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THE EXECUTIVE'S DEFENCE . 1 G 0 , Holb ? rn , Saturday . E ? . othhe Dzxocsats . —We resrei indeed that ^ " i ara "nirr th ? i . ec-:-= ^ : " -V of icftnding ourselves £ -. £ : c : Vr 3 ' co . league frcm : he grave charges of f « ua . s ^ ia-JIinc and embezzlement , / or ¦ w hich , were '¦ $ ¦* - -y . ' r . ir employ , we mi ^ ht be transported , s-nch re a tew c- " ihe charges preferred against us by the Ji-r . ' tVz :. IH : 1 . a ~ w ? are roM in hi ? article of 5 a-: urd 3 ? b-t , : La ; there is more in fore f ; . r us ; for p- ' -at . 2 * ra « already eiven is ov . lj a sample of the —; i . > "ext TTrckwe shs . ll . perhaps , hive the reinai ^' ifr . s : d , if we mistake nor , vre shall be quite pr ? ¦ ca rte : o mee : th-: m . This rr . anner of Mr . Hill ' s tresvng the friends of tie per'p . e in the ca-jse cf justice ; this mild and geniien : 3 "i ; v critici-m . a > ne is pletr-. d : o call such prochcr-ons , sac a as cefr 2 "ders , windier ? , aid eicbti ; -rs , moral and political aifhones-. Y ; has been c ^ lii forth , or be pretends it has , ihroni-b . the d 53 V 5 fac : orr f . \ r-5 ra :: ? n that Mr . Campbell ha ; r ; -r ? . r :- : o " the expenditure of the fsnds of the % zt ;< if . cn . J :: e er :- " ai ! 3 tion then ci ^ ea of the expenditure of s T--Tt :-:-v . of the fu . n-i = ruch a = eanse under tne head pf " -..-r : a <; e -ad = ia : i-.-nery . is . all the explanation we 5 ^* " t :. "tl = d to give , -ixecptia ? Mr . Hill will allow - ; t -ra .-e in tee 5 ; ar for everr separate jum of
pir-. r _ s , >? . p = rs , selling "war , - , postage , carcf . s :--J - - " rrs , and , ia rac :, rnacy o : htr iicai ] iii * . t- ; : s : bit sic continually vcciuid . . Mr . H :.: failed oc the c : u :: try fo exau . ir : e fie scco-Tit ? of the Ez' -eiitvve . having Sr :-t thTOvrri the tzzosph . n oi si ? p : e :-jn aroarjd us inrasdr by his ottv . ci-r . sure . D ; ri the country respond : o it ? Wfbe-: - - " - - - '' ¦ 2 I a'i even- ? , w-know of none rritkir . i : sr . ; .: -- 'i ; of _ : be _ spit public , excepu- j ^ t he delegate E-- " --i . " at ' . i ; £ UldBa ' . Iey ; and we have been ini : rs . ~ - : r . e number of eelsgatis were verv few . ii : ; t thi ? is nothing new , for Mr . Ri ' A ' is only a : his oil '• - " of denunciation ; the cjotives which pjvirp : 5 ' ^ h a reckle ^ and BL r ^ r . iy an iaterftreLce vr . - . ' ii the ciiir ^ cters of ecu arc b- ^ t k ' -ovrn to
him---..: : ~ - ^ r >" . "i . ever oe tne hwj i ^ q , se rarnot tsu : o-r cj ? io the mischief it produces in car rinks . A = :: r-ur secretary we will leave the conr . iry to i"ji-:- of h : ? serrices . and s ? k thtin at the same tirae ' v ' z- ' ri- 'T v . ' . voald be p ^ sfib-e that aay workinjgTBan cc-z ' :-z- ^ d rice . £ S onr secretary has often cone , to VTr : l-5 d : v or = is ! y let ' . ers ia oue day , and 5 cme : iii ; e = s ^ iSir . y' . J rc- ^ Ji . " b- _ i ' d = s riiiTnber ; i g 2 , i-0 j or 3 , mO circr- jr . 2 week . ia :. ni'i ; biickw ^ ros and forwards to th-r-jrt i f 2 'e wi-h crccr- and ] L-:: err , and : o the c-: 'a ? h i : ; i railway rfuc ~ "with cards end tarce ' . s , Tri : h rs h othir luce .:: ; £ ] lab ^ cr , which note bin tho ^ e who p-rfvrB could andersiaud the burden of ; :- .-.. ^ d > a h-i ^ v ha ~ the basinfcS L-. ea on his hiiUiis
• ns : a-.- :. a = or ' . en o ^ en oo . ^ ea vj -. ' - £ e an ass : ~ :. H t : his own ix' - ? n ~ e . How . th n , v e ask , ;' = i : possi - ble iliat iuja services eoaid be performid withe ut the p-rtirs perfjriniu j them beinj ; rrmui-.-rrat-. d fcr ir . eir labour ? V . ' e prescce il ' . at Mr . Kili h ^?? flf , -i . i'c " - ^ he 7 n : ; rlit be attending a s ' n : p in Loncon or 2 J ^ - - - ' - - ¦; - jt-= r , ttjllIJ to ; do ; i "sriihou : freiri ^ leaiusc" Eu-thisk no ? , bro : h ? r C = ards : s . that 3 Ir . Hil ] , b t : utn 7 ' r ;^ up his paitry , ye : vrry respectable , chiri- ^ r i > r -wisdl :: )< . a-.-fraudirs ; rinaemoezz'iiiij tht-; . ..:- -. ; - , ; hs Door waiver ' s peuc-5 , has . no oth-.-r
or-:-: m - . ^ uarc : r , ; ? oc : * : y Si " i "; ---¦ - .- -j : h pra-. - 'ices . > " o , no : there is other and h' < h er gitce in viefr—there sre other men to be hi" :-- ,. -. ¦ "n . ^ i r . liiii ; cre .-=-ns himself b / hii : a ihis 7-.-ry pl ^ t-: ble spjearar . ce . that he may take a more d-.-c . y : : 3 at tee v : c ::: rs iw has st 3 rc : ed . It wr . ^ l -i Vjve been more hoi . ourab ; -- on ihe part oi 5 Ir . Hill had he ope ; : Iy and m 3 :. niIiT arowed his L ' ¦ ¦ " - _ . jls at onee openly attacked the parties for Tv ^ ..-ni Li ~ : ' inis : i ~ in ;^^ JeJ , tb 3 n , ccica-rd-lik-s , : ake he dtidl- aita ttrc- 'i ^ b . th . e p = r-on oi our . Se .
de-- Ih ? to 2-: u--t n--. v pursued by Mr . Hill towards the ils-. cu : ivf . bri : ^ - ~ tis back , in sorrowful r-rii . eticii . to -iuiiar co-j ^ u ? : pursued towards Mr . FhJp ; tha : ^ e .: ti : min ha- ' . ng recommended the Chartisu i-jel-. utineLi : o the Birmingham Conference , the T ^ ry : j . Ir . Kih is iiow doin . t ; himself , brought him ^ cii ' '•_ - ! -- ih-i di ^ plsuiure of Mr . Hi . ! . 2 >\' Tr , m ^ iS . brother Charv ;~ t =, pre ~; oui to "'hat lim- - -, € Ti .-rj act . of ihe Esee :: : ~ e had been praised . V ± t bila . -. ce = heer > - were b-r / ore the connrrv a : Cif-r ; :. ; twines . No dissatisfaction "was mannered t ; - > --a : ho part of the Rev . Gentleman ; but because Mr . Phiip s policy aid not c jime in with Mr . Hili ' r Ti-.- ^ s . it bfcatne nee ^ sarr to get rid of him ; and , cot : > -: QU £ r : i ' . y , as a ai-tLcJlent child , he was sek-ced 02 ~ . a = tne nr < t victim v be cnVred-up at the shrine of the KeT . G . r . tlrman ' s mischki-rcakin ^ and unioncertroyintf propensity . The other members of the ZscCutiTe Hfjod by Mr . Phiip on that occasioL , be-C 2 u-c tLcy b'jlieved av . d kn ^ w him to be an honest aia scand hearted Charti-t ; and , in stepping in be : v . ist him and the denunciator , endeavoured , as far as p j ^ sible to prevent his pohtieal destruction ; and hir relentless pursuer only succeeded by the inos : bireiiK-id end crr ^ eraie act oT cool headed » V 72 . 2 i ; v ti ^ : > . T-.: r tv £ j ? perpitr-j-ed beiirisr man and aar , O :: the iaiurvlay previous to the election of the new Zrer ^ uve rakia ^ plsce Mr . Hill a ceased Ph . ip oi hi ' . zi c . dishonest pji tician , and not £ t to be a E . mbfr o : the Lxecutive . Mr . Phiip on the Sunday attrndi-d a meet : u ^ s : Newton Heath , ( this "sva ' s av . er tLc appearance of Ht . Hill ' s oenunciation ) at which Ereiiiii ; a resolution was passed jdvinp tLeir ej-iictce to Mr . Phiip and the Executive , similar re-olutions wsre passed in Manchester , one of them perhaps ite most important ever held in that ciisirir : nsme-y , the Suuth Lar . cish : re Delegate Me-1-ki ? , and tLe other at the Carptuter ' s " Hail . Li those rese' ^ atiors Mr . Phi . D's name was di-r :: io ! iv
^ ru .. or . rQ n Qz < a reso-unun , auc . se Ii . rv . G-. nrleman for inserucn . Did he publish thrn : ? >" o . Z \ lr . Px . i " p ' s mme " was carefully era-. d fr-. m both ; cud viLen 2 * 1 t . Jimes L- ; : ch ai'p . iid to Mr . H . l ] in his cfSce \ o know w 3 : y iir . Philp ' s rame as s member oi ti . e Estcutivp , wa .-eri-rd jje m iherfc ^ oluti ' .-uf , " iLa : ^ r .: Umzu dwc ^ arec : that ;; a thousand resulutio : ^ ; wcr-j = c ^ t -every week , with Mr . Phi : p > same in ihctn , there rhouli nor oilof zsea be iurerted . Mr . Phiip , t :: e . -: me irtek he aitt ^ ued Xjwton Hea : h , a'tciaed a meeting at Cioiity . a : which he enrolled fur : y-two niemfc . rs , ;^ a st which a resolution of confidence aiid thank- was tendered io him and sc-si to the Slur . tut shar-jdthe fate of ihe ether ~ . Asi- . iier tcsu ] u : ; c-2 was sen : irrm M ^ - ^ rthyr Tydvi ] cisapprovii-jj of part of an address that the Execuof
tive : lssnea to the country , tne worain ^ which Wij il ; . ; rcc by Mr . Hill , who hea'ied the resolution ** t ; e Executive top . " Tsis joke was truly a ric-n ore ; Leach , who ha ? done one man ' s ihare iu the ajvecacy of Chartism ; Leach , who more than £ ' -y oih . tr man in this country has opposed by his Fowrrul reason ar , d srjjumeui the anti-Corn Law Li 5 ii :- - - ; Lrich , who has travelkd far 3 i ; d tear , at ---:: e-s and hours , to combat : he i-curers of that pt" . y . i :. -j irerieTjl ; y has proved succesftu : ; yet this r . cL- ^ x ; i , a uprisht man has bteu taujitcd by ^ lr . il _ . "B"i : ji fSVrrii ^ wha ? he hi- fce ^ n p " -: a ? ed to call S .- I , 3 " ^ i not oi . iy that , but w : ih bci ^ g niGrsiiy oi : vcr .-caliv di ? hc . c ^ t .
