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¦ ¦ RECEIPTS OF $HE EXECUTIVE FROM AUGUST THE 9ih TO THE 23BD,INCtU-¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ siyk-v>.v:- ' ;-:-' : ;;v '^¦: ¦ - ¦¦ ,. ' . : .:/ ;>. • ¦ ¦¦ -: . .
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THE J^ORTHEB,N STAR. * SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1842.
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TO THE iMPERrAL CHARTISTS.
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A DAILY PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE . Fkom the 27 th No . of the Evening Star , published on Monday last , and forwarded to this office , we extract the ^ lo ' wuig eh ^^ FbarqdsO'Cohnob to the People : — . - ¦ ¦ .: ; ,, ^ .:: ; ; / 'THE . ; . EVENtNG ! ^ StAR ; " ' ^* ? , ¥ "a ; DAILY ' PVLPBB : —PBTCE ; ; iHBEKPENCE . ' * ; "Mr FMEN . DS , —The Tories have attempted to suppress publio opinion . I was / silent for a time , but riot idle ; and at length / 1 have succeede ( 2 in in getting under my : constant management arid coritrottl , a daily paper , rwhich- shail : speak for you until the muzzle , is once more taken from off . your'i lips . The " ^ Evening Star , " under my management , shall advocate all the principles of the Charter , name and all > : and with your support , it shall ^ ive to those principles an impetus whioh otherwise it would be vain to hope for . I do not ask you , already too poor , to buy this papor , but I do ask you to push it into every resort of the Working Classes . A servile Daily p ress has damned us ! a virtuous Paper may be our salvation ! ' ,. ' '' - ; ' ^ ' . ; ,. / .- ; ¦'¦ ¦ . /¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . -vi- / - ' - .- [ :. > . - ¦¦; ¦ ¦ " -v-: . "' -. ¦ ,- •¦ " . ' M RAW . V , THEN , AROUND '¦; : . " ' : ' ; ;/; -. ¦' • " " \ ' . ; - T . HEV ;; E ; V ; E ; Ni ; N G- ' S ' TAB ^ ' ¦' ¦ : ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ v ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ " the " chabte » , > ..: \ , .-j- ' - ' - - . ¦ . ¦ -. ' ¦ . ' . - ... ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦' . " . ' ¦ - '¦ ' " . ; KlND , ; LlBBItlt . ; ¦;¦ ¦ ; - ; : v : ' - . ; ' ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ f ; .- . : ' -. '¦ ¦ ' '/¦¦>;/ ; lf FBARGDSO'CeNNOB . " : The Evening Star may be had of all News Agents ...- ' - ' . ' : - . ~ . i " ¦'¦ ¦ ' - ' - - ; :: ' ' ¦' "•'" -: ' - ¦ ¦ . '"¦ ; "¦ ' ¦; : r . . " "¦
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THE CAPS-OF GOOD HOPE
DEFEAT OP THE BRITISH TROOPS AT PORT / NATAL . Cape of Good Hope papers of the 18 th of Jnne arrived on Tuesday . They state thai the troops sent froai the Cape to subdue the Boor ? , at . Port Natal had been defeated . The commander , Capt . Smith , thus aanfinnce 3 the event in Uis report to th" ? Government on the subject : — _ - . u Po 7 xr Natal , Mat 25 . " Sir , —16 Is with feelings of deep regret that I have tho honour to comrnun ' icato to you the disastrous result of an attao ' i made hy the force
under my cozairand on tb-s emigrant farmers * congt ^ - satcd at the Congella camp at this place . " In icy last despatch 7 . detailed the various steps taken by the fanners tc , annoy the troops , and ray determination to abstain , if possible , from hostiliites if it could be done wL ' jout detriment io the honour of ths service , in tho - fain hope of conciliating these misguided people , a'ad smoothing the way to " the qairt settlement of "their ion $ > -dis " nrbed position as xegards the Government of tha . Cape ; But the receipt of an ir . sol& ' afc letter , demanding that th 9 force I commanded sh-onld instantly quit Natal , followed tip by the removal by armed men of a quantity of cattle belonging to the troopSj rencered ' itabsolutely necessary that some step 3 should be taken in order to trevent the repetition of such oatrage 3 .
** I therefore determined , after mature consideration , to march a fores and attack their camp at the Congelia ( a place about three miles from our position , where they have been for some time collecting ) , and set apart .- the night of the 23 rd instaat-ior that object . As the road ieading to the Congella from the post the troops now occupy lies for the most part through thick bush , I thought it best to cross ite sancs a $ low water , as , by this mean ? , 1 could avoid annoyance from the farmers until -within a short distance of their-station . - . - Fitting ahowitzsr , therefore , ia & bo&t , under tfie superintendence of
Lieutenant Wyatt , of the Royal Artillery , and leaving it under the charge of a" £ crgeant of the same corps , I gave him directions to torp dofm the cnannel to within 5 CO jards of Con ^ eHa ^ . and await the troops , in order that they -rciaht form under the coTer of its Sre , aided by tnatof two" sis-pounders , which accompanied the force I took with me . ' This consisted of one subaltern , and seventeen privates Artillery ; one subaltern , cue sergeant , and two privates , Royal Sappers ; two captains , two subalterns , five ser £ eant 3 , and ICO rank and file , 27 th 7 ?*» giment ; &sd two mounted orderlies of the Cape Hifles . - " - ¦ " . ¦
•* Having previously sent cnt a picket to feel the skirts of the wood in front of enr position , in order to prevent our movements being discovered , I put the whole party in motion at eleven p . m . ( it beinp bright moonlight ) and arrived without molestation till whhin nearly eight hundred yards of The piace I proposed to attack . To my great mortification I found the boa * had not dropped down the Channel sceordicg to ray instructions , but as I considered it imprudent to wait the chance of her arrival , I t * ss forcsd to make the attack without the valuable assistance a discharge of she ^ and shot from the howi : z ? r would have afforded me . GiviDg the order Io advance , therefore , the troops had josi moved to where the termination of a range of mangrove bosh opened to a level space in front of the Congella , when s . heavy and well-directed fire from the bush was poured on them ; upon which they immediately formed , and commenec-d a Sre in return , while the sis-plunders were loading .
" Unfortunately , one of the draught oxen being shot caused some interruption , but this being booh ^ ot over , a destructive fire from our guns silenced for a while onr opponents ; but several more of the oxen hf-intr wounded , on escaping oat of iheir traces , rushed amon * the troops , and caused much delay and confusion in the ranks . This circumstance agsin favoured the Boors , who , taking advantage of it , opened a renewed fire with their long pieces ( much more destructive than a musket ) , and a szreTe loss among the troops was tho congeqaence .
