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DUNCAN AND LOWBys TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND , , „ DUNCAN AND LOWB ^ S TOUR THROUGH
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TiFssmaE . In ana connty , oppression / has net as-yet driven the people mad ; but its tendency is directed to this end . A ^ reat part of the people axe employed" in the manufacturing of table linen ; depending fox consumption upon the home and American markets . From this bottomless pi $ of baui . credit iiie returns nave not "been good ; and every person bums the consequences to ¦ working men—idleness . And what next " ? : They must either die of hunger , or take necessaries of life -where fiisgr can find them . If they submit to the first condifcm they rash into the presence of their God -with self murder upon their head : IT to the latter , the laws of Scotland -will murder ( hem with a rope about their neck . This is the system -which the so-called ministers of religion in Scotland pray God to bless and continue to support . - r ¦
. I « rd -Elgin , lite every other lord , holds his lands -of the Sing , and he received them-upon the condition that he wouia use Item for the public good , that is , for the advantage and benefit of the people ¦ working upon them . This is the condition upon -which every estate in the kingdom is neld . Let us see how Lord Elgin discharges his duty to his So-rereign . He has lauds in tibia cbtmty upon -which about three hundred men find employment in -working coal and lime , aid , -upon Wednesday last , he gave notice that Caere wasno more work for the men . For this no reason -was given—it wss ihe lord ' s -will , and that is deemed sufficient for the people . The honaea the men live in are only theirs to occffpy so lon ^ as they work for the Lord . What are ttiepeoplBtodo ? Die ! Tea to be sure ; the priests and the plunderers say that God has made too many people , audit is their duty to make laws to destroy them ; so that Peace , Law , and Order may be established in Kfe . . ; .
DCSFEBKI . ISE . The Chartists of this town naving announced that Mr . Abram Duncan -would address the people upon the evening of Wednesday , the 20 th instant , it waaihe means of causing * ome _ Jittte stir among the Dunfenn-HnVJolk j bat they-van dotard to U ' ^ & ppointed . Owing to the stormy state of- the wijlbeTr Mt lWhc&n did » ot irrire wttillate upon TJMrsCUy evening . This nre great pleasure toa little gleet vaab . in DuufermUne , lor the last time Feargus O'Connor was in Scotland it ¦ wa * expected he-would Tisitthi * place ; but as he could not niid time todoeo , thelittiegreatnwQ- ^ ntaboot telHng ^ everr person be met that Feargua avoided Ihmfermline , being nnahle to anrwer the questions which ne ( the little great man ) would put to him - so thepeopteofDuniermline had no chance of either teeing . or hearing Mr . O'Connor , until God was pleased to tike this effigy of presumption to " another and a l > etter wwM > -
This little great mas onoa tried his hand at making a Men&eref Parliament ; and he is in the dumps at present , that his old friends , the Chartists , will not take a Whig Advocate " for a Member of Parliament Chartism he ah » tried , and played his part in the Conventfa »; bat « otT > eing pleased wittx toe proceedings of this body , he waMrswiMsi U , and holds himself in readiness to run every man in the place down -who says a word in defence of the Convention or the Charter . The ERJe great man would , if lie could , take a lead in the anti-Corn Law agitation ; but being a •» Jim Ciow " in politics ,- the people kaye do rfaitli in his honesty . Having & face for any dirty job * and heing full of spleen , his chief business now is to stop every movement he does not approve of . " ¦
This may in part account for the want of activity among the Chartists in and around Dunfennline ; and - whether things -will mead or not is at present matter of uncertainty . One means to give ub life -would be the employment of a lecturer to point out to the people their duty at the present time . The elements of agitation are upon the Increase every day ; and to give it a ¦ Wise direction , for file public good , is the . duty of every association in the country : The"Northern counties are all « p and at then * posts . Fife win not remain another day asleep ; and the working men are now looking fo- ^ Wild to increased sufferings as their lot until the Ch ^ l ter become the law of the-land . j
A « a public meeting here had already con <' ^ } thejesolntlonB of the Ccmrention upon the - ' vritt'Com Law agitation , and the ulterior measures '^ f ^ qoq . TenSon , Mr . Duncan thought proper to jv abU » h a bill " oiling » meeting npon Monday eveninr jHsxt , fOT ^ defence of those measures , and has O ^^ £ a ££ i ^ to aee ^ nr tfce ^ ublie ieel . ^ Slbiect rf Chartism . -Wiaterer be the lean * ^ Bocountofthe meettngwaibe aentto the Star . ^ " ?' a 5 « - ™
; tortbc ^ . My .. Duncan could not r jaaaia ldle > j ^ ] mse . d ^^^ out to ^ Torybr ^ vigK n ^ m & { ew jrptoted Sadi £ = 0 «; bat U ^ pi » oe has always been oversea by agitators . By the time Mr . Duncan ggP ** Sjat place , & good meeting had already ¦ B *™ " ^ * addressed them for upwards «» hoar upon tVtxt xBases -which have led to the Jtes ^ appj ^< r Aor ^ people . He shewed that from ^^ F ^^^ »» - - ^ r iri » g filial jaust iak stiu lower in the ^ iCai 8 « t »© d ^ Jccmfart—thaVtne working San * wr ^ e ^ q ^ eoaatry must decrease from ia piimit r ^ aiocBt ¦ that we never can have any contoo ^ over / the priadaJes whieh regulate oar wages , « Bhl we joxq politick power—that the history of the P *' / 'beth 6 history of the future , except the Chapto » ee . hum the 2 swaf the land—that it was the duty ° * ars lover efto country to . join us , » nd give tra
SD P 7 / 6 rt to the present movement ; and that for * ny msvi to abandeK Us pest at the present time , would be to prove that te was totally unqualified for those ser" »^ ce » which his God and his country had called upon Jam to ^ iwhifge . Our enemies were in arms ¦« gfti n' ? t ta ; bntheo * ed upon the people to be calm and steady , anct to allew no disorder to take place among them , bat to take that course whieh would place tbeir oppaoents vbl * . wrong position . Let the ipeopie place Ifcwnwiii i' in a legal sad constitutional poaitjon , and tita ^ - wotft be more than a match for all tkese who " »« re oppesed to the just claim of the Chartiste . le * tkea rrarninfi the Whig and Tory press . Nothing ¦ was to 6 » -found there but bad names for the Charfct * , aad no arguments . Let them keep this in mind ; « nd the -word sow should % » , " Ther Charter , and aaothiB ^ ieBs ! " Mr . XftmcaneoRcludedaxBidst loud and l «^< wtfmio ^ eJK&ing
CJlSSZ BIO . She same evening , st « b «« t half-past « ae o'clock , Ur . JD « ncan addressed a steetug in theSeeeasion ^ Chnrch ¦ of thss place upon tbe priaeipleo contained in ths People ' s Charter , sbowiag < iat no impravemest could take place in this co «« try « ntil it became the law of the Sand . He asked bonr it was that-every man who lad struggled these iaet fetty years fwrihe principle * « oofcained in the C ** tter m honoured-after Mb death , and through hia w bale-life iiad nothing but abuse tc « 0 Btend wi& ? Ibe Trniira simply was . that the peefie left their best friends *• be tornio pieces by their ^ MBniea . These tiungg lad been improved of laic ^ 4 hB-people now « i » ci -fast 4 e > their friends , andlaugbed ^ fc the nrwyHwc tt their eaemiea . ilr . Duncan •»»« 2 ondlv cheered fteriTig "h >* address , and . a voto of *> ^ ry ^ y ¦ being moved t » him far Ms PTcenpnt . address , Jthe zneeting xepaxsted with xasaty inqulri « s when they coulfi 5 » favoured with th « lie again .
