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The Masque of Anarchy. By Percy Bysshe S...
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Man's Irrationalities: a series of Lette...
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Tracts for the Times. By the Rev. B. Par...
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Reduction in Wages: its Cause and Effect...
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February 1<U848. The N0rthern Star Q
February 1 < U 848 . THE N 0 RTHERN STAR _q
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A Lay Of Labour. Br ' Thz Belfast Has.' ...
A LAY OF LABOUR . Br ' Thz Belfast Has . ' I love the springs your shuttle sings , As o er the polished rate it reels ; God bless the hand that does command That song of labour from Its wheels . Each fr & ad , each / tot , unties a knot By mi « ery _'» friezUg fingers drawn ; On erery thread that hops would spread Before my toiling artisan . In dewy grey th _» morning ray Is flattering round yonr window-pane _. And love , I knew , an hour or so Will bring us broad add bright again , What lack of gold cannot withhold-That light whieh Heaven the humblest ntaa At freely gave as to the knava
Who spirts my toll-paled artisan . 'Tie true that rest , my seal ' s request , Were mora tban even life to yon ; Sat laugh or wesp , or toil or sleep , The man ef rents mutt have his due , Kor shoild we _moara , there ' s many a tnm Before we reach the bourne of bliss—And ii we start with soul and heart The path cannot be all like this . But human toU ' s a tterile toU If all the spirit be not there—The path we ' d walk the seal most chalk , Aad memory guard the Hne with care ; And while we strait with care and pain , Seaember , lov _# , each worldly view , When sought * r £ ght , reveals a light Tbat leads m safely Heavenward toe . For stations high not burs to etch ,
Or seek them o er unhallowed earth—A sickly flower if wealth or power If reared upon oae ruined hearth ; And crowns of Triage ( oft _WeacTalng things ) May leave the wearers' cheeks as wan As even thine , whose dewy shine Proclaims the nig ht-worn artisan . B « Hary ' e throne your heart alone , Let love and labour brijur the rest , And power shall be the same t _« me Ai to this babs upon my breast ; And wealth— 'this store I -value mere Than garden-worlds of deathless Moos—My toiling ene , my infant ion , Hy whtel and your good harness loom . 'lis thought your brow is paler now _. Than when yon won my girlish heart ; So let it be , its hoe to me
Was never , lave , its better part ; The sallow stain is not the brain Where angel thought matures the plan For bird or dower , or town or tower , To swell beneath the artisan . But , see , the shy grows bine and high , And flashing is each window-pane ; Fow , thank yoa , Hsaven , at last you ' ve given The blessed light of day again . And to each gleam your _strippingJeam Reveals tbe rosy thrum-yard keel-God bless the _hand that can command That music frem the shuttle ' * wheel . Bs . nner ef Ulster .
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SONGS FOB THE PEOPLE . _HASAXIELLO'S CALL TO THE NEAPOLITANS . Ara— The Queen , _Ged bless her . ' To tay _light-toaed guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , I S 3 ng when iay labour was done , Till the voice of my country call'd loudly on me' Awake _freni tby slumber , my son !' There ' s a spirit that lies , in tke meanest disguise That will burst into glory and power , When the time is at iand for that spirit to rise—- And now , brothers , now ie the hour ! >* ot for joys of ambition , or lust of vile gold , Do 1 quit my rude heme by the sea ; Sat to win back the ' charter' of freedom of old , When our sires were chainlegs and free ; We bave borne with our wrongs till forbearance is vain , IT !! our tyrants _Tiate strengthened in power , But the arm of the peanut shall burst through the chain ,
And sow , brothers , now is tbe hour I " vTrAle bountiful Satuie spreads plenty around , Shall the fruits of the earth 6 s denied To tbe wants of tho workman who tiHeth the ground , By the rich , from his labour supplied t Tony ligbt-tQKed guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , Ko more when the light shadows lower , Will I sing my wild lay till my country is / _r«—Ang now brothers , new is the hear !
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Memoirs Of A Physician. By Alexander Dti...
MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN . By Alexander _Dtimts . London : Simms and M'Intyre , 13 , _Pafrercoster-row - , arid 26 , Donegal-street , Belfast . Every one has heard of the " author of Hbnte Carina , the gentleman who makes books by steamaad books , too , that are more widely read than the productions of any other author of the present day , not excepting even Eugene Sue . We are but little acquainted with this author ' s works ; indeed . we have not time to waste upon the reading of novels and ro-Bances ; _having , however , looked into these relumes we hare been sufficiently fascinated to be induced to read on ; and having read two volumes we feel bound to recommend this work to onr readers .
These two vols , form Nos _. 2 aad 10 of The Far-Mr library , a series not more commendable for exinordinary cheapness than for the excellence ofthe Several works which have np to to this time bean issued . We trust that the efforts of Messrs Simms and M'Intyre find , and _wiH-continue to find , that support from the public which will warrant a perseverance in their present course ef public usefulness . These volumes are so cheap that it is almost an injustice to the publisher to do more than recommend them . We shall , therefore , not attempt any
I outline of the story , but merely give a few extracts-We must , however , state that tbe time of Part 1 of I the story is laid in the reign , of Louis XV ., some j twenty years before the breaking out of the great I Revolution , but even at that peried the signs ofthe I times were ominous ofthe coming hurricane . 1 The story has a greater and a lesser hero ; the for-Imer , Joseph BaIsamo _, { the sorcerer ; the latter , Gilbert , I an orphan , friendless and uneducated , but formed 5 ofthe stuff of which Nature makes her heroes . These j two meet _tiurinir a thunder-storm . Gilbert has been " reading Le Control Social by Rousseau . Being asked * bv _Balsamo what he has learned from that book ?
