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The Rising At Ashton Not The December 30...
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THE LAW VINDICATED ! Brother Proletariaus , The assies are over . A multitude of political offenders have been condemned to incarceration and felon bondage . An increase of misery has been he aped upon a number of bereaved and unhappy faoilier . No matter , lawyers , and judges , and farew tnd gaolers have had their Ckristma * dinners , their feiatisgs , and their merrymakings . And why not ? fits not the law been « vindicated ?' < I know , ' said the judge , when about to pass senface on the political offenders tried at Chester : — I know that molt of you an dseent persons , that ysa are not like the generality of men who come before ^ ox U of justice—that yon 00 not steal—that you have # joie at you * homes who will suffer by your conduct . I feel for them and for ysn , bat I mast do my duty , j The tote austle vindicated .
A second edition of ' the Man of Feeling ! ' What a pity that so tender-hearted a man is a judge . Bnt then , you see , ' the law must he vindicated !' If I remember correctly it was the same judge who , when about to senteica another batch of political victims , said If I were to walk into a machine shop , and see a large quantity cf machinery around me , should I not be a very preiuraptuoQJ man to propose to alter any part of it , or ¦ to interfere with the construction of a spinning J WUy * Why you would laugh at me in the faee , If I made such a proposition , aad tell me that if I altered tha wheel * I should throw tbe whole machinery into confoslsa . * How it is just such a thing you have proposed to do with tha government . Thera are wheel * in the country which an pat into working order by the goTeramentforthe general good ef the country , and if yoa endeaToor to alter those wheel * or pat In new one * , yoa put oat of order the entire machinery of govarament .
JBufc , Sir Judge , what if the wheelsof your government macJune are already out of order ? What if that machine , instead of working , for the benefit of all , is ( like almost Every other kind of machine ) worked for the benefit of a few . whilst the many are ground , and crashed , and destroyed by its move ruent ? If such is the working of your machinery , shall not thesoffering multitude question the fitneis Of the machine as at present constructed—or , at any rate , the fitness of those who direct its workings ? The workers af manufacturing machinery understand their work , but can tbe same be said of the workers of that machine called ' Government ! ' To suppose them ignorant bunglers ia the most charitable con atrnction their work admits of . Yoa talk . Sir Judge , si the wheels of government being worked fer the general good of the country . I will answer you from the evidence of one ofthe crown witnesses , policeman SsowsefHyde :
I spoke to thim , and asked what they were doini there arsed at sight ! The man who appeared to b « the leader , said , 'Yea mast sot think we are the only party out to night . ' I said , ' Oh no , I hare awn another . ' Wilde then said , ' They are oat now over England , Ireland , and Scotland ; and befora this time to-morrow sight we'll either sake it batter or worse , for WE MAY AS WELL TrjBtTOttT AND SB KllLED , AS STOP AT H 0 M 2 A 3 D BE STARTED TO DEATH / There is' pronounced the irrevocable condemns , tion ofthe existing political machine and those who conduct it A system that forces men ( unacquainted with the use of arms and physically unfit to engage in revolutionary strnzeies ) to the conclusion that it a « BETTER TO DIE BY THE SWORD THAN TO PERISH OF HUNGER , 'is a enrseanda nnigauee . To labeur to reform or get rid of such a system is the bounden duty of every true friend to the peace and well being of society .
In the course ef tbe recent trials , the town of Ashton acquired as unhappy notoriety is consequence Uf the trill of RiDCLim , and the condemnation of a number of poor fellows to transportation for life , under the provisions of that blessed Whig' boon . ' the « Gagging Bill' As regards the unfortunate man condemned to death , it is certain that he was not the man who shot Bright the policeman . The jury declared , and tha judge acknowledged hia innscence , so far , at least , as regards the killing of Bright , yet the man has been condemned to die on the scaffold , because' the late must be vindicated !' I trust that the appeal made to the people ef Ashton in last Saturday ' s Star , has before this time been responded to , and that the necessary measures have been already taken to ensure tho safety of the unfortunate man ' s life , by obtaining a commutation of his sentence .
On the trial of CovsrAimmi , Ksnwobtht , Waxscr , Stott , TissmtR , and Sxroh , the accused men were tried by the- jurors who had previously ooavicted RiDcnm , the man condemned to death . A postponement of t & e trial had been refused . In opening the ease , the Attorney General , according to custom , ' expressed a hope that the jury would dismiss from their minds any otromnitanees , connected with the painful inquiry which had occupied their attention on the Friday and Saturday previously ' The 'learned gentleman' very consistently concluded his address to the jury , by professing to show that all the prisoners , with the exception of Seftojt , were taking- part in tha ' rising' at the time that Bright was shot , ' and were amongst those men who surrounded him when the pike was used , and the pistol fired . ' Sims was sentenced to be transported for tmyiart , and the rest of the prisoners for life . 1 The law must le vindicated !'
It suited the purpose of the Attorney General to pretend to regard the Aahtoo men aa 'the dupes of designing , persons . ' I can understand that , for once in his life , that functionary was perfectly sincere when he expressed his regret that the said per * soas had not been trapped and brought tetriali But Sir Jon * Jsbvis very well knows that theunfortr nate ; Ashton men are in reality the victims of our oppressive system , social asd political- How that system works in Ashton , I will show . A local publication , the Ashioi CHBOncis " , of December 9 tb , contains an article addressed to the Factory Inspector ef the district , giving a most frightful revelation of the wrongs and sufferings of
the working classes of that town . ' Our table . ' says the editor of the CHsosicue . 'is covered with complaints from the intimidated , cheated , and oppressed factory labourers . ' It appears it is not an uncommon thing for the factory kings to compel their hands to work on the Sunday . A common trick is to set the hands to work ten minutes before the regular time in the morning , and keep them working in the evening a quarter of aa hoar after tie proper time . The meal-times are also docked from ten to twenty minutes . Of course all this over-time is clear gain for the millocrat , who generally gives hia slaves no compensation for working them more than the time authorised by law . ' Last reasoning , ' says one of the unhappy slaves ,
"We grumtled at working ao many heart . Tha master gave n * a quarter of a dsy ' s wage , bat said be would " ww give us any more . We told the carder we would Eot work as many hoars aa we had done , unless we were paid for it . Ha told the master , who said he wwW ewii us Kork as isosy hour * at le libed , and wA pay m for it . The unnatural and damnable system which tears jfcmea from their homes to work in the factories , is well known to be the chief cause of the vast mortality amongst the infant population of the manufacturing districts . It appears that the mothers of infant children are in the habit of destroying the nourishment nrovided by Namre for their offspring .
