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10 THE KDITOK OP THl N 0 ETHBR 5 STAB . ORGANIZATION r . COLLECTING . giB , —I have * een -with much pleasure that y « u hare ione me ^ bxraour to insert in your vaiuible journal of MaJ " ' my secon < ^ communication on the necessity of stating a Gratf Cesirai and J * c £ » 6 k Directory , that ^ onld , apart from all other political considerations , ( ilTeCt their attention to the organization of the masses te the P ^ fP 0 ^ ° * obtaining Universal Suffrage . This o bject , Sir , is so -warmly impressed on my mind , that notwithstanding that I have lost my liberty for its and been forced from comfortable . , , »« , » »
j ^ jYocacy , a home and » ¦ rorthy "wife and fonr small children , the oldest of Yjiom is ovlj fourteen , I would sooner make still further sacrifices than let the glorious prize be lost , when g may be said , -without fear of contradiction , that it riS aimost within our grasp ; bnt before I attempt to gjjw crai friends the necesity « f proceeding on the rial ! i have already laid down as the necessary basis of { p 7 future agitation for this , the ultimatum of all our kils , allow me to make a remsri # r two on the every jiy practice of collecting and subscribing as now carjjad on to such a fearful extent .
jloney I know is the main spring of action—the jnews of -war . >" ° undertaking ever ytt came to a proeperons itsne of wbi-h the financial department was sot happily managed , and no man can pretend to tell jBf that the existing method of raising funds for the jnpport of certain individuals is anything like as equitable method cf conduering public affairs . One man is permitted , on account of his popularity , to pocket several hundred pounds , while another in the same pol , for tie same crime , and the same period , is neglected and left to starve unheeded . 1 could shew everal instances of this , but 1 will only mention one .
I see , froui one of your correspondents , an appeal to ] the people of Birmingham on behalf of the brave , tne learicss , the indefatigable Brown , now in Warwick , i and his starring children , 1 believe seven in number , . ill -suable to work ; and in the same paper an account ' of a subscription for the notorious Thompson , the guasaith , amounting to ten pounds , although he ufivrtd jiia services to give evidence against any Chirtist with irtiom his vFsa connected , and which he cannot deny ; bat be is a middle class man , and 1 believe a greater foe to CbiTtisis , ani the cause they support , tioes no ; exist , except as iar as will serve his turn to dispose of his goods .
Tw > w , mi , I have been constantly watching the proceedings of the Chartists both in town and country , and £ e ¦ uniform practice is , if a Tnnn Ehould happen to ha srested , or become a victim to Whig tyranny , for a few d his friends to set sb . mt getting up a subscription on 1 b account , and where there axe seTeral sufferers in the eae locality , Ttii-miTigt ^ m to wit , the people are split i » many sections , and harrassed beyond bearing , by ga aahtrects of first one party and then the other , mil absolute enmity is produced , and in tie « nd the aass is often forgattea , and all this might be prevented i the people were tifit > er the paternal guidance of men d tried w » rtb , who , arranging their business in silence » d security , might bid defiance to " plain John" and jj tis emissaries . The Suffrage ought to be , and must le , the only thing attended to before we can hope to pogress one Eingle step . > o man knows better than I & the sorrows of a gaol ; but I cannot , * nd will not , V persuaded that the people ought , under anv
chcumsiaces , to relax in their pursuit of the one thing netdto— to help , assist , contribute to , or support , any man , « set of men whatever . 1 know tie value of pecu-Esry aid tcell ; but all the money *> m » couid be laid at j ce feet of a truly disinterested lover of . his kind , would le wanted as nothing compared te the-exquisite pluajsre arising from-the nflection that he-assiakd in the distraction of granny and the emancipation of his eoantry . Wherever a man is found deserving of respect , I eaunot be persuaded that he will be altogether forgotten or neglected ; but I thini £ has every fartlr . ag sacted from £ hs pockets of tie operatives by those » ho we considered their political -directors , ought to be spplied to the ^ reat objeet so taatr ^ . ^ ttend to have in rkir , viz . the passing of the Charter , and any man ¦ who srresta the public alienticn , under any pretence Tbai = ver , while occupied in the pursuit of th' . s object of all objects , is an enemy to the wetl « f nations , and onfht to be treated accordingly .
Onr igitatien appears to me , for-tame time past , to bare been cosdncted by fits and ciarts ; if anything bacspires , as tae Newport job for instance , or the proseentica : of Mr . -O'Connor , every tiiag is neglected for the time being , and the attention of the peop ; e is directed to the accomplishment of seme new object , asd , after the lapse of a few -weeks , it almost requires famttch labour in meeting , lecturing , and agitation , to farm their attention to the all paramount question of ra-rersal Suffrage , as it did at first ; and what would it signify if a few bold spirits were sacrificed bo that our object was gained ; let no man-try to feed himself with the fallacious hope that a . power like that which is now crushing ^ millions to the dust in this ill-fated B&Con ever will , or can be , destroyed without abun-£ snce of guSeiisg , and the most perfect and systematic crfamntion en the part of the people , and this organiaaon never cac , and nevtr will , be carried out , unless tads the guidance and control of a -central power .
We know , from experience , that our Government yiQ not , and that no Government erer did permit any iTstem&tic oppoetion to its practices , as long as it knew ¦• isfice these proposals emanated , or with whom they jcptated , and it would be madnese , nay , the extreme < t foliy , for us to Bupposewe eonld j « ibl : cly be allowed tosrry out our intentions in the teeth of a host of tynata , with upwards of a hundred thousand armed hireling ! at tbsir back , besides ail the tax-eaters , ajntalists , landowners , hangers-en , money-mongers , oi-gpittes , and t great majority of the middle class . Xov all these are already organized , and always armed , in yiditon to the . policemen which naw form no incon-Edersfcle force , besides every description of property men , sad their worthless parasites . We must , thenxye , dire necessity . ^ ampels us to come to the conclusion hbaiits party ^ trte . guides and Tegru&tee our operations must remain unknown to tie suthoritiee .
The loose laaifirrsLnowin motion through the country , in the shape cf lecterers , missionaries , Jsc , may prepare the mind of the people where such schooling is wanted , kt it is utterly impossible that they cat . act in concert » as to iLsare the carrying out of anj- great object . ixhe people are always prepared to listen to any u : an , pBticaiarlj if he prefaces his disccurse by rntima : ing lie he does not want money , and when the operatives pe » what they had te pay for , and what ihey had to fc * ct in return for each payment , with a menthly ¦ knee sheet of their receipts and expenditure all over » country , I am eonviaced they would never , complain , ¦» £ an ample sufficiency would be raised . for every ppose ; besides , all our perambulating lectaiara might | &sin at home , to watch over the interests of their
* i neuhboun , except when called out by the jf » Tfc 5 of the secret directory -, and this brings me to & consideration of a letter ¦ which appeared in your is ** of May 30 , signed " A Love * of Liberty . " ips-igeu myself , iu lay first , of May 9 , to e ^ ply to ct objections tiat could or would be made , iut it fxirz to me that a Lover of liberty has not fully ^ ted that lette r , or , if he has , te must imagine that !¦ fcieasd the whole of the proceedings of Chartist Nasties to be kept secret uaHl the time of ading feje . ; but I can inform him ttat nothing whateier p ^ they do should , or eught to be , kept back from jdl teiss eossemwl , tat simply tbe name and place of N o ting of those persons from whom the proposiuuM farfcrtians tame , with a view to cheat the harpies U Nlaw of feair prey ; therefore they could nut Lava ia F * ' ¦ the aost iniquitous and diabolical of purposes . " P * '" y * . " Wfisre eptn meetings famish one tjc : ttti . ft
= sxartia supply many . " A secrtt directory of ran eccid s « t « apply so many , even if they took them , and if Uje y took the whole seven every month , = ™ » I ^ rer of Liberty will hardly anticipate , there * d be do moreen gaol , if as many , at the end of 3 * Jears , than has been arested during the last " ^ -swnths , ajerefore my secret system is more '' Stobk ihan M » hj rwo-thirds , ae reganla the appre-Bum of numbers ; he also sayi something about a P" a * eraj town asd village , I fear there are to « rJ > tnt as the Se « et Committee would have the r » of choosing their « wn men after the first electi « n , [* 9 ^ pointed a traitor , there would be no < m « to P » ba : themselvea , and , after all , their acting in P ' Med not make than do any thing illesai , but P ^ igfct pursue their object with that steady aim P ^^ ffi ined men usually take , who are de » iioBfl ef f ?*^ and who are fully * w » re of tbe rupontihUity laer offite .
