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"When Roeues Fall Out, Honest Men Come - By Their Own."
" When _roeues fall out , honest men come - by their own . "
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TO THE ENGLISH _TVOKKING MEN . My _Friends , —I write you this letter from Paris , and if Iwas to devote days or weeks m endeavouring to describe the state of this country , I could not do it . Tin 1 848 , you had a perfect army of spies and informers in England ; butthey were a mere nothing compared to the number , now in Jans . I have Sften told you that , _thonglrParis » _*^> ioMon isV . England , _asljdieve the mind in _the _^ NOBTSERN HIVE has _^ greater effect _upta' the _^ _^ Mhi isterial feelings _= than the COCKNEY inind has . _^ * . '
-7 Tlie > iBeent 7 acts 7 bf thePOPE _arelikely to have a . ffl _^ t . e _^ t ' _-i ' aponr _^ _'rw'Oflfeies V ' a'nd , -MwevertheSPEOMLGONSTABLEmay _Tjaseiis power _- _- _^ _k'Bvl ji _^\^^ j _^ . _^ tj _'U _^ me assure you , that _lio & -he and the - French _'indole ! and tEe . _jeopVpf aU _^ natidnsI' hate * and ' , . _defesfccEngumd _^ _dJhe _Jm _^ j - _tr _^»;*^ , till ihe ; time > _i-wh _^^^^ _Mi _' mi _^ _f _^^ . n _* _ea _^ _i _^ f _^ ' _Jfafidnsd _,. ; Aiisembl _yJa _^^^
party holding ; _ife ' _ds _^^ the couree to be taken in the ensuing * parlia «" ment . When _, a general election , takes place ,: the Liberal eleQtors , in most districts , .-have -come to ; the _resolution not to vbte _^^ s 'f _^ he re _^ cent _Eiectoral _^ _Lawvhas deprived _Masi'iiajori _^ p f _^ _ettV-r _otea _: ; , I have gained ib slight _'mfor _^ _tioa asto the -presentstate . bf'France , = 8 ImH ; _^ attt OTI 15 _itfred . tiMSt , - _howWertheJoroeof * _aBP _^ - ; pi 7 ffie ! _termor--of the law , may for a _:- _£ me - and' _^ v _^ y _^ siiort time , keep the satisfied iff _^ fBer _^ _md _7 the ; di _^ atMed in subjection , nevertheless , _Tffie time is _coirfing when all will
"be . Tip anddping . ; - _, - ' _Thp-ffdflrhitig ChronioVt has given a much fairer definition of the present state of France than the Times ; and from that you will learn that England loots to France as its CRUTCH lo rest upon . All parties here are now meeting arid consulting as to the course to be pursued in the forthcoming struggle ; and , however parties may be disunited in France , let me assure you that they are not more so than the English people . I had the pleasure ef seeing my friend and yours , Ernest Jones , the day I started for Paris , and , well informed as I am as to the
state of the English mind , he gave me no small information—information which annoyed me , hut of which I was previously aware . He told me that , in a certain district where a'Cooperative Society had been established the members of that society had realised some capital , and had , consequently , abandoned Chartism ; hut , from his account , he explained their foll y in an unmistakeable manner . I have often told you , that if masons , or g laziers , or bricklayers , or plasterers , were "well employed , and well off , they did not care a farthing for those of other trades who were "badl y off ; while , when all trades became bad , then all became energetic and BRAYE ¦
CHARTISTS . - _-- ¦ _- .. It is my intention never to abandon the Chartist principles , and never to adopt any ether , and never to allow any other 'ISM or princip le to he mixed up with the Charter . Perhaps , as the French law is now so tyrannical with respect to the Press , the SPECIAL _CONSTABLE would have me prosecuted , were I fully to develope his position and the present state of France ; and therefore , as we have more liberty of speech and writing in Monarchical England than in Republican France , I shall withhold some of my opinions till I am once more amongst you , which will be earl y next week , and then I will endeavour once more to rouse the apathetic mind to action .
I wish yon conld see the manner in which mountainous small farms are cultivated in France , as compared with rich land in England , and then you would , one and all , very ipeedily adopt and carry out my LAND _PLAN ; and the satisfaction npon which the SPECIAL CONSTABLE bases his power is npon the value that the smallest holder attaches to his little plot of ground—in many cases not more than half an acre ; while the ruffians who have been located npon four acres , weep and wail , and gnash their teeth . £ . In conclusion , Working Men , let me assure yon that the day of struggle is at hand , and for that I wish to prepare you ; and however you may desert the principles of THE CHARTER , and foolishly adopt any others ,
I _NEYEE WILL . Tour faithful Friend and Advocate , Feabgus O'Connoh
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_; the loxdon tavern mezting . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . IT Sib , —I find in your valuable journal of last week , a copy of a letter from Sir Joshua Walmsley , respecting the report given in your paper ofthe meeting held by the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , on the 14 th nit ., at the London Tavern . Being present , I beg to siate that that report -wis perfectly correct , for during the speech of Mr . F . O'Connor , the Chairman did not seem at all pleased , and when he bad concluded , he said that he dissented from the observations made by the speaker . I also brought forward a resolution ,
recommending "the Council to convene au especial Conference of the "body to consider the expediency of adopting Manhood Suffrage ; but the Chairman refused me permission to put it to the meeting , though I am a member ofthe Association , and it would not have ibeenmade known , bad I not continued to have urged it on for Mm to put it , as he would sot _allow me to put it . The resolution was tben presented to the meeting in a way and mannner tbat . did not reflect { much credit tothe Chairman . I remain , Sir , Tours most respectfully , October 30 th . Alfred Elliot . 29 , College-street , Dowgate-hilJ . g _*
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_^ _LIBERATION OF THOMAS JOKES . Ob Wednesdey last tMsbrutaBy-treated victim of Whig tyranny , was , after an incarceration of two years and eleven weeks , released from prison . The fine of £ 10 having been paid at the House of Detention , Clerkenweil , he was brought up in custody of an officer to the Police-court , and the required sureties being approved of , he was liberated . A full statement ofthis most atrocious case , witb the correspondence relative thereto between Sir George Grey and Wilh ' am Williams , Esq ., M . P ., will be given next week .
