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*0 THE FUSTIAN JACKETS. THE BLK-1 JERED HANDS, AND UNSHORN UHIHS.
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*0 The Fustian Jackets. The Blk-1 Jered Hands, And Unshorn Uhihs.
_* 0 THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . THE BLK-1 JERED HANDS , AND UNSHORN UHIHS .
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. Mr _"n _* * 5 fiAn Taris » g , —Totf will recollect ihat _yhen explaining the meaning of several words to _^ _n whi le I was in Tork Castle—words which , had a _^ _rr doubtful signification—that I explained the word patriot , to mean one who lives asefally for man _. and dies a n ! inper . In fact , I cannot believe in the possibility 0 f a feeling man becoming a rich man . I only know _jjjat , as for as I am concerned , that the more means _jhavebad , the greater have been my LIABILITIES . In niy time there hare been six persons only in the British empire who could lay claim to the term D EMAGOGUE . They were , Henry Bunt , William _^
Cobbett , Richard Cobden , _Eoglishnwn ; _Diniel O _'ConnelLJohn Lawlessand Feargus O'Connor , Irish _jjjen . Those six hare been respectively the acknowledi d leaders ofa great national party . Hunt lived n sefully _. and died a pauper ; so with Cobbett , and so with poor John Lawless . Cobden lives ; and as I am not now canvassing the merits of his principles , I may say that for his party he has lived usefully ; and , if report speaks true , he has at all events tested his sincerity by being one of a favoured class , who lias become poor in the midst of great opportunities and a roaring trade . O'Connell , if he diedto-mor _row , would have left the world much , better than he found it , while I believe his residuary legatee would derive but little benefit Irom his position .
I wish you to keep these facts in view , that the man who once enters the field of agitation extensively , loses all relish for commercial business , professional business , and all speculation , save that of aggrandising his party . Every one of those , with the exception of myself , have received compensation —some to an enormous amount ; and the League are now abont to offer to Richard Cobden about a shilling in the pound of what he might have had if he
had devoted to his own business the time and energy that he has devoted to theirs . There is no truer adage than " that the master ' s eye makes the horse fet . " I have always "had great delicacy in the care and administration of the funds ofthe working classes . Neglect of their proper use by those entrusted with their management has done jour cause more Injury than all other circumstances put together .
Having said so much upon a subject tbat you never thought of , I now torn to another branch . There are men who consider themselves _enilileJ lo make merchandise of a little bit of martyrdom . _JVfen who commence as paupers , and , not satisfied to return to labour , they are _equally dissatisfied with -the sl ow process of improvement , otherwise than by one jump into idleness and dignity . Tbere is not one of this class -who has not vainly hoped to lay a _irain in the first instance for destroying my character , and then stepping into the leadership of your cause . The last of this class who has made the vain attempt , is Mr . Thomas Cooper . Not only
while he was in prison , but before he went to prison , and since he came from prison , has he been doing his utmost io injure me and yonr cause ; bnt in his attempt to defend Mmself iii Ms letter published in Lloyd ' s Newspaper of last week , he has shown himself to be the most unblushing and unscrupulous creature upon the face of the earth . He has , however , foolishly grappled with an instrument of "which he did not know the value ; he has run against a rock of which he did not know the strength ; and Lis pigmy influence , daring aspirations , and ferrent hope , have all crumbled beneath the weight of an impregnable character .
This woald-be leader , after having indulged in continuous and now admitted slander , appears to have forgotten tbat I gave him not the slightest provocation , and that everyone of his guesses have been based upon what his own situation would have been had he been placed in my position . I am not astonished that dishonest men should consider the possession of a large amount of national funds a _primarfacie , nay , a certain gronnd of accusation . So it was -mth Mr . Cooper : he made unlacky grosses , and without a line from me he has sealed his own condemnation . I shall now take up the thread of
my narrative , where I left off last week . The moment that Mr . Clark had communicated Mr . Cooper's charge to me , I instantly requested tbat Messrs . Cuffay and Knight , attended by Mr . "Wheeler and Clark , should attend at my house at six o'clock on _' the following evening , to examine my accounts and the banker ' s book , not to take anything npon _" my ;« howing _, but , as public servants themselves , that they should see in detail the whole property of the Association intrusted to my care , with Touchers or money for every _tarthing , but no column for anv Tery expensive sundries , and it was only
because it was indispensable that Mr . "Wheeler should accompany me to OUR NEW ESTATE by the sis o ' clock train in order to be back in time to announce the fact in _last > eek ' s Star , that theproject was given np till fhe present week ; and , indeed , itwas fortunate that some circumstance should have arisen to postpone it , as last week I could only have guessed at the amount of . money paid on account of buildings and other things at Herringsgate ; whereas this week I have brought il to the farthing from the foreman ' s books and attested by him , by M'Grath and Doyle .
