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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.1840. -
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELBOURNE.
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THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATISM.
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^ B ^« 8 » Snnda ^ , iiii » o ' clock , pjn . J ^ g'OSJX Oy MEHKtaT AXI TO ACCKDB TO THE ^ K ^ JS * - " - " »• » - ' SKS ^^ ' ^^ S&SS « Bepatch received in the course of the dayT—¦ JnlSSi " ^ " ^? Ieceived b * the GoTens - wnt th « a Alexandria states , that the Viceroy of S ^* te " ? , 61 * * rttnai to the notifieatiora Jbich Ri&t Bej was charged to make Mm . He aaelfcred Uwt he . sroold repel force by force , but tnw be would rest on the defensive , and make no *** of aggresskwu" * .
SPAIN . - 1 following important intelligence from Spain , announces an insurrec tion at Valencia , and resignation of the Ministers bo lately appointed : — * There took place on the 25 th of Augmst some disorder at Valencia . A party of the population cashed to give a serenade to the Queen . Groups Mated to prevent h . The council of Ministers assembled , and decided that the serenade should aot take place . The Ministers then asked from the < % « een her authority to announce by a . circular that ike law of the ayunlamientos should not be put into eseention nntil the meeting of a new Cortes . The < fcseen refused , and M . Onis and M . Cabello , one Minister of Foreign Affairs , and the other Minister « f tie Interior , gave in their resignation . ^
; ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN . We ha > e received b y express American papers to tbo 18 th of August , wiion . arrived at Bristol by the Great Western , at half-past two o ' clock , after a Ysfage of a little more than thirteen days from New Tork , which she left late in the evening of the 18 th «!* . having been detained two hoars , in order to feting back answers to the letters received from Enghm& % f-ti *» -Atadio and President , which ; both arirwd out , the one at Boston , and the other at New Ywk , on the 17 ta . The elections throughout the States are decidedly in favour of the Whigs , who , it *^ »« dd b « stated , are ia America CbMervafives , as « oa * rasted with the loco fbeos ; indeed , so striking ktt been the Whig majority , that little doubt cin entertained bat that General Harrisons ' s election
a * President will be Beeured . Oa the Boundary question the Americans still appear divided , aid some go so far as to assert , since tto last acc » unts from England , that the settlement * t 4 h * t question most be left entirely in their own last ^ s . seme unpleasant accounts Ttsve also been zeaenwd from Maine , which may tend to involve the question is new perplexities . fSi Woodstock 7 ? t » r « expresses * deep indignation at fee purpose of the marshal of Maine , Colonel Pvks , to make an enumeration of the people of M ^»» Mb for-the UeHed States eensnsYlt is stated , o » the authority of a letter dated the 5 th as * , that the marshal had arrived at the foot of
Rsfc River , accompanied by Mr . Hames , editor of taw Ban ger Democrat and had actually commenced yntim on that morning . ' The Times thinks that fi + TwpwKmUUves of the British Government will not awaaft . kok . on , and suffer *• sach an audacious violatia *« existing arrangements to pass without being ¦ sctoed ia s manae ? becoming the usual promptitude « fSr John Harvey j nor yet to suffer those particiia £ ngim nob a flagrant violation of the laws of wtoww t » escape with hspoiiity . " An unpleasant report has reached us that a few db ^ e ajo , as the American , steam-boat Chesape ake wap returning from Chippewa to Bnfialo , some men « f & » eolourad company , commanded by Captain Ifaedooald , stationed at Fort Erie . -fired severalrouads
« lauaketry at Tier ; We nnderstancTthat the comsMrisit Pr the 'garrison at- Buffalo has communi cated en the sabjeef whainV Excellency Sir George Arthur , ia which ease there can be no doubt of the Batter- undergoing investigation , and that the fenders will be rusted with sttcn' punishment as apanoonvictioa , the nature and extent of the crime ajay eati forth . —Ttronto Colonist . We learn that Colonel Bankhead , eommanding at ttm post , has received a eommnmeation from the leatetaBt-eoleael of the S 3 d Highlanders , at the ¥ * $ & , -Wfilosbtg a « 0 ^ 7 of the opinion of the Court f Inquiry . anie * ed « & aeeonai « f the firing vwm th «
fwwinh * aA .. f ! h ** apemki . by the coloured sokfierB at Waterloo , from the testiaony sobmitted to the sort , h appeared that gross provoeatlos was rfecedhyttoae n board each boat . The British fterny kawever , admio ftst the firing , Botwithrtwflng the provocation he mentions , was entirely vmBttutie * a&d s » y » tie a » Jt rifaroa measures w 3 k be adopted to discover aad severely punish the ¦ ffijirtiirn . At kbe-time the esirages were committed ft ww was no officer in « eumand at Waterloo . Effectual precautions against the repetition of like Cauce * bare beett promptly taken . —Buffalo Comiiriif tihn i fimi .-- - * .
