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THE REFUGEES . TO THK READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . About four months since there arrived in London from tbe continent , more than eighty Refugees , many of whom were in good positions in their ' native laird , and took part as officers and soldiers uuder the noble-minded patriots , Kossuth , Bsui , Dembteiki , and others , in the great and unequal strii'sle Sot the independence of Hungary . Others gave their " aid under the brave Garibaldi and Msizini in defence of the rights of the Roman Citizen * . Adverse cirenmstances compelled these patriotic men to take refuge iu Switzerland , irom vhlch j . kc . % while enjoying the rights of hospitality so jus-iv due to them for their exertions in the cauie of Universal Liberty , they were , by the machinaii : ins of the Northern Powers , forced lo fene tick temporary home , and take refuge in Eng l and .
Here they have hitherto eked out a truly miserable tvsience , scarcely fit for malefactors expiatiru the ptuiUes oi their crimes , much less for men who left their homes and every endearing tie in the cacse of freedom . A coni-nittee of operatives , at the wish of the Hefugees , endeavoured to alleviate the misery in "Winch they « ere placed , and by dint of great exertions flipy succeeded in renting a temporary buildins capable of containing sixty persons : the situation is not such as the committee could wish , but the most rigid economy has necessarily been studied , oxiag to the small amount of money at their disposal ; fur the support has been much more limited fca could haveheen expected , considering the sym-Piiny tiese noble , but unfortunate mec , deserve at wit La : ids in consideration of their devotion to the
au = e of Liberty . But the haggard looks , miserable accommodation , saaij clviUiing and insufficient food which thej silently endure , and the fact staring us in the face of to * ttSver recently dead aud several others ill , it wetM be culpable in us to longer defer this appeal toibojeR ho cheered tbe efforts of Kossuth , Bern , accKispka , and admired the energies of Garibaldi aad Mazzini . Trusnng ibis appeal to your assistance will nat , oe made m vain , the smallest contributions will be Ibaakiull y received , to aid us in our endeavours to impiova their condition nntil they are acquainted ^ a our hn guage and can do something to main-* sa themselves , or are enabled to return to their Mave land , doubly dear to the exile .
Suascriptuns received by T . Brojr a , Secretary , ^ . Turuaili-street , Clerkenwell . Announcements *> iUb » given in the press , if required . A few Ke-% « s who speak the English language take part in fte Committee , and the whole business is open to fJ friend who may please to pay a visit to the iJa ' 8 mal Home .
We remain , Sir , your obedient servants , On behalf of the Committee , William Ltjjjs , Chairman . Thomas Brown , Secretary . 41 , T urnmiH-street , Clerkenwell , February 8 th .
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Po siefbact EtEciios . — Close op mk Pollix following is the state of the poll at the close r-iawiey , 429 ; PolUngton , 115 ; majority for the ® S teafer . 314 .
Commemoration Of The Birthday Of Thomas ...
COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF THOMAS PA 12 JE . A public tea party and festival was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Sunday evening . About four hundred persons sat down to an excellent tea ; many more tickets could have been disposed of , but the number issued was limited . After tea the public were admitted at the usual price of Sunday evening lectures . About eight o ' clock Mr . Watson was called to the chair , and letters of apology were read from Robert Owen , and Messrs . Linton and Harney . Tbe Apollonic Society opened tbe proceedings by executing some music appropriate to the occasion . ...... »« . _ . - —
Mr . Watson then addressed the meeting , and said , that he considered it an especial duty to be present to celebrate the memory of one of the most famous champions of the human race . He considered it the mora important , because those who lived by opposing the best interests of the human race , had united iu misrepresenting and maligning his character . Aristocrats and priests , of every denomination , had endeavoured to throw odium on his memory . The speaker then read various extracts from Paine ' s writings , showing that these classes were naturally opposed to him , because his writings and their influence were entirely opposed to them . Iu concluding , he called upon all those who admired Paine ' s principles , to go forth as missionaries , and spread them abroad until Royalism and Priestcraft were for ever abolished . Mr . Watson sat down loudly cheered .
The Apollonic Society then gave tha People's Anthem . Mr . Holtoake spoke to the following sentiment , "The Devclopement of Reason in Politics and Religion . " Their Chairman had told them the reasou why they should venerate the memory of Paine , and ifc cameparticularlyappropriatefromhim who bad done so much towards spreading a knowledge of the writings of Paine . Much had been said about the vulgarity of the writings of Paine ; but no man who was so bitterly opposed had ever come out of tbe conflict so pure as he had done , from the imputation of violent or abusive language . He saw that it was impossible that they could enjoy political freedom whilst Priestcraft
predominated . If tbe priest could call upon them to surrender a portion of their reason and liberty into his hands , the monarch could call upon them to surrender the whole . It was because Paine taught this so cogently , and thereby disquieted both priests and thrones throughout the world , that he was so bitterly maligned . Paine gave the inspiration of freedom to a great nation . Washington could never have achieved the freedom of America with the sword , if Paine had not prepared their minds with the pen . That was a greater achievement than any priest ever had , or he feared ever would , achieve . Faine made reason equally as popular in religion aa in politics . He believed that
the great end of political reformation was tbe establishment of republicanism , and tbe end of religious reformation the establishment of rationalism . If reason was not an infallible guide , it was at least the best with which humanity was furnished . They must throw off their allegiance to that false theolocy which was supported only by those who wished to throw dust in their eyes , because they w « re interested in maintaining the present system . Mr . Holyoake then showed that Paine sacrificed his fame and popularity by assailing the priestcraftthat he had so long bewildered the senses of mankind , and that by this sacrifice he had smoothed tbe way for the reformers of the present day .
