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HATI 03 AL CHARTER'ASSOCIATION . Office , U , So utbampton-street , Strand . fi THB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JL herebvannounce the foUowmg meetings :-^ On amdaVrfternoon , November 10 th , . the Metropolitan D Sf " co untl will meet at the City Hall . , Goldenlanef Chair to be taken at three o ' clock . On Sunday evening ( same date ) , a lecture will be delivered atthePrincess Royal , Circus-street , New-road . On the same evening , tbe Emmett's Brigade meet at the Hock , Iisson-groye- ^ Stl Pancras Locality , Bricklayer's Arms , Tonbriuge-street , New-road—St . Marylebone Locality , Circus-street , New-road- ^ -and YVhittington and Cat locality , Church-row , Bethnal green . . On Monday evening , November 11 th , Mr . Bezerwill lecture at the Brunswick Hall ,-Ropemakers ' -fields , Limehouse . ; . . ; . , ' - On the same evening the Cripplegate locality meet at the City Bill , 2 fi , Golden-lane .
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WH 1 TTINGTON AND CAT , Church How , Bethnal Green . —A general meeting of all members belonging to the Tower Hamlets will beheld at the above house on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., to hear the reports of the delegates relative to the Winding-up of the National Land Company .
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TO THE TRADES OF LONDON AND THE PUBLIC IN GEKERAL . A , PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE il held at the FRATERNAL HOME AND LECTURE HALL , 41 , TurnmiU Street , C ler k enwell Green , on Monday evening next , November lltb , to receive the report of the Provisional Committee , and to elect a permanent Committee ; also to receive the subscriptions in their behalf , and to carry out their views with respect to the Hungarian and Polish Refugees who are now in this country , residing at the Fraternal Home , as above . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ^ -Admissi on Free . '
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THE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are now opened at . 76 , Cuabxottb Street , Frrznot . Squabs , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men 's Associations . 1 . —Object of the Stobeb . To enable members of the above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it ,, to obtain * articles , ' of -daily use perfectly : free from adulteration , -of the best quality , and tha lowest charge , after defraying the necessary ex p ense o f man ag emen t , distribution , and providing for a reservefund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to tho s ub s cribers ma y be j ud g ed of from t he fac t t ha t the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year £ 800 after payment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . — Operations of the Stobes . Wherever practicable , orders will . be taken atthe houses of customers , and goods will in all cases be promptly and carefully delivered . " .
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TO TAILORS .: By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen-Victoria , and H . R . II . Prince Albert ,
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . —The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this if edicine : — . . 157 , New Bond-street , London . October 12 th . 1 S 50 . Sib , —In acquainting you with the- ' great benefit which I have experienced by taking BLAIR'S . GOTJT and RHETJ : MATIC I'lLLS . I feel that I am but-performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly afflicted . About twenty years since ! was first attacked by ItheumatJcGoutinmyhinibiandfect . . Ihad previously been subjected to every variety of climate , havingservea in Canada in the 19 th Dragoons , and in Spain , - ' under Sir John Moore , in the ISth Hussars . I always procured the best medical aid , but withoutobtaiuing any essential relief , and my sufferings can be . appreciated only by those who knowromething of this disease . " . It was . during one of those I naroxvsms , between twelve and thirteen years ago , that
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Education for-the ^ Millionsix ^' ' ' imiDAYISiPUMisHEI ) , . :, ; •»*•;; - ¦ ¦ : " : ... \ . Z ; - ' . No . XXY . OJu ,.:, ; i : ht 10 : r .-r . ' . " THE iTATIONAl ^ INSTWM ;";; . PRICE . ONE PENNY . . The object of the Proprietor , FBARotrs O'CowfOB , Esq ,., M . P ., is to place within the reach of tho poorest classes that Political and Social Information of whick they , are at present deprhred by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . " SIXTEEN IiARGE ~ 0 CTAY 0 PAGES , ' . ,- Price One Penny ..