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Thx Rev . TLvgb . Srowxu . —An action was VroCght against this celebrated Protertaat ehampion st tie Liverpool Asbubs , on Satorday , by the Rev . Me . HeaTKi , a Caiholic , for libel . The jury ' found &jB Ber . ti « fpTid * . nt guilty—DuBL&ges 40 s . - Thx Gssjlt Wishes Rulwat from Bath to Bnatol was opened on Monday morning with gn * t splendour . There were several thousand persons to witness the arrival and departure of the Irst trains . Teboii Cpttmo ax Boti . —On Saturday night , «¦ s number of workmen , in the employ of Messrs . Lon&x and Walker were drinking at the sign of tfae Cotton Tree , a beer-Bhop , in Free Town , a man ¦ nned David Smith came in , and was invited to
drmkbT Samael aough , anunder-looker ; btit Smith declined it , on which Clough said , he hoped Smith bad forgiven him ( alluding to a former grievance ) Smith said , he had not , nor nerer should forgive him ; «¦ . which they began to quarrel , and ultimately stripped , and went ont to fight . When they had faegoi for some time , dough got » p , and , feeling MmBeSf wet , put his hand to his throat , sod found it m wwiaAed . He made U kr » owH to the bye-• teaden , and they took him into the beer-shop , when tfae ? perceived that his throat was indeed cut , in a sect dreadful manner , frsm within about a quarter fsa inch of the jugular vein on the left side to tbe front , and upwards over the edge of the lower jaw , aad to beneath the lip . The wound was fi > e inches ia length , and half as inch in depth . The wounded Baa bled most profusely , and the other got out of
the way as speedily as possible . Information haviag been given to Mr . Baker , the superintendent of police , he sent to Mr . TTinTm ^ n , % Bureeon , to him ; aad went himself with another of the force after the ¦ iTiMillii , whom -he found at his own home in Free ¥ e « m . At first they were refused admittance- ; bat , « b informing the people of the house theywouW break in , the door was opened ; and they found Sauth in bed , with a clean shirt on , which , he said ae fead worked in all day . His trousers had been fart washed , aad were still soaking in a tub of water zad with blood . As may be supposed , they took aim into eostody ; and on Monday he wag examined before Messrs . Wood and Walker , and committed to tbe sessions at Satford , on a charge of cutting and —^ inn ^ g with intent to do some bodily harm . The voonded man is recovering , although his life was in auuBent peril .
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7 fi O * OITB LOXDOH COMLKPOKDEST . London , Wednesday Evening , 8 * pt 2 , Quarter-past Seven . Johh Thoeogood . —A paragraph was inserted in Tke Watchman , the organ of the Wesleyan Metbo-Hate , alleging that John Thorogood had beea discharged from Cbelmsford gaol , the costs in his case , amoCnting to £ 80 and upwards , having been paid by ¦ me of bis friends . Tbe paragraph having gone tbe vb * b romid of the press . London and provincial , I aaaeibeta favoured by Mr . Cleave , the bookseller , with tbe following eopy of a letter received by him ± om Mr . Thorogood , in answer to a request to be fenushed with the particulari connected with his ¦¦ hi ri il liberation . •— " Chelmsford Gaol .
• Dkas Sis , —I am still in my dungeon , and mean to remain here until death , rather than pay , or sanetaoa the payment of , one farthing towards thai horrid ¦ jattm of priestcraft , an Established Chcreh , so « aUod . I love the truth , and liberty , as much as aoy ¦ an * aad would £ ive every penny I have to obtain arj release ; bnt rather than sanction the robbery , aavrder , and idolatry committed in the name of the Saviour of sinners , and thereby diBgrace the most aHiriTnlont relig ion ever known or taaght to mxn , 1 « B gnffer all that my persecutors choose to inflict . * Yonn trnly , * Johk Thorogood . "
Pxnrcs Albkbt ' 3 Visit to thjs Crrr .- ^ -On Frid * j awt , the Queen ' s husband accepted the invitation of fee Lord Mayor to pay the two city -courts a « it , " for the purpose of inspecting tbe Mansionfcamse ami Guildhall , and of tasting the cituens ' avUe . Owing , however , to the illness of the priooesa August * , bis wife's aont , bis Royal Higbwmm w » s reported in tbe morning to bare postponed kk intended visit . This rumour becoming very Eeral , the civic authorities were in mortal dread , the " King-mannfacturer , " who was coming to receive hn freedo m , should meet with bnt a cold
-Beeeptioa ; and , accordingly , they had recourse to Ae effective ( though rayther vulgar ) expedient of ianing- placards , announcing that the Prince would lwiir ffin eitr that day ; Jts much « s to ask " teho aaid'hB w » nHn * t eome ? These placards , signed by a « ity ofteiir , bearing ^ he appropriate name of m H < 90 ke $ ? were paraded np and down the streets Vf regiment * of ^ ragamuffios—we beg pardon , proaaftta . B 7 Jtoa »» e » BB a tolerable muster was made a * «• iaeeUh » Piiac « , but not a cheer could be got up aanii | lmiit tint ' irr . " his Royal Hiebness tMitt Mkt-a ^ ftrj hastj visit , popped off like a
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parchvu pea . me alleged excuse for not remain ing at the banquet was tbe aforesaid illness efiiis wife ' s aunt , a maiden lady , who has , for tha last six dozen years , been living in keeping % X the expense of Mr . John Boll . This Was all very well ; but the Q , ueen ' s nncla , the Duke of Cambridge , and own brother to the said sick maiden lady , felt no snch delicacy ; he could see no fan in going without & city dinner , of « allipash and oallipee , and green fat , and " all that there , " because he had an aged sister who was " indisposed . " So the Duke of
Cambridge stopped , and dined , and what was more , he , after dinner , edified the Lord Mayor and the greasy « itB ^ —(" children and fools , " we know th « rest , )—by informing them that the real reason of Prince Albert ' s not remaining to dine was " because he had lately married a beautiful young wife , and she could not spare him f or in plain English , that the excuse about his relative ' s illness was all " hookey" The cits , enjoyed this hrufferie wnaangly , while a worthy alderman was heard to declare that " the Prince ' s absence did not much signify , for ths turtle was really very fine . "
East Londok Chakhst Temperakce Associa tion . —This society , the formation of which was communicated by me to the Star , three weeks since , has now published it 3 rules and objects ; from which it appears that the management of the society is vested in a committee , consisting of one person chosen for every ten members , subject to re-efeeuon every three months , to meet once a week for the transaction of business ; and general monthly meetings to be held for the admission of members , and receiving the committee ' s reports . Each member to pay a penny a week towards the expenses of the Association ; and lectures , discussions , and any other means that experience shall show to be adapted to the advancement of the moral and intellectual
welfare of the members be adopted . The various membera are earnestly exhorted to take an interest in each other ' s welfare , by trading with , and endeavouring to procure employment for , any of the members who may need it ; and , for this purpose , a record of each member ' s trade or occupation is to be kept by the Secretary , and read over at least every monthly meeting . Ab soon as the funds permit , a library of useful books to be established , in order that the members may spend tbeir leisure hours profitably , and set & goad example . The motto of the Association is , " Do unto othersag ye would they should do unto yon ; " all theological discussion is prohibited ; and persons desirous of becoming members must abstain from all intoxicating drinks for
one week previous to their admission . The following is the pledge , and qualification of membership : " I voluntarily consent to ab&tain from all intoxicating Iiquor 3 , except prescribed by » medical person ; and as temperance applies to all things , I renounce tbe use oi tobacco as a common habit , tiad pledge my 9 clf to use it only as a medicine ; and to use all moral and lawful means to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land . " Mi Neesom has been appointed secretary to the society Akothek Death from Bathing . —ThK morning , a fine youth named Molloy , got ont of his depth while bathing near the Red House , at Battersea , and was instantly carried away with the tide : tha cries of the poor little fellow for assistance was truly heart rending .
