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4 THE NORTHERN STAR . January U , _j 85 _r
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In Four Weekly _Numbers , of Tneiitv-wur Pages each , Price Twopence the Sumter , CANTERBURY versus ROME , TWO LECTURES , BY ERXEST JOXES , Xo 1 , on Saturday , the ISth inst Cos-tests . — What is really the teaching of Christ !—How bus he been obeyed?—How did the church perish ! The five taints : ambition , avarice , usury , insanity . blasphemy . Tbe Papal Cncr . cn or Esr . _iixn . _—British—Saxon—Norman—Anglican—Old Coin—The Devil ' s _messenei-r—Pirate parsons—How the Charter wis obtained _, and what it was worth . —The Lollards— FickcifieUls—Tlie fiery pit—The price of wood— Luther ' s _leiter— 'file church _proparty —Did the cnurcli help science , _religion , or freedom _?—Papist" ; and state churchmen , llisstntcrs and democrats ' . Published by E . Hippie , Ilolywell-street , Strand , London . So . - _' , ( with an historical append * *;' , will appear on Saturday , the - _* _-5 _tU inst
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EttXEST _JOSES "Win rc _*> eat the Second Lecture on the above subject , at HIE SATIOSAL SCHOOL-ROOMS , C 0 WPER-STREE 1 CITl _' -KOAD , On Wednesday evening , January the 15 th , Admission : —Hall , Id . ; Platform , 3 d . To com . in . euce at eight o ' clock precisely .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , M , Southampton-street , Strand . IT-HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -L hereby announce the following mcetiugs : — On Sunday afternoon at three o ' clock Ihe . Metropolitan District Council will meet at the City Hall , "JC , Golden-lane , Barbican . Ou Sunday evening next at the Keek Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess _Uoyal , Cireus-strei't , . Marylebone—King and _CJusm , Foky-street , _Portland-place—bricklayers ' Anns , Tollbridge-street , Sew-road—Crown and Anchor , Chesh ' _ire-sireet , _AVau-iloo Town _—<* Uib 2 and r .-it-iids . _Morgan-street . Commercial road-cast—and Stw Eastern Literary aud Scientili : Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , _Stthnal Green . Ou ihe same evening at fire _o'clock , the Unit , d Councils ofthe Tower Hamlets " " - ! meet at the Woodman Tavern , Vr ' ahc-strect , Waterloo Town ; and at eight o ' clock Air . Ernest Jones will lecture at tlie above Tavern . Subject : 4 Past , Present , and Future . '
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'Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . ' EARLY SEXT F EBRUARY WILL BE _TUBLISnED Tha First Xumber of
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_ipHE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE JL STORES are now owned at
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . The First Xumber of the New Series . OF " THE RATIONAL INSTRUCTOR" ' Is now ready . SIXTEEN LAKGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGE _, Price One Penny . IT 13 TIIE ADVOCATE OP POLITICAL , S 0 G 1 AL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
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TO TAILORS . BI approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and II . R . II . Prince Albert .
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J / _tttriKion _*/ marfc ca . * _' / ; or how to win a Lover . MISS JULIA BOOTH will send free to any address , on receipt of fifteen postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the affections of as many of the opposite sr-x as their hearts may desire- The _ptoposal is simple , and so captivating and enthralling that all may be married , irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . Address , Miss Jcua Booth , U , Handcourt , Holborn , Loudon .
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THE CELESTIAL SCIEXCE OF THE STARS . Mil . F . MOOllB having after years of sedulous devotion to the study of this sublime science , made himself perfect master of it in all its branches , respectfully offers his dcrvices to a discriminating and _enlightened public , trusting that by personal demonstratlon _' svine may be convinced of its truth aud importaiicc . In Horary Astrology . Pivfessor M . has been eminently successfu _' , the accuracy ol his calculations and the perspicuity of his judgments have caused hundreds , who before _considered it to be an imposture and a cheat , to join the ranks ot the wise and bear tbeir grateful testimony to its reality and _excfedinj ' usefulness , when legitimately practised by educated aiurcoinpett-nt persons . This department of the Art ( 11 . A . ) esteemed the most beautiful , is founded ou the sympathetic properties which
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Savages at Sea . — Captain Daley , the commander of the Jeremiah G . irnctt ( which arrived on Tuesday at Liverpool from Shanghai ) , reports that ou the 7 th _September he full in with two canoes , which contained nineteen savages of a copper colour , tattoed all over , and in a state of nudity . By _sij-ns aud other means of interpretation it was gathered from them that they had been blown out to sea thirteen days previously from the Islands of St . David ' s . They were received on board the Jeremiah Garnett and fed , but one of tho poor wretches died the same evening . Capt . Daley bore up for St . David ' s and there landed them .
