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THE NOKTHKEN STAR, SATPRBAY, AUGUST 19, 1848.
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A LIST OF BOOKS NOW PDBLISniXG BT B. D. COUSINS, 18. DUKE-STREET , LKCOLS'b-IS.H IIELD3, L0SD5N.
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The Nokthken Star, Satprbay, August 19, 1848.
THE NOKTHKEN STAR SATPRBAY , AUGUST 19 , 1848 .
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IRELAND . Not satisfied with the suspension of the Constitution in Ireland , the hellhounds of the Press are now endeavouring to hound a reckless Government on to the annihilation of the poor privilege of allowing Irish outlaws to be tried by pangs of packe . 1 jurors . While the lauders of the English Constitution are boastfully parading the clemency of the Whig Government for having relaxed tie laws of treason , the same parties are now proclaiming the
necessity of abrogating the Constitution altogether , and of substituting martial law in its stead . Has not the law , and has not custom in Ireland , been sufficiently strong and tyrannical , when administered by the ruthless conqueror to the outlawed serf — strong enough , prompt enough , and sanguinary enough—to satisfy the vengeance of the oligarchy , but must all semblance of law and Constitution be abolished in order to preserve their dominion ?
On the trial of Mr O'Doherty , his eloquent advocate , Mr Butt , clearly explained the meaning and the working of the new Whig Act . He showed that , although the prisoner might have been guilty of what the law called sedition , that he could not be held guilty of what the recent act designates felony . And there was upon that jury , notwithstanding the appliances for corruption at the command of « the Grovernment—with all the horrors of alarm and fear
aroused by the Attorney-General—there was , we say , notwithstanding all these ^ appliances , a sufficient amount of virtue to prevent agreement upon the construction of one of the most bloody acts upon the blood y statute books of England . And it further appears , that a Special Commission is to be appointed for the trial of Smith O'Brien and others , and that that Commission is to sit in Tipperary . Is the
reader aware , that the fact of great excitement prevailing is sufficient ground for the postponement of trial in the case of a murderer ? and what will he say to the vengeance of that Government which proposes , through its mouthpiece , the justice and propriety of dragging a man charged with treason in the most excited times , to the very scene of war , and to the very midst of the greatest excitement ?
From the day that the population of Ireland began to fret under the yoke of its ruthless and cruel oppressors , down to the present moment , every concession demanded by justice has been denied , in order to preserve the do . minion of the aristocracy in that country , until , at length , the aristocracy themselves find that they are now compelled to apply to those whom they aided and encouraged in their every act of delinquency for the poor privilege of being allowed to sell their estates ; and , as the practice of feeding class upon class in Ireland has been the rule of British policy , feelers dail
are being y thrown out , with a view to discover whether the plunder of one Church may not satisfy the appetites of tbe ministers of iinother Church . So that , instead of the abolition of the greatest nuisance with which a country was ever cursed , we are threatened with the preservation of the nuisance , bv enlisting in its behalf those who have heretofore been its most violent denouncers . And this Church , fed upon what legitimately belongs to the poor , is now to become a double infliction , and is to be saved from the tongue of desecration by a participation of its old assailants in its fruit .
