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OUR ANNIVERSARY. Twelve yews have elapse...
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PATRIOTISM AND OPPRESSION "A tale of wro...
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• ' D November 17 , 1849 . 4 THE NORTHERN ST Alt . — ^
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., , iu - - - , - - d . - , ^ ^ mm ^^ —¦ 5 DTUTISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . D On an Advance your Kent is Saved , —you become yodr ownland . and Householder .- ; ( j - i ><»& OM : ^ T . Sr-Doxwa ^^ " - Ba . * crI = TheCominercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , fi , ^^ J ^^^ . ^^ ^^ Ionian 0 $ < x . -So . is , Tottenham Court , New Boacy-St . Pancras , London .-D ^ iiEi . Yi illlui Hum , Sea etaj .. Abbasckd lv Three Tonoss . —( fcflue of Shares and Payaiectsfcr Investors . ¦• Full Share . - . .. ¦ S 120-payment of 2 s . 5 d . « Week , at 10 s . fcd . per Month , a HalfSbare .. .. CO - 1 J | . Z 2 8 Z 0 ApplSare Guested ' to stated their & rm the Section they desire , to be a Member o £ r KotemwS-. Soucmn * . or Vmaarm Fi * s .-The ) preseutEn ™ tee , ngggTS £ ^ » '; Buh * ^ " ' t- per Share ,. cnd feed , for any part of a -Share . Price of Rules , incluamg Postage , Is . i — f Ist ^ To enable -emhers to buUd D ^ 2 nd . —To aiford the means-of purchasing both Freehold - 6 fll >—t 0 enaUle Patents to make Endowments for their y md Leasehold Properties or Land . Children , or Husbands tor their Wives ,, or for Marriage i- 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held- * y Settlements . . - „ ,. " ' : ^• „ , t aienibsrs 7 tli . —To pm-chase * niece of Freehold Land of sufficient ; - 4 th . _ To enable Mortgagor * : being members to redeem vaketo ^ vc a legal titie to a County Vote for Members ot ' " heir Mortgages . ¦ '__ * e » - t u „ ;™ n 5 „„ « hi « action everv person in town or country can become 4 he proprietor of a House aud Land t nJ ^ nfeuXofS ^^^ l ^ fflJS & lw flinw to pnrdMWiBto ^ erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into y ,, 5 ^ ffrn ^ i ^ , rrSards in or near the towne of the va rious branches ^ the society . The property to be : s «**«^ *» £ Mi 52 S ^ STr after a term of years , Awn the date of location , according * 5 his subscriptions . 11 ' S ^ m ^^^ S ^ fX ^ S ^ miibm not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest sinalleums , t recefvgtl ^ ag 1 -X B - £ 500 will be advanced to the members of the firetSection in November next , when all persons who have and J mav ^ i ^ nSers for Shares ^ -partsof a ^ wwM ^ elth of Kovemto next , and who pay six months , lubscriptionein advance , or otherwise , wul be ^ ehgiblefci an advance .
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B . D . COUSINS , HEIMET-TOtiltT , 5 To . -3 . 37 V SHUXD , IXWD 05 . ( late ofDuke-street , Lkceln'e-inn ) . SLeShepherd , by the RcTTe . Smith , SLA . Vol I ., " 7 u J ! 5 l ° ^~ VoL ll > P"ce 3 s .-VoL IIL , price Cs . 6 U , doth boards ; or the three volumes in one . half-bound iu calf andkttered , price lGs . Hirabaud ' s system of Xature , a neat pocket edition ( two volumes m one ) . 3 s . Od . THE GREATEST QUESTION IS THEOLOGY COSIrLETELY DISCUSSED ; namely , the Argument apriori for the . Being and Attributes of God , by William GUa 0 t- i
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. . : ' - ALSO , WEE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' .-BENEFIT . SOCIETIES . > _ 1 _ Fnrollednursuant to Act of Parliament Thus seeming to its members the protection of the law for their nmd- ind nronertv Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with tke privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , AgentsT & c . in oyportuuity is now ofiercd to healthy persons , no to Forty Years of Age , of joining these . ilourishiug Institutions in town or country . 1 t ^ nnv flfflCE .-IS Tottenham Court , Ke » Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . IW ' Daniel Woiiasi Koffv , Secretary . Patrons . —T . S . Ddxcombe , Esa ., M . P . T . Waklet , Esi , StP .. B . S . Oabjieu , Esq . , M , P . F . O'CoMiOR , Esq ., M . P . L . J . ILakaard , Esq . In the short space of Five years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . StUBIABI OF CLAIMS . JE S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. 3 , 480 14 7 Accouelunents .. .. . .. Mj [ 3 0 0 Funerals .. .. .. .. .. .. 904 4 9 LossbyFire .. .. .. .. 05 2 0 £ 5 , 110 1 i < ¦ Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ 2 , 18 G 10 5 ' - ' i . The * e Societies are in sis . divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — Fast Drvisios . .. : i- Fouhth . Division . