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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1843.
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LETTERS J 2 R 0 M THE JZOTTNTAINS ^ XJ 3 G i . SZB . JSS OF 1 ETTEES TVROH AS OLD HAH IS THE COEXTB . T . TO A 5 OTJ 3 G MAS IS DU 31 AS . IF , am " The Beauties of tie 'Press : '" a selection cf arigiwl Articles , Essays , # & , vhidt originally appeared i » We •¦ P * ESS neuspapen , established in Ireland by Arthur O'Connor , after £ ie / arable suppression of &e Uraahena Star by ihe- Governmeat ]
UthebsartcfMtPittiaishard his nature as maligpant , and las ialeats as miscMevons ss soniBparty--wiiu-ii snpposB , snek a system as I have described in SB ^ funnsrletlex ^ < w&s -well adapted to luB ^ isposiaoa and ct'Bgemsfl to Ma talents j and may have imbibed Be' *? virulence in iis passage through the medium Gf Ms acrtn-at-aionsnniiS- tve tpiII consider fbe chief gover-3 H 5 TS ¦ sc ith . TtKii h& ~ bss Savoured izeSsod , in soca a corson ? lEacner , as if -we -were to look at pictures in & gaii ^ r ? . The name of GrenrBleis ominous to the British empire ; it imports the oppression , calamity , and alienation of its fiepeDdencaes . . Bad the noble cousin of the presner been as firm and resolute , in the Erection of liie storm , as he had been sSlfnlsnd sedulous , in the raising of jthe "Bjadwind , this country had borne testimony ilike America ) to ifce separating talents and mamrraitticg hands of a Gienville .
Tbe comtryseemea to tkriveimder press-ore , like the palm . It ia £ manifested some predilection for freedom ; andin the glorious aaof the Ydunteers . obiaiEel from fi » fears * f ibejKster country , or , perhaps , frtai her jnsfice , some relaxation of ancient rigours , ! Ha gentry had , on thai x > ccasioii , ranged theciselTes ty lie side of the populace ; all this -was imputed to Irelaad , sot as righteousness , but as aapsrducabla gmiu Tfce comaon modes of hytmsg fhe « oncfa 7 S © eQ « lt * 1 » insufficient ; Dew sources of corruption srers to be opened ; new modes of estrai ^ Bg the aristosracy irom the people-were to b&deviaed . It « ppeared to Lean effectual expedient , for this end to increase fiist ^ pationj € XtiaTaganc 6 ,-aiul consBO , n £ 2 t en > i > arr&ss-HJEEt , aisong ff'f * Tiighwr orders of the community .
A ynuEgneblemanTOB selected foi the'fetation of chief governor , djEsolnte in Mb manner of life asd profuse in liis LiMtSrcf expense , Peorile levity , -and thonghfiess 3 Dicsi ? crsnc 8 i ranging thro * ever / Icrzj of sensual indnlffcEc * -, = ? sre joined , in him ,-with the gloss of youth , a ber- ' -sntty of tempos , sad a gradeus suavity otmanners , Cat co-oi > eratedTEiUi his e< « d rank and situation , to resucr vice contagions and folly Jashionable . Thus v ? as ths ensi " 3 sg of Ireland corrupted and enslaved , snd aeaarfesa revelry asd luinous exgrnpft , theEure plefiseB of political prostitution , -were universally disseminated . 32 u 3 nobleHian " s disposlfioii was , I believe , naturally good sndnpright j but his temper , his character , and pleasurable pursuits fitted Wtn to become the mssy of » violent and grasping faction , "wao pressed continually
OB liissoftand pliant s&tsre , ' and persuaded -an inconicfisrate and heSi&rxng man , that they alone possessed the golden secret -of government , irhQe they flittered his indoleaee-snd love of pleasure hy promising to rtJieTe Mm of 2 H t ^ a vkks of Adrninstration , and to resign him to the numoleeted enjoyment of Ids fsTourite amuse mEnts . 2 fow conunenerd the motley government of cieris ^ ndaid-de-canips ; and the aggrandizaneit of an indrw £ igi 1 - a issnlljs and a faction , the most hateful and hated this country ctet prodnced . Bnt let us tread lu&tiy on tha ashes of the deceased . Thig nobleman ha-i daay Tirtues ; his disposition "was generous ; his go ^ xi qualities "were £ & his csn , his faults trere inoeiij those of his adTisers—yet he -sras the unconscions ictrumfint of incurable mischief to ^ Ti ^ a land .
Behold a dzrierent character . Plodding , "sithcut a bead for "bniiinwis ; Tieions , "withont a taste lor pleasure ; fond of company , -without good manners , os goed x&rnre ^ joyless , yet diEsipated ; dvm , yet eccentric He scatiit to promote , -at the fame instant ^ two discordant otp- ^ ts—tie increase of pnWie pn fligacy by the extension i > l prrrate luxury , and the enlargement of a slender fortune by penurious y f *?? 1 TT ' - 'n ^ 't ^ rTI He united the P'we and "ranity ef the insolent uneducated noblnman , "Kith tha meazrrsEss and Tnkarity of the illiterate lowbum peasant , or the scrivener ' s clerk . He -vas a man t *> -- Mm for all in all , moK eminentiy gifted by nature , and acecmpQsbed hy art , to excite contempt and hatred .
