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THE NORTHERN STAB. SATURDAYKOVEMBER 2IBS^. THE T^OHTTT EH N STAB "^ ^ -. *¦•* '•¦*•• N? I . ¦ ¦¦ » -W •
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TO THE "MAN OF JUDGEMENT" WHO WRITES IN THE CHAMPION.
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THE PORTKAITS.
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THE EARL OF RADNOR AKD BIS PIGS , AGAINST THE RIGHT OF THE-POOR TO GLEAS . - ^* " The "wicked have drA < tn eat the sword and Mve bent their bo- « r , to cast ioTra fte poor and needy . Their srsrord shall enter into , their own . heart , and their bo-sr shall be fcroien . — -Pja&s -3 ? , v . slr . XT . Mostesqui ^ x has declared that " an Aristocracy is the most © ppressve of all Governments / ' and if ¦ tre mar be allowed to judge by Eome living specimens , ffg at t-nce own the truth of his assertion , ^ h ' -niwe see * person of high rant andlargefortune e"imMsinHir ; ncein attacking the poorest aadinost ¦ unfortunste of his fellow-beisgs , oar feeling is that of sorrow singled with disgust , and-we blush for the depra-vityxrf human natnre ; and ,-when added to this , -we see that sameperson , vrho ought to possess some ' egislatm knowledge , violate established custom , common 4 r ? r , and commoa sense , our indignation is not anore- ^ xcited by his cruelty than byiis ¦ wilful ignorance . : " ¦ - TV-e can scarcely trust ourselves to comment on the conduct of a British JVoWfjnew ^ : ) in the nineteenth CentnrTjTrhichinheartlesSBess surpassesmost filings of -which "we haveread in tiie annals of even ^ Christian , and civilized barbarity . To talk of it" in connection -with the doings of Jews , Mohammedans , cr Pagans , would be absurd . The Noble (!) candidate for immortality of infamy is a "liberal" of the first water—an affectionate friend of the accursed Poor Law— and of every other abomination of Whiggery . By style and title he is known as Lord Radxob , — the R&dical Peered !)
Lord Radnor possesses an estate in Wiltshire , and two poor creatures ( one fax-advanced , in pregnancy ) dared to intrude nponoae ef his fields , for ike purpose of gleaning , and , though during the long life of the Earl ' s Father , this charitable custom hid neTerbeen interfered with ; and , though one of the present offenders herself , had \ glea ^ ed in this same field for Forty years ; and , thongh the Earl ' s more beloved hogs had been picking up the ears for two days previously , the trespassers were dragged before
a bench of magistrates for the atrocity of collecting what the pigs had left 11 They were charged by his Lordship ' s dairyman , and his Lordship himself presided , thus , in true "liberal" style , sitting in judgment on his own cause . The offenders were much frightened , and severely reprimanded—all succeeding vagrants are to be driven off the ground , and placards to that effect disgrace the walls of Salisbury . This is a " plain , unTamished" statement of the case of Lord Radnor versus the
indigent gleaners . Let us inquire into the respective claims of the wealthy plaintiff and poor defendants . If it could be proved that the Earl had the law on his side , still would his conduct be as execrable as illiberal ; but if , on the contrary , it be shown thai he has not eTen a legal foundation on which to
rest so Tils an action , our pity for his ignorant and foolish displaj c * n only be surpassed by our execration of the motiyea which induced it . Thank God 1 every semblance of charity is not yet gnite rooted out of our constitution . A regard for the poor yet exists there , and if small , it is more than sufficient to stagger my Lord Radxob . We will shew this Noble V . ) Lord that he shall not Bet at defiance duties prescribed not merely by morality , but even by / air , with so much impunity as he no donbt desires .
There is do portion of the Holy Bible more inspiriting and more delightful to a rational being than that which enjoins the exercise of charity to our poor brethren . When perusing these noble passages , our heart echoes the "voice of reason , asserting tKe divine origin of words , so pure , and so benevolent ; and never can we feel more truly the force of precept or example , than when beholdirg the works « f generosity and mercy recorded and inculcated in . the Old and New Testaments . How deeply must a Christian heart be . impressed with the care displayed for the poor
m the commands concerning tithes—CDeuU c . xxvi . Ter . 12 . )—releases—( Dent . c . it . )—and . above all , gleaning —( Levit-, Dent ., Ruth . ) We turn to the Mosaic laws , a code formed by divine inspiration , and we find testimony of the most encouraging nature for those rights in whose favour we contend . "And when ye reap the harvest of your land , thou Ehalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field , neither shall thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest . And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard ' xeither shalt thou gather every grape of thy -vineyard ; thou Bhalt leave them for the poor and the
stranger : I am the Lord , thy God ! " ( Lev . c . xix . Tere . 9 . 10 ^ and see c . xxiiL v . 22 . ) " When thon cnttest down thy harvest in thy field , and hastforgot a sheaf in the field , thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless and for the widow ; that the Lord thy God may bless tbeein all the work of thine hands ; when thou beatest thine olive tree , thou dialt not go over the boughs again ; it shall be " for the stranger , for the fatherless , and the widow . When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard , thon shall not glean it afterwards ; it shall be for the stranger , the
fatherleas , and tlie widow . And thou shalt remember thai thon -prast a bondman in the land . of Egypt ; fiierefore , I command thee to do this thing . " —( Dent , c . xxiv . Ter . 19 ., &c—c . nr « xxvi ., &c . —and the whole Book of Ruth . ) We might swell these extracts to a vast length , and show that in the Jewish law not eTen the ox was to be muzzledj while he trod out the corn , and that in the Christian law , charity is esteemed above hope and faith , but ire have set down quite enough -to show that the , gleaner derives his right from * God
Mmself . Of bo sacred a nature were gleanings reputed under the Hebrew law , as to be exempted from tithe . "— ( Maimonide ' s Laws of the Hebrews relating to the Poor . ) — And Nelsos observes , " the precept of not gathering their land clean , but that something should be left to the poor to glean was a secondary offering to God himself . " What , we would ask , caa be clearer -or more binding than these commands ? Xo true Christian ean dare to "violate them—none but the most vitiated would desire to disobey them .