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T ETTERS TO THE HIERARCHIES , - " By Robert Owbs . Also to Richard Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., with observations on the means to well-place , well-employ , and well-educate the population ; and other interesting matter , in ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , Xo . IX . contains LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AND TO TIIE CABINET MINISTERS . No . XII . will be published next Saturday . Part II ., price U ., is now ready . Published weekly by Clayton , 265 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row , Price , Id ., and in Monthly Parts , 4 d .
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WILLIAM ST . CLAIR , tho glazier , lately employed at the Exhibition In _Hjde Park , will Lecture at the Institute , John-street , _Tottsnlmmcourt road , on Monday evening next , January 13 th , 1851 To commence at half-past seven o ' clock .
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LIBERTY , EQUALITY , FRATERNITY . A MUSICAL LECTURE will take place XJL at tho Phoen i x Hall , Friar-street , Doctors Commons , on Sunday evening , Januavy 12 th , consisting of the na . tional songs of Poland , Hungary , Germany , and Franco . The Hungarian battle march will be played on ths guitnr ; and songi will be sung by a number of Hungarian nnd Polish Refugees who took p : irt iu the Hungarian struggle . Translations of the different songs in English , with observations on the late war in Hungary . Tho character of Kossuth . Recitations in Polish and Eng . lish , on the death of General Sawinski . Dr . Oxlcy , the Temperance Advocate , will take the chair at eight o ' clock . Admission , Reserved Seats . 2 d ; Hall , Id . A lecture will be delivered on Sunday at the Fraternal Home , when four _pisce 3 of music will be performed , and a recitation in the Polish and English language will be spoken . Admission , Id . Commence at half-past seven o ' clock precisely .
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IV " . IV .. Leeds . —Mr . Kydd leaves London on Monday for the West Hiding of Yorkshire ; parties wishing his services should write to him . His address is 5 , Park-vow , Ktdghtsbridge . Polish and _Hcn-garm ** Keel-gee Fund . —Mr . Drake , Brick-lane 5 s—Two Hungarian Friends It 10 s . — Thomas Fehgcson , See ., 3 , Gray ' s-buildings , Elizabeth-street , Hackney road . The Coxfeuesce . —Benjamin Armrield , of Doncaster , informs us that he is in favour of a Conference being held in January at Manchester , and at Loudon in March . He believes the 1 , 800 who voted for the Executive , to be the most active Chartists , and does not appear to know that that body was elected by universal suffrage in other localities , if not in Doncaster . We join with him in his good wishes .
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . Now ready for delivery with the Northern Star , authentic , highly finished , and beautiful STEEL ENGRAVINGS , UPWARDS OF TWO FEET LONG From tho contractors' ( Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the Interior and Exterior of THE CRYSTAL PALACE : OR
GREAT BUILDING IN HYDE PARK FOR The Grand Industrial Exhibition of 1851 No expense has been spared iu obtaining a correct and finished Engraving of this GIGANTIC _UNDERTAKING , And we feel assured our Subscribers will admit , on seeing impressions , that the Plates are only second to the Building itself in their
extraordinary novelty aud dimensions . Price of Prints Gd . ; Proofs Is . each . Post Office orders for the number required , must be forwarded by the Agents to _AVilliam Rider , at the Northern Star Office , Great Windmill Street ; or to Mr . Pavey , Ilolywell-street , Straud ; or they may bo obtained through their respective London Booksellers . The usual allowance to the trade .
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TO THE HEADERS OF THE '' PRTHEM STAR *" With the commencement of the Session we purpose to mako several important alterations and improvements in the shape , contents , and publication of the Northern Star . It will , in the first place , contain Sixteen instead of Eight pages ; thus giving greater facilities for filing and binding it , and permitting at the same time of superior arrangements in the classification of news , correspondence , reviews , and original articles .
A larger quantity of small type will be used than at present , which will materially improve the appearance of the paper , and add to the quantity of its contents . The present Scottish Edition will be discontinued , and advantage be taken of the extension of railways , to delay the publication of the First Edition till Friday evening ; by which our Scottish readers will have one day ' s later news .
