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THE STAR, SATURDAY, APUIJ, 34, 1853
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. ' PHE A THEN-SUM INSTITUTE A for AUrHORS ana ARTISTS , 30 . Sackvffle-street , London . , Every companionship of men require some parKeular bonds of ^ on ; some natural basis and some common object which induce oncenjiition ; and the promoters of this nndenaUng have based neir arrangements on the peculiar position and circumstances of literary Hen and Artists . fe dealing with mental worker ? , that is , men who are more inte-* estea in the works themselves which they pursue than in tbe Com mercialresultsat became 5 ecflUailsT \« ailaiy te aSopt special arraagements . Ihe prospect of profit and pecuniary benefit is suffi-« ent Trtfli commprctal men to attract attention and cemmand sno . ^ t . literary men , as tt is * ett known , profess themselves paV ncularly igaorant of figures and calculations ; and they have neither tee confidence nor the caution , as regards pecuniary transactions £ bu smess pen . Tosuchadass the common appeals fall dead ; aniwluTstlawyers and doctors , clergymen and taders . ana even wioiert
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THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEGANT THEATRE 1 ST LONDON . ¦ , PBoraiETOB- MR . J . DO 0 GLA 68 . Continued success ot Minnie Grey ! Engagement of Mr . II . Bignold , who . will appear in a New Nautical Drama , ON MONDAY , ami all the week ( Tuesday excepted ) , Pretty Alice of Portsmouth . Characters by Messrs . H . Hignold , E , B . Gaston , Uuyner , fennett , Pitt , Pearce , Baker , Lick old , Gates , Mesdamcfl Hugh C : unpbell . IValcot , Eliza Terry , and 11 . Honner . After which The Tw ) Gregories . Characters by Me « sr . » . Lickfold , D . ilpliin , Gates , aud 11 . Honner ; Mesdamcs Eliza Terry and Walcot . .. . ¦ To conclude with Minnie Grfiy . Supported by Messrs . Henry Howard , Lyon , Gaston , Pitt , Dolphin , II . Lewis , and R . Uunner : Mrs . H . Campbell , and Mrs . R . Honner . On Tuesday a variety of novelties , for the Benefit of Mr . Lyon , ' . Gallev y , 3 d . ; Pit , 6 d . ; Tit Stalls , 8 d . ; Boxes , Is . ; Upper Boxes , 9 d . Dress Circle , Is . Cd . Stage Manager , Mr . R . Honnee .
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¦ ' ¦¦'¦ « HJEEN ' . ^ THEA I HE . 8 OLE LESSEE—3 IB . C . J . JAMES . . . Unparalleled attraction ! The Lessee , with much pleasure , announces to the public the engagement ,, at a treat expense , of the eminent Trngtdian Mr . J . ff . Wallack , from the , Theatre Boynl Hay market , who will appear every evening ( Wednesday excepted . ) ¦ . ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ •• • ON MONDAY , Thuvday , and Friday , as Richard lit . ; on Thursday and Saturday as Macbeth . . The Gmn BV . U of the Far West at Half Pricei ' ' On Monday , Tuesday , and Frid iy , Colley Cibbei ' s adaptation , with restoration , from the Tc . it of Shakspeare , entitled TheMfe and Death of jRicftarcl III . Richard Duke of Gloucester , Mr . J . Wallack ; Richmond , Mr . E . Green ; Lady Anne , Miss Kivera : Queen , Mrs . J . Parry . , On Thursday and Saturday MacUth . Macbeth . Mr . J . W . Wallack , Ladv Macbeth , Mrs . J . Parry . To conclude with the Green Hills of the Far Ifest . Rattling Uob the Roarer , Mr . E . Green . On Wednesday an entire change of performance for the benefit of Mr . T . Matthews , the celebrated olown , and last night of his appearance . "