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Gd . to 8 s .. Cd . tributions for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 4 d , £ s . d . ' Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 . 0 £ s . d ; Member ' s Funeral .. .. . ' . .. 20 0 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. ... .. 10 0 0 Wife ' s Lvinz-in .. .. •• 2 0 0 Member ' s Wife'br Nominee ' s ditto . ' . " .. 5 0 0 Loss by Fire , from •• & ° 0 to 20 , 9 0 Wife ' s Lying in .. .. . ' . ... 1 0 . 0 Superannuation , per week 0 G 0 Loss by Five , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 . ¦ Second Division . Superannuation , per week . - . ¦ .. ..: 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Cd ., to 9 s . Cd . Fifth Division . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Con-. . 2 s . Id . tributiou for Sickness and Management , Is . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week ... . 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral 1 G 0 0 Member ' s Funeral ... 600 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. •• 8 0 o Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife's Lving-in " 5 ° . Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. , 0 15 0 & ossDTFire , fiflm .. .. £ 5 0 utolo 0 0 LossbyFh-e .. . .. .. .. .. 5 o o Superannuation , per week 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 . 4 0 Thibd Division . - Sixth Division . Entrance according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. . .. 030 tribution for Sickness and Management , Is , 7 d . Monthly Contrioution .. .. .. 0 10 AUowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. 2 10 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 600 No Levies in this Division . Wife ' s Lvin " -iu .. «* ..-110 0 ; ———Loss "by i'irc , from .. .. £ 5 . 0 0 to 10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 quarter . N . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , tlie Patriots have an Accoueliment benefit , the Patriarchs have not thatVenefit , therefore do notpay levies for it . " ' .., ,., ., , ., . W App lications for Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , enclosing a postage stamp . . . _ "_ - Blank forms and information tor the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Oisva . William Kuffv , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Koad , St . Pancras .
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EMI G ll AT I ON . TIIE BMTISII EMPIRE PEOMAXEXT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each Member a FARM of not less than Twenty-Five Acres of Land in AMERICA , By Small Weekly or ilonthly Contributions . ' XoiDo . v Office : —13 , Tottenham-Court , yew-road , St : Pancras . —D . W . Ruffv , Secretary . OBJECTS . To purchase a large tract of Land , in tho Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , of America , upon which to locate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , five acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying each member on location with the quantity re-To erect dneffings , and dear a certain portionofthc Land quired at cost price , on each allotment , previous totlie arrival of the allottees . To provide for the location of groups , holdiiu ; the Land' To establish a depot , from which to provide each family iu common , as well as for individuals , securing to each with the required quantity of wholesome food , until theirtheir collective aud separate rights and immunities . . own laud produced sufficient tor tlwiv support . VALUE OF SHAKES . - Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-Five Pounds . Tobe raised , hy Monthly or Weekly Subssriptions , as follows : — A Payment of Ninepcnce per Week for Ten Years will amount to 191 . 10 s . Bonus 51 . 10 s . Ditto Sixpence per Week for Fifteen Years wUl amount to l'Jl . IOj . Bonus 51 . Vis . inpayments may be made to the Society iu Money , Produce , ov Labour . Prospectuses , Bales , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at Ihe Office as above . All applications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must be pre-paid , and enclose « . postage stamp for reply . lly enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Bales will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing tiiree postage stamps . _ . ' .: ' :. Agents required in all parts of Great Britain . : A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , entitled " THE RIGHTS OF MAX , " will shortly ho . published , " price One Penny . It will be devoted to the interests of tho Working Classes , whoso contributions to to pages will always find a place , consistent with its size , and it will contain important advice to intending Emigrants .
