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j j j !THE NORTHERN STAK. i SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1841. 1 . . .
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DAN'S " JUSTICE AND LOVE OF FAIB * » " ItJjAY*
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TO THE RADICALS OF SCOTLAND , ENGLAND , AND IRELAND . F 2 LL 0 W-ME 5!—Nothing , -we agsan voo , could have Impelled us to make tf »« appeal bat the pressing emergency of the case , and the necessity there is for assisting one of those few journal * in oar land dedicated to defend the . righto of labour , proclaim to every region of the globe universal charity and peace , and spread abroad the cheering and benign doctrines of democracy , trhich are the props of the British nation , and of the human race . The Dundee Chronicle was purchased by the BadicaU of this locality at great expence . It was expected tbe money would be raised by the sale of a sufficient nnnsber of shares . This not being effected , a number of the deToted friends of the people generously advanced the sum requisite , on the faith o £ its being paid when due . It is so long ago , and as seTeral cf them are in needy circumstances , we fear some of them cannot want it much longer .
Tbe plan we propose for enabling the Chronicle to remain an advocate of Chartism is simple in its nature , and , if carried out , would be productive of grand and gratifying results- We have formed an Association for the purpose of buying shires , by means of donations , ajL& Eu . bscripta . ona ol one halfpenny and upwards weekly . Where the forming of such Associations is impracticable , let meetings be instantly convened in « rery Tillage , town , and city in the nation , where Chartism exists , for the object of directing public attention to the case , and give the free proceeds either as donations , or for the buying of a part ef the capital stock of the Company . A scheme gomewh&t anala-ous to this is wrought with admirable Buceess by the various religions denominations in the country . If a church is
require ! to be built in a district , an appeal is made to ; tbe body , and it is raised . If money for a religions j mission is wanted , with what speed is it produced . ' ! Good government is the most glorious handmaid of ] rational religion . Could then something like this not . be done for the Dundee Chronicle ? Could the miilwa \ sot meet , contribute their mile , and rescue one of the ! people ' s papers from difficulties ? Other papers , you ; ¦ will say , claim your support as well the Dundee Chro- \ side . True ; we on no account ask you to withdraw it \ from them . We gladly acknowledge the great merits and surpassing services which the northern Star , Scot-4 isk Patriot and Perth Chrordde render civil and religions liberty . We are liappy in beholding them fulfil-1 so nobly their honourable and holy vocation . Whilst i i : i ; j ; I ; !
we ask you to aid the Dundee Chronicle with pecuniary ran * " * , we hope you will give more vigorous support to the above papers , and that you will labour to extend the circulation of them throughout the empire . We have need cf them all , and more , to strengthen us in oar mighty struggle with cruel , corrupt , relentless , tai . irresponsible power . Bat none of these are in so perilous a position as the Dundee Chronicle . If one of our papers perish it is a severe blow to our movement The change * we long to see achieved in the structure of oqt government , laws , and institutions cannot be cos- aolidated without a po Jrerfui and loudly-expressed pnb-Ec opinion in their favour . This , we fear , cannot be fione without the thousand loxffued press . An honest , rich , eloquent , democratic literature , must tend mightily to emancipate the suffering masses from their
squalid misery . Chartist newspapers are to our Eg ' r-ation as the breath of life , If they exist not , we doubt it will die . They weigh the tendency of public opinion , and criticise keenly the character of public men ; they are the defenders of the people's rights—rocse them to intellectual action , pioneer the way , and quicken the approach of the people to tbe barriers of political equality and social bliss : they are the weekly warnings to our rulers —they » re the loud expounders of the real philosophy of polities ; they are the fearless flagellators of the tyrants of our times , and divest our laws and institutions of the delusive drapery with which they have been shrouded for ages . How our enemies would
rejoice in the downfall of the Chartist press . ' If such a catastrophe should afflict us , they would fancy that they jaw the entombing of the eternal truths which we defend . Shall it be said that Britain can on ' . y boast of four Chartist journals , and one of them be doomed to struggle on in difficulties , when a little from each would make it run its course most joyf uliy . Surely not God forbid we shonid lose any of our literary power Up then , men of Scotland , England , aad Ireland . Help us to enable the Dundee Chronicle to triumph over its difficulties , in order that it may remain in the possession of the industrious classes , and continue to aid them in their great and godlike \? ork of diffusing virtue , freedom , intelligence , peace , and prosperity throughout our beloved fatherland .
By order of the Association , Isaac Peterkis , Jan ., Sec . 229 , Orergate , Dundee .