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50 THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE TOWER HAMLETS . GENTLEMEN , —In consequence of my having U been ho-oured with ar « i « isUion post num ^ J ^ f ] both ftttaassssrsiSff BaBS * dESSx sss&fffiz'&Sz 5 j 5 Sw « saKswasaafe "" J doiiot nretend to conceal thai this step is a most serious one . Jam ^ Ml denre the high honour of representing the liber ! Sons of the Tower Hamlets in the legislature , I would not have txbnmitted myself to the coarse I have now taken , without a fair prospect of success ; bat having doae so 1 pledge myself that I will not deceive my friends and supporters by stopping short of going to With that determination it i * hut right that I should afford to inu i . - ' -
those whea I aspire to represeai a ana complete insieht into the views I entertain , and tha measures I shouli be prepared to ^ Sfifi ^ GS ^ r * Tire Bret ( jnestifm to which I shaft refet is the creatqueEtinn of SHjuriCAlirREEDOM , which is taking so ettonTa WflTL ? tte minds of the people of tbig countr ? . I 2 ttoro ^ ffi sssss sasttsssft * OTHim »™« b « 5 H ^ KS ^?" 5 ° f necessity accompany it . Anong «^!^ anEd tJiUBtE DlSTMBTOOS OS ElECWSS to REFSESEHTASWJ 3 , laCUUlEJIOr nrfltppfinir tha rnt » frnm Jn » imMo «;^ r , t . _
means of You . bt Bahot , and a considerable Shokieskq of Paihaxesss ; approving of which I pledge myself , should I be re-«« raed , to present my self annually before the constituency and seek an approval of my conduct It also appear * to me to he afesolutelv ' ¦ ertam that with the attainment of the rigntafthe people , other nrae-nononrea abuses—remnants of a past age—would be razed to the ground . The voice of the people once fairly allowed to hp heard , the SEPARATION tof CHURCH and STATE would feese ! cured , as also the EMANCIPATION OF THE JEWS . Thea tho « reatdUsea 6 ag feofiie * of this country would he freed from the mingled insult and injustice of being compelled to support with their property an ecclesiastical systemopposed to their consciences , and religion would be left'to that voluntary support which for * rashes the best test ef the sincerity of its professors , and is most consistent with its fullest and highest development . _ It would be an unpardonable omission in an address of this
character to pass by the topic of EDUCATION . I am sensible that the subject is surrounded by difficulties of no ordinary character but 5 am alto imable to shut my eyes to the iact that the two neat re suits of imorance . are poverty and crime , and that a people can SieVttbewme naBycivilised orvirtuous till some steps are taken to meet and deal with those evils . I would therefore earnestly sun . ¦ gorttheesactmentof a measure which should provide for that 5 ^ migwMc& it is nMessaryaU should receive without violating the principles or seruplei cf any community . The plan which nr . wars to me to present the best chance of success ; is ona wM& j ^ S = »* sasassaa 5 « a whxchlhaveeMressed ^ hut tire distinctive gromd uwn ? which I staaaiBthBmode m which the POVERTY sndLAROnn «* it « Mmh- ff ;«» nT . o ' i « n « iifrfi& . _ t ££ ;__ . i * •" . 'LiABUUB of the ^ 5 i >» M 3 U&KJforiwfcSai imoto
. aranmi iSffSSasssajo&tiSS g ! ggr ± * £ & £ S 3 § BatbareexistenceMnot allthatis reamred . The kbout ^ a «^" liUMSbT LXBOTJK—and white there are in thio inntifm . « . . ¦ ^ WBWrf ^ WPjlkJBd 3 i ^ % ffi ^^ @ § pas ^ ^^ KSSBasasaML-ssK
mmm ^^ js ^ tifeAwt op ^^ K ^^ ^ W ^^^ amendcStte ' t ) Mrt ^ f lteviBlonofthepATBNTiAWS so as to tt e * Sl ^ T : Wtt < ? toBecnre t 0 VbatOX , at a small expense . SINS J ^ * ak ° wn ingenuity , andasimple means of LEGAL ! . I ne f- ^ CIATIONS for the purposes of taufeand industry . iX * - S 1 ottl * BlaBce at thB abolition of the TAXES UPON KNOW . . vGE—and a fair distribution of the INCOME TAX as absolutely necessary . I conclude by saying that In ' te my thorough , earnest , a&dheartyadhesura to the principle of PBEE TRADE , not only as ( part of a fiscal system , butas a principle which should permeate every act of government , and make