" Finding , then , that I was not likely to accomplish the purpose for which I had put the detachment in motion , and that the men were falling fas :, I thengbt h expedient to retire ; effecting this object after some delay , ihe partial rising of the tide rerdering the read difficult . Ths troops , however , reached tha camp abous two o ' clock in tolerable order , leaving bthind them , I regret to say , the guns , which the death of the oxen rendered il impossible to remote . w Thinking it probable this partial success of tbe farmers E ; gtit Induce tbem to make " an immediate atrack on tie camp , I made such preparations as I thought nreessary , and found my suspicions realised rhortiy af : er fay a large body of them opening a heavy fire od three sides of it . This was met by a spirited resistance on onr part , bui they did not finally re :. re until about an hour before daycritic . " - "
Such , It :-r ? e l to inform yon , has been the result of thi 3 i' !^ e > , aad the consequent I 033 has been severe , the to : al ia bnth skirmishes b « ing snch as detailed in tbe enclosed return . One great cause of failure I attribu ' ed to the mismanagement of the beat , in which 1 had placed the howfcz ' . r , by the rhelk of wLic ' i I had hoped the farmers would have been thrown ir . to confusion , but she dropped d * o"nn too izte to be of any ass , and even then took up a T > osaicn too di-i&ns " for her to fire to produce much tfivci .
*• Amsa ^ s many masters connected with the subject of this report , and awakemmr the deepest regret , 13 the ceath of Lieutenant Wyatt , of the Hoys ! Artillery , who for the two previous days had exerted himseif much in making the necessary " arrangemfiiL ? . He was killed early in the action . Of the z- ^ lons fsertiens of Captain Loss-dale and Ir ' euj enant Liranard , of the 27-h Regioeni , I was aho deprived , both thc-se r-Hecra being severely wounded . Jn fact , ucder the trying erre ~ mztznces in which the detatchment-w " is placed , I have only to regret that , ¦ w ith snch wr . ii- ? ghess to perform the d-ity assskusd to them , the result should have been eo unfortnnat * .-
" ihe lass en tbe part of the Boors it is difficult to ¦ esihnzu-, bet-I .-am . told ij has been severe . Ths whok of his cay they have vaz . de no movement , bat I have to give t ? . em the credh of treating such ot the wounded as fell into their bauds with great humanity . These , with the bodies of those who fell , they sent to the ca 3 pin the coarse of the afternoon , and . to-niorro-sr ihe sad duty of interring our depari&d comraiiss will take place . "What stes 3 the farmers may take I cannot at
itns moment > uraii > o with any degree of certainty , ihough 1 liiiuk it probab ' e ih ' y w : li again desiand that I quit : he territory ihzy call their own within a certain lime . I i-hail , of course , do whas I can to maintain xayself iu my present position ; bat consdcrin >; the naaber &f ih ^ diiaffscted , and the means they posstss of molesting tl : e troop ? , 1 beg to urge the n-. cejsiiy of a Fp&eay re : nforcerr . ect , as I SdLtceij consider the troops at present stationed here 5 uSiie : ; t for the performance of tha duty to Tfhich they have been assigned .
"I have the honour to be , Sir , your m ^ st obedient , tumble servant , "J . C . Smith . " Captain , 27 . h Regiment , commanding . " His Ilor . onr Colonel Hare , C . B . ana K . H ., Licmecant-Governor , &c . "
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Heiurn lifKUlj'd , Wounded , and Missing , iclongv < g to the Detachment rizder Command 0 / Captain J . C . Su . Uh \ 27 A Rifibr . en ! , on ther flight cf the-3 rd and morning ol ' the ' 2 i'h of May , £ ' ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ - Royal ArHllery . —K-Ted—Lkutensnt- Wyatt ; j ; aniiere , Sprinshoii , Sj : > ecd , and Hawkf s . Sov'rely "vronrded—bodLardicr Sidbrok . SH ^ htly wonnded , gncTier Stubbs . K ^ yal Simpers . —Slightly wounded—PriTate 3 Baniage and ^ rbb .=-27 th ila ^ itieaj . —Kiikd—Piira ' c ^ A .. Causahan , J Fiizpatrick . 8 . Gree ? CD , J . Grffii , W . Grime , Robert Kerr . W . Bowles , and J . liiwne . Is ; and 2 nd Companies . —Daugcrou-ly wounded—Haycock , J . Fitzoairick , aiid James x \? z : > avr ; ck . SJJghrly ^ VFOnnded- ^ I ) . Slusst , J . Baker . J . GJaney , aud W . Gallaghaa . —Sevtrely wouadtd—1 ) . Do ^ ohoe , James Kdiv , and G . Sillivan .
3 rd and 4 cn Companies . —Severely wotmaea—Captaiu Lonsd& ! e . Sergeant Ciynu , Privates J . Carroll , J . Ford , J . Kane , and Doherty . . Bangerjusly weended—Privates Kerberry , H . Covr . e , T . Iligsins , and « L Muivey . Siightly . wonnded—Ser geaHt Armstrcng , Cogan , J . Ford , J . Kane , and J
i < £ 2 ves . ilissicg—J . Bresden , 2 nd Company
AMERICA . The Tirt ' sh Qseen Belgian eteainer , Captain Eckholt , Las arrived at Cowes , from New York , wGiefc the iefj < m the 7 th fast ., and has fcrooght letters and papers to that date inclusive . Although nothing official has transpired respect * ing the arrangements eonclnded , and in progress between Lord Aahburton and the American . Govern ment in thtir present negotiation , jet it'is well known that cverythiDg is on the eve of being amicably settled . The negotiation is conducted on the part of the American Government
fcy the Secretary for Foreign -Affairs , Mr . Webster , and on tho part of the British Governxnani by Lord AEhburton , who hare both fall powers to settle every point , and who are both instructed ty their respective Governments to bring the matter to a peaceful conclusion . With this predetermination on each side to terminate the affair » mic * bly , there will be very little difficult j to eur-JttOttnt "Hie North-Easttrn Boundary question is ^ readj ar « a ^ ed to the satisfaction of both parties ^ Rw-JOreole . case-is also settled , aad five case of the Cyoune JBHow b ^ ng discuEwd aoa in the course of » ejujtKent . It is rumoured that the right of eearch tfoeetioahas ako been amicibly disposed at
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The North-Western Boundary question will Dot bo entered into in ihe present negotiation , as tbe necessary surveys will ba a long time before they are completed . . - ¦ - .-:- ¦ - Is id understood ia New York that the questions are to be Bubmiited to the Senate separately , but this is not the case : tbe whole of the questions will be first arranged , and then submitted to the Senate simultaneously , and it is fully expected that they , as a whole , will not meet with any opposition , as the majority of that body is also predisposed to terminate the matter amicably if possible .
