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AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . r-c & ved . \» 5 j 0 HS absott . —Edwin Gill Is—Robert Hood- ' i « sls-Joun A . Starkey , Waterloo Town Is—Joseph . A . Fffis-Bevonport Is—Manchester , per Matthew Lennon 4 s Thomas Bawcood Graham Is—Collected at John-street -jT ^ oi ^—Cards at John-street 9 s 3 d—Rotherham , per James Stansfl ' eld 10 s—Collected at the Hall of Science , CrMoadlGs lfd—Cards at Ball of Science , ( Sly-road 3 s 2 d _^ tr . Bendall Is—Cards at Office 4 s Sd—Hulme , per John Cameron 2 s . *^ FOR MRS . JONES . jjjiavedbyTv ' . Bides . —Kilbarcban , proceeds of Drama-£ ,. Jntertainment , per J . Gibson 12 s—Merthyr , per J . Qsen fis—Thornton , near Bradford , per J . Ackrojd 10 s . FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Eecerred by W . Rideb . —Elbarchan , proceeds of Dramatic Entertainment , per J . Gibson 12 s—Thornton , near Bradford , per J . Ackroyd 10 s . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP ,
Received by W . Bjdeb . —Kubarchan , proceeds of Drama-£ s Entertainment , per J . Gibson 1 Z 6 s .
TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKINGS Received at Laxd Ohtcb—Aberdeen Is—Victims ls ^—IMtonallls . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Eibeb . —Kilbarchan , proceeds of Dramatic Entertainment , per J . Gibson 10 s—Brighton per J . Step henslls—Bristol , per C . Clark Is 3 d—Cripplegate Locautv , per W . Hampton 7 s . Received at Lisu Office . _ G . * W . Cd . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received bv Jons Aexott , Secretay . —Collected at ihe Ball of Science , Cny-road , after an appeal by Thomas Cooper 21 0 s Cd—Mr . Eider , as per Star 119 s 3 d—South linden HaU , per J . Pearey lOid . —Barrhead , per Mr . TjanieySiSsCd .
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2 fATI ( XNAL LA 2 JD COMPANY . The Board of Directors call upon all Members , preparatory to winding up the affairs of the Company , to send to this Office the amounts due for General Expenses ; and also to liquidate the Claims due to the seTeral local Secretaries . By Order , Thomas Ciaek , Cor . Sec . London , April- ^ 1850 .
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CORK BPtAXCn OF THE IRISH DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION . ( From the Irishman , of Saturday , March 30 . ) Tiie usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday , the 25 th . There was a numerous attendance . " Mr . Feaeoek , a Fraternal Democrat , and delegate from Greenock to the great ^ National Assembly , convened in London in May , 1843 , was called to the chair . In the course of his observations the chairman remarked , that lie had seen the people of many nations , but so trodden down a people as the Irish he had never witnessed . "With a climate and soil unequalled , the Irish people were the most miserable on earth . It was to class legislation all this was attributable ; it was class legislation made Irishmen outcasts on the soil which God gave them , and forced them to emigrate to other lands , less favoured hy nature , to gain that subsistence which was denied them at home . He
had anxiously watched the progress of Democracy © a the continent , and had listened to great truths eaunciated by some of the greatest men of his time , hnt something was now required in action . The speaker then adverted to Mr . Feargus O'Connorsaid he fciew him intimately , and believed in his SOttl that an honester man nor a purer patriotnever existed . He only required to be invited among his countrymen to advocate their cause , with that honesty and fearlessness which had ever characterised him . The speaker concluded a very able and eloquent address , amidst enthusiastic cheers , by asserting that his countrymen , the Scotch , ¦ as . well as English ( who were as much oppressed by cottonlords and monopolists as their brethren in Ireland were by landlords ) , were ready to stretch the right hand of fellowship to all Irishmen . Organise and spread your principles , for the sovereignty of labour will some day come . Several staunch Democrats were admitted .
Mr . R . Ormond proposed a resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Thos . Carey , to the effect that an address to the Sationalists of Cork be prepared , aad that a subscription list he opened to defray the expenses attendant printing and distributing same . Mr . Edward O'Snllivan , Vice-President of the Bantry Donald Combo . Club in ' 48 , and personal friend of many of the martyrs and exiles , was then usasunously admitted a member . He said he had been in Paris , and had seen John O'Mahony and Stephens there .-- ( The mention of the names of the glorious exiles was the signal for a burst of applause , which showed how their sufferings for the poor old country was appreciated by the Democrats
oi tore , and many fond and anxious questions were asked relative to their appearance and health . ) Hr . O'S . said that the contrast between his unfortunate countrymen and the Parisians was , indeed , disheartening . While there he had not seen , a ^ runk en man , nor one with his coat in tatters . He had wi tnessed more vice one night in the Kewstreet , in Cork , than in all Paris for a weefc . The 2 > anocraey of Ireland must- give up such vicious habits , if they intended ever doing any good for their country . He joined the last movement , because he believed it to be one calculated to benefit the country ; he had always taken the part of the J 2 ft P |? ' and joined them now a thorough Democrat . Utner matters were gone through , after which the meeting separated .