Mr . Alexander Campbell also spoke to this sentiment . He had long attended meetings in commemoration of lhat event , and on every fresh occasion he saw that many new adherents were added to the church of reason . There was as much inconsistency to be found in the present system of society as Paine ever exposed in the system of theology . Paine exposed both these errors ; he shewed them , by facts and reason , that these errors were productive of misery to the bulk of tbe human race . Reason was an agent far mightier than physical power—they must learn to bear with tbe errors of each other . " No two men could possibly think exactly alike ; this knowledge should give tbem charity for the opinions of others , and teach them to combat what they believed to be errors by reason alone , ever hearing in mind the great fact , that the character of man was formed for him by the age in which be lived , and the circumstances in which he was placed .
The Singers then gave Thomas Cooper ' s Chariot chant in firat rate style . Mr . RonEsr Coofkb , of Manchester , responded to the next sentiment as follows : — " The immortnl Thomas Paine . May his memory , be ever held in happy remembrance , and his noble example stimulate the efforts of all present andfuture Rtformcrs . " He was not one of those who , while they indorsed tbe political sentiments of Thomas Paine ignored Lis theologic . il doctrines . He believed that tbey should not only have the "Rights of Man , " but also tho "Age of Reason ; " both must be contemporaneous . Paine saw that they must not only work for themselves , but also think for themselves . Kingcraft and Priestcraft were both despots , nursed
in the same cradle , pursuing the same bloody policy ; but , thanks to the spread of reason , they were now getting in their dotage , and could only stalk abroad on the crazy crutches of the law . Both mnst die together and be buried in tbe same tomb . It required greater courage to face the priest in his den than to brave the tyrant in his lair . Paine dared both , and met with their united rage . When he dared to assault the priests many of his political friends deserted him ; even George Washington left him , almost forgotten , to languish in a French prison . For this courage and true philosophy Paine was worthy the honour now awarded to him . The speaker concluded a long and eloquent address amid loud . cheers .
Mr . Tbrlet ( Sartor ) also supported this sentiment . Mr . E . Jokes , who was received with immense applause , said , they were met to commemorate more than a man—they were met to celebrate a great thought—an eternal truth , " The rights of man ; " they were celebrating not tbe past , but that which never had been " The age of reason . " Yet this man , while he lived , was maligned , oppressed , anddispised ; but tbe Pariah of the Past had become the Saint of the present . Honour was due to Paine as the great piom cr of freedom . What had he not done . for America by writing his Common Sense ? Had he not shown them that the British Government , and not the people of America , were the
rebels ? That they must cease to act on the defensive , aud commence the aggressive , until they had banished tyrannv from their shores ? For the last COO years a rebellion had been going on , but the wrong party had been designated as rebels . It was Kings , 1 ' eers , and Priests , who were the rebels . The people were the legitimate sovereigns . When Paine gave thai lesson to the Americans he gave it also to us , and to all time . He was the apostle of mind , and also the champion of force . Democracy had not yet been triumphant , because , hitherto , when the people possessed tbe force tbey had been de .-titute of the knowledge , and when tbey possessed the knowledge they were destitute of the force—knowledge alone was not power , it must be
combined with force . If they asked a landlord to define a man , he would tell them he was a serf , useful only to till the fields , and to procure luxuries for him . The manufacturer would say he was a machine to create wealth . The lawyer would define him as a fool , who quaa-elled with his brothers , that they might live by pocketing the fees . The soldier would say , he was a tool to cut men ' s threats . The parson , that he was a sort of human tithe pi" ; and Lord John Russell would tell them that lie was a human piano , on which he could play the tune of " Anti Popery . " ( Cheers . ) Paine was also the apostle of free thoughts as well as free laws , and for his exertions in defence of that they owed him a debt which they would never h „ ai . ln in renav . He ( Mr . Jones ) did
not a « ree with many of the thelo « ical doctrines of Paine . He professed himself to he a Christian , though not belonging to the Christianity of the priests . He took the Bible in his hand as the weapon to attack the priests ; and if its moral common sense doctrines were properly , understood and carried out , not a priest would be able to show his face on the morrow . Paine , and other great reformers , had created a new mind ; and it was now their province to direct that mind . A new era had dawned upon them—an era when all the moneychangers would he driven from the Temple of the World . Eighteen hundred years ago , a voice in Judea had proclaimed Equality and Fraternity to the world . Ten thousand voices now proclaimed the same doctrine ; and they needed only union to bring about itaxewn .