suspicion eTer htT ^ t ^ Mm guilty mind . " ? ^ fsilh he says hii aveaioo it so deeply looted ® s aaj ttdng uie eecrecy , he would even dismiss ^* n who nade meh s proposal . If he only knew ^ » od ander what drcmasUnee * , I am ¦ writing ^ J " !* , hewonld Barer wonder ai me being r *< a w sedsi the mea who are *• be our moniion fan , pjieed beyoad tbe reaah ot tins tMe , bntol , STTTZj ^* tttmg are so srsll known I trill Dot £ ? « ai ; bul for the edincatkm of a LoTer of ^> « od ill otaen whom it may oneern , I will K " ^ » that were all ChartirtB of the r ™ « aa I am , %£ & Ter « uame ud existence of be tss
^ Vf" 1111 forgotten ere amother wet , exct-pt ^ f onagtory . He ondade * by- » eyiiig , that " T 7 r * 8 to the eounseJj of the man who would pro-^ ¦ mn to become aaiember of » secret sodety , " I , /*« a > 7 liberty in hi * band * , « d » fFw myself ffltt edman , to be seat for Mid detltwtth at % mJJi ? le «»« re aad « mv * aie « ce . " Woir , Sir , ^^ Ptoixj ^ -te-jifca , —or-wiyvae" el « e , elUicr ^ ad »^!* e 5 ** 7 > w h « 0 TM * nemher ot one « iZZr * **• for * gotog renuuta to ttie consider * ts r * J *^<> andeTUlte , at th . riak of Kfe and 1 ^ **^ toregrBerato their own order , and , u \ Tr * ^ aa « b any one else orer to the magistrates , CJ ™} know how to revere thoae diacretioaary C ^» ^ rs would quickly he allayed , and his IL * *** ° f secrecy and security melt under the rf
fefcrh ^ f 8 aienil e P fr" ** 0111 - ^ tfcLvv * * otl « ed * h » ve come to the conj ^^ e plaEB of both 3 dr . Lowry and the Re" ^ frrtti ^* acted upon conjointly . This I do ; fcs ' teST' ** belitve that Mr . L , recoEimends > U thT ^ " 11 * 1 * aPPointed and paid , to travel and k rrpr / 0 "" 17 ' " ^ ^ his ovn disbict ; but I SQ to , - !^ 11111 1 ^ 1 tould be rais * d onghi to be sjifmt 0011 ' * tfce Secret Committee , to f *» w Kcwmpiwij tteiy oLJect . sad if tiey
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think proper to send oat lectureB , all weU and m > od but I thinks tracts would answer better . Let the sut > ! porters and admirers of the lecturing system remember the wonders accomplished by the publication of "Com raon Sense / - and " The Crisis , " in America , and this I behove to be the most critical period of British , history tnarefore something must be done , and quickly or the people will Sink into a state of hopeless apathy , from which it may take ages to arouse them . Their present state of excitement cannot , according to the nature of things , long be supported : hence something must be done , or the cause is lost ; and if the RuralPolice are once brought into full operation , secrecy mutikpuwS or nothing can be done : and then who can arrest the arm of the Bt » rving father , or infuriated son , driven by want oi persecution , into the position of the midnight ineendiary , or reckless assarain . think proper to send oat lectured , &n well and good but I thinks faacts would answer better . Let the sup ! porters and admirers of the lecturing 8 v « l * m « . m < , mvll
From them a central power , either open or concealed , that must be implicitly obeyed , or it must ceas * to act for ever . ^ 1 would prefer the latter , as any description JFS Convention would only be permitted to ex ^ st until the blood-thirsty Moloch of class legislation had marked out and insured its victims ; but , at any rate organise ; above all things , prepare and organise . You cannot fee much worse than you are , and iu the meantune , I . will watch yeur e ^ very motion , as far as 1 have the ptwer , and whenever I th-. nk I can render you any service , you shall hear from Yours very sincerely , A Republican .
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TO THK EDITOR OP THE SOfiTHBRH STAR . Sir , —I am not a person accustomed to write for the press , therefore , I hope the more experienced readers will excuse any inaccuracifs that may occur in the followmg statement , while 1 thus address them on a measure which is of the greatest importance to all those ¦ wlo have thr interest of our cause at heart—I mean the canse of liberty . Men of Great Britain ! -in this my appeal to you it is not ray intention to ask your support for any measure wLich would be attended with much lnconvmitnce to you . It is simply this , to i , ut you m nv . nd of the duty whh-h you owe to the : ible = t advocate that ever spukc ia deier . ee of your rights and liberties ; it is a duty ycu owe to your country , anil listly , a duty you ewe to yourselves , and to ail ihu = e wnose well bring you have at h- art The duty of which 1 ^ speak- is , to give your undivide-1 support to the Xor&ent Star , as it is the only unflicching paper in this country that advocates your cau ^ e . I am not afraid
of it going down , iGodfcrbiu itsht . uld ) , although this is the end the Government wishes to attain by the imprisonment of Mr . O Connor , but in this , like mr . ny others of their measures , 1 hope the tax-eaving crew will find themselves in the shade- But to show \ i uu tb > rt incapacity to do so , during the imprisonment of Mr . O-Connor , I would wish the Siur to double in its circulation , and this ia in our power , if we only do our duty . Let every man sweep btf . ire his o-wn door , and we will goon have clear streets . There ' ore , is the name of justtee , let us go to work . Let every man that is a reader of the Star ge ; another who ia not ; let every four such in the same locality subscribe for a paper ; let this p * n be zealously acted upon , and the result will be as eStctual as it is simple . 1 say let this be j acted upon , and it will prove to our task-masters , by the next return of stamps , that no obstacle shall dlter us from supportag the patriot who is willing to sacrifice his all for the good of the people .
For your earnest co-operation in support of tbe above measure , I appeal to you on the followiag grounds : — It wili be remembered by certain of the Trades' Societies that tht-y offered ten , twenty , and e ? en forty pounds for the insertion of a single article in -seme of the newspapers , but so powerful were their opponents , tk « Whig -press , that their request was utterly denied , whereas to the columns of this journal we have free access , © id the men of England and Scotland not hold up their handB by tens of thousands , and say tbey woald support O'Connor at any -ooet , and -win they bow let ; 1 hs and their eneciies -say , it was only Up loyaUy ? In conclusion , I request you to support tbe pairiot , -whose last moments , before he rate » ed the stooe cell , was occupied in giving advice to the men withthsfustiin jackets , relying with implicit confidence that there is as much honesty and intelligence possessed by . the working clats-ja as wili iiapel them to carry out a juat form of Government . I remain . Sir , | " Your most obeditnt Servant , \ Patrick Dcwxet .