By making correspondence as brief as possible during the sitting of Parliament , we shall be enabled to give very full reports of its proceedings , together with an ample and careful selection of home and foreign news . We shall also issue a Saturday Edition for the metropolis , aud the home counties , containing all tho news of that morning . This will place the Star on an equality with the other metropolitan journals published on the same day , as regards the lateness and variety of its news .
By these changes we hope , that while tho Star will maintain its distinctive character as the organ of Chartism , it will also present all the best features of a carefully compiled Family paper . We trust that our readers aud friends will exert themselves to support these efforts to issue a journal worthy of being the organ of Democracy in this country .
Orders , Subscriptions , and Advertisements for the New Series , which will commence on Saturday , February tho 8 th , should be forwarded to this office immediately .
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CHARTIST POLICY . It would appear , from what has transpired during the past week , that there is at present very little chance of a united Chartist party being formed . We regret the fact , but it is as well that it should be openly stated . No benefit can arise to any ono by concealment of tho truth , or by acting upon fallacious data . By openly acknowledging and accepting the actual state of affairs , there is , on the other hand , this advantage to be derived if we cannot make things as we wish them to be , we can at least make the best of them as they are .
Indulgence in vituperative personal abuse , naturally provokes retaliation in the same coin . Reason loses its sway in proportion as the passions become inflamed . The combatants soon lose sight of principle , and fight only small personal battles ; to the great amusement ofthe bysfcauders , who have not the slightest objection to see them pummel each other so lustily . It is , however , astonishing how rapidly evil example spreads in such cases , and how eager some people become to mingle in the fray . Th ' iB week we have
received resolutions from so-called " Councils , " in localities where we were not aware that any Chartist organisation whatever existed . They have been deaf and dumb enough , at all events , when they were wanted to help in any good work requiring the smallest self-sacrifice . The eagerness with which they seek to rush into the midst of a personal squabble—the pains they have taken to cull all the strongest vituperative epithets to be found in the English language , and the force with which they launch their huge avalanche of Billingsgate ,
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against tho characters and motives of parties of whom they can in reality- know" very little indeed , contrasts strangely and strongly with their previous torpor , if not practical
non-existence . What may be the nature of the influences which have called these self-styled ¦¦ councils " into the field we do not pretend to know , nor shall we too curiously inquire . Every one , however , in tho least acquainted with these mattors , can easily imagine tho nature of the machinery by whicli such spurious manifestations of opinion are attempted to be palmed off as a genuine expression of public feeling .
There is no necessity for any laboured refutation of the assumption—no need to fight with shadows . Ono fact stands boldly out in the midst of all ¦ ' the fire and fury , signifying nothing , " with which we are dinned . The socalled National Charter Association can only contrive to muster about eighteen hundred votes for an Executive , and these , too , be it recollected , arenotall honafide members , but composed of all the ** waifs and strays" who could ho caught hold of by accident at the time the election took place .
We take no pleasure in stating that fact , but it is a fact ; and whatever ability the members of that Executive may individually or collectively possess , however their past exertions may have entitled them to fill the position , we say as wo said last week : that it is preposterous for them to assume national authority , to claim national obedience , or put forth the presumption that they lead a national party . To the support and the sympathy of the few hundred persons who elected them they have an undoubted right ; beyond that , English Democracy owes them no allegiance whatever , and is free to take its own course altogether , irrespective of any resolutions , addresses , or deeds of that body .
If the Executive are satisfied with their position , let the matter rest where it is . They know the extent of their jurisdiction , the amount of support on which they may calculate—and if they so choose may take their own way , and agitate for the Charter , as an united body , in any form they think proper . Tliose who voted for them , who placed them iu a position to incur expense , and to give labour , tire bouud cither to support them or give formal notice of withdrawal . As an united party , however small , and with certain pecuniary means , however limited , they will be
able to effect some good , but no benefit whatever will be derived , hy any party , from a protracted dispute about mere personal matters . That can only lead to the waste of energythe waste of time , and the waste of money , for the worst and most unprofitable of purposes . If tho two soctious of the Chartist body cannot agree to act together , let them fairly and frankly separate , the world is wide enough for them both to pursue their own path , without jostling . The section that acts on the most
comprehensive , enlightened , and practical policy , will do the most to further the end which each has in view . It will speedily be known by the public support given to either , whicli is the best . By this course each would be progressing , however slowly . The public at largo would not be edified by the spectacle of Chartists bespattering each other with abuse , and disputing who are to be leaders , when there is nothing to lead . That folly has surely lasted long enough . Let us have no more of it .