Mr . S . Krnn responded to " The Press—May its brightest rays penetrate the entire globe , to light n ' -d warm lluuiaiiity in one Sympathetic and Universal Brotherhood . " They had heard that evening the estimate given by Dr . Cummiog of the character of Paine . He would quote from a better critic , a greater scholar , a more remarkable man than Dr . Gumming . "Walter Savage Landor —a name second to none in this country , and few in this asre wrote that . "Thomas Paine was the greatest thinker of the day , and one of the noblest men produced by any age . " The eulogism from
Landor , the friend and companion of Byron , the acquain ' ance of Shelley , the associate of Southey , a man better fitted than almost any other man to iud"e of the minds of those who preceded him , was more than a set off against the abuse of Dr . Cum-Trin * - and he was much mistaken , if posterity did not endorse the sentiments of Landor when Cummin * was unknown and his opinion forgotwn . So name could be more justly associated with the k £ S of the press than that ofPame ; . io man bad lone more in defence of that great principle , « That teS liberty could wily ex « twherefree-horn Jn'tSsingtL V ^« £ lg * £ 3 * freely . " John . Wm » vita ****** ** * **
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press would never be forgotten , said that it was as sinful to prevent the printing of a good book as it was to prevent the existence of a good man . One good book might do more to advance the knowledge of the agethan the existence of 100 good men . Much had been done for tbe liberty of the press in this country . As far as mere printing was concerned , the hardihood of a few men had forced the government to allow them a tolerable share of the liberty of the press . But government denied them the right of exercising this liberty unless they paid for it ; the bonds of the press were golden ones . In the late movement in the country there had been a deadness and inertness exhibited which was
lamentable to see on such a vital question . Before they could enjoy the blessings of a free press they must break down the monied despotism which now existed , and which made men mere hirelings to newspaper proprietors and wealthy booksellers . At the present moment many claims were made for reduction of taxation . But the most valuable of all these movements was that for an untaxed press ; unless they could spread abroad unfettered knowledge , it would be worse than usless to preach the doctrines of equality and fraternity . It was the ground work of all civilisation , the foundation of the temple of free thought . Establish the perfect free dom of the press , and they would raise up the
" Age of Reason , " which was essential to the attainment of the "Rights of Man ; " in the words of Paine , " the world would then be their country , and to do good their religion . " Mr . Kydd then concluded a brilliant speech , which was listened to with breathless attention , amid great applause . Mr . Moore also ably supported the sentiment . The Marseillaise Hymn was then given , and tbe proceedings closed by a short address from the Chaikman , who stated that the crowded state of the half , and the necessity for refusing the admittance of many to the festival , was a convincing proof of the advantage of speedily procuring the erection of the proposed Temple of Free Thought , and advised the taking of shares therein .
Simpathy With Hungary And Poland. Death ...
SIMPATHY WITH HUNGARY AND POLAND . DEATH OF GENERAL BEM . On Tuesday evening , a public meeting was held at the Hall , John-street ,. Tottenham-court-road . Many distinguished European democrats were present , including Louis Blanc , Landolph Frank , ( who was Attorney-General during the French Provisional . Government ) , Carl Schapper , Dr . Tauseman , and a host of other brave and talented men . The meeting was very crowded , and the speakers were enthusiastically cheered . About half-past eight o ' clock , Carl Schapper was called to the chair , and was loudly cheered . Having opened the business of the meeting , he said : —The newspapers told them that General Bern was no Socialist nor Red Republican . It was even douhttul if he was a Republican , at all . It might be true that Bern had not openly professed
himself a Red Republican or a Socialist by words , but his deeds showed that he was both ; for when it was necessary to fight for liberty , he was found in the foremost ranks . They did not want professions but deeds . Did not the French . manikin , Louis Napoleon , profess to be a Republican and a Socialist ? Butaa soon as he was elected President he forgot his promises , and aspired to be Emperor . Bern , who professed nothing , was content with a small salary . On tbe field of battle he was distinguished by no epauletts or finery of dress , but was attired as simply as a private soldier . The chairman then gave the history of General Bern ; showing that during the time he was in tho Polish Russian army he was twice dismissed tbe service , three
times tried by court-martial , and three times imprisoned ; he was treated by his gaolers with great cruelty ; at length , after four years' imprisonment , withabrokenconstitution , he was released from prison , but banished to a small town , - where he lived under the strictest surveillance , employing himself in agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the Polish Revolution . His gallant services in that struggle were then dilated upon by the chairman . When tyranny was successful in Poland , Bern joined the struggle in Portugal for liberty . He was commander during the insurrection in Vienna , and had it not been for the treachery of the middle classes , he would have attacked the Auatriaus and Croats , and the revolution would have been successful .