CsKK - —Monday , the 25 th ult ., being the annivjis ary oi the Crieff Debating Club , the members , mm a numberM > f friends , sat down to an excellent Si ff «? ? ' DalL Pe'er STAinsh , prerS S ^ f eiety ' ^ " » -H » e chair . a *" 1 John Spfn- ? f « OT Pier . After doing ample iSlxedlenS f *? * r 0 rided » fte chairmaD > S £ Ssnt ^ f » adverted to the origin and ¦ JS 2 " h ' , ^ owin S e Progress various S 5 ^ 1 ?< 1 made in public speaking , and con ! eluded by wishing prosperity to thTufstftution - tin of non-responsible governments , and pointed to the fact that a number of the best men of France £ « mairyand even Englandwere in exilebut he
, , , tasted the time was not iar distant when the ba-^ ed patriots of every land would return to their SrfT ? ? 3 rGlbbon . addressing tbe meet-« =, called attention to the fact , that in the middle ffer 7 ^ f ?* F ^ Ernest Jones and others te ^ t ?^ ae S 51018 of England for daring to £ S ^ was tte birthright of man ; buthe Sft ^ e arm of liberty would soon be strong » 3 * in destl ? y " ^ of despotism .-JohS effects rf „? el ° 4 nent manner , showed the bad % « £ BS £ ; JE 3 £ su 2 * "s ^ isr ¦ j * St
Pleasure « - « * A— " —»»• . »» uu » p «» . ™ m * » uu fl ^ £ 52 ! S [ T e | , « ft » ' ^ dhoped Dlishpd ^ Huty 0 * nations would soon be accomofdemA » Il « d . Scnniegour reviewed the progress imnnwf ^ PnociP m Europe ; adverted to the FrS B r * reeked from the various 8 tS 5 T olafion 8 ' and concluded with wishing the J ^ T ^ S ? P 0 ffr 8 em 8 titnti 0 n 3 w « the world . 2 Hh 5 ^ tt ^ propos & " G - Jnlian Harney , wfJ ^^? " ^ press and ' *«* merciless ^ re lashed th © Ordermongers , proving that reacr ^_ was impossible , for the . march of nations was iwirawj , The par ^ thea 6 rpS 9 op maeh phased ,
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXXJIL ;¦¦ ¦ ' » Words are things , and a small drop of ink ™ T & i ike dCTr-Upon a thought , produces ^ t * make 8 ttousanfls . perhaps millions . VUOk ' BTBO . V . SHAM-RADICALlik versus SOCIAL SEFORM .
FRENCH AFFAIRS . Brother Proletarians , It is not difficult to distinguish sham from real Reformers , the former , though loudmouthed against political anuses , have not a word to say against the evils—a thousand-fold worse—which form part and parcel of the easting social system . Tour mere political Reformer will declaim against the corruptions of the Established Church , the abominations of sinecures and unmerited pensions , the cost of Generals , Admirals , and Ambassadors :
and set up for a model regenerator of his country , on the strength of demanding a reduction of ten thousand men in the army , or a gradual return to the forty-four million "standard of 1835 . " To the above named abuses the veritable Reformer also objects ; and is quite willing to lend a hand to measures of retrenchment and political amendment , much more sweeping than those advocated hy the "Manchester school . " But he desires to go somewhat further , being well assured that "cheap government" is not , of itself ; sufficient to redeem the millions f rom misery and slavery .
The hostility exhibited by the genteel reformers to every scheme propounded for the amelioration of th * social condition of the masses , is sufficiently indicative of the meaning they attach to what they term " reform . " The monarchy shorn of its "barbaric splendours "—the church compelled to disgorge its superabundant wealth—the scions of the aristocracy forced to give place to the sons of cotton-spinners—lower taxation affording a plausible pretext for still lowering wages—and finally , the little shopocracy and working-class
aristocracy , exercising the franchise , and combined with the capitalist class , to keep down the ragged , wretched , and despairing Proletarians—behold the genteel reformers' beauideal of " good & nd < cheap-government . " To such reformers , any plan devised for the purpose of rescuing the working people from the thraldom of wages-slavery—whether such plan be a Socialist community , a Chartist Land Scheme , or a Co-operative Workers ' establishment—is , in their estimation , the " abomination of desolation .
Every one is aware that the " Daily News " claims to be considered the diurnal champion of Manchester liberalism . To that paper must he accorded the ^ ono « r (?) of having been the first to attack the hand of earnest men who have taken the initiative in the grand experiment of associating capital with labour—with the view of excluding the idle capitalist from sharing the rewards of industry . The "Daily News' * avers , that the working tailors have no reasonable complaint against competition ; that , in this country , wages are , and must be , the onl y means of remunerating the working classes , and that co-operation of the working men must fail . The first of these averments is in glaring contradiction to the immense mass of evidence
published in the "Morning"Chronicle , " which evidence has been confirmed at innumerable meetings of tailors , held both at the east and west end of London . Thousands of men and women have testified to the fact , that competition amongst themselves for employment , and the competition of their employers for profit , have so brought down prices , that even the imprisoned felon , and bastilled pauper , are better lodged , clothed , and fed , than the majority of those who , hy the cunning of their fingers , provide articles which , next to food , are of p rimary importance . The
assertion that wages must be the only means of remunerating the working classes , and that cooperation on their part must fail , is as impudent in assumption as it is false in economical reasoning . For , though it is admitted that , under easting arrangements , labour needs the aid of the capitalist , yet the truth is evident thai , without the reproductive power of labour , capital would soon be absorbed . Therefore , labour has the power—inherent in itself—of reproduction . While capital is the mere assistant , labour is the essential principle of production . But it is not the cause of capital
that the " Daily News" advocates ; it is that of the capitalists ; of those who , hy chicanery and fraud , have possessed themselves of the accumulations of industry . Under the present system , the capitalist depends upon labour to produce the means of paying the labourer ' s wages , to replace the capital otherwise absorbed , and , over and above these items , to afford himself profit whereby to live in luxury , and to make additions to his capital . Why , in the name of common-sense , should not these beneficial
results be wholly appropriated hy those who labour , and the profit-grasping employer give way to the skilled manager , appointed by his co-operatives , and sharing with them the fruits of their common industry ? One fact , however , is worth a thousand arguments . The Co-operative Tailors , of Castle-street , Oxfordstreet , are giving practical refutation to the Manchester p hilosophy . They are alread y in a condition to commence the repayment of the borrowed capital out of their profits , in addition to their having received a far higher remuneration for their labour than they would
have had under the ordinary arrangements . It may he urged , that the tailors could not have commenced operations , hadthey nothad theassistance of borrowed capital ; and the objector may demand how are the working classes to obtain capital for co-operative purposes ? Ireply , that the hetter paid of the working classes may supply capital hy the same mode that they support their Benefit Societies , Trades Unions , Strikes , & c , & c . The less fortunate may
possibly , like the tailors , he ahleto horrow the necessary capital . A third , and still more powerful and efficient aid , would , under just political and social institutions , be afforded from the resources of the state . Of course , the hare supposition of such economical arrangements must excite the abhorrence of speculators in labour generally—the Manchester school in particular , and especially their liberal organ , the "Dail y News . "
I have not space to follow this apologist of profitraongering rapacity through his tortuous course of sophistry and humhug . I will not ice hut two more points of the article under
. The sapient editor advises , as a remedy for the evils of the tailoring trade , that the higher class of emp loyers should lower their prices , and thereb y attract custom from the present cheap establishments . He emphatically adds , " reductions of price , by better sorts of master tailors , oug ht to he the first hope of the working tailors . " Even a greater idiot than the editor of the "Daily Jtfews , " might understand , that the result of such , a course would be a reduction of the wages of the comparatively well-paid hands to a scale approaching that of tiie Hebrew blood sucker .
