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THE HOETHEBN STAB SATUUMAY, MABCH VI, 1853.
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CHEAP AND ' Sl'ArVDAl *» WGKKS Note Publishing in Nos . at One Penny each , ALL SfLENDlDLY ILLDST 8 AMD , l ; -TDE LOST MARINERS , or the Search for Sir John Frank . lin , an authentic account of the various expeditious that have been sent in search of the missing ships :. with numerous plates . 3 . —LAMARTIHE'S TRAVELS in the VkAj Land : with coloured Frontispiece and Title , and numerous other plates . 3 .-THE PILGRIM ' S PROGRESS-oomp / ele edition ; with coloured Frontispiece and numerous other plates .
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JustBublishtd , prtc ( 5 s . Od . THE MASTER ENGINEERS' AND THEIR WORKMEN . Three lectures on the relations of Capital and Labour , delivered by request of the Society for Promoting Vf orking Men ' s Associations , at the Matylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , on the 13 th , 20 th , and 27 th of February , 1852 . Bi J . M . LUDLOW , Esq ., of Lincoln ' s-iiin , Buriister-at Law . London : John James Be 2 er , 183 , Fleet-street .
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IMPORTANT SOCIALIST PUBLICATIONS . KOBERT OWEN'S JOURWAI ,. THIS JOURNAL ( Published weekly , price One Penny , and in monthly parts , price Foospece ) , Explains the means by which the population of the world may be placed within new and very superior circumstances , and provided with constant beneficial employment , and thereby enabled to enjoy comfort and abundance , and great social advantages ; and the direct means by which this change may be effected with benefit to all classes .
The O'Connor Fund.
THE O'CONNOR FUND .
We Intimated Last Week That An Influenti...
We intimated last week that an influential and responsible Committee was in course of formation , for the purpose of assisting this gentleman in his present unfortunate position . We hoped to have been able this week to publish the complete list of tho Committee , but the absence from town of several members of Parliament , during the recess caused by the Ministerial re-elections , has prevented their being seen
on the subject . We confidently anticipate , however , to announce tbat the whole arrangements are completed in our next ; and that they will be such as to enlist the sympathy , and secure tho confidence , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s numerous friends , but of tho public at large ; who , though they may not approve of all his long public career , will yet feel that generous sympathy which characterises Englishmen , towards those suffering under mental and pecuniary affliction ,
Notice To Subscribers And The Trade. Sta...
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND THE TRADE . Star Office , 16 , Cheat Windmill Street , March 13 th , 1852 . The Proprietors of The Star beg to intimate to Subscribers and the Trade , that in future it will be Published by Mr . James Bezer , 183 , Fleet Street , instead of Mr . Payey , Holywell Street . Country Nowsvendors who receive their supply through Town Agents and not direct from this Office , will please to remember this change in sending their orders in future .
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Our Correspondents will oblige us greatly by attending to the following general instructions : — Th « earlier we can receive their communications in tlie week , tlie more certain they are of being inserted . This is the case especially with letters upon general subjects intended for the columns set spurt for * Free Correspondence , ' Reports of proceedings of Chartist Bodies , Trades , and Co-operative Societus . & c , should be forwarded immediately after their occur . rence . By this means ; i glutof matteri * avoided at the hitter end of the week , and consequent curtailment or non insertion . Reports should consist of a plain statement of facts . All communications intended for publication should be written on one side of the p . psr only , and addre . i .-il to tlie Editor .
W . Smith , South Shields , is thanked for bis communication , which is only one of many of a similar character . We think , however , that it is better to Jet time test the boastful aud deceptive statements referred to . Failure will bo the natural punishment of the parties who deal in them . Mr . Nixov . we are euro , will see on reflection , that the publication of his honest and well-meant letter would only give undue importance to the individual referred to , and add to the already too mary internal disputes , which distract the Chartist body . We respectfully decline to insert the reply of the Ashton Chartists to tlie attack made upon their Secretary until it appears tbe paper that made it refutes thstn tt . c justice of a hearing . What , ever may be the treatment we receive from others , it shall not cause ns to forget the courtesy due from one journalist to another . All future communication for T . M . Wheeler to he addressed to 4 , West-street , Soho .