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OHOLEItA . Just published , at top of Dottle-bank , Gateshead , Price 3 d ., by post lid ., T . BELL'S TREATMENT of CHOLERA e $ containing all the Prescriptions of the Treatment and Directions . ( ThcDasis Colchicum . ) The following is a copy of a testimonial advertised by tho Men of Seaton Delaval Colliery , as a public duty : — 'During a number of weeks we have been visited , to a serious extent with , that awful disease Cholera ; and , although in many cases it has proved fatal , we feel assured that it must haie been incalculably more so but for the valuable powders supplied by Mv . Bell . The effect of this medicine lias becntraly astonishing ; so much so , that in many cases it has effectually arrested tlie progress of this viruleutdisease . ' The above treatment has been applied in upwards of two hundred aud seventy cases , in and about this neighbourhood , out of which nineteen have died ; several of whom it cannot be said that the medicine has had a fair trial , iu conseqttcnce of not having a medical man who was favourable to their appplication to consult with us , as in many cases an application of the medicines were not sought until the disease assumed a malignant appearance , However , the . extent to which they have been applied convinces us of their superiority for treatment of Cholera in preference"to any other remedy that we are acquainted with , and wc do most eoufideiitly bear this public testimony to their extensive usefulness . dutto tlie
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BALDNESS , WEAK , OR GREY HAIR , WHISKERS , & c . ASD COMFORT IN WALKING . MIS S COUPELLE respectfully solicits ose tmai . oslt of her celebrated Parisian Pomade , for speedily restoring lost hair , strengthening and curliug weak hair , and checking greyness , from whatever cause . As also produce whiskers , eyebrows , ic , in six or eh j hi weeks It has never been known to fail , aud will be forwarded ( free ) on receipt of twenty-four postage-stamps . AimiEmc xEsruro . vxiis . Miss Young , Truro , writes : — " It has quite restored mine , which I had thought impossible , and I shall never be without some by inc . " Dr . Erasmus Wilson : — " It is vastly superior to all the clumsy greasy compounds now sold under Various mysterious titles and pretences ; all of which Ihave at different times analysed , and found uniformly injurious , being either scented orcowoKED with , some highly deleterious ingredient . There are , however , so . many impositions afoot ; that persons reluctantly place confidence when it may justly be bestowed . " no NOT CCT TOTO COnXS—BUT CUEE THEST .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! ! -The extraordinary success of Dr . OUTHREY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Ruptures , is without a purallcl in the history of medicine . In every case , however b « d or longstanding , a cure is guaranteed . Theremcdy isquitc easy and perfectly painless in application , causing no inconvenience or confinement whatever , arid is equally applicable to both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six shilhngs by Post Office-order , or cash , by Dr . Itosr Gcthbet , 6 , Ampton-stieet , Gray ' s Inn-road , London . ' Hundreds of testimonial and trusses hare been left behind by persons cured , as TROPHIES of tbe success of this remedy-, which Dr . GcroBEr wiU willingl y give to those who require to wear thein after a trial of it Post Office-orders must be made payable at the Gray ' s Inn-road Oih ' ce , and all letters of inquiry must encte twelve postage-stamps for > he reply , without wldcUno notice will be taken of then
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THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER TCULISIIED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of . PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of filfi , G'GQNROn'S WORK OK SHALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , Loudon ; A . Heywood , OUlham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bi all . Booksellers in Town and Country .
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EXTltAORDLVARY SUCCESS 11 ' RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -Dk . WALTER -DE R 00 S , I , Ely-place , Holburn-hill , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application , causes no inconvenience ; applicable to both sexes , of any age , aud will be sent free on receipt of ( is . ( id ., by Post-office order , or Cash . Full directions enclosed with the remedy . Hundred of Trussts have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , which he will readily give to those who like to wear them after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and i till 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) - N . D . —Post Offi « e orders payable at the Holborn office , and to prevent unnecessary correspondence , all . letters of inquiry must contain twelve postage stamps .