* We hare now before ua . * eaya tha editor of the Athtoh CHao 5 ici . x , * that unhappily most common , oat disgraceful utensil , caned a nipple-glass , wed by Bothers in the factory for the utmatural purpose of bilking themselves . ' The Ashton writer then goes on to state that thete glasses when filed with 0 snorter ' s milfc ore emptied down ike factory water «?«« , * ' whilst the infant that should have been fed npon it lies lost in its dirt at tome , or , as to many well-kuewn instances , dies from the effects « the sleeping stuff given to stop its heart-rending ones !* Now , tea how these women , who sacrifice even their children in their attempts to satisfy their inexorable Oppressors , see how they are treated by their taskmasters : —
ia another mUl it had been sali that the master * k & d made ap their minds to reduce the wages daring **» fortnight then running ; although there had bsen no kwfoJ aotiee of tkelr intention to reduce poittd In the krtory . A woman , who had worked apwarda of toeat y jura in thia mUl , waa m nmhapay at the thought «< what might be hanging over htr , that iheeouldnot d at sight . She went te oae cf tha master * , and ** to : ' Will you be se good a * to tell at whether we " 6 worUng at tha bated pries that baa keen talked of , ** no wordhu ever been Brought to as aboat it , anil am Twyuaeaeyfamymiadoveritf The only answer she SO * wu thia : " Too are working at the price wa bato Orf tttd ; yon will know what ll I * when th » time eemes ; wi if you don't Ilka it then , you can leave . ' The re-* Ktfoaffl this case , ntver aanouneed , amounts to ao iHithan / ow sWUrat a reckooiag .
^ e are assured by the Abhtok Chroxicu that joe tyrant , when applied to by bis 'hasde' to know £ >* they were to lira on tbe low wages he offered * ka , answered : 'WHY YOU MAY BOIL I Wider stones for what i care ; it 15 KO BUSINESS OF MINK ! ' Another ' s reply Efts 'I WILL MAKE YOU EAT ONIS ANOTHER BEFORE I HAVE DONE WITH YOU !!!' Such is the working of the admirable social * ma-*»*/ The ' GovemBSsV is 'a wheel within a " *! ' D «« sury to tap the largwJnaehinB gemi . tedni 4 fd toe ^ bknullocraUto «> mpd theKh « ds &* bwMec-itoaes , or deroir oa another I
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The rising at Ashton was not the work of the « designing men ' alluded to by the Attorney General It . waa caused by } the intolerable tyranny deSd by the taxes Chuosicu ,. One more eitract ftcm t ? on - - PWW thB Until rf W » A few hoars before the rising at Ashton on Black Monday ul gi * one ef the Chartist leader . attempfeJ 0 prjected and . rtaktog , auatoadvl . a them to co / fine their exartfoB . to legal and moral mean * . 'What ' crieo a cluster of thoie maddened taMbssmen " what do yon mean by talking about moral force ? zaj 8 " SS * ° f »**« «» " » * Mrcn to hup on «« K sUBfaoi a twefc . * , Mn start it w longer ; it i , M «» « tov ; w hsu tried til roads ( 31 « «« zVh "Z eanben , ^ ^^ esaa ofa ^ tcfUehatise KhatfoUoK * . ' ' «^ i . * :. -- -
Th . A ^ a ° » «»«» *«<* Wven them mad ; They had ' tried all roads' tiU they were 'rick ^ o * moral force , ' and could stand it no longer . ' They BAW i / DstC ' The worM wu net their friend , nor the world ' s law , ' and so they madly arrayed their weakness against tne strength 01 these who ground them to the dust Of course they were crushed , and—but we have already told the reat- 'Kc law must be vindicated ill ' The trial of the Manchester Chartists exhibited adisgustingspectacleoiWhiBeffrontery . According- to the Attorney General , Gut Fawksb was a msreinnccent dealer in 'laeifera ' compared with the Chartist defendants . 'Listen to me , * said that truth-loving functionary , and I will a tale aafold , whose lightest words Will harrow up your souls , fritxeyonr young (!)
blood-Hake each one's eye * , like star * , atart from their phsrtl . Tour knotted and combined locks to part , And each particular hair to stand oa end , Like quill * up ; n the fearful porenp ' n *!' After an introduction intended to be like the above , but which was a long way off being so good , the accuser proceeded to tell a frightful story of cellars hired by « designing persons , ' and filled by them with naphtha and gunpowder , for the purpose of blowing np and setting fire to Manchester . The' Gunpowder Plot * was a joke compared with the Chartist con * spiracy .
Amongst the crown witnesses was a member of the detective police , named Coosvov . This worthywho had been some kind of a counter-jumper before joining the honourable corps of' detectives '—read a number of extracts from speeches delivered by Wasr , White , Lxach . and others , which he had taken notes of when attending the Chartist meetings in plain C-othes . He confessed that he only noted down parts ofthe several speeches , such puts aa he considered most iifhrnccatory . The notes he had taken had b en so artfully put together , by himself , or
somebody else , that when read from the witness-box , the disjointed fragments sounded like a connected and perfect speech . Gborgb Whits , who admirably cross-examined this precious witness , desired to tett his memory by reading a speech to him , which he ( White ) intended tomake the wituew , after hearing the whole , repeat from memory . But here the judge interfered with : 1 oan'tallew it . ' Of course not , it would never do to allow a Chartist to save himself by exposing the rottenness of the evidence for the Crown . Gioboe Whim ought to have remembered that ' the lea mutt be vindicated !'
