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THE NORTHMAN STAR. ' ,, t February 28, 1...
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THOMAS COOPS*. «n8 CHARTISTS
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FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.
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TIIE LAND. We have to thank our numerous...
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THE NORTHERN STALi. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1816.
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The introduction o...
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The Northman Star. ' ,, T February 28, 1...
THE NORTHMAN STAR . ' ,, February 28 , 1846 .
Thomas Coops*. «N8 Chartists
THOMAS COOPS * . « n 8 CHARTISTS
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WORKS . THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rbvme . In Ten Books . ( One Vol , 7 s . 6 d . ) The most wonderful effoitof intellectual power produced within the last « entury . "— The Britannia . " Herewc have a genuine poem springing out of-the spirit of the times , and indeed out of the heart , and eierience of one who has wrestled with and suffered ki it It is no other than a poem in ten book * , by a Chartist , and who boldly sets his name and his profession of Chartism on the title-page . It is plain that he gloriesin Jiis politicalfaith more than in his poetry ; nay , his-verse Sb but the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , it is . a vigorous and most efficient vehicle . We must oordisliy * oafess that we have read the whole with a feeling-of unfeigned astonishment . * * We are by no means surprised , having read his poetry , at the effect of his eloquence on the i « ople . It is that of * soul full of thought , fall of burning zeal for liberty , and with a temperament that must and will come into action . The maa is all « oneand sinew . * # # Reappears to have revelled in history , ancient and modern . His acquirements in this department arc quite wnasiiig . * * * If he steadily hold on in single-heartedness , there can be no auestion thathe has before him not only a certain and fcfch reputation , but what is of for more consequence , jnav become a real benefactor to his fellow countrymen ef the million in their pursuit of sound knowledge and Bound liberty . "— Eclectic Reticw . "We hail the writer as ft new poweriu the world of noetry , the ruler of a new domain , as yet but little known , but which the public CBimc-t fail to recognise , vhea its kings of thought shall put on their Raging lobes , and with fresh voice and soul speak its praises to the world . "— Sentinel . " The book possesses mind—mind which make itself felt and understood , aud which , therefore , demands respect . —Athenman . " Pure , religious , patriotic , he has not a line inimical Jo the great law of progression . Men may read him as a preacherpoet . His lay is for all time . It will make the heart of the hopeful glow with a holy « re when he who penned it has passed from among men . As man strengthens in knowledge and love—as passion or prejudice expire—as reason gains and retains her mastery —will this high-souled man ' s work be increasingly reverenced aud reid . "—Ce « wal-4 di « erti « r . " Well conceived—wroug ht out with no ordinary amount of power—clearly aud concisely expressed . "lUtttaautfed Magazine . " One of the most extraordinary literary productions of the day—we raav say of the present age—a work which wfllgmn for its author a reputation as lasting if not as Sreat , as that of Byron , Spenser , and Milton . "—Kentish Independent . . " Intensity passion , is bis great characteristic ; and this will constitute the main source of his influence , and , unlets we are much mistaken , wUl render the « Purgatory of Suicides' as popular in the political as Pollock ' s 'Course of Time' iu the religious , world . —XoUbigliam JRencw . " One of the noblest creations of modern times , deeply impregnated with power and beauty , and glowing in « very page with the iUuminiiigs of searching and passionate thought . He wields an intellectof mighty power . "We shall not halt in asserting that in the catalogue of England ' s greatest bards mast hereafter be inscribed the name of Thomas Coomb . "— Skf eld Iris . One of those rare works which appear at but distant Intervals of time . It proclaims the -author so be gifted « ith thespiritof poetry in thehighest degree . "— Leicester ekire Kercurv . . "The whole work is one which must impress the leader with the conviction tliat Cooper , the Chartist , is a man of lofty genius , and roust aud will he remembered * rith his laud ' s language . "— Boston Herald .
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WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . JTtvo Vols , 15 s . ) : "A . series of Crabht-like skttches . in prose . Theyl are manifest portraits and admonish us of the author ' s skill iu taking the literal likeness . "—^ Athrawnm . "We have read some of these stories with deep interest , and few , we are persuaded , will rise from their perusal but with feelings all the warmer for what they have read . They can scarcely fail to be popular with the masses ; ' aud " , upon the whole , we think they deserve tohe so . "—Atlas . "The author excuses the sternness of hi * pictures by alleging their troth . The justification is all-sumcient . Chartist as these sketches are , they are healthier , in t « -ne and sentiment , than the tawdry fictions vamped up for < herradin public by some popular writers , that profess * o exhibit the life of the labouring classes . "— The JJritatmia . "Of a truth , this Chartist ag iUrlon h « s thrown to the surface no moreromarkahle a man than Thomas Coofir , and we much question if there be any oue so fitted to represent the manufacturing masses , t * describe their Hants , and expound their wishes , as he . —A' enfisft 7 « defendent . " Well written and interesting . The stones contain some true and painful pictures of the miserable condition of many of the poorest operatives , while others of them are of a humorous description . They cannot fail to be popular with the thinking and reading portion of the working classes . "—ieieHter € * ro » icfe . "Many of the stories exhibit considerable vigour of pencil , shrewd sense , and clear-sighted observation , accompanied with a kindly , genial feeling and toleration , we were not prepared for from so determined a politician . "— Glasgow Citizen . Also , just published , THE BARONS YULE FEAST . A Christmas Rhynte . In Pour Cantos . ( One Vol ., fc . ) "There is a rough earnestness , both in its thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with the genius of our ballad minstrelsy . If it does not show , iu point of ability , an advance on the author ' s previous productions , it yet show * that he cat chasge his hand without loss of power . "—The Britannia . " Mr . Cooper appears to much greater advantage in this seasonable poem than he did in his more ambitions attempt of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " "The Baron's Yule Feast ? has a genial spirit , various subjects , and a papular animated style . The poem is the best of Mr . Cooper ' s productions . "— Spectator . " The most charminc andfautasSc feature in this little volume , withits right dainty fitle . paBe . is the exubaranct , and , sooth to say . the appositeness of the different songs chauuted round the ingle in Torksey Hall . Thomas Coopers heart seemshrimming over withthis spontaneous poetry . The book altogether is an original : it is just suited for the winter's fireside , over a posset and cards . *" " Let Cooper throw away hi * Chartist notions—and what has a poet to do with rude questions of politics , ot Charters , and political faiths , creeds , and the like ?—and ie may take his place high up in the Temple of Fame , as cneof England ' * palestai . dtmeBlAeartedj . oete . The man who « m write such erquisitegaas as tbislittle volume sbounds with , may , and he will , carve out for himself a name as enduring as the language in which he pens the « thoughtsthatbreathe , andwordsthatburn . ' Altogether , this is the best Christmas book we have yet seen . "Leicester ( ToryJ Journal . » Vfeaiehapps to meet Mr . Cooper in thislightdepartment of poetical labour , and to find that his muse can for a while lay aside her sternness , and , ceasing to brood o ' er human wrongs , can yield to the impulses of the season , and sympathise with the kindlier emotions of social festivity . The poem before us proves how much the earlier efforts of the author were imbued with true poetic feeling . The notes exhibit a learning that is surprising when the ^ niter ' s historr is tak . n into account . And yet this selfacquired learning is but one of ths many BUigmaT features that characterise the productions of this singularly gifted j nan , apaetof Katmv ' s own making , whose extraordinary genius cannot fail , ere long , to exhibit still higher manifestations of its powers aud versatilitf . " —Kentish Inde" A clever fellow is oar Thomas , the Chartist , full of rough common sense , aud as much imagination as could possibly hud room in a head so crammed with the hard knotty prosaitns of politics . On the present occasion he has essayed , in his own peculiar way , a metrical story , which , although at times uncouth enough , is written with a heartiness that forms a pleasant relief to the namby-pamby rhymes of mostof our poetastere who have snog of the moon and stars above , and the streams with the flowers below , till ordinary folks are sick and tired of Hearing of them . We have notfor a long time met with a volume of poetry that we could read through with half as much pleasure . "—Cfcurtwi ' s Literary Register . "Xot having seen tbe 'Prison Bhyme / nor any of the poetic effusions of Mr . Cooper , we certainly were not prepared to find from his pen poetry of so high an order as fixe volume before us contains . The author of The Wise Saws' has written a Chrismas Rhyme , which bids lair to compete successfully with the best productions of Byron or Shelley , aud which , without anygreatexaggeration , mightbe compared to the hitherto unequalled verses of John Milton . It is remarkable that every thought is clothed in poetic diction—almost eTery line , taken apart , present * a poetieitnage ofsurpastingbaauty . "— Glasgow £ xatxl- > tr . Published by Jeremiah How , 509 , Piccadilly .
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REMOVAL . J WATSON , BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER , . announces to his FRIENDS , the PUBLIC , and the TRADE , that his business will , for the future , be carried on at No . S . * QUEEN'S HEAD PASSAGE , PATERNOSTER-ROVv " , where all orders and communications must 1 > e addressed . e . d . Palmer ' s Principles » f Nature , one vol ., Cloth . 2 0 do . de . do . in a wrapper . 1 6 Cooper's Holy Scriptures , analyzed 0 8 Scripturian ' s Creed . By Citizen Davies 0 2 Letter opening at the Post-office , with some account tif the Brothers Bandiera . By J . Mszzhsi . 0 i Shelley ' s Queen Mab , complete 1 0 -Masque of Anarchy 0 3 Central Physiology and Materialism . By . W . C . Engledue , M . D . 0 4 On the connection between Geology aud the Pentateuch , in a letter to Professor Silliawan . By Thomas Cooper , M . D 0 8 Right of Free Discussion . By T . Cooper , M . D . 0 8 LONDON : J . WATSON , S , QUEEN'S HEAD PASSAGE , PATERNOSTER-ROW .
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FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES .
Mr . Duncombe , not anticipating a fair hearing for his clients , pending tbe great debate , has postponed his motion for their liberation until Tuesday , the 10 th of March , when it will POSITIVELY come on . Thus' the country has ten days more to add to the petitions which have already , we rejoice to state , poured in most satisfactorily . Let tile good work go on incessantly , by night and by day , until the victoy is achieved .
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TIIE LAND . We have to thank our numerous frieRda from Merthyr Tydvil , Staffordshire , Sussex , and elsewhere , for their notices of estates to be sold . We would thank some of our Doncaster friends to send Us further intelligence relative to the 221 acres to be sold in that neighbourhood , now In the possession of Mr . Wagstaff ; we communicated with the solicitors at Bawtry , to whom reference was given , hut have not received their answer . Wc would thank every one who hears of an estate to be sold to send us word .
The Northern Stali. Saturday, February 28,1816.
THE NORTHERN STALi . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 28 , 1816 .
