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AlL THOSE WHO LITE BY LABOUR . yjjs . sDS , —The D £ mr for vhieb J ^^ " ° S *\ V ^ length arrived . We must now proTe J ^ T ^ h . p eople are a faction or & party ; whether ^ Lrf toetioB or the " legitimate source of all * * f iii Uat we ask for , * n U » t we want , all F * " desiM ja now within onr grasp . Yes , I say *** ^ c&n now hare the Charter—the Charter or & ** „__{}« Charter or worse than nothing . Worse *^ ^ hing , anything else yon tate in lieu thereof , ^ - " .. and for this reason , any thing short of ' the *** - ^ 'i * eid to destroy all hooe of accomplishing U ^ ierra- . * - S * ^ g -j . i must make every sentence in this letter
^« — i Tl rv !« Lava l ( -. e ? + 4 lv ati * eaWna Vf „ ( me . The Whira haTe lost themselves by * ff ^ , 0 Ee vote-master instead of the nation , f ^" * ^ we bare bees lost for want of the eo-{ ? V ^ Ireland . Nothing can insure us that < S ^ a knt a Tory squeeze , Ireland has heard ^ vT b = fc the nurse ' s lullaby of «• Hush-a-by % ? Ttile the Whigs were gorging the hungry ^"^ jroU . Ireland has neTer yet spoken out for lZ ^ * ^ _ » v « rv 1 rrtocfciT fil / M ^ e irirt t&fl rK > k-t ty&tit \ 1 * schoolmaster alone can teach her people
. « A Tory ^ T , <^ ai oat- I * ** ' kas sim * immeasurably in t ' " , " jj f nations , and in the eistimation of the ^ ~ tj her support of the coercing , police-enaci-^ C-- " -sralloDin ? " Whigs . Ireland has harked the ^ . ' Van . But , don't mistake me , I must distinguish T ^ -z Ireland and the Com Exchange , although the t > er \ j b-ehly censurable for their blind , their servile ^ rjjyiaitie follswing of such cold-blooded leaders
i * & then , has cheered the Whigs in their every ; ^ jtt s sains : En 5 lish Kberty . and the English i ^/ Ir isa representatives h 3 ve voted for every ] £ * j 3 BSSb » The Irish leader tendered his services \ k io -m tie English Chartists , and has threatened j * £ £ Chartists with persecution . J V- o « it , then , to Ireland to prove what the jjancsr of the English people is , and what their j ** facings towards Ireland are . England cannot do *
« .:. £ ] Ireland is in need of her support . Ireland j " - nji prof cS » to need her support until the national i v - / - > -roods , the oranca faction , and the shooting ' i-- - sre ag ^ in sanctioned in thrir atrocities by a ' , " e ; Temni = nt . IreZar . d exxmi & ? hr . ' . tr till she if Z * i-pm ^ -i— && criiis has iu nuiv ; ii is a : fait d , . -v ; - the Tories come in they will make a drive &t wai England will then return g-.-od for evil , ami ; t = tc 7 blov aimed at Irel-r . d , Engliad will bit w- * - rs or-rressars two for it . 7 "A ^ sh < ill txt o-ja > n
iz lMt ja Jrishpesp ' e , OR EL 5 . c _ ; ^• ehtifS , my friends , r&sts the distinction . Taaer i 7 ii | Gjvfrnment th ? PD ^ rgies c / Ireland vrU l ..-^ r . is » dcrs , for the benefit of parliamentary job-^ Ttilc under a Tory Government her energies wiil k ~ --3 » d . & 2 d instead of Fpeaking throush the C ? rr : £ ibrc p = my trunpt-t , she will D ; aie the lanu rb : ^ - ; c ± is r . entorian cries of the Charter . I ;; ~ ri . S 3 I predicted in rcy last letter to O'Maky , , ' - - .--- £ *; Lcs , in my vtry vrorvls , siii tliat " Ireland i 2 t&i * i-i > erptd beyond her cim limits . '' Tiiis is to air jianry . noihing die under haver- Oppr < .-ssi-. n r 2 , vt £ j ; E 3 ia a people sut-icribe for those wh " ¦ p L-s » ceffibit it .
*~ z I skew yon that Ireland must set a taste oi ri = before Irishmen coae to their senses . Whig jesoijs Li 3 done more for the Charter than ire bl : Live otherwise accompiiihed for ytars . 1 njaee in my solitude , because it ha 3 served the us , iad I K' - ^ rejoice when I hear of five hundred ttetss or Chaniscs being sent to Irish prisons for K&isi ofuiees , and then the work will be begunvsiij is bas begun ; but thry shall not die there , oi fas : there , as we have been allowed to du and linger ji Isnini
la the Srst time in Irish history , the people are boning to speak for themselves ; action fellows Sfcd . 0 , whit delight the letter of Brophy rave kc { i , viu iL £ ni"e jay the eloquent , manly , tas powerful , fe jiik , atd convincing Address of the Executive of fe Tiiosai Charter Association to the Irish , mesthave psasiii : But ¦ what Irish paper will publish it ? ± ii : "there'sthe rub . " I isissd , then , I £ 3 y , must be had , and Ireland can aj be hid by driving her into the arms of the English trsL-ccmr , cjmfort , and support . / ici' U pledge a I l&jd and Scotland on behalf of Ireland vhen she E J 3 ! ' :, ' rsjl iusiice .
