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« pAMN THE FACTORY BELL . " if * CHffiDBE Tj jjthoug li Iiord Babetmobb has truly lt » ted , that one man can do you more harm S ^ a itonsand can do you good , yet £ hein-- that interested ruffians seek to inflict ffi me more than counterbalanced b y the ^^ merous Knd letters that I hare received * 5 ° . ^ . gefc from afl parts of the kingdom . And iM ^ i _^ . „ l . « MA 1 f 0 AAV ? a > t « t * i « Me * m «*** J 4-1 . n tyrants may seek to and the
r ^ gj-gr oppress , T wto overpower me , I will nevertheless per-« rere against all obstacles and obstructions , j « the pi *" 1 road of progress ; and I will so j { e Remind of this country , and of my own -jfortonat e conquered province , as to shake j-anny till it crumhles in the dust . And oh ! bow 1 hrog & rtnat da , y- day when I shall cee Labour represented by the labourer , instead ^ by the griping capitalist jjy children , can you point out one single
pla n taatnas oeen uevisea lor the benefit of y 0 nr order , that has not been reviled by the opponents of your order ?—and can yon point out a angle propounder of any such plan , who jag not been persecuted with as much acrimony as the perpetrator of the most atrocious murder ? . And can you collect from the history of bygone times , or from the period within jour own recollection , any instance of any man j ^ ing persecuted as I have been ? And why ? Because neither threat , bribe , nor mtnnida iion ever has been able—or ever shall be able
to turn me from my course . Ton will see by this week ' s Star , that I was called to an account in the House of Commons , on Tuesday sight , for having taken a petidon ^ presented iothe House of Commons fjom the occupants at MinsterLoyeL for the purpose of giving my revilers an opportunity . of publishing their , slander ; and upon Friday night the noted JRIEND of the Land Company , the member for Marylebone—Sir Benjamin Hall—is to present another petition from HIS friends at gnig ' s End . And perhaps you will look
anxiously for my reply to his charges , and I am sure you will read it with as much pleasure as I shall make it But if you are in any doubt as to the capability of man living by his oirn labour on the soil , let me draw your strictest attention to the minute description given of the value of land when cultivated by Spade Husbandry , appended to the able and admirable letter of Buscas SHEBBUfGiojr , and extracted from the Perthshire Advertiser , and then you will discern the value that capitalists get upon land , when it is to be cultivated to that extent which will reduce the amount of their poor rates ; and the value that they set upon it when it is to be cultivated to that
Extent which will INCREASE TOUR STAGES . And now hear my oft-repeated iale—that you never will possess the Land to that extent ; until you first possess the Charter ; and the Charter you never will p ossess until year order is thoroughly united ; and with a view of creating that thorough union , it is my Intention to attend the first great Democratic meeting that has ever been held in Ireland , oa Tuesday next j and there I hope , without fury , folly or -violence , to be able to destroy that disunion and antagonism which has so long enabled your rulers to oppress both countries , and a report of which you will read in next week ' s Northern Star .
My cliildren , if Poland , or Hungary , or the Italian States of Austria , or if the people of any conquered province attached to any conquering kingdom , had been oppressed , famished , starved , and persecuted as the Irish people have been , the House of Commons , and every newspaper , would have denounced the barbarism of the oppressor ; but as the subjugation of Ireland has been the prime
object of the British ministry , and as that ministry has for thirty years based its power upon Irish deception , you hear only of the weeping , the wailing , and gnashing of teeth , of those who , through their own tyranny , have been the founders of Irish misery ...- Bat however a presumptions ministry may base its hope upon temporary good trade , and upon Irish subserviency , you may rest assured that tie Irish landlords—whom the shoe is now
begmningib pinch—will be compelled to join the Irish people for the establishment of such a representative system , as will enable them to legislate for their own country , and that that legislation must be based upon the will of the people of that country . My children , the columns of the Star are so much occupied this week , that I have not space to address yon at greater length and I
shall conclude , by merely apologising for the non-publication of the Lord Chief Barons summing up , upon the very substantial grounds , that the short-hand writer has notyet famished me with it . And again assuring you that neither poverty , slander , nor persecution , shall ever induce or . compel me , to abandon y our cause , because it is the cause of justice , and the cause of justice is the cause of God ,
I remain , Tour Faithful and Unchangeable Friend . Feaegus O'Cosa'oB
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m TO THE itEADERS OF THE "NORTHERN STAR . " I have read with" astonishment and disgust the late Trial for Libel . A more foul desecration of the functions and office of a Judge was never perpetrated . There are some men who ever act from perverse motives ; and the remembrance of Mr . O'Cosnor ' s generous and self-denying . devotion to Fkost , "Williams , and Joses , to which I can bear ample , witness from my own personal knowledge , a course hardl y conceivable , and not palatable to the hired advocate , has much to do with this hideous perversion of justice . It is not , however , to waste time in speculating upon the motives of an old lawyer that I now address you .
I am satisfied that no man in our time has been the means of disseminating so many valuable truths , of awaldng in the public mind glimpses of better , purer , and higher pracr tied modes ! of life ; and I , for one , am not content that this great and good man—for he *•> both—should be ov & bome , and crushed , for his one great crime in the eyes of our common oppressors- ^ his constant , wdetiating , and unearasy advocacy of the rights of the poor and oppressed .