_ ^ rotaer Lnart ^ ts , rtii -ct wtjl upon { nose grave ( - ' ¦ '• 'mi ; anG . £ t :. ve all . weieh well the services Mr . Lvivh ius rendered , in crcer tha .: you may hcnes : _ iy ; u ; i-i whether those services , ai ; d his political ' : : :--: et-cy and in ; tirri ' . y , wili cot overbalance Mr . K :.. _ - f _ . rt ' and unfounded aiser ; : c-us . V . ou ' -i M Dv . uall t-nder a *< p : o ihe Repealeis ? i-: t Lui . c 2 = cLre and Yurkr-hire , ^» "ho h ^ re been acf ' - ---u . e-i ; u hear 1-a . li Irom his lips ihnliiES and ti ' . ¦ --ri . t dc ^ iLi / Ciations s . ^ ain .-: that band oi imt--j . ir 5 zpoti ihe poor man ' s lal-. ur . say whe h-r h- . :: F--r ^ oE : o c-Jfer a ,-cp io : be fr ee trader ' ^ "i . 'CUj . _ i , vrLose powerful sr ^ umer . i s . and cuitiri ; EI - ~ . i-i = t-. rn to shreds th-. d ' n ^ v a nd ra ;; acio : ; s ¦ : ¦
D .--sr'iii . s oi ttiose avanexus ce-: rcy .. rs of the r . _^ : s o : i-dusiry , whose ele ; r , 2 nd . ai the sax .. t : E ..- , illlv ai ; d nrm exposurv ? of the hrll-r-pawi : cr- ----- ; ; r-. c : lcrd on the whiv slices of E : ; j ;" aii& . CaLr- _ -t Oi- r ; : e mail to caer a ei-p to tht ^ e tree traceis in h"Ein . fl .-h « nd blood . ^ ' ¦" . - ;• : we have known 3 I"LoT ali in his b-rirer o : j- : w-. r . ivc ktc-wn him wLeii he bad his horse t-.-n-Jr . ^; . c it- have seen h : m vr ' r . > n he hac scarcely ~ c ^ - - ¦ - ¦ i--- - fci-k , or a n ; eal to u :, ftiil rharilig L' . S - — - i- ¦ - ' -y "tv : ; h his haiiiitrt . Q tuU opprvft-eu C-.. :.: r _ o . s : we have seeii h ; ci through s .. i the r :.. ? -. ; vt polnii-ai sppearsLces ever : i : e hones : i : - I-. irlii- > advocate of the p' -or opprfs .-ed tii - tM- ruinly aid uiiiiicchiLi ; opponent of Ti . e T .: r . ¦ . ] 'zrc ? £ i .-T . \ V- have Seen h m alas sn es : ljv - r : i ? v-.-UMry—from his dear w-: e and chile , siKi ~ .. .-. ^ e tr . ut arc eos " . near E . ud dear to him" : we r -r-. L ; .- ustmtTV . 2 nd , in his ab ? ence , rcither er-ei ; t -i r rretv-ri . e . 1 fri ^ r . i rhali i ^? : en upon him ::-. v (¦ ¦ - . - - - rr _ no of swiruier , i-rrb . zzier . s ; : a dei ' raud-: r ' . - ¦ - - lu : then M'i ' cfi . } has reerived £ " 2 per we-. k ' " - ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ " -1 . L- rur ^ d- ra : seoi irc-m tr . e ivc-r weavers * r-e :: ¦ •;• i-. ~ " . r . i .- nxusly this iruJe has b-en borrow-. d , i ~ i : s .. :. . rri- ird *<; "Dot ; ii : End the Executive had for t ~ -.-p . -r i % :-vrrs , was to cip their hs _ r : cs in the ^" lj- .-.- " rc-.-kers and become Aristocrats out of ; he ; r --f . ' a-r :--rr . e we tad the pleasure in beirsin this fci-r £ d h .-ie ; - irair « ci . n . isi . y , we saw h : m pu ! i [~ i -- ^ rh-. l .-t . s te had out of his pocket , and divide : t :-t : ~; . xz : wo pcor wta ^ crs . bcrrowiEij a sixpence '~ 7 - /" ' -i '^ G to f ive to s ihirc that was with them . yir . lii ' A cal ' . s ziyhg this ex : ra los . to 31 * Douaji i *;_ o . ana -. mbriz'iug of tLe Society's Junds , a srr ^ ijaic of the rules , sud . under oiner circum-^ ----s . r , c-ld subject the Exzcailve to transpcrt-£ :: :: ; . vVe be ^ - his pardon , an : hep ? he will'tave E 7 l -i us till aiL ^ r the next assizes ; in the - -u :. nir , we 2-sure him we ftri s . rry indeed that = ¦ : ¦ -:.: al . vTrh : in sctueihi :: ^ in Lii ex : le , a 5 ¦ srciJ Lc til thing t : supp < :-rt his wife and ch : ld . ^ - ' . th-. n . we have brcken the rules sf the Society . 7 i--: vvinij Mr . L '^ arbcij £ fi a -r ee k , wh'le we r - ¦ : •' . i . ttit . ^ . Wi cc ' jy : r . i : tr-ts is either a fair -.- - ? t c- - "i .-: rui .-t ; : n ci thr xri :. r . : ^ c : the Cl-t - - " -1--. - ' - fx .. « - . ' -r ;; lsry : f t :. e S- ; : otiry t ; £ ~ 2 ; ' " - ¦ ~ c-:: i ; ¦ -c . l > 2-t b " -.: r :: V-C r : ^ r ., hjvr - : -- " - -th .-jt s . ^ t-cre : arr con' ; i .-u .:. . T ac"i"j :. -- ' .. " . . < cSA t 2 ; Ia " - . curi aWT ; c . T .: u-. dle x-. r- i , i ¦ ¦ ; , ¦ . . ' ¦ : ¦
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foHned \ vithont ; he person so performing them being remunerated \ The lS : h rule says l ; That the Eseeative shall be empowered to adopt say measures for the advaEcemt ! t of the objects of this As ^ ocia-ion as may be Consistent with its fundamental jaws . " We therelore contend that the fair and lesi'imat- " - construction put upon this clause should be , that vr-j are empowered to elect a permin--n : secretary , whose talirv is fixed by the " 21 st rule . If a-: y thing was wanting to c-anSrm this opinion , we would call upon the members of the society : o carefu / iy exi-.-aue the rules , and then say whether it i > po .-si ' oje for the organization to extend in the country if we were not to have- a permaseEt Secretary ! Then if a permanent Secretary be necessary , it is quite evident that it is necessary that we should pay him for his services . And now let us tell you a few facts a . s to the treatment we hsve received as an Executive .