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A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE XX held in the John Street Iastitution , Tottenham , court-road , on Tuesday next , November 12 th , for the purpose of aiding the member * of the Wat Tyler Locality , Greenwich , to resist a gross aud unjustifiable wrong upon that body . Twenty of the Polish and Hungarian Refugees will be present on the occasion , and sing some of their patriotic songs previous to their departure for Sclileswig-Holstein . F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., G . V 7 . M .. Reynolds , Esq . ., a r id several other friends , are expected to address the meeting ; Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . . Admission , Id , and 2 d . each .
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NoTTKonAM . —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) ,- viz .: —Pok -thb Refuge * Fond—Mr . J . Gillott 3 d—A Friend . 3 d—Fox and Hounds 6 s 7 d—Lord Holland 2 s 6 d—Eagle Tavern 7 s 6 d—Mr . GIover Is—From Sew Radford 8 s Gd . Mr . J . Roxbt , Murton Colliery . —Mr . G . A . Fleming ; ' Mr . R . Beook , Todmorden . —A letter addressed , to the care of Mr . B . Banks , Union-street , Wednesbury , would reach her grandfather . . . ; ..:. . Mr . Feost , Nether Haugh . —We . cannot supply German papers , or give any information relative to , the Prussian Lottery . . ' " , ' ¦ " '¦¦ •]" .. JiMES Moonet , Todmorden . —A satisfactory answer depends so much upon a knowledge of local affairs , - with which-we are unacquainted , that we cannot reply to yeur question : ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦ : ; , u , William Walton , Staleybridge , having read , that . Mr . Ernest Jones , at a meeting at Manchester , said , 'the Charter was not to be found at the bottom of a glass of
water , ' asks that gentleman if it is to be found'in a ' glass of ale , or any other intoxicating drink ? W . —There would be no difficulty : the fees are comparatively small ; the expense of living would ; be . under your own control , and cheaper on the continent than here .. Tna Peoposed Conference . —Mr . George Brown , Wakefield , thinks that in the present undivided opinion as to when and where the Conference should ho held , that the Chartist localities should be formed into districts , and that a meeting should be holdenori a given day named by the Executive , and a delegate from ench : dis-, trict appointed to arrange the time and place for holding the Conference . The members of the Executive to be the judges , but that they should publish in the Stw of the week following , the majority and minority of each district , and that : the majority bo binding on the " . - minority . v ITokthamptoh . —Mr . John Starmor begs to acknowledge
the receipt of the following sums for theBefugees : —John M'Gar , Is . ; James Kay ,. Appleby , Is . ; R . D . M : ; Is . ; Mr . Derbi , Is . ; J . Starmer , 6 d . ; J . Mehew ; 6 d . ; Air . ' Gibson , Cd . ; Mrs Jones , 6 d . ; Old Guard , 8 d . ; A Friend , : 2 d . ; Mr . Clark , Gd . T . Pack , 3 d . ; Mr . Tyler , Sd . ; Mr . Carby , 3 d . ; T . P « nsby , 3 d . ; T . Barke-, 3 d . ; G . Starmer , 3 d . ; , 3 d .: Mr . King , Cd ; A Friend , Cd . ; Mr . Johnson , 3 d . ; D . H ., 3 d . ; Chloe , Id .-Total , 10 s . . Mr . Geo . HouowAT ; begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Refugees . Geo . Hblloway 1 . ; John Eve sen . Is . ; John Eve' jun . Is . ; Benjamin Eve Cd . ;• John B , Leary Cd , ; W . Phipps Cd . ; W . Peters Cd , ; Thomas Peters 6 d . ; John Davis 3 d . ; James Potter . 3 d . ; W . Balden 3 d * j John Gardner 3 d , ; Geo , Jones 9 d- , Polish Rkftcees . —T . Brown ' s List . —McLeven Is . —Mr . Smith ' s workmen is . Gd . —Mr . Jones Is . —Edwards ' Sd . — Welchman 6 d . —Weedon Cd . —Binks 16 d . —Nbbbs Cd : —
AUnuttSd . —Peacock 6 d .-rT . Allen Cd .-HRoe 66 . —Butter 3 d . —Compositors 5 s . Id . —Collected 2 s . 8 jd . —Collected at John-street for sending five men to Schleswig Holstein , 19 s . id , —Received of Mr . Wright ' s book 10 s . ,... . " Natiosal Reform League . —In tho address , published last week , instead of « fetter , ' read / oUow , and for'' community / ' unanimity . ' \ ;; ,- . Equitable . Pioneer ' s SoctEry , Rochdale . —Mr . Ernest Jones . having stated that this body had voted \ the Northern Star out of tlieir news room , we are requested to give the following explanation : —The society is composed chiefly of Chartists and Socialists , who individually took the ' Star and the Tribune , and it was ' thought that if these journals were purchased , by the society , it would injure their sale ' among the members . The Star , nevertheles , has laid upon the-table ever , since the vote referred to took place . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ., "¦ .