COMMERCE , MANUFACTURE EDUCATION , ASSOCIATION , and BEUGION FREE for all ana Weficiai to all ^ ana ifoy the a doption of Fre e Trade the legisla-SareBhoalabetha&eansof depririne Industry of Employment a ( recognition of the principles which I have briefly alluded to will prerent . ^ ttolimited internal competition which degrades both the trader and worker to alow social and moral position . ; « , ,. WM . NEWTON . , 35 , ArhourSquare , Stepney , April 14 fb . l 852 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir , —The minds-of that influential section of the c ommunity—the class endowed by our admirable Constitution with the patriotic faculty of chooBing Members of Parliament—the minds of this privileged fclaBs are , fte are told , now occupied by the absorbing question df the next election , when Lord Derb y 'is to take the 6 ense of the country . ' We , vlib are only free-born Britons , hilt not yet enfratichised ,
may also venture to take sortie ihtevestto the matter \ albeit , the before-mentioned admirable Constitution considers us as having nothing to do with the laws , except to obey them My Lord Derby is about to consult the country : T ' other party ( or parties ^ for they say there are several , though the difference is of little consequence , ) will aisoconsUU the country . To what purpose this consultation we may judge from due or two samples of preliminary elections ^ At Moumouth the question is , Protect ion or Free Trade \ The answer furnished by Mr . Crawsliay Bailey , and his 500 bludgeon men , who declare that Monroouth is in favour of Protection though it is said that the
, whole drove of electors would have come down on the other side , if they had the Protection of the ballot , only to prevent them , from being punished one by one . Independent patriots ! Then in Ireland they put the question— Landlordism or Tenant Right ; and , of course , which ever way the seventy electors who form the majority in New Rosa shall vote , will be the sense of the country' If Duffy shall come in two ahead , what a triumph of Tenant Right ; if Hedington wins by a neck , to say nothing of the head , will it not be clear that Toryism is the beloved of Ireland ? For are not the Beventy independent electors the 'sense * of New Eoss!—and is not New
Itoss a fair specimen of Ireland ? And bo on , in the same approved good fashion , in fifty other places . What a pity St . Albans is no longer allowed to express ' the sense of the country ! ' What an utter farce the whole business is—a farce about as disgraceful as the recent French fatee , enacted by command of Napoleon the second . Tho difference is , that France had a pretence of Universal Suffrage : here they unblusbingiy tell us , that asking the opinion of one man in Beven is taking the sense of the country ; and even the opinion ' of this seventh is such an opinion as cart he got by bribery , intimidation , and foul practices of all sorts . The Honourable House' pays just two millions sterling to ascertain the sense of the country , in order that it may be a faithful servant . Very patriotic , is it not ? But the whole concern is
consistent . The very questions propounded—will you have Protection or Free Trade ?—will you have p onservatire or Democratic ?¦—are farcical . The first is the Whig form , the second the Tory form , of the question ; which , in plain English , means onlywill you have this sot . of noble noodles , or that set of as ignoble noodleships , to misgovern the country ? In each form the question is a blind . There is no feav of Protection being restored : the cry is only got up by the Free Traders , who wonld make political capital out of it , - — ¦ who , indeed , -would fain force the Conservatives to try it on , that they may gain great credit
