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•Tviatisto Be Donefor.Thepeople, Must Be Done Bj The •** !''•*'•" «Tjnitea,Youst*Ma—Dmd*4yonffu*L' , S^Jf Interest Is The Basis Of Human Action.'
• _TViatisto be _donefor . thepeople , must be done bj the _•** _! '' •*'• " « _TJnitea , youst * _ma—DMd * 4 yonffu * L ' , _s _^ jf interest is the basis of human action . '
To The "Working Classes. Jit. ¥Sjesos, R...
TO THE "WORKING CLASSES . JIT . _¥ sjesos , Repetition may he considered as egotism nevertheless , ia these times , -when I see _"M ormons difficulties foreshadowed hefore me , _£° ta < rain remind yon that , for eight and _tY " _Seav _** I have adhered to the cause of
order with a steadfastness , pertinacit y , y resolation—nay , doggedness , never "before 3 ailed - aud one of my greatest difficulties _^ been the _®& mx to Trhich m _T opposition to v movement calculated to injure your cause Ts subjected me ; yet , nevertheless , as I have j ys * looted for satisfaction for my persea nTed and injared _*& nuly—for my injured niitrv , and for your injured order—I now _ihrtff _' uWri the gauntlet , and challenge any , Ihe mostsea rcliingcntic , to chargemewithany e _a _>* S * c act oi _"iuconsistenc yj either iu or out ° f parb _^ anient , during that period of more _Lna quarter of a century .
"Working men of England , you are shrewd lilies of the acts of public men . It is now more than seventeen years since I came wU von ; and cast your eyes over that period _, _andsaj whether my services render me rtbv of yonr confidence . Babies who were ihen under * four years of age , have now attained the years of manhood ; and many , who _^ then yonng and active , have , like myself , - become prematurely old .
" \ Vbr 3 king men , my reason lor now addressin < _r you , is to caution yon ag * unsfc being led out ofi be true aud veritable path of democracy _, _jlow often have I told you , that a popular movement must pass throug h three stages—THE GEEATIOX , THE _OKGAXISATION , AND THE DIRECTION OF THE POPULAR "MIND ? When I came amongst tou there was no fixed misd . _* _uXotions _jof -national benefit vrereentertained as the _resulf of the Eeform Bill . In 1835 , 1 created a new mind , and , at an enormous expense , travers-JD _2 the country by ni g ht and by day , I or-< T-uiised that mind , and with its steadiness and
_Unanimity I sought to direct that mind to the achievement of the PEOPLE' S CHARTER , _as ibe only means by which justice could he doneto your order . However , now that that _jnjnd " 1 ms been created and organised , there are ambitious parties , who were sluggish and inactive during the two first processes , who _-vfould now undertake to direct it according to _ibeirowii whim and caprice , and without any reference to your benefit or advantage . I shall offer no antagonism to that party , because I have ever considered that tyrants bave based their power npon your disunion . I look to the Charter as the means—as the
only means—of so increasing the wealth of this country , h y such profitable lahour as would amply remunerate him , that no party , nor all parties unitedly , shall ever induce me to abandon its princi ples , or look ior more than their accomplishment . If a portion of your order had struggled for the p rinci p les for a month as I have for twentyeghtyears , you would have heen in possession of it long since ; and let me now illustrate the power that yonr disunion confers upon your _oppressors . Once npon a time a priest of great piety , and supposed to he gifted with divine charms , took possession of a parish in the county of Kildare . The weather heing very unsatisfactory , a deputation of seven farmers
ivaited npen his reverence , to request him to change the weather . He saw them separatel y in the vestry , and each asked for the weather that best suited his own purpose ; whereupon the priest called them all in , read over the different descriptions of weather that each wished for , end told them _thatas he could not give them seven lands of weather , to go home , and agree amongst themselves npon one kind , and they shonld have it ; h y this means his reverence preserved his charm , as the farmers never conld agree npon one description of weather _, "" sow such is precisel y your position , and the position of the Government ; as . long as you contend for different political principles / so long will the Government , like the priest , case its charm npon yonr disunion .
il _orkiug men one Avho takes a prominent pari in your cause should never mix himself up wiih auy secret society , and should never withhold his views from you ; and , npon these grounds , I consider it ri ght and just to correct an error , winch , hy some means or other , has "been circulated . It is rumoured , that I have g iven my countenance and support indirectl y to the movement of which Messrs . _M'Gkath , Clark , and Drxox , together with others in tha Metropolis , are the leaders ; and that I have countenanced and supported that movement with tbe underhand intention of
destroying or injuring the new Chartist organisation . _Sow , mark my Teply , and I challenge contradiction . I look upon M'Geath , Clakk , and _Dhgx , to be morally and politically honest men . I consider them ornaments to their class sad to society ; while I have more than osee distinctl y and emphatically told them , "that- as long as disunion existed , I would neither lend my name nor countenance to either party ; and I even refused to attend one of their meetings , lest my presence there should he construed into antagonism to their opponents .
\\ oridng men , I _hcvct interfere with the acts of individuals ; while , nevertheless , I consider that justice to your cause should impel me f rankly to speak my mind upon all questions intesesting to yonr order ; and as it is presumed that I assisted "Mr . Clabk in his denunciation of Sir , Harney , let me now inform you , that I more than once stated to _3 h * . Glahk , that I looked upon his repl y to _& r . _Harxey as unprovoked and uncalled for , Mr . Clauk stating that i f I or any other person had been assailed as he was , we would have _tiken the same course .
