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source ofthe political and _sr-cial degradation of tLe _irking classes . This raeetingis further ef opinw n that the industrious classes , being the producers and source of all wealth and all power , are e _ntitled _*> a fair share of the enjovment of the one and the exerc - Ee of the other ; farther , as the _possessionoilke _ffaichise , with the _gnarantee for its free and effective exercise , contained in the document : known as the _Teoole ' s Cbarter _. _Ican atone cnab _' e the working <; las _5 e 3 tO obtain tbeir legit male rights , this meeting _pieces itself to endeavour , by every lawful means , to cause that document to become the basis of British legislation . ' Seconded by Mr Raddy . Carried . Wm . _Lobbte _proposed tbe Petition , seconded by Mr Monarch , sen . Mr John West supported _^ the Petition , in a speech ef two hour ? , whieh electrified the audience . The Petition was carried _unanimonslv .
_DmipaiES . —The stirring events , transacting on fhecontinent , throughout the length and breadth ef which despot thrones are banding , and tottering , and _fallin ? , befora the blasts of the trumpet of liberty , soundin ? from tiie Faubourgs of Paris , as ths walls of Jericho are fabled to bave fallen before tho-e of th _& Hebrew priests , hare had tbe effect of filling the _reading-rooTa of the Working Man ' s Association on -each _sucCFSsive evening with an eager crowd . As vet , the excitement has not produced a public _manife-Ja- j tion ; but frora the well-known patriotism and spirit oftheDumfripsians , there is little doubt that when
they _coynora , like Jock Ilowieson and the sheep ' s head , they will ' make up for their lost time . ' The wise men of _Githam , who , by the will of Providence , and by virtue ofthe Reform Bill , govern tho burgh , are in wbat , in _vulc _* r but _expressive parlance , is _termed , 'a funk . ' _Somebody had announce ! a Chartist meeting to them . They immediately set to w < rk manufacturing special constables by the gross . Ball _cartridge was served out to the recruiting parties , and the sappers of the _trigonometrical survey ; and the rnral police of this and the neighbouring county , concentrated in the town . TheEe wiseacres do Hor seem to know that the people understand the difference between a street-riot and re-Toluticn , aad that it the Baid people were ence up in earne .-t , all tbeir constabulary and red coats would aot _sticd fiv « minutes before th _? m . Speakin _? of
revolution , I may add , that there seems a _central and _growingfeeliDgamon ? _all classes that something ia about to hsppen , although nobody exactly appears to Know what ; a ? d those who have capita ) , aie lavisg oat as little as possible , than which I do not know _anythmp more Iik ? * j to hasten the something tb _* y fear . _Apropos of ' specials , ' the Edinburgh autho--ntie 3 , as I see from a private letter from that metropolis , haves _* orn ia the students . Loeking ts the State of _feeliiiir between the youths and tho working classes of tbe city , there can be batonc opinion as to the good taste , of th ' a proceeding ; and wben we see quiet constitutional meetings surrounded hy an armed force , cm their be a single deubt of the accuracy of John Mitchsi ' _i thesis , tbat , better than the parliamentary or the municipal , is the rifU-fhmchise ? i
Bbadfoee , —A great pnblio _meeting for the Charter was he'd m the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , ea _Friday week , _cslkd by the mavor , on the _reqaMtioa of 120 electors ef the borough , to petition parliament for _bnivarsal Suffrage , Annus ! _Parliament , VOW by Ballet , to _abolish Property _Qualification , to pay members if Parliament for thoir services , and divide the United Kingdom into equal Electoral Divisions . The mayor had premised to take the chair , nut _subsr quent ' . y sent an apology , press of business compelling him to be absent . A deputation waiter ? on Mr Foster , merchant , who at once accepted the invitation to preside at the meeting before
. Long _^ i , a P P ° Infed for commencing , _ths-halL capable of nold _.-nz 2000 persons , was crowded to excess , and _cundreds had to go away , there beine ao _standins room ; all tha seats were removed , and _everv spot _^ _"nere a toot cauld be placed vras occupied . Mr _Fos - ter was receivad with cheers on being moved to the ehair . lie declared he was for Universal Suffrage , but some Gf the poLts mentioned in i & _s- requisition _& e had not taid that particnlar attention to yet SS _* fgnld ensure conviction of their _ntSity ; . he was s man of peace , asd hoped the condnet sf their _proceedings at this meeting wonld disappoint the _expeetatiscs of many in Bradford : he _Tvould always be
found advocating the rights of the _people to political power ; be concluded bis address amid the plaudits of the meeting . The chairman called on Mr Swan , an eleetrr , to _tn- _'ve the first resolution , which was for _Universal Suffrage , a 3 defined by tbe Charter , and the mover very eloquently _maintainea the right of every male adult to the suffrage . The motion was seconded by Mr John Rawson , a member of the town council , who declared the doctrine was not of yesterday ' s conviction to him , he had been many years convinced that tbe _suffrage was tha right of the whole peop _^ , nnd he hoped ere long to see a parlia - ment elected on tbo principle . Mr John Shaw , of Leeds , supported the _resolution in a speech repeatedly
interrupted by ihe cheers of the meeting , and con _^ eluded a brilliant address amid the gi eatest applause . The motion was -adopted without a sine ' _edissentient . The second resolution waa moved by John Smyth , seeondedby Mr Cook , and very ably supported by Mr Leghtowler , who gave tke professors of religion ana the state church such a castigation aa will long be remembered in Bradford . The petition was proposed by Mr Smyth , _seconded by Mr Cook , and _carried ananimousiy . It Wis proposed that the petition be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting , and that Colonel Thompson be _requested to present it , and Mr _Busfield to support the prayer . A vote of thanks was _p-issed by acclamation to the chairman , who returned thanks , and the meeting separated .
_Lfsk . —A public meeting was held tn _Monday evening , March 20 th , at the Albion Hotel , Broadstreet , to petition Parliament for the People ' s Charter . The hall , capable of holding 1 , 000 people , _vras densely crowded and _EEmbers eonld not gain admission . Mr Joseph Scott was unanimously called to the chair . James T waits moved the first resolution , _ivhich was seconded by Mr Church . Thomas Scott then moved the petition , which was seconded by Mr James Dickersnn , after which Mr William Dixon supported the petition in an eloquent speech of one
hour and twenty minutes duration . The resolution and the pet . Ui ;> n were unanimously agreed to , after which Mr Twait 3 moved that a _requisition be Eent to Lord G . Bentinck and Viscsunt Jocelyn , praying them to support the prayer of the petition ; seconded by Mr J . Diekerson and unanimously carried . A vote ef thanks wra awarded tho ehairmaa , likewise to Mr Dixon . Three hearty cheers were given for Kr O'Connor , threo for tbe Charter , and three for the French R ? public _, after which tbe meeting separated .
Essex akd Suffls LiXD and Chartist Uxion . —The branches ef the Land Company and Charter Association that intend to join this union for agitating these two counties , are requested to correspond with the secretary to the union , Mr . H . S . Clubb , Stour Cottage , Stratford St Mary . Suffolk . The payment is , for each dietriet , not Jess than 28 . 6 i , per quarter . Di'tviets _rtquriag agitation and assistance in the formation of new branche * , will receive immediate attention . Friends , resident in _euch places , are particularly _requested to communicate as above- Where teoms cannot be obtained , It is intended to hold open-air meetings during the coming spring . Heywood . —On Saturday evening , the 18 th ultimo , a public meeting was he ! d in the _Anr-cl Meadow . Mr James Leach , of Manchester , and Mr William Bell , 2 ddres ? ed the meeting , which was one of the _largest ever held in this town . Two resolutions were adopted in support of the People ' s Charter and the National Petition .
Bacdp . —A public meeting was held , on the 19 : h Gitime _, in the Chartist-room , Rochdale-road , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr Wm . Tagg was called to the chair . Mr Thomas _Tattersall explained the principles ofthe Charter in a clear and lucid manner . After giving three cheere for the chairman , three cheere for Mr O'Connor , and three Seers for the French Republic , the meetiEg separated . Cirr akp _Fisjbcry . —March 19 m . —Mr Cater in the chair . Messrs Allnutt ard Fennell _reported from the _Metropolitan _Dekgate Committee . Mr Allnutt moved , and Mr E . Nobbs secsnded , that £ 1 be sent to the _Pelegate Coamittee towards defraying the expense of the demonstration , and that we recommend all the other localities to do the S 3 me . —Car ried . Several new members were enrol _' ed , and several shares were taken out for the local hall .
_Siou-ibridge . —On Tuesday week , a large and enthus i astic meeting was held here in support of the movements for the Land and thff Charter . Mr . Clark , of _London , and _stTerai other friends , addressed the _asnembli _^ e in a highly satisfactory strain . Much g ; od will result to the cause fiora this meeting . Dudley . —On Monday week , two large meetings vers held in this town , toeomroeai rate the establishment of tbe French Republic , and in furtherance of thc People ' s _Charter . Tse meetings were ably _addr- _fised by Messrs Cook , Ma 3 nn of Birmingham , Linoev , Cb . inc ? , and MrT . Cla . kof _L- « ndon .
