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      O'Cossofi A3d Macnamara

      _O'COSSOfi A _3 D MACNAMARA

      To The Chartists. Mr "Feiends ,— If, Ind...

      TO THE CHARTISTS . Mr "Feiends , — If , indeed , I can call you my friends , I snpp pose youlearned from last week ' s " Star" that tl the Queen ' s Bench had refused to grant a n new trial in the case of Macxamaba , although I I had fresh evidence to adduce , and had found _t the following letter , which was not put in evid dence at the trial : — Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , ¦ u is-. n , _r . Septembers , 1818 . . _- _» - _«« 4 * 0 _Coxjtob , —Accept my best thanks for your h landnessmlettaig me have your acceptance . I assure you t nothing bnt the greatest necessity shonld have made me t bother yousomuch . In haste , _ _ , _ Yours sincerely , F . O Connor , Esq ., M . P . James _IUcxamasa .

      Now , I think that stronger evidence of my ¦ willingness to meet this " SERIOUS POOR YOUNG MAX'S" necessities , could not he adduced ; moreover , I had Mr . _Kydd ' s evidence , of which I was not previously awareand he wonld have proved that he was the person who engaged Mr . Macxamara , and that in his presence I stated that I would not he responsible for more money than was subscribed by the men of London for the defence of the Loudon prisoners . Hewever , the good old maxim , " Ruin him with expenses , " is ever acted upon in my case—as well h y tiie Chartists as by the law .

      On Thursday evening week , I returned from ..- ; .. Ireland , and on Friday morning I received a , notefrom my solicitor , stating that this i * _se'^ 1 ra _^" pOOT-yonBgman , " Jiad put . an _^ ecution £ M m tne hands of the 8 herjn " aom _^ tosej _^ to

      -sonera . He sued me forthe balance of his , v VSL—about £ 101 . Chief Justice Desman npon the trial said , that * In his opinion , he had received quite ample for his services if he r _& ceiyed no more ; and Mr . Justice CoiEniDGE _^ in refusing to grant a rule for a new trial , stated that Chief Justice Denman , in discussing the matter with his brother judges , said that if he had been upon the jury , he would have given a different verdict The jury , however , gave a verdict against me , and on Friday last I had to pay £ 242 , 14 s . to save the - ' "Northern Stair'' from execution—that ia

      £ 101 , the amount the action was brought for , and £ 141 for his costs—not counting my own ! Add to this , I have now paid aDout £ 100 to save prisoners from oakum-picking . I was obliged to borrow this money from a friend ; and , now , let . me ask you ' whether you think : that sac _^ cra _$ « ii t _$ one who has made so niany _sacrifi _^ to sery _^

      ; your prdeii ' . is _honjest , jdsti _?^ _j _honporable ;; and whether it e _^ vatesyou myour own estim _^ : tion , " * or'ia _& e ' estimation of any other party ? I look ripon it as a perfect stigma upon your order when you think of tbe quantity of money expended in dissipation , and the amount of expense and hardship that you allow to fall npon one who expends every , farthing of his money in the advocacy of your cause , and defence of " your . prmciples .

      . How differently the Irish people acted to ' _O'Conneia , and the English Free Traders to _l Cobden ; they gave _^ _ium £ 80 , 000 , while I have - surrendered and spent a much larger amount * . in the advocacy of your cause . What would -. "file Free . Traders have said if they saw three--, pences _, sixpences , and eightpences , coming in . '" to defend Free Trade agitators ? Iflhadthe money , I- would spend millions , rather than _, ' . allow a _smgle Chartist to go undefended : but ¦ wise d

      f " Solomon was a man , anSampson l -was _^ strong man , yet neither of them could ? _t rpay money , * if they"hadn't i £ _' _^ - ; Andiioir , as v Vl . a matter : of justice , and sot of _& _TouriiI ask r' ihemilhVms of men to do _what-oneWarxca _dS _^ nl _^^ ni _^^ mlsed fe _^ traf _« _^ money in three weeks , and I hope that my -word will not be forfeited by _yonrifegngence . _TottrPriend , " Rubied with Expenses , " Feakgus _O'Cosxoe .

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      * "What is to he done for the People must he done hy the People . *

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr Friends , _^ Ton are now within two months of the meeting of Parliament , and it is for you sad not for the Parliament—to decide what shall be done for your order ; and , depend upon it , that if you are apathetic , the Government will mate just such changes as will satisfy the representatives of the middle classes ; whereas , if you are energetic , the middle class representatives will force greater changes from tiie Government

      JSow , my friends , believe my stereotyped opinion , and if lam chargeable with repetition to surfeit , you are still more chargeable with indolence , indifference , and apathy—I tell you , then , that the employer of labour lives upon the dependence of the labourer , and , that however the employer may excite your hope by p latform and husting orations , he will , if possible , keep y on In that state of depen dence which will uphold his own independence ; and hispower is solely based upon your apathy—nay , I will call it criminality . These nWrvations only apply to men who make

      profit of the dependence of your order ; and now let me p lainly show you the difference "between the movement ofthe present Parlia mentar y Reform Association , and all other _movcmentsestablishedby the middle classes . Lord Nugent , M . P ., Lord Dudley Stuaut , MP Sir Joshua Walmesley , M . P ., Mr . Geo Thompson , M . P ., Mr . Lushington , M P ., Colonel _Thomtson , M . P ., Mr . Chaki . es Peahson , M . P ., Mr . Wilkinson , Mr . Hall , Mr . Tindal Atkinson , have all—one and all —been the most prominent leaders in this movement , and not one of them is a trader in labour ; while , in the Reform movement , and

      the Free Trade movement , the people were urged to madness by the patriotic devotion of _spacalators in labour . Vow read the following short but pithy speech delivered by Mr . Chables Pearsox , at thc Southwark meeting , held on Tuesday ni _^ htlast _, and say what you think of that speech , coming from one of the most influen- tial men in the city of London , and from one who made the ablest , and most statesmanlike speech that I ever heard delivered in the House of Commons , upon Prison Discipline , and its effects ; and when you read it say , -whether he and his order are prepared to go the popular pace upon the SEXIPEDE :

