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* srr*,* . THE NORTHERN STAR/ January 16...
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GnATiTi'bg.—'The coloured citizens ol Cincinnati
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CAUTION-ONCE FOR ALL.
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I have to request that geod naturcd frie...
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niK NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY IG, 1847.
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THE LAST KICK. While ministers in esse ,...
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• ^v-^x^V^.^-y ** THE GREAT DIFFICULTY. ...
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WEEKLY REVIEW . Famine, pestilence, and ...
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* Srr*,* . The Northern Star/ January 16...
_* _srr _* , _* _. THE NORTHERN STAR / January 16 , 1847 .
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_(» _N * VOXDAY KiE . _lSl * , JAX 1 ' , IS * " . A PUBLIC DINNER . Will . T _^ _KE PLACE IS THK _^ R < - _* ** _«* _fO « OF IHE WHITE CONDU IT-. MOrsK tavern , pextonvlle , U H .. XOW _«* r IM _l-E-vn-A VAHUAVBSTAHY LEADER . T . S . DUNCOMB E , iv ii vim Win r _. p rnr « rNT OK _TJ" _** _OCCAs-IOV , •<• •<¦ _M _^ _-in to _il : e _Mettiiitr the cou- ? _- * _wtiK-h lie imendsto _Sil _^ mus t o « u ,. _y the _atte-.., o .. of Pari :-, * . ™ . ! during the . , , , r , aelii „ , ? eM _" e ; MieD . . .
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_roO _** _^ _' _^ _AS _JEBROLP'S WEEKLY XEWSPAPF . K . EKLAnc _» Mi _.- < T ok One Thihd on the _Mfetinb oe Paii . liamkkt . la _ordii' to _, nv _< -amp _' rr-pace f _. r ail tli .- _Nvevs of the W . ck . _includiiij ; tbe Debate's in _P-. _rliiiiaiiatncnt—Ti-c * _£ i « ceV . an _.-ous _Ooour _^ _tuc _^ _si—L *« and Po ' _.-. ve _Repir-. s—Put-lie Mectiiii _* _-i—Fur _. _ik'ii lot ; lli _^ ence"AtLiuratnrL—Ce . rrr * _,- _^ _i-i _. ki : ce—a » Well as for Original an i var . ' _eias _Xeev Serial Articli-g , tbe _Proprietor has _ifeterinianiiicd to fti ' arpe the Pa ; ier to _tw unins' limit _allowed by tbe Stamp Liw , ami to add i . tie tbir _"" . or 2 t r . _eilunmi-: iiaiiakingin - . h _** wbei ' ie _Tiiir-y . t « o _P-Ji ; _--s , or X-. ne-ty-s . x _C'dutnus , tnut rendering _i-. equal to tbe Fu le * pt and _Largest ! _"r .: X < _. ( _r- ! _-i !; p r in' . be rxtent aud variety of its S _? w * _-jflbe Week , and _»* " 1 " retaining the Ixcge _fp-.-. e * - ber . toft-re de-voted : _¦ *> _ui _Original Articles by the E li ' . or , anl hi . Emineot Literary Colleagues . Free ( a « heretofore ) Si . r _^ nee . Order ol nihil Newsmen , Town or C . miitry . from _wliom _d-. t . iiled Prospectuses can be bad .
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PRICE THREEPENCE . T H E I ) A I L Y' N E W S , London . _"Horn-ing _Kewspaper , in Time for tbe "Morning n ails-
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How ready , Price Orc _^ _hiHioj . ' . Till : SKCOMi _EOITins- op MI LIFE , UR OUU SOCIAL STATE , Ymr 1 . a Putin , by EK . VEST JOXE _? , Barrister at Law . Full of wild dreams , stran . ee fancies and graceful images , _interc _^ -jrscd with jiv _.-ny _brij-ht and be _;< utifuthoughts , its cbiei * defect is its brevity _^ The aut hor ' s iu epiralions = eeui to gush fresh and sparkling " " rom Ilippocrene . Dc _wiJ ] _waut neither readers _ut-r admirers . —Morn ing Post . " it contains more pregnant _tbousiits , more bursts of lyric power , more , i ;* . line ' , e-f the truly grand ami beautiful , than any poetical work , which has made its _appearance for years . We know of tew things m <* re dramatically intense than the scenes _betwet-r f _' mlipn , _IVarren and Ciare . —A _' _c-x Quarterly Rtc ' txu _:. PabHsheel by Mr . Scw ' . v , 72 , Mo . timer-street , Cuvt-n _dihs-souare .
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CHARTIST POEMS , ' BY ERXE 5 T JOXES , Price Three Pence . FOCStB EDITION ' , KEV 1 SED ASIi COnilECTKD . Repltte with tb _< i fire of genius , and poetic powers of th- * very highest order , f « r _eloijueuce and destructive power , they appear , to us , almost unrivalled . We say ' destructive , '' for their tendency is " worse than Democratic . "New Quarterly Ilee ' , ew . —( Tory . ) These poems bave earned for their author tbe admiration tvf thousands . They ni . iy be classsed together as stirring and truly poetie-. il _appeals , which must commaud the response of the mighty inuli . _tude . —Northern Star . These poems may very appropriately b _^ styled the outpouring- of a 6 oul inspired by a t ' evout love for labour ' s cause , aud intent on the achievement of the _emancipation e > f industry . The _y-j _.-tvy will ee . me _Usme with power to many a careworn heart , produce an influence en the mind of _tniilions , au > l d _« i its part towards keeping alive the flame of hope in the souls of the toiling . _—Sottinglutin Reeietc .
