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COMMUNICATIONS OMITIED IN OUR LAST FOR WANT OF ROOM . CHARTIST BOXOTJBS . TO THE SDITOB OF THB SOHTHEBTT STAB . 1 Sib —H . D . Griffiths does not approve of the Chartists wearing the ( PConnor medal appended to a ribbon . I thin * him over sensitive on the score of ' l » aderahip - aad «• badge of voluntary slaTery . " Hehu » tight to feii opinion -, TmiJ am not so easily alarmed . In the Star the article was headed « Chartist Medal » ad Ribbon , ' and is such I still consider it "When any iniiiYiduai has done as much for the Charter as O'Connor , then let him be e qually wtanaO . We cannot ottbe O'Connors and O Bnena . Nature denies some of at , and honesty of inclination interposes a strong bar to prevent the success of many now struggling fathebatUe-fitdd for emineBce .
T * medal bears the Chartist motto , "Universal Safege » No Surrender ; " and if the head of Satan _ jV ^ sid e , and a facsimile of Pandemonium on the other I would wear it on my breast , while the above motto *« ovu war-cry , in pride and triumph . At « ny rate , there can be no danger in wearing the Chartjsi ribbon ; at least the good people of Bannockburn are of my opiiiion , as they have just started the O'Connor tartan > Bannociburn is , by tlie bye , an awful name in S cotland . ... .. "
I fear there is much paltry jealousy respecting Fear-< m& . It will not aid oar cause ; and as the aristocrats and millocrsta cannot beat ns in fair figLt , they s * ek to divide as , and gold will not be spared for such a worthy purpose . There are some who assume to " go the whole hog , " but 1 fear it is without bristles , at they an of such a so ft and silky texture that a practical workman can do nought with them . The bnstlts on Hat && of a thorough Chartist ere as staff as " qoiils on & porcapine , " and present &a " armed front" everywhere .
For the love of « ur cause drop these petty jealousies , and needless and groundless alarms , and go to work on the 2 * itai > nal Petition in g « o 4 earnest . I have Been many noble sentiments ia the Star signed " H . D . 0 riSthe , " and I shall trast to see more ; and depend that , to all wto it may concern , I am not at all disposed to become a " voluntary slave" to any class or individual ¦ wh atever . A Woolwich Cadei . Chicbester , Jan , 17 th , £ 542 .
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HORTON REFORM ASSOCIATION . TO THE EDIT 88 . OF THE NORTHERS STAB . Snt , The following address has been agreed to by the Reform Association of Hoiton , and they request jeu to insert it in yosr next Star . Yours , Jtc . / . BROOK . Address of the Hori&i Reform Association to iheir brother Refo rmers of Ihe United Kingdom , PEL lo"ff-CotsTB ?* ES , —In addressing you in the language of brotherhood , we would humbly , but earnestly direct your attention to the important signs of fee times in which we lire .
It is now nearly fen years since the passing of the Reform Bill—that saeaiure which the people were then -fcold , and were led to'belieTe , would be the forerunner of greater reforms ; - which would tend to secure the rights Interests , comforts , sad happiness of the whole community . We presume , Brettwrs , that we need not remind you , that tea fair premises and expectations which were then held out to the people , have ended in utter disappointment ; so that now at the end of almost ten years of a so-called Reform Government , instead of being in a better , we actually find ourselves in a much worse situation T ^*** we were ia before ita commencement .
If we looi aroHHd amongst the labouring -classes , what do we behold- ? Householders retiring into lodgings—able-bodied labourers , willing , anxious 4 o work , iut totally unable to find employment , thronging the streets day after day in raes , and with counteaaces so pal « , and frames bo emaciated , that even to behold them is enough to » inake humanity shudder , whilst thousands who haTa only partial employment , are barely able to keep -up a wretched union -betwixt soul and body . If we soak to the middle elassee , how do we ¦ fiTirt th * m ? The manufacturers on the verge-of 'bankruptcy , ana the shopkeeper with an emp& . lill , bearing unquestionable evidence of the inabiliiy of the working rUnaitHt to purchase even the common Hieeessatriea of life ; ana if we look to the higher classes , how -do w&find them ? Gtrtainly , iu possession of wealth ., -bat unable to enjoy-it , in consequence of the everyday increasing insecority of life and property , brought -on b y this unnatural—this horrible state of things .
^ Brethren , there is oa natural cause why thing * should % e ae they are . Providea . ce has not withheld its bounties , ear labourers are pre ? erbiai throughout the -eiviiised « rorid for their williarness to toll—onr soil is . goodthe bowels of our ebttk yitld every thing that is necessary for trade and sjaanufaetures ; and our vgeographisal position is such as to command the casu £ . erce of the-worid . Being thus situated we can eonceire of no . cause srfkiently blighting to produce the sad state of things we see around m , except-cne , and that one u -class legislation .
The next question that naturally arises is , how can thii sCause be the most speedily and efiscSially removed ? Our answer isihis—by at once granting the people a full a measure cf justice . Without this we iml assured that nothing which is worth a struggle can D&Accompliahad . Even , for instance , if we-c * nid compel the Government to ircpeal the Com laws tomorrow , they might , in tvKlve month ' s time , bo . rise their legislative powers so ae-to make our condition as bad a * it is at present . Bat we feel certain that fes great mass of the work ing cZaas&s can never again be induced to join in soy agitation -except that which 4 smands for them a fair share of political power . Thase , then , fellow countrymen , arefcsie cf the conviction which have prompted us to take the important step ves have taken ; that is , to make -the following the f&sdamental principle * of our issoeiattea .
l '~ Uidversal Suffrage—that is , that tnerj mate iniabitazit » f iheseTeainiB , of t- « saty-one years of age , of sound mind , and unconvicted of felony , and who has resided within acy given electoral district for six months previott 3 to tbe list of rq £ ers bting revised , shall be entitled i *> vote lor she ebsiion of a member of Parliament . 2 nd . YotebyBaBot . 3 rd . Annual Parliaments . 4 th . Equal YotiRg D ^ tricts—that k , tkat each voting district shall contain , as nearly as possibly , an equal ember of inhabitants . 5 th . So Property-Qcalification for Members of Parliament and 6 'Jl Payment of Memfers . Brother Reformers , be sot startled at those principles ; th ^ se are the principles which Whigs of by-gone days have advocated .
In 17 S 0 , Charles James Fox , the leader of the Whigs , wa « chairman of a corcmittae for the carrying out of thoss principles . In the same jear , tbe Dake of Richmond introduced a bill into the House of Lords , for the purpose of establishing Acsnal Parliaments , and gitiug the right of voting to every man not contaminated by crime , nor incapacitated for wuait of ajason . Abent the years 1795 , and 172 « , Charles Grey , Esq . { now Earl Greyi advocated similar principles- Thta be not needlessly alarmed , but come out at once like men , ard like patriots , lot the above mentioned p . tinciples , and we tksll soon be able to fora such an . inion oi prkciple and of acti on , that no Government Will thick it prudent to turn a deaf ear to oar prayers .