Ave observe that orders have been issued forbidding any Yorkshire localities to send delegates to the Manchester Conference . In the course of the painful aud damaging discussion which has lasted so long , much virtuous declamation has been expended about " dictation . '' It certainly appears to us , that this is the climax of "dictation . " The parties who have dared to pass such resolutions , should be sent _btick to the first form , and instructed in
the very alphabet of Democracy . They are ignorant alike of its principles and its spirit ; and , we believe , that this exhibition of themselves will not conduce to make the people at large much in love with the prospect of their ever having power to give effect to their own wishes . " Better to bear the tyranny we have , than fly to others that we know not of , " The Manchester Conference will , of course , proceed to hold its sittings as if no such ukase had ever been issued . We trust it will do so
with as little reference to these unhappy differences as possible , and that what is said will bo in a manly , but temperate and rational tone . As Democrats , they must recognise the full and unfettered right of every individual to judge for himself , on all questions of public and private interest . If others have been compelled , by the impressions made on their minds , to take a different viow from themselves , their convictions are to
be respected . Let them go their own way in peace . Let the Manchester Conference set about its own work—that of organising a People ' s Party , in a calm , comprehensive , and earnest spirit ; and when the task is completed , let them appeal to the people for support , in a way that shall give no encouragement to the perpetuation of divisions , or tho excitement of antagonistic feelings among those who profess to be seeking the same object as themselves .
If those who may be appointed to carry out tho resolutions of that Conference take a lofty and dignified position ; if they turn neither to the right hand nor tho left , in the discharge of their public duties ; if they resolve never to condescend to personal squabbles , sedulously avoid returning railing for railing , and keep steadily before the people the great principles for which they con tend—we promise them ample and speedy success . Self-respect is the first step towards gaining the respect of others .
As to the policy ot the Conference , we have no wish to interfere . That can be best decided when all tho facts connected with tho Chartist movement , and the present stato of public opinion , have been fully considered by its members . If , however , wc were to venture upon offering any suggestion , it would he , that s a basis for all their deliberations , they should resolve upon keeping the agitation for the Charter separate . from auy other movement . We would rather that it wero
otherwise , but the duty of the practical politician is to work with such instruments , and such a public opinion as he finds around himnot to construct theories , or propose organisations which , however correct in the abstract , have no immediate chance of being realised . An attempt has been made , we are certain in all sincerity , to amalgamate in one movement all the different sections of the Democratic party , both political and social . That attempt has failed , much to our individual regret , for we havo longed as much for such an union as the most ardent advocate who attended the John-street meetings .
It would appear , however , that thero is something in the nature of the plan itself which is adverse to its success . There is , in fact , an essential difference between a struggle to obtain political rights and the use of these rights after they are obtained . All who are excluded from the enjoyment of these rights may unite in the first—the use which they will make of them depends on their previous education , habits , aud position in life ; and as these vary so much , it is impossible to secure the same unity of opinionand action in the second .
The legitimate and straight-forward task of the Chartist party is to instruct the masses as to the nature and extent of their political _riglitB , and to organise them for tho purpose of wringing these rights from a hostile Government and a _reluctantLegislature . The duty of Social Reformers _jb not less obvious—nor less important : it is to diffuse a knowled ge , ofthe most equitable and beneficial mode of using those powers when attained .
Each party will effect much good . hy keeping to its own work . The principle of ihe division of labour holds good in the political as well as
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in the industrial world . No great popular or successful movement , that we remember , -was a composite or a complicated one . The Repeal of the Test aud Corporation Acts—Catholic Emancipation—the Reform Bill—the Penny Postage— -the Anti-Corn Law League ; all were distinguished by singleness of aim , and pertinacity of purpose on the part of their supporters . The agitation for tho People ' s Charter must be marked by the _saine characteristics .
