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Feb ruary 19, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR. o
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A LAY OF LABOUR. Br ' The Beitast Haw. *...
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MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN. By Alexander J H...
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The ifatque of Anarchy. By Percy Byssha ...
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2fan's Irrationalities: a series of Lett...
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Tracts for the Times. By the Rev. B. Par...
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Reduction in Wages: its Cause and Effect...
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Feb Ruary 19, 1848. The Northern Star. O
Feb ruary 19 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . o
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A LAY OF LABOUR . Br ' The Beitast Haw . * jlove the sp rings your shuttle sings , As o'er the polished race it reels ; Goi hlesi the baud that does command That song of labour from its wheels . Each tread , each that , unties a knot By mfcerv's freezing fingers drawn ; On every thread that cope would spread Before my toiling artisan . Ia dewy grey the morning ray Is fluttering round your window-pane , And love . I know , an hour or so Will bring us broad and bright again , What lack of gold cannot withhold-That light which Heaven the humblest man As freely gave as to the knave
Who sparas ray toil-paled artisan . 'Tis true that rest , my soul ' s requeit , Were more than even life to job ; Bu t lRog h or weep , or toil or sleep , The man ef rents must have his dne , Vor shosld we mourn , there ' s many a turn Before we reach the bourne of bliss—And if we surt with soul and keart The path cannot be all like this . Unt human toil'e a sterile soil If all the spirit be not there—The pa th we'd walk the soul must chalk , Aad memory guard the line with cars ; And while we strain , with , care and pain , Resember , love , each worldly view , ¦ fi"hen sought aright , reveals a light That leads us safely Heavenward too . For stations high not ours to sigh ,
Or seek them o ' er unhallowed earth—A sickly flower is wealth or power If reared upon one ruined hearth j And crowns of kings ( oft bleaching things ) May leave the wearers' cheeks as wan As even thine , whose dewy shine Proclaims the night-WOm artilW . Be Mary ' s throne your heart alone , Let lore and labour bring the rest , And power shall be the same to me A * to this babe upon my breast ; And wealth—this store I value mere Than garden-worlds of deathless bloom —• Hy toiling on * , my infant son , My wheel and your good harness loom . 'lis thought your brow is paler now , Than when you won my girlish heart ; So let it be , its hue to me
Was never , lave , its better part ; The sallow stain is not the brain Where angel thought matures the plan , J " or bird or flower , or town or tower To swell beneath the artisan . But , sse , the sky grows blue and high , And flashing is each window-pane ; Kow . thank you , Heaven , at last yoa ' re given The blessed light of day stain . And to each gleam yoar Jtrippinp / . fceam Reveals tbe rosy thrum-yard keel-God bless the hand tbat can command
That music from the shuttle s wheel Sssncr of Ulster .
I Songs For The People. I Masakiello's C...
I SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . I MASAKiELLO'S CAIX TO THE NEAPOLITANS . Ais— * The Q'jeen , G * d bless her . ' _ ro ay Ik'ht-toued guitar , ' Heath the sweet orange tree , I tang when my labour was done , ilill the voice oi my country call'd loudly oh me— - ' Awake frem thy slumber , my son J ' there ' s a spirit tbat lies , in tbe meanest disguise f Tbat wfll burst into glory and power , ftThen tke time is at iand for that spirit to rise—» j Acd now , brothers , now is the hour ! iXot for joys of ambition , or lust of vile gold , Dj I quit my rude home by the tea ; ;_> Qtto win back the * charier' of freedom of old , I Whtn oar sires were cbsinlegg and free ; ; Te have borne with our wrongs till forbearance is vain , £ Till osr tyrants Save ttrengthtned is power , "Bat tbe arm of the peasant ssall burst through the K chain , "" : And sow , brothers , now is the hour ! _ t ?" bile bountiful i atnre spreadt plenty around , . ; Shall the fruits of the earth it denied \ b fte wants o ? the workman who tilleth the ground , i ; By tbe rich , from his labour supplied ! J o ay ligbt-toned guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , i No more when the light shadows lower , jlTill I sing my wild liy -till my country is frit—Ana now , brothers , new is the hsnr !
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Memoirs Of A Physician. By Alexander J H...
MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN . By Alexander J Hamas . London : Simms and M'lntyre , 23 , Pa' £ : ternoster-rc-w , and 26 , Donegal-street , Belfast . Every one has heard of the ^ author of Monte Whristo , the gentleman who makes books by steamand book ? , too , that are more widely read than the productions of any other author of the present day , feot excepting even Eugene Sue . We are but little acquainted with this author ' s works ; indeed we have tot time to waste upon the reading of novels and romances ; bavin ? , however , looked into these vo-] smes we have been sufficiently fascinated to be induced to read on ; aud having read two volames we
feel bound to recommend this work to our reader * . \ These two vols , form Nos . 2 and 10 of The Parhur library , s . series not more commendable for extraordinary cheapness than for the excellence of the tiveral works which have np to to this time bean is-Sued . We trust that the efforts of Messrs Simms lad M'lntyre find , and wiU ' . eontinue to find , that support from ' tae public which will warrant a perseverance in their present course of public usefulness . ' These volumes are so cheap tbat it is almost an injastice to the publisher to do more than recom-Bend them . We shall , therefore , not attempt any iatline of tbe story , but merely give a few extracts . iS ' emust , however , state that tbe time of Parti of ibe storr is laid in the reira of Louis XV ., some
Iwenty years before the breaking out of the great Revolution , but even at that period the signs of the liaes wtre ominous of the coming hurricane . I The story has a greater and a lesser hero ; the for-2 aer , Joseph Ba ! samo , ( the sorcerer ; the latter , Gilbert , an orphan , friendless and uneducated , but formed if the stuff of which N & tnremzkes her heroes . These iwo meet durins a thunder-storm . Gilbert has been reading Le Control Social by Rousseau . Being asked iy Balssmo what he has learned from that book ? . Gilbert answers' Things that I bare guesiidV I 'Howso !' I 'Why that men are brothers—that societies in which ahere are serfs or glares , are ill-eonstituted—tbat one pay we shall all be equal . ' 1 'Ob , ho !' said the traveller .