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"LITHOGRAPHIC ENGRAVINGS CY THS DUNCOM B E T ES TIMOXIA I . MAY still be had at the Office of Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., " fi . Great Windmill Street , Haymarket . London ; through any respectable bookseller iu towu « n _tountry ; or at any of the agents e > f the Northern Star . The engraving is on a lar _^ e scale , is executed ill tht most _'iiiifbed sty'e , is iiiiclr printed an tiiired paper , au _< : » ives -a minute description of thc Testimonial , and has Inscription , ic _. Ae ; , engraved upon it . PRICE _FOUUPEXCE .
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NEW EDITION OF _TIIO-M'S I _*« . _'EMS . Just _Publislied , RHYMES AND RECoU . KCriO . VS OF A IlAXll . LOOM WEAVER . By _TfictUH TiiuMf _/ L . teof _Invei-uiy ) . A Third Edition , Post _rvo ., with Portrait , cieith , Gilt , Priee 4 s . An Edition in Demy , _.. u fine p . iper , Cloth . Gilt Letter and Portrait , 7 s . ¦ d . Loudon ; Smith , Elder and fo , 6 _* i , Comhill : and to be had of all Booksellers .
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TO TAILORS . LONDON aud PARIS FASHION'S FOR TUE WINTER , _lSIC-47 . y READ aad Co ., 12 , Hart-street , " _'' oouulury square . London ; And G . Ucig _. r , Holy well-street , Strand ; May _bs had of all booksellers , _wbeies-iev . r residing . KOW _BEAkV , By _apiraUitioa of her Majestj Que ... Victoria , and Iiis _lioyai Highness _Prihc-.- Albert , a sp- _lidii ; print richly coloured and exquisite . lv _executed View ot Hyd Park Gardens , as seen from Jljde Park , Lyndon . With tbis beautiful Print trill be sent Dre _.-s , Frock , pud Biding Coat Patterns , the n west style Chesterfield , and the New Fashionable Doubie-breasted _Waistcoat , with Skirts . The method of reducing and increasing them for all sixes , explained iu the most simple manner , with I _> ur extra Piates _, aud can be vastly performed b y any per » _oo . Manner of making up , and a full description o * thc L ' ail ' orms , as now to be none in the Koyal Navy , and other information . —Price I « s ., or post-free lis .
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Now Publishing in Weekly Numbers , Price One Penny . TH 1-: CO-OPERATOR . A Journal of _Sociai , _SIoiul , and Educationai . SCIENCK . This work , which is published in Stipe-Royal _Octavofui-iiiche s weekly reports _< _-f every movement going forward in thc country of a co-operative character with original articles on _eilucafiuu , and « 11 s <« ia ( and mora _eiuestitiis involving the interests and happiness of the _pe-e-ple . Published by S . G . Ceu . Liss , Holywell Street , Strand . Also _Publishing iu Wce ' : Iy Numbers , and Monthly Parts the family journal . Beauifully illustrated , as large and _elegantly got up as Cbambeis'Journal , price Oi _.-e Penny , containing a variety of _original romances , tales , and literal y , and scieiitiiic Essavs . C . _Dipplk , Holywell Street , Strand .
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_Xoh- _R-.-ady , a New Edition of MR . _O'CONIsOlVS WORK ON SMALL FARMS To l >? had at the X . rthe . _ii Star Office . 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Mane _.-iestcr .
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DOMESTIC MONITOR . On Saturday , January tbe 10 _* h _, was published , piice One Peony . No . V . of THE DOMESTIC MONITOR , Or Literary , Scientific , Lcga _' _, and Medical _Adriser . E . lited by Hermes . To be continued Weekly . Contents—Austria as it is iu tbe year 1 _SJ 7 . Don Uodrigo , the Forbidden _Weddiug . The Nosegay . The People ' s Corner . P _.-ospe-cts of Labour : Death by Starvation . _C-irresp _. ndenc * on _Scientific , Literary , _L- 'g _**! _. and Medical Subjects . _Dome-oiic Herbal . Published by E . Mackenzie , III , Fleet _Swuet , and tobe had of all _Bmikselleri and _Newsvenders . Letters to be addrcs « ed , post paid , " Hermes , 31 , Tonbridge Place , New Road .
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IMPORTANT TO _PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN _appl ' _catit-n was made on the _Z 2 nd . _**< pc-. Tiber , to the Vice-chancellor „ f England , bj Ar . Heard who , acting under a most extraordiuv deluswi , considers lnmseit the _«!/ i < : _jw 7 t < . _-iiIt' « of _th-i Photographie , i _.- _^ e « s li te restrain MR . EGEKTOX , of 1 , Temple-street , _aod MK _, tleet-street , rom taking Photographic Portt . i . ls _, whieh ne elo es by a process entirely _differest froc and verv s : ipenor to Mr . Heard ' s , and at one-half tlie cl . rge . * 1 _'is Honour refused tbe application iu _tot- » . _* o license required to practice this jiroces * _. wliich is fight b y Mr . Egcrton in a f-w lessons at a moderate charge . All the _Apparatus , Chemicals , & c , tobe had as usual _t : hisD _;«« r .. I , Temple-street , '• hitefriiirs .
