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THE REAL QUESTION FAIRLY STATED !
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THE NORTHEEN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1841.
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He did not ^ tfle t ° ° * consideration is which 6 entlejnes" * bn both sides of the hustings ¦ poke of the poor . He did not like the idea of iMfcLng the poor alwaja the recipients of charity ; Be wanted the poor to have their rights , ud ties fijer would not need « iy charity It all . ( Loud cheers . ) That was one fact—a singular anomaly of their social state . The poor and the industrious should always be spokes of and thought of at tbe gune time . It was a singular fact that those who produced all the wealth ; who , in connection with capital and skill , made the country great , rich , and powerfal , should not at the same time be permitted to stare in the results of that industry . Thai society o suld not be well maaaged-HSOuld not be governed mi just and Christian principles , which ,
disreeardiBg that principle of scripture , which said , "That the labourer should first be tbe psrt&ker of the fruits ; " and that "he who would not work , neither should he eat . " Society distributed its rewards to its useless members , and awarded misery and toil , tad destitution to those who produced * S the wealth , who made this country so great . ( Load cheers . ) Therefore let the working men ask for no favour , seek no charity ; let them ask a fair and full rartieipauoH in . the . results ot their own indosJrj . Let them ask for justice , and justice only , and then he had not the slightest doubt they would require no ebarity from any class of the community . It was for these reasonB that he stood f jrward with pride and pleasure to propose Mr . James Williams , of Sunderland , as a fit and proper person to represent thiB great and important borough . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Jakes Illbtgwoeth seconded the nomination . Mr . Joshfji Hobsos next advanced to the front of the hustings , and proposed Mr . James Leech , of Manchester ,. » man well qualified to represent , not only the inttftms of the boreogh of Leeds , but tbe whole oommwaty , whether manufacturing or agricultural . Mr . Wniiui Gb £ 1 g seconded the nomination . The Mxtos . then enquired if any other gentleman had a candidate to propose , and none appearing , he called upon h
Mr . HrxB , who spoke at great lengt , os all the Whig topics , Avowing himself for an extension of the Suffrage , sa 4- _ &r other reforms , but he would proceed very caauooaly , and not give » man a rote till he was sufficiently- "intelligent " to exantse it . For bobm tiaa before « h . e had finished , strong symptoms of disapprobation began to manifest themselves , he was heard in any thing but a satisfactory manner . Mr . William Beckett was received with voeiferous cheering by his friends , but assailed with hisses , cat-calls , hooting , and the most discordant wises by the well trained band of hired " slavies , " who were present to support the liberals . The interrnpvion continued with more or less intensity during the whole of his adddress . Mr . Aljjaji spoke amidst " confusion worse confounded , " and it was impossible for any one at the distance of two yards from him , to hear a sentence which fell from him .
Lord Jocklts followed , but the game still continued , and only those who stood beside him could hear a word he said . Mr . JAMES WILLIAMS next came forward , and was received with tremendous cheers . He addressed the meeting ae electors and non-electors ef the borough of Leeds , Englishmen , Irishmen , or Scotchmen ; to whatever country , to whatever sect or party they might belong , he met them that day with feelings of pride , because he had principles to unfold to them which it was their interest and their duty to understand . He had duties to bring before them which he was 6 ure required only to be brought before them , to enable them to recognise their Importance , and to cause them , as one man ,
to unne heart , haad , and soni , and bind themselves together under the principles of equal jastice , and commence a new movement without reference to factions , political , religions or commercial . Had thej assembled thea to be the slaves of faction ! ( Shouts . ) of No , no /*) Had they assembled as the descendants of Pym , Hampden , Elliott , and Cromwell , and the rest of the illustrious heroes , patriots , and philanthropists , that had raised England to her proud position in the scale of nations ? CCheers . ) The country was now in a st * te which both parties admitted to be bordering on revolution , and therefore they had both proved themselves incapable of properly managing the country which they had ruled bo long . ( A voice , ** The Corn Laws . " ) He heard
aperson in tbe crowd allude to the Corn Laws . "Were there no evils afflicting England previous to tbe passing of the Corn Laws ? Was it do grievance that a party should have tbe power to plunge them into warfare with their brethren of other countries , telling them that those men whose interests and feelicjp were the Bame as their own , were their natural enemies , and that they were promoting tbe honour of their country by plunging the weapon of destruction into their bosoms , and making thousands of widowed wives and tens of thousands of fatherless children , squandering millions of treasure , and emaDiBg a debt that was now weighing then to the earth ! ( Loud cheering . ) He appeared before them ae tbe bucoeipromising advocate of free
trader . and-4 tte determined opponent of tbe exist ing Corn Laws , and all taxes that made food deal and , as a necessary consequence , vr * # es low . ( Low cheers . ) What said their friend , Mr . Hume ! H told them that those laws were enacted by monc ? Baring law makers . And yet Lord John Russet eelared that the Reform Bill was intended to giv a preponderance to the landed interest , which M : Hume considered a band , of plundering monopc lists . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume had told them tha there was a selfish principle in human nature , an how were they to counteract the encroachment made epos their rights by men under the inflaenc of thai principle bat by destroying class-legisla tion ! He asked them were they not qualified t
exercise the franchise ! Were they not eqaal to the Negroes of the northern states of America ! and did not Mr . Buckingham tell them , in a book he had recently published , that the Negroes of North America exercised the franchise in Massachusetts 1 and so far from any evil following it , the greatest good was the result of it . ( Loud cheers . ) Then were not Englishmsn qualified to exercise the franchise ! He demanded for every man of mature age a voice in ihe m&king of the laws that were to secure his peace , happiness , and rights from those who wished to eneroacb upon them . ( Very great cheers . ) He was for a scheme of national education , unconnected with religious creeds . ( Shouts of " So is Hume . ") He was for the total separation of Church