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MOST APPALLING CALAMITY . I { From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser , Aug } 10 , j \
destruction of the steam-boat eeie bt fire , and THK LOSS OF 6 ?< E HtTvDBED A >* D S £ "VZ > TT LlVrS . Little did we think , yesterday , in penning a brief paragraph in commendation of the Erie , that to-day we should be called upon to record the destruction of th& : boat , together with a loss of life unequalled on our own or almost any other witers . The Erie left the dock at ten minittes past four , p m ., loaded wiib . merchandise destined for Chicago , and , as nearly as now can be ascertained , about 200 persons , including passecgers and crew , on board . Tbe boa ; had been thoroughly overhauled , and aHbongh the wind was blowing fresh , everything promised a pleasant and prosperous voyage . Nothing occurred to mar thi 3 prospect till about eight , when the boat
¦ was off Silver Creek , about eight mile 3 from shore , and thirty-three miles from this city , when a slight ; explosion was heard , and immediately , instanta- i » e © usly almost , the whole vessel vras enveloped in flames . Capt . Titus , who was on the upper deck at ; the time , rushed to the ladies' cabin to obiain the j life-preservers , of which there were from ninety to « ne hundred on board ; but so rapid had been the progress of toe flames , he found it impossible to \ enter the cabin . He returned to the upper deck , on his way giving orders to the engineer to stop the engine , the wind and ihe headway of the boa ; in- , ereasing lie fierceness of the flame 3 and driving ' them . The engineer replied tha ; in consequence of the flames he could no ) reach the engine . The
steersman was instantly directed to put the helm hard a starboard . The vessel swung slowly round , heading to the shore , and the boats—there were three on board—were then ordered to be lowered . Two of ihe boats were lowered , but in consequence of the heavy sea on , and the headway of the vessel , they ; both swamped as soon as they touched vr&iei . We will not attempt to describe the awfui and appalling condition of the passengers . Some were frantic with fear and horror , others plunged headlong madly into the water , others again seized upon anything buoyant upon which they could lay kands . ' The snail boat forward had been lowered . It was alongside the wheel , with three or four persons in ii , whpn tie captain jumped in and the beat immediately
dropped astern and filled with water . A lady floated with a life-preserver on . She criei for help . —There was no safety in the boat . The captain tarew her the only oar in the boat . She eanght the oar and wa 3 saved . It was Mre . Lynde of Milwaukie , and she was the only ladv saved . In thi 3 condition , the boat a mass of h ' eree ' fire , and the passengers and crew endeavouring to save themselves by swimming or supporting themselves by whatever they could reach , ihej were found by the Clinton at about ten p . m . The Clinton left here in the morning , but in consequence of the wind had put into Dunkirk . She lay there till nearly sunset , at which time she ran out , and had proceeded as far ss Barcelona , when jusi at twilight the fire of the
Erie was discovered some twenty miles astern . The Clinton immediately put about , and reached the burning wreck about ten . It was a fearful sight . All the , upper works of the Erie had been burned away . The engine was Etanding , but the hull was a mass of dull red flame . The passengers and the crew rrsxe \ floating around , screaming in their agony and shrieking for help . The boats of the Clinton were ' instantly lowered and manned , and every person i that could be seen or heard was picked up , and every p ossible relief afforded . The Lady , a little sieamboat lying at Dunkirk , went oat of the harbour as soon as possible after the discovery of the fire , and arrived soon after the Clinton . It was not thonght by the survivors . that she saved any . By one ajn . all was still except the dead crackling of the fire .
Hot a solitary individual could be seen or heard on the wild waste of waters . A line was then made ; fast to the remainB of the Erie ' s rudder , and an : effort made t » tow the hapless hull ashcre . About : this time the Chautauque came up and lent her assistance . The hull of the Erie was towed within about four miles of the shore , when it sunk in eleven ; fathoms water . By this time it was daylight . The j Cfinton headed for this port , which she reached I about six o ' clock . Of those who are saved several I are badly burned , but non « are dangerously injured ! so far as we have heard . ; Obigzs of the Fibe . —Among the passengers on i board were six painters in the employ of Mr . G . W . j Miller , of this city , who were going to Erie to paint i the steazn-iost Madison . They haa with them demi- ; Johns filled with spirits of turpentine and varnish , I which , unknown to Captain Titus , were placed on i
the boiler deck directly over the boilers . -One ) of the firemen , who was Eared , says he had occasion to go on deck , and seeing some demijohns , be re- 1 amoved them . They were replaced , but by whom is i sot knows . Immediately previous to the bursting forth of the flames , as several on board have assured j ss , a slight explosion was heard . The demijohns had probably burst with the heat , and their inflam- j mable contents taking fire , instantly con munie&ted ; to every part of the boat , which , having been freshly j Tarnished , caught as if it had been gunpowder . Not a paper nor an article of any kind was saved . Of coarse it is impossible to give a complete lilt of those on board . Of cabin passengers Captain Titus think * there were between thirty and forty , of whom ten or twelve were ladies . In the steerage were aboBt . one hundred and forty passengers , nearly all f whom were Swiss and German emigrants . They wen aoctljia familie s , with tbe usual proportion
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of men , women , and children . The heart bleeds at the thought . _ It is a singular coincidence , that the Erie was burned » t almost indentically the same spot where the Washington was burned in June , 1838 . Capt . Brown , who commanded the Washington at that time , happened to be on board the Clinton , and was very active in saving the Burvirors of the Erie .