Effects of Intkmpkbakck . —This morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , an intoxicated sailor , who stated his name to be Banks , fell off the pathway , in Upper Thames- street , under the fore wheel of a waggon heavily laden , and before the driver could stop the horses , it pagsed over his left arm , crushing it in a most shocking manner . No time waa lost in conveying tbe -wretched man to the hospital . DtBADruL Accidkkt . —Yesterdav afternoon , the
following frightful accident occtirred to i wineporter , named Hines ; the poor fellow was assisting in getting a butt of wine into the cellar of Mr . Woods , in Bishopgate ^ Btreet , when the post , Toun ^ which the rope was plaeed , broke { wfth the dry * rot ) ' , and the ponderous weight fell upon htm ' , crushing the right leg in a shocking manner , No time ww lost ^ m conveying him to Saint Bartholomew HeepHa ) , where the limb was taken off * 'bY Mr . Travers . He is doing as well aS can be reasonably expected .
Rbpoetbd Rajlwat . AccuitKMT .-r / ± report Use just reached the city that an a ^ sident , by which eleven lives were lost , hai oooirredoa the Sonihamp ton Hue of railway ; but from f he lateness of the hour , I have no time to ascertain particulars at the Vanxhall station .
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Wesb we asked to point ont the most prominent feature in Conservative policy , we should immediately aay , it is bigotry—bigotry of the worst and most pernicious character . We define bigotry ss blind and fiery zeal in any cause—adeeD-rooJed prejudice , that cares not for the truth , bat having adopted a position resolves to maintain it , deaf to
all reason , blind to every defect . Bigotry swallows up and destroys every humane and laudable quality , sears the heart , and scorches the affection ! into dry and barren selfishness ; but in the place of all these , it infuses a species of inflammatory love for one or two points , and a violent hatred of all who dare to differ from its opinion . Such ia the bigotry of the Tory and Conservative party . It prevail * " alike in their politics and their religion .
Their political doctrines are known to our readers , who know too much of their cold-blooded selfishness . And they have lately given as so fine a specimen of their character in religious matters that it tells more than volumes could describe . The Standard journal admits that in the House the Conservatives differ in their opinion , and are devoid of unity either in design or action , bnt asserts that out of the House , nothing can be more replete with union and concord than the sentiments of this party . We will assume this
to be the truth , aid will take a Conservative declaration " out of the House" as fairly representing the opinions of the body . Mow mark , once for all what they are , in respect to those who profess a different belief , acd take a different view of religion , A few d&ys since , there was a meeting called of the Operative Conservative Association of Liverpool , and a clergyman who was present , monopolised nearly the whole of the speechifying . We give an extract from his oration , that was loudly cheered . " The Queen had compelled him , " he said , "to swear that Popery was anti-Christian , absurd , knavish , most abominable , devilish , filthy , fulsome , blagpher moEB ; that the Popish religions service was a
mockery , a dumb mass , a horrible profanation , necromancy and witchcraft ; thai Popish priests were Romish wolves , special instruments of the devil ; that the Pope was a horrible blasphemer , a traitor to God , a false foreign usurper , an insatiable wolf , a most cruel tyrant ; that the Popish system was worse than Paganism , a puppet « bow system , thu Babykmical beast of Rome . " What this Reverend and Christian gentleman means by saying the Queen had made him do all this , we are at a loss to discover ; but , however , it iB plain these were his own real sentiments ; they were cheered by three thousand Conservatives , who were present , and , according to the Standard , represent the opinions of the whole party .
Mow for another choice morsel from the same dish : — " He believed that it teas mare grievousl y offensive in the sight of God , that one Protestant should be reduced to a state of destitution and misery in consequence of his seal for truth , than that the whole Roman CathoRe population o f Ireland should , as the natural result of the curse entailed upon the anti-Christisn system ^ be brought under the endurance of all the heavy ills , which it urns notorious they had already laboured under—( hear , hear)—and laboured wider simply as the natural and inevitable conse quence of their popery . "—( Cheers . ) 11
Irreverent scoter' Those heavy ills have been inflicted by the vile oppression caused by such as you and yonr whole party . Yon , forsooth , must know even the eoo&sels of the Deity with regard to the unfortunate people of Ireland . You must fanej yourself entitled to utter the blasphemous trash , that one Protestant is worth eight millions of human beings , who may happen to adopt a different view of religion . And this , according to the Standard , is the opinion of the Conservatives ia general ! Hear this pious gentlemen one © more .
