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TO SMALL CAPITALISTS AND _OTflJRS . Ifinster Lovel , _nearffitney , Oxfordshire . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION ,
3 YMR . LO NG , _OnSaforky _^ e 31 sfc day _****&* AT THE STAR HOTEL , _OXFORt * , AtTLeo'clo <* , in the : Afi * rnoon , _W _EJ 6 HTY _FOOB LOTS , _jKOSDBa _OVIBB _UOaTBUlMB , 1 710 _iBK _FBEEH 01 D ESTATE , Pleasantly and advantageously situated in tbe Stage of Minster Lovel ,, _in ih * count y of _0-dbrd , ia ihe vicinity ofthe following excellent market towns , namely : —Witney , three miles ; Bnrford , four miles ; Woodstock , eight miles ; Oxford , thirteen miles ; and _ arring don , tvrelve miles ; and distant from _Cheltenliam . twenty-five miles .
Comprising about 297 acres of superior land , p rincipally arable , and a great portion of it in a high state of cultivation ; together _mtb eighty-two excellent , cottages , of three , fonr , and more rooms each , and out-offices , tbe -whole of them built in a very superior manner , in stone , with slated roofs , && , and convenientl y fitted np for immediate occupation , each cottage being situate and standing npon an allotment of two , three , or four acres . Also , an excellent homestead and labourer ' s
cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings . The estate was formerly the property of John Walker , Esq ., deceased , and was farmed hy him for some time , and two or three years since was purchased for the purpose of allotment , and creating small freeholders . The eottages on the estate are very pleasantly and advantageously placed , as to frontage , & c , and the whole property presents a very agreeable and p _icturesque appearance ; and most of the allotments having been occupied _ nd under culture , chiefly by the spade , fer some time ,
the soil is greatly improved , as is evidenced hy the superior crops produced at the present time . The greater nnmber ofthe persons now occupying portions of the property are . under compulsory terms to quit and surrender np their respective allotments immediately , unless the purchasers of one or mora lots are willing to accept tbem as tenants ; and some others hold until about November next ; possession of the lots in their occupation cannot , therefore , he given immediately . It is proposed to
offer the original homestead , labourers' cottages , and farm buildings , with about twentyfive acres of excellent meadow land , partly watered by the river Windrash , ( an excellent trout stream ) , in one lot . The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many ofthe cottages ; and most of the others front the public road , running through and dividing the larger portion of the property _leadino- from the Oxford road to _ rizenorton .
Within a short distance ofthe estate is the forest of Wychwood , over which there is an unlimited right of common . There is also plenty of good building , paving , andlime-stone on the estate . The whole will be Sold by Auction , -without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalists , and other persons , an opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , and votes for the County , which seldom presents itself ; and to the monied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot he a doubt ot the allotments finding ready tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested .
Full particulars and plans of the Estate may he obtained from the Mortgagees , Mr . " Weaving , corn merchant , Oxford ; and Mr . W . Pinnock , of Chimney , near Bamptoa , Oxon . ; Elijah Litchfield , Esq ., solicitor , 89 , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Lee and Eees , solicitors , Witney ; at the Bull Inn , Bnrford ; the Bear Inn , Woodstock ; Crown , Abingdon ; King's Arms , Bicester ; Buck and Bell , and at the Guardian Office , Banbury ; Three Cups Ion , and p lace of- sale , Oxford ; at the Midland Counties Herald Office , Birmingham ; and of the Auctioneer , Witney .
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_^^^ "MUHDER WILL OUT !" TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND .
My Fmesds, I Had Not Time Last Week To C...
My Fmesds , I had not time last week to comment npon my question put to GOODENOUGH HAY TEE * on Thursday night week , relative tohis conduct as chairman of tbe Committee appointed to inquire into my conduct as propounder of the NATIONAL LAND SCHEME . I had not time , as the question was put on Thursday night , and the first edition of the " Northern Star " is printed on tbat night . However , now I shall do so .
I have stated the persecution to which my father , and my exiled uncle , AxrHUK _O'Coskoe , have heen subjected , for having the manliness and courage to advocate thepeople ' s eause ; I have stated that John McCcl-10 UGH , my father ' s steward , -was offered 50 _XK a year and a commission in the army , if he would give such evidence as would cause my father ' s death ; I have stated that Peteb Bazes , an old stone-mason , was also offered a handsome fortune , if-he would do the same j and that Gobbet , a government officer , was offered a reward of 500 / ., if he would nerjnre himself to secure my father ' s execution ; and that Hebebt , a French prisoner of war , was offered a free pardon and areward , if he wonld do likewise .
Beddt , who was incarcerated for fonr years , stated at a meeting at Ashton , that he was offered a handsome salary by the Bradford Magistrates , and a free pardon , if he would Bwear against me ; bnt , as life can only be a secondary consideration to a man of honour , I must now call yonr attention to ihe vile , the atrocious , the abominable and viflanoas conduct of GOODENOUGH HATTER—a member of HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT . This fellow was appointed Chairman of the Land Committee . He was the JUDGE-ADVOCATE—a _jost one , of course ; and the duty of a Jndg e is to secure a fair and impartial inquiry into the case wbich he is appointed to hear and judge upon . He should he impartial , and should give tiie accused the benefit of any doubt that may exist or arise ; the investigation should he open . But what do you think of this Government official admitting that he
paid A SECRET SPY MONEY OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET to secure MY CONVICTION ? What-, I say , must those out of whose pockets such a ruffian is paid by a Minister of the Government , think of such au atrocious act ? And what must they think of House of Commons , professing to represent them , not censurin g snch an act ? However , this pions juggler in Flemish , Belgian , and English Railways , may rest assured that I have not yet done with him . 1 do not think that the people , if fairly represented , -would allow such a monster to sit in Parliament . And what must they think of the "Manchester School" being the supporters of this "WHISTLER AT THE PLOUGH ?'