TLs condnct of the person I hsra now described , trss such as onamijht uatsraHy h » " » B expected . Hereposd his entrre confidence in a man ill-informed , TioleEt . nshj zsccorons and "rindictiTe . His m £ isure 3 was cnaiacterisBd by strange inconsistency—an . odious mixture of tjrsnBy ynfl -sreakness—irntsticn nnproTok ^ d , and coseesaon "without condiiaSon . At one moment the "whole aristocracy of the country , with the £ rsi law authority of the land at their head -were irought forward , to pledge their lires aaA Jorrcses insnpport of the Proleskoit Ascendancy . ' A lew wstks lofled away ; jand behold this pollen image of adc-rataon , this TrxAcslaai Ascendancy , laid prsrtrate at -he feet of ihs multitade . Sow religions fends -srere faisestsa by high antfeority , in the Northern parrs of this island , at least , no Eolicitn-iB "was shewn bj t ^ asc wbo iad the po- » tr of rep-ersiEg outrage a 5 tbe coTKHreccsmentj to employ the means "ffhith they fcsSd in their hasds , for the preservation of public
cr 6 rr . 2 * ow the spirit ol Tigoicns coercion beasn to d ^ -5 ~ L-p ^ ? t * e ~ i ?—a large stride-was Tn&T . e to tiso perp-tta 3 ti « 3 f - srierancss snd abuses , and the denial of enea * . fc poor consolatien of eomplaint , by the Cocvsnti « j Bill , which , howeTer it may be jestiflsd on the jfiea cf iiecessi ^ , Snfiiets a serere tiomt&xm ttieT » reduns liahts of assembling and prtitinning the Throne or the Paniameiit . Had * W « mm bt * D periaittsd to remain longer in Ireland , the die Lad been already cast— ihe disorSers of the country 2 x 33 reached tbdr crisis . He ¦ was called away—and ths evening histaB of _ faded beauty aitenoed his departure ; yet , though recalled , he experSsBced such a reception frosi a benign snd sraeious master , as plainly shewed tbrt his conduct in tbia coaatry was not nnpleasinj to tha British Cabinet , cr the Bri&h , since it did x . -jt pT ^ dude him from ie sunshine of his royal master ' s approbation and ccuati ^ &anee . He consoled hTEi ^ eif -with the golden hii-Test . irum a sale of Ttfeniona snd a lucrative £
inecaia . The nobleman who -sras now nominated chief gefrarno -, -was ardently expected in this country , S 3 the messesg-er of peace and good full among men . Ha was not a rained gamesier , xx a beggarly incumbrance of the peerage . He did not solicit tbs "Viceregal situation to repairs ruined fortune , or to accumulate anew one ; for the mamtalnenee of a barren title , by tie plunder of a -wasted province- The dignity -was forced upon him ; Its accepted it with s proud condescension ; he relinquisBed his home , and his domestic hsbitawiihrejTeL Prom Til ™ -wtHf « nni ynfj good men expected tile most salutary and healing measures . They saw , thai be poatest such a large stake in the country he came to gsTctn es must powerfully lead him to ssck andproisote itB true interests—because in the prosperity of fh *«
isation , his own is closely implicated . This nobleman pondered his way before him j he hesitated to accept the tbaj ? e , ikBaman , Trhoconsienscouly felt ite weight and importance , and meant to perform hiB duty faithfully . He bad the leaders of the Irish opposition in 2 x > ndon ; wlia them he consulted j h ? stipulated fox specific mea-BT ^ es auaylEnsrypowera . Doubts , delays , negociallons , asu explantionssucreeded ; at length the firmness of Lord P . seemed to prc" ?» iL He supposed ^ mw-lf and Hub country , too , supposed him , to be invested with authority -BTofin'rt , ampls , and adequate to the pacification of Ireland . He came orrer full of bensvoient « -p ^ patriotic aisa . ! Hib proposed system of this nobleman ir ^> to have branched out into two great lines of conduct—the le ' crming of inveterate abuses , and the Ttmovsl o ? illiberal snd -csconstitctional complaints ;
bst—Oslexdcnt iems Jubic tcotum Join , xegue . vjtra esse sixenX How s&ca , how fatally were the golden hopes ef the naSioii blasted ! Tha redress and reform projfccted by this nobleman , and these % ho acted with him in this country , required , and indeed of necessity brought with tbr-m , the lemoral iiom po ^ -er of a" base and obscure faction , obnoxious to all good men ; a faction which , ¦ wiiboat personal dignity , or ihs weight of wealth or taJenss , had grown old ana rich in power , by the basest sra and the most corrupt insinns . ^ on ; had lorded it over the land withont control , and spread its crooked sad tntangltd roots , in the -dszk , even to £ ha basement
cf the BrifisU Throne . The { frsmiEKsl of thB persons ¦ vtxj composed iHk faction , was not only rtquisite to tc-c stftiy and permanency of Lord F . ' s administration , bet ^ as a aacriSce due to Qie outraged feelings of an oppressed and insulted people . Kow was felt ths force of tl » maxims of hospitalLy , and the ideas of a separs . \ e English interest , which 1 mentioned in the comceaw-giPTTt of these letters . The menaced faction hz-i aadrsss to represent ttfinaeha as the mosi steuash frteids of the 'English interest in this country . Lord F . was lexaoved , and the regret snd gratitude of the people " f oilosreibis good intentions .
it ? rasplamly seen on what principle lord 7 . was recalled . It was no other than lbs perpetuation of the men ZJ& 2 . ths measures wh : c 4 i had rendered the "peovls oT + fcis -country dissatasfifi It tras seen , that the Kfc « £ < l faction , "Which tad degradeii the aristocracy ana mede the ^ honours of the Crown cb «> p ana dia * jrra-tful inlreland , by an opensaleof peerages , and had boldly-avowed in thj seat o ? LegMature , and in tLe face of ihs world , thai Tenalily and cojjuption were , ssd ought to be , the ruling principles and active engines of administration ; it was seen , that this wretched and ruinous cabal had found protectors in tfcn dostt which is the retreat of Hiajesty , and the known asylua of every priMeryTirtna . A melaccboly forebBdipg to "« j us , that thoBnccessor of Lord P . would come to frown ths warm asj-irsiioss of the people into silence—and like the tyrannous breathing ef ihe North , xhui all their ' buds from bicnrvia .