      Mr G . _Peaesov , M . r ., complained that jflnle we had co mpetition and free trade in the commercial , tradin _& and _feoourins classes ofthe _commmntr , it was eiduded from Scr ? cv and power . He was for free trade m talent andSl no longer leave to the great _themonopoNof _-t . V _^ tri-ilth and of = tation . He therefore , to obtain S * , _££ _XS _£ S « l to go much farther in the _"ir _^ _T _^ Vhefi _^ ndu _^ c to afifll and perfect equality , _^ _SS ? _SrfSte _^ TtMs electionforTamheth _, when _te n _& _itonmnm . J _^ _S _VliamentTana universal suf-10 _£ _uiuii—

      pieue ,.. - _ frajre when he canvassed the borough he representea , ne was less coy now , and could declare himself quite ready to go the pace that was reauired of him . ( A laugh . ) He _ent irely accorded with the principles of this resolution , and _jjirdially supported it The " Nortkern Star" is now in its thirteenth year , and this is the six hundred and thirty-second number , aM 1 think you will do thc proprietor the justice to say , that no paper in the world has maintained its position o « .. inst , nersecutipn , prosecution , slander , and

      the hostility of all classes , witu toe angic _«* - ' _-- _ceiirionof the veritable labourer as that as ; and £ _Trithout boast or vanity , I say , that there are _ibfew men in thc world that would have stood up if and held their position , and maintained the

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      against sucu a nost ot enemies as x nave . Turn hack to the file of that paper , and ask yourselves whether I have not faithfully predicted the result of every contemplated change to your order . I told you , some months ago , that the present state of the Irish constituency , and the present feeling of the English

      Russell either to surrender his position , oras Admiral Dusdas said in his letter to the Greenwich secretary—make snch an extension of the suffrage as would astonish the people . I called your attention to the recent elections for Reading , and the Western Division of Surrey ; two places which for years had returned not Whigs , but Radicals , to the House o f Commons , while both of those places within a few months have returned Protectionists by large majorities . Agfu _^^ v _^ _s _^ e _^ _p _^ aV

      were supporters or tne _government , _aaa _tneir present representatives will be ' " _&(!& " tnosf violen _^ _ponenta . _\ ? _- ' _^';"' .- ' _^' . _^> You complain , and justly , ' off th _# ndljKons of _foU grown _" Englishnien ; who * ai _€ _^ dM _& i from tiie su _^& age ' _j _^ -Bjit _^ _leti m _^^ _iybw att | ntion to _thet * state of Ireland ; and ; let ine remind yoa , " at _^^ H _^^ time _^ . _tiia 4 _^ tKe _3 _^^^^ Irish member in the _English-Parliament _JiS _equal to the vote of an Engh ' _sh member , _* and is much more easily seduced by the minister The uonnlation of _England and Wales is eg- '

      : tunatea at sixteen minions , ana tne , voters at one million ; being one in sixteen ; while the ' population of Irelaud is estimated at ei ght millions , and the voters at-about forty-four thousand , or one in one hundred and eighty 4 one t ) _f the population . ' "Nbwi _^ wj _^ 'W yo _^ iflunk _^ bf that % _^ France ; -.-wi _^ : a- _^^ i _)^ on ' _q 6 j _thirty-skmilliong , was urg _^ on j _^' _reTOhition _i _^ _iise h _^ em _bre _' than twohimjiredJ |[ bu had votes . ' wlm _^ _ijonl : vvil _|^ d \ tha _^ _fr _|[ ahd , ' a / _eoiniap _Q _^^^ omf _^^ i t _^ ma scarcely rm i _^ gea ' _consHto _^ _yVyrmt _^ -l _^^^^ aid let " me _she _^ _olf'the _absurdity , of thisrpresent system . The j _^ st Riding ofiYorkshire ; 1 South . Lan ( sashire , _iW _^; . flie county ,. of Cork _^ have a population of _aboott ; two million eight

      hundred thousand , and s « Kl ; six members to Parliament , who must ha _^ - six hundred ; a year each , to qualify them ; _whyeJheiU hiversities of Oxford , Cambridge , and _\ _Dublini with a population—that is of _scholarsiiftd-masters of arts—amounting to _. scarcel y _^ nine thodsand , send six bloated bigots to Parliament , not requiring any qualification at all , except that qualification which they derive from a bigoted prejudiced education . ' . ¦ _-. - •¦ Now , let ' me ask ypn _^ . if the enlightened mind of the present day will much longer tolerate , not such an anomaly , hut such an iniquity as _thatrrthat the votes of the _repre-KfintativftSfif nine _ihonsand of the sons of the

      aristocracy—trained , educated , and confirmed from infancy , in the most horrid and repulsive _doetnnesasTOgards _^ _^ j _^ a _^ _'tiSvdtes " of tiiose representing-two i _^ l _^ _eg _lt _^ _unoied _ftousand bfapbpu _^ tidh , the adults of whom are ; ' ror'ttie most part , instructed and well educated ? ¦ \„ la my "Letters to the Irish Landlords "written from York Castle , in 1841—I pointed ont what the inevitable effect of Free Trade

      would be to their order , if the required timely and prudent concessions did not precede that measure ; and next week I will give you a few extracts from those Letters , which will convince you that I was right in every respect . Well , now , the difficulty against which both you and the Government will have to contend is thisthat if timely and prudent concessions are not now made—that is , if the House of Commons is not so constituted as to insure a FULL , FREE , AND FAIR REPRESENTATION of the whole people , and that very speedily—you will see a revolution in this

      country ; because , if a General Election was to take place without a sweeping alteration in the suffrage , yen will see that not onl y Ireland , but England , would send an overwhelming majority of the most hloodthirsty Protectionists , Church and State Tories , and patronage hunters , to the House of Commons ; and , bad and atrocious as the conduct of the Whigs has been , yeu would consider it mild , inoffensive , and humane , as compared with the conduct of Stanley and his bull-frog Protectionists . And , my friends—persecuted , and prosecuted , and

      immured in a dungeon , as I have been , by the Whigs—and plundered as I have been by Whig injustice and Whig juries—yet so great is my horror of cruelty and bloodshed that , even yet , I would much rather see Russell and the Whigs , than STANLEY and the Protectionists , in power ; and I believe , by a wise discretion upon our part—directed by a proper and solid movement—we can extract more , not from the justice , but from the selfishness of the Whigs , than from the bigoted and persecuting Tories .

      Can you picture to yourselves anything more absurd than any attempt now being made to return to Protection ? and can you imagine anything more ridiculous than a Ministry undertaking to govern this great country and its colonies—establishing Free Trade—without first making those timely and p rudent concessions , which would have SO modified the change as to have made it a blessing to all , instead of a curse , to _' any party ?

      This , working men , has been the great error of every _Goverfiment . Your rulers have always catered for the support of influential parties by pandering to their wishes and their interests , never bearing in mind that a change of circumstances may spur the apathetic into hostility and resistance . So it was as regarded Free Trade ; the money-lords were energeticthe landlords were apathetic , but , when roused , are the most influential in Parliament .