Next week 1 shall give the reader a fair descript ion of the present state of France , and then I shall once more weld the English mind go as to put down all oppression . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Cokmob . '
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Opbsisg or me Gbbat _aobtuers Railway . —On "Wednesday morning the company , according to their _Jiromise , commenced running tbeir luggage-waggons rom the King's-cross station to Leeds , Hull , and other places on the line . At twelve o ' clock the _passengers traffic also coinmenced _. and did a good business . The cab and omnibus conveyances were very numerous , and the civility of the railway officers creditable both to the company and themselves .
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THE NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK AND "ONE WHO HAS WHISTLED AT THE PLOUGH . "
TO THE EDITOR OF IBB N 0 BTBCRB STAR . SlR , —In your last week's impression I observe that Mr . O'Connor has published a letter , dated September , 18 * 9 , written by " One who has Whistled at the Plough , " to some of his friends in Manchester , and from which I am led to infer that he takes credit to himself for " breaking up , " what he is pleased to call the " Land Bank Swindle . " As Manager of the Institution I may be supposed to be cognizant of sucb an event aa this ; and I think yonr readers will not refuse the same amount of credit to my statement as may have been accorded to Mr . Somerville by the readers of the Manchester Examiner . It has
ever heen my care , as one whose duty it is to attend solel y to matters of Bank business , to avoid public remark with _respect to any knowledge I possessed as to the affaiarof my Principal , although such strange and absurd conclusions have been arrived at by those who do not , or will not understand Mr . O'Connor ' s motives or actions , that I have been often tempted to break the rule I had laid down for my conduct . The following remarks of Mr . Somerville , however , compel me to offer a few . observations , with the view of correcting ( as I am certainl y beBt qualified to do ) the sweeping assertions he has thought it his public duty to make . I now call your readers' attention to the following extracts from "the Whistler ' s " letter : —
It was not until tlie middle of 1617 tbat Other newspa per * ventured to combat the huge dela-ion of tbe Land Scheme , and tbat more transparent swindle , tbe Land end Labour BanV associated with it . And then it was chiefly from me tbey bad tbeir information . AU tbat sear I was _inceuantly engaged in examining the scheme and swindle ; in warning the shareholders of their danger ; in preventing Trade Societies . Benefit Societies , Burial Clubt , and other Associations , from sending their funds to the Land Bank . Though my exposure ofthe nmonndnesi of the Sank did not prevent all those societies from parting with their
money , and parting with it for ever , 1 saved mans of them from rain . Bnt for my timely interference the Engineers and Machine Makers would have lost £ 20 , 000 more than they did lose . I carried on an extensive correspondence , made other visits to the estates purchased by Mr . O'Connor with the shareholders subscriptions , to the Bank in London _, to the Registration Office , and to branch societies , to gather information , and continued io to do after the _newspapers _ceased to publish what I wrote—their conductors thinking , not without reason , that the public were , for the time , tired ofthe subject
In London I continued my exposure of tbe Land Scheme by pamphlets and otherwise , and finally broke np tbe Land Bank Swindle . You will observe tbat this person ' s " services" appear to have heen most energetic and effectual in the middle of 1847 , & _° d that he prevented certain societies from losing " £ 20 , 000 more than they did lose . " That he visited the Bank in order to procure information , with the clear intent to make treacherous use of it ; and , finally , that he " broke up the Land Bank Swindle . "
I took charge of the Bank on 27 th September , 184 ? , little dreaming ofthe enemy with whom I had to contend , when I found no leBB than fourteen Benefit Societies with accounts open . From September , 184 : 7 , to the present time , I opened no less than eighty-seven fresh accounts with Benefit and Trade Societies , the greater partof which were opened in 1848 , perhaps in consequence of Mr . Somerville ' s efforts to prevent it . However tbat may be , none of the societies have " parted for ever" with their money j and not a single individual or society hating a credit at the Bank , and requiring their funds , have ever been disappointed in receiving their principal and interest on the day on which the money tacts duo !
This assertion—which I defy any one to controvert—will make it almost unnecessary for me to say that the Land Bank " Swindle " is not" broken up , ' * at least I am not aware of it if it is so , as it is open daily , and transacting business in precisely tbe same routine , and with tbe same staff of clerks , with the same manager at its head , as when "the Whistler" opened his campaign against it in
1847 . In conclusion , I must beg leave to express my great regret tbat Mr . Somerville did not favour me with a note previous to his visit , informing me of his intention and object , for I should have felt it my duty to have shown him every attention , by showing him tha way out of tho Bank . lean never sufficientl y regret his omission on this point . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant , T . Pbice , Manager .
Thb National Land Company And The Poor U...
THB _NATIONAL LAND COMPANY AND THE POOR UNFORTUNATE OLD SCOTCH WOMAN .