Ihe 22 nd rule says , "When members of the Esecuiive shall be explored as missionaries , their ^ hries ? hail be the same as when employed in the C uncii : coach-hire snd one-half of any other incidental expecces shall be paid to them inaodition by the parties who msy r . quire th-ir serTices . " Now we c . sn prove that the above clause has not been aoberrd to in the kcalitits where we have acted as lecturers . We give the following samples of its vioisnon : —We went to Birmingham , af : er many strong invitations , aud -with the uadtrs ^ anuin ? that our triVeilint ; expences would be paid . On this point , however , w .- wtre compieiely deceived : instead of our espeLct ^ bdi > % paid , the Local Council came to a ^ ote thai th-v would tot allow us one half-penny , but , that we shouii be paid from the ^ enersl fund , and after beinj : at considerable expense of eojch hire and living at Birmingham , we were indebted to the kincness of a friend for the means to i ; et home
ai .-3 ^ n . We assembled again in London , and met exactly with the same treatment as in is : rmintham , with the exceptic n of the vote , " in fact , we were obliged ta borrow money from Mr . CSesve to brin ;; us home . W-- could lay before you scores of such ca-es if it were necessary , bu : w ' e thitk the above quite sufficient . > "ow , Brother Chartists , it has ever been our sir . cere desire to keep down d ffrrences and discouteni ; it has a ] so been cur wi . ; h to refrain from inak . ng satemtots of the way in which we have bttn treated , but unfortunate ) ? Mr . Hill ha . s comptiled us ranch spzin ^ l our will to do so ; we do it wjti ; sorrow , but ihere is no other course left for us io df-feno ^ our .-eives from h ;» unjust and foul aspc-r--io ^ s . \\ e Jit' ] e thought that struggling as we have done for years in -he cause of Liberty , that we
shouid be called morally and politically dishonest for endeavouring to do that which in tur jud ^ m-nt w . j Thought b ; -st calculated to promote ; the welfare oi the society and the cause of the people . Brothers , for the present we take uur Lave of y . u , ana call upon you , ; u your several localities , to examine into ine charges preferred against us , and if , aritT a tair investigation , you should come to the co : ; cln =: on that we are no longer worthy of your confiitne ^ , express your opiii : on through the medium of . 'he Siar , and we tt : 11 most . wnJingly ' ret : re ; but if , on the contrary , you come to the C ' 'nc ] u =: o : ; "hat we are honest democrats , vou w ; il , ihrvu ^ h the Sime m- - -dinm . record your Votes . We impatiently await your verdict . We remain , Yours , in the bonds of union , James Leach , President , John Coirum ., Secreuuv .
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let us jast esquire a litt ' e whit this debt is , and how it was contracted . Well , then , it appears that daring tie late war . undertaken for the purpose of patting do-wn tee rising lib ^ y of France , it was necessary to tspe : < 2 a certain amount of money yearly ; and you have MM as . and ja ? lly too . that the " txpences of the state ouiht to be paid year yjust as poor raits are ; but i ; . ? tead of the expfcnees of the stati being paid yearly , a certain niiiount > aa borrowed of somebody , which aanunt formB what ia called the national debt . X jw , Sir , it is a well known fact , that during the war tte \ ixea v ; hich -were paid by the labourer , in one - -tipe snd aiir . ther , amounted to , at ti ; e least , one third o : b ' . s income . IJcould easily prov = i ' . to be mnch more , tut I choose to be under ra'her than ever in ray
statements . It is equally-well known that the whole * xp :-:. CituTe of the country waa aboat sevtDty millions a y = ar during the-war ; and it is an admitted fact , that tne _ income of the nation from all kinds of property , c " ui : ng the same period , -was four hundred and thirty millions a year ; atd therefore if that amount had been tuxrdinthesimenu . tbe working man " s income , thit ts one-third , we sbouid ha ^ e tad a yearly revenue of one hundred and forty-three millions . And as the expenditure was sc-vtntj millions a year , -we should have hs'l a yearly surplus of sixty-three millions ; which sum luult-plied by twenty-five , the number of years the war cpBUnu ~ d . -would have left ns a surplus of one thousand five hundred acd severjty . five miJJio ' os in the exchequer , instead < f ; ur fe ^ icg ei ^ ht hundred millions in debt !
Tcus , tb ^ n , S-r , it appears ttat the way in which the " bndocrats have sinntd in contracting a National D-bt" is by having lent the nation the amount they ovjht Io harepaidin iut . es , acd then claiming interest f .-r it as for a debt ! This is a most curious way of sinning , and a mesi carious ret . ibution you would £ ive them for their sins ; that is , you would secure tht ' m the whole smouat ot the exorbitant profits of their estates by means of Cora Laws rather than the rent ihould go to the paying off the interest of a debt 'which they ought to have paid in taxes' And what mate ? it still more curious , that interest must be paid by your mnch-loved workiea in the shape of dear com , -when he bad paid his full quota of taxes during tbe war . Amiable man ! But atain , ytu observe , and truly too , " thai the exp < -nce of tbe st : ite ought to be paid yearly , the same as the poor rates . "
^ vw , ft ;? , -wiiat wonid von think of a " landccrat , " even though it should be " Jjhn Bessie , " who , instead of payir-g his share of the poor rate should propose to lend the nmvui . t to the parish , and -sail it a debt , and w :: ct to receive i-. tcregt for it of the parishioners ? What wuuld yon thirjk , Sir , of a V Jandc-crat sinning " in that way : ' But wh-it would you thinkcf a " h . ndocrat ¦ exacting laws that the inhabitants of a neighbouring visage , who had not permitted their " landocrat to sin in contiaci .-Dg a debs ' , should not bring food into his vilhge for fear that his tenants conid not pay hirn both his rent and the ictvrest of his dtbt which he ought to have paid in poor rates ? Bat more especially , what Wi . uid you think of a " Chartist , " a " phUtmthropisV onts yiho had the interest of the working man so very
mnch at heart , who suould refuse to aid his parishioners to ootain the repeal of such nnjest laws , for fear that such icpeal should " ruin" the " Iandocrat , " ¦ who had ' sinned in contracting a parish debt ? " Thus you see . Sir , that f-. ir fear of acknowledging thtt I was right when I said it w : is the duty of the working man te endeavour , by all the means in bis power , to alarm tter . i fur their situations , you have run into the p-cssest of absurdities . You have improved upon the divine precept which teaches us to " love our neighbour es ourselves ; " and have inculcated that -we ought to " love our enemies" letter than ourselves , or you would not have iinplitd tkat st&iviog -wives and rasged children ought to continue to suffer for fear of mining the " iandocrat -who had sinned in contracting a debt " he ought to have paid in taxes .
After being very indignant at the misdoings of both Whig and Tury , you say , " but I -would be joined to Lord Howick and company almost , before I would be prevailed upon to join them . " As you , Sir , have not endeavoured to txp ' . ain what you mean by this allusion , I , of courifc , can only guess at your weaning . Some two or three years ago , during a debate upon the distresses of the couiitry , it was stated in the newspapers ttat Lord Howick had used -words to the following ( fiVct : — " That as there were no incendiary fires , he could r . ot think the distress was so great as it had been : cprtseuted . " I do not know that his Lordship used these vrords ; nor do 1 know that these words aie what you allude to ; but I shall take them as if they -wer ? , tr . d make a few lemaiks upon them i 3 bearing upon the suVjVet in-hand .
As there is a law -which subjects any one to transportation who sh £ li write or speak anything having a tendency to bring the House of Commons into contempt , 1 i : uBt not , even though I were certain that hu L-rdibip had uttered them , say anything iu contr .. ^ icti . jn of his wisdom or policy in making use of itch fcxprt&sions . As his Lordship may be an herililtary legislator , is he is not only a " senator , " but a ' ¦ ge t ' ieruan born , " I dare not dispute the wisdom of his tellii-R the labourers in so many -words that if they -were in tbe eit «? . Mon they are described to be ; if they ¦ sr-f-re bound to h : ; ve " eaten their beds" for want ; if there -were ten thousand in one small district in Manchester , without a b ^ d to lio on ; if they had to eat
rotten potatoes gathered from the wharf te subsist on tin Ltedsi ; if they hsil to steal sta weed , laid on the the laud for manure , in order to prolong existence ; if they were in the state that , as Mr . Aldam , M . P ., is reported to hare said , they must be starved dorm to the required quantity ; I dare not dispute his Lordship ' s whdom in sijuie that if the labourers trerein this state , they would make the country one continued blia ^ , and that , of course , if they want their grievances redressing th ; vt is the vay to obtain it . Nor dare I ask -what would be the character of a House of Commons , if they would sit , and hear such sentiments put forth . But I do know what would have been the fate of any Chartist speaker , or -writer , "who should have uttered or wri : t en s u ch expressi c i : s .