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MR . BISKS , THE CHARTIST MISSIONARY . TO
THE PEOPLE . " Like the sound of many waters , Comes the cry , " * VTe » ill be freer * it is painful to witness the heart-breathings of discontent , becuuse it creai ^ s . 3 consciousness of suffering endured ; but tiat painfnlne&s loses its intensity in the rellection . that the first murmur of trammelleii nature is fee - first dawning cf ft glorious reformation . The moiiiex , wnta she ft els , ** Tor the first time , b&r first-born ' s breath ;" wben its bal . y eyes unclose , and its feeble instinct caoeea animation—it ia thm that the sense of pain is almost lost in the oveiflo wings of maternal tenderr . esa and-exultaticn . The bed of sickness is -strewed with flowers , and that which at first view appears a ca ' . n-
mity . is eventually an in ^ stiniable blessing . The little child may be- ^ me a faithful and lo-ving son , a tender lather , or a virtuous man . A pleasing anticipation this , tru ) y , and especialJy to a another . It may be an infant Xewton , destined to traverse the airy regions of space . and deck with , choicest garlands the immortality of scieace ^ ; it may be an infant Washington , whose heyday-ef childhood is but a happy prelude to a nation ' s deliverance ; it may be an £ jx : stle of truth , -whose future virtues have raised within the kuman heart an eternal monument of human admiration . Oh ! what a cheering theiae . An ant . < : ote for the darkest hours of life ' s duration ! She cives birth to immortality itself J
Virtuetrutb—B-anwvnity—c :. i \ -neier die . They are the attiibutaa of our God . The sun may lose its lnstre— the itars their glory— tbe fields -their beauty—but virtue is a fiower that blossoms in the- tomb . It is the btaconbght of every clime , that lights humanity to unfailing happiness—the imago cf God , a bright reality from Heaven—that tie c-ild m * y become a " bright and a shining lVghf— a staff on which she- n . ay lean—the dispenser-of domes-ic consolation , or the scourge « f these " Wh « m courtiers nickname monatch , whilst a aiavo Eves to the baseat appetite . " That it will" minister to some good end is tbe secret of her unbreakable affection and constant solicitude .
"With like emotions should the patriot bebokl the first glissneriiigB cf a natien ' i istellect ; for the first murmur of discontent is the first indication of vitality . It is the resurrection of luan Crom the grave of « ppression . its first movements may be indistinct and puny , hut therein iies concealed a germ at power that T * -iU revolutionize tLe world . It ia the slave seeing his fetters ; it is man asserting Ms ljim :. nity—he is ¦ ' casting off-the works of darkness , and putting on the armour of ligU . " The watchful tye of a mother ' s devotion , beaming in kindness on our infant years—rearing us in infkacy , and ptrfucting us in manhood , should
light np in our breasts the same kindred watchfulness over the sacred childhood of our Charter . When discontent bfgins te loosen the fetttns of the slave , and the restlessness oc" awakening censcioaeness is visible , it is a haj ; py assurance that we have not laboured in vain . The teed has not ocly b ^ en sown , but it has taken root , and only requires the r * f > tsluDg shower * of benevolence , and tie Sicre-J sunshine of a mother ' s affection , to realize & bonnt-cus harvest 0 / liberty and peace . It is like tbe first dawning of day , Whtn the faint ttar-liglit of night has faded away before the splendour of a sun inhered-m by glittering clouCa and barnL-hed wave * .
Thank God ! South Durham has caught the reflection of the Eun -of liberty— South Durham is beginning to be Terr restless . The light of truth and the pressure Of Chains have ruUSfcd at last the slavish slumbers of the many . They see their chains , liie poisoned arrows , worming round- their hearts . The alarm is sounded ! The people are alive ! They are coming forth slowly , but rarely , with heart * devoted to the liberties of England- Look to the column of South Durham intelligence rin this daft Star , and put yoor shoulders to the wheel , that God may bless you . Bite up and help us- There cannot be too many labonrers in so wide a field . Where are your leaders that tLty are so silent and inactive ? What are they doing ? When the virtuous O'Connor is herding with felons , and the best champions of democracy are trampled on , are your leaders going to be tamed into acquiescence by the terrors of the Attorney-General » Are the paltry , snarling jealousies of hallow minds to destroy the
usefulness of o « r leaders ? Where is Cobbett ? Where is Fletcher ? Where ii Knox ? Where is Whittle . ' We once -were u familiar with these names as we are with our own ;• bnt the obscurity of their patriotism h + m almosi banished tliem from our memories . VTfcftt ii the caojse ? I want u unw&r ; the people -want » n aniwer ; and your imprisoned leaders want aa answer . Do they expect the cause can be pleaded before the people by the patriot in his cell , or the exile on a foreign strand i Blush—blush to thick how passionless we your effort * . We must have pnblic spirit in our leaden , or how e * n we expect pnblle spirit in eur people ? They are the authors , to a great extent , of the ptesent disorganization and apathy of the masses . The power of the Government hu become w « re and more insolent In it * strides to conquest ; and our leaders , in many instances , have cried quarter , when a tiUift tf natere ' s energy would'have kepi U Killed deepotixm at bay .
Hen of England I to you I appeal . Never abandon ibis glorious cause . Up , and help us . What matter bow feaifil the contest ? This is a time whea we mast do oar duty , no matter what the cost .
"Universal Suffrage , and no surrender ! Geoege Brass Bishop Auckland .
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TO THE EDITOR OJ » THB SOBTHSKS STAK . Sib ., —A few friends to the cause of CLurtism and Ubvity , with an equality of rights and privileges , as free citizens of the world , have sent , from Magda . e , Honiey , the . scm of eight shillings and sixpence , to be forwarded to Mr . R . J . R' . chard&on , a persecuted Char ^ st , for Epoikirg and writing the truth . We retui ^ im our hcary asd sincere ttanis for the infor-
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mation he has girea us , in your most valuable paper , the Aoritern Star . May all who are suffering for speaking and acting right , be soon set at liberty , and all those who have done wnmg be placed in the same situation , untU they come to their senses , and be able to use good logic , in speaking right , and doing right , to ail mankind , be as men not ashamed , and live in f ear of being destroyed , both day and night , as their evil deeds will follow them , as they carry an hell in their own own bosoms , that will torment them to the end of time . We feel , as it were , sunk in apathy , respecting our mends , -who are immured in prisons in various parts of this kingdom ; but there will a day come , and we hope soon , that will rouse the English lion from its lethargy , and declare we will be free in spite of friend or foe . mation he has HmrTn _ . . , . the Northern StaT Ma ? rfi ^ T- "SIS ^^ ' . ^ itZ- ZZ . JS * ' . " ay . aU who ¦«• suffering for
We cannot see and hear of unjust persecutions , without feeling resentment ; it is now nearly too intolerable to be borne much longer . Come what , come will , it is only death that comes at last 1 When life has got not worth enjoyment , no one has any occasion to fear . To see the numbers out of employment , and willing to work , it is sufficient to drive them to acts of desperation . I wonder there are not ten thonsand times more depredations committ ' d than there ia , but 1 think the spirit of Englishmen is nearly sank in oblivion . Hypocrisy and deceit has gone through this nation , that all other nations think us fools and asses to carry the burthen of taxation as we do ; to keep such a numerous set ef extravagant cormorants , who prttentl to rule over us with all the tyranny and oppression possible . There ia not any other nation in the world that would submit to be imposed upon in such a manner a month , without striving to remedy the eviL I remain , yours ,
A Chartist , or what you like , Christopher Wood Honlty , near Huddersfield , June 9 , I 8 io .
