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" Forgiveness to the injured doth bel » ng . ' Gestle&ks , —For & long time you hare closed yonr ears against reason , and shat your eyes against the havoc that you haTe made . Has experience , as yet , made you wite , or has a fellow feeling made you kind ? If so , the time has arrived when jasn may appeal to yon , when judgment and the . yoiee of knowledge may complete the . triumph oi right over might . How foolish , tow very foolish it is , that two parties struggling apparently for the
same object , should allow a phantom to separate fchem ; but in . proportion as their position becomes assimilated , in the same rate does the phantom lose its horror . The party that robbed the people are now robbing you j so long as their plunder was confined to the people , you aided the plunderers and cheered them on in their mad career . You refused to listen to the claims which industry was making on its own and your behalf , while you went blindfold as it were w the jury box , and on your oaths pronounced a Yerdict of guilty againEt yonr best , your cnW friends . You knew that so long as one
hundred millions sterling was annually paid . m nationa and local taxation , to a law church and useless professions dedicated to discord , and prostituted to " the indiscriminate support of right or of "wrongyou knew , or you onght to have known , that such a " stomach pump" would very speedily empty the belly of those to whom it was applied , and that when that source was dried up the state engineers would nexl apply it to your order . You knew that your political influence could haTe reduced the hundred millions sterling ptr annum to fire millions sterling , and yet ensure a better discharge
of ail the functions of Chnrch and State ; and you knew thatjOf the ninety-five millions . pared , you , as agents between the producers and consumers , would have yonr just and righteous share . Yon knew that the people acknowledge your agency as necessary to their comfort , and only object to jon because of your support of their oppressors , not to your utility as a class , when- yonr duties are properly performed . Yon knew that the successful speculators in machinery , the bankers who supplied them with artificial money , and the merchants who speculated
upon the produce , had duped yon into a belief that they constituted part aiid parcel of your order , whereas your interests and theirs were opposite as ihe poles ; and ye * , you joined these some few scores of speculating politicians in the Tain , the foolish , and delusive cry of " cheap bread , " " cheap bread , ' " cheap bread" ! you joiced them in their disingenuous clamour , instead of joining the people in their demand for their righteous share of the profits , and Gut of which you would haTe had your just share of tain .
Gentlemen , let me suppose 3 case , and not an extreme one . Snppose a manufacturer employing one thousand hands , each one of which would be fully entitled to one pound per week , and more , and suppose the employer in consquence of his command of the labour market , and with the surplus population of machinery-made-idlers to fall back upon as his reserve to cheapen labour ; I say , suppose that employer to reduce his hands lo ten shillings per week ; did you ever reflect that such reduction was twenty-six thousand per annum out of the pockets of the neighbouring shopkeepers , while the saving all
went into the pockets of the banker , the merchant , the large pawnbroker , and the speculator . It may not leave a profit of twenty-six thousand per annum to any one , because the inducement to gamble on Jow wages , would of itself superinduce an overplus and consequently a reduction in the value of produce , while the full wages paid to the one thousand hands , would hare enabled them to make their own produce more valuable by b * ing part consumers . And now are you so foolish as not to have discerned
that profits made by merchants , bankers , pawnbrokers and manufictures , and profits nude by labourers , go into very different channels ] The profits of the former are vested in the funds , or in the purchase of l ^ nds , houses , railroad shares , or other heaTy speculations , while the profits of the latter flow through jour till 3 , &nd constitute the very ieaife blood which replenishes yonr veins . Yet have yon joined the few in their wild speculations , while you haTe . persecuted the many in pursuit of their own and your salvation .
But what 13 the phantom of which yon professed fear while you had yet scmethisg to protect ?—" physical tobce . " Alas ¦ Gentlemen , the shadow "has vanished irith your substance , and I rejoice to think thai in your wis-dom yon have discovered that the producers of wealth are not likely to become the destroyers of their « wn produce . But you have learned a better lesson than eren that . You have learned that a people who have patiently borne
persecution , starvation , and issult with an astonishing forbearance , may be trusted with some authority orerlife , liberty , and property , when more regard is paid to their own . Reason must hare convinced yon that if neither life , liberty , or property haTe suffered damage from a people whose violence would be justified by the first and dearest law of nature , that life , liberty , and property stand in no danger from the same people , when an interest in the preservation of all was conferred upon them .
Gentlemen , yon mast do me the justice to admit i that in my several addresses to the electors and non electors of Yorkshire , in 1838 , and in several letters j of a prior date , I pointed out to you the certainty of that state of things coming upon you which has at length overtaken you . Yon must j allow that 1 distinctly Ehewed how eTery j aristocratic excess , which then pressed upon the j industrious order , would , when that order was ; drained , then press equally hard upon you . You : must admit that you joined in the cry for the Poor j Law Bill , and gave to its most unchristian clauses ;
yonr Tery best support , while you went even farther , j and furnished the Government with all the required and expensive machinery of a rural-police force to j insure iS 3 operation . You then thought thai the j odinm and the tax would fall upon the insulted j people , while vou now discover , that from the rem- < nant of your ravings , you must furnish the means oi , upholding boih . How now do you like- the Maltbu- ; £ ian plan of throwing the people and the polict ' upon toubbksoubces ? Sureiy you canno : complain , as yen were losty in jcur approval of throwing the \ people upon their cu-n raources . You now find ; yourselves , like a vessel without a rudder , buffeiied-i
between the waves of faction . The billows of taxeating Toryism are striking upon the one side , while the receding waves of Whiggery leaTe a chasm upon the ether , and afford yon i . o support against the raging torrent . Yes , the Whigs uied yon , deceived yon , and deserted yon . Ydu Etood by them until their multiplied delinquencies actually gare to the affrig ; ted public a favourable impression of the hideous visage of Toryism . For years you scmiDed them upon no tetter principle than " keep the Tvries cut , " and now that the Tories are in yen find the Whigs either become converts to the enemies' principles or laying down in apathy , while vonr dearest interests are bei-g undermined .
