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November 17, 1840. 4 THE NORTHERN STAR. ...
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TIST OF BOOKS AND S HEETS JJ XOW PCBUSHKC BY
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THE "I01.IHEM STAB SATURDAY,'.NOVEMBER 17, 1848.
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OUR ANNIVERSARY. Twelve years have elaps...
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November 17, 1840. 4 The Northern Star. ...
November 17 , 1840 . 4 THE NORTHERN STAR . _ _^
Tist Of Books And S Heets Jj Xow Pcbushkc By
TIST OF BOOKS AND S HEETS JJ XOW _PCBUSHKC BY
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B . D . COUSINS , HELMET-COURT , No . 337 $ , STRAND , LONDON . ( Late of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-iiui ) . _2 he Shepherd , * «» Eev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Tol . I .. pncc * 5 . Cd .- \ ulBL _prieeSs . —Vol lit , price 6 s . 6 U _dofli boards : or the three volumes in one , half-kmnd in calf and lettered , price Ms . _JBrabaud \ s . \ _v-= f em of Nature , a _n-at pocket edition { two volumes in one ) . 3 s . Cd . THE GREATEST QUESTION IX THEOLOGY COMPLETELY DISCUSSED ; nainelv , tlie Argument a priori for tbe _Deiug aud Attributes of God . bv William Gil-
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_BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . On an Advance your Rent is Saved ,--you become your own Land and Householder . _PHrons . —T . S . Bgscombe , Esq ,, M . P . T . Wahxet , Es _<^ M . P . B . B . Cabbell . Esq ., M . P . L . J . _"Jamaed , Esq ., M . P . Bankers . —The Commercial Bank of Louden ( Branch ) . 6 . Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . London _OJfiOi _.-So . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St _Pancras , Londoa— Dashh , W iuja « Huffy , Secretary . _Amukged is Tubes Tectkws . _—Talue of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120-payment of 2 s . 5 d . 3 "Week , or 10 s . Gd . per Month . HalfShare .. .. 60 _ I 21 — _» 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 — 0 7 i — 2 ° ~ Applicants are _raauested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . No _Sinvrarous ' . _Soucrrons . or Ueoemptiox Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certmcate , Rules , ic , is 4 s . perShare , and 2 s . 6 d . for any part of a Share . Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . „ . 1 st . —To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . sth . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of In . 2 nd .-To _ff the means of purchasing both Freehold * _^ ! _^ _pid Leasehold _Prepcrbes or Land . ( Mdrcn , o _? _Hushands lor their Wives , er for _Man-iage 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Properly held by Settlements _, members . " th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sumciimt 4 th . —To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of " _ieir Mortgages . Parliament SECno « L—Bv joining fllis section every person in town or country can become the proprietor Of < 1 HOUSD _aild Land n his own _neighlwrn-liood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself aud family mav have of _gainiuga livelihood . _ _ SEcnovlL—To _jaise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into Mlotments from half-an-acre upwards , in or near the towns ofthe various branches ofthe society . The property to be die bona Me freehold of the member after a term of years , from the date of location , according ' o lus subscri ptions . Section- IIL—Savin" or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , receiving interest at the rate of five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . 5 . B . — £ 500 wffi beadvanced to the members of the first Section in November next , when all persons wire have and may " become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , <> n or before the 4 th of November next , and who pay six months ' lubscripuons in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance .
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CHOLERA . Just published , at top of Bottle-baulc , Gateshead , Price 3 d ., bypost Cd ., T . BELL'S TREATMENT of CHOLERA v containing all the Prescriptions of the Treatment aud Directions . ( The Basis Colchicum . ) The following is a copy of a testimonial advertised hy tho Men of Seaton JDelaval Colliery , as a public duty : — ' During a number of weeks we have been visited , to a serious extent with that awful disease Cholera ; and , although in many cases it has proved fatal , we feel assured that it must have been incalculably more so but for the valuable powders supplied by Mr . BelL The effect of this medicine has been truly astonishing ; so much so , that in many cases ithas effectually arrested the progress of this virulent disease .
