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" JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE , UNIVERSAL , ETERNAL . " THE BALLOT-BOX JUGGLERS . Some years ago . —at metropolitan street corners , the annual Greenwich mummeries , and , occasionally , at country fairs , —might be seen , in the company of perambulating pig-faced * ladies , learned Tobys , amazing giants , surprising dwarfs , voracious boa-constrictors * and other dear , delightful monstrosities , a ludicrous-looking character rejoicing in the style and title of " Brown ; " and specially known for what was ^ deemed by outsiders a most wonderful , not to sav miraculous , musical performance on a—salt-box ! It is true ,
the music was not ot the most refined order ; it would hardly have raised a mortal to the skies , or enticed an angel down ; but it had its charm , for some persons who saw with astonishment the various modes Mister Brown had of extracting noise , if not melody , from his juggling , rattling , salt-box . Of course that worthy character had in view the extracting of something more valuable than mere melody , namel y , the superfluous coppers of his admirers . It is probable , that ere this he has taken his salt-box to a loftier sphere .
It so , his mantle has fallen upon a worth y successor . The late illustrious "LiberatorofouldIreland ; - —the " saviour of the nation not yet saved , " was a mighty clever hand at the salt-box , performing therewith wonderful music to the tune of " Repeal , " varied with "J ) nly a farthing a-week , a penny a-month , a shilling a-year ! " These have been , and there are similar performers , on a smaller scale , all belonging to the Do- ' sm-Browv family ; and , with more or less success , pocketing pence in return for noise , —a beautiful adaptation of the " reciprocity principle . "
But the immortal Brown ' s salt-box bids fair to be superseded by a still greater take-in ,- —the Ballot-box ; on which certain Wizards of the North , alias "the celebrated Manchester Jugglers , " are just now " discoursing most excellent (?) music . " A reunion of Freetraders and Radical Reformers is announced to take place at Manchester , « on an imposing scale . " Thus , with authority , speaks the leading organ of the Radical Dissenters . That term " imposing" is well applied , if the reader will only translate it into its real meaning— -that of imposition ; that is to say , a deception , a piece of political jugglery designed to be played off b y certain renowned political schemers for their own advantage , and the befoolment
of the great mass of the public . The " game of speculation " is looking up . From Russell downwards all the political thimble-ri ggers are busy preparing to once more victimise the unthinking multitude . Each scheming faction has its own peculiar species of deception : Russell prates of " Democracy ;" the more practical men of the Manchester school demand the " Ballot ; " but all agree to do their best to stave off the ] advent of real Reform . The Ballot is evidently the end designed to be subserved by the forthcoming imposing manifestation at Manchester . It may be that to save appearances , to throw dust in the eyes of the public—to cajole the Parliamentary Reformers , and afford to the most shifty of that political sect a pretext for joining the standard
of Cobden and Co ., —that certain sonorous phrases concerning " representative reform" will be embodied in meaningless resolutions ; but the great object of the Manchester imposition will undoubtedly be , the inauguration of a movement for the Ballot , unaccompanied by even a mere " extension " of power to the great body of the people . The declarations of Cobden , Bright , and Hume indicate a settled purpose to summon forth the national energies for the obtainment of this miserable medium of parliamentary reform—the Ballot Some six weeks ago , Cobden , replying to an invitation to attend a " tenant-right" banquet at Newtonards , intimated that the next popular struggle must be for the
Ballot ; adding , —" For my own part , when Free-Trade and Protection are no longer political battle cries , I shall look forward with intense interest to the day when a really liberal and popular party shall organize itself , with a pledge never to abandon the iield until Vote by Ballot shall become the law of elections . " It is not necessary to ' be gifted with any large amount of prescience to foresee that which in reality has already come to pass . The jugglery of "Free-Trade versus Protection " was conclusively and finally used up in the late general elections . These political * battle cries , or rather cry , for the shouting was all on the side of the Free Traders , will not be of service in the future ; no , not even in such a sham-fight
as was the late election . Mr . Cobden and his friends must betake themselves to something new , or at least some " old clo" cry * ' new revived , " and " * shelp me Moses ( and Son ) as coot as new S " Hence this summons to the " field" to do battle for the Ballot . Bright , at Belfast has followed his leader , observing , — " I believe that no liberal Government can come into office , or remain in office , that is not prepared to bring forward a bill for the establishment of the Ballot . 1 think we can advance that operation very rapidl y after Parliament has assembled . " Here is an unmistakable
intimation to Lord John , that if he will climb once more to the heights of power , he shall pay the price dictated by Manchester . It has been rumoured that Hume had written a private letter to Cobden , remonstrating againt the taking up of the Ballot , pure and simple , as the end to be sought by anew popular movement . . But politicians wanting a principle , are proverbially the most slippery of creatures . You never know when you have them ; to vote black white , and turn their backs ( if not like Castlereagh—upon themselves ) upon their most recent professions , are with them matters of course .