Sincerely hoping that you will at once consider and aio ] . tth 6 above principles , We remain , Brotler Reformers , In the bonds of fellowship , Tours truly , TH 2 ilEJIBSRS OF THE HOBTOJf BErOBM ASSOCIATION . [ "We need not , of course , say that we are anxions to « ee these priceiplts aDiversaUy adopt * -d by the people ., and to see all their followers adirg in their di&seminateon . We thitk , however , that much valuable oonctnbated energy will be lost to tbe people by thi 3 mode of establishing isolated local aEBocistions . instead of sapparting the great national body- Why cannot the Horton Reformers at once call npon their friends to join the Sa ' . ional Charier J&sociation 1—Ed . 1
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10 THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAK iiES of ihe ^» 0 STH , —We of Lyndon have been ong accustomed to hear o your di £ trt » ses , but we have Oft heeded them . We have read that hundreds upon hccnredB of your artisans and iabonrtrs are compelled ts sterve in the midst of the abundsnee th&t Biccks thtir suSenng . We have tnown that yenr wives and e&Mren have been destitnte of food and raiment—that Jtur homes have been desolate , an < 5 your vtiy exifctence » ccrse : Ail this , I » ay , we iave ksown , acd we have alto k&own that such a state of things could not , ought not to continue . That sodety so coiutitnied must ooner or later prty upon its own elemtnts . Yet what hare we of London done toward ! obtaining a change for
Ttra ? Why , in tbe eujoyment of our superfluities we bave sk } . t over tbe remembrance of * your privations . We have not equally suffered the pangs of hunger or the ravages of despair , and we have treated tht description of your realities as " clasi" fictions . Yts , " we , " of tbe middle class , have laughed at jour miseries and mocked ai your aistresses , little dreaming that the day » onid arrive when ths avenger would direct the shaft of retribution into the very heart of the tmpi re . 1 We have laughed 1 nay , we still laugh ! Our palaces teho again with the strains cf revelry , and the wail of luisery is unheard . The anow of -des ^ nction is ovtJ the « alls oi Belshtzzar—l-nt the hand-writing on tbe ¦ wall is unh-. eded ! In the streets of London , this day , ire thousands of its population perishing with cold sbo hunger , while the Kuler « f the State a .: d her "King Consort , " that is to be , are enshrined like divinities in thtir super-human elevation and outrageous luxury ; this day , wbi ) e the stretrts » f the metropolis are ftsrenged with idle ools , wbo follow court pageants
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as crows follow carrion—fools who pander to the contemptible assumption of superiority which some of the worms of creation claim over their fellow ?; fools , who in safety can mimic thunder , and In danger are but squeaking mice ! Such things , I » y , are crowding the streets of London , this day , to offer by theti presence * show of adulation to the husband of the Qaeen , and the contemptible poltroons of Englishmen , who for the sake of Couit favonr have got np a mountebank affair at the New Exchange for his gratification . We shall read tomorrow , in the wretched presa of London , of «• Hia Royal HignessV gracious this and condescending that , and the Lord Mayor of London will have bended and bowed , and cringed , and kissed Hisr Royal Highness * anything for the tremendous " honour conferred npon her Majesty ' s good City of London , by his gracious presence . " Faugh ! j £ 30 . a year is tolerable hire for his highness-ship without the further indulgence of such mummery for his amusement .
Bub the beauty of th « thing Is , that amidst all the preparations for this day ' s foolery for the gratification of die high . class revellers , the work of justice has been silently and slowly , but surely , progressing among the low-class spectators . The work ol retribution has commencftd in the stronghold of despotism , selfishness , and claw extravagance . Parties ot weary , hungry , and destitute men , having been refused reliaf by tbe Unions and redress by the raagktr&tes , have visited «> ur bakers ' shops , and helped themselvts and their famishing companions to the food they are not allowed to e * rn by their honest labour , that they might nol absolutely starve in the face of day ; and some sixteen in one case , and ten in another , have been committed fer trial for violating the laws !
But what laws have these men violated ? Not the laws of God ; for He , " who gave life , gave also the means by which life is to be sustained i not tbe laws of nature , for aature has amply provided for all her children ; but the laws of man—the class laws of the stronger itxposed upon the weaker ; laws made by a class for fee protection and enrichment of a class , and by the uanatural and anti-social operations of which , every other class of society is gre * ud to tbe earth , and trampled upon by a parcel of dawa who have assumed the feathers of domination scattered in their way by a careless and now justly-punisbed people , and affect to be grievously ill-used when tfcey complain of the wrong .
Well , then , the game of starvation is beginning to be played out in London ,- fest there are not enougi of us Kt ' lhe table to do so witfc any t-ffect . We have not , fcxci'i't in some two or three districts of the metropolis , anything like the congregated mass of wretchedness that is to be found in the northern districts . W « have certainly a few Bpitalfields weavers who now vni tSen precisely die of hunger and cold , and occasionally x poor wretch is found exhausted in the streets , « od the brnch of the Station-honse becomes the bed of -death -.
but these cases are of too isolated a character to be of importance in die-eyes of the dabbing , tricking , thriving Londoner , who is so accustomed to deception , that he believes nothing to be-real until his own noee ^ s brought to the grindstone , and will bear insult lfe « a very spaniel ! In fact , we - « f London have never believed in your distress , or cared for your patient « endnrance ; snd now that ike stera reality is rushing towards our bakers' shops and -provision stores , tbe question ia , how our newly-awckened faith can be turned to a useful purpose .
As I hava before observed , the misery ^ of London is not sufficient ^? - mce ^ e to be thought important by the semi-divinities who govern us , and even if U was so , we are in London so disunited and selfish , that we should quarrel amocgit ourselves for the right of being starved rather than uot quarrel at all , if the Coctt required it ; and yet what with bad food , insufficient food , and no food at all ^ a tolerable proportion of the -poor of London are in the direct read to the pauper hol « 3 of the Estiblishment . Set do some of your men of-the north help us to speak the truth for once ? come to our aid in tbeir own forccdrdarch with death ? The law compels both you and us to starve : we , like yourselves , can
neither obtiin kbour for our skill orfood for our industry , but we have one advantage over yon . We can stand shivering witk cold and hunger in the street * and get t > ceisional peeps at raree shows , and watch the birds of fine feather as they flit backward and forward after tbe Queen ' s husband , and the full fed , fat , and haughty minioas of his train . -Corue and share our felicity some thousands of g-eu . At least , come and help -us to die with decency at the palace gates—let' the stench of our c&tcases ascend to tbe perfumed -sliambfcTS of royalty , iiet the Queen inhale tbe f-rcgt&nce of our putridity , -and then see if she will read the hand-writing upon tbe wa . lL
Men of tbe JNorth!—Factory slaves of Englandmiserable rictiiiis to infernal laws—tfou are without friends , exceptsmong your own class- —you are without hope , except from your own pmdeace , and year own energy ! The court heeds yon not , except as ereatures for ite use . The aristacracy . dn the plenitude of its enjoyments , does not dream of your actual sufferings—the -middle classes know yonr sufferings , and e . dd weights to your bmdens , wtHb tbey despise you for enduring them , and contrive to grow rich upon your ruin . Help yourselves . ' The tiaae approaches for acBor—Parliament , such as it is , will ^ sbortiy as sembla How standsyoar petition ? Of this be convinced , the Charter is your only barrier against vide spreading , universal destruction . Ask for ft!—insist upon having it—cease rot until you have secured it , that if peace an-. i good government be denied to you , itunay at least become the inheritance of your children .
And which of the London press wiH yon take to your bosoms as a friend ? I shall not advertise papers by naming them here , but which amongst tteni can you look to for supperj ? in it amongst the weathsr-cock Whig-Radical babblers about tbe Corn Lavs , and sham patriot defenders -of unlimited and surtaxed steam pow * r productioa , that tbe hungry millions thrown out of work by iu giant progress are to iook with confidence for the advocacy of rtheir interests ? Is it among the ¦ wholesale cactew for one relicion , or tbe pot-house brawlers strainst all religions that you ace to seek asiistance aDd advice f Ko ; I say trust only to yourselves , and your o « a or . an . Toink , act , wo « k , triumph for yourselves aad 1 st the Charter be tbe grand reward of yonr exertions . Yon are starving . now ; you cm but starve if you fail ; and tbe chances are that when you take the game of legislation iat « jour own hands , yon will not starve at all . 3 FACT . London , Jan . 17 th , lSa 2 .
