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September 0, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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Parliamentary Review . The Session Which...
_** _x hotly that ever satin this country , not excepting he famous Ramp Parliament . Unfortunately for * e have no Cromwell now to kick them out , ttd lock 'he do 6 r afterwards . The speech which the Ministry had prepared for j „ tue session , was strikingly in accordance with the [ character of the session itself . Apart altogether _t _gjn its vulgar , slovenly , slipshod , _ungrammatical composition , it was in all other respects a miserable _Tffoftaction . The Encumbered ( Irish ) Estates Bill , the Scotch Entail Bill , and the Sanitary Bill , are { he only measures enumerated as having been passed into laws . In order to swell the hst , the Irish Poor Law , which was passed in the closing
session of the last Parliament , is pressed into the _grricp , and by way of making some show , the _disfress in Ireland , the voluntary contributions for the relief of that distress , and other equally foreign topics jre logged into the speech head and shoulders ; the _jPEinuity of its author must have been exceedingly bard taxed to spin such a yarn out of the meagre _-materials he had furnished for the purpose , and in order to eke out something like a decent number of _paragraphs , much is said about foreign affairs , and son r thing about" organised Confederacies , to excite jnv suffering subjects to rebellion in . Ireland . " if the review of the past is barren and disheartening , the peep into the political future of Lord John
Russell is equally so ; there is no hope held out of an v attempt , or even of the existence of a desire to make an attempt , to grapple with the great questions of the age . Lord John and his colleagues have carried the Mssezfaire principle of modern government to its highest state of perfection . Henceforth evervthing that most requires to be looked after , amended , and regulated , is to be let alone , Parliament , or , in other words , 656 gentlemen free to do what thev like , are to be at liberty to make what speeches and motions they please . Lord John holds
that it is no part of the constitutional duty of a Government to prepare public measures , or to superintend their passage through the house . The whole functions ef the Executive Government , according to his new theory _, consist in collecting the taxes , spending them , " and receiving their own salaries regularly . It is just as well that the country should know this , and be prevented from indulging any expectations , which are certain to be disappointed , so long as the present men remain in _eSace .
The worst of it is . that we do not see in any other quarter better men to take their places . We do not mean hy that there are not better men in the country * but simply , that in the present state of parties * no other administration but the present is practicable- The Whig Radical party are numerically too weak , even if they were united , to susta in a mini _stry of that party , and that they are _anythuw bnt united is well-known to everybody . On the other hand , the continued division of the two
sections of the former Conservative party , neutralises the chance of either holding the reins of power . The Whigs are strong only in the weakness and division of the other parties io the House . To that fac t alone can he attributed the political puzzle of _^ Minis try continuing to exist , and to have a chance of retaining office for some time to come , which is looked upon with general dissatisfaction and contemp t by all parties in the country except its own immtdiate on-bangers . _ _ _
Mr Disraeli , in his clever resume of the Session , tried to clear the House of Commons from the Maun of being accessory to the lame , impotent conclusion of aten months' Sessionj _. aud to some extent successfully . We have frequently stated our own conviction , that there was no lack of will to work on the part of Parliament , but that its energies were wasted and misdirected in consequence of the want of clear-headed and business men at the head of affairs to give them a rig ht direction , to prevent useless debates , and to keep them properly
emp _loy td with matters of real and pressing importance . In fact , Mr Disraeli ' s speech was hut an elaboration of this statement . But" two blacks don ' t make a white . " Mr Disraeli , in his witty and sparkling speech was successful in showing the incapacity of Ministers , but when he added , he had vindicated the character of the Commons , he went too far . The Parliament which submitted to become useless mr mischievous in the hands of a useless and mischievous administration , must take iis fair share of the blame which attaches to such conduct .
We _observe tbat some of the Ministerial papers are trying to throw all the blame of the long session and its bezgarly performances 0 : 1 those Siamese twins , Messrs Anstey and Urquhart . Undoubtedly , these pragmatical and babbling fellows have wasted a good deal of time , which mig ht have been more usefully spent ; but , admitting that their speeches as calculated by Mr Osbome , would be equivalent to a five weeks * debate , that will not account for the melancholy failure which every one admits the session to be ; the necessity of putting a stop to the ceaseless flow of words ,
" In ona _weafe , _wasby , everlasting flood _, from such endless spouters , however , appears to have attracted attention , in various quarters . A Committee e-f the House has reported several suggestions , based principally on the views of the Speaker ; and we observe that Mr O'Connor has given notice for next session of a limitation of the time of speaking , which , we believe , would be found most beneficial in practice . If a man cannot clearly state his ideas on anv ordinary subject in twenty minutes , or
half-anhour , le had better keep quiet , and , like tee silent mernher _, say— " ditto to Mr Burke . " The evil of long speeches has attained an intolerable height . A member thinks be is nothing unless he can keep on lis legs for two or three hours , while , in the course of bis tirerome _, prosy , and common-placeharangue , he will not state a single new fact , throw the slig htest new light upon the question , or lay down any great first principle by which it should be tested and decided . Lacking the possession of quality they endeavour to make it op by quantity .
With a few closing remarks on the session next week , we shall be g lad to bid it " good-by , " and consign it to tbat oblivion or contempt which awaits it in history .
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Ed . S . _S- ] Jfe J . _Tatcok _, Salford . —Tie charge would be four shillings and sixpence . X Lasd _Mehbeb , St Helens . —You should bave sent fonr shilling * , with your communication . J . _Sweft acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for the Defence Fund , via .: —Mr CMpondale , Is . ; Mr _Sfetpberd , 3 d . A : F . _Emjuid , Lambeth . —We may some time find room for tie verses . J . S . B . B . —We cannot with certainty advise , butsnonld recommend to Ut matters take their course , and when brought before the court to state the case , as it has beendonetons . B . _Tatioj , Gloucester , and T . Cabet , Greenwich . —mo
Kotice . — All parties holding tickets for Mrs Coffey ' s _rtfrle . are requested to bring them to 83 , _Dean-etreet , on _Monday evening , the 1 Mb . inst _, The Victim Fc . vd — Mr Maurice Whittinzham , ot Wolverhampton , states that a few firUn < lssent 5 ion tbe 22 nd of August , to Mr Christopher Hajman , secretary , 152 , Hieb , Holborn , which has not yet beenacknowled _; _td in tbe Somhem Stab , ana inquires tie reason , Tee _LiBEKY ° FBHD- We learn th » t the _baVot for the four freehold houses at Holt , in West Norfolk , wfll _finallr close on Wednesday September 2-th . AU friends who intend taking snares , are therefore solicited to forward theamouct of tte same , on or before that day , tothe secretary , John Arnott , Bricklayers Arms , TonWdge . strcet . New . road , Iondon . if by Post Office order , _nade payable to Mr Charles _Daddendge , at the Battlebridge , Post Office .