After the disposal of another equally respectable detective , ' a witness samed Psici was examined . Under cross-examination , this witness confessed that , as regarded one ef Wwrrt speeches , he ( Whits ) spoke a long time , and he ( witness ) picked out the worathe could find ! ' Honest , honest lago !' m These witnesses , and some others I have not noticed , had merely deposed to Chartist meetings , speeches of the defendants , and the state of general excitement which existed last summer in the manufacturing districts , bat not one of them had deposed te the alleged facts , or fictions , ( set forth in the Attorney General ' s opening address ) concerning the plot to barn Manchester . At last , the great gun was brought forward crammed with Salt—or , perhaps , it
would be more correct to say that BaM was erammed —who by , a certain gentleman in Manchester could , no doubt , tell . Be that as it may , there has been nothing—unless 1 except ' Washer ' s lone range 'since the long shots fired by the renowned Baron Munchausen , approaching to the discharge of this matchless Bali . Only that his ' fireworks' smack rather too strongly of ' naphtha' and ' gunpowder , ' Bill would be sore to get an engagement atYauxhall next season . * * I must correct myself . On second thoughts , I doubt if he would 'take , ' seeing tbat hia exhibition at Liverpool waa so unqualified a failure . Notwithstanding the im * mense supplies of ' naphtha' and ' gunpowder , ' the ' grand display , 'promised by the Attorney General
at the opening ofthe performance , proved to beneither more nor less than—a botfiaof smoke 1 Under cron-ezaminatfon , Mister Jambs Abkahah Ball—( his full name should be remembered in connexion with the names of Powxn , Dins , and the rest of the holy army of Whig spies}—made a pretty exhibition of himself . Tbe miserable wretch , when called upon to identify the defendants , succeeded in singling out RAnanr and M'Dohocqh , but be said that Grocott waa Dssovah , and Chadwick was Cboppib , and confessed that he did not know either Wist , White , Leach , or Dohovas , although he had
previously swom that he had been with the whole of them at a secret committee meeting on the lUb of April , and pretended tint he had taken aa active part with tbe majority of them on several other occasions . Tha wretch ' s self-exposure was ao com-Iil ete , that , according to the reporter of one of the ocal ' papen , 'His lordship , with an air of disgust , told Ball to get out of the court , and he accordingly went !* If in instituting this prosecution the Attorney Ge serai ' s object bad been simple justice , he would , at this stage of the trial , have throws sp the case ; but no , ' the law must be vindicated V
The course which the Attorney General should have taken , would have been followed by a jury ol impartial and unprejudiced men . After hearing Ball ' s evidence such a jury would have at once -acquitted the defendants . But no , the defendants were Chartists , and * ths law mutt be viadieaudl ' The sentences passed upon the dsfendants have generally been considered as merciful . No doubt the punishment meted to our friends is muoh less severe than the punishment inflicted upon some of their fellow victim ? . But taking the character of the evidence into account all unprejudiced persons will conc l ude that there was in reality ' no case against the defendant ; , and that , therefore , any sentence passed upon them—however comparatively
light—was perfectly unjustifiable . But they were sentenced for the same reason that they were found guilty : because ' the law must be vindicated ? The Whigs stick at nothing- They have united with prosecutions for political offences , prosecutions for blasphemy I A man , named Bowker , has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for having uttered ' a seditious and blasphemous speech / We alt know that laws exist against that indefinable effence , 'blasphemy , 'but no one could have imagined that the Itfcrat Whigs would have enforced such laws . But yen see , ' the law must be vindicated !' Let ma be understood . I say nothing in
justification of the trash imputed to Bowser . I am no admirer of ' Chartist preachings . ' Outpourings of cant , no matter under what pretext , are my abomination . Nevertheless I lift op my voice , and I am sure that every honest mas will join with me , in denunciation of the revival of prosecutions for blasphemy . A number of victims—many of them mere ladshave been sentenced at the York assizes to various terms of imprisonment . The poor fellows were convicted principally upon the evidence of a set of spies and approvers . Under cross-examination they confessed themselves onmitigated scamps of the true Powxix and Bail breed .
Bboiheb Psouiaruns , —The ' law * is * vindicated , ' and now it is for you to vindicate yonr cause by throwing over the persecuted the shield of your protection . As regards the majority of the victims , yoa can only at present express your sympathy for them by protecting their families . Wanting that protection they must starve or have recourse to sueb assistance as Poor Law guardians and relieving officers may be pleased to allow them . The 'Jaw' of tyranny will indeed be ' vindicated , ' if yoa p ermit either misery to overtake the bereaved families of our unfortunate brethren .
The imprisoned Manchester Chartists are in a dif ferent position to that of the ether incarcerated patriots . They are placed in Kirkdale prison as firstclass misdemeanant * . They not only may , they must provide themselvea with food and all other necesaaries . They can only doso withyour assistance They belong : to your class and have been through life faithful to their order ; as a matter of coarse they have always been sharers in your privations , and under present circumstances they are 1 naturally destitute of the means of sabsatence . If yoa aid them not they perish .
Yoa- who have been so often fascinated by the wit aad elcqaenee of Johjt Wasr-you whpknowapd admire the'blunt honesty and powerful abilities of Gioeqk Whim— you who have on so many oocasioai listened to tbe uaanawsrable arguments of Jaheb LiAca-you who know andJappreciato the sterling qualities of Daniel Doxovah and the other incarcerated patriots—yo * who have applauded and en touragtd tha * men to tacrine all for you and yew cause , yon will sorely not desert them bow . Thn are permitted privileges which would be regarded by the Wfortunate victims as a great alleviation of their sufferin gs if they could partake of them ; let , then , it not be said that those privileges have been accorded to our Manchester brethren in vain . He fundamental lawof ChartiBn is to 'Do unto thy fellow-maasas thoa wouldst he should do unto the ©/ that' taw must be vindicated . L' Am du PsrjPLE . D « ember 2 Stb , 13 tf .