Whatever the Nestor of ( very ) moderate reform may have privatel y written , his public letter , addressed to the Hull Advertiser chimes in fully and unreservedly with the declarations of Cobden and Bright . Speaking of a suggested union of liberal M . P / s , the member for Montrose observes , that " By whatever name to be called , the party must agree on one point , —say , Ballot ; and after a trial on one point , proceed from step to step to other points—all important—until the attention of the public can be fixed to the proceedings of the party . " These " expressions of opinion , " uttered
immediately previous to the assembling of Parliament , and preparatory to the imposing reunion at Manchester , admit of no misapprehension . ^ Plain as the sun at noon day , —palpable as the most incontestible of arithmetical conclusions / is the fact that this precious project of a Ballot-agitation is to be imposed upon the country . It may be anticipated , that the more conscientious among the " Parliamentary Reformers " will object and protest . But their opposition will be futile . The bourgeois power is still wielded by the Manchester men ; and working-class sympathy and support the little Charter men have not . The question remains : What prospect have suPPort
the Ballot-agitators , Cobden and his party , of gaining the adhesion their projected imposition ? be answered with the most assured certainty . ses wil * not tue Parliamentary Reincomplete , unequal , and unsatisfactory cha-Q f ° " ^ - ' ^ majr SJife , y be F * 3 te 4 that
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they will turn with disgust and derision from the hopeful project of Cobden and Co . What is it to the non-electors that the electors are so base and cowardly that they dare not , or so enslaved by the despotism of wealth that they cannot exercise the franchise as becomes freemen ? That may be a grievance for those invested with the suffrage , but it is of no importance to those excluded from the electoral pale . Moreover , what will become of the theory of the suffrage being held as a trust for the benefit of the non-electors as well as the electors , if the latter are to record their votes in secrecy ,
secure not only from the influence of the rich , but also the watchfulness of the poor ? Of course this " trust" theory , like the rest of o \\ v constitutional theories of " checks , " " balances , " & c , is downright humbug . But such as it is , it would be completely nullified by arming the privileged elector with the shield of the Ballot . Let this trust theory be scouted as it should be , and the franchise be exercised by each man in virtue of hisonanhood ; and then , indeed , there will be consistency in superadding the Ballot , Perhaps the importance of the Ballot has been overrated ; I . believe it has been , and that in practice it would be found less efficacious than its partisans suppose ; but be that as it may , all the protection it is capable
of affording should be enjoyed by the voter , provided that voter is not a privileged monopolist of the suffrage , but one of a community of citizens all equal and free . Make the ballot part and parcel of a « comprehensive scheme of reform , —a scheme so comprehensive as to include in its enfranchising clauses all men , in virtue of their manhood , and it will be supported by all honestjreformers ; but alone , it can have no countenance from the unrepresented masses . Alone it is an imposition , a fraud , a political swindle ; and the politicians by whom it is proposed as a panacea for the evils of our political system , should be driven from the public platform , covered with the withering contempt of an outraged and insulted people .
In his letter to the Bull Advertiser , the Member for Montrose complains bitterly of the want of union and persistent action among the liberals in Parliament . He describe them as a " rope of sand , " utterly void of any " common principle of adhesion , " prone to grand promises and noisy professions , and prone too , to " desert their principles v and leave the party to make , as it has always done , a miserable and shabby appearance as to numbers . " He adds " I could give you lists of deserters on such trivial grounds and pretences as would surprise you , & c , & c . " Pursuing his argument he says , " While the movement ( to form a people ' s party ) must begin with a few Radical members of the House of Commons , it cannot succeed until the people out of doors , and the electors shall
see the necessity of doing their part , and of giving support to the small party of the people in parliament . " This sudden anxiety to form a " people ' s party" is somewhat remarkable . Can it have been induced by the discussion now going on among more advanced men as to the practicability of forming a " National Party ? " Honest Reformers have need to be both watchful and active . With " Lord " John prating of « ' Democracy , " Cobden and Co . getting up an imposing juggle at
Manchester , and Joseph Hume and his friends fishing for a " People ' s Party , " it is necessary that the men of principle take energetic measures to counteract the schemes of professional politicians . A National Party , that is to say , a true party of the people , is the great want of the time ; but let us have the reality , not the sham . The people would be mad to support such a set as the veteran Joseph describes , —noisy professors , shameless deserters , shoy-hoy politicians , with no common principle of adhesion among them . Cannot the member for Montrose see , that men without a principle
must necessarily be a " rope of sand , " and necessarily include the cowardly and corrupt . And what does he propose 1 Some great princi ple , which can be recognised and appreciated b y the peoi . le , and which , being adopted by " a few Radical members , " would encourage the masses to give their support ? Nothing of the kind . Instead of a principle , he proposes as a miserable substitute —the Ballot ! Unless he can find something better than this wretched make-shift and apology for a principle , he had best give over the writing ; of letters , and mumbling over the anarchy within
Parliament , and the apathy out of doors . But , in truth , such smallbeer reformers as Joseph Humb are not the men to form a people ' s , or a National Party . They palter with principles , and fear to pursue the path they profess to have chosen . The men to form a National Party most be bold enough to be honest , and honest enough to be be bold . Are there any such men in the House of Commons , however few ? It is to be hoped there are . If so , let them come forth ; let them take for their " principle of adhesion " Universal Manhood Suffraae , assoiciating therewith such aids and
appliances" as will make the franchise a verity , and ensure that it shall be no Gallic sham : and they will find ' their appeal responded to . The men who will now inscribe upon their flag , — " Justice and Equal Rights—for all and by all !"—may spoil the game of the Ballot-box jugglers , and summon to the ranks of a National Party a mass of mind and muscle strong enough to submerge all faction , and potent enough to wrest real Reform from the vanquished hosts of Privilege and Corruption . L'AMl DU PEUPLE .
