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Be Just And Fear Not
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT
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TO THE OLD GUARDS , THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . THE BLISTERED HASDS . AND UNSHORN CHINS .
Beloved , Trot , & Trust * Old Friends , ; For now full fifteea years you have struggled- , foug ht andsuftered for the : princi ples that are dear to you ; for the recovery of the ri ghts that jave been filched from you ; for the privileges flat were promised to yon , and for the independence to which you are entitled . You have gagg led as men never stru ggled before ; jgainst odds so fearful , that the contest has j ^ en all but hopeless , and yet our policy has « ucceeded ; and now , upon the eve of the approaching battle , I feel heart and hope , and - * _ ™ nn ^ -fl nnnnrlftnAM II- T _ a . ^ 1 * and confidence Harken to
_ murage . what that policy has been . It has been to weaken gfl sections of thejenemy , by withholding our countenance and support , thereby turning the weapons of faction to the destruction of faction . In the _ olden times they made you ( the people ) the instruments of party warfare , jut , fearing to trust to your increasing knowledge and growing power , thev are now compelled to bid , NOT FOR YOU , but AGAINST £ aCH . OTHER . In 1835 I announced my intention of preparing you for the day of auction , and I stated the price at which I was nrepared to knock you down—namely ,
ANNUA L PARLIAMENTS—UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE—YOTEBYBALLOT-EQUAL REPRESENTATION—NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION—and PAYMENT OF JIEMBERS . Your increased value from those , Jays does not warrant me in abating a single fraction of my price , NOR SHALL I J ou all remember those days , when I stood nearly alone and scoffed at by my order . ' You yemember how the men of Halifax said to me in 1 S 35 , " Feargus , don t separate us from the Whigs , " and yet you now find the men of galifax foremost in the battle against
Whiggery , and second to none in their arrangements for the conflict , and their brave resolve flO DO , OR DIE . I have now reminded you © fthe policy by which we placed ourselves beyond the reach of faction , and our principles above the scoff of party ; and I shall next draw your attention to the attempt now being made in Westminster to undermine that policy , and once more to adopt the temporizing tactics by which our cause has been so often jeopardized . In calling vour attention to the VOTE OF CENSURE passed upon me by the METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE , let me not be
understood as opposing their rights to the free expression of their opinions , while I feel rayself bound to satisfy even the three gentlemen who disapprove of my conduct . I ask for no further demonstration of popular opinion upon the course I pursued at the GREAT CROWN AND ANCHOR MEETING , than ' that signified in the columns of last Saturday ' s Star , and I should be most grievously distressed if the conscientious discharge of their duty was to cause between the Committee and me , or between the Committee and you , anything more than the most open and friendly understanding .
If , however , I was deserving of their censure , 1 equally deserved your condemnation , and as I do not imagine that any lessening of my influence just now would tend to the advantage of . the popular cause , I feel that I owe it as a duty to myself , a duty to you , and a duty to those gentlemen , to state wherein I differ from their policy . 1 am bound to presume that the offence I committed was the weakening of Mr . Cochrane ' s pretensions to the
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER , and therefore I feel myself called upon to canvass those pretensions . In the outset let us see what Mr . Cochrane ' s qualifications are , as set forth by one who has veryinsolently used the columns of the Northern Star , to advance the interests of Mr . Cochrane , and who , I understand , was the concoctor of the justly-condemned resolution , and which , if carried , would have inevitably broken the Chartist party up . Jww , here is the qualification offered in last week ' s Star for Mr . Cochrane , by Mr . Stallwood :
Mr Stallwood , in opening the debate , said there was a great evil attendant in having either military or naval officers as representatives , as it too frequently happened that they left the honour of representing the people to the more honourable and profitable one of cutting throats on foreign shores ( loud cheers ); and a Parliament , taring many such members , was , to a great extent , the mere creature of the government of the day . Looking at the votes of General Evans since bis last election , he had been pretty tolerable , and would do very well to follow , but was unfit to lead . The great demerits of Mr Lushington werethatherefused
to vote for Universal Suffrage , under the pretest that the people were not intelligent enough . He also objected to a repeal of the New Poor Law Act , and to a limitation of the hours of labour ; and then his great age , sixty-five , precluded the possibility of his performing the duties of an efficient legislator . ( Loud cheers . j On the other hand , Mr Charles Cochrane had evinced great merits and fitness for a legislator by his successful exertions in behalf of the poor victims who were deluded away to Portugal and Spain to fi ht for Don I ' edro and Christina , and then refused their hard-earned pay ; by his establishment of the National Philanthropic Association , and thereto laying the foundation of the measure— " The Health of Towns' BhT ' -by the establishment of the
"Poor Man ' s Guardian Society , " and the bringing of the witnesses from Andover , and thereby enabling MrWakley to bring that inquiry to a triumphant issue ; by his adoption of the great principles held by Slajor Cartwright , the same principles so long and dearly cherished by the electors of Westmiuster--under the title of civil and religious liberty ; by his courage in attending White Conduit House on the Fast day—by his visit to O'Connorville on Whit Monday—and by his courtesy , diligence , and activity , andgreat attention to the wishes of the people on all occasions ; and by his great and unprecedented humanity . Those things convinced him ( Mr Stallwood ) that Mr Cochrane was the best fitted of alUhe candidates ia be a representative of the city of
Westminster . Xuw , if anv sane man ENTITLED TO THE SUFFRAGE has read that old woman ' s twaddle without laughing , I would ask what opinion he has formed of Mr . Stallwood ' s Chartism ; and I would ask if a greater string of nonsensical , puerile , insignificant , unmeaning rubbish could by any possibility be strung together . I would respectfully demand an explicit declaration of princip les from Mr . Cochrane before any Chartist is asked to vote for him , and if that is not required in Mr . Cochrane ' s case , I would then ask SOME of the LONDON GENTLEMEN—not the committee—THE WHY and THE
