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_„ _JTHE NORTHERN J 8 TAR . _^ —— _— _==== r _^*^^ - __ _! _^! _ii _^
\N Effectua L Cure For Piles, Fistulas, &C.
_\ N _EFFECTUA L CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , & c .
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ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . . r -i j r , nWnn « d £ « ease is the Piles ! and comparatively how few of the afflicted have been _perma-TTHXT i painful _? _-n _^^ ° _» " eais to Medical Skill ! Tbis , no doubt , arises from the use of powerful aperients W * _if _*^ r e _^ e tt . _^ _tTbythe _Professien ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all too _frc-jjueat ' T admin-si : er proprietor of lhe above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under ease s of this COI ? 'i , * rhrl ; Iient _sureeon , Mr Abernethy , was by him restored to perfect health , andha 3 enjoyed it ever fee _traatm _<* Qt or _^ _wst return of the Disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same _Abergincc : _inborn ines % _beEnt _jj emegns 0 f heating a vast number of desperate cases , both in and out of the _Prone thi _. _,-. i - ? " '; ' . ( r f friends most of which cases had been under Medical care , and some of them for a very consider . j ri _« !' _-r s " 4 , _prne _-wg Pile Ointment was introduced to the Public by the desire of many who had been perfectly _^ J _^ _rit-VooHcation and since its introduction , the fame of this ointment has spread far and wide ; even the _iesJrti vy \ _.-^ vy _^ _ai _^ _ys slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any Medicine not prepared by _themjltO . c . i - .- ¦ > _ j - franklv admit that Abernetby ' s Pile Ointment , is not only a valuable preparation , but a _SwTr _^ _tfri _' - \* mei \ m ev « y sti _e and variety of that appalling malady . . B . X ' s ' from the Piles will not repent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases _ofifa efficacy might _terrudn-.-Brl , if the nature of the complaint did not render those who bave beea cured , unwilling to publish _•^ _vf _^ _cc-e red TJots , at 4 s . 6 d , or the quantity of three 4 s . fid . pots in one for lis :, with full directions J , "; . ' ..,- _XltOlA-rent tothe Prop rietor ) , No . 3 t , Napier-street , Hoxton New Town , London , where also can te r . cu « ' _l every Patent Medicine of repute , direct from the _original mahera , uith an allowance 00 taking SIX V - _^ _s- _' -e _+ o a * for ' ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . ' The public are requested fo bo on theirguard a-J . J'XXiou ' < . compositions , sold at low prices , and to observe tbat none can possibly be genuine , unless thename ir vi ' v - U ' " - ' -terl on the Government Stamp _afised to each pot , is . 6 < L , which is the lowest price the proprietor is _mafc-Vj -X a \ _- 'i " it at , owimj to the great expense of the ingredients .
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND , _Patronised by the Royal Family , h ' obility , Clergy , & e ., It - > _iiirv -.: iii _speedy cure , for those severe annoyances , without causing the leastpain or inconvenience . Unlike -if' Xlr ' X r " . _jies for corns ! its _operation is such as to render the cutting of corns altogether unnecessary ,- indeed , _f re _^ ' " r _. ' = v _•; e practice of _cuttinjj corns is at aU times dangerous , aad has been frequently attended with lamenta . _th e * _' "¦* *• ' - " ¦ ' -7 re * _besides its _liahiluy to increase their growth ; it adheres with thc most gentle pressure , produces an _^ . _£ Xl V _-fV d ' _,- ! i " ° _-htful rel ief from torture , aud , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the mosj _^ T _^ v _^ si ' _---i- < is have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons ofthe greatest eminence , ss wtli '" ' _¦' - '' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ni many officers » f both Army and Navy , aad nearly _ors thousand private letters from the gentry in town - " X- _^ a !< -rv , " sEeaking in hig h terms of this valuable remedy . Pr _' ., r < T , a [ . v Joh . v For , iu boxes at IS , JR , or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and tobe had , with full rjir _«> _'' _- _'ii ' "¦ "use , of G . KlSO , So . 31 , Rapier-street , Hoxton New Town , London , and all wholesale and retail Medi . cinf " - " _" - ' _- " _-o' _-- in toVn aad couutrv . The genuine has the name John Fox on the Stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures the mo ; . . r > " ' ¦' ¦• , _-,:-corns . " A § k for _« Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . ' A . y , _X-X- \ _- X ' .- - _i'ile Ointment . _Taul _' s Corn Plaster , and Aben . etby ' s Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectable » i > - "lii _^ t" . md Dealers in Patent Medicine : — ¦ _B-i-- _' _" ia _\ * ai . _i > oBS Farrinsdon-street - , Edwards , § 7 , St Paul ' s Church . yard ; Butler , i , Cheapside ; _Jfewbery , St _jgp- _'V- su t . j . Bow Church- vard ; Johnson , 68 , Cornhill ; SaHEar _, 150 , Oxford-street ; Willoughby afldCo ., Ci , JfehJ-. Wate-str . set Yfithout ; Eade . 59 , Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay aud Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; and retai ' _-V ' . ° % l " _Y 5 pectable Chemists and Medicine Vendors iu London . Co " _-W- "i _Asskts . _ifeyier snd Son , _Heealjo Office , Bath ; Winnall , Birmingham ; Noble , Boston ; Brew , _BrJ- ' _htN-. i : _rerris and Score , _Bri-tol ; Harper , Frxe PaE 35 OSce , Cheltenham ; Brooke and Co ., Doncaster ; Sim . _siCTii-. r _. _. _j-i _' _. o'ster ; ScawiE , Durham ; Evans and Hodgson , Ereter ; Coleman , Gloucester ; Henry , Guernsey ; _Berr- _Ila ! i : ' _J ; _Dajgan , Hereford ; Brooke , Huddersfield ; Stephenson , Hull ; Pennel , Kidderminster ; Baines and Kew ' _icune _~ Lf J . _l ' s ; Aspin ' al , _Liverpool ; Drury , Lincoln ; Jewsbury , Manchester ; _Biackwell , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Sutton . _RETjrw 0 * Sce , _NoftKgbsirn ; Fletcher . Nozsolk News Office , Norwich ; _Mennie , Plymouth ; Clark , PitoT _Qgj X , i » -f . j _» ; Heckley , Putney : Staveley , Reading ; _Sqaarey , Salisbury ; Ridge and Jackson , _Hzbcujsy Office , _She-ji-i ' " " - Vis ' ' ton , Chkomcle Office , Shrewsbury ; Randall , Southampton ; Mort , Stafford ; Bagley , Stamferd ; Stee _' _st ' . ' _i-kT'crt ; Tini ; sn < * Carr , Herald OSce , Sunderland ; Saunders , Tiverton ; Roper , _Ulvcrstone ; CardtveV ' _vTak . _' _ftti-i ; ' Sharpe , Advebtisee Office , Warwick ; Gibson , Whitehaven ; Jacob and Co ., Winchester ; H _ajnit-r led Co ' . _Wolver >> _avy"m ; DeightoD , Worcester ; Mab 30 n , Yarmouth ; Bolton , Blanshard and Co ., Tor ; - " - J _'" 'hu 7 . _ing ' Bridgend ; il . dlard , Cowbridgc ; Evans , Carmarthen ; WUliams , Swansea ; Baines , _Edinbnrgh ; _All- - _Grcenr . _' ek ; ' Marshal . ' , ? f _Kast ; Bradford , Cork ; Butler , Dublin ; Thompson , Armagh ; and by all respectable _CfafTU ' _.= _avl _ile ' dicine Tendn - erery Market Town throughout the United Kingdom .
