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•M The Iustlw^Ackets,--The.. Bltsr I 1 Xered^Hands?A3«)Irasflobn^Hihsi^
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jfe vest 3 KUSFaiEHDSi—You vriU tecollext-that when explaining the meaning of several words to " yon while I was in York- Gastte—words which had a Tery doubtful signification—that I explained the word pg ^ iottomeanohe who lives usefolljfornianiand dies a pauper . Iu fact , J cannot believe in the possibility of a feeling man becoming a rich man . I only . know fai , as far as I am concerned , that the more means Ihavehad ; the greater havebeenmy LIABILITIES . In my time there have been sis persons only in the British empire -who could lay claim to the term DEMAGOGUE , xhey were , Henry Hunt , William
Cobbett , Richard Cobden , Englishmen ; Daniel O ' Connell , John Lawless and Feargus O'Connor , Irish © en . ; Those sis have been respectively the acknowledged leaders of a great national pariy . Hunt lived usefully , and died a pauper ; so with Cobbett , and so with poor John Lawless . Cobden lives ; and as 1 am not now canvassing the merits of his principles , 1 may say that for his party he has lived \ iseiuUy ; and , if report speaks true , he has at all events tested Ms sincerity by being one of a favoured class * who has become poor in the midst of great opportunities and a roaring trade . O'Connell , if he died to-morrow , would have left the world much better than he found it , while I believe his residuary legatee would derive but little benefit from his position .
I wish yon io keep these facts in view , that the man who once enters the field of agitation extensively , loses all relish for commercial business , professional business , and all speculation , save that of aggrandising his party . Every one of those , with the exception of myself , have received compensation —some to an enormous amount ; and the League are DOW about to offer'to Richard Cobden about a shilling in the pound of what he might have had if he
had devoted to his own business the" time and energy that lie has devoted io theirs . There is no truer adage than "that the master ' s eye makes the horse ' fat . " I have always had great delicacy in the care and administration of the funds of the working classes , Neglect of their proper use by those entrusted with their management has done your cause more injury than all other circumstances put tog ether .
HaYWg said so much" upon a subject that you never thought of , I now turn to another branch There are men who consider themselves entitled to make merchandise of a little bit of martyrdom . Men who commence as paupers , and , not satisfied to return to labour , they are equally dissatisfied with the slow process of improvement , otherwise than by one jump into idleness and dignity . There is not one of this class who has not vainly hoped to lay a train in the first instance for destroying my character , and then stepping into the leadership of your cause . The last of tills class who has made the
vain attempt , is Mr . Thomas Cooper . -Not only while lie was in prison , but before he went to prison , and since he came from prison , has lie been doing his utmost to injure me and your cause ; but in his attempt to defend himself in his letter published in JloyoVs Sewtpoper of last week , he has shown himself to bs the most unblushing and unscrupulous creature upon the face of the earth . He has , however , foolishly grappled with an instrument of which he did not know the value ; he has run against a rock of which he did not know the strength ; aud his pigmy influence , daring aspirations , and fervent hope , have all crumbled beneath the weight of an impregnable character .
This would-be leader , after having indulged in continuous and now admitted slander , appears to have forgotten that I gave him not the slightest provocation , and that everyone ef his guesses have been based upon what his own situation -would have been had he been placed in my position . I am hot astonished that dishonest men should consider the possesion of a large amonnt of national rands a primafacte , nay , a certain ground of accusation . So it was with Mr . Cooper : he made unlucky guesses , and without % line from me he has sealed his own condemnation . I shall now take up the thread of
my narrative , where I left off last week . The moment that Mr . Clark had communicated Mr . Cooper ' s charge to me , I instantly requested that Messrs . Cuffay and" KnigLL , attended by' Mr . Wheeler and Clark , should attend at my house at six o ' clock onThe following evening , to examine my accounts and the banker ' s book , not to take anyihingupon * my [ showing , but , as public servants themselves , that they should see in detail the whole properly of the Association intrusted to my care , with vouchers or money for every farthing , but no column for any very expensive sundries , and it was only
because it was indispensable that Mr . Wheeler should accompany me to OUR NEW ESTATE by the six o'ciocfc tram in order to be bad in time to announce thefact in Iast'week ' s Star , thai the project was given op till the present week ; and , indeed , it was fortunate that some circumstance should have arisen to postpone it , as last week I could only have guessed at the amount of ^ money paid on account of buildings and other things at Herringsgate ; whereas this week I have brought it to the farthing from the foreman ' s bosks and attested by him , by M'Grath and Doyle .
On Monday Messrs . M'Grath and Doyle returned to Herringsgate , at half-past ten o ' clock , and found me , as is my custom , attending to my work . The moment that they told me of Mr . Cooper ' s epistle and his challenge to meet me in public , I despatched Mr . M'Grath for a gig to Rickmansworth , and precisely in one hour from that time I had transfermed mjself from bailiff info a fine gentleman , and in company with Doyle had proceeded two miles on my way under a broiling sun to meet the conveyance , bat , to my great disappointment , we met M'Grath on foot , with the intelligence that the train I proposed
going by aid not stop at Watford , and that 1 could not reach the Leicester meeting until past ten o ' clock . Hence , upon the spur of the moment , I showed no disinclination to meet this foolish man upon the very first opportunity . I was very much disappointed at first , but a very little reflection convinced me that I should have committed a sad error , however I might have triumphed over him . I should have committed the error of meeting assertion by assertion , as it would have been impossible to have procured the accounts upon which alone any tribunal should judge .
