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ME NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1841.
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To bring this unhappy difference to a speedy and amiable conclusion , Las been the principle object of the operative painters zn& ri , tiers . Ev ^ ry concession ( short of an entire abandonment of principle- ' "which reason could suggest , or the mosi rigid jn = uce demand , bas been conceded ; bet , ire are szrrj 50 SuT , wiihout KLCC 853 . When it \ r £ 3 intimated that the pr . ' ces of the patterns , "which haTe b&en the cause of : his unpleasant affair , should be amended ; but tLa : Mr . "Win . Davenport , from the st ^ te of trade , co-old not employ the ¦ whole of his old hands rujain , the jr . pj ^ al was immediately agreed to , from the convicts that it "sras not
for ns to dictate the number of hands that sh .-uld ba employed , but merely to expostulate as to : Le price as "which "we should dispose of oar labour , an \ ' . bis , sjea-¦ tlemen and friends , is all that has been exercised from the commeuosnient of this unfortunate i '_ ra ^ gle . It to , then , with surprise that we learned , ifter "we had nominated one half of the men to go in on the amended prices , and had come to the resoiuvl jn to support the other half , nntil such rime as they should haTe procured new situations , that Mr . Win . Davenport ¦ would not be dictated to , but that those vko vithed to be again employed by him must come individoaJ ? , * nd then their p 1 i » tti « should be coasidert-J .
r ai be it from us to dictate to Mr . Win . Davenport , or any other manufacturer , the number of bands that be , or any other gentleman , » V > a . n be compelled tu receive into his employ , or otherwise to meddle in the internal policy of his , or any other manufactory , so long as that policy doe 3 not encroach on tlie acknowledged zights of labour . Far also be it from ns , when those rights are eneroaehed upon , to sit tamely dawn , and witness the Tiolation of claims "which the laws of God and of civil society call upon tu to defend . LaVour u the coianiofity , i { -we may be lilowed the Verm , ) by the sale of
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, which the working millions earn those necessaries that supply the physical wants of tbair nature . The dispoi sal of that labour is as free in their hands as the pro * j ductions of it are in the hands of any manufacturer or ! merchant in the empire ; and if it should be sought | by any individual to depress the price of it , telow a reasonable , or living standard , the owners are , called upon , by BTery principle of moral and natural i right , to defend it to the uttermost of their power But how much stronger is the call on tbe operative , painters and gilders of the Potteries , when the extreme ; reduction in the price of labour , which has been 1 attempted at 2 dr . Win . Davenport's manufactory , did I not , we believe , originate in any desire of that gentle-: man himself ; but , on the contrary , in an underling , : whose only motives for such base attempts must have j been the aggrandisement of bis own truckling self , and ¦ : to whom the sacrificing of that class from whence be ! sprung , and to which he now belongs , forms but a i small item in his code of moral subserviency .
Let it not be supposed that we make this statement out of any desire to propitiate the favour of Mr . We Davenport , or to call down an undue portion of public disapprobation on the head of one whose every action , as far as the regulating of the price of labour is concerned , is a libel on common justice and common humanity-, for , be it remembered , up to the time of the installation- of this sycophant , the prices of Mr . Win . Davenport's patterns were such that no reasonable man could complain of : the painters and gilders , therefore , feel called npon , in justice te Mr . Wn . Davenport , and
to the men lite in his employ , respectfully to request sliafc the former will condescend to examine for himself the original patterns against "which his men have expostulated ; and if it should be found , on mature consideration , that the men had not a just reason to complain ; that they exaggerated , in the slightest degree , to their feilow-worinien , or have attached undue blame to any aiogle individual under his employ , the painters and gliders will undertake to brand those men as the veriest slanderers that ever disgraced the face of humanity , or imposed on the credulity of a generous trade .
The operative painters and gilders take al 3 O the present opportunity to state that , in facilitating au amicable adjustment ef this unhappy affair , they are actuated by no motive or principle detrimental to tbe interests of their employers . They look upon tbe potting business as being differently situated to moat of the staple trades of this country . They believe that foreign competition— that bane to the the prosperity of the cotton and wosllan districts—exercises little or no influence on tbe prices of the manufactured goods of this neighbourhood ; and lhat a judicious arrangement amongst the manufacturers for the purpose of regulating the prices of tkeir goodB , would secure to themselves a reasonable return for the capital invested in their several establishments , and procure for those under their employ , " a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work , " which , gentlemen and friends , is all that they bow require , and which , it is to be hoped , common sense , common humanity , and one common interest will hasten to supply .
Thus far , with a single exception , has our task been an easy one ; thus far would we be content to go if justice did not imperatively demand the exposure of villa iy—villany which , for the sake of etir class , we would otherwise bury in eternal oblivion . Tis a crime to take from the supetfLious wealth of another ; 'tia a greater to take from those that have little to spaTe ¦ , but how much greater is that crime which takes from those that have none the very means of obtaining any . Working men of the Potteries , blush lor your order —blush for those that have no shame , no principle , no
feeling—save for themselves—for such are to be found amongst you . Yes , when x few honest hearts , than wh « m , for integrity of purpose , or skill as workmen , few better can be found ! When these men had the independence to expostulate with their employer relative to the price of their labaur , and had incurred their discharge from that expostulation , five creatures were to be feund bearing the semblance , bat lacking all the enabling qualities of bum ^ nity , -who wets so far lost to every principle of moral right a 3 to enter on the plac ? s of their more honourable fellow-workmen .
We denounce these men as unworthy the countenance of ererj good man , as renegades to their class , as "void of every sentiment that should elevate a virtuous heart , and as fit objects for the detestation and abhorrence of every honest working man . In conclusion , webeg to state , that , at tbe commence ment of this unfortunate struggle , we pledged ourselves to support , as far as our limited means would permit , the individuals who have unwittingly been the cause of this unhappy dispnte ; for , be it remembered , they were placed in their present position , not by an effort of their own free will or choice , but , on the contrary , by force .
Y \ e reiterate that pledge ; and call upon all who have the welfare of their trade at heart—who are alive to the least spark of syrapsthy tor those who have mfierecl , and are still stiff-ring , in its defence , to come forward with their mit « , to the end thai truth , justice , and the general good , may triumph o ? er falsehood , tyranny , and truckling telf-agrrandiaement
We remain , Gentlemen and Friends , Your obedient humble servants , The Operative Painters a > d Gilders . Committee Room , Sea Lion , Hanley , Sept . 14 , 1 S 41 .