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ON _vvjtj _rr _. KCEALED CAUSE THAT PREY _& ON Tito nc . _LTHAND SH 03 TEKS THE DURATION OF HniAS LIFE . _ItLt-T _£ <; TFr > _vrviB strjiEitots _Colousid _Ekgbatings , Jusiriib _;;^ _-: d , ijiaSealed £ nve ! ope , price 2 s . 6 d ., or free bv post , Ss . 6 d . CON _TROC 1 . OF THE _PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay ou th ? Puties and Obligations of Married Life , the TmH < _-= " _>!> . _i-- > resulting from physical impediments and defects ' v . ' . ' > _r . _irictioiis fer thtir treatment ; the abuse of the r . _i _< _siou _< , the _prematura decline of health , and _raent :. ! < ir .-l bodily vigour -, indulgence in solitary _anddelajav-. _:-iJib : t ? . precocious exertions or infection , inducing aloi . _e •¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ir . sf disorders afiWrtins the principal _organs of the l »' .. 3 v . i - _iising- ccHSarr . prions , mental and nervous _fiebL ' _i-t- " ?« d indi ' _jestion , with _reaarks on _gonorrhtea , jrlee _' . _; : r ! _vTuro . and syphilis , _iilustrated with Coloured _Eegr .- ¦ _iuv- _- _ud Cases . _fONTENTS OF THE WORK . Ch r ., '• .-The influence ofthe _excessive indulgence of the _j-Acici ! _-. iu _indudaj bodily di « ease and mental decrep ; : vJt Illustrated with Coloured Engravings . Chap . 2 , _ f > _riTa « inj . aBd destructive effects ofthe vice of selfindu _j ; _cate . inducing- a Ion _* train of diseases , indigestion , _hsttrvi , insanity , mowing melascholy , conFump-1 tou - - _- . _ricttsi _? _, _itnpotersce and sterility , with observations on th * purposes and obligations of marriage , and the _unbapjv <\ .: i ;< j : quenres of unfruitful unions . Chap . 3 . — _SSniiwa ; _-cukness and generative debility : the nature of Imp-. .=- - ' _:.. ; md sterility , and the imperfections in the 9 Sri .- ' . ii :-: ir _> ' 0 f the principal vital function consequent j Cll i : ¦ si-pT _unices , the treatm' -ut ofthe diseases of the _Efri'lind I ly wiiich result from these causes . Chap . i . , — G _::- _^ : _rl-. _t : i , its symptoms , complications aud _treatxiem , s ' _er-, stricture , and inflammation of theprosttae _( B _. 2 T : 5 . —Syphilis , its cornplientions and treatment Cas _^ -s , C _riuhiding Observations , Plates , & c . i By CH . _ii'LES LUCAS and Co .. _Consulting _Surgeoas , * _" > . - ' _ewmam-street , Osfora .-strcet , fLondon . _Ke-j " : ji of the London College ef Medicine , & c ., & c . _Svld tv lirittain , 51 , _Fatsrnoster-row : Hannay and j Co ., " ? , _OM ' ord-street ; Gord .. n , 116 , _Lsaflenhall-street ; _Hanseli . lis . Fleet-street ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street , Lon . _joc . : VLnnell , 7 S , _Kir-t-stre ! t , Birmingham ; _Whitmsro . ii :-. Market-street , Manchester ; Howell , 54 , C & jnii- _? tr = et , Liverpool ; Robinson , 11 , _Greensidetfse . " _.. _'Ii . ' . >\\ arga ; rowel ! , 16 , Westmoreland-street , JJnbiv :. an- ' , all booksellers . Tl .. 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IS * .- ' _:,- ¦ - - - " : _E ** _S !* _J _!?** l The extensive practice of _liX _z X _^ k '~ _Z : _% & l _32 ifefsrs a . and L . PEKRY and _gL _^ -. V- ' . ' - _^ _Ji- _^ f _^ f ' _?^!; Co ., the continued demand for th ei-work . entitIed , '" thT'SILENT _FKIEND _. ' _ione hundred . -ir . d t . venrv-five thousand copies of which have been Bold " ) . ' _-. U * the extensive sale and _biph repute of their Meci" ; - _ii-ive induced some unprincipled perrons to _assume -. * . >¦ _-arae of PERRY and closely imitate the title of the "ft ' _-jrk nnd names oi the Medicines . The public is _hereto .- mtionedthat sucb persons are not in anyway conn- ¦ _. I with the firm of R . and L . PERRY and Co ., of Lond > n "ho do not visit the Provinces , and are only to he consulted personally , or by Utter , at their Establish _, ment . V . Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . TWESTY-FIFTH EDITlOS . Ulustr ; .. - ; . i by Twentv-six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . -On r ' _i _. _it-. cal _Di-qualif-cations , Cer . crciire Incapacity , end impediment . - to Marrioge . nev - _ircproved edition , enlarged to 195 pages , price 2 s . •'¦ : : by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . Gd . iu p _.- _> -j-ge stamps . l'llE SILEXT FRIEND ; _rne'U- _-.- _" ! wOrk on the exhaustion an _3 physical decay of the s'i _^ -. s , _produced bv excessive indulgence , the _eonSCquenV- - - f infection , or the ? , buse of mercury , with ob ? _ervaticirir - a the married state and the disqualifications wbici _; _iTrvtnt it ; illustrated hy twenty-six coloured _engravir , ; . --. asd bv tie detail of cases . By II . and L . PERUY 'I'd CO ., 19 , Berners-Slrcet , Oxford-Etreet , London . _V-Miisheday theauthors , ar . d sold by Strange . 'Ji , _rattn-.-i . T-row ; Hanncy 01 , and Sanger , 1 . 00 , Oxfordstreet : _tarie , 23 , _Tichburue-street , Haymarket ; aud _Gordu-. i . ' . 46 , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and It . Bainit-. -. nd Co ., Leitliwall _; , Edinburgh ; D . _Cartpbell , _Argyil-s ' _-reet , Glasgow ; J- Priestly , Lord-street , and T . _Newv- ' ! . Church-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , Mark ' _t- i _' _- ace _, _Manchester . Part tbe First Is de ; _.,-te 1 to the consideration of fee Anatomy aur Pays : .- ¦; . ¦ - . - ofthe organs which are directly or iudirecth _enaau -. < ' - _.- " i the process of reproduction . It is illustrated tjy ci-: _; ' -loured _engravines . Part the Second Treat _* „> the infirmities and decay of the system , pro ducc-J bv over _indulgence efthe passions and by thepr . _ie tice < ' - * . _Htaj-Tsi-at : _n--. _"itiou . It shows clearly the man ner ki _: _-xWAl the _tanrfol COuS « quen _« CS of this _indulgent _opcr _^' - "tl the economy in the impairment and destruc tion t'lie social and vital powers . The existence o nervi ¦> _- -. v . d sexual debi ' . ity and incapacity , with their ac compa . . tne train of symptoms snd disorders , arfctracct bv the r ' liaiu of _connecting results to their cause . Tiii _selsc _' v . _n concludes With an expucit detail of the mean bv Wiil ; .. these _tnccts may he _remedied , and fall an . anipk- . ' . ' r « _ctioTis foi their use . It is illustrated by _tbre _coloureil engravings , which fully display the effects c phvsii _; -. ) dvcay . . _^ - Tart the Third Contai' _-- _iin accurate description of the diseases cause bv _iniV- ' _-tion , and bv the abuse of mercury ; primary an second ivv _svrr . ptoms , eruptions of the skin , sore thro . il inflammation of the eyes , disease of the bones , gono : r _a ffia . - ' _)^ t _stricure , ic , are shown to depend on thi „ ,, „ Their treatm ent is _luliy described in this section The _-f- _' - _' _-ts of _neglect , either in the _recognition ut diseas or in t-- treatment , are shown to he the prevalence oi th _vfrus iu " the svstem , whicb sooner _^ r Jafer _villshow itse . in _^ u of ih - forms already mentioned , and entail diseas _Sta' _^ _'st fri _^ tful shape , not only on the ind _^ d uimsell , hUt also on tiie offspring . . Advice tor the trcu , Sent of -ill these diseases nnd their _coDseguencw is ta Sin _Section , _vvkicb , if dulv followed up , cann _. Jail i < . _effrcting a ture . This part is illustrated by sever teen co ; uured engraviags . Part the _Fonrta Treats ,. f the Prevention of Disease by a simple _appura tion , by which the danger of infection is obviate . -. - action 1 S simple , but Mire . It act . - with the virus _c-hciu cally , and destroys its power on the system . 1 hislmpov ran : ' part of the ' Work _thouM be read by every 1 _ouni "Man entering iato life . Part the Fifth _ . Is dew-ted to the _c-. n .-iderarion ofthe Duties and _Uhliga tions of tae : > I . - . _n-ic-d state , and of the causes which ' cjj i tothehappineisor miscrv of those who have entered int _< the bonds of matrimony . " Disquietudes and jars betweer _raarried couples are traced to depend , £ e thi _Oiajority o _iustances , on causes resulting from physical imperfec tiong andlerrors , aad the means for their removal ars