WHEREFORE an exception is to be made in the case of Mr . Cochrane . Now , laying Don Pedro and Queen Christina aside , : tnd the nonsensical stuff about "HEALTH OF TOWNS ' BILL , andPOOllMANSGUARDLVNSOCIETY , and ANDOVER /* let us hear what one principle Mr . Cochrane professes that Major Cartwri ght professed ; let us understand the value of the COURAGE which prompted Mr . Cochrane to go to the White Conduit House on the FAST DAY , and to O'Connorville on the FEAST DAY ; and let us have one single defined and understandable expression of
opinion from Mr . Cochrane upon those SIX POINTS , which , if carried , would strip all the gingerbread so pompously paraded of its gilding . Will any man point out to me the difference in point of promise between Mr . Cochrane and the veriest Whig in the House of Commons , with this difference indeed , that scores of Whigs not only promise more , but actually eo farther than Mr . Cochrane promises to go ? ' Would the men of Nottingham accept me upon such pretensions as those p leaded in Mr . Cochrane ^ behalf ? Would the men of
Halifax accept Mr . Jonesupon the same declaration of princip les ? No , to their honour they would scout us from the hustings . Of what avail , then , has been my twenty-four years ol perseverance in England and Ireland , it exceptions are to be made in favour of a jY & h-COMER ; nav , not even anew-comer , but one who refuses to come ? What inducem ent to perseverance and consistency would such a policy hold out ? Personally , I rather like Mr . Co chrane , and I honour him for not pledging himself to what he . does not propose to realize ; but I have the most thorough and unmitigated
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contempt for the grovelling slave who professes Chartism , and recommends an anti-Chartlst candidate . Eternal honour to the men of Westminster , they saved us from a disgrace that would have paralysed Chartism throughout the kingdom , and notwithstandin g the attempts of « ELIZA COOK' to cast disrepute upon me and the cause I pursued , I would much rather have the approval of the Chartists of Westminster than the adulation of THE WHIG' DISPATCH' andMit STALLWOOD . People say , "As Mr Cochrane paid all the expenses of-the meeting , it was ungenerous to baulk him of the anticipated results . " To such my answer is— " Gentlemen " you mav
be caught on the GOLDEN HOOK , hut I am not to be snared in the golden trap ; " others say " that I should have mentioned my intentions to the committee : " ! DID DO SO , and I refused any compromise . I refused Mr Cochrane ' s request , and all attempts to seduce me into the temporizing . policy— " LET US BLEND THEM ALL IN THE RESOLUTION TO PASS , and PROPOSE YOURS as a SUBSTANTIVE RESOLUTION . " Such baits have often been taken : I will not swallow them . 'ELIZA COOK * says I packed the meeting , while not a soul knew of my intention to be present till I entered the committee room . Justice to the men of Westminster enables me
to state that there was no necessity for packing the meeting , but if there was packing , it was on the other side . I now dismiss the subject , which has been very unfairly forced upon me , with an expression of hope that the difference existing between a portion of the Metropolitan Committee and myself may be allowed to pass unnoticed by the Chartist body , as dissension in our own ranks strengthens the bands of the enemy .
Allow me now to call your attention to a more pleasing subject—the duty that we shall shortly be called upon to perform . In every instance where a Chartist candidate can be secured he should be proposed at the forthcoming election , so that the representatives of faction shall not be able to plead ignorance of our principles . The Chartists should select a straightforward and honest Chartist , and the most eloquent they can secure , and when proposed and seconded , if another "RAM OF DARBY" should interfere
with the poor remaining mockery of holding up the blisters upon Labour ' s horny fists , the people must be prepared to defend even that BADQEofSLAVERYjcommitteesof non-electors should be formed forthwith , to make the necessary arrangements , and if the returning officer threatens to call his bludgeon-men to assist despotism , the people must not he frightened . If POWER STRIKES ILLEGALLY , power must be struck in return . If the people ' s friend is heard , the people will hear their enemies ; if the people ' s friend is struck or insulted , the people must strike and insult in re
turn . In short , our resolution to have a fair stand-up light , this time , should be made known ; the poor privilege that the fear of faction confers at a general election must not be surrendered— and , independently of our principles , we must let candidates of all persuasions , creeds , and politics , understand that we mean to have an instantaneous inquiry into the title of those who have stolen the common land which we are now obliged to re-purchase : this inquiry only to extend to recent enclosures , sav of fifty years back and within that period , " in the FIRST INSTANCE . We must be prepared to resist the crime of
MONOPOLISING , FORESTALLING , and REGRATING , and insist that no speculations shall be made in articles of food , as , under the present law , a few capitalists , without reference to the supply in the country , may easily create an apparent scarcity and raise provisions to a famine price . We must have no traffic , except between farmer and miller , miller and baker , baker and consumer , and , Heaven knows , that ' s enough . We must , by all means , take especial care not to tolerate a FREE TRADE MAJORITY ; if we are cursed with | such an infliction , labour will have but the option of revolt or famine . We must scout the RELIGION-MONGERS , who are already raising thecrv of " NO POPERY , " out
of the land , and show them that , if Protestants have heretofore been made the instruments for oppressing their Catholic brethren , it was when both allowed themselves to he used for the ends of faction . Let English Protestants have the manliness to confess , that when their ancestors abandoned their BELIEF FROM TERROR OF THE FAGGOT , that the ancestors of their Catholic brethren showed more true religion , as well as courage , in adhering manfully to their faith . In short , on no account letjm English Chartist he party to any religious cry whatever , and let them tear down the printed blasphemy and hoot down the uttered blasphemy of those hypocrites who would DISHONOUR GOD BY DARING
TO JUDGE HIS PEOPLE . Of all things the Chartists should keep clear of fanaticism , and should hoot the RELIGION-MONGERS off the stage . They should respect every man ' s conscientious opinions , but they should allow no man to denounce or inteifere with the religious opinions o others , and , above and before all , the Chartist CREED should be put to every candidate , an ' , if for no other purpose than this , the value of proposing a Chartist candidate will be seen . In short , Old Guards ! England and Ireland expects every man to do his duty !