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BALDNESS , WEAK , OR GREY ILYIK , WHISKERS , & c . AND COMFORT IS WaLKING . MISS COUPELLE respectfully solicits one TBiAi . onit of her celebrated' Parisian Pomade , for speedily restoring lost hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and checking greyness , from whatever cause . As also produce whiskers , eyebrows , 4 c , in six or eight weeks It has never been known to mil , and will be forwarded _ifree ) on receipt of twenty-four postage-stamps .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRCSS . ' . ' -The extraordinary success of Dr . GUTIIREY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Ruptures , is without a parallel in Ihe history of medicine . In every case , however bad or longstanding , a cure isguaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless in application , causing no inconvenience or confinement whatever , and is equaUy applicable to both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six shillings by Post _Office-order , or cash , by Dr . _HEsar _GormiEr , 6 , Ampton-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , London . Ifundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as TKOFIIIES ofthe success of this remedy , which Dr . Gotiibej : will m'lh _' ngly give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it Post Office-orders must be made payable at the Gray ' s Inn-road Office , and all letters of inquiry must enclose twelve postage-stamps for the reply , without which no notice will be taken of them
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THE CHEAPEST EBITIOS EVEB _ri'BLlSIIED . Price Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , ' with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIMES POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of tin . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Ueywood , Oldlmm-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And hi all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS !! , RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! _-Dn . WALTER DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place , _Holhsrn-hill , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , causes no inconvenience ; applicable to both sexes , of any age , aud will be sent free ou receipt of 0 s . Gd ., by Post-office order , or Cash . Full directions enclosed with the remedy . Hundred of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of bis immense success , which he will readily give to those who like to wear them after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and I till 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) N . B . —Post Office orders payable at the Ilolboni office , and to prevent unnecessary correspondence , all letters of inquiry must contain twelve postage stamps .
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PAWS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & o . ONE trial only will prove tho value of DE ROOS * celebrated COMPOUND RENAL PILLS , for speedily curing all kinds of _( _jains in the back , ' stricture , debility , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and may . he obtained of all respectable Medicine Vendors . Price Is . 1 jd ;; 2 s : 9 U „ and is . fid . _j per box ., or will be sent free ou receipt ' of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . De Roos ; Full directions enclosed . A considerable saving efl ' ceted in taking the larger boxes . Authentic _Testihonials . —Mr . T . Parry , Ruthin , writes : " Send me a 2 s . 9 d . box for a friend ; the one I had has quite cured me . " - —Mr . King , Ayleshury : "They are a perfect blessing , I have not been' bo easy for years . " The late Dr . Hope : " I can strongly recommend your . Renal PiUs having tried them in very many instances with most gratifying results , and sincerely hope they will he largely patronised , as they deserve tobe . ' _" '
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REFORM HJ _PARLIAMENT . THE INHABITANTS OF THE * , _BOROUGH OF F 1 NSBURY are informed that a pubhe MeehngwiU be held on TUESDAY EVENING , November 20 th , for the purpose of electing Four Delegates to the Metropolitan Conference , at tlie QUEEN-SQUARE as SEMBLY ROOMS , TheobM ' _s-roatm _^ Z _^ Lrt m _, „ c . hair t <> be taken at Eight o ' clock . The Mowing gentlemen have been invited , and are expected to attend and address the meeting . _—Feaiwis O'Connor , Esq ,, M . P . G . W . M . _Refolds , Esq . sS Clark , Thomas Cooper , William Dixon , and other , w _» known advocates , will attend and address the _meeting wt » m . ,, Admission free . b ' „ n _* f , TJ he Memoe _« of the Finsbtiry Locality meet everv Sunday Evening , at 85 , _Leather-lane . Holborn . EMe > e > > w _Awsbit _, Suretary .
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_LUXURIANT _UAUt , _WU 1 SKEK 8 , * o . TIRINILENE is the only Preparation that _OcinreaS be veiled upon ft / the RESTORATION or by Mis !¦ BEAN , MB , G « at _Rusself-street , _Dloomsburys'P'ai-c , London . TESTUI 0 SU 8 . . Dr Thompsensnys :- ' Itis a beautiful preparation , and the onl y one l ean recommend ; al the others _advnrtued at I have seen arc disgraceful impositions . I wish it ui * iL y aw- t _q 1 X 49 6 _llmef _Tmo says ! ' It has succeeded , after all the _^ _fffe _^ _ilylmg _^ . _^ ™ vfectW wee from any in unous co _ouring or other mutter and the best stimulant for the hair I have met wit , 'Ihe scent isdeUcate _, and very persistent , "
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_nUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CU 11 ED ' WITHOU T A TRUSS ! EVERY variet y of SINGLE aud DOUBLE RUPTURE , however bud and long standing , may be ncrmancntly cured hy Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which has been established several years , and used with great success bv many eminent . members ofthe profession , that its efficacy is established beyond a doubt . Itis easy and painless in use and applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . Darker will willingly give to any requiring them after a trial ofit . Theremedy is sent post free on receipt of Ss . in postage stamps , or by _post-oiliec order , by Dr . ALFRED DARKER , 108 Great Russell-street , _Hloomsbury-sauave , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; 4 till 8 evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) Post-Office orders must he made payable at thc Bloomsbury 1 ' ost-office . , ' _, _' ' _* , No letter of inquiry can he answered unless _twelv * nostage stumps are enclosed . In every case Dr . Barker guahaktees a cube .