¦ ; Gubert answers—; ' Things tbat I have guessed . ' I ' How fo !• 'Why tbat men are brothers—that societies in whieh I there are serfs or slaves , are ill-eonstiiuted—tbat one I day we shBll all be equal . ' ' Oh , ho ! ' said the traveller . I Balsamo _havinc taken refuge from the storm at the B * _"nn de Taveraey ' s _, is enlightened by that _I specimen of the' old school' on his views of
I THE K 1 W NMLOSOPHT . I * The philosophers are wretches as mischievous as they ire _egly—tbe monarchy will be ruined by their opinions r—no one laughs now—they read!—they read!—and _ivbat , I pray you ? Sentiments like this : — 'Under a _conarcV , ial government it is difficult for a people to be virtuous . ' Or this : — 'lloearchy is an institution in' . vented fr the corruption of the morals of mea , and the [ parpose of enslaving them . * Or else this : — ' If the ' . power of kings conies from God , it comes as _diseases ' and other Mourgtc ofthe hnman race come from him . ' _Toa call that improving , I hope ! A virtuous people ! Kow , I 2 sk you , of what use would thej be 1 Every . thing bas gone wrong since the king spoke to Voltaire , * ndread Diderot !' The baron had the misfortune to have a son infected with the new ideas , whom he thus speaks cf :-
AIXHElf ARE SB 0 _IHE 2 S . ¦ 'Ob , vis ! another philosopher , fir ! Upon the _honour of a gentleman , it is sickening ! Did he not speak rto ma the otter day about giving the negroes their _free' _fiom ! _« And what about sugar , ' asked I , ' for I like my ' - _ccc = e very sweet , aHd so e ' oes Louis XV . ' ' Sir / replied le , ' ii it not better to go without sugar than to make ' X . whole race suffer V ' A race of monkeys , * said I , and ; -f I think it was saying a great deal in their praise . Veil ! _fe What do you think he said neat ma fol : — there mu _^ t be
g _Eosietting in the air to turn _people's heads ! He _re-Ej { . u = d to roe . _« th « . i all mea were _brothers ; ' I , the bro 3 _tber of a Hottentot !' ! The chateau of the Earon de Taverney is hon-I cored with a visit by Marie Antoinette , on her way i fron : Austria to Paris to be married te the Dauphin , 1 afterwards Louis XY 1—that fatal marriage which 3 the axe _severed—severing at the same time the 1 heads of both the royal unfortunates . The princess _Rencounters the sorcerer and taunts himto foretell her \ fate . At last he consents :
THE MAGIC MIRROR . I ' I wonld beg jour royal highness not to irritate j me ! ' r . plied Balsamo ; ' I am but an instrument of Proviit _^ ce to enlighten you on those sorrows vibicb . await iyou . Intuit fortune , if _; ou will—she can revenge | L < r _; df ; but for me , I am but the gloomy herald of tbe I _misfortunes sbe bas i _& store for you . ' 4 ' Then it appears thst _mistirlunss await me 5 said _| thedai ] j , hin « Es _, mildly , touched by _Balsamo ' s resptctifnl manner .
5 ' x _es—terrible misfortunes ' ' Firtt—will my family be beppy ?' I 'That which yon have Je . _'t , or that to whieh you _In going V _jj ' Oh , my -. « n family—my mother , my brother Joseph | my _Hittr Caroline ?" I 'Yourmisf & rtune" will notreeeh them . ' I ' They ; , rc mine _aloae , then *' i ' Tkey are \ onrs , vnd these of _yosr new family .
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- * - . The royal family , of France includes _three-prfneer _tae Diiko do Berry , the _Csunt _ds Provence , and the Count _D'Artols ; what will be their fete V ¦ « Tkey will all reign . '• • Then I _sbaU hare no children !' ' You wlH have children , ' Not sons . ' ' Some of them sons . ' My sorrows , then , will be caused by their death !' ' Tou wlU grieve that « ue Is dead , but mest will jou grieve that the other lives . ' Will my husband love me V Yes , too well . '
Shall I not , then , be able to bear my grief , supported by my husband and my family V ' Neither will support you . ' The love of my people wUl still be mine «' ' The people !—the ocean in a calm !—have you seen the ocesn in a storm , m * € am ?' By doing good I shall prevent the storm ; or , if it rise , I shall rise above it !' « The higher the wave the deeper the abyss . ' ' God wiU defend me . ' _« _Alae ! there are heeds which he himself foredooms I ' ' What meaa you , sir ; shall I not . then , bo qu & _en !' 'Tes , mieans , but would to H ' aYen that you were not to be !'
She smiled disdainfully . ' Bid you remark , * he continued , 'the tapestry ofthe _Srst room In which you slept after having entered France f ' ' Yes , sir . ' _« What did It represent ?' The slaughter of the innocents . ' ' Have not the grim faces of the murderers haunted your memory ! _* ' I contest that they have . '
* Had you not a storm on the way hither t * ' Yea ; a thunderbolt fell , aad nearly on my carriage . ' ' Were not those omens ?' 4 Fatal omens V ' It would be difSoult to Interpret them as happy ones ! The _Diuphlness let her head fait on her boiem , and raising it after a minute ' s silence , ' speak ! ' said she ; ' in what aanner shaU I die !' He _shoek his head . 'Speak !* * I dare not . '
* It le my wiU that yoa should / she said , imperiously , * Have mercy—have mercy on yourself !' Speak , sir , or I shall eay that all tkie is but an absurd fable . Take eare !—the daughter of Maria Theresa Is not to be _jeeteS with!—the woman who holds in her hand the destiny of thirty millions of men is aot to be trifled with !' He continued silent . ' You know no more , ' she said , _contemptuously 'your imagination is exhausted . ' Hy knowledge of the future ii not exhausted , madam ; aud it you will farce ae—' Yes , I will hear all . ' He seized the caraffe on the golden saucer , plaeed it ia a dark hollow , where some rocks formed a sort of grotto ; thea he took the hand of the Archduchess , and drew her under tke vault .
* Are job _reidy f' he asked tha princess , alarmed b y his rapid movements . Yes . ' _'OayourkHees , then!—on your knees ! and pray to Ged to spare you the dreadful end of all your greatness , which you are now to witness !' She obeyed mechanically , and fell on both knees _. He pointed with a wand to the glass globe , in the centr * of whioh must bare appeared some dark and terrible form , for tha _Dauphiness _, in trying to rise , trembled and sank again to the ground with a shriek of horror—she had fainted . The baron _hasteced to her assistance , and in a few mioates she came to herself . She put her hand to her forehead , as if to recall her thoughts , then suddenly exclaimed , ' The caraffe!—the caraffe !' The baron presented it to her . The water was perfectly limpid—not a stain mingled with 1 * . Balsamo was gone .
The infamous court of Louis XV ., at the head of which ( 1770 ) was the notorious courtezan , _Countesa Dubarry , is admirably pictured . From the lips of bis eldest daughter , the Princess Louise , who is _abeut to retire from the court to the convent of the Carmelites at St Denis , the king hears some startling truths of the present , andstillmore startling warnings of the future .
