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THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY, JUNE 24, 1843.
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3To 38 ea&erg ana (Bovtf^onnewtja
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TO THE COLLIERS OF LANCASHIRE.
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LBITEBS 5 B 0 M THE H 0 E 2 * XA 12 * 3 . XEtJTO A SEEEES OP 1 BTTEB 5 r £ OH AS OLD MAS 15 THE COTJ 2 TTBT , TOil 0 U 5 G MAS U « DUBLIN . TFrom "iEha ^ Beaatisa of tte Press ; " a selection »/ ori >? fea ? ^ rffcfes , Zsss *» , 4 * . «*»<* originaVV appeared ix Vie " Press" netcspaper , established in Inland ba Arihur 0 Connor , after Vie fordbfi suppression Ij the Korfisern Star by the Gvxrrr atatll
XETTES I . jjj deab . Tbxesh , —You require my sentiments tm file atnafioB of public affiSis , at this juncture , and jny advice as s guide for jDni conduct in tkiB critical emergency . My advanced age . sod roy « io £ re affection ibrjoOt mlgkt"well give me f ^ privilege , did 1 possess the capacity of sd-riHug ^ -and most ready , indeed , should I be to « fier , nay , to obtrnda my -counsels on job , couldI ^ bejcomrincedof their prodrcangasalutary effeft 5 l » i my dear inend , H 3 b now a siost awlnl task to determine foi one's-self , still mon a ^ ful is it to ^ determine f at another , on a peint -wbieh . involves the safety « r perdition of every olgect iSiich can be dear toman .
Tfie ritaaEon or Ireland ia becoms critical iD the extreme . The dread"fnl forma of public aistBrbanc 2 s late atoten upon vs , like a thief in the sight The iKB&sa is blackened around n»—the island is shaken to ita centre ? and fathomless abysses sewn hourly to yam 'with deBtauefion beneath -oar fett . At snch a season it trill be difficult—difficalt did I say ? it will "be impossible for any mm to remain neuter—he must patlua Hood te tkephuph , sad having done so , he must sot look bade On this cheice of party , to -which II be
iaesee it ) ire shall nl&nate ^ r driven , -wfll depend ¦ Oie &te of the individual $ and on the choice of the majority of the people "will depend the fate of the country- That yon may oe found among the savionrs cT Ireland , is the earnest -wish of your friend- Consider the situation of this kingdom , the circumstances of other countries , and the temper and spirit of the times . Decide for yourself , with all the calmness and deliberation that the "tempestnons season allows—and may G » d . Almighty lsad 70 a to a life of happiness , or- a death of ionour .
"WluleT profess myself enable to give you uirections for the regulations of juht political conduct , yon have a light to command my sentiments on the situation of public affairs—as far as it is aafe or prudent to communicate an opinion on the snbject . I give yon , believe me , no small proof of » y . friendship , in the dwelling , Tor your . sake , on a contemplation 20 painful as that of 3 nsh * na&a , Tbe present , harrows np lhe feelings of a xnan ^ ho Iotos his country ; and as to thfl fntore , it requires no common foriitude to meet , with eyes unmoved , the long dreadful perspecfive before ns . I shall te veD satisfied , however , to punish myself , if I can be xtsefnl to yon . 1 shall give yon my thonghts on the situation of the country , without passion and without prejudice ; and it is from such viewa of the wrnation of the -country , taken at different points of observation , ymH tj diffsrent observers , that a considerate man will learn to chose bis party , and establish the rule of Ms political eondnct
The first remark which i would suggest to yon , is on the astonishing stupor -and inattention which seem to lave possessed the goYBrnments of Europe , with few exceptions , 2 nd prevented them attending to the great xerolntaon which has been wrought in the human character . A mighty spirit is awakened—the genius of jational enquiry has jone abroad with giant strides—he jnarcbes , with freedom In his train , to the ends of the ¦ ffnVti TEa is so tamB fsr the powerful few to wrap themselTE * up in a false security , st > d despise the cries , and insalt the feelings , of the opprest and injured meaty 5 Chis ~ is Jio HmB to hug to the bosom inreterate abuses
fT , f \ ynrjpnfr ezTOZS ; to hold government , and those who administer it , as all in all ; the people gorerned as ¦ wnfhrng- Th « ma » ms ol policy which proved sufficient for the imperfect lights of past times , will be found deludve guides at this day . The notions , the mariners , lhe knowledge , the pursuits , and claims of men , havs undergone a great and rapid change ; and stupid , in-^ eed , must be the administration which does not adopt its TT . «^ m « to the great revolnti- ii in the characters , TBSouroevan 3 tempera of men . This proudly weak isattention to the dreuaistaiices of the times , has been peculiarly observable , andi peculiarly injurious in those ¦ who have had the care of governing Ireland .
