Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 7th December 1850, Edition 3 of 3, Page 5, TnE Co-operative Principle.—Strong exert...

Page 5
Page 5
5 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • ;#atieTWi ftanuf eompaiig.
  • Text (13)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      A Boston Welcome. Fifteen Years Ago, Geo...

      little better than that he experienced on his I former visit . _Jfo personal violence , it is true , _vai offered to him , but from the beginning it was evident that it had heen . determined not a single word he uttered should be heard . His appearance was the signal for converting _fanueil Hall into " a perfect bedlam of noise and confusion—groans , hisses , and catcalls were intermingled -with cheers for the Union , Daxiel Webster , Governor Briggs , " and " Jexxy Lind ' . _'' In vain he tried to be heard : equallv in vain were the efforts of lvttle better than that he experienced on his

      -well-known popular American speakers . _IMisrule and uproar had the upper hand . Groans were given for _Joiix Bull—rings were formed on the floor , and im pr omptu orchestra ' s of " whistlers" having been found , dances were commenced , —wc suppose in the style of those whicli used to make Jyba so popular at Yauxhall . At length Mr . Thompson and his friends had to give up the battle . The gas was partially turned down , a policeman , by order of the Cit y Marshall , requested that the hall should be cleared , and so ended Mr . _Thompsox ' _s

      renewed attempt to address an American audience . If he did not succeed in gaining a hearing he , at least , had the satisfaction of appearing in print . The speech he intended to deliver was printed , in extenso , by the papers , and some passages of it read exceedingly like a bitter satire on the people , and the institutions of the States . Eloquent and impassioned , it is like every speech that Mr . Thompson delivers ; hut the expressions of his satisfaction

      at finding himself among the free and enlightened citizens of Boston , read oddly when taken in connexion with his actual treatment . The Anti-Slavery opinions of Mr . Thompson were not the only cause of his rough and -unfriendly reception . It would appear that there is an excessive jealousy of foreign interference with the internal policy of the Union , especially by John Bull . The groans for poor "John " were frequently repeated , and he was warned " not to interfere in our affairs . "

      . Now , whatever reason Cousin Jonathan may have for hating John Bull , we must say , that looking at the very free manner in which Americans take part in British and European politics , and public questions , they might be a little more republican , and less exclusive , when such visits are returned . Mr . Thompson , in his speech , happily adverts to the manner in which such persons are received among us : — In England , we are in the habit of welcoming many of the citizens of this country to our shores , and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power , sometimes to entertain at my humble board , the visitors who come anion ; : us . " I trust that I may say we are not wanting , either in individual or

      national hospitality . Some of tbose who thus honour ns , come on missions of philanthropy and reform . They come to turn us from our evil ways , and to _exposein the clearer light with whieh you are blessed , onr national sins and deformities . They come to rebuke the spirit of war—they come to speak temperance—they come to point our _distressed and struggling population to this hind of promise , where no tithe-collector and rack-renting landlords spoil the husbandman of the fruits of his industry . I think I may take upon me to say , that they have have not been ill-received . At least , I may say this-that those -with whom I am identified , have ever g iven such good . men a warm welcome _, and their best wishes for their success .

      Perhaps the mam reason of their conduct , however , is , after all , to be found in the consciousness that slavery is the real plague spot of their institutions—the one blot upon their scutcheon , which gives the lie to all their boasts of superiority over the rest of the world . It is the sore place oftheir social system , to which they cannot bear even a finger to be pointed . Peace Conferences , Temperance Reforms , and similar philanthropic movements , are very different from an Anti-Slavery movement . In other respects , America sins in good company . If she is devoured b y the spirit of conquest , and hungers after strange territory , none of the old monarchies can cast a stone at her . If

      a portion of her people wallow in the mire of intemperance other nations have then * drunkards to lift out ofthe gutter . But America stands alone among civilised nations in its maintenance of chattel-slavery , and it cannot hear to have it touched by strangers without "wincing to the core . A lesson of deep significance lies in these facts—whether men , or nations , forsake the broad and safe path of justice , sure and certain retribution dogs their footsteps . The fate of the most powerful and flourishing Federation of . Republican States ever seen in the world , now hangs upon the Slave Question . At various periods ofthe history ofthe States it has threatened the destruction of the union ,

      and it is not at all unlikel y that it may yet break it np . If so , the despots of Europe would rejoice . There would then be a chance ef sowing discord between the severed States , of a vast and mighty Continent , which otherwise might he a powerful means of making fEurope inte a Federal Republic *

      « Little Better Than That He Experienced...

      December 7 , 1850 . _« THE NORTHERN STAR . 5 1 _^ " — - — _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _^^^^^^^^^^ M > _* _^" _"" " _'' _^* _* _- _* '' llll _*** ' _* 1 , ia _*^^ _^ _IIBIBM _. * f * !? rr i _nMMI _« _lllW | i '¦ i . i _,, " _^ I I 1 ~ '~ _" _! ? _7 Zrr _^ ===== T _LT—^

      ;#Atietwi Ftanuf Eompaiig.

      ; # atieTWi _ftanuf _eompaiig .

      Jiocstidf.—At A Meeting Of Members Held ...

      JIocsTiDf . —At a meeting of members held on the 25 th Xovember , Joseph Parnell , senr ., Chairman , it was agreed to unanimously : — " That 6 d . per member be paid towards the _winding up ofthe Land Company ; " and persons were appointed to collect of the members not present . Seeing that our " London friends have suggested the propriety of caUino- a Conference to examine the bill about to be submitted to Parliament , tbis meeting is of opinion that it i 3 unnecessary and uncalled for , as it would entail a heavy expense to no good purpose , as it is likely clauses might be introduced which Parliament might not paBS , and thus c ause delay , the solicitor and Parliamentary agent having given notice that thev will have to " vary or extinguish

      existing rights of privileges , if any , which may impede or interfere with the purposes of the said act . " _^ _Ashtox-dsder-Ltsk . —The usual weekly meeting ¦ of Land members was held on Sunday afternoon , when the following resolution was passed : — " That -we the members of this branch now present , agree to pay Is . each , towards assisting Mr . 0 ' Connor in _\ findin < -up the Company , and also call upon all the members ofthis branch to do the same , otherwise it will be impossible for the Company to get wound-up atall , and the property will be swallowed np in law expenses . " We therefore call upon the members of thia branch to pay up their levies , m order that all our liabilities may be paid off , and the branch set free of all debts ; otherwise no claim will be made from the branch books on thenbehalf at the Winding up ofthe company .

