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( From tee Washington Rationed Era ) II osea Bigelow is the author of the followine ffhicb we fir . d in the Akii-Slavbbt Siasbabd . Hosea Calls bis production : — TEE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED .
I do believe ia Freedom '! cause-As fur away as Paris is ; I lave to see her stick her claws In them infernal Pharrysees ; It ' s well enough agin a King To dror resolves and triggers—Bat libbaty ' g a kind o' thing That don ' t agree with niggers . I do believe the People want A tat on teas and coffees , That nothin alnt estravyguat , Porvided I ' m in office ; For I have loved my country sence Hy eye-teeth fitl'd their sockets ; And Uncle Sam I reverence , Particklerlej hit pockets .
I do believe in any plan Of levjln the taxes , As long as , like a lumberman , I git jest what I axes ; I go free trade through thick aa' thin Because it kind o' rouses The folks to vote—and keeps us ia Oar quiet custom . houses . I do believe it ' s wise and good To send oar farria missions—Tbat is , on certain understood And orthydocke coadlthung ; I mean nine thousand dolls per ana ., Sice thousand mere for outfit .
And me to reckomend a man The place weald jest about fit . I do believe in spesb . nl ways Of prayln' and conrartin * ; The bread comet hick in many days , Aad buttered , too , fer sartia '; I mean in preying till one bust * Oa what tbe psrty choowt , And in convartio' public trusts To very pryvit uses . I do believe hard coin the stuff For 'lectioneers to shout on ; The People ' s oilers soft enough Te make hard . noney out on ;
Dear Uncle Sun pervides for his , And f ives & pood ( ixed jank to * li—I don't care how hard soaey if , As long at mine' paid paactooal . I do believe with all my ten ! In the gret Press / a freedom , To pint the People to the goal , And in the traces lead ' em ; Faliied the arm tbat forges yokes At toy fat contracts souintin J And withered be the nose that pokes Inter the Guv ' ment priatin *! I do believe that I should give Whatever ' * his to Cesar—For it ' s fey him I move and live
from him my bread and cheese are ; I do believe that all of me Doth bear hit superscrlgshrm—Will , conshunce , honor , honesty . And things of that descrlp & hun . I do believe la prayer and praise To bin that has the grantin ' Of jobs—in BTerything thai pays—But most of all in Caktik * ; This doth my cup with mercies fill , This lays all thought of sin te rest—I don't believe in principle , But , oh ! I do in interest . I da believe whatever trash Willktep the People in blindness ... That we the Mexicans can thrash Bight Inter brotherly kindness ; T * do believe that powder ' a ball
Are good-will ' s strongest mtgntts—That peace , to make it stick at all , Must be drnv is with bagneti . In short , I firmly do bellsve In Hombog generally , For it is a thing that I perceive To have a solid vally ; This hath my faithful shepherd been , In pastures tweet hath led me—¦ And this will keep the People green , To feed at they hive fed me . H . B —
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THE CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY AS DESIGNED BY GOD . By Dakkl . Bishop . London : A . flail and Co ., 25 , Patefnotter-row . This book , though , somewnafr tiresome to read , is * vell worthy thoughtful perusal . Mr Bishop ' s new of th e present order of things is expressed ia the quotation from Tacitus , which ho prefixes to hi * preface : — ' The more diligently I turn in my mind either tha affairs of the modern * or of the ancients , the more conspicuous appears the absurdity of human WTSneementt throaghoatall the comer * of this world ! ' We shall best give the reader an idea ot the character of this work by extracting at some length from its pages . TEE LAUD .
The Iind of toy nation belongs , by Divine appointment cot to cpirf , bat to the ttiola of tha people . Kothiag , however , can be further front oof intention to say , that the laad ' it to fes so divided as for every man to havs A separate portion . What we insist oa is , that Ike land it tMpnperig of society , and not of soma ot" its members to the exclusion of others . Theioman race in the aggregate can have no property in the land . It belongs to Go 4 alone . His children are lttt bis tenants . Each generation has only a life interest . Tu fas who poss-ss the lend , feowerer , say U On rwity dispossessed , — ' All the clay of the habited parts ef the earth is ours . The fowls in the air belong to na . 5 heagh thou ba thirsty , roll not a stone from a well . Though thon be hungry , pluck no fruit from a tree , — no ear from a field of corn . ' Every thing is inclusive . The gre » t object of engrossing the land is obviously the EtuinmeHt of wealth ; or , what is the esse thing , having an usdne command of the labour of ttherf .
With , regard to the land , all the member * of society sow stand in one of the following positions : —Having a property In it ; or , deprived of this property . And if poor , being in that state of slavery where msn must sell bis labour for whatever it will purchase ; «'• being In that state of slavery where men are sold and boughs like tales of goods . If the land engrossing Is la accordance with the Divine will , it may be inquired , —Way l » the- labour also not al . lowed to fee engrewed 1 Either laaa without labour , or labour without laad , is valueless . It hat been well « ted— ' Why ha * not African slavery been iatrodooed into Eng land ? For this plaia reason , —a white slave can be hired for less than would mtintata a black one . ' Wheaevtr the right to property ia the land shall be placed oa a proper foundation , the existing slavery will ceaie . B «* the industry of the many tr . urt ever is $ aeri fJUd , 10 long as the nifsc « Hed e * e ! ssive right to the land is ia the hands of a fen . And during its con & inaocs all commercial transactions must be tainted with
vtm-XI CI . SfllBilD OF TAICE , The real standard of value in all plaeel and at all ifcaes - is tko l * bour expended on the production . As the labour of an able-tedied man knowing some prodsctive art should hare an unalterable value , what bs produces sionld have the same . In the great market of the world this is lott tight of . The quantities of the Tartona Wa 4 » of laboar and produce , at SOlt pIlOBI and times , are In a state ef fiuctaatieu . Whatever any kind of Iaiosr or prod nee will exchange for In labour Of produce of a different kind , Is called its exchangeable value—the only one koown ic prc « ileal life . Tall is an Unqueitlonable evidence of aa unsouad state of things .
WISH iLiTtll . COlfJIIITlOI—eHllPKMB—MACHIHSST , The many , from belnz deprived of the propsrty In tbe land , most , as has been intimated , sell their labour for * sy price it will briny . Tfeey are sJl therefor * seeoiSS rilj in i lUte of cempeUtJoa with « ne another . This reduces wages in a lest or greater degree , to that in almost all countries and ages the many are comparatively poor . Tfeey can oaly commend the necessaries of life , and all therefore wtnt to buy at the lowest rate . By the present system , the pmoni employed In all the di 5 erent branches , both masters and servants , from the growers of the raw produce to the retailers of manufactured articles , reduce as much as possible the value of each other's labour , —though , to all , to advance the vslsa of this labour should be the all-important conside-Tition .
