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rO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Friends and Brother Chartists , Not afraid to adopt the policy of an enemy hen that policy is good , I adopt the good otto of the bad Corn-Lai ? League .
" ONETHING AT A TIME . " In the ahove motto I have set you a task , ne of easy accomplishment , and one most aeessary to be performed ; it is , tohurlfromoffice nd from power the ° base , bloody , and brutal yfaijis ; " not upon the same principle upo fhich I have previously urged the necessity of lacing them in opposition , because , utterly disraced as they now are , they w ould be useless iven ia that state for which nature designed lem .
Last week it was oar painful duty to record he expatriation of Cuffey and four others , for cts originated , fostered , encouraged , and maured by the Secretary of State for the Home ) epartment . Yes , he cannot be absolved of he crime of felony , unless he pleads guilty to he charge of delegation of his duty to detecives , police , spies , and informers . You will > ear in mind that whenever a charge was made
igainst the police in the House of Commons , he flippant official was instantly prepared with svidence to establish the virtue , the courage , he forbearance and loyalty of his brother con-. pirators . Yon must further understand that Vlallalieu is a superintendent of police , and lat Marks is | an inspector of poliee , and that it s the duty of those subordinate spies to make t report of every thing that comes within their knowledge , connected with the duties of their
lepartment , to the Spy General once a day , or ) ftener , if need be ; that is , if a policeman has nfoimation to communicate , he communicates it to the inspector ^ his body , the inspector communicates it to the superintendent of his department , the Superintendent communicates it to . the commissioners , and the commissioners communicate it to the Secretary of State for the Home Department . Hence you find that every link in the chain is complete ; and you can
come to no other possible conclusion than that Powell and Davis acted immediately under the directions of Sir George Grey , or that the inspectors , superintendents , and commissioners of police withheld from the Secretary of State evidence—the wanfjof a knowledge of which might have jeopardised the peace of the country . And hence we can arrive at no other conclusion than that the Whigs—who fomented treason and rebellion in 1832 for the purpose of
acmeyrag power—organised treason and rebellion in 1848 for the purpose of preserving power ; as every man who has watched their proceedings from the French Revolution down to the close of the Session ef Parliament , must admit that their tenure of office depended not upon the confidenc e placed in them , but upon the amount of fear with which they could inspire their opponents . Whenever a question was debated upon ¦ which the Whi gs were likely to \ be defeated , the all-absorbing consideration wasnot , "Is the measure a good one ? " but , " Is it safe in these per ilous times to run thehazard of a defeatand
, thus create that confusion consequent upon the formation of a new administration V Now such was precisely the genius that preserved the Whigs . By them the distracted state of the country was constantl y urged upon ' their middle class supporters as the cause of the depression of trade , and so vital a question was it made with them , that they granted an additional two millions of your money to effect this necessary object , while their friendscannot reflect without disgust upon their performances during thepast session . So much for their English treason , which fortuHatelyfor the country terminated in
Whig felony ; and now for their Irish doings . " Trial by Jury * is said to be the bulwark of the British Constitution—and wheD a thief or a murderer is tried and acquitted , the Press is loud in its commendation of Trial by Jury , as it is better that ninety and nine guilty persons should escape , than that one innocent person should suffer . O'Brien was tried for sedition , aud was acquitted , and then Trial by Jury was to he annihilated , and the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended—and , be it remembered , that , from the trial and acquittal of O'Brien , down to the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act
, he is not charged , on his recent trial , with one angle illegal act—but when he discovered that thetSnspension of the Constitution in Ireland was intended , not as an amended indictment , hut as an irrefutable conviction , he had recourse to such means as he presumed would protect him against arrest without conviction or even trial . And here , as in England , we discover the abominable tricks to which the Papist Attorney General is compelled to resort to establish the guilt of his victim . The practice in Ireland is , when the evidence for the Crown breaks ] down , two , three , or so many
policemen as may ba necessary , are placed in the witness-box , who are prepared to swear anything , and are always at command ; and I recollect , upon one occasion , Baren Foster wa 3 most indignant with me for exposing the perjury of one of those witnesses . It is difficult to break them down , for two reasons—firstly , they profess to give their evidence from notes taken at the time , but fresh written ; and , secondly , they feel conscious that the stronger their evidence—whether true or not—the greater their recommendation for promotion . In O'Br ien ' s case the Attorney ' s Clerk