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THE " TURN OUT . " | So ; the strife of party is for the present at an end . ! The fierce yelpings of the pack 3 have subsided for | a little ; and the fat hounds , fairly beaten , —force and i subterfuge alike failing ihem , —retire to console them-I selves with the portions of prey carried out of the ; mess-trough while they had possession of it ; while the i belligerent mastiffs , having stormed the trough , are | arranging themselves for the gorge , when the people j shall have furnished a new quota of devourables j This is , of course , the only matter of contention ; and the benefitif t
i , any , to he people , is in i the increased facilities which the new dis-^ position of things may afford them for ¦ beating away both herds of ugly brutes . There ¦ is no danger of the new occupants of Downing-street I permitting the people to forget that the same ' ¦ " . rogues' march" to which oae set of public scoun-1 drels have been made to pad tha hoof from the j snnirgery , has served for the'introduction of another ; set , not less rapacious , and only more honest because \ more unblushingly impudent than their immediate ! predecessors , while the ass whioh carries the pro-! vision basket is still subject to the cufis and
cud-¦ gelliDgs of the unfeeling freeDooters who use him for their profit . | The Whigs are out ! That of itself is matter of ( congratulation , still more so , when it is
coni ; i ' '< ; i I sidered that , as Whigs , they can never again 1 Mine in . Their expulsion from the offices ! they have so long abused , is the best evidence . that could be , nnder existing circumstances , of the growing strength and power of the people ; while ' , events immediately attendant upon this expulsion i have proved not less conclusively how much that strength has been trammelled , and that power mis-! directed by the most specious , but most hollow and ; hungry , of the hangers-on of Whiggery , who , under I the mask of patriotism and devotedness to popular rights , have hung upon the people ' s skirts and kept
down the rising energies which would have borne them upwards towards their own place and station . This turn-out of the " brutal , base , and bloody Whigs , " has unintentionally been productive of one good effect already—the concussion of parties has shaken the entire mask from the half covered face of hypocrisy ; it has unveiled to the country the leperous features and rotten hearts of some of its pretended friends—those who have made its distresses a theme by which to acquire popularitymen who have pretended to sympathise with the suffering millions that they might ingratiate
themselves , into their confidence , and having obtained that confidence , and thereby bolstered up a sort of bastard influence in the legislature , such as it is , have basely abandoned the cause of the millions at the very moment when their good faith would have been of service to them . We allude to the conduct of the members for Sheffield and Bath , and the two or three other stout-tongued orators of bygone days , who condescended to follow their mock heroic example , and abandon their duty to the country , because , forsooth ! their importances
had not been previously consulted as to the existence of a fact which the greatest fool in the kingdom was aware of , and of which those in the House , in particular , must have been convinced even to satiety . The amendment , or rather the addition , proposed by Mr . Crawford to the Address , in answer to the Queen ' s Speech , was plain , straightforward , and truthful : it went to the point at once , and would have told the Sovereign , in the voice of the " representatives" of the people , that which , to remain longer ignorant of , would imply an opaqueness of perception closely allied to idiotcy . It 3 terms
were : — " That -we further respectfully represent to yeur Majesty , that in our opinion the distress which your Majesty deplores , is mainly attributable to the circumstance of your whele people not being fully and fairly represented in their House ; and that we feel it will be onr bounden duty to consider the means of so extending and regulating the Suffrage , and of adopting Euch improvement * in the system of voting , as will confer on the working classes that just ¦ wei ght in the representative body , which is necessary to secure a due consideration of their interests , and which their present patient endurance of suffering gives them the strongest title to claim . "
This amendment was most cautiously and judiciously expressed . No man in his common senses , who had not predetermined to array himself against the interests of the people , would have objected to it ; yet it was objected to , and in the first place by whom ! By those mouthers of patriotism , and practisers of expediency—the Members for Bath and Sheffield—Mr . John Abthvb Roebuck and Mr . Geokge Hesbt Wakd . Credat Judaus . '
With regard to the latter , Mr . G . H . Wa bd , one would have thought that , as a semi-leader of the " movement party" in the House , he must , if he had any real desire to ameliorate the condition of the people , have supported that amendment . But u " Eays the Member for Sheffield , " I have not been consulted ! vr mfobtancb as a leader has not been considered ! I , who have held a public appointment , and spent some of the hard wrung produce of the taxes in my embassy to
Mexico ; I , who am proprietor , and editor , of that most popular—most honest—most astonishingly erudite , and moral newspaper , the Weekly Chronicle . > It who have written down its circulation more than ona half , and who vary my legislative labours by eking out its scanty returns by the produce of a jobbing printing office , where , for the good of my constituents , I throw off Tory papers , and Whig papers , from the very machine that prodaoee my own unmatchable apostate , tbe
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once Radical Chronicle ! I follow in any man ' s wake who would presume to introduce a measure for the public welfare without consulting me and my clique ! No ! perish the country first ! Besides the Whigs are scarcely outthe Tories are not yet in—this amendment cats at both . If I support it I shall offend both , and then what becomes of the Secretaryship or Commissionership , I hare been trimming for , and damning myself as a public man to secure ever since I became the son of a Tory pensioner , and the proprietor of an apostate Radical newspaper !"
This , is , we apprehend , precisely the sort of reasoning which the unfortunate gentleman may be supposed to have indulged in , upon the occasion referred to . Certain it is , that patriotism had nothing to do with his conduct , or with his refusal to vote one way or the other . In the matter of Mr . G . H , Wabd the thing is quite clear enough : the principle asserted in the
amendment , and to which he declared his adherence though refusing to rote for it , is of no value whatever to Mr . G . H . Wabd , further than as it serves to invest him with a fictitious importance , which may make it worth while to the Cerberus to throw him a salt sop or two . And to this very patriotic sentiment the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath seems well inclined to say ditto ; nor does he seem much to care from which of the monster ' s heads the
sop comes . He has waited upon Providence for the turning out of the Whigs , and is now disposed to give the Tories a fair trial . " It was bat right that they should wait until the Right Hon . Baronet had been fairly installed in his office , and then that they should be prepared to give him and his measures a fair trial . ( Cheers . ) He was himself determined to give the Right Hon . Baronet and his friends that fair trial . " Such are the words set down in the London papers , for the Hon . and Learned Member , after and in tho
teeth of , his strong speech upon the Amendment , in which he passed judgment upon the general policy of the Hon . Baronet . We wish not to press too hardly on Mr . Roebuck ; but wo do think that if his conduct on this occasion betokens not a disposition to traffic with his principles , it is due to the country that he should tell us what he means by giving a fair trial to Sir Robert Peel . We honestly confess that we can make nothing else of it .
The pretext urged by both Wabd and Roebuck that the motion was ill-timed , was a most paltry and transparent cover for the contemptible vanity which felt itself wounded at the overlooking of its arrogant pretensions to superiority ; and we are not a little pleased that they were well told of it in the House by Mr . Wallace who is described as—•• Having several times waved his hat , as if in derision of what he considered to be a cowardly defalcation
from the ranks , exclaimed , that those who remained could maintain their principles well enough without the leadership of the Hon . Members who had deserted them ;" So we think ; while at the same time , we fear that a very slight rubbing of the grease-pot athwart either of their noses , would convert those same would-be leaders into very humble and obsequiona followers , of whomsoever might happen to hold the pot in hand .