Take , for example , oar retail draperi throughout the country . Ag the generality of their customers want to boy of them cheaply , tbe drapers ordinarily endeavour to undersell one another . And fer this porpose they bay as cheaply as possible all they require . The consaaers of drtptrj thus lower the relae of the labour ot the retail draptrs end their servants , — the wholesale drapers and tbtir servants , —the manufaotarsrs aad their servsntf , —the growers of tie raw produce and their servant * , —as well as the labsnr of merchants , csrrierf , and all other persons coanected with the drapery trade . A-nongU the drapers * customers , tkoie that are
firmer ! and their labourers , by lowering the value of tke labour ef the drapers , mast neceesari ' y cause them to be less valuable customer * tot agtlealturai produce . The action of the figricaltorai class evlaces the action cf all the other classes of the drapers' customers . In a tj » Um of inurchsnge this must necessarily iter be reoi . Proctl . All classes want to buy cheaply . By so doing , It depreciate the value of their own labour . In this cifisreble circle things revolv * . Assuredly no farther "WtBcets requisite to prove that 'this wisdom des-^ aieth not from above . ' But so long as tbe land ooa-, t ^ aes to be engrossedj * the present system caaaot b » ^ 8 * 4 . « . 'Itlt , * ujs DettofleVsot a fact that la thou
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trades Into which the labour of women and children has been pressed , the wages of the msn , wife , Md ehlld . or children , Is scarcely more and in manv instances not more than the wage * of a single man , in those trades to which female labour is not adspted t Man has ms . de of woman h slave , and the curse has , in part , recoiled upon himself . '— ( Utility of Pol . Union ) The reduction of wages may cause men to werk more hours , until they get scarcel y any thing . This may oatue a further increase of production , aad further diminution of wages , —or less of work for a time to many . These things , at has been seen , reduce the demand of such per . sons for the produce of their Interchanges . And these are , consequentl y , ia a less or greater degree ieapove . rished . Thus the evil may be widely exteaded , be last' . ag , and therefore severel y felt . And the greater and mere signal the previous prosperity , the greater oftea is the reaction . traden Intn vlilnt , > h „ i-v- * .
In a right state of tbingg the relation between supply and demand should be undisturbed . They should ba equal as to labour in the different divisions . The rsqui . site demand should be supplied ; end no greater quantity than is requisite for tkis ba produced- At present , a preponderance ef tbe suppl y i , frequently discovered enlyby the price going down , and thence a tendency to or actual decline in wages and profit * . What greater absurdity fj Imaginable , than for the matters to be able to discover that they are over-produdug , only by the loss they have to sustain from such over-production I Surely some mode ought to be known whereby it may be discovered , to what extent production msy be safely carried . The evil , it is obvious , can oaly be remedied by a right classification of tbe labourers .
If ever the commercial systim be rightly constitutedmachinery will thea be of incalculable benefit , by assisting to place as abundance of wealth at tho command of all . At present , the more machinery supersedes human labour , other thiogs being eqnal , the more the sup . ply ef It will be greater than the demastd far it . An Incalculably grett power is thus made to bring abaut the same tffscr , as the utmost impoKEce , »' . « , exteatlve pauperlsm .
TOBEIOH TK 1 DE . If persons belonging to one division of tbe great cosa . marclal community of the world , exchange that klad of produce the labour of which is paid for at e low rate , with those of other division * ia the same nation , or a foreign country , for that kind gf produce the labour of which is paid for at a higher ratr , —they will give away their property . Tbe amount so given away being the difference between the real value of the prodace ex . changed , though there is no difference whatever as regards the exchangeable value , For whether as relates to different parts of the rame country , or between dlf . fereat nations ; whateve * the exchangeable valne msy be , the real value must always depend t , n the quantity of labour which enters into produce , Tbl * , thersfore , aloae ought to be regarded ; and all interchange should by It ba regulated , as has before- besn intimated . But ibl « can never be whilst the land is engrossed .
If , then , from the unequal supply of labour to the va . rloas divisions of the commercial world , and any ether causes , —Manchester weavers , earning two shillings per day , send one hundred pounds' worth of their prodace to Ireland , end receive in retain agricultural produce for the production of which Irish labourers hava bwn paid at the rate of only one shilling per day , —though the English have tint a hundred pounds' worth of one kind of goods , and received a hundred pounds' worth of another kisd of goods , ( estimating both by their exchangeable value , }—the poor Irish , estimating the goods by the only legitimate standatd , the rtal value , have given exactly double the amoaat they ought .
And if these Manchester weavers send a hundred pounds' worth of their produce to the Americans of the United States , and receive in return raw cotton , fer the production of which American labourers have been paid at ths rate of four shillings per day , —though the English hare received the full emotmt of the exchangeable valae , t ej have received only half the real rake . r-Thn * the English have ocly given the Irish half the real value , —whilst they have given the Amarlcans doable the real ralue . If then the latter were to ex-Change produce with tbe Irish , they ( the Americans )
would only give a quarter of the real value for what they received , —that is tossy , for every hundred pounds they received ia actual , substantial wealth , es good at gold , they woald oaly return twenty-five pound * to tbe Irish ! 'From the shores of the Baltic to the Southern Ocean , and front the continents of America to the borders of China , ' says Morgan , ' your ships are ploughing the seas laden with the ovei flawing riches of the empire . With what astonishment will [ foreigners ] , hear , that thousands of ysur own clticens are perishing for want of a small pittance of that wealth , with which yon are overwhelming their markets . '—[ Revolt of the Sees . )
TlOTlTi . HSSTISS * FD 8 L 4 VE 6—FSODDCEBS AVD rLOKDrBEKB . First let as say s werd about the landholders . And laok at the position of one with an income of £ 10 , 0 ( 10 per year , whom we will call Dives . If then , labour in his neighborhood is so depreciated , as for those employed , for example , in sgricaltare to get each but £ 85 per year , Dives has ft sum equivalent to the entire income of 400 labourers . If ea . 'h of these have only oat other person dependent on him , we have 800 persons fm . poverished , tfeat Dives may hare £ 10 , 0 ou per year . Though if the labour ef the 400 persons were rightly es » tociated , every oae of than , and the person dependent oa him , might have the utmost plenitude of wealth , — truly more of ell that which is most valuable , than Divsi can now pracure with his annual income ef £ 10 , 009 ,
The great affair of the dealers in human labour is the profit that can be made of it ! What an outcry has been made ia this country against tbat state of slavery promoted by those who bay and sell their fellow men ! How llttk it said about the productive masters , who extensively bay and sell the labour of others ; and in so doing are too often amongst the principal abettors of a slavery frequently ttill more oppressive ! " Tke workmen , ' stys a recent writer , * do not work for themselves . Tha workman tells bis time , strength , skill , and labour , —alibis iogeaalty , ell his cleverness , all his industry , all his health , —to his matter . If he performed a thousand times as much work as ke does , ke woald ke no better off . The very contrary is proved to be the fact . For the worklr g clauses have now by the aid of machinery , which they have themselves