Me Northern Star. Saturday, September 10, 1841.
ME NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 , 1841 .
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of the poor , who raise the cry of ** cheap bread , " and who complain that the Corn Laws are reducing them to the verge of ruin . Yet , though they cannot pay a moderately fair price to the labourer , they can keep their strumpets , dogs , and hunters , in unlimited proportion , and can spot t their new carriages aa if to mock the misery they hod caused . We hope that Committees will be appointed to collect and receive subscriptions on behalf of the starving thousands wkich now throng the streets of
Stockport , and we trust that meetings will be held without delay in every town and village in furtherance of that object . Especially we implore the various Chartist lecturers to devote their energies to it . Let the Chartist preachers lecture themselves . They havs been put out of the pale of the church by the Scribes and Pharisees lately assembled at Manchester ; let them and their floe ) . o prove their title to be considered Christians , by the exhibition of that Christian spirii which will Jeed the hungry , and clothe the naked . Let the words of the Saviour
be on this occasion not only remembered , but acted upon , ' Ye have the poor always with you , " and "it is more blessed to give than to receive . " Since the sbove was written , we have received several other equally melancholy relations . We give one of them : — "Great privation , misery , destitution , hunger , and discontent exist in Stockport ; it is computed thai five thousand are out of employment , and walking the streets , many of whom have sold both clothing and furniture to support nature , while others are selling off and emigrating to America and
Australia . In consequence of the unfavourable circumstances into which two honest men have been plunged , through being out of employment , driven to despair , and seeing no hope of recovery , no cheering prospect before them , we are sorry to fay , from strict Inquiries into each case , that they have committed suicide , in order to relieve their distracted minds . A man about twenty-eight years of age , clean and decent , came to the door of the writer ot this on Monday morning , and appeared much abashed . In a short time , he mustered courage , while the big tears ran copiously down his face , to
say that was the first time , and the first door which he had approached , for the purpose of begging ; he was sorry to do so , but it was out of dire necessity . Ho had a child in his arms , and another by bis side , four more at home . There seemed to be aa inward , honest pride , which spoke volumes to an observer ; he appeared heart-brcken , and his faco flushed , as his eye caught that of his donor . On being questioned , he said he wa 3 an overlooker for Mr . Bradshaw , at a place not 300 yards from where he then stood , and had tried all the places he could for employment , but without success . This is the condition of a hard-working factory slave . Iu a short
time after , six young men , respectably dressed , had bundled up their liiien , and were starting on a journey of begging on their way to Birmingham . Shops are empty ; provisiou dealers and drapers are idle ; pawn-shops and furniture-brokers are crammed ; benefit-societies are suffering ; religious institutions can scarcely be kept up ; poor-houses are filled ; many factories are stopped ; thousands are in a state of starvation ; wages are lowering ; winter is approaching ; and the people are walking the streets with pale yis&ges , sullen countenances , depressed spirits , and aching hearts . There are not two © pinions as to th « distress , though parties disagree as to the change required . "
It is impossible to read these heart-rending details and not feel that" the beginning of the end" ia come When beiags , wearing the form of men , can thus openly mock the misery which their infernal system has created humanity becomes impatient of forbearance , and the arm of resolution is more firmly nerved . We cannot hear of such things and not , in oar very heart of hearts , applaud the manly bearing of a people which can bear such
sufferings—knowing too tneir source and origin—with dignified continuance in the narrow pathway chalked for them by th » laws which they have had no power in creating ; by whose operation , as a whole , all these evih have come ou them , and which , by their superior intelligence and virtue , they will yet convert into the means of accomplishing their own enfranchisement from the foul thraldom in which labour ia held down by its ungrateful bastard , capital .
1 et this is the people whom the scoundrels affect to fear investing with tbe Suffrage lest property should be unsafe J " Pitiful drivellers ! D j you dare to trust your property within arms-length of those by whom it has been made , when hunger , nakedness , and death assail them , and do you affect to suppose that it will be less safe when they are in possession of that power to protect themselves which you now unjustly withhold from them V
There is not a mau in the whole batch of plunderers who believes bis own hideous cant of the " levelling" and " spoliating" disposition of the working people . They all know that their present property would be much safer then than it is now ; but they know that the sysiem of unrighteousness which gave it to them will be swap : away ; and hence their horror of the Charter . Mouth , however , as they may about it , there ia no alternative but one . The middle classes , if not yet convinced , will &oon be so—it i » eed 3 but a low more Stockports—that an obstinate adherence to the present state of things will merely jeopardize their property without prolonging for one day the continuance of the system . The alternative is surely
before them ; a tx > ar \ efhi and TinriiitnrhnH rvrvc = rtu . before them ; a peaceful and undisturbed possession of what they noic call their property , with just rights for all , and a fa r recognition of the labourer ' a share in future , or the dire shock of frsDzied over-trampkd-pa tience , which , while it Lakes no less certain veugcance on the system , will probably be much less inclined to respect present and vested " rights " .
This we hare erer seen ; ac <] this vrc have ever feared . We have been , aud e-ili are , the only true Conservatives—the only true friends to the middleci ^ e ? , in exhorting them to a cessation from their Fy . iemv . ic efforts to pluck down ruin on their own Iitids ; aud iu our imploring of ihe people , while they btar manfully their wrong ? , to fortify themselves continually with all moral means to bring about z . change .