It is to be lamented , that during the shorti appear ance of Lord P . above otc horlsan , ae splendonr of his good intentions daoled the public eye . The « ratitude of B generous nation , fall of sanguine expectations , and enthusiastic sentiments cf loyslty to tbeir sovereign , -gas anticipated . A virtuon- itdDzy prevaDed among us , and in » the wild psroxyam of acknowledgment , forbenefitspronsised to t& « 5 > fera-d , tbr sappliu were prornseiy granted ; vaK pKia ? stioJ'S were mside for tijise defence , snd up iuconsiutiiJbic assistance of n > tn asd scsey femished to aid Britsln in her wild ciasade f r ^ t the fiberfiea of PrsECh . 1 ^ siil noi say tlist th 9 Bslthmen of the pnbUc we * i were intoxicated at thtir pests , by the Teryf nsies of the draneht of powtr , fc = ioj 3 = ttffi chalice toschsd tbtir lips- But © titainljit wo&la tore been wi » in ; bs > opwaaon Eeaivrs , wbg
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then managed for Lord F . in the House of Commons , had they bees less confident and precipitate ; it would have been happy for the country had they paused and waited : £ o tbat redress and snpply might , hare advanced hand in hand . So » e doubt , some hesitation , some caution , was suggested by one or two of the members ; but how were they treated ? The ' fact ^ was , tbat certain dMIngnishe £ members of opposition , one in particular , whose eloquent exertions in htr cause , well deserved the liberal gratitude of an admiring country , did not for a moment lose sight of their own principles , the principles by which they had grown in the esteem of the people—they were seized with all the spirit of alarm that infected England , aDd worked np themselves to feel the lymphatic terrors of a Burke , and to possess an unlimited approbation of the present wicked and disastrous war '
It was plainly seen that the devoted character who should succeed to Lord Fitzwilliam , at this eventful anil opprobrious period , would come over manacled with instructions and bound to move in trammels ; that he would be taught his lesson like a school boy , and commanded to do all which his predecessor would have left undone ; and to leave undene all which his predecessor would have done—in fine that the new Chief Governor must sell and commit himself , body and soul , by importunity to the foul Send of that faction which had rode the harassed land , like an Incubns , to the verge of a precipice . Yet s Nobleman was found who willingly devoted himself , and with a hardihood equal to tbat of CurJius , plunged into a gulf of periL A
private tutor , or Mayor de Palais , was assigned to this Ticeroy , Faineant , as the Governor of our Chief Governor , a man of some character for a resolute temper and political dexterity . How did the new administration prepare to meet a disappointed and irriisted nation ? J » ot with lenient measures of conciliatiQ 3 , bst with unmerited chastisement , and the menacing brow of stern defiance . Pains were at first taken by the Right Hon . Secretary to disseminate an opinion , that the old task-masters of Ireland were allowed no i influence in the councils of the new cabinet ; but ; the close and intimate connection which subsisted with that party , did not &t any time allow the most credulous to give implicit credit to this assertion , and k soon became impossible to retain the mask .
I have premised this rapid sketch of some past administrations , that yon might the more easily comprehend the scops and TnmriTT-H of the present system . Wiih one solitary exception yon perceive that an adherence to the English interest , as itis universally called , ii the ruling principle in them alL It is under a pretence of TnainfrainiTTg this interest , that a set of men equally deficient in talent and in honesty , block up the avenues to the castle , retain those who are entrusted with the helm of this country in a state of siege ; keep honest and moderate men at a distance ; stigmatisa the warning voice of truth snd Bincarity bb the gnilty . muimur of < fiscontent and faction , and prescribe many of the most salons friends and snpporters . of monarchy , who have been marked out as disaffected persons , because they will not express a blind and implicit confidence in the virtue and : abilities of the present Ministery . I am yeurs , : ilOJTIAXDS .
The Northern Star Saturday, July 1, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JULY 1 , 1843 .
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THE PROSPECTS OF OUR CAUSE . Oub Glasgow correspondent , with the shrewd penetration and cool-headed good sense for which his countrymen are famed , takes the following retrospect of tbe state of Chartism in his district : — " To those who hsve paid close attention to . all tbe circcnt 5 lanees connected with the Movement from its commencement , it most have been blear that a caJzn would inevitably follow the storm of August last . The people . were duped . Advantage was taken of their ardour in tha cause . Those whose only object was to . 'ire upon toe movement
through ingenuity and falsehood , succeeded for a time ; and as a natural consequence the entnoslasm of those who had been victimised was turned into bitter disappointment ; In almost nineteen " cases ont of every twenty these "were our bast men : however , matters are now promising to assume a healthy tone once more . Many who for sometime past have remained inactive are again rallying round the standard of our eonntry ' s freedom and the poor man ' s only hope . " We take this to be a most accurate and welldrawn picmre of the " state of thincs" not only
in Glasgow , bnt through the whole country . The spirit of the people is rising above the ** heavy blow and sore discouragejneai" which it received from hands who were indebted to the people for their p » wer to wound . The object magi now be to prevent a similar relapse : to go on steadily , and consistently , and soberly for the time to come . We hope this may be done . It depends on the people ' s own prndence . They shall not lack the best counsel we can give them : and they have never yet known oa either to give rash counsel , or to " run away" from the consequences of our counsels , — having led them into a ditch , and left them in it .
Oar success is in oar prndence ana our perseverance . . We have great pleasnrein reiterating Mr . U ' Cossob's cautions to the people in his letter of ibis present "week- "They are necessary , and must be attended to . Had our counsels been heeded in August last , tho " backening" which our agitation Baa received would have been saved . There are plenty of such fellows as those O'Connor speaks of , hanging npon the people ' s skirts . There always have been . We know one skulking scamp who lives on the movement—who has long lived on it—and who , though an excellent workman with a good
trade , vnMnol work ; who has left more than one situation , for no other reason than because he preferred living on the people to living by bis own labour , and who , on the 18 * h of Augnst last , assembled a jmmbsr of poor fellows , —who thonghfc him honest and valorous enough to be a leader , —on a certain moor ; and after having given . them a mo 3 t exaggerated and lying statement of the doings at the Manchester Conference , said : Now the first thing you muit do is to go and fire the Mayor's bouse" ; and after a pertion more of like good advice , he appointed them to mpet him there at fonr
in the afternoon of the same day , having in the meantime ** beat np" the snrronnding villages and mustered a force of at least four thousand , when he -svonld be there to consult witli them , to lead them , and " go to work . " The poor ' fellows went away to the neighbouring villages ; they beat np " for recruits ; they mnstereda good many hundreds ; they kept their appointment on the moor ; bst there wasno leader ! hiBconrage bad oozed ont in the meantime ! and he had sought the safety of his own scamp ' s-earcase by getting out of the district ; while , instead of the valiant Chartist leader , they found
ready for their reception a body of Ipolioe , whom they very wisely spared the trouble ; of dispersing tbsm , by making off as fast as possible . What connection , 01 whether any connection ) might hare subsisted between Ma gelting out of ihe way , and the police getting into the way , we neither know nor care : bnt this we know , that the fool-braggartness which leads a man to love " splutter and splash ; " the craTen-heartednesa -which makes Mm desert the men he has brought into danger , and the black villainy which would induce him to sell them if he conld get a bidder , are
• very near relatives . They are like pleasure and pain—almost the shadow cf each other ; when one js seen you may be sure the other is not far off . If the people wish success for their cause they must trust no man who has aiiythiDg to say to them that may not be said in the hearing of the whole world . They must have no secret proceedings—no . matters to account for which cannot be explained . They must trust no man who fears to take the consequences to wMch he would invite them—who «> irinlrH from the
nodding of his own piumes . They must trust no nan who shall in any way suggest to them a going beyond the law—or any measure whioh must lead to it if persisted in . They must ensconce themselves in the firm enclosure of high principle , strict justice , increasing vigilance , watchful penetration , and cool perseverance . If th » y do this we shall then rejoice that even the Strike Plot and many previonB matters have had their nses in the opening of their eyes , and we shall eonssider our cause in a much more hopeful condition than "wehave ever vet seen it .