Leaving Professor Maurice to reply to the " News" editor ' s sneers at " Christian Socialism , " I will merely observe , that Christianity is only reverenced by the Manchester school , so long as it is made to minister to their selfishness . The mere prospect of its being identified with economical arrangements to elevate the labourer from his present miserable condition , suffices to set these respectable and liberal Christians in a rage . In fact , they value religion only as they value law and literature , politics and philosophy—as instruments of oppression , imposture , and spoliation . Broihek PBOiffJAW s — Ite JSed Re-
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publican & of France have gained another vic - tory , in electing their candidate for the depart ment of the Vosges , to take the seat of a' re ? presentatiyedeceased- -Vidal , elected along with Carnot and Db Flotte ; was elected also for the Bas Rhin , and has decided' on sitting for that department . This will occasion another election for Paris . Tha Ordermongers have not yet fixed on a candidate * It is said , that GiRARDltf , of the " Presse , " will be the man of the Democracy .. If so , and if the Socialist Democrats will unanimousl y accord him their votes .
there can be no doubt of his election . Not forgetting the antecedents of that personage , there nrast , nevertheless , be taken into consideration , the good service he has of late rendered to the good cause , and that his election would possess a peculiar significance , most distasteful to the ruling tyrants . Taking into account , therefore , all the circumstances of the situation , it appears tome that the Reds of Paris would show a M'ise discretion , and adopt a politic course , by giving their support to GnuTmrv
On the 27 th of March , the Editor of the ( extinct ) "Reforrae" was condemned to a year ' s imprisonment , and a fine of 2 , 000 francs , for having published the " Address of the French Exiles of the 13 th of June / resident in London , to their democratic brethren in England . " To full y comprehend the iniquity of this sentence , the reader must have before him tbe "Address , " here repeated from a former number of the " Star : " THE FRENCH EXILES OF THB , "i 8 in OF JUKE , " AT PRESENT BE 3 IMKG IN LONDON , TO THE FRATJERXAL DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND . . FWENDS AUD BbOTHEBS , — .
From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for tho noble manifestation of sympatny contained in your addresses to our suffering compatriots , to their families and friends , and to ourselves . \ ri : ' : ¦ Your sympath y is a glorious proof of the rapid progress of the ideas for which we are suffering . You have truly said that the religion of Fraternity is arising from the ruins of false systems . True also it is that our enemies are yours ; for our cause is the cause of the oppressed of every land . For the moment victory is to Falsehood and Treason . It is Falsehood which has delivered up France to the sham republicans . ' It -was under the influence of Falsehood that a French army was led to attack Home . It was Falsehood that disarmed the heroes of Hungary . Treason is
everywhere . It forced our Brethren , the soldiers of France , although raging with despair and shame , to destroy a free people whom they loved . Treason has subjugated the Rhine and the Danube , opened the gates of Milan , Rome , Vienna , Itastadt , Venice , and Comoro . Treason is extending , and scaffolds are the monuments of its triumphs . We repeat , victory for the moment ! The Democrats of Europe struggle for Truth , forSfiglit ; and Truth cannot perish , and against Right even majorities are powerless . Liberty ! Equality ! Fraternity ! Immortal principles that move the world . Those of your defenders who have not suffered death are consigned to dungeons , reduced t 6 silence , or driven into exile . But the love of mankind , the hope of triumph , the faith of the maytyr . remain to them , and their sufferings are mitigated , while they press the hands offered to' them by their brethren of all countries .
Thanks . to you , English democrats , for your words of encouragement and affection . Be assured we shall remain firm to tlie good cause , and believe that you wiU soon hear resound from all parts of France the rallying- cry , Vive IA llErCliLIQUE I > £ JIOCItATIQU £ £ T SOCIALE . ( Signed ) LkDBBKoIXUJ , •¦ Cn . RlBETBOLI . KS , - "• • Landoiphe , Etiesne Abaoo , F . FiKDiGoy , Martin Beuha & d , IUttieb , Sosgeon , JB . Duvebdieb , . E . JIadieb de Moa-riAv , London , December , " lSi 9 . Jun .