ranufcrrr This is & aneny disfaoct , ftill cS »«^< i—t ^ of cEbs zignt sort ; thejhave alwq ^ B supported the movemast and the Convention , and are only anxious to hav&aa oppertanityta show th « ir zeal in the-good cause . £ They believe in the Charter ; a * the rock *© f their Badiael nlvatien ; for ever since ithe passing « f the Befosm KB their wage * have fallen . They iave a seeeanan bnfltbr themaelves , butJwo or three -fitopkeepers . and farmers have got into the manageraext of the chttrfii A majority < cf the managers gnasted&s use to Me . Duncan , but one of the -mtnager * ( aifarmer ) refu «» a . A few home before the -tiEie of meetrEg , TMr . Drmazi told the people not to vex rthsmserjesabaat the mattat . He lmgw - ^ B ^ ai pzsesta aj ^ vSxBScb sn&oafers -w « ze ^
-and be could address them upon the read side , as J * 2 had ^ donehnndreds of timeeE ) efore . Theoneonwasinp Codand natere was nponttheif side ; * nd he conM -aaythatit-wai but seldom tfeat either pBests or church ananagers wese upon the aedoe side toa He may alss * ta £ ethat the minister of -this church , imhea -Waited srpaa for thejKirpose of barisg bis name pet to a pat--tion to Bavathe three men a ^ jostly condtiaed to death in -Bh-minghaK , replied tfcai he would n « t -do it , . as they and aU ^ rftfie same poadples should be hanged . If Ibis is the spirit of the recession , she arlil soon fce among , the thirds that « rere . A ball cooqi waa Wto found , « tere a crowde * meeting was faejd . Mr . TV" *** " flflflrfiMrfl ITirm fin npiriinin of fTifcnnr njon tteir duties a « Carritttanw aai Chartists , sh * wiag ± « GBaexkmbet « BeBthetwa
-- DtTKDEK . Tit « deinfriB *» wnisin a dejAorabte conditfea , aad liM ^ een aoaloi ) C time . A large cumber of the public waHu job closed , » nd multitude * of the workiaz men ttB . oatd emplojBent . There have been a number af ihT ? WPri * jmw pg ^ i ** fr * ^ agint * | j " Rn < ^ Merchants , and ua-¦¦ i ^' irv * . and saany more are expected . That waofc of coofldaiee which it "was foretold wonld taks place wnenthe diMrdBixf a bad monetary system came to » ttttai , iow east hesc . A doubt of aecurity genezaUy jxenBa , for we heatd « ome of the trading community ¦ aJ . thai the itaghatio » of trade ia-not because there is no * ' market , bmt thai wben a man offers his i > iH , yon canjiot tsU'wiether it will to paid or not , and hesitate to flDgageXin Qie teansactio * . A while ago change for wcer iV bo difficnlt to get that the poor "working men ttin
cad to * r / end im ' ^ VE m' * t a one pound note before fiiey . could f efc it changed to divide , as it would sometimes compj-ise two at more jnen'a wages , and they might have dr . " « k ac many botaes of ale , or gills of ¦ whisky , as they' T ^ M , by going feum tavern to tavern and calling for thi ^ . sad offering a O » te in change : for the landlords rather' choose to lose the ftnff than receive the jjromue to pay as moaey . It ia ^ SBerally agreed that things are as bad , if not worse , hew ^ mn in the Panic of 1826 , and all are" looldDg forward with alarm to flie approaching winttT " *¦ ° De of great" distress . Many of the working men ha Te bem out of work fora long time , and it is lamentable t ° hear their accounts at seeking employment , and the pj'ivations £ h £ j are enflprtng . A friend of ours -was standing in the rtreet the otto day , wtea two men begged Jam to ask
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a Bhopkeeper if he would $ ive them a few potatoefl ! for ttey were nearly dropping down for want of fo ^ Another of our friends , a working man , was s ^ rf im , jq his iIC ^ = « t eTening , when one of the rofferlni ? Tmemployed came in , and beggedfar a meal or anything , for himself and his family had gone without food until they could do so no longer . The poor are ever kind to the poor , and the scanty fare was shared with the starving man . There isa false pride about our labouring population , that causes them to think shame of their poverty and dssUtutibn , and conceal it as long as they can . This is wrong ; hon est poverty ia no crime ; it is an evil "which the individual labouring under it has had inflicted on him by society—an evil that society ought to be confronted with , and be called on to remove . The blush of shame ought to-be on the cheek of the jtich that rule , and not on the poor that suffer from their bad government . We are glad to see that the working men of Dundee have taken proper steps to place their case before the public and procure relief . .-. " . - -. : ' - : a shopkeeper if he would » ive th « m 1 " 'I
un Tuesday afternoon , at three o ' clock * a public meeting of the unemployed of Dundee was held on the Magdalen Yard Green . The notice had been short , yet "the meeting amounted to near one thousand men , all bearing evident signs of want of foo U To view them called up the most melancholy thoughts , both as regarded ' themselves and the iniquitous system that had brought them to that condition . They -were all strong made young and middle-aged men , with decided indications of intelligent minds and industrious dispositions . There they stood , able and willing to work , thescenr around bearing evidence of the bounties of their Creatoin preparing the materials necessary for human happie nees , cheated , robbed , enslaved , and starred by a system of bad laws , that had rendered their own industry and the goodness of God of none effect to them . What will after ages say when they read the records of the present ? Will they deem us fools or knaves , demons or men ? Intelligent Christians they never will allow us to have been . - > -
Mr . John M'Kenzie took the chair ,, and introduced the business of the meeting , when the following resolution was moved by Jamieson Stewart , weaver , and afmonflert by ThpmM AnderBOP , flax-dresser : — " That tbi * meeting is of opinion that those who are in a state of de * tiratlon , ari&iag from the present ^ P ^ SSL .. * ^^ aowfld » flflpt the J ) lan ^ of ^ ' petitioning the mlgjifiatei ttra * Vi » ' means 4 o alleviate their dishes * . * : : \ , - ' Mr . Penman , mechanic , and Mr . JameB Doff , ff *^ - dresser , moved and seconded the foll « wiag petition : — " To Hit Honorable the Provost and Magittntm qf Dundee . ¦" . '' The Petition of the unemployed Working Men of Dundee , in Public Meeting assembled ,
" Sheweth / " That there' are at present in this town npwaidiL of twenty mills and other public works closed , and maay otiiere not at full -wort ; and that , in consequence thereof , a large number of working men , of all rlnmnt . are unemployed . " Their wages , when in employment , beingba > tly enough to enable them to live , they are , the ^ forej utterly destitute of the means to provide for tii © wants of their families . " : ¦ ' - " They having had no controul over th ^ amnireme&ts that have brought trade into this deplorable condition rely on the wisdom of the authori ^ to devise means to alleviate their dianess , it bei ^ g their duty aa magistrates aad Christians , to find , the people either en ^ y ^ ment or work . . ¦ . : - ,: We , therefore , pray yonr HDnorable body to take immediate steps to provide us with the one or other of these things . " -And your Petitioners , 4 c . "
wi" ™^ '** twdTe TO ! ttea cb 08 en » a 04 Messrs WiU 3 am M'F ^ sruie , William Yonngsou , and William " ^ ertson «* & appointed a « a deputation to lay the Petition deton the magistatea , and lecetve their answer / when a public meeting will be called to reee- . ^ e y ^ report , and taike ineasores accordingly . fhe meeting was one rather of deeds than # f woid » , such as Btarving men ought to hold : the language was eloquent of feeling and sincerity , Mating in few words tile wants of themselves and their
families , and their determination not t « starve . This is as it ought to be ; it does no g * od to suffer in alienee , until the feelings get mad lened , and reason looses her sway , committmg acts that give a pretext of right to the plunderer . The open , cool , and determined conduct of this meeting , if followed up by other places in a aimilar condition , wQl strike terror to the oppressor ' s heart , and give a blow to their power . The unemployed of the whole country should act this way . Chartism years no tyrants , no , never while it has miseries to endure and wrongB to redress .