" What then did they ( the Conservatives ) want ! Christian legislation . How was this attainable ? Through a Christian Government and Christian rulers . It was utterly impossible bo long as tho present constitution of Parliament continued ; it wad , therefore , plainly evident that in order to
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obtaia the legislation , wWoh th * neoessities of the oomntry demanded , the JRomm Cathoiie $ WtUft bi removed from ParRawteni and the Emanci pation Bill repealed . ( Treneadoas cheering . ) He rejoiced in their enthusiasm . He felt no doubt at to . the ultimate accomplishment of their purpsMe . " Did sot he , indeed ! P « or credulous man !
We tell him to his face that -the first attempt to repeal a Bill , which , like the Catholic Emancipation Act , merely gave a portion of what was the due and right of the Irish—that the first attempt to repeal it would be the moment for the repeal of the Union , and the fall of the unjust and grinding Church system now upheld in Ireland . Repeal the Catholic Emancipation Bill ! If the Conservatives
can make time and civilization stay their sieps for a while iUhey © an carry ui back ia the dark ages , they may accomplish this object . But we defy them to Btop that advancement in liberty— -In liberty . of conscience , in liberty of mind , in liberty of body , which the human race is attaining . We defy them and their whole pack of hungry-gutted , blaspheming bigotted , rascals . Hadn ' t they better try to repeal the Magna Charta , which , by the bye , is not of so much value at the present day as the Catholic Emancipation Act ! Fools ! They cannot make Thoeogood pay a few shillings , and jet prate about repealing the Emaneipati a Act I
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THE MORNING CHRONICLERS LAST SATURDAY'S PRODUCTION . O ' Connor very truly said that a lie in a Saturday ' s number of a daily paper was good for a week . The Whig leading Journal seems well aware of this , and accordingly , having no jground in truth to stand upon , manufactures a weekly lie for the support of its party . Nerer did it fall to our lot to be compelled to
wade through so miserably stupid an effusioa . as our contemporary ' s last week ' s laudation of Whigs and Whiggery . The Chronicle starts with the assumption that none of the charges preferred against , the Administration can be true ,: inasmuch as if they were , the eoontry would be in an uproar from " John O'GrOat ' fl to the Land ' s J 2 nd . 31 The Chronicle would , however , limit the value of the several charges preferred against the Whip , because they come from the Tories . Let ob see how far this is true .
Our contemporary starts with a long list of accusations , forming the-ground-work of these charges , and amongst others , sneeringljr says , "that morality is menaced in the persons of the Chinese . " This clumsy , attempt at satire must , of course , have reference to the war with China , and who does the Chronicle suppose is the loudest in condemnation of' ttye / measure . Let him read the following extract fronj hi * own columns of tbe same date : tt- The next point of misgwern ment to which the Hon . and Learned Member referred was the opium monopoly ^ anito support the horrible traffic inibia , we were to incur the
expense , and perhaps to * disgrace of a war . * Mow , these are not Tory charges , nor yet Radical | cnarges ; no , but the words of Mr . Daniel O'Connki , ! , 'delivered » t the " Meeting , respecting India , " recently held *) Manchester , Hew rtheni wehavBthe very upholder of . tbe Wbjgs 4 a aUttmr entorfaitlee ; trying to snatch a mouthful of popularity , anijLperceiYing no way « o effectual as assailing them upon the very
point upon which , but for the « aid © AJnn , * nd his tail , they would have been defeated . We would coolly ask the Chronicle if this be honest legislation , an hoiftMt fclliftaee , and honest agitaiion ? or if , independently of all ionesty , the Whiga are justified in retaining office ! for tint , after all , ia the aim , the only aim , of the C % ronicle and Hb supporterp , , \ At Manchester , of all places , Danibl thus , at the dose of the of all plaeeB , Daihbl thus , at the elose of the 1
Session , opens hisbattery ipon " the ' Whigs—at Manchester , in * stronghold 6 *^ ne " masters' Government . " Here , ana thw , doo ^ OANiEL , and not Tories or RadfcaM , fife upjm f&e Whi camp / "Ohf what * , blett ' ¦ •! .: ¦ 9 a . tB * -a •¦<* .. ; v . i ; . ¦ . ; : s ..:.. ' , To jump Jim Growl" - -: - The CArcnicf * then proceed ^ to say that the Tories , out of all ibis iauR ^ M maw of Ministerial mischief
can find no toplo ^^' exoinng ^ -no ^ ventWe , for public inlawrt " ao . " proin ^ . ! " " aa ii ^; Retting up of two agitations * eath of wateik * ¦ •* ' agitation against their own leaders . Now , hoirjfeciscJy' Applicable to the present BU \« i ) f ^ bjggery ^ if we substitute the word driver for leader kaalX&Nici , appears to be the driver * fth * irirtnlsh Administration . The Chronicle says ^ hat the Tones are , at ^ variance with their leaders upon two vital questions , both supported by the leaders of thai faction—the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and a Protestant petition against the Irish Municipal Bill .
These petty charges would form but minor counts in Dakiel ' s speaking indictment , both at Manchester and Liverpool , which we quote from the very number of the Chronicle containing this awkward effusion . Mow , in these places , Dan arraigns the whole foreign and domestic policy of the Wbigs , and upon their favourite and chosen ground—tho Chinese war , and Irish policy . Dam is not satisfied with the one solitary instance of a disgraceful war , but he arraigns their whole policy towards India , from salt
to opium , and while he , above all ' others , conduces to the starvation of the English and Irish people , he is most pathetic upon Indian-suffering ; however , he denounces tbe WbigB in Manchester , ¦ and then , poor wretches , atLiverpool , henot only arraignftheir policy towards Ireland generally , but literally flies in the face of ( Belted Will Howard ) Lord Mombth , whose name we now propose to . change to Pelted Bill Coward , and denounces hfe whole Irish policy , while he qualifies the insult by the aasuranc * that he ( Bill ) is , nevertheless , an excellent creature . ,
B AlasI poor cow try ; Almost afraid to know itself . " , The profit of Ireland has ever been a supposed triumph in some fanciful religious skirmish ; while her loss has been the substantial blessings of freedom . At the present moment , the Irish " people would be represented by the tinkers of the'Corn Exchange , as more gratified by the dismissal of some dotard Protestant Orange Magistrate , than by the acquirement of a substantial political triumph . And , indeed , at Liverpool ; the stock-in-trade of
thistick « nd plaster at the Whigs ; ( for he first outs their heads , and then gives them court plaster as a stiptic , ) his stock-in-trade was "The Queen , God bless her , amen , ") his grandmother , M'Meile , a sort of a church lunatic parson , Lord Sandon ' a impediment , and Mr . Cresswell ' s two names ! 0 Daniel , the Irish may live upon blarney , but it won't do for the English ; thank God , they are awake to its value , and it won't pass current with them at all .
