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WEST RIDfNG (YORESIlIRE^LEOTION. "Live and let lire. - -"A fair *? '« ™S e * for a fair Hm's labour."
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY, JANUAKY 24, 1846.
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NO VOTE! NO MUSKET!! THE LAND 11! Throug...
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To those who have a perfect knowledge of...
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TUB DAILY KWVS. Ai.tuov.cu Ums oW Tjaaaq...
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Deafto Appealsd Nuke Laws For The Monopo...
THE NORTtfERN ST ^ RI ; .. ~ - , — ^ < - ~ ¦ ¦— - - ¦ . ¦^¦ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^¦ ¦ - ^ -- ¦ Iantjary 24 , " 1846 . a ...... ....... p ,..-. — ~ -...,,,. « ¦—¦ -- ^ n i " " " 7 ' i ' " " i MiMii j M g ^ MB '' MgBBgeBeaajsgBggi ^^ ¦ ' . " ' « ¦ ' !¦¦ .. — ¦ " ^ ' ' ; 9 i ^¦ i ~ -lrr "^^ T * T ^*^^^^^ ^ 1 ^^ W 1 ^^* Tf ^^^ l ^ ^ l ^^^^^~• ' " * "' " "'" ' ' : (
West Ridfng (Yoresilire^Leotion. "Live And Let Lire. - -"A Fair *? '« ™S E * For A Fair Hm's Labour."
WEST RIDfNG ( YORESIlIRE ^ LEOTION . "Live and let lire . - - "A fair *? '« ™ S * for a fair Hm ' s labour . "
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Tlffi Friends of Satire Industry intend to stan ^» . ™ . minr t * avss ironi all the largemanatateSS ^ KS- the mere * = railway * to Slethe o ^ tins to declare hy . how of fcnd * . on * S » oL- « tioD , thetthey wUlnot allow th « r « Wag « totendneea to the continental level ; ' * that thejwd have a « Ten Hoars Factory BH 1 f that they have a ngb , a » fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour ; ' and that " satire industry shall be protected . " The dhferent ' trains trill convey the operatives home after the nomination . j , wnf Further vafarmatwn will be given when tue aajoi election is fixed . „« . i . Gn The Friends of Xative Industry are «*« " *& " Ucited to assist in providing the necessary ****** ™ £ alwepurpose , a * d alsofor the High Sheriff- , charges , on tiwdvinandofapoll . r p . rrand Snl-feriptions to he paid to the account of ^ erranJ , ILP ^ ataieura . Hopldna , Barton , and Co .. *™* £ Beg ^ treet , London ; and at iieesrs . Beckett * . Bankers , ;
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THE REV . T . WILSON'S CATECI » SM . JvH rdiisM , Frif S ^ _ . « u mSB CATECHIS * j * EK 6 XISI 1 ? BAiWAR X ^ Edtiore ef a ^* ™^ ' ** Ret . T . iriton , Prut Ja . cam . RrctlessontiBSstoral ™ * 0511 ^ SZZm * in - vatural Mosophy Tfcird Tysons in S * ami Philosophy Tint Catechism o Common Things Second CatechUm of Common Thing * Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bihle History Catechism of English History The First Cttcchisci « f Geography "fie Catechism of 15 usic . LQXIrQX : DABTOX AXD CLABK , HOLBORy HILL .
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eOLfJ «! SEUM .-NOTlGE .-PRICE OF ADMISmX DURING THE HOLIDAYS 51 I » ay Exliibitioa -s . FvtninjiDd . ... * .... « . ........... « ... —s . od . Ghildreaunder Twehre .... Is . Stalactite Caverns ls . « tra . TfiB 3 > AT EXHIBIT IOS consists of the Muwum « 1 Sculpture , Grand ficture of London , Alh » tnl « r foifterralorite , Gorgeous Gothic Ariary , Chusie Ruin * , Swis » Outage » nd Mont Blanc , wiih Mountain Twrent , kc . 4 > e . Open from Ten til ! Four o'Clock . ETESISG . —The new aad extraordinary Panaratna of Iosdos jii Sight , Museum of Sculpture , Conierrafcries , and ficri'eous Gothic Aviary , ia . hrilh' aiitlyillaminattfd ; Swiss GtMage , Hont Blanc , and Mountain Torrent reyresteaWtjUooBU-M . Open from Seven ti'l a ftuart « rj » 53 > T «> rfClock . A . ejuxp OacHESTEi Oegax , on which th « most ad-Mired C-vebtcses , & c , are played , from Two to Four aad man Eigit till Hall-past Tea o'Clock . Th * Wflote projected and dengmed by Mr . "Vniliam Srafttell .