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liXWW ELECTION AND CHARTIST TRIUMPH . IHE HOMWATIOK . f J . i 80 ? Ia 8 iL 0 I !(? ok Pi * 08 on Friday ^ k , and at ulA w ° S ^ day o the ohief magistrate ef the borough , W . Sepping « , ; Eeq ., teok his seat surrounded by the friends of the respective candidates . The Hon . L . H . Stanley was absent , being in our transatlanbc domujions , buthis partisans mustered in OOfr nuerable numbers , to do honour to the man who was to became their future representative , Mr Dixon and his committee were at their posts , and through the courtesy of the mayor , they were , together with Mr Stanley ' s supporters , permitted to enter by a private way , in order to secure a good position . The members ofthe press received every courtesy from the mayor by the necessary arrangements for their accommodation , as > ell as every person specially interested in the proceedings . The spacious hall at
the cammencement was far from being fall , but by degrees it became well crowded , yet the utmost order and decorum on the whole for an election contest , were well preserved . The Tows Clbbk having read the writ and the act against bribery , R . Biooa . Esq . proposed , and G . Hosoe , E < q . seconded , the nominatien of the Hon . E . H . Siaiusy , as in every way qualified to represent this borough in Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Luke Poms proposed , in a telling speech , and Mr DicsKRsojt ^ of Queen Street , seconded , the nomination of Mr William Dixon , to represent the borough . The Matob was about to take the vote by show of bands , when Mr Djxox said—Mr Mayor , if there is no party present to address tha constituency on the part of ray honourable opponent , I claim the right of speaking bafore yoa proceed to take the show of hands . The Mayor having conceded ,
Mr Dixon came forward and said—Electors and Non-Electors , in presenting myself as a candidate for the representation of year ancient borough , and your suffrages , it is not from any ambitious views on my part , but for the purpose of rendering my assistance towards carrying out those great principles of practical reform , necessary for the well-being of all classes of society . I did not come here from any personal feelings of animosity towards my honourable opponent , bat aa an Englishman determined to speak out fearlessly , and do my duty to my country . Gentlemen , I felt some little surprise when I beard the gentleman who seconded the nomination of my honourable opponent state to jou that I was for lie destruction of the Protestant Church . I am
ignorant ofthe source from whence he got his informstien . I think he has not received any information upon the matter , but speaks on the impulse of the aoment , or , perhaps , be . thinks that all reforms means destruction . However , I would give him a little wholesome advice , and that U , never again to make assertions which have no foundation in truth . As a Dissenter , I have a right to object to what I consider abuses—and what we Dissenters object to is , the making us pay for a religion in which we do not believe . And this gross act of tyranny is practised upon ua by the unjust interference ^ of the State in religious matters . I ask , therefore , not for the destruction of the 'Protestant Church , ' but for its separation from the State—believing that , where
such connexion exists , it acts in opposition to the best interests of true religion . And in this tattef we are supported by the history of the world . Whereever the Church has become connected with the State , there has been a visible declension in those virtues for which the clergy were noted when they were dependant upon their own flock for support . Such his been the history of tbe Church since the days of Constantino . Not only have they became lax in virtue , but negligent in duty . ( ' No , np , ' and hisses from some ofthe gentlemen on the hustings . ) Mr DIxob turned round , and calmly said—Gestlemen , I have yet to learn that hissing is any mark of superior intelligence , or a successful reply to an ar * gument . Geesa on a common will hiss if you annoy
them . ( Loud cheers , and cries of ' Bravo , Dixon . ' ) I again repeat the assertion , that State interference has a tendency to make the ministers negligent in their duty , and that there has been gross neglect on the part of the dignitaries of the Church of England . ( ' No , no , ' from some of the gentlemen on the hustings . ) A gentleman says 'No , ' but I will bring forward facts . Some few years ago , Mr Mott was sent on a commission into the mining districts to inquire into the spiritual condition of the people , and he found as gross ignorance amongst them as if they had been the Hottentots of South Africa . He asked one man if he knew Jesus Christ . The man , in order to enable himself to answer the question , inquired 'if he was a pitman
or a browman . ' That is , was he a man who got coal at the bottom of the pit , or one who took them off at the top . I ask , in a country where so muoh is paid to the church , whether snob a state of things ought to exist ? When the ignorance of the people is complained of , does it not tell of gross neglect , and the sooner therefore the ministers of religion are all thrown npon their own resources the better . I trust that this statement will not lead you astray . I believe that if a man thinks it necessary to have an archbishop and a bishep to prepare the way for him to heaven , he has a perfect right to have them , provided he pays for them , bnt I do not consider that I should be called upon to pay for the service of dignitaries which I do not require . We were told by the gentle
man who proposed the Bon . E . H . Stanley , that he was at present in America , in order to get more knowledge of tbe great principles of liberty . He would , therefore , fiad ia that great republic that there was no lack of religion , and at tbe same time there was no State Church . ( Cheers . ) All men ofprogressareof opinion that reforms must take place . All who live by industry are tired of things as they are , and therefore demand a change . But what change is necessary and adequate to meet the emergencies of the case ? That is the question which you must now decide . Gentlemen , I ask for your suffrages on the broad principles ofthe People's Charter ; government for and by the people , being the only remedy for destroying the nnjust system of class law making , so
severely felt by the toiling millions . I believe the time has now come when the great mass of the people are fit to be admitted within the pale of the oonstitu tion , and ought , therefore , to be entrusted with the Franchise . We are told that Mr Stanley will be found to be a supporter of the institutions of the country—some of these are worth supporting , but the sooner others are kicked away the better , and one is the law which ( taking the borough of Lynn as a specimen , ) allows one man out of seven to vote , whilst the other six have no voice in the matter . No man has ever been heard to say that there is justice in this ; From Sir Robert Peel to Colonel Sibthorp , they all agree as to the justice , bnt differ as to the exoediencv . There are many excuses made why the
Franchise should not be extended—one is the ignorance of the people , bat from the amount of money expended they ought not to be ignorant—if the ministers of the church had done their duty , I trow thera would have been no cause to complain of their ignorancebat our rulers have withheld the means ef instruction , and then turned round upon us . But this is a fallacy after all , it ia no teat of a man ' s qualification to be intellectual or distinguished for his virtue or his integrity , but simply to hold a property qualification . That a msu should have a vote because he pays a rental of £ 10 a year , besides rates and taxes , is most absurd . In this country where intelligence ia not the test—how many men are there , who when the dark cloud of adversity comes over them are