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EXECUTIVE NOTICE . All monies received on behalf of the Liberty ti . d will be acknowledged next week .
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Sotjth London Chartist Hall . —Mr Walter Coopir will lecture in the above hall on Sunday eveiine neit _, September lOib , at tight o ' clock . Su ! _ject :-The Life . Writings , and Character of Thomas Paine . A social meeting will take place on Mohdav evening , September llth , for the benefit of the Viciims . I a " snthorised to deny the report , circulated by the Daily Press , that the Directors of the hall received a notxefrom the Government that they should be held answerable for the seditious language spoken there , and that they had closed the hall accordingly . Tie Directors have received no notice of the sort , either . directl y or indirectly . —W . Collins , secretary .
To The Working Classes. * Words Are Thin...
TO THE WORKING CLASSES . * Words are things , end a small drop of Ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces _ThLt which _makfS thousands , perhaps millions , think * _Btbos .
THE FRENCH ' REPUBLIC . ' Broihk _Pboimasuks , Exulting _orer the downfall of Louis Biakc , the Times has addressed a series of articles to tbat proscribed friend of the human race , for the professed purpose of showing the folly and wickedness of revolutionary changes ; and the wisdom of , and happiness arising from , the anti-revolutionary career of the peopleof this country . * The French Revolution , ' says the Tinas , * was concerted and executed upon the pretext o' _eesnring a greater liberty of the subject , and more advanced political freedom . ' Instead of this state ol freedom having been established , the Times , in describing the
aotual situation of France , truly _ehowa that— 'The personal freedom of French _citixess is at an end . The courts of justice asd the forms of law are superseded by courts-martial , at which individual ' , arbitrarily arrested , are summarily condemned to penalties whieh nothing bat the discretion of the judge regulates . There can be no political dubs , dinner * , er demonstrations ; no protests , pamphlets , or remonstrances . The eatire press is under the irresponsible control of a military officer , wbo suspends _, _suppresses , or seizes any publications tending to embarrass or obstruct his policy . ' The Times adds a good deal in illustration of tha misery of the working classes , and concludes by asserting that all these evils , oppressions , and _disappointments are the
natural and necessary consequences of the Revolution of February . The Times tnerenpon argues that that revolution was both a folly and a crime . Here I must observe—paradoxical as it may seem —that the Revolution was not the work of the R _vo-Intionisb _* . The responsibility of that catastrophewhether a folly era crime , or bath—rests with King Smith and his Man Friday , Gmxor . The Revolution ef February _ras the natural and inevitable conclusion of the corrupt and despotic system founded on tho barricades _t > f July ; just as the _Revolution of ' 93 was tbe necessary wait of the grind _' _-pgdespotism of Loon XIV , the profl gaoy of Louis XV ., and the imbecility of Loci * XVI . ; and just an the present damnable tyranny—the heartless role ef the
workmen-slaying bourgeoisie—is sure to brine fotth another struggle . The Times speaks of Louis Blahc as ' the representative of ideas destined to be effaced as soon as they were expressed . ' 'Effaced ! ' Does the _Tuiks-writer imagine that the 'ideas' he speaks of were massacred in the _Jone slaughter ? or _flang into the Seine ? or shot in the cellars of the _Tuileries ? or have been transported by tbe aatocraticcommand of Dictator Cavaigxac ? Effaced , indeed ! The ' ideas ' of JUSTICE will , I believe , yet _efiacethe false , plundering , and murdering system whioh—all the world over—is _championised by tbe truculent Times . If not , if fate has decreed the perteiuation
of the reign of triumphant crime—that the labourer shall for ever be tbe prey of tbe _spoiler—I can , at all events , tell the Trias-writer one thing—that the men who hare imbibed the ' ideas' hefcoff * at , are iu no humour to succumb to tbeir conquerors ; but , even if vanquished in the future , aa they have been already , will , nevertheless , commit their cause to their descendants , in the fervent faith that * Body _kUliag tyrants cannot kill Tne public ou ) , the _btrediisrj will—Which do-inward , as from sire to sou it goes , By shifting bosoms more intensely glowslu heir-loom is the heart , and slaughter'd men Fight fiercer in their orpbat * o ' er again . '
The existing tyranny in France—the destruction of pubVc and _pergonal heedem—the enslavement o ! the press—the misery , _prescription , and _ma-sacre of the working classes , is not t « ba attributed—as the Times falsely _as-erts—to the Revolution of February _, bet to the fact that the principles of tbat revolution have not been carried out . It is ( and has hitherto teen ) b » true , _astheTnus says , that The poor monopolise as large a proportion of the miseries of a revolution as of the calamities of a famine . ' Bat why so ? Because of the ignorance of the _people themselves , the treachery or incapacity of their leaders , ar < d the intrigues of their eremiea . As I have shown in previous letters , these three causes have all been in active operation to _produce the ' D- 'ad-Sea fruits' which , ' fair to the eye but within dust and ashes , ' have been brought forth by the ' tree of liberty' planted on the 24 th of Febt nary .