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ADDRESS OF THE FEMALE NATIONAL CHABTER ASSOCIATION OF UPPER HONLEY AIS ' D SMALLTHORN . F-SiLOw-Cor-NTjiywouEii syv Cov . \ trtv £ N , — That the present time is one of great distress , privation , and jsorrow no one can deny , for never in our nation ' s history was ever such deep smd universal destitufoa as atpiasenL To remedy these evils is the duty of all and every one , both iaale and female ; no one ought to be backward in striving to pat an end to the sufferings of the workiog C-asses , ai > d yet whai apathy , what criminal indifference is tbere maniftsted by far tbe majority of tbe nit » and women , who bear the heaviest part of the burden , and have to endure the greatest amount of sorrow .
> Ien , { its appeal to you , ) should this be so ? you who pride yoursei ve s on y uir superior intellect , strength and courage ; should you be apathetic ; you with all yonr boasted advantages , should you bo indifferent to the sefferieg privatious and destitution of yonr vriyes , your children , and yourselves ? Surely not- It eannot be , that tbe father of a family can endur » to &te Vhe wife of his bc-tom , the chi ldren of his love , pine and die for wanVr-wben a remedy lies open before his eyes , a remedy easy to be obtained and only wanting the united energies of labonrs sons , to obtain that "which ¦ R- ould at once and for over arrest the downward march of labour ' s chilaren . and put an end to all these evila now so severely fe-t by all .
We feailtEB . y teil you , that all evils of a national nature centre in class-legislation , and we eay that unless = the monster be scotched , more and greater evils , deeper and more pungent Borrows await you ; and as sxnn ss you bow suffer your present load so sure wLl you have to suffer deeper and more heartfelt sorrow . We tell you that unless c ' a ^ s-ltg'slation is destroyed , you can iave do hope of being any better , or of obtaining aDj real benefit for youtseivcB , your wives , or your ehikiren . We therefore intreatyou no longer io be apathetic , indifferent , cr careless , but at once set about the work of juur own , your wives , and jeur children ' s redemption , and itt one determined , one united effort pat an end to elass-iegtslatiun , and on the ruins of party , plant the tree of liberty—tbe People ' s Charter .
Women , ( we appea-to you , ; has not tbe cold iron of povtrty ei-tered titep enc ugh into your souls , but jou Bust by your apa hy invite heavier strokes and deeper wonnds ? You who h ; Vfc reen the order of nature invtrtea , Vhe female driven to tbe factory tolabour far ber offspring , and her husbund unwillingly idle at home , dependant alike on female and infantile labour for hia own existenc-i ; will you , can you longer be in love witha base crvbl ijsttm that makes you and your infants slave * , that , faitory lords may amass more gold than "wonld purchase tbe whole l and ? Can yon , mothers , bear longer the soul- degrading burden ; must yon still be the nn-thtTB of mi * slaves ? Yon , who possess tbe finest sympathies cf our nature , will you rtfuss your aid , when the object sought is yenr's and yonr children ' s ha , piness , and the complete emancipation of your eonntrj" ? No / no ; we will not insult you by supposing that you are ao besottedly in love with the present soul-grinding body-starving system , as longer to wish its continuance .
Conie then , men , women ; come all ; unite , unite , atd by one determined tffort , abolish class-legislfction , and again we say en its ruins plant universal justice and equality , bastd on the People ' s Charter . In behalf of tbe Association , Sab . au Price , Chairw-wnan .
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Power a > 'd I > fix e * cb cf Fkiekdship . — The cultivation oi well- placed friendship ibattended -with most bentficial tfFects ; for , if the feeling be mutuall y strong , ana alike sincere , no fault will p » -s without correction—iio weakness will escape a generous censorship ; wbiie the advantage of a comforter in our affliesioiib and a participator in cur enjojaents , cannot be doubled . — . Par . Ws Pnaiy Library ,
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\ WAYS AND MEANS . ; TO THS EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —I am Tery sorry , and much anused , that Mr . Finder ' s blacking has not met with that prompt atten * tion and adoption it deserves . I did expect , by this time , that every Chartist In Great Britain would have it in bis possession ; instead of which , I dare say there is scarcely a Chartist in London who has yet seen it Where are those who are generally so forward in voting money out of tbe funds of tbe Associations for various purposes connected with Chartism ? Why dont they bring forward the above plan , to serve a good man , and out good cause ? Where are those who lament the apathy of those working men who do not understand politics ? Did Sir John say Chartism was dead ? In this instance it shews little life .
It -must be a source of gratification to oar opponents to See na almost neglect one of our own body , and a brilliant opportunity of realising funds for carrying on the agitation . There are many who are acquainted with small shopkeepers who might be induced to vend it Members and others could supply their friends and neighbours . Working men could sell it among shopmates . Many a poor fellow might earn a Sunday ' s dinner for himself and family , by hawking it In publiobooses , &c , on Saturday nights ; but all mast have a place near at band to buy it I reside in Bethnal Green , and the nearest place to get it is Lambeth or Knightsbridge , a distance of several miles ; instead of which , it ought to be sold in every Association Room at least , and bj every one who could make it convenient
I beg to suggest the propriety of the Councils calling meetings of members to empower the various Secretaries to send for a certain quantity of blacking , and to have twe memorandum-books , one to insert the receipts by retail , and the other by wholesale ; always allowing any person to have sixpenny-worth by wholesale , if required ( the profit being , i think , one half ) , to enable aa many as possible to sell it . I hope the members of the National Charter Association will see to it It boasts of 300 localities . We should then see a list of buyers as long ae my arm , instead of , as at present , a paltry half dozsa or so . A Working Man . Friar ' s Mount
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— ^> TO THE EDITOR OF TUG NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In a letter received by me , iacloelng an order for five shillings , and which I have remitted to you for the O'Brien Press Fund , from the < 3 barter Association , meeting in Ramsay -buildings , Hamilton , Scotland , there is a paragraph which runs tims"Sir , you have probably beard that tb& Scottish Patriot ietlead . What a field is now open for that noble of nature , James Brontms O'Brien ; he weald be tnthoaiaitically received , and well snpported In Glasgow . "
Through you , Sir , I would « aggest to the O'Brien Committee and to Mr O'Brien , and to my brother democrate generally , the propriety of taking up this suggestion , and act upon it Thus might a Scottish Star be established , and co-operate heart and hand with -eur Northern luminary—give an impetw to the good ^ cause in which we arc engaged—and bring us to the « cal of our ambition , ( the Charter , at a railroad pace . And I am sure all true democrats will agree with me Abat nothing is more -essential than tbe -establishing honest Chartist newspapers in England , Ireland , Scetiand , and Wales . Yours , truly , in the good cause , Edmu . nc Sra-xi-wooD .
