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TH : E NORTHERN" STAR. April 22, .1848. ...
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Coroggoitattttf*
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HOW THB •SPECIALS' *S BE KAKU. yACTUHED....
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TffB GOHHERCUL CLASSE3 AND THE CSARIISTS...
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JS2I powerful truth, thy followers oft h...
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eSSDITION GF THB WORKING CLASSES TS iEED...
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TO THE RIGHT HOX.LORD JOHN RUSSELL , M.P...
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TO THE SWORN PRESERTERS OF THE PrJBI,IC ...
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THE * TIMB3' AND THE SPECIALS. TO TKE ED...
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THE POLICE AND THE « TIMES.' TO THE BDIT...
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POLICE BRUT ALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF TAB ...
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ESGL1SH LIBERTY . TO THB EDITOS OF THS K...
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FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS. TO THE IDITO* 01 T...
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THE MECHANICS AND THE CHARTER, TO TBE ED...
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PETITIONING. TO THE E&ITOS OF THB NOBTHE...
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HOW TO GAIN THE CHARTER. TO TM ¦EDIT - i...
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THE 'SPECIALS.' to »b iih»w » tBE K0ITOB...
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1 «3g^ i THE WAY TO CONQUER THE BANK. TO...
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THE SPECIAL COKSTABLE3. TO TUB FDiroB OF...
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CASE OP TYRANNY. TO THS KWToa Of THE SOR...
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Sib,—Will you condescend to allow one , ...
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THE CAUSE OF DISAFFECTION . TO JQSKPB Ba...
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|THE WAY TO GET THE CHARTER. Birmingham ...
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""¦ .um—umm, _ OPERA PALMERSTONII , QUJ3...
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-'HriM—TTHi ¦rue.! im — ' St-o?to*»*rd ,...
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Th : E Northern" Star. April 22, .1848. ...
TH E NORTHERN" STAR . April 22 , . 1848 . ____ . , _" _^ , „ , _ tl- _~ -- _~» - _™ ---- _¦" _" _! , _ i-B- ! asB _& Sl m * ml-mmmt _^ m . - _---- ¦¦
Coroggoitattttf*
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How Thb •Specials' *S Be Kaku. Yactuhed....
HOW THB _SPECIALS' _* S BE KAKU . _yACTUHED . „ mm »»»» _» f _^ Si « S 5 «« -fll _fa _r -Seetog th . _tth _edu _& _PWW _;* _£ „ , " of the B « - * - * _« _s £ ss S _£ _» _S »« opP ~ - _fe _^ _ag _. of » number of tn e P _^^ We a { iH _feCSsrtism . It _^ n 0 . _X _^„ ' . pedal ! . ' Oa _Yrl-«» re _«« _aT « * _e » .- _«« _JJ tbe « uWUWnent of _gsy _« eS . » n ° _" * " " ot leomUei from Glass Hou _. c fcH 8 e _flpn « rf « f _*«*¦ _» _°£ wonl - . teDd a jch 06 i **** _* 5 _fS _« _£ « Vr _^ ««» r in aH those who were _^ _IntheSees _. _noUnewent . _OnSaturday It *** _&&? _£ . men , that the magistrates would a _^ nd _£ fficesto try tcatch . o hem Jh m n
g _« , £ _ls 2 i » aeet ' mg daring the dinner hoar , and decided _ESS _^ _EMUSlv , that they would net bs sworn , and that € big wonld support any man who was made a victim & _f . *—a ing . "Well , after being piid at tee usual time , ¦ € _ksmea found the gite 3 were kept closed , snd tbe fore . _Becataving been sworn , went amongst them endeavour . ¦ _g _* _S w " persuade them to do that which in their hearts Sbgr detested . Afew lickspittles , and a few who had _iKja families depending on their earning , were got in , _teSsxto ! by some meaas tbo gats flsw open , and oat fr whole body _cheering incut : lustily .
_w _^ _^** _' - tht , — « 14 _KorAtlirmsht ***** . , _i . _~ t t _mwiilia' - bnt no—on _Mon-SrSffeSr _^ names . bat with . ll their effort . £ L -5 _™ t _« t more tkaa a fifth of the men emplojed _. _STtw ou _^ _a-cnt used to induce th Bmen _ to he S 2 _« _Kcl should not be Io » t to the public , viz _:-S _^ _ifnVbS sworn woald hare an injurious
Tffb Gohhercul Classe3 And The Csariists...
_TffB GOHHERCUL CLASSE 3 AND THE CSARIISTS . TO- THE _EBIIOi OP THE HOKTHEBN STAR . _^ _jljjioe ai I do , with the commercial classes of _af _^ _Brdora _. in coa « _q-w » e of the position I hold in _ST l ha _? e many _opportunities ef ascertainingtheir _S » ori those _importing . _urgeots which ¦ wnoir _egita-SfeToi _nas - of men , and assuming a character most _lia ble iu it . tone and spin * It has been _satd of 2 = _^ that the , are at _earner with the _laboanng _SSLtfc wof tae country ; _sdfish-6 « km S their own _SSieBent , without regard to _tboia by whom tbeir _^^ _ft mrcd ; cruel and _oppressive-looking on those « _iii « _H _™ _™^™! _* :: ± _tsrr
_; « _- _£ _» mere serfs , or slaves , sent to do their bidding . ' _Ssst « eh baot Ue case , I can assure _jau . In man ; _re-—s-istiws commercial cissies are one with the labouring _gpSU ef the _co-nmanlty . They _fsel for them ; they gL tf _pp . with thein ; thty see the degradation , f _^ _* - & suffering , to which they hare so long _pqs _^' rr , » ud without munnuriag , submitted . _Cotn-^^ _g . i _inea ar e B . ecustomtd to take broa / i and _esjesme _vlsws of the great questions of tae _& _$ . ' Thej know there is danger fraught ia oppressing _gha _^ _ssple . They loot to their emancipation from fhe f _/ mst-mm cf their ruler ? . They are _awara thst it is j & _Bt _^ _ijfeted policy to _l-gislate for the few . The pc . _rasfe-ctrjeksn may endure it for awhile ; bat tbe time
_* s , ** m * when , goaded to _desperatum bj tyranny , thej ___ i— -hie shake off the yoke , or raite a _tempest that sjgp 5 _? T _»;« rinrrihlvaron * aa the institutions of the land . _SsSss & ce the so-cnlled sacred edifies to ruin . Cenr . _~ t ~ i-m * -t ra r . are wise enough to perceive tbat _legisla-^ _aastscs hare respect to tha whole fabric of society . _SeiJawx _, _tt > _insurutioas wi ; Z _stan _^ , unless based upon _&» ¦ dfttD _? _Isws of ccaclfry 3 nd justice to all . The _ffm-ity _irn _tfr-ace and p _' ro'perity of the country _eau enly _fearsured by the _admiuwtrau ' on of eTen-handed justice ; _SS _^ _BOgsarantee can bo given for this , but in the _choos-^^ _-rf goodead wise rulers by the voice of tbe people . _Uesfial legislation is tha bane of every nation , be it _gssSior proud , and Bbounding in wealth , titles , and na . teal _tessarcei . Bat it uuy be asked , is tbis
_fizs at tha commercial classes generally I I r ! g _? y—it . £ « . They may bs —yea , thera are _ssstm _^ _mW _, fci _?< _* r fea , and . _stlfiih men—who _easEstto lire by preying onthe Bufferings and _raiserirs _«^& b djiag—who disclaim all connexion with tkese GEsSmsats . Poor , deluded , outcast men ! they repre . ju-i _. i _^ . i _t __ e _commercial classes . Scotland is with the _g _»^ a «_ I hare lately returned frem s tonr in that _JJwlij _^ _acd from conversation with tbe middle and _Gssssreial classes , I can confidently affirm that tbey _^ _jmjstfeise—yes , d eep ly sympathise—with the people . _ISrSditcr , I can _assoro yoa that very large numbers of £ s £ _H 2 _ssIs ere indoctrinated with tbe Ci artist op inions , ¦ sfeca yoa and your confederates know cot , and whom _553 & aT 8 reason to suppose aro against _joa . Yon have and who as
SE _^ _-frtnra-bearted brave friends yot have not & slsred _thesisslTes . Tbey are ooly waiting th _^ ir time . " 53 a _£ xy cf redetnptloa . dcs . _« eth & Igh . The Chartists _ 3 aiS , I tfeink , do well to _nouriih this feeling , and to r _£ _-tinf a _rtom , using hard and _unbrotherly language _to--csxSs _thete _classe _!* _- . The past twelve or eighteen _SBEfiitave done _tnush , to open onteyts , Oncawewere « £ gaS _^ bat how we * Eea . ' The Chartist agitation upon _ _sa lind Piaa _^ Ose _earnest propagation of tbeir prlns _^ esi-the noble tearing ef the afflicted people , combined X _ £ _ the _alino- _'t unparalleled depression of trade—the _Ss 3 policy of oar rulers , and tbe financial embarrassm—& i ' ct the country—ho ; ta mention tbe revolutions _mthS _& i are changing tha dynasties of _Bnrope—^ _thi-se _fcracontributed greatly to change our opinioB 5 , Ton « _ss toil ia the factory—you , the mechanics , the _nrti-SS 38 _, sad labourers of Great _Britain—we sympathise vriSijou . Oar hearts yeora in affection towards yoa . _TSfeafe reminded that we are ell men snd ne desire to
SB s pes . ee as brethren . In confirmation of these sen . ¦ _sSmznts . I cm induced to ssnd the following sbort poem , - &— _£ a \ . Mr Editor , as _breathicj tbe true spirit of _patrii _^ _aend fraternity | I trastyoa will be able to _iasertin _2 Esr 3 aitIj _Ttlued and widely _citcauwed paper . I _adcsae it merely as a _speciniea of feeling existing among _T- rsrjf _rBUiny of the commtrcial classes . It Is written by a _^ _sa " of worth , and was entrusted to ray care for the g ? _rgsal-of yonr readers . Unknown to political emU _-ffryf _, end whose sitastion precludes him from taking _ctactrre flirt iu your moTement _, he chooses to remain _iasesreey till ' a brighter day shall dawn ; ' and if he « _as « _$ t aid you by the living _yoiee _, or the open btowal of _la _^ riEciples , he trusts _tbatthii small tribute of respect S _^ irt be _unacceptable to yoa , Mr _E-litor _, and these SfesAiy men who are labouring in the sacred _cawe of t-tb wd liberty . For similar reasons , I must ( for the _jsa _< _st _* e ' t least ) , remain in _obaeurity , and therefore heg _^ _osahscribe myself , _^ sscheiter , April 8 . A Cohhkcul Man . HOMAGE TO TRUTH ,
Js2i Powerful Truth, Thy Followers Oft H...