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 0 ,,: ' _ 185 ©? ,.
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MIDDLE CLASS CHARTISM . ; \ It is difficult to perceive any . satisfactory or tangible reason for the adherence of tho National Reform Association to a Rating instead of a Manhood Suflrage . There is not one man , of any mark or . influence connected with it , who has not distinctly admitted that the preference is indefensible in argument , and that if he was to consult his own feelings he would prefeiihe Suflrage , which the Association , in its collective capacity , -will not ask for . ' ..
• - This , discrepancy between the individual convictions of the members , and the aggregate actionof the . body , is notcalculated to securefor the Association any very hearty or enthusiastic support . It is , we believe , the main reason why the movement is characterised by so much lukewarmness , languor , and apathy , at a time , when the minds of the whole of the industrious classes , and a very large proportion of the middle classes , are made up as to the indispensable and pressing neceessity of great organic political reforms . The English people are naturally a straightforward , truth loving race . They
detest double dealing , finesse , and trickery . They prefer sincerity , even where you totally differ from them , and have a far greater respect for the bold avowal of the opinions of an honest and sincere opponent , than the hesitating and temporising concurrence of men who have not the same confident faith in the opinions they profess . Now , itcannot be denied , that the National Association has placed itself , to a great extent , inthisunfortunate position . Associative action ought to spring directly and logically from the individual convic-
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tions ' of . tne ipersons ^ ssociate'd . r'Triedby this test * . the Association falls below the : standard set up by , its . own : leaders ; ¦ ¦ >> "We have never been | resent at a single meeting , whether large or small ,. at . which some one or ' other of the SDeakeW did not avow his approval of the great principle : of the . People ' s Charter-Universal Suffrage . ' We' have never been present at a meeting in which such : an avowal- did not eU cit enthusiastic and ;; general applause . ' Two recent instances , however , deserve special notice . The Southwarktranch of the - Association recently held its nrst soiree at the London Bridge-house Hotel .
It was an animated and interesting assembly , not less . than five ; or six ¦ hundred . persons of both sexes being present , whose dress , manners and general appearance proclaimed them to belong to what are'called the : " respectable classes . ' . ' :, ; There were no members of parliament , nor professional ag i t a t ors , to get up a factitious excitement . ¦• - The people of Southwark were , as the Chairman said , driven to rely on their own " native talent " for the interest and speeches of the the evening . What was the re-Suit ? The first speaker avowed his adherence
to the great princip le of Manhood Suffrage , as the only just and sound foundation of a representative system , and declared thai he would never be ' content until it was embodied in our constitution ; That declaration , and similar avowals in the course of the- evening by other speakers , were ^ hailed by prolonged and general applause . ' Why should Mr . Thwaitbs , ' and the -National Reformers' of Southwark , therefore , any longer stultify themselves by a course of policy at open war with their own honest convictions ? Who are the " timid
people , ' -of whose defection they are afraid , if they . act honestl y and . openlyup to them ? Purely the assembly at t he London-bridge Hotiel might be taken as ' a fair sample of the middle class Reformers of Southwark . " All who take any active or influential part inthe electioneering , municipal , ' or parochial polities ' of the borough ; were present . What valid or substantia ! reason can they offer for persisting in a policy which can bring them no ; greater - support from their own class , while it keeps aloof from them tens of thousands of the working classes , ' -, who would contribute numbers , strength , and enthusiasm to the movement ? .
