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He knovrs this to be a lie . It is moreover a -wicked gad malicious lie ; intended simplt to indicate trm ¦ p-r HOr vDSD OS THE GOVERNMENT TO THE ARRESTS .-He fcjwwr rhai ** the GoT 2 TniD £ iii had commenced their pZj = z : v' , a ^ d that the arrests had begun three days before ihe aPP ^ rance of the S / ar . He knows that yrs > -rs , tie primer of the address -was arrested , Bzd i ? iJF * se'zed , eTen while the Conference to = r ~ : n ^ : i « kno-svs that Leach vras arrested , and i > a : iiinself an * Campbeil ana Bairstow , all' " " ran r- ; - " tnat fame nisht . He k'jows that he has been
c jz hieing" ever since that night . He knows that * a tie S . ' ar succeeding the Conference * that addnss vZs Titccr Ticunrd . Bu : he knows also whea and pi = r- ? Mr- Ejll did denounce it . He knows that V Mr . Hixi first EE . rrh , he denounced It as a " jj = ec : ieTos 5 ccciMnent "; as an address that cculd c .-.:, uE ^ cr the circumstance ; , be issued witnout < 2 ii ~ Qore harm than its aethers could ever hope to i-rp-ilr during their whole lives . He knows that we it to
jv ^ = characterised wnen we first saw it £ e kaows 2 lso sll abon : the tone assumed by sn ~ n ~ - fcody about certain parties doing certain things " on ^ iir c-ttn rtr-ponsibili-y '" He knows all abont it . Ail yet he ha ? the impccEr . es and the malice- '' to
« £ mi that "B" 2 pirf * As Gox--n . zn . ctti on their Hood ircii by denotircing that address in the succeeding & ¦ : " - ' _ . ^ . ' Having ihns , in the face of his hypocritical distslxncr of" counter accusation" get up one of the p-inest and most das t ardly false accusations ever ps-xed by man , he proceeds to found upon" n a jsibing crawling appeal for the " protection" of the > Is : _ chesTsr Trades , agsirs : the consequences which he reasensb ' y supposed Eight follow . Poor thing ' teneeds S 3 protection from ns ; we would not hart s ltt of his head ; bat we shall , so far as yrs can pre-reLt Lii doing further mischief to the
move-XV ; iwrritv-six + a paragraph is a cctsble effort to « . z . bat a wi boggle" of his own creation . Ee win t « Te u that = omeb « Jy thinks the Address "' cau-ed jvt SrrDce- We suppose that there is no inan besd ? = Limscli whose imagination attaches to it so Bizcr . of'" the witching power" ! In the twenty-seventh paragraph he says : — » ybrearebut two Trays to blame the address ; £ r « , orcs « iEe ii did continue the strike , and second fce « . Wa it did not ^ Mr . Hnx is one who blames it for : b-e zx =- cause . " Indeed the writer mistakes . Mr . Hill does no r-.-b thing . 3 Ir . Hill blames it for a cause quite clS ^ rcn : from tiiber of these two . He blames ix , not w-.- ^ e it was ever likely to bare any effect at all
jp-.-j the strike , eliflex to continue it or otherwise , Jut be <~~ m ? e ii wss a mess of frothy monthiDg balderc ^ h ., £ : ted for no good purpose and calculated only 10 do mischief . Ha blamed u because there vtas seitber sense , nor reason , nor truth , nor discretion , Eor asTihing but rant in it . He blamed it because j ; mace T . romises and held out expectations which it ; authors knew could not te realized . He blamed , it because of its prate abon : " the machinery being all arranged , " which was well known not to be in existence a : alL He blasted it because it told boastful lie = to rouse the people to an exertion which the party via wrote it knew must fail . He blamed it'boesuse 11 saw from the first that the only earthly thing it would or could do was just thai "which it
has cone , become the head and front of a government prosecution ; ai ; d because he saw i ; ; o be so admirably adapted for thai purple that if It had been written and intended for "it szi if ihe writer had been well paid for his job , it c : aM no : hare served the purpose better . These Wire just the reasons why Mr . Hill blamed "ihe cad . mischievous document which has been ascribed to the Executive . " We had much ra * her that the ir . zs had been over before we had been compelled to ? : a : e them toss plainly ; it was not M'Doriix ' s pleasure that ii should be so ; he had donbiless his own reasons for forcing from ns this avowaVand he mar now mske of it what he pleases .
"fi ' e see nothing more worthy of notice , save the iir ? " i > at he will ba among us again " sooner than we dream of . " We beg him to undeceive himself ; be cannot miXe any movement that will surprise ns . If h ? suppose that we ever iliought film oat of Ii-rbtid , his suppositions are little akin to some of Us 2-= ? rtions . " But come he soon , or come he £ ow . ?> he will in all probability find us still upon the " -watch tower" that so much annoys him .
TVe . oppose that by this i me the whoie country n :-= i be as sick of this nasty icess as we are ; ssd we s ^ -ain rsntiad the people that the thins : they hare to 3 < vk to : s the prevention cf future , rather than the t ~* 3 t of pist , grievance ? . Without organization cur movement is powerless for sood . We can have no effective organ i zation without a directing bead ; j , _ - t v head i = useless vrcthont brains and heart . We asain press cpcn tie people ihe indispensable da : y of taking up the matter , and of doing 53 " immediately- We warn them against
suffering themselves to be persuaded that ii is a personal matter between ns and the members cf the Executive . We declare solemnly that we hive no personal feeling against any of them ; we have done c _ r duly in calling the people ' s attention to the matter , on principle , and on principle alone . The simple question is , whether we are to have an OTi-antzitton in fa =: or ^ naEe ° ^ J 5 "whether the cEwrs of onr Association ha-e or have not sp : c " : 5 c di-irs , or whether they are to be invested with absolute power to do what they please . T ; us is the
wiu-ie matter , and to this master the people must cii £ i 20 their att ^ tion . We presume ihit the whole cc . rtry wi-1 agr ^ e with us in opinion that It is rec . ^ farv to have an Org&nizitton , tr , d that it Is re :- ssary for that Orsanizatiou to be adhered : o . I . this be secured for the future we are satirSed ; w : circ- not how or by whom . We have no wish to Ei-eibe present Executive punished for . their past mL-oudnct ; we have no wi ; h to see them ei-p ' ac-vd i ; ; i ; r cin sadsfr th ^ people" thai ihry will herea : > . T act in accoroance with the crgantzitic-n , OT : d cir-v out t eir cvru principles in their own corOuc :.
