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, Chartist Candidate For This A Gw ^ West Riding.
, CHARTIST _CANDIDATE FOR THIS A GW _^ WEST RIDING .
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TflE WEST RIDING ELECTION . * -rn THE CHARTISTS OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . B boiheb Chartists , I have often tald you that for same _things a short preparation is the . best , inasmuch as long discassion and preparation , makes ( he mind dull , and excitement vanish . For these reasons I have abstained from urging V 0 U to your duty on Monday next , and the Jnore e specially because no great preparation is needed for a few miles walk . I find that , seduced by the middle classes , many good Chartists are again prepared to act upon the old Whig-destroying policy of select - no- a choice of evils . _How this policy , more
than any other , has damaged the Chartist cause , inasmuch as the real grounds for selection are never divulged , while it is set down , not to a choiceof evils , butto a popular acceptation . Jfo circumstances that the mind could devise could afford you a better , a more legal , and fitting opportunity to meet ia your thousands and hundreds of thousands , than the farce of nomination which is to take place in Wakefield , on Monday next , when you will be addressed as " Friends and Countrymen / ' tickled with plausible blarney , and have a momentary importance attached to the blistered hands of Labour ; which , however , will be of brief duration , as the decision , by your hands on Monday , may be reversed by privileged tongues on Thursday and Friday .
Tou have marched to Peep Green and to Kersall Moor in the dead of winter , with your mottoes upon your unfurled banners ; you have done this , and I have done it , in defiance of proclamations prohibiting- those meetings , in our groping infancy—and are you afraid now , when not thus fettered , but invited on the gala dav , to go in your manhood ' s strength , to proclaim , upon the first opportunity afforded you , your horror and detestation ofthe
execrable tyranny of last Session , and still vjielded by the dominant faction . I will answer for it , that the men of Barnsley , of Dewsbury , of Keighley , and Huddersfield , will be at their post , and if the Chartists generally lose so leg itimate an opportunity of proclaiming their resurrection in the face ef gaunt Tyranny , let the Executive be dissolved—let the Organisation be destroyed , and let us hear no more mockery about Chartist resurrection .
Can you doubt , for a single moment , that Lord John Russell and his Press will resound irith the triumph over Toryism , mainly owing to the amalgamation of Whiggery and Chartism ? Would it not afford them an opportunity to taunt the Irish people with English Chartist satisfaction ? Would it not enable them to tell their foreign allies tbat the Chartists have abandoned their mad career , ' and adopted the policy of selecting the best man , and he , being a Whig , his election would be urged as proof of Chartist adoption of Whig
principles . It will not be stated that the selection was a mere choice of evils , but thatit was a choice of tbe best man that could be had . Did you read the Whigling ' s answer to Firth ? Have you reflected upon his childish , bis ignorant , and evasive answers ? And have you thought that , under the rule of the party to which he belongs , scores of your countrymen—of y our honest countrymen—your industrious and intelligent countrymen—will be tried , perhaps , upon the very day of polling , by jurors purposely selected from the very class who submit their candidate for your approval ?
When the Whig Attorney-General of old boasted that he had killed Chartism , Chartism reviredon Peep Green . They sprung up like mushrooms in a single nig ht . You have two nights to prepare for its resurrection , and when I tell you that all thatthe best organisation could do for the resuscitation of Chartism would not have so powerful an effect as vour presence in countless thousands on Monday , will you lose the opportunity ? Never mind their qiiadruped—their Church Endowments—their Political Economy—Municipal Franchise—the Ballot—the safe and progressive changes—and all the long catalogue of humous *—march under the old flag of Chartism , with your principles and your mottoes emblazoned on them , and let your
watchword be"HE WHO IS NOT FOR US IS AGAINST US . " Never mind being called Tory Chartists . O'Connell and the League hoped to frighten us by tbat nickname ; but in God ' s name , of all things ; let us never be called Whig Chartists . As the actions of all men are liable tebe misrepresented , and as heretofore most men have regulated their conduct by the hope of reward , I again pledge myself that I will never accept of place , pension , or emolument from any Government that rules your destinies ; and if you had the Charter to-morrow . I would not at as representative in the House of Commons , or accept of any office save that of UNPAID
BAILIFF TO THK LAND COMPANY . 1 don ' t care , therefore , about being called a Tory tool , and especially if I earn the name b y defeating the Whig enemy . What will the Irish say—and they will shortly constitute the main staff of Chartismif you strengthen tbe hands of the enemies of their country ? And what will the Old Guards say if you lose such an opportunity—the only opportunity of manifesting your disapproval of and contempt for the treacherous Whigs .
"ONE THING AT A TIME , " . say the League ; so say I , and let that one thing now be to give Whiggery a taste of Chartist feeling . Oh ! how it would revive the drooping spirits of those at large and tbose in the Whig dungeon ? , to hear thatpn Monday next was the day of retribution . Chartists , think of your families—think of your wives , and think of your friend's families and their wives , who are victims to Whi _? treachery , and then will you withhold on Monday the poor , the only consolation you can offer them ?