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COMMERCE . THE NEW STAPLEOF THE COUNTRY . COXTROL OF UACHIXEK ? IXDISPEHSA-BLE TO SUBDUE IT TO MAN'S WANTS . A TEN HOURS * BILL—THE FIRST EXPERIMENT . Lv compliance with our pledge of last week , we now return to the consideration of the most important of all questions to the labouring classes , aid , consequently , to all society ; not only to the Engl « h people , but to those of all other nations who traffic in English productions . The altered tactics of the
Free Traders cannot erase from our memory the earlier principles upon which tbey argued the queg . tion of free trade . " CHEAP BREAD , HIGH WAGES , AND PLENTY TO DO , " were the inducements held out to the working classes to join the League in their demand for free trade in corn . The working classes very speedUy discovered the paradox of high wages and cheap bread , and therefore the tack has been changed to " high wages , consequent upon increased trade . "
In our letter upon Lord Ashxei ' b motion in 18 U , we fully analysed this portion of the subject , and showed that foreign countries had each a strong manufacturing interest , who would resist any measure calculated to reduce their profits , and that , therefore , England could not act independently upon the question of free trade . We differ materially from those who would estimate the national wealth by the increase of national exports . We look to Ireland , and we find that in proportion to her
population she exports more of valuable produce , and imports lees , than any other nation in the universe , and therefore her condition is an answer upon this subject . We fully agree in the assertion , that an extensive export of national materials may mark national wealth , if the imports taken in return were equitably divided amongst those whose ingenuity supplied the exports , whether in a ' raw state , extracted from tbe quarry or the mine , or in a . manufactured state , finished by the process of machinery .
As , however , it ' is impossible under the present arrangements which regulate that monster producer , to pome to any fair calculation as to national profit
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and loss upon calculation of imports and exports , wc demand , in the first instance , a LABOUR READYRECKONER , by wliich the producer will be able to ea * t up his share with as great ease as tho capitalis t who employs him can cast up tho profit upon la ' s labour ; nor , indeed , do wc see so much difficulty as in the outset this proposition may appear to present . From the present clumsy mode of making calculations , we can simply arrive at the following result . A Manchester manufacturer is now said to be netting a profit of a hundred thousand pounds per annum ; and if we estimate his hands at 2 , 000 in constant
employment , and allow them the over-average ol fifteen shillings a week each ; big and little , men , women , and children , we find that he pays annually £ 76 , 000 in wages , and receives £ 100 , 000 in the shape of profit . This is by no means a peculiar or an isolated case ; many have been known to make much larger profits who employ fewer hands , and pay less wages . However , here wc have the capitalist realising £ 24 , 000 a year , over and above tho whole amount of wages paid . Thus it appears that he might pay 80 s . a week to each person employed , and still have the lion's share of £ 24 , 000 per annum .
We would ask then , whether there is any margin m the export list to denote the fair share of the producer , or any margin iu the import list to denote his share of the imports ? Wc may be asked how a Ten Hours' Bill could possibly destroy this evil , or le ; sen the power of the capitalist ? We answer , easily , by at once relieving the labour market from the competition of one in six , who would then be brought into the more remunerating service of manufacture . Upon theother hand , we will state the case as most fair and interesting to the shopkeeping and middle classes of Manchester . Wo presume , first ,
that the new staple of the country , commerce , must be subdued to national requirements , and then we show the shopkeepers the peculiar interest which they , above all other classes , have . in joining in'the establishment of some equalising machinery . We ask whether it would be more conducive to tiie interest of the shopkeepers of Manchester tbat one man should monopolise a hundred thousand pounds as his profit upon business , while those who produced it had only £ 70 , 000 as their share , or that the one
had £ 24 , 000 profit , and that the 2000 of their customers had £ 152 , 000 to spend with them ? But it does not stop here ; when £ 70 , 000 only is paid in wages , more is spent in dissipatioi than if £ 152 , 000 was paid to the same number : for instance , the broken-hearted pauper , with casual employment and fifteen shillings a week , will be less thrifty and more dissipated than the man with thirty shillings a week in certain employment and with a prospect of being able to lay by something for sickness , old age , or even speculation .
Again , the higher wages and proper regulation of the labour-market would tend to the reduction , nay , to the annihilation of the paupertitf . Again , as poverty is the parent of crime , and as a large police-force and expensive law establishments are upheld for the suppression of crime , its banishment from the land , through remunerative wages and regular employment , would relieve thcshopkeepersandmiddle classes from this further tax upon tlieir industry . It is no new doctrine with us , that the shopkeepers , and those who thrive best upon a steady and remunerating labour-market , have , above all other classes , the
greatest interest in opposing the Malthusian monopolising policy of the League . By this time the country will have learned that Mr . Fielden has postponed his motion upon the Ten Hours' Bill for a month . This will give the country full and ample time for reflection and preparation ; a period which , if wasted , may never again present itself . We have shewn elsewhere the purpose to which the intervening time should be devoted , and we earnestly call uptn all—especially those whose trades are
threatened with competition by Sir Robkrt Perl ' s new policy—to join in an enthusiastic , continuous , and energetic agitation in aid of the measure , No doubt the Home Secretary ' s own words , in his speech on the present debate , will be quoted and usefully used against him . We have not seen those words turned to their legitimate account by any portion of the press , or any portion of the thinking public—wc have treasured them , however , as well as a memorial to Chartist fame as in justification of any agitation , however violent , in support of the measure .