The Hoethebn Stab Satuumay, Mabch Vi, 1853.
THE HOETHEBN STAB SATUUMAY , MABCH VI , 1853 .
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WHO SHALL GOVERN ? Tho Tories are in pon-er—the reri table old Tories ; those of whom it was said long ago that they were dead ; of whom it was prophesied that political insurrection was totally impossible . But there they aro , once more her Majesty ' s Ministers ; and from one end to the other of the domain of commercialism , tbe cry is ' turn them out . '
' What , ' says Marchcster , ' Submit to be governed by the old Tories ? Lot ourselves lie ruled by tho men who fought against Catholic Emancipation—who struggled to tha very edge of insurrection against the Reform Bill—who opposed tho repeal of tho Corn Laws , —who have never accepted that great commercial reformation—who luran to / ,
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undo it . Never . We will not submit to it . Wo will write' Resurgam' upon the banners of the old League . We will array our forces once more under its banners . We will subscribe forty or fifty thousand League pounds—{ a League pound is ten per cent , that is two shillings . ) . We will cry aloud , and cease not , and if these Tories do not succumb , let them look to their order—let them prepare to defend their * old nobility , ' for we will raise the people to stru qalefor their rig hts . . It has really come to that . If Free Trade is touched , the Free Traders will go for the rights of the people . What do the people flay to that 1 Really it should almost make them pray for an a tack upon Free Trade , and that it might be successful , for that ™ M muse the Leacuers to a support of the popular
„ demands . Let that happen , and the League win become an . organisation , not only to guard corn against an impost , but for extended suffrage , and the rest of the points of the Charter . A fixed duty of five ¦ hillings a quarter would convert Mr . Cobden to Manhood Suffrage , and spur on John Bright to an onslaught upon the House of Lords . Upon our words , we are almost inclined to fling up our caps and hurrah for a fixed duty . If these Leaguers are only sincere-if they really mean what they say , they would carry the Charter , pure and simple , in the next Session of Parliament , after corn was stopped at the Custom House . But the ' IP stands in the way , and that , although a small word , is a potent . It means more than many a long drawnout sound of four syllables . It is full of meaning . ' If ' they intend to keep their word , let us see what chance there is of that .
Whatever else may be in doubt , this much is quite certain , that the conversion of the cotton lords into Free Traders would be the result of pure malice . It would not be that they hated the Charter less , but that they hated Derby more . They would have no more political love for us than they have now . They would not be more attached to re ; il liberty than they used to be . The old league which won over Peelwhich laid the power of the aristocracy in the dustwhich elevated the factory higher in the sphere of political power than broad ancestral acres , was the master of the situation . It could have done almost what it would . But it was only formed for the attainment of a class reform—for the carrying out of a measure which should create new markets far the manufacturer—which should open up fresh gold mines for the commercialist—and that once effected it was
dissolved . It rises again the same in body and in mind . It still seeks only the aggrandisement of self . It con . tinues to adhere to its old policy . It has not , so to speak , been born again , but has been merely galvanised into a continuation of its by-gone existence . It wants nothing but Free Trade—that is Free Trade in corn ; and it is only in the event of the failure of that desire that it is to take wider views , and rouse the people to action . To what end , pray ? To the end that it may frighten the Earl of Derby and his coadjutors at once out of thoir wits—out of what
remnants of their Protectionist policy may still hang about them—out of office—let in tbe Whigs again , possibly with a slight infusion of Manchester Wood , and then leave the people to fight for their own emancipation , as before . Will the people again be made tho cats-paw for such a policy as that ? We trow not . They will not trust the League unless tho League trusts them . They will not help commercial speculation , unless in return they are helped to such a substantial share of power as will enable them , not only to defend Free Trade , but to win gomethiiiff more for themselves .