It is much easier to accuse than to defend , and no man should undertake to meet an accusation until he is perfectly prepared to do so , and in the fullest , most simple and most satisfactory manner . A little reflection taught me that the Auditors appointed by the representatives of the Shareholders was the tribunal through which I should reply . Many people are angry with me for giving Mr . Cooper so much satisfaction . I beg to tell them that they are mis taken—that no man ever stands in so high and
elevated a position as when he can show that in the midst of most tempting and trying circumstances he has surrendered convenience and comfort , not only to character and honour , but even to scrupulous nicety about the People's pence . What do I care if the world knows that I am poor , while I am enrich-Ingothers ? Why conceal it , when I know that if I had a million of money to-day , aye , or ten millions , that I should die a pauper if I didn't die soon , as it would every farthing go after the rest , as another
COURSE IN LABOUR'S HOUSE . The Star of this " week will convey io Mr . Cooper the national opinion . To those who have confidence in me I shall only say that I never will betray it , while to those who express such a warmth of affectionate feeling my answer is , that I would not diminish it by a particle for untold gold . But yet , I have not done with Mr . Cooper . If he attacked my Consistency , challenged my discretion , or donbted my judgment , Icouldhavelaughed at the critic ' s selfconceit ; hut he has dared to assail the fortress , he has rashly ventured to grapple with nry honour—I have defend ed it , and now I'll , carry the war into my enemy ' s camp . I charge him , not upon my mere assertion , but upon his own foolish avowal , with treachery , hypocrisy and deceit ; with fraud , false-
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hood and villainy . I will convict him from his own lips . He says that I was afraid to give him the privilege of replying to my letter in the Star . Surely he has not taken less latitude in his Mead Carpenter ' s columns , and that I give at full length . Here it is : —
TO THF LONDON CHARTISTS . Mv Bbothsbs , —1 have merely time , in reply to Feargus O'Connor ' s mad letter in the Northern Star , to make the following brief observations : — 1 . It is now established , on his own confession , that O'Connor has purchased the Herringsgate estate , in his own ivme , with the people ' s money . 2 . He is not a legal officer ( no deputy-treasurer being named in the rules ); and where , then , is his responsibility ? The land Society is not enrolled : the trustees are a mockery—having never entered on office . not
3 . I neither believe his aflirmation that hew " over head and ears in debt , " nor doubt that he has «*«? , and stilt uses the money paid by the shareholders in the Land Fund , to ieep up the Star . I dare him to the proof : and he WiU have to meet me for examination of this and other questions , sooner or later . 4 . O'Connor utters a complete falsehood when he says he was VatHe for the expenses of publishing my poem . Mr . M'Gowah had my liability in writing , = I have a copy of it , and will show it , with Air . AI'Gowan ' s handwriting contained in it , to all who wish to see it . 5 . Notone farthing is owing to O'Connor on the account of my "Purgatory . " The hiU whichhe lyingly states to be £ 80 , and still owing , teas £ 15 for paper , and about £ 9 for advertisements . IthasoienaU paid .
C . 'Without spending time to contradict his iavrngs that win only be laughed at , I will just state what was the real amount of O'Connor ' s patronage . He promised to hecome liable for the publication of my book , but never did ; and directed Mr . M'Gowan , the printer of it , to ask me for my written liability . He promised to take 200 copies of my " Purgatory , " and then , according to his old fashion , said " he never said so—he only said 100 . " When I pressed him to give the order , he said , "Nosendiu . " Theforty were sent , were Kept several weeks , and then sent back to my publisher , with the remark that " Mr . O'Connor would have them hound another way , and would send the order another time . " My
publisher waited for the order , and declared his anxiety to receive it , that he might deduct the value of the books from the bill for paper , & c , and settle the hill . It was still delayed . Mr . M'Gowan ' s last answer from O'Con nor , when asking him to renew the order for the books , was , "No ; I shall not take one . What the devil am I to do with them ? You may take ' em if you like ! " So much for O'Connor ' s patronage ! so much for his truth J I never asked him to become liable for my book ; it was his own offer . I never asked him to purchase one copy . The boasts about two hundred , one hundred , and forty , were the fruits of his deceit : he never intended to purchase one copy . But he demanded a present of a copy , in addition to the one sent to the Star , and had it .
7 . I now warn London Chartists to put n 0 more trugt in this trickster ; to do all they can to get the title-deeds of the Herringsgate estate out of his hands ; and to take care that he does not purchase the next estate in his own name with the people ' s money . I warn them to act without fear of his dictation , and in defiance of his filthy Star . I shall do so in spite of his threats—shall remain in the association , and meet him wherever he dares to
me . . 8 . 1 proceed on a tour to collect funds for poor Frost on Monday . In the country I shall speak my mind to working men , and dare O'Connor to meet me anywhereeven in the Carpenters' HaU , atManchester . ifhelikessince he esteems that his stronghold , and I am almost a stranger there . Or , if he prefers it , I win meet him publicly in London when I return . 9 . Why doeshe not call theLeeds Convention together ? He knows he has broken the rules by delaying it beyond the 20 th of April . I dare him to call it .