But , S-ir , why should you propose to join Lord Howii-k ? You , vrfco vsonid not submit to the " ruin of the Iandocrat who sinned in contracting a National Debt , he oa ^ ht to h&vepaM in taxes ; " , -who almost faiiit at ti . e idea of oar injuring the infernal ppirits who keep us Xroin fcenvin ; you , who weep such doleful O . ianites ovtr tbe wives and familits of the farmer , and iimilords bting tumbled into the stietts even by John Bum ; yuu , who have so much " charity and love , " that you intimate that I ought to be answered by thj shoo tee for proposing to j r jin the repeniers in ordtr to alarm the middle classes for their situation . ; wfcy should you propose to join Lord Howick ? What end have you in view by such joining ? Come , out with it . Why , because it would alarm tltcm for their situation ! Jus : the position I have taken ; and I must Itaveit to the country and yourself to divine which is tbei . ; ore honouraWe and preferable course . But , at"di ! : g that my remarks have already run to a great length , I will crowd all I have to say ; it present into a few sei . tesces . You will please to keep in mind tl at the great question is " Whether it would be rn ' se to ioi : i the repeat ers if repeal icou'd cum-c the middle rA ;> es to ber-.-mc a l armed for their situation , and con-^ e-jue 7 ii-i : cause Uicin to join ihe pcupU to Main ih : d power in : he lw ! -Mlu , e . uhUh , AXD ONLY WHluH can p ? t , ¦ - ; . ' ; Ac middle c ' a * &es from being su-ul ' ozccd up hy the i u ' j 0 ' ' f ' jed p-. thliiCi . is . ' "
' . s o ¦ - tlit-a , ltt us see what is your opinion upon this qiv stio ::, a ~ f .: r at it can he gathered from your letter . You say , " I know wv have a dtal to contend with , but Peel ' :- biil is making Chartists as fust as Pia ' s notes ni ; ide Tviii . s-. Lye , and it is tumbli ! ig the houses uowu ia jifariy the .-an ; e ratio . '' True . But how is Peel ' s bill ; L-.. kiE £ Cb ^ itipls ? Wl y , by the bums turning wives i . ; . c chi ; drLT : into the er-rett . In short , by ALAKJllNG them for tLeii situauon ! Just iny position . You ag ; iin say , " I ktow that it i .-- hard work te make politicians , but eot fu-. x Peel his begun , let us TedouWe our z ; al , ! , nci try i £ wt cacsot mate tberaasfast by reasoning as he tin by yivir . g two p-juuds of beef for one t > th ¦ ¦ ¦ pen-. v : on . r . " Ann how is it that Peel makes Chartists by
civinj two j-our . cs of ietf in .-tead of ore ? Simply btcauietl . t-y become aliniird for their fitu ^ tion . Farther en you ssv " If you can prevail upon W . P . to r . ' .-ld his hand a bit , s . rid just give Peel a fn'r opportauity of rayirg the interest c : the debt in tijur at 1 ^ . <; d- pt-r ft -ne , and beef at 3 i . per pound , and to pay .-. Si £ . x-d t-r : g ;; tkTi ? . at the snite late he will have no occasion t :-j in tte ^ 'b- ' gs t" repeal the Corn Laws ! We ? h ill h . ^ fe the -wh' . 'it country Sociir ^ to cur stanoaTd > . Jce d ' . v ^ < t" tbt win = ott 5 . ' ' And why , sir . should tbty n tk to ov . t 't ? . " ilai u . b-jcar . se flour w ^ s Is . C > d . per it . and heef threr } . > rr / ce per pound ? B .-c m ^ lh-y 3 iv u ' urwfd for their si-unVii-n to be fUTc ! Then r . re yuu " a t ; ood and wtli-ir . t " 'rn , ed Chartitt" if you expect converts from
sr . cr . a snu .. ' : Thua you wiH fee . Sir , how tasy it is for a man to f-. rc . -t the M .: e of !>> ¦ - q-: ? rticn he is liefen . iing when he writes witt ^ ut cr . y weil-defined piinciplts , and the .-ibiurjiries te : ' tci- ? rari ) y falLs inlo in conttquer . ee . Your o-n coud t . nsi-wi ' . l suggest the cassation 1 couKl c " : ve you c-ver ti : e = e extracts ; but I will spare it ' fur the preSrnt . and curc ' u . ic in the words in which I ccr . civi ' . ^ l th- > letter to i- KAY : / . n ;; bui Ifti . j u ' a : wd for thtir o : rn safety w ' dl ( re- io .: vii . ce ike :-: icd ' , : ' ' . / x-soj ihe r . ea-si ^ . of taking part tri : h the ! -uli-x cr : a : d they must be coi . viKccd too , ih-. t : NOTHING" BUT tu ; i ;; jpart irilh the labourer am ? arc ihcmfciH the ^ ju ' / if ftxd payments . liepttil of the Cum Luiti u-: s d i-.. y cupr . a- p . at- are ai ihe jtctof / ued pi :. } .- ;< : ¦? . ! , r . O ' -ci-u ' d ii ftcupe u-ithoui ; hc aid ot : l , e labourer . TK £ X HURRAH FUK REPEAL OF THE COKN LA W S !! W . P-
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««» - | TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . i Sir ,. —It sfibrus ice the highest degree of pleasure acd Mtis * .. ction to see the ic-iustricus classes erjoyizg the pleasures and fmits cf their : ^ bours , ar . d the tccr . t : cs of Di-rine P .-ovrdence ; . -. or c- ^ n the ir . r . n te su ^! : ! rts ¦ who would deprive his fellow cie ^ tureg of'hat which ratnre requires ^ cr of fhs blessings which a NrEerEcienr C ' rester l"a > , : n i ; is infinite wisdem , j're"r ; -. c- . . i for his sustenance , cemfcrt , r : r , d tratiScati ' . i . Ti-: * Ere , fc-wever , a variety oi thii-is in v > h : chwe i ^ - ui _ -e th : 't -..- ¦? neither tse : it : r . l to cur es ' stence , ncr c ;;' r ; . ' . ! . Ud to acmitiiittr to ov . * rta ! t : - " c ' liitn : ; but uri it : Evr- ' crles' ces . s alik . irjuriou- > '¦ the lif .-. fc ^ a ' th . rc .-j ' . i . . n / . h »! . iiEt « , f tc ' . se , vrL . "> , uLfor ; vra :. ! y , are u-z-cst-. i tj taeir use . v
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There never was a period in British history when selT-deaial became more absolu ^ ly necessary , or more . mpmtiTeir a duty i thaa the present . Y . « b numbers of BnMsh subjects , men , women , and innocent childrtn , are literally dying by inches of sheer want in the midst f , ? I 2 u ° l eyor y ^ ng needful . Many of our tslented , honesthearted , courageons , but sympathising patriots , are irumured in the tyrant ' s dungeon , or prisoners at large , awaiting what is called their trial for tae crime of pointing to the true causs , and to the o : ly remedy of all our cationa ! evils . Appeals hive - ' been mide through the democratic press to our generosity in favour of a defence fnnd f , r our persecuted brethren , bnt our response hitherto has been of the feebler character ; our sympathies tiy e not , as yet , been sufficiently awakened . The case is one of urgent necessity , and should not be tampered with . It would be the
basest ingratitude te leave our friends unaided in the bauds of a merciless , crufcl , and despotic government . Msny of tbe poor fellows are looking forward with horror to tne time When they must be arraigned before a claas of . remorseless flenis , who will bring all the prostituted- talent and diabolical icfluence they can muster upon the devoted heads of their intended victims . It remains for us working men , to Bhew tht-sincerity or hypocrisy of our professed principles by . saying whether or no we shall allow our patriotic brethren to be sacrificed by the polluted hands of mali Snant persecutors perjnred vampires , traitors and prejudiced juries , with the ghost of bloody old Jeffries at their head , Me-iey must be raised , and the beat counsel in the kingdom must be procured , and hollow-hearted villany and corruption , if possible , openly exposed , that the intended victims may eecspe a Holberry ' s fate , and their-wives and children the horrors of a bastile .
; We will n ^ t , we cannot plead poverty in extenuation of our guilty indifference in these matters , while we are spendiDg millions of our hard earnings in intoxica-; ting drinks and tobacco , which gives us : ; otbing iu ; return but individual misery , domestic ruin , des itu-¦ tion , and premature death ; whileit puts into the hands of our oppressors , the means of carrying on their un' aoly warfare against the rights and liberties of the people . It may be plain John or Sir James that may | carry on the war ; bnt it is fools that supply them with psnee . Let me tell you , , Jlr . Editor , how I think j we ou ^ ht to do , and what we must do if ever we [ succeed in effecting those organic changes in the instii tutione of our country that aie necessary to its future ' prosperity . ! From tiis .. vast numbers -who si )? tied tne late
National Petition , the extent of our public meetings and demonstrations , I may fairly infer that we have ! two millions of maie adults professing Chartist princii pies ; mote than one ha \ f of these spend from sixpence j to a shilling weekly in tobicco alone ; but take the \ sixpence and it will amount to twenty-five thousand j pounds per week , which multiplied by fifty-two weeks ¦ in the year , givea us £ l' , 000 . This is a part from ' what is spent in intoxicating drinks by the same parties , j Three-fourths of this sum goes directly into the hands I of your worst enemies ; so while we are contributing I now and then a halfpenny to extend democratic prini now ana tnen a naitpenny to extend democratic
prinj ciples , we give nine hundred and seventy-five thousand . pounds to Government to put us down , and puff the j other three hundred and twenty-five thousand into the | air almost as ridiculous as the other . Let us , my friends , cease to purchase and use this misty , trashy I poisonous weed , aud appropriate our time and money . to better purposes . Let us take a little more than one' . third of the above "' sum , say £ 500 , 000 , and let it be I laid out in the following manner ; and such would be the altered state of society in one year , that all the ; powers on earth combined could not stay the progress i or hinder the speedy triumph of democracy . £ 500 , 000 j might be carefully disposed of in the following way : — | For carrying on the cause , say ... ... 60 , 000 j A defence fund ... ,,, . „ , .- ;„ ' . '¦ 60 , 000 Xo expand in political works for gratuitous
distribution ... ... ... ... 54 , 000 To support twenty-one democratic papers , with a weekly circulation of 1-1 , 000 , at 5 d . each ... ... ... 330 , 000 £ 500 , 000 I Again , I would adviso every working man to abandon ! the use of intoxicating drinks . We should recollect I that Government receives some twenty millions annually j from this source . From parliamentary returns it appears tbut fifty-two millious Bt-erling is tb ^ e cost of intoxicating drinks . Much valuable time is thus thrown away in the public bouse , which ought to bo I spent iu reading aud storing our muids with useful
I knowledge . . j A drunken , puffing , spouting , reforming politician is ! a disgrace to the Causo he professes to serve , and is : i I stumbling-block in tbe waj ot reform . That nauseous i . insect , with all its filth and stench , the bug , might justly indict such a fellow as a nuisance , for presuming ! to practice his worse than beastly habits in , its presence . j The Chartists above all others should not practise nor tolerate such inconsistencies . ' If the hints I have thrown out were adopted and fairly carried out , Sir Robert and his cronies in vice i would soon have to guzo on tbe proud eminence oi Chartism till their blighted vision sank in obscurity : before the brightness of imperishable truth and righ-: teousness . | By inserting the above , you will oblige j A Constant Keader Of your extensively circulated paper ,
