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THE SOXG OF HATRED . BY HERWEGH . [ Translated by Clabexce Masgax . ] Yes , Freedom ' s war!—though the deadl y strife Makes earth one charnel Bone-yard ! The last kiss now to the child and wife , And tlis first firm grasj > of the poniard ! Blood soon shall run in rivera above The bright flowers we to-day tread ; "We hare all had more than enough of love So now for a spell of Hatred ! * "We have all had more than enough of lore So now for a spell of Hatred ! '
How long shall the hideous ogre , Power , Rear column of skulls on column ? Oh , Justice ! hasten thy judgment-hour , And open thy doomsday volume ! So more oiled speech!—it is time the drove Of despots should hear their fate read"We have all had quite enoHgh of love , Be our watchword henceforth Hatred ! YFe have all had quite enough of love , Be our watchword henceforth Hatred I Cold steel ! To that it must come at lengthier quake to hear it spoken ! By the blows alone we strike in our strength Can the chains of the world be broken ! Up , then ! So more in citv or irrovn
Let Slavery and Dismay tread ! Hfe have all had more than enough of love Let xa now fall back upon Hatred ! ' "We have all had more than enough of love Let us now fall hack upon Hatred ! ' Myfriends ! the trememdous time at hand will show itself truly in earnest ! Do you the like !—and take your stand where its aspect frowns the sternest ! Stave now as Tell and Korner strove ! Be your sharp swords early and late red ! You have all had more than enough of love-Test now the talisman , Hatred ! You have all had more than enough of love , Test now the talisman . Hatred !
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AM ) FOREIGN POLL TIGS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited by G . Julian Harney . No . 4 . September . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , "Wine Office Court s Fleet-street . ' < Thirteen distinct articles attest the variety of the contents of this -well-filled three-pennyworth of pelitics and literature . " The Editor ' s Letter to the "Working Classes" is devoted to a commentary on the new Reform Movement—a commentary likely to attract the attention of both "Reformers" and Chartists . The "Letter from Paris" has but one fault—it is too brief . Terrigenous " continues his examination of the all-important Land question ; and under the head of ' Social Reform" is continued the very interesting account of the principles and projects of Louis Blaxc , from -which we select the following
extract : — EVILS OF THE EXISTIXG STSTEM . Science is incessantly developing new means of replacing , by the powers of natnre , the painful toil of man . The division of labour multiplies a hundredfold our productive forces . The commercial barriers thatseparate nations tend constantly to disappear . Production is daily concentrating more and more its resources and its action . Industrial relations are continually extended by ths development of credit . Now , of all these facts , each stamped with the character of progress , each susceptible , under a less deplorable regime than ours of being turned to the advantage of all , there is not one whicb , for a time at least , does not tend to aggravate the sufferings of a great number of workmen .
Each new machine is a source of profit to its possessor ; but it expels from the workshop a multitude of artisans , whose sole property it destroys , in superseding their labour . The unfortunates thus displaced knock at the doors of the workshops in which their comrades are employed ; they offer their labour at a discount ; their eagerness far work brings about a reduction of wages ; and until the disturbed equilibrium is entirely restored , until the influence of the new invention has become beneficent in becoming oniyersal , the weak bear all the burden of the innovation , which has made the fortune of one or of a few . The division of labour in a well-regulated society , would be of incontestable advantage . Under the present regime , what is its effect on the operative ? It tends to degrade and brutalise his nature , by
concentrating hia whole powers on the turning of a handle , or the fabrication of a pin . As commercial barriers fall before the development of free trade , each in succession determines a sudden influx of foreign produce , and an equivalent depression of the home market . On whom does the momentary crisis press ? Almost invariably on the artisan . Do we not see unscrupulous speculators turning to their personal profit , with only too much succss , these periods of general misfortune ? They reduce wages on the plea of diminished profits , they warehouse instead of selling their products , and on disposing of them at the end of the crisis , they are enriched by what should have been their loss - by what has been the loss of their unfortunate workpeople . These are historical facts ; can anything more heartrending be cited ?