We have been the first to take the fair , the bold , the national , the only view of this question . We published an ar ticle under the bead " Separation , " and the curs have followed on the scent , and agra we repeat , unless repeal means that , it means nothing ; bat the enemies of the measure need be in no alarm . Dan ' s object being « exved , repe » li will sleep upon the " jnstice" shelf until
taken down in earnest by the hands of some bold patriot who recognises a national disgrace in so unprofitable a connection . But how have the mighty fallent The tickets to the " India Meeting" were issued by the Toriea , and all poor people were excluded ; while at Liverpool , no touch upon the harp of universal , or even British , woes ; but one long , solitary , sad repetition of the tale one thousand and one times told .
Now let us prophecy . The repeal of the Union will not be brought on next Session . The fear of its interference with some humbug penny clap trap will cause it , for the " PRESENT , " to be put to rest . In the mean time , it will have served the yearly purpose of rent , and then will be abandoned in 6 ome such way as the following . " O ! I declare to my God , I think I could have brought such a force
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4 e tear . upon th » repeal qvestioa , as—most have made England yield to tin neoearity if « e * to th * justi ** » f o * r demasd , had ftm &n ? tti > $ ie opposition I experienced from 5 hamau Crawford and the PreebjterianB of the North . Let Mr . Crawford answer for the consequence of the failure ; I now abandon the project in hopele 8 O Teaa aqd despair . Ireland has always been deoeived by her own sons , aad beaten by her own divisions . O ! how I longed to see the first Parliament assembled at College Green ; but , alas 1 fancy ' s dream has vanished , and poor Ireland has
to pass through another cloudy night of sorrow . " Such we prophecy will be Daniel's next lamentation , and in this hasty border trip of the quondam empirical agitator , let the Chroniole recognise the fall of Whiggery , and triumph of Chartism . What s god-send to the drooping "Burgundy pitch " quacks ; if the great juggler could have continued through the interior , and over the border , upon the backs of the one hundred and seventy bloated buffoons , once more to impose upon John Bull and Sandy , while he discounted their confidence at the Whig exchequer , and laughed at their folly !
The Chronicle appeare to think that 332 , Strand , in the city of Westminster , " is the whole space beween John O'Groat ' sand the Land's-end , " for , he may rely upon it , that is the only spot where the voice of discontent has not reaohed . We beg to remiad our most stupid of all our stupid contemporaries , that the defeat of Whiggery may be inferred from the fact , that long ere the present period of previous years , the triumph of that detestable faction bad been celebrated at many drunken revels , whereas the present has been a fast instead of a feast , after the break up of the universal destructive committee .
We now hear of nothing but Chartist meetings Chartist dinners , aud ChartiBt defiance , while decrepit , Whiggery either limps skulkingly through the land of its own desolation , or , secretly meets in holes and ( jbrners to prepare a banquet of Tory weakness , which appears to be the laat vestige of Whig hope . Th » retreat of Dawibx from the tumbling edifice must cause immense confusion among the rats . And how despicable and miserable must that
Government be which is obliged ¦' _ to derive its ' ' only strength and , suppojrt ,. n » y to . owe its very existence to a profligate * who earns patronage by prostitution , and has unlimited licence to abuse , provided he upholds in corruption , the moat contejnptihle and Abandoned Aduinistratum that « ver held the reins ef any Government 1 What a treat for the Whigs to owe their very existence ^ o'the ^ aa whom they despise and who ^^ runs headlong to rum for the mere pleasure of doing mischief .
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THE . MOVEMENT ; ITS SPIRIT : AND ITS
TENDENCY . , ' If anything can teaoh wisdom to the besotted dolts to whom ill fortune has given an ascendancy for evil in this country , they will surely learn it from the operations of the whole country now manifest before them . While the whole force of the Whig party , concentered in a mighty move against the Corn Laws , with the long purses of the millocrats undrawn with perfect recklessness , and their most vicious and unnatural influence exerted to the utmost , failed in making , on the people , the most Blight impression , or drawing them for an instant from the straight forward pathway to the Suffrage , and while all the wealth and influence of
the Tory gang is now being equally contemned and made to look ridiculoua in its futile effort to effect a "foreign policy" divertisement , no 'sooner does the prison door unclode and suffer the herald of Universal Suffrage and the advocate of the People ' s Charter , to emerge from its gloomy preeints , than the welkin rings with acclamations , and the ready myriads vieing with each other fur pre-eminence , hasten to congratulate the patriot whom tyranny has made , as the Sun has it , not merely a martyr but an idol .