But does the Government , or does ' any man in his senses presume , that although * the sop may stop the mouths of many for a season , that the mind ' s progress will tolerate the perpetuation of the abuse . They may induce some Protestant Parsons and some Romish Priests to shake hands for the nonce , hut the clergymen oi the [ people , springing from the people , remaining of the people , and being
selected by the people , for exemplary character devotion to their own religit n , love ' of country ,, and hatred of the oppressor , will still be swayed by the people , and a sufficient amount of the young Catholic Wood of Ireland will be found to reject and spurn the tendered poison , to dash the chalice from their li ps , and still defend their faith , their country , and their flock from the rava ges of the tempting wolfin s-heep ' s clothing . ° *
The state of Ireland at this moment , however painted by the amateur for English inspection and English action , is one that the mind cannot contemplate without horror sadness , and sorrow , a people nurtured in rebel-1 i .. h and driven to revolt , now by the toleration , and again b y the promises of a Whi » Government , is threatened with the greatest calamity that can befall a laud-the lo « s of
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f ; and although our present rulers have undertaken to govern that country by < i remedial , healing , and pacific policy , we find the Session has been prolific of more acts of hostility against that country , than has marked any similar period of her history , while not one hope for the future has been held out by her oppressors . The country is garrisoned with foreign troops , while the Parliament is nightly engaged in the most lavish and corrupt expenditure of the people's money . Surely the corrupt practices brought to light by Mr Odborne , the c • . ¦ _ i -.. Irt-n liOirA
Member for Middlesex , within the last week , must have opened the eyes of every thinking man to the incompetence and profligacy of the present Government ; but the scene has not yet closed ; the amount required to keep the Irish people in a state of passivo obedience and non-resistance—while starvation and misery stare them in the face—has not yet been presented to the English paymaster . The fabrications of the Press may serve the Stockjobbing speculations of the Government , but when the s ; id reality is known , we much doubt that John Bull will feel satisfied with the
result . As we stated last week , and as Mr O'Connor stated in his speech upon the Repeal of the Union , America looks with an intensity of anxiety to the present state of Ireland ; and although we have at all times repudiated foreign intervention in our domestic affairs , yet it is impossible for the shrewdest thinker to speculate upon the effect that the present state of Ireland may produce upon the Irish Americans . And should America at any time proclaim war
against England , we should be glad to know what amount of English bayonets and English desperation could , under the circumstances , preserve Ireland as a colony . And we warn the Minister of the Crown , that there is no circumstance more calculated to arouse the angry feelings of man than the substitution of brute force for justice and concession . Does the Minister suppose that although the present insurrection may be suppressed , that the crop of vengeance which will spring from it can be as easily cut down ?
There is this difference between the Irish and their enemies ; that , whereas vengeance is the watchword of the one , clemency and honour are the watchwords of the other , O'Brien shared his own money with his followers rather than allow them to steal ; he preferred the protection of his opponents to making them the victims of his followers' vengeance . And he preferred the loss of his ewn liberty to subjecting others to the pains and
penalties consequent upon their hospitality . Bravery and hospitality have ever been considered the distinguishing characteristics of the Irish people , and in no instance have tho ? e national virtues been more prominently displayed than during the present war of the hungry millions , irany of whom , famishing for want of food , have nevertheless abstained ^ from robbery , for fear of giving their war the character or appearance of plunder ,
The Press may speculate , the Minister may chuckle , the Saxon may boast of his triumph , but we tell them that the batlleof right against might has not yet commenced , and that the only way to avoid a fearful carnage and loss of life , is by doing justice to the people both of England and of Ireland in time ; as they may rest assured that the justice which would be gladly accepted now , as compensation for all past transgressions , will not be received if the people should prove the stronger .
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THE ARRESTS . Those of our readers who do not reside in London or Lancashire , and who are not in the habit of seeing the metropolitan daily papers , will be astonished when they peruse this day ' s Star , to learn that a number of Chartists have been arrested in London and Manchester , and that there has been some kind of an armed movement at Ashton , which has resulted in the death of a policeman , and the arrest of a great number of the Ashton Chartists .
However astonished any of our readers may be at the news of these events , their astonishment cannot exceed ours . We ask in vain what is the meaning of these armed meetings , held in opposition to the known course of action prescribed b y the > en responsible for the characterofthe Chartist movements ? No one can inform us of the meaning of these demonstrations-demonstrations of weakness , not of strength .