Isvented , produced such an abundenca of food , end all kinds of necessaries , tbat their labsnr is no longer wanted , Tbe more feod clothes , and houses they produce the fewer necessaries , comforts , and enjoyments they must of themselves necessarily possess . Bat would this be the case if tbe working classes worked for themselves , and not for others ? Host certainly not . Tbtj already produce enough for themselves and all the world besides . Therefore If they worked for themselves aloae they woald be supplied most abundantly ; not only with the necessaries of life , but with all its InturitS into the bargain . The remedy is in our hands . The remedy is cc-opraaTiow . At present , la working for others , we get for ourselves only a small part of oar work , if in any way we cauld work for ourielvts [ without the present master class , ] we should get the whole . '— { Al quoUd in Qaar . See . Afcc . 1823 . )
1 The accumulations of the capitalist or landed proprietor , are , ' sayt another writer , ' the accumulations of the poor man's laboar . And they are consequently in possession of what is not truly their own , Wbessver we search far the source of wealth , whether ot the necessa . ties or superfluities of life , it is easily found in tbe toils , cares , and iageaaity of tbe labouring poor . Labourers aew foolishl y imsgiaetbetthe wages they get Is tbe full reward of thsir labour . They do not yet discover that their master is enriched , not by his own , but by their laboar . They are , however , fast beoomicr cornlsaat of
their rights , aad the justice of their claims to a partici . pation of all the laud sad wealth of the country . And what if the labourers sheold form a league , to employ cae another , and to work for themselves ? Nothing woald be more easy if they were united , fins , and Intel . ligcnt ,,,,.,. { Ht ] who shall first come forward , with charity and Intelligence , to draw mea Into communities , and denounce as wicked , the individual accumulations of Wealth , and the odious and demaralusingcompetition ,... shall do [ much ] for bis country and the world !'— { Way . land ' s Kationtl Advancement . )
PBOfESTT . Ha who does not gain what he consumes by his own industry , unduly acquires tbe property of ether * . As no one , without injustice , can evade bis share of the labours necessary to the general welfare , — so no one tbat does duly labour can , without injustice , be denied all that is essential to his well-being . Erery man may therefore be asked , —What portion of the annual accumulation Is really deserved by you t How much iosm actually fall to your share ! Every one obtains more thsa be enght who receives more than ho gives . What , then , may be said of those , who receive nothing bat benefits , end confer nothing but evils ! If each in enriching himtslf could do go only bj enriching those with whom he interchanges , plenty would become general . If ell suffered as any destitution arises , how great would bo tbe general anxiety to supersede It ! of
Aa ignorance of man ' s nature , and a dereliction the sacred principles of Justice , reason , and charity . In building up the Institutions of ssciety , are , says Wayland , ' the cease of all the evils that afflict humanity . We a ' re all joint tenants of the earth , seized , as our law books say , ' per my et per tout . ' The all-benntlful Creator gave to man dominion over all tbe earth ( Genesis i . 28 . ) The earth , thsrefore , and all things therein , are the general property of all mankind And upon the principles of equal and impartial justice , the good thingt of this world are a commen stock , upon which one righteous man has 68 valid title as aaotber . The doctrine of the injustice of accumulated property has been the foundation of all moraliey As soon as mankind snail lsam to do justice and love mercy , they who are aow called the poor and abased , with the epithets of lower'and « Inferior' orders , will be found in reality to be the only jast owaers of the laad and all besides . They wil l be acknowledged as the true and oroner lords of the soil . ' - f National Advancement . )
In whatever obscarlty some persons may find it con . vrnicnt to ( evolve commercial operations , In their obserration * about capital aad credit , it Is abundantly obvioms that ail wealth must ever arise solely from
associates labooe acting on the land ; aadcontUtla the product thance restdtine To corporeal and intellectual labour we again and again say , that all the wealth created must ever of right primarily beiOfiK-tfBatwr * be present arraawmenta of society may determine , to the ceatrary . To the UgUimato production and distribution of wealth , capitsUstt , dealers in credit , and laadlordsare now oaly SU loshawsMifl which th « e three words
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are understood , the classes they denote should be wholly superseded . AH should become landlords and capitalists . And thus one cless oaly would be r quired . The Many ought no longer to be sacrificed . The whole business of the poor , * says Burke , ' is to administer to the idleness , folly , and loiury of the rich . And that « f the rich , in return , is to find the best methods of confirming the slavery of the poor . Ia a state of nature it is en invariable law , that a man ' s acqalslions are In proportion to his labours . In a state of artlfictaUoclety , it 1 b ft l . w as constant and as invaviable , that those who labour most esj . y tha fewest things ; and those who labour not at all have the greatest number of enjoyments \ The blindness of one partof mankind [ The Many ] co-operating with the pbrenzy and vlllany of the other , [ The Few ] has been the real builder of this respectable fabric of political society . —( rmdieation of Hat . Sot . ) ' v "" ""^ "
It would iufleed bo one of the greatest of all absurdi . ties to Imagine the few and the many system may lawfully estst , that certain miscalled benevolent persons may clumsily endeavour to remedy the smallest lota of the mighty evil thence arising , by the distribution of a petty sum of money . This is truly only adding insult to injustice . Nothing is more common than to hear the aumber and extent of our public charities lauded to the utmost . Par more becoming would It be for a general lamentation to prevail , that there is so much destitution and suffering r « quiring relief from publiccbarity ! The impossibility of a pew greatly enriching themselves , but b y the sacrifice of the kani , evinces tbat all wealth mast righteously ever bo tbe property of tbe industrious portion of society at large . Ftivate property , we therefore consider , In the sense In wbich It is at present naderstood , to bs unlawful in the sight ef Heaven Tho view here taken is supported by Rousseau , Abbe Mabl y , Beccaria , and others . { ®* Another eeries of extracts in next week's Siar .
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1 . On the contusion between Qeology and the Pentateuch . In a Letter to Profeasor Silliman , Horn Thomas Cooper , M . D . 2 . Cerebral Physiology and Malerialitm . By W . C . Ekomdos , M . D . 3 . An Esiay on Mraelet . By David Hume . 4 . A Letter to tke People of France . By George Sard . 5 . ' What is a Chartist ? ' Answered . London : J . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . 1 , Tbe searching criticism and argumentative reasoning exhibited throughout this work stamps the author a very superior xaan . Free inquirers and truth-seekers will do well to make acquaintance with this publication . For as the author well saye ; ' The times call for full and unlimited freedom of examination in every department of knowledge vrithont exception ; nor ought any opinion of nay kind or description to pass current as truth , unless it be founded on such facts and such arguments as will stand the test of minute and accurate investigation before tbe tribunal of tho public '
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2 . This ia the report of an address delivered to the Phrenological Association in London , and has a letter appended from Dr Elliotson , cn ' Meamerio Phrenology and Materialism . This pamphlet will be exceedintly interesting te all who have made Phrenology their study .
