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THE SOUTHERN STA£ SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1842.
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T " LOYALTY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS . A . pnblio Tnwfjng was held on Monday , Jane 13 th , at ? he Town Hail , Souihwark , to present a congratult ^> ry address to her Majesty on her escape from assasshistion ; at oae o ' clock , Mr . Jackson , " in the abseDce o- ; she High Bailiff ( through indisposition ) took the ctsrir ; Mr-Wood , MP ., and other gentlemen , occupying the platform . The attendance was Tery-limited "wv-h the exception of the -working men , -who , as usual , mastered in their majesty . The Rev . Mr . Hoijghton moved an address conrrsrnlatLag her Majesty on her escape from assassi
. Mr . Apslet Psxiett seconded the adoption of the ad- ; ress : he ¦ was we 1 convinced tout -whatever < 3 ifffr * -nce there might be among them on political subjects , they would all agree in their detestation of assassination . He was "well convinced there was not a Chartist present who would consent to attain the holiest Bnmmit of Mb political ambition , if . it was to be procured by the weapon of the assassin— ( cheering .. ^ Ir . Balls rose to move an addition to the address ; brt -was refused -a hearing on the ground of- being a boe elector ; the requisition calling the meeting stating that it was a meeting of electors . After some further de . ay , it was put to the meeting , and decided that Mr . Bs ; ls should he heard . Mr . Balls , in a very able manner , proposed an
aG-lition to the address , calling upon her Majesty to diiiuis 3 her present Ministers , and to call those to her councils who would make the Charter a Cabinet measets , and thereby remove crime , dissatisfaction , and di ^ . oy<y from the land . Mr . Balls then showed in aii ekqaent manner tfeat in the eye of God all were e < ± aal ; itat the misery an < i -wretchedness of the poor deserved commisseration equally -with her Maj ^ stJT ; and thit by passing the propped addition they -would show their loyalty not only ta tbrir earthly Sovereign , but fcu that Almighty R uler , who regarded with the fame int-rLSt the life of tho peasant as of the crowned h . u . d— ( grest cheering . ) Mr . Bowler , bat manufacturer , moved the adoption of the addition , aiid was lonely cheered . - Mr . JeaSES seconded the motion .
Mr . hearne , in his peculiar dens . ve manner , though that rhe distress of the country could not fee so great as -was slated , seeing that they were compelled to be si ~ ay 3 bringing ij before the public , fearful Isst it might be forgotten . He objected to any deviation from the o > ject of the meeting : the Churtir-ts were perambulating the country -with a memorial expressive of their ¦ vit a's to her ilsj , * ty , and need not disturb the present meeting . Several other gentlemen -wished the addition to be withdrawn , and tbey -would sign a requisition to . allow tho Chartists the use of the HalL Mr . Bowler would not consent to withdraw the adiition . If the gentlemen of the borough would sign a requisition they would not attend , but rronld de so merely to get rid of the opposition .
Mr . Mat > "abd ably supported the addition , and shewed that their own addresses and memorials stood no chance of ever reaching her 3 tlr . jesty ; and it was only by taking advantage of i-ccssions like the present that their feelings could reach the throne . Mr . Parker , in a fetling manner , supported the addition , ana objected to mettincs like the present one be ! ng called previous to the trial cf ths prisoner , as they Wr-e calculated to raise a prrjndice against him . Mr Picker then she-wed up , in glaring colours , the assassination now taking place in Ilc ;? , the coal mines , and in the factory districts , and spoke in terms of bitter indignation of the massacre in Ireland ; and stated that instead of s ? eing a meeting like the present , he fihfeuld have liked to ste tb& men of London metticg in their tens of thousands , denouncing such horrible misrule .
ii . r . Dodson was sorry to see an adaition moved , as it wonld deprive them of a number of signatures to the address . The Rev . ilr . HorGHTOS wished to withdraw the addrtss , as he could not consent to have his nam * coupled with , the addition , but this the meeting would not allaw of . The Chaulmax then pnt the address , when it was negatived by a great majority . Bnt the gentlemen insisting tint it was a mistake , he insisted upon putting it agsin , This was acceded to , but the Chairman would put it no other way than the address first ; and , if that was carried , he -wou . d then put the uddiuon ; but he -weald not put the two together , noi -would he put the aduitisn , unless the original address w-s &r ; t carried . This give great disjaVisiacticn to the meuting . Mr . Wood . M . P ., and ether gentlemen vainly er .-deavcured te induce the meeting to pass the address , and thtn they -would put the addenda .
Mr . Wheeler clearly exposed the trickery , of the Chairman and hia supporters , and called upon iLe working men to remain firm to their addition . After upwards of an hour ' s delay , the original address was put , and rx handB held np for it ; against it tLe whole body of the meeting . Thus these loyal gentlejner would throw overboard all their z . al- for her Msjesij ' a we-fare , all their patriotism and loyalty , ratter tuan all jw the w ^ nts and feelings of the great Eiass of tljs cjiamunity to reach the r&yal ear . ilx . MiTSABD moved an adjournment to the King ' s Head in the Barough , and administered a severe castigati-jn to tht Chairman and tis aiifereuts , for their shuffling conduct Three cheera -were given fur the Chartar , & , z . is ., &&d the meeting adjourned to tee King ' s HtaU .
ADJOURNED MEEIUvG AT TUB Kl . NG 3 HEAD , Mr . Ball * in the chair . II ? . Matnard proposed ths . t an address should be fix ^ n up to her iDjesty , expressing their feeling and ¦ wishes at the present momena > us crisis . Mi . Edwards seconded the motion . Mr . Ferguson , in a long and eloquent address , ¦ which drew down tremendous applause , laid tare the evils of the present system , and showfi clearly the beautiful fitness of the Charter as a remedy ; he also impressed upon his audience the utility of establishing Chartist schools , and of impressing tie female sex -with tlie advantages to be derived from the adoption of our piircipits .