This most rational and excellent of customs pre-Tafls almost throughout the world ; if we turn from the Christian to the Mohammedan code , in the sixth chapter of the Koran , the right of the poor to glean ings is maintained ; and yet a Christian nobleman refuses them—even after his pigs ! " The Eastern Paraleave the dates shaken down by the winds for ibe destitute and traveller , " ( Ocslet , or Geog . ) , xnd " By the customof Melun and JSsiaxnpes , farmers ¦ re forbiddento ; put cattle into the fields for twenty fourhours at the least , after the carrying . of the cross . " CKote 21 , to Hebrew Laws , <§ ca )
* e haTe often spoken of our wise ancestors' care ibr the poor ^ and gleaning was a charitable pro-Tisioajntroduced into the common law , as a means for the subsistence of many , with injury to none . This practice is neither obsolete , nor detrimental j -why then is it at once to cease ? It is the custom of England—it was the custom of Wiltshire until Lord Rxdxob declared otherwise , and appeared in the field as the champion of pigs against the poor endows of his neighbourhood .
Blackstosedeclares , that "by the common law &od custom of England , the poor are allowed to tier and glean upon another ' s ground after the Starrest , without being guilty of trespass ; which kumane provision seems borrowed from the Mosa icxl law . " ( 3 , Blacestose ' s Commentary , 212 . ) If to hunt oTer another man ' s ground in the chase , be a trespass allowed by the law , ( as it assuredly is ) how much more justifiable must be the intrusion of a poorman , not for pleasure , but from necessity ! Lord Halb , at the Norfolk Assizes of 1688 , said that the law gives license to the indigent to glean , " by the fmeral custom of England . " This , let ua recollect ,
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is the declaration of the greatest t&wjer &at SYer lived , and one who is revered as being almost fa tne declaTati ^ greatest l awyer- -fliat CTer i- __ j _ -- » nT , -orho ia revered afl beinir *» lmAat
infallible . Justice Hbwiti observes— " The right of leasing ( L e . gleaning ) doe * appear in our books ; but it must be under proper circumstances and restrictions . " ( 4 Burr . 1 , 927 . ) And surely this case was attended by ail proper restrictions : did the offenders enter while the corn was growing , or take away a sheaf ? No , far from it ; they went there long after the crop had been carried , and even after the pigs had been feasting for two dayi » Thirundoubted privilege was farther recognised by the Act of 1786 for enclosing the common lands of Basingstoke , "which imposes penalties upon the putting-in of cattle within a certain number of days after carrying the crop .
It is true that , by the Court of Common Pleas , ( Trinity Term , 1788 , ) this right was denied , and the doctrine of Blackstose , the dictum of Lord Haxs , and the spirit of our Constitution , were set at naught , though on that occasion so harsh an interpretation of our laws was ably and feelingly rejected by Justice Gould . Of this illiberal jndgiaenfc my Lord Radsos has taken advantage . But , can so execrable a determination haTe any weight against the precepts of religion—the dictates of policy and justicethe force of custom , and the authority of the
common law ! Heaven forbid ! So vile a case should be blotted from our books , but even if it remain , it cannot prevail against the mighty arguments which appear on the opposite side . If some say it is a precedent , and therefore we must be bound by it , we answer eo precedent contrary to reason ia binding , and that on the other hand we can produce eight or nine precedents against this one , which must therefore be overruled . There are many precedents in our books which no man in his senses would think of following , especially when he sees more rational guides before him . There are cases
on record of burning heretics and witches , of hanging paupers for the crime of poverty , and of robbing monasteries for the offence of being rich , and yet none of these are more absurd , more unjust , than that flagrant case against the right of gleaning . Did LordRADsoR ever beheld the perseverance and industry of the poor gleaner , or hi 3 heart-felt joy as he jogs homeward beneath the fruits of his labour , which -axe thus converted to purposes of utility and profit ? Did he ever see the honest labourer ' s wife and children endeavouring to add to
their little stock , and to provide bread by their exertions in gleaning ? He cannot have been a Tritness of these pleasing scenes , or he never could have been guilty of an act that stains Iris name and degrades his character . There are few sights more cheering to the philanthropic than to behold the healthy little children exerting their puny force for the common domestic welfare , heaping together what has escaped the reaper ' i eye , and endeavouring by their first acts of labour to give promise of better things in after life .
He who could fail of being pleased at their ardour , or who could wish to deprive them of its rbject , must wear a heart of most impenetrable stuff . Well might the poet say" Be not too narrow , husbandman!—but fling From the full sheaf , with charitable stealth , The liberal handful . Think , oh grateful think : Hour good the God of harvest is to you ; Who poors abundance o ' er your flowing fields , "While these uahaopy pariiiers ol jour kind Wide hover round you , like the fowls of heaven , And ask their humble dole . "
Thomson ' s Seasons —Autumn . We tell Lord Radnor , and all who act and think with him , that charity is the first of duties , that cruelty towards the unfortunate is the most heinous of all offences , and that the poor man ' s oppressor is hateful in the eyes of God and man . We tell him further , that " virtue is true nobility , " and that neither rank , nor power , nor wealth , can protect vice from honest indignation , or save it from the brand of infamy . " Not all that heralds rake tnm cofihVd day , JJor florid prose , nor honied lies of rhyme , Can blazon evil deeds , or consecrate a crime . *' Childe Harold .
A good action is the test whereby we judge a man ; this it is that carries his name to succeeding ages when dignities are forgotten , and titles faded f ; om ' memory . We do not believe that there is upon record an instance of more flagrant avarice and illiberality than i 3 afforded by this exploit of the "liberal " Lord Radxob ; and we trust , for tho honour of our race , that a similar deed will never take place , but that the whole system may be confined to , and die with , the present Earl of Kadsor . We would . not have his memory to lose one atom of the exclusive honours appertaining to this " high deed of ¦ daring , "
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RICHARD OAST 1 . ER . For some time Mr- Oastlek has been so snug in his retirement , that , though we have often been enquired of , we have been able to furnish no intelligence . We learn however , than he is now located at No . 8 , Rawstone-street , Brompton , Middlesex . We can have no donbt that the circumstances which have obliged him to fix his residence so near London will be over-ruled by his powerful and benevolent intellect for the production of some good to those for whom he has fought so many battles with the power 3 of wickedness , established in . their strongest holds .