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PAINS IN TUE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STitlCTUltKS , DEBILITY , & c . ONE trial only will prove the value of DE ROOS' celebrated COMPOUXD RENAL PILLS , for speedily curing all kinds of pains in the back , stricture , debility , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and may be obtained of all respectable Medicine Vendors . Price Is . Hd ., 2 s . 9 d „ and 4 s . O'd ., per box ., or will be sent free oil receipt ot the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DeRoos . Pull directions enclosed . A considerable saving eflected iu taking the larger boxes . AuTUExttc Testimonials . —Sir . T . Parry , Ruthin , writes-: " Send me a 2 s . 9 d . box for a friend ; the one I had has quite cured inc . "—Mr . King , Aylesbury : ' "They are a perfect blessing , I -have not been so easy for years . " The . late Dr . Hope : " ¦ I can strongly recommend your Penal PiUs having tried them in very urn instances with most gratifying results , and sincerely hope they wUl be largely patronised , asthey deserve to be . "
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REFORM IN PARLIAMENT . THE INHABITAN TS OF THE 1 BOROUGH OF FIN 815 URY are informed that a nub iOth . for the purpose of electing Four . Delegates to tl . i SlfhYROOvf r , ' ft ° * QUEE ^ Q ' llrRE ft bUUJLl ROOMS Theobald ' s-road , Bloomsbury-snuare Twit ^ iau , to b , et ^« i at Eight o ' clock . ' - Clark , Thomas Cooper , ' William . l ) hon , aud otl . ei S know ,, advocattS ( m awl ^ ' . ™ d othe , v ell . 7-1 . -m . , Admission free . b Biuasryaisafflss" - ^ Wji , Alison , h . minry ,
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""" Luxuriant hair , whisker 4 o . 0 TMNILENE is the only Preparation that i ,. - rii in in wiidness from anj cause . -preventing the Barf f tll ^ rtSffift ^ W' * . - and feproduction of SbawSe ornamente , whiekers . & c , in . a few Ss m the utmost certainty . It « an elegantly S d preparation ; and sufficient for three months ' use will be , iStSe ' oii receipt of twenty-four postage stops by Miss DEAN , 108 , Gnat Russell-street , Bloonisburysquare , Lon on . jientk testiM 0 SIas . I ) r Thompson says -.- ' Itis a beautiful preparation , and thfonffS canTecommend ; all the others advertoed [ ilat I have seen are disgraceful impositions . I wish it ^ Sff ^^ »^ ' « -- ¦' ' flir ¦¦ nfl , * ^ XSSSJ ^'^ w ^ r ^ 2 £ nr-rfectlv free from any injurious colouring or other SSSW fte beststhnulai ^ t for the hair I have met with . The scent is delicate , and very persistent . |
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HUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUltED WITHOUT . A TRUSS ! , EVERY variety of SINGLE and DOUBLE RUPTURE , however oad and long standing , mav be nwmaneiitly cured by Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which has tTeSffi ^ lsears . andused ^ th gMBt saMew bv many eminent members ofthe profession , that its eincacy is established beyond a doubt . It is easy and painless in use , and applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of . this remedy , which . Dr . Barker will willingly give to any requiring thein after a trial of it The remedy is sent post free on receipt offis . in-Postage stamps , or by post-office oydw , by Dr . ALr UED MttlvEtt , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , where he may be consulted daily from It ) till 1 , mornings ; ¦ t till 8 evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) FostOih ' ce orders must be made payable at the Bloomsbury Post-office . . , . , No letter of inquiry can bo answered unless twelve postage stamps are enclosed . In every case Dr . Darker guarantees a cure .
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POPULAR POLITICS AND HISTORY . Sow ready , and may be procured of all booksellers and venders of cheap periodicals , pr ice only One ' PttiNY , Ho . II . Of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL ¦ INSTRUCTOR .
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J . Sweet , ' Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the : following- sums , ssnt herewith ' : —¦ Poa Chartist Executive—Mr . Bu'gin , Od ., Mr . Tomlinson , ' 2 d . —Fob l ' liiNTEii ' it Account . — Mr . Chipindale , fld . —Fob Victim Fund . —B . C . New , Lcnton , Is . J . Wild , Hollinwood . —A manufacturer can hawk his own goods iu some market towns , not elsewhere , without ¦ licence . There are by-laws in some towns prohibiting all who are iioth ' censed . 13 . liKACKENiUDU , Wallace Town . — Mr . Oswald was absent . A Remjbmcas . —Colonel Freestone was absent on tlie divi' sion on tlie People's Charter , T . 'E . J . AY . ¦ Preston . —At live-pence each , postage included , J .-KiciiAKDSoNJ'Jiiddlesbro' [ le must have given his trouble and something more with it .. \ V . Lewis I- ' awe , Derby . —We see no utility in publishing ' .. the mere formal reply of tlie Hume Office authorities . ' WiBsEV . 'Vaddleyvorth . —Send by post otlice order , or post stamps to Mr . Uider , Star office , either for the Charter , or the support of the Victims . A Working . JIan , Darlington . —We are sorry wc have J 10
room . " ' . . J . IJniscK . —In the Star ofthe Ith inst ,, wc stated that Mr . Wilson ' * letter had been received too late to have our attention that wc . ekj but we did not promise that it should appear iu the succeeding number . " ' 'It was no feeling of partiality adverse-to Mr . Wilson which induced us to withhold his letter—quite the reverse . To that gentleman we will impart our reasons privately , should . he desire to know thein . -We must add that we ' earnestly desire the success of tlie association , notwithstanding anything Mr . Brisk may imagine to the contrary . The MEritoroLif . vs TiiADis Convention . — We are requested by one of this body to state , that the type founders were represented by a delegate at the meeting last WCeU , Mid also , that the petition contains no reference whatever to tho question of the sum-age . These inaccuracies are not attributed to our reporter .