deprived of their rights of citizmship and fiu & g amongst the enslaved mass . I wish for the en * franchisement of the whole male papulation of this country , of sound mind and untainted with crime . I am of no party but the people , and in asking for the extension of the suffrage , I ask for every man , no matter what may be his creed or political opinions , as I am of opinion that every man who contributes to the well-being of the uommonwealth ought to enjoy the immunities belonging to him as a component » art of the state . There ia another point npon which I wish to touch . I go for the ballot ; there are few reformers bat see the necessity for its adoption , and some professing conservative principles think it necessary , though they would not extend the
suffrage , and why ? because intimidation is exercised to auoblan extent , that there ought to be some protoctionto the voter . It is not the working man only that requires it . I have heard of men , shopkeepers , doing business in Lynn , who dsre not hold up their heads as freemen , and say they will give their votes as they liked , I contend that no employer has a right to interfere with a man's voting , that is a matter whieh lies between his country , his conscience , and his God , and the employer who does so is a tyrant . There are some landlords also who assume the capacity of dictators , and say their tenants shall vote as they think fit . Ia the mumoipal matters . of this Borough some landlords have interfered with the votes of their tenants and told
them that they would take their names off the ratapayeraTist , because they dared to vote against the man of their choice ( loud cries of ' that ' s true ) , it is therefore necessary that in extending the sutfraae protection should be given the voter to protect him against the tyranny of hia landlord or employer . Gentlemen , it is net necessary for me to explain the whole of the details of the Charter . Suffice it to say that they are all essentially necessary for the effectual working of Universal Suffirage . I will , therefore , pass on and give you my opinions on other questions at present occupying the public mind . The first is one of importance , namely , What is to 1
be done with the unemployed labourers iron * question which must sooner or ater be decided . Some say emigration , bnt I am in favour of home colonisation , in preference to transporting men to Australia ori Canada , so : tbat their wages might be bettor and their condition improved . I contend that tte surplus population should be provided for at horn * ; and I now ask for an extension of the suffrage that by the united wisdom of the people-such changes shall be made , and such measures introduced M to enable the working man to lire by his honest industry instead of becoming a pauper . I believe that tbe gentlemen in power have done their doty giptcjftU * to their e > ss , for there always ia a
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principle in men to spur them' on to < take care of their own interests . I always find the laws are made to benefit tho class to which the law-givera be . long , —l » ok at the pension list ; yea have been represented by men of title , and the consequence is that the weight of the taxes falls on to the shoulders of the people , whilst the profits of their industry g * into the pockets of their legislators . A man goes to parliament for the public good , bnt as soon as he gets there , he tarns his attention towards procuring situations for his relatives in some of our home offices , co ' enial establishments , or foreign dependencies , or getting his Aunt Dtbttah placed upon she pension list if she happens to be in indigent eireoumstances , Look at the sinecure offices filled by the
scions of our aristocracy—why the political infiuense of the landed aristocracy is of more value to them than their rent rolls , The pickings oat of offioo are pretty considerable ; and this will always be the case so long as the House of Commons it constituted as it is . I might enumerate a lot of taxes to show the beautiful werking of this system—how the poor man ' s table is highly taxed , while the rich man ' s is as lightly . If any reform is to be accomplished in the House of Gammons , it must not he by physical revolutions or convulsions—that is not the way to carry out reform ; it must be by moral suasien . If universal suffrage could be carried by physical convulsion to-day , and by waiting fer it twenty years , I could have it without , I would wait ,
because I am satisfied that more good would be effected . If anything is accomplished by physical convulsions , I consider that the working of a country is disorganised for twenty or thirty years before it can be restored to its equilibrium . It has baen said that I am a man of extreme opinions and that a stop must be put to such democratic principles as I advocate , bnt what is the difference ? those who differ from me , carry , their principles te the extreme , and it becomes despotism and gives to the minority the influence over the majority . I appeal to your sense of justice as to who ought to have the rule . The . time has come that some changes must take place , it is not for one class to ride rampant over the people and fatten npon the profits of their
industry , out it is not the working . men only who suffer ; a large portion of tradesmen are as much afflicted as they are , and will be so long as we have such a bungling government as we have now—I esk , is it integrity or their capabilities tbat placed them in the position they now occupy—look at Sir G . Wood , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who tumbles over a figure of three and knocks his bead against a figure of five , why is he there ! because he is related to the house of Bedford . Now we want a government , by and for the people , a government which shall do the biddieg of the people . I always found the Whigs in office a different set of fellows , when on the opposition benches . I recollect that Lord J . Russell , a feir nights before Sir ft . Pee left offio 3 ,
maintained that if the hon . baronet was not prepared wih measures for the equal distribution of the products of the country , he should introduce some ; but as soon as Lord John came into power , we heard nothing more upon the subject . The Whig govern * ment has been acting a most reckless part daring the last few months . I aik , also , why were not some remedial measures applied in time to Ireland , which would have prevented the gad ' events that have taken place there ? How have the millions of money voted to Ireland been disposed of ?—how havethey been employed ?—why some hava gone into the peckete of the Irish landlords , and the rest has been sj . ent in making roads from no . plaee to nowhere . I contend that if it had ' been spent
in re-productive labour , it would have been far better . The government gave Ireland a Coercion Bill as a remedy for her ills , and by and by they said we will introduce remedial measures , and what is their remedy for Ireland now ? why , they propess to endow the Roman Catholic priesthood , and send an ambassador to the Pope . What do they mtaa by this ? Why they are trying to bind the priesthood to the wheels of government—to the Juggernaut of corruption—and they think when they have got them under their thumb , they will not join with the people . But if they buy the priesthood , that will not feed the people or find them employment , nor prevent ejectments . You knew little of what the Irish peasantry enduro ; landlords , osrtainly hvre a right to do as
they like with their o ? n , so long as they do not injure their neighbours , bnt carry out the maxim 'Do unto others as you would they should do unto yoa , ' and thus stick to the fundamental principles of our common Christianity . A man may lay a tract of country desolate—he may torn acres into a sheep walk—he may pull down the cottages of the poor man—but is it in human nature to bear this without feeling a spirit of revenge ? Every dispensation of Hoaven we must submit to ; but , to any man , be he the proudest noble in theland , who unjustly oppresses me , I claim the right of resenting the injustice . My remedy for Ireland is , the cultivation of the waste lands ; and government have as much right to take the waste lands as they have to pass enclosure acts .
