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DISTRESS . TO XHS EDITOR OP THB SOUTHERN STAB . Sib—A great deal has been said of late respecting the distress that prevails throughout this country , and the cause of it The Whigs contend that it is in Con-EeqnfiEee of tfee Com £ a « s being in operation , and that if these lavs -were repealed , we should enjoy happiness and prceperitJ without interruption . This is all yery plaosH-le indeed , but I very much donbtit The fact is , the people have been duped bo repeatedly with the Whigs , -while they were in office , that it -would be madness in tee extreme , to expect anything really good from any measure that they may propose , either in or out of Pariiames t
I admit , Sir , that there is great dutress , not only in Hanchester , but in almost eTery p ^ ii tf the country bat it is absurd to asseit that a total repeal cf the Corn Xaws wonld remedy the evil . If the Corn Laws h ^ . d been repealed twenty-fire years ago , it mast certainly Trouid £ av < = been a ^ reat relief to this cccntry , but tiat is not the real cause . I am decidedly cf opinion , Sir , gist improvements in machinery and competition are the principal causes ef a great portion of the distress that coir txiit in Manchester and the mannfacrnxiag districts severally .
1 haft been employed zn the cotton business upwards of mestv-six jear 3 , during- » hich psriod I have seen considerably bitter days . In the year 1829 , there were 2 , i 00 operatiTe cott * n spinners in Manchester and Salfcrd alone , each spinner -working a pair of mnits averagicg tbsnt 309 sp ' : ndles eati . In the year above mmed , ir "sres agreed unto , by tae fke master spinners as a feocj , tt = t if any of tbem had mules exceeding 300 spindles , they " !> i > n ! a be allowed to pay to the operatives , in the sh ^ pe of "wagea , at the rate of one ami a
half per cent , less fci every twelve spindles above 300 ; so that those mzstcis tLai had mules of 600 spindles each . weald derive an extra profit of thirty-seven and a half per ctnt . over those masters that had mules cf 300 spindles- This being the case , the minds of tfcs masters-were constantly sgitat ^ d in scheming and contriving tow to excel each otner in lengthening ilieir sillies : sad these Improvements have extended to such an amazing degree , that nt tlie present time the operatives are compelled to -wort a pair of mules of 1000 to 1344 spLcdles each .
But this is not sli : —In coarse spinning there are an immense quantity of self-acting mules that supersede T" » - "T !» i labonr entirely ; and these are extending very rapidly , so that at the present period there are only about 700 operative cotton spinners in Manchester and Salford ; tbe remainder 1700 are cast adrift , -wandering about the streets in Besrch of employment , but in vain , in a state of wretchedness and misery too awful to contemplate . Improvements in other machines connected -with the preparing cf the cotton are r » lso exteildini very rapidly , improvements last are calculated to diminish the number of workers te a fearful extent ; and in fact , an immense number of young persons from fourteen to eighteen years of age are already sacrificed . But these improvements are not confined to Manchester only , no ; ihey extend to every spinning district throughout the " United Kin ^ doiUi What I have stated above are indisputable f icts .
How , I ask the anti-Corn Law League , 'win a repeal - of the Corn Laws give employment to the 1700 opera- ; tive covton spinners , besides other hands , that have I been sacrificed in Manchester and Salford alone , in con- i sequence ef improvements in machinery ? or will a repeal of those lawsrestore to them tbeir -wonted occc-, pation ? A-jy man list is poisassed i f common sen&e ;
irill answer no . Again , theri are hundreds of our fallow-ecuntrymen in other trades that are Buffering from the Bime causes Mechanics ias instanca- In rnuciiine shops "We find selficSllf sliae-2 ailhs , sslf-sciing slotting-machines , 6 « Jfactiiifi boring-machines , and self-actingplaining machines
that perform as much work in one day as fifty men . We have Machines for sawing timber by power- Engraving is donein part by machinery ; and in tho " Mechanics' \ Magazine , " T read of an Iron 3 Jason—a machine under , this name ( for which a patent has just been taken out ) i is about to be erected in a stone quarry at Woodside , ' Glasgow . Teo stones go into the machine rough as they come ont c-f the quarry , and come cut polished ' , A < MnT on the surf ace , and cas paxralleled and squared on ' the sides , fully ready for toe builder , and this at an expence of not more than a quarter of the -work done by hamd . - . ] The present machine is calculated to do the 'work of two hundred and fifty men , reckoning only six hours ' ¦ work out of
ten-There are numerous other trades that might be adduced , if space " «¦ -. uld admit , where rnr . rmx ) labour is superseded by maclaneij . This being tte case , it IS no Wonder that our countrymen are distress ! d ; how can it be otherwise ,-when the population is inaeasing and employment continua'ly decreasing 1 It is not my intention to say anything eitfeer for or against these improvements , my object is simply to give the people to understand , thatif they expect a repeal cf the Com La-ws to give them that succour and prcfeetien they require , they will , tmder thesa circumstances , be mess bitterly disappointed . |
Yery probably , some of the repealers will be ready to £ ay , but if foreign com -was allowed to be brought into this country free of duty , foreigners -would exchange their corn for our manufactures , and thereby cause a greater demand for labour . If the Com Laws had been repealed twenty-five years ago , as I said before , it very likely would have been the case to a greater extent ; tut it unfortaE&tsly happens that Old England has to compete now -with a formidable host of mannfactmins rivals from Germany , France , Switzerland , and Belgium , and indeed almost every nation cf the continent of Europe , they having raised up at great sacrifice of national -wealth a manufacturing industry for themselves , and compete with us ia many parts of the ¦ world . ¦
We are also almost excluded from the German market , and Austria has sealed her territory against our merchandize . Again , only reflect for a moment of the vast portion of our mechanics and labourers that have already , and ara * tni leaving our shores , and are emigrating to different parts of the world , and as a matter of course , the skin , genius , and industry of eur bfe-oved country are transmitted to foreigners , an event - which 1 apprehend , ttH 1 prore aa everlasting disad-TanLagc to this conntry . Seeing , then , that the manufacture of cotton in all its branches has arrived to such a fctite of perfection , not only on the continent of Europe , but in America ; i £ u considering the privations that our eountrymin have to ecdnre . in consequence of improvements in machinery , I am decidedly of opinion that a repeal if the Com Liws alone , is qaite inadequate to give to this cc-uatry that protection which the promoters of the scheme so vainly anticipate , A LOTEB OP HT COr >* THT . Jlsaehester , Anril Is * , 1842 .