Hear what the Sun says on the occasion of M'DovaXjl ' s entry into Bolton . M A public proeesaibn and meeting have been sot up at Bolton in honour of Mr . M Douall . On Wednesday , he arrived from Manchester at that place , and was conducted in triumph to the theatre , which was crowded with persons to welcome him . We snail only quote two specimens of his present in nuence . A delegate from Sheffield was present , and invited Mrt > M'Douall to visit that town . He
declined ,. because he •* was engaged for every evening to the 14 th of September , and he must then go to Scotland . When he might be at liberty he did not know . " He has been made almost an idol by perseourion . The Government has struck him , and the people worship him , an indication not to be misunderstood of the feelings of the people towards the GoTernment—not the Whigs , not the present Ministers merely , but the system by which the industrious are doomed to starvation , and the idle acquire or preserve wealth . "
, True , the indication is palpable . It in " not to be misunderstood" The people have mad © up their minds . They are no longer to be gulled and thralled . They have waited for salvation , first from one faction and then the other , and their hope has been deferred till their heart has become sick , and they have at laat adopted the advice of Sir Robket Past , to " take their own affairs into their own hands . ' They have determined to seek a remedy , by becoming masters of the law for the many grievances which have been inflicted on them during the long period that
they have been its slaves . Henee the secret of their attachment to M'Douall , and the homage that they pay him ; not that there is anything in M'Douall ' s person or his eloquence more likely to beget and continue their esteem than in those of Messrs . Acland , the Corn Law spouter , or Ubquhabt , the Foreign Policy man . The Sun says tbe people worship M'Dodaju .. They do no such thing . Their homage is paid to the principles of which M'Douai . l is the advocate ; and if he should desert those principles to-morrow , he would find himself the object of an
execration as universal and as lively as the esteem in which he is now holden . It is an old trick of the factions to fix the veneration and affections of tbe people upon men instead of measures—upon persons instead of principles . During the prevalence of Tory rule especially this was quite ordinary . But those days have passed away . The eyea of the people are now open—they have begun to think , to reason , and to judge ; and the exercise of those powers by the people has sounded the death-knell of class dominanation , and of blind personal subserviency at the same time .
The Sun goes on to say" One Hunt or one Cobbett was sufficient to frighten and annoy the Tories ; now there is a Hunt or a Cobbett in almost every town—their number has been increased by prosecution , and yet there is no alarm . We beg the Sun ' s pardon . There is alarm . Great and well founded alarm among all the retainers of unrighteous power for the duration of their tenure . And the beat evidence which can be afforded of that
alarm is , the ludicrous anxiety of the organs of their power to conceal it . the affectation of contempt , and the silly brawlings of the Whig and Tory organs , in speaking of the Chartists and their movements ; their misrepresentations , as foolish as they are wilful , and their careful smothering of all true intelligence concerning the position of the people , lest the more timid of their number should become alarmed , are all evidences of the real and deep alarm which pervades the whole camp of both Whig and Tory ban ditti .
The Sun alone , of all the tribe of advertising hireling !) , more honest or less cunning than its neighbours , proclaims that it sees men as trees walking ; and augurs somewhat indistinctly Of a hazard to its patrons from the movement . He says : " The Bolton weavers , poor as they are—and we have reported in the Sun the evidence of their great distress-could still fiud something to give their idol . A Marseilles quilt of exquisite workmanship , was presented to him for his advocacy of the cause of the hand-loom weavers . Strong , indeed , must be the feeling of gratitude , and utiil stronger the feeling
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of hope to the bosom * of tbese poor men wfceB * o « f « o « W add to their own toils , or increase their own privation , to confer this present OB Mr . M'DoaaVL We look on that as a sign in them of a deep Mit strong-souled enthusiasm for liberty ; and saeb feelings cannot be trifled with , nor forcibly soppressed , without danger . Chartism , far from being dead , does not even sleep . It is awake anil watchful , ready to take any advantage , which will enable it to attain its end . The middle classes an afraid , we believeof rousing the political enthusiasm of the
, lower classes- They saw something of its might in the Reform time , and they were terrified . If bv standing aloof , or by coercive measures , they could put down this enthusiasm , or prevent its existence and growth , we might esteem their conduct prudent . But the enthusiasm erislt ^ t pervades the mams , it cannot be put down by force , and it now bee ymes the duty of the middle clatses to guide ft , if possible , to good and peaceful ends . "
So , sol Here , then , the cloven foot shews itself . The enthusiasm of the working people for their rights is most unfortunate I But it has been awakened—it exists—it cannot be put down by force : the trial has been made , and it has proved a failure ; and , therofore , since the middle classes cannot strangle the rising spirit of liberty , they are advised to bamboozle it—to lead it on some wildgoose chase , and leave it up to the neck in a bog . ' /< cannot be put downbyforce ; audit nowbecomes the duty of the middle dosses to guide it . "
Oh ! oh ! Mr . Sun , you are very good , and the people ought much to thank yon for thus kindly sparring on the middle classes to take care of them J But we have seen the " guidance" of the middle classes before to-day . That same Reform Bill agi tation which , as the Sun acknowledges , taught the middle classes how to estimate the enthusiasm of the workers * taught the workers also how to estimate the [ u guidance" of the middle © lassee t
and we can venture to promise the Sun that the people will ia future «• guide" all their movements to the attainment of " good and peaceful ends" without the icontrouling power of the middle classes . When the middle classes shall now become sufficiently alive to their own interests to join the peoplein the pursuit and establishment of right , they will find their proper level in the back ground .
But if the demonstrations of the people ' s estimation for the Charter of rights , afforded to its advocate at Bolton and Manchester , fill the factions with alarm , what will they say to the bold invasion of the very sanctuiry of corruption in the ancient city of York ! We hesitate not to pronounce the York dinner , reported in our 'present number , to be the greatest triumph which the people have yet gained . Sucn an assembl y of true hearts , in such a place—underthe very walls of the old Castle—with the Minster frowning on them in the distance is—calculated to rive more snirit ia th «
people , and to strike more terror into the hearts of their oppressors , than a meeting of five thousand itmes the number in any densely populated and welltrained manufacturing district . After referring to » tea party and ball , on Friday laat , at North » mpton , iu honour of Vincent , the Sun concludes thus : — M Verily the enthusiasm of the people will not want leaders , and they will not be found in the rank of landlords . " No , truly ! nor yet in the ranks of the middle classes . The people are going on bravely , as they always do , when they take their own work in hand
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Mt Lord , —I offer no apology for addressing your Lordship , through the medium of the public pro- ' ; because I hold it to be the strict and bounden duty of erery honest man to let his sent !* mentB on public men and measures become known , not only to those who possess power , but to those also ever whom such power is , for good or evil ^ exercised . . • ..- ¦ -. ' . ¦ .. . ti ,... >> i-.