Mark the persecuting spirit of the ruffians in power . Not content with extinguishing the "Seforme " by fines , seizures oftho cautionmoney , and sentences of imprisonment , they pursue with implacable hatred every man who has been connected with that journal , and against whom they can concoct a charge of any kind . Generosity-is unknown to these miscreants , who give dail y proof that they are of that order of wretches who , not content with committing murder , will even glut their revenge bymangling the lifeless remains oijtheir victim . How infamous to the persecutors is this continued war of vengeance against the staff of a journal , which no longer exists to trouble them . It is the intention of the Committee of
the Society of Fraternal Democrats to contribute towards the sum inflicted as a fine . It is to be hoped ' that members and friends . of the Society will aid the Committee in carrying out an intention , so truly laudable , and worthy of a body established to practice , as well as to preach , the great princip le of Fraternity . The infamous law for transforming the French schoolmasters into police agents / and teachers of the Ordermongers , has been for some time past in operation ; and tho . consequence has been the dismissal from their employment of a vast number of able and excels
lent men , whose crime is that of being faithful to the Republic . These victims of the ruffianly Ordermongers being reduced to beggary , an attempt has been made to obtain public subscriptions for their relief . On Saturday last a private meeting , held to organise the subscription , was pounced upon by the police , and a number of persons were dragged prisoners to the Prefecture . ' Can such infernal tyranny fail to evoke universal disgust and indignation ? And when the hour of retribution arrives , will not the just punishment of the tyrants he hailed with shouts of joy , by the people of every land ? L'AMI DU PETJPLE . April 4 , 1850 . .
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF BRITAIN . ( From the Irishman of March 30 th . ) Brothers of England and Scotland—children of the Saxon and the Gael—we no longer fear to address you . Democracy is no longer an Eufopia—the dream of a cloistered visionary— -but a broad , solid , and consistent principle , wide as Europe , and strong as manhortd . i
Heard ye the shout from France the other day ? Marked ye the magic in the names of Carnot , Vidal and De Flotte , the chosen of the workman , and the representatives of France ' s proud capital ? Triumphant were they—those brave ouvriers—over rank , wealth , power , and the intimidation and intrigue of a profligate Government . . Listen to the echoes from Switzerland—how the sp irit often thousand Tells raises the warshout from the rough breasts of the Alps . Hark ! again from Germany comes the din of preparation .. The old Teutonic blood is once more stirred , and the ' battle of liberty is again to be kindled on new and fairer fields .
Europe , as one man , is on the move ; one voice rises from the shores of Kerry to the craggy heights of the Ural . Freedom - is shouted in fifty tongues ; liberty and independence are echoed from hill to hill , scaring tyranny , and confronting oppression . The Pole once more brandishes his broken spear . The Magyar and Wend , the Sclave and Saxonthe inheritors of Rome ' s glory and fall—unite with one heart to call for . and fight for , the
rights of man . Shall we be behind , friends , in the young dawn of this great political niillenium ? Shall free-lorn Britons alone clank the chain m cowardly contentment , amid the sneers and scorn of struggling Europe ? Long , men of England , have ye been trained to lay your heels upon the neck of the trodden Celt , and to laugh with exultation over the wrongs of fellow-slaves . Ye were made to believe that to oppress was to be free , and that to enable your masters to tyrannise , was to glorify and ennoble yourselves . . the iron
At last have yo awaked ; has pierced sufficiently deep into your souls , or must another half-century degrade you lower than your brother brutes" ! No ; we are proud to say the spirit of the age burns bright , m the hearts of our English brothers . Ihe throes that convulse Europe for the birth of a new race , are felt through the hamlets 01 . Britain ; and , in the great struggle that already looms dark on the horison , the men of the Western isles—wbite-cliffed Albany and Green Erin—will not be behind . Our war-cry has risen for masters through the four corners of the world ; at length we
are to raise it for ourselves . Let us go on with the courage of men . Our rights , our interests , and our honour , are at stake . Let tts not be belaud , in asserting tnenv W © trust
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y ^ u ^ ay anie d the'val ue of a constitutionthe door of which has been rudely and haughtily slammed in your face . It is none of ? you > re . Farias , and . aliens to its PjW omL ^ Youstand ; outsideitssanctuary : That boasted figment ,. that organised lie—the Charter ^ f British , liberty-thinks more of bnckwallsand green acres ; than it does of lioa s nandiwork ^ his living and reasoning creatures .. Look , men of England—look round , you ; it is houses and landsnot men
, , that make your laws . It is the city tenement , or the ruraifre ehold , that votes ; the owner is but an accident . Let hini have an estate of five hundred a year , and he is recognised as a free-bonrBriton , with all the rights , privileges , and immunities belonging thereto . Strip him of his wealth ^ let the hand of misfortune press heavy on him , and he is nothing—the paradise of , the constitution is barred against him ; and , like a second Adam , he is driven out , found guilty of the crime ofnovertv .