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shown to be within reach , and effectual . The operation of certain disqualifications is fully examined , and inf _« licitous and unproductive anions shown ta be the necessary consequence . The _causeB and remedies for this state form an important consideration in this section of the work . THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM expressly employed to renovate the impaired powerB of life , when exhausted bj the _inflaence exerted by solitary indulgence on the system . Its action iB purely balsamic ' . its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of ner . ous and sexual debility , obstinate gleets , mpotency , barrenness , ana debilities arising from _Teaereal excesses , bas been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thou _, sands cf eases To those persons who are prevented en . _fring the married state by tbe consequences of early rrors , it is . nvaluable . Price lis . per bottle , or feur quantities in one for 33 s . THE _CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying tha system from venereal centaminatioa , and is recommended for any of the varied forms of _secondary symptoms , sueh aseruptions on the skin , blotches on the Lead and face , enlargement of the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose , palate , < tc . Its action is purely detersive , and its beneficial influence on tha system is undeniable . Price lis . and 33 s . per bottle . The 51 . cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be had at 19 , Berners-street , Oxfordstreet , London ; whereby tbere is a saving of 1 / . 12 s ., and the patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee , which advantage is _applicable only to those who remit 5 J . for a packet . PERRY'S PUhrFYINa SPECIFIC PILLS Constitute an effectual remedy in ' all cases of gonorrhoaa , gleet , stricture , and diseases of the urinary organs . Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . _6 d ., and lis , per box . Consultation fee , if by letter , ll . —Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the description of tlieir cases . Attendance daily , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London , from eleven to two , and from five to eight ; on Ssudays from eleven to one . Sold by Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Church Yard - , W . Edwards , 67 , St . Paul's Church Yard ; Barclay and Sens , Farr in _^ don-street ; Butler and Harding , i , Cheapside ; R . JohusoD , S 3 , Cornhill ; L . Hill , New Cross ; V 7 . B . Janes , _Kingiton ; W . J . Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; J B . Shillcock , Bromley ; T . Riches , Londonstreet , Greenwich ; Thos . Parkes , V > * oolwieh ; Ede and Co ., Dorking ; and John _Thurley , _Hlgh-street , Romford of whom may be had the ' SILENT FRIEND .
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The Odd Fellows. To The Xd1t0& Of The Ko...
THE ODD FELLOWS . TO THE XD 1 T 0 & OF THE _KOSTH'EBt * STAB , Sia , —Having seen in tbe London Daily News of the lOrfa uit . _n ' etrer to rhe Independent Order of Odd Fellows , written by a Sir Erasmus Williams , a magistrate and clergyman , I think it my duty as an Odd Fellow to make a few remarks by way of answer . This gentleman appears to labour under an impression that every man becoming an Oid Fellow at once becomes a passive subject to tho powers that be , whether good or bad , and that , above all things , he is forbidden to take any part in correcting tha evils under which he may lire . On this rnlstEkeij idea he warns the members from having anything to do wiih Chartism , and wishes them to
conform to the just , mild , and equitable government , under which ws at present enjoy so many blessings ' . It appears from the tenor of the address that the reverend gentleman is labouring under a gross mistake with ngard to the nature and duties of Odd Fellowship . It is weil known that this body is composed of men of all religious creeds and political' opinions—religion and politics being two matters forbidden in the lodges—consequently , a man may be a Whig , Tory , Or _Radical , Christian , Turk , or Pagan , providing he is a good moral character and conformB to the rules of membership . Either through Ignorance or design , he endeavours to make it appsar that Chartism is a doctrine opposed to everything good , and that its advocates are a body of men leagued with Beelzebub and Belial , te
carry ont their wicked designs , even on Sundays and Good Fridays . To jadge , Indeed , from the language of the address , a well meaning and ignorant person might be led to suppose that Chartism waa the religion of the lower regions , and that every advocate of the elx points was the personification of the gentleman with the horns and tail . Now to convince the reverend gentleman that he is Beither acquainted with Odd Fellowship nor Chartism , I shall prove tbat be himself , as an Odd Fellow , is actiDg upon the Chartist principles . The Chartists advocate Universal Suffrage—tbat Is , for every _merpber of society to have a vote ia returning the re . presentative to make the laws which he will have to obey . So it is amongst the Odd FellowB , —every man has a vote as soon be becomes _, one ( honorary members excepted ) in the appointment of ell officers , aud the making of oil rules . Chartists advocate
Annual Parliaments , in the election of members once every year ; , and the Odd Fellows act upon the pame principle b y electieg their executive annually . Payment of ilembEra is one point of the Charter , and Odd Fellows act upon the same role . Chartism advocates _Equsl Representation , by dividing it equally amongst tbe inhabitant ofthe country ; and Odd _Fellowship _Ectsupon rhe same rule , by allowing _representatives tccording to the number of the members . Vote by Ballot is snother point of the Charter , and is also the method of voting amongst the Odd Fellows . Here we have every point of the Charter carried out in the _go-Tsrnrjoent of the Odd Fellows , and we would aefe tha reverer _. u gentleman , wbat harm could it possibly do if the same just and salutary forms were uanier ] oat Id tbe _eoTtnimtnt sf the nation . I know it haB acted well with tbe Odd Pellows , and I am quite confident it would aot _iq'ia ' ily as well for the nation at largo _.
The writer wants to make it appsar that a number of lodges were suspended for drawing out money to distresB tbe _u-overcment , when the fact is , that a few ledges were only suspended till such time as they had refunded it , Eac _* a _ltdge is at perfect liberty to deposit its moncj where the members may think proper . Tie _reverend geatleman appears fo forget that Odd FelJowsbip is intended to support its members incaee oi « icknes 3 , distress and death ; and tbat they are conse . _q-iently interested ns much as any member of society in _(• _nderivooring to procure a good and Cheap fjOTMnmcnt .
In proof of tbis I caa state as a relieving-nfficer _, that I have myself paid £ 20 out of tho funds of the district to wh ' ch I belong in the course of one month , towards re . tiering member *! outof employment , which want of emjilojmerit I ascribe to a _bsdsvstem of government . I have considered it my duty to make these remarks in reply to the reverend gentleman to prevent the public at large from suppasing that Oid Fellows are men indifferent to tbo _interests of themselves and fellow _labourers , and that to become an Odd Fellow is to become a supporter of any government , however wicked and corrupt it may be .
I _presume that the reverend gentleman is an honorary member , and , p . s a _magistrate and clergyman , cannot be _expected to view matters in tba same light they are riewed ia by a working man like myself . As a _clergymsn and mtgi 6 trate connected witb , and supported by government he considers it , uo doubt , the essence _ofperfeciion ; whilst I , on the other hand , who am only a _working man , and _suffering under its acts , regard it as a monstrous piece of injustice , which deprives me oi my rights ns a man , and robs me of my means of ex . _iitence . On this account I am a ChartiBt , end a _political follower Of that terrible man called Feargus O'Connor—wbom the reverend gentleman seems to view with so much dread ; and to convince him tbat I am not _considered a very bad member of the society , I can assure him that I bave been one nineteen years , and have enjoyed the office of P _. P . G . M . Johh Towh .