We have never askea tor vnors t £ ^ 3 x ^ is , s-a we t :.: _ k the people ought no : to be conicm w :: h kf 5 . Wk- jiive our © " ^ ru opinion hcrcstly , bcth upon the mir = i ? of the question and rt on the men . We tli ^ k : v = ; tie prrf-em srstei sSjtIs too much , teispm ' . ^ n , and too maty faciliit . s fur the abu-cs ¦ jv ^ iea se : ra to us to hi ^ e been hitherto n : e . "We think that their recurrorcs will be best Tjrevc-nted by the appointment of an efficient sui i . ur = ? s 5-like Secretary who , be : rg well raid , VLal ! tj sb .-olutelv Tequired to c-. vcte > .: s Vfhole lime to it ; u :. i ihst with such an cif-oer thurc is ro need or £ -v other paid Es-: cu : ive ; but that our work would be , ie all prpbal-r . itv , ini : cb . better coae by a sta-vdi :. i : coaiiniiiei-, scusg frcsi = love ef the canse , ihai : it r . as hitherto been coue by mcrciuaries . Tnefc sr ? our oi-iuious ; wo csk for them no other influence than that to which ih-. y are entitled ; we subsii : them , net a ? a spide , tut as ah-t-lp to public d-librration . : V »" e irive them " as the opinion of ONE
> 1 AN , " founded upon much obs-trraticE , long cxpexiviire : " l puVJc E 3 ::-. r 5 , esses Oi iz . zcnzz 72 On xiotc c ~ ~ .--x . zvsc irssu ibcee oi r ; osi incii , ari s . ri = iiig cnt oi . 2 r . d animated bj , sti ardent love for principle , and Lr ihe csusc . Thty wO 2 nd in cur present paper the opinion of srothcr man upon this matter—a man vr . c .-e opiJ . cn is Tveil deserving thtir attention—TKi- > : i « Ct-CPi-S . We advise them to r : ad his ccra-Eu-tcitic-ti carefully ; to consider how far it may or it .: t net be practicable ; and to ? ive the whole e-- " c ~ -c ; cost deliberate attentioti with " a view to i : sr-THcdy scia = ssc = t . 'Tis a matter of Eraa ! iL :: rc-t , aud cf vital cOEScquetce ; and we surest tl . it v > h-: u the pceple have maie up thrir mines' " c-u ; v ; T ^ JTtcr . = 1 : j ihould instrncr their dcU ^ ii ! . ; " .- il ? : ¦ ::: _ cctLVLg ConiacLCB at Bhalzgkzjs , ; 0 : < . r . - - -: r . - , s =.- i : i , a- -d cv --aso-i = a : e our i ^« i : ^ :-oti , a-U .-. , vire lt ; c £ c : ui workir ;; hereafter . N ,. £ - - •; . ct c uld be cttro pr . rcr to be tak-n up by th-. « . : el- - ' .: - : ± u ~ C . t-f . riior : ift " r .-: rebeatiythi ^ ?_ t al . - :. ^ ' .- '' - - ¦ ' - : " * l .-J ^ -- ? 1 . ^ -
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put up , this seems to us to be the only course in which the democratic principle is honestly recognised . To burke the expression of public mind upon our principles by withholding candidates , because other parties wish to be represented , may pass with some for democratic good-feeling : we have only two names for it , —the parties may take which they like , —short-sighted snllibiiity , or treachery . Tae Smrge men know better the value cf the stake they play for . They neither offer , nor Li 5 TE >\ to any compromises , except where they know themselves to be powerless . Did they offer any compromise at Birmiaghain ! " NO ! " Strong as they knew the Chartist body to be there , they calculated their own strength , and hazarded the struggle . The resu !
I took them abac ^ a bit ; and they have in some other 1 places looked a little before they leaped . But wherei ever they thought themselves strong enough to carry J their men , "no compromise with Chartists" was their i policy . In proof of this we refer toJGlasgow ; and that I our readers E . ay know that wo represent the matter ; fairly , we don ' t giye the story from our own reporter . We do not take it from any newspaper , or from any public document , or from any source of which there j could bi the lea ^ i suspicion that a party purpose I was entenaiaed . We poiut them to the following | letter , written vruhout the remotest noti » n that it '¦ was ever to be published , by a working m Glasgow , to a private friend , and by him forwarded * . o us , simply for our own perusal : —
Glasgow , Dec 1 st , 1842 . Dear Friem > , —I write in haste to inform you of the rrsuiis cf a great public nieetinc held iu the Citv Hali , G ' . assew . on Tuesday evening last . Nov . 29 th , to t ' . ect ck-iegates to the Birnungb . ini Ciuference . I : was one cf the most complete victories ever I saw achieved by one party 07 er another . There eonJd not be less than frt'ia 5 to 6000 prssent ; and although the Coinpiete Saffrsgisis iau = t .-red all their forces , backed by the Irish R-peElers , they were jut to the rout . T . ' . u niuat understand that a deputation from the ChartU ' su-tikd upon 1 he Directors of the Complete'Suf-/ rage Association ; for the purpose of vtuking arrangements for ihe 'election of Delegates to Birmingham , but
THEY WERE TREATED WITH CONTEMPT and 6 C 0 JIX , mid infonned that they ( the Directors ) had drutrn out a Hue of policy for ihe de ' egates to act upon ; and that unkss ihcy got six de ' egates elected at the pub ic meeting iotbide hy THEIR instructioJis , thil they icoud not pay a farthing to ihe delegates ( o Birmiugham . Tae Deputation having acquainted the Chartist body with the overbearii ! g condr . ee of the Complete SafrYiga party , it was resolved to attend the public meeting , whenever caiied by the Cpmplete Suffragists , acd see , if puWic opinion would put them right upon the subject . Accordingly , on Tuesday evening lass , the great gathering took place . The doors were thrown ocen at about half-uast six o ' clock , and by eight ,
itce time at -which the chair was to be taken ) the hall "was crammed fuiL Mr G-or . ne Roes tras elected to the cbair by an overwhelming majority , in opposition to Dr . Djneily , -nrho tras proposed by the Complete Suffrage party . Mr . Adama , en the part of the Chartists , moved " That this meetins elect « 5 x delegates , and that they be instructed to aVitle by the principles coniaine «| in tLat document called the People's Charter ; " and after being seconded Mr . M'Fairlane on the part of the Complete Suffragists , moved an amendment to the eflvct that tbia meeting send six delegates pledged to the Six Points , but that they be at liberty to support any measure ¦ brought forward at the Conference to repeal the Corn Laws , or any other monopoly . Both motions having
been spoken to for nearly three hours , the amendmer / J Vfas put , when about threa or four hundred held up their hands fur it immediately ; but upon the motion being put it wa 3 carried by an overwhelming mpjority , followed by unbounded sppiause , the noise of which was like the Bound of ten thousand drums ; and truly at such a sight and such a sound the Complete Suffrage men were sorely dismayed . After the messing had settled into a calm , Mr . Samuel Kidd moved . •' That tfce delegates be further icsrrncted to abide by the Charter , name and all , " which was also carried by a sweeping majority . The next business was the election of delegates , which fell upon the following
individuals , the whole of them out-and-out Chartists—Mr . Moir , Mr . Anderson , town councillor , who was lately elected by the Chartists for the first ward ; Mr . Auams , Mr . Ancott , Mr . Kidd , and Mr . M'Colquhoun . Each of the above was elected by triumphant majority . The proceedings di ' . l not end until near one o'clock in the msrning . Thus ended eue of the most glorious meetings I ever attended / It has put new lifa into the Chartist movement here , and has taught these trimmers betwixt the factions and the ¦ working c ' . assea a lesson which they are not likely soon to forget A few more such conquests and the people ' s cause will be brought to a triumphant issue . Hail ! hail ! the happy time .