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FUNERAL ECONOMY ! rEB CEliETEliTaBd GBSBRAl 7 BXERAL COMfrASY , nnitsd vrith SHILLTBESR'S TATEXT PCJJERAl CARRIAGES , respectfully inritepubHe attention to th * eeonomic and conTenient arrangements fur perforfiSag every description of Funerals complete , at charges so 4 D * tk > 3 te aatodefj c » mpetition , and no extras , bywhich ihe ~ e » cthrt < jf bereaved families wfll be materially promote * , and expense * limited . City-road , Fiashory , next Bunhilindds Burial-ground ; 21 , Percy-atreet , Totteaham-conrt-yoad ; and 136 , "Union-street , Southnark . Sfailibear ' 3 Patent Funeral Carriage , with two hav & es , £ 111 * . OA . ; Sln » le Hor . 9 , £ 1 Is . -4 respeetahle Carriage Tuner *} , tomhiaing every charge , £ i it . Hearset and Mourning Coache ? . Catholic Fittings . Four Horse Funerals , . £ 1313 s .
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EXTRAORDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA « DRINKERS . < THp J > ES 1 BE OF EXGLAXD . —ThePIQFA PLAlfT , ' now sold at 3 s . 6 d . perlb ., is three times the strength 1 of tec , ax > d te also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , ' nfimtejy more healthy , as is proved by physicians and rheisfcts < if high standing , also by persons in great num- I bers tfXh the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is c mo $£ pleasant and invigorating , and is recommended to v the . debilitated for its invaluable qualities , to advanced ** * age & r its strengthening properties , and to tha public generally for its moderate price and intrinsic excellence , f ~ TbS * T ? S 7 i—The proof of the efficacy and healthful J effect of the plant in preference to tea or coffee : —Let a nerrfUs- or dyspeptic patient use tiro or three cups of strops < 6 * cpon retiring to rest , and the effect will be njgfckmave , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , & c . Wfc Pfcoor . — the most debilitated , dyspeptic , asth- a ' matit , consumptive , and nervous patients use two , three , * . or mqrecaosof a very strong infusic J of the Piqua Plant , ° . awl iu the morning they vnfl awake refreshed with their J repose . It is highly recommended by physicians to invaiik-Mid children as a most invigorating and pleasant bereffge . Tife ftffltjwmjrare reasons why the Piqua Plant is supr- (\ riorlo tea , via .: — 1 st . " Because it is beneficial to health . 2 n ^ . \ t does oot injure the -nerves . p 3 ril Children may use it with advantage to health . 4 tJ { . * h does not prerent sleep . c " StH ,. A quarter of a pound will go as far as three qiar- p terfiof a pound of the best gunpowder tea . j . 6 Qj . It is strengthening and nutritious . w 714 . It is recommended by physicians , and tea is dhv q apptwed of bv them . It greasy improves ths voice ; itisrecommefided to ^ smgeKkaad public speakers . ' and f of tf < e an Ad
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a j ' ' 1 . ; > ' S ef » , to - a 8 THE TEN-HOURS BILL . BROTHER YORKSHIREMEN . - ^ At the last election the leaders of the Conservative party nobly did their duty . The country gentlemen , whose motto is , ' " Lite and let live . " aud the old Bnghth manufac turers aud merchants , whose maxim is , '' A fair . daj ' s wages for a fair day ' t labour , " entered Into » solemn compact to rescue the riding fr & m Whig thraldom , and tho country ° - from Whig misrule . ,.,..,, ' .,., They hoiste d the banner of the altar , the throno , and the cottage , " and called upon the enemies of Popery , thu l » supporters of tlie monarchy , and the friends of native in . •• dustryto rally btmeatk its shelter ; nor did they call in ' if vaia . Tho cheers which announced eur glorious victory io have scarcely yet died away : " tke handwriting ou the wall , " which told Lord Morpeth that Whiggery was de-If funo ' t in the West Riding , is scarcely yet obliterated ; and » - behold it is proclaimed to the world tliat Conservatism iu I West Yorkshire is as dead as Whiggery . rt J Fellow countrymen , —This is glorious news ! From this time forth let the " thimblerigging" word " Conser-8 vative" be struck out of the political vocabulary . It 0 was coined to take in a nation—it has already destroyed " a party .