When a represented or influential class demands a new law , or a change in the old law , it is followed by an immediate obedience to their will , The League have demanded free trade in corn as a means of extending their commerce with the world ; and as far as the voice of the Commons can go , it will be registered in their favour , even at the expense of individual apostacy and ministerial inconsistency . The Home Secretary is compelled to run the gauntlet , to skip through tbe labyrinth of change , in support of this national requirement ; and he gives it his
support even in opposition to his previously registered opinions . Upon the subject of the Ten Hours' Bill , however , he has not so much to retract , and herein consists perhaps the difficulty—for our public men now-a-days would establish character upon faithlessness , and keep pace with progress by rapid strides of inconsistency . However , to the opinions of the Home Secretary . Tnat functionary , not being able to discharge his mind of those substantial ghosts which stood behind the veil of temporary relief , saw regulation of the hours of labour standing prominently in the group ofhobgoblins , and he said— " ALTHOUGH
PARLIAMENT CANNOT INTERFERE IN THIS QUESTION OF REGULATION , THERE IS NO QUESTION OF MORE IMPORTANCE . OR NONE THAT HE WOULD MORE GLADLY SEE AMICABLY ADJUSTED BETWEEN MASTERS AND THEIR MEN . " Now , we would ask if words could pass a more severe and cutting censure upon our present representative sjstem , and especially upon the present government ? What do they amount to ? "Thesetflcment of the question is a necessary adjunct to the great measures that wo are now debating—it is indispensable to the interest of the working classes , and even to the peace of society . We see its importance , it inspires us with anxiety ; but we arc not here
to represent labour—we are here to protect capitalwc hold office to do the bidding of faction— we dare not interfere on behalf of those who have NOT sent us , and from whom we hold no commission . " The words were soft , and bland , and glib , but , nevertheless , through the veil of sophistry the cloven-foot of faction was seen . We , therefore , tell the people of England that they must force , coerce , compel , Sir James Graham to do by law tbat which he says the necessity of the case demands . It will not do for the skinflint Malthusians , for the Roebucks , the Humks , and the Brights , to talk of the injustice and tho impolicy of interfering with the labour market , while they have abolished every right that the labourer possessed .
We travel through England , and in the midst of her boasted greatness , wc see poverty unequalled in av . y other part of the world . In the metropolis we see the elevated ground , the healthy situation , the sewered , well-lighted streets , with their princely mansions for the commercial speculating wealthy , and we see the producers of that wealth hemmed in the back slums , the cellars , and unhealthy stews . It is worse in the manufacturing towns , where the princely villa stands as a mockery to look down upon the loathsome cellar , where its victim preserves a miserable existence for another hour of misery . Wo
travel through the country , and there we see tlte , princely mansion , like a leech , sucking all around it \ We make a parochial tour , and we find the gorged shepherd wearing the fleece nnd consuming tho fruits that belong to the flock . The mind of thinking man is outraged by the disparity of wealth , and the dissatisfied are pointed to our glorious institutions—to the terror we create abroad—to the lustre of our arms l n India—to the dominion of our flag—and the terror of our arms . We say look at home—look at the operative ' s face ; look , if you dare , into tho squalid hovel ; ee his uneducated family , his stunted offspring , HIS MASMYJ / E . We J go
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to Belgium , and there we see a simple constitution , with a King elected ., to obey its provisions . We hear of a deficient harvest , but no threat of famine ; and why ? Because we cannot see the district leech , the large land monopolist , the gormandising shepherd , the disparity that mocks high heaven between the rich and the poor ; neither do we hear of her foreign dominion , or her glorious institutions established for class protection . Lcs Braves Beiges—tho Napoleon mockery—way be borne with equanimity by a contented people , who ) will be more reconciled to the ignominy than the English slave to foreign confession of his country ' s commanding position . We * journey on through despotic France , and there we sec a rural peasantry contented
in the posscesion of the soil . We climb the almost inaccessible mountain-passes of Switzerland , and there , where the Almighty seems to have tested man ' s ingenuity to live , we see no want and no discontent , because there is comparatively no disparity . Wc gently tread upon the Italian states of the Austrian despot , and prepare our eyes for that misery which will mako the blackest of England ' s labourpictures look beautiful by contrast . True , we see great mental coercion , but nothing worse than our law of constructive sedition . True , we behold the disgusting military surveillance , but then , in the midst of mental coercion , we see nothing comparable to the physical . inferiority of the English working classcK .
If it is true that A MAN'S MIND IS HIS KINGDOM , the . Italian ' slave possesses a more independent kingdom than the FREE-BORN Englishman . If wc wrote for months upon the subject , we could not better conclude than in the words of the Yorkshire prophet , — " All the stuff ' c the wurld wor made for all ' e folk in ' c wurld , and the people han't their share of it : " and the first step towards the accomplishment of that great desideratum is A TEN HOURS' BILL ,
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The introduction of a new Coercion Bill for Ireland into the House of Lords , by Earl St . Germans , who was recently , under thetitleof Lord Eliot , Chief Secretary for that country ; a short airing given to the Game Law question , by a bill of Lord Cache ' s , in the same house ; and the debate on the Amended Friendly Societies' Bill , brought on by Mr . Buncombe , in the Commons , constitute , at the time wc write , the only Parliamentary novelties of the week —the only relief to the great monster debate , which has now for three weeks absorbed the attention of the house and the country .
In justification of the first measure , Lord St . German's brought forward a ponderous mass of statistical documents to show the immense increase of attacks upon life and property in various parts of Ireland , and the impossibility of putting these outrages down without calling into action extraordinary powers . We can here only notice the general provisions by which the government propose to effect this object . These are as follow : —The granting of a power to the Lord Lieutenant to proclaim a district where murders or attempts to murder have been committed , and to appoint an additional force within such district , to lie maintained by a tax upon the
inhabitants—a further power to the Lord Lieutenant to warn all persons in proclaimed districts to remain in their houses from sunset to sunrise—a prohibition against assembling in public houses in the night time , and against the possession of fire arms without authority ; and , lastly , a punishment for the injury or intimidation of jurors , witnesses , or prosecutors , in any case of offences arising within the proclaimed districts . These additional powers are to be wielded by the existing constituted authorities ; the trials are to be in the old form by juries ; and so far the Conservative Coercion Bill contrasts favourably with the savage one of tlieir predecessors , the Whigs .