If Mr . O'Connor had been content , like so ^ y others , to fatten upon the wants and Tiees of the poor ; had he been mercenary or fCTropt , his-talents and energy would , must fare secured him a very high rank at the I » ar , or in any wordly pursuit And should this man , so constituted , so endowed , for having devoted his great powers to die advocacy of our rights—the redress of our Wrongs—and . for showing us the means of redemption from the moral and physical slough in which we * are engulphed , be crushed ,
without o ur aid , sympathy , and PROTECTION ~~* Y , our protection ; for , apart from all ° ther motives , the most common and wordl y pAici ple of self , must show us , that if we £ t "ier our great advocate to be crushed , we Tasc 7 neither expect nor deserve help in our own straits . "Euin him with Expenses , " ^ astt eheIUsh advice of Lord Melbourne , to *™ se who complained of a local agitator ; and ** U hare ihe enemies of Mr . O'Connor—^ Uues , mini vonj through his advocacy of 2 ™ T ^ msf-bettered this instruction . Not IT tent ~« th twice ascribinff to Mr . O'Connor ost
^ m degradingmbtives—not satisfied with ^™ g twi ce si gnally failed in their purposes , isritb . having twice elicited the admission of j « > anterestedness of his conduct from two Son » tribunaI 6 , after protracted examinaa * ain e 5 atB 1 « s a 16 at their dirty work ° ^ and in the present case , they have
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enlisted in their service the congenial Benjamin Hall , who has perpetrated the very act with which Mr . O'Connor has been charged , and from which he has so triumphantly defended himself . If any proof were , or could be wanting , of the sincerity , of the devotion of Mr . O'Connor , or his value to our cause , it must be found in this inveterate persecution . Thank Goi > , however , they have signally failed j and , by your aid , will ever fail . They have , aided by personal enemies , thrown much mud ; but , contrary to the proverb , it has not
stuck . Still they are at their dirty work , warmed by the knowledge that , if they can ruin him with expenses , -your cause will be injured , if not destroyed . Let then , each reader of the Northern Star bear in mind , that the great benefactor—the public enlightener—is now suffering most grie ^ viously in their cause , and they will , as ^ one man , eagerly rush on to the rescue . ; This is no time for sloth—for one man waiting for another , who may never come—for objecting to this or that mode of expressing that ;; sympalhy in act for Mr . O ' . Connor , which he has shown by every deed—by . the devotion of every moment of his life to their service . ~ s
Everyman must act for himself , and at once . This is a great emergency ; it -will not do at this crisis , to stand withfolded arms and to see the event— 'it must be averted . If the hundreds of thousands who yearn with cheap benevolence , and who will but say and feel , when the blow has fallen , that , had they known , and thought the danger had been so near , they would have sacrificed half their means to avert it , will now repay some portion of the vast debt they owe to their benefactor . Let , then , contributions be quick and incessant . Let us —the thinking , the labouring portion of the people—show to our oppressors that they , at least , shall never crush our friend , our advocate , whilst we can protect him ; and that his devotion to us merits at least this return at
such a moment . As a proof that this is not idle profession , L though a poor man , send £ 5 to the Fund ; and I promise , as soon as £ 990 is subscribed , to send £ 10 more : and if £ 4 , 950 is subscribed , I promise to contribute £ 50 more , even if I sell ray two cows to make up the money . I look upon this cause as my own , seeing that my advocate is , in this case , my other self ; and that a man who allows his friend and advocate to suffer loss and fonl wrong , solely on account of his generous aid , is not worthy of service .. T . Harding . eeiTiut ; .. j .. * -m ± w ± * im
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THE HONESTY FUND . TO TEARGUS O ' COSSOB , ESQ ., M . P . Dear asd Hosoubed Sir —I am just returned from a visit to my four acre allotment at Minster Lovel . " "Where every prospect pleases , "And only man is vile . - . " ' . I was a successful member in the ballot which took place at Birmingham , in Sec . 1846 , and as I have now been in possession of my allotment nearly two years , I think I am in a position to speak positively as to the capabilities of the soil . I care not what any of your enemies—whether amongst ungrateful allottees , or others—may say ; for myself , I am perfectly satisfied , and beg most heartily to return yon my grateful thanks for the almost
superhuman exertions yon have made in the face of slander and persecution of the most revolting and disgraceful kind , on behalf of the working classes . ^ Believing , also , with Mr . Reynolds , " That the time has now really and truly come , when the working classes of these islands should testify their sense of the great obligation which they owe to yourself , and of the abhorrence which they entertain for the persecution to which you have been subjected . " I enclose my mite towards the expenses of the late trial , in the shape of a Post ' Office order for £ 1 ; payable to yourself at the General Post-Office , London . . I wish it was in my power to do more ; and sincerely hoping- that thosefor whom you have suffered so much injustice and indignity will
"Rally around you again , ' and again " .. at the present crisis , and manifest their sympathy for yon , not only in words Irafc deeds , is the sincere desire of Tour grateful and obedient servant , . : James Price , A contented occupant of a four-acre farm , on one of the National Land Company ' s estates , at Minster Lovel , Oxfordshire . Pershore , Feb . 27 tb , 1830 . P . S . I have a quarter of an acre of my allotment laid out in asparagus beds , which now look very promising for a good crop ; and as I hope to cut some bftho best and earliest in the county this season , I shall make bold to send yon a specimen of my first fruits . J . P .
TO PEABGUS O ' COSSOE ESQ ., M . P . Most Hoxouhbd asd PsBSECoiEn Feiexd , — Having seen , through the medium of the newspapers , an account of your trial with the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal , for libel , we , a few Chartists of Pudsey , feel , after a long time of lethargy , that it is our duty to arouse ourselves when we see men like you , who have , all your life , laboured , not for yourself , but for the good of the public , branded by the corrupt press , and then by your own friends , as a juggler , and impostor , as one wishing to defraud the public and the operatives . "We feel it a blow aimed at you for , the purpose of destroying the cause yon advocate , but we are confident that their efforts will be in vain . Sir , we have known you , and
read from you for a number of years , and we can say , without fear of opposition , that we never knew you deviate from your principles , or charge one penny for the advocacy of those principles , and no one has had yet the hardihood to charge . you , in your private dealings , with dishonesty . "We hope that the time has come when the people will be able to discern betwixt ' real and designing menwhen the men of Sheffield will learn to know th at there is very little veracity to be placed in snch men —holding the profession that Mr . Roebuck doesthey should be rarely or ever trusted to represent them in Parliament ; for , as Mr . Cobbett said of a certain professional gentlemen , " That he would prostitute himself to any dirty business . " We , the
Chartists of Pudsey , however , have no desire to be governed by snch men as Mr . Koebuck . We have formed a Charter Association in this town , andare issuing cards of membership to as many as will join us . We have more hope for the Charter than we ever had at any time previous ; there is a greater thirst for knowledge ; there are more political pamphlets read in the town than at any time previous . We now tender you our heartfelt sympathy , and hope yon may live down your persecutors , and see in operation the Charter as a means , and the labouring men npon the land as the end . We have made a
subscription , which amounts to £ 13 s ., which we cheerfully hand over to you , as a small mite for the obligations wo owe you , hoping that every town and village in the country will do their duty . ; We feel that your weakness arises from our apathy ; and we hope that , for the future , we shall not only be Chartists in name , but in deed . We shall continue to subscribe to the Defence Fund . Wo have en rolled thirty members in the Association , and a deal of the money is paid already . We are now waiting for more cards . ' William Boom , Tor the Charter Association , Pudsey .