and State . ( Shouts of "So is Hume . ") He was for the repeal of all those laws that encroach on the rights of conscience , and for the repeal of all the taxes on the necessaries of life , and the substitution ef a property tax . ( Loud cheers . ) He contended , however , if the Dissenters -wished a repeal of the Canrcb-rates , arrpeal of the Corn-laws , aad other sectional measures , they must come forward to the Bullions and say , they were willing and anxious Jo extend to them the power they themselves possessed . Thej ( the Chartists ) did not want te adTancethecause fey tbe sword ; they gave that to their oppressors . They had the power of the press , that mighty instrument , whose battle for the right had been so effectual in the pist , and would be more so in the future —( cheer?)—the press -which had been the ark
in ¦ which the productions of the mind were floated ever the convulsions and anarchy that once deluged the earth and brought them down to an age in -which tie growing enlightenment of the people was adapted to understand them . There was the canse of truth , and for tnnh there was the press , with which they ¦ would fight the battles of hnmani' . y , and -wonid leave the field bloodless . ( Loud cheers . ) With that they would achieve a triumph more glorious by far than those which Wellington , Maryborough , or Napoleon , or any of tbe men of sword could boast of ; a fieiorj that wonid leave no orphaned children , bo widowed wives , which would leave none to weep beaiad it , but which would proclaim peace and prosperity , and would enable tee whole world to hoid a Jubilee , and celebrate their universal emancipation . ( Loud and repeated cheers . )
Mr . Jakes Leech , of Manchester , thea presented timself , and was received with tremendous cheers by the Chartists . He said that tbe question by which the country was now agitated from beginning to rad , was that propounded by the Whig Governttent , and to which tie name of iiee trade had been given . ( Hear , hear . ) Now he presumed ™* t the woolJen weavers of Yorkshire were ** ost in the same position as the cotton weavers *» . Lancashire . Let him put a single question * ita respect to their trade and commerce . Had " wey not had within the last thirty jears a thriviBg «* C 9 in Yorkshire , unparalleled in any other country in tbe world , and had not their wages during I ' ues&me period been rapidly sinking down to almost
» woing t ( Crie 3 of ** They have , " ) Within the lk « fifteen years ihe wages of the working men at Bncford had been reduced to tbe extent of nearly Hi . out of every 20 s . that was formerly paid , * iiile the worsted trade , in that same district , had Jwflbk d . Did they want more of such" extension V rSukSuVe . ') What was tbe reason of all this ! for ^ wat was' a question they ought to examine , and ' wing t discovered it , they onght to apply a *«» edy . ( Hear , hear . ) The reason in the first > ?* ee , was the competition of steam , wood and t ag&ingt the flesh , blood , and bone * of tbe people ; ' : * w > Becondh * , to the protection gives to that
machi->* 5 J 7 by law , which had been denied to the man . "JJ ao iade j t 1 L > d to the slave who worked it , wh « n ; if » M Eade . Ci ''ear , hear . ) The Whigs bad talked . vr )*? of late * bov \* Free Trade ; bow suppose the ^^ aies of Englai . ^ were to be decided by a race , go that an Englii tman and a Frenchman was to j 23 e two contending parties . ( Hear , hears and j S ^ re . ) The free tra ders placed a cwt . of lead upon < j *^ shoulders of the E >» glifhman , and yet they ex- j U ** him to compete w \ lh ihe Frenchman who bad ^ ng to carry . rAye , tbtit'a the Corn Laws . " )! iTil' * as , the way in wh / -cb the labouring classes j ^ X eetx 'dealt ' with . ( Cht ^ rs ., ) The Government I ¦ toe ouutry had constant ' iV' been placing burthen * j ga their backs , in addition - to the £ 29 , 000 , 0001 * 7 ** r that they bad so pay for &e interest of a
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misnamed thing called the National Debt . ( Cheers , * nd an exclamation of Who gave u » it !") He had been asked who g » Ta them the National Debt T It was the TorieB who gne them it ; but the Whigs g *« , *« Pt it up . ( Cheera and hisses , and crie 3 of "They hive . ") It was hia firm conviction that the burtbeaa which now ground down the people would never be removed nnSuthey were represeated in the senate-bonee , and a due protection riven to their owa industry . ( Hear , hear . ) fie would call their attention to a fact which came under his own observation at Maachester . There was a certain manufacturer who had 50 spinners in his establishment ; they turned out in conseqnence of a reduction of wages . When they went back to work at a reduced price , there was only employment for
25 , for the spinning mules had been joined together , and one man was made to do two men ' s work ; aud yet not a single shilling extra was allowed for the additional labour . ( Shame . ) These same men again turned out , aud when they applied for work a second time , they , found that the machinery were not only double decked , but self-acting , and there vrtu a cast iron man to sapercede them . ( Cries of " Shame , shame , siiame . " These men were now walking about the strecis , sosze selling onions , others gathering rags , and the remainder resorting to any other miserable mode in their power to obtain , a mouthful cf bread . ( . CrieB of " Shame , shame / 1 ) Some persons would say—wouid you tax machinery ! No , he would not , but in proportion as machinery
superseded manual labour , and the population of the large manufacturing towns became redundant , they ought to be withdrawn to the waste lands of the country to cultivate the soil ; and that would r « peal the Corn Laws , and give the people bread enough to eat . ( Hear , near . ) He had the authority of Mr . Porter for saying that the export of manufactures from this country amounted to between £ 69 , 000 , 000 and £ 70 , 000 , 000 a-year , and yet he found that during the last twenty-five years the wages of the working classes had been reduced from £ 100 , 060 , 000 to £ 120 , 000 , 000 a-year , while the whole of their exports had not amounted to more than the sums ho had mentioned . ( Hear , hear , and lond cheers . ) What had been tha result ! The
manufacturers had now no market which was of any value to them . Why ? Because they had destroyed tbe best market they had in the world , namely the home market , by taking away tbe wages of the working men ( Cheers , and cries of Hear , hear . ) They reminded him of a man who was afflicted with athma , and who , in order to breathe more freely , cut hia own throat . ( Laughter . ) The manufacturers of this country bad done the same thing ; they had taken away from the labouring classes the means of purchasisg the produee of their own toil , asd then complained of being unable to dispose of their goods . ( Hear . ) The Speaker then proceeded to show that a total repeal of the Corn Laws would only benefit an individual to the extent of three