-ilr . Parker perfectly coincided with every sentiment which cad so eloquently been expressed by the last speaker , but was opposed to addressing her Majesty , Beaing there was no prospect of her e ? er receiving such an address as the m& . ting would adopt . He should propose the following amendment : — 41 That while this meeting begB to express its horror at assassination , it cannot bnt think that the mest effectual mode of preserving and protecting her Majesty's life is by calling to her councils such men as will canse class legislation to cease , sxsd that this meeting hereby axprsM their disapprobation cf the conduct ef the Chairman of th& meeting held this da ? at the Town Hall , in the Borough of Bouthwark , who by a quibUe endeavoured to FUpurtiS the will of the majority , th < = same majority having given their opinious in accordance witn the preceding part of the resolution . " Mr . Cuffay , in a spirited and eloquent manner , seconded the amendment .
ilr . Fairchild , senier , m an able manner , sapporttd the amendment , and in a lucid . manner sho ^ t'l how Sir Robert Peel " sTariffand Income T = x B : !! s ttouW drivt the middle classy into the ranks of the Ciiartisti Mr . Wheeler and others addressed the- meeting briefly in support of the amendment . Mt . MiT . ViHD having withdrawn the motion for an address , the resolution was carried unanimously . A subscription was entered inLo that the above resolution might be inserted in the daily papers as an auTtrtUement .
A vote of thaaks was given to Mr . B jwlgr , for the manner iu which he had supported ' them a ? the Tv * x : ; Hall . A vote cf thanks was also given to tie Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
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EARTHQUAKE IN ST . DOMINGO . TEN THOTSAXD L 1 TES LOST . The American papers rec-eived by the Aca-i'a inform us that an appalling catastrophe had befa ilf : ; the island of Si . Domingo . Th ^ j island was " vifittti en the 7 : li nit . with lepeated and severe shocks oi earthquak ' , which had entirely demolished the town of Cape Ha _ vtien ^ and it was calculated had destroyed the lives of 10 , 000 of its citizens . Other towns on ' ihe same side oi the island had , it was feared , shared w the de : olation .
The town of Cape Haytien ha ? entirely disnppeaTed , aid with it two thirds of its population , which amounted to about 15 . 000 inhabitants- A lire broke out alter the earthquake , which destroyed the powder magazine , and with it the miserable remnant of the inhabitants who had escaped the earthquake The towns of St . Nicholas and Port Pais are also &aid to be destroyed . The folio wing are extracts from the correspondence of the is ew York papers : — The principal destruction of life , of which-we have an aeeount , was a t C ape H ay t ien , which place -was entirely destroyed . It contained fifteen thousand inhabitants , two-thirds of whom are thought to be dead .
The approach of the earthquake wa 9 indicated in Port-au-Prince by great heat , and heavy clouds that covered the neighbouring hills , and fallowed the direction of the south-west to the north-east . The vessels at anchor , some of the sailors report , experienced the shock long before they saw the houses agitated , which seemed to indicate that the shock came from vhe west . There were two shocks at Port-au-Prwce very distinctly felt , the first not so long as the second , - which last endured aboni three min&t&s . ' Every
peiton strove to j ; et cut of the houies , and tue Etreeis were filled with the affrighted population . A little longer , says the Palriote , and Port-au-Prince wguIj bare been the theatre of a disaster similar to that of 1 / yO , of which di ^ trous year the remembrance was rushing into all minds . The Patrioie also , says , that there is hardly a house or a wall that has net suffered a Ifttle . Some have become almost uninhabitable . The fiont of the Senate House , where the arms of ihe Kepnblic are sculptured , is detached ) and broken . The interior wts auicjured .
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On the Saturday night succeeding and on Sunday , there were other shocks . Mass was interrupted , and the persons present ran hither and thither , while many women fainted . On Monday morning at twelve o ' clock there was another shock . The weather all the time was changeable , now extreme heat , now rain , now fair , and now signs as if of a storm . On Tuesday , again , there was another shock , and since then , say 3 the Palriote , " it seems to us that we walk upon a quaking earth . " St . Marc . —A letter from this town says , that the earthquake was felc there with violence . Many houses were seriously damaged , and some destroyed , but no loss of life is mentioned .
At Gonaives the shocks were yet more serious . The greater part of the houses were overthrown . A fire broke out at the same time , and there was not a drop of water in the town . All the houses that were not burnt saffered from the earthquake . It wa . 3 in the streets that the writer of the letter giving this account wa 3 inditing it . The church , the prison , the palais national , the treasury , and the arsenal were all destroyed . This letter concludes at eight a . m . by saying" It is only haif an hour since that we felt a very great commotion . At present we are ignorant of the number of persons killed or wounded . All the prisoners who are not buried in the ruins escaped . God grant that Port-au-Prince may not have experienced such a disaster !"
Cape Haytien . —The town of Capa Haytien has entirely disappeared , and with it two thirds of the population . The families that could escape fled to Fossette , where they were without an asylum , clothing , or provisions . The President of Hayti has given orders to the physicians and officers of the hospitals to leave the city immediately , in order to give succour to ibe distressed . Other aid of all kiuda was about to be despatched by water to tho distressed . la addition , to the above disastrous intelligence
from the Cape , a courier arrived from the city a . few hoars previous to the departure of Captain Morris , who stated that a fire broke out after the earthquake , which on Monday , the 9 ih , destroyed the powder magazine , and with it the miserable remnant of the inhabitants who had escaped the earthquake . The towns of St . Nicholas and Port Paix are also paid to be dt stroyed . Other . i > ai is of the isiauds had not been heard from when Captain Morris left ; but it is conjectured that all the towns of the north are a masa of ruin 3 .
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THE POLICE MURDERERS . We have but just room and time to refer our readers to the report elsewhere given . of tho shoot * ing down by the bloody police of Ennis , of scores of starving men , women , and children ; for mere fun as it might seem , to prevent their clamouring for , bread . Thirty-eight of the "force" have been com . mitted for trial charged with wilful murder ; * nd already is the bloody old Times , " in the genuine spirit of Toryism , seeking to pave their way for an acquittal ; though it is proved that they fired , not
only whhout , but in defiance of , the order 3 of their tfneers . This is but another instance of that to which we have scorc 3 of times called the people ' s notice , as the regular habit of the hhodj faction ; and especially the worst portion of them—tho middle classes . When their infernal systems of monopoly have made human vermin to abound , every artifice 13 tried to entrap them into collision with their armed myrmidons , aimed and kept purposely and avowedly to " keep down" the
" surplus population . Th 9 present instance will suffice to show how slight and clumsy a pretext they are fain to improve , as opportunity ; and may demonstrate to the people not only the necessity of obtaining legislative powar , that they may do justice to themselves ; but the necessity , while the power of faction does continue , of acting cautiously , wisely , and prudently ; to avoid the certainty of death , by furnishing the slightest pretext for an onslaught by the armed myrmidons of power .