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_t COMMITTEE . 10 THB EDITOR OF THE "KORTHBBN STAB . So , —Would you permit me throug h yoni columns to inquire what has become of the Registration and Election Committee appointed at the I < eeds Conference in 18 _* 7 ? Its movements , through Borne cause or other , have been for a long feme lost to the public . If this body be in existence , and acting in the discharge of its duties , it ib strange that their proceedings do not appear for the satisfaction of those who have placed considerable _, funds nnder their truBteeship . If it be not , let the fact be made known .
On the close ofthe late general election there re-5 _S _? * . J * _™ 5 _^? _? ven * ° understand , nearly m Ofthe Election Fund . Sow , as we have heard of no proceedings on the part of the Committee necessitating an expenditure of this money I may Jkiriy presume that the greater part of it / if not the whole of it , is still on hand , and therefore available for whatever purpose the subscribers choose to apply it . uuaB w As one whose mite has been cast into that fund I would _suggest what I conceive to he a reasonable appropriation of part of it—namely , the liquidation of the debt due for Printing done for the Convention and Assembly of 1848 . It is a stigma npon xSl _^ _TfJmted _"egotism of that time , to _lfave _titled the small chum of the _tradesman , who 10 cheerfully and promptly executed the printine orders of these two bodies , professedl y representing so immense a section of the community
* rams , too , that in _accordance with Chartist usage , we have a right to know who are 2 on tbis _Commits ; and also a right to deSn ? a _* P ! 5 . d 8 ' the _Verfenoance of a duty of which they appear to be completely _oblivions—Wmftlj , tfl _lOUter foithvilth to the subscribers an account of their stewardship . the form of a _Wance sheet . As Q _» CaARnsr 7 '
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" THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the _National Charter Association held their usual _yeekl y _^ ineeting 7 . ba .-yWednesday _evening- * -lastj _j & t _i _& e _; C | f _^ 71 _^ ife _^ John _^^ _ein-the 'bho _^^ Coa _^ po _^ _pace _^^ _rafrfrpMj _& s _^ _J & djih _^^ Sti _^^ _jfoltos _* _hi | _jV'fe _^^ _ftfcfflrt : _*^ _- _' * * _' ' _^ 77 f _^ ' 7 ™ 7 _w 7 _^ eait { y 2 OTla ; Tolungtbn-parky ' - :: ; 7 77777 ;" , pctober _S _^ _OSSOlTf . 7 . 7 : " . -. Mx 7 : dkak , GrrizEX _;—0 [ n ; carefully " re yieWi _% ; tiie proceedings of the Democratic Conference / and _conv _sideringibe " results , _1-tIo not believe that the' project" of ; amalgamation will be * adopted "by the countey . VAt ' aSl events ; the Executive is bound to act
_asit-nosucnpianwas in contemplation .,-It . must hot relax'in its vi gorous policy , on the chance of the scheme receiving the popular assent . ¦ '•' . -- _I * am unable to attend in iny - place atthe Council board of the Executive this evening , but I earnestly conjure you to submit my opinions to my brother members . Were I present , 3 should recommend—1 . That an election do immediately take place , to fill up the vacancy in the Executive created by the resignation of _^ tizen Thomas Brown . - ¦ 2 . That Mr . O ' Connor ' s suggestion for a Conference be adopted , but that the Conference shall be held iu London , and be convoked for the lst of May , 1851 , so that it may be enabled to get np a succession of grand meetings during the period tbat the Great Exhibition will remain
open . 3 . That an immediate address be issued to the country , calling upon the Democrats , in all localities , to adopt instantaneous means to raise funds for the purposes of the Executive . 4 . That , inasmuch as Kossuth , Dembinski , and the glorious Hungarian exiles , may shortly be expected in England , the Executive shall devise some means of enabling' the admirers of those patriots and heroe 3 to express that admiration throughout
the length and breadth of the land . Perhaps simultaneous meetings all over the country would be the most proper course . 5 . That the propriety of resuming the Johnstreet meetings early in December , be taken into consideration by the Executive . Trusting that these suggestions will be received in the spirit in which they are tendered , lam , my dear Citizen , Tours , fraternally and faithfully ,
George W . M . Reynolds . Citizen Arnott , General Secretary . A sub-committee , consisting of Messrs . Harney , Reynolds , and Arnott having been appointed to draw np an address , to be presented at the next meeting , the Committee adjourned to Nov . Gth . _NEWCASXLE-TjPOX-TrNE . —A meeting was held on Sunday evening , October 27 th , in Mr . _Graner's Long-room , Cock Inn , Denton Chare —Mr . Martin Jude in the chair . Moved by John Robertson , seconded hyWm . Murray : — - " That the Chartists bf Newcastle and Gateshead are of opinion that there should he as soon as possible a Conference held , representing the feeling and opinion of the great body
of associated Chartists of the country , and that we recommend the Executive to take the sense of the Chartist body as to the utility of snch a Conference , and the time and place for holding the same . "—Moved by John Brown , seconded hy George Smith : — " That we are in favour of a nnion with the Fraternal Democrats , the Social Reform League , and the National Reform League , providing that the Charter be considered as the means , and Social Reform as the end . "—Moved and seconded : — " That the secretary write to Mr .. Samuel Kydd for that gentleman to lecture two nights when he visits Newcastle , and that the two nights he Sunday and Monday . "—The resolutions were carried unanimously .
Hull . —On Snnday evening last a special meeting of the committee elected for the purpose of reusing a tribute of respect over the remains of Radical Jackson , was held at the Malt Shovel , North-Church-side , when the following resolutions were adopted : —" That if possible the labours of the committee be bronght to a close in one month , from this time . " " That Mr . Barnet and Mr . Jackson he deputed to collect subscriptions for the said object . " The secretary laid the results ofthe labours of the committee before the meeting in a _satisfactory manner . Thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned .
Stockport . —A members meeting was held in the Association Rooms , Waterloo Road , on Sunday last , when the following resolutions were passed : —" That in consequence of the Executive Committee not having been elected by Universal Suffrage , iri accordance with the decision of the delegate meeting held at Hebden Bridge , together with the apparentintention of centralising all power in the metropolis , we consider it hi ghly necessary that a National Conference should be held at Manchester , as suggested hy Mr . O'Connor , and recommend the Manchester committee to make
arrangements for the same . " " That it would better show the purity of Democracy to pay the expenses of former prosecutions , than in raising funds to support future victims . " " That we recognise in no association the means of gaining our political rights save in the National Charter Association , to which we will remain steadfast . " _Ehmeix Brigade , Rock Tavern , Xisson Grove , Sunday evening . Mr . Kelly in the chair . After the transaction of monetary and local business , Mr . Blake moved , and Mr . Munden seconded , the following- resolution : — " That tho Emmett Brigade have witnessed with delight the many patriotic efforts ,
and eminent services , rendered by the present unpaid Executive Committee , and cordially agreeing with them in their attempt to form an nnion of the several democratic sections , decry anything savouring of opposition to them or the cause of political and social rights ; it therefore disagrees with the project of a Manchester Conference , and thanks Ernest Jones for his excellent letter , and the West Riding Delegates for their wise and timely decision , and agrees with them that any movement for a Conference or otherwise should originate with that Executive , in whom they have so much reason to confide . Dr . Frith waB in favour of the resolution ; a Conference might he held in Manchester with less
expense than London , but he thought the latter the most fitting place ; if held as early as January he thought it would he a mere local affair , and they would not bave the opportunity of knowing what measures parliament would adopt ; he feared it was intended to be a party affair . —Mr . Wheeler said , that he thought May was too late for the holding of a Conference ; if the union was agreed to , the present organisation would be taken up , and seven months was too long a period to be without any settled plan of organisation ; there was also a necessity for a Conference , or a series of delegate meetings , at an early period , in order tbat the Chartists might decide upon the adoption or
rejection of the John-street plan of union ; the hulk of the members of the other sections were in London , and COUld at OBce accept or reject it , but the great body Of Chartists were located in ihe _tforih of England , Scotland , aud other parts ofthe kingdom . He did not believe that the Manchester Conference waa intended to _ODPOfie the union attempted to be car-3 _SSR « _K _boug ht that they should not at , te A * to force them into collision ; an arrangement St probably be made for both parties to agree to a Con _& _encesW _f _^ and the nower of ca 1 ng it would , according to tne _JtnJLJLA h _* th <« .-Dr . Frith agreed with Mr . tne
_lnSSZZioIhefolly _anddanger o brmgmg country and the London Chartists into collision .--Mr . _FLeU thought the resolution was rather ¦ _inacci * rate ; hewasiSfavourofa ConferencebelDg heId in London in May , that other nations might see Wat democracy in Britain was not repregentefl , w tne Press ; but he thought it wisdom to leave the time and place to the discretion of the council they were about to appoint . —After some further discussion the meeting dissolved . Mkihomlmam Deleomb _Cotojdil . — This uOflJ again assembled at the King and Queen , _Foleyetreet _, on Sunday evening . Mr . Stallwood in the
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. chair . Six shillings and nineponce was received from the Emmett Brigade , and one shilling and sixpence from Somers-town forthe Greenwich case . ' Mr . Jeffrey moved thatthe council act as a , committee to receive , funds for the above purpose , and _^ pp _lyiheih * tb , 1 , aking John-street Institution , 'for _* a _lectureV'tOTaise the' _nfecefjSary _^ Sm ' _- . ' _iJiMr _.-Osbbrna seconded the motioni _^ Mes ' _srst | ; Blak' _3 _^ _ahdjWilkin f _moiped atfamendmentthatthe ; localities ; b _^ p _^^ e 3 . _^ f ' ; : fthef ; amen w _& d _^ ed _^ t _^ Mo _^@ hef suppeKpn 7 We ; _dhegd"iy _JBj V _^ _Ik _^ E _^ pressedtth ' ei _^ _whiefiatrhidbeen ' _gotup-j ' . their localities ' w to"fiave _BeehTnade a -metropolitan' dnei _* ; _and not ' a
local ' afi _& _iriiand : tothave " . included _tbe wbole 7 of ; _-tbe . victims ' ¦ •'¦ Mr . "iS ' _titllwopd'explained _^ ibat owing to the short stay ia London of Mr . Jones they were compelled to . hasten their ' afra , rigementsi : ' _a-hdtba _^ it was entirely . got up -by a single - _locality---M"nif 3 r , Camr paign _^ rIt : " was " moved : f _fej ; Mr ; Fletober , and seconded by Mr . Blake , " _- . tbat' the council got up a series of public meetings / commencing _with one at John-street , and that one be held in all the other localities , commencing alphabetically ; Messrs . Brisck ; and Hunnible supported ¦ the motion . Mi * . Stallwood thought the _movershould have shown that the council were , in possession of sufficient
funds , and that it was bad policy tp commence until the affair . of the . Conference was . decided . Mr . Hunnible said they had plenty of matter to awaken the' public mind with , whether the Conference failed in its objects or otherwise . The motion was carried unanimously . Mr . Osborne applied for speakers for four weeks' meetings at the Fraternal Hoine'Lecture Hall , Turnmill-street . After some discussion ifc was agreed , that the secretary should endeavour to procure the attendance of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Harney , & c . Several notices of motion were given , and the council adjourned until the following Sunday , at the same time and place . Covbntrt . —The Council held their _firet _meetinsr
on Monday last , at Mr . Bedder _' s , news-agent , Little Park-street , for the purpose of enrolling members , when resolutions were passed expressing a determination to agitate for the Chatter , whole and entire , and to show the Premier tbat the people of England require further reforms . _SrALEYBRinGE . —At a meeting of members held in their room , High-street , on Tuesday evening , the proposed Conference to be held in Manchester , was taken into consideration ; and the following resolution was agreed to : — " Seeing that the Lancashire and Yorkshire delegate meeting held at Hebden Bridge , passed a vote of confidence inthe present Executive , and seeing that their term of office has not expired , or the vote of confidence rescinded , we think it unwiso and impolitic on our part , while acknowledging them as our head , to send a delegate to any Conference not called , or sanctioned by the present Executive . ' '
_Hastings . —On Sunday evening last , a meeting of members was held ' at the Crown Inn , All Saints-Street . Mr . Clarke in tbe cbair . After the financial business had been disposed of , the address of Mr . _Erneafc Jones , delivered at the open-air meeting at Manchester , was read from the Northern Star ; The following resolution was then moved : — " That the best thanks of this meeeing be given to Mr . " Ernest Jones for the very eloquent and soul-stirring address delivered by him at the open-air meeting at Manchester , on Sunday , Oct . 20 fch . "
This having been seconded by Mr . E . Goote , was supported by Mr . T . Clarke , who proposed to append to it our earnest prayer that the time may not be far distant when we shall have the pleasure of hearing that great and glorious preacher of the gospel of humanity deliver a similar sermon in the Fish-market of this town . —Mr . Paul Hugh , in a very neat and appropriate speech , supported the resolution and prayer ; and , after Messrs . Crockett , Estall , Marchant , and Gwynno had briefly addressed the meeting , both motions were carried unanimously .