When all was lost afcYienha , he joined the Hungarian forces ; his gallant conduct in Transylvania was well known to them all . If all the Hungarian generals had been like him , the Hungarians would not have been defeated . His change of religion had been blamed ; but he was animated by the desire of embattling the Turks with that common enemy of liberty—the Russian despots . By all reports this gallant man , whom the balls and bayonets of the enemy had spared , fell at last by poison . He was dead , but his spirit was still alive , and animating his friends . The revolution was not put down , the storm was yet advancing ! The Times informed them
that the Russian , Austrian , and Prussian monarebs were determined , in the event of another struggle , to give no quarter—to show no mercy ; but if no mercy was shown to them they would show none to their enemies . ( Tremendous cheers . ) When the last struggle ' arrived , he trusted that the spirit of Bern would animate all who were engaged in ifc . Their enemies were everywhere plotting to destroy liberty ; they might kill men , " but they could not kill the spirit of the times—it would rise again until victory was achieved , and liberty and happiness consummated . The Chairman then called on the audience to uncover their heads iu memory of the oallant deceased . This WU 3 done in solemn
silence . The Chairman then said , " May his spirit animate all who fight for liberty ! " and sat down loudly cheered . M . Simom , an Hungarian , who had taken an active part in the late war , addressed the meeting in the Hungarian language , and was loudly cheered by his countrymen and friends . The Chairman then called on Louis Blanc , who was received with tremendous applause and three rounds of cheers . He addressed the meeting in the French language : tbe following is a brief outline of his speech : —Citizens , we are all met here filled with sympathy for the fate of Bern , and admiration for his character and actions , for the spirit of liberty filled his breast asd directed all his efforts . His
career , from the first public act of his life till its close , was one graad struggle for freedom ; first for his beloved Fatherland and , when that was useless , then for the surrounding nations-. Look at him as the soldier for Poland , where he acquired the character of the bravest and most skilful artillery officer . See his hatred of despotism , which drew upon Mm the' censure- and punishment of the Russian tyrant . View him at Vienna , and then turn with admiration to his gallant conduct in Hungary . The press of France and England said that General Bern was no democrat or Socialist ; was it so ? True his words were not uttered in its behalf ; & ut his sword was drawn in its cause ; he was not tfee orator , but the soldier of Republicanism , and the
Social Democrats of the continent were met there to-night with their English brethren , to honour hismemory . ( Great cheering ) They revered him not as the propounder of theories , but as the practical man ; not as the maker of fine promises , but the doer of gallant deeds ; not as the eloquent orator , but as tho heroic soldier . ( Loud applause . ) Re did not profess much , but his actions proved his sincerity . Had some of the loud talkers in France been as " true as him , the days of June would have had a different termination . ( Cheers . ) England , too , would not be where she is , if all her talkers for freedom were but actors like Bern . ( Groat applause . ) As a soldier , Bum had been charged with rashness , but ifc was combined with a skill and bravery that generally rendered it successful till his name became a . tower of strength to the sons of procvess and a . word of fear to despotic tyrants ,
till at length , finding that he had escaped their balls and bayonets , they sent against him , not the soldier , but the assaisin , and he fell , not like a brave man on the field of battle , but poisoned on his hearth . ( Sensation . ) Could they think of his career without finding their hearts filled with admiration ? His sword was never drawn but in liberty ' s cause , and never sheathed but when its aid would have been useless , ( Cheers . ) Thty talked of peace . He ( the speaker ) would say viye la paix , hut he also said v ' m la justice ; until she reigned there could be no peace ; til ) then they should require men like the departed hero , Bern ; and , till then , may his spirit fill their hearts and respond in his memorable words— " Pour la Justice el Liberie ! Viva la Guerre ! " Louis Blanc spoke in a very impassioned nmner , and sat down amid a tumult of applause .
Mr . Julian HAnxEV . was received with great applause . He commenced by stating , that if the meeting had been announced by placards or advertisement the hall would not have held the thousands who would have assembled . It would , perhaps , have been impossible for more to have entered the Hall than it at present contained , but the surrounding streets would then have been crowded , and the rascally press-gang would have been compelled to have noticed the meeting . He was informed by tbe committee that they had sent invitations to fifteen daily a : id weekly papers , ana only the reporters from the Star and Reynolds s were nrpW . If the meetinff had been announced in
the Star er other democratic journals , he w as sure it would have been such a meeting as had seldom been witnessed in that metropolis . That pretended Liberal paper , the Daily News , had not sent a reporter , ! although they were informed that patriots ftom Italy , France , Hungary , and other nations would be present . The-press was getting wise in its generation . When meetings were called to denounce " the conduct of Haynau , the Times and other papers not only reported their meetings , but also denounced their sentiments-totheir readers throughout Europe ; finding that this course failed to injure them , they now changed ; their tactics , and burked their pro ; ceedingSv Thejr . were- met as Englishmen to deaowc £ tt 9 L-usB .. o £ th & TK > rd foreigner , t © adopt the
Simpathy With Hungary And Poland. Death ...
JS 5 5 / ' and 8 ay tbe w ° rid ™» their ffiS * Th eVOry maB ' of w - natever" nation , a «™ Sw * ? drawback . on- their grati-! ftTjJ ^ v *? yi !?> hat alloouW not understand bntJfS « hlch ¥ from their f « ends . But they fwrtKfffc M"po ^ th 6 lBnSna « e of Kossuth , ana £ irf « H 8 ^ V Ian S g ° that nation who first ottered tho wordsf " liberty , Equality , ? hi S . rn lty' Ashmen prided themselves K , 5 n Ja ? r g T ? the lansuago of freedom . True , in years back , it was associated with glorious deeds , . In America it had gloriously expounded the principle that men were born free and entitled to the means of acquiring happiness ; but though America proclaimed that man was born free , it S left to Fiance to assert that not onW was he bom iree
anu equal , but that he was entitled to live so . Though . some imagined that Fmico had retrograded , it was not in reality so . The French Demo-Shin Sr « 5 ! l i , isdom » and they wo « w fi" « when the next struggle came , that they would not trust then ; cause into the hands of those who would again betray them . Some persons thought that English Chartists and Democrats should not interfere m the struggles of other natious . lie asked , it their neighbour was injured and oppressed , ought they not to assist him ? This feeling was fast progressing in this country . If the treachery of Georgey had not been successful ; if the struggle in Hungary had lasted but a few months longer ! no ( Mr . Harney ) felt convinced that there would have
been such an expression of opinion in this country in their favour , that the British government , however muchit might have been against their inclination , would have been compelled to interfere in their behalf ; though in so doing it might have become necessary to draw the sword , It was the duty of the people of this country , not only for the sake of others , but for their own sake , to insist that the English government , in relation to international affairs , should represent the wishes and sympathies , not of the aristocracy , but of tho majority of the people . Many persons , especially among the middle classes , were opposed to war on any grounds . But the despots of ( Europe had entered into a sacrittgious alliance against tbe neonle . and it was the