      Faxil Accidesi At Booth' * Distulebt.—On...

      Faxil Accidesi at Booth ' * Distulebt . —On Thursday fonr workmen were employed making » pairsin a well , the wooden supports across which were in a decayed state . Suddenly the one on which tbe men were standing gave way , and three of them fell into the narrow gulf beneath , to a deptn oi . about sixty feet . The fourth—a young vigorous man—felt the stage sinking , and clung to a portion of the wooden frame left projecting from Joe well -side till a rope could be loweied to him . Aided by _^ hj 3 he was 1 st down in . search of his companions , ¦ who were , with some difficulty , raised to the surface and taken to Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where one of them died . The others were found to be in -a s eriously injured Btate . Deceased was a yonng

      man , and has left a wile and child to suffer by his Josh-The Fog asd ns _Casualties . —Daring the whole -of Friday London was enveloped in the densest fc -which has been known this season . Between eight and nine o ' clock a pilot engine on the Croydon "Bailway was returning to the London Brid ge Station on the up line , and just crossed to the "North Sent line , when its tender was run into , but no lives were lost . At _Millpond , East Greenwich , two brigs got ashore ; a boat waa run down by a ¦ eoal brig near the same place , and its crew of four -were fortunate in saving their lives by clinging to the bobstay of the brig . A fine outward-bound vessel , lying at GaUiott ' s Beach , was run down by

      . a barge laden with stone , and much damaged . _Ehthhoxisahos op Cabdisal YTianux . —On Fri-< _Jay the ceremonial prescribed by the Roman Catholic Church for the induction of au archbishop to hia see , was performed at tbe church of St . George ' s , Southwark . There was no excitement wh atever on the occasion . The precincts of the "building wore the usual aspect of tranquillity , and ? he exterior calm wm reflected by silence inside . "Nxw Militia Act . —There are still rumours that * he Duke of Wellington has at last convinced the Government tho absolute necessity of ballot ting the militia , and that we shall have a hew Militia Act , _» od also a bill tot eidutisg seamen , introduced ¦ _oextMssion ,

      O'Connor Defence Fund. The Response To O...

      O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND . The response to our appeal last week has so far _"eei- of a gratifying nature . Thc letters received at this ofiice prove that Mr . 0 Connor ' s position has excited sincere and wide-spread sympathy , and that with proper arrangements ) that sympathy will show itself in deeds commensurate with the occasion . System and organisation , however , are necessary in such cases ; and , as this is one which especially demands prompt exertion , it lias heen considered advisable to issue a circular containing the facts briefly stated , together with directions as to the course to he pursued in the various localities . ___ " ~ '— _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND .

      Ihe circular is so brief , and so much to the purpose , that we subjoin it , merely adding our earnest request , that its suggestions may be immediately acted upon , throughout die length aud breadth of the country . " Northern Star" Office , London . By the recent decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench in the case of O'Connor v . Bradshaw , F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., has been saddled with the costs of two protracted and expensive actions at law .

      A Select Committee of the Ilouse of Commons , after the most ample investigation into the affairs of "The National Land Company , " pronounced its proceedings to have been conducted throughout " bona-fide , " and added , that the personal character of Mr . O'Connor , in relation to it , was unimpeachable and unimpeached . In the face of this Report , Mr . Bradshaw ,

      ( the Editor of a Tory journal published at Nottingham ) , accused Mr . O'Connor of personal dishonesty in relation to the Company . An action for Libel was immediately commenced , which terminated in the Jury returning a verdict grossly inconsistent with itself and with the facts , namely , " that the libeller was justified in his charges , but that there was uo ground whatever for any personal imputation on Mr . O'Connor ' s honesty : "

      1 he Judge , in summing up , acted the part of a hostile partizau , and misled the Jury into giving a * verdict , which threw the entire costs of the action upon Mr . O'Connor . That gentleman tried tho question again , by moving for a new trial in the Queen ' s Bench . The case was re-argued at great expense , but , as the " Times" expressly states , tho Judges " shirked" the merits ofthe case in a " cowardly" manner , and refused a new trial on quibbles—again subjecting Mr . O'Connor to all the costs .

      This is hut the last of a series of proceedings , all of which indicate a determination on the part of Government , and the law authorities , to deny justice to Mr , O'Connor , and to refuse him either redress for wrong done , or protection against injury . The object is to * " ruin him with expenses , " as advised by Lord Melbourne years ago . He has spent his life and fortune in the cause of the people , and has never travelled a mile nor eaten a meal at their expense . All who sympathise with an honest but an oppressed man , are called upon to come forward liberally , and contribute to sustain him in this unequal contest .

      It is requested that you will immediately take steps to form a Committee in yonr town , to canvass for Subscriptions . It would be advisable to divide it into small districts , to appoint a collector to each , to announce that the Subscriptions will be collected simultaneously on a given day , say Saturday , the 14 th of December , or Monday , the 16 th , and thus show , hy ono general and hearty effort , that the people wUl not allow their advocate and champion to be victimised by Legal Frauds and Governmental Chicanery . Upon application to this office , collecting books , and every information that may be necessary , will he forthwith supplied to all who are desirous of assisting in this good work .

      It is recommended that a per centage on the amount collected be allowed to all who undertake that duty ; the amount of such per centage to be fixed by the local Committee . The funds should he remitted immediately ( per Post Office Order , ) to Mr . William Eider , 1 G , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , with a list of Subscribers ; and a due and full acknowledgement will appear in the " Northern Star " each Saturday . " A long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether' '—now or never . William Kideb .

      Monies Received Fob Ihb Week Ejjdlvo Thd...