On Monday Messrs . M'Grath and Doyle returned to Herringsgate , at half-past ten o ' clock , and found me , as is my casto- _*? , attending to my work . The moment that they told me of Mr . Cooper ' s epistle and his challenge to meet mein pnblic , I despatched Mr . M'Grath for a gig to Riektuanswortb , and precisely in one hour from that time I had transformed myself from bailiff into a fine gentleman , and in company with Doyle had proceeded two miles on my way under a broiling san to meet the conveyance , but , to my great disappointment , wemetM'Gratlion foot , with the intelligence that the train I proposed
going by did not stop at Watford , and that 1 could not reach the Leicester meeting until past ten o ' clock . Hence , upon the spur of the moment , I showed no disinclination to meet this foolish man upon the very first opportunity . I was very much disappointed at first , but a very little reflection convinced me that I should bave committed a sad error , however I might have triumphed over him . I should have committed the error of meeting assertion hy assertion , as it would have been impossible to have procured the accounts upon which alone any tribunal should judge .
It is much easier fo accuse than to defend , and no man should undertake to meet an accusation until "heis perfectlypreparedtodoso , and in the fullest , most simple and most satisfactory manner . A little reflection taught me thai the Auditors appointed by the representatives ofthe Shareholders was the tribunal through which I should reply . Many people are angry with me for giving Mr . Cooper so much satisfaction . I beg to tell them that they are mis taken—that bo man ever stands in so high and cle
_rated a position as when he can show that m the _iridst of most tempting and trying circumstances lie has surrendered convenience and comfort , not only to character and _bonour , but even to scrupulous nicety about tlie People ' s pence . What do I care if the world knows that I am poor , while I am enriching others ? Why conceal it , when I know that if I had a million of money to-day , aye , or ten millions , that I should die a pauper * _tf I d _^ lfi't die soon , as it would every farthing go after tbe rest , as another COURSE IN LABOUR'S HOUSE .
The _^/ ar of this week will convey Mr . Cooper the national opinion . To those who have confidence in me 1 shall only say that I never will betray it , ¦ wh . _n > to those who express such a -warmth of affectionate feeling ray answer is , that I would not diminish it by a particle for untold gold . But yet , I Lave not done with Mr . Cooper . If he attacked my consistency , challenge * *" * y discretion , or doubted my judgment , _Icoaldksielaughed at the critic's selfconceit ; but he has dared to assail the fortress , be has rashly ventured to grapple with rry honour—I Lave defended ii , and now I'll carry the war into my enemy ' s camp . I charge him , not upon my mere assertion , bnt upon Ms own foolish avowal , with treachery , hypocrisy and deceit ; with fraud , false-
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hood and villainy . I will convict him from his own lips . He says that I was afraid to give him tbe privilege of replying to my letter in the Star . Surely he has not taken less latitude in hia friend Carpenter ' s columns , and that I give at full length . Here it is : —
TO THF XOXDON CHARTISTS . "Mr Bbotbebs , —I have merely time , in reply to Feargus O'Connor ' s mad letter in the Northern Star , to make the following brief observations . *—1 . It is jioio established , on his own confession , that O'Connor has purchased the Herringsgate estate , in his omnname , with the people ' s money . 2 . He is not a legal officer ( no deputy-treasurer being named in the rules ); and where , then , is his responsibility ? The land Society is not enrolled : the trustees are a mockery—having never entered on office . 3 . I neither believe his affirmation that heis not " over head and ears in debt , " nor doubt that he has used , and stiff . nse 3 the money paid by the shareholders in the Land Fund , to keep up the Star . I dare him to the proof : and he will have to meet me for examination of this and other questions , sooner or later .