halfpence a week , and added that a man who rose at half-past five in a morning to go to his work , and happened to stumble upon some stone on the road , would lose more by a fine , for loss of time , than the repeal of the Corn Laws would benefit him . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs had charged the Tories with making food dear , but he I Mr . Lsech ) charged the Whigs with making it doubly dear by reducing the wages of the working classes by means of machinery . He claimed on b « Salf of those who were the producers of all wealth a right to vote in sending men to the House of Commons who would give the same protection to labour as was given to property . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) " He had no objection to property having its just protection , but
he denied in toto that it had a right to more than the industrious classes who produced it . ( Hear , hear ) He begged to tell both the great factions that , if they delayed much longer to do justice to . the working men of England , a -bloody revolution would be the consequence . ( Hisses & . groans . ) Some gentlemen seemed to think that was desirous of such a result . He begged to say thav he would' rather endure slavery much " longer than he had done than see England steeped up to the ears in blood and turmoil . What he meant to say was , that , if such a state of things did happen , it could not be charged upon the ignorance of the people , but upon those who had rednced them to their present miserable condition by unjust and seifish legislation . ( The speaker sat down amidst great cheers . )
At the conclusion of Mr . Leech ' s address , the Mayor , assisted by the Town Clerk , proceeded to take the show of hands . The appearance of tbe crowd when all hands were held up , was interesting in th extreme , and when to the hands succeeded the wavisg of hats , the effect was ' ¦¦ beyond description . The shouts aud clapping of ; hands were truly deafening . ' The Mayob deliberated and consulted for i upwards of twenty minutes , and the show was ! tuken no less than thirteen times , when the
f Mayor at last said , really the parties were I so nicely balanced that it was with great 1 difficulty ae could decide which had the majority . I He had taken an oath to fill tbe duties of his office i impartially , without fear , favour , or affection to any party , though he might not coincide with ajpteat | number then present . H © admitted the majority 1 was not great , but still , according to tbe best opi' nion he could form from th $ show of hands , and the I extent « f ground covered , he conceived the show was I in favour of Mr , Hume and Mr . Aldam . This ani nouncemeat was received with mingled cheers and
; execrations . i Mr . . Hobson and Mr . Fleming at once anj nounced that as the show of hands was against j them , and as they were adherents to the principle of Universal Suffrage , they should act on that principle ; and , on behalf of Mr . Williams and Mr . . Leech , withdrew from further contest . ! Mr . John Atkisso . " ? then , in the usaai form , de-| manded ¦ & poll for Mr . Beckett and Lord Jocelyn , Land the immense crowd , who had beeu standing tiU nearly five o ' clock , dispersed without any ' sign of disturbance or ill blood being manifested . One thing connected with this election is deserving of especial note : the Chartists had the hearing . Not one of the other candidates were heard , even by their own friends ; but the Chartist candidates , as well as their proposers ana seconders , were heard with the greatest order , attention , and even interest , by all parties .
THE POL . L Took place on Thursday morning . For the first two hours , the Whig candidates had tbe lead , but at eleven o ' clock , Mr . Wm Beckett was at the head of the poll . At three o ' clock , the numbers were : — Aldam 1815 Hume 1791 Beckett - i :: 53 Jccelyn 1759 7 I 5 AL CLOSE OP IHE POLL . Beckett ( T ) 2075 AJdam ( W ) ... „ 2042 Huroe ( W ) 2 " 54 Jocelyn ( T ) 1927 Beckett and Aldam returned .
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Mb . O'Cok . nok has been requested to say whether 5 s . from Irvine , for P . Uoey ^ arrived safe ? Yes , and also Is . Sd . from A . W ., Edinburgh , towards defraying expence of M * DouaU ' s election . Mks . Fbost a > d the Subscriptions on her behalf . —We have received a letter signed " E . Tkczmas , " and dated from 264 , Newtown-row , Birmingham , enquiring whether Mrs . Frobt has rece ' ved any oj ihe donations which ice have received for htr , and if not , why 1 to which , tee ansirer , that , nn the 20 lh of January , in this year , £ 45 2 s . 2 d iras sent to Mrs . Frost , thtfuil amount of all ice had received for her up to the 26 th of December , 1 S 40 , and of which £ 5 tra * from _ F . O Qjnnor , and £ ' S 2 Ids . 8 ^ d . teas the produce of the extra halfpenny upon ihe Star of November 7 th . From January to June of this year , leehave received for her account £ 4 2 s . Id ., vhich was sent to her on the 23 rd instant .
Thomas Baldwin , Colkk . — He do not vteU understand the case he has sent tis about ihe overkoker end his eye-glass . There never u-Ui be wanting too ! s and instfumenls oj tyranny so long as working men suffer their energies to be consumed in the production of wealth for others . William Paise . — We hate no room . SxKATFOBD-ON-AvoJi . — A correipondcni writes u * that the town council has vsted out of the public funds £ 165 for the repairs of the church , inctud-ng the carpeting of the scats for Che town-council men . If the householders of Sirulford-on-Avon do justice to themselves , they icill take care , at the next election , to have men who know tetter how to use the people ' s money .
A . M . R . G . K .-A ' o . Me . Dzjl 3 Tatlob- —T 5 e are requested to state , that any local ' ily unshing theservices of Ih ' u gentleman as a lecturer must apply at once to Mr . John Jackson , Co-operative Stores , Green Lane , Derby . E . Claiton . —Seems in his note to blame us for the nan-appearance , last week , of ihe notice he has now sent us . We beg to assurehim , that if it had been sent it should have been inserted . G . B — We have no room for his poetry at present . Thb CoEa £ SPOM > £ 5 CE betteeen Mr . O'Connor and parties in London , alluded to in the recent correspondence between Mr . O'C . and Mr . Henry
Heiheiington , has been forwarded to us by the latter gentleman , for insertion . We received it last xceek , but too late for insertion ; this week it is excluded by the elections . Next week it shall appear . Thx Poe 7 S must excuse us : we have received more Ch-iriut election sovgs than we could count in an hour or sing in a week . Bcbt Chaetists must excuse us . We cannot give their church-rate communication this week . The elections fill our columns . M . Schofield , Asa-tm . —Neither a father or mother is heir-at-law to a child ; the nearest relative of testator ' t father is heir to the residue .