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IHE WIDOW HOLBBRRY . Brother Democrats , —I hope yon will excuse me intruding on your patience at this important crisis , but the remains of the murdered Holberry demand justice Come oat , then , individually , and exert yourselves In behalf of his disconsolate widow . According to the returns made by your energetic and patriotic Secretary Mr . J . Campbell , dated June the 21 st , four hundred localities W 6 re enrolled in our Association . Well , then , my friends , for the plan : Four hundred towns are
enrolled ; I call upon one "woiking democrat to come out individually in each , purchase a memorandum book and pencil , state the ease of the widow of your murdered brother , and you may depend yon will succeed . For my part . I have tried it in York , Chesterfield , and t » - day in Hull , and I b » ve collected eleven shillings ^ and one penny , from thirty-eight individual * , for which I return my sincere thanks on behalf of the widow of my deceased friend and the friend of toiling millions . There is no ezense . To work , then , and send your monies to Mr . Joshua Hobson , General Treasurer .
Mr . Editer , hoping you will find room for the above few remarks , And yon will oblige , Yours in the cause of the distressed , WALSINGHAM M . AB . T 1 N . No . 10 , Seargant-square , Manor-street , Hull , August 21 st , 1 S 42 . 1 We have received a like communication from Mr . J . Barratt , Whittall-streefc , Birmingham , stating that ha has , " on kis own responsibility , '' collected for the vridov ? £ 2 . 18 ? . 2 d . Jt is impossible for us to give the items in these cases . The contributors caanot expect it }
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mm TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —I beg leave to inclose a copy of a letter ¦ which I have received from Mr . Danccmbe , M . P . As this gentleman has done so ranch for the working classes , and for the promotion of the sacred cause in which so many of tbe latter are embarked , I would suggest to our -various localities the expediency of thanking Mr . Duncombe for his Parliamentary as well sb his unoScial * ervi « 8 on onr bebalt I am , sir , Yours respectfully , J . B . SMIT .
( COPT . ) " The Albany , August 15 lh , 1842 . " Dear Srs . —A press of business has prevented me sooner replying to your letter of the 25 th . nit ., and thanking you and the Chartists of Leamington for the kind and flatterim ; manner in ¦ which you and they are pleased to express themselves , in approbation of my bumble services in Parliament , in defence of the rights tf the ¦ working classes . I beg that you will assure them that no exertiens shall be spared on my part to promote their welfare and protect their liberty . "I remain , 3 > esr Sir , " Ycnra faithfully , " Thos . Dcncombe . " " Mr . J . B . Smith , Leamington . "
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THE " STRIKE" MOVEMENT . Another week has passed over , and the country is yet far from having resumed anything like its wonted appearance of regularity . The strike still'continues and that same spirit which incites drowning men to catch at straws , working in the minds of the oppressed people throughout the whole country , induces , very naturally , a disposition to extend it , in the desperate hope that something good may come out of it . As , however , the succession of events pass in review before ns , we have yet seen no reason to recal the opinions which we first formed and
expressed concerning it . It ia the wasting overflow of a corrupt fountain ; for the purifying and guiding of which , to any good and sanatory purpose , the people did not possess sufficient means . There v ? a 3 no element of nationality , and , consequently , no element of success , in it . Regarded as a political movement , it has gone on from that time to this , slowly and gradually extending itself from one placo to another ; beginning in one placa just as it is subsiding in another , and so opposing merely sectional , —aad that , too , a greatly divided sectional , —moral power of resistance to all the means
of attack combined in the monied , municipal , civil , and military resources of those against whose aggressions upon right its aim was pointed . We saw that this would be its character . We saw it from the very first ; and hence our deep regret that the misguided zeal of the people should have been induced , by a few hot-headed and short-sighted men , to seizs npon it as a lever -wherewith to lift the ir . cubna of faction from off their shoulders . We felt certain that the weapon would be wresVed from their hands , and turned fearfully agaicst them . The event has verified onr fears . The prisons are crammed full with
victims . Arrests are yet being continually made . Honest aud good men , whose only fault is that they have more ze&l than prudence , are compelled , in many places , to leave their homes and families , and skulk about in holes and corners , fearing to be seen . Throughout Lancashire it will be seen , by reference to our reports . that many of the workmen have already given in ; while of those who do remain out , the greater part do bo on the term 3 ouly on whioh the stride began , —the wages question ; while of those who have 2 onc in we believe that a considerable number
h- ^ ve had submit lower wages than they had before . In all probability nest week will bring a general resumption of labour in those districts where the Stb : kb has raged mo 3 t fiercely , by all partieB who can get labour ; and the vauntings about never resuming labour until the Charter should become law will be matter of amusement for the enemy ; and this , too , at the moment when the northern districis of England and tho western districts of Scotland are abont beginning to consider wheiher they shall join in the Strike or not !
Tho people will now see upon whom of their friends and counsellors They may best pkcee reliance . Upon those whose eagerness to advance blinda them to impossibilities and makes them reckless of consequences ; or those who survey the whole battle-field , and reconnoitre carefully the ontpostsof the enemy before they make an onslaught . The Strike has failed ! So far as the efforts to give it a poiltical character and to make i ' . an engine for the carrying the Chaster have been concerned , it has entirely and signally failed ! It was always enre to do so ; and none but fools could ,
from its first complexioa and appearance , have anticipated any other result . Deeply a 3 we regretted the first intimation we received that efforts were making by a few influential Chaitiets to relieve the Leagde of all the odium and responsibility of this bye-blow of corruption , by making it tbe foster * child of Chartism , our regret is not lessened by the knowledge that it 3 consequences have been mischievous to some of its mo 3 t strenuous upholders . But let the people take heart of courage . A veteran army with good generals , will extract even from defeat the means of aiding and sustaining further operations . Every misfortune is , by the wise man , turned to his advantage , and compelled to administer some comfort , even from the cap of sorrow . What ,
though the Stbike has not procured the Chaste *! Has it done nothing for us I Has it furnished no means of advancement in our progress towards honest legislation ! 0 yea ! it has done much , and will yet do much more ! It will be the people ' s own fault , if out of this great evil they derive not much good . It has done much for the extension of our principles . It hu brought the discussion of them home to the minds of thousands upon thousands who had never before thought seriously of them . Our principles need only to be known ; can only be understood , to be received and cherished . It has shewn the Trades and Trades'SoeieUes wherein rests their only safe resort for the protection of their labour . The discussion of ChtrtiBt principles by their delegates In Conference at Manchester , tbe noble reso-
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lutions come to by them , the previous discussions among the Trades separately , that their delegates might be instructed , and the after disousslons by the several Trades , hare made almost every Trades ' Society throughout that immense district ) a oompabi body of well-reasoning intellectual politicians , satisfied that labour will be always at the beck and in the power of capital , until able to protect itself by legislative power . The helping forward of our Charter movement , then , in the mere impetus derived from the extension of our principles , is one advantage , and no mean one either , arising out of this movement . But the Strike has done more than this . It has done more towards effecting and ce ? menting a union between the honest of the middling classes and the people than anything that has before
occurred . The great bugbear of the middle classes has been " Chartist violence . " Their fear has been that under the domination of the working classes - •* property" would be unsafe . Not all the argument and reasoning in the world could have so effectually convinend them of the converse as the proceedings of the last ten days in all those districts where the Strike received a Chartist character . With all power in their hands to spread anarchy , and discord , and confusion , and destroy property—in all those districts , with every temptation , arid every provocation , to excess , no excesses were committed ; property was respected ; peace was preserved , in spi te of continuous efforts for its violation by others ; order was kept , and the law was much more rigorously and carefully observed by the people than even by the authorities themselves . ' ¦ .