THS COHMG C 0 KVDLBI 0 _!! . _« Sire , that throne , of which jou but now so proudly ipoke as leading s protecting shade to your childrenthat throne totters . You feel aot ths blows which are dealt at ita _foundations , but I have _sttn tueai . Silently a deep abyss is preparing , which will engulf ths mo . narchy ! Sire , has any one ever told you the truth * The princess looked around to discover whether the attendants were far enough to be out of hearing of her words—thea she resumed—• Well , Sire , I know the truth ! Too often have I heard the groans which the wretched send forth , when , as a Sister ef Mercy , I visited the dark narrow street * , the filthy lanes , the dismal garrets of the poor . In those street * , those lines , those garrets , I have seen human
beings dying of cold aud _hunger in winter , of heat and thirst in summer . You see not . Sire , what the country is—job who go merely from _TcrsalUes to Marly , ond froia Marly to Versailles . But in the country there is not grain—I do not say to feed the people , but evea to sow for a new harvest—fer the land , cursed by some adverse power , has received , hut has given nothing back . The people , wanting bread , are filled with discontent . The air it filled In the twilight and at sight , with voices telling them of weapons , of chains , of prisons , _oftyranny ; and at these voiceB they awake , cease to complain , and commence to threaten . The parliaments demand the right of remonstr » nre—that Is , the right to say to you openly what they _whisptr in private . — King , you are raining the kingdom—save it!—or we shall save It
ourselves . ' - Tha soldiers , with their idle swords , furrow the land , in which the philosophers have scattered the eeeds of liberty . Men now see things which they formerly saw not , for our writers have laid all opea to them—they know all that we da , and frown whenever their natters pais by . Your Majesty ' s successor is soon to be married . When Anne of Austria ' s son was married , the city of Paris made presents to tbe new queen ; now , it Is not oaly silent , and offers _nothing , but you have been obliged to use force to _cellect the taxes , to pay the expense of bringing the daughter of Cssar to tbe palace ofthe son of St Loais . The clergy had long ceased to pray to God ; but , seeing the lands given away , privileges exhausted , coffers empty , they have began again to pray for what they eaU the hcppine « s ofthe people . '
The conversation we next extract from , is between Louis XV . and _Sartines the head of the polioej and introduces & notice of
K 0 CSBB 4 U _4 KI > TOLTAIBE . Have yoa anything for me to do this morning , Sartines ?* Ob , your Majesty , only three papers to sign ; ' and the minister of police drew out the first from his portfolio . Oh _I'saidthe king , ' _alettre-de-eoc _^ et . ' Yes , sire . ' And against whom !' ' Yoar majesty may see . ' ' Ob , agslnst the Sieur Reusseau ? What Rousseau ie that , Sartines , and what has he done !' 'Done , sire!—written 'Le _Oontrat Social . " Oh , then , it is Jean-Jacques whom you wish to shut up in the Bastile V ' Sire , he disturbs the public peace . ' And what the deuce did you expect he would do V ' Besides , 1 don't propose to shut him up . '
' Of what use is this letter , thea !' ' Sire , merely to have a weapon ready / '—Xot tbat I am at all fond of your philosophers , mark ye . ' Your majesty has good cause not to love them , ' But people will exclaim against us . Besides , I think we authorised him to come to Paris !' ' No , sire ; we said we should tolerate him on con . dition that he did not appear in public ?' 1 Ar . d does heappearln public ?' ' He Is always to be seen . ' * In his Armenian dress V ' Oh , no , sire . We ordered him to lay it aside . ' * And he obeyed V ' Yes , but complaining loudly all the time of our per . secution . ' _* And how does he dress now . ' 'Ob , like other _p-oplt , sire . ' * Then be cannot be so much remarked V
' What , sire ! a man who has been forbidden to appear in public notremsrked ! And then , only guess wherehe goes every day !' * To the Marshal de Luxembourg's , to Monsieur d'Alemberl ' _# , to Madame d'Epinay ' s V To the Cafe de la Regence , 6 _* re ! He _plavs chess there every evening . He must bemad upon that point , for he always loses ! and it requires every evening a _company of solditrs to keep order _amoBg the crowds around tbe house . ' Wtl ! , ' said the king , ' tbe Parisians are even greater fools tban I thought them . Let them go oa amusing themselves in tbat way , Sartines ; while they do so they will not shout starvation 1 '
The minister _eaw tfeat the king did not wish the arrest sf It : usstan to rest on the royal responsibility , so he did not press the matter farther . ' But , sire _. ' said he , ' thereis another _philosopher . ' ' Another , ' replied the king , languidly , ' shall we never have done with them V ' Ab , sire , it is they who have never done with us !' ' And who is tbis one * r * ' Monsieur de Voltaire . ' ¦ Has he also returned to France !' 'Ko , 6 irc ; it would be murk better , perhaps , that he had , for then we could watch him . ' ' What has he _baen doing 5 '
It is Hot he who has been doinp anything , it Is his p 3 r : i « _anf ; they ars actually going to have a statue eree'ed in Ms honour ! ' ' Subscriptions are pouring in ; an _>! observe , sire , it is only authors who are _perititted to _Fubscrlbe . AU came with their offerings ; tbey make quite n procession every day . ETen Rous _, _seau brought his two louis _dVrs . ' 4 w \ ll , ' said the king , ' what can I do in the matter f I am not an author , it _daes not concern me . ' 'Sire , _f _thoujtt o : proposing to your majesty to put aa end , by royal wommand , to this demonstration _.
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I Shan take-good care not to do ahy such / thing ' Sartines , Instead ot decreeing him a bronze statue , they would then . decree him one of gold . Let them alone , ifon Ditu \ he will look even uglier in bronze tban in flesh and blood >' Then your majesty seslres that the matter should take Ite owa course ?' 'Let us understand one another , Sartines ! Desire is not the word . I should be very glad to put sn end to these things , certainly ; but bow can I ?—it is impossible . The time is past when _royalty could say to the spirit of philosophy , as God says to the ocean , ' Thus far _shalt thou go and ne farther ! ' To blame loudly but uselessly ; to aim a blow , but strike short of onr aim ; that would onl y serve to show our own weakness . Let us turn away our eyes , Sartines , and pretend not to see . ' The minister sighed . ?
At least , sire . ' said he , « if we do not punish'the men , let us suppress their works . Here is a list of books , whieh , in my opinion , should , instantly be proscribed ; some attack the throne , some the altar ; some teach rebellion ! ethers sacrilege / The king took the list , aad read in a languid voice—« The Sacred Contagion ; or , the Natural _HlstoTj ef Superstition . ' « The System of Nature ; or , Laws of the Physical and Moral World . ' Instructions of the Capuchin at _Ragusa , te Brother _Pedieuleso , on bis setting eut for the Holy Land . ' He had not read one-fourth of the list , wben he let it fall ; whilst an _rxpreeslon of sadness and dejection overspread * ais usually unmoved countenance . . Ho remained _thougbtfnl ,. and far soma minutes , seemed quite overcome . ' Sartines , * said he at last , ' one might aa well undertake to more the world . Let others try it . '
The minister looked at him with that perfect _understanding of his wishes , whieh the king leved in those who 8 ppreaehed him , as it served him the trouble of thinking and acting . ' A tranquil life , sire , ' said he— ' a tranquil life—Is not that what your _majestj wishes !' The king _noided . ' 0 yea ! ' _eald . he . ' I ask for nothing else from your philosophers , encyclopediests , theumaturgi , illuminati , poets , economists , journalists—tribes that come one knows not whence—that are always bustling , Wf Uing , croaking , calumniating , calculating , preaching , complaining . Let them be crowned—let _statueg be raised to them—let temples be built to them—but let them leave me in peace . ' We shall continue these extracts in our next .