It is time that cur organization bid same attention paid to it . We see tL&t Mr . O'Conxob recommends the eleciieu of a sew Executive . Several bodies of the people have also urged the necessity of ibis course * We hope certainly that if -we do have a new Executive , we shall have one who will
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organize the people , instead of lmng on them . We are for no more paid men , except a Secretary ; who mnst have some little qualification for his office . For onr own part , we think the adoption of a plan of organization ehould preoede the election of an Executive . : We have no organization , nor we never have had oae . It is high time we shonld . We never shall be able to have one , until we can get into a position to take advantage of tho law instead of having always to evade it . We oan never do this , in the present state of the law , without making ths basis of our Society wider , and its objects
more comprehensive , and , at the same time , more speoificthan we bv « yet have done . Thia may be done as well as not ; and this is the thing for the people to consider before they elect an Executive . Organization is a subject of the last importance to our movement . We have by us a number of communications from a great variety of talented , shrewd men in the Movement , which we have reserved for the purpose of bringing them at one view before the people , that tbey may take into consideration the multitude of counsels , and , if possible , extract wisdom from them .
We shall next week give all these communications } j not , it maybe , in thejwords of the several writers , but in as small a space as possible , bringing their ideas before the people—and we shall hereafter give our own view of the whole matter : of the form whioh our society ought to assume—the objects it ought legally to have—the organization and government it thus may have—and the results which must flow from them if rightly carried out . We have no
purpose to dictate on the matter ; but we scorn the * cry" of " dictation . " The people have a right to our opinion , and they shall have it . They may set what estimate they please upon it—that shall not prevent our giving it them . Wa live not to please them , but to servo them ; with their own aid when we can , because so much the more efficient doej our service then : become ; but without , when we honestly believe them to be " standing iu their own light . "
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" REBECCA" IN WALES . In another part of this sheet we have inserted , from the Times , extracts from a serieB of articles , which have appeared in that journal ; and which are worthy of serious consideration . To them we invite special attention . In thai paper of Wednesday there is another from the pen of the same writer , revealing mote of the causes that have led to the strong manifestations of dissatisfaction "with " things as they are" lately made in Welshland . Hib details are most important ; showing , as they do , the effeots of the " Free-Trade Tariff" upon the prices of agricultural produce .
And we must remember when reading those details , that what the writer describes as the effect in Wales of the " Free-Trade" measures , is , in minature , what has taken place all over the kingdom . Before the next winter ; is over , it is much if we don't see ** Rebecca ' in other places than Camarthen ! Tho farmers of England can not pay their share of the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation , with fixed rents and tithes , and increasing rates , while wheat is at 6 s . a bushel 1 butter at 6 £ d . porlb ! cheeso at 2 ] J . per lb !! and two-year old cattle , whioh used , only two years ago , to feteh £ 8 each , selling now for £ 3 !!! Rare "Free Trade , this ! Rare for the taxeater 1 ! But if this state of things be not soon altered , " Rebecca" will have a roving commission ; and we shall hear of her doings nearer home thau
Carmarthen in Wales ! And how can they be altered , but by " repealing the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation ; and re-adjusting it on the principle of equity and right ? But who , of all oar " Statesmen (?)" , dare propose such a measure ? Who , amongst them all , dare tackle it ? Who dare to propose to deal with the debt ! Who dares advocate an Eo . uitablb Adjostmknt ? Which of thorn wishes any . such thing ? No one ! The £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year will continue . The low price of agricultural produce , will continue also ; for it is impossible to get prices up again , savo by an utter failure of harvests , or by an issue of One PoundNotes , incokvertible into Gold ! And who dare propose to take thatslep ? Who but crack-skulled Attwood aud Muntz , of Birmingham ? Dare Pekl propo ^ u it ! Shade of Cobbett haunt him if he does ! Where
is the Gridiron ? O ! what a "feast' ' we will have ! Lowness of prices must continue . Nay , prioes must get lower . It is " the spirit of the age" to reduce them . But Tithes are & fixed burden on the Land . Rents cannot be reduced , becauso of the " Mortgages , " and the " Marriage Settlements ;" Rates must increase ; the " recklessness" aud " don ' t care what they do" will increase also ; and n Rebecca" will have " plenty-to-do" ! ! !
The " Free Trade" Tariff will play up before it h done with , unless the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year bo reduced to £ 4 , 000 , 000 . This it most assuredly will not be ; and THE THING will either have to go to pieces , like a ship upon the rocks ; or the " recklessness " of *• Rebecca" must so operate on tbe feara of onr " Statemen , " as to induce them to give way , not only on ; the Poor Law , but on all our fiscal arrangements , and " final" state of the Representation ! " If , '' to paraphrase the language oi tbe Times ; "if ; manifestations of popular vengeance should induce our 'Statesmen ' to look the difficulties of THE THING fully in the face , and apply the only adequate remedy , the time may come when wo shall kave to thank even ' Rebecca and her Daughters '" I ! If they shonld not have this effect , nothing can sate THE THING from destruction .