We learn that he is making arrangements with a eminent publisher for the production of a periodical , with embellishments , to be called " Fixbyana , " in which his career at Fixby Hall , and the many severe struggles of a public character , through which he has figured so prominently , will be painted by his own pen , after his own powerful fashion . Having known him so long and so well , and having been
personal observers of many vf the scenes which we expect to see described , we look for the appearance of "Fixbyaxa , " by Oastlbb , with considerable impatience . It will no doubt find its way , as its author has done , through every grade of society , from the Prince to the pauper . It will be read "with equal avidity in the cottage and the drawing-room . We feel assured thatit will cheer the former ; let us hope that it will enlighten the latter .
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THE EXETER BISHOP . " For modes of faith , let zealous bigots fight , HU can't be wrong whose life is in the right " Pope . I * these days , when it is the interest of so many to cultivate bigotry , "hatred , malice , and all uncharitableness , " we are not surprised to hear daily of sundry instances wherein Christian meekness is exchanged for bitter prejudice , and even the pastoral office degraded to the semblance of a trade . If a curate , ( who may publish a book , only fit to be burned by the common hangman , ) send all Popes and Papists to the shades below , he feels confident
of promotion . If a vicar do but prais « Mother Church , and damn all who dare to differ from her dogmas , hia chance of preferment is greatly increased ! ' First in the ranks of these Tolunteere—zealous in fanaticism—stands Bishop PHrLPoTrs , who , on every occasion , makes a display of the strict discipline he exerta towards all but himself . Whether the cry be u No Popery , " or " Down with Dissenters , " or "Notoleration , ™ his voice takes first part in the chorus—his person appears in the ^ onflict .
A rector , of the name of Head , lately dared to commit the horrible crime of Tiaiting » Methodist Chapel , and of course the meek , forgiving Bishop immediately suspended him from his duties . Surely no one wffl so far forget the respect due to the cloth as to say , the punishment far exseeds the offence ; for though the rector might TiaTe thought it a pardonable an to nsit the devotions of his Christian brethren ; though he might have fended that Mr prayert would be actable even from a Methodist Chapel ; though he i&ght hare indulged theidea that Methodism was
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not that contaminatingleprosy which excluded all bo infected from the Jewish Tabernacle , yet'what can a . Bishop say ! What can a Right Reverend Father dot He cannot , in so heinous a case , listen-to the , voice of liberality ; he cannot exercise mercy ; "he-. must deprive the incorrigible rogue of his temporal profits and spiritual hopes . Truly , our Bishop is a pattern to the Church ; he strains at a gnat , and swallows a camel ; he punishes for breach of ' forin , but neglects the substance . This holy father , of course , is a Tory ; for religious and political bigotry always go hand in hand . " No Popery , " is the contaminatingleprosy ex cluded all soV infAftftd frnrh thn . TpatirTi TabRrnjip . ln vot ' wliat oiin
naver failing cry of a High Church Tory ; and the Times is now exhorting its readers to " remember the gunpowder treason and plot , " and raking up the oft-burnt ashes of poor Faux , in order to stir up , at the same time , sectarian hatred of all" Papists , " and to mako all regard a Roman Catholic as a " regular Guy , " with muffled-.-cloak , dark lantern , matches and powder , about to blow up London , and every Protestant therein . We should not be surprised if the loyal Bishop were so far to forget his dignity on the ever memorable fifth , as to let off a cracker , fire a squib , and caper round the flames . '
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THE " GRAND JUNCTION" AGAIN . WEhopefnever to place ourselves in that position which shall , render it necessary for us to seek the cloak of "perversion" in replying to an adversary . We have , therefore , no manner of wish to deprive the Champion of all tho honour he can derive from the reprinting of his vituperation at full length . On our seventh page , our readers will find the Champion ' s last ; and a rich curiosity itis in its way . We had made a few remarks upon it , which we now displace to make roomfor Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , which came after they were written . We beg that our readers will read the whole article of thcC / iam ^ carefully , and form their own judgment of whether it is worthy to be called either an answer to , or even " a commentary on" our article to which it affects to reply .
He talks of giving the " cream" — "the flowers of rhetoric ' —why does he not give the whole , we do ? Simply because he kuows that if he did so , his readers would see that every one of the terms which gall him is strictly applicable , and has been more than merited . We have no wish to hoodwink our readers . Wo bog them to do us the justice to read all that the Champion says , as well as our own articles , and Air . O'Connor ' s letter .
If we supposed it probable that any spark of honour or of pride could lurk in the bosom of so dirty a blackguard a 3 he of ihe'Champion , 'we should dare him to afford his readers a fair opportunity of estimating his character , by printing in bis paper our defence of Mr . O ' Connor , and that Gentleman ' s letter in his own defence . We suppose it highly improbable that he will do this ; and we have no doubt that the public will well know to what reason to attribute it .
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Sir , —In the Champion of tbo 2 Qth ult ., when I was absent in Ireland , you went as far as your courage would allotr , and your fabricated charges admit , to assert that the object of my visit to Ireland wa 9 to from a " Grand Junction" with O'Connell—to throw overboard the Chartists of England , and to join in support of the Whigs . A portion of your article went to giro me some little credit for doing a great deal ; while you coBcIuded with the assertion that my desertion wonld do much good .