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i ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM . PART V . TVe have seen the origin of the system—we have exi amined its nature and cbar . icter—let us look more nar-¦ rowly into its effects . And first , there is not a crea-I ture in England , from the Queen on the throne to i " The maid that milks and does the meanest chares , '" j from the duke to the coal-boy , that is not curoedby this ; accursed system . The rich are cursed by the crimes i which it induces—the poor by the w ; inr . It is " a system ; that pervades . all rai ; ks , all classes ; all employments . j The three professionw , law , physic , and divinity are in-; fecled by it . Law , for the benefit of lawyers , is made ; to distort justice—physic for the benefit of doctors to i destroy hGalth—and religiori for the benefit of parsons to corrupt Christianity . , It rules the army and navy i where money buys command over merit . The fine
arts aie not exempt from its blasting iofluence . If a man of genius , whether a poet or paiuter , a musician , a sculptor , or an architect . be an honest mau , he will find his honesty a bar to his success . If a man of science be poor his inventions will be purloined by the rich , who wii ; get patents for them , and rob him of tha reward of his ingenuity . It ie a system that has changed the character of the great to little . The ancestors of our dukes , marquisses , and earls used to feed the poor at their gates—but their degenerate posterity , tbe present bastard breed , are noble only in name , an-: tbey drive the poor gleaners from their fields and follow them into the workhouses , where they examine the weights and measures to see that the puor wretches , get no more than the allotted portion of skilly—lest they should live and nut die . It is a system that has made honesty ( paid to
be the best policy ) the worst policy , for shopkeepers declare tbat tbey cannot live honestly , and they find ft ntcessary to discharge every honest Journeyman , every conscientious servant . None' are profitable to them but those who can lie and flutter and cheat in their service . It is a system that has stiifided the land with palaces , castles , and country seats for the rich , but with bastiles , madhouses , and prisons , far the poor—bastiles that are filled with humble unfortunates ruined , not by their own victs and immoralities , but by the vices and immoralities of the ereafe , who corrupt , who crush , who absolutely compel their victims to sin , then punish their misery by worse misery , by crneltits more abhoreiit than hell itself—madhouses where are confined those whose hearts were broken , whose brains were turned by the ' disappointments which are the sure snd certain hope of
honest worth—and who are th * y in the prisons ? We are told thn-t the grent majority- can nt-ither read noi write ; and this is true , for government wou ) d keep us isnorant as assts that we might be treated as badly ; but it is not true , as some have inferred , that the ignorant aloire are criminal , or the worst criminals . No , it is your learned clerks who escape by benefit of clergy , who : ire too cunning to be caught , or have influence or coulucdons to buy them off , or let them loose . It is a systtm thrit has profamed British soil with the steps of policemen—not oniy in lust-trodden cities but in those Turai districts were innocence vainly seeks a retreat . It is a !>> stem that brings many a good man to a bad end— - many a sprung roan to an vmtimtly grave . Ob , what millions will arise in judgment : ; g ; iinat this system—a FVRtt-m that baidshed Frost . Williams , and Junta- for no
other crinio but patriotism for seekiDg to save that which is lost , lest peace , los-t prosperity , fur striving te restore rur accier . t constitution . It is a system that doomed five hundred Chartists to uu ' . geons . I am not ashamed at owning myself one of them . I should rather be ashamed at not having been one ; it is for the persauted to glory—for the vtr 6 ecutp ' r 3 to be ashamed . Clayt ' -n acd Holberry tave perished , and Peddie is pt-rishing ; but their spirits will not perish , and cannot be cocfined—even now they walk tte earth . It is a system tt at forces men out of their proper sphere and drags them into the mnEt unnatural , the most unmanly ways of gainiDg a livelihood , into occupations unseemly , revolting ; and women , who under a better system would be what they were created to be , the angels of wen , women are decioraiiz . d by this system , made moral plagues ; children , too , are doomed to exist like reptiles , vermin . It is a system that makes parents shut their own children out of their homes , out of their
hearts—that freezes the blood of nearest relationship and curdles the milk in a mother ' s breast . It is a system thathas V red unheard-of crimes and pr&duced monsters in ssciety , such as the Burkes , the Gfret-nacres , the Goods , iu whose characters , in whose countenances the man ia lost ia the brute , the Least , the fiend . In short it is a system that calls virtue vice , mnkta truth a lie , honesty dishonorable , justice a mockery , crime a custom , folly fashionable , snd religion a trade—that has made Mammon the idol of England , to which ( Sod himself is sacrificed by his ungodly creatures ; yea , tLis syntru has sunk England f . ir . bt ! o-fi-11 itse'f ; for in Hell we read that only tbv .- wicked are tormented , but iu England the good art- to ? mtr . t < i ' - 1 . I > t any one conceive ru-.-h a "fictitious-being , such a UtcD'an is 2 man hi-n- tt und true in 6 Vi .-ry wwd and ^ t . : ir . J tell aie , -wouiii n .: t ttst . man Lave to undergo nine sc vn , ruore persecution than ary othor man ? w . uldncthis life be a mar ' tyrcloni ? ¦ hia death alone
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could be happy . Such are the effects of thiB cursed system—a systatn teat has not only cursed England , bttt every oountiy , ¦ w here Eo ^ lish irftuence prevail * . Captain Cook named the South Sen Islands the " Friendly Islands , " because the people were the kindest he had ever . nu .-t ; bui thty cm no longer be canied the ' Friendly ' —our system has reached them , has perverted them , cursed them ; tnd where is the country in which freedom or happiness reiirn , or are about to rekn to which our Government , ever on the Wii ' . ch , does not send a navy with swelling satVs anii bristled cannon , ' to batter down the risin ? lights k : man ? Witness wronged Ireland , Cioaila , Egypt . 'Iadia , but above ail , China ! where British bravery is now disgraced by the most cowardly w . \ r ever waged . n the history of the world—a war that is rousinj ; tht re :
ribuHve hatred of all nations against U 3 . Who i * there that can now boast of being an E : ii ( lishuiaii ? * h > . > cin love"to have his name identified with this country ? who but must blush So be born in it ? Anvl are thirc those that c ? . n support such a system ? Aias , many think it the perfection of wisdom ! these are to bpitied ; but there aro others who support it from love of it—these are surely to be execrated ; othere as-iiu support it for prcfifs sake— these are to be tU > sp - < d ; others oppose it though like Juggernaut it crush thtinho : ioured be these : for ho man who Seeks to thrive by such a sy 8 t 9 m is worthy the name of man , for it i * impossible to do so honestly ; and dirty is he , filthy beyond measure , who would rather live by dishonest means than by honest ones , if left free to choose ; but the system dees not leave men free to choose—it leaves them no alternative ; but vice or starvation . > . ' causes of social dishonesty and domestic infelicity naturally arise in this unparadised world , but the system leaves them not to chance ; like Kirkpalrick , it
makes sure . It is directly or indirectly the cause of almost every sin , every sorrow , eveiy suffering tbat « e commit or endure . Poverty is painful enough of i . self ; but the system sets a uiau's poverty ever in his vi * wmakes him fee ] it constantly , racks him with it night and day . It knows no pity , no remorse . He who cr . n willingiy , wilfully support such a system ( knowing what it is ) is a devil , an 4 not a man , he is a party u > all the evils which it i ; flicts , an accessory before the fact . to every murder . which it commits . Whan our Saxon ancestors wished to express their sense of utter worthlessnesa they'called it sidERING- —to support this systerais N 1 DER 1 SG . Quakers . refuse topay churchrates : but they pay taxes in support of this systtm—they : \ ro averse to war ; yet they pay to carry it on—even thv present disgusting and abowinable war in China—^ et them be consistent—let them come out as Chartists , ami it wiil shew that they do not willingly support such r system—that they are wishful i \* r a better system to support . ( To be continued . J
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. . ¦ . . ¦ ¦ t . ' _ —y ^ ¦ THE FOUNDLING OF AYR . ( Concluded . ) James was now pretty comfortable , earning twenty sbillinssper we * . > k . h : ii more contented than these' s- ho spVriii twenty pounds ' -a-wetk wichoat earning it . Ha t HiL a ? m : ill cott . ige , and his wife took in such w- -k as she couW executeafter her oa-n was done . But Junes wr ; s not one who lived fir hii : vs- 'lf alone , or ev-: ii fir his fiiruilT- —he was a citraen of the world , and thongb ' --he ha- ' not inurh time and but few opportuuifys-of-! eari » V- ; g what was iroiRtr on in the world , except from hearsay , he rtad the wc * k'y newsjxipsrs . I'he Ci i ^ iiuct of Government , with its effects ' oa' society , especially on his own class , did not pass unnoticed ,, uucriticised , nor unopposed by him . Ti ; e Duke had retanieJ from h . 3 . criticil ' fistory . ¦ st . Waterloo . wo : i by the passive
obedience and resistance . of a wall of British tr « o ;\ - who it-vd and ' received the . charges i > f Frenih c .-. vaiiy with all tht > oKiurats eadurince with which thjy wjuld i . avo tak « n a fl .-rginji os thtir back * , by . ' the or : r of thtir c ^ umiantft-r-ir .-Cuief . That Commandtr vay now ruiin ; in the cabinet , cud was i-trcm- ' -J ? h \ ivocatirn ; the corn bill , for he had ' rectiVu iirgd tsii ' . u as a >; : war (! for " saving his cmuury , " an-1 it wis his int-. rt » t iwi ; h which hii '' uclluitiou -wfts ongixid terms ¦ to tnb- ' . rce the viins v f-his yroixrrty ; by-pvotvcting liutiea . Vos , Eriy'lir . d n ; i ; now rtapiug the fruit of her , victories—havinc pure ; asod glory abroad by the s ;;" cnfic \? if huppiness at honic and
like the garnished druju . « 11 : oise and thow . :.. r . de , was " full of eniptiut-Sf" "within . The workir ..: ruea universally execxa ; e < i this famine-bill , and then . ' .-tention wastuincd to Parliamentary reform as . a Uu ^ . -. s of repealing that , and all other class-laws—laws t ' . ^ tt so partially incline the balance of justice . Tho indiyu . tion vhioh these measures of the Torkshad excited wa = :. iken ad % ant ? ge of by the Wiiigs to serve their own \ arty purposes ; ar . d , under prett-uce of serving the c .. ; :. ~ e of tht > pei pie , thijy ware carried into power by the Ki f irm . B ; ii , but were no sooner seated on hiph , thiu r ! : ey kicked down the ladder , and become as mean m thSii uredeci'ssors had been base .