ITft knew not how thifl-letter came to be omitted last week ; it was fully-intended for insertion ; and we ; supposed that we had given it into the printer ' s ¦ bands . He , however , Bays that he has no recollection of it We Had on reference to tbe paper , that the five shillings named in this letter for the O'Brien Pres 3 Fund , and remitted by Mr . Stallwood , was erroneously stated in oar last to have been received from < jlasgow , instead of from Rim-Bey ' s-buildingB , Hamilton . —Ed . N . S . I
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" TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE £ HE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN . Mt Lord , —In my % first letter to your Lordship , I presumed to point-out the fact of your Lordship ' s possessing ( as chief Magistrate of the City of Dublin , ) " tbe opportunity to examine , and the power to punish , bould you find any illegal or pbysical-ferce Chartists within yeur jurisdiction . " ¦ - .-. . . Mow , as your Lordship has net , since your instalment icto office , had any-euch parties brought before your tribunal , it must follow that either tbere are no such illegal parties in Dublia , or that ytmr Lordship has been negligent in performing your magisterial duties . That there are numbers of ( Chartists in the city your
Lordship cannot deny , and-ihat you have attached a violent and illegal character te their proceedings , -ia-equally as tsae ; therefore , let me . ask , if your assertions are facts , 'ar . d it is to be hoped . your Lordship would not voluntarily be guilty of falsehood , ) why do you uot arraign them before the "jury" you are so anxious to sit amongst , and have tiiem dealt with as wicked and seditious characters ? /« with open , honest candour , acknowledge that they are not to be found ., or that you have been deceived by false reports ? This wouM be a more honourable way of proceeding than that which your Lordship is pursuing .
Ton wish to keep the people of Ireland flam joining tht > -Chartists , and , for . that purpose , you assail with unblushing recklessness , : th- ? character of a . scan whom you . have already , by your influence , robbed of every thing be possessed . Why not ( if it is tbe people ' s interest to stand aloof from the Chartists ) explain to them the reasons why they should do so , and show , if you -am , that they would be iojured by the connection ? Jf liberty , if " Justice to . I reland , " be your motto . 1
t ? ll yon , my Lord , it is net by throwing dust in the eyes of your countrymen , or frightening them by yrur overgrown influence , thatjsau are to # btaia it The people have waited on year " ulterior measure" long enough . Yea knew they are impatient for justice , and tired of jour Whig truckling system , which they now see is not likely to produce tie advantages which tbey were led to hope for ; the spirit of inquiry is auiooget t : em , and your political vision is bo acute that you know yott will be likely to lose # our adherents , unless yon terrify ihtm into submission .
Now , I fearlessly chalenge your Lordship , or any of your " young blood of Ireland , " to prove that illegal oaths are administered ataongst tile Chartitti , or any act which eoaid constitute an illegal assembly . Oh , no , my Lord , sve " register no vowe . " 1 also tell your Lordship that stless you do prove yonr assertion , your veracity will in future be looked upon with suspicion , ana lhat if you < io prove that such oaths have betn , or are administered , you deserve to be disrobed of your tinsel trappings , for neglecting to bring the offenders to justice .
Here , my Lord , i s a dilemma in which you have placed yourself , you must either make your case out , or henceforth suffer tbe penalty of being suspected of falsehood ; or , what is worse , if yo ^ make it out , you will deserve to be eensured by tae authorities , and n .-ayh&p be deprived of your office . It would be wisei if your Lordship would candidly own that the Chaitei contains nothing that is illegal , and at the tame time tell the people you were one of tbe leading parties to draw up its principles .. Act honourably , my Lord , wiio tbe people , who have ever acted honourably with
you . Do not pive them cange to suspect you of tardiness , for the Irish are capable of resenting an insult Permit tbtm to inquire for themselves , and you will f-oon find that they bave perception sufficient to guide them in their choice of political principles . But why do I ask you t » permit them ? Are they who have struggled emiiist the " battle and the bretas , " and grappled with adversity and persecution—they whose consistency has placed your Lordship in your present political position to be denied the right of exorcising their judgment on matters of such interest to their country ?
No , my Lord . I am an I rishman , and I claim as aright that I should think for myself , andnot pay blind obedience to the dictates of any man whatever , or be terrified by the lowering frowns of coercive influence , which rales with despotic sway the opinions of yonr party . Let my countrymen look to my last letter to the " People of Ireland , " and tbey will there see who are their friends . I have there proved that neither the Tories , or the Whigs , or the abettors of either party deserve that title ; and I now repeat that he who would advocate the right of either party to govern the people is an enemy to his country , and a traitor to the cause of liberty . Governments were framed for and by the people , and not for any particular class ; and the people , as being the majority , should be also the law makers .
Your Lordship does not deny this , but you quibble about trifles , because , forsooth , to use your Lordship ' s own words , " every body knows Paddy O'Higgins . *' Yes ! and poor Paddy O'Higgins knows your Lordship ; and it is because he knows you so well tbat he is denounced as a seditious character , and branded in perspective with tbe name of an informer J 1 Such language would be an insult to the hateful memory of an O'Brien ; but to such a man as Mr . OHiggias it is too base for comment . The name of O Biggins does not sound well as a leader of a party in a city in which O Connell is the chief magistrate ; and which may be called the head quarters of his iiHaenee . Oh ! no , there must be no " O" but the one great and migbty " O" in Ireland , nor muit the people be
permitted to come within tbe circle of their acquaintance . How unfortunate it is , my L « rd . Who ever beard of such a thing ? such a number of , as the quack says , spurious imitations ? There is O'Connor , O'Higgins , OToole , O'Connell ( not Dan ) intruding themselves into notice , as if everybody , my Lord , was not aware tbat you were tbe greatest "O" in the kingdom ! I feut how long your Lordship will continue to be so I leave you to suppose , for the ptople of Ireland have an old regard for the family of the "O ' s" in particular . And now tbat so many of them are banded together in tbe cause of liberty , ten chances to one if obo or other of them ( perhaps O'Higgiu ? , or very likely O'Connor ) may not soon bec « m « the Star of the West , as well as the "Star of tbe North . " I bave only to hope th \ yoxa Lordship will take a hint from the spirit of t" *" itimes ; and Relieve that I
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would rathtt see yoti ia your proper place , namely , at the head of the p « dpl « , leading them on to victory , instead of lingering by the way , or causing division in the camp where naiij ' ahould reign . y Remember , my Lord , the peopt » have certain rjghta to obtain ; and that until thdBe right * aw obtained , your country will be involved in misery , therefore do not despise the efforts of any msn who aims to obtain those rights , if he does not bear the same political name as your Lordship , or does not possess bo mighty an Inflaenoe , he maj still be a sincere friend to "" his- country . And such I belieTe to be the man whom yonr Lordship has maligned ^ injured , and insulted . I confess I would be sorry that any man calling himself » Chartist , should possess your
Lordship ' s political character , for I do assure yonr Lordship , tbat constotency is the most essential requisite in a public man . And hence I will be so free as to tell you , if you had beentSl . coasistent to the people as the people have been to you ; yen might Indeed be proud of your leadership ; but no ; the magic BpeU which binds your adherents together is nothing more than the blind enthusiasm of the people , and your uncharitable attacks on all who have the moral courage to oppose your worse thaa useless measures . What would your Lordship say to the man who , if he saw his friend in a drowning condition in the Liffey , would content himself by pulling him by little and little by the beela , oat of the river , and at the same time tell him " not ' .-to be alarmed , he would have him out by and ; bye ? " or if your Ltrdship should
ever have the misfortune ( which heaven avert ) to swing from the place where Paddy O'Higgins is ( according to . your Lordship ' s prophetic ooul ) to send his dupe » , what would you think of your " dear Pay , "« hould he say , "Easy , Dan , don't kick 86 hard ; I'll cut you down by and bye ? " Would your Lordship not call him a knave , if you had breath ? And do you not think this is » tme picture of Ireland ? . She ja in a dr owning , sinking condition , and you tell her yon will pull her out by and bye . Oh , yes , good Samaritan ; but why not pull her out tt once ? The reason is evident , my Lord ; although she is sinking under opprea . aion , you are skimming ligbtly on the surface , and although the torrent rolls in its might over tb « devoted beads of the people , your sails are filled with zephyrs , and your lockers stored with the luxuries < o € life t but did you feel the pressure as the poor feel it . you would
beas loud la your appeals for relief as they are . Did you feel yourself sinking , like the many thousands of your countrymen , you would be thaukfol for a helping hand to draw yo * out of the flood ; and so should the Irish be grateful tor the exertions of the gallant band of "O ' 8 "in DttbKo , for they are 1 ne matter whatyour Lordship may tfcink w say to the « entrary , ) determined to save their oountry from rain , and raise her to her proper position in the scale of nations . Yes ; this my Lord , is their object ; and I say to them , in the name of the Chartists of Great Britain , Proceed " more power to yom , O'Higgins , " and way you never cease to agitate for the Charter until every " 0 " from " Iyeragh " to " Doneghadee" become a convert to your principles . And that your Lordship easy have an opportunity of witnessing bo essential a < change is the sincere and fervent & ? pe of , My Lord , Your Lordship ' s most obedient humble cervant , W . H . Clifton .