and take away the common rights from the people Let them take the waste lands from the lords of the manors , pay them their present value , sterile as they are , and expend money for their cultivation . ( Mr Dixon gave an outline ef his plan for tbe improvement and cultivation of the bogs of Ireland , which would , he said , mend the condition of the people , and answer the end intended , muoh better than Coercion Bills , suspension of the Habeas Corpus , or sending dragoons and bullets to a starving peasantry —it would , in fact , make Ireland rich and fruitful , and her people peaceful , happy , and comfortable . Mr Dixon continued . —I am not opposed to the endowment of tbe Catholic priesthood , because they are Catholics—I am against all State
endowmentsthat man who would interfere with me for bowing at a different altar does not understand his position—I have a right to be what I please . I ask , if in the Church Establishment of this country there is con - cord—no such thing—the prayers and responses may be the same , bnt then the sermon—in one chnroh yon find an Arminian—in another a Calvinist—in another a Baptist , and in this particular they all differ widely . Their theological opinions are as varied as dissenters , the State cannot enforce unity of doctrine . Ths laws of primogeniture , entail and settlement , compel our aristocracy to provide situations for their younger sons—and hence the necessity for keeping those little shops open—the church , the army , and tha navy . If there is a son . a dare-devil fellow , who would as soon
kill a man as spit a frog , he must go into the armyif there is another deep old fellow , as cunning as a fox , he must wear a wig—if there is another nood . ' e , who cannot speak , he may be sent into the ehurch , and there he can get a curate—a journeyman—to do the work , while he will pocket the stipend . ( Uproar and hisses . ) I come here to-speikthe truth , and speak it boldly , and after having done so , I care nothing for the cackling ofgeeie ; these hisses are a poor reply to an argument—gentlemen may hiss aa they please . I have a duty to perform , and I will perform it in spite of every opposition . No wonder , I say . that they find it necessary to support the church establishment . With regard to the law of primogeniture—this is a law which was made to keen
the whole of the lands in the hands of a fractional portion ofthe people . Mr Dixon here explained the nature of the law . He said , America had no such laws , and propounded a scheme by which , he contended , that the land , if properly distributed , was sufficient to maintain all the people of this country . ( A voice , ' You'll make us all paupers . ' ) Tbe gentleman said we should all become paupers—if so , the Deity who made the land and the people , knew nothing about it . Mr Dixon—We are told by Mr M'Culloch , the statician to the present Board of Trade , that out of the seventy-five million acres of land in England , fifteen millions only are not capable of cultivation , consequently there are sixty millions of acres left . Divide this bj three , gives twenty millions—which will give
three-acre farms , and I believe this is muoh better than 8 s . as an agricultural labourer . Thepopulation ef the country is twenty-eight millions , and I have made provision for ' one hundred millions . ( A voice , ' What is to become of our grandchildren ? ' ) In reply totbat , I have to eay . Jthat whoever hnaws anything of physical laws , knows that nature herself will provide a remedy , for that man must have a certain amount of oxygen to sustain life . This is a principle of physics ; if the population thicken too fast , then the oxygen cannot be supplied , and that moment some must die iff . ( Cries of 'Well done , Dixon . ' ) There ' s Iand enough in England , and so isng as there ' s land , there ' s little need to transport people ; and I am so fond of her , that I'll never leave her . 1 contend that the legislature has a right to think of
the labouring man , and if there be a redundancy ofi population in our large towns , it is not so in our agricultural dirtriots , and alaw should be passed to divide the land into smaller occupations . The people must be provided for—any man whe is born in England , has a right to an existence there , even if it is as a pauper . This is a right acknowledged by the constitution ofthe country . Mr Dixon said , bad as the present poor laws were , this prineiplo was acknowledged in them . He animadverted in strong terms npon the Poor Law terrorism , which he condemned as having about them that which drove men to crime ; but if legislators made laws anon as these , which were prolific of crime , then it was the electors of England who werelo blame , for the House of Commons was tbe rtflex of the electoral mind of tbis ountry . and the electors should not send such men
there . He repeated his assertion , that those laws had been the means of crime , and powerfully appealed to the passions of the working men . The Poor Law Aot is a disgrace to our statute book ; and here I have a word to say about the church dignitaries—when this law was passing the legislature , what was their conduct with reference to tbe elaoee which authorised the separation of man and wife ? There were twentyeight bishops in the house ; and if they have any business there at ail , it is to watch over the civil and religious privileges ofthe people—the poor parties larly . Out of these twenty-eight bishops , twentysix voted for the separation clause , in direct opposition to the words of the marriage service of their own church , which says , whom God has joined together , let no man put asunder . ' Two only , the Bishop of Exeter anuTmother , stood against the measure . It is then their condnct-theirwork—nottheir religion , ttat I look at , 1 believe there are ( one geod men
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amongst them , but we must not on this account shut our eyes to tho abuse ^ of evils which are in existence . I say 1 st all the ministers of religion stand upon the same footing . If we are to have free trade , let ub have tree trade in everything . There are many other tmngg which it might be as well to mention , which will come before the house nest session , and whether V ' JSTu ° PP ° aent be returned , I think instructions mu 81 Ten as t 0 the cour 8 e yoar representative will be expected to pursue . I do not believe ene word of tho twaddle of a man going unpledged to parliament . A man may be untrammelled on some SSf ionB 5 uk I t . hiDk , in a 11 Peat national mattershe should pledge himself as to how he intends to act . lhe representative is but the servantnot the master
, ofthe constituency , and ho goes to Parliament not only to represent Lynn , but tho great community of the kingdom . With regard to the questions of Capital Puniohraents and the Game Laws , I am for their total abil . tion ; in the one caw , I contend that man has no right to take away that which he cannot give , and in the other , I regard the Gime Laws as sources ot great evil and crime . I call on the electors to say today , if they will elect a rata who pledges himself to represent the whole people—who asks for a vote for every man , be he Conservative , Whig , or Radical , who _ wears a head and knows how to use it . In conclusion , I appeal to the electors of the borough of Lynn , te exercise the functions conferred on them as a privilege , which I ask as a right . At the poll to *
morrow , it will be for you to say who shall be returned ; and recollect you are voting not so much for yourselves , as for yonr brother non- electors—do not consider your own personal views , so muoh as those around you . I thank you for the patient hearing you have given me , and trust you will decide impartially . Yon have heard my opinions fully explained , and I believe that if carried into tffaot , they will produce change for the good of society . If you tnink so , vote for me ; if not , vote against me—only act as conscientious men . This is all I ask , and I fear nodefoat . ( Loud cheers . ) The -Matob then took the show of hands , which was greatly in favour of Mr Dixon , and a poll was
demanded by Mr R . Bagge , on behalf of the Hon . E . H . Stanley . The Mayor said , a poll having been demanded , ho should appoint Saturday for the polling to take place , bnt in consequence of the expenses of erecting the booth , he must request tbat the friends of each candidate would deposit the sum of £ 50 with him , towards defraying the expenses . $ Mr Daw then rose and said—I came here on the principles of Universal Suffrage , and as such have been elected member for this borough . ( 'No , no . ' ) Gentlemen misunderstand me—1 repeat I have been elected yoar member by Universal Suffrage , not by the jugglery which will take place to-morrow . By my principles I stand—I protest against the election , and take no further part in the proceeding * .
The Mayor then rose and said—Mr Dixon having retired from the contest , I declare the Hon . E . H . Stanley duly elected . ( Cheers ) Mr Dixon proposed , and Mr Baooe seconded , a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his able conduct , which was carried unanimously , and the proceedings terminated .