bovery throwing them . And , as to the 'democratic intention , the Tories , who impute it , know well enough that their opponents areas little democratic as themselves ,- —know well enough that it is many years since a lord among them had an atom of democratic principle in him . The whole thing is at bottom but a personal squabble between the Derbies and the Russells—the Liberals , as they call themselves , bacWhg the latter , that they may creep into office under shadow of the Whig weakness . And whether Tory or Whig succeed , what hare the peoplo to do with the election ? Nothing at all , so far as siding with either
is concerned . They have , however , this to do with it , —that they are overy way the victims—victims of the success of either Peachum or Lockifc , —victims of Peachum and Lockit ' s reconciliation , when all parties resume their game of Parliament , and victims even while the quarrel lasts ; for the quarrellers use them for their private ends , and abuse them at their first convenience . The people ought also to have this to do with it—to he heartily ashamed that such shabb y fooleries are played off in their name and to theiv mischief . And perhaps when they learn to be ashamed of the matter , they will come to mend it . How to
mend is anotherthing , and may not be so easy . That it is time to begin we may be sure , when even the l . Times' is compelled to cry out , that the farce of a general election is beyond endurance—that public opinion must be brought to bear upon it . But who shall bring it to bear ? Who shall even endeavour to learn what that opinion is ?—the Tories ? They know well enough that feudalism has not the votes of the country ; they know well that privilege dares not depend except upon privilege—a select limited aristocracy —( 0 ye Hertfords and ye D'Orsays )—upon a
selected constituency . Nothing but a packed jury will serve their turn . Young England—the reformed Conservatives in white waistcoats ? They may take public opinion upon a cricket-ground , The Whigs ? Baua as they are , tney cannot hope that the country is base enough to choose them . It only put up with them . Nothing but a packed jury could save them The Free Traders ?—Not they either . They dare not evoke the full opinion of the country even on their own pet theory , for its answer would go too far Yes Free Trade for the labourer as well as for the combined employers . The Philosophic Radicals ?—Thev
cannot even agree upon an opinion on which to take the sense of tho country . The Parliamentary and Financial Reformers ?— Oh yes , they are the daring men to probe public opinion to its depth ; only let them leave out at least a million of tho dangerous ¦ ' classes—those who are not allowed to . live twelve months in one spot , and they will go even for ' Universal' Suffrage , and get a , score or two of Christian clergymen to back them , with the « ssurance that the Franchise is a trust bestowed by divine Providence' upon ' every Englishman who has a , fionie in the country / ( the homeless may be— - ) and so the
Christian is under special obli gation " to contribute his share , of activity to' « a body which , under the presidency of Sir Joshua Walmsley , has done , and is doing , ; much worth y of its patriotism , ' &c . So far are these men from ventur . ing upon public opinion , that they dare not even define their own , but wander about the country , making fine speeches for Universal Suffra ge , and always winding up with a most illogical proposition for the exclusion , of a million or thereabouts plaguing us with twaddle about their 'half loaves , ' their * four courses' for hungry men who cannot get sixtheir