Your country , your cause , your family , your interest , and y our God—all call upon you . By the poor blood that runs in your veins ; by the love of liberty that burns in your breasts ; by your devotion to the cause of freedom ; by your toil-worn wives ; by your stunted children ; by your bastilled fathers and mothers ; by your weeping exiled friends ; by the memory of your murdered patriots ; by the broken vows of Whiggery ; by the violated faith of Free Traders ; by the death and burial of Toryism ; by the " hope of Chartism ; by the glorious prospect of a free home , a homestead ,
and a labour-field * , ; by all that is dear to man , and worth living for and worth dying for , I implore you to be up and doing . Let this be our SACRED MONTH—not sacred to idleness , but sacred to Labour in Freedom ' s cause . Heed not the courtship of Toryism , the tolera tion of Whiggery , the courtesy of hypocrites , or the insolence of the confident , but stand by the purity of Chartism . Hold the old standard proudly i » the breeze , and let the minions of faction " see how we have repaired the rents that deception had made , and how whole it is when theirs is shivered by the gales of expediency .
Hold fast bv , " MOKE PIGS AND LESS PARSONS ; " "THE CHARTER IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT , AND WE WILL HAVE IT ; " "THE LAND IS OURS , THOUGH TYRANTS STOLE IT : " " DOWN WITH THE PERSECUTING WHIGS ; " " EVERY MAN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORSHIP COD ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF HIS OWN CONSCIENCE ; " "DUNCOMBE , THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND ; " "THE PEOPLE'S
CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER . " THOSE WERE OUR MOTTOES : surely the OLD GUARDS have Jkept them in the
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bottom of their knapsacks , as Napoleon ' s old Guard retained the tricoloured cockade till the day of his return . UP , CHARTISTS , , AND AT THEM ! Let us have a month of a glorious resurrection , and prove to expiring factions that our hatred of oppression shall be as lasting as our love of justice . These were the words of the immortal Dr Doyle , or nearly so ; he said that "the Irish people ' s hatred of tithes would be as lasting as their love of justice . " On . Monday , the 5 th July , I will visit Norwich in company with Mr Jones ; on Sunday , the 11 th , I will attend the Blackstone Edge camp meeting ; and on Monday , the 12 th , I will attend the tea-party at Warrington .
WORK , CHARTISTS , WORK ! - GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES ! Faithfully yours , Feargus O'ConnorJ
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HOW TO SECURE THE RETURN OF CHAIU TISTS TO THE NEXT PARLIAMENT . ; . ¦ -j to the editor of the nobthern star . Sir , —At a time when there exists more speculation as to the result of the coming Election than generally happens to fall to the share of such events , each party , Whig and Tory , being equally sanguine in their anticipations , it behoves the people to make t he best of the general scramble , and to have their interests truly and honestly represented . It cannot
be supposed for a moment that a party so powerful , so united , and so deeply interested in this election as the members of the National Land Company are , will let the present opportunity pass by without claiming their due share in the representation of the country . Already have the directors of that body taken the field , and it is their friends' duty to support them and every other gentleman who comes forward to assist them , in their struggle against oppression and misrule , by every means in their
power . If we are to have candidates let it be no mock no sham trial ; let us not have any such beasts as the " Ram of Derby" insulting our friends , and denying them their rights for want of money ; let us not subject ourselves to even the chance of being thus treated again from the ^ atne cause . The members of the National Land Company of Stockport have determined to set their brother members in other localities an example worthy of imitation , and have from their own local levies voted £ 10 towards
the electioneering expenses of Mr F . O'Connor , and the other friends who have signified their intention to contest the next election . Now , if Stockport in the very depth of poverty , with a bill passed through the House of Commons which will saddle the borough with the interest of £ 70 , 000 , in addition to the very high rates already levied , —with a greedy and rapacious set of freeuooting cotton-lords , who are at this moment offering a reduction of ten percent ., with one-fifth of its operatives unemployed , and the remainder only working about halftime ;—if Stockport , thus situated , can do this , 1 feel convinced that every other locality can do the
same—at all events , they can contribute according to their numbers . To work then—let your contributions pour in to the Election Committee , whom I am sure will use it with prudence and economy . If you fail in this , let us hear no more of your desire to return Chartist Members to Parliament . Furnishing the sinews of war is generally a sure test of sincerity—the men of Stockport have proved theirs ; and I say to all others , " Go and do likewise . " I am , Sir , With best wishes for the success of the plan , Yours respectfully , ( On behalf of the Meeting , ) Taos . Webb .