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Alii CANDELET AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE _NORTHERN STAB , Sib , — la a department of your paper of the I 3 lh of May , headed * Mr O'Connor and bis accusers ' , I find two _resolutions appertaining to myself—ona from Hyde branch of ths National Land Company , and another from Dukinfield branch of tbe Land Company ' ; the former asserting tbat I procured my election to the National Assembly by falsehood and deceit . In answer to which , perhaps you will permit mo to say , in order that the minds ofyour readers maybe disabused of these fallacious calumnies , that the only foundation there is for tbe resolution from Hyde is , tbat I requested certain fn . dividuals not to allow themselves to bo placed in nomination against mo ; supposing this te be correct , which I deny , are they the _cumpliining parties ? This cannot be , for allow me to inform your readers that one of
those gentlemen proposed me at tho public meeting for the office of delegate , and the other spoke to the memorial previous to it * adoption . Then who nre tbe complaining parties ! Why , forsooth , a section of the Land Company . What absurd nonsense ! preposterously so . Da tho proposers of the Hyde resolution forgot that my election was at an open air meeting oa Good Friday , _theZIst of April , called by placard , posted five days previous to the election ? If not , then by what means could I procure my return to the National Assembly by false _, hood and deceit ? Ridiculous ! I will not occupy your space further in noticing the Hyde resolution , as the National Assembly _hnve , fn reply to their arrogant and presumptuous intimation , viz ., ' that they no longer _recognisedjme as tbeir representative ; ' fully explaining tbat they could net receive such an intimation unlesB emanating from the same source that elected me _.
I was iu the Assembly , net _particularly as the representative of the interests of the Land Company , but as the representative of the inhabitants of Hjde . I maintain , in common justice to myself , you ought not to have given insertion to such a resolution as that emanating ; from tho H yde branch of lhe _National L-iud OompBBy , being only a section of my constituents , proposed as it was by known enemies of mine , whose time and talent have been devoted to the creation of feuds and dissension for 8 considerable period past—knowing aB you did at tne same time that tbis resolution had been secured in my absence . However you may _complaiB of your » pace being occupied by tbe ' sayings aud _doingB * of the National Assembly , tbe thinking portion of your readers disapprove of the insertion of suoh mitter as that emanating from tbe Hyde branch of the National Land CompaBy , and abhor tbe idea of such being the people ' s verdict .
In reference to tbe Dukinfield resolution , I never knew until after my arrival in London , that any agreement was entered Into between any portion of my constituents in Hyde , and tbe Dukinfield branch of the Land Company . But from tbe mode Jn which they _espress themselves , it would seem tbat , in order to do tbem justice , I was to devote my time in the National Assembly to the delivery of panegyrics _t-n the NoftTHK & H Sta * and its editor , whicb is to suppose that the Star is infallible , and that its editor is not as liable to error as any other man in the movement . I have yet to learn that oriticisiBg tbe conduct of Mr O'Connor and the NoWHEBH STAR amounts to a sacrifice of principle . If all that _emanotes from Mr O'Connor and the _Stas , il to be considered correct and it is to he criminal to
question the right or wrorg of what emanates from those two sources , then the working classes of this _country wbo espouse thc cause of Chartism , had better sty so at once and abandon the Idea of holding any mora assemblies , conferences , or local council committees , and Cfntralise the government in » he Northern Stab office . I am not the first who have been knocked down under similar _circumstances—I hops I may be the last , ( if I fall ) . With very few exceptions the _references to Mr O'Connor and tbe Northern Star in thc National Ass « mbly were provoked by Mr O'Connor himself . Mr O ' Connor himself is aware how far I disapprove of some statements published in the Stab , of April 22 ad—statements which have never been _esplained away by Mr O'Connor .
In conclusion , allow me to stato , that whatever might have been the case witb some of tbe memb : rs of thc late Assembly , I never during the ten years I have been connected With the _movement , received a farthing of Mr O'Connor ' s money in my life , nor solicited bim for a favour of any description . Fours truly in tho csuse of democracy , May 23 rd . Geoeqe Candeiet . [ With all deference to Mr Candelet , we venture to believe that it is not exactly true that the ' thinking portion' of our readers disapproved of tbo publication of tbe resolutions and addresses in reference to Mr O'Connor , which we denominated the people's vtrdict . At any rate , such a complaint comes with a bad grace from a mau who aided and assisted in provoking tbe said ' verdict . ' It is _rathtr amusing to witness _MrCandelet ' e anxiety for 'fair play / when we know tbat Mr C . sent private letters to Ms constituents , for thc purpose of secretly exciting prejudice _againRt Mr O ' Connor . We saw one of those letters , which had been sent by the parties wbo had received it to Mr O'Conner . ]
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TO THE RETAIL TRADERS OF ENGLAND , BT ONE OF THEIR OWN ORDER . Brother Tradesmen , —As our avocations bring ub in immediate connexion with the working ClaSSeB , Dud our prosperity depends very greatly upon theirs , anything that may tend to alter their position , either for good or evil , should bo treated as a matter of the utmost importance by us ; and it becomes us , as thinking men , boasting of some portion of _education and Intelligence , to canvass calmly and dispassionately all questions of a political nature affecting their interest . Capital is the child of labour , and we are the children of capital ; we live ia an age to see an unnatural war ef capital against its creator . If it has to little respect for Its parent , will it have more affection for its offspring t Do we net already sea capital crushing ue ! Is not the system of
retailing at _. _wholesale prices , and the throwing of several branches of different businesses iato one , ns practised by _capitalists , doing _ererything to exterminate us , and throw us into the ranks of the working classes ? Tbe working men crushed by the capitalist 1 ) , open shops far the sale of tbeir own manufactures ; and if the system be continued , you know well that none can compete with them . If our capital now locked up in the weekly credit accounts of the labourer , could through his prosperity be returned to us , could we not join together , and by buying largely in the best markets for ready cash , defy _competition ! Are we doing our duty ' to our neighbour ? or aro we not rather deriving ; a precarious and uncomfortable subsistence from the ten or fifteen per cent—wo charge the poor man for his week's credit ? In fact are we not in reality acting the part of screws employed by tbe capitalists , to extract the last drain between the
labourer and bis daily bread ? aBd do we not poEsesB tbe power for altering our position f In tbe war between capital and labour it is our duty , as well as our interest , to take part with the latter ; depend upon it our very existence is at stake ; let capital conquer , and in a very few years _nineteen-twentieths of us will be iu the union , the gaol , or what is at present worse , in tbe labour _market . And why should we fear the office of a labourer , do not many of us work as hard ! How many of us aspiro to more than a cottage and independence in our old days , to see our children well educated , Industrious and freo ? It is because these blessings ore unattainable by the labourer that we fear his fate ; lot us then aid him with our whole souls , in obtaining those political rights by the due exercise of which be may at no very distant period secure to himself those just rewards for his labour .
If ia the present political straggle it was Intended to _deprive the capitalists of their right to representation , and to make over that right to any other body of men , I would etrlve in every way to overthrow so _unji'lt a proeeeeing ; bat when it Ig a struggle to give tbat right to lhe most useful part of the community , _whohavo hitherto bten so unjustly deprived of it , end to bold sacred the rights of otherB , every conscientious man ought to blush for a counfry where the neeeslty for such a straggle exists , and do all iu _his _' power , without delay , to wipe away the foul blot on tho _InstitutlouB of hia fatherland .
