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THE iS T OETHEE]S T STAE. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1S42.
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SIDSimmiKSTEB . G 10 SI 0 US TRIUilPH OF PRINCIPLE OVER MR . STTJRGE S SUFFRAGE HUMBUG . - A public ta&eim ? , convened by the Complete Suffrage gentry , -was held in the large rocm of tee White Horse Inn , on Monday last . The chair w » 3 announced to fee taken at seven o ' clock , at a quarter past , there bcng no sign of a chairman being proposed , Mr . CfiorcH rose and said it is now considerably past ths time announced , I -sill -therefore . propose Xbzt Mr . Hoilo ~ way do take tie chair . Mt . Seas ? eeconGed tiie moSon . 3 Cfce metioB was pat and carried unanimously amid IcjiJ cheers .
Mr . holiovtjL . T . —Gzntltmen , having been called by you , and being williiig to render my humble services in aid of any good cause , I consent to fill the chair , and as far as I am concerned , everybody thsll have a f iir and impartial hearing who snay offer themselves to yonr notice—itheetBs ) He then read the Bill , convening " tlie meeting , and said he did not tnow "RLa'was about to take pert In the proceedings or tchat tte preeLsi business "was , but those who intended or had anything to bring fcrsrard -would do so . After a long pause , Mr . W . Charltos , ex-Chartisfe leader , res ? , and . after a long speech , aiked the moyer and secoEcifcr of the chslncaj > if they It-Mi signed Uie figclasaiicn . 3 L >* li £ aIii' *' Ko . ' iis . C—M 7 purpose is answered .
Mr . Howabjd then rose and said , he could hardly nnden-tind the matter—he never knew anything like people appointing a chairman as they had done here . He ¦ wse in favour of Universal Suffrage ; but he thought no one oti ^ ht to take part bus those -who had signed the declaration—{ confusion , and cries ef " Bojou call that Universal SufLage V \ Mr . Qclx >'—To prevent confusion , I will now move that Mr . Eo ^ loway do take the chair . Mr . Datis seconded the mc-tion . J \ o one opposing it , it was carried unanimously . > Ir . Hovtaud—2 \ ott I . should like to know upon sh ^ t principles this meeting is tj be conducted , and for -what special purpose "wa meet . I cannot conceive tiat any one ¦ who "have not signed the declaration has any right to take part in the proceedings— iteud shouts of " Oh . ob n
Mr . Hitchix—I protest against having a padlock pat upon my month . Those gentlemen profess liberality —talV of complete Suffrage ; and yet ^ ant to prevent the people taking any part in th& proceediugs . I am a man , snd a democrat , and claim the right cf a man for myself snd my fellow-men— ( loud cheers . ) Mr . DiDSTrELL—I agree in the sentiments of Mr . Howard . ( Load cries of " Oh . oh" from all part ? of the room , -which prevented Mr . Dadstrell from proceeding ) - - The Chairman—I think everybody should be heard , and therefore rtqaest you to preserve order . Mr . Hottaed—I should wish mv Question to be
answered as to -who are to take part . I came here decidedly in favour of Universal Suffrage- I have read and heard the Chartiste with attention often , but I do not like their proceedings this evening . I think no one should take a pa : t unless they had signed the declaration- Sappose a few persons assembled in my parlour to sing glees , would you have any right to go and interrupt them ? { Loud cries of " That won t do , fast's private ; this is a pub'ic meeting . " , Mr . W . ChaRLTON—It is the conviction of my mind feat fee purport if this meeting is not understood . About eight days ago ( for I knew nothing of it before ) , Mi . Dadsweil casie to me , asd asked nxe if I should isTc any objecdon to move a resolution at such , a jneeilng as tins , convened , as it is , Lx the purpose
of a reconciliation between the middle and working classes . I told him the object was good , but we must not barter principle , but if I am chessn I will go . to Birmingham and Berve to the best ef my ability . But before I consented I consulted the Rev . H . Price , I considered it to be an augury of good the middle classes eomin £ to me , and "who used ui so differently before 2832 ; they find they cannot effect good fjr themselves , { bear , hear , } so now come and consnli with us . I say I look at it as an augury of gocd . If we can't unite after the Birmingham conference we shall stand were-we did—then why object to aliow those men to carry on their meeting ? They had a right to carry on their own
business . ( He then read extracts from the Reverend Buniphey Price ' s letter as f jIIows , - The odds are in favour of your going to Birmingham , as regzrda that , that is , ana mast be , the consideration with working men , ths money , that will be right The stir of Mr . Sturge , like that of Mr . Biggs at Leicester , will work theii effects , and old although 1 am , I may yet live to see the day : of England ' s liberty dawn . ") In taking such a star as Humphrey Price for my guide , I can't do wrong . Bscause certain persons are not able to look into my deep thoughts , they deciaim against me I sse Sve points of the Charter granted here—( pointing to the bill convening the meeting laying on the table . ) Mr . STAl . X"ft"OOD—That is not the decimation .
"Mr . Chablton , in continuation—A " stranger says that is cot the declaration ; no , but it is the opinion of the gestkmen mooting the declaration . He then spoke of the principles of the Charter as though the declaration also contained them . He concluded as follows : — My respected fellow-townsmen , leave the election cf delegates to those who have signed the "declaration ; let them do their own business , and watch them narrowly ; and if they deceive yon , never trust them , ayvin —{ cheers from the complete suffragers ) . Mr . Shar p mo red that any person wishing to speak , should be heard . Sir . Crouch seconded the motion . Mr . Davis xnoTed as an amendment , that none but inhabitants of KMdenninstsr should be permitted to address the meeting .