The concentration of productive toil economises manual labour ; but on the other hand , it imposes on the manufacturer an excessive extension of his trade , obliging him to seek distant consumers , whose number he cannot ascertain , and whose varying wants escape his appreciation . And is it not obvious that , in this perpetual clash of interests , impelled by competition to wage mutual war , commercial catastrophes must become more frequent and formidable in proportion as the theatre of commercial operations becomes more vast ? Count , eow , the victims that our vast factories , as they fall , bury beneath their ruins .
The extension of credit is , in itself , an excellent thing , and yet in our system of individualism , what disasters does it not engender ? An artisan fortunate enough to have gained , in the sweat of his brow , bread enou ? h for himself and his family , finds himself suddenly thrown into the street . Why ? By in whose fault ? His employers ? No ! The factory in which the workman earned his livelihood may fall by no fault of its proprietor . The stoppage of a factory in France may be occasioned by the bankruptcy of an English firm , which may itself have been determined by an analagous failure in America . In a prudently organised associative system , the influence of such disasters would be limited , and over a whole community , its effects would scarcely be appreciable ; and we should be spared the scandalous spectacle of thousands of honest and industrious workmen involved in ruin by the distant operation of a few fraudulent or foolhardy mil ionaires .
As for the cheapness said to arise from competition , what after all does it represent ? Economies resulting from a saving of human bbour , or from the employment of improved machinery . Cheapness , then , does but give to the affluent consumer what » t has taken from the penniless producer . Under the competitive regime , which employs cheapness as a means of conflict , every diminution of prices corresponds either to a general reduction of wages , or to the exercise of a homicidal monopoly . So that what is a progress and a pro 6 t to some , involves for others an aggravation of suffering . Aud thus , alas ! do the fortunate unconsciously constructtheir happiness with the augmenting miseries of the poor .
Competition , it is true , does not always prove disadvantageous to the artisan . When commodities are in demand , and workmen few , the relative positions we have described are reversed . The master has to submit to conditions dictated by the workman , and the oppressed of vesterday becomes the oppress r of the morrow . Here we might remark that such cases as these are exceptional ; and that the rich have resources , denied to the poor , enabling them to evade the pressure of a momentary despotism . But no ; I prefer to let the objection stand in its full forcer-to admit
the fact alleged into my chain of reasoning . For to me it matters not whether tyranny proceeded from above or below ; in either case it is abhorrent to me . Champion , not flatterer of the people , I denounce alike the disorders by which workmen exceptionally profit , and those under which they habitually groan : and I proclaim doubly fatal every system which , to the trampled workmen , leaves no reparation but vengeance—no fetes but the saturnalia of Industry . Mr . Samuel Kydb contributes an ably written article on " The Queen ' s Visit to Ireland . " "Wo subjoin the following specimen : —
IHE FHESEXT AXD THE FCICRE . Oh 2 Irishmen ! was it you who two years ago cheered Meagher for his denunciations of Whig misrule—who read John Mitchel ' s famous sentiment , " The life of a peasant is as dear as that of a noble " who echoed Smith O'Brien ' s words , and sung the heroic songs of the " Xation ? " Is it you who have licked the dust from the feet of Royalty , and kissed the hem of the Whig garment ? I say to you , Eng lishmen , take warning . Look to your sister isle , rich in all the resources of wealth , yet ? prey to every evil . Her fate threatens to be yours . Already Irish misery , like the Asiatic cholera , paralyzes or kills all it touches : ifc has seated itself in tie midst of you , and will soon envelope you in its
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gulf . Your every city and town has its " Littln Ireland , " as a portion of Manchester ^ so sSifi cantly called . Do not deceive yourselves ann «« " w -f- r er be " ? wwTsyS s capital , skill , industry , and intelligence " Did all these save you ui 1843 M 47 . udWf Enr iand hath capital , and it is at the command of those X never toil . She has skill ; it is a source of gain t 2 the few , and misery to the many . She 4 aindustry ; and , like fever m the veins of the invalid it maddens activity to ensure exhaustion . Intelli gence she has not or she would proclaim death to a system-industrial , judicial , and legislative-timt injures the masses and must lead to certain ruin Be not too proud to listen to the voice of WrnZr ' . portions of your populate have ere now wSLi , _ FV- *<»«* every city Mdfam . ua .., r ! u ,.