JS 2 I powerful truth , thy followers oft have beta ~ & spstt & to to _.- _'ures _cra-. i , dire asd keen . "Hampden and Sydney , P / m snd _Rutsell fell , As _ i Emmett , whose true worth no tongue can tell . _BaIne _, Huut , a < 4 < 3 i \) _bBK , Who intomEr limes Teld tvr & iw of their _craeltiM mi _crimes—?« r them the dungeon _opt'd its _yawniDg _jaws ; _Efey suffered mucb , bnt won the world ' s applanse _fiTien bold O ' Connor his bright fl _< g unfurled , Aid IbOK & d the Charter to a wondering world , _Ground him cooa a band of patriots rose , "S f & o dared the vengeance of _their-coaatrj ' s foes _. Sat soon the dungeons were . with victims filled , & SL & ham-in blood by hired assailing spilled
_"While others In the _s'rong prison bound , Hesved their Irsi sig h , where no _rfcUtf was fo < roa ; ¦ While o ' er the . waves in felons' _chains were sent , The martyred exiles doomed to banishment . 3 ? roSt , _Williams , Jones ; last of the patriot band , Sow _dest-ced to _wander on a foreign strand—2 ? or as they suffered , and for u 3 must bear , _Sfes boridB of guilt thtir tyrants ought to tv ar . _Tir » e with its nwErd presence fails to heal 55 e wounds that rankle derp , nor can the seal Of true forgiveaers evtr be impressed < te hearts thus bruistd _who'e . wrong _* . are unredressed Arise , ye giaut minds , that long have slept ;
Be cautious vigil now no longer kept ; Sat thunder in your grim oppressors' ears , That justice _atks some tribute to her tears . _Sfiver again . let patitnee tamely wear , The settled aspect _yf fixed _despajc ... Sst by the memory of our former sires , Ob each cold altar kindle freedotn ' _g-fires ; £ —5 as the upward name to veaven ascends , _Esad grateful tidings to oar patriot friends ,. And bid t ! ieix mark our i Sorts as we strive , To keep tbe sacred cause of truth alive—Sha _* _. causa lor _srrtius which procured their doom , S && 11 see us victors , or beceath the tomb .
Essdition Gf Thb Working Classes Ts Ieed...
_eSSDITION GF THB WORKING CLASSES TS _iEEDS-SPECIAL C 0 SSTABLE 5 . TO THE . EDITOR OF TBE _SOBTHEBlf STAB . UtAX Sib , —Itis _underfetlings of thederpest distres s _Cfraiad , that I write _tbesa few lines , htplng you will _ge « Oittiiem to occupy a small portion of your _valuable p aper— 30 that every part of the world ,, where the light _sitbslio' B . _in . z & _x Stab shines , may be m » de acquainted 9 il & the _coadiuon of the operatives of the borough of _Zceit . IaLseds , as well a 3 in _etherboroa _^ hs , _ihtreare
BiCjr evils which give ns just causa ofcomnlaiut—too _Sssy _, I am sorry to say , for me to attempt to _enuaie . _BSSe . Want of employment is , perbap _* _. a 6 great an «* il as we are subject ; to . Our smew are crowded d _^ ily trftb _sneaployed _j > _tr § or . ' 3 . _3-roag athletic mtn , able 6 B & willing to work , couid _thay bu : ob ' atu It—and cou'd J _03 , Ur , have h _? in with mc and seen * _och homes as _tfef * areat pres nt in this _bsrongb , your mini , I trel * 9 SSdtnt w ; uld receive snc > . an impression as would t &&« sozae _tiuij to crass it ir . Ui your memory .
_Iffilljustgiveyon on _3 _ca-. e , 3 _nl no : one ofthe worst . _Itisef auin . _ivi-laal v _» bo lives not a score _niil-. _sfroni _^^^ _eS-lane , wbo has a _tvife and four coil iren . Their _SS-a-Is nnStto .- 'haaian _btitig * tj inhabit . When I had •¦ _sssaded ; a a _= ghtnr steas—the d * or was opec—the _^ f _tfeiag . _tbai met ray eje was the figure of a _frmsh , _^^ 1 took ti ha tha mother of the group cf caildren _^^ _wtplay _foU j _oattufl _. or of their wretched _habita-& # _fr ** tei by the a ht . I Mked a f Hong
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about the caase of their distress , for the appearance oftbe woraaa told me tbat she had seen better days . I She cemmencod , and told me _thslr history , which was I of a heartrending nature , bat too long for me te trouble you with . The hutband always bore the character of a honest , industrious man , and was the manager for a _certainfirmin L « _eds , bnt lost his situation simply because be would not vote according to his master ' s _dictation , Tnii is not theonlyont , by dozens , that I could eaumeratt ; and yet we are told by tbe editor ef ene of onr weekly _papsrs , that we area free , happy , and comfortable p * op ! e—nay , mora so than any other nation . Aad then he goee on to say , that the higher classes of soeiet y ( in his opinion ) have _nothlsg- to fear from the agltat ' o n _s caus e d b y the lower orderg of society . The aristocracy are so closely knit together with the midd' * cIbk , that all attempts to upturn tbe government would be utele * s—and , i f I understand Wa words , they amount to tbis : that , let the workiDgclass ever attempt to gain their rights , the aristocracy , combined with the middle classwulcrush them , and frustrate all their projects .
, Almost all the masters is the boroug h have com p e ll ed their men to be _swornas special constables by eighty and ninety at a time . Three firms , which I already know of . have discharged a number because they refused to be sworn . . Oh ! how _Iloag for the day to arrive , wheD the chain of oppression shall be broken , and hellisn tyranny shall cease to exist , and every human being , of whatever _countrj or cnditioB , shall be acknowledged as a friend and a brother , aB the Godof _bearen and earth desired us to be . Tours , Ah _OrssATiTK 0 ? Lkdj ,
To The Right Hox.Lord John Russell , M.P...