-- _^ ow _, I consider it ri g ht and just ihat you should understand my exact position as regards contending parties , and contending individuals ; and now I will call your attention * ° a matter of far graver importance . I have _w & re stated , that if I could prevent it , I never would allow Chartism to be mixed up with _•» 'v _oinEit "ism , ' * while Ihaverecently disco-Tereil _, that the Socialists arc working heaven and earth to blend the two questions together —a circumstance , which above all others , is _c-d culated to injure your principles and theirs _, _-incy wonld cater for your support , while jmey - _a-oaJd _withhold their support from you . Ihe Socialists of England , like the Socialists m l aris , contend for an _tsducatiosal
_sur-* _£ -iGs , and are opposed to Universal Sufirage . Aow , accomplish this , and you will find that those who base tlieir power npon education , Trill preserve yourignorance as a means of preserving their own power ; while my opinion is , and ever has been , that if you had Universal _Safa-age to day , ignorance before this day _•^ elvemonth would he looked npon as a crime ; « - "" d if yon require irrefutable proof of the _fetf , that the working classes are anxious and - _^ irous to instruct themselves and their fa"" " ¦ f lies , you have only to read the statements ti Lord' Ashley and other memhers , on the _^• ate ,, the Ten Hours Bill , showing how _™ e system of education had improved since
_"K _-aoars of toil hail diminished . }' ' orkiug men , the tends and dissensions in _^" s _coaiitry havebeen preserved , and Wood X _^ . ° ' in streams , in consequence of those _X , _"TS fcnds kcpt up hy the several _propjuncj _ers of what they call IheHol y Scriptures ; an ¦ l \ Ud \ 0 eci 1 U _P _°° tIie 5 e < hssensions _> feU ( l '" » j- , _D j _\ * - _" it the several Mood-suckers have * aK , i _fattened ; and 1 now tell you , without ha nC * t _*^ _^ le "' ° f political parties v equally fattened upon those feuds and - _ssauaous which they have caused amon * j ; st " H'Sr order . " * _^ _wkSng men , the Weekly Tribune of last
To The "Working Classes. Jit. ¥Sjesos, R...
Saturday has honoured my speech , delivered at the John-street Hall , with a comment , and which comment I g ive at full length in another place , while I shall make a few observations upon the matter . Passing over the comment upon my speech , I come tothe pithy passages . The writer says : — Besides , we challenge Mr . O'Connor to show us the possibility , under the present system of competition , of any man , hy honest industry , and without speculating in tbo toil of others , earning £ 5 , 000 of a realised capital , far less £ 20 , 000 , to leave to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself could not _Uve as well , nor dress as weU as he does , were it not forthe exploitation ofthe poor devils that do the work , whereby he gets his rents , or profits , as the case may be .
. Now , I think that the writer has taken a leaf from my book , as I have over and over again challenged all men , or any man , to show me the possibility of an industrious man supporting himself under the present system of competition . Then , with regard to "Mr . _O'Coxxoit ' s mode of living and dressing , he defies any man to point out an individual who lives more frugally , or dresses more plainly , than he does ; whilo instead of living upon the poor devils , the poor devils lived upon him . And will the writer point out one man in this
world , -with the exception of the philanthropic Robert Owe" *" , who has so truly carried out the veritable principle of Communism , as Mr . O'Cosson ? Has he not given up his professian ,. M 5 . d < Huain , the friendship of his relatives and friends , his twenty-eight years' time , and the whole ofthe profits made of the Northern Star—at one time amounting to over - £ 13 , 000 a year—to ameliorate the condition of the working classes ? And has he not repeated to surfeit the fact , that the present system of competition has been the ruin ofthe country ? Again the writer goes on to say : —
Communism , taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of all the elements of society , sons to create a solidarity of Merest , and to put an end to a merchant class , a trader class , and a working class , with separate and contending interest- -. It , moreover , presents no sueh element as a forced division of property , or a forced division of profits , as is assumed by Mr , O'Connor . _Xow , if the above is a veritable definition of Communism , I confess myself a true and veritable Communist , as the writer repudiates all notion of what is understood to mean that all property is common property , whether created hy the producer or the consumer , who appear to havo an equal claim upon the store . Again the writer says : —
Were we to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor ' s own camp , we might point the inequality of misery , as evidenced in his Land Scheme , of individualism individualised , aud contrast The wretchedness _« f Charterville and O'Connorville with the bounteous plenty of American Communism , as exemplified hy the Itappites and Shakers . "Now , my only answer to the above passage is , that I look upon my Land Plan in a difierent lig ht to the writer ; and if he will but take the trouble of contrasting the difference of appearance before tliey were located and since , he will come to the conclusion that individuality of possession , and co-operation of labour , is the veritable p rinci p le upon which alone this country can be regenerated . I shall now conclude my comment with an observation upon the last passage . The writer says : —
In conclusion , all we have got further to say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , what is the use of the working classes agitating for'it ? "Viewed through the O'Connor medium , it would seem only to be an instrument for getting a few ambitious men into "Parliament , and creating a race of miscrahle peasant cultivators , destitute of capital , machinery or combination—without which , under modern civilisation , aU industrial efforts must signally fail . ~ No \ v , my only answer to the above is , that if the Charter were the law of theland to-morrow , an ambitious man , or ambitious men , could do no injury to the industrious classes , " nor could they create a race of " miserable peasant
cultivators , destitute of capital" —as one of the fundamental princi p les of such a Parliament would he to enable every man to live b y the sweat of his own brow , and to give him full employment , by fully developing the resources of the country b y the application of the labour ofthe country . And , so far from the miserable peasant being destitute of capital , as I stated a thousand times , the property now monopolised by the Church , and the property brutally expended in the support of revolting Poor Law bastiles , should be all applied to the industrial labourer ; and instead of having fifty or sixty millions a year raised to support idlers in
luxury , and butchers to kill their fellow-men ; and instead of having two hundred millions a year , and upwards , of profit made upon indirect taxation and competitive labour—Mi * . _O'Coxxok is of opinion , that the country would be better governed—that the brutal laws now in force would be less required—and that all could be accomplished , not by a saving of ten millions a year , but . by the payment of five millions a year , to fall equally upon all , and only amounting to three shillings and fourpence a head per annum . And no system
but the system which Mr . O'Cosson seeks to establish by the enactment ofthe PEOPLE'S CHARTER , ever will , or ever can , accomplish this holy and desirable end ; while no power can ever achieve the Charter , except the _vmOU OF THE WORKING CLASSES . And , reviled and denounced as I may he by those who seek to pander to the fancy and credulity of the working classes , no power on earth—neither popular revile , middle class opposition , legal persecution , or governmental animosity , shall ever induce me to lower my banner , or change nry motto , which
is—THE PEOPLE ' S CHARTER , AXD _XO SURRENDERJ Working men , in the name of God , in the name of justice , in the name of liberty , in the name of your country , your wives , your children , your homes , and all that is deal * to you , let me implore you , let me beseech you , let me conjure you , never to abandon the princip les of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ¦ and , never to adopt any other until they become the
law of the land ; and then , according to the maxim ofthe Yorkshire peasant , you will find " that all tho stuff ' ce the world wor made for all the folk ' ee the world , " and then you'll have your share bf it . In conclusion , my friends , let me assure you that however yonr order may , for a time , be split up into parties or factions , that I will contend against all , until I see the flag of freedom waving over regenerated England . The men I have most served have ever been my bitterest enemies .
Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate , Feakgus O'Connok
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( From the Weekl y Tribune of loth April . ) This extract is from tbe Aorthern Star report , though we learn that instead of only one " old man having hissed , " the great majority of the audience repudiated the sentiments of tho speaker . So much , therefore , for tbo correctness of the reporting department ofthe " only people ' s paper . " The first argument , if it can be called by the name is an appeal to tbe selfishness of the person , whom Mr . O'Connor finds fault with for hissing . He mi < -ht as well have asked—supposing a slavery abolitionist had gone to bed , and waked next morning and
heard tbe news tuat a brother had died in Virginia and left bim a thousand slaves , and that his selfishness led him to coin the estate into money , would that be any conclusion in favour of the justice of slavery ? _Neither the _. solfishness of the hypothetical Communist , wbo , for the love of £ 20 , 000 , is suppo sed to change bis principles—nor that of the Abolitionist , who , for the sake of gain , might be led to sell his brother ' s " human property ''—is of any value whatever as an argument against Commuism , or in favour of slavery . In dealing with principles , we must appeal to a standard of justice ; and tbat
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standard _^ tells ns that a state of society which enables individuals , by the chicanery of trade and commerce , the tricks of law and religion , ov by laws made for class interests , to leave £ 20 , 000 , £ o 0 , 000 , or £ 100 , 000 to their successors , to enable them to riot in idleness and debauchery , is an accursed system . Besides , we challenge Mr . O'Connor , to show ns the possibility , nnder the present system of competition , of any man , by honest industry , and without speculating in the toil of others , earning £ 5 , 000 ofa realised capital , far less £ 20 , 000 , to leave to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself could not live as well nor dress so well as he docs , were it not for the exploitation of the poor- devils that do the work where he gets his rents or profits , as tbe case may be . The illustration of Mr . O'Connor , about the merchant and bis three sons , as a refutation of Communism , shows the shallow nature of the orator ' s information on the
subject on which he speaks . Communism , taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of all the elements of society , so as to create a solidarity of interest , and to put an end to a merchant class , a trader class , and a working class , with separate and contending interests . It , moreover , presents no such element as a forced division of property , or a forced division of profits , as is assumed b y Mr . O'Connor ; but so organises the elements of education , production , distribution , and government , asto realise perfect equality without any Procrustean law to enforce it ; for equality would spring from the absence of all motives or circumstances to make inequality desirable , and from the improved characters and dispositions created by new and superior institutions . "Were we to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor ' s own camp , wc might point out the inequality of misery as evinced in bis Land Scheme of individualism individualised , and contrast the wretchedness of Charterville and O'Connorville
with tbe bounteous of plenty of American Communism , as exemplified by tbe Itappites and Shakers . We do not doubt Mr . O'Connor ' s claim tobe considered a good agitator , but we consider him neither a discreet hor safe politician , nor a sound political economist , and were there any doubts existing on the latter point his display on Tuesday would set the matter at rest for ever . In conclusion , _idl wo have got further to say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , what is tbe use of the working classes agitating for it ? "Viewed through the O'Connor medium it would seem only to be an instrument for getting a few ambitious men into parliament , and creating a race of miserable peasants cultivators destitute of capital , machinery , or combination—without which , under modern civilisation , all industrial efforts must signally fail .