LOCHEE . On Tuesday evening , a public meeting was held here in the Town Hall , in support of the principles of the Charter . The chair was taken by a working man , who introduced the subject to the meeting , after which Mr A . Duncan came forward , and denounced , in a powerful manner , / the connection between the plundering government and the profligate priesthood . The man thatjmbmitted to snch a state of things as we laboured under , was a alaTe—a wmingV ^^ a ^ raae ? r , ' eMOIrair ¦ Uve—that would leave the work of frtwfetii and justice to be wrought out by MaIchiMMol' The' inen of
Scotland woald kt the Whigs see that they were not men of that stamp . ( Cheers . ) They would not wear their fhnin * contentedly , nor listen to the enslaving and corrupting doctrine of a Babylonian priesthood , a set of canting knaves and hypocrites , who never Uught the people their duties , but dosed them with their soporific sermons , unto that dreary state of existence , that the people thought themselyes in the clouds and asleep , as to their duties of this life , while the watchful prier . s and profligates were plundering them of benefits Ood intended them to enjoy . If they would not roMe themselves and shake these robbers off , they deserved to suffer , and be-footstools for the oppressors .
llr . Lowry , in a long and argumentative speech , drew their attention to the rapid growth of misery and want among the working men of these kingdoms , and traced the connection of bad laws with poverty , aW ignorance , and crime . Ifrery working maa had an interest in this movement He that flinched , he that tnrned back , was a traitor to his -family , his country , . and his God . ( Cheers . ) Tbej -wonld not cavl and crouch to the despot ' s feet , or be willing serfs for life , despised , degraded and rejected by the Censtitutkra , and kicked isto a passer grave at death . No , 4 bey . would leave their chQdren an inheritance « f liberty ; they wo « ld ever rest , bat battle with ¦ corruption wherever they fooadit , »« i the tyrant Wiigs wouldind the-wortiag aaeK wonid defeat them yet . < Loud oheers . ) The mott wg was well attended , « b 4 eridentij had mad * flie objects « f the speakers thebr owa , and were deeply alive to it * success . The associatioa here has taken r « ek , asd as flourishing last
On W-ednesday evening , Mr . Iiowry deliwwi an address is the reformexs « f this town in the n ^ W * ninn HalL Air . Youngson , ^ secsetary i » the county committee , took the chair . Be was happy to inframthem that Jklx . Xowry had teea engaged to lectue ^ nihe principle * of the Chartor througheut the eau&t ^ , and he had jpeat pleasure in introducing him . Xh ^ had heard him before , and ite had been through the prin cipaTtowns of the coantar , where All were bigb ^^ rati fled - with iis advocaCT-of ihexause .
Mr . Xoarrj then came forward -amid much cheering . He felt jsoud and highly gratified at the estaem and honour tbjgr had bestowed on him , He neveriad the vanity toeome forward ^ e a public instructor 4 iha was one of thfiir own class , omd from ihe early age . of ten years with his own hands had » monght for iia own ¦ Bstenanae , He had felt Jhe evils and wrongs that working men- endured , and . though . eonteary io hk natural habits , . had deemed it vto be hia . duty to hia JallowB . In proclaiming these ^ ctongs , and . demanding ixadreas , be boasted iot of splendid talents , 01 the elegaace of the gentleman and the .-scholar , . he urould not instruct them hi the various branches of axt and sdenee that formed th&dgpecnlatiTe pleasures ana . fanuBementsrfir the learned rich , but he could boast . of sincerity in . their
he cause , of . aJtoowledge of . oppression jaid wrong , ifrom the Btemast , of all teachers , . eeperienoe . He poiniod to their -claimB lor freedom . and Justice , and defleijmy honest man io dispute their . claim- If he nad jnot learning aad . filoqnence , he hit . truth . and jnstiee , jxid , ¦ with the angpart of the TUtaOKS peqplfi , he defied opposition , knawing their cause , most aacceed . ( Loud cheers . ) Hfi « ca * ld not do hettex than . direct their attention to thejeesent stateel 4 te . country at preseni it was enough £ appal the aUtttest *«** t If any oo » jwrnsed eith » Whig or Tory ac ^ spapsaf , they wese ifilled with accauits of disturaasfies , and banning loss ol life , of thttosaads of men beisf in ajtate of insurrection in Wala » T—of troops , « f afantry , x » vaby , and artillery , Tnnmhi ^ y to defend It * towns . a&d jgaols—of ;
A > mmittaUr for high treason , with * demand ** r justice dad the veogeaace oC the law on the colpau . How is Ibis ? Haveaioceijn enemy invaded ow * hom y Are the Russians or the French seeking to « 7 erthnnr us , and take our towns * No ; the imputed rebel * are our ovm countrymen , wham even their accusers adotii are a hare , hospitable , kind , and rellgiou * peopla . ha « e they left their homei in this inclement Beaton to fight and haeard their live *? There must be some stroageanse for this ; it is not the nature of "if" to lore prirstion , danger , or death , rather than home and comfort- These people mart have been wronged and insnlted . They were insulted and wronged . A lawless plundering middle class wielded their little brief authority to gratify their personal animoaity aad political prejudice . He had uo doubt but spiei paid from
secret semce-money had been at work . Goaded on iy a knowledge of middle-class tyransy , wa « it to be wondered at that the people had done so . Even the Whig press , after denouncing these people generally , urged as a consequence on the Ministry , further reform and justice to be done to the nation . Did not this tell a consciousness , on the part of these writers , that the delay of just government had been the cause of these outbreaks ? If . so , the Ministers were the culprits ; and if justice had its course , Lord John Russell and hii colleagues would now be in gaoL ( Loud cheers . ) The people must be up , however , and see that their fellow-countrymen have a fair trial : they must memorialise the Queen to protect them from ruffian animosity To allow a middle-class Jury to try them in those districta , is to alow them to be murdered : as well might you expect a lamb to escape from a den of hungry
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tigers or wwves , as to expect justice from a Jury composed of these men . They were all animated with an unprincipled hostility and rancorous feeling against John Frost ,, because bia manl y integrity and high-toned principles « t honour and justice had brought their low sneaking sycophancy and tyi anny into public disrepute and disgrace . You all remember : the spiteful and malicious charge of May <» r Phillips , brought against Mr . Frost at the last Assizes : the charge was hot sustained , but it shewed the animus - of the man ' s heart . - He and his fellows wished to sneak into favour with the proud , self-sufficient -puppy , Lord John Russell ; whose presumption and ignorance Mr . Frost had chastised ; and brought into contempt ( Loud cheers . ) Such "was the state of Wales . Ireland wasin the last stage of starvation and destitution . England and Scotland were fast '
approaching the same level . Thousands of pur men were unemployed ; those in employment could pot feed and clothe their families in comfort with their wages . All were dissatisfied .: Our manufacturers were obliged to stop their works , and daily many of them were becoming bankrupts . That confidence necessary to commerce had vanished : one was looking at another in diBmay —( hear , hear )—and wondering what was next to be done , we were on the eve of a mighty crash , a convulsion , that may perhaps dissolve society into its original elements . What had the Whigs or Tories done to avert the evil . They had seen tiie meeting of the unemployed yesterday . The working men were determined no longer to lie down and starve . He would tell them they ought not , they had a right for labour or food . They ought not to submit to the insulting Whig
doctrine , ' that would fling them on " their own resources . " What were men ' s resources ? God had created them with numerous wants to supply , bat he had plentifully provided the materiais necessary .- The rulers of the earth had appropriated these materials to themselves , and shut the poor out from their resources , and then unfeelingly talked of flinging them on •« their own resotirces . ^ : ( Cheers . ) Man did not give up his natural rights to be worse off under the social compact he entered in ; he has the claim of existence : from :.-jhS Boil , and all property j » civilised communities have ever been held liable to that support , and his advice to the people wa » , to insiBtapon that right to offwJ ^ ite labour , but insist on food necessary to support VJJBDi xselves and families . No living on sixpence per da # | br Meaking stones : break fee stones , but- insist ^ S ^
