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G R K \ T R VC C E S S.-T11 1"E R E C IV it O CIT Y
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AN APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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Brothers,—Tbe time has arrived when our ...
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NbwcaSTLB-upon-Tyms. —Mr George Young an...
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JUST I'UL'LISHED, (Uniform wltli the " Labouiiek." Magazine,) Price 6d.
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1848.
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THE METROPOLITAN CHARTIST HALL. We have ...
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JUVENILE CRIMINALS. TJnon no great quest...
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THE INCREASING DISTRESS. A short time ba...
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PUBLIC MONIES. We request all Sub-secret...
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' ah . f « s each , AN » EASH tiB . Alt ,. ' ' TO TDE MEMBERS OF TilE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fbiesds , —The propriety of establishing a Natiokal Benefit Society has been frequently urged upon our attentioa anu a ' itrong dears esjirss . ed that we skould originate one , in order to afford an opportunity to those of our friends wbj haraa desire of joiming an institution under tho auspice * of tho movement party , and established for the purpose of aiding the onward march of Democracy . With the desire of our friends we cordially sympathise , « nd were it not that onr tiros i « fully and completely accupied in attending to eur present engagements , we should fe * l great p leasure ia complying with their wishes . We have long bean of opinion that the cause of the people would * be much served by the establishment of such na Association ; At present there are thousands who join Other societies who weald prefer becoming members of one composed of persons whose opinions harmonise with thoir own , aad « hoi 3 funds instead of being placed at the disposal of their enemies , would be applied to benefit themselves , and the cause which they have at heart . We must , however , decline catering upon tho organisation ef such a body , but , at the same time , would recommend all who feel Interested in the matter , to join the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , Vfjiich has been some time ia existence , and which was established for the purposes above enumerated . The actual mmagement of it devolves upon its indefatigable founder , Mr Staelw » oi > , a man in whose honour and probity we have the greatest reliance—so much cocfidence do we repors in him , that we have consented to become the directors of the society—Hr Stallwood undertaking to < 3 o the work of secretary , our part of the business being to make a periodical examination of the accounts , and other monetary transactions , which all parlies may rely upon being done bj us , The chief recommendations of this society are—that the subscriptions are liberal ; its government democratic , and its funds will bo deposited ia the National Land and Lin joe Bank . We sincerely recommend this society to the consideration » f our friends . All communications on the subject to J > e addressed to the secretary , Mr Edmund Stallwood , 2 , Little Tale-glace , Hammersmith , London . Ciibistopiieb Doue , Thohab Clabk , PHlLlf M'Gbath .
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THE LATE NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE , Held at Lowbands , August , 1847 , adopted the following resolution unanimously ;— ' That this Conference recommrnds the country to depesit their funds in the'National Land and Labour Bank ; ' all who wish to follow the instructions of their friends and reprises tatives will join that auxiliary to the National Land Company , THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . Patron . —T . Waklbt , M . P . Dinoiors . —Meisks . P . M Gbath , T . Clabk , and 0 . Doile . Sank . — Tee Natiokal Lanb and Labode Bane . Setrctary —Ma E . Stallwood . Central Office . —2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith . This society presents greater advantages to the industrions millions than any similar institution ever established . ThebiBefiti resulting from joiniu ;; it are—Ia Sickness , per week from 7 s to 18 i Member ' s Decease , £ 6 „ £ 20 Wife ' s Ditto „ £ 3 „ £ 10 Wife's Accsuchement , „ 15 „ £ 2 Superannuatien , per week ,, 4 ,, 6 s A Gift Fund and Youth Burial Fund , and the Investsre of its Surplus Funds iu Land , for the mutual advantage of its members . EatraHes Fee , according to Age , as follow * : — Tears . Tears . Tears . Tears . First Section , under 25 ... 3 s Od — 35 ... 4 s « d — 45 ... 5 s Od 50 ... 7 s 6 d Second Section ... 25 ... 2 s 6 d — 85 ... 3 . 4 Od — 45 ... 4 s 6 d — 50 ... Gs « d Third Section ... 25 ... 2 s Od — 83 ... 2 * 6 d — . 45 ... Ss 6 d — 50 .. " . 4 s 6 d Fourth Section ... 25 ... Is 6 d — 35 ... 2 i 0 J — 45 ... 3 s 0 J _ £ 8 ... 