, , Dobbin , not only broke down , but every word ofhisjevidencewas rendered inadmissible by the evidence of Mr Dalton-and then , as is the custom , the Crown has recourse to the police itationed in Mrs M'Cormick ' s house . And here we find that the mostdistant heard words which those nearest to Mr O'Brien did not hear—while we have the damning fact , that the Crown Solicitor , and the chief official to the Lord Lieutenant , withheld a number of those police whose evidence would not suit them . And after such an exhibition as this , flie Press , and especially the " Times , " exults
in the impartiality of the trial ; while the impartial reader will find that , in every case ¦ where Counsel for the prisoner appealed to the Court upon the most simple points of law , the answer of the Court , wasnot' " more water , " " water again , " " another drink , " but 'WHAT DOES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SA Y ?' thus abandoning their own functions to the caprice ; of the official . However , Smith O'Br ien is convicted—his property is confiscated—his wife is widowed—his children are
orphansand his country weeps o ' er the fate ef the descendant of one of her Kings ; while the -fcnglish people—although by no means as sensitive or patriotic as the Irish people—mourn over the fate of Cuffey and his associates . But whywimper like children ? Why sob like women ? when the combined action of men , who profess to feel , is all-powerful , and capable of avenging the violation of right , the destruction of Trial by Jury , and the annihilation of the British Constitution }
By action I mean bringing the cembined will of the country to bear upon the oppressors ; t ?^ 1 , thm from office > regardless as to who shall fill their places , resting satisfied that the change must be for the better . It is imposable , wholly and utterly impossible , that even the middle-classes of this country , who were to constitute the National Guard of the " Times " can longer tolerate Whig rule , after the recent exposures at the Old Bailey and Clonmel ; but what will operate still more forcibly upon their orderis the heavy expense necessary to support Whig treason .
Now , I do not set you a hard task when I ask you not to rest until you commence the work of Whig expulsion ; no matter who is to succeed , any change must-be for the better , as it would be impossible to select a more dangerous , vindictive , or incompetent government . And I think , after the evidence of Davig and Powell , that many of their associa w ent armed to Kennington-common , and that the co-operation of 50 . 000 thieves
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was relied upon , you can come te no other conclusion than that the anniversary of Kenning , ton-common , the 10 th of April—will be celebrated with as much pomp and solemnity , by the people , as the anniversary of Waterloo is by the survivors ef that battle . You are . perfectly aware ^ that men , when they grow old , will act upon their previous training , instruction , and education ; and you must be " aware that the present mind of Ireland owes its training to the Whigs under the tutorage of Daniel
O'Connell , who was made their instrument to urge an excited people to the very verge of treason , halting them at that point which secured patronage for himself and power for his guilty confederates ; and it is , therefore , to Whig training that the present disaffection of Ireland must be ascribed ; and after the recent exhibition in that country and England , no doubt can ' exist in any man ' s mind that the united people of both countries will solemnly and imperatively demand the expulsion of the fomentors of sedition , felony , and treason .
Look over the history of Ireland since 1836 , when O'Connell made his compact with Lord Duncannon , then Lord Lietuenant ; reflect upon his triumphant tour through Scotland and the north of England , when he organised the enthusiasm of the whole country for no other purpose than to measure Whig patronage by the value of the baiter . Thenmark his career from that hour to the day of { his death . In 1837 , when the Queen came to the ' . throne , the question ' of Repeal was merged'in " Loyalty to our lovely young Queen . " His huzza was the loudest of the crowd , his cap was the . highest
in the night , and his tongue was the largest in the left side of his cheek as he bamboozled his gaping gulls . From that election to 1841 , he warmed his poor relations in Government situations , and again the question of Repeal was abandoned , and whoever "divides the liberal party is an enemy to his country" was Ireland ' s accepted ' motto . During that period , from 1837 to 1841 , there was little agitation in Ireland , none beyond what was necessary to preserve appearances and secure patronage ; the pot was kept simmering until the Tories came into office—when the Whig bellows again
set it bubbling—patronage became slack—doubt succeeded zeal—many deserted the ranks wha were disappointed of patronage—the monster meetings took place—Clontarf was suppressed by proclamation , but the threatened opposition was not a'tenth part as great as that by which the Kennington-common meeting was to be suppressed ; while Dublin , unlike London , represented the national mind and the national strength , and yet , unlike the reviled Chartists of London , the bold defier of Toryism Surrendered at discretion , and abandoned the project .
Did the "Whip , then , on the bleak side of the Treasury bench , denounce Daniel O'Connell as a traitor ? on the contrary ; after con viction , they hailed his appearance in the House of Commons with a round of hearty cheers , andjfilled Covent Garden Theatre with enthusiastic guests to receive him , and the drama finished by three "Whig judges declar ing his conviction illegal . But what would be the decision of those judges now , if an appeal were made on behalf of those who have followed his teaching , but not his practice of halting at Whig patronage ?