• ufficlency of food . ' ^ ( Cheers . ) Tlie mSSx ^ J ^ % GoTernment towards the poor on this subject , odr iSt ^ wnrlnee the most ap * thetlo labouring maji' orl&e necessity of his class having political rights- ' : ' to * protect thair privileges . ( Hear , bear . ) One-third of the ttthes were Bet apart by oar pious ancestors to relieve the poor . This was in accordance with the Divine Word , One-third had to build and repair Churches , and onethird to pay the Clergy . Our humble pastors , our lowly shepherds , had pocketed all , and left the poor to relieve themselves , and the Churches to be bujtt by those that wonld take the trouble , they seldom a&bU them . ( Loud cheers . ) The people had been robbed of -Immense tracts of land , which was theirs from time immemorial , both by the laws of ruan and the laws of ^ God ; these have been portioned out among OUT rich oppressors . They have thus created a mass
of poverty and destitution that never would have existed had it not been for bad instttutlena . Poverty had been made a crime . In England the honest man , whom bad government had brought to want , was worse fed than the felons in goal . The monsters of the soul and body destroying system to shield themselves , had attempted to put the blame on God . ( Hear , heat ) The doctrine of Malthu * waa theirs ; the Whigs and Tories were bis disciples . The people were top nu- merous 1 Population had a tendency to encrease faster than the means of subsistance , or in plain words thai blasphemers and tyrants say , that when God made the world he waa not wiBe enough to know how many people would come into it ( Hear , hear ") Oh , this cold-hearted , damnable heresy was just fitted for the selfish souls of our oppressors : yet , it was preached by
a parson of the Church of England , a pensioner of a corrupt Government , a trafficker in truth for wealth and honour , a traitor to his trust , a Judaa that sold the rights of man and the Gospel of God . ( Loud cheers . ) Thank God we are not the besotted and ignorant slavs * to take the dictum of such profligates ; for truth and law we can read our Bibles as . well : as parson Malthas , or Harry Brougham , or any of the tribe . The earth is the Lord ' s and the fullness thereof ; he has provided'enough for all and enough for evermore . The bibonrer is worthy of his hire , and shall be first partaker of the fruits of his toiL He that will not work neither shall he eat ( Loud cheering . ) If there are too many people in the land , let the idle rich leave it , and not the industrious poor —( cheers )—^ for they shall not be driven forth as aliens and outcasts from their father ' s
land—far from home—far from friends , mid the wild and trackless woods , or on the lonely and unhealthy swamps of foreign lands . They shall live on their own father land which God gave for their inheriteaee- ' which their forefathers and thomselves have toiled to cultivate , and battled with , the foeman to maihtoin—in whose Churches their life-lasting vows were pledged to watch over and protect their wives , at whose baptismal font the ; pledged themselves to bring their obildreu up in toe principles of Christianity , and in whose grave yards lie the bones of their ancestors . ^ Yes « trthts Ujntt-they ataatl live a * freemen , falflUi «^ v « Mit sacred vows to their wives and for their children i their wives they will indeed watch over and protect , and see that the arm of ruffian power no longer desbr lates their dwellings , ; by robbing them , of ths Bcanty
wageB necessary for comfort , and driving them from their homes to labour like the beasts of the field . Yes , true to their vows , that arm shall be blasted and its power overthrown—{ cheers)—and their children , they will have a hatred of oppression , a deep-rooted : feeling of liberty and justice that will think it a sin to sit contented under the wrongs of slavery , knowing that the high and mighty calling men were called to , was to level the throne of tyranny , and pull down the throne of superstitien . ( Cheers . ) Again , he « aid , if therewas to be no comfort in the cottage , there should be none in the ball ; if tbere Was to be no . freedom in the workr shop , there should be none in the palace . Shame o » the
coward that would shrink from the work—ghana « n the wretch that would bring dishonour , slavery , * ad ' insult to his bosom . He knew the men of ftiudee would not desert the good cause ; he called on them to carry omt the organisation they had comtnesood—pau was werking together for good—they could net expect to prware the mighty change tbey sought to affect , unless by perseverance aad soSering . The « rdeal they bad to pass througa might be difficult a » 4 < d * ng © r «« i , but they had better safer a temporary pvhration to be rid of * permanent evil- They must mabe ikeir minde np wne weal cene woe *• persevere *» the end . ^ - ( CSbeats . ) , " ' . ' - ' -. -:- ¦ : - - \ ' ; ¦' . "•;¦ ¦• ¦ . . ¦' : / : '
At the cbnduBiaBi , & few observatioas iPere made by ' some members m the neoesaty of the tcadss' committeej meeting with the council ef the Union- « nd the cqntmifeke of the ^ Working Men ^ Association , that thei'tw « latter might wsign their trust , and ¦ tb * farmer enter ooiBpletely on its duties . fit was then agreed 'that such a raedSng should Ifee held as eor ^ as possible . Ihe Chaiwwn then awad a noticeataat ai meeting of youth * , from fourteen 4 « twenty yaocc of age , waeio tafce place at Mr . Bvma , to fohn ft ¥ « uth ' fl Um > a « al Suflrage A « sacnation- ' -: ; ' -, ;¦¦
We Tinderstand that " -a number bf sthe young men « re abeady ennUed in this jusociation . OBhia is as it ought to be . W-eAouia lite 40 see any . minion of despotism , ¦ iBff or clerical , preach their damnable doctrines to 4 heee joong men , - . and oh it "wtuld be intaeat to see oae < 6 t ihe recruiting « ergeante-of mansltflrors for a Pbjsteal B « rce Gosemment enter among these well-edncated ? eung raea , . and attempt to kidnap them by talesiof honour and ^ ory - how lie woul d a « ick march " sigbt sfBout * waaihe beardiheir hwgh . of aerialan 1
HfiMTaosE . . On Eiidagr afternoon , * t three flUiock / Mr , Lowrr dfllivared : an « ddress in « be large H » Jl lately opened to pMUo meefiags and aaaembliea . ffifee subject at Mb disooarse wae the alarmis ^ state . bf lie labourer * , the masteiB . and trade ; shearing Jiow , 4 « their ignorance . thoMwho ^ halrtaedbjrffcdught destitution an ^ iaiin where we * h » uld have i » d plenteous prosperity ; mm poiaengoutilwthe work ^ ag classesithai they could mot expect 4 o ^ better their ceaAition unless they got tbelr politieal light * , and had tmtes , to atterthe bad Uwb that had coined their labour . and robbed thorn of their earni" »« . * y *» unjust system of jtaxaition ^ that was expended in bribery and ( kbauchiug tie people , and supporting ihe vice and dias % * tt « n of « ne of the most helhfth systems that ever cursed the world . ' In the eraniBg in the same glace was held a Chartist soiree
, ateat Smn hundred wen and * wmen of the most tespectaUe « ia « ia Moatew , «( dawn toiea , wnich was « er * e « up in a maaacr that reiested great credit on the stemnds . The refteshmeiga were of the fist descriptioai Mil was eoneoed and jbarmony ; it ( sras , indeed , thefeaat of reason and the JBw of soul —it waa not a this « of pomp ao 4 show , whoe pride and envy meet to kiU time , or vei at w « nhd * foe , to kit tune or stab the peace or character of a fi «» d , no ifc ^ wa Mnmixed and wwdalterated sodality of * Jon and frie » 4 ftbJp 0 f thevirtaous poor , met for a virtuous object They had not the labour of the eloquent Ond accom ^ Kshed singers , who minister to pldasures of the amtoosev for their gold ; bul tfieir 4 » sn » wiveB aad Bwsethanrta sang the wood notes wiJd , and fb ^ libertfi ttiaiagtttdim of their « wn land . wj ^ ia fc eiag and tone tbaiflftened the heart to lofty reeolj ^ a , never to be