4 s Cd Ifmore convenient to members the entrance fee can be paid by instalments , so that tbe whole is paid within three months . The following persons have already volunteered their services as agents , of wham rules and every information can be obtained at the following places;—Mr Lawrence , Whittington and Cat , Chufcb-row , BetknalQraea ; Mr JVfnvy , Tanners' Arms , Bermondse . v-road ; Mr J . Simpson , Harrison ' s Assembly Rosins , East-lane , Walworth ; Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Exeter-street , Sloane-street ; Ifr Walford , Temperance-hall , Broadway , Westminster ; Mr L . F . Brown , Silver-street , Kinsingtou ; Mr H . H » yter , Frogmore Wandsworth ; Mr J . Pare , 65 , Livery-street , Birmingham ; Mr T . Shephcrdson , Town . gate , Armley , near Leeds ; Mr G-. Wheeler , Dunkirk , near Der izss ; Hr Mnnday , Northampton ; Mr Wesley . Caanon-street , Wellingborough ; Mr B . Morgan . Merthyr Tydvil ; Mr J-J . Beaver , Gandiffeth , Fontypool ; Mr Skevington , Loughborough ; MrT . Chambers , Lticcster-street , Bilston ; Mr J . Ksddis , Burton Latimer , Higham Fcrrars ; Mr J . Gregory , Ironville , aear Nottingham ; MrH . Pierce , Fleur-de-lis Inn , St Mary-street , Bridgewattr ; Mr W . II . Webber , 8 , Fareham-place , Coxside , Plymouth ; Mr Westoby , Duppa ' s Hill , Croydon ; Mr H . Ingham , Michison-square , Scheles , Wigan j Mr James Fink , Talbot Inn . John-str = et , Bridgewater ; Mr Thomas Flood , Holland . street , Barnstaple ; Mr Martin , artist , and Mr David Morrison , Bath-street , New Swindon ; Mr H . Tooirtr , Commercial-street , Newport , Monmouth ; Mr A . Packer , 78 , Harrow-roa ^ , Marylebone ; Mr Ellis , Baker , West street , Crowland ; Mr Neesham , near tbe Wesleyaa Chapel , WilleahaU ; Mr H . Foste * Yates , Temperance Coffee-house , Miles Bank , Potteries ; Mr G . Cavill , 30 . Queen-street , Sheffield ; Mr Donaldson , Warwick ; Mr C . Goodwin , Rea-street , Birmingham ; Mr Nicholas Canning . Stuart-street , Wigan ; Mr James Chappie , Beechen Cliff , Bath ; Mr J . Grimshaw , Halmes , Donoaster ; MrG . Giles , Victoriastreet , Brighton ; Mr J . Fraz * r , 8 . Catherine-street , Aberdeen ; Mr D . Robertson , Castie-street , Allea ; Mr Joseph Hill , 8 , Spa , Southampton ; Mr W . Gregory , Eccle » , near Manchesttr ; Mr B . Jones , Green-gate , Sslford ; Mr Joseph Hewitt , Chapel-street , Leeds ; Mr W . Liddle , Preston ; Mr Israel Argyle , Osk-street , Abing . ion Mr James Nesbitt , 6 , Gibion-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr Edwin Scholly , Midgato , Peterborough ; Mr Ewe ; - Heskith , Landend Church , Oswaldtaistle , Blackburn ; Mr Joh » Why , Great Glean ; Mr A . Tayler , Stow-in-the Wold ; Mr J " . Pagh , Kington , Hereferd ; Mr Vf . Fairburn , Wednesbury ; Mr G . Timbrell , jun ., Winchcomb ; Mr T . Goody , Sudbury ; Mr A . WalSer , 16 , Bailie ' s Causeway , Hamilton ; Mr William Cameron , 9 , Store . streot , Paisley ; Mr 3 . Burrell , News Agent , Grrenock ; Mr John Douglass , 49 . King-street , Gosport ; Mr John Hawarth , Kingstreet , Leigh ; Mr J . Garrod , News Agent , Ipswich ; Mr John Hunter , Brick Garth , Easington Lane ; Mr William Roomes , Chaple Cottages Dorking ; Mr D . Scrinugour , Crieff ; Mr J Morgan , Butcher row , Deptford ; Mr W . W . Pickrance , 18 , Dancan-street , Bolton ; Mr M . Whittingham , Russell-street , Wolverhampton ; Mr Thomas , 88 , Bevon-street , Liverpool ; Mr W . Furaival , Hollow ay-buildings , Bilston ; Mr H . Carman , Ryanstreet , Wisbaach ; Mr T . Potter . Oxfard-street , Stockton ; Mr S . Martin , Bri ^ htlin gsea ; Mr Edward Payne , Spital-gate , Cirencester : Hr Joseph Pitts , 17 , Higher Union-strtet , Torquay ; Mr Cross , Bungay ; Mr J . Rouse , Battly Carr-road , Dews , bury ; Mr H . M . Aungier . Fore-hill , Ely ; Mr C . Carter , Newnham ; Mr W . Rankin , Carapole-strect , Budley ; Mr Ronald Watt , Kinghorn ; Mr W . W . Rogers , Royal Oak Inn , Chelmsford ; MrS . Roberts , Hind-hill , Heywood ; Mr W . Nicholson , GMnsborongh ; Mr Gs-rge Cudip , Swansea ; Mr W . Carlten , Darlington ; Mr Samuel Sander , New Radford ; Mr P . A . Love , Lavington ; Mr T . Pickerfgill , £ 3 , Dean-street , Soho ; of all Secretaries of tha Land Company , and of the Secretary , Mr E . Stallwood , 2 , Little Tale-place , Hammersmith-road , to whom all applications for Agencies , & c , must be addressed , aad all Post-office orders made payable at the Hammersmith Post-OfSce . Secretaries , agents , and others , are informed that the re-issue ef rules , < fcc , is now ready , together with a neat show card , and can be obtained by application as above . Edhbnd Stallwood , Secretary .
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METROPOLITAN CHARTIST HALL . Capital , £ 10 , 000 , IS TES SHHXIKQ SHARES . Committee of Management . Feargus O'Connor , Philip M'Grath , William Tapp , Richard Mathews , Henry Kttt , James Gr ? sby , Thomas Clark , George Julian Harney . Ernest Jones , John Milne , Joseph Chapraan , John Miliward , George Newson , James Slater , William Dixon , John Savage , Luke King , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Lucas , William Cuffay , William Xee , John Skelton , John Fussel ' , Charles Turner , John Shaw , Robert Cummins , William Allnutt , Elijah Nobbs , Thomas Antil , George Fox , Thomas Clancy , John Sewell , Samuel Brewerton , John Cartwright , John Ford , John London , Feargus O'Connor , Es-q ., Treasurer . Philip M'Grath , Sub-Treasurer . William Tapp , Secretary . Auditors . Mr William Rider . I Mr John Cartwright . Solicitor . James Ma » nimara , Esq ., 9 , Cleveland-row . St James ' . ^ . Bank . —National Land and Labour Bank . ^ Office . —Hi , High Holborn .