      Well , my friends , another "dodge" is now being made to excite your order with the hope that you can gain complete freedom by the purchase of 40 s . freeholds . But see the effect of such a course , as practically but unintentionall y developed by Mr . _Cobdex , at the London Tavern Meeting , on Monday night last . He describes what the West Riding of Yorkshire was able to effect by the 40 s . freehold principle ; and what does he show ? Why , that by an augmentation of five thousand , from one election to another , who do you think was able to walkover the course ? Why , a Whig !

      LORD MORPETH . Now this is exactly what I always predicted as the VOTING resalt of the 40 s . freehold system , namely , that it would enable those called Liberals to use them in support of Whiggism , and in opposition to Toryism ; but would those five thousand—or one thousand of them—have voted for a CHARTIST CANDIDATE % So that you will learn that this system of land distribution merely brings laud into the hetail ELECTORAL MARKET , AND SOT INTO TIIE WHOLESALE LAHOUR market : and much as my laud Plan has been reviled , and enormous as the opposition offered to me has been , and

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      brutal as the conduct of the most fortunate members has been , yet the nearly three hundred cottages and four schoolhouses that I have built , will remain , and will and must constitute the landmark and foundation of that _system which must ere long be adopted , if this country is to be saved from revolution . The people are now . beginning to believe , that if a clear title cannot be made to them for land purchased with their hard earnings , that by a thorough union of their order they can establish as good a title to the land , and an older and more divine title , than any aristocrat who holds it , and measures its value by _tbepower it gives him to-oppress the poor .

      Working men , a Conference elected " by your orderywill shortly meetin London ; and from that Conference I trust such a programme of action " _^ i _** sue _^ . as will enable you to take a fair , a _^^^^^ _^ l _^ l _^ _^ P ° _Mtion in that great _^ i _^^ _l _^^^ l _^ _^ i _^ nre _^ yjnear . at hand ; _^^^^^^ D _^ B _^ _t ' af _& sureuly receive the l _^^^^^^^^ rBeen * Ioni * _BuW working _^^^^^( fp & ti _^^ OTe bah _^ _fc &

      consci-* _Ttir _^ h _^^^ j 6 _*^ ring _people _as'SBmpensaj _^ v _^? bj _^^^ _eBorf ; j _^ po'ild _s | 5 h a man sleep' ! \ _Gpnffife _enjoJ _^ Ms _luxHnes _^ or could he Jdie m ; _i _»^^? . ; _# niay be caught by the quibble _% of ; _^ w _^ by _| Hie . prefoj $ jy [ w of . juries , or " the ; : perjuicCo _^ ipi _^ but * never can be caaght vby . _ftelB _£ lp | 0 _& J _^ arid " ¦ : _morerhon _^^ have often told _ybugv ; _Md _^ _fio _^? i _^^; iit , that if all were to desert ti _^ jbaja _^ f _y _^| artism- — from fear orhopeof ; gaitt ~ t _^ prrg _^ I would still hold the _old- _^ Sg _^ iiri _^^^ _fe _& its unsullied motto ; - _± ¦ ' r '" _;^?? i | plp | _£ ' . THE PEOPLE'S _CHlffiR AND NO

      And , belieyenie j tbat _urM _^^ cbieve that you never will- ' _^ ye the lau _^^^ _yat _' arent , and _i _jantal yov _^ ivS _^^ ] and _}^^^ everc _> vi ] l have _^^ _ever ' thwartea _' _sjn my _^^ er _^ tking , and h _^ rever artM and _^ esigni _^^ len inay nibble WM & i rock , and _mdluiraiD _^ p ' gireVyou a _dependfflit _^ ' . _fr _^ bold / _smo _^ _agMi _^ p some _gripmg _|^ icitdr who _^ _bS _^^^ psrof your _^ conscienc _^ _gVsay that , howweii _^ _fled I may b _^ _byihelaMby _thelGoTerMtey Sander , or by _we ) . Q _^| p _^~ vao _^ a _^^ 3 our independence , and li | e _^ p _^ n _^ o _^ _jp _^ _pur---I am resolve _^ _ toJerse _^ rJ _^^^| pa ' _^ pf the _, _^

      . _U-HAKTii ' rC _ARTJUJS' _^ ' & _ttSj ' AlN'U THIS . Now , tothemorsd _" , _^ dr _^ _fel _^ m gtbbe '' forewarned is'to be _^^ e _|( _0 _igi | i p _^ emember how "Reform was _(» rried _^§ _itifiinjKbiber how Free-Trade was c _^ _rri _^ _- _^ yo _^ r 4 |" _Riemhev how the Dorchester labourers _and _^ ihiSts were prosecuted—and how political _sMietiesSivere made illegal in the first Session _^ _Ib _^ elorm Parliament . ' ''¦" ¦ ' ¦ "'" . _'¦;"" ., V r' _£ ¦' . ¦• " '

      : Yon remember how Free--Trade was carried by turning-put the hahds _^ y pu rejrieinber the plug _drawmgltspu remembie _^ h pV JFEAuGUS Q ' . C 0 NN 0 R : ana : 8 _^ nineothers were tried for eight days at . Lancaster , for aggressions committed _byithe _leaders-of : Free Trade ? And ¦ j _^ _-i _^ K _' _0 _^^& e _^ _J ! q _^^ _iTmBts should get tn _^ up _^' ei- _^ your l _^ i _^ > ajid _^^ our _^ wes _; ' will again _i use you aha me if they canj as their resisting , power , arid ' _wHen they intimidate and overpower the Protectionists , they will then prosecute you and me again IF THEY CAN . Now , think well upon that , as if you are foolish and apathetic it is sure to be your fate .

      The Protectionists , if necessary , can muster the power of the whole of the agricultural population—they will persuade them that then dismissal , or reduction of their wages , is a consequence of Free Trade , and they will ensure their co-operation by a promise of higher wages , by a return to Protection . These men are as ignorant as the horses they drive , and in conclusion let me give you a striking _insfcinco .