. " So base as be a slave ; - battaflier ¦ ' . - . - ¦ ¦ - . ; : . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .:-: , '¦ ' . : - ¦ : *• Welcome to a gory bed . Or gloiious victory " ver the despota of the earth . Mr . Christib was cftUed i \> the chair , and In a neat and appropriate speech introdciced the business by requesting a blessing . After . tea was over , the whele company sung one of Ebenezer Elliott ' * Corn Law Hymns , when ¦' : ¦ _ : Mr . R Cheyne came forward and & > id he was nbt accustomed to speak at pubh ' c meetings , but he considered it was every man ' s duty to come fcfward and assist to get Universal Suffrage . The principiss of the Charter were those of truth and justicey and would spread happiness over the land . Our country had t'een ruined by a set of wicked legislators ,- who hadpliindert'I the people . God had provided the earth with plenty and showered down blessings in abundance on his creatures ; yet this land was in a state of starvation . He iuA not not created one man to be a Lord and another
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to ^ Te ^ made no distinction with pointing put power ajwt riches as the right of any man « th ^ n all the evils of < which "^ we coiiiplaih could not be « iefended on the principles of nature and reason . He 1 trusted thathls fellow working men of Mpntrose would I still continue to . spread ^ principles of the Charter , . ; until good government arid just laws werer established j inourcountry . " ( Loudcheers . ) ,: : / ; /?¦ ¦ ; Mr . J . Adam , of Forfar ,: was . received with loud j sheers . vSinceylast he had the pleasure of addressing them , inlfb ^ yflyents Badpassed oter their heads ; The Conyentipiii had ^^ niet and oeasedV many of their noble , friends had been seized and oppressed iu dungeons by ' bad men . Although the Convention had not done all ~ . . » . T' ^' . ro "" , w *« v yvui vumuu UUU . UVV . UUUC ( Ul '
that might have been expected by- some ,- it had ; hoi * - ' ever , dpne much . It had cbnowitrated public ppiriionr and established the right of the people to have a Convention to watch Over their Interests . It had extended the agitation , and caused the government to prosecute thenti and had caused them to Calumniate theni , and set their spies to work to entrap them ; depend upon it , ' anybody of men that draws down the Calumny and persecution of a government like ours ; these men must be good men , and have po w « r $ 0 do good , or the govern- " ment would not meddle -with them . " ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He trusted ttiit the principles would be wrought out , and that the people would not falter , for they had viciory in their own hinds . Had their enemies hod strength to put them down by coercion and
abuse , they would have ; been down long ago , hai the Charter , been based on . wrong principles , and incapable f being defended by reason and argument , the writers and hirelings of the enemy would have destroyed it long ago- They had attacked the Chartists , but Hot . the Gharter ; the Charter was impregnable , because based on the principles of justice ; ( Loud cheering arid waving of hats . ) ! All-the charges that had ever been brought against them ought to have been brought against their enemies . He could point to many of the electors , aye , to the niaglstrates , m men too ignorant , to be trusted witti the gjrifffagQ , but fie would ask What right had any set of men to take h ^ s rights from Win ? ( Cheers . ) He always thought it best to try and find out the
mo-9 thres for a line qt conduct these men followed , namely , WhigS and Tories , and he found when they belied the oonduct and principles of the working men , it w »» to * retain Uw Government In their own hands , that they inij ; ht keepup their own large salaries , rich sinecures , andhlgfc-pen # oi ^ , vwM ^ the poor working man / thei knew ; that if that working man got the Vote , lie would stop this bad system , and eskab-Ilsh , one founded on the principles of right and justice . ( Loud cheswj They know we pay all now , but would not do ^^ so a we gotithe Ghajfter . They knd their instruments ftid ' all they could to misrepresent and abuse us , and ; threatesi us , for instance , on the Corn Law debate , that some of the rich threatened to leave th # qountry . He wished to 1 God they wovUd ; we would b > well rid ojf them , He wondered who would miss the Duke ot
Ridimoid if ne walked off , and he believed there we e many would bAve been gMd if the Marquis of Huutiey bad gone long since . ^ Cheera . ); The Wbigs would ' try hard to disunite ( hem , bat . they would not succeed . They b > d trusted them . before , and . been deceived . He did nqjt believe the Corn Law agitation would carry its object j nox did ho believe the ^ labourer would reap the benefit frojji it that he woiiid have doneyears ago . F 0-reigriera had ^ guri ioani ^ expected they would abandbnthem now . Why did not anttCorn Xaw men . come . forward ; many : years ago , when the working men were petitioning for the repeal of i thoaelaws ; no , they did not : feel it themselves , and tbiy did , not care for the workirie men's wants . He
hadaskeaorie of the Corn lAw nwn ( a manufacture of'F « Mfcir ) why heidid ^ riot coirie forward years ago , wS&M £ ey were agitating this question ? And he » n-8 « ft Oh , he did not feel its eflecto then . Would tbj »||^ these men 7 ( NoVno : ) He Sieved if the ; 'eJNwl ^ rascarried , the working man would be cheated of- ^ teneflt . He called on them to go forward , and no * rest satisfled with : leas than their poUtical xighte . . ( i ^ ud ^ hi 9 Ms ;) ' .. ;>; ., . . "' .. . ;; '¦;¦¦" . ;; .,. . ,:- ; ¦; .. ;¦ .:. ¦ : ¦ -. . Mrvl « w ^ v then addressed j ^ e meeting for upwards « MJj o » w , showing the religious duty of every member of a Christian community to forward the principles of just lawB , during i » biph he 1 was most enthusiastically cheered . " - ; . : ¦ ¦' . •¦ ¦' . ¦ . ' . ' •¦ ¦ ' . ; -- . ¦ ¦¦;¦ ;¦ : r
- Mr . George Drummond came forward amid applause , and said , he wnsidered it every man ' s duty to extend poUtical information among our enemies . The power the people possessed had never been used . Organisation , exclusive ^ dealing ; and an attack on the bad system by the means they possessed , would soon over-, tarpw it It was tumbling now ; if the people went on as they were adln £ , cahniy arid judiciously , victory Jfaa certain . Aftermany beautiful songs by the honest men arid bonny lasses present , and a vote of thanks to tM cbjurmah and those who had ceritributed to tiie pleasures bf the evening , at a late hour the meeting broke up full of ^^ satisfaction and delight at the mariner tbjy had spenitha night . ' ... : :
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A Fdoitive prom NBWPOBT . ^ 0 ri Monday a tall and njiddle-aged mai , who gave tt * namo of John Eveleigh , and who wia onveloyed in a rough and tittered white great-coat > was brought to Wot&b / ip-Btrect police ; office , oharged under the following i ? J ^^^ nce 8 fe ? wpeo t 6 r Jervisi of : the G division . Bta ^ thlt ^^^ The ^ pHglnrer w 1 »^^ bJoTight ^ b ^ stll ^^ bww on the prec . ding night by a ppliceiman who had-found him lying irk Oldr « treet , in a helplessstate of drutkonness . Having been told ? by : apoliceman that the prisoner avowed himself : to be one of the Welch Chaitists , witness questipneatho prisoner , who admitted that he was so , and stated that he was engaged in the fatal affair at Newport , and that upon the flight of the insurgents , he made his way to _ Swansea . where he took shipfbr : London . Upoa bflincr n at on if Ko Mwlij o mfn » n wn Jx-ii ^ . j *«
answer any further questions . Upon searching him a oardwas foaud . upoo him , contairimg the inscription Tom Ward' VVhite HaW ^ P ^ ntonviffei" «« I » lsothe signature , " G . Cook ^ ni * ' Mr . Broughton asked t ^ e prispneif He adhered to tijoBtatemeritshe haxl maAeat the Btatwn-houae , and lie answered that ha dicL He advanced upoa Newport with a body of abor ^ t 2 000 6 ther 8 , underthe « oiiiiaandofa man named Walters Upoa th ^ ir march th « y Btopped at a bearahop , where : they had Tefreshiaents , which were ; pa \ f fbt by Waiters . Hewts < mly armed with ^ Btic ' i , whichi he catried on aocouat « f lamenesa . Upon bei / ig asked by tl » magistrate whr he eneaied lasu-A a f « nl ,-B ^
Msmess , he « u 4 « iat all the workabeiiig closed , he went like other «» 9 la to jpiniutise contest . ^ STdid mot face the fine « f the military , k » wev <« , but Mmain-« d some distance out of tewri ; and on hearing the musketry wiports he took to his heela . Mr , Broukhton said tbat 4 flre authpritws ware ijow k searcbf « f several irtUwiws fugitives , ** d , ; for augkt he kn « w the prisoneronfight beanie of thern ^ H ?« h 6 uld ¦ ' « - ' mand k » m on auBpicion of paving take * part in the insurrectienairy moveaten ^ - " arid the MTticulara iff his examiuafeori ^ wottkl he fcrwar ^ ed t ^ the Homeoffice . The jprisoher was Accordingly remanded 4 fll satusaay , . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ... ¦ ¦ . ¦ •¦ ' - "' . ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦/¦' . ¦ ;¦"¦ ¦ . ¦ - .