"Marylebone . —Mr . Fussell lectured lit the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on Sunday evening last , on "Revolutions and their Causes , " which he handled in a masterly manner . Bristoi _* . —On Monday evening last a meeting was held at 7 , _Castle-JIill-street , by the leading Democrats of Bristol , to take into consideration the best means of organising a thorough Democratic movement in the above city . Mr . C . Clarke in the chair . On the motion , of Mr . W . H . Cottle , seconded by
Mr . J . Clarke , it was unanimously resolved : — " That an Association be formed , to be called ' The Bristol Democratic Association , ' to be conducted by a committee of seven , including a secretary and treasurer ; " whereupon Messrs . C . Clarke , Dyke , Cottle , Burgess , J . Clarke , Watkins , and Shehan , were elected as the committee ; and Mr . J . Clarke , treasurer ; and Mr . W . II . Cottle , secretary . It was also resolved : — •¦ That a meeting of the Association be held at the same place every Monday evening , afc seven o ' clock . "
_Finsbhrt . —At the usual meeting of members at the Old Dolphin , on Sunday last , the following resolutions were adopted : — "That thc members of this locality highly approve of Mr . O'Connor ' s policy in holding a Conference at Manchester , and pledge themselves to pay £ 1 towards the expenses . " —Carried unanimously . " Thafc we hold a public meeting in the Fraternal Home and Lecture Hall , Turnmill-street , every Tuesday evening . "—Carried . " That the members of this locality meet at the Fraternal Home on Sunday evening next . "—
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ADJOUBNED MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES FOR EFFECTING AN UNION AMONG DIFFERENT CLASSES OF REFORMERS , JOHN STREET , TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD .
This body again assembled on Sunday afternoon , at John-street , Tottenham-court-road . Mr . Hoofer having been ' elected to the chair , the roll was called , and seventeen persons answered to their names . The minutes having been read and confirmed , The Chairman read a letter he had received from the National Reform League , withdrawing their delegates , for the grounds stated in the resolution of that body , published in last week ' s Star . Mr . Swift ( ono of the Eeform League delegates ) stated he was not present at the Council when that resolution was agreed to . He thought it unjustifiable in the Council to adopt such a line of conduct without consulting the members of the bod ; . He had attended to vindicate his own conduct , but , being recalled , he must , of course , retire . '
After some conversation on the subject , Mr . Swift was requested to resume his seat as an invited friend . The discussion then commenced by Mr . Stallwood moving the adoption of the first rule : — " All persons acquiescing in the objects of this association shall be eligible to become members by taking out cards of membership , for which , with a copy of the objects and rules , they shall not pay less than threepence . " Mr . Shaw seconded its adoption , Mr . Habney moved , " That the price for cards and rules should la twopence . " Mr . Peitie seconded the amendment . Mr . Wheeler thought tbat it was impossible to get out cards and rules of a respectable description for twopence . He moved , " That the words objects and rules' be omitted , and that the price be twopence . "
This proposition having been seconded by Mr . Peiiie , Mr . Friih , of Bradford ( who had been invited to sit as a delegate ) , said that the Chartists in the country would be averse to paying more than twopence . Mr . Fussell thought that a little dissatisfaction existed as to the expenditure of the funds ; but that appeared to him to arise from the Executive not being able to afford to send each locality a balance sheet . He was in favour of the small amount . Mr . _Goowin thought it would be hard to charge those threepence for membership who had just paid a shilling to achieve that object . The Chairman explained that it was a new association , and could not recognise previous payments . Messrs . Grassby and Stailwood explained relative to the balance sheet . The motions were then put , witb the following result : —For Mr . Wheeler , 9 ; Mr . Harney , 7 ; Mr . Stallwood 13 .
, Mr . Gbassbt moved , and Mr . Shaw seconded , thi adoption ofthe second rule , as follows : —" That the general government of this association shall be vested in a Central Committee , or Council , consisting of twenty-eight persons—seven to be elected by the members of the National Charter Association , seven by the Fraternal Democrats , seven by the National Reform League , and seven by the Social Reform League . The said Committee or Council shall use their utmost efforts to superintend the movement , perfect the organisation , and direot its power . They shall be empowered to call for voluntary contributions , when required to carry out its objects ; to appoint a secretary or secretaries from their own body , who shall be the only paid officer or officers ; and to issue uotiees one month previous , _COnWUWS a _Nati ° nal Conference , which shall assemble in London on the first Monday in May , 1851 , into whose hands tbey shall resign their jtrust . " .