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NATIONAL LAND AND BUILDING ASSO'C 1 ATI 0 NS . XTThercas my name ig unwarrantably used in connexion VV withthe . aboveAssociations , notwithstandingniyrepeated orders to the contrary , aud to formal notio s sent to each committee member ; and as the following . statements well calculated to mislead the unwary , have * for months back been published th Utfli this ' Commonweal " and at public meetings , " That the purchase of _IOj acres of freehold land for the use ofthe Associations has been completed , " _aiid also " that sums so paid in , stand in the name of respectable trustees on behalf of the Association , ami are -Venn time to time invested in the purchase of freehold estates , " I hereby give public noltce that no " monies or lands of any _. uuoitnt or kind have been paid to any _t-ust account opened in my name , nor have any been _teiiiiered to me . Having _Unig sin . i declined to act as a tntstec , I shall take legal step- ; if necessary , to disconnect mv name irom the above Associations . T . \ V . _Mbsm-tt . (' rove Lod _^ 'e , Brixton . Jan . ¦ ' . I 8 i 7 .
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EDCCATIOX OPON INCLUSIVE TERMS . A lady conducting an establishment quite upon the plat , of home education , and who only receives pupils ofthe lirst _ivspectihility , has now n few vacancies . The system _pursued iu this establishmunt is calculated to iusure a so id as we'd as an accomplished education , ae many years' eip _:.-i ieiice and a _c-. reful examination of the most improved methods of i-tstructL . il , have enabled the principal to select and _eombiue in her plau of education those advantages winch are calculated to secure to her pupils the highest _decree of intellectual , moral andrcliciousimprovement . The sum of fifty guineas a year includes instruction by Professors in tlie _fyiloiving accom-
Gnatiti'bg.—'The Coloured Citizens Ol Cincinnati
_GnATiTi'bg . — 'The coloured citizens ol Cincinnati
Field A Public Mtet Np On The 2m! Ult.. ...
field a public mtet np on the 2 m ! ult .. nnd passed resolutions _eulogistie of tlielak * _Theirs-as _Cinrkson , ami _re-jrotting his death . They also _rcboivtd to wmr _mourning for thirty days , and recommended the pas tors of tlieir churches to deliver discuurces appropriate to the occasion . Science » . _Hisen —The Laneasterand Carlisle Hail _, way is now opsned throughout , and , as it _eonstilutv _* ihe route to the far-famed Gretna , if the electric telegraph should be adopted by tbe directors on thd t line , elopements would become almost iui- racticable . What an enemy science is to romance and love * . _CBAtTisr _WiVDtso . —On Monday . January Uth , at AU Saints Church , Fulham , by the Vicar , the Rev . Mr . Baker , Philip SPGraih , President oi the National Charter Association , and Corresponding Secretary to the National Co-operative Land Compauy , to Elizabeth Alice second daughter of Henry CulJiugham , foreman to the Companv ' 5 Wor k s , at _lowfcamjs , and fledmarley , ffor-1 _eeitershirct
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THEATRE ROYAL MARYLEBONE . MtOrBIBTOa , MB . _iOVESIDQI , _tlbssek , Ma ; tons _dooolass , EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION . FOURTH WEEK OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PANTOMIME "HARLEQUIN AND THE SPIRIT
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JUST PUBLISHED , No . 1 , ( price Od . ) of TIIE LABOURER , A Monthly _Magaaine of Politics , Literature , Poetry , & c Edited hy _Feakods O'Connor , Esq ., and _Ekkest Jones , Esq ., ( _Barristers-at-Law . ) _COHTEHT' . OV HO . 1 . 1 . A Chriitmas Cared , by Ernest Jones . 2 . New Year ' * Greeting . 3 . The Insurrections of the _VTorkiDg Classes . 4 Irelnnd . 8 . The State'of _Pnrties . fi . The Romance ot a People . 7 . The Trades' Unions . 8 . The Land and thu Charter .
Caution-Once For All.
CAUTION-ONCE FOR ALL .
I Have To Request That Geod Naturcd Frie...
I have to request that geod naturcd friends will not tend persons that are TROUBLESOME TO THEM to I . ( iwl . > . * -nds for _employment , aa there h ¦ ot a single o ¦ en ing for a single person , and those who come will be _'disappointed , and will receive no consideration after this warning . I am pestered with persons from all parts of the country , while there are men enough unemployed in the parish to do double the work required . This is meant as a caution to those looking for work , and a reproof to those who deceive them . Feargus O'Connor , Lowbands . _Thundav .
Nik Northern Star Saturday, January Ig, 1847.
niK NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY IG , 1847 .
To Your Tents, Oh Chartists ! We Have No...
TO YOUR TENTS , OH CHARTISTS ! We have no ordinary pleasure in calling the reader ' s attention to ihe letter of Mr . O'Connor . Tt . the principles , policy , and tactics contained in the document we give our most unqualified approval . We feel assured , that those who rested their hope of founding a spurious party upon the ruins of Chartism will _rc-eive the missive as mournful intelligence , while tlie faithful and confiding will hail it with gladness and joy . We have not condescended to make frequent remarks upon the insane cry , that the Land movement was calculated to injure the cause of Chartism , and for this simp le reason ,
because , to our knowled ge , the Land Company numb ers among its members f he best , the bravest , and most resolute of the Chartist body . Like Mr . O'Connor , we , too , hav e wi t nessed tbe evils of a long , a drowsy , and flagging ag itation . That execution should follow upon the heels of design was the policy of Peel , adopted from his knowledge of human nature ; it was the strategy of Wellington , borrowed from Napoleon ; it was disregard of its value that lost Espartero the regency of S pain , and its observance by tlie leaders of public opinion is lik e ly to put a new and smiling face npon our old sleepv friend .