Where is the change ? Is it in the man , or the fortun e ? Is ho less wise , less honest , or intelligent , because he is less wealth y ? And what does this prove , but that your legislators care nothing for men or their knowled ge , or independence—but onl y for their riches ; and that your constitution is not a constitution for free aud patriotic citizens , but for brick walls , and houses , and factories , and estates , and farms , and freeholds «¦
-Away , then , with this brick-wall Constitution . - tear it down , it is an iniquity and and a reproach . To tolerate it , is to be accessories in your own . shame . Rise , be men j you are the strength of the nation , and the just side is yours ; and when strength and justice ore united , they are irresistible— -in action becomes a crime , and apathy a cowardly vice . Think how the Charter was wrung from John , Did those bold barons crouch before
the throne—lick the dust on which the king and council trodr-und beset the royal ear with whining petitions and sanctimonious prayers ? Did they ? Was ' the Stuart pushed from the throne of his fathers by the pressure of loyal signatures r and sweet-mouthed : allegiance ? How did the aristocracy rise above the crown , and trample down both sovereign and people ? —how , but b y the naked sword and the thundering artillery ? ¦ ¦ : ¦
History is not written for nothing friends : the traditions of the past ' are the guides to the future . Your path " is chalked out ; : the track is well , beaten ; dare ye follow it—are ye cowards , or are ye men ?; . We do not repel the hig hwayman with a drawing-room compliment ; we do-not greet the assassin with a complacent bow , but with a blow well struck home , ' , with ai heart , ' a hand , and a will . What , then , are we do with the legalised highwayman ? How are we to hail the assassin of our rights and liberties as freemen—the plunderer of our toil and propert y as citizens ? Shall we write our names on foolscap , and bid him read the scroll . ?—shall we enter into subtle argument and pious discussion with the murderers of our commonwealth?—shall we
litter the halls of Westminster with monster petitions , and make our humble prayers to men redolent of London hells , to full-fed gluttons , and drunken debauchees?—shall we ask our rights of those to whom the very name of justice is a sneer and a bye-word ?—men who have given to themselves special immunity from the ordinary claims of "law , ' ' and are not rotting in prisons because they have erected statutes to enable them to cheat
the working classes , and to rob and p lunder religiously and constitutionally . "These be your gods , O Israel 1 " These , men of England , are the legislators before whom you must crouch like an eastern devotee , and whose ear you must gain b y the whining cant of a Puritan . These are the men whose dignity honest citizens-must not offend with honest words , but whom we must approach b y roundabouts , and conciliate by the prostrations of a Persian slave .
' . Long live the Constitution , its provisions and its laws , its statutes and its enactments , its equity arid its justice , its patronage of the great and its oppression of the humble—long live the slaves who bear and the tyrants who oppress . Perhaps we have wronged " Parliament " and mistaken " legislators . " Perhaps we have overrated the value of the working classes . The American wise men . tell us that God made the blacks for slaves , and' that to elevate them above that rank would be to insult
His providence and frustrate His intentions . Who knows but He may have ordained white slaves also ? Who knows but pauperism and poverty , and misery — created , aggravated , and continued by Parliamentary enactment- — may be the destined condition of the men of England ? Who knows but they are fit for nothing else than g rinding at the mill and clanking the fetters of degraded serfdom ? " Parliament'' says this , the press says
this , and the pulp itis the echo of both , We long to hear the voice of England itself . Will they submit , those brawny workmen , to be mulcted by law and insulted by statute ? If they do , they prove the charge . The contented slave is unfit for liberty . The / cowardly patriot is unfit for anything . Action is the life of man . Dare the men of England act—dare , they first lay the foundation , and then build the edifice' ? ,
Brothers of England , we will not wrong your manhood ,, or your good sense , by doubting your- determination . Our heart tells , us y ou are ready . Go on , in God ' s name ; spread your principles , and unite and consolidate your numbers . Time presses ; use it well ; another twenty-fourth of February mayj ere long , summons once more the despots of Europe to judgment . . Be ready for the issue . We shall call you to sit as jurors on the trial of our common wrongs . ' We shall weave together the rose and shamrock—the one no longer tyrannical , the other oppressed . We shall fi ght no : longer the battle of a party , a creed , or a class , but shall grave on one shield , and write on one banner , "The ri g hts of liberty , of labour , and of man . " .
On a future occasion we , shall enter more fully intothisquestion . We shall discuss with you that bottomless pit , that swallows up all prosperity—that strength of a rotten Government , but weakness of a struggling people— - the National Debt . We shall survey your properties , and we shall see that the onl y difference between Irish and English slavery fs , that ours is ostensible , while yours , though less apparent , is equally real and oppressive . :
In the meantime , be prepared for the battle ; be practical , be determined . Remember , the most enchusiastic patriotism and the most indomitable courage are nothing while isolated . If you would succeed , you must multiply your strength by uniting yeur numbers . Train yourselves to combine and act harmoniously together . Hold your meetings regularly , and consult like brothers . We should recommend the formation of branch associations without
delay . It is hard to say but your services may , ere long , be wanted . A crowded society is an inconvenient and unwieldly engine ; you will , therefore , probably conclude that numerous small meetings will be more decorous and manageable than a great aggregate assembly . As a common action , common principles , and a harmonious movement , are of all things
desirable , it will be necessary that a close and intimate connexion be kept up throughout . This can onl y be done by fixing on a common centre , which may act as a heart to the organisation ; Dublin has so far answered this end , and may still , till a better can be procured . From our Dublhxbrothers you will meet every courtesy , and a heroic readiness to sacrifice everything for the good cause .
In fine , men of England , be worthy of your selves ; act with courageous prudence . Re er & it and , flrHl -for the great army of liberty
To The Democrats Of Britain. (From The I...
Associate with , the . intensity of men who have lost all , and have all to win back . Be not discouraged , Europe is with you hark to the low , heavy Bum , that tells of the rising ' storm . Iiook to your wrongs , look to your rights _ . be sure that the day has gone . ; by for . oppression--the shackles are rasted ' to the heart , and it wants" hut a ' bold pull to break them . "Will you help us ,- men of England- ^—help us to m ake our twin-islands sisters in freedom and prosperity , as they have been in degradation and misery ? Your faithful Mend , The Irishman .
