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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1840.
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(^n 'Stnal €orvt&ptn&mtt. <£rt>mal COrrt&pmmtt.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE K 0 KTHER 5 STAB . gtSPECTED SIR , —I trust you -will excise me again MspasslPg on yonr attention relatiTe to a Defence Fund ta this town ; it 'would seem that no active steps has or ^ iU be taien by the leaders in this respect that are yet fret towards aiding those that are under bail ; they jBjy take shame to themselves for the part they are acting . Where ire the two ex-Delegates to the late - ( Jenvention , that they can not give their aid towards io bumMie aa object ' : Is it they trill not or dare not ? Ik Brooterre , Mason , Thom&son , and Hume , to be jngottOT ? Are Monaghan and DayHsft , who would
sot yield the Dnnstan nag , -while attending the meeting vtich la i been legally called , until it was cut from ! Jus bands , not to be protected ' : Shame rests some- j TrEer e : let it be tno-srn on whom . The men of the ' S trict are -willing to subscribe , if parses -would under- lake to colhc : ; bat no patriot , it "would setm , would ] offer to uEdirt ^ ic tLe office . Le t them , the working i jn ^ n of tie distri c t . come forward themselves acd do this act of duty , and I am sure that the pitmen ' gf the dsiric : around will not be far behind in this jaeriurioiisact ; t > y an advert , semen-, ( inthe Liberator J sis t . -at several places are appointed to receive aubscriB tions . but a ? yet thert has not be-. n any . | ; .
I trait y < . u wi 1 insert this as an act of duty to ^ vrds Ihosi esccllsCt iad talented individuals . Your obedirnt servant , JOIl . N GlLCHRlST . Monday Evening . Feb . 1 % lb-iu . V . ? . I save just left one of the most splendid me-etinsrs e ver Lrl-i ia Newcistle to memorialise tue Qurtn , wiich "ffiS earried Tri ' . hont one dissentient voice . At one tv-day , tbe fC « wca £ tle volunteers fired a feu it joy os t _; e San'ihill , anl afterwards , \ riih the ri-Bepubr . can M&psiiatcs , biue b-.-tt ' . es . it , drank the healths of her Majesty and Prince Albrrt . >>" o chet-r ¦ was given for ttew but by tbe solditrs , police , and the tarniv-syrwis Aldermen . T :. e peorle sVoxl mute , but when alsxg- placard , calling on them to give nine times nine for Frost and the Ciiarter was exhibitod . they noblv responded by making the very welkin ring ,
I shall ihc-rily ask of certain parties , when 1 have received more uifvmnatisn on the sabjt-ct , how it happened that ealy' £ l 0 went to Mr . O ' Oonnor , when -Kpward * » f £ 25 had baea collected . - . - ¦ 3 . -Q .
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! that too , immediately , in order that we may safe the annual charge of £ 28 , 669 , 322 12 s . ljd . for interestbut since this debt is of a vtry questionable nature—18 it U well known to hare originited in infamy to hare been fostered by deception , increased by fraud and supported by brute force and cruel injustice to tire people then it become , the duiy of the dt ^ n to make a searching investigation , to penetrate into the arcana Jj ^ f Canker ""* P ^ y * P ° the common- wealth m order that it may be eradicated , and our political system restored to health and vigour . To do these things , we cannot expect justice to b ^ our re ward ; and expectin ? justice , we must do ius ice to others , mere t specially to many of those unf .-rtunate creatures who have be « n drfu-kd by the stock-brokers and annuity humbujs out of their hard cash for mere nominal scrips and wurthUss policies . There have already been tnuu > ands of plans propounded to pay off the national debt , includin- Mr Pitt ' s celebrate-: ! sinking fund istaUishea in yea / irVc at the suggestion of Dr . Price . This wm th * ™ Jt ^ t ^ i " ^^/ ' »? .. ?»** " j * ^^^ e the |
plainib . e scheme ever invented . ; at tbe same time tbe ' most fallacious in Gyration . At that 1 Lme the national ' > ^^ ^ 'V " ^ - ^ ; r-ow it is above i . o 0 , j « . 0 . OMi . TLe revenue wM £ l . Vm . m -, n-, v ,- it , is about V 52 , om . . ( . (» i , . If the learned Doctor au-1 his patron Pitt 1 ad talked of paying off our pn * ent debt tbe idea alone would have beeu de . m « l absurd Pav Off SEVEN HVNDREl . AND S 1 MV TUBKl- ; MILL , on / . Pshaw : RidicuW ! The bare amount is nartlh- and to pay it off . perfect ma-ense . However upon tiid principle of equitable- ad justment it m ¦! t not o .: ly bo r . d , c , d l , ut aWiy p , id off wiTb ^ maer : ally injury tne s ::, cku , ld , » and annuitonU at le : 8 t -without doir . them injiwice . Earl > . anhope cc lared . iu : he House of Pet-rs that » Par liament had no right to plun i , r one portion of the commus-. ty for the pr-jfit of th » of er "
>' o _ w it is well J . n . vnx tha t thy Parliamen t tl » t cor l tracted the debt did not assume that it rcprt ^ nu-d t / e ' people , as the seats in ttu eounn ,. ns - llou-L- w . r » , ou ri « uslT bou-ht and «* 1 : no , ne tV , Pr « n , neVtUat ' the wa ; ls of Viatton . or the .-o ' . itary tree of < ji , i < arum were even typical of the people , therefore tbe debt eould not be the nations , the nation not bein- represented by those who contracted it , » 3 It is a gross fraud , a deltteion , a Ami cheat , to thrua : this debt upo « the shouldtrs of the pecple with-mt their consent * * ud it is a grosser fn » a to tax future t generation * U pay the ii . trrest of vhat debt , and upsn ; the genuine prinriples of Government . no man is bound ' , -to pay a US to support any sy . tom or thing which he Las had so voice or share in
crealine—•• Qaod meum tst sine me asferri non potest . " "What i * mine cannot be taken away -sri-hout mv assent , " is a mas 111 of bw a&d equity . Jet are the people TobVd of their t-aruinss to pay this debt contracted brf _> re many of thvw Wr ( born , consequently witbost their ossenL Since wv Oisputo the legality of Vue debt , let us inqmn- whether all these millirtis are numericaVy correct and whether thry are justly chargeable upon the nation ' supposing tbe people wcrd contracting partis who ' be it remembered . \ vert ? doj It L , a notorious f .-ict tha ' daring the war luan-iuprurerinz was carrwl on it s rajr t infamous manner , 4 he Government frequ *> itt > ¦ aegociatiBg wiih the coEtractors for loans by jmintiwr ' a