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OUR ANNIVERSARY . Twelve yews have elapsed since the "Northern Star" first raised ' the banner of Chartism . In storm and sunshine , during these , twelve years , that banner has been uplifted with steady and unwavering determination amidst all the fluctuations : and changes of the political world , and this day , in commencing our thirteenth volume , we raise ' with unabated zeal and devotion , the old rallying cry— "The CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !"
Anniversaries are like mile-stones . They measure the distance from the starting point , and indicate how far -wc are from tho goal . It is natural , therefore , upon their recurrence , for us to cast a retrospective glance on the past , aud to indulge in such speculations on the future as may be warranted by that retrospection . In order to realise fully the influence , which this Journal has directly , and indirectly , exercised over public opinion , and the share it has had in producing the present aspect of political parties , the state of affairs previous to its establishment must he taken iuto consideration . .
At that period no really popular or national organ of opinion ' . was ill existence . The journals professing :, Liberal" polities , were . confined to a local circulation , were under local and p » rfcizan influences , and their management was , at all times , dictated more by the Proprietor ' s sense of self-interest , than by stern attachment to abstract and unpopular principles . Their . "Liberalism " ' was ' carefully got up . to suit the existing market , —the creation of a bolder , firmer , national opinion and party , was an enterprise too great and too hazardous for them .
Meanwhile , for want of a , national organ , the energies of the people in different districtswere frittered away in varied and incongruous agitations , and the exertions which , combined aiid well-directed , might' have' produced ' a Visible effect upon society—failed , because of their individualised and incoherent character . Besides this , the want of some recognised exponent of tho popular will and political creed , left the' masses at the mercy of false teachers , arid liable to be led astray by aiiy " willo ' -the-wisp" manufactured by ' jobbin g politlciaHs . ° . It was clear that a combined national movement could uevcr bo formed under such
circumstances , and , without , that , it was equally clear that no substantial victory could ever b e achieved for the politically and sociall y enslaved masses . Tho Proprietor of the " Northern Star , ' therefore , resolved to establish it for . the three-fold purpose of creating organising , and directing a national public opinion m favour of their political and social emancipation , and in November , 1837 Democracy in this country was presented ' with a tree , unpurchased , and unpurchaseable ormm It was a time of great public exci tement ! The Anti-PoorLaw agitation was at its height , ihe " Three . Kings of Somerset House" and the le
peop were in the midst of a hot and furious contest . The former had not learned tnat the abstract theory of MaltLumirisin was impivicticablc-the latter were roused to fury by the infliction of anew agony and a hew disgrace bv the- ruling classes . The Ten Hours Bill Movement was also in its prime , rhe vigorous aud manl y eloquence of OWr --the . thrilhng oratronsof Stephens , and the terhng worth ed unquestionable experience of the lamented John Fielden-W rallied Ef fV ^ * oI ° the irking p 1 ;„ latum of the manufacturing dtstrictsLthe millowners were divided-the clergy and unner ot M Old Iun « . » ^ the other hand the
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Anti-Corn Law League was actively engaged in laying the foundation of that movement which afterwards carried with it the sympathies and the support of the middle and commercial classes of the country—and the Socialists had just commenced au agitation which rapidly spread over the whole island , and excited an almost unparalleled amount of public and Parliamentary attention , when the means at tho disposal of the party are taken into consideration . There were oilier minor movements—such as that for National Education , & c , but those mentioned were the great questions by which the public mind was engaged when the "Northern Star" stood forth aud demanded