But wo can scarcely bring ourselves to believe that the Premier really means to re-impose Protec tion . With all his enthusiasm , verging even upon rashness , he has that quick perception , which enables him to read the signs of the times . For the last few years he has shown upon the Corn Law question at all events that his views have been undergoing the process of modification . Time after time his enunciation of the principle has become fainter and fainter . So much so , indeed , that he has been , if he even is not now , an object of suspicion to tho more rabid of his own party . ' His belief in his oJdcreed , as an
abstraction , may be as firm as ever , but his faith in the practicability of making the nation rehearse it , has obviously waned . He indeed seems to say , that unless the people demand it , he will not tax corn . He , too , as well as the Leaguers , has an ' if . ' If he has a majority at tho next election . We think that is hardly within tbe bounds of probability—a large minority is all he can hope for ; and a minority , however large , cannot support an adverse and retrogressive government . Earl Derby and his friends are as well aware of that as we are . They only say that they will , if they can do , what they know they cannot do , and that is only saying , in another form , that they will not do it . Even with an absolute
majority , we doubt their power , with the opinion of the groat mass of the nation against them . The repeal of the Corn Laws was the opening of a new legislative era , and whenever a nation enters upon a course of that kind , the movement ^ whether for good or evil , will not be burked . It will be carried out , and no Ministry can help it . We do not credit , then , that if the people love Free Trade , it is in danger , whoever may hold the reins of office . We do not think that even if the League fears it , or supposes that it will be called upon to make good its conditional threat of rousing the people ; and that being our opinion , wo turn to other considerations for au answer to the question— ' Who shall govern V
To us—who belong neither to the Tories , the Whigs nor the Manchester men—who are social as well as political reformers—who wish to see labour industrially free from the money lord , as well as the labourer legislatively free from the oligarchy of land and money—all parties have their good and bad aspects . There are some views of all in which we concur—sortie desires oFall we would most strenuously oppose . We agree , for instance , with those who act with the Free Traders in the great principles of commercial freedom—of fair taxation—of secular education , and religious liberty . Believing that commerce has its mission in the present as well as feudalism had
in the past , wo would see it unrestrictedl y developing itself over the world . Knowing that unequal and heavy taxation does fetter the springs of industry , we would wish it equitably imposed and diminished to its minimum . Viewing the teaching of mere theological creeds as a source of much animosity and a hindrance to the progress of real knowledge , we would ask for education to be open to all sects alike , without violation of conscience . Recognizing the injustice of the many compulsorily supporting the faith of the few , and the urtchristianity of immense revenues being wrested from their legitimate application , we would have the church put upon a right footing . But there are other points in respect of which we are far nearer to the Tories and
Conservatives , We do not believe in the just \ ce , therightfulness , or the necessity of the cold-blooded political economy of tho age . Wo protest against the doctrine that man is like so much cotton to be the . creature of tho laws of supply and demand . We raise our voices against the blasphemous pretence that machinery , which increases the resources of all , should make the reward of tho many less , and their resources fewer . Wo abhor the « Ul alone . policy , which would ' leave Capital and Labour to fight out thoir fatal death struggle—which would hare no Ten Hours factory Billswhich would
— say the Government should not interfere between the manufacturer and his men ; nor between him and tho women and children whom ho employs—which would have the Legislature stand by and seo industry become tho boud slave of tho possessor of accumulated wealth , We hate that « let alone ' system , of which both Whigs and cotton lords are each strenuous advocates , with au undying hatred . As well lot alone tho rolling flood when it is submerging our meadows nvd sweeping tlWUV our homos r t » well let alone the raging firo when it bursts out
n our flweiUiig « - « 8 well lot alone tho dread pestilei . co when it cuts off its tliouaands-us let alone our chaos ol Labour and Capital-our discontented artisans with their strikes-our starving luaullemtm and needlewomen in their garrets-thu torrent of demoralisation and poiligacy , and misery which is pouring ovor societ y . No , freedom of opinion , freedom of speech , freedom ol commerce , | V «« doni of religion , freedom of a-luoation , liwdom of legislative action , are tho rights tor winch m ( . u who would bo free arc and ought to bo struggling . jjiH freedom to oppress , to grind do * n , to enslave , to pauperise , means license for the tow rich , am ] serfdom for tho many poor , and there protection , tho protection of the weak against tho strong , li » . i iu !<« gUimuto sphere of action .