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, f »«« . —^ ame is the dnheritanea nat of ; tbe -aflnd but of the hviug . ¦¦; it ^ we who look- backWtb ^ t * S ^ ^ % / f ^/* names ^ ariiiqujty , who drink tf'tkat flood oT ^ Ury as of * river , and refresh our wange an it for futuce flight- v « a * it ' &" * # ¦ Him * iat blais © an 4 <» Woaay- tor , were the ^ cales even , the malice of mantind waald be thrown in the caBtitig-weight . * HK . qMt * DC falls ma » sin is * man ; ihatiiriewes at it , ia * saint ; that boasts « f it , i $ i devilr ^ Fuller . ¦ , [¦ , \ : .,,: ; . ¦' , . : " r ^ . ¦ ' - .: "¦ - ¦ ,. ' . : .. ; . ¦ . ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ . /; . i » Px ^ WKRS . ^ LeiratBg hath gained most by ttwac books by . whioh the ririiiterB haire lost . \ W » ea a Frenott-jMbiriter coaaplaiued that he was utterly undone by piAlishing a serious work of Rabelais , thai author s « b « te a scurrilous boot , which repaired hifl toss with advantage . —/ 6 isk ¦ : v ^ r
1 A KjKk ** » td 9 Kiiaii > should always go about with iijiyely one—they show oria another off to the best advantage , . A lively blpckhiaad m compariy is a public benefit . Silence or dubieasby ^ the side of folly Jooka like wisdom . ¦ :: • ¦¦ •• ' ; . ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ ' ¦ / : ' ; ¦ ¦ .- ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . /¦ : ¦ ¦ i k * , *^ « Montreal , stating that he had a great deal to ewnnxupicate to himj but declined to do So in th * PwaeriUetter / aa he waited liritii the ^ ^ penny post was EvMibM / opJAw& ^ -Wheri iri America * n ; Actwas passed to proh ^ it the playing at Nine Pirn , it * was no 1 sooner mn force , than it ; was notified * Teh Pttu played here . " This xuse succeeded . M Wxui ; Aiwivwhat d ' ye tiiink 0 ^ <«» native gemufl Mister ^ rrest r . ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ Well , I ; don ^ go much to . theatricals , that ' s a fact , but , I do think heptled the agony up a little too high va . the last scene . - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ .. ... ¦¦ , ¦ ..: ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ •¦ ¦? . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ - .
A Sob > f 0 Si . EinpEK ; i-bld General -- —i- ed to *??>• -J , ??^' ' * " ¥ Sy ' - -i ®* sort of a morningis iM \^ Ashbberjslobbarj morning , Sir . ^ Tfon close the curtains j John , and call me this time tomorrow , if U be fas ^ AMtopolitatZ , ™ 'v ¦ ^ WU »^ uitE . ^ Agentlenian in the oounlrylately addressed » passionate UUet-doum to a ladj in tfe eame town , adding this ourioua pogtwriptr- * Please to send a speedy answer , as 1 h * v 0 MMbdfr efa * m ma £ t / k . " —AmericanPaper , ¦¦ : .- ¦ i ?*;^ ,
A NOBLEMIK 4 TO CrBlfILBltAN CoKMOKEH . — " Do yon call ypurself a , gentleman f * said '» bargeman to an pxiord student ; wh pi fxoxa the oppoBite aide of the river , had heaten him to a stand- « tiU in sMg ; "Ido ^ replied ^ he gownsman . ; « Then lam blowwl « larn't a lord ; ' exclaimed the other * walkingawav ladespairi .. :. ¦ ¦;¦ . ¦ ; .: - ¦ ¦• ; : ; ¦ '"'¦' .- . I : -- -- ; - ' -::. " - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' ¦; . '¦¦ \ - \ ^ H ^ f LoYEr-WMi women , the great business of , hfe is love ; arid they ceneralfy make a mistake ^ n it . They consult neittier the heart nor the head , but are led away by mere humour and fancy . If , instep of a partner for life , they hstd to choose a partner in a country dance , or $ 0 trifle away " u 'n ' ^ ^ inode <> calculation ^ niJ bi $% * r ll 0 : r * f th ^ t ^ e-lover ' g ; knot S ^ idle thouSbtleBs haste , . while the inetitutions oTsocietv render : t mdisfioluWe . —^ aWiw : V -, V * society
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Thb Pbnkt PpsTAGB . —^ When love arid friendship ian be had at twopence an ounoe , and an ordinarily leep sigh can be wafted through the postmain ' sbaK [ or a penny , what thousands of Blender figures will oetwirling the little cr . owrquill over gtttedged paper , irtfuliy entangling lovers in mazes of pretty words , Wfd Y like skilful Generals , extending their «««* , till *¦ ? ?? £ * fa »« y yields toa cheaptpostage . ^ G ^ e / nwtora ( Jhrotiicle . "¦ , ; / :-. : ; '' - * - ' ., ¦' : -. ' . '¦ ¦¦ '¦¦ - . ''¦ . . ¦;¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ;•> ' . Dahlias . —Dahlias are like the most beautiful wrpmen-without lntelleotuality : they strike you with astonishment by their exterior splendour , but are miserably ^ estitute of thds ? properties which distin - guish and render agreeable less imposing flowers . Radnatu ^ giveji the ^ granceotthe / roM or stock to the dahlia , it would have been the most- magtiiacent gem of the garden ; but wanting scent , it iflike a fine woman without mind . -
;; Briixiant Simii-b . —A jewellerin America , advertising that he has a number of precious 6 t 0 neg ^ dispose ofradds , that they sparkle like the tears of a yourig widow , -:- ;; -. . ; - . .- / ¦ . ¦¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ : /¦ : ¦¦ ¦ . } - : . : '¦/ ... . . ; . ' . ;• . tlNPBiNciptED ATTOR . NiES . --i would rather fight the devil under the gallows for a ^ gibbctted thaeFy than pet involved in a personal controversy With an unprincipled attorney . —Adventures of tin Attorney wpearch of Practice . ¦ V , ; * - The Way To stop a Papeh . — When you stop your riewsp > percall at the : office iand fork the ¦ - ¦
, up ar-• .- ; . — ri >— * * . — " - — " » . w ****/** ' muh * V * a UU VUv CSl . ¦ rearages , and order it to be stopped , like a man : and not refuseto take it out of the post-office , andsneak ^ way like & : puppy ^~ Fort Maine SentineL Degrees of Happiness ^— At a debating club , the question was discussed , whether there is more happiness in the jpossession or pursuit of an object .-_ K Mr . President , " eaid a young orator , " suppose I was courtin' a young gal , and she was for to tun wjiaii ior
» v , m was 10 ran arter , wrould ' nt I be apprer when I cptched her then when :: I was running ¦ arterherl'V - "'¦ : .. '; : -v \ - -. ; :. ' -: ¦¦ •; . ' , ' - . ' - : . ^ - ; .- •¦ ¦ ¦ ' :. ;• Shirts and IluFFtEs . —A Frenchman gasconading over the inventive genius of his country , said " We invented lace ruffles 1 » "Aye , " bM-John Bull , •^ and we added shirts to ft « m . ' ^ . ; ¦ ' GEAM ^ ics ^ Arwh . Teddy : an * wasn't yer v * m Jeddy O'Syrne before you left ould Ireland \» " . Sure it was my darlint . " *• Bat my ieSwKy then do you add the s and call it Teddy O * Byrnes ' now ! '' « Why , ye spalpeen ! hav ' nt I been married since I came to Ameriky ! and ar ' yon so ignorant of grammatics , that ye don't ; knovr Jwhen one thing is added to another , it becomes a ptuvcU !"
Red Coloub of Salt ; Makshes . — - —When . Sea water ; 'is subject to spontaneous evaporation , the commencement of ; the deppsition of salt is known by the appearance of a light red scum . Tho colour is occasioned by a little ¦ : ; crustaceous irisecfe , about one-third of an irioh long . They have twenty-two bwimming legs ; They move with prodigious rapidity , but perish when the solution acquires the density of twentyrfiye degtm , ~ Abridged from the Inventors ' Advocate .: "¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦;¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' '¦ . " ¦• " -- ¦ ¦ . . ' . -- ¦ ..- '
* EpucAtiQN .--The French are fond of reading as well as of talking . You may constantly see gwls tending an apple-stall in the coldest day in winter , and reading Voltaire pr Racine . Such a thing was never known in London as a barrow-woman readirig Shakspeare . Yet we talk , of our -wide-spread civi-, lisation , and ample provision for the education of the poorV—Ibid < . ; ; \ :. '¦ / . . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦; .. ¦; . : ..- ' ¦' . ; - - . o -- . How io Drown YopBSEL ? . ^ If you wish to drown : yourself , I'll tell you low to . do it presently : kick
and splash about as violeritly as you can , and you'll presently Binki v On the contrary , if impressed with the idea •• that : you are lighter than the Water , you avoid aU violent action , and <^ mly and Steadily re-; frain from drawing your breath whilst under the water , and to-keep your head raised as ^ much as you can , and gently , but constantlyinOTe your hands and feet in a proper direction > there may be a great probability ojf your keeping afloat until some aid . ' arnres ' . ' —rOld Millson .