Speaking of 'happy conservative England , as contrasted with unfortunate revolutionised France , the Times bids Louis Blakc bend his steps ' from Leicester-square to the Boulevard ef London , sad he will find tha tic stead of four shops out of five being closed , the whole line of Regent-street is glittering with the merchandise of the world , and yet animated with tbe expiries ; bustle of tbe season ' While on hi * London : pilgrimage I trust that tbe anther of' Ten Tears' wi'l extend bis researches _beyond Regent street . Let him visit the purlieus of Westminster , the rookeries of St Gi ' _esV , the dens ot sin , and shame , and sorrow , of want , and wretchedness , and wee abounding in Clerkenwell , Southwark : and the Tower-Hamlets ; and existing more or less in all parts cf this Babel . If be will do so , I promise him such revelations ef misery , igsorance , andcrime , as saal / enable bim to silence the Thunderer ot _Printine-House Square .
The journey of 'fifty miles info the country , ' as suggested by the Times , will cot improve the picture cf ' happy England . ' Labourers driven from their natural heritage , the land , may be seen—neither few nor far between—at the miserable , profitless toil of stone-breaking , or pining like gaoled felons iu Union Workhouses . If die ' fifty miles' are extended to one two , or four hundred miles , Norwich , Manchester , Liverpool , and _Glasgow , will exhibit still more appalling illustrations of the 'blessings' the Times _vaants o . Bletsed may be the spider who sucks the life from its victim , and blessed may be the parasites of tte aristocracy who exhibit their' glittering merchandise' in Regent-itreet , bnt not so blessed are they that have their life-blood drained to glut the
rapacity of aristocrats , capitalists acd _sbopocrats . Even within sight of the ' glittering' heaps gathered together ia this metropolis , famishing creatures exhibit their rags and misery , because denied ' the right to labour ; ' and many a houseless wanderer is even refused the temporary shelter of the inhospitable and filthy casual ward of the workhouse . The Times talks of bloodshed and massacre in France , but let the Times remember the viciims of the _iish famine , and reflect tbat those _wha- fell on both sides in the June insurrection , numbered not a tithe of those who recently perished by famine , and faminecreated _pestilence under the operation of the _bless ; d anti-revolutionary system commended to the ad miration of Louis Blanc .
The Times ef Monday last contained a note from Louis Blakc in wbich the writer intimated that a number cf Englishmen , partaking bis opinions , bad expressed a desire to give him some public demonstration of their sympathies , wbich , with all thankful acknowledgements , be declined ; he conceiving it to be bis duty to abstain from taking part iu public manifestations whilst a sojourner in this country . I consider the illustrious exile has taken a wise course in coming to this decision ; although had he decided otherwise , thousands would have been only tos happy to have paid their respects to this persecuted champion of the rights of labour . The Times of this day ( Thursday ) contains a ' leader' on this subject . The _Trum-writer affects to
be at a loss to conceive who the parties can be who desired to express their respect for Loins Blahc ; and wonders what kind of sentiments or ideas can have animated them . The rest of the article is an _on _' pouring of venom against the exiled patriot , written for the purpose of making it appear that he is responsible for the blood _y of the workmen shed in June , and for all the miseries they are now suffering . The Times asserts that Lons Blakc sought to transfer property from tbe middle classes to those below them ; and tbat , therefore , the middle _clisses rebelled . At last , then , even tbe Timbs confesses
that the shepocracy were the real rebels . But it is false that Louis Blakc sought to deprive the middle classes of their property . What he sought was to _eoBSjrve to the working men their property—the fruits of their industry , hitherto ' pillaged' by the _classt 8 above them . It was to conserve , not their own property , bnt their power of robbery , that the bourgeoisie rebelled , and succeeded in forcing the workmen once more behind the barricades . The combat of June was forced on by the bourgeoisie , who wished to' strike terror' into the hearts of the ouvriers , and thereby put a etop to their efforts to redeem them selves frcm social slavery .
Tbe Times wants to know if the English ' sympathisers 'include a single person wbo conscientiously believes tint France would have been rendered lets miserable , or Fretch prospects k _* s gloomy , by the success of the ' advanced' Republicans , Although I am not included _amentst tbe parties , who appear to have _bsen in communication with Louis B . _'anc since hiB arrival in London , yet as I do sympathise with that pure-hearted pattiot ; acd , I may add _express , too , the sympathies of multitudes of _mycountrymes , I miy say , that I have no hesitaticn ia answering the queries pnt by the Times in the affirmative . I more than believe , I am confident , that had the majority of the Pro \ is ' nmal Government belonged to the * advanced Republic , ' France would at this moment —in spite of temporary _SBffering—have been on the highroad to real and _lading prosperity and happiness . As it is , future _revolutions will be the satnral and inevitable consequence of the triumph of tte hour
aeotste . The calumnies _castopon Louis Blakc by the Truss _, are quite in accordance with tbe character of thai paper . The exile bas one consolation—that journal u iec ? gr . ued , all tbe world ever , aB the unscrupulousdefender of the crimes of capital ; and enjoys in this country the special hatred cf the working classes . _astbepitiletB and truculent enemy of the rights of Labour .
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_Lamartws has just published a pamphlet , ad _" _™* ed to Me electors of the _different departments by which h . 9 was returned to the National Assembly , giving an account of his conduct and motives whilst la power and replyin g to the various attacks that aave been made upon him . On ene point , the malversations which have _beenbysomopartiesimputed to tha _cUief of the late Provisional government , Lamar _TisKs statement is perfectl y satisfactory . On all otoer points his explanations condemn bim , and must for ever put an end to any connexion he may have hid with the nltra-demooratic party . Lamirtike
confesses that in the very hour which saw the organisation of the Provisional government there commenced « the conflict between the two R _* puHics , ' -tbat is the « Red' or real Republic , abd the 'Moderate' or than Republio . He prides himself on having shown unyielding and successful opposiuoa to those whom he terms 'men of another epoch ; ' and denies that he ever promised the working classes ' the organisation of labour . ' _Hesajs _, that in a speech he delivered to the Socialist workmen when they presented themselves en masseat the Hotel da Ville and insisted on the issue of a proclamation promising the organisation of labour , he declared that if he were to be plaoed at the
mouth of twenty pieces of cannon he would not Bigu the phrase or _^ anfoatton du travail , beoause after _fiiteen yeara' study he had not been able to _unders'and it . Very hone-t , no doubt . But mo _> t the _massescontinue to suffer because of _Lamartise _' _s _^ _thick-headednets ? nad be been the conscientious gentleman he affects to be , he would not have accepted the post of chief of the Provisional Government , he would have made way for a wiser man . And had the two hundred thousand workmen acted wisely on the 17 : n of March , they would have hurled him and the majority of his colleagues from _pe-wer , to the cry of * Get you _gone , give plaoe to better men !'