Again ; ' at 'the annual commemoration on Tuesday last , " of the acquittal of Hardy , Horne ToioKE , and others , members of the Corresponding Society , on the charge of constructive treason at the outbreak of the first " French Revolution , we had a similar , and , perhaps , more powerful , demonstration of middle class opinion in "favour of Universal Suffrage . For some years past , symptoms of
apathy have been observable at the Trial by Jury dinner . This year there was a decided arid gratifying improvement perceptible . New blood has been infused into the body of those who have for fifty-six years kept alive the memory of one of the greatest triumphs' of the popular cause over , the arbitrary tyranny and persecution of the monarch , under the guise of law . The result was seen in the crowded
appearance of Radiet ' s large room , and in the character and ' position of those so assembled . The meeting' was exclusively composed of that portion , of the middle-class . who exercise the most direct influence on society . Professional and literary menj merchants and traders , manufacturers and tradesmen , ' in the fall possession of mental and physical strength and activity . ; No better opportunity could , have Been selected to test the feeling of the class they represented , as to the question of Property or Manhood Suffrage . There was no direct necessity for their being tested , but MrvGFox did so in the most direct manner , and jvitlr a most unequivocal response uLfavour of the latter .
In proposing the 'toast , which at these meetings , has always the precedence ; namely , ~ " The " sovereignty of the people , the , only legitimate ' source of political power , "— -the hon . member for Oldham eloquently expressed his conviction that the' sovereignty of the people , could only become a reality through ; the universality , of the ' Suffrage . The repeated and protracted cheers , which followed that an- ; nouacement could not have been excelled in
any meeting of professed and devoted Chartists . - Schemes short of that , ( added the Chairman ) , might be proposed , and even deserve support for themoment ,. but therecould be no real exercise of the sovereignty of the people uritilevery man had the power and the right of , ' the . Suffrage . Mr . Parry / , and other speakers , were equall y distinct and emphatic in their recognition and support of the great principle of Manhood Sum-age ; arid the tone of the ; whole . proceedings throughout , . was , in thisrespect , thoroughly and enthusiasticall y Chartist . Now , we put it calmly and respectfully to Sir Joshua Walmsley , to Mr . Fox , arid to the other leaders . of the National Reform
movement , ' - « Why should you continue longer to occupy your present anomalous position ?" You evidently ; gain nothing whatever by it . while you must ' certainly lose a great deal . Lprd John Russell , and the opponents of further representative reform ,, have plainly told you , that in principle Universal Suffrage is preferable to Household , and , as far as they are concerned , they would sooner concede the one than the ; other . ' The middle classes , have shown no desire whatever for any tampering
or temporizing with the cardinal truth which lies ; at the core of genuine and effective Parliamentary Reform . The working classes , as a body ; hold aloof from your movement . ' What compensation have you for placing , it in this position ? Whom do you . conciliate ? What do you gain ? Would it not be far better to imitate the example of the Anti Corn-law League , ~ abaridon expediency , and throwybu ' rseif with undoubting faithj' and irreproachable consistency , on the broad and firm ground of principle ? " - ; '
We trust the Council of the Association ' will dispassionately review the . whole of this question ; whatever ' may . have been the motives which originally induced , them to prefer , ; . the united suffrage , the meetings we have alluded to , taken in connexion with other signs of the times / are well calculated to . make them consider : whethei ' , the time for , a temporising ^ , or timid policy has not passed away , and whether they will not place the Association more inharmony withtheactual state of public opU nion , by declaring at once ' for a Manhood Suffrage ? " ; : " .- ' ' . ' ' . " . ' ... "¦! '' " - ; " ., ' // . '
The Premier , it . is said , intends to , propose a new Whig Reform Bill , comprising the repeal of the ratepaying clauses , and the * extension of the ' , suflrage to £ 10 householders in ' counties . There ought to be a . vigorousand a united Reform party in Parliamentj ; backed by a powerful , and well organised movement out of doors , to prove to Lord John ; - that he has mistaken , not only the wants of the-nation , but the temper of the people , and that something very different froni such beggarl y mea ? s ' ures must be conceded by the Government and the Legislature .. If the National Reform Association chooses to take a bold and firm stand , it will effect both these objects . ' If not it will merely play the part of mar plot in the great national movement .