We are glad to place in contrast with these gentlemen , the Hon . Member for Finsbury , Mr . T , Duscombe , who said" Tbe whole scene which had just occurred was unworthy of the character of that House , and no doubt Hon . Gentlemen opposite would triumph when they saw tbe ranks of tho Reformers divided . The Hon . Member for Rochdale bad , in the honest and conscientious discharge of his duty , proposed this Amendment , as be , as an individual member of Parliament , had a
full right to do ; and yet Hon . Gentlemen said , that in point of fact he had no right to propose his resolution without consulting them , and the moment they had delivered their sentiments to that effect they quitted the House , leaving the Hon . Membfci and hiniBftlf in the hands of the enemies of the people . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) wished to see open foes ; he wished to deal with manly enemies , and not with professing friendB . He should decidedly vote for the Amendment of the Hon . Member for Rochdale . "
On the whole , we regard the debate and division on this - motion with some degree of satisfaction . It affords evidence that the principles of right are compelling the attention of the House . The last division upon this same question , on the motion of Mr . Wakley , exhibited only sixteen members voting in the affirmative . On this occasion , notwithstanding that when Mr . Roebuck had concluded his speech , he took up his hat and marched out , in company with Ward , Leader , Hav . es , Pkothebob , and , according to the Times , a dozen or fifteen other Radical !
Members , there were yet thirty-nine left , who affirmed the principle of the amendment by their votes . Another circumstance connected with this affair is well worth notice , and has evidently stricken the now dominant faction with some degree of alarm . During the debate , the Treasury bench was completely unoccupied . There was not the faintest semblance of a Cabinet Minister present . The Ministers could not plead ignorance of Mr . S . Crawford ' s motion . He gave notice of it in their presence , and it was recorded in the orders of the day .
We take thi 3 as a first move towards the fulfilment of our well-considered kprophecy , that , once convinced , by being driven from the mess-trough , that the people are in earnest , the Whigs , in the hope of again gulling them , will bid high and lustily for the reassumption of their " lost occupation . " No u physical force Chartist" was ever yet half so rampant as we shall soon find the peace-loving , constitutional , finality-movement burners of Nottingham and Bristol , and hangers of the dupes whom they had incited and entrapped to mischief . This , however , will not do . They are " damned past ail redemption . " The people of England are not so cravenhearted as to kiss the heel that spurned them in the time of its prosperity ? They may forgive , but never will forgtt . y
This debate will prove a last and most lasting lesson . " Save me from my friends , " was the exclamation of the philosopher ; and we guess the people will appreciate it . They will not again , for the sake of a few plausible arguments ^—a specious appearance of candour , and a very accommodating suavity of manner , when aught is to gained by it , permit such men as the Members for Sheffield and Bath , and their class , to be sent to the Commons House of Humbugs , to represent large constituencies of honest , hard working , and suffering people , for whose interests , when once seated , they care aot half so much as they do for the health of their own dogs .
They will take care to beBtir them , so that when another election comes , as come it must soon , the factions shall find every gun in their own battery of annoyance either spiked or turned upon themselves , while the rush of the besieging Chartists shall make even the walla of the stronghold of tyranny , where all their manacles are forged , to give way at the impetuosity of their cool , constitutional , moral , legal , and peaceful assault . All honour to Shabma * Crawford the honest and true advocate of the people ' 6 right—not forgetting , by any means , the Gallant General who seconded , and "the thirty-nine who voted for , his motion , the spirit of which shall yet be speedily recognised by " both their Houses . "
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THE DEMONSTRATION AT YORK . At no period of the "movement" have we had so much cause of rejoicing as in the liberation of our " Lion" from his den . The most benighted and corrupt city in the empire , separated from the strongholds of Chartism by many miles—where but a short time since our principles were all unknown , and thought of only as the war-whoop of cannibals thirsting for human blood—was crowded with the representatives and adherents of freedom from every quarter of the empire . Upwards of one hundred and fifty delegates , representing almost the entire labouring population of England , were assembled in York on Sunday night , to offer a people ' s congratulations to the champion of their liberties . Monday morning was ushered in by the influx of peo-
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ple from every quarter to swell the shout of welcome that was to hail the persecuted O'Connob , 0 ! how the patriot ' s heart " must have swelled with gratitude as he came from the solitary cell of confinement , aad gazed , in the twinkling of an eye , on all England at bis feet ! How faction most have trembled for its destiny when it saw the object of its hate and vengeance made , the moment he breathed the chainless winds of heaven , the object of universal love—of national idolatry . It was love in its eublimesfc mood , and idolatry in its purest form ; for there was nothing but the unbougb f
heart-homage of millions to give pomp and enthusiasm to the scene . O'Connob did not , like an Alexander or a Cse 3 ar , drag bands of servile captives at his Chariot wheels . He did not appear before the public gaze , decked off with the spoils of ruined empires or the stolen rights of humanity . Yet he Iwas greater than Caesar—he was more than a conqueror . Other men have been raised above the surface of things by the glitter of gold and the swords of tyrants . He was raised to rank by no worldly toy—no blood-stained scimitar .
Patriotism , integrity , eloquence , manliness , gave to him nobility , and took from despotism all its sting . Wealth and sordid power can never earn the gratitude of nations , nor shed a gleam of light or joy on slaves . O'Connor has a nation ' s gratitude—and as he broke the [ fetters of the tomb , he gave elasticity to the national mind . It should be so 2 With such a general at our head again , we must gird ourselves with renewed [ energy for the fight . Throw despair to the winds , for our Liberator is free again !