4 . O'Connor utters a complete falsehood when he says he was liable for the expenses of publishing my poem . Mr . M ' Gowan had my liability in writing , I have a copy of it , and will show tt , with Mr . M'Gowan ' s handwriting contained in it , to all who wish to see it . 5 . _JTotonelarthingisowinjyto O'Connor on the acconnt of my " _Pur _^ ito-y . " The bill whichhe _lyingly states to be £ 30 , and still owing , was £ 15 for paper , and about £ 9 for advertisements . Ithasleencdlpaid . 6 . "Without spending time to contradict his ravings that will onlj'be laughed at , I will just state what -was the real amount of O'Connor ' s patronage . He promised to become liable for the publication of my book , hut never did : and directed Mr . M'Gowan , fhe printer of it , to ask
me for my-written _UabHity . He promiseeto copies of my "Purgatory , " and then , according to his old _fishion , said "he never said so—he only said 100 . " When I pressed him to give fhe order , he said , "Nosend 40 . " Theforry were sent , were kept several weeks , and then sent back to my publisher , -nith the remark that " Mr . O'Connor would have them bound another way , and wonld send the order another time . " My publisher waited for the order , and declared his anxiety to receive it . that he might deduct the value of the books from the hill fer paper , & c , and settle the bill . It was
still delayed . Mr . M'Gowan ' s last answer from O'Connor , when asking him to renew the order for the books , w . _is , "No ; _Ikshall not take one . "What the devil am I to do witli them ? Tou may take ' em if you like I" So much for O'Connor ' s patronage ! so much for his truth ! 1 never asked him to become liable for my book ; itwas his own offer . I never asked him to purchase one copy . The boasts about two hundred , one hundred , and forty , were the fruits of his deceit : he nerer intended to purchase one copy- But he demanded a present of a copy , in addition to the one sent to the Star , and had it .
7 . I now warn London Chartists to put no more trust in this trickster ; to do all they can to get the title-deeds of the Herringsgate estate out of hu hands - ana to take care tbat he does not purchase the next estate in liis own namewith the people ' s money . I warn them to act without fear of his dictation , and in defiance of his filthy Star . I shall do so in spite of his threats—shall remain in the association , and meet him wherever he dares to
me . 8 . 1 proceed on a tour to collect funds for poor frost on Monday . In the country I shall speak my mind to working men , and dare O'Connor to meet me anywhereeven in tbe Carpenters'Hall , at Manchester , if he likessince he esteems that his stronghold , and I am almost a stranger there . Or , if he prefers it , I will meet him publicly in London when I return . 9 . Why doeshe not call theLeeds Convention together S He "knows he has broken the rules by delaying it beyond the 20 th of April . I dare him to call it .
10 . O'Connor '? _JiwSee impels me to address yon by this mode . Tou will observe that he expressly refuses to admit any refutation from me , in the Star . Why ? Because he knows he is _guUty . Tours faithfully Thomas Coopeh , tue Chartist . 134 Blackfriars-road , June 13 , 1816 . P . S . —Let me direct the attention of the Land Share holders to the 7 th rule , whereby the trustees are removable yearly , and then ask them whether they can for a moment suppose that O'Connor ever intended the trustees to hold an estate for the shareholders . He knew that the societywould never think of renewing trust deeds yearly ; and , _therefore , must hare purposed that the land should be purchased in his name , only , from the first . I have _caught him in his slyness at the outset , and hence his alarm at the discovery , and rage under exposure ! T . C .
1 . '' It is now established on his own confession that O'Connor Has purchased the Herringsgate Estate in his own name with the people's money . " Foolish man ! _JMustit not be purchased in some one ' s name ? You are really as wise as the man of "the Sheffield Times . " Tou _maivel that any one should do any thing . Was it ever denied ? And is there a name in England that has a greater charm for . labour ' s ear 1 And is there an estate in the whole world better secured for the right-owners ? 2 . Booby . —He was appointed deputy treasurer by the unanimous vote of the Conference . He was also "" appointed Treasurer of tbe expense fund , whicb
he has invariably placed to the general account of the society instead of keeping it as _^ a separate item . Must not some one be deputy treasurer , and who more fit ? The society could not be enrolled . Ever * tiling that could be done has been done under the old law , aud the directors are NOW ENGAGED IN HAVING IT -ENROLLED under the new law . The trustees could not act until the society was enrolled , unless appointed by the shareholders by deed like a joint stock company , whieh every shareholder should sign , and which should be in all parts of England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland at one and thc same time , and which would cost more than the society is worlh .