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The Executive . — We have receh ' d from Mr . Job Altcrb'iry , of ? SoUi 7 tyham , secret "' y to the Churtisl Loolmakns of that place , and sub-secretary iu the National Charter Assoca ' Aoii . eiciht vulinc / paj-crs , nhich he savs were t r - " lute for the Nottingham parcel- tiuy exhibit ihe ' following nutiilvrs for the respective canriirtates : — M'DmwII 7 , C' ' . mj ) heJl 6 , Leach 7 , Civpn- 2 , Hairstow 5 . Skeiinglon 1 , De ' fTii Taylor ?> , Brophy 3 , Wed 2 , S ' aUwood 1 , Beesley I , and Jones 1 . Mr . Wm . Martin begs to acknowledge the receipt of V ' lt from the Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashjicid for Samuel Holbrrry , which has been forwarded to him- Mr . V . Meuk' nfi » , ay t . vpccl a letter
from Yak in the course of a month . The S ^ uabblks- —We . perfectly reciprocate the feeling of J . W . Smith , of Manjiciil , upon this subject . It is abominable thai the journal of ihe movement should be continually occupied with the bickerings and jealousies of individuals to a dutracti'm of the people ' s attention and to Ihe injury of their cause . It was high time to put an end to it ; and , please ( rod it shall be put an end to . Me . Sweet Irishes to acknotvledge the receipt of 10 , v . from Manfjkld fur the u&c of the non-electors ' committee . AxuiiF . w IIogu , London , having i \ c-ived 85 . 2 d . from Mr . Owen , nf Southampton , for a politic ///
purpose , puld it to James O' 11 rien . for hi * Press Fund . John Swan . — We can at prcscid give no amwer to his question . William Cooi'lii . — We cm give ? to answer to his question . We shr . uld think it doubtful that his position could be sustained , Legal Qokstions . — We hare almost every u < eek a number of questions sent to us on various subjects of disputed property , disputed tenancy , alleged frauds , and other into matters , requesting our opinion and adrice . In the absence of Air O'Connor , who it otherwise occupied in securing the people ' s cause than sittinq down here , we
cannot answer Ifiis class of questions ; it is useless therefore to send them . Not knowing the intricacies of the law with professional txact % ~ tude , were we to advise we might in many cases mislead mid harm the parties insteud of serving them . Dr . M'Douall desires us to announce in the Stir that he has received £ 2 8 s . for the masons , for theatre tickets , making the receipts in all £ 31 9 s ,, and leaving two debts still unsettled . Stabs to Ireland . —7 . C Grady , near French Park , County Roscommon , would be grateful for a few raynof' ^ iivrl'g ' it . ' Mr . J . Waikins . — Thanks for the evidence of his friendship . We are quite aware of the whole
move . ^ D . T . Sheridan . —Never mind the animal ! let him ' lie away . To notice him would be more damage than any he can do to us . A Calico Pkintfh . — We have not room . Mr . Thomas Shout has received 10 s . from the Chartists of Bingley , in behalf of the masons late on strike . Mr . R . Payne , of No . 43 , Cramer street , Gray ' sinn-road , is desirous of entering into a private correspondence wich any of the active friends oj the Charter in the undermenlimed towns in Kent , viz ., liothccter , Chatham , Sittinghourne , Canterbury , Tonbridge , § c . Notice . — The Charlies resident in Bristol will liar
in mind that the weekly meetings of the Association are he hi in Bear lane Chapel every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , instead af Monday , as hitherto . ' il . Soue , Birmingham . —His communication is too late for attention this week . Failsworth . —The petition and letter on the Poor Late came too late . Mr . N . Morli . ng , of Brighton , « very angry with us for not inserting his letter in reply to Mr . Allen . Had he adhered to the truth and the question we shouid ^ have inserted it . lie chose to assert , in the first instance , that Mi .
Allen represented himself as speaking the opinion of parties with w ' lum he Iiad not consulted on the subject . He' mini have known this to be false ; and as his whole " reply" hinged upon this falsehood , we of course refused to give it . J . A ., Sheffield , O . D ., Belfast , W . J . M'Allan , P . 1 ) ., and a great number of other individuals in various parts of the country , bearing testimony by their letters to the estimation in which the editor of the Northern Star'is holdcn by his readers , have severally our thanks for their kind expressions of regard . Fl ' regret the impossibility of publishing their letters for lack
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Walter Mason . -- We wish him better sense , and less of petty and malicious resentment . Ajrthub O'NbiL / not of Birmingham , but of Manchester J obliges its with a long dissertation on our editorial delinquencies . He starts of with this assertion . ;— ' :- ' . / : ¦ ¦ ¦' . ; . ' . " Ib the Editorial which appeared in your paper on Saturday , April 16 th last , you charge the ablest and most consistent democratic writer of this or any age , namely , J . B . O'Brien , with treachery to the cause of the Charter in the StuboS Con-. FKRENCE . " '' ¦¦¦¦¦¦ " . ' - : ' "¦ " - '¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦
He knows this assertion to be a lie , and yet founds upon it the whole of his long objurgation . Most likely Mr . OWei / will consider himself "denounced" by this notice ; but we can ' t help ¦ ¦ . "¦¦ that . . ' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ' , ¦ " . . . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ . • . •¦ ¦ ¦¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . Joan Wilxiams , the wife of Zephaniah Williams , begi to return her thanks to the good Chartists of Todmordern for the donation with which they have so kindly favoured her . Robert Rhodes . — We have no room . Mr . Robert Kemp Philp . —Tis to no use parlies sending here resolutions about this person , deriwiciatory or otherwise , we shall not insert them . We desired , a fortnight ago , that no more expressions of opinion might come to this office about him . We stated our reasons for making the request . We think those reasons sttfficiefit , and shall abide b y the determination we then took . J . Chatw ood . —No room .
James GaRth MatlsuAhT ,.- * His long communication was not received until shortly before going to press ; it shall have our attention next week .