for a crumbfrom " royalfavour . " The SpitalfifdY weavers ( at one tune the most independent and spirited of your workmen ) have before now humWy petit oned for the patronage of even a marchioness The « magnmCentcharitie 3 " ofthebenevStncb ' cannot approach the real necessities of the workS poor In times of commercial depression vour workhouses are filled , and you are clamorous S your misery ; in times of prosperity , you forget bygone sufferings and toil like oxen , peVformiugthel Usk without thought . I know there are ma ° ny exceptions , noble , honourable , exceptions . These exceptions serve to prove the rule , and are often persecuted and destroyed , because ofthfiimnrflticfiiinri
apathy oi the multitude . Ireland had , and has still , many noble exceptions ; but have they saved , or can they save , the ignorant and apathetic from destruction , and their struggling country from decay ? No , countrymen ; the many must save themselves or they must perish , as the punishment of their sms . If the vessel be not sea-worthy , she must sink in the storm : no life-boat can save her crew , if her crew will not strive to save themselves . Feeling for Ireland , and not forgetting her occasional efforts to ebtain redress , I must write of her , as of England , " A small number of iobbers devour the mul titude , and the ' multitude suffer themselves to be devoured I "
A strong effusion entitled " Democratic Progress , " is followed by " The Hungarian Struggle—Part 2 " in which is narrated the killing of Count Lamberg—the defeat and flight of Jellachich—the insurrection in Vienna—the battle of Schwechat and fall of Vienna—the abdication of Ferdinand—the concentrical invasion of Hungary—the wonderful labours of Kossuth and his generals in organising the forces of Hungary , &c , &c . An account of the principal " Places of note in Hungary" is succeeded b y that curious and important document , the "Will of the Tsar Peter , Emperor of Russia . " ' « P oetry ; " a neatly written article on the late "Henry Hetherington , " and a "Political Postcript , " conclude the contents of this number . In the last-named article the Editor observes :
The prediction of Napoleon is being rapidly fulfilled , not as we had hoped by the triumph of Democracy , but by the victory of Despotism . Tho reaction is , everywhere triumphant . The bourgeois terrorists reign in France , the monkish terrorists rule in Rome , the royal terrorists are masters of Germany ; and now Hungary lies writhing , bleeding at every pore , crushed under the heel of the Cossack . Li France dungeons , in Rome the Inquisition , in Germany murders by martial law , in Hungary desolation and massacre , menace the defenders of Democracy with universal destruction . But defeat , ruin , despair , lends new force to our hatred of the tyrants , against whom we invoke the vengeance of the human race , By our frustrated hopes , by our proscribed and slaughtered brethren , and by tho hatred we cherish towards their destroyers , we cry ONWARDS ! There are wrongs to avenge a 3 well as lights to win , therefore OXWARDS !—and remember that—Freedom ' s battle once begun , Bequeath'd by bleeding siro to son , Though baffled noiv shall yet be won .
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . BI THOMAS MART 1 JJ WIIEELER Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . CnAPiER XXII . " A hundred fathers would in my situation tell you , that as you are of noble extraction you should marry a nobleman . But I do not say so ' ; I will not sacrifice my child to any prejudice . "—Kotzclue ' s "Lover ' s Vows . " Lord Fitzherbert was the eldest son of the Eaii of Altringham , a peer whose ancestors came over with the conquering Norman , and whose possessions are recorded in the Doomsday Book of the succeeding reijjn ; his progenitors are also honourably mentioned m the records of the battles of Cressy
and Agincourt . Lord Fitzherbert was now in his 45 th year , and the father of as fine a girl as ever Dame Nature nursed in her fruitful bosom ; left a widower at the age of twenty-seven , when his daughter was only a few months old , he devoted his whole time to the education of his only child , and to the improvement of his estate . To say that she was beautiful would be too common-place an expression to do justice to her charms . Her form was tall for her sex—features almost eastern , in the rich olive of their complexioH , and in the majestic style of their outline , her dark hair flowed in luxuriant curls over her ample shoulders , and her figure rather inclined to enbonjwint , but exquisitely moulded , was in perfect keeping with her large and
oval countenance , and her full dark eye of sparkling brilliancy ; a more gorgeous being pencil never painted , nor poet imagined , than Clarence Fitzherbert , now at the period of our tale in her nineteenth year . Brought up in retirement with her father , she possessed but few of the courtly graces of the fashionable lady , but in all the charms of unsophisticated loveliness she abounded . Pure and simple in her manuers , as the sylvan tribes by which she was surrounded , she lived the life of a flower , glowing in the light but closing to the shade , nourishing alike amid sunshine and darkness , drawing the sweet elements of her beauty alike from both , and both seemed to disrobe themselves of their bareness , and mingle their purest influences in