Gentlemen , have you eTer attempted to solTe the riddle of the present Whig apathy ? If not , allow me to do it for you . The Whigs who constituted the latt ? £ OTernment , and their suppliers , desire no greaier change than that which will once more transfer the fruits of oSce and taxation to their party ' s bauds , while the WMgs of no party or phuciple are eagsged in a squabble ts to who shall be leader of a party cot in existence . You find that all the old planks of shipwrecked Whiggery are still floating in the Tery latitode in which the rotten lulk was wrecked . The old ministers , the Morning Chronicle , the eclipsed Sun , the Leeds
Mercury , the Manchester Guardian , the Weekly Chronicle , and ail the Whig aewsmen are stiU clinging to the fragments of Whiggery , and - are foolish enough to imagine that on the ruins of Toryism they may once more float their shattered bark . But they build withont their host . Whiggery , that is , practical Whiggery , is dead and buried , never more to rise ; and now the question for your consideration and ours is whether or not we are to be affrighted at the giant strength which Toryism has acquiredby Whig delinquency while in office , and Whig cowardice while in opposition ? I say not . I say to the iadustrioDs of all orders , " onward with one resolve , to overcome aristocratic lust and establish
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the rights of industry on its ruins . " There is no danger in the trial if made -with one accord , and a resolve to conquer ; while there is every danger to the state by allowing ToryiEm to assume that strength which , in its hands , is sure to degenerate into despotism . Gentlemen , you and yonr order have trie J , through your leaders ^ B Eorts of schemes to lure the people , and they have all failed , and it is fortunate for you that they have , for believe me that you yourselves must be sacrificed to OTerpowering taxation to support an idle aristocracy , their church , and their unjust and nnchristian wars by any change sh .-rt of that which the combined intellect of the industrious classes haTe set their hearts and minds upon , The People's Charter .
' Gentlemen , I wotfld implore you to strip this lovely image of ihe hideous garb in which pr . jadice and ignorance have dressed it . Strip it naked , then view it in all its loveliness . 11 Nature ' s dress is loveliness , The dress yon wear , " my lovely Charter . Be not guided in your discernment by advertising journals and interested u political pedlars" Examine the thing for yourselves , and having done so then say in what it would abridge your rights or make those possessed by others hostile to you . All means have been used to divide and destroy us , but all , all , have , thank God , failed , and all will fail ! Onr union would be dishonourable to you and hopeless to 113 were we to weaken ourselves by the abandonment of our principles ; therefore hope not for sneh a change ; while if you admire our principles and acknowledge their justice , why make yourselves contemptible in the eyeg of your enemies and suspicious in ours by asking ; ns to abandon onr honoured name , hallowed by persecution , and rendered dear by oppression and opposition 1
Gentlemen , see the noble example set by tbc Chartists of Nottingham , and , with the single exception of the Globe , maik tow tbe corrupt Whig press has preserved a dignified silence upon the subject , thus convincing you at once , that tbe principle , and not the name of Charasm , is the thing dreaded ; and that the invitation to change our name is but an artful device to get possession of our moTement , in order to reduce public opinion down to Whig temperature . Oh , if the contest for Nottingham lay berween a pure Whig and a pure Tory , what leaders , what articles , whao letters from ourself to onrself , what encomiums on the Cbart : st > , what reverence for their discretion , what prayers for their success !
ISow , then , I ask you , what you have to expect between the two parties ! The Chartists upon the one hand , whose principles you profess and approve , but whose name you cannot acknowledge ; and the leaders of Whiggery on the other hand , who object notrto tYie name , but are opposed to the very principle which it denotes . Again , from the triumph of Whiggery you can expect but desolation , while in the triumph of Chartism you must be participators . Can yon , then , longer hesitate ? The right hand of fellowship is tendered to yon ; accept it in time , I pray you . You but weaken yourselves by delay ; for do it yuu must , or die or emigrate , in the long run . Taxation and class legislation have swept away your foundation , and you cannot long stand .
- " Lay not the flattering unction to yon bouIb " that we will change onr principles or ova . uame ; for , as one , I tell you that both for your sake and the people's sake , I would rather beg my bread for the remainder of my life , than be a party either to the one or the other . Gentlemen , I shall write you six letters upon this subject , and when they are concluded , I pledge myself that all who read and judge without prejudice will confess himself in name and principle . Gentlemen , I have the honour To remain your obedient servant , Feargus O'Connor .
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My dear Friends , —It will be in the recollection of those persons who attended the meetings at which I spoke , now nearly seven years ago , when establishing Radical Associations , that of all thing * - to which we should look a 3 a means of insuring virtuous public men , public censorship , in my opinion , stood first ; and I have told you , over and over again ; that to the want of that public censorship might be ascribed all the woes of all nations , but especially those of Ireland of a lai < r date . I have insisted that had Mr . O Connell ' s first acts of public
delinquency been remonstrated against , his talent " and cunning would have been directed into the saving , instead of , as now , the destroying channel . I have told you that passing by unnoticed any , even the most trivial , error , committed by a public man , was an inducement to that ptram to weigh his individual opinion against public opinion , until , by degrees , he ultimately succeeded in laying the latter in trammels . I have been very , very severe upon this head in each and all oi my discourses , protesting on behalf of public censorship for the people ' s sake , and relying upon public discretion
to distinguish bttween wilful transgression and error of judgment , as tbe safeguard 01 public character . Nay , I have gone so far S 3 to say , that I as an individual , never would p ' ace confidence again in any man who had once deceived the public . Now these points in my several diicour :. e 3 all must remember , because I have spoken impressivsly upon them . There is no difikuliy in the way of a public man who tteers an honest and straightforward course . His way is as the race-ground , roped in on both sides by defined principles ; the winning-post i 3 his goal , and the prize , for which he contends , is that object which public opinion has resolved upon
achieving . If a horse bolts in his race , no man will again bet upon him ; but should he be overweighted , and thereby overcome , his present defeat entails no damage upon his character . So "with a public man ; should he ba overmatched in his struggles tor the attainment of the general object , public opinion will rally round him and give him an increased power for bis next encounter ; but should his ckfeat be in . anywise a consequence of hi 3 dishonest running , public opinion will not back him in his future trials . The Romans esteemed tbe Public Cen-or as the most important officer in the state , and they were right .