Believe me , that both yeu and they have more to expect from Whig fear than from Whig justice , and nothing would so far tend to paralyse the faction as the defeat of their all y upon tbe hustings . MY MYRMIDONS may , perhaps , give Cohden _' s Myrmidons an insight into the future , by the occurrences ef Monday ; and whether you are called Whig Chartists or Tory Chartists , not a man of you hold up your hand for the Whi g candidate . Be properly marshalled , and bare fuglemen of your own , who will communicate to tbe most distant the time for Labour
to show its blistered hands ; and if you have to choose between the terms Whig and Tory _Cbattists _, laugh at the scoffer , and tell bim that be is a Whig tool , whereas your business is to _destroy the tyrants that have destroyed the Constitution . Oh ! wbat joy it would spread throughout the land if we could communicate the glad tidings ° n Saturday next , that reviled Chartism mustered iu its revived strength on the preceding Monday . And what pleasure I should have in awaiting the return of the Den / sbury troop , and te hear from them that Monday was a day of some satisfaction .
"UP THEN , CHARTISTS , AND AT THEM !" _^ ot with pike and bludgeon , but with a forest of blistered hands , that will carrv more dread into the enemy ' s camp . TO YOUR TENTS , M - CHARTISTS . You have Saturday n , gbt , Sunday and Sunday night , to prepare , _^ d say to all w ho are not prepared to devote one day to the cause , that they are not _prepared for the exercise of those privileges which _^ Fseek Gladl y would I make one of the number , Ti as I have often told you , a victory gamed b y yourselves has tenfold effect . f he * Times" has ironically told its readers "at _Ffiargy _, O'Connor will be there to pro-
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pose Julian Harney . ' Feargus O'Connor will not be there , as , not being an elector , he could not propose Julian Harney . I am sorry to add that Julian Harney cannot be there . On reading the sneering paragraph in the " Times" I at once determined tbat Julian Harney ought to be your candidate . I find , hpwever , that it is impossible for him to leave his home at present , otherwise I have no doubt he would have repeated , in 1848 , the good work he performed in 1841 , wben he met and thrashed Morpeth and Milton , _Wortley and Denison , on the hustings at Wakefield . _ ..
But , failing Julian Harney , your friend and talented advocate , Samuel Kydd , will meet the enemy . The Executive Committee have resolved that Mr K ydd shall represent Chartism at Wakefield on Monday next . Kydd will make a glorious speech , boldly developing your principles—and , while the two dogs are fighting for the bone , perhaps Kydd will run away with . it . I trust , therefore , that proper Chartist electors will be selected to propose and second our . man , that we will turn the laugh against the " Times , " and teach it , in future , to have a proper respect for
the power it mocks at . Kydd will also be at Dewsbury on Monday night , and let the Chairman have the pride and the honour of Jotro ducinghim as the Honourable Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire , which he will be until the result ofthe poll is declared on Monday week . Chartists , be in time . If you are not prepared for a short march and a good position on the ground , change your name . Fill the place in the front of the hustings . Flank the space on each side—have a good reserve in the rear—keep your proud banners unfurled and flying , and hold up both hands for Kydd .
And believe me , that such a triumph at Wakefield would do more to resuscitate Chartism , than if I wrote letters to you for a twelvemonth . The moment you read tbis , let a Committee be formed , and application be made to the sub-sheriff for hustings tickets for the Chartist candidate , and my life for it tbe sbort hour of preparation will tend to augment the numbers , and insure the better management of the business . Now , then , we will risk our fate upon the cast—it is between the Times , Eardley , and Whiggery ; the Star , Kydd , and Chartism . Every man tbat can walk , and is not at Wakefield on that day , is a traitor to the cause .
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ; March ! March . ' _Bradford snd Hall / at Why , my lads , don ' t you march forward In order , March ! March ! Keighley and Bsrmley . All the brave Chartists are over ths border _. Many a banner spread flutters around your head , Many a crest thatit famous in story , March and make read / then sens of the MOUN TAIN HELL , ** - Fight for your cause , and the old Chartist glory . Your faithful friend , Fjjargus O'Connor .
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ADDRESS OF THE EXECUriVE COMMITTEE OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN .
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDINO OF YORKSHIRE . Gentlemen , —We rejoice to observe the marked spirit of independence displayed by too ia the present political crisis . Your manly and straightforward examinations of the gentlemen who have offered themselves as fit and proper persons to represent yon in parliament , have won for yon the respect and honour of every active and intelligent citizen of the state . You have—hecause of
nnforseen circumstances—been called npon to exercise the most sacred duties of citizenship , at , perhaps , tbe most eventful period of European history . Yonr character as the most independent and enlightened constituency in England , has been hitheiio honourably sustained , and we feel that on your choice of a representative at this time , rests much of the national fame of Great Britain , as the leader of peaceful and progressive freedom . Therefore it is , that we address you on behalf of your unenfranchised brethren , in hopes that their claims as citizens , will meet from you a calm and judicious consideration . We submit that you shonld elect no nan to be yonr representative , who does not at once , and withont doubt or hesitation , express his convictions on all tbe important political topics of the day .