[ Julian Harney acknowledges the Post Offic Orders for TEN POUNDS , which accompanied the above address . J . H . has handed the money to Mr T . Clark of the Executive , who will pay the same to the Election Committee at their next meeting . ]
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COURT OF EXCIIEQUER .-TUESDAT , June 22 . [ Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury . ] HOBSON V . O ' CONNOR . This was an action against Mr . Feargus O'Connor , as proprietor of the Northern Star newspaper , to recover damages for a breach of contract , in dismissing the plantiff without notice . Sir F . Thesiger , with Mr Hoggins , appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr Watson for the defendant : It appeared that the plaintiff acted as sub-editor of the Northern Star , which was published in Leeds up to the month of December 1844 , when the publication was removed to London , and the plaintiff , who was in business as a stationer at Leeds and
Huddersfield , was engaged at a salary of £ 312 per annum , payable weekly . In September , 1845 , the defendant left England on a tour to Belgium , entrusting the superintendence of the newspaper to the plaintiff ; but upon the defendant ' s return , after an absence of about five weeks , he ascertained that the plaintiff had also absented himself from Londoniiaving left town a few days after the defendant pro ceeded to Belgium , and not having returned until a few days before the defendant ' s arrival from the continent . The defendant , therefore , discharged the plaintiff on the 30 th of October , 1815 , paying bis salary up to that date . It did not appear that the newspaper suffered from the plaintiff ' s absence , as he had supplied it with editorial articles , and
otherwise superintended the publication , although not on the spot . It was also stated that the defendant hud previously sanctioned the plantiffs absence , and knew that he was an active member of the Town Council of Leeds , and engaged in the publication of an almanack at Huddersfield . Several gentlemen connected with the metropolitan and provincial newspaper press were called upon to depose as to the existence of a usage as to notice upon the dismissal of editors or reporters ; but their testimony certainly did not go to establish the existence of any uniform practice , although thay were unanimously of opinion that a hiring without any specific limitation or arrangement was understood to be a hiring for a year .
The defence was that the plantifPs absence without leave of his principal for a period of five weeks was a positive injury to the newspaper , and such a breach of duty on the part of the plantiff as justified his dismissal . It was also contended that , as the plaintiff came to London in December , and was paid up to the 30 th of October , his claim at all events was only for his salary from the 30 th of October to the period in December when the current year would terminate . The Lord Chief Baron left it to the jury to say if the plaintiff had been properly dismissed in consequence of his absenting himself from London in the manner described whilst the defendant was in
Belgium . If the jury thought the defendant justified in dismissing the plaintiff , the verdict should be for the defendant . If the defendant was not j ustified in the dismissal of the plaintiff , he was entitled to some damages . It was for the jury to say what was the amount of the real loss the plaintiff had sustained by being dismissed without notice . The evidence went rather to prove that there was no established usage as to notice . The damages the plaintiff claims were the amount of his salary for the current year , ending in the month of August . The jury , however , were at liberty , in estimating the damages , to take into consideration the value of the plaintiffs time after he was dismissed , or , in other words , what he could earn up to the end of the year .
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff . Damages £ 78 , being the amount of three months ' salary . —Morning Chronicle .
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^ CHARTIST CANDIDATES . ABBR # « tr ,-The Chartists have areifoWed to brine forward ^ candHlate . The ceremony ^ ill not pro b •* *?„ fartner * ban tbe hwtings ; or if to the E ! * ' 80 me fifty ¥ 0 te 8 » a 8 before .-Da « y : „« ft ^ i "" Ti c ? nte 8 t in th « borough seems now S % I' » understood that Sir Charles E Chancellor ^ of the Exchequer , and Mr Pro-S » J ° 2 . P ™? nt members , will again solicit the ^ n &^^' Erne 8 t J ° » » barrister , of London ^ who said to be opposed to the governmea ^ cheme of education , but inclined to support j |^ Jar- sys tem , has b een brought out in therad . c * lWerest , aiaditis not improbable that a fourth caajbdate , m the person of Mr Edward Miall will contes & tfte representation . —Letds Mercury . ' ^ B- ^ fl ce lebrated Joseph Barker has issued
the following striking address : — ' ZLECTOM JUpKON-MiBOTeBS OF THE BOBOOQH OF IBJD 8 . I hereby ( ft ^ are rnyielf a candidate ; for the office of rspresentrattbu in Parliament . Bat let me not be . misanderstoodgS-only stand till a worthier or more popular candldatajfipeflrs . I hare no expectation , of . being chosen ; trjj || Nb | p |( , jt . right to afford , the thoroughly Liber *! EleSftrs and Non . EIectors of the Borough an opportunity . of showing . their hands , of raising their voices , or of registering their votes , in favour of TWO whose principles agree with their own . I shall withdraw in favour of any popular candidate of similar principles , who may possess a good character and fair abilities . To such candidate I shall give my vote , and exhort my friends to give theirs . Meanwhile , let me state to you the leading principles which I feel myself in duty bound to advocate . They are
1 . The jsotire abolition of the law of Entail and Prlmo £ erdtan , aad ) theestablishment of Free Trade in Land . 2 . A Toe on Land , whether cultivated or uncultivated , in place 6 / every other tax , whether on Light , on Knowledge , on Commerce , on Industry , or on the Necessaries and Conveniences of Life . 3 . The utter abolition of the Game Laws . i . The abolition of all Restrictive Laws on Commerce , and the rsstoratioa of every branch of trade to perfect freedom . 5 . The abolition of the Navigation Laws , and the destruction of all monopoly in ths Carrying bueineis . 6 . The Separation of Church and State , the abolition of all Ecclesiastical Courts and Church Autkority , of all compulsory Tithes , Church Rates , Easter Dues , and Priests'Fees , and the appropriation of all Church Property to the relief of the poor , to the support of the helpless and destitute , and to the education of the young , in place of Poor Rates and Government Grants .