      MONIES RECEIVED Fob ihb Week Ejjdlvo _Thdbsbit , December 5 th , 1850 . FOB IHE THE HONESTY FUND . Received by TV . _Kidee . —G . H . Greer , M . D ., Glasgow ls —B , iundy , _HuU 11—J . O ., Westminster LocaUty 2 s Gd—B Peacock , _Jedbnrij ls—J . Shepherd , Halifax 6 d—J . F ., Glossop 2 s 6 d-J . Kussell , Rye 2 s 6 d-J . Parkinson , Embsay 6 d—H . Dngdale , Liverpool 2 s—R . Purvis , Shotieybr idge 5 s—J . Wells , late of Bethnal-green ls- _^ W . _Uaywood _, Norwood Is—Burnley , per W . Baldwin lis—J . Ainswortli , Bury 5 s-J . Torr , Bristol ls-J . Oldfield , Huddersfield 2 s—A . P .. Dunfermline 2 s—Norwich Chartist Association , per

      C . SpringbaU If—Manchester , National Charter Association , per J . Alcock 3110 s—TV . Dunn , ifetherton . 5 s Gd—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 10 s 7 d—Miss-Sturgeon , Willowstreet ls-M . Sadler ls-T . Wittakcr , New Holland , near Hull 2 s 6 d—Bury , per Mr . Jones 9 s—Journeymen _TaUors , at Mr . Chapman's , Bradford _ds- _^ _-G . Cable 6 d—W . Brooks , Spilsby 2 s 6 d—T . Barr , Spilsby ls—Mr . Howarth ' s Family , Ilulme 3 s-A Friend , Wednesbury 2 s—From Kidderminster—W . Paton ls-J . Evels-C . W ., Tutburyls-afcw Democrats . _KirfctaUFoiBe , near Leeds , per C . Baistrick 3 s Sd—From Maidstone—G . T . Baker ls—B . Wallis ls—From Bethnal-green—T . Turner Is—G . Turner Gd—Chartist Association , Paisley , per A . Robertson 31 . _Keceired at Land OrncE . — S . W . ( 2 ndsub . ) Is—S . W . _Afiica ls—J . Moody 4 d—W . Chandler ls .

      WINDM-UP OF THE LANB COMPANY . _Becch-ed by W . BiBEt—J . Shepherd . Halifax 6 d—C . Pitman , Jersey 6 d—J . Parkinson , Embsay ls—C . Pitman , Jersey ( 2 nd subscription ) Gd—H . Dugdale , Liverpool ls—Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , land Members , per J . Connell Ills 6 _d—FromWigton , per T . _BeU—J . Turnbull IE—W . Tickers ( 2 nd sub . ) 6 d—R . Tickers ( 2 nd sub . ) Gd—T . Roper ( 2 nd sub . ) Gd—It . Purvis , ShoUey-bridge 5 s—J . WeUs , late of Bethnal-green ls—J . Torr , Bristol ls—G . Sutcliffe , _uianeio

      Burnley 6 d—O . Jackson , Burnley is—J . , uuadersfield Gd—From Dunfermline—A . P . 5 s—J . P . 5 s—J . 0 . 5 _s—Dodhur « t-brow Branch , per J . Bowden 8 s—Nottingham , per J . Sweet ls—Mr . Brown , Whittington and Cat 6 "—Mr . \ V . Stuigeon , _""iVfllow-street 6 d—Mr . Sadler ls—Five Members , Bury St , Edmunds , per J . Brabrook 2 s Gd—Brighton , per W . John , Brook Mills M 18 s 3 d—Kidderminster , per \ V . Paton 4 s—Messrs Lacey , W . Robinson . M . Robinson , Cleavin , and Flinton , Scarborough 2 s Gd—Messrs . Barker , Welah , and Tear , Northampton 3 s .

      Received at Land Office , —Northampton If Gs Gd—S . PalsaU Gd—T . Stonkey 6 d , FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . Rideb . —J . Torr , Bristol 6 d—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s Gd—Efissrs . Sturgeon . Willow-street ls 6 d IJDorking Chartists , per XT . Roomes 7 s—Cheltenham , per E Sharland 2 sGd—Mr . Frost , Croydon _ls—Ashton-under-Lvne , per J . Taylor 2 L Received at Land Office . — Northampton , per J . Stanner 6 s 6 d . Received by John ai » -ow . — Bradford , per U . _flmdicliffe 16 s-part proceeds of Concert , held at the Rock , Lisson-grove ( Emmett ' s Br igade ) , per Mr . Blake 9 s 4 d-J . H . ls-R . K . 3 d .

      AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received hy John _AusoTT .-Exeter , per G . Bird 2 s-W . T Atfield , Cambridge ls-M . Sullivan 13-A Friend , Oxford-street 9 d-Three Friends 9 d-Rojton _, per J , B . HorsfeU _-Sed-Washington LocaUty . King and Queen _Foleyfteeet w _^ JIr . Roberts 3 s-Merthyr Tydvil , per J . Owen 7 s _tS Plane Brighton ls _ Mr . Apps , Worcester _ls-Weat _^ _omw-kh perW . Turner 5 s -W . Nixon , per Mr . Monng S [ _Whktinrton and Cat , per H . Bloomiield 1 10 s-Ljnn , _^ rS _Ss-Exete ? , per . G . Bird 7 s-Ip _* mch , per Yf . _GairardKs . FUND <

      _^ Received hy John _Asuoir . -Hawick , per J . A . Hogg 3 s Ipswich , per W . _Garrardls . _ . _« . « .,.- _„„ ,. « FOR U 0 i . DAT . NG THE _W . _-ffiS _^ noE SURER OF THE NATIONAL OH _^^^ f _^ J " _' Received by John _AasoCT—Cowpenj _CoUieiy _^ •«» - _* _£ _RobertLe Blond M-Workmen , GreatNorthero _BadwnSi -0 . D ., _HoxtfnNew Town 2 s e d-Sheffield _AaUOIial Beform League , per G . Clarkson 5 s .

      Two Interesting Aoricultuhai'. Tbodvctmb...