, 'instalments' of so much in the pound for tlio ' public creditor , and such like sophisms , till even Toryism which at least confesses a principle of some sort ' seems respectable in comparison with such mock democracy . Their half loaves to all are whole loaves to a tavouted class , and no loaveB to the rest . Their four courses instead of six , means a dinner for four men , and two men left to starve . Their so much in the pound js not so much to every creditor , but as Mr . . Newton well-expressed it at the Tower Hamlets meeting A fraudulent preference > to tho 8 e whom they think they can most easil y influence . The Hume and Cobden
Reformers , who want a garrison to keep down Amalgamated Engineers , are not the men to Sri ? i ° \ ntry ' - eVen . when th ^ ' " ^ U virtue rantwW IV tllOtl And the Chartists , what can they do ? « A pretty question / say Bome 6 f you , Obarbna is as good a 8 dead . ' Alas ! it is too true . The party is broken up . But what then ? If the tffi If ?™ ' if rmain : their wauts the 8 ttme . exhanS w f DOt B 0 much worn aS to * < & *> 2 - . { d- Wehave not got tho Suffrage yet . The need , the hope , which stirred us in 18 » , L „«! UtSmi . JKST » we have hm : bufe wby ? Nott > y "JXW' ^ w our friend " Ion" mav MvH , n » ,, /»
souZto win ° a » T ' 1 ° , ° - P rinoi P ' ' b ~ ™ S ^ ws ^^^ p sraa se : sKs «« : tt SEEi s-aT ^^ v ^ asiS ^ 3 ^ a-a % a iS '
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sound mind , not actuall y under sentence for crime ! Yes 1 or Ko ? No reservations , no qualification of twelre months ' 4 residebco , or a claim to bo rated , or other such clever . ' impediments to the universal exercise Of the JranchiHe . ' Are you prepared to aid in procuring tho Franchise for 1 every man , in virtuo of his right ,, as an active member , ' a component part of the State , in virtue of the State ' requiring hirduty and allegiance ? Will you pledgO your-< self to support that principle in the House of Commons , 1 whenever and by whomsoever it shall be moved ? and will you pledge yourself to move at least the recognition of the principle in tlio . next Sessionj if no other mover shall be 1 fdu ' nd for it ? Yes or No ! ' AYhatever may be tho answer , be you prepared with the numbers of the non-eleetWB , those whd hold the principle , and if his answer bo ' Yes , ' then bid him go Up to the Conttndhs llouse as the representative , not only of tho privileged voters ^ but aho of bo many non-electors . If his answer lie 'No . 'then si gn your names to the following , or a similar form of petition ; and lut if fnllnw him tn t . ho Commons House : —
" TO TUB nOXOURABLfc , ( SO . 1 The petition of the undersigned [ here give number ] adult imle inhabitants of Leeds , ' SiiowisTn , —That your petitioners , holding it to be the right and duty of every man of sound mind , not under sentence for crime , to take part in tho government of tho country , do hereby declare that Sir John Stokes , said to lie olocted for tho town of Leeds as Us representative in Parliament , does not represent them the undersigned . They , therefore , pray your honourable House to take such measures as may to your wisdom seem good , in order to obtain a full , fair , and . free representation of the aaid town of Leeds .
• And your petitioners will evef pray . [ Signing tho same with names and addresBes of adult male inhabitants . ] ' So , setting aside all minor questions ^ for all questions are minor in comparison with this—caring nothing for the little difference of Tory , Whig , or Radical ,, poll in every locality tor this question of the Suffrage , and let the ahnm Parliament know the real ' sense of the ' country . ' So also count hands for a new National Party—not one of class , but of all : a party which shall be strong enough to make its will respected . One man in every town can set the work afoot . How it would work , I will make the sabjeot of another letter . SmiiCtM .