7 . The Restoration of all Public Property to public , popular u « cs . 8 . The abolition of all Sinecure Offices and Undeserved Pensions . 9 . The greatest possible Reduction in the Expenses o ( Government , andin the support of all Public Institutions . 10 . The abolition ' of Hereditary Legislation , and the Restoration of the People to full and undivided Sovereignty . 11 The Simplification of all Laws , and the abolition of all partial , unjust , and mischievous Laws , 12 . The Reduction of the Standing Array and Navy , or the Employment of the Military and Marines in useful public labours , to which private industry or enterprise may not be equal .
13 . No armed intervention in disputes between Foreign Nations , or in disputes between a Nation and its Tyrants ; especially no armed intervention in favour of Royal Tyranny , and in oppositisn to Popular Right and Liberty , 14 . The Restoration of all Charitable Bequests to their proper objects , or to uses more important and benevolent , 15 . The abolition of all Capital Punishments . 16 . A thoroughly Peaceful Policy towards all Nations . 17 . Perfect Religious Libsrty to men of every Sect or Persuasion . 18 . The Elevation of Ireland to a perfect equality in Rights and Privileges with England , or a Peaceful Dissolution of the Union . 19 . No State support of any Church or Clergy . In order to the attainment of these objects , I advocate 1 . Universal Suffrage , or the right of every man who is come of age , to vote for Members in the House of Com .
mens . 2 . Tote by Ballot in the Election of Members of Far . liament . 3 . NoTroperty Qualification for Members of Parlia . ment . —No Oath Qualification . — No Qualification but such as the Electors themselves require in their Representatives . 4 . Annual Parliaments , and equal Electoral Districts . All these reforms to be sought by peaceful means alone . These are the principles which I hold and advocate . These are the principles which , if sent thither , I should advocate in Parliament , in the face of banter , sneers , or violence . As I have stated , I have not the slightest expectation of being chosen , but a dozen or score of those who vote for Mr Sturge may be desirous of registering their votes in favour of the principles here laid down , and others may he irisbful to raise their hands is favour of them , and I stand forward to afford them the opportunity of so doing .
I shall take the earliest opportunity of stating my views more at length , and of answering any questions that may be proposed to me in Public Meetings of the Electors and Non-Electors of this Borough . Tours in the cause of Thorough and Universal Reformation , Joseph Barker . Wortlcy , June 15 , 1847 . Noitinoham . —Tub Noitingham Election Committee . —To the Chartists of the United Kingdom . Friends . —We are very glad to perceive , by last week ' s Star , that our appeal had not been in vain , as many places are adopting means to assist us in carrying out the glorious object we have in view . It is with great pleasure we can state that our prospects look brighter and brighter every day , and there
is not the least doubt on our minds that if you will rally as you ought to do , we shall gain tlio victory in spite of all opposition . Only imagine Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham , and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . for Finsbury ! Those two alone , if seated together , would be enabled to fell the whole structure of oppression to the dust . . Now , friends , let us convince the country we are in earnest by publishing such a list of subscriptions as will terrify our foes . Send in your subscriptions to Mr Sweet , who will acknowledge them in the Star . Chartists , subscribe to a man , for it is your cause as well as ours . We are determined to do our duty ,
and we hope you will do yours . Men of England rally round your friend and champion oh this occasion , and our cause will be triumphant . —Signed on behalf of the committee , Joir . v Skebkitt , Secretary . Sheffield . —A numerously-signed requisition having been presented to Mr Thomas Clark , requesting him to allow himself to be nominated for the representation of Sheffield in Parliament , —Mr Clark has signified to the requisitionists his willingness to take his stand on the hustings at the general election , to break a lance with Messrs G . II . Ward and Parker , the present Whig members ; both of whom will seek for a renewal of the confidence of their constituents .
It is to be hoped that the Mayor of Sheffield will not attempt a repetition of the Derby brutality ; but , if he should , it is expected that the men of Sheffield , from their long training , know better than to take down their hands at the bidding of a mayor , and that they have too much spirit to allow policemen to do so for them !" Tiveuton . —The speech of Julian Harney at the meeting recently held in London to protest against the Whig intervention in Portugal , has excited great sensation in this borough . Mr Harney ' s threat , that
he will meet Lord Palmerston on the hustings , has been echoed from mouth to mouth , and the Whigs are every where asking , "Who is this man that will dare to oppose his lordship ? " Mr Uarney has not yet declared himself a candidate , but the Tiverton Chartists are in correspondence with him , and Mr ll . 's declaration may be shortly expected . We should add that a thousand copies of Mr Harney ' s speech have been printed for distribution amongst the constituency ; a wise step , calculated to open the eyes of the people to the enormities of the reigning faction .
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ENGLAND . Dissolution of Parliament . —We believe that we may now confidently state that the Session will bo brought to a close on or about the 15 th of July , and that Parliament will be dissolved on the day following the prorogation . —Observer . Bolton . —Dr Bowring and Mr John' Brooks , of Manchester , addressed the electors on Friday evening . Dr Bowring made a speech which seemed to satisfy the electors , but the non-electors were not so
readily satisfied , especially the Chartist and Ten Hours' Bill people . The former wanted a pledge for the " five points , " and the latter for the continuance of their newly-obtained measure . Dr Bowring said that , though he had not agreed in the policy of that measure , he would undoubtedly , now it was carried , be willing to let it have a fair trial ; and this promise obtained a round of applause . —Daily News . City op London . —William Payne , Esq ., has declared himself a candidate for the representation of the City .