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3 . A very neat and cheap reprint of David Hume ' s celebrated essay—a master-piece of clear and unanswerable reasoning , as the follewing brief extract will testify : — When any one tells me that he s & w a deaa man mtored to life , I Immediately consider with myself whether it bs more probable that this person iheald either deceive , or be deceived , or that the fact which he relates should really have happened . I weigh thi one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover , I pronounce my decision , and always njeot the greater miracle . If the falsehood ef bis teitimony would bs more miraculous then tbe event which he relates ; then , and not till tken , can he pretend to command my belief or opinion .
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L It is a pity that recent events have withered the hopeful aspirations of the eloquent authoress of this address . Madame Dudevant ( better known by her assumed name of George Sand , ) has before this time learned that the merciful magnanimity of tha masses ia their hour ef victory has been foully abated and horribly requited , by the eternal enemies of Labour . This ' letter' tears date the 7 th of March . Ere two months had elapsed from that date proscription had driven the authoress from Paris . How at this time ber heart must be rent by the horrors of which Paris has been tbe theatre within the last few days . Let all' philanthropists' reflect that the blood of the people has flowed in June because the rich conspirators were shielded by Lamartine from the aword of justice in February . Behold the fruits of pepular' magnanimity' and poetical' moderation . '
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5 . This ia a new edition of a well written dialogue setting forth the principles of the Charter , and answering objections . It may be had at the rate of Is . per 100 , or 600 for if . Chartist local councils and csmmittees should obtain quantities for distribution .
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1 . The BlaehBook of the British Ariitocracy . London : W . Strange , Paternoster Row . 2 . The Blus Booh of the Britith Manufacturers ; a Companion to the Black Book , By SguiBB Auu . London : Parry and Co , 32 , LeadenuaU-street . 1 . We earnestly recommend this little book to our readers . Besides exposing the monstrous jobberies and robberies perpetrated by the aristocracy at the expense of the people ; the ' Black Book also contains much valuable information as regards tha
corrupt constitution of the House of Commons , of great value at tbe present moment , The shovr . up of the aristocratic locusts and noble paupers , exhibiting their pensions and plucderinga , is admirable . B & rrb spoke of monarchy as ' the cheap defence of nations . ' Thanks to such publications as the 'Black Book , ' the'Swinish Multitude' are no longer the dunes of such unprincipled distorters of the truth , ' as was the ' sublime and beautiful' pensioned apostate . The cheapness ot the present excellent system , may be seen at a glance in the following extract : —
COST OF THE EXECUTIVE GOTERN 1 SINTS OP ENGLAND AND AMERICA . The following list exhibits , at a glance , the price we pay for being governed on the Royal and Aristocratic system , as compared with another people across tbe Atlantic , who have a common sinse way of cbooslsg their owngovernors : — SALSBIEB OF THE BBITISH SiLASIEB OF THE AHHItXECOTIVE , OAK SZECCTIVE . Qaeen , Royal Fsmlly , £ Presideat of the £ aad Appurtenances 771 , 165 United States ... , 260 CABiRir . Vice-President 1 , 852 1 st Lord of Treasury ... 5 , 000 Secretary of State ... 1 , 825 Chancel , of Exeheq ... 5 , 080 Secretary of War ... 1 , 825 Home Secretary ... 5 . 000 Secretary of the
Foreign Secretary ... 5 , 000 Hevy 5 , 825 Colonial Secretary ,,, 5 , 000 Postmaster General 1 , 825 Secretary at War ... 2 , 480 Attornoy . General ... 911 1 st Lord of Admiralty 4 , 500 Secretary to the Sefcord Chancellor ( inclad- nale 918 ing salary as Speaker Commlssloa of Paof the Eouseoi Lords H , 000 tents 918 Lord Pres . of Council ... 2 , 000 Paymaster General 526 fjord Privy Seal ... 2 , 000 We hare here re-Cbancollor of tbe Duchy duced the amounts ef Lancaster ... 4 , 060 as paid ia dollars Cbf . Coramiiaioner Into pounds ster-Woods & Forests ... 2 , ( 00 ling , to show the President of the Board contrast more
forof Trade ... ... 2 , 000 elbly ; snd from the Postmaater-Osnersl ... , 500 aamcasry 1 c ap-President of the Board pears that the saof Control .. ... 3 . 500 lary which our isiHisTaaiAL a 7 poikthe ! 1 T 8 . Artstocratio go-Tbre e Junior Lords of vernment pays to the Treasury , £ 1 , 200 the Lord Lleuteeach 3 , 600 nant of Ireland Two Joint Secretaries alone , exeseds that to Treasury , £ 2 , 600 of the entire Execn . e 8 C b 5 , 000 tire Government First Under-Secretary of the United to Home Daparment 2 , 000 States ; that the Second do . do . I , fi 00 Secretary for Ire-Two Un der-Secretaries - ' and is paid a to Foreign Depart- higher salary than ment , £ 1 , 509 each ... 3 , 000 that of the Cbief that
First Under-Secretary Governor of to Colonial Depart- Of 68 . 1 RopuMlC ; ment 2 , 000 and that our Un . 2 ad Under-Secretary to der-Seoretarles of Colonial Department 1 , 500 State gobble up 1 st Jon , Commissioner among them a sum Woods and Forests 1 , 450 which , on the Second do . do . 1 , » 00 other side of the Four Jun . Lords Admlr- Atlantic . Is found ally £ 1 000 each ... 4 , 000 sufficient for the 1 st Secretary to do . ... 2 , 000 comfortable go-Second do . do . 1 , 500 vernment of Two Secretaries to 17 , 000 , 000 of clvi . Board of Control , » Bed men £ 1 , 500 each .. 3 , Assis tant Secretary do 1 , 200 Vice-President of Board of Trade , and Master
of the Mint 2 , 000 Paymaster General ... 2 , 100 Comraanler-in-Chlef ... 3 , 458 D puty-Secretary at V 7 . r 2 , 000 jadgo Advocate Gsn ... 2 , 000 Master Gen . of Ordnance .. . » MO O SuiTijorGeo . ofdo ... 1 . 200 Searetary to tbe Board l , « 0 Clerk of Ordnance ... 1 , 200 Storekeeper of do ... 1 , 200 I BtXAHP . Lord Lieutenant ... 20 , 000 Lord Chancellor .. 8 . Chief Secretary »•• 5 i
£ 921 453 £ 16 , 685
1. The Blaehbook Of The British Ariitocr...
But the contrast does not end hero ! Our governors contrive to create places , posts , ond sinecure offices , into which ihey contrive to siuff their sons , brothers , half cousins , toadies , friend * , and political supportersall at the public coat . There is no end to the secretary , ships and comrflissiontrsbJps which tbey have con . trived for this purpose : every poor , almest without es . ceptlon , has , through his relations , taken a dab at tho public puree by turns . We should like to extract the account of the coat of the * War Men , ' but cannot afford room . We trust that . this exposure of aristocratic rascality will have a wide circulation .
