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    THE NORTHERN STAR. Novkmbbbj ^mj j

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    THE B01THEM STAB SATUItDAV, NOVfiAIBEK 22. IS5I.

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    The Northern Star. Novkmbbbj ^Mj J

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    NOTICE ! TO READERS , SUBSCRIBERS , AND FRIENDS . Wo have lately issued a circular to all our agents , iutivnatiug that , ou and after Saturday , the 30 th ult „ the publishing arrangements of the ' Star' would be placed on the same footing as those of all other metropolitan weekl y journals . From that date 110 papers would be supplied except for cash . In carrying out this arrangement , it is quite possible that some of our readers may he dis-

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    m QtovwBVQfflieni * . Ml * . J . WOODUEAD , Birgtal Stamps would have don ? . You should only have puid 3 d for tho order . We have not got any of the numbers on hand you desire us to forward . J . B , FobDi Cork . —Mr . Goodchap , of Cheapslae , Is the official Manager under the Winding-up Act , with whom our correspondent bad better communicate . Messrs . Bnuw . v aud Tonnes , Landemeau , France . — Received . Mr . G , llnowjr , of Wakefield , informs us that bavlngr read Mr . Ernest Jones ' s letter on * Chartist Organi > ation ' to several friends , it received their unanimous approval , and expresses an opinion that if the suggestions thrown out are adopted , it will materially advance the CRUSO Of Chartism . T . Hewit , Sneyd Green . —We have unfortunately mislaid your letter , aud the rules of the A . s , saelatwa which . &< s company it , and after a strict search cannot recover them . Will jou Oblige U 3 l ) j seiluillg another copy ?

    The B01them Stab Satuitdav, Novfiaibek 22. Is5i.

    THE B 01 THEM STAB SATUItDAV , NOVfiAIBEK 22 . IS 5 I .

    The Law Of International Intervention. K...

    THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION . Kossuth has done for international policy what the Great Exhibition did for international industry . He has called upon nations to . study their actual relations to each other , and to endeavour to comprehend what must be their true position in the event of a renewed struggle for freedom , either by Hungary , or any other continental country . The practical issue which ho put to this country was in effect : —* When Hungary and Austria again refer their quarrel to tbe arbitration of the God of Battles , will you , stand by and see that no third party interferes between us , but

    tbat the combatants directl y interested shall themselves be allowed to fight it fairl y out ?" It is objected by those who are opposed to an affirmative answer to this question , that the practical effect of our assuming such a position , would be to produce a war between this country and Russia , and that such intervention on our part is neither politic nor dofensible ; not politic , because it would plunge the nation into a war of which no one can foresee tlie end , or calculate the expense ; not defensible , because it would be an infraction of vnuui International Law .

    It is very desirable that we should have correct ideas on this subject , which is certain , in a short timo , to ask for a practical solution , and to call for a definite decision . The aspect of affairs upon tho Continent , renders the renewal of hostilities at no distant date , a thing as certain as if it had already occurred . In the majority of cases , the question has been already answered according to the political prepossessions and sympathies of the parties who have been active in its discussion , but on a subject of such magnitude , it is clear that mere individual likings or mis-likings

    ought not , and cannot be conclusive , We ought to be able to refer the whole of this class of questions to a test , the validity of which should be admitted by nations in general . It is unfortunate that our great ethical writers have devoted little attention to the question and that as far as they are concerned , it lias been left entirely to empirics , instead of being scientifically examined and defined In the writing * of Adam Smith , Dr . Brown Dugald Stkwaht , Paley and others , the subject of International ethics is scarcely referred to , and as far as the morality of the question is concerned , we are left to depend

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    rather upon instinctive sympathies and abstract fundamental principles , than upon such elaborate ethical expositions as might have been expected upon so important a matter . The . legal writers upon International Law , make also but a comparativel y brief reference to the question of Intervention ; but if their authority is to fee submitted to with the respect hitherto " ttccorded to it , we shall endeavour to show , that it is decidedly against ; the much vaunted axiom of Non-intervention , and would warrant a much more decided exhibition ' ol ' BriMsh sympathy «» nd assistance , than Kossuth asks for .