the enactment ofthe People ' s Charter as an indispensable pre-requisite to the permanence or utility of all other reforms . It took its stand upon tbe principle , that until the whole people were enfranchised there could be no guarantee either for just legislation , or impartial administration—that , while political and administrative power was monopolised by the few , the many must virtually be their slaves , and that any so-called reforms emanating from such a source could neither be national ia their scope , nor enduring in their
character . To these views it has unswervingly and unfalteringly adhercdever since , underdiscouragements and persecutions almost unequalled in the history of British journalism . We have been assailed equally by open foes and by pretended friends . We have had to encounter Government prosecutions backed by all the power of the Treasury , the avowed object of which was to " ruin the proprietor with expenses , " and the fierce competition of crotchet-mongers and jobbers in the ranks of the Chartists , who , when they found they could
not prostitute the " Star" to their personal ambition or interest , commenced journals hi opposition , the sole object of which appeared to be to heap obloquy , calumny , and vituperation upon Mr . O'Connor . , The flowing tide of popular opinion , and its ebb , have been equally costly to the " Star . " When National enthusiasm and excitement grew strong , and the country was roused from one end to tir o other by one of those wide-spread and electric impulses whiph , ever and anon , quicken nations
into life , Mr . O'Connor ' s labours and expenses were proportionately augmented ; when the reflux came , and the people relapsed into apathy or sullen discontent , the heaviest portion of the expense of defending and supporting the victims seized by the Government fell upon Mr . O'Connor . The "Northern Star" has been throughout national projwiy and tho life , tnkut , and fortune of its Proprietor have been as freely and as fully placed at the disposal of the people .
Not—we rejoice to say—without reward . The other movements alluded to , as contemporaneous with the establishment of the "Star , " have some succeeded , and some failed ; in both cases , we believe , impressing upon their advocates tho truth for which we have contended . And now when the Ten Hours " Bill" has become an Act ; now , when the Poor Law Commission-has become a Poor Law Board ; and tho
ultra-Malthusianism ofthe one has been replaced by a policy move in accordance with humanity and reason ; now , when the great Free Trade Party have achieved many more triumphs than they dreamt of at starting ; now , when the Socialists exist no longer as an organised body , whatever influence their opinions may exorcise on general society—after all this , the nation is coming round to the position taken up by Mr . O'Connor and tho "Northern Star . " An
Extension of Political Privileges is now seen to be as important and essential to good government and national well-being , as wc have ever contended it was . Without that we have nothing ; tho political edifice is founded upon sand . With an enfranchised people it would be built upmra rock , against ivhich all the waves of political corruption and social monopoly would boat in vain . The movement headed by Sir Joshua Wal . msley . 1 s the direct offspring of this feeling on the part of the nation . Disgusted with the effects of past changes , and seeing clearly ,
that , until they arc really represented in their own House , there can be no radical or beneficial change even' for them , a large and influential section of the middle classes have taken the field . They do not in . terms go as far as the Charter , but their success would inevitabl y secure its enactment . If the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association carries its / oar points , the while of tho Charter will not be , long behind . The augmentation ofthe voters from loss than one million to three or four millions , would give a wonderful impetus to the ' progress of democracy ; and , though the measure be based upon expediency
instead of justice—though it takes property instead of Maniioob as its foundation , tlie Chartists are content to hail it as the precursor of a more perfect measure of political enfranchisement . The middle and working classes have joined hands , ' without reserve or dissimulation . The one party says they cannot go further at present—the other , that they will accompany them as tar as they go , but they do not mean to stop there . Tho ancient and honoured' motto is not even in abeyance . We still exclaim , "The Charter and No Surrender ! " but , taught by dear-bought past experience , we have varied the mode of operation by which it is to be attained .