We see great force in the opinion , t hat thc laws will be more cautiously used for tbe suppression of a politico-social movement , than for the overthrow ofa mere political agitation , and , in tru t h , wc have yet to learn that , tlie co-operation ofa well-fed , wellhoused , well-satisfied operative is calculated to injure rather than serve a great national movement , and thc more especially when we find tbat , by his own devotion , he has armed himself with the defensive weapon , THE VOTE , which his class contends for . To tis , at least , it is evident that the n « _* _-xt Chartist STIR will possess the advantage of a great social adjunct ,
while none will be hardy enough to deny , that the old aristocratic enemy must fight the next battle of mig ht against right with LAND MUFFLES upon both hands and A GAG UPON THE LAWS . Had Mr . O'Connor undertaken the labour , which he now seasonably imposes npon himself , some months since , the excitement created by his ag itation would have p assed away without leaving a trace of its usefulness behind , whereas , by " nicking tbe time , " as he terms it , he secures the antici pated advantage of fresh and feverish excitement . Moreorer , it was rig ht thai
such a missionary should have waited the _ojiening of the Session and the Minister ' s BID . It was ri g ht , too , that lie shou ' . d bave been present at the proposed demonstration in honour of the Chartist Chief and Labour ' s Parliamentary friend ; it was further right , that he should withhold his assistance from those who are too indolent to assist themselves , and , therefore , we approve of his refusal to visit any locality where devotion to the cause has not been evinced in signing a petition for its aid . But , abov e all , and before all , we approve of the sing leness of purpose upon which tlte agitation is to
proceed—THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER unmixed and unalloyed , not even blended with the interests of its younger brother , beyond the inseparable unity which must ever exist between political ri ghts and social enjoyments . It will have been five years since Chartism made its last Parliamentary exhibition in the Metropolis , and it now rests with tbe disciples ami advocates of the measure to prove to its enemies , that , if the noise ha 3 ceased , the work has gone on , and the love of the principle increased . We are aware , that not onl y Europe , but _A'nerica , are now looking to England for the next POLITICAL RESOLVE . Let it be then for
THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER . At all events Mr . O'Connor cannot be blamed , if apath y should have snipped the principle of any ol its fr r proportions ; and let the noisy gabbler say what he will , we dec l are that the man who will no ' si gn his name , however SMALL THE HOPE OF BENEFIT MAY BE , IS UNWORTHY OF HIS FREEDOM , AND IS NOT FIT FOR TIIK FRANCHISE . Nor can any deny the powerful and stunning effect that the muster-roll of the national will , signed b y FOUR MILLION MEN AND
WOMEN demaiiding tbeir freedom , is calculated to produce upon tottering thrones , a disbanded aristocracy , and dying parliament . Let every Chartist , then , within reach of the Metropolis , attend at the White Conduit House , on Monday evening next , to hear his chief proclaim his tactics aud his hopes and let those in the provinces prepare the TROUBLESOME PLEASURE of well-si gned Sheets for the Chartist missionary . Adding our condemnation of all old women ' s rubbish to the ju . _st censure of Mr . O'Connor , we say , with him ,
ONWARD AND WE CONQUER , BACKWARD AND WE FALL ! THE PEOPLE'S CHART R and N O SURRENDE R !
The Last Kick. While Ministers In Esse ,...
THE LAST KICK . While ministers in esse , ministers in _jL-onse , ministers in embryo , [ and some whose hopes may be ranked in the _paulo-post-futuro , are maturing tbeir plans for corruption ' s LAST KICK , our readers may rest assured that the Irish Metternich is prepared with a DODGE , if not with a measure . Ireland is acknowled ged to be the English Minister ' s great difficulty , while we may truly assert , that Daniel O'Connell has been . Ireland's great difficulty , and greatest curse . This cunning man has ever relied upon the p liancy of the Irish character , ra t her than upon the success of Ma advocacy of any defined policv , for his popularity . O'Connell ' s excuse for
tolerating this or that Ministry , has ever been upon the pretence that their policy or promises , if realized , would be a part means to his promised end . Tranquillity amid unparalleled suffering and provocation ; obedience to his commands , however repugnant and contradictory ; and contributions , however poor the contributors may be ; have been the conditions , the harsh , but yet satisfied conditions , upon _whichJliejuccess of IRELAND'S ONLY MEASURE was _ttTdepeiid . We _havelvitnessed an unmanly forbearance in thc midst of grievous provocation , an obedience the most servile , and contributions the most lavish ; and in exact proportion in which the sti pulated requirements and conditions were complied with , we have witnessed the retrogression , the retreat of the SPLENDID PHANTOM . Nevertheless , though we , who were behind the scenes , and could see the jugg ler ' s SHOW BOX , and were , therefore prepared for every _frtsh twist and turn of the wonderful paper , were bound to censure and cry " warchawk" yet we have never denied the value that society was likcl _** one day to derive from its credulity , confidence , and ignorance . We have _frequency said that bowever the career of this bad old man should end , that he would" LEAVE
THE WOULD BETTER THAN HE FOUXD IT . " We said so , because of all experience , t hat which is dearly bought is b e s t , and , heaven knows the Irish have paid dearly for t he knowledge he has taug ht them . We sometime . * - mourner ) , les t th e posthumous fame of thc juggler mig ht stand as a harrier in the way of another and a better system , and , God forgive us ! feared lest he should not be
honest or bold enoug h to commi t suicide , and thus release his country from that interregnum of hesitation and doubt , which must have been the inevitable result had he died uninipeacheil and unconvicted . Fortunatel y , however , God's vengean c e and man ' s oppression lias applied the touchstone to his nerve , the test to his patriotism—the reader will pardon us for the expression in connection with Daniel O'Connell—he is now about to visit the Saxon
Parliament , and , under any circumstances , we piedict for ihe LAST TIME . When he broke up the IK . 811 PARTY , according to the conditions prescribed by his Whig pa trons , our readers will _remeicber that we attached more si gnificance to the part likel y to be acted b y tbe young and enthusiastic of the inferior Catholic clergy than to the easil y satisfied consciences of the Catholic hierarchy , or the most violent of the Catholic laity . We have witnessed the effect produced upon tbe iron Liberator by the speeches of two Catholic clergymtn at the Rotunda meeting of the PHALANX , and the immediate surrender of the
INFLEXIBLE PATRIARCH OF HALF A CENTURY . He has attempted to stem the rap id current oi Young Iielandism , by t he mean , the dastardly , the shuffling and hypocritical subterfuge of thwarting one of their stipulations upon which a conference would be consented to , itito an attack upon the Catholic church , or a denial of the right of the Association to interfere prejudicially with the relig ion of any . This heretofore successful weapon has been shivered in his trembling band , and now the reader is on tip-toe , anxious to hear the course the Liberator is most likely to pursue in the coming and ending struggle .