K iij fnendi , in this struggle every raan will be kaoTrn W' j « hi < T « ts . You have renewed the covenant betweea E a . I ; Hr ~ g vc > u all from my eoeL I ihaok you fox t Trcrspcaie to my atp ^ al . You say •'>• : « vriil stick r se lit ; ° c 2 i ; " but you dont sr . y what ¦ wax . In t psr > r . 1 jromise to stick to you lite cobbler ' s ¦ wax . * c thr e * emy like s leech , and to the Charter like a * ¦ I Ties is dow but one " way el carrring the Charter
* ¦» & . A ciE 5 c ?^ ation hand . Keiy np ^ jn it that '¦ afTiin -rAI dissc-lve ; they "will not give the Tories M K ^ ice is lor ? as tbry can ielp it Indee-1 , they m . misged all the dissolution scenery for the per-3 ESLCS . Taey expect great things from the novelties I : ihty do not know ths feeling of the people . How-5 . t ; i . ^ l huve a dissoVatioa , th-fs certain . All I lui-jin fsveur of a Ministry in cmc * -will be tried lr . s jeaaal election , bef .. re the hungry Whigs vrali
* lit thrn beccmes your duty ? I shall tell you . H if EEiap' . is by y ^ ux " superiors" in diplomacy . rt dj -tt "SVL : ; s hope to get a majority ? How H a cTgy KiElstry get , icd how preserve a majo-V . Bj' -ISCLrs iTE DEALING . " There , my "* is , is the whole secret What they * rp-. n thfmselves , in you they will re-* To wheni sre Euhopricks , the Bench , fcaascies cf Counties , Commissions of the peace , feascia in tht army and navy given ? To ¦ whom
• resoas , Knecures , &Ed salaries given ? On whom * raoiiB , titles , and distinctions conferred ? From t . := the Qares ' s tea , sugar , timber , cheese , bread , * L ; a , furniture , tobacco , wiDe , whiskey , gin , and « boaght ? Why , all from the friends of the ad-J = nra-ioa in power . What is the greatest taunt to ^ cs Einktry can be subjected ? Is it not , " 0 , T cfc « Bishjprick , or the Bench , orsomeappoint-< u > 2 dja ^ tfal man—ho-r then car , you expect your I *» a h suppyri yoUr vrt&t has been the burden of
h ^ - ~ : ^ i tTt 37 « ong sxd letter ? Has it rot been , : ;» 2 den * : Eire as Irish our shire in appointments , < ic » ttji jrr . exject us to support you ? " EreE I t : r ;'* s ' ' -- ? eclvnies , the hungry ceviis fs . ee kfectioii "^ 5 ^ Ik place and plunder . Dz ± i ., mix , wjth . ¦ Bl 1 T'JtE JEizsDS , and before an . electioD I i ' '*" ' 8 S ^ on ^^ on ^ T co ^ d the balance of power-7 x win be the legitimate source of all power , I = » eTir tried it . Try it in earnest , and in six I ^ " ** ^ " ^ 6 " Tron : and if yon will not for six fl j P ^ k * serving your friends to serving youi I ^ * - ?> be slaves and be damned . I tell yon not to I fc " " ^ ° ^ " ' an onT ! Ce of tea or sugar , a hat , a fe ^^ ' froia ^ y KaI 1 wil 0 will not vote 8
I ft " - ' ^^ ^ V ^ i s > : ' n learn lile ^^ Ta 5 ue ° ^ *^ Pease igunsi the treasury gold . j , c Jc-a qbj * brgia in time . Let the Executive take ^ -iii send a { orni of pledge to b « printed in the B ^ ** " * ^ ttt Siar to be reprinted in slips m every I ft ^ b y tis Committee of the Association in I de ' * ' e 7 c ! 7 S -3 P in the town . This could be I ^ ^ ' fe ^ f-ence is nothing . Tae shock ^ " ^ estrieal . ilake no combinaiions to injure
i | ' ^ combin e to terve your friends , and stick U i ? . ' a 7 dear frUnds , pray observe . You must Iw - ^ pkeep ^ Ts' isicrest against the shopkeepers ' jfc rt e ? n » w know that a well-fed and well-paid £ « ttik = a fa . j t ! 11 a ;; d & cbeerfal wife on a Satur . e ^ f ^ ^^ that a badly-paid people make an k ^^ 1 ^ a grum bling spo us * ; but thii they have 8 *^ . ' frQm * fooliih ' Tain love of their little social I fe vl ^' ' ™ ' ^ ^ 'P * tiia * tilings would mend I * Ka eoapiete ignorance npon all political and , * \ ^ ^ mind ' ^ 'P *^ ^ ol the ™ iddl e | IL ^^ taA fli ?^ nt errors have been committed . ft . it ^ ^ bt * n argued u though the intersata of ' . i fflid " * * " Were identical > whereas , the j ^* ^ "P-keepers and thai of manufacturers are ] g . - teti pedet one to the other . The interest of
b J ^ e ^ rer U to have cheap labour ; while the I ^ Jf h& * ° Iikee P is t 0 t " d £ ar labour . Ton i * L ^ b tea tE e iiopieepew and tradesmen of all 1 ° *> * fl « * ± em against the real enemy— i ^» S Lorda . j
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From the fact of the manufacturers being represented in Parliament , and commanding tbe capital and markets , and paying wages , and discussing politics , they have placed their questions and their interests in the ascendant , and have kept them eternally in view , bringing the poor , fooiiah , ignorant shopkeepers up as backers , upon mere prejudice against popular rights , and against their own interest . In fact , the manufacturers mnst be put down , and no means so speedy and certain as by enlightening aad instructing those who make up their nnmerical strength , and which alone gives them any importance . Bnt for the shopkeepers , the manufacturers would be but a mere handful of political buffoons .
Now , although I do not , in general , recommend tbe trample of the Court or the oligarchy , as worthy of being followed , yet I a .= k you , if you can discover any more moral and efficacious mcxle of agitation than a well directed system of ejvltuive dealing ?" It but requires method to make it irresisrible , while it has the sanction of long-establuhed precedent id its favour . I do trust that this question will be calmly and serio- ^ sly discussed , and , if approved , instantly and energetically acted upon . My friends , just mark our pesition for a single moment , and see what persevereace has ltd to . My ¦ ' tcild associates' '— " Fesrgus ' s -wild associates , " as Da > and his Tame followers have called you . and me , mark how we stand , and how it has been
accoir . puih : d by the very system -vrnicb so justiy entities me to the name of the " ¦ wild Feargus . " We are misters—aye , MASTERS , who can deny it ; ami how has it been doae ? By thit " wild" system of ? . dt 2 t . f-n - « h : ch I have ever practised , and shall ever r ; criDHiend . Tbe storm created by the " wild" elements of Enrli > h agitation is irresistible , while the liuthodical . sys t ematic , paying , and " practical " aeita-. ion in Ireland has left the disconsolate people at : he mercy of a bad faction , wl ::. m they preftr as a choice oi evi's to ssve them from a worse faction , while we defy both factions . / am the " "wild Feak . jis . " Dan is the " practical Liberator . " L ? t us see whose sh . p will best stand tbe storm , aad -who will bcit t > i ! ot the vessel when it rages .
Every attempt has been made in En ? land to create & methodical , $ \ , b ! tmaiic , " practical" PAVING agitation , but I -was always gb my guard ; it means retail purchase , and wholesale sa ' e <¦ £ public opinion . It means , " Ah ; now , dont minJ ize , just let me go on , or let us go on , and dtpendupont > -, don ' t takeary trout ; k \ we'll do it all . " Has not this system , I ask yuu , paralysed Ireland , and has not thi > absence of it made England the envy , admiration , snd spread of Whigs aEd Tories ? Just look at our lecturers , paid so badiy , th ^ t the rtturn to labour from the accomplishment of the Charter , wouldlittrallv be a God-stnd .