10 . O'Connor's justice impels me to address you by this mode . Ton will observe that he expressly refuses to admit any refutation from me , in the Star . Whyf llecausi lie knomslieisguVjy . Yours faithfully ' *• Tnoa & S Coorea , the Chartist . 134 . Blackfriars-road , June 13 , 1846 . P . S . —Let me direct the attention of the Land Shareholders to the 7 th rule , whereby thetrusteesare removable yearly , and then ask them whether they can for a moment suppose that O'Connor ever intended the trustees to hold an estate for the shareholders . He knew that the society would never think of renewing trust deeds yearly ; and , therefore , must have purposed that the laud should be purchased in Ms name , only , from the first . I have caught him in his slyness at the outset , and hence his alarm at the discovery , and rage under exposure ! T . C .
1 . * ' It is now established on his own confession that O'Connor has purchased the Herringsgate Estate in his own name with the people ' s money . " Foolish man ! Must it not be purchased in some one ' s name 1 You are really as wise as the man of "the Sheffield Times . " Ton marvel that any one should do any thing . Was it ever denied ? And is there a name in England that has a greater charm for labour ' s ear ? And is there an estate in the whole world better secured for the right-owners ?
2 . Booby . —He was appointed deputy treasurer by the unanimous vote of the Conference . He was also { appointed Treasurer of the expense fund , which he has invariably placed to the general account of the society instead of keeping it as ^ a separate item . Must not some one be deputy treasurer , and who more fit ? The society could not be enrolled . Every thing that could he done has been done under the okllaw , and the directors are NOW ENGAGED IN HATING IT ENROLLED under the new law
The trustees could not act until the society was enrolled , unless appointed by the shareholders by deed like a joint stock company , which every shareholder should sign , and which should he in all parts of England , Scotland . Wales , and Ireland at one and the same time , and which would cost more than the society is worth . 3 . Blackguard . — "Who cares what you believe ? You'll see the proof at foot of this letter . Proof that your malice cannot shake , proof that jour malice cannot weaken .
The remaining portion of your letter refers to personal transactions , and if ever convicted culprit blushed when his guilt was made manifest beyond a shadow of doubt , and if you have a blush left , blush when you read Mr . M'Gowan ' s version of your poor , your mean , your pitiful , attempt to increase my liabilities . Ay , you nasty dirty fellow . "Why not at least preserve the show , if you had not the semblance , of truth . Now what will yournew disciples say when they find that I was LIABLE for the printing of your poem
and that if I had not made myself liable , it would never have been printed ; and how could you he so very foolish while you were denying my liability , as to assert that you had discharged your account ? But now to the damningspot . Now to thatwhich brands you for ever as an irreclaimable liar . You say " no one single farthing is owing to O'Connor on the account of my Purgatory . The bill , which he lyingly states to be £ 30 ., and still owing , was £ 15 . for paper and about £ 9 . for advertisements . IT HAS ALL BEEN PAID . "
Now , mark the simple reasoning upon this pitifu ] evasion . On Wednesday night and Thursday morn , ing , I wrote a letter in which I state that you owe me the money . At four o ' clock on Friday morning the Star is printed in London ; before three o'clock upon the same day , nearly 1500 copies are delivered to the London A gents . Atsix o ' clock on the sante evening , you come to the printing office , you ask Mr . M ' Gowan THEN to take a bill upon his own responsibility for what you owe me ; Mr . M'Gowan takes the bill upon condition that 1 shall approve of ib , you assert to Mr . M'Gowan that you had not then seen the Star , while you had got it at Mr . Cleave ' s , Shoe-lane , TWO HOURS
BEFORE YOTJ CAME DOWN "WITH THE BILL , and thus , by an EX POST FACTO ACT , you seek to make me guilt y of falsehood , by telling not only a lie , but a mean dastardl y lie . Now , you moral man , you stickler for leader's uprightness and purity , is not this a legal and a moral fraud ? And now will you say that jou don't owe me a farthing ? when I tell you that 1 have neither received nor seen your bill . Can you md the above without blushing ? and will the people read it without crying shame upon the scoundrel ? Row , a word as to my wholesale LIABILITY of
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disposing of youi ? work . I suppose you have read King Lear . I know you have played Hamlet , and I ' d advise you to come out as Sir Giles Overreach , in the 'New " way to pay old debts . ' When Lear had disposed of his propert y * his daughters do not see the necessity for a retinue of servants , and by degrees dwindle the old man's attendants down to one , and finally nothing . So with your books . I was to take 200 , but whatneeds 200 , surely 100 will do ? . or , what needs a hundred , why" net forty ? or why needs
forty , surely one will suffice for all ' reasonable purposes . Now , justthinkof a gentleman undertaking to publish 200 of an edition of 500 books . But what ' sthefac ' t . Isaid thatl could sell forty amongst my own friends , and before I had got a single one ( I never countermanded them ) I was told that the whole edition was sold to Mr . How , and the one which you say I insisted upon having ! NEVER ASKED FOR , and never saw until you told me that a second edition was about being published .