TO THE RIGHT HOX . LORD JOHN RUSSELL , M . P . Mr Lord , —A word with you on your new bill . Law . yer » ' bills , doctors' bills , and tailers' bills , are all much dreaded , surely you are satisfied with your ewn bill , for jou hue e . pretty _re-uni sum . First , JJ & _. D & O a year , and si residence , for being Lord Commissioner of the Treasury ; you ara also Commissioner for- the Affairs of India , the salary of whieh is £ 1 , 500 a year ; you are oae of tbe _Ecslesisstical _Cecsmisdoners ; you are oae of the Commissioner ! ef the Royal _Hospltil , Chelsea , and hold several other appointments , the particulars of which I have not been able to ascertain . I have beea looking donn _Johnsoa ' s Dictionary to see if I can find any explanation ofthe word bill , and he describes it as a kind of hatchet , which has suggested a fresh Idia to me , and what do you think it is 1 That you intend to cut
out the tongues of all the Chartists . But , my lord , in that ease they may learn the dumb alphabet , and by that _' taeans instruct ene onother to do mischief , Tbe only plan I can think of to euro thfsa Mlows is to make them blind aud deaf , aa well as dumb , then , aylorJ , you would be almost master It is very annoying to he insulted by ' vagabonds ' who have ' net got 3 shilling to bless themselves with , ' nor evtr likely to have , while things go oa as they have done . There is that Mr _ix _\ . lian Harney , I see he has quite tak ' _sn yoar title of ' lord ' frou yoa . and put Mr in its place . Next we shall ste « Jack Russell' put in the place of Kr , so the sooner you adopt my plan the better . What do yeu thick , ray lord , I cat myself this _morsing when I was _shaving , for all of a _sadden I burst into such a heerty _laegh when I thouehtaboutyonandBldg « r ( Grey ) BullDog ( Jocelyn ) and _Brelsebab ( IT , T * rney _) , _speekiHg in tbe Houss to please yourselves . First one gets up and _assures the
other they are * ander an _excellent gevernment , loud cheers , ) and that Her _Mejeetj _' s snbj « cts will twine round them like Ivy round the oak . ( _IiOuH cheering . ) Then up gets another and atkg whether it is not time to put down the seditious newspapers , ( ' hear anil cheers , ) and also to stop all ' seditious _conversations . ( loud eheers . ) When each has done the tame , the biggest tomfool ( your _, sel *) gets up to reply , aad assures the hon . _gentlemen tbat all those matters have ber Majesty ' . * ministers serious consideration , aad that the necessary steps will be immediately taken to suppress those discontented wretches , who are act satisfied to live aa a penny a day . ( Loud eheers from the Badger party . ) My lord , yeur Chartist friends appesc to have conducted themselves Tery well on Monday , the 10 th instamt , although they certai n l y disobeyed you by meeting contrary to your government proclamation . I an , A _LlBraxt . JsiMDiD _Exglisbhan .
To The Sworn Preserters Of The Prjbi,Ic ...
TO THE SWORN PRESERTERS OF THE _PrJBI , IC PEACE . FaiERDS , —Ton have been required to relinquish your domestic _affars , aod jour own imnwdfate 'interests ' fer _the-alleued ' good'of society . Hive you considered the ' object'for which this sacrifice is required ? Are the 'interests ' of society endangered by the 'principles ' contained in the People's Charter ! Are not those ' principles * founded upon the divine ani bread basis to do onto others as you would they should do _| unto you !' Are not the Chartists yonr servants—year customersyoar neig hbours—your fellow men ! Are they not reduo _.-d tothe lowest state of degradation by ' poverty ' consequent on the want of employ nwnt , occasion sd by competition' and unjiut legislation ! Know ye not , that yonr _'inffrests' are intimately connected with ' the _rs , ' that if they sink you will be _inovitably drawn into the vortex I
The majority of your number are' electors , ' you _pos . ssss the ' power' to redress all our grievances . It would require but little exertion on your _jart , to _cocvert our present _« desol * _tioa' to a comparative Elysium . The ' _work'is ' noble'it . will amply repay any sacrifice , and is attainable by the simplest means . 'Miliums of your fellow eountrymen claim it at your hands as their 'birthright' the have _brook'd their ' giant strength * to supplication ! The united voices of ' millions' have braatbed the ' prayer' to you ! What has been your answer ! The ' stinging contempt' of ' your' parliament _yourcroaching assistance to onr oppressors—the loaded musket and policeman ' s truncheon ! Think
yon , that tbe 'love of liberty' is extinguished la the bosome of your fellow beings ? Be not mistaken I There is a ' still small voice' that ever whispers the beloved name to all the ' oppressed '—that ' whisper' will ero long be changed into the _voics ef the ' roaring cataract . ' striking terror to the ' evil doer , ' and ' judgment' ou the ' oppressor . ' It belongs to you , electors , to stay its torrents , lest you be overwhelmed . Then come farward on behalf of the people , demand for them the sa m e ' political' rights and pri vilegesjourst Ives enjoyshow the same ' alacrity' ia tho attainment of ' their rights , ' as you have ta serve _$ he' cause' of their oppres . gors , and , you will no longer _dresd the adoption of the People ' s Charter . T . W .
The * Timb3' And The Specials. To Tke Ed...
THE * TIMB 3 ' AND THE SPECIALS . TO TKE EDITOS OF THE KOBTHEXW STAC . Sib , —I beg to call the attention of the National Convention to the vile asd calumnious reports , published in the Tikes newspaper , calculsted to mislead the _roiddls classes as to the real power snd strength of the _Chartists , by asserting that only 20 , 000 were at the _meering on Kensington Common on Monday week , when it was proved , by aa experienced surveyor , . that , at eleven o _' _click , 150 , 000 were present . I speak the seatiments ef thousands of tbe respectable _inhabitants of Lambetb , who are disgusted with the abominable proceedings of the special constables in this parish .. Several of the tradesmen of the New Cut readered themselves con . 8 picu . ou . tlj disgraceful in the York . road , and . notwltb . standing tbe opposition of the Convention to the motion for the withdrawal of all business _dealings with ; tho « e _tridesmen who acted as special constables , I assure you it will be vigorously acted upon iu tbii district .
I trust , when the great day does arrive , that the abuse ia the _Tihes will not be forgotton , and that the day is not far distant when the despot Russell will be hurled from the Treasury bench by the moral force of the people , I am , sir , yours truly ,. Thomib _Plchs .
The Police And The « Times.' To The Bdit...
THE POLICE AND THE « TIMES . ' TO THE BDITOB OF THE _KOSTHEBIf _STiB . _Sia , —I take the liberty of sending you the copy of a letter the Times refased to insert , showing tho partial manner they deal with matters likely to bring the ens . mies of ths people into disrepute . Every word contained in that letter I can prove by respectable witnesses . If you think it is serving the cause of right against might , by publishing my statement in the _Stsb you are at liberty to do so . I ara , sir , yoar obedient e M . P . Leb . A subscriber from the commencement . TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES .
Sis . —I observe you allow a person sinning himself E . T . C , to express his satisfaction at the conduct of the po l ice , ou Monday , at _Blackfriars-bridjtB ; permit me , threngh . the 6 erae tnedtuai , to _eiprascondemnation ol the orders given to stop the people from going _t , _vertbi \ t bridge * I was one of those who joined the working pf ople to assert the right of meeting to petition thelegislatur « . The leaders having advised we should disperse en Kennington Common , I left with my friends to go home peaceably , if I could , but in attempting to pass the bridge I was struck a violent blow with a bludgeon , although I produced my card
, which would prove I was on my _dirset way home . Knowing , as they did , the people did not intend _coming bsck in prooession , it appears to me they could have no other object in view but to excite the people to a collision . I ara glad that the people did not retaliate , and I sm certaia the excellent conduct of the working men , on that memorafele day , bas raised tbesi fifty per cent , in the estimation of the middle classes . Trusting yoa will in fairness , publish this , ' I am , sir , your obedient , « ervant , _Albemorle-street , Clerkenwell , M P L _* x April 18 eh ,
Police Brut Ality. To The Editor Of Tab ...