I to'd you in J . imary : ^ = t , in my ietter upon tht Sunderlin'i resolutiar ? , that the time was nearer than many supoosed , wteu thuse who La- \ honestly stood by the Charter won : a be ealkd upon to take th-rir natoril pjsii ' . oc in the a-lmiidstration of their country ' s affairs . I repeat it n _ > w . 1 aUo tj ! d th-m that no man should lone continue in the ¦ arr ^ ns road for want of calling aft-r . I repeat tLat also . Now , my frit-mis , in conclusion , I have only to add , when my honour and n ; y cause -were attacked , I defended myself as becarne an Irishman , a Chartist , and a gentleman , not dealing in vituperation half so strong as
circumstances warranted , ard I hold it that I should but ill deserve your confidence , your regard and respect where I base enough tamely to submit my neck to the oppressor ' s yoke , I have done my duty in defending myself . I threw down the gauntlet when the foe was before me , an 4 Irjw tender the olive branch to all who wish to unite with me agiinst the oppressor . We have no right to make merchandise of the people ' s cuse . Whstrver our feelings may be , personally . at ail t : rues they should be : if hostiie ) reluctantly expressed , and on ! y when extracted from us ; but , at the present noment , disnnion is treason .
v ^ ith the hope , then , that our disunion may prove o spared of strength to mir enemies , I have forbid the pnslication of the remainder of my letter to Mr . Hrtberington , and also all personal angry feeliDgs upoii the " new move . " I am jeady to forgive and forget , but I ain not ready to move backwards , by a hair ' sbreadth , in the course which I have so long travelled and which , thocgh "tvild , " I have measured every singis iach bifore I took the step . The " wilder" the agitation , the greater the necessity fot thought and study in those who had , sometimes , to suggest , and whose suggestions have always been honoured with confidence and attention .
In Ecglund the people speak for themselves . In Ireland the " patriots" speak of the people as a mechanic speaks of his tools , as things to work with . ily frien is , be firm , be united , be brave , and the Devil himself cannot bsat us . Onward , and tee owjuer ; b-icJ : irard ^ and ice faU ~ > 'ot one atom less than ow Chaeier—not half an atom . Your faithful friend , And loyal subject , Feargis O'Connor
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HALIFAX . —Corn Law Disclssiox . —A discussion on the Corn Laws came off at the Odd Fei-Ijws' Hall , in this place , on Saturcay and Monday evening ? , the 9 th and 11 ih of May , between Mr . Win . Warren , of Manchester , on the part of the Operative Anti-Corn Law Association , and Mr . Leech , on the part of the National Charter Association—whether a repeal oi' the Corn Law , accompanied with other remedial measures , would benefit ihe work : ng classes . At the co : ; c ! u--ioii of ihtsecond k-ciure , the frUowiujZ was adopted , withou : a dissentient voice : — "That , in the opinion of th ;? meeting , the Corn Law monopoly , and every other monopoly , is foucced o : i ii ju .-tice aiid robbery ; fan : a repeal of the Corn Laws , unacconipaiii-d vri ; h Universal Suffrage , cannot hi enVcicd so as to prove ber . efieialto the working classes . "
DER 3 Y . —The Chartists of this place held their meeting at the Xorthern Star , when the following iesulution was unanimously passed , some fri-.-n « is frum the country be ; cg present at the sa ; iie time— " That we , the Chartists of Derby , pledge ourselves on hehaif cf the town and county , that in case Mr . O Bri ^ u survives Lis imprisonment , the sum of £ 5 , as reqi ;;> ted in the S : < ir , shall be punctually pai 1 , and should his death ensue bifore that period iwfeicb God f . rbid > . we also pledge ourse ' ves that his funetal wnnon shall btpreached threngbout the county , and collections madu
at each place , as a means ( as far as in our power lays ) of consoling his bereft and respected widow and family . And -we hiil wiUi delight the ntbie exertions made by the Petition Convention for that noble of nature , Mr . O'Britn . and- should the Government refuse to release him , and he Mr . OB .: become a martyr to their ever detectable and damnable misrule and oppression , we , the Chartists of Derby , will give the aforesaid Government moral battle upon all occasions that may present themselves to us ; and -we recommend the whole country ¦ o taie the same steps . "
KENSINGTON . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists , held at the Cnvted Temperance Coffee-house , Lower George-street , Chelsea , on Monday , May 10 th , Sir . Stiilwood delivtred an abie and interesting lecture on teetotal Chartism , which was at tnded with the rood result Of an addition of four members to the National Charter Association , and likewise an addition of the same number to the ¥ nited Temperance Association . NOTTINGHAM— The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of the Chartiits , held at the King George on Horseback , on Monday evening lasi :
" That we have no confidence in any body of men ( or in any movement , who have not for their object the attainment cf Universal Suffrage ; and that we have unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and the yorihern Star . " " That we are of opinion , that the Government move for a Repeal of the Com Laws is intended to raise popular opinion in favour of the Whigs , in order that they may ride back to power ( from which they are likely to be driven ) on the shoulders of the people , whom they will afterwards ba » ely deceive If the said Whigs expect any suppart from the Chartists . they must give them a proof of tbeir good intentions by restoring to their country , an'J their families , the txiltd patriots , Frest , Williams , and Jones ; anil also set at large all persons confjjed for political effences . "
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Bbonterre O'Bbien . —The Brighton Committee for the release of O'Brien , have received a letter from Captain Pecheil , stating that he has seen the Secretary of State , who has ordered a report to be made on Mr . O'Brien ' s case . LONDON . —( Westminster )—At a meeting of this body , held at the Union Coffee House , Carnabystreec , Regent-street , on the 9 Ui instant , the following resolution was passed : — " That we , the members of the National Charter Association , of Great Britain , resident in Westminster , having carefully and dispassionately examined and discussed the proposed plan of Messrs . Lovett and Co ., are of opinion thai ii is calculated to create disunion and distrust among the people of this country , and we pledge ourselves to continue as members of the National Charter Association , and wo further pledge c'urseives , individually and collectively , to support the Northern Star , so long as it pursues that straightforward course from which it never yet has deviated . "
ST . PANCRAS , ( Middlesex )—A most numerous meeting of the Chartisrs o ; " this parish was holdtn on . Monday e > euiii £ lest , at their rooms ii rook-street , Now-road , Mr- Humphries in the chair . The preliminary business of the meeting having been gone through , tho election for thu Executive then took place . Tho meeting then resolved into an Eketiou Committee for the Borough of Marylebone , Mr . H . Mariey in the chair . Names were taken down and the Committee adjourned ; Tiiere seems to be a very good prospect of a good r-ouiM Radical coming in for vhe borough , or else it wiil be Is ' oumghamised .