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V ® THE WORKING MEN OF SCOTLAND . Pbjxow CoUNrRimsN , — -I bave addressed to > you two letters on the subject of the National Petition , and my object has been to meet the objections urged against it , "therefore it canuoi matter little whether I am right or-wrong as to tbe fact of the rejection-of the Petition as ' the subsequent adoption of it ; there « re still objections urged and still we have objectors . The Corn Law ¦ question has excited opposition to onr line of policy , and the most frequent -question which will be put is—Wby ^ o you not petitionfor the removal of the Corn Laws ? I shall endeavour to answer the question , a * the same timepremising lay remarks with the observation that I cannot be expected in a letter to do more than merely sketch over such an extensive subject , and promising at the same time , , that on a future occasion , 1 shall Address a small pamphlet to you on the broad raeriU of tbe < qne $ tibn . : ' , ' .. "¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ' .
In touching -the question at all , ^ ou must bear io mind first , that we have mentioned . tbe provision lawa ia tbe National 'Petition , and in tbelr proper place as grievances ; secondly , that I would not argue the questiou , if I was an advocate of the middle class or the capitalists . I will approach / the anettion only qb an advocate of the rights of labour , who puts to himself the following questions : —Will the abolition of the Corn Laws benent < tbe working men « o considerably * s to authorise them to renounce the agitation for the suffrages ; or ought the Corn Laws to receive the ppe-« edtnce in our agitation , and be ^ made the most prominent grievance ?
If I wus a Rrlddle-class advocate , I would answer thus . The agitation for the abolition of the Corn Laws is so important-bo the people , that tbe question of the suffrage should not have tbe precedence , but be made a secondary question . Why ? BeeauBe the middle class have the suffrage already ; tbey have a vote ; and theChatter will not give them two ^ ^ anaequently , they would say , in reply to my second selC-applied question , that the
We all admit that class legislation as a monster cause has given rise to the Corn Laws . We proclaim it in the Petition i and we promise , having the suffrage , to rescind them from the statute book . We do not , however , conceive the Corn Laws to be the monster result of the system , and that the National Debt , the army and nsvy , au overgrown Church establishment , the Poor Law , tbe excise and custom duties , and a variety of other effects , are to be pointed out as riot arising from that prolific yet deadly root—classlegislation . Working Hieu feel all these evils , and are
conscious tbey cannot mitigate or remove the pressure of one of them ; nevertheless , they are fully sensible that the lopping off of one branch would signify nothing if the vitality of the root could throw out in its place a hundred small and hungry offshoots . The Corn Laws once gone , the cause remains behind , and the wise men who offer this sacred plaster to the . wounded side , quite forget to take out of the remedy the thorns en . c osed , or , in other words , with the Corn Laws thrown overboard , the laws of primogeniture and entail ,, which uphold the monopoly of land , and which preceded the Corn Laws .
What quackery would it be to abolish the Corn Laws , and hold sacred the yetj monopoly which originated them , which is the twin monopoly of our present class legislation , and which living must exist , and existing must dive into the vitals of the poor and lay the foundation of its fallacies on the ruined cottages and the miseries of its wretched inmates . What do the middle class mean by their class legislation ?—the presence of a majority of Tories in the House of Commons . They had a hand'in that as a claBB aid ; if all the House of Commons consisted of Whigs , would tbat lessen the load of class legislation to the labourer ? No , no ; ' no ! ' It was class legislation when the landlords had sole power . It would still be class legislation if the capitalists joined ttiem . It is
cla-vs legislation even now , when tbe middle class have the fancaise ; and it will be class Idgislation until every man has a vote , who is of a sane mind , and twenty ' one years of age . Leave that plague-spot behind ; and although you , my oppressed countrymen , may toil for a thousand years , ye would still labour to begin anew ; strike at the root : and mind , strike fur yourselves , without heeding who may say , strike higher , that hurts me . Aye , but you say , a cheap loaf is a cheap loaf . sti . U . So , it : is .. if you have sufficient wages ; but will the Corn Laws bring you a cheap loaf with tLe same wages ? If , I answer it may ; still , it will be like cheap letters under the N « w Postage Act . You will have a shifting of the burden from one shoulder to the other , but the load
will nut be one jot the less . Had you not a Whig boon in penny letters ? That was a benefit . Did not dear te 3 , cofiie , sugar , and spirits follow ? Most certainly . Then your burden was shifted , and mark my word it will be shifted again , must bs , or the finances of the country are exactly the same as those of Fiance , previous to her great revolution . How would cheap bread , dear tea , sugar , coffee , and no suffrage look ? How would Universal Suffrage , low taxes , and no monopoly look ? Tha middle class say you cannot get the latter . I answer by a question can they abolish theCornLaws ? No , but they have the suffrage and if they eannot abolish one evil , having the power wbieh we have not ,
I maintain tbat it is an unanswerable argument in favour of the extension of the Suffrage , at once and for ever to every man of twenty-one years of age , and of a sane mind . Their power is top weak they say ; then why not mate it greater by giving you the same power , because , the question is not whetber you . are to be benefited , but how tbey are to profit by your aid . Jf your public opinion is solicited , surely , if you are capable of giving an opinion as to the injurious nature of the Corn LaW 8 , you are also equally capable « f giving a vote for their removal , and the man who would ask the former and deny the latter , is either a senseless simpleton , or a cunning rogue . v ' . ; . !
Remember tbe weakness of the anti-Corn Law advocatt-s is admitted , when they solicit the support of the non-electors , and their knavery must be apparent aa well as tbeir folly , in courting the SufFrages of working men in public meetings , on one question , whilst they refuse the same liberty on all questions . Who are the tyrants then ^ we who Jegitimately insist upon oar right of reason on all public questions , or they who will only tolerate it ou one ? ¦ ¦' ; . ' ' ' - .:. - . " ¦¦ - ' : ' : '¦ ¦'¦ - '¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ " . ' : '¦ > . ;¦¦• - . . ¦¦ .. .: Fellow countrymen , I wish you saw the cloven foot as plainly as I do , you would then , reverting to the struggles of the hand-loom weavers , and the bloody field of Peterloo , believe Uiat necessity alone has at length compelled your matters to require the abolition of tbe Corn Laws when that monopoly has done its worst for the labourers , which rolling over the famished body ef the weaver , and his mouldering loom now carries distress to the booses of the middle Class , and arouses sympathy only whe-Uelf is coaoerned .