TO T . O ' CONNOR , BEQ . Sib . —Having been a resident ofthe metro polis during the last week , the subject of yonr injustice to an aged Scotch female named Watson , has been the main subject of conversation in the various companies I have frequented , and being , in possession of the full particulars of this woman ' s unfortunate case , I think it my duty to lay it before the public , Mrs . Watson was unfortunately duped into the purchasing of a £ 5 4 s . share in the Land Company in the year 1846 . On the 1 st of
May , 18 * 7 , Bhe , having been fortunate in tha ballot , took possession of a four acre farm at O'Connorville , ia the County of . Herts , and in addition to tho farm had £ 21 laid out for her benefit in manure , seeds , & c ., and received in hard cash £ 60 ; being £ 30 aid money , and £ 20 loan , towards Btocking and cultivating the same . On the 12 th of April , 1848 , after about eleven months' possession , during which she had received upwards of £ 70 in money , or money ' s worth , or about Thirty-two Shillings per week , this poor dupe sold the allotment to George William . Wheeler for £ 115 ,
thus receiving , in the space of eleven months , £ 185 for her original outlay of £ 5 is . ; nor did Mrs , Watson ' s _unfortunatelosBes end here ; for intheNovemberof 1847 , her brother was a winner in the ballot which then took place ; he soon after died , and by will left his chance to Mrs . Watson ; fer this , in my presence , she has been several times offered £ 50 , but declined selling it for that amount . I was present at the last Conference at Sings End , when she was offered an allotment at Lowbands , or
£ 50 in money ; she declined accepting the latter , thinking to make more money by disposing of the allotment . Believing that these particulars were unknown to yon , and to the shareholders generally , and being anxious to give tbat advice to her talented solicitor , Mr . Fry , alias Pry , which the worthy Alderman could not be expected to give , I remain yours , a friend of the Poor Scotch Lady , who has received £ 185 in lieu of £ 5 4 s ,, and who expects to receive £ 50 more , Thomas M . Wheeler . 36 , Kenton-street , Brunswick-square .
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I hats known courts these thirty-six years , and know they differ ; uUt fa some things they are extremely constant . First in the old trite maxim of a minister ' s never forgiving those bo has injured , " secondly , in the insincerity of those who would be thought the best friends . Thirdly , in tho love of lawning , cringing , and tale-bearing . Fourthly , in sacnncing those we reallv wish well to a point of _» _**!? - * _wwti _ uc . Fifthly , in keeping everything 9 eSe _.-S 0 rtb 0 £ e _Wh 0 can d 0 se _™ ceor dis-
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i ¦ - TO THE LAND MEMBERS . We , the undersigned Allottees on the Minster Lovell Estate , beg to address you through our bright luminary , the " Northern Star . " We feel it to be our dutytoiriake known to : you our dissent from those that opposed Mr . O'Connor , at the late trial at Oxford , and who are now seeking to throw the estate into Chancery . Notwithstanding their abuse , insults , and threatening , for daring to differ from them ,, we again declare our unabated confidence in Mi-. O'Connor and
his Land Plan . While we admit of our difficulties through inexperience , we feel bound to acknowledge the lenity shown to ns in not having yet paid our dues . To Mr . O'Connor , we feel grateful , to you we are thankful , and wc hope to remain here , to Bhow that we are worthy of the indulgence we have received . Go on brother members , and continue to support our benefactor ; you have enabled hmvto purchase and divide the Land into small lots of five estates ; is that worth nothing ? _Anation's gratitude is due to youyit shows your power when united . Our enemies have created a
division , but we trust the working men will again rally round our champion , who has so nobly striven to work out our freedom , b y placing us on the land of our birth , there to enjoy health and happiness , and become , like our forefathers , robust and brave , moral and free . Charles Willis , Benjamin Munday , George Carter , John Stone , William Chandler , George Gay , William
Smith , ( two acres ) ; John Morgan , John Drinkwater , John Littlewood , James Shawcross , George Turton , George C . Boggis , John Hays , William Hay , Charles . Ireland , John Bennett , Charles Nippord , John Wilkins , Thomas Maycock , John _Medcalf , Thomas _Belstead , Thomas Wyatt , Henry Kirkham , James Price . Charterville , August 6 tb . 1850 .
Defaulting News Agents. Xo The Editor 01...
DEFAULTING NEWS AGENTS . XO THE EDITOR 01 ? THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib . —For several weeks past there have appeared notices in your paper addressed to tho Agents ofthe " Northern Star , " complaining of the non-payment of debts duo to the Propr ietor . It is most disgraceful and disreputable for any man to obtain goods without the intention of paying for them , and more particularly so by professing Democrats . Itis due to the Chartist public , ( who are the purchasers of the "Star , " ) that they
should be furnished with the names and residences of sucb dishonest Agents , in order to avoid them ; and I most respectfull y request that a list of such persons be forthwith in Ber ted in the " Star . " Why not make all Agents pay in advance ? This would prevent loss , and be doing an act of justice and kindness to the parties themselves , by teaching them habits of carefulness and prudence . The question has frequently been put tome : "Do you owe any
money for the "Northern Star ? " It is not right that all the Agents sbould bear the stigma of being dishonest because some individuals prove themselves so . Let the people see who the swindlers are , they will then know how to deal with them . Hoping shortly to Bee the names , trades , residences , of these sham Radical Reformers , ( who ought to reform themselves ) published , I remain , Yours truly , James Sweet .
The Lacey Fund. To Thb Chartists Of The ...
THE LACEY FUND . TO THB CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Brother Chartists and Democrats , — Several weeks have elapsed since we apprised yon of the formation of a committee for the
purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of Mrs . Lacey and her family to her husband ( William Lacey ) , at Launceston , in Australia . At tbat time the committee appealed to your charitable sympathies in behalf of the above object , and , up to the present moment , £ 16 has been received from friends in the Metropolis , ; but the Chartists in the provinces , Scotland , aud Wales , have not contributed their mite for tbis purpose ; and we , the committee , deem it imperative to make this appeal to the Chartists generall y , and at the same time to earnestly request their attention and assistance to effect the union of the Lacey family .