Some men pass lightly over the accusations of interested parties ; but , as I have at all times taught the people tho necessity of censorship , and as I held that no man is above suspicion , I condescend to reply to your dreams . You make a wonderful parade of the many circumstances occurring simultaneously , -which -produced my visit to Ireland . Now mark ! how with a breath I shall level your airy palace . The first invitation to me , you eay , was given to me by O'Connell at the Macroom dinner . Now , Sir , as dates are stubborn things , let me help you to a few dates in this matter . The dinner was on Tuesday , the first of October . The proceedings could net be published in a Cork paper
before Thursday , the third of October ; because no paper is published there on Wednesday . The news could not reach London before Monday , the seventh of October . My letter , announcing my -intention to start for Ireland , was written on Wednesday , the second of October ; so that , to justify your foul insinuation , the words which O'Connell used at Macroom , in Ireland , on Tuesday night , at nine ©' clock , must have travelled thence to London , 510 miles , for me to become acquainted with them on the succeeding day ! 1 , a rapidity at which even railway speed Has not yet quite arrived . So much , then , for the " Grand Junctio . n" between myself and O'Coxnell , as evidenced by O'Connell ' s speech at Macroom !!!
Now for the double notice : the notice of my previous intention to visit different parts of Lancashire on the days specified in the same number which contained my letter . In the previous week I had made such arrangements as were there stated . The arrangements were made with Mr . Dkegan , of Stalybridge , with a delegate from Middleton , whom I met at the Rochdale dinner , and several others ; to whom I promised to name a day in the Star for an early visit . For confirmation of this I may refer you to Mr . Abel Heywood , whose advice I had taken as to the necessity of announcing my intention by posting bills . So much for your two important facts !!!
Now , give me leave to refer you to the columns of the London T \ mest of Wednesday , the 2 nd . of October , in which you will find an extract from the Cork Southern Reporter , complaining of the intimidation used by the aristocracy of the County of Cork to prevent the people from registering ; the great advantages which the Conservatives had upon the registration ; and the loud complaints of the absence of the two county Members . I stated in my
letter to the people that such was my reason for hastening my projected visit to Ireland ; Now ,-observe ' . Wednesday is the last day on which a communication from London can reach the Northern Star , so as to be inserted in the whole of the impression for that week . I had sent my previous notice of my projected tour in Lancashire , and I did not see the Times until I reached town at six o'clock in the evening . At half past six I wrote and sent off my second letter .
You say that I went because the " elections " of Ireland had died a natural death —( I wrote that the " electors" had died a natural death > -ahd you wonld thence infer that I went to _ prop the Whigs by supporting the present men . You know , as well as I do , that , as far as feeling i 3 concerned , Corkcounty has a Universal Suffrage constituency ; that in that county no candidate can ; go too far on the extension of the Suffrage .
You say that I was returned at the former election upon Whig pledges . . When you wrote that , you knew that you were writing a bare-faced falsehood . You knew that I pledged myself to Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Repeal of the Union , Total Extinction of Tithes , and the Appointment of Magistrates by the People . If these be Whig principles , then I grant that I was returned upon Whig pledges—and that I still am a true Whig . - So much for date 3 and facts . Now for a few
observations upon your nonsense . You say you are among those "who never trusted Mr . O'Connor . You hare trusted me , as I shall presently remind you . But you are nevertheless right in not trusting me ; for in a bad cause lam not trustworthy . After giving my letter , you say that the men of Stalybridge , Middleton , and Dukinfield , will be astonished at my sudden retreat just about Michaelm&s , when they were expecting the fulfilment ; of my promise that Universal Suffrage should at that tim ' 9 form the basis of the Constitution . I thank
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you Tery sincerely for the Bheer : it ^ comea well , and with a , remarkablegrac » , frontsucha ; quarter . Siri if < jvery man returned to the Convention had done his duty ^ there as I did , U ^ TersalvSuffrago would now hate been thei basis of'the Constitution . Why is it not 6 p I Becausts my confidence in traitors was misplaced—because the people have been abused intoithe confiding of . ' tlieir interests to the care of those who looked after nobody ' s interest -with « . varnai-lrakl a <*«¦«»« . ft . » -ii _ . i .. _^__ i ^_ c > : '^ .
but their' own , and whose short-sightedness pre-Tented their heirig able . even to do that effectually . This is , indeed , a pretty story Some sixty men are pledged to the accomplishment of an object—in justice 1 believe their protestations of sincerity , and in the simplicity of my confir deuce I pledge myself for self and fellows—the most iDfluential ainongstthesei . speedily proved themselves devoid iof principleyor courage ^ ror both 44 hey desert their posts— -the body becomes weakened- ^ the people are disheartehed--their Btfetigth is paralysed
—the enemy is strengthened- ^ -the combined exhibition of treachery and cowardice is followed by a partial defeat-fand then , forsoothj . tho blame is to be affixed on me ; and my silly confidence in you and others is tp be made a matter of accusation against me ? 'Some may think that there is it least some shoAvof reason why it should be so ; that I ought not to have permitted my confidence to havebeen so easily obtained . . 1 * think otherwise ; I amnot in thehabit of comdeaining men bofore trial ; I supposed that all . these would remaiu as true to the people as myself ; aud ,. I repeat , that had it been so , Universal Suffrage would have been the baisis of the Constitution . It
was not so . The timid and the treacherous made themseirea scarce . Wood , of Boltonj who ; was elected upon the very night that I made that deolar ratiou , deserted ,, after having made a violent republican speech in returning thanks for his healthy in which he pledged himself up to the throat to remain true to the people . You deserted ^ if you be the man that I suspect you to be ^ after having pledged yourself at Liverpool an / I Preston to stand fast by the cause ; " and it is perfectly consistent with all I have known of you , or have any right to expect froinyou , " that you should , after abusing : my confidence * bo the first to turn round and taunt mo with it .
