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THE NORTHERN STAR. December 16, 1848, •&...
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CHARTIST PORK'- . FSD BTXXEUBER OF THE NXTTOHAt. LAND
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PORTRAIT OF MITCHEL.
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Parcels are yet laying b y us ior Truro,...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1818.
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THE CHAOS. " Out of chaos comes order," ...
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KING CONSTABLE. It how appears that the ...
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TH E APPROACHING -CAMPAIGN. ' We direct ...
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A WHIG DEFEAT. A straw has this week bee...
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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK. CHRISTMAs...
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to :8ea&er0 & CocrcsponUettt^
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J. Swe»t acknowled ges the receipt ofthe...
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The Northern Star. December 16, 1848, •&...
THE NORTHERN STAR . December 16 , 1848 , _•& _^ - _^^ - _________^_______ _maamaaaw _—JAmtJA _n'amfmm ' _f _''^~ '"" ~ ' "' — " ' ¦ ¦ — — - ¦ _, . _ _ . _^ . ~ _ _^' _^' mm ,, m _* _' _™ **
Chartist Pork'- . Fsd Btxxeuber Of The Nxttohat. Land
CHARTIST PORK ' - . FSD _BTXXEUBER OF THE NXTTOHAt . LAND
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COMPANY . - PDMUND _STALLED _gSSSLSSRS XU his brother Drow ™ _te » at ° « _«»» Vm t Char . _coasifrnmentot Fat rig . _^^_ f _% o LITTLE WISDterrille . to Hr ROBERT PARKS , -W _£ « _^ MILL _STREET . Hajmark _* _^ _f _"' stom . all * _us ceding Christina * , _«* _w 1 ' _? _, * n _° _ - _MendUrhfc BEAL _^_ _^_ _^ mu STO « ,
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Qat » a _* VietorU , an * fl . B . H . Prince Albert . NOW KBADT , _rr-HE LONDON AND PARIS _WINTER JL FASHIONS for 1 MM 9 . by Messrs Benjamin READ » rid Co ., 12 , Eart-street , _BIoonMbwy-squ- 're , London ; ana Ey < J . _BEteiK , _HoIywelUtTMt , Strand ; a . Tory Pl « M' ! PRIST , _suptrblr _coloured , accompanied with tic most fashionable , _norel , and _extra-fittikg RidingJ ) r * p , HuntinK and _Frock-Coat Patterns ; the Albert Paletot , Dress Bed Morning Waistcoats , both * i » g ! a and double-breasted . . Also , the theory of _Cuttin S Cloaki ol _arery description r * rulj explained , with diagrams , and every thing resp » ttin < stjle « nd fashion illustrated . The _mtthod of _InereisiDi- and dimirisbinir all the _patterns , or any others parncttlarly _explainsd . Price 10 s . READ and Co . beg to inform there wha _eonstderU not right to * ay the full price for tha new _systarn of Cutold that
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HEALTH ASD ECOSOHY . _O'COSNORYILLB _, Ne _" aR RICKMANSWORTH , HERTS . r . rHOMAS MARTIN WHEELER will receive J- as BOARDERS , TWO BOYS , between the ages often and f _.-urtetn years . Every attention will be paid to their mental deTelopement nnd physical comfort , lerms { _including trashing , & c ) . £ l per quart r—payable in aavance . " All communications to be prepaid , and contain a stamp ° _jr ! tt ! ' A paid-up FOUR-ACRE SHARE in the _National _Lsnd te . mpj . ny , tube _disjrt >* edof—price , £ t .
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DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ?— -If so , use Beahde's E . va < ki . for filling the decayed spots , rendering defective teeth sound and painless . Price One SfcHSnif only , similar to that sold at Two ShillMBS and S : xp < nc & Sold by chemists every where . Testimonials . — « It has riven me the use of one side tl ny month , - _' - _£ luxury I had not enjoyed for about two years . *—E . c _iacdosuid , Belford . Northumberland . It is the most _erTtctive and painless cure for toothache I hare ever found . I have no hesitation in recommending it to all sufferers . '—Captain Thomas Whisht , IS , _Kewington-crescent , London . * I have filled two teeth , and find I can use them as well as ever I did in my life . I have not had the toothache since . * — Absahak _Colhhs , _Iforth-brook-plece , Bradford , Yorkshire . See numerous other testimonials in various newspapers , every one of which is strictly authentic . If any dpculty in _obtaining it occurs send One Shilling and a Stamp to J . _WiUis , i , Bell _' _s-bnildings , _Salisbnryjquare , London , and yoa will ensure it by return of pest . —Agents wanted .
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FREEHOLD LAND and COTTAGES , the property of a private Gentleman , with immediate possession , 2 J miles _froa _O'Connorrilis , may be _bought eo a * U cooler TOTES for the County of Buckingham , or will be let on leases for any number of years—S _59 , il required . Rent for a two-roomed cottage and garden , 19 s . ed . _fier quarter ; with one acre of land , in addition S £ s . per quarter . Persons having a small income , or who can manufacture articles for London employers , wiU do well to attend to this immediately . Twelve families of weavers , shoemakers , tailors , & c , & c , were located on this estate through one single advertisement . Applicants who conld not then be accommodated should renew their applications , as tbey may now _rtnt , or purchase , from _one-eighth of an acre to twenty _acrts ci rich corn , growing , or building land ; tbe Freeholder contracting in all cases to take upon himself ths whole of tha law ex-
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company . _^ Pply ( if by letter . pr » . paifl > , for terms and other _particniars , to Mr Robz & t Lodge , tile-maker , Tanfield , County Durham .