Mr . Asdersos seconded the amendment , which being put , about five hands were held up . and all the rest for the original motion , amid tremendous cheering . Mr . HiTCHis rose loudly applauded , and said , the preceding speaker has the gift of double sigLt ^ -ilond laughter . } He speaks cf eminent men . l » ow , ¦ we have onr O'Connora , OBriens ; Bairgtows , aad our Chartist agitators in general , ill eminent mennone cf whom can find more than one point in Sturge ' s declaration ; yet my predecessor sees five -wfeere there is but oae—sluud laughter and confusion from _ Hie StuTgites . i Mr . Hitchen—I hare a strong voice , and good lungs , and can make myself heard without the aid of an orange . ( Loud cheers , and cries of e go on . ) Why , yon may bs well cut off my right arm as cut off one single detail of the Charter . These gentlemen talk about the Parliament settling the details—a very
pretty settling it would be—( hear , hear . ) The property quauScstion always reminded him of the basket of rotten eggs—you may take which you _ please - ; yet bui take ^ hich you will , you are sure to have a rotten one . { Loud laughter . ) So it was with these pro-: perty gentry ; thty were all rotten . A true Chartbt ¦ would stick to principle ; they are sincere or . they are not ; if they are , let them show it by joining , us . ( Loud cbseri ) Did Mr . Charlton require counsel ? Why go to Humphery Price ? True , the © Id ariage says two sheep-beads are better than one !—( loud laughter . ) but why not come and take counsel among and with his own erdcr . iS ^ zr , hear . ) Ten have no ocoaEion to send men to Birniingoain , as our own Convtntiun meets E € xt mor . fa . Tht great mass cl Ihe people hare declzre <\ -S : urgs ' 5 declaration to be a complete hamVdg ( Cheers , i Follow tie txampla of Biriaingham , elect no dei cates . ; Tiinnder 3 of s . r > clause . )
Mr . ShaUp said he ent = red cordially into the feeling cf the previt m speaker Who is Mr . S : urge ? Is- he not the grecteit corn factor in the country ; has he not stores a .. d warehouses -e Birmingham , Gloucester , iiverpool , and Bristol and finding he cannot get a repeal of the Corn I ^ iws , goes for complete suffrage ; but cm yon be in two rooms at once ?—( no;)—neither can you ba in two Canveit cns at once ; the purpose mnsVbe division . ( Lend cheers . ) Mr . Sharp concluded by proposing that no delegate be sent from Kidderminster .
Mr . Cxorca seconded the motion . Mr . Quisx said the Charter mtant freedom to all ; —ihess , hear , and cheers , }—bat -wb . eo . ~ lie beard pistol , gua , sword , and aye , if he must say it , murderers , aavocattng Civilian I am di ^ nsiad . Who seat Frvsi . Winia-jis , and Jones across the seas , but such men ? Mr . Sturge is a v = ry bensvolent rcan ; witness his exertions in favour ofthe black sIit ^ s . I cam e htre with a little prejudice —1 cam- here determined to cDjo&e "William Charlton going to Birmingham , but I find he is not going to throw ovaboard the six points , thin where is the uss of our comin » hero vrith a d- ^ al of "blnster ? bat I was culled a black sheep , bo I fe ought I would walk by myself , and lef ; the association ; tut I find the great number will not let me , tiey willkno ^ r , and refuse to come to my shop because of iay bsing- a Chartist . The name cf Feargu ? O'Connor his always been dear to me . I like the leaders of the
Chartistsmany of them ; but while we admit this , we must not 1 say we admire Tincent , lovett , & Co . I see no reason i ¦ wh y Cnarlton shonlanot be stnt to Birmingham . I do not see why we sh-. uM not have one thing that ; is good- —( cries cf " let us have the six points . " *;—'] the Suffrage is no good , by iissli I hops y . ou ¦ wfll Eend i We Charlton to Birmingham , fez I suppose you Trill ' allow me the privilege of proposicg him ; tboir year j respect to W . Charlton by el- - -ctlng him . Messrs . Crouch / and Howard both rose . The Chairman declared Mr .. ' Crouch first caught his eye . Mr . H . then sat dovrn . ! Mr . Ceocch . —You have been listening to some talk i about physical force , but the speaker forgot to tell you about Mr . Sturge ' s physical force ; he says the Charter
cannot be obtained without the sword , and when the country is prepared , my arm is at their service . - As to J "Universal Suffrage by itself , yon have had pratings j about iu advantages , but instead of the electors luvicg a con ^ oui over the elected , the member ¦ wcuM coutroul ; Ihe voter—( hear , hear)—taking for instance the masttr 3 ; •» ho employ two or thxea hundred msn , as Sileock had in this town ; he would say a friend of his ' ¦ was ^ coming , and I should like you- to vote : for him . If the men refused they would lose tieir ' employment , which is so simple that a child would "know it , therefore the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less would prove a remedy for existing evils . —[ great ; cheering . . - ;
Mr . JHOWa&d—What a good thing it is t " aat baiii , words break so bones . I now address these who have i come here honestly , as I have done , and I hope they will not rote as they cannot recognise this as 3 meeting \ of ours , He desired , a corroboration of the Binning- ] tm people ' s refosa t » elect < telegate « . j
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' "Mr . Stall"WO 0 D being requested , gave &em tbe report from the Star , amid loud cries o * hear , hsar . Mr . Howabd then required a proof of Mr . Sturge s physical force . Mr . CROtCH read the paragraph from the letter by F . OCDnnsr , to the Imperial Chartists , from the Star , j amid loud cheers . After again protesting against any j one taking part but those who had signed the declara-! tion , and imploring Iiis own friends to take no part , he Bat down . Mr . Siali / wood now rose , which was the signal for great cheering from the Chartists , and tremendous up' roar frcm the Sturgeites . The people having insisted on a hearing for Mr . Stallwood , the Chairman at length ! obtained something lite order . Mr . S-
commencedj Men of KiddfcKLiini'tc * , you Lave decided , although I ! am not an inhabitant of your town , that 1 am still your ! fallow-man . I am equally your brother Chartist—( loud L cheers );—and the free traders , although se fond—so j clamourous for free trade in corn , do not like freedom , of speech—( hear , hear . ) The gentlemen around me I are charitably throwing out their da-fc hints and in-! sinnations : some ask , who am I ? I have been i before the public these last thirteen years : I have , : during that time , been , fined and confined , per-! Becuted and prosecuted- I have JQEt been elec-• ted by the men of London , out of sixteen a ' member of the people ' s parliament Let this be my ¦ answer—( kui applause . ) Mr . S . then showed that it : was impossible there could be & '' foil , free , orMriej presentation" of the people unless the "whole Charter
