Book Review, turns his lens on the small moments — 17th-century correspondence, Chartist petitions, Futurist manifestoes — that led to larger revolutions. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The press looked for conspiracy theories: the right feared a politicised working-class, as represented by the Chartists, and the left the threat from Hanover – Victoria's reactionary uncle King Ernest was thought to be plotting domination. Shooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy – review 2013-01-19T19:00:02Z Pioneering social historians had been studying working people since the early 20th century, but the focus remained squarely on the tangible, the measurable, the "significant" – wages, living conditions, unions, strikes, Chartists. EP Thompson: the unconventional historian 2013-03-06T15:05:11Z There's also more on these case studies plus the Debtor's prison and its Chartist history and York's connection to Marist history online here. Not in York's guidebooks - yet. Take a walk through radical York 2013-01-16T07:01:00Z Bray became a well-known Chartist activist and, while living in York, wrote a book with ambitions to explain the cause of all capitalist ills. Not in York's guidebooks - yet. Take a walk through radical York 2013-01-16T07:01:00Z In the episode, Victoria intercedes on behalf of the Chartists sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered after discovering one of them is related to her dresser, Mrs. Jenkins. The Real History Behind PBS’s Historical Drama 'Victoria' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z An American audience might find this corner of Victorian England rather obscure, with its references to the Chartists and the Infidels — not to mention the anti-Corn-Law League and the prison at Coldbath Fields. ‘The Infidel Stain’ evokes a chilling time in Victorian England 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z A plot-line about Victoria intervening to pardon the Newport Chartists—rebels from the Newport Rising of 1839 who wanted to improve life for the working classes—which did not happen in real life. The Real History Behind PBS’s Historical Drama 'Victoria' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z His aim is to confirm the holes were from muskets fired in the 1839 Newport Chartist Rising. Newport: Mystery of hotel's 184-year-old bullet holes 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z It was called the Chartist movement because the group first presented its demands to Parliament in a petition called The People’s Charter of 1838. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many petitions in the Chartist movement that they came up with to make their point and try to build political power. Less than social media: How hashtags have hindered progressive movements — and fueled the right 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “Wherever there is a halfpenny sheet of paper, a pen and a few drops of ink, there are the materials for a petition,” wrote one Chartist. Opinion | Radical Ideas Need Quiet Spaces 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z As well as explaining to visitors the history of the NHS, the new heritage centre will direct them to other nearby landmarks such as Bedwellty House, the Chartist Cave and the Aneurin Bevan memorial stones. NHS: Tredegar building to tell story of Aneurin Bevan's inspiration 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The building, which saw the battle between the Welsh Chartists and the soldiers of Queen Victoria, had been demolished in 1884 - only to be rebuilt two years later. Newport: Mystery of hotel's 184-year-old bullet holes 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z By the early 1900s, all the demands of the Chartists, except for annual elections, became law. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The earliest machine was devised by the Chartists in the 1800s in Britain; voters dropped a brass ball into the hole of the candidate of their choice. The market for voting machines is broken. This company has thrived in it. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z When a Chartist activist had to argue his case, he was reinforcing his own beliefs, talking himself into deeper commitment while convincing others. Opinion | Radical Ideas Need Quiet Spaces 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Extinction Rebellion is the Anthropocene’s answer to the UK working class Chartists, the US Declaration of Independence and the defenders of the Eureka Stockade. I now look back on my 20 years of climate activism as a colossal failure | Tim Flannery 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z She said the sacrifice and commitment to democracy shown by the Chartists - Newport's 19th Century campaigners for electoral reform - were a "constant inspiration" to the late MP. Corbyn tribute to MP Paul Flynn at funeral 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The Chartists wanted to make Parliament responsive to the lower classes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two centuries later, during the industrial revolution, the Chartists and later the early Labour movement combined popular piety with a commitment to God-given human dignity and fellowship to fight against capitalist exploitation. What progressives need to defeat Trump: populism and religion | Luke Bretherton and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The world’s first industrial city, Victorian Manchester was a hotbed of radical ideas, home to Anti-Corn Law League agitators and rioting Chartists. Raves, riots and revolutions: Manchester’s radical history of mass gatherings 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Think again about the country’s history: from the Luddites and Chartists to Johnny Rotten and Margaret Thatcher, the English are not averse to flipping a middle finger at the establishment, when the fancy takes them. The improbable revolutionaries 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z "In reclaiming the past for themselves, the Chartists hoped to influence contemporary political debate and place their ideology before the people using whatever media - newspapers, parades, speeches, theatrical events - at their disposal," Prof Pennino said. Celebrating Shakespeare - why bother? - BBC News 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Chartist leaders were inspired by the Athenian democratic revolution. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Or it may have been a tribute to the Chartists, who were sometimes linked with the colour. The seats where Tories weren’t blue and Labour wasn’t red - BBC News 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The Peterloo protest was hugely influential in giving ordinary people the vote, as well as leading to the rise of the Chartist movement, trade unions, and the establishment of The Manchester Guardian in 1821. Raves, riots and revolutions: Manchester’s radical history of mass gatherings 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z "What sort of legacy do we want for Newport - is it going to be like Glasgow? Are we going to be the city of the Transporter Bridge and the Chartists?" Clinton and ex-leaders to visit city 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The French monarchy fell, the Chartists held mass rallies and presented demands; anarchism became a watchword for many political agitators; but not much changed. Ten of the worst years in British history 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The one-off documentary documenting the Chartist uprising will air on BBC Wales next year as part of a season looking at aspects of life in the south Wales Valleys. Sheen to retrace Chartist uprising 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Home of the last large armed rebellion in Britain’s history, the Chartist Uprising is ingrained in every Newportonian’s psyche. Welcome to Newport, Mr President: everything you need to know about our grubby little town 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In the following years, the Chartists emerged – the world's first great working-class political movement. Sorry, David Cameron, but your British history is not mine 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Outside the town, "wanted" posters were put up offering rewards for the capture of the three escaped men and other known Chartist leaders. Market town once held by rebels 2014-04-30T10:02:06Z He also urged action to ensure that the Chartist movement was not forgotten in the city, urging the community to come together with ideas to replace the mural. Actor's anger over mural demolition 2013-10-18T08:15:32Z A spokeswoman for Newport Council said it would consult with the public on a replacement to mark the Chartists. Hundreds expected at mural protest 2013-10-05T07:34:28Z The council said it could commission another memorial to the Chartists and is due to consult on that. Demolition of city mural under way 2013-10-03T13:55:47Z We all owe a debt of gratitude to those who were part of the struggle for democracy, from the Chartists to the suffragettes. Suffragette post box attack ceremony 2013-06-02T07:33:11Z What started out as a peaceful protest for universal voting rights for men on 30 April 1839 ended up with a Chartist mob seizing control of Llanidloes for five days. Market town once held by rebels 2014-04-30T10:02:06Z He concluded: "I hope we can make the Chartists proud." Actor's anger over mural demolition 2013-10-18T08:15:32Z The artwork depicted the 1839 Chartist uprising was created in the 1978 Hundreds of campaigners are expected to attend a protest at the site of a demolished mural after failing to have it preserved. Hundreds expected at mural protest 2013-10-05T07:34:28Z Around 20 protesters shouted at workers who have been knocking down the mural of the 1839 Chartist uprising. Demolition of city mural under way 2013-10-03T13:55:47Z In March 2012, following public consultation, a decision was taken by the previous administration to recreate the Chartist mural. Rebellion art prompts listing bid 2013-05-31T09:00:50Z Whilst on the face of it little had been achieved, the uprising could be seen as paving the way for the more famous, and ultimately more successful, Chartist protests. Market town once held by rebels 2014-04-30T10:02:06Z The council demolished the mural to make way for a new shopping centre Hollywood actor Michael Sheen has strongly criticised a council which "destroyed" a mural celebrating the 1839 Chartist uprising in south Wales. Actor's anger over mural demolition 2013-10-18T08:15:32Z We may be a long way away from the world of Robert Owen or the Chartists, but we are also moving towards an economy less dominated by corporate giants. Neither Keynes nor the market will save Labour 2012-10-28T21:01:17Z There was a famous newspaper based in Leeds during Chartist days, the Northern Star, and its radical tradition was ably revived in the 1980s when the Leeds Other Paper adopted its name. Pete Lazenby retiring from journalism? Not for a moment 2012-08-18T05:56:00Z Kennington Park.—A few years ago there was an open common at Kennington, dirty and neglected, and mostly held in favour by such classes as those which held the Chartist meeting in 1848. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Ostensibly the riot began when constables drafted in from London arrested three Chartist ringleaders - Abraham Owen, Lewis Humphreys and Thomas Jerman - and imprisoned them in the town's . Market town once held by rebels 2014-04-30T10:02:06Z That extraordinary Chartist movement, so long in preparation and so suddenly extinguished, how completely a thing of the past it seems to have become! Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z He is something of a Socialist, something of a Chartist--he might frighten you, Mr. Basset. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z If the sons of the old Chartists, for reasons explained above, were not quite up to the mark, the grandsons bid fair to be worthy of their forefathers. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z The Chartist enterprise had arrested his attention and enlisted his sympathies from its beginning. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z It was the paucity of the numbers available for his orders which rendered the Duke of Wellington’s scheme of London defence against Chartist attack so memorable a piece of strategy. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z I must not omit to mention, when speaking of the Chartist leaders, the brave, disinterested, and highly-gifted Ernest Jones, who sacrificed such bright worldly prospects for the cause of the People's Charter. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The Chartists proclaimed that safety lay in votes. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In England the suffering of the people found expression in demands upon Parliament for relief, in bread riots, and in immense Chartist demonstrations. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z One of the main originators of the Chartist enterprise, he now gave to it his whole energies; and well would it have been had his pacific disposition controlled its direction. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He had already been among the first to recognize the brilliant merits of the Duke of Wellington’s plan for the defence of London, during the Chartist disturbances of 1848. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The "Chartist Parson" has, on the other hand, been growing more and more aristocratic, illiberal, and even servile in politics. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z While Browning was writing “Sordello,” the preparation of which included a short trip to Italy, the Chartist agitation was going on in England. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The Chartists have issued a new manifesto setting forth their doctrines and principles. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The Chartists were chiefly laboring men, dwelling in cities and towns. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The author had no sympathy for the working class Chartist labour movement and he was certainly no trade unionist. Did Dickens really save poor children and clean up the slums? 2012-02-07T10:26:53Z The news of the Chartist demonstration alone prevented him sailing by the same vessel. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z There were two sorts of Chartists, moral-force Chartists and physical-force Chartists, the latter of whom did as much damage as possible in the agitation. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z I found the Chartists of Berry, Leigh, Bolton, and part of Manchester, madly rabid for the destruction of property, life, or something. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z In this chapter, I will give brief notices of some of the more prominent Chartists and Free-Suffragists. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Paine, Cobbett, and Hetherington were widely read; manhood suffrage and a secret ballot were called "the People's Charter"; and there were more than a million signatures to the Chartist petition in 1839. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z The London Labour leaders began to think about a Parliamentary reform movement, about starting a campaign for universal suffrage, which was an old Chartist demand. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z I recollect hearing you speak on the night of the Chartist meeting, and upon my word you spoke out well. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z I shall expect to hear of other Chartist outbreaks, besides this of Sheffield. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The bare names of those who have borne a prominent part in the Chartist movement would fill pages. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The attempt of the Chartists to overawe Parliament in 1848 was seen to be inexcusable; and it failed ridiculously. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z He became familiar with the modes of thought and expression of the working-class revolutionary movements, and especially of the Chartist movement, with the surviving leaders and adherents of which he was personally acquainted. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z And suppose we get one or two Chartists from town. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z I am quite out of the lecturing world, being neither a Tory, Whig, Radical, Socialist, or Chartist. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z These led the way for the Chartist movement. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Protectionists, Chartists, and opponents of the new poor-law helped to give the Conservatives control of the next Parliament, where the free-traders were one to four. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z You came to Sloville, and you made a speech at the Chartist meeting. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z ‘I knew you were a little crotchety when you came to our Chartist meeting, but I thought you went the whole hog.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z The Socialists and Chartists preach at one another, but don't discuss. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The National Convention of Chartists was in session in Birmingham in 1839. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Prominent among opponents was the Chartist leader, Feargus O'Connor; and those Chartists who were not protectionists held that their cause ought to take the lead. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z I thought you made such a good speech at the Chartist meeting, and hoped that you would do a great deal of good in the town. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The 10th of April, known as the day of Chartist Terror—still spoken of in hysterical accents—will do, as it shows the wild way with which sober, staid men can write history. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z I am glad the life of Frost is saved; but I wished to see the Chartists put upon their mettle, if they have any, for I doubt if they have. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z He joined with Mr. Lovett in the Chartist movements of 1837-8, traveled the country as a lecturer, and was immediately ranked among the most vigorous and brilliant advocates of The Charter. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Anti-Corn-Law League organised, March 20th; unsectarian common schools in England; great Chartist petition; Pope forbids attendance at the scientific congress at Pisa. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z What would become of his customers if his minister went to a Chartist meeting? Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I was out that day with the Chartists, and well know how different the facts were from what is believed to be the peril of the metropolis on that day. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z He cried for me, but he declared he would neither cry for the Socialist, Chartist, nor Infidel. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z In 1841, while engaged as a reporter for the Leicestershire Mercury, he was directed to report a Chartist lecture. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Collins afterwards became known as a Chartist advocate, and was imprisoned in Warwick Gaol with William Lovett, on the ground of political speeches. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z At Sloville, the poor people, instead of going to church and chapel on a Sunday, to listen to parsons who preached obedience to their betters, met to hear Chartist speeches and to sing Chartist songs. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The Chartists have made as much noise in the world as they knew how—yet to the generation of to-day they are ambiguous. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Our London Chartist insurrection was more contemptible than that of Sheffield. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z I must leave them, and have time to notice two men only who may be classed as Complete Suffragists proper, they never having acted with the Chartists. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z They jointly wrote the most intelligent scheme of Chartist advocacy made in their day. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z It happened that just at this time there was to be a grand Chartist demonstration in Sloville. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z There is the Church Chartist by Canon Kingsley, and the Positivist Chartist by George Eliot, drawn by two famous artists. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z I feel content with myself in not having joined either the Socialists or the Chartists. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z At the outset, he took the ground now occupied by the Chartists. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The Chartists of Cheltenham at that time held possession of the Mechanics' Institution, and they were threatened with the loss of it, if they let it to me to speak in any more. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z However, on the night of the meeting—which was in the open air—all the workmen in the place, good or bad, Chartist or not, assembled in considerable numbers. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Alton Locke is a Church Chartist—not one of the Chartists of real life whom I knew, who were current in Kingsley's days, who signed the famous document which Place drew and Roebuck revised. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z In April 1848 he acted as a special constable in London at the time of the Chartist disturbances. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Its defects will be discussed when we examine the Chartist movement. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z My friends in the distant town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne afterwards gracefully acknowledged this kindness by making a collection for Mrs. Holberry, the wife of a Sheffield Chartist who had perished in prison. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z They were the wives of the Chartist committee-men, who sat nightly in the public-house, spending money which the poor deserted wives and mothers sorely needed at home. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The real Chartists—like the Co-operators—sought self-government for the people by the people. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The Chartists met in their thousands, and prepared a bill of grievances with signatures, making a document, it was said, some miles long. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z I have seen a meeting of Scotch Chartists go wild with enthusiasm under the inspiration of one of his songs. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The call had been issued by Daniel Weaver, an English trade-unionist, who after the failure of the Chartist movement had settled in the coal fields of Illinois. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Out of this burning and undying sense of wrong on the part of the poor naturally arose the Chartist agitation. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z There was no reason why Kingsley should be a Chartist, since he had all he wanted secured, and had contempt in his heart for Chartist tenets. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z "As to the Chartists?" resumed Mrs. Gray, turning to Mr. Jones. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The Rev. Charles Kingsley, Jr., rector of Eversley, best known to American readers as the author of the Chartist novel of Alton Locke, and Yeast, a Problem, has been an industrious writer. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z You talk that way in memory of your late scare by the Chartists? The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The Government shut up a few of the leaders of the Chartists in gaol, though that did not make matters much better. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z These rampant ideas of Kingsley were far from being Chartist sentiments. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z I can remember well, the terror and hatred which the very name “Chartist” called forth; for the scenes of the French Revolution were yet red and flaming in the memories of men and women. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z They help build movements, as the Chartists recognised long ago. Today's networked activists can achieve real change 2011-03-21T16:13:05Z Even England, secure in a profound indifference to freedom and reform, trembled at the cheers of the Chartists. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He had caught sight of her for a moment at the Chartist meeting, and here she was actually in his power, and needing his aid! Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z If, at a Chartist meeting, one athletic leader had similarly threatened an old grey-headed Royalist who hissed some Republican name, it would have been described, in all respectable papers, as "a ruffianly proceeding." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z I heard that he was a passionate little Chartist when he was thirteen years old. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z "You cannot cross the bridge in mass," said the police, and the Chartists went home meekly, sending their petition in cabs. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z The Chartist movement was promulgated by the "Workingmen's Association." Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z You could easily detect the Chartists in the town. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z At other times Mr. Hughes had nobler moods, but he, like Kingsley, had few qualifications for delineating Chartists. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Ask a Cabinet Minister if he wouldn't be more frightened by a deputation from the City, than if the telegraph told him a Chartist mob was moving on London? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The plan was explained in what was called the People's Charter, and therefore its supporters were spoken of as Chartists. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z When the agitation became an uprising in Wales, there was a conflict between the Chartists and the police in which a number were killed and wounded. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z These schemers and dabblers assumed to speak in the name of the Chartists, and the Chartists assumed to represent the people of England. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z To the Positivist Chartist is given the stronger name of "Radical." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z One wrote, ‘If Jasper Lee leaves the B— D— dock in a felon’s van, it shall be over a hurdle of Chartists’ bodies.’ Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The Chartists, reviving the machinery which they had endeavoured to employ in 1839, decided on preparing a monster petition to parliament, which was to be escorted to Westminster by a monster procession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z "Political power our means, social happiness our end," was a Chartist motto. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z ‘Well,’ said Wentworth, ‘the truth was, I had intended to be there, but I went to the Chartist meeting instead.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The Radical more or less evolves his creed by observation of the condition of things surrounding him; the Chartist had his creed ready made for him. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The Chartist movement is also proletarian because in it the antagonism between labour and capital arises often and sharply. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z The Chartists derived their name from the charter which set out their demands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Let us turn, for a moment, to a proletarian movement of a somewhat different type, the Chartist movement in England. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z He took an active part in the Chartist agitation, but withdrew his support when the agitation for the repeal of the corn laws was removed from the Chartist programme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The Chartist may be said to begin with political effects, the Radical with political causes. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z A symptom of the proletarian character of the Chartist movement is seen in its growing indifference to political questions that do not immediately concern it; as, for example, concerning the abolition of the corn tax. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z Another organization, in one sense even more formidable than the Chartist, was agitating at the same time for the repeal of the corn laws, and was known as the Anti-Corn Law League. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z He had been a Chartist in the Forties: he was a Socialist in these, the Nineties: but he confessed that before any real reform was attempted, Property must first be destroyed. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z The Chartist movement had a purely political programme of annual Parliaments, payment of members, the ballot, and other constitutional reforms. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Still it was no proof that Kingsley was a Chartist, and that was my point. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z It is interesting to see how gradually the Chartist movement became indifferent towards the most pressing interests of the middle-class; these, though originally included, were finally and completely thrown overboard. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z The Chartists were induced to abandon the procession which had caused so much alarm, and the monster petition was carried in a cab to the House of Commons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z One exception to the tranquillity of the town has to be recorded—the occurrence of riots in 1839, during the Chartist agitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The Chartists were sent to prison when they broke the law, their meetings were sometimes dispersed by force, and they were sometimes shot dead in the course of riots. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z But the business of this chapter is with the Old Postillion, the founder of the real Chartists, who taught them and who knew them all. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The only programme of the Chartist movement is the charter, which contains no true socialistic postulates, but only a collection of parliamentary reforms. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z Chartists point to 1,130 as key resistance, tested in June and early August, with both failures opening the door to steep declines. Stocks rally as jobs data spurs optimism 2010-09-04T00:07:00Z Mr George Meredith’s “Old Chartist” exhibits far more of the temper of acceptance than does any poem by Matthew Arnold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The artisans, whose political agitation had died out in the Chartist movement of 1848, had devoted their energies since that date to the development of their industrial organizations. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z But when they found their own meetings broken up by Chartists, and their Tory adversaries aided at elections, their subscriptions decreased, and a new charge of hostility to the working class was founded on that. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z I speak thus emphatically, because frequently, even by such a distinguished student of English history as Brentano, the Chartist is classed with the German social democrat. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z In November 1839 a Chartist mob consisting of miners and others made an attack on Newport, Mon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" What is interesting is that he has found that the myth of the veteran Owenite or Chartist is, in all essentials, confirmed by the documents. An Example of Communal Currency The facts about the Guernsey Market House In answering the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lansdowne said: "In the 80,000 uninstructed children now growing out of infancy your Lordships may see the rising Chartists of the next age." A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z When Thomas Cooper came to London he went, as most Chartists of note did, to see Francis Place. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The insurrectionists in Lyons and the Chartist revolutionaries were both utopists—for they shed their blood and yet only strengthened the reaction. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z The principal scene of intended Chartist demonstration was London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Let our trust be in well-informed, clearsighted democracy, and let the transition be from the aristocracy to the cultivated middle classes, and not to the rule of Feargus O'Connor and his Chartists. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) In 1848 his father, who had been a Chartist, emigrated to America, settling in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The only portion of the working class known to oppose Free Trade were the Chartists. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Shortly after, these studies were reprinted in the Chartist organ edited by Ernest Jones, The People's Paper.... Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 After all these gigantic preparations on both sides the Chartist demonstration proved to be a very insignificant affair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" In fact it was regarded as the centre and seat of democratic radicalism, and the turbulence of Chartist times was yet fresh in remembrance. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 He began life as a Chartist and printer, and, I believe, was concerned in the outbreak near Newport. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself The Chartists, who became the hired agents of Tory hostility, did more to delay and discredit the Charter and to create distrust of the cause of Labour than all outside enemies put together. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Where are the Finsbury radicals—all beery and Chartist, who here dined; the demagogues who duped them, the hopes they cherished, the promises they made? The Night Side of London This was shown by the slow disappearance of the Chartist movement, that is to say, the proletarian movement of the country which was the spinal column of the capitalist system. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History We hear of a great Chartist petition to be presented by 200,000 men. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series She has had in her midst a party of ultras, called Chartists, that look to the subversion of the present form of government. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 It seems also ingratitude that when questions were raised in Parliament of mitigating the condition of Chartist prisoners, the Tories never raised a single voice in their favour. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z "If so, the Chartists have more of my sympathy than I was aware of." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The need of labor legislation arose in England before the Chartist movement and it developed afterwards along with it. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History Another monster Chartist petition rejected by Parliament; failure of a projected meeting on Kennington Common practically ended Chartist agitation. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The Radicals have been shot down as at Manchester; the Chartists ridiculed into silence; but Catholic emancipation has been allowed, and the corn-laws repealed. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The procession of actual Chartists, able to leave their work to join it, could never have amounted to four thousand. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Chartist movement strong in England; demands for the ballot and other reforms presented to Parliament. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Having its principal seat at London it was interested in the Chartist movement and had had some influence over it. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History In Great Britain, Parliament rejected a Chartist petition for universal suffrage, etc., containing over three million signatures. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 His support of the Chartist movement obliged him to resign his position, but he undertook to edit The Midland Counties Illuminator, a Chartist journal, in 1841. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" There was only one weapon known to be in London, in the hands of the Chartists, and that was a Colonel Macerone's spear, fabricated in 1830, to assist in carrying the first Reform Bill. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Chartist petition with a million and a quarter signatures presented to Parliament; demands refused. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 After 1840 the men were drilled “in the common formations,” mainly with a view to being employed for the maintenance of order and in support of the police, in case of Chartist or other agitations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" A general strike was conducted by the Chartists; Feargus O'Connor, the leader, convicted of inciting to riot, but escaped sentence. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 He became a leader of the extreme Chartist party, and for his action in urging on the strike of 1842 he was imprisoned in Stafford gaol for two years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" As I had been personally associated with all the chief Chartists, in prison and out, from the beginning of the movement, I can speak with some knowledge of them on that day. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z During the Chartist times violent meetings were held at a club in Shire Lane. Old and New London Volume I Hankin was the son of a Chartist, from whom he inherited a small but sufficient collection of books. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies Then does the worthy old squire hate all the brood of them most righteously; for what are they but Atheists, Jacobins, Revolutionists, Chartists, rogues and vagabonds? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 In the background of his thought lay the Socialist and Chartist movement, which was even then preparing for the explosion of 1848. A History of the English Church in New Zealand How little the creator of Alton Locke was a Chartist, or a sympathiser with Chartism, was seen when he described "Mr. Julian Harney and Feargus O'Connor and the rest of the smoke of the pit." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Section II. has made clear the relations of the Communists to the existing working class parties, such as the Chartists in England and the Agrarian Reformers in America. Manifesto of the Communist Party Furthermore, the Chartists were leading a vast political movement of the workers. Violence and the Labor Movement He is in general a blunt, manly, taciturn fellow, who, without much of the Radical or Chartist about him, especially if wages be good and employment abundant, rarely touches his hat to a gentleman. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The Chartist demanded the Rights of Englishmen, and found the strength of his demand not diminished, but heightened, by the elder battle-cry of the "Rights of Man." The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe This only meant that he wanted Chartists to take up social, and drop political reform. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z On 19 Aug. a Chartist meeting was to be held on Clerkenwell Green, but plenty of police p. 193were there to meet them. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign They were in touch with the revolutionary faction of the English Chartists under the leadership of George Julian Harney, editor of The Northern Star, to which Engels contributed. Violence and the Labor Movement The future emperor, it appears, did at one time officiate as an English police officer, but it was only for the space of two months, and then as special constable at some Chartist meetings. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The Chartist mob, who lined the street, saluted the active, spare little Bishop with hooting and groans. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) Now turn to the Positivist Chartist, and see whether there be any backbone of political emancipation in him, or whether his vertebra is of jelly, like Alton Locke's. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The leading body consisted of some thousands on foot, many of whom were Chartists and rabble of the town; a large number of women was among the crowd, and men bearing inflammatory placards. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign After depicting the misery of the masses, he hastily reviews the growth of the labor movement that ended with the Chartist agitation. Violence and the Labor Movement Did he join either the Chartists or the Special Constables in Trafalgar Square? My Autobiography A Fragment He had taken no small part in the framing of the Reform Bill of 1832, and at one time he had been hailed by the English Radicals or Chartists as their coming leader. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion He is the Chartist of Positivism without a throb of indignation at political subjection. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z There was great distress in the manufacturing districts, and disturbances originating in a strike for higher wages, were inflamed by the Chartists, and other political agitators. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The cry of the Chartists does not leave him cold. Dreamers of the Ghetto Affronted by the Whigs, he became in a certain sense a Tory; but he united his Toryism with Chartism, and was sent to Parliament for Nottingham by Tories and Chartists combined. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 We are not prepared to be Chartists in either department,––the educational or the political; and this simply on the ground that Chartism in either would be prejudicial to the general good. Leading Articles on Various Subjects But it is not true in any sense of the words that Kingsley wanted Chartists to 'take up social and drop political reform.' Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The authorities, having been previously advised of their intention, had the military in readiness to act, should the Chartists behave in a disorderly manner: but they conducted themselves with great decorum. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign If I have never seen an out-and-out fiery Chartist, I have at least seen some smouldering specimens—men with much of the eloquence and a little of the enterprise of the original five-pointers. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland About this time the country was in a state of great turbulency on account of the Plug Drawing and the Chartist Riots. Adventures and Recollections I acknowledge, sir," Frank began, "that I broke out of bounds to go to a Chartist meeting, and that I got into a row there. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California The old grey-headed Chartist hissed the Queen's office, not herself. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z A new, and somewhat unexpected method of agitation, was, about this time, adopted by the Chartists. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The father, William G. Burns, had been more interested in the Chartist social movement than in any settled business activity. All About Coffee Whatever the Chartist and the Leveller may think of the matter, it is, I find, virtually on behalf of the many that the soil has been appropriated by the few. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland "I was thinking, Perkins, that it would be a great lark to go up to one of those halls where those Chartist fellows meet, and to hear their speeches." Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Besides Church Chartists and Positivist Chartists, there were Tory Chartists, of whom I add an account, and a list of those among them who were paid in the days of their hired activity. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The Chartists behaved well in the Cathedral; but, at St. Stephen’s Church in the evening, they made a disturbance. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Here too occurred the Chartist meeting, on the memorable 10th of April, 1848. Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The Chartist leader made two eloquent speeches, and the chairman declared the meeting at an end. Highways and Byways in Surrey But I should certainly like to go up and see one of those Chartist riots. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Chartist speakers were bribed to take up the cry. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The Chartists—Their going to church—Dissolution of the Convention—Approaching marriage of the Queen—The Queen and lunatics—Raid on a Gaming House—Act of Penance. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign They have undertaken a task beyond that which the sturdy Chartists of England performed. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II A year after the Chartists had crowded over the Common, the County Club was in debt for £70. Highways and Byways in Surrey The Chartist movement, the agitation over the Papal claims and the fear of invasion, are landmarks in the turbulent and menacing annals of the time. Lord John Russell Who would have thought that if you scratched a Chartist you would find a Tory agent under his skin? Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Probably nearly all my readers have heard of the “Chartists,” but it is equally probable that few know when the agitation commenced, and the reason for its existence. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The Chartist Petition, if we remember aright, had seven or eight hundred thousand names—the largest number ever obtained to a petition. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The Middle Ages are to Chesterton what King Alfred was to the Chartists and early Radicals. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study England in 1848 was not destined to escape an outbreak of the revolutionary spirit, though the Chartist movement, in spite of the panic which it awakened, was never really formidable. Lord John Russell Happily it is now thought a scandal to say that Chartist politicians took money from Tories to break up Liberal meetings. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Within a few days the Chartists could boast that for fifty miles round Manchester every loom was still. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) They were all Union men, and Tom, of course, followed the fashion, and soon propounded theories in that institution which gained him the name of Chartist Brown. Tom Brown at Oxford They believed that in his days England was actually governed on Chartist principles. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study He went on steadily, comparing the moderation of the women with the red-hot violence of their Chartist forbears—till one half-drunken listener, having lost the thread, hiccuped out— 'Can't do nothin'—them women. The Convert Every Chartist leader of any notoriety was brought to Manchester from places as distant as Leicester and Sunderland. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z In the autumn, St. Paul's Cathedral in London was temporarily taken possession of by a large body of Chartists. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Our home politics are rather more satisfactory than they were; that is to say, the dangers of Irish insurrection and of formidable Chartist outbreak are over. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Chartist agitation was extreme, and was proclaimed illegal. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget For half a century that city had been a centre of Radicalism, of extreme democratic opinion and, in earlier days, of Chartist turbulence. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V At that meeting of 10,000 working men the Chartists were driven off the ground. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The French Revolution gave quickening impulse to the Chartist movement in English Chartists encouraged England. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) In the meantime, however, all wears the appearance of peace, and at home the chances of disturbance both from Chartists and Repealers have become less. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II The parties opposed to Chartists defeat the hearing of this proposed motion; and the British soldiers gain a victory over the Boers. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget At Manchester, however, the Chartists are armed, and have bad designs. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 Blows being exchanged and blood spilt in the fray, the aim of the Chartist party to create confusion was so far gained; and the moral effect of the demonstration was effectually marred. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The renewed demonstrations of the Chartists in London were merely co-incident with the revolutionary demonstrations abroad. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) He also spoke, if you will allow me to allude to it, of a social subject much discussed at the time — the Chartist subject of levelling.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 And then the Chartists lost their proposed hearing and the Boers were beaten. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget If, however, the Chartists fire and draw their swords and use their daggers, the Military are to be called out. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 Even "Honest Tom Duncombe," as the Chartists affectionately called him, was known to be in the pay of the French Emperor, of sinister renown, as documents found in the Tuileries showed. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z On the 1st of April, at a public meeting in Edinburgh to support the Ministry, the Chartist agitation Chartists took possession of the platform, ejected the Lord Provost, and passed their own resolutions. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Yet the Chartists from Newport and places adjacent, in 1840, met with no sympathy from the Foresters, who drove their delegates away. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account We are arrived at the end of the year, and the next will begin with the Chartist trials. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The Chartist period of 1848 was a great opportunity, happily seized, and some of the artist's sketches were the result of his personal observation; for he was himself sworn in. The History of "Punch" In the light of what we know it seems hypocrisy in the Tories to speak of Chartists with the horror and disdain which they displayed, when all the while the Chartists were doing their work. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z On behalf of the Chartists large public meetings were organized in London and in all parts of England at which violent speeches were made. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The ballot even then was demanded by the whole body of the Chartists. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV Many who would not accept the Chartist idea of annual parliaments would still regard as one of the articles of the true creed of Liberalism the principle of the triennial parliament. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I And, besides, are you aware who are the conductors of that paper, and that they are Chartists, Deists, Atheists, Anarchists, and Socialists, to a man? The History of "Punch" We know there were Tory Chartists, because they took money from the Tories to promote their interests. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The position of the Executive in Canada has, for a long while, been just what our position in this country would be if the House of Commons were composed of Chartist leaders. Diary in America, Series Two Orator Hunt, one of the most popular heroes of the Chartist agitation, had only just defeated Mr. Stanley at Preston. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV Engels had been living in England about three years at this time, and had made an exhaustive investigation of industrial conditions there, and become intimately acquainted with the leaders of the Chartist movement. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles It is further well known that the English bourgeois newspapers could not denounce the Chartist leaders and Chartist writers more effectively than by reproaching them with setting class against class. Selected Essays The Chartists contended that the Corn Laws could not be repealed until the people had universal suffrage. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The Chartist, the White Boy, may really be patriots in their hearts, although they are attempting revolution, and are looked upon as the enemies of good order. Diary in America, Series Two If," he wrote, "the Chartist troubles had not prevented me embarking yesterday at Rotterdam, I should have reached London this morning in the company of the Countess of Landsfeld. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert From the very first, already predisposed, as we know, he sympathized with the views of the Chartists and the Owenite Socialists. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles That the attitude of the workers is as above described, of this the English Chartists have furnished us with a brilliant example in the recent Anti-Corn Law League movement. Selected Essays Its strain gradually broke the Whig alliance and the Chartist sympathy. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry The Chartist Movement.—The act of 1832 possessed none of the elements of finality. The Governments of Europe I have put off my departure for England, because I wished to know first what was happening in that country as a result of the Chartists' disturbance. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert He became friendly with the Chartist leaders, notably with Feargus O'Connor, to whose paper, the Northern Star, he became a contributor. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles Parliament was as contemptuous of the peasants in the fourteenth as of the Chartists in the nineteenth century. A Short History of England On the 13th of March—you'll remember that was the day on which more than a hundred thousand Chartists gathered on Kennington Common—the revolution broke out in Vienna. The Marx He Knew Footnote 113: It is of interest to observe that every one of the demands enumerated found a place half a century later among the "six points" of the Chartists. The Governments of Europe In England it was the year of the Chartist riots, and political and social problems gave plenty of matter for thought. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Footnote 51: Chartist riots were very frequent at the time. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Although the Chartist demands were political, it was the social misery of the time that drove men and women into the Chartist movement. The Rise of the Democracy The Chartists had come together, and every day we expected to hear that the monarchy had been overthrown and a Social Republic established. The Marx He Knew The death of the old Chartist leader Saldanha in 1876 was followed, indeed, by the appearance of a political alignment that was essentially new. The Governments of Europe The readjustment of the labour market to meet the use of machinery, and the occurrence of a series of bad harvests had caused widespread discontent, and the Chartist movement was at its height in 1839. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Footnote 73: A Leicester Chartist, who was afterwards tried for sedition. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 In 1780 Charles James Fox, the great Whig leader, declared himself in favour of the identical six points which were, so long after, embodied in the programme of the Chartists. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Of course, we knew that Chartism was a 'bread and butter question' at the bottom, and that the Chartists' cause was ours. The Marx He Knew If Prussian soldiers had been used against Irish peasants, so too had they been used against English Chartists. Gilbert Keith Chesterton He interviewed alarmed magistrates, and he attended, in person and unarmed, a large gathering of Chartists. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies They have no money, and the Chartists want to bring about another counter-revolution, which would be fatal to the poor Queen's interests, I fear. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 On the 15th of July, in the year 1839, forty-eight years afterwards—to a day—the Chartist rioters were rampant in the Bull Ring. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men The Chartists clamored for "the Charter, the whole Charter, and nothing but the Charter." Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The alliance is marked by his great speeches for Lord Grey's Reform Bill: it is marked even more significantly in his speech against the Chartists. The Victorian Age in Literature Two years later he published Alton Locke, describing the life of a young tailor whose mind and whose fortunes are profoundly influenced by the Chartist movement. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies On the 18th August, the Duke of Terceira, followed by many persons of distinction, joined the insurgents, and, establishing himself at Mafra, advanced upon Lisbon with the Chartist troops, issuing a proclamation of provisional regency. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 In the course of the last Chartist disturbances, three days before the rising of Parliament. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The Chartists arranged for a convention in London, and I was sent as a member. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The ‘Hip, hip, hurrah!’ with which it was greeted startled the neighbours, who for a moment thought the Chartists had invaded the quiet precincts of the square. Letters from Egypt My venerable friend, Thomas Cooper, the pious and eloquent old Chartist, has been similarly confused with Robert Cooper, the atheist, lecturer; not but that Thomas had once been an atheist too. My Life as an Author The Chartists held public meetings, organized clubs, and published newpapers to disseminate their principles, but for many years made very little progress. The Leading Facts of English History "But I did think," insisted Charlotte, "that those Women Chartists were right." King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The Chartist working-men, on the contrary, espoused with redoubled zeal all the struggles of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Though I was only six I distinctly remember the Chartist riots in 1848. Letters from Egypt During all these years the 'Chartists' had been vainly struggling to force Parliament to proceed with reform of their grievances. Queen Victoria A Radical Party called the "Chartists" now arose, which undertook to secure further measures of reform. The Leading Facts of English History "My dear," said the King, "it's no use your talking about those Women Chartists to me." King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The Chartists therefore divided into two parties whose political programmes agreed literally, but which were nevertheless thoroughly different and incapable of union. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 For, as his name denoted, he was engaged in politics—an Irish-Canadian, a Free Trader, a Home Ruler, perhaps even a Chartist, for all Vassie said to the contrary. Secret Bread He followed this up with Alton Locke, dealing especially with the life and conditions of work of the journeymen tailors, and the Chartist riots. Queen Victoria It was now the Chartists' turn to be frightened. The Leading Facts of English History "Oh, can't you do anything for me?" wailed the poor little Chartist, with nerve utterly gone. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties “Political power our means, social happiness our end,” is now the clearly formulated war-cry of the Chartists. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 In 1848 the widespread misery among the English working class, both agricultural labourers and the operatives in cities, broke out in a startling way in the Chartist movement. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The Chartists were opposed to the Anti-Corn Law party, for they thought that the cry of 'cheap bread' meant simply 'low wages,' and was a trap set to catch them unawares. Queen Victoria Still the demands of the Chartists had a solid foundation of good sense, which the blustering bravado of the leaders of the movement could not wholly destroy. The Leading Facts of English History No controversial side of the national life ever entered her brain—until somehow or another it was reached by the dim uproar of the Women Chartists' movement. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The “knife and fork question” of the preacher Stephens was a truth for a part of the Chartists only, in 1838, it is a truth for all of them in 1845. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 One of the most important political movements of the present century was the Chartist agitation in Great Britain. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World The failure of the "physical force" Chartists in 1848 had served to enforce the lesson taught by Carlyle and Kingsley, that the way to gain reform was not through deeds of violence and bloodshed. Queen Victoria The unhappy Chartists struggled hard; and there is something pathetic in thinking how good men were treated for preaching political commonplaces which are now deemed almost Conservative. Side Lights Meetings were held to congratulate the Chartists in England, the followers of Louis Blanc in France. Children of the Market Place In its present form, Socialism can never become the common creed of the working-class; it must condescend to return for a moment to the Chartist standpoint. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The reason for the outbreak of the Chartist reform was the fact that the Reform Bill of 1832 had proved a signal failure. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World England was a sick nation, at war with itself, and Chartism and the Chartists were some of the signs of the disease. Queen Victoria For, after all, what are these Chartists, that are found marching about the country, and engaged in the disturbances that prevail? Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century I found them all Chartists, but with this difference, that the block-printers and hand-loom weavers united to their Chartism a hatred of machinery which was far from being shared by the factory operatives.' Recent Developments in European Thought In civilised districts they joined the Chartists body and soul. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 In like manner the Property Qualification formerly imposed on candidates for Parliament, against which the Chartists so vehemently and justly declaimed, has long since been abolished. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World A new champion, Charles Kingsley, or 'Parson Lot,' stood forth as the Chartist leader. Queen Victoria Now WALL, being ordained a poor man and a Chartist, is endowed with a “laughing hyena” countenance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 To our minds, yes; as also to the minds of the teetotal Chartists whom the Government imprisoned, and of the strike leaders whom the Government's Commissioners denounced. Recent Developments in European Thought Hence it is evident that the working-men’s movement is divided into two sections, the Chartists and the Socialists. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The authorities put out their hands and the Chartist meetings in many places were broken up. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Both sides receive some hard knocks, for Kingsley was a born fighter, and his courage and fearlessness won him many friends, even among the most violent of the Chartists. Queen Victoria The Chartists, with pleasure, Will wait on his leisure, They’ll carry him to his grave. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 Why not mesmerise the Chinese? and, as for the Chartists, call out Delafontaine instead of the magistrates—a few mesmeric passes would be an easy and efficient substitute for the “Riot Act.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 These different sections of working-men, often united, often separated, Trades Unionists, Chartists, and Socialists, have founded on their own hook numbers of schools and reading-rooms for the advancement of education. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 At least three of the six articles of the Chartist charter were soon adopted by Parliament. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World When, finally, violent methods proved of no avail and the Chartist party dissolved, the democratic movement took a fresh lease of life. Queen Victoria For some years after reaching manhood Mr. Vince was a Chartist lecturer, but was chosen minister of Mount Zion Chapel in 1851, and remained with us till Oct. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically Again, we have got most of those Points for which the Chartists once so passionately struggled. As We Are and As We May Be The English Chartist is politically a republican, though he rarely or never mentions the word, while he sympathises with the republican parties of all countries, and calls himself in preference a democrat. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 "George, must you be a Chartist and believe in Feargus O'Connor?" At a Winter's Fire Canon Kingsley, as he would admit to-day, was before his time, and in aiding the Chartist movement made a fatal mistake. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth Co-operative Societies at one time were put in the same category as Chartist, Socialist, and Communistic Associations, all banned alike. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically William Edward Forster, the creator of national education, a Chartist in his youth, had become the gaoler of Parnell and the protagonist of coercion in Ireland. The History of the Fabian Society At a meeting of Liberals and Chartists held in Manchester, February 15th, 1842, a petition urging the repeal of the Corn Laws and the adoption of the Charter was drawn up. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Never had such a sight been seen in the Radical and Chartist village of Dullarg. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Our first Chartist Parliament, or Oliver Redivivus, you would say, will know where to lay the new taxes of England!—Or, alas, taxes? Past and Present The Chartist "National Convention" met here May 13, 1839, and noisy assemblages almost daily affrighted the respectable townsmen out of their propriety. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The departure was made by Graham Wallas, who, abandoning the deductive construction of intellectual theorems, made an exhaustive study of the Chartist movement. The History of the Fabian Society In any case, the experience of the French will not have been undergone in vain, and most of the Chartist leaders are, moreover, already Communists. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Winnie's bright eyes had actually pored over old and long Chartist tracts translated into Welsh, and books on the Christian Socialism of Charles Kingsley, and pamphlets on more' recent kinds of Socialism. Aylwin We now come to the case of the Chartists in 1842. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 In the Chartist riots of 1839, the people tore up the railings round the churchyard to use as pikes. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically —Poet, novelist, and Chartist, s. of Major J., equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, afterwards King of Hanover, was b. at Berlin. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Therein lies the difference between Chartist democracy and all previous political bourgeois democracy. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Now that all which could be deemed wise and good in Chartist demands has been conceded, orderly and quietly, the name "Chartism" has utterly lost its dread significance. Great Britain and Her Queen Furnivall was interested, nor in any outcome of Chartism or Chartist principles. The Life of John Ruskin As to the Chartists, it is only a pity in my mind that you have not more of them. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) He adopted the views of the Chartists in an extreme form, and was imprisoned for two years for seditious speeches, and on his release conducted a Chartist newspaper. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature But woe to the operatives to whom it occurs to think for themselves and become Chartists! The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 At the same time, the Chartist movement was gathering the strength which was to expend itself in the futile demonstrations of 1848. Great Britain and Her Queen These days of the early forties when England was engaged with the Chartist risings at home and her Chinese wars abroad, were surely parlous times up on this edge of empire. The New North You Chartists are right: you have a right to votes, only you take the wrong way to obtain them. Old and New Masters —Chartist poet, was b. at Leicester, and apprenticed to a shoemaker. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature When the farmers become Liberals, i.e., conscious bourgeois, the agricultural labourers will inevitably become Chartists and Socialists; the first change involves the second. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Sir Roger's moral is trite enough, yet it seems to have escaped the consideration of our Chartists and Socialists. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 One turns back the clock to the time of the Chartists and the year of the nuptials of the young Queen in England. The New North Alton Locke, a novel, by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, in which Carlyle is introduced as one of the personages. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He became a leader and lecturer among the Chartists, and in 1842 was imprisoned in Stafford gaol for two years, where he wrote his Purgatory of Suicides, a political epic. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The Chartists are theoretically the more backward, the less developed, but they are genuine proletarians all over, the representatives of their class. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Then he is a great friend of a reform which the Chartists grievously overlook, and which would make thousands of them voters if they would adopt it. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's And the most genuine and purely popular movement that we have had since the Chartists has been the enlistment for this war. The Crimes of England This novel won for the author the title of "The Chartist Clergyman." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook A Chartist insurrection enlists a volunteer police in London, and an apprehended riot among foreigners is met by a similar precaution in one of our cities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Every Socialist, and almost every Chartist institution, has such a place, and so too have many trades. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 He distances the Chartists altogether in his programme, and adds several new points to their political creed. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's I am not a Chartist, and I never was. Reprinted Pieces But the Chartist movement killed itself through bad leadership and no acts of violence took place. The Story of Mankind On the 10th of April, the Chartists were to muster on Kennington Common half a million strong. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Birmingham is a politically radical, but not a Chartist, town. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The storm of 1848 was preparing in Europe; the Corn Laws had fallen; the Chartists were gathering in England. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 I read the paper, and hear discussion, at what we call 'a parlour,' in Birmingham, and I know many good men and workmen who are Chartists. Reprinted Pieces Italy, Hungary, and half Germany were in revolt against the old authorities; the Irish joined in the chorus, and the Chartist monster petition was being carted to Parliament. Thomas Carlyle The middle and lower classes in manufacturing towns, precursors of the Chartists of 1846, belonged to this society. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 The old idea of a “holy month,” a general strike, broached in 1839 by the Chartists, was revived. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 CHARTISM.—Notwithstanding the constitutional changes in England, the distress and discontent of the poorer classes occasioned the riotous "Chartist" movement in 1839, when universal suffrage, annual parliaments, and other radical changes were in vain demanded. Outline of Universal History William Butcher delivered, at his Parlour, in a speech, that it was a Patent way of making Chartists. Reprinted Pieces Was I not a Chartist and an Infidel? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I was not long within hearing of him, before I became aware that this youth was a Chartist. Redburn. His First Voyage He commanded the gallant little body of troops at Newport who, on the 4th of November, 1839, quelled the Chartist insurrection, and broke the formidable power that menaced a general outbreak. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain Whenever he did not understand them he would go and ask one of the people on his beat, a Chartist or a student at the Sorbonne, to explain. Jean-Christophe Journey's End But I don't think so, and I am not a Chartist. Reprinted Pieces Shall the Chartist alone be excluded from the promise, "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness"? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The Chartists will never submit to anything that is cheap. Endymion Do you find any Chartists listen to you? Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman The sagacious and skilled brain which had planned so well the defence of London from the threatened outbreak of the Chartists, would plan no more for Queen and country. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 A friend of mine, by the name of William Butcher, is a Chartist. Reprinted Pieces But she answered only with a quiet smile: "So you are a Chartist still?" Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I was not alarmed about the Chartists last year. Endymion Many of the working people were unfriendly to them, for the Chartists believed that the repeal of the Corn-laws would lower the price of labour. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 The Chartists threatened to make a great demonstration on Kennington Common. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 If I refuse my consent to the question my son will no doubt soon ask me, he will not insist; but will enter a Chartist monastery. The Idol of Paris If by a Chartist you mean one who fancies that a change in mere political circumstances will bring about a millennium, I am no longer one. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography They will never be able to get up the steam, Sir Thomas; the Chartists are against them. Endymion Tom is all for politics now, and the theories he propounds in the Union gain him the name of Chartist Brown. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Thank God," her Majesty wrote to the King of the Belgians, "the Chartist meeting and procession have turned out a complete failure. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 He has a friend, a Chartist in France, whom he visits often. The Idol of Paris He carried the same revolver and bowie-knife which he had showed me the fatal night that he intruded on the Chartist club. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Of course there will still be some anxiety until the night is well over, and till we see whether the Chartist spirit rises again after this failure. Lady John Russell He was a Chartist, and with him and Crossthwaite, my old fellow-workman, I was vowed to the Good Cause of the Charter. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction In England, though the most swaggering of the Chartists still blustered a little, attention could be given to more peaceful concerns. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 "Albert will enter the Chartist Monastery and the Countess Styvens will die of sorrow." The Idol of Paris Well" said I to myself, smiling in spirit, "what would my Chartist friends say if they saw me here? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The astonishment was great, and the fear increased that the Chartist movement and Irish troubles would lead to revolution at home. Lady John Russell The Chartist petition was rejected by the House of Commons contemptuously. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction While collecting materials for his Life of Cromwell, Carlyle became deeply interested in the movements of the Chartists, composed chiefly of working-men with socialistic tendencies. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam At last some danger was apprehended from the monster meetings and inflammatory speeches of the Chartists, and government resolved to suppress the whole movement by the strong arm. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders The majority were sworn in as special constables, and several had openly sided with the Chartists; while he himself, with Mr. Maurice and Mr. Ludlow, were unable to take active part with either side. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Do you know, sir, I long at times that I did agree with those Chartists? Yeast: a Problem The Chartists believed their proposals would improve matters, other working-class leaders believed that a general stoppage of work would be more effective. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Almost immediately upon its granting, began what was known as the Chartist movement, an agitation kept up among the lower classes for a "charter" or more liberal constitution. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 The Chartist agitation continued with meetings and riots and national conventions until 1848, when the Revolution in France gave a great impulse to it. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders We'll strike while the iron's hot, and go down to the Chartist meeting at * * * * *. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography You want a good Chartist lecturer down here, my covies, to show you donkeys of labouring men that you have got iron on your heels, if you only know’d how to use it.’ Yeast: a Problem Gerard became a marked man in the Chartist Convention, a member of a small but resolute committee. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Fears were entertained of the attitude of the Chartists. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 That year the Chartists, encouraged by the revolutions then shaking almost every throne on the European continent, indulged in riotous demonstrations which frightened the law-abiding citizens, and brought discredit upon themselves. General History for Colleges and High Schools He had written to inform me that one of the old Chartist leaders, a very worthy fellow, was in great distress, and to ask me to do what I could for him. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography And then they wonder why men turn Chartists! Yeast: a Problem Although a delegate to the Chartist Convention, Stephen had not forgotten the claims of Gerard to landed estate, and had pursued his inquiries as to the whereabouts of Hatton with some success. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction The Chartists stirred again, and renewed their not unreasonable or treasonable demands; but all in vain. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood But it has gradually attached itself to an advanced Radical programme of a Chartist description. Letters from America Yes; the Chartist poet is vain, conceited, ambitious, uneducated, shallow, inexperienced, envious, ferocious, scurrilous, seditious, traitorous.—Is your charitable vocabulary exhausted? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Chartists are not made of your material at all. In Kedar's Tents Sybil, in despair, made her way to a coffee-house near Charing Cross, which she knew had been much frequented by members of the Chartist Convention. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction At one time it threatened to strike still nearer, for that spring the Chartists made their great demonstration, or rather announced one. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood ‘You are not a Chartist, then?’ said Baruch. Clara Hopgood Who?—shriek not in your Belgravian saloons—the Chartists; the communist Chartists: upon whom you and your venal press heap every kind of cowardly execration and ribald slander. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography You are too easy-going, too much of a gentleman to be a Chartist. In Kedar's Tents The Chartists of 1848 demanded universal suffrage and were sternly repressed. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century There was no collision, in fact no large compact procession; the Chartists, mostly very good citizens, quietly dispersed and went home after presenting their petition. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood They turned into Gray’s Inn, and, when they were in comparative quietude, he said, - ‘Any Chartist news?’ and then without waiting for an answer, ‘By the way, who is your friend Dennis?’ Clara Hopgood "The risk, I presume, of being known to have actually received a letter from a Chartist; but I wrote—on my honour I wrote—a week ago; and received no word of answer!" Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Few of the Chartists expected to see the fulfilment of half of their desires. In Kedar's Tents The Chartists copied the method of agitation which O'Connell had employed in extorting Catholic emancipation. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Her Majesty followed on the arm of the Emperor, who proudly informed her that he had once been in her service as special constable against those unstable enemies, the Chartists. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood He cursed himself that nothing drove him out of himself with Marshall and his fellowmen; that he was not Chartist nor revolutionary; but it was impossible to create in himself enthusiasm for a cause. Clara Hopgood "Upon my honour, Locke, I believe you are a Chartist yourself at heart." Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Horner had thrown in his lot with the Chartists in that spirit of pique which makes a man marry the wrong woman because the right one will have none of him. In Kedar's Tents The Chartist agitation was culminating in the presentation of the great petition to Parliament, and half a million men were to escort it from Kennington to Westminster. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century A vile forgery of those low Chartist wretches! Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood Both he and Dennis were Chartists, and Baruch had interrupted a debate upon a speech delivered at a Chartist meeting that morning by Henry Vincent. Clara Hopgood Every soul of the Independents, let alone the Chartists, would have bid me good morning. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography It was the policy of the Chartist leaders and wirepullers to suggest rather than demonstrate physical force. In Kedar's Tents In May, 1838, Richard Cobden wrote to his brother concerning the political outlook in the nation, the Chartist agitation, the Radical demands, and the general disorganization which existed among the opponents of Tory government. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century So long as any portion of the community are unrepresented, the argument of the Chartists against ballot in conjunction with a restricted suffrage is unassailable. Considerations on Representative Government I broke it off because he was in that Chartist lot, and I knew as Mr. Baines would never stand that. The Old Wives' Tale I am not ashamed to say, Chartist as I am, that I felt inclined to fall upon my knees, and own a master of God's own making. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography ‘Alfred Pleydell - young fellow who resisted the Chartist rioters at Durham - died yesterday morning.’ In Kedar's Tents Distress was widespread among the people, nourishing the Chartist agitation on the one hand, and giving point to the arguments of the Anti-Corn Law orators on the other. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century "Why, that was before our time—in the days of the Chartist riots!" Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Elizabeth really looked quite appalled at this piece of intelligence; and Katherine continued, 'And Chartists, and Socialists, and horrible people, have been lecturing there! Abbeychurch I recollect hardly anything more, till I found myself thrust into the street by sneering footmen, and heard them call after me "Chartist" and "Communist" as I rushed along the pavement, careless where I went. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography And it was on account of the Chartists that you left England?’ In Kedar's Tents I'm too uppish, owing to my intelligence, and my father being a Chartist and a reading, thinking man: a stationer, too. Major Barbara "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton. Sybil, or the Two Nations I must prefer the Chartist distribution: Six hours sleep and six hours play: Six hours work and six shillings a day. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 The most violent speaker on that occasion was one of the staff of the leading Chartist newspaper. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography These Chartists consist of the most ignorant people in the land - the rabble, in fact, headed by a few scheming malcontents: professional agitators who are not above picking the pockets of the poor. In Kedar's Tents As to the Chartist agitation, there is this to be said of it, that it was thoroughly a working-class movement, and it was caused by the simplest and most powerful of all causes—hunger. Signs of Change The Chartist was cowed by Gerard; his old companion in scenes that the memory lingered over, and whose superior genius had often controlled and often led him. Sybil, or the Two Nations Courtier found the soft fingers of a young woman in his right hand, the old Chartist's dry trembling paw in his left. The Patrician And these are the Chartists, these are the men who are called fools and knaves—who are refused the rights which are bestowed on every profligate fop…. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography ‘Some months ago,’ he went on, ‘these Chartists attacked my house in the North of England, and killed my son.’ In Kedar's Tents He was drawn up perfectly insensible, together with a great brawny-armed hewer, a vehement Chartist, and hitherto his great enemy, but who now held him in his arms like a baby, so tenderly and anxiously. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Their organisation, independent of the political system of the Chartists, was complete. Sybil, or the Two Nations The song swelled, till every kind of voice, from treble to the old Chartist's quavering bass, was chanting it; here and there the crowd heaved with the movement of linked arms. The Patrician When bad men raised disturbances here, when a Chartist rabble fired on the Queen's soldiers, numerous regiments could, without the smallest risk, be spared from Ireland. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 An idea was now springing up among the operatives, that originated with the Chartists, but which came at last to be cherished as a darling child by many and many a one. Mary Barton No one can read Macaulay's speech on the Chartists, for instance, and not see that this is so. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays "This is my friend of whom I spoke and whom you wished to see, Sir," said the Chartist, "the most distinguished advocate of popular rights we possess, the editor of the Mowbray Phalanx, Mr Morley." Sybil, or the Two Nations The old Chartist was still beside him, tears rolling down his cheeks into his beard. The Patrician But the doctrine of the Chartist philosophers is that it is the business of the Government to support the people. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 England is, as yet, all quiet, and I hope will keep so, but the Chartists are at work and Ireland is full of inflammable matter. Letters from England This form, or that form, - The Government may be hungry pike, But don't you mount a Chartist platform! Poems — Volume 1 "We had a Chartist here the other day, but he did not understand our case at all." Sybil, or the Two Nations Well, sir, this was my argument: At the time of the Chartist trouble, an idea spread amongst financial circles that an attack was going to be made on the Bank of England. Lair of the White Worm |
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