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- POPULAR POLITICS AND UISTOUY . Now ready , and may be procured of all booksellers and venders of cheap periodicals , price only Ose Penny , So . II . of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR .
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" Ahh MEN ABB _BllUIIIKEN . " THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS Hereby convene a PUBLIC MEETING , For the purpose of adopting Addresses of Sympathy to the Citizen LEDK . U ROLLIN , and his brave compatriots , who havejustbeen nentenced _^ transportation for life , for having nobly attempted to save the Roman Republic from destruction , France from dishonour , and European Freedom from the conspiracy of the enemies of Human Progression . ' The Meeting will take place lit the _FARKZA'GDON HALL , KING'S ARMS YARD , SNOW-HILL , CITY , On Wednesday Evesiso , NoVEMBEIt 21 ST . All the leading advocates of Democratic and Social Reform aud tlie Fraternity of Nations , are invited and expected to take part in the proceedings . lloors open at half-past Seven . Chair to be taken at Eight o ' clock precisely . G . JULIAN HARNEY , Secretary .
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A Repubuoas . —Colonel Freestone -was absent on the division on the People's Charter . T . E . J . W . Preston . —At five-pence each , postage included , J . Richardson , Middlesbro ' . —He must have ' given his trouble and something mare with-it ¦ B . _Bbaceeniiuib , Wallace Town . —Mr . Oswald was absent . The _Metuopolitax Trades _Convention . — We are requested by one of this body to state ,, . that : thc typo founders were- represented by a delegate at the meeting last week , and also , that the petition contains no reference whatever , to tlie _questiotvof the suffrage . _Tlutsa inaccuracies are not attributed to our reporter . .
The "I01.Ihem Stab Saturday,'.November 17, 1848.
THE "I 01 . IHEM STAB SATURDAY , ' . NOVEMBER 17 , 1848 .
Our Anniversary. Twelve Years Have Elaps...
OUR ANNIVERSARY . Twelve years have elapsed since the " Northern Star" first raised tho banner of Chartism . Iu storm and sunshine , during these twelve years , that banner has been uplifted with steady and unwavering determination amidst all the fluctuations and changes of tllG political world , and this day , in commencing our thirteenth volume , Ave raise with unabated zeal and devotion , the old rallying cry- — " The Charter and no Surrender !"
Anniversaries are like inile-stones . Thoy measure the distance from tho starting point , and indicate how far wo are from the goal . It is natural , therefore , upon their recurrence , for us to cast a retrospective glance on the past , and to indulge in such speculations on the future as may be warranted by that retrospection . In order to realise fully the influence which this Journal has directly , and indirectl y , exercised over public opinion , aud the share it lias had in producing the present aspect of political parties , the state of affairs previous to its establishment must be _takcn into consideration .
At that period no really popular or national organ of opinion was in existence . The journals professing " Liberal" politics , were confined to a local circulation , were under local and p _& _rtizau influences , and their management was , at all times , dictated more by tho Proprietor ' s sense of self-interest , than by stern attachment to abstract and unpopular principles . Their '" Liberalism" was carefully got up to suit the existing market;—the creation of a bolder , firmer , national opinion and party , was an enterprise too great and too hazardous for them .
Meanwhile , for want of a national organ , the energies of tho people in different districts were frittered away in varied and incongruous agitations , and the exertions which , combined and well-directed , might have produced-a visible effect upon society— -failed , Because of their individualised and iucoherent character . Besides this , the want of some recognised exponent of the popular will and political creed , left tho masses at the mercy of false teachers , and liable to he led astray by any ' ' willo ' -the-wisp" manufactured b y ' jobbing politicians .