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TO TEE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . FrlLOW Cor > ' 7 HTM £ : s\—In my letter of tie 12 ~ h ¦ ult . I Ert btfore yon the corruptions and reckless tyrarny practi ^ d > y the minions cf a stats- cburcb , and I hope pro-red to your satisfaction that Christianity does Eot sanction , deeds c-f oppression . I wili now bie up tbe = ait _ sstject and examine hew far Mother Ctmrrti Restores lie fuppvit of the people , and what return sbe mikes , and "wLat service she renders to rfcl : ri :-i : f 3 r tL = t-: n miliions per annum -which she draws &c m '? -,: Tit : - ° - pooi—ten miiliors sterling . ' . ' yes , ten million pounds -worth of the sweat and blood , tbe Kiire-srs snd EtftriEgs of tha toil--worn and fimishicg poor . '—tea mi ]]! ns pounds worth cf the U-ars and
anguish « f the 'widew and the fatherless , given far the support cf a pampered , bloated hierarchy for the pritended sdvancEmtnt of religion and the propagation of CIristisn ctarity ! Oh , what a blasphemous assertion to- siy tist Chriitianity requires a princely income to sup-P ; ^ P r-u :: ples , - nh = n he who laid the corner-stone of tli 2 e < L £ ie -sras the t > oorest of the poor and preached tte ccrtriSEs of poVcltyand Self-denial ! Think of a Sate Cra-ch , caiilng htrself tbe Church cf Christ , ie-QcMcg ten millions annually to support her dignity , E _ d ef the Son of Go I b * £ ginj his br&id andcomuianding bis disciples to " tiko ' neither scrip nor ttxff , or be s : l : crtvus for the wants of to-morrow'" Think cf the
cuicipies selling all they had and giving ta the poor , and tf the Bishops cf our State Church grasping with insatiable avarice the enormous stun of ten millions froai the pockets of as oppressed and . starring people . ' Ten miliiocs , wrung from th& expiring victinxa of iTrzzzij S 2 a mkrule ! A ^ i for wha t ? Answer me , tfcpu old hypocrite . What do you give in return for such * n enc-rmous iua ? WLat do your Bishops , who boast of their immediate desc <; r . t from Christ and tha Ap- ^ ips ao in return for the people who support them in Efiaince and luxury ? Do tht-y , like the men whom they falsely represent , lab- , ur in their calling , and ¦ ffith tLfctkatss and perseverance erdea-rour to txt ^ nd
that Cifisnan chariiy vrMdj ihiix D-rine Master suffered » n j gnomencus fleam to tstablisb ? Tell me , do they , in a wcrd , act as becoices their ( See , or are they worthy the nime ef Christians ? No . And why ? Because the " Sate Church" of these kinrdoms is based upon a rotten and corrupt foundation , and bears no Bimilitude whatever to the Church of Christ and his Aposties . " They worked hard to establish Christianity and suffered tie most intense privation ; bnt the Apostles of our « State Church" have , it would appear , no necessity to work . They have a religion " Cut and dry , "_ and ready to theii hancs , wiUi funds to mpport it , without doing ihe drudgery cf making converts . What
a precious coutfcry it is , where the people are starring and compelled to support and feed a swarm of locusts , which in England and Wales aWne , ( without Eeatianfng the Irish tstablisfcmeni ) number about is . c-oo j Tea , one cf the blessed fruits which tae peo f . z reap from thtir generous support , is the gratifjing tod nnspeakable pleasure of looking at the smoothtced , sleet and fat parsons , -who tat up everything *» the glory of God ) , but who never produce any thing fere misery and distress . I know the Irish have a great fancy for inch per-** 25-. s . j » j Oh ! yes , they love them and they ought ;;? > l tuc-y have to support only tweni 5-two Bishops , > 2 as their own clergy are oblised to subsist upon ^ Stv ^ and themselves enduring t ^ " » most nniieard-of ^ aions . ^* o uld gsS t& 9 people ( rf Great Britain and Ireland TJ * they receive in return for their ten millions ^ Sy , ^ rhaeh . mother ctwdi » o unBarupuloniiy
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demands for her subsistence ? What , I ask , do the people receive ? Every thing but gratitude ] Tae THssenters are frowned upon because they htive the moral courage to declaim against so great an injustice ; and the Catholics are hated because they are tenacious of the faith of their ancestors . What sympathy have , the Bishops for the soals of the people , or what care the parsons , so leng as they can feast-upon the " milk and honey" of the land , at their expense ? How can men who are part and parcel and the very worst class of the aristocracy , feel an interest in educating the people , and teaching them to be wise and moral ; when they already know that the ignorance cf the nation , is the creat cause of their power , and that such , wisdom would be tbe means oi their own destruction ? Or what cares Urn lazy , luxurious Bishop , or the swearing , drinking , fox-hunting parson , who possess Irish ivings , but who seldom set their eyes on their flock , or the country where they exist ; about the spiritual instruction of the poor .
Talk of educating the people ! oh jes ; they will give you the paltry sum of £ 30 , 000 , but they will give her Majesty ' s horses £ 70 , 000 , because I suppose they are of more consequence t : > the ststa tban yea , wh * find the money , not only to feed but purchase them . The people of Ireland have many serious causes of complaint against the present system of church establishment ; nine-tenths of them are Catholics and Dissenters , who never enter a church door , and yet they are compelled to pay the parson , although he ( poor cLaritabie disciple ) denounces the very men who support him , and sweats ttsy aie idolaters , and d * serYe to tr > d—d .. This is tb . e oath moib . tr church rtqulres her apostles to subscribe to before tlisy are considered qualified to demand your money , and plunder joct of the scant residua of ill-rtqu-. ted ln-wir . What a mockery' of Cnristian charity , to consign you to eternal t _ iiatnts , and at the sasie time hasten your departure to those regions by helping to starve yen out of existence . '
I have admired the charity of the Redeemer , who , poor as ha was , not only administered relief to those who nteded it , bat stretched out his hand and raised the dead from the tomb to show his love to his creatir-. s , and as an tssiupie « f benovolence to be imitated by his disciples . Tts , he fed the multitude ana raised the widow ' s son . He did not sen-i the people away hungTy , nor did ho require the disconso ? a : e mother to swear she would pay him frr his services for raising her son from the grave , Oh , no ! But the parson of a state church h 3 s often witnessed the agonising misery of famishing humanity and turned tbe ciainiant from his door " ; he has taken the life of the widow's son , and has presented the sacred volume in which Christian charity is written by the finger of a merciful G-od , to the lips of a wretched mother that she might swear she wonid nay him hia tithes as & recompense for the Kooav deed he had committed .
I fcavo witnessed the unholy pillage , and shuddered to behold the smoke and flames of your solitary stacs , rising as if to heaven fur vengeance ; and I have been confounded at the fact , that the hand which committed the vi ; e act , was that which claims to be the dispenser of Chrisriaa cfcaritj . Tea , mother chnreh 5 s the incen diary , and as iUih Ehe itsseivaa to be arraigned by tbe people . Tbe poor man who in a moment of desperation fires , or attempts to ire his neighbour ' s cottage , or barn , is convicted as a felon , and suffers banishnient or death for his offence ; but the consecrated highwayniab who ( for tbe glory of God ) !?) thrusts a fire-brand into the stack of the widow or the orphan , escapes with impunitys and is protected by laws as villainous and unjust as the parties whom they were made for . I would ask who gave this right to a " State Church , "
and from whence the bishops and parsons derive the authority to trample on the civil and religions liberties of the people ? I deay that Qod ever dictated SUcti a doctrine , or tb _ it Christianity sascrions deeds of oppression . I do not believe that religion rt quires Eueh an unholy aid , and I fearlessly state , heaven dees not approve of it Whence then have they obtained this power . ' Is it from man ? Yes . Well then , I argue , as they thus act under the pretsnee cf promoting the interests of religion and establishing the honour and glory of God , and as it appears that no such doctrines were taught by the Eedeemer , it follows , that according to the laws of " Christian charity , "' such acts are ilifcgaL And if man be tbe source of such power it must follow that the church ¦ which they thus support , is not the church of Christ but the church of man .