I must © bserve , also , that although Ireland is dignified with the name of independent kingdom , and honoured" by Great Britainwith the appellation of aster country—a distinction for which , God -kn » ws , she pays deady , in the t" »"'^ "jit '" b of a- luxurious Court , and a cumbrous -establishment ; yet Ireland , in the opinion of many acute observers , is , to all intenbi and purposes , in a state of provincial dependence . I will not pretend to decide Ate gusstion with Tespeet to Ireland , lest my letter to you should come into the courts of justice , and be pronounced a seditious libel by the judge ; but I am told I nny as yet enquire , without offenca to the powers ¦ fiiat be , or-danger of the lender , what is the difference 3 > etween a country really independent , and a province
In a country really independent , the laws and polity cnginate within its own Dosom , and are calculated to extend trie-advantages of the state , whether natural or acquired * and to recover its defects . The system and TTurrima of government in such 3 country , consequently xnse from ita pecaliar Interests . This is the eituaUoc of a trnly * independent counby , In apnmi » ce the medal is reversed . The true interests ol & provincial country are perpetually sacrificed to the interests , the pride , the ¦ means , and even thexaprices cf the country on which it is dependent . The people are xnpposed to cherish a secret desire of freedom—and this is imputed to thenvaa guilt . To counteract the criminal longing alter ancient independence , on the port of the gp- »« n » i . - gffrer T"Tn > Tit adopts a * ysiem ot STo-wed
mspiaoavid concealed fcostQity . Diode and rvU ia wiih them a favourite maxim ; venality and corruption are lndratn 0 ualy diffused through every department of the stats , and every rank of society , a = d are -openly professed and defended , as the necessary engines or supports of government Meantime a despotic oppression of the people prevails ; the freeboraand adventurous spirit is banished ; the "virtuous sentiment is proscribed , and the-voice of truth is' silent ; or , if it should hmst forth from the lips of indignant misery , it is severely chastised under the denomination-of a seditious spirit "; a » d -sH the "rigours by which the peopie sxe trampled down to the dust , are justified on the principle of expediency , and ennobled with the" plausible names of vigorous measures—a strong adsdiddra
It too frequently happens in dependant provinces , that the insolence and oppression of their government grows to such a pitch , as leaves to the people no middle course between absolute and miserable slavery on the ¦ one hand , and open resistance on the other . 1 aneroid 1 » sorry indeed , to think that such was the situation of Ireland . Heaves avert such a calamitous state « f fbrngM 1 Jmj £ he connection between Great Britain and Ireland , is a tie of peculiar delicacy , and requires "wise snd lenient management . It should sever be strained , -with a rude unskilful hand , least it should fatally press on the fery heart of Ireland , chill , and benumb the energy oflh * attachment to Britain , and stop the circulation of those vital principles , which diffuse health and animation through the political frame . ' I fear the Jiriiish cabinet has too often been led to adopt a very different policy . "Britain has been taught by selfish and
mrtbW . ommercial notions to consider Ireland not as the companion of her prosperity and the pillar of her strength , "but as the rival of her industry , and the invader of her opulence . It is srach to be lamented that the governments of this chantry , in a long succession , and with few exceptions , have been too apt to form to themselves-ideas of a certain foreign interest , superior to that of the country they are appointed to govern , incompatible -with it , and £ oe prosecution of which ,: 8 they think , ought to be the ultimate objtct of tin 1 administration . Britain according to their political arithmetic is the only integral figure of the British empire . Ireland they conrifia as a mere cypher , or even on some occasions as a negative quantity ; and on these principles they have conducted themselves like an insulated garrison , with difficulty maintaining its station , and supporting itself iy inroads and depredations in a hostile and exhausted country .
"Whether such a system prevails at 1 Mb day , it is not for use to determine . When we have taken a view of the situation of the eountiy ,. jon may jndge for yourself * Eta * ife . formerly existed appears from She letter of Primate Boulter , a curious rposument of the corrupt and mistaken management which -has been considered sound policy for the meridian of Ireland ; and -which jnaystaisaveus a key to tbs secrets of our prisonhouse . Iras honest political -prelate , in his correspondence with the British Cabinet , ia f uH of complaints that preferments are bestowed on the natives ; that tht balance of power in Ireland is negl ected . Constant and vigilant indeed , are his representations of the neces 3 itv
or bestowing the preferments of the country , ecclesiastical , jndicial , anamSitary , on aliens , in order to ke-pup the predominancy of the English interest It w = a thensnpposed , that » system of government inimical te the people , could be managed only through the intervention of foreigners . Mistaken politicians , -who thusihought ! It has been discovered in our more enfighted days , that , as among the infidels a renegado is ibemost active persecutorof those who have been his bKsheniniaitbj bo &e lenegade andperverted Irisbffian becomes the most crnelfoe to the interests of his 3 iative country , the most outrageous supporter of what is improperly called ttm-RngH . fr interest or of
^ romjhespplicatioa this pernicious rule divid e e * a govern to the maintenance of an ^ Rnji ;^ interest , proceeded ffaatmiscbievouB aefivlry which has uniformly laboured ; andoften too successfully , to Isflsmethe spirit of party n $ e and Tel ^ ions animosity ,, which has added no Ittae . ptajnanej' totte acute sense of ottar evils , that lk » ye TrisxfidTand eossnmed this devoted « rantry V 19-iMstant was artfully inSamed against Catholic ; Catholic againsH » rotestant- Dissenters ananst both , and ibey against Kasentera . The"J » rotestautascendancy ; - faeeame a kind of laUvhig phraEB , a signal , to call together the stautich adherents of the government parry , and those ioBESi ThjI l % otsa indivJdnals -arho attached themselves to their standard from dismterested motives . 1 might establuh the position , that the sovemment oT-thlsTwuntryliassliKOBt-nriiFornijy proposed toitsdf as ihsulnmste end cf its policy , the maintenance of an EflgKBh interest as errunwusly coutra-distinguished
from the xntereBtB of irtlaEd , by a multitude of ex-Bnsplesfromascifint find xnoden ) Irish Msfary ; bntthe task would exceed lhe compass cf cur correspondence J Jball confine myrelf to tit venvd . dunng which Mr .
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Pitt has roled the helmof theBntish Empire—a jw ^ iod which will bs distinguished in the annals of mankind to the end of time , for the momentous events and gigantic revolutions which it has produced . j I fear I have tired you with this long lecture . I shall fer the present conclude , and subscribe myself , Yobts , MOHTAJiCS .