2. Tho Author Of The 'Blue Book Complain...
2 . Tho author of the 'Blue Book complains that the' Bhck Book' only unfolds part of the black system , saying nothing about tbe money received out of the public taxes by * Roman Catholics , Protestant Dissenters , and batches of commissioners , he has therefore written the' Blue B iok' to make up this deficiency . Mr Autt is an Oastlerite Tory , and , of course , a great sti kler for tbe Established church : and , in his zeal for that chutoh he shows up the pickings out of the public taxes eacked by Roman Catholics and dissenters in the shape of Parliamentary Grants , & o . Mr Acty also insists that the aristocracy are not the only plunderers of the people ; the manufacturers must take their share of responsibility for the prevailing destitution . Very good . lie proceeds to expose the retuctions of wages , and the cruelties of the Factory system by which the manufacturers have obtained their wealth . He ehowa that within the last fifty years the wages of hand-loom weavers have fallen from 20 j . to 5 i . fid . a week ; and the wages of spinners have fallen more than one-half . On the subject of machinery our author says : — Although Cobden has declared in tbe House of Commons , that machinery never throw tt > e working olaestg out of employment , yet , ic is a woll-knowB fact , that thousands In this town , ( Bradford ) , are suffering the privations of deititutlon and distress , on tbat account , and no otter . It Is the duty , then , of tbemanufac turere , who have been the main instruments in this par . tlcular of destroying manual labour , to make provisions at once for the injured party . To accomplish this , W 8 contend tbat tbey can do nothing better than agitate the question of allotting the working men on the land . Although not so well got up as the ' Black Book / the 'Blue Book * contains a geod many facts which should be known ; in spite , therefore , of Mr Arjir ' s rather ridiculous Toryism , and denunciations of 'impudent democrat * . ' we shall take the liberty to recommend No . 2 of these b oka as a companion to No . 1 . When the working man has read both , and reflects upon the doings of both aristocrats and miliocrntp , he will be forced to the conclusion we long ago arrived at— 1 Tantararara , rogues all !'
Periodicals . The Reaeoner. Parts: 23 24...
PERIODICALS . The Reaeoner . Parts : 23 24 , 25 , 26 London J . Watson , Queen ' s Ilead-pauage , Paternoster
row . 2 . The Republican . No . 9 . Watson . 3 . The People ' s Press . No . 19 . Watson . 4 . The Family Herald , Part 62 . London : G Biggs , 421 , Strand . 5 . The People . Nob . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . J . Barker , Wortley , near Leeds , 6 . ivie Warwickshire Halfpenny Patriot- J . Rain , bow , 3 Court , Essex street , birminghim ; and Watson , London . The Reasoner has , we perceive , completed a fourth volume , and commenced the fifth , under promising auspices . We were startled at finding in No . 103 an article beaded , ' Felonious Speaking , ' written by Mr Collet , avowedly for the purpose of trying how far the Gagging Law m i ght be violated with impunity . The editor heralds the article as ' a bold comment , ' ' of some public importance . ' Of course , after such an introductionwe expected a terrible specimen of
, Mr Collet ' courage , but' blessed are they who expect nothing . ' Mr C . ' s heroism is all both . He lauds the Queen and abuses the National Charter Association , and all he eaje about Republicanism amounts to something very like twaddle . For a ' felonious ' writer we never read a * worser . ' The general contents of the' Reaeoner' embrace subjects the discussion of which would be out of place in a newo < paper ; it is , therefore , sufficient that we do justice to Mr Holyoake ' s spirit of * fair play , ' as shown by his treatment of theological opponents . In this respect the 'Reasoner' exhibits itself worthy of the name it bears . Po'itically the * Reasoner' w , to our thinking , decidedly' slow . ' But everything after its kind is & law of nature , and it would be unreasonable to expect' the mildest-mannered man" in the ranks of public disputants , to 'go a-head' after the fashion that pleases us . We give the following extract from No . 97 : —
BOW ratNCE BECAME A BEFDBLIC , The journals have stated that the Republic was proclaimed in tbe Chamber of Deputies on tbe 24 th of February , but not how it happened . Tho Pvpulaire , of March 28 th , contains an interesting statement signed MtLCBioa Guides ? , National Guard , and foreman e < the manufactory of waterproof substances of Baudolo brothers . He relates that on February 24 th ho repaired to the Chamber of Deputies , accompanied by Svo or six National Guards , two flag bearers , and seventy or eighty armed citizens . They traversed strong bodies of troops without opposition—arrived at the Chamber , twelve or fifteen forced t ho outer doors j Gdibebt alone ar . rived at tbo inner entrance , where the guards wanted to stop him but be presented his bayonet and threatened
to fire , pushed on , and found himself in the midst of the Deputies , accompanied only by on ensign . He cried : ' Gentlemen , you are no longer Deputies ; we are mas . tern , ' The Regency was air ady granted to the Duchess of Orleans , with Thiers and Barrot , He was excessively iroited and his looks so threatening , that nobody dared to interfere . He r mainad thus , guncocked and read y to fire , for five or six minutes , wh « n fourteeu or fifteen of bis companions rushed in , Ledru Rollln was then able to prottst against the Eegency , and Lamar tine to obtain a hearing . Then the rest of the column , stopped at tbe entrance , forced a passago and rushed in tumultuously . The Duchess and her children , tbe Duke of Nemours , and the Deputies fled , and the Provisional Government was then named amidst cries ot' Vive lu
Ropublique ! ' They were then conducted to tbe Hut 1 de Tillo , Lamartlne was so exhausted by emotion that ho was near fainting , and forced to stop on tbe way to take some wine , Tbe writer continues : ' This march into the Chamber produced immense results , and to that alone is owing tbe Republican form aud the Provisional Government ; for , a quarter of an boar inter , the Council of Regency would have been proclaimed in ail the legions of tbe National Guards , who would willingly have rallied round it , and their influence would have calmed tbe public mind , ana caused the acceptances of the royalty of the Comte de Paris , the Regency of the Duchess of Orleans , and the ministry of Thiers and 0 . Barret . Thus our held march through the numerous troops , and our entrance in the Chamber , changed the face of events . T . W . T ,
Amongit The Most Recent Articles From Th...