To the following article we direct the attention of every one who is anxious to know of the causes that are bringing the Farmers of Wales into the fi « ld of ' fight , with aems in their hands , to upset toil-bars , and pull down Union Workhouses . He will soon see , thai something more than filling Wales with troopfi , must be done , to enable the Farmers to pay Taxes Tithes , and Rent , and livb , with Wheat at six shillings a-bushel 1 " Since my hut communication to you on Saturday night , I have " met numbers of Rebeccaite 3 , and conversed trim several respectable farmers engaged iu tbe outrage at the Carmarthen workhouse on AJonday last . One intelliicent farmer , who iatoraied me tbat he was
actually inside the workhouse gates when tbe dragojas charged amongst them , and who got outside in tse confusion , stated to me that he was compelkd , moat unwillini { ly , to go there ; for , having refused to jom one of tbe ton bar expeditious , he had bis otablo tlieii , and a threat Tiras held out to him that if he ( lid nut joiu the procession on Monday last , his house would be destroyed . He accordingly did join the procession , but refused to disguise himself by turning his coat and blacking iiia face , as they wished him . Hia sta ' tiruf nt fully boru out my first communication to you , that the distress of tbe small farmrra is at the bottom of all tt" « miochiet By his account , never over well off , they have now , by the depreciation of prices , AND THE
UNABATED AMOUNT OF RENTS , AND TITHES . AND TAXKS , and the increased amount of po . r-rat « s and tolis , become at last hopeless and utterly reckless . ' 1 * 0 years ago , * said hej , the price of oats in this eoucty c . ua 2 s . 6 d . the Winchester bushel , now the farmer can only get Is . 6 d . and la , 8 d . Tha regular price of barley waa t wo years ago 4 s . a bushel , and sometimes they w < ira euaoied to sell it as high as 5 a and 53 . 61 . ; now they can only get Ss , and were frequently compelled in winter to sell it for 2 s , 6 d . » buaheL The average price of wheat waa about 8 s . abushe !; now the prica is 6 s . ; butter , which used to sell at 8 £ d . and 9 cL per lb ., is no * - selling ut 6 ^< L ; ch eese ; which used to fetch 4 d . per lb ., now sells at 2 ^< L Two-year old cattle , which two yean ago used to fetch £ 8 apiece , are now selling at 60 s ., and you
may pick the very beat for £ 3 . Colts rising two yearB old , which formerly readily fetched £ 8 or £ 9 each , now cannot be sold for wore than ^ 3 . ' This stato of things he attributed partly to tho operation of the New Tariff , but principally to the depressed state of the Glamorganshire iron works throwiDg numbers of men out of employment , and decreasing too amount of agricultural product reqnired . Whilst THE UTRES , which have been very generally commuted in this county under the bits Tithe Commutation Act , and vrhich were calculated on the former price of agricultural produce , MOW REMAJN A FIXED HX . 11 VKX UPON THE LAUD the price of produce being dec- eased one-third and sometimes one-h < ltf ; AND HEXTS HAVE NOT FALLEN IX ASY DtGREE WHATEVER . The COQacqUtl \ VM V 8 , to quDte his own txuruSjivo wor . s , ' TBE FaRVIESs
AKS GOING TO NOrEJJVG , EVERT ONE OF TiiErlJ THEY AKE GETTING HECKLES * , AND . DON'T CAKE WHAT THEY DO ! On ftlonuay last ' sail he , * £ > eatnunibsr 8 or them from ihejhiius j . med the mob ac < 3 prw ^ swu irvi CiTmartLeu , arm- d wit . aci' -hea fixed on stickB , icd guns and weapun , of aJ '
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kinds , hundreds and hundreds of them ; but they listened to the advice of a , respectable farmer , who addressed them , and prayed them , for God ' s sake , to leave them at one of the villages they passed through , or he could not tell what Ixrould have been the result when the soldiers attacked , them . ' Bat thoir chief and prominent cause of grievance is tbe toll-bar tax . It is nowiimpessible to get to rAbergwilly , for instance , a distance of six miles from | where we were then standing , ( without paying thiree turnpikes—a tux on the farmer who goes there with bis cart and two horses with ! his market produce of 9 d ., when ' often , 'said he , thejfanner has not 8 d . i « his pocket to pay it with ; it is too hard ; we can't bear it . '
" TbB landlords also must now begin to feel the depression . Another farmer ; informed me that he was iho steward of a landowner of Carmarthen , who owns an estate of nominally £ 4 , 000 a year rent-roll , but who , said he , for the last two years , has not iceceived the greater part of bis rents ; he is a good landlord , and aid not press his tenants ; but , said he , if he were now to distrain for them , he would get nothing , unless he sold their cows , which they live by , and their working horses . ' . > . . _
" I endeavoured te ascertain the cause of tbe attack on the workhouse of Carmarthen from several of the farmers , and from some vjho were even present at it Generally they said , ? Oa , we did not intend it at all , but ware urged forward by the Carmarthen mob . ' Oae farmer who appeared perfectly impartial , and very intelligent , and of whom I asked the cause of the unpopularity of the workheuse , ; told me , and from all I can gather I think ft is the truth , that the poor of Carniarthen are opposed to tbe New Poor Law because they are badly used ; that they have not enough food ; that they are separated from their wives and families , and kept as in a prison ; but the shopkeepers and farmers of the parish , who have tUe rates to pay , uphold it because they pay less poor rates . 'J myself , " said he , ' saved last year £ 27 in peor rates , which I paid le . s tuan I
did formerly for my farm close to Carmarthen , and generally poor-rates for the to-vn of Carmarthen are twenty per cent , less now than they used to be ; but , said he , ' I have another fdr ; u , at some distance from the town , in another and rural parish , belonging to the same ! union , in which the poor-rates are more tfean doubled , and the farmers there compliin that tho management of their own poor is taken oat of tbfcir own bauds , and that they are compelled to pay others to do this duty for them . But why should I , as ratepayer , ' said he , wish to pull down the workhouse , which has only just been built at the cost of the ratepayers ? There is an sense in doing that . But it was tbe poor farmers , who are grown reckless and can pay nothing , and do not care what they do , led on by the Carmarthen mob , who were ready to pull down the workhouse , or do anything : else . '
"The country , in the day time , appears perfectly quiescent . At night , however , the small farmers on the bills assemble together and appear pefectly organized ! for any mischief ; and those farmers who h'xve a stake in the country are afraid that INCENDIARISM WILL BE COMMON i " On Sunday theEarl of Cawdor and Colonel Powell , lord lieutenant of the county of Pembroke , arrived here ' at the request of the Government . "A bedy of marines are marching from Pater to Newcastle Emlyti , and Colonel Love is disposing the troops in various parts ef the county , so as to be ready to march on any part attacked .