Such * therefore , of the middle classes as may honestly desire a union with the people now perceive that the barrier existed only in their own imaginations , and that property , peace , law , order , and the quiet of society are never so safe as when under Chartist guidance and protection . But the Strike has done another thing for us . It has shown the people the necessity of instantly repairing past oversight , by insisting on the full carrying out of our national organisation . It has shown them where their hands were weak . They now see that had the orgnnisation been attended to as it ought to have been , they would have been ready to do that effectually which has been abortively attempted . As proof that the people do see this , we give ihe following from our Trowbridge friends , sent to us in the report of their proceedings : —
" Tho general complaint ia , that there is no public body sitting , either ia London or Manchester , to direct the movement ; by gathering correct 'information as to the Strike , and communicating it to the various localities , so that the people may know how to act . The men of this place are ready to strike , but they are in want of information as to whether those on strike intend to hold outi and whether others intend to strike . " From various other parts we have Iiks intimations . This , then , is a great good done . The
people see where they have missed it ; and they will let the time past Buffice to have been caught napping . They . will now perfect Iheir organization , and prepare themselves to be always hereafter on the watch-tower and prepared . Let the people , then , take courage . Our movement has suffered nothing . On the contrary , it has gained much . And we shall abundantly make up in increased numbers , wisdom , energy , and watchfulness , for any deleterious effect of thia untoward matter .
To the Trades' delegates of Manchester , too much honour can never be paid by the people . Their conduct in this business has been , at once , that of patriots and of statesmen . They declared that the strike was worthless unless for the Charter , and when , after mature deliberation , they perceived its futility for the attainment of that object , they not less nobly than prudently resolved to give it up . There is a Billy kind of people who having once determined on a thing ,
fear to find out that they are mistaken , lest the relinquishing of thoir position should subject them to a charge of " cowardice . " This is most absurd . The greatest of all cowards is he who needlessly assumes or retains a false position for fear of being called a coward . The Manchester Delegates have exhibited none of this folly . Their last address does honour to them . We give it here as the best commentary on the whole matter of the Strike that can be given to our readers . Let it bo read by all : —
"We have carefully collected and calmly deliberated upon the evidence adduced by the assembled Delegates , as to the state of public feeling evinced by their respective constituents ; and we find that the labourer and the artizan having , for a series of years , vainly struggled to maintain a etandard of wages which would enable them to obtain even . the commonest necessaries of life , ar « of opinion that the repeated frustrations of their efforts are to be solely attributed to their political disfranohisement . " Experience having proved the coTrectneBS of these opinions , we turned our attention to .. th B best means of remedying the evil ; and having maturely
considered the subject iu all its bearings , we come to the conclusion that the only means by which the labour of the producing classes of this country can be fairly remunerated and properly protected , and themselves eventually raised from the depths of degradation to which they are at present reduced , is by the legislative enactment of the document known as the People ' s Charter . " And we recommended national cessation from labour until thearrival of this period . Owing to the
occurrence of the late civil commotions , of which we had not the slightest anticipation , and which we exceedingly regret , we found that the carry ins put of this resolution would for the present be impracticable . But we dissolve with the firm determination that as soon as our organisation is sufficient for , and our resources adequate to , the commencement of a national cessation from labour until the Charter becomes the law of the land , we shall do so legally and constitutioually , and we fear not but the result will crown our cause with victory . "
This is the right view of the subject . Let the organisation and the resources of the people be looked to : these minded , and their will is law .
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members—should have prudence as well as zeal ; or their BerviceB , however well intended , can ba but mischievous . Entertaining this feeling , we direct attontion to addresses elsewhere inserted from ! JMr . Campbell and ^ from Dr . M * I ) ouaii ., to whichvthe people will do well to give ^ no he ed ; bo far as they relate to the ^ Strike /' at least . Mr . Gampbei-l ¦ '" ¦ ' ¦ -ia ; - . ' . ; ¦ ¦ jf o * . " : ' stiil - ' tti » kol 4 > ' ing . and extending the Strike , though he must know , -as 1 well : as the Manchester delegates , ihat itis at ' - ' .-present utterly powerless for-good , aa ; a political weapon ; and must also know , that if powerless lor
good , its effects lor evil would he fearful . The Doctor ' s whole 1 document breathes a ^ Wild strain of reoklessness , most dangerous to the -cause , if it should have any weight with the people . He , too , would have the Strike to go orit but without any specific object- '; in tiie mere hazard that 4 * something may come out of it . ? poubtlcss if upheld under present circumstances " something " would come out of it . That something would bo an increase of miser 5 , destitution , and slavery ; imprisonments , punishmeuts , burnings of mills and
factories ; conflicts between the people and the military shootings , Babreing 8 , and tramplinga iinder foot ; transportingSj hangingsi beheadiDgs , and quarterings ¦'; an attempt at a bloody revolution ; the failure of the attempt to do anything but misphief , and the fastening round us of the bonds of slavery more firmly than we have even yet felt thein . This is the only ioine / hingth& could come out of it | and we are very unwilling to ; supposo ; that any ; Chartist leader could coolly contemplate tho arousing of a storm like this , to reap only the remnant of the whirlwind as the rewardlof patriotism J
Let the people take rather the wisa advice , and follow the dignified arid manly example , of the Trades- Delegates of Manchester . Let them retire from a hppeiess contest to recruit ; thoir strength ; Let them perfect their organisatibn , replenish their . resources , impoverish the enemy by adopting the Dootor's advice in reference : to the " gold'' buiiness arid then , when they are prepared for thei struggle ) see what will come out of it .