The " Times" with characteristic modesty , comments upon O'Brien ' s trial and convic tion , and tells its readers that it is not in the habit of discussing those trials during their progress . But will this pure and immaculate organ point out one single trial that has taken place in England or Ireland , that it has not commented upon and prejudged before trial , during the trial , and after conviction , and in
every case the trial has been fair and impartial , and the sentence has been most merciful and mild ? But we shall be glad to see how this apostate journal will now defend the immaculate "Whigs against the evidence of General Napier—against the evidence furnished by Lord John Russell ' s letter to the Birmingham sympathisers—and against the evidence of Powell and Davis , their suborned and paid coadjutors .
When Parliament meets again , that clemency extended to Whig rule through the fears of the country party , will no longer be extended towards them , the one universal shout throughout the land will be—England wants not , and will not tolerate , the rule of a faction that bases its power upon incipient revolution and treason , only capable of being checked by conferring patronage upon its Confederates ; and never again will the restoration of the Whigs to power be tolerated by any influential class in this country .
Brother Chartists , the reign of terror has ended in the unequivocal conviction of its creators , as the reign of middle class policy has been wrecked upon the accomplishment of free trade . And I think I may appeal to every man who has heard my speeches , and rea'l my writings upon the subject of free trade , from the year 1834 to the present moment , that I have not made one false prediction with regard to the effect of that measure ; nor do I think that the manufacturers of England will deny that they have « CAUGHT A TARTAR . "
The means relied upon for the suppression of . Chartism have ended in the destruction of Whiggery . They could not , as of old , support the "FAT YOUNG GENTLEMAN , " as their caterer for support , through incipient revolution , while that power which was O'Connell ' s staff is now to be bribed by State endowment . The Catholic priesthood , it seems , are to be paid by the State , but I will tell you wherein this last crutch of Whiggery will fail . The priests at present have influence with the Irish
people ; but once pension them , or in any way link them to the State ; and not only will their influence perish , but they will become the chief objects of jealousy , suspicion , contempt , and vengeance . They are only influential because they are considered powerful in agitation , and infallible in religion ; but the mo ment that the charm of religious infallibility vanishes , that moment will political power disappear , and the Irish priesthood , once pensioned by the Protestant State , will become not only inoperative , but despised .
The Irish Catholics , like all other sects , look not for toleration or equality , but for ascendancy ; and as they constitute the blood , the race , the numerical strength , and the great power of the nation , as long as the principle of ascendancy is recognised and tolerated , they are entitled to their legitimate position . In 1735 , the Irish Parliament was bought ; in 1782 , the Volunteers were bought by the distribution of patronage , and the bestowal of power upon the leaders ; in 1800 , the Irish Parliament was bought ; in 1836 , the Irish representatives were sold to the English Minister , and from that period down to the present the whole international policy has been one of barter and patronage ; and the reader of inghshand Irish history must acknowledge
me lact , that those several changes of administration have been preceded by a reign of terror , until , at length , the policy has militated against its propounders , and now the Whigs have been wrecked by those very means upon which they formerly relied for power And why ? because , as of old , they could not barter treason for patronage with the leaders of the Irish people . When discontent is natural , and not the mere creation of political jugglers , that dis-
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content } becomes irresistible , it ( cannot be roused and suppressed at the bidding of a showman—the mind cannot be presented in various forms like the sheet of paper in the showman ' s hand ; it assumes a distinct position , and defies terror , however successful it may be for the moment . The exhibitions of Castles and Oliver were forcibly urged against the administration then in power ; but do they not fade into utter insignificance when compared with the deep laid schemes of our present rulers ? What was the threatened danger in August last to that produced by the Corn Law League in 1842 , when trade was stopped , the hands turned out , and the people were told to quarter themselves upon the
enemy—the landlords—not like begging men , but like men MARCHING TO BATTLE ? And yet , notwithstanding the threatened danger , Sir Robert Peel , then in power , gave us a fair trial , a "JUST JUDGE , " and an impar tial prosecutor , and , throughout , notwithstanding the wide-spread disaffection , and the thorough organisation of the Chartist body , not a particle of evidence—nay , not a particle of suspicion , that Sir Robert Peel ' s Government had in anywise fomented disorder , or had had recourse to the subornation of spies and in formers to establish our guilt . We had a fair
trial , and an honourable acquittal . So with Daniel O'Connell in 1843 ; whatever technical illegalities might have Appeared , there was no Government intrigue . And now observe , and mark the fact well , and it will prove to you the uupopularity of the Whigs . During their reign , from 1833 to 1841 , was a continuous period of disturbance , political trials , and transportation . They commenced with the Dorchester Labourers , and finished with the * transportation of Frost , and gaols crowded with political victims . They came into power again in 1846 , and their recent career has ended in the most bloody persecution ever known in this country . Now contrast
those two periods of Whig tyranny with that per iod when Sir Robert Peel was in power from 1841 to 1846 . We had within that time a Special Commission , under Abin ^ er—of whom , being no more , and leaving his acts to be judged by posterity , we shall remain silentand the great State Trial at Lancaster ; and from 1842 to 1846 there has not been one single political offence charged against the Democratic party in this country . And we must attribute the quietness from 1846 to 1847 , to the simple fact , that the Whigs dreaded a recurrence to their old policy as the prelude to a General Election , but once in power the cloven foot soon showed itself .