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ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE PUBLIC . The Chartists of the metropolis , after a period of quiescence induced by an unmerited confidence in the promises of government , and by a desire to give the socalled remedial measures of political Economists a fair trial , and finding that nothing is to be expected at the hands of privileged factions and faith-breaking cabinets , but that the people must he the champions of their own cause , are resolved no longer to depend on others for that which they can do themselves , but to use every esertion in furthering the cause of the Charter . As the metropolis ouisht to be the centre point of the national movement , so it is requisite that in the metropolis there should bo one recognised centre of agitation . This it is proposed to create in theabove-named Hall . The Committee , therefore , iavite the co-operation of the public , on the following grounds : — That such a Hall will ba a powerful means for strengthening and rallying Chartism , inasmuch as it will thus be hrought prominently before the public eve , be no longer exclusively consigne ' d to the obscure locality , ard the reproach be obviated , thatit is housed in the tavern and incapable of rising to the loftier arena of national agitation . That it will prevent a period of apathy and disorganisation from ever overtaking the metropolitan movement , since it will bind its various elements together and concentrate them in one democratic centre . That it will make proselytes to the cause , as it is proposed to erect the Hall in someleading thoroughfare , and those will be attracted to enter , who either never hear of , or are disinclined to join the locality meetings as at present held . That , as an investment , the committee , bearing in view the frequent failures of similar undertakings , can confidently recommend the present one , as it is intended to erect an edifice capable of accommodating several thou - Band persons ; and such a Hall , in a central situation , has long been a desideratum in the metropolis , there being no structure of adequate dimensions , f « r many scientific , pictorial , mechanical and other purposes . The Committee , therefore , earnestly call on British Democracy to support this undertaking ; to reflect on the standing and position similar establishments have conferred on otherparties ; on tbe necessity for centralising our movement , to frustrate the centralising policy of monopoly ; and on the facility with which funds may be obtained for such a purpose , where the tangible reality and the certain return are evident , and in which the monetary advantage is combined with the political inves t , meat . The committee he . % to call the attention of the public , to the strict measures adopted in the rules , for insuring thesecurity of the funds and the correct application of the money , and to state , further , that they have been duly appointed bv the metropolitan delegate council , the representatives of the entire Chartist body in the metropolis . Rally , then , Chartists ! Rally , all true Democrats ! to raise a temple for liberty and justice , where the principles of democracy may be gathered in one focus and thence radiated over the country at large ; whence the hand of fellowship will ba extended to all real friends , irrespective of creed or class , but in which no compromise will he entertained with the enemies of equal rights and equal laws , By order af the Committee , WifcLua Taff , Sec
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LAJID . TO BE SOLD , at Snig ' s End , a FOUR ACSE ALLOTMENT . Persons willing to treatfor the same , are requested to apply to J . B . Crews , Newton Abbott , Devon , stating the highest amount they will give . W ANTED , A THREE OR FOUR ACRE ALLOT . AIENT , for which the tenant will pay four per cent , extra per annum , to be placed to the credit of the owner in the Redemption Bank ( or as he might think fit ) , together with all dues and demands on the said allotment , providing the owner will grant a lease for not less than seven years . Apply to Mr James Farrell , Cazneau . street , Liverpool .
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IMPORTANT NOTICE T 3 E LONDONERS HATE BEGUN A HOME FOR HONEST INDUSTRY . Fatrans . —T . S . DuHcembe , Esq ., M . P ., T . TVakley , Esq ., M P ., B . Bond Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . Ifave you read the Tract on the Land and Buildin g Society for the Working Millions ? If n » t , get it , read it . Price only One Penny . Published for the Society , by G . Berger , 19 , Holywell-streat , Straad . Sold by all cheap booksellers , and the Society ' s agents : also to be had . with full information , of Daniel William Rufty , secretary , offices of the Society , 13 , Tottenham-court , New-road , St Pancras , London , by sending three postage stamps .
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T PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., MARTI * ' informs his friends and the Chartist bod y .... * Sen ? raUy , that he has reduced the price of his athograpfcc full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to tne lolluwin ^ rice :-Prints . Is ; eoloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d . r u * , ., PEOPLE'S EDITION , mm str ^ t n , ™ ? ETIUUU { SrA * offic 0 > ls ' Great V ! i " - ^ Tu % 'lT ^ ^^^ W ^ - "T UuitedKi .. gd » in . ' aU booksellers in the
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Just Pablished , Price is 6 d per dozen . A LETTER , addressed to the Trades Orders , and to £% . the public in general , on the PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER , THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , AND NATIOKAL LAND A SD LABOUR BANK ; with remarks on the character and objects of the'Whistler , ' by W . B . Robinson . May be had of Mr Thomas Mather , Agent , 51 , HejrooLstreet , Ancoats , Manchester .
An Appeal To The Chartists Of Great Britain.
AN APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .
Brothers,—Tbe Time Has Arrived When Our ...
Brothers , —Tbe time has arrived when our professions of attachment to the principles of the People ' s Charter , must be tested . You have had the pleasure and hi gh satisfaction , for some time , of knowing that that indomitabl y patriot , and uncompromising advocate of political equality—F . O'Con nor , Esq ., was returned by a triumphant majority over the base and truckling Whig candidates , to re present this important borough in the Commons ' House of Parliament . The nation rang with shouts of joy at thi event . It was echoed from hill to hill , and vale to vale—until Scotland beard the sound , and participated in the democratic song of conquest . Wales , too , listened , and with patriotic zeal joined the British choir in swelling out the
chorus—We'll roily around him , again and again . But this bursting forth of a nations joy , in congratulation for the return of an honest , virtuous , intelligent , upright , consistent , undeviating , and unpurchaseable maintainer and defender of the people " rights , was too much to be endured . It stood out in such bold relief , that the factions gnashed their teeth , and swore revenge . That revenge is manifest in the malicious and disgraceful petition which is now pending against the qualification of Mr O'Connor to sit in the British legislature . The old base Whigs , acting upon the recommendation of Lord Melbourne , in bis immaculate administration of public affairs— ' Though we know tbey are right . we must put them wrong , by ruining them with expenses , ' intend to play the same game towards Mr O'Connor .