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John Martin , Castle Dougi . as . —Yea . A Constant Subscriber , London . ^ -We have no recollection of having received at this office anything for the Executive from the produce of Mr . Ball ' s blacking . We Lave not time to refer : if anything has been received U will have be « n announced . We cannot tell whuther the Executive have received anything from that source or not . John Wesi , Lewes . —Send a letter and give the addreasi An answer will be sent by post . FOR THE 'WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ B . d . From a few members of the Camberwell Burial Society ... ... 0 1 0 FOR JAMES : DUFFY . From the ChartiBts of Matlock ... 0 10
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, BlACKBVRV f . —At a dt-Jegate meeting held in this town , on Sunday , the 12 th June , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : —1 . "That it is the opinion of thig ^ heeting , thatfor thofurther advancement of the ChWtist cause , * nd for the purpose of checking the growth of that misery which has so long overshadowed the land , a delegate meeting be holden in Co ' ne , on Sunday , the 3 rd of July , for North and South Lancashire , including the 1 whole , of Yorkshire , and that we earnestly urge every Association to take'the . subject : into their most serious consideration . Tho meeting to take place in the Chartist Room , Windy-bank , at one o ' clock in the afternoon . " 2 . " That wo deeply regret to observe the manner in which the report of the Enficld
meeting was given m by thei Clithflroe reporter , and think that the language used at that meeting did not justify the reprehensive remarks made use of at the > close of the report . We also wish further to state , that the advice said to have been given , by Marsden about tho people arming themselves and making up to Buckingham Palace , and which has been so largely com Jiented on by ^ the Star , never was , we emphatically assevt , uttered ; and that Messrs . Marsden , Tattersal , and Swindlehursfc possess th 9 confidence of oursolves and also the placea which we severally represent . "—J . Thornton , Chairman ; P . S . It must be particularly remembered that Colne is the most central place which could be pointed out , and also that every Association is particularly requested to furnish their delegates with credentials .
At a meeting held in the Music Hall , this evening , it was unanimously agreed that a vote of confidence be given to ftlr . Richard Marsdeh , of Preston , Mr . Mooney , of Cplrie , Mr . Tat tor sail , of Burnley , and Mr . Oluham , of Preston , for their straight-forward conduct at the-Enfield meeting , and that we fling back 111 the teeth of the base calumniator , the Manchester Guardian , - .-its 1 wilful and base liea ( viz . that he would do any thing to injure the people ' s leaders ) , for there waa never such language made use of .
Eccles . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting was held iu the Market-place , when the following resolution was unanimously carried : —'' That , in ihe opinion of this meeting , the alarming distress which prcvailp , and the high price of provisions , render it absolutely necessary ' 'that the working classes should adopt some means to lower the price of . beef , butter , and milk . " The resolution was moved and seconded by working men who prefessed vo be in the receipt of good wages , and was supported by Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , who , in a lengthy speech , clearly showed up the monstrous system of monopoly that existed , and exhorted his hearers to secure tho People ' s Charter ; o protect themselves . Other speakers addressed the meeting . The numbers of which were not less than 1 r > UO .
Calverton . —The Association met here on Monday night ; aud after the business of the Association was done , a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the tea party , which is to be held ou the last Monday in July , when Mr . O'Connor will attend . Near 500 tickets have already been issued , and the other 500 will be issued in the course of ; a week or ten days . Persons are rcque&ted to communicate with Mr . Geo . Harrison , from Radford , Hysou-green , New Basford and Carrington , as agents of those places for the sale of tickets . A booth will be erected for the accommodation of all friends ; and all the tickets must be sold a clear week previous to the day of tea . Mr . O'Connor will proceed on the Tuesday to Mansfield and Sutton , to visit the good and true of eaoh
place . Derby . —The following resolution has been passed : — " That before any person can lecture in any of th 8 Associations in this county , he shall first correspond with the respective secretaries , to ascertain whether they can receive him ; and that he brihjj ; proper credentials from the Association to which he is a member , or from the Executive . Mr . M ead , from Birmingham , delivered a lecture in the Marketplace , to a large concourse of people , on Monday night ; and Mr . Duffy , from Sheffield , addressed a crowded audience on Tuesday night , in the Association Room , WUlow-row . At the close , Mr . Duffy roctived » d invitation to visit ua again on next Sunday , when he will deliver a second discourse ft six o ' clock , in the Association Room , Willow-row .
Swinton . —Mr . Linlcy , of Rotherham , lectured here ou Tuesday evening . Five members were enrolled . Other lectures will be delivered here on Tuesday eveiiing and on Thursday evening . CARLISLE—The Council of the Carlisle Ghartist AsMOoiaiiim held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening , June 11 th , at the Council room , Johu street , Caldewgate , Mr . James Arthur in tho chair . After the Secretary had read over tho minutes of last meeting , several sums of money were paid in to the Oastler suoscription fund . The Secretary
wfs then instructed- to write to Mr . Campbell , Secretary to the Executive , giving an account of the persons for wh /* ra the people had voted to serve on tiie forthcoming Exeeutivq . Mr , Joseph Broom Hanson then stated that he wished to postpone his motion for a public meetings to carry out tho views of the late 'Convention , until the new Executive was formodj as they would in all probability issue instruo fi-jn to the people as to the course of procedure they ought to pursue uiidcr present circumstances , uli-ima-tely it was determined to get vipa public meeting as early as possible .
MANSFIELD — The Chartists of this locality are informed that in Future tho Association will meet on Monday evening , in Mr . Pool's large room , Unionstreet . Westgate .