TO F 2 ARGCS 0 CONXoB , ESQ ., M . P . Honourable Sir , —Having seen an account of the action brought by you , against Bradshaw of the Ncttingham Journal , for libel , in the Express as well as per Star , we are not at all surprised at the result , excepting .. the latter part of the verdict where jour perianal honour stands unimpeached ; this , however , somewhat surprises us , ' knowing as we do the amount , of slander and vituperation which is continHally hurled at you , by that class of beings from which the twelve immaculate men , called a jury , were selected , finch a verdict , we should suppose , is nowhere to be found—so contradictory in itself , that no man ( or set of men ) with an unbiassed mind , . would return it for a moment . But enough . You , noble sir , have lost the . trial ; but have won a far greater prize— a prize , we trust , which will cause your name , and actions to stand forth as resplendent as the L noonday sun . You have struggled , long and vigorously ,, for the down
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trodden sons of toil , and what has been your reward?— abuse , slander , and ingratitude . Abuse and slander ; from your own order , and base ingratitude from those whom you strove to elevate in the social scale of society . Sorry are we to see such a spirit manifested by : some of the allottees towards you ; but we trust they will see the error of their ways , and once more resume their duties as men determined to overcome all obstacles , whether placed in their way by .. prbfessihg friends , or _ open and avowed enemies / : "; We ! say , " let them unite as one man , and go on harmoniously together , then will their difficulties vanish ; and then they will be enabled to look back with pleasure npon their labours , and exclaim ' thank God we have done our duty to ourselves and fellow men ; and may the time soon arive when , as the immortal poet Burn says— ... ¦ ..., „ ¦ " Man to man . the warl'd o ' er ¦ - ¦«« Shall brithers be , an a' that . "
Enclosed you will find a' Post Office Order for five shillings , made payable to Feargus O'Connor , at the Branch POst-Office , 180 , Strand , ' London . The . Order was drawn by W . H . Jago , Woolcomber . It is to help to defray the expense of the late action against that maligner Bradshaw ; and we trust you will accept this , not as a present , but as a debt , due by us to you on account of the manifold services rendered by you to . us .,. Trusting that all will act in accordance with the spirit of . Mr . G . W . M . ' R « ynoldsV letter ^ in- the Star of the 23 rd ult ., we beg to ; subscribe ourselves your very humble servants , and well-wuherj &&& ' _^ - ^ \ . E . Brown , Johh ' "PBbSt 7 G . Howard , ' ' woolcombers , and members of the National Land Company ; W . H . Jago , woolcomber ; . and A Friend . . ¦ . " .: > . Camelford ,. < . ¦<
TO PEAKGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ . . , ; . Dear , ano esteemed Father . —I take the opportunity , of addressing you , hoping you will accept the small mite which a few friends have contributed towards defraying the expenses which your and our enemies have unnecessarily thrown upon you at the late trial , or mock examination , for defaming your character . I have been a class , made victim , having been under locks , bolts , and bars , for twelve months and three weeks ; but still I
continue to keep' to the good old principles of Democracy , and Republicanism . They made me a Republican by sending me to prison , for under ihe silent system I had time for thought and reflection : We shall nse our utmost endeavours towards defraying the expenses needlessly thrown upon you . I remain , your affectionate child , * and co-partner in persecution , ^ , Nathaniel Frith . ; Breomfields , Bradford . : ' P . S . —The sum is ( eight subscribers)—3 s . lOd . ..