Now , brother Chartists , I have to Inform you , that no power on earth shall induce me to say a word , or write a word , that will place me in the power of those devils ; andif any man writes me a seditious or treasonable letter I will immediately publish it ; and if any man during my tour comes into my presence and talks sedition or treason to me , in the hope of entrapping me , 1 will leave my mark on his face / that will enable me to identify him in the witness box . M y family have had a pretty good taste of gratitude . A fellow of the name of Cuilanan , who had received numerous acts
of kindness from my father , and a Frenchman whom he had sheltered , were the principal witnesses against him in 1798 ; and a fellow of the name of Jack , w hom my uncle , Arthur O'Connor , appointed as his sub sheriff in 1793 , and whom he had raised from destitution to affluence , was the man—the only man—who proved h's . handwriting upon his trial for High Treason ; while my reporter — Griffin — in whom I kept the life for years , would , have convicted me , nay , hune me if he could , at
Lancaster . "A live dog is better than a dead lion , " and a man at liberty is better than a caged lion . Daniel O'Connell paid me the high compliment to say , that it was I who drove the Whigs from office in 1841 , though I was then in my dungeon . Lord Monteagle admitted the justice of the compliment ; and here ' s a sum in the Rule of Three for you : —If an imprisoned Chartist beat the enemy in 1841 , what may a Chartist Representative at large do in 1849 ? Answer—ENTIRELY
ANNIHILATE THE FACTION . Although I had too much tact to disgust the House of Commons by constant reference to the injustice I suffered at the hands of the present Government , yet you cannot suppose me so devoid of manly pride and feeling , as to imagine for a moment that I have forgotten it . I now stand alone of my order , opposed bv every newspaper in the empire , 1 hare arrived at the dignity of being hated , but I am the heart of Nottingham , and surrounded by the confidence and affection of the working classes .
I am now about to open a new campai gn of legitimate agitation , an agitation which shall not jeopardise the life or libert y of a single man , woman , or child ; an agitation which will make neither widows , orphans , nor victims ; but an agitation which shall only end in the annihilation of a party that has disgraced itself , suppressed the free expression of public opinion , and destroyed the British Constitution . I conclude with my old pledge , that I will maintain inviolate every point of the People ' s Charter ; and that if I stood alone , or even if reduced to beggary , that I never will
accept of place , pension , or emolument for my services in or out of parliament . Now , then , Chartists , you have the watchword ' it is— « Down with the Whigs . " If there is treason in that , I glory in being a traitor . Raise the standard of legitimate agitation ; abandon the system of class leaders , Serjeants , and general ; never attend a secret meeting ; never affix your name to a seditious letter ; fall back upon the old organisation
raise the unsulledflag of Chartism once more : let yoHr meetings be open , your speech be according to Whig law , until we drive the Whigs from office . Read General Napier ' s letter ; read Lord John Russell ' s letter ; read the conviction of O'Brien , and then say , whether as Englishmen you willlonger tolerate the rule—thd fierce dominion—of such a'faction . I remain , Your faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .
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Chartbrtole , — A meeting of oMupants and Land membera was held in the School House , on Tuesday evening , October 10 th , Mr Stallwoed in tha chair ; when it was unanimously resolved : — That we take part in the election of a delegate to the ensuing Conference — Mr T . M . Wheeter , of O'Connorville , and Mr T . Gilbert , of Charterville , were put in nomination , when the latter was carried bya majority of six —Mr G . Bubb , then brought forward a question on 'the propriety of establishing a market at Charterville , ' which resulted in the election of Messrs Bubb , Cork , P / ckersgill , Gilbert Smith , Gimbletr , and Grimahaw , as a committee to organise and report onthe market project . The meetingwas adjourned until Monday evenine , Oet . 16 th , at six o ' clock .