St . Pancras . —A public meeting of the inbabiiams of ihe Parish of St . Pancras was boiiien at the Archery Assembly Rooms , B-uh Phce , New Road , on Tuesday evening la-t , in behalf of the political victims , and the furthering of the cause oi univerfal liberty . R- ^ ohuions were agreed to , dopreoa-tire the conduct of tha Whi ^ s towards the political victim ? , and calling upon the people to si ^ n tho National Petition fjr the liberation of thu said victims , and for the speedy adoptiou of the Charter . CAiViB £ KWi : LL AND WALWORTH .- The Chartists of this locality held UKir usual weekly meeting on Monday night ; a seamd subscription was entered int : > for Mrs . Frost ; lCs ( Jd . was collected , which has been seut to our offic 3 . Tho following resolution was adopted : — " That a public meeting be h ' - lii at Mr . Patio ' d Asst-mb ' y-rooms , Newiugtou . oil Tuesday next , at eiijiit o ' clock p . m .
BOLTON . —Mr . l ^ aac Barrow lectured here on Sunday evening last , to a numerous audience . A collection cf 1 ' 2 * . 6 i . vras made for Mrs . Frost at the end of ihe lecture . In a few days upwards of 8 , 00 'i signatures were obtained here to tho National Charter . NOTTINGHAM . —At ameetiDgon Monday nighi the L'harusts passed resolutions expressive of pleasure at the determination of tho men oi Leicester to put Mr . O'Counor in uomuisuion , to represent tnirrowri in Parliament . It was also resolved by the General Ci uucil that their thanks bo t : \ vcn to all thoio ptTsous who approved of their conduct at the late election , on the return i > f Mr . Walter .
CHELTENHAM . —The Chartists held a meeting here on Tuesday flight , and collected £ 1 Is . for Mrs . Frost . Tnanks were passed to Feargus O'Connor , E- ^ l ., and the Rev . Wm . Hill , editor of the Star , ior their patriotic conduct ill the cause of the suifering nrilions . T = i-i cau ^ c here is iu a nourishing coudit . uu , and tbe Charn ' sts will join , the National Charter Association as sooa as the requisite arrangements can bd made . OLIJHAM . —The Chartists of this place , at their weekly meeting , renewed their expressions of confidenci in O'Connor and the conductor of the Star , of their determination to stick by them , and of tticir repudiation of the " new more . "
« EWCASTL 3 . —The " Leagck" Men . —A correspondent writes us thus : — " As I was going down Manor Chair , this day week , I heard a person say to a gentleman—you are requested to attend the auti-Coru Law mcetiug to-day , the Mayor is sent for , and the meeting will take p ' aue in a few minutes . As the met ling bad not been publicly announced , 1 supposed it to be a meeting to make preliminary a . niu ^ ements for the public metting . But , behold , 1 went into a barber ' s shop to get shaved , when 1 was requtt- ' . cd to sign the petition emauating from ihic : hu : e ai ; J curner meeting . Some signeti , suppoiiiit ; it to bd the National petition . I should uot , be ihe leirt surprised if they send it to Parliament as a petition of the inhabitants of Newcastle , in public HKLticg assembled . Sumc of them , when I interrogated them , confessed that they were afraid of being stamped by the Chartists at a public meeting . "
The National Petition " . —VVe intend senJing tomorrow , the petition sheets which we have ready . Many of the surrounding districts have not sent in th > ir sheets . Yet Newcastle and Gateshead and one or two uisLiit ' E vii . a ^ es have raised 15 , 674 signatures . We will s < -nd the others a 3 soon as they are received . SUNDERI » ANX > . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns delivered an able addre-s at the Life-boat House , to an unusually large audience . A collection was made for Mrs . Frost , ia compliance with the appeal of Mr . Pitkethly . Neably 10 , 000 signatures have been obtained to the national petition at Sund « rland and its neighbourhood . Sliis RtcEirED by Mr . Williams , Snnderland , and remitted by him to this office , for the follomug purposes : —
IMPflI £ 0 > £ D VICTIMS FL ' . VD . Mr . Brown , Wingate Grange 0 10 Mr . Mariey , do 0 0 6 mrs . clayto . s ' s flwd . Mr . DavLson , Bishop Auckland 0 5 9 FOR MRS . FROST . Collection at Sunderland ... 0 5 7 i Per Mr . Coates 2 6 Other sums 0 4 9 —0 13 10 A £ 1 1 14 Petition Convention Fund . —The Chartists of Stockton have remitted to Sunderland Us . towards ihe said fund . HTJCDHRSFIELD . —During last week , the town and nti ^ hbourhuod of Huddersfield were posted , announcing that Mr . Leech would deliver a lecture in the Guildhall , on the fallacies of Socialism , the Corn Law ? , and the supremacy of tho Charter . A numbr ot the Whig magistrates attended upon Mr . J . Kuy , the owner of the place , and declared that , if h- " allowed the lecturer to proceed , they would never enter ths place again , anj that they would possibly flue all the parties who took part in the proceedings . This ended in Mr . Kay ' s paying the necessary
expunces , and stopping the lecture . The Chartists immediately applied for the New Theatre , which they got ; but no sooner did the placards appear that the ' lecture was to take place in tho Theatre , than the owner was sent for by Mr . Wm . Brooke and the magistrates' clerk , J . Laycock , and threatened in like manner as Mr . Kay bad been before , and that place was stopped . It appears that the base Whig crew are determined to enforce the little authority which has been giren to them by minibters , who thrust them in to enforce the New Poor Law ; the time is not far distant wheu " Billy" wiil be called upon to help " Neddy ' s" nominee , and then the people ' s turn will come . The ** boys" are preparing lor a field day , and , no doubt , willdo their duty . After all , Mr . Leech lectured iu their own room , Upperhtad-roiv , to a crowded audience , both in doors and out . He showed the tyranny and
opprtssiou which is carried on amongst those who are Grying out cheap bread , and proved , that until the people obtained more political power , nothing but oppression and tyranny could exist . After the lecture was concluded , a member of the Socialists read a challenge to discussion , which Mr . Leech accepted , on condition that it might be to discuss the merits of each case . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , Upperhead-row , on Tuesday evening last , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Josh . Kay , for his generosity in discharging tbe expences ofpiinting , &c . of the lecture of Mr . Leech , at the Guildhall , when the cowardly Whig magistrates had deprived them of the room . Ten new members were enrolled , and Borne other business done . All who have any petitions are requested immediately to send them in , and the oat-townships who have not got , are desired to get one up immediately .