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THE " HOLY WAR . "; Dr . Wiseman has set Guy Fawkes on his legs again . ^ For many years the annual exhibitions of his effigies have been falling into disrepute . What was once a hearty commemoration of one of , tho most . striking events in pur national history , by people of all classes and of all ages , ' was left entirely to little boys and girls , not oyerprovided with food , clothing , and shelter , who paraded their scarecrow representation of Gur as a means of collecting a few stray coppers . The vitality' 'had ' departed from the custom , and itlore as much resemblance to the real old Fifth of November
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as the ; " ^ aWin' vftie' 'X | reijn *; of .: $$ ;? #$ ' ?' $ May , " ' carried ' , about ' by ' 1 } ai ^ mumhiers , whose meansvofllivingo are more tlian doubtful , does the genuine May Festival of " merry old England . ;; ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ ' " ¦ ' ' - ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - '' ¦ ' ¦ . . : ¦ ¦ Religibu ' s toletation arid , Equality had guietlygained possession , of . the' public mind , The echoes of Exeter . Hallwere , to be sure , annually awakened ly the denunciations of such sturdy Protestant worfeies as Mr . Pltjmpibe , Dr , M'NEiLEi'Mr / HytiH SxovEii ; and their confreres —b \ it ! they died ' there . The Press
and the great mass , of .. the people gave . no sigh of : sympathy . with the ari |> ry zealots . Jt ; was a factitious excilement , kept alive by factitious means , in exceedingly limited circles , and was treated by . those outside eitherwithridicule . br contempt . The . nation . was , generally , subsiding : into the belief—and acting / upon . 'it also , —that Roinari Catholics have as good a right to hold their religions' opinions as any other of the numerous denominations into which those professing . Christianity are split . They , were content , that , in all the political ,, social , educational , arid civil privileges possessed , by other citizens , the Ebman Catholic should , egually ,
freel and fully partake . Feelings of mutual respect , arid a good understanding , were growing up among those whom sectarian differences and controversial disputation , had previously prevented'from knowing each other . . There was every probability that , in the course ' of a few years ,, the sensitive prejudices which ihad kept them apart would have entirely yielded to extended and friendly intercourse ,, and that the great bulk of the population would have seen , that the profession of any particular creed need be , no bar to ; the inpst perfect amity among citizens owning the same temporal allegiance , and living under the same laws . : ;
All this . has beeri rudeiy and violently interrupted by the arrogant and offensive policy'of the . Papal Court . ' ; Were' the priests , afraid of the great object of CHRisx ' s religion being realised ? Didthey . fear . if "Peaceon earth arid goodwill towards all men' ' prevailed , that their vocation as strife creators would , cease ? If so , they have succeeded in setting people by the ears , and fanning , into life again the all but extinct embers : of religious intolerance and ¦ animosity . ¦ * ¦ ' The' pulpit . drum ecclesiastic" has not been ' beaten so vigorously in England for very manyjears as it was last
Sunday . On all sides the din and fury of controversy is heard . There is scarcely , a meeting of any ' kind- takes place at which the speakers do not seize the occasion to express their determination to- resist : the : aggressive policy ; of Rome , and hurl defiance at the foreign prelates , - with which it is proposed to garrison this country ^ , The laity enter into the contest with as . much ! eagerness : as the established clergy * who wilLfind in- their ; controversial campaign ; a public opinion-prepared to back them in any suggestion they : may make for repressing or punishing the
assumption of Pius , andthe dignitaries he may create to govern England in things spiritual . The unwonted number , and costly , nature-of the M Guys , " which perambulated the streets of London last Tuesday—the position and' character of those who took part in , and applauded the ' revival , of , an alriiost ' ., absolute symbol of bitter hatred between the partisans of the two hostile creeds ; indicated the . fact , thataspirit of persecution and retaliation has been . excited , which it will not be so easy to lay again , even if the attempt be made . But who is to make ! it ? .. Cardinal WISEMAN is not the man to draw back ; from his ambitious project . The epistle dated from within the Flaminian Gate of Rome , which
was read last Sunday , in all the Roman Catholic 'assemblies , wais , couched in a strain which proves that wily , zealous , and astute Priest knows the immensity of the stake he is playing for , and has resolved to place his all upon , the hazard of the die . Bishop UlLA ; thorns wants , to persuade us / . that nothing whatever , but the better ' .. organisation and management of the Roman Catholic : chapels , is contemplated by : the Papal Bull ; but M Nicholas Saint Pu ' dentiana" has no-reservations or scruples about -the . matter , and openl y avows his determination to " assert , arid fight for temporal as well , as spiritual supremacy , in this land of ours . In fact the latter includes the former .