If the Whig Ministers are bold enough to propose and strong en o ug h to carry measures the carry ing out of which will involve extensive patronage , and of a nature that the Liberator can monopolize the lion ' s share , thereb y substituting the popularity and support of a greedy section , for the admiration and devotion of a nation , he will be the Minister ' s most servile and slavish tool ; J but if , upon t he other hand , the plea of poverty should stiut bis gluttonous appetite of a portion ofthe mess , he will return like a disappointed HARPY , convene his quondam serfs , and address them thus . —
I have made the last trial in thc Saxon Parliament , mid now in the winter of ope , though , thanks be to God , in thc freshness of affection for Ire-land , I renounce-the _Suxon conuectioti and irom this sp . t I declare the- UXIOX KEl'EALED . Oh ! what pangs I hare borne to afford thc Minister an unopposed opportunity of doing justiceto my loved country . Have I not severed _mjsclf from t ' _rie-nds that were dear , lest their presumed intemperance should afford the enemy a pretext lor withholding aid in thu hour of a national ( Mi-unity . Yc » , but noir , lib li eland is dearer to me _ilmu life itself , 1 _fctvewb out tne right hand and open iny arms ready to embrace nil
_Irishman , without distinction , who are ready to _stiuggle with me lor a repeal of thc BLIGHTING UNION' / 1 would now rather rely upon the enthusiasm of the tor . li ); irriundcr than upon thu philosophy of the cold bluoded Saxon . Ah , they hate us . Tho young ; gentlemen who seceded hare giren the assurance , that they meditated no weakening of those religious bunds h . v whieh Catholic Ireland ha * preserved her religion _through centuries of bloody _perse-cution , Thai is all theguarantee I require , they have given it ; I fling all physical force _consideration to the four winds of heaven , and call upon them to ' oin me in tlio hst _struggle for Irish Iree'lom . Oh ! if they rujaire u I will humbly beg their
pan / on . I wns wrong , O'Bi'ien was right . I was too confiding , his family suffered freini Saxon oppression before , and 1 honour bim for his obstinacy , and pity my old age for my childish credulity . None but Irishmen and Repealers shall henceforth n present Ireland inthe Saxon Parliament ; and they shall confine their labours within those walls ; and to Ireland . I bury the terms Young and Old Ireland . Wei are the IRISH PARTY , and will struggle for Ireland on IrMi ground . On Woo-. lay we meet under this sacred root ' , u he-re nil Irish e'iftVrences shall be buried , and 1 will be the lir » t tu beg pardon , if auy I have _clie-ndcd . I was iu the wrong ; but the I ' aolt was an amiable weal _. uess , and iu au old man maj he _forgiven . ( U _pronrious Uavne-t . )
Now , such , iii the extreme case , will be the Liberator ' s _i-pcecli ; and who will venture to deny tbe effect it would have till the general ELECTION WAS OVER , when , GLORY Bli TO COD- he would find himself _stroiif- enough once more to beard the Englisl / _Tion in his den , which , being interpre t ed , means , WORTH PURCHASING , with ano t her long t ail looking for TITLES , JUDGE S HIPS , PLACES . PENSIONS , and SOUP .
There is an old say ing in Ireland , "Keep the bone and the dog will follow you . " Dan has been too long followed b y t he hungry dogs to part with the bone to Smith O'llrien _, and the young Irish leader will mid himself woefully mistaken if he supposes that King Dan is going to be baulked in the appointment of Master John as his successor , according to the laws of TA * NISTUY . NO-, THERE IS NO KILLING AN OLD FOX . " Dan has been often " bagged , " " run t o ear t h , " and " taken above ground ; " but he has as many lives as a wild cat , and when p itched out ol the Saxon barn , he will either have his share of thr . nice , or will li g ht upon his legs in Conciliation Hall among the rats , and ouce more shout" HURRAH FOR REPEAL !! FOR REPEAL HURRAH !!!" r _* f ** _v _^^^^~ _***********
• ^V-^X^V^.^-Y ** The Great Difficulty. ...