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The Chairman thought ifc could not be put on account of the secession of the Reform League . This obj ection " was , however , overruled , as the decision of the Council was not considered binding upon the body .- 7- '* ? - _?< . ' ! Z : y _0 < y _:- _' ' _¦'¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ _- . ¦ ' ¦ '" •'¦ '" - [¦• < _v A variety , of " _amendmehts ' _-iwere-then moved , rfeia _* _- ; itive _jfto : i _* thei _proportion _$° W _**™ j ! ff 0 _jnTeacM _|^^ (; w ) uch 7 _? werejat t _lenjgjfcii leaymgr itmCallJmeM _^ : brf . the : t _^ ¦ ' _^ he : _suggesf _^ the ) _vwds : _£ _meefc'bnihVfi _^ altei _^ Q _^ _MateMhim - _' _** _-My _# _^ ¦ st anding . tKat-th ' e _^ _GqTO thtf .: COonferonce ' _)^ _uoouiBuab j ¦ _¦¦
. _uecesBaiy _;^ * , , . -. „; ,. ; . ; _..-, y , ;••„ . _^ f _^ . . Mr . Stallwood ; moSftd , fnnii _MivIvoRr'le ' condeid , ' the . _thii'd ruie TT- _'* Tfii _& tKo members formed ' _. into localities shall be eini _^ ered to _enaijt'bye-laws for their own _guidance ; tMimposo payments for local purpose ' s , and fo fnonnpte hot less than seven ! of their body , including a _^ ub-treasurer and sub-secretary , to act-as a sub-cdmmittee or council for three or six months . The said officers to see that tho said monies received , fov cards of membership jive duly forwarded to tho Central Committeo at least once a month . :. They shall falso promote and extend in every possible lega ] _0 ay , the objects and principles of the-Ai _^ _eiatibn'fSiiQfOtherwise aofcas the Central Committee" shall direct , " which was carried unanimously . ¦ _-.-..
-Mr . Harnet . then moved the following as a fourth rule , which was seconded by Mr . Shaw : — " Thatin the event of the foregoing programme being adopted by the National Charter Association , Fraternal Democrats , Social Reform League , and National Reform League , such adoption shall be immediately followed by the merging of tho several societies into the National Charter and Social Reform Union . The several societies to elect members to the provisional Central Committee in tho following proportion : —the National Charter Association to elect nine representatives ,, the .. Social
Reformers three , the Fraternal Democrats three , ahd the _ISational Reform League three . " Mv . Harney stated , tbat although it might appear to be unequal , yet , if reference was had to numbers , ifc would be found to be just , whether this fusion was effected ior not . The Chartist party was afc present much the largest , and , in the event of any agitation , would be reckoned by thousands ' , whilst , under any circumstances , the other sections could only be counted by hundreds ; if thoy wished to convert the Chartists they must show that they trusted them . Mr . Pettie opposed the motion ; he was in favour of the old programme of seven from each section .
Mr . Grassby showed that if Mr . Pettie ' s argument was correct , and he knew it was , his plan of seven from each body would give still more power to the Chartists . . _* -., Mr . Harney , on . the suggestion of Mr . Wheeler , altered the number , of the delegates of the Social party froni three to * jix , " Mr . L ' k ' Blond moved the following amendment , _^ hich was ' seconded by Mr : . Woodcock : —• " That tho . National Charter ahd Social Union bemanaged , " till the meeting of thc Convention , b y three members , chosen from each "of- tho _^ Associations who " havo
formed this Conference ; and the same number from any other association . who , wishing to merge their association in the National Charter Social Union , shall apply to the Executive . Committee for that purpose . " . .... " ¦ Mr . Harnet explained , thafc although the Fraternal Democrats were Chartists , yet they belonged to a different school tb the , " whole hog men , and nothing more , " so that the advantage to the Chartists in number was more imaginary than real . Mr . Leno stated thafc an equality of numbers had been found to work well in that Conference , and he thought ifc would in the body they wero about to
elect , Mr . W . Cooper cared little about the numbers to be elected , but he preferred Mr . Le Blond ' s motion ; the Chartists were , once , a formidable body , and if they had been as formidable in mind as in numbers , they would have achieved tho Charter-long ago . Socialism did not merely consist in the Social lieform League , it had become a part of , the genius of the country ; it was embodied in her literature , aiid an important element in' every agitation , to . prove which he ; read an extract from " Alton Locke . " Chartism could nofc be obtained by merely shouting . Mr . Stallwood reminded Mr . Cooper that in times past there had been shouting Socialists as well as shouting _Chartiats ; the very book he had quoted showed that Chartism was equally an element in our literature ; if the Chartists were greater in numbers they were entitled to a larger representation .
Mr , Grassby asked how , with _consiotency , they could complain of Harwich having the same number of representatives as Manchester , if they gave small societies the same number as tho large ones ? Mr . Milne supported Mr . Le Blond ' s motion . Mr , Pettie moved— " That the council should be elected in equal proportions from the bodies giving in their adhesion to the movement . " Mr . Wilson seconded the motion . Mr . Shaw was in favour of Mr . Harney ' s motion ; in numbers the Chartists preponderated , and he thought they were as equally prominent in the literary world as their Social brethren . Mr . Fussell preferred Mr . Le Blond ' s to . Mr . Harney ' s motion , because ifc opened a door tothe admission of trades or other bodies .
Messrs . Pettie and Wilson having withdrawn their motions , and Mr ; Harney not being able to alter his to meet the views of some of the delegates , the two motions were put , when fourteen voted for Mr . Le Blond ' s , and nine for Mr . Harney ' s . After some discussion , _relative to several motions proposed , a resolution foi * adjournment was carried ; the Conference will therefore again assemble at John-street , on Sunday afternoon next .
The Council Of The National Reform Leagu...
THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BRANCHES NOT RESIDENT IN LONDON . Brethren , —In the Aorthcrn Star of last week , you will have seen a resolution of this Council approving ofthe withdrawal of our delegates from the Conference sitting at John-street . As our brethren in the . _country may , probably , nofc fully comprehend the motives which dictated our policy in this matter , wc hasten to explain them to you , lest any misconception should arise injurious to ourselves ,, or to others . We have no complaint to make of the Conference —none of the particular societies represented thereat—none of any of the delegates themselves . Our withdrawal from the Conference was simply an act of prudence or policy on our part , to prevent disunion in the Chartist ranks , of which the whole
of our society forms an integral part . The great majority of the Chartist body are not Communists , nor Socialists , nor "N ational Reformers , nor Trades' Unionists , nor members of any of the particular sooieties said to be represented at the Conference . They are simply Chartists—that is , men desirous of being represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , according to the principles declared in the People ' s Charter . To preserve the integrity and unanimity ofthis body , ought , we think , to be a prime consideration with every association represented in the Conference , and with every individual out of it , holding Chartist principles . On no account , should such integrity and unanimity be , for a moment , endangered , by
obtruding the views or projects of any particular social or politico-economical sect upon the body , as a reform to be worked out in common with tiie Charter . We may , in our advocacy of the Charter , present such views , or projects , as natural results in consequences likely to flow from a wise advocacy of universal suffrage . But we cannot enter them upon x programme as essential parts of a national organisation for the Charter , without estranging from the movement the millions not yet conversant withthe 8 e views _. nor , consequently , without perilling the integrity and unanimity of the Chartist body . Particular societies , like our own , or like the Social Reform League , or the Co-operative Trades' Societies , may safely enough , and we think with advantage to the cause of progress , propound the particular theories of Bocial and economical science ,
whioh it is their special mission to promulgate . They may do so , either as members of the particular societies they belong to , or as Chartists , looking to Universal Suffrage as the best means of realising tho Reforms they desire . But , seeing how widely these several societies differ , as to tho particular , social , and economical changes tbat ought to take place , and seeing also that the vast majority of the unrepresented classes desire to be untramelled by any particular theory of social rights or of social reform , the Council of the National Reform League sees no possibility of fusing or amalgamating the several societies into one aggregate one , at the expense of extinguishing the rest , nor ot uniting them upon any common basis of action , other than the principles upon which they are all already avowedly in accord—viz ., the principles of Universal Suffrage , with the necessary guarantees for Us full , free and fair exercise , as laid downin the People ' s Charter .