Bnt I shall prove Lauahtihe guilty of something very like prevarication . Granted that he did make the speech he _saya he did on the 17 th of March , he had at least two weeks previously sanctioned the publication of the following documents : — * Whereas , tbe Revolution having been _accomplished by the people , ought to be accomplished for the people ; whereas , the time h-t arrived for putting o s'optothe long aud _iniquitous suffering ! af the workmen ; whereas , this 'object is one of Immense importance , and worthy of tbe greatest consideration of a republican government ; it therefore behoves Fr « nee to deliberate carefull _* , _an-1 _tobtbt-w its earnest attention upon tbis problem which Is saw placed before the Industrial nations of Europe , and to consult , witbout a moment ' s delay , upon tbe imam of _gcaraateelng to the people tke legitimate fruits
of their labour . The provisional government decreesthat a permanent committee be appointed , to be en * titled the committee for the _government ef _workmen , with tho express and special mission to wa ' ch over their ( _merest-. In order to dermnstrate the importance which the _provisional government attaches to the solution ef this grand problem , it appoints as President of the committee , oae of Its memb rt , U . Louis Blano , and ano tfc * r of its members , M . Albtrt ( mechanic ) , to be Vice-President . Workmen will themselves be called upon to _(^ rm a portion of the eommlttee , which will sit at the palace of the Luxembourg . ( Signs *!) Louis Bum , _Oaknie * Pages , Abkand Uabbaet . That the Republic guarantees an existence to every one through labour ; that It guarantees work to every _ciiizin .
It recognises the right of workrren to associate emorg _tbenwelves in order to tnjoy the full benefit oi their lab jar . I . promises to give to the _ouwler-tho million cuteff from _thu civil Use . _Gakrieb Pages , _Loch Blakc . The Provisional _Government decrees . ' Lahartise dots not and cannot deny that he was a party to tbe decree for the appointment of * the committee for the government of workmen . ' The mission of that committee was to ascertain'themeans' which were to be applied by the government to ' put a stop to the long amHni _quitous sufferings of the workmen , ' by ' guaranteeing to the people the legitimate fruits of their labour . ' This decree wai signed not merely by LmjiiBukc , but also by _Marbast _sudGABsiBtt Pages , _thesworn friends of Lauabtins , and thebitter
eremies of Lotus Busc . But the second decree is " till more forcibly expressed : — ' The Republic guarantees an existence to every one through labour ; it guarantees work to every citizen' _Tnis decree also bears the signature if Garnibb Paoks . Will Lamartins deny that . decree ? A fortnight later , when surer of the support of the bourgeoisie who were again lifting their heads and already conspiring against the Democracy , bb manifested by their demonstration on the 16 th of March , and when he had commenced his smuggling of troops inte the capital , then it appears to have soiled bim to deolare himself against the organisation of labour . But he cannot declare away the decrees above _reoited . Tbey stand in the records of the Revolution and are not to be effaced by any amount of poetical , egotistical rigmarole _, even though signed by the once' magio name ' of Laxartmb .
Lahartikb says , 'that oh the sixth day after the R _voluti' n , he had the idea of abolishing tbe penalty of death for _political ( . fences , ' and he Bays , ' the fame inspiration descended at the same time from Heaven into tbe breasts of his colleagues / lie adds , that afttr the abolition of death was unanimously voted , the members of the provisional government ' fell into tbe arms of each other , and gave each other the kiss of life ! ' I think I see them now ! Marrast hugging Ledbu Rollin , _Ababo passionately em . bracing Loon Blahc . Mask clasping Flocon to Mb heart (?) , _Gabnur Pagis doing the amiable by Albert , and , lastly , Lamartih ** giving the 'kiss of life' all round . Such a sight would have made
even Launce ' s dog weep tears of sympathy , had he beea present . It is true thera is the other side of tbepiotnre : _—Laharthu , Abaoo Mabik and Marbast giving their evidence before the Committee of Investigation ( query—Assassination ) , and doing their best toideatroy , both ' politically aud morally , the men to whom they had giren ' the kiss of life . ' But of course all this is natural , for has not Lamartimk said ( see evidenoe before Odillen Barrot ' s committee ) that _| facts are connected together in political order in the same manner as in moral order . ' No d-mbt the kiss of Marrab t ia as ' connected' with treaohery _, as was the kiss of Judas !