The tone of Lord St . Germans , in propesing the measure , was carefully studied to procure unanimity in the house , and it succeeded in doing so . He avoided , with considerable dexterity , the points upon which a discussion might have been raised ; and , after alluding to the sum of nearly half a million already voted this session for the promotion ot public work ' s in Ireland , and the nine millions sanctioned last session for making railways , be very adroitly put the measure , on the ground of its necessity as a protection to the poor man . The landlord had the power of removing from the scenes of violence he had
described—the capitalist could keep aloof and choose more secure fieldg of investment , but the poor man , to whose daily existence employment , and consequently the expenditure of the capital thus withheld , was absolutely necessary , could not fly from the fatal spot . The primary step towards the pacification of Ireland tho indispensable preliminary to the outlay of capital , and the employment of labour , was to give security to the one and protection for the life of the other . It was with that view , and that only , that the bill was proposed . It forms no part of our duty in this place to examine how far these
statements and representations are correct , or to what extent enlarged and icoercive powers ought to be lodged m the \\ mfa of . the Irish Executive . We will only say , generally , that wc believe n frank , straightforward course of action , for the purpose of giving employment and food to the Irish people , and placing them in a position to avoid , by their own exertions , the recurrence of such a calamity as that which now afflicts them , would not only be the speediest , but the most effectual way of quelling the natural discontent nnd turbulence , generated by oppression arJ misery . Force has for centuries , with very triviarexceptions , constituted the basis of all legislation for Ireland . Would it not be well , just by way of change , to try the effect of ; justice—nay more , of kindness ?
Tire second episode of the week , the Game Bill of Lord Dacre , was noticeable , not on account of any intrinsic merit in the bill itself—for of that it is as destitute as any specimen of hereditary legislation could be wished or expected to bo—but I ecause it incidentally illustrates the tremendous force which public opinion exerts upon every species of social or political abuse at the present time . There is not . * more fruitful cause of prevention to agricultural improvement , of loss to the farmer , and of demoralisation to the rural labourers , than these same Game Laws . The preserves required for rearing
and sheltering the vermin , notonly cumber the ground , but obstruct everything like scientific or systematic farming ; the ravages committed by them alike on the crops of the farmer and the allotment patch of the labourer , constitute a serious pecuniary grievance ; and the temptations held out to poaching—the sangujnary affrays between the poachers and the gamekeepers—the downward course of the former , after being once lodged at the county gaol , and initiated into the mysteries of a gaol life—his character gone —his person marked—make up a total which constitutes a standing nuisance , and ought to be
immediately destroyed . The bill of Lord Dacre will do do no such thing ; it aims at perpetuating this great abuse , and to prevent poaching at the same time , by means which aro as clumsy , inadequate , and ridiculous aa can well be imagined . Even the Duke of RicnMOXD and Lord AsnnuRro . f , though differing from each other in the mode they adopt , or the object in view , have better ideas on the subject than this liberal lord . The one says he has long sanc tioned the destruction of all the hares and rabbits on his estates as mere vermin ; the other proposes to take hares out of the game list altogether , as rabbits
now are . The amendment proposed by the able champion of the working classes in Parliament , upon the existing law affecting Friendly Societies , is of a most important nature to these classes . Let our roadere carefully mark the observations of the Home Secrctav on the subject , especially those we have marked in italice , and those q £ succeeding speakers emphasised in ¦» similar way , and they will speedily discover where the shoe pinchos . The Home Secretory , like many other class legislators , is , we dare say , sorry that such a measure as the Friendly Societies Act was ever passed , and , could it . be done , would gladly
Bee it repealed . Indeed , we have often wondered how an Act so favourable to the unrepresented working classes ev « r did receive legislative sanction . 'Itctands in its pride alone , " a species of pheenix among Parliamentary Acts , of which we may say , in the words of Btbok" One woncen how the devil it got there . " It is very likely that its originator . ! did not themselves see all the tendencies of their own measure , or were not aware of the uses to which it could be put by the sharp-witted , thinking , industrious classes It must have amazed them to find that they had . unwittingly , j ndefiance of the whole genius and interest Of " class legislation , given to the sons of labour , left-handed , and indirect , though it be , an opof their
portunity improving social condition , of protecting themselves against the aggressions of capital , and of associating for the promotion of the rights and interests of their class . It is evident , from the tone of Sir J . Graham ' s remarks , that he is disposed to say "Thus far sbalt thou come , but no farther ;" but the time has gone by for such a decree . Trades ' unions and political associations are not only legalised in public opinion , but are so also virtually , by the use which has been made of the existing law . They cannot now be attacked , except by means which would apply to all other kinds of . property , and public bodies . The working classes have , by a side door , crept within the pale of the constitution . Let them keep their vantage ground , and gallantly support their leader .
As to the often-adjourned debate on the Corn Laws , we have little fresh te remark . Since our last commentary upon it only two speeches of any novelty have been delivered . We mean those of Mr . D'Isbaeli and Mr . Ferrand . The former showed his usual ability in a new style of oratory ; foe the vituperative he substituted the argumentative . Instead of making one of those brilliant assaults upon the Premier , for which he is famed , he mainly confined himself to the business part of the subject , and handled statistics on the commercial , financial , and social aspects of the question , with very considerable
power and dexterity . He met the question , not upon thegroand of this or that member ' s inconsistency , but upon its own merits , and endeavoured to show that the system of protection was not the odious thing its opponents assumed it to be . In reply to the vaunted prosperity of the Premier , which had followed each successive relaxation of the protective system , he said that Sir Robert had proved the case of the Protectionists—he bad proved that the country was flourishing , because we had given it a just , judicious , and a moderate protection . But the fact of the country prospering under such a modified protection formed no argument for' its entire abolition .