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watch wdifl denied the Feipie ' s Petition . When tils coaduct was complained of a 3 a neglect , with otter dm sBiom equally glaring , the very democratic Vincent declared that he would not be dictated to by the rabble or coerced by themob ! They have given circulation to the foaleat calumnies for the purpose of destroying the reputation of tbo 3 & whose honest hearts prompted them to oppose their crooked policy . Their conduct proves that they know not the value of a good name , and they have forfeited their own , if they ever possessed one ; and we will undertake to aay that in Bath , at least , their names will ever be associated with infamy-As public characters , they have broken every law which honest and honourable men respect Strangers to self-respect , they possess all those faults , follies , and errors they impute to others . ¦
' We beg to Inform you that the commodious rooms spoken of by Mr . Phllp are now entirely deserted , and the whole affair broken up . ; Jas , CHAPipEL , Sub-SecV Jos . Twite . Treasurer . " 3 Hugh BAKXtETT , 2 Wm . Chew , 2 Wm . M . Young . -3 ^ Arthur PHitiiPS , •'¦ ¦¦ , - * . Alfred Mexley , ' Q ° . Abraham Miner , —^ John Hopkins , S 3 William Losiax , •• ¦'•§'¦' G . M . Bartlett , O Heney Pagb . Bath , July 13 th , 1842 . '
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The results are now manifesting themselves at Bristol , and many other towns , in the rearing of a mixed party of backsliding Chartists , VVhigs , &e ^ arhd tell the Chartwts they go farther than they , Oebause they are willing to give the fraachiae to criminals after they have been released five mouths from prison . Do they hot know that a man , after he has suffered the punishment awarded to hia crime , is not tainted with crime in the eyes of the law , and , consequently , after six months residence in some locality , wonld be eligible to vote under the Charter ? ' - ¦ . ¦• '¦ v . - - : ¦" ; ' '¦ '¦" . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦' ' ¦ . - '¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ¦ . . '
These , and a few other out and dried observations , which I mentioned in my letter of the 4 th of June , form their stock-in-trade ; yet these foolish complaia * ings serve to create divisions among the working class , draw them into parties , and prevent the amalgamation of all into one great , powerful national body . ^ ¦ '' - . ¦' ; : ¦• ¦ '¦ ¦ " " . : v ¦ " : .- . ¦ ' : :- ''¦ - : ¦ - ¦ - ' } The party press , too , puts in its quota to effect division . The Bristol Mercury calls the new-fledged Complete Suffrage party , juat formed here , " the inte ligent portion of the working classes . " Yea , they will , it is eaid , have that portion of the working class who Eeek the offices of foremen in the work-shopand when obtained , are ^ ten times
, more tyrannical than the middle class themselves , serving the employer at the expence of the trade they rose in . They will have the aristocracy of labour , who ape the gentleman , and despise the plains sensible , honest operative ; a class of selfish beings who hare not the moral feeling and courage to make the least sacrifice to serve the cause of their suffering order , and therefore have not joined in the struggle for right , but will join the middle class , as there is nought to fear : besides , it is respectable , and these the corrupt press of Whiggery will dub the intelligent . To form such parties our pretended friends have aided the middle classes Ia 9 t Whiggish move .
And for labouring to prevent these fatal divisions and partizanships , the Editor of the Star has bten termed a ?* dictator , " and several in the Chartist ranks have echoed the senseless ory . Why , my fellows , the language of dictator is , you shall . Now , hath this been the language of the Editor of . the Star ! hath it not rather been the language of . a friend ?—ye should , ye will , I warn you ;~ come , brothersj let us reason together , setting aside the passions that so easily beset us . Let us look over the file of Stars ^ ^ from the beginning , and see whether there is any proof of this grave charge of dictator ; the result , I feel confident , as a constant reader of the Star , will be that we shall discover nought but good advice and timely warning from the Editor , and shall therefore univetsaAly declare him . a true friend , and award him our best thanks . J . ———^ Bristol .
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THE MEETING ^ EAR CLITHEROE . Nothing affords ua more real pleasure than to see parties whom we have thought it our duty to admonish prove theoi 3 elves worthy of our esteem and : Le people's confidence . In la-t week's Star , we commented strongly upon language said , by the Manchester Guardian , to haTe been holden at a meeting near Ciitheroe , by Mr . Marsdln .
Thinking that language , if u < ed by Mas ? de . v , to be decidedly calculated to do damage to our cause , we expressed that opinion pretty firmly . Mr . Marsden , it seem ? , has been belied by the Guardian , and so , as the applicability of our remarks depended on the accurasy of the statement , tho whole falls harmless , so far as he is concerned . Mr . Marsden ha 3 written to us the following letter , to which we have much pleasure in drawing attention : —
" TO THE EDITOB . OT THE KOSTHEItN STAH . " Sib ., —I deeply regret , in commen with many others , your lengthened remarks on the meeting at Enfleld . I do assure yon , honestly , that "what I am reported to have said in the Guardian and other papers is not true , however much you may imagine it to comport with the general tenour of the address -which I read to the metting . I appeal to any one whs -was sufficiently near me to hear fully what I did say , whether I am not now stating truth .
" Much as T detest a dungeon—hurt as my mind hath ofteu been by reading of the sufferings of Peddio and Holberry , and -when thinking cf the banishment of Frost and his compatriots , still the terror created wa 3 not sufficient to overcome my dislike of , and £ « a ? e ff degradation consequent upon , malcirg a stateraent in opposition to the knowledge of so large a body of my countrymen as -was assembled at EnSeld . " Your Clith&roe reporter was not , I think , justified in making tUzse remarks at the * nd of hia report which appeared in the Star . I have been at many meetings in aii , and have frequently heard language far fctroneer
than any which -was uttersd at Eofitld , if yse except one speaker just at the close of the meeting . This person did not occupy more than five niir . utes at the rtiostj he is a man unused to public speaking—a plain , blunt , honest Juhn Bull-like character , and Bpoke the ujidnlterated language of -nature . " 1 can readily conceive that the men of Ciitheroe , -who ¦ were at the meeting , might considtr that there was something like unfair play on trie part of those -who took the lead thereat ; and hence probably influenced your n-porter to make those remarks t-f which I compiain . I saw them go away evidently dissatufled , and
fett grieved owing tbvrtto ; but I c . n assure them that the men of Preston knew nothing about my address btfore I arrived at the meeting , and that we entered into no previous arrangement whatever . Thoy themselves consented to elect Mr . OdUm to the chair ; and I had no idea , bfcfore I heanl feim call upon me , at what part of the proceedings I should be introduced to the metting . The time occupied by the address was considerably lengthened by the opposition of Mr . M » rquis , owing to the replies uia « e thereto ; and " * hei : they -were finished , it v ? a 3 cjnsidertd time to c . use the meeting , owing to the distance which many hod to go .
" j 3 r inserting the abave in your forthcoming Star , much ill feeling may perhaps be aiJujed , and you will greatly oblige " Richard Marsden . " We give this letter thu- pronnuei-tly , not more in jn-tice to Mr . MAHsorN a ^ a contradiction of the injurious report , than is sffjrd mp a refreshing contrast in i' . s manly andrcajoiabletiyle , to the vitupe ruiozis of tho . sclf-imporiom pereoi ages , who , without a tithe of the canse for it , ha ^ e nnde so many
months bluster ahou ; df :. unchtion" and " dictatorship . " Mr . Mjuuden de : ends himself promptly and .-piritcdly ; but without descending 10 the level of a fool or a blackguard . We have also received resolutions , which we insert elsewhere , from the Chartists of Blackburn , and from the North Lancashire delegate meeting , fully exonerating the other speakers at the meeting from the charge of violence and declaring that the language imputed to them waa not used at all .