      Two Interesting Aoricultuhai ' . TbodvctMB have just been introduced into France from the Equadorby M . Bourcier , formerly Consul-General of France in that country . The one is the red and yellow hocas , which is ofthe form of a long potato , and _haBthe taste of a chesnut ; the other iB the vnlloco , wliich haB the taste and form of our best potatoes .. These two productions , which are found in great abundance in the neighbourhood of Quito , grow readily in the poorest land . They have been sent tothe Jardin des PlanteB , where no specimen of the kind has beea before seen ,

      Revival Of Chartism In Ireland. — Challe...

      REVIVAL OF CHARTISM IN IRELAND . — CHALLENGE . TO JOHN O'CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P ., REYIVAL OF CHARTISM IN

      IREOn Tuesday , the 26 th ultimo , being the day after the Municipal Elections , the usual weekly meeting of some half dozen hangers on of the old Repeal Delusion , " a farthing a week , a penny a month , and a shilling a year ,, " was held at Conciliation Hall ; at which , it appears by the Dublin papers , Mr . John O'Connell made a wanton aud unprovoked attack on Mr . O'Higgins , for whicli he has assigned no better reason than that of his being a Chartist , aud having had twice as many votes as Mr . M'Loughlin , who was the nominee of Mr . John O'Connell .

      "Oh ! " said this conciliatory gentleman , " it is a national disgrace to be thus ignominiously beaten hy a Chartist—( hisses)— by Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist . ( Hisses . ) The / venerable patriot , the bosom friend of my father , turned out by the supporters of Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist . " Mr . O'Higgins replies to this tirade in a letter published in the Freeman ' s Journal , of the 29 th ultimo , in which he challenges his assailant to an open discussion on the merits of Chartism .

      "PADDY O'HIGGINS , TUE CIIAItTIST . " TO JOU ** . * O ' _OOSXBU-, HSQ ,, M . P . Sib , —Be so good as to accept my sincere and hearty thanks for having introduced my name and the politics I avow cherish , support , advocate , and stand by , to the meeting of the Loyal National Repealers of Ireland . I am under an obligation to you . In the estimation of you , Sir , and those lovers of justice and fair play who hissed an absent man , it maybe considered great presumption in "Paddy _O'Higgins , the Chartist , " to think for himself at all , Uow dare he hold fast by the political creed which was for many a long day taught and advocated by the Liberator himself , but which latterly he placed in abeyance , in hopes of attaining some benefit to his country from the Whigs ?

      Is it a crime to be a Chartist ? If so show us where the crime exists , in order that we may abandon it . Thc Liberator did not think that it was a crime to be a Chartist , when he said at a great meeting at the Crown and Anchor , and also at several other places , " that he who is not a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule , or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . " 1 believe that the Liberator spoke the truth . Do you believe it ? These remarkable words of that great man are on record . They cannot _besotted out even by sneers . May I respectfully ask you again , do you believe that the Liberator spoke truth ? Sow , as I have already said , I do believe it .

      Perhaps it may he of some use to you to know the exact reason why the venerable patriot , Cornelius M'Loughlin , whom I respect au much , or perhaps morerthan you do , was so low on the poll at the municipal election of the ward in whicli I reside . Eelieve mo , Sir , and if you do not thero are several other credible _persons who will give you the same information , that Mr . M'Loughlin ' _s " position , which you seem to deplore , w * is entirely and exclusively owing to his having had tho fortune of being your nominee . Had you not meddled in tho matter , 1 have reason to know that his position would have been very different indeed . It is due to the honest and independent burgesses who had the courage to voto for me , to mention that they did not give their votes to

      mc in opposition to Mr . M'Loughlin , but because they knew that I rendered more service to the _burgesses of this ward , than all the other candidates together and , what is more , the candidates themselves , with oi : e exception , will bear testimony to the fact . It is also well known that had I canvassed the burgesses , I would have been triumphantly returned . "However , there is sqme comfort in knowing " That there is a good time coming—a good time coming . " You appear to have as great a horror of Chartists and Chartism , as tho-e who are ignorant of Catholicism have of the _Topo and tho Papists . This being clearly thc ease , it becomes my pleasing duty to subjoin the objects and principles of Chartism for your enlightenment , and that of all others who are mistaken liko yourself .

      Now , with the view to put an end for ever to all misrepresentation and an _^ ry feeling about Chartists and Chartism , I hereby challenge you to an open , fair , and amicable discussion before a public meeting , cither in thc Rotunda or Music ITall , twelve holiest upright citizens to be chosen a 3 judges , six by you and six by me—the verdict of the majority to decide the points at issue . I hereby undertake to advocate the following propositions , and to abide by tbe decision of the twelve judges : — lst . —I shall prove that the means heretofore cmployed to Repeal the Union are not adequate to the end . 2 nd . —That the People ' s Charter contains the surest , the safest , and ihe shortest means to achieve that most desirable end .

      coxditioxs . 1 st . —That in the event of failing to prove these two propositions , I shall pay the expenses of the meeting . 2 nd . —Should you fail to prove the converse of these propositions , you shall pay the expenses . Now , sir , you are a learned barrister with all the advantages ofa most liberal education . I am not even half educated , and what is still more disadvantageous , my head is a wool-gathering , nevertheless , I shall enter the lists with you . I hope that you will not shrink from the challenge , the more especially as it comes from a man whom you and yours have held up to public ridicule for the last thirteen years . Patrick O'Higgins , 15 , North Anne-street , 27 th _Nov ., 1 S 50 .