POLICE BRUT ALITY . TO THE EDITOR OF TAB _NOETnEBM 3 TAE . Sia— Is it _possible they cau call this a Christian country where hired assassins aro employed to murder people « Tbis 1 can prove _tobj true . ' I am tbe _wenun _a-ho-was knocked dortn by the police and trampled en It was reported I _nas killed , but I am notyat out of danger , [ tad it waa four hour * before I came to _mjeelf . Wben I _attempt ! to rife th ? y _kucck-d uie down again without anv provocation . I was merely . a = kin _? an old woman tbe way to the Suspension bridge , when she sai 4 , 'they are in search cf _somsbody . ' little thinking tbey were running at ns . I never shall forget her bow she begged of them to let her go . I saw them _beating
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hsr , when they hnooked rae down . I should like 8 _dector to viow the marks _ofriolence oa my _persba . I wanted my husband to _sead and 1 st you _koow nt ' the ti m e , but he said there mas ue redress fer the poor . I htaril ft _purBon , whom I _snspeeted to be a _speelpl _, thre _» te » Mr O'Connor ' * life . 1 woald have wrote before bat I have not been able . I think they have hurt my heart , as I have bad a pain in it ever since . I seed you this en purpose to expme them . _PIbbio to excuse bad writing . I remain , with respect , yours most truly , i , _Samford-sirnet , SosAH Dayst . Portman-market , Marylebone .
Esgl1sh Liberty . To Thb Editos Of Ths K...
ESGL 1 _SH LIBERTY . TO THB _EDITOS OF THS KOaTHEEK ST & . & , Sib . —I am not one of those who are diBposod to attach grjat impertance tot ' ie new Treason Act . The law can hardly be mad . ) more _rigid than it Is now . In my opinion , no people in the civilised world live undor tbore _stringent law * than the English , with respect to the liberty of the press , of speech , the right of assembling to discuss political grievances , and tho right of association , The pretence that Englishmen ' possess those _rightr an * privileges , for which the French , Germans , and Italians have lately contended , end that successfully is the most absurd of all the lying pretences of our aristocracy and their dupeB . Let ns see what are tbe rights of Englishmen , inde . penitently of the n-w act .
_Mghts ' _ofDUctnsion . —Any man who speaks or writes anything , calculated to excite dissatisfaction in the ainds of tbe people , with _nspect to the government of the country , is liable to be indictedfor sedition , and _fjaed and imprisoned . There is no country on the face of the earth where tbe law is more rigid—not _cren _Buisia , Polaud , or Spain . Under this law , in the years 1889—40 , and 1842—43 , hundreds were convicted . The Government can select my Advocate of Popular Rightsandsacrifioe aim—lu power is as groat as that of theFreneh King before the first revolution , to issue lellresde cachet . The judge * , who try the _silegfdifFindBr , are creatures ofthe _governraent , and the juries in the mral districts , are the _serls of _the'Iaudfd aristocracy . Tbe judges themselves , in the Court of Quarter Sessions , are _eriatoorsts , nil of whom are made _jadges by virtue , or ia consequence , of tbeir territorial possessions _.
It Is true that the people are permitted by their masters to violate the law , so long as no practical result is likely to follow from their _grabbling—so long as the efforts of the peop le's orators are w « sk and manifestly _jneffeetual . And tbis enables o ? . r lordly masters to tell _torsignets that we enjoy free dischsaiuB ! 'And foreigners , not _kuoning that all this depends on the _sufferance—the _rasre will _ani pleasure of the aristocracy , believe Iheir statements ! Aod the speeches _of'foreigners , ( upraise of our system , are triumphantly quoted in our T « _rliamen *; Never , in the world ' s history , was there so cunning a contrivance to enslave a _great people , to cheat tbem with appe _« rasoea , and to deceive tbe world f It is perfectly unique—exclusively English ,
Men of eommandiBg talent and elevated position , knowing that they would be selected for sacrifice , tinder a law which enables c government to choose its victims nt ploaBurei usually _refrnin from joining the popular cause—unless it is supported by a powerful section ofthe aristocracy . It is trne that tbe Whig aristocracy hare occasionally _sWed with _rxipukr demands , In order , by means of tbe popular voice , to eject tbeir opponents from tbe ministerial benches , and , on such occasions , the lew of sedition haa been violated with impunity ; aud , I may add , tbat petitions , got up in the same manner as the great Chartist Petition is said to huve b « en ,. were deemed highly imeortant by Wbig aristocratic agitators , notwithstanding the _assertinDs of the Tories , thatthey were mere farces , like county meetings , and that tbe signatures were fictitious , and , for the _taoet part , written by persona paid bo much per day to display their penman ' Bh ' p .
Ths Right of Meeting to Discuss Grievances . — Meetings of more than fifty persons , _H-bating societies , and reading rooms are almost _iav-ulably illegal . The country justices cau put them down wheu they like . The consequence of this in that in most places tbe people are afraid to _egrets any but slavish politieal _stntlments _. The tavern or public-house _keeper who permits a meetlag of parliamentary _reformers to ba held in bis bouse , ran * the risk of _laslnp his license . Any laudrd aristocrat called a j actios of the p _^ ace , may treat him as a criminal if he allows auy newspaper to bi read in his house , which tends to make people dissatisfied with the existing order of thing * . A justice of the peace may attend a political meeting and order any speaker to bs taken into custody if he _spaaks against the government , and may order the meetUg immediately te _disperse on pain of tranportition .
The right of hearing arm * . —Any persons seen walking in strp and learning to act together , may _' be arrested as criminals . This law _mty be violated with impunity by some classes , but not so by others . This 8 B . bj » ot of E . iglish liberty , Me Editor , Is one whieh ought to be exposed fully . It Is time for the _people of this . _CQuntrj- , ' an'l for ths nations of Europe , to be . informed of the actual exfrmt of the boasted _liberty of Englishmen ; as to the Americans , they know all about it , and look upon this couatry as the most downtrodden in Europe . They know what our laws are , by whom snd how they are administered , and are fully ae * _quaintad with the whole trick . They know that tbe aristocracy bave _monopolized the land and entirely governed the country for thtir own aggrandisement , under th * hypocritical pretence and outward form of popular _representation .
You need not tell the Americans anything about thia , th « y understand it fully ; bu * - , it is high time to life tbe veil and expose tbe deformity of our institutions , to the wonderiUK gaze of _Europe . Pray do not talk about legal aad constitutional rights , _sukU fictions should not . be treated as realities , —• apeak of natural rights ' . As a _lanvtr , I will _vtmturo to affirm without thefeer of _contradiction , that _thelatvi of England oa tbe subject of liberty , really amount to this : — ' ' Be it enacted that nothing _sliatt & e printed , wriMen . or spoken that may be disp'eaung to the government . That no _political _mseting shall bo hell at wbich there shall be any speech delivered calculated to excite dissatisfaction . That no _political association shall be allowed which the gevernment may ohj < ot to . That there shall be no de . bating society without the _permisdon of an officer of the _goTcrnmsnt . Nor shall thera be any Urge meeting which the gov * rnment may be pleased to prohibit . ' I am , Sir , your obedient servant , An Advocate .
Friendly Suggestions. To The Idito* 01 T...
FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS . TO THE _IDITO * 01 TUH KOBTBEBK STAB . Sib , — _Permit an ardent , lover of our ' common " country _tonuilriBB m few words , to Uw present National Con . _ventioa , to those _whe may be tbe members of the ne x t C onvent i o n , to tbe Chartists _generally , and to the friends of _humanity throughout the British empire . Notbiog is more cltar than that _govereraent do not intend to concede the Cosrier , nor , perhaps , any considerable part rf it , ur r » ther no part at all ; and nothing ia more certain than that , in this refusal , they will be btcked by the whole nf tha aristocracy . And , when this refusal shall be ! _announced by governmeut _, let not t h e ps o p le be precipitete on the one hand , nor discouraged on the other _. The peop ' e have v » st pawer in . their hands—vast moral powtr . Let them be iuitrhcted to know it , and let them bo instructed how to use it .