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CHARTIST YICTIMS . TO TBB EDETOB OF THS UOETHBRN STAB . Dear SIR—As I perused the Leeds luit&igenocr of Saturday last , which was kindly lent me by Mr . Oastler , happened to fin < > the folio wing paragraph in the Parliamentary Intelligence : — : " House of Lords , Monday , June 12—Lord Wharncliffe moved the second reading of the Milbank Prison \ the Penitentiary ) BilL The Noble Lord said it was a remarkable fact , that prisoners in this Penitentiary remained generally in good health for a short time ; if however , they were kept longer in confinement in It they became deceased . It was the intention of lhe framera of the present Bill to remove from time to time the Millbank prisoners io ihejpriszn at PektonvILLE . The Bill was read a second time . '' : There , Chartists of Great , Britain 1 who will now deny the humanity of Lord Wharncliffe , and the government of which he forms a part ? '
It may not be known to the Chartist pnblic that a large number of persons who were tried at the late Special Commission held at Stafford , were afterwards removed te Milbank Penitentiary ; among the nst my friend Joseph Linney , a warmhearted , sterling , and hardworking Chartist , who has been very useful at Bilston , Dudley , and the colliery districts ; and although they seem to have forgotten his services , ( as is generally the case when a man is imprisoned , } I trust that the people of England will not allow him , and oar other victims now in the Penitentiary , to be taken to that damnable den called PenUmvMe Model Pruon , to
be either murdered or driven mad , without making an effort to deliver them . Let us have no more nonsense such as "three cheers for the "Victims / ' and such like fustian 1 Set io work now in gstd earnest i Here are some of our best men about to be destroyed . Remember that already there is one murdered man who [ was a Stirling Chartist . ASB 2 . ET died Last week ! and should others be removed to Pentonville , we shall probably sever hear of them again . Remember tba iron masks and other instruments of torture , which forma part of the rules of this worse than French Bastille , and then ask yourselves what is your dnty on this occasion i
In conclusion , Mr . Editor , I trust yon will publish a list of all Chartist prisoners , where confined , sentence , number of family , residence of their wives , fee ., as numbers of our friends in London seem desirous of assisting those who require their aid . ' I was yesterday informed that Robert Wilde , of Mot . tram , now in Knnlsferd House of Correction , has left a wife and two children , -who are in a state of utter destitution . This is too bad ; and in the earnest hope that ; the people will so their dnty , I am , Yours truly , Gkoege White . Queens Prison , June 20 th , 1843 .
The Northern Star Satukday, June 24, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY , JUNE 24 , 1843 .
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REPEAL OF THE UNION . s IsELAifD for the Irish" ! What a talisman ifl contained in those four words ! What an array of opposing interests , conflicting purposes , and antagonistic principles do they put in operation ! And jet how fair , how reasonable , and how just are ibey J Thtj involve simply the one principle of right against-wrong—of power against right—of fraud against honesty—of a nation against a faction .
As we prooeeed with the consideration of this great and mighty question , we feel our responsibility increasing as the agitation progresses . ; The state of Ireland sow presents a picture , not only novel in those days , bnt unlike any tiling to be found in the whole history of the world . It is folly to deny that although no force has been used , the two countries are at open war ; and npon the issue depends more than seems yet to have entered into the conceptions of many of our friends .
. When we read the bold and significant addresses of Mr . CPCoxxxll to a mercurial people , npon whom they are calculated to make a powerful impression ; likely , from their sarcasm , and vengeance-breathing tone , to excite them to deeds of almost instantaneous madness ; and when we find snch a people still satisfied to rest tamely under their several maladies —the causts , the nature , and the consequences of which are so graphically described to them , — it evinces an amount of individual eontrool over National Mind which has never been exhibited before 1
Upon the other hand we find the Ministerial party clocking np the country with war-ships , and overspreading the land with a military force ; while the same enthusiasm which is to be found in the unarmed Irish peasantry is far from distinguishing the armed invaders . In this state of things we naturally look ; to the Press and to the Representatives of the people in Parliament , for some solution of this political novelty . But so far from finding anything satisfactory from cither of these sources , we merely gather from the persevering ignorance and obtaseness of the former and from the reckless consistency of the hitter , that should the Union be Repealed , England thus shorn of her fair proportions will owe her weaknessshould weakness follow—to her Press and her
Parliament . We can readily understaad and account for the breathless interest and anxiety manifested for the i&ueof this Btrngglehy the whole Chartist people , who see in it the recognition of their own sacred principle of self-government . We can understand too , and we can honour , the adherencyito principle which makes oar Chartist friends watchfal and suspicious of O'Conkell . They have certainly had cause in byegone times to make them doubtful ; and his present conduct , on the supposition of sincerity they are unable rightly to appreciate . They
conclude—and with great appearance of reason—that his rejection of the Chartists' aid is proof that ( yCosszu , has no purpose to succeed ; and that he waits bnt a convenient { opportunity to place the question in abeyance and make merchandise of Irish crednlity . We see the feeling whence thiB rises ; and we repeat that we honour ; that feeling ; for it iB the feeling of honest men indignant at injustice , and at whatsoever may perpetuate its reign . But are our friends quite sure that they take a sufficiently enlarged view of the entire field ! Repkal , as things now stand , is no child ' s play ; question ! It
requires a master-mind to grasp its whole position , and to arrange its forces for the peaceful combat . No man can doubt Mr . G'Cokseu . ' s competency . HiBiB a giant mind—an intellect that sees more at a glance , than common men in a whole life time . We are disposed , therefore , to give him sea room ; and not to press him hastily ox too heavily . As we said last week , so we now repeat : we desire to give every man credit for the best motiveB by which he can be actuated ; and we make Mr . O'Conkell no exception . Possibly he may have in view some stroke of policy which we
do not yet see , and which may sufficiently excuse the apparent suicidal coarse he is pursuing . Mr . O'Hjggirs well says : ** wiih lfce means , or intended means of Repealing the Union , none hut the initiated staff are yet acquainted . " ; Bat we can by no means agree with Mr . O'Higgiks in the opinion that these means are the very first thing that ought to have been generally divulged . On the contrary , we can think of many circumstances which might make it a first duty : of a leader to keep hack this information till the . precise moment when his own judgment tells him it stay
be given safely ; and even to haeard the good opinion of the hasty rather than give reasons for his conduct , when those reasons may involve the Bafety of Mb cause , or the practicability of the means contemplated . Lastly , we remind our friends , as we have done before , that Daniel O'Cohaell is not Ireland ; but that IRELAND DauifDS Repeal I and Ireland is in earnest . ! Whatever of disposition there might be in O'Oowkell to evade the posh , the possibility of doing so grows daily less ! We apply to this case , ihe excellent parallel reasoning of O'Higgiks : —
a Some people have gone so far as to . say that the CarboLc laiiy pi ^ their faith to tao s-lerTe of the prieitj by whom they are ltd blindfold . Nevertheless , should any Caibolie priest deviate bir . one single step from the creed which the poorest layman
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believes to be true ; let him give up but one iota of that creed , for the purpose of conciliation or expediency , and ; the poorest and most ignorant layman would no longer confide in him ; would no longer follow him jlwould no longer trust him ; but would firmly abide by the cre&d he was taught ; and pity , in the priest , the frailties of human nature . The poor fellow ' s heart would sink within him ; and he who would a few minutes before suffer a thousand bullets to pass through his body sooner than allow the priest of his choice to be molested in any manner , would , in such an event , remain firm in his creed and leave his fallen spiritual leader to his fate . "
This is just in point . Repeal is the political creed of Ireland ; and , theugh O'Connell should recoede to-morrow , not a jot would he carry with Mm , either priests or people . They would have the Repeal for themselves ; they would get it by themselves ; and ; they would pity and despise O'Cqnneu > in his . dotage . No man knows this better than O'Connbxl . He ib quite aware of it . He knowB that there is no retreat for him . And , if any man will read his speech at Clare , given on our sixth page , he will perceive that he knows exactly his position , and has made up his mind to it .