It was clear that a comhined national movement could never be formed under such circumstances , and , without that , it was equally clear that no substantial victory could ever be achieved for the politically and socially enslaved masses . The Proprietor of . the " Northern Star , " therefore , resolved to establish it- for thc three-fold purpose of creatine- , organising , and directing a national public _opinion in favour of their political and social emancipation , and in November ,. 1837 , Democracy in this country was presented with a free , unpurchased , and unpurchaseable ' Organ . It was a , time of great public excitement . Thc Anti-Poor Law agitation was at its height The "Three Kings of Somerset House" and
the people were in the midst of a hot and furious contest . The former had not learned that the abstract theory of _Maithusiaiiisin was impracticable—the latter were roused to fury by the infliction of anew agony and a new disgrace by the ruling classes . Thc Ten Hours Bill Movement was also in its prime ihe vigorous and manl y eloquence of _Oastler —the thrilling orations of Stephens , and the sterling . WOrtli and unquestionable experience ot the lamented Sons _Fielden— had rallied around them the whole of the working population of the manufacturing districts—the millowners were divided—the clergy and upper classes were fast gathering round the standard of the Old King . " _Qa the _oftcr hand the
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Anti-Corn Law League was actively engaged in laying the foundation of that movement which afterwards carried with it the sympathies and the support of the middle and commercial classes of the country—and the _socialists had just commenced an agitation which rapidly spread over the whole island , and excited an almost unparalleled amount of public and Parliamentary attention , ; when the means at the disposal of the party are taken into consideration . There were other minor movements—such as that for National Education , & c , but those mentioned were the great questions by which the public mind was engaged when the " Northern Star" stood forth and demanded
the enactment ofthe People's Charter as an indispensable _pre-requisite to the permanence or utilit y of all other reforms . It took its stand upon the principle , that until thc whole people were enfranchised thero could be no guarantee either for just legislation , or impartial administration—that , while political and administrative power was monopolised by the few , the many must virtuall y be their slaves , and that any so-called reforms emanating- from such a source could neither be national in their scope , nor enduring in tlieir diameter .
To these views it has unswervingly and unfalteringly adhered ever since , under discouragements and persecutions almost unequalled in the history of British journalism . We have been assailed equally by open foes and by pretended friends . We have had to encounter Government prosecutions backed by all the power of the Treasury , the avowed object of which was to " ruin the proprietor with expenses , " and the fierce competition of crotchet-mongers and jobbers in the ranks of the Chartists , who , when tbey found thoy could not prostitute the " Star" to their personal
ambition or interest , commenced , journals in opposition , the solo object of which appeared to be to heap obloquy , calumny , and vituperation upon Mr . O'Connor . Tlie flowing tide of popular opinion , and its ebb , have been equally costly to the " Star . " When National enthusiasm and excitement grow strong , and the country was roused from ono end to the other by one of thoso wide-spread and electric impulses which , ever and anon , quicken nations
into life , Mr . O'Connor's labours and expenses were proportionately augmented ; when the reflux came , aud the people relapsed into apathy or sullen discontent , the heaviest portion of tho _expense of defending and supporting the victims seized by the Government fell upon Mr . O'Connor . The " Northern Star" has been throughout national property , and the life , talent , and fortune of its Proprietor have been as freely and as fully placed at the disposal of thc people .
Not—we rejoice to say—without reward . The other movements alluded to , as contemporaneous with the establishment of the " Star" have some succeeded , and some failed ; in both cases , we believe , impressing upon their advocates the truth for which we have contended . Aud now , when the Ten Hours "Bill" has become an Act ; now , when the Poor Law Commission lias become a Poor Law Board ; aud the . ultra-Alalthusianism ofthe one has been replaced by a policy more in accordance with humanity and reasoii ;
now , when the great Free Trade Party have achieved many more triumphs than they dreamt of at starting ; now , when the Socialists exist no longer as an organised body , whatever influence their opinions may exercise on general society—after all this , the nation is coining round to the position taken up by Mv . O'Connor and tho "Northern Star . " . An Extension of Political Privileges is now seen to be as important aud essential to good government and national well-being , as we have over contended it was . Without that we
have nothing ; the political edifice is founded upon _saud . With au enfranchised people it would be built upon a rock , against ivhich all the waves of political corruption and social monopoly would beat in vaiu . The niovemeut headed by Sir Joshua Walmsley is tho direct offspring of this feeling on the part of the nation . Disgusted with the effects of past changes , and seeing clearly , that , until they arc really represented in their own House , there can be no radical or beneficial change even for them , a large aud influential section of the middle classes have taken
the field . They do not _tu terms go as far as the Charter , but their succe .-s would inevitabl y secure its enactment . If the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association carries its / _onr points , tho whole ofthe Charter will not be long behind . The augmentation ofthe voters from less than one million to three or four millions , would give a wonderful impetus to the progress of democracy ; and , though the _tueasure bo based upon expediency instead of justice—though it takes property instead of Manhood as its foundation , the
Chartists are content to hail it as the precuvsov of a more perfect measure of political enfranchisement . Thc middle and working classes have joined hands , without reserve or dissimulation . The one party says they cannot go further at present- —the other , that they will accompany them as far as they go , but they do not mean to stop there . The ancient and honoured motto is not eveu in abeyance . We still exclaim , "The Charter and No Surrender ! " but , taught by dear-bought past experience , wo have varied the mode of operation by which it is to be attained _.