iil . ouo scrip for £ > uo it monty , in bank-note * , mind I and v ^ r v often f . r £ riuu in m-jney : aEd it is still more ' ¦ notorious that nr : ! l : un > of scrip or debt was « rtfateti without yielding any money at all to the Esoh ? Quer ' except what it sold f « - on the Stock Exchange , ifrove tiuo . ooo ony of U ; is kind are now charged npoa the naUun , not one peor . y of the principal haTtre ever j found its way intn the Exchequer ; and for thirty vears i back the people fea » e paid the intere-t of this -sum in ' the shape of taxes , and must continue t « payit s » long ' as the present s ^ - ^ iom ei iits . i ' lou . oou . ooo more of thw debt may be-sai-i to owe its existence to the idle squanderings and mismanagement of fwmer Governments , upwards * f £ 2-. o , oou , cO [ i have bpen e-eatrd br
loans in aid of (( he wars abroad , in the > hp , pe of army anft na-ry bills , di plomatic services , courieis . s-. crtt services , indeoniif . es . and other extr ^ ordiuary t-xpcns- « t 2 ' ) O , uou , WW * Koaeyof this d-. V . ha > x anstn out of foreign aids . « r , in other -words , paid W * : furt ; iiruers for the loan of tronps , stores , ic . : the remaining portion of this moastens debt his be . n incurre I in timling nehequer bilk , -old anmitiei . royal ^ r ^ . excessts of public expci »*? .:: uTtt o ^ e ^ the pu blic *¦ tcntiL- ; acd a thousand * : b * r things , -which 1 will refer to in the . course of my fc-tfcrrs . All th s dt * :, -wij ich was contiacted in paper currency btlore the . p » --sing of Peel ' s Bill in lhiivlurin }; a series of yearm \ rhen the avera » e
price of wfreat -was about £ 3 the puarter , has been nearly d-jeaU ^ d in v : ilue h j thi » . saae Kt ^ l's Bill . causiDg a partial return to cash payments . This Bill , contracting the paper money , has had tbe efctt of raising th ¦ ra lue af-go ? d . Wbwt beiDg now upra an average of £ 3 4 ? . per ^ uarter , the fund-hokkt . writh his ftxel income canxow purchase 212 pints of wheat more than he csuW with ti . e siuie amount in iw ney , wheat being then Sid . jn-r pint , now it is 1 ; d . : tfens the debt or the annuai ch * r ? re cf the debt is nea ^ T ^ Jptib ' ed in amount . If this-daft ! -svaa equitably adjusted according to the present xalue of money and the ancstge nvartet price of ¦ wheat , itwoulU be reduced nearly « o half , admitting it to ^ .. * n _ honest debt , fcieiy accumulated . The * eawr « iB iSlO * ftHs * d teo afajgngs ' t&"Tms&ieg tW *« - « fcttu , &tB ^ S * lb » &StW » lit ) tLii&
yeaa * f kf , he received only is . ^ d . for iierformijjg tfco same < jn » r . tity of labour ; in other ^ srords . he got fortyeigba pini « of whe&t for weaTinr the piece of Cambric now ; in asio he can only get "ioarteen pint * of wheat for thed ^ me amouut of labour . Th' : fuadhol .-ier , with bil fia « d income , can purchase UarL-e time as much camtaaas-now as he could in lsn . Mow , if the debt wasegufesbly adjusted , the ftnedho'der ' s income would come down in tbe same ratio that arricultural anil manu £ actnr » d produce descends in ^ vtlue : as it is the labourer ; P ? y 3 more out of hig wa «* . s in the shape of •*** es 4 haf upon the principle * of equity , he ought to do , ic &T&ST that the fu :: dhold « r rajf receive his nenrly double income . This being a subjteti -.. f great imporiame to the country , and . I believe , but . little understood , a recunress * f- to the sulject will a « ei to elucidate tbe matterJaore cle-rly , and give tht . public an ide- \ how the graad s-windle is carried at , and strengthen tbe neeessityier Universal Suffrage . jE- RlCHlRDSOS . S * l £ ord , Feb . 17 , 1 * 40 . ¦ | !
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^ - TO THB EDITOB-O ^ THE * 0 STR £ RN STABSIR , —? or reaETis quite nnnece ? siry t-o mention here , I - «^ s induced to >¦ ¦¦ ¦>» out or p « rcbast a hnwieT ' s lioeaw , for vhich 1 paid four pc . un < is . This was in Perth . 1 find . ^ pon a perusal of the said licence , that 1 po ^ ess ft privilege granted by Act of Parli&aien ; of exposing or eili ^ goods from town to tows , -and t-o other men ' s bosses . Xow , Sir , miit -xhzX feavws . A day or two * Z i& I paid so dear for this vawsted privilege . I had « M » sion to be in Cupar of Fife selling goods , when an Btipertii : eEt Jack in office stepped briskly forward ; and « L : tell it noi in our freeaihi Uappy country , deaianded < Slz shilling for castaai dsjes . of course 1 obstinately Tcfnsed . when 1 was taken l-sfore the Sherint Of two
>» vil 3 choose the lease I h&d to pay it or so to gaol . Agiin , Sir , in & small -rillags in F . feshire , named F » lfcianu , I was charged tiireepeace of eustom dues . As a -matter of course 1 aguia refesed , stating I had a GoTeTEm ^ nt licence granted by Act of Pailiauicnt . Jaci . -in -office , the kteper o : x lov public house , named Thomas jeraie , pulled out a wsiapD paper . Hear his ignorance < — "Here is an ancient -Oiarier , which gangs ony-4 ay before an An . of ParliaiBeat . " Well , Sir , 1 was t ^ cen to gaol ; bat befor # ^ ii -he tried frequently to take by force wha ; he deemed an equivalent out of my fcasktt , upon which 1 threatened to charge him with a robbery . Well . Sir , my -wife £ &id the threepence , asd ^ eo an additional tiireepeaesAforioc-king ite up , or in ail-harnan probability 1 -wooid have lain in uuracte Tiie vet . An
Si . Ii-nuual of my gr-ofession was in Kirtwall-selling dlina : he was c&s . ^ ed—ihe : J this , ye wis <»< Tes of St . SKphtnsj—no -lets than fifteen ihillicgs ^ er what the then warn . <«» Bcil called freedom of iht towu : Be refused , ¦« & * takeu to gaol , and , afur consenting to pay it , thty oiiinctsly refused to give him a -recei pt for the niooey . Tina wan -sras a licenced ha-sr 3 igy ^ 3 . it 0 . j a Edinburgh aau -Glasgow eustom dnea is . p « r day one penny ; Srirjag , _ & large town , twopeac * per day ; Kirkaldy the * iiae . How is this , Sir . ' The * boasted freedom of out - -tuYiable country sayss jrrre us four pounds for this glorious priviiege : AVeJ , i » ir , in a day
cr two you fend - * &t least I do ; that I have iieen fairly inped , and khiirectiy robbed of fwur poc&d& . In the town of Arbruait tho local authorities set-at » aii ; hf an Ac ; of PxriTaTresn , by refuairg to aiiowi ^ licensed hawker to offer ^ oods lor ale . How is tiis ? 1 would ast any saee ^ nsr if I . as an individual- . can be expected to resp&st xhe . lvsrs ? The Tery idea is ^ reposVerous . Had 1 . Sir , been aware of such an inipkitous law as eastom does , acd a town council in everjs . eontieinptible Tillage or iouAri . setting at naught Acta uf Parliament for the parpose -t-f double charging me , -this most most ¦ nn jos * tu , I de assure you , Sir , I -would , Door as 1 aiv . - * h 6 frfu > ljii ^ . tae four pounds iato lie T > y . ¦ EaiueB ^ r h ? eing y-oair . il please giTetiiis » space in your valeable- ^ id very useful journal , wuh y 6 ur candid « piai ( m ef the « ue > wheUiei 1 might . haiard a trial Btt , .- " — -- ^ - , ^ Beliere me , Sir , You will for tver < cblige , Y out humble-Servant , ABCHIBAiLD -KP . ASEB , Licensed Hawke ? , >* o . 17 , and & Coustatt -Rwier . Perth , Fob 10 , is « .