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Wi ) BE LET , ' -or a Terrrr-of YearA at MINSTER X 1 . 0 _VEI--. _aMo-iJent _FOTJK _j ACaG ALLOTMENT , *« d . _' _Ji _^ _- _'i *' 4 _w * 5 i £ _aa _' _aum'jr'W ' ell , " with paved " court yard , _pigferies , _&; ., complete . Ibis ! s au _advantageous offer a- , the proprietor Tj a « ey _ rei hj _sifente to render it a _tomfortiVU' _siiaation . Al ««' - . _lMMfORrAB _' , _3 SEATrOrTAGE _. withHALF Ay AGJ . I' ! . F LA . VD , at Minster Lovel , plea _antly-itu . _atfdon the high road towards Cheltenham . This situation _offers well for any person wishing to engage in the _grscery or baking trade , or both together . Either of the abore trades might command a good business , being surrounded by a thick population , and muchrequired . For particulars of bath tbe above , apply to Psavcis Caulk , Charterville , Minster Lovel , Oxfordshire , enclos . iEg a stamp .
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NATIONAL LAND C 0 MPAS _7 . A DECIDED OPPORTUNITY NOW OFFERS for speculation . Tbik Shares of _Fonn _Acazs each , with all expenses paid for the present year , f > r tba snail sum of £ li together , or £ o each share . Apply ( b y letter post-paid ) to I . Y . Z ., _Pest-OfSce , Bicktnanswortk . Herts .
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_UNDEE ROYAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , * In Ten Hnmtes after use , and a rapid Com of Asthma and Consamptiom , and all Disorders Of the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of this remedy have called forth teitiHonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters ofthe world . The following have beea just received : — ANOTHER CTRE OF SETEN TEAKS' ASTHMA . Prom Mr Edwin _Stjaire , Corn Market , Longhboroueh , ' March 19 , 18 i _8 . Gentlemen , —A lady ( whose name and address Is below ) called at my ; shop yesterday , and made the followng statement respecting the beneficial effects produced by medicineShe
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THE NATIONAL VICTIM AND DE-- ¦ — FENCE FUNK _~"~~ A GRAND NEW YEAR'S TEA PARTY , CONCERT AXD BALL , Trill be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , Fitsroy Square , on Tuesday _BTening , January 2 nd , 1849 , in aid of ths above fuad . Mr _Thokas _CooPEa will preside , Tea on table at five o ' clock , and the ball to commence at half-past eight . Tickets for tea , concert and ball , single , le 6 d , double , 2 s 6 d ; ditto for ball and concert only , single , is , double , ls od ; to be had at the following places : — Mr James Grassby , 8 , Koxh ' i Ark Court , Stangate , Lambeth ; Mr G . Antill , _2 , Thrawl Street , Spitalfields ; Mr
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FOR SALE . A BARGAIN . THREE _FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARES in the National Land Company . Price , £ 3 10 s . each _. If taken before the Uth _lo-t ., they -vM be sold ior _4 & Ss . each , together or separate , as the advertiser will leave England before the first of January , 1849 . Apply to Mr Brewer , grocer , Harper Street , New Kent Road , London .
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WELCOME THE " FAMILY FRIEND . " Price Twor-EKCE . December 23 rd . - AU Booksellers .
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Just published , pp . 313 , closely-printed , price Ss . cloth * AMERICA COMPARED WITH ENGLAND . The Respective Social Effects of the American and English 8 y » _tems of Government and Legislation ; ' and THE M 1 SSIOS OF DEMOCRACY . This work explains the institutions and the laws of the United States , shows the actual condition of all classes of the people , whether natives or emigrants , and contains an abstract and review bf the principal English Works on that country . London : Effingham W hson , publisher , ll , Royal Exchange .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of « R . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS THE _CHEAPEST EDITIOH EVER _rOBtlSBED . . Price is . fid ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of * ce Author , of _PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . JUST PUBLISHED , No . 24 ,
Portrait Of Mitchel.
PORTRAIT OF MITCHEL .
Parcels Are Yet Laying B Y Us Ior Truro,...
Parcels are yet laying b y us ior Truro , Stafford , Ledbury , Corse , Lynn , Kidderminster , Coventry , Sudbury , Scarborough , Morpeth , and Abergavenny . Will tbe Agents say how we shall forward them ?
Thb "Northern Star." Eavlv In Tbe Approa...
THB " NORTHERN STAR . Eavlv in tbe approaching year our broad Sneei _Sfmn tn . u » wuii / _uiiauii "' ( vim any in uic Erapire . It shall appear with its old princip les under the old flag , but with m * w type , to make those principles , if possible , more prominent ; and we bave made arrangements for tbe approaching Session of Parliament , to g ive a report of important debates down to tbe latest moment , as we are determined not to lag behind our cotemporaries , except in tbe " horribles , " in wbicb we shall not compete witb tbem .
The Northern Star Saturday, December 16, 1818.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , DECEMBER 16 , 1818 .