    The Treatise of G-noTius , on 'The Eights of War and Peace , ' was lirst published in 1025 , fire years after the appearance of Bacon ' s 'Novum Organum , ' and was undoubtedly the first in which any attempt was made to establish International Law upon a scientific basis . In the 25 th chapter of the 2 nd Book , in answer to the question ' Whether we have a just cause of war with another Prince , in order to . relieve his subjects from their

    oppression under bim ?'—Griiuxius thus writes : 'It the Injustice be visible , as if a Busiris , a Pfialaris , or a Thracian I ) iomed exercise such tyrannies over subjects , as no good man living can approve of , the right of human societi j shall not be excluded . Thus Constantino made war against Maxentius and Licinius ; and other Roman emperors against the Persians , or threatened it at least , unless they left off persecuting Christians on account of their religion only . '

    This is certainly very cautiously expressed ; for GrltOTIUS lived in an age iu which neither the theory nor the practice of liberty was at all understood . But , notwithstanding its caution , in words , the principle laid Sown does , in fact , ampl y justify armed interference , not onl y to prevent third powers from aiding Princes to oppress their subjects , but even to interfere between the oppressor aud the oppressed . If it was right for Constantiivk to make war against Maxentius because tho latter suppressed the religious liberties of his subjects , it cannot he wrong to interfere for the protection of civil liberty .

    1 ' vffendorff , auofchergroat authority , is even more explicit . Dugald Stewaut characterises him as ' the most noted , aud , ou the whole , the moat eminent of those who have aspired to tread in tbe steps of G-iiotius . ' In the Gtli Chapter of the 8 th Book of his work , on the Tho Law of Nature and Nations , ' under the title of the ' Right of War , ' PuFffENDOltFI says : — ' Whether it be lawful to take arms in defence of the subjects of a

    foreign Commonwealth against tbe invasions and oppressions of their Sovereign , is a question for the solution of which I refer you to the opiuiou of Gkotius . Tho safest answer that can be given to it appears to me to be this : that we cannot lawfully undertake to defend the subjects of any foreign Commonwealth iu any other case than when they themselves may lawfully take arms to suppress the insupportable tyranny and cruelty of their own governors . '

    It will be seen , therefore , that this eminent authority not only allows us to assist the Hungarians against Russia , but also against Austria itself , which is more than the Governor of Hungary asks for . Vattel , the next authority wo cite , lived about the middle of the last century—nearly a century later than PuFEENDOKFF—aud is highly commended by Dugald Stjswabt and Sir James Mackintosh as one of the most esteemed writers on the subject of Intei * - national Law , In the first chapter of the Second Book , Yattel states , as the general principle of National Morality , that , * One State owes to another State whatever it owes

    to itself , SO far as the other State stands in real need of its assistance , and as far as the latter can grant it without neglecting the duties it owes to itself ; ' and having added , ' this is the eterual and immutable law of nature , ' be thus proceeds , ' Thus , when a neighbouring nation is unjustly attacked by a powerful enemy , threatening to overrun and oppress it , if you can defend it without exposing yourselves to any great danger , unquestionabl y it is Your duty , '

    The saving clause in this sentence may seem to favour the gentlemen of the school , whose maxim is , « Peace at any price ; ' but that such was not the meaning of the writer is clear from a subsequent passage : 'Do not object that a Sovereign is not to expose the lives of his soldiers for the safety of a foreign nation , ivith which he has not contracted a defensive alliance . It may be his own case to stand iu need of succour , and consequently to promote and exert the spirit of assistance is acting for the safety of his own nation , ' But this is not all . In tho 4 th chapter of the same Book he lays down in the strongest , plainest , and most unequivocal terms the principle upon which the right of Intervention

    rests I ' If any Prince , attacking tho fundamental laws , gives his subjects a legal right to resist him , if tyranny become insupportable , obliges tho nation to rise in their defence , every foreign power has a EIGHT to succour an oppressed people who implore their assistance ; ' and farther on , aaifwritingforthevery purpose of fore-arming Europe against the ambition of Russia , this ' most esteemed writer' expresses himaelf thus , in the same chapter ; « If there is anywhere a nation of a restless and mischievous disposition , always ready to injure others , to traverse their designs , and to raise domestic troubles , it is nol to be doubted that all have a right to join , in order to repress , chastise , and put it ever after out of its power to injure them . '