was grant . * d ; and asked , will you allow men to go to Birmingham to sett ' e details , you can now Btttle for yourselves —( loul cries of "No , no . ") Well , will you allow tho first Universal Suffrage Parliament to settle the detaiis ?—( shouts of "No , no , "from all parts of the room . ) I emphatically say no . The first parliament elected by tho people will have BomethlDg else to do . I expect them to find tho means of relieving the distress and the miseries of the peop ' e , not palliatives but restoratives ; such means as shall put an end to the present state of things , and prevent their recurrence ; in other words , to procure for the people health , wealth , happiness , and liberty—( great cheering ) : —but we have been told that the advocates of the Charter are phtjl , gun , sword , aye , and murderers , aad that those advocates were the cause of the
exDatriation of Frost , Williams , and Jones—was it not the secret service money th it caused their expatriation , in the employment of apies like Harrison , who is now confined for horse stealing ? ( loud cheers . ) Wa , 3 it not spies employed by the Whi ? Government that caused tie afiairs at Bradford , Sheffield , and elsewhere ? ( hear , hear . ) He defied any cue to point our , during the Jast three years , a single c * se of Ctnrtist incendiarism , the slightest particle of Chartist physical force . As to the charge of their being murderers , he repudiated it with indignation and scorn . What and who was it , when the disappointed Cjrn Lit ? Repealers , Cobden , < fcc , counselled pbysicai force , and exho ted the starving people to violence , that kept them from making the towns a heap of ruins , and laying waste our cities
?what but the columns of the Horthem Star and those very calumniates . Chartist agitators who kept them alive by a well-grounded hope of obtaining , and that soon , the People ' s Charter , the true and only means of removing the many evils under which they now labour—( enthusiastic cheering ) . We were told of what individuals bad done . He , as a Radical reformer , thanked them for -what they had done . But if it should so happen that they had or should now desert us—tgreat clamour from the Stnrgeites ) . I do not charge any one with so doing , I- only say , if they should , we must march on without them—( great cheering ) . Mr . S . then reviewed the various reconciling promiBCS made by the middle classes , and showed the base desertion of them
by their propoundersr instancing Manchester , Wolverbampton , && and read a paragraph from No . 3 , of the Free Trader , denouncing Mr . Sturge , &c and calling the Chartists by a many pretty names , and asked , are those men what they professed to be—in favour of Universal Suffrage . If they are , let them act upon it , and , being the minority , bow to the majority—( great applause ) . —Mr . Stallwood csncluded by exhorting them to stand firm , as men , to their own Charter . They had agreed to details—( load cheers )—and consequently required no conference to seUAe them—( hear , hear . ) Follow the good example of Bradford , Birmingham , Heading , and London- Elect no delegates ; but be determined as ever to stand by the Charter , details and alL That or nothing—( immense cheering . )
At the conclusion of Mr . s ~ s speech , three rounda of applause -traa given , three ditto for the Charter . Mr . Qci *> - proposed that Mr . W . Caarlfcon be elected a delegate . In so doing , he made a variety cf charges , insinuations , 4 rc , mentioned Cardo , &c , when a man in a snow-white smock-frock , stood forward and said , " Why thee has bslenged to all factions , thee would sell thyself any time fur a day's wage—for half-a-crown . \ ~ Loud laughter ) Mr . D . wis seconded the amendment The Chaihmax then put the amendment Twentyfive hands were held up for it , a forest for the original motion , amid the most vociferous cheering . The ChaIUMax declared the original resolution to becarrifcd .
A vote of thanks was then proposed and earned by acclamation to the Chairman ; three cheers was given for Feargus O'Connor and the Star % three for W . B . Ferrand , for exposing the Whig humbugs ; three for the direct taxiDg Budget of Peel ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . Thus ended one of the most important meetings ever held in Kidderminster .
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THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL . ' -SHALL WE EXTEND IT ] We call the attention of our readers to reports of three coroners' ieqaest in oar columns of to-day . These report 3 add fearful links to the already almost interminable chain of evidence that the whole system of eociety in one of oppression , cruelty , and blood . Week after week and day after day do scenes resembling in the main facts those to which we bow allude occur in almost every county , but the majority of them ne ver reach the public eye , and consequently fail to produce the full measure of their horrifying effect . Yet , the system works well ! and the blood-mongers raise a fearful ontcry against
any change other than such an one as might turn to the extension of iu Judging , indeed , by the base rule ef morals of a shopkeeping middieoci acy , the system has worked well for them . They have had their day ; and they have made the most of it . Houses have been added to house , and fields have been joined to field ; they have taken the toil of the poor without wages ; their blood-cemented palaces cover the land . For them the system has worked well ; for it has gathered into their ooffcr and their storehouses the wealth of all lands . But how long can it be reasonable expected to continue thus to work , whea scenes like these are of perpetual recurrence \
Industry has made our land the glory of all land ? , but oppressive Iaw 3 and the dominion of bad principles have crashed the bods of industry beneath the hoof ; have left them stricken and wounded , to perish in the BtT 6 ete , or to seek shelter in a prison from the still more gloomy horrors of a workhouse . Yet are the horse-leeches ill contented to disgorge a single drop of the blood with which their stomachs are distended . Thej hare been warned of their danger . They know the precipice upon which they stand . Again and again have we reiterated cautions meant in kindness . We have but
provoked their hatred . ' The warning has now come from other quarters . Sir Robert Peel has sung the same song to them , though in a different key . He has practically told them that the cords have been already drawn aronnd the neck of industry so tightly that another twist mast strangle . He has warned them that- one more turn of the screw will npjet ihe wholo machine , and bring certain ruin upon the oppressor , not less dire than tnat of the eppressed . This is the plain English of the whole matter ; and to those who are not determined to close their eyes to facts , and their re&SOU to lUGYitable consequences , nothing can be plainer .