An unrepresented class cannot be a free class ; and slavery , however disguised , can never bo respectable . Let os . do all la our power to raise our un . enfranchised fellow coujitrymtn , in tho political as well as social scale , and they will not be ungrateful to ub for our assistance . We sball have to encounter many diffl . cullies , and perhaps makegreat sacrifices , and mtB of no principle had bettsr remain neuter , they only bring disgrace on a good _eause . To liberals of a certain clasp , I would say , if complete suffrage is ri ght , tho Charter must be right also ; and if they would not have another Reform Bill bumtug , stick to the Charter and no
_Surrinder . I regard tha Charter aa the means the lond 19 tho end . Whioh would yen prefer for a customera man with 10 s . or 15 s . per week , or one with a houBe and two or four acres of land ? In tbe former you would have a poor fellow ready on the slightest misfortune , to throw himself and family on your bounty , in the latter a friend , who , gratfful for pm services , would be ever ready to join jou against tbe attacks of powerful foes . Believe ae it lays with you in a great' measure to adjust thc balance between labour and capital , and if you neglect the important task inevitable and speed y ruin attends you _.
Trusting that the intelligence and humanity , whicb , _asjn class , I believe you to posses ? , may not be imposed on by false reports , and special arguments of evil-minded aad influential drones , but that you will give free scope to the t xcrcise of tbat Found common sense for which the active and industrious portion of tbis nation are proverbial , I beg to subscribe myself , Your sincere well-wisher , A Citizen of tue World .
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MR COBDEN AND THE CHARTISTS , to tbe editojs of the _hobiuebn stab . Sir , —I was much astonished to read in to d & y ' n ( _Wod . _nesoey ) Timis , tho following assertion of Mr Cobden ' s , made by him on Tuesday night in thc House of Commons . In adverting to the opposition of tho Chartist body to the Anti-Com-Law League during tha agitation , Mr Cobden says , ' I hove set the hon . gentleman ( Mr _O'CmuGi' ) pub . licJy at dtfiance , and all his followers , and 1 never failed to bent them by votes wherever I met tbem at public meetings in the open air in any county in the kingdom . The truth of this assertion is known to lhe * Old Guards of ' 42 ; and for oho , I can assure Mr Cobden , that _wwr { j
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ever might have been his _succoss , and the success of COllCllg & Mi m ' heating ' the Chartists by votes at W _& y publio meeting in the kingdom , It was not so in the Potteries ; for , wherever a show of bands could be taken , the majority was generally found against the Corn Law Repealers , and In favour of Chartism . But , sir , what were tho sort of public meetings they were in the habit of holding ? Wero they _f > pen and free ? Did they not endeavour to suppress all inquiry and free discussion ! Did they not use every means within their power to exclude the Chartists , and render their meetings packed and one-sided , by issuing tickets of admission ? These questions mutt be answered In tbe affirmative , and I would again ask , did aot _euoh proceedings prove that they were afraid to submit the juBtlce and popularity of
tbeBeprinciples to an unerring verdlot of a fair expression of publio opinion ? Hence tbe issuing of tickets of admission to such as they could confide in , But , sir , even th ese ticketed meetings failed to procure for Mr Cobden his boasted triumphs over the' organised faction , ' as the Chartists , somehow or another , managed to assemble their forces In powerful _numbera , and defeated by ' votes' the Corn Law Repealers , instead of being beaten . There are thousands in tbe Potteries will doubtless remember tbe Bignnl victory Mr Cobden obtained there in the Betbseda school room , fchen ifr S . Kydd—I believe it was — so eloquently and so successfully opposed him ; and I can only say , if I am to judge from the rermlt of that meeting of Mr Cobden's singular triumphs , then
indeed be has little to boast ef ( silonco would have better become him ); for as far as my memory serves me , there were at least trio to one against the Repeal of the Corn Laws as an isolated measure of reform ; and It is my opinion , had Cobden and Co . nottnken the precautionary steps tbey did in the selection of their audience by issuing tickets of admission to tbe elect , they would not bave obtained even tbe number of votes they did . Besides Mr Cobden and his friends sheuld bear in mind tbat after tbe mean and disgraceful steps they took to proscribe tbe Chartists , and to exclude tbem from tbase meetings , that it ill becomes htm , and reflects nothing to his credit if he did ' hie . * , them by votes ; ' for granting bim all the glorious conquests he assumes , achieved uader such circumstances adds nothing to his honour as the
leader oftho movement , nor dignity to the cause he re . presented . Far more creditable weuld it bave been for them to have pursued a straightforward , dignified and independent course—then might tbey have appealed to the working _classoB for their co-operation in any subsequent measures of reform , calculated to _eohanoe our national freedem ; but as it is , I think tbey will cuts sorry figure In their next performance , in bringing forward their milk and water , half-and-half measurers—grounded upon pure policy alone—for the purpose of frustrating the objects of the Charter—to transfer public attontion from the Chartist substance to tbeir Middle Class shadow , and thereby retard our progress . But I truBt the Chartists will not swerve from the whole hog ; and tell Mr Cobden if he hitherto set you at defiance , as he
always hag done , that our turn is now come , aud that we intend to return the compliment , by paying him in his own coin . For , sir , it is quite evident now that Mr Cobden baa taken bis stand against U 9 , and wo need net congratulate ourselves upon enjoying the fellowship of this far-seeing statesman , for ho has determined tbat he ' never will fraternise with Mr O'Connor , nor hia myrmidons . ' The loss of this citizen , however , will not be so great nor so lamented , ( specially if this second attempt at political reform is attended with no greater advantages than what attended tbeir Free Trade Speculation . Their Cheap Bread and High Wages System is ' vanished into thin air ! ' or , allow me to say , their high wages promises have been fully realised ; for since tbe Repeal of the Corn Laws , ' Wages have risen so high as to be infinitely above tbe roach ofthe tallest man among us . ' And as to having plenty to do , every one knows tbat to be equally as fallacious as their other theories ;
and having been detected in deluding the people with false hopes , no more confidence can be reposed in them ; but should they succeed by their sophistry and cunning to lead us once more astray , then ought we to suff r all they desire to inflict upon us . The last few years' expe * rience has taught us a lesson—a lesson that will not soon be forgot , having made a deep impression upon our hearts—inspired us with a growing desire for freedom- — we havo determined never to be satisfied until we obtain our legitimate proportion ot political power guaranteed by the People ' s Charter . This being our fkod resolve , we may perhaps show Mr Cobden tbat he will not be able to beat the Chartists by votes In any county in the kingdom , oven hy this now measure of Psrliamentaay Re . form , as the people will show him that so measure relating to the political enfranchisement of the millionsshort of tho Six Points in the _Ptople ' _s Charter—will do for them .
Excuse these remarks , and should jou consider them worthy of insertion in your columns , you will oblige , Yours respectfully 25 , Cleveland-street , E . Hukpheies . _Fitzrey-equare , May 24 th , 1818 .