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THOKAS COOPER , THH CHABTX 8 T S WORKS . ; THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rhynw . Ja Ten Books . ( One Vol ., 7 s . 6 M . ) " The most wenderful effort of intelleehwl peirer proeuced within the last century . "— Ths BrittmHa . YTe hail the writer as a mew power in the world ef pe « try , the ruler of a new * naain , as jet hut 1 UU » knoHQ , but which the public cannet fall to recoguist , when il * tangs ef thought shall pat on their singing robec . and with fresh voice and soul speak ita praise * to ihew ' orld . ' '— ' Swtwet . « The book possesses mind—miad which make itself felt and undetttood , and which ,, therefore , demaade resp # efc— Athe ** tm . > " Pure , religious , patriotic , he has not a line inimical j to tho graat law ef progression . Men may read him as a preacherpoet . Hit lay ia for aU time . It will make the heart of the hopeful glow with a holy fire when he who penned it has patied from among men . As nan strengthen ! in knowledge and love—a * passion er prejudice eipire—as reason gains aad retains her mattery —will this high-soulea man ' s work be inereesinjly reverenced and read . "— Gen ' eralAdeerHser . " Well conciired—wrought out with no ordiaary amount of power—* le * rly and concisely expressed . "ttbtm ' mated Hajacine . - " One of the mostextraordinary Iit « r « ry preductions ef the day—we may say of the present age—a work which will gain for its author a reputation as lastinf , if not as great , a * that of Byroo , Spenser , and Milton . ' *—Kcnfyk Independent . " Intensity , passion , is his great characteristic ; and this will constitute the main source of his influence , and , unless we are much mistaken , will render the * Purgatory of Suicides' as popular in the political , as Pollsck '» 'Course of Time' in the religious , world . —Nottingham Rivietc . " One of the noblest creations of modern times , deeply impregnated with power aad beauty , and glowing iu very age with the illuminings of searching and passionate thought . He wields au intellect of mighty power . VTe shall not halt in asserting that in the catalogue of England ' s greatest bards must hereafter be iaseribed tke name of Tnauii Coomh . "—Sheffield Iris . " One of those rare works which » p > ear at but distant intervals rf time . It proclaims the author to be gifted with the spirit of pottry in the highest degree . ' ^—Leicestershire Mtrearg . "Tke whole work is one which must imprest the reader with the conviction that Cooper , the Chartist , U a man of lofty geaius , and must and will be remembered with his land ' s language . "—Boston Herald . 8 ° - l » •• ' if io If » - rt ¦ 0 " - r 1 ' ' ' 1 ' ¦ ' ' 1 ¦ ;
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« < 1 ' I ** * WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . ( Two Yob , 15 s . ) "A series of Crabbe-like sketches , ia prose . They are manifest portraits , and admonish ut of the author ' s skill in taking the literal likeness . "— Afheneevm . " "We have read some of these stories with deep irterest , and few , -we are persuaded , -will rise from their perusal but with feelings all the warmer for what they hare read . They can scarcely fail to be popular with ' the masses ; ' and , upon the whole , we think they deserve t « * e so . —Ail « t . "Theauthor exemes the sternness of bis pictures bv alleging their truth . The justification it all-sufficient . Chartist as these sketches are , they are healthier , iu tene and sentiment , thau the tawdry fictions vamped up for tke reading public by same popular writers , that profess to exhibit the life of the labouring classes . " —The BrUmnttia "Ot & trath . this Chartist agitation has thrown to the surface ao more remarkable a man thaa Taoan Coofbb , and we much question if there be any one se fitted to represent the manufacturing- masses , te describe their wants , and expound their wishes , as he . —Kentish Indspemdent . " Well -written and interestiag . The tteries contain tome true aad painful pictures of the miserable condition of many of the poorest operative * , white others of them are of a humorous description . They cannot fail to be popular with the thinking and reading portion of the working classes . "—Leitester Clironiele . "Many of the stories exhibit considerable vigour of pencil , shrewd sense , and clcar-argSCed observation , accompanied with a kindly , genial feeling and toleratioa , we were not prepared for from so determined s ptliticiau . "— GUegm Citi ;« u
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a * . ° . J Also , just published , THE BARONS YULE FEAST . X Christmas Rhyme . In Pour Cantos , ( One Vol ., 5 s . ) "There is a rough earnestness , both ia it « thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with the geaius f < mr ballad minstrelsy . If it does not show , in point of ability , an advance on the author ' s previous productf < K » , vt \* et shows that he can chasgs his hand without loss of pewer . "—The Er & ttmia . Published by Jeremiah How , 2 *) , Piccadilly .