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE .-The Chartist Association of this town having been deprived of the room in which they met , assemble at present in the Co-oper » tive Stores , Catherine-street , near the Market-place , on Sunday , Monday , Thursday , and Saturday evenings . The Council of the Association seeing the appeal which appeared in the Star of the 1 st of May , on behalf of Mrs . Frost , stating the peculiar and distressing circumstances in which she is placed , at once determined to make an effort on her behalf ; they immediately issued small sheets , ( at a trifling expence , ) soliciting subscriptions , by which means they have been enabled to raise the sum ot £ 5 )* b . 2 d ., which we have received at the office .
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STROT 7 D . —The Chartists here recently passed resolutions denouncing the " new move , " and expressive of a determination to support Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., so long as he stands by the people . On Monday Evening , May 10 th , Edmund Dyer , a renegade member of our Association , who attached his name to the Lovett and Collins ' s document , waited on us and stated he had received a parcel from Mr . Lovett . He wished to hear if we agreed to adopt Mr . Lovett'B plan , as he had received in the parcel twenty cards , some rules , and circnlars , and a book to enter members' names , and other instructions to form a National Association . The note to him was as thus : —
" Dear Sir , —I herewith send you twenty cards , which you are to charge Is . to each member , and send me the names of those entering ; the cards to be renewed quarterly on payment of Is . &c . " Of course Mr . L . must have the u bob . " It was put to tho sense of the meeting , when it wa unanimously agreed " that we reject Mr . LovoKV Dlan altogether , and expres 3 our disgust at Mr . Lovett ' s a . tempt to start a rival Association . " li was agreed upon on . Monday , by the Association , to have a tea party at their room on Sunday , May 23 rd , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . Tickets 61 . each for admittance , to b « had of H . Pritchard , Secretary , and of the Committee of the Association . SPOTiAND . —The men of Spotland have denounced tho " new movo " and its concoctors in no very ^ neasured terms .
SHETTLESTON , neab Glasgow . —Tho Chartists nf this village have met , and denounoed the " New Move . " SALFOBD . —Mr . Connor lectured on Sunday evening . The adjourned discussion on capital and labour was resumed on Monday evening . Tnere was no opposition against the Chavtists' views of the question . Fourteen fresh members joined op Monday night . Tho Co-operation Store is going on rapidly ; another place will be opened near Booth-street , on Sawirday next , for the accommodation of the Chartists . BUAi / PORIi . —A memorial , on behalf of O'Brien , to Normanby , has been adopted . At the meeting , a subscription was begun for J . Riding and F . itiishworth , Bi . being collected in the room . The National Petition has been sent off ; it contained 29 ODG signatures , of which 5 , 526 are females .
STOCKTON-ON-TEES . —The Chartists of this place held a public meeting fjr the benefit of XL ? . Frost . The chairman opened the business of ; h ., evouin / j by reading Mr . Pnkethly's letter ii ^ tlw Star . Mr . Maw gavo an excellent speech , describi : ^ the tyranny of the Whigs , in wishing to depnvo that suffering woman of thu last remnant of support that her merciless persecutors had left her , auu urged the audience onward to increased exoriious , till the Charter becomes the law of the land . The following resolution was carried nem . con . — "That this meeting will never contaud i ' or anything k ; -s than the whole Charter . " Mr . Whally afterward addressed the meeting .
BIRMINGHAM :. —Glorious Triumph of Chartism—A meeting of all persona favourable to a repeal of the Corn Laws was called here . Nothing was left undone which the " League" thought should be done , in order to carry thou- point . The Greta Man , iu Derilend , was seleutcd as th < » post at which the campaign was to commence ; and at half-past seven o'clock the following persons made tluir appearance : —Robert Kellie Douglas , Editor of tho Birmingham Journal , Alderman Cutler , Thomas Clutton Salt ., Mr . George Edmonds , Messrs . BouUby , Kawlins , Riley , Trueman , Griffiths , and soverai other Whiglings and " Foxrs . " In a whilo after , the Chartist troops began to pour in , amongst wliem were Messrs . White , Dean Taylor , Hill , T . P .
Green , Empson , Williamson , and Barratt . The loom was almost crowded to suffocation . Mr . Rilcy mored that Mr . Rawiins should take the chair . Mr . Cooper was proposed , as an amendment , and carried by a majority of twenty to one . After some preliminary skirmishing and cross firing between the two parties , Mr . Dean Taylor proposed that it would be a waste of time to petition tho House of Commons , as at present constituted , and therefore that no good could be effected until tho People ' s Charter became the law of the land . Mr . Empson seconded the resolution , and showed that there had been an enormous increase in the exportation of machinery within tho last few years , and maintained that the trade of this country could not
be brought back by repealing the Cora Laws , and the people would trust no party in future but themselres . Mr . Aid . Cutler said , that he did not wonder at the working men coming to tho determination of doing their own work . Thero was no doubt that they had been deceived , and he admitted that he had also been deceived by the Reform Bill . Ho was sarry to hear some of the leading Chartists denounce the middle classes as their enemies . He was sura that it was not the case in Birmingham ; for , had not they returned two Members to Parliament who voted for tho Charter ? He should like the Chartists to be more moderate , and not act the inconsistent part they did at Nottingham , where they helped to return a man that was as much opposed
to their views as it was possible for a man to be . ( Cries of" we'll do the same at Birmingham . " " No more Whigs . ") Ho should be happy to see them working amicably together for the end they sought . Mr . George White then addressed tho meeting ai some length . He maintained that the working classes wero fully justified in taking their present course . With regard to Nottingham , it was not so much the hatred which tho Chartists had to the New Poor Law that caused them to support Walter ; it was their determination to got rid of the deceitful and treacherous Whigs at all hazards . He was on 3 of 400 Chartists who had been imprisoned for opinion ' s sake ; there were hundreds still immured in Whig dungeons , suffering torture which could
be called nothing else but slow murder . For that and other reason ? , too numerous to recount , their cry should be , " Down with the base , deceitful Whigs . " ( Loud cheers . ) ( At this stage of the business , Messrs . Edmonds , Boaltby , and a good portion of tho cheap . bread folks , took up their hats , and scampered off , amidst the groans , hisses , and laughter , of tho meeting , and were received in the same manner by a crowd assembled in the street , who could not get into the meeting . ) Mr . White proceeded to denounce the tricks of the Whigs and Repealers , and t * comment upon the
conduct of the Chartists in supporting Waiter at Nottingham , and concluded by challenging any anti-Cora Law advocate they could produce , and lie would discuss the question with them—at the Towi < . Hall , or any other place—and by cordially supporting the resolution , and was loudly cheered , 'i'hu chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amidst enthusiastic cheert ) , which wero re-echoed by the crowd in the street . Three cheers were given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; threo for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three for the incarcerated Chartists ; after which the meeting separated .