It does not , however , follow as a corrollary that Chartists , because they confine themselves strictly to the Charter iu their capacity of members of a Chartist movement , are therefore to take no part in any other movement having in view the elevation and improvement of their fellow men . On the contrary , the more actively they mix with others the better for the great cause of political freedom . We do not advise the mixing up of tho Co-operative movement directly with the Charter , but we do say , that for Chartists everywhere to combine for the purpose of becoming , as far as
possible , their own producers , distributors , and educators , would indirectly give a compactness , power , energy , and organisation to the Chartist movement , which it has never yet possessed . The forethought , business habits , and practical knowledge acquired in the formation and management of workshops , mills _, warehouses , and schools , would be brought to the aid of the political agitation . It would improve it in spirit , tone , and manner , and provide a larger and steadier supply of funds to carry on the struggle for political emancipation . It would , in fact , make Chartism what the middle classes made the Anti-Corn
Law League , and with the same resultsuccess . The " League " was neither a cotton spinning , a woollen , manufacturing , or a mercantile body in its corporate capacity ; but there can be no doubt , the practical intelligence , and the abundant means brought to it , by the fact of its members being engaged in these occupations , hastened the downfall of tho territorial monopoly . Chartists must , for a nobler and more universal object , bring into
tho field elements of a similar description , and therefore , while keeping their agitation strictly confined to its legitimate and single purpose , they may also give such encouragement to the spread of co-operation in principle aud practice , as shall not onl y confer immediate benefits on the working classes , but aid in ultimately placing them within the pale of the constitution , in the full enjoyment of all their political privileges .
If the Manchester Conference acts in this spirit , and proposes a practical and efficient plan of organization , we have no doubt that it will succeed in attracting round the standard of the Charter a powerful association . If London cannot , or will not , act with it , there is no need for any angry words on the matter . Parliament will be assailed by two bodies instead of one , and perhaps both of them will be stimulated to make more earnest and ardent
efforts in the noble rivalry that may spring up between them in the good work . Mutual recrimination , and personal disputes , are as contemptible as they are criminal . It is for the Charter , and not for A B C . or D , that the Chartists are called upon to struggle . Those who attempt to occupy their minds , or waste their time and energies with petty personal squabbles , are either fools or knaves , and in either case not fit to be the leaders of a great popular _.
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PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS . Signs of the approaching commencement of the Session begin to make their appearance . As yet , they are purely of a financial character . The certainty that a considerable surplus will this year he at tho disposal ofthe Ministry brings out the advocates of the repeal of various taxes , with their reasons why the impost they are specially opposed to should he abolished . We have already recorded our opinion of the urgency of the repeal of the
taxes on knowledge . This week new claimants demand the abolition of tlie window-tax , and we apprehend with a greater chance of more immediate success . When the housetax was repealed twenty years ago , it was distinctly understood that the window duty was to follow at the earliest possible moment . But , like many other obnoxious and mischievous burdens , it has been maintained by successive governments because tho people have never told them iu decided terms it would no longer be endured .
Last session , however , Sir Charles Wood only barely escaped a defeat . On the division he had a majority of two in favour of retaining this most injurious impost * Had the door not been shut in the face of other members , who hastened to it when the division bell rung , the majority would have been the other way . However foolhardy and obstinate Lord John and his colleagues may be in their resistance to popular demands , they are too good parliamentary _tactitians to disregard such an emphatic warning as that division . The window-tax must go , whatever _^ elso remains ; and thus one huge injustice will be swept from our fiscal system .
The tax , though a war tax , and , like all war taxes , levied expressl y for the protection of our " property , our homes , and our religion , " was cunningly laid upon those who had the smallest amount of property , and the poorest homes . The wealth y classes escaped by the contrivance of an iugeniously-constructed sliding-scale , which diminished in proportion as the means of the tax-payer increased , and increased in proportion as they diminished ! The poor hardworking and struggling artizan has to pay forty or fifty per cent on his rental for his light , while the rich
man escapes with one or two per cent , on his . How much of tho proportionatel y large mortality among the working classes is owing to this exclusion of the precious but plentiful light and air , whicli is requisite for health , cannot perhaps bo accurately estimated . But if it be true that typhus fever sends more victims to the grave yearly than were slain at Waterloo , that , as one item of the fearful account against this tax , will serve to give an idea of the magnitude ofthe evil it inflicts on the community . The retention of a tax so prejudicial to the health , tho comfort , and the morals of the masses , gives the lie to all the boasted anxiety of the Government and the
Legislature about sanitary improvement . The first and most indispensable pre-requisite to health and cleanliness is an abundant supply of sunshine and air . Deprived of those , man withers and deteriorates as certainl y as plants or trees . The Session of 1851 will do something worth remembering , if it admits the light and the breath of Heaven freel y into the pent-up dwellings of the poor . We may expect the construction of a superior class of houses for the industrious classes , in which the ingenuity ofthe architect will not be expended in contriving how to evade the tax-collector , but to admit the pure air and the golden sunshine , with their purifying influences , to the fireside of tho labourer .