TOFEARGUS 0 COKNOB , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sir , —A few friends having read your letter of the 23 rd ult ., have subscribed five shillings , towards defraying the expenses of the action brought by you against the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal , on account of the unjust and shameful termination of the proceedings . Keep heart , brave general ! yon shall beat them yet , despite the unjust administrators of the law , ' and the calumnies of Bradshaw—the would-be stabber of democracy 1 Keep heart , brave oak ! you will be more than a match for that little , uncomfortable , waspish fellow , Roebuck . Yours truly , - in the cause of democracy , Stalybridge , Peb . 25 th . John 2 itzka . '
TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Beau Sir , —I am impelled to write this by feelings of indignation and disgust , at the baseness and ingratitude of one of the allottees of the Minster Lovel estate , whose name ( B . Jackson ) was appended to the infamous petition presented to the House of Commons a short time ago . B . Jackson has been in this part of the country , from whence he was balloted , ( and where upwards of £ 7 was raised for him to assist him to commence with . ) I was present when he stated that he was doing very well ; that had he capital he could certainly do better ; but he was sure , that by perseverance and industry he could do well , and be soon independent , which he had no chance of doing here :
and that no amount of money would induce him to return to the state . he was previously . placed in , and forego the advantages , he then-possessed . He said that he had left in his cottage plenty of good provisions , and he was sure if any man choose to strive he could do well . He has" sent letters in the same strain since , and I think it the height of baseness and ingratitude for any individual to sign such an infamous document as the petition above alluded to . ' I defy him to contradict these statements , as I can bring forward a dozen or more witnesses , ( Mends of his , ) who heard him speak the same words . It is disgusting to contemplate such villany and ingratitude ; anu I am sorry that your generous nature should be so frequentlv subiect to
snch cruel stabs from one of the class for whose benefit you are striving so arduously . My hope is , that you will , if possible , drive such scorpions forth from the homes you have made them , and make them return to the toil and slavery they so richly merit . Hoping you will find space in the next week's Star for this letter , I remain , & e ., James Coopjjr . Yorkshire-street , Oldham , Feb . 24 th , 1850 . P . S . —Enclosed you will receive os . 6 d . in postage stamps , which you will acknowledge as follows : — From T . Tristram , 4 s . ; James Cooper , Is . ; John Milhench , 6 d . Send me a collecting book for the Nottingham libel case , for which the enclosed stamps are to go towards paying expenses . J . C .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE S 0 BTHBBN STAB . Sffi , —Enclosed I send ten shillings worth of stamps , and hope you will be kind enough to hand it over to the proper party , for the Honesty Fundas Mr . Reynolds suggests it should be called . - The amount is but small , but I hope to have some more to send , as the few who have _ given this , ' have promised to use their best :: endeavourslto obtain more from their friends . We . think the time has . come , when all true democrats should -show . by their actions , whether or not they are worthy of such a
noble , brave , and good man ; for if they wish-to keep him , they must begin to bear a little of the burthen themselves . We used to sing , " We'll rally round him again and again . " Then let us do it , not in empty words , but in coin , if ever so small . The work to be . done must be done by all—let ua then , in the name of justice , set about the good work at once . The debt is ours , the cause is burs , and Mr . O'Connor is ours ; Let every man do his duty . - I remain j sir , yours in the cause of - Right against Might , Moilram . . John Campbeli ,. ¦
TO THE EDITOR OF IHE NORTHERN STAR . Bra , —Will you be kind enough to find room in next Saturday ' s Star , for the following suggestion . As the cage of libel is decided against Mr . 0 Connor , I would propose that a public meeting be called , at which delegates should be electe'd to form a committee in London , which committee shall be chosen from ; ' the Chartists and land members , or trades favourable to the cause , each locality or body to send one or more delegates . The object of the committee would be to raise funds to pay the law expenses ; and , I think to save expense , the committee might be chosen after the meeting nest Tuesday evening , at the John-street Institution . By such a public proceeding ire should give stability to the said committee which no self-elected body can expect . I remain , dear sir , yours sincerely , A Fraternal Democrat .
„ - „ TO MB . W . BIDER . - Sir , —Enclosed you will receive 5 s . 6 d . worth of postage stamps , the subscriptions of five Land members , at Is . each , arid 6 d ; for my wife ' s subscription , towards the expenses * of the ¦ Nottingham Journal action ; and if Mr . O'Connor gets a new trial , we will subscribe the ' same again . ' . " Yours truly , - - ' H . Fink . 2 fo . 1 , Oakhampton-terrace , Exeter ,
TO WILLIAM RIDER . Dear Sir , —I expect that the Chartists will rally to the fescue of the noble and unflinching ; advocate of the right of labour . The sum bf £ 13 s . 10 d . ; which I previously sent , must ' be handed ' over to the Honesty Fund , being half of the remittance I sent to Mr . Clark , and I likewise send you an order for the amount of £ 1 7 s . sto the said fund , as a further p roof of confidence inMr . Feargus O'Connor ; I forbear givingihe names of thei parties who subscribed , with the exception of two paid-up shareholders , viz ., George Brown , and'John Grey , who , ' as a proof that they hold that gentleman ' s honesty unimpeachable , have each subscribed 2 s . Cd . towards thd'sum I here send you , the remaining sum we got in at a shilling , and sixpence each . We , the Chartists of Wingate , expect that the manner in which the jury det 1 f , * heir verdict willnot be lost sight of by the Land . Members , andChaitists ; and we . also think differently from . that " renegade Koebuck , and con-
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: tend ; t . hat . aLI theMvidence has ' goho to prove a plain anf simple fact ^ amoly , that the government officials were , andlare determined not'to legalise the Land Scheme . ^ We do think that if the Sheffield blade had got his finger into the bank , his honesty might have flpwii away as his patriotism did ,, when he entered the . , base oppressor ' s house , miscalled the House of . Commons ; and we also think that all the facts of the base hare simply gone to prove Mr . O'Connor what we always took'him tObe—ari ' hohest disinterested advocate of the ' rights of the " fustian jackets , the unshorn- ' chins , and blistered hands . " Once more we" request that gentleman to use his endeavours to arouse the counti-v , and soon may we hear the cry reverberate through the land , striking terror into the hearts of his and our . enemies . Hurrah for O'Connor and the Charter . " ..
i " ; . ' ., ¦ -. ¦ Yours & c , M , Wingate Grange . . " WiuiiM Norman : . P . S . Perhaps you could "forward & tew collecting books to us , as we intend to raiae-vfurther sub-Sorptions . ' '>' ' ¦ ' ¦¦ . ¦ ' . " .- >! ;• ¦ ¦ : ¦ £ ¦ " $ ; ¦ ¦ ; :- ¦ — ¦ ¦ ' . '' ... ¦ . .. ' ""¦ ' T 6 ' -MR . « wj ' HiDSB ' . ? - - ' ^ : ' ! " ' ¦ " ' Sir , —I have much pleasure in' forwardingyou ah order for 14 s „ towards \ defraying Mr . O'Connor ' s law expenses . The ; following , persons subscribed the amount sent : ^ -6 . Hellings Is ., Richard HellingsIs .,. Cyrus Bro ' oka ' ls .. ¦¦ John Blieht la ..