Amongit the most recent articles from the pen of Mr Holyoake , we single out , aa tbe most worthy ot commendation , tbe' Moral Remains of the Bible , ' and ' Rudiments of Rhetoric '
2.—' Why Aro The People Denied The Suffr...
2 . — ' Why aro the People denied the Suffrage 1 ' is tbe title of a well-written article . The other contents ef this minth ' s Rspoblican are on ' Universal Suffrage , ' the 'Diatribution ol Electoral Power , ' ' Taxation ;' a biographical sketch of Major Cartwright , and a dissection of Disraeli , 'the Man of Tradition . '
3.—We Suggest That Something Like Consis...
3 . —We suggest that something like consistency ol tone would considerably improve the People ' s Fkbss . At page eigbty-uitie it ia said that ' tbe 10 th of April has left Chartism stronger in the nation than before ; ' whilst at page ninety-six , we see the National Petition , the Kennington Common meeting , and Mr O'Connor , ridiculed , sneered at , and misrepresented .
4.—Tbia Part Of The Family Herald Contai...
4 . —Tbia Part of the Family Herald contains facts and fancies , romances and anecdotes , and pastime in prose and poetry—generally interesting . We must except a page of stupid rhyme , entitled ' The Weathercock Nation of Brothers . ' Sad trash .
5.—This Publication Is, In Us Tone, The ...
5 . —This publication is , in Us tone , the very opposite to the Reasons n , yet not deficient in reason either . Mr Barker is a sort of mom force Mitohel , but , although he eschews the employment of arms , wa will not promise him freedom from periecation . He tells too much truth , and expresses that truth in language too plain and striking to be long tolerated by the possessors of power . Mr Barker writes with a tomahawk , and such writing is necessary to bring down the foul creatures of corruption and usurpation . Tbb People cannot fail to commands large sale wherever it has once been seen .
6, The Name Of This Publication Is Badly...
6 , The name of this publication is badly chosen . ' The Halfpenny Patriot is suggestive of a sneer , on tho part of the enemies of all patriotism ; and their sneers when founded upon tbe errors of patriots are not harmless . The 'Patriot announces itself a ' Complete Suffrage Advocate . ' The writers belong to the tame aoheol of half-Chartists . They must get above the ' bated breath and bondeman'B key style , if they would win auecess .
Democracy And Its Mission.—Translated Fr...
Democracy and its Mission . —Translated froo ihe French of M . Guizot . London : E . Wilson , Royal Exchange . A clever string of sophisms to prove the woraa the better reason ; every way worthy of the prostituted intellect of the ' Man of Ghent . ' In 1837 , Goizot , being then out of office , published the article of which W 8 have here a translation in the Revue Francaite . The article is a review of two works written to show tbat the structure of modern society in France is Demo cratic . One a , uthois said that the tendency 01 this democracy was towards a Constitutional Monarch ? ; the other that its mission was to establish a RfinubliC . The following extract from the ' ' " prefatory notice' fairly indicate the character of QmA-t ' review /
Democracy And Its Mission.—Translated Fr...
U his critique , which is Bn exposition of his own views , Gmsot Bides with the ami-Rcpubllcan writtr . He condemns the war waged b , tbe many , occupying the 10 * er ranks , against tbe few plBCCd over them ; ' -be denounces the peraonal eoverelgnt y exercised by men over themselves ; -ho declares . hat the sovereignty of the people is ' a tyranny- / -ho inveighs against 'the utter vanity , both theoretically and practically , of tho sovereignty of the msny , and Universal Suffrage ; ' —he Inculcetes the doctrine that men who aspire to liberty should submit , above all things , to the aotaal Kovcrnment under whloh they live ;— . in short , M . Guiaot endoavoured to show , that such a government as Louis Philippe would hava was ' wisest , virtuousest , discreotest , best . '
* We can , ' says the editor , readily ' imagine Louis PniLiyPB reading this article embodying his own views of absolutism , and , at the conclusion drawing from a secret drawer that celebrated book , bouad in red morocco , lettered ' MY MEN' ( Homrnes a , Moi ) , which , in the hurry of the flight , he left behind him at tho Tuileries . We can imagine the ' every-man-has-his . price , ' chuckle with which he inscribed the name of Francis Peter William Guizot in that record of attained and attainable men . ' In the following pas > sage Gnu vr unwittingly predicted his own ruin , in describing the natural downfall of a rotten system : — Political rights aud privileges have been exclusively concentrated la tho hande of a email number . This con . centratlon no longer appears justifiable , upon the plea of superiority litherln riches , influence , intelligence , or moral and social strength . Tbe multitude rises , and riclaimo , Let us count our numl erg ; wo are all equal ; let the power belong to the many .
Tbe ancient edifioc yields to the vigour of their atlacke , and falls to tho ground . This is a fearful , but under the decrees of Provldeaoe , a predestined work . When tho ancient edifice becomes contracted , inconvenient , uninhabitable , rulneus , and defvndtd only by a corps of invalids , its fall is inevlta-We ; and the bottoring . ram , the sap aud the mine , detach It from the soil with a force that threatens even the soil itself . Asa specimen of the misdirected ability of King Smith ' s unecrupulous rtura . of all work , this pamphlet is worthy the attention of the curious .
Prjblicatioira Received.—Tali's Magazine...
PrjBLiCATioira Received . —Tali ' s Magazine , and the Ethnological Journal for July ; Carpenter ' s Peerage for the People ; Sketches of the Queen ' s Household ; England an Oligarchy , The Childhood o f Mary Leeion ,
Oremorne Gardens. The Weather On Monday ...
OREMORNE GARDENS . The weather on Monday and Tuesday was rather unpropitioun for this delightful pJaca of amusement . We are happy to state that the aquatic sports have been greatly improved since we last saw them : the wrestling on the raft by genuine Devonians and Cornishmen was excellent . Their wrestling , if not so showy , to'd the practised eye at once tbat they knew the secrets of the manly sport . The first pair of light weights , after a brief bout decided their fortune , waen Olver and a stalwart Cornuhman caught collar and elbow for the turn . These pair of heavy ones excited great interest , Aftereeveral attempts at tbe
cross heave , Olver got his man close to the edge of the Uiating-raft , but in lifting his ponderous adversary , tbe platform , depressed by their united weight , canted , and although he flung his opponent floundering into tbe deep water , he himself went overboard amid the laughter of tbe spectators . The tournament , both in its men and materiel , has also advanced . Half a doz n stalwart life-guardsmen , in heroic costume , did the hnightly business with spear and glaive , ia charge , and in hand to hand encounter . The concert , tbe acrobats , the vocalists , the ballet , and the pyrotechnics , have too often been noticed and lauded to require praise or description .