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . —THE LATE MEETING AT BRAINTREE . TO THE _EDITCB OF THE MOBTHEBN STAB . Sir , —Tbe enclosed communication , addressed to the editor of tbe ' Essex Herald , ' commenting upon tbe _proceedings of a meeting reported in its columns ou Tuesday , the Oth ef May , was sent in time for publication In tbe number for ih ? 23 rd , but the editor has thought fit to refuse insertion to it , in the following terras : — ' Mr Thomas Ireland ' s letter is too lengthy , considering tbe speech to which it refers was delivered some weeks since , and that we published an _elaborate reply to it at the time . We admire tho writer ' s ability , but we feel disinclined to step out of our way to publish doctrineB which we hold aa mischievous to the working man aa inimical to tho peace of the country . '
I shall not be so intrusive upon your columns , as to attempt a reply to the reasons above _assigned , but I msy incidentally montion , tbat the speech of Mr _Courtage ! may have been ' elaborated , ' while the' reply to it , ' by Ur Stallwood—tba gentleman alluded to—must necessarily have resulted from the sour of the moment ; and , therefore , not suoh a complete _aDan-er as farther study would kave suggested . To furnUh tbat answer iB thc object of my communication . Reminding your readers that the meeting referred to , hell In tho town of Braintree , was convened by _ThomaB Coartauid , Eiq ., resident In lhe neigbeurhood , for tho purpose of discussing the principles of the People's Charter ; and bi'gging insertion in your next number , 1 am , Sir , yours respectfully , Thomas Ireland .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE ESSEX HERALD . Sir , —Having read in your journal a report of a meetfng held in Braintree , convened for tbe purpose of discussing the merits of the Charter , and believing that your sense of impartiality will be tho key of admission to your columns , I have te beg insertion for the follow _, ing remarks . Id place of stating my pretensions to tbe character of a critic , I assert that the public acts of all men aro tbe legitimate _BUbjectS of oil other men ' e animadversions ; and , though tbe criticised may bo princes or millionaires , aud tho critic a humble workman , tho right of discussion should be as free and inviolable as if tbe parties were socially equal , Tbe _reverberating echoes of suffering humanity proclaim that _discusBloBB ou the means of elevating man . kind are as _universol a' profound , —though partaking of the t _/ ieorett ' _eal , the practical le the predominant cbarac teristic . However much influence the soul and the feeart
may have in these discussions , the belly ia the ruling principle ; hence tho _opeculnlioKs having n social tendency , raising tbe hopes of the _sodb of poverty , and eliciting the fears of those of wealth . But these generalities apart , I will come to the sub . _jecls of my critique . I emphatically object , at the outset , to the policy pursued by the gentleman , Mr Courtauld , who convened tho meeting . From having done so , Mr Courtauld thinks himself warranted in assuming possession of the chair , and determining the terms of _disoussion . The practical result of this assumption is , that Mr Courtauld hereby declares himself greater than tho whole of the
persons assembled at the mooting . He subverts a natural , a mathematical law ; be , a part , is greater thaa the whole . To hiB will and dictum those ofthe many were to succumb . But ' the gentlemen need not have come If they did not liko the terms of my invitation , ' So , having callf . d Ills fellow-men together , to commune on a question of vital interest to them ' , their wills wero to be in abeyance tbat his may bo paramount . Wbat Ib tho most characteristic evidence of a free-man 1 ; The possession of a mind untrammelled by tbat of another . ' If I ' m designed yon lordling _' _a slave—By nature ' s laws designed—Why was nn independent wish E'er planted in my mind V
But Mr Courtauld , exercising hiB influence as a man of property , _calls together a number of his fellow . men , with'all the affections of life as sacred' as his , and tells them , ' my will he dono ; I am greater than you ; I possess the supreme intelligence ; 1 will preside ; I am the unit of this meeting ; you the eipher 9 . ' Their Individual identity and aggregate importance were absorbed in his omnipotence . In how much greater light would Mr Courtauld hare appeared hnd he allowed tho _mgoting to elect him to the chair—bad ho allowed to the many tbat whieh ho cla ' mod only for himself—tho right ol free-will . The meeting was called for a ' full , fair , and free discussion oftho principles of the People ' s Charter 'with a self appointed urbiter of the terms and results ] Besides , sir , judging from the report in your journal it appears that Mr Courtauld monopolised tho greater portion of the discussion .
Now , as to the arguments he used . I will give Mr Courtauld credit for their profondity . Howevtr liko most gentlemen of wealth and erudition , he has not cen . descended to recur to first principles . These nre _consi derations too vulgar for the philosoph y of mon of wealth True , Mr Courtauld acknowledges that ' man aa man ' _hBB an inherent , an absolute right to the _eserctso of hi senses and to breathe aud to think . ' To bo inherent and absolute , this right must exist irrespectively of any conventional arrangement . As society cannot give it , U , tlh _% _t ' " * But a P art fro _*» «* e term What is it ? Emphaticall y I answer , the right to live - acnTtv C _JT M _& Qn 5 (! S _' --t _^ of _Whing _.-he _hSh _,, th 1 . nkln _e-the 8 earoits manifestations . But _1 . L . k * 2 imp ! ie 8 meanB l 0 t _»« e end . Theeemeans exist abundantly in nature . In entering Into society ,
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in following the tendency of his gregarious nature , man does not abrogate his claim to theBe means , but a new li ght , _aoonvtntienal right arises—that of participating in the making of those _sociol arrangements by which the mosns to the end—the preservation ot * life—the _inhorent right to the exercise of our senses , & o „ & e . — may be best _secured , and most equally enjoyed . Hence the natural right to the suffrage—hence tho basis of true morality . But Mr Courtauld demurs to this natural right , because its advocates dictate the period of manhood at which the exercise of it shall commenci \ ' If it be a natural' right , ' says Mr Courtauld , ' why should it be exercised at fourteen , or any other age ?' I demand to _kaow if lift—that is , the senses and faculties of the human being—I demand to know if
these are fully developed , are completely matured from tbe firBt germ of existence ? Can the embryo humanity feel , smell , taste , hear , see , _breuthe , aBd think ? The prattling infant—emblem of Innocence stud love—what does it know of natural rights ? Its tiny _finger , thrust into the _dazaling flame , _bespeakslts knowledge ofthe inherent right to feel—ItB wondering goze at all new _objectB presented before its eyes , telle of the appreciation of tho sense of Bight . Tell me of the child who , immediately at birth , can distinguish colours , _soun'iir , flavours , odours , and can fully appreciate the sense of touch _. Since tbese inherent na Jowl rights are not , cannot in their very nature be , the _eamc for all the various stages of existence , Bhall we , following the dictum of Mr Cour . tauld , declare tbat therefore they do not exist ? As tbe
unborn existence cannot tee , sball we say that the sense of sight is an _assuoiption , or at least a conventional ix « pediency ? I call upon Mr Courtauld to demand _<> f tho legislature the abolition r . f the laws _affecting premature parturiency and infanticide . Sucb _h demand is consist . cnt with bis theory , Man's social being denied , because fas cannot at all ages exercise the rights appertaining thereto—why not deny his right to birth and JifV , because his senses and faculties are not matured from the first gleam of existence ; Tho exercise of the suffrage , _soyB Mr Courtauld , is not a natural rip > ht , _because It is demanded only for the male adult . Ou a parity of reasoning the exercise of the senses is not a natural right ,
because they are not fully developed and equally matured in all tbe stages of man ' s being . Be consistent , and tell _D 8 that ) because in infancy our senses are not ripe , we do not possess the natural right to taste , smell , feel , hear and see ; that , because in childhood and boyhood our thinking faculties are not fully matured , we must abjure the sacred right of thought . But Mr Courtauld grants to man tho right to tbink ; I ask , has thought only an intrinsic value f Is not its greatest value derived from its action upon other thoughts or upon matter ? But in denjing to man his political rights , Mr Courtauld forbids to him the _exeroise of this influence . Mr Conrtauld ' s arguments are suicidal—they destroy themselves .
But if the exercise of the suffrage is not a natural right for all men—If it be only a conventional expediency —whence did the men who now exercise tbe right derive the authority for so doing ? If to all men tbe possession Of this natural right is denied , It never could have been delegated from the many to the few , and hence the conventional right cannot exist ; for alt conventional right involves the ( principle of delegated power . It results , then , from Mr Courtauld's arguments , that the present electors do not exercise tbeir power in virtue ef delegaUA authority , because the natural right is not possessed by any man , and for tbe latter reason , they do Hot possess It in themselves . If , theo , they exercise tbe vote neither in virtue of their personal right , nor ef delegated authority , it necessarily follows tbat their exercise Of it is an usurpation . No no says Mr Courtauld , tbey exercise it forthe good of society , To them _belongs the
' selection of wise and able men , to deliberate in parliament for the _woll-belng of the community , ' To this I demur , ( I emphatically deny tbat the well-being of the people ia either the object or the _consequence of the government of this country . For proof of that it is not the consequence , I point to the undeniable evidence of the all-pervading misery and poverty which stalk through the land—tothe continually augmenting ranks of idle labourers—to the ever widening breach between the few rich and the many poor—and to the increasing degradation of the many to the imperious few . Tint the well-being of thc people is not the object of the government , is evidenced by the fact that its solicitude is always directed to the means by wbich the people may be excluded from all participation in their own _woll-dolng , and that their wants are ever disregarded , their entreaties treated with scorn , their sufferings with derision _.