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(\ p c p j . w q ^ ' jf a A s < X P h ci a ti * * * "" r * f , , ; ; CHEERFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE FIRESIDE COMPANION . THE WSLCONE CVB 3 T OF BVE 3 T HOMB ! THE FAMILY HERALD is not only the cheapest bat the most popular and amusing literary UiscoUany ever published . It is a compilation of Wit , Humour , Fiction , Truth , and Knowledge , adapted for all classes , tastes , ana ages , grave or gay , rich or poor , aad contains something of everything , facts and philosophy for Geutleaua . hiutm and entertainment for Ladles , questions an 4 aroblemgfor Youth ; interestiag Tales ; extvaordiaary Adveatures ; vonderfal Xarathes ; remarkable Events ; moral , familiar , and historical Essays ; select Poetry ; instructive Biographies ; comie Sketches ; amujiag Allegories ; the wisest Sayings of the wisest Men ; useful Adviee for Self-improvement ; salutary Cautions ; scientific Discoveries - . Sew Inventions ; JBntt to Housekeepers ; Practical Recipes ; diverting Sports and Pastimes ; ingenious Puzries and Riddles ; facetious Sayiags , Jokes , Ac , affording harmless aad profitable recreatioa for all the members of a family . The objection . n . uaUr made to cheap psWicatieat are aot at ill applicable to ths FAMILY HERALD , U » distinguishing feature batng , that it contains notable whatever ro offend the mest delicate sensibility . A publication like this , comb ' ming mirth with propriety , utility with economy , and wisdom with cheerfulaets , was long wanted—that want is now supplied , tke relish of amusement it conveyed into the bread of instructlen ia a mariner which has united aB opinions , and will obtain for it a place on every parlour table . Tke best proof that its attraction haabeea ceasiderable ana the approbation general , it the fact that , in the ceurse ef a few months , the FAMILY HERALD , ha » become the most extensively circulated of tha English pcriollcali —a universal favourite . This is just the kind of publication for employiag agreeably and usefully those od * five and tea minutes of leisure whicV some foolish pwple waste througkeut their lives ; its variety prevents the possibility of being tired , whilst it enables one to take it np aad lay it down at any miaute . It is precisely the thing for a Tfinter ' s Evening —a book to " read and ponder on—not to look at . A cotemporary ia re viewing this popular magazine says >—"It it certaialy a . wall selected miscellany of most eatertaming and iastmetive reading . "We warmly recommend The Fan £ * H & rali . It is—what we can say of so few of the cheap periodicals now-a-days—it is a soft hook te cdtait withiu the sawed precincts of the family circle . " The new Part contains a mnarkably interesting Historical Remtmre , one of the best ever written , entitled the CHALLENGE OP BABLETTA , a gem gathered frem the jewelled mines of Italian fktien . The present is therefore a favourable opportunity to commence taking in the work . ThePnbHe are earnestly solicited to TRY A SDfCLE 3 CBBEK of this popular Fireside Compaaien . One perasel will bs sufficient to test its merits . The bomvi volumes are admirably adapted for Christmat Presents . London : Published , in Weekly Numbers nt One Peany , am ] Monthly Parts at Sixpence , by G . Bicos , 421 , Straad ; and may be had of all Booksellers . ;
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His RoyalHighncss Prince Albert , THE LOXDOIf and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 1845 nnd 1 S' 3 , by READ and Co ., Vi , Hart-stree » , Btootmbury-square , Londcn ; Berger , Eolytrell-atreet , Strand , London , and may be had of all Booksevers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , epresentiug the most splendid exhibition iu Europe , an Interior View of the Colosseum Regent ' s-pork , Londmi . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied -with ftill-« xeDre 3 s , Frock . aml Riding Coat Patterns ; also , Patterns oftheJfew Fashionable Polka jFroclc , and Locomotive ' iidiug Coats , aad an extra fitting Fashionable Waistcoat Pattern , with every part complete , and a full explanation of the manner ef cutting ami making them up ; also » extra plates , including 3 sectors , 1 for cutting fancy coats , for waistcoats , the ofuar for cutting Coat Collar Patterns , in proportion , for all sizes , so that any person may complete the whole iu the most correct manner , withoat a previous knowledge of any system of cutting whateiw . Price ( as usual ) the whole , 10 s ., orpogt free , teanr jwrt of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , llj . System of Cutting , 2 "/*; Patent Measures , 8 s the set Patterns , post free , Is each ; to he IumLqC aU booksellers . For particulars , see "Townscnd ' s Parisian Costumes , " "Gazette of Fftshioa , " "London and Paris Magazine ef Fashion , " the "loudo ^ and Country Press , 4 c ^ f ' ' * " y .
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COALS . PROVJBK FOR WINTER . PROYIDE . VT FAMHIES , subscribing Is . per week to the Metropolitan Coal Company's Shillms Club , can obtain four half tons annually , without further charge , tines , 4-c . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , i 5 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., ' -2 s ., and 23 s . ; Coke , 17 s . tad . Office , 279 , High Holborn .
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DUXCOMBE AND DEXMAIW EIGHT SPLEKD 1 D ESGHAY 1 SGS are given in OLD MOORE'S SHEET ALMAXACK . for 1 SK 5 , indudiuj Portwits of the Lord Chief Justice Deimiau , and ot'T . S Buncombe , Enq ., M . P . for Finsbury . Price One Penny or sent postage frt e , Threepence , London , Cleave , Shoe . lane ; Ikywood , Manchester ; Guest , Birmiughiini ; Lovr Glasgow ; Freeman , Newcastle-on-Tync ; and all ageuV for the Star throughout the country .