Restoration Committee . —The usual weekly meetiu was held at the Chartist room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Shaw , jmi . iu the chair . Mr . Spinks , jun ., and Mr . Nisb : rt were nominated as members of the committee . The following memorials have been received by the committee , namely , Glasgow , signed by Johii M'Arthur , the chairman ; Congleton , by Mr . Wm . Gosling , t ! -: « chairman ; Leicester , by John Markham , th « uliair man ; Mansfield , by Samuel Hollo wall , the chairman ; Bradford , * * * and from Bromsgrove , by Matthew Hayle , chairman . Two shillings and sixpence was received with tho Congleton memorial . The committee then adjourned until the next evening , supposing communications would be received from the deputation in Lou-Jon .
LEICESTER . —The intentions of the Whig and Tory factions , as to the approaching- election , have been very closely watched by the Leicester Chartisttfor the past week . The Tories were known to be actively canvassing for two candidates , and yet had net announced their names ; because the men were actually yet to seek ! The Whigs had not been openly on the canvass , bat it was known that they had had several private meetings , and had only come to the resolution to bring out one candidate , but whether Easthope or Ellis was the man seemed uncertain . Moreover , what was the drift of this resolution to bring forth but one candidate , and whether it did not proceed from a design to coalesce with the Tories , rather than permit the Chartists to succeed in returning O'Connor , by means of
offering a coalition , conld not clearly be ascertained . In order to force one of the factions into a coalition , it was thought that the most advisable polioy to bo pursued by the Chartists would be for them to bring out two candidates ; next , to make the offer ot a coalition to the two factions ; and , lastly , if the offer were refused , to poll for the two Universal Suffrage champions to the last man . It was , therefore , resolved to send a deputation to Colonel Thompson , soliciting him to permit himself to be put in nomination , along with Ftargus O'Connor , for Leicester . Mr . Cooper , Editor of the Illuminator , accordingly went to London , at tho close of last week , and waited on Colonel Thompson , with this request . The Colonel consented , at once , to stand a contest , and made the very handsome observation that , in the event of cither oC the factious
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accepting a coalition , his ( the Colonel ' s ) name ought not to stand in the way of O'Connor . He , ( the Colonel ) would do ' nothing to prejudice O'Connor ' s election ; that O'Connor had claims on Chartists unequalled by any mania existence , and , theiofore , they ought to support him in preference to all others . For himself , he ( the Colonel ) had hopes of being returned for Hull ; but he would , nevertheless , in the event of a coalition being refused by both the Whigs and Tories of Leicester , poll with O'Conner to the last man . The Colonel ' s answer was made known to the general meeting on Monday night , and the joint names of O'Connor andThompson were received with enthusiastic plaudits as tho Universal Suffrage candidates for Leicester . A body of electors met to confer with the Chartists committee , on Tuesdav
wight , as to the next steps to be taken . It was re * - solvad , on mature consideration , that the offer of a coalition be made to the " Liberals , " firat , through their chairman , Mr . W . Biggs , and that an answer be requested by two o'clock on Thursday afternoon . This resolution was como to , with a view to closi tbe mouths of the Whigs against the utterance of a complaint , should the Chartists bo eventually driven on any lino of policy which would end in the retur . i of ttva Tories for the borough , an occurrence which was known , ( by the etate of the canvass ) to be not at all improbable . A petition to the House of Commons has been entrusted to Mr . Duncombe , praying that Mr . O'C . may be liberated without delay , to enable him to address the electors , in the mode permitted to all other candidates for Parliament .
The malevolence ef the Whigs has been now fully tested . In order to bring their hypocritical t ^ r-jfessious to the proof , the deputation appointed !« y Chartist electors fulfilled thdr mission by waiting on the chairman of the Reform Society , and proposing a coalition . The answer was what might have been expected—a tissue of evasion . Chartists iv . 'll now tako their own course with their two can-• iitiatep , O'Connor and Col . Thompson , and the Whigs must take the consequences . NEWTON HSATH .-A total depe » t of THE COKN LaW KtPEALERS , AND A TRIUMPHANT Victory op the Chartists . —A lar « e public mestni / u was huitl at Nowton Heath , on Tuesday evening last , —placards having been numerously issiwii
Lhrouga the village during ihe last week , and every eliurt made , and all meaus resorted to , to mak « a grand doinoiistratiou in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws . At the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting , people wt-ro seen wending their ivay from Droylsco : ! , Fai ' . aworth , Openshaw , Manchester , &c , and when the lecturer commence j there could « ot , according to the opinion of tho Corn Law rcpealeis , bo less than seven hundred present . Tho lecmre being concluded , Mr . Bell , a working nian , i- "p ! ied in a most argumentative speech . Mr . Finigau attempted a rejoinder , but we wero more incline ! to be sorry for him than vexed ; the man no doubt did as well as he was able , considering he liau the wrong side of the subject , and indeed he is
o : io of the betit of a bad lot . Mr . Mahon , an Irish Chartist , moved , and Mr . John Massey , of Newton Heath , seconded the following resolution : — " That it . is the opinion of this meeting , that it is an insult to the understanding to call upou them to assist to Rspeai the Corn Laws , until the People ' s Charter ia made a leftislattva enactment . " The Chairman called repeatedly for any amendment , but all was silence , no not even a murmur , and the cream of tho joke was , when ho was about to put it to the meeting for a decision , he said he was afraid he would not be able to ascertain whether it would bo carried or not , as the people were so crowded . He then put the motion , when nearly every hand in the building , except those on the plat
form , were held up in its favour . " Count ' em , count ' em , " echoed from every part of the room . The chairman , anxious to seo the result , thought prudent uot to count them , cut shouted for the contrary two or three times , but not a single hand , no , not one , could be seen . Tho fustian jacket boj s , and the unshorn chins , thought they had been lock-jawed long enough ; three cheers were then given for Feargns O'Connor and the&a ? -, which made the building ring . Three , likewise equally as enthusiastic , were siven for Frost , Williruus , and Jones . [ We had a full report of the speeches , &o . sent us , and would
most gladly have inserted them , but they only reached ua a very short time before going to press . ] LEEDS . —At the weekly meeting of the Association , held on Monday erctiiug last , there was a full muster . The plan for giving addresses seems to have given geueral satisfaction amongst the members . On Monday night next , tho members are earnestly requested to attend , as tho quarterly account will be submitted to them . The friends at Huuslet , Holbeck , and Woodbouse , are desired to attend at tha council on Sunday afternoon , and state tho most convenient times to hold meetings in their respective places .