D ; ar fnend , should tue late news from China , have givan an impetus to your trade , and any hands should be -wanted , I hope you will nave the goodness to let me know , I remain , youTO , In true friendship , Joii . n Miller . iir . William Daniels , Lssswade , Kiar Edinburgh . We prefer giving this simple statement to any
technical " report"' of the meeting , just because it 13 a plain , unsophisticated matter , and shows the true state of things , without twitt or colouring . Let the people read it , then ; and let them notice Epeeiilly the part we have printed in italics ; and sec the Stcrge-mes ' s policy and animus . We don ' t , blame that policy . We think the Stcrge-mex consistent and right . They have an end to gain ; and they take all fair means and advantages for its obtainment . They do right let the Chartists do likewise all over
No compromise ! No two-and-two , or oneand-one , or three-and-one I But in every place let as many Chartist candidates be started as there are members wanted . This is the * only way to give Chartist principles fair-play . This is the only true exhibition of democratic policy . Any trimming deviation from it is a base sacrifice of principle ; and whoever practices or recommends it , has some end to serve , other than that of furthering the cause ! Let the people rest assured of thai : and let them watch well their local leaders , their councillors , and those who usaally " manage matters" for them . If these desert their post ? , or slumber a . * , them , they must do the work themselves . We warn them to be wary of
placing too much confidence in local leaders . They are not always to be trusttd implicitly . Many circumstances operate to sway them of which the people know nothing . But if the people keep their own eyes open , the cause is always safe . What they have to do is thi ~ : to attend in their full strength all meeting 3 for the election cf delegates ; to watch the proceedings carefully ; to recollect that all these are public meetings ; that no clique of persons have any right to their" management ; " and that every man there has as much right to speak and to nominate a candidate , as any other man . Let them , then , watch the proceedings . Let them ascertain how many members are to be elected ; and
I the exact character of all the candidates proposed . : If there be not atnor . g them the full number of out-! and-out , known , earxyst , Chartists nominated , let j them tako care that the nominations be completed ) then and ther- ^ . If , for iustance , four delegates be ' waiUtd for Bradford , or Huddersfulci , or any i other town ; and if at the public . mee > . ing for eiec-] tion . the " lads" find that two Chart- ^ s and I two Complete Suffragists , or three Chartist ? and cne ; Stuhgite , are nominated , let them rest assured that i in this cafe their couneilmen bare played them fal ? e ; they have either neglected their duty or i deserted it . And let the people instantly proceed to i i , ] : 1 j \ ,
! recti-y the mischief , by nominating the r < quired 1 number of Chartists on the spot . Tntre will surely i be some man present who knows men Si to serve . Don ' c stand higgling , Eramaieriug , arid waiting for somebody else to do it , until it it be too late ; but let the thing be done ! Remember the inipori . atce of ' ihe struggle . It is for life . ' Ic is for the honour , ¦ a :: d ra ! ue and efficiency of our HoTcmcni J IS ' d ! em poris : ng policy ; no calculating coquetry , nor worse kind of treachery must be permitted now to work , The people must awake to their own . business . They must open their eyes and rub them , and watch , all points ! There is more mischief at work than , many of them dream of !! '; The Stvrge-mex play their gam ? desperately . ¦ They mean to have a majority by hook or by crock ; and they don t stick much at means . Tney do not all act like the Glasgow Stukge-men . Is is only where they are strong that they shew any thins like fair p ! sy . V / h ; .-7 " j they are xreah \ they \ try cempromise : and , if i . '^ at fail , they fly to sub-1 ttrfii £ e ! From DoacSi ? cr a Char . Ut brother writes us thus : — ; " ILe cc--2 c : } - ' I iL ; f—ri-.: e Scffr ^ o Asr . r ' ation : hr . r - - __ ; ,: ; ..- - -., u ,. 5- ; ,. _ , c . . r o .. ^ - ;; . . . ; : tiiv \ ¦ ¦^' L > -.: ; : i ^ . \ - £ \ -- C- - - " , r : _ : ; 1 to . » i :..-f < - T . ; . i .-.. ; ..- t' C-, a-, - ¦ -: c .=. I -. ; . . , - : : v ; : ; ; i ; C : \ . r coil :--, it .-.- btr :: ' .. ¦ . ; % v-r .- * x :- ~ ii-z zitv ' . i- ^ . W = "s « . rc rcC- - ~ z . i L > tbo -
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patty as soon as we entered the ^ dm . and particularly by Mr . Milner , toim conntmor , and great gun of the Anti-Com-Law party , ¦ who declated the Chartists should not take any part in that night's proceedings . Jfe Haste , their secretary , tras called to the chair . He said the first business of the meetingwaa ta a « ep 1 ; some plan to raise the means to send two delegates to the Conferenes ; and if they thooght they : could not seed two from this town , two- ' gentlemen- ' . ' of Birmincham , whom he had borrestoonded . with , would
hava great pleasura in representing Doncastei in the forthcoming Conference . Mr . Bloomer rose and asked the chairman if the ' Conference was a national one ? if it was he thought this was an . unjust , as well as illegal way to elect them at a hola ^ and-corner meetin ? like this , instead of a public ' meet : cg ; upon which the chairman rose and protestad against the Chartists interfering . The chairman then called oh ¦ those-: who were in favour of those two gentieinen representing Djncaster to hold up , their- hand ' s . ' The motion was carried . . ' - '¦ -....- ¦¦¦ . . ... ¦
P . S . I forgot to state that the ballmari started to call the nieeticg at sis o ' c / ock ' . in theeveuing , to take place at . eight ! The : name ' of the ' delegate is Cbrk Brothers . We shall call a public tiieetiBg to elect two , and protest against the others siuin £ ;" ; ;; This shows their , ' determination . . ¦ : It is to have a majority at all -hazards ; or , at all events , to secure so strong a party as Bhall make tho Conference useless , if they cannot make it a tool for their own ends . Why are they thus determined ? Why thus reckless , persevering , and oyerbea . rin g 1 It would puzzle any man toassign any other reason . than that which we have all along assigned .: TiVeir purpose is to aid the enemy 1 to uphold class-legislation
by weakening the opposition to fc : The old maxim " divide and conquer , " is theii : inpttOi The avowed object of the Ccnferencb / is to draw up a Bill in oppesi tion to the People ' s Charter and so to divide the Universal Suffrage ; forces into ¦ two distinct bodies . This has not yet beendone . ; Hitherto the Complete Suffragists haye passed as " Chartists , but not O'Connor Chartists . " ' -.- The ' seeming approximation has been wilily used to lull ; suspicion as to their ultimate purpose ; and has been artfully combined with the charitaKe . orexflow of "friend " "NO ' s" generosity . ' He " wished ' the . Chartists and Complete Suffragists to think _ . iiiidly of each other ; he had no wish to destroy or injure the Chartist
Association ; he did not tvish the Chartists to leave their own body and join I ' " ' .. newunion . No ! no That would have put ' & '/ Stopper . n ' pori ' ' all . his projects . The end could not . then havo been wrought put—of a " complete" division of the UnivEesal Suffrage ranks . It was necessary to proceed cautiousl y , that a body might be formed , seemingly working in juxtaposition with the Chartist body , before that could be wito-y attempted . The body has been formed ; its limbs have been appended ; its heart of evil has been well supplied with the blood of dissimulation and falsehood ; and the' only thing now wanting is