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rHB cor >; laws—l ? : ttsi . . kik . st . TO ME . H G , LISCSINSHIRE . " Notfainfjrood ca » eome from thataiiiich isralically bad Lm ita » U . " Sir , —In ( compliance with your regnes ^ , I proceed to state th « rsast-ns why I . as a ChartLst , opp <> s » a the agitation against ti » e Corn Laws last Spraue . and intend t-o do fcbe same an the pre ^ . nt ono , prcmiiirg : that f : r from a * you hini ) * npporiing those law * . J jmi decidedly opposed to tbara , and consider them at a moot iniqui-Wui measure . ily first raafton then for refusing t * joinahe repealers is , bt > can * e I congider it id ' . e mockery to pttitlon V ; e Honserf Commons ys at present xonstituted , two-thirds of itsiaanibe r * b < ing ! andosrr > er ^ . - who hav « a direct Interest ix > those aws they are calied upon to repea ' . Th « Hoc « e of Cnimonu w « Vjiuw never yet
yielded any measase against ihcir interest to p * ffiiioning , and 1 maj mtelvmy they ^ never wiil . Tiig syinion is h-ld by many of th * repealers . ' At a ' meeting h « M some time ba * k at Manchester , II r . Pautton thiwej ^ re ^ ed hhUMlf _ : —•• From tin . Lrrjislature there u no iojxt . The reieyttaQm o / Oie miUiwiscun come alone from / AcMwWnes . " With « ls opi-iioa l ^»* dj » ny agree . Any one trould thini tne r » ctption the prayer xt the Repealeri met with last -March wosjd have coaTinct-d them « f the foily of petitioning . Tiat prayer , as you well k ** w , mere y begged tLe House to enquire into the tffa : ;* of tho Corn L-iws , and eTea this was rejected by a majoriiy of near two hundred . TJje shouts of laughter Wall which iha pt-tition of a Million < f working men , wa * received
, ox being presented to t :. e House , arv yrt ringiiy in the ears of the peo ; 1-, and will deter them from ' praying that House any more . Xo , nc . The working ' wan has be ^ gul . prayed , aaii ^ ntreatekl , long enoush " ;' M the midule clasM . "i petition if they choose . I know I many of * ho ALti Corn Law agitators admit that peti-1 ti * &isg will be of litt ! e or no avail ; and say th&t we ( the peoplei must forw the " House" to repeal tbe Cora Laws ; in the same manner as we forced them to pass the Catholic Emancipation and Reform Bills , namely , by " the outward pressure . " 1 maintain , that no doubt we might force % repeal of the detesfcvble om tax ; but not without a disperate and determined struggie with the agriculturists : a struggle
which wcnld br ing the country to the verge of a revolution , ixui tien , after all , what security would the working man ha \ e against the r » -enaeting of these laws : would he not be as far from the suffrage as ever ? j Ov half » f ihe pressure required to repeal those laws I would carry the Charter . This ia my first reason for ; refusing to join your party in the ensuing agitation . In [ the sieond plac « , I refuse to join you , because this j agitation hsi ooly been commenced lately , from in-; terested motives , and for the purpose of diverting tbe attention » f the people from the suffrage . Some folisb 1 writer in th « Anti-Corn Loic Circrdar declared lately , j that the Chartist leadtrs g- > t np their agitation j to draw the people from the cunsidLra'ion of the Corn j question ' , which preceded it , and were employed by thu I landowners to do so ! " The ix-rson who wrote thi-i i must either , knowingly , stale a falsehood . or is a most : egregious blftcihead . I will give a short answer to this extx-ct . The Charter was first brought publicly forward at the j Birmingham ileetiug . in August , 1 (^ 8 ; lut Mr . F . 0 ' Cfrnnjrr had b * en agitafcin the questioD of Umtvnwl i
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! Saffnige for some years before that period . The first public meeting pgainst the Com laws ia the present agitation was liel-I at least three months after tho Birmingham one : and when the attention of tke working classes was directed exclusively to the suffrage . As lo ihe other statement that the Tories brought forward the People ' s Charier , it is too ridiculptts to notice . Y » u have many Tories on your side ; and it is i reasonable for us to suppose , that they , together with I the "Whigs , remembering the old xiaxim— " Divide and ! Conquer" have ra sed the corn agitation merely-as a I means of disuniting and separating t-l'e people . The 1 Chartists ask—How is it that the merchants and cotton I lords 'wise as they are ! have only just found out that I the Com Laws are injurious to the working man ? The 1 present Corn Laws -were enacted in 1815—where have the merchants been f . r the last twenty-four years ? or , : at least , where were they from 1833 to 1 SU 7 ? These ga for some before that period . The
laws pressed heavily on the working men during this peri-d—nearly as severely as they do at presentwhy then did not th-se philanthropists stop forward to assist the poor starving mechanic , and help him to destroy a law -w hich , according to Mr . Pauiton ( your l > est lecturer j , has for siinu ycirs limited tho working men of Eng ' . an \ to starvation r . itions ' : " The answer i < plain enough . During thi period 1 ! have mentioind . thu Manchester cotton lords did not feel the pressure of the Corn Tax—their trade was , good - tht-y were makicg handsome fortunes ( let the ' pahc-s round M : inclic < t ' .-r bear witn . ss to this : —and as to the working man . why he may starve on a pittance of eight or ttn shillings . 1 wetk , or go to the work-: house for -what th < y rarcd . Utsidcs the large body of Whigs aud Tories , -who ha 7 e got up t' . ie , cry of " a repeal of the Cor » Laws , " as a scape-; L' "at . there is another and a larger body who join in the ¦ ! cry from interested motives .
TlKse men think if the Corn Laws arc repealed they ! > v ll be eua ' ulel to get what they cali a re : imneratin ? price for tlioir commodities , and also expict t > exteiad j tneir tja-. le . and to compete with other nations in the ' market of the vrcriiL Now , no working man complains of this . Every man has 5 rislu to attend to his own ! interest ; but what we complain of is , that the repealers ! vill not avoK interest to bo their object . They all [ profess to bg greatly shocked at the impiety of thelandj own- rs—they all turn up their eyes in horror at 'lie i , lea i of taking the vri : « ' « ' and the orphans' mite—they Wl ! declare they have at heart the good of tue poor maq ^ i-when , if tf >*> hypocritos' mask was torn _ from their ! faces , w « should see that their only reason f . r commencing tho Corn Law agitation was to benefit thertiso ' . Ves . ~ '
I Bf tt oh , I lu-ar you exclaim , '" The interest of master j arr 4 sian is idenfual : if trade is bad the . jyorking man suffers as much and more than his employer . " While 1 ( adrait your last proposition , ! deny your first one . i TIk interest of master an ^ l iwan ought to besidentical , 1 >»» t it is far from being sa it is the interest of the ; lisraufacturvr to produce as uiUL-h as he can for as little / expense ad possible . The hftertst of the working roan * s to obtain a fair day ' s VA 2 : es for a fair day ' s work . Though the workiDg nmn sutlers in bad times ( as the merchants impiously term tbe results of their own folly } i as much as his master , yet when trade is good he : is far from sharing if , the prosperity of the manu' ¦ facturer .
In tbe best of times the working man finds it a hard job to maintain his fa-FiiW . ] f the cotton lords would only have been contoited witb a fair profit their imsa might have been tfce t > Cit f > -d and clothed in Kurepc . If . instead of ihakfaj ; twenty thousand a year pwtlt , they would have le « i content with twelve or fourteen , and paid tho remnender in wages , how different ^ would now be the conation of both master and man . But , unfortunately , tiu grasping , grimiing spirit hwf < ained pos ^ e 4 ! . i . m of thenuerchants . They must stretei tlieir arms wider surA -wider till they will lose even vk-at they possessed at ftr * .
I agree that ^ ages no t altogether ¦ depena'sapon the price of C'iitl , il-ut in a great measure apon-lue demand for labour . But then again , it is in tlfe . power of the manufacturers to rai ? e or lower that 'denuml , as they choose . l ) t > 'we not oft . n hear of seme twenty or thirty c « tt < jr spinners meeting aTid ¦ Eg re ^ ing to work OE . ly lour days a weuk , or ei ^ at , hour * a day . Tiif badness of tnul . j at . prr-sent , which you iniprxtt to the operation of the "Corn Laws , is owing , in : acreatmeasnre . to the syskenrxr-f speculating with false » ip tal and Joint 5 t"ck Bunking . Many men Mho n <^ 7 strut proudly on 'Change , would-be bankrupta , and uaaiiV to pay two and sixpenee in the pound , ff the hanfe ^ e re to caU in their advanoca . The people must Jiave check
£ some upon this Bystem . Unirerwl Suffrage will g . vc Uiem that paw « T . The cotton spec * lat «» s know this , they know fliat ^ -ben the House of Oonmveng truly represents the peopt , enquiries will f e made , and laws passed to limit this traffic in the blooil . cet sinews of tbe poor ; » nd knowing this , they haTeToi »? . l the cry of Cheap Breafc , " and " Down with ihe landlords , " to cover tohcrr ewn iniquity and delude Uhe peopla This is my second reason for opposhtr you . 1 have not spaue m tfc ^ s letter to state m . TSiy other rea&ons for niy opposition-to the Anti-Corn Law . party , but 1 shall soon aeiidyo * i-mother , in which I sksUl-r futeih- fallacies of uhe Repealers ; and-with tbe . bcp 5 that my two first reasons-may have been stated U fom ¦ satisfaction , . .. . . . , 1 am . , j L ^ o ' - ' .-A- . Your © Wflietit-CTrTant . . . j
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PTO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHER 5 STAB . ** . —Your unflinching Save <* f justice , your inran .-i , 'e af . achment to frecd .-. mvstiiin ; latejs me to give a blauiir-lenial to the clique of linimduals who have tbonrht proper of attacking .-ctasacter npon poor lir . V-oefs defence fund . Jt k * s stated in your utqtssalliied ^ per of Saturday taet , that ' Mr . Brown is rc ^ ueistedUc pay over tho sum coll « 5 L ? d by him at the dinner . " K «* r , > lr . Eiiitor , I , in the ffacecf my God and my country , duiy that I ever received ithe value of one f ' mgtefarthing from any dhaDCT par ^ - in Birmingbani ; ama iJ now publicly cball (^ re Mr . Smnllwoml or bis a « s > wittes to BUbstantiate a « hi ^ ie * rr > rd detrimental to * ay . mural or politicil chaoefcar .