_LAiiiBTiire inclndes amongst tbe grounds of his claims to the confidence of the bourgeoisie , that he cave nothing but ' soft words' tothe Poles and the Irish , aimed assistance , or any real assistance , he never intended to give to either . Aad so , as ' soft wordB butter no parsnips , ' the ' oppressed nationalities' are just where they were , or rather worse than they were , from the disappointment of hopes excited by the Revolution of February , but which hopes Lamartinb took good care should not be realised . On the charge of having encouraged attempts of armed _prdpagandism against Belgium , Germany , aad Savoy , Lahariixe declares that formal orders were given and proclamations issued to prevent such attempts , and that when bodies of men were
assembled to make them they were dissolved . He appeals to all governments , and says : — 'If tbere be one which accuses the Minister of Foreign Affairaof complicity , or even negligence , in the repression of those attempts , I declare myself convicted of felony . ' This is bold Bpeahing , _butis it troth-speaking ? Why it is ' as notorious as the tun at noon-day' that 'legions' of _Belgians , Germans , Poles , and Italians , were openly and regularly enrolled and organised in the streets of Paris . The projected invasion of Belgium waa universally talked of in Paris , aud will this man , who acknowledges that as Minister for Foreign Affairs , he had the sum of 293 , 000 francs of secret service money at his disposal , for the purpose of obtaining information , Ao ., will he pretend
that he was ignorant of what was known to every yamin m Paris ? No one can doubt that he knew all about it , and connived at it , not for the purpose of revolutionising Belgium , bnt for the _purposa of securing tbe destruction of the _revolutionist * . Had he acted an honest part , be wonld have forbidden the enrolment of the ' legion , ' or at any rate hare prevented the departure of the . misguided men from Paris . He did neither . He allowed the poor _fellows to proceed openly by railway to tbe frontier , where they were trappsd and _deitroyed . It will be remembered that the first detachment was taken by the train _acrois the frontier , and set down in tbe very midst of an armed force oi Belgian troops drawn unto surround them . Those who followed , though
they defeated an intended repetition of this treachery and stopped _shrrt at tbe _Frenoh tide of the frontier , were compelled by the persecution of the Provisional Government's agents to cross into Belgium , where they were shot down or taken prisoners . In this day ' s Star will be found the names of a number nf men who have been condemned to death by the Belgian government for having taken part in or favoured ' tbe invasion . ' Some of these unfortunate men I know personally , and I am acquainted with the names of others as pure and ardent democrats . Judge then whether I have not too good reason to feel more than I shall allow my pen to express in the way of disgust and indignation towards thiB
Lahartikb , whom I shall regard as mainly responsible for the blood of my betrayed friends , if that blood be shed . But perhaps Louis _Pbiufpe ' _s daughter may remind Leopold of the uncertainty of fortune , and the instability of thrones , and ia that case ihe condemned democrats may be spared to witness happier times , which mutt not yet be despaired of . I admit that proclamations were issued againBt tbe attempts at * armed propaganditm ; ' and , in some instances , armed bodies of men were dissolved . But on _' y after the poor fellows had openly and irrevocably committed themselves ; and when tbey had only the choice cf risking death in battle on the German or Belgian side of the frontier , < r the certainty of death by starvation on the French side .
Lamartwe wished to get rid of the 'foreigners fic-n Paris , _because be apprehended tbat in their _rat-ks the clubs would find allies dangerous to tbe ' nr derate Republic . ' He does not _tsy this , but his conduct can only be thus interpreted . Hi « appeal to foreign governments will not save him from the charge of' complicity . * If those governments wonld ,
To The Working Classes. * Words Are Thin...
I have no doubt they could prove his complicity , not with tne ' _propagandista , ' but with themselves ( the foreign governments ) to destroy the Revolutionary party , _eternal dishonour rests on the name of _«} « i ? _If _^ foP h 8 _wng enoouraced the risings in 1830-31 m Poland , Italy , Spain , & o „ and then hnirayed and persecuted the actors therein . Lamar tine has played a similar part . The _reaults may bave been less sanguinary but the policy of bath was _the 8 ame . Lamabtinb states that it was he who proposed the organisation of the Garde Mobile , whioh saved Paris and France on the 23 rd of June , and asks if that were want of foresight ? No ! It was , on the contrary , proof of a far-seaing polioy , though copied from
the policy ot kings : — Divide and conquer ! ' The Garde Mobile , taken from the most _Unorant nnd reckless orders of the Parisian populace , were supplied with arms and uniforms , and attaobed to the government by pay fourfold the amount received by the soldiers of the line . _Tfcesa were the tools which _Lamartinei had _the'foresi-ht' to prepare against the day when the real workmen Bhould descend into the streets , to enforce by arms the fulfilment of the prom « s ? s made fay the _Provisional government in the decrees I have recited . For this detestable foresight he deserves the admiration of the bourgeoisie- Why ara they so ungrateful as to withdraw from him the confidence which he proves himself so well entitled ti !
Lamahtiks : attempts to clear _himee'f ef any share of _responsibdity , on account of the June insurrection . He states that 'he gave it as his opinion' that the workmen employed in the national _workshops should be sent to work on railways , _otherwisa _^ a battle would ensue on the dissolution of the ateliers . ' Here ia an admission that , in spite of the lies contained in the proclamations of the Assembly , in Ooillos _Barrot ' s committee ' s ' report , ' and in tho newspapers , French and English—the lies about ' war _againstsociety '—' war against property and family , ' Ac- the conflict was , ia fact , as h b been repeatedly stated in this journal , a war for labour , bread , and life . LiMAmiNE next shows how zealously he laboured to fill Paris with troops ; and that he wat
_unceasingly occupi * d f cr a day or two previous to the outbreak on the 23 : d of June , in confering with generals , and making all military preparations for combat , It never seems to have struck this humanity-monger , who had been _soz _.-alous in proposing the abolition of death-punishments , that the execution of thousands in the streets by baronets and cannon , was something more horrible than tbegu-l lotining of _a"few isdividuals . Nor doeB ta appear to bave thought tbat tbe bloodshed he was preparing for could hav 6 been prevented , had the government of whioh he waa a member , get about making good the _promises they bad given four months before to tbe _decoived , disappointed , and de ? _pairim ; workmen . The last paragraph I shall notiee in Lamartine _' _s _precioHS statement , is the following : —
The Repub'lc , Inspired by Washington , shall trinmpb ovr the Republic of B . itceuf _, Robespierre , andDanto _?! In other ages , other Ideas , other thoughts , other men ! thia Is tho truth with regard to society . F _« _ols will swallow this as a piece of profound political philosophy . If , as Lamartinb says , the ideas , _thoughts _. and men of ' 93 would be out of ph « now , how comes it that tbe ideas , _thoughts , and men of ' 76 would be in place ? Granted that the Repnblicol _RoBKtprsRRB is of the past , the Republic of _Washinoios is of the older past , In fact , the Republic of Washington was bat the Egglim Republic ef 1645 reproduced and brought to perfection on the American continent . Washington was a good aBd skilful man , and also a great man for his time . But he would
not suit the present time , no more tban would Wallacr , the hero of Scotland . Wallacs was a great man tor the time , when it was necessary to lead a _nathv to the recovery ef its outraged nationality . But Wallacb is n't wanted now . The Radicals used to toast the memories of * Hampdrn who died on field , and _Stonet on the scaffold , ' but this toast ha » passed away . Hampden and Sydney were no doubt very goi » d patriots for their time . They were' chosen men' to war against kingly des . _otism and priestly tyranny ; but in these times ' we have other fish to fry . ' Washington ' s name shines in history ' s page , but principally became be was an exception to the long list of successful soldiers who hav 6 abused the power they acquired by arms . _Considerin ? tbecir curastances of his time , he played his part we ' ll in
assisting in the establishment of that political syBtem which sufficed to protect tbe liberties of his oountrymen , and which has pretty well served the B _» me purpose up to tbis time . But already America needs a greater than Washington ; a legislator to provide remedies for those social evils which are fast neutralising the _poliiical institutions of the Commonwealth . Republicanism sufficed for _Washington ' s time , but will not _enflbe ranch longer . The social causes which produce crime and _micory in Paris _snd London arein fall operation in New York , _produoinc there like effeot _* . It ' needs no ghost come from tho grave' to enable any man who can think for himself , to predict that the day will come when , unless the social siBtera of Americn is thoroughly reformed , blood wi / 1 flow in New York as lately it fi > we . d in Paria .