The VituE of a Sermon . —A minister having t preached a very long sermon , as was his custor ^ asked a friend his opinion of it ; "It was very goo d " was the reply , "but that it had Spoiled a r ooBel worth two of it . " i- ' ayvi ^| A Western Hunteb ' s Notion of Lov&-jL « r Earthquake , were you ever in loye »?> " / . hi Rplfe there you are too hard for me ; I hardly kn 0 V what to say about that . I have sdnietiriirjs felt queer When I ' ve seen some of your Ken ^ ttCky ^ Vy * felt quite fttnnyr ^ -felt iw if some or ^ e was arawing a brier over me . ; Now if you call that love , I hive beeninlove ; / '
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\ GRUMBS OF CONIFOUT ; FOB THE SINGLE I-A JIBS pp ANvyrHERE , AFFECTIONA ^ ff !^™ 10 THBS iY IHE MARSlEI ) LADIBS OF : 4 JojieWhSr £ " -- — - ^ - - ;; - — ¦ - ~^ ; : .. (¦ / Vowan Old Newspaper , )¦ :-. ' - . /; W J * S " ^ ^«*! > re remarried , and find , O ! ye itix , ^ tf ^ of bappinessbnOtbutintheair ; ' iney we ' . « guarded by Cupids , who promised to stay ^ / » eton Hymen ' s arrival the rogues fled away . ' j O ^^ rea of felidty are but a j <*» ; An ? , the jbrigat torch of Hymen has ended ; in smoke ! * M true , w « no longer dread people should Bay . / 'Bo look aittiat OW Maid just over thi | way •¦* ¦ ' <¦ ¦ ¦<¦ Bu * its still more appalling for some one to sigh > Any remark- ^ - " How neglected is poor Mr . t - r ^ Chat ti wie * Mw . A . makes an excellent wife , . lB « t herhuflhand ' ssocross—She is-weary of life , " ' \ Vhat a warm ardent lover was handsome young B .: When fee courted the rich and accomplished Miss T . ; Tkey were married last year , and tia plain the ; "; :: connexion - .- ¦¦ : ¦ '" - ' ' . - ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦• ¦ . ¦ . ' : ¦ -:- ^ :
Hasfrroagbt his regard for her cash to perfection . Sir John la delighted—hia amile 8 are so bland—Howeuri ^ d the woman who gave him her hand : With his bright constellation abroad she may roam , B » tatoM eclipse earouds his radiance a ^ ftoTOe . ' saiy things , > e wont think that ttiese iPrds of creatiori , Who , When single , kehold us with such admiration , Who swear aad who vow their existence depends " : ' ' ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ On a Ippk , < m » ^ rd / that they'd compass the ends Of theworld , to procure us a moment ' s repose , Will , as sppsttis we marry theniij turn up their nose At our tears , « w entreaties , and look pn our grief With a stoic ^ MloBophy passing belief . Yes , thegay «» valier , the gallant single man , Who *>< &fo ( fer aecepta ^^ ali invites thst : ; he can , " --Who eats papa's dinner , and dirirfu mama ' s tea , Hands "ieac Jane to the carriages and flatters all
Will , if <»« ght by a fortune , afifwre , aface , Prove ttartBtsange metamorphose still can take plate , F 6 r 4 fe « * bo «« aiid-and-one constaat , nameless attentions , Once « o < r « ety bestowed , are now quite condescensions , Snpe » sed « di * y ;^ Here , Jtf r * - _ i _^_ , take this aeat Andiust . gteo me the stool , wkaca is under your feet !" The jH » fcySelected , beeaoae « A « vf be there , ¦ Qjr * aKdamuuc negfected , to « Und byherchair , ^ Place 4 . a . carele * ;« ITemU go to « ie NS , Say I'll com * if 1 can , bat I pwrnised some friends Xo look In after dinaer ; « nd then , let me aee , Y , on 1 i aretinm in the carriage , ocaaaotwantme , " Of piasentaStelover U always profuse , But the husband diBeovetB them things are iw we . "Imut by a . dress , lore , tagoWthwfcaU !" ^' XwiMmtjKuwhatjtou ' ts gofc dear , oraot goat
^^• ure , Mt — --, you ^ cadt wWi ^ rne to sUy Atbxwae . whei I ' mtoldtbjrtitwiiVbe «» gay ^ " Indeed , Mis . —r— -j you n » F go or remain , it i « no * of tbaA you will find me coaplain ; But as for this dstsa you were talking about , 1 can't spaas the sioney , that ' s flat , « p doat pott !" ^ There owsew «» tlrne , Mr . — , whenyottswore My ww ^ iilioaMl e »^> --- ' ^ Pstow rmadam no a ^^ f 4 That BonsenseiavMrer , I ' ve had time to cool , r Married meaaoon j « et tired of playing the fool—I ' re just bought that jiunter , taose dog * , changed m
And mustpay Snip tBetailpr—Uiatfeilow ' a a dun Alittle reaecttoi , ; I'btnre AiraU-ash * Would show ypoti «« elfl « b to ask now for cash But so thoughtless you an . as I'te told you before , Twoald drive any man mad J"r-- « nY 8 laininin * the daar Oh , sisters dear sistera ! yowrUberty prized In true •? vtnte Wbs » a *«^ « tay , if you ^ wise . Leading attest bv dozens can never compare With thatortnre you'd goffer if led by & bear / QtyV ** ' ** yo 11 ¦ ¦? " * ***** youwelTes lind each other , Yonilflrid courtship isone thing , and we" < ilo « k another
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The Dociob VBRSU 8 LAWtto .-r-The fbllowW is the crossrexamination of Dr . Haslam , in the wlobrated .- « ase of vMissi Baxter : —Sir vF . ' p 6 lloek- ^ Is she ( Miss Baxter )^ of Bpumd mind ! ' Dr U-- ^ Ykru ^ ' ^^ ' ^ ^ J "" being of sound mind . ' * ? k * V t n * ^»» Hwer to my question ; is Bhe otaound mmd !^ •! presume ^ the X > eity is of sound mindS ! & * te V ^ W tW * - * W& > S ^ J I Presume *« I >«* y lone i W of wund Wud / fHow ^ St mind ! ' From my ^ wj ^ efteotion during thTS fourteen years , and from repeated oowersitiona
oapableef managing herself arid her ^ bwn affairs V ^ H ^ ^^ ^* ^ ^ ^ * maS / Uow often , have you ^ give n evidence beibrt ' &omw . an ^ rftay ; . « Ji ^ f ^^; ^ don tknow . . ^ « Haye . y ^ V any notion ? ' Notion isvery much like knowledge . 'Have you any idea ?' la > S ™ - J ' wt ^« ^ P ception , an ^ * direct recoleotion . ^ iiaye you any -beliefo' « t ? * nnbt 8 " thatIhaveanjrbelief , forS ^ .- A ^ S ?^; ^ tion , ! The mode - ' . -qttecv -. v ^/ j ^ - his ^ videnie and W ^ * * * ^ odoT ^ ^^^ m ^^ ms
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KEViNAtsv- ^ Whilst we ^^ earnestly inculpate the love : pi Lroa ^ we ^ believe that great care is necessary to distinguish it from ; counterfeits . We think that much which : is called pie . ty is wortWess . ; Many liav « fallen into the error , that ^ there can he no excess in feelings which have God for their object ; and distrusting as coldness that self-possession , witborif which virtue and devotion lose all theor dignity , they have abandoned themselves to extravagances , which have brpught contempt on piety ; Most certainlyV if the love of God be that which often bears its name , theless we have of U th < 3 K- ^ t ^ : ^ ? eligibn . bi '' the ' shipwreck of understanding , w « cannot keep tpq far from it . On this subject we always speak plainly . We cannot Bacrifice priir reason to the reputation of zeal . We owe it to truth and religion ^ to ' mairitain
that fanaticism , partial insanity , sudden impressions , and ungovernable transports , are anything rather than piety . . We conceive , that the true love fif God is a moral sentiment : founded on a clear perceptionu and consisting . in a high . esteem and veneration , w hismbral . perieettensi : ; Thus , it perfectly - coincideai and is in fact the s ^ e thing , with the love of virtue , rectitude , and gopdnessl ¦ l [ on will easily -judgel then , what we esteem- the surest and only t fecfsiye . aigns : ofvpiety ., / We-- lay ;; nb ' - -- / 8 tre « B , . on Btrongexcitements . We esteem him , and him only , a piqusmaii ' . who praotically conforms to God ' s ^ oralperfectibni and government ; who shows his flight : inXSod ' B benevolence , by loviae arid serving hia nafolibaiir .