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Radicals of Htpb . —We dg not know anything about Mr . Moor house . William Cxakk . —If not noticed , it has not been received . . J . Elxs . —The portraits of Fearffut OjCmnor were sent by post , postage paid , tang ago . Gsoegb Wright . —Do not know . Robert Allison , Cottikgham . — We do not know him , and never sent any paptrs to him . FOR THX WIVES AND FAMILIES OF TUB INCARCERATED CHABTI 8 TS . ¦ £ . s . < L From HeckmondwiVe , per Goodhall ... 0 5 0 POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTHB CONVENTION rvsir . From Cherter-le-street ... • 8 „ Birmingham National Charter
Association 6 9 0 .. Redditch , da , do . 5 0 .. Mr . Taloise , Walsall 1 „ Mr . M'Carne , do . _ 2 « FOB MBS . FBOST . From D . C . W ., Dundee 0 2 « _ John Simpson , Wakefield ... 1 0 _ Mrs . Lancaster , do 2 „ a friend , do . ... 0 6 0 2 6 _ From a few friends to Chartism , Southampton ... 060
FOR MB . HOET . Hugh M'Harney and three others , at Donfennline 3 i FOR A PRESS FOB J . B . "BRIEN . From T . Ireland , Dunfermli&e 0 6 „ D . C . W , Dundee 0 2 6 ^ FOR THE FERSECOTBP CHARTISTS IN IRELAND . From Hugh M'Marnay and P . M'Marnay , Danfermline ... 0 S 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL , MANCHESTER , TO BRING TO JUSTICE THE 5 iB / nES VfHO A . TTA . CB . ED THE CHARTISTS AT MANCHESTER . From Colmangbton , par T . Hall 9 * 0 „ Tiilic « ultry # 48
The Real Question Fairly Stated !
THE REAL QUESTION FAIRLY STATED !
The Northeen Star. Saturday, July 3, 1841.
THE NORTHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 3 , 1841 .
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THE NEW HOUSE . " The work goes warmly on ! There is a certainty of a warm berth for the next Ministry , be they whom they may I At the hour of going to press , the eleotions decided left the Whigs in a minority of twenty-one ! The Bloodies have got a smashing ! Wou't they be savage ! and won t they give us something to get on to the Treasury Benches Main !
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The nomination of the three candidates for tbe representatien of tha Borough having just concluded , I hasten to inform you that there has been a glorious display of feeling among the people , in favour of . | he Radical candidate . By seven o '« I 6 ck this aMtatag , they began to - ^ rooster , and continued to do bo till » little past eight o ' clock , when they began to parade tbe town accompanied by the man of then heart , Henry Vincent , his nominator , seconder , and committee , with a goodly number of electors , and a committee of non-lectors , with band , banners and flags , followed by the different societies to whom they belonged , forming one of the largest
processions ever remembered on a day of nomiuation morn ; after parading the town , they arrived at tbe hustings , and after the- preliminaries had been gone through , the Mayor proceed to oall upon Mr . Tancreds friendB as the first in the field . M . r . Lionel Spurrett nominated , &a < 2 & { stranger seconded the nomiuation . Mr . Vincent was then nominated by Mr . Morse , and seconded by Mr , Cockerill , Mr . Holbeck nominated by Dr . Sanderson , seconded by B . Aplin , Esq . It would be in vain for me to attempt to give a report of their speeches ; I therefore shall only say , Mr . Tancred endeavoured to show that he had done all he could do to promote Reform , since he had been the representative of the Borough , and that
he could not make out why he should be so unpopular now , &c . Mr . V . in his usual style delivered his views and intentions should he be returned , aud gave both Whigs and Tories a good dressing . Mr . Hoi been spoke some time like a thorough going Tory about the Church and Queen , Ministers and the Corn Laws , &c , and about 12 e ' clock , the Mayor called for a show of hands , when it was declared that the show was in favour of Jlr . Vincent ; after which the dense crowd withdrew , accompanying their respective man to his Committee-room , Mr . Vincent ' s friends taking a round in that part of Banburj and Neilthiop -which they had not gone before . The non-elejtora meet at thres o ' clock , and intend parading the town all the afternoon .
If the poll closes before the post leaves to-morrow , I will write you the result . I am , Sir , YourB , truly , W . Collett .
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TO THE CONSTITUENCY OP THE PETITION CONVENTION , tc Frie-vds and Bbothebs . —1 ; in common with n . y friend Smart , laid before you a rtatement of our ineome and expenditure , some time ago , and in the printed statement there were two mistakes : first , £ 1 was put down in tbe receipts instead of one shilling ; secondly , £ 1 6 s . in the expenditure , instead of £ 1 5 s . I wrote to the Star , correcting thoBe mistakes , and fairly stating how matters now stood between us and the country . For some reason or other , my letttr was not inserted in the Star . 1 do not wish to make a public complaint of this seglect , because I do not know whether it waa received , but ii received , and two gross errors published , they ought to have been corrected . The case cow stands as follows : — 1 st The London delegates and the doorkeeper have been paid in full , except an additional 10 s . to each London , delegate , provided there was a surplus fund .