      On Sunday last I was driving , with a friend , through East Surrey ; we stopped at an inn by the road-side to feed the horses , and sat down by the fire , where seven or eight labourers were drinking their ale . They all complained , some of being dismissed in consequence of the low price of corn , and others of a large reduction being made in their Avages . You may be sure I got into conversation with those men . I asked one man—one of the shrewdest—who

      was employed threshing . He said ' 'He was fifty years of age . " 1 asked him , " "Who was the king of France now ? " He answered , " "Why , the Prince of Orange , isn't it . " I said "Yes . " ""Well , " said he , " what ' sbecome of the old chap that was there , is ' nt he king of some other place now ? " " Yes , " I replied , "he is king of Italy . " "Ah , so he is , " said he , " 1 forgot . " I asked them all , the landlord included , who said he paid 25 ? , a-year for his house , " Who was their member

      for that division of Surrey ? " aud not one of them could tell . Now , what think you of that ? And do not you think that the landlords would find it very easy to recruit a large army of such men , by promising them anything ? I hope , my friends , you will reflect upon what I have written , and that you will remember , that " "What is to be done for the people must be done by tho people . " Your Faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Coxnor .

      To The Unlocated Land Members. Mr Friend...

      TO THE UNLOCATED LAND MEMBERS . Mr Friends , — "You , and very justly , censured me for not demanding a half year ' s rent , due in November , 1848 , from the located members ; but I told you , rather than distress them , after the potato Wight , I would not ask them to pay any rent till November , 1849 , ( this mouth , ) and then that it should only be a half year ' s rent—receiving the balance of arrears , each half year by instalments .

      Upon Snig ' s End and Minster Lovel alone , I have paid nearly 1 , 000 / . interest upon mortgage ; and , as I was determined that the unlocatcd members should not be openly plundered by tlie fortunate allottees , I directed that all who did not pay , should be distrained for the half year ' s rent . The allottees , ( those especially in the most favourable circumstances , ) determined to resist the payment of rent . At Minister Lovel , a fellow of the name of Beattie , who made such a poor mouth at the Birmingham Conference , was the leader . He is a pensioner , an old soldier , receiving , I

      think , 18 / . a year pension . He has four acres of prime laud , upon which he was obliged to admit , at Birmingham , he had grown carrots as thick as his thigh , and crops that astonished the farmers in tlie neighbourhood . This fellow received 30 / . Aid money ; he has let three acres , without the house , to an agricultural labourer , for 131 . a-year , making him pay each half year in advance ; thus having his cottage , an acre of ground , 30 / ., a quantity of fuel , and nearl y 2 / . profit rent for nothing . Now , let me ask you—whose money has gone to locate this fellow—whether I should be an honest Trustee of your funds if I allowed you to be thus plundered ?

      To The Unlocated Land Members. Mr Friend...

      It is now _^ _fflpfent _^ n ; th _$ _i-every man who will not pay Ep _& _nt _shaS _^ _testanfly ejected . Mr . Rober t 8 _;| os received a ' complete list , and , I think they will find him a tough customer . _;« : At _Lowbano _& where they owed two-and-half years rent _inMoyember , the redoubtable Mr . 0 Brien , th _^ Sclioolmaster , was the leader of the resisting _forfee , and he shall very speedily walk about his . _business . '*

      The Magistrates in Oxfordshire—who , of course are opposed to the Land Plan—made Mr . _BEAniE pay costs in a complaint brought against him ,, or rather a complaint brought by him against . the . Bailiffs . The _Magistrates told them thai . the estate being mortgaged I could not mal _&' a title to the occupants ; this however , _lijp ' not onl y going out of their course , but .- _^ Sifalse ; .-as I can make a title , tho place _tyeing worth nearly 30 , 000 _^ and only wortgjig < £ ( L for 5 , Q 0 _^ 8

      « nat ' . x-- . naii } _imy : . - pursue , tu \ W _^ _SJ _^^^ _M £ bvel _ahd'Sg | t _' 8 / _Endj - is ,-to _^^^ l _^^^ _p to tiie ' _tenalpaeVcy ' of _; ; _th §| pp _^^^^ whompie ms 0 _^ B _^ w _^^ _LWmmSB thetf _tbexl _^ Only imagine _^ for _^ i _^ omeht _^ _j _^ two acres of Land , cultivated , ¦' _- . £ ; cot _^ e _^ lpjf . aid-money ; thre _$ ; aorei _^ _ouiim 22 ? . 10 s . aid-money _^ : . fpur : acr _^ _cuitivafe % ] a cottage , 30 / . aid-money _^; . a _^ 10 ?; , 15 ? ., and 20 / ., _loanii _^ _tieyH _^ _tt _\ Vith 't \ fp years' crops , and many _^* k tbjf | _k years '; crops , endeavouring to _cWa _^ hose _sb _^ _v-h o ' se subscriptions they we ' re loca _^ , -oht' " o 1 _^ tle more than 4 ? ,, oh , arid- B )' M the amoaWtof rent demanded . , ; _p # ; _JPHTO The several branches | mus _^ j 8 t _^^^^ ex % week ' s " Star , " _A _"" hethOT vihey _% _efp 1 _lt _^^ m tolerate such a fraud af _£$ | h _> . . _^ d | cour _^ pl Bl are some few exceptip ju _^ f . but _the _. _cohai _^ p if such fellows as BEAT _^ _iconititutefiftherul §*§ You must bear in _nrad _^^ at _^ b y the Report of the Parliamentaxy _^ _£ mmittee ths _rpona-j pany owed me 3 , _400 ? , _jf" _^| o | f _ife l st of _$ _tt ? _# O _^ f

      1848 ; and by the re _^ _^ th _^ _Fhj . ahce ; P , <« mittee in July , 1849 , t _^ p _^ lo _||| B _^ _yaddif tional 1 , 200 ? ., not _inpl jjp _^ four years , in visitiri _|^ sta _^^ costing me 20 ? , and $ fcher heavy _^"; - expenses , ' amountingto _ratiiermolsthan _^ lesstiiah 2 , 000 ? .: When I left the h _^ Com _^^ m _& ont any available funds belongi _^ _fe _^^ _Coinpany , I had . in the same week _^ ' _|^| _Ja _^ _5 | _ilpBERTS 100 ? . of my own mone ) r _^^^^^ spenses ; and yet , from the _comfie _^ c _^ P' _|^^ _€ ave ; pre ferred pinching myself _^ tc _^^ _g _^ ssl _| , ug _|| _lieTortu nate allottees . Now , howe _^^ 3 Sav § as ' above stated , determined to han _^^^ _rfylr _^ _piut distinction , to the S _plicitorJfd _^| fi _&^^ and , I think you will _fi _^ _-th _^^^^ _eilmly acted with justice to _yout _,, ' : ~ - _¦;; _§^^' : ' _^ _f '¦ "¦ : Your faMfnf _Prienaj - _^ 1 :. ' : ¦ _' . : ' V ? _FlMfysvO' _6 oj'Non .