1 . Itis well _Jpowa that tbe Industrious classes pay most of the _taxas tf this couatry , soma of which might be e « 3 . tlrely avoided , and all of which might be diminished . Let ihe National _Asssmbly take this subject up , and , _nrn _^ ng other * ,. let them not forget intoxicating _drisks , articles Irom which g > v » rnm ? at derives no small _revenues _, and also _lobieeo . 2 . Let them organise a _jsgular system of agitation _, _instruction , and _polltics . 1 _education , not forgetting the midland boroughs , where aa incredible amount < f ignorance prevails , but which , _nevertheless , poB * e _>» great _polit'cal powtr , inasmuch as thoBe very _borongl s _stnd _memturB to parliament , and who mostly say ' no ' to every _goo-I and Ra Jical _measure proposed to the House of Commons . 3 . Tbe working classes _Hfs by _wugca . Th » B 6 wages they have a right to spend upon friends or foes . Let thera be taught _topped tbeir wages upon friends , t » d not . _upon foes , and let _this be particularl y _obstrrod in _pariiaraeDtary borough ? ,
4 . _Continue . to exercise tbe right of petition . Let the Honsi ot Commons be inundated with petitions , _Jirsi let tvery town , borough , an 4 locality meet , end send a petition from a public _maeim _? . Secondly , after that let every family petition _separately . ' The _prsyerof all to be;—Grant the Charter , and admit us within tbo pale of the constitution ; and further to plane those _genderai-n-who are more fond of _eatipg taxes than paying them , every petition might ba de . rnanded to be read . 5 . Let a general _subscription ba made throughout tho _empire of one halfpenny per he <» d , and no more , allowing , however , lit erty for ether _parti's to pay for thoso who coald not pay themselves . If five millions paid and I belters many mor * would , —it would amount to £ 10 410 13 s . 4 d .
6 . Lt this money be _sp-jnt in agitating the country , in _giving political _instructfou , aud in printing hundreds of thousands of tract ? , and felling and gratuitously distributing them in districts where _neefled , and _particularly in tVemldUm ! and small parliaunntary boroughs , _wl ere tbty are mueh required by the ignorant stato of the people , ani ? particularly the working classes . I bare , _wlthia _o few _wciks past , asked many of tbe working class i ; i this part of the country questions re . _"pecting the Charter . _Soise of tbem bad not heard of it . others Bfked if tbe _C'hurtists were somo scot of Eel - _gionhts , nnd not _o-jj of them knew anything of tho principles" of the Charter . And yet some of them lived in a _jarliamentary borough .
_Lastly . —Let me say to the Convention , to Mr O'Con . nor , and to tvery patriot , one ond all—be temperate , bo prudent , be cau lous . We cannot spare one for _impriaramenf . or transportation , or thath . Wc want all that we have—we want _<> _very orb of them , for living and active service , » : > _4 wa wast ten thousand more .
Friendly Suggestions. To The Idito* 01 T...
We _caonot spare Mr O'Connor for imprisonment . We wa » t his active services in tho House of Commoaa . -W » want his to set a brave and bold front against the _olfe _careby . in a place where tbey must hear him ; and wft want him . -to present thousands of _potitionB , if need bu , for tbe _People ' s Charier . Thanking you , Mr Editor , far the service you are rendering to the cause of D _< mocrnoy , I remain , your admirer , Tamworth , Beta _« April 7 : h , 1848 .
The Mechanics And The Charter, To Tbe Ed...
THE MECHANICS AND THE CHARTER , TO TBE EDITOS OF TBE NOBTHEBN STAR , Sis , —It is with feelings of pleasure that I have pe . rused the proceedings ofthe trade delegates assembled nt the BelllnB , a majority of whora agreed that the principles as set forth in the People's Charter , must be enacted as the law of this realm , before any permanent good csnba effectually secured forthe _worklna clauses of this country . I noticed tbe different speakers , and also the trades tbat they _represeated , and I am sorry to say tbat no one appeared from any of tha mechanical trades , not even from tbat portion of mechanics which tbe Stab laboured so bard for , when they wera _engaged in the Newton conspiracy case . Now , I would ask , if the ; ( the mechanics ) are so well to do as not to want a political and social _cbange ; that tbey do not send dele
gates to devise some plan whereby the moral influence ot tbe trades might , be brought to bear on the present corrupt House of Commons ? Or does It arise from a want of eympatfayfor _tlioae who hare been thrown into the street to starve ,, through the application of machinery to do that which tbey havo served on _apprenticeship _toh-aru" ? If so , let tbem look to tbeir own _trado , and ask themselves how long will lt be worth calling a trade ? Again , lot tbtrnlook to their own trade reports , and thpy will see that tbere are some hundreds of distressed mechanics walking the _Btrects of Manchester , end to relieve these men a benevolent committea was Appointed , and they bave paid sums from 3 s . to 10 s , 0 irerk to each applicant , ' In tbe Stab ef April 1 st there appeetedau artiole setting forth the alterations _tbatlud been made at a delegate meetta ; of' the m'chanlcs ' society , _Bhowing that theyhad decided on siring to each unemployed member the sum of £ 10 , Us . in one year , instead of £ 7 ; 10 s . as thej , up to that time , bad been accustomed to do . Does the above not j '( jo that tbey ,
as a trade have been and are sufieria ? , fr . iin ' _-a wild and reckless speculation , fostered b y class legislation . It may be asked , why do not the mechanics of M » nehsat * r _s _.-nd delegates to the trades committee that is now sitting at tbe Railway Inn t Is it because the cry of no politics is raised In the soolety , or Is It because the seeds ef dismemberment have been sown by the executive of tbat society tbat so muoh apathy exists * Let the members look to it _. _foritbpboyes _themochanles oe a trada to be up and doing . The present critical times call ou thein to come f Or nard . 'The _anfferlngB of those in the bastile , the oakum shop , and the stono yard , call them to their duty , A word to those mechanics who have been sworn * as _special coastables . ' Are you willing to be the tools ofthe present tyrannical factions in power % If net , speak out like men , aad do not be crying if a row takes place , so that you will be miss _, ing , btjt tell the powers that be , in a way not to be mis . understood , that yoa will not interfere with , tha peopla now seeking rudreBS for long-standing grievances , but rather assist them iu getting their political rights . A _Waw Wishes ; Manchester , April 16 , _1848 .
Petitioning. To The E&Itos Of Thb Nobthe...
PETITIONING . TO THE E & ITOS OF THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib . —Allow me through the medium of your paper , to suggest to my brother Chartists , the propriety of making the qualifications laid down la [ the People ' s Gbnrttr , for an ehotor of & member of parliament , the _'jualificaiions of those who iu future shall be deemed eligible to sign petitions to the legislature . This would show the marrow of our strength , and , as it appears to me , would give greater weight to an appeal than when the names of our female friends—and I am not the man to disparage them—or our sons , under age , are appended _. If to thia f iot thera ba also added tho _resldtnoa of auy ¦ _iispated name , as to its reality—Mich as 'Oldknow , ' 1 Ssrongintbesrm , '' Ootobed , ' ani others , which , though not common , nro the names of tradesmen in our metropolis—they may be at once verified .
It may also be greatly to oar advantage thai a committee ot inspection be appointed for all petitions , especially a National Petition—whose duty it shall be to ascertain the numbpr , and as near as may be , the _genuinensBBOf signatures . Such a proceeding will be business-like , and prevent any recurrence ef those ignominious tricks of sham friends and paid spies , who appaar to have floored our last noble effort to call attention to our rights . Let < wt motto be— ' Peace , determination , law , and order . ' L « t those who in word , or deed ,-violate this motto , b 3 parsed by as traitors to our cause . I am happy to know that the peaceable _proceedings of the 10 th inst ., have produced a mast _favourable im . _pretsion respecting our body , anil that the middle classes are coming over to our ranks .
Moral power is paramount to every other , and by it wc shall soon present a phalanx which no human agency can break . I am ,- sir , yours with respect , April 17 th . Benjamin _Cawto , No , 11 , Charles-street , Commercial-road , Peckham .
How To Gain The Charter. To Tm ¦Edit - I...