Whatever doubts we may have entertained as to the policy of Mr . O'Connell upon all former Repeal ebullitions , he has recently cut all ground of suspicion from under the most sceptical . And now we change our tone from that of anticipated failure through deceit , to one of admonition . We have before expressed eur belief that those jumping artioles which have recently appeared in the Times were but decoy ducks to arrest the attention of the assailed , while the assailants were completing the machinery for suppressing : the Repeal agitation . If we couple the altered tone of this garrulous old lady with the stand-still policy announced by Sir James Graham , the BuspiciouB return of the Orange alien Lords to
their conquered estates , and their affected respect for national prejudices by the abandonment of their annual festering Orange demonstrations , we can have no doubt that such was the object wiih which the eonciliatory articles in the Times were written . It is a curious fact that while the sagacious Editor of that Journal could not , some few weeks ago , learn from any quarter , north , sooth , east , or west , neither from " the communicative traveller , " nor " the sagacious resident , " a single practical grievance of which the Irish could justly complain , we should find in the Txmes of Wednesday last , the " grievance" * f cottier tenants being ousted , and thereby rendered recklesB , set forth as a "National Malady , requiring immediate correction . "
Leaving the Times to the pleasing reflection that its virulence towards Ireland and every thing Irish , has sown the seeds of disaffection in that country towards everything English , we now pass on to a consideration of Mr . O'Connell ' s position . It ever has been the fate of the sincere friends of Democracy to be prematurely hurried into a direction of public opinion by the over zealous , the over canning , the thoughtless , 'or the reckless . The cause of Chartism has suffered more from the indiscretion : of its own friends , than all other causes . We trust that Mr O'Connell , while
he stands firmly to his object , will not be dragged into any premuture step whereby the whole cause may be perilled . The people of both countries having longsuffered ander the tyranny of class legislation , can sorely afford to fold their arms and smile , through one campaign , at the polished steel which their discretion and peacefuluess may render harmless . A civil war , once « oramenoed , may be carried on for years ; and ultimately result in the further Subjugation of the working classes ; leaving no other moral behind than that justice cannot be based on bload : whereas , a triumph gained by moral dignity
over physical force leaves upon record the imperishable fact , that moral power , when judiciously used , is unconquerable ! The means of carrying on this peaceful agitation for a Repeal of the Uiion is placed in- the hands of the Irish people , from the fact that the whole provisions of that country become on such an occasion one consolidated store for 'the maintenance of the peaceful army ; while in England the dependance of the working classes upon the daily caprice of the capitalist to employ them must ever turn the best intended moral display of any duration into a physical outbreak or
depredatory - war , in which bnrglars , thieves , and pickpockets will practise their favourite pursuits , and thus afford the opportunity of branding Chartism with murder , rapine , and destruction of property . We but require to Bee the thing done ; we do not require to ton the chance of losing it , by seeing it too hastily attempted . Mind , when as unanimous as it appears to be in Ireland , is like the load stone , acquiring streDgta by use . We therefore abstain from asking Mb . O'Connell to same the day , the week , or the month , when it will be safe to divulge the completion of his maohinery . He
is upon the . defensive ; and must be much , if not wholly , governed by the acts of others . When the several Spanish Generals who preceded Esfaxtero in command of the Spanish army , had failed , either through ignorance or the influence of foreign gold ,- and when the present Regent aspnmed the command , he carried on defensive war , and was laughed at by the English press for his cowardice and snpinenees , until at length , when the success of his plan of warfare had achieved for him the highest
dignity that his country could confer , his revilers upon a suddep turned round and became his eulogists . In an undertaking like thepresent , one false step may cause utter ruin ; and it is therefore we caution Mr . O'Connell against allowing the uses which will be made of the Arms Bill by the select magistrates and the visiting Orange noblemen , to drive the people of Ireland even into a war of resistance , being well convinced that if possible the Irish people will be compelled to fight whether they like it or not .
We entirely agree with that part of Mr . O'Consob ' s letter , which we publish in the present number wherein he deprecates any Foreign interference in the settlement ef Irish questions . We have so doubt that this caution proceeded from the announcement of three French gentlemen having accompanied Ma . O'Connell through the County of Clare . We have as little doubt that the ominous fleet now stationed at Cove and in other Irish ports , arises from an apprehension in the mind of our rulers that France , thirsting for revenge , would Beize the opportunity of a civil war in Ireland to land an auxiliary force and arms , which the
recipients would have no delicacy about registering according to the provisions of the Arms Bill . For ourselves wejhave ever opposed th « mixing up of our great national questions with " Foreign policy ; " and to-morrow , crushed as we are beneath the yoke of domestic domination , we would , if compelled , — with all our religious hatred of war—exchange the pen for ; the broad sword to resist the interference of Foreign mercenaries , come from what nation they may , as pretended invaders of thow class privileges against whioh we straggle with all our strength , but which , bad as they are , we would not exchange for French sway or Russian despotism .