But , Sir , if every man is accountable for his pledges without reference oven to the coiiditidiiSi ^ iV which they are given , allow me to ask , iu passing , whether you have ho little account of unperformed pledges to settlo with tho public ? Have you yet strung up Earl Fitzwilliam upon the scaffold of repentance ? Go aud perform your own promised work , and then como and ask what I have left undode which rested with myself . You will permit iho tho liberty of judging of your principles as expressed by yourself . You
say"The aristocratic influence of Cork is arrayed , not against the people , but against tlaese men ^—[ the members for the County ]—and has courage to array itself against them , because they have disappointed the people . The fact is , that the electors of Cork / or those qualified to bo . electors , are tired of making . enormous sacrifices merely to send sham patriotB to Parliament ; merely to 4 V keep in the Whigs ,- '' they are . begmnir . g tb fiiUow the example set by English electors at Mahcheiter and Cambridge , and likely to be followed in Southwark and elseWhorej and -Mr . O'Connor goe » to join the " friends of reform ? ' that is , the mere ilijiisterialista , is suppressing all qaestiona but the ' registration , and in in returning WbJirs to Parliament "'
Read that paragraph again ; and , if you can blush , do blush . What ! the aristocratic influeuco '[ disappoiuted at ; the little that has been done for the people ? Need I do more than hold up this mirror to you ? ' Read it from top to bottom ; and you will find it prove you to be an Irish Tory—a deadly enemy to Radicalism and the people;—one who is fully justified in not trusting Mr . Feargus O'Connor .
" They are beginning to fallow the example set by Enylhh electors at ManclheUer and Cambridge , and likely to be followed at Southumrk , and elsewhere . '" Now , pray , Sir . Cunningman , why did you not tell your readers . what ; that example was ! But as you have omitted that important part of your duty as a public instructor , I sliall supply the deficiency ; ' At Cambridge they returned a rank Tory—Mr < ; MxNNEi 5 s Suxtos , son of Lord Canterbury , the Tory Speaker
of tho House of CJommons » atyManchester they ( the electors mind !) returced fyfr > Gheo , a rank Wliig ; and what will thp readers of the Champion believe they are now preparing to do in Southwark ! Why , no less an agt of patriotism , than-. that of turning out Daniel Whittle Harvet to make room for Mr . Walter , the proprietor of the London Tiiitts ! Sir , I am truly thankful to you for affording to the public this instructive medium through which to form their opinion of your principles and Qf my calumniator .
Sir ,: you have neglected to state tchy you never trusted Mr . O'Connor . I think I have shown sufficient reasons why it would bo bad judgment in a man of your character to trust me : but if I am right in my guessas to your identity , and in truth . Sir , when you deal in personalities , you sjhtould put your name at the bottom of what you write as I do ;; if , howeveri I am right in my guess , you did trust me . Let me remind you how and when . About thelSth of June , 1835 , an election was to take place at Oldliamj in consequence of the death of the late Mr . Cobbettw You were on your way to London to
fetch Mr . John eoBBErr— -I was" on my way to Old ham . We met oh the road , in consequence of an accident occasioned by the coaches coming into collision . You discovered that I Waslof the party en route to- ' . Manchester . You introduced yourself to me , and told me that a violent prejudice existed against me at Oldham , iu cbusequeuce of a speech which I wasreportod ^^ to have made . " ait Cork , reflecting severely upon Mr . Cobbett ' s letter to the Secretary in the Rathcorinac business , which Mr , Cob-BETT had declared . Was not murderif You told ine < Aa < " SOME GqOD-NATVRKD , iiEPDLlNG FRIEND" And sent a paper containing my speech to Mr . Gobbett ,
but that you could not say yoho it was . In a . few days after Mr . John CoBnETt arrived at ¦ ¦ •' ¦ Old--ham , and , in his first address , he lot the . cat out of the bag , for he told the people that you few ! cut the speech out of a Dublin paper , and enclosed it to him . Doubtless , Sir , if your memory be as good as your prophetic skill , you will remember tho burst of indignation with whienmy statement of these circumstances i was received by the vast multitude assembled at the election ; and I fancy that when your readers have become acquainted with this little anecdote , they will not Wonder at your disinclination to trust me . .
You seek to establish the fact of my being a Whig , becauseO'CoNNELX is a Whig ; aid how do youproye it ? Whyicuripuslyenough . O'Connell says'Register !' aud ho is a Whig ; O'Cp >^ ' j ^; ^ yB ^ It 0 ' : ih ' e ¦' . ! pi ) $ ' tors of the County C ^ rk'VRogisterr ^ he must be a Whig 1 O'CohnkLl abuses the Whigs and so does O'Connor , and , therefore , O'Connor must be a -Whig !! Wbyj not give a good and substantial reason at once 1 Why not say , " O'Connell eats his dinner , and so does 0 'ConnoBj and > therefore , O'Connor must bea Whig V "
Now , gir , though I would not have condescended to inform you , yet through you I do inform the people , that I never heard of the Macroom dinner until I reached Ireland ; that . I have neither seen , nor held any communication with Mr . O'Connell ; and that I absented myself from thodinner given to the libman Catholic prelates for two reasons t—Firstly , becauae , - "Whig as I ami I would not drink the health of her JMajesty ' a Whig
Ministers ; and secondly , because I would not meet Mr . O'Connell in any place where the introduction of politics ^ wouldhave been considered an ^ intrusion ; A "Grand Junction" against one is rather ugly odds . I know not j however , that you could hire selected a more appropriate designation , seeing that the London Jttercuiy , the Guide , the Neitsmarfa WeeMy () hrpnick , ^ HerMy * ti ^ A % hQ Lon ^ rated in your paper whieh , while it affe « ts to be the
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Champion of popular rights , seems to be the almost universal tombi ' -of ^^ popular journals . Sir , ha , ving disposed of the folly and absurdity contained in your mafe ' s nest of the 20 th , ' let me now turn for a minute to . your combination of villany and ribaldry of the 27 th , and especially to your enumeration of what you are pleased to parade as confirmatory proofs of my treachery . See how I have you on the hip ! 1 confine y ' o ^' . ' to your own indictment , aud compel your own terflict of acquittal upon all my former acts * < Ctutmpion of popular rights , seemsto be thealmost .. _ :.. «_»„» n ^ J ^ i . : «* ^^ .. i » - f « . ; ^ i . -
" The Champipn has not said that it had any secret intelligence of any former treachery ouxae ^ pait of Mr . O'Connor . It said— " That treachery would be , f consistent' with all that it had Jenvwn of H \ m ; ' ihat isythat . it would be consistent with the general tenour of his public conduci . " Now then for the proofs of treachery upon : which a public man is to be convicted . . ; No . 1 . —Mr . O'Connor / in the ast number of the Star , said he was a iain of' " sterling principled '¦ . '¦ ' . '¦ ' " . '¦ . ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦• . . .. ¦/ - ¦ .-. . ¦; . ; -, ' No . 2 . —Mr . O'Cqnnor , in tho same number , said " Hurrah for out side ! T ! te Radicals against the world in arms l
No . 3 . — ivlr . O'Connor stated that he was an " w » - paid pctriot . " N ' j . 4 . — " While he is making money as a patriot he is boasting of his making sacrifices to his patriotism . ' ' I never did . I alwayssaid I owed the people more than they owed me * and that I had madiB no sacrifice j that no man who did one bit of good , at any expence , ever made a sacrifice .