John Rogers ls , » Teter 3 Jicol 6 a \ , Simon Colwell Is . ; Elizabeth . Cttra ^ iV * TBbnufi ; 'Btfiy 6 arf ^ Baaneth Petrie 6 . d . | . JflP ^ Cummin g ^^ s . Tw ^ hi ^ m ^ mS ^^ mm Is . ' , J . Ifewton 6 d . —Total -14 s . . 'Now those"are about the numbers who have supported the Democratic cause in this' town , and they feel annoyed , and justly too , by Mr . T .. Clark ' s sneer about the limited number . It is certainly no fault of those who meet and jupport the cause , that the many cannot be brought to do their duty . Yours respectfully , 30 , Bilbury-street , Plymouth . J . Rogers . '
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;;; TO FEARGUS ^ CONNOR , ' ESQ ., M . P . Respected Sir , —I read'in the Star of Saturday last the evidence of Alexander Cleland , in the libel case between you and the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal , with astonishment , and was certainly sorry to see that he endeavoured to make it appear to the jury that his circumstances , when in Scotland , were so . much superior to what they had been at Sniff ' s End and from that evidence I have been led to the conclusion of making' known , not only his
circumstances here , but also how his Aid Money wasexpended , which , in my opinion , will in a great measure account for his present circumstances . It must be evident to every man that unless the money be applied to the purposes for which it was intended that no one could succeed .. You ; will see from an account , which I here give , that out of the whole of his Aid Money not more than £ 2 7 s . 6 d . was put into the soil , and if any persons calculate that the above sum will return sufficient to place them in comfortable and independent circumstances , it is no wonder they have been deceived .
Passage from Glasgow and carnage of luggape - . £ 3 18 0 Potatoes , turnip , cabbage , carrot , and onion -seeds , and cabbage plants 2 7 6 Implements of labour and repairing the same 0 12 6 When my son came he was almost barefoot ; shoes for him , and pinafores for the other children : . 0 10 G Kitchen utensils ;'; w loj Heaping hook , tread saw , plane , and extra labour .. * .....,.,,.. 0 13 6 Subscription 0 0 6 Left to Uveupbn for nine weeks .... ' 6 7 7 J - '¦ . : i ¦ : , \ ¦ . ¦ ¦ __ ^ Total £ 15 5 0
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From the above it will be seen whether his circumstances were of that comfortable nature , previous to his going to Snig ' s End , which he endeavoured to make appear on the trial and also , in my opinion , it will at once account for the entire failure . Now , sir , all that I have yet seen does not convince me that the people cannot live upon the land . Indeed , the allottees of some of the estates would have the world to believe that they are the first experimehters'to develope the principle of whether
the people could subsist upon the land or not . But itisablessingto mankind that they were not , or we * might > give up" the idea of remaining in this world . at all ; because , from their showing , no man can get a livelihood from his labour , far less raise a surplus to assist in maintaining the . other portions of the community who may be engaged in producing the other necessaries . that man requires . I here insert a paragraph from the Perthshire Advertiser which ought . to put them to the blush .
WHAT CAN BE GOT OUT OE LAND . ' Our readers will doubtless recollect that , at the annual meeting of the friends of the House of Refuge , a remit was made to Mr . Maiben , the secretary to the Refuge , to ascertain the practicability of adding ' to' ] the institution a school farm for boys similar , to that of Quatt , alluded to in the report . Since that time , Mr . Maiben has received a letter from Mr . Cook , the master of the Deaf and Dumb Institution , in answer to one from him , giving a detailed account of the experiment he has made in cultivating a piece of ground 'b y means of the labour of the boys under his ' charge . This
experiment , Mr . Cook mentions , has been attended with a very remarkable . 'degree of success . The ground brought under cultivation consisted principally of a bank ' so very ' steep that it was a favourite amusement of the boys to slide . down ; from the top of it to ^ he' bottom , seated upon a piece of board . ' . This ' barren piece of ground was broken , up by nibans of picks and spades ' , and the ; bank >! was ' cut into terraces , having walls of turf or stone in front , and these planted with potatoes and o . ther vegetables . One-third of the bank was composed of- good ground and the remainder , of bad gravel , and the whole extent of the place was only about an acre and a * half ; and yet within these narrow limits Mr . Cook has managed to raise a sufficient quantity of vegetables to
supply the whole of his pupils—sixty-five in number—besides a large quantity " of potatoes , and food sufficient for two cows and nine pigs . The saving thus effected to the institution has been very considerable . In speaking upon this subject , Mr . ' Cook says— <( It is difficult to state the annual value of our produce , though some items which have actually been saved 1 can mention . First , '; formerly our vegetables for the house exclusive of potatoes ^ cost 4 s . 6 d . a-week , which , since 1 st May , 1848 , has been quite saved . Since Sept ., 1847 / we have also saved Is . 4 cl . a-day for milk—as butter , which we have had , and milk sold , would full y pay for what we have had to lay out for the cows . During the year 1848 we had potatoes two months ( ei ght pecks dail y ) , and during 1849 do . four months . This
makes—Vegetables—1 st May , 1848 , to 1 st Jan . 1850 , ' at 4 s . Gd . a week ....: . ' ..... ; .... jglO 12 0 MUk-lfitSept .,- 18 i 7 , to" 1 st Jan ., 1850 , at : 9 s . Ai . a week , gg jgi Potatoes—1848—nine weeks ,- at . Gd . a peck i—28 s ........ v ... ' ......... ' .... .. i .... ; 12 12 0 Ditto _ i 8 jg _ eigl \ teen weeks , at ditto .. 25 4 0
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In this estimate I make no allowance for the much more abundant suppl y of vegetables which we had , in the summer time frequently enabling us to give . the children ¦ cabbages when we could not have potatoes ; nor have I reckoned anything for the refuse vegetables we have had for the pigs ; ahd a still more important item to be taken into the account is the value of the land now , . which before was valueless . " It ' will be , seen from the aboy eextracts , and from the case ' of Quatt , to ^ which we
formerly referred , that there can be no doubt of the possibility of a similar' farm being cultivated successfully by means of bbys : In' the Deaf and Dumb Institution they are ' now effecting an annual saving of 602 . or ' ; G 0 Z . by cultivating an ' acre and a half of very indifferent ground ; . ian ( i ; . at Quattjfchey not . only succeeded in supporting forty ' ruine ^ children , by causing them to cultivate four-and-a-half acres , ' but were able , after paying . a ;' rent of 191 ., to realise a pront ' of . GOZ . ' or ^ towards defraying ^ salaries ,. & c .., We . irustjttherefpre , ; that the manage