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER Is founded upon the pure and gonuino principles of Radical Reform ; its motto is , Peace—Law-Order ; " and its object is , to secure a full , free , and complete representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament , PRINCIPLES . 1 . —That the power of making laws for this realm is , by the Constitution , lodged in the hands of the king , the lords of parliament , and the representatives of the commons . 2 . —That it is required by the principles of the Constitution , that tbe whole body of the people should be really represented in the Ilouse of

      Commons . 3 . —That the present system of virtual representation is not real representation , and is , therefore , no representation at all . 4 . —That those who have no votes for electing representatives are the slaves of the representatives of those who have votes . 5 . —Tbat where there is no representation , there can be no constitutional power of taxation . 6 . —That the rich and the poor , being of the same species , are under the same laws of nature : and being alike capable of benefit or , injury from their legislators , necessarily haye . in the election of those legislators the same right ; but the rich , in defence of their liberty and property , have every advantage which wealth , knowledge , and tbe purchased power of others afford them , while the poor , destitute of those , have no security but in the purity of legislation , nor any means of _solf-defence , but in the repossession of the elective power . The poor , then , have an equal right , but moro need , to elect representatives than the rich .

      the rB 0 Fjr , B's rights . 1 . —That every male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted , ) is of common right , and by the laws of God , a free man , and entitled to the full enjoyment of political liberty . . 2 . —That it is essential to a man ' s political liberty that he have a share either in legislation itself , or in the electing of those who are to frame the laws , which although they ought to protect him in the full enjoyment of those absoluto rights which are vested iu him by the immutable laws of nature , may yet be fabricated to the destruction of his person , his property , his religious freedom , his family , and his fame : that , therefore , Universal Suitbagk is

      an inherent right . 3 . —That it ia a natural right of the people of this empire , and required by the principles of the Constitution , that they elect a new house of representatives once at least in every year ; because , whenever a parliament continues in being for a longer term than one session , then thousands who since it was chosen have attained to man ' s estate , ( that is to say , the age of twenty-one years , ) and are , therefore , entitled to enter into immediate possession of that elective power which is their beet and most sacred inheritance , are , in that case ,

      unjustly denied their right , and excluded from the enjoyment of political liberty . 4 . — That it is , therefore , right and just that all the male inhabitants of this kingdom , ( infants , insane persons , and . criminals excepted , ) shall fully , fairly , and completely enjoy the elective franchise , that it is to say , Universal Suffrage ; that , in order to protect the poor elector against tyranny ,-the voting shall be by Ballot ; thafc the Parliaments shall be Annual ; that the Property Qualification shall be abolished ; thatthe whole empire shall . be divided into Equal Electoral Districts ; and that the representatives of the people shall be Paid .

      Tnk ?Uck Of Deputy Ranger Of Windsor Par...

      TnK ? uck of Deputy Ranger of Windsor Park , vacant bj the death of Sir Thomas Fremantle , has been conferred on Captain F . H . Seymour , one of the Equerries » Waiting to Prince Albert .

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duscombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1813 . " FIAT fVSTITIA . " . "it were possible for ihe working classes , hy combilling among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at iStuaht . _Miia , A Pamphlet of twenty-six demy-octavo pages has been sent to us , with the following title :- ' * The Tinmen's Strike ; a Letter to George Robinson , Esq ., lato Mayor of Wolverhampton , by Edward Perry , Japan aud Tinware Manufacturer . " NATIONAL ASsnnTATTnN _mT"

      This pamphlet , whicli has been compiled with considerable ability , under the immediate superintendence of Mr . E . Perry , like everything which emanates from that egotistical worth y , is replete Avith flippant impertinence , rancour , and gross misrepresentation . In the form of a letter to Mr . Robinson , the late mayor of Wolverhampton , he tykes the opportunity of publicly insulting that gentle * man for his kind and generous efforts , iu con .

      junction with some of the most disinterested and experienced of the local magistracy , to bring the unhappy disputes between him and his workmen to an amicable arrangement . Almost at the commencement , ho -launches out in the following impertient strain , conveying a direct imputa tion upon the motives of that learned gentleman and his colleagues acting with him upon that occasion , at tho personal request of Mr . Perry himself : —

      Before I proceed to dissect your remarks in the Wolverhampton Chronicle , before I strip them of tlie complexion which ingenuity has given them , and present thorn in that which _ingeniousness should have made them wear , it may perhaps be necessary to open your eyes to the fact that other and infinitely greater interests than mine are involved in the resistance I am offering to the efforts of tho emissaries of Trades' Unionism , whom you have thought proper to admit to your councils and introduce to the favourable attention of certain brother magistrates .

      You are the ex-mayor of Wolverhampton , whilst I am merely one of her most extensive manufacturers . You have no direct interest in the " strike " ofthe tin-plate workers , whilst I have an immediate and serious _piersonal stake in it . Your connexion with it has been in the sole capacity of heaver of an appeal addressed to you , whilst ' mine lias been in the position of principal appellant . You , therefore , might reasonably have been expected to look much further beyond me and my interests in the matter than it was probable I should look—to take a more enlarged and comprehensive view of other interests involved , and of its remotest bearings , than it was natural for me to take . Your conduct , however ,

      affords too much reason to conclude that- I alone have had a view to the interests of the entire community of which we are members and of which you were lately chief magistrate . The important anti obvious fact that the most vital interests of the _townVind trade of Wolverhampton are identical with " my humble personal interests in this struggle —nay , that the former are involved in greater proportion than thc latter—appears never to have occurred to you ; for it is impossible to conceive that you would bare pursued a course so palpably calculated to subrert these interests as that of vouchsafing aid and encouragement to their enemies , if you had taken cognizance of this fact .

      Now we apprehend , in this case the mayor and magistrates had nothing at all to do with any interests but those of the parties upon whose disputes they had been invited to adjudicate . We suspect they rightly pevforraed their _jduty , in confining their consideration to the facts before them , and not assuming , as Mr . Perry would have had them , that " the most vital interests of the town and trade of Wolverhampton" wero in the slightest degree identified with the personal interests of so unimportant an individual as Edward Perry . He then proceeds in this strain : —

      Is the disastrous history of theneighoouring town of Kidderminister unknown to you ? and is ir possible that you do not perceive that Wolverhampton is threatened with precisely the same evil under which Kidderminister so long groaned , and from , wliich she was so long _un-ible to recover ? Dj you not know what Trades' "Unionism did there ?—what , if suffered to prevail , it will do here ? - —and what it is its inevitable tendency to do everywhere ? ' Have you yet to learn that a twenty-two weeks' " strike " among her carpet weavers plunged Kidderminister in distress for a long scries of years , closing her manufactories , sinking or transferring her capital , depreciating the value of her property , paralising her retail trade , pauperising her operatives , and enormously increasing her' poor ratc 3 ? And is it necessary for me to inform you that at tlie

      present moment , when comparative _prosperity has at length revisited her , tho very delegates whom you are countenancing here arc extending their operations to Kidderminster—are visiting that town from week to week , and exerting their utmost energies to plunge her again into the calamities from which sho has so recently emerged ? lt you aro ignorant of this , or if you doubt my testimony on the point , I beg to refer you to their 6 wii weekly vaunts of their journeys and doings there _, in the columns of a certain infamous vehicle of " Land Schemes , " " Trades' Union" schemes , and various other schemes for imposing on the too credulous operative classes and plundering them of their hard earnings . It is scarcely necessary to add that I allude to Feargus O'Connor ' s " Newspaper , " (!) the Northern Star .