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Nbwcastlk-on-Tvne . — A meeting was lately held in the Town Hall , at which the Mayor presided , to consider the distress of the unemployed poor , and to find them employment . Messrs Crawsbawand Langridge ( iron-masters ) , moved and seconded'a resolution , to the effect , — ' That the town council be memorialised to commence some public work . ' Previous to the resolution being put , Mr P . Duncan , a working man , made an observation relative to tbe folly of employing any funds collected for the above on any other works ) than that of reproduction , and drew attention * to the fact , that when roads were made as in Ireland , relief ceased ,
whereas , had the money been expended on home Colonisation , or in putting each man on a piece of land , such relief would be permanent , aud ofthe greatest public benefit . Sir J . Fife followed , and after complimenting the last speaker , succeeded in carrying the project of cleaning the river , draining the town , levellingjtbe eattlemarket , & e ., as the best mode of alleviating the distress , and that a borough rate be imposed , for the purpose of raising tbe necessary funds to carry out the above objects . It appears there are about 3 , 000 men out of employment , and it is likely that number will be largely increased .
Cablisib . —At the quarterly meeting of the Chartists of this place , held on Monday the 18 th inst ., W . Young in the chair , after the usual weekly business was transacted , and the accounts read over , and passed as correct , the appointment of a council under the plan of Organisation was discussed . The question was raised , that as it would be useless to attempt to get one penny per week subscription here , and , therefore , as we could not act up to the rules , should we be considered as part of the Association , and entitled to nominate persons to act as part of the general Couucil ? It was ultimately arranged at the
to nominate the number agreed ups ^ district delegate meeting , and send their names to the executive for appointment if they deemed it proper to do so . A committee was appointed to draw up an address to the Chartist body throughout the country . The following address , was submitted and unanimously adopted : — Fsllow Countrtmen , —We address yon on a subject of muoh importance , v ' z ., the Plan of Organisation for the attainment of the People ' s Charter . We consider it of importance , because on the efficient working of that plan depends the success of the O ' mrtUt movement .
It is an old motto— 'Union ia strength / Inn great measure it certainly is ; but our strength depends en our numbers as well as on our union ; without numbers our union avails nothing , we are equally powerless without numbers as we are without union . In order to obtain numbers , it ii necessary that our rules should be such as not to exclude any on account of their poverty . If we make rules which will exclude the really poor , our Association cannot be national—if our Association is not national , our movement is a mockery .
The rules , or—in other words—the plan of organisation which has recently been submitted to you , is not , in our opinion , calculated to draw numbers to the movement . One penny per week we assertnotwithstanding what may be said to the contraryis too much for the great bulk ofthe working population of the country to pay . One penny has always been specified in the rules as the weekly earn which each member would have to pay , and nothing , wo believe , has tended more to keep the Association at a low ebb than this . It is useless to attempt to get one penny per week . The handloom weavers of Cumberland—and handloom weavers are nearly the same all over the eauhtry—are earning on an average about 5 i . or Cs . per week , and cannot afford to give one sixtieth or one seventieth cf their earnings . They make little—they nan afford little—but that little is
generally git en freely . There are many others that cannot conveniently afford to pay one penny per week , persons who , perhaps , are not constantly employed at their different aveoations , and only poorly remunerated , when in full employment . The man who has 6 s . per week wages , and pays one halfpenny per week to tbe Association , pays as much in proportion to his weekly earnings as the man who receives 124 . per week , were he to pay one penny . The penny per week keeps many from joining tbe Association ; they would willingly pay one halfpenny , but one penny they consider too much . And let it not . be said that they are lukewarm Chartists who wilt not pay the penny . We know to the contrary . We know that Carlisle , though not 1 up to the mark , ' ia as near' the mark' as any other place ; and we know that more money can be raised here at the halfpenny subscription than at the
penny . In conclusion , we would call on the country to take this part ofthe rales into their most serious consideration . We think it woald be better even were we only to obtain the same amount of money , if we would get the increased number of memberP , The rules have never yet been acted np to throughout the country generally . We want them to bo drawn up in such a manner that no one , however poor , can have any reasonable objection . In fine , we wan » thosa who profess Chartist principles to give testimony of their sincerity by joining the National Charter Association . . ,, I In giving publicity to tho above address , we must observe that the question of payment 0 ! funds to the Association is for the time being settled . lhe laws already adopted will wmain in force until reviued by the Chartist Convention , in May next ,-EnNSI i t
... _ . „ ...... „„__ .. Thb ' Executive . —The Executive Committee met at the rooms of the National Land Company , 144 Hiah Holborn , oa Friday evening , December 22 nd , when the following gentlemen were present : —Mesirs Harney Clark , aid M'Grath . Mr Dixon was at Lvnn . conte sting the representation of that boroug h , and for whieh he obtained the show of hands . Mr Kydd waa reported to be still successfully pursuing his missionary tour in the north and midland districts . The following resolution , on the motion of Messrs Clark and Harney , was unanimously
adopted : — ' That the Literary and Scientific Inatitu . tion , John Street , Fitzroy Square , be takenfor the eveninga of Monday , the 8 th , 15 tb , and 22 nd » of January , 1819 , for the purpose of holding public meetings in suppon of the Charter , ' On the motion of Messrs Harney and Clark , it was resolved 5-' That an appeal be hereby made to the democrats of Liverpool and Manoheater , to form a fund in erder to sunyly weekly support to Messrs J . West , J . Leach , B . Donovan and others , now senteneed to a long incarceration as flrifrolaM misdemfiananta , Htju ,.-a meeting waa held on Sunday last t \ M » 8 '* ncMk ' i , 21 i BWw tone , ( iriere » U oeetisgi
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wifl boheidin fdtarO , for the parpose of carrying out the plan of organ isation , and raising funds for tho victims , jtosolutiocs were adopted that a baU and soim bo held , and that Mr Kydd be communicated with requesting his attendance ; after which the meeting was adjourned to Sunday evening December 31 st .