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THE DUKE OF MCHMOau a j AND - ¦*« NORTHERN STAK . V ' For the present we shall make no further " ' comment upon the attempt of the Fanners ' r Friend to bribe the People's Paper , than tho 1 more publication of the subjoined eorrc ' spon-. donee will naturally suggest : — ; "To Mr . William Rider , > . " Northern Star Office . ' "Sir , —Having heard from my nephew something relative to a proposal of the Duke of Richmond , and not wishing to commit myself by an erroneous statement , may I beg to know tho precise terms any communication that has passed between you and his ( jfracc ? " I am , your obedient servant , " Fkakgus O'Connor . "Si , Great Marlborough-streot , Jan . 21 , 1846 . "P . S . —I beg an immediate reply . " , . -
"Sin , —The precise tonus of the communication between his Grace the Duke of Richmond and me , are simply as follows : ~ 0 n Sunday morning last , Mr . Mark Crabtreo called on me , and said that he had bought a Northern Star , with my letter on the Corn Laws , and had sent it to tho Duke of Rich- mond , and that the Duke sent him to inquire if the Star advocated a repeal of tho Corn Laws without other and stronger measures . I replied , certainly not , as , unaccompanied by other measures , the Star had and would de- nonnce a repeal of the Corn Laws . He then said , suppose a £ o or £ 10 note was dropped now and then , would the Star oppose the League ? observing , the League are paid , and why should not those who oppose them be paid also ? He gave me to understand that the money was to come from tlie Duke of Rich- mond , and I believed it the more readily as I was aware that Crabtrce had had a recent communication from his Grace . " Your obedient servant , " WiivuAii Ridei ? . " Northern Star Office , Jan . 21 , 1840 . " : \ ' . ' j (
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T l O'HIGGINS' PORTRAIT . In reply to numerous applications from our agents , wc have no objection to extend the time for subscriptions to the 31 st of January , . while we must decidedly refuse allowing any but subscribers having the portrait , as wc had £ 2000 worth of portraits over after our last experiment .
The Northern Star Satukday, Januaky 24, 1846.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY , JANUAKY 24 , 1846 .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! THE LAND 11 ! Through all ages a standing army has been considered not only unconditional , but tending , beyond all other abuses , to demoralise the nation that is cursed with it . Bad , however , as this violation of the British constitution may be , it is tame , moral , and dangerless , compared with the militia force . The enlistment for the regular army at least supposes the willingness of the reeruit to serve , and sl "' ci 0 n ft si
even prescribes a period , though limited , in which he may retract that form of allegiance , by paying " smart money" as the terr . > . s of release . It has been truly said , that there is but a step between the dungeon and the scaffold , and there is but as narrow a space between ths militia and the line ; and thus the voluntary principle of enlistment , and the subsequent smart money payable for release loses its essence , from the fact that the lino is invariably recruited from the militia force . e . " | > . 1 a t ] 5 ( e ! ci
When an ignorant peasant has been stolen from his family by this total violation of the Constitution , he loses his distinctive character of citizenship , and becomes au easy prey to the flattwy , the taunts , the j * ers , or the seductions of a class who , in order to justify their own calling , laugh at all tho rights of citizenship , and mock the laws of society . Hence we find that there is no transition from one state to the other so rapid as t-hat change between the rustic clown and the raw reeruit . To-day we see him following the plough , herding the cattle , tilling the soil , or driving the team , with at least the poor privilege of a choice of masters , though it may be from bad to wore * . When his daily avocation ceases he is master of bis own tune , cheerless as it may be , till the dawn once more reminds him of his serfdom . . h b . . . J * ci n c h o ; fc < H xi
To-morrow wo find him distinguished from the veteran by his pompous and measured gait , his hair out as a workhouse pauper , or a felon , that he may be known by his master and claimed as his slave . The measured military gait is substituted for ths peasant ' s rustic lounge ; his ; bpuncing soul seems to exult in the tightened form so new to his body and limbs ^ bis foraging cap stands erect upon the ( ew hairs that military fashion yet allows him to wear ; his hands are encased in gloves ; the use ef which has been heretofore unknown to him ; a cane twirls in his clumsy fingers ; tho bait of whoredom , licentiousness , and drunkenness is upon his back , and thus has tho simple rustic peasant been transformed into a captivating bait for lewdness and dissipation . *¦ x \ " . ' 1 n * li ]| , b c „ v
As time wears on , the esprit du corp gams strength . If he is a militiaman , and a good-looking fellow , the crimps of tho line mark him out for prey—the militia is described as an inferior service , war is represented as tho trade of a soldier , promotion as tlie result , and laurels as the reward , which , together with the tempting-bait ofa bounty , measured by the necessity of tyranny , are inducements too stsong for the novice to withstand ; and the militiaman who has been stolen from his family for the short period of service prescribed by the law becomes a life-long bondsman , , c ' , * | , ' i 1
otil $ o be released when sickness , disease , or old age shall have rendered him useless as a soldier—useless to society and a burden to himself . Wa are thus minute in describing the snares and temptations that beset the young soldier upon all hands , n consequence of the laudable determination expressed by many speakers at Turnagain-lane , and the South London Chartist-hall , that , though superannuated themselves , nevertheless still preserve that parenta l affection which makes their soul shudder at the bare notion of their sons , whom they have reared with tenderness , being tornf rom them to fight the battles ! 1 , ,