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Alio * me as a member , not paid-up , to offer a few words on what I conceive to be the only course left for its members to adopt . No one for a moment doubts but that a man with ordinary labour and perseverance can support a family and make provision for sickness and old age upon the Company ' s allotments . " We know that by our united savings we have accumulated-a sum of upwards of £ 100 , 000 ; the object of that sum subscribed was to lessen the fierce strife between man and man , and which made him work at such . fearful remuneration as almost to amount to starvation , accompanied with an early and premature death . This was the primary object of bringing the Land Company into existence . At this moment the property is at a stand-stilland
, our Champion has applied for leave to bring in a bill to wind up its affairs . Without . knowing much of law , I do . think we might save a deal of money , anxiety , and trouble , aud above all the distiibution of its capital back to the shareholders , which would g ive our tyrants the satisfaction of seeing us disunited , and enable them to use the iron rod with still greater force on the unprotected artisan . . The seeming confidence its members possess in Fcavgua O'Connor couid , I think , annul the existence of the Company , without any legal expense ,, in a short time ,. and pay . all the dissatisfied and unworthy members back their subscriptions , by making him a present of all monies paid into the Company , Let the paid-up shareholders send their scrip , and the .
other members a declaration to that effect , and thereby set the legal protection on one side , and enable Feargus O'Connor to purchase , sell , or mortgage as he thinks best , and go on as fast as he possibly can without all these quibbles of law . Then he could give the allottees a lease of ninetynine years , and two lives , on . their immediate possession , the allottee paying for the same .: It would not matter to the occupier if he sold , it the next day , and this would enable him to go on buying , selling , and leasing . We have had . much talk and no work about class legislation ; let us then show our rulers that . it is not a selfish combination of working men , but that a true philanthropic spirit pervades this large body to emancipate the working
population oftho country from a state of destitution to happiness and plenty . Some persons may say how would you locate on tiie land ? First , bear in mind , that ; it is the , competition of ouv . brother workers in endeavouring to get employment or starve ,, that , creates ' that anxiety to free ourselves from , our taskmasters . Remove , the surplus labourer , and we shall be able to show our employera that wo are worthy of our hire , and , then ,. and only then , will the producers be acknowledged something more than slaves . Let , then , Mr . Feargus O ' Connor sell the allotments to . the highest bidder , in single allotments , or the whole of an estate , as may seem to him . best . This would bring capital back to purchase more land in the wholesale to sell in the retail market , which the government seem
determined shall not be done by the Company . I am convinced , if the allotments were sold to-morrow , that they would realise twenty shillings for every pound expended thereon . I think I hear some one ask , would you allow O'Connor to receive £ 200 for that which cost only £ 150 ? Yes ; because the whole of the country would reap the benefit . First , tbe tradesman with his capital leaves his shop , which is instantly filled by a mechanic . The unwilling idler gets work thereby , giving ' employment to others , and at last you will find that it has snatched the labourer from the hastile . Lose not sight of the fact , 'that it is you that are in work that not only support the aristocracy , and all those who fill our gaols and workhouses , and every unwilling idler .
The ballot has been a stumbling-block toour rulers , let us see if we cannot find a better substitute for it . When we cannot find single purchasers -for the allotments , let the country be equally divided according to numbers subscribing to the Redemption Fund as I will callit ; then let each subscriber have ohe vote or recommendation , however small a sum he may have subscribed ; then let our friond say how many districts are to recommend so many persons , and the district having the most votes , to be entitled to the little paradise , he trusting in our intelligence to select an honest , upright , industrious , persevering , ana practical man , thereby guarding tho SOkemO against such vermin that have brought disgrace on our order and Company . Let them , one and all , show to the powers that be , although they will not legislate to protect our small savings , that we have found out a different savings bank to what our 'forefathers did—to make a rod for their own
backs , thereby giving them additional capital to crush the artisan and speculate in order to increase their incomes , or in case of failure , as in Rochdale aud other places , to console ourselves with the loss . Have you forgot the dreadful cry in France of ' 48 , f ' the right to live ? Are you going to let our brothers across tho channel solve the question of labour ' s rights without one single effort to free yourself ? The struggle of our order on this side the channel has a powerful effect on the tyrants of all other nations . France is doing much by co-operation and stern perseverance , as lias lately been proved by the terror , displayed by the enemies of labour , and the acknowledgement that the proletarian cause is gaining ground . Let those , who have more ability than myself , propound their plan of winding up the Company ' s affairs , and the good sense of the majority will best judge that which will redeem themselves from bondage . I beg to subscribe myself , Reading . An Unwilling Slave .
Brother Shareholders , — Having seen with sorrow that our noble benefactor has been driven to g ive notice for a bill to wind up the Land Company through the ingratitude of those whom he has studied to serve . I beg to offer my opinion to youv consideration . Our enemies having named the argument as . to the legalisation oftho Company , on the last day of the term , showed their weakness , as they must have known there was not sufficient time to hear the case . A-little move patience on our part , and I trust that justice will be done . Give Mr . O'Connor your support , and he will yet conquer . Frustrate our enemies , by not allowing the Company to be wound up . What greater proof of tho practicability of the Land Plan is there than the native countryman who pays £ 13 per annum to Beattiefor three acres of his land and no house , giving six months rent in advance . I could name instances in the neighbourhood , where £ 4 a year
per acre is paid for inferior land and no house . I have laboured under great disadvantages , being nearly sixty years of age , and afflicted with bad legs forthislasttwenty years . I have three children under fourteen years of age ; two of them boys , the eldest twelve years of age . At the age of fouryears he . was nearly burnt to death , and both his arms were contracted and disfigured ; he is now growing straig ht and improving in health : These boy ? are my right band . My health is better than it has been this last twenty years , 'and these are blessings which I have derived from the glorious Land Plan . To you I am grateful for the means given to our noble founder . I have every hope , and I trust that many more will speedily be placed on the land of freedom . ' "' I beg to subscribe myself , Yours gratefully , C . Willis , an Allottee . Cbarterville , March 27 th . '
P . S . —I beg to dissent from those who have called on our directors to retire . They were chosen by Conference upon the principles of democracy , and by no other means ought they to be discharged . They have worked hard for our cause , and deserve our praise . —C . W .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . :. . Sir , —Mr . Sherrington , in his address to the Land Members in last week ' s Star , is of opinion that a number of members would bo found willing to give their paid-up shares to purchase an estate , for the purpose of testing and showing those who oppose the plan that the scheme is no way Utopian . This may be very good , and may meet with approval from many : but , alas ! man is too selfish . In my opinion , Mr . Sherrington might haveextended his views a little farther , which might have attracted attention . Suppose ho had made a calculation , and counted
upon ten thousand members having every confidence in Mr . O'Connor and the Land Plan ; these members to engage to give their paid-up shares to purchase an estate , and also to agree to make voluntary weekly payments , according to their -will and ability , the highest payers to receive their allotments first . These are my views : they are practicable , and were they acted upon and taken up in good earnest , they would accomplish the great desire ol that noble minded , and patriotic gentleman , Feargus O ' Connor , Esq . I am , APAin-vr Shareholder . Dunfermline , April 1 st .