No . 5 , It is quite consistent with treachery that the Editor of the Star should not be acquainted with the profit or loss of the Star . " I Suspect that Mr . Fielden best understands the profit and loss of the Champion . No . 6 , . «¦« That Mr . O'Connor should make £ IQO a-week of the Star and not account for it . '' No . 7 . — " We think it quite consistent with treachery that Mr . O'Connor should have told the people that he would lead them to death or glorythat he should have told them to arm themselves . "
I always regretted that the people were not armed . I always told them that " moral power " was the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind which , taugl \ t him how to reason—rhow to endureand when forbearance became a crime ; and that when it failed , that , if reqniied ( which God forbid i ) physical force would come like an electric shock to its aid ; but that the man who marshalled it , destroyed it ;—the man who recommended it was a traitor ^ , and would be the first to desert . 1 told them that if every
man would work as I have worked , we should never hear of physieal force , and that the only thing which could provoke it would bo the cowardice of the moral philosophers , Who withheld the full exercise of their moral powers . I never did recommend the people to arm ; but had I felt sure that the " recommendation would have been acted upon , it should have been given , and repeated again and again . I said that the Constitution admitted the right to have arms , aud that right would follow their possession .
No , 8 i- ? -I give at full length : — % We think it quite consistent with treachery that Mr . O'Connor should have built the Northern Star , on the previous exertions and reputation of Mr . Stephens , and Oastleri andon the attention paid io their speeches and writ * ings , and then should have had the immeasurable impudence , to speak of these gentlemen as his bull doa and terrier , as he once described them , in that
samepaper . " Why , you snarling , sniffling , dirty cur ! Did any paper take notice of Oastler's and Stephens ' s speeches or exertions but the Star ? Did the Champion ? Did any man stick to them as ¦ I have done ! I called them tKe Bull-dog and Terrier of Yorkshire and Lancashire at the Palace Yard meeting , of which they both felt the compliment ; and I was the only who would venture to speak of them as they deserved . Why , you mean-spirited dogi You want another spark in the pan , do you ? You are not satisfied with having deserted your party , bu you would now cause as much confusion as possible to covfer your own retreat and treachery .
Are you ashamed of the eight counts iu your treacherous indictment 1—or dp you think that you have cheaply purchased so extensive an advertisement for your "Grand Junction ?" You have a parcel of large letters , by way of making the sentence of importance , respecting the use of the votes of the Cork electors ; You say that I had no advice to give as to the use . You '' just judge !"—you lover of liberty ! Why , I hover asked one of them tovoto or me ; " So you are angry that I did not say , " You shalt TOte thuB or thus . "
You are pleased to cast a portion of your harmless venom at the Editor of the Northern Star , at which that gentleman can well afford to smile , lean assure you thatheis well able to teach you . He is a scholar , a gentleman , and a patriot . You mix up my name with all that is said of Mr . Fielded Have you ever heard that I wroteor spoke one disrespectful sentence of that gentleman i I balieve him to be honourablej ; amiable , virtuous , talentedj humane , and patriotic ; but I also belicVe that he hias got into bad hands .
You havo had the assistance of Counsel in framing your indictment ; you have mustered all the spleen of which you are possessed to make your guesses ; you have signally failed in all : and , as you have reminded me of Cicero and of the olden times of Eome , jet me remind you that in those days there were public censors and tribunes of the people , whose duties were to supply the want of a press ; and to watch the acts of public men and give evidence , upon which the whole people should judge * Those were among the best of Roniatt institutions . Their decay was
¦ speedily followed by the decline and fall of the Roman Empire . I have endeavoured to revive this virtuous tribunal . I deal with you as I have dealt with all my tr aducers . I challenge you to bring any charge you : may have against me whenever you may think proper . You shall not Bay that the process would . he expensive , as I will be " treacherous" enough to pay all your exponces , aud what you charge for loss of time into the bargain . If you refuse this you may write away till you are black in th ? face , but you shall have no more newspaper notice from me .
We will have another Conventio n in spite of you , We will name the day , hut traitorg iBhall not mar ft * , ;' ' We will stand together when your pitiful faction is given to the winds . A clique of you consigned the Vimmortal Hunt to a pfemature gravebut dear-bought experience has taught" a confiding ' people how to judge between a man strnggUng for universal liberty ; and a iaction contending fof class pre-eminence . Your whole party is rotten to the core . You are making a clumsy push to f » liy a < 1 ? ^^ ^^ lost their general S ^^ S ^^ W * m » to carry h 8 l BkirJ i 8 hStick to the 8
S « " ^^ ° . fiddle feddleof ^ lit , ^ ulogi ^ whomsoever yeu please but pray do not inflict your praise oa ^ me . I S ^ mmmmm ^^^^ Sm mmmm I hare the honour to be . An unpaid [ patriot , FERGUS 0 * C 0 NN 6 R .