of their oppressors . Those who have not sons , whoael oss they would mourn , have daughters , whose young husbands may be stolen rom their breasts ; while sisters have brothers whose society they still enjoy , and whose acquaintanceship they would mourn tol ose for ever upon no better account than that of fighting the battle of oppression and misrule . Some questions will naturally present themselves even to those who yearn after military honours . Wo must presume that tho man who selects a soldier's life from choice is a brave man , and , therefore , a humane man ,
because bravery aud humanity are as the Siamese twins , that cannot be separated except by death . Such a man will argue thus : for what am I to fight ? for what am 1 to risk that life , the enjoyments of which have been abridged that others may luxuriate upon my toil ? Shall I fight for the splendour of that crown which has distinguished the thief by the exercise of its mercy , while it has held my companion in durance for the bare expression of his and my sufferings ? Shall I fight for thoso lords whose privileges arc upheld upon tho destruction of my every right 1 Shall I risk my life [ for those commoners who niocli my petitions , arc
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deaf-to my appeals , and nuke laws for the monopoly of my labour ? Shall J fight for those k ' shopa ffho sit in lawn ; and far * sumptuously upon my toil ? Stall I fight for those advowsons which are tlw links of loyalty between the parsons and the Crown ? Sh » H I fight for the landlords who , I am told , have monopolised my inheritance ? Shall I fight for tho cotton lords , who are rich enough to overthrow the constitution by the purchase of the electoral right , while , by unremitting toil , I could not , from a life's saving , purchase the smallest amount , that confers the vote ? Shall 1 fight for the gaol and tho prison s ? ka £ fw » vi « . «»«««? . ««
[ diet , for the bastile nnd its horrors , for tho transport and its mercies ? Shall I fight for the national debt and the jobber ' s profits ? Shall I fight for the Poor Law Amendment Act and the rural police ? Shall I fight for a Masters' and Servants' Bill ? Shall I fight , that Ireland may be coerced ? Shall I fight , that the scions of a useless and overgrown aristocracy may reap plunder from patronage , and gain strength from my subserviency ? Shall I fight for the bank that will not discount my labour note , for the rattle-1 box that addles my brain , for the civilisation which I am told brings poverty in its train ? Shall I fight
• ( j tor Prussia ' s king , that refuses his people other constitution than that which springs from his own wing ? Shall I fight for th * king of the Barricades , who ha a gained a throne by treachery and upheld it by treason ? Shall I fight against America , where my principles are acknowledged , and are but now coming into daily use ? Shall I fight against Ireland , to which my country owes so much retribution ? or , good Heavens ! th * thought hasjuststruck me—shall I figh fc ' against my country , and mayhap be called upon to plunge the bayonet into rny aged father's side , or into ray young brother ' s breast ?
* j , i t ' These are questions which every man should carry to his own home , into the bosom of his own family , and repeat over and over again in the ears of his children . Some may say that it is time enough to resist when the monster is upon the threshhold . This lagging policy has ever'teen the curse of Enelishmen . They should know that it is easier to smother a new-born infant than to strangle a full-grown monster . Malthus has told them so . They must Know that the very fact of calling out the militia is per se a declaration of war , and they must know that that militia will either be a substitute for the army to be sent to America , or a coercive army to curb the growing spirit of liberty in Ireland . Are
] s a o Englishmen , then , we would ask , prepared for either service ? It they are , let them abandon Chartism , and for ever ; if they are not , let them be prepared , one and all , to sign a petition to the Commons , to be presented by Mr . Dcxcombb the moment a new law for the embodiment of the militia is proposed , and let it bo couched in the stern language of freemennot in the lisping tone of suppliant slaves . Let it tell the workl that the petitioners WILL NOT FIGIIT until they have rights of their own to defend ; and that then , if those rights are invaded by the FOREIGN TYRANT or DOMESTIC FOE , they will cheerfully fly to the cry of " My cottage is in danger . "
To go to prison is the worst that ean befall the re fvactory ; better to go to prison than to shod man ' s blood , and especially with no cause of quarrel ; better to die in prison with a consciousness of innocence , than to die in the field of battle as an unbonouwd slave . It is the never testing , the wholesale appliances at the command of the multitude that make tyrants strong and a nation weak . It ' was the spirit , the indomitable courage with which Chartists bore the tyranny of misrule that sanctified the principle and preserved its name as a hallowed thing . Let Englishmen , then , for the first time , evince their determination to act as a body-Jet all , upon whom the lot shall fall , go unresistingly to prison , and leave their cause in the hands of their peaceful general . Duxcohbk , and those who have escaped the infliction .
LET THEM IMPRISON THE NATION , and let the nation live in idleness upon the taxes of the country . War has been described by the most able writers and poets as the seed-time of tyranny ; all the stringent acts to be foend upon the statute book are the fruits of that heedless thoughtlessness generated by war ; the lewdness , dissipation , and drunkenness , against which tlie moral , sober , peaceful mind of the country has been contending during thirty , years of peace , are all , one and all , consequences ofa long and desolating war . We have , in part , overcome the abominations by Teetotalism , denunciation , and moral speechmaking , and shall we now lose the ground we have gained , and relapse once more into degeneracy and licentiousness ?