    Perhaps we might here safel y leave tho question , and assume , upon the concurrent testimon y of these three great authorities , that we have proved the ri ght of Great Britain to interfere for the assistance of Hungary , not merely to prevent its suppression by a third power , but , if thought proper , between it and Austria . As , however , some may doubt whether these viewa are still recognised b y contemporary international jurists , we shall add one more quotation from the writings of Henky Wiieaton , one of the ablest of living American jurists , and , lately , Minister of tbe United States at the Court of Prussia . Ho is

    known to Europe as the author of not onl y one of the most powerful expositions of tbo ' Principles of International Law' in our own language , but also by his sketch of tbe ' History and Progress of the Law of Nations in Europe , from the Peace of West phalia , to the Congress of Vienna . ' This distinguished writer lays down , as a cardinal principle , ' Whatever a nation may lawfully defend for itself , it may defend for another people , if called upon to interpose . ' If , therefore , it is lawful for Hungary to throw off the yoke of Austria , it is equally consistent , with International Law , for England to assist Hungary , not onl y against Russia , but also against Austria itself .

    The expediency of our doing that raises another series of questions , and involves other considerations which we have not space to allude to at present . We have , however , we hope , clearl y shown that the authorities are very decidedl y in favour of the right of International Intervention , in opposition to the grasping and ambitious policy of despots , whose objects are the subversion of national liberties , and the substitution of absolutism upon a military basis . That is one great step gained ia the discussion of this question . The so-called Conservative party are shown to be ; as much opposed to the recognised law of nations as the absolutist powers they support are to the general interests of humanity , and the inherent rights of mankind .

    They are the true revolutionary and destructive party , and in their lust for dominion , their love of tyranny and oppression , they trample not only on th © holiest instincts ol

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    our nature , but tho matured ana ^ . ^ ^ tive enunciation of the lawa vhfei ^ k the relations of nations to each othe- / f'H cracy is synonymous with Law o ' r / l ^ Progress . '' UGl ' i a ^

    Chartists And Chaittist Rojrp We Hare No...

    CHARTISTS AND CHAItTIST rojrp We hare no notion ~ of allowing l 0 ] ., RuSSliLLallhisovvn way with the proiJl ft ^ liamentary Reform Bill of next session 1 ^ wo W-rtWiV / e / Uotiimsalfit win ' ] USa stmcted on the homcepathic princi ple f ^' nitesmal doses . On the other Ihi , i ^ history of the man , and the party he \ L \ ' tl , o abundantly testify to the : fact , th-it l gS to > unwillingly , they do bow to the bchnT ° VCr public opinion whenever these Wheats- ¦ i ° * cidedly and unequivocall y express ed ' ' e

    YVe have been looking around n > for some manifestation oPthe popuj .. . . e » this subject that had something li ) c ' ee .. ° ucss and reality aboutit . JS atui ° iiJv .. Ji " ?^' to tho Chartist Party hi tbe first place Jhow little encouragement voueeil not « ' . . , whatever cause it may bo attribut ^ f ' f < i T ° tism , as a Jiving organised national J ^ does not exist , Tlie Lxccfttivc of tl , v ' cioiirtl Charter Association exeicKP . ! u e M -e slw

    ™ , ™ « , c . ™ ,. e * i <• .. : . power over tho masses of tho unenfranchised n \ , \ Here and there a few- of the' Old GaaviJ ? ' meet periodically , to testif y their attachment ? tho good old cause , aud encourage eac h otl in continued fidelity to it ; bvit tho utter w » I ot any wide spread hearty symp ^ W ^ the movement iu its presentshape , is shown bv the empty treasury , aud the financial dlui c „[ tics of the body placed at its head .

    It , does not appear , cither , as if this apathy arose from any general want of confidence ia the members of the present Executive . Win , ll > o exertion of the objections made to Mv , Thornton Hukt , on account of his conduct to Mr . O'C ' oawob at Copenhagen Fields q i Highbury Bam—objections in which \ y thoroughly concur we heard nothiug aotiinst him , until ho and Mr . HolYoake " spoico j „ approving terms of the Manchester ineetij , and tho Walmsley programme . But tJiat in proval was not the cause of the liatlcssness mid " inactivity of the Chartists . W 8 houl ( I rut )