Yon are the electors who delegate power to your representative ; his votes in the House of Commons must either be in accordance with or opposed to yonr wilL If in accordance with your expressed wishes—you are represented ; if opposed to your express wishes—you are misrepresented . The ancient lineage of noble houses or the doubtful candour of unpledged candidates , are apart from the question . The candidate who solicits yonr suffrage , not having made up his mind as to how he ought to vote , on questions that have commanded the attention of the
people for years , is mentally disqualified to represent you in _parliament : he who has given to such questions his mature consideration , and refuses to be pledged to a defined policy , leaves you in donbt npon tbe most vital of aU interests , to wit—the peace and security of society , the protection of your lives and properties , and may at any time exchange popular support for ministerial favour , pension , or emolument , without being for some years amenable to your control . Such men cannot be elected for the West Riding .
Universal Suffrage , or the right of eve * y man of twenty-one years of age , of fixed residence and unconvicted of crime , to have a voice in the election of a member to serve in parliament , we conceive to he unobjectionable , and as five-sixths of the male adult population of Great Britain are unenfranchised as the law now exists—we would remind you that you vote not for yourselves alone , but also for your unenfranchised brethren , holding their interests iu trust-and that you are justly responsible to them for yonr votes , also for the protection of their lives and property , in so far as the laws of a state may affect the condition of the citizens .
We therefore solicit you neither to vote for nor in any way countenance any candidate who is not distinctly pledged to advocate the justice of Universal Suffrage , in and out of parliament , and nse every legitimate means in his power to ensure a speedy enactment of the People ' s Charter , as the basis of the representative portion ofthe British constitution . Taxation . — -Increased national and local taxation has been long and justly complained of , notwithstanding the increasing poverty of the working classes and consequent bankruptcy and ruin ofthe
middle classes . The present Ministry have mam fested no desire to lighten the . burdens that press so heavily on industry or to reduce tie general expenditure , and it is with regret tbat we have witnessed the support they have , on all occasions , received from a majority of tbe members constituting tbe House of Commons , and by whose consent and support a most _pernicioas system of waste / ul extravagance has been continued . The voice of the people has been heard on this question , again and again—they bave spoken out iu unmistakable language , and their prayers and requests have been unheeded and mocked .
We confidently call upon you to be true to the interests of the majority of your fellow citizens , throughout the empire , and support no candidate who is not prepared to vote for every possible reduction of our national expenditure , and such economical reform as may , in your judgment , be conducive to the permanent interests of all . The Connexion between Church _axo State , Poor Laws , and the Employment of the Unwilling Idlers , are subjects which inevitably press themselves on your attention , and will receive from you that mature and deliberate consideration which their importance dsserve . We are Dissenters in principle ,
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and cannot conscientiously support Church Establishments under any circumstance . We are industrial reformers , and consider the present system of Poor Laws to be profitless , and desire their revision and amendment . In the election of a Member Of Parliament , we trust that no party prejudice or local influence will bias your judgment , but that your decision will rest npon a just appreciation of sound principles , such as if understood and practised by the Commons of England , we sincerely believe would increase intelligence , reduce taxation , remove grievous burdens , develops the national resources , and secure the preservation of the true interests of the Commonwealth . Signed on behalf of the Executive Council ot the National Charter Association , Thomas Clahk Phiup M'Grath WliLlAM DJXOH EBMDND STiliWOOD _UbnriRobs Samuel Kyoo , Secretary .
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THE RATIONAL MODE OF PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY
ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DISORDERED STATE OF EUROPE . In the last week ' s number but one of tbe " Northern Star , " the' irrational principle has been fully explained on which , from the beginning , all Governments , religions , Codes of Laws , and institutions have been based , and from which all the evil passions , vices > and crimes of men have necessarily emanated , and the human character been misformed , and society itself made wretchedly inconsistent aad absurd .
Another Government , Constitution , and Code of Laws bave been also given , based on an unchanging law of nature , and , in consequence , of universal application to humanit y under every diversity of clime and colour . A law , the source of all justice , charity , and love —a law wbich will supersede all speculation on wbat is now termed natural right , which means only the right ofthe strongest . According to promise , the reasons in detail for each law ofthe new . Constitution are now given .
REASONS FOB THE LVWS OFTHE FIRST SECTION OF THE USIVER 8 AL RATIONAL CONSTI _TPTIOff FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE COLLECTIVELY , OR POR ANT DISTRICT SEPARATELY . Lawl . "Every one shall be equally provided through life with the best of everything for human nature , by public arrangements , which arrangements shall give the best known direction to the industry and talents . of every individual .
REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Under this new Constitution , based upon , and constructed in unison with the laws of God , each township becomes the parent of all within its jurisdiction , and the immediate agent of God , to carry tbe laws of the universal creating power into execution , in order to bring and keep human society in harmony with all nature . The parent , knowing tbat union is strength and wisdom , unites the children in one inte rest , upon a just and full principle of equality , knowing that without an honest and perfect equalitv there can be no permanent , heartfelt
union ; and that , by uniting the faculties , feelings , and interests of a family averaging about two thousand in number , the advantages to eacb one may be increased , with reference to superiority ot character , and permanent and . substantial happiness , not less than two thousand to one , compared with tbe present individual system . By this Constitution , it is intended tbat each township should generally form one agricultural , manufacturing ; commercial , and educational family . Ia mining or fishing districts , this order will he varied in accordance with those circumstances . But in every case , the township will form those general arrangements
that will supply all equally , according to age , with the best of everything for human nature , at each divisional period of life , and apply the faculties and powers of each , without exception , for the benefit ofthe individuals of tbe township , and of the extended circle of these federative unions . By the laws of God , every member of this family has received a different compound ofthe general , qualities of humanity , and received them without their consent , or even knowledge . No one , therefore , can rationally claim merit , if he possess what may be considered a superior compound of these qualities ; nor can demerit be attributed to any . one , for having what may be now deemed an inferior combination of them .
The great Creating Power of the Universe alone creates these varied natural characters ; and it is most probable that , as these families graduall y acquire full rationality , it will be discovered that these differing compounds are necessary , most useful in the order of nature _, and without which , society would be incomplete , and the happiness of the whole imperfect . Each one , therefore , is justly entitled to an equality with every other member ofthe family , according to age . No partiality or distinction , except that of age , should ever be introduced into any township .
This law states that the best of everything for human nature should be provided for every one . Experience has ascertained tbat the highest economy is attained only by using the best of everything that can be procured , or created upon a scale sufficient for the supply of all ; and that tbe township would greatly gain by abandoning all that is intrinsically inferior , and adopting the use of everything superior , to the utmost extent practicable . This arrangement fully folllowed out , with the subsequent laws to be explained , will , cf necessity , make every one happy , so far as his natural qualities will enable him to extend bis enjoyment , under the most favourable combination of circumstances within tbe knowledge and power of humanity yet to create or
conceive . Law 2 . "All shall be educated from infancy to maturity , iu the best manner known at the time .
REAS 0 N 3 FOR THIS LAW . The importance of this law has never yet been fully appreciated by any nation , people , or individual , in any period of man ' s history , except Lycurgus , that to educate man is to manufacture a character fur him ; and that , according to themachinery used for the purpose _, tbat character will be well or ill-manufactured , and the individual will of necessity become inferior , mixed , or superior in his qualities . Tbis principle being known , it becomes as easy to manufacture the Spartan character to-day
as when Lycurgus lived , if there would be now utility informing a _character of high military spirit , and with great personal prowess and self denial . But the time is passing to require any more sectional character , which has been now , or previously , manufac tured in any latitude or longitude . . The period has arrived when the progress of knowledge demand ? a character , physical , mental , and moral , of full-formed rational men and women ; and the machinery is now required to manufacture from human nature tbis superior fabric , for tbe benefit of all who live , and for future
geiterations . To know how to manufacture the human character is , to know how to remove the chief causes of the miseries of tbe world ; to terminate the necessity for her laws ; to withdraw the princip le of repulsion between individuals , nations , and colours ; to insure universal peace
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and good government ; to put into active progress an ever increasing advance in knowledge and prosperity ; to uproot the cause of all the inferior and injurious passions , which ignorance alone now maintains in the charac _ters of all -to undermine the foundation of all _cr-jne and inferiority of conduct ; to render individual punishment as unnecessary as it is unjust , and to make individual reward un . desirable-, to produce a useful , good , and desirable physical , mental , moral , and practical character for a « , without the injurious monotony ' of any two being the same in the compound of their individual qualities , but , on the contrary , producing a much greater variety of character than now exists , the variety arising from an endless combination of excellencies—in short
, to know scientificall y how to manufacture the material of human nature , the most ductile of all materials , in its endless capacity for Varied knowledge , _goodness , and happiness , is to know how to change the _present universal disorder , consternation and confusion , vice ? crime , and misery into a terrestrial paradise _/ jn which the onward spirit of each inhabitant will be to prevent the existeiice of any muse of evil , and to promote _^ cordially and actively , tho , _welldoing , the well-being , and the permanent happiness of every other individual ; and , j then , without the necessity of wishing , of himself , to create selfish feelings , his own best interests and highest rational enjoyments will be secured to the greatest practical extent .