It may be necessary to inform you that William Lacey was one of the victims of the " Powel plot" in 1848 , and that with Fay , Cuffay , Bowling , and others , he was sentenced to transportation for life . After passing two years' probation in various prisons in England , he was sent to Australia ; and on arriving at Launceston he was presented with a ticket of leave , which left him without restraint to obtain his livelihood by following his occupation of a boot and shoemaker .
At the time of his arrest he was in comfortable circumstances , carrying on business on hia own account , and be also kept the " Charter Coffee-house , " where the _ChartlBtS of the locality met . He had a family of six children —the eldest then abont fourteen years of age , and the youngest only two months old . Deprived of a husband ' s support and protection , she has hitherto supported her large family by her own exertions , aided by the trifling sums afforded to the Victim Committee by the Chartist body . To add to her sorrows , Mrs . Lacey met with a severe loss , in the latter end of last month , by the death of her youngest
child . We consider the reunion of this family to be but an act of _Bimple justice on the part of onr body , and that they have a right to expect it at our hands . According to the rules of the Emigration Society , the cost of transmitting this family to Australia is as follows ;—Passage money £ 30 ; outfit , £ 20 . But this is independent of the expense of travelling to the seaport where the vessel might be stationed to receive them . Thus it will be seen that , at the least , £ 50 is required ; and that , as before stated , f 16 only has been collected , which leaves a deficiency of £ 34 .
It is of the greatest importance that whatever is done should be done quickly . We have before intimated our desire that tbo subscription should cease aud determine by the 25 th of the present month of August—this being the best time of the year to securo a favourable voyage , and consequently a time when vessels are bound for Australia . In accordance with this expressed desire , Mrs . Lacey has made preparations for her departure by the adjustment of her affairs , and has given up the coffee-house , on the profits of which she has hitherto subsisted—another pressing reason for prompt and immediate action .
Brothers , we have laid this plain and simple * statement of facts before you in full confidence that you will do justice to the case . It is the last , the least , and the only consolatory act you can perform , as a recompense for the sufferings of this now divided family . We appeal to you , for the last time , in perfect wn-
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fidence that : jou will _unobl y and actively perform your dnty , _thatybulwillostand by and asfi _^ . _W _<>*^< Qrder , _^ d show the government J _» sympathise * ith _^ the _ politioal victims . One _^ halfpenriyreach . from ' _Wery professing Cha _^ _4 : ' _^ 0 Q ** " 10 rQ than _'double the" sum re _^^ the 3 _oi"kfthenf : _$ _¦^ nce , _fM _su _biMnptionBT-e _^ c _^^ localit y in the" klng < j _^ m , and let the respective secretaries of each branch forward the monies , so collected ,-by _Ppai-Qm ' ce . prderi payable to Henrxl _^ ak ' B , _& , '" _RocVester-streeti
_Westminstef _^ tb . e -Secretary of this ' . Committee ; to be made payable to him : at tbe . _PoBfrOffice _, Broa « Nr & y , Westminster , . ' ¦ ; .. ,: \ . In chnoluBion , ; we can only say , thatunlesB efticieht vniea . ns are instantly afforded , for * tbe accom _^ _ipnent of tbe abo ve , object ,-. ' . a lasting di 6 grac & fn ) lbe , attached _, to _^ _bj _& y , and the _government persecution . ofMr .- Lacey will be trivial , _riand sink into nothingness , in comparison with the har ( _lsHi p _;^ and ; crueIty inflicted in
by _UBcontmmng-the : Sepitfation , and , perr haps , ; effecting the _ultimaibe ' ruin of this _perjsecute | Xamily . We cannot , however , entertain . _«| c ) | aii idea .- We trust to the honour , the _sympathy , the justice , and the generosity of the _^ ping _Jfgpf _^ J _^ _H _^ USk do we look to the . Chartist body'X ' _aa _^ feelm confident that this appeal will meet With & hearty response , we firmly rely upon your probity and integrity , and expect you to do your duty . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Henrt "Wilks , secretary .
An Address To The People, By Ebnest Jone...
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE , BY EBNEST JONES . Fellow Countrymen , — When a man stands forward as an advocate of a . popular principle , the public bas a ri ght to know upon what views he means to base that advocacy , and what course , however humble , he intends to pursue . Therefore , as I purpose devoting my future to the cause of- the poor , as , pursuant to invitations received , I have resolved on recommencing my labours by a tour through England , Scotland , and Wales , and as all communication between us has been interrupted for more than two years , I think it my duty to address a few words to you before we meet , on our past and present position , and on our future prospects .