The Masque Of Anarchy. By Percy Bysshe S...
The Masque of Anarchy . By Percy _Bysshe Shelley . The Right of Free Discussion . By Thomas Cooper ,
M . D . Modern Slavery . By the Abbe de _Lamennais . London : J . . Watson , Queen ' s Head . passage , _Paternoster-row . These are three of the publications which , advertised in tbe Northern Star , haYe frightened the celebrated Dr Cantwell from his propriety ; three publications which , though very small in _bizo , _contaiu a Tast deal __ more of common sense than has yet appeared , or is likely to appear , in the Bsiiibh Banker ; aad as to Christianity—if tbat is to be
measured by ' brotherly love , ' then would it be well if the intolerant priest of the Tabernacle could lay his hand en his heart , and declare I am as good a C _& risttan as Shelley , Cooper , and Lamennais I ' ' Tbe Masque of Anarohy' ( to whioh is added 'Queen Liberty , ' and Lines "To the Men of England , ' ) was written by Shelley on reading the account of the horrible massacre at Manchester on the 16 th of August , 1819 . We quote some of the opening stanzas : —
As I lay asleep in Italy , There came a voice frem over the sea , And with great power it forth led me To walk in the vieions of Poesy . I met Murder on the way—He had a mask like _Castlereagh—Yery smooth he look'd , yet grim ; Seven bloodhounds followed him : * # » Next came Fraud , and he had on , Like Lord _Sldon _, an ermined _gctwn ; His big tears , for he wept well , Turned to _mill-stones as they fell ; . « * * Clothed with the Bible as with light , And the shadows ot ihe night , Like Sidmoutb next , Hypocrisy , Ou a crocodile rode by _.
And many more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade , All disguised , even to the eyes _. Like bishops , lawyers , peers , or spies . In the following stanzas , the poet faithfully and fearfnlly paints the slavery of the English people : — 'Tie to work and have such pay As just keeps life from day to day In your limbs , as in a cell For the _tjrants' use to dwell : So that ye for them are made ,
Loom , and plough , and sword , and spade ; With or without _joar own will , bent To their defence and nourishment , 'Tis to see your children weak With their mothers _piae and peak , When the _winter mads are bleak : — Thev are dying whilst I speak . 'Tis to hunger for such diet , As the rich man iu bis riot Casts to the fat dogs that lie Surfeiting beneath his eye .
'Tib to let the Ghost of Gold Take from toil a thousand fold , More than e ' er Its substance could In the tyrannies of old : Paper coin—that forgery Of the title deeds , < vhich ye Hold to something of the worth Of the inheritance of Earth . 'Tis to be a Blave in foul , And to hold no strong controul Over yeur own wills , but be All th « it others make of ye . * * » Birds find rest in narrow nest , ¦ When weary of the winged quest ; Beasts find fare in woody lair , When storm and snow are in the air
Asses , swine , have litter spread , And with fitting food are fed ; All things bave a home but one : Thou , oh Englishman , hast none ! This is Slavery—savage men , Or wild beasts within a den , Would endure not as ye do : Bnt such ills they never knew _. Equally powerful is the description of the realities oi freedom . There are ninety-one _stanzis in thia poem , the last of which shall conclude our extracts ' . — Rise like lions after slumber In _unvanquishable nchber ! Shake your _cbains _? to earth like dew Which in sleep had fall _' _n on yen : _Yu ABE KANT—THEV ABB JEW !
'The Right of Free Discussion , ' is a pamphlet we earnestly recommend to the readers of the British Banner . We should like to see Dr Cantwell attempt to confute the arguments of this essay , the purport and merits of which our readers may form some idea of from the following extract : —
FREE DISCUSSION—rEB 6 ECUTI 0 _h-, It is a prevailing _opiaion , that some doctrines are so important in politics , and others so sacred ia religion , that no public discussion of tbem ought to be allowed . If this opinion were well founded , then would all the persecution that has ever been practised in the world be justified . For , if it be part of the duty of civil magistrates to prevent the discussion of such doctrines , they must in so doing , act on their own judgments , as to the natHre and tendency of tuch doctrines . _Consequently , they mast have a right to prevent the discussion of all doctrines whieh they deem improper for discussion . This right they must exercise in the only way In whieh civil power is capable of exercising it ; that is , by
inflicting pains and penalties ou all who oppose what our governors , deem sacred doctrines ; or who maintain what they are pleased to _csll pernicious opinions . So that the opinions , of our political rulers _^ become the established test ' of truth . In Mahommedan countries , therefore , magistrates would havo a right , and It would be their bounden duty , to silence and punish all who oppose the divine mission of Mahomet , or the inspired character of tbe Koran . The like is true of tbe doctrines of _trnnsnbatantiation , the real presence , the worship of tho Virgin Mary , Lc ., In popish countries ; and the doctrines of tbe Trinity , the Atonement , unconditional election , and reprobation In Protestant countries . All such prohibitory and penal laws are right , if the prevailing opinion , which I now controvert , is
right ; and Papists and Protestants very properly burned each other at the stake , _nltt rnately , and may justly _continueto do so when they happen to have the power . This is the necessary , undeniable consequence of the doctrine that we , or the governors of a country , wherever that may be , havo aright to puniBh iu any manner those who maintain what may be considered as pernicious opinions in religion _er _' _^ _overnmen t . How many people will agree in theory , that the prevailing notion is a mistaken one , aad yet make au exception in practice , in favour of their own opinions ! Ia this mutual conflict of hatred and revenge , which for eo many centuries has disgraced the population of Europe , what has beeome of truth ; while each of the contending parties have indulged thoir rancour under her sanction , and protended to fi g ht under her banners !
For its truth , eloquence , and practical good sense , the pamphlet entitled ' Modern Slavery' deserves the warmest commendation , Would that every working man coald hear this voice of the high-priest of Democracy appealing to him tobur 3 t tho fetters which , otherwise , will impose as vile slavery upon hi 3 children as himself groans under . The Abbe de Lamennais write * , of tho v ; rong 8 of th « poor with a
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pen of fit ® . Ills exhibition _ofmodtei slavery , show _3 \ _£ _^ y l _H'J _^ the cha 5 i" the same in 2 f _# J _H _?? in for from that which _K * . S he _- of S Parta and the bondmen of 2 _Sui _™ 8 ter , y e - ? Poaition of the enormities of IT _^' , _» _h almost impossible to quote f _^ _l nn ? 4 hIc ; , _we quoted at all , we ought L _? win _^ extrac 8 _' butthe wnol neVertheleV we will give a specimen : — .