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will succeed in gettiug agoing a similar scheme amongst burselyesl If it succeeds , which , under proper management it is sure to do , wewill not onl y be enabled to maintain and educate our juvenile vagrants at a small expense , bui , by setting another example of a-self-supporting institution for paupers ; it may-eventually inducetho public to multi p l y such institutions , and thus effect a diminution of our poor-rates --a consummation devoutedly to be wished . — Perthshire Advertiser .. '
If Feargus O'Opnnohhad put forth the above to the world , the press would have raised an outcry , and declared him , fit : for a madhouse ; but , respected sir , take courage . However much you may be decried by the enemies of the working men , and they assisted by those who'pretend' to be your friends , ' to denounce and , put y . ou * dbwn , you have lived long enough to see , thoseiglorious : principles , which you are the propounder of , ; takihg root , and spreading in quarters you , leasfcfexpected , to see them ; in ,, and whlch >^ ^ TO . ^ W'is Ihe ^ only resource that this country has tofalt back upon to prevent'desblation , bankruptcyy / and ruin ; then , sir , will your name be revered as , the' saviour of your country' ; when necessity compels"them ;; to adopt what you have developed to them . iW ; . ^ c ••' ki '; Sii ! - i ; ¦; '>< : 0 ,, ; ; : j ? ¦ ¦ h : lian ?* respected Bir ^ youre ' truly / : hy < ; . ;
m ?§ F !\ xym <&^^ ih ss rK & rfJ 4 jpa ^ e « tedr £ Se ^ O State tnWh' 6 " did not average the sumSf ^ rp'ir week , per year , in Scotland . How docs this square with bis statement 6 ffrom £ l-Is . to 10 s ; -and 12 s "; per week ? The condition of his family , when they arrived at Snig ' s End , is a decided proof of what I here state to be correct , as will be seen , in the way his Aid Money was expended after their arrival . —
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THE LAND PLAN , . ' ¦ . ¦ ' , ' . ' V ; The science of agriculture is only in its infancy . —Veel . TO IHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEHN STAR . DEAR Sir , —It is the desire of every good man to endeavour to " leave the world better than he found it . " Upon this maxim Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., started his glorious Land Plan . I look upon anything , brought forward for the elevation of mankind as glorious , The Land Plan was started for the sole object of elevating the condition ot the working classes . It has been stated to the world , that the scheme is afailure ; I , for one , deny it . " It has not had a sufficient trial . ' I have resided at O'Connorville for some months , and during that time lhave found out that great difficulties have to be overcome : and thatseveralofthe allottees have had to undergo great hardships , owing to their want of
experience in agricultural pursuits , and likewise to the failure of the potato crop . But , I think that the object of the allottees should be to overcome their difficulties , and to struggle on for the purpose of showing to the world that the system of Small Farms , as propounded by Mr . O'Connor , is a glorious system , and ought to be adopted throughout Great Britain and Ireland . I think it would prove a sovereign remedy for the distress now existing in the British dominions . It would speedily abolish poverty from the land . Emigration sinks into utter insignificance when compared with this God-like Plan of Mr . O'Connor ' s . A Young Bachelor . O'Connorville .
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MB . O'CONNOR'S LAND COMPANY . [ We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter , which will appear in the forthcoming number of Reynolds ' s Political Instructor ] TO THE EDITOR OF THE " IJiSTBUCIOB . " Mr Dear Sir , —The trial of the case in the Court of Exchequer , " O'Connor against Bradshaw , " induces me to make a few remarks on the Land Society generally , It occurs to mo that the ability of a family to insure a comfortable maintenance on two , three , oi
four acres of land does not rest on the opinion of John Arthur Roebuck , Judge Pollock , or any allottee . of Snig ' s End ,-or elsewhere / The Eastbourne experiment of . Mrs . Gilbert puts that point beyond discussion . . The late William Cobbett , a better authority than any witness brought into court , has given his opinion to the world , which opinion is favourable to small farms . Robert Chambers , in his tour through Switzerland , assures us of the advantages to be derived from a state of society in which agriculture and' manufactures are conjoint interests of the same families .
Mr , O Connor ' s Land Scheme is neither Utopian nor foolish ; it is sound in principle , and , if carried fully out , would be sound in practice . Carried out —ay , there ' s the rub * and whose fault is it that it is not carried out ? I say chiefly the fault of those who became members of the society , and promised to pay up their shares , and have failed in their contract . We are assured that Mr . O'Connor has made extravagant statements * , it may be so ; but hare not others had extravagant hopes ? And now , when these hopes are not realised , Mr , O'Connor must be held up as the scape-goat for the ignorance of others . If a man came into my house , and said the moon was made of green cheese , what would be thought of me if I entered the witness « box to give evidence to the effect that I believed the
statement to be true ? It might be proved that the statement was made ; but my ignorance in believing such a statement , would be a fact patent to the world . Now , admitting that Mr . O'Connor may have made extravagant statements , it is not at all to be reasoned therefrom that such statements were made with a criminal intention . How happens it that if Mr . O ' Connor ' s object was fortune-making , that he did not at once become land-broker ? If he had dene so , he might have bought land ; and by his influence , and the confidence the working classes had in his integrity and ability , he might have enriched himself without difficulty . The fact is , that Mr . O'Connor propounded a plan , which was eagerly adopted : and a societv of
obscure birth grew to giant dimensions . The press and the law opposed its success . Mr . O ' Connor , although beloved by thousands of one order , is hated' oy thousands of others . Those hating him look to all his actions with a jaundiced eye ; and they are the parties who were the first and the most bitter enimies of the National Land Company ; not that they understood the objects of the society , or had even , in many cases , read the rules of the society : they opposed the O'Connor Land Plan because Mr . O ' Connor was its propounder . Thoy did not like Mr . O'Connor , and they , for that reason , opposed his plans . "Why thoy did not like Mr . O'Connor was another question , and one they could not s 0 * easily answer .