Hull —At a general meeting of Land members Mr Bamett wa * nominated as delegate to the Conference . The branch secretaries : in this district , and th > ae near Hull , are requested to Bend their nominations immediately . LiiitBiowN , meab LxiDj . —At a special meeting of this branch on the 8 th inst , Mr John Whitely was nominated to the forthcoming Conference . Bath—At the quarterly meeting of the Land members on Monday last , the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing quarter : —Messrs J . Cornish ( seoretary ) , T-Bilwell . ( treasurer ) , G . Warlay ( scrutineer ); Committee—Messrs W . flillier , J , Hopkins , G . Window , W . Blackford , and A . Noad , Meeting ? are held every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
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that they were well governed and well instructed . To comprehend the crimes created by the superstitions under the names of the religions of the world , and the evils which they have inflicted through so many generations upon the human race , every page of the history of man must he ; studied , and then some small amount of the causes of human misery may be imagined , but to enumerate them , so incessant and numerous have they been throughout all ages , would be impossible . '
Again , the infliction of privet * property upon mankind has created a cause of disunion , separation , injustice , oppression , crime , and misery * far beyond all possible estimate . It has also given rise to endless institutions for its protection ; to laws , also , which continually render it insecure , and create great injurious anxieties to its temporary possessor . Like the superstitions of the world , it divides man from man , and nation fr om nation , is the source of continual hatreds , crimes , and disorders , in every society in which it exists , and can be defended on no principle of nature ,
justice , or common sense . It is the cause of continued poverty to the mass , retards the creation of wealth , wastes it to an immense extent , and applies much of it to most vicioug purposes . It is so injurious in almost all its ramifications throughout society , that it can be retained only while all shall be educated and trained to become irrational . There would be a much higher enjoyment of wealth under properly constituted arrangements for a system of general public property than the most wealthy can attain under the existing system of private property , or under
any other system which can be devised into which private property shall be introduced . Combined with isolated family arrangements , it creates the very esaence of selfishness , and is more calculated to sever even family attachments and friendships than any other single cause . It is productive of so many injurious feelings , so much injustice , cruelty , and oppression , that no parties will have the least desire to retain it longer than to that period when they can be instructed to become rational in mind and conduct , and then they will think and act in accordance with their own permanent interest and happiness .
Strong as the educated prejudices have been made in favour of private property , it is the permanent cause of immense evil ta all , and with the superstitions of the world , and isolated family arrangements , the chief cause of disunion and separation of feelings among the human race , without any adequate advantages to compensate for these worst of evils . To these causes of innumerable miseries to
mankind have beea added the isolated family arrangements , which are a link of the chain of errors emanating from the same lamentable basis , en which the entire of the existing irrational system has been constructed . Family arrangements presuppose that humanity possesses the power to like and dislike , to love and hate , according to a supposed free will in ' each individual , and yet no such power has ever existed in man .
The unchanging law of humanity is , that man must like and love that which is the most agreeable to his individual nature or feelings and dislike , and if forced upon him , must hate that which is disagreeable to the feelings or instincts which he is compelled to have . By mistaking this law of humanity , lawgivers , and the priesthood of the world , have made various i gnorant and most absurd laws and ceremonies , differing in different countries .
and in the same countries at different periods , to permanently unite in bondage persons of both sexes , in opposition to the Taws of Nature or of God . By thus disobeying these now moat obvious laws have men sinned against those laws which Nature declares shall be obeyed , or man shall grievously suffer until he shall learn , through increasing pain , to know and obey her just and most beneficent laws ,
HaTe the lawgivers and priesthood of the world considered the extent of disease , disunion , madness , crime , and misery , which their unhallowed unnatural laws of diseased imaginations have , through past ages , inflicted upon the human race ? Have any of those misguided authorities the slightest correct conception of the magnitude of the disease , crime , disunion , and misery , which their unnatural laws are this day inflicting upon poor deluded and ' grievously oppressed humanity . No ! They cannot have any conception of the murders and misery thus created ; but their educated ignorance and prejudice must plead their excuse , because it was not in their power to avoid receiving them . From this cause has arisen the senseless crv
among those called the re-actionists in Paris , for the security ; of private property and family arrangements , as now existing . These poor deluded persons know not what they are asking , or are contending for . Many of them are great sufferers through the very principles which they desire to have held sacred . They are suffering from poverty , or the fear of it , and from family separation of feelings , which they know not how to prevent , being totally ignorant of the cause of both , and know not the only natural remedy for these evils .
The greatest of all errors forced upon humanity , is the belief that superstition , private property , and isolated family arrangements , based on the laws of man in opposition to the laws of Nature or of God , can ever produce charity , unity , goodneBs , or happiness , among an y people , or even admit them to become rational beings . Among no people , at this day , can these virtues be discovered ; nor can any nation be found whose government , population , and laws , have any pretensions to be considered rational .