duty of the people to enter into a sacred alliance to protect themselves . Ifc was time enough to talk o ( peace when liberty and justice should reign . War was at that moment raging ! A war in which the people alono were sufferers . Look at Italy , Germany ^ and , in fact , the whole of the continent ; thousands were perishing in their dungeons ; tens of thousands , after enduring every persecution , were driven-into poverty and exile . Look at France , see tho heroic Barbes and Blaiiqui —( loud cheers )—with a host of others languishing in prison . War itself could not inflict greater horrors upon the Democratic party than they were now enduring . One man , however popular , could not in these days stop tho march of progress . If Napoleon , with all
his genius , could rise from the dead , ho would find it impossible to prevent the speedy advent of that day , when thrones and classes should be for ever abolished . Even supposing that Bern had turned his sword against democracy , he would have been trampled under the feet of the advancing ranks of freedom . It was with feelings of delight that their English friends met face to face the true-hearted , the gloi'ious Louia Blanc —( tremendous cheering , waving of hats , Ac . ); why did they so hail him " ? not because he had a world-wide fame , for men had achieved that who deserved only infamy ; not
because he had been a member of the Provisional Government of France ; not because ho was a great man in the common acceptation oi that term ; hut because" he was a true man ! And though in porson he was small , yet he was a representative of the most giant philosophy in the world . The name of Louis Blanc was identified more titan that of any other name equally well known to them with the cause of Social Progress and the Rights of Labour ; but though hu compeers were not so well known , the compliment applied equally to them . There were men in England professing Chartism who sneered at UoJism . But all tho true Democrats
were not merely Republicans , but Red Republicans . They adopted the colour of red , not because they were men of blood , but because the tri-coloured flag had been disgraced by being bathed in the blood of tho people . Mr . Harney sat down loudly cheered . Dr . Tauseman , of the Radicale Journal , an intimate friend of Bern , and leader of the Austrian Democrats in Vienna , addressed the meeting with considerable spirit , in his native tongue . Citizen Skatazkiewiecy , a Polish Refugee , addressed the meeting in Polish . He was loudly applauded by the Poles present ;
Mr . Putiib next addressed the meeting , and stated , that he was appointed by the Fraternal Democrats to express their sympathy on this occasion , and show their belief in the last words of tbe gallant Blum , " that each drop of his blood would produce fresh martyrs to the cause . " Mr . Fettle briefly addressed tho brethren of other lands in French , and regretted that , as a working man , he could not express the thoughts with which his bosom was burning , and concluded an eloquent speech by eulogising the conduct and ' character of General Bern . Dr . Frank , editor of an Austrian journal , and leader of the insurrection at Milan , next addressed the meeting in German , with , great energy and enthusiasm , which met with a hearty response . . Mr .- T . BnowN and Mr . Bezer expressed the sympathy of the English Democrats , absent and present , with the committee who had got up the
meeting , and the Refugees generally . Dr . Tauseman ( in English ) returned them thanks for the sympathy they had expressed . He dwelt on the manner in which the English people were misrepresented by the press . If they had believed in tho Times , as the exponent of tho feelings of tho Euglish people , they should have doubted of being received with that sympathy and hospitality which , he was proud to say , lud been shown to them . He believed that the great heart of this country had been represented as a great pool of selfish aristocracy on the one side , and a great pool of cotton manufacturers on the other . But ho found , by experience , lhat the heart of the people was still sound . He had no doubt tlutthe English people would be found taking part in all the great struggles which were yet to come . They might not fully accomplish their aims during their own existence , but they would leave them as an inheritance to their children . ( Cheers . )
sir , mnsEr then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Committee , which was unanimously earned , with three cheers . The CfliiiRsiAS then proposed three cheers for the Fr . 1 ternit 7 . of Nations , which was heartily responded to , and the meeting dissolved . It was announced , at the close of tho meeting , that a Fraternal Supper would be held at Highbury Barn , to commemorate the French Revolution , Upwards of 1 , 000 tickets had been disposed of , Louis Blanc , ar . d the whole of tho Democratic Refugees , would be present .
Temperance And Chartism. A Public Meetin...
TEMPERANCE AND CHARTISM . A public meeting was held on Monday evening , at the Great Half , Broadway , Westminster , to Eelopt a petition to Parliament , and take other steps to promote the Cause of Progression . J . Hamilton , Esq . ( of the Aylesbury News ) , J . Lockbart , Esq ., M , Garvey , Esq ., and other advocates of the people's cause , were present . Mr , W . Hoksell ( of the Moral Reformer ) was appointed to the chair , and , in an excellent address , showed the advantages of temperance , and the necessity of renewed exertions on behalf of tho cause of reform . Jlr . Staixwood moved the adoption of a petition to parliament , from which we make the following extracts" That we are living in a moral metropolis , a city of the dead , that in London there are 12 , 000 children training in crime , graduating in vice , S , 000 persons receivers of stolen property , 4 , 000 are annually committed for criminal offences , 10 , 000 are
addicted'to gambling , 20 , 000 to beggary , 30 , 000 are living by theft or fraud , that £ 3 , 000 , 000 worth of spirits are annually consumed , that 23 , 000 persons . ire annually found helplessly drunk in the streets , that 150 , 000 are habitual gin-drinkers , and that the like numbers of both sexes have abandoned themselves to systematic debauchery and profligacy , that thereare IS . OOOfemales receiving the wages of prostitution , and 400 panderers and procuresses , who live by inveighling girls , between tho ages of eleven and fifteen years , for tho purposes of prostitution ; that 8 , 000 of these victims of pollution die annually . " " That the elite of tlie medical profession , backed by the experience of vast numbers of mechanics , artisans , and labourers of all kinds , have proved to demonstration , that alcoholic drinks , such as beer , wines , ale , spirits , & c , contain nothing of a nutritious kind calculated to give either health or strenoth to man . "
" lhat your petitioners have witnessed with delight the happy results arising from an enactment of your honourable house , prohibiting the sale of strong drinks , or the opening cf houses licensed for the sate of intoxicating liquors until the hour of oneof the clock on Sundays . " Your petitioners therefore pray that your honourable house will be pleased to appoint a committee , with full power to summon and examine witnesses , take evidence , and make such inqidries into the Zatwraffecting the regulation of themanufacture and sale of strong drinks , and drinking usages and customs of society , with a view to tlie taking of such ulterior steps as shall to your honourable house , seem meet , for the suppression of drunkenness , and the elevation of the peopledn . morals , literature , religion , and politics .