We heed' but little the rabid denunciation of Mb . O'Connell by the Tory press of England . It was as violent in its denunciation of American " traitors , " until the Colonial slave became a free citizen and that haughty monarch , Gioegb III ., was compelled to receive at Court , as Ambassador from Free America , the very man who but a short time before was designated a " traitor . " Again , when England was in arms to
resist the introduction of Jacobinism , and when the English press teemed with abuse of Napoleotas the leader of that principle , we find the English Attoeney-General , in a few months after this denunciation ^ co mpelled to prosecute Peltier for a libel upon the character of Napoleon , a British jury instructed to return a verdict of guilty against the accused , and a British jury foolish enough to obey the command . Again , when the magician's wand had transformed the " Emperor of the world" into a
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British prisoner , and located him upon a rock under an iron jailer , the former protegee of the English Government was bespattered in his misfortunes by the ribaldry of the English press and left helpless by the English Attobnet-Gbwehax . So will it be with the M traitor O'Connell . " Let him but preserve his loyalty to his country by maintaining his peaceful position to the last , and for every blow struck at the head of an Irishman let him return a double thrust at the
sinews of the enemy ; lelf him bit the invader in the Stock Exchange until the supporters of Irish connexion come to learn that even " Union , " like gold dust ; may be purchased ail a too dear a rate ; and then perhap 8 "the traUor " O'CoNKELx , may be commanded to the presence of her Majesty to receive a commission to open the Irish Parliament as her representative ., And he will then be lauded by the entire " loyal" press as a consistent , firm , and persevering patriot !
To cavil just now with every word of Mr . O'Comnbll , or with the bluster of some of his seneeless supporters would be an injustice to the people of Ireland , which we trust we are incapable of practising . We have watched the progress of events with ; intense anxiety ; we have chronicled the most important features of those events ; and we shall still continue , notwithstanding his rejection of our proffered service , and the foolish denunciation of some of his supporters , to aid , assist , comfort and abet him [ in all bis legal and constitutional struggles for the achievement of his country ' s liberty ; for Ireland , because we lo * e her for her virtues and the wrongs she has endured ; and for England , because we feel convinoed that Ireland free , th « freedom of Englishmen must follow .
It must now be understood by all with half brain ? , that one of three things must happen . There must be a sacrifice . Either the Ministera > must sacrifice the Union , O'Connell must be sacrificed ; or the Irish priesthood must : be sacrificed ; for let it not be for one moment imagined , that the devotion , even to Mr . O'C ^ nnell , by those who have such entire coufidence in him , would not be succeeded , in case of a retreat by reprobation ; stronger even than the waroith of that devotion . Terminate how the struggle may , the people ; will require a
satisfactory account from their priests ; and should suspicion take [ possession of the popular mind , the asseverations of the Irish press , strong as they might be in uuppdrt of Mr . O'Connell , would be lost in the word of the Pastor delivered from the altar ! The Irish ! people are less . governed , or even influenced , by the newspaper press than any other people in the known world : while each parish has its own gazette , in whose word the hearers have more confidence than if an opposite version was published through all the papers in the empire . Such then is our admonition : such are our fears ;
such . our hopes ; and such the probable result that would follow a failure of the movement . We view | the hopes and the ; fears , the strength and the weakness of Ireland with the deepest interest . At the same time we anticipate a Government onslaught upon the friends of freedom in England , should such a course become politic and necessary , as an example to the United Irish . For such a result we trust we shall be also prepared ; and ever ready , regardless of threatening danger , to discharge those duties whioh public approbation has assigned to us withiiaal , with caution , with courage , with prudenoe , and with fidelity .
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Meeting of Magistrates at Wakkfield . —A meeiiug of a committee of tho njagisj . rat . erf of the Riding was held at Wak . ehV-ld , to take steps tor ercctilig suitable lock-ups in ihe populous toivn-hipH , from several of which memorials have beeu preamted on the subject .
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MARCH OF IMPUDENCE . Much has been heard of the Shoddy *' and Devil ' s Dust" trade , —the practice of exercising ingenuity and machinery for ! purposes of fraud by manufacturers of woollen cloth , to the scandal and disgrace of our national character , not less as men and traders than as " Christians ; " but as yet , except by the initiated , little has been seen Of it . The nefarious practices of Shoddy Mongers have been
carried on as secretly as possible . Every one being of course anxious that his customers should not suppose the " superfine broads " which he was offering them to be made up of a small portion of wool mixed with a large portion of rotten stinking rags , and u muck "—redolent it maybe © f disease . Hence the markets for "Shoddy" and " Mungo" were known only to " the trade ; " and some
precaution was used about tho matter . But long impunity and much use begets impudence ; and these " artioles of comneroe" are now unblushingly announced for publiojsale . From the Bradford Observer of Thursday in the present week we take the following advertisement : — •' " Shoddy . —To woollen manufacturers . —To be sold by auction , by Mr . Stamp , by order of the importers , on Friday , June 30 ih , 1843 , at two o ' olock , at his sale rooms , jin the Market-place , Hull , ( in lots to suit purchasers ) , " 200 bales pritn ' e fresh white and coloured Shoddy and Mungo , now landing ex the Talitha from Antwerp ; also 250 baies Shoddy , and about 200 bales Mungo , now warehoused here .
"Catalogues may be had , and the goods seen and examined , four days previous to the sale , and further particulars had . on application to Messrs . Morehouse , Brown , and Hubbersty , High-strest , or to the Auctioneer . j " Hull , 17 th Jane , 1843 . " Here then is the open announcement of the public sale , for purposesjof fraud , of six hundred and fifty bales of rotten , stinking , filthy rage and" muck , " from Holland ; filled , for aught any one can tell , with
cholera , typhus fever , plague , &c ; and at all events intended to convert decent men ' s garments into sponges and riddles under the name of oloth , for the profit of the liberal , religious , cloth-makers of Yorkshire 1 We think that , at all events , the public ought to know who these mighty pious men are . These honest" Shoddy" and " Mungo" men should be known by all means . It Would be too bad to let tbeir virtues- remain untold . We hope , therefore , that some of our friends will take dare to attend this " Shoddy" and Mungo" sale
ou Friday next ; note the buyers ; and Bend us exactly their " names , weights , and colours , " that we may duly- gazette them for public admiration . No such "friends to the modern improved modes of manufacture" shall remain unknown if we can help it .