' Barley Mow _L-cality , Old _Bethsal Gree : ' - ¦ _Ezr-Ay ) , — _. At a _meeting of members of this locality , it _^ _va 3 _rtsulvcd : — ' That Messrs Service and Crow _represent this locality in the Aeitatinz Committee of the _Towe- * Hamlet ? . ' _Messrs Jones , Tapp . asd Kydd , _* rere _uo-ninsfed from this locality as delegates . to the _National ' _Convf-ntion . _. _y D _CKD--K —Chartism hrs revived in _Dande- ? . Up-• _snrlBoffiftr-twohavejftined the association atonr two last _meetins . A cftuncil has bee . _niicminsted , and wihmertcv _. ry Monday _evenins , at e _^ htoclock , in ths Agso _^ _sinn-room , _Pullaz ' _s Cio _^ e , Al arraygate , --here subscriptions vail be received , and mem fee' - _> _enrolled . , _Kiii _«> - « . ! . Victim _Commiiki-. —Mr Simpson ( _secrc-• U-v * - aekn < r-V ! he rec-ipi of 3-. -51 _fi- _- > _m _^ Isaac Wdson , _Kcrihal ' ert _' . r . ' o Mr ? Jono- ' _s Fund ; and / _ro-n Mrs _R-. _' _fT-ton Ci for t if _sa-iiC fund . Tne
_* j «' _ejinserlc-l _.-. ¦* Mr t _^ Warner , in a _-m _? _M-niber _« Mt _' . _eS . , tS . v , i « Jhave ! Ken . \! r V 7 . _Uarffsr . _tE ? J _"' ' xsum _* _- - - _^* delegate nwc ! in _= r _, Laid _itt _^ :: ' _f O _^ b _' _- _** . it was _reeved :- ' Tbat , _cBnuqaeneeof Mr O'Connor _reik-in" beifcro the
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collection at the meeting , and the said collection being a failure , tbat in future no leader be allowed to speak before the collection . ' 'That a new local lecturers' plan be adopted , each locality to send in returns of the members on their books , the time and place of meeting , aa also whether there be any competent as lecturers in their localities ; the said returns to bs made within a fortnight ; ' ' That an offer of cooperation having been made by Mr Doheny , of having Irish delegatea in thc coming Convention , we require an explanatory antwer from the Executive relative to this important matter . ' * Tbat the secretary and treasurer bD raid their expenses to Oldham , and that eur best thanks bB given to Mr _Pilling for hia conduct as chairman . '
Massfiel 0 . —A public meeting wa ?! held in the Old Meeting-home , School-room , Steckwell Gate , on Monday evening , March 20 t _, h . Mr T . G . JQibbard in the chair . A resolution in favour of the National Petition was moved by Mr J . Elliot , and seconded by Mr J . Shooter . Mr Wra . Linney m « ved tbe adoption of the National Patition . The Rev . _Wm < Linwood ably supported it . —Carried unanimously , Manchester . —Committee Rooms , 98 Great _AneOuts-stMet . — Brother Chartist ? , — Having been elected by your representatives assembled on Sunday _iRSfc , in -Manchester , to the high and responsible situation of Observation Committee Men , we enter upon our duties wiih 3 due sense of their rmpor- j
! _tanca , and with a resolution not to be shaken until | the objects we have in view are achieved : the political emancipation ofthe _peeple , and the destruction of inequality . Brethren , whilst we are prepared to do osrdutie _? , aI ! owus to remind yorf your liberty h s pearl too precious to be bought at any other prise _thas that commensurate with its wine . To your work , then , men of South Lancashire , and enable us to perform our 3 , wa dare all and _riisk all , even life itself , if necessary . Thia _clonrT of oppression must be dispersed , and thc sun of liberty sbinc again on thi ? , oar native land . _Jamea Eeaeh , chairman' ; Thomas- _TVhitfaker , treasurer ; Thomas Rankin , John Kutfall , _Edward Clark Cropper ,. Jo & n Grundy , Joiin O'Hea ; Joshua Gutteridge _. & eeretar ? .
| _ExKxasHis NfSLT D 0 NH _usDvtA- _^ ObSaturday evening , the ISth inst ., a public meeting- was convened for the _purpose of adopting tfee- Nat _& nal Petition . At the houy _appointed for _ectDmensFBg the _meeting , luckett ' _e large hall , in _ForS _^ treet , _twas crowded _eate-rsively - " _during the _evening _hisndrtda had to go away ,- Y _/ ho conld not obtain _aemi & _sfcn .- — v 7 . J . P . _Wiikinsen , Ei _^ ., was called atf to preside amidst tremendous- cheering . Mr WiMfiison ; after _thankinshis follow _citizens for _thehnncur-conferreii , on him , said ; - _Ift > wis _tbg-time to _strikesfrthfe-ros & of ' corruption . Ofthe _exiBtanee of _corruptkitfnBd * fhe _profliiraey of the present government few men bs ?* e a doubt ; the _oaly" _differf-ue _? that ' existed ,. v ? _aS ; aff _> Sj _> the best means sf ' remedy-, some were for 3 _BB ; _. _sorfle
for another , butfor _his-psrtr he was _firmljresolved to _struggle for She" best' _rstmedy ever _proposed-= 2 < remedy which will root out all _corruption—th ' 9 _enactment of _tbs- People- _* a * Charter . ( _iSamense cheering . ) If these parties who style _theisetelves the friends of the "working _ci-ases and _progjessidn , wodd but devote _ti * _s-snme"amount of talent to'the _adva-ncement of tha Charter tbht they do to _sonse-rf their miserable crotchets , _soo-n would the _Charter _bscoise the law of tab land' . ' ( Cheers . ) It _madttreil notto fhe people—whs fiber _tbeh-rslers were Wh ' f _^ or [ Tories . Free Tradists-or Protectionists—so long-as tbo _EBiority _gonerned _tbe-majririty . so long wetrld _misnrr-j have an _existence- _Wers-tiiere one in wioS 9 heart _» spark of liberty existed , that did not rejoice
in the Jate glorions 3 ftvolution- of France , _wbsre they hurled a hoary he £ ded tyrant from his _plcaa-. eie of greatness , and _gest him to this eountry for 311 _, ' asylnrn _^ because he trsmple'd on- their rights and . _privilegss ? The noble people of France have a lTey ipuhlie . ( Cheers . ) Lost ; may theyeiyoy it , A _I'iv _ipublio fer the French , and the _Ciierter for the English ; { _iCbeerint ' , _whiciftontinued- for some _mjj . ' nutes . ) : The Charter asd the _whete- _^ _har-ter should Be their watchword . 3 d - felt _asE 3 red if the people -would but persevere in the noble manner in whichthey had _bcenn , _suocesj-wonld _crcwa their efforto . ' He _lameiited that the n ' _2 g 3 _wa 8 not _^ _jtjj the people ; "With few exceptions the _journals wsr _& the _deadliest eneraips of tbe people , Sourly _misrspresentine : tho
_people ' s movements and r . ?> jpbts . _Thonah the acknowledged leader of the wo _» _-L 4 ng classes of Great Britain —Feargus O'Connor , Esq » _j—was _M-, _' _? . for Nottinebam—( The cheering and clapping ofhanda at this saoment cannot be concei 7 _? d . )—scares-was there one _Bewgpapeirthat cave his _ess-eeches _sav _>> tbe _Noesuekn Star ( Cheers ( Mr _Georje « Augu » tuo-Moore , an auctioneer in- this city , _cried-out— ' Wiirr , wonld jepert _Hibbish _?'; ' The Chairman stated—S * have read the S ? Aa _weclily foa years , co _^ eeqnently Mr O'Coanor'g letters andspeeches . and 3 have _invepiably found in them mora _rial and _substantial food' -for the mind , than Sn the works of all _toother political writers of the present _t-r any age . My _cosisdence 5 a Mr O'Connor is such , tbat while _he-pursues the same
straightforward cour ? e , I shall deem _ib-a high _hoEour tc-fieht tae battle of Chartism _underhia leadership . ( _CbQersJ- He then _calle _^ _on-the sn ' osscretary , Mr O _^ _Brien , t « explain to the Assembly _theprinciples of the Peopl &' s Charter . M # O'Brien-elucidated tho six point 3-of the Charter , replying satisfactorily to She _objeations usually made against each , after whicb he said v tilese aro our rig' _* _i _4 _?—weclaiEitbem _as _' such , and ate resolved to agitate for the » -until they are _obtainefifor _England , folly convinced- that whpn the people ia their majesty demand , tbem , they will berriKted . ( Cheers . ) Mi Robert Webber , an old 3 Chartist , rose to _proBese-tbe . _firftresolution— ' That class _la-cfelation is the _sonree of _ali-the miseries afflicting-this country , _ardthat we pledge ourselves to
struggle unceasingly for » -us annibilatioD . ' Seconded by Mr Sobert _Beedel , and carried unanimously , _amS . cheers _^ Mr O'Briea , after a _fe-. v _^ _remarks on theon tfcek- noble achievsiaents , as- well as rejoiciBg at necessity of onion , _proposed , 4 he- adoption of t ! fe . Natieaal Petition . - ( Cheers . ) . § . A _4 the _conclasion . of bis reading it , the _cbeeriag was renew 3 & . Mr Portbnry , _shosmaker , _secoaded the motioii _^ _, MrStanlake came forward and said , Mr _Chainaan and fellow-citizen- ' , Earn one of those who are for progression—I do not like the _Charter as a _wholar-{ disapprobation )—but II will sEpporfc it ; _because A believe the good _itoontainaisraore than the ev : U ; : I would much rathe ? not have _Wniversal _Suffras-Q . _in it—( hisses )—but , as- it is , I will support it . I _^ am