It would not- be wonderful . if I was , indeed , afraid to meet you , inasmuch as an unscrupulous liar is the most dangerous opponent for the moment , while you have been so unskilful in the fabrication and { arrangement of your facts , that , henceforth , there will be no danger in your assaults . You have long laboured . in a disgraceful vocation . You have tried to worm yourself into new society , and have vainly hoped to destroy the character of him who was sure to expose your delinquency . You had projected the establishment or the management of a new paper , and saw in the Star an obstacle to your wayward course . . Youmake a parade of your
philanthropy and essay to announce the coming of your prodigy , while you hoped to quarter yourself upon sympathy for Frost , for the payment of your expences . That Frost , whose hope of return to his native country you have deferred beyond any other man , by interrupting ourmeetings with your jargon about non-resistance , and thereby preserving an apparent distinction between moral and physical force Chartists , while all should have been harmony ami unity . You have coquetted with all parties ; you are too vulgar for some , too impetuous for others , and too false for . all . I have now done with you , you have sealed your doom . You acknowledge to have charged me with high offences without the shadow of proof , or even believing in them yourself .
You hoped to have used the cloak of secrecy until your work of destruction had been accomplished , but in an unlucky . moment you disclosed your conspiracy to one who had no interest in the destruction of my character ... What possible motive could you have had in selecting one who has befriended you when all others had refused to stretch out a helping hand as the victim of your ostentatious ambition ? Can you show one single motive , and henceforth , when in that obscurity to which you have now consigned yourself , yen reflect , alwajs bear in mind that you , not I , have been the aggressor . That I was the patron , not the assassin . That I was the friend , the avowed friend , THE BELOVED O'CONNOR , and you were the concealed foe .
lour new associates have led you into a labryinth of error . They hoped to make you serve their purpose aud they will be the first to hugh at your credulity . Before we part , and for ever , read the following account of the subterfuge by which you sought to discharge your obligations to your patron ; Great Windmill Street , London . Sra , —In reply to your letter , which I have just received , and which contains these two questions—1 . " Whether you were liable for the expenses incurred in the publication of Mr . Cooper ' s "Purgatory of the Suicides ! " and 2 . " How it happened that I had not communicated to you thefaet of Mr . Cooper ' s having paid the account for paper and . adrertisements in connection with that publication" —I make the following brief statement : —
1 . Itcannotbe too distinctly understood that you were liable for the expenses incurred in the publication of Mr , Cooper ' s " Purgatory of the Suicides . " Tou gave me your guarantee to pay for the printing ; you did pay for the paper ; and , in case of need , our house would have looked to you , and none but you , for payment of our bill . The fact most certainly is , that you , and you alone , were liable for the expenses . 2 . Mr . Cooper paid the amount of the account for paper and advertisements to me on the evening of Friday the 12 thinstant the day on which the "Star" containing your letter relative to him was published . I could not have communicated the circumstance to you saonet " , because you had left town , for Herriog . 'gate . before Mr . Cooper called .
The amount he paid was £ 26 15 s . 5 d . — £ 20 5 s . Od . of which was in a bill , drawn upon his publisher at three montLs' date ( the taking of which , aE a settlement , is subject to your approval } , and 10 s . 5 d . was paid in cash . He handed me the bill on Friday evening , an A the cash on Saturday morning . Yours obediently , . 0 . JI'Gowan . Now , sir , you may look for a new place , and seek a new master , take this your character with you ; to conceal it will be impossible . Feargus O'Connor .
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HONESTY TRIUMPHANT ! TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Brothers . —In the execution of our duty as auditors of the accounts of the Land Society , we have had to inspect the BANK BOOK , Post-office orders , Bank orders , & c , in the possession of the sub-treasurer Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and have the pleasure of being able to announce to the country , that , in the whole course of our public experience , we have never
witnessed a more satisfactory , clear and lucid statement of the affairs of a society than are set forth by the above officer . And we cannot help expressing our strong sense of the integrity and honour of that gentleman , and the deep debt of gratitude which is due to him by those for whose benefit he is spending his health , talents and time , and think that persons whojjretwaio be' Cliartists , might find more useful employment than traducing one who is in every respect worthy of his high and distinguished position .
Brothers , the accounts of your sub-treasurer offer the most ample and complete refutat on to the calumnies which his enemies have been so industriously circulating , with a view to the destruction of his character ; but , after a strict investigation of his account with the society , as well as his own private accounts , which he gratuitously presented to our scrutiny , we find that , exclusive of a large sum expended by him in prosecuting the objects of the Association , there appears a balance of upwards of £ 200 in his favour , besides several sums for postages , < fcc , for which he has not charged a single farthing . Brothers , your funds are safe , your society is in a flourishing position , and by union and perseverance success will assuredly crown your efforts .
In conclusion , we again proclaim , not only that our confidence in Mr . O'Connor is undiminished , but that it is considerably enhanced , our only chargf against him being that he DOES TOO MUCH FOR XOTHIN & Your faithful officers , James Kihght , William Cuffet . THIS IS MY ANSWER , MR . COOPER . V . O'C .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE EMPIRE . Friends , To those who know us , we need not assert that we are incapable of being made use of for mere party purposes , but , having had to wait upon Mr Feargus O'Connor , for the purpose of inspecting the Banker's book and other vouchers in his possession ,
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belonging ro tM'Iiand Society ^ ( haying ; preylPHsly audited the $ pB ^ t ^ with ; the wisgi , of that , ge ^ eiia anj ;^ oceelM ^ toan ' investigation : of his accounts as . . . Treasurer \ to , the General Defence Fund , includingthe trial : of the Welsh martyrs , Lancaster trials , and the trial -of Messrs . G . White and T . Cooper , from Vhich . we found that , instead of being , as certain gentlemen have been whispering , indebted to that fund , there is dne to him a considerable sum , 'a , great part of which has been incurred through the "madness" of hismaligners . , ¦ . " . ' . . ' '" , '
We haje felt itto be our duty to ^ makethis announcan ^ nt asaveply txi the calumnies of menj who profess Chartism for the sole purpose of creating mischief in our ranks , \ We are , brother Chartists , : / youra ^ faithfully , ' . Jambs Knioht , % ; ' William Cuffav . .