_ SI * _VEEHT OP TU £ raot _-ETiaUM . In fact it must be owned , that the ' proletarian is one who lives . 'by his labour , and who could notliv _; _unleBshe did labour . Thus tbe proletarian _kas wages so long as he _works-Mbe requital given by the capitalict in exchange for his labour . The necessity of living renders , then , tbe _labourer dependent upon the ! capitalist , irremediably the subject : because , in the purse of the one is the other a life . When the purse is closed , when the labourer ' s wages fail , he must die , or at least beg-a slavery yet harder and more humiliating , to which , besides , the law has attaehed the punishment of crime . Can any dependence be imagined comparable to tbiscomparable to a dependence based on ths absolute power of dispensing life and death .
In the second place the proletarian depends upoa the capitalist for the amount of bis wageB . It is not _thathe may not dispute the point ; but , on the one hand , the law —so much ot it , at _loast , as is interpreted and administered in courts of _juatica—constantly favours capital at the expense of labour j and , on the other hand , the capitalist , being always able to bide his time , whilst the labourer ia not , can thus dictate the . conditions of their mutual contract , and himself really fixes—save so far as he needs the concurrence of his follow capitalists—the wages or price of hbour . Between the capitalist and the proletarian , then , the same actual relations subsist as ware between the master and the slave of old . Tbe very name remains : we say , the master and the _ivorkmun ; we speak but too exactly .
What was the slave in relation to his master ? A tool , a part , and the most valuable part of his property . The _raeelved law originally branded the slave with hit character of property , or thing possessed ; and brute ferco compelled his obedience . Chains and rods were the sanctions of this monstrous right of man over bis fellowman . And now , what is the _proletarian in relation to the capitalist j A tool , Freed by the recognition of his right , personally free by law , he is not , it Is true , the purchasable and saleable property of his employer . But thia liberty is a fietion . His body is not enslaved , but his will is . Has he indeed a will , who can only choose between inevitable , frightful death and acceptance of an imposed law ? The chain , the rod of the modern slave is hunger .
The _elpquent author briefly , but forcibly , depiets the entire wrongs of the people , social and political . His remedy is Chartism , c . e ., politicalequality as the means to the establishment of social justice . Hear him ! how , like a second Peter the Hermit , he cries to the _taillions to awake , arise , and march in the ranks of the great Crusade fer the recovery of Equality and Liberty ;—PEOPLE , _proPLE , OB . ' AWAKE AS LAST _\ Rise , _slavos , and rend your Irons ; no longer suffer them to degrade in you the name of man ! Would you that one day , braised by tbe fetters of your bequeath _, ing , your children should say—our fathers were more cowardly than tbe Roman slaves . _Amoeg them we bave found ne Sparfcacue . One will be found—and more than one ; doubt It not : otherwise , what would be left but to throw a little dUBt over this accursed and putrid generation .
Three numbers ef Dr Campbell ' s 'bane , brim full of sectarian bigotry and priestly intolerance , cost one shilling ; the above three tracts—Mr Watson ' s 1 antidote '—teaching the great principle , do antotby brother man as thou wouldest he should do unto thee , cost tenpence ! A word to the wise suffioeth _.
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Man ' s Irrationalities : a series of Letters addressed to the British Government , showing how much tha people of England , Scotland , and Ireland , have gained by being civilised . By 0 . J- Haslam . Manchester : A . Heywood , _Oldham-street . We have been asked whether the _escalation of this tract will do good or harm ? We answer good . If it obtains a circulation equal to _Ub worth , it will have a sale of thousands of copies . Of course we speak of what is before us—Letter I . ; whether letters subsequent to thia , whicii bears date January 14 , have yet been published we do notknow . No . I . we unhesitatingly recommend as one of the best and most truth-telling compositions we ever read .
The tract costs but a penny , and , therefore , we shall not be expected to quote from it . The author _averts that the working classes oi England , Scotland , and Ireland , are worse off than ravages ; and that for them' civilisation' has done nothing but make their condition worse than it oould have been had thsy remained in the savage state ; and he makes good his _assertionbyarguments perfeotly unanswerable . Could the peop le universally read thi 3 tract , their eyes would be so opened to their own folly , and the wickedness of their rulers , that they would at once determine to uproot the present system . Mr Haslam talks of effecting a reformation by ' the force of reason ;' would that the people shared his knowledge , they would go a shorter way to work . The force _ofreason , indeed ! There is anather sort of force which to us appears exceedingly reasonable , and which we are only sorry we are not in a position to employ to bring our devils of rulers to their senses .
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Tracts for the Times . By the Rev . B . Parson ? , of Ebley . London : J . Snow , Paternoster-row . Stroud : B . Bucknall . We have already noticed , and warmly recommended , Nos . 1 , 2 , 8 , and 5 , ef these excellent tracts . We have now before us Nos . i and 6 . The first of these is entitled "Goody , Goody V or State Education , a National Insult . ' There is a great deal of wit and sound argument in this tract ; and the author ' s views are deserving ofthe most serious consideration on the part of the poeple and their real friends . No . 6 is entitled 'The Chief of the Slaughter-men , and our National Defences . ' This
tract is devoted to showing that—in the words ot one ofthe heroes in the late Indian war— ' The profession of arms is oneof the most damnable occupations under heaven , ' ' A common slaughter-house , ' gays Mr Parsons , ' is ten thousand times more glorious than the field ef battle ; in the one you have anima l s slain to feed mankind , but in the other you have the blood of your own brethren poured out like water ; and not merely becBeB eut down , blown and trampled to pieces , but you have souls , if the Bible is believed , sent unprepared to their eternal home . ' The letter of that old man-butcher , the' Ir < ra Duke , ' is _beautifully shown up and answered . Addressing tha Fustian Jaokets and Smock Frocks , the author
says : — You must meet and protest against this crafty stratagem to induce you and the French to tax yourselves and shed each others blood , Lit your brethren in France know that you possess a christian spirit , and have _na _sympalby « ith the slaughtermen of another order . Train your sons and daughters to abominate war , and if the clergy will not do their duty then become preachers yourselves , and shew the gentry and nob'lity that , of nil occupations , bloodshed Is the lowest , tho most unmanly , dishonourable , and accursed . If they have pauper sons , let them spin , weave , and dig , collect old bottles or old rags , become porters or scavengara , but never sink so low as to be slaug hter-men or subsist on taxes wrung from the hard earnings of peasants and operatives , —Or if they will fight , thea let them ba manly enough to shoot one another , but not be so base as to sacrifice useful artisans , to glut their _veneeance , feed their avarice , or gratify the raoatcxecrableambi tion .