• _^ _v- _^ _x _^ _V _^ . _^ _-y _** THE GREAT DIFFICULTY . We live in a strange world , in strange times , and with strange people , having strange ideas . The hour for solving the '' GKEAT DIFFICULTY" ouce more is at hand , and it is not many days since an able wriler in " The Labourer " reminded us that the Irish _latidlotds would constitute the Minister ' s insurmountable difficulty , when , lo , we have the
• ^V-^X^V^.^-Y ** The Great Difficulty. ...
prediction verified from the mouths o those very wor thies , and cmfirraed by our friend the Timet . Now we have no _objection to the Thunderer demolishing the little noise of our friend of the Quarterly I but , ill sober earnest , it is not fair , right , or just , that even GREAT JOVE himself should charge his battery from THE LABOURER'S arsenal , without acknowledging the compliment . In plain words , the Times bas seized the far-fetched
opportunity afforded by the Cavan landlords , f o r using an article upon Ireland from "The Labourer , " body and sleeves . That is , the plain , blunt , and unmistakeable article upon Ireland has been met amorp _hot-ed into mysterious Editorial phraseology , and paraded to the world as a hit—the last hit . The " Labourer" announced that the Minister would fail in his next Irish experiment , from the impossibility of dealing with the abuses of the Irish landlords _; and > o say we .
It now appears that those worthies , not satisfied with the slow process of depopulation secured by t heir OWN FAMINE , have come to thc magnanimous resolution of enforcing a more extensive system by what is fancifully termed EMIGRATION . That is , that the English government is to furnish the means to the Irish landlords of clearing their estates ; of consigning what famine spares to transportation . Such , then , is the mouse produced by the mountain ' s long and painful labour ; while , to meet all and cure all , the " . Times" says " No , a gocd tys tem of Poor Laws is the thing . " At any othir time this proposition may be _reasonable ami may appear feasible , but , just kow , when workhouses and hos p itals are filled , three deep , it is wholly
inadequate as a means . Well but , says the Times , " We are not bound to propose a permanent remed y for a mera casual calamity , what we say is , let Ireland bave a Poor Law , such as England has . " What we say in replyis , GOD FORBID , while , esp"cially in Ireland , any system of Poor Laws will be found inadequate to meet the evil it is proposed to remedy . The law that Ireland requires is the law of TENURE , which will , as if by magic , open every pore of industry , and bring every farthing of available capital into the market . There is not a people on the face of ti . e whole earth so wholly urtprepflred for the experiment of a pauper
rate as the Irish . A pauper rate means the estrangement of friends , and the Irish are hospitable * , it means a brand upon the idle , anil the Irish are UNWILLING IDLERS and should not be stamped wiih their oppressors' infamy ; a pauper rate means a whi p in tbe hands u _( the stromi to scourge the weak ; a pauper rate is the tyrant ' s surest means of reconciling slaves to mere bearable misery , and of perpetuating an odious comparison between ihe comparatively comfortable and hopelessl y d . _' .-titute . Resides , under a proper form of governmen t , no pauper rate would !> e required , as tyranny makes paupers , justice makes industrious freemen .
We bave no small pride in nringing our friend of Printing House-square back to old times , not long past , bu t which , no doubt , would be gladl y forgotten . We refer to our awkward predictions of August last , when the flush of harvest blinded our short-sighted cotemporary . Then ws answered the boastful prediction of plenty staring us in tbe face , with the assurance that winter would bring crowded poor-houses and deserted fields ; that the fanners would dismiss their labourers , ami that the landlords
would abuse the farmers ; lhat , in _slmr t , all agricultural pursuits would be abandoned from fear or famine—it mattered not which , lias our _ptediclionthen , h : en verified , or not ? A gain , wc denounced the Archbishop ' s blasp hemy , which ascribed famine to God . Well , what says tbe Times now ?—we admi t a very doubtful authority on so sacred a subject , yet worth quitting to shew that the Thunderer was sileiu when the Archbishop blasphemed ; but is iodi gnant when the Irish landlords use the blasphemies—the Ti m es now speaks thus : —
The introduction of " Divine Providence , " for such a _ptirpise , as though " Divine _l'lovi-li-iic . " were the author ot the whole calamity , is nothing less than _bliisphcni-iu . v When a drunkard pawns all his clot lies for liquor , and ' Divine Providence" sends a sharp trust , who is the author of his death , or his very bad co ' tl ? " Divine Pruvidoce'' _bei . _talike dispensation in 1 S 22 , and again in 1831 . By this time it ought to have been reckoned _u- > on . If it i _* now r . _etber w o rse th a n usual , it has also come after a rather longer interval than usual . flavins ; thus , however , thrown the calamity upou "Divine Provid . nce . '' they proceed to repeat thc _well-knn ' . _* n anil most disgraceful
assumption , thatthe " _potatoc-crop" is "the main Hipp « ri , n t only of the _Jai-ou- im- classes , but also of niiist of the tenant-farmers . " The more shame for the landlords . There you bave at once the fact , wliich . and noc " Divine Provident' - ' . " has " -dun-jed the ¦ opu ' iUioii of Ireland into i he most dreadful state of destitu . ion and of want . " If thc landlords , in spite of continual _warnings , peis vtie . l in a system which _mivle the pour , tbe labourers , and e ven the _toriait-fariiK'i ' . _* - dependent on a cr-p , which , be s ide s its usual inferiority for the food of man . is subject to a ilct-enni . il failure , it is arrant blasphemy in them to lather upon " Divine Providence" their own want ol humanity and foretluiuiiht .