The infernal game of oppression and robbery and starvation may be carried out too far . Such fact 3 as these , and many others recently recorded , will not , and cannot , and onght not , to be Dnproductive of their natural effects . The system which engenders them must soon come to its final end . It was bnt the other day that poor Lxjcas , driven to madness by oar diabolical social arrangements , Bought refuge in tho horrible alternative of murder , made doubly awful by its violation , or rather profanation , of tKe dearest and most sacred ties of nature . Then we had
poor Makshall , a man of colour , found starving , having had bat one penny loaf to subsist upon for five whole days , sent by a brute in the Commission to a prison and hard labour for seven days , bnt released in twenty-four hours afterwards by death ; more merciful than the living savage 3 who legislated for him . And here we haTe again a youth of eighteen years , unable to obtain employment , and brought to the most piteous destitution ; yet having once tasted the good things provided for unwilling
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idleness , declaring that he would rather be hanged than again enter a workhouse ; and yeti so firmly principled in honesty that he resists even the loud calls of cold and hunger till his limbs literally rot from his body . In this caBe the Jury returned ; a Terdict " that the deceased diedjrom mortification PRODUCED BY COLD AND HUNGER . " And this in a land of Christians , exporting coal , and having shops and stores innumerable , filled to repletion with all manner of necessary comforts
Another youth of nineteen , is thrown out of employment by his services being no longer needed ; the father , out of work too , cannot help him , and he is driven by the well-working system to a state of madness—to a twice repeated effort at self-destruction , and finally to death ! And this poor outcast , all forlorn and wretched as he was , was yet too much a man to brook the iron despotism in which faction and middle-class legislative power has engulfhed the wretched victims of its infernal domination by the cursed Poor Law system .
What a picture of our " glorious Constitution " does this talc , in connection with tho "verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of a wound in the throat , inflicted by himself while in a state of insanity , produced from hunger and destitution , " present to an admiring and delighted world ! Bad as our prisons are , it appears by the third of tho cases which have called forth
these remarks , that they are preferable to our bastiles as asylums , for the destitute . A poor woman and daughter are in a state of destitution they apply to the West London Union Workhouse and are refused relief ; they then break a window in order to obtain tho shelter of a prison ; in this place tho mother dies suddenly , and what is the testimony of the daughter ? " We were very civilly treated in prison . " We never heard of any one being civilly treated in a "Union Workhouse ! No ; at the gates of the Workhouse these destitute
females are refused relief ; they commit a petty offence , for which they are sent to prison ; and there the victims of Poor Law brutality are kindly treated . The coroner , Mr . Paync , very properly intimated to the jury that the charge of refusing relief might form a proper subject for further investigation , and a Guardian was present who , as far as we can judge from the report , was willing to have lent hia aid to elicit the truth ; but no ; the Jury deem any further inquiry on their part unnecessary , and return a verdict of " Natural death . "
But it may be said this is a solitary case , an extreme case , one that does not often happen . Is it so . What saj 8 the Governor of the yrisoni In reply to a question from a juryman as to the reason why two prisoners were permitted to occupy one bed , the Governor said the prison was SO full that not only were three persons compelled to sleep in one bed , but many , who could not be provided with beds , were compelled to lie upon the floor . This was owing to the number committed in a destitute state , who broke windows , $ c . } to get ihe shelter of the gaol .
The first inquiry necessarily forced upon the mind by the reading of these awfrl recitals is , "How come these things to pass ? What causes destitution to be so frighful and so general in a land so plentiful ? " The only answer which the query can receive is that the system of society is one of robbery and . fraud ; that the produce of the land is swallowed by the " lean kine '—the "locusis" of
the earth , who , in the shape of tax-imposers and taxeater 8 , destroy every green thing . The rentmongers , the money-mongers , the profit-mongers eat up the eartb , till there is neither place nor provender remaining for the poor . Yet this is the system which the "Liberal" Reformers are most anxious to maintain and t « extend . What say the people 1 Do they like the symptoms ? Will an extension of this system "be a good" ?
Let them ponder well upon it , and remember that the only way in which they can bring about a change is through the acquisition of that power which the Charter only can give them , and which the great object of the factions , maugre all their " Liberal " preteneions , has ever been , is now , and will ever be , to withhold from them .
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DEATH OF HENRY FROST . Most sorrowfully do we communicate the intelligence that this young man , the son of our beloved patriot Frost , has been snatched by death from the arms of his now doubly widowed mother . He died , after a lingering illness , at the home of his widowed mother , in Bristol , on Wednesday , March 22 , 1842 . We cannot , on this melancholy subject , otherwise than cordially re-echo the following sentiment from the Vindicator : — " We hope the bereaved mother will not sink under the agony of despair . Let the breasts of Englishmen be re-animated , and their efforts redoubled , to restore the husband to the wife , the father to his children—or it may be , that grief , and the sickness of hope deferred , will consign to the dark tomb a family good and virtuous , that should even now be living in the happy presence of each other , honoured by ihe good and just , and blessed by seeing the freedom of their country , and the prosperity of their fellow creatures . " .-
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State of Trade is Stirling . —In this town and neighbourhood , at present , business of all kinds is at a lower ebb than it vyas ever kuown before , and manufacturing , in particular , is at a dead standstill—nobody working above two or three days in the week , and many hundreds idle altogether , and that at a season when , on ordinary occasions , there is usually a good deal of briskness in manufacturiDg . —Stirling Observer .
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IS MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR A WORKING ¦¦ ;¦ ,. ¦ .: ] ¦ : .-MAN ! y , : ' ; : r ^ Oa Thursday last , Mr . O'Connor left Brighton at three o ' clock p . m . and returned to Brighton afc four o ' clook P : M , on Saturday ; having , as he states , stood up in an open carriage tor nearly three hours during the march of the ; procession through Manchester , addressing the people at considerable length , after laying the foundation stone of Hunt ' s monument ; then attending a splendid roiree in the blood-gtained Hall of Science ; and starting from thence at seven o ' clock to meet the gallant Dr * Fletcher , of Bury . Thus it appeara that in forty-nine hours Mr . O'Connor travelled 5 C 0 mite 8 v addressed three meetinga , and joined in a procession which continued for four hours . Who says Mr . O'Connor is not a working man ? '
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TO MR . JAMES WILLIAMS , SUNDERLAND , Dear Williams , —If my letter of a few weeks ago startled the country , I must say of your two letters of last week , t ! -: at the one astonished me , while the other must have amused the country . Now just read the first ' paragraph of your letter to the Editor of the Star , and ask yourself i £ it is not a complete answer to the remaining portion , to which you aik mo to reply ? Let me place that paragraph before you . It runs thus :- — "A few weeks ago Mr . O'Connor startled the country by exposing a ¦ villanous scheme ¦ which had been concocted for the purpose of Bsducing the leaders of the people . It appeared from that letter , that the patty had been so far eueceasfulfls to liave secured four places which were to be made the grand points of attack , These were Glasgow , Sheffield , Leicester , and Sanderland .