" Yesterday the troop of tbe 4 th Dragoons marched from ; here to Newcastle , and I believe it to be tbe commanding officer ' s intention to be continually moving the troops about , so as to-prevent tbe insurgents from knowing at what spot they may find them . " In the mean time , every day brings fresh accounts of gates being thrown dowc On Friday night four were pulled down within two miles of Cardigan , and on Saturday three near Abergwilly . In fact , a general feeling of apprehension prevails that tbe destruction of private property will follow the present toll-bar outrages . " A lessee of eleven toll-bars on the Cardigan trust states , that tea of them have been thrown down . "
To tho working people we have 0110 word to say jn reference to these Rebecca riots . Let them alone . Jiave nothing to do with them . Let the middle class ; men fight their own battles and take their own risk . ¦ Those farmers who now feel tho pressure of the times" are tbe very fellows who would have ridden down , trodden dotvn , and sabred ds » wu , you at any moment , in any effort for your own rights . They now seek to involve you in tho meshes of this lawless struggle merely to make " ca , l ' u paws" of you . : They will use you to work their mischievous purposes j and then , whether their project hit or miss , they will lead themselves to Government for your destruction—and , as jurymen , will bo the first to send you by scores to prison and to the hulks , for helping them . There is a marvellous similarity
between these " Rebecca" riots and tho Strike Plot of last year io Englandl Be not befooled . Let the sorrow and misery of your English brethren ' s experience teach you wisdom . Should any of your own rank and party tempt you to have any , tho Iea 3 t , communication with " Rebecca , " bo sure that those who do so are knaves or fools , or both at the same time . That " Rebecca" Will progress we can have no doubt ; because we know that the hand of faction will not slacken its gripe ; and it ia the nature of all evil to begot its like , though not always in precisely the same form ; but we bid the people note that they will pever got good from violence . In all battles the blows will come to their share , while their "friends " the middle class sympathisers , will carry off the pr zes , and add more blows to their portion . Thus it ever was , and thua it ever will be .
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"EXTENSION OF COMMERCE . " " HIGH WAGES ! AND ( PLENTY TO DO !" Every week and day that passes over brings with it new instances of tho affection of the people's friends among the middle classes , for the amelioration of their suffa-ings . Every body knows how full of patriotism and philanthropy the Extension of Commerce men have always been ! How anxious they have beon to get tbe Corn Laws off , that the poor might have " cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do ! " with what earnest eloquence their prifations , under } the depressed state of commerce , were set forth ana insisted on . Well ; the corn laws
are not repealed , but trade is better ; much better orders are brisk and mills are required to work fail time ; indeed we had it from a large tradesman bnt a week or two ago , tbat "there never was a better trade than now . " And what do we now hear of the philanthropists—the " cheap bread and high wages" men ! Why , that , having failed in their purpose of intimidating the Government through the Strike-Plot of last year , thoy are now seeking their " extended" profits iu further reductions of the miserable wages of the
operatives whose condition they so pathetically deplore in public meetings . At a recent meeting in Manchester one of the speakers related the fact of Mr . "Cheap-Bread" Cobdbn having reduced his block printers to the tune of five pence in each one shilling and sixpence they earn !! This announcement excited a strong sensation of disgust at the conduct of ihe fellow , who during his perambulations through
the country has been professing the greatest sympathy for the starving operative ; ascribing all their sufferings to the Corn Laws and the tyranny of the aristocracy ; holding up himself and his manufacturing brethren as the very essence of philanthrophy ; and who , in the midst of all this hypocritical whining , unjustly deprives those who are dependant on him for employment of almost one third of their entire earnings ! !
At Leicester , it seems that similar proceedings are going on at the same time . On the 19 th instant , a deputation of workmen went , in a respeotful and orderly manner , jto the different glove manufactories , soliciting their owners to give the same rate of wages as agreed to in the month of May last , which was a reduction of nine per cent , on the wage 3 of last year . Messrs . Bailey , Cook , Warner , M ills , How e , Thorpe , Richards , Preston , and BhAHPTON , all agreed to give the price : but oa soliciting the Messrs . Biggs , Mr . William , the present Maitob ;
—theconcoctcroftho "Midland Counties Charter ; ' * the great "Reformer of the House of Lords ; " the mighty agitator for a Repeal of the Corn Laws ; the supposed philanthropist ; the great teacher of equality ; the man who , in 1832 , harangued the people on the Reform Bill , and told them to prepare themselves ; . o march to Birmingham : yes ; this man told the deputation "he should hold no conference with them ; and if they broke the peace , by committing acta of vagrancy , or anything else , he should punish them to the utmost rigour of the law . " The deput ition wanted to reason with him . He haughtily returned for answer , ' * you have heard
what I have said ; you know what I mean ; you can go . " On this , the band played before his Warehouse , and in his very teeth , tbe Dead March . Our correspondent , from whose communication we have quoted the foregoing setting forth of facts , tells us , that " the reduction HE offers is about twenty ' five per cent , less than the hands received last year ! ' * Other Corn Law Repealing firms were visited with no better effect . Thus has it ever been , and thus will it ever be while the infernal system laats ! No change of times for tetter ever betters the condition of the poor workman ; but ho is incessantly made to put his shoulder under the full weight of everv extra pressure .
Simultaneously with these proceedings of the " friends of tho working men" in Cheshire and Leicestershire , we learn from another correspondent that a Coal Owner of Staffordshire notoriety—the identical same Coal Owner who produced all the disturbances in that district of last year—and for which disturbances poor Cooper is now being immolated—has given notice of a reduction throughout his collieries of fourpence aday ! ! bringing the poor wretches to wear cut their lives in the bowels of the
earth , amidst sulphurous fumes , and surrounded by untold dangers , for eighteen-pence a-day ! . While the Messrs . Grace , Car , and Co ., in another part of the kingdom—at their immense collieries at Rcokington , in the Newcastle district—has perpetrated upon their men , one of the most heartless oppressions that we have ever heard of , even ia the annals of" Friends to thi poor . " This matter ia deserving of a passing notice , and we entreat our readers to give it one . They will all remember the awful explosion in the Kiag Pit , recorded in the Star at the
beginning of last April . Just at that time these conscientious gentleman had contracted with a number of workmen for twelve months ; the terms of the agreement being , that those poor men should on no account work for any body else during tbe twelve months ; and also that as many of them as should absent themselves from labour during that period , should forfeit to the masters two shillings and sixpence for every day so lost . After the dreadful catastrophe of the 5 th of April , the men , of course , felt some hesitation at risking their lives until they should learn that , the pit was safe
they proposed , therefore , the very reasonable expedient of an examination by competent and disinterested parties . Thia the Christian-minded middle class " friends to the poor" refused to accede to ; and the men have consequently been out from that time to the 22 ud inst . ; ten weeks having been lost in the unreasoning , reckless obstinacy of the masters , and four more in ventilating the pit to make it workable ; during all which time these poor men are lying idle , and tbeir philanthropic and Christian-like employers , who would surely , have -imprisoned thorn had they taken a day ' s work for any other party , refuse to
give them a farthing of wages for their lost time ! We hear that tho men , who are all now at work , intend to proceed against these fellows at the assizes for the amoun ^ ofj the wages due to them ; or rather for the amount of the 2 s . 6 * d . per day profit upon their labour , which by their indentures they must have paid to Messrs . Grace , Carr , and Co ., if the time bad been lost by their fault : and we do hope most earnestly that they will be universally aided by their fellows in the struggle . It ia only in united exej uon that tne people can fiad any efficient substitute for that just power of action which they ought to have , and which they must never rest until they do have ; for until then will they always find their energies fuil tasked for the correction of the grievious evils which the system brings into operation .