And now , my friends , let me give you my idea of what a public mail should be , and what the duties of a public censor properly arc , in the words of Plutarch , in his description of the Legion which Cato the younger , was appointed to command , that he had made them " dreadful to their enemies , and courteous to their allies ; AFRAID to do a DISHONOURABLE THING , AND AMBITIOUS OF HONEST p saisr" A public maD , then , should be " afraid to do a dishonourable thing , and ambitious of honest praise . " In starting in public life , he should weigh
well his reasons for attaching himself to the party for whose principles he professes a preference , and having once made his election , he should consider himself as a member of the body , which could not be otherwise severed from it than as a diseased limb is removed to preserve the patient ' s life . Or should his cessation be a voluntary act , in consequence oi yirtuons misgiving , arising from a conscientious doubt as to his party ' s integrity , he should in such case retire altogether from public life rather than form a coalition with any other Ipolitical parly . Bis
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retirement would prove his fear of doing a dishonourable act , while his coalition with former enemies would prove that his ambition was not for honest praise , but for notoriety . He should be bo strong in virtue , that , although not above sus-pioion , the consciousness of integrity should find a corrective for the virulence of reproach in the mildness of his defence . Anger , vituperation , and insolence rather stamp accusation with truth than force a belief of innocence . Ho should go all lengths with Mb party , so long as he remains one among them . He Bhould be proof against taunt aud scorn , and prefer an honest poverty to riches gathered from the sale of
conscience . Such , in my opinion , should bo the leading features i'i a public man , while the duty of a public censor is to guard with an anxious and a watchful eye over the conduct of public character ; so that tnose whose confidence has elevated him to the poot , shall not , while sleeping or unobservant , ba lulled into false 6 ecurity , or be surprised when unprepared for an assault . If ho sees more than others can at first distinguish as likely to occur from the first false step , it is his duty to present the act to all in precisely the light in which he himself sees it ; hn is the public eye—he must not diminish or magnify the object to suit the probable taste of the publio ;
it is his daty to say , if such be his belief , I see a promised monster in that which is n jW presented to you in an infant and harmless shape , ifycu mature it , it will destroy you , and then blame yourselves ; if you see as I do , si > fle it and you are saved . And inasmuch as the wiles aud machinations of a bad man can work much evil to the public cause , if unrestrained ; while che temporary direction of public opinion to a suspicious act of the best man , can effect no material or any permanent damage either to himself or to hie puny , in my opinion , that censor who is over hasty to question , ie a better servant than he who is over cautious in proclaiming what he conscientiously believes to be wrong .
My friends , having said so much about public men and public censors , let me consider for a moment , whecner . or not the virtuous indignation so recently expressed by a few against what they are pleased to term " denunciation " , was assensitivoupju all former occasions ? or whether the present honour is not rather an ebullition of anger , from detection , than a feeiing of virtuous disapproval \ Firstly , allow me to assure my readers , that whenever an attack is made upon the Northern Star , however plausibly or artfully it iB sought to be confined to r . hat journal , Feargus O'Connor is also aimed at . This no man in his senses can for one moment dispute or deny ; and now for a moment's ietro .-pect upon the subj » it of denunciation .
When Brewster and Frazer , in 'Edinburgh , O'Connell , in Dublin , the Political Union in Birmingham , and Lovett and the Working Men ' s Association , in London , all proclaimed , at one and che same moment , the necessity for denouncing and getting rid of mo , —not one soul but my old and only friend 3 , the poorest of the poor , flew to my defence or protection . Then there was no virtuous indignation about denunciations ; then the mania was , " PUBLIC MEN ARE PUBLIC PROPERTY " , AND " THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS " .
When , subsequently , the Champion , the London Dispalch , tho Charter , ihe Southern Star , tilt Northern Liberator , and the Birmingham Journal , and , more recently , ihe Dundee Chronicle , ihe Perth Chronicle , the Scottish Patriot , the National Liberator , the British Statesman , and the Western indicator . made me the weekly subject , not only of denunciation , but of the vilest slander and abuse : then virtue was silent , and poor Bairstow was absolutely denounced for daring to say of me , Who works like Mm ?"
When Dr . Fletcher attacked me for a speech made by Dr . Taylor , and given to me by the blundering Sun , it was subject of merriment until my opponent was vanquished , and then the cry of " shame ! why denounce a good man t" was raised , —not againct the denouncer , but against the denounced . When Mr . Hetherington attacked me most brutally , when he thought that Whig barbarity had placed manacles upon my hands , and after having
declared to tbe five stonemasons who waited upon him in the Queen ' s Bench , " that Fccrgus O'Connor and the Northern Star should be put down ; " when he so attacked me , he \ demanded the insertion of all his letters in the Northern Star as a matter of right , thus making my own paper the organ of his denunciation of me ; this was considered "fair " , while he published his letters also in his own paper , but refused to publish any of my answers . This met no " denunciation" from any one .
When Hume declared to his Montrose friends , that Vincent , Collins , Hetheringtou , Lovett , and many other good men , were doiDg all they could to destroy O'Counor and the Star , not a word of " denunciation" then . When the Sturgites had appointed Daniel O'Conii el J one of their council , not a word of " denunciation" then . When Harrison bad the courage to bring the hypocrites and traducers face to face , no " denunciation" then ; bat , on the contrary , a virtuous cry of " shame to repeat the substance of what parsed at a meeting of another body !"
In fact , my friends" , for seven long years I have been the object of untiring , continuous , and insoleut abuse , and my general answer has been , here I am with my party , and resolved to stand by my party to the death , and point out the tingle blot uho can . Now , my friends , it is necessary that public opinion should be set right upon the question or uenunciation . And here I am , after my busyiife , and I can come before any portion of the public and say , where is the man whom I bavo ever publicly denounced by speech or publication ! and , above all ,
where is the bemence , word , or syllable written by me casting reproach upon a enisle individual connected with our cause ? or where is ihe man whom in private conversation I have done other than praise till I have been actually -aligned at ? whist I declare to God that , in nearly every town throughout England and Scotland , 1 have been denounced , both by letter and in conversation , iu the most heartless , shameless , and unbounded manner , and yet have I never resented it , privately or publicly , neither shall I .