1 staTe presented my « ubecriptkm book and money to Mr . Bough tone of the comirrfi-tse ! : he took the ttnmfy . and ua d he would delrrer H to the secretary of ihe defence fund . WhetSter iberiffid so or not , I am nat- » fficient ) y infj'liWe t «« a . v . Hut Sir , upon either horn of the difficulty , I am * s . -free , * F the daisy of the £ elch ? rom crime . InrcncluMon , Mr . Ed-t « r , J . har «*» nly one thing to say , . thit if my unnianlj accusers .. bxl done justice to the principles they profess to -nrlrpcitts , tho bickerings in tlia ) ' ! . artist camp would ne \ er . '!»»¦?? existed . ' I an- williiig to meet my ac < iu * erslace to face at any timejr any p ! ac <; . I am . Sir . Yours truly , in tbe cause < Jf < Cfaartism , V \ V » iii . i \ M Brown Vppent ough-street . Bimiin ^ hxni . J- ' eb . 17 th . is * n .
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•• ' THE HELLISH « PY W-y WEM . " Sfl THE EDITOR OF THE HOMHBEJi STAR . SliL , —1 * 8 readers of y . iur paper , ewe l > ave hitherto felt an intense interest in every thing jthiiing to the progr 6 BB < ar guidance of the movcaient . Tl ^ tetter bearing tbe above inac jpfJ'inAas therefore induced OK-. to send ti . ose remarks fa- i ^ wrtion in tie nextlni }> K » sion of your widely extended jimrnal . Sir , iti « with Jet J : ngs of . sincere regiet that v ^ e h ive swn charge * of Ueaciiery so indiscrimin iteiy aDll ^ o lavishly madeasthej have been lately , knowing thatiits uliimate
effects musd nects ? arily produce au miiverii . -il foul In < of jealousy aaa rdistrust . tliroughout the . entii' ranks oj Radicalism . AcluaU- 'l by those imnraBsions . « ac conceive that while tw ^ xerci .- 'e all the cau I n . and jntli ; iiient that the importance of our cause dciiiand « , v « ou < ht 10 be equally jf . i . re ! ul in muking charts of . bivv ' j a character affain ^ t z . nj of the pejp . ' e ' s lea iers , uatll circuuixtancea , or the production of f . cts , would lufjiyinatixe sacb conclu-iou * . We are the ; efore of flpi » i « i , ' | ln reference to tb- ; cmc of H-. Wit Peddle , the accu £ | Mi was prematur-ly and unwarrantubly made , Tw ^ S ftkrt of Irs committal . j ^ 7 ^
It may bi urg > . 'd « y a portion ' of t&s ^ VrdK l&aE this is a superScial ritw of th ' . ' quc « tfdnr " M » i' 3 ^^ m fho-ws an ignonxnee on our part of the bauen ^ K j ^ perfidy of our ruler * , and the innumerable scheme * bjwhich , they seek to eateap the peopla But we respectfully dispute such decision . We are fully convinced tliat the " base , bloody , rnd bru'al Whigs" have not such a merciful and courts jus regard for the feelings 0 / our class , as to deem it expedient to commit one of their own creatures on a cl ^ e of high treason . Sir , to show tue absolute necessity of something b-ing done on this que , s : ion . I wiil relate a circumstance that came under my « wu observation . I wfw in company with an individual of considerable eminence as a public Chartist lecturer , and the conversation turning to the cine of Frost , he gave it &m Irs decided opinion , that Hnderthe pecnliar circumstances of his caw ; it Was his conviction that tlut illustrious patriot was a spy , and nothing short of his actual execution could remove these conviction ? .
Smile not , good Sir , this is a solemn fact ; it maybe said to be an isolated one , and does noti call for any special notice . 1 would reply that indiviV ' dual opinion is the necessary prelndo . in all cases , to the creation of universal opinion ^ and therefore entitled to consideration , W « wish to be distinctly understood , that we enter not iHto the wisdom or foolishness of the late attempt at Badferd . Our object will bj attained if we secure for Peddie , in conjunction with others , th it support as victinu of a profligate system to which we consider they are entitled . We would reBpectfully suggest to Mewrs . Rider and Harney to reflect on the position in which they were once placed by making nsu of unguardtd expressions . It brcame a question of grave consideration &y the Convention whether they could with propriety alfow them to continue longer members of that kod >\ and which ended , with respect to Wr . Rider , in the ncal t » f thai gentleman by his constituents .
Tbe late meeting at Uiasgow i ^ another lamentable proof of the misunderstanding that exists amidst a many of the best friends of the popular cause ; and hai > h names , or the imputation of improper motive * is litile calculated to ensure ttie success or general adoption of out principles . We sincerely trust tbm
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— ¦ ' ¦ enough has been said t « create a proper feeling for these m tho hands of the powerful—as public sympathy cannot be better displayed than in its attempts to check the noble-minded in the solitude and silence of their dungeon . In conclusion , wo would further remark , that -we do not require s WU » fesrfnl t * t of any I « uler ' s ulnoerlty as the one ia the case referred to . Would not the TatnpJres that riot upon the miseries of the millions rejoice in having an opportunity of sullying tho brightness of the patriot ' s name in tue ignominy and infamy of the scaffold ' s death . But their glass is nigh run : truth —imperishable truth—will still survive , and outlive the wreck of usurpations in governments , and the annihilation of diplomatic empire : then will the names of the martyred dead bu hallowed in memory ' s tablet by the regenerated children of libettv . eno ^^^^ . . .:. „ ...
I have attempted , though perhaps feebly , to defend the characters of my countrymen : I am satisfied I have done ruy duty—the people are tho jurors . I am , yours respectfully , IilCHAltD STKELK . Putlsey , Bankhouse , Feb . 17 , 1840 .