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Dudlet . —A special meeting of tbe shareholders ot the Xational Land Company was held at the meeting room , Campbell-street , on Monday last , to consider the present position of the Company ' s affairs , and also to consider tbe proposition to wind it up . Tbe meeting was numeronsly attended . Mr . Davies was called to the chair , and , after au animated discussion , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we are totally opposed to the government , or thc Ilouse of Commons , having anything to do with the winding up of the Company , as we cannot expect justice , seeing that they have no sympathy with the plan , or Mr . O'Connor , its founder . " " That we agree to wind up the affairs of this branch by forming ourselves into an - association , to be called tbe * lledemption
League , ' for the purpose of purchasing up all shares from dissatisfied men , and presenting the same to Mr . O'Connor , to be used by- him in the furtherance of the glorious Land Han . " Tho following short address , to accompany the resolutions , was then proposed by Mr . Simon Watts : — " We , the members of the Dudley branch of tho _National Land Company , call upon all members , in their several localities , who havo faith in the future , and confidence in themselves , and who believe that the emancipation of labour , can only be effected by their efforts , combined and well-directed , without that individual selfishness which has been the characteristic of so many of the fortunate members . Let us now rally to the rescue , and save it from thc
poisonous fangs of the blood-sucking capitalists . Shall the Land Plan—which has cost our champion so much time and expense—be all lost , when our co-operation can save it ? Our co-operation raised it , and made it a giant that struck terror in the traffickers in human flesh . They bave succeeded for a time in damping the energies of all , and extinguishing the hopes of the weak . Let us , then , once more unite , and put on our former activity . Tbe dissatisfied can soon be bought out , if you are half as zealous as you were to get tbem in . Let the men of action see to it , and the work will soon be done . Associations for the purpose of purchasing the shares of tbe dissatisfied , in your several towns , we deem to be the quickest way to wind up ,
and it will be less expensive than an Act of Parliament would be . Our champion would be unfettered in bis operations , . and the Company restored to its former activity . Brother members , some decided step must be taken to save the Company . To tho work , then . Prove your confidence in the Land Plan by your actions , and let us have Mr . O'Connor voting _' confidence in us , instead of us doing so to him . Brother members , we beg to subscribe ourselves , the members of tbe Dudley branch of the National Land Company , wbo have united and bound ourselves to settle tbe affairs of this branch without an Act of Parliament . _—Jonu Davies , chairman ; Wiliiam Eaxkis , secretary . " A _committee—consistinjj of Messrs . Richard Hays , Simon
Watt , William Dunn , Joseph Massey , and William Rankin—was then appointed to draw up and prepare a set of rules to be submitted to tbe meeting , which was then adjourned till Monday next , April 22 nd . The sum of £ 2 was paid in , to commence with , and tbe meetin g separated . Glasgow . —A preliminar _* , * meeting of members was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 48 , Nelson-street , on the Sth of April , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present position ofthe affairs of the Company , and the best means to be adopted nnder the circumstances in whieh the members are placed . Mr . W . Doherty having been called to the chair , Mr . John Cameron called the attention of the meeting to the several reports
and letters in the Star of the previous Saturday . He said he was proud to see the men of Huli settine such a noble and practical example , and declared his willingness to p lace bis scri p in the bands of Mr . O ' Connor , believing tbat it would be used by him for the benefit of tlie people , * and he hoped that all the members would do the same , and frustrate the Government and Sir Benjamin Hall , by placing it beyond their reach to wind up the affairs of the Company , which would for many years destroy the confidence of the working classes in one another , in any scheme which might be laid down for their emancipation . After the _meeting , several of the members offered their scrip , that it mig ht be sent at once to Mr . O'Connor , thus showing to his enemies the confidence they repose in him .
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THE LATE MEETING OF THE LAMBETH BRANCH Of THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . TO IHE _miTOU OF THE KOMnEnS STAB . Mr . Editoh , —I read with some surprise the report of the meeting of the Lambeth branch in your journal of Saturday last , as I find it there stated that Mr . Side , sen ., said he bad left a copy of thc resolution atthe Land Office , in care of Mr . Arnott , to be sent to the Star for insertion . " Now this 1 most emphatically deny ; and I am confident tliat the statement is altogether a mistake , as I have too hig h an opinion of Mr . Side ' s integrity to think tbat he would state what he knew was false . Trusting that you will allow this insertion , I am , fraternally yours , John _Arnoti .
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i _^ - NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The following letter should be read by _eveiy man who has an interest in the Land Company : — TO P . O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . 1 _* . _Duae Sin , —In the . Northern Star of the otliinst . I find two letters from Mr . James Taylor , in which he states that the language used by him ( aa stated in tbe Suffolk Chronicle ) was false , and that at the Stowmarket meeting , as well as at the Ipswich meetiDg , be used different language—language carefully studied , so as not to g ive offence to you , or tbe Plan of wbich you have been the author . With respect to the Ipswich meeting , I cannot make any reference so as to prove the accuracy of what is reported in the Suffolk Chronicle , but that I believe will be cleared up by another individual , resident in Ipswich . I can speak , and . speak positively , as well as the persons who have put tbeir names below to the following words— " He
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wished also to distinguish thc operations of this Society from the operations or anotliw Society which was called a Land Society . Ho wished the meeting to understand that they did not appropriate , nor have , title deeds mado out to themselves ; tney did liot use tho money of the _shareh *? lder ?' apply it to tlieir own personal benefit . Thoy did not profess to givo two acres of land , a 2 ° ° _' _* _* iP d f 20 or £ 30 into the bargain , arid all for ?" . '• '/ loy d _* d nofc intend to put themselves m such * * position that a jury of their coum ' _trymb-tf _sh ° wy they bad . swindled tho' _peoplo-mit jof _illAOUO . He wished to make .. that : observation ;' because their institution had been , _confounded with another . " . I should not have _callMimM die question at Stowmarket if he had _nwsde ' par . tea ' fritto
om , censure you and your ' _phttisViwhicMI did do at the meeting . Mr . _Tayiofedart call you to . account for using offensive words ; _biit" he _appii " _- ' rently forgets , while . be was ¦ a _^ _dtog language to deceive you-and others , that ? = _* _" $ lful lying was far more degrading than plain . . _gp | , ik ing . : -Tours in tliecaiw _^ f humanity , « w _« ; ' •¦ - ' --:, _'CARLES GLADWEHi . ; .. We , the undersigned ; -- Solemnly . attest that tho language used b y Mr . _^ Taylor , at the . Stowmarket ' meeting _^ was as near as we can remember , the same as imputed to'him in the Suffolk-Chronicle } and written in the above letter .- ' - v * t « _Ciiarle 3 Gladwell , ' Robert Stiff ; Brip ' o Stimpsonj William Stimpson , David Roper , William Roper , and _Josapb Loeman . " Stowr iiarketApril 11 th 1850 .
, , f ~ T _^ rTllE EDITOR OF TflE _SUFFOLK- " '' CHRONICLE .
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_bxii though all this winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , wc do injurionsly to misdoubt her strength . Let her and Falsehood grapple ! Wno ever knew Truth pat to the worse in a free and open encounter _?—Miltox .