i ; Bat I deny that any man , or set of men , have a right ; dictate to the consciences of any person whatever r All men have a right to worship , as they please , and I ought not to be compelled to pay for the religious opin'; ions of others . Bui this state church saya , we have a power , and the constitution of these countries has given it to us , and we will die by it . Jfow let us see ; "what this constitution is , or is it like the coDSti : ution of the church , -which 1800 years ago , was established by ; Cirist and his apostles ? Tbe bishops say they are ** appointed by divine grace . " Now I deny it—for if a ; tree be known by its fruits , we may safely assert that ' the Right Rev . Fathers in God , of our state church ,
are appointed from a Bouzce as different to that which they lay claim to , as the antipodes . Who , then , yon » ask , or from whence do they receive this constitutional i or divine grace ? " What is the constitution they are i bo noisy about ? Why 1 will just shew you , and then ¦ you will be able to judge for yourselves . It i 3 wtll known that the church livings of England and I Wales number about 10 , 009 ; of these sbcut 1000 iareia the gift of tbe Sovereign . It is customary , ' however , for the Lord Chancellor to present to all the . living ' s under the value of £ 20 in the Sovereign ' s bock , ; and for the-Minister of State to present to the rest , j Those under £ 20 aie 780 , and those above near l SO ,
j Upwards of 1 , 600 pieces of Church preferment , of ; different sizes and descriptions , are in the gift of twenty-; sis bishops '; more than 600 in the presentation of the | two universities ; about 1 , 000 in the gift of the several cathedrals and other clerical institutions ; about 5 . ' ¦ liviDgs are in tha nomination cf tbe nobility and gentry !¦ —Hien , women , and children ; and fifty or sixty there j may be of a description different from the above , and | nearer to the propriety of things . ; Here then is a constitution of divine grace ; bere is the gift of" the Holy Ghost conferred upen the parsons , by men , women , and even children ; here is the source from which the parsons receive th « power to plunaer
the people—a retigio politico Church receiving H 8 BoWET from a heterogeneous mass of frail humanity , instead cf receiving its authority from the Divine founder of religion : and yet this is not even so bad as the system by which this Simoniacal traffic is carried on , and the evils arising eni of pluralities and non-residtnees . Many tf the Irish bishoprics arc filled up by the Viceroy from among the English clergy , aad the beit livings are possessed by Englishmen . Tcus betwixt the bishop , the parson , and Mother Church you are victimised , and ever will be until you obtain equal representation and a voice in the making of the laws which govern you .
I will , TTith the permission of the Editor of the Xcuihern Star , continue this sul jsct , h 3 I believe it to be essential to expose the corruption of our present sjitem of Churcli Establishment , ar . d tbe duty of every lover of civil and religious liberty to dr . all in his power to disserer tbe unholy alliance -which exists between ths Church and State , and tstablish in reaJity that Christian charity which is the basi 3 of tiu ; riligicn . I have the honour to be , Fel Jo w- countrymen , Tour obedient huiri ?;] e . servant , W . H . Clifton .
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THE LOYAL NATIONAL RI PEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND , AND THE IRISH TNITERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . WHAT A CONIRAST ! UCBLix . —It is due to tbe people of Great Britain acd Ireland , that the principles of these two Associations should be placed upon tn . e imperishable rccorda of the " Sorihern Star . It is almost unnecessary to say that the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland was fount-: ed by tbe great " , the eloquent , the learned Daniel O'Gcnnell , Esq ., M . P ., Barrister-at-Law , and Liberator of the forty-shilling freeholders ; t ^ atis to say , ie liberated them from the franchise—disfranchised 300 , 000 of them ; and that the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was founded by Patrick O'Hi ^ gins and a " hanpfal of Ch 3 rtists , " or , cs the great Liberator cf tbe fortyshiilin ? &essho . ldr « was pleased to eay , by " F ' S&ily O'Hi ' jgins and his handfu' of Chartists . "
Pay particular attention to that part of the objects of the Repeal Association , wherein it is stated that no man tliatt oe dispurajed in his claim upon the Government for being a Rtpea ' er . Miud that , ye Chartists of the empire . How blind and stupid tbe man must be who wonid not see through that Let the Irish Repealers— - the deluded opponents of tlie People's Charter , see it even now . Here are the principles upon which the Loyal National Repeal Association cf Ireland has been founded , and drawn up in the handwriting of Daniel O'Connell himself , snd signed by him as Chairman of the Committee .
The Chartists of the empire shall now judge if there is a single man to be fmnd amangit them who would not be ashamed of suen ridiculous jargon as the following . " Tet it bears tha signature of Danie : O'Connell , Chairman of the Committee , and the Repealers \ . f Ireland and England eheered it to the echo , cut it out of the Irish 2 ? ttwspapers and pinned it to their bed curtains , where they had them in order to sea it the first thing in the morning getting ap , and to admire it as a clear , defined , and beautiful specimen of EngHsh diction and sound political wisdom , and no humbug , but Repeal and no mistake . Well , oere are the principles and objects cf lie Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , unanimously adopted in August last , just ONE aoNTB af ler the last general election : — " First- Never to support in future any ministry that shall not leave the Repeal of the Union an open question in Ireland , that is amongst the people , as contradistinguished from the members of the cabinet
" Secondly . Never in future to support any ministry that d » es not disclaim Finality' and declare ia favour of further Reform . '" « .- * . # - Thia , then , should be th . 9 basis cf tae operations or the Loyal National Repeal of Assoeiatieu . of Ireland : — " 1 . Never to enter into any compromise evea in the shape of postponement oi del » 7 in the agitation of the Repeal
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" 2 . To co-operate individually , but cordially with Reformers of England and Scotland in eTery exertion they make to procure further Reform . 3 . " Never to support any Ministry that dees not leave the question of Repeal an open one to the Irish people . " 4 . " Never to support any Ministry , bnfc one that avows ' further reftrm , 'and disowns ' finality . '" " Daniel O'Connell , " Chairman of the Committee . " Mr . O'Connell—I have now to move that the following resolutions , recommended by the Committee , be adopted by this Association .