I must now say one word of the Editor of the Northern Star ; and perhaps my charge against him will be considered more grave and serious than any which has yet been preferred . The first intimation that 1 had of Mr . Pi . lip—onh of our executive—having done an act ( 1 care not howsoever mdirtct ) at variance with what I considered tobetheduty of one of the people ' s servants was conmmunicated to me through the Star , while I was at Brighton . I ius 4 antly sat down , and wrote a letter fer insertion in the Star , much , very much , strongerthananything that I have seen , and the " rascally" Editor actually suppressed my letter , informing me , as a reason , that it was much better to leave all suob . matters
to the people themselves . I wish that letter had been published ; because in it I pointed out the exact uifffcrenee between the act as committed by Vincent , and the act as committed by Philp as one of five , wko , from hi 3 appointment , I contended , as I ever shall contend , damned himself to all eternity by presuming to use the power which we had given him to augment that of an opposing party . I don ' t care one straw what all the old women in the country may say ; I condemn it . And if it was right to doit , why not confer with the whole Executive ! I shall say no more upon that subject . I » hall not even express any opinion as to those who would now defend Mr . Philp . No 5 if the act is justifiable , I can Btandby it , and it requires not the authority of others to render my ground tenable
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I shall only now direct attention to what I find in the Star of last week , relativo to the charge brought against me , and which appeared in the ' . rer port of the Leicester proceedings . By an extract from a pamphlet recently published , it appears that Mr . O'Brieu : charges me with being a party to misrepresent him , in the following terms r ^ -V That the whole is a base concoction of O'Connor , yourself , and others , to discredit me with the Chartist public . " Now , to this I shall be expected to reply , and what denunciation can be stronger 1—and my answer is , I do hereby most solemnly swear and declare , that
I never , by word of mouth , by message , by loiter , or by insinuation , directly or indirectly , made a remark or offered a suggestion , or said one word to Mr . Hill , or any other person , upon the subject ; and , further , that in the whole course of ray JitV , I never have attempted to Influence the Editor of the Star as to bis oourse . No . v , is not that the way , the fair way , for a public man , who . is'" afraid to do a dishonourable thing , and who is ambitious of honest praise , " to meet denunciation of the grossest kind ? Denunciation which actually charges him with conspinn ^' against a friend to rob him of his reputations
Now , in concluding these my remarks' upon the subject of denunciation , just lot me ask the simple question . Was over journal so attacked , and yet so mild in its defence . 1 . Was ever cenauke more mild , it censure it can be called , than that of which -Mr . O'Brien and Mr . Philp complain ? And , good God is the mouth to be for ever closed ? or is the cry of " denunciation" to be set up whenjonly mild criticism is resortod to ? Ii' men cannot bear this , much better that they should well weigh every act , before they take any step which will be likely to subject them to it .
Let me ask a question . Suppose I had taken the step which Philp did , although not a member of the Executive , who , in such case , would have been my reprovers ? Why , the very men who cauuot now boar the slightest touch of the nesh-bruBh . When I find it impossible just now to attend crowded meetings , I bestow all my leisurei moments to the improvement of my party . I write gratui ^ tously for Cooper's Commonwealthsman and for Cleave ' s ChartUt Circular . I will go with you the whole length for the attaiumuht of our common object , but I never will , while upon the watchtower , fail to cry out "mad dog , mad dog , " when I see the animal approaching you .
The Editor was denounced for attacking the foreign policy men , the Corn Law Repoalcrs , the Fox and Goose Club , the Sturgeite ? , and all ththypocrites ; but , in spite of all , be has , with your assistance , succeeded in annihilating ail the weeds which would ohoketho tree of Chartism ; and ho shall ever have my thanks and assistance in his good work . The Toriea are too strong to use spies t > r
hirelings to destroy us ; and now , believe me , my friends , that Whiggery , putrid Whiggery , is once more trying to resuscitate itself by means o 1 the advocacy of principles nearly allied to Chartism ; and they will spare no means of hiring Chartist outcasta to work under the garb of Whig ^ ry . The set of idle rascals ! I'll pummel them wherever and whenever I meet them . For seven long years wo have been pestered with this generation of vipers .
I am , my friends , Your devoted Servant , Fkargus O'Connor Wednesday , June 15 th , 1841 .
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NOTTINGHAM . —A meeting of the united council was held at the Democratic chapel , Rice-placo , on Sunday , the 12 th instant , Mn Suii' -cr in the chair . He opened the business by calling their attention to the address of the Executive ; the aV . dre ? s buing read and Mr . Hill's reply , after a little ( ii ^ oiission it was moved by Mr . Cropper , and p . tconrhui by Mr . Oates , that a resolution should be . tot up and be submitted to the public meeting hel'l upon the forest in the evening , which was unanimousiy rigruecTtS . The chairman next called upon tht ! secretary to reiu 1 the report which appeared iu the Star ,, from L .-icesrer , which being done and commented u ; on , Mr .-
Boonham moved , and Mr . Barber seconded , thar , a resolution embodying a vote of thanks to Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , for' thss able manner in which he defended our organization from the base and insidious attacks of Mr . ' O'Brien , should be drawn up and submitted to the meeting ¦ pn ' - ' ..- ' tho ¦ for ^ si ,. Curri-. d unanimously . Messrs . Boouham , Bai-b « v , and Caister , were appointed to draw up the resolutions . Thanks were voted to the chairman , and rho meeting broke \ ip . On Sunday evening an unusually large concourse of people assembled to hear a lecture , from Mr . E . P . Mead . At the v ^ ncluiion Mr . Barber stepped forward and ' . called tiie attention of the meeting to tho address of the Executive , lie said he held a . resolution iu his hand which he
would submit to the meeting . He took co , "n za » c ( i of the different parties who were a ^ uilin ^ the character of the editor of the Northern Star , and caliod upon all present to exert their own ire thought with respect to the resolution ho held in hia hand . The resolution is as follows : — " That , thiB meeting views with regret tho foul aspersion * which have ot late been cast upon the Kev . W . ' -Hill ; -editor of the Northern Star , by certain parties , calling themselves the friends ot the people . We view such charges with disgust , ai . d recognise uomaiu nor ho ; of men , who has Tor his or their object , the bniloiug of Their popularity upon the reputation of either the editor or the proprietor of the Northern Slur , bui with all due deference to the Executive , aud as much as we
appreciate their services , we beg to tell them that we cannot see any thing in the conduct . ' of ihq Rev . W . Hill , or the cuurso hehas pursued ia rtference to correcting the imperfections ^ of the documents emanating from the Executive , to warrant the charges that have been biouMht against him ;¦"•¦ we . courier him merely in-the capacity of editor in ¦¦ su ]> pr-vtfs < ng language which would tend to throw the nij-inigm . of the Northern Star wkhin thouicsliKS of ike Jaw ; and v . 'e , the Chartists or Mo ' ttiuglium , in ptiohe meeting assembled , take this ¦ op ' poruiiu . i . y ofcxt'resbicg our unqualified approbation-of , and corinaency in , the Rev . \ V . Hal , ior his coiisistcnoyana uiicti premising advocacy of" the rights of 1 lie : o . hiii ; millions . " Mr . E . P . Mead seconded tijo reso . utiwn , which , being put tiio meeting , was carried unanitho
mously . A youn ^ mm read report , which appeared in . the Siar from Leicester , on which Mr . Souter come forwaid to move tho next resolution , — " That tb . 13 meeting regrets exceedingly the course lately pursued by Mr , O'Brien , witii rogard 10 hia attacks upon ihts'Natiuual Charter Assciatiow , as we believed him to bo a man in whom u . e country could confide , but circtitnHtauces have arisen ot' lute winch have put it beyond doubt that such ; s not now the case , we therefore tender Mr , T . Cooper , of Leicester , our waymcht thank .-, lor his ability . in U 2 ima . king the unblusning hypocrisy of J . B . O-Bricn . " Mr . Mitcheli eecouaeu tho resolution , w . hich-wa-i pu ; lo the meeting and cirried with acclamation . The people of Nottlinghaiii have eiigSfctd E . P Mead , ' for ont > month .