The Ripublo of Rob _^ pierrb ( that is to say , the Republic which existed in the time of R 6 B 8 Fpierri _* , but not the Republio he aimed at founding ) , was inevitable for its time , but its reproduction would be an immeasurable calamity ; nevertheless , and in spite of Lamartine ' s theory , it may be reproduced if his nonsense is acted on . The ' Republic inspired by Washington' would find neither work nor bread for tbe starving masses of Paris . The Republio of _Babscf has never yet been . _Babgbof never ruled , he but conspired with a few other men who , like himself , were in advance of their time . The Republio of _Babieuf is in the future !
I have heard tell or a 'bag of wind , ' a ' bushel of moonshine , ' and similar anti-substantial matters ; but , for the distinction of beisg 'full of emptiness , ' this collapsed bladder of vanity Lamartir * ' ( regarding only his political charaoter ) decidedly bears away tbe palm . ' The earth hath bubbles as the _wa « r has , And He It of them . ' G . JULIAN HARNEY . September 7 ib , 1818 .
A Female Swindler.—About Two Years Since...
A Female Swindler . —About two years since , Selina Leslie , otherwise Gillard , otherwise Villiers , wat * tried at the Bristol sessions for having fraudulently obtained a piano from Mr Cochrane , which she shortl y afterwards sold at half price . She was then acquitted , and some time _afterwards went to Gloucester , where the samo person , whoso rpal name is Villiers , has just bees brought by the police , before the city magistrates , charged with having obtained several articles of wearing apparel , under false pretences , from Mrs _Margetson , _ataymaker , of _Southgate-atrtet , A great degree of interest _appeared to ba manifested by a large number of _tradesmen , to hear tbe examination , many of tbem having been the dupes of the prisoner to a greater or less extent . It
appeared that about a month sinoe the prisoner writ to the residence ot Miss Mogey , whs keeps the National Sohool at Berkeley , and represented that she was in distress , but that she hoped in a few dayB to obtain a situation aa a turnkey in the county gaol at Gloucester . Miss Mogey , who had been with the family of the prisoner for several years , immediately allowed her to reside at her home , and she remained there until Saturday week last , when she went out on an errand for her hostess , taking with her a little girl who lived with that lady . lastead of returning _however , she went to the railway station , and asked Mr Ivey , the clerk , for a return ticket to Gloucester , saying that Miss Mogey would pay fcr it . Mr Ivey , happening to be well acquainted with Miss Motey ,
gave the prisoner the ticket , and she left in the _m-xt train , after having sent the little girl back again to Berkeley . Miss Mogey ' _s suspicions were aroused on hearing of this , and ou examining ber drawers , she found that nine or ten _artioles of wearing apparel were missing . In the train the prisoner contrived to scrape up an acquaintance with a person who , on arriving in Gloucester , accompanied her to Dawes ' _ii coffee-hoD . se , and requested Mr Dawes to whom he was known , to pay the greatest " attention to tho lady . On the afternoon of the Sunday following , a Mrs Witham . an acquaintance of Mr Dawe ? , called at the house , and Mr Dawes , seeing that the prisoner appeared lonely , kindly introduced Mr , Witbamtoher andthey walked out together . Id
the course of the afternoon the prisoner represented herself aa being about to be married , and requested Mis mtham _' _s advice as to the choice of tradesmen , expressing her determination to reside in Gloucester The result of this tf as that the shop of Mr Foxweli was recommended for dresses , and the next day the p « 180 w ' _S _3 _lJe _< _, _"P " MrFoxwell in company * with Mrs Witham , and made choice of an assortment of dresses . This was followed by an order to Mr Strat lord , cabinet maker . Mr Watts , furnishing iron monger , Mr Ladkin , perfumer , and Beveral other persona ; indeed , we believe orders to the extent cf more than one _thoasand pounds were given to the various tradesmen in Gloucester . A house was taken by the prisoner in the Spato which tbe thin _«
, ordered were to be sent , and tho prisoner was to have possession on Saturday ; but , as a deposit of £ 40 was rtquired , and the morey not being forthcoming , _bIip never had the keys . She referred to a gentleman in Dablio , but , on being written to . no such person could be found ; and ihis , coupled with other oircum _staisceB , led to her apprehension . A pair of gloves was forind in her possession which Mr Foxweli alleges weie stolen from his shop _; and also a quantity ol papers which throw some light on her history , and show that she is related to some highly respectable families in that neighbourhood . As tho fe ! ony at Berkeley waa the clearest against Tier , she _wsb banded over to the county magistrates , and by them committed to the sessions .
A water-spout was seen at "Woodbridge , on Thursday week , passing from a long cloud along the surface of the land towards Hollesley and Bawdsey . It expended itself in the river , near Mr Prelyman ' s , _Barosbolt , carrying away part o an embankment . The fall of large pieces of ice and water at Bawdsey was prodigious . —Bury Post .
Jpitfcsent And Future State Ob Kurope.