Resolved— " That we are decidedly and unalterably of opinion that the Repealers of Ireland cannot enter into any compromise , even for postponement or delay , in the agitation of the Repeal , without being guilty of a base dereliction of the duty they owe to their native land . " " That we declare ourselves perfectly ready to cooperate individually , but cordially , with the Reformers of Eagland and Scotland , in every exertion they make to procure fuvthar reform ; and we tender them our active and unconditional support . " " TLat we are convinced that the Repealers of Ireland cannot , without treachery to their cause , support any Ministry that does not leave Repeal an open question to the Irish people . So that no man shall be disparaged in his claim on the Government for being a Repealer . "
" That we deem it right solemnly to declare our fixed coaviction , that no Repealer should , in future , snpport any Ministry but one tbzt avows further Reform , and disclaims finality . " Now Cbartiits < f the empire have you ever read such stark-staring nonsense , such tautology , such ridiculous , ubsurd jirgos as the foregoing ? It is evident enough that it was written to delude and bewilder . The Tribnte Sunday was approaching , it Vfaa therefore necessary to appear to be vaJiant and uncompromising on the Repeal Question . While on the other band Lord Ebrinston and the Ministry could see plain enough that the Reptal was to be agitated in Ireland only . The right to agitate to be left open while the agitators were
not to be disparaged in their claims upon a Government wli-ch declared itself opposed to Repeal . There are none so blind as those " who will not see . A short time prior to the passing cf those high-sounding b . ' uatering ir . usory resolutions , the Lord'Lieutenant , Lord Ebrington , declared that R « pealer 3 sbould find no favour ; with the Government , and hence this h .-df threat to join the English and Scotch Reformers , " alias Chartists ; but then even here there was a saving clause in the proviso , that no man shouid be disparaged in his claim upon the Government for feeing a Repealer ! The Liberator , the R ^ p = aler got places from tae base , bloody , and brutal Whigs to whom he applied those natne 3 for their
opposition to repeal , for his son-in-law , Cferistoper Fi . zsiinon , Repeal Member for the County Dublin . For his sonin-law , Charles OXNnnell , Ropeal Member for the Coui . ty K ^ rry , for his son Morgan O'Connell , * Kepeal Member for the County Meath , for . his son-in-law , French , for his . nephews the O'Sdlliw . rs , Primroses , -MSweeney's , &c , < kc And now as his friends the base , blooc ! y , and brutal Whics are out , may they never get in ; the citizens of Dublin are to be taxed to make places for a fresh shoal of relations and hangers-on . But to the contrast between the principles of the Loyal National Repeal Association ef Ireland , and the Irish UnmrsaV Suffrage Association , about which there can be no mistake .
OBJECTS OF THE IRISH UNIVEKSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . I . To create a better feeling and a more kindly interchange of good offices between landlord and tenant , between the farmer and labourer , and between the employer and his working men , in every state and gride of society , by seeking by every lawful and constitutional means for Universal Suffrage : that is to say , for every mala inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland of twentyone years of age and npwards , of sane mind , and not convicted by a jury of any felonious offence , to have the right to vote at the election of a candidate for a seat in PaTliandent ; the obvious effect Of Which will be to cause the upper classes of society to set a higher TSlne upon the labourer and the artisan than they have hitherto dons ; and to consider the happiness and comfort of the working classes aB the surest test of the landlord and the employer ' s respectability . II . For Vote by Ballot . III . For Annual Parliaments .
IV . For Equal Representation : that is to say , tbat Great and Britain and Ireland shall be divided into electoral districts , each district to contain an equal number of voters , and each to send an equal number of members to Parliament . V For tbe Abolition of the Property Qualification for Membera of Parliament , which will have the effect of-pu'ting a stop to the open and palpable perjury of those who are obliged to qualify outof a real estate of £ 300 or £ 609 a-year , as tbe case may be , before they can sit in Parliament ; althoughBuch persons are known to have neither right , title , nor interest of any nature or kind whatsoever in the property r -. of which they have qualified . VI . For each constituency to havo the right to pay their recreEentatives for their time and services .
VII . For a Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , which cannot be achieved without the aid and co-operation of the English Chartbts , by bringing their moral power to bear upon the five hundred and fifty-three British Members of Parliament , in favour of that measure , and which would be of no benefit to Ireland , unless preceded by Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments / Equal Representation , and no Property Qualification ; and because the enemies of public libsrty wonld havo a preponderating majority in both Houses of an Irish Parliament , with the present constituency of Irelaad . Patrick O'Higgjxs , Chairman of the Committee . P . M . Brophy , Secretary .
The Irish Universal Suffrage Association will meet on Sunday , ihu 10 th of April , at six o ' clock in the evening , at their rooms , No . 14 , North Anne-street , which will be their usual place and hour of meeting thenceforward . Th- * re is a printod declaration tv Ihe following effect in progress of signature through the city , and which has already obtained a great many names , some of whom wsre wholly unexpected : — " We the undersigned Electors of the City of "Dublin hereby pledge ourselves never to vote for any Candidates for this city but those who will give us a pledge , in writing , that they will support no ministry but one thit will give its official advecacy to Universal Suff-a ^ e , Vote by Ballot . Annual Parliaments , Equal Electorial D s ' ricts , Abolition < f the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . "
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A VOICE FROM PRISON . To the Labouring Classes of Great Britain am ) Ireland , especially to the Associated Chartists , —Let nie advise jou all to be total abstainers votonlj from all intoxicating liquors , but from tea , C ' -flVe , tobnee * , and snuff , and all Excisable artic ; ss , except , paper for letters and newspaptra , and the postage for lttt = rs an'l stamps npou newspapers . Lot noiuan say it is impossible to do without the use of Excisable articles , for I have now been upwards Of two ye us , and have neither tasted tea . coffee , sugar , or snuff , and I pledge myself that I will never eat or drink any Excisable article , uatil the Charter becomes the law of the laud . Let every working man do the same , and they will not be long before they have the
Charter the law of the land—let them at the s : ime time commerce exclusive dealing . Jf you will abstain from the shops of tbe Whigs and Tories , and all places Where intoxicat Hg liquors are sold , and support tbose shopkeepers which are favourable to the Charter , and frequent the well and pump taverns , where the landlady ' s with one arm , never refuse to draw their wholesome and refreshing beverage , without money and without price , except they are unable to draw for want of some repairs , and the inevitable consequences of your doing so , will be tbe Charter for Great Britain , the political freedom of Ireland , the Repeal of the Corn Laws , and the obnoxious Poor Law Amendment Act ; and surely , it Will be better for us to sacrifice every luxury for a short time , and put an end to the contest , .
than leave our posterity to dragon a miserable existence for years , for as long as we have aristocrats , millocrats , and money-moncera for law-makers ; the fices of the poor will be kupt upon the grindstone . And now , my dear friends and fellow slaves , let me prevail upon you to use liquid as you receive it from the pump , in preference to the beverages vcli'cU are made from exciseablt- articles . Tou have all the Chari-Us big guns at liberty , flocfc round them , and Buppott them with your email arms to the utmost of your power . For O'Connor , BroRterre , and all the rett of tbe big guus put together can do nothing without your assistance ; and with your assistance they can do everything . Be firm and temperate , and you will be able to earry every thing your own way . Encourage the corn law repealers to call mettinijs , and turn them into Chartist mefctiugs , and you will soon rout the enemy and put an end to their agitation . And last of all , I most earnestly implore
you to assist and relieve the wants of the poor women and children who are victim ' asd , by their husbandB and others being incarcerated and disabled by the malice and brutal treatment ef the base , bloodthirsty , and cruel Whiga . If ' every man and woman pipfeBsing Chartist principles , would only subscribe a single penny each , for the poor helpless Tictims , it would drive want and misery from their dwellings , and be a means of ebeering the hearts and raising the spirits of these poor , distressed women . Surely their Bufferings &re > severe enough in being deprived of their husbands , the partners of all their joys and sorrows , without being oppressed by hunger and nakedness . I agaia earnestly appeal to your sympathy on behalf of these poor , helpless victims of Wkiggery ; and I hope , nay , I feel confident , that yon will nobly respond to my appeal on their behalf . I now bid you farewell for the present , and I have the honour to style myself a victim of Whig malice , bound fast in iron , brick , btones , and mortar ,
WIXLIAM BROOB Hcuse of Correction , Northalleiton , March , 21 st , 1842 .