Fi : uow-MEMBEUS , ~ Having . read the summing up of Judge Pollock to the jury , mJ ^ S ^?™! of O ' Connor v . Bradshaw , 1 perceive that , we can * not be registered ; therefore , to save useless ^ Jle anSbkibe ^ osuggesU ^ miv be made to Mr . O'Connor ' s attempt to procure Z"let * 3 ParUament , to enable him to windupthe ruatter-whiS , I trust ^ m . ieaiilVw tli ^ salu tf
All The Property, And; Proportionate Div...
all the property , and ; proportionate division of the proceeds amongst the members , as being the most effectual way © f . showing to the world at large how little foundation there is for . the assumption that Mr . O'Connor . would wish to enrich himself at oiir . ex . P j . e . Taught by past experience , there would be no difficulty , after the present Company is dissolved ; in forming a fresh one , and obtaining its registra . ll 0 £ » lf but ten shillings in the hundred , pounds be lottii . p r f . „ deea > obtained , and an honourable S ^ w " of . our present proceedings would P « rZ ? t ' a r ^ f ; than weaken , public confidence , at ^& I t ) be a T bIe t 0 PW & seliwl in future S ^ SffiSST" 8 r that ' there ™ be shouldKLi T / *; , ' the duty on bricks chSnerraS- S ' l ™ sha 1 boabIet 0 buiId «* » ^ % p £ Zff & £ ^« - % Qerty w then becomo lo al "S y To Z
_ 1 beg leave to tender my hearty approbation of the recent changes of officers in the Cbartis Executive , and hope that none Will over be retained that seek pre-eminence ; it the expense of their fallow labourers by trying to denounce them for accumulative crimes , extending over a lapse of years— proceeding _ tbat was justly denounced for it ' s wickedness in the case of Strafford , an imitation of which I was little prepared for , most especially from an advocate of democracy . I remain , your ohedient servant , Ugborough , Devon , E . Bobertso . y . April 1 st , 1850 .
The Land Members Of Norwich. To The Edit...
THE LAND MEMBERS OF NORWICH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ' Dear Sir ,- ^ Wo , the undersigned , being members of the Norwich branch of the Land Company , beg that you will favour us with a small space in the Star , to repl y to a letter we have received from one of tbe Directors of the Land Company , in which letter is enclosed a part of a letter from a Mr . Smith , of Otley , in Yorkshire , reflecting on a resolution that appeared in the Star of the 16 th ult :, and asking us by what authority wo presumed , to set ourselves up as a majority opposed to the Directors longer remaining in office . Now , we beg most respectfull y to tell Mr . Smith , that we did not set ourselves up as the maiority of the Company :
what we did say was , that the maiority of this branch were opposed to it ; of the other branches we . only know from what we have seen in the Star . Wo are inclined to think tbat tbe Directors have received information from a party in Norwich , respecting our meeting , and we beg to state that the meeting was open to all the members ; they had notice a week previous , and if the majority of the branch did not attend , it was not the fault of the conveners : of that meeting . We av & inclined to think that . it would have been more straightforward to have sent , the letter of Mr . Smith for insertion in the Star , that it might have stood on its own merits , instead of sending a part of it to our secretary ; but , as wo wish to act onenlv , we bee to
say that a . % that meeting Mr . J . Hurry presided , and John Long moved , and James Townsheuftseconded J tho resolution which has given so much offence . Why , we ask , is this isolated locality singled out as though this , was the only place that had'adopted such a resolstion , when much stronger resolutions have been passed by other branches , and no notice taken of them ? As for the sneer about certain parties that composed the meeting , we heg to say , that it is those certain parties—or the few as they arc called—who have always carried on the movement in this locality . Did not the great bulk of tho members of this branch most shamefully desert the cause- ? Did they not engage a large place to transact business in , when they thought all
was going on as they could wish , and then leave the few , who are now sneered at , to pay all the expenses . * * * * * * As a proof of what the few have done in this locality , they have sent , within the last few months , between six and seven pounds to the " Macnamara-s Costs , " and the " Honesty Fund ; " yet this is the reward we have got ,. tobetold that we are setting ourselves up as the majority of the Company , which we had no thought bf doing ; we stated our opinions in . the form of a resolution , and by that resolution we will stand , despite of all that any one may say respecting us . We beg to subscribe ourselves on behalf of the meeting at which the aforesaid resolution was passed , Jonathan Hurrt . JounLoxo , Jambs Towkshekd
Wm-Om^A^V^"—' To Feargus O'Connor, Esq.,...