He next turned to the case of the League against Protection . Protection said that body aimed at two objects—to feed the people , and employ them . It did neither . In support of the contrary opinion , Mr . D'lsiuEti entered into an elaborate , but spirited examination of the past and present state of this country as compared with others . In the conclusion of his speech he hit the right nail on the head ; and mere truly apprehended the great question at issue than any speaker who had preceded him .
1 know , said he , and it is from the highest authority in the matter . tliat this movement is not alone a thing of Com Laws , it is the transference of power from one cliiss to another . ( Cheers . ) I know that it it a trannference from the class who are the present posBetsors to another , not lens distingoished for intelligence and wealth—te the Kreat manufacturers of Eughiwd . My conscience assures mc that I am not one of those who have been slow in doing justice to the intelligence of that class , and most assuredly I am ' not one ahoenrie * their wide and deserved prosperity . But I can best fulfil my duty , in this a } je of political revelotioois , when system after system is falling around us ,- when we know and are told that u-e are
to be rescued from the alleged power of one class only to sink under the avowed dominion of another — ( cheers)—I , for one , if this is to be the end of all our struggle—if this is to be the great remit of this enlightenud era , — solemnly protest . ngainst the ignominious catastrophe . ( Cheers . ) I believe that the monarchy of England , its Sovereign , with an influence mitigated by the constitutional authority of the estates of the realm , has still a root in the hearts of Englishmen , and is still capable of securing happiness to the people nnd power to the State . ( Cheers . ) But if it be true that it is for these changes we have progressed , I , for one , anxious as I am to continue our present authority , readv
to make ns mauy sacrifices as can any man for that objocr , hope , if we are sure to hare , and must have , a change , that the foundations will be deep , and that the scheme will be comprehensive , and , in the end , instead of frlling under such a thraldom , a thraldom of capital—( cheers ) , —a thraldom of those who make a boast of their » intelligence , and who are proud of thtir vealth , f say , for one , that if we must bend to a new course of things , I will strive to maintain the ancient throne and moral monarchy of England ; and sooner than we should so fall , I would prefer to find those invigorating energies we should lose in an educated and enfranchised people . ( Loud cheers , )
- Mr . 1 errand s speech was of a different east , but uot lest telling in its own dashing , straightforward style . In accordance with his usual tactics , instead of defending his own side , he carried the war into the enemies , camp . His dissection of the speeches delivered by several ministerial members to their constituents , and in the house , before Pekl changed , and the contrast drawn between them and their present opinions , was one of the richest things ever done in the house ; and the style in wliich ho charged the League , exposed the working of the factory system ,
and the hollowness of the expectations based upon Corn Law repeal , while machinery was unregulated andcompetition unrestricted , was of the ( rue Fjtkrasd stamp . The fact of his keeping a large house together for upwards of two hours , is perhaps the best proof that can be offered of the vigorous nature of bis address . At the moment of printing this the debate is still going on , but from what fell from Mr . Mats , the leader of the Protectionists , on Tuesday night , we confidently anticipate being able to give * the conclusion and division on Saturday morning .
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JUE ilUKDEROVS MlSCKtANTjOH . VSTOifE , OF TIIE " TOKV . " j —We have received the following trom u valued friend , j Mid although it came to us in the shape of a private ! . friendly letter , its sound seme warrants us taking the liberty of making public use of it . With every word written by our friend we cordially concur : — " I knew that a jury found Robert Mason guilty , and that a judge sentenced him to be transported beyond the sras during the ttrm of his natural life , i knew that another jury found Henry Cooke guilty , aud that another judge sentenced him to be banged , which savage sentence—savage in this case--ivss carried into effect . I knew that , more recently , another jury found Mary Fin-ley guilty , and that another judge sentenced her to be hanged , like poor Cooke . I knew these facts ;
but 1 did not think England contained twelve men , who , after hearing the evidence given by the crow of the 'Tory , ' would let the monster Johnstone escape upon the plea of insanity . Good God Almighty ! to think oi Brian Secry—att innocent man—hanged , and this roonster yet alive ! Not one bit insane was lie any more « i , m Herod was when he slew the innocents—or than N « o , and Caligula , and Domitinn were , when they butchered thousands—or than Napoleon was when , in cold blood , he slaughtered his Mameluke prisoners on the Egyptian sands—or than Nicholas , the woman whippcr , is at the present moment . What . ' and shall we knock on tbe head a faithful and trusty dog after he turns mad , and yet permit this brute to live S Are we to be taxed to feed , and clothe , and tend this monster
—and is it to be borne—patiently borne ? And the unions of the jurors ! tire they to be forgotten ! Will you , gentlemen of the press , not print them , just as you do the names of the Petcrloo butchers 1 It is right that their names should be know n , in order that they may be hooted whenever and wherever they show their ugly face ? . I'll warrant tbey were a set of soulless wretches non-resistance and passivcobudience-mougm who would gabble « an hour by Shrewsbury clock" about all war being wrong , and abolition of punishment bv death , and so forth . Oh 1 how I hate this slabbering cant , and how I despise those mental eunuchs , whose doctrines , if carried into 8 ff « ct , would quarter whole hordes ot monsters , like Johnstone , on the public No ' no ! let us be just-let us be merciful—but let us not the
encourage wholesale murderer , by telling him that imprisonment for life will be the heaviest punishment he will have to softer . One ' s Wood runi cohi t 0 Ulink of the brute ordering a rope to b * noosed round the loins of the poor MUIIIed mnm Aro Bot the pound of strong hemp and "the stout cross-beam- the proper things lor such monsters' "— J > i k GonETrt W 0 KK 8 .-C 0 . ld any of thereof the «» r tarourJammUow , of Ghugow , with the g « h , *« £ and m , volumes of Coblm ' s ICegictcr t They are . bTn d 1 ST" ' ?• An * ~» < P ** ^ be paid tor them , or double or treble the number of volume , would be ( riven in cxehan-e for them . " By With J « a « Mo , r , 174 , © allocate . Glassy ., - *