Brothers—shall we stand and silently look on at this piece of political knavery , and allow our chieftain , either to defend his seat out of his own private purse , or to fall a sacrifice to the bloodhounds of misrule and oppression ? No ! no !! no ! !! We believe each , andevery one of you , will , as with one voice , answer no . Up , then , to the work in right good earnest . Let us show ourselves men , who know what is our duty , and , also , how to well perform it . Let every city , town , village , and hamlet , where Chartism has lifted up its standard , call meetings , and devise such plans as will best conduce to the accomplishment of the intended object—namely , a sufficient fund ; in order that Mr O'Connor may
defend bis seat in Parliament , without expending a single farthing of his own . Time presses , but it can , it ought , it must , and we believe it will , be done . Not less than £ 1 , 000 must be raised . Let no time be lost—only think that if only 240 . 000 persons subscribe one penny each , the £ ] , 000 is got . To the Land members we say , da what you can . "We hope every member will contribute bis or ber mite for so good an object . Nottingham is all alive to . the subject . A committee has been formed to carry out the resolutions of a public meeting held in our Guildhall , which was crowded to overflowing . We feel assured this appeal will not be in vain . Our
principles as a great democratic party , as well as our possessions , are at stake . Our honour and our character will be measured by the nation at large , in proportion as we do our duty . We hope the next time we address you it will be to congratulate yeu for so nobly responding to this call , and enabling our distinguished and honoured representative , F . O'Connor , Esq ,, M . P ., to defeat the malicious designs of the miscreant petitioners . We are , yours , In the good old cause of Chartism , On behalf of the Committee , W . H . Mott , Treasurer . John Skerritt , Secretary ,
Nbwcastlb-Upon-Tyms. —Mr George Young An...
NbwcaSTLB-upon-Tyms . —Mr George Young and Mr Joseph Young , of Seaton Delaval , and all other members of this branch , who have wished to be placed on family tickets , are respectfully informed that tha Newcastle secretary has sent tho list of family tickets to the directors , a correct copy of which maybe seen on amplication to M . Jude , and they are requested in future to pre-pay their letters . Ten Hours Bill . —At a general meeting of the Operative Cotton Spinners of Glasgow and neighbourhood , resolutions were passed condemnatory of the conduct of parties endeavouring to induce the operatives to petition Parliament to repeal tbe Ten Hours Clauses . A meeting of delegates from all the cotton spinning localities in Scotland waa held on Saturday the 15 th , at Paisley , when resolutions were passed declaratory of tbeir determination not to sign any petitim on the subject , until the bill , as it new stands , has kad a fair trial .
Just I'Ul'lished, (Uniform Wltli The " Labouiiek." Magazine,) Price 6d.
JUST I'UL'LISHED , ( Uniform wltli the " Labouiiek . " Magazine , ) Price 6 d .
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE A HUSBANDRY , being the results of four years' experience . Br J . Sw . lett . M'Gowan and Co ., 16 , Great WindmiM-strect , London and may be had of all booksellers .
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Just Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by Feaeqob O'Connwi , Eb « j . , M . P ., « TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who aro Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 s . per 100 . or 18 < . per 1000 . ( "OTHAT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES V f OF LAND , ' Explained In a Letter , by FeABQCb O'Connob , Esq ., M . P , To he had at the Office of the National Land Campany lit , High Holborn .
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Now Ready , a New Edition ot ' MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK OJJ SMALL FARMS To bs had at the Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .
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JHSTPUBLI 8 HED . PRICE S 1 XPENCB , NO . KM ! OF " THE LABOURER , " coNTEiisra . 1 . The Funeral of tho Tear a nd its Epitaph , ; Ernest Jones . 2 . Onr New Year ' s Address . 3 . Insurrections of the Working Classes . —Tho . Men of Kent and Essex . 4 . The Scotch Critics and the Laud Company . 5 . The Romance of a People . 6 . The Poor Man's Legal Manual . 7 . National Litarature— ' The Infernal Comedy . 8 . Our National Defences . 9 . Literary Review . Letters ( pre-paid ) to bo addressed t » tho Editors , 16 © reat Windmill Street , Hxymarket , London . Orderg received by-all agents for tho "Northern Star and all booksellers in town and country .
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THE PORTRAIT OF MR JONES . This portrait will be in the hands of our Scotch agents in time for issue on the 29 th instant . Our agents in or near Edinburgh will have their parcels forwarded to tke care of Messrs W . and H . Robinson , 11 , Greenside-street . Parcels for other parts of Scotland to the care of Mr W . Love , 10 , Nelsonstreet , Glasgow . Our Yorkshire , Lancashire , Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , and Gloucester , shire agents will receive the portrait in time for issue on Saturday , February 19 th . The more southern counties , Wales , and Ireland , on the following week . Agents in the county of Durham must npply to Mr J . Turnbull . Side , Newcastle . Yorkshire , to Mr J . Cooke , 67 , Meadow-lane , Leeds . Lancashire and Cheshire , to Mr A . Heywood , 58 , Oldham-street , Manchester . Those agents having weekly book parcels from London will have the portrait sent in their own parcels .
The Northern Star, Saturday, January 22, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , JANUARY 22 , 1848 .
The Metropolitan Chartist Hall. We Have ...
THE METROPOLITAN CHARTIST HALL . We have already attracted the attention of our readers to this important subject , and in our present number the Committee of Management have issued an Address , embodying their views and objects . The necessity for a Metropolitan Hall , dedicated to our principles , must long have been apparent , and we consider the plan essentially and eminently good , both as a political and pecuniary investment . We trust that all good Chartists who can afford to take one or more shares , will be influenced by the first consideration—and , indeed , anything that strengthens the p olitical power of the people IS a good
pecuniary investment , since where popular power and popular laws dominate , labour would reT ceive its due , and trade no longer be one great cheat , b y the wholesale dealer of the retail dealer , aud by the latter of those he employs , and by either of the public . There is , indeed , something eminently practical in those political combinations and agitations , which some shallow thinkers designate as " abstract theories , " or as " froth , " and " noise , " and " mere
excitement . ' These organisations—these combined movements—aiming directly , without subterfuge and circumlocution , at the power of legislating on the abuses of the age—on the bad laws that engender the misery , the want , the oppressive features of a wretched social state—are by far more practical than , those which merely endeavour to alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted . The former is applying remedies to the root of the evil , the latter is merely alleviating the symptom .