Let the country do Us duty , and , by each district completing the work of moral organisation , prove how they appreciate the liberation of their chief . When a few days' notice can bring together the largest assemblage of delegates ever met together in the great and good cause , and that , too , when millions are sinking beneath the pressure of unprecedented distress , what can we not look for in the coming future ! Chartism is now a giant . We must launch our vessel on the strong waters of the world : the created wave may beat upon our prowthe raging winds may whistle through our cordage ; but we have hearts inured to danger—we have a " pilot to weather the storm . "
In the lengthy report of this glorious Demonstration , which vre give in this day ' s Star , we have given as many of the names of the Delegates as we could get . We learn , however , that a great many are omitted . We shall be happy to publish all these next week , if sent to us before Wednesday . Of the various speeches we will not trust oureoIvos to say a word in the way of comment . When so much is said , and so well said , by so many parties , to do justice to all would be impossible—to particularise , invidious . We refer to them with pride and confidence . They will well repay perusal . Never did York see such a day before , and never will the proud priest-ridden city be permitted to forget it .
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THE HELL HOLES AND THE VICTIMS . We this day publish the letter from the Northallerton hell , to which we alluded last week , and from which it will be seen that poor Holbekrv is still iu a miserable condition , and that his petition has failed to touch the iron heart of Norman by . Indeed , to find a spark of genuine feeling or real humanity in the composition of a Whig in office would be > greater miracle than the standing still of the sun , or the bringing water out of the flinty rock . But if those in'high places are oruel and remorseless , so much more is it incumbent upon the people to be up and doing . They must destroy the system or the system will in its accursed career destroy them . Every thing really good must wither
and die under the blighting and blasting influence of faction ; to deBtroy faction therefore , and to establish government on tho basis of Universal Suffrage must be the constant object of our , most ardent solicitude . And to do this effectually we must unite * the wise and good of all classes and of all parties ; we must convince those who now oppose us from ignorance of our principles , that Chartism , Justice , and Humanity are synonymous terms ; and we must do so by our acts , for theEe and these alone form decisive evidence . We know that the efforts now being made to bring the fiendish silent system , with all its horrors and atrocities , before the House of Commons and the country , are most essentially aiding our glorious cause .
It is said , that " Yirtue is its own reward ; " and , in this case , the Chartists taking up the subject on the broad basis of the right of men , however degraded , to be treated as men , and not as brutes , has produced , in not a few instances , a disposition to examine our principles ; and as these principles are founded on truth and equity , an unprejudiced exa mination of them must ensure conviction . We are told that parties have been induced to attend meetings on the subject of the silent system , who could never be induced to listen to a Chartist lecturer ; but they have thus had an opportunity of learning what our objects are , and prejudice has fallen before the face of truth . We have been asked what
would be the best course to pursue in getting up these petitions , as it is a matter of importance to save expence i To this inquiry our answer is : — Let the proper authorities of each town or village be requested by some of the householders , to caJl a public meeting for this object , and if they should refuse , let the meeting be called by the requisitionists themselves , at which meeting the petition being adopted , should be signed by the Chairman . Then a single sheet of paper will be sufficient , and all expence may be avoided . The heading of the petition must run thus : — " The humble petition of the inhabitants of the township of , in the county of ,
in public meeting assembled . " Again we say , let there be no delay ; and in all public meetings let the example of Dewsbury be strictly followed ; that is , let a resolution pledging the meeting to agitate for nothing less than the Charter be propounded as soon as the Petition is adopted . Thus an opportunity will be afforded to make known our objects , and to gain converts to our cause . On , Chartists , on ! the destinies of the world are in your hands , and you , if you better not its state , will leave it to your children to mourn over your dishonoured graves . O'Connor is released from his dungeon ; resolve that tbe hellish system , under which he and so many brave patriots have suffered , aad are suffering , shall cease to exist .
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e regret much that we cannet porsuade our friends practically to observe the very clear and plain directions which we have so often given and repeated about the sending of matter for the Star . The extent of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , our friends seem to think that if their communications reach us by Thursday morning it is quite soon enough . This is a great mistake . They should remember that every word of the paper has to be put together by single letters / and the whole space filled before we can go to press , and It is impossible to do this in one forenoon . Our men are busily employed in filling up the paper with matter which , from one source or other , we must supply during the whole week , and it seldom happens that more than one or
two columns , besides the neeessary space for editorial comment , remain to be filled on Thursday morning . This shews the importance and necessity of all matters of news , occurrences of the movement , reports of meetings , &c , being sent to us at once , Immediately they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , that on Monday and Tuesday we have scarcely any letters , and on Wednesday comparatively few till tbe sight post arrives . The consequence is , that those letters which do arrive in the early part , of the week are carefully attended to and given generally at length ; while we are obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various Bourses , for matter to fill the remaining portion of 8 * many columns of the paper as must be set up before Wednesday night Wednesday night and Thursday morning ' s post * bring us a shoal of letters
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from' all part * of the country ; these corns upon as just in tbe hurry of writing and attending to what axe' called tbe leading articles ; while ta the e . irly part of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . The consequence is that one half of these letters are passed over entirely ; and the other half compressed into the smallest possible amount of space—and the next consequence is , that in the following week we have letters of complaint from various parties about their communications being treated with neglect Some whose letters or reports may have been omitted for want of space , refer occasionally to the police reports—the column of " varieties , " or some other portion of the contents of the 2 nd , Srd , 6 th , or
7 th pages of the paper , which are always set up first—and ask indignantly if their communication Was leas Important than such or such a thteg which appeared in the tame paper from which it was excluded " for want of space "—others accuse as of partiality and . unfairness in cutting down their reports to a mere annoucement , while those of other towns are given at greater length . We have had many most angry letters of this description , the cause for which has rested entirely with the parties themselves . Now if our friends will but , bear in mind that we are filling up the paper every day ; that the same column cannot be filled twice over ; that we must give ouc such mailer as we have JUST when the men want IT , or there would be no Star on Saturday , and that therefore we can't wait for the next post—we must go on ; if they would remember all this , and send their communications promptly
—in the early part of the week—all would stand a fair and a good chance ; and if they would also remember that we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , no one place cari be allowed to monopolizs an unreasonable portion of the paper , we should have no complaints of inattention to any party—because we know there would be no ground for them . Our anxious desire is to make the 5 tar a truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot de this unless the country will aid us rightly in the sending of their matters of communication . Tbe above remarks apply , of ceurse , to news , facts , meetings of tbe people , Chartist intelligence , &c . Original papers , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , fcc , must be here at the beginning of the week , or we shall not hold ourselves bound even to notice them .