When the Chartists spoke of fighting for their own liberties , they were assailed as physical force men ; and surely , now that their language is peaceful , now that they renounce war and . all its horrors , now that they declare they will not fight for the privileges ef others , they are entitled to the co-operation and support of the moral philosophers of all classes , and especially of the Peace Preservation Society ; but , " alas ! with this , as wlthall other questions , the privileged owners of- power will not join the multitude in
any cause in which popular strength is likely to be made manifest . So much the better . Union is strength , and all that we required to establish such a union was some such question , that came home to the hearts of all—old and young , male and female . Chartism was said to have died from its blood-thirstiness . Chartism now arises in the pure spirit of pcacefulness , and proclaims to the world that it will not sanction the strength of the nation being exhausted to uphold the tyrannic sway of the world ' s
oppressors . If battle must be dono . l et those who possess every comfort of life , and who have privileges worth dying for , do battle for those who invade them ; but Jet the poor and helpless , who have neither comforts nor privileges , lease the glories of war to others , while they carry on their peaceful struggle for the emancipation of their own order , and let the cry of—NO VOTE , NO MUSKET ! echo through this sea-bound dungeon . THE BUNCOMBE FESTIVAL .
To Those Who Have A Perfect Knowledge Of...
To those who have a perfect knowledge of tho power of the Chartist party , and who are not easily satisfied with their own performances , but who rather consider them to have fallen short of that devotion which tho sacred principle claims at tho ha nds of its disciples , were , nevertheless , thunderstruck and awed by the great responsibility which the strength of Wednesday night evineed . It has been our fate to make one of the many , and one of th » few , upon such occasions , but never wasi t our goodf ortune t » make one of such a party , whose proceedings . wi " . be read by all with pleasure , excitement , and awe . Many attempts have been made to convince the enemies of Oliartism that the cau . te was dead , while the honour of proving its existence , its fervour , and
undying resolution to lire , devolved almost oxeiusiyely upon tho Chartist party . While we denounce , and ever shall denounce , the privileged and the great , who are separated from the people by an immeasurable distance , which the press will not diminish , we must not , from delicacy to those who ought to be more nearly allied to labour , withhold tiwmore nwrited oastigation from them . Over and over again wo have stated that we dread not the aristocracy of land , the aristocracy of money , or the aristocracy of learning , so much as wc dread the aristocracy of labour . That aristocracy , which would uphold its poor privilege of superiority over its own order , by obse-juiomly pandering to the tyranny of employers and the caprice of an obsequious press .
No other order bat that of labour lives upon the " > weakof its own class . Nootherorderbuttliatof kbaivr refuses to co-operate against those who atUttk its privileges arid withhold its rights . Wo - ^ \^ this lino of observation mainly from thefoot of Mr ' Dbsxho having presented the address to Mr Dra ' T IW name ° ! Utdtcd grades \ i » gly , without tho bare mention of Char- M J ^ Now , however much we adn ** v „ g 00 d tasto of th . « hng speakers in m ^ ^ temp to aggrandise the T ^ at the ^ rf ^ l Chwt ^ can ^ ^ ndViU not , allow ono , nay ,
I flia i » aaL .. i . !• iL . ^ i . k * » - > 1 imtr- / -trl Tmm ... iL- _ « I the weakest , feather to be pjucked from the wing of Chartism , which may hate th # tendency to retard Its progress , imped « itfl flight , or lead to the convio tion that it is second to any other ia the State . Chartism is our idol—our political god . We have nourished it from impotent infancy to ita present giant strength . We have done so in opposition to the aristocracy of all classes , the aristocracy of labour being ita most deadly enemy , and it shall not fall before that foe , at least , without a struggl * .
The address was Chartist , the resolutions were one and all CharJist ; there were thirteen speakers , and twelve of them , not excepting the thr # e members of Parliament , wer » Chartists . Let it not , then , go to the world that Chartism would allow the single honour to any party in the State of sanctifying the reverence in which their chief is held . The peculiar characteristic of Chartism is , that no trade can move in its own affairs without the assistance of the Chartists of tho body . That ao demonstration to advoeatelabmir ' B rights , or sancJiff labour ' s triumphs , can be oven undertaken without Chartist co-operation .
The main cause to which aU , fswa the chairman ' s opening speech , which was gloria *© , eloquent , phi * ianthropic , and conclusive , to his closiujf observation *! , which were cheering , f athetic , and manly , the ne « cessity of union seemed to be the prevailing topic . Have we not then , individually andl collectively done what iu us lies to court the oooperatiusH of every son of labour ? And now , in conformity with the generally expressed opinion of the several speakers , we would say to the Trades , lay aside yourpr « $ udk > eg , unfetter your minds , dispel your pretended feaisy and adopt openly the principles which secretly you
proteas to admire . Your foes act open , and nothing but your open confession and co-operation can meefe and contend against their open hostility . Yoursecreft devotion and withheld co-operation weakens rather then strengthens the ranks of labour , and simply because , its battle being for itsolf , and ita own rights and pririJeges , its foes umstaaturatly conclude , that all who are not with us are against us . We see some paltry popularity-hunters , who denounce their sufferings iu secret , and yet skvishly rub their skirts to their oppressors ; this is not Chartism—this is not principle , this is not common honesty , it is abject slavery .