Several years have now elapsed" Bihfie ^ ' "bj . fifc favour of your late Sovereign , your Lordehip was called to preside over the destinies of this great empire ; and as , daring your continuance id office ;; the majorities of the Reform Ministry have dvrmdiwl from 1 * 0 to 0 , it becomes a matter of serious moment to inquire the cause ; nor shall we find it dfflcult of discovery . Want of political homesit , A KKPCSAL TO KEKP IA 1 TH WITSt , OB DO JPSTICB TO $ the pjbople , has been the sole and sufficient cause of the present condition of what 18 miscalled the" Liberal" party . A very slight review of the acts of that party , since the passing of the Reform Bill , will convince any one , made of eonvinoeable materials , that the ; are utterly unworthy of esteem , or confidence ;
Permit me , my Lord , to invite your attention to a rapid survey of the proceedings of the last eight or nine years . With the last of the Georges , the apathy of the nation expired . The people resolved to be free , and the demon of Toryism was consigned , amid their execrations , to a grave whence it can never have a permanent resurrection . Would to Heaven that its twin brother , the demon of Whiggery , had been at the same time consigned to the same sepulchre ! This , however , was not , then , to be . The political Devil , like his infernal progenitor , assumed the garb of an angel of light ; and , by fair speeches , and promises of Reform , succeeded in deceiving the people for a time .
From the very first , a close observer might have , observed grounds for suspicion ; but a general , and , as it has since proved , a most misplaced , confidence put all such feelings to flight , and the working classes rested quiescently upon the pledged assurance of Lord Grey ' s Cabinet , that the Bill Was all whloh could then be obtained , and that , when once passed , it should be used for the obtaining of those practical reforms , which had become necessary for the wellbeing of the whole people .
Earl Grey ' s celebrated declaration that he would " standby his order" sounded the first note of alarm . We knew that that declaration Was tantamount to a declaration that Reform should not pro * gress ; knowing that his and your * order" would yield nothing to the demands of justice and equity which was not wrung from them by compulsion ; and that , if they could be assured that no steps would be taken to bring them to an accordance with the improving spirit of the age , they would care little whether they ruled the country through the representatives of Gatton and Old Sarum ,. or through those of bricks and mortar . Then came the Irish Coercion Bill ; the first fruits of Whig
Reform , and a standing memorial Of Whig grati » tude . This was intended , no doubt , as a feeler ; to ascertain how far the fangs of libkral despotism might be struck into the vitals of the English people with impunity . And it must be confessed that many , even of the Radicals , looked on , with far too much of cold indifference . The atrocity of this measure did not call forth that simultaneous and universal burst of righteous indignation which it ought to have done ; and hence , by a just permission of Divine Providence , have we been compelled to drink largely of that cup of misrule and oppression which we saw presented to our brethren almost without a murmur . :
Earl Grey , having rendered it impossible longer to retain the helm of power , retired , and the state vessel was placed , by order of the captam , and with the consent of the owners ( the people ) under the guidance of your LordBhip . I say with the consent of the people ; for , though unrepresented , the masses united cordially in drawing the curtain of a conditional amnesty over tbe soene of Peterloo , and hailed your elevation with entuusiastio fervour . The people acted most generously towards your Lordship ; We shall soon see how you have requited
them . ' Never statesman took office under more favourable auspices than your Lordship . You had a decided majority in the House of Commons , and you had , out of doors , a people who would have supported you in every useful measure of Reform which you propounded . True , you had much opposition from the Lords , but had you thrown yourself upon the Commons and the people , the power of your government would have been so consolidated that all opposition must bo » u have given way before it , and you would have lived honoured and died lamented as the benefactor of your country . You
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• HfrM ^* nd h < m < m *^ i * W } ami m > n * h ^ our . enough tasatia ^ r ^ l i ^^ aTavlB ^ « f ambition , and a grateful nation would havepowed wealthatyourfeetwith whica even avarice mjg& haveritten down contented . Botyou&raiwWi Beapa * ble of such a grasp . To feast at a royal table ; to tang , in the salooa of royalty ; to breathe soft whispers in aJady ' aear ; to shine a brilliant in Court tfr ^ . and to close tbe ear of monarchy against the cries ' *) f suffering and starvation , by notes of musfcaad of revelry , as ill-tiawd as they wiU eventually be as . availing , are tbe statesman-like qualities of tW Premier of Great Britain . __
Tdont suppose the Bible and yonr Lordship ar » oftenBeeu together . It is a monitor for whioh I can easily conceive you tohave butsKghtaifectioii . For once , however , condescend to look ^ into that Tenerable Record ; and in the book of Esther you will find the portrait of a statesman whose poUcy and taste bore a striking resemblance to your own . Hewas indee 4 the Melbourne of his day . Royy horses , royal robes , and royal banquets wer& ma hobby ; while his usual occupation in more motive life , performed through the medium of nis colleagu and proxies , waB to kill , and cause to parish people
, infinitely better than himself , according to ^ hat he and his satellites were pleased to call due ' bours ' e qf law . This ancient minister deceived ^ monarch in reference to the people ; while the people , viewing the monarch through him , as the adviser and representative of monarchy , were led to hate the sovereign . He was , in fact , guilty of high treason both to king and country ; and bis endijwas , appropriately , the death of a traitor . It can do your Lordship no harm to bear in mind that impeacHments © f Ministers may not be entirely " a tale of yeaterday . " >? ' ' W
Well ; we have seen your Lordship , iae > the successor of Earl Grey , at . the head * f a Reform Parliament . We have beh ^ eidjou ' invested with mighty power , for good or for evfl ; " The stability , of the throne and the welfare of the ' people were confided to your honesty and praden « e . And when once unceremoniously kicked out of office b y the back atairs influence of the palace , the people , generously forgiving past short comings , and making the most friendly allowance for your numerous failures , oa account of the difficulties arrayed against yon , box *
you back to power in the teeth of the most strenuous exertions of the Tories to retain their places , and compelled the monarch to recall you and yarn colleagues to bis councils . Thus are you bound , by every sense of honour and gratitude , to maintain the riguta and liberties , and to labour for the happiness and prosperity , of the united kingdom . But , alas ! your Lordship ' s whole career affords melancholy confirmation to the axiom , that he who looks for honour or gratitude in a placehunting statesman , may calculate with safety on disappointment .