__ Anotner financial question which will give rise to much debate is the Incom Tax . It will be remembered that the late Sir Robert Peel only asked that tax for three years , and that the Whi gs proposed its renewal , with a larger per centage , on coming into ofiice . The renewal was granted , but not tho _iucrease , with a very significant indication , that if the impost was to be made a permanent one it must be levied upon more equitable principles . Nothiug can bo more glaring than the injustice which taxes au income of £ 150 derived from personal labour , and therefore dependent upon personal health and skill in the same way , and to the same extent , as £ 150 derived from real propertywhether that property be lands , houses , shares .
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or stocks . That monstrous anomaly _^ redressed , if a tax on incomes is _toi _^ after this year . But , beyond this th _^ tion may fairly be put : wh y should n _^ who receives £ 2 18 s . 9 d . a week h tl 1 * ' upon to pay £ i 7 s . Gd . every yeartothop Ci , l ! - 'l ment in hard cash , while his neighh % lives next door to him , and receives £ _^ _'S week , does not pay one farthing ? ij lijS a clumsy the taxing machine may be i % ignorant Financial Min isters—surely " _'" _^'" i demand some nearer approximation ' * _* _"•• _' in the imposition and distribution of ° t | ,, C { ' " tional burdens , than this ! lle % AVhat is wanted is a careful revisio whole financial system b y practical U ° " _^' partial men , with a view to placing ' it u _^ ' *"• broad and intelligible princi ple , th- J " ' * - ' individual shall pay in propor _tion'VS means ; and further , that the niou ev f _^ shall not bo more than is absolutely S ° " ' ; , 'i for the efficient performance of the _^ ° : ir duties confided to the active officers of _p "' _" ' ment for the time being . 0 Vc fi :.
"Papal Aggression" will no doubt ,. tute a prominent subject of discuSsi 0 I . this question will have been worn sn ii ' . _^ bare before it reaches the New Ki _*^ Westminster , that little novel ty in a 'J 1 C (; ' can be looked for . AVhat will excite cn ?" ? will he , the mode in which the _var ' o _,,, _? liamentary parties will try to getout of th \ _-l culty in which the policy of tho Romish f'l has placed them . It is not improhabl " i that it may lead to the formation of * '" Ministry , and the dissolution of 'lle 1 ' _' ' Parliament . If so , the new CardinalJ ?} bishops will be the means of « _- ,.: !' ,
electoral and non-electoral bod y au ( e •' tunity of openly testing tho extern '' ' which popular feeling exists iu » , .. ' of representative Reform . From the pi ' ,. - '" House of Commons we have not the _sl _^ . _'' hopes of any real amendment . The " sh _* . * less and beastly corruption and _drunkeni _^ St . Albans—the coercion and _intiiiij , _] , _^ under which slaves with votes , are driven ft cattle to the hustingsin other places , are mJ the theme of indignant comment in SOnJ ;
our orthodox journals . But not one of _,, ever hints at the only effectual _rcmtilv f these disgraceful occurrences—namely thorough substantial and honest reform _df-i People ' s House of Parliament , As W . that House is elected by a small section ofV community—as long as the constituency ft * limited continues to bo so unequally a ' , J tioued , so long will bribery and con ' u _* prevail among the voters , aud selfish clas-s-iterests rule the legislators of this country "'
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FACTION FIGHT IN FRANCE . The game of cross purposes , at which tl President and the Legislative AssemF have long been playing , has at length read a crisis . M . BaroChe _' s administration _iias . W sickened , at last , of doing dirty work , awl eating dirt in the service of the wouW . ; Emperor , who apparently finds great ditfe ' in persuadiug any body to take their -. law Tho livery of tho Elysee is not particular clean , and the nature of the dutv not or
agreeable . To any man of spirit it can h ; ¦ ' _* means be pleasant tobe always dunning ' - _;^ Legislative Assembly for money to auppor :., ; system of wholesale and shameless brik . v and extravagance , which , whether it ti "¦ the shape of sausages and champagne . '' reviews , or costly and splendid parties , _¦;; i the glitter of a mimic court , has for its ol ; : i the destruction of the Republican Constitui . - and the elevation of " the nephew of : ¦*