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TO THE MEMBERS- OF THE CHARTIST CO-• OPERATIVE ; LAND ; SOt ! IETY . PURCHASE OF ! ANOTHER ESTATE . ' Mr dear FaiBNns , —I now turn to the bright side of the Land picture . On Thursday evening , ! succeeded in completing another , and , in my opinion , a most advantageous purchase of one hundred and thirty acres , principally . ; ; meadow land , within H miles of London by the high-road , within 1 mile of the Pinner station , ' which is 13 miles from London , and to where you may go and return for Is . < 5 d . The laud is , of course , freehold , otherwise I should not buy it , and the Land Tax is redeemed—that is , it pays no Land Tax . For this estate and a wood of oak timber included , we
give THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED POUNDS . The timber I value to us at £ 400—the materials of the house and outbuildings , which are capital , at £ 250 , and there are two acres and a half cut off from the estate , at the corner of two high roads , for which I can get £ 2-50 or £ 100 an acre . If you deduct the 2 * awes from ISO , you have 127 J acres , and if you
deduct the price of timber , materials , and 2 * acres of Land from the purchase money , you have 127 * acres of land ., within M miles of the metropolis , within a mile of a railway station , and within nine miles of St . Albans , the county town , within a mile and a half of Watford , a celebrated market town , and within two miles and a half of the beautiful town of Bushy , on the borders of the county of Middlesex , for £ 3 , 000 , which is little more than £ 23 per acre , with Land Tax redeemed .
The country is delicious , and the situation could not possibly be exceeded for pur purpose , as nothing is more important at all times , and particularly at the outset , than proximity to good markets . Farmers send hay to London by the high road , and bring back dung within the day from a ' greater distance than the Carpenders' Estate ( for that ' s the name of it ) is from London . Now , where are the wiscacves who used to tell me , that I could not get land in the mountains for £ 20 an acre , and that I could not get anything of
land for Mo , £ 50 , or £ 60 an acre . Have I not so far given a practical refutation to their folly . There is a fine high road frontage for all the cottages , so that the members will not be placed in the back settlement . This left arm of Chartism is within 6 * miles of its right arm , Hen ' ingsgate . and nothing oan be more important than showing ourselves in the first instance in the fashionable districts , within three miles of the Queen Dowager ' s new residence , and surrounded by noblemen ' s estates .
You know that ' one of my hopes , mygieatest hope , from the Land plan was , that , wherever a location was established , the whole neighbourhood would become Chartist . Well , recent events have fulfilled my prediction ^ Rickmansworth parish , where our first estate was purchased , is immensely large , and 10 in every 20 of the working class population , who neve heard of the Charter , are now Chartists to a man , and vast numbers are prepared to enrol , and some to pay up theirfull shares , as soon as the district is open . This is one triumph . Another is that my opponents assured you that you would be consigned to pigstyes , while the complaint of every visitor without exception
is , that the houses are too good , that the materials are too good , and that everything is too good . I think myself that the five-roomed houses are too large ; that the four-roomed houses look beautiful ; however , this is a fault that at once answers the pigslye brawlers , and can be corrected . Yesterday ( Wednesday ) we performed what is considered agreat operation ; we perfected and got the chimnies up in two of the five-roomed houses , when the whole population was startled by a succession of hearty cheers from all the labourers and tradespeople upon the estate , while a long tri-coloured flag waved from the top of the houses . .
It would really have done your hearts good to see the cheering countenances with which the labourers viewed the success of their own order . We have now five pair of s awyers , about sixteen carpenters , and as many bricklayers , besides carriers , labourers , welldiggers , brickmakers , and all other branches of industry « t fall work ; and you will see by the announcement of the Directors it is our intention to haveii Grand Procession to the Estate on Monday , the l-Tth of August . The new purchase we do not get possession of till the 20 th of September , and
therefore you will see that as there is no necessity for great haste the Directors have decided upon taking the ballot at Manchester , on Monday , the 27 th of July , and none will be eligible to ballot who have not paid up all demands to which they are liable up to the time of taking the ballot . This leaves the Shareholders till Thursday , the 23 rd of July , for Jthe payment of their shares ; and the 2 d Section is going on so prosperously that we were hi treaty for 70 acres of Land Rear Cheltenham for that section , but the price ( 3 , 000 guineas ) being so enormousl y high we declined the purchase .