Law 3 . "All shall pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching and employment . "
• REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Without a full and complete equality there can be no general permanent happiness , in fact no justice among men . It is tbe pure principle of democracy , carried _owt to its full extent in practice , that can alone carry the human race onward > toward the highest degree of perfection . When alt shall be well trained , educated , and employed , under arrangements and amidst external circumstances formed and united to be congenial to human nature , then , and then alone , will it be possible to form a correct idea of the excellence , prosperity , and joyous
happiness , to the attainment of which the human race sooner er later is destined . All the great national changes now in progress over the world-are evident signs that this change is fast approaching . Especially are the excitements existing at this period in the two ' most energetic and advanced nations upon the globe unmistakeable indications that the old errors in principle and practice are to be speedily abandoned by the authorities of the world , that they may be superseded by the laws of nature and of God , preparatory to man being new moulded from his birth to become , for the first
time , a peaceable , intelligent , and highly cultivated rational heing . But thia glorious change for humanity can never be effected by class , sect , or party , by sections or districts , by any favoured nations orjindividuals . The Almighty decree has gone forth from the commencement of time , " that all ofthe human race shall be happy or none , " It is an all-merciful , wise , and benevolent decree , worthy of all reverence and admiration ; it is the everlasting charter of human progress and happiness , of more extended ,, substantial , and abiding . future progress in one year , than under the errors in principle ahd practice of the present irrational system of the world , can be
effected in a century , or indeed , to speak correctly , in any given period ; for error in principle , while continued , must _> ad of necessity to greater and deeper evils in practice . Hence , the present extending crimes , individual mental contests and increase of insanities over the world . No ! It is only by a just and pure equality , gradually extending over the human race , under a refined parental democracy , that goodness , excellence , progress , and joyous happiness , can never be given and secured to humanity . All or none will ere long become the watchword of democracy first , and then the universal motto of men of every country and clime .
To attain this high elevation of equality , the children ofthe Federative township " must pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching , and employment ;" and then tbe government of each townshi p and ofthe most extended federation of these townships , will become so simple and plain , that every young person will readily be trained to comprehend them , and at the required age
have sufficient knowledge and experience _^ to take full share in assisting to govern them . This part of the subject involves so . many important considerations , that it might be extended to a large volume ; but that which has now been stated , may be . sufficient for the present-purpose , merely adding , that the education , ' domestic teaching , and employment a r * described in outline and detail to a
considerable extent in a lecture on the new classification' of Society , and which will form part of this appendix . Robert Owen . £ _This letter will be concluded in next Saturday ' s "Star . " J
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Windsor Castle . —The state apartments in Windsor Castle are open gratuitously to the public on Mondays , Tuesdays , Thursdays , and Fridays . The Lord .. _phamberlain _' 8 tickets may be obtained in London , gratis , of Messrs Paul , and Dominic Colnaghi , printsjellers , No . 14 , Pall Mall East } Mr Moon , _printseller _. _JNo . 20 , Threadneedle Street ; Mr Mitchel , bookseller ,.. No . 33 , Old Bond Street ; Messrs Ackermann and Co ., _printsellers , No . 96 , Strand ; Mr Wright , bookseller , No . 60 , Pall Mall ; of whom also guide books may be obtained for one penny each- The tickets are available for one week from the day they are issued . They are not transferable , aud it , is _contrary to her Majesty ' s command that payment for or in reference to them be made to any person . whatever . The hours of admission to the
state apartments are , from the lst of April to the 31 st of October , between eleven and four ; and from ihe lst of November to the 31 st of March , between eleven and three ., Suicide of an Officer ' s Widow through Distress . —On Tuesday , Mr Bedford , the coroner , held an inquest at the Red Lion , Robert Street , _Grosvenor Square , on the body of Mrs Emily Brown Staples , aged 50 , widow ofthe late Captain Charles Staples , an old Paninsular officer , who committed suicide on the evening of Saturday last . The body of the unfortunate lady was identified by ber sister , Mrs Maria Gearing , and Mr James Toley , of Markham Street , Chelsea . It appeared that the deceased had become very much reduced in circumstances , and that she had ' for some time past lodged in a small back room , at No . 7 , Robert Street , for which she the
paid trifling rental of 5 s , per week . She was excessively _proudin her poverty ; and latterly contrived . to live by the exercise of her talents in drawing , painting , and millinery . She had fallen into a few weeks' arrears of rent , and though her landlord did not appear to have pressed hfr , the circumstance evidently took a deep hold upon her mind , and at last her intellect became so deranged that she resolved upou the aet of suicide , and unfortunately accomplished it on Saturday evening , - by swallowing the contents of two bottles of laudanum . On a paper ' on the table , near her bedside , were found the following heart-rending words : — _Gid bless you all ; remember me , Distress , disappointment , wretchedness , and despair drive me to this unhappy end , and are the cause of all . '—Verdict' Temporary Insanity . '
Pepper , the _aas' . er of a Goole billyboy , La * been committed for trial for the manslaughter ef Smb . Brown , an unfortunate girl of Boston , whose dretB he _TWitouly aet ou fire while he was drunk .