glad that peace , law , and orrfer , is your motto ; : b « t ; there \ k the _Saaiiary Bill ,. The Chairman asked Mr Stanlakeif ha had any amendment to m & ke ,, to which a _negative reply was given ; then _saidithe chairman you are outof orde _* , and I cannot bear you unless the meetine direct otherwise . Mr George Augustus Moore said , I rise to move as a & _amendn ment that , that fi ? e points ba left out— ( _bresasancl groans)—but thoug h , the Chairman waited ' - for ten _mhutesi no one in that large _asfemblj , oouW be found to second it . The proposition wss put and carried , with _on-i dissentient , the said Mf Moore , who fied onto ! the meeting , by _aauledoM _^ < iThe _apnlauHa was rapturou' _* . ) --Mr William _Joole , of Collumpton _, saii , & resolution haa _heta-handed to me for propofal _, congratulating the peopla of France one of the first acts of their governments being for the protection of labour he said that bad his heart y concurrence . This resolution was seconded by Mr
_JamesKowe . and carried unanimously _^ A vote of _tfeanks was moved by Mr O'Brien ,, and seconded by the whole uieetinj _*' , to Mr Wilkinaon _, for his noble _conduet in taking the chair at Bush a trying time , and tho firm dignified manner in vihich he had filled that office . Carried unanimously , amidst thunders ofapp auBO . Three cheers lor tho Charter , and the people ' s champion , Feargus O'Connor . Esq ., M . P ., for _Nottingham . Mr Wilkinson , replied tbe best thanks he desired , consisted in the people coming forward , signing the petition , aed lending a helping han o to the great and good work . Already we bave 2 000 signatures in this citj of parsons . Our good friend Ilavill is working like a slave _obtaining them , lit was remoured that the authorities were ia great fear , _having all their available force at hani , ready for actions ; but ere this they must know ihe _Chartibt 3 aro preservers , net thc disturbers of tbe peace .
ADDRESS OF THB INHABITANTS OV BDSWLTT , IS 84 JBLIC MEETING _AS _5 _EHHIED , TO THE _FBEKCH _PZ 0 S 4 B . _Beethbei " , —We can _aiaure yon that no eient of the present sge has _giren ub more pleasure than _joar re cent glorions victory over a cruel intriguing Mrip _j and his base and unprincipled ministry . Louts Philippe , whom yonr courage raited to the throne , and whose head you adorned with the ( Madam ol France , haa tor some seventeen years in the most ungrateful manner triumphed on yonr rights ; v ' olated the Eolema pledges he made In 1830 , saddled the nation with a monstrous _dofatj overtaxed his people at home , & nd united with the crowned monarch * of '' Europe for the suppression of liberty abroad . He _considered himself secure , surrounded by his armed _rner . _cenaries ; relying upon the bristling bayonets thai en .
circled his throne , he attempted tke suppression of public meeliags to prevent the possibility of your complaints being made known to tbe world . Not content with en . slaving the hody , he endeavoured to chain tho immortal mind cf man _ButtbeSSjsd of February dawned upon France , when the grand final attempt of the despotic king was to be made to tako away the last vestige of freedom ; _tiut you , nohlo Frenchmen , boldly proclaimed your hatred to the King ' s unholy _dtciets , and mada ihe city resound with the cry for reform . The _National _Gnfirds , knowing yonr grievances , and _pflrticipntieg in your spirit , fraternised with jou , snd _cidtS ia the good work . The _strngnle _continutd till tha 21 th . and every . where yoa were victorious . Popular iu _lunation hnvlog
driven the ministry from the helm nf affairs , the King tried to conx you by tho formation of a . oar ,- ministry , but it wa-, too late . Y ; . u prncloimtd in ihunder tones , ' Vivs 1 ft ll ? puhlique , ' whieh _soumle-l the _dqalh knell of t : e Cleans _dyniaty _, _—restored Ktpahlioiinivin to Franc :., and liberty lo you , her brave and patri-Mic chiWrcn . _Brethr-n _, in _coBgratulaiing you on your glorious ac _uievs ments _, we aro awnre of the _probahili-j- of 3 _combination of kings to crush _tl . o iu ' ant .-. ; uMic in its hud , Jest by its _importiiat iier _* -lcj ? cm -.- < j- .. _imuid create 0 _Gi ! s ' r <> in _iLk _micdB of _ili-.-ir > _i'bjecis , in -lit _vntiou-i _nailonjofLu . p .- to destroy bad _ii-a _' _jitiitio _^ s and rem-. del _thwr _go-.-ii ! _isi £ _- ! 5 !» upon your glrrious ditto , _'Liberty , _Frat' / _rnitj , ; i-d B _. _juilify . ' Hut itar not , go on in > o _> . r noble career , despotism has dene its woik _, diecontent
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pervades the minds of tha mass , and the people ahout _forLiborty ! And we , as a portion of the people of England , solemnly pledg « _omwelveB , In public ' meeting _naacmbltd , to use our utmost endeavours to prevent » uch interference . Brethren , In conclusion , permit us respectfully to recommend you to _waich vigilantl y , lest any attempt should be ns &« e to encroaeh npon your glorious pvineiplts , and mar the good work you havo so ably btgun . That wisdom may characterise the deliberations Of jour _COUncilS , BO that you may U J , a pp , e . t home , nnd respected abroad , are tho ardent hopca ot tbe PeorLB op Boxnlit . _Signed en behalf of the meeting , William _Saged , Chairman . _Hiui-ii . —ThO' following address was _adopfed at a late meetins held in the Odd Fellows Hall —
TO THS _BErOBlICAWS OF _FIUKCE _. _BaoTHaa Democrats , —la watching tha progress of your efforts to emancipate yourselves from tho galling yoke of political bondage , wbich has boen 8 o long eup . _presslnz jou < - aspirations after llb * rty we the Democrats of H _* Hf ., S ) hare deeply pympatblsed with yon ; nnd during jonr struggle we have been alternately betwixt hnpe and _fjar—hope that you would be able to contend successfully _againit the immense physical power which the cunning of Louis Philippo had organised with a blind _confiosncfl of securing himself _ngatot your efforts Ior justice—fear lest you should be overcame , and bo com ' pellod to 8 _hrlnfe back into deeptr slavery—thus not only _strengthening * _he p 6 wer of Louis Phili ppe , but at th » same _timegivlng to all despotic governments an increased power to act in a raore tyrannical manner ira suppressing
every effort for tho obtaining of political libwty . We are happy to _congratulate yon upon your _suceeso , which is attributable not se much to your physical power , as to the justice of your _causo . Tou are exceedingly fortunate in having appointed _aprovislonal ' government _, _composed of a few ot the _primeat souls of the nation , whose wise councils have been sc etfeGtual in restoring _pes ; ce and _Crder . You hava _adoptedUhe motto— ' Liberty , _Sraternity , Equality , ' which has-made a deep and lasting impression on the _Democrairs-of _thiB-conntry ; and wb _' _dhwe _trast will be adopted by every Individual who Ib a 9 pirfng after liberty , aad destroy Sir ever that principle _offaxpediency whioh prevents raaay of our countrymen frjni gran _^ _nsr those principles of political liberty which they
deem'to--be right . Tour _victerp may bo considered as a _presigo of tha downfall of all tyrannical _povernmenty Wa look upon it as one of the most important change * that ever took place , _umeUng' tfio liberty ofthe peopio of every _co'J & trj . It has shown _aif'governments that the forbearance of people _cannat ba relied upon past acnrtaln point ; aad , in order to prevent a similar fate befalling _( Vero , tbi _? will ba compelled to listen to the claims of t e peopls , which they have so long _sDglitkd .. Trusting tbat you will _aurrouod your government with such _institutions a * will tend to promote tha _yhyfrieaVand Intellectual development off the whole _pronle ; so that the _greatest _aimo-jnt of _happinsss which the human-family can enjoy may be your portion .