I Balsamo having taken refuge from the storm at Hue B * rcn de Taverney ' s , is enlightened by that Ececimen of the' old school' on his views of
j THE NEW PHILOSOPHY . j ' The philosophers are wretchesas mischievous as they Sxe sgly- —the monarchy -will be mined by t & eir opinions » -oo one laughs now—they read!—they riad!—and That , I pray you ? Sentiments like this ;— ' Under a fconarchial government it is difficult for a people to be virtuous . ' Or this : — 'Monarchy is an institution indented f r the corruption of the morals of men , and the purpose of enslaving them . ' Or else this : — 'If the power of kings comes from God , it comes as diseases and other scourges of the human race come from him . ' Ton call that improving , I hope ! A virtuous people ! Sow , I ask you , of what use woald they be ! Every . thing has gone wrong since the king spoke to Yoltaire , * nd read Diderot !' The baron had the misfortune to have a son inlected with the new ideas , whom he thus speaks
Ala . HEK iEE BROTHERS . 'Oh , yes ! another philosopher , sir ! Upon the ho-£ 0 ur of a gentleman , it is sickening I Did he not speak to me the otter day about giving the negroes their freedom ! ' And what about sugar , ' a » ked I , * for I like my « Sse very sweet , and so does Louis XV . ' ' Sir , ' replied ha , ' is it not better to go without sugar than to make s . whole race suffer ! ' « A race of monkeys , ' said I , and I think it was saying a great deal in their praise . Well ! "What do yon think he said nest mafoi : — there mu * t be
something in the air to turn peopla ' s heads ! He replied to me , ' tbat all men were brothers ; ' I , the bro ther of a Hottentot !' The chateau of the Baron de Taverney is honoured with a 71311 : by Marie Antoinette , on her way from Austria to Paris to be married ts the Dauphin , afterwards Lonis XVI—that fatal marriage which the axe severed—severing at the same time the heads of both the royal unfortunates . The princess lenconnters the sorcerer and taunts hintfo foretell her fate . At last he consents :
t THE MAGIC lOEKOK . I * I would beg your royal highness not to irritate ? me ! ' replied Balsamo ; * I am but an instrument ot Pros vidtnee to enlighten you on those sorrows which await I you . insult fortune , if jou will—she can revenge I herself ; bat for me , I am but tbe gloomy herald of tbe ! misfertunes she has ia store for yon . * I ' Then it appears that misfcrtunss await me ! ' said ftiedaupbiness , mildly , touched by Balsamo ' s respect-| ful manner . 5 ' Yes—tsrrible misfortunes . ' I ' First—will my family be happy !' ' That which yon have left , or that to which yon faregQing ?' 3 ' Oh , my * wn family—my mother , my brother Joseph ay sister Caroline ?' I ' Your misfortunes will not reach tkem . ' I ' They are mine alese , then f ' I ' They are vourj . and these of jour new family , '
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r The royal family of France includes three princes , the Duke de Berry , the Count de Provence , and the Count D'Artois ; what will be their fete V 'They will all reign . ' « Then I shall have no children !' 'Yob will have children . ' Not sons . ' ' Some of them sons . ' « Mv sorrows , then , will be caused by their death «• 1 Tou will grieve that « ne is dead , but mest will you
grieve that the other lives . ' Will my husband love me V ' Fes , too well . ' 'Shall I not , then , be able to bear my grief , supported by my husband and jny famil y {' ' Neither will support you . ' ' The love of my people will still be mine !' ' The people !—the ocean In a calm !—have yon seen the ocean in & stottn , madam V By doing good I shall prevent the storm ; or , if it rise , I shall rise above it ' . '
' The higher the wave the deeper the abyss . ' ' God will defend me . ' Alas ! there are heads which he himself foredooms !' ' What mean you , sir ; shall I not , then , be queen V ' Yes . madam , but would to H aTen that you were not to be !' She smiled disdainfully , ' Did you remark , ' he continued , 'the tapestry of the first room in which you slept after having entered France ?' ' Yes , sir . ' What did it represent ?• ' The slaughter of tha innocents . '
• Have not the grim faces of the murderers haunted your memory !' ' I confess that they have . ' ' Had you not a storm on the way hither !' ' Yes ; a thunderbolt fell , and nearly on my carriage . Were not those omens ?' ' Fatal omens !' It would be difficult to interpret them as happy ones ! The Diuphlness let her head fall on her bosem , and raising it after a minute ' s silence , ' speak J ' said she ; ' in what ixtnner shall I die !' He shook his head . 'Speak I ' - ' I dare not . '
' It is my will that yon should , ' she said , imperiously . * Have msrey—hare mercy on yourself !' Speak , sir , or I shall say that all this Ib bat an absurd fable . Take care I—the daughter of Maria Theresa is not to be jested with I—the womaa who holds in her hand the destiny of thirty millions of men is not to be trifled with J ' He continued silent . You know no more , ' she said , contemptuousl y ; ' your"imeginatlon it exhausted . ' ¦ M y knowledge of the future la not exhausted , madam ; and if you will force mo—' 'Y « s , I will hsar all . ' Hs seiied the caraffe on the golden saucer , placed it ia a dark hollow , where some rocks formed a sort of grotto ; then he took the hand of the Archduchess , and drew her under the vault .
' Are job ready ? he asked tha princess , alarmed by his rapid movements , Yes . ' Oayourkaeef , then' . —en your knees ! and pray to Gad to spare yon the dreadful end of all your greatness , which you are now to witness !' She obeyed mechanically , and fell on both fcaees . He pointed with a wand to the glass globe , in the centre of which mast bare appeared some dark and terrible form , for tho Dauphiness , ia trying to rise trembled and sank again to the ground with a shriek of horror—she bad fainted . The baron hastened to her assistance , and in a few minutes ska came to herself . She put her hand to her forehead , as if to recall her thoughts , then suddenly exclaimed , ' The caraffe!—the caraffe !* The baron presented It to her . The water was perfectly limpid—not a stain mingled with it . Balsamo was gone .
The infamous court of Louis XV ., at the head of which ( 1770 ) was the notorious courtezan , Gonntens Dubarry , is admirably pictured . From the lips of his eldest daughter , the Princess Louise , who is abeui to retire from the court to the convent of the Car . meiites at St Denis , the king hears soufe « tartling truths of the present , and still more startling warnings of the future .