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JTbe question is twenty years too late in being agitated , and we are a century in advance of its advocates . Labour can no loBger receive benefit from the repeal of the Corn Laws , and the time is gone when manual labour can compete with steam , unless universal power will remove universal wrong , and bring cheap government , low taxea , a reduced national debt , no stnecures , at the same time that you have cheap bread , plenty to do , and high wages . \ ; God knows I cannot laugh at , nor despise , the poor , when they are led away by the aeducing cry of a cheap loaf and plenty of work ; bat I will endeavour to reason with them , and therefore having answered my two questions , and given you the reason vrhy the Corn Law question is to take the precedence , I will noTir briefly lay the real question at issue before yon ; ¦ ¦ • • \ X ' : ¦ . ; ¦ '' ' . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' ' ¦ '¦"¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ :
. ... rv-. .:. ... .. It Is not , fellow countrymen , a fair way of advocating the question of free trade by simply putting one question to the people , and asking them if they would have a big and a cheap loaf , because every man would say yeS ; and then proceed to flatisfy hia reason that he could have it , and decide upon the readiest and the best mode of keeping it free from the grinding masters arid taxgatherers reductions . The landlords created the provision laws at the end of the war , on the ground that if we could eat British grown bread it would be to the profit of the country to do so rather than employ and pay foreign labonrers for that which British workmen could create , and if we could produce as much or more grain than the people of this country could consume , it would be wise and judicious to
employ our own labour in preferance to foreign industry . The landlords discover their present advantage In the war price of farms and of food ; and although they can . they will not grow as much grain as the land could produce ; and the customs of the country appropriate much land for grain to be malted , and for potatoes , and other esculants which acres - . might be ruoTB artvanr tageouaVy used . The great reason for > he Corn Laws was , that British labour should be employed in the telds rather than foreign labour , that British bread was better tban Russian , ^ ^ even if a higher ^ price is paid for the former . Now observe what follows . This resolutfen on the part of th « landlords , brought them into
coattslon with the manufacturing interests , and they said to the legislature our taxis aro increasing , and we must pay Our workmen more wages in consequence of the pressure df public burdens , therefore on the same principle that you protect British corn aud exclude foreign grain ,, we insist upon protecting British manufactured goods , and shutting out foreign manufactured goods , that is to say , we shall have import du ties upon shoes , hats , and stockings , besides glass bottles and a host of other articles manufactured by distinct ; useful , aud important trades in their country , but which articles foreign workmen who are untaxed can produce cheaper than we can , and therefore in the end would undersell us in our own market .
16 this the landlords consented ; and hence , if it i s true that tfae landlords pocket the difference of the price of corn , as it ia s » ld in London an ^ D * ntzic , it is also true that the manufactarers pocket the difference between the price ef shoes arid bats in London and Paris , and of woollen stockings in the Midland Counties and Saxony . " Which of the two pocket the most I ciinnot say , but of this much I can assure the labourer that his interests are cruciflud between the two ; ¦ - . ¦ ' '' . - ' ¦ ¦ . - .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦
N "« ' w , ' mark again the effect of the abolition of the Corn Laws . The manufacturer demands the abolition of the Corn Laws , not to give them the chance of exporting more hats , shoes , stockings , gloves , clocks ana watches , gloves , silks , and a host of other British manufactured goods , thereby employing more workme : i in these trades , and paying them better . Oh , no . The market for such goods on the Continent must be closed ^ otherwise we would not chest out Paris hats and shoes for the London markets by import duties , ranging from 30 to 3 B percent .
Foreigners beat us in these goods , and the abolition of twenty Corn Laws would riot enable our trade to compete with foteigaeis unless you struck off the National Debt , and reduced the taxes to tan millions a year . The only articles we can export ore certain cotton goods , and some few wooileu articles . Working Jtfeai take notice here that one market is pearly closed kt regard to some of the manufactured cottons and woollens , because whilst we export j £ l 7 , 694 , 303 of woven cotton goods we export at the same time £ 6 278 , 039 of cotton twist , for foreigners to weave into cloth . We even now export woollen yarn for the foreign weavers . There . is competition for you I and what is Free Trade but * widely extended competition ? And what would it be to you with a widely extended taxation . . , ' . ¦ ¦ - ' . " . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ; ' '¦ ' •'¦' - . ' ¦ '
Fellow Countrymen , before you run a raco Btrip off the clogs , and take Nature's shoes ; and before you diverge into a natural course of trade destroy the trammels of artifice . How ? in what manner ? you ask . Simply by '" thersuffrage . Seek power first ; then bid defiance to the tax-master and the poor man ' s plunderer . - ' ' : - .. '¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ , " ' . '• ¦ . ' ' -,. '¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦/¦ ¦ " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ;• . I will avoid the single question of the Ci > rn Laws , and leave you to read my friend Campbell's small book , full of statistics valuable and convincing on the question . - ' ' ; ' . '' . . ¦" .: ¦ ¦ ''¦' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •;¦ ¦ ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ , ¦ ' ¦ . ' '¦ You bave now learned the relative position of landlords and capitalists . It is for labour and its friends to watch and explain their individual movementa , and report injury or benefit to us . I fear the latter will not overburden many messengers between the palace and the cottage . .
Fellow Countrymen , the question for you to consider is , will the tixes collected from the Com Laws be collected from other articles after their abolition ? The difficulties of the Government afford an answer—they must ; and from some quarter the one million and a half must be levied . Let it be impressed on the yonng Prince's forthcoming beard , and you will be the paymasters . Can you resist , object , or abolish taxes ? Youhave , then , working nun , another alternative . If the Corn Laws are abolished to benefit the manufacturing interest , other import duties mnst {> e aVoliehed to coinpensatt ;
( mark that ) the landed interest . In one word , if luanufacturers must have cheap bread , agriculturists will have cheap hats , Bboes , stockings , and other manufactured articles , because the same reason applies to . these manufactured goods as to corn ; the fame reason caused and the same arguments apply for or against both ; If it is wrong for manufacturers to p » y a protect-, ing duty on corn , you may depend upon it l $ a ; ilords will not be slow in objecting to the right ot niar . u / acturars putting a tax upon hats , shoes , and stockiDgs , and compelling them , for the benefit of trade , to pay moie for them than they do in France .
The result -wiiV . be , - if any injury arises to the agricultural labourers , they must be thrown as a bone into the mouth of the manufacturer , and if any loss or ruin arise from foreigners being allowed to undersell us in our own market , that must not be attended to because the landlords demand it , and have the power to take it , if refused . Working nien must be . ' sacrificed either way , unless the suffrage is-present'to . protect ami benefit all , to give undue advantage or undeservtd misery to none . . You have the question now before you , and to make it clearer , I will give you an extract from the evidence on the Import Duties in proof of my position . Question put by Mr ; Williams , MP .:
—" Would you say thafe the prwciple was a correct one , to admit the importation of stockings manufactured in Saxony into this country free of duty , Which '• would ; " - as a matter of course , supersede the trade entirely at Leicester , Nottingham , and other parts of England where stockings are made ?" Answer given by Mr . McGregor : — J certainly would admit them at an equitable dufyv not exceeding ten per cent < uhelher that u + uld destroy the trade at Leicester and Nottingham or not ; but uven if it did I should say that it would be better for the whole country to subscribe sufficient to support all these people at home who are now being employed in that manufacture , than to continue a tax in perpetuity upon tliis country . It would be humanity towards the manufacturers themselves . "
' - So it would Mr . MlGregor , bat at the same time ruin , starvation , and no bread at all to tbe weavers ; as for tie public subscriptions they areas slippery as eels , and with the New Poor Law before our eyes , the moat unchristian hopeless prospect for the poor . . , . ¦ : . - " : : ¦ ' ' ' . ' - ' . ¦• • ' . . . .. ; I have placed the question in a just light before yen , and t ask without hesitation , what labourer ' . would £ iv < the Suffrage the go by , and the Corn Law repeal the preference ? I cannot at this time enlarge upon the subject , bnt I will answer another argument assumed by tke free trader * to be a good ene under the present state ot the Govenment in this country . We are told that an extension of trade would benefit , but before we cati maintain our present position we must cheapen our goods .- That cheapening of goods has beeu our curse , or in other language , competition baa been our ruin .