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In favour of an union of this kind , the London members ofthe National Reform League , are to a man agreed . We desire to seethe National Charter Association limit its programme to ithisBingle , car- ' diual point ,: . _'AsOharfcists / ' we shallfgiveit oiir best ' support to ' w ' _ardsHhis end ? - _WeVdbsire _^ _tb'fsee every . _$ hbr '' _pbpto itoi _^ _feorji _^ co _^ mpri _^ iiuse _. wifchfthe Nafcibnab Charter Associa _* _-f tion : j for its attainment , withoufc : _caiUhgftUponfthem f to . abahdon . theiv . o . wn ; special- - missions- _orrobjebts . " 'By'this means we firiay _havfe a . real . unib . njof , all . the ' ifociet ' iesinorie'greaifbody , " for ;; tlie 74 ttainm _^ foif : _throne eommon object dpqn * IvhicK'alI " ai e agreed—" viz ;; _aelf-government _;^^ through U _^ hiversalfSuffrage ; while ; at' -the same - time , their _; consciences ,-
intellects , and energies , , are left -free , ito . develope their ' own particular views in theii ; . own circles , _and upon tho . public platform , open to all sets , of reformers , alike , whileadvocatingtho Peoplo ' s Charter . ¦ , . In sending delegates to , the Conference * we had hopedthatan union of this sort might be the result of its deliberations . In this hope we have been " disappointed . The Conference has thought proper to mix up other reforms of an economical ov social character with the organic reform demanded in the Charter . Such a course , if preservered in , must , we fear , endanger the integrity and unanimity ' of the Chartist body . Indeed , ~ it has already done so , if " we aro to judge by the published reports of various publio meetings in town and country , as we ll as by the correspondence it has provoked in the Democratic papers .
The National Reform League will be no party to suoh dissensions . While as a League it will hold fast by its own programme till tho public mind has been sufficiently matured to appreciate the social rights it dernands , 'it will , at the same time , uphold the integrity of the Chartist body by all the means in its power . To this end it will eschew the dangerous policy of sanctioning tho obtrusion of its own or any other particular creed of social reform upon the Chartist body , as part and parcel of a national programme ; while ifc will not tho less zealously promulgate its political and social views
amongst all seeks and classes of the public . : ln other words , ifc will , as a . _Leaguo , do all in its power to promote the plan of national reform ( based upon social rights ) , which ifc has promulgated . But as a component part of the great Chartist community , it will steadily refuse , its sanction to any , or all measures which might follow tho free action of that unanimity , or endanger its integrity , through the mixing up of other questions with that for which alono the millions demand a National . Organisation—viz ., the attainment of the People ' s Charter . Signed in- behalf of the Council of the
National Reform League , J . B . 0 'Brie > j , President P . M . _M'Neill , Sceretary \* s _********** _**~>^^^^— _- * - ' * — — _** - _' _* -
The Proposed Manchester Conference. Bnoi...
THE PROPOSED MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . _BnoinEH _CnARiisis!—It is a pleasing feature of our movement that , at the present time , those personal animosities and party-bickerings which once distracted our councils , are beginning to die outnot , perhaps , ' that ' loaders are less , disposed to quarrel thau before , but that the peoplo are less disposed . to take part in their individual contentions . A difference of opinion may now be entertained on a matter of mere policy , without tbe risk of such difference degenerating into a party squabble , —and a man ' may now express that opinion freely , however , much ifc may differ from thafc of
any others , without the fear of exciting hostility and persecution . I should feel great hesitation in offering any further remarks on the proposed Conference at Man ? Chester )' were it not that my recent tour has g iven me a peculiar opportunity of judging as to its inexpediency ; were it not thafc I feel convinced of its ' utter inefficiency at the present time ; and that however high an authority may be , as in the case before us , every one is in duty bound to express his own conviction , where he believes that its expression may . be of service to _^ the _, cause . In my letter in last Saturday ' s Star , I stated my reasons for believing thata Conference , called at Manchester , on the first of January next , would be a mere local affair , in whioh the _feelings of only
a sectional portion of tho Chartist body would be represented ; and that the public afc large aro neither disposed , nor able to embrace or to uphold the measure . ' The votes or silence ofthe country have proved the correctness of my anticipation , excepting Manchester . Out of the entire community Rochdale , Sheffield , Hull , and one of three localities in Nottingham , have , I believe , up to tho date of last Saturday ' s Star , alone spoken in its favour —though the measure has been more than three weeks before the country ; many places have expressed their disapprobation , and one of the largest and most important of our representative bodies , the West Riding delegate meeting , has unanimously come to the same conclusion—while
the majority of tfee country has nofc taken the matter into consideration at all . Could there be a clearer proof that I was correct , in the estimation I entertained , and that a Conference now . held would be premature , and result in a merely local gathering ? Ifc is urged by the opponents of delay , that , if the people will not support a Conference when trade is good , how can they do so when trade is bad ?—but it must be ih the experience of most , why . It is a wellknown fact in our movement—that , when trade is worst , and wages are lowest , then money is always most plentiful for the purposes of agitation . It is the will that is wanting in times of good trade , —but , in times of poverty , the will is there , and where there is a will , there is a way , as the