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Thimble Rigging and Gambling in the Vicar's Croft , Leeds . —A Churchwarden of Leeds calls our attention to the practice which has now obtained for some lime in the Vicar's Croft , Leeds , frequently on market daps , and especially on Saturday evenings , when a number of petty gamblers meet to practice thimble-rigging and other ' * low" games . He describes these gatherings oa being \ attended by numbers of youth , some of them Of tender age , who are thus initiated in the first step of roguery , and started in the way to become confirmed thieves and pickpockets . He hsks , what are the Police about 1 Is there no occupation for them here 7 Let the Market Committee see to it .
Moses Simpson , op Hanlby , writes to say that Mrs . Ellis has not yet heard from Mr , Colquhoun . of Glasgow , nor [ from any of the Glasgow friends , though , she published her address in the Star of April 22 , in accordance with their reques t . Has any one been \ sent to her , and the letter mis ' carried 1 She is anxious to learn . E . Cheetam . —Won't do . John Hambeb , Darlington . —We can give no advice on the subject . He must exercise his own judgement . I London ChartisT i Magazine . —Persons in the country wishing to obtain this work are requested to give the name of the London book-agent , Mb . Watson , 5 , ' Saul's Alley , Paternoster-row ,, to the country bookseller of whom they may order the work , to j prevent disappointment—and if they find any difficulty in obtaining the work
through one 'bookseller to order it of another . The next number will be ready for delivery on the 1 st of July . United Patriot Benefit and Co operative Society . — Welhdve received a copy of the rules of this society , sent in consequence of a notice respecting it in last week's Star . Of course we cannot do mfyre than thus acknowledge their receipt ; for it will not be expected that we shall give an opinion as to the feasibility , or otherwise , of the scheme . The note accompanying the packet informs us that the society is started by a number of" Chartists resident in London , for th ^ e purpose of devoting lhe funds of working meni—hitherto converted into a lash against themselves , —into justier and more advantageous channels . " All CoMMPNiCATfjoNs to the Chartists of Kidderminster , . should be addressed to Henry Crouch ,
Dudley street ! Kidderminster , Worcestershire . ' Mrs . Ellis desires to thank the kind Chartists of Nottingham fpr the receipt of 5 s . through the medium of Mr . James Sweet . Robert Allan . —We are unable to find room for many speeches sent us that have been delivered ; he therefore will see the impossibility of giving his , which has \ not been delivered . F . W . Simeon , 10 , Temple-street , Bristol , wishes the secretaries of the Association at Merthyr to send him a letter per first post , with their at dress , as he has something of importance to
communicate . Mr . Pitkethly , and his American Information . —Thursday ' s \ post brought us the following note from Mr . Pitkethly in answer to the notice given in last ] week ' s Star , of a strong desire existing for the publication , in a cheap and accessible form , of his " Emigrant ' s Constant Companion . " j We fully approve of the cdurse suggested by Mr . P . ; for the agents of the Star and other friends to procure lists of subscribers . It would not \ be reasonable to expect Mr . Pitkethly to go to the expense of printing , unless he had before ^ him a prospect of re-payment . The lists , when ready , should be sent to him ; or the agents might * write to say how many copies of the work they ] would engage to take . Here is Mr . P . ' s letter ,. — Haddenfleld , 21 st Jane , 1843 .
IO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Your mote to correspondents in the Star of last week has drawn my attention to the desire which exists among your correspondents that the Notes of say Tour through a portion of the United States , which have appeared in your columns , should also be ] published in a beokform . I have also been flittered by many pressing requests verbally , and by letter , made to myself , to the same end . I It must be evident to ail who peruse those Notes , that they have been thrown together in great haste , and under very unfavourable circumstances . In fact , they are badly arranged , and abound with tautology . This , of course , in any future publication ,
could be remedied ; and if I should engage in such publication , shall be attended to , I would recommend in the mean time , and before aoy additional trouble is taken , or expense incurred , that subscription lists be fixed in all places where the Star is sold , or such other places as may be considered eligible , where parsons might ! nave an opportunity to place their names for one lor more copies . By these means it will speedily ] be seen whether there are a sufficient number desirous of having the book to covet the expense of ' publication . If so , no time will be lost in putting it into hand . The work can be brought out in j threepenny or sixpenny numbers ; as this plan might suit poor persons better . An expression of their wishes , on the part of the
public , w » H qe valuable for the guidance of ' those concerned . I am confident that no friend of mine would desire that I should j hauird a loss in publishing The " Notes of my Tour , " and " Instructions to Emigrants , " after having already incurred so considerable an expense , and otherwise made sacrifices to obtain the information I possess . The reason for placing those matters npon paper will therefore be obvious . I I am , dear Sir , j Yours very faithfully , 1 L . PITKETHLT . P . S . —Ia order to prevent disappointment to my numerous correspondents throughout the country , you will perhaps be kind enough to alfew me to state that I Intend to leave home for
Scotland ia a few days , and that I shall not return home fur a few weeks . Persons , tbtrtf ¦* & , desiring copies of the rulea of the " British Emigrauia Mutual Aid Society , " and who ¦ wwuld apply to me , had better apply to Mr . Crabtree , N . i M Broa-iatreet , Halifax , the Secretary of the Sjciety , who will glallyfurnish them with aDy information they may require .