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The Executive . — The Executive [ Committee met at the rooms ofthe National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , December 1 st . Present—Messrs Dixon , _Stallwood ' ' Kydd , Clark , and M'Grath . An apology was made for Mr Harney , on the ground of domestic affliction . Mr T . Clark in the chair . On the raotion of Messrs Kydd and M'Grath , it was resolved : — ' That Messrs Dixon and Clark do wait on T . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., to request his patronage and support to the Association . ' On the motion of Messrs Stallwood
and Dixon , one thousand copies of the rules of the Association were ordered to be printed ; Mr Kydd then gave sb account of his recent lecturing tour in Northamptonshire , which was received with much satisfaction—after which a discussion arose as to the sum that shoiiid be paid to the secretary when travelling . The several members having stated their experience on the matter , Mr M'Grath moved , and Mr _Dixou seconded : — ' That the sum allowed to the
secretary when travelling should : be three pounds per week . ' Mr Stallwood moved , as an amendment : — ' That , the sum be two pounds ten shillings . ' Mr Kydd seconded tlie amendment " . ' Mr " Dixon , with the consent of the Committee , withdrew his motion , and moved : —¦* That the secretary , when travelling , do receive , over and above , his usual wages , the sum ot two shillings and sixpence per day , to defray incidental expenses . ' Mr M'Grath seconded the motion . Mr Dixon ' s motion was
ultimately adopted by a majority of three to one . The motion on the commemoration of Thomas Paine ' _s natal day was postponed for one week . Mr Clark submitted the proposition , of which he had given notice , viz .: 'That metropolitan public meetings be held weekly ' in support of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr Kydd moved a resolution , in accordance therewith , which was seconded by Mr Dixon , and carried unanimously . A deputation , consisting of Messrs Kydd , M'Grath , and Clark , was tben appointed to look out for a suitable place for such meeting to be held , and report at the next meeting , in order that those meetings may commence on an early day . On the motion of Messrs Stallwood and Dixon , it was _unanimously resolved : — 'That the secretary do issue , on behalf ofthe Committee , an address to the
electors of the West Riding of Yoik , _complim . finting them on their rejection of the candidate who repudiated ' organic changes , ' and calling on them to press forward in the onward march ot progress by placing in nomination a man who is ready and willing to carry out the representative principles to their fullest extent . The secretary was ordered to communicate with Councillor Brook on the subject immediately . On the motion of Messrs " Kydd and M'Grath , itwas resolved : — 'That , in the event of Mr Roebuck not being placed in nomination for the West Riding , a Chartist candidate shall be started . ' On the . motion of Messrs M'Grath and Dixon , it was resolved : — 'That Samuel Kydd is a fit and proper person for that purpose . ' The Committee then ad journed .
New Basforb . —A meeting of the National Land and Chartist members was held on Sunday evening , Dec . 3 , at the Friendly Tavern , when a lecture was given by Messrs Sweet and Roberts , showing the necessity of the Land members paying up their shares in the Land Company , and also the necessity of re-organising the Chartist body in tbis locality . It was resolved— ' That the Charter Association meet every Saturday evening at eight o ' clock , at the above house . ' A council and secretary was elected , and the following resolution carried _unanimously : — ' That this meeting , while it recognises the right of everv man to a free expression of opinion , cannot
allow the present opportunity to pass without entering their decided protest against the columns of the people ' s paper—the Northern Star—being used for the purpose of gratifying the spleen of individuals , who ; whatever their professions may be to the contrary , show by their acts that they are not the friends of Democracy ; and , further , this meeting has the greatest confidence in the honour and integrity of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and pledges itself never to relax in its exertions to assist him in causing the People ' s Charter to become the law of the lend . ' A vole of thanks was given to the lecturers for their able services .
The Charter . —To the Inhabitants of _Leicester > We , the Council of the National Charter Association , request your earnest attention to the following appeal . A lew months since we were the most powerful party in the state—our numbers were overwhelming , and onr finances abundant . We had only to announce the time of our meetings , and it was responded to by thousand ** . We met and discussed our grievances , and resolved never to desist until the People ' s Charter should become the law of the
land . But what a ' change has - come over the spirit of our dream ! ' Have the things of which we then complained been iri any measure altered ? Do we feel better able now to bear the yoke of political and social slavery than we did then ? or are we resolved , in the midst of misery and destitution to sit down calmly and quietly ? Our tradesmen on the verge of bankruptcy—our bastiles filled with paupers—our gaols with criminals—and all this the result of a vicious and unrighteous'system of class legislation .
Fellow townsmen , does not our country present one of the most glaring anomalies in the world ? We are the most ingenious and industrious people upon the face of ths earth , and yet , we assert , there is no country with similar advantages , oppressed like us . And why is this ? simply because we are beyond the pale of political power . It is true we hare a thing called a House of Commons , and professing to represent the common people . But do they do it ? We answer , no . In that house we find the ' Interests / as it is called , of Colonists , Church , Law , [ Land , Railway , Canal , Shipping , Banking , Commercial , and last , Free Trade ; but not a word about the Labour Interest . And marvellous as it
is , that though every ether interest depends npon the labour interest , yet this is not cared for , —no , not legislated for ; but robbed and plundered of its legitimate rights , that every other class in the state may fatten upon its misery , and riot on its destitution . We ask , shall these things be longer tolerated without an effort on our part to remedy them ? Do you ask . us what is your duty ? We answer , be sober , reform yourselves , enrol yonr names in the National Charter Association—subscribe your pence—stand firm by your order—give no heed to mere politicians —help no party whose object is the destruction of one class and tbe elevation of another—in fine , give no heed to quack or poliiical economists .
Do you ask a reason for enrolment ? We answer , ' United we stand , divided we fall . As for subscribing your pence ,- —this surely Is known to all . Scores of o \ w friends are now suffering incarceration , and others will shortly be ' expatriated to a foreign land , whose wives and children—humanity—our sacred cause—demand all the pecuniary help we can give . Shall it be said that the families of the victims of a Whig spy system shall suffer , pine , and want , while we can lend a helping hand ? Doubtless , your response is , No ! a thousand times , No !!!