In conclusion , may it be permitted to be deeply impressed upon the mind of your Majesty and your Ministers-as a means of diffusing the most valuable knowledge throughout the world—that the true business of all governments—when they shall be established for tlse benefit of the whole population , as every government should be—will consist—lstly , in the creation of efficient practical measures to produce the greatest amount of wealth with pleasure and advantage to . its producers , and to have it honestly distributed ; 2 ndly , to have a good ;? or rational character formed for all ; and , 3 rtllyj to have the entire population well
placed , and , locally and generally , justly governed . These results may be now attained by simple and beautiful arrangements , which may be made to exclude every vicious , injurious , and inferior circumstance of man s creation—while those only which are superior for each of these departments , separately and united , may be combined to perform , in a very superior manner , all the business of life . New and impracticable as this last statement will appear to ordinary minds , the wellinformed and far-seeing know that the agitation and excitement , now prevalent throughout the civilised world , cannot again cease until this change shall be fully effected .
It will be utterl y impossible to tranquiliee France , Germany , Italy , Ireland , and the remainder of Europe , upon the old worn-out system of falsehood , deception , injustice , and oppression . r It will be true wisdom now in all govern-
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4 T . — " * ments to lead the new revolution in progress to correct principles and beneficial practices , such as have been now described by Your Majesty ' s faithful subject , Robert ChrBN . October 9 , 1848 .
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ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE TG THE PEOPLE .
During the late trials for political offences at tha Old Bailey , Sir John Jervis , her Majesty ' s Attorney General , was pleased to state , in the hearing of the Court , that that Plan of Organisation lately adopted by the Chartist body , was illegal . We have calmly considered the declaration ; and , whilst we are prepared to- prove that similar plans of organisation have been countenanced and supported by leading members of both Houses of Parliament , and no prosecutions have ensued from the adoption of the same , we ate , nevertheless , aware that the
Chartist body are marked objects of political proscription and persecution ; and we feel it to be our duty to advise you , as , to our judgment , seems best . We , therefore , recommend you to abandon such parts of the new plan as may have been adopted , and fall back upon the old system of organisation so well understood by all of you , and still practised in many parts of England and Scotland—reminding you that the old established plan of organisation has been sanctioned by the opinions of the highest legal authorities in this land , and no fears or doubts need be entertained thereon . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦
Distrust has been freely cast upon your motives by all political parties , and the late trials have afforded an opportunity for the ignorant and designing to renew their hostility . We , who know you best , are aware that you never have , at anytime , or under any circumstances , countenanced res ' orts to vblence for the attainment of your objects ; that conspiracies have ever been by you , as a body , denounced ; that secret meetings are alike detestable to you in principle and practice ; and it is with no
small degree of satisfaction that we refer to all the addresses and public documents issued by the Executive of your election-who are a direct index to your thoughts and resolves—and challenge even the ingenuity of . Crown lawyers to point to a single sentence , from which could be deduced the slightest tendency subversive of peace , security , or public order . We have ever spoken and written to you openly , frankly , and boldly , and hope to be enabled to continue to do so .
Slanders founded on ignorance or misconceptions , are never long dangerous—the remedy rests with time and the character given to your body from your acts . ^ The excess of infamy motten" to by the Whig administration , to secure conviction against tha unfortunate dupes of spies and informers , has already carried with it its own condemnation ^ An administration supported by such means leans on rotten crutches and will shortly fall to the ground . The Whigs have , before to-day , had to learn ' That curses , like chickens , come home to roost ; ' and if you bs cautious in your acts and true to the pr incipies you have espoused , we hesitate not to affirro j that the day is not far distant when the principles of the People ' s Charter will be the adopted creed of the majority of all classe ? .
By a persevering and peaceful propagation of your principles—trusting invariably to the justice of your claims—and using reason as the only legitimate weapon in political discussion , you will assuredly be enabled to change the opinions of those who now oppose you , and in due time will follow a change in the institutions and government of the land m which you live .
Where truth deigns to come , Her . sister , liberty , will not be far . We therefore call on you , the people of England and Scotland , to renew your energy in the struggle of Right against Might . Let reason , resolution , and action follow each other , and the political destinies of yourselves and children are in your own hands . Signed on behalf of the Executive , Samuel Kydd . October 11 , 1848 .
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THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS .
TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers , —The time ia fast approaohing when a number of our brother Democrats must take their trial for aavooatiBgthe clajma of the toiling millions . Charges of the taesfc heinoua nature have been trumped up against them , for having exetted themselves to prevent a breach of the peace ; and we can refer with pride to the fact , that their efforts have been successful . We , therefore , confidently appeal to the various localities to assist us in obtaining the beatdefenoe for eur unjustly persecuted brothers . Let it not be said , that men who have long struggled in the cause of justice are sicrificed for want of peouniary aid , and thus give the enemies of Chartism a triumph , in their incarceration . By order of the council , Thomas Ormbshek , sub-secretary All money-ordera to be gent to Thomas Ormesher , 52 , Bridgewater-street , Manohester ; made payable to Thomas Roberts . r '
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TO THE QUEEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE . Letter II . Respec ted Sovereign , „ M / , first Public letter to your Majesty , pub lished last week , concluded with the following paragraph ?—'These profound , yet all important subjects , have been hitherto tabooed by the ignorance and prejudices of the human race . Their value for the creation of universal goodness , intelligence , and happiness , shall ' be explained in the succeeding communication . " . . To this task I now proceed—a task which no
other will perform , although sti essential to the future security , permanent prosperity , and happiness of all countries . The world , through inexperience , has been hitherto taught to call falsehood truth , and truth falsehood , and to imagine , and to call , evil good , and good evil . Hence , the world ha 8 ,,, jff t , far , been a world of . disunion and crihi ' e— -oFVar , and its miseries . Until men can be united in real fraternity , there can be no justice or virtue—the names of both are familiar , but the practice has not yet been attained , at anytime , among any people . But to unite mankind , " the cause union and disunion must be known , aad the latter withdrawn .
The cause of all disunion among men is the universal error forced , from birth , into the minds of all , that each individual forms himself to be what he is ; while those who can accurately observe human nature , through every stage of its growth , from infancy to maturity , and from maturity to old age—know , that the great creating power of the universe first creates the natural qualities of each individual , and that society afterwards , wisely or foolishly , directs the growth of those natural faculties ; and thus , at every moment of the existence of every individual , the character in mind and cohduct is unavoidably formed for them .
When this error respcting the formation of the character of all individuals shall be overcome , evil will be overcome , and falsehood and disunion throughout society will be destroyed . Then will truth , unchangeable in its nature , become obvious to every one , and charity , pure and undefiled , will , of necessity , pervade all minds , and be universal in practice . Anger and all the evil passions will cease and die their natural death ; the propensities
of humanity will be understood , have a right direction only given to them , and then , as intended by { their Creator , contribute through lite to increase the health and happiness of all . The acquisition of this invaluable knowled ge will open the eyes of those who ha ve been thus far mentally blind ; they will then , for the first time , see human nature as it is , and be enabled to perceive the causes of good and evil , and to understand how to obtain the one and avoid the other .
The plain and simple practice will be obvious to all ; by which the causes of evil in human society may be easily superseded by those only which shall produce good continually . By the discovery of this knowledge men will be made familiar with a new world of causes which , hitherto , have , without ceasing , reproduced the evils which have afflicted the ' world from the beginning-They will know that these evil effects must continue as long as those causes shall be blindly allowed to torment the human race . By the same means they will also learn with how much ease those causes of evil may be removed for ever and their effects made to
cease . Men who have , therefore , had their attention directed to , and who have been absorbed in , a knowledge of effects , but who have been carefully guarded from investigating the causes which produce those effects , will become delighted with the new world of causes which will be thus opened to then . By this mental change they will become a race of superior beings , and will be conscious of the blind , savage , and irrational state of
past existence—an existence in which all were disunited , opposed to eacn other ' s prosperity , and essentially , thereby , opposed to their own happiness . From the universal falsehood respecting the formation of the human character , have necessarily emanated the religions , private property , isolated family arrangements , and varied artificial classifications of society , with all the vicious , injurious , and inferior circumstances proceeding from them , as they have existed through past times in all countries .
As soon as this universal falsehood sha ll be removed , the evils which these effects have produced , and are now hourly producing , will become obvious to every one , all will be anxious to have them quietly and rationall y superseded , and causes introduced to create effects which shall be productive to all of real knowledge , goodness , superior circumstances , and happiness .
But why , it may be asked , have these most desirable effects not been produced long ago ? The only reply which can be made in accordance with truth is , that the false fundamental principle on which society has been based , has required for its unnatural Support institutions which have misdirected the reasoning faculties of humanity , and thus made all to become irrational in mind and conduct .
The institutions directl y emanating from this fundamental error necessary to maintain it in opposition to innumerable millions of facts are , the religions of the world , private property , and isolated and opposing family arrangements , with an individualism which deducts from the happiness of all . These , again , require for their support a most injurious classification of society , to enforce upon all mental blindness trom birth , to induce them to maintain these religions , private property , isolated family arranffements , and opposing individualism . While these arrangements , opposed to the laws of nature , shall be upheld by th e authori ties of the . world , it must continue , as hitherto ma state of contention , crime , and miKfirv .