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TO 5 HK EDITOR OP IHB NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —I venture to hope that the indignity offered to M'Douall will not bo allowed to be perpetrated by his peremptory creditor . Scotland may be proud of her unflinching patriot , but not ou Scotland alono should ; he distinguished honour be conferred oi freeing from bondage and a dungeon ' s gloom , tho ni ^ h , the untiring , and inflexible advocate of an injured people ' s rights . Rally , then , yo sons of liberty , around the i-tandard of freedom ! England , Scotland , and Ireland , I call upon you in the name of justice , to contribute simultaneously to achieve tho godiike act of giving back to life , to light , to home , to friends , to country , to freedom and the Charter , your frknd , your leader , the fearless M ' Douall . Yours in the good cause ! Allerthorpe , June 11 th , 1840 . G . M . G .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTKESS STAB . Sib ., —The Whigs Bent a Governor to Canada against whom a charge was made -of having flogged a man by ' tap of drum , ' thereby protraccing the torture cf the lash from a quarterof an hour toanhour or more ; evidence was offered to prove this monstrous f ^ ct , ( yes , and the evidence is still in being ) but the Whigs refused to go into the caso , or to hear the witnesses . Now this being a matter of public notoriety , as Mr . Dancosbe made an effort to bring n before the House , why should the people bs so much surprised at the treatment , monstrous as it is t « which Mr . O'Connor is snbjected f Th 9 object in all
tyrannical governments is to degrade , to vilify and utterly destroy &ay maa who presumes to- Question their infallibility . Tho Whigs have an unnatural , and an inhuman system to uphold , consequently they use monstrous and vindictive means to support it , well awaro that on the -corruption of th&t system they enjoy wealth and power . I trust the spiteful effert to degrade Mr . O'Connor will convince every liberal man , Radical and Chartist , that there is no safety but in the destruction of both Whig and Tory faction ; they are but sections of a nsoBopolisuiK greedy , and base -clique . Yours , & . c . Democrat .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERK * TAR . Brighton , June 12 th , 1 S 40 . Sir , —Pursuant to instructions from the members of the Brighton Rsuiipal Association , I beg te request tho insertion of the following in your invaluable journal : —
BRIGHTON RADICAL ASSOCIATION , June 10 th , 18 * 0 . Ma . Giles iit-the Ciiaiu . Resolved unanimously , on the proposition of Mr . Woodward , seconded by Mr . Harris , " That this Association hereby express the most cordial sympathy towards tbeir respected , persecuted , end patriotic fritnd Mr . Reeve , the late landlord -of the Brewers ' Arms Inn , Ciiureh- street , and gineere' . y tmot that he will yet be enabli < l to triumph over his unprincipled and nefarious antngo ; , is-. s , and furth «« Tiioiv , the members of this Association deem it their duty to pledge tbtmselves , by -every means in their power , to rally round ami support Mr . Reeve . " To explain te the raa < lers of the Kortliern Star the
cause of the above resolution , allow me to state that a repu ' ar conspiracy has been concocted by the Wh 5 g and Slirit Radical factions of Briglrton to put the Chartists down ; to do that they aiumd through tbe sidLS of Mr . Keeve . at whose house all our meetings were held . They have succeeded in ejecting him from the occupancy of the Brc-wers' Arms , a house which he rented of a Whig brewer ; and they thought , by so doins , ¦ to damn us completely , but never were men so signally foiled in their dastardly , malicious , and undermining tricks . Upon hearing that Mr . Reeve was obliged to luive the Brewers' Anns , ( the Whig magistrates refusing to transfer another licence to Mm unless he produced a certificate , of charucier I suppose , ) from the . Tory "Vicar of Brighton , three Tory Churchwardens , two Tory iwultwo Whig Overseers , and the ctber pariah f'fficcrs , a K-t of undtrutr&ppers willing to do tiio dirty work of
any party , a iet of mongrel political curs who have sacrificed all their former professions at the shrine of Mammon without the Slightest hesitation . With all these opponents—though Mr . Reeve was denied a transfer without a certificate from all the parish officers of Brighton , though no such certificate is squired by law—the Managing Committee met aad appointed a Sub-Committee to arrange with any party who might feel disposed to accommodate such a body as the Chartist * of Brighton . Tbey have succeeded , they have the full concurrence&t their meeting at the ^ r / oi > e Inn , Edward-street , both from the landlord and proprietor . Thu 3 have our enemies failed , and they feel it They have regenerated the cause in Brighton , and they may depend on it , a 8 jst « n will now be acted on by the men of Brighton that will shew to petty tyrant 6 that S-- > mcthinR mow tb&n Slight prriensiens to liberty Must in future be ihe aim of men seeking real popularity .
1 th ; r ) c I hare explained to the resdtrs of tho Star tl . e cause of the adoption of the foregoing resolution . And now 1 have another duty to perform rather of a more pleasant nature , vix . that the admirers of Brontcrre , resident in Brighton , hrive sent to Mrs . O'Brien two pounds , and the treasurer will , I believe , this day transmit another pound . Our treasurer Las also sent tho Bum of £ 1 4 b . to Mis . Vincent , through Mr . Hethfringten . In- conclusion allow me to subscribe myself , Yours truly , Nathaniel Mouling , Secretary .
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TO THE 1 DITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . SlB , —I should ftel obliged by your inserting tbe f cl ' owing petition agreed to by the Working Men ' s * Association of Cirtnctster , anu now in course of signature by tlie inhabitants of the town . It ia somewhat long—perhaps too long for your columns ; but in it will be found an illusion to the infamous seatence on Carrier , of Trowbridge , which has never yet been brought fairlj before the pnblic Yours truly , John Beecham . To ( fie Hmoorable , < $ -c , the humble petition of the widersiffned inhabitants of Cirenccsler ,
Sheweth , —That in times of great political excitement , party feeling has found ita way Into eur courts of justice to the pollution of the bench and the jury-box ; and , as in the eases of the Popish Lord Stafford , Cornish the Protestant joiner , Lord Win . Russell . Algernon § ydney , Muir , Palmer , and many otherc , verdicts have been given and sentences passed which the unbiassed judgment of after time * hae pronounced monstrous and iniquitous . That in the opinion of yonr petitioners the middleebss jurors who tried Hessre . Frost , Williams , and Jone * , were too much alarafcd by visionary fears , and too m » ch influenced by party feeling to judge coolly and impartially so complicated and difficult a cose . ' . ' That their feara aad pa « ion 8 WCT 6 Constantly •! - elted previoc « to the trial by a toage , lying , and venal prea , which did not scruple to prejndge the guilt of the accused , and speculate * pon their probable fate .
Tbat the Judge , Sir N . Tindai , In hia charge to the Jury , expressed himself doubtfnl if the evidence tubstantltted a charge of high treason , and therefore yoar petitioners ate justified ia believing that if tke Jary had been unbiassed they would have given the prisoners the benefit of tbe dombt , and pronounced a verdict of aeq&ittaL ' The laws of this coontiy have humanely aad justly by strict enactment * given to the accused every facility of defence , hut your petitioner * Sibti * , that in the cases of Frost , Williams , and Jones , the n-quireraente of tbe law were not ompiied with , Recording fco the opinion * of a majority of the Jadgei , and further -th&t the informality was , in the opinion of six of tlie Jtdges , fatal to th » indictment
Yonr petitioners would remind yoar Honourable House that a notice of motion stood upon your books to address her Majesty to grant a free pardon to tke above individuals ; but they were , in contempt of yonr Honcurablo House , sent from the country before the time appointed for the consideration of that motion , and thus the Legislature was prevented from offering its adTiee or opinion . Thut your petitioners frankly avow that they consider John Frost a martyr to the cause of the industrious classes , and they will persevere in using every ; egal and constitutional means ta restore J : ini and his fellow convicts , WiV : i : ui 5 Jind Jones , to tLeir homes and fcitnilies .