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. I II M ^^^^ WI I ^ II I I - ¦ * , V . OUR UNJUST AGGfRESSIONS ACTAIN REPRESSED AS THEY DESEliVE . ^ lsewheSe our readers will find the offioial dispatch of Captaia Smith ; from which they will learn that injustice , aggression , and attempted oppression on the part of Great Britain , "the land of the brave and tho free" 1 has been , again inot as it deserved ; and that the blowa and the injuries have been , of course , as ; they always arej borne by the people , who had no prospect of benefit from the exactions to have been perpetrated . ^ ^ . Certain emigrants had settled down at the Cape of Good Hope ; they were cultivating the land arid getting a living ' from it ; the genius of British love of freedom could
not bear : . the sight , and a 1 cold-blooded ^ murderdiis attack upon the peaceful settlers in the middle of the night was projected and actually executed by Erigli 8 hmeni The honest arid brave Farmers , however , showed that they could fight as well as dig , arid our " brave troops" were well whacked , and sent scampering ^ back to their ^ quarters . The Ca ^ tain has written home for reinforcements . Thanks to the Leagne , he is very likely . to . get them , very I We have , and are likely to have , enough of work for our brave troops" to cut up their peaceful and unarmed brethren at home . : ¦ - ¦ ¦ -- ¦ . f \* * t i * »\* ^ ' « 1 ^ i «^^*\*\*\ 9 f * ' *\*\ t < lll ) l IIA / ii ¦ - ' - ¦ ¦¦
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the complete suffrage union ¦ : >¦ : ; ¦; national conference . :: ¦;}¦ _ . When thia Birriiingh&mSTnBQK Conference was called , a few months ago , we advised the people to have nothing to do with it . Wo did so because it was a mere sectional , sectarian , and party matter . It was to be composed only of men who had Bigned Mr . Sturge's declaration ; they were to be voted for only by persons who had signed that declaration ; and wedeemed that declaration a most vague , indefinite , and unsatisfactory affair . It is clear that a Conference eo constituted could be no adequate representative of ; publio sentiment . We ; saw in it only a middle class movement from beginning to end
we had rib faith in . the honesty of the middle classes ( nor have we yet ) , and therefore we advised the people to havo nothing to do with the Birmingham Sturge Conference . And when that Conference came to the resolution of adopting our principles , and of yet refusing to co-operate with ua we advised the people to " leave them alone in their littleness" and to go on their own way without mindiug them . We have always deprecated the offering of opposition to the Sturoe men ; we have always censured it as absurd and unfair to oppose them , so long as they uphold our principles ; but we have al way 5 cautioned the people to have nothing to do with them ds a putty . We have more than once given
our reasons for this ; advice , and lire have yet seen no reason to withdraw it . On the contrary , we repeat it now . With ; the Complete Suffrage Union body , the Chartists cannot consistently hold any other intercourse than that of sustaining them in all publio struggles against the common enemy—the factions . Thia it i 3 their duty to do on all occasions : To act dtherwise would be to degrade ourselves to the rank of a mere factioni looking for the ascendancy , hot of principle , but of party , The Complete Suffrage Union are now again upon the movei : They seem desirous , in the present troubled state of thinga , to oast oil upon the waters of strife , and to make it serve also for the oiling of the
wheels of agitation . : They have put forth an address of which the following are extracts , aad to . , which we call earnestly tlheattention of our readers : — v i : \ ADDRESS OF THB COUKCJI . OF THE NATION AL COMPLETE RUFFBAGB BMION TO THE WORKING AND UNENFRANCHTSED CLASSES OF THEIB «> USXaV . MEN . ; : ' : ' ¦ , ' " .. Fellow CoMtptmen , —Your ^ ci rcunistances demand our deepest sy mpathy . In the midst of the exciting events which surround us , we have met to consider what stepB can be taken to relieve your distress , arid to promote your political freedom . We are assured that nothing short of an effectual reform in Parliament willsecure the happiiiesB and prosperity of the people . - ;
"Wehave resolved to convene a Conference of Delegates , to be eleoted at public meetings in the various towns and districts of the kingdom , which Conference is to be held at Birminghain , ou the 7 th of next month s for the purpose of devising a specific courseof conduct ^ be puKue d by the friends ofth e people ' s rights , under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . " : Now , we presume , from the terms of this notice that it is intended to mike this a fair , national , arid open Conference . That it is to be , in Sir , Sturge ' s favourite phrase , " a full , fair , and free
representation" of the opinions and sentiments of the working and Unenfranchised classes generally , expressed at publio and open meetings of the people . . Here , ' then , at this Cenference , the people have a fair opportttnity of testing the leaders of the Complete Suffrage Movement—they had no such opportunity before . ifc will nowj if the peeple . do their duty , be seen whether they are disposed to co-operate " fullyi fairlyj and freely ? 'with the people to whom they have appealed for the carrying ou | of tfeeir own avowed , purposes . We are glad iherefore that this Conference is to be held , we hail
its being called by the Council"of the Complete Suffrage Union aa a happy omen ; we regard it as an indication that the Council of that Associatioa are disposed to conBult the people as to the best means ' of carrying out 'their own principles » nd enhancing the . unirersd vreal . We admire this disposition iff : tia Council of the borne plete Suffrage Union } - their readiness in times of peril and anxiety like this to lay down their own —perhaps too hastily asaumed—party distinction , » nd consulitt / ^ i tod ^ v ^^ jB ^^^ Tfith ' . ' - their bretbren , of iib > : ; principlesv- ^^ tlw fciendg flf the
people ' s righW ?—» 3 to what can be done for : ^ e i | ec || ing i ^ iin *^ iifa ; :: £ <^ p % ^^ the ChartifitB ; aid that thia (^ nferenw may afford an opportunity of amalgamating in ope solid and compactbody , all the true "friends of the People ' s Rights , " whether of the middle or the working classes . This may ; be done if the people do their duty ; slid take earo that the Conference is constituted in kecordanoe with the convening notice . This , let it be borne in mind , is not a Stdbge Conference : not * Complete Suffrage Coflferenoe ; it is
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a National" Conferenca ; » Conference of " the frienda ' . of the People'ls rightB'f of all ranks , classes , and opinions . Snob are the terms of the notice before u& i and 1 it will be the p ^ o |^ p s ^ o ym feulfc if suob be not the character of the C ! oriferen (»^^ perfectly aware that this Conference might be i " a twin toother of the "Strike "; it- mfyht j > e a ptirt of the free trading Loague Plot ; its bbjeotmii ^ i * to take advantage of the disturbed and unsettled state of things created by the " Strike" Movement , for the purpose of establishing the Complet 6 Suffrage Uniou iipod the ruins of the Charter organisation , and so of ultimately bringing round ^ the people to a point at which they could be sold neck and crop : to the " Free Trade"
gentry . We can see very clearly ' how all this might be ; but we have no disposition to believe that it is eo meant . Had the Conference been confined to members of the Complete Suffrage Union , we ahould have no hesitatioh in believing that such was its purpose , and . suchthe intention . of its conveners ; but we receive the fact of its being constituted , not of % Cktraplete ; Suffragists ? only , but of *? the friends of the people ' s rights' * generally , as sufficient indication that its ostensible , is its real purpose ,: and that its conveners mean to gather fairly into one focus the intelligence and wisdom of the ^ friends of the people ' s rights" with a view to the devisiug of the best " specific course of corid . upt ; tQ be pursued under the peculiar crisis in which the couHtry is now placed .