The Chaos. " Out Of Chaos Comes Order," ...
THE CHAOS . " Out of chaos comes order , " and " Coming events cast their shadows before ; " and if ever there was a period ofthe world ' s history when the future could be guessed at from the present , it is now—when all society is ene great chaos , and its several branches are endeavouring to shadow the general future , each through its own peculiar kaleidescope . The mind , if not attached to , becomes by degrees , familiarised with , the most extraordinary events , and occurrences—changes repugnant to the human feelings , and antagonistic to Nature ' s
lawsmay come upon society with a hop , step , and jump , when man will either tolerate them from utter ignorance of their probable consequences , or will he compelled to accept them through fear . Theconstitutionofsociety , undersuch altered circumstances , cannot even be guessed at until the change , if evil and injurious to society , becomes part and parcel of its laws and discipline , and then- constituting the basis , we are told by those who have gathered pow er under its influence , that too rapid progress , or too violent changes , are sure to be destructive , and precedent is flashed in our face to explain the dangers consequent upon over ha 6 ty legislation .
Thus England was , by _decrees , redeeming herself from the barbarism of feudal ages , when machinery came upon us with a hop _| step , and jump . . Its results , in infancy , together with our great naval power , which enabled us-to force its produce in times of war upon those countries whose people were employed in the battle-field , were , so _fascinatinc to the labourer , and so congenial to the feelings ofthe Government , whose Exchequer it repleni-hed , that none looked beyond the passing hour—all were satisfied—all were contented , hoping that the thine * would last for ever : and * those several Governments which have been endeavouring to establish the princi ple of centralisation , had not the brains to see that
this _sectionalisiug of society under different heads—each employer constituting an autocrat—would place them in the double difficulty of seducing the rich , and compelling the poor , to bear the burdens of the State . It is much easier to extract a large amount of taxation from a whole people , than to extract a more moderate amount from a party which possesses exclusive power . Our debt was contracted—our lands were taken from the poor , and given to the pious sons of the rich—our navy was augmented-
our army was increased—our pensions were provided—our Governmental expenditure was multiplied—all under the feudal system ; but , then , the feudal lord paid for all . Taxation was direct , and the working classes of this country have yet to understand the meaning of the Whig maxim , " Taxation without repre . _sentation , is tyranny , and should be resisted . " The great change in our system of taxation gave birth to this maxim . Formerly all taxes were direct , and then they fell exclu-
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sively upon those . who . made , the laws ; but when the system ef indirect taxation was . sub : stituted for direct taxation , all who smoked a pipe—all who saw light through a windowall who breathed . and lived , were taxed , and those who died were buried in taxed ground , until * at length the country is distracted by the devices of our new aristocracy as to how they shall relieve themselves of the old feudal burdens ; while , under their discip line and rule , they have enormously increased the local burdens , which are the individual burdens of the noor ; and yet the poor have not the
brains to see throug h that crooked policy by which they would now use them as the means of accomplishing their own ends . The aew system under which we live , has come upon us with a hop , step , and jump ; influential parties , incited by their fears and apprehensions of what if passing abroad , are dull enough , ignorant enough , and foolish enough to prefer existing chaos to order , which might now be moulded out of existing confusion , followed by those timely and prudent changes for which the progressive mind of man is prepared , and which the requirements and resolution of man will enforce .
The fascinating theories of the peace preservation gentlemen , the promising figures ofthe Financial Reformers , the cleanliness of the washers and scourers of the poor , the sympathisers with the indigent , the philosophical champions of sectarian education ,, the bold advocates of THEIR OWN RIGHTS , and the monopolists of all other men ' s rights , may hope to tickle their hearers , their readers , their disciples , and their pupils , with their fascinating theories j but we tell them , that by | one process only can the promised benefits be realised , and that is by the selection by the people
themselves of those representatives who are to effect the promised changes by law , and render them nationally and not sectionally beneficial . The practical result of class legislation has been the feeding that class of which the Government is the shadow and representative , upon those classes who are opposed to their shadow ; and , therefore , under the altered system and the present constitution of society , we are not for the acceptance of direct taxation as a substitute for indirect taxation , inasmuch as that although _Gavemment is centralised as far as the National Debt , the Church , the Army , the Navy , and Governmental expenditure is
concerned , legislation and taxation are _sectionalised , inasmuch as the power of inflicting local burdens and taxes is assumed by the local authorities , and cannot be resisted . Nay , we go further , and assert that that _legislation which imposes local burdens , is not only sectionalised , but individualised , as the amount of indirect taxation paid by the poor consumer is but a small per centage when compared with the amount extracted from him in the shape of rent , " _batings / fines , reduction of wages , , and the innumerable whimsical tyrannies practised upon the unprotected operative by the protected master . "'
The workman in most instances , in Lancashire , is as much the serf of the employer , _^? the old English serf was of his feudal lord ; nay , more so ; if the old serf held land und a _Iioih * upon the condition of rendering certain services to the feudal lord , he could till that laud , and the house was the castle of his family for the whole seven days in the week ; whereas the manufacturing serf is compelled to take his house at the price put upon it by his feudal lord , while he is but toe happy if he can secure four days work in tbe week , although he bas to pay seven days' rent .