I will , for the sake of argument , assume that a master employs a hundred men as weavers , ( makes shoes ,-hats , ' or any thing , ) and that in ene day 6 t ten hour's work , a weaver can produce ten yards ef doth , for which ho Kceivex ha ) f-a-crow : n' The roaster will then manufacture 1000 yards per . 'day , which he will carry to the market and sell for £ 500 . Half-a-crpwn is paid to the weaver , the cloth sells wholesale at ten shillings per yard . Competition arises at home or abroad , machinery comes into play , or any c&use reduces the price of the
yard of cloth to five shillings instead « f ten ; whr 4 rouft the master dot and how will the workman stand affected ? The master to retain bis position , and only secure his former profit must produce for sale and sell 2 , 000 | yards which will only bring the old £ 500 , and the workmen to retain his wage and earn no more , mutt either contrive to weave twenty yards in ten hours for the 2 s . 6 d ., cr work two days for one day's wage , or stand behind a machine which in one-half of the time will weave twice as many yards as he could do . v
In either case , the workman is the looser , bis pieee is made longer so are his boars of work , whilst his wages are made less , for let him work long hours or at work with a machine , lie or his fellows must be the sufferers . ' - ¦ ¦'" ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ / - ¦ ¦ ¦'' . - . : r- ' / - ¦"¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ . . '¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' - . y . ' ' . Mind you this , the master has social asd political power to shift his burden , and let your trade be ever so far exteaded and your goods cheapened , I tell you tbat you must be eitiw Ihe victkos of double hours ,
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the machine siave ?; receivine low wages and thev'ttims f a rennet cruelty and a civilised bondage , which yom have nbpower to avert or destroy . Fellow-coantrymen , I must conclude ; and my concluding request is , that you will reason upon the qoes . tion at issue , brie started by design , and depending upon ignorance or treachery for its exirtance , but itill ne which has had its proper place in the pttitwa amongst other grievances , and which , 1 feel confid « at , you will estimate for what it is worth and no . mora .. _ I thank those who have opened their eyes to tb « juggle of one party and the reason of another ; &n < i if I am riot too troublesome to the readers of the Sl * r , I shall address to you one mere letter next week or , thaconrse which ought to be pursued in presenting the next petition , . which I hope to see yet placed in the Commons as the largest national prayer ever Iai < V al the footstool of injustice . . ^?* Fellow-Cdnntrymen , ' 4 ^ T .: I remain , your sincere friend , " P , M . M'D 0 UiL 6
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MOCK CHARITY . The people of TrowbiWge being informed of obt generous goVerriment sending down four hundred pounds tobe distributed amongst the ppor of this place , c ?; ied a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town , at H . pe Cbapei . James Ames Alarclitint , secretary to the K-i 11-street Chartists ^ was unanimou sly called to the chair . After an excelient address from Mr . Bawling * , the following memorial was proposed by Mr . W . Porter and seconded by Mr . W . Harford , arid carri « d urianiuiouily . Tothe Right HofioraVs Sir Robert Peel , Premier *> her Ma iestvt Executive Qov # nmmt .
Honoured Sir . —We , the workinj ? classes of ^ the town and vicinity of Trowbridge in public meeting assembled , having been informed of y ^ ur generous crmrity awarded as a temporary relief to our starving familier take this opportunity to apprise her Majesty ' s Government that weV asi Engliihmen , do not desire charity so much as juttice ; for we are convinced that the unprecedented state of poverty , degradation , arid misery , which many of ub are riow Buffering , arises , not from the visitation of God , in Bickness , famine , pestilwiee , or sword , but Kom the avaricious spirit of rich tyrants who are tolerated to oppress by the accursed system oi class legislation ; and under onr present feeling we do not hesitate to say that if her ; Majesty's Governinenfc continue to maintain and support an unjust system ? we
should deem it more charity from tberri in sending rbwn a troop of humai butchers to dispatch a thousand of us , than keep us lingering out a useless life by starvatipa . At the same time , we would desire to apprise bet Mnjesty ' s Government that in the land of Britain , where God has abundantly ponred forth the bounties of hia goodness , there is enough for every human being to be well clad and well fed , so that they might be happy and comfortable in their station , and- become useful members of society , then , if justice was granted as , there would be ne need of emigration , transportation , MaltbusianiBm , or whoiesale murder , to thin popnlation ; nor the paltry charity of the rich to keey va alive in starv , » tipn ; but peace , happineas , and ttanquilHty woul <;| oaraent the whole community ; anrt the labouring classes , instead of becoming useless , snd being a dead weight upon society would become th « bul trark and strength of our national prosperity . To accomplish
this , we humbly implore her Majesty ' s Government to . take itt > their serious consideration the present deplora- - ble opndition of the labouring poor , and to devise a more noble way to display their charitable benevolencfc than a paltry shilling for a temporary relief . If they desire to do good in their day and generation j if they , wish the fame of honour to descend to their posterity ; if they are anxious to inimortftlfaa their names bo ihat future generations Bball call them blessed , then let them listen t « tbe prayer of the working mUliona set forth in the National Petition , and make the People's " Charter a Cabinet meajure , and by their influence and power cause it to be made thelaw of this land ; then will the cause' of poverty be removed ; then win industry be rewarded , peace and plenty to all the comnjunity , and Eoglind will be free . Grant us this one noble and charitable exalting favour , and your Memorialists will ever
T - -pray ., . ; ¦•;¦ .. - ¦ . -. . - , Signed on behalf of the meeting , James Ames Makchant , Chairman
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From the London Otnette of Friday , Jan . 21 , •¦ ¦''¦ ¦ . ; " '¦¦ ¦;¦¦ ¦ bankrupts . -: '¦ .. John MaldbkW , Fetter-Une , builder , to sumnder Jan . 38 , March 4 , at half-past eleven , at the Comt of Bankruptcy , Basio ^ hali'Street Solicitors , Messrs ; Rhodes , Bavor ,, andLane , Chancery-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Whitniore , Basinghall-Btreet . Joseph Scott and Henry Coker , W « od-street , Cheapside , woollen ^ warehousemen , Ftb 4 , at one . Man-h 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ,. ' JBiasinKball-: street . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Basing-) an « , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mfc Whitmore , Basin ghall-street . " . . ¦' , '¦ Charles Samuel Evan , Cornbill , master-mariner , Jaiu 28 . at eleven , March 4 ; at twelve , at the Court of Bwikjuptoy , Basinghaitotreefc . Solicitors , aiessrg . L ^ wraRce and Backburne , Buckiersbury ; offiicial assignee , Mr . BeneU . - ^ ' -: ¦ ' ¦ ' " : : - ¦ , ¦ ¦ ' . ' . . - ; " . ¦ ¦ . *
Charles Dod and Henry Bent , Riches-court , Llmestreet , ship-brokers , Jan . 28 , at two , March 4 at eleven ^ at the Court of Bankruptcy , B- 'singhall-Btreet Solicitor , Mr , Toune , , William-street , iBeigrave-aquare ; offloial assignee , Mr . Johrisor . Basinghail-atreet . William Young , Godaitning , Surrey , nurseryman , Feb . 2 , at one , March 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messnu Bolton and Merriman , Austin-friars ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-street-buildings . Mark Fpthergill and Michael Fothergin , tJpper Thames-street , dtysalters , Feb ; 5 . at baif-paat one , March 6 , at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Busingholl-st * eet . Sdiicitor , Mr . Catclin , Ely-place ; effioial assignee , Mr . Edward ' s Frederick ' s-place , O ! d Jewry .