    ^ say it was a consequence ft Wa 8 u ral lor Messrs . Hunt and Holyoake to con trust the zeal and vigour of tho movem ent for the ' Little Charter , ' ., with the absence of all popular sympathy , or earnest action for tho attainment of the more comprehensive moa . sure of Representative Reform , and to feel * mortified—humbled by tho contrast . It was equally natural for them as honest reformers to give preference to a bod y 0 f mta , " who , though not going the full length thoy could wish , were yet likel y to effect what they

    aimed at , rather than a nominal and apathetic party , who showed no indication of possessing either the power or the desire to achieve any . thing . But tho moment that Chartists who " wish to get out of the ' slough of despond ' in which the party is immersed , give utteranee to such convictions as these , the apathy and silence which previousl y ch aracccn ' sci the Chartists is succeeded b y the « reatesfc excitement and a series of attacks upon those who are accused of inconsistency and desertion

    It would appear as if the persons who made aud joined in these attacks , were not onl y rlc termined to do nothing themselves , but also to prevent , as far as they have the power , every body else . The only thing that can move them to activity is the chance of assailing their own friends and co-labourers . Political abusescorrupt Parliaments—grievous national burdens , and influences which sap the moral and industrial strength of the nation—may e * -eri their deteriorating and destructive influences

    unheeded by them . Their energies are reserved for internal bickerings aud intestine , feuds . It is this kind of conduct which has driven every politician of repute , experience , and influence from the organised ranks of Chartism , and made Chartism itself powerless , and a byeword to all other parties in the State , at the very time when the essential principle oi Chartism is more powerful in society at lan » a

    than ever it was . Persistence in such a dog-in the-manger policy , by those who assume to ba Chartists par excellence , can only tend to discredit the name still more , and , to some ex . tent , to retard the accomplishment of reforms , which otherwise are immediatel y attainable , and which , when attained , would become the certain precursors and means of achieving still greater political power for tile people at large .

    The views we expressed ou this subject ia a recent article under the head of the ' New Reform Bill , ' have been disapproved of by some of our readers , partly , as it seems to us , from misapprehension . TVc have never re-Commended compromisa with or concession to the middle class Reformers on the part of tho Chartists . On the contrary , we have , at all timee , advised that there should be a vigorous Chartist movement , contemporaneous with that for the Little Charter , for the double purpose of keeping its advocates up to ttietf own standard , and of compelling the Govern * ment to make larger concessions than it would be likely to do if no such extreme and

    determined party was in existence . But while u-o advocated this course , we have , at the same time , consistently advised the Chartists not to stand in the way of any parallel moveracat simpl y because it did not go so far as their own . To the extent it does go , it must be ia their favour : when it stops they will still bo able to go on , and to proceed with greater certainty of ultimately reaching the end of their journey . Political consistency aa well as political expediency , therefore , concur in pointing to the practical conclusion that Chartists ought to throw no hindrances in the path of other bodies of Parliamentary Reformers . If they cannot aid , they are at least bound not to obstruct them . This is the

    view which we have on all occasions expressed iuthe 'Northern Star . ' It was the avowed policy of Mr . O'CONNOR when he attended the meetings of tho Parliamentary Beforia A . ssomtio » , and spoke from their p latforms . It was recommended again and again in his weekl letters in this journal ; and the accession of tho ' Loader' to the same policy which opposed it when first enunciated in the 'Star , ' is only a proof that honest and sincove Reformers , who are open to conviction and ready to profit hy experience , mast come to similar conclusions as to the practical course to he adopted by those who wish to achieve practical reforms in this country .

    But , because this is the case , let n « ^ accuse us of deserting the cause of the F « H » e s Charter . For fourteen years this Journal m advocated the enactment of that measure , j » s the only just and permanent settlement of' the political claims of the People . It has aone So through good iind evil report without swerving ; whether it was backed by monster meetingsor left alone in the midst of ] ' ?" "

    , , cal stagnation , the f Star' has un waveringly held aloft the standard of the Charter . J " entering this week upon the fifteenth yea" - of its existence , we desire distinctly to say that the * Star' will continue to maintain tne political consistency which has distinguish * - it for so manyjyears . It will continue to ^ the veritable organ of the democracy of w ^ Britainand omit nnminm-hinitv of testing *»

    , words and the deeds of other parties by & ordeal of sound first principles ^; but it will « the same time recognise the good faith 8 sincerity of all , who , according to tneir 0 t L convictions , seek to increase . the power of t " people in the House , which oug ht to rep ' sent them but does not . ,,, » Meantime , to the Chartists we arfl houii " to say , instead of finding fault with other ? , be true to your , own princi p les . Show tha you can organise , and direct the imrneo *

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22111851/page/4/