Now , then , in your second paragraph , you reprefjenfc yourself and Mr . Binus as tho Chartist leaders of Suhderland ; and such you are , and as suoh I have ever delighted t ) consider you , never losing a single opportunity of holding you up as the Castor and Pollux of Northern Chartism . Just road these two paragraphs together . In the first , you admit that iny letter pointed to an attack which was to bo made for the oafposo of seducing the leaders while in the second , you admit that you and George Binns are leaders , and you call my announcement an imputation upon one or other , or both of you ; and in tlio third , you
call for' the name of the parties . " Now £ ako tlieso three paragraphs together , and read your own letter once more , and ask yourself how you could have been so blind as to have seen an imputation where a caution was intended . Don ' t you admit that I merely Btated that an attack was to be mado UPON the leaders , and not BY the leaders ; and you and Binns being loaders : whether was mine a warning voice TO , or a side thruat AT , you and Binns , or either of you ? You ask , Who are the traitors I Read my letter of last week , and you will have the answer . The answer is contained in the following passage of that letter : —
" And now , behold , we ore threatened with a junction of all the routed forces under the most delusive form in which treachery lias been as yet attempted . The Sturge move is to ipcluile the Whigs generally—the Attwoodites ; the Com Law Repeaiers , the Christian Chartists , the ««¦ new movers , " and , above all , the waiters upon fcbafc " newmore , " some of whom were among us and professed entire loyalty to our principles , but with less courage than the originators , thinking it more prudent to remain and undermine , than boldly to meet us " Does this satisfy you as to the three first enquiring lines of your letter ? And how could you have so far misapplied my meaning as to have placed yourself in the very position of those against whom I wished to caution you ? Again ask yourself whether or not , my announcement was justified by subsequent facts 1
In Glasgow , Sheffield , and Birmingham , the other three places to which I sounded the alarm , the attack was made ¦ UPON , arid not by the leaders ; and were the brave Chartist leaders of these places equally fired with indignation ^ as you appear to have been ? No ; they i'lcommou with the rest ot ' the country were " startled / ' : were aroused , and prepared and marshalled themselves for the defence of the cause , instead of attacking tho herald who from the watch-tower proclaimed the traitors approach . My Dear Williams , I think you will believe me , when I assure you , that had I suspected that treason would have received assistance from you , or Binns , or from ' any other person associated with Chartism , I should not have gone about the : bush , but should have mentioned you or them by name .
My letter , then , was not in the slightest respect , 1 aimed at you , or Binns , as likely parties to the plot , but was intended as a warning to you . You nave asked an explanation from me , and you have received it . I trust it will be satisfactory . Haying now disposed of your letter concerning myself , I must be permitted to read both of your letters as one whole ; and while in the one you manifest great sensitiveness about yourself , in the other you appear to have but a very slender respeot for the opinions of tho rest of the Chartist community . I consider your second letter as a Very presumptuous disregard of public opinion ; so much so , that I feel confident had I ventured upon such a
course , you would have been amongst the foremost of my accusers . You will bear in mind , that in 1838 you had a sly thrust at me , in consequence , as you stated , of my opposition to Win . Lovett and the London Working Men ' s Association . In 1840 , you took another dig on behalf of those with whose conduct at the memorable Fox and Goose meeting at Leeds the Editor of the Star found fault ; and now your third encounter—by no means warranted , and very ill-timed—13 accompanied by a high eulogium upon persons whose conduct I have not criticised , leaving that io the country , and also accompanied by an attack upon the reporter of the Star . In your second letter yout
say" For my part , I cordially subscribe to the propriety of their whole proceedings , as those proceedings are explained in the letter of those gentlemen inseitad in last week ' s Star . " Now , in answer to tho above , I shall only say upoa MY OWN PART , that if YOU 8 i Sn the Sturge Declaration I will surprise and astonish you , by moving 1 a vote of censure upon you myself , as a member of the National Charter Association . I am sure , however , that your good sense will convince you of the fa . i that two agitations entirely differing in their object cannot go on simultaneously with advantage to both . You must be aware that the sole object of Sturge and his party is to create an indirect agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws and the restoration of thn
Whig faction to power under the false light of Chartism . You must be equally aware that every working man in the empire has yet his heart and soul upon the Charter , and upon that alone ; and if you , or I , or any other person , shall dare to oppose , thwart , or deceive theni in their glorious movement , they will , with God ' s blessing , stamp traitor upon our front , and make us aiuark at which each passerby will indignantly point the finger of scorn . Believe me , Wiihams , that tnose who work hard for a living and yet cannot procure it , have appetites so whetted by adversity , and eye-sight so
sharpened by long watching , that they , can now see into every mail ' s motive , however glossed over . They are honest and single-minded ; and they look for precisely the same qualifications iu their leaders ; and , with the blessing of God , whether I live to see the success of their glorious cause , or die in its advocacy , I will fight the battle uiider the flag of pure and unsullied Chartism , not allowing one tinge of light or shade to be mixed up with the brightness of the fast colours of my order . lam , Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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Mr . John Watkins , formerly of Aislaby Hall , near Whitby , is , we regret to learn , in a state of health so dangerous as to leave little hope of his recovery . He is , by the advice of his medical attendant , about to leave London for Aislaby , as a last resource , to try the effect of his native air . He has sent us the following valedictory address to the Chartist body : — " "Dondorij March , 1842 . « ' Bhoxher chariisxs , — -Having suffered my zml { or the cause to carry me oh regardless of all other coneideratio s , it bas brought me to a fatal decline ; and I now address you piobably for the last time . As the farewell words , then , of a dying man , let me solemnly exhort you to union , for without brotherly love all your efforts will do more injury than service to the ( pause . As I fiaye sacrificed everything to our
principles—^ as I shall die a martvr ¦ , ; to them , it is natural in me to : wish that you who have honoured ma while living , should respect my memory whea dead—that so , living or djing , I may Still serve you . Though born and nourished , in the lap of class distinction , I gave up all , and thoroughly identified myself with the working classes . I married the daughter of a working man , a niason , the " poorest and prettiest" girl in Yorkshire , and fur the honour cf the class to which she belongs , I would record that never man had a more faithful , affectionate , and devoted wife . I must leave her , with an infant daughter , a most gracious little creature , ta the tsuder mercies of the " system" which has murdered me ; but I trust tnat they will be respected for the sake of your dying brother , . ' - ¦ " John Watkiks . "
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All personal corresppndencej poetry , literary communicationB , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that week will be very small indeed ; if not here by Wednesday we don't hold ourselves bound even 4 o notice them . 7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for alt England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we have no interesl in preferring one town or placo to another , becaiise ours is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter whick come to us , to hold the scales of Justice evenly— -our -first object being the promotion and enhancement , according to our own best judgment , ef the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space so as to give least cause of complaint ;
that we are alike bound to this course of action by inclination , interest , and dvity ; and that , there fore , it is useless and senseless for individuals to fume and fret , and think themselves ill used becauso their coaimunicatious may not always be inserted , or for societies to trouble their heads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon us for devoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing which , they thinii should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of onr discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be * always used , so far as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant froin its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings .
Books FOB Review may be left for this Office at Mr . John Gleave's , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fieetrstreet , London . To Agents—A great portion of the Orders of our Agents which should be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have come pu tbe Friday often . This may be occasioned by the delays of the mails , owing to the weather , but there certainly is no reason why the Agents at Hall , Liverpool , and even Barhsley and Bradford , should send their Ordera to roach the Office just at the time the papers are going out of it . Any OapEKS not in the Office ojr Thursdays cannot be - * rxBN ) 3 ED to : and any paoers returned in consequence of orders being "late will not be credited .
CORB . ESPQNDENTS OF THE NORTHERN SXAR . ^ - London—1 . .. M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Kuightsbridge . ifuncliesler—W . Griffin , 31 , Lomas street , Bank Top . Birmingham—George 1 White , 29 , Bromsgrove-street . Newcastle—Mr , J , Sinclair , Gateshead . Smderiand—Mr . 3- Williams , Messrs . Williams and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mi G . J . Harney , news a ^ ent , 33 , Campo-L'ine . Bath —Mr . G . M . Baitlatt , 8 , Trinity-place , Walnot . GHARTJST AddBESSES . ^ -TA « General Secretary—Mr John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-atreet , Shaw ' a Brow ,
aianchester , Cliartist Bfackinjj Manufacturer- * Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward ' s-square , Edward ' splace , JPottery , Hull . Secretary to the Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Ceminittee—J . Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Tevrace , Bill ' s Barn Road , Birmingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist Bhicking Maker , Tavistock-street , Plymouth . NOT 1 C E . —Any Stars , or oitier papers , sent to the Irish Univerflal Suffrage Association , to ba addiesstd to E . F . Dompsey , No . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Mr . P . M , Brophy , who bas resigned .
Derby . ——The friends of this neighbourhood having communications for . the Star , or other " wise affecting the Chartist movement , are re quested to send them to Mr . Thomas Briggsycare of Air . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumptre-square , barley-lane , Derby . Public Funds . —To prevent mistakes , let it be especi ally noted that all monies received by our Cashier for the various Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of " Notices to Correspondents , " and that he is answerable only for tlte sums there advertised-to have been received . Money Orders to this Office . —Our cashier is frequently made to eridureun amount of inconvenience utterly inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactions ( ike his to attend to , by the negligence of parlies not attending to the plain instructions so . of ten ; given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John
Ardill . Seme orders are made payable to Mr O'Connor— -some to Mr . Hobson—some to'Mr Hill—some to Star Office : all these require the signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be got . f ' lis causes an attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it . Several old agents \ who certainly ought to know better , have oftm thus needlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to J \ in John Ardill ; if they , neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if > therefore ^ they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to tliemselves , let them not blame us .
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A Constant Reader , Brompton . —You must give six months notice , in such sort that you quit at the end of an exact year . To the Chartists of the East and North Ridings . —Tlwse places that have not already sent their amount of Convention Fund are parr ticularly requested to do so immediately , to the district treasurer , Mr . Wm . Croft , joiner , < Jfc , Dundas-street , York , that the whole amount may be forwarded at the same lime to the proper quarter . ' -.:. ' ¦ Messrs . Campbell , Leach , and Caiitledge particularly request that each town in the Northern Division of Lancashire will send a delegate to meet them at the delegate meeting to beheld in Accrington , on Sunday , the 3 rd of April , as there will be business of very great importance to be transacted .
The present Executive came into office on the 1 st of July , 1841 ; arid as soon as it meets in London immediate steps witl be taken for the election of the new Executive , which will come into office on the 1 st of July , 1842 . Mr . N . MoRLiNo has become agent for the sale of Dr . M * Dguall ' s medicines in Brighton . To Mr . O'Connor . —Having heard it stated that you intend to visit Roehdale and the surrounding towns before the Convention meet in London , the Rochdale Chartists wish to know if such is the fact ? If you answer by letter , direct' ( 'John Leach , Temperance News Room * Reed HilL Rochdale . " , ¦ " AlX . Persons having any communication with the Chartists of Kidderminster will please address to Mr . Samuel Hitclien , sub-Secretary , Blackwell-street .
It is earnestly requested that Devon , Dorset , and Cornwall will sendin their petitions to Mr . Smith , booksfller , Westwalistreet , Plymouth ; They must be all prepaid . The Generai , Secretary ivtsiies to state that ae never received Mr . Rainsley's official resignation . He also says that he posted twenty-four cards to George D ' uLbiiry , stocking-maker * Skegby , near Suilonin-Askjield , and has had ¦ them relumed . The postage has cost IQd . He would feel extremely Obliged ioanyCfiarlistthqt could send to him the following twenty-seven Stars : —Nos . 157 , 163 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 . 9 , 170 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 180 , 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 190 , 8 , and 201 .