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Sin , —In your report of Mr . Taylor's recent lecture at the Temperance Hall , Ipswieh , I find the following paragraph : — " He -wished the meeting to understand that they did not appropriate nor kave title deeds made out to themselves , they were not tho parties to use the money of tlie shareholders and apply it to their own personal benefit and advantage . They did not profess to make promises , to give two acres ol land , a house , and £ 20 or - £ 30
into the bargain , and all for £ 2 lis . They did not intend to put themselves in such a position that a jury of their countrymen should say that tbey bad swindled the people out of £ 112 , 000 . " It is not my wish to offer any antagonism to the objects and principles of the Freehold Land Society , but as the veracity of the above paragraph has been this last week denied by Mr . Taylor himself , I think it right and just that you should bo informed how this was brought about . In the Northern Star of the 30 th of March appeared a letter from Stowmarket ( which 1 have enclosed ) , wherein it states that Mr . Taylor made a most unfair attack upon the Rational Land Company and its promoter , and appended to which _y * a 3 a report of Mr . T . 's lecture
at Ipswich , and a reply from Mr . O'Connor , in very strong terms . Mr . Taylor must know , and you , Sir , must bo aware that no opposition whatever has been offered by the National Land Company against the objects and principles of thc Freehold Land Society , consequently such observation were quite uncalled for . It is no doubt very proper and also very just that the pretensions of every Society , having for its aim the ultimate benefit of the masses should be critically canvassed , and the character of its promoters fully discussed , but when gratuitous falsehoods are made , and slanders uttered to secure that end , I must say in all humility , but at the same time with candour , that such persons , and I care not who they be , lack sufficient
argument to make out their case . I am now writing , Sir , under the impression that the report m question is correct , for I never can believe that you or your reporter would descend to so mean and cowardly a trick , as to wilfully misreport any one ; however let Mr . Taylor ' s letter to Mr . O'Connor , which appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last , speak for itself , it will be I trust , deemed sufficient apology for my thus troubling you , and , in conclusion , beg to state that as in all probability Mr . O'Connor will shortly visit Ipswich , it would be well that the responsibility of such paragraph should he attached tothe proper party . I am , yours respectfully , William _Garrakd .
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[ As the correctness of our report — which was only a condensed version of tho meeting at Ipswich —has been broadly impeached our reporter has supplied the following verbatim note of the remarks Mr . Taylor made , on that occasion , upon the particular point in dispute . It will be found to differ only verbally from the published report : — I wish also to distinguished the operations of this Society from tlie operations of another Society whicli is called a Land Society . I wish you to _understand that wo don't appropriate , nor have title deeds made out to ourselves . Weave no parties to use " jour money and apply it to our own personal benefit and advantage . Wc don't propose to make farmers of jou , to givo you two acres of land , a house , and 20 . ' . or SO " , to have it -. and all this for -1 . 14 s . We don't intend to put ourselves in a position that a jury of our country shall say we have swindled the people out of 11-2 , 000 " . of money . I wish to make these observations because we have been confounded with that institution .
—Our reporter further states that ¦ there was no previous allusion whatever , by Mr . Taylor , at Ipswich , as to tho Tory press attempting to confound the Freehold Land Society with tho National Land Society . Whether such an allusion was made at Stowmarket , or not , he is not in a position to say , as ho was not thero , and , consequently , no report of that meeting appeared in our columns . He desires us to add that ho pledges himself to the general correctness of the report , and , at the same time , repels the insinuation , whether thrown out by Mr . Taylor or Mr . O'Connor , that he has misrepresented the sentiment for the purpose of reflecting , openly , or by inuendo , upon the character of Mr . O'Connor . ]
Birmingham, April Lltb, 1850. Sir,—I Can...
Birmingham , April lltb , 1850 . Sir , —I cannot resist my inclination to tender you my unbounded thanks for the unhesitating manner you inserted my letter of last week , and , what is more , for the open , frank , manly , and honourable withdrawal of the observations you made respecting my supposed remarks upon your Land Company . This course manifests , at all events , a disposition worth y of imitation by all those parties who have maligned you , but who have not the honour or honesty to retract what they have said , when they are proved to be fals ? . With an earnest hope that you may outlive all animosity , and that your labours may be productive of incalculable good , I am , Sir , Faithfully and gratefully vours , F . O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P . Jas . Taylor .
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17 , Portland-street , Cheltenham , April 9 th , 1850 . Sir . —I have thought it my duty to send you the underneath copy of the petition I bave sent by tbe same post to Granville C . L . Berkeley , Esq ,, M . P . for Cheltenham , to be presented by him to the Ilouse of Commons . I 5 y direction of a general meeting of thc Cheltenham branch of tho National Land Company , and . at which meeting a resolution of honour and confidence in you was unanimouslv passed , and a resolution that the Company be wound up , was negatived by more than two to one , which resolutions were inserted in tho Star of March 23 rd . With overy feeling of honour and respect , I remain , Sir , , n -r , _? , most resPectfully and fraternally , To F . O Connor , Esq ., M . P . John HraiMiir . TO TUE _IlOXOUItABLE , ME COMMONS OF _GHEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED .
. The petition of the members of tlie Cheltenham branch of the National Land Company , in special general meeting assembled , sheweth—That your petitioners have tlio utmost confidence in the practicability of the National Land Company , as established by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . I \ _, andhumbly request your Honourable House will not interfere so as to prevent the aforesaid F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., from completing the laudable , philanthropic , and patriotic desigus to elevate its members by the occupancv of two , three , or four acres of laud each , and a comfortable cottage , with seven pounds ten shillings sterling , per share , aid money ( which , in our estimation , ' raiders it thc best system of home colonisation vet propounded ;) and that vou will grant tho aforesaid F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . I \ a short act , by winch you will render the Company perfectly legal , nnd give us an opportunity of showing to the world and your
Honourable House , that our confidence iu tbo honesty and integrity _ottts founder and directors is not misplaced , and that , all their professions and promises will be realised to the utmost of our wishes , in spite of the factious opposition of an hireling press , which has douo its best to prevent its realisation , by falsehood aud misrepresentation . Whether your Honourable House grant this prayer or not , we earnestly entreat that you will not remove from tlie aforesaid 1 * . O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., the trusteeship which ho has so honourabl y held , . iud so much to onr satisfaction : but if the affairs of the National Land Company must be wouud up , we further beg that your Honourable House will giant the aforesaid P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . l \ , and the other Directors , full powers to close and wind up the same , and your petitioners will , as in duty bound , ever pray , Ac . Signed by the Chairman , on behalf of the Meeting , . JosiiCA Joiw BnAbG ** i ? r
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THE VICTIMS . : ' . 7 . _L--TO TnE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHER " - * STAR . Dear Sir . —I . have . been busily , engaged , yesterday and to-day , in procuring bail for the political victims , and I-have ; much pleasure ; in ; , statin _^^ hat p ; Messrfi ' . ' _;^ _hell ! , and Bryson- C ( _% _^ i 8 | l _^^ _iConw-ay _^ pr _^ leri , an _& _l'jf _& _'g _^ - _^ Ppwell _Plotj _^ _fhayepbeen _, liberated _$ _qj _$ Horsemonger-lane" Gaol" and also " Messrs ? Young , Gurney _&;^ _Hftrtih ; - Argue ' _Sno-vvballT . and Able , who w _^ i eV 8 _^ iarl _y- yiciaifiized ; _! al e released from the _W _^ tmihster House of Correction , Tothill _MehtsXX ' _' " f '
% Regretting that : _our > esteemed friends , Ernest _$ ihes , Fussell , *' j _^ mtC _.-iBezer , M _* _Douall , Lopney , and othei ' _s , ; iti ' u * _i-emain under Whig tyranny , I am yoi ( i ; s 'in' the _^ cause of suffering humanity , /// '" ; Z _^ om- Arnoit . { _, ; 14 , _Southamptott-street ' iStrand , ' ' . - April _I 8 th , I _5350 . _-i _^ : _7-l ; _Saturday Mornings ¦ : , ; P . S . —J . Bezeivwas als > . liberated on . Bail at the Mansion House _yesterday . J . Ay ¦ '' . % _i _. W : : ' 7
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The Pr0>Istonal-6o The National Charter ...
THE PR 0 > _ISTONAL-6 O THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , Met at tlieir office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on "Wednesday evening , April _tholfth , Present : —Messrs . Davies , Miles , Reynolds ,
Grassby , Arnott , Milne , Brown , and Stallwood . Mr . Grassb y in the chair . Letters containing money and reports of progress were read from Bri ghton , Burnley , Ipswich , Limehouse , and Yarmouth . Mr . Arnott reported that he had taken thc " Gem" for the aquatic excursion to Gravesend , on Whit Tuesday next . Messrs . Arnott and Reynolds were deputed to visit Gravesend , and take a place in which to hold a Chartist demonstration
on the occasion , to which tho attention of the . ' Men of Kent" is particularl y directed . Threatened Proceedings against Mr . W . J . Vernon . —Messrs . Grassby and Arnott reported that they had waited on Mr . Nixon , and that he had reduced his charges to the lowest figure , and that the amount , when so reduced , was 137 / . 5 s . ; it was then agreed , that an appeal should be made to the country through the usual channels , and that Messrs . Grassby and Arnott be instructed to draw up an address for that purpose .
The Victim Committee . —« Messrs . Bentley and Slocombe attended as a deputation from the City Chartist Hall , and paid in 10 s . for the funds of the association , aud stated they were deputed b y their localit y to wait on that committee , and request it to take on itself the duties of the Victim Committee , as they had every confidence in the Provisional Committee . On consideration the committee concluded that it had no power to take the office on itself , and that as Messrs . Grassb y , Milne , Arnott , and Stallwood , who were of those originally appointed , and who attended to their duty , it must for the present remain in tlieir hands .
Address on Tract Fund .- _^ This subject was postponed until the next meeting , when Mr . Reynolds will submit an address . The ensuing Conference of the Parliamentary Reformers . —Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , and Arnott , were appointed a deputation to wait on that bod y , to effect on broad principles , if possible , an amalgamation of all parties . Westminster . —Mr . Stallwood brought forward the proposition for opening a Chartist locality at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , when it was resolved that Mr . Geoghegan be immediatel y supplied with cards , and that as soon as the locality is formed , arrangements to be made for holding a public meeting in tho Temperance Hall .
Tower Hamlets . —Mr . "William Davies reported that thoy now had the offer of a large chapel , in which to hold a public meeting in the Hamlets , and he wished permission to make arrangements for the same . Be was accordingl y instructed to make arrangements for holding the meeting on Monday , the 29 th inst ., if possible . The propriety of holding a public meeting in St . Marylebone , was suggested by Mr . Stallwood , but its consideration was postponed for the present .
Mr . Fuzzon attended and presented a list of council selected b y the Finsbury localit y , which was accepted , and , after the transaction of other business , the Committee adjourned until "Wednesday next , the 24 th inst .
Sheffield.—On Sunday Last Mr. M. A. Buck...
Sheffield . —On Sunday last Mr . M . A . Buckley delivered an address to a numerous and enthusiastic meeting of English and Irish Democrats in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , _Queen-street ; Mr . Thomas Renshew in the chair . At tho conclusion , the following resolution , on the motion of Mr . M . Robinson , was unanimously carried : — " That we , tho English and Irish Democrats of Sheffield , most cordially resolve to join hand and heart for the accomplishment of the People ' s Charter , " in its entirety , and that wo bold another conjoint meeting in the nbovo room on Sunday evening , April the 2 Stli . " Thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , tho meeting broke up . _CoDNORrAUK ( Dekbyshire ) . — -At a meeting ofthe Chartists of this p lace , held on Sunday , tlio 14 th inst ., it was resolved- — " That wc join the National Charter Association" Ten entered their names as members , and paid one shilling each .