Gateshkao . —Mr Ilutt , the sitting member , ' walks the course' without opposition . Greenock . —Mr Dunlop's public meeting and address having gained him much ccfat , Lord Melgund is to give a similar demonstration ; but , as in the
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case of the Elgin candidate , his lordship is " unac customed to public speaking . " Hampshire . —It is rumoured that Lord Palmerston will beat a retreat from Tiverton , and try his luck in a county contest for South Hampshire . The Hampshire Independent states that a requisition is in course of signature , inviting "his lordship " to come forward on the " Liberal interest . " Liverpool —The conservatives have not yet finally fixed on their candidate or candidates . Lord Sandon , it is understood , would stand , if necessary , to prevent a split in the party ; but as his lordship may he suddenly called to the upper house there is some intention of allowing him the leisure he desires , and
electing Mr Cardwell in his place . By doing so , Mr Gladstone ' s chance at Oxford would be increased . The high church party , however , purpose , as was expected , bringing forward Lord John Manners , who has published a letter , explaining his principles , and declaring his willingness to stand . ™ 5 r r L r Stur 6 e « 8 fter ™» t « ng 'he various wards of the borough during the last fortnight , for the purpose of addressing the electors and the non-S 3- ? fc £ D 6 th declared h « acceptance of : « f „ J ltatl ° . . become a candidate for the representation of this borough . and has issued an address offering his services to the electors . * OxFoan UNiTEEsirr .-Mr Cardwell ' s committee have announced his withdrawal from the contest
OLDnAM .-An active canvass is going on in all parts of the borough , on behalf of the rival candidates , Messrs . Fielden , Cobbett , Fox , and Holladay . Reading . —The Berkshire Chronicle says that a deputation have waited upon Mr Apsley Pellatt , and solicited him to come forward for this borough , and that the hon . gentleman has consented . Sown Shields . —The contest here will be severe between the sitting member and Mr Whateley , the barrister , who is canvassing the electors as a conservative . MrWawn has arrived amongst his constituents , and is also engaged in his canvass . Both parties speak confidently of success . Sorbet ( East ) .- It has been rumoured that Mr Alcock will replace Mr Kemble without opposition ; this statement is without foundation . Messrs . Alcock and King haveexpressed their determination to swim or sink together , and make no compromise . They advocate an extension of the franchise , separation of Church and Stateand unaectarian
educa-, tion . Toweb Hamlets . —Mr Edward Miall , the editor of the Nonconformist , in compliance with a numerously signed requisition , has consented to stand for the borough at the forthcoming election . Major-General Fox , the sitting member , has issued an address to the electors of the Tower Hamlets , stating , in contradiction of a report to the contrary , that he intends again to solicit the suffrages of the electors on the election of the new Parliament . SCOTLAND . East Lothian . —Mr Welford has retired , so that the contest will now be between Mr Charteris and Sir D . Baird , Conservative and Liberal .
Glasgow . —Messrs M'Gregor and Hastie will run in couples ; Messrs Dennistoun and Dixon stand apart . It is generally believed , however , that there is an understanding between their supporters ; and there may be , though it is doubtful whether there is much cordiality . The excitement , as yet , is confined to the electioneering agents and friends of the respective candidates ; for the public generally is quite quiescent on the subject . At least , the only matter of interest or gossip in connexion with the elections , has arisen from the ousting of Dr Charles Mackay from the editorship of the Argus newspaper . Both the doctor and his quondam employers addressed the public through the newspapers—the one in complaint , and the other in justification . In the meantime , the Conservatives have given no sign ; but the leaders of that party state privately that they will assuredly be prepared with a fitting c andidate or candidates , in the event of the Liberals carrying out their present disunion to the poll .
Roxburgh . —Mr Elliott again offers himself for this county . In 1837 he gained it against Mr Scott by a majority of 44 ; in 1841 he lost it with the same gentleman by a minority of 82 .
IRELAND . Cork County—The election is fixed for Monday , 28 th June . The conservatives have called a meeting for Monday to fix upon a candidate ; the repealers have called a meeting for the same day . Dublin . —The Rev . Mr Gregg ' s party in Dublin have issued a circular , announcing their determination of opposing the re-election of Mr Gregory on account of his desertion to Sir Robert Peel , and their intention to get up a requisition calling upon Mr Btisfield Ferrand , the present member for Knaresborough , to start for the Irish metropolis . Messrs . Grogan and Gregory ' s canvassers are out in great force . They have been pushing through the hall of the Four Courts for the last two days , but the promises were fewer than the refusals . Dublin University . —Oilier candidates are coming into this field . Mr Whiteside is ono . His friends
are inquiring for votes amongst the barnsters . though he is himself still in England . Professor M'Cullogh is to look after his chances of success . Another candidate spoken of is Judge Keating , of the Prerogative Court . Mr Shaw on all sides i ' s unpopular . Ennis . —The Limerick and Clare Examiner says : — Mr 0 ' Gorman Mahon , who is at present residing at Paris , intends to offer himself to the electors of Eunis at the ensuing election , Limrmck City . —The Limerick Chronicle states , that Mr Meagher , of " sword" celebrity , the Caius Gracchus of Young Irelandism , will start for the city . Louth . —A candidate on Repeal principles will dispute the representation of this county . Sir Colman O'Loghlen will come forward as one of the candidates . Report also says that Thomas O'llagan , Esq ., barrister-at-law , will be a candidate . Tii'perary . —Three candidates are in the field .