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J . Tiiompsok , Manchester , and R , Wilson , Liverpool . —Yes , we have feen th < seurrillous libel of that gentleman who goes a begqwq with the ' Cap of LiBEm . w ms HAND-respectinj ? middle cla «« gold . The principles and sentiments of this Paper will be the best answer . We can afford to let him go on fulminating his lies and slanders for the present . Should we think it worth while to reptyi we shall give same strange revelations of that gentleman ' s pr-icee-iinffR , which will include some very humiliating facts relating to his anxiety to clutch at middle-class gold . But . depend . upon it , we shall not give him the benefit of our circulation , by noticing him in this paper , _ with bis miserable circul . tloa of 5 U 0 . We shall take other means . Tub SociEtr of toe Friends of Italy will hoW their third Conver . sasione
on Wednesday evening , the 28 th inst ., at the Princess ' s Concert Uoom . Castle-street , Oxfordstreet . London . The lecture will be on "England ' s Place and Duty in Europe , " by Professor Newman . The meeting will be addressed by Mazzini . ^""^ r ?"/? 1 !! ^ forget 1 > oor Ireland ; y ° ur caee and others ot tlie kind shall have our earliest attention . J . B . M .-Many thanks for your kind letter , which , however , we must decline to publish , i t being one of a host of such . OoBBEWTiiANKsare also due to friends in Birminuham , Sheffield , Manchester , Halifax ,. Ashton-underLine . Glasgow , ' ana numerous other cities and towns , for their kind congratulations , which we hope to prove worthy of . ' Monies RECHVED . -For the Fraternal Democrats , J . Smiih , Is . Fob tee O'Unnoh Foni > . -Nottingham , per J . Sweet , is . Ashtonunder-Ljne , per William Aitketi ^ 3 . ' ' NOTICE . l ^ A G > ntlemen of eminent legal attainments , ha « been encaeed at lbmi . Advisee and will fully and gratuitously answer the q . ieenons ot Correspondents wishing trustworthy information on points
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THE STAR OF FREEDOM Has arisen . Arisen at a time when all is distrust and indifference with the mimes of the people , and when the gloom of Despotism , and the shadow ot portending events , gather round us like the darkness of coming night . At such a time our humble light cannot hut be welcome to the hearts and homea of thousands
. And as tho deepest gloom reveals the starriest soul , so may the surrounding darkness serve to blazon forth the * Star . of Freedom' in the political firmament , so that its light may be seen from afar the watchfire- of the people , the beacon of British democracy . We commence our undertaking full of heart and hope in despite of all untoward circum . stances , Wo bring to the people ' s struggle for Free .
aom ana K . gut , heads and hands unwearying and unwearmble and hearts as full of faith as ever in the immutability of justice , and its coming triumph Many a hard battle has yet to be fought-nianV a hoary wrong has to be demolished-many more tears will fall to the earth , and many more groans will ascend to heaven , before the day of Victofy arrives but fearlessl y and faithfull y we fling ourselves into the glorious work , eager to strike a blow wherever oppression rears -its Gorgon head , and speak the word ot healing cheer , wherever a slave bends to the lash , or a nation to the yoke . We believe
that Freedom has a work for us to do , and wo shall pwfwm it with despot-and-devil-defyine earnestness , and with spirit unconquerable . We have laid out ouv lives to aid in the work of destroying tyranny and slavery-to put an end to this speculation in man by man to starve all willing idlers—to insure to industry the fruits of hunest toil , and to enlarge those ^ imiting institutions of our country , which are kept in existence at the expense of murdering all the budding mind and growing intelligence of th ? workclassesThis