Dundee . —The Chartists of this town have commenced holding convivial meetings for the purpose of raising money for the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and have this week forwarded two pounds , five shillings , being fifteen shillings each for Mrs . Jones , Mrs . Fussell , and Mrs . M'Douall . Edinburgh . —A banquet and fruit soiree was held in the Land Company ' s office on the 10 th inst ., in commemoration of the 10 th of April , 1848 ; Mr . J . Gumming ? , who was called to the chair , addressed the meeting at considerable length . Mr , Alex . . M'Donald responded to the sentiment , "The Tenth of April , 1 S 4 S , may the object sought , the People ' s
Charter , soon bo made the law of the land . " Mr . Thomas Fraser also addressed the meeting . Several excellent and patriotic songs were sung during the evening , and the audience separated highly deligiited . On the 15 th , a balance of one pound heing realised , after paying all expenses , 10 s . was voted for tbe Monument to tbe memory of Hansard , Williams , and Sharp ; and 10 s . to the Victim Fund . The secretary was then instructed to forward to tlie Provisional Committee seventeen shillings , as members payments , and to request that Cards of Membership be remitted ; and also , two shillings , of subscriptions raised some time ago , on behalf of the Monument Committee .
FiK & iroitY . —At a meeting held at the Crown Coffeo House , Exmouth-street , Clerkenweli , on Sunday evening last , it was resolved :-- " That we proceed to elect seven persons as a local council with power to enrol members . " The followhi " persons were then elected : —Mr . Blake , treasurer ; Mr . R . _Fuzzon , secretary ; Messrs . Jones . Feline ' Dicey , A . Fuzzen , and Poole . Cm * CiiAimsr Hall , 26 , Golden-lane—A lecture was delivered on Sunday ovuniii " last by Mr . Preston , on « The Life and Character of Arthur Ihistlewood . ' The lecture was attentively listened to by a crowded audience . At a locality meeting held on tlie 16 th , it was resolved , " That Gerald Massey should lecture on Sunday next . "
Tire "Old School" Presbyterians In Ameri...
Tire "old school" Presbyterians in America , Offended at the mutilations which had been perpetrated , from time to time , on the Hymns of the good Dr . "Watts , proposed to issue a perfect and unaltered edition of " Watts ' s Psalms and Hymns ; " and behold ! when the book was publishod it was found that sundry verses , and somo entire hymns , in which there , were allusions to . slavery , were omitted ! . ... : . ¦ ' .
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' _" - _'¦ ' *** _jlf _^ ' _. i ' _-c _. ' _j-T " **•• _'"'" • '" ¦¦"¦ - ¦ ' ¦ THE _LAND-PDAl _^ - _^^^ _fc _^' ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE' NORTHERN STAR _^ fP' _^ ' Sm , —I am very sorry tbat tho Land _Compimyig in such a dilemma at the present timo . It appears that '" there is to be a complete closing of it after it has struggled on for many year 3 against the insinuations an Q persecutions of somo of the greatest and most inhuman tyrants and knaves that could be depicted by tho ablest pen in tho . country . I wonder why men should oppose the progress . pf any movement , by whomsoever started , which ; aims at thb elevation of the labouring population . But ¦ what am 1 thinking about ! Has it not alway s been the custom ofthe pi-ess , and those who obtain their livelihood by the labour . of tho working class , to ¦ 1 _-- ¦"¦ - " THE LAN D-p _^^^ _Sf ' to the editor of the ' northern _sTAaffpIP _*^ _i w . _ T .. «< i . i nnmin '¦ Ji n ' - thn T . nn'l _rVimn _' ntrh ir >
nnpodo I _. and , if possible ; tbtallyvahnihilate any plan for the : alleviatton « _rdf ; thp , '' 8 ufferings ; of . the . . groat ma 8 s >© f' . the . cbnimiii * _lt ' y' ? ' Have thev" _nojt-. at its oommencemeitt given ajiind of a * ' huff * , " and by so doingt " _Miied : _^ o ' " e ,. 6 _THB _?; _-vVOTking class who . ire ratKe > " . hig h "' a _& d _^ to sec . and judge for themselves ' , against if ? ' "When men have been found under -the denomination of public instructors who have committed such acts of _knavery , iVlio " can wonder but that any plan founded for the benefit pf the , industrious millions will fail , so long as surrounded by them ? The Land _Phyn has been most basely maligned by tho public press ever since its ' . commencement . . And now , alas ! ; that its _ruina « tion la almost completed , -what have tbey gained bf pf
_ilkburth _^ that portion ofthe community called- ' the _^" ' wo ; rkir ig class , for whose * benefit its noblo expbun'der'lorig struggled to uphold it -against all thoir Ihsihuations , and' the : base and _calumhidnsUies they have from time to time'inserted in their puny papers against his character . ' Had the Land Plan been commenced by some dog * gedly . ruffian ,, under the garb of an upholder of the present institutions of the country , and designated by the name of . one of the chief supporters ofthe _present'contaminated state of society , it would have been lauded to tlie very skies by the press . Ii < would havo been held up aa a plan- that would , 'trithout fail , and under all circumstances , benefit , to an enormous extent , all who would embark as
member ? . But as . itis Feargus O'Connor who i 9 its founder—a man -who has long and nobly struggled for and in the ranks of the workihg . class—they . denounce it as' a Utopian scheme , -which , will hot tend to alleviate tho sufferings that are at present bornc '' ; b y our half-starved and ill-paid labourers . "The _teaoheifliwho circulat _^ ndLdi * fiemihate :: the " r _4 _bAfip" _^" _tbTO If they see any cbance or _manifestation of ii scheme being surrounded by men who are called " honourable , " and " right honourable , " , and who are inthe possession of " state supremacy , " they will , under every circumstance , and against all odds , support that scheme , though they advocated the hanging of every newspaper editor in tho United Kingdom . But let a man come nobly forward with a scheme that would tend to do away with 'class monopoly , "
and elevate the working class to their just sphere in society —( Mr . O'Connor and the Land Plan , for instance)—and they will malign and undermine both the Plan and the character of the man at its head ; and , if possible , ( by the basest of means , ) complete its overthrow . If tho Compsny is to be wound up , I hope , tbe working class will not beSO very forward in supporting any movement which may be got up by those hirelings of the press , who " havo been foremost in undermining a plan that sought to establish tbe redemption of our labouring community ; but keep aloof , and let them see that working men are not such fools as to support their greatest enemies , who have allied themselves together for tho purpose of keeping the people in misery and degradation , and for tbe purpose Of supporting the present institutions of the country , at the cost ofthe lives of some of our most
industrious and intelligent artisans . Yours in tlie cause of Democratic and Social Progress , J . B ., a paid-up Four-Acre Shareholder . Heywood .