the head which this Conference is to put on , that tho body may be " complete . " An opposition Bill here drawn , and afterwards introduced into Parliament ; and the " completo" disunion will be effected . The Co rn i Craiks will carry after them the blinded and the interested brawlers ; while the honest and sincere Suffrage men will be left at a " complete" distance to admire tha adroitness with which , by " Union , " thoir strength has been destroyed ! The people have now the whole thing before them . They know their work . It rests with them " to do , or not to do" '
There is one subject on which perhaps some difficulty may arise . Many of our friends are poor ; and many localities would , in all probability , gladly send delegates who cannot pay them . This may be obviated by a little management , It ib at all times better that the delegate should , if possible ,, go from the place whence ho is delegated . ' Bat where this cannot be done , "Complete Suffrage" principles certainly do not contemplate the exclusion of the parties from the right of
representation by others who may reside elsewhere . Wo believe this is to be the practice of all representative bodies . We never knew or heard of any representative body which ms . de it imperative upon its members to be resident respectively in the places which they represent . And owe are happy to find that this much of justice is recognized , not only by the principles , but by the practice , of the Stusge-men themselves , la their official organ , the Noriconformist , yre find the following paragraph : — .
" Sound Advice—The Rev . P . Brewster , in a short address to the Complete SaffiHge . 'Associations of Scotland , recommends them to hold their meetings for the election of delegates on the . sdmeday , at the same hour ; and remintla them that ,: in the event of their not being able to fiend to the Conference their full complement of represectatives , they niny appoint the rest from persons residing in BirHiingliam , without any additional expenne . " Now this is " sound advice ;¦ " and it ought not to be lost upon our Charfist friends . Let every "locality which can , send its own men , as delegates ; but
I where the expense interferes and becomes a serious \ obstacle , the matter may be easily arranged by : getting some gpoi and true man , or men , ' © f Birmingham , to represent them . The general ! Councillors of Birmingham would , we are quite i sure , lend their assistance in arranging the matter . j Letters for them may be . addressed to Mr . Geokge i White , 38 , Bromsgrove-street , stating the number j of delegates that will be required ; and we have no doubt that there are enough of good men in
Bir-I mingbam ready to eervo all sueh localities as i may requiro them ; and that the parties will j receive all necessary and satisfactory inform-. ) ation . When elected , the instructions to the I delegates may i bo forwarded to them through th * . > same medium ; and thus every place may Havo its | full complement of mcaiberi None need be short : I and this should , by all means , be specially attended [ to . It is of great importance ; the more especially j if the suggestion contained iu our other "leader" of i the week bo entertained by the people . Nothing i can be more clear than that if the | consolidation of . the Chartist- movement , and i the final settlement of our . Organisation in
: , : ! reference to the Executive and other mat-! ters , come before this Conference , itsmembers should ! be Chartists ; not nominal , but heart-men ; -. mon ¦ who are really interested in . the supporting and I enhancement of our cause , and not in its destruci ¦ - " , ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ t tion . . : . ¦ - , '¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' - . / ¦ - ' On the wbole it is a grave matter . It will require ¦ the people ' s whole energies , the putting forth of their I whole strength , and tha exerciso of th ? ir whole pru ; dence . It is a great card ; and musi bo Well , vigor-] oa ? ly , and skili ' ully played . ' i Finally-, for the holding of meetings and tho selection of de'egites . Let the people see that the I business is done in a deceat , orderly , and legal man-. j n : r . We give the following from the . Sturgs circu-I iar calling the -Conference .- It will be necessury for j our friends to note it : — i ' < The meetings to eiect delesr . tes must be of . a ; strictly legal character . Wherever it is practicable | and usual , ltt a requisition be at . nt to the locU ' ^ utiioriiies , reqaestiua tbfcin to c 6 nveha the meet-: iDiis . If this cannot be 00 : 1 . 9 , let the Complete SaJtraee Union of e » ch diitricS convene its own maet-: iL ' g . Ik bothcuses the -nteliiiiis . mtist be p ' dUic to all the ; iithubHants in the tou-n or diiricL . . . ' It is absolutely necessary that the names and
ad' ; ! j ¦ j dressea of the delegates who areij > pointed to attend . tha 1 Conference , acc ' oin . o ^ nid ' . l by a copy of the minutss o £ \ the niefcting at w ! i : ch tbty were elected , under the sigj nature of the Caairnian of the uiee ' . ing , should be trans-; mitted to the Couiic-1 on or before Friday , the 23 rd day 1 of December , in onier that tae txtent of accommodation I required nvty be knovfn , tickets prepared arid other ari ranjjements made . I . •' Eich delegate is requested to . " call at the office as ' , soou ss possible after his . arrival - . iu Birmingham . "
They will see from this , that there is no time to lose . Let the Stuf . ge men call meetings wherever they are disposed to cail tiicm ; and in every such case fcTiiy public mesii :: g to elect delegates must be well attended . The people mu ; t take care to be early that the Chairman be not unfairly chosen . ' Almost 2 . 11 ihe gock of a public meeting-may-he , frustrated by the Chairniin ; '"' if : ' - ho ba deposed to do so . Lot '• tbi people s . e to this therefore ; let , no Chairman Jbo aliosvet ! to act veho has not beeu el-.-c . ed by the mecii :: ;; . If any attempt be rnadoa ? ::: vSA pr , l . ; b ; iuy U ; :: o . will—to callmrouugg a ; £ i ; . h-r _; -v . b- ; -u U . i working pecpiv c ^ n n >>; aVi . nd , ;¦ : ::- \\\ vii .: " : ; a : rtfcr ;? -, - -1 he . " n i ¦ J ^ ilc nK » enn !; ove ii sli ' . bviv ov .: - a . \ Vav .. ; -let a . icjU ' tnta ' tion be . isstiiitly
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made to the Complete Suffrage Committee , or whoever else have the "gettingup" of the meetfi ig ; aod if this be unheeded , let a public mectin " on some other evtning be called to elect delegates ; KHthe delegates be elected ; and let a letter stating the wholo facts , ba forthwith ¦ ' transmitted to the Complete ' -Suffrage / Council at Birmirgham . Let this letter bo written in the most inofil-nsivo possil'Io manner ; short and precise , merely staling facts , but yet so fullas . to give every necessary information ; and let a copy of it be given not merely to the delegate elected by the people at the fair ' public meetitigj ' but also to some honest delegate whose elecfion is
undisputed ; and l « t him bring the matter before the Conference at its meeting , if th 9 Council shall not have previously done justice in the matter . In every case the eligibility to sit of every candidate elected at an unfair meeting should be protested against ; the protest should be transmitted ts the Council at Birminghaai , with the same letter containing a statement of the facts en which it is grounded . The same plan mus : be adopted if any dishonest means are resorted to for smuggling a Chairman at any public meeting for the electiou of delegates . Tins may be done , either by obtruding a Chairman v > ithouc election , or by electing him before ' the tir . 10 am
nounced for the meeting . To all these and many other " dodges , " the " shoy-hoys" are well " up . " They will need watching ; but with care they may be eo watched as to be unable to avoid doing some good whether they like it or not . All that the people have a right to requiro is that every meeting to elect delegates shall be & fair , honestly conducted , public meeting . And if any delegates be received who have not teen thus elected or any excluded who have been thus . elected , it will be the duty of every other honest delegate at once to protest against the whole thing as a fraud upon the public , and coma awav and leave it .