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THE TRADES AND THE CHARTER . "" We trust every working man in Great Britain will learn by heart the clear , luminous , and ungainsayable speech of Mr . O'Connor to the Loadon Trades . The principles on which the reasoning of that speech is founded are clear as daylight ; they cannot but be admitted by whatever unbiassed m ' md will study them . And they aro capable of much greater practical extension than is given to
; them in the mere sketch to which our space limits us in reporting this inimitable speech . The very 1 same process by which the steam monster raises , competition aud creates a surplusage of hands in » all trades—the same infernal rapacity which robs the unprotected workman of his hire to provide . the extravagant expences of mansions and carriages , i an d parks and grounds , and splendid buildings and costly w s for cotton lords—throws thousands of dependants on the various expedients resorted to
, by the industrious classes to preserve themselves in I some degree of comfort and independence . Thus 1 trading rapacity creates , increases , and multiplies \ poverty ; poverty creates and aggravates sickuess ' ¦ aud disease ; sickness and disease produce death ; 1 and thcee drain the funds of tho various sick so-\ cieties , tho benevolent Orders , the Odd Fellows ,
i and other secret societies , tho ' Free Gifts , " the 1 burial eccietio 3 , &o . Thus , is every strugglo of tho poor mau to avert destruction mes and parried , by class-legislation , which upholds the middle rain in : his petty plunder and the landed aud monied ; capitalist iu ^ his wholesale robbery . The savings of j industry aud temperance are swallowed up by fraud ; : aud the virtuous and the vicious , the industrious and
' the idle , the sober and tho drunken , are immersed in one common whirlpool of destitution , from which , there is . no hope of escape but by the People ' s i Charter .
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We trust , then , that we shall see the noble example of the Metropolitan Trades speedily followed through the whole country ; that there will not soon be one trade society in the whole empire that does not lend its whole energies to this glorious objectthe attainment of a power by the whole people over the law which disposes of the produce of their labour . The Trades of London ileHerve , and should have , the heartfelt thanks of the ir brethren in the provinces through the whole country . This is what wo havo long wished to see . The mighty phalanx of the Trades and of the Benevolent Societies once turned with united energy to any object—that object is obtained .
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Todmorden . —The meeting referred to teas not reported in the Star , for Ihe simple reason , that no report was sent to us . We never knew of it until receiving our correspondent ' s tetter ,, , A xockq Chartist . —His poem , though . " set to the best of his judgment " will not do for publication . The same remark applies to the " Verses on receiving a portrait of Lord Byron . "
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. ¦ - u » G . L . Eccijes . —His letter was forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . . A Radical professes himself anxious forthe succeu of Chartism . We advise him therefore , to lay aside his crotchets , and advocate that simple " reform of the Constitution" contended for in the Charter . Several portions of his letter evince a good disposition , but a very slight acquaintance with the subjects on which he writes . We have received two letters from Perth , ong signed J . M . C , and another bearing thesi gna * tures of several persons at Ruthven print works denying the statement of the Manchester Chart lists , that Mr ; R ,. J . Richardson "shed crocodile tears" a I a late soiree in that city . It does not appear from the letters whether the purpose of the writers be to deny the fact that Mr . Richard , ton did shed tears , or merely to deny that his tears were of the " crocodile character . "
The Watson and Watkins Discussion . —We have received from Mr . H .. D . Griffiths a letter in reply to Mr . Arthur Dyson , in which that gen-. tleman is reminded , that the arrangements for the discussio 7 i had been made l > y Mr . Watson by whom , he says , Mr . Watkins was actually dragged into the discussion , and that by those arrangements Mr . Hetherington had no riahl to - speak ; that having acceded to the defence offered for him by his friend and counsel , Mr . Wat&on it was not to be expected that the meeting would hear both the counsel and the client . We have no desire to see these discussions prolonged : toe think it impossible that any good to the cause can result from them . If there be in the " new-move "
men that wanton spirit of mischief which is attribuled to them by some , this eternal stirring of the porridge pot is the very thing to gratify it ; if there be not , it is unfair and cruel to keep them constantly before the public in a false position . Upon the principle of the " new move , " the country has long since speken out ; its requiem has been sounded , —why disturb its manes ~ why not let it slumber peacefully in the " tomb of all the Cap ulets ? " Satisfied that the exhibition of these fierce bickerings does us much harm , we cannot consent to encourage them ; while we are , at the same time , determined that no opponent shall have cause to complain of injustice . Hence , though we published Mr . Dyson ' s letter , Mr .
Griffiths must excuse us continuing the discussion . The pith of his present communication is contained above , in addition to which we may state , that he defends the general character of the meeting against the description given of it by Mr . Dyson , and denounces the attempt of that gentleman and his brother chairman to deprive ihe meeting of Us " competency , '' by declaring it " dissolved / ' Of these things the London Chartists , who are most immediately interested , having ' been present at the meeting , will be able to form their own judgment , and to decide on the amount of credence due to Mr . Dyson ' s statements . J . Smith , Plymouth . —We answered Jm questions ¦ in our last .
G . E . Boggis . —We gave the report just as tee received it from our regular correspondent , whose instructions from us are , to send at all times faithful reports . We have no reason to think he he has not done so on this occasion . J . T ., KocHDALf . — Although thereport with which he has furnished us might have been too late for last week , there was no necessity for his driving it till Thursday in this week before he sent it to us : we ought to have had it on Tuesday , when it all would have been inserted . " Stars" to Cashel . —Mr . W . Russell , of Netting ' ham , is anxious to know if the people of Cashel have received a parcel of Siara / rom him . He
does not say how the parcel was directed . "Stahs" to Ireland may be forwarded to Jeremiah McDonnell , at James 0 'IIea and Sons , 4 , Cookstreet , Cork . A Constant Reader , Northampton , wishes , lo know 'the address of the Secretary to the United Journeymen Hatter ' s Joint Slock Company , at Denton or Hyde . J . Pearcey . —Our circulation is higher now than last Christmas . In London alone it has increased nearly one-fifth . We know nothing of Dr . Taylor ' s whereabout . Thos . Mackening , Market Weighton . —We have no recollection of ever having received the letters to which ke alludes .
A Correspondent has sent us the following , and says that it is an infallible remedy for thatpainful affliction , the ¦ eholic , under its most , severe attack . The mixture is 3 drachms ofalher , and 1 drachm of the tincture of opium . Twenty Jive drops for a woman ; and from thirty-Jive to forty for a man—to be taken in coarse sugar . Howden Chartists . — Write to John Campbell , secretary to the Exaculive , 18 , Adderley-slreet , Shaw ' s Brow , Saijord . Carlisle . —Their report was reeexved at half-pad three on Thursday ; it will be given next week .