Copying the example of the Bull , he ignores the existence of any Christian Church in England , and . speaks as if for centuries it had been sunk in the darkness of Paganism ; or the cruel arid cannibalistic superstitions of New Zealand . Thebestowal on himself of the "Cardinalitial hat , " according to his view , completes the ¦ ' . ' great work * ' ; which his metropolitan flock have " so'long desired and prayed for . V' -By the merciful condescension of the Pope , he exclaims : t-:
Tour beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which , normally constituted , form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion ; Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament ; 'from which its light had long vanished ; and begins now anew its course of regularly-adjusted action found the centre of unity , tho source of jurisdiction ,, of : light , and' of vigour . " _ . "All the saints of our country , whether Roman or British , Saxon or Norman , " must , according to Dr . Wiseman , " look down from their ., seats of bliss with beamin g glance ;" arid- " , ¦ ' ' ¦ ' '
. "AH those blessed martyrs of those latter ages , who have fought the battles of' the faith under such discouragGmerit , ' who mourned , more than over their own fetters ' or their own paih ; over the desolate ways of their own Sion , and tfte departure of England ' s gloh/—oh how must theybless . Godj who hath again visited his people ! how take part in our joy ,- as' they sea the lamp of the temple a g a i n en k ind l ed 1 a n d robr ightehing—as -thoy behold the silyer links' of that chain which has connected their country , with the see of St ; Peter in its
vicarial , government , c h a ng e d in t o bu r ni s hed gold ; not stronger nor more closel y knit , but more beautifull y wrought ' and more brightly arrayed I And in nothing will it be fairer or brighter thanin this , that the glow of more fervent love will be upon it . Whatever our sincere attachment and unflinching devotion to ' the H o l y See till ' now , thereis a neiuingredie n t cas t i n io . th ' ese ' feelings ; a ivarmtr gratitude , a tenderer affection ) , a prof ounder admiration , a boundless and endless sense of obligation / or soneu ) , so great , so sublime a g ift will be added , to past sentiments of loycdtyand fidelity to iht' . Supreme See ofPeter /'•"
Tolerably " - ' plain that dosing sentence ! Queen Yictoma is quite as much attacked bv " -St . PtrDENTrANA , " -as " Ghaeles James , of Londpn . ' ' ,. Hearts so overflowmg with " gratitudei " , " admiration . 'V loyalty , and pidelixy , ; to a foreign potentate , who avowedly is regarded by them as Lord Paramount—<| Kihg of Kings , and Lord of Lords ' —cannot havo very riiuchleftfor . any other authority . form
We may some idea of ; the' machinery by which the new policy is to be carried into effect , by contrasting- the different position of the Roman , Catholic priests ; , under the old system . of vicars apostolic , arid the hew territorial episcopacy . Our authority is Div Wiseman himself . In the article on the Roman Catholic Church , written by him for the" Penny Encyclopoedia / ' in 1843 , he says : — Where thosucoeBsion of the Catholic hierarchy has boon interrupted as in England , or never been established , as in Australasi a or som e pa rts of India , the bishops who superintend tho Catholic
church arid represent the papal authority , are known by tho name of vicars apostolic .: The vicar apostolic is not necessarily a bishop . Generally , however ,, ho receives episcopal consecration . ; , and as , from local circumstances , it is not thought expedient that he should bear the . title of the see which he administers , he is appointed with the title of an ancient bishopric , now in the hands ' of infidels , and thus is called a bishop inpartibm infidelmm , though the last word is often omitted in ordinary Ian . vicar
giiago . A , apostolic , being generally situated where the provisions of the canon law cannot be fully' obsertfed ^ is guided by particular instrlio ' tions , by precedents and consuetude , 'to all which the uniformity of d . soipline through the Cathohc church gives stabUity and-security ' t ™ TJ l Z k coTde ! , ed in reference to the go vernnient of the church , cons sts . mainly of the parochiaVolergy , or those who suppl ;^ 'Srplace tfJj ^" ¦!»*»* % •* Kvwhykc country is Mukdmioparishes , mhprovided , wjWa parochus