"We do not like thee , Dr . Pell , The reason why , we cannot tell j But this much we know full weU , We do not like thee , Dr . FelL " I have said that Mr . O'Connor may have made extravagant statements , but he never said that man could live without labour i "Earn , thy bread by the ' , sweat of thy brow , " is an old law of nature , older than the land Plan of Mr . O'Connor , and it wasfor those who joined the Land Society to
remember it . As to pictures of rural bliss , and a kind of paradise happiness , those Extravagancies are common to many men who have the misfortune to mistake the meaning of happiness , and mistake words for things . A fact or two , however , maybe of value , illustrative of life and death ; and if it be proved that those who live in agricultural districts are , on the ; average , longer lived than those who live in manufacturing districts , ' the inference is not illogical , if we say that those who live longest are , on the average ; happiest . Now for the figures .
Manchester . Rutlandsh , Average age at death , Gentry and their families .. 31 — 02 Tradesmen and their families . " . 20 — 41 Mechanics , labourers , and their families 17 — 88 Those figures do not prove that if a labourer sows tares he will reap wheat ; that if his land lay waste he will be rich ; but they do prove that , on the average ^ those who live , a ; rural life do enj oy better health and more . physical- happiness than those who live in crowded . manufacturing districts . Mr , O'Connor was justified in speaking in even glowing language in ; favour ' of a rural life . But if I remember ; rightly , Mr . O'Connor ' s letters were not particularly ; poetical , but were rather prosaic , and 1
filled with statisticsabout pigs , potatoes , manure , and cattle ; and it was for those interested in the Larid'Society / to carefully : examine the statements made , and compare such statements with other authorities , ' and test all of thenrby their practical experience . ' ' It is ; not unusual fop menwho knowbut little of the Land Society ,. and less of land , to , speak of Mr . O'Connor as a cheat ' , ' adeceiver , an impostor , and . ademagogue .. Oh ' whbm'hashe ; imposed '? , What has lie gained by his imposition ? I think facts tell a different tale ; •*> If ho has . cheated , ' he'h ^ s himself been'the'loserranbVasi'td his ^ being a deinng 0 gue / he is beyond adoubtwlea'def of the : peoplcyand . will I ^ : ! l I i . ' ¦ - ¦ t ; . <; I . vv . 'iui ' , y . > 'i . ' j" ;; : t ; : vC —> > j W- **' - ' ' * ' :, - . r »
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probablyOQntmue . , t . Q mflue , DQeJthe ^ mhnds of some portion of "tfre ~ working ~ clas ^ Mri ' - 'O'Coririor is riofcperfection- ;? and pray telljiia Who is ? j but his faults have beenmagnified as with , a powerful magnifying glass , and ^ his ^ virtues hava been ' Addon asunder , a . bushel ., One thing he hag doney ahd ' that ' alorie ' is of ho ' eaSy-accomplishment ; he has cast'his ' shadow'Overthis coulitryle and'hia Land Society has influenced the minda ^ of thousands . Travel * in Ehglandj-nbrtU , and south ; ( but imoro in , the' north than . the south ) and in ; everyfpaviih . yon ; will hear of local land anamtieB . sometimes originate
mgwith trades ' ; unions , at other , times , with ; land associations . Trace all of these societies . ' to their fountain head , and you will find in tberii ' the impress of , the mind of Mr . O'Cbnhor . This is awork , great and useful , and its acknowledgement at this time will help to take the sting out of even the venom of , the learned member for Sheffield . Add to thatfact , the admitted personal honesty of Mr ; O'Connor , and say , if you can ,. if he really deserves this hatred , this malice , this insult . I think differently , and I have watched him narrowly , and have from a very early period been a paid-up shareholder of thn National Land Company , and am , , An Usiocateo Membeb .