" And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray , & c . " Mr . M'SivsExir seconded t & a-adoption of the petition . Mr .. Lewis supported tha ^ etitioa . Mr . Hamhios , who lisas-received \ jith loud cheers ,, stated , that y ^ oau uv tMigetiar to- ^ age-
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war against the drinking habits of this country not so much because . ot the injury it did to the purse , as because it deprived them of the meam of obtaining their political liberty . He belonged to the people . He knew that however , quiet they might . now be , that curious times were approaching , and that this quiet could not long be maintained . The working classes did not need charity , but justice ; but they would not get it until the barrier of intemperance was removed Every man should hare not only a country , but a home . In that petition they dared not tell the whole truth ; the picture of the wretchedness of the people was so black that he did not dare to trust his imagination with it ; but black and corrupt as ifc was , there
was a stream of corruption , sensuality , priestcraft , crime and wrong , following from their palaces , which was tenfold more terrible . The era of Whig , Tory , or Radical Politics was fast dying away , and they were coming to the era of liberty and justice ; an union of the good men of all parties must be effected . He , was in favour of the petition , because he thought that if evidence was allowed to bo collected it would develops such an amount of degradation and vice , produced by drunkenness , both in the cottage and the palace , that the public would shrink in horror from it , and decree its immediate abolition . He could scarce have credited the amount of misery that this visit to the metropolis had disclosed to him , and much of it
, he regretted to see , was self-inflicted . Liberal men—men like myself , connected with the provincial press , wore looking at the doings of tho men of London with an eagle eye , pondering on what they would do : demanding how much longer they would be content to remain in slavery ? They were tlie centre and the metropolis of the civilised universe , and on behalf of his brethren he demanded that they should do their duty to themselves and to their country . They had been too long ^ deluded by the aristocracy and clergy . The pulpit was the weakest engine in the world for good , but the greatest for mystification and evil . They must rid Christianity of those who mocked and sullied ifc . The speaker was loudly cheered
during bis address . The petition was then unanimously adopted , Mr . D . Walfobd moved a resolution in favour ef the liberty of the press , thanking those journals which had supported them , and p ledging themselves while supporting their old friends , to assist in bringing out the Pioneer , a weekly paper , to be devoted to the temperance cause . Mr . Walford commented upon the conduct of the press towards working men , and eulogised the Northern & ar and Moral Reformer . Mr . It . Crowe seconded the resolution , and mentioned the names of Arthur O'Connor , Archibald Rowan , Mitohel , Martin , Duffy , Ryan , and others ,
as men who had signalised themselves on behalf of the liberty of tho press . J . Lockhabt , Esq ., supported the resolution in a powerful address , replete with anecdote and information , in which he denounced every system of politics or priestcraft which interfered with the due exercise of men ' s faculties , and deprived them of those social and political rights which God and nature designed they should enjoy . The resolution was then unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was g iven to Messrs . Lockhart , Hamilton , and tho Chairman , and the meeting adjourned .
National Association Op United Trades. T...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 . " fiat justiiia . " " If it were possible for the workinc ; classes , by combininc among themselves , to raise , or isecp up the general ratcofvjwges , it wed hardly he said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " Stuabt MiLt .
The progress of the Association during tlie last fortnight , has been marked by a renewal of the good faith of working men in tlie soundness of our principles , and the nobleness of our objects . The good offices of our respected secretary with the mariners of Lynn will , no doubt , be recorded with satisfaction to himself aud the country , t
Letters of a very encouraging nature have been forwarded to the office from the miners of the North , engine drivers and others iu the employ of Eaihvay Directories , lace hands of Nottinghamshire , glass cutters of Stourbridge , & c , all requiring the necessary information before giving their assent to become members ; in addition to which , the harness platers and others of . "W alsal have joined , by forwarding their adhesion .
The principles of National "unity are fast developing themselves among the operatives of this country . They are alive to the important fact , that to be strong , tbey must not only be united in principle , but united in action . To defeat the capricious will of reckless competitionists and traffickers in labour , they must unite their energies and power into one common focus , for one common purpose , The
highest class of skilled labourers are rapidly declining before the dire necessities of the poorer class of artisans . The maaly and dignified English labourer is hastening to the verge of continental pauperism , occcasioned in a great measure through the placid behaviour of the workman himself . The general desire , —or , I might say , the natural instinct of man —is to advance on tho road which leads to
happiness ; but , unfortunately , through ignorance , he is led , iu many cases , like a bullock to the slaughterhouse—he fattens himself for the use of others . He does not calculate the cost to his family and to his country , when he undertakes to work-for less than the last man employed : it appears sufficient to him that he now earns twelve shillings , where at his less skilled or less dangerous employment he only earned ten shillings .