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LEICESTER TOTAL ABSTINENCE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION . On Tuesday erasing , Feb . 11 , a puWic meeting was held in tho larg « r « v » m of tho Temperance Coffee House , corner of Burley-luue and Abbey-streot , for the purpose of forming tho Leicester Total Abstinence Democratic Association , and to memorialise th « Quean in favour of John Frost and Shis unfortunate companions , on which oscasion tho iue « tiug room , and nwms adjoiuiDg , were crowded . Mr . IVa . \ kwi was called to theehair , and , in a britf but effective . «^» oech , opened the raeeting . Mr . RoHKJttrs moved the first Resolution : —
" That dwinkenuess be . ng a great moral evil , it i « necessary t * ' form Total Abstinence Societies wherever drenmstarwes will allow . " Mr . R . dift . justice to thu restitution by going , in a masterly niaanyr , into the questi *» -i of temperance , shewing its benefits both morally , f fiiysieally , and pcHticaHy , and gaw a clulk-nge to any person to discuss the questioffl . Mr . Bice seconded the resolution . Mr . Mkllkks moved U-n second resolution , " That a Soci'ty be formed , to ha called the Leicester toto Absttwnce Democratic Ap sociatiou , for the purpose of diffusing the principles 'of temperance and sotariety , and tbe dissemination of general infonnat oj& , and to use cwpry moans for the lettering the couditioa -of
our-8 elvcs » nd follow-countftmcu . " Mr . M . observed , that it devolved upon him ito explain the princ : pie and object of tho new wxirifry , but aa fci : e would not allffT of a lnnsj speech , . he -should content himself by stating , in a fow wor < J « , vliat was intended : In tho first jpiaue , it was to fowu a Temperance . Society ; it bad 'been said that thoro already exist « tta riempttrance » ciety . He , ( Mr . 21 L ) < w « e aware of it ; but he was likewise aware that ttwre was sufticioftt work for two ; 'certainly there was a littie difterewce in opinion aa to ^ the means to be usefl in Oie carrykagteut the object in contemplation , yet , . fc reiility , ^ 4 wre wa > nodiffered . He (^ r . IU oeuld-with right gorfa will ' glvo tbemUhe right band £ folloA-njOip , and * &ii } theift GoxUperfi , and here he spafcciUwaehtinionts
&rthe wBoTe hog w « Ir theniWteetot » IiwtT kut * ifle jr «^ o for moral Hcfonnation , wo lik » wa > eajo for our ^*«! calirtH ; dora . fcrmce we call' ? uwqlVestfhe Total JlSbstineace Democrtfcic Association , aad ttho «* i « ject we birre in -vkw is the . spreading of ^ inejral iteiowledge th »* ugh Iho mediun : of a news-room undiibwry , whtre ihe poor man m .-ij have an opportunity . « 'f ^ rwading or liwring road the deily uewu wliile enjoying his pipe , 4 bb twain being hue fit urder for ttte reception t-heref ttis Jntendtd to lucre occasional discussioas . on dirlereat . subjects , that being the ouly . method to conic at tooth ; and , Sir , that man's principles that will not r * ar the test of op * n discussion , lamot worthAhe being hi possession of . Social meetings . are intended to be h « 3 d , where yoorgand old may enjoy . each other ' s «« cap * ny in innocent recreation ; « iifh , Sir , are » ur dbjects—such are . li < o means by which w « intend to
«« xy . them out ; wr aim is to get the . poomunn from the beershop and the gambling-table , . U se « k higher and n « klef-pursuiK ^* o , see them fly like dov « s to their wirxlfiws U enqain into tho cau » s of tbeir distress aiKi slavery . Bcln / but a young convert to Aotal ab-4 ane # ee , he ( Mr .. AL ) certainly fell himself huxmipetent U « ay much upon . the subject ; butt this he weald say , thst when tho briin was clear nndmnfetterad man was hi |* 9 elf ; he was then tit for the dutie * of life ; an < l , if oskkiliing more . tl » n another impresHe < l him with a de ^ re to totally ateta-n ( never bei ^ g more thac a uioderitie aianHt was Ahe comidcratioa tlmt as ono eontiacAd droppi ngsi » f rain filled the cistorn , * u wouhi evsar half-pink af ule not drank , deprive oaur preseetunjust Govemtntnt of their s * £ iplit * s to toarry on th « ir nelarioug pUinderinff hyst . m . Under t ! i « s « consi 4 osDiions , he ( Mr . M . ) would cordially mare Jkhe n » - solutian .
lic-PjlOCTOR ««< ondfd it . Mx ., Kmakt , lute delegate to the Convention , is an able jpaech , iuuTl-o the adoption of tho Msiuotial to the < iueen . in , whi «\ i he nbly exposed the villaiw # f the cif wb ltwrytrs and their couHtruotiwj treason . Mr . Scal , in settmiling i'u adoption , obaerTwl , ikat it wm a pe ^ tul ar aatisfaction to him U have an audience , * ibo $ e judjpneiUrt were cool , as their heads wew * froe fc » : n tl » e fumes cf intoxicating liquesa , and hnp « i tbat Uie example « f temperance in tl * um of Uicwt things , woull tx ! , adfrpte : l by all , he should theu have no hesitation in pretliciing tlio speedy ottainmenfci of the peopfcj ' s unduub »« ii rights , and a system of jvwt anil go » d guTernineni , based on the Cunrter principle adopted . '
Mr . MiitKMAU alea supporttd the meuiorial . He expressed his approbation of tesnperatc pursuits which rendend the human lace tit to lie tho recipi -nts of knowledge , and w ! , ich « l « ne rendered tliem sijijerior to the prute creatiou , and elevated them to that diatinclion . which was ths intention : vnd tho gift of tho Alintghtv Cieator . He forcibly pointed out umongst th ^ ir relatiTe and social duties , thut cf consult ring jlnd disiussin ^ political subj' cts one of the gn ateat impftr'ancc Fttwrough knowledge ofwl . i . h could enable thorn ' ¦ to ? only to understand truly what were their
inalienaVle lights and privil . g « s , aiul duly appreciate them but to « ijoy tl . em in a fit and proper manner , when once Ihpf had attaiued theirs ; and h « took it as a good omen * &see thein ssaenible in the manner they had on that pfcasion , and he slid not doubt but that when ev « n teflgperanco societies began to study and discuss politics but that our base rulers would soon feel tkeir power and tremble . Having reprobated , in just but severe terras , the con-iuct of our present Government ho eonclurted by giving his most hearty support totha memorial .
The , memorial was unanimously citried and directed , ^ n * * ° Lord Brou fcrl « "n t *> r presentitiou tj lnr Majesqr . At tLe close of tho meeting , tevoral in . livi . luaU agreed to the society'b plel g ^ . and as Mr . Roberta in Ms speech , had giren a challenge to any person who would take up tlit gauntlet to discuss the subject of total ^ bstmenco , the committee have acreed that ^ JTt ^ K ^^ MaTch the : ! ri 1 ' *« e dUcussion fihail Uko place , if any person choosos to mtiet him If such should be the case , they would 4 * well to in-^ orra the Committee , by having a note to thai . fiect at w < t- " ^ le l r'Li aefc * islg J 10 U 9 e - The Priaeiplia dioulil > c fairly twted , assuring any person wh « may feel desirous , they shall bave a clear stage and no fitTowT
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IRELAND . 0 RA . NGE MEETING-MISSION TO ENGLAND . . ( Prom our own Correspondent . J Dublin , Feb . 14 . I » ow forward n aceount of the proceeding at the Omn Ke niMtinK at the Mansion rioU 9 e , after the despatch of mj . lctwr of yeatwday . Yob ' will pS wave that Sir Robert Peel ' s " yagabonds ' hare determined upon sending a deputation to En « iantj ti £££ * S \ , « . aia 8 t »» y bi » ^ r nti SSSi the rotten an ^ phndermg corporations of Ireland . k J * '"'P « e « u'et , i » the proceeding wero the absurd project of an English mission , some tZ allusrons loth . Queen and Prince Albert , a denouncement of Sir Robert Peel and of Mr . Shaw the R ^ - corner , tbe usnal attacks upoa the Hoaau Catholiufl
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and their religion r and some Taiorons " boastines of Orange parsons of their readiness to die in the n * jM , &c . After Mr . Butt had concluded his long speech against the bill introduced by Lord Morpeth , AiQfraian Warr # n ostme forward and said , the next step which Mr . O'Connell threatened to take was 10 take the field . Now , they sliould all be ready for him when h . e brought forward his great army which was to assist the Queen . She waa a Protestant Queen—she had sworn to protect the Protestant interest , and he hoped she would keep her oath . ( Hear . ) He hoped that her beloved Albert would do the same . ( Laughter . ) They would do so it they took his advice , for it would bo the best feather in their cap .. ( Laughter . ) The Rev Hugh Prior proposed a resolution calling upon the House of Lords to reject the Bill . The Kev . bentleman said—Pouery had dufiled the senate ' , ., . ^ . .