Wm . 'Boyd , Iv Xwport PAGNElt;— Will he write again and give his exact addfess \ Some Chartist Friends at Sheffield , recommend a general turn-out of the cottiers , to be organised , and svpported tiU the Charter be obtained . V E . H .- ^ Mr . O'Corinor ' s ^ rnany engagements preclude the possibility of his attending to legal questions . Notice of this appeared sometimeagoin the : Star , The Editor makes no pretensions to such legal knowledge as may enable him to give ah opinion which could be relied on . James Wilson must take a like answer .
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Mr . West will oblige the friends of tfezelgrove , by writing to Mr . Joseph Brooks , Chappell-slreet t * as to when he can give them a calk A Working Man , Newport , Isle of Wight . — You may lecture or preach in your oion house , and will most likely never be disturbed , if your language beat all guarded and orderly . But to ¦ make all quite sure , you had better get your house and yourself licensed . The expense ts tri / iing and you are then safe . , ¦' ¦ . H . Powell—We must presume that he never reads the Star ; or he would certainly never think of
asking us whether we think it wise for ths Chartists to sigh the Sturge Declaration , True •; the "Conference" is ( o M elected by the signers . What thehl why need the Cfiariists trouble their heads about Mr . Sturge ' s Conference 1 J ? ho does not see . that . it . is meant onfy to injure and weaken the power and influence of the Convention elected by the people I We cannot afford to divide our : energies . There is nothing like concentration , and none know this better than the factions ; hence their continual throwing out of new " ' tub ' s to the whale "
Dr . M'Douall and Mr . John Dukcan . —At the request of Dr . M '' Douall we give the fo ' . lowing explanation of his reasons for the new channel . intowhichhis professional talents are direcled .-r "I am very unwilling to . give Mr . Duncan credit as a man , a Chartist , and a parson for the malicious intent of destroying the poor prospeet of subsistence which I have before me , and conceiving that ignorance rathepr than malice moves him . to fall foul of my pill box , I will endeavour to give him the reasons why I hava come into ; competition withquackery'ofaU sorts ; " First . Tbe Medical Profession from time immemorial " bavoinade a perfect mystery of their profession , have covered their bottles' with fantastic Dgure&
and have spoken , written , and prescribed in an rinknown language , therefore the public in taking their medicines had to trust to the character , popularity , or honesty of the profession , and were utterly ignorant of the cause of theii disease , " of the virtues of the physic prescribed , or of tie effects to be made apparent on the constitution . As a natural consequence the public could not and cannot judge and decide bttween the claims of science or the cures of chance , therefore mystery has bred quackery , that has encouraged ignorance and presumption , and both have preyed upon public credulity . The public mind being totally darkened upon the science of medicine by one act of medical men / we cannot wonder at of blame them if they
purchase the medicine which is : most puffed , or employ the medical man who is moat popular . " Secondly . lam ashamed to say that which every apothecary ' s apprentice can bear testimony to , ttot , under the cloak of mystery , the medical profession do prescribe medicine in large quantities / as much for the sake of making up a large bill as for the purpose of cure ; therefore , the quacks have 1 followed such a . profitable example , and have palmed up en the people the most impudent frauds which an enlightened public mind would ; at once .- . "throw into the streets . ^ , . / . ; : •' - '; ' . ' " Thirdly , the pride and conceit of the Medical Profes-; sion have taught them hithertotolook to the law fora remedy , and even at this moment , associations
are formed to efftict by legal means , the destruction of imposture and fraud . V v f It ia needless for me to say that I am utterly oppoised to such an antiquated mode of doing battle Witk a Byatem , which has se seriously impaired the incomea of medical men , who have , like myself , paid £ 1 , 000 . for the requisite education and qualifications to practice medicine . i " I am opposed to persecution , because that would lead the public , medically ignorant , to suppose the Profession in the wrong and Quackery in the right . I am an . advocate foif a wiser course , and in my bumble epinion a surer and certain one , but one which I regret to eay , few Medical men have the . moral courage to resort to . . " I would by the pubneatiba of tracts , enlighten in-a familiar nianner , the public mind on the science of medicine . I would by lectures disseminate without
dog-latin and absurd technicalities , as much information , as could be conveyed on the practical operation of medicines , and the structure of the human frame ; together with the dleeaaes to which particular classes of men are subject , and the known and admitted remedies . " Lastly , I would at the risk of being called quack mercenary , or- any other names ; issueJia medicine for a particular claaa of diseases , and stake name , profession and character , on its efficaay . "If every Medical man would in his own locality , adopt this course , the benefit which the public would derivo would be inestimable ; I have taken : up my position op . thesegrounds , and nought , save abject proverty , will drive me from them . I will struggle to gain an honest living , and strive to do good , whether I am sneered at by Parsons or denounced by Puysiclans . "
Boden an © Morley ' s bobbin'tiet weavers . —Their . address next week . Thomas Dunning . — We have never understood it to be illegal to adjourn a church-rate meeting for . twelve months ; but we do not pretend to legal lore . He had belter rwt depend o > i our opinion , " Citizen Editor , —Will you inform . « A TJVoolwick Cadet , ' through the medium of your Answers to Correspondents , that the answer (?) which he has been pleased to givo to my remarks on his maa-• worship articles , and about the presumed
suppression of which he expressed such uneasiness in the notice to that effect which he had inserted in last week's Star , was inserted in the 20 th number of the National Vindicator for the week ending Saturday , the 26 th ult , and that I shall reply to it very shortly in that paper . I remain , Citizen Editor , opposed to every species of man-worship , and every thing approaching to it , respectfully , &c , Henry Dowell GRIFFITUS , Chartist and Republican , No . 11 , Winchester Row , Edgware Road , London . "' ¦ -. ' " .. . . " ..- "¦• " ; .. " ¦ ¦ - ¦ - . ' . - ' ¦ ¦
Pay up , Pat ve : — •' Mr . Editor , —I have frequently seen it Inserted in the Star that those .. Agents who do net settle their accoanta when required will have their papers ' stopped , and that the Subscribers may know where the fiult lies . But , Mr . Editor , I think there is ' some responsibility rests with the Subscribers ; for though there are some who pay up honourably , there are others from whom to get the money requires more labour than it is worth . I hope this hint wiil be sufficient to cause these parties to be more punctual in their . ' payments , and thus © table the Agent to pay without having to run up and down borrowing money to pay for their papers . If you will insert this in your paper you will greatly oblige , yours , < fca ; Robert Sutcliffe .- — Booth Town , March 29 , 1812 . "; / The A ddress of the delegates of tha West Midland Districts of Scotland is too long for insertion .