This junction between the middle and working classes is the one great event ofthe past year upon which we have to congratulate ourselves and our readers . The prospect of ultimate success brightens upon us . The day of political redemption draws nigh . Against the combined forces of the producers and distributors of wealth , the idle drones and usurious monopolists of society cannot stand . Opposition will but add celerity and strength to the movement , and the "Br itish Constitution"' must speedily become in reality , what it has long been in name— " Taxation and Representation'' must be "coequal . "
. But while the " Star " has . thus steadilyamidst all obstructions , discouragements , aud chang es—pursued , the primary object of its establishment , it has not been unmindful of other equally important questions in : the order of . time . Regarding political enfranchisement merely as the means to an end , we'havo sought to - enlighten the pebple ' . on the groat questions of national economy , in order that when enfranchised they might be able to direct their newly ed in
acquu'powers a proper and beneficial channel . Come when that enfranchisement may , it will , v : e firmly believe , find tho Lntish people better prepared for its exercise than any other population in tho world . The long protracted struggle to obtain their rights , has taught them how to estimate the value of these rights . Tho maturit y of thought and breadth of comprehension , which have naturally accompanied that . struggle , have given thi »
best kind of political education—that which is acquired in tlie active walks of daily life , not tho abstruse and " abstract learning of tlie closet . A people so trained to thought and action will neither trespass on the ri ghts of others ' nor allow themselves to be trampled upon ! lhey will know bow to apply the land , labour , skill , and capital of the country to the promotion of individual and collective prosperity and without unnecessaril y or uniustlv infiinn- '
ing upon existing interests , to lay the foundations of a new and superior social system , ' distinguished by ,. . its more rational appropnaum and use of the soil , and its more equitable distribution of wealth . The visions or happy homes o ' er all the pleasant landwhich are Utopian onl y to those who have not the wil to attempt their creation-will easily bo realised , -when the heart ofthe NATION and tnoLEaisLATUKE ' shaU beat in unison , and ouv gigantic and unparalleled machinery , capital
Our Anniversary. Twelve Yews Have Elapse...
and skill , arc rcproductively and rationall y eiB p loyed to their full extent . Such , in brief , are the ends to , which wc Iq q > forward , for tho realisation of which wc labour Time and circumstance may alter the mode of their attainment , but that they arc attainable we have no doubt ; and whether it be through the medium of the National Land Plan , ° n by alterations , extensions , and improvements of that Plan , we shall bo satisfied if the whole people are enabled to " sit under their own v " vj ] n ==
and fig-tree , none daring to make them afraid . " Perhaps the events on the Continent , within the last year , are the strongest argument that , could be adduced in favour of an unceasing g radual , peaceable , and resolute aggressive popular movement . The revolutionary earthquake which shook thrones to the dust , and scattered kings , queens , royal dukes and duchesses , princes and nobles , like sea birds in a storm , has passed away—what are its present results ? The old Tyrannies restored ia almost every country where Liberty achieved a
brief and fleeting triumph . Hungary , whose bleeding heart yot palpitates in the hand of thgbrutal ruffian Haysau , is scarcely less iV Ce than the citizens of the so-called French Up public , under the hypocritical despotism 0 f " Louis Napoleon and the rest of the politic-. ! tricksters who arc now gambling for siim-eil ! p power . The meteor has flashed , dazzled , UJ disappeared , leaving profouuder darkiL behind it . That in the course of nat „ n another convulsive upheaving of the forci uK repressed , but universal discontent vhi <| exists in these countrieswill
, occur »*• . ;« there can be no doubt—but is there any reason to believe with better results , if the eonHictinoparties are similarly composed ? The old rulers of the world have been trained to the exercise of Force and Fraud . They under stand thoroughly the full use of these weapons . The people have neither the education nor tlie means to contend with them on their own battle-field . They should be wise , therefore and choose one more favourable for the dc ' velopemcnt of the powers they unquestionably possess . The strength of au unorganised ml
jonty is no match tor that of a well-disciplined and well-armed minority . What then ? Organise the Majority . How ? Popular progress in England supplies au answer . Inch by inch the ground has been forced from the oligarchy ; every advantage thus slowly „ - ra has been as sturdily retained , and with each successive advance the power of tho people grows stronger- —that of their adversaries ' less , Can there bo any doubt as to tho ultimate issue ?
With respect to the future management and policy of the "Northern Star , '' we ) lavc no new promises to make , no broken ones to apologise for . Our past conduct is our guarantee for integrity and devotion to tlie cause of the people . The immense and unequalled sacrifices and labours of Mr . O'Co . v NOll speak for themselves to the country , and constitute for him a permanent stimulus to fight for the ultimate victory , in a strurwle in which he has borne so conspicuous a part ! aud " endured the heat and burden of the : duv "
The " good cause" has become part of Ms being , and whoever may desert it—whoever may grow , apathetic or despairing — lie , at least , while-life and health remain , will over be found at his post . The " Northern Star" will , as hitherto , continue to-be independent , impartial , and national in its whole policy and arrangements , It knows nothing of cliques or factions . The
Sons of Labour everywhere are welcome to its columns . Tho miners of Durham , and tho silk weavers of Spitalfields—the cotton tnuks of Lancashire , and the agricultural peasantry of Great Britain and Ireland—the elothicrsot Yorkshire ,-and tho linen workers of Belfastthe PEOPLE , from Peuzanco to John 0 'Groat ' s , are our clients . We advocate the cause of all—we labour to promote the improvement and prosperity of all .