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muchapprehensipn seemt < i eaistm theniinds eif both Agents and Subscribers , relative to tM Portraits of Mr . Stephens and Mr . Frost , and as the fact of our hot being able to pt'esent tht readers of the Star ttith the Portrait of Mr .-Stephens at the time named ] its probable when it would be given , has been ; laid hold of ' by tht enemies of :. th $ Star , and charges of , a grost nature been founded upon it , calculated ; if suffered to gouhconiradicted \ f 6 dousdamage 7 mik . the unreflecting , I deemit riecessary , both-for the justification of ourselves , aiiAVthe ¦ satisfa *^ tion of all parties , to state , inv detail ; the wkbUr circumstances of the casei . ^
On Satitrday , January Wlh i a notice appeared to the folloteing effect : — " That , as soon as arrangements xould be made ' ¦ ¦ - for perfecting ' the . worJff every regular subscriber to the > Star ¦ would it presented with a fuil-lenth Portrait of Mn Stephensyholding > a Factory Child in each hand . ' * The notice also said ; " We-uotB-to- have it ready about the time of his trial ; '; which time wat then expected to be the latter end of March or the beginning of April . A small Portrait of Mr . Stephens had been taken 6 y Mr . Garstde , of Ashton , some , montlis before this , from uhich the small Plate presented H our subscribers in the months of March and April , 1838 , was engraved . This was again placed fiit the . hands of the engraver , with instructions to engrave a larger Pldtej embellished according to the notice quoted above . He had
also orders to proceed with all speed , as the time Jtor itscompletion wasvery short , if the "hope " expressed '•'• in the announcement was to be fut-. filled . : ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - , - ' ¦"¦ "¦ ¦ ¦• . . -... " - ¦" : ¦ : Y-.:- : ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' " ¦ - ¦ -, . - . - - ; . About . th ( f middle > oj' February , Llmd to be in ManchestCrr . oft business ; and , while there , I saw Mr . Oustler , Mr . Heywood , Mr . < Mchardsorii Mr MDouallk : and others , who informed me . thai Mr . Stephens was completely dissatisfied with the announcement that had betn made : ; that hi teas [ oj ' opinion , if alikeness teas to be given ,, a new Tainting would be necessary , as the on * formerly tqken teas not adapted for . a work of such magnitudeas had been promised ; and thai both he , and Mr . Garside , the artist , was dissatisfied y > Uh the engraver selected to execute the work . I also found this feeling gaining ground amongst other friends . ¦¦¦ ¦ - ; -
On my return to Leeds , I mentioned whatj had « # - come acquainted fcithl . tc > Mr . O'Connor . Or tmmedtately said , — » Go back to Ashton ; 999 Mr Stephens and Mr . Garside . Consult with them as to their toisTies , If anew Painting w necessary , let it be done ; and if Mr . Stephens or Mn Garside do hoi " like the introduction of the embellishments named , let them decide between themselves what shall : be the embellish ' menls , or ^ whether ' there are any at all or noi * Indeed , leave it entirely with them , and let them name any engraver they may think best calculated to execute the Plate from the Painting ' and to him the work shall be confided . " X 0 ¦ ; ; Accordingly I waited upon ' - -Mr . Stephens . I went with him to Mr . Garside , the artist . There we met the" Old King "' MrWastkr . Mr . Garsid $ had then w hand a most striking likeness of Mri Stephens . The morning we were there was appointed for ' the third orfourth sitting ; I forget « He had also ; just rubbed-in , the face of the ¦ king' —the mest striking thing 1 ever saw . There was nothing upon the canvass but the headr-but that head uasO ostler ' s . Tht effect was astonishing .. ' : : : Havingtold Air . GarsidewhaticasMr . O'ConnoYsde ^ : ; terwnation . in the mdlter ^ tp leave it entirely in the hands of Mr . Stephens and himself how and by whom the Plate should be executed ; ice had along < % ™ Z ? e ! " ?** J ° ihermtelii ^^ jte idtu £
should have . Mr , pastier teas wishful to have a factory xMfd introdiiced-a portrait of a pale emaciated , dt ^ easei , crippled , factory child ; and , he remarked , you will not have to go far to mocure a sitter ; fdrthedeviVs temples are rift enough here ! Mr . Garside was opposed tothU for several reasons ; he wished the likeness tob » as . striking . as possible . Embellishment always detracted from the likeness . TimeHcds direat object . The Painting was ¦ wanted out of hand as soonjts . possible . It would take him at least six weeks from that day to finish the Portrait of Mr .. Stephens to say nothinii of ' the ( Portraitof ^^ . p mt was introduced , it would defer the Pamftnajnuch longer ) and his wish was H ^ ma ^ hhsrtime and labour in workina-v
f / i % ? ?««* > ¦*« wishedto given portrak o £ Mr . Stephens , and nothing manfm ' less . Mr Stephens wouldleavehimselfentirely in the hands OJ Mr , Gamde ; his only wish was , that : what was done should bewell ' done , and thai ' theHks-- -. ness should be as perfect as posnble . ¦ "'* **? , «*«««• " «! from Mr . Garsidejhat the work ^^ beprq ^ jeededwith , wUhamh ^ speedpQ 9 sufte , and anririderstanding that when completed he was to apprise us thereof , and name tht engraver to whom he would entrust the execution of the Plate , I left him and Mr . Stephens both satisfiedwith the arrangement . : ¦ W \ s arrangement was made on Monday , March 4 / 1 . . The Plate , which : was then in hand , althounh
^ < irlycmplitiid , ( foritwa 8 not anything Me the ' -size , orgot up in anything like ike style » f the [ one ' tee . have eventually been enabled . # » produce , ) was ; cancelled .. And [ .. in \ some degrat to compemdte for the delay that thus unavoidably took place , a drawing of the Convention was / put in ttand , and a plate from it proceeded with as expe 0 iously as possible . A likeness qf Mr . Frost was also taken by another artist , and placed in the hands of ah engraver ; our wish being , that thef delay should bt amply cqmpmr ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ saiedfor . ' - : ¦ -. ¦ > '• . - ,.- '¦ :, ' . :. ¦ . - : - - ¦ ,- ' . - . ' : - ¦ " ¦ , " ' . ;¦" . - \
On the llth ? f April we received intimation thdltiu Painting wasiinished . ¦ '¦ • . J / r . Stephens ( who had been detained in Ashton for many weeks , Py the numerous sittings required to perfect Jht work , ) named Lupton or Cousins as the engraver he wished the platet to be entrusted ( to . It was also Mr . Garside ' s wish that the mar graving ; shqvld be a Mexsotinto : ¦ V One of tfte engravers named was applied to . ftw him it was teamed that aMezxolinto Plale . tcouM nbtprint more than , 500 copies before it beeamt totally unfit for use ; that 'it xeouU lake fiftr mntm to engran ** $ h plate , to makHW
To The "Man Of Judgement" Who Writes In The Champion.