her creation . She was truly Nature ' s child ; she had no desires that the quiet retirement of Newland Hall would not gratify—no wishes which strayed beyond their domestic circle . Never was there a greater contrast than between the appearance and the manners of the wealthy heiress ; her queenly brow and lustrous eye would seem to speak of homage rendered and admiration demanded , whilst her voluptuous form seemed moulded to exact a world ' s wonder , instead of hiding its brightness in a small village in Derbyshire . " Since the death of her mother , her father could never be prevailed upon to quit the retirement of Newland Hall , which was endeared to him by many recollections . It was there his childhood had been passed , ere his father
inherited the family property , and there too he spent the short but happy period of his wedded days . Time had not dulled his passion , nor satiety cflaced her charms , when the hand of Death removed its object ; lie was indeed a real mourner . His sole amusement was the infant Clarence ; years passed on , and the lovely child unfolded new attractions to the doating sire—he was her nurse , her playfellow , her tutor and her physician ; and beneath these united cares she gradually developed a form as perfect as it was enchanting , and by degrees the parent felt consoled for the loss of the mother in the charms of the treasure she had with her dying words bequeathed to his care . Until her fourteenth year her father was her sole tutor , and a more docile or
affectionate pupil heart could not wish for ; and it was only in compliance with the positive request of his parents , the Earl and Countess of Altringham , that he was induced to accede to the engagement of a governess for his youthful charge . Under her careshe acquired theaccqinplishments thoughtessential to her future position in society , and rapidly matured from the gay and mirthful child to the gorgeous woman , who won an admiring gaze from every passing observer ; fortunate was it for the purity of her character that the complete retirement in which she lived rendered her inaccessible to the flattery and adulation that the world would have heaped partly on tho handsome woman but chiefly on the wealthy heiress . In the world she
must have learned that painful lesson to the young and pure girl—the language of deception ; teaching her to hide her heart ' s feelings beneath the cloak of hypocrisy—to throw the mantle of pride over the features of Love—to burn with false shame if a tone of fondness or a glance of free delight escaped her bosom in the very avtlessness of youthful feeling . But upon / the world ' s teaching , rendering tho fairest forms in creation the most deceptive and unreal . What can we expect { in after-life from those who , almost from infancy , arc taught to cloak and disguise their feelings , and to smother feelings alike laturxl and honourable ? Away with such deceit and double dealing ! the pure love of a pure heart is naught to be ashamed of ; if girlhood ' s bosom flutter at the name of her lover , it is a feeling as
natural in her as in the opposite sex ; and why should its expression be smothered to make it bum more intensely within , giving fresh fuel to that destroyer of her happiness—yclept , " womanly pride ? " The daughters of poverty are exempt in a great degree from this false delicacy , and their social homes are far happier for this exemption . But wo must cease moralising , and proceed with our story . The Earl of Altringham was one of the few old Whig peers who supported the Free Trade policy . Walter North , prior to his becoming a candidate for Parliamentary honours , had been slighted acquainted with the Earl , owing to the similarity of thenpolitics bringing them into contact in the county in which they were both resident , but it was that event which particularly introduced him to tl » e EaiTs notice , The borough fie was canvassing was aeai
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the seat of that nobleman , and the property <• i . P urcnase ^ was the adjoining estate , and in fact had once formed a portion of tho Altringham poperty ; it was owing , in a great measure , to the Eavl ' s influence that his election was secured , and the connexion thus established between them soon ripened into something approach"jg to intimacy . It , was during a casual visit at the Earl ' s that he first saw Clarence Fitzherbert—a brighter vision could not possibly have opened upon mm ; beauty , wealth , and titles were combined in the lovely being he now for the first time heheld . To say his was love at first sight would be a perversion of the term ; it was ambition , avarice and lust combined into one passion , developing all the Dower and in-..