Tht : pressure of the tax- ; s on the one hatvl , wi " . h the lova of txtrav 3 gance which a nation proud of its greatness began to iudulge on the other , caused the u \ v . ldle classes ( those npes ot the aristocracy ) to sit more tichtly on the shoulders t-f tbe working ^\« n , to screw vlown : their wages and to sst up raacii ' :: iery , to coiiipete with men who not being composed uf suv-b . toai » h nieti \ l were cnmpelled to givo up therscein dospiir . The niiddle classes were enci . v . Mged in tl-iia growing selfishnt ? s . by Guve ' rnmev . c . who pas ' -c .-d the 'iVe ' w Poor Law Bill as an alembic U > crush the last hopes of labour , and drive it from the k-n-. lopenirt ; sluices of emigration for that purpose . The masters were detariiniu-d to keep up their high style of iivinc by lowering wages ; aud it is In this m . uine * they pay the . ' income tax , or any . additional hui-then
imposed on them by Goveruiiient—ipressing it out uf the class beiow them . The men saw the necessity of coml mins ; to resist the-conibinatioa among the nv . sU-rs For tbis purpose they entered in Trades 17 o ; t ? ii ^ . - : ind James Ayr iuiiutui . itcly joined ; and was so z-. "ilous sirui useful a niembtr . that he was appoinfed secretary to the district where he lived . Govurhraent druwing its resources' from oppression , of course backed tho oppressor * : , and prosecutions were issued afjiunst seveial Hitn . b-. rs of the Uuiori , under tho pitiful pretence thiit they sworo illegal oaths to bind each other in conspiracy . The fact is , that the working man nce « is hot an oath to bind him in brotherhood , —bis vtvul of honour , like that of the peers , is sufficient , and honesty is his'bou'S . ' B-. tt . ¦ ' however , the Dxchester Lib > urcrs and Glasgow Cottou . Spinuers wore transporieil for
fexaniiile ' s sake—transported by the Whigs—by tho very mon who had taught them the principles they ¦ were now putting in practice . What was J » meg ' s surprise to find those whose advocacy of reform went to the cutting off of Queens' h « ads , now acting tha part of the Fox to the Goat in the fable ? Jumes saw the necessity of uniting not against lv . astars n >« Tcly , but sgaiDst the Satanic po * er hehind the masters ; in thoit , he became a Chartist—one of these . Vho are seeking to regain from tyranny the sceptre of the people ' s patriotic sovereignty . Ho saw that Trades " Unions were of benefit to the same t-xtent that OddfeHov ? s' Uiuons are , huf not further ; » a ho foucd th :-A the contest with the . masters ' wn . s untqual , and ended in srenteif oppression . But ChattUiii , like Trades Unionism , w . vs to bo put dowu and tbe kanifctmient of Frost , Williams ,. arid Jones followed-that of-tlm Dbrcheater ami CHhscow men . James was no indignant at this , that ho vtnteu bis sympathy in language which
the authorithies had once . tnught . -mit now would net tolerate , and he was arrested ,. but held to bail . He traversed to the next * ass- ' zea . bnt , in the nunniiiue , a suix was raised for him by his brother unioninU suf-Bcient to pay his pnR ' saee to America , whither ,. with Lis f : \ raily , he iiew , like Jisseph , from persec ' ufc'on . All his hopes of ireedom , or of-a livelihood , beiDg K-iflludseeing no prospect before ' 'him but a -prison—having s large family dependent on him—he did widely to . spurn theslave-trofuira soil of Britain ; lie did well to shake the dust oft his shoes as a ' testimony against if . We see in his i ximplo , . that the woi king man cannot be true to himself audio hia order . without encountering great trials . James , thVu ' ub . driven out of his own trade into a chemical factory , and but ot that into another country , was ever hearty , as he was honest , and though he never discovered his patents , Providence has been a father to ths FouadHng of Ayr and blcsstd his endeavours in America .
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¦ . ' ' — -. —* m— — - ' ELLIS THE VICTIM . TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' jrOKTHERN STAR . Dear sir , —It is the last viMt of the patriot ' s wifi > and oft ' spring to the vic ' . im ' s cell , to kk . i a long and ptrhrips a Intt f . ire ve . 'l , which now ucctipies iny mind in s ; id and thoughtful mood en wrapt . What a- scene ! He'had hoptsri—fond / y hoped , by his frurife profession of his honest opinion ? , by his public advocacy i-f the f . rtiit doctrines of truth , and the heaven-born principles of juntice ; by his virtuous , if not vicoious extrtioiJsiii the c . iuseof ri ^ hceousuess between nun and rt'hn , not only to have bei . eatted hirt country g ^ nnraily , but especially ti . hav « elevatod in the social . sc-ilo the ch < i en of his youtMul heart , flnfi the dear pleilgts . of ,- ' th » .-ir mutual love , and now he beneMs theui—killing sight!—liis-durlin ' g wifo
bewidowed and ( tUcrin' -olate ; and hi « m-conscious helpless chidreu fatherless and destitute .. But then hi ; is allowed , as a inKt favour , to . touch , to handle , ; to embrace , to clasp to bis bosom the ' mother and her babes—to glvo them such a squr ' ze " as erst he gave them not . " Sur .-lyt .-Ten tyranny base as nn . w 'tis grown , cannot deny tLis last poor consolatir . n ; Alas ! why do I thuadrtam Thick wails and slro /; g iron , tfibctually Miviiie aiiicder those who had lpviutrly sat side by . sidn ,- coinniiiried ov ,. r the cheerful mtv . l , and calmlyslc-pfir . f ^ ch other ' s nrins . fe ' ee how the mfinly cheek-, furrowed ' by ' un , Mievited euro ,. i . « plough *! by the bie tear , while , with intxpvessible anguish , he looks , knowing he must look there no more—upon all that * dear to him in the world , then turns aw . iy aickeuud at
the sight . Ah ! r . hth ' tnks 1 hear tbe piercintf wail of the poor denr wife of Ellis , " Oh ! I t ? v , > aght they would have allowed me to fc : ss him . " Never « hal ! I forget tha thrill which went through my hentt , when 1 read thia heart-breaking sentence . And then the lovoly innooentfl—mother , why weep you?—father why grieve you ? But-enough , 1 must no more . Euglishwnaviiuse-ye . * ¦ It is for you to say whether Eiiis shall be bau-. shefi , and you be braudud for ever or wkether rampant tyranny shall be ; m : i < ie t » bow down before ths irresistible will of " a mighty jieoplc , and a moving nation . If tbe efforts nov ? making sbouid fai ) , and tbe judges should decide utifavi-urnbly , ( and who expects any t ' lr-ng . else , for tho judgment , seat ia corrupted , an-i turned to political p »> -poses ) either a Jrolitiwu to tliB Cuunionfl , or ameinvrjiil-to the Q ,. een , or both , to be 'let . rmin ^ rt upon by , the cciu ; jiittee
f . l' -f . idy orgai . ' . z-l on his behalf , must . ber prepared , : i ' . i ( . i ) te ( J , - , nrid -prwented . " I do not recommend this course from any faith which 1 have in petitions or reemorials , but if pn-per steps be taken , I . feel o pertua-Kion s . ime . how or other that such a dernonptration rn ^ y hi ; ¦ cot up iu tho metropolis , as will mi only f fitctuata theJibr-ra ' . ion ofElJis . -lut also do much for the ii" ; p ] 9 too . The p ' . an which' -I have to reconinien ^ is ibis : let a email fr-ict be printed detailing a abort account of Ellis—of his f-potltn . character—of his ttialtrie nature cf the ovidc-nce - upon which he wax convict : ' ! , with a slu : Ttbut cl- « ar state » ent of his political piit'ciples . L ; t Uui ' . on be deluged with thtse tracta one month , at least b- i ^ . re the presentation ; and , to nx . tt tbe-ixpt-csu of printing nnd the demonsfrftion , let 5 > : ai ; irs or tea p ; nt ; e , s h « got up both in London and the potteries ; and- let our richer friends for once show tfct-ir generosity by liberal support .
It may be asked why the rest of the provinces Bhould not engnge to r ' ai ;; e their , quota towards this benevolent < 'V i * rct ? B . n . iuae I tbii . k if proper exertions be made iu * L'mdon and St-. tfi-rdshira , sufficient funds niay . be raised tur the purpose , and in the mean- time the EagJ lish p ' rovibcts und -Scotland ought to get up similar i ^ zia .-s aq < :- ' tea parties for the benefit of the " Geiier . il Victim and Defcaco Fund . " I would respectfully suggest S . O tbe Kaglinii Executive , and the Central Board of Scotland to t ; -. ks up this suhj . ct immeduitely , to delibbr . itv c ; Intiy -up « h it , and decide and advtee eccordiug to the btst of thtir own judgment . If thia matter be not taken , up by these official , bodies , it will never be generally a ' . tendcd to . .