2 nd . MeasTg . Smart , Skevington , and Martin , still require to be paid on ^ pound each , ancl as there have been funds sufficient subscribed at the Siar office , I should expect tnat they wonid apply for their respective sums , and the balance be handed over to the Executive , as well ai Mr . Pitkethly ' s balance sheet , which baa never yet been accounted for before the public . The account handed in to the Star office shows that hma loser by this transaction to the amount of Is . 6 d . which I cheerfully submit to . 1 have to return ray sincere thanks to the country , for the manner in which they have come forwavd , to support us , and also to Mr . Cleave , for the kind wanner in which ha aided the finance committee . Mr . O'Connor
also destrvsa the thanks of the constituency fur tbe pt * - socal exertions be made to main tain the Convention for the fortnight in London . 1 remain , yours sincerely , In tbe cause of justice , P . M . M'Douall . Bath , June 22 d , 1841 ,
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LETTER FROM MR . O'BRIEN TO MR . O'CONNOR . Lancaster Castle , Joae 29 th , 1841 . Mr Dear Fkargps , —I see you have favoured me with two voluminous letters in the Star of Saturday last . Why a few incidental remarks disapproving of a single item in your multifarious and moat diversified recommendations to the people , should draw forth eight columns from your pen , jou best know yourself . All I know is that you could have said more , ( to the purpose ) in one half a column than yon have said in the eight , and that nevertleless you have not uttered one sentence calculated to make me see your new pro-Tory policy in any other light than I have seen it in from- the outset . I tV % consider your assumptions , your reasoning upon them , and your conclusions to be , from first to last , a string ot airy delusions . 'Tia not my intention , however , to keep up a controversy with you en the subject , nor upon any other subject , numerous as are the subjects upon which we differ .
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In th * Ant place , I could not expect the use of eight column ! of yoar paper to answer you paragraph by paragraph . In the next place , eight columns from me would be sure to draw eight more ( mayhap eighteen from yon , and still neither party be satisfied . In the third place , I abominate controversy between friends , or men embarked in the same cause , never having known any good to come of it , but much eviL In the fourth place , my opposition to one point would be sure to lead me ( in the progress of tbe controversy ) to dispute you statements aad the wisdom of your views on many other points , not of immediate interest , a course which would be neither agreeable te me nor profitable to the cause .
In the fifth place , my opposition te such of your doctrine and modes of agitation as I disapprove of , would be construed by yonr friends , and by those who don't know me , into attacks upon yourself , the Star , and yonr immediate followers . And in the sixth and last place , because when men differ in opinion , I think it best and sufficient , for b « th parties to address themselves to the public , and having explained their respective views , leave the rest to public opinion , For those general reasons and also for the particular one that the elections will be over or nearly over , before this appears in print , I shall barely say in this letter , what may suffice to let the public see , wherein we agree and differ , on the Bubjwjt of dispute bat Ween us , and then take my leave of the discussion .
1 st . We are both in favour Of practically asserting Universal Suffrage at the present election by cheating a National Representation through the show of hands ' suffrage , supposing that suffrage to be in our favour , as , no doubt it is , or wonid be , were proper steps taken to prepare the country for it . On this point we are fully agreed . It waa recommended to us in the manifesto of the first Convention ; it received the sanction of innumerable public meetings ; it was' approved of by both you and me , before the Convention made it one of its " ulterior measures ; " and I now state , what I hav /
of ten stated before , that had all the leaders ; yourself included ,- only applied your energies unitedtp &nd oordiaiiy to tbis one point , by canvassing and agitating the counter for the lost twelve or even three months , and getting- candidates ready for each county , city , and borough , &c , Instead of broaching new and conflicting plans of agitation , with no practical object in view —hud yea and they , I say , only done this , we might be at Jtbto moment in a condition to carry the Charter , or something nearly tantamount and directly leading telt - ?
' Upon the question of a national representation , then , We both agreed , as regards its utility and necessity . We only differ as to the fact , whether you and other leaders have taken the proper steps to secure it You think you have . I think you have not ; and I think the other Convention leaders who sanctioned it in the manifesto , are still more to blame than you , for net hating taken any steps whatever to prepare the country for it , till within a week or two of the elections , when , of course , it was too Jate , You did something in the way of recommendation . They did nothing at alL
2 . We are both agreed in recommending Chartist electors to bring forward candidates of their own , at every election , and to split their votes with either faction that will split with them . So far we are agreed , but you at once destroy tbe good of your recommends tion ; you , in fact , render ft almost & dead letter , by tagging another recommendation to it , which makes tbe first . nugatory ; for you tell tha Chartist electors "in all places where they axe not strong enough to carry their own man" ( that is EVERYWHERE !) to Tote for th « Tory , and keep out the Whig . You must see , if you are not blind , that this advice knocks the other on the head , —for what inducement can a Tory candidate have to split bis votes with our party , if you UU him before hand .
that he is to have our votes , whether he splits with us or aot ? What Tory candidate would be silly enough to drag a Chartist candidate along with him into Parliament if he could get in without ? Yet that is the very position your Pro-Tory policy would place him in . Then , as to the Whig party—the more likely of the two to coalesce with us—you knock all our chances from that quarter on the head at once , by the palpably absurd and unjust distinction you set up between them and tUe Tories ; for , you ( ell as that the Whigs must at all basards be dertroyed' as a party —that their extinction as a party is absolutely essential to tbe success of Chartism . How could you expect a Whig candidate to coalesce with us under these circumstances ? True , he is a tyrant and
a usurper , but he knows tha Tory is the same or worse , and that we , Chartists , know it too . If he sees us , then , make a distinction in favour of bis rival at his expense , be naturally concludes , ( and has a rjght to conclude ) , that our opposition is not to the principle of tprannp and usurpation , ( wblca would be justifiable and laudable ) , but to some meaner , baser motives infused into tbe Chartist electors by the ignorance or malice of others , and with these feelings , he naturally says to himself , — "Damn these Chartists ! Why should I coalesce with them to get in one Whig at the expense of getting in a Chartist fellow along with him . Who Will vote for a worse tyrant "^ than myself on tb » mm . speculation of extinguishing me , snd that , without his getting , or even