The Chartist Bcot and Shoo Makers ¦ held a meeting on Monday , trie 13 th inet ' ., at Mr . Smith's , the sign of the Brtaunia , Mourit-streuu Tho following resolution was proposed by Am ' oa' Poubon , and seconded by Mi \ John Abtl , — "That ' w *' , in * Chartist boot and s ' hoo makers of . ¦ 'Ko . ttinj . ' haia , do place tho utmost confidence in the honrst . " int ' ^ vity of the llev . W . Hill , editor of the Northern Star , and we pledge ourselves to defend . ' him ' , so long as he advocates the rights of the working classes . We are sorry to see the " Executive Coinmittee" so vtry sensitive and " thin skinned , " for vve believo that nothing but fair arid gentlemanly criticiFni ha .-been _ advanced by the editor of the Northern Slar . Carried unanimously .
Lambley . —At a general meeting , on the 12 h inst ., of the Lambley Charter Association , it was the unanimous opinion ^ " That Mr Hill , the editor of the Northern Star , has taken a vtry uprighs arid gentlemanly course , in giving instruction to the Executive Committee and correcting their mistakes , and we highly approve of his conduct m that respect and place implic ' t confidence in him , as the ediior of the people ' s organ ; we are also very sorry that Mr . O'Brien hsa taken the course that he has , in trying to impede the Chartist movement , and we regret being a party to putting tho means into his hands for mischief . "
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MACCLESFlELD .- ^ -M r . Mitchell , late of Stockport , lectured in the Chartist Association Room , Macclesfield , to a crowded audience , and gave greafc aatisfactioD . At the conclusion of the meeting , a vote of confideDce in the Editor of the Northern Star , ; for his manly and sirais ' atforwarci' conduct in exposing . the fallscies advanced by Botae of the members of the Chartist body , and indeed for his able and impartial conducting of the People ' s Organ generally , was passed . ; EAI ^ LSHEATGN . —The threatened reduction of the weavers , slubbers , spinners , and raisers has caused a great excitement in this district during the past week . As early as five o ' clock on iiond&y morning vast crowds were parading the principal streets with flags and bands
of music , being determined that if possible they would induce the hands of Hemingway , Tonge , && , to tarn out , thfry being tbe firm who have attempted the reduction . 'By nine © "clock they succeeded , the men all coming out and determining ts resist to the utmost . A most tyvnvverous meeting of ail the district took place on the Town Green , / at four o'clock ; Mr . West atteaded find addressed the assembled multitude for an hour and a half , and pointed out to them that while they resisted local tyranny they must-not fail to * direct their attontioa to the great monster evil , class legislation . A great many manufacturers were present , and the eloquent aiid aravinieiitati'S address of Mr . West has made a
many converts . Siiveral new members joined the association , being convinced that there in no hppo for the poor man but in having a power in bis oWa hands to protect his labour by being represented in Parliament ; Four out of every Eve manufacturers in the district declare that tho reduction is as uncalled for as it is unjust an * l cruet , audit the m n stand firm they will support them to the utmost of their pa seer .: The shoukfepers and all classes generally fW great sympathy fjr themen ^ and there la uo doubt of their success . A memorial is about beio ^ jresehted to the Government to'know if it is with cijeir sanctioa that their orders must be completed by auch a barefaced robbery of the workmen ' s wages .
X > AV £ KT 2 VX\—Mr . Bairstow lectured on Friday and Saturday evenings , in the Market-place , to very large anii attentive audiences . LEICESTER . —Our " Shnksperean Association of Leicester Chartists" now number two thousand one hundred , men , women , aiid youths . Halps ate springing up for the agitation tliat will , manifestly , be of great service . Mr . Couper buing nearly dono up with exertion ( having held meetings in the open air in Leicester every night tho preceding week , save Saturday ) was relieved last Sunday aftarroon , by a new local lecturer of great promts j —> Ir . Robert Jackson . Several other of our Leicester oper&tfv ' es haye alsot ied tufcirhand iu thu vil . ' sgee , and we sba !! have occasion to mention their names ore long . Mr . Cooper held forth in tha Marketplace , as usual , at liight , in * pite of the police spisa , with whom the magistrates are now surrounding meetings . The result of the days' labours in LeiceatBi- was fifty-five new membova . An animated
rneotmg buceeatied , at tbe bottom of Humberstone Gat ? , on Monday night , when an honest operative from Lancashire addressed a few buarty wordj to the assembly at tho close of Mr . . Cooper's lecture . Sixty new mem-Uyrs wwtfc obtained . In the villages Mr . Beedham is p-. Tform'ip- ;; very extended and pr . ii . i : ; worthy service ; Thurnnston . Sileby , Sy ^ ton , G !« in , Winston , Nar . borough , Wlu'litmie and MarlcfieW have been visited by hint within the last week ; ami ' at the latter place tie formed a society of fif : y-three members in one evening . Tbe number of njeinbera in Thuru : astou is eighty ; In Wig&ton ftigbty ; in A . nt , tey fifty j in Glenn twenty-six ; in Burbage sixty ; in Eari Shilton fifty ; in Oadley forty . All these associations have been formed since the opening of Spring . The Executive cannot know half the strength of the " National Charter Association , " we imagine ; poverty prevails so intensely hv our county that scores cannot fcuy thoir cards ha yet . As long as the Executive calculate by the isauo of cards merely , tii'iy cannot know thenumber 01 " enrolled members .