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIASIENT , AND KELSON ' S MONUMEjNT , LONDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " Can ' ye' believe ' your' living is a life , Sa stinkingly depending ?"—Measure for Measure . — " If this be sure ,
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To do ought good never Will be our task , But ever to do ill our ? ole ¦¦ delight ''—Paradise Lost Brethren , —Notwithstanding the privation and want unto which we are unmeritedly subjected , an unbroken and decided front is still maintained against tbat citadel of cruelty and - -corruption from which we have so brutally and determinedly been assailed . We , however , amidst all our poverty , are equally determined —under no circumstances will we relinquish a single jot of our position—¦ " conie \ weal , come woe , " we will struggle with the enemy to the very last grasp , \ At the Houses of Parliament * as wo have before reported , liitld progress is perceivable . The number now on the funds from these works and the Monument are reduced to eighty .
As an evidence of the close-driven position of our opponents , we quote tte following from the Sundap Times newspaper of Sunday , the 20 th inat , and by which yon will perceive it has gone the round of the Metropolitan press : —
" PROGRESS OF PUBLIC WORKS . " Thetwo men who have been long employed upon the Nelson monument in Trafalgar-squaTc , have , it is mentioned in the papers , been obliged to suspend thoir operations in consequence of an inadequate supply" of granite ! The result is , that this iiationul woik does not proceed with its former rapiuily of about au inch of podestai every three mouths . " v From Woolwich we have the following ;—11 March , 1842 . * ' I have to inform you thafc there was a . number of the black diamonds' discharged on Saturday nightthe exact number I cannot give . Three smiths , three carpenters , and a number .. of labourers , were also tjiscbarged , which is a strong proof that we are very fast gaining ground upon our opponents . '—Numbers out 37 .
At Plymouth and Dartmoor matters are much the same a 3 last reported—each party using every possible meang to defeat tha other . —Number out at these places 53 . .... „ ¦ From Pcnryn our delegate writes , " That Mr . Hosking , who needs at this time a hundred men to execute his orders , has only eighteen—as also that G . & P . nave been again unsucce ^ sM in their attempts to induce other quarry-masters and Stone-rnwcbants in that locality to furnish thorn with granite . "— Number out 5 . - . , ¦ ¦ This is a brief outline of the circumstances undor which we are . at present placed . Reflect upon them in connexion with our general conduct thus ^ far through tha trying ordeal , and say are they wortby a continuance tf that confidence and support almost universally pledged to us at its commencement . i . j s • ¦ ¦ .- * - .. ¦ ' - ¦ ¦
Alluding to the inevitable consequencea resulting to a communityJrvhen from a-low- rato of wages its producing portions are in " stinjiinely depending" and diepressed circumstances , M'Culloch has the , following observation : — : " Nothing caa be so signally disadvantageous , so overwhelmingly disastrous to any people , as a permanent depression in the . rate of wages , or a decline in the opinions of the JaJbouriBg . class , respecting What is necessary for their cotufo tible and deceut subsistence . No country can be fimrishing ¦» hen the rate of real wages is low , and none can be long depressed whei o that rate is high . The labourers are the sinews of agriculture , of manufacture , and cf " commerce / - - ; their numbers are not estimated like those of the other classes , by hundreds , by thousands , or even by hundreds of thousands , but by millions ! It is by their labour ^ that our machinery is constructed and kept in motion , and it is by their industry and ingenuity that we are
enabled easily to snpport burdens , that could hardly be snpported by any other peopleY every things then , that may have the slightest ^ tendency ^ to depress their csndition , or to sink them in . the . scale « f society , ought to be particularly guarded sgainst .. those who feedandeloihe all the rest , ought ihemielves 16 be well fed , and well elothed ; they are the foundation of the social pyramid ; and ' so long as tho standard of natural or necessary wages continues high , this foundation will be solid and secure , for so long will the labourers ' , . be industrious and orderly ; but if this standard be permanently reduced—if the labourers bo once brought to place their dependence on the cheapest food , and to rest satisfied with mere necessaries , the want of & » fHcient motives to exertion' will infallibly -tender them idle and dissipated , the spirit of industry by which they are now so eminently distinguished will evaporate , and with it the morals , the prosperity , and the happiness of Britain . ' ¦ . ; ' ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ . : ' ' ¦ " .: - ¦ . /¦ ¦ - ... - ••¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦ . ¦ . - ' '¦ : ¦ " ' " ,
The depression here contemplated is already ia manifest Intolerant fanaticism and clasa legtelatio ( both of which it is broadly asserted are essential to th social order of society ) have made frightful inroad upon the rights and immunities of the industries
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classes , " But , " says Channing , " were I , on visiting a strange country , to see the vast majority of the people maimed , crippled , and bereft of sight , and were I told that social order required tfiis mntilaSon , I Bhcald say , perish this order . Who would not think his understanding , aa well as best feelings insulted by hearing this spoken of as the intention of God . " Nor ought we to look with less aversion on a social system which can only be upheld by " crippling" by excessive toil , and starring by Inadequateremurieration , the great mass of o » r order . ; Frem Bray , we quote the following : <—
"In dtftnee of the present social system , thecapitalists and euiployers , when they hear of disssatisfaction , tell us that the woiking class of the united kingdom have little ' or nothing to complain of—that they Hva under inititutions comparatively free—that they can either work or let it alone—and that they are better fed , and clothed , and edueated , than even kings were in-times of old . To render yet inore striking the / contrast between the present and the past condition of the produces , old records are" brought forth 'to show , that the working men of former times were bonght and sold , like so many horses , along with the ettite to which they were attached—that their houses were but assemblages of sticks and atones , with windows destitute of glass—that they slept upon rnsheB strewed upon a
damp clay floor , and had a log of wood for a pillowthat they lived upon the coarsest fadd , and scarcely tasted flesh a doziii timea in the year- —that they kad neitber hooka , newspapers , nor knowledge , and had to either work or fight as their masters and owners thought fit . If all this be true , and the working class be now much better off than their predecessors . wore * it is no reason why they should not be etill better iff , and equally as well off as those who tell them to hold their tongues , and be contended with the position which they now oecupy . All happinesa is . comparative ; and it is not in human nature to remain satisfied with any station , so long as it is tozn ' zint of a biStterj nor will