_JPItfcSENT AND FUTURE STATE OB KUROPE .
Past II . The present state of Europe , the cause of its anarchy , disunion , ana confusion , and their remedy , were explained in the first part . The cause of these evils having- been discovered ; and the remedy in consequence , as previously stated , being obvious , plain , and easy of execution ; and all the materials for effecting the change being everywhere abundant ; and it being the undoubted interest of all the parties that the change should be made in the shortest time practicable , it is now necessary to meet
the real difficulty to be overcome before the change can be accomplished . This difficulty is the change from the state of falsehood , and all the evils which it has produced in practice , to an entirel y new system based on truth , and constructed in all its parts , and throughout its ramifications , in accordance with its fundamental princip _le . To effect this change in practice is a straight forward operation that men experiencedin the establishment of large manufactories , in directing extensive agricultural arrangements , or in the command of combined armies , could readil y be taught to comprehend . The difficulty is not to
he feared in the practice , which will he beyond all comparison more easy to understand , and far more simple to execute and permanently to maintain in order and govern , than it is now to conduct and control the present most divided , unjust , and disorganised state of society the only difficulty is in the creation of a publie opinion in favouriof the change . - The public of Europe is not onl y ignorant of what this change will be , but it is strongly and most blindly prejudiced , by the ignorance and
falsehood of the old system , against any full and fair investigation of the subject . This blindness to the almost illimitable good which may be now secured for Europe , alone prevents the immediate introduction of practical measures to well employ its population , and put it in a straight forward road to a beneficial prosperity that shall know no retrogressing , and gradually place every class in a much more desirable condition than any class is now or ever has been .
But nature has decreed that half measures now are impracticable , that society must have falsehood in principle , and endless evils in attempting to maintain it in practice ; or it must now consent to have truth for its foundation , with a practice that shall gradually elevate all of the human race to become fullformed , superior , rational men and women , enjoying , their natural rights as the first of terrestrial beings , directing the sciences ofmechanism _' and chemistry to create for them as many unfed and obedient , well taught slaves and servants , as they may wish or desire . And : what is the real difficulty to be overcome to attain this new state of elevated
existence ? Merely to overcome rank ignorance , by a plain and simple statement of facts which no one possessing reasonable claims to rationality will think of denying . These facts may be thus stated in successive order , that their consequences may be more easily perceived , and their ultimate results comprehended . 1 st . —No man made the general qualities which constitute humanity ; no man combined these in his own organisation . 2 nd . —No man can decide upon the age of the world , the great circle of religion , the country , or the class in which he shall be born , and these decide his language , religion , and habits .
3 rd . —No one can decide upon the character and condition of his parents , his playmates , his instructions , or the other circumstances b y which he shall be surrounded through infancy , childhood , and youth . A . nd these circumstances combined , compel the individual to acquire the character whieh they create for him , until the period of life when the superficial observers of humanity say , the individual may then form his own feelings , thoughts , and conduct , by his own free will , when all his feelings , thoughts , and conduct are the unavoidable result of the p hysical , mental , moral , and practical powers , given to him without his knowled ge or consent b y all the previous circumstances which have acted in their
formation , and for which no one possessing rational faculties could attribute to the individual having these powers , either merit or demerit , or suppose that they could be justly entitled to reward or punishment . As the individual has been so far the creature of the inferior , mixed , or comparatively superior circumstances , which , without his knowledge , have formed him to be what he is , to the period when the thoughtless have been taught to imagine that he had acquired power to will , feel , think , and act , let us for a moment consider whence his capacity to feel , think , and act , has arisen . Has it not proceeded direct from his original organisation , as
given to him without his knowledge or consent b y God or Nature , and by the inferior , mixed , or better circumstances , in which he and his parents have been placed by society from his birth ? Then these , so far , have formed his character for him , and whether this foundation has been good or bad , Nature and society , and not the individual , ought to be accountable for it . If it has been made inferior or bad , the individual justly requires and deserves more sympathy , kindness , and attention by all around , to make amends for the errors of Nature—if Nature can err—and the removable errors of society , of which so far he has been the victim .
5 th . —But facts demonstrate that , from this period of life also , the individual continues to be the creature of the inferior , mixed , or better circumstances in which society shall place him , for he cannot escape out of the circumstances previously created by society . And , as these are , he is yet compelled to feel , think , and act , and thus is his character always formed for him , and by the combination of superior circumstances , with this knowledge of its power over individuals , society may always well form the character of every one , and surround them from birth with such a new
combination of superior circumstances , no w easily attainable , that all shall be made intelligent , with good and superior habits and manners , with kind _dispositions , and a desire to promote , in all sincerity , the happiness of all others , and thus to secure his full share of happiness to himself . 6 th . —That wealth is created by industry , temperance , and order , and poverty by idleness , intemperance , and disorder . 7 th . —That the greatest of all absurdities is the supposition that all men cannot be well employed , made to become industrious , temperate , orderly , and good members of society , and that it is easier to maintain and govern them in idleness , with bad habits and under
inferior circumstances . 8 th . —That it is now impossible for society longer to continue blind to its present insane condition , or to refrain from commencing the transition state for all Europe , forthafc which is necessary and best for any one division of it will be found to be necessary and the best for its entire population . And that which is now required to effect this change is , 1 st . A settled peace throughout Europe . 2 nd . An assurance that no one , without his free consent , shall be disturbed or injuredin mindbodyor estate , 3 rd . That
, , , new arrangements , based on the knowledge that the character of each is formed for luni , shall be immediately commenced to employ all the unemployed throughout Europe . First , to create their own food aud all other necessaries and comforts of life fur themselves and afterwards to aid general purposes . _# Second , to distribute this _new-created wealth justly for themselves and society . Third , to well form the character of these persons and their children to fit them to become members of a rational and a very superior state of society . Fourth , to train th ' em not only to be well and
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usefull y educated but to . govern themselves locall y without expense or trouble to the general government . Fifth , to effect these arrangements , by the creation of superior circumstances for each of these objects , separatel y and combined , on the princip le that man must ever be the creature of the inferior or superior circumstances in which society shall place him . Your space will not admit of more . I will pursue the subject in your next publication , merel y adding that the transition btate may be made easy for all parties . Robert Owen . London , September 7 th .