experience of ' 3 b , ' 42 , and ' 48 has proved . Again , the time just after Christmas , and in the midst of the New Year holidays , appears to me nofc very felicitous ) even in a pecuniary point of views—and seems well calculated to give riso to an objection similar to the one contained in the suggestion that . " May and June , the middle of summer , is just the very time when it would be most difficult to induce working men to give up their pleasure . " I fear by May or June they will not have much pleasure to give up ; it will be spoilt by short time and reductions , that will sternly point to the necessity of union , and , therefore , to the expediency of assembling a Convention then . If the objection holds good at all , it is Christmas time and the opening of
the year to which it more especially applies . Ifc is urged thafc "the great Exhibition which is to take place and to last three months , would completely divert the minds of the working classes , and those most capable of representing them in the Conference . " Now this is just what I have advanced , that the Exhibition will attract immense numbers toLondon , and that , from that very reason , the Convention should be held at that time , and London be its seat . But this Exhibition , - while attracting most of the leading Chartists to the metropolis , and thus draw * ing together the democratic talent of the land to one focus , in a manner never yet witnessed ih this country , can in nowise interfere with the
deliberations of the members . Surely it won't be asserted that the delegates would be running about the Exhibition , at the time when they should be sitting in the hall of the Convention ? Or that their minds will be intent on lace , gilding , and gingerbread , while they should be deliberating on the ri ghts of labour ! Surely there are better men to bo found in the country , and , surely , better men would be elected 1 Then , if so , how can the Exhibition interfere with the deliberations ofthe Convention ? But , it may be said , the attention of the general public will be drawn to the Exhibition , and , therefore , the Convention will attract no notice . It will not , indeed , attract notice if a few men , locally and obscurely elected , met unsupported in a northern
town ; but it must command attention , if a delegation , elected by the country at large , having with it the sympathies of a truly national constituency , meets prominently in London , while all the democratic talent of England is brought , day by day , to rally the myriads of the metropolis in its support . It is , too , near the doors ofthe legislature , too much enshrined by popular power , too much before the eyes of the world to escape notice , or permit of neglect . In my last , I asked why a Conference should now be held ? I endeavoured to show , thafc ifc was nofc needed for organisation , the formation of rules , or to meet a crisis ; and that it was premature even
in reference to deciding our policy towards other classes . It is now urged , that a Conference should meet a month before parliament , in order to " impress our rulers with such a conviction , as would lead them out of the path of error into the road of truth . " In the next paragraph , it is Baid that " the usual parliamentary tyranny practised for the last eighteen years " cannot havo any particular effect on the mind of the people . But if the usual tyranny will have no effect onthe sufferers , how is it likely that the acts of a Conference , far less authoritativo than usual , can have any effect on those Who , inflict the suffering ? I grant , indeed , thata Manchester Conference ,. of a few men , sent by
The Proposed Manchester Conference. Bnoi...
half a dozen localities and unsupported by tha people , " will have ho effect upon rulers : but the case may bo different , when the majority of the working clnsses shall bo looking towards a body of men fullyand fairly representing their interests , whilo London shall be an overflowing hive , and thousands from tho provinces shall be . adding vigor to its spirit . . . . What we now want is not talking and deliberation —but action ,. The time , for deliberating is there is a power created to direct , or else you deliberating about a mere shadow . The paramount ahd immediate duty is to establish a public and or £ anisntion "by leotures . tracts , and _mpfitinira
For all this the competent machiner y exists " this has been done , then will be the time for a vention to give yoice to the mind , thus created to wield thafc organisation which it is now our immediate business to prepare . I trust the country will fullyand fairly their views on this subject , and that , true princip les of democracy _^ whioh says the shall rulej rio Conference will take place , _unless majority o f the Chartist : bodyihould . have iri ; it 8 favou r _^ _^ _^^ , viWithvi * ef _^ think / the : _* iasfcf- * swdV _$ _^^^ ' ¦ _$ < ' _- Pay 8 ibal-for _£ e rn _^^ _bothyibr ' _, ' either ; as ci _) _te ' uhist ' ance s . may' require - _^^^ , _iaft-ii .. i * s'iT : v _n _ -J _* : - j 2 i _:. _;„ £ _-. _»^^* & _Kv _^ fVW Kuiumu uwiuw /
_^ _KicBi . _yyitu cue _ueuioiijii _-vy .. y . _'r ~ of * Mahohest ' _erribn'the 20 th * - ' of October ,. / to th _' e . Charter as 'th ' e key to ' our social rights , b and ' every _meamilidt' circurnsVxnces ' may render . I donofc ' believethatmoifalTforce movements ; are in the _le _. _ast _; _moroJ _exen _[ _lpt _; _. _froi _! _n _^ _. _perseo _. _ution _. than -any other . . . Whenever . _a-mbyement becomes dangerous to monopoly , monopoly , has eypr persecuted it , and , whilo" ; holding" power , will evei _* . do ' so , whatever may be the character assumed . " I need riot cite any of" the million instances to prove this . I believa hot- ' only that " physical-force revolutions are
humbug , " but that all revolutions are folly , unless tha people , after having made them , are sufficiently _enlightened'to turn them to . a good account ; out I believe that there are circumstances in which mere enlightenment is powerless against brute force . According to these circumstances , I , for one , am determined to act , without pledging myself , ' op wishing to see our _movement pledged , - to an exclusive line of policy , which , under altered circumstances , it might be madness to _piirsue . ' Brother Chartists , your faithful servant ,. Eukest Jones .
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Public Supper To Mr. Ernest Jones. A Pub...