At all eveDts , whateyer the intention may be , we repeat ; that ifc must be the people ' s own fault if this be riot the character of the Conference . Let the ChartistsV then , be up and at their duty ! Let them meet' the Complete Suffrage men in kindly and brotherly consultationii ^ Let them show ' / them that these are not times for the indulgence of party differences or sectional disputes , or nonsensical fastidiousness about names , and leadership , arid shadows ,
while the substance of our few remaining liberties is melting away , under the hot sun of despotism , before otnr eyes . Let the effort be fairly made to induce the Coiriplete Suffragiets to form with us one patriptio phalanx , which shall , by its firmness , it& peacefulness , its ^ intelligence ^ and ^ its determinatibrii offer an impenetrable front to the rude hordes of faotiorij while it marches steadily arid Biicciessfully onward to the attainment of our Charter .
To this end let the Conference , whether so . m ^ tended or riot , be made what it purports to re , " a Conference of the Fbiends of the People ' s Rights , from the \ Various towns and districts of the kingdom ; for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now ^ placed . : ^ ' ¦ ' . The Conference meet on Wednesday , Sept . 7 th ; this very hear ; there isj therefore ^ no time to lose . About the work at once ! We \ vish that another week had been allowed ihe people to ; deliberate upon ihe merits and qualifications of the parties to be sent ; but , inasmuch as the time is fixed , we say " about it at once' ^ l Let publio meetiHgs be
called in every town , arid every district where the " reign of terror" and the despotism of military law has not gagged the public voice . Let ; all these meetings be called legally : respect the laws . Let no commotion or disturbance exist in any place , on account of them ; remember the business is one of grave importance ; rfational interests—your own intoreets sre deeply involved in it ; leave tquabbling and fracas to the robber classes , while you preserve , and , as far as possible , - enforce , order and decorum . That order , in all its forms , may be observed ^ let every meeting for the election of a delegate , be called by requisition ; of which the following may be the form :- ?• . ¦ - ^ . : " < t -To : " .: ' ' - . '•'• ' " ¦ - , ; - . -: " >¦ .. ' . :: v . ' . ,- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' -.. - - ^
"Wej the uridersigned , inhabitant householders of ' ; ' ' ' .. y . ' , do request you to call , at au early day , a meeting of the inhabitants of , for the purpose of elcoting a delegate to a conference of delegates , to be holden at Birmingham , on the 7 th day of September , 1842 , for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct , to be pursued by the friends of the . people ' s rightsV under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . "
: ' Let this requisition be siguod by seven or more inhabitant householders , each giving thereon his name , trade , arid residence ; let it ba presented to the Mayor , Chief Coastable , or other principal authority of the place ; and if ha refuse to call the mooting , let the requisitors theri call it on their own responsibility ; and , above all things , let every such meeting- be . conducted with as much order and decorum as the service of a parish church .
The next matter tor consideration will be the character of the delegates to be sent to this Conference The people should consider deeply the importance of the deliberations to come before that assembly . Do hot let it be deluged with ginger beer bottles ; with mere spouting , frothy , speech makers , —deplaimers upon general principles , who can bring down the cheers of an audience , but iwho look no further ; let them recollect that this Conference is " for the purpose p )' devising * a specific courseoj- conduct to be pursued ; and , that therefore , shewed , cool-headed , men—men of stern sense and solid
judgmentmen not easily gulled or blinded , a . nd yet : open to conviction from fair argument , and not bull-headed and bull-necked , are the men they want—men who understand the Charter , not only as to its principles , "¦/ - . . ' but as to ^ its details--wh 6 are thoroughly acquainted with the organisation of thoVNational Charter Association , and of the Complete Suffrage union—who understand the whole merits of the question of an union with the middle Classes , —who are proof against all the sophistry of tho Free-traders arid Extension men , and ready with
plain common sense answers to all their fallacious statements , and yet men void of factious dispositions --ready :- ; ' 4 q ^ ear ^ ^ reason ^ and to give reason its -due weight by whomsoever urged . Let them in eyery place look out for such a man—no matter whether he be a ' leading" man or not ; ho matter ¦ whether he be a speaker or not , if such a man can be found Bend him to this Conference , and wo have great hope that if England now dp its duty , a firm and indissoluble Union may be effected between the honest and good of all parties , for the prosecution , by the best means , of our righteous ciuse .
When the delegate is elected , let his credentials be made out , and signed by the Chairmau of the public meeting at which he was elected , in the following forni : — ; - ; ¦¦ ¦ .-: : ' ^' : -, - ' .- V . ' ^ 'ToaU whom it may concern j r " 1 hereby certify that , at » publio and open taeeting of the inhabitants of - , held this
d $ y 6 r ' ' . ;' . V . ' , '' ,- ' " y- 'I 842 / . at ; - " ' .. ' \ ^ i- ' iAr :- — -. - — was duly elected , by a '' majority' of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a conference of delegates , to be iolden at Birmingham , ba Wednesday , the 7 th day of September now neit , for the purposeof devising a specific course of conduct , to be pursued by the friends of the people's rights , Under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . .- \ . ' ¦¦¦ ' :: ¦ ' ;¦ ' ^ , -f . ' . ' - ¦ ¦ \ :: l : \ ::- ' : ;;^ - - ' . /¦ - . ' \ ¦ ¦ ¦¦' . - >/ " Witness my hand , this -r— day of >—— - ^ -, 1842 / -. ¦ . - . > C : ¦ :: ¦ , ¦; :. ¦ ¦ . ~ ; . ; - ¦ - ¦ . ;¦ ' -- ^/ ' ¦; .. ; : , ¦¦ - ^ ' . - . '¦• ... ¦ ¦ ' - '• • . ' ¦ . ' . ' . : ; - ' - .. ii ¦ ' : ..-. ¦• -: . ; :.. ' . ¦ .: ¦ ¦ - : ¦ - ¦
; ; Chairman-of the said meeting . " ' ¦ . ; Let the exertion be made generallj and rationally . Let every place which can send a delegate gend him . Let every place which cannot send » delegate call its public meeting and appoint a Committee of wise and discreet men to consider the great question before the Conference , and to express upon it in brief , clear terms , their sentiments in writing , and let this be sent on their behalf , to the Chairman of the Conference , for reading to the body . But we repeat—let every jptocd that ; can , send * delegate . Let means be instantly taken for providing the necessary fluids * We toow the people aw poor « nd that these national delegations ire expensive ; but thiB is ' * great ^ matter- ^ i : > ma > to ; , ; yrorth ; making an effort for , and the people must make it .