These are the anomalies— -the galling anomalies—which we havebeen endeavouring for years to destroy , while political tinkers have been trying ' . to patch the old pot , to ensure its boiling during their time . We have looked to a sound principle—the principle of Universal Suffrage —as the means of effecting safely for all , those several changes which crotchet-mongers- — whether political or religious—would secure for the ' r sect or their class .
We have told our readers , twelve years since , that the day would come when the fact of a man , dressed like a monkey , with a sword by his side , a muff upon his head , and a musket ill ma imnu , nuuiu b- una vy _'lurseiiiauis as a fairy tale to little children—but we tell those , who so enthusiastically contend for the abolition of this beastiality , that it is only to be beneficially effected by' Universal Suffrage , when , not only every man of twenty-one years of age , but every woman and child , would he soldiers in the National Army , to defend the rights of all .
How long have we laboured to convince the English people , that if the army was abolished to-morrow , a large local police force , to keep Labour in trammels , and paid by Labour , would he established in its stead—and that no change—however fascinating in anticipationis worth to LABOUR a single straw , except emanating from the united mind of Labour itself . This is what the Continent of Europe is now struggling for . Here we find countries basing their systems upon our persecuted principles . It will not do to tell us that it is upon the principles of Fox , Richmond , and the
Whigs , accepted and promised in 1780 , that these nations are now about to base their political system . We say " No . '' That it is upon the Chartist trials , uponChartist speeches , upon Chartist writings , and persecution of the Chartist people , for the last twelve years-Chartist speeches in the House of Commons-Chartist triumph upon Kennington Common —and the dread of Chartism , entertained b y faction , that the political mind of Europe is now formed . And , strange to say , the material elements of Chartism have been adopted by the most powerful despot in Europe—the successor of the martial Frederic , the Prussian warrior , whose troops in the dead of
night , atthe sound of the trumpet , were obliged to muster , fully accoutred , at a few minutes ' notice . This Monarch who came to England , six years ago , with his kingdom in his hand , and his Constitution in bis hat , to stand sponsor for our Princess Royal . This Monarch is now a prisoner in the Chartist prison . Its principles are his gaoler , with the option of holding his crown by the grace of the people , or surrendering it by the grace of God ; and , tenaciously as he has adhered to the title of Divine right , no doubt he will cheerfull y accept the tenancy under the new lesson ; .
Here was Prussia , with Us regiment of nobles , after the manner of the young Roman Legion , holding the balance of power in Europe , obliged to concede Universal Suffrage , No Property Qualification fer a Member of the Lower House , and only 751 . a-year—what a well-employed . mechanic wouldearn—as a qualification for the Upper House ; thus _substituting the most humble means of frugal life for gilded imbecility and hereditary folly and the total abolition of titles , Is not this a greater ho » , step , and jump for _Prussia , than the whole Charter would be for reformed England ? and , although twentvfour years is the standard of age for a vnt-, rL
ana al though the _Constitutien says thatthe voter must be independent-that is . not dependent upon alms or charity for subsistence —we hail the promised Constitution with _« ur passing joy , as under it few will be dependent upon charity or alms , and the vigour of youth will speedil y diminish the _standardof years to _twenty-ene , as the necessity of our paternal Government has compelled it tore duce the standard height ef soldiers . ¦ iA 7 _w _' n ° grea ! , er _^ or _^ Justice than that of hating or despising a King because Kings have been tyrants ; but , upon the con trary , when we see a wise King at the head of a military nation , preferring the acceptance not of manacles , but of proper restrictinna tr \
the shedding of human blood ; we accept him as a proud example to cruel Monarchs . and MY * *«*• "GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE . " This example will go further with tho league of Kings , notwithstanding the vituperati on of
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the tress-Gang , than all the armed force that could be opposed to them . _, .,, _>; ... WhenCharles . Albert was fantastically en . gaged in his ' Quixotic freaks , he was the _Ctesar of the age ; but when he failed he was the nincompoop of the Press . When the Despot of Austria abandoned the Palace of the Cieaars , he was lauded for his humanity , and his anxiety to spare the blood of his loved people ; but when he abdicated he was an IMBECILE . When the King of Prussia
resisted the popular voice , and * presented himself in peacock ' s p lumes , as chief mourner at the funeral of his slaughtered people , he was worthy of his great ancestor , who was every itich a King , and the most fitting Sponsor for our _PrincesB Royal ; but when he wisely discovered that the voice of knowledge was stronger than the cannon ' s roar , and when he conceded to justice what he could no longer withhold by force , he was a hesitating fool , a prisoner at Potsdam , a Monarch without power , and a weak-minded man .
ThiB is the stability of our independent Press ; and before twelve months elapse the game corps will loudly declaim against our tyrant rulers , for not sooner having conceded to justice what , within that period , they will be obliged to yield to fear .