Your Majesty , in the position of Royaltv surrounded by excess of splendour , and of all the advantages which an irrational system can give to its most favoured subject , c » n form n « adequate conception of the extent and severity or the sufferings which this system of falsehood , deception , and force inflicts upon a very laree majorit y of the human race . The religions of the world have created more hatred , uncharitable feelings , crimes , and wars of extermination of nations and people , than any other single cause ; it is to-day the chief demon of discord and evil over , the world ; and charit y , real knowledge , eoodness or real
™ » * » 1 be unknown as long as any one of these deranging systems of the human intellect snail be forced into the young mind before it nas attained mature powers of judgment . By this practice , hitherto so general over the world , the judgment and rational faculties are , with very few exceptions , entirely destroyed or rendered useless . Thus have measures for the destruction of wealth , for preventing its creation , for keeping the human race in ignorance , or in giving the worst or most artificial and false character to all , been the common practice of all governments and people , while they have been taught
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THE ASHTON VICTIMS .
TO THE ; CHAKT 1 STS OP ASHTON-TJNDER-LTNE AND SURROUNDING TOWNS . Brothbr DsuocRm ,-Once more is truth and justice laid proitrate at the feet of falsehood and tyranny . ; againarennmbersof our best andstaunoheat men committed to take their trials at the next aseizea , and unless assisted by you in procuring that legal as * sistance the impertanca of their case requires , will , no doubt , be consigned to a felon ' s dungeon . The town ef Ashton , on aocount of an unfortunate affair takiDg place in it which all must deplore , has more persons arrested than any other town of the same population ; indeed , tha reign of terror exists here to an alarmiDg . extent , and no one knows when or where it ig likely to end .
We , therefore , call upon all who have the welfare of our glorious cause at heart , to assist ua with pecuniary meanB to meet the enemy in the coming Btruggle . B We call upon you in the name of those rights you profess to hold dear , not to leave the wives and little ones of the viotims to the tender ' meroies of an infuriated and revengeful despotism . Do not give the enemy the satisfaction of seeing that you ate indifferent to their fate , or let them pxult in the idea that they have crushed Chartism , but prove by befriending your brother Chartists that y » u are sincere in yeur demand for freedom , and whatever may be the fate of thoBe advooatra of the rights of labour , our noble oauae will again rise with renewed vigour and eventually triumph . By order of the Defence Commit ' ee , Wm . Woodr ^ jfb , Secretary . Edward Hobson , Treasurer . ^• k . " -Pettons not waited upon can forward sub * soriptions to Mr E . Hobaon , printer , Old-Btreet .
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THE LATE OHARTISf TRIALS . T 0 THE EDITOR 07 THE SOUTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the report contained ia your journal of Ia 9 t weak ot these trials , the Attorney General ia reported to have said , in reference to my clients—• Burn and Groenslade , immediately after their apprehension , communioated with the government and gave information , which justified the preient oourse . ' And although their oounsel , Mr Parry , exphined that any statement made was only in relation to tueir own affairs , many of the friend ' s and acqnaintanoesof these parties have formed unfavourable impressions , believing that they had no right to be in communication with the government at all ; and , unless their true position is made known through your columns , not only their immediate friends , but also the general body with tthum they have been long associated , may oontinue unjustly prejudiced against them .
I have muob pleasure in etatiag , on behalf of Greenelado and Burn , that they nyrer , direotly ot indireotly , made any statement to the government or any of ita members ; and the Attorney General ' s observations in court were grounded upon a letter , addled by me to the Solicitor of the Treasury on the 12 th of September , and twenty-seven days after the apprehension , expressing my belief in their entire innocence , and after shortly staticg facts , accounting for their preeenee at the Orange Tree , as I was prepared to prove , suggesting thatGreenslade and Bum should be diaoharged-a reault which fortunately Mowed . I fihouW mention , that the letter in question was written wholly without tha knowledge of my olients ; and , having made this statement on Monday last to a general meeting ef the City of London Ladies ' SlnemakerB' Society , of whiohGre 6 nslade and Burn nave ^ long been active members ^ I hopo its publication in tho Star will remove any unfavourable im * presiion oaused by the remarks of tho Attornej . - ^ rr * -v . Geaeta ! , aud bo as satisfactory t « the countryw > bL / Trj ? iarge as it wan to tb ; j society in question , bepftj ^ on ?;^ '' ^ 7 i vinced that no men more thoroughly abhor a ^ th » &' ^ iT j ^ like the spy system than my two clients . ?« l ^; 'v * -l > Xv « g lam , sir , yourobfdientBervantif j- £ v . t ^ - 'V- ' , "JH James Maonamaba ';! - ^¦ . ¦ / t ; SH 68 , Lincelu ' 8 Inn-fields , T \ r \ ^ jH Mnth October , m ;¦ : \ imM
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VOL . XL No 573 ^ LONDON , SATURDAY , OCTdBfe 14 , 1848 . "" ^^^ i ^^^; : '¦ ¦ ; Fire ShHIitiga and Sixpence pe * Qtiartev
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1492/page/1/
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