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TO THE LEV-PAYIBS OF . THE SlMEW PAW 8 nE 8 C () M . PBisiHO THE Chokltok Union—Ladies nnd Crudemen . -We , the paupers working on Traffoid Moss , and domiciled in the Cnorlton Union W orkhouse take the liberty of humbly soliciting the conuniseva ! tion of the feeling nnd humane , and particularl y of the ministers of religion , resident in the said union . We beg leave to state , that we are compelled to go three miles to our labour every morning , and to return tiie same distance to the Workhouse in the evening and for which we are only allowed three pauper meals per day , which are , ofcourse , very scanty ; and on many occasions the quality of the food has been , and still is . of
a very inferior description , and the whole cost of the three repasts is very little ( if any ) more than three , pence for a whole day ' s allowance . . „ . \ Ve , therefor . * , feel ourselves compelled , reluctantly , but respectfully , to make this honest appeal to the philanthropic aiid humane , soliciting them to make inquiry amongst ourselves ( as well as amongst those resident in the vicinity of Tratford Moss ) as to this our statement when they will learn the full truth as to the unfortunate situation in which we are placed ; and we solemnly declare that we have not a sufficiency of solid nutritious food allowed adequate to suxtain us under the various kinds of labour wliich are exacted
from us . Moreover , we have further to state , that a portion of us are cither far advanced in years , crippled , or labouring under some bodily or mental infirmity , and a part of our quota has already been laid up sick some time in the workhouse . We are , therefore , emboldened to lay before you a true statement of carcase , confidently hoping that you will remonstrate in such a . manner , in the proper quarter , as to bring about analteration in our present situation , and an alleviation of the unmerited miseries heaped upon us , only for tiie crime of being poor!—The I ' Acrfcits Working on TKArroao Moss . —[ One of the delightful occupations of these unfortunate creatures , in sowing-time , is drawing ploughs and harrows , after the manner of horses and oxen . This is too true and needs no comment . ]
Mr . Shaw anb Serjeant Kidlev . —In compliment to Mr . Shaw himself , we must really decline publishing his very sensible , but by no means requisite , answer to Serjeant Ridley . The propriety of Mr . Shaw's election for the metropolitan district to the recent Convention was perfectly right aud proper , aud was further justified by his conduct as a delegate to that Convention . We would , therefore , very respectfully invite him to stand at ease , and not to receive the word of command from Serjeant Ridley . Tub IiAMCASUiliK Coduees . —We give the following very f ensible letter just as it came to hand , assuring our correspondent that it requiros 110 correction What . i ever , while we cannot allow it to pass without comment : — " Itespected Sir , —A very extensive strike of
the colliers of the Bury , Bolton , and numerous other districts in this part of the country , has taken place and as it is not generally knonn , we wish It to be published in your extensively circulated paper , that those who may be applied to by the masters to come and fill their places , by offering increased wages , and deceiving them by saying the colliers of this place are not turned out , mayharean opportunity ofknowingthereal cau * e of dispute . It is a well-known fact , that themastet s have been in the habit of getting more coals to the surface than there was demand for ; their object for this , is veiy clear to every one , even to tho disinterested . The colliers , therefore , proposed to limit their time of labour one half . The masters foreseeing the consequences of this proposition , preferred , rather than
submit to it , that the ; should work none . And a general ejectment from their houses of all those that lived undcr them , was immediately put in force to the number of forty funilies , the majority of them having bffD born in the houses they have been forced from , The unprincipled tyrants have betu scouring the coun . ry for several weeks , and have succeeded in getimg several coach-loads of knobsticks ; seven individuals of the number brought were from Bradford , and being ignorant of the matter , having searched the Star for information , and none to be found , they were induced to corns , but went back again the next morning . Hoping that you will correct aud insert these few lines , with a little of your own comment on the matter , us many of th « colliers are giving up the Star in conrequence of
this strike not appearing in it ; and I firmly believe , that a line before this , has never been sent for iiistrtion . There are some who think that the Star should be acquainted with , and publish every thing , whether they send word or not . —I remain , yours devotedly , — Radclitte Jiridje , Feb . 22 . P . S . We have five shillings for the Executive ; will post-stamps doinsteadofa poitonicc order ? " [ It is quite true that there are many who think that the Star should be acquainted with , illldjshould publish every thing , whether they semi word or not . It is also quite true , that we have solicited the lecturers and leaders of the colliers to furnish us with the necessary intelligence ! for the guidance of tin ir party , and it is equally true that not one line has cur come to our office in connection with the movement of
the colliers , that has not been published . We have devoted more attention to this section of labour than to any other . When they were en strike in Northumberland aud Durham , we allowed them the privilege of running in our debt , and our agents took a very mean advantage of the permission , by remaining so . The colliers—that is , the leaders of the colliers—have professed to attach more importance to a finger ' s length in anyother paper , than to columns in the Star , We can scarcely hope to be exempt from the censure of men , who , having provoked n premature strike in ' Nor . thumbcrhuid and Durham , then turned round upon 'be men who had given them strength as a party , and gained triumphs that were almost incredible , to cover their own tally . We have pursued a very novel course with regard to the colliers—we have extracted every passage from the Sun , the Dispatch , and other papers that spoke favourably of them , and our thanks now are
that we have neglected them , However , we tell the WORKING COLLIERS , that no neylectof their lecturers shall ever drive us from the advocacy of tluir righteous cause , and that when the world frowns upon them , they may always calculate upon our sympathy , our countenance , and our support . We thauk our friend for his kind letter , and only suppress his name , lest the tyrants should turn him also out of thv house where he was born . Xo doubt these tender-hear . ed masters are all free traders . We trust , however , that eu-ry trade throughout the kingdom , as well as " the Associated Trades of England , " will sustain the colliers of Bolton aud Bury in their endeavour to carry out the principle of restriction—the one of all others most needed by the working classe * . HALC-A-Do' / ati OE Pour-Ache Mess , M * KonESTKi > . —Sest week we shall hare much pleasure in answering their question tully , as to the mode of procuring light , as well as the number of shareholders .