men Bubinit to be measured toy a low Ftindard , so long as there is a higher one in existence . Why should enormous masses of Weaith be in the possession of tho idle and the profligate , when the industrious and the honest are without a penny ? Why should well-fed and wellclothed insignificance roll fclotbfutly along iaits splentiid vehicle , in pursuit of new pleiisureB to tempt its ' palled appetite , and the toil-worn artisan . -. be " cowpelled to plod to his daily work with- ' lialf-qipthe ' A > ack and hungry belly ? There is no reason given , for there is not quo to be found . The immaculate spirit of justice which exists throughoBt ; creation , tells men , in accents of eternal truth , that he never instituted these most urjuBt distinctions amongst them . .- ¦ - . ¦ - . " . . - . -- -
" The productiye classes of the United Kingdom are weighed to the earth by such a variety and multiplicity of burthens and wronga * that en * ameratioh and description both fail in bringing into view the sura total . The ills they suffer are brought home to them thiomgh every sense ; for sights hearing , smell , taste , and feeling , alike proclaim the wrong , and tell men that remedy is needed , . ' ' ¦ ' : ' ¦ ' ' , ¦ ' ,- ¦' : ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦' . ; " That remedy is in the haads of . the w * orking classes themselves . The appropriation of their united means in a manner calculated to benefit them , instead of placing it in the hands of those whs cduvert it into weapons to scourge them , would prove a panacea for the : entire of their miseries . Channing ; eays- ^ " The
great obstacles io the improvement of the labouring classes are in themselves , and may therefore be overcome . They want mlhing but tffte witf . Outward difficulty will shrink and vanish before them , just as far as they are bent on progress—just as fair as the great idea of their own improvement ahall take possession of their minds . Iknow that many will Bmile at the suggestion that the labourer may be brought to practise thrift and self-deniaV for the pufposo of becoming a nobler being . But such sceptics , having never experienced the power of a grand thought or generous purpose , are no judges of others . They may be assured , however , that enthusiasm is not wholly a dream , and that it is not wholly unnatural for individuals or bodies to get the idea of something higher and more inspiring thau their past attainments . "
The subordinate and humiliating station in society we at'present eccupy can . only be the effect of our own servility—a want of confidence in onrsolyes . We ^ fcave long had the power if we had had Uie will to improve our condition to a much greater extent than we have experienced , but have been either too indolent or too careless fully to exercise It . This apathetic conduct must be abandoned . The mutual dependency Of the trades , and tho identity of their interest * should stimur late them to gather up their energies and ¦/ . consolidate their strength , that an uubroken front m » y ba presented to the common foe . It is by our own tffjrts only—by being true and faithful to each other—that our regeneration can be effected , *' Think not , indeed , the despot ' s heart , For you can feel—for you can part With what he ne ' er sweat to obtain , Nor e ' er yet felt oppression ' s chain ; Nobly then hasten to the call , Onward we stand—backward we fall . " We beg to subscribe onrselyes , Gratefully yours , THE MASONS' SOCfETT , Thomas Suortt , Sec . 8 , Agnes Street , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , : March 30 th . 1842 .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Monday , April I . The House re-assembled this evening after the Easter recess . ' . . .- ' .. ' . ' ..: . ¦ ¦ Out of consideration for the anxiety of the many persons whose private interests are involved in the subject of the forged Exchequer Bills , Sir R . Peel gave it priority before the other business of the day . The House having accordingly resolved itself into Committee on the bill for appointing a Commission of Inquiry , into the cases of the various holders . Sir X . Wilde moved ftniertdmenta on several flections ; and proposed two additional clauses , one for enabling thei claimants to ba heard by attorney or counsel , and the other for compeUing an early report from the
Cemmis-. Tae Solicitor-General stated it to be the intention of the Government that the evidence in general should bo ; repsrted ; but iis there might be particular cases in which tho publication of the facts might be inexpedient , he wciuld rather not make the bill compulsory in tfm respect . He thought there . might bei much inconvenience and delay in giving a genend ri ^ ht of being heard by coun 3 el . Sir R . iNGLisur . ; o ( l tho nee 3 ssity of despatch . Sir R Peel acceded to tho gonsr . il principle of giving publicity to the evidence , but wished to allow to the Comniissioners , as being men Worthy of all confiaence , a discretion both as to this point and as to thtt circuBvatanoea in -which counsel should be all ' owod .
LonlJ . Russell thought that the C ? mmia « onera cu ^ Ijc t > report the whole to the Treasury , and that the Treasury , and not they oughMw determine wfeat should or should not b 9 published . " He contended for allowing the liberty to bo heard by counsel , wherever the claimants mi ^ tot desire it . ¦ . . The AxxoaNEY-GENEKAL argued that tho mu'tifarioua and vmlumtea chvauter of ther-.-iuqairy . " would luake it extremely inconvenient to allow aa absjiufcs rjght of beins heard by coHnsef . Colonel S 1 BTI 5 ORP wished for * clause to make those high Officers responsible by whose negiigenea this loss had occurred ; and be desired to know soiiibthinj about tiie reniiintnition of the Coniniission .
Sir K Peel answered , that it might ba better to postpone this last consideration until it should be seen what was likely tu be the weight and duration of tho lahi / ur ; and he added , with rtference to aoine further ob >« rv ! itious intcrpost ' ti by Lord . J . Hussa'J , that ; the Tiwumry would take the reisponsibility Of determining wihat wbouiii be published aiJd what withhold . Sir T . Wilde observed , thiit this was not a case in which the general regard due to the interests of indivitiuj , s ought to be waived by reason of the confidence c <» ii ; i « 'l for certain Commissioners . If the bills had been private securities , the holders , in any aclion 3 ' | apbn
them , would have had the benefit of legal iiict . But thcae wcutitlea being public , tittd th « holdfera having th « n f » re no romtdy by action , & 11 benefit and indulgence ought ^ urcly to "beeuuirged ratii jrtban ; narrowed . There waa no such multi / ariou . sne ' ja as the : Attorney-General suggested ; the issues ' -would be simple enough ; How should the Comiuisaionera , sitting as judges , tnow to ¦ what facts they wera to examine ? The delay which lnivht be caused by some lengthy speeches was not a consiciivratiori to be sot against the sabatantial interests of jiliiti'Cd ; nor wtre the ordinary rights of parties to be cltjuieA them iu ^ rfiljf betauae tuair Judges were men of unrtonbtiBd character . .