tensity , but destitute of the softness and purity of genuine love . Exerting his every effort to please , he speedily wormed himself into the good graces of the calm and melancholy Lord Fitzherbert , and could not possibly have obtained a better passport to the good graces of the daughter , who loved her father with affection almost as great as his filial cares deserved . During the fortni ght to which Lord Fitzherbert ' a stay was limited , Walter North was 3 constant attendant at the Earl ' s mansion , and so well did he improve this opportunity , that at the expiration of this period it would have been difficult ^?/ Li ^ u estimation he stood highest , that of the father or the daughter ; unaccustomed to society , her father being her sole male friendthe
, handsome person , and the bland language of the young member of parliament , had an undue influence on her imagination . Love of homage and admiration , though hitherto undeveloped , could not fail to bo latent in a" frame like hers . Artfully did he raise these feelings within her , and minister to their gratification , whilst praise of the -daughter was music to tho father ' s ear ; thus his suit prospered to his heart ' s content ; and ero the visit expired he was formally invited to be their guest at Newland House , a favour denied to all save near relatives , since the death of Lady Fitzherbert . The Earl of Altringham , proud of his ancestral honours , would willingly have chosen a more exalted match for his loved grandchild , but eave wav before
the expressed wishes of theJovely Clarence , and Walter North was his neighbour and friend j his settlements were as liberal as could be desired , and his property combined with tho Altringham estate would re-establish the old family domains of the Fitzherberts , and repair the ravages which time and the extravagance of his immediate ancestor had effected upon the property ; his consent was therefore speedily obtained , and ere a twelvemonth had elapsed from his first introduction , Walter North led to the hymeneal altar the beauteous Clarence Fitzherbert—a prize which greater and richer men might have strove for in vain , but which without trouble , almost without exertion , fell into the hands of the lucky bridegroom . Fortunate man ! thou hast won a prize in the matrimonial lottery worthy thy heart ' s true
devotion—mayest tliou prove thy gratitude by rendering her after years as peaceful and happy as those that have flown , ere she became thy bride ! The cup of Walter ' s felicity was now filled to the brimthe stake for which he played was nearly gainedthe lowly born publican ' s son was the son-in-law of an earl , and nobility to himself was a result almost within his grasp ; he had but to throw off his allegiance to his League friends , and prove himself a devoted supporter of the Whig administration , and his ambitious projects would speedily be realised Truly is Dame Fortune represented to be blind ; her favours are showered indiscriminatel y around worth is no criterion of posterity ; industry cannot secure success ; talent oft times is only a burthen to its possessor , whilst cringing mediocrity mounts the ladder of fame , and bland assurance reaps the harvest of undeserved promotion . ( 3 b le continued . )
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THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE HENUY UETUERINGTON . This ceremony was , in accordance with his last " will and testament" conducted without the least show of mourning , pomp , or ornament . The procession started from Judd-stroet , Brunswick-square about half-past two o ' clock on Sunday , August 2 G ; itconsistedofahearse bearing the body , the two sides hung with blue silk , on which were silvcv letters bearing the following inscription , quoted from his last will and testament : ""fis our duty to leave tho world better than we found it ; " and on the back of the hearse was inscribed in a similar manner the name of the deceased . The procession consisted of about thirty carriages , cabriolets , Ac , and a walking procession four a-broast , of from four to five hundred persons , and on the arrival of the procession at the cemetery there could not be less than two thousand persons present . Atthecates the c . ffin
was lifted from the hearse and borne on men ' s shoulders to tho grave , followed by the numerous friends of the deceased . The grave is situated next to the one in which the remains of " Publicola " are interred , in a piece of unconsecrated ground , the property of W . D . Saul , Esq ., around which the friends congregated . The bod y was lowered into the grave , and " Publicola's " tomb formed an appropriate pedestal from which Mr . E . J . Holyoake delivered the following very appropriate oration : — " It seems to me that he who is appointed to speak on an occasion like this should prepare what ho will say , that no effort of memory or art , in recalling a fact or turning a sentence , should interrupt that simple expression of feeling which alone is suitable in this spot—and that no inapt word should occur to mar the unity of that regret , which is the only tribute left us to offer at the grave of
our common friend . " The usual church service on these occasion is omitted , out of obedience to the wishes of the friend whom we lamenfc-and its omission also meets with our own approbation , as that service is little instructive . throws no light on personal character , and is , in some respects , a libel both on the dead and the living , And to say this much is in accordance with the wishes of llenry Hetherington , whom we inter here , and whose indomitable opposition to clerical error he desired to be perpetuated after his death .