Leicester , All Saints Open . —On Monday night last , a meeting was held ta take ^ into consideration the appeal made to tho people by the Editor of the Northern Star on Saturday 5 ast , and to express their opinion of his conduct as Editor of that paper . The following resolution was unanimously agreed to : —" That this meeting having reviewed , do confirm tho resolutioh unanimously adopted on Thursday night last ; and after duly conr sideriog ihe Editor ' s appeal in the Star of the 21 th
ititt ., regret to say that they cduslder tht * conduct charged upon him in that resolution as applicable ; in other eases , and that suoh a line of conduct pursued a few months longer will ( us it has already done in too mauy iustaticew , ) eflbclually , but not less criiolly drive every man from the Chartist cause , whose character , talents , or integrity can render the movement worthy oi biipport . " [ Ihe latter part of this resolutiou insinuates a fajsghood {'' and we therefore omit it to obviate the necessity for reply . —Ed .- ]
LKiGH .- ^ Mr . ' Win . Bell ,, of Hey wood , lectured on Monday evening last , t'xa numerous and attentive audience . '¦ ¦'¦¦' AsHTON-LE-Moons —^ This Tory-ridden village was visited oa Tuesday last , by Mr . Bell ; who delivered a , very interesting lecture explaining the principles of the Charter , and exp : of : i ) ic the tyranny of those who hold tho monopoly of power . The mcetihg . ' w ' aa' announced to take place at the Stocks , at half-past seven o ' clock . At the time apppointed we found a ( L'reafc portion of the ground occupied by three carts' be'longuig' to one o'f the shop-keeping miUownerri ; they mire drawn close to the Stocks , to prevent , if possible , the meeting taking place . After 8 oino delay , caused by gome oi the neighbours
refusing to lend a chair for the lecturer to stand upon , some of them baying that they durst not lend a chair ior fear of their ma&tcrs ; a ch&ir was at length obtained and tbe lecturer commenced his address , which was responded to by tho assembly . At the conclusion of the it'ceting a great quantify of Chartist circulars and copies of the Charter were sold , every one seeming anxious to obtain a knowledge of wha . vthe Charter really is . The working men seem bent ou obtaining knowledge , aud the masters seem bi'iit on preventing them obtaining it . A few more lectures iu this place will do much to remove the prejudice that now exists against the Chartists , and may lead to tae forming of a Charter Association uitliis hot-bed , of Tovviam .
Buown-Si'reet , Manchester . —A general meetins ; fti fustiiin-cutters , called by placard , to take into consideration the principles of the People ' s Charter , was held in the Bruwii-street lloomi on Wf duosday evening , June 15 th . Ther « . was a numerous attendance of the trade . Mr . j . O'Connor was called to the chair . Excellent speeches were mado by various . parties , and ihe following resolutionb were agreed to : —"' Th . ifc this meeting is of opinion that the alarming distress and low wages
existrjig ataorigsl ; the . fusMan-cuttc-rs can be traced to political cai < s « a ; . and further consider , that good wages ami permanent employment can never a £ ain bo enjoyed by the f ' iisuun-cutt n . ri : generally , until lhat docupent , called the Pi ^ pk ' d Charter , becomes a l ^ isljtivc onactnieat . " " That it is tho opinion of this meetiiiKi that- it is the paramount duty of every cutter to immoJiatcly join the National Charctir Ass ; ociati- > n , for tho avowed purpose of causing the People ' s Chartfir . to become the law of these realms . ' " Thattho fusfcian-cuttcrs of Manchester
will not , acknowledge any person as a public lecturer or leader of the people , or a delegate to any Chartist uieciir . g , unless the same bo a member of the Charter AbSooiation . " We have only to add , that afier : a vote of fhanks to . the Chairman , the meeting separated . We have every reason to suspect , there was a govern men t spy in the room . A person who was uukiiown was taking notes ; and , from a conversation which took place , between him and one of our men that we can place confidence in , we have bocrv led to the eoncla .-ion that hia business there
was for iu > good to tne Ghartista . The conversation was as follows :. . —Would it not be a good plan to orgauzo to resist the ( jroverntnont , and he thought , the cyiliers were alikclv Bet of men to take the front of the battle , and 1 hat he \ va ; s quite willing to do ail he could for the ol j-cL , in getiiug money to cover tiie expeiices , and ¦ in aiiy othor jv ; ty that he could assist privately , ibiu ho could not take part publicly , and he had no objections to lay uown six or seven pounds to commence with . Our friend , as soon as the meetii . g had ' thinned , called a lew of the friends together , and ga , TO them this information , that they might bo on their guard . He also gave his address . Wesend this to put the C ! iartist 3 on their guard , as we have every reason to believe that the harp ' . es ate abroad . —Manchester Correspondent .