ing . , readers , is also your work . Your assistance w demanded in tho struggle now raging between the oppressors and the oppressed . The right divme of kings and priests , and the right of the people to ^ govern themselves . Rally round us , then in our endeavour to establish the Star of Freedom > and in our efforts to gather up the scattered forces of Democracy which onl y need to be marshalled in the right direction , to ensure the popular triumph . OnW work with us as we will work for you , and the X of Freedom' may become as tho olden pillar of firS
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; TRUE S " LITIA . " ' ' prolVTf tb 7 dl ^ r ° ^ 0 ttld M ^ erwisethan when thev S 1 H 688 8 Pirifc of his countrymen , J « l ?^^*!» ft * -P ^ J , -d ex ! OMRHtTiun « M ¦ ** " * defi ( ince towards the mis-^ £ y * tapA arms to ry mntl ! * akene , d people was for arms-Irned at S Rigbfc and Freed <™ ? ^ **? 2 h £ ia £ 5 CTardly ' discretion' of the Whigs , paLerert ^ ^ m ^ doctrines of the V ™» Th ^ men Sii ^ P ** nation al « h been answered ? chanS ha 8 f g em ^ lve 8 a Government , to whom chance ban fora . time 6 t 4 b « nies ( , f the
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Empire , utterly mcapable ^ nr ^ ^' feelings or the ' interests 0 •\ hX ^ S ^ voured , as customary , to u etLW ' W ^ V own elfish ends . / f e the a gitatioj ? 5 «< Nothing could s - o well demo nstrntn t . * V of our aristocratic rulers , an T" !" > i * . absence of all sympath Jtic ^ S ^' y 5 * the masses of the British people tul ^ «•«? % ± ' they ! T ^ ^^ gHatit n S rftanda a national force , and the Govern ! ' 10 nS > the standing army / TtoweMU ^^ C * Absolutism with grave apprehensW 27 % \ more than ever evident that the liSlS Qt '
« D «» 8 atei ; be entrusted to Midi ™ , LW rPif Y ! ! ° . ! natural * te $ J >; & itself , Yet , notwithstanding the imp !? : tll (! «< for a otoen . nny , tbe imbecile and Et > 5 t . obs who have . usurped tbe Supreme ^ J pose to cj lout some eighty thous-u ?^ rl days drill every year . Erery thinkin ? ' * ' fc eas ly see tho utter inadequacy of 8 uch n ft g > 1 such training , fcr tbe dWce of „ LS % Palpably , this scheme has been forniKS desire to endow the people with th « I" " Si
ing their own rights , and of vedr Z TH I wronft but s . mply as a concession to th-ll ? S i indomitable spirit which they -feared . ? S I not hope to quell or contemn . J And ittfv ! "N 1 improbable that , besides the greater S " ° < I power to be derived from the increase RTF « "J 1 army , they had in view a project n . 1 k S 1 which would be most disastrous to L JauL > 1 dom ib England and in Europe . The IT * ft « - 1 tbe ill-trained Militia , which theiitS ^ I 1 call into existence , must soon become an * ^ 1 the failure of this experiment , of what thl * h ^ 1 arming the people , ' would be used sg JJ ? ^ I giving arms to none but' reguW \ k [ tBnc < i k | the defenceless civilians would be 2 !*} So thjl 1 tender mercies of any CasTlebeAGH mfiZ . " ¦« - ^ or Waui > , who Blild chance to Sffi ^ ? backed , as he would be , by the bayoS *> $ P ^ tonan guards If possessed of ovej the L ° / . 1 ieni 01
representative Government , what «« ' % should we have for its preservation , wheni *< 1 law-makers might bo easily set at defiam-S 1 " 111 I knave whom chance might pitchfork intn ' *? of all the material power % f the Son f ^ But a deeper stigma than even that ' of a cl , iDay ambition , must rest upon those sordid H * philosopherB , ' who denounce the destruction of h ? life by the sword , and who are the adlU ° so-called Peace , \ even if shame oT . lZ % price , while they are coinine into irnM fhn a l blood , not of n 4 abne , bu ' t of , oZ ltd £ fi We do not at all doubt that that mau 4 Vm mentality , which seems to superficial observp
r . be the main characteristic of the men 0 ? peace ° only that of thpue not over strong-minded peon ] " who catch greedily at the gilded pill of every naif and who are led to believe every error i deceit . The originators and active supporters of ft ! * movement , * we believe to be men of different meW actuated b y very different motives . ' We need only to consider whence the peate-at . any-price doctrine . aroBe , and who are its most cot ! stant and unflinching advocates , to understand % cause of . that bitter hostility with which they lia « greeted , every proposal for arming and training ft . people .