In tbe spring of 1848 the Democratic movement assumed an astonishing rapidity . Never was a time of greater promise—never was a developement of greater power . The middle class were ready to make concessions ; the governing faction were paralysed into inactivity , and yet the people were frustrated—frustrated , not by the hands of the Whig oligarchy , but by their own ! The Bource of that event was party-bickering and personal contention . The National Convention waB called for the purpose of presenting the National Petition its dignity was insulted , hut its mission was fulfilled , as fai * as lay in its power . On the
express understanding that it was not a sufficient representation of the national will in reference to further measures , for the carrying out of which it was not commissioned , by its last act it convened a larger and more authoritative assembly . It waB now that intestine discord arose : the movement stood in a proud position on the last day of the National Convention—it was strong , and united within itself , and , so long , no hostile power dared assail it . It was inviolable , because of that strength aud union . The very fact of the fortifications in the metropolis , of the artillery , cuirassiers , and infantry ; of the yeomanry and armed
police ; of the almost ceaseless Cabinet Councils ; of the arming of the aristocratic portion of the middle class , headed b y the aristocrats of the courtly precincts of We & t London j of the marshalling of those working men as constables , whom Tear of losing their employment had coerced into an outward semblance of support , hut could not mould into an efficient sympathy ; and all this against an unarmed , peaceful , and legal assembly of the people , intending no violence , and demanding constitutional rights by constitutional means , was a homage paid to our power , and a tacit admission on the part of the governing faction ,
that the bulk of the popular feeling was against them . Well might the Attorney-General say at my trial that : — "We bad caused them many a sleepless night . " But when division and discord had been sown _among our ranks ; wben a separation bad taken place between " moral force men'' and ' . ' physical force men ; " when the breaoh grew wider every day ; when , out of one hundred delegates sumrapned , only sixty came to the Assembly ; wben its Hall was made the arena for personal contention ; when some of those who aspired to reform the laws oftheir country , actually began to discuss whether their doing so was , er was not , illegal ; when , in
the acrimony of debate , some of tho rival speakers accused the Chartist body of weakness , and , in the very presence of the government _reporters and spieB , anatomised its every foible , in order to strengthen their own position ;—nay ! when the people , paralysed by the contention of the rival _principles , and led from the main question by their abstract theories , ceased to _uphold the Assembly from without;—when , even tho money for its support became deficient ; then the Whig faction saw it was the hour to strike ;—it said : " They are fighting among themselves ; they will not have time to parry our blows-now crush thbm !" But , I ask you , had that assembly met in its full
numbers ; had the working classes poured up the voice of their sympathy from far and near ; had they withheld from the gin palace the money that would hare given vigour to tbeir Democratic Senate ; had that senate been united within itself ; had it but acted up to its motto of carrying out " measures , " instead of quarrelling about " men , " and discussing ahpiit vague theories ; had the stream of popular feeling / and the enunciation of popular will , been manifested , day by day , from hundreds of gatherings ; had every town marshalled its thousands from one end of Britain to the other , all _lifting the same cry and tending to the same object ; had tbey all pronounced the inviolability of their representatives , and the determination to _nnhold their cause :
had tbey arrayed this peaceful phalanx of unarmed petitioners in the presence of bankrupt trade and of paralysed speculation ; then , I ask you , would the usurping faction have dared to strike ?—or , would not their blows have recoiled upon themselves ?—or , could more have been plunged into prisons under that course , than havo been tortured under the course pursued ? But , in the faco of Europe , in the face of the revolutionary world of 48 , m tho face of the English people , to whom overy day would have brought fresh strength : every hour have added new recruits : —where is the hand that would have dared to assail us , while wo maintained the attitudo of peace , tho' we displayed the attributes of power ? Tlie answer is given by
the inviolability of tho Convention , the language of which was far stronger than that of the Assembly , whilo the fear of the cabinet was greater , as proved by their armed panic during its continuance . And what do you suppose would have been the result ol the struggle ? "Would not that middle-class that seen the necessity for mock-concession in the hour of our weakness , bave been doubly forced into sincerity in the time of our strength ? Would not that cabinet , that ever panders w the irown of power , but insolently spurns the petition of the oie
num , have been glad to compromise for its existence by the recognition of our rights ? The means , tlie material , the plnn was there . —onco more they are ready to our hands : let them not be again misused . It appears to mc to have becomo'the fashion to run down the public position assumed by tho majorities in the Convention and tlie Assembly : I refuse to join in tlio outcry . I believe in their honesty ; and while 1 deprecate , as a fatal orror in judgment , their having for ono moment countenanced discussion on moral and _physicnl-forco theories , and their _having entertained personal questions and individual
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bickerings '' I _believe the failure of their mission to lie more at'the doors of the people who neglected to support them , than in any incapacity on their part to perform the duties of tbeir station ; . I feel called upon to say thus much in reference , to bodies with whom ' _J-ijJHr e _^ # >;} ind . ' » m proud to have acted' ; thb'tihI ' _always ' nave kept , and _^ _lways _. ' sliaU _^ holil . niylelf perfectly distinct . Tro _^ and personal ambitions ; It ' iralso ' said _tbatlan " ei _" _uuMfii _cio _cuiiuiuiuiGU _vi
_oegcaiicu * v _vua . _opii > b _, yi the . people at that period _:-f I deny it . 1 say the ' times , were great , and the people were equal to tb . fi times : but , when the public pulse had been chitted , and the public mind distracted , and the . public power _naralysed , by the mistaken efforts of-those ' who bring the accusation , then , and- ior _« ui rasm , was there room to accuse the people of indifference ,, and the _cauBeof weakness . : ' . ! _f 'The result was obvious . f" There ia a tide in the affairs of men