This junction between the middle and working classes is tho one groat event of the past year upon which we have to congratulate ourselves and our readers . The prospect of ultimate success brightens upon us . The day of political redemption draws nigh . Against the combined forces of the producers aud distributors of wealth , the idle drones and usurious monopolists of society cannot stand . Opposition will but add celerity and strength to the niovemeut , and the "British Constitution '' must speedily become in reality , what it has long been in name— " Taxation and Representation' ' must be "coequal . "
But while the " Star " has thus steadilyamidst all obstructions , discouragements , and changes—pursued the primary object of its establishment , it has not been unmindful of other equally important questions in the order Of time . Regarding political enfranchisement merely as the means to an end , we have sought to enlighten the people on the great questions of national economy , in order that when enfranchised they might bo able to direct their newl y acquired powers in a , proper and beneficial channel . Come wheu that enfranchisement
may , it will , we firmly believe , find the British people better prepared for its exercise than any other population in the world . The long protracted struggle to obtain their rights , has taught them how to estimate the value of these rights . The maturity of thought and breadthof comprehension , which _havcnaturall accompanied that struggle , have g iven the best kind of political education—that which is acquired in the active walks of daily life , not tho abstruse and abstract learning of the closet .
A people so trained to thought and action , will neither trespass on the rights of others , nor allow themselves to be trampled upon They will know how to apply the land , labour ! skill , uud capital of the countr y to the promotion of individual and collective prosperity ; and without unnecessaril y or unjustly infringing upon existing interests , to lay the foundations of a new and superior social system , disuished
tmg by its more rational appropriation and . use of the soil , and its Sore equitable distribution of wealth . The visions ot happy homes o er all the pleasant land---which are Utopian only to thoso who have not the will to attempt their creation—will easily be realised , when the heart of the Nation and the Legislature shall beat in uuisoil , and our gigantic and unparalleled machinery , capital
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and skill , ave roproductivel y and rationall y employed to their full extent . Such , iu brief , are the ends to which we look forward , for the realisation of which we labour .. Time and circumstance may alter the mode of their attainment , but that they are attainable , we have no doubt ; aud whether it be through the medium of the National Land Plan , or by alterations , extensions , and improvements of that Plan , we shall be satisfied if the whole people arc enabled to " sit under their own vineand fig-tree , none daring to make them afraid . '"" Perhaps the events on the Continent , within
the last year , are the strongest argument that could be adduced in favour of an unceasing gradual , peaceable , and resolute aggressive popular movement . The revolutionary earthquake -which shook thrones to the dust , and scattered kings , queens , royal dukes ' and duchesses , princes and nobles , like sea birds in a storm , has passed away—what arc its present results ? The old Tyrannies restored ia almost every country where Liberty achieved a brief aud fleeting triumph . Hungary , whose bleeding heart yet palpitates in tllO hand of thebrutal ruffian Haynau , is scarcel y less free
than tho citizens of the so-called French Republic , under the hypocritical despotism of Lows Napoleon and ' the rest of the political tricksters who aro now gambling for supreme power . The meteor has flashed , dazzled , and disappeared , leaving profounder darkness behind it . That in the course of nature another convulsive upheaving of the forcibl y repressed , but universal discontent which exists in these countries , will occur again , there can be no doubt—but is there any reason to believe with better results , if the conflicting parties are similarly composed ? The old rulers of the world have been trained to _thO '
exercise of Force and Fraud . They understand thoroughly the full use of these weapons . The people have neither the education nor the means to contend with them on their own battle-field . They should be wise , therefore , and choose one more favourable for the developement of the powers they unquestionabl y possess . The strength of an unorganised majority is no matelv for that of a well-disciplined
and well-armed minority . What then ? Organise the Majority . How ? Popular progress in England supplies an answer . Inch by inch the ground has been forced from the oligarchy ; every advantage thus slowl y won has been as sturdily retained , and with each successive advance the power of the people grows stronger—that of their adversaries less . Can there bo any doubt as to the ultimate issue ?