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We have received the following letter from Mr , John Cleave : — " London , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , 'August 25 , 1841 . " Sir , —In your Paper of July 31 st , the following notice appeared : —• On Saturday next ( i . e . the 7 tU August ) , we shall give the portrait of Emmett to our Yorkshire subscribers ; on the following Saturday ( the 14 th ) , to those of Lancashire ; on the Saturday after ( the 21 st ) , to those of all other places . ' Now , from some arrangement at your office , with which I have nothing to do , this Older of delivery was , in one or two instances , departed from ; thereby giving rise to considerable dissatisfaction among the London readers . In my own
justification , permit me to say , that on the 17 th instant , the Engraver intimated that he had received instructions to deliver the quantity of Portraits ^ required by me , on the 19 th instant , on which day I received them , and they were dnly handed over to the subscribers on the day specified in the above notice . And I beg to add , that , whatever may have been the ground of the ill-natured calumny relative to my ' accounts not being right at your office , or I should have had my 'Portraits as soon as any one else , ' I only say that I adhered to your own instructions , as laid down in the notice I bave quoted . "I am . Sir ; " Your obedient servant , "John Cleave . "
In reference to . this letter we have only to say , that the order to ihe Engraver to deliver the several numbers of the London ^ Portraits teat forwarded some time before the day appoiniedfor the delivery , end the parties requiring them duly apprized of the same . It seems that as Mr . Cleave ' s number was the largest , they were delivered to him the last—but still in time for distribution on the day announced , Aug . 2 lst ; and ii further appears , that the other parties departed from the rule of distribution we had laid down , and gave tlieirs before the time . Mr . Cleave was quite right in his delivery : and we are sorry that any inconvenience has arisen to him from others departing from the published rule .
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CHAKT 1 ST CONTESTKD SEATS . j 2-b . iL From Tillicoultry 0 9 0 « . Alva ... ... ... 0 5 0 FOB THE WIVES AMD FAMILIES OF THK INCARCERATED V CHARTISTS . From the Teetotallers at Spilsby , per Wa - Fox ... 0 5 0 _ Front Cheltenham West End friends t 10 o FOB THE EXECCTIVE , MANCHESTER . From the Chartists of Spilsby , per Thomas Driffleld 0 9 rt
¦ FOR PEDDIE . From Huddersfield , per Mr . Vevera ... 0 l 9 FOB PRESS FOB J . B . O ' BRIEN . Profits on the ball held at the Working Men ' s Hall , Marylebone , London 6 6 9 From A . Haigh , Harwich 0 6 . _ A . Lyson , do . 9 6 ( „ a Republican , do . 0 3 ) _ a foe to tyranny , do 0 3 0 1 6 ., Darlington , per J . Moss ... ... 0 7 g F « K ; O ' BRIEN'S ELECTION FUND AT NEWCASTLE . From Cheltenham West End friends ... 0 10 0
Communications Received too Late . —The Man ' Chester Local Victim Committee ; The Conference Committee ; Thomas Milton ; Thomas Griffiths ; Abergavenny ; Merthyr Tydvil ; Aberdeen ; Larqo ; and various others .
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The following characteristic specimen of " the Liberator's" mode of advancing his cause appeared in the Irish papers of the early part of last week . We should have given it in our last but for the reason assigned , unusual pressure upon our space . We are sot much better off for space this week , with the York release demonstrations . But wo must lay the following before our readers , premising that the scene is laid at the Corn Exchange , Dublin : — Mr . O'Connell again rose and said— I think , it 13 very JikeJy that I shall not leave Dublin till noxt Monday night . I shall , by going by the five o'clock boat , be in time tor the commencement of the debate on the Queen ' s speech , and that is all I
desire . I therefore shall postpone a good deal of the business—some trivial matters , and also some mat * ters « f importance , until next Monday . ( Hear . ) I hope that the gentlemen who have been appointed deputies in the various parishes to prepare for tha municipal eleotion , will do me the honour to attend here to-morrow at two o ' clock , to make arrange * ments for determining- on and selecting candidates for each ward , so that we may be able to have a ballet in any ward where there is a dispute about the selection of candidates . ( Hear , hear . ) I will be here and superintend the ballot myself . ( Hear . ) I wish to call the attention of the Association for a moment to some of those miserable Chartist move * ments that have attracted more of public attention
than they merit . These are formed on a most paltry scale . I got in Drogheda a list of the entire Char * tist force there , and it consisted only of eight persons ; and when the name of one of those persons was mentioned by me , he wrote to me within an hour disclaiming having anything to do with Chartism—and : I believe him . ( Hear . ) In Dublin there are not more than twenty Chartists , and they have obtained a Sort of notoriety from a letter which appeared in the newspapers from a respectable Catholic clergyman . ( Hear . ) It is not my habit to enter into any political controversy with any gentleman of his profession . I prefer leaving myself liable to have my motives impeached by him to entering into any species of angry controversy with him ; and there scarcely ever is a controversy in the
newspapers , however courteously commenced , that does not end in ill-blood ; therefore ,, I will not advert to anything that bears the name of the Rev . Mr . Ryan , though I believe tho composition is not his own , but is from the pen of a person whose contributions to the public press are familiar to me Mr . Ryan has impugned me for introducing his name here , and it is not fair of him to do so . I only introduced his name because I found it in Feargas O'Connor ' s journal , and I only introduced it for the purpose of giving Mr . Ryan an opportunity of disavowing any connection with that man , if he could . ( Hear . ) I spoke not of him with disrespect , and I don't now speak of him with disrespect . I venerate the character that he Btands in before the public
and I have enough of persons to discuss political matters with , without involving myself iu a discussion with the reverend gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) I should observe that the excuses given for Chartism in this country are of the most ludicrous kind . They Say they are Universal Suffragists , but they are not . No man can be a Universal Suffragist * The word is misapplied . No man thinks of going so far as to give the franchise to parsons tainted with crime ; no one thinks of giving the franchise to persons that are not of the age of twenty-one years ; no one thinks of giving it to females , though they vote in the Bank of England , and in the management of the affairs of one hundred millions of people
id the East Indies . ( Hear , hear . ) Universal Suffrage is a word that should nob be used , the term , used should be general Suffrage ; and I will go as far as any Chartist in seeking for a general Suffrage . ( Hear . ) I shall not detain you by entering into any discussion on the subject : but I will observe that Chartism in Dublin was originated through personal animosity to myself . It was established here t ' -irough a feeling of animosity to me , the continuance of which I invite , and I will take care to deserve as much more of it as I possibly can . ( Cheers . ) I should remark before I proceed , that there is a fellow amongst them with a good deal of impudence of the name of Brophy .