Now one of tho chief beauties of the Land Company is , that while it alleviates the symptom , i . e . relieves the condition of some it ; at the same time stimulates the energy of all , and strengthens the Chartist party in their political organisation . Thus it will be with the intended Metropolitan Chartist Hall . It must not be regarded merely in a speculative point of view—merel y as a monied speculation , in the direct sense of the word—though as we have said , highly promising as such—but as a means to an end—as an evidence of the power , which , by evidencing some , creates more—as , in itself a powerful lecturer , predicating the cause of
Chartismsaying , the movement shall be permanent , for here is its permanent home—here is the home within which we are sheltered against the passing frosts of apathy , the blasts of faction , and tha storms of opposition—here is the battery whence we can direct ; our artillery against the ranks of those who , like a wary , but cowardly besieging force , have undermined by double-faced laws and insidious attacks , the rights of labour and the property of the people . There may be some who think that the money , intended to be raised , might be more advantageously applied for the purposes of agitation . It IS applied for those purposes . For what else is the Hall to be raised ? It merely remains to be seen whether the means
are adapted to the end . Now , we believe , that a better step in agitation could , at the present moment , not be taken , or one more calculated to be lasting in its effects . We all know what Conciliation Hall did for the party who started it—we all know the importance of a "local habitation" as well as a " name '' —we are aware of the great expense entailed on the Chartist body by the desultory meetings , now held , in getting Halls , for which great difficulty exists , and for which Halls
most exorbitant prices arel charged ; " and , moreover , we believe , that most of the money paid in shares for the Hall , would not be spent for other purposes of political agitation . ? We confidentl y hope to see a National Chartist Covention sitting when our great Petition is presented—and we hope that such Convention will sit for as long a period as practicable , to watch the proceedings in Parliament , and guide and time the movement in the country .
We wish to say a few words as to the organisation of the Committee . It is no body , self-arrogating power—it has been duly appointed by the metropolitan Chartists , as represented by their Delegate Council , and with complete unanimity . We understand one-third of the Committee are to retire annually—and we consider this a very wise measure—since , under a general re-election , it is possible that a majority of those elected might be even hostile to the immediate objects of the undertaking , or , at least , unacquainted with the management .
In conclusion , we have but to deserve , that we see all the elements of success herald the commencement , and we doubt not that this augury will be verified b y a prosperous completion of the Chartist Hall . We call , therefore , on the Chartists of London to rally for this glorious object—to rescue the metropolis from the stigma of not being
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— - ' ' ~ . ^ J . ^^ b ^ b ^^ hiI— ^^^^^ " Me to raise a Hill—of not having a recognised centre of Chartist agitation—and we , furthermore , exhort the Chartists of the country to support their London brethren , that they , too , may be worthily represented in the cap ital . ^*©^~~~ ' ' "" """
Juvenile Criminals. Tjnon No Great Quest...
JUVENILE CRIMINALS . TJnon no great question has the slow ripening of individual conviction into collective action , been more forcibly illustrated than upon the means for the prevention of Crime , lne in junction "Train up a child in the way he should eo , " followed by . the assurance that " When he is old , he will not depart from it , is not move venerable in its antiquity than it is universally assented to ; and in practice , no
nrecept is more generally or constantly negr lected . It is no stretch of the fancy to say that hundreds of thousands of children annually e-row up amongst us utterly ignorant of all that we term law and morality , and whose only intelligence is of that vicious kind which enables them to break . the one , and to violate the Other . Is it to be . wondered at they are so , when it is remembered that the circumstances in which they are placed from infancy , preclude
the acquisition of any other kind ot naoits anu intelligence ? Take the case of a destitute child of this description . To form a correct estimate of the influences b y which he is moved , we must not merely look at him when he is brought under the cognisance of the tribunals for dispensing "justice , " but follow him from the beginningofhis career . In order fully to comprehend the operation of these influences , it is necessary that we should , as far as possible , divest ourselves of the opinions and feelings which have been created by the enjoyment of greater advantages , and try to realise to our minds the condition of a child born in one of those courts , lanes , or alleys , in which the p hysical and the moral atmosphere are equally impure and
corrupt . The squalid and miserable aspect of all external objects upon which the infant eyo can alone rest , is only paralleled , in its vitiating influence , by the pollution of the sensualism of the adults who surround him . As soon as he is able to use his limbs , he is cast off to provide as far as he can for himself , and a new epoch of his life begins . He passes his time cheerfully in the streets with associates more advanced in age , and more deeply initiated in vice—and this at the very time when the mind and feelings are expanding to receive with consciousness the impressions of the surrounding world ;
and where , from the suscep tibility of his being , the nature of these impressions is almost finally decisive of his character and pursuits . The stamp of criminality is thus almost inevitably fixed upon him . In this manner he may grow up to the age of seven or eight years , without coming into contact with any but the associates we have named ; and if occasionally a police officer penetrates into the world of vice , for the purpose of executing the law , the only result upon the imagination of a childso trained must be a ghastly fear of the delegates from a mysterious power , which inflicts suffering upon those whom he knows , but why or wherefore
he is ignorant . His own experience , however , soon gives him more distinct notions on the nature of that power . His petty pilferings or importunate begging bring him at last under the notice of the State . It has suffered the poor victim to grow up neglected and ignorant , so long as he did not meddle with property , or disturb the repose of the " easy classes ;' ' but the moment that takes place , the juvenile " criminal" is pushed to the bar of the police office , his head scarcely reaching to the level of the rail , and spectators and magistrates hold up their hands , turn up their ej es , and utter