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P . B . should have given his name , and the name of the agent thai supplies him . T . Sjmmonds , Tbubo . —Say who the agent was that tent the papers from London . A Working Man , Durham . —They were sent to Messrs , France and Co . some time ago , and if not delivered , it is not our fault . The Committee for sending Stars to Ireland will oblige by sending a few weekly to Peter M Brophy , Loughrea . An Old Subscriber , Newport , shall have an answer . Wigios . —The Plates have been sent long ago . £ . s . d . FOR THE DEMONSTRATION AT YORK . From Colsnaughton 0 5 0
FOR THE EXECUTIVE , MANCHESTER . From Camberwell , per James Parker ... 0 8 4 FOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . From a man with & bard hand and a sympathizing heart 0 10 i . $ . Hull , of WaU-fieia , per J . Wattins , London 0 10
FOR PRESS FOR J . R O ' BRIEN . From Mansfield , being coUections after Mr . Dean Taylor ' s lecture 0 9 3 FOR PETER HOEY . From the Paddock Chartists ... ...
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SALFORD . —On Sunday last , we held our weekly meeting ; our old friend , Mr . William Beubow being present , he addressed the meetiug at great leuijtli , and gave great satisfaction . An error was made in your last number ; it was stated that our Monday night meetings would be held on Tuuivsday ; it should have been Tae-day . Stm ? i £ Y . —Ac the Council meeting , on Sunday last , Mr . Wheeler delivered an interestiug lecture upon thu evils of the present system , aud the benefits that would ensue if the People ' s Charter v ? as to become the law of the land . The lecairer was received with hearty applause . A vote _ cf tliank 3 was passed , and the meeting adjourned till Sunday next , to meet at Mr . O'Brien ' s Academy , Hughes Fields , Depitford . The chair to be taken at four o ' clock , when ail the members of the Council reading in Surrey arc requested to attend , as business of great importance will then be laid before the meeting .
ST . JPANC-lAS . —The cause of the Charter progressesmost gloriously in this locality . Tower Hamlus . —At the meetiug on Sunday night , a connaiiteo was appointed to conduct the O'Connor demonstration , the sum of 7 s . 2 J . was subscribed for the purpose . The females met on . Monday uight , whea Is . 6 d . was drawn from toe funds for tho same purpose ; and a voluntary contribution , amounting to Is . 7 d ., was raised fur the like occasion . SCOTIiAWD . —Crosshouse . —The principles of the Charter aro rapidiy spreading here ; a deputation from Kiimuraock has attended a public meeting , " whea an excellent address was delivered by Mr . Win . Carruth . At the close of the meeting twelve meEiWrs were , enrolled . Since this occasion , several meetings have taken place , great enthusiasm has been manifested , and numbers have jomed the standard .
MANCHESTER . —Agreeable to public anuouiifieniont , a meeting was held in the 'fib-streetroom , on Tuesday evening , convened to discuss the propriety of passing a vote of thauka to Mr . Sharman Crawford , M . P .. aud the ethers who voted witn him , on-be-half of the people in the House of CommonSi , Mr . Murry , ua Irish Chartist , was called to the chair , and tho " following resolution was passed : — " That th « heartfelt thanks of this meeting are directed to Sliai-taan Crawford , Esq ., M . P . for KochdBle , and-Thomas Duncombe , E ? q ., and the glorious thirty-nine , for the wanly and straightforward conduct in testing the feelings of the members of the Commons' House of Parliament , on tnosc ali-important principles that constitute the ground-wonc oi the People's Charier . " An address to Sherman Crawford , En \ . w& 3 also adopted and the incenng broke up .
TOERTHTB . TYDVIL—At a meeting of the National Charter Association , it was unanimously resolved that a vote of thanks be given to »«• Sharman Crawford for his amendment upon the address , a ? d also to those members who voted witn himupo that occasion , and that the same be expressed , t J Mr . Crawford , and published iu tho Star , and also the strong disapprobation with which we have eee n some of the wouJd be-thought fricuds ot the people refusing their support upon so imuortaat
an occasion . ECCX . ES . —Mr . Licney lectured at Ecclea , on Monday evening last , and such was the impression made that seventeen males and females joined at tue coaclasion , which , in the course of six weeks , will nuie l 0 » members . They intend to provide a breakfast tot Messrs . O'Connor and O'Brien , on tueir entrance inW Manchester . Persons "wishing to be supplied witn tickets must apply at No . 9 , Whittle-street , on Sunday nest
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HORRIBLE DESTITUTION AT STOCK PORT . SYMPATHY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES . We claim the attention of all our readers to the following letter from our Scockport correspondent , received las : week , and shut out by an ace ; J tat for
from cur last number , v * e claim e ^ peci ^ Ily li . i ; document , the attention cf all those who are vront to eiiiogiie the " good fezliug ef tbe niddlo c ) z : r-c ? , " and recommend that the middl-3 classes be c nciliatcd , and a umoj ? with them effected . Before a V . -CT-2 of commint , let them first read the letter , froui c . e on whose veracity and iapartiai j-J ^ racut tne utirsc eliance
w = p . ace -. n r : " This town is crie sc-ene of poverty , : ni * ery , riiitri ; = . ind uiscccinic : i . Hundreds are ¦ w . ilkii'g the j-treets , ilesU ' . ut ; of food , "who rise ia a morning "without Jcnovr-Ing vhert they shall get a rneil betwixt then an ] nbLt . TLe Larxds belonging to two T ^ ry laigs Stics are tamed ¦ "ut and pjqucts Lre placed by the spinners to wi ' . ch the mills , : o . see if the masters procure " r . obsticks" t-. ; take . he iiiusiions of those turned oat ui the redaccl r-rlcr . The woripropie have placarded the town , shewiiij ; tbeir c , rirTar ; c-: s stA txp- ; siEg . in a rai £ tcr ! y manner , ta& conduct of their masters . IL ; re . ire thousands wh ' j have pledgea aaj sold every Teslige of clothing to purehass food to live upen , whilst others are sellinj their ftircitnre , asd going to America . Starvation r . nd misery
was nerer more prevalent in the memory of the f-L " .-..-t inhabitant . Oae lar ^ e mill , which employe- } a thoisiiuil people , is stepped altogether , aud no signs of it sitting again . The "sreavers of another mill turned out : n Saturday ; hat such "was the eagerness of thL-t -who Lad "walked the streets so long to get work , that Cher places "were fulfil Tip by Tutsday morning . IN ' ever was tyrar . sy a % d ir-iustice ziA braa ? n-fDCi « i TiV ; any , cr ^ lzy , hard-heartfcdntss , g . nd brutality , sv .-re g ' . arr ^ iy tieai - p :: 5 cd , than i : has teen by ti * British " cotton Ivri 3 this week ; such is their sympathy towards their unfortunate ^ rcrirpfcople vrho a : e literally starving to dc-th , that % rhen tc ^ y aypiw . ci -L'iq for the purpose of reasoning with themthey laugh like a host of laughing hyenas . One of these