I have said that you came into office with mighty power , for good or for evil ; and for evil , only , has that power been exercised . I know yon bad many enemies to contend with . But have you contended with a single on «! Not you , indeed ! You have basely yielded when you ought to nave nobly fought . You have slumbered on the couch of itiglorjoua ease and slothfulness , ^ wHen ypp ^ ifto ^ d Ju ^ beea reaping laurels for yourself , ' and happiiiess ani prosperity for the people , jn ty & > li of copteti * and viotory . And what is the result ! The foes of libert hate triusaphed ill almost all their machinitiona
The Tories , in reality / rulethe country aud direct all affairs % Hhout re 8 ponf [ b | [ j | y | wiul ^ , ypn . and jour jdasferdlj colleagues are puppets , of which tii » strings are holden , and the mov ements are directed , by Sir Robert ^ ing predioament of a ? liberal" Admjnjatation in-the third year of Viotoria , and the Eighth of RBfona ! You probably fancy the Queen ' s name to be a tower ; . of stxengfti ; and , indpe ^ U )^ a » . been said bj some that yon hold your place by Royal ^ voor only Do not deceive yourself , my Lord . Yon hold yonr
place by favour of the Iron . Dukp aad theSpinning-Jenny . Baronet ,, much more ,, tbaa by . the fiwour of your Royal Mistress . Yon know . or if you don't , every body else doee , thaVth 9 Tories oaa tako office any day they ple » w ; and that tbey only suffer you to hold it because they know ttiat yen both can and will do the dirtiest of their work much better , and more effectually , than they can do it themselves . If you still occupy the Treasury and they the Opposi tion Benches , it is because both ; parties hate the people , and both dread an appeal , even to the exist * ing constituencies . :- > \ - - ; -..- ¦ ¦ *¦
-Droam not , my Lord , that the people are asleep . If you do , you will awake soon enough to find out your mistake . You dare not risk an election , because you know thai yon could not retain the emoluments of office one week after the assembling of the new House of Commons . The Tories are equally afraid to risk it , because they would then be compelled to govern in their own persona , and , consequently with responsibility , instead of governing , as now , through you , and without responsibility . But be it so . This cannot always last . A dissolution must Come ; and , if no other good come fromit , it will at all events cause a movement in the stagnant waters of corruption , and we shall gain the advantage of an open foe against whoa to lift the hand of constitutional contention .
You had better be preparing for the tempest , for depend upon it that , if justice be not rendered to a Buffering people , it will come as an overflowing storm ; and you may find the costly skirts of Royalty a very poor defence against its desolating fury . The position of yourself and your Government is truly pitiable , and not less ludicrous . It is an old saying that Heaven infatuates those whom it is intending to destroy ; and sorel y no Ministry was ever more infatuated than that with which this great empire is now cursed . Your friends say that your worst fault is your " stand still" policy . If this
were true , it would be bad enough ; for you took office under a pledge to carry out the principle and spirit of the Reform Bill , and if , instead of doing this , you have stood still , then you get your places , andthe salaries attached to them , by false pretences . Truly , my Lord , a man is greatly to be envied when the best defence his friends can make for him ib , that he is only a swindler I But I deny that yours has been a " stand still" policy . It has been an active policy . Yon have done incalculable mischief . You have struck blows at the liberties of England , which the Tories , bold as they are , dare not have attempted ; while the little good which
has been effected , has been forced from you against your will . I sat down with the intention of reviewing all tbe great measures which have been brought out and burked in the assemblies of the mischief workers , since your Lordship has held the helm of state ; but the general observations which have presented themselves to my mind , have occupied so much space , as to preclude my doing bo in this letter . I must therefore , return to the subject at a future , and , I hope , not a distant opportunity . While , in the meantime , I commend the homely , but honest though not , perhaps , over palatable ^ general truths of my present epistle to your Lordship ' s most especial consideration .
< Tis said , by a great authority , that our best friendu ate those who tell as of our faults . In the spirit ef thiB sentiment , I have the honour to be , Your Lordship ' s Friend , : ' v ; - : i . : : . NUMA . London , August 31 , 1840 . /
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Compensation to a Hatkep Tactobt CmtD . — At the late Liverpool asaizei , in MMtipn againrt Mr . Stocks , owner of extensive cotten-mute , compensation for injuries sustained by a girt , fifteen teaw of age , from the machinery in his mill . in whiob sne was employed , were reCftvered . In the mill was an upright shaft , revolving at the rate of sixty timwi a minute , which was left entirely exposed ; ana ww girl ' s dress having been caught by it , «* 7 £ dragged round and seriously injured , soae *» of *^ a cripple for life . A verdict was taken , bj cousen for £ 100 .
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELBOURNE .
The Principle Of Conservatism.
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATISM .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2700/page/4/
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