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on curate , corresponding to the rector- or vicar of tu Eng lish ! , establi s hed ,- ? , pkmk . j'Tte apppiMmenv to - * parish is vested in the bishop , wh & . ha & no power to rf move again at will , or for any cause execp , % a canoni cat offence juridicall y ' proved ., The right of pregen " tation by lay . patrons , is , however , in particular in " 8 taric « , fully reipeoted . ... ^ . , . Under an aposl tolic vicariate , the clergy cbrrespondiug to the parochial clergy generally bear the title of apotiolia missionaries , ana have mission * or local districts with variable limits placed under their care ; ^ J are dependent vpon the will - of their ecclesiastical superiors ; ' ¦' - " ; '
¦ , England being now placed under a hierarch y the next step of Archbishop . Wiseman will be to divide the country into , parishes , and pro . yideeach with a parochus or curate , cor res ponding to the rector or vicar of the Sfata Chiirch . - : This body of parochial clergy will no . longer he dependent' upon their spiritual superiors , or have the charge of districts with variable limits . They will be an independent
bod y not removable at will , and capable of holding diocesan synods . . Here is a powerful organisation in the hands , of an aggressive church , to carry on the work of con version in every , parish , and to come into direct conflict with theTrotestant clerg-ymeii , in those eass * where the new , rectors and vicars are not covertly abetted by the syriipathisers with Rome who have crept into the English fold . '
: If . we had an , educated and intelli gent people , there would be no danger whatever in all this elaborately constructed and nicely fitting machinery ; hut , unfortunatel y , we have a dense mass of ignorance , and a half . de * veloped superstitious tendency among the un . irifonned classes , . upon which' it is likel y to have a most dangerous and wide spread influence . ; It : is as well to be aware of our weak side , and to provide timely defences The most imminent and threatening evil arising out , of the new movement of Rome is , that the people should bV led astray by contending priests into a merely dogmatic and doctrinal
controversy , which ,, however it may end for either of the clerical disputants , is certain to end in the spiritual ' subjugation of the laity . The Bishop of London , in his charge to his clergy , is ; : evidently far more opposed to "Rationalism" than to Popery .. His condemnation of the principle ; of despotic authority over the minds and consciences of men claimed by Roman Catholicism is meagre , faint , and measured , as compared with his hearty 'denunciation of those who stand up for the ri ght of private j udgment in all its purity . "I cannot but think , " says this true priest—anxious to prop up his own order and
influence—I cannot but think that we . haVG move to apprehend from the theology of Germany than from that of Rome ; from that which deifies human reason , than that which seeks to blind or stifle it ; from a school which labours to reconcile Christianity with its . owh philosophy , by . stripping tbe Gospel of all its characteristic features , and reducing it to the level of a human system ; than from a church which rejects and condemns even the soundest conclusions of . true' philosophy , when they are at variance with the determinations of its own presumed infallibility . ¦ "¦; , ¦ .. _ Against this fatal heresy I would earnestly cau > tion my younger brethren , as being one from which , in the present state of the human mind , we have
much more to fear than from the , encroachments of Popery . 'Rationalism , as . its name implies , referring everything to man ' s ^ unaided reason , as the ultimate test of truth , flatters the pride of his nature , which , is , revolted by the humbling , though consolatory doctrines of the gospel . Popery offends and disgusts the understanding , by inventions , op « posed alike to common sense and to the plain letter of holy scripture . The latter aims at the complete subjugation of the intellect to the authority of the self constituted Vicar of Christ ; the former asserts the supremacy , and infallibility of reason . It is manifest that this is the most likely to find favour with a learned and scientific generation .