BRIGHTON . — The Brighton Chartists have received from Capt . Pecheil , M . P . for Brighton , a letter acknowledging tho receipt of their nu-iaorial in behalf of O'Brien , and stating that . he has placed it in the haudtj of the Secretary of Stute , and drawn his attention therete . They have voted thanks to Capt . Pecheil , for his prompt attention to their memorial . BRISTOL . —On Monday a pub ' . ic meeting of the Chartists of this city was holdt-n for the purpose of meeting Mr . Henry Vincent , and receiving from him au explanation of his conduct iu reference to the " new move . " After muo . h discussion and various
explanations , tho following declaration was drawn drawn out aud signed by Mr . Vincent , and placed at the disposal of the meeting : — " I quite approve of the plan for bringing about an organisation proposed by Mr . Lovett and others ; but £ conceive the plan to be impracticable when opposed by the majority * f the Chartist b : ) dy , and I think also that any attempt to put it into operation would be unwise , and tend to create division in our ranks , unless first mentioned by the Executive . Being a member of the National Charter Association , I shall do all I can to extend its operation . Signed , Henry Vincent . " This was accepted by the meeting as a - satisfactory withdrawal on the part of Mr . Vmceut from , the operations of the " new move " gentry .
NORTHAMPTON . —In compliance with a requisition numerously and respectably signed , the Mayor , W . Wiiliaffls , convened a public meeting at the Guildhall , May 10 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration iho petitioning Parliament to use t heir efforts to procure tho speedy restoration of Frost , William 3 , and Juries—the liberation of all political prisoners , and the adoption of tho People ' s Charter as the law of the land , with as little delay as possible . At the time of meeting it was announced by the Town Clerk , that the Mayor could not attend , being officially engaged elsewhere . It was then
unanimously agreed that Mr . It . Foster should tako ihechasr . At this early stage of the proceedings < he hall had become quite cro wd ed , which caus « d some delay before business coula commence . As soon as order could be restored , the business of the meetii > g went smoothly on , adopting resolution after resolution , and the National Petition , without the slightest opposition . The various speeches upon the resolutions and petition were at great length , and contrasted well wiih the nonsense of the briuk and mortar wise . The whole meeting appeared to be deeply imbued with the principles of the Charter .
SHAW , ( near Oldha ' m . )—Mr . James Cartledgc , of Manchester , lectured here on Sunday evening , the 9 th inst . He commenced his lecture by showing the amount of the national debts of other countries , and likewise the population , and compared them with the national debt and the population of Great Britain—proving , as he proceeded , that it was not the Corn Laws alone which cause all the misery and poverty under which the working classes suffer . He baid it was his intention on that occasion to call their attention to the evil of a standing army in time <; f peace . He would first make a few remarks , by way of introduction , upon the oi'jecJ for which Governments w ( r > i established , and then referred to the standing army—its origin
in this country , its numbers , its expense , and its laws—the moral depravity it produces wherever it noe 8—the cause why it spreads ) such misery—and lastly , point out au easy and simple , but effectual remedy . Firstly , then , as to the object for which Government was established . The object of Government is ( and should be ) to promote tho happiness of society , affording equal . security to the property . and persona of ev <* ry individual , protecting the weak against tho strong , the poor against the rich . In short , by guarding its members agaiust the extreme of indigence and crime , luxury and vice , and spreading an equilibrium-, of comfort ani enjoyment through all ranks , by good laws , wisely conceived , aud impartially administered .
When supported by the respect aud confidence of the public , there was then no need of standing armies in time of perxb ; there was then no need of expending sixteen millions a year of the public money , to support naval and military establishments ; there was no ne ' .-d of a aiukinfj fund , as a resource for future wa / . Government was strongest when based in the h-.-arts of the people ; it was then prepared for eve / y exigency , and must'be invincible against domestic foes and foreign sggroasors ; but Government , had not now this support . If it were looked upon only as an instrument of raptcity and extortion ; if n wore looked upon only as a cifcal of artful tyrants , united for plunder and oppression ; then 'must such a Government , instead of being a cheap
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r > x A' - < < -v ? , ; ...- £ -2 - y ^// rJ £ ? ^ . WS ' jf , - ^ ^/ Q . ^ e ^ ' / ; Zs < z ^ y ¥ z ~ k and simple institution , be a complex and expensi ?* establishment—strong , not in the hearts of the people , but in its means of corruption , delusion , and intimidation . The English Government was in the latter predicament .: It had long ceased to possess the respect and confidence of the people , and it bad governed by awing the weak , deluding the ignorant , and corrupting the baser part of the community . Its power of corruption , its means of rewarding the
adherents by the spoil of the people , is the great lever by which it operates . This power , its connection and influence as exhibited in tho standing army , is enormons . This , the lecturer said , brought him to the second part of his subject . The standing army is a body of men separated from tho great mass of the people—having no affinity to , nor identity of interests with , the people generally . Prior to Charles the First , there had been several ineffectual attempts to reduce this country to . a military despotism , but Charles became sensible of the folly of raising . troops for tho purpose of enabling him to begin with despotic rule , in defiance of his coronation oath , which bound him to maintain the constitution , " tho glorious constitution . "
as now called , which did not recognise a standing army , when the people of London marched down to Westminster with muskets en their shoulders . However , he paid the forfeit by the lost , of his head , which history records as a warning to future monarchs . At the restoration of the Stuarts , Charles 11 . raised several armies , but was obliged by tho Parliament to disband them . Charles remonstrated , but his Chancellor Hyde very significantly told him the standing army cutoff his father ' s head . This , and the following resolution of the Parliament on this subject , quieted his rago for a standing army , audsatibfied him that the continuance for any standing force in this nation , other than the militia , was illegal , and a great grievance and vexation to the
people . James II . raised an army of 16 . 000 , to which tho Parliament objected , and in a reKolutionof the House told him , that they had defended themselves for more than a thousand years without any army j that a King ' s truest ' strength was the love of hia people ; that they would mako the rrilitia useful . Finding tho Parliament obstinate in their opposition to his tyrannic conduct , he looked bavk to the fate of his father , and ran away from his kingdom . At length they entered upon a new era in tho constitution of tho country . The Whigs , who had always been careful of the people ' s rights , aud who had ever manifested , upon all occasions , a strong desire . to preserve . the ancient rights of Englbhmen entire , ponght Wiiliam , Prince of Oi ange . and made him