Mr Courtauld compares the governmentof the couatry witb that of a Friendly Society or Railway Company . Let us see how fBr the comparison will hold . In the Friendly Society , or the Railway Company , are the officers—that is to say , the government—self-appointed 1 Or rather , if there are real duties to perform , are they not the paid servants of the society or company ? Did Mr Courtauld ever know of a society or company with a permanently self-appointed treasurer , secretary , ond ma . naglng committee or board of directors ? and these officers possessing and exercising the power of paying themselves outof the general funds , and otherwise dis . posing- , according to tbeir unchecked wills , of tbe general interests ? I apprehond that Mr Courtauld would not subscribe to the funds ef any such society , or buy shares in any such company _.
Denying that political arrangements or institntions 'can be ascertained by any abstract principle or _dogmatic theory , ' Mr Cjurtauld _asserts . that they muat ' , be adapted to the particular condition of each community or nation . ' I ask , who are to be the judges of their adaptability >• We have soen , from Mr Conrtauld ' s arguments , that no man possesses as inherent rlgbt to the Suffrage , —that is to the making of laws and institutions . Again , then , we camo to the logical deduction that the men Who Claln this decisive power are usurpers , since they exercise it neither ia virtue of an inherent or delegated right .
I claim , for society at large , the rights which , I have no doubt , Mr Courtauld will be ready to grant to the members of the benefit society , I assert that all men should have the right of deciding the ' question ns to the best arrangements for conducting the affairs of a nation to the best advantage of all , ' I claim for every people th . ? right of making snch government or social arrangements that may be conducive to tbeir well-being ; and , threfcre , to Mr Courtauld ' s question , why Bhould not the people vote for _numbers oftho upper house , and for the Ereeutive ? I answer io the affirmative . To tbe question , Why should not every man be a king ? ' I reply , ' That erery citizen sbould be eligible to fill every public office . '
I assert , then , that man ' s right te the Suffrage , —that is to an equal participation In the making of the laws and institutions of tbe nation , commnnity , or society , of which he is a member—is as inherent—as Inalienableas hU right to tho exercise of hia _senaes—to the act of breathing , or the faculty of thinking . May this right embrace all tbe other righta . It Is the social _condensa . tion of tioso rights , became ft is the medium by which all men guarantee to every other man the complete development and _ODJoyment ef those rights ,
But it may be said tho _non-poase 89 ioa of the elective franchise surely docs not prevent a man from feeling , seeing , hearing , smelling , and tasting , from breathing and thinking . I assert it does . Exclusive from political power is slavery , Slavery destroys man ' s individuality , and dooms him to hold his senses—his facultieshis very life , on the bufferance of his masters . But the proofs of this position belong to tbe social rather than tho political theory . Before I touch upon these , I will hastily glance at eomo objections urged by Mr Courtauld tothe details ofthe Charter .
Against the objections urged to Equal Electoral Districts I can say nothing , bat am disposed to think that Mr Courtauld's objection is founded on reason and jus . tiee ; not tbat a better arrangement of tho constituencies should not toko place , but that the modifications suggested by Mr Courtauld recommended themselves to consideration , Expressing my dissent from Mr Courtauld ' s views respecting Annual , Parliaments aud Payment of Members , I proceed to offtr a few remarks in reference to bis views regarding tbe ballot . It is strange that , although Mr Courtauld seems _( ully to appreciate the immoral tendency efthe ballot , it , nevertheless , appears to him that there is a ' conclusive reason that it should be given , ' although it encourages a man ' to belle his professions to landlord , master , or customer—to play the hypocrlto and turn a _caward , Mr Courtauld is willing to give it ! In another pert of his _speceb Mr Courtauld has talked of' drivelling sophlBtry , " but I will not retort it .
Let as , however , enquire into tho ' conclusive reason that weighs with Mr Courtauld , It is tho mere ' fact of tbe protection Of the ballot being so almost universally demanded , ' I respectfully recommend Mr Courtauld to allow tin ' s reason to balanco bis objection to tbe right of tho suffrage . Thus much of the political , now proceed wo to the consideration ef the social theories reported as advanced atthe meeting . Mr Courtauld asks , ' why not say at once , that God has created all men equal upon earth , and therefore , all tbo gifts of his Providence , all that contributes _^ to the enjoyment of life , should be equally shared by all men ?' Without quoting scriptural authority , or referring to the history of our own country , both of which would prove
tbe affirmative of the question , I respectfully suggest that Mr Courtauld has never read in any authorised publioation , or heard from the lips of any authorised speaker , connected with the Chartist or Democratic movement of these countries , any language that can be construed to imply , that all property should be equally distributed ; and that so soon as a man has gained one pound , or a thousand , all whe havo gained _nothlDg , or have gained less , should share _cqunliy with him in thc fruits of his labour . ' So far from this being the doctrine advocated bythe leaders of Chartism , andthe friends of political and _socialjustico , I , in the namo of my fellow _workuig . nien , indignantly repel the charge , and ascribe it to those who , under tbo subterfuge of the ' rights of _capital , ' claim the almoBt entire fruits of labour . It is
not my business to defend the Socialists of , England , or tha Communists of France , but I know enough of both to Bay , that kr Courtauld utterly mistakes their cha raeter , and misrepresents their motives . All enlightened , all just men declare ' that tho glftB of God ' s Provi . donee' should ba _rqually _Bhat-Gd by all mon ; and the same enlightened and just men say , that that which _o man makes or fashions , if in so doing he docs not pre . vent the exercise of thu same , right by another , should remain Iiis sole , undivided , property . In God's Providence Dll Bhould share .,. —in a man ' s industry , —» 6 ! 16 . Thot ' s tke morality of tbe Chartists . In my humble conception no _honest man can refuse his subscription thereto . To turn for a moment from tho speech of Mr Cour .
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tauld to that of Mr P . A , Tajlor , jun ., who , in refej , tothe question of Labour and Capital , _« warned th * working classes to uphold th 9 security of capital » hi was the result of labour , ' and urged Ihem' to comq _«¦ ward and show there was no danger to proper ty , ' j , ?' because the working classes know , bitterly haw » h there is ' no security for capital , the result of labour' ** that' property' is in danger , '—that the ' _land-mAT , are removed which protected the poor , —and that th are' idle , ' worthless men , who will net work for tn ! f living ; it is , therefore , I say , that they demand _polltlc _/ i povf er as a means of removing these evils . They do not want other men ' s property . They want to prevent oth men taking their property _.
They want not to commence spoliation , they want to pat an ead to it . Believing that rights belong to men ° not to matter , —ta labour , and not to capital ' which is the material consequence of mental an ( j bodily notion ; believing this , Chartists and Democrats Socialists and Communists , insist upon the justice of keeping and enjoying the fruits of their own Industry . Mr Courtauld says , that ' the comparatively unedn cated _mul'liuo * * , not having aad _iefinro fo » ttid y tba " modern soience of political economy , do not understand tbe great fact that the workman ' s wages can only ba paid out of tbe master ' s profits . ' How should they un . _dergtaud BOCh an abafroBe problem , stated in such rays terlous phraseology . The moBt uneducated man can easily understand these truths of political economy - _ tbat all productions are the results of labour that thn
real value of the labour is the whele of that which fa produced , —its wages , or exchanging property , an equal amount of other men ' s labour , —this may be called Com . _munism , 1 call it immutable justice . It is that , without wbich ' the natural right of every man to breathe the air areundhim , to see , to hear , to smell , to taste , to feel to tbink , or to worship his maker ' exists but in name ' . A political economy whicb teaches truths like these , will not only be understood by the people , but , moBt aBsu . redly , will be consummated by them ; while that col d doctrine which teaches that a man may engage la labour 'on any terms that can be made , ' and tbat in _ezchaage for the product oi to-day he only obtains a miserable share sf tbat of yesterday , will as certainly be abjured and contemned . This position is not less verified by tie uneuppresBcd fears of the rich , than by the loudly ex . pressed discontent of tho poor .