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KING CONSTABLE . It how appears that the ' Special Constable of the 10 th of April is to be President of the French Republic . It np longer remains doubtful , although it is possible that he may not have polled ' the required majority . It will not be doubtful in that case , because then the very difficulty—nay , tbe danger—which we have seen in this mode of election , would come upon the Judges in the Court of Appeal . If the Constable has not the required majority , the BAG OF MOONSHINE dedare ' s that the National Assembly may reverse the national verdict , and give judgment , for
the appellant . But suppose the case—suppose the final judgment to rest with the National Assembly , and suppose that Assembly to reject the accepted of the actual , though not the required , majority ofthe people , in such case the struggle would not be confined within the narrow limits of Paris , which , heretofore has been the national battle ground ; it would not resolve itfself into a battle between civil indignation and . military force ; it would not resolve itself into a struggle of indigence against wealth , or of labour against capital , but into a struggle of class against class—of soldier
against soldier—sailor against sailor—hanker against banker—merchant against merchantpartisan against partisan—favourite against favourite—expectant against expectant—civilian against civilian—and fool against fool . We may be told that the apathy ofthe majority ofthe electoral body would justly constitute the National Assembly as a Court of Appeal ; but our answer to our learned brethren is , that although such maxim may hold good in Westminster Hall , where the judgment of the Judge or the verdict ofthe Jnry is final , conclusive , and irresistible ; that
in the case of President , an actual majority being the plaintiffs , and the rejected and an actual minority being the defendants , with an appeal from the Court to the nation , that the judgment would not only be reversed , but the Court would be deposed for endeavouring to substitute party wbira for national decision . Whereas , if the decision had been left to the Assembly , the Assembly would not have been operated upon by the name , the pretensions , or the ambition of the English Special Constable , but by the promise , the business habits , and the fitness of the candidate .
Can anything be more _ridicalous than the fact of electing a National _Assembly by Universal Suffrage , of allowing that Assembly to declare a Constitution , and frame laws under it , and yet strip that Assembly ef the responsibility of electing him who is responsible for observance of that constitution , and those under him , for the just administration of those laws ? But when we know that _Kin' Constable is a tool in the hands of the pr <; reshed MunnroUoto or France , and that , with them , the question is not WHO but WHAT—not who shall be the fiist magistrate but what shall be the form of governmentwe lose all faith in the realisation of Republican principles .
Is there a working man in England so foolish , so silly , or so insane as to imagine that King Constable will realise the anticipation of the working classes ? or is there an imbecile who cannot see the future ambition of Caviagnac shadowed in his past ingenious and treacherous diplomacy ? and can it be doubted that a struggle is at hand , tbe result of which no foresight can guess at—the result of which no mind can contemplate without a shudder ? While this struggle was going on Labour was holding its out-door meetings and its in-door feasts , but , throughout , not a speaker has ventured even a guess at the policy of either candidate .
We , however , venture to predict , that should King Constable be returned hy the required majority , that the friends of Cavaignac will enunciate some new theory , unpalatable to the _Buonapartists but suiting to the appetite ofthe gapers , and then the most deadly national feud will commence . The " Times'' of Wednesday , always ready to accept a misfortune which it cannot avert , maps out the line of policy which ought to be
adopted by King Constable ; and that policy is to fraternise with the English government , which is still strong enough , and united enough , and , no doubt , willing enough , to assist in the preservation of peace in France , and in the maintenance of sound principles and peaceful policy . These sound princi ples , if translated into common sense , would read , the Ascendancy of Capital , the Dependence of Labour , and , _according te the old Irish proverb ,
"SCRATCH ME AND I'LL SCRATCH YOU . " However , notwithstanding all this flourish of trumpets , Froggy and JOHN BULL will have quite enough to do to scratch themselves , without stretching their horns across their channel .. Italy was tbe first battle-ground of King Constable ' s uncle . This child of the Revolution of ' 93 , the spawn of the Republic , as his first work destroyed every Republic in Ital y ¦ and having made France a martial nation , he p laced his brothers and relatives upon the several thrones of Europe , tickled the national
mind hy filling the national treasury with foreign plunder , and tickled the national taste by making Paris the depositary of foreign works of art . He looked upon men as ninepins , and relied upon the desolation of war ae a substitute for the cholera and pestilence . He gave the nation a character , and its people pride ; he cost England some hundreds of millions of pounds , which John Bull cheerfull y paid upon the assurance that he should receive thirty shillings in the pound , and which John ' s successors not now being able to pay , will pause before he again becomes the arbiter between King Constable and French factions ,
