declarationthathedidnotbelongtoanyTrades’Union，andpledgedhimselfnottoassistorsubscribetoanysociety，havingforitsobjectinterferencewiththemasters’powers；and，thirdly，thatthemastersshouldpledgethemselvestoprotectandencourageallwork-menwillingtoacceptemploymentonthoseconditions，andattherateofwagesfirstoffered。ConsideringthatthemenwhonowstoodlisteningwithloweringbrowsofdefiancewereallofthemleadingmembersoftheUnion，suchresolutionswereinthemselvessufficientlyprovocativeofanimosity；butnotcontentwithsimplystatingthem，HarryCarsonwentontocharacterizetheconductoftheworkmeninnomeasuredtermseverywordhespokerenderingtheirlooksmorelivid，theirglaringeyesmorefierce。Oneamongthemwouldhavespoken，butcheckedhimself；inobediencetothesternglanceandpressureonhisarm，receivedfromtheleader。
MrCarsonsatdown，andafriendinstantlygotuptosecondthemotion。
Itwascarried，butfarfromunanimously。Thechairmanannouncedittothedelegateswhohadbeenoncemoreturnedoutoftheroomforadivision。
Theyreceiveditwithdeepbroodingsilence，butspakeneveraword，andlefttheroomwithoutevenabow。Nowtherehadbeensomeby-playatthismeeting，notrecordedintheManchesternewspapers，whichgaveanaccountofthemoreregularpartofthetransaction。Whilethemenhadstoodgroupednearthedoor，ontheirfirstentrance，MrHarryCarsonhadtakenouthissilverpencil，andhaddrawnanadmirablecaricatureofthem——lank，ragged，dispirited，andfamine-stricken。Underneathhewroteahastyquotationfromthefatknight’swell-knownspeechinHenryIV。Hepassedittooneofhisneighbours，whoacknowledgedthelikenessinstantly，andbyhimitwassentroundtoothers，whoallsmiled，andnoddedtheirheads。Whenitcamebacktoitsownerhetorethebackoftheletteronwhichitwasdrawnintwo，twistedthemup，andflungthemintothefireplace；but，carelesswhethertheyreachedtheiraimornot，hedidnotlooktoseethattheyfelljustshortofanyconsumingcinders。Thisproceedingwascloselyobservedbyoneofthemen。Hewatchedthemastersastheyleftthehotellaughing，someofthemwere，atpassingjokes，andwhenallhadgone，here-entered。Hewenttothewaiter，whorecognisedhim。“There’sabitonapictureupyonder，asoneo’thegentlementhrewaway；
I’vealittleladathomeasdearlylovesapicture；byyourleaveI’llgoupforit。“Thewaiter，good-naturedandsympathetic，accompaniedhimupstairs；sawthepaperpickedupanduntwisted，andthenbeingconvinced，byahastyglanceatitscontents，thatitwasonlywhatthemanhadcalledit，“abitofapicture，“heallowedhimtobearawayhisprize。Towardsseveno’clockthatevening，manyoperativesbegantoassembleinaroomintheWeavers’Arms’public-house，aroomappropriatedfor“festiveoccasions，“asthelandlord，inhiscircular，onopeningthepremises，haddescribedit。But，alas!itwasonnofestiveoccasionthattheymettherethisnight。Starved，irritated，despairingmen，theywereassemblingtoheartheanswerthatmorninggivenbythemasterstotheirdelegates；