Henry Hetherington , around whose grave we stand , was tho well known publisher lately residing at 57 , Judd-streefc , Brunswick-square . He was a native of London , and was one of the early members of the London Mechanics' Institution , founded by Dr . Birkbeck , to which he owed many advantages . Henry Hetherington first became known to the public by the stand which he took when he thought that institution was about to be perverted from the designs of its founders . A printer by trade , he became afterwards a publisher , and during the struggle for the emancipation ef the press from the fetters of the Newspaper Stamp , he became an accredited leader . He published the Poor Man ' s Guardian , to try , as he said , the strength of' RiMit ' against' Might , ' and he continued it in defiance of prosecutions which extended over three years and
a half—during which time five hundred persons were imprisoned in the struggle ; at last a special jury under Lord Lyndhurst declared it ' a strictly legal publication . ' They ought to have declared that the brave and resolute editor was strictly invincible , and that his Guardian became legal because it could not be put down—for Hctherin"ton continued to conduct it , in gaol and out , anu no accumulation of imprisonment , nor amount of loss , intimidated him . It was he who was appointed to d aw up that' Circular' which was the foundation of the'National Union of the Working Classes . ' The Charter Newspaper , of 1839 , gave his portrait as one of the delegates to the ' National Convention . ' And since he has constantly been—when not in prison for the people—working for them through the press and in connexion with public
institutions . "In conjunction with his valued friends and old coadjutors , Watson and Lovett , he exerted himself for the establishment of the National Hall , Holborn . For the last few years his ardent services have been given to the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , which has cmbodied in its management the developement of his most cherished ideas of religious liberty , political enfranchisement , and social reformation . How profoundly he was esteemed in that institution the arrangements of this day , and the presence of the
John-street friends testify . In the parish of St . Pancras , of which he was a Director of tke poor , he has commanded , even amid those who dissented from him , esteem for his benevolent views , his practical ability , and good sense . And it is not a little gratifying , that the last public bod y which enjoyed the honour of liis co-operation was the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee , who are associated to acomplish that reformation with which the name of Ilenry Hetherington is so honourably and so indissolubly connected .
" Whatever may bo useful to others , Hetherington would desire to be said of him ; hence it may be remarked , that though he has fallen a victim to the prevailing epidemic , it is highly probable he might have lived had not a fixed aversion to medicine prevented him seeking proper aid in time . He calculated , as he had a right to do , on a life of temperance as a great safeguard . But though a wise temperance will save us from half the maladies of the day , it does not supersede the necessity—when Veally in danger—for that help which the observation and experience of the physician can afford us . As respects our friend ' s death , lean bear personal
testimony how much it became his life . As soon as he found himself in dansjer , I was summoned to his bed side , and , with few interruptions , I was with him till his decease . Having always believed to the best of his understanding , and acted to the best ot his ability , lie had no reason for fear , and he manifested none . He alluded to his probable death wiih so much good sense , and his bearing to the last hour was so quiet and so full of equanimity , that I could discern no difference between his death and his life , save in his failing strength . As sickness could not alter the- evidence on which his principles rested , they underwent no change , He died
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sBiSi ^ W *" 1111 ' Oppression ; and he tothf I , f ri S r concluded that a life devoted unsuit-S re of hun >^ ty in this world , was no U vJ ' , Preparation for any other , in PwnvM m i public relations , Hethorington was Z «!! ? f the scho l of politicians amid which Iv 1 c , ' „ We are now verging on a phase in ohool ? f ° Wy affirm Podfoe principles . The SSt 7 ? htlclM 8 ( t 0 whioh ' indeed > ^ owo our S l « , , ° er W-now going a little out of fashion it Of ?! , ch asscrt *< i a right and antagonised frrf hi \ - 1001 Hethorington was the most pertonk III Whlch " Jmainod an « ongst us . He did not Zn hi a . Political victory as something to be was mn £ po ? f ! MI so much a 8 by amult . Hence he Sw ? fWf ' . tt'an advocate ; and it must bo ad-™ Vohir pohtlcal coition never had a more champion ? ° Uent ' norP ° P « larrightamore doughty ltilUPmnn + em . « « ., !_• . * » # . . i . i aumiracion