_F £ TI 1 I 0 _K-0 » TH ; E WOBKINO _CLASSESItMIWZRI-OOL , Tt > the Honourable the _, Hou 3 e of _Cocraions of Groat _Britain and Irrlmd , in Parliament assembled , HCHBLI' 37 _IE-3-BTH , That your petitioners belong to t _* sat portion or _* sB _'ilety callod' tho working classes , many thousands 2 _$ wh om are at present out of employment , and have not when with to procure the necessaries of lite ;; snd your _yarr . _ia _^ ers view _witli deep regret the _disturljanceB caused by thu ¦ want o ? emplojnnnt . $ _IT & al your petitioners beg to inform your honourable _bfe-uee , that it is-the 5 rm conviction of their mind , that _exsss ? ii o taxatioo'isone of tbe cbiefcanses _oStheir distress ; j our petitioners know that the working classes are , the products * of all wealth , ond although the minis . _tsruSai tho class , above , that ultimately the elass to
_whioiyoi ir petitioners _belong will have _topay-thetaxep , 77 * 3- an _likewise- _awave of tho dilemma ln > which her _ilSjestj ' _ii _minlctera-have _jlaccd themselves , in _declaring their inali ility to enrry on tho government of these _realmo-wit heut _inj _^ eaBi _^ the ta « tioH , In the- opinion of _yoE-rpet itioner _* , it would be more consistent with corn-sod st nae and * the interests of humanity , to reduce public- e _» p . _nditura-, ' Soar petitioners therefore pray your horo-ju ruble house to take into your serious and _imthediatb co _nsideration , tbe neoessity of reduobg the C ' tvil Uis _4 ;; your petitioners being of opinion that her J _j _fsjasty is ii 1 the yearly receipt of more money- than is sufficre-tato procure fort herself , hor husband , nnd < fumily _, tne- _nses & _sai ies of fife .. Eu support of our petition , your
pet ' . _tionass h ave to advance , tbat if fourteen or _mxtet-n 8 hillrngs _. 5 cr week , whioh is more than some of us receive—be- so fficient fo ? a hardworking man and his family- —oat of which he has jto pay house rent aud local taaea— that fifty thousand p _* r annum is more thon _sn < 2 dieotiS 3 S'i the family of ihe greatest _monarch on earth , and _that-ifea wants cf royalty above that oftho working ¦ _clasBOg _j _- _^ _t-a ai -tiflcial _^ _and-ought to bo got rid of forth _, with- _Velil < ewi 8 e pray your honourable bouse to pa 6 S laws to . _jaisTei a the _royal children having gratJto-of the _publiaimmK-y while her Mi _jeHy is in the receipt of more tbanfiftj ? tlao usand pounds per annum . Mac ,. to pass a _law-tccppev ent ? rmoo Albert , her _Mpjjsty ' _s consort , _^ _eceivinp aaj of the public money , unless filling , aome _aBofcliSlCoalii m .
Thafe jaw _petitioaere further pray your honourable house to _» _afeol ish . Immediately , all unmerited pensions ( _SnoVsinooiiirsj —to l « _a- ? e the clergy to be pnid _by . aliitheir hearers } _aajd not out ofnbe tases wrung- from fhe sweat Qf . _the _icdasir _ious _claoseoj . ; _Thstiyaisr petitioners-would have your honourable _houBO-toi _& Boi v that _tliey- wish to be at peace with all _oatisas _v tlasl -the _disputes which may happea < between _Sreat _EtiitBin and _fopeignaations , cruld be _adjjated by a _feoTiticaillig ent meai from each nation , without the interference of _military-orbrate force ; that _the-y . _lookupon the _ahedding of human , blood with abhorreaoe _, . except in def < ne » of their _livos-aud liberties ; and _taiQt in whatevor / _juajter of the R ' oba the Creator has placed
manwhatensr a jhis _coloarior creed—they desire to- look upoa hia gi _i a brothen four petitioners _baing-. of this Opinioa , _cai mot see any other use ef a large standing army , and n aval force , thaa that of _providmj _. the younger branches of the aristocracy with posts , places ,- and pensiont _^ and tbe _enslcvinff of l ' _ca people of these Malms . _Tpuu petlti oners are also-aware of the _larsa-amount of moaej req aired ton the support of a _lawje standing ormj , and also are _ofopi-nSoa that by _disbandinga num . ber of regiments , _acd-sabststuting a National © nard . tbis _impo-.-tant ite » in the aationa ] eApsnditu . ro would be greatly reduced ,- . and tbe defensive force of tbe _caitatry rendered more _eSbient than under > _the-present _system .
LtlBtly , your _jstUioaena beg to _Jnform . _your . feonour-; aWe home , that & _s . pre 8 _» at state of society _Jeada to vice , . ' _cpicae , and « _rretsfaedneaa m tho extreme- ; ; and tlsey urge ' apon _yourhonciiRaWetbaTjaoto adopt _raenBUUoa to re . move tbo social e _* U _$ undeir which the _iBdustrious _claases _grean : fer thia end--wo- _? ray your honourable bouse , as soon as _posalblvts p _^ ss-a lair _guaranteeigg . to tbe people of these _realmfcirnployment for the uaa « n . p . loy . 4 d , so as to geoure a U _> ol : hood uBd u voice lo . the _mohlnp of those laws _thpy _^ a ye _oaSsd on to obey . The * Creator in placing man an . tho earth , intended hs- should live ; ar . d as labour is tho , raaai » , the right o 5 man . to lafeo ' ur , and to ft _voiaain . _maJiiiie tha laws , " _himpliji as a
consequence . That yoi _2 rp _$ _tlttossTS are of opliioa » t & at . by jour 1 horjourable _~ - oiou _» _o granting their _patiVioni , tbat hec lln-JGBty _' _a _govtwvmoni would ba enahlad to . reiuoe ihe . enormous taxation ,, and improve the noral aad social cos _^ . dition of _aJlqlesses , besides _makiaj . her- _Majestj moaa popular , aud _btrministers more r 33 pec 5 _ed . Aud Vvur _. _petitioners
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THE _NORTHERN STAR . . __ Arm 1 , 18 _M . 1
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Tub Tihijon . To The Edito* Or Ran H&Ain...
TUB _TiHIjON _. to the edito * or ran H & _aininu btae _^ T > aA 2 . Sia , —The _following extract is from 4 work _entitled , 'France _» nd EnglBRd _, " b M . de I _^ maJH ' me _, _jaembtr of the _Provijio-iali & overninent _^ t _Jlanoe , and I think it not only sets . * _osth a great truth , but _likonise _allows tbe _opicton oS _qoa of the gro _.-jttcsfr men , of the _presi-nt day , upon tha . subject of the * Oiion _betwetn Sngland and _IrelanSv The _following ia the eatract : — If Ireland bas _notassipailated to England in _thelapBO of so many _ccr . _tus-iss , it is that _Ireland is treated not es an equal but aa a . _conquored natica _/ _,-, that there has nevir been _betao-a her and _EngTisnd complete interchange of _advaiiitaROj _ptWUesoB _,, and pioduce . Tha people _conqujxod , treated or e * _oq , uered , havo always heen disposed 1 , 0 , mate ths most , _desp-.-rata efforts to recover their lost independence ; _-kney have always bohaved as slaves _teMsarda _maatorB _, _BtUng that they were not less unhappy , Tbe fusion otiffo peopio can only be by wi \ y of _reciprocal benefit - , " _nslice and humanity have _dose more for this thr . n ever brute forco did . ' When for . _ignws speak thus I think it is hi gh time for all Uue _RepsaUrs to bo np end doing . The _monsttv goos on bravely * _h-ere . Vf e have got some _staaoch supporters la ihe ladies , several of whom aro taking petition sheets _; round and . getting them numerousl y Bigncd _, I I remain , yours , die ., j _Ipswich . T W ft
National Flag . To The Sditor Of The Non...
NATIONAL FLAG . TO THE _SDITOR OF THE _NOnTHERN STAR , Sib , —Now that a union of the patriots of tlieea three countries is at last happily conBuniniatv d , a fl » g emll : _zonin _» tho great fact has , in my opinioa , become _necoBsary . Besides , the green flag , at present that of the popular party in England , is the national one of one of the 'high contracting parties . ' A _banutr , _therefore , _iii which the colours of tho three nationalities sbsrtl bo combined , Is , in my opinion , much preferable , particularly as It will bo thatf : > 8 hion ; ibla combination , atri coloar . I therefore proposo that henceforth the popular flag shall be cc _miiosf a of pai alhl _striprs of red , blue ,
and Kreeu , In the order in whieh I huvo wrl ' . teu _tbeai , and in tho centre of each _compartm-nt _, that thero shine a silver star . Tlio summit of the star may bear the bonnelrouge , or what is perhaps better , u simple _sperr head ; tb * _tnenvla _euep 1 _nding from which may be ot ths same matt rial as the stars . Thia proposition may appear trifling , I dou ' t _thlnheo . I am , Sir , yours , & o „ Dumfries , Mnrch 2 C . h . Sioimcs , [ We fully concur with ' _Sicinius' in tlilnking his _proposition _ar-ytli ' mg tut a ' triflhig' matter . In _ouropinion , a _ikmocntic fl _* _g—anu ihai _11-ig a til coif ur _olsooie tO : t—is indispensable . We think a flag _nhould be adopted by the Convention , _aui ( if fla _^ s , Jkc , are to ho carried ) , should be borne conspicuously in tit ? procession of the Nth Of April . ]
Tbs Ttbahkioai, Mfllocbats. To Thu ^0110...