THE C 0 MIXG CONVULSION . * Sire , that throne , of which you but now so proudly spoke as leading a protecting shade to your childrenthat throne totters . Yon feel not the blows which are dealt at its foundations , bat I have seen them . Silently a deep abyss is preparing , which will engnlf the monarchy 1 Sire , has any one ever told you the truth ! The princess looked around to discover whether the attendants were far enough to be out of hearing of her words—then she resumed—« Well , Sire , I know the truth ! Teo often have I heard the groans which the wretched send forth , when , as a Sister » f Mercy , I visited the dark narrow streets , the filthy lanes , the dismal f arrets of the poor . In those streets , those lanes , those garrets , I have seen human
beings dying of cold and hunger in winter , of heat and thirst in summer . Ton see not , Sire , what the country is—yon who go merely from Versailles to Marly , and from Marly to Versailles . Bat in the country there is not grain—I do not say to feed the people , but evea to sow for a new harvest—for the land , cursed by some adverse power , has received , hut has given nothing back . The people , wanting bread , are filled with discontent . The air is filed in the twilight and at sight , with voices tellingthem of weapons , of chains , of prisons , oftyranny ; and at these voices they awake , cease to complain , and commence to threaten . Tbe parliaments demand the right of remonstrsnte—that Is , the right to say to you openly what they whisper in private—* King , jou are rainics the kingdom—gave it!—or we shall save it
ourselves . ' Tha soldiers , with their idle swords , furrow the land , In which the philosophers have scattered the seeds of liberty . Men now see things which they formerly saw not , for our writers have laid all open to tbem—they know all that we do , and frown whenever their masters pass by , Yonr Majesty ' s successor is soon to be mar . ried . When Anne of Austria ' s son was married , the city of Paris made presents to the new queen ; now . It is not only silent , and offers nothing , but you have been obliged to use force to cellect the taxes , to pay the expense of bringing the daughter of Cssar to the palace of tke son of St Losia . The clergy had long ceased to pray to God ; bat . seeing the lands given away , privileges exhausted , coffers empty , they have begun again to pray for what they eall the happineis of the people . '
The conversation we next extract from , is between Louis XV . and Sartines the head of the police , and introduces a notice of
SOUSSE 1 U AKD TOLTATBG . * Have you anything for me to do this morning , Sartints ? * ' Oh , yenr Majesty , only three papers io sign ; ' and the minister of police drew ont the first from his portfolio . ? Oh ! ' said the king , ' a Icttre-de-cas ^ t . ' ' Yes , sire , ' ' And against whom ?' Your majesty may see . ' ' Oh , against the Sieur Reusseau ! What Rousseau is that , Sartines , and whathas Redone !' 'Done , sire!—written * Le Contrat Social . " ' Ob , then , it is Jean-Jacques whom you wish to shut bp in the Bastile V
Sire , he disturbs the public peace . ' ' And what the deuce did you expect he would do V ' Besides , 1 don't propose to shut him up . ' 'Of what use is this letter , then V * Sir * , merely to have a weapon ready . ' '—Not that I am at all fond of your philosophers , mark ye . ' 'Your majesty has good cause not to love them . ' 'But people will exclaim against us . Besides , I think we authorised him to come to Paris !' ' No , sire ; we said we should tolerate him on condition that he 4 id not appear in public ?'
' And does he appear in public % ' ' He is always to be seen . ' ' In his Armenian dress !' ' Oh , no , sire . We ordered him to lay it aside . ' ' And he obeyed V ' Yes , bat complaining loudly all the time of our per . seeution . ' * And how does ha dress now . * ' Oh , like other people , sire . ' ' Then he cannot be so much remarked !' ' What , sire ! a man who has been forbidden to appear in public not remarked ! And then , only guess wherehe goes every day !'
* To the Marshal de Lusembanrg ' g , to Monsieur d'Alembert's , to Madame d ' Epinay ' s ?' To the Cafe de la Regenca , sirs ! He plays chess there every evening . He must bemad upon that point , for he always loses ! and it requires every evening a company of soldiers to keep order among the crowds around tbe bouse . ' ' Wtll , ' said the king , ' the Parisians are even greater fools than I thought them . Let tbem go oa amusing themselves in that way , Savtines ; while they do so they will not shout starvation 1 ' The minister saw tfeat the king did not wish the arrest ef Riusseau to rest on the royal responsibility , so he did sot press the matter farther . 'But , sire , ' said he , ' thereis another philosopher . ' 'Another , * replied the king , languidly , ' shall we neverhave done with them I' . _ 'Ab , sire , it is they who have never done with us !' ' And who is this One !'
* Monsieur de Voltaire . ' « Has he also returned to France V No , sire ; it would be much better , perhaps , that he had , for then we conld watch him . ' ' What has be been doing !' It is sot he who has been doing anything , it is his partisans ; they are actually going to have a statue erected in his honour ! ' 'Subscriptions are pouring in ; and observe , sire , it is only authors who are pernetted to subscribe . All cema with their offerings ; they make quite a procession every day . Even Bonsseau brought his two louis d ' ora . ' « Wtll , ' said the king , ' what c ? . n I do in the matter I am not an author , it dees not concern me . ' Sire , I thought ol proposing to your majesty to put an end . try royal command , to this demonstration . '
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'I shall take good care not to do any such thing , Sartines Instead of decreeing him a bronze statue , IL t n ° ? T him one of K 0 ld - tot them San " * £ S ? J & ^ ^ « - «*«« «¦ *»» taJhrowTc ^ r * ^^ * " * ' *"" « «* ' Let us understand one another , Sartines ! Desire is not the word . I should be very glad to put an end to these thing * , certainly ; but how can I ?—it i « impos . sible . The time is past when royalty could say to the spirit of philosophy , as God says to the ocean , ' Thus far shalt thou go and no farther . " To blame loudly but uselessly ; to aim a blow , but strike short of our aim that would only serve to show our own weakness . Let us turn away our eyes , Sartines , and pretend not to see . ' The minister sighed .
• At least , sire , ' said he , ' if we do not punish the men , let us suppress their works . Hsre is a list of books , whieh , in my opinion , should instantly be proscribed ; some attack the throne , some the altar ; some teach rebellion others sacrilege , ' The king took the list , and read in a languid voice' The Sacred Contagion ; or , the Natural History ef Superstition . ' ' The System of Nature ; or , Laws of the Physical and Moral World . ' ' Instructions of the Capuchin at Ragusa , to Brother Pediculeso , on bis setting out for the Holy Land . ' He had not read one-fourth of tho list , when he let it fall ; whilst an expression of sadness and dejection overspread hia usually unmoved countenance . He remained thoughtful , and for some minutes , seemed quite overcome ' Sartines , ' said he at last , ' one might as well undertake to move the world . Let others try it . '
The minister looked at him with that perfect understanding of his wishes , which the king leved in those who approached him , as it served him the trouble of thinking and acting . ' A tranquil life , sire , ' said he— ' a tranquil life—is not that what your majesty wishes *' The king nodded . « 0 yes 1 ' said ho . I ask for nothing else from your philosophers , encyclopedists , thaumaturgi , illuminati , poets , economists , journalists , —tribe * that come one knows not whence— that are always bustling , writing , croaking , calumniating , calculating , preaching , com . plaining . Let them be erowned—let statues be raised to them—let temples bo built to them—but let them leave me in peace . ' We shall continue these extracts in our next .
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The ifatque of Anarchy . By Percy Byssha Shelley . The Right of Free Discussion . By Thomas Cooper .