exclamations of horror at the extent and virulence of juvenile depravity ! Why the whole previous existence of the little culprit has been leading him silently , but surely , into that position . The " consequent imprisonment or whipping to which he may be sentenced , neither enlighten his mind , nor diminish his evil propensitiesperhaps add to the latter the feeling of revenge . He comes into contact with older graduates in the College of Crime—learns from them , and is
then turned out into the . streets without character or friends , to practieaithe lessons he has been taught . His inevitable fate is a course of immorality , in which he is interrupted again and again by the arm of the law . To what end ? To save him from destruction ? No ; but to avenge more and more cruelly upon him the consequences of that state of destitution and degradation , of which , culpable as he may be , by far the greater guilt rests upon society itself . Thus he is driven on in the career of
delinquency , step by step , till he is at length ripe for that last act of barb arity which the community perpetrates upon its abandoned members , to which it has never stretched out a hand of love . The Penal Colony , or such an exhibition as was given the other day in front of the Old Bailey , finishes the dismal tragedy . Putting out of sight , for the moment , the moral and social monstrosities involved in this by no means imaginary sketch of the career of a criminal , it is worth while to look at it briefl y in a financial point of view . " The breeches pocket argument" is one which all parties can understand and appreciate . It is estimated that , apart from the loss caused by the plunder
of each convicted thief , before he arrives at that stage which is considered to justify transportation , he has cost the community from 150 / . to 200 / . in law expenses alone . But that is wholl y inadequate to g ive a clear idea of the burdens which we have to bear in consequence of our neglect of the proper and obvious means of preventing crime . The sums annually expended for police establishments , prisons , houses of correction , and similar institutions , are enormous , and there can be no doubt but that a large portion of the amount now expended under the head of Poor-rate , is attributable to the fact that large masses ^ are suffered to grow up ignorant alike of industrial and moral habits ,
These considerations show the absolute necessity for the adoption of some efficient measures for the prevention of those crimes and vices , which we now vainly endeavour to suppress by retaliating evil upon their instruments . Instead of institutions for the apprehending , sentencing , transporting , or hanging , those criminals who are , after all , but the victims of the present system , establishments ought to be generall y formed in whichjthe children of the destitute , the vicious , and the criminal may be educated to a contrary course of life , and under different circumstances . The means at present expended upon measures of public vengeance ought to be by degrees appropriated to measures of public utility , by which
the rising generation would be preserved from growing in the midst of deep ignorance , corruption , and vice . Although this might , in the first instance , require a larger outlay ,, it would in the end amply repay itself , " so that , as we have said , even on the mere ground of economy such a course recommends itself . It is a delusion to think that society has the choice whether or not it will provide for all its members . Each individual that grows up in it must find a livelihood some way or other ; if he be not put in the way to earn it in a lawful manner , he will seek it by unlawful means . If society refuse to take notice of him as an object of its care and protection , he will force it to notice him as an object of its self-defence and its vengeance .
Such being the case , would it not be wiser that society should give the attention , and incur the expense involved in the adoption of the correct system , at a time when it has it in its power to make them available for the proper education of the individual to an honest and sober life , and to a useful participation in the labours which society requires , than , in the vain hope of evading such an expenditure of attention and money , leave the individual in a condition in which he must infallibly become an enemy ? Would it not be wiser to attach him at an earl y period to society , by the ties of gratitude , than to punish him , when it is too late , for an alienation which is but the natural consequence of his destitution ?
' i nt . - t-Unnnoc « f tlinen nhepr . We are aware of the triteness of these observations ; but such is the snail-like progress of the most important truths towardg efficient practical realisation , that it becomes a duty to urge them frequently upon public attention . Ingoing this , we by no means forget that local and voluntary efforts , based upon these grounds , are now making- in various parts of the country . The " Ragged Schools "—an ugly title , by the way , and , so far as we have seen them , after being a short time established , not at all applicable—are an exemplification of the fact , and an illustration of the
truth of the importance and the beneficial results of the practical application of the princip les we now advocate . They have excavated some small portions of the dense mass of ignorance ^ destitution , and criminality , which exist among the densely peopled lanes and alleys of our great cities . They have shown that there is trnly a " soul of goodness" to be found among these victims of evil influences , which it only requires the kindly heart , the friendly word , and the helping hand , to evoke ; but—and it is with regret we notice the defect—the good is seriously impaired , the charity damaged , by being associated
with sectarian dogmas and the communication of a number of theological abstractions , which it is impossible the poor little helpless victimsjof past neglect can at all comprehend , or which can be of the slightest use to them . They are , in fact , looked at more in the lig ht of auxiliary aids for obtaining recruits for sects , than making industrious , honest , and brotherly citizens . No effective or adequate p lan to meet the requirements of the case , can be carried out by voluntary or
isolated efforts . The power of the whole people must be brought to bear upon it , through the medium of the Legislature and the Executive Government . But , in the meantime , these voluntary efforts have their value , as showing , by practical example , what can be done . They take the case out of the category of " theories , '' and place it in that ¦ of facts . They point out the path on which it is necessary to travel to ensure success .