A Voice—I am here . Mr . O'Connell—I am sorry for it ; there could not have been a worse fellow , wherever you are . You are as bad a boy as could be , and I will show it in a few minutes . This man has published a letter in the newspapers , in which he accuses me with charging him of being an Orangeman , and fie declares that he is not . ; ( Hear , hear . ) I have since discovered that he is not an Orangeman . * He could not be one , for he was a Catholic ; and , before a Committee of the HouBe of Commons , it was distinctly proved that no person could be an Orangeman that was ever a Catholic . The declaration made by a man when he is becoming an Orangeman is , that he is not a Catholic , aud never was one . Therefore I was wrong in imputing that to him , for he was once a Roman Catholic ' , and , therefore , could not be one . A Voice—He was worse .
Mr . OConnell-Djn \ interrupt me . I have a little more to say to him . He was a member of Father Spratt's society—the Scapularian Societyand he was dismissed that society . Brophy—f was not . Several Voices—Y ou were , you were . Mr . O'Connell . —Don't get into any contest about him . He then went and juiued Parson Gregg , and carried the scapular belonging to Mr . Spratt ' s society fhete , and exhibited it to them , to turn it into ridicule . There is the mxn that is the secretary to the Chartists of Dublin , and he has since , I understand , become a Protestant . ( Loud groans , and cries of " turn him out . ") No , no , don ' t touch him .
Mr . Steele—No , let no man touch him . Mr . O'Connell . —Let no person attempt to touco him . He would desire nothing better than that job should—he came here to provoks you to injure him and to ——Bhophy—Let me say half-a-dozen words . Mr . O'Cqnnell—I will hear you , though I don't know that I ought . Dr . GbaV—He ia not a member of the Association , and ift . he be allowed to speak here , it will afford a precedent to others who are not members to come amongst us and disturb our proceedings . Mr . O'Conneli—Well , then , I'll not hear him . ( Groans , and cries of " put him out . " ) Don ' t attempt to touch him . I will myself see him safely out . ir
[ The Learned Gentleman , accompanied by > . iiteele , having seen him out of the room , proceeded to say ]—I am Borry for this incident , and I shall detain the . meeting on this subject but one moment longer . The observation I wish to make relates particularly to the meit that are endeavouring to get up this Chartist diversion in Dublin—( hear and cheers ) -s > f course we are very interesting each of us to himself , and I conceive that it may not be uninteresting to you to state that the stock-in-trade of Feargus O'Connor and his party is their abase of me . ( Hear , hear . ) There is not a sing le lie that ever was invented about me that they are not ready to propagate —( oh , oh)—though Feargus O'Connor is well aware of the utter falsehood of these assertions .
( Groans . ) With respect to him , I need only say , give you an idea of his feelings towards me , that when I went to Leeds FearguB filled three of nis newspapers with the strongest and most urgent in * centives he could use to induce them to pat me to death—( cries of ' oh , oh" )—but he has not killed me yet . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) The principal person among the Chartists in Dublin is Mr . O Higgins . He is very angry with me , this Mr . O Higgins ; and I will avow he is quite right in being so . Not as a Christian , but as a man , he has every reason to hate me , for I it was that caused him to be expelled from the Volunteers for conduct dishonourable to a patriot and a man . He has , theuj esteem
a fair cause for his hate to me , and I will it a compliment his abusing me as much as he lists . 'Tis well for him that it requires but little talent to vilify me ; ibr all he has to do is to consult a file of Orange newspapers , and there he will be sure to find sueh a stock of ready-made abuse of me as may suit his purposes , for many a year to come . ( Laugtter . ) 'Tis , however , a duty I owe to society Jo . caution the public against him . Sometime sintf £ e went on an " experimental journey through t » . e northern districts of Dublin , distributing around , afl he proceeded , copies of a document drawn up by * man named Nelson , asserting the independence 01 Lower Canada , and advising ithe inhabitants to threw off the British yoke . The paper was W-
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The New Misistrt . —The following is given in the Times of Wednesday , as an authentic list of the appointments entered into by Sir R . Peel , in the formation of a new adminstration : — Sir R . Poel , First Lord of the Treasury . Right Hon . H . Goulburn , Chancellor of the Exchequer . Lord Wharneliffe , President of the Council . Lord Lvndhurst , Lord High Chancellor . Dake of Buckingham Privy Seal . Earl of Aberdeen , Foreign Secretary , Lord Stanley , Colonial Secretary . Sir James Graham , Home Secretary . The Duke of Wellington , in the Cabinet without j office . I Lord Ellenborough , President of the Board of Control . The Earl of Haddington , First Lord of the ¦ Admirality .
| I The Earl of Ripon , President of the Board of i Trade . i Sir F . Pollock , Attorney-General . ' Sir W . Follett , Solicitor -General . \ Lord Lowther , Postmaster-General . 1 Sir H . Hardinge , Secretary at War . Sir E . Knatchbull , Paymaster-General . 5 * Earl de Grey , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Lord Eliot , Secretary for Ireland . W . E . Gladstone , Vice-President of the Board of Trade . The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged , but there is bo doubt that the following Noblemen , and Gentlemen will hold office in the Ministry : —Lord Mahon , Lord Liverpool , Lord G . Somerset , Earl of Chesterfield , Lord F . Egerton , Sir G . Gerk , Sir W . Rae , Sir E . Sugden , &c .