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That yonr petitioners are informed that Messrs . Camer , Roberta , and Potto , now confined in Salisbury Gaol , on a charge of sedition , and subjected to felons ' discipline even to the wearing of the prison dress , and that Carrier is condemned to the additional punishment of hard labour . * Your petitioners would draw the attention of your Honourable House , and her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , to a gross libel upon the Learned Judge -who tried Roberta , Potts , and Carrier , which appeared in moat of the newspapers in the form of , and professing to be , of n ^ JOm P ^ Wonew informed that Messre . Camer , Roberts , and Potto , now MinfiniWl ' hi Salisbnrv
a report the trial . The Learned Judge , in passing sentence , ia therein made to say that he saw little or no difference in the offences of Carrier , and Robrtsbut he sentenced Roberta to two years ' imprisonment , without hard labour , because he moved in the higher circle of society , and Carrier to two years imprisonment , with hard labour , because he was one of the wenrking classes . That the principle charge against the prisoners was the attending a certain meeting at Devizea , on Easter Monday , 1839 , the circumstances out of which that meeting arose being , according to general report , as follows : —
A meeting was called on the 22 d of March , 1839 , t » petition your Honourable House to make certain alterations in the laws relating to voting at elections of Members of Parliament , and the people of Devizes , with some individuals from Bath and Trowbridge , having peaceably assembled for that purpose , certain evil-disposed and disorderly persona did commence a wanton attack by throwing stones and other missiles , whereupon the Chairman , in order to avoid a riot , dis solved the meeting , and announced another to take place on the ensuing 1 st of April .
On that day ( being Easter Monday ) the people of Devizes and its neighbourhood having again peaceably assembled , they were a second time attacked -with stones and bludgeons , by a ferocious band of ruffians hived and made drunk for the purpose . Many persons were severely injured and thtir lives perilled , and a waggon , the property of those assembled , was seized by the rioters , and having been paraded through the town -with a party banner , was by them destroyed i a the presence of the High Sheriff . Yoar petitioners submit that the leaders of tins daring ouVaie were publicly known and named i- 1 the newspapers of the day , but your peutionera . cannot learn that any prosecution was ever instituted ajjuiust them . . a
Your petitioners heard , with great satisfaction , the geui-ral expression of feeling on the part of . the members of your Honourable House in relation to Mcssra Lovett and Collins , and other political misdemeanants ; but your petitioners find , with astonishment , that , in defiance and contempt of the opinion of your Honourable Hcase , Lovett and Collins are still in Warwick Gaol ; that Vincent is in solitary confinement in tho Penitentiary , wearing tfce prison dress , and working aa a tailor ; and that Feargus O'Connor has been Bubjected to a moat cruet , grading aud disgusting system of treatment in the felons' prison of York Castle .
\ i > ur petitioners conceive that the administrative body is only the executw of the will of the Legislature , and we submit th : it the existing Ministry , by thus noting ia open defianoa and contempt of the opinion of your Honourable House , has been guilty of gross insult to your Honourable House , and baa thereby forfeited all claim to your confidence . Tour petitioners would not be justified in concealing their own opinion , that the present Ministry is the most dangerous to public liberty , and has done more by its duplicity and treachery to stop the progress of rational improvement than any which has existed in this country since the of Walpole .
Your petitioners cannot forget that it waa the prrsent Premier , Lord Melbourne , who directed the attack on the people of London , peaceably and legally assembled in Colubatli Fields , on which occasion many individuals were cruelly maimed aud wounded , and ono unfortunate poiice tool met his death by a defensive weapon . An intelligent Jury , after a moa ; patient and attentive examination of the faats , returned « . veraict of " Justifiable Homici . kj on tho budy of the policeman ( Coliey ) , slain by a person in the crowd ; " thus throwing the guilt of his dt-.-th upon the power by whose orders he acted
, and this decision was confirmed by a Jury at the Old Bailey by the unhesitated acquittal of the supposed shyer . Your petitioners reganl the present Ministers as the authors of tbe new centralizes ! Uural Police—a power sufficient , if brought into full operation , to overturn the civil institutions of the country , and establish ft system of military < kspotism ; inasmuch as in the ratio of one policeman to every 1 , 000 inhabitants it would form a standing army of 2 G . 000 men , 1 , 000 of which might bo directed upon any given point at a few hours notice .
Such a force , your petitioners beliyve , may , in the hands of a bid Minister , be used to dostrey entirely the right of public meeting , and thus prevent the praycis of the people from reaching the Throne , or the table of your Honourable House . The fearg of your petitioners arc not visionary and without foundation , the . pulica forco having already been employed to make a barbarous attack upou the people of Birmingham , peaewibly assembled at their customary place of meeting . Your petitioners affirm that previous to the
introduction of a police fores to the town of Cirencester , it waa peaceable and ordeily , and that oio riot has occurred in it to your petitioners knowledge , for many years ; but within a inouth after tho establishment of the police , two serious disturbances took place , one of which was attended with the destruction of property . Your petitioners further affirm that , excepting when thus enjjaiied in bludgeoning the people , the police have little to do bat to walk the streets for their own amusement , . aud the principal employment of the inspector , they verily believe , consists in reading novels from a circulating library .
\ our petitioners therefore pray that your Honourable Houso will direct an enquiry to be made into the clrcuirataucea < if the riot at Devizes , on Easter Monday , I 83 y , and tho nature of the sentence passed on William Carrier , at the Salisbury Spring Assizes . Also , that your Houourahle House will present au address to the Queen , praying her Majesty to recall Messrs . John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , transported for alleged liigs treason , aud to liberate all person * confined for political ofleueea ; and that she will be graciously pleased to listen to the cry of an oppressed poopie , and dismiss her present Ministers , anrt to call her councils men having ihe confidence of the nation . And your petitioaora , &c
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TO FEABGUS O'CONNOR , ESq . Honiey , June 9 , 1840 . Deau Sta , —It is with feelings of regret we ttios address these few lines U the Northern $ !< % ftot insertion , t int we , the members of the first daw of tbe Honiey Ktrthem Union , view with horror and disgust the diBgKMefal peratcutton and treatment of oiir worthy friend , and « hampfon cf tne pegpta ' fl rights , Feorgns O'Connor , Baq . Was It In our power to bli * t with one breath thos * wfcc are tUa persecutors of such characters thai are tetatee * ated In priaoiw for adrooating' 4 he peoples rights , we would blow tneni from the face of the <* rtb , never more to torment their follow men again . We consider it the bounden duty , of every honeet aad upright -maa to protest against such treatment . It is a disgrace to all human beings who have their liberty that , do not declaim against it , in this boasted land of freedom and Christianity .