' . Whioh , token at the flood , leads on to fortune . " . - . < _-Bother , _Ahartiats \ you . waited till the ebb ,. and " whathave you been doing in tho interval ? : 'About fifty ; men have been imprisoned ; and transported . What of that ? Fifty drops of water out of the great ocean . ' Must , therefore , the waves cease -to rolJ , arid tho tides ' cease to flow » Because affe _* J men have fallen into the pitfallsof tho law , ' as dbg by Wb _£ ministers , and baited by Whig _indgesjfis that ai reason * why ; the myriads should cease to 8 _, truggl |!; Let us tafcfewarning by the past , and , in future , not" leave off w _^ en it is very time for re _^ ! _&¦__ *• _'l _^ P ii r' _$ !§ k ? 'the _*« _ary enemy the _SPfrai'JKPip _^^ fto _^ _tefiogf exhausted , on the brinfi bf fum . y
• 'Thus much for the past Permit me now to say afew words with regard to the present . I believe the elements of progression , and the sources of democratic influence , to have been never before in so abundant and promising a state as now ; I believe the Chartist body , to have been never imbued with a more health y feeling , for they understand their position . At a time when the middle classes are making unparalleled efforts to entice them from the stronghold oftheir principles , and to dilute and nullify their energy by an admixture with themselves , the people see more _diutincUy than ever that they are engaged in a struggle of the poor against the rich , —of the latter for monopoly , ofthe former for existence ; and that the lamb cannot league in
safety with the wolf until his fangs have been drawn by the hand of the Charter . VYe are strong enough to assume a proud and independent position . To prove this , I do not allude to "the paying members ; " I do not allude to tho local and district organisation—that bas , probably , been much impaired , and is not yet reconstructed ; nor has it ever been carried out in an effective manner : but I point to the feeling in the public breast ; I point to the mass of misery ; to the debts , poors rate , and taxation ; to the ruined farmers , and tbeir starving serf ;; I point to the frustrated hopes of tbe poor ; to the broken promises of the rich ; I point to the _re-arouBing of the public mind after its re-aotionary lull ; I point to the death-struggle between the
Whigs ana Tories ; to the bankrupt traders ; to the fawning middle class ; to the grasping masters , and the famiBhed men ; I . point to the re-awakening of Europe—and , I say , here are the materials of victory I Shame to the sectional movements and petty ambitions that would dissipate them into chaos , when they might build them into a world of order ' . Against that are arrayed merely types , shadows , and figures ; jailors , who sympathise with their prisoners ; bludgeoneers , who revolt at their hard and servile lot ; soldiers , who wince at the lash , and who likewise begin to claim their share in the common rights of tbe citizen ; timid statesmen , who fear to moot a cabinet question , lest it should upset their cabinet ; Pharisees and money-changers , who quarrel in the temple , but are afraid to come to
blows , in presence of their mutual foe- —ihe peoplo } To procrastinate—to put off the hour of reckoningto linger on from session to session is their boldest hope ! Basking in the last sunshine of their expiring day , they vote your annual thousands for _tAeir pauper princes , and their royal palaces , and their royal apartments , th « _$ _discTOBs we words of an un « meaning oath , and forget Christianity in tho discussion ; while they are chopping logic , their Irish victims are chopping nettles ; while tbey are disputing points of law , half a nation is at the point of death f—but society is fast ripening towards a change , and I warn them , that tbe about of freedom of' 48 , compared with " the trumpet that has yet to sound , " is but as the lisping of a child contrasted with the roaring of a giant .
Such appears to me the experience oi the Past , and the aspect ofthe Present . A glorious Future is before us , but it has its perils . The most important question whioh the immediate Future proposes , is our union with the _Middle-Glass , and support of Middle Class Reforms . We ought never to make an enemy where we can honourably make a friend ; but we ougbt never to make a friend by the sacrifice of a ju & t principle . We may gloze over our support of middle class measures as we please , but the result is a virtual and practical abandonment of principles , if we support half-measures . We may lay the salve to our conscience * , that we will still agitate for the Charter afterwards—have you never contemplated that
" afterwards "' may be too late !—that we shall be met at the very threshold of the agitation with the words : — " Have we not given you what you wanted ? You joined us for this , and now you've got it!—we cannot have such constant changes and commotions ; back to your toil , and leave politics to us ! " Do you not see that the middle class cannot do without Reforms ; tbat there are too many monopolies ; that there is too much misery pressing on them to permit them to tolerate the present system ; but , THAT THET CANNOT AMKBII WITHOUT OUR help ? If we grant tbat help on any terms less than those that will enfranchise labour , and place
it beyond the grasp and power of capital , do you not see that we are lost ? Do you _ndt see that their half measures are the very things to give power to the middle elass , without giving it to us , and that , the stronger they grow tJie weaker m become ? Can you doubt that as soon as they have carried the measure's that will relieve themselves—as soon as they have placed tnet ' r own interests in safety they will deny us those concessions whioh would render us independent of their class ?—and if now , while the middle class are still , in part oppressed , we find such difficulties in the mere assertion of our rights , how much more difficult should we not find tho
obtainment of them , when we ourselves hare helped to place them on the pinnacle of power _? It 18 but trickery in tb © middle class to say , when advocating their exclusive , self-benefiting Reforms , that "thoy cannot carry a larger measure at present . "' for middle class and working class united , can carry ant measure THET _choobe ! And , indeed , the time is fait coming when the middle class will raise the loudest watchword of liberty J They will speak in far more violent language than that , for which I , and better men than I , have been immured in felons' gaols j They will go far beyond the Charter in their wordy eloquence ! Tbey will talk of Republics—blue , black , and grey ! They will even whisper "Red ! "' They will talk glibly of " Social
Rights , " and " independent labour ! " They will stir the masses by _highsounding seatimentS i and democratic theories : and such is often the error of the people , that , perhaps , the real democrathe who tries to steady the public mind , nnd to fix those slippery champions to a definite and practical recognition of a well-defined right , to a distinct and unequivocal object—he who tries to keep them to the point , or rather the six points ( the foundation of all the rest ) when they wonld cloud it with vain and fiery declamation , will be hooted from tho people ' s platforms , by the people's own voice , as an obstructive—as a pander to that fatal'' half reform , " which it is hia vory object to prevent ! But , no matter—the path of duty is clear ; and I , for one , intend to follow ib .