Kin ^ , but not uncooiititiitiunjiiy . Tluy werede : ermined io guard against future tyranny and oppression by proposing a bill of rights ; , which declared " that the . raising and keeping up a standing army , in time of pence , is contrary to law . " So far so good ; but what did cunning , crafty , and sneaking Whigs < lo to create a pretext for keeping up a standing army ' ! Why . thf-y appended the words '' without consent of Parliamejit , " ami they have ever since had a Parliament base enough and subservient enough to keep up . a standing army , from that day to this ; and -when they have beeii in power , they have endeavoured to strengthen its power on all occasions . That the stan . iinga . rmy is illegal , he would prove by reading over tbe opinion * of some of
tne greatest men in tins country in their day and generation , from the 11 th pa «' ' of " Richardson ' s Iii ^ ht to Arms : " " The present n umber a of the standing army are as follows : efEctive , 121 , 112 j non-effective , 83 , 871 ; making a total of 204 . S 83 . The gross amount of iVic cost to this country of the standing army is £ < 5 , 2 . " 54 . 953 steilii ! g , b * idt s £ 894 . 154 paid by { he East India Company , making a total of £ 7 , H 9 , IO 7 paid to teaoh luen to murder their fellow men in cold blood , and without the slightest offence being offered . " Can' any man in his senses believe that that is needed 1 ' No ; he would think not . Well , did they think that the government would be able to go to war for sneh tkiegs as the blood of England ' s sons had been shf-d . since the creation
of the standing aimy by tho infernal , base , bloody , and brutal Whigs 1 No ; they would not have been allowed by a House of Commons ohopen upon the just principles of Universal Suffrage , to enter into war , with . any and every nation that chose to change the form of its government . Now , ' in war alone , since the glorious revolution which gave us a standing army , it had cost this country 1414 millions of British monry—a sum which , if divided amongst the people of the united kingdom , would give to every family the small sum of £ 2 ' 52 10 s ., which , at the rate of ten shillings per week , v , o ? i ! d keep the entire mass of tho people of the united kingdom for the epaco of S < 55 weeks < that is , rather better than ten and a half years ., There had been upwards of 4 , 000 , 000 of human lives lost , or rather sacrificed , at
the shrine of political knavery , since tho standing army was introduced by the political Whigs in 1689 , being just 125 y < -ars , which would make 32 , 000 a year , or 635 per week , or 88 per day . ( Shame , ehame . ) Men had fallen at this rate merely for the aggrandisement of afew , and to the dismay , suffering ^ wretchedness , and loss cf the millions . The present cost of the standing army would support 274 , 96 $ families at ten shillings per week , to which purpose he ( Mr . Cartledge ) thought themoney mighthaye been agreat deal better applied . And by-the-bye , it was a very important question to ask , where did the ruling few get "the monish , " as tho Jew would call it ? Why , from the industrious portion of the community—from the producers ot all wealth . So that they have not only to blved at the will of the oppressor ? - , but to pay for the instrument that , draws the vital current from their veins .
The standing army is . a body ot men distinct from the people ; they are governed by different laws . Blind obedience , and an entire submission to the orders of their commanding officer wero their only principles . By the military law , the administration of justice was so quick , and tho punishments so severe , that neither officer nor soldier dares to dispute the orders of his supreme commander ; he must not consutt his own inclinations . If a soldier was commanded to pull his own father out of his house , he must do it ; ho darp not disobey ; immediate death would be the result of his grumbling . Now , to prove , said Mr . Cavtlcdge , thai ho had not overdrawn the picture , he would read a few articles of
war . ( Here the speaker read some extracts in corroboration of his position . ) The next subject which ho would bring to their notice was the moral depravity produced by the standing army . Here he wished to be clearly understood , that though he considered the standing army as an evil , it was the system which maintained it . that was the cause that produced the withering effects in the social arrangements of society . Follow these mon as they prowl about the country , producing drunkenness , debauchery , prostitution , crime , misery , wretchedness , hunger , poverty , want , murder , distress , pauperism , and domestic discord , blighting and blasting the happiness the people have . These were tho results wherever they went . Follow them , he would say again , and watch their proceedings ;
listen to their filthy conversation , mixed continually with oaths and curses , and then , he was sure , they would say with him , that he had but feebly drawn the picture , and but mildly coloured it . Coloured it , did he say ! Would to God the reality was no worr-o than- he had portrayed it to them . But , alf » s ! alas ' . the picture was too true ; not that all . young men entering into the army were naturally vicious . Oh , no ! But the Faying of St . Paul was fully verified , which was " that evil communications corrupt good manners . " No matter how virtuous a young man might be before he was induced to sell himself to do the work of a vicious and corrupt government , the circumstances by which he became surrounded , soon converted him
into as much the child of devil , as his companions in iniquity . Did any of them , asked Mr . C , ever witness the departure of a detachment of this public pest from a town where they had been only perhaps but a short time ? See them assembled ready to march . Look at the number of the females—poor deluded creatures , weeping and bellowing with looks of anguish and despair , crying and moaning , and grieving at the situations their betrayers had placed them in , and then to leave them , the victims of their lustful , passions . Happy , modest , prudent , and innocent , before these hired assassins of the public morals aiid female virtue wero introduced into their walks , who , by their gay trappings and military blandishments , had led theju from the
paths of virtue , and Had so far goaded them on in the walks of vice , as to entirely uproot shame , modesty , and every other adorning accomplishment of woman , lovely woman , the comfort and companion of man and the pride of the world . Mr . Cartledge then glanced on many of the causes which enabled l ? j& » "e soldiers , while travelling , to accomplish their wicked purpose ? , - and be productive of such an alarming amount of crime and misery . Tina he attributed to the parents of children more than to any other cause : it was they who fitst implanted the idea into their offspring ' s minds that it was really an honour to be a soldier . Their pretty clothing , and , in general , their delightful music , were ail calculated to work upon the infant mind , which once done , it would take some time to erase tlio impression of . The teaching of children to sing the war songs , and to admire the heroes of the
prostituted muse , begot a lovo for the life of a soldier in the male portion of the community , and caused the female portion to become more easy of seduction . The remedy he proposed was , for parents to teach their children tho consequences of war , and warn them against all such wickedness , and an utter detestation of soldiery ; and likewise teach them the ruinous effects the standing army has produced , and that , instead of its being a credit to be ft man butcher , it was a great curie , See . Ac . Thai this was practicab e , had been fully illustrated in . the else of the infernal "blue-bottle' force . When those reptiles first made their appearance in the streets of our large towns , the children were heard to cry " soldiers ; " but no sooner did the children understand that they ' were obnoxious to their parents than they treated them with contempt , and would almost as soon have a peep at his Satanic Majesty . Mr . Cartledge continued for some time longer , * nd sat down mueb . applauded .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct855/page/1/
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