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Jordan Chadwick . — 'TFle can hardly understand } , ' question . Whe r e is the sign he speaks oft f it over their meeting plaee ? If so , it had buhL read , " Chartists' Meeting Room , " In tortat ponding it must be remembered , that distinct local bodies cannot , as such , correspond with etch other ; and therefore all correspondenet > neca sary between Rochdale and other ptaces m ^ t be conducted by their respective secretaries m . officially as secretaries * but as ittdividualg . 1 non-attention to this point will subject the purld to very severe penalties . We hope ip see < fc state of things remedied ; and the numer ^ risks by which the combined efforts of the pe&nj ! to obtain justice are now surrounded , entirt ^ removed . This can be done , by getting ( J ^ society enrolled under the Benefit Societies Act ; and this enrollment we can have by uniting the Land ( Josstion Wuh the assertion of genera then have
principle . We can a society with branches , governed by distinct local officers who can correspond with each other , ' and act in every way necessary to carry out the lawful objects ef the society , without inconveni ' ence , or risk of penal statute . We are at - pre sent engaged in concocting a plan of organize turn which will secure to the Chartis's thete immense advantages . As soon as it is in a condilion to be laid before the members of the Chartist Association , tee shall submit it to them . Raffles and Lotteries . — We must caution our correspondents egainst sending notices of Rnffi ^ for insertion in the Star . The insertion of such a notice subjects the proprietor of a new / . paper to a penalty of £ 100 . Once or twice such announcements have gained admission , before we were aware . of the tremendous risks toe were running . Latterly we have withheld them , and shall continue to do so .
Ambrose 1 ojilinson writes to say that Mr . falter , sail , of Lancaster Castle , is but little better off than Cooper and Richards at Stafford ; espt ^ , . MS to the matter of correspondence with / ritndf with , whom he is only allowed to communicator letter once in six months . He will not be allatti to receive a lettet till the middle of September ; and then only one I He , therefore , toisfiet parties not to write to him . W . 1 ) awson , Bradford . —The question is not for gotten . He will soon see a plan propounded for " the accomplishment of the object nearest his heart . " W . Ellis , Bridport . — We can hardly say ; Jm believe not
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Mr . Wm . Cooper , Weldon , near Wandsfobd , Northamptonshire , " will feel obliged to any person who will send him a Northern Star ef the 27 th of May , 1843 . J
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T . F ., London . —Fes , by subscribing six weeks for each . FOR THE DEFENCE FUND . £ . s . d From Ashton-under-Lyne , per Thos . Cooper 0 6 } ... Chester , per Wm . Russell 0 5 20 ... Clitheroe , per Jas . Heaton 0 8 3 ... Friends at Berry Brow ... ... ... 0 H 1 ... Ditto , Yew Green ... 0 1 $ ... A . North , 4 d ., and Jas . Oarside , Haddersfleld , 6 d . ... 0 010 FOR GEORGE WHITE . From Mr . Pybus , Leeds ... 0 0 6 " * FOR MR . COOPER . From Mr . Pybus , L « eds ... ... .. ~ . 0 0 (
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Sounding the Alarm . —The Times of Thursday has the following from its ' o * on" correspondent : — " Ou the night of the 16 th instant , all the moaatains between Limerick and Waterfbrd , and in tne neighbourhood of Tipperary , Bansba , Caher , Uogheen , Clonmel , &c , blazed with fires . Multitudes ot people assembled , shouting and blowing horns , « c . —exactly what happened previous to May , l / ye-The gentry are leaving the country , flocking into tne towns and going to Wales . "
Political Revelations . —A correspondent of the Cork Examiner , writing from -Core , gives . currency to a revelation of some days' standing . ' i */ simply space to inform you , " he says , that we Tyne , 28 guns , is now in the harbour , and that U » Caledonia , 120 ; St . Vincent , 120 ; Vanguard , 80 ; _ ana Inconstant , 3 t >; are all immediately expected .. ji » said that this formidable armament is intended tor » special Bervicej and that that service is not to effect the suppression of Repeal in Skibbereea or in « e * market , is a fact which cannot admit of much controversy , when the present position ^ of Spain is Wj garded , and the intrigues of the French Cabinet , an * the necessary watohfulness orcontinental dip lomacy on the part of the English Government are taken into consideration . "
Murder in Limerick . —We understand that * murder was committed on Sunday ; morning in Q 0 * : kert Field 8 , inthe suburbs of Limerick . " It . 'Is saw that two boys were bathing , and . a difference arose between them in respect to eom » rushes va woifflj they were floating , when a labouring man interfered to prevent them fighting . At this time another man , named Lutzsr , came up and insisted on the boy 8 being allowed to fight , when he waa opposed by the first , and a dispute having arisen ,. between thefflj Lutzer drew a knife and stabbed the othee in the , lower part of the abdomen , of which he died withia two hours . When the report of-. the affray be < jain fl known , a crowd assembled , and would have slaio Lutz ? r , but for the interference of the poliee .- 'C"' Constitution of Tuesday .
A Well-Dressed Female , about forty years of age , threw heratl * , 011 Monday , from itie too ol Mount Saint Catherine ' s at Rouen , and met with instantaneous death . As she was not recognized the body was takci to the Morgus of that city . She had about £ 2 . 5 iu her ttovkoi . —Galignaui ' s Mef sehger .