To Feargus O'Comor, Esq,, H.P. Dear Sik,...
TO FEARGUS O'COMOR , ESQ ,, H . P . Dear Sik , —It is much to bo regretted that you arrived at so hasty a conclusion respecting Mr . Taylor , of the Freehold Land Society : either that gentleman did make a most unwarrantable attack upon , you , or the Suffo lk Chronicle took the cowardly liberty to attach the lying paragraph to his lecture ; this no ono can question . But what evidence , I would ask , havo you had for giving a verdict in favour of Mr . Taylor , and against the Suffolk Chronicle ? None whatever , but the esparte statement of Mr . Taylor himself . I think , sir , I shall , before I have done , prove that he did make use of _the-remarks in question , and that the Suffold Chronicle is not guilty of the particular charge alleged to it by Mr . Taylor , Mark , sir , in the first place the deep
cunningness of Mr . Taylor , in speaking of tho Stowmarket meeting , and denying that be made use of the words alleged by my friend Mr . Gladwell . He knows , and you must know , that that is not the question at issue . Did he , or did ho not , make use of tbe words as repeated in the Suffolk Chronicle ? You shall hear my evidence , and judge for yourself ; Mr . Taylor , in his letter of last week , speaks of your generous nature and love of justice ; how ia it , if ho he a truth seeking and truth speaking man , that ho has not been generous and just in return , and contradicted the lying paragraph ? Three weeks , I think , is quite sufficient time for the circulation of SO foul a slander upon a generous man , and one who loves justice , without being contradicted by him who uttered it . Mr . Taylor has told you that be was induced to ROtice tho National Land Company in consequence of certain allusions having beeu made by some Tory papers against his Society ; but
he never told you that wo have another liberal paper in Ipswich besides the Suffolk Chronicle ; and both of these agree in tho report of tlio slanderous para * graph . Surely , both papers are not wrong . It is somewhat curious , nnd worth y of remark , that each time Mr . Taylor has lectured in Ipswich it has been on a Tuesday—the same evening that this branch of the National Land Company holds its weekly meetings—consequently I was not at his lecture , nor was any one for the same reason , who takes a prominent part in the promulgation of thc People ' s Charter , or , I can assure you , so gratuitous a slander should not have passed oft' untold . That it was uttered , and by Mr . Taylor , we wero informed , before our meeting broke up , and in a similar manner as reported in the Suffolk Chronicle three days afterwards ; and further , still I have the liberty given me , if I choose to exercise it , of a number of individuals names—some of whom ave shareholders in Mr .
Taylor ' s Society—who will vouch for tho truth of the report in the Suffolk Chronicle . Surely , sir , something must have been said very bad , or I should not have been told by move than " one person , that the remarks made in reference to yourself and the National Land Company was quite unnecessary , and certainly uncalled for ; and , to sum up my evidence , I would particularly request your attention to ihe enclosed article from an organ of the Freehold Land Society , which Mr . Taylor has something to do with , either as conductor or editor , and I ask him if he will repudiate that article ? It is
with no vain desire to oiler factious opposition to Mr . Taylor or his Society , that I have thus crossed tho branch ; I have lived long enough to bo a bit of a judge of public men—havo been in the storm and in the calm of Chartist politics , and my vanity leads mo to know who is deserving of confidence , and who of censure ; and I have suffered too . much of bitter and bittcring persecution from that class with which I see Mr . Taylor is surrounded , ever to be deceived by tliem . I am , sir , yours respectfully , TV . _CARnAKD .
Secretary to the Ipswich branch of tho National Land Company , Ipswich , April Oth . P . S . —I must hint to you that you stand pledged to visit Ipswich , and trust you will when convenient , fulfil it . We have never pressed you as yet , but the time is at hand when you must come amongst us . —
W . G . [ This letter should have appeared last week , but was omitted for want of space . —En . N . S . ]
The Honesty Fund. To Feakgus O'Connor, E...
THE HONESTY FUND . TO FEAKGUS o ' CONNOR , Esq ., M . P . Bespected Sir . — *\ Ve send you an order for tlio sum of 5 s ., being our joint contributions to assist you to defray the expenses of the Nottingham Libel case . Wc are members of the Land Company , and our confidence in your integrity remains unshaken ; wo trust that you will live to see the day when your base revilers will acknowledge their error , as we firmly believe that your steadfast adherence to principle , and unswerving advocacy of the people ' s cause will yot disarm them , and compel them to acknowledge their error . * » Yo have not been induced to subscribe to thc Honesty Fund , from any
other motive than that ol testifying to you and tho country , that although a vile press has endeavoured to destroy your u setulncss to society , that its influence in that respect is very small with honest minds . It is also our opinion , that the subscriptions of tho working classes to thi 3 fund , will act most pow erfully on tho enemy , nnd il properly followed up , be the means of for ever silencing them . Wo are , Respected Sir , Yours in tlie cause of truth , James Dunn , . Andrew Kino , Murdoch _Cusn , Jons "Watson , _AsniiEw _IIuilsom . Glasgow , April 15 th .
An Oak Tree Iorty Feet High, With Throe ...
An oak tree iorty feet high , with throe tons of soil on its roots , has Leon transplanted at Graislev , near Wolverhampton . Thc tree was mounted cn * a timber-carriage , and , with its blanches lashed to prevent dam age to windows , _nass-.-d through t : w streets , a singular but beautiful siglit . A Nokweoian vessel has brought to Londou 450 tons . ofico .. _:-.. ¦; : .. 9 . ¦ . _"' - " ¦
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