      This allusion to the doings of Trades ' - Unionism in Kidderminister is peculiarly unfortunate , as all the evils attendant or consequent upon the strike , arose from the absence of , or from the imperfect form of tho union of that period ; and that the Carpet Weavers of that town have , since they joined the National Association of United Trades , been entirel y free from any attempts to reduce their wages , and that , under its influence , the very best feeling has been maintained , during the last two years , between the employers and employed ; and , moreover , the extended circulation of the " Northern Star" in that district , has very much contributed to strengthen and

      maintain this improved state of things . As for the uncourteous terms used by Mr . Perry , in reference to that journal , we leave him in the hands of the editor , premising merely that the National Association and the working classes generally , are deeply indebted to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , for his generous , and disinterested conduct to the sons of toil . Mr . Perry then proceeds , in language which he intends for abuse , to bear truthful testimony to the zealous and successful efforts of the Cental Committee , to extend the influence ofthe National Association to other towns , and to other trades , besides Wolverhampton and the Tinmen .

      Already , indeed , have the delegates commenced operations with other classes of operatives in Wolverhampton . In the Northern Star of tho 2 nd instant , tho weekly report of the secrotary of the Trades' Union says : —** On Monday evening Mr . Winters attended a meeting ofthe Wrought Coffeemill Makers , of Wolverhampton , and , in a lengthened address , explained the objects and principles ofthe National Association , The greatest interest was manifested , heightened considerably , no doubt , by the practical workings of the movement immediately under their observation . The result was , a unanimous resolve to join tho Association forthwith .- '

      And , in a letter signed " Frederick Green , " which appears in a later number ofthe same paper , I-find it stated : — " Last evening Mr . Winters and myself held a meeting of the Iron Braziers , who , immediately after we had explained the objects of the National Association , formed themselves into a society for the purpose of joining our union . Thoy will pay their moneyon Monday next . " Thus is it clear , that these men not only have an interest , as the Times shows , in setting no bounds to their operations , but that thoy are setting none .

      Mr , Perry , in a previous extract from the " Times , '' and by applying those remarks to the Central Committee , insinuates that they have an interest in . fomenting discord between employers and employed . Now the fact ia , if the Central Committee have any personal interest , it is notoriousl y of exactly an opposite character . Their highest interest is in a rigid and impartial performance of their duties ; which consist in preventing , and not promoting strikes . The secret of whatever influence or popularity they may possess among their members , arises not from the strikes they have promoted , but from the numerous disputes they have succeeded in reconciling . And Mr . Perry himself knows how strenuously MeBsrs . Green

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      and Peel strove , in the present case , to bring it to an amicable arrangement ; to such an extent , indeed , as to extort from him unwilling —aud very likely , insincere—compliments , for their prudence and urbanity . They first of all invited the masters to settle the matter themselves . A meeting of the masters was held for that purpose , and failed , from Mr . Perry ' s ridiculous egotism , which disgusted tlio gentlemen who condescended to meet him on that occasion . Then succeeded the Conference of the four masters and the a _^ r _^ ::: : , * _„_ „

      men , at which conference not only did the Perrys consent to recognise the Delegates as arbitrators and advisers of men , but Mr . G . rerry expressed a desire that they should be present in that capacit y . So much for interested strike promoters . " This attempt failed , and in the very last interview had with Mr . E . Tony , as tho representative aud agent of the other three masters , did he repeat his commendations upon tho judicious and conciliatory proceedings ofthe ' ¦ strike promoting delegates . "

      As , however , it was found impracticable to induco the masters to make any , the sli ghtest , concession—not to promote , but to prevent a strike—the men were advised to form a new ' book , " framed upon a principle thrown out at the Conference , and , as Mr . E . Perry says , "jumped at by Mr . Peel , " as affording a means by which the differences might bo adjusted . Tho prices of the four principal masters were averaged , and upon that average a new book was framed , involving a reduction to the men working at Messrs . Watson ' s and Shoolbroil ' s—a generous sacrifice whicli those

      men cheerfully assented to , rather than prolong the existing differences . An act of magnanimity which Mr . E . Perry , nor either of his clique , seem capable of appreciating , much less of imitating . It seems not possible for Mr . E . Perry to deal with the simplest fact without so distorting and twisting it that it loses not onl y the name , but even the appearance of truth ; and thus , to serve a momentary purpose , he chooses to magnify this reduction to . seven shillings a week , and offers this as an example ofthe benefits conferred by the unionist delegates upon the Tinmen not on strike . Let us , however , assume that Mr . E . Perry is correct—as those p'ices are still full ten per cent higher than E . Perry ' s—what a

      damning fact against himself , and those for whom ho confessedly is acting . This seven shillings , with an additional ten percent ., which we may reasonably take at three shillings per week , makes ten shillings—the measure of the plunder , so dishonourably , so wickedly wrung by him , from the fifty meu whom he has been thus wronging for tho last nine years , npon his own showing . This annual exaction would amount , for the whole period of niue years , according to Cocker , to £ 11 , 700 , as the difference upon fifty men ' s wages for nine years , between the prices paid by Mr . Walton and Mr . Perry . We cannot , for the life of us , perceive how the town and trade of Wolverhampton can be interested iu the continuance of

      such a wholesale system of pillage . It rather appears to us that the Tinmen might have been benefitted , if Mr . E . Perry had been as just a man as Mr . Walton , and the town and trade of Wolverhampton materially advantaged , by having a well-paid , well-fed , and well-clothed population . He then endeavours to throw upon the National Association the responsibility , first , of tho heavy levy now paying by the tinmen for the support of those who , by their neglect in keeping their payments of 2 _id . per week , according to the rules of the Association , have