In the absence of full information , we this week confine our remarks to the fewest possible words . Ihe shooting of the policeman at Ashton is a sad and terrible affair , which , no matter who did the deed , will be deplored by every Chartist . At Manchester the arrests appear to haye been conducted iR a most arbitrary and unlawful manner , the majority of the persons arrested being taken without warrants . Up to the hour of writing these remarks , we are perfectly ignorant of the names of the persons arrested in London- We hear that the arrests have been going on all this day ( Thursday ) . No examination having yet taken place , we are uninformed as to the charges on which these arrests are founded . Oae fact our readers will mark , that , / rom private information , the Goverflzn , ^ jn flje
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M ^~~ —^ etropolis , and the magistrates in Lancashj rH were fully informed of the desi gns of the ner sons arrested , whatever those designs we ™ " We do not doubt that if there has been anil plotting , such plotting has been the work of villains , who , for their own horrible ends } iav « dupedJand seduced honest but mistaken men to—we fear—their destruction . ' We do not accuse the Government of bavin * plotted the secret meetings and secret arm * ings , which , it is reported b y the daily nan ' have been going on for some time post- bnfr we are morally convinced that , by the ' Spr vices of traitors in the camp , the Whig Mini-^ iVl-. !„„„ _!•_ J . 1 __ * . «¦
tevs nuve oeen tuny inrormert of every act -ml word suggested and stimulpted by the 5 and Detectives ^ s-ho have earned the confided of unreflecting men only to betray them It has been stated in the papers that the Government had full information of the name persons , and destination of the " Sym ., ' ; hipers , ' who lately left New York to j ., in the Irish Confederates , together with full partieu . lars of the vessels in which they embarked from that port , cargo , crew , &c . As a matter of cour . se , these men , as fast as they arrived in Ireland , were arrested . This should |) e sufficient warning to the people of the bound , less system of espionage exercised over them
Earnestly we entreat the people not to i . (; themselves in the power of their enemies Secret societies will he their destruction , for in sucli societies traitors abound .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . TheDirectors of the National Land Company having fully considered the propositions submitted by Mr O'Connor in last week's " Star " have come to the conclusion of adhering to those several propositions , with the exception of the increase in the price of shares . Thin resolution was come to after a protracted discussion , upon the consideration that many poor persons who had gone to some inconvei ience to pay up their shares according to the original price might , and most probably would , be put not onl yj to great inconvenience , but in many instances the compliance with this rule might with them be an
impossibility ; and as the Company was established for the benefit of the poorest of the poor , and not for the most fortunate of that order , the Directors have , in our opinion , exercised a wise discretion in adhering to the original rules , in this respect , while the effect of charging four instead of five ' per cent , as rent upon the outlay , has this week had a considerable effect upon the price of allotments—a two-acre allotment at O'Connorville fetching 85 / ., and a four-acre allotment at Minster , 1161 . We trust that this deviation from the propositions submitted in last week ' s " Star , " will be acceptable to the majority of the shareholders , while the effect of the other alterations will be to facilitate the transfer of shares of paid-up members .
The press of matter of a political nature this week , prevents us from saying much that we had intended upon this subject , while , perhaps , the letter of Mr O'Connor , to the editor of the " Examiner , " may supply the deficiency ; a letter to which we beg the serious attention of every member of the Company . And , as matters appear to be progressing with as much activity as when subscriptions were coming in to the amount of 5 , 000 / . a-week , we trust that the monster will revive , and that , while the Managers have abated nothing of their zeal , the members will abate as little of their ardour and resolution .
As the price of allotments are sure to rise in the market , we would counsel located members not to be overhiisty in the disposal of their castle and their labour field . We understand that the work at Bromsgrove progresses more rapidly than upon any former estate , thus confirming our impression that Mr O'Connor has no intention of winding up the affairs of this great national undertaking . Next week we shall publish the insidious and dastardly part played by Mr Cobden , during the sitting of the Committee , and which , since our last publication , has been confirmed by the authority of a most respectable gentleman . So much for Free Trade affection for the working classes .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The consideration of the Estimates , in Committee of Supply , affords an opportunity of bringing up evory possible question of public interest ; and , to do justice to our Legislators , they seem notatall disinclined , notwithstanding the lateness of the session , to take full advantage of it . The debates have been equally varied and protracted , and while necessarily in . many cases dealing with small questions , have , in others , introduced matters not only of national but of continental interest .
On the vote for granting the amount required for the department presided over Uy Lord Palmerston , Mr Israeli took occasion to deliver , certainly a very brilliant , if not a very enlightened , attack , upon the whole foreign policy of the Government , with reference to recent events on . the Continent . The mission of Lord Minto . to the . Italian States , especially , constituted the groundwork for a display of that ponvetful and witty sarcasm which distingustos Mr Disraeli ' s best efforts , He da «
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a dead stop at Wolverton , and was run into by the York mail train ; several ot the passengers were injured , and one of the guards very much bruised ; fortunately no life was lost . Two of the carriages were very much damaged . In a few minutes after the collision the Lancaster and Edinburgh mail trains successively came up , and were of course prevented from proceeding-onwards in consequence of the other two trains being across the line .