Again , he Times appears to have learned , forthe firs t t ime , that the Irish farmers were as badly off . many of t bem , as the labourers ; although , if anxious for knowled ge upon the subject , our friend mi g ht have read the following met from one of Mr . O'Connor ' s letters to the Irish landlords — " A farmer who has occupied 100 acres of land for 25 years , and who has lived upon stinking milk aud poiatoes during the whole time , will consider h ' mself happy if , a t t he end of t ha t peri o d , he has saved _A' 250 , or £ 10 a year for interest of cap i t al , and remuneration of labour , and that sum you will have squeezed out of him as fine for a _renetyal of his 1-ase at an lNCHIMSED KENT . "
It is needless to multiply instances of the Thunderer ' s foll y . Tbe fact is , thai a great journal must handle great subjects , and the Irish one in its present phase is so novel , that we must allow tbe novice time to gain knowledge from experience , before w e can expect much souml sem-e from him . Not to write about Ireland now , would be tc be out of the fashion , and t he adage g o es , ' Out of the- fashion , out of the world . "
What with the false reasoning of the Times , thc false position of the Irish landlords , and the false heart of Daniel O ' Connell , we shall be agreeably sur . prised if we do not see many false steps taken b y our false ministers .
Weekly Review . Famine, Pestilence, And ...
WEEKLY REVIEW . Famine , pestilence , and death stalk with gigantic strides over the " green i .-le . " The accumulated curses of a lov . g system of oppression , nil- governm e nt _, and neglect , have fallen upon it all at once ; anil , as yet . there is _s-carccly a _praciienl or a statesman-like m * ° _* asir _** e adopted by the Government to rescHo Irolnnd from utter ruin . The succeeding winter threatens to be more terrible than _tl | c present . The only approach to efficient , remedies hitherto
indicated is that to jc found in the resolutions agreed toby ihe Re-productive Employment Committee of Landlords , to be _submitteil to the _meerin g of Peers members ot the House o ? Commons , and _Landowners , in Dublin , on Thursday . No details of the proceedings or deliberations of thnt body have reached us at the time ef writin ? , but a glance at the _sulyects wh ch will occupy { heir attention , may not be unprofitable .
Ihe resolutions , we find , repudiate the direct employment of the great mass of the able-bodied people by the State , as having a tendency to paralyse industrr , and substitute artificial for natural labour ; they object to any hind of employment which does
Weekly Review . Famine, Pestilence, And ...
not lead to tbe i ncrease of foo t , or articles _i-r _^ may be exchanged for it ; and assert that " " _'** sure * nt relief for the _able-bod ' el , diou'd be hi i ' thc prinoiple of _encouraging the employ _^ labour by private indiviJu _' _-Js ; the abm *¦ , ¦• „ ° * surplus labour by the _Stote _, and the provision of <• _* cilities by the _St-ffce for private e iploytu _^ -J * committee propose io absorb this sur Im i aDOu ' J at the same time increase tool , i . y the erection piers and harbours lor _Jinhery _purposes , with rand curing-houses and salt depots ittithol , aW ti coa * t ; and farther , for the is , ec ; el purpose _j _^ c _** crea s in g the food s up p lies , that a _syst ematic _„* , _slunilel be adopted for thc reclamatm t > f wa s c ' , "" throughout tbe country . On this head w _« r _, _^ the words of two of tho resolutions asrecu * _<> _, _ } committee : — _¦¦**
•¦ That m such system an option _Hhonld be t ; to the proprtet » ra of waste _lati'it > to _undertake ?" reclamation themselves : and , in or , | cl- to J . * , them to do «» , means should be _placed at their rf _* * posal for obtaining public loans for that purpos _^ lf ' security of such loans to be confined to _theT j improved—and ( subject to due pr lection of J sinnary ir-tcre . i-0 _t-vcry possibl ¦¦ _facility _shoijUu afforded them of alicnatim _; their waste lands fori ) . purpose of reclamation . " " It will be seen that by this resolution the _lana lords are wideawake to tbeir own interest andh no objection tc have the pre . * cnt uii ' crtile and _irasi lands in their possession made _pm- ' _iii-tive and re payinj : by means of advances of public money . Fro this course we totall y dissent , f tiie State is ' to J ! 1 <
_ . -. _ •_ 1 . V * 1 > 1 .. . _** 1 upon the principle laid down by the landlords them selves , namely , to absorb all t _; : e * ir ( _dus labour by public works and the reclamation of waste lands 1 ' the Slate , or its _tomiituenls—the p _« ople at hr •(• ¦ _bi the gainers by this expenditure » f national _fui _* , 1 _. and not any partieulur class . Thc landlords _hava had privileges enough _alre . _vly without making _thij severe ca amity a moans of _bringing more grist to t * . e ' r mill . The next resolution is not very clear thou » b it points to Bomethiii !*; like what we _sboulei wish to be done . After ' statin" that the Govern . ment shouM also construct naval dockyards , safet y harbours , packet stations , and other works of a
national character , the _Ceimmitti-e shy—In addition to those _memm- _* _-, a scheme of _svg . fematic _cn _' _onizntion would , in our - p inion , provide the means of subsistence to a ' ar . ' e portion of oik destitute population—would relieve many district * in this country which are now _uiahle to support _thi'ir inhabitants—would ben * lit ihe i _* _r-b * n es by sb | 3 plying them with labour-would iticrease the suppl j o / Tood tiirouehout the world hy hrinemg Iresh land into cultivation — and would _largely extend lbs market for hnmomanu . ; ietiire _** .
If this means a system of proprietary Home fo lonies , established under _S'a _' c sup * rin ' . endence , * it |[ the resources of the State , for _tl >*« _benefit only _ol those located in such colonies nnd the nation *' fin a nces , we think _th-it the proposal of such a mea . sure does great credit to the political wisdom ofthe Committee ; but , as it stands , i t is s o vague , that it is quite possible it does not mean that . We must wait and see whether the debates at the _eciwn ! meeting will enlighten us . The resolutions further embody direct encouragement to emigration—the simplification ofthe Drainage Acts—the amendment of the laws affecting estates under _theCourtsot Equity , so that facilities for selling portions ol their estates may be given to _landi-wtx-rs ; and , with tha
like view , the introduction of cheap and simple modes for the transfer , partitiui and exchange of landed property . The amendment of the grand jury system—the improvement of tbe social condi . tion of the agricultural labourer , by improving their _dwellingf- , and , through the medium of proper san ' h tory regulations , en s urin g to th e ra zood and h ea lth y habitations—the dissemination of _asrienltnral know . ledge—compensation to tenants ior permanent improvements , and taxation on absentee proprietors , form the leading outlines of a fcaeme , whi c h , ii wanting in some important elements and particulars , is yet by far the most businesslike and prac tical that has yet emanated from tiie _utlier side ol the Irish channel .