The assistance of the ladies is absolutely necessary to itaeacees *; ami as nuthiug can be done in order and whh effect , without organizition and system , female AsMciations should be formed everywhere instanter . Come then , my good Chartist sisters and brettren , give proof th . t you deserve-tbe honourable appellation of Chartist , f-r it is the most honourable appellative term bpplitrt in Britith ei-ciety . Just for a moment con-« iiVr the hgcnisvd ftelirga cf the neg lc-ctod Chartist victim , ' -eta ! deU-rniine thit he Hhall not longer want tho consolation cf your warmest sympathies und prompt and best aisUtaiice .. . I remain , Dsar Sir , 4 c , Jean A .
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OX THE TSOPKIETY OF THE "VTORKIXG CLASSES AIDING THE C 0 RN-LA . W REPEALERS , — IX ANSWER TO J . POPPLE-. "VVELL , OF ELLAND-EDGE . ; Sir ., —1 cannot help iVeiing great pleasure that the ' £ rst It-r . er which I wrote upon the aVove subject should have created ta : h a cenerai £ e :. tati . ' > n as I rind it has , for the sul-j ^ ct is one of vast importance at the present : moment ; tt : ll I cannot help ripening that both S . K . :. nd joursslf shenid have tctn so ceU-rmined to mis-UL .- ; er&VLai 1 my intent : on in the writing of that Utter . Throa ^' n the whole of yonr Jetter you write upon the ajsilmitijn tLa : I advise the ChanisLs to join the Corn- Lsw it-pealers fur th = purpose of putting the Wbijs [ ii . t-o powsr acaiii ; when , if you had not bten deter- j ni . ntd to go wrong , the coimnonest attention to my lttt = r sr . ald have shown yc ; u that I there said— " It bz ' v-z tVicei . t that ; be middie clrj : es will not assist the i ¦ v r . r ); iE 3 clas-ts to obtain that t , : c * in the mskir . g c-f the Uws which tlone ca- ' pcrii ^ ner-tiy bttter their con-( litii ' . n until tb .-y . tLe mi-j-ile clz ^ s&s become alarmed for . ' / . £ ¦// ¦ c : ~ i si ' -ualiGii , I contend t ! -. at it is the duty cf t ' . c-« tr ikl 2 a cia ^ jes to erdravoar , by all means wiihia their isbvur , to brifcg about ' a consummation so devoutly t-o N ; wishtd . '" And I she in that ! tttrr recommended U ; e CLar : ists to ass-at in the mitatit-n . vi tha Repeal , as a menu of : a : ii _ i one a : uf ihiiiiiti . oT HARASSING BOTH OF TriEil . Now , Sir . if yun had paid stttntion to these thincs y-. 'U Diight have spared ycurs ^ i the expence of much virtuous icdignation which ; ou L : ve vtntvd at the idea ... I agiii : suppcrting the "k ^ ss , bloody , an-i brnta ! s , "and : that wou . d cave enabled yaa to bnv-.- paid more atten- j ii ' -: i to : he real questions which ought to have been dia- j cas == d in that Irtter . And . a = those subjects-appear to , his of paramount importance , 1 shall t £ . ke the liberty of L . irsin laying them before you in the same form which 1 j aid in mv letter Io S . K . which are as follow : — i
" ] t Till beevidrD ' . toall who have read my first letter , [ that from the motto prefixed to it , and from the com- '; v- . ~ rJn .-n of the nrst paragraph , I appeared to doubt the j jiiitic ;; or propriety of rcioriirig to any but btrictiy : h' -sc-ur ; - . He means for the atwining any grra . t ohje-ct in * I concluded that if the parties wiUi whoiu we Lut- tu -io keep no measure c-f faith , if tbey re-sort to ar ; t . H : r . ^ ur everything , no matter how tr . irky or base , l- j i-rcTi- ; : ys cbriicini , - our just e : ; ds , I thiLk tbe eijd tTvu ; . ! sirctify the mtai > s , evtn if we ti : d rctuiii the c ; -r . * .- nla of ; he pois ' . ced ch-rce to their own lips , and h-.-=: ittiu frciu their n : just pos tioa by means of their own p-lard . " . Xo-w . sir , this w : is oj ; e of 5 fle positi ^ iiS which Vc-U Clljht-eitifcr to b ^ -fe endeavoared to con- trover ' , or to L ^ ve a .-knowlfrdgea . If yeti hz . d coctrov ^ rttd i' .. tke whvle of the suhrt q ^ isnt Ter ^ utin ^ woul'i j . rf-s-ari ' y have lail-n to the ar-jnnd ; ami if you had Etkuu ^ lf-iged it the whole liiatter in dispute -wc . uld ir . i- r- rr . =. > . " TeJ :: $ tr ~ . f into tbe Qn&stion , ' irhtihet the ;< i ~ -i of the CO ' -ji Xau-s wcu'd h ~ ve a ieixdOiCii to c . it ^ e : /; -. ... i'd ' e . / -. ¦ .- > . «* to b-coiur a'irmed for tiuir own ti : ita-: /'¦¦); u ' -. ti cor . > f <; v * ht ' ii cause th * m to j : nn the . ptoph tor ih ' .. i . ' j jti ' . ai . i : lat p . y . er in ihe Lrgis ' ature trhi-. h AXD O . \ ' 1 V WHICH , aui p .-ever . t ihe mldd-. e cm <> cs J . cm beit . ? yea : Livid up ly : ht i : uj cj . tidedpaymei . is . '' ' Here ibe whole thing would have been in a nutshtll , find if > ou had tat en them either jointly or sirrly , we should no : have Veen ic danger of losing the wiivle question in a labyrinth of , at the best , but secondary coL ^ f q ; : enct . £ . " Ths whole of the sbuTe two pjrasrraphs 3 pnly strictly to y-u , sir . Bat as you have wr-. Uto n . uch ex ' . iar . rru ; italicr 1 will follow yen through it , and I shall sh < _ w 7 ? u hofr easy it is f < .-r a man wbo writes wilhr-ut anj iix-, 1 principle , to ni :. nake the ^ - ; c' . e of a cause he 15 dtirDivnr . r . nd how he toneequtcfiy falls into the greatest of Lhrurnities .
Y-. u i-egin b ; tailing me that I r . rn a young man , snd that whrn I am yuur zze I stall know better . R-i . ' ! y tiiis afsuirpt :-. n ( f supencr 'vr : » dom dorf not tell well , withvut yvu had tfcown it by mere clearly refuting the positions 1 had lakcc . But , hovrevcr . 1 l-eg to tell you thst 1 ^ m r . o chicken ; 1 have crown grey in the c :. uec . ^ 3 ^ : ^ i : bern twc ::: y- £ Te y-. ^ ri upon tbe stsce , anil aitbi'Ufih the r ^ it 1 have j layed ru : iy cot have been as coi . siicious as vcurs , still you must know th ^ t the bustle cf the stage-sweeper Is as ceCtssaty u > the success c * tbe f : c-cc 2 s the strut of the tracedy hca > : and tfcrt ;; il
. . . oct honcai c . ^ Eiists in " j ' ' . 3 j : Eg ¦ we ll" the part r . li ' . 'lteo : : •;¦ us . It is irue ttat , as tit' fojl said la Lsar . ' ¦ I ou ^ ht to be fl . ^ ged for bcir ^; u ! d before 1 was wise , " stiil : f I ' , b ^ Tc eu ; had the Laj-picess of liv : Dg at your n . uch- ' faulted Livtrrs-ecse or Htckrccnii ^ ike ; and if I have : £ ¦ : : La . I tee privilege of haT : i : ; seme acr . tor to take me by ihe hand ana lead me to the feet of soase political Xtstrr " far rcLowncd f-r a :: c = c d s ^^ se ; " " still in the i : uik ;» : ^^ ghiuf the political teir : * pStre , I ha ^ e a ' . wajs shore , ihuugh -wiib a ijint . 7 ct a ster-uy light , to Eh < jw . ¦ in \ _ - K ^ ert . iboutg . " Iactsoviic .: « ti-atwhtntLepo'iti- j cii Li . nr . ; TLer £ Lis been dear : ~ hcii L-onsteUuLions of f ^ r crta ' . tr ¦ r : » . i : ; ntjs have nude thrir :. ppear .: i-. ce ; wh-. ^; Bt ' . r' is i . i OiE-ii ;< s \ itDCv ur : " :. vc csihed athwart thr ' U _ - . v . : £ ..-. fxicjf : J 1 ey-s Ci ^ on th-. ir ya ' . h , I have been : ¦ -JLirieiy iu : in tic filrS . v of t ^;? . 'ir ; Ftill when I : ¦ ^ vr .-:: 'Ji ; i : led tr . rA , wh =:: 1 h :. ve dw- n = rr . y little best t ;• - ¦ ; . ' .: dc . i : is h : ixu io rerie .-ch " ¦ ¦ - because I caQLt > £ i ^ ivr gr ^ . - . er lL . Lt tiau i" . i ^ a j-. eisrd htavtn to grant . ' Y-u ^ -y that you " wonii S 3 sDocj .-ln the i :. f ; rr ; al ; -t ir :. ! ,- ; .- a n . ta ^? to obla ' . i . L . st . b . :. ?¦ j ia the YVl : ^ s % ¦ . ¦ '• .: ¦¦ .. " . be Ct-ner . " An ^; d cu-. h -r , wbese w .-iks- 1 jco ' tc ; reacii-g scniEWtere ot-s-.: ved that ngtre * of .-jx ; ch wire . cge-U-ois . anii two-. Oged ttols tvo . Snpj- - » etLtn tLat " . hess icf-rnal spirits were ycur greatest ( - 'S-tixUs to year obtainici ; heaven ; ai . d suypo ^ e that in cht-ir ii-fcrr- ^ l ¦ wisccin , ttiey -were ccnteniy-Iiitiisir some n :. . s ; -=:-ju-. ke vf p ^ iicy . vftici , as they tbo- ^; ht , was to . jittiiit yiur ever attainirg felicity ; ar . d suppose tfc ; . I you w ; re c-. rtaiii that if they cosupai-sed the point - crty tia in view : hey would tfitc'ualiy rtmove tbeniie e - - ^ s . n c-ts ' . acleto ycai oV'la . tiBg hapy-icess ; supicsc : hore things , wculd yc-n net wish lic-n ; io juc-. cte ^ i 7 TTcuUi yen not ha : io them cii ? Would yon ; , tr ; " join' an ^ asfisJ them : o tumble them from that ! ¦ ¦ r-. suioE is whicti they were yoci greatest obstacle to the oVtainirg cf lifaven ? What : sir . had jc-u rather rsma : n in he i . under tke ' mUd pattrtai swaT" of the ' icfrrcal-spirits . " th : n br £ X- ' - y of Jo biss ee acti- ' . a as assU ' r-cc th "> . iii t- " ' ; csb ! t ti-. n ;? i ! ves . f : « . "n : tt _ t rc ? ition which is one of y : ¦ £ » sreatost sirrdrarrL' * to e ' . c-tv : VTo-jlu yen do ihi ;? if y ; u wc-a ' r . ycu « re a kic . i mnz ! And , if yen are ^ F . n . r ' e cf tt = HtckrcM'io'Bi ^ e and Liveicdjre r-coy-1- ? , ttry ar , ki = d seals : Fl U t-f ; be " Djiik of ttian : feialntis" Oh , how I envy Jbeni " Y u ;¦ : r :: : c- st ; , ' if ' I wis a lncJccra : I w-uld ST- / T-. T r .. y 1- ^ i * : ¦ be cut f-- < ir . T .. y r-j : y ' .. e : or = I -w ^ u ' . i r = ri .. : : _ - z .-t-. l ' . -.: tie ( . " " .- ^ ~ - ~' .: t ~ -iz .. rereal of - .:.=- ci . v ; la—j . " T-.-r .- ; - . - is > . •?¦ ¦ f-----f- i' - c :-r ' -.: c :::. r-,,-, >;; r ; I - ?" .-u ! - 7- * rU . " . ;•" . ^ ^ ^' -- : u ' - '> ttr . V . ; L a uicai . f : l . t-rr . U . ^ c : v , a ls uu-Ssok-ii : Bu :