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      There never were hearts , if 6 ui _; rulers would let them , More formed to be _traiiqiuland Blessed thaii ours . '

      TO THE IRISH EXILES _^ _. Friends and Countrymen ; , _^/ '" : ' _,- ¦ ¦ ' _^ Again , I tell you , that _Ksee _brighfef days in prospect for you , if you are- _^^^ niled ! . ' . ruong £ _* i yourselves , and . do n _^ ffl _^^ m ' strength ; to be shivered _byith ' e _^ _amdgqni _pSn _^ _oX le _*» J * . or 5 _; What you _shouldnow : do ' is , ; _tftipro pou . uu a _Btfuiiiiig principle upon which- alone the regeneration of our common country can

      be based , and as you are amongst the most eloquent people on the earth , you should establish an association of Irishmen , with whom the English people will cheerfully co-operate , and in order to make it successful , you must appoint working men speakers , who will soon become orators , and will make the present leaders of your principles understand the difficulty , nay , the impossibility , of using you for any other purpose than Ireland ' s regeneration .

      Oh ! it is a melancholy reflection , to think of the many brave aud valiant heroes that have been sacrificed at the , shrine of deception , hypocrisy , and ambition . It is not my desire to throw any impediment in the way of any movement calculated to serve your interests , while it is my duty to publish both for the English and the Irish people in England , the opinion of the really honest portion of the Irish press , and with that view , I reprint the article from last weeks "IRISHMAN , " a sterling representative of the Irish democratic mind , but I do it without comment .

      M y countrymen , you cannot have forgotten the many struggles and contentions that I have had with tho " Nation" when it refused to bridge the gulf by which you were separated from younEnglish fellow labourers ; you cannot have forgotten the direful and vindictive hostility that it has evineed against English Chartism and English principles ; and you never can forget its uncalled-for and unmanl y denunciation of me , when I ventured once more

      to visit the land of my birth , to bridge that _gulph by which you were so long separated . I do not think that there is any such instance upon record as the fact of a journalist , professing liberal principles , repudiating the _appearance of one who had suffered more than any living man for tho advocacy of those principles . Howbeit , as my patriotism is based upon honest ambition to serve my country , rather than upon any speculative hope , I bury all in oblivion .

      I have now resolved upon addressing a letter to you weekly in the " Irishman" in the hope of illustrating what Ireland is , and what , by your co-operation , Ireland may be made . My first letter will appear in this week ' s " Irishman , " and next week , in order to prove that I stood high in the estimation of honest , zealous , and devoted patriots , I shall publish in the "Irishman" three letters that I received from the devoted martyr , young Meagher , from his dungeon .

      Irishmen , if ever there was a time when I anticipated happy results from agitation it is now , and if ever there was a time when the Irish eye was keen , the Irish mind was resolute , and the Irish people were united , I believe it is now . And let me , in the name of God , implore of you not again to allow the strife or contention of party leaders to wean you from hope , which by your zeal and union may be shortly realised .

      Iu this week ' s " Irishman" I have mapped out the course wliich should now be pursued ; and , as soon as I recover myself from the difficulties in which Chartism has placed roe , it is my intention to make a tour of Groat Britain and Ireland ; for the purpose of creating such an union between the people of both countries as shall pull down the temple of tyranny and erect the standard of freedom in its stead . For . rely upon it , Irishmen , that I have not forgotten ' 98 , ' 22 , ' 31 , when I was prosecuted in Ireland , nor tho continuous and unmerited

      persecution that I have since endured , but all of which vanishes before that gleam of hope which now fills my heart with joy . Oh dear , oh dear , what that unhappy land has suffered . To think of millions of honest , intelligent , and industrious people being consigned to the cold grave by the damnable and

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      opp . _ressivefeudal system . It makes my blood rilH _^ cold to reflect upon the sights' I saw in Dublin ; fatted ,-well-fed , bloated soldiers , marching after a band playing mefry _^ tiJHies , amongst starvin g men and half _nakedt _^ men , pressing their babes to their breasts _$ ! ijD ( s | ire them with a little heat ; -and _^ cra _^ ohlngm . the cinders for bits _swejpt _^ _-frcm _;'' thV ricE , mon 8 table . ' : - _v- •• " . ; f _.- _..- _^ :: >

      : My countrymen , would to God _that you could all . feel as I do , and Ireland would not long present tho anomaly of idle land , idle labour , and -idle money _.,: No , every man should be located in his . own . sentry-box , in the middie : of his own .. land , . no . man daring to make , him afraid—no -lew capable of making liim a pauper ; and then , --my countrymen , you would " require neither gaols' nor bastiles * as places of : refuge , and the _Government would

      " _^^ _SWl _^ ou _^ to pay _^ _pMer _^ tl _^ ageonmen ,

      _hoyelwith _^ _fflerch _" ffl _^ _p _^ 6 _l _^ p _^ , an i dying mbtbl _^^ sing a ttyinff _^ _top _^' hei breas _jte _^ f :. -Mm , ...: _^^ im _^ . ¦ : _] ? *? fHu _^ _hushj _myjcj _^ babe , tillyom _^ f _& ercomeslh , "; _i j ; _f'XvU'li b _^ _Kmyl _^ -heart with youE . piBMc " yJ . C ' j j . Drink ,-drink , my . lfieij blood , till _mysucKpomesagain , ] _^^^ Macu 8 Ua _^ mj _^ jaby , Mapreey doir " t joa die _^ r ; ¦ } f lfl _woiSa _^ che _^ _felly _^ _j-URgla _tiirough life ' s _' _ruggei _' maze , V . _iS _^ nff wo _uldwgftewil d world , sweet baby , ' with thee ; % I '\ _ronld ; nevei "?& _mpialn ofthe longest of day _^ r _% f . _^ ]• , _yJ _^ Vy th _^^ M _00 blast , or the cold _ivmd ' may . _be . ; l _^^« S _^^ _"SB » j ! _gpt _&' sterslie dcado ' n _' uiefioor _, '" ' ' ' i -t _r _^^^ _iu- ; ten _| er _Miing limbs areas cold as , _^ _^ the _' stono . '; k . On _^ heav ' _, slio ia gone , my own baby _asthbre _/ j ; : ; .. - _a _^ _Anft'ljmleft 1 , 5 thtehlcak wieked _world'alose . _'_ : ' : ; _% fraiitic