"pery had polluted the Priv > Council-Pupery had spoliated their ChHTch of one-io ' . uth of its incoaie—Popery had hauded over the hard-earned revenues of the state to support Popi .-h -olio ' s and now she sought , with the tell hand of destruction , to rid tho country of its Protestant corporations , win . n were the mainstay of British connection and the Protestant establishment in Ireland . ( Hear hear . ) Ho confessed that he was utterly unprepared to speak the overflowings of his heart and soul to that , assembly , but he dare not refuse when called upon to come forward to lift up his hand and voice in favour of the Protestant corporations . —( Hear heav . ) He dare not refuse , for although he was not prepared to speak , he should always be prepared to act—( hear , hear)—yes , and if need be to sell his bu-thrights—for he was free of threo corporationsonly with the last drop of his heart ' s blood . ( Cheers . )
Mr . West , Tory candidate for tho city of Dublin , seeouded the resolution . He hoped he would be believed when ho stated that when it was first announced in London that concessions would be made upon the subject of corporations , his mind and Mr . Hamilton ' s were made up , upon all occasions , and at all risks and hazards , to oppose thft principle of conciliation and concession . ( Hear , and cheers . ) The resolution was adjpted . The Ro ? . Tresham Gregg ( whose exhibition at Manchester has been , ; more than once the subject of observation ., in the . Morning CAronide ) - next addreesed tlje meeting . He was received with loud cheers and repeated * rounds of the " ¦ Kentish fire . T He commenced by saying that he recognised in' tha r .
shout more than a regard personally for himselfhe recognised iu it a Protestant determination that tho odious bill should never become the law of the laud . The Papists have got into the Privy Council of England—they have got into Parliament—they have got upon the bench—but they never shall get into the corporation of tailors . ( Cheers . ) Their great men have stood neutral , and allowed their piaces to be invaded ; but , with the blessing of the living God , they would never see tlieir Protestant corporations brought to degradation , by being levelled with those who were tho professors of an idolatrous and anti-Christian system . ( Load cheers . ) Ho came before them as a clergyman . Some had questioned the propriety of a clergyman taking a
part in such discussions ; but he would not hesitate to declare that , in his opinion , the highest in the land stood iu need of the instructions which theythe clergy—could give them . ( Hear . ) He believed that those who regarded themselves as so very wise and knowing were defective in the principles of sound knowledge ; it was essential , therefore , that the cleTgy should , from such places as that , preach to them sound political conduct . ( Hear , hear . ) After dwelling upon the idolatry ami tlio abominations of Popery , aud the weak and shrinking language of others , in contrast with tlte strength of his own , he thus proceeded : —Why , within their own recollection , aye , even within the last three months , there had been a decided alteration in the
ioiie and prospects of parties . In England Mr . M'Neile proposed turning Papists out of Parliament . They had also Mr . Roby and Mr . Bradshaw noblv declaring the truth that is in Jes « 3 . ( Applaiiae . ' ) Did they not remember the feeling that was created in Dublin by their movements ? The I'apists became alarmed—the Protestants were lifted up on lii ^ h — every one said the Queen was going to follnw the extreme counsel of Mr . M'Neile , and the utmost dismay seized tho Popish party on that account . But Parliament commenced , and Sir R / . bert Peel stood up in the house , and he whom the Protestants thought to be at the threshold of power , begun to
speak " smooth things . " He sj » eke the language of liberality—that there should beuo difference between Protestants s , ni Papists ; and the consequence of ihis assertioa was the dowrcfai of Protestant prospects , and the appearance of a , more dark-some cloud than had k « ng < over them for a long time previously . ( Great applause . ) Let them but look at England , the land , as . the Papists described it , of crime , of licentiousaess ,. and every description of barbarity . Let thorn look at the Catholic papers in this country , displaying to the world lists of crimes perpetrated iu Engiaud , and contrasting with it Irish quietude and Popwh virtue . < Laughter and applause . ) Oh " , wa * there wer anything so Meoosteroua as Enxrland . Hwh rt
' thfr ^ ggarfh d- w « » e « gy v ^« ir » 4 > T < '' *» wr - » nthe Irish PopieirpaperB , ts all-that ia atrwions and disturbed ! ( Hear , heat , hear . ) Whence was this ? He wonld-spaafc the truth—it was because efthe eurse of GoL the wrath of tho Aimighty , and ihe indignation -of the-Most High against a system ifchat abas the m * 8 t baneful idolatry that ever effected the degradation of the bohI , or was prejudicial to tho character ef man . < Cheersj ) He wished to tell them a secret ; but they should be sure not to tell anybody . ( Cheens . l Why should not t&e Protestants electors of the ( University—to be sure it might bo an extraordinary line of proceeding , but thes * were extraordinary times—get up a potuion to tho Jiecorder of Dublin , begging of him co reskn . ( A storm of
msgeerj ) If the hononrab e nx > d leaniod gentleman heard the unanimous hisees of the Proteataute at tho mention of his name that day , he wo : ild not be overpkased . ( Continued hissiij ^ . ) He . ( Mr . Gregg ) was a practical kind » f person , and ho would ask why tfcey should not get up a , requisition to the Recorder to resign his place to Professor Hutt . ( Loudcheers . ) He reaHy thought it r , oiUJ b 3 a nation * blessing if ihey could hear suck a demonstration jnado in Parliament by Ids higlily-taiented friend aa had been made by him that day ; and he did not shesitate to say that it wsls an inconsiatcot thing of the Right H « n . Sir Frederick Shaw ., who had inherited all his bonaurs from the corporation , to stand up in Parliament and say he would not stand them
by , because it woidd d «» troy the sfm metry of i \\ s party , ti&sseaand chuers . ) To tbeir professed Protestant friends he would say , as they were in kvour of a reform . of the existing corporations , let-Ahem reform theae corporative bodies—let them let 6 he light into tke board of aldermen —( a laugh)—lei them appoint twenty-four aldermen that would stand with t t *» present c . o-poratoa at such a meeting as the one tiiere assembled—lot them do all thiB-6 hey would consent to any reform , but they would &ave no Popery . { Cheering . ) Really , would they let this bill pass i ( Cries of " Never . ") He rejoiced to hear that word " never ; " and they might depend upas it that tho bill never would pass if they were caly decided , and ihe reason why he said
bo was this—he would answer for it , that all Protestant England was opposed to the accursed bill . He hs . d addressed assembles in Liverpool and Manchester , equally as large as that at which he then had the honour t « appear bofore , composed of the mass of the population , such as hisfriends around him were . He had told them of the bill in question , atJ their opinioa was , that they should not let it pa « e . ( Cheers . ) It was only ' necessary for Mr . Jones , L'n . fessor Butt , others , and himself to go from town to town in Protestant England , and raise such a shout against the bill tiiat no ministry in ineir senses would dare to disrespect , and their professtd friends inParliament could not by any possibility ovnrlook . ( Applause . ) He thanked them for
their applause—ft convinced him ihat they would not submit to insult and injury . He knew nothing of the Duke of Wellington or of Sir Robert Peel . He had heard of his Grace ' s victories and his wisdom ; he nad also heard of Sir Robert Peel being an excellent statesman and admirable manager ; but it was their duty to stand against any man who supported the bill against them as far as the principles of scripture permitted them to go . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Quinton tnen announced that the next resolution would be proposed by Mr . Isaac Holmes , member of the Town Council of Liverpool , who had come over purposely to attend their meetiug . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Isaac Holmes then came forward and said
, although s stranger amongst them , yet at the same time they were bound aud cemented by oue union of sentiment . Ho was a member of the common council of Liverpool , but Binco the corporate body had been reformed there , things went on worse than previously . What was the fact I Why h « was actually excluded from sitting on their committees . ( Hear , hear . ) He admitteu that there were tome eriU in the old corporate body in Liverpool , but the cure Bought te be effected by a reform , was infinitely worse than the disease . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Holmes snong ' y reoommeuded that the deputation should be sent over to lirgland , to address meetings in favour of the Irish corporations .
Mr . Mallet referred t * tho observations » f Mr . Holmes , of Liverpool , and observed that at that late hour of the day ( five minuted to six o ' clock ) be would not detain tbe meeting with any obserrations . He concluded by moving that Mr . Butt , Dr . Mykr , and the Rev . Mr . Gaegg should be appointed lo go to Enghnd in pursuant * of a suyg « 8 tioa t hi own oss th ft day . Mr . Holmes seconded the resolution , which passed . Mr . Jones said he should at all times be most happy to asBi 6 t the committee then appointed ; but if he did go witb them , it should be at his own expense . ( Cries of " No , no , " and cheers . )
The Rev . Mr . Gregg expressed himself similarly . Tlie few persons still remaining in the room took their departure , and thus ended this " great Protestant meeting , " irhkh all respeotablo ProUstauts
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. O - wgard as a total and hdicronB failure . The l > w lm f . * t * J (?/ K ^ P ™ a report of the meeting this mgbt , but dDeanot contain a single line in rtiVivv . c « to the subject > The Orange corporators arc < y > nuemned and abandoned in all quarters here , and it is under such circumstances that they are goin" to attempt an agitation in support of their abu .-oa 1 ? England !—Morning Chronicle . . ' 4 ^
The Northern Star. Saturday, February 22, 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 22 , 1840 .