uncle to a throno . Not that the mnjorb the Assembly have any objection to the res : tion of monarchy—the very opposite . I while they are as anxious for the restorat of monarchy as the Buonapartists , _theyfa other candidates for the situation . The Ik bon and Orleans dynasties divide the alli - ance of the President ' s opponents , and struggle is one of tho most selfish , dis _' _ione and treasonable kind on the part of all who
involved it . The Legitimists and _Orlcani : have avowedly only tolerated Louts _> poleon as a warming-pan for their resp « ti favourites ; everything that could tend togi _" him a permanent hold upon power _luu c with cither an open or concealed oppositio : and by keeping at their back General _Ciia : _oarnier , with a large body of soldiers in a : about the metropolis , they have , in fe maintained the virtual mastery of tho " sit " tion . "
It is with no small amount of satistacti : that we see Louis Napoleon ' s unconsii : tional , treacherous , aud despotic policy re such a reward as it now has . He delibcrat ? preferred to intrigue with tlie enemies oii Republic , for his own personal aud petty a * bition , rather than to faithfully p erform i duties he solemnly undertook , as the head ' ' - Republican Government . He deserted s betrayed the people , and they , in turn , to left him to the mercy of those whose talents
oxpertness in political trickery and _siring " , being greater than his own , havo ttirced t . _[ tables upon him . He mi ght have been t loved and honoured Chief of a great _inland a prosperous and free state ; he i- :: powerless _stipendiary and used-up tod factions , not more hostile to popular _likthan they are to his own personal proj _^ and prolongation of power . This is , iud et-i fit retribution for the elect of six million * , showed his gratitude to those who drag '' him from obscurity , by selling three n _* and a half of their votes for a few paltry _hdred thousands of francs ; and who , during 1 '
whole of his administration , has not nv . _w rated a single great or comprehensive ifsure , hiised on the principles he professed _» iidvocated previous to his elevation . _W \ zf plicity in tho fratricidal destruction of ! Roman Republic—his proscription and _locution of the press—his rigorous _suppff- of tho ri ghts of public meeting—the a '''; '' and tyranny of his system of political e . f' _^ —and tho ruin and misery caused by ' trumped-up conspiracies of his infamous _t midoii 8 — all these things will g ive ' _' _'; Napoleon no enviable position iu " _^ In proportion to the greatness of his o | f
mties will be the depth of his fall . Wc do not apprehend any immediate ' ' : from the present check . Tho opposing l , ; l 1 ; no doubt hate each other most cordii " }\ '' neither of them are foolish enough to bete ) that if they were to come to blows the _f \ I at large would side with either of them * •; the contrary , the great probability is _^ " castle of cards , which they have been- ;;;
struct _' mg with such care for the last t wo ** * would tumble to pieces before the _bre' " _^ popular displeasure . However their _''j _^; may itch to be at each others throats , "J ' ' fore , they must perforce content _thci- _*'' . ivith resuming a hollow and constrained in the hope that time will yet permit the _^^ try conclusions , without the cha nce <» _" they aim at being suatched from all ot t _' _^ Hence , after tho _imnnl nnmmtt ' n and '' ; ' ¦ "
some flimsy device will be resorted to t 0 '' . _^' . _^ over the difficulty ofthe day , and avoi _'' _- _' _^; . Scylla and Charybdis of the Doti _*" " _^ : GeneralChangarnier . ThePitESi « _E- ifiifi . we fear , gono too far , aud committed _» _^ too deeply to retrace his steps , and P ' . _^; ., self at tho head of a National _lWJ ,. ¦; ,. ¦ . party ; though that offers him the _^ .. chance of safety , or permanent power iluence . But the real struggle is onHJ poned . Next year will compel all p _^ measure their strength fairly with _tfff aud decide whether France is to _W ,, ; ,,,
lican and progressive , or Cossack » _, „ ., actionary . We have yet faith that a - \ J _^ whose mostlearned philofiop hers-m _^; _ful and polished , writers , and _greats
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011851/page/4/
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