HOW TO GAIN THE CHARTER . TO TM ¦ _EDIT _- itt CJ THE _NOUTHBRN _BIAB .. Sm , —The working _olasses alone cannot succeed In ob . taining parliamentary Reform , either by persuasion 01 force , Not by persuasion , because the aristocracy will not resign power voluntarily . Not by force , because the working classes never succeeded in effecting a revolution without aid from the other classes . In France , Germany , and Italy , the middla classes are with tbe bulk of tht people . The government of this country is now busily engaged in increasing the ill-will between tho Chartists and thc middle _classes . Notwithstanding the fiery , speeches of some of the Chartist orators , the gorernment knew tbat the great meeting and procession w * r . e to be composed of unarmed men , and tbat tbe objaut of tbe Chartists was a peaceable _aemonstratlon of their numbers . -
But It woold have ruined tho cause of aristocracy to let the middle classes seo all through the streets of London the numbers and importance of the Chartist body ; hence the _procesBion was prohibited . And , in order to increase the ignorant ' enmity ofthe middle _classisi towards ibe Chartists , the government pretended to fe « lgreat alarm and fear that tbe CliartUts wcre going to attack the City , and plunder the banks and tho shops . ' Under this pretence they enrolled the special coastables , and made them snear _tcTbe Monarchists . ¦ . But having _succooded In keeping ' away ihe great body of the Chartists from the meeting , the government _resolred not * o interfere with that meeting , it being quite easy to pertuade the people who were hot there , that the numbers were insignificant ,
Hitherto the government has adroitly availed itself of every circumstance to set the middle against the working c _lnsses , and it now- tells Europe tbat the mass of the people are proud of our institutions , in proof of whioh tbey refer to the display of civicforceagainst the Chartists on the 10 th April f Now the middle classes have as much to gain from the triumph of democracy as any other body of thera in the couatry . And it is perfectly easy to convince them ef the fact . The only way to gain ths Cbarter is to disseminate political knowledge . How can this be done 1 _factually ! ' The answer ia that it can be done only tbrougb the medium ofthe press . Let thera _beacbeapdailyaetvspaper established to defend . the eausa of democracy at bome and abroad , and faithfully chronicle everything affecting the ' state of society question , and the cause of human progress . This alone will _suffice to produce a reform in tha tone of the cotemporary press _.
Second y—Let a penny weekly paper , containing poli . tlcal instruction and a familiar explanation of the ben ; . fits to be obtained from _Democrutlcgbrernment _, be circulated evtry where . In order to secure this desirable oVject , let competent persons be em ployed to lecture on Democracy , and induoa as many as possible to give orders to the looal news _, venders for the supply of these papers , and the regular weekly newspaper of the party—the Northebn Stab , bat a largo _circulate 11 of all of them be secured , and the nosed ? _triumbu of the good cause is peiftctly certain . _v ' A Democrat .
The 'Specials.' To »B Iih»W » Tbe K0itob...
THE ' SPECIALS . ' to » b iih » _w » tBE K 0 ITOB . ° * _oabdeneb ' s CHBOKiClE , Sia —Prom the frequeat denunciations whioh have issued from your pen against . Irishmen ns Irishmen , and the fulsome adulation , which , for some unknown reason , you htop on Scotchmen , as Scotchmen , I desire , though in tho assurance that you will _trsat my communication with _contempt , ta set you right upon ono or two minor points , wh oh yon bave , perhaps ,, beeii advisedly led to misstate . I _demand uo consideration at your baud * , Your true character 19 well known to many of thc _UUfortunate class whose loyalty you so much extol , Mj character , either public or private , is not 1 . _fleeted by your iiKinuations or scurrilous attacks . Allow me , then , to _profts-i myself nn Irish journeyman gardtner and * _ia
_, , such , hated by you . Allow me , further , to state , that I am employed In _K-jw Gardens * though I do not know howloug I may coatinue there . I have _committed no singlo aot to justify my dismissal , or I should bare Ion . * r inue been dismissed , as tbero is littlo _encom _* agemen " t here for those ' nccurssd Irish . ' I have forthe * to Btute , that I hold you to ba __ part aud _parcel of this system of oppression and intimidation , which _isenrried on against un . Since you havu becomn a recipient of government bounty ( 'Patau Commission' ) yQU ran . at upu 0 ] u _^ same—md , no doubt , hope to eit one day in tbo _direotor's . _chnlroftuiaestabUBumfiit _. to'be great anuovance ofthe public nnd those employed . I look , therefore upon _yourpilitical cant , in the list _Qaedemeu _' s Cmionicle as ; I look upon tho parson ' s pruyer for the preservation of this abominable system of class legislation—both are the vonal _offrnagaof paid _!* . mau _* . B , You preach _no-n
The 'Specials.' To »B Iih»W » Tbe K0itob...
_iaterferencs with polities , fer you know the masses are already too muoh exasperated . But when you fear the government will overlook , or undorrato , your estrems 16 yalty , you stand forth as the marshal of thatunfnriunat * class , whom jou designate _asintsjllfsntand poAeeablo , but whose intelligence- and character yon have hitherto repeatedly attempted to deny anti injure . To marshal the gardeners of Kew , Cbiswick , Syon , Piae _Applsplaco , & c „ io ., to arms . What a gallant colons ! they have got to be sure ! You are a political partisan , or rather , a government tool , and hope to lead tha gardening class to battle for the continuance of a system which ra Bint tins you la a position frem which yeu may cast obloquy mid denunciation upon them , And they , poor , misted souls , marvel _atydur bravery . But , as to these
' specials , 'who figure prettily ia our courts of justice , as the disturbers of tho peaco . You aro Inclined to throw your editorial authority late the cause , and to offer , as tho Mcpouent : ot the feeliogs of gardeners , their entire confidence in the _presont system , - Out upon you ! You hnoiT that you aro not their organ , You kaow that the majority of them' look upon you os their most bitter enemy , though tbey dare not say so ; for patronsgo is still potent and gardeners live and breatbe by p . _\ tronag * . I have beon denounced by the authorities here for interfering in political matter ? . Yet the gorernment official can come and lecture me upon the horrors of . Chartism , end the blessings of class tyranny , end , spitting venom upon the glorious principles of e ' quali _* _-v and fraternity , demand that I would _-twear ftUegla & ce , not to tbe Queen .
but to the troopi Of CoMUpt justices of the peace that are scattered about , for the honest individuals dreaded no annoyance . I am no Chartist , but I cherish tbeir principles . I am no destroyer of property , but scruple to venture the destruction of my own property ( hhonr ) in the cau _99 ef those wbo deny me tbe right wbich that labour should confer . I told tbe official that' I was one of the people , and not allied to tho government , ' I did not enrol myself , but declared my intention to resist , to the best of ray ability , any attempt to destroy property , especially public property . Private property is anoth * r thing . I have none of it , as I support myself by manual labour , I held that any attempt to destroy property would lead to a deterioration of tbo value' of my labour , I asked if this step was optional or compulsory . I was
_totditwas optional . Therefore , riot ' aware of the purpose for which my services ae _u' ? special ' might be used , I refused to run tbe risk of being obliged to for * swear myself , as would have been the case bad I been called to attack my fellow labourers , except in the preservation mt . property . As to your statement about four being Irish , I am surprised that all the establishments about the metropolis cooM not furnish more . What disaffected scoundrels they must be . ' K _* w furnished throe of these . Thera was a _foreigner here , but he was not called upon to enrol himself , ¦ But there ' was not only au Englishman , as you state , wrong-headed enough ,
but a _Scotchman ( do you think all Scotchmen are servile ?) who nobly refused to rank himself amongst the brawlers who went - > _tp to . the vestry tapln In view ofthe authorities—refused to comply with the form—and there Wero twp other Scotchmen : who demurred , but , by tbe fear of _offieiAl persecution , they succumbed , and swallonred the oath , and now curse the action . I will not allow you to misrepresent me while there is a free journal In tbe kingdom , nor misstate facts , tbereby ' givihg false confidence to the tyrants who must , one day , ba undeceived , Robert R , Scott , Ktw , April _le-. h , 1818 . of Belfast , Ireland . ——* _Bi- I _. _lndljv lately recommended -he dismissal of certain * evil _spirit ? , ' who sought to draw attention to tho state ' of Kew _Gardens .
1 «3g^ I The Way To Conquer The Bank. To...
1 _« _g THE WAY TO CONQUER THE BANK . TO THE EDITOB OP VBB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —About tho year 181 $ we had in this town of Komfurd _, a bank carried oa in the ) name of ' Joyner Surrldgeand Co ., 'both very high , consequential T & ries , ef great * tyranny , looking oa every one but their own friends , as so much filth _. At tbat time a _' _purson ofthe name of Jacobs , a tailor , commenced business opposite this said bank , be was one who was always for a ' spree , ' very _mach to the annoy _, ante of the high church bankers . Having to take a obecque to tbis said bank , he was taunted and jeered at in a manner quite' uncalled for , and thereupon took the following method of revenge : —Having a £ 10 note of theirs , he went baok instantly , and demanded gold fer it , which was paid directly , Ho then went to his neighbour , _auda-jktd him to oblige him with a £ 10 note for gold . He took that to the bank , and so continued until he drew between £ 200 and £ 300 ia gold . This compelled theso Tories to beg the tailor ' s pardon .