M . D . Modern Slavery . By the Abbe de Laoiennais . London : J . . Watson , Queen's Head . passage , Pate rnoster-row . These are three of the publications which , advertised in the Northern Star , hare frightened the celebrated Dr CanttoeK from his propriety ; three publications which , though very small in size , contain ' a vast deal more of common sense than has yet appeared , or is likely to appear , in the British
Banneb ; and as to Christianity—if that is to be measured by' brotherly love . ' then would it be well if the intolerant priest of the Tabernacle could lay his hand on his heart , and declare ' I am as good a Christian as Shelley , Cooper , and Lamennais ! ' . ' The Masque of Anarchy' ( to which is added ' Queen Liberty , ' and Lines 'To the Men of England , ' ) was written by Shelley on reading the account of the horrible massacre at Manchester on the 16 th of August , 1819 . We quote some of the opening stanzas : —
As I Jay asleep in Italy , There came a voice from over the sea , And with great power it forth led me To walk in tbe visions of Poesy , I met Murder on the way—He had a mask like Castlereagh—Very smooth he look'd , yet grim ; Seven bloodhounds followed him : * * * Next came Fraud , and he had on , Like Lord Eldon , an ermined gown ; His big tears , for he wept well , Turned to mill-stones as thsy fell ;
Clothed with the Bible as with light , And the shadows of the night , Like Sidmouth next , Hypocrisy , Oa a crocodile rode by . And many more Destructions played In this gc & stVy TnaaqmeTSde , All disguised , even to tbe eyes , Like bishops , lawyers , peers , or spies . In the following stanzas , the poet faithfully and fearfully paints the slavery of the English people : — 'Tis to work and have such pay As just keeps life from day to day In yonr limbs , as in a cell
For the tyrants' use to dwell : So that ye for them are made , Loom , and plough , and sword , and spade ; "With or without yoar own will , bent To their defence and nourishment , 'Tis to see your children weak 'With their mothers piae and peak , When the winter winds are bleak : — They are dying whilst I speak . 'Tis to hunger for such diet , As tbe rich man in bis riot Casts to tbe fat dogs that lie Surfeiting beneath his eye .
'Tis to let the Ghost of Gold Take from toil a thousand fold , More than e ' er Its substance could In tbe tyrannies of old : Paper coin—that forgery Of the tills deeds , which ye Hold to something of the worth Of tha inheritance of Earth . 'Tis to be a slave in fouI , And to hold no strong contronl Over ye . ur own wills , but be All that others make of ye , * * # Birds find rest in narrow nest , When weary of the winged quest ; Beasts find fare in woody lair , When storm and snow are in the air
Asses , swine , hare litter spread . And with fitting food are fed ; All things have a home but one : Thou , oh Englishman , hast none ! This is Slavery—savage men , - Or wild beasts within a den , Would endure not as ye do : Bnt such ills they nevor knew . Equally powerful is the description of the realities of freedom . There are ninety-one stanzas in thia poem , the last of which shall conclude our extracts : — Rise like lions after slumber In unvanquishable nchbek ! Shake your ehains ' to earth like dew Which in sleep had fall ' n on you : Yb AB . E MANY THEY ABB FEW !
• The Right ef Free Discussion , ' is a pamphlet we earnestly recommend to the readers of the British Basher . We should like to see Dr Cantwell attempt to confute the arguments of this essay , the purport and merits of which our readers may form some idea of from the following extract : —
FBEE DISCOSSIOK—PEBSECtlTIOH . It i » a prevailing opinion , tbat some doctrines are so important in politics , and others so sacred in religion , that no public discussion of them ought to be allowed . If this opinion were well founded , then would all the persecution that has aver been practised in the world be justified . For , if it be part of the duty of civil magistrates to prevent the discussion of such doctrines , they must in so doing , act on their own judgments , as to tbe nalweand tendency of suehdoctrintS . Consequently , they must have a ripht to prevent the discussion of all doctrines which they deem improper for discussion . This right they must exercise in the only way in which civil power is capable of exercising it ; that is , by
inflicting pains and penalties on all who oppose what our governors , deem sacred doctrines ; or who maintain what they are pleased to call pernicious opinions . So that the opinions ef our political rulers" become the established test of truth . In Mahommedan countries , therefore , magistrates would have a right , and it would be their bounden duty , to silence and punish all who oppose the divine mission of Mahomet , or the inspired character of the Koran . The Ilka is true of the doctrines of transubstantiation , the real presence , the worship of the Virgin Mary , & c , in popish countries ; and the doctrines of the Trinity , the Atonement , unconditional election , and reprobation in Protestant countries . All such prohibitory and penal laws are right , if the prevailing opinion , which I now controvert , is
right ; and Papists and Protestants very properly burned each other at the stake , alternately , and may justly continueto do so when they happen to have tbe power . This . is tbe necessary , undeniable consequence of the doctrine that we , or the governors of a country , wherever that may be ^ ' have a right to punish in any manner those who maintain what may be considered as pernicious opinionsin religion er ^ goverament . How many people will agree in theory , that the prevailing notion is a mistaken one , and yet make an exception In practice , in favour of their own opinions ! Ia this mutual conflict of hatred and revenge , which for so many centuries has disgraced the population of Europe , what has become of truth ; while each of the contending parties have indulged their rancour under her sanction , and pretended to fight under her banners !
For its truth , eloquence , and practical good sense , the pamphlet entitled' Modern Slavery' deserves the warmest commendation . Would that every working man could hear this voice of the high-priest of Democracy appealing to him to burst tbe fetters which , otherwise , will impose as vile slavery upon bis children as himself groans under . The Ahbe de Lamennaia writes of the wrongs of the poor with a
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pen of fire . Ew exhibition of modern slavery , showmp , link by link , that tho chain ia the same in reality , though differing in form from tbat which bound the helots of S parta and the bondmen of Rome , 18 a masterly exposition of the enormities of our social system . It is almost impossible to quote from this pamphlet ; if we quoted at all , we ought to give , not extracts , but the whole : nevertheless we will give a specimen : — '
SlSVJSBliT OF Tlir PBOIETAIIIAN . In fact it must be owned , that the proletarian Is one who livesby his labour , and who could notliv . unless ho did labour . Ttus the proletarian has wages so long as he works—the requital given by the capita ) itt in exchange for his labour . The necessity of living renders , then , the labour ** dependent upon the capitalist , irre . mediably tbe subject : because , in the purse of the one is the other ' s life . When the purse is closed , when the labourer ' s wages fall , he must die , or at least beg—a slavery yet harder and more humiliating , to which , besides , the law has attached the punishment of crime . Can any dependence be imagined comparable to thiscomparable to a dependence based on the absolute power of dispensing life and death .