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i j < ! I : i j j ; ' I " The Chabtists have proved themselves mobb j ACCURATE CALCULATORS THAN THE MIDDLE CLASSES , LWhkTHEB THE 1 B hC ^ TRUM "WOULD HAVE MENDED rttatters is not now the question ; but the result ' has shewn that thet "vvebe coseect in theih ! opinion—that i . n the present state of the eepre-! se-vtat 10 n , it was vain to thl . mi op a repeal of the corn mon opoly . **•?••• Political pcweb in this cowtby , though it resides 15 a comparatively small class , cah only i be exercised by the euffera 5 ce of the masses . " — I Morning Chronicle forocn of the Whig Ministers J , i Friday , July 16 . ' /> , 1841 .
J J J !The Northern Stak. I Saturday, September 4, 1841. 1 . . .
j j j ! THE NORTHERN STAK . i SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1841 . 1 . . .
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Adam Fitton . —sends us for insertion the following stanza : — " God save the people , Free the poor from pain . Turn tbe Whigs and Tories all adrift , Let honest men reigu . " We say amen . James Loughlands . —It is impossible to find room for the letter that has been sent to us from the Baptist Church at liedtington , in reference to the conference of ministers . Richard Spurr . — We have received an insolent letter bearing this signature , and dated 91 , St . John ' s * street , Smithfield Bar , London , in which the writer says— "If the Northern Star is the people ' s
paper , as one of the people , I claim the insertion of my letters : if , on the other hand , it is the paper of a faction , at once declare it , and refuse their insertion . " We beg to tell Mr . Spurr , that it is because we consider the Northern Star to be ' the people ' s paper that we refuse to allow him the use of its columns to create a faction . Robert Wilson , Glasgow . —His question is very loosely stated . So far as we can understand it we incline to answer with a " yes ; " though the reasons on which we base our opinion might occupy more space than we can afford far so trifling a matter .
R . Neave .--We have no room . Bromsguove . —The Chartists of this place wish to inform their brethren throughout the country that all letters must be addressed to John Heath , Ednallane : their late secretary , Mr . Sanders , has left for America . Francis Heathcote writes us en behalf ofacompany of working men at Darlaston , in Staffordshire , in expressioii of their thanks to the ** Woolwich Cadet , " for his letter in last week's Northern Star . J . Leech . —His letter must stand over , at least , for the present . J . Thornton , Paddock . —We were not aware of the
trregulanty , and will endeavour to rectify it . Ruffy Ridley . — We have not room for his letter to the County Council of Wilts : he had better send it to them by post . Journeyman Hatters . —Our space is too much occupied this week ; out we shall endeavour to give them a benefit in our nest . Edinburgh . —We have no room for the Rev . Mr . Browning's lecture , at least Jor the present . Constant Reader , Belfast . —Next week . H ., Nottingham . — We shall be glad to receive his occasional statements of facts ; but we hope he will be careful to send us nothing that he cannot effectually substantiate . Mrs . Fkost . — We have received from the subscribers at Dukinfkld a copy of a letter recently sent to this lady , enclosing subscriptions to the amount
of £ 1 Is ., together with her reply . Doth letters are exceedingly creditable to the parties ; but vie have not room for their insertion . A Lover of Chartism . — We have had quite enough of the nonsense about Mr . Edwards . Liberation Addresses . — Very many localities must excuse the insertion of their congratulatory addresses to Feargus O'Connor . To insert all is impossible ; and , consequently , to insert any might seem invidious . John Hardy . — We have no room for his poetry . H . D . Griffiths must stand over for the presentour space is full . L . Rogers . — We cannot read his poetry . Stroudwater . — We have received a long
communication concerning a hole-and-corner Corn-law meeting . We have net room for its insertion . The humbugs are unworthy of notice . James Lowe , Dundee . —His letter did not reach tis till Thursday , last xceek . He will find the report in this week's Star . W . H . Powell , Hylton-street , Worcester , wishes to have a letter from Mr . Philp , informing him whether it is his indention to visit Worcester on hi * return from Birmingham . J . H . —Our Poet ' s Corner was filled up when his " acrostic" was received . D . M . —His poetical Address to O'Connor has been received .
A Constant Reader , Kelso . — We have not had time ' to read his letter : we only got it on Thursday morning . John Hines , St . John-strect , Borough . —The letter from Ireland , which he has forwarded to us , shall appear next week . R . H . C , Colne . —He may send his half Star through the post , if it has the Government stamp at the corner—not without . J . H ., Edinburgh , —His Address to King Dan has been received . The insertion of the Address of the London Delegate Council has been postponed . John Wilkinson , Birmingham . —The individual against whom he writes is powerless for evil . We think it best to "let well alone . "
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J . A . Hogg . —Fes . Mr . Cooper . —Address Bradford ; and it will find him . G . C , Trqwbmdge . —Mr . Noble is correct in his statement . J . C . E ., CiiFTON-pz , ACE . —Call upon Mr . John Cleave—there is a plate for 1 arded to him .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1125/page/4/
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