If , after all , the military despbtiBm under which we live prevent the people from exercifiing their legal power arid constitutional right of electing delegates , every place so prevented from sending delegates must vmte to the Chairman of the Conference , stfttiog : ^ must not be omitted in any one insUuioe ; and we have then no doubt that Mr . Stutge ' s good sense - slid ^^ patriotism will show him and those who act vfith him , that , inasmuch as the Xk > rifereiice ia
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not a national orie--doea not fully and fairly represent the people , it can cotisisteritly do nothing in the way of adopting , or ; even deviaiug national plans of , conduct ; - to be pursued under cireumstancss like thoseT in which -we are in * placed . It most -theni 4 ak <»; into consideration only the means by wnieh our constitutional rights can be so far Becured ; as to enable us u iiationally" to confer . Brit let not "the : people be lieterted-by the - ; anarchiats ^ -t lio j : wretofies who haW ' established among ns i "wigh of terror . " for calling their meetings and from
holding theiri meetings ^ ^ they are interrupted by the " authorities , ' let them instantly disperse and write to the Conference , that they are thus preventea from having a delegate present . We repeat : let this be done in every place . Let the people bestir them , and send , as if permitted , aa many good men anck : true ia this Conference , as shall seem ; toV : make it a fair representation of their opinions—if not permitted , let suoh notice of oppression's pranks be
giyen to those who do attend , as shall shew therit their exact position . And let ievery place which is prevented by ' . " the anthbritifs from sending a deiegat © send us a copy of the letter they forward to the chairman of the ConfereRce . It would be well also if we had copies of xit letters sent to the Conferenco . We should then be able ^ f- ' tb ^ know whether ^^ these letters were read to the Conference ^ arid what step 3 were takett on them . The people most not slacken one INCH OF THEIR ENERGY NOW . THE IIMES NOW
KE < JUIBE MORE / THAN TSCAL EXERTIOir , AND IT MUSI BESU . DE . ¦> - ., ¦ : ' , ' - .::: / . ' ' •;¦ . ' . -. ' - ¦ .. . '" . -. ' : -- ; . v : - ; . ' ; '¦ .: . . ; -.- ; . '' ¦ , Remember that the time is near . The occasion is pressing and important . About the work at once ! Prudence and energy in combined operation can do greatthing 8 » . " ' - . ' ' .- ¦ " --S . ' " -. . ; ' - '¦ \ - : i I ¦ . " ; ' ¦ • ¦ ¦' -
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RATHER EXPEKSnTB JE ^ CE 1 We are : ; at > peace ¦ ' ! -. The tntn-out is over , ' as far as Leeds is concerned . All the Mills are at work . The Specials ^ ^ are tempbrarii ^ y disphargedi ! The town wears its ordinary appearance . The streets are all quiet . Nobodj ¦ stirring / AUiQinding their own business . ¦' . . -: : ¦"' : ' . ' ; ' 'V .. . ¦ ¦; : '¦; :,. ; .- ; :: / , ;; '' ) : ; : - / I- ' Bat while this is the outward appearance , what is there batow the surface ^ ^ / Judge from the following : — : '"' ' ' ¦ ' ¦' : ' )' JX- ¦ " ' . ' . ;; . ¦; : y . ' y :: : ' ^ ' -.-- ¦ '
" At the Council meeting held on Wednesday , it was resolved to a dd 100 men to the police force , for the next seven months , v The cost of which addition will amount to £ 4 , 200 , the estimated amount of the expense of prosecations at the York Assizes is £ ) , 200 , and the sam ' . yot ^ id for the clothes . of ^^ the new force , and other incidental expences , amounted to £ 165 , making a total of ^ 5 , 565 , which is to bo raised by a Borough rate of three-pence half-penny in the pound . " ¦ ¦ ¦' ;; ' : ;"• ' ' . - ' ¦' : / : ; " : ' ' '¦ ' ¦? - \ . V' > --i- :-Rare / newis ^ ye shopkeepers ¦ without customers I Only 3 % d , in the pound ! This will ^ p the Income Tax !!! ^ 5 , 565 for Peace J IVhat would War cost ? If peace is so very expensive , what ia heaven ' s name would war cost ! VJ ' : ^
Let the shopkeepers of Leeds just ask , themselves this question J ' - / wouldJt ^ not be better ^ if we had a eystem that would ensure good wages to the workman , io be spent with itsy instead of that one which reduces him to starvation , and then taxes ds to the extent of £ 5 , 565 to keep him quiet ! Would not the £ 5 , 565 be much better applied if added to the weekly incomes of the labouring man , and thus made to contribute to our incomes , instead of being dragged from bur savings arid onr capitals , to pay for the keep of a set of idle , lazy miachiefmakers P Let the Leeds shopkeepers ask
themselves these questions ; and then let them bother theirbrains to find out the most effective means to accomplish his tobject ! One thing let them rest satisfied with : it never can 'be accomplished vbile we have £ 60 , 000 , 000 aTear taxation to pay ; and while the present " extended ''/ commercial system prevails . And let them also be eatisfisd : that while we have that £ 60 fiOOftQO a-year to pay , arid while that bbmmercial system does obtain , this £ 5 , 56 ^ is not the last nor the least sum they will have to pay to keep down thet"f rising' ? spirit of a starving people 1 ! - - ' . - . /'; ;¦ - /¦¦ : . / ' ¦ : ' - ¦ ::: ' :- ' :- ¦" ' - ' ; . '' , ¦'' -
¦ ¦ Receipts Of $He Executive From August The 9ih To The 23bd,Inctu-¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Siyk-V≫.V:- ' ;-:-' : ;;V '^¦: ¦ - ¦¦ ,. ' . : .:/ ;≫. • ¦ ¦¦ -: . .