The Labour Question is the question—the veritable question—the only question—which should occupy the minds of wise statesmen ; and yet it is the one question to which the representatives of capital turn a deaf ear . " B ; tter keep the Ills we have Than fl ; to those we know not or 'is now the maxim of the leading men of all classes in England ; while , without a change in
the Labour System , we tell them that , much as they approve the ills they have—namely , their National Debt , their Army and Navy Establishments , their Pension List , and Governmental Expenditure , that they cannot keep those ills so dear to them , without " flying to others that they know not of . " The war-cry of England is gone—she can no longer convoy her manufactures to all the ports ofthe world , for other n » . \' o are ma-
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nufacturing for themselves ; while ; as we find by the statistical . .-returns of bread stuffs , in America , the Eng lish farmer can no longer hope to receive his fifteen and his twenty shillings a bushel for wheat . John did not care what duty he paid upon leather , wine , and malt—what tax he paid for horses , servants , light and fire ; he cared not what the military or governmental expense was so long as he was able to live upon the profits . But experience has made John wise . John reads the following list as the result of the second year
of Free Trade ; he scratches his head , . 'looks gloomy , puts his cavalry horse to the plough , gets his old boots soled and heeled , his coat patched , diminishes his household , reduces the wages of his labourers , discharges his governess , takes his children from school , declines the accepted offer for his daughter—the required portion not being compatible with his present means—and thus he is a very different contributor to the Exchequer , as compared with the good old days of the veritable Boney . Here follows John ' s death warrant : —
_Amekican Provisions . —The following supplies nf provisions hare recently been rerelved from the United 8 tatesof America : — The line of packet-hip Vlct » ri < , from New Tork , ha- brought 8355 boxes and 191 _cusks of cheese , 8288 barrels of flour , and li of lard , 21 S 5 casks of beef , 430 barrels of apples , o of bread , aod lt > 6 hogsheads and 77 * barrels of _oil-eake ; the Isaac _Allerion _, from New OrleanB , 88 bags and 5317 ssc _" of Indian corn ; the Gertrude , from Mew Orleans , S 89 _I 3 sacks of Indian corn , and 1321 bags of wheat ; the _Mfdnllion , fro * i Phlladelphla , isso barrels of floor , 1201 barrels of Indian corn _metil , 106 0 bushels and 1899 sacks ef Indian corn , and 187 ? sacks of wheat ; the Lydia . from Baltimore , Vi >> barrels of flour ; the _Switinrlanl , from Baltimore . S 3 A 6 barrels of flour , 6 barrels of lardaad 2122 bags and Cfl 87
, bushels of wheat ; tha A . 7 ,., from Mew York 5051 barrels of _fluur , 10000 bushel * , ofcorn , 5351 bushels of wh * at , and 28 u barrels of meal ; the _VT . A . Cooper , from New York , 3200 barrels of flour , 99 . 9 bushels and 9593 bags of Indian corn , gl 5 s _icks of wheat , und a quantity oi bread , be _.-ms , rice , oatmeal , and pork ; the Victoria , from New York , 1672 barrels of flour , and 7581 bushels of wheat ; the Wakefield from New York . 2197 bushels of flour , and 198 barrels of app es _; the Vlrgnia from N « w Vork , 6 S * fl barrels of flour , 3880 bushels of wheat , Wilt bushels of corn , 42 barrels of bread , and some of beans and bacon ; tho Claiborne from New Orleans , 152 tierces and 267 barrels of lard ; tho Minnesota from New York , _1687 barrels ot flour , 137 boxes _ofbucon , _J 751 _bxgH of Indian eorn , 100 barrels of bread , 12 of vinegar . 7 . 9 _paekaKes of lard , 924
barrels of eorn meal , and 60 _tierevsofrice ; tho Granada from New Orleans , 8 :, 92 sacks of Indian corn ; the Denmarkfrom New Orleans , 19 JI barrels of flour , 1 * 8 barrels ot bread , and 8 > 0 bags ofcorn ; the Savannah from Phila . dolphia , YiiO bushels of wheat , 157 _barrelsof apples , 12531 bushels and S 98 bags o lndian corn , 21 * 0 barrels of flour , 17 of pork , and 2 lfl kegs of lard ; the Ontario from Charlestown , 598 bags of com , the Parthenon from Ntw Orleans , _193 D sacks of corn ; ihe _Judau Touro from New Orleans , 4936 bag * , of Indian corn and 10 s > casks of ol cake ; the T . J . Reger , from Philadelphia , 11 * 27 bushels and 2 * 67 sacks of wheat , 719 barrels , and 69 other CKSks of oil cake , 29 _sJ sacks ot Indian corn , 1 U 00 barrels of flour , and i » o of corn meal ; tbe Washington , irom N _« w Orleans , 2075 barrels of flour ; the _Nestorian , from New
York , 6 * 166 barrels of flour , 2245 bags of Indian corn , 143 bags of wheat , and 494 boxes of cheese ; The Governor DavW , frora Nbw Orleans , 1 09 barr * la of flour , 4361 bags of corn , 219 barrels and 115 _otnet _pacVayes of Iwrd , and 1692 -nets of Indian corn ; the William King , from Boston , 11 * packages of lard and 130 . sacks of corn ; the Kentucky , from New Orleans , 4 < 97 bags of corn , 868 barrels of flour , and 20 of bread ; the Amaranth , from Boston , 16817 sacks of Indian corn , and loo barrels of corn meal ; the England , f . om New York , 5870 barrels of flour , 1774 bags ot wheat , 500 barrels of lard , and 3 0 tierces of rice ; the Stephen _ISaldwin , from Philadelphia , 2750 bar . rels ot flour , 1450 barrels of Indian _cernmval , 1275 sacks ana 7559 bushels of Indian c » rn , and 7891 barrels of wheat ; ths New World , from New York , 287 bushels of