y VJiere the oti / jige men go not cail meetings for the election of delegates , the Chartists must call the meetings . themselves ; remembering carefully that every delegate sent to this Conference must be elected at a public meeting . Not a public meeting of the Chartist or any other Association ; but an open public meeting— a public meeting of the inhabitants of the place , called for the purpose . This mnst be particularly attended to . Any man going there merely as a delegatefrom any particular body would render , the whole proceedings illegal , and every member of the Conference liable to imprisonment . Every place sending a delegate , must call a public meeting for his election .
Two representatives aro f 0 be sent from the smaller towns and "bbroualis , having less tfean 5 , 000 inhabitants , and fourfrom the larger ones , excepting that Edinburgh , Birmingham , ' Manchester , Glasgow , and Liverpool may send six .-representatives ; ' but no more . London is specially provided for . Lst every meeting called by the Chartists for the election of delegates , be call 3 d by requisition ; of which the foil iwing may be the form : — > To ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .
, ' . v We ,. the undersigned , inhabitant householders of —— . , do request you to call , at an early day , a meeting of the inhabitants of , for the purpose of electing a delegate to a . Conference of delegates , to be holdon at Birmingham , on the 27 th day of Decembor ,: 18-12 , to determine on the essential details of a Bill to be presented to . Parliament , forsecuring the jast representation of the whole adult male population of the United . Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . " : '
Let this requisition be signed by soven or moro inhabitant householers , each giving thereon his name trade , and residence ; let it be presented to the Mayor , Chief Constable , or other principal authority of the placo ; and if he refuse to call the meeting , let the requisitora then call it on their own responsibility ; and , above all things , let every such meeting be conducted with as much order and decorum , as the service of a parish church .
The next matter for consideration will be the character of the delegates to be sent to this Conference . The people should consider deeply the importance of the deliberations to come before that assembly . Do not let it be deluged with ginger beer bottles ; with mere . spouting , frothy , speech makers . Men of stem sense and solid' jadgment—men not easily grilled or Winded , and yet open to conviction from fair argument , and not bull-headed and bull-necked , are the men the people want—men
wnp understand the Charter , not only as toifcs prinr ciples , but . as to its details—who are proof against all the sophistry of the Free-traders and Extension men , and ready with plain common sense answers to all their fallacious statements , and yet men Void of factious dispositions—ready to hear reason and to giv 8 reason its due weight by whomsoever urged . Let them in every place look out for such a man—no matter whether " leading" men or not ; no matter whether speakers or not ; . ¦ .- ' , '¦ ¦ -.
When tho delegates are elected , let the credentials be made out , and signed by the Chairman of the public meeting in the following form : — " To all whom it may concern , "I hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of— -. — - — , held this : — day of —— , 1842 , at- — , Mr . ———was duly elected , by a majarity of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a conference of delegates , to be > holden at Birvningliam , on Wednesday , the 27 ch day of December now next , to determine oh . thg- essential detaildof a Bill to be presented to Parliament , for s ' ccuiipg the just representation of the whole adult male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . " Witness my hand , this —— day of 1352 . :
___ ¦ t Chairman of the said meetlnr . " Let the exertion be made generally and rationally . Let every place which can send a delegate send him . Let every place which can not affWd to pay delegates write instantly" to White . Let us have " a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull . all together , " for tho Charter , and " no mistake , " aud" no surrender . "
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Thomas Dickesson , the Mmichester Packer , i * requested to cpvimunicate his address to Mr . George Bloqrr . e , St . Thomas-street , Doncaslcr . Union Coffee House , Nottik-gham . — Tho Chartists here have not given the residences of thtir Council : the list , cannot tc'inserted . Lambeth Youths . — \ Ve really cannot read the .: / writing thty have ' sent so a- to make out the llamas of the parties nominated . The Bath Chartists xviil see that their lea meeting is . reported . Thanks to ihe gentleman by whose couriety tha report was furnished . Thomas Smith , Stockingfokd , Ku . neatox . —A ' o . Thomas Tatteksall mistakes , there is no dispute between theEditor of the Northern Sar and the Executive , 7 wr is there aiiy •¦ purly squabbling " in the case . The matter is a very plain one ;