I am opposed to , and shall ever oppose , all union with the middle class , and all support of middle class measures , in reference to the franchise , short of the Charter ; but I would still wish to conciliate them . I would not seek to increase clan hate , aiad thus perpetuate class distinction ; but thd mode of conciliating them should be , not by truokling to their prejudices—not by surrendering our rights , or by flying from our demands—truth never veils her mow , or hides her head . '—we sbould _conciliate them by showing that those rights nnd those demands are fully compatible with their own welfaio , and , indeed , the only guarantee for their own
safety—by teaching them that homo trade , their great want , can alone bo created—that pauperism and taxation , their great evil , can alone be lessened by tho overthrow of all monopoliesthat the w _.. rst and most deadly of all monopolies is tho monopoly of the franchise , because it is the foundation and bulwark of all the others—and that nothing short of the Charter can remove this monopoly ; and by temperately , yet firmly in _» i » ti » ' - ) that tw will not help _tliem to redress thbih grievances , unless they help us to redress our own . But , at a time when the Protectionists may _poss'Uy return to power , whon tho trading classes will certainly be struggling for existence—at the time when tho game is in your oim _hmids—do not , for heaven ' s
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appears tOibc ; _, ' _^ : _ttf ' acti tb ' _"Varda ' th 6 _^ e ' ineri' who , _Iwit . b ' ih otijr'ojfn ranks' raise the watchword of sep *' _fatibn _^ aiid _;^* _tindenqf of ' : ixhbse ' p _^ iry ' U t _^ _est _^ _Msh cldisdittinc _^^ thdse' men " , ' who ,- allying themselvea' \ withitlie ' _mid-! die class , try . todraw ' _apportion of the people after ' them j and thus , imbuing . them with middle olua associations and sympathies , estranged tbmffroia the ranks of the uncompromising poor . They are _/> likeliest to succeed with the better paid mechanics- V —with the aristocracy of labour—aud here the \ j _^ . _injuriousness of their conduct becomes doubly ap- _v parent' : thbt abb the dkootducm of th « middu _^ _cwss-drawing from us those men , - who ar . _% or V _^ _-v wouldbe , wittiusi andtftiMtnrownolfteov » _rl'alo »« _l f \ V _^ T ) , of-power into ike hands _uoffiur opponents . It h & fl . \>\ c \ J ever been . the great difficulty of our movement to __^ V \ _^„ ,. _„ . „ . „ _Ai 4 . _u „ _m , _M / _flaolnoa _fnndencv of the , better _\ \\ ever been . the great difficulty oi our . . movement , to _ y V V \ CQunteracUhe raiddleelaaS tendency . of _thebettjet M
_; .. , _>^ pajdi trades ' :: _fcJssi _^^ _JSW _^ V _* _dmuWMnd , "though' how-professing ' . _CM-tigm _^ wulth % _« ra _^ _ST _Wlffisiv _' pa _^ who b _amn' _^ n th _^^ p te 8 _f _hearts . _^ _ _k Tmfm _\ mra _^^ p _^ eiito mmpt _^^ _£ T _% nient 8 "' _rdf , «* f _^ <\| 'K ' vblutidoisfcd- _&^ Vp _iwMob . _tavcdvfifr _^ . v : [ will bo , aR :. endeav . ciur ., to identity _^ hartism _^ . w ith" \ . _'' _fviqlencef _' - _'ffurv _^ nf _J «; blood ' ' -until at last ; if . they , _subceed , ' 'tne pharter" will be a forbidden word , and democwcyfimiBerablefruin , haunted tbesorrdws'bf a _^ _^ _hetra-foB abd sacrificed people ; ' ¦ libitthose meh , ' w * fo _tMis-try to * create ' a _!« BCTidNA-movbmbht in _oiir'Tranksi if they - are ' . FOR the Charter , there can be no good reason why they
should secede from the phalanx of the Chartists ; if they are AGAINST _- _'H _, they must havo bad some reason for pretending toibeinitsfeyovir . ; They _. mwsi Know that the _splittibjj cf a party into small fragments is fatal to its " _pvogvesa—dangerous even _fo its existence—and , ' _Rowing _thwi-they must beour enemies if they persist' in so _pefntcfotM- 'a _' pol ' o _^ . _'ltb'ferefrow <» _U'OT _" _- yoUir , - _^ W ;? 'v- yc xBs uihp _^ _jBUBsmcbrnvc _^ Bi ' _iSi-d' ' ' _^ Some b _£ -whom ma _^ _oe _^ _hjoneat mei ) ,, butvaH ? , of _;^ _fc _*" ww * , be _i # » P » _ble 'lei _^ ra _^ a . _^^ on _^ 0 | fiyW violence "' of _expression , no intemperance of advocacy , to give a colour to the accusation whioh tho rich and their decoy-ducks try to bring against will endeavour
the democracy of England . They to identify uswith theories with whioh we have nothing in common ; to make us accountable for actions which wo have never participated in or sanctioned ; to ally us with men and parties to whom we are utter strangers ; to brand us with sentiments _abhorent to our hearts ; whatever there is most prejudice against , whatever is most reviled , and whatever is most bated , with that they will try to identify our movement . You play into their hands , if you give a colour to the accusation . Remember I—the Charier is the foundation of all Democracy—you have not got the Charter yet—direct all your energies to that point—lay the foundationbefore you build the roof . I should deem it unnecessary to advert to what
might have been considered an exploded dogma , the " moral" and " physical force ' * doctrine , had not recent accusations and discussions proved ( hat the Old Ghost was not yet laid . Here , again , may be the seed of discord as it was before . Somo parties write " peaceful and legal" on their programmes . I give them credit for a good intention . I , too , am for peace ahd law ; and thb People ' s peace , and tub Pjbopb ' _b law , I would defend it at any . cost , against any enemies who may try to break it' but I assert , that aU expressions in themselves irrelevant _, but that may tend to become the watchword ofa party and create division , ought most studiously to be avoided . I tell thorn tbat it is a mark of folly to predicate what tho character of a movement may