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TO JOSEPH STURGE . " My soul aches To know , when two authorities are up , Noitlier supreme , how soon confusion M&y enter 'twist' tho gap of both and take Ihe one by the other . " SUAKSl'EAKE . Sir , —I stop not to enquire ¦ whether God ami un . t-.-rc made you a Chartist , whether it was the histories of the ancient republics , Greece , Rome , Sparta , or of England itself in its democratic days ; whether you became a convert during your recent visit to America by coinpuring
that country with your own ; or lastly whether you as as an Antl-Corulawitw were convinced of the hopelessness of your oppositiou witheut an extension of the Suffrage , Suffice it t ^ say , tlmt yi-u found an association on foot in Great Britain entitled the National Chatter Association , and composed of men who felt their wrangs , who knew theii' rights , and who wished to restore their eoun ' . ry to itself by \ nakinR its institutions harmonize with truth and justice . You approved of their objects , of thi-ir plans , yet you did not join them . On the contrary you endeavoured to set up , not even an auxiliary association , but an antagonist oneyou are not only not with us , but you are against us , and thus I prove it .
You acted on the opinion that the conduct of the Chartists had rendered their name odious , had exciteii much prejudice a £ : iinst their principle ? . To avoid that odium , to evade the prejudice , you profess the same principles but urnier a different n ; ime—you thought proper , to mask your battery . I believe you are a phiian thropiat , but you are not much of a philosopher or you would know that as it was tfie honesty of thoso principles that rendered them odious in the eyes of the privileged classes , sg a yirofefsiou of the same principlea even under a different-aame ,. was sure to subject you to like odium , te excite similar prejudice ; for it is the humanity of the Chartists , not their name , that is dreaded or disliked by the inhuman factions . Whether , think you , is a mean submission to prejudice or a maiily defiance of it , most likely to remove or r .-pel it ? You know that the very errors of tho Chartibts , liko the failings of Goldsmith's brother , " lean'd to virtue ' s aide . "
Having refused to tccorporate with the old b''dy—j having resolved to set up anew one , with youvt-elf at the head of it ; having , in a manner said to Feargus O'Connor , " Stand back , lam holier than thow ; " you begin by altering the dietinctive appellation of . Chartism . ; the name by which it had become known ; a name hallowed by heroism , sanctified by martyrdom . What faith can we put in your sincerity when youv Srst act was the removal of our landmark ? I will not descend to record tke numerous other instances you have given us fer suspicion . I will abide by your first general ones . The phrase" universal" would not do—you inust alter it to " complete . " Having adopted the principle , you boggled at the name—having Bvrallowed a camel , you strained at a gnat . What do you mean by complete ? . If you mean what we mean by universal , why make a changeling of Chartism ? You have " not mended the phrase , I contend that your complete is a eolecibm in j grammar . The word is more applicable to ' a . pifce of j wovkraanship than to a point of juiispruilence . Perfect : would have been moro eormain to the matter . But
you have acted like tha gypsies , who , when they steals child , disguise or disfigure it " that it lunypasa as j their own . " . . . j We test the propriety of words by their collocntion . ! How does it read ? Let us see . I am afraid that you will not live to finish , much less to complete the { suffrage . Would not this be rank nonsense ? Yes , and \ as your complete suff ago has been designated " com- I plete humbug , " so mi £ ; ht it with equal propriety be j styled *• complete nonsense . " Tho wise are not to be j fooled by it . You have never defined your meaning , and I suppose it . will only admit of Bardqlpb / a definition . "
Complete ; that is , wheu the sufftaga is , as they sn . y , cym- i p ! ete ; or , when tho suffrage is , —beiiig—whereby—it .. may be thought to be complete ; which , is an txcollciit j thing . " Now the oki term universal has not only its own uuiversalily to recommend it ; but , niortover , it i can quote precedent in its favour . It is author ' a ; d hy \ antiquity—it is the tetm th . it was in ute awung the ancient'Romana .. When you refused to be baptized in 1 the name of tue Charttr ; when you call your principles by another ns \ me—hew can ynu'avow that your opinions j are the same as . ours ? In the words of the pott , they j aro " alike ; but oh , how different ! " If you am ashamed of our name , we will be ashamed of you . You j are a . noncomforitiiiig Chartist , and the organ of your . party ia rightly termed the Nonconformist .
A Friend should be a peacemaker . If any breach-j existed in our Israel-, you ought to have bealt d it by the sacrifice of yonrstlf , like- Curtius , rather than to j have widened it ; but you have caused discussion , dissension , and division , where ali shouW have Oecn peace , concord , and unity . You have occasioned a retardation of the progress of liberty against oppression . \ Your ntxt step will be to divert it . Why net up your tent of disunion so close to our tent of union ? If a man dig a well so ner . r aiu-ther well as to divert the I spring , our laws , defective as they are in justice , wiil j give a remedy by an actioj ) on the case . You havu ' opencti a rendtZTous for " fickle changelings an
knowledge that the middle classes can pay more than the working classes ; the idea that you are a weiltby man ; ailthis has teinpted a few netdy advent-jrats into your , service , has also tempted oi . e of our Executive , one who was with us , in " double trust , " who should against disunion have closed the door , not optntd . ir himself ; but you-have cot been able , acid you will not bu able , to iuveigle one sound Chartist . Mahonie : could not get the mountain to come to him— 'be was forced to go to the niountaiu . So will it be with you . The new movers couid not draw the masses iifter thtui ; and this new attempt , in ycur name , will be-equally unsuccessful . . It is is indecent for the Omega to expe . ee the Alpha to bow to it .
Bat besides the mediocre advocates of middle etas ? union in your pay , you have some working-men in your ranks ; We would say to them as Wallace s-air ! to Bruce -when he met him on tbe river side , " What do ycu in the ranks of your ecemies—cf the enemies of your coniitiy . Come back to your own . . order . Cross tbe Bubican again . " The woriinff-class-s do lit-t need , do uut want , the midtllt-ciass to join them ; at least they will not join tbe ini > iiUe class , for they know fioni fatal experience , that to do so is but to lend themselves as tools in the hnnds &f their meanest and worsi
oppressors . The RtfuTm Bill bus taneht them a lesson wkicb they can never forget . That they wereduped . then was the fault of the middle-class—it will be their own fault if they are duped a second time . What good can come of these Conferences with false friends ?—we want no intellectual sparring . Is it to gain t ; rae or to dtluoe us by Eome B ' lisht-of-hand trick , tome jugglery like thut of changing our name ? Mr . Sturge , let me advise you to incorporate at once with those wboie principleay < u avow ; or if you wish to ketp up a Pharisaicil n i » : ir . ttion—set up , not as a Suffragi « t , but ou other ground .
" Having -waste ground eiiougb , Shall-yo ' a liesire to raise the sanctuary Ami pitch year . evils there ?" Wishing you to . ease aU further atter-p ' at drawing a distinctioa wiihoat a ili 3 er , i . « t ' I am , yo : r =. As far as is cc-cs ' .-. teut v .-it ' u tbe ca '"' - > Jl-HN- WaTKI . ' -S .
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THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 3, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct976/page/6/
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