TBS TTBAHKIOAI , _MfLLOCBATS . TO THU _^ 01103 OP THE _NOBTHEaH ST 4 E . Sib —I trust ? , ou will give publicity to the under _, mentioned facts fro . ™ a _regular subscriber to the Star since its commmcfinicnt . Mr Robert Gordon , mill . _Wright , Lancashire HU . ' . last week requested all his hands t 0 meet bim at tb *) Court-House to be sworn in RS special constables . Ww "suit was , that the men m .. t _atattubUehoase , and unanimously agreei not to bo ' Neat aay be pretended to « ta _« ta out the Ioad « ra and _dischnrged them . At a meeting' of _manufaetnrers it was mooted , the swearing _Iflof _species was not for fear of the Flag _drawo _« , but tha 'd « -tt _OhnrtiBtB , and tbey _Lro determined to _annihHato them . ' I trust , sir , you will notice this act of _tyrnimy and _opprehsion . _As __ the individuals that be bas _discUar ed arc depending in a great measure on their - . daily avocation , U j on d only injure themselves and families te publish their _nnmos . I am , dear sir , _yowrs , _TVith every sentiment ot esteem , _( A _HZtfUMH _SOBSCaiBBB ,
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v _\/ _vv _^ . _* _- _''<*^ ' - _^ ' _< 52 _^ ' _**"'" •** ' _**• _THEASON ! TO THE _EMTC-a OP THE _NOSTHEBU' _SftfcS . Sin —I have met with the _following statement no repeatedly Of late , that I am disposed to tbln _^ f that It con - tains somo truth . Shortly after the _unfoftanute—perhap s government planned—riots in Glasgow , the press ia that city announced _ttte- formation of a _rlS * brigade , the _JOembers of which w _eito to find tbeir own accou'rements _, and appoint their own officers ; ond _goresromtnt _, on the other hand , was to _irapply the arms . It Sob- beea _lat'erlj announced tbat this proposal , if not acceded to , i 9 on the-very point of being tb . Ifowif this is tho-case , if tho base , bloody , and brutoi" Whigs , are about _tc-Wm the _bourgeoisie under thoir owa-leaders , not to _reslsT forelgn invasion , but to shoot _tntjpeople , it ought to-be received bj tbe peopio as _adeclarotton of war . Moreover ; if it be just and right that the _governirifint should arm ' one _clasB against another , it is also- right and _propsr ,. and entirely jiwtifiablo , in tbo _ptopih not only to _armthemselveB , but to invite the peopl _^ _-of Franea to their aid . For I _hol'd that in such a case _til-9 social eompict is destroyed , _annd , as in Ireland , t'rte masses will be thrown on the htr of self _^ _prenervatfaai _Nevertheleni , no time _ounht to be lost in r _. _ttomptins ,. _as was suceess . 'fully done , in 1839 ' ,. ' * think , to stop thi 9 avont un-English _System of the liberty-loving WhU'S , by tile Cbartist localities organising aad als » applying for arms , under the same conditions- tbat are to be _irsposed on the _GJisgow shopkeepers . Gorth , _DumfricB , Maroh 2 Sth . _fWe heartily agree with ' _Gurth . ' Perhaps tho delegates w ill come prepared with instructions on- this most important subject , ]
Hw To Ovbbtctw"* A Bad Goterh4psnt . To ...
HW TO _OVBBTCTW" * A BAD GOTERH _4 PSNT _. TO THB EDITOB 0 ? THE _NOBTHEBM BT _* 3 v SiE ] r-Tho most _vnluabla information that oao man can import to another nt the present moment , is tho best and easiest mode of _overturning a bad government . I do not like the idea o ? resorting to arms , the work is barbarous _andtheiBsno , _Ttttink , in _England , would be doubtful ; , _although I admit the _Keans are _^ _ustiSable . But I consider tbat if the people are able to gain their liberties- with the _aword , tiiey or * able to _ftain them without the sword ; that Ib to say by the _exertion of their moral and Intellectual power alone . The _worhing clacsea being tho mass of the-prople , and the producers
of all wealth , and all _othor clauses , including the government _itselfj . dcpendint * uporr their _eiertionn for a _Bub ' _aiBtauce , _what w _« uld thoy not _3 o > by one united 1 ffort *¦ * C * br instance , if the people threngbou * England , Ireland , and Scotland , w » re to refuse to pay any wore money to _governmtnt in tho _flhaprf of taxaa , what could tha _govora _. mentdo ? ' Would its power not bo at en end ? 'Yisf jou will say > , ''but will tbe people refnse to do tbis ? Will the ' middlo and higher daises refuse to pay this money V Letme ask , who enables _tlipneolnsaos to pay this money ? - Is it not the working class ? There then ia the power ofthe people ; : here Is that moral power possessed hy thewotking classes , which , If exerted , Is sufficient to para Use the powers of tho most formidable band of plunderersthat ever usurped tbe name of government _.
Could the middle and higherclhsseB pay this income tax , tbis property tas , this can . for licences , and all the other taxes ,, without tho assistance cf the working claBsest Left'den tho working / clams withdraw this assi 3 tance , and this can be done iii _' tho following manner . Let ene resolve bo made by tho working classes throughout England , Ireland , and Scotland , that they will deal _withhno shopkeeper or tradesman of any description who will not pledge himself to 1 pay no more _taxes , eilheif on income , fo » _-licences ,, or / for anything _olso ; and tbat they will- livo ini no bousc _^ tho owner of which will not pledge himself to the same _determination . And let the following notice- be _affiled on ? - some conspicuous part of _evu-y _aucli shop and hovi « c—• Resolved to pay no more taxes until th © People ' s Charter becomes tho law of the land . '
Then , I say , if the people are nnited sufficiently togain tbeir liberties by means- of the _Bword , tbey are ' uaitedsuEoiently to gain-tUemMby tho means here laid down ; and if they ore not sufficiently united to _gaini tbem by these latter means , I ' am greatly afraid that they will fail It tbey resort _to-the former ,. In thisverytown of Manchester , how many ; _thousands of _pounds-goannually to the govirnmeat-merely for lici nces for < lea , coffee , tobacco , beer , and spirits , Being _; a little _Bhoplteeper myself Bpayno leas thnn- £ 3 . 10 b . a year for _lioences for two articles ; that is io say , I _am-t not allowedto deal in these-articles unleM-I _' pay thb-Rum to tbe government every _> year . I look- upon the exaction os a downright piece of robbery ,, for I nevergave my assent to it , nor e 7 _* riwouId , for n _^ gaod _govern-, ment would not require _sscha thing . And > I herebydeclare , that I am prepared . * If others will do the sums-,-to _refusO'to pay tbis sum . to the government , and _to-, deal in these some _articloa , in epito of _an-ything-. that tilt _government can do _agaia » t « ne _.
Now what would be the consequence Os _>» general resolve _lista this throughout the country ? Why the tfteot would bs delightful . Wo should see allihonest men prosper _^ and all dishonest m _^ n becomo beggars , —tho _government itself would ( tumble . _Thaso- _enlightened _Bbopkeepera , who _pretead . _tfcat the working , claases- arc too _icnorant to _posscao-tko elcctivo _frauehisa , weuld eithe _?< have to become _Jioncst , or ehut up . shop . And we should then see bo _^ _v-raany of tbeso gentry- would off _^ ir themselves as _sposial constables , tm put down hunger with a bludgeoa , when it made aa : effort ta > get food .-
_Soincercly _recommead-thisplan to _tbo-working classes _throughout England , Ireland , and Scotland , _fos their _iraaaediato adoption _^ . I look upon it as . _au _& eient , if properly put In force , to-effect every thing- th & t they ( _kjire , and hy for mr _« s preferable thaa . the _barbarous - _mxrk of resorting to . asms , a plan which Iisoo many are K ( j- _^ _reccmnaendlng boih in England aai Irelaad , and which might prove unsuccessful in these oouar ? leo . With , _svery sentiment of _raspeot _^ X remain , 6-. S . 3 \ _stx « . Manchester , March . 28 th , 1818 .
What Can Tis Special Cfwtablhs Do To Hel...