Why should this war of strife be continually at work to destroy and blast the hopes of future generations ? Why should class be set against class because one , either from physical abilities or natural capabilities , earns more than another ? Or , why should the high-paid mechanic look down with scorn and contempt npon the weaver ? Would it not be more wise and prudent—raoro to tbe interest of the mechanic—to join with the poor weaver , and assist him to gain a . fair price for his labour , and prevent those numerous exactions being made from his wages ; and thereby prevent him from
becoming a rival in his trade or profession ? This , 1 think , would be tlie soundest policy , and the most rational course to pursue . What that cause , is remains , to some degree , a mystery with the various officers of local Trades ' Societies . That there is a perverseness on the part of some there can bo no question of doubt , caused by a want of thought or a more liberal spirit , There are also men , who are bound by no ties of brotherhood , who belong tone society—men who leave their fates to fate alone . Then we have others who are wedded to ideas which associate themselves through life—men who imagine they are all the world ,
as a mite does the cheese , and they cling to those ideas with the greatest pertinacity , These local , or sectional , movements , have always been maintained at a very great cost , without au efficient power to control their opponents , or clearly to understand the position of their own particular trade , some forty miles away . This does not apply to all , but it does to numbers ; and , by their apathy , the masters erect their fortunes , Tho fatal proofs of these sad disasters are manifest in the late contests between the Engine Drivers on the North Western , tho Eastern Counties , and other directories , and their superintendents .
We hare also the Compositors of Glasgow , whose interests ought to be identical with those of London , come here to supersede the whole establishment on tho Morning Post , merely to suit the whim and caprice of a few . Had these men been under one' code of rules , governed by one body , this innovation would have been impossible ; and still we find them adhering to that which could not prevent a mischief so serious and so detrimental to their own interests .
. _ Then , we have the importation of Frenchmen to supersede the Typefounders . Why , under a national organisation , they would have been treated as the Frenchmen who came to supersede the Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton—viz ., liberally rewarded to go home again . Thus would Caslon have been defeated , as Perry was , to his own discomfit and oujr p leasure . A new campaign against labour "will Ira
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fo ught in 1852 , which will apply more parti * cularly to railway , servants of all descri ptions . Tho increased traffic of 1851 will give in « creased dividends to the shareholders , which the shareholdera and directories will strive to maintain ; therefore , it behoves the workers to prepare their house . This prosperity in returns , too , will bo the precursor of a reverse m other trades and professions who least expect it . The twenty-five per cents will not go down to fifteen without a struggle ; and tho workman will not , and cannot , maintain his price without a good hard fi ght . To you who alreadin
are y society , we say , strive to strengthen yourselves against tho coming storm . To you who are not in union , we urge you to meet together , and form a union for tho protection of your interests . League yourselves with others for the benefit of all , so that the base machinations oi interested moneygrubbers may be frustrated by y our timely cooperation . The labourer is worthy of his hire ; but to maintain it , he must be prepared to defend it ; and he can only defend ifc by uniting it with others , and raising such a bulwark of strength as shall deter the oppressor . COKSPIIt \ CY .-WOLVERUAMPTON . In directing your attention to this subject I do 80 with much pain , because it shows still further tho necessity of all men cementing themselves together in one common bond of brotherhood , not only to defend their wages , but their liberties and persons , from the evil counsels and wilv schemes of plotters m general , and particularly those who plot to enslave or degrade . The case which was noticed last week is one which commands and deserves your best aud most serious attention , inasmuch as it unfortunately occurs to members of tho local society , which is the chief reason why the appeal is made to the whole to defend these men against as great a piece of villany as ever was
attempted to be cast upon Englishmen . I have only to recapitulate the cause to induce every man who is a true Unionist to assist in raising subscriptions for their defence . Most of you are aware that a strike has been going on in Wolverhampton over since August last—that it has been conducted honourably on the part of our association—that ifc received the sanction of the largest public meeting in the Theatre—that the persecution in this case was condemned by the magistrates , who told him he was hound to pay tlie same price as other manufacturers—that he has also boon condemned in two of the municipal wards , who returned hotter men instead of him—that the council itself condemned him by refusing to elect him an alderman , —yet , amidst all these righteous condemnations he has tried to inveigle men into his snares—he has done so from Prance , and all parts of England ;
and when his dupes have found his promises false , they Iwvo left him . It is charged on Duffidd , Gaunt , and Woodnorth , that they have assisted in releasing these slaves from bondage ; and this they call a conspiracy to impoverish Mr . Perry \ Is there a working man in England who would not glory in defending those who are charged with defending the defenceless ? Whether they have done so , remains to ho seen . Sergeant Allen , Mr . lluddlestono , and Mr , Kettle , are engaged to prosecute these throe men , on the 11 th of March , before Justices Talfourd and Tattison . An appeal has been issued by the trade of Wolverhampton , to raise subscriptions to defend them against this long array of legal talent . They hopo that the trades will forward them all the assistance they can , immediately , as on that depends the issue of the