kina-Learted -wretches—save the mark )—in the shape of a man , but without atiy of his attributes except ih = fertcious and savage portion , had the unbiu ^ Mr . ™ tfirontery to tfell one of his spinners , who has hands as bird as my desk cc wnieh 1 "write , that in order to mate up for the reduction , ho vronld find his wife and children "work if he vrould s ^ nd them . Another had the impudence to tell one of Li 3 spinners that the last tenant he had in one oi his sriail houses had left £ l lG-s . oving for rent , and the £ « xtper ? en "who engaged should P 3 y that rent whether he had the house or cot , b = si'ies being reduced as much as I-i . from the original price Another master t-jld out ¦ .. " his spinners , who nurely wished to change wheels , thui hi should do so on
erudition that he wo aid pay 1 o--. f »< r the rent unpaid by the last splaner . Th&se , and nunv others , are the . tricks of the Corn Law reptaling cotton lords , wfco are the pillars of the various ielii , i : us plrces of worship ; the sons of whom are keeping any quantity of women of loose virtue , hunting horses , cad dogs "Who live ten degrees better than their wc-ripeople . Such aic the bid circumstaiiCi-s of cue uiastt-r why wsi first in offering reduction , that he Lis hi i a span new carriage br . vnght him this week , and s : i ; --ji come with it from London to Ehovr him how to git in and out o £ it- Every body I meat in the street cries cbmue of the masters , and declare that notLin ^ is so liksly to bring ou a- pestilence a 3 hunger , wr ^ tchednts ? , and destitution . "
We ask , and tve ask sincerely , how long are these things o continue ? How long will it be ere the people will make common cau ^ together , and tell their inhuman bloe-d-suckers ihai tueir tyranny and oppression shall proceed no further . These are the men who preteBd to coajmieerate the distresses
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The Chahtists have proved themselves moee i ACCVRATE OLLCrLATOIiS TflAJJ THE MIDDLE CLA . SSES . WhETHEB THE 1 B J . O--TEUM WOVLD HAVE ME . NDED i matters js . not now the question ; but thc besclt ; has shewn that they were coree . ct in their gpi . vion —that i . v the present state of the rekiese . vuti 0 n , it was vain to th 1 xk . cf a p ^ peal of the ' corn monopoly . + ?***?? Politico , power is this cotntrt , though it hesides in a comparatitely small class , can only be lxerclstd by the stttekance of the massw . " — Mo-nine Chronicle f organ of the Whig Ministers J , Friday " July K'th . 1841 .
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THE " NEW MOVE" CHAMPION AND HIS " CHALLENGE . " Mr . Henry Hetherington has challenged Mr . Feargos O'Connor to a discussion , and Mr . O'Connor has accepted the challenge . . ' .- . ' . . We regret for his own sake that Mr . Hetuehingto . v should have been so unwise . We have not lost our recollection of the services of Mr . Hethehinqton to the good cause ia years gone by ; and we regret much to find him now pursuing a course which must , to some extent , however small , damage the cause he professes still to advooate , and which cannot end otherwise than in confusion to himself .
We regret not less that Mr . O Connor should thus waste his time . He really has not an evening to spare for any suoh purpose as the gratifying of Mr . Hbtherington ' s penchant for political annihilation . The challenge , with Mr . O'Connor ' s answer to and acceptance of it , will bo found in another column . We have read this challenge , and can really find no point for discussion in it . Mr . Hexueringtoh talks about " the merits of Mr . Lovbit ' s Chartism , " and . about " Feahgus O'Connor ' s Chartiam , " pretty much in the stylo of Mr .
Daniel O'Cqnnell . We are loth to believe Mr . Hetheringion so very ignorant aa not to know that there is and can be but one kiud of Chartism . Chartism is Chartism , whether advocated by Feargus O'Connor , William Lovett , or Henry Hetherington . Its principles are contained in a certain document called the Peopb ' a Charter . Those principles can alone be recognised aa Chartism . Whoever gives up anything from them , or contends for any less sum of justice , is no Chartist ; whoever goes for more than is contained in those principles , may or may not bo a
Chartist , according as the matters which he would superinduce may or may not clash with the operation of those principles . To talk then of " Mr . Lovett ' s Chartism" and "Feargus O'Connors's Chartism" is evidently a mere bandying of words to no honest purpose ; and proves to us quite sufficiently that the only possibla objeot of the " challenger " is to damage the cause of Chartism 6 y raising a dust , under tho cover of which the enemy may strike it . It was on this ground that we attacked in tho Erst instance the originators of the " New Move . " It is heuoo we infer their dishonesty . AH that they
contend for in the way of intellectual progress is equally practicable in connection with the already established organisation as under any other circumstances ; it'is impossible for two National Societies to subsist , without damage to the cause ; and hence it becomesovident that the" New Move " men were either actuated by personal ambition and a thirsting after leadership , or that they wished . by weakening the generalforce of tha Chartist army , to give in advantage to the enemy . As long a 3 there remained any probability at all of the " New Move" becoming in any degree general , we wore willing to adopt the more
charitable alternative ; but now that " it has been bo long dead that by this time it stinketh , " we cannot regard any attempt to resuscitate its carcase in any other light than that of a traitorous disposition to do harm to our glorious agitation . We believe tho country generally , and London in particular , understand this subject so well that there is no power in these men to do harm if they are let alone . We think the most effectual damper for them to be just that sort of contempt which shews them that they aro known , but neither feared nor trusted . For this reason we have in this day ' s Star given insertion to a somewhat pompous document , signed by
two " Savages , " a surgeon and some other parties , addressed to the originatora of the " New Move , " aud calling upon them vl again to take the post of honour . " We have no fear whatever for tbo cause from this . The people know , now , how to estimate man to whom " the post of honour" is everything ; and who " would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven . " But all publio notice taken of them invests them with an importance not their own , and gives room to tha enemies of Chartism to point to our dissensions . We do wish , therefore , that O'Connor had allowed Mr . Chanticleer Hetherington to clap his wings and crow , without taking the trouble to crop them .