his deliglit ^ a God ' s justice , - by " being ^ resolutely upright ; his Senseiof Gdd ' s ^ purity ; by "Vegulatine his thoughts , imagination , and desW v and yrUose . conversation , businesg , and domestic Mfe , are swayed by . a ^ regardio God ' s presencearid a « thority . ^^^ Iriall things , else men may , deceive themselves . Disordered neryes give them strange sights , and Bounds ,-and impressions .: ; Texts ^ pf Scr ^ tnw ; may ^ com « ** them as ftpm Heaven * :-: Their -wholevsorils may fa moved , and their confidence in God ' sftyriurDe undpttbttng . But in ; . all this thereisno relipohv i 13 ii question isij do they loye ' ;/ Cfb < i ' a comnianoS liny ? h ^ t his cha « M 3 ter iafulJ ^ <^ M 88 e ^» nd rive up £ 0 tr ^ ss their habits and paM [ Qhsl m ^ a mockery . One surrender of desife to God's will
is worth a ; thousand transporte .- We / dp not judgeof l the bent of men ' s minds by their raptures , any mor » than we judge of the nat ? nral direction of ft fre » during a storm . We rather suspect loud profession , Tor i / fb Bate ODaerye « tjthat' -detop--feeling is generally ¦ noiseless , and least seekli display ; ^ Vtfr ^ gjuid bo ^ . by these : remarks , he understooa"as wishing to exclude from religion warmth , and evan traitsport We honour ^ and highly value true reh ' gjQus sensibility . We belieVe , that Christianity is intended toapt powerfully oripur whole nature , on the heart a « . well va the understanding and the conscience .: - W * . conceive of heaven as a state where the layp of God will be exalted into an unbounded fervour and $ ojt "] and we desire , in our piltrimace herei to dtirifc int » '
the 1 spirit .-of : that betterweVld . ^^ But -wethink that / religious warmth is only toihe valued , tthen ifc springs naturally from an improved character , when ' it comes enforced , when it ra-the ; T ^ ecomjpensii of" - obedience , when it ; is the ' warmth of . : a mind which ; uridetatands [ God by being like hiffli and when , instead of disordering , it exalts the understanding , ; invigoraiss conscience , ^ ivea a pleasme to common ~ duties , and is seen to exrst in cbnnexion with cheerfulness , judiciousness , audreasonable frame of mind , ' When we obserte a feivorir , cailedreliBLOU 8 ; in men ' whose general character / expresses little' refinement and elevation * - , and whose piety ; seems at war with ;' reason , vretpay it littlei respect . : We honour rtligioit too much to give its sacred name to a feverish , forced , fluctuating zeal , which hu little power oyer . 'i the \ ae *^ rrChann % ng . ¦ ; : ; / : - -v ; :
SkBK « Q ? THE LlFB AND D ^ AIH OF Hj » BT VIII , i "He was born in 1491 , and began to reign in 16 Q& < He raised his favorites , the instruments of . hi * crimes , from the depth of obscurity to the pinnaola of grandeur , and after setting them up as tyrantov put them to death like slaves . He was pre-emiueut m religion ; first quarrelling with Luther , whose doctrines he thought too republican , he beeame the .-defender of the Catholic faith ; and then quarrelling with the Pope , who stood in the way of his murders , he was twice excommunicated . : fie made creeds I and articles , and made it treason not to swear to them ; he made others quite opposed to them > and inaide it treason not to swear to them ; and be burned
his opponents with slow fire . He burned tin , hyste r v rical girl , the maid of Kent , for her opinions . v ¦ H » disputed with a foolish Bchodbaaaster on the «« al Pregenc « , arid burned him to convince him . He beK hiBaded Bishop Fisher and Sir Thomas Wore , for not . swearing , that bis own children were ; bastards . H « v rpbbed the churches , and gave the revenue of a con- ; vent to an old woman . for a pudding , He burped »; loVely young woman ( Auna Ascue ) for jabbering of the Real Presence . He-was in love aa in ; religion ^; delicate ind tended He first married his mst ^ r-ini- . 1 law , and because her children died ,, divorced ;; her ; married her maid of honor , and made parliament . and clergy declare he had dote well . He beheadied
the maid of honor fc letting her handkerchief fall . at a tilting , ^ d two . or three gentlemen with her , tokeep her company i threw herlMMly | ato an . old har- ^ « i » w-caseyand- Jhuried Jt therein , arid the very nextday married a third wifeTaJadiiw p ^ TTaiSieTaraffdirBr clergy made it treason not to say it was well . H »; next proposed to Francis I . to bring two _ prmcesse * of Guise , and a number of other pretty French Iia- ; dies , that he might choose a fourth wife among them . The French Kiag was too gallant to bring ladies to . market like geldings , atf Henry fell ii love witS the picture of a TDutcbT kdy , and married her without sfifiins her . W \ imi' uliB pstmp i . ha fonnd she SDok «
Dutch , and did not dance well ; he swore she was no maid ; called her a Flanders mare , arid turned her loose ; and ; as he destroyed ^^ Cardinal Wolsey when , he was . tired of his former wife ^ S . O : he : beheaded Cromwell when he : was surfeited with this one . * ; Ha married a fifth wife , with whom he was so delighted , that he had forms of , thanksgiving composed by hi * , bishops , atid read in the churches , and then condemned her ; her 7 grandrribther , uncles , aurita ^ cousins , about » dozen in all , he put . to deatb . Having done , all this , and much more , died' of a rotten leg , in the 38 th year of his reign , and the 56 th 01 his life , &xdj&lPeep-pfrpay-Boy t and a very , memorable btnte . " ^ r-C ! ounseflor Sampson . ¦ y : i -
AvsTERiTifes of the ! PcftliASS .--The gloomy en * thiuiasm ; of the parliamentarians carried them to th « mpst ridiculous austerities , All recreations were In a manner suspended by their severities : horse-races , bearrbaitings , and cock-matches , were ! prohibit 6 d ? a ? the greatest enormities . The sport , not theinhuman nily , give thepfferice . The keeping of the GHristma holiday was long a great mark of ungodliness , arid severely censured by the commons ; Even pie « i which custom had made a Christmas dish , were re garded as a profane viand by the puritans ; though at other times they agreed very well with their « to ^ machs . Maypoles-vvfero abolished as an heathenish ¦ ¦ v anity . Itismrdly ^ ecessaryto ^^ remarkJthathypoi orisy was rieVer so prevalent in England as in thii period . —Wade ' s British History .
,. National Calamities . —TbreocalamUieg of ayery direful nature must have been remarked to be of frequent occurrence during themiddle age . Thei 5 » were fires , famine , arid pestilence . The firstresulted froia nearly all buildings being of wood , and an imr perfect police . The secpUd originated , not only ia * bad seasons , and the desolation , of war , but from ths absence of commerce , which prevented the scarcity of one district being relieved by the redundant produce . ofanother . Great fluctuations id prices , and in the wages of libour , necessarily resulted from toequent faminea , and their natura > consequence , iaoreased ^ ^ mprtality of ^ the : people . The pest Ue ntial fevers , which raged with such malicnitv . mav . in .
part , . be ascribed to the want of food , fuel , air , andi olothu » g- ^ to vast tracts of irreclaimed land—to towns ^ orpwde ^ and filthy as well as to the low ; Bt » t « .- <» m * & ^ X ) &ow 'ea $ e ^ WadeYBriliihHutorff .. I » ipobtaniV : To . BiCHi ^ BB ^ Witaout » ^ oman ,, w-Jiat is mani A ppbr , splitary , misarithrope cre » I tiu »; arough / uncpttthv viard i nnfoeline , and aU-^ brtta l being . Take ^ frpm ^ eliearTffie passiow ofiove , and life i »< nol worth having } youth has krft ? ^ S ^ 'S ^¦ ¦*» n ^^ g *> remember with ^^^ S ^ S ^ jfe whole community into the inisM «^? # ?? v ^^» ^ ' ^«^ titution , i PrWng ' < SS ^ f 1 h ^ S ^ t ee ^ o ^ rrom ^ en ^> rid > ffia ^ S ^ 01 ueasta
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1085/page/7/
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