apples , 2134 barreU of flour , _U 24 boxes and 182 casks of cheose _, 244 barrels and 84 _tierees of lard , and several packages of Viacon , and other article-. ; tke Newton , from Sew York , 4 S 98 barrels of flour ; the Tyrone , frora New Orleans , 1234 sacks o , f corn , and 10 » casks of oil cake ; tha Sunbeam , from Boston , 219 barrels of apples , 8135 sacks and 2528 bags of corn , 185 barrels ofcorn meal , 2303 bushels of flour , 62 of bread , 850 _« f pork , 1 0 live pigs ( a romarkable item " , 7 _'Utubs of Urd _, 90 boxes of bacon , aid a variety of other _articles ; tbe China , from New Orleans . 7890 bags ot Indian corn ; tho Gordon , from New York , 2456 _barrels of flour , 879 bans of Indian corn , 2400 bags and 67 S 2 bushels of wheat , 2715 bags of corn , and 239 boxes nn * U casks of cheese ; vbe Cheshire , from Baltimore , 3 S 25 barrels of flour , 12 * 35 bushels of Indian corn and 34 g 5 bags of wheat ; the Fauchon _, from New York , 8223 barrels of flour , S 8 _i 2 bags of Indian corn , 215 barrels of apples , 817 barrels nnd 200 kegs of lard , 726 _casksand 79 » boxes of chee-e , 741 sacks of wheat , and
25 . _tierces and 30 barrels of beef ; the Allan Bronn , from Boston , 38 boxes of cheese , same of _buscuits and ol * lard , and 531 barrels , tlboxei . and 175 tons weight of oil . cake _; the Monterey , from New York , _lll ' i barrels of flour , 633 boxes of cheese , 133 barrels of lard , and 2678 bags of Indian corn ; the Richard Cobden , from New York , 570 _> barrels of flour , 184 4 bushels of corn , and 46 casks and 23 tubs ot _eheese ; the Sarah from New Orleans , 345-1 bags of corn , and 16 * 5 barrels of flour ; th * Worotiakc , from Baltimore , 12 W bags and * i » 80 bushels oflndian corn ; the Areola , from New York , 3447 b _« rreU of flour , H 1 S 8 bushels of corn , 50 tierces of beef , * : ' 29 bushels of wheat , and 181 barrels of apples ; the John Marshall , from Alexandria , _Uni'ed States , 5739 _brtgs , and 4040 bushels of Indian corn , 500 barrels of flour , and § 14 bags of wheat ; the Stephen Zuman , from Baltimore , 57 . 0 barrels of flour : and the _Hascono , from Baltimore , _> 4 nO _bnrrolg offlour , J 0370 bags of Indian corn , aud 277 ; bags of wheat
Now , by the above we must measure John Bull ' s abiiity to fraternise with King Constable , according to the 'Times" ORGANISATION . Here we find that the " Richard Cobden" from New York ( what an ominous name for John Bull ) , alone brings 5 , 700 barrels of flour , 18 , 404 bushels of corn , leaving no margin for 46 casks and 23 tubs of cheese ; and if we estimate the corn lowly that produced the 5 , 700 barrels of flour at 12 , 000 bushels , and add it to the 18 , 404 bushels , we have coming in the " Richard Cobden" alone , the produce of 1 , 250 acres of
land , at 24 bushels to the acre , pitching the cheese overboard . But this is only an insignificant item , compared with the awful list which we trust every reader will peruse * and let the reader bear in mind , that this . is produoed from Ameriea alone , and then let the working classes say whether or no they can spare the English farmers , labourers , and _shopkeeoers , as consumers of their produce ; and let the " Times' say whether or no John Bull , subject to such competition , is likely to be as loyal a subject as when he allowed Billy Pitt to put his hand in his pocket _.
But as our fraternity with King Constable will mainly depend upon the squeezability oi English landlords ahd farmers—and lest the above sorrowful competitive catalogue should he looked upon as a mere temporary incidentwe beg the attention of our readers te the following table , furnished by an official , and one of the ablest staticians in the United States : — The same gentleman , from documents in the Patsntoffice , lias _compiled the following , as the amount of the different hinds of grain produced in tbe United States , in 1817 , according to the estimate contained in the table preceding the agricultural report of the Patent-office for the present year , _namsly , :- Totals .
Breadstuff ' s . bunhels . Bushels . Indian corn or maize .. .. 539 , 350 , 0 o Wheat 114 , 245 , 500 Rye 29 , 222 _, 7 tf _» Buckwheat 11 , 673 , 500 ( 91 , 491 , 700 Grain not used for _breadstuffs . Oats .. .. : .. .. 167 , SG 7 , 1 C 0 Barley .. 5 , 619 , 953 173 _. S _16 . _933 Total 868 , 008 , 650 Other articles of food . _Potatoes 100 , 950 , 000 bushels . Beans and peas 50 , 600 , 00 ' ! „ IUco 103 , 640 , 591 ) pounds . Estimated population , 20 , 746 , 400 In concluding bis tables and estimates , he remarks : —
"The aggregate surplus of grain produced in the United Stales 1 s e & tlmaleA at S 8 , « 00 , 00 i' quarters . The largest quantity of foreign grain taken by Great Britain and Ireland , which was last year , reached ll _. _Gltyioo quarters , or about one-half only of our surplus , as stated above , excluding oats , barley , beans , peas , rice , and potatoes . In _contract with these overflowini granaries of our own country , it may be added that the whole quantity estimated tob * available for export from Europe and Asia Is only equal to about nine million quarters , or onefourth of the _surplus of tlie United States . This account should allay aU doubt , if any exists , of tha ability of the United States , with open ports , to feed the world . "
Now , then , if John was in any doubt before as to the future ; let him peruse the above , and in it he will see his future grim visage ; while in the year 1845 , the '' Times" assured us that America never could export 500 , 000 quarters in one year . This 5001000 now becomes magnified into 28 , 000 , 000 , leaving no margin for beef , poik _, butter , cheese , and , in short , everything that high rented land in England saddled with National Debt , tithe , malt tax , mort * gage debts , marriage portions , younger children
' s provisions , bond debts , governmental expenses , and all the rest of it , has to produce at war rents measured by war prices . And the question of English fraternisation with King * Constable must receive a FREE TRADE _bo-!? r _** ,., a d le tJ hn _fortberbear in mind , that while America boasts ( and truly ) of beinir able to grow a sufficient quantit y of food to feed the world , tbat Free Trade now is but in ts infancy-agriculture in America is but in the cradle . John must depend upon Jonathan n „ fi a i ldra _^ rC 0 tt 0 n ' while Jonathan will not long depend upon John for anything .