It is clear enough that the clergy , as a body , will fight this battle , with a view to their , own individual and class interest . They have no very strong antipathy to the essential doctrines , or the ecclesiastical organisation , which gives them . unchecked spiritual , and therefore temporal power , over their fellowcountrymen . -To . secure that in a greater degree than heretofore , . ' . ' was the great object of i-i-all the :. intrigues .. of Pusey-! fl PV , Ppr"this . tracts . were published , and the , whole policy of sapping arid mining pursued . The orily real ; difference between the Roman and the English clergy isas to Vho
, shall have the power . Oxford wanted spiritual dominion /' for . itself . The ! Pope has stepped ! iri , "arid claims a monopoly in the article . It is ;'" exclusive ,. . and will tolerate no partners . The people ought to cry , " A plague on both your houses . " ¦ ' - The agitation for Education must be vigorously and practically supported , as the only effectual safeguard of the religious , intellectual , arid political liberty of the people . We have no faith in the freedom which depends upon the good will and support of ariy priesthood whatever .
_ For ! orice in his' life , Lord John Russeli , has spoken but vigorously and frankly . In hia letter to the Bishop of Durham , published ia the Times of Thursday , while he intimates that the . Government will take decided measures to resist , the iriipudent assumption of authority within . this realm , - b y a foreign potentate , he , at' the same tiinej as decidedly corideinns the conduct of the clergymen of the Established Church , whose treachery Las been the most powerful stirnulus to Papal aggression . For years one University has been iri their hands , and they have been allowed ' to send forth a swarm of ordained clergymen . Papist in all but the names these parties have insidiousl y and gradually familiarised the people with tha
despotic doctrines , arid the external muriime ries of the Romish Church / as the surest and safest way of Securing the great object they had in view—ithat of creating an ecclesiastical despotism in this country . The course taken by the Pope has , we trust , nipped their conspiracy against reli gious liberty in the bud , by awakening all classes to the dangerous character of Puseyism . Its disciples will either have to ahandon their plots , or at once go over to the Church with-which they are identified , both in principle arid , practice . We repeat , however , in : conclusion , that tne onjy substantial barrier against all " attacks from such quarters is to be found- iri national unsectarian Education ' . ,
; American ' Ma'n- Stealers.. We Have, O...
; AMERICAN ' MA'N- STEALERS . . We have , o n se ve ral occas i ons , endeavoured to ' show how intimately the question of Slavery is mixed up with every ; phase of politics > ia the United States . ; The session of Congress , which has just closed , presents a forcible illustration of the fact . It , sat ten months , ' ¦ greater part of the whole time being . taken ' up with discussions arising out of the existence of slavery in a moiety ; of the States . Our own Parliament sat last session one hundred and fifty-three times . ; : the American Senate had n « less than one hundred and , sixty sittings in
discussion on the Compromise Bill , which took up m fact two-thirds of the whole session . ' This protracted legislative struggle originated in the desperation with which the representatives of the Slave States fought to main * tain , at least their . equipoise in tho affairs of the Federation . The whole of tho long deg bates turned , in reality , on the question whether the Shareholders or the Free So ilers were to rule in California and New Mexico ; whether the South or the North was in future to sway the destinies of the Continent . The decision
was ultimately against slavery as far as the New Pacific State arid territory are concerned ; but their exemption from the foul blot of slavery was purchased by a concession to the slaveholding interest , which threatens tha gravest sitid most . momentous consequences in the Old Atlantic States . Heretofore , when the slave escaped beyond the boundaries of a State in which the " insti "
tiition " is legalised into a free State , his owner had no power to demand the assistance of th 9 legall y constituted authorities in : recovering possession of the runaway . The slave owiierf , m ^ isxs ^^^ :: ^ ' ^^^ - ^^ ^^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09111850/page/4/
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