WHAT CAN TIS SPECIAL _CfWTABLHS DO TO HELP-TO GAIN THE CHARTER ? to _ih * 4 _iBt-ron ov she _twaroiissn STiB . _Deib . Sie , —The above may appear a very puerile questioa to sotae of your readers ; _aevertheleBS , it i » one which , in my _opinion , may be answered to somo _advat _^ tage at the ? preBent crisiB . Nb- doubt , sir , you havo heard of the wholesale manufacture of' _speoiola , ' which is now in _progress in these districts . Ah , air , this is . a deep and damnable plot to _itifla the voice of public opinion ' . The ChartiBt Convention ia about to mset , to _prrsent tho Monster _Putltioa _, and _consldor the aoBt means c £ _aansiog its prayer , the fervent aspiration of oppr _.-8 se _3 humanity , to bB oawrfed into _effect . The 3 tern attitude of labour ' s _starving toiling son ? , has alarmad the _worshippers of Mammon ,, who faro sumptuously daily , _wlthoatlabouring ; they , the capitalists , fear _thepawer o (
tbo Convention , if allowed to be fully developed by the nKSgy which w < mld bo _impartod to it by thanum ' fleTa _»*& d _enthU' _-isem of tho _peesla . in Bimulta ' _ntous _evenisg _miet-Irsis _, wl ich , no douit , will to held in every town and _©^ artist locality in Britain during its Bitting- ; and , in order to destroy this power , the _capitalista have hit u _;> on tbis notable _ashouio to compel their slaves to csin _. mit political _salcide by acting as special constables ngainBt tbomaelves _r By this'dodge' tho cotton lords , tho iron lords , and _emplojers of every kwd will , in case of any such meetings being held in Manchester or other parte of the _innnu ac ; uring districts , bo able to prevent their _n-erkpeople from attending , _undty tbe pretence that their services , as special constables , may bo _wantiS to proteot property and the publio peace ; this will , ot
_ooursf , _doktroy tho moral _inllueace of the _msetings , throug h thn paucity of attendance , in comparison to the _p _^ _pu _' _at _' _on the oigfliiB of faction will ting , ' Oh , be Joyful , ' and , coneealing the real facts , will declare thc opi ' _uion 8 of the labouring _clatsoa has _und-Tgone a reaction . And , again , sir , under these _circumstances , I ask , what c _» n Special Constables do to help to gain the Charter f Thera are many asking this question , and I hope the Stab will answer it . In my humble opinion , tho example of the railway men , whose resolutions appeared in the Stab last Saturday , ia worthy of being acted on ; It might , _perhapj , be impvevod by the labour _, ing Specials' holding meetings among _thesiselves In their workshops , or _wlierevir ihey may be detained , at the Bame hour , if _possible , aud for ths same purposes as
the public _mwtingB from which tbey aro kept hack . _Lat no man . jay ho cuunot do this for fear of his em . ployer . 'Now is the duy _, and now is tho hour ; ' and the mau who is uot willing to risk this rouGh , ay , aud more , at a time like this , and in a cause Ike this ' , is a sluvr , in hi _* heart , and . _amn _' _potence _itsolf could not set such , a ninn—a spanio '—free . This , or somo such _liks tep . t 1 _imagine , is _imperiously _r-. quired for the _guidance and safety uf the . delegates in tho Convuntlon ; ono _f-jse sttp might sacrifice the men cud _materially _doma < " Q or retard thu cause , cd _freedom in _thitt sountry . Sir . pr 0 yingjou will give tke _'Spccialo' tho benefit of _v dur a _, _ivioy and great _iXpitiencu 00 Saturday , April j 3 t _, for'there ii uo tim j to spare , ' I remain youra ir , _tj , e caU 8 e 0 f Democralic J * ratWDi : y all over the war ' _^ W , Pppiei _Sjiiiu , ! _Manoheater , March 26 ,
The French Republic. The Bead-Quartersof...
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . The _bead-quartersof the National Guards of Paris snd its environs are transferred to the Palace of the Tuileries—the Pavilion _Marson , which was the residence ef the Duchess of _Orleans , b * iug appropriated to that purpose . A --rant of 500 , 000 francs is appropriated to tha preservation of the palaces and other publie buildings , which formerly formed part of the Lisle Ciwli , but * hioh _LaVe n 6 w fallen _\* t & tho dom > in id the Republio . The »» m of . 250 , 000 franca is placed at the disposal of the Minister of Public Works , for the construction of a provisional hall for tho National A 89 tmbly . The hall , which is in tke court © f the Chamber of Deputies , bas been already commenced , and is making ; rapid progress towards completion . I
FaTMOTIC working _MHSf . The journeymen calico-printers of Paris and its environs have _presented to the provisional government a sum ol 2000 f < , which they had sub-scribed to * wards the necessities of the State . The workmen , in many other branches of trade and _manufactures , have within the last two days , made donations of a , similar nature . The _-fforkmen of the _Quai Jemmapea hava placed at the disposal of the provisional government Jhe sum of 20 W . which they bad collected amongst theaselves , and nt the same time signified in warm torrcr their confidence inthe _government . Among the new journals which the revolution has piven birth to is one called Voix des Fekmks . [ ' Voice of the Women . ' ! THE M , ECTIO _! f _3 , The Minister of the Interior has-addressed a
circtu ' ir to the Governmen '; CoraraiB _^ ners tdepartments , relative to certain _poirrts affecting tne _rs gbY' of voting at the approaching elections . Tbe re » idi nee of six months in a commune , required for the ri _^ bt of vote , is to be considered as closing on iAprs ] ' 3 , the day of ihe election , and net on iMarch ffl tbe . iast day allowed for inscription ; ia like mmper , ** _ae * age of _tweaty-one years required for voting , lis- to hs . considered as having the right to ruu up to [ the very a ay of April 9 ; the _gendarmeriat are to be _ijassimJlaiea in their right of voting to _soldiers or ' _saiiors- ; _pen'ocs confined in prison under tbe charge _ofbffecera , but not fmnd guilty , ara not to ba deemed _derived of ihe faculty of voting , inasmuch as the _law-holds-iber _. ! _innocent until found guilty ; bot , on
the other Sand , as they cannot proceed freely to the _ph-we of _voting , they are to be considered jd the same _potation as citizens who _fram illneBS or other ' unforeseen cause ** , cannot attend , , and who _coDsetiuently lose tUeir ri _^ ht for the time being . _TH-ff GERMAN AKD _SOlAbH DBMOCRATS _^ On IPhuraday an _irrirnexae body of GerraamB- aud _Sclavonians , being _aubjecta of the Emperor of Austria , bot entertaining _demoerrctic opinions , Esei ? in the Plac _3 7 " e » dome , to _cTmsi _& _r'w-bat they were to db in the present circumstances . Slime of them brought the yellow and ! black flag , witb thb crowned Austrian 1 eagle in the centre , to the _plaj _^ nf meeting , _birfc asgoon as it- _wae-seen by the bulk _of'tSe meeting it _warr saluted with _groana and hooting ? The flag was wrenched from- the hands of the anracky person
whocarried it , , and _barnt in the mifidle of tbe _squara ; the meeting _declaring , amidst great cheering , that * they would Henceforth acknow ] edg < r « jo _flag but tha ; of the liberty , of Germany , namely' , the German tricoloured flag of' black , gold , and red ; A considerable tumult followed ,. ir _> consequence of _odivision of opinion in this _respest _, a portion of the meeting declaring-, that' the Austrian flag oaght to be maintained _as-a symbol of the union of-all the states of which the _AXistnftn empire _consissts' but _ultimately the _sup'Jforters of the _trieoloursdfliig _carried the day . A great number of the _Germans and Austrians present _intimatrd their intention- of leaving Paris , and directing ? their steps towards the Austrian frontiers , to assise their countrymen td reconquer their liberties .
A party of _twertty-five Polish _emigrantff'left Paris eight days _acrJ , with intention , if _possibly of _penetiating into Poland , and raising the standard of revolt . Their countrymen in . Paris are looking with igreat anxiety to-the result of their exertions , of ' wbich tho _recext event * in Prussia unit _* Austria Vender the suceess- maeh more probable than thoy ' were previously . \ _BOIjIOB _-J-OKCB . A deeree creates a special corps under theiiame of ' _" _tfuardiansof _Paris ' , ' rrhoare to watch oyer publio peace ; national and _priv-ate property . They are to ba in such _numbarc-as shall enable one of them to - . _-mtch over the safety-of from sixty to _lOOhouses . They are not to be armed . Their pay ia to be sup . plied by means ofa tax to be laid on landowners and such tenants as _pnT-above l _' , SM ) 0 franes rent .