With respect to the future management and policy of the " Northern Star , " we have no new promises to make , no broken ones to apologise for . Our past conduct is our guarantee for integrity and devotion to the cause of the people . The immense and unequalled sacrifices and labours of Mr . O'Connor speak for themselves to the country , and constitute for him a permanent stimulus to fight for the ultimate victory , in a struggle in which he has borne so conspicuous a part , and " _cndm-ed the heat and burden of tho day . " The " good cause" has become part of his being , and w hoever may desert it—whoever may grow apathetic or despairing — he , at least , while life and health remain , will ever be found at his post .
The " Northern Star" will , as hitherto , continue to be independent , impartial , and national in its whole policy and arrangements . It knows nothing of cliques or factions . The Sons of Labour everywhere are welcome to its columns . The miners of Durham , and the silk weavers of Spitalfields—the cotton trades of Lancashire , and the agricultural peasantry of Great Britain and Ireland—the clothiers of Yorkshire , and the linen workers of Belfastthe PEOPLE , from Penzance to John 0 'Groat ' s , arc our clients . Wo advocate thc cause of all— -we labour to promote the improvement and prosperity of all .
Nor are our sympathies and regards confined to our own shores . The " Northern Star" will , as heretofore , contain the most _, truthful and intelligible reports of the progress of freedom abroad ; while , at the same time , it will defend those who struggle for that freedom , against the infamous and unfounded calumnies of a prostitute and unprincipled Press . Happily , our circulation—both ou the Continent and iii the United States , and our recognised position as the organ of British Democracy , will enable us widely to neutralise the venom ofthe reptiles .
We look back with pride and satisfaction upon the past , and forward with hope to the future . The flush and fever of excitement with which Ave began our labours has faded , but it has left behind more substantial qualities—the calm , earnest , and persevering determination to fulfil our mission , and mind 3 more matured by experience and reflection for the proper discharge of its important duties . With those qualifications , and with unabated hope and zeal , we commence the thirteenth volume of the "Northern Star" —a number never before attained by any journal advocating similar principles .
" The future hides in it Good hap anil sorrow ; Wc press still _thorow , Nought that abides in it Daunting us—Onward . "
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PATRIOTISM AND _OPPRESSION . "A tale of wrong , ia ancient days , _ivlien tyranny was strong . " " Truth , " said Byron , " is strange _^ stranger than fiction . " The thrilling , graphic _,, aud extraordinary narrative of Mr . Roger O'Connor—first given to the world nearly forty years ago by William _Cobbett , at . a this week re-published b y us—is a powerful and striking illustration ofthe fact . To the men of tho present generation , it may almost seem impossible that such atrocities could ever havo been perpetrated under thc sanction of
the British Constitution , and in a land nominally , atleast , possessing constitutional guarantees for the security of person aud property . Lord Cloncuuhy ' s recent revelations as to the infamous treatment lie sustained at the outset of life from the execrable _Castlereagh , prove that these cases of lawless and relentless prosecution , were by no means singular , and that with reference to Irish gentlemen especially , neither birth , station , property uov . virtue , were any protection . On them an unbridled and blood thirsty tyranny might wreak its worst passions without lot or hindrance , and whilo committing the most brutal crimes and excesses , be applauded aud hounded on by a licentious and venal Press .
The proscription and persecution of Mr . hOGMi O'Connor stands out from other cases by the magnitude of its enormity , and its bold and unblushing infraction of everv princi ple of political and social justice . Itis , indeed , almost sui generis , whether we regard the indomitable heroism , tho public and private virtues of the patriot , or the unexampled _nendishness by which his persecutors were animated , and which a careful perusal _pf the "Narrative " will explain .
Never , indeed , do we remember of having seen the peculiar idiosyncracy and character of an author , though unconsciouslv . so forciblyportrayed in his wri tings , as in ' this ' Narrative relating to Mr . 0 Connor . " Without intending any direct description , we are pre * seated with a full-length portrait of the man , bold in its outline , and finished with the
winutC 8 t touches of truth and nature , We can imagine the frank aud hospitable reeep * tion of the soldiers— "in a sad plight "—who without notice at nine o clock in the evening on the 27 th of December , _« ' such a nig ht as my remembrance cannot parallel , " invaded _hitf _posters' lodges in quest of quarters . The ofc » JGct of such an intrusion was to excite opposition , and to lay the ground for a plausible
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17111849/page/4/
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