In the second place the proletarian depends upoa the capitalist for tbe amount of bis wages . It Is not that he may sot dispute the point ; but , on the one band , the law —so much of It , at least , as is interpreted and administered in courts of justice—constantly favours capital at the expense of labour ; and , on the other hand , the capitalist , bting always able to bids his time , whilst tho labourer is not , can thus dictate the conditions of their mutual contract , and blmeolf rea'ly fixes—save so far as he needs the concurrence of his fallow capitalists—the wages or price ot labour . Between the capitalist and the proletarian , then , the same actual relations subsist as were between the master and the slave of old . The very name remains ; we aay , the master and the workman ; we speak but » eo exactly .
What was the slave in relation to his master ? A tool , a part , and tbe most valuable part of his property . The received law originally branded the slave with his character of property , or thing possessed ; and brute force compelled his obedience . Chains and rods were tho sanctions of this monstrous right of man over his
fellowman . And now , what is the proletarian in relation to tho capitalist ? A tool . Freed by the recognition of his right , personally free bylaw , he is not , it is true , tho purchasable aad saleable property of his employer . But this liberty is a fiction , His hodyia not enslaved , but his will is . Has ho indeed a will , who can only choose between inevitable , frightful death and acceptance of an imposed law ? The chain , the rod of tha modern slave is hunger . The eloquent author briefly , but forcibly , depicts the entire wrongs of the people , social and political . His remedy is Chartism , i . e ., political equality as the means to the establishment of social justice . Hear him ! how , like a second Peter tbe Hermit , he cries to the millions to awake , arise , and march in the ranks of the great Crusade for tho recovery of Equality and Liberty ;—PEOPLB , PEOPLE , OH ' . AWAEE AT LAST ' .
Rise , slaves , and rend your irons ; no longer suffer them to degrade in you the name of man ! Would you that one day , braised by the fetters of your bequeath , ing , your children should say—our fathers were more cowardly than tbe Roman slaves . Among them we have found no Spartacus . One will be found—and more than one ; doubt It not ; otherwise , what would be left but to throw a little dust over this accursed and putrid generation . Three numbers of Dr Campbell ' s 'bane , ' brim full of sectarian bigotry and priestly intolerance , cost one shilling ; tbe above three tracts—Mr Watson ' s ' antidote '—teaching the great principle , do unto thy brother man as thou wouldest he should do unto thee , cost tenpence ! A word to the wise suffieeth .
2fan's Irrationalities: A Series Of Lett...
2 fan ' s Irrationalities : a series of Letters addressed to tho British Government , showing how much the people of England , Scotland , and Ireland , have gained by being civilised . By C . J . Haalam . Manchester : A . Hey wood , Oldham-streefc . We have been asked whether the circulation of this tract will do good or harm ? We aaswer good . If it obtains a circulation equal to its worth , it will have a sale of thousands of copies . Of course we speak of what is before us—Letter I . ; whether letters subsequent to this , which bears date January U , have yet been published we do not know . No . I . we unhesitatingly recommend as one of the best and most trnth-telling compositions we ever read .
The tract coats but a penny , and , therefore , we aW \ act \> e ftxpecled . to quftte from vt . The awtho ? averts that the working classes of England , Scotland , and Ireland , are worse off than savages ; and that for them ' civilisation' has done nothing but make their condition worse than it could have been had they remained in the savage state ; and he makes good his assertion by arguments perfectly unanswerable . Could the people universally read this tract , their eyes would be so opened to their own folly , and the wickedness of their rulers , that they would at once determine to uproot the present system . Mr Haslam talks of effecting a reformation by ' the force of reason ;' would that the people shared his knowledge , they would eo a shorter way to worlc . The force of reason , indeed ! There is ansther sort of force which to us appears exceedingly reasonable , and which we are only sorry we are not in a position to employ to bring our devils of rulers to their senses .
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Tracts for the Times . By the Rev . B . Parsons , of Ebley . London : J . Saow , Paternoster-row . Stroud : B . Bucknall . We have already noticed , and warmly recommended , Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 5 , ef these excellent tracts . We have now before us Nos . 4 and 6 . Tho first of these is entitled '' Goody , Goody ! ' or State Education , a National Insult . ' There is a groat deal of wit and sound argument in this tract ; and the author ' s views are deserving of the most serious consideration on the part of the poeple and their real friends . No . 6 is entitled ' The Chief of the Slaughtermen , and our National Defences . ' This
tract ia devoted to showing that—m the words ot one of the heroes in the late Indian war— ' The profession of arms is oneof the most damnable occupations under heaven . ' * A common slauehter-heuse , ' says Mr Parsons , * is ten thousand times more glorious than tbe field of battle ; in the one you have animah slain to feed mankind , but in the other you have the bloodof your own brethren poured out like water ; and not merely bodies cut down , blown and trampled to pieces , hut you have souls , if the Bibla : is believed , sent unprepared to their eternal home . ' The letter of that old man-butcher , the' Iron Duke , * is beautifully shown up and answered . Addressing the Fustian Jackets and Smock Frocks , the author
says : — You mu & t meet and protest against this crafty stratagem to induce you and the French to tax yourselves and shed each Others blood . Let yonr brethren in France know that you possess a christian spirit , and hove ni > sympathy with the slaugh termen of another order . Train your sons and daughters to nbwninate war , and if tho clergy will not do their duty then become preachers yourselves , and show the gentry and nob lity that , of oil occupations , bloodshed is the lowest , the most unmanly , dishonourable , and accursed . If they have pauper sons , let them spin , weave , and dig , collect old bottles or old Mgs , becoino porters or scavengers , but never sink so low as to be slaughter-mfn or subsist on taxes wrong from the hard earnings of peasants and operatives . —Or if they will fight , then let them ba manly enough to shoot One another , but not he so base as to sacrifice useful artisans to glut their vengeance , feed their avarice , or gratify the most execrable ambition .
Let me Intreat the fustian Jackets and smock frocks , as the strength , the glory , and wealth , of the country—aejthe chief tax-payers—at the men whose blood is soon to be called for—as the women who are to be made childless , brotherless , and widows—to lift your voices against these abominations . Ambition , like a vampire , has for ages been fattening itself on your blood . It is now more thirsty than ever , and , unless you arise , will bring your country to utter rain . Make yourselves acquainted with these facts ; call public meetings ; expose the injustice , the crU' l'y , and the avarice of war , and let the government and the world know that you are the sons and daughters of peace ; and that if the French or Dutch are to be shot , the work of pluader and blood shall be executed and paid for by the gentry and aristocracy . These tracts merit , and we trust will meet with ' an enormous circulation ,
Reduction In Wages: Its Cause And Effect...