. and the people can h'tye no difiimllyinimder standing and denting with if , He ivrile ' s that he ] has been , since he left his friends in North : £ a » - j cashxre \ for two months in Sec'laud , where he is 1 well received , and is still engaged to lecture for \ some lime . He calls iipon the men of . North ' L ancashire to . follow up the glorious example of ihe men of Birmingham and Glasgow . > H . Kejiplay , W , Green Walk , Fqi . lv Beicgs , j Bermondbf . y , complains thai her fonvas employed lopo : t the bills for the Great Demonstration in April last , and has not yet been paid . Thomas Withehly , Coventry . —If he be a reader of the Northern Star will know thai we suffer no imall amount of vituperation fo ? the very tni'd-. and gentle -manner in ichich v : sd < Gccasiontilly exercise , that p :-. l ' 'c censorship , u-kic '/ t ' ice , v : \ ih 7 i ; m Micve to be the duty of eiai j hone *' , jour . naiist . It does nol . ho ? i-evci \ prcvtn ' . us u- ? icn in " are satUjieil of the . i / iapici' . i / of any of the lecturers to , perform their du ' -y ' itii h ¦ propriety and effect , "from , immediately , '' as ' watchmen oj the interests of the ChaHiUs , cnutic-nbig wr readers- oj ' ikeinjury tie- came may rrc-ipc % ¦ hU add ¦ ¦ - . I ' .-sei ;" ¦ fat i ~ 4 .. hw . -kr-ni-it thc . ' . rc ' -r-cr 7 , e 7 iai :.:. i- a ti ! h \ -- i tb h- ^ y- 'o be ^ snlnjicd < y A-. v ' - . U : ca- ( . v ;' % lyl' -c uutu , j . or ! ed . 1 c !! £ ; - ' oj- car " ¦' -, , ii tS-irtii p-rf-dityt !^;? -, mid k ! . O h - ; > ' / :: > ittf i , 7 ) tUri ::::, Uli ' . lcY his C : Lz ! i ! ju ., i ' . < li . " :
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J . MARr-LES , Sheffield . —ire never trouble out--setces tcith impertinent questions . General Council—Lhts of Council received at the office afur Wednesday mornihp are : toa late for . the citrrent week ¦ 1 J > . . mention thisto prevent disappointment in- nmnerous places , whose iists . teeonhrecciv ^ onTiiwsdat / morhinff .. ; Jahe 3 S . Fields . — Jr ^ never do acknon : le < ig £ frrlical pieces : ire ' might fill the peper tciih such acknow ! edgt" ~ ne 7 iis . Sueh as sre accepted appear ¦ in due course . . Sony Reid — We shall alleiid to ihe matter , but enrs r this irerkfull , ' ¦ - .. ' \ WirxrAM Coofsr , Weldori , lYdrfirtttpionshire , rf ~ csmir . end . - the-Ballot in ihe . flfCuon / ofdcfcgnteF ¦ fdr the Birmingham Confcrene ? . He '
elsocnqmres . — U , ; a ! ts the smallest ' --n ' pnber . of per-« w » y' that trill constitute , a cound / dr . L . > ca [< tt /'?' Upon this subject the ' arganisatio'i-ntakts no pro ~ vhion , nor do we tcelt see what provision ton Id le made : it must fie left in a great mtusure to the good sense , judgment , and hone * tit -ofthepeople thctnseivcs . lie expresses his ihdi ' ridztalcensure of the £ . icciitive ' s conduct . H . D . -Griffiths . — W « arc no more sriry-rised at the matter than he is : the man writes for pa-ty and for pay . Hexuy Holland— Thanks for his ki , \ d ! y '* ttrr . If all professing Chartist leaders . evinced , a . like spirt * tti . ' / i Mr ' .-Holfand-ahd the Xorih . Lancashire delegates ,, not a word of "' dehu-tsiaUon . ' * would ever have appeared in the St : ir .
Mr . Thomas Bickenson . —This gentieman , tcho is knetrn in tunny localities as a Chartist lecturer by the name of the Manchester Pucker , has , we arc given id understand , b .-cn lately made the subject of slanderous imputations , severely offesting his moral and general character , by parties who , when required'to do so , lackedeiiherheHestt / or courage to substantiate accusation * . lie pave notice some time ago . through the ' S ' : ir , of the time tchen he would be in Manchester to meet his accusers , and requested that ¦ the matters charged against him might be then and there investigated . lie presented himself accordingly to the South Lancashire delegate meeting , by whom the whole mutter was investigated , and from ichom he received the following ceriificcte : —
^* To all - may concern . " This is to certify that , after listening to the . statement of Mr . Thomas P ' ckenson , better known as the ¦ . Manchester . Packer ,-in defence of his character , and tfce-re being no- evidence to disprove any of the statements so made ,, we have come to the unanimous determination of ' - acquitting-bim from all blame , and fully exonerating him front charges which have not been substantiated by the appearance of the person who made them . " The following is the copy of the resolution , carried ¦ without a dissentient : — "' That Mr . Dicktnson be exonerated from all blame , ns there is no evidence before us to render Mir . . Dickei'son disreputable in the estimation of the Chartist body . : . :
"Signed , en behalf of the Council , : ' .- - ' John iivRtixx , chairman . Wm . Ghocott , sub-secretary . " Manchester , October 24 , 1 SJ 2 . " : The original of this certificate has been handed to us for our inspection ... He received , also , from the : simc meeting , lecturer ' s credentials , which tve have aho seen . . We are very glud to congratw late not only Mi : Dickensori , but also the . country , ¦ ¦ upon the honourable ' position in which ihese circumstances place him . J \ fr .- ' Dickcnson if , we believe , an eloquent and talented lecturer ^ and these arc not times when we can afford to lose such men upon the breath of idle slander . Will Mr . Wm . ; Josfs , , of Liverpool , late North and Jlust Ji ' vii / tg lecturer , furnish his address ioMr . Wm . Br 6 oki , 2 \ , Kii-kgate , Leeds ?