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Bath . —On Monday evening last a meeting of thd Land members of the Bath branch of the National Land Company took place at Mr , Chappel ' s , Corn * street ; in this city , which was , considering the great distance at which many of the members reside , and the shortness of the notice , ' well attended ; and after ; a very animated conversation r oti the state of the Company's affairs , and the'disgraceful conduct ' of many of the allottee ' s ; Mr . Coombs was , on the mo * tion of Mr . Bolwell , called to the chair . —Mr . Hillier " rose , and after a speedh" of some lengthen defence of the Land Scheme and the character of Mr . 0 'Con » nor , its proiector , concluded by moving the . followw
ihg resolution .: ' * That in the opinion of this meet * ing the general conduct of ; Mr . O'Connor , in reference to the Land Company , has beon of a cbaractef to call forth ; the gratitude of every honest membe * of that Cprapahy ; and further , that this meeting has , the most unbounded confidence in the ability and integrity of' that gentleman . ' ?—The resolution WaS'SMjO ^ ^^^^^^ wti ^ ia ^ u no ^^ - ^^ rS 01 *?^ theni ro Wj ^ Ma ^^ injp ^ entered into the subject of the Lind'Soheme from its commencement , pointing out to those present the difficulties to which the scheme and its propounded had been subjected : first , by a corrupt andbirelini press ; second , by the government ; and last , though
not least , by the ingratitude and apathy of that class for whose benefit the master mind of Mr * O'Connor ushered it into existence . Mr . B . then animadverted upon the disgraceful conduct of many of the allottees , and also the partial conduct of thd court in reference to the late trial for libel , in the case of O'Connor ?/ . Bradshaw , and his triumphant victory , and concluded by moving the following re » solution : " That this meeting sincerely sympa « thises with Mr . O'Connor in the persecution to which he has from time to time been subjected , in his endeavour to improve the condition of the work * ing classes , and more particularly with regard to the late trial , O'Connor v . Bradshaw , for libel ; and that we pledge ourselves individually to subscribe
and procure funds towards defraying the expenses of that trial . "—The resolution was seconded by Mr . Cottle , and ; carried unanimously . —A committee of five persons was then chosen to collect funds for the above object ; Mr . Coombs , of Corn-street , to act as secretary ; and Mr . Bolwell , of Galloway'sbuildings , as treasurer—to whom sums may be forwarded . Acollection was then made in the meeting , when the sum of twenty shillings was collected , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . :::. AsHioN . —At the weekly meeting of the member * , held in the Company ' s room , corner of York-street , Charlestown , on Sunday afternoon Feb . 24 th . Mr . Price having beon appointed chairman , the
following resolution was passed unanimously ; " That we , the Land members of the Ashton branch , assembled this day , deem it our duty , and the duty of every Land member and Chartist in the country , to come forward and rescue our cause from ruin and disgrace , and also to show our enemies that we will not allow our noble chief to be sacrificed to the vindictive malice of a hostile government , who vainly seek to ruin him , in the hope of being able to prevent the people from carrying out the Lend Plan , or gaining their political independence : we therefore call on the members of the Ashton branch , and all others , to come forward at once , and commence paying the sum of threepence per week , until the whole of the expenses aro Daid off . and thus show to
our enemies that we are determined not to be crushed , nor will we allow our noble benefactor to be so . " A committee was then appointed to carry out the above resolution ; after which every member present gave one shilling towards the fund , in the hope that all their brother . members will attend next Sunday and do likewise , which they will , if they are not enemies to themselves and their order , Let shamo rest upon the heads of those who refuse to defend the founder of our much reviled Land Plan , when even his enemies have been compelled to acknowledge his honesty , and to declare his character to be unimpeachable . Hull . —At the weekly meeting of the Land Company Jat their rooms , Malt Shovel , North
Churohside , the case of O'Connor v . Bradshaw was discussed , and the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " That we , the members' of the Land Company , having implicit confidence in the honesty and honour of Mr . Peargus O'Connor , do recommend a subscription to be set on foot towards defraying the expenses incurred by that gentleman in defending his character against the attack of the vile Nottingham Journal , " Seven shillings and sixpence was collected , and one member informed the meeting that he should forward a sovereign , and repeat it if necessary again and again , rather than that gentleman should be allowed to be ruined with expenses . —It was also resolved to adjourn the meeting to next Monday evening , to allow every
member an opportunity of contributing his mite . Nonwicn . —At a meeting of members on Monday the 25 th of February , the following ; resolution waff adopted unanimously : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the honesty and integrity , of Mr . O'Connor is unimpeachable . This meeting is also of opinion that the cost for the action belongs to the members of the Company , and wo pledge ourselves individually and collectively to do our part towards paying it . Furthermore , we tell Bradshaw and Co ., notwithstanding their lies , and the villanous conduct of the base press-gang , that it is not in their power to damage that gentleman ' s character in the eyes of the public . We have the same confidence in him we always had , and trust the members and the - working classes generally , will
show their gratitude by discharging all the pecuniary liabilities to which he has subjected himself , by taking up the cause of the people . Limehouse , Brunswick Hail . —At a meeting of members of this branch of the Land Company , held on Monday February 25 th—Mr . Lamb in the chairthe following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , seeing the determination of government not to legalise the Company , and the powerful influence of the Press in support of the government , we consider it absolutely necessary that the affairs of the Company bo immediately wound up , seeing the impossibility of prosecuting it further with any hope of success . Wo , therefore , call on the members throughout the country , to express their opinions firmly , but , at
the same time with temperance and moderation . We also call on Mr . O'Connor to dispense , as soon as possible , with the services of tho following gentlemen , namely : Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , Boyle , and Dixon , as we cannot see in what way they can longer be beneficially employed . "—The meeting waa then adjourned , after expressing great dissatisfaction on account of the secretary not having received a balance sheet of the Company since January , 1 S 48 . Manchester . —At a meeting of the Committee of the Land members , holdcn on Sunday evening last , in the People's Institute , it was resolved to form a Committee for collecting subscriptions in aid of the Honesty Fund . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday morning , March 3 rd , for the purpose of carrying out the above named object .
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; THE LAND SCHEME . Mr . Feargus O ' Connor has for many years past devoted his energies to a project to enable the industrious humbler classes to obtain such a portion of land as would enable them , by their labour , to support themselves and families out of its produce . That it would bo desirable for many of our citizens to support themselves in this way will not , we imagine , be denied by any , though great difference of opinion may exist as to tho mode by which it ia to be accomplished . Upon Mr . Feargus 0 Connor ' s plan we shall offer no opinion , but wait , till its practical operation is more fully developed than at present . But we may observe that for many _ years a svstem has been in operation , the effect of which
has been to drive the poorer portion of the population out of the rural parishes into the towns , and this , among other causes , is one reason- why all our towns have so rapidly increased in siue and population . We shall not discuss the . question of large farms v . small farms ; as that , wo think , is more a question as to the amount of capital a cultivator possesses than a national one ; but this is certain , that , for'the last century atleast , thousands of small farms have been thrown toggthei * . or been added to some previously existing largo farm . Tho consequence has been , that'little farmers became first labourers , and then , as time ' s grew worse , throughout tho American and Frenchtwars , paupers . ' most labourers being paid at least partly ! out of tho poor-rates , under tho old -.. " . ¦ r ( Cpjic 2 « c ? cd ' m--tiiiei ' eighth page . )^;; " ^^\_
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