Reduction in Wages : its Cause and Effects . No III . By Robert Burrell , Greenock . Every working man should read these admirable tracts , which do , indeed , unveil the causes of reductions in wages . Were the Proletarians represented in t he legislature by such men as Robert Burrell , there would be no more « reductions ; ' er , better still . the slavery of wages would be altogether brought to an end . Why should an aristocratic ass , like Lord Melgund , represent (?) Greenock , when an able , honest man , like Robert Burrell , exists , toils , suffers , and labours for the good of his fellow creatures in that very town ? No disparagement to our friend , John M'Crao , the real M . P . for Greenock ; but why are not both these men in Parliament ? Working men , when will you take your affairs into your own hands ?
What Has Internal Dissension Done For Ir...
What has Internal Dissension done for Ireland ? By R . R . Scott . Belfast : J . Henderson . This tract contains a report of a lecture delivered ( by the author ) at a meeting of the ' Ourran Confederate Club , ' Westminster . The ardent sincerity and eloquenceofthe author should ensure for his little publication a large sale . Irishmen , especially , if they will but ' read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest' tbis address , nuy derive much profit therefrom .
Mackenzie's Railway Monthly Time And Far...
Mackenzie ' s Railway Monthly Time and Fare Tables . London : fc . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The best-arranged and most useful of all railway guides , and the cheapest of all cheap pennyworths .
Extracts From The 'Edinburgh Weekly Expr...
EXTRACTS FROM THE 'EDINBURGH WEEKLY EXPRESS . ' EDINBURGH BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND
CO a PAN Y . n 3 $ " i a meeting was held Ott Thursday oftw m a , le la I i ' . 00 ra of the ' Wmklt Express ' oihee , Mr Alexander M Donald in the chair . crrna ?^ t I ! u 9 Uret ' , 0 pnrfcifcwa 88 l 10 Wn that a E ! ° - T were 5 n a ^ ars with r 7 , lr m > aad , in cowequenco , the following resolution was moved by Mr Archibald Walker ! seconaed by Mr Cunningham M'Farlane , « That the rhl fo i 7- . x ea 3 ur ? rl ) eein P owered . <> n and after the 29 th inst ., to write to all 8 nch members in , ™ 7 f K , , r l ° c a lexpenses , the extra expense incurred to be added to their account . ' The resolum , unanimously agreed to . The
next business taken up was the district delegate meeting lately held in Edinburgh . M Oummnig , district secretary , reported that a great deal of the expenses incurred by said meeting were unpaid , owing to soveral of the districts ^ hiving paid their share of expenses incurred . It was then Wd that Mr Gumming ehould write to all the ST ? ^ different bran <*<* of the Edin So « « ° - concer , ning 'he delegate meeting , and IfcSKTf ' tl ther . eb * "dI that they charge \; Zi ^// d . trovnall who were members at the time said delegate meeting was held , for the purpose of defraying expenses . F f Mr J » mes Curaming then read a petition drawn ZkZT » gU n OConD ( ir ' > « hehalf of the sKS £ rapany ' contained iu the NoRTUEn * Considerable discussion ensued , when Mr A . Walker E ?* T / - £ the members of thia branch feel confldent that Fearsus O'Connor . Esn .. MR . will not
introduce into Parliament any bill which will injure tne . interests ot the Land Company , or compromise principles of democracy . ' The resolution not teing seconded , Mr John Cockburn , seconded by Mr Francis Macfarlane , moved— ' That that part of the petition proposing to hand over to trustees appointed by governmept the affairs of the company be expunged from said petition before presenting it to tho Commons' House of Parliament , ' which was ultimately agreed to . Mr Archibald Walker , seconded by Mr Cunningham Macfarline , moved , — ' That this branch of the National Land Company hails with pleasure and satisfaction the announcement the directors have
recently given , namely—that of opening a new Company , and we respectfully request them to carry into execution the glorious idea as soon as possible ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to render them all assistance in our power . ' After a great deal of discussion , the motion was agreed td . It was then moved by Mr James Gumming , sesonded by Mr Cunningham Macfarlane— ' That it ia the opinion of the members of this branch of the National Land Company , that were the proprietor and manager of the Land and Labour Bank appointing Mr Archibald Walker , of tho Wbekly Express office , to act as agent for the purpose of receiving and transmitting monies intended to be deposited in that establishment , the appointment would give the public a daily opportunity of transmitting , and , in fact , give a prominency and publicity to the bank which it could not , under present circumstances , obtain in Edinburgh . —Agreed to .
After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .
CHARTISM AT ABERDEEN .-GRAND SOIREE . On the evening of Monday , the 7 th instant , a grand soiree was held in tha Union flail , Blackfriara-atreet—a large building belonging to the working classes of Aberdeen—to celebrate the revival of Chartism , and the establishment of the Edinburgh Weekly Express as a Democratic paper , advocating the principles of the People's Charter and the Rights of Labour . After tea had been served to the hundreds present , James M'Pherson , the real M . P . for the city , who occupied the chair , opened the proceedings by explaining the cause of the absence of Messrs F . O'Connor and E . Jones , and expressing hia pleasure at tho numerous attendance which he now
saw before him . He then read the first sentiment , ' The people , the legitimate source of all power , may they soon enjoy their just political rights ; ' and called upon the veteran Chartist , Mr Archibald M'Donald , to respond . Mr M'Donald said that this was an old sentiment , but it was nevertheless a true one . It had been said that Chartism was dead , but surely there must be some mistake , for it never was ao life-like aa at present * To prove that it was not bo bad as had been represented , he said it was not yet given up by the medical gentlemen ( pointing to Dr Hunter on the platform ) . In the midst of all tbe misery , all the degradation , and the want that existed among the industrious millions , they are beginning to speak of our national defences . But , bless me , what have working-men to defend ? ( Cheers and
laughter . ) After all the toiling and sweating , they had nothing to defend hut their own misery . Our oppressors had formerly denounced the Char , tiats as fierce , fighting' , and destructive men , and now they complain that they won't fight at all . ( Laughter , ) And we won ' t fight ; let th « sa wh » have anything to fight for , do it themselves , far we have had enough of it . We have a great natienal debt to pay , and that is the fruits of war . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Donald then proceeded to argue that the people were the only legitimate source of power . Mr M'Donald retired amidst the cheers of the meeting . The Chairman said the next sentiment on the list is ' The People ' s Charter , the only just means to secure the full , fair , and free representation of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament . Mr Smart
responded . The Chairman then said the next senti « ment was one of some importance . It was ' The National Land Company , aud the moral , social , and intellectual improvement of the people . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr David Wright responded . The Chairman then introduced Dr Hunter , F . R . C . S . E ., to respond to the sentiment , ' The Northern Star , the Weekly Express , and the democratic press throughout the world . ' Bespoke upwards of an hour and a half , frequently interrupted by the loud applause of the meeting . We cannot even attempt an outline of his soul-stirring address .