stiDulatmg / YWt >* hy advantage at all from that otbes tyrtfttl « ot better to ISt fw < Pffor ! ea In , than " a Whig and Chartist , on these terms , " and so there is an end of il > chance or the Whig party splitting with ixa . TUtis , you nee , Feaxgos , that your second recommendation goes entirely to destroy your first—that in which we both agree—namely to split with either party that will btmafde split with ua . But if instead of making your absurd and unjust distinction between the two factionsy ~ -tha Chartist electors isay Newcastle , for instance } were to go honestly and manfully to each of the two fictions , and say thus— " here we are , 400 Chartist tjectors of this borough , though having votes ourselves ,- we am virtually unenfranchised in consequence of oar brethren , the nun-electors , 8 , 000 strong
having ngPyotes , through your usurped monopoly of the franchise . These 8 , 000 honest , useful men belone , Itke ourselves , to the ranks of laborious industry . Their wants , feelings , and interests are the same as ours , and they would consequently vote as we vote , if they had their rights . An unjust law deprives them of these righto ; and though their disfranchisewent virtually deprives us of ours , unless yon Whigs , with your 1 , 000 votes , or you Tories , with your 800 , shall choose to make common cause with them and us . It is in your power to render the unjust law a dead letter in this borough , by returning two popular candidates , agreeably to the will of the majority of the whole electors and non-electors—and we should liave a just right to retuire that at your hands . But we ask not so mnch . We shall be content with oue representative fur us 8 . 40 * adult men , and leave you to choose tbe other , though only 1 , 800 in number . We
offer to coalesce and split our votes with either party of you on these conditions , that is , man for man in the representation of the borough ; but if neither of you will do this—if yeu are determined to have the whole representation to yourselves , then we shall oppose you both alike , we shall make common-cause with our unrepresented brethren , put candidates of our own in nomination , and abide by the show of hands , as our forefathers did , before your blasted property-qualifications had robbed them of their rights . And we tell you for your comfort , that every other borough , city , and county in tbe kingdom will do the same—so now take the consequences of your tyranny jrnd folly . We propose the most moderate terms to you , term 8 Which offered you more than justice , and ourselves less , but in tbe pride and selfishness of your hearts , you have rejected ua with scorn—Which proves that it is you , and not the law , that is in fault So now , as we said before , take the consequences . "
Now Feargug , what can be plainer , more straightforward , more intelligible than tbis ? . Compare it with the hobbling , crooked course you reconimsnd , and say in the honesty of your heart , which would be the more likely one—your's or mine—to promote our common object—viz ., the causing one or other of the factions to coalesce with us , to as to get some forty or Jifty Chartist candidates into the House of Commons ; or failing that , to get a national ' representation by show of hands . Either £ these you admit would effect our purposei . e ., either the forty or fifty members , or tbe national representation . We sre agreed in recommending both —we only differ as to the mode of doing the thing . You prefer yours ; I prefer mine . Well , let ttie country decide between us , or without us , if they like . After all the decision must re&t with them , and provided success crown their efforts , neither you nor 1 will , I believe , care by whose plans or advice they carry their points .
3 rd . I have stated how far we agree and disagree on two beads . Let me now pass to a third . You seem to think it no disgrace fora Chartist to vote for a Tory though that Tory will not vote for , nor recognise him in any sb » pe orway . asentitledtoequal rights with himself . I , on the contrary , think it most disgraceful and degrading to vote for either Whig or Tory , or to give either faction a moment ' s countenance or support , except on terms of reciprocity or the mutual recognition of each other ' s rights . I go further I assert that tie Chartist who votes for either Whig or Tory ( except on the terms specified ) , does practical !? sanction the usurpation and tyranny of the faction he votes for ; that he , by so doing , becomes , in fact , morally responsible for the future crimes and tyranny of that faction , and that he disqualifies biraiett morally for all future resistance to its domination , » t least until he wipes out bis disgrace at some future
election . Remember , he voted for the faction with a full knowledge of its character . and acts ; he helped to put a member of it into power over him and his , and , consequently , I sgain repeat , he can have no rigfat afterwards to resist or complain of the crimes or tyranny of that faction . But thei case becomes entirely altered , where tbe factions agree to split their votes with our candidate . A Chartiist elector may then , I say , both conscientiously and honestly vote for the faction that splits with us , —partly because though ostensibly voting for them he is voting in reality for his own man , and his own princicples ( he having got perhaps ten votes in exchange for one ) but chiefly because the " simple fact of either faction so far recognising our claims as to agree to split their votes with us pro tanto is an abandonment of tbe usurpation we charge them with , and does therefore entitle them to our approbation and support in return . " Yea , Feargus , I abide by every word and letter of tliia sentence , even the word approbation , which like
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Maebeth ' s om * n , seems most unaccountably to bare stnek in your throat Remember , I apply tha word approbation to the faction's then conduct iyiz . in splitting with ua ) , and not to their general condact or principles . And why should we not approve of such conduct ? Is it not an abandonment of their usurpation , to prefer a coalition with us to either coalescing with the other faction , or letting them return the two members ? You ndmit , yourself , that the ' Whigs , generally , would rather return ten Tories than one Chartist to Parliament , and via versa . In fact , no nan knows
better than you , that ii matters little to tbe great body of the electors ( Whig and Tory ; which of the two factions prevails at an election ; so long as they can keep out of Parliament '' men of extreme and dangerous opinions , "—i . e . Chartists . This being the general feeling , then , does not that constituency deserve approbation at our bands , which first breaVs through the pride of caste , and discarding all selfish feeling and class interests , opens a door for the admission of Chartism into the House of Gemmons , by giving a Chartist candidate the benefit of their votes , so that
the non-electors shall be represented as well as their own class ? I / decidedly think such constituency , whether Whig or Tory , entitled to our approbation and thanks , as well as to the votes we may be able to give in exchange , and so would you , I guess , if you rightly conceive my meaning . Now for the injurious tendencies of year advice , and tbe assumptions it ia founded upon . [ We shall give the remainder of Mr . O'B's letter in our next ]