Instead of sending missionaries abroad to instruct the heathen , we have more need for an army of heathens to come to England to drive all our wicked persecutors out of the land . All religions seem to us nething bnt hypocrisy and avaricbusnesB : one set declaiming against another , all to come at filthy lucre . We see , in this week ' s Star , they have proached up the Athanasian Creed until they we ashamed of their own profession . Tbat we view all the late persecutions which have taken c ' ace fctf political offences as unjust and severe ,
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and pray that her Majesty the Queen and her advisers will reconsider the matter , and speedily set them at liberty , and restore them to their families and their homes . I am yours , truly , Christopher Wood , Secretary to the Honiey Northern Union . P . S . We had & petition got up to sign , and can assure you that the people here are completsly tired of signing petitions , and say they will sign no more , nor ask a favour for anything at our legislators * disposal ; but are determined to have their rights concerted to faem if pray Majesty Qaeen advisers will raconsider the matter , and sneedllv set th « m » t
posiaible , at all hazards ; considering it a robbery to withhold anything that is due to them , whether national or local privileges . Such a state of things cannot be endured much longer . Wo hope the day is not far distant that the English lion will be rouaed , and set all the captives free . We eannot see and hear of such persecutions without feeling resentment : pur blood , as it were , boils in our veins with revenge : there ia not another nation under tho cauopy cf heaven that would bear the burden as we do , and bo insulted and persecuted in the same way without striking a , revengeful blow , let the consequence bo what it would to them . I am , as ever , C W .
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epectabuity , as Grand Marshal of Great Britain , v , ho shall have , no salary , but who shall preside ovct *;* gensral assembly ; organise plans for establishing ^ ; --r < ' -A depot for tracts suitable to tbe objects of the assort :,., ; appoint the principal officer over the tract > i - •;> ¦ . * ; arrange for the gratuitous and saleable dlstribui ^ r . of tracts , papers , books , &c ., aud in tvery way s-. v .-.-.-rintend , arrange , and conVr-. ul the political tr ;; , i "¦ , ? - partment ; to arrange pinna for the more e ' . r : ' . - * i getting up and presenting pbiittens sud reraon .-. t--a ;; « to Parliament , or addresses to the CvoMm ; to t > lv . a the best legal advice upon f . U subjects coonec * .- / : v . ' ti the tuoVenifiit , and in nil things to faei ; i ; ..: t \ j peaceable , moral j and kptf means , a sound V . u . 4 Reform of the House of O-nunons , and in evuiv < . h . at institution in the country . spectabuity , as Grand Marshal of Great Br'tafe v -o « h * ii i »«'\ , A -tZ ^ ClrSr ° l Srea t . . ' toUl v . ' °
17 . The . grand marshal of Great Britain shall -: i : : « at the general assembly ; have power to call iUtb together oncoayear ( as . above ) or oftener , as K . . ;' , in his wisdom , see fitting ; hwe power to adv ; -- ¦ - ¦ ¦ i direct the Oivitfcnal w&tshals should any quo-r . n arise affecting any part cf the country ; have ;] :-penaes paid him out cf the fund of the general as * - r . ' ; ' ; he shall also have power to suspend any div ' M . 1 marshal for any misconduct until the divisional 1 ¦ % ¦ ing shall inquite into , and settle tbe affair pending . : e shall keep an account of the numerical strength i .- ; we associations , and of the members they contain ; 5 u iLial be empowered to employ a stcretaiy . eatery r' t to exceed £ —— per annum ; maximum tobeii . vd ? y general assembly ; he shall lie empowered to ; -. ' ¦¦; .. d I lecturers -appointed t-y general assctnWy , if k ¦ ¦ ' •' : < f misconduct ; sign cheques for salaries and exj ' ii-. . if lecturers , , & < $ ., and other servants employed by g ^ u ; . il assembly .
18 . AU rules made by primitive societies to b' ¦ : ; : g only upon their own Tnembtrs . All rules anil 1 : < n maUe by district meetings to be binding otiiy u \ "m . ::. members of the district All resolutions agrtrtUo A : a divisional ineetfhg to be binding only upon t )\ # !¦;• ahers of the division . All 1-ans made by the pr . 1 assembly an < t bigned by the Grand MarsVivl , : ¦ . •'»' strictly observed by every division in Great Brit :-A ¦ :. A 11 orders of t ' , ; e Grand Marshal , if r . ot proviso-: ! f . r ¦ j a particular law , to be considered in the li .-. -v . ¦ ¦ . , n " Order in Council , " subject to the opinion oi xuc r » it genera ! asseriiMy , and obeyed accordingly . 19 . Societies not witing in conformity to ruk \ ; . h « dealt with as district , divisional , or general a « . s :. ! y may consider moat proper .
20 . Would recommend soni 8 benefit mhm * , mu each society enrolled under Friendly Societies . ' .-jl ; or safety merely , or perhaps members would -fori * .-. ' - « i-, i « benelit , if disorderly . ) Should the general ! i-.- ;; :, liy approve of any such addition , a seperato code o ; l ^ ws would require to be made in conformity "wiili in * Friendly Societies Act .
PLAN . Grand Marshal , Sec-rotary , Solicitor , General Assembly of tho Friends of tfce P < .. •; ! - \ Marshals of Divisions , Divisional Meetings of Deputies from District * , District Deputies , District Meetings of Deputies from Primitive S'hWVm , Presidrnta of Primitive Societies , Primitive Societies in Towns , Villages , and Ii Mb' ! js , Members of Primitive Societies , The People , the Source of all Legitimate Power .
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KICHABDSONS MODEL OF A PLAN OF OK
GANIZATiON . —LANCASHIRE . Let the societies at present formed in Lancashire , send each a deputy to a general meeting of deputies , to be held in Bolton , for the purpose of agreeing to tho following plan or improving tiie same , aa may be deemed expedient when assembled . 1 . That the county of Lancaster L-e divided into two divisions , denominated North and South Lancashire , and that the boundaries of tho same be such as described in the Boundary Act , aud used in the election of Members to Parliament .
2 . That the South Lancashire division be sub-divided into the following districts : — 1 . Manchester , 7 . Rochdale , 2 . Liverpool , 8 . Oulham , 3 . Warrington , 9 . AsMon , 4 . Bolton , 10 . Stock port , 6 . Wigan , 11 . Lei ^ h , 6 . Bury , 12 . Burnley . 3 . That the North Lancashire Division be eub-divided into the following districts : — 1 . Preston , 5 . Bla ' kburn , 2 . Lancaster , c . Ciitheroe , 3 . Ulverston , 7 . Colne , 4 . Cartrael , 8 . Fieetwood .
4 . At the first meeting of deputies from the various towns named as districts in South Lancashire , let some person be appointed to describe the extent , boundary , aud names of the towns , villages , and hamlets , in each district fairly chosen from the map of Lancashire , ( regard being had to ancient custom ) and adjourn to receive report . 5 . Let tb . 9 same course be adopted in North Lancashire . ( I . At the adjourned meeting let the report be received , adopted , or naprjvu !; asid also let an address bo published to t ' . ie division requiring each district to agitate the villages aruuiu ! it , ar . d form societies whereever it is possible .