Mr Bagwell appears as a Whig , Mr Pennefathcr as a Conservative , and Tapt . B- Osborne as a Repealer . Tralee . —Mr Maurice O'Connell is threatened with a contest by a nominee of the County Club , a Mr Bateman . Westmeath . —It is- stated William II . Magann , Esq ., Phillipstown , is about to offer himself to the constituency of Westmeath as a Repealer .
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torcoognigethejightgjjf pr 0 perty , I do so-4 mtI give the recognition first ^ wbereitiB first due . - !•; « . « , cognise the rights of acres and of mills-r-bnt I reoV ** nise another and a greater right as well-therightof the vast industrial property of thiscountry-the right v .,, ' x . Loud aPPlause . ) 1 recognise the rights of factory lordY and landlords- ! ' ; demand of them to recogn . se the rights of the mechanic and the labourer . Sir , if you . . ackhowl
oy » uu » » « produced . And inasmuch aa labour has the best chance of . obtaining recognition of its rights , when it has the power to enforce them . I am in favour of every male adult , unstained by crime , being in the possession , of the franchise . ( Vehement cheering . ) [ The speaker then declared himself an advocate of vote by ballot , no-property qualification , annual parliaments , payment of mem *' bers , and equal electoral districts , advancing conclusive reasons why he supported each of tno above measures . ] These ( he continued ) are the doctrines of the People ' s Charter—of these , I stand here as the unflinching and determined advocate . ( Loud ^ cheers . ) Let there be no mistake . Electors of Halifax ! there may be a majority of you opposed to these principles . I do not wish to sail under " false colours ,
or to obtain your votes without your knowing what you have to expect . I here pledge myself to use every honest means in my power for obtaining the enactment of the entire Charter as the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . ) But , on this very ground I solicit the votes of all honest advocates of progression , who may even not coincide with my political opinions . There are great reforms needed in the Church . ( Hear , hear . ) I am in favour of a separation between Church and State—I am totally opposed to a State Church establishment whatsoever , or religious endowment at the hands of political power —since I think religion far too sacred to be made a tool of party-politics ; since I hold the knee that bends to Mammon cannot worthily bend to God—and the
lips that fawn to political power are not pure enough to enunciate the great truths of Christianity . ( Continued applause . ) I consider it monstrous that a trade should be carried on in livings , and that a pastor s flock should be sold at common agency offices—where , worse than the slaveholders selling the bodies of their slaves , the State Church slaveholder sells the consciences of his . ( Loud cheers . ) You feeltheltruth of this-you cheer the sentiment —but how do you think to obtain the reality without Universal Suffrage ? ( Hear , hear . ) Do von think the landed or monied interests will give up " this monopoly ? No I they are increasing it—you have livings multiplied on every side—and you have just obtained the blessing of four new bishops . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Of course ' Monopoly shrouds its
iniquities under the shadow of the Church ; and when the face of power , brazen as it is , would blush with shame , it hides its blushes behind the lawn sleeves of the bishops . ( Cheers . ) Dissenters . '—you abhor this unchristian system . So do I . We cannot subvert it unless you call the people to your aid , and by Universal Suffrage obtain the power of turning the moneychangers out of the temple of our God . ( Immense applause . ) You may have heard that thepeopie are ignorant and uneducated . Then , it you wish them to be educated , will you entrust their education to thatvery State Church you are desirous of subverting ? ( No . no . ) Ah , Sir , government knew the people were educating themselves—they knew the Dissenters were instilling in their hearts contempt for
mitres , lawn sleeves and gilded trumpery—therefore , they hastened to the rescue—not because the people were not educated enough , but because they were too much educated to submit to religious and political slavery . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 am opposed to the Government Education Scheme . 1 will not trust the young minds of my children to the tuition of those who have broken faith with tho people , or of those who think religion to consist of tithe and glebe land . ( Greatapplause . ) lam for the people educating their own children—each according to their own religious views and secular objects , without being obliged to think and feel by act of Parliament . I am opposed to the Corn Laws , at the same time that I consider Free Trade alone will never confer the benefits you have been led to anticipate . You were told wages should be high , and bread low . Wane * have
been so high , that they have been quite beyond your reach . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Bread has been so low , . that , although you have been compelled to grovel in the depths o * misery , you have not vet stooped low enough to catch hold of it . ( Continued applause and laughter . ) A gentleman near me observes this is only because you have not had Free Trade long enough . It is because you have not had Free Trade and something besides . ( Hear , hear . ) It is—and it will be—because the forestallere are at work ; it is—and it will be—because the land is locked up in a kw hands ; it is—and it will bebecause the Church has stolen the property of the poor !—and it is—and it will be—until fair wages are given tor fair work ; ( Great cheering . ) A gentleman here asked whether Mr Jones was in favour of a fixed rate of wages ?