Cannot you make any usa of this anecdote in reference to the bank that was so prepared last Monday week to pay us in a different manner ? I remain yours , dsc . Romford . T . S ., A freeholder of tho counties of Esses _snA Hants , and s ten years' subscriber ofthe _Noethshn Stab .
The Special Cokstable3. To Tub Fdirob Of...
THE SPECIAL _COKSTABLE 3 . TO TUB FDiroB OF THS NOBTHEBN STAB . Sis—The lies so abundantly circulated on tbis subject demand Borne notice . If these men enrolled themselves for tbe _intro purpose of protecting their own , or their _neighbours' property , they have dona what wis perfectly right , and what the _Caartlsts _, I presume , wonld be very far from condemning ; but it is to be ( eared that a Urge majority of tbe special constables have much worse designs , and that their object is to put down , if thev can . any expression of political feeling hostile to
tbe government , Tbat tbis would be tbe _casse witb rery many iu and about Loudon , there can be no doubt . The baseness and servility of shopkeepers to tbose whom they thiuk above them , is only to be equalled by tbeir insolence and tyranny to those whom they suppose below tbem . I msan this , however , to apply chiefly , to those who call themselves great shopkeepers , for I am well aware that tbrre are many thousands of little enes as eager for a real political reform as the Chartists them _, selves , though they may not bo enrolled formally among them .
Of the class of clerks it is almost _snptrBuous to speak ; the slavery of the negroes in Braz'l _, is bardly more de * grading thau that in which they live , and , as may rea . dily be believed , its natural consequence ie , that you rarely indeed can fiud a man of independent thought among them . They seem to glory in the sbama ef their aorvlUty . If thiB be gem-rally true , n » it is , of mercan . tile and' bankiag bouses , what can it be supposed to be of the Bank , the Custom' Mouse , the Excise Office , or Somerset House ? , As to the poorer class , let me ask if it can be thought , that workmen attached' to the , Italian Opera House , aud many large establishments that might ba mentioned , were frue agents ? One young man of tbis olass , owned to me tbat be bad expected to be paid ; so , ' no doubt , _didinany more ; not excepting the coalwbi ppers , with , . whose devoted loyalty the honourable Hou ; o of Commons appeared ta be so enraptured a _wtek or two ago .
1 allow , then , that large numbers would _maha tbem . selres special _constables ; but that tha lying * press lies upon this point most audaciously , is evident . The great liar of all , the Times , says there Were 150 , 000 " special constables , and only 10 , 000 Chartists 1 I will just ob-Bsrve , that living in Kennington , as yon will see by my enclosed Card , and witnessing all that-passed during the whole of the 10 , h of April , I hesitate net to affirm , that a more insolent falsehood than that of the Times , was never published . Hy calculation ( and I am not a Chartist yet , though approving the Charter ) , would be that there were 100 , 000 Chartists * and if _Isrr , for I am Hot accustomed to estimate tbe numbers of large meetings , I am sure that my error is iu uuder aud not over calculation . As to the special constables , I was told by a medical gentleman , wbo was himself one , that iu the whole district ( that of tbe very place ot meetinv ) , tbere were but 4 D & . We may _judge'ty thia of ths 15 J _. O 0 O .
T f a collision had unfortunately taken place , I leave it to any one to say what the physical strength of shopkeep-rs and clerks is , in comparison with' that ot mechanics and labourers ; were I to guess , ' it would be that one Of the latter cla » s would beet five of the former ; tbe hands that' have been used to nothing but the pen , or the cloth yard , would fare but ill When contending against those _acoustomed to mucb heavier articles . The Great Hor aljio soys , tbat the _countenances oftbe women and children atthe windows were full of alarm ! My son , aged sixteen , was ob tbe Common , and one ef my daughters , twelve years of age , woe delighted to accompany au elder sister to theroad , to see tbo procession , where tbe ' y met many of tho ladies and children of the neighbourhood . zm .
Case Op Tyranny. To Ths Kwtoa Of The Sor...
CASE OP TYRANNY . TO THS _KWToa Of THE _SORTHBBN 6 _TAB _. Sib , —You would oblige me . very muoh by the publication of this short letter , a copy of which I sent to Ur Thomas Cubitt , after discharging me because I refuged to be sworn as a special constable . Ho has not replied to it , and for this reason , I think , I am justified in making It public with a few remarks upon it . You will see , by the letter , that I had several interviews with bim and his foremen on the day of swearing in . One of them , a Mr Porter , engineer , said to me , that he was given to un . _demand tbat I was _wntinaally agitating and iniluonc in ? the rest of the men in the employ , which he said I ought not to do . I told him that I was only doing my duty , and that , . whenever I had an opportunity , I would do so still until all men wero _acknowledged citizens . An .
other asked mo how I got my living , and who employed mc ? I said , of _eourso , Mr Cabltt ; but , sir , X ( Said , how _dOBB Mr Cubitt get capital to _oropJoji mea with ! Such men as tha one yon aro talking with , create tbe capital for him . Another commenced aa attack upon me , and asked me what wa wanted . I told ) hiin that wa ought to Have a greater share cf what _ive _produeod . He said , he thought thirty shillings per week _waa capttalrovaune . ration , I aaid , sir , why _fibould you have three pounds per week , merely foe watching , as , it . were driving me at my work , like a _barter floes tha hor _* . o , _defioiant ouly ofa whip ? Does , not my eJilldrequir _-j _aagood a coat , as much -victuals , _»•» good education ,-and as good a . bouse to live ia as your 11 I asked him w ' Uy all this differ . nce ? and bis reply wj _. s that this wns foreign to the question , I said , it wan t he vesy soul of tt * e question . .. I fairly heat tbe m , and the y all save it up , Thi re is oao thing J ¦ nith to r . wark _^ _Vefwre I c _* _jaolv . de this letter , and that is ,
Case Op Tyranny. To Ths Kwtoa Of The Sor...
j with regard to _soras of my mates , who , I mast say , acted a very unmanly part , because they swore bitterl y tbey would not be swora ; bat the moment they cams < in contact with Mr Cubitt and the magistrate , they forgot th » lr _preatls _** to saa and tlieir _OBtbS _, and si . lowed another chain to be put round tbeir necks ; and se fond did some of tbem _sppsar to be of kissing the book in the gentlemen ' , ) presence , that the magistrate bad a hard matter to get the feeok away from some of them , Soma of these mea _sey , tbey are as good Chartists as I am ; but let me tell th * m here , as I told tbem to th & _tr faces , that they are as great enemies to tbe cause _fe Mr Cubitt , because he that is not with us most be against us . Great God . whea will working men act honestly to one another ? But after all , Mr Cubitt is » _ot everybody . Neither has bo all tbe work in the kingdom ; u » d Ihi » po the day is not far distant , when by our glo « rious Lind scheme , we shall bid defiance to all mono * _polists , of _whatever cast or colour . April 18 tb , 1818 . As Old Gcaip , LETTER TO MR THOMAS _CCBIfT .
Sib,—Will You Condescend To Allow One , ...
Sib , —Will you condescend to allow one , who has for thelast two years helped to enhance your property , aud who caa de f y _)» our foremeD , who have had the superintendence of me for that time , to say that I ever shrunk from my duty at nny time to you in the slightest degree— I sey , will you allow me to ask you , why you refused me the exercise of my own opinion at to whether I would be sworn as Bp : cial _oanstable , when I told you and the _ckrks , who accosted me in your _prasenee _, fiat I objected upoa political grounds _altogether ? I _e « id _, jou do not allow me to exercise my own judgment upon any case as regards I _nitiation , while I thought it very strange that you should think me qualified , ali of » sudden , to bs a special constable . I thea _saW , If yoa would give me the vote , which all now acknowledge to be right and just , I would then _gWdly fill smy _simatlen in the shape of a national guard , & c , but I would not otherwise ect
. You told me it was uot apolitical question , when , at tbe same time , a magistrate mast swear us in . You _kn » w w # ll it was political , hut yoa dared not _aekaoirled Ke tho fact , tbat if working men hai their political rights , you would sot dara to coerce them , nor monopolise trade as job do . But tbe particular question I wish you to answer is this , why you should have acted so _ungtntlowonly to mo in discharging me , after my foreman , Mr So , i : b , declared it was optional , and I might return to work ? Kow , Bir , _placJ yourself _, in my position , or f-. ney yourself treated as you _bsive treated me , merely for exercising my individual opinion , and yeu must cone to tha conclusion tbat a more tyrannical act could scarcely have been _. But what use Is it to talk to men who won ' t reason with you . I feel justified in sending these few lines , _hoplBg yoa will favour me with a short reply , for which I will wait a day or two . I remain , yours , & c ., _CflASLza GwiiuiK . April 13 th , 1818 . Bricklayer .