Let me Intreat the fustian jackets and smock frocks , as tbe strength , the glory , and wealth , of the _country—asjthe chief tax-payers—as the men whose blood is soon to be called for—as the women who are to be made childless , brotherle 9 B , and widows—to lift your voices against these abominations . Ambition , like a vampire , haa for ages been fattening itself on your blood . It is now more thirsty tban ever , and , unless you arise , will bring your country to utter ruin . Make yourselves acquainted with these facts ; call public meetings ; expose tho injustice , the cru'Wy , and the avarice of war , and let tho government and the world know that you are the sons and daughters of peace ; and that if tho French or Datch are to be shot , the work of plunder and blood shall be executed and paid for by the gentry and aristocracy . These tracts merit , and we trust will meet with ' an enormous circulation ,
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Reduction in Wages : its Cause and Effects . No III . By Robert Burrell , Greenock . Every working man should read these admirable tracts , which do , indeed , unveil the causes of reductions in wages . Were tho Proletarians represented in the legislature by such men as Robert Burrell , there would be no more ' reductions ; ' or , better still , the Blavery of wages would bo altogether brought to an end . Why should an aristocratic ass , like Lord Melgund , represent (?) Greenock , when an able , honest man , like Robort Burrell , exists , toils , suffers , and labours forthe good of his fellow creatures in that very town ? No disparagement to our friend , John M'Crae , the real M . P . for Greenock ; but * vhy are not both these men in Parliament ? Working men , when will you take your affairs into your own hands ?
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What has Internal Dissension done for Ireland ? Bj R . R , Scott . Belfast : J . Henderson . This tract contains a report of a lecture delivered ( by tbe author ) at a meeting ofthe ' Curran Confederate Club , ' Westminster . Tho ardent sincerity aud eloquence of the author should ensure for his little publication a large sale . Irishmen , especially , if they will but ' read , mark , learn , and inwardly _di-K 02 t' this address , may derive much profit therefrom .
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Macken zie ' s Railway Monthly Time and Fare Tables . London : h .. _Mackeazie , 111 , Fleet-street . The _best-arranyed and most useful of all railway guides , and the cheapest of all cheap _pennyworthe ,
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WEEKLY EXPRESS . ' EDINBURGH BRANCH OF THB NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The adjourned meeting was held on Thursday evening , in the large room of the 'Wkeiilt Express ' office , Mr Alexander M'Donald in the chair . From the treasurer ' s report it was shown that a great many of the members were in arrears with thoir _loeal levies , and , in _consequence , tha following resolution was moved by Mr Archibald Walker , seconded by Mr Cunningham _M'Farlane , 'That the secretary and treasurer be empowered , on and after the 29 th inst ., to write to all such . members in arrears with their local expenses , the extra expense incurred to be added to their account . ' The resolution was unanimously agreed to .
The next business taken up was the district dolegate meeting lately held in Edinburgh . Mr Cumming , district secretary , reported that a great deal of the expenses incurred by said meeting were unpaid , owing to several of the districts not having paid their share of expenses incurred . It was then agreed that Mr Cumming should write to all the socretarieB of the different branches of the Edinburgh district concerning the delegate meeting , and the expenses incurred thereby , and that they charge the sum of 3 d . from all who were members at tho time said delegate meeting was held , for the purpose of defraying expenses . Mr _Jnmea Cumming then read a petition drawn up by Feargus O'Connor , MP ., in behalf of the National Land Company , contained iu tho Northern Star , of 25 th Dec .
Considerable discussion ensued , when Mr A . Walker moved- — ' That the members ef this branch feel confident that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will not introduce into Parliament any bill which will injure _thejntereBts of the Land Company , or compromise principles of democracy . ' The resolution not being seconded , Mr John Cockburn , seconded by Mr Francis Macfarlane , moved— ' That that part of the petition proposing to hand over to trustees appointed by government the affairs of the company be expunged from said petition before presenting it to the CommonB' _llouae of Parliament , ' which was ultimatel y agreed to .
Mr Archibald Walker , seconded by Mr Cunningham Maofarline , moved , — ' That this branch ofthe National Land Company hails with pleasure and satisfaction the announcement the directors have reeently given , namely—that of opening a new Company , and we respectfully request them to carry into exeoution the glorious idea as soon as possible ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to render them all assistance in eur power . ' After a great deal of discussion , the motion was agreed to . It was then moved by Mr James Cumming ,
sesonded b Mr Cunningham Macfarlane _^ - ' That it is the opinion of tho members of this branch of ths National _Land Company , that were the proprietor and manager of the Land and Labour Bank appointing Mr Archibald Walker , oftho Wbsklt Express office , to act as agent for the purpose of receiving and transmitting monies intended to be deposited in that establishment , the appointment would give the public a daily opportunity of transmitting , and , in faot , give a prominency and publicity to . the bank which it could not , under present _circunutanoeB , obtain in Edinburgh . —Agreed to .
After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .
CHARTISM AT ABERDEEN . - GRAND SOIREE . On the evening of Monday , the 7 th instant , a grand soiree was held in the Union Hall , Blackfriars-street—a large building belonging to the working classes of Aberdeen—to celebrate the revival of Chartism , and the establishment of the Edinburgh Weeklt Exprbss as a Democratic paper , advocating the principles of the People ' s Charter and the Rights of Labour . After tea had been served to the hundreds present , James M'Pherson , the real M . P , for the city , who occupied the chair , opened the proceedings by explaining the cause of the absence of Messrs F . O'Connor and E . Jones , and expressing his pleasure at the numerous attendance which he now
saw before him . He then read the first Bentiment , The people , the legitimate source ef all power , may they booh enjoy their just political rights ; ' and called upon the veteran Chartist , Mr Archibald M'Donald , to respond . Mr M'Donald said that this was an old sentiment , bnt it was nevertheless a true ene . It had been said that Chartism was dead , but surely there must be some mistake , for it never was so life-like as at present , To prove that it was not so bad as bad been represented , he said it was not yet given up bythe medical gentlemen ( pointing to Dr Hunter on the platf » rm ) . In the midst of all the misery , all the degradation , and the want that existed among tho industrious millions , they are bsginning to speak of our national defences . B . it , bless me , what have working-men to defend ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) After all the toiling and sweating , they had nothing to defend but their own misery .
Our oppressors had formerly denounced the Chartists as fierce , fighting , and destructive men , and now they complain that they won't fight at all , ( Laughter , ) And we won ' t 'fight ; let those who have anything to fight for , do it themselves , for ws have had _enough of it . We have a great national debt to pay , and that ia the fruits of war . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Donald then proceeded to argue that ihe people were the only legitimate source of power . Mr M'Donald retired amidst the cheers of tho meeting . The Chairman said the next sentiment on tho list is ' The People ' s Charter , the only just means to secure the full , fair , and free representation of the people in tho Commons' Ilouse of Parliament . Mr Smart responded . The Chairman then said the next sentiment was one of some importance . It was ' The National Land Company , aid the moral , social , and intellectual improvement of the people . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr David Wright responded .