Hia presence will do much good in Aberdeen . After Dr Hunter , Mr Alex . B . Henry responded to ' The Fraternity of Nations , ' in a moat eloquent speech . A vote ot thanks was proposed to Dr Hunter , and responded to most enthusiastically . Three cheers were given for Feargua O'Connor , the Northern Star , Weekly Express , and forDr Hunter . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman ,- and after ' tripping on the light fantastic toe' for an hour or two . the hall was cleared , and all retired highly satisfied with the proceedings . It was , indeed , a true revival of Chartism in the North .
Glasgow . —Reorganisation . —The first general meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , since its reorganisation in this district , washp ! dintueUniversali 8 t Chapel , Charlotte-lane , on Tuesday evening , when from eighty to one hun ^ dred of the sterling friends of democracy were present . Mr Duncan Sherrington being unanimously called to the chair , introduced the business of the dieting in a short but impressive speech , and called on hishaarers to rally once more round those principles they had struggled so long and so ardently to defend . He believed if ever there was a time when unanimity amongst the friends of liberty was required , it was the present ; and he was proud to say they were now in a better position for having their
principles fairly and honestly laid before the country than ever they had hitherto been . Ttey had now pot Mr O'Connor , their tried friend , in the House of Commons , to promulgate and defend tbem , backed as he was by a few chosen spirits . They had the Star of England to spread and defend them ; they had the United Irishman of Dublin to defend them ; and last , though not least , they had the Edinburgh Weekly Express to defend them . Here was a glorious union of the three capitals of thia great empire , through which he hoped soon to see the people united in one grand phalanx ; and much as he was in favour of Repeal , be hsped the union of the people of the three countries in the cause of liberty would never
be severed . ( Cheers . ) Messrs J . S , Adams , J . S . Mann , Andrew Harley , William Docherty , and James Lntiman , were nominated as councilman ; Mr John Bryan , treasurer ; and Mr J . S . Smith , secretary . Mr A . Harley proposed that all persons be admitted members on payment of Is . a-year , and thatextra levies be put upon the members to defray any other expenses that sura may not cover . Agreed to . It was then agreed that the secretary be instructed to send tho result of tho nomination to the Executive for their approval , and a report of the proceedings to the Northern Star and the Weekly Express . After transacting some local busines ? , and collecting subscriptions to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , the meeting broke up .
Falkirk . —Cuahtist Demonstratiok —A public meeting of the Democrats of Falkirk was held in one of tho large chapels on Friday evening , when the principles ef the Charter were clearly explained by several speakers , and ably and fully expounded by Dr M'Douall , of London , that talented and devoted advocate of the rights of the people , and by Dr Alex . Hunter , of Edinburgh , who is so devoted in his advocacy of the rights of labour . Both these gentlemen spoke at great length , and with great force and eloquence , on the various points they handled , and were frequentl y and loudly applauded by tbe attentive audience . Meetings of this kind will tend greatly
to lever forward the great cause of human progression . The ehapel contained a goodly audience . Three eheers were given for tho Charter and Feargus O'Connor , and also for Dr M'Douall and Dr Hunter ; and so , after a good number joining the association , the meeting separated in quiet and order , and highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . Progress in Dumfries—The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Working-men ' s Association ( that out-post of Chartism , in the south of Scotland ) still maintains its reputation as a maiden fortress , having for ten or eleven years , —and although neglected in a groac measure by relieving parties who from time to time enter Scotland on agitating missions—gloriously
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foiled tho most determined onslaughts of foes frora without , and at several periods in its history , the more dangerous efforts of traitors within fch . ; camp . Situated in the heart of an agricultural district . Wth no concentrated manufaetllrins population , and standinglike a solitary stronghold farinto an enemy ' s country , S ' . 'ch success is something to boast ef . Nevertheless , its members ought on no account to rest satisfied with what they have already accomplished . Theimiglttlvre-union in the reading-rocm of the association has been the soutce of many excellent individual efforts towards the emancipation oi their order ; hut they ought to remember that tb « duties < f membership in such a society consist not solely in planning movements to be carried out by
the members in their capacity of citizens , but mainly in directing these to a successful issue with tbe concentrated power and prestige of their association . And in thus gaining the sympathy , confidence , and respect of the public , depends in a great measure tbe continued welfare , financial and otherwise , of the Working-men ' s Association . A fitter time fo :- steppin ? out , then , could not be than the present ; nor a better object than the National Petition , to be presented in May next . With this matter there is no time to lose . Emanating , if not from tins association , at least from men trained in its ranks and assisted by its energies , is the Dumfries and Maxwelltown co-operative society , numbering ahout 500 members . This society hns had a provision-store opened for some months in Dumfries , whieh has
succeeded so well , tbat tbe managers have taken a flhop _ in the sister burgh of Maxwelltown , which will be similarly stocked , and opened immediately . To conclude , we ought to contend with the politicians of the factions on the platform and the hustings , with tho profit-mongers in the cooperative store , tho joint-stock workshop , the labour bank , and the land company , with Justice Shallow and the jackasses in office in the local committees ; and , keepin ;; up a constant intercourse with the democrats of o ' . her cousiries through such societies as the Fraternal Democrats , confounding the enemy by moving onr masses on all points simultaneously , without the shedding of a single drop of human blood , we shall speedily plant tbe flag of liberty , equality , and justice , on the citadel of tyranny .
Dr Campbell's Newspaper . The 'Banner,' ...
DR CAMPBELL'S NEWSPAPER . THE 'BANNER , ' AND THE CHARTISTS . We have been favoured with a proof copy of a reply to Dr ^ Campbell by the' Rev . Joseph Barker , which reply will , we suppose , be published in somt one of Mr Barker ' s publications . We give the iollowivte extracts : — Dr Campbell , one ef the leading preach erg among the In . dependentn , his commenced anew newspaper , called tbe Bmtish Bajweb . Zta object Is to unfold and inculcate liberal principles in politics , in connexion with what the X > octor suppoBtB to be true principles in theology . The
Doctor ' s theology is , in our judgment , bad ; v »« mean his peculiar theological notions . Dr Campbell is an or . thedex raan , of what is called the modern Calviuistio school . Vfe consider erery form of orthodoxy to be bad . We look upon Cahiaistfc orthodoxy as esppcially bad . At the same time , we have no disposition to quarrel with tbe Doctor for differing from us ; nor have we any disposition to quarrel with him for making use of a newspaper in advocating bis theological views . Let every man use hia liberty , and follow his own conscience . * # #
In tho Banner fer January 19 th , Dr Campbell has an article on the People ' s CHAiTBa . « * * Vfhat be complains of most , is , not the principles of the People ' s Charter , but the conduct ol the Chartists , The particular faults he finds with the Chartists are , first , their adoption of the physical force principle . But thin , I bedieve , is now almost universally abandoned by the Chartists . He blames , th- m , secondly , for severing themselves from the ranks of tbe middle classes , and censtituting themselves into a distinct community . This , I think , was not the fault of the Chartists . It was not the Chartists , I fancy , that severed themselves from the middle classes , but tho middle classes that stood apart , or severed themselves from the Chartists .