The Spirit Of Charlt7. Long Experience W...
THE SPIRIT OF CHARLT 7 . Long experience with the _thought and habits of all sects , parties , and _clashes , has con . vinced me that the great defect of society is a want of charity for the different characters which different circumstances force upon all , and which defect proceeds from ignorance of the cause which can alone produce real charity and bring it into daily practice . Until this can be done anarchy , competition , disunion , and violence will continue
throughout Europe and the world ; it becomes , therefore , the interest of all that the spirit of charity should be made to prevail , and become general in every class , from the highest to the lowest . This first of all virtues has never yet existed among any class , sect , or party , at any time , in any country ; t does not exist at this day in any nation , or among any people . How , then , is it to be introduced ? and whence the cause that this universally-recommended virtue has not been previously attained ?
It is because all society has been based en a falsehood directly destructive of charity , and of all the hi g hest and finest qualities of humanity ; and false religions , and absurd superstitions , opposed to all real charity , have been substituted for that virtue , without which all other pretensions to goodness are but as sounding brass or tinkling cymbals . Witness the present opposition of the various sects of superstitions to each other , and solely because they know not what real charity is , or the onl y cause which can produce it . But this virtuecan never be acquired , while the very germs of it are destroyed by the fundamental falsehood on which the educated character of all is
based—a falsehood made to pervade all their feelings , thoughts , and conduct ? The necessary effect of this falsehood is to pervert and misdirect all the qualities of humanity . The baneful influence of this false direction of good natural qualities is now experienced throughout Europe ; but more especially among the three opposing sects of relig ion in Ireland . To relieve all nations and people from the dire effects of this fatal falsehood , the truth must be faithfully declared without mystery , mixture of error , or fear of man or disunion
and * want of charity , ) will , as heretofore , continue to paralyse every effort to make men cha . ritable and kind to each other . The truth then is , that the poverty , disunion , ignorance , and crime in Ireland , arise from the want of charity between the three sects of reli gion which have so long contended against each other for mastery and power , and the mammon of power . These insane contentions _^ are brought more into collision in Ireland than elsewhere , and the evils which they produce are more violent and prominent ; but the same want of charity , and the same created
opposition of feelings , and the same insane conduct , are everywhere more or _lets evident according to local circumstances , between all the opposing sects of religion this day , as they have been through past ages . The only possible way to terminate these insane feelings , and their consequent conduct , is , not by finding fault with , or punishing the victims , whether Jew or Gentile , Mahommedan , Hindoo , Chinese , or Catholic , E piscopalian , o Dissenter , but by openly and honestly acknowledging the direful falsehood , from which these fearfully-opposing and ever-contending errors
emanate , and are made universal . If , then , the want of charity produces disunion , hatred and crime , with their consequent misery—and charity would create union , kindness , goodness and their consequent happiness ; it may now be asked , why has it been so Jong withheld from the knowledge and practice of the human race ? One true repl y only can he made to this all-important question , which is , that man is born more ignorant , helpless , and powerless than all other animals * and his faculty of imagination has been the blind pioneer of his other mental powers ! Throug h this faculty he has been led to believe that , in opposition to every known fac t , he makes himself individually to be what he is , although he knows not
how one human faculty is made , or the compound of his character is created . The supposition that he forms himself to be what he is , and can , by a supposed free-will of his own creation , make himself , at his pleasure , wise or foolish , good or bad , is the cause , and the only cause , of a want of charity among the human race ; and also of all the virtues of humanity which emanate from charity . The present ignorance of all nations , respecling the true formation of the character of all individuals , is not only the cause of the want of charity over the world , but it is also the cause of the inferior , inconsistent , vicious , and insane character which has been _foiced upon all , from their birth .
This false principle , and ignorance of the true formation of character , is also the sole cause of anger , hatred , jealousy , revenge , illwill , and all their direful consequences . If then Ireland , France , Italy , Germany , and the other nations of the world , are to be relieved from present and future anarch y and irrationality , such change can onl y be effected by abandoning the supposition that men form themselves by their own created will . Were men competent to create their own qualities . , and make themselves good or badinferior or superior j if they did not make themselves beautiful in person and perfect in mind , they would be yet more insane than their present ignorance has compelled them to become .
Let the British Government , and the Governments on the continent of Europe , now openly and immediately abandon this fatal absurdity , and put themselves in the way of acquiring a knowledge of the science of well forming the human character , and Europe will rapidly become a terrestrial paradise , and its inhabitants wise , rational , and happy , to enjoy it through a long life . This change in principle and practice , from
a false and misery-producing system to another based on the _knewledge that man cannot form himself , may be now easily and gradually introduced into practice , not only without injury to any , but in peace , with order , and with great permanent benefit to all ; but until the spiritjof charity can be introduced , no permanent success can be anti ' cipated . KOBEBT OW 8 London , Sept . 6 , 1848 .
Mr Brbna's Route Next Week.—West Aucklan...
Mr _BrBNa's route next week . —West Auckland , Monday , llth September ; Toddlea near Byrr ' s Green , Tuesday 12 ih ; Coxhoe , Wednesday 13 th ; _Kclloe-, Thursday H . h ; Cassop , Friday 15 th . O ' _Cokkorvillk—The allottees intend holding a * Harvest Home' party on Monday evening next , S jp . llth ; the proceedings to commence at five o ' clook precisely . Several talented friends are expected to attend . f _H'Fmij ) . —The Land members will meet next
Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , in the Democratic R » _ading-rooms , 38 , ) Queen-street , when eTery member must be present , as business of pressing importance will have to be _cor-. _sidored . The committee big to apprise the numbers , that the town is now divided into districts , in accordance with the resolution passed at the special meeting , held at the _Motley Arms , acd that they will be severally called upon tor a subscription , to defray the funeral _expeates of our departed friend , Mr Thomas _Briggs , ; it is hoped that every member will contribute according to his means .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09091848/page/5/
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