J . S . Melvill , Kikkaldy , —Threepence a-week is <« e subscription to the Anti-Militia Fund ; Mr . Fearcus O'Connor is treasurer . The individual subscription may be sent in postage stamps , addressed , " Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., hi , Great Windmill-street , Hajuiarket , London . " H . Pagl- , Shoemaker . —We hope to hi able to forward him a copy next week . Benjamin Fox . —Theelder brother of deceased can claim the property . For early turnips orcarrots in a garden , the best way is to sow them in beds , thinning them , if too thick , when they come up . The earth should not bo kept to the roots , as they grow from top roots , and not like potatoes . If frost or snow comes , they should be covered
with straw at night , William Fuknival . —If a shareholder who has taken out a two-aere share , wishes to alter it to a threeacre share , he will have to pay £ 1 6 s . more , and he is then entitled to a certificate for three acres , to a house that will tost £ 45 , and to £ 22 10 s . capital . Serjeant HiniEr and T . Miles , Manchester— The same answer as to Mr . Shaw ; we really cannot inter , fire with any of Mr . Ridley ' s other appointments , r . s we believe him to haw discharged his duty tiS secretary 10 the United Patriots' Association with great energy aud honesty . Wc omitted t » observe , that in Mr . Mr . Shaw ' s letter he states that Serjeant Ridley is working heaven and earth to create dissension between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Coop-r . As to that we mast
leave the matter entirely with Mr . Cooper , as Mr . r , O'Connor knows nothing of it . Eowako Todd , Cannt Hill . — He is entitled to a portrait it « if Mr . U'lliggins , and shall receiveit assoon as itis cot . t . As to Painc ' s works , Mr . O'Connor must refer H . T . ' . to the Executive , as he is ignorant upon the question n upon which he seeks inforimitioa . Genekal CoitBEsrosDENcE . —Wc really receive SO many " . y letters of four , five , and six pages upon Militia atlu lu Land subjects , with stamps enclosed , as if tor rep ly by by letter , that we arc not able to read them . We have ive again to request our friends t « be brief , as otherwise ise their questions must remain unanswered . II . If aopb , Kentish Town . —Three miles from the Tost ost Ollice is the limit within which newspapers are charged ; sd
a penny . Veteran Patriots' and Exiles' Widows' and Cini-iii . dukn ' s Funds . —I bi-gto acknowled ge the receipt of ; ot 12 s . from Mr . Overton ( being 7 s . from Cheltenham and and 0 * . from Sunderland , sent to Mr . Wheeler ); Mso of £ 1 £ 1 from Mr . Edward Mitchell , of Uoehdale ; also of i'l # from Mr . DavU Pott , of Kirmmg lmm . i bt-g most cv- earnestly that ct ' t-i-u member of committee will meet me mi in the Collecrootu , at the Hall , 1 , Tiiniagain-hme , m-stm-si Sunday afternoon ( to- morrow ) , at half-past two , in or-n or det that we may make arrangements for holding tho . ' -e-i-. ' -e cond quarterly public meeting on tho following Sondny-idoy Such members of the committee as I have seen , thinkhin * it will be much better to propose to a public nictti > mi > k that the recipients from our hinds do henceforth re-i re
cme regular week ' y help , sufficient to supply their wants ants "' on-over , since the present committees arc at the end . em of their quarterly tenure of office , they do not think toili ' modest to enter on a step of so important a natui'fjturi and ou « that would bind their successors . — TucsiAiicsiA Cooper , Secretary . 131 , Blackfriar ' s-road . Catrine . —a letter is now lying » t the office of thif thi paper , addressed to Mr . or Mrs . Hugh Campbell , 3 ^ ° ! , 3-U Strand . The pei-SOll Of that name has removed iron } ro : tho phli-f , the letter ii stUi-esst'd to , but where gone tt > uc t is uot known . The letter , which is supposed to txto ti from Catrine or Maiuhline ( AyrtJiire ) ,- will he kept aept t this office for a few days , at the expiration of nhich , iich , not claimed , it will hi ) returned to the Post-office , , Tyro . —Tho lines are inadmissible .
J . Wabd , Rarsslev . —The printed address was receiveiceiv too late for insertion this week . The letter to ffc'to t ] electors aud non-electors of Edinburgh is r .-udvr * d uned u aectsssrv by Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to Macauliv ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28021846/page/4/
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