PUBLIC SUPPER TO MR . ERNEST JONES . A public supper , in honour of Mr . E . Jones , was held on Wednesday evening , at the City Chartist Hall , Golden-lane . The supper was of a most excellent description . The attendance was good , considering the hurried mariner in which the entertainment was . got up . Among the guests wero Messrs . Harney , Le Blond , Hooper , and Thomas Jones ( whq had been that day liberated from prison ) . On the cloth being removed ,
Mr . Stallwood . was called to the chair , and , aftera brief address , announced Mr . Leno to speak to the first sentiment : — " The People—may they , by their unity of purpose , speedily obtain a deriiocratic form of government , and under its wise , mild , and beneficent sway , enjoy all the comforts man ' s social rights can yield , realising all that is pictured- to the fancy in the words , ' Liberty—Fraternity—Equality . '" ' , " ¦ : _; Mr . Leno , in an able and argumentative address , ' pointed out the errors of our social system , and the means b y which they were to be remedied . . Mr . Crowe also responded to tho sentiment , and
showed the tyranny of the government in a strong light , from the manner in which himself and bis brother victims had been treated whilst caged under their inflexible rule . It had engendered such a hata in his mind that , in spite of all its horrors , he would brave them again , rather than submit quietly to the present system . Mr . Crowe was loudly and deservedly applauded . Mr . BniscK gave the . next sentiment : — "Long life and happiness to Ernest Charles Jones—the bold , eloquent , and fearless advocate of . political and social rights ; " which was received with great enthusiasm .
Mr . Ernest Jones , on rising , was warmly greeted . " He was proud to join his London brethren in commencing their winter campaign , and did not doubt bufc they would make much progress-in their march . He believed there was much work to be done in the ensuing session . . The rogues . had so / ajleh outthac he thought some'good might be obtained from their disunion . - Trade was brisk now , but they would soon have a period of reaction ; arid if hunger ihade _ Democrats , they * -would have them in ' plenty . The " volcano , of . revolutions was only slumbering"in France , and , on its first eruption , it would spread throughout Europe ; and the chalk cliffs of England always echoed to the sound of revolution in France . If the special constable President should be again
compelled _tQtake refuge in England , he trusted they wouldf give him a warm reception . The cause" of freedom iii London was _evidently spreading ,-from the manner in which Barclay ' s men had lashed Haynau . They woiild soon discover that they had _Haynaus at homo equally deserving their wrath . Mr . Jones then described the feeling in the provinces to bo warm and enthusiastic ; and , though he had no hope from the middle classes , yet . it showed signs of progress to see numbers of them attending his meetings . There were two , dangers which appeared to him to militate ; " at present , against Chartism . The first was—the' ghost of moral and physical force—which he . thought bad been laid long ago—was stalking abroad . , From
this , however , he aid not apprehond much evil . Hewas for neither one nor tho other , but both , according to circumstances . At that great hive of tho northern bees , Manchester , they had vowed in their thousands to obtain the Charter , by any and every just means . The second , and more serious danger was—a feeling among a great party that they would ameliorate their condition by cooperation alone , without going through the turbulence of a political change . This was a great error—they wished to fly with one wing . He said they must use both wings —social co-operation and political organisation . There wero three ways in which this spirit manifested itself—clubbing their pence to establish cooperative stores , to obtain possession of
manufactories , and to purchase land . By the first plan , they did not increase the . amount of food produced —they only distributed it . Th ' ey did not crush profitmongering—they only established another branch of it . Mr . Jones illustrated this by a store at Rochdale , where they had accumulated £ . 2 , 000 ; but 400 men , who were once Chartists / were so no longer , and the Northern Star was voted out of the reading room , as nofc sufficiently respectable . They thus increased the numbers of the most dangerous class—the aristocrats among their own body , The second p lan was , to establish manufactories . That did not in any way create a market for . the goods produced . If they succeeded to any extent , they threw hands out of employment at other factories ,
and thus only shifted the evil . If they did not do that , by producing more goods they increased the overglut in the market , thus assisting to destroy themselves . Co-operation for the purchase of land was decidedly the most wholesome method in which it could be exercised ; but this was out of the power pf the poor , who most needed to be placed thereon ; and the Law of Primogeniture , and the fears of the monied and aristocratic classes , if they saw th at feeling spread , would hinder them from purchasing land in any large quantities . Land had a tendency , in a thickly-populated country , to rise in price , and wages . would continually fali—thus , every year would increase the obstacle ; but if any , ov all , of those _mrasures appeared to prosper , " government
could always crush them when they became dangerous . They had already , even against law , prevented Co-operative Stores from having branches in different towns . They would find they could not row against the back-water of political power , exercised by government , unlesB , by the side of their Social organisation , they counted their millions in political organisation . Then , they might dare the government to interfere with them . Besides , when a panic _« camo , even the most wealthy fell beneath its influence . How , then , could they , with their limited capital , expect to stand ? He thought it his duty to give them his opinion upon those subjects , as they appeared to be attracting much attention . Mr . Jones concluded by slating that , throughout the country , he found tho Old Guards , who bad borne the brunt of the battle , still staunch—that a new race were rising , possessed of more fire and energy .
and he trusted ~ tfiat they would combine the experience of the Old Guard with the ardour of tho young recruit . Ho owed a debt to the governmen t for two years of insult and suffering , and he was determined to pay them . The people owed them & still larger debt , for a life of suffering arid toil ; and he trusted they also would pay them to the last farthing . Mr . Jones sat down amid loud cheering . Several other toasts were given , and spoken toby Messrs . Harnky , Wheeler , Finle _*** , and _HOOFSR _* in a very animated and effective manner , The CnAinMAN _, as a concluding toast , proposed " The Ladies . " v _r Votes of thanks were given to Mr . Wheeler , for his attendance ; to Mr . Fowler , the worthv landlord , who had on four occasions bailed Chartist victims , and the Chairman ; and the meeting broke up at an earl y hour . Between the different sentiments democratic songs and recitations wero given , anff the greatest harmony and satisfaction prevailed .
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_Lvxm in Bed _>* or _Fonxr y _^ _-T _^*^ above forty years ago , a y e 0 ID 1 a 5 '? i J _^*^ _hMftf \ & inducing him to leave it . _" ? . _S 3 _KS _>^ 5 _XD _frm hZpats well , is conscious of a 1 _^ _B _^ _fBgNt _^ _gg 7 , $ , around S _£ d enjoys a small _^ P _» C _*« M _$ _& solves to end his dap w \ m he , fe W fflm _^ ' _ft fmmured himself for nearly half _WW _& _im < m * "
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