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R . Roth well . —A . private letter has . been sent , addrt-ssed to him at Stainlanil , near Halifax . W . Gray . Dumfries— -At 7 i . each . F . W . Simeon , Bristol— The parcel was forgot Vf hen . packing up Mr . Cleavt- ' s parcel ; . but it ¦ was forwarded in one . that vcoulfl reach London on Wednesday last . ¦ ' . ¦¦' ¦ . ' . W . S . Lyndon— We .. xnnndt account for it : oachrftceivert according to hia number . - . : James SAUNDERS . ^ Ytis . lMiCKLETHWAirE . —Apply to A . Heywood .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' , ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ •// ¦ " ¦ - ¦ , ¦ ¦ - ¦ £ . a . d From the Chartists of ; Swansea , per ft . Cmllipp ... ... ... ... ... 8 6 „ Ventnor , Isle of- Wight , per -W . Nor- m ^ n .. ; ... ... ... ... ' " 0 2 « ¦ « , the Chartists of Stainland ... ... 0 10 0 „ a poor woman . Leeds .... ... ... 0 0 1 '„ the Chartists of Yew Green , per Mr . : Thornton ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 „ a few / woirking men , . Hongb End , Bramley . ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 FOJl MR . EtLIS . From Upper \ Yortley , per P . atann ... 0 -3 0 ,. the Chartists . of Leeds ... ... ... 0 7 7 „ three friends at-Coxhoe ... ... 0 3 0 ^ Quayrington Hill ... ... .. 0 3 2 ' „ Cassop ... .... ... . ... - ... 0 14 2
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Continued from our sixth page . SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY JIB . CLEAVE . ¦ . .. ¦ . . . - " ¦ ¦ '¦"• ¦ : ¦ '¦ •; £ . s . d . Previousl y acknowledged ; ... ... 146 2 0 Cordwainers , Star Coffee-house , Goldenlane ...: ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Weavers , Norfolk Arras \ ... ... 0 4 0 A few friends to exclusive dealin ; r , Norfolk Arms ' .:. ... ... ... 0 4 0 Banbiiry ... - ... ... ...... 2 0 0 rvTr , M ' c Kenzio ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr .. Lawrence --- ;••• - 0 0 9 Proceeds of Taffl ^ af Flora Tea Gardens ,. Barnsbwry park ,- ' Isliagtt n , of waistcoat given by Mr . " Jar . vis ... ... 1 0 0 Hackney Hints , fourth subscription ... 0 6 0 Frienda , Union Arm 3 j Panton-street ,
Haymirket ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Chartists , Mitoham ... ... ... 0 5 0 Ryde . Isleof Wi « hf ... ... ... 0 6 8 Norwich * ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 £ \ o i 4 U * Mr . VincenUecturcdrecpnOy at Normcb , in favor of-tho . principles of !; bo-Complete Suffrai ; o Union , and the 'Chartisfs . .. present perceiving a tolerable muster of Middle-class irion , availed themselves of tho occasion io test . 'their sincerity as- ' applau'd ers of Mr . Vinccnt , by proposing an immediate' sub ^ pription lnr the poisticarviclims , A collection amountins ; to \ £ 2 03 . 7 d . was the result .. . The Chartists of other lowna should follow the example set tnemby thoso of Norwich . - .:.. :- - ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦¦¦ -. ' - ....:. '
Note . —Mr . Cle'tyehad . last wrck a-practical illustration of the homely proverb , " mcie hasto , worse rr ' pecil . " . ' I'i an attempt to " save "he " lost post . " by heelectins ; to add Leeds to . the direction .. "Northern'Star Office , " -T ' ca letter ( with the Eubscriptioa list of last week ) was therefore returned to Shoe-lane , and after bring properly directed and re-posted , was not received at the Star office until the paper had gone i »» res 3 . . "" '• ¦ ; ..
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iio . Toa . Kh oi Lefifia , in tho Comity ot -Yorlc . will be bpideii before T . Jiijiijis Flower Lllis the Younger , E quire , R . / cord-: r o'' tb . e said 'Borough , . at the Court iloute , in Lee < J 3 , pu Wednesday , the Trropty-eighth day of DuccEiber iusr . ant , at Two o'Ciock . in tha Afternoon , at which ti me and place all Jurors , Cons-tables , Police OClc ers , Prosecutors , \ Vhne ? 8 eBj Persons bound by Re co # niz . iBces , aud oihers hnvinc
business at tnc suia S .-s .-ions , are required to attend . And is ' iticu is baraby also Given , that all Appeals not previously c'ispr . aed of will be heard at the opening of tho Co ; u ' t % on Thursday , tlio r fweudy-ninth day of December instant , and : that . ' . ah ' proceedings under the-Highway- 'Act . will be tak-in on the first day Of the Sebsioa 3 . ' By Order , JjiJUa Richardson ' , CIsYk of the Peaee i \ , x the said Borough . Leeds , . 5 th December , 1 U 42 . . ¦ : -:
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On Tuesday , the 29 ; h alt ., at Wfldon , Mr . Frederick Ajfc-n , parchment dresFer , of Weldon , to Miss ' . vj ' ary GiJby , dress-maker , of the . saine-pla « e ; ,-. Oa Saturday , the 3 rd sast ., at Driffinld , Mr . David Matthew Collinson , farmer . ' and '' pig jobber , to Grace , the eldest dauftViter of Mr . Jone 3 , of bkerne , and late housekeeper to Mr . Atkinson . - . On Thursday , the lr , t insl ., at Great Givendale , by the Rev . \ V . ¦ ¦ R . - . Giiesbach , A . M ., vicar , Mr . R . Carlton . of . Yonlthotpe , to Eliaiibcth Newby , of Great Given rale ; also , at the . / sain-i tirm , Mr . Edmund Brighara , of Pccklingtos , to Miss Jane Newby , daughter of Jlr . James NewLy , farmer , of that piace . ¦ ' ';¦ ¦'¦ . . - ...- ¦ ; -
Same day , at tha church of the Hcly Trinity , Hull , by his father , the Rev . C . R .- 'Rbwlatt , M . A ., rectbr- of North -B /; rifieet , Essex , Thomris Mashiter Rosslatt , K .- ^ ,, oi" Magdalen Hal ! , Ox ^ ni , to Julia Konora , ddsst daughter of Wi HamDrydcn , Eiq ., of Hun . . ¦ - . .. ; - . . . •¦ - .:. ¦ ¦ " ; SarQ ^ . day , at the parish cnurc'h , ! L ? e ^ s . by the B ' . -- .. ' \ Y ' , V . Hook ; D ; D ; , vinrv A nc ^ vv Faulds , K--q . » . ?{ Darky , near'liiTtttte-y ,. to Mary Anne , eldest U : i ! - - >' ^ htcr 0 : ' Richard ; Juc 5 ;^ : i , L ^ q , of Park-. fquare , Leeds , . ' ; . : . . ¦
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THE APPROACHING CONFERENCE . I ?! a portion of the last week ' s impression of the NorihernSiar we commented at csnsiderable length upc-n an article that appeared in the Nonconformist newspaper of Not . 23 J , in which the writer , speaking on behalf of the Sitbge party , openly expressed hk surprise and ALARM at the result of the Binniugham Elecdon cf Dfiegzi-s to the Conference on the - 2 i ' : h , and in -wijica he also made a foul and malignant personal attack upon Mr . O'Connor . In
concluding those comments , we intimated that ourreplv to that attack . le = g-: hy as it was , was far from being -concluded ; that we had several of the false charges of the Nonconformist to rebut and expose ; and that in all probability , we should return to the subject , and comple t e the ansTverthis ws * k . The demands upsn the space of onr present number pT ' . vei : ! us from fulfilling that expressed intention . The CorJercEce irself is jusr &i hand . The elections ere now goiKg on . W'hrre tha people have not
siiiTcd , i : is time they did . "Upon thtir exertions much depends . Where apathy prevailz , it 13 time that- a working spirit was infused . To perform oar part in the vrc-rk of making this Conference that ¦ vraicli it should bs—an inarnicent for GOOD and not
for evui—r--: eds all ; he time , and space , 3 nd ailention we have at disposal ; and , therefore , the further defence of Mr . O'Connor from the lying accusations of the Srurtjeiie organ must be deferred till another opportunity . We regret this the less , becanse we perceive that the Noiiconfonuist , in the current week ' s number , just received here , 112 s not dared to notice , in auv manner , that portion of our reply which appeared on Saturday last . He has D 6 t ventured to show the reasons L . e had for expressing ALA . RM at the return of TiNiTrr . SAL Supphaos Delegates to a TJnivzesal
Stjffilags Conference ! He has not dared to reiierate bis vile and slanderous personal charges against Mr . O'Conxob , cr to reply to ou * flat ana unqualified contradiction of them . To accomplish class and pany objects , he circulated a deadly poison . We furnished an antidote : but his love of ri ^ ht and fair-play dictates not to him thft necessity cf showing those vrhom Ms misrepresentations have misled that what he advanced was calumnious az-d false I No . The answer is unnoticed . As far as he is concerned , the poison is stiil left to work where it may .