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PALL MALL ELECTORAL MARTS J When Mr . Bell and his constituents werAi 1 brought to book in the House of Commons x 1 I Roebuck was , as usual upon such occasions Co * ' H cuoua for his ultra zeal and vehemence in the ^^ P tenance of purity of election . He was not snTt * | with having a solitary offender to sit in indim I upon . Mr . Coppock had said , that he could IS I finger on all the Boroughs , from A to Z aJi , " 1 out fit companions for St . Albans . « The bra { I learned member' had stomach for them all ar , d ¦' nounced his determination to have Mr . Coppocir ^ ' the bar , to give the history of political jobbp ™ t * ' ' Abingdon to Yarmouth . His 'withers 2 *
wrung . ' He had nothing to fear from such an kw ' ligation . He was the Bayard of legislators , JT peur , sans reproche . True , he was a member of tl ' JReform Club—but he nsver went there , and as T Coppock , he knew better than dare to make his pearance at any of Mr . Roebuck ' s elections as ""' friend . God knows what would have been the con sequence if he did—something terrible , no doubt . J , Q the virtuous and unimpeachable censor of the serial ' hated , not only the system of political corruption but its arch agent , too much , to associate witK him in any way , ' or allow him in the most remote manner ever to be connected with any of hi > elections .
This is not the first time by many that Mr . R 0 , t buck has assumed this position in matters of a simi ' lar character ; and his conduct in such cases was decidedly calculated to impress on the public that one man at least was clear of the demoralising and polluting influences which seem to be inseparabl y in volved in the possession of a seat in St . Stephen ' s * Among the faithless , faithful only he . ' Wrapped up in his incorruptible purity—elevated by bis own self-consciousness of superiority to the weak and erring brother senators around him , he could , of right , assume the stern aspect of one in whose si ght all such tampering with purity of election was hateful , and drag forth alloffenders into the full glare of day ,
But alas ! for the ' hon . and learned member for Sheffield J . ' It appears that even he is human , and has succumbed to the unwholesome , moral atmoi . phero by which he is surrounded . His virtuous in . dignation against bribery was stronger than his dij . cretion or his memory , and seduced him into mating statements to which Mr . Coppock has . felt himself bound to reply . And what a reply ! Nothing more crushing aud conclusive ever made its appearance in print . Mr . Roebuck has at . last caught a greater Tartar than himself . Coppock has dethroned him from his self-elevation . The immaculate , the unique member who never goes to . the Reform Club , has
been there at least one hundred times within tho last twelve months . Ho who never had anything to do with Mr . Coppock in any of his elections , who said that the g reat electioneering ageiit would not dare to make hU appearance as a friend at any of them—is now prated to have been in constant communication with Mr , Coppock respecting his election In 1841—to have invited him down to Bath in his own handwritingto have negotiated the arrangements by which ho got a Whig for a fellow candidate—and to have received from Mr . Coppock ' s own hands the money by which he was ' returned for Bath in that year along with Lord Duncan , the nominee of the Govern .