WM-OM ^ a ^ V ^ " — ' TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Honoured Sir , —At the weekly meeting of this locality , held at the Malt Shovel , North Church-Side , Hull , the following resolutions were carried : — * 'We , the undersignea members of the National-Land Company , from our confidence in the ; integrity S and honesty of thepropbunder ; - F .. Q ' Connor , Esq ., ' and also from a -fiymrconvietion ithafc the Land Scheme is capable . ^ f yfairly . .: tested , to redeem the whole working ., population of this country from , slavery oftho worst ; description , hereby avail ourselves of the hint thrown out by our friend , Mr . Duncan Sherrington ,, in the Northern Star , and join him in a request that some , portion or portions , of the property may- be repurchased with the . scrip of the paid-up shareholders ,, who are disposed to
entrust tbe same to the care of our . noble champion and the world's . benefactoiv . F . O'Connor , Esq ., so that the great- hopes of tbe sanguine—yet honest shareholders—be not entirely blasted . " This was at once signed by holders of eighteen scrips . -,. " We , the non-paid-up members of this locality of the National Land Company view , with unaffected grief , the present positiouof the Company , and fear lest the government compel the full and complete annihilation of the same ; but would recommend , if possible , that F . O'Connor ,, Est ^ ., shaJUuse . our portion or portions pf mQB ' ey , to establish another , en tirely under his own ^( % ti ! % w-m ' au ^ emeat ; Tio purchase property . In . ^ fSvi ^ nVj B ^ e ' ano ^ Mg ' bt ,- and
grant leases for . life . an diBih ^^ pe ^ . eara ,, in the lollowing way , . . yiz .- ^ p ^ rity ; 3 ^' ; .. lp ^ fi bj ^ i ^ il > e awarded to ^ those wlm haviejpaiji ^ Into the funds of t ^ ejC , Qj ppnny ,. j and , aljOuld / aT ^ iasB of equality occur ; -give ' th ^' -preference to ' ' the . oldes t ' on the register . " . -, 'W \ v ^ ^" -. ' . -- .. ' - '• ' ¦' This was alsiv signed / , by ^ thirteen shareholders , who have not quite paid'n ' pi ,, ^ ^^ ' ' , .. \ During these proceedings , theffen ^ ale ^ collectors , entered the room , and placed , in-tfio ^ andSL . of our secretary , lis ., as the proceeds . " . of | heir editions on behalf of the Honesty Fund , which ^^ lic | : teda . v 6 te of thanks , when they retiredUorenc ^ heir . exertions . It was resolved that these resolutions lay for signature for a few weeks , ' and ' then . all the names be forwarded to F . O | ' 0 orinor , jE sqV , after which the meeting was adjour ^ ed , ^!! . next Monday evening , for the above purpose . '"' . ' - '• " : '¦
I am , Dear and Honoured Sir , Your most obedient servant , Hull , April 1 st . Georgu Harnett , Sec
To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Dear Sir...
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sir , —No doubt ' the result of the proceedings in the Small Debts Court , Tylers O ^ Connory at Upton , on Friday last , has reached you , and alike to yourself as to me , concluded to our-mutual satisfaction . I have thought it right , in this case , to inform you who the plaintiff , was ; hens one of those , who having received a good share of the Company ' s patronage , like all others similarily situated * seems to think lie has just cause to complain j this very plaintiff was one of the waggoners employed by you for several months , and yet ,, iu court , had thelv ' ing audacity to say he acarcely-. ev . ersaw
or spoke to you . I remember his ' coming to me and saying ho was out of employ , < ind shQ . uhTbe . g lad if I could intercede in his behalf * Twrotehim a certificate of recommendation , and he obtained employment for some months at hig her wages thai ; he had been in the habit of receiving , " and how his gratitude is abuse of Feargus O'Connor . But , very unfortunately for him , his attorney thought fit to subpeona me , to prove the connexion between him , as a member , and you as tho receiver of his cash ; when after asking some few questions , to some of which I had occasion to tell him I could not understand , as they were not pertinent to the case , which drew upon him the laughter of his
profession , when he sat down and said that was his case . The Judge told liiin ho did not understand it . He then turned to me , and said , ( " perhaps , Mr . Harding , you will give us some explanation of this case ; I nodded assent , and g »™ ' » general digest of the objects , rules , and intention ! , of the Land Company and its legal position ; at the conclusion of which , the Judge asked if the plaintift s attorney had any answer , ho said he had not , when tho Judge told him he was out of court , as he had no case ! and must pay the expenses of the day , adding , in reference to my statement , that to prove his position , ho must procure the registrar . You are at liberty to make what use you please of this , and believe me to remain Yours faithfully ,
, James Harding . City Arms , Worcester , March 18 th . [ This should have been published last weok . ]
Decxabation Op A Ddtch Soldier Who Fough...
Decxabation op a Ddtch Soldier who Fought xr . Watebioo , cubed by Hoiaowav ' s Ointment and Pius . —• 'I , J . De Swart , publicly state that Holloway ' s Vulsaua Ointment , nave cured me of several ulcerous sores , which had their origin in imperfectly healed wOunds receivedaa the battle of Waterloo . The pain was infinite , aud I m confined to my bed always during the harvest months , have now for two . years been enjoying the best of health , solely in consequence of using Hollow ay ' s Pills aud Oin ment , which cured me in a very short time ; in gratituBo for which 1 publish this testimony . ' —Signed , J . ve Simbt , of Lent-on-the-Yossepels , iwar Nymegen , Holland . Oct : In an account of the espenses of a court entefr " taihment , given by Heniy the Seventh , one ah ** Wis set ( town it ) a poet " for Editing a ballad , „
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06041850/page/5/
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