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WHIG TACTICS . The war-cry of " no taxes" is again raised by the Whigs . The " Plague , " in its last agony , talks of forcing upon the Queen by popular clamour an exercise of her prerogative , intended to coerce both Houses of Parliament , and compel the repeal of the Corn Law 3 . Don't they wish they may got it ?!
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In the first pl&ca , my health is extremely bad . My itom&cfl has discharged nearly everything I ate daring the l&st ten days . I &m very , very weak ; indeed so weak , that I am sure I could not make myself heard fifteen yards from a hustings in the open air , though 1 spoke at the top of my roice . In fact , I am , at present , a fitter snbject for a top-room in some country hospital , having a good look out into the green fields , th&n for anything else . Xow , I leave you to judge , my friends , "whether snch a man be £ t to nidergo the fatiguing ncise , bustle , and excitement of a series of demonstrations all over the country ? Ycur candour , to say nothing of your humanity , -Bill , I am sure , say , he is not jit
TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF ENGLAND A 2 fD SCOTLAND , AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO MY OLD FRIENDS . IN MANCHESTER , LEEDS , SHEFFIELD , KEIGHLEY , BOSTON , AND THE OTHER PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE . My dear Friends , —In consequence of renewed invitations to attend the forthcoming demonstrations , and of Soros dissat ' . siaction haling been expressed by certain parties , at the resolre already published by me throagn tbe Star , I find myself obliged osce more to ahow cause why I cannot , if I would , and "why I would jjofc , if I eould , take part in the demonstrations The result I shall then leare , my friends , to your candour , and yocr generosity .
In the second place , my private circumstances are mch ss to preclude the possibility of my attending . the prrgacted demonstrations unless I traTelled and lived at the public expense . To that I coc ! d not be a consenting party . I dull never consent to travel and live it tie public expence , nnless I can make some better return thsn tho mere presecce of a sick , uaeless man at a demonstration . All the good that can be done , through tile demonstrations . ican be so effectually done ¦ without ~ e , ^ s "with me , by ILi . O'Connor , "who "vrill travel at his ovn expense . My presence at them could therefore serre no other purpose than the gratification of my cwu personal vanity , and for that worse than idle purpose , every city and to"vra I entered should have to pay a tax or subsidy . Now , I ask yon , ' my friends , "whether it "would be right or seemly in me , to tare the people taxed in this -way on my account ? I leave this question as I did the other , to your csro goc-i sense and candour .
Tha only expense I can conscientiously consent to have the public incur on my account is tie expence of cue pcrjiy for each person "who may desire to hear lectures or addresses delivered by me "within your walls . Jo that I caa consent , for the one penny is absolutely necessary tD cover both my own espences , and those lot rent , lighting , placards , &c—wiihoct the payment cf "which "sre caa have no hall or place to meet in ; and also , because I thini I can give a poor man the worth of his penny in the shape of solid information , "while , at the same time , if the poor man thinks differently , he need cot come at all , and so escape his share of tbe expecce . Thii I take to be a jnst and reasonable vis-sr of the matter . I have still strength enough to address small meetings "within your "walls . I could do some real good at mch meetings , but none at all at demonstrations . And the only sacrifice to be incurred by any ko < 3 y is bat ore pe . -ury , &ad not even that , ualess at bis o"ffn option .
If I permitted demonstrations to be hud on my iccotmt , I Eliatid ca'ase the loss of a day " s "wages to every man 'not already out of -wcrk ) btslaes the risk of losing his emp ! oyiEea . t altogether , not to speak of the expense of binds , flags , banners , &c— "which in some of our former demonstrations cust upwards of one hundred guineas , and fer part of which expense several towns are still in debt Now , the one penny covers all expenses , leaves nobody in debt , is paid only by those who can afford and choose to pay it , —and , above all , brings nobo 4 y into trouble , from loss of wages and employment .
Need I say , Brother Chartists , that , if I could afford no man sh-juli pay even a penny to hear me ? Xow , I say , that whenever I can get a hall or building for nothing , and thjs means of travelling . at my own expense , no man or -woman shall ever be charged one farthing at any meeting convened to hear me ? N ed I say , in short , that my object in lecturing or deliTering addresses to ycu is not to make money of you , but to do all the go- d I possibly can in the enly "way that my enemies and persecutors have left it possible far me to do any ccod at ail ? If you have any doubts ou this bead , wait till "we meet , and then you shall know
So far I fcsve only shown cause why I cacr . ot-a ' . ter . d demonstrations , if I wculd , Let me now brieS ; ' explain "why I wonifi net if I couid . Well , then , my friends , let me tell you frankly and at once , that I cannot consent to paraie the country in nock triumph , while my heart bleeds with the recollection of my own "wrongs , yet unredres ^ id , —the "wrongs ct hundreds ef mj old political fxieeds and associates , "Who have been persecuted ou ; of hous « s and borne since the commencement of the present raove ^ jaent , and many of "whom are now "wandering exiles in America , Australia , and other distant lands . TLe ¦ wrongs cf these good and true men , and the "B ^ ongs uf the millions of o-ai fellow-slaves they have Itii behind are still unredressed , and cry to heaven for vengeance
rn default of justice from the oppressor . By all that i » sacred I can Lave no heart or stomach for triumphant processions , or costly orations , " while these "wrongs are " nnredressed and unrevenged , I find no fault with others vrho can triumph under such circumstances . I question not tbaii motives , or the propriety of their acts , but I claim for myself the same right of free agency , Woich I concede to them and to every other bnrcan bein-. And in right of that free agency , I exclaim in the language of my heart—no triumphal entry or public rejoicings for me , while the country is in her present tribuution and fetters , —miliienj of sons and
daughters in rags and wretchedness , and mysalf a bankrupt in heilth and circn instances—through my hitherto fruitless eSbrts to stem the torrent of tpprcasi .-n cr to raise a fallen p ^ ple . No , no , let us £ riv do-vm both the oppressor and his system , and then for the orations and the rtjjicings , but no rejoicings di me till I have first ha . \ a victory to rejoice a- No idle psreants cr rsr-ci yiucphs for me to dsy , while my oppressors hold the puvrer of sending me- back to ruy dungeon to-morrow . Xo harvest ball for me while the crop is still on the ground exposed to raia and ttaipeit . I am for first gV-h ^ ringin the harvest—and th&n for the harvest ball and ruj p . r .