[ The reader will perceive , from the concluding portion of this letter , that it is to be continued . We have given above all we have received , and just as we received it . We are happy to perceive the perfect unanimity of purpose whioh exists between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Brien , whatever difference may . exist between them , as to the means proposed for the accomplishment of the same object The manner in which this difference of opinion is expressed furbishes a proper example to all parties advocating the cause of the people . —Ed ]
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Keighlet . —On Friday last , Lords Morpeth and Milton paid a visit here on their electioneering tour through the West Biding . It had been the intention of the Whig party to make their reception aa brilliant as possible by stopping their factories , and making their work-people walk in procession with cards and banners . The extreme wetness of the day , however , and the unwillingness of the people to add to the pageant , by honouring the party who had used them so badly , made the attempt such a miserable failure , that by the time the candidates made their entry the whole number might be about equal to that usually drama together to witness a dog battle , or the exploits of Punch and
Judy . The Chartists , who had been making preparations for the occasion , had drawn a waggon opposite the Whig hustings , on which stood Messrs . Firth and Knowles , surrounded by a number of Radicals , to interrogate the candidates . It having been agreed upon between the two parties that both should have a fair hearing , Lord Morpeth addressed the crowd upon the bad effects of Tory Government , and the great benefits likely to spring from the tnree important measures proposed by the present Ministry . The speech , which was an echo to the others on the same subject , was replied to by Mr . Joseph Firth , who gave an able Raaioal speech , commenting , as he went on , upon the delinquency of the Whigs , and their various base measures . He
told him that the display of yellow around him meagre as it was , would have been much more so , if the manufacturers had not intimidated their work , people , by compelling them to sport the badge of his party . For his part , he said he had no doubt that , if he had been working at his old employment ol woolcombing , and been at the head of a family of small children , he should have formed one ot the crowd , with a yellow card in his hat . The effect of this observation was quite magical , for in the course of a few minutes afterwards scarcely a card wae to be 8 een , some of the weavers shewing their independouce 80 far as te tear them in pieces , and throw them towards the Whig hustings . Lord Milton uttered a few sentences afterwards , but he
spoke so low , and appeared so ill at ease , that he excited the pity , more than the spleen , of the spectators . Mr . Knowlea replied in an able and effective speech , which told ably upon his Lordship ' s , and drew loud and repeated applause from ths crowd . The Chartist committee had procured a black flag with the portraits of Frost and O'Connor fastened to it , beneath whioh was insoribed in large letters , " behold Frost and O'Cmeer the Whig victims . " During Mr . Firth ' s discourse , this flag was unfurled full in tbe faces ot the two candidates as startling proofs of Whig liberality . After the business was over , their Lordships proceeded to Otley and were saluted on their departure with heavy groans mixed with a few cheers from the crowd . On Tuesday last , the two Tory candidates paid their visit on the same business . The day was
extremely fine and as Whig imar . guflJtiyU $ ! & %% F ? j rstestdes 4 ; ort 6 «; m * tfced preference mwh used to bebastowed upon them , the Wues suffered very little molestation . Their entrance into the town from Bingley was very imposing , their adherents having mustered in strong numbers from the surrounding places . The procession extended upwards of half a mile and consisted of a large number of horsemen aud some thousands on foot , in the midst of which was the carriage of the two candidates drawn by some of the rabble who were acting the dignified part of horses . They were questioned and replied to in a similar manner by Messrs . Firth and Knowles and with nearly the same effect . After which , a show of hands was taken upon the utter want of confidence in both Whig and Tory which appeared to be carried by an immense majority .
Glasgow . —Tuesday , two o'clock ; it has just been ascertained that Provost Campbell is going to stand on the Conservative interest . GaKENOcK . —A public meeting is to be held tonight , ( . Tuesday , ) in Greenock , for the purpose of taking iato consideration the policy which should be pursued at the election . A deputation is just now in the Patriot office , where I write this , requestiugaa orator to attend said meeting , aud Mr . Malcolm has just now agreed to go down . Great excitement prevails ; the plot thickens ; not a speaker can bo spared ; letters pour into the Patriot office evory post , demanding candidates to stand at the nomiuation . A letter has just this moment arrived from Selkirk wishing a candidate , but none can be spared . O for Feargus out at the present moment , ia the general wish expressed .
Atb . —Mr . Jack , of Glasgow , who stands for the Ayr Burghs , attended a public meeting in the town of Ayr laat ( Monday ) night , and at a great public meeting held there , it was unanimously agreed to bring him forward to the poll in opposition to Lord James Stuart . Glasgow . —( From our own Correspondent . )—great public meeting was held , ia front of the Gaol , to select candidates for this city . Mr . George Ross , upon being called to the chair , stated the object of the meeting , ia a brief speech , and concluded by calling upon Mr . Gillespie , who , in a splendid speech , proposed George Mills , Esq ., of Bowling B 3 y . "Never , " said Mr . Gillespie , - will I forget the day that I saw the bloody head of old Wilson
exhibited on this same spot where I now stand , under the reign of the bloody Tories ; " and now he would not forget that a Clayton was murdered , and that a Peddi © was being slowly slaughtered by the Whigs . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Rodger seconded Mr . Mills , in a speech in which he struck at both factions with a giant hand . He concluded , after a long and powerful speech , amid great cheering from the vast multitude , which , at this time , was estimated at 80 , 000 , ' .. The . Whigs said 40 , 000 ; and some of the Tories said 50 , 000 . Mr . Berkmire stood forward as the advocate of the Whig Members . ( Laughter , groans and hisses , amid much confasion . ) Mr . Berkmire floundered away , but was ultimately compelled to retire after moving an amendment that
Dennistoun , their present member , should be their man in place of Milles , which was seconded by Mr . Wylie . When the show of hands was taken , a few was held up for the amendment , but for Milles tbe vast assembly held up a forest of hands . Mr . Cullen then s Sept forward to propose Mr . Moir , which he did in a speech which elicited bursts of approbation from the vast multitude around him ; when the name of Moir was mentioned , nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the meeting . Mr . Proudfoot seconded the nomination of Mr . Moir , in language which told home to the feelings of all present . After whioh the Chairman asked if there was any amendment to propose , but no one made their appaarance for that purposewhen he put the motion of Mr . Gallen to the