ease . Working men of England and Scotland , this new attempt to gag the mind and actions of men must be met with the same means which are employed to destroy them . The nefarious trickery that has been resorted to , first to entrap the slaves , then tho liberator of his victims must be laid bare to tho public gaze . Still these poor , men , placed , as thoy will be , before the bar of justice to answer the charge , must not be left to themselves , Talent must he employed to meet talent . The value of those bonds must he tested before that tribunal , at which the author of the mischief will tremble . Why did not tlie prosecutor proceed against them under tho combination law ? Why did he not test
its value ? Because first he feared an ignominious defeat : secondly , he imagined to grasp with in the charge not only the local officers of tbe Trade Society , but the Committee of the United Trades Association , as avowed in the justice-room by tho solicitor for the prosecution , ' In that particular they have failed . Yet the intent is the same ; the desire is not so much against these men ( Duffield excepted ) , as it is against the very framework of our working men ' s associations . The question is ono which affects all , therefore all should direct their attention to the case and assist in its downfall , and the maintenance of their rights and privileges as written in the 6 th of George IV ., and expounded by tho late Baron Rolfc , now Lord Cranworth . The working men ' s charter of socia \ liberty must
bo maintained in all its entirety . This great palladium must not he destroyed or mutilated by any overt acts of those who avow themselves the enemies of working men , if it is lawful for persons to meet together where no violence is used or practised , and determined not to work except upon certain terms , can it then bo illegal for others to combine together to persuade them to do so ? It is evident that they did meet together in the presence of Perry himself , and declared they would not work under a certain price . It then becomes a question wheth-r these few drunken men , did not , for the sake of gain , seek these parties for money to carry out their unanimous resolution of having ' the book price for their labour . If this was tho case , by referring to tho Lancaster trials we shall find that the jury did not deem that a crime .
Tho men have now thrown themselves upon tho mercy of the public , not so much to defend themselves as to defend a great principle—a principle which concerns every working nun in En £ > land , Ireland , and Scotland ; and shall they he aliened to suffer for the want of contributions ? Let us hopo the appeal of the trade will not bo in vain . Let the working men in this ease do their utmost to defend the great principle of association against the miwlnnatiOnS of an old enemy . Let tlie officesr of every society throughout thecountry collect subscriptions at once to defend this case , and forward the same by post-office order or stamps to Henry Rowlands , secretary to tho tinplate workers , Red Cow Inn , Dudley-street , Wolverhampton . I am , Sir , on behalf of the Committee , T . Winters .
Tub Williams And Sharp Monument.—This Wo...
Tub Williams and Sharp Monument . —This work , which has been in the hands of tho builder for the last fifteen months , partly from the want of funds , and owing to the Victoria Park Cemetery Company refusing toallowthe proposed inscriptions to be engraved , was erected last week . The monument only bears the names of Henry Ilanshard , Joseph Williams , and Alexander Sharp . It stands upon a York Ledger , and has a hi ^ 'h plinth and good basement , the shaft tapering , and a bold projecting cornice . In tho blockingaboveon the four sides is ' the bundle of sticks , emblematical of union , and the whole surmounted v ? itha . cap of liberty . The height of the monument is nine fact , and two feet six inches square at the base . Wo are informed that a balance of near £ 5 is due to Mr . Cox , thff builder , and when the length of time it lias been in hand is considered , it is to be hoped that the Chartist body tvill speedily liquidate the debt .
Stockport . —The Working Man s Redemption Society , established for the purpose of freeing labour from the undue influence of capital , held their first annual Tea Party and Ball , on Monday evening , February 10 th , in the National Charter Association Room , back of tho Waterloo Inn , Cheapsidc , when a number ot " the good men and true , ' with their dames , mustered ou the occasion , and did ample justice to the good things of this life . After the cloth had been removed , Mi ' .. S . Williams explained the objest of the Association ,
whose anniversary they had that nijfht met to commemorate ; and stated that premises had been taken at No . 42 , Lord-street , where the co-operative principle was practically . demonstrated . And as the society had embarked in the boot and shoe trade > ho called u | on those present to assist the- society > by givm" it their work , instead of patronising their enemies—the master class . The company was enlivened during the evening by dancing , reciting , & c , which lasted until midnight , when all departed evidently delighted with the evening ' s
amusements . IKFORMAMOH RESPECTING A MURDER , alleged tfl have been commuted thirteen years ago , was communicated by an accomplice to the police anthori *** - ties of Hereford , on Monday last . ' Tho missint' individual is a person named Maskell , who was a seneral shopkeeper at Weobling , in the county of Hereford . A reward was offered by his widow at the time for intelli gence , but up to Monday nothing transpired respecting his fate . The communication made to the police will , if correct , lay the guilt on some persons now living in and near the citv .
Property ahd-Ix ' comb Tax . —According to a return issued on Tuesday the amounts of property in England and Wales assessed under schedule A 0 tho property and income tax were , in the years ending April 5 tb , 1814 and 1815 , £ 53 , 495 , 375 , and for the years 1842 , 1845 , and 1846 , thoy have been respectively £ 85 , 802 , 734 , £ 88 , 724 , 252 , and £ 94 , 538 , 472 . For Scotland the amounts have been , in the years 1814 and 1815 , £ 6 , 042 , 955 ; in 1842 , i 9 , 481 , 763 ; in 1845 , £ 9 . 7 tt , M 0 ; » a « in 184 S , * lv \ 714 , 423 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15021851/page/5/
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