TO THE " MAN OF JUDGEMENT" WHO WRITES IN THE CHAMPION .
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TOi READERS AND ^ B ^ SPONDENTa Mb . O'CONNOR Wiu attend the teasporty at Manchester on Tuesday next , and will address the ¦ ¦ nusnpj ' ' Old-¦ . humthefollomnghighU . i : ^ ^ ' ¦ , '• / ; . ¦' . '¦ ¦ ¦ ' . "' ; . ~'~ - ViB . O'CoNNpR'i / nVf Tour and Present Stale ofir&ani next week . . ; ,. ' ¦¦ - .... . ' / . ' "' . '¦ ¦ .:. ¦ . ¦ - ¦' . : . --.: "• DAvip Greenwood , of Burp , has sent us . alonglibel ^ lous letter which we shaU not publish . Whenanum undertakes id . accuse others of so grave a . crime as ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ forjgeryyfie ¦; should offer ' some proofsatong ' with . ftis acewjiori . This David Greenwood forgets to do Hi j whole letter , except very few Him , is a tirade of ^ buM of two or threeindividik ^ offering the slightest . evidence oj ' . any portion of hie scurriiitt . 'The imiiesare all strangers to us , arid TO REA ^^ i A ^ > CG ^ i ¦ ' ; ¦ ' ' . ' .-. ' " ' . " . ' ¦ '; . ¦ ' ¦ :. ¦¦ . ' . '
may be ; for ough I - _ : know , all that David Greenwood d ^ scribM -Oiem to . be ; but " David Greenwood viu $ tremeinijertkathe is asgreatastranger'to > w ait they are , and we Ivuve no means of 'knowing that ha has not beetiJdraiBing ' hisotqn character—by mistake . At all events , if hti supposes Mat ^« Northern Star wilt afford him a vehicle through which to vilify hj » neigltbourSi lie is mistaken . He fia $ isl . ffrted . His liliar "On behalf of llic Committee of the Bury Radical Association . " Wedon't believe that the Bury Radical Association had anything to do with itS Wedonoi think the small portion of . his letter which is occupied
wiiK Idiidtitions of' Dr . Flelclier calculated ^ to do Hie Doctor much service , ' . ¦¦ ¦' .- . ; ;; .. ¦ -. '¦' . ; ' ,- ; ' On e of our Readers . —His letter has been received . An Ultra . Radical ricat week . ¦ : ... ' ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦" : ' ; " .. ' .. CoficiLK . ? . —The paragraph froin ' Huddersjieid about the Concert is . an adceriisenienL ' . ' .: / . '• ' ; : W- Gri FFiN .- ^ TAc correspondence came too late to appear this week ; - ' -itshallappear . next . ']¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ -. "' - ¦' . ' : ¦¦ . The JIiseries or Human , IiitE will not sirit its ; w ' ; - haye enough of them . , . '¦ ¦¦¦ ' ; '¦ ¦ •• '¦ ¦ - ' : ' . ¦'¦ ; . ; , J . AiiBtER . — -Hit letter was received too kite to appear this week . . . " ' . ,. Carlisle Oddfellows . —The statement next week
. -- , - ¦ TOAGSxWS . . ' - ¦ ¦ : .. ¦ . . ;¦ - THE PORTRAITS . —Stephens ' s Plates have Ms tcfiek teen setit to the following places :- —Edinburgh , Glasgow , Hull , Nomich , Loughb 9 rough , Nottingham , Leicester ^ . . andTodmordeH—Fiost to Edinburgh and Burriley . It is smrixlynccessar ^ ffor-jus to remind thti Ageida , ..- that the price oj [ the Paper ' , ' vn'th the Portraits , i 6 Sixpence ta each Subscriber . ¦ ' . ' Frost ' s PortKajts Aat ^ also been sent , by'way of London , to Built , Bristol , Brighton , andTrotobridffH the London ones are also endosed . in the . saine parcel . They UHll reuchihtime to be : given withnuiuxefoi ¦ ¦
paper .: ¦;¦ .. ;¦; .: •¦' -, ¦ . - ... . - .:. ¦ . ¦; ' . - -. ~ v ; ., \ ... ' The foli-pwing orders came too late , to he atleniedii last week ; llr .. Siodder , Mr . Purton , Mr , Bushby , Sir-Elms , Mi : Bromley , G . Payne , Frazeri THE following were all a day two late ; Hob ' son , Ashton , ; Nichols * Wakej ^ eldi Blackshaw , ; . ' Phughe , Bateman , Arthur , Fbden . Chudunck , Harding , Ketiering ; Wilkinson ; Bradford : ; Ibbelson , Halifax ; arid ilr . Heywood ' s second arder . Wt hwe often dated that unless the : orders icere at tk ? Office on Thursday . / Acy could notI 6 < i attended to . .- '¦ J . P-a . uoHEi LiXEiiPOiOL , forgot to pay the postage ofhts letter he sent to Mr . Jleyzcopd for [ his Plates . It is rather too inucli to trouble Hey wood with an indlpsupe for him , arid also muke him . pay thepostcrge . Jf « , . never promised himi 120 . . " :. J . Cameron . —We have sent by waggon Plates for Paggiter ' s s& 8 Cribers , whi&h ^ vegonetohiinand Duncan . . '¦ ' : ' - ' ¦ ' .- '
Mr . Stephens's Letter to the Radicals of " Leigh is in tppe ,- but obliged to stand over till next week . Hugo . —Too late . J , DUNCAN .--roo late . ¦ : '' - '' .: ' . ' . ¦' ¦ :. . the London Trades Reports were received too late / br insertion . . ' .. '¦ " ¦ ' - ' - - - .. " ¦ . ¦¦ '
The Portkaits.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1081/page/4/
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