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IRISH PROTESTANT CORPORATION " Elsewhere , we give a report of an Orange meating , which we have taken from the Morning Ckr ^ iicle . The Times very prudently confines its m > -. c of this meeting to the mere publication of tho i ^ -. oiations . We say the Times acts prudently in this " ; because the whole affair gives evidence of a ir . > t ire in the Tory camp : indeed , the meeting may Lo veil regarded as a meeting against Sir Robebt Pe > : b ; the whole of whose movements have h \ t < ly evinced an incompetency to manage the part } fmin whom alone he can have any expectation ' .- ¦ leriving such support as may maintain his iv- ' t :.-aJ pre-eminence .
The speeches at th '\ 3 meeting are of the ch ; u :-i cer usual with the rampant Protestants of Ir-Jind .-Wherever power has been suffered to accamuUta and concentrate in the hands of a small s-ictim , there is a natural watchfulness and JGalouny cl' ov ^ ry thing which tends in any measure to the estr . i'lirfhment » of justice and equality ; hence , the opposition of the Tories in England to " Rtform ; '' heitc ' p « fj ^ € r stickling of tho Whigs for the " finality , of ' : ttte ^| i form Bill , " and hence , the anxiety . ^ Ct ^ iji Irish ProteBtants for the " finality ; q& £ Jfi * ,
Emancipation Bill . " Some there are , to . Be . etfrfe , absutd enough to contend for its repeat ; b » i ' - ^» greater portion , 9 eein # 4 hot to bo in $ tfeSs 7 cofitflni ihemselves with watching most narrowly the workings of tho measure , and moving earth and hell ' . for they dtrive no aid from heaven ) to thwart sad nullify the application of its principle . Hence th * " pious ! " horror evinced at this meeting at tbs i < Iea of Catholics—that is , of the great body of the peopl e *—being admitted to the Corporations in Ireland . At the distant prospect of tho ' principle" of that measure which was wrested from them beirir brifc
slightly followed out in detail , the whole pa / k of bloodhounds take the field in full cry ; the-c-rv ' pf " finality" is set up , and the old locusts " & •? - < ut , "Oh ! we never intended that emancipation should be other than a ' final measure . ' Had we snp osed that the sanctuaries of the constitution , the h . i ' s of science , tho courts of justice , or the schools of h yyi ledgo , were to be opened , we would have Btc . d . al the threshhold , and there , with the arms of tho church—the bible and the sttoi-d of state—quar ered , we would have deluged the land with Papist i / ivbd , in honour of God , rather than thus desecrate Hw namk by admitting the unorthodox into Hit ? holy places . " All the places of Protestant endov , n ; eni iu Ireland , are called holy p ' acos .
Among 3 tall the evils which have afflicted Ireland , no other one has combined in its operation < m » hundredth portion of the mischiefs which ! -av > - ' , aen from the domination of the law-church . It ha 3 proved the fruitful source of discord npnn all occasion ? . A jarring string , whose very existi nc » was annihilation to all public aud social harmony . Every question of public interest is . disoussed in Ireland with reference to religions party ; nor i > this wonderful when we reflect that Protestantism in that country in its unmitigated hostility to tho people , has been fostered as tho means of perpetuating a reign of terror and barbarism , by that political ascendancy , which corpora ; wns
schools , colleges , writs of law , and , ttiotigb last , not least , custom of society has conferred 'ipoi * it . Whether the question bo the improvennis ; of land , tho administration of alms , the projection of railroads , the erection of public works , the establishment of a bank , or the light in- of a town , it is sure to turn on the " religious ™ bifl . ge ; . an . d . jifttil . - that hinge shall have been snapped asunder , and the folding-doors thrown < -enfr the country will be a slave land , and lias bravo and virtuous sons must continue to be dupes , worshipping at the shrine of mendicant politicians , whose 7 orj existence depends upon the perpetuation of errui , and whose ruin must be a con 3 equenee of the destruction of the demon of discord .
We have yet taken no part in » the agitation of Irish Municipal Reform . With the advantage of the working of the English measure before u ^ w » saw no great hope in a similar measure for Ireland % but as we now find vital importance attachoil to the eld Bystem by those who have been 00 long accustomed to its working , and benefitted by its f > xi »» twice , we say , in God ' s name , drive the devils from the haly places , and Matter them over the faw of that country whioh , in their earnest regard religion , they have made a hell upon earth .
The snn of Protestant Ascendancy has set | j » Ireland ; Tand Sir Robert must rest satisfied to taak , for a small Beason , in such raya of twilight as beam from the warm feelings of his Parliamentary vsatellites , Jackson , Siuw , Litton , Percttal , Conollt , and Co . These , also , will in time deeert him ; for they , too , draw their light and life from Irish Protestant Ascendancy . They are creatures of its creation ; arid mu 3 t languish and die when deprjved of its support . We have been induced to press this matter just now upon our readers , in eonaequence of the d . ^ enmiaation come to by the blood-hounds , of sendii ' ig » holy delegation to this country in quest of English sympathy on behalf of the Irish Protestants .
Doubtless the haunts of the M'Nmtf and tb » - Stowklls will be first visited by those Ministers of mischief . Liverpool and Manchester can boast , not oaly of thousands of insnlted Irishmen wha have been boeu banished from bwwo and home , by the tyranny of the Law Churd ' , upon whose behalf the " pious" delegates comtf te plead ; but thoie towns also- possess thousands of honsst English working Protestants , who love juatice ; who sympathise with their Catholic bretbreD
and who , themselves have been compelled to pay one million dvrectly , and thousands of millions indirectly , for no other purpose than to enable tbo Irish church to send Bin / r Pitt , and his succest ora , one hundred Proteataut Irish . Members , to carry fire , aud sword , and desolation , and misery throagfe the earth . The Protestant Church in Irdapif , has been the cause of the greater portion , of the national debt . It has been the cause ofrtho eheddiug rivera of foreign and domestic blood . Ifc
has been the cause of more murders , robberies , peculations , heart-burning , contention ,- disairanlatioB , strife , family-quarrels , and affliction , than all th » other plagues which infest society . The Devi ! planted it in Ireland , and there it hac sprung np , like the Upas tree , in the desert , destroying all that comes within its withering , blasting inSoence : and these corporations , by which they mean to hold witk their lives , bave been tbo nurseries of all their abominations . Down wish zubk , xbhb ! '
Let the honest Protestants of England sbeur tfe * ruffians , that they , as well as their Catholis brethren , understand the game , aad that tbe taeied jtaaw of Christianity shall not be longer desoerated by tit * impious use whioh these hypocrites hate 90 tog made of it . Nothing to much tends to perpetual the general hostility between tho two « mntries ; a » the indifference which the English people MefcUe ^ represented to feel for Irish Mfleriag ; from Protestant aeeendanoy . This false eharg * has evei . bett tho main stock of Irish agitation . A
Once , and for all , we beg that the distinction between the EngUih people and the oligarohy which equally oppresses the industrious of both countries , may bo made so broadly and sojDdly , in the reception given by the . people to these law-ohureb . harpies , that further mistak in this matter shall beimpoMi blc . Lot them be met , and driven , without wremomy , w t he pkee from which they earn * .