The Chairman then introduced Dr Hunter , F . R . C . S . E ., to respond to the sentiment , ' The Northern Star , the _Wehklt Express , and tho democratic press throughout the world . ' Bespoke upwards of an hour and a half , frequently intornipted by the loud applause ofthe meeting . Weeannot even attempt an outline of bis soul-stirring address , His presence will do much good in Aberdeen . After Dr Hunter , Mr Alex . B , Henry responded to ' Tho Fraternity of Nations , ' in a most eloquent speech . A vote ot thanks was proposed to Dr Hunter , and responded to most enthusiastically . Three cheers were given for Feargus O'Connor , the Northebn Star , Weeklt Express , and forDr Hunter . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman ; and after 'tripping on the li g ht fantastic toe' for an hour or two , the hall was cleared , and all retired highly satisfied with the proceedings . It was , indeed , a true revival of Chartism in tho North .
Glasgow . —Reorganisation . —Tho first general meeting of the members of tbe National Charter Association , since its reorganisation in tbis district , was held in tbe Universalist Chapel , Charlotte-lane , oh Tuesday evening , when from eighty to one hundred of the _aterliBg friends of democracy wore present . Mr Duncan Sherrington being unanimously called to the chair , introduced the business ofthe _tSJeting in a short but impressive speech , and called on his hearers to rally once more rouad those principles they had struggled so long and so ardentl y to defend . He believed if ever there was a time when unanimity amongst the friends of liberty was required , itwas the present ; and he was proud to say they were now in a better position for having their
principles fairly and honestly laid before the country than ever they had hitherto been . They had now got Mr O'Connor , their tried friend , in the Eouse of Commons , to promulgate and defend them , backed as he was by a few chosen spirits . Tbey had the Star of England to spread and defend them ; they had the United Irishman oi Dublin to defend them ; and last , though not least , they had the Edinburgh Weeklt Express to defend them . Hera was a glorious HnioH of the three capitals of this great empire , through whioh he hoped soon to see the people united in one grand phalanx ; and much as he was in favour of Repeal , be _hsped the union of the people of the three countries in the cause of liberty would never
be severed . ( Cheers . ) Messrs J . S . Adams , J . S . Mann , Andrew Harley , William Docherty , and James Latiman _, were nominated as councilmen ; Mr John Bryan , treasurer ; and Mr J . S . Smith , secretary . Mr A . Harley proposed that all persons be admitted members on payment of Is . a-year , and thatextra levies be put upon the members to defray any other expenses that sum may not cover . Agreed to . It was then agreed that the secretary be instructed to Bend the result ofthe nomination to the Executive for their approval , and a report of the proceedings to the Northern Star and the Wkkklv Express . After transacting some local _business , and collecting subscriptions to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliamentthe meeting broke up .
, Falkirk . —Chartist Demonstration . —A public meetine of the Democrats of Falkirk was held in one oftho large chap ' ela on Friday evening , when the principles efthe Charter were clearly explained by several speakers , and ably and fully expounded by Dr M'Douall , of London , that talented and devoted advocate ofthe rights of the people , and by Dr Alex . Hunter , of Edinburgh , who is so devoted in his advocacy of th * rights of labour . Both these gentlemen spoke at groat length , and with great force and eloquence , on the various points they handled , and were frequently and loudly applauded by the attentive audience . Meetings ot this kind will tend greatly
to lever forward the great cause of human progression . The ehapel contained a goodly audience . Three cheers wore given for the Charter and Feargus O ' Connor , and also for Dr M'DouaU andDr Hunter ; and so , after a good number joining the association , the meeting separated in quiet and order , and highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . Progress in Dumfries . —The Dumfries and Maxwolltown _Working-mon ' a Association ( that out-post of Chartism in tho south of Scotland ) still maintains its reputation as a maiden fortress , having fur ten or eleven _years _. _—and although -neglected in a great measure by relieving parties who from time to time eater Scotland on agitating mUaioha—gloriously
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foiled the moat determined Onslaughts of foes i ' rera without , and at several periods in its history , the more dangerous efforts of traitors within the camp . Situated in the heart of an agricultural district , with no concentrated manufacturing population , and standing like _asolitary stronghold farintoan enemy ' s country , _sv-ch success is s-. methiBg to boast ef . Nevertheless , its members ought on no account tu rest _satisfind with what they have already accomplished . Their ni » htly re-union in the reading-rocm oftho association has been the source of many excellent individual efforts towards the emancipation of their order ; but they ought to remember that the duties ' _-f membership in such a society consist not solely in planning movements fo be carried out by the members in their _oapaoity of citizens , but mainly
in directing theBe to a _succeBsfal issue with the concentrated power nnd prestige of their association . And in thus gaining the sympathy , confidence , and respect of the public , depends in a great measure the continued welfare , financial and otherwise , of the Working-men ' s Association . A fitter time for stepping out , then , could not bo than the present ; nor a better object than the National Petition , to ha presented in May next . With this matter there is no timo to lose . Emanating , if not from this association , at least from men trained in _ite ranks and assisted by its energies , is the Dumfries and M » xwelltown co-operative society , numbering about 50 © members . This society has had a provision-store opened tor some months in Dumfries , which has
_auoeeeded so well , that the' _managem have taken a shop in tho sister burgh of Maxwelltown , which will be similarly stocked , and opened immediately . To conclude , we ought to contend with the politicians ofthe faotions on the platform and the hustings , with the profit-mongers in the co-operative store , tbfl joint-stock workshop , the _lnhour bank , and the land company , with Justice Shallow and the jackasses ia office in tho local committees ; and , keeping up a _oonstant intercourse with the _demoorats of other countries through ouch societies aB the Fraternal Democrats , confounding the enemy by moving out masses on all points _simultaneously , without tbe shedding of a single drop of human blood , we shall speedily plant the flag of liberty , equality , and justioe , on the citadel of tyranny .
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DR CAMPBELL'S NEWSPAPER , THE 'BANNER , ' AND THE CHARTISTS . We have bten favoured with a proof copy nf a re . ply to Dr "Campbell by the Rev . Joseph Barkerwhich reply will , we suppose , be published in _somt ono of Mr Barker ' s publications . We give the following extracts : — Dr Campbell , one sf the leading preachers among tbe Independents , _hsa _commenced anew newspaper , called tbe Biitish Banhke . Ita object is to unfold and inculcate
liberal principles in politics , in connexion with what tbe Dortor supposes to be true principles in theology . Tbs Doctor ' s theology is , in our judgment , bad ; we mean his peculiar theological notions . Dr Campbell is an or * thedez raan , of wbat is called tba modern Calvinistto school . We consider every form of orthodoxy to be bad . "We _leo _* _s upon Cal » _lnl _» tlc orthodoxy as especiall y bad . At tbe same time , we have no disposition te quarrel with the Doctor for differing from us ; nor bave we any disposition to quarrel with bim for making usa of a new & _papot in advocating hia theological _vitws _. Let every man use hia liberty , and follow his own con .
science . * * * In the Bawreb fer January 19 th , Dr Campbell haa an article on the People ' s Cha & thb . « # # What he complains of most , is , not the principles of tho People ' s Charter , but the conduct of the Chartists . Tbe particular faults he finds with the Chartists are , first , their adoption of the physical force principle . But this , I btlleve , is now almost universally abandoned by the Chartists , He blames , th'm , saeondly , for severing _themsolves from the ranks ef the middle classes , and constituting themselves into a distinct community _. This , I think , was not the fault of tbe Chartists . It was not the Chartists , I fancy , tbat severed themselves from the middle classes , but the middle classes that stood apart , or severed _tbemsolres trom the Chartists .