Rational Moriatfon Af Fc'ftfc Crate.
Rational Moriatfon af fc ' ftfc Crate .
• Knowledge It Power—Union Is Strength.'...
• Knowledge it Power—Union is Strength . ' From all parts of the country we have the most indisputable evidence of the unshaken fidelity of the trades of England and Scotland in tbe movement , which has for its object the liberation of the sons of Labour from the unmeasured and extortionate pretensions of that pitiful and contemptible section of small capitalists , whose delight , nay , whose religion , appears to consist in devising cunningly contrived schemes for enriching themselves by the most
heartless encroachments upon the wages of their hands . It is against this noxious fraction of an important class , and not against the capitalists , as a class , that the National Association wages an uncompromising warfare . We subscribe without reservation , to the axiom , 'That the possession ol rights involves the performance of duties . ' But we shall always contend that this axiom must be universal in its application . It applies to the wealthiest capitalist in an equal degree as to the humblest la < bourer , and that any attempt to filch from the la < bourer ' s scanty wages by fines , arbitrary abatements , forced contributions for religious or political purposes , or by the detestable system of truck , are base
and dishonourable violations of this sound philosophical maxim . The Central Committee of the National Association for Labour , while claiming the social rights for Labour , never have , and never will , knowingly sanction , on the part of the members a violation of their duties as labourers . But when they find attempts made to deprive them of that freedom of action , which tho laws of the country admit as rightfully appertaining to the working man , they would he guilty of a grave dereliction of their duty were they to hesitate is making ample use of every power at their command , to expose the dark and dirty proceedings of such as would lift themselves into opulence and position , by
trampling upon the rights of the helpless beings whom chance , and not demerit , has placed within their power . And in thus exercising the important trust delegated to them , they feel assured they shall at all times have with them the sympathies and active support of the good and reflecting portion of all classes , including the honourable portion of the capitalists themselves . We have been led into these remarks in consequence of a letter which appears in the last week ' s Star , headed , ' Reply to alleged Tyranny at Rippondeu , ' and signed by James Parson and eleven others , refuting certain allegations , published under the authority of this Committee , in the Star of the 10 th of June .
The facts stated in that article we have on the most indisputable testimony ; and further , that from our own agent sent there to inquire into the case , we are informed that the facts as there stated are substantially correct , and we are moreover informed , and can prove , that the parties or some of them , whose names appear appended to the letter in the last Stak , have been coerced into giving their signature under penalty of immediate discharge upon refusal ; nay , we assert tbat Joseph Atkinson did refuse , and was discharged forthwith . This Committee will not , of course , condescend to bandy arguments with Messrs Parson and fellows , who , by their truckling conduct , have placed themselves without the pale of honest fellowship . Suffice it to say , the facts are as they have been stated , and are notorious in Kipponden .
We shall for the present conclude our remarks upon this most disgraceful job , by propounding the following questions , which probably some persons in Ripponden may favour us with answers to : — 1 st . Did James Parson and the others whose names appear to the letter , ever subscribe as members to the Na . ionai Association ; and was it at the request of their employer they ceased so to subscribe ? 2 nd . Have these parties , upon condition they are employed , promised , or signed an agreement to the effect , not again to belong to any Association of this description ?
3 , Do jr do not Messrs Whitley and Sons supply candles to their hands to work by in the winter , and charge 7 d per lb . for the said candles , when they can be purchased in the village for Old ? 4 . Is there not an individual now in the employ of this firm , who possessing a freehold house of his ewn , was compelled to take a house of his emp loyer , at a rent of £ 8 15 s , when houses in the neighbourhood of similar description arc let for rents varying from £ 4 to £ 5 ? With reference to the trucking , Messrs Whitley were not charged with directly violating ( he laws ,
we believe them too cautious . for that . But we ask ' J . T . Thomas , ' if he can inform us whether there are not two shop in the immediate neighbourhood of the works kept , one by the son , and the other by the son-in-law of Mr Whitley ; and whether T . Thomas — if , as he says , he is a shopkeeper— does not think he would be getting more custom , if the shops of his neighbours were not so powerfully attractive to those working at the mills of Messrs Whitley and Sons . Why the fact is , this shopkeeping affair , so adroitly managed by the Whitley family , is the most transparent dodge that ever was palmed upon the credulity of the public .
It is barely an evasion , it is almost an open violation ; of the Truek Act , and ought to he , and is deservedly exposed with a view only of putting a stop to such mean and nefarious . proceedings ; and we apprehend the disclaimer of Messrs Parson and Co ., leaves the case prcciBelyJaJhe same position as we originally stated
Jtact^ An Jfaitnas.
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' We Ci.Lltlie Ehoktsl.' Findiho Of The ...
' We ci . lltlie ehoktsl . ' FINDIHO OF THE B "» DT OF HAROLD . ( From Sir E . B . Lytton's Harold , the last of tin Saxon Kings ) ' See , ' said Da Graville , 'how near yon loaely woman bath come to tbe tent « f the Duke—yen , to the foot of tho holy gonfonon , which supplinted' the fighting man- . ' fardex , my heart bleeds to see her striving to lift op the heovy deed !' The monks neared the spot , and Osgood exclaimed in a voioe almost joyful—1 It is Edith tho Fair ! This wav , the torches ! hither quick !'
The corpses had hetn fl-ang in irreverent hasto from either side of tbe gonfanon to moUv too a fer the banasr of the conquest , end tbe pavilion of the feast . HuJoied together , they lay } n that holy bed . And tho won , ; . n silently , and by the help of no li ^ ht save the moon , vr . is intent on her search . Sho wa ' . vcd her band lmpav . i » tly as they approached , as if jealous of tbe dead ; but as she had not sought , so neither < lid she oppose , their n \<\ . Moaning low to herself , she d- slated from her task s . od knelt watching them , and shaking her head mournfully , as they removed helm after h ^ lm , and lowered the torches upon stem an 1 livid brows . At length tho lights fell red and full on tbo ghastly face of HUco— prouJ sad sad as i n life . De Graville uttered an exclamation : « Tho K ' ng ' o nephew ; be sure the King It near !' A shudder went over the wonuu ' s form , and taomsan . in ? ceased .
Tbey unhelmed another corpse ; and tbe monks and the knight , after one glance , turned away eichened aud awe . stricken at the si ft btj for the face was all di . fj-t . tured and mangled with wounds ; and nought could they recognise save the ravaged majesty of what h <* d r" ? vU man . But at the sight of that face a wild shriek biotto from Edith ' s heart . She started to her feet—put aside the monks wltl . a wild and angry gesture , end btndlng over the face , sought rvlth her long hair to wipe from it the clotted bloix ";; then with convulsive fingers ahe strove to loc-en the buckler of the breast-matl . The knight knelt to assist her , ' No , no , ' she gasped out . * He is mine—mine now !'