- _, THE CHUBS . 1 The ultra-Republicans of Paris , not satis 3 eHwith jury of the numerous clubsestabliBhed in the capital , _lhave formed an association under the name of the ! j _£ cobin Club , of which tbe President is _cithe-a-tlil-; ton . who styles himself _exwfllblonel of the Volunteers _pftbo Charte , a regiment organised after the revoluitian of 1 _S 30 . The > Pre » ideiit . who ha 3 published a ' short-address to the citizens of Paris , announeiaethat _ihefirst meeting ofthe club-in to take place on _Thursday , tho 23 rd ult ; ,, adds ,, that nobody need feel alarmed at _tha-nameadoptod by the Association , inasmuch , as there _is-now no _« aristocracy to be suppressed , escept'that of the omrgeoisie . _—TiixassWitre--pondent-: Twenty . four Glob _8-of Paris had elected each two delegates , who , with their _ronpective _presidents _^ were to _conatitute-a Central Committee to discus * the merits of the different candidates for tbe National
_As-embly , _PLASIIXQ 0 _P--THE TRBB _OP-MSEKir IX THE CEAJIP-DE MARS . _Aeiveat demonstratioii . took place on Saturday in the _Charaps-de Mars . Deputations of the _irorking _olasses _^ _ssemblert at _anearly hour from all _partsof the metropolis , for the purpose of doing _hozaaae- to the tree of liberty-, on the spot where the same ceremony was performed in Vi _& k The deputations- arrived ill perfect order , and arranged themselves around tha tree of liberty ,, which had _beeci planted on tbe prsviou 3 evening , aad blessed by the clergy of tbe Gros _Gaillou . From lime to time the depahations arrived from all points and through the different
avenues ,. and as they passed the tree they saluted the _tri > e of liberty with _loud- 'Oheers and cries of' _Itve-lai _Rcpnbliy \ _te . At one o ' clock a deputation _^ of workmen _, went to the Minister of the Interior to come and preside at the ceremony , and to inaugurate the tree of liberty worthily . The Minister immediately coraph $ d ,. and went stance- to tbe Ecolo Kidtoifc » v whero ho was received by © olonel Allard , the director of tho works . He then * proceeded to the foot of tho tree of liberty , and altar a few words from . _Qolonal Allard ; thankins _him-in the name of the- _-vtorlcixs people for hiving complied with their _request'toconie amoair them , M . Ledru > Eo ! Im addressed the _asserablage as follows :- _^
_Tf-vlltiw Citizens—Il thank you In the name of : the pro . I visional government for _> b _*« irif ! thought of _renowifig hare a gjeat event , that of the _Federation of I'M . These thanks I not only _addwas to you in the name of France , but iu the namo of 3 uropo , in the name of tho whole world . TbiB theatre of the Federation , the- © _han > p do _Mttra , recalls tbe _giprlous past . France , divided into castes , into _aristocracies , into provinces—coming at tbo aall ofthe people of PHria to objure , on tho altar of the country , tho _aadent-hatreds and tho resentment of ages _, and to form one single nation—Ihe P * ench nation . ( Applause . ) _ISherc is another recollection , that of the Champ de _ila _^ where the nation , threatened by foreign invasion—whena the indignant people rase to defend-, its nationality . At that period Europe ,, deceived and submitting to- the -will ef its _tnartera , believed that we wishesb to- iavnde it , and we bad Waterloo ! Tn . day wo iwply to it ( sublime _anstvas ) by eendlug It liberty .
Our _resaluHon was _accomplnhed in three _dayn , titdi tha effect of it is _sueh that from _to-dajt all Europe may dtC'are herself free . The two banks , of the Rhine re- _, sound to . the cry of arms , tired of on odio _»« jo *** . . Austria—tbat laud of _pleasure , _wblafe Metternich treated * like another V « nic«—Austria is aroused , and _dealajres her _independence , Tho other countries will follow- the _t-xa-nplo we bave given , and the dust of thrones , wheiie royal _indolsaee slumbered , will scon bs blown away , b _$ the breath of the p . ople . ( _Appbnse . ) Wc hava _reasoni to be proud—I repeat it—for to the defeat of W _^ _aterlsci wa need now only to oppoie new of liberty _asdjdelww .
anoe . Hail to thee , tree ! glorious symbol af , - that ate liverance and that liberty 1 Hail to thee ! with . _$ r & t foretel it , On the very spot where , _sistj- _ysar _* _W ca men fraternised in tbe namo of liberty , 02 , this 33 / _tWg shall soon bob assembled _aisund thee defluta . tiiiB > from every part of tha world . We are strong ; to ; _de , y , „ » jeeauae we rtl y upon libtrly ; _becaase we trust to _. you _^ ijr fe _Hj ( , ent workmen , who have broaght about tie na «< o > } on an _^ who wish to see it bear fruit . ( _ApjJauBfl _^ Now ' my friends , lot ns return t » . our labouT _^ ana % t Qur Die ' } eQ - _roicesjoln in tho _sho-J . t which has _madej _t > , _ijnart ofa world vibrate— ' Yivs . lo _RepublLauB-l'
_-Cries of ' Vivo la _Repubhiyw _^ « Viva r J ru . Rollin , ' followed this speech Jr _tjfi _™^ soldier of the _armies ot tHJ _& _VWi iC > Ee _^ lll _9 haBd oftho Minister and _preBsejta * _, his _heaft , without _heina able ta _prftnouroeo a , « r wd g 0 wa 8 hia emotion . An officer of _ty , udvanced towards ths Citizen _Ivk _Collin , and wiih tears m h _. _s _eyaB asd aw trembling with emotion , expres . es ! the amm V the officers and men at n ?? LtZy Ile demanded the recall ot t , hs , ar » _ny . L _^ R _,, Uta _mJI ed byaneulo _^ um in honourof th * nvmy _stxiO h 0 should onl - be satis 6 ud when _^ _^ _flll _^ _**> P ° P'e , and the National UU _' . rd tmm \* a at a banquet on the Champ de Mars _Citinen ht d _^ . _^ _oUin retired , followed by an im-• _" _w _^ _AT ourse Bh , ™ _ting ' Vive la Republique !' « _V-voU <* _. u . Rollin ! ' & v
„ THE _TRKR OF L 1 _RKRTV . _vnr riday a tree of liberty was planted in front of D . otelileYille , The parish priest thus _addreaseil : _pioplc : — Citizens , — -A . d mblo ceremeny _t qually _DfTcotlug has as . ' i'mbled us here . Honour to tho cit _zsn members of I the Provisional Oovwnnunt ; honour al 80 to tbnt _mul-I _litudc collected around ua , who wished that ceremony
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to be _consented by _religiot , , under the standard of th « august sign of the cro _. _s . j _. bus Ohrht _, citizens , was th ! first to procloim to the world from that cross tboT _nnbla words which havo issued from yonr li » 8 and which we see _inscribed both on tho fronts of our tem p ies and In your hearts-liberty , rquKlity , fraternity " Liberty , faid Je » _us _Cliitfjt , Jfborty for all . EgUa ] _-fT _/' all conditions and all classes of society . Pratern { t waa tho cry of his gospol . ' love ono another as I have loved you . ' Citizens , I _perceha at my feel ayawniD _^ _gravo , that of four magnanimous soldiers who perished gloriously for tho conquest of _lifeorty , J will h ' at the same time tbo tree of liberty , an 3 tbe ground which I trust , lies lightly npon them . Lot at preserve their re ' . collection , and all unite in a cry which ejpre » _ses onr collision sentiments— ' _VivclaIiepuWmie >'
The tree of libert ? waa then set up _wect Dy _^ people , the drums beat a salute , and the slergy having _, bestowed its benediction upon it the ( or ieqe re " entered the Hotel de Ville amidst cric 3 of fht la Republique . ' ' ' Vive la _Gouvernemmt Provisoire _' A Tree of Liberty has been planted at the _lujrembourg . On the _occasioa of the _ceremony—Mjjsra Albert and _Leuis Blaac baring been _hailed b y the workmen as the 'First _Labourers of Franc * , ' _Loale Blanc answered , as we are tolif , with visible emoc _ott—• The first labourers of Frauce I Who can without pre * found feeling . Without immense _gratitude , hear himseW reoelvo so splendid titlo 1 But to bsi ) eve tbat one merits it , would not tbat beimm'asurablt _^ _tide ?