Thus , m my humble opinion , have I proved , tbat the political and social rights of mas are but another _phasls _, —another expression of his natural rights—and that the deprivation of the first is an Interference with , and a prohibition of , the exercise of tbe latter . I have _purpesely refrained from quoting authorities in support of the views I have advanced , though it wiil be granted that they are not less numerous than important . t have expressed the expressions of my mind ; my oaly object being to assist , _accordiag to my very means , ia the elicitation of truth , I shall conclude by saying , in the language of Milton . —' Let truth and falsehood grapple , who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open _oacounter . ' I beg to subscribe myself , Sir , vary respectfully , Thomas _Irelimd .
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IMPORTANT TO THE TRADES OF ENGLAND . THB LAND ' . THE LAND ! THE LAND TO THE EDITOB OP THX N 0 B 7 HERN BTAB . Sib , —NothiBg has tended somuch to weaken the work _, ing classes and make them the slaves of society , as the want of a system adequatel y to protect them against the encroachment of the capitalist . Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been collected and expended , in order to accomplish this desirable ob . ject ; and hundreds of men whose patriotism and taleata have enabled them to take an active part in these move . _ments , have been driven from their homos , reduced to bfggary and want , and recognised only as outcasts of society ; while the masses for whose _beneSts they laboured , have been continually deteriorating' Ib position , that the most industrious , economical , and persevering , find It extremely difficult to obtain the commonest _necessariea of life .
The great and glorious doctrines propounded by tbe greatest man of this age , have _beguu to be felt and ap . preciated . The able and philosophic expositions that have appeared on the true value of _lftbouf , and the scientific disquisitions that have been put forth on the capabilities efthe land , are awakening a spirit of in . quiry among all parties in this country , ' and they are teaebiEg the working classes _zn improved system of securing the value of tbeir labour , I earnestly coll tho attention of tba trades of this country , to the reconsideration of the question of labour , at put forth to the world by _ihot much esteemed patriot , F . O'Connor , _Etq _., M . P . and they will at once see that tbey can never secure a proper remuneration for their labour , only by regulating the supply according tothe demand , and employing in the best way possible , the surplus labour on tbe land .
The trades ef this town aro _takitsg the question up in earnest . Tbey begin to see that tbe land is their only resource ; and I find that the edge-tool _grladors have taken seventy acres , and they are now employing their surplus labour on the land , four days per week , at 2 b Sd per day . They have already one cow , and one horse and cart ; and there is a strong desire for Mr O'Connor to visit their estate , when he visits this town oa Whit . Tuesday , The _pen-blade grinders have taken eight acres . The Britannia metal smiths have taken eleven _SCfeS . A small body of file hardeners have taken fouraeres . The _scisaars forgers have £ 7000 worth of rough _scissars instock ; they havo no market for them yet , but will sell them as soon aB possible , and are intending to turn their attention to the land .
_Htre we see the noble spirit the poor are possessed of _. Oh ! how they labour—how they straggle—how they Buffar , that they may eat the bread of their own Industry . They want no charity , but they yearn for justice _. Go on then , jou noble band ofherioc spirits , persevere in the noble struggle you have marked out for your re * demption . Rest certain the day is coming , when you must and shall meet with yonr due reward . I remain , yours respectfully , _Sheffield . x . T _. 2 ,
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_Rjtai , Polytechnic Institution . —One of the greatest attractions at this admirable establishment is , perhaps , the _Diving-Bell , whioh has for a very long period afforded vast interest and amusement to its numerous visitors , and we may also add , the marine experiments , which are daily exhibited in the basin of the Great Hall ; among these we particularly observed a belt for preserving life from drowning , invented by Capt . Smith , R . N _., which has proved highly satisfactory , another also answers the double purpose ofa bed , as well as a life preserver , patented by Messra Taylor and Sons , of the Dover-road , Borough . These _maUreaaea are stuffed with cork , which is cut by quite a new process into exceeding
small fibre , about the size of small twine , and conse * quently , is nearly as soft as horse-hair ; although admirably adapted for all kinds of mattresses , it is more particularly intended for shipping _^ as they take up no additional room , and being articles ef daily use , are always at hand , and ready for service in the event of a calamity arising from accident , shipwreck , or fire . The buoyancy of these mattresses is so great tbat they will easily float twelve persons , and in the wai 9 tofaship will resist musketry , cannon * and grape shot . We hear that the directors of this establishment are making great preparations for their numerous visitors during the Whitsuntide holidays .
_OnQaNIBATION OF Labour League . —At Farringdon Hall , Snow-hill , a congress of Communists ani friends of co-operation , many of them from distant parts of the country , held sittings daily during toe first week of the present month ; reports from the d fferent Communist societies were given in , and an association formed , entitled , ' The Organisation 01 Labour League . ' The object of the League is to create a national public opinion in favour ot associative or co-operative arrangements , in which the interests of the people shall bo made to harmonise , and the condition of the _auflWing mflESCfl elevated frPJB ignorance , poverty , and crime , to ona of virtue , m _« telligence , and happiness ; and with the view of mipressing the legislature with the necessity of an
alteration in the industrial economy of the country , and in order to be prepared for any political change that may arise , one essential feature of the movement is to call upon parliament acd tbe government , on all suitable occasions , to consider the question ef the Organisation of Labour , and the duty incumbent to provide measures for the reproductive employment of the people . The Congress passed a _reBolu * tion in which they acknowledged * the justice of th 8 demand made by a large proportion of the British population for the extension of the suffrage , and declared its sympathy with the great European _ClOVO ' ment for electoial reform , in connexion with indiiJ ' trial organisation . ' The council of management has isBiied an address to the National Assembly "'
France , and are preparing a eeries of public meetings in order tbat they may lay ths principles of the D 6 n association before the public , and to solve to _tccw the great problem of the age—how labour is to M emancipated in harmony with natural and S 0 C 1 _W ri _° ht . " Destructive Finn in St Mart-btrekt , _R ' bji 2 ' chafjsx — On Tuesday evening , shortly before tea o ' clock , a fire broke out in the extensive _. P relu ' _" occupied by Messrs W . J . Browne and Co ., im _pw te " and manufacturers of chicory , ib St _Mary-streew Whitechapel-road . The premises , which were ons ' nally built tor a sugar house , and have only b » , applied to their present use about four years . & _W \ appueu wj men _ijisoouu u _« » _wim iuui _)>»¦» ' -- _t
great extent , covering an area of about 15 ft ' »\ square , and consisting oft-even or eight floor _^ tn total altitude of the building exceeding _leU ' *" The fire appears to bave originated in the count" * houso on the first floor of the building . The _reflex tion of the flames wa 3 distinctly seen at _VauXW aud other distant points of the _nietr'jpous , . % City thoroughfares teemed with _spectators has * . ? . ; to the scene of the disaster . A ' _. ' i the _metropolis * _^ bridges were densely crowded with _speotators . » the greatest excitement _prevailed . Several ea _^ arrived on the spat shortly & . , ter the alarm had _aprw but any attempt to _sswe-jne premises being w _^ l ' , futile , the firemen - _urmfiued their labours to _J _^ P . _^ the school home Opposite and the adjoining P _" " _- _' * cool .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03061848/page/2/
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