Poktsmouth . —Sir , —1 am instructed by the members of the National Charter Association of this locality , to forward you the following resolutions , passed a '> a meeting held last evening ( Monday ) , at the Son of Frtedoin , Spring-street , Landport :-r-Passed unanimously- ^ - " That , in the opinion ot' this meeting , the conduct of the Editor of tha \ Northern Star , ia [ attacking the ebaracters of men foremost in the pursuit of justice , especially that long-tried noble of nature ^ Broutarre O'Brien , ; 13 highly reprehensible , and is calculated to undermine the standing of the Northern Star , and produce disorder in the ranks of the people ; andhopes a speedy termination to such evil policy will take place . * Pas 3 ed unanimously— " That the resolution be Bent to the Star for insertioa ; " Yours , &c , J . D . Leggett , ^^ sab-Secretary to the National Charter Association . [ We should like to know how many people attended this meeting . —Ed ]
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STAPPORD . —Great Triumph op the On artists- over the Combined Factious of Abistoqbacy and SHOPOCB ^ CY .- ^ Oa Monday last , d-put > lio meeting . of the nobility , gentry , clergy , freeholders , and electors of the county of Stafford , was held in the Shire Hall , Stafford , for thepurpose of moving a congratulatory address to her Majesty on her proTideTit'al escape from assassination . The meeting was called for one o ' clock , at which time ihe Chartists mastered in great numbers , and on the doors of tke hail being opened , the Court-hou 3 e waa isstantly filled by the
workiog classes ; after waiting a considerable time , the High-Sheriff of theconnty . in company with Archdeacon Hodson , Earl St . Vincent , and a host of the aristocracy and middle classes of Stafford , made their appearance . Tho Under-Sheriff ' 8 officer , ; Mr . Hand opened the business of the meeting by reading the requisition . The High-Sheriff being in the chair ; Earl St Vincent toea came forward to move the address , which he did in a mufiot a speech , ( if it is worthy even of that title ); The address was a tissue of fulsome adulation ; the Kev . Archdeacon Hodsun seconded it , and oq the Higa-Sheriff risinj ; to put it to the meeting , Mr . William Pcplow , a working nmn , rose to move an amendment , amidst the ebesrs of the meeting , which made the
Court-hou 8 e ring ; he ha < inat proceeded far when Mr . Hand , the Sheriff's-oflScer stopped him to know if he was a freeholder ? To which he replied , that he was one of her Mbj . sty ' s liege subjects , and demanded in that public meeting , that his voice should be he-. rd on the occasion . Here the gentry were impatient for him to be put down , but the meeting would have no humbug , and again the cheering was loud iu hia favour .. Smie more altercation then . , took place batweea Mr . P . and the Bigh Sheriff , Mr . P . beli > g tK > i ^ rmiued to proceed : upon which , Mr . Ellis , from the Potteries , who had been selected it second tho add- ? n dum , suggested the propriety of his proposing it as a freehol , ( Ver" of the county ;—to which Mr . P .. ' acQuie . si's .
Mr . . E-tlis . now came forward , to move the addendum . Mr . E . had not proceeded fur . before he shared the . -fate of Mr . Peplow—that of interruption and interrogation by the Sheriff and the Aristocracy ; bat it was ho gothe meetiijg woulft cot have it ; and at this stage of the proceedings the scene was awfuJ : the meeting ro : a , and ^ one ; an 4 ail ol the working men demanded that Mr . E should be heard . The aristoeracy took the bint , and slipped out of the side door , headed by the Noble Earl St Vinoent and the Sheriff . Mr S . Ward then proposed that Mr . AUied Hunnible should take the chair , which was carried unanimously , with every ( ieinonatration of applause . Mr . Eili « again came f rwavd ; aud in a long and eloquent speech showed the rottenness cf the present system , and proved theie was no hope of redress so " long as it lasted . Mr . W . Papldw again came forward , and showed the distinction
between freemen atm slaves , as instanced by that dav ' s proceedings , he being refused a voicei in that meeting because he was not a freeman , and with much furc « lashed the aristocracy for their cowardice . The meeting was also addressed , in long and eloquent speeches hy , Mr . M . Simpfion , from Hanley , and Mr . Peter Rigby , from Cuorley . The following resolution was also carried with great applause :--t '' Tuat it is the opiDion of this meeting ,: the principles contained in the People ' s Charter are just in themselves , and calculated—whed reduced ^ to practice- — to rempve the cause of pur eucisl misery , and therefore pledge ourselves te agitate for nothing short of it . " A vote of thanks was then given to . Mr . Hnr . nible for his impartial conduct iu the chair ; and , after the usual Chartist honours had b ^ n given ; the meeting broke up , having lasted upward ;* of three haurs .
BROM £ GROV £ , —Mr . Fraaer Pearson delivertd , on Saturday evening , in front of the Town-hall , to many hundreds of all classes a most powerful ami impressive : lecture on the evils of class legislation ; aud the necessity of the Charter becoming the law of the lard , which was listened to with marked attention , and made an impression that will not soon be forgotten . Tiiree hearty cheers were given for the our patriotic Feai . ius , three for the independent . and uncompromising E < litor of the Star , three for the honest forty-nine , and three for Frost , Williams , arid Jones . A vote of thanks waa proposed to the lecturer , and carried with cheers . Mr Pearson preached on Sunday morning , in our Charcist hall , a Bir « t lucid , eloquent , and impressive Sfcrmoa , to a numerous congregation .
Redditch : —Mr . Fraser Pearson preached in the Chartist hall , on . Sunday evening , a most appropriate and eloquent aermbn to a most numerous and highly respectable' congregation of male and female Chartista And their friends . WATFORD . —Mr . Stall wood lectured in the Temperance Hall for upwards of an hour and a halfi on Friday evening , and was listened-to with breatbkss attention . The ; subject was freedffra and ternperaiica . Mr . St > llwood demonstrated that a drunken man v . aa not a thinking man ; that a non-reflactiug , unthmk . ng man was always a plodding contented siave ; that
the only difference between a slave a and freeiK * n was the possession of the elective franchiser those wiio possessed it not were to ail intents and Farposes—rcall them by what name you will , disguise , it as Sou may-rBlaves . At the conclusion , Mr . Betn « tto proposed a 7 ofe of thanks to the lecturer , whtch was carried unanimously . The National Anthem , from No . 66 , of the English Chartist Circular , ^ was song ia full chorus ; ' and thus ended the sttcond meeting of the kind ever held in ' tbis town . J . ¦ y oty fascirable iuipreabion has been created by Mr . Stall wood ' s lectar . os . . ¦ ¦ : ''" -. ' . - " ¦'¦ .: " ¦ ¦" . ¦ ' '" - . . '¦¦ ¦ ¦ " . ; ' .. ¦ ¦ . ; .