To most of those measures we do not see how Ihe Whigs can make any opposition . While , if Russell has the wisdom to secure a solid title to the name _owhich he is ambitious—that of a statesman—he wil l thus forewarned do with tbe Irish Ian lords , as Peel did with the Whigs—outbid them ; nnd , by something like a decided and bold plan , at once conciliate the support of the Irish people , nnd neutralize all opposition in Parliament , which could do him any serious dam-ice .
Li noticing the movement of this _rie-v Irish partj last week , we augured that it we . uhi prove a great bifiitfit to that country , and if fho c- neral meetin " entert . _'ii' _-, an d a g ree t o an 't ' iii . y ike the 6 chem " which the Committee intend t > tu mit to them , it will material ]} promote _thef-reat object in view , The subject will come _befote Parliamci . t with weight and influence , and in so connected _umi _tangible a shape , that it may lie both speedily- a . _ni _cifcctually *•<••• ' with , if _> o , 1847 will , we tru _^ t , h < the foundation lor a new political and social _syste m for Ireland .
Nothing ha * - as yet transpired :: s io the actual _intentions ofthe ministry , with _i-t-f un-. e to their policy next session . We , at least , w _u-.- _t see _fufiicit'i * authority aud aufhentiei y about the few _statement that have been made in certain journals . They wear more of the . oppearancc of gucsst- at tUe probab . 0 course of the Cabinet , than statements of _^ already decided upon . Befove we _a-jain meet out reade-s , this uncertainty will have , « e- _should in * -- ginc , been put an end to . _Loukiu- { to ihe alarming nature of the crisis , and the pressing urgency for immediate measures , Lord John wiil _suiviy imitate tis
predecessor , nnd , on he very nVstni _^ bt ofthe sess ion , " make a clean breast , " a * : m tUe - _.-viaci-jles acd policy by which he means to _j-overn Ireland , and other leading questions . If he Ldters _, _rquivoi-aWi er falls baneath thc exigencies of _ti-e lime , lie will f . Ii from power never to rise ag _** in . i o no minisW w as t h e re ever g iven S" fair » n pportunity of making a stand as a great statesman . The vtr- _m-ignituW the evil _. by removing from his path those party , sectarian and _selfishobstrui'tions _. wliieii iu oi . Sit . aryscas-.-r . " impede the _progress of reform—has _Inlf paved the way for u sweeping ntid _maste-r : }* _sche-: _* _e oi " po 'icyi which by grappling effectual ! .- with , and _extingn-- - !' - iriB the causes of Irish miserv : u ; wretchedness , a- * * -
substituting , _iustoad , institutions _. fo uwk d upon s und at d _progressive principles , would i . oi only seeuvc a nut inn ' s happiness , but _uiiive-r . _' _-. _il cnit . ' fude . iinl admiration , DareLoid Jo ' iii ake this lr ; : p * Kvciiii he failed , the attempt would lie hailed with act-lauiatiou , aud behold wiih pleasure . We t ' earthe doom of the Willys is upon him—that the opportunity will pass away _uiuiuj-rovcd , ai . d Irciaiui'sdeliveraiif * have to be effected by other a < i _* neie * ilian a _Wiife Government . Water can rise no _higher than _itsoff- _* _level—Whij-s cannot soar r . b . ve their _o-vn , cieut principles—prejudices _jath _. r . A glance at their past history as a party is no very good _ree-P * _f-ir producing sanguine expectations as to _aoytni-tf they may do or purpose .
Ihe lull to which we al _' tnled List week , prep *** tory to the active commeneeincut of l _' _arliaaieutaif _proceeding , has sca rce !} been interrupted by the _sli slvt electioneering movement- that have taker , place _durin g t h e week . In Ka-t iWces > er * hire , a I _' rotec tionist was returned iv / tii' _-iu _ot . posiliou . In _>' of ! - Lincolnshire , a _Vl'liU _w-t'kwi over the coui _* se _«** the same hereditary _gruut . ds . Mr . Charles Cocb _" raue appears to be niakini- some way ia We _*' _- '
minuter , if we may _judy . hy a waspish and would be witty attack upun him in the Chronicle . ' _^ _Whigliiigs can ' t afford to be silent any longer , an - ' truo to iheir nature , tbey < _---. _iiti-ence their attac _h upon the new candidate : or Westminster , by si- * - * - '' ing at extension of tho , Sullrage . " Wait a lit * ' longer . " That is tine ol _vV-v questions upon _*«* _- *' both Conservatives and Wai _gs , and _so-cal-- _* Liberals will have to cl . _aii : j t / icir orinions .
Lord Lincoln made his first appeaanee before tW electors of Manchester on Tin sday night , _an < l _¦* _* _dressed a crowded and influential meeting iu •* f ning , plausible , clever , and withal able speech . ' - which he shewed that he had not sat at the <«¦• P «>] , his political Gamaliel , aa a pu _^ _j ] for _jwtl" _*
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16011847/page/4/
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