Well , without hesitation , we _errftf ourselves in the _-Klmbar of the most devoted labourers of France , be . cauie we have bound ourselves by an oath to consecrate al 3 our days , all our hours , to ths great labour of enfranchising a people ; but as to the Wt 3 e of'first'la . boursrs of France , to accept it would * be te declare _ourselves worthy of an honour which wff believe much beyond our services . ' A terrible phrase wai pronounced fifty * ' years agothat the tree of libirty can only flourish _whsa watered by the blood of kin ? s ; in these days we plant the tree of liberty , bzx we do not wish tbat it should ba watered with bloo _;** , . Weprrrmt _tiinga to live—liberty i » _atrong _enough to bs able to do without their death . 3 _" _-t them live , that _wiWpTease us as well . Certainly we bave not been of those _whodijavoTr © -a' first revolution _on'accerant of the formi & Ule extremities to which it was _rtducrel for tbeso extremities were redeemed , and almost
sanctified by _prodigtouB" courage , by ft devotion wlthent ea _» ample in history . Thanhs- to- heaven , we have' _leso Bomhre destinies to- fulfil . 3 ? e—scarcely borne _by > tbe popular wave to the administration of _affairs—rttiat havo we not doao ? ' Vf ' e _haTO-abolished the _pDnalvr-of death in politica ? _S 3 attcr 3 , and wo have declared to the Stings of Europo _? hnt we aro sontent to rest _tranqliil with our hands _upo-a-tho hilts of oar swords . That we * * 6 » caase we hud the glorious- _concretion that to giver R & erty to the er » p « rs ofthe world we had only to pro * cfann it . Well , see bow this foreboding of our heartshas" everywhere realised itself , _Yfithont a _siogle _sworfi atBong us having started ffonl'it » tKi _& bbard , all Earop © - _hao _i _* onnd its » lf _irresistibly yielding * tfr our propaganda , _The-irpy of ' Vive la i _^ publiqne _/ . ' misod at r 4 ris , ha © _beenrapeated _thraugbetft the world * . ' The spirit of the _revolution has passed like an irresistible bUst en Germany , an Italy , and _cren- _' on _fin gland ; ths throneav / hich-were thought ihe-most secure are everynhede _* _- strOyeQ * _- /
• THE POLISH _EiftGftATlOXl-I _ThernTambers of the _3 _rjlish Emigration have ad-; 'dVes ed _' a-proclamation to the _Ffench-psople , to _dejaand ' oft _' iem arms in the name of _tfcMrateraity of r ations . GOOD AmVrCfi . The Republican Society of Pa ' ssy _has'addressed a letter to thfe _Rei-ormb , calling on the Provisional " 3 _overntBeni 7 to impose a tax--on certain wealthy 3 renchtoen who are _deserSng _^ their country at the moment whoa they might _render good ( service by a jctlfbious expenditure of tbclf'immense fortunes . The _Naticwal , one of the- Provisional- Government ' _s-principal _organs , _erSttrtB the _nstiim to _excluds-all' th _& Members of tbe _ex-GHamber of Depulhs ; - and principally retura . workmen aad _peaaaats .-
THE- jSBCH-INTRIOUBRIl _« rtHB _piKLBl-MJThlerg _^ baa just ! _addreiced'a circular letter ta his late constituents of the _BcBches-du-Rrione . After _reminding them of the _independence ho has _displ-iyed and _the-service he has rendered to France in the last _eightaen years , he 83 _?^— ' - It is Quite true that'Ihave nc _4 * -wi _? hed for a _^ public , ' for ; -in my opinion _; a _conoSifcitional Monarchy sufficed to _secureusextensile liberty , and t _& estate of _ISglano daring the-two- fast centuries seemed tomer for my country , _a _destirrjsiot to be disdained ; Pro 7 idenc 8 has _aocided _othsrwhe ; I bow to its decrees ; and if lam ready to resist all tyranny'I shall _nevei-Tesist the _foree-of'things manifested by striking signs . I _therefdre-acceptthe Republic _-without reserve ; but I _shalr not disavsw any portion of my lite / ' H 9 -next _consents to be -a _' _-Bierabei' of the impending N & Sioaal Assembly , ' but adds that if _declarations , _ecplanations-or _engageraents be expecled ' of him ; ' _hs _^ will _enter--into-Bonp ..
THS OSGalYISATlOM OF' _iftBfWKJ _ Mi . Lbais Blane has at _length laid before _tfiis-par-Hament-of _ouvrisrs- over which-he presides rsfrthe Palace _of-the-Lu _^ _embourir , the outline of _theoyatem forthe organisation of _labour whi ? h he proposes to lay Irefore the National Assembly ; - The plan is as follows : _¦* - Ths g * vernment , _ponsidsrinj ; the commercial crisis at _preMElexisting , _io-io take _posaeasioni-. on its _own-account , ofall establishments wbich are about to suspend their-woTks _, the-present _pToprietsra-preserving their rights ,-which are l > be converted into -bonds bearing , interest , - secured on < the _establiahments _.-and _reimbsatable
m money , either b _/ _vtray of annuity _op-by a _sinkinj _. fnnd . The persons _employed in tbese establishments , . and of _whish the _Stato-i * to be the _gera . _ib _. _'Me to be _puten a . _new . footing . Tho workpeople will _form-an _aswclatlon j they _. _^ rill elect the directors of the werirs , and will theraselves fix the amount cf the wages , or the share that laiour Is entitled'to in tbe profits-,. The share being determined in a general manner , tho-collective-wages wil I bo distributed among the nor _^ _me-mindivid-ially , by tli 8 council of _iifiaoillcurs , according to prepositions open to discussion ,- but which the government corneals-& ion thinks ongbt-to be in _tqual parks . The _.-produco , after _dsduction of woges , is to be _for-med into- _^ general . " , to be divided intofonr parts : _* -
1 A quarter far tho slaking _fuad- of-the capital _belonging to tho- _pcoprietor with _whomutha State made . the bargain . ; 2 . A quartor-far the establishment of-a fond , to ba ¦ sot aside for the . support of old man , the sick , wounded , dec . 5 , A _quartsfrto ba divided coon ; the _werismen by way of bonus , i . A qua _;^ 4 t ? tfor the formatio _& of _. oreserpe _. _faad . _Besides-MiiSj . he declares that ifc will be necessary to unite _woylcahops bclonging ; to . 'the sas _» branch of industry *; to unite all the _workshopa-sf different branches _of-iadustry , but _plcsed in . _tbe-same condition ; and . to guarantee the _interestsflfthe consumer as regavdf * _. the quality and tha lowest _ptessihle price of the _produce . The folIovnng ,. ia-the > _2 srininatioa of M . _Loisia-Blanc ' s speech : •—
-The plan ia , that a _council . of _admhxistratioa shonld . be plaaed at the head ef all the . aic'JW _| ia whose _bandswould'bo- _'United the _guidanto . of all th _& _ioduitries , in thev tam _& _vt & f that the _directio _& yof-each _ganticular industry . , wou'd-bo placed in thn hands . of aa engineer . The _Stateu _wotildiarrive at the realisation of thi * plan by 8 uece * slv & . measaras . No one . Is to ., havo _violtaee done to blm _^ , _TitaStato intends to e & _tahlish a , _saodel _, hy the side of _whish the private- _ataociations ami the present _eeoaov _raioabsystem mas _Uve . Ai meeting of " wo _^ nien ,. re 5 _*> e 3 _enting the mefceirK _ployed by _M-a 8 ii ? a Ber _^ oane aad Catl , tho eniinenfe i » team- « ngineantiir 4 acMne-. _-iaaV-ers was held aitthe _iBuTceiabottj-gon Saturday morning . A long _disensn sion _tonk place on the provisional _systera to bd _adopittdffjr the _immediate _vesumption of work .. Ib ' was rest / ivedt _4 at : —
Tiie workmen , of _Merars _Derosne and _fijiil form _aswrjg ' _it theraselv . es aa association based _an _. thepria _* ° _'y . hat , if it . should happen that tho moss of tho work to _fes executed Bhould aot bs equal to th * number o £ Bier _l employed , it should be r'ivlded _amonifihem in suoh . a ** _laoner that noao should be deprived of the means of ** . rning _^ their bread , fhe workmen _themaeiveashall deter . r aine which of Ihe two following _systemathey shall think bast—either an equality in tbe division oftho wages and the . profits at the same tirae , or a division ot tho profits only . Tha commissary , tho commission , and the engineer , shall lay down the bases of a . definitive aystem to be adopted on th _" e principle that it is of the hig hest importance that the provisional system shall be got rid of as soon as possible .
_: Thia proposition was signed by the parties interested , and approved of by M . Louis Blanc- At the meeting it was decided that MM . Louis Blanc and Albert should attend tho general meeting of the workmen on the Q , ua \ de Biily . They did so , and the former addressed the meeting , and explained to the men tb . _9 advantages of association founded on the sentiments ef fraternity .
_ABD-EL-KADBB . The provisional government ha 3 received a letter from _Abd-el-Kade * _. dated the ICnh ult ., from which _, we extnact the _following passages . He says : — Citiz-n Olllvler _, your dclegato , oame to me yesterday , and informed me tbat the Fnnch nre now all united for one solo _object , and have abolished royalty , In order that France may be governed by _.- » republic . I was rejoiced to htai' thin , becauso I bavo read in books that such a , state of things Is propir for nations , as it destroyB injustice and prevents the strong from oppressing the weak , and that consequently all become brothers _. Alluding to hia own position , he says : —
I demanded of General _Liimoriciero to have me conveyed to _Aleiandria , in order that I might proceed from that _^ _pl-ico to Mecca and Medina , and for this I asked for kia w . rd as a Frenchman , This he gave mo in a letter in Arabic , which he signed in _Fn-nnli . When this letter reached tue , and in the _conviotion that the word of the French was _sacrtd , 1 _surrenriir . d to him . If he had said , I cannot _prnmise what you nek , I s honld nothsve surrendered . I fole certain that the wurd of the French wa 3 solid , even if given bj a private iolilier . Thiug 9 are now changed , and this _eo-ivictionUas _vanished , 1 _supplicato jou to florae ' _us'iee _, ao 4
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01041848/page/6/
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