, meeting , when the vost show of hands equalled Mr . O'Connor's on a former occasion . Mr . Moir , who was on the hustings , being loudly called for , addressed the meeting . Nothing could exceed the warmth with which he was greeted and the applause his sentiments received . The rain at this time began to fall very heavy , and as I was writing ra the hustings and had to be off ia time for the poet , I left the meeting , amid the rapturous cheering of the assembled thousands , wb *» Moir stated that he would show up the Whigs ai ta « nomination , which takes place on Friday . Ashton-undeb-Ltnk . —The Tories « f tbis borough have brought forward one Mr . Hans * , proprietor
of the Bardsley collieries , witk htttt . prwpec * of success . In accordance with a resolution , passed on the 20 th , a public meeting has been called by the Chartists , to be held in the Charlestown meetingroom , on Monday , the 28 ch , and both candidates invited to attend . The following questions vrere submitted : —1 . Will you , if returned to Parliament for this borough , vote for the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land ! 2 . Will you vote for the extinction of the New Police Act ! 3 . Will you vote for a repeal of the New Poor Law ? ( These questions were put to Chares Hindley , Esq . The late member ; Harrop , did not attend , not knowing what the People ' s Charter meant . ) Mr . Hindley pledged himself to rote for the first and second reading of
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the Charter , but on the third reading , he would exercise his own opinion , always contending for Universal Suffrage . He would vote for . the release of political prisoners , and the returri of Frost , W . i' - liams , aad Joae 3 . He would vote for a repeal of ih 0 New Poor Law ; and as to the New Police Aot , 4 io always was . « for Ashten choosing its own police . After a great deal of disturbance , the following resolution was adopted : — " That His the opinion of this meeting that neither of the candidates are fit persons to represent this borough in the Commous ' House of PaTlizmeut . "—Correspondent . .:
Loughbdbough . —Oa Sunday evening , June 27 th , there was a large muster of delegates , when tho reports being favourable , it was agreed that two oandidates should be nominated , and that Messrs . Skevington aud Dean . Taylor should be invited to allow themselves to be put in nomination , with which they have complied . It was agreed that the collectors should persevere in getting subscriptiona . Mr . Eveleigh was appointed treasurer , and . exertions are being made to render it an effective display on behalf of Chartism , Go ' lcar —Party spirit is running very high in tbis place , and it appears tbe valiant ' yellow squad * have been boasting what noble deeds they performed on Tuesday last in front of the DroMs Hotel , but forgets to mention how they bad to leave their JMiltdn and Morpeth banners on their way home at night ; afew
boys who had been ridden down by Cropland , Tom Taylor , Scotch Bob , and Pilling , looking out for those brave Oolcar shoddy men , and attacking them and putting the whole gang of tbemjto the rout—musicians ^ Bag-bearers , and the whota poswjfof them . Some of ' the fraternity who happened jj ^ Bea littl e w eal thier than the rest , are threatening the poor ntfen that they shall have no ' wark' if they do not f ^ te for Milton aad Morpeth . One of the pions deacoa-dippers sent word to an old kinsman of the same name as Mnuelf , tltat , if he did not vote for Milton and Morpeth , no more ? wark * for him : the old man exclaimed , Why . fi never could raise a pair o * new breeches sin V Whigs come into office , and it is not likely I shall gia my vote to get them in again . " The blues are Ssiing Jflie p ©?* men on , and , no doubt , they will thrive as well under their new masters ss they have been doing fox some time back with the yellows . . ^
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n ENTLEMEN , —Allow me to assure you thatfor IX the invitation which I have received from » portion of your number to offer myself as a Candidate for your Suffrages , to represent you in Parliameut , I return you" my warmest thanks . Your invitation I at once accept , and , shall take an early opportunity of meeting you personally and publicly , and then explain my principles , and answer any questions that may be put to me . : In the meantime , allow me to give you a brief outline of my political principles . - i 1 st . I am determinedly opposed to all monopolies of every kind ; and shallthereforel * bour laoesr
, , santly for their entire destruction ; but , being cl opinion that all those monopolies whioh press so beavily upon the industry of the country , havespranjj from , and are grounded in , the " monopoly oi legislation , " I snail particularly devote my attention to the entire rooting up and overthrow of that master grievance . - 2 nd . I shall support a thorough and searching inquiry into the laws and institutions of the country , with a view to their revision and purification , as I believe their present tendencies are to lead to tha commission of crime , and then punish those who
perpetrate it . 3 rd . I am opposed to the connection of Churok and State , being convinced that that unholy union , has done much to retard the progress of Christianity , as well as being a grievous outrage upon the consciences of DisBenters , and au intolerable burden upon the shoulders of the poor ; I skall , therefore , work heart and soul for their immediate and complete separation . . 4 th . I believe agricultnre to have innumerable benefits to confer upon a nation superior to commerce ; and , therefore , shall attend carefully and diligently to every measure introduced into the House of Commons , which may in any way afiVct its
interests . 5 th . I shall , at the end of every Session , return and give an account of my stewardship . I shall bo at all times ready to explain any part of my conduct as your " representative which may require it ; and shall resign my trust into your hands when called upon to do so by a majority of the people . Gentlemen , —Upon these principles I take my stand , and look with perfect confidence to their triumph over all interested opposition . Men of Fife , do your duty , aud I shall do mine . JOHN DUNCAN .
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ELECTORS AND NOM-JEL&CTOKS , if you would learn tbe real merits of the "Corn , Sugar , and Timber" Question , and the effect the Whig Scheme would have upon Farmers , Labourers , Shopkeepers , and Owneis of Money in other people ' s hands , read AN ADDRESS To the Electors aud Non-Electors of the County of Cork . By Feargus O'Connor , Which , together with a Letter to Mr . Thomas Ceo . ne , an Irish Elector , is neatly printed in a large Sheet , and sold for ONE PENNY . Printed and published by Joshua Hobson , Publisher of the Star , from whom it may be bad in any quantity ; and may be had also of all Agents of toe Star . ¦ ¦
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Ovr space is so fully occupied with the elections that we can do do more than call the attention of our West Hiding friends to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter iu our first page : and we do implore them to read and mark well Us every line . Everything that faction can do , by gold , threats , or violence , will , we know , be done to keep tbe people from giving their own men tbe show of hands . This must not be permitted . The honest " workies" of Yorkshire must come in their countless thousands aud testify by their peaceful assertion of the rigkt their consciousness of wrong .
MONDAY MUST BE SUCH A DAY AS YORKSHIRE NEVER SAW .
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