tliit Im 9 " . " 7 "'/ ot my lrienclto Know ouwitpJ ^ J no blind cul 0 S ist t 0 iUu 8 trato his Kfti X « ocu n «* t which he put into my SvSM f 0 f r ^ 8 deoease ' ho expressed a Sit hoi a ^^ ftvults as well as his virtues ffirs I'M ° to ,, » terto the instruction of asS ' of hu T 1 < 3 S lne ^ explain the two-fold SterdisHnnfi aVaC , ' Ue llad » two-fold chaour friend S f *^* Many in thc ranks above seemed to S ? Uy ? . CV 3 t ° od !» ' « . To them he pSonVrou ' h ? £ UlsiVCair - , Ho gave that im-^ iti ^ iSStiFSJ . politics ' sisgsss ¦ § mmm
S&S 5 p » £ Ss staKrl ? - \ ' ° hild an int ° S rity whicli could . mtaA ^ ?\ T proof a 6 « nst smiles as against frowns ; but ifc was not his temper to trust it . ihose , however , who approached him on his own ground who had the honour of workiTg or suf-K l / 1 V \ «\ knew a more geniaf nature allied to so stout a spirit . He was a personification ot good-humoured Democracy . Tho very tones of Ins voice bespoke the fulness of honesty and pleasantry . And beneath his uncompromising exterior and jocular speech , lay the diamond ore of courage and truth , and toil . Ho had a hand as true as ever friendshmgrasped . In the hour of Dolitieal < l .. »™ r
, every coadjutor knew that the secrets of life and iberty could be entrusted into Hetherington ' s keepnf ' i , ; c i ° ^ > he T ? a 3 unweai 7 ing . He worked till his last days . He carried out in practice that exalted creed of duty , of which Rome ' s great Triumvir . Mazzini , is tho exponent and highest type . With him Hetherington seemed to hold that ' case is the death of the soul , ' and when he enlisted in the army of progress lie enlisted for life ; and , as he never faltered , though he served without pay or pension , let it be remembered to his honour , ' For to side with truth is noble , when we share her wretched crust Before her cause brings fame ov profit , and 'tis prosperous to bo just . ' " The publications which he edited , ansl pamphlets which he wrote , attest his great industryand something more : forwhen he was an author
, it required not onl y ability to write , but courage to defend it . And he not only defended tho liberty of the press , ho defended tho liberty of conscience and the liberty of speech . When tried on an indictment for blasphemy , in 1810 , his defence was so well conceived that Lord Donman paid him tho compliment of saying that 'he had listened to it with feelings of interest and with sentiments of respect , ' and this tribute he won , no less by his unassuming but firm bearing , than by his j udicious address . Those who know what political trials and imprisonments are , at the hands ' of an oppressive government and vindictive priesthood , know that language is inadequate to express the losses and sufferings which are included in those familiar but frightful words . But Uetherington knew not only how to work , but how to suffer—nor has it been in vain : — "' Careless seems the Avenger ; history ' s but
pages record r ° One death-grapple in the darkness ' twixt old systems and the Word ; Truth for ever on tho scaffold , Wrong f or ever on the throne—Yet that scaffold sways thc future , and , behind tho dim unknown , Standeth Progress in thc shadow , keeping watch above its own . ' " No less remarkable than his political consistency was the fervour with which our friend embraced and advocated the views of Robert Owen , liiey fell on his paths like a stream of light ; they mellowed his manners ; they interested Ins practical understanding ; they gratified his humanity , and filled him with hope . "' The old world is effete : there man with man
Jostles , and in the brawl for means to live . Lite is trod under foot . ' Ilctheringtori felt this deeply , and he never ceased to reverence Mr . Owen for his benevolent and ceaseless labours and his remedial proposals . My co-operation with my friend has extended over many years . But now , as at the first hour of our acquaintance , thc-re are two qualities of his which I have been struck with more than with othors—his utility ana his bravery . Ha was decidedly the most useful public man I ever met with At a public meeting he was of unexampled service Uc would do a man ' s duty at a moment ' s notice . He would take the chair or speak . " He never hesitated to do what everybody else declined to do .