There will he plenty of Estates in the market before Michaelmas , and perhaps my revilers will be astonished to learn that we are now in a situation to PURCHASE ANOTHER ESTATE . It is our intention to apply all the proceeds from the demonstration which the Directors Will manage themselves for the benefit of the shareholders whose Estate is the object , of attraction , and this rule wc intend to observe upon taking possession , of each succeeding
estate , aud by it we have every expectation and reasonable hope of amassing a large sum of money . We could not have the demonstration earlier than the third week in August , because all the rural population up to that time will be engaged in harvest operations ; nor could we have the ballot earlier than the day named , as it would be impossible for the Directors to leave until buildings and other operations , which require their attention , are placed in full
g . It would be impossible to describe the perfect liarniony that continues to exist in the directing body , and they think that while they are working , they can afford to bear the slander of those who writhe under
our success . My friends , there should be no secrets between nic and the shareholders , and I may as well tell you , as Mr . Cooper has asked tor the title deeds , that I never had them in my possession j that they are in the custody of the proper officer , the Treasurer and Solicitor to the Association . And now as to your request that I should rescind my resolution of resigning my office of Deputy- Treasurer , as I CAN TRUST MYSELF , I OBEY YOUlt WISH . But then it is upon the thorough understanding that neither you nor I shall heed the ravings of disappointed fools , and that I am not again to be called upon out of time and out of place to disclose my private affairs at the caprice of every medler . I am determined that no
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ipower ^ on earth shall drive me out bi a course at the end o & Which I see social comfort , physical comfort , and political emancipation .. I shall soon have so many " families of my own children to visit , that my whole . time will be delightfully occupied . I assure you that every moment appears an hour tomej while 1 am away from your paradise . I often wonder , and so must you , that the real humbugs who buy estates and , sell them , andwho
promise to build houses lor working classes , and to give freeholds , are never called to account , and never become objects of slander . But so' it is , and so it must be . . Whoever serves you is sure , to _ meet with bhe malignity of bad men , while whoever imposes upon you is sure to be sympathised with as a sufferer . We have how gone' on so long together , that though you sometimes scold me yourselves , you will not allow others to take that liberty ; we are as man and wife ; and woe to the fool who tries to separate us . He will come in for the blows of both . I remain your faithful friend and bailiff , * Feabous O'Oomsor .
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' . ' "' ¦ : TO THE ; i ^ PERIAL . CHARTISTS . My Dear FiiiBMDS , —r have been really so perplexed and occupied this only day in the week that I have to devote to the Northern Star , that I must , for the first time : in my life , claim your indulgence . The fact is , that writing my two' letters , has taken up some time , while most of the day has been occupied in counting Post-office orders , bank orders , and such a complexity of accounts as would have puzzled any man that was not particular upon these matters . I can keep accounts as well as any man living ; but the poring over , them for three or four hours unfits me for the more spirited occupation of editor .. I ask your indulgence , and I know you will grant it .
I will make amends next week by a few slashes at all around me . I have great pleasure in publishing the following short but highly gratifying letter for you . Those are the communications that keep up my ' spirits and spur me on to action . But don't mistake me ; I never was in better spirits or better health in my life , or . more ready , able , and willing to meet the foe , when the approaching struggle comes —which , believe ' me , is near at hand ; and I am anxious to get my farming labours as forward as possible ,, before I once more buckle on the armour of political agitation . - Oh ! if yon could but see what we are all doing , you would say that we deserve something better than , slander and reviling—but we willlive it down .... ...
lour faithful mend and servant , " Fearqus O'Coskor . P . S . —You'may be sure that the Star shall never again be occupied with one single line about the departed Mr , Cooper . This man has hampered rne and tried to destroy the Land movement for several months . Nothing was right that he didn't do himself ; and he was the mischief-maker who had set the City Locality by the ears . F , O . G . Sunday , June 11 th , 1816 .
Dear Sir , —I brought my family twenty miles to see the estate , and I am happy to say that it has amply repaid my journey . You , sir , have set a great pattern for the brawlers of our over-taxed country , I don't wonder at the money-grubbers envying your fame , for I feel satisfied if the working classes will support your undertaking it will work the regeneration of mankind . With every wish for your success , I remain , Tours , < fcc ,. Old Brorapton-road . \ V . Gboveb ,
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Friends , —You will have already learned from Mr . O'Connor ' s brief notice in the Northern Star of Saturday last , that we have made a second purchase , consisting of one hundred and thirty acres oi excellent land , situate about a mile and a quarter from the Bushy station , about two miles from Watford , and thirteen miles from London , on the route from the metropolis to Birmingham . This announcement we know has given you all infinite
satisfaction and delight , but , gratifying as the intelligence must be to those who arc situated at a distance from the favoured spot , all who are acquainted with the locality are perfectly enchanted at the Idea of our success in getting possession of an estate so eminently suited to our purposes . We announced on a former occasion that the ballot for the second purchase would take place on the first Monday in July , but , as the estate at Bushy will not be formally delivered into our possession until Michaelmas next , and in order to give all an opportunity to pay up their shares , wc now finally declare that the
BALLOT FOR LOCATION on Carpender ' s farm will take place on Monday , July 27 . It commences at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , in Carpenters' Hall , Garratt Road , Manchester , when all will be entitled to draw ivho may have paid up their shares , including all levies , LOCAL and GENERAL , on or before Monday , July 20 . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , Joke 12 . The adjourned debate on the motion to go into committee on the Corn Importation Bill and the Earl Stanhope ' s amendment thereto , was resumed by the Marquis of Exkier , who promised the measure his imdeviating opposition . Their Lordships had passed the second reading , not in consequence of any stronc manifestation in its favour , but solely through thcin " fluence of the Duke of Wellington .