      ; . _^^ r ; r _^ ng , rm " . , and long for _; ttie ' _gravejV , ' j _^ _Mfeei . _'itreDgth enough now to contend _wii _& 'the ' foe ' _ji ¦ _^ Jme my _^ Qod wont _. refiise to accept whathffi _^ ve _. fj ., ' -. '' i _^^^ r _^' _jnMo ' mVtohill , if I strike the " _^ _SblowJ _^ _j ] y _^ j 8 n _^ Hu _^ dh _^ li _" Bidy , univillina _^' pa | _MM _^ f ? f _fe : _* =. Then gra 8 pe ( fa coiajdagger that _nut _& _-hy 7 me " yra"l : v , v : _?¦ ¦ ¦ ' She kissed ; _thefdead _^ dies , and-pierced'her'fdnffheair , !•;• , As the _iaffier cwne h _ ack to his . desolate hall ..- ¦'¦ '; ' '' _# iEi 8 heart ' s hlbod _recoijed when he saw the sad sight , / , y ; ' '; And he . laid himself . doivn by the , desolate pile , _(" "iColdi'famine and / eveHdepiivedhini of might , ' _^ _r'V & e heaved a deep . _sM , andmus ' etided his toil . _= Ye princes and _nobles _^ ndcold-blooded men , ::. T . ou have murdered _^ wi _^ ftor _^ _tliis' ill-fated nation , Y 6 ii must answer tb £ j $ H whe _1 itypuhieet . tliemagain , ¦ " - f or the famine iSjj _^ _ljrs , and _lioTSOD'S dispensation . Nb _^ my cbuntCThien ; that _;' is _^ the _^ descrip tion _. of _^ _L'elaiud andlher suffer _ingsj'iwritten _^ y _^ Y pur _Fanlhihi _^ riend and Cpuri _' _trymani

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      _TBffl _^ 'IlliSH ; ALLIA N 0 E , " ITS _PMIJCIPLES ' _-rv ' : ' _^& " ' ' . ¦ A 7 _SD POLICY .

      ; . . ;( Froin _' ftiie Irishnian of Nov , 24 th , 1849 . ) i The " proceedings ; . of tlie " _AggregateMeeiing , of Irish '; _Katioiiali 8 ts , ' _^ convened by the" so-called V _Kationalist _^ Gohference , '" will be found fully report _^ iin ; Ourjpaper 7 _^ _tt Our duty is now to examine" _tWprinciples on which itis proposed to _establish _^ hei _| iewiAgitating Organisation , : denomiiiateditho _^ lrhe lri shAlliance , ' * and the policy it . is _avoFeaMy'desighed to work out . .: ' ,. : , Wre " this , ' &; voluntary , self-imposed duty , we 8 houl | iturn from jt in disgust . So little is there in the _^ _liiovetoent to ' re ' move' despondency , and . inspire o _^ _dehce—tP dispel the _' gloomi ofthe past , andrcaninifltelour hopes of ihe fature ~ that our heart

      _sioKet fCat the _)" taskv "With painful _reluctate , we iirrdriveii _^ to _) tli ' _|^ bnfeS 8 ipn , that ; _vyhen _wecontemplftte _^ _he _^ _w _" _^ _ole _^ _pBceed _¦^^^ th _^ _0 i AWifeWhoe ) _$ &< u _^ m _^ _iu _« _M _^ eye " n 1 | i _^ " _^ _0 _a"feellhJt _^ &§ j || ' _^ f' _^^ _si-oMijiT oio _^^ at ' thoennoW for iiidependence to which we havo so ardently lahoured to inspirit our people should bo thwarted hy tlie juggling tricks of thc ChaUatan , or imperilled by the hypocritical devices and expedients of tho knave . Of shame—that any number , however small , of Irishmen . pretending to patriotism , could be found for one instant to tolerate a _mnvomfint now

      admittedly based upon a despicable abandonment of all that is _imperishably sacred and great , virtuous and self-sacrificing in our past . Well , indeed , may the vermin tbat creep in and out of that loathsome nest of human debasement , Dublin Castle , chuckle with delight at the proceedings of the promoters of this " Irish Alliance . " Clarendon may look with complacency on a movement based on a renunciation of those principles that made him tremble , even in thc midst of his 40 , 000 . mercenaries . The Whigs , every profligate , cowardly , and truculent , how they must hail with intense rejoicin _g a demonstration which , in eject , applauds their iniquitous " Government" of this

      country , consummated in guilt by the expatriation of our martyrs . It is difficult to dwell on these things with that dispassionate forbearance necessary to a candid and temperate elucidation of the principles and policy of this "Irish Alliance . " Our Wood docs not yet run so thin in our veins that we can contemplate treachery and apostacy without being moved to bitter indignation . To think of such things , oven in the abstract , is bad enough—to be obliged to Tvrito about them is far worse ; but human endurance and toleration is sorely taxed when forced to reflect udoii the baneful influences such enormous

      profligacy is calculated to exercise over the destinies of our country , should the Irish people , by any insidious means , be induced to hearken to such teachers . This it is that at once pain 3 and _alarcns ns _. Of the Nationalists in Dublin we entertain no fears . They arc in a manner behind the sceno . They have seen the wires pulled , and the puppets dancing . The veil of pretence has been uplifted , and they have gazed with shame and indignation upon unblushing recreancy and hypocritical profession , where they expected to witness truth , honour , honesty , and fidelity .

      Not so with the _Nationalists in the provinces . They have not thc same opportunities—thoy arc forced to judge by hearsay . They read the newspaper report of speeches , and consider that what professes to be honest , manly , and patriotic , is so in reality They estimate meii and things too much by appearances . Thoy look more to professions than to performances , and arc too prone to give their confidence lightly , without minutely canvassing opinions , or closely scrutinising principles . This , however , is but a temporary evil , as public opinion invariably riffhfcs itself . "So" man can now a-davs Ion ? wnav a rights itself . Ko man can now a-days long wear a

      mask—no movement can hope to be sustained by aping principles it secretly condemns—no organisation can Iook for success when it appeals to tho country under false colours—when , in ostensibly seeking to combine the people in a struggle for independence , it is taking sure and fatal means by which to corrupt the principles of the people , undermine tlieir strength , and perpetuate the slavish oppression under which they groan . These are grave charges , and we now deliberately and advisedly prefer them against the promoters of this " Irish Alliance . " Let us , at the outset , dispose of the cant about " dis-union "—for it is a mischievous and prevalent cant . Dissension , we are told , has alivays been a fatal error in Irish politics—we admit and lament tho fact—but tho question is , how avoid it ?