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— - ~ - ^^^^^~ —~ - ** - ^ — " ^ * w W W W IRELAND AND REPEAL . Wb must referj our readers to our news columns for information of the progress of the Repeal agitation . Iu England , the matter is exciting serious apprehension and attention from all classes ; and the ory now is , not " iwhat shall be done with Ireland !"
but " what shall be done for IrelandV And though , in the debate on the Arms Bill , Ministers made no promises , and the Whig press are , of course , big with ] denunciation on the matter , we opine that , in all probability , the sincerity of Mr . O'Conneu , and ^ he Repeal leaders will be tested ere long . It is impossible for things to keep as they are : something mast be done . And we shall
not be at all surprised to find some means put in operation which it may be thought will serve as a sop to Cerberus . The people , English as well as Irish , will look anxiously on , in the meantime , artd the result , if it be so , will shew the grada and status ot the Irish mink . Oi this may the Irian peopie rest satisfiod : that no remedial measures shore of Repeal , nor ovonfllopual its-elf unaccompanied by an universal pamoipatioa in tho liuht and power of Government will reach thoir wrongs and heal the crying wouuds of their body , social and political .
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE . We are of those who seldom feel surprised at any detail of atrocity committed under ihe preBent system of society . A system to be homogenous must have parts in correspondence with , its whole . Tho whole system of class legislation is one of rapine and cruelty . Its necessary results' are an extinction of the moral feelings and of all tho attributes which should distinguish between humanity and the predatory tribes of the ferocious "lower animals ;" superinducing upon man their worst characteristics with all th& fearful aggravations and refinements
of ratiocination . Our knowledge of this inevitable working of the general principle , prepares as therefore so fully for the instances which meet us continually , that they lose much of the effect which , tbey might otherwise produce upon onr minds . Such tales of horror as are brought to light continually by the records of our Poor Law administration ; and the doings of our factory , farming , manufacturing , and magisterial lordlings , though they may excite our indignation , seldom call forth surprise . They are the sort of fungi that will always rise wbila the ulcer is permitted to remain uncleansed .
We have given lately some prime specimens of gaol discipline , dietary , and management at Stafford , Northleach , Knutsford , and other places ; we now add another sample at Carnarvon . A poor fellow named Owen Davies was thus treated , according to the inspector ' s report ; from which it appears that : — Ellen Davies called before the Inspector , deposes upon oath that her late husband , Owen Diviea , a prisoner , complained during his illness of the gaoler George ' s treatment of him . It was about the beginning and middle of his illness that he complained that be did not set the meat that was fit for him . "I recollect
his sending me to Dr . Roberts , the surgeon to tbe gaol , to say tbat he , Owen Davies , was very ill , and bad great injustice done him in gaol ; that be took a great deal of physic , and bad not such food as a sick person conld eat ; that he did not think be should live long ; that be told me , with tears in his eyes , that George was starving him to death ; that be often said , when I was attending him in the hospital' Ellen , if I die here , remember I die from starvation and ill-treatment of ihe beginning of iny illness * In her cross-examination by Mr . George her statements were not shaken ; she admitted that her husband had every attention daring the latter part of his illness , and everything a sick man
conld fancy or require ; bat she added , < It he bad been half as well attended to at first , I think he would have been better- ' The surgeon's evidence is confirmatory of this statement He cays ; i Owen Davies frequently complained to me of the treatment he met with from George . George had used harsh language to him , he said . I myself have beard Qeoige use harsh language to him . * I have beard him say to him , in my presence , 'He is a d—d rascal , and the greatest thief in the country . ' I recollect Owen Davies saying to me , tbat he considered George's severity would be the cause of his death . After his removal to
the hospital be complained to me about tbe diet ; be complained frequently that he did not get the diet I had ordered . I had told George what Owen Davies ' s diet was to be . About six weeks after Owen Davies Went to the hospital I said to George , ' the man is dying , yoa sheuld not speak harshly to him , * Gsorge replied , He is a great rascal ! You say he is dying but he is a long time about it' ! ! I The surgeon adda : ' I did :: ot enter these complaints in my journal , or report them to the visiting justices . I consider tbat if I bad reported Owen Daviea's complaints about George to tbe justices , it would only have exasperated him more against Owen Davies . '"
Such is the statement given by Mr . Pigoo , in the Morning Chronicle , in his letter bearing date June 27 th , Mr . Pigou adds : — " 1 understand the gaoler is to be examined oa these charges , of cruelty to criminals and lunatics ; of illegal punishment and forced labour to debtors ; of drunkenness ( nine charges in and out of the prison ) ; and of a decided partiality to cock-fighting , at the Eext quarter sessions , on the 25 th cf this month ; that great interest is making throughout the county in favour of this exemplary gaoler , and that the " Thrashers" count upon as great a majority ia his and their favour as their brethren in Cheshire secured for their champion , snd against their chaplain , and aa the Northleach " Thrashers" obtained for their surgeon .
" * Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just ;' and success is almost certain ; particularly as there fortunately is also a chaplain at Carnarvon as at Knuisford , who may be offered up vicariously for the gaoler ; thus making the precedents tally : for this gentleman , without the fear of the Rev . Mr . Brown ' s fate , has had the conscience to depose that 1 he ( Owen Davis ) attributed the origin of his disease very much to George * ' Va victo . Let him not repeat this testimony on the 29 th , or he may chance to lose his chaplaincy , and Mr . George may be confirmed in the exercise of his mild authority . "
No doubt it will be so . Suob gaolers as this George are necessary to the system ; and while tho system lasts there will be a ways plenty of them found to anticipate the bidding of the things who desecrate the magisterial bench . When the Charter becomes law , these atrocities will be no longer practicable j for though the magistrates will then , as now , have power to control tha gaolers , the people will have power also to control the magistrates , and thus keep all right .