After EaTin 5 £ 3 muti against demonstrations esce rally , you will wond-::. utrhaps , that I am ab ^ ut to make one fxeeptioE . Yet snch is the case . Bat I trust the special reasons ~ hich induce that ticeptica , will satisfy you of its propriety . The exception is 3 Iax Chester ; and ihe £ . ! . ' : > wir ;; are my reasons fur attending tie prccessien and dc ^ i-straticn in that to- ? rn . k * VU LU »»~ m b'Jr tlJ .
Ir t- I wish to shcr * . 1 , 7 the evidence of my attending one demozitr&t ' . on vz- \ that , no duubt , tie Largest of them all ; thai it is not Iri- ^ jhi r or any other iinirortir . ' motive , fca : frcm zL .. . _' ¦ - ¦ and co : udcnce cn ; y , that I decline dtnonstraticLs _ : tnded partly for my owz honour ana grr » ti £ ^ : i » a . £ = i Jiiicitjt ..- := : ' : . tswn in which I dclirci-iJ the speeches ana addr « . « . a for which I hive = uf =. vi eighteen months' iucir ; = ; iJion amsngst . felons on tee criniiual tide t ^ a cynv . ' . iun ; aol , and 1 hold thst s-.-ntence to have be ^ n U' . i t . riunical and ucjnsi . I wish to show the largest bc ^ . y .. " men that can bs brcucbt tcrether in Manchester , lt tha S 7-. h September , that I Btili hold fey tvery s ^ te ^ c-. ^ nd litt er of thfe speeches and £ uares £ co fcr which 1 L :. t ? undergone th = ui-juat sentence . 1 remain , r-. y atar Friends , Ia the bonds of ^ - ^ rtLsni and BrotherboDJ , ¦^ lo urs , s . 2 rctionalely , J . \ i ! ZS B . G'BlilLS .
TO THE MAXUFACTURZHS AND PUBLIC OF THE STAFFORD ? HIKE POTTERIES . Gestlexes asd FaiEM / S —An unpleasant difference having arisen between > lr . We . Davenport and that portion of his workmen cuil-. l gilders ; tlze length . of time "which has elapsed since its commencement , "Which is now about ten wsekj ; ti ^ s improbabiiiiy of an immediate settlement , together ^ - " .-Jj the caiunrnies and misrepresentstr r . s "svLi ; ci : cxe afloat in society respecting this difference , icaucs us , the operative painters and gilders , to lay before ycu a correct statement of the whole proceedings , with a view of vindicating the conduct cf the men . , and of doing justice tolil "parties concerned .
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THE " NATIONAL VINDICATOR . " Tiiia Paalication , Mudd the editorial auspices oS Yi :-cent and Piiilp , is tho ablest fellow-worker in the cause of Chard ^ m we now hare . It ha ? reached its fourteenth number , and goes on well , though labuuriog under same disadvantage from tho want of tils stamp .
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THE STOCKPORT SPINNERS A : > D SKuPKEEPE 11 S . It ihouid not be iost ii ^ hu of that there are hvo distinct " orders" of middle clc&a men m societythe manufacturers and merchants , and the s ' nopkispsrs . The direct and ptriuual interests of ihe former viass are , always , to have labour at the lowest possible iate s and they axe , consequently , always unad lo be , as a . class , the most inveterate aad coubis' . cst enemies to every liberal and honest principle of legislation . It is almost entirely from this class that the Whs ± . ' ac : ion is made up . The shopkeepers approxinia :-: the working people much more closely .
Tueir proa ' -s are for tue most part drawn unmediaiQly from the pockets of " the workies , " aud aay general desthmion among the working people of a locality toca shows itself ia the empty till aad lengthened visage of the shopkeeper . Thia is so unavoidable a consequence that we are amaz : d to 2 nd xxj shopkeeper so absurd and ignorant as not to mr . ke common cause with his best customers-We commend to fas attention of the Stockport Shor . 'kctpcrs especially the Address of the Spinners '
Committee , which will be found in another column . That address calls ou them , for reasons well assit , ne'i , to suppoit the S ^ iooera through the present crisis against their heartless oppressors , the cottou lores . V \" o call on them and all other shopkeepers for tbss ££ iae reasons , to make common iftttsj with their brethren of tha working classes generally , aud lend ail their aid to the enactment of the Peoplt ' a Charter , through the operation of which exists the only sale remedy for the infernal system which has brought things to the present pass , and will , if not averted , cause them to be much worse .
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THE MOVEMENT . Elsewhere we give from our gallant little friend , the English Chartist Circular , a letter from O'Connor to the " workies , " in which he recommends that the metropolis bo made tho 6 eat of a represen tative body , as Manchester ia that of the Executive body of tho National Charter Association . We think the idea to be good , aad earnestly recommend it to the country . We suppose thai London and its environs can easily furnish a suffioiout quota of good men and
trne who will gladly . give a portion of their time to the work without burdening the already overburdened people . Or , if it ba thought more advisable that man from the country should go up , let them then be paid sparingly , and made to work hard We can not afford to give much to individuals , with whole masses in the condition of Stockporfc . Above all , let the representatives be mado to keep up a weekly correspondence wilh their constituents : this will at once enhance their activity , and keep the spirit ahve in tho provinces .