Nor are our sympathies and regards confined to our own shores . The "Northern Star" will , as heretofore , contain the most truthful and intelli g ible reports of tho progregs of freedom abroad * , while , at the same time , it will defend those who struggle for that freedom , against the infamous nnd unfounded calumnies of a prostitute and unprincipled Press . Happily , our circulation—both on the Continent and in the United States , and our recognised position as the organ of British Democracy , will enable us widely to neutralise the venom of the reptiles .
We lookback with pride aud satisfaction upon the past , and forward with hope to the future . _ The flush and fever of . excitement with which we began our labours has faded , but it has left behind more substantial qualities—the calm ; earnest , and persevering determination to fulfil our mission , and minds more matured by experience and reflection for the proper discharge of its important duties .
With thfise qualifications , and with unabated hope and zeal , we commence the thirteenth volume ' . of the "Northern Star "— a number never before attained by any journal advocating similar principles . * . " Tlie future hides in it Good Imp and sorrow ; , We press still thorow , Nought that abides in it Daunting' us—Onward . "
Patriotism And Oppression "A Tale Of Wro...
PATRIOTISM AND OPPRESSION "A tale of wrong , In ancient days , when tyranny was stroiic . "
" Truth , " said Byrox , " is strange , ^ stranger thaii fiction . " Tho thrilliiis , graphic , ? , and extraordinary iiairativo of Air . Iiogerr O'Connor ^ first given to the world nciirlyjy fort y years ago \> y "WlLLIAM COBBlsTT , ail'kd this week re-publislicd by us—is a povcrfukd and striking illustration ' oi' the fact . To ththc men of the present generation , it may almosiisi seem impossible that such atrocities could cvcio have been' perpetrated under the sanction o . o . liie British Constitution , and in a land nomminally , atleast , possessing constitvitioualguaramnibr
tecs the security of person and pvoiurtyiy , Lord Cxo-NcuiuiY ' s recent revelations as to tlielu infamous treatment ho sustained at tlie outscfecof life from the execrable Castlereagii , provovi that these cases' of lawless and relentless proiro secution , were by no means singular , and ihaha with rcferenec'to Irish gentlemen especialljll ] neither birth , station , property nor virtue , wcra any protection . On tliem an unbridled ami bloodthirst y tyranny might wreak its WOf'Oi " passions . without let or hindrance , and whi .-hi committing" the most brutal crimes anai excesses , lie applauded and hounded on ty by licentious aiid venal Press .
^ The proscription and persecution of M M Roger OVovmii stands out from other castas by the magnitude of its enormity , and its bo bo and unblushing infraction of everv principle tie political and social justice . Itis , indeed , ahucmc st ii generis , whether we regard the iudumitaltal heroism , the public and private virtues of t-f t patriot , or the unexampled liendishncss ; s which liis persecutors were animated , a ft which i'i careful perusal ofthe " Xarrativ ( tiv < will explain .
Never , indeed , do we remember oi * havi , avi seen the peculiar idiosyncracy and cliaraci « . ii : i « . i au author , though unconsciously , so t ' oix-ilrci portrayed in his Aiptings , as in ' this ' NarS ' ar tive relating to ~ Mi \ O Connor . '' Without nit tending any direct description , wo are p-e aentcd with a full-length portrait of the nit m bold in its outline , and finished with th minutest tenches of truth and nature . ; . can ima gine the frank and hospitable rcc rcc tion of the soldiers— " in a sad plight ''—v—' without notice , at nine o clock in the cvoiiivoni on the 27 th of December , " such anight as . t as rememhrauce cannot parallel , " invaded Jed porters * lodges iu ( piest of quarters . Thcfhc ject of snclr an intrusion was to excite oj " c oj sition / aiiclto lay the ground for a plauslaus
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17111849/page/4/
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