I -Vo change in oar system could be more wholesome than that of compelling Parliament to assemble before the people in a national formn , the night before they meet the Monarch in the national COUNTING-HOUSE . It would then be impossible for the press to withhold the nation ' s will : it would be out of the power of the most ignorant to plead ignorance , and not within the scope of Ministerial influence to use it as a justification for withholding popular rights . To all who had the proud honour of being present on Wednesday night , the confession of Chartist strength and of the growth of popular
intelligence , by the representatives who did honour to themselves and the people in attending , was more than cheering . Mr . Waklbx—no mean judge of men and things , no unimportant authority on the question of knowledge , intelligence , and education—was literally , amazed at the announcement that the several speakers were working men ; while Mr . CiiiusTra , the member for Weymouth , could scarcely be induced to believe the fact . As it was well observed by one of the speakers , Mr . Skelto . v , there are many members of Parliament who require but the knowledge of theprogressiliafc labour ' s cause bos
made to tender it their ad vocaey ; and who can entertain a doubt that Mr . Waklkt , an old soldier in our cause , and Mr . CuaisriB , a volunteer in our service , will now front labour ' s oppressors with more boldness and determination , because with more reliance upon its sons . We were always grieved that any cause of quarrel should for a moment have sepa rated us from ono of Finsbury ' s arms , which was stretched to the rescue of the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow-cotton spinners , and is now nerved to aid in the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and whose voice has been loudest in Parliament and
out of Parliament , in the senate and the dead house , in denunciation of the starvation bill and the sufferings of its victims . He has too good a head , too noble a front , room within him for too large a heart , to lend the impression of the one , or the expression of the other in aid of tyranny ; we therefore hail our re-union with Finsbury's other half with inexpressible joy . Waklby is perhaps the best " MOB ORATOR" within Jthe walls of St . Stephen ' s , not excepting the exploded Liberator himself , while he
has tact to reduce popular fire to Parliamentary temperature , and hence , within and without the walls of Parliament , is powerful , commanding , and impressive . No man in the world could have filled the chair with more urbanity and commanding influence than did Mr . Waklkt . His duty did not appear to be one of imposition undertaken to court popularity , it was 0 U 0 of pleasure , to testify his approval of his colleague's career , and his admiration of his admirers' principles .
Dukcombe and Wakley may defy all the assaults ,, faction to disturb them from the hearts of the electors of Finsbury ; the metropolis would rally round them to a man if their seat * were endangered by action , while the nation—that is , the sons of toil , would hold them harmless f rom expense . The attendance of Mr . Christib , the member for Weymouth , conferred no small advantage upon the cause ; he came to the meeting steepedi ni gnorance , he went away full knowledge ; he could not have been devoid of prejudice when he came amongst us—he could not divest himself of reflection . when he parted from ns . He ,
too , wasl iterally thunderstruck at the discovery that the several speakers were working men ; he was delighted with their demeanour , charmed with their eloquence , and enamoured with their sterling devotion , which unitedly inspired him with courage , supplied him with thought , and helped him to a happy and eloquent delivery of his admiration of their proceedings . Mr . Christib , though young , is an admirable speaker , and promises to be a valuable adjunct to our chief . Dunoowbb has made a party of the whole people out of doors : Dumcombb must now
model a representative party in the House . This is the nest step that must be taken in labour ' s march , and one which the times call for and circumstancea will aid . The people out of doors require but a small mirror to reflect them inside ; let them but see the fulWeugth picture of their principles presented within the walls , and they will rally to the summons of their leader . We live in times which may require a quick response to a hasty message . We live in an active age when delays are dangerous , and should be armed at all point * to meet individual whim or the caprice of faction .
What means , then , so effective as ] that of the pressure _ from without beitig honestly reflected from within 1 We have not space to comment upon the eloquent speeches of one and all of the speakers , suffice it to say , tiat in or out of Parliament .-that in discussion , controversy , or debate , we never partook of such a feast of reason and flow of soul . The speakers ,, one and all , confined themselves to the subject entrusted to them , and did ample justice to it . 0 C Do . ncombb , WE NEED say nothing ; his speech was .
at more than ordinary interest , and partook of that freshness of the mountain breeze that he has been inhaling to gain strength for labour ' s struggle His reception waa that of which the honest leade * may ever be assured—affectionate , rapturous , aad enthusiastic . " Upon the whole , wo hail this , the last and crowning © ffoit of tho Chartists and United Trades , a ^ ymptoms of the past and hope in the future—as a treat which will not be speedily forgotten , as a tauiqph which will not be slightly estimated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24011846/page/4/
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