7 . At tho adjov . ruert nicotine let a person be elected pro few , aa marshal of tlio division : lot Mm be a man well qualified by honesty , integrity , wisdom , courage , and above all experience— a maa iu s , station of life likely to command respect from fricnd 9 and foes , because , it is essentially necessary to entrust him with anextensi 78 executive p-twer to ensure a successful organization of the people . 8 . The in&r .-hal to bo invested with the power of summoning , or . co iu three months , say On the four last daya of Chvwtiiiaa , Candlemas , Martinmas , and Michaelmas . A general meeting of deputies , from the different districts of his division to receive reports of the progress of the various societies in the several districts . Also to discuss and deliberate upon any popular question that the marshal shall bring before them . Also to receive the leport of
the income and expenditure of the division . Also to prepare and advise nev ? measures fi / r tho improving and strengthening the organization of the division . He shall be empowered to call extra ^ r .-huary meetings of district deputies to tho division at all mot-tings for the discussion of important business ; to direct » n < l command all popular movemrnts and demonstrations of the people Within his division , for which purposo , a fund , not & \ cecding £ shall be entrusted to his care , to bo raised aa hfteinat ' ter mentioned . AH addresses , proclamations , a-lvtitisftnicnts , &c , to bo authorised by him , no maticr by whom written , ¦ whether by individuals , societies , d ^ tr ' ct meetings , or divisional meetings ; and 110 public documents , tracts , pamphlets , whatever , to be oirculat-. d wiOsoitt his sanction . * All bills for divisional expenditure bo signed by him . He may employ a secrekiry , at a small salary , if allowed by divisional meeting
0- Every society , on its formation , fha ' . l sond notice to the marshal < f ihe divoion , enclosing ' 2 a . fid ., as a fee for enrolment : such society to bo numbered according to the date of it . i enrolment , : md to be known only to tho publio by tho uuuibw it bciiw . 10 . To aroid as much as possible any infringement of the law , the marshal should be elrcied a member of © very society in the division ( honorary ) . 11 . The marshr . l . on receipt of the 2 * . 6 d ., shall signify , by letter or otherwise , to the secretary of the district in which such society is situated , that the society has been duly enroiltd and numbered ; also that such society is entitled to send a deputy to tho weekly d strict meeting .
12 . Every , primitive society shall regulate its own affairs so far aa j-egaids the raising aa-i disbursing of funds , the election of officers , treasurer , < tc , in the appointing of lecturers , subject to the T .-to of the marshal , whose opinion riiall bu considered th 0 best , so far as qualification and fltneaa for the offlco of lecturer subject only to the opinion of tin : quarterly " meeting of divisional deputies . The society aiso to purchase books ami papers for tho us 3 of ita members , or for the purpose of canvaosiug their neighbours . 13 . The prosident to attend once a M'cek , as a deputy from tlie society ovar which ho prtsWt a . at tho district meeting , where he shall take part in tUe proceedings of such meeting .
14 . Ihe district meeting shall be held once a week , and composed of the prtsidonta of eve * y society in the district , and , in his absence , by some person appointed by the society ; th&y shall bring correct reports of the actual etate of their respectivo ^ societies , the character , number , fcc ; they shall discuss any popular subject that may be introduced by any depnty ; agree . to resolutions for the bettor organization of the district ; employ district lecturers , subject to the veto of the Marshal of the division , as before , in the case of villa ? p lecturers :
arrange the form of all petitions and remonstrance * , and , in every way * to superintend the management of all the societies in the district , so fax as any political movement is concerned , local ( te . pitriahj elections , eloctions for itaeuibers to Parliament , Kegijfrator , 4 c . j and , also , nee in three months , a deputy ahall . be appointed to attend the divisional meeting ; the district meeting may also suggest questions for pablfc discussion ftt the quarterly meeting , notice of tho same t ; a be forwarded to the'Marshal , one week previous U > tho assembling of the divisional deputies .
15 . The divisional' meeting ahall he hb \ . i according to the eighth r » le , the Cluiinnau to be eleetedrVoai ' tbu deputies pteacnt , hy show of kauds ; the fast doty of the deputies shall be , to make s return of the number of members they represent , as nude np ftom the last weekly meeting , previous to the divisional inteting ; they shall , also , dtecuss all subject introduceil by the Marshal in his opening address ; settle all accounts belonging to the division , receive tbe KarMmTs report , &a to the itato of the divisional trcairary hcar ' aad
daiermine eti bmplftints M » t may ariw omi ' vt hiiinaiicgft ment ; to toy leVi <* Bpoa the mymb « rs of tbe divieion , when required , for the purpose of fvtttciTng the objecu Of the assoshtibu : - neb levies' to be made by ttte'&far-BbAl , and paid a ^ oording bo ike ratio of the fnenberS in ewli too'iety . The Miwahal to be iastnitted to proceed to London , ta meet * he other 'Mar « liais . from other parta of Vi « kingijoa , oa the first day of the opening •{ Parliament , to ? 1 » mecttng to becnliod , '»• The General Asaenbly- : of ,. ibe : Ptople ' a l > epuUe »; « , ' the Priendsof the People : " ' '
1 « . The genaraias » erab } y of the friend /! of the people shall meet iu London as . aforeiwid ,- und there remain not more than fonrteon days to meivo the divisional repcrts , and discuss such measures m may be sent ap from \ he divisional meetings ^ and , if necessary , they inay appoint two « r more paid lecturers to purimbulate the country . Levy sums of money upon the members thou ^ hout the kingdom to defray the exporuos of tha general assembly ,- | suggest rules for the better organisation of the kingdom , if required ^ appoint & pe rson of high standing and re-
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* Tills may appear hrah ; but it ia necesaary to curb spies , and trt'aeon » l > it » , seditious placards , tracts , &c
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Theub bxisw in Pabis , " saji the Gazette dot fTtimnaum , " & band of rogues known to tho polio * by the ap pftlSfttion of Fouwre , or Levettrt a Atttxryue , 1 eriffaged ehiefly iu eiwjin /{ . on . » Byatem of ewinaling upon hopkeepera and dealer * . The Lemurs form a uamerou tornpany divided into many aecti&ns . Each gestioa hM a chief or director , and a keeper « f a lad « in « - hdnae •? rendezvouB , who is genewlly * he t 4 eeiv « r ot the goods obtained by the fraternity ,-porehuiaje tbern at low prieee , aad Ukiag care to dedua liberally from the money all dnea for board and Iodjjiiig , Olr any adyanee * they haTei oade . for whiok thtj ; charge exorbitant interest . TIjeband hsiala lW-mdiMttn , who point ont the tradesmen ttosi to
likely be made a prey , and its affiliated protoctors , who are hoensed shop-keepen ., swh a * wwik dealers , grooen , sellers of moatf-hairf appard alC other article * , traHeurt , and rabh like , whq arj referees for the raspoasibility of th « actite alentl who go oat to purchase goods on erodit , and fox which , oi oourse , they newr intend to nay ^ Aeoawplaint laid before the police of M . llatifia , o riS 8 Passage Ste . Croix de la Bretonncrf * , a deaf « t 8 acalos , weights , aud measures , who bad thus en delrauded to the : amount of -3 , O 0 Of M has led to ^ i aisoorery and amsi of tho whole of one of tea ££ tion « 1 of leveurs , whow head-qwartora wera atm '' ? . ?« Ualande ^ , where an iiamonse qna rititPw goods uas been touad , and among them braaa wefllM anumeswtti-cs to tbo aiaount of 2 ' 000 F" « E ? 2
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OBSERVATIONS . DIVISIONS AND B 0 TJNDJLRXB 8 . I choo . ve to recommend the Parliamentary rtiv-v . ant and bourn ! a . ries because it weuld erjable meu . ^ er- r&-si . ilijg within the electoral districts to coutb ^ o their forces and to act within the jurisdiction of the nuK-ahal of thi : division , -which plan -would greatly fscil'tut , tli « election of . candidates according to O'Brien ' s phi'J . - > v te exercise their influence in all country elections for merub-rs , coroners , &c . I choose to make the towns into district- ; in oMer that ti . cir vicinities , tho villages , and hamlets a ; - < niud may be well organised aud under the contr-. u' of a central executivo pow ^ r , created by the voico of tho smaller societies .