      rendered themselves ineligible to its pecuniary support , and are thus the means of subjecting tho trade to an additional levy ; and , secondly , to the alleged distress of some of the wives of those unfortunate dupes who have thought proper to leave Mr . Perry and his agreements , Wo have a very short and simple answer to these charges . Every man who joins the National Association has a copy ofits laws ; and if they neglect to fulfil their part of the contract , they are themselves responsible for the

      consequences . Every tinman who was eligible to the support of the Association , and required it , haa received their full aliment , according to rule , being 12 s . Gd . per week . As for the unfortunate women and wives of the weak men , who would thus sacrifice their own liberty and the happiness of their wives and children , we can but pity them . They are not members of the National Association , are not entitled , and have not received one penny from it 3 fund 3 . The Central Committee advised—and this

      advice was acted on—that every man who entered into those disgraceful agreements , after the commencement of this struggle , should be expelled from the Association . And they further advised the tinmen to have nothing to do with these men ; and so scrupulously has this policy been carried out b y the Central Committee , that when Mr . Perry ' s hired men left their work in a body , they were advised to

      immediately return to their work , which they did , Mr . Perry is perfectly aware of all this , but with his usual disingeniousness , he seeks , through this pamphlet , to create a prejudice against us , whieh he knows we are not obnoxious to . To such an extent , indeed , does Mr . Perry carry his audacious insinuations , that we are indirectly charged with being the abettors of every species of violence , and even of murder , as the following _extract will show : —

      I sincerely wish 1 could here close my statemen _t of the evils inflicted upon our misguided operatives ; but , serious as they are up to this point , more serious ones have yet to be related . I have hitherto referred only to the physical debasement wliich the men s tempters have entailed upon them ; moral debasement has , I fear , accompanied it in too many instances . On this head , however , I wish to touch sparingly . I would fain believe that as far as evil influences have been suffered to operate on tho working men concerned , there are few among tho hitherto manly operatives of Wolverhampton who are nofc yet proof against all attempts or tendencies

      to convert them into assassins or abettors of diabolical proceedings of any kind . It is with this feeling that I have hitherto attached little importance , and made no public mention of one or two instances of personal violence directed against my property and persons in my employ . Some unseen miscreant aimed a deadly missile at the head of one of my men whose wiser conduct had rendered him obnoxious to those on " strike ; " and I said nothing of the circumstance , although the intended victim was working in one of my shops when thia attempt was made from without . Some petty depredations , too , have recently been directed against my premises ,

      of which I have made no complaint . I was silent on tbose occasions , because I was unwilling that my inability to point out the actual offender or offenders , should render the men generally suspected of participating in , or abetting this sort of conduct ; and also , because I was willing to believe that no Wolverhampton operative was the perpetrator—no Wolverhampton operative capable of such atrocity . A brother manufacturer , however , has communicated to me a circumstance which , if it does not prove that some of our own operatives have been rendered ripe for the actual perpetration of the most diabolical crimes , too greatly tends , I fear , to 9 how that they have been induced to extend tiieir

      sympathies to such perpetrators . My informant thus writes : — " I forgot to tell you that there was a collection in our Tin-shop , for the two villains who threw a canister of gunpowder at a Sheffield manufacturer ' s bed-room window , with a view to murder him ; and I believe the collection was general throughout this town , asregardsthe Tin-trade . " The series of atrocious occurrences in Sheffield , of which that alluded to forms an instance , are doubtless not unknown to you . It was in reference to some of them tbat the leading article in the Times , from which I have already quoted , was penned ; and it might be well to quote the portion of the article more immediately referring to the case mentioned by my correspondent :- *

      It is not necessary to give the extract from the " _¦* _* * * Times "—it was inserted at the time in this journal , and commented on . But Mr , Perry seems to act upon the principle of " throw dirt enough—some of it will stick ;" and the following clumsy attempt to wipe some of it off , but shows his matchless hypocrisy : — I am aware tbat I have no warrant for saying or insinuating that the individuals who are leading the Wolverhampton tinmen on the present © _ceasipn have acted aa the Times says there is almost irresistible evidence the leaders of the Sheffield workmen

      Acted ; Nor Vet That Th-."* I™ Capable O...

      acted ; nor vet that th-. " _* _i _™ capable of so acting _Mischievous and _disgrace . ul as tl ! 0 con _* luct of the delegates and others sent a m 01 lS ™ has been , I should be very sorry to act 50 _uncharitable towards them as to acuusc them of _desisn ' 8 ° t , lis 1 > ind ' _* if tho commun ication mado to mC _> as to the collection for tha S heffield miscreants he' correct , I think the origination of the _(' _anccrous _sp'""' * evinced in tlie circumstances may justly be laid to . " - "heir charge ; for I am sure no such spirit existed amoif _*? Wolverhampton tinmen before tt : ey submitted to tiie guidance of these men ; and I can well conceive iiOW inflaming" the angry passions of the operatives as theso parties have inflamed them may excite such a spirit , even _wlu-n not intended . _rr „„„ __„ * ., „

      As regards the story of the canister of gunpowder , we know it wns charged against some of the workmen of Sheffield ; but wc s aid at tho time , as it turned out , that it was a base fabrication ; aud it is a foul libel upon the tinmen of "Wolverhampton to say , that Ihey ever subscribed one farthing for any such miscreants . And hero again the cloven foot protrudes itself . More than one year before this new gunpowder plot , we believe a subscription was raised among the tinmen of "Wolverhampton , and other towns , to defend Drury , _Builos ,

      Hall , and Marsden from oneofthemost diabolical conspiracies by tho "Perrys , " of Sheffield , that ever was hatched against innocent _tnon . Palpably absurd as tlie distortion of this simple fact is , he thinks it is of a sufficiently bygone date to escapo detection ; and lie seizes upon it , therefore , as a fit incident to damage the character of the tinmen in the estimation of their townsmen ; aud to insult , by imposing upon the credulity of the respectable gentleman to whom this pamphlet is addressed , and to those who are to be favoured

      with its gratuitous circulation . Wc are no peace-breakers , nor the advocates or apologists for peace-breakers , We believe there has been very little of ifc during this struggle ; but , certainly , the strongest instance of it that we know of , was that of Mr . ex-Town Councillor George Hoary Perry , who was fined £ o for a cowardly and ruffianly assault upon one ofthe tinmen . The important meeting at the theatre—tlie meeting among the hired men—the

      ignominious rejection from the Council—the adverse verdict of the magistrates , arc circumstances following each other so rapidly , as are well calculated to intensely wound and lower the prideof the Perrys ; hence thc bladder of gall , which he has thrown with so much vehemence at all those who have in any way contributed _, to his discomfiture . Mayors , magistrates , tinmen , aud Chartist , strike-promoting delegates , are alike bespattered and smothered witli his dirty filth .