ment . When these statements were first made public , people were incredulous . Even among usually wellinformed circles it was argued that it was impossilila for any man to have taken such a position as tlie Member for Sheffield did oh the St . Albau ' s case , if such letters had been written , such transactions taken place , as those referred to by Mr . Coppock . True , they looked circumstantial enough—day and date , fact and figure , were all duly noted down with professional accuracy , but till it was supposed that something would be urged in reply that would
materially modify , if not entirely alter tho aspect given to the affair by Mr . Coppock ' s ex parte statement . At last , after tho lapse of several days , Mr . Roebuck made his reply . It was a humiliating one . He had forgotten all about his election in 1841 , and imagined , at any rate , that he was dealing with tbe Government , not Mr . Coppock , who was merely iti agent ; and , in conclusion , he eats humble pie , by assuring Mr . Coppock that he is a very honourable gentleman , notwithstanding the nature of his avoca «
tion . It was the system of political corruption that the hon . and learned member condemned , not the head of the machinery by which it is carried out ! It is a fact , in his belief , that men can touch pitch without being defiled . There is nothing criminal or degrading in being employed to demoralise and degrade tens of thousands of your fellow beings . Not at all . The corrupt , bribed , or drunken voter is a vile , infamous wretch—the men who supply the money—the agents who distribute it , are all 'honourable men . '
We suppose that we shall hear no more of Mr . Coppock being called to the bar of the House , to enlighten tbe senators on these matters . Mr . Roebuck must be pretty well satisfied by bis revelations respecting himself as a commencement . As to other « hon . members , ' it ii not assuming too much to say , that they are by no means desirous of reviving ths subject . Let sleeping dogs lie—especially when they bark and bite like Coppock .
But what suits ' hon . members' ought not to suit the people . These very revelations , which have knocked Mr . Roebuck off his perch , are only indication of tho extent to which the representation of tho whole country is monopolised by a small clique of jobbers in seats , who have their head quarters ^ Loudon . Anything like spontaneous or independent action ou the part of local conatitueneios is impossible in the face of such organised combinations as ha « their centres respectively in the Reform Club a ^ the Carlton . They arc , in fact , exchanges in which seats are speculated aud jobbed iu as regularly » s stock and shares in Capei Court . By mea «» ot ' common fund , the contributors destroy all clianco of success on the part of an independent candidate ; their central agent knows the exact state of each
constituency— -watches with care all its fluctuation * - keeps a host of minor agents at work constantly- and whenever a vacancy occurs , can tell within » feW pounds how much it will cost to win , and how tR * funds must be distributed to procure that result . Such a system is equivalent to the disfranchisement of the country and tho creation of a «! oia monopoly in Pall Mall . Counties , cities , and boroughs might aa well be set up to auction , without , going through the farce of hustings and polH booths . Better : we should thereby prevent a gWat J deal of hypocrisy , a great amount of umieceSSf"' ) ' ®'' citemeut and trouble , and , above all , the drunken" ^ ' i aud the brutalising influences which characterise s 0 ; msny elections under the present mode of conducting c them .
At other auctions in London there is what is bno * a to tho initiated as ' a knock out' At a book or furniture sale , for instance , the regular « trade , ' o ^ brokers , agree to ' stand in , ' that is to buy We article at the very lowest they can get it for . W ' do not bid againsjt each other but wheu a straog er 'n er some one not belonging to the clique , wake s ? % offer , they run up the price until he either trt * ' i qouhea the contest or buys much abOVO the r * b worth . The articlea fraudulently obtained W ° " l their real value , are afterwards ' knocked out' amo "* i
the confederated speculators at something app ^; nig to their actual market price , and the preWf V the transaction s hared among the band , vh •" pocket what should have gone to the owner . Ihe members 0 f the Carlton and the Kf ° J Clubs may , for a ] J V 9 knoiVj act ofl tho ' k » oek W principle at present . If not , we suggest the f « ' > v them as a very excellent addition to the wacjnjcl by which the constituencies are now jobbed . il , effect the twofold object of doing the thingcijW cii and keeping oTif independent men—peop le * Iw ' vrl not of 'our set / aud who have no business to » it Parliament at all . It would wonderfully i »» P » our representative and electoral machinery , W 5 . ' ting rid of the causes of the few jerks and jar * * »« will occasionally occ . « v at present , in « msv < l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031852/page/4/
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