Her hands bled as the mail gave way to her efforts ; tbe tunic beneath was all dabbled with blood . Shereul the folds , and on the breast , just above tho silenced heart , were punctured , in the old Saxon letters , the word 'Edith , ' aad jast beloir , ia characters more fresh , the word' EnQLaHc ' ' See , sec ! ' she orled In piercing accents ; and else p . ing the dead in her arms , ebe hissed tbe lips , and called aloud , in words of the tenderest endearments , asifaUe addressed the living . All there knew that the eyes of love had recognised the dead . ' Wed , wed , ' murmured tho betrothed ; ' wed at last ! O Harold , Harold ! tho Fates wero true and kind ; ' and laying her head gently on the breast of tho dead , she smiled and died .
QUIZZICAL QUESTIONS . If \ Q & , make a Frank , how many will make an Arab ? If 16 s . make a iotn ' j d'or , how many will mako a Louis Philippe ? II 5 \ yards make a perch , how many will make a roach ? If 120 threads make a cut , how many will close it f If 70 yards of canvas will make a sail , how many wiil make a sailor ? A REQtjisi' Ahswbrbd —A person advertised' A boy wanted . ' Some one left at his door an infant in a bandbox , with this inscription , ' How will this answer ?' Public Plunder . —The Dake of Wellington has received from the time he entered tbe public service up to the present , tbe enormous sum of £ 1 , 800 , 000 sterling from the public crib .
Pboop or Marriage . —A witness being asked bow he knew that that man and woman were husband and wife , replied , ' because he had often heard the lady blow the gentleman up . ' The evidence was held to be conclusive .
HAT HOMAGE , I cannet with a grace , Bjw even to a king , Deck ' d with the pomp of place—A silly sceptred thing . While eager thousands throng To worship at Its feet , I only smile , and pass along , Bat doff no hat to It . Fools who are willing may ; / cannot stoop—that ' s flat ; To Idol forms of clay I'll never doff my hat , I bow not to tbe Priest—I incense not his shrine ; My only hope is Christ ,
My creed the Book Divine . The titba-gorg'd Hog ! to him I pay no willing fee ; His i , rm might be starvation s'lm For all he'd get from me . Ho threats bis ready hell In vain—to him ( that ' s fht ) , The surplio'd Infidel , I ' ll never doff my hat . The rich , the great , the gay , Who roll along our street ; In I usury ' a array , I bonr not when I meet ; When every head is down . And every bonnet ' s doff d , 1 fis my hat , and sought a tune , And lift my poll aloft ,
Not half so seft my skin ! Nor sides so sleek and fat ; The stuff ' s so good within ; I ' ll never doff my hat . Tail ' s If agaike . Thb TonjNti Miluonb . — Fancy , ' aays Thomas Carlyle in hia ' French Revolution , — ' Fancy / says he , ' some five full-grown millions of gaunt figures , with their haggard faces , starting up to ask , as in forest roarings , their washed upper classes , after long unrenewed centuries , virtually this question
—• Ilow have ye treated us—how have y « taught na , fed us , and led us while we toiled for yon ? ' The answer can be read in flames over the nightly summer sky . ' Thie ia the feedinf and leading we hare had of yon : Emptiness—of pocket , of stomach , of head and heart . Behold there is nothing in t«—nothing bat what nature gives her wild children of the desert—ferocity and appetite , stren gth grounded or hunger . Did ye mark among your Rights of Man , that man was not to die of starvation while there was bread reaped by him ? It is among the Rights of Man .
Reigning and Mizzling . — Louis Philippe left his umbrella at Paris ; We suppose that he had no use for it when the reign was over . Excellent—A military critic in one of th » New York Journals , blames a commanding officer for absence of presence of mind , Vbrt True , —A conceited traveller being asked if he had seen the * Bridge of Sighs' at Venice , rex plied that ' there was no bridge of any size in the whole city . ' Hot and Colb . —All bitters have a heating tendency or effectmadam' said a doctor to a lady ,
, , You will except a bitter cold merning , won't you doctor ? ' replied the lady . Right of Rbsistancs . —Wherever tow ends ' , tyranny begins . If the law be transgressed to another ' * harm , and whosoever in authority exceeds the power given him by law , and makes use of the force under his command to compass that upon theieubjeefc which the law allows not , he ceases in tbat to be a magistrate ; and , acting without authority , may be opposed as any Other man , who by force invades the right of another . —loejfc *' * Treatise on Gouernnwnt .
Sensible Rkuabk by a Whig !— ' Every man who is a pure democrat may explain why he is so : but every man who is not ao , should be equally frank in explaining why he ia not . It is time for every one to be ready to give a reasan for the faith' that is in him ; ' and if he has no reason against Chartism , let Mm subsoriba to the Charter . ' - Qtofa January 29 ,
1841 . Isrsligidn op Mojurchs . —Of all kind of men , God is the least beholden unto kings ; for he doth moat for them , and the ) do ordinarily least forhiffli —Lord Bacon ' s Essays . An Honest Judge on the Liberty , op ths Subject . —The guards—what guards ? what or whom does the law understand or allow to batbebiag ' e guards , for the preservation of hia person ? Whom shall the court tbat tried the noble lord ( Russell ) , whom shall the judges of tho law that were then present and upon their oatha—whom shall the ; judge er legally understand by these guards ?—they never read of them in all their law boohs . There is not anv statute-law that makes tbe least mention oi any
guards . Thelaw of England takes no notice ofany such guards : and therefore the indictment ia uncertain and void . The king ia gaarded by the special protection of Alm ighty God , by whom he reigns , and whose vice-gerent he is . He has an invisible . guard , a guard of glorious angels . The king is guarded by the love of his subjects , the next nnder God and the surest guards , fie ie guarded by the law aud the courts of justice . The militia and the trained bands are his legal guards , and tho whole kingdom ' s guards . The very judges that tried this noble lord were the king ' s g uards and the kingdom ' s
guards ; and the Lord Russell's guard—against all erroneous and imperfect indictments , from all false evidence and proof , from ail stains of wit and oratory misapplied and abused by counsel . What other guards are there ? We know of no law for more-King Henry VII . of this kingdom , as history tells us , was the first that set np the band of pensioners , since this , the yeoman of tie guard . Since than , certain armed bands ( commonly now-a-days after the French mode called the hina ' ahfe guards ) nde about , and appealing with naked [ flwords , to Jw terror of the nation , —but whtra u the law , ffharea the authority forthem ? - & r SOurt Mm % ™ Chief Baron , ParUamtntary and Poittmt TratU ,. iew ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 8, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08071848/page/3/
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