What we mean by standing by your order , is , that you should not entrust or delegate your power to any other tban yourselves . You want no leaders Lead yourselves ,. and you are invincible . Let France be a beacon in this respect ; had she confided her destinies to Labour ' s sons , instead of the moneymongers , she would , ere this , have been a model for the world . Give no heed to mere politicians . That is , pay no deference to any man whose object is to patch and parley with the cursed system . The whole question should be , Labour ' s wrongs and Labour ' s remedies .
Help no party who seek the aggrandisement of one _clasB to the destruction of another . Depend on it , friends , it must be ' one for all , and all for each . ' In fine , give no heed to quacks of any description ; for nothing short of a full and entire enfranchisement of the people , together with the ability to understand and carry out tbe great question of free labour , will ever benefit tbis country . We call upon you , then , to rally round the old standard of Chartism , and by all legal and peaceable means to s ' riveforits success .
We are happy to inform you that at a meeting of delegates from all parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , held iu Birmingham , it was unanimously
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resolved to fall back upon the original plan of organisation ; and the opinion of that meeting was that a National Victim Fund should . be formed to _md those who are now undergoing the penalty of the Jaw ; and in order to- carry out this plan , an Executive committee was appointed , consisting ot forty persons , representing the large towns throughout the kingdom . * " : ' _„„ ¦• _•„ ( Signed , ) H . Gas *** , . W . _BradsUaw , J . _J 0 HN 60 K , J . _niBKSB _,, W . H . BrjBioir , « . Vma , . W . Richmond , J _. lnMr-G . Godfrbt .
The Council have appointed the following persons to receive _subscriptions to aid the National Victim Fund , —Messrs Green , Rutland street - Burton , London Road : Richmond , Harcourt Street - Cully , Sanvygate ; Astill , Church Gate ; Wray , Black Friars Street ; and Parker , Wilton Street . At a Meeting of the Chartist members _reiiding in the borough of Finsbury , on Sunday evening , December 3 rd , at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross Street-Hatton Garden , the plan of new organisation was taken into consideration , when a long discussion took place on the word president , and it was moved and seconded : — » That the word chairman be adopted , ' which was carried by a majority of one . All the other rules being passed , the meeting ; adjourned to next Sunday _evening Dec . , 10 ' th . ¦ ¦ -
Eixand . " ' _—> This branch bf the National Land Company held a meeting on Sunday last , at the house of D . Marsden , when the following officers were elected for the next six months , viz . — Daniel Marsden , seeretary ; Joseph Firth , treasurer ; John Beaumont , William Whitley , and Thomas Taylor , scrutineers ; after which the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — 'That the Chartists of Ellaud consider the base and unwarranted attacks , made from time to time upon tbe character of FO'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., entirely uncalled for and unmerited on the part of that gentleman ; and that
whilst we repudiate such _a-manifestation of ill will on their part , we are of opinion that their object ia to divide the Chartist body into sections , and ultimately break up the movement ; we therefore express our entire confidence in the above gentleman , and hope for the future , he will not lose his time , nor occupy the columns of the Star wkh the foul aspersions of such parties . ' 'That this branch meet every alternate Sunday , from the 3 rd of December . ' « That Daniel Marsden be delegate to Dewsbury , on the llth inst ., in order to meet T . O'Connor , Esq . '
_Bbiobton . —A general meeting of the Chartists of this town was held at the' Artichoke Inn , ' on 'f ae * day evening , December 5 th . Mr Thomas Harvey occupied the ohair . The following address was pro . poBed by Mr John Page , and ably seconded by Mr Wf Flower : — * " IO PJSARQDS O ' CONNOR , Esq ., II P . 1 HONOURED AMI ) _RespBCIBD _LbADSR , ' It occasioned considerable pain to us when wo read the attacks made upon your character in the National Assembly , and we were constrained to ask , * When will the _snarlers cease ! ' However , our consolation rested on this great fact , tbat you would , as on all former occasions , vanquish the conspirators _, whilst you would remain unscathed . We have
_watohedyoar _cosdact for several years , and pronounce yonr every aot consistent , honest , useful , and patriotic , while that of your calumniators would not stand the slightest investigation . We , therefore , tender you our most heartfelt _thariks for year past invaluable _servioes _, and we exclaim , with one heart and ono voice— ' We are not tired of yon _& _b a leader ; ' but , oa the contrary , we are fully convinced , if _67 or yoM valuable servicea were required , they are more _es « pecially so at the present time , in order to reorganise the _ChartistB of this country , and repair the breaches made in our movement by government spies and false friends . Sir , your mottois _^ l Ths Charter and no surrender . ' We , too , have adopted the same motto . Therefore we are more than ever deter *
mined , not to yield ene iota , not even the aame , either to false friends or open enemies , be they Whigs , or Tories , government itself , or all combined . No , sir , we will still say , ' Come one , come all , this rock , shall flee from its firm base as Boon aB we . ' We _entreat you to continue your unpaid energies , until yoa shall have seen the accomplishment of yonr glorious mission—the emancipation ef the woikiBg classes of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . Onoa more , we tender you our cordial thanks , and premise you our renewed oo operation in furthering the oause of Labour . * We remain , yours , fraternally , ' Thb _CiurtiWTS op Bbiohton . 1 Signed on behalf of tbe meeting , Thomas _Harvst , chairman . '
The * _tddrea 3 having been put irom the chair , was carried unanimously , amidst the plaudits ef those assembled . After Borne other routine business , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . We understand a concert will be given in January , to commemorate , the seventy-eighth anniversary of Mr Flower ' s birthday . _NAiiojul Victim Fusd . —A concert and ball wag held at the Assembly House , Kentish Town , on Mon * day evening . Several democratio speeohes and songs were given , and the dancing was kept up till a late honr .