Th E Approaching -Campaign. ' We Direct ...
TH E APPROACHING -CAMPAIGN . _' We direct the attention of our readers to an " Address from the Chartist Executive Committee , " which appears in this day ' s Star . " It will be seen that the . Executive appeal to the Chartist party for a " New Year ' s Gift " to supply the means of commencing the cam _., paign of 1849 , for the obtainment ef the Charter . We trust that the Executive ' s address will be read at all Chartist meetings , and that the necessary measures will be forthwith taken to ensure a worthy response from every Chartist locality in the country .
A Whig Defeat. A Straw Has This Week Bee...
A WHIG DEFEAT . A straw has this week been thrown into the air , which helps to show which way the wind blows . We noticed last week the disinclination ofthe middle classes for political movements , and the absence of any of the " little goes" which are usual about this season . On-Wednesday night , however , " The Westminster Reform Society , " better known as the « Old Rump" broke ground—b y holding a special meeting for the consideration of a resolution , which its mover , Mr Pouncey , hoped would beadopted by all the other Middle Reform Societies , as " a sort of fugle motion . "
It was the first corporate meeting ofthe ? Middle Class Reformers since the conspiracy of Lord John Russell and his fellow conspirators against public opinion had virtuall y _siienced it , and under these circumstances some interest attaches to the tactics adopted b y these very moderate Liberals . It might _havebeen supposed that they would have contented themselves hy affirming their own love of order , peace , and legal and constitutional means , with _, out _ostentatiousl y echoing the calumnies of a hireling Press against the patriots on the Continent—ar the persons at home , who , if a little more impatient , are at least as sincere friend _* of freedom as " tlie old rump . " They might have taken very judiciousl y asamotto "Let every tub stand on its own bottom . ' '
But they were not wise enough to do this . Still labouring under the influence of the terrorist Press , and believing tha t everybody was as panic-stricken as themselves , they prefaced their string of milk and-water reforms , bv aa emphatic condemnation of " the wild conduct of professing Liberals in this country'' and * "the excesses which have been perpetrated under the name of liberty in otber countries "
This sop to Cerberus was highly applauded by the clique of Coppock , and the " better-to-besafe ' ' old women of " the rump . " It made them " so respectable , " put such a gulf between them and Chartists or other " wild" peopleand offered so excellent an invitation to all the timid shopkeepers , who had half-a-crown or _half-a-sovereign to spare , in order to get up a mock agitation for reform , that it was looked
upon as quite a master-piece of diplomacy _. Unfortunately , however , for the old womea who have so long been accustomed to dictate to the electors of Westminster;—while they have been standing still , all the rest of the world has been advancing , and it turns out that even the " Westminster Reform Society ' has been reformed . These confounded democratic principles penetrate everywhere . At every corner they start up to confront you- — they come whenever you " call spirits from the vasty deep . " Thus it happened in the snug room at the York Hotel . A member protested
strongly Rgainst condemning the conduct of Liberals , either at home or abroad , aud recommended the meeting to confine its attention solely to . positive reforms ; they had enough to do in that way , without stepping aside to blame other people . Mr _Wright-his name degervesto be mentioned—also manfull y defended the conduct and motives ofthe Chartists ; though , he said , he did not belong to that body , he condemned the infamous and disgraceful plot of Lord John Russell , and his complicity with such wretches as Powell and others ; and , witb reference to the excesses abroad , said he had
no sympathy with the Tory policy which expatiated on the few isolated victims of popular indignation , while it was altogether silent respecting the atrocities committed by the opponents of liberty . He , therefore , moved the expulsion of this obnoxious clause , and , we rejoice to say , succeeded in carrying it , in spite of several thorough Whig manoeuvres , greatly to the discomfiture of the Whig _" rump . " Mr Pouncey declared it was the last time he would ever enter the room . So much the better
for the society , if he keeps his promise . The Reform engine needs no drag upon it from its professing friends . It has obstacles enough to encounter without them . We are gratified that this meeting has taken place , because it shows that even in the somewhat aristocratic and exclusive circles of so-called Liberals , there is spreading a healthy tone of public opinion , and that , despite all the machinations of the Whigs , the spirit of freedom , though quietly awaiting its time , is yet prepared for that time , when it comes .
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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . CHRISTMAsllOLIDATS . NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the Public from Friday , the 22 nd instant , Four p . m ., until Ten a . m . on Tuesday , the 26 th . All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday and Christmas Day will be answered on the following Tuesday . T . Price , Manager . i 93 , Oxford Street , London , December 16 th , 1848 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16121848/page/4/
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