      Surely , wc must not abandon principles , and prove recreant to our holiest respirations , for the mere sake of patching up a hollow and hypoci-itic . il Alliance . Kay , from such compromising all our dissensions havo sprung . If we desire then , to found a useful , permanent , and honourable union , we must make no compromise of principle . A stern fidelity will command respect , and win support , when all hypocritical devices fail ; and in this way it is that we hope to remove dissension , and utterly demolish all cliques and factions that would impede us in our onward march to _National redemption . Hypocrites and knaves often affect to bewail " disunion " for the purpose oi cloaking their own evil designs , but wo trust that we are now about to turn over a new leaf in Irish politics , and tbat the characteristic of our awakening Democracy will be a stern and fearless , and uncompromising devotion to Principle and Truth .

      From the first we regarded the promoters of the " jS ' ational Conference" with suspicion . However , wc guardedly refrained from committing ourselves to any opinion , until we had something to justify our suspicions . Evidence soon crowded upon us , and wo forthwith uttered our warnings . We found a clique , presided over by Mr . Charles Gavan Duffy , undertaking to speak in the name of the Irish people— _professing to desire the union of all Nationa-

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      ' ists at tho -ory timo they were oxcluding from their secret meetings many tried and faithfulmcn , whose honesty , we presume , was feared—whose devotion to National' _^ had boen tested uy'tbo _^ _drdeajsv-v At these clique . meetings Mr . Duff _^ ppcaredwith resolutions andiprogrammes , r ' eadv _^ _cut-an _^ ry _. and ¦' ,. at once it became apparent thatthe object " was to get up a _movement , for the mere purpose of upholding tho . neiv _JtoftVw , in its erratic and reactionary course . Many who at first attended h _} the hope that some good ivould follow—that honesty wouM guide , aria principle regulate tho ' proceedings , of the _promtfterSj ' sopn obtained a " gaUing ; Sense of the insincerity : that yras maoti 6 p , _taju'd . turhed fromthe . movementj ; "in - disgust . | fspiS _|^^ hidre _*! jfor ? ibly illustrates tfre _^ ' 'sts ' ,, 'ho -ory timo they were oxcluding from their ' _¦'' crot meetings many tried and faithfulmcn , whose honesty , we presume , was feared—whose devotion _w _Nato _^ _' _^ - _^^ _- _'^ _en-tested by'tb _^ _drdeBlsv-i - At these clinun mo fi _tin _» a _Wi . _TlnfF _^ nnfiftredwith

      alarm _that-wai'OTMcfflfwBeli'itr _beWmC'iSbwaithat Mr . Fenrgus O'Connor would _^ Bfd the ; _«^ agregate meeting ; " he was secretly written -to hut"to dome , and when that would not avail , Mi * . Duffy _onen _' y attacked him in his last Nation . They feared Mr . O ' Connor ' s plain dealing . They knew their own seoret treachery , and dreadful deteotion , and exposure , and denunciation . ' ! : _"' ' _Bufc-we rejoioe that the Dublin Nationalists took _ouivrndviceirrthatithey listened patiently to what was said ,: ahdiadulgedin no _unescmly interruptions . Thojgresit A } ody 0 _^ tho" meeting ; was essentially _Mitchelite ; Eve _^ f ort was _>' made to pack . Tickets \ vofe -only , distributed to persons presumed to bo favourable to _Mhew !* policy" of the _Ndiibnl : Yet , _despjte of all such , mano 3 ura ' ng ' , tlie meeting was

      composed or thoroughgoing honest _^ Nationalists , booause in Dublin , ' we rejoice to say , it would be impossible now to compose a public meeting of any other . In the boxes , and on the platform , the promotors and their friends found room enough , but the meeting . was not with them . Perhaps ; it' hmy bo _^ _asked why amendments were not proposed [ to . some of tho resolutions , or others moved in ; t " jeir" piacii ;; The" answer is plain . It was' _reBbl ' vedito : hear aii-that-was'to be-said , rind t 6 . offerno '' ' 6 i _| ositl 6 ri 7 to : any thing : Dad any _^ eippo-| itwm ¦ _j _^ _onsredj ' _thereiivonld have been _a'Wetext ! ' veir ; t p . _^ y _^

      : _!^ oh % rcsohi _^ 8 t _^ _Cthe charlblflffth _^' _tto ' _vement'tis made _clearJ _^ pparent , eventp _^ how ' ; who weri ' aoton thespopjnieo and judge foEthej _|^> selves . _$ ¦ ¦ ., : _^ p , ' ' ' , _;* _% _,: ; We have said that _thilv _^ _feh'Mianco " , _!? . ? . _^ - * fessedly _"Jased . upon an _atia || piment of ., all _' _that' is gre _^ _tiyirtubus , and _sacre d _^ . ' p _^ r ' _past . _^ Weprove it thus _^ _Aresolution _was p _^ p _^ sjBdfat ' pineof the _clique meetings , ' to commenior . fttfe _^ tlie' ' memories of pur / | | hartyrs , yet this wa _§ opp 6 sedt | SOj _^^^ yo ' os ! _opppsedby thoproraoterl ' uof ' ah _% Ir ] _M Alli | _i « c _^*' _- appealing to ; the Irish ' peopleibv . . _supp o _^ r _^ yeB _^

      _iiiaejag , opposed it was , a _^ _C ; 8 ucc _* s 8 fu ] dy _^ _that-ii ho /| il' _^ confession _thar _^ _tKS | ofijjpBitiob was groundedjUDon " the desire that _existedto carry out a compromising and ; dishonest policy ! '' " We were met , " . ' said . he , _"hyVtfiis _^ reroonjitraricei'th at in this new _combiha-{ ftiolo _^ _mra _^' _wjiplnu . 'luthlirto taken no part in : puhlio " _¦^ afl _^ ir _^ wmw _^ _be-deterred by . even . tiie . _& _mbffice . _VfofflfonccxmlWi & _Mft _^ " friends ! " AndVo the principles of our illustrious friends were set aside—trampled upon—despised ! Good God ! with what shame and bitterness , wo think of this ! What honest Nationalist can henceforth have aught in common with this " Irish Alliance , " or its patron and founder , Mr . Duffy , who

      now , with unbashful countenance , avows the expediency of avoiding " even the appearance of connexion with the principles ofour illustrious friends " and martyrs _- ' _jShame—eternal shame—upon the base recreancy , and the black heart , that suggested and stimulated such a degrading and profligate avowal . ,. Friends , are you -prepared . ' to approve of this severanceo _^ yourconnexion ' w " th ' _thoennobling recollections of _yofcrnartyrs ? Are you solicitous , to forget th ' eirBacrificesand sufferings _l-p-to support a new " policy , " based upon an abandonment of their principles and a betrayal of tho sacred trust their martyrdom has confided to you ? If so , then , . ini _iieiuuuuieninueeuuia

      uccu , may wo _uuspair u . _' — , , y we explaim in the k ' nguige of the Persian—¦ _' * The lipbfpritdence [ iscl 6 sed ' oh the tongue of indignation , and the dagger of _stSdrii is sheathed in the silken shawl of security . " We may all become good Whigs ,. and rejoice once more that , we have a country to sell ! Yes , friends , it comes to this . Had the " Irish Alliance' * been coiicobted by Clarendon , it could hot Have , done its _' wbrk better . Had Mr . Duffey , in fulfilment of a secret-compact with the Castle , sought to debase the political faith of the Irish people , he cbiild " not have taken . his measures " more effectually "than by _^ _instructinfcthemrto fo reswear