The Earl Dlemvarr Jikewise opposed the bill The Bishop of St . David ' s supported the Bill , The clergy , he said , had studiously avoided petitioning Parliament on this question , or expressing their opinions , privately or publicly , upon it ; and therefore it would be most injudicious for the Right Reverend Bench to make the clergy responsible Tor the rejection of the measure , on the pica that it would injuriously affect their incomes . He admitted that he had no great expectations of very beneficial results from the repeal of the Corn Laws ; but when he saw the majority of the leading men of both P ^ i in the State concurring in carrying it , he confident
tej * j that he was doing right in going along The Bishop of Exeter agreed in the commendation justly bestowed on the clergy for their abstinence irom interfering with the discussion of this question , out hecouid not agree in the assertion that iLYrf * fe i of - ? Benc ^ Bish ° Ps to beregard-£ ? m J r t , P Z ¥ f dec d » ng upon this bill . It was wdfTt W ™ teof «* Kgion and of the poor as Wen , lB « hi WCre con < *™ cd , that the Right luZ beforeSf 7 ! " Callei ! 0 n to ° PP ose tlle meat rKent ^ thinfr ^ an Clleapnessof Provisions was no K f ^ S ^ T ***** tlie PowlftbMUfiagiaan , him SeSSiw h ° L «? , whioh rea » y Adored h ui the greatest benefit and most improved his
contio ? to tin ? ° S : ^ ssrt ^ jT ° ^ commerce were all in a flourish !^ n ? SS and it was most rash and infatuated to attemptso ° dW The B » shop of Oxponn spoko zealously in faYOur of the Bill . Be denied that the bench of Bhhomverl spiritually charged with the interests of the £ « y n their lordships' house ; and he asserted that it was necessary that landowners should get rid of tS mortgages . Lord AsimuniON said , that it appeared nothing would satisfy the Right Rev . Prelate less than the rooting up of all landed property . His assertion brought to mind a cry raised during the French revolution- " We respect the rights of property , but then all property must change hands . " Lord Mohieaole spoke at length in favour of the
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Bni , „ wishing ^ hat . it , had proViiiiifmft ^ lr ^ d SJ ^ mediate abolition ^ f 7 ' -- —— -, . ^ ¦ ~^ = ^?^;^ . '"' . ^ rd ST 4 ^ r replied ' to' LoMM ) o ^ e ^ . f fI ! h 6 ^ ii shding-scale had prevented ' gifeat ^ ffUrAhatiohsi had' i ii ci piWHled for asufficiencyof supplyjanditadipr ^ jicedy , % h ^ erHpruKa ^ As :: ^ Lordships to mndertaketa ^ gratuUoUs % Sir ^ emj ^ | J with the : hoDe that ; foreign nations ^ migWa ^ tsSf snP , to .. f ™* k . 'it was perfec ^ blly ^ iffire' ^ y spect o thediectot thisBiJVLord ^ tanWasBertedi ^ . Sm , Sdv ' - w - cornM ^ m & tf >» m ; i i 4 T : »™ f 1 would likewise ^» ndas ^ aiuelofl'i money-would rise the moneyed Pinteres ^ wouia ^' e : .:. J » me all the ; boon to be conferred bydt . and ^ ne ^ a ; X tional burthens , would . be to th ^ ame ^ u ' mountifii ' "T , creased . J ^ e Noble Lor d ryn *& mFm ^ B Z ~ « Z against holding ^ out to the nCopla | fallMoia > l ) es ; , ;; 1 that would not , be realised ^ ^ n ^ th ^ cou ^ Sfi \ t twelve months there must neees 8 ^] u ^ Vadi |^ tion- ' ¦ .- > of Parliament , and then sliouItfithe Tex ^^ edvopi ^ ¦ IVr
ions of the constituencies h ^ ^ -fjli ^ l ^ j ^^ meai . '' -- '''!' sure , their Lordships could consUth |^ n ^ iyan ( i ' g ^ e- ' ' fully consent to it . ; . But should ( 1 $ iey ^ voting for it against their judgments , and by oonced- "'''" ing to a one-sided agitation , the question would not be settled ; and should the decision of the country be the same as it-was in 1841 , would their Lord- , ships , he askcd . tlien remain consistent to their inconsistency , or would they again go round , and once more change their opinions ? Earl Ghey spoke in favour of the bill ; and Lord Bkougham indulged iu a great . many facetious and personal observations , accompanied by comic gesti- dilations , that kept their Lordships for an hour , by the clock , in continued peals of laughter . ' ; ' " ,. ' . The Duke of Richmond shortly closed the debate . Lord Stanhope ' s amendment was negatived without a division , and the motion to go into committee was carried , the committee . being fixed for Monday ¦
next . ' ,- _ . , Their Lordships adjourned at two o ' clock this ( Sa « tiuday ) morning . ; HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Junk 12 . The adjourned debate bn the PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL , And on Sir W . Someryillb ' s amendmentthereton , was resumed by Mr . Ross , who opposed the . bill . . ..-, Mr . Monoktox Mi ! nes also opposed it , becaiSeithe * ' Government on sufferance" by . whom . it . wafr pro posed had evidently not the power to carry it so as to
render it of any effect . He thought ; that circumstan ced as the members of the Government were , a little relaxation of principle by an abandonment of this bill would make but extremely little' differettce to their character . Mr . Poulet ScnoMs , Mr . Rbddingjon , and Mr . D . Baow . vu likewise opposed the Bill . The Bill was supported by Lord Bernard and Mr . Shaw . The Right Hon . Recorder said he could not conscientiously object to the second reading of a Bill that he believed to be necessary , though he had no confidence in the Government that proposed it .