. The latter portion of O ' Connors letter we would , if possible , engravo upon the palm of every . '" worky ' s" hand throughout the whole country : — " Above all , ap . d before all , my dear friends , preserve union ! not only among yourselves , but among your leaders , making them pull together , or depart 1 ia peacs ; for believe me , that our dissension is the on 0 thing now relied upon by tho faction , as their tide to rule us by tho s ^ vord . No man in his senses 1 can doubt , but that we aro on tho evo of some great ' change ; and no thoughtful man but must look with I certainty for a union ef plunderers , before they will ! surrender what we seek for . To meet their union ,
' we have no other meaua than the formation of as > close a union , —rendered more powerful by our numbers . To this end tlten , let all , one and all , struggle , t "Let ' Union' be our watchword , and " Liberty " 1 our war cry ; and let our mat to ba " Onward , and ; we conuuer ; backward , and iccfall . "
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AMERICA . THE BANK MONSTER STRANGLED . All honour to that beau ideal of a bravely honest man , President Tyler . The liberties of hia country , threatened by one of the worst , because most insidious , forms of despotism are safe in his keeping . ' The monster capital , ever grasping at the possession of absolute power , and suiting its sinuous aud tortuous forms of advancement to the various peculiarities of time and circumstance , has
met with a rebuff which sends it to its own place in a hurry . " A Bank Bill had passed both " Houses "in the Senate by a majority of one—by which tbeindopendence of the several 6 tates was de facto grossly violated , though a specious appearance of adherence to its forms , was kept up . The majority , secured by the dollar-mongers ia both Houses , was doubtless regarded by them as a " tower of strength , " but the worthy and patriotic President , in the following manly sentences , levels it with the dust : —
lt The power of Congress to create a National Bank to operate per se over the Union , has been a question of dispute from the origin of our government . My own opinion has been uniformly proclaimed to be against the exercise of any sucu power by this government . On suitable occasions , during a period of twenty-five years , the opinions thus entortained have been unreservedly expressed . I declared it in the legislature of my native State . In the House of Representatives of the United S : ates it has been openly vindicated by me . In the Ssnata Chamber , in the presence and hearing of many who are ac this time members of that body , it
has been affiirmed and re-affirmed , in speeches and reports there made , and by votes there recorded . In popular assemblies 1 have unhositatingly announced it ; and tbe last public declaration which I made , and that but a short time before the late Presidential election , I referred to my previously expressed opinions as being those then entertained by me . With a full knowledge of the opinions thus entertained , and conceded , I was elected by the people Vioe President ; of the United States . By tho occurrence of a contingency provided for by the constitution , and arising under an impressive dispensation of
Providence , I succeeded to the Presidential office . Before entering upon the duties of that office , I took aa oath that I would' preserve , protect , and defend the constitution oi the United States / Entertaining the opinions alluded to , and having taken this oath , the Senate and country will see that I could not give my sanction to a measure of the character described without surrendering all claim to the respect of honourable men—all confidence on the part of the people—all self-respect—all regard for moral and religious obligations ; without an observance of which no government can be prosperous , and no people can bo happy . It would be to commit a
crime which I would not wilfully commit to gam any earthly reward , and which would justly subject me " to the ridicule and scorn of all virtuou ? men . " I regard the bill as asserting for Congress the right to incorporate a United States Bank , with power and right to establish offices of discount and deposit in the several states of this Union , with or without tlieir consent , a principle to which I have already heretofore been opposed , and "which can never obtain my sanction . And waving all other considerations growing out of its other provisions , I return it to the house in which it originated , with theso my objections to its approval . "
Thus ends the fierce struggle of capital for entire domination in America . The Washington Globe , organ of the lato government , speaks truly of the veto as * a great deliverance from that fatal system of corruption , which could not fail io make dollars , and not votes , sovereign in tho United states . '
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We regret much that we cannet persuade our friends practically to observe the very clear aud plain directions which we have so often given and repeated about the sending of matter for the Star . The extent of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , our friends seem to think that if their communications reach us by Thursday morning it ia quite soon enough . This is a great mistake . They should remember that every ¦ word of the paper has to be put together by single letters , and the whole space rilled before we can go to press , and it is impossible to do this in one fovenuon . Our men ate busily employed in filling up the paper with matter which , from one source or other , we must supply during the whole
week , . ' inu it seldom happeas that more than one or two c : lumns , besides the necessary space for editorial comment , remain to be filled on Thursday morning . This shews the importance and necessity of all matters of news , occurrences of tho movemerit , rtpor-s of meetings , &c , being sent to us at once , immediately they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , th : it vn Monday and Tuesday we have scarcely any letters , and on Wednesday comparativcJ / few tiil t . ' jt ) nhjhfc post arrives . The consequence is , that those letters which do arrive in the early part of the week are carefully attended to anil given generally at length ; while we are obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various sources , for matter to fill the remaining portion
of s » nnny columns of the paper as viuji be set up bifore Wednesday night . Wednesday night and Thursday morning ' s posts bring us a shoal of letters from all parts of the couutry ; these come upon us just in the hurry of writing and attending to what are ciiied the iuading ; irtictes ; while in the early part of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . Tha consequence is that one half of these letters : ire passed over entirely ; and the otheT half compressed into the smallest possible amount of space—aivi the next consequence is , that ia the following week we have letters of complaint ftom variutu parties about their communications being treated with neglect Some whose letters or reports may have been omitted for
want of space , refer occacioually to the police reports—the column of " varieties , " or some other portion of the contents of the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , or 7 th pages of the paper , which are always set up fir&t—and ask inuignantly if their communication was leas important than such or such a thing which appeared ia tlie sara . e paper from which it was excluded " for want of space" —others accuse us of partiality and unfairness in cutting down their report 3 to a mere annoucement , while those of other towns are given at greater length . We have had many most angry letters of this description , the cause for which has rested entirely with the parties themselves . Xow if our friends will bul bear in mind that we are tilling up the paper ererj day ; that the same column cannot b < s tilled twice over ; that we must give out
such matter as tee have just when the men want it , or there v / ould be no Star on Saturday , and that therefore we can't wait for fcae next post—we muat go on ; if they ¦ would remember all thia , and send their communications promptly —in the early p . irfc of the Vfeek—all "would stand a fair and a good chance ; and if they would also remember that we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , no one place can be allowed to monopolize an unreasonable portion of the paper , we should have no complaints of inattention to any party—because wo know there would be no ground for them . Our anxious desire is to make the Star a truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot do this unles 3 the country will aid us rightly in the sendiug of their matters of communication .
The above remarks apply , of caurse , to news , facts , meetings of the people , Cuartist intelligence , &c . Original papers , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , &c , imist be here at the beginning of the "week , ov we shall not hold ourselves bound even to notice them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct397/page/4/
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