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D . France , Newcastle . —We have been out of F . O'Connor's large portrait for a few weeka past , and could not forward the parcel 3 very well till they came : the whole will be sent off during the next - week . ; . /¦;¦¦ " - ¦ ¦ - . v ;; -: ~ - . '' :. ., - ' , - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ A . Smith . —The cover refers to our quarter end , March ~ : 26 th . . ¦ ¦¦ ¦; ; . ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦ ' . . - '¦ x :- ; ¦ ;;¦ ¦; . - . ; .., ¦ - '¦ Mr . Haltox , Prestoa , and Mr . Whitelaw , Airdrie , , must please make their post-office ordew payable toJohnArdilL
A . FiSLLEiL—Yea . ~ A London Chartist should have had two in twelve weeks ; Ask the newsman for them , and pay the price . J . Skevington . —Yes . T . Walker , iJERMONbSET . —A letter was sent to the address ho gave . . W . ^ WOODWARD , Brighton The number of medals were sent to Mr . Cleave for both parties—eightyfiveinall . A letter has been sent to him .
FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦ : ¦'¦ ? , " ¦ ¦ : ; . - ¦ . - ¦ ¦ - ¦ •¦¦¦ £ t > : a . ¦ : From , theCharti 3 tsof Morley ... 0 2 0 ^ , two middie-elass Chartists at Mansaeld , per !"•<*• Hibbard ... e 1 p ^ Armley . per Liwton ... ; .. 00 8 ^ FOR THE "WlViS AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARdERATED CHARTISTS . . / " From theChart : st 3 of Morley ... 0 10 0 ,, MrS . FROST , MRS .: WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES . From a friend from Swain Green ... 0 1 9 FOR THE CONVENTION . From a mental slave , Chepstow .. ^ O 12 « the Chaitists cf Hawiek , per J . A . Hogg ... ... ... 0 10 0
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Pinder's Blacking . —The money due this week to the Executive , from the sale of Pinder ' s blacking , is as follows;— ' . ¦ , ' . - ;¦ . , ,,.- . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' -, - ; -.:: ¦ ¦¦¦ - /¦ '*¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' ;; ¦ ¦ ¦ : : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦'¦ ' : 'S . d . ¦ ¦ ' ' Mr . Lancaster , WakeSeld .. > 1 8 Mr . Driffield , Spilsby ... 0 3 Mr . Padget , Hull .. V ... : 0 3 Mr . Pigott , Gainsborough ... 0 3 - ' : " ' ¦ ' - ' ¦ ' ' ¦ • : " . ^ : '¦ .- ¦ , .- - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• . " . . ¦¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ -: - ' : X 4 ' ¦ '¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ] - ~ :: ' \ - ,. ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ; ' ; . ^; - ; i ; : : -: 2 v-5 ' : ; '¦" .:: ; ; Due to the Gonyention Fund , from Wm , Brelsford ,. Chartist blacking maker f No . 18 , BLoyU'toad * Bttrflley ,: March 28 th , 1842 : — / ; ' ¦¦ ' ; y " ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " . : - /¦ : ¦ : "¦ : ¦ ' ¦¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ^ - ( " . ' ¦ " ¦ -v ¦ s . d . . '" ¦ : . " . Mr . Samuel Magson , Myttolmroyd 0 4 £ . Mr . Henry Woodj&fcbdea ... ¦ 0 74 ;¦ ' ¦ - - " ' . ¦ '"' . ¦ ' . : ¦ : ¦ : - ¦ - ' : ' -: . , ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ' :- ¦ ¦ >; ' -: : l ' y 0 \ : ¦ : ' : ¦ LORD Pldnkett and Mr . Gordon—The arreS * and imprisoninent of Mr . Samuel Gordon , by Lor * Plunkett ' s order , has been brought , in part , before the House of Commons , by Thomas Duncombe . T »? a other petitions detailing : more of the case are to . »* presented by Mr . Duncombe , and Mr . Gordoa inieiids i when some documents which have been stolen xorn the offices of the Court , are restored , to take legal proceedings for malicious and false imprisoamentjagainst LordPlunkett . ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦'¦ & £ *> & ' - ' ^~
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Homely Trcih . —A Kcutleman who was importuned by a sturdy beggar , answered him , — " My good man , I am nearly as poor as yourself , with only the difference that what I have I work for . "
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PEEL'S INCOME TAX . The people may expect shortly to be called on to give their opinions at public meetings respecting this measure . The middleocracy will magnify its enormities with words of fire and incitements of the fiercest character . Let the working men remember that it is they and they alone who insist on the maintenance of the system whioh makes this measure necessary . That Peel has declared , after a laborious and minute inquiry into the whole condition of the country , that the expensive system
cannot be carried on without more money , and that no more money can be raised directly from the working people , and that therefore this is the alone alternative . Let them not then be bamboozled . Let a steady uniform line of conduct be pursued ; in everyplace alike . Leave tho factions to fight their own battles . Let the people take no part in the agitation of the matter , further than is just necessary to preserve their own position . But let no lying resolutions , petitions , or memorials be adopted in their name .
The course for the people to take is this . At every public meeting , called for the purpose of considering this Income Tax , take care to be present in JOlir full streDgth . Remember that every thing there -done , is done in your name , and said to be done by you , Negative every proposition against the Income Tax , at once and unmistakeably ; leaving by the largeness of the majority no room for cavil .
And follow it immediately with a resolution for the entire Charter as the only just basis on which to rest the power of taxing the country . Make no propositions in favour of tho Income Tax by any means ; but if any one else do brjng suoh resolutions , offer no opposition . And in any case , and above all things , see that no public meeting ever separate without a resolution for the entire and
unmutilated Charter ; and see that no memorial or petition be adopted at any public meeting ! without including a prayer for the enactment of the Chaiter •—whole and unaltered . We are anxious that the people should not be taken by surprise we wish to see them fully ready to act when needed , and we bid them therefore to be ready , to be firm , to be united , aud nothing can or shall reskt them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct424/page/4/
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