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J . Mascard , Banbury , in a letter , the full contents of which we cannot find room for , expresses the great satisfaction with which he would regard the formation of a national democratic party . W . Mc . KEciiMJi , Edinburgh , writes "I am glad to note the disc ission as to the propriety of forming a National Party for Manhood Suffrage . I hope the experiment will be made , and will be successful . Monies Reoejve ? for the Refugees . —J . Masca ? 4 , Banbury , ad , 5 J . Di Oogan , ftl . ; Hamilton } per A , 'Walker , 17 s , " ' ,
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The Exiles . —Mr . Editor , —Herewith I forward an order for t ! ^" " ^ subscribed by a tew friends for the benefit of the political refue " ,, ( lf V you along with others are grieved at the apathy and ^ differ . * ' R ? W , ' the dtraocracy in general , in not alleviating with pecuniary ai / IT " 0 p'l | their exiled brethren , who hare bovne & e loss of all tilings f fl , % ' social and political freedom . No donbt there is a difficult caiu « I adequate subscription , owing to the disorganised state of Hia , ?_ ™ 8 Ptti »? .
. However , In order to overcome ihat obstacle , I humbly su ^ gestT ^ * % deration of your readerss but moie especially to those who are X ^ c v the Refugees , not to lose any time in appointing two persons ! 8 tft *| number , in each locality , ( bearing in mind that the labourer is ,, e ( , f « * ' .. reward ) to collect a subseription for our unfortunate brothers T ^^ vinced by experience that if the various localities will at once ado t ^ ^ their efforts will be crowned with success . Aid only ntpds tQ ^ this Mu ! t sonallyfTonx the friends of the oppressed , and it will be obtained * ^ ' K ' Hamilton , Oct . Olh , 18 . ) 2 . * _______ UlK n 5 .
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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1852 . VOTES AND VOTERS , " *"" There are undoubtedly questions with respect to which it is d . sirable to bring public opinion , even the opinion of the unrepresented , to hear upon the Parliament as it now exists . The repea of the taxes on knowledge , the restriction of the hours of labour and all questions that bear upon-the relative position of capital aw labour are every one worth agitating for , and deserving of every exertion the people can make to impress their importance upon tin attention of the legislature . But few of our readers will differ fron us when we say that there is a question of farjjreatfir moment thai any of these—a question of vital importance to the nation at larg ? -
the question of the . suffrage . In that alone lies the . hope of tin future . The people shall no longer need to cvinsje and beg fir justice at the footstool of a ruling faction , when the nation shall lii in complete possession of herself , and he able to rule her own destn nies . And the nation will not be in complete possession of lierses until Unirersal Suffrage has become the law of the land , guarantee ! ing equal political rights to all . Then the question of questions for the consideration of til people at the present time is how this Universal Suffrage is to 11 gained . It is evident that it is to be obtained bv popular exertioK
alone , and we will not act wisely if we do not seize every opportfi nity of strengthening our own cause and weakening that of on opponents . One of these opportunities , and an important one , has , we tlunn been sadly neglected , namely that which has been presented to i of gaining for some an admission to the fortress of privilege , order that they might open the gates to the multitude below ieaci < and eager to me it to the ground , and to disperse the men wil have so long defended themselves behind its walls . In other woro we have not sufficiently sought to make voters under the presae system , of those who hold our views , and who would g ladly aidJ to eject the men of privilege and to establish the reign of pohticu
equality and social justice . It may be urged , and reasonably so , that the suffrage is ourss right , and that , therefore , we do wrong to purchase that which . ^ our own . There is much truth in this argument , and if we ww in a position to choose between such a manner of proceeding , «_ ; . _ . __ . ___ . 3 _ _ . . « « . ih » of every cotoi the of rihts in spite ot ew
more dignified one rescuing our g ¦ £ ¦__ * _ -lit ! Hit ? It ? sequence , we should not hesitate for a moment ; but unft " ' we are in no such position , and the men who have enterei up p the task of fighting the battle of the suffrage upon ouv opp ^ own ground are clearly entitled to our co-operation and soft This is the edful inasmuch the little good that was i iu & euiilna & iuuuu *
more ne as a » _ mc mure iu .. u n * m ..--. « . -- iiiiiliil to have been done by the Freehold Land S ocieties and . s bodies , is being nullified bv one of the law officers of the ^ ment • "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09101852/page/8/
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