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Birmingham . —Anniversary of the Ship branch * of the National Land Company and Democratic Benefit Society . —A number of the members of tbe above Societies , dined together in the large room qf the above house , on Tuesday last , Dec . 26 th . The room was very tastefully decorated , and after tbe tables were removed Mr James Alfred Fussell was called upon to preside . The chairman opened the business of the evening by reminding the meeting tbat they were met to celebrate the formation of a branch of the Land Company , a company which was calculated to redeem the working classes oS
this country from their present state of degradations to happiness and independence , if supported as it should be by its members ; after drawing the attention of the meeting to tbe benefits arising from becoming members of tbe Democratic Benefit Society , he concluded a very instructive address , by giving ^ hepeople ^ helegitimate source of all power . * Responded to in a very able address by Mr John Fallows . The chairman then called upon Mr Doyle , one of the Directors of the National Land Company , who sung ' Base Oppressors , ' in good style . The chairman then gave the ' People ' s
Charter , may it speedily become the law of the land . Mr Cooper , in responding to the toast of the People ' s Charter , said it had been observed , the toast of the People was a most important toast , but he believed the toast of the Charter , was more important ; he thought the People had as good a government as they deserved , as it was nothing but their own apathy that retarded the progress of universal freedom : he then painted out in a very clear style the different crotchets promulgated by the middle classa , and concluded by urging upon the working men to attend to their own interest . The chairman then
gave the' National Land Company , may it succeed in obtaining the emancipation of the People from social and political thraldom , ' which was responded to in a very able manner by Mr Martin . ' Song ; The Minstrel boy , ' by Mr C . Doyle . The Chairman then gave the' Democratic Benefit Society , may its members increase and realise the anticipations of its promoters . ' Mr Roden responded to the above toast , and pointed out in a very able manner the benefits arising to persons joining the above society ; the funds in this society were placed in the National Land and Laboui Bank , and were used as a means to place the so-called surplus population ,
upon the soil of their native land , and net as in other societies placed in the hands of those who are their determined enemies . Song , 'The Lion of Freedom , ' by Mr Weeks . The next toast given was , 'Our Chartist brethren who are incarcerated under Whig misrule , and the martyrs of all nations—may their noble struggles be appreciated by all people , and hasten the advent of universal freedom . ' Responded to by David Potts . Feargus O'Connor , and the Directors of the National Land Company , may they receive that support from the shareholders to enable them to carry the plan out successfully . ' Spoken to by John Newhouse . Mr Doyle
returned thanks on behali of himself and brother directors , in a very able speech , in which he entered into a very lengthy and able exposition ofthe Labour question , and also exposed the conduct ef tbe Press in reference to the Land Company , and sat down amidst great applause . An appeal was then made for the Executive NEW YEAR'S GIFT , and lis . 3 d . collected . The memory of Henry Hunt and all departed patriots , ' was next given , after which the company enjoyed themselves with songs and conversation till a late hour , when they separated highly satisfied with the evening ' a entertainment .
Uvhh . —The subject of Mr 0 Connor ' s Letter has had the consideration of this locality , and the conclusion come to is , that if the rents of the balloted members are remitted it will establish a bad precedent ; We recommend that they pay the rents after a lengthened time , to be named by the directory . Neither do we approve of Mr O'Connor ' s generosity , as be has bad too many calls on his purse and good nature already ; besides , we think it will act as a barrier to tbat carefulness and forethought which is essential to any one starting in tilt world afresh—besides giving our enemies the advantage of proof that the men thus located cannot live and pay rent . The remaining part we agree with , except that too long a time is given to purchasers to pay their rent . s
Bradford ( Yorkshire . )—At a meeting held on Sunday , the 24 th instant , the subject of Mr O'Connor ' s propositions was warmly discussed , and the unanimous decision of the members was , that they consider Mr O'Connor has no right to be so kind to the allottees , when he has declared in Conference that the real cause of their not getting on was idleness and deception , and it was also stated that some of the located members were able to pay their rent , but would not . We are astonished that Mr O'Connor should support such characters , when he must be aware that it would encourage a repetition of idleness , and prevent the industrious members from being located ; and it is our decided
opinion that Mr O'Connor has no right to draw his money from the Company for that purpose any more than we have . And it is also our opinion , that if they will not pay their rent , they should be discharged , and let some industrious men take their place , because we believe that such indulgence will have a tendency to create dissatisfaction , and tend to the breaking up of tbe Company . Hawibt . —At tbe weekly meetiagol the Hanley and Shelton Land members , it was unanimously passed : — « Tbat we disagree with Mr O'Connor respecting the rents of the allottees , as stated by him in last Saturday ' s Sub , and wish to abide by ths decision ofthe Conference . '
Hindley . —At a meeting of the Dodhurst Brow branch of the National Land Company , the following resolution was passed : — ' That we , the members ot this branch , are ef opinion that the Directors ought t ) stand by the rules of the late Conference , as regards the rents due by the members located on the land , in preference to the propositions of Mr O'Connor , published in the Star oi the 23 .-d inst . ' Slbapjhd —The following resolution was agreed to at a meeting of the Land members . Proposed by John Towning , and seconded by Beridge Oragg : — ' That tbe members located do not-have the rent due given them by the Company , but pay it as agreed to by the late Conference . '
Knarkshorouoh . —Mr O'Coanor having . called upon the Land members for their opinion as to forgiving the allottees their year ' s rent : We protest against it , and think , according to bis former letter , they are unworthy of such indulgence . We think the many taou : aads who have paid their . 'harcVa . -ned pence ought to be cared for . At this time there are thousands who have paid part of their share money , out of employment , pinr . g ter want , and they are to be expelled if they cannot pay , while all the indulgence is to hi shown to those located , 13 FBAKGCS o ' cMIMOR , ESQ ., M . P .
Rbwbctbd Sir , —For your kind , generous , and paternal offer in last Saturday's Stab , to the Allottees , I beg to offer you my most heartfelt thanks ; though 1 am not concerned directly in the advantages of that noble offer , their happiness adds to mine , while their Bufferings heap misery on me . Could you bat witness the gleams of joy which that spread over every countenance on this estate , you would b » more than repaid ; it has raised them from despondency , and I fear not but it will stimulate them to struggle on . It has been said thatsome are idle and slothful : I am new nearly six months here and I have not discovered one idler yet ; and , indeed ,
this is not my opinion alone , but the opinion of the most respectable farmers in the parish . As I said at the Conference , there was a combination of onuses all tending to depress the located . True , tha great cause of depression—the potato rot—no human being could avert ; however , in all their sufferings I never knew one who said the plan was impracticable . Of . sis who have left the estate since summer , two left owing to their wives' illness , two goteituations , and two through poverty . At this moment there are a few on the estate who know not how to exist until tha
crops come in ; withal , they are determined to persevere , feeling assured that they will succeed , Fes myself , the more I sea of its working , the more certain I am of the practicability ofthe plan . Truly just were your remarks regarding those whom yoa may term' unruly children ; 'though they may consider your mode of proceeding not the best , and question it with what may safely aver thntnn oae on discover ) , ever questioned sincerity of design , ;© r would they allow another who he was , That yon may the tolling masm ia the Your onTOunruIy P . J . Lowhands , 26 th Deo ., 1818 P . S . — There are some End who love the Land , incapable of giving it fair cropping would , I am position to toil on ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30121848/page/5/
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