      Peny _, with his usual disregard for truth , asserts , tbat he did not apply for the friendly offices of the mayor aud magistrates , as mediators or arbitrators , but for protection . If he could have charged any one with having injured him in person or property , he could and would have demanded and obtained that protection , not in the private office of the mayor , but in open court . But the fact ig , he applied privately to that gentleman with tho intention of ear-wigging him with an exparte statement of the case , and thus drawing from him a prejudice , because one-sided

      judgment . Mr . P _« rry appears to have forgotten that hewas makiDg a very improper application to an upri g htandhig hl y honourablemagistrate . He will not soon forge ' t the prompt and dignified reply he got to his application ; " No , Mr . Perry , I cannot listen to any -esparto statements . I must have both parties before me , and I shall then be most happy to tender my good offices for the arrangement of these unhappy disputes . " This was the substance , we believe , of what passed upon that occasion . A day was appointed for hearing the case , and the mayor himself condescended to write

      a letter—we believe at Mr . Perry ' s requestto be read by Perry ' s foreman to the men , inviting them to appoint a deputation , which Mr . Perry immediately designed should be four of his own creatures—not those , be it understood , who were the real parties aggrieved —not those who were on ** strike , '' hut four of his own hired , but still mutinous slaves . Ifc was to the manly firmness of John Lawley and another—who though among them , are not of them—that we are indebted for the blowing to pieces this consummate dodge . We dictated the only terms that we thought the mayor's

      proposition would be met with . The men were firm , and Perry , though almost mad with vexation , was compelled to submit . The terms were accepted b y the mayor and himself , as is proved by his attendance , although he tried to induce the magistrates to exclude Messrs . Green and Winter from speaking ; but it was the condition upon which the proposition of the meeting was assented to , and had been accepted by the mayor , who very properly overruled—for the sound reasons assigned—Perry ' s objection . There is not one of these facts that Perry can , or does deny , he onl y distorts them to suit his own bad purpose .

      We must postpone , until next week , the conclusion of our strictures upon this studiously insulting production . We , however , append a translation of a letter we have had forwarded to us , from one of the Frenchmen who have been so infamously kidnapped by these delectable brothers . William Peel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court Road .

      Wolverhampton, Dec. 2,1850. In The Name ...

      Wolverhampton , Dec . 2 , 1850 . In the name of the French workmen , I write to vou unreservedly . Wo were deceived by Mr . Perry , manufacturer . He came himself to us at Paris , and we conscientiously asked him if he came to seek French workmen to undertake work that English -workmen refused ? He replied , "So ; I come to seek you to work for exportation . " With this understanding we started , but , on our arrival , what was our disappointment , on finding that the journeymen Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton were on strike , in consequence of three establishments being unwilling to pay the price paid by other masters . We are eight French workmen , and on our arrival tbey forced us to sign an

      engagement which they did not offer us at Paris . We do not understand the English language ; and , seeing that they had advanced us money , we were obliged to sign an engagement for six months , afc the price they paid the English workmen two years ago . Bear in mind , that the French custom on . the side of tbe workman is to be independent , and not to injure the workmen of any nation of the world . We signed the night we armed ; but , seeing the state of things , we were not willing that those who came after us sbould sign . If they return , ' we shall be happy , and we will do all we can for this object . This is not to deceive you ; it is a thing easily proved . We were unacquainted with the cause , but it will not bo repeated . I salute you , A . Somskt .

      Tne Co-Operative Principle.—Strong Exert...

      TnE Co-operative Principle . —Strong exertions aro making in the manufacturing distriots to givs further trial to the co-operative principle of labour . At a meeting of factory operatives , held last week in the Old Meal House , Manchester , to sympathise with the weavers in Warrington , who have recently been thrown out of employment- by the disastrous turning ot a mill , which gave work to 1 , 200 hatids , and also to encourage the hands of Sir Elkanah Avmitage , of Pendleton Mills , in their present resistance to what they deem a lower rate of wages tban they are entitled to receive , some curioua

      statements were made" with regard to tbe power of the working classes , by co-operation , to raise theniselves to a comfortable and independent position . Mr . Cliappell , one of the p $ incipal speakers , said thafc tlie weavers of Sir Elkanah Armitnge , now upon tho " strike , " determined to do ' something permanently to benefit themselves and their familieB » had united , their small means , and having secureda mill in Pendleton were about forthwith to- commence manufacturing on their own _™ o _* _£ £ Bacup , ho said , thcrl _w / _HT'JHJ £ blisbment in operation , _conductd by warl _** _ft me _£ who kept 300 _W _^& _ffSfc _^ Hey . luded also to a scheme on •«¦ _** . . ftWno . q _iuucu rt « o _iw _»» _v- « -- d cottage 0 Wnera

      wood . So ™ _™ _Sf to oppose tbo working men , had manifested a des , hm o _og _^^^ when t _^ _Jf ; l S in the _wrolWl _^ ot of , S _' _aX _^ hoS at _tSd ; _Oft _|^ _ha rooms ( in each of _¦» n _»« _' _^ _SSgS _^ V _^ _FTO np ) , so that they could thi « w _»* ? _*» _lOT _^ P selves . _AoMper . ttW € _orM _3 j _^^ _ftgta yielded a profit of $ 60 a w _# _» ¥ » _f _wRglotljP » p _llr . _Chappell . £ ffg _| I ||\

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07121850/page/5/