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THE FACTORY BILL , AND THE HYPOCRI
TICAL DISSENTERS . As we well knew , and stated at the first burst of holy indignation against the Factory Bill of Government ,, the battery wa 9 nearly masked by opposition to the Educational Clauses ; while the real animus of the entire opposition was directed against the protection clauses , which the canting cowards dared not to openly attack . The Educational Clauses have been withdrawn entirely j but the Bill is no more palateable yet 1 It is as bad a Bill as
ever 1 The Mawworms and the Cantwells are aa loud in their abuse of it now , as before their , withdrawal . " Neddt ; " brother Patriot ; and the Rev Mr . MAssiB , as tub-thumping corporal , still pipe their whistles lustily ; and Noncon . beats a email tattoo in concert , though he corrects one or two of tho most dissonant of their false notes . Hereafter we we shall take the trouble of giving these " slugs " one more pickling . For the present this notice must suffice ; just to inform them that we do " see them crawl . "
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The Defekck Fond BalanceShest , — We did not receive Mr . tO Connor ' s Balance-sheet , as trea * surer to the Defence Fund , in time for publication this week : we shall give it in our next number . Stars fob Ireland . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association received thirty-six Stars last week , and fifty-three the week before , for which , and on . the part of their countrymen , they return theif best thanks . A list of persons to whom St& ' may be sent , and which will produce good e ffe c t shall be furnished to the Committee at Fir ^ treelane , Sheffield , from whence they can b e sent direct .
Akthur Augustine Mageb . —We cannot insert ih address sent us from the Repealers e j Carlisle to Mr . O'Coimell . It would be betU . suited to the columns of the Nation , or some ot ' frish paper . The Northern Star gives as mv ^ intelligence of the Repeal movement as pract xable but the insertion of addresses such as this would exclude from ih columns the repr ' e meetings % which are more interesting to tP e aenerai reader . Victim Fund- ^ balance- sfle ^ been forwarded , from Friday , May 26 VA , to Wednesday , Jun 2 lst , / rom whwh tt seemsthat the Committee havt received , from r nri / nis nartu > . < t . £ 5 16 s . Hid . ;
a ,, ?? i _ , - eir disbursements have been £ 5 Us . lUd —leaving in the hands oj the-Treasurei , 4 * . F , dt 3 % * Committee request all ptrsons ha , vi ' ug out books to bring or send them in ™ * ' oeek , on a Wednesday evening , at eight ocloo '^ attheHal ^ Turnagam-lane . VYnuAjr . * Towkht , BlBMMJGHAM . — We have a da" * ct knowledge of the language he quotes having ? jeen used by the Corn-Law Repealing Fmwitmam , in his place in the House ; but cannot out him to the date . The same Fitzwju . iaM has Seen enabling his tenantry to meet the Free ^ Trade Tariff-caused low price ofagriculturalproduce by lnereasirju their rents ! fhe reason assigned pr
this course on the part of the " noble &a ™\* that tbe electors of the West Riding r j . cted Aw son at the last election . Parliamentary seats ana influence have , it seems , been purchased by low rents ; at least the " Earl ' srems Co have deme * them low . Unless , however , that Parliamentary iiftuence is submissively afforded , the p « ct ) ts 10 be withheld .
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MATERIALS FOR A " CASE" AGAINST IRELAND . The English Press are circulating the following as " a sample of the poetipal effusions , now in very general circulation among the ' finest peasantry ' : " — , •' Then Luther ' s generation will take . a speedy flight , And go Into Hanover ia lands of sweet delight ; Our enemies mmrt cut their sticks , and leave this fertile land , For lit was decreed that Luther's breed should fall by God ' s command . Oar clergymen they will attend , while blood runs in their veins , And Erin ' s sons , with pike and guns , will cb&se them like the Danes . " ;
Let not tho reader laugh at this " weak invention of the enemy . " The Whig Irish Coercion Bill was justified , and PASSED , by a House of Commons , having a majority of 200 Reform members , on less grounds tban the foregoing " poetical effusion" ! Lord Stanley was then ; Irish Secretary ; and he brought into the House the "offioial Red Box , '' filled , as he said , with the evidence upon whioh he relied for the passing of tho Bill which the Whig Government had prepared to put down the Repeal a ^ uarion . He opened his box , and produced his evidence . It consisted wholly and soh y , of an old song . ' . than which the above " poetical effudion " contains a thousand times more " sedition , " and a thousand times more " treason" and cause for
alarm ! The " old song" game has bee a tried before and it answered . ' On the evidence afforded by that '' old song , " did the "Reformed House of Commons , " piissa law making it transportation for any one to be fouud out of his house ( cabin !) after san-seC 11 and on tbe evidence afforded by that same song , did tbe English " Reforming" Press support the Legislative Reiormers in their atrooious act against public liberty ! There is , thorefore , more than meets the eye , in this " old song" story , now so industriously circulated .
We have noted , most minutely , the great difference- in the tone of the Whig press during the present Repeal agitation , from that which it bore ! in 1833 . Then it was treason . Then it was unjustifiable . Then it must be put down by the strong arm of the law . Now , it is not even condemned ; or , if eo , in aoc&nta so mild , that they amount to an encouragement . What is the reason of the change ! The Whigs are out ! Were tbe Whigs in , the Leeds Mercury would again begin
to sneer ai " Kino Dan" ; and justify another Irish Coercion Act I The Whigs ark out ; and the Whig press given the present agitation a sort of countenance , in the hope that it will eventuate in Beating the Whiga again on the Treasury Benches , where they know they mil be sure of the aid of the Tories in putting the agitation down ; and in sending the in ? lexible agitators to cool their corns in a dungeon , while the tlbxible and useful ones are rewarded for their labours !
The onlt noPK the Repealers can have for success is to he * p THR Whigs odx ! ! See what excel ¦ lem oppooUiouiats they make ! Look at tho Arms Bill . Iliat measure would have been through both Hmbob lon # ajjce , bad the Wbigs bean in , with < ,. k Tones . a < their back to carry it ! KttP them in opposition 1 and you will thwart the Minister , and . procure Rzpral ! Lot the Whigs again into office , and away . goos every hope for success I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct808/page/4/
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