The time for holding the Conference is near Wherever de l egates are not yet elected , it is time that the wsrkizg people were en tke alert , and arranging for public meetings to elect them . That Conference is to decide whether there shall be a oneness of purpose l ~ i OtTR OWN Ra > "K 5 , or two objects of pursuit ! On the exertions of the people tsemselves depends that decision ! The Conference is called to prepare a Bill to secure the just representation of the people . A Bill for that purpose has been long prepared , and acknowledged by millions of the people ! That Bill is knovra by the name of the People ' s Charter . Thai Bill , and that name , has been the
rallvingpoint for the people s forces . To accomplish its legislative enactment , unshorn , and unmutilated , ; they have banded themselves together in a strong j union , and shown themselves capable of moral exer- i tions nnsnrpassed by any people upon earth . To ' seduce them from the position they have hitherto ocenpied in reference to the Charter , every i mesns that could be devised have be ; n used . A ; movement here , and a movement thtre , have been started , to draw eff a portion of the working hands , and introduce division and feuds . Bait after bait has been exhibited ; tub after tub has been thrown to the whale- The good sense and firm determination of the peoale have hitherto j
defeated the stratagems and wiles of the decc-yers . 1 Whenever there has been a disposition shown to nibble , the people have raised the alarm ; and the I gaping fool with the big-swallow has either timely J retreated back asain into the ranks , or gone clean i over ( lut by himself ! J to the new camp , where he j has become the despised of his new associates , and ] the laughing-stock andscora of his old ones ! j So far the people have done well their dutv . This is aot the time to slack it . They know our opinion ¦ of the Stukge movement from beginning to end . ] They know our opinion , of the parties with whem it j originated . * nd by whom it is conducted . We have i never cloaked nor dissembled that opinion . We
have always believed their cbj ? ct to be , the destruet : on , by their poisonous embraces , of the Charter I MbTcment . The more close our observation of all ; passing circumitances and of their whole policy , the j more rooted and settled that opinion become ? , j Their pLins are deep-laid . Their resources are ex-: tensive . Their purposes for mischief we believe to ! be deeply settled ; their consciences by no jneaTis i scrupulous in ib . 3 use of means ; and their power ' such as canaot-ssfcly be despised . All these things ? are proved conclusively by their mode of going about the getting-up of this Conference . It is a great card , and they are playing for a great stake . Never were more skilful adeptsin th . eariof . sfo /^ . 'nj /; i s uA if the people b 2 not wide awake they will End their \
pscking powers to be quite as mischievous . From i the first they have aimed to destroy the Movement ' by rendering it a more waiter on the Corn Craik \ dub . Hence the first dodge from which we beat j them , of making one-half of this National Confer- j ? nce the representsrires of ten-pounders . This they i knew wsuld secure them a sweeping majority of ! Ccrr . C : aiks , and ihtrefcre they tried hard for it . I " Frien d * ' " 2 s * O" gave it up very reluctantly ; but ; was forc- «; d , from men ? shame , to provide , in the ; Ioi : S-run , ihat the election meetings should be cpen <
sr . d public ; thougn this was done so ambiguously as ] to lesTS open stili a laop-hole for the former project ,, if ihe jeople shonld , by slumbering on their post , ] permit it . This did not escape our notice any more j ihan that of the Stchge or ^ an , the Nonconfor-: mist . We wear spectacles . W e called the atten- j r . cr . of the- people to the appearance of fair-play th .-t was now afforded ; and to the chance that now by in ih :: r hands of making this a National Con- ; fciezcs for useful purposes . They took up the ; rearer in the rii ; ht spirit . Birmingham , the
strong-¦ hold c-f " SurTrsgifia , took the lead , and did its . work- The Glasgow " lads ' have followed up in gal- j Ism style . 5 j far , so well j Ba ; let us not be lulled ii : to sesuriry by this app <; arince of success . There is an old proverb , that " the first blow 13 half ths battle ; " but we never think the battle done till the last blow has been struck . There are many elec- lions yet to iomo . Lei ns ; the people think that Birmicgham and Glasgow can do the work alone . Th- ; ir example must be universally followed , and their hanc = universally strengthened ; or their exer- : ; -.-ns tvill be lost ! The strangle musr be at the flecr . oas : no ; in ihe Confereece . The Conference ,
if i : is to do any good , must be a deliberative bocv ; not a fi ^ ht between antagonistic parties . This can only be setured by sending to it men pledged to like measures , not only in principle but in dt-ta : ? . The Sturge men have two points in tI-j-sv : — : o make the Conference an eagi ^ e for the £ r ; istrillion of the Charter ; or , failing that , to destroy its usefulness by causing it to do nothing at ail . The people Lsto c-n ' y one way to preclude success in one or o > er of these objects ; and that is , to send theik own his ! to listen to no compromise ! to reject ail overture ? , however specious or seeming ; and to sim ) teeis cws htn ! or , at all events , to submit xhi-m to the fair chance of public acceptance or
re' tC . " . ' ) H . There are a kind of " silly bodies" who talk of c : ^ ceratic principle teaching us to permi t others to share fairly with us the Representation . We ufi understand iris doctrine- To bs there seems i .-. Iiier sin ^ e nor cons : * iz-nc ? in i :. We nnderstaEd :. E : cracy to E-a- Gcvcr ^ E-n : by the people ; and lie ^ ccru ic prinrme to include deference to ? he public v ice . Sj far , then , irv 2 i scdng any vfola-; : . n cf : '\ c- ; enve : a : . c pr : . cip ' . j in snbnrluing ¦ " .- C r ; :: ; ,- to the ic . t ' . ^ cs 01 tl-e - _; i . : „ _ . j- v :-- a -2 v " . ,.-h / c- ; r m-: r :-b : r . -. r : . 7 ci . AXce _ ; ai : 5- a : * -- c Iu rrc . tlir h ^ -J ' ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 10, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct460/page/5/
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