¦ ¦ RECEIPTS OF $ HE EXECUTIVE FROM AUGUST THE 9 ih TO THE 23 BD , INCtU-¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ siyk-v > . v :- ' ; -:- ' ;; v ' ^¦ : ¦ - ¦¦ ,. ' . : .: / ;> . ¦ ¦¦ -: . .
: ¦ : ; : ¦ ¦ : , : - - . ; , . - :: , ;;; , ' v :-- ' - . " / . - . ' ¦¦ _ ,: £ BO . London Rock locality ... — ... ... 0 ; 4 d ; Ditto , per Mr . Wheeler ... i ... . » 1 ' 6 8 Halifax district ... .-.. . ; . :, ... ... 1 : ' i 9 * 0 Manchester , per Mr . Kynas ton ... ... 1 0 0 Ditto , Carpenter's Hall ... ... ... 4 12 8 StarOffioe ... . ' :, >; i / .. ... ; . ; v ... 6 12 0 $ Lewes , per Mr . Morling ... ... ... 0 , 4 6 London Carpenter ' s Arms , perMrs . NewbyO S 2 Gakenshaw ... : - ... . v . 0 8 4
„ Manchester Painters /* .. ... ... 0 , 3 4 Salfbrd ... ... ; . ; ... ... 0 3 4 Newton Heath ...:... ... . •' ,- ;;> -j- ^ 0 ^' 8 ; 4 Hebdeu Bridge ... ... ... ... 0 * 3 0 Shefiiold , per . Mr . HaTney ... ... 0 5 0 Chelsea ... ,.. .. ; ... ... 0 10 0 Brompton ... .. ; : / ...:... -P 5 0 Bermoridsey - ' : ... ... ... , V-.- ¦* ~ 0
Morlisy . ; . ... ... V ;; , » 0 ji Tredeear ... .:. ... ... ... 0 J " Morley . ; . ... ... . ;; »• « . * » Tredegar ... . ; . ... ... ... 0 :. ; J « Salisbury ... / ... .. v .:: ' ... - « . 0 5 6 Merthyr Tydvil v .. ... ... ... 2 13 4 . London , Camberwell , per > Ir . Parker ... 0 | 3 « l Wisbeach , per Mr , Ariderson ... P ^ * Bridport '; .. ... ' ¦ , ; i- ; .. ^ . ' : : - ¦; . . .. ,: y "' ¦ - .: . » . ' a > vy .. 0 , ? £ __ : : ^ . ' ' - ' " ::- : ¦ ¦ - /¦ : : "k : ^ : - - ' ^ -- ; : M : £ 24 ' . -4 - 6 |
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Mt ijeaS ^^ Fhiends . —The ^^ cireumstances ^^ wflie « are now passing will taach the people of these eoa ^ tries a yery important lesson . •" ¦ "It will ; tea « n tpen this fact : that if the people are readyvto . ^ themselves as tools to aid faciion , tHat faction in whose service they enlist , will goad tnea ^ n ^ w furious and headlong agitation , only stopping anon aithatppintwhiclithreatensa ^ K ^^^^ lll bat the moment the people arori ^ theiriselv ? 9 » r b » assertion of their own righti ; that JBm ^ M } t ^ l grades of faction unite for ^^ the W&toj ^ r * Shemdown F ¦ ' - ' ¦ : ~^? i * ti / w >^ - -r * $£ & ¦ ' ¦¦ : ... ; . ¦¦ SawoBe , for insiane ^ tnktUief ^ W ^^ sioned oythediaboIi (^ JattewptCJ «^^ 5 ^
of thfl Corn Laws , and the restoration of ^ e ^ pf * ' « c ^ vWh 1 g 1 ^ stry # ttfonl ^ W ^ ample funds , would nave been at your disMW . _ i **' . urged on by the inffamatbry ^ Itiunu ^ ae ^ ° ' | 5 ^ 5 nW 8 terBy—doubly secure in theirb ^ ^ NQl ^^ ij , wonld hwfeen siwd aa : iaJjn > K 6 «^ nf prW would have been extensively destroyed ; but 4 SJ ^ disdained their invitation to Revolution , your move ment has been comparativelyjieaceful . > 'l : 'fia i * 1 ^ ters hare a double security . Firstly , they can keep ° u » ot sight , merely pnlltaK tn * Wfbt ' : ^ JSa poppeta T wd | eeoopdlyi ;^ , i ^ . ^^^ the circumsUnce of one or more < pf flheir o * vm . ™ L co-confiscators , being emparinelled upon > neK " 3 "Jj Odium , of course , yfiU be thrown npon J < W upon your friends . I iaviibeen ^ made the subject »
The J^Ortheb,N Star. * Saturday, August 27, 1842.
THE J ^ ORTHEB , N STAR . * SATURDAY , AUGUST 27 , 1842 .
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RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHARTIST BODY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ACT OF ITS MEMBERS . As might have been expected , the vile factious press , and especially that vilest portion of it , the Queen Grouner ' s oracle , has laboured hard to afilx on the Chartist body the whole blame and
responsibility of all the " riots , ' " risings , " and excesses perpetrated by the getters-up and originators of the League " Stiike" plot , these efforts have been but too much aided by individuals among the Chartists , who , from whatever motive , have certainly done what might be to damagei the cause , by conduct which , to Tegard it in its best light , is highly indiscreet . We are glad to see -that in this we are by no means singular in our opinions . We have beeu requested to publish the following from the HuddersSeld Coanoillore , in which the same view of the matter is taken : —
"That we , the undersigned members of the General Council of the National Charter Association , resident in Huddersfield , feel imperatively called upon , in juBtice to ourselves and the body of which we form a part , to repel with the utmost scorn aud indign&tion the accusation emanatiog from Rome portion of the publio press , that the recent riots aud disturbances originated with the Chartists . We have every reason to bnlieve that the accusation proceeds from the very " originators" themselves , who impudently presume to speak of the said riots as a lv Chartist Insurrection , " in the hope of diverting publio attention from the real authors of them , and to inflame and direct public prejudice against the
Chartism , with a vi « w to secure " verdict * of Guilty' * against the numerous parties who have been apprehended , and committed to the Beveral gaols , charged with heavy crimes on very slender evidence . The riots neither originated with , nor have they been participated in , by the associated body of Chartists , whatever may have been the conduct of % few individuals bearing the name ; and , while we deeply sympathise with those of our brethren who nave tendered themselves liable to , and who maybe visited with , tbe legal consequences of their own acts , we must strongly condemn all and every effort to connect us , or the Association of which we are officers , with either the acts themselves or their consequences . " " "
We believe these to be the sentiments of all the reflecting of the whole Chartist body ; and we hope sincerely that they will be universally responded to . Members of our body—* nd especially influential
To The Imperral Chartists.
TO THE iMPERrAL CHARTISTS .
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