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MR GEORGE WHITE . TO rHE SUITOR OF THE NORTHERN ETAR . Sis , —I shonld not have requested a space ip your paper this week , were it not for a note which I re * ceived this morning from W . P . Roberts , _Esq ., and which was enclosed with a copy of the Liverpool indictment . It is no exaggeration to call it a ' monster indiotment , as it contains nine columns of closely printed matter , and must therefore h % _ve found abundant employment for the Crown scribblers . It is comprised in nine counts , and in addition to onr nameB , which are repeated over and over in well-approved law jargon , it charges ub with 'falsely , maliciously , seditiously , and unlawfully conspiring , combining , confederating , and agreeing together , by divers illegal and seditious means and
praotices , to excite and persuade , and to endeavour to excite and persuade five thousand ol her Majesty's liege _Bubjeeta unlawfully to resist and obstruot the laws and government of this realm , and their due execution , and to wit , in and within her Majesty ' s dominions to _roake , excite , and stir np divers , to wit—five hundred insurrections , riots , routs , and _tumultuous and illegal assemblies ; and to arm themselves to wit—with pikes , swords , fire-arms , ' and other weapons of offence , for the purpose of mora effectually , to wit—by such violent and illegal means as aforesaid , obstructing and resisting the laws and government of this realm , end their due execution . " The above is repeated in various shapes throughout the long document , aud is dexterously interwoven with our names from the first count to the last .
Now , Mr Editor , one would suppose that it is quiti enough for ae to have to answer the above , and also another of a similar description at Warwick , without being subjected to the vile calumnies ofsome _professing Chartists , I have heard of various assertions and insinuations against my character , emanating from some paltry cowards who , I have reason to believe , reside in Manobester , bnt decline to recognise them until I find good and undoubted proof . During the last week I was in the company ot Mr George Har / jsoj of Nottingham , who informed me that wben he was at Manchester , some of tbe parties to whom I allude , either asserted or insinuated tbat I was a government spy ; and this _mornisg I received a & ot « fiom Mr Roberts , from which I extract the following passage : — ' I am very glad to see your hand writin ? , for there are unpleasant tumours that you have turned against us . '
Is not this evidence of a cowardly _oonspiraoy , is some quarter , to dumsge my reputation with tbe Chartist body ? I have _gsod reason to believe that this base calumny has travelled throughout tha oountry , from delegate meetings , bo . nnd I . _therefsro , dmantJ that this reply be inserted in the only organ through which I can obtain justice . I indignantly deny the _damnablo imputation of the oo ward ly baok-bitin ; rascals who propagated it ; and , more than that , v _, ore Ion my oath this moment , I could not allege a single charge against any man calculated to compromise Mm with the govermxentm I am not aware of anything in connexion with tbe Chartist movement that was not open and fair , and might not be published to the world . But the
insinuations « f those fool « , make it appear aa if I had been the depository of some secret . They are thus doing me the irjjury whieh they say I am to do tr > _othera . My whole political career ought to bo & sufficient answer to _thoeo evil-minded cowards . I have _struggled hard to propagate and uphold Chartism , even before the Charter was drawn up , whioh can be proved by Mr O ' Connor and the editor of the Star , and cever neglected an opportunity of _assertin- ? my devotion to the cause of _Ddinocrary , no matter what might have been my _occupation at the time . I have endured several imprisonments without flinching , and again resumed my placo in
thn _Charlist ranks on my liberation , and never daaevled from my post , no matter how dangerous , sud I never will . Let the little intriguers de the same , and then they will , perhaps , find better employment ' than calumny . Even were I in _possession ot information , I would suffer death id preference to becoming a tool for tyrants . Mr O'Connor has often appealed to tha people as a jury , acd I , therefore , give notice that I shall be on the platform ofthe Pea * pie ' s _Institute , Hey rod Street , Manchester , on Sun » day evening next , at which time and plaoe I _chil _* lenge the oalumuiators to meet me . I shall then ! prove myself a sterliug and uncompromising _Chattis _* _* ahd Bhall remain , . Mr Editor , aB bofore , yours Bincerely , Leeds , Deo . 6 th . 1818 . _Gxqrge WHmu
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09121848/page/1/
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