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THE DUTY OF CHARTISTS IN REFERENCE TO THE REPEAL AGITATION . We are crammed out with letters upon this subjeot , from all quarters ; mostly seeking information and advice . Some of the writers require to know what course we think the Chartists generally should take ; while others—and of these are the greater numberwish for our opinion as to their joining "the Repeal ranks , " and hazarding tho insult of rejection ; and all ask us to state fully our opinion of this policy of the Repeal Club and its tendency . NoWj to the first matter of inquiry we have a ready answer ; and we cannot better word it than by
citing the resolution of our Newcastle friends . We are , with them , decidedly " of opinion that the Union of Ireland with Great Britain is inimical to the best interests of that country ; and as it was fraudulently accomplished contrary te the expressed wishes of the great majority of the IriBh people , we do most heartily concur with that ill-used nation in their demand of an immediate Repeal : ; and pledge ourselves to use every constitutional means in our power to assist them in procuring , not only a ' domestic parliament , ' but a parliament that will be a complete reflex of tho whole people , as the only
sure [ guarantee that the people will not again be sold contrary to the inclination of the majority . " This we hold certainly to be the only thing that can make ! Repeal valuable to the Irish people , or secure " Ireland for the Irish . " We are perfeotly aware that O'Connell and the present Repeal Leaders do not now recognise , either practically or theoretically , the great principles of liberty included in the People's Charter . We stop not now to argue or cavil about this ; we hold him to bo no friend to Ireland who would do so . It may be absolutely necessary for Mr . O'Connell and the Repeal
leaders , to take precisely the course they are now taking ; it is evident that they think it is so ; and , if it be , that may probably be their reason for refusing to amalgamate the Repeal and the Chartist movements ; at all events that must be a sufficient reason for Chartists not "joining the repeal ranks . " We have never thought it good policy in them to do so ; and certainly cannot recommend it now . We were not sorry for the " rap on the knuckles " that O'Connor got , as we hope it may teach him to be Jess ardent and more calculating . Chartism , of itself involves Repeal ; because Repeal is in
justice due , to England as well as Ireland ; but Repeal does not , of necessity , involve Chartism . We cannot , therefore , give up the more comprehensive for the less comprehensive assertion of the principle of right : we cannot leave the greater to take up the less . * The most efieotual aid that we can give the Repeal movement , is to press forward our own agitation contemporaneously . Let no man suppose that we advise the merging of the Charter in Repeal . In the Charter we see that whioh must of its own nature involve Repeal , and every other measure of full justice for the people ; in Repeal we see tbat which may , ' or may not , in the first instance , bring
justice to the people , though we cannot doubt that the improved moral and intellectual people of Ireland would make it do so ultimately . We pay , then , in reference to "joining the Repeal Ranks , " do no such thing . Go on with your own movement ; strengthen yoar own position ; make all fair and consitutional advances to the Charter , and in lhe meantime give all aid to your Irish brethren in their struggle for the minor measure ; and let not their efforts for the lesser good , shamo yours for the greater . Let the patriotic strife be one of amity and love ; so shall we aid each other . Give us the Charter , and we give Repeal to Ireland ; while if Ireland obtain Repeal before us , her gallant sons will bring their new-born strength to aid us in the
common cause . These being our views , our friends will see that we regard with much indifference the matter which has 60 heart-burned some of them , the rejection of our aid by O'Connell and the Repeal club . The simple question is , whether they wish the thing tkey seek . Time' only can determine this . If they do , there may be reasons which we cannot see to justify them in their course ; if they . do not , we shall have a terrible revenge , without our stirring in the matter , taken for us by the Irish people , when the cheat Rhall be discovered .
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To The Colliers Of Lancashire.
TO THE COLLIERS OF LANCASHIRE .
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Friends . —We have the honour to inform you that we were on the 10 th ot June , 1843 , at a Delegate Sleeting of the Miners Association , holden at Newcastle , appointed to perambulate Lancashire for the purpose of laying before you tbe objects and parposea ot the Mioen Society , and form branches in every village , town , ot colliery in your county . The leading objects of our society are to diminish the hours of labour , and to obtain the highest possible amount of wages for the hours ve may work . . *
We know tfeat it is only by Union that we can accomplish suck a purpose ; therefore we request your cordial co-operation with us : for we know that our interests are bo intimately connected , that it is impossible for one district to be oppressed without the other feeling the effects . We know that it is impossible for us to gain our rights and liberties and maintain them , if yon we not also made participants with us . We wish therefore , to provide work and wages for every man at his own home , or in his own county ; so that we shall not baft to wander up and down tbe country like vagabond ! , taking each others employment ; contending one vita another as to which can sell bis labour for the least money . ¦
Several of the most influential mining districts of England and Scotland are now enlisted under the banner of Union . We trust the day is not for distant when tbe colliers of England will form one link in the grand chain of " Union" which is to extend from John * O Groats House to tbe Land ' s End in Cornwall , and to the most distaat corner of Wales . Where is the power that could prevent the colliers from occupying their just position , had we an union of this sort established ? - Brethren , we are entirely strangers to your d'atriet . We hope , however , that the readers of the Star , no matter what their calling , will render us all the assistance they possibly can , in tbe glorious cause . Oar Buccesa will be for the interest ef the public at large .
We propose to commence our labours at OWham about the twenty-seventh of the present month . An ; place desirous of our services will greatly oblige us by writing a note stating the same , or any other information addressed to us , to the care of the agents of the Star , at Oldbam or Wigan ; and we pledge ouraelvu that they shall be duly attended to . If any lovei of freedom will be so kind as to call a public meeting of the colliers at Oldham , on Monday the 3 rd of July , either in the Chartist Hall , or in any other public plaee most convenient , and certify the same in the next number of the Star , they will render a great service to the cause of suffering humanity , and greatly serve the society we have the honour to represent .
Now is the time , or never , for the colliers I See Lord Howick ' 8 speech in the House of Commons on the repeal of the coal duty . We are now beginning to be noticed in the Parliament House ! He wishes to let Government loose upon us ; but we bid defiance t » both him and Government ; for " Unionand Pewe " is our motto , and " Law and Order" our . watchword . Brethren , arise ! look after your own rights . The cruel task-mastera fe 6 l that we have adopted the ^ gat plan for abridging their unholy power j and they are trying all the means that evil ingenuity can invent to get you within the meshes of the law , by plunRing you into a premature strike ! but laugh to Bcorn those who wish this to delude you . ' . ' where
Look before you leap . ' Calculate well yon are ; what it is you are urged todoj and lake slock oj the means you are possessed of , to do it ! Be wary 1 Be prudent ! Organise yourselves . G et . Into a position that you can know what the men of the North are about ; and they know what you are about : be so that you can understand the feelings of yeur brethren all over the kingdom , before you even give tbe idea of a strike a resting-place in your mind . Better to " bear the ills we have" a short time longer , and organic ourselves for their complete eradication , than emrc failure by premature action . Caution and prudence is essential to our cause 1 Dear Brethren , —Our sincere prayer la that onr mission may be a blessing to you and to generation * yet unknown . Dear brethren , We ore your humble Servants , David Swallow , Dan ( El Thompson
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct807/page/4/
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