This has been most clearly done by those Institutions which have acted in the most rational , comprehensive , and unsectarian spirit . The first of these Schools was that established some years since at Aberdeen , by Sheriff Watson . He speedily discovered that industrial as well as intellectual training was required by the poor outcasts for whom he laboured in so benevolent and enlightened a spirit . He has just published an interesting report on Juvenile Crime in that city , in which he proves triumphantly , by statistics of the most valuable and suggestive description , the decrease of committals since the introduction
of Industrial Schools . In preference , however , to giving any of these figures , we quote two cases , which affectingly and graphically delineate the unhappy and helpless condition of the class who annually contribute their quota of recruits to the ranks of the standing army of criminals . A remarkably hopeful , truthful girl , of twelve years of age ( says the sheriff ) thus told her story to the matron of a prison : — " I used to go about with father to ask for a piece of bread or a bawbee . I ran away from him because he beat me . My mother
died wheu I was a wee bairn . She is tbe only person I can remember who ever told me what was right . I could not read at all when I came to prison , but I could say the prayer mother taught me before she died . I have no other relation than my father that I know of , but a sister . I suppose she must be going wrong , because we never had anybody to care for us and teach us to do right . " And the poor motherless bairn was sent to prison to learn the elements of useful knowledge , and receive the first lessons in morality and religion . Again :
A very little girl , of nine or ten years of age , appeared to be one of tho most unfit objects for prison that could be well imagined , till her poor deformed sister , smaller than herself though a year or two older , was pointed out in another cell . They were the daughters of a mairaeddiaabkd sailor , \? ho in asserting Britain ' s glory had lost both his legg , and wandered tbe country in a cart accompanied by the children , begging as they wen t # > They had been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for stealing
apples . The youngest was an industrious child , willin ? to please , and finishing her daily task of oakum-picking long before evening . The eldest child was more than ordinarily intelligent , and quite aware of her desolate situation . She cried bitterly as she said " Our life has been a very sair one . I have heard say , my mother killed herself with drinking ; and I have just heard that father has died since we have been here , and now we have no friend to care for us . "
Sheriff Watson s remedy is the Industrial School , not only for young beggars but for voung thieves at the beginning of their career , and all experience proves him to be right in his suggestion . We must repeat , however , our own deep conviction that the ' evil is of too great a magnitude for any individual efforts to cope with it , while , as we have attempted to show , not only the highest moral and social interests of the community demand an effectual remedy , but also that the nation would gain largely—in a pecuniary sense—by the devising and application of such a remedy . Looking at the fiscal difficulties of the present Government , and the preponderance of the mere shopkeeping mind in Parliament , we much fear that the time has not vet come
for the adoption of such a radical and rational course , with reference to this pressing and important question . But , in the meantime , it is the duty of all who have any influence over public opinion to keep the subject before society , and to endeavour to awaken that universal and vital interest in its success , which can alone lead the way to its final and satisfactory settlement .
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THE INCREASING DISTRESS . A short time back fallacious hopes were being raised , that trade was becoming better , that the Free-trade promises would be realised , because , forsooth , a few mills commenced running full time . It has , as we predicted , proved but one of those fallacious gleams that make misery more keenly felt by renewing disappointment , We now receive reports of fresh calamities befalling the operatives with every day—and of fresh aggressions on the part of their employers . At Ashton-under-Lyne , several mills are again expected to commence forthwith running short time .
At Blackburn , tne notice recently given by the millowners of a reduction of ten per cent . in wages , has raised the greatest excitement among the operatives , who are on the very verge of a general strike . At Bradford , the destitution continues unabated , and the emigration-bait is being continuall y held out to the starving . Poor-rates are beginning to weigh heavily on tho small shopkeeper , and the millowners , themselves , burdened with the mass of misery they have
created , are now endeavouring to crown robbery b y banishment . The people themselves are unwilling to emigrate—they still cling to the dear land of their fathers—and when they go , it is with a broken spirit and a desponding heart . Some say , indeed' * We can't be worse off , than we are now . " Possibly so ; but their absence will not relieve the Poor , it only relieves the Rich of the poor rate , and we advise them to stay in their native ^ land , and to hang the dead weight of their misery on the sinking institutions of monopoly ,
EMIGRATION RELIEVES THE OPPRESSOR AND NOT THE OPPRESSED . Stay at home , working-men ; you have want and misery at home , it is true—the same awaits you in the Colonies . Remember the letter we published from the Governor-General of Canada to the Colonial Office , sometime since . Think of the re ords of Colonial famine and fever reaching us daily , of non-employment and competitive labour . By staying at home you perplex monopolyyou strengthen the power of your 'fellow sufferers—and , with due energy and wisdom , you will infallibly lay the foundation for a better state ol things . It is not b y running away that the battle is won—it is not b y flight you can escapethe ruin that awaits the cowardly—but
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by boldly facing tie foe , and joining in ^ general cry for redress that , deepening eve r hour , may grow into a thunderburst if tirnelv recognition of the People ' s Rights be not obtained . The same destitution alluded to above Jfl general throughout the country . From Man , chester to Norwich—from the . Humber to th « Wye—behold one scene of misery , ffj , ji London itself is- no exception . , Well might the Judge , in summing up at the Middlesex Sessions , on the case of the six men indicted for stealing a loaf of bread to save their lives after they had not tasted food , nor been in | ) e ( j for eig ht-and-forty hours—well might he liv lirilrllu fai « inf fl ' lfi frifi . and ioillinir i \> . 1
say " It was dreadful to contemplate , that in this great and wealth y metropolis so many unfortunate men should be walking about the streets in a state of starvation , and committing robberies to satif y the cravings of nature ! " Yes ye great ! Yes , ye privileged robbers ! and it is your work ! See what you have brought this country too—once merry Englandfertile , fruitful , and abundant ; now one great edifice , part palace , part bastile . You have so changed it , that ' ye recommend banishment to
save its people from starvation ; and b y your commercial measures , abuse its energies to grow gold for the rich , instead of food for the poor . And now that , like all liars , you are ever forced to Ay to a fresh falsehood to screen the last ; now that you have paraded measure after measurB j promise after promise , till all fail and the flimsy garments fall away , leaving your naked deformity apparent ; now you have recourse to coercion , the last barefaced argu . ment of despotism .