3 . Blackguard . —Who cares what you believe ? You'll see the proof at foot of this letter . Proof that your malice cannot shake , proof that your malice cannot weaken . _. The remaining portion of your letter refers to personal transactions , and if ever convicted culprit blushed when his guilt was made manifest beyond a shadow of doubt , and if you have a blush left , blush when you read Mr . M'Gowan's version of your poor , your mean , your pitiful , attempt to increase my liabilities . Ay , you nasty dirty fellow . Why not atleast preserve
the show , if you had not the semblance , of truth . Now what will your new disciples say when they find that I was LIABLE for the printing of your poem and that if I had not made myself liable , it would never hare been printed ; and how could you be so very foolish while you were denying my liability , as to assert that you had discharged your account ? But now to the damning spot . Ivow to that which brands you for ever as an iiTecIaimableliar . Tou say " no one single farthing is owing to O'Connor on the account of my Purgatory . The bill , which he lyingly states to be £ 30 ., and still owing , was £ 15 . for paper and about £ 9 . for advertisements . IT HAS ALL
BEEN PAID . " Now , mark the simple reasoning upon this pitifu ] evasion . On Wednesday night and Thursday morn _, ing , I wrote a letter in which I state that you owe me the money . At four o ' clock on Friday morning the Star is printed in London ; before three o'clock upon the same day , nearly 1500 copies are delivered to the London Agents . At six o ' clock on t ! iesame evening , yon come to the printing oflice , you ask Mr . M'Gowan THEN to take a bill upon his own responsibility for what you owe me ; Mr . M'Gowan takes the bill upon condition that 1 shall approve of it , you assert to Mr . M'Gowan that you had not then seen the Star , while you had got it at Mr . Cleave ' s , Shoe-lane , TWO HOURS
BEFORE YOU CAME DOWN WITH THE BILL , and thus , by an EX POST FACTO ACT , you seek to make me guilty of falsehood , by telling not only a lie , but a mean dastardly lie . Now , you moral man , you stickler for leader ' s uprightness and purity , is not tbis a legal and a moral fraud ? And new will you say that you don't owe me a farthing ? whcn ' Itell you that 1 have neither received nor seen your bill . Can you read the above without blushing ? and will the people read it without crying shame upon the scoundrel ? Now , a word as to my-wholesale LIABILITY of
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disposing of your work . I suppose you havo read King Lear . I know you have played Hamlet , and I'd advise you to come out as Sir Giles Overreach , in the 'New way to pay old debts . ' When Lear had disposed of his properly , his daughters do not see the necessity for a retinue of servants , and by degrees dwindle the old man ' s attendants down to one , and finally nothing . So with your books . 1 'Was to take 200 , but whatneeds 200 , surely 100 . will do ? or , what needs a hundred , why . ' net forty ? or why needs
forty , surely one will suffice for all reasonable purposes , Now , j ust think of a gentleman undertaking to publish 200 „ of an edition of 500 books . But what ' s the fact . I said that I could sell forty amongst my own friends , and before I had got a single one ( I never countermanded them ) I was told that the whole edition was sold , to Mr . How , and the one . which you say I insisted upon . having I NEVER ASKED FOR , and never saw until you told me that a second edition was about beiug published . ?
It would not be wonderful if I was , indeed , ; afraid to meet yon , inasmuch as an unscrupulous liar is the most dangerous opponent for the _momenta while you have been so unskilful in the _fabrication and | arrangcment of your facts , that , henceforth ; there will be no danger in your assaults . You have long laboured in a disgraceful vocation . You have tried to worm yourself into new society , and have vainly hoped-toy , destroy „ the , character of him who was sure to expose your delinquency . You had projected the establishment or the management of a new paper , and saw in the Star an obstacle to your wayward course . You make a parade of your
philanthropy and essay to announce tbe coming of your prodigy , while you hoped to quarter yourself upon sympathy for Frost , for the . payment of your expences . Thai Frosi , whose hope ol return io his native country you have deferred beyond any other man , by interrupting our meetings with your jargon about non-resistance , and thereby preserving an apparent distinction between moral and physical force Chartists , while all should have been harmony and unity . Tou have coquetted with all parties ; you are too vulgar for some , too impetuous for others , and too false for all . I have now done with you , you have sealed your doom . You acknowledge to have charged me with high offences without the shadow of proof , or even believing in them yourself .
You hope ! to have used the cloak of secrecy until your work of destruction had been accomplished , but in an unlucky moment jou disclosed yonr conspiracy to one who had no interest in thc destruction of my character . What possible motive could you have had in selecting one who bas befriended you when al others had refused to stretch out a helping hand as the victim of your ostentatious ambition ? Can you show one single motive , and henceforth , when in that obscurity to which you have now consigned yourself , you reflect , ahr ays bear in mind that you , not I , have been tbe aggressor . That I was the patron , not the . assassin . That I was the friend , the avowed friend , THE BELOVED O'CONNOR , and you were thc concealed foe .