I chooso to-Tscommend diristonal marshal ? , hee ^ usA I have had experience , and have proved thia « i aa there is an acfcnowls . 'Jg , d held the people will not . Vut ¦ w here all sure leaders nothing is done . I apptJ to th * men of Manchester and Souta Lancashire , wht'J-. t'r ih » great demonstration upon Kersal Moor , in l :,.... . v / as not owing to the determination and the per . v . ¦ vaiMiM of the marshal appointed by tho divisoral iu . ee . ; : » . I cLoose togiye the marshal elect the powi-r to out bistro upon placards , tracts , lectures , < kc , ::: jrder that the sacred cause of Rrulical Reform nny :. u u :-, g % be endangered by violent speeohes , iriflaminat ^ , y ? : acarrts , tracts , or sple 3 , as it has been full . . i ; . ii . ynstrated by the late disturbances , that our pow , r ; = .-.-. ly weakened by : such proceedings , besides do raan would
be marshal , if . his existence w » s endangered by z \ --t uols of Iawles 3 , re ; kl « 3 s , and dating individuals who : lr > og » to call themselves patriots . I wish that tbe maisaal shall b * a person likely to add weight to the can *<¦ . x « oueneed be . aiarmed at tho power gm-nto * he niarsral , for it is merely aa executive otfica , th ,- r . bief officer of tho division , or to usu a sim \ e , be is the saine as the President of Aiuen . ? ., « !»• divisional meeting as tbe senate , and the diatrii : £ M stings as so liiony UUle Pailiamenfei , governing t '\ kx several states . Thus , it may "befairly said , tbat ? -v * iy division is a . petty and complete Republic . I i ; Uy « chosan to reconnucnd a general assembly of th < ii , ; u-3 hal 3 of divisions once a-year , becaus 9 I have setr , v , " iat such a body as the lata Convention might have , \ , -. g , had
they have betn properly eltcted and chosen out of tho several localities , man -whose principles a&'i i wjc < ty were weU known to the electors , also men wh ( . : ^ w the wants and wishes of the people whom he v . - . < = s ^ -u * to represent . Amongst the late Convention wi ; ro r . vcn who had never seen their constituents , mere fufcow , political ndventBrcrs , and reckless , inexperience' ] p , iiticLins , and whose elections Wtra carried , eiUer because theywero popular speakerd arid writs . n . or because tbey ware tho nominees of parties , or or her bettor known popular men . These false principle , sh « Radicals , who ought to have known better , were acted upon beaded . Look at the farce of one man r-prvflonfring several conithuencios , many of whom , perh . t ¦ : « h « never saw , nnd of whom ha could have had ' . u , real knowledge of . It will be seen at once tbat : uy piaa of senuing the marshals of divisions to the gen : " ^ assembly iM much better than the late conveatio ; ; -. L tin , becausein the first
, place , the marshals cannot V-j p- > ii . tical adventurer sppculnting upon politics for th .-ir owb mteresis ; secondly , they w-ill be composed of men more « r less known to tho districts that elect th-nj thirdly , that they will not be men without a lacol habitation , and a name , but will le sob ^ r , sulaitntial householders , aud of it respectable sphevo of lifi \ mem who are less likely to endanger themselves , or the < -. m < - stituencies they represent ; fourthly , from their i , -ia » resident II would cay long resident ) in Via < liv '? Um they are bettsr ablo to judge of the character , stt ^ Dgta , disposition , and opinions of the several ilislrkts he represents ; and lastly ,. from his office as marshal oi lie d . vision , he is likely t « be tborou § : h ! y acquainted with everything connected -with it , as also of tho movement * of the enemy . ' I have also provided against any ionr Hitting of the general assembly by limiting tlie tiinaU fouiftoou days , because I have asen the foily of Uie lot * Convention sitting so long .
I have thought it politie tt elect a grand marshal at the general assembly , whose powers are enumerate * above , because I considered that there should bti r ^ mm executive power to guide the whole ; that he should b * a man of high standing in society—a man likely to ad * weight or influence to the movement , for instance w-., Ch ^ v Wl 0 l 8 ! e r « J- T . Leader , Esq ., M . £ WiUoughby Wood , Esq ., John FieUen , Esq ' , M . * rnomaa Attwood , Esq ., and so on . He should possess similar powers to the President of America , and be subject to none but tho law of England , and the laws — " * by the general assembly . ^^ I would recommend the election « f aa attorney W the general assembly , to advise with the gnrndmarshi in all subjects connected with th « safety of th « uot « . meet . ¦ IbeUeve the plan I have laid down to \* stdotty lawful ; nerertheleM , \ w « "ald re * omm « B ( l It te ba kist Iwfoi * BOunseL - "" B . KlCHARM » JT .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . ORGANISATION OF THE PEOPLE . ] SIB , —The enclosed plan of organisation was entrusted t /> my care by Mr . Richardson , previous to his taking ' nis trial at Liverpool on a charge of sedition , that L might suggest his ideas upon the subject of organi . Kktion to the country in caso he should be incarcerated . I now , Sir , enclose them , hoping that you w ill give publicity to them , that the public may judge of th « ir pr&cticabttity and utility , in tethering the cause of Universal Suffrage . You will perceive , Sir , tbat Mr . Richardson ' s plan furnishes the details aa
well as the means to carry out , ii Hocesaiii"y , tho plans of O'Brien , Lowry , Renubiiciin , and otbers , which havo lately appeared in the Star ; and I have no doubt tlwt if sucii a piun was generally adopted , it would bs found to work well . Attached to tha plan are a few observations upon tho diil ' erent clauses , which you will be kind enough to insert , as tbey may serve to elucidate what perhaps to some persons appear impracticable or improper . Yours , &c . J . Barrowclocgh . galford , 8 th June , 1840 .
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We feel , Sir , the more grateful to you because you frequently visited us , and it waa at your expense tiiat you travelled aud Uvhound to enlighten , and to rouse your injured countrymen ; lor asyou expended your time aad your money , and endangered your health j for yoar country , starved by Jaw , and plundered by law , you poured forth your admirable , Impassioned , and inuetuoua doquenee ; but ycur courage , your benevolence , and your generosity , like those of some of tho best patriots—like thoso of the greatest being who ever visited our world of crimes—bave not been appreciated ; yoar motives have been impugned by gome , of -whom better things might have been expect *) . Divisions have ruined bur good cause , and exposed you to the vengeance of barbarous laws , and the galled venal faction wh < 5 euforco them .
But , dear Sir , we entreat you not to despair ; you have the consciousness of having acted a good part ; your object was justice to all , and although treachery or mistakes have mined or anvsted the movement , we confidently hope : that soon a more extensive combination will secure its triumph over every obstacle ; when , if you survive your eighteen months in tbe dungeon ] your virtues and gallantry will be rewarded by a country ' s gratitude . That the God of justice may preserve you , is the earnest wish ef Bir , yours respectfully , { Signed in name of the meeting , ) ROBBRT COCHRAN , ChalTIMlL Paisley , lflthJiae , 1810 .
ADDRESS TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQUIRE , FROM A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF PAISLEY , ON OCCASION OF HIS CONFINEMENT IN YOHK CASTLE . Noble and Honoured Sir , —Wo beg leave tc express our deep sympathy with you under your present severe sufferings ; for although yuu havo been relieved from certain inquisitorial tortures , still you are in . a cold , gloomy , stone cell , fchut up from tho healthful breeze ] from tho beauties of nature , from the means of know-Je . lge , and from your friends and your former philanthropic pursuits ; thesa indignities and restrictions must be , to a generous mind , sources of auxlety and suffering .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2689/page/7/
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