Mr Ernest Jones . —Nothing could be more absurd . The rate of what would constitute fair wages must depend on three things : —on the number of handsthe amount of money in the country—and the quantity offood . But I will tell the gentleman what I am in favour of . I prefer a man ' s working for himself , to working for any wages . ( Loud cheers . ) Gentlemen , this remark reminds me that I must not detain you long . I know you are anxious to feet to your work , and can ill spare the time to come here . I beg leave , however , to express my opinion on one very important point . I am opposed to capital punishment , since I believe it deprives the culprit of the opportunity of making his peace with his God . Though there is a period between judgment and execution , that period is filled with earthly hopes and fears—he cannot separate repentance from the terror of death and earthly shame ; and you fling a brother
at the gate of eternity without giving him a chance to sue lor pardon on the threshold . ( Loud cheers . ) Time prevents my enlarging on other subjects , but , gentlemen , the greatest favour you can do me is to question me as to any points I may have omitted , or anything I may not have been explicit in . In conclusion , I have but to say I do not solicit your votes on the ground of party politics , but I ask you to re . cord them on the ground of principle . Many of you may be opposed to me on some points , and coincide with me on others . It will be the duty of those to consider how far the cause of progression and the objects they advocate will be benefited as a whole , and to vote accordingly . ( Mr Jones resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic and long-continued cheering . ) Several questions were then put to Mr Jonesamong others , whether he would vote for a repeal of the window duty .
Mr E . Jones—Yes ! I do not consider that the poor man ' s light and air ought to be taxed ; and if the civil-list and pension-list were cut down a little , if we were not so ready to slaughter the working men of Portugal and other countries—we need not tax the poor man of our own so heavily . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Moorhouse . —I wish to ask Mr Jones if he would vote for a repeal of the certificate duty , which bears so heavily upon solicitors . Mr E . Jones . —I would—inasmuch as I do not see the justice of it—or even its expediency . But I am not much in favour of ray own profession . ( Laughter . ) In fact , we have too much law , and too little justice ( Loud applause ) .
An Elector asked Mr Jones whether he was in favour of the law of primogeniture . Mr E . Jones . —I am opposed to the law of primogeniture , because it maintains a class monopolylocks up the land from the people , and keeps , in the younger sons of titled houses , a constant swarm of ready tools at the beck of government , as placemen , pensioners , and sinecurists — from George , " the rising young man , " to John , who is too stupid for anything but the Church . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Several other questions having been answered to the satisfaction of the meeting ,
Mr J Sutcliffe moved a resolution pledging that meeting to use every honest means in order to effect the return of Mr Jones at the ensuing election . Mr F . Maud seconded the resolution . Mr Millinoton amid some interruption rose to explain some circumstances connected with the meeting , and disclaimed the idea of personal hostility towards the advocates of any particular persuasion . Tho Chairman then proceeded to put the resolution- and for the purpose of the better ascertaining the balance of election power , the electors , who had , attended in great numbers , had been separated from t the non-eleetors . The resolution was carried amid thunders of ap- ¦ plause with only one ; dissentient , and after a k vote of thanks to the chairiran , the meeting sepa- ¦ rated in the confidence of being able to return their c candidate .
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ELECTION MEETING AT HALIFAX . The " good men and true" of Halifax are . ill on the alert , and feel confident of being able to carry a Chartist candidate at the ensuing election . In pursuance of the requisition that had been forwarded to Mr Ernest Jones , on learning thatthatgentleman was to be at Bolton on Saturday , Mr W . Thomas was appointed by tho election committee to proceed to Bolton and require his attendance at a public meetin " , to be held at Halifax on Monday , at half-past twelve o ' clock . Mr Thomas , on entering the Temperance Hall at Bolton , found it crowded with an audience of between two and three thousand persons , and , on announcing the purport of his mission , was greeted with enthusiastic plaudits . Although the bills calling the meeting at Halifax could not be issued until Monday morning , and although it rained heavily , the Oddfellows' Hall was densely crowded in all its parts ; and on Mr Jones entering , he was received with much cheering .
Mr J . Gaukrooeb having been called to the chair , introduced the business of the meeting in a highly appropriate speech , concluding by calling on Mr Ernest Jones , who rose and said—Mr Chairman and Fellow-countrymen ! I do not come before you as the advocate of a new and untried theory , not as the exponent of unpractical reforms , but as tho disciple of a political creed that has weathered many a storm—every approximation to which is attended with success , and that measured by the standard of opposition shines gloriously , forth upon the front of politics . I ask y « u to record your votes in favour of certain political changes , — nor am I asking you to do that for which there is no precedent . Many are the changes that have occurred in this country-many
are the steps vou have taken on the path of progression ; I now ask you to take another—and the greatest . ( Cheers . ) Were it not for this necessity , you need have no parliament—were we to be ruled by the dead letter of a stony law—we need have no deliberative body—but an executive machine would suffice our purpose . Therefore , none need take the alarm at the signs of change—it is tne duty of tho living law to adopt its ministration tothe exigencies of the time —not bending with expediency , but advancing with progression . I conceive , if a law be sound , it must be to the advantage of all—on the principle that ho . nesty is the best of policy . I cannot conceive any section ef the community to be injured , withoutsucli
being an injury to the community at large . I do conceive that a class may rise into temporary prosperity by the depression of others , but you will always iind the ultimate re-action take place , and the rotten foundation at last sinks under the magnificent superstructure of Monopoly . I therefore hold it to be the duty of a legislator , in propounding measures for the sufferings of an oppressed class , to see that such measures should not infringe the just rights of others —and , indeed , I feel happy to think that the political creed of which I am tho advocate will , and this is beyond a doubt , raise industry from serfdom into freedom , without dashing wealth into beggary , or doing unto the rich as they have done unto the poor . ( Loud cheers . ) I hold , Sir , that a legislator ought
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26061847/page/1/
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