We are most happy to be able to record this , to the credit of the leaders of North Lancashire , and hope long to see thecii as now , prudent and patriotic energetic and discreet , in the full enjoyment of the confidence of those who know them best . Suoh men have nothing to fear from denunciation . "We beg the people to remember that every word of advice given in last week ' s Star is equally applicable to the circumstances , and loses nothing of its importance by being shown to have no reference to those men . Let it be the people ' s care to see that the rcachinations of ; he enemy be always as abortive as hitherto .
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THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR " TO HIS READERS . Thanks ! my kind , patriotio frienda ! The broad sheet which I here present to you affords the gratifying sight of a people aB united in sentiment as they are bold and discriminating in character . From East to West and from Norlh to South ; throughout the whole surface of the land , my appeal has been responded to ; and the result is what I expected—that Englishmen lose none of their national love of " fair play" when they imbibe the fre «
doctrines of the Charter ; and that the health-inspiring breeze of liberty , as it is quaffed by the squalid Bons of poverty and labour , carries with it an acuteness of intelligence and of perception , which enables them to see things as they are . You are as sick then of the hateful system which has so long frittered away our strength as I am . You think , as I do , that the people ' s paper should be otherwise occupied than with the vapouring jealousies of a few men to whom the publio cause is evidently valueless , except so far as it may minister to
personal aggrandisement ! 'Tis well . We now understand each other . I feel the ground firm beneath me . I shall have no fear for the result of that policy , which , whatever might have been your answer , I should most undoubtedly have pursued , because I know it to . be right . I regard the resolutions which I this day publish as so many evidences that a publio man who does right and acts consistently , need fear nothing , either from the growling of the bears of faction in tho wood , or the hissing of the serpents of faction in the camp .
My aim is to be useful ; not to shine ; and , therefore , I perform uses , irrespective alike of approbation or disapprobation . But it is always pleasing to a man to find that his uses are appreciated ; and , therefore , while I accept the demonstrations of your confidence , and the expressions of your thanks and your regard , as that to whioh I feel that my labours have entitled me
and not as mere marks of grace and favour , I feel all the honest pride aud gratification from them which a good man should feel . The most gratifying thing in the whole matter , to my mind , is the universality and unanimity of these declarations . Without the possibility of communicating with each other , the whole Chartist body seems to have spoken with one voice and with one spirit . Only two resolutions ot a different character have come to ma from the whole
country . Tho Chartists of Leickstbr , meeting at All Saints Open , and those of Portsmouth , of whom I never before heard , have honoured me with their condeciuation . Be it so . I can wdl uffuid to set against them tho testimony of all England . I should , in any caso , in rdorencu to theso " denunciations , " have done that which I shall now do . But I shall . do it with all the greater comfort and satisfaction , knowing that I have with me the wholo body of the people in approbation . I shall , while I continue at the Northern Star , exorcise over aii pnblic men and measures such watchfulness as best
I may ; I shall comment freely , but in rcepectful and gentlemanly terms as I have always done , on all the public acts of all public men . I shall always open the columns of the Star to p . ny reply which may confino itself to the question , and which may avoid falsehood , wilful misrepresentation , and scurrility of language ; whenever a party descends to these practices , as ihe bawlers about "denunciation" have recently dona on so lar ^ e a ecaio , I shall civilly " bid him good bye , " and shut the door in his face ; leaving him to vent his abuse elsewhere , as freely as ho may plexso .
From this t" me the organ of tho people ' s movement shall not be prostituted to the vapouring jealousies of would-bo democrats . It shall offer , as it always has done , a bold front to tho openly avowed enemy , a clo 3 e cover to tho honest friend , and a vij ; orou ^ y wielded " cat'' to tho skulking traitor to the cause of rii ; ht . , With an earnest determination , to spend my life in the strugle afier right , 1 am , Yours -faithfully , Wm . Mii . t ..
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —After having carefully read , your address to your ' . readers , I fiud it : becomes , ( aud a pleasant one it is , ) my duty to throw my mite of approval into the ordeal now at work on the structure you have raised to democracy . I may remark , that since your commencement as Editor of our Star , I have been a constant reader aud admirer of your principles . I have narrowly watched your observations , both of men and movements ; and , though you have never before seen an article from my pen , 1 have ever been ready , had I seen the least deviation from principle , to have attacked you in your ewn fortress . I own , with
pleasure , 1 have never seen cause for censure v inuch less attack . I have also paid some attention to the movements of our loaders , and to your remarks upon these movements , and have invariably been satisfied with these remarks . I much admired your conciliatory answer to Mr . O'Brieii's very scurrilous letter ; and , with you I am sorry to find Mr . O'Brien become so easily duped by the Complete Suffrage party . Perhaps I wrong them ; but for the soul of me I cannot believe that party sincere . I did and still dp believe that that Conference was got up for the very purpose of gulling the Chartists . I cannot give J . O'Brien credit for his courtesy to the Editor pi' the Star . I do not
name gratitude / I have observed Mr . OBnensinterest advocated in the Star , in terms which only true friendship could dictate . But we must make allowance for human nature ; the brightest morning is sometimes marked by a small speck in one corner of tho horizon , which , springing up , becomes a great cloud , and getting between us and the sun , obscures its glory , and leaves us in obscurity at mid-day . We have seen that cloud removed , and the evening brighten up as tho morning glory . Perhaps the allusion may yet apply to these luminaries we have been in the habit of looking up to , and they will yet enlighten our path to the mountain of liberty J
Yours , S r , is a station , than which , perhaps , never mortal occupied a more important one ; and nobly have you filled it ; No clap trap , new move , or insidious Conference , has been allowed to eater our camp , but your penetrating eye has seen it from afar ; and from your watch tower the masses have been warned of tho approach of their disguised enemy . Shame 011 them , they never ahow front in an honourable way . I live in a priest-ridden . Toryridden , Whig-ridden , lawyer-ridden district . But , thanks to the Star , that is still guiding our steps in this heterogenous miss , there is still some noble soula who know , and do appreciate , your noble conduct in the cause of liberty .
To conclude , then ^ I have never yet seen a sentence ( from you ) in the Northern Star , which , in my opinion , was liable to censure ; and , until I can see anything in that light , neither denunciation * disagreement with , nor censure of , these seniimentSj whether from Lovettite , Sturgeite , Philpite , or any other ite , shall draw mo from the support of th » Star of our liberties , and its worthy Proprietor , and straightforward Editor . " Then let us pray , that ceme it may , As come it will for a' that , That honest men the world o'er . - Will brothers be an a'that . "
Mr . Editor , I have the honour to be , a Member of the Edinburgh , or National Universal Suffrage Association , And your very humble Servant , Robert Allan . Edinburgh , 95 , Abbuy Hill , 13 Ji June , 1842 .