Richard Nursty ,. ; Whitehall-place , Kentish Town , Tallow-chandler , "Jan . 29 , at two . March 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Barikraptcy , Basinghall-streeV Solicitor , Mr . Starling , Leicester-fquare official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane , Louibard-street , Joseph Smith . Needham , Uilesthorpe , Leicestershire , banker ^ F eb . 11 , March 4 , at twelve , at the Castle of Leicester . Solicitors , Mr . Graham , Irorimonger-lane ; and Mr . Kem Jarvis , Hinckley . Peter Leicester ,. Lorigsight , Lancashire , slate-merchant , Jan . 31 , Marcu 4 , at one ^ at the Clar endon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Cptterill , Throgluor ton'Btreet ; and Messrs . Fletcher and Hull , Liverpool . , - - . ¦;• ; '; . - . ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. : ¦'; . ¦ - ' ¦ / . ' :. ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' .. ';¦ . : -. " George Ogden-Brown , ShffBeldi timber-merchant , Feb / 2 , at twelve , March 4 , at two , at the Tawn - Hall , Sh ' fffl « ld . . ¦ •¦ ' Solicitors ' , Messrs Atkinson and Pilgrim , Cburch-court , Lotbbury ; and Messrs . Siuith and Hinde , Sheffield . ' . ¦ ,- ' . " - . . ¦ . : ;• - ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ,: ¦ ¦ ¦ : :, - ,.: ¦ - \ : ¦ -.
Charles Sanderson . Sheffield , fiTe- ' nianafeqtarer . ' Feb . 4 ; March 4 , at . twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Mr . Kocigers , King-street , Cheapside ; and Messsrs . Yickers and Jervis , ShefSaldi
PARTNEBSHIPS DISSOLVED . F . M . Gilianders , T . Ogilvy , G . C . Arbuthnot , J . Jackson , P . Ewart , and E Lyon , Liverpool ; as far aa regards F . 51 . GUIanders . F . M . Gilianders . T . Ogilvy , & . 0 . Arhuthript . J . Jackson , G Gilianders . and A . 8 . Giad 8 torie , Livfirpcol ; as far as regards F . M . Gilianders . J . Phillips ami J .. Dennis , Leeds , brass-fouiiders . J Nickaon , W . NickaoB , and T . Nickson , Hftydock , Lancashire , gardeners . B . S . Moir and W . Conte , Shi ffifclil , drysaltery I . "Ellis and W . Lowe , Middlesbrougll ,: Yorkshire , common brewers . J . Ash ton and J . WrigUt , Manchester , - iiat-nionufdcturers . J . H . Stan way and J . S . Jackson , Manchester accountants , E . Ingall . t . Eihii , jun ., W . Ellin , arid J . Ellin , Sheffield , merchants ; as faraaregards E . Ingall . T . ilorris and T . Girtdts , Wigan , Lancashire , solicitors . F . Bsry and G . Robeitson , Liverpool , coppersmiths , J . Ly « n , jun ., and J . Lyon , ien ., Liverpoolj painteirsi G . A . Holt and J . Arrowsmith , Liyerpool . C , Potter and W . Rasi , Manchester , calico-printers
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From the Gazette of Ttusdap , Jan . 25 . BANKRUPTS . S ? nmel E . Idtestone Welldon , butcher , Cambridge , F « ib . 4 , and March I , at eleven , at the Hoop Hotel , Cambridge . Mr . Eaden , c-fficial essignee . C ^ nibridge . Solicitors , Messrs . Clark and Davidapii , Essex-atreeti Strand , London . Edward Thomas Murray , leather-selkr , Great G ^ orgeatretit , B « rrniondB *| y , Feb . 1 , at half-past ; ohu , aiid > larch 8 , at twtlve , , at the Court of Bankruptcyi Mr . B lcher , c facial assignee .- Solicitor , Mr . Loughborough , Austinfriars * 1 . ¦"• ' ; ¦ :- .. ' ' : . ' . -. '¦ ¦; ¦ ' " . ¦ : : . - -- , ¦ : ; -. ,. ' ' Alfred Webb , carpet seller , Liverpool , Feb . 9 , and -March 8 , at two , at the Couimissioner ' s-rooms , Manchester . Messrg . Johnson , Son , aud . Weatheralf , Ttmple , London . Solicitors , MessrB . Biggins and « on , Manchester . " ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦'* . '' : ¦ ¦ ¦' : '¦ - ¦ . '• " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' v
William Wilcocks , saddler and harriess maker , Bracknell , Berks , Feb . 1 , and March 8 . at eleven , a * the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . G ^ Taham , efficiat assignee BasiDghall-street . Salicitors , Messrs . Bridger and Co . Finsbury-circus . . ; ' . (; - ¦¦ . : ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦¦; . . : / ' - - ; ' ¦¦'¦ :- ; ¦'¦' ¦ James Laycock ; tallow-chsridler , Coitie , Lancashire FtJb . 2 , and March 8 , ateleven , at the King ' s Head Inn Colne . Messrs . Wigleswotth , Ridsdale , aBd Craddock ' Gtsy ' B Inn , Solicitor , Mr . HSrdacre , CblBe . Wtllianf Cbristie ; bookbinder , Red > Liori ^ quare . Feb . 3 , at eleven , Marah 8 , at tWtlve , at the Court- o < Bankruptey . Mr , Green , ; official assignee , Alutimaii ^ bury . Solicitor Mr- Starling , Leicester tqnare .
George Ogilvy Speare , laceman , Fleet-street , Feb . 7 . at one , March 8 at twelve , at the Court of Baciraptcy . Mr . Graham , official assignee , Baflinghall-sUeet . Solicitor , Mr . Sole , Aldermanbury . Rol ^ rt Johnson , Sharpy victualler , Liverpool , Feb . 8 and March 8 , at orie ; af the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Messrs . YinceHt aid ¦ fSierwoud , official assigness , KiDg ' s-bench-walk ,: '' Temple , Loudon . Solicitor , Mr . Jones , Liverpool . .- ' . ' ¦ : v - "\ . . '• .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ; . '; ... ' - ; "¦ Charles C'hrlstelow , woollen-draper , York . Feb IS , arid March 8 , at eleven ^ at th e Guild ball ,- York . Messrs Williamson and Hill , Yferuliiu-luildings , Gray ' s Inn , London . Solicitors , Hessii . Blanchard and Richardson . York . •¦¦ ¦• ¦ ' ' ¦ -: ¦ ¦ . . ' - .. "¦ ¦ .
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THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct584/page/7/
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