He had no vanity to bo consulted-no egotism stood in the way of his co-operation with othershe had no ambition but to bo useful . And he was as brave as lie was devoted . He never shrunk from danger To tho last day of his life he would have suffered his home to be broken up , and himself dragged to prison , to champion an important principle . Many men can be patriots in the fervour of youth and in tho presence of applause . Hetherington had a spirit which was neither chilled by a * e nor damped by neglect . But we have the satisfaction of observing , that the respect paid to his memory by the public , the press , and his coadjutors , early and late , is a proof that private worth aud public service bring with them individual esteem and general honour . A life spent like his
' Will rear A monument in Fate ' s despite , Whose epitaph will grow more clear As truth shall rise and scatter light Full and more full from Freedom ' s height . "' Let it be graven on his tomb : — 1 He came and left more smiles behind . One ray he shot athwart the gloom , Ho helped one fetter to unbind ; Men think of him and grow more kind . ' " In Henry Hetherington thc people have lost an advocate and truth a resolute partisan . Every honest politician has lost an able coadjlitor , everv patriot an exemplar , and every true man amon * us
a mend . In taking our last Farewell of him at this grave , we should toll him ( could he hear our voice ) that we do it with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow . We even fed a triumph in his life while we part with profound sadness at thc loss of so noble a friend . In those social reunions , where ho has been so great a charm , we shall be all thc merrier as we remember his unclouded humour : and as we continue that struggle , to which his life has been devoted , we shall take new courage from his example—we shall inspire new confidence in what one
man can do , as we remember what one man has done ; and when in future times the pil"rimsof Industry shall visit this shrine , they will exclaim' HERE LIES A TOOK MAX ' S CUAUDIAX ;' and poor men will drop tributary tears over his grave . " ; He was followed briefly hy Mr . James Watson , in a most feeling address , during which many were affected to tears ; after winch the numerous assemblage departed , pleased with the moral greatness of ^ taK 8 SS ?' andn rettili « the Ioss of a
We understand that ' The Will and Testament " ot Mi . Hetherington will be published by Mr Watson ; and his "Cheap Salvation" is also on l « fi- , , ? ul ( 1 . recommend a perusal of these Twl *» W aftep trilth - " The W "nd restament is the best tost that Henry Hethoring-Sftk f » e . , . hved-a lover of truth and hater o falsehood , the friend of the millions , and the detern W u , ° i th ° ° PPressor , be he king , lord , or p lest . AH honour to his memory , and may his many manly virtues prove bright examples .
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Street Railways . -A new invention is abou t being brought forward ( in New York ) for railwavs m the streets of cities , which will here very nearly do away with the present style of omnibus ; and wliile it will be applicable to all usual purposes as a railroad , will not interfere with the passing of other carnages . It will also cause a great saving of expense to tho paving commissioners . The peculiarity consists of there being but one rail , vhich , instead ot being laid on the ground , is placed at the extremity ot upright stanchions , curved at the top like the letter fj the wheels of the carriages are to be tne and
on top ; the carriages being suspended from tneir axles , will hang near the ground , and be drawn by horses , as they now are , when tho roads pass through the streets of cities . —tow York Paper . "En Majesty may be expected to return to r ™ ° House from Scotland about the 20 th of September . Lord John Russell will remain at Balmoral lor a fortni ght . Sir George Grev will remain tii " S < J at ? , allotlen , until his return ' to Scotland , wl enco he will probably accompany her Majesty on S ,, r ? T , -l ° ulinc y- Her Mniesty and suite will S Jy knd to London , travelling as last yearh } tho Ctticdonian llailwav .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1537/page/3/
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