      " even the' _djfyedranMgpf _. _cbmewon . with ' the principles " _^! ofr . _Cour .. _lllustrib ' us Vfrie _^ _-ybuiiyhiohfhtf ' _counselled and affected - tb . advocate i _^ _ij _dA _^ hQld _^ prmcir _^ e _^ fo _^ _whicL _noDlyaS'dvwitKout" re _pln'in ' g _~ whiVe ne , ' the secret intriguer , the originator , the planner of all that took place in 1 S 18 , is now unmolested at homo , to glory in his apostacy , to profit by their sufferings , to publish to the world his degrading recantation of their principles , and thus establish himself upon the humiliation and demoralisation of the country ! Wo turn avray in disgust from the contemplation of such horrible treason to truth and country . " Hut that it were so horrid and

      unnatural—A thing at strife with all consistent thoughts , " We would believe that , in truth and reality , tho programme of this " Irish Alliance" was concocted at the Castle , for thc purpose of engendering fatal strifes and dissensions among the Nationalists . But , even so , the conspiracy will fail—must fail . Mr . Duffey is now too well known , lie has effectually severed his connexion with the Nationalists . He has gone over to the enemy . He is a Whig in heavt and soul , disposition and practice . What was long suspected , often predicted , and by many openly declared—what tho wisdom of Mitchel foresaw , and his noble and virtuous soul at once rejected , is nowpatent to tlie world ; and Mr . Duffy , as ho was told tohisteeth at the meeting in '" Conference , " on Monday night , now stands branded as a false

      nolitician—a dishonest man . We call then upon all true Nationalists not to dissever their connexion with the principles of our illustrious Martyrs , but to shun , as they would a pestilence , all contact with this " Irish Alliance . " Leave it to its fate— -already it is doomed . Tho true Democracy of Dublin held a meeting on Wednesday evening last , and resolved to proceed vigorously with tlieir organisation , to which wc have devoted a separate article . Let them hold together , and cherish their strength , fortius " Irish Alliance " cannot impede their progress nor their hopes . The Freeman , _indend , with considerable pungency and truth , asks why thc promoters of the " Alliance , " if at all sincere in their avowed devotion to Repeal , do not join Conciliation Hall 1

      "We have carefully perused , " says the Freeman , "the proceedings ofthe Conference—or , as it is now called—the ' Irish Alliance . ' We can see in them from beginning to end nothing new or _original . The objects proposed to be sought are old and familiar objects of desire to thc Irish nation . The achievement of national rights—the establishment of religious equality—the recognition of llio rights of the tenantry—the extension of thc franchise—the sustainment of native manufactures—these arc the professed ohjects of the ' Irish Alliance . ' In what do they differ from tho objects sought by thc old Association , that a new body was called for ? They are so completely identicul that they _xoould seem to be transcripts the one ofthe other . Why , then , split up the national strength hy organising a second body , when there are confessedly no new or separate objccls to be sought ? Even the mode of obtaining redress , to whieh the new body pledges itself , is identical with ihe mode proposed by the old . Why , then , have division instead of co-operation ! _' »

      Exactly ! the argument is unanswerable . All thc grounds on which the founders of the Irish Confederation separated from Conciliation Hall arc removed by the " Irish Alliance . " Mr . Duffy's recantation is complete . He is as ardent now for " moral means "—as zealous in opposition to " physical force" as the most strait-laced quakcr . He is gentle as a sucking dove , and as harmless , too . Why not go , then , at once to Durgh-quay ? Surely , if any man has a right to " lead " —if tho Irish people are to be kept in perpetual " leading strings " —John O'Conneil has hereditary chains which even Mr . Duffy cannot Question . With us the

      matter is different , for our difference with BurgU-quay is one of principle . The " Irish Alliance " has no such difference . Why , then , exist as a rival when you can co-operate as an ally ? But that would not serve tho purposes for which this movement was originated—the purposes of treachery and selfishness ; yet , with God ' s blessing , wo will thwart such purposes , and confound such counsels . We rely with confidence upon the sterling Democracy of Ireland , to uphold tho aseendancy of principle and truth , and an organisation will thereby be effected , new in this country—an organisation by which wo yet shall conquer .

      The German- Press.—According To A Catalo...

      The German- Press . —According to a catalogue ofthe German newspapers just published at Lcipsie , there aro at present printed in Europe as many as 1 , 55 S German journals . They arc thus distributed viz .: —Anhalt , " 10 journals ; fiaden , 55 ; Bavaria ' 127 ; Brunswick , 0 ; Bremen , IS ; Frankfovt-on-thcl Main , 17 ; France , 0 ; Great Britain , 1 ; Hamburgh " 24 ; Hanover , 32 ; Hesse-Darmstadt , 3-1 ; Hesse ' Jiomburgh , 4 ; Hesse-Ca _> scl , 22 ; _Ilohenzoller-. i _, < t " iiolsrci / i , 17 ; Lippe , 4 ; Lubecfc , 4 ; Luxemburg , i ' _Mookieiibiu-g , 22 ; Nassau , 13 ; Oldenburg , 8 ; Aus tria , 74 ; Prussia , 632 ; Province of Brandenburg 110 ; Pomerania , 50 ; Poscn _, 18 ; Prussia , 77 ' Silesia , 103 ; Saxony , 91 ; Bhinc , 110 ; Wesphalia " 07 ; Kens , 11 : Bussia , 14 ; Kingdom of Saxony 133 ; Duchies of Saxony , 44 ; Scluuimburg , 2 Schleswig , 5 ; Schwambiirff , 12 ; Suitzevland , 77 Waldeck Wurternburg , 67 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01121849/page/1/