Is it , then , not high time to rally for the Charter—that practical and glorious measure that shall sweep away this mass of destitution ? For admitting-, as all must , the capabilities and resources of our country , what is wanted but to take the incubus of bad laws off its breast , that it may breathe the pure air of a strong and healthy life ? How plain , how apparent would be the result , that wealth , lavished in the superfluous luxuries of the rich , locked up in wasted lands , ( we do not even allude to the " waste" ) , wrung in taxation , to be squandered in prodigality—drained from one part to be accumulated in another , and then the
RETURNING CHANNELS INTERCEPTED , this wealth alone , equally distributed , would gladden the whole country with one tide of comfort . What prevents it ? Bad laws , class legislation . Who pass the laws ? A privileged few , whose interest it is to oppress , since they reap the benefit . Break down the system , then—raise the Charter , and that which is declared the object of all good government
will be obtained : " the greatest possible good , for the greatest possible number "—for the ' great number ; " the people would then govern , and self-interest would make them seek to obtain " the greatest possible good ; " while the enlightenment which even Lord John Russell has so recently recognised , would ensure their embracing the right means to the desired end .
Rally for the Charter , then—every measure that has not this great object in view , is mere political tinkering . The Charter and the Land . And we would say to the men of Blackburn and the destitute districts , " Let not passion get the better of your judgment—do not struggle for a mere rise in wages—which , if you gain , is but an April-gleam , that a fresh cloud will overcast as soon as seen—but strive for the Charter and the Land ! Then vou will live on
the fruits of your labonr , and by your political power secure its continuance , its safety and enjoyment . Be no longer shuttlecock between the battledores of Whig and Tory , of Free , trader and Protectionist . Do not struggle for a mite added to your scanty pittance , but fo the command of the resources which you , and you only , created—for the right of your ow thoughts , and the control of your own muscje 3 and sinews ; in short , strive for independen ce instead of an ALLEVIATED SLAVERY . " '
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PUBLIC MONIES . We request all Sub-secretaries , and other persons who may have occasion to send public monies to the Metropolis , to pay attention to the following directions .: — Monies for tbe understated purposes must ba addressed as follows : — Payments for the Northern Star , ' Faargus O'Connor , Eiq ., M . P ., IS , Great Windmill , street , Hajraarket ,
National land and Labour Bank . ' The Manager of the National Laud and Labour Bank , No . 493 , If ow Oslord Street , London . ' AinCional Land Company . ' The Directors of the National Land Company , No . 144 , High Holboro , London . ' National Charter Association . Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High Holborn , London . Central Registration and Election Committee , Mr James Grasaby , No 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stangate , Lambeth , London . ' National Victim , and Widows and Orphans Fund . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camberwell , London , ' For Mrs W . Jones . ' Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camberwull , London . Metropolitan Chartist Sill . * Mr — Tapp . No . 52 , Finsbury Market , London . '
Defence of 3 fr . O'Connors Scat in Parliament . ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , Hi h Holb-rn , London , ' Prosecution of the Manchester Examiner . ' Mr Thoma * Clark , No . 144 . High Holborn , Loudon '
The Sleaford Case . Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High Holborn , London . ' The Fraternal Democrats . ' G- . Julian Harney , No . 16 , Great WindmUl-street Haymarkct , London . ' United Trades' Association . Mr Barratt , No . 11 , Tottenham Court Road , London . ' y &~ Monies sent contrary ta the above directions will not be acknowledged .
MISCELLANEOUS . J . Wood , Tiverton . —We do not remember to have seen the lines . C . Booth , Almondbury . —May be inserted some day . Poetby . — 'A Chartist Father to his Infant Son ' - 'Tha Land , '— ' Short Time , ' - ' The Real O'Connor Tartan , and * Song to the men of Scotland '—not admissible . The Belfast Man . — We have receired copies of tha Banker on Ulster , containing two poetical pieces by ' The Belfast Man , * which we wiU , as soon < ts possible , transfer to our columns . STooKroBT Election Committee . —Will Mr J . F . M'Cormack , late ef Stockport , send his address to Mr T . Hi ;; bton , No . 7 , Little Egerton-stroot , Heaton-lune , Stockport . C . Segsave . —The first part of jour letter has been
forwarded to Mr O'Connor . As regards the Poles , there are bad as well as good , just as there are plenty of bad Englishmen . The Polish cause is quite independent of the good or bad conduct of individual Poles . Public Monies . —A metropolitan reader has sent us a letter complaining of the non-publication of the recaipt cf monies contributed by him to rnrious public objects . After enumerating several items , our correspondent says : — In August last , I contributed 2 s 6 d to the General Election Fund , and expressed a particular desire that it should be properly accounted for in the name that it was given , however I see that it is not accounted for ia the balance sheet of ti ; o General Election Fund , as Riven in the Nohtuebn Star of January 1 st . No onenau reasonably suppose that the sums given by me are the only monies that never reach the object they are intended for
, but it is quite reasonable to believe , from my experience , that there are hundreds of pounds annually subscribed for the various branches of the Chartist Movement , that are not applied to the purposes intended by the giver . ' We must express our entire dissent from the opinion entertained by our correspondent concerning the honesty of the collectors of Chartist monies . We believe that so far from hundreds of pounds being misapplied by the collectors , there ara not even hundreds of farthings that ar » applied in any other way than that dictated by jthe donors . If our correspondent ' s 2 s 6 d has notbeen acknowledged in the Registration Committee ' s balance sheet , it does not follow that his subscription was not paid to the committee . It is preposterous to expect that every item contributed to a fund by f Aotuands of subscribers can appear in . 1 printed balance sheet . Why may not tha man who gives sixpence or a penny cqu » lly insist upon
seeing Ills subscription in the Stax ?—and if that were granted would it be possible that we could burden the Stae with a balance sheet , which would cover perhaps two or three pages ? The fair course we consider to bs this : —A committee is formed to raise a fund for a certain purpose . That committee from within and without its own ranks appoints ' collectors , ' each furnished with a properly-authenticated book . Each collector pays over to tho commitiee the amount collected by himj the committee examining the several items and giving a receipt for the whole . Of course no man would give his money to a collector of whose honesty bo entertained doubts . Should doubts subsequently arise , tha contributor should demand of tho collector to see hi ) book . If the ' amount' acknowledged by the committee ' s receipt , included the sum given by the contributor , of course he woald be satisfied ; if not , i : would be his dut , v to applj to the committee for inquiry and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22011848/page/4/
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