The Chartist Circular (Chartist) 1840

An unstamped weekly (28 September 1839 – 9 July 1842), one of the most popular Chartist publications, published in Glasgow by the Universal Suffrage Committee for Scotland, and aimed at a lower and middle-class readership.

Poems appearing in this periodical

1840

Poem title Poets Date Vol etc. Transcribed? id #
Songs for the People. No. III Donald, George (1800-1851) 1840-01-04 Volume: 1, Issue: 15, Page: 60 yes 12
Songs for the People. No. IV Donald, George (1800-1851) 1840-01-11 Volume: 1, Issue: 16, Page: 64 yes 13
The Age of Harmony Thomson, William 1840-01-18 Volume: 1, Issue: 17, Page: 68 yes 14
Songs for the People. No. V Donald, George (1800-1851) 1840-01-25 Volume: 1, Issue: 18, Page: 72 yes 15
Harry Brougham Teufelsdrockh (pseudonym) 1840-02-01 Volume: 1, Issue: 19, Page: 76 yes 16
For the Chartists—A New Song. I Hae a Cot, a Wee Kail-Yard Symons, Jelinger Cookson 1840-02-08 Volume: 1, Issue: 20, Page: 80 yes 20
A Song for the Millions E. P. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-02-15 Volume: 1, Issue: 21, Page: 84 yes 21
The Selfish, Tyrannical Whig 1840-02-22 Volume: 1, Issue: 22, Page: 88 yes 22
Songs for the People.—No. VI Donald, George (1800-1851) 1840-02-29 Volume: 1, Issue: 23, Page: 92 yes 23
Song. Wallace, Knight of Elderslie 1840-03-07 Volume: 1, Issue: 24, Page: 100 yes 24
The Press Elliott, Ebenezer 1840-03-14 Volume: 1, Issue: 25, Page: 104 yes 25
Unenfranchised Southey, Robert 1840-03-14 Volume: 1, Issue: 25, Page: 104 yes 7914
The Emigrant’s Farewell E. P. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-03-21 Volume: 1, Issue: 26, Page: 108 yes 26
Hymns for the Unenfranchised Linton, William James 1840-03-28 Volume: 1, Issue: 27, Page: 112 yes 27
Song McDouall, Peter Murray (also McDowall) 1840-04-04 Volume: 1, Issue: 28, Page: 116 yes 28
Scotland’s Laurels—a Song S. W. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-04-11 Volume: 1, Issue: 29, Page: 120 yes 29
The Vision of Famine. Part I Mitchell, John 1840-04-18 Volume: 1, Issue: 30, Page: 124 yes 1976
The Vision of Famine. Part Second Mitchell, John 1840-04-25 Volume: 1, Issue: 31, Page: 128 yes 1977
The Hero Nicoll, Robert 1840-05-02 Volume: 1, Issue: 32, Page: 132 yes 30
Fragmentary Stanzas S. (The Chartist Circular) 1840-05-09 Volume: 1, Issue: 33, Page: 136 yes 31
Song, The Scottish Emigrant’s Farewell H. M’D. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-05-16 Volume: 1, Issue: 34, Page: 140 yes 32
Song, Hurrah for the Charter H. M’D. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-05-16 Volume: 1, Issue: 34, Page: 140 yes 33
Whig Malignity. A Simile Argus (pseudonym) 1840-05-23 Volume: 1, Issue: 35, Page: 144 yes 34
On Poland W. M. S. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-05-30 Volume: 1, Issue: 36, Page: 148 yes 35
The Black and the White Slave 1840-06-07 Volume: 1, Issue: 37, Page: 152 yes 36
Stanzas, Suggested by a Conversation with a Friend, On the Battle of Bannockburn J. M’C. Junr. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-06-13 Volume: 1, Issue: 38, Page: 156 yes 37
Song M’Douall, W. 1840-06-20 Volume: 1, Issue: 39, Page: 160 yes 38
The Land of Freedom Arbington (Dr. Arbington) 1840-06-27 Volume: 1, Issue: 40, Page: 164 yes 39
Land of Kings and Queens 1840-07-04 Volume: 1, Issue: 41, Page: 168 yes 40
The Poor Man’s Wedding 1840-07-11 Volume: 1, Issue: 42, Page: 172 yes 41
Liberty’s Tree Allan, R. 1840-07-18 Volume: 1, Issue: 43, Page: 176 yes 42
The League of Crime Mitchell, John 1840-07-25 Volume: 1, Issue: 44, Page: 180 yes 43
The King of the Radical Islands. Written a little after the death of George IV King, James 1840-08-08 Volume: 1, Issue: 46, Page: 168 yes 44
My Scottish Boy C. F. (poet; The Chartist Circular) 1840-08-15 Volume: 1, Issue: 47, Page: 192 yes 45
Invocation to the Memory of Sir William Wallace Argus (pseudonym) 1840-08-22 Volume: 1, Issue: 48, Page: 196 yes 46
Questions from the Loom Davlin, Charles 1840-08-29 Volume: 1, Issue: 49, Page: 200 yes 47
Scotland’s Song of Liberty, to William Lovett, John Collins, and Dr P. M. M’Douall, On their liberation from the Prisons of England, July and August, 1840 Polin, Edward 1840-09-05 Volume: 1, Issue: 50, Page: 204 yes 1184
“Give Us this Day our Daily Bread” Binns, George 1840-09-12 Volume: 1, Issue: 51, Page: 208 yes 49
The Battle Field Allan, R. 1840-09-19 Volume: 1, Issue: 52, Page: 212 yes 51
The Auld State Kirk. New Song 1840-09-19 Volume: 1, Issue: 52, Page: 212 yes 50
A Voice from Beverley Peddie, Robert 1840-09-26 Volume: 1, Issue: 53, Page: 216 yes 52
Stanzas Cook, Eliza 1840-10-03 Volume: 1, Issue: 54, Page: 220 yes 53
The Freeman and the Slave Polin, Edward 1840-10-10 Volume: 1, Issue: 55, Page: 224 yes 54
Touch not that Sword King, James 1840-10-17 Volume: 1, Issue: 56, Page: 228 yes 55
The Complaints of the Poor Southey, Robert 1840-10-24 Volume: 1, Issue: 57, Page: 232 yes 56
The March of Intellect McQueen, Thomas (also MacQueen) 1840-10-31 Volume: 1, Issue: 58, Page: 236 yes 57
The Marseillaise Hymn Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph 1840-11-07 Volume: 1, Issue: 59, Page: 240 yes 58
The Spirit of the Times Holland, John 1840-11-14 Volume: 1, Issue: 60, Page: 244 yes 59
The Toilers’ Homes of England Polin, Edward 1840-11-21 Volume: 1, Issue: 61, Page: 248 yes 60
To the Memory of John Tait, Late Editor of the Liberator. Written at his Grave in the Necropolis, Glasgow Brown, William 1840-11-28 Volume: 1, Issue: 62, Page: 252 yes 61
The White Slave’s Murmurs Whitelocke, Samuel 1840-12-05 Volume: 1, Issue: 63, Page: 258 yes 62
Address to the Enslaved Millions Polin, Edward 1840-12-12 Volume: 1, Issue: 64, Page: 262 yes 63
The Poor of the City 1840-12-19 Volume: 1, Issue: 65, Page: 266 yes 64
“A Voice from Beverley.” No. II Peddie, Robert 1840-12-26 Volume: 1, Issue: 66, Page: 280 yes 65