SirR . Phel having repeated his statements that the Bill was necessary- that it was net much more stringent than that carried by the Whigs , and assented to by the Irish Members , and that it wasacoompanied with measures of permanent remedy for some of the social evils of Ireland , replied "'to the charges preferred against him by Lord George Ben . tisck . He denied emphatically that he had betrayed Canning , or hunted him to death ; and retorted upon Lord George by asking him if he believed
him to be the traitor he had proclaimed' him . to be , why he had followed him as a leader up to the present year ? The Premier , in conclusion , exclaimed that he had calculated the enmities and loss of friendship these measures would cost him , and he was prepared to bear them ; but if any one asserted that he was actuated by impure and dishonest motives—that he wished to rob others of the credit of these measures—such imputation was as foul a calumny as ever was dictated by a vindictive spirit . The debate was again adjourned to Monday .
i he other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned , HOUSE OF LORDS , Mohday , JuhbIS . ; ~ The house met at five o ' clock . Several personal " explanations" preceded the jomnuttaloftkeCorn Bill . Lord DEUUfcRB tried to clear himself from the charge of having been a member of the Cheshire Protection Society , and several of the Bishops warmly defended themselves and their " order " against the attacks of . Lord Stanley on Friday night last .
Lord Stanley , presented a petition , signed by the chairman of Lloyd ' s , the chairmen of the London and East India Dock . Companies , six Bank directors , a large number of bankers , merchants , ship owners , and traders of the city of London , including all engaged in the Canada and Australian trades , expressing doubts whether the petition which had been presented by Lord Dalhousie represented the general opinion of those classes in the city , and declaring that they did not believe the bill before the house was necessary or called for ; and that , in their opinion , it was an experiment affecting vital branches of our national interests , and involving the
most , serious consequences , whioh called for the anxious consideration of their Lordships . The Earl of Dalhousie observed , that the petition he had . presented did not profess to express more than the opinions of the petitioners , " certain " merchants , bankers , and traders of the city of London , including , however , 24 or" 26 Bank directors ' , Uothei banking nrms , ana zotuUkji-oignaturoa . \ These preliminaries over , the house proceeded to the debate on the order of the day that the bill be committed , which was commenced by Lord Colttlle , who opposed it . The house then went into com * mittee . On the 1 st clause ,
The Duke oi Buckingham moved the omission of the words providing for thecessation of all duties , except the nominal one of Is ., after the 1 st of February , 1849 . His Grace desired it to be distinctly understood that he was no party whatever to the bill ; that he opposed it altogether ; but that ie moved his amendment with the hope of reserving a small portion of protection , and of rendering the measure less injurious to agriculturists than it would be if passed as it then stood . The Noble Puke called on their Lordships not to think about backing up an Administration , but to regard the interests of the country , and to do as he did , and throw aside all personal feelings and friendships when they came to give their votes .
The Earl of Riro . v shortly opposed the amendment , as involving an entire alteration of the principle of the bill . The Earl of Cuncamy , Earl Stanhope , Lord Beaumont , and Earl Habdwiokb spoke in support of the amendment . It was opposed by the Marquis of Bute and Lord Kinxaird . The latter said , he had not the slightest doubt that our farmers could compete with foreigners , who grew only 10 bushels to an acre , and the ctfect of that competition would be still further to improve our system of cultivation , and to augment the rate of produce . As a member of the Anti-Corn Law League , he thought it just to that body to say , that although urged from all quarters to agitate , they had thought it wiser and more respectful to remain quiescent , and to refrain from . any proceeding that might intimidate their Lordships .
The committee then divided upon the clause as it stood , when the numbers were- — Contents . . . 136 Non-content . . 103 . ,. Majority . 33 against the amendment , which was therefore lost . The remaining clauses were not proceeded with . Upon tho motion of the Duke of Richmond , the Chairman left the chair , the house resumed , and immediately adjourned , at a quarter past eleven o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS , -Monday , Junk 15 . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour . An imme : ; sc quantity of railway and private business having been disposed of , the house proceeded at half-past seven to the adjourned debate on the
IRISH COERCION BILL . Mr . D . O'Connell presented a petition , with 260 , 000 signatures , from the manufacturing districts in England , against the Coercion Bill . Ordered to lie on the table . Lord Worsley briefly stated his determinatiin te » oppose the Bill . Sir R . II . Inglis was not prepared to alter the course he had already taken with respect to this measure . In thus stating his own intentions , he begged to be understood that he spoke for himself alone , and did not wish to convey the opinions of any other persons , but as he felt there undoubtedly existed a necessity for some measure of a similar nature to the present , and as he had previously given his support to the measure , he could not permit any collateral matters to disturb the vote he was about to"ive . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not , however , but
say , more in sorrow than in anger , that he regretted her Maj esty ' s ministers had delayed the progress of the Bill until the present time . In proposing measures to promote the tranquillity of Ireland , the Government were responsible for the consequences re » suiting from their measures , and he ( Sir Ri H . Inglis ) would be slow to take upon himself the responsibility of saying that such measures as those now sought to be made the law of the land were not required for tho preservation of life and property in Ireland . As the Noble Lord the Chief Secretary for Ireland ( Lord Lincoln ) had within the last few days expressed his intention to propose for the consideration of tho house a series of measures newintheir character and of a remedial nature , he ( Sir R . H . Inglis ) considered that he was upon that account stul more justified iu recording hi » vote in favour of her Majesty ' s ministers
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20061846/page/1/
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