Sir W . FqLLETT admitted tbe gener . il fitness of hearing counsel on ; tiiuse cases ; but objected to give such a ripht as would vittiially take tbo conduct of the inquiry away from the Conwuissioners , and place it in the han'Js of any party who might Choose to employ counsel before tkein . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦'¦'¦ " . ' - ' -. ' ¦ " . .. ¦ . ' . " : ¦; ¦ ' - . . . ¦ ¦' . Sir R . iNGLisVas content that tfee matter ehould be left to the discrtjtioa of the Commissioner ? . Mr . W . akley thought that if therewaa a clear understanding to the tifffectiiithuated by the Solicvtor-O-enerai , if the adraissioi of counsel v / ere to be the general ritle , and their exclusion only the exctption , Sir X . Wilde would have substantial ?? gained hia -objecti without pressing his clause . " t .... Mr . C . Buller hoped that In fte eonatruotion of this tribunal there would be no daviation from the general mode of conducting legal inquiries . . -
Sir R Peel said that if there iaustneeflsin all cases be counsel against the Giown , there must also in all cases be cbunso ] for the Crovra . These Commissioners were not to decide , but only to report . Sir T . Wilde insisted on the iDJustice of allowing the Commissioners to admit or exclude what evidence they pleased . Were tliey to select the witnesses for examination ? If there were objections against any particular claim , how were they to learn those objections 7 Not , he hoped , by J » tiVate communication y the (> nly fair way was the open one , the . counsel for each claimant stating his case , and the counsel for the Treasury theirs . If this inquiry had been , left to a Committee of the House of Commons , would counsel have been excluded . ? He would not be con-
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tent with , a mere understanding on such a subject j what was fit"to be understood was fit to be directed . Mr . Grantill ^ Verson , tboueh himself quite satisfied with the arguments against the olgnsa waa sure its rejection -vrouid produce so much dissatisfaction among the claiuiantB , that he much wished to see the Government coneeile the insertion of it : . ; Mr . EnsiBtE feared that the clause would but injure those who sought it , by brinp ^ ng the Attorney and Solicitor General before the Commission with ail their weight to pposa tacb . claim snpportid by Caunsel . - . - , " ,. ; ¦ - \""/ .. ' - ¦ ; ¦ . - . . ' . ; . ..:. ¦ .-, ' ¦ .. ' . . . _; - ¦' . : ; Mx . Barxkg considered that the parties / and ^ tha public ought mutually to : Jiave their interests " pr otected by the thorough sifting of Gdunsel on both si <; es . No steps ought to be taken without the presence o ; Cnunsel ' for the Crowu , and counsel ought therefore to ba admitted for the claimant ¦ :
The Solicitor General acknowledged that if counselwere heard ou one side , they vmust be beard on the other ; but ho thought ths : Commissioners , might best detorinioe in each case whether counsel shc-ufd be ' admitted at all . : ; .. . .. ¦ ¦ -: ' . ¦ ¦ '¦ . " ¦"¦ ;; , v \ ^ ; ' Mr . : Ha not observed , that if the Cojnmisisionefs would be . obliged , as he thought that in point of decency they would be , to admife counsel in evury case , this fras a contest about straws , aad the best way would bei to . accept thei clause . ¦ . . ' ¦ '" . ; ; Mr . Hawes said , that to exclude counsel on 3 om 9 claims and admit them on . others , "would raise a , prejudice against ttie merits of those cases in wfeich ifc should be decide that counsel were necessary . iir . Attwqod and Mr . Wason said a few words each , aid the committee divided ,
Forthe ciauso ,,. ... ... .... 77 Against it ... ... ...... C 4 " . ¦ . .-. ' - Hajjoiity ... ... 13 The remaining clauses navingbeen disposed of , and the chair . fc . ivirig been , resumed by the Speaker , SirR . Peel moved that tho Houao should resolya itself into Conimittee of ways and means . n : This step , necessary in order to the passing of the resolutions on finance and commerce , was opposed by Mr . Blewitt , who moved , by way of amendTneut on the motion for the Speaker ' s leaving- the'chair , a resolution of his own , purporting that tho House would postpone the consideration of the Ministerial resolution ;; for raising a tax upon ihconxe until they shouJd ba further informed about the duties proposed to be reduced . ¦ .:. ' . ¦ ¦ ¦> : ¦ ¦'
Mr . Shabmaat Crawpord disapproved both the budget Of Sir R . Peel and that of the late iliniatiy ; but desired to have ; it understood that he was not speaking as a party man . . : ¦ '•; ' ' , ;"" Mr . T . Buncombe said , a notion had gone abroad that the tariff was . likely to be postponed ; , he wished to know whether it had ever crosaea the mind of Sir R . Peel to postpone it ? o ; Sir R . PEEL said it had noti , except for the purpose of consideration . The tariff , so rc-cousiderod , would be ready on Monday , and he trusted it would not be
found by the House to require further alteration in any material respect . ; Beyond that short and necessary period he had n&ver thought of postponing the subject There was a general impression that tho sooner . the public should definitively know what the financial and commercial measure was to ; be , the greater would be the advantage to the national interests .. He hoped , now that the holydays had given time for the explosion of popular indignation with which he had bean threatehedj that there would be no further delay in the preliminary vote on which that measure was to be founded .
Mr . ' ELLlTCE thanked Sir R . Peel for his general progress towards commercial remission ; but he did not approve the reduction of duty on timber . He should have preferred a present addition to the duty on Canadian timber , which could well have borne it , with a view , when the circumstance ' s of the country might allow , to tak » off that duty and the duty on foreign timber both together . As it was , he thought Sir B . Peel was making a needless sacrifice of revenue . He had ^ no objection to the general principle of a direct taxation , kut he could not sanction a tas upon ihe income of a profession , or of a perhaps declining trade , like that of his own constituents . Hena ;! , however , too much confidence in the honest intentions of Sir Robert Peel , to vote against the preliminary resolution . " .:
Mr . T . Dpncombe explained , and , Bfter a fev ? words from Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Blewitt withdrew his amendment , and the House went into committee . . The firat resolution -was passed without a debate . ¦¦ ; . On the second , Mr . M . Gibson said , he sav ? no reason for hoping that the proposed incoma tax would be a merely temporary imposition , Thiis tariff would never make up the deficiency . Perhaps there wera further commercial reforms in view ; if so , he wished they had been brought forward now , while the country gentlemen 'were yetsubservient to the new Government . He fenew not , however , why there should not be a property tar permanently superseding all other taxes . The people could not pay public taxes , an 4 also taxes forth * benefit of particular classes . Tothe inequality of an- income fcix he wholly objected . It would lead to . evasions and frauds , and so to . the employment of spies for the counteraction of them .
Some discussion followed , whether the Caairman ia putting the question oo tha first resolution had giveQ safficient lim& : tot ruembsrs to risa in opposition to : it ; Mr . Rice , who had wished to speak , having lost bis opportunity . . : ¦ ¦ ¦ . . : [ .. ¦ -. ' ¦ ¦ . Sir . Rice then said a few words , Intimating his disapprobatioii of the principle of an income-tax . In consequence of some farther Obs = rvatious fcom > lr . Gibson , '¦'¦ ; ' ¦ ' :: :- } : -:.-. . - . ¦'"''¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ , / Sir Robert Peel explained , that though he adhered to his opinion in favour of the principle of an Income Tax , and intended to do his best for the purpose of obtaining a vote to that effect , he had ceyer said that he would throw up his measure rather than allow of any alteration in the details of it He had never stated nor intended any thing so disrespectful totheHouse . - ¦ :- . . ¦ : '• : ;¦ v ; ¦ .:.. '
Mr . Wallace ohjectsd to " an Income Tax on tha ground of the inducement which it Would hold out to commercial men . ; to overstate their incomes . He proceeded , in a strain which raised some laughter , to defend himself anu his friends from the charge of factisn in their midnight diyisions before the vacation . Mr . Chiustmas , who spoke amidst much noise , was Understood to support the resolution . . Me . Wakjet wished to know why a provision was made for the farmera , exempting them from that
scrutiny to which all the trading intarests . were left liable—a provision exempting them from all payment upon the income of any farm rented below j £ 300 : a year , and limiting their liability on any higher rent to one-half ef its ainbuiit . Great reductions in the import duties were about to be' made , from which thd working people ; would suffer severely ; for the Right Honourable Gontlyman . wouia ¦ thus bring ; Various furtign artic ' QS into the homemarket without at all lowering the price of bread to the manufacturera of tha same avticles hero . "¦¦¦ •; . , :
Mr . WORiLEY said , the answer to M " r . Wakloy ' s question was , that in the case , of the farmer there waa a test of income , which in the case , of the trader was not to ba obtamed . But he-must say , thatthe farmer would rather submit to any ecrutiny tliau to the heavy tax which this tost imposed upon him . - ' -. '• . SirR . P ' sel observed , that the opposite , opiniona expressed by M . r . V » aI : 3 ey . . and ' . JVIri'tVoit ' ey ? rere some evi ience thit miai 3 ier 3 had endeavoured to steer a middle and a fait couvse . In answer to Mr . Wakley , he referred to a representation which he had tliat- day . received from a nuraen : u 3 beiJy of farmers , desiring to be taxed like persocs in other lines of business , rather tbau by the proposed test Among the farmera ,. however , -ae - W « li-as thtough the country in general , he found a strong disposition to nuke an exertion for ¦ tha of it
niai . ' . t ^ ha iice public credit ; though was obssrvabw that each ciass remonsfra ' ad a little against the particular niodo in-which itseif yrss t . ixsd .. He had never prorniaed , as some apprehended , to propose the removal of this tax a ^ i the end of th ? ee years ; : he had , indeed , framed the piGsont measure for three years only , but he had , on its very first introduction , expresset ! hjs hope tbat at the expiration of that term it would be continued by Parliament for ; a couple of year 3 ^ onget , by which time h 9 trusted that "the benefits , of the tariff vroold have come into full operation . He repeated his conviction that much ; relief : would meanwhile be derived to all classes from the greater cheapness of living ; and ' he exhorted the House net ta diminish the efficacy pf a a . important an instrument as an Iocoma Taxby quaiiffinz it with exemptions .