He blames toe Chartists next tor their rancor ©*;* and _irratisnal abhorrence ofthe Whigs , and _thtirproclainwi preference of the Tories . But here , also , I think some * thing may be said in behalf of the Chartists . Their opinion was , that the Whiffs were , in general , no bette _p than the Tories ; that the Whigs were as truly conserva . tire ot abuses , and aa heartily opposed _tojast and popular measures , as tbe _Torisg were ; that the Whigs were as _str » ngly bent on tbe maintenance of the English and Irish Church Establishments , of the law of Entail and Primogeniture , ot class legislation , and of unjust taxation , as the Tories ; and that they wtre more dangerous than the TorleB _, on account of their professions of
reform * , that the Tories , though worse in their avowed principles ; might still be more easily _cosreed by publio opinion to the adoption of liberal measures , than the Whigs themselves . In _othsr words , the _Cfcartlats considered that both tho Whigs and Tories were both of _thwa enemies to tbo popular cause , but that ' the Whigs were secret foes , and t _* e Tories open ones ; and that it was better to havo to do with an open enemy , than a _secrst , hypocritical , _dsceltful foe . And in thia I think they were right , Still I would not myself join with any oho in attempting _tosupplaat the Whigs by theToriPS . I would openly avow my hatred of the principles and pro « _cesdings of both , and declare my purpose to sock tba utter and eternal overthrow of both .
Tbe Doctor blames tho Chartists , next , for Inscribing the Charter with Infidelity . He acknowledges tbat there are among tbe _Cbsrtists a multitude of pious souls , of intelligent and talented men ; but he says the ruling spirit of tbe system , as an organisation , is infidelity . Ob this point wo think the Doctor in error . We not only d _' ffer in opinion from the Doctor , as to wbat constitutes infidelity , bnt wo believe tbat tbe ruling spirit of the Chartist Rystem , as an organisation , is not infidelity , even _according to the Doctor ' s _sinsa of the word . * * » Dr Campbell says , ' Proofs that the ruling spirit of Chartism is infidelity , may be gathered in abundance from its lectures and literature . ' Here we think the Doctor again in error . No lectures or publications can fairly be called'the literature of Chartism , ' except stici lectures and publications _osbenr strictly on the Pive or Six Points ofthe Charter . The Doctor makes Chartism answerable fur a number of works that never were written by Chartists , and tbat are not acknowledged by Chartists at all as unfolding their princi ple _.
Tho _NoETnKRN Star would advertise Dr Casipb & H ' a works , I _supposo , as readily as any other books . They would advortise tbe works of either Catholics or Pro . tsstants , Church of England people or Dissenters , Radicals , Whigs or Tories , _Calrinists or Baptists , Quakers or Methodists , with equal readiness , if they were equall y well paid for the- advertisements , Dr Campbell himself advertises things in his own paper for which he would not like to he considered answerabla . Docs the Dictor consider himself answerable for all the _Academias aud situation seekers whose advertisements he publishes ? or for the musical instruments , the patent _seamlesn teapots , the patent candle nnd camphine lamps , the chain spring lamps , arid the universal metallic chimney pots ; for the _homeopathic cocoa and coffee for the million , and
all the kinds of tea _which be advertises ? Docs he consider himself answerable for the ' Manchester Tracts for tbe Times , ' for the ' _Drawing-roem Table Book , ' fur 1 The _Natur-s and Elements of the external World , or Universal _Immateriallsm fully _explnined and daly da . monstratod ; ' or for ' The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation , ' for ' The Peony Pulpit _. 'for ' Van Buchel ' _s Work on Fistula , ' for the Four Sermons of J . Caugbey , ' tho great American Rovivalist , as be is called _; for tho 'Digestive or Dinner Pill 9 , 'for ' Rowland ' s Macassar Oil , ' < bc . Two of tlio works advertised in Dr Campbell ' s newspaper would have been given by himself as specimens of Infidel literature , I imagine , if he had lotmd them advertised by the _Nobtdebk Stab . We refer first to tbe one _sntitled ' The Nature and Elements of tho
external World , or _UniversalJIramaterialism fully explained aad duly demonstrated , ' What has been considered more ridiculous or infidel than the notion that there is no material world , that oven men ' s bodies are Immate . rial , that the earth , the air , the sun and moen and stars , are all immaterial ! Yet a book professing not only to explain but to demonstrate this principle , the principle of universal imraaterialism , Is advertised by Dr Campbell without tha slightest intimation that he considers the doctriuo it inculcates to be false or even doubtful . Then ' The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'hosbeen generally cried down aa an iBfidel work by orthodox p _^ ple , and even by some heterodox peopio . This book sets aside the Scripture account of creation , and ofthe origin of man , the account ofthe fall , of the origin of death and pain , and labour , of the flood , and tho whole of primeval history , as givon in the Bible , regarding tho whole as fabulous . It teaches that the world was
created gradually , not suddenly ; that the work of creation took up thousands nnd hundreds of thousands of years , not six days ; that man was tho product or offspring of lower animals , and that , in fact , all the various tribes of animals sprang originally from the very lowest forms of animal life ; that tbe polypus , or shellfish , or something inferior to either , was the first form of animal life ; thai in process of timo loner animals gavG birth to higher animals ; that shellfish gave birth to fin fish , and fin fish to Hying fish ; lhat norms gave birth to lizards , lizards to _quadrupeds , _quadrupods to monkeys , and that monkeys , in _eouvsa of time , gave birth to man ; that the first men that existed were tbe youug of monkeys , These are some of the principles inculcated in the work entitled , ' Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation . ' Yet this work Dr Campbell advertises in his _newspaper , without the slightest iniimation that be considers the work to ba _Infidelunscripturalfalse or dangerous .
, , We do not refer to Dr O . imp bell ' s advertisements withe purpose of finding fault with them . We only refer to them for the purpose of _shoeing , that the Doctor is pot consistent ; that he _hlnm-If dow the very thing whuw he considers , in the _NuRTueiin Stab , as a _proot that the Editors of the Nobhiem Stab , and the readers o . the Northern Star , and Chartists generally , are luflaenctd by rntidelity 33 their ruling spirit .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19021848/page/3/
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