If Mr Hume and other M . P . ' s , who travel b y the best trains , and consequently have the best drivers , feel considerable alarm , it is natural that those who travel in third and fourth class trains , and consequently have the worst drivers , should feel still more anxiety for their personal safety . We are not aware of the resources of the engine drivers , but we feel that this is a
workmans question—we will say every working man ' s question—for when one man or one trade ^ is oppressed , all are wronged ; if , therefore , the engine drivers should require the assistance of the working men of their own calling , or even of other trades , we trust that assistance will be generously , promptly , and universally rendered .
This case concerns the public , as well as the men on strike . An universal impression prevails that the drivers at present employed on the line are unfit for their duties ; aa impression which has been not a little strengthened by the reports of stoppages of trains and accidents , which , though not of a fatal nature , have naturally sufficed to alarm the travelling portion of the community . On Thursday morning the Peterborough mail train came to
duties . Moreover , the men offered to submit the case between them and the Company to arbitration : secondl y , the highest paid offered to submit to a reduction of sixpence per day ; and , thirdly , offered to accept the regulations in force on the Great Western Railway , but all offers were in vain . Their high mightinesses , the Directors , disdainfully rejected all compromise , and disgracefully severed the link which had for so many years bound them to their faithful but now ill-requited servants .
the prostration of labour . What a monstrous illustration of the great fact that this political system exists for the sole benefit of the rich and powerful , and for the oppression of the unrepresented classes . It is worth y of note that the men on strike have been for years in the emuloyment of the Company—some ten , some eleven , some twelve years- —a sufficient proof of the fidelity and ability with which they have performed their
The railway officials boast that they are backed up by the Government , having " been supplied with men from the dockyards to take charge of the locomotives on the railway : it has also been stated that numbers of the Metropolitan police have been allowed to enter the Company ' s service to supply the place of porters . Can these statements be true ? We fear they are not without foundation , as on more than one occasion the Government has afforded help to employers to defeat men on strike , and establish the triumph of capital oa
THE STRIKE ON' THE NORTH WFS TERN RAILWAY . We gave in our last an outline of the dr . chinstances which have induced the strike ol the Engine Drivers en the North Western Railway ; a strike not for wages , but to resisl a scheme artfully concocted to bring the men under an odious and unjust system of dassifi . cation , immediately injurious to the majority and undoubtedly intended for the ultimate injury of the whole . Under the old systemwhich the men desire to return to—a driver had 6 s . per day for six months ; after he had driven his engine for six months his pay w . is increa&ed to 6 s . Gd . per day for the next six months ; to 7 s . for the year following ; and afterwards he had an additional 2 ( 1 . per day per annum , until his wages amounted to 8 s . per day . A fireman , ivhen he was promoted to the situation of driver , had 5 s . per day for the first six months ; Cs . per day for the following half-year ; 6 s . sd . per day for the next
twelvemonths ; 7 s . per day when he had been a driver for two years , and 2 d . per day per annum until his wages reached Ss . per day . This was a plain straight forward system ' ; although , considering the heavy responsibility resting with each engine driver , we think the men were anything but too well paid . Under the new system of classes some of the men receive 8 s . per day , but others only 5 s . 6 d . per day , and it is curious that the lowest paid drivers are those attached to the fourth class trains . It is reasonable to suppose that the cleverest and most experienced men are paid the highest wages , and , consequently , the passengers by the Parliamentary trains are committed to the care of the least able and
experienced driver .- ? . Another illustration of the tender regard for the safety of the working classes , entertained by Railway Directors . It is evident that under the new system a man will have no inducement to perfect himself in his duties—for consigned to a " class , " with no regulation as to the time he shall remain in that " class , " he may remain there the whole term of his employment , for , no doubt , none hut tiie special favourites of the ruling Jackin-office would ever be raised from the lower classes to the highest . This system of " caste ' is the most odious ever devised to stifle industrial emulation and keep deserving men in the bondage of poverty .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1484/page/4/
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