Our readers must all be well aware that the prime movers in the Peace agitation are the emplnjjt class , and the "liberal" supporters of the monevi . crapy . To the interests of these this armin-f mJ training of the workers would be doubly detriment inasmuch as it would , by making them conscious of their own power , encourage them to res :-, ' : u tytjnnv and extortions of their task-masters ; . (;• ' " , tj on the other hand , shorten the hours of t- > ' , ' . sequently prevent a proportionate amem ,, , i , s spoils of labour finding its way into tUe mcm-Is rf the capitalists . *
The working classes would do well to take theclnp . trap 01 the interested peace-mongers for what it is worth . Far from the lessening of production Whir an injury to the interests of the producers , it is the vm thing needed for the amelioration of their social condition . Did they work one day a week more than thev do now , they would be still poorer than at presentarid did they work one day lessthey would receive a
, proportionate benefit . It is the capitalist who irouid lose a portion of his unjust profits , and , therefore , it is he raises a cry Hgainst the disturbance of industry . Let one day in each week be set apart for military training—a training which should include aU the population , and instead of disturbing industry , the limitation of labour would be found to have the effect of . restoring a ' healthy , action to that over-corged
monster , which is now so named ; while the physical exercises they would be subjected to would renew mi preserve the health of those who now suffer from the enervating influence of sedentary pursuits . When wealth and greater comfort have come to tto homes of the poor , happiness will be there also ; mi when they can look upon themselves with respect as members of that society of which they are armed defenders , nobler thoughts will spring up in their minds , pointing the way to complete freedom . Then our country may again , become ' Merry Eneknfl / - and be not , as now the haunt of wretchedness and grief . -
But no such good can flow from the wretched measures that Whi g and Tory offer . The cause of freedom and progress cannot thus be served unleas tho people bestir themselves to obtain a Militia Bill , which shall be a real arming of tha nation ! and they , energeticall y oppose such worse than n * measures a those of a Russell and a Draft whichrprinci ple and expediency alike condemn . T » obtain such a Bill another measure must first fe wrung from our class-government ; a measure esta-Wishing the princi ples of the Charter , and tberebj tue veritable Soverei gnty of the people .
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THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS . The fast . approaching General Elections consijtjxtes the onl y exception to the general dearth otyf heal topics . It is rumoured that Parliament « •« *» dissolved before the expiration ^ the month of ^ 1 :. bhouldthis prove true , the' bubble bubble , toil nn * trouble , ' of the electoral Saturnalia will accompany the Midsummer holidays , or , at furthest , « i « ad * the delights of the Dog-days . Be it a week muf or later , it is evident that the . term is short bm < f present momen t to that which will witness the ctfP * dates of all parties and factions , outhiddiutr each o ««
for the sweet voices of the multitude , ' aud the voW » of tho ' free and independent ' , proprietors of that converhble commodity—a , vote . The utter b MBBW and rottenness of an immense proportion oft " electoral bod y the recent Elections at Harwi * , wj mouth , and similar sinks of corruption have ®* patent to the world . In constituencies leiacorijg class interests and party prejudicesinducetho ele ^ of representatives , but little , if any , superior tot ? ° who unblushingly occupy their seats in tbo LflJ ture , not in consequence of their annerior worth * »
by virtue of their superior wealth . Between IW >«* rupt and tho prejudiced of tho electoral w- , mass of tho people are crucified . It is some ^ pretended that tho Suffrage is held bv tho B ^^ 'JL a trust for the . community at large . If ^ i Electors are most unjust stewards , and infain ° trayers of tlie trust reposed in them . j The theory of trusts , ' like many other suWfojJ mystic theories connected with that imp 8 ? ^ myth , the 'British Constitution' is plainly an * ""JJ humbug . If to auy section of the community . Suftrage should be delegated as a ' trust' for '» L of the body politic , in common fnirness it ^ . J
confided to those who constitute tho majority- ^ whose existence is indispensable to the . State . ' such a trust ordained , would not the mti L , forget their clumsy theory , and loudly clauroui 1 rights-ri ghts for all ? If the middle ol «« ^ behevo in the « trust' theory , they are bound wj ^ their sincerity by paying some deference to tno i > , of those who vastly out-number them , a » o they assume to represent . | 0 , . The approaching Election will afford them JL nous opportunity of demonstrating their P » „ ( and fraternal regard for the rights and * ' « ^ the non , electors . Whether one or two «^ % Ip tQ be returned , let the Electors , previous to tne nation , submit the several candidates for tw w $ bation , or otherwise , of Pubiio " Meetings op en
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1675/page/4/
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