Lord JortN RussEtt felt the inespeiVency of so qualifying tho incemetax ; . ; , bnt he ateo felt ttiat very inoxpediency bs a Rtrong argument for not imposing it at all . 7 T 2 ie tariff did not present a -fair arrangement ^ for it exposed the BfitJah workman to the disadvantage o £ foreign competitionj without giving him a corresponding caeapuess of foreign corn . ' ; He thought the farmers too bad been rather ill-used in the tariff , ospacially by a Ministry calling themsslvea the farmera ' particular friends , when foreign cattle were let-in with so little warning . The farmers thought they were safely following the frpnt rank , when suddenly that front rank turned round and fired in upon them . The present plan would have been better if its own principles bid been carried into fail ' - effect ; ' .. but . they were executed only in a partial and imperfect manner .
The Chairman requested permission , before he put tho ac-cond rcsclutipnr to say that in putting the first he had not been aware of the intanUonoC any xhember to address tbfichair . \ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '¦; . - ¦ Mr . Wilmams said a few words ; after which the second and third resolutions were passed , without division , and the House resumed ; the report was ordered to be received on Thursday , and the House adjourned .
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Execution , —Joseph Wilkes , cpnyict 84 at the Stafford assizes of the murder of ^^ an old man of the name of Adams , at JDelres Bank , Wednesbury , waa executed on Saturday in front pf the Stafford County gaol . ; His assomatea , Japaea WiUteaj his brother , Thomas BosweU , and . GeorgeTGile 8 , «? ere acquitted of the taurder but cpnyicted of the bjirglary . ^ The two former wera sentenced to transportaiioa for ] ifev * nd Giles foe fifteen years . The wretchedyouth admitted th&t he had struck the old man , l » ut without the plighted iitenti » n of killing him .
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THE CASE OP MR . JAMES BRONTERRE ¦ -: ;¦ . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .: ; Q > mim * ¦ \ . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GffiBAT BBITAIN . Bbothe ^ Chaktists , —r am informed , on good authority , that yor » well-tried friend— -the champion of your political and I -social rights , Jaaes Bronterre O Bnen , m , in a few weeks , about to issue a newspaper , solely devoted to the people's causa , ^ which paper , to succeed , must of course be supported by th « people ; and it is to impress upon you the necessity of giving the required support that I n » w address you . ; Youare all doubtless well aware , that of the many talented men whom we have amongst us , not fine is more feared , and consequently more hated , by the factions , tnanjs our redoubtable "Schoolmaster . " He ia feared by them , because they know full well the power which a' -mind like his exeiti over public ppinion ; and hated , inconsequences ! the direction which he gives to that power .
He has been prosecuted publicly , and persecuted privately , with a virulence unparalleled in the annals of despotism . The law-enforced shafts of a tyrann i cal Government have beoa discharged at him unsparingly ; and the much more keenly-pointed arrows of clussselfishness and Mammeniifc cupidity have been profusely " let fly" against this unconquerable philanthropist The former— that is , bis public prosecutions—are * nown to nil ; but the l atter—private spJeen-can be known only to those who are acquainted with his private history . ; ¦ ¦ : : ' - - ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ' - . .-. , ¦ . - ¦ .-. ¦ : - . ¦• • ,. ¦¦ - ; . - This man- ^ this bright star in our political firmament —he who has suffered , has undergone so much for us
, has not been—is not properly supported . The Chartists do not seem to appreciate his services ; they seem to forget feis manifold exertions in their behalf ; they forget his labcura in the Poor HLoMs Guardian , in the JFeek-. y Dispatch , in Heihcringtons Twopenny JJhpatch , in the Destructive , in the London Mercury , and in the National Reforimr 7 they forget the incalculable service which he has rendered to the cause of Radical Keform by his Traualation of Buonarotti ' s History ; and by his Life and Character of MaxVniilian Robt-spierre ; or , at least , if they do not fo : get these things , they do not manifest the disposition towards him which they ouchr .
He has not new in his poaaession anything like the funda adtquate to the arduous » o < iertaking : in which he is about to engage ; and yet no efforts are being madeor comparatively none— to assist him in this emergency . Every reflecting man must feel sensible that if O'Brien be not supported , and that energetically , it will be an irremediable injury inflicted upon our good . cause—the cause of the poor , oppressed , degraded milliona . Would it not be an eternal disgrace to us as a party- —a party desiring the overtlirow of tyranny—to have deprived ourselves , by our apathy , ; of the aid of one who is in himself a phalanx . This backwurdness on our part operates in a two-fold manner : it not only drives from among us an individual of talent ; but the example tends t * prevent men of a similar atamp endangering their prospects of success in life by connection with , a paity who are unwilling to aappprt teem lii their efforts to secure their country ' s freedom .
The Chartists have done much , they may do more ; " where there is a will there is a way "— " ways and means" will accomplish wonders . Allow me , then , publicly to suggest a " way" by which the " nieans " may be acquired , to essentially accomplish the end in view , that is to Bay , the bringing out of a people's paper . . ' ' \ - ' ¦ ¦ -. , ;¦ ' . ¦ •/¦ ... . ' '¦ ;¦ . . - . Let the members of the General Council throughout the country commence at once a simultaneous canvas of the Chartists generally for subscribers to tiie forthcoming p ^ per -, ' - ' let them exhort all "who can to pay a quarter in advance '; let them get two or three conjointly to subscribe , where they are unable to do bo individually , and supposing the quarterly subscription to ba flve shillings , it would amount to but two shillings and sixpence in the one case , and one shilling and eightpence in the other . Let the sums thus advanced be transmitted by the receivers to Mr . O'Brien , receiving in return an acknowledgment for the papers being sent when issued direct toithe subscribers
By vigorously pushing this plan forward , yo _ u would not only guarantee a good circulation to begin- with , but you would secure the success of this great undertaking , by enabling your champion to overcome the financial difficulties under which he now labours . And now one word in conclusion , when the paper does come out , you are morally bound in justice to the great principles you advocate to see that the combined efforts of open enemies aad pretended friends do not in this ease ( as they have bx many others ) burk the endeavour of O'Brien to spread sound political knowledge amongst the people . ¦ Warlily watch witk eagle eye the " agents , " see that they get you the paper , do not be refused , have it ; and you will have gratified the earnest wish of Your friend and fellow labourer in the cause of Democracy , Arthur' 6 'Njsii . l . Manchester , April 4 th , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1156/page/7/
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