become—that this depends wholly upon circumstances beyond the control of man—that it migut be as criminal in one case to maintain peace , as it would be in another to levy war—and that it is as great a folly , in the face of armed oppression to announce ' your intention of unconditional _submissiveness and non-resistance , as it would be wicked on the path of constitutional victory , to Bully it with unnecessary blood . I exhort you to crush in the bud every attempt to raise the question of * ' moral" or ' * physical force , trample it as you would an adder . In the speech whiob iormed the nominal ground of accusation against me , I said : " that I did not believe a single blow need be struck , or a drop of blood be shed by the
people , to secure the triumph of Democracy in England . " 1 still believe the same , ' because I have confidence in our strength , and hope in our progress—but I fearlessly assert , that _contingencies _rnignt arise , under which it would be the duty of the people to arm and strike and I will do even the " Men of Submission" the justice to believe , that they would do more than talk in the cause of Democracy . In advocating that cause , I believe it to be necessary , that the practical and social results of the Charter should be laid before the public ; I believe , that the less enlightened portion of tho working classes feel little sympathy with political rights , _uwlesa they can be made to see the result in social benefits ; I believe they do not yet fully understand
the connecting link between political Fi _» wEB and social reform ; I believe there is little use in holding before them the Cap of Liberty , unless you hold the mo loaf by the side of it—it is therefore , as I conceive , the duty of all advocates of Chartism and Democracy to point to the social benefits which will result from the Charter—to show them what are the laws and institutions that need altering and abrogating , why thoy are injurious , why they must he removed , before the sufferers can be prosperous and happy , what ave the materials out of which to _construct ' _siicb prosperity and happiness , and how tbe Charter will enable them to make that change . 1 would have them taught a knowledge of their SOCIAL bights , in order that , when they obtain
political power , they may know _hotv to keep itand not be deceived , duped , betrayed , as the nations have so often been before . Above all , I would have them to understand , what the experience of eighteen centuries has taught us , that political power must be obtained , before social amelioration calf , be enjoyed ; that co-operation , however salutary and successful , that abstinence , morality , aud toil , that _« . ll th * efforts of united industry and intelligence are ineffectual to remove the' dead weight of misery , as long as the sharp sword of monopolising power is wielded by one dominating class . Instead of wasting your timo and your energies in attempting to convert the middle class , whom nothing but self-interest will change , and whom bankruptcy , poors rates , and taxation , are fast
converting , direct all your attention to your own order thore is room enough for conversion in that—look at the agricultural serfs ; look at the labourers on our railways , in our mines , and docks , in . our barracks , arsenals , and ships ; look at Ireland with its desolated misery—convert these—try to form an union with these—and you will need no truckling to any haughty class , that basks under the golden sunshine of prosperity . The Poor _aionb can win the battlk of THE POOR . Brother Chartists ! I have spoken freely and without reserve of those subjects on which I _thought a clear understanding most necessary . I shall _, now shortly have tbo pleasure of visiting you in several of your localities , pusuant to the invitations with which I have been honoured ; I shall then be abletO exchange views witli you more fully than at present . My last words on leaving the dock at Newgate , wero ' The Charter and Kt » Sorrknpkb ! " I will
now take a prouder watchword : — The Chabtkb and Victory . With these words I will bid you farewell for the present , ' _" ; And remain , your Faithful Friend , and Servant ,
ERNEST JONES . P . S . —As , pursuant to invitations received , I purpose starting on a tour through England and Scotland in September , I should feel obliged b y those places , which , honouring me with an invitation , have not specified the days of the week that are most suitable in their several localities , for a lecture or meeting ; to intimate tho same without _lossoftime in order that I may arrange my route accordingly . All letters to bo addressed tome , " 02 , _Queensroad , Bayswater , London . "—E . J .
Loss Op Ihe Consain Emigrant Suir.—This ...
Loss OP ihe _ConsAin _Emigrant Suir . —This noble ve & _sel _, nearly one thousand tons burden , was , we regret to say , totally lost on her last outward passage on the eastern banks of Newfoundland , with a very near sacrifice , oi all the passengers . The ship , whicli was the property of Messrs . Pollock and Co ., Of \ _Glasgow , sailed from Liverpool in the latter part of May last for New York , carrying out 300 emigrants . After a passage of thirty-five days she wag _^ making fov the south-cast point of the Banks of Newfoundland , when she unfortunately struck on some rocks . There was a strong swell running inwards , causing tho sUi _-i to thump tremendously , soon battering in her bottom , and the sea filling _licr . The _preservation of the _farmed passengers was the first caro of tlio master and officers . A rono was sot to the shore , thus _c'lnb _' mg wit
tho craw to place the _omigmU _siUeiy . on w . u Subsequently tho vessel « as suitouih / c / J agMg Hio r _m- <\ Mivor of London , is to take place on in-55 tno _-Sb " o ? ° dobcv this day haying been y k . hh lloval Highness Prince Albert , who ntho e . iter aiwaeut . _—»•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10081850/page/1/
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