CIiXTEEROE . —Toere was a large public meeting holden on the Sabden side of Peodle Hill , on Sunday afternoon , ; June 12 th .: The general impretsion was that there were bet ween five and six thousand parsons present . Mr . Henry Wood presided over the meeting , who opened the proceedings by exhorting the assembled thousaiids not to cheer or ciap hands . Mr .. . Tattersall was then called on , and dwelt at ; some length on the numerous meaas that the working men possessed to work out their own political emancipation . Mr . Beesiey was then called uponi who entered into a long d-tail of the privations , sufferings , and starvation , that ut present existed amongst the working classes ; and clearly proved that it was only the natural effeet of class
made law . He then went into a long , sarcastic , and searching examination of the abuses that at present exist ia the law-made (? kurcb , in the navy , army ,
neighbourhoed of Colne and Barnoldswick ; and made some witty remarks on the circumstance of soldiers being . ffetched to Barnoldswick . Mr . Tattersall agaia rose and ' wound up the afternoon ' s proceedings in an eloquent speech of . half an hour ' s length . The whole of the speakers were , listened to with the ; greateat atu > ntiotii ami' the meeting has done much to strengthen ihe cause of democracy in this part' " of the country . At the conclusion a motion y , as ma-: e aiid carried , that a Chartist camp meeting be held on the top cf Hapton Skirts , near the " turnpike-road leading from Accringtoa to Burnley , en Sunday , Juno 19 th , at one o ' clock in the afternoon , when the meeting separated .
WfiDKESBURY . —At a delegate meeting , held in the Ghartiat Room , Wednesbury , on Sunday last , the following resolutions were come to : — " That two delegates be sent to the dtlegate meeting at Newport , oa Sunday , the 19 th ; " carried unanimously . " That a delegate meeting be held at the Red Lion Inn , Stanley , on Sunday next , June 19 th , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , to make arrangemerits for getting up a defense fund tor the purpose ot defending Mr . Mason , and thfl sevta others with him , at Stafford , tiie forthcoming sessions , and delegates from the . following places ; . re
rcqueBad to attend—Walsall , Tlpton , Wednesbury , Dudley , Bilston , Darlaston , Wolvyrhjimpton , Coseiey , Birmingham ., and Sedgley , and the delegates are requested to bring all they can collect with them for the above purpose . " ' " . That Mr . Cook , draper , of Dudlef , be the treasurer for the detep ' ce fund . "" Tnat the next delegate meeting be held at Walealli on Sunday afternoon , June the 26 th , at three o ' clockjin the Chartist Room , on business connected with the lecturer ^ and delegates are requested to attend from the following pJace 8- ^ Dudley , Woiverbampton , Wednesbuiy , Tipton , Coseley , WalsaU , and Darlaston . "
KBTTERING , Northamptonshire . —The real principles of democracy are making rapid strides in this little town . The dark ' elbu'd- of prejudice is fast disappeariEgVand giving place to reason : the visit of Mr . J . R . Bairstow has done a great deal towards removing the one and establishing the other ; first s by a sermon that he preached on Sunday evealng , Juno 5 th , to an attentive audience i : i the open air , ar . d then by his lecture on Tuesday night , in a large room hired by the Chartists , " On the distressed ttate of the country , " stating , in an argumentative and animating manntr , the ciuse < f that distress ,- then foJJowing- it up ^ on Wedufcadayi with aufther lecture , " On the rast , present ,
and future prospects of Chartism , " arnid the repeated plaudits of the assembly . At the elose of the lecture , three cheers were given for the Charter , three for Foargus O'Connor , three for Mr ; Bairstow . three for Frost , -Williams , and Jones . The national remonstrance and memorial to the Queen were adopted , w ^ th only three diescntients . Af tcr a , vote of thaEbs tothe Chairm&n , the meeting broke up . Eighteen of the company came and joined the Society . A number of the Society then accompanied Mr . Balrstow to the Three Crowns public-house , kept by a member of the Society , and spent the remainder of the evening , enlivening each other with sentiments , aoDgs , and recitations till the clock told the hoTK of xnidnicht
A Female Chartist A $ socuTipNhasl > een formed here , a Council chosen , and a sub-Secretary and Treasurer . Any person writing to tbe Chartist females , ¦ will be pleased to direct for Mrs . WUlmot , Hogs Ley « , Kettering . ' . ; ' -. ; : ¦ - , ; ' : . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ; '¦; :.. ¦; " : ¦ ¦ . ' . '¦' . •¦ . . , ' ; ¦; ; . ' . : : . ' - .:, ¦ . ¦; '¦' ' BINGMiT—Mr . Brophy delivered tMMtfffiftfiSI ^ drtsses in the Forestera * Court , on SnKflSu ^ A attentive audiences . ' . ¦' ¦ ' . '• . ¦ . ' ¦ ;' 1- ' ^' - ''^ - ' v ? S'T 3 »^^ y . - >^ , ; . STALYB « ilP ^ B .-A public meetUu . ^ rtiffli ^ lJikji theTown ; HaU , p ^ Thursday evening J ^^ feV ^^ p ! mouBtrance to theCtommona and th ft » ao ^ l ^ iiiRK . V . j Queen trere adopted . TrrniTi nt nj i ^ fori ^ SMt : 1 ^ 1 by Leach and . othwf . . W ffi ^ WS p *™ & $ lto - : ^^ SW ^ ^ Sid W ^^
Cljavttet Kntentcjcttce-
Cljavttet Kntentcjcttce-
To The Imperial Chartists.
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
To The Industrious Portion Of The Middling Classes.
TO THE INDUSTRIOUS PORTION OF THE MIDDLING CLASSES .
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Ehrata—In my letter of last week , paragraph 3 , line 19 , for " Afftjhanistans , " read " A 2 > han ?; " and in paragraph 7 , line 4 , for "democrat , " read " Dunccmbe . "
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YOL . Y . NO , 240 . SATURDAY , JUKE 18 , 1842 . pmes r ^ Sn !^ ^ WT '"
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct603/page/1/
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