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DICTATION , DENUNCIATION , AND BACKSLIDING . TO THE EDITOB OP THE NORTHERN STAR . ''England expects that every man will do his duty . " This , Respected Sir , will be sufficient apology for my seeking , through the medium of the people's stanch friend , the Star , to utter my opinions upon the above subjects in the present crisis of our movement . I take it for granted that the maintenance of our present advanced position as a true policy cannot be gainsaid by any professing to be a Chartist—that it is tacitly admitted that a retrogade movement would be fatal to our beloved object , the attainment
of our political rights ; that as united Chartists we shall ba all powerful against the ruling faotion ; but , as divided into Corn-law repealers , Sturgeitus , O'Cohnorites , or any other ites , we shall be weak as watvr , unable to resist eveu their encroachments on pur yet remaiuing rights ; that therefore our true policy is to maintain our present vantage ground , and trom thence extend out operations . If , brother Chartists , this is our true policy , whether was ic nobler to mildly warn ( as did the Editor of our best serraat , the Star , ) those who were assisting the middle-class Whigs to raise a party among the working class to cavil about a name , and thus to so . w discord and effect division ; whether , I p ay , was it nobler , on the part of onr tried friend .
Mr . Hill , to gently warn the backsliders of their fatal policy , or to hare allowed them to proceed until they had drawu away many of the more confiding portion of the Chartists after them 1 or , indeed , whether was it nobler and wiser to denounce them as traitors ( as did some of the Chartist body , using their right publicly ) , or to have waited until they had done us the greater amount of mischief I Being publicly denounced , they could plead thereto ; but this should not be done in coarse epithets , but m thi language of common sense ; that would have commanded respect . If they have chosen the former oonrse , they mus ^ blame only themselves if they fall in public estimation ; for the day when swagger and ribaldry would carry weight with it is gone I hope rorever . ; ' ; . ' . ' -:. ¦¦ ¦ - ; : '¦ . ' ¦ ¦;¦ . : . ' . - - ¦ •/ - ' ..: . ;^¦ ¦ . ,. '¦' Sam © of these changing policy men desirdd to be judged by theresulteof their new policy , * let them .
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BASPOAD . —Notts . —At a meeting of the Chartist body of Old Basford , June 13 ch , the meeting unanimously passei a vote of confidence in the Edi * tor and proprietor of the Northern Star . ABERDEEN . —The usual weekly meeting of the Northern District Charter Union was held In their Hall , 38 , George-street , on Monday evening , June ; the 13 thi Mr . James M'Pher 8 on : in the chair . After a brief introductory address from the Chairman on the news of the week , the minutes of the previous meetings were read and confirmed . A letter was read from the Secretary of the Complete Sufirage Associa tion / in answer to a letter he had received from the Ctiarter Union , requesting their co-operation at a public meeting ; to be held on Saturday , the 18 th instant , for the purpose of adopting the remonstrance to the HoH 3 a of Commona and the memoiial to the Queen . The
letter-stated that thoir request would'be laid before the Committee as e&ily as possible . It waa then agreed that the election of a new committee , which should have taken place next week , be postponed until a new constitution be drawn up for the Northern District Union : and all those members not renewing their cards at the end of six weeks from this date will not be recognised as members . Mr , Hill's address to the readers of . the Northern Star was then read to the meeting ; likewise a paragraph roni the address of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association ; after which Mr . M'Donald moved the folio wing resolution ; which was seconded , and carried by acclamation : —" That this Union : places the greatest cona-lence in Mr . Hill , the Editor of ^ the Northern Star , and te ' nder to him their heartfelt thanks for the able manner in which he has so long and ardently advocated their rights . " Tho meeting then broke np .
Bradford General Council . —On Sunday , a large meeting of this body , was held in the room , Butterworth-buildings ; several delegates attended from Idle , Stanningley , and other places ; out-door meetings were aranged to take place during the week . On Sunday , June 19 th , it was resolved to hold a camp meeting at Yeadon ; and on the first Sunday in July , it was resolved to hold a camp meeting on Adwalton Common , the Secretary to correspond with Halifax , Dewsbury , Leeds , and Huddersfield , fequesting their co-operation to make the meeting as public as possible .
Chartist Meeting . On Thursday evening week , a Chartist meeting was held in the Chartist Council room , and from thence adjourned into the open air-Back oi George-street , Mr . P . M . Brophy addressed the audience , for u pwards of an hour , on class legislation . He concluded by calling en the youthful part of his audience to imitate their Irish brethren , and not to enlist into the army . A vote of thanks to the lecturer was carried by acclamation .
Chartist Sermons —On Sunday last , Mr . Jackson from Manchester , preached three excellent sermons in Spring-street Chapel , Wapping , in which he fully exposed the system under which the working classes of this unhappy country groan . The afternoon and evening services were crowded to excess . Mr . Jack .-on ' s sermons have produced an impression that will not soon be forgotten . A collection was made at the close of each sermon which amounted altogether to nearly £ 6 .
BIBMINGHAM . —DiREcnNG Committee . —The Committee held its first meeting at the Ship Inn , on Sunday last , and on the motion of Mr . Saundera , Mr . J . Wilkinson was appointed chairman , and Mr . George White , secretary , pro tern . The resolution which was passed at the Black Horse meeting was read ; after which a long conversation was ' held as to the best mode of proceeding to secure a large and commodious place of meeting . Messrs . White and Soar were appointed to thai duty and ordered to report at the next meeting . It was then resolved 11 That the sab-secretaries and collectors connected
with the National Charter Association , should be requested to attend the nest meeting ; And that a correct list of the members and collectors names and residences should be provided for the use of the committee . " It was also resolved " That all who were willing toaadress public meetings should bereqiiested to attend the next meeting ; " after which a plan will belaid down foe carrying on the movement with more vigour . The meeting then adjourned to three o ' clock on Sunday next , when they hope to meet the sub-secretaries , collectors , &o ., at Mr . Marsh ' s , Britannia Inn , Peck-lane .
Open Air Meeting . —Mr . George White addressed a meeting near the Asylum , on Sunday forenoon , at half-past eleven , and will attend at the same place on Sunday next at eleven o'clock . He also addressed a meeting at the railway station , Duddeston-row , on Monday evening , and at each place laid down the necessity of union amongst the ; working classes , as the only means of remedying the evils that exist . The meotbgs will be held as usual . The Editor of the Northern Star and his Accusers . —A meeting of Chaniata was held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Mavitty in the chair . Mr . Packer moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr .
Ernes : —* That we , the Chartists meeting at the Ship , Steelhouse Lane , do entertain , as we hava hitherto doue , the greatest confidence in then noat and abilities of Fear ^ jus O'Connor , Esq ., the proprietor , and the Kev . William Hill , the editor , « truly the people's paper , the Northern Star , and do hereby pledge ourselves to uphold them and it ( t ^» Northern StarJ so long as they continue in th » manly , straigiuforward course they have hitherto pursued ; and that we , the Chartists meeting aa above named , do consider that ail Chartists art bound in gratitude , for their past services in . 01 ^ cause , to pass such a vote of confidence at this tintfi seeing that it has become a settled plan of pr ° -ten diDg bat
friends to attack those gentlemen directly , bftener indirectl y , and under the name of Chaitia ^ i those gentlemen 6 honesty in the cause of Cnart : sn « That we have likewise noticed with sorrow that tin Executire Committee have allowed themselves to be dragged into the dispute beiween the editor » o » oue of their own body . With all due respect && gratitude for their public conduct , as a body aotmi for the Association , we cannot but think they haT 8 made that circumstance to apply personally t ° themselves which ought to have been confined to tn « two parties only ; aud we are farther of opiaion to * if the editor of that paper is to be tied down 10 the manner Messrs . O'Brien , Philp , and . Vu « en »
seem to wish , that i 3 , that nothing but wbat m » y M to their credit be noticed , let their condacD b « era so contradictory as public men , would be ^ to « j intents and purposes , carrying out what our gre *^ enemies would be glad of—namely , putting the 0 upon the Northern S . ' ar , and letting any puW " ° or men play any pranks they pleassd , and the . . co »' 8 eqaeaceof that would be the breaking up of ;"; Chartist body . " Some of the moat active Chai ^ r in the town were present , and the whole M ^ fi passing ; a high eulogium on the hones ' . y , zaa '« , r , ability of the Rev . William Hill , as the editor of the people ' s paper . The resolution was cam * unanimously .
WALSALi ,. --The Chartists of this locality » eW their room on Sunday week , to hear a sermon ' «* a yonng gentleman of Wolverhampton , whi ( iB g » S great satisfaction . On Tuesday / Mr . Mason leo « £ » at the Windmill , in the open air , to an attend audience .
The Southern Sta£ Saturday, June 18, 1842.
THE SOUTHERN STA £ SATURDAY , JUNE 18 , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The Bilence which we have maintained may be construed inxo ap-vthy , or to approbation of the conduct of Messrs . Vincent and Philp . We beg to assure our Charti ? t brethren throughout the kingdom that it lias resulted from the purest of motivea ; lest oiir Bpeaking out should injure- the R < md csvuae by txtending th « division . But the very iufamoua and baxe Uattr of Mr . R . K . Pftilp has convinced us that to reriiaia silent any longer would be a gtoss dereliction of duty . He states that the division iiiBith was . not caused by hiiaself uud Viucent . The fact is , they callud a meeting at Tucker's Coffee Hotel by circular , at which nmeting Mr . Vinctnt declared that tho time for separation was come , and that he could not co operate at the old piaco of meeting -with the quanrellera , as he < lesij { nated thostj who did . He called all those who resisted hia policy cabal raisers . In his opposition to the friends of union , Mr . Philp was bis right hand
companion . . Mr . Philp intimates that the resolution which appeared in ypur paper was spurious ; . at least his introduction of the wird" purporting" neems to imply as mueh . Wo beg to eay it was the bonafide resolution of tho Chartists nieeting at 3 , Qailoway-buildings . We believo thtlr loud pTofessiona of pattiotiara to be perfectly inbincure . We have heard them insinuate i and they have become adroit in putting one thing for another;—wo have h * aid them whisiier their doubts , suspicions , opiniona , aud bttliefd , alj tending to the injury of tbe Chartist cause , or some of its unflinching advocates . Having watched them through their serpentine caireer , we do not hesitate to charge them with being deceitful nnd utterly hollow .
And now for evidence . We assert that Mr . Vincent allowed the S . urge doruriient to lay in bia Chupel f < r signatures , and invited his audience to sign , advantages
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TO THE REV . WILLIAM HILL . . Dear Sir , —It la with pleasure that I inform you of the following decision of the Council of the Hull National Association , which has been called forth by the many and unwise attempts so plentifolly bestowed of late upon yourself , the Northern Star , and its brave and uncompromising Proprietor . We deeply sympathise with you for the many uncalled-for , but shabby attempts , to destroy you in the estimation - of tne people . : ¦ ¦'¦¦ . ¦' . ¦ ¦ Go on , Sir , as you have hitherto done ; fighting the good fight of democracy , and let the would-be-great , and all-sufficient , rail on—the people have their eyes open—their objecc is good to observe ; they only want to get rid of the Star snd its Proprietor , and then a long farewell , for at least a century , to the freedom of " the people .
W « think it absolutely necessary that the press should criticise the conduct of public men ; they whose motives ate pure can have no objection to have their motives and actions freely inspected . We trust the people will always have sufficient discfetntaent to judge between reproof and denouncement . ; We think , Sir , you need no other dictation than the mighty people . We have no doubt bui that they would soon perceive it , should you ever attempt to deceive them ; but whilst you have their confidence and esteem , you may defy the attempts of both open enemies and professing friends .
Trusting that you may long live to be a terror to the tyrant , and a juat censor of all that would mislead the people , I remain , In the cause of Freedom , ¦ James ( Jrassby . , sub-Secretary . Resolved—" That it is the opinion of this Council that the Rev . Wm . Hill is fully entitled to , and has the entire confidence of the Chartists of Hull , for the able , talented , and patriotic manner in which he has conducted the Northern &lar in times of the greatest difficulty and danger ; and that we view the many and insidious attacks upon that gentleman as so many unmerited insults upon his talents and perseverance . W e also lament the present differences between several of the people ' s leaders whom we sincerely respect , and hope they will lay aside all differences , and join hand and heart to combat with the common enemy . "
Sir , —If you think this and the foregoing worthy a place ia ihe Star it is truly at your service . James Grassby , Sub-Secretary . ; Hull , June 15 , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct603/page/4/
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