The Cause Of Disaffection . To Jqskpb Ba...
THE CAUSE OF DISAFFECTION . TO _JQSKPB Bane , ESQ , ., _JJ . r . Sis , —It is defective IegUIation that has brought tha country to the preseat peculiar but critical predicament . It is the _eitravagnnee 1 and bad _managsment of the oor _« roptp-rtioa _erb'tir rulers , which have raised a spirit of discontent , and _kindjtd % flume which , if not promptly ottended to , by timely concessions , may terminate evea in the overthrow of _monsrchy _itstlf . It is the _preeSBfO of avarice and arbitrary laws of which the millions complain . It is the want of a fair representation in the Commons of England , and of disproportionate taxation , at whieh tbe working _elasses _ohftfly feel aggrieved . Tho _COB 8 tqucnc « ofevaisaIway 8 ealamitous , ond never did a people in the remombranca of man writhe under tbo effects of despotism , or more peacefully endure their
sufferings , than the _workiag classes oi Great Britain at the present period . _Thers are tens of thousands in the empirewho are peacefully pining ' away their miserabla existence by the dint of misrule and the withering effects of unnatural laws _passsd b y the influence of designing men . It is heart-rending to see the amountof human wretchedness , whieh our large . cities and towns at the present moment present . Men willing to work ara idle in multitudes , and the streels , lanes , and alleys of our _menufaotttrine ; towns , present _seenes off misery beyond human description . Thig is more remarkable as it happens in the midst of plenty , and in a land said to bo the most humane and C & _ristian in the world . Yet these _individuals in thoir sad ostremity , are compelled , by vicious legislation , to pay as much for the ordinary
necessaries of life as tbe richest in tbe lend . The principle of indirect taxation may be human law , but it ia bad philosophy . It is neither founded upon reason , nor in conformity with th « law of nature , or of God . It Is only from such men as you thatthe people can eapect a redress of their Injuries , for the enrrapt party in " the state have no sympathy with their wants or teellngs ; they seem infatuated before their fall , for they will not hear the voiee of the charner , _chsrm he never so wisely . What an amount of human perfidy ii presented to the public , by almost every see of these destroyers of tho feuaan family . A poor man may pine , hunger , and die , while tbe sons of the aristocracy are pensioned npon
tho public , and the eartt , the property of the Great Creator , appropriated for the benefit ofa few , who misappropriate Its proced in deeds of folly , or squander It in superfluity _Jor vice . And is it to be wondered that God should _viiie far chess _thiags I Ho ! for he hath declared , — ' I will proceed to do a marvellous work moons ; the peoplo , even a marvellous work and a wonder , for the assumed wisdom of tha wise men shall perish and the understanding of ones thought prudent skall be hid . * Thus , ia every age , _periahthe workers of ini quity , Thtt * comes suddenly the retributivo justice ef God . I _remaio , Sir , your ebedieat servant , _ApiuoaEoiuii
|The Way To Get The Charter. Birmingham ...
| THE WAY TO GET THE CHARTER . Birmingham , Aprii 19 th . Sia , —AS I have Been hints from different correspondents in the Stab as to the best means of obtaining the Charter , suffer me to _efkrmy humble opinion . Itis this—as our noble eMef , MrF _^ O'Connor _, hascementeda union betirvea the Eaglisb _Charlitta ani the Irish Con federates and Repealers ; I v . ould propose that a card of union he struck , bearing tbe Chartist and Confederate motto , or whatever emblem tbe _Natioaal Assembly think fit . _; That each number of ths United Chartists and Confederates take tbis card of membership , f « r which ha shall pay one shilling , Each card Bhall be numbered , aud each man ' s name and address taken , as by the National Char ' _tiit ' _Association . The _proeseds to ba at tha dupo 9 al ef tbo _National Assembly . I feel no doubt In my mind , that if this is carried out with spirit , it would secure ample _fun _^ s to support the National Assembly .
Yours , truly , One of the Old Guards , 265 , Bradford Street . Edwin _Hoiless ,
""¦ .Um—Umm, _ Opera Palmerstonii , Quj3...
" " ¦ . _um—umm _, _ OPERA PALMERSTONII , QUJ 3 _SUPERSET ( S ) _OKHIft . ( From a German Correspondent . ) The rumoured intention ofthe British Government to protest against the aid afforded by Sardinia to the Oman * oipated Iiombardo-Yeaetians , offers a good opportunity for _reBieioi'tp shortly the opera of the above noble diplomatist . Well may , we think , I tal y say to this protest what _Metternlch is reportad to have said to that _entered by Engl and against the incorporation of Cracow— ' Protest and bo d—di' However , the thmg bears a _really ominous character , and we shall treat it aa such
That no treaty provides fer , and authorises such 8 procedure bos been shown by others , But let us consider thamorare of the aff . ir . It was certainly lord Palmerston , who , on a very late occasion , praised la thc _Hause of _Commotis the wisdom " and pmd _. nce of Austria . What could t . gentlrmaa like M . de _Metternich doless , in return for such a coraplimeBt , than pay Lord Palmerston—a visit la London 1 Aside thia aud similar tirades , his lordship ' s own personal performances were rather restricted of late , Mr Robert Peel IB _Snri ' _zerlend , Sir _Robert Seymour at Lisbon , Lord Canning at Madrid , and s Cabinet _ilbiisler in Italy—could scarcely be considered appertaining to tbe personnel of a Foreign _Offiae , bended by Lard _Palmeratoa , Still , tbe tenor of the aotlvity of tbe abnv * diplomatists was , either hou interference , or Interference for the Liberal cause . The Turin protest would be of a quite different character !
It is not a party , a cbqse of conspirators , 01 evea the > mob , who » ject Austria from Italy , it is tho hatiom—tha universality of the population . And is It the provlnet of free England to back a pack of most sat } g ; uuiar « anil stolid tyrants and oppressors f . Sin « _a _Pio IX . gave a freepress to Italy , now nearly two years ago , a host of jout * - _nals have sprung up over the whole _surfaced tha peninsula . Wae there any one of them—waB thera ever ono _alngls article written in , favour of Austrian rule ? No ; not one . As long as the iron rule of secret police , dungeons , chains , the _eotvere duro , spies , and sycophants _.
was paramount , the nation was _sttont—tbo moment tbo least vent was given , to national sentiment , the peoplo broaktha Imperial ensignB , not ouly in Milan and Venice * but at Rome and Florence ; at the latter place expel _Barcn Neumann , formerly _Aujtman Minister _atLaadob , who'induced tho British government to violate _thesecredof the letters- of brothers BAadiera to _Maaaln _*^ on event which led them to thc scaffold ! Thirty-three years ( a . mysterious number ) Austria has ruled over Italy . So uot ask _lioto ? Ihe shout of raving and despairing peapl _* la . a sufficient _aaewcr .
It becomes an oppressive- task to write the history of _euch timcB , _oSsuoh misdeeds as Austria has been guilty ot late , flatlet Britain s . tand aloof of a catastrophe she has neither _provoked , doc- encouraged . Tho-flood gates of His ire s » d _punibhraeut are open * , let _uoas interfere , but _soothisgly and mildly in such concerns , Tho diplomatic _coraespoDdetica found in the Rue des _Capuclns _, at Milan , aad elsnwhexe . will ba soon printed . We fear that LcvrsJ _Palmev & _ton's articles will occupy some of tho _columns of tKis Journal du Monde . We appeal to tha _senseaad humanity of the peoplo of theso _Isl" ** .
-'Hrim—Tthi ¦Rue.! Im — ' St-O?To*»*Rd ,...
- 'HriM—TTHi ¦ rue . ! im — ' _St-o ? to _*»* rd , _lltn Apni . —Irritation is continually on the . _insrease . The workmen and townspeop le assume a _most hostile appearance one towards another—the _ftrmer partisans of a republic , the latter ofa oohstitutioaal monarchy . Serious con , fliota toe occurred , and blood haa flowed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22041848/page/6/
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