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Accident . —Betweon four and five o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , a very severe accident , which has been productive of loss of life , occurred at the Govan Bar ironwork ? , situate at the Townhead . The men had been employed at tlieir work as usual during the night , and about tho time we have stated the boiler of the engine exploded with great
violence , dashing down the ston-i and brick work aronud it , and forcing a ponderous mass of iron to a considerable distance . The fireman in immediate attendance , named David Wat . *< - -n , was also thrown to a distance , and picked up so dreadfully mangled , that he expired before he could be carried to the infirmary , which is quiteadjoiuing . Three additional persons have since died , viz ., Rouen M Watt , who expired the same evening , and what makes his case the more distressing is , that tbo decased was only married on New Year ' s-day last ; William Asbury , a boy only 12 years of age , expired on Weduef day morning I ; and Bogie , a yotuh of 15 , died yesterday morning . To four the accideut has thus been fatal , and four others have suffered more or less—one
« themrfaapieAl ^ Iohn Toddrick , so severely that his Ufei&yjff | jfesi > aired of . The three others , ' however , are in » 4 fcir way of recovery , and one of them is able . to be out of doors . It is at ah tunes mo . ^ t painful to reflect on those who have gone to their account , and the more so when their death ia the result of accidental violence ; but this unfortunate occurrence appears to have been caused by the ixjr . 'on in charge allowing the betler to become red hot , from lack of a proper Hippjy of water . The sudden injection of a stream of fresh water into a vessel at the white heat , therefore , easily accounts for the explosion which has cawsed so much death ami disaster . This negligence , t » o , is tho more surprising , a 6 we have been informed that Watson , the fireman , deserved the reputation « f a trust-worthy person . —Glasgow Herald .
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EDITABLE ADJCSTMEXX . \ TO TH * SDITOE OP TUB AOKTHEBJt -STAR . ; " 1 would ask whether any Parliament , however ! oasiitTr-ed , vTen witb tfcat perfect iysfcin » f repre- i ¦ eatatiua widcla vdoes not now exist , cac have the I Tigu ; to plunder une portion of the commsairv for the ! I ^ ofi : of the oti ^ r ? If h has not that ri&ly and if j it ihouU a « . ine and exercise % power wlich does not ' beking U i » . I wwdd iben * si yonr Lordships what are ! the r . S"U -which iu sach a case -sould br » cii 5 to an i opprv&so-. i an . 1 ia ^ ored people ?" -, See Karl Stanhopes Sprvdi in ih < House 0 / Lorot . Feb . i , 1 S 23 . ¦ SIR , —Tbe quesrtiaa of Equitable adjostuKnt , in a ^ poiit . tal v ; cv . : * bin littie uaderiWod by th : mass of the peopl * , aiihiw ^ t a ccianiua Lexicon " wouU eiuci- date tbe vhAe snbJ 9 Bt , > nd a mod- rate atlentieaij the i qaesuoa politically , » ouM toavince the most Optical bigot , as veil m iiit illiterate thopstiek of ita aects- i fciry uriiitj-. no ' , only le tie ' nation at la : ge collect ; rely i but Vj ev ^ ry iadividoaiin society -wh o re ^ c rds the lav ^' of contract as one of those nmtnal obli gations so a £ ces-: « rr to b _ - ftbaeired in iU vrell regulated iocietie * .
Equity is a priatiple of aaiu'al justice ; it is , there- ' . fore , astu by Joriju as a basis of law . Eqaitakle j implies someihing doae spon the princi ple of equijy . i Aojuatmeat implie * an action or thiDg done in equity ; s as Jartic * is represented holding a bjuance in eqnipoi * e i exhi ljting an equitable adjcituitnt Justice being alse repivlrjit ^ d bl . nd , t * a see bj fat our , £ 0 only upon thet principle of equality can she determine any breadi oft feer lavrs . _ Eqnitable a . " . ju * tment in itself is as Dotb-ing ; iteiisu ' , JBprinci i . ] e , and i > now only as a rukf for the gaidmce of alliiioie eEgaged ia e ^ n-jacti , eo-w as society itself ] owes 11 s origin to a coairact , tacit , or covensnt . ' and all j ear dealings tre carried on by a aaries of contracU i betwrn cW « j a * well as individuals , so it is worthy of oar in terest * to preserve the principles of rqnitable ' adjcsuiifca ; in aa ear transactions , whether public or private .
_ The late William CobbeU reeommende-l this prin-1 © pie t « be applied in reuncing Vua national debt , by ' ftgulatng all coniracte for lwans according t « Vhe ' r nginal aad ja £ t value . That poli » ic » r luminary shewed j new utterly impossible it vras to remove the burden of 1 tuation -aiti »{ ety k > the whole nation , without first redacujj tb * interest of the dobt , traich could only be ' done upon tU principle of » qui : able adjustment . S oxr to ' i « dae « tte interest of the debt would seem a great oardih . p oa lhe boldea of stock and annnitantSj and for this supposed reason , tbe public geatrally h * Te ^ *« Ter taken up Uw question of reducing ihe national *•**¦ If the debt Wen really the nation ' s , and legally outacted by tb « nation for national purposes ? If U , T * 3 ** l or right ihat any nation should contract 1 debt to carry on a irar cf aggreaeion , and leave that *** to posttrity as a heir loom for ever ? If it be jast ™«* Seaers \ ions yet anborn shuuld be worked and *« ed to jay both , prindpal and interest ? If it be £ Sit . cr according to the law of the land , that the nowen of nock should retelra internet or as « aceordthe of
^» aiaouBt wicii .-sta * ? thea all Is right ¦ op ** " * , aiid ire onght- fc > pay the pricripal of * 'C 3 Jf 2 ^ -- ml sjd . even t * F » ft « is full , aad
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1 TO TJSE gDITOa OP THB SOaTfiERM STAR , { Deax Si £ , —I have jast recciTed a Jetter from my j friends of Stociport , in which it is stated that ilr . TaoaipR . « . iiephew Las sent a letteric Mrs-Mitchell , letting forlhihat Le Las » e-in me in Birmingham , and * Slat I should bave told him that Mr . Mivchell is not ' allowed te itrite to his wife on accaniit of some pistols \ being m = iitiased in a letter Jbaj has either b&n sent ' toChesier , urfr ^ m thither to Stuckj > urt- ily friend , Tho seat msifce information , states that if J huve done ' any gacn iLing it is calculated to do jae an injury , so i far a& their fioafideEC * in me was placed- And so say j 1 , and every Jionust nun . Bat I wish to inform them , ¦ that I havte ; aot seea Mr . Thompson ' s nephew in Bir- j minshmi , aad it is altogther a fabricatirn uf falsehoods . ; There is noiiung of the kind in any lsiter ; and he pro- ' fessing ; o bei rriig ' rous character , is une of the nu >« t inc .-nsisttia iaea in existence , if he hae set out such a : b&se rep jn . Hopiag yas will do me the jastiec of inserting ' . thii to cl-ir ate of the charge , ana likewise to console iirs . Mivchiil . who ha * a . rt&dy enou ^ i upen her ruind , and "whuut 1 should lake a greater plt&aire ia defending , ; for tue atk-. - jji her praiseworthy hiieitand , than uf > trjing la wtaad her freLugs , 1 cjnclsJe Tnth my rtSj ^ ecis to ihe mtn of Stock art , and shall be willing to defend iir .-i-jlf a ; aisit all each lo-sr-minded rillany , 1 regain ,, dear Sir , T « ar siacere and most hambl ^^ Rerrant , WliLUJI GR 1 FF 15 . "West-Broaisacb , Feb . 12 , l « 4 e . |
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¦ | : ! ¦ j TH £ -C 0 RN LAW REPtAL HUMBUG . TO IHE £ DlTua 0 ? THE K OilTHEB > STAR . Sia , —Che following letter * ra # sent in reply to a geatleraaE who wished the wril = r . to state his rctsotis for oppoekre the Anti Corn Law Agiiiiion . 1 huve f ^ iure ! thoagbl ihat it m ght produce soia-jscw > d by b ? ir . g pub-Hihed ' - parriculariy at a time whui-. tb ' - * Auti Corn Law i gentry ast-muviiig hrav « n and earth A .- divert the people | from the Suffrage ; if you thiui ib-t sauia , a . ntl - will insert it ia y « ur vriiely circulaifj , paptr , yoa will obl'ge 1 Tour obedient humb ' e servant , I Aoti Himblo . i
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_^ — - THE NORTHERN STAR , l ffr ^ e years first
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2672/page/3/
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