He blames the Chartist * next < or their rancorous and irrational abhorrence of tbe Whigs , and their ' proclaimed preference of tbe Tories , But here , also , I thick something may be said in behalf of tho Chartists . Their opinion was , tbat tho Whi / rs were , in general , no better than the Tories ; that the Whigs were as truly conserva . tive ef abuses , and as heartily opposed to just and popular measures , as tha Tories were ; that the Whigs wore as stren ^ ly bent on the maintenance of the English and Irish Church Establishments , of tho law of Entail and Primogeniture , of class legislation , and of unjust taxation , as the Tories ; and tbat they were more dangerous than tbe Tories , on account of their professions of
reform ; tbat tbe Tories , though worse in their avowed principles , might still be more easily coerced by public opiaion to the adoption of liberal measures , than the Whigs themselves . In other words , the Chartists considered that both the Whigs and Tories were both of them enemies to tbe popular cause , bnt that [ the Whigs were secret foes , and t » -e Tories open ones ; ' and tbat it was better to have to do with an open enemy , than a eecrat , hypocritical , deceitful foe . And in this I think they were right . Still I would not myself join with any one in attempting to supplant the Whigs by the Tories . I would openly avow my hatred of the principles and proceedings of both , and declare my purpose to sotk the utter and eternal overthrow of both .
The Doctor blames the Chartiato , next , for Inscribing the Charier with infidelity . He acknowledges that there are among the Chartists a multitude of pious souls , of intelligent and talented men ; but he says the ruling spirit of the system , as an organisation , is infidelity . On this point wo think the Doctor in error . We not only d'ffcr in opinion from the Doctor , as to what constitutes infidelity , but we bclttve that tbe ruling spirit of the Chartist system , as an organisation , is not infidelity , even according to tho Doctor ' s sense of the word , * * * Dr Campbell says , ' Proofs that the ruling spirit of Chartism is infidelity , mny be gathered in abundance from its lectures and literature . ' Here we think the Decter again in error . No lectures or publications can fairly be called 'theliterature of Chartism , ' except such lectures and publications as bear strictly on tbe Pive or Six Points of the Charter . The Doctor makes Chartism answerable for a number of works that never were written by Chartists , and that are not acknowledged by Chartists at all as unfolding their principle .
The Nobthebn Stab would advertise Dr Campbell ' s works , I suppose , as readily as any other books . They wonld advertise tbe works of either Catholics or Protestants , Church of England people or Dissenters , Radicals , Whigs or Tories , Galvinists or Baptists , Quakers or Methodists , with tquai readiness , if they were equally well paid for the advertisements . Dr Cumpbell himself advertises things in his own paper tor which ho would not like to be considered answerable . Doss the D sctor consider himself answerable for all the Academies and situation seekers whose advertisements he publishes ? or for the musical instruments , the patent seamless teapots , the patent candle and camphine lamps , the chain spring lamps , and the universal metallic chimney pots ; for the homeopathic cocoa and coffee for the million , and
all the kinds of tea which he advertises t Dou he consider himself answerable f ® r the ' Manchester Tracts for the Times , ' for the 'Drawing-room Table Book , ' for The Nature and Elements oi tho external World , or Universal Immaterialism fully explained and duly de . monstratod ; ' or for ' The Ycstiges of the Natural History of Creation , ' for ' The Peany Pulpit , 'for ' Tan Buchel ' s Work on Fistula , ' for the Pour Sermons of J . Caughey , ' the great American Revivalist , as he is called ; for the ' Digestive or Dinner Pills , * for ' Rowland ' s Macassar Oil , ' e * ! C Two of the works advertised in Dr Campbell ' s newspaper would have been given by himself as spedmens of Infidel literature , I imagine , if he had tound them advertised by the Nobthebn Sta & . We refer first to the one entitled * The Nature and Elements of the
external World , or Universal , Zmmaterialisro fully explained aad duly demonstrated , ' What has been consi-. dered more ridiculous or infidel thau the notion that there is no material world , that even men's bodies are immaterial , that the earth , the air , the sun and moon and BtafB , are all immaterial ? Yet a book professing not only to explain but to demonstrate this principle , the pri nciple of | universal immaterialism , is advertised by Dr Campbell without the slig htest intimation that be considers the doctrine it inculcates trrbe false or even doubtful . Then 'The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'has been generally cried down as an infidel work by orthodox people , and even by some heterodox people . This book sets aside the Scripture account of creation , and of the origin of man , the account of the fall , of the origin of death and pain , and labour , of tbe flood , aud the whole of primeval history , as given In tho Bibla , regarding the whole as fabulous . It teaches that the world was
created gradually , not suddenly ; tbat the work of creation took up thousands and hundreds of thousands of years , not six days ; that man was the product or offspring of lower animals , and that , in fact , all the various tribes of animals sprang originally from the very lowest forms of animal life ; that tbe polypus , or shellfish , or something inferior to either , was the first form of animal life ; that in process of time lower animals gave birth to higher animals ; that shellfish gave birth to fin fish , and fin fish to flying fish ; that worms gave birth to lizards , 11 cards to quadrupeds , quadrupeds to monkeys , and that monkeys , in course of time , gave birth to men ; that the first men that existed were the young of monkeys . These are some of the principles Inculcated in the work entitled , 1 Vestiges of tbe Natural History ef Creation . ' Yet this work Dr Campbell advertises in his newspaper , without the slightest intimation that he considers the work to bB Iufidelunscripturalfalse or dangerous .
, , Wo do not refer to Dr Camp bell ' s advertisements fw tho purpose of finding fault with them . We only refer » them for the purpose of showing , tbat the Doctor ts sot consistent ; that he himself does the very thing whioii he considers / in the Nobthebn Stab , as a proof that he Editors of the Nobthbbh Star , and the readers of the Nortuebk Stab , and Chartis ts generally , are iufluenced by Infidelity as their ruling » P > nt .
A Dog-Fox, Weighing - Eighteen, Pound!-,...
A dog-fox , weighing - eighteen , pound ! -, and mea surin" from the nose to the end of the tail 47 i inches was shot near Lanark , last week , whilst coursing a hare .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19021848/page/3/
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