Your new associates have led you into a labryinth of error . They hoped to make you serve their purpose and they will be the first to laugh at your credulity . Before wepart , and for ever , read the following account of the subterfuge by which you sought to discharge your obligations to your patron . Great Windmill Street , London , Sia , —In reply to your letter , which I have just received , and which contains these two questions—1 . " _Whether you were liable for the expenses incurred in the publication of . Mr . Cooper ' s " _Purgatory of the Suicides t" and 2 . " How it happened that I had not communicated to you the fact of Mr . Cooper ' s having paid the account for paper and advertisements in connection with that publication "—I make the following brief statement : —
1 . Itcannot he too distinctly understood that you were liable for the expenses incurred in the publication of Mr . Cooper ' s "Purgatory of the Suicides . " You gave meyourguarantee to pay for the printing ; you did pay for the paper ; and , in case of need , our house would have looked to you , and none but you , for payment of our bill . The fact most certainly is , that you , and you alone , were liable for the expenses . 2 . Mir . Cooper paid the amount of the account for paper and advertisements to me on the evening of "Friday the 12 th instant , the d » y on which the "Star" containing your letter relative to him was published . I could not hp . ve communicated the circumstance to you sooner , because you had left town , for Herringsgate , before Mr . Cooper called .
The amount he paid was £ 26 15 s . 5 d . — £ 20 5 s . 0 d . of which was in a bill , drawn upon his publisher at three months' date ( the taking- of which , as a settlement , is subject to your approval ) , and lOs . _Sd . was paid in cash . He handed me the bill on Friday evening , and the cash on Saturday morning . Youm obediently , D . M'Gowan . Now , sir , you may look for a new place , and seek a new master , take this your character with you ; to conceal it will be impossible . Feargus O'Connor .
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VOL . X . NO . 449- LONDON , SATURDAY / JUnF _^ O , 1846 . ~ 17 _^ _J , KI € E , l ™ f" _?«" , -. - _/ ¦ -. _**;? ¦ ' _- ' _-tv _. Five Shilling * _nuil Sixpence per Qnnvfer
To The Members " Of The Chartist Coopera...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Brothers . —In the execution of our duty as auditors of the accounts of the Land Society , wc have had to inspect tbo BANK BOOK , Post-office orders , Bank orders , < fcc , in the possession of the sub-treasurer Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and have the pleasure of being able to announce to the country , that , in the whole course of our public experience , we have never
witnessed a more satisfactory , clear and lucid statement ofthe affairs of a soeiety than are set forth by the above officer . And wc cannot help expressing our strong sense of the integrity and honour of that gentleman , and the deep debt of gratitude which is due to him by those for whose benefit he is spending his health , talents and time , and think that persons who pretend io be Chartists , might find more useful employment than traducing one who is in every respect worthy of his high and distinguished position .
Brothers , the accounts of your sub-treasurer offer the most ample and complete refutation to the calumnies whieh his enemies have been so industriously circulating , with a view to the destruction of his character ; but , after a strict investigation- of his account with the society , as well as his own private accounts , which he gratuitously presented to our scrutiny , we find that , exclusive of a large sum expended by him in prosecuting the objects of the Association , there appears a balance of upwards of £ 200 in his favour , besides several sums for postages , < fcc , for which he has not charged a single farthing . Brothers , your funds are safe , your society is in a flourishing position , and by union and persever ance success will assuredly crown your efforts .
In conclusion , we again proclaim , not only that our confidence in Mr . O'Connor is undiminished , but that it is considerably enhanced , our only charge aeainst him being that he DOES TOO MUCH FOR NOTHING . Tour faithful officers , James JKj . 'Ight , William _Cuffev .
THIS IS MY ANSWER , MR . COOPER . F . _O'C
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TO TIIE CHARTISTS OF TIIE EMPIRE . Friends , To those who know us , we need not assert that we are incapable of being made use of for mere party purposes , but , having had to wait upon Mr . Feargus O'Connor , for the _purpose of inspecting thc Bunker's hook aud other vouchers in his possession ,
To Tiie Chartists Of Tiie Empire. Friend...
belonging to tlie'Land Society , ( having previously audited the Directors' balance sheet ) we „ in conformity with the wish . of that gentleman , _proceededjfcoan investigation of Ms accounts as Treasurer to the Genera * " Defence F » nd , including the trial ofthe Welsh-martyrs , Lancaster trials , and the trial of Messrs . G . White and T . Cooper , from which we found that j instead of befog , as certaih _gentlbmbw have been _whsspering , indebted to that fund , there is due to him a considerable sum , a great part ol which has been incurred through the " madness " of his maligners .
We have felt It to be our duty to make this announcement as a reply to the calumnies of men , who profess . Chartism for the sole purpose of creating mischief in our ranks , ' : ; _; _, V ¦ _-i We are-, brother Chartists , '¦ . -v yours faithfully , ¦ - ' -. _- ¦ -- James- Knight , V _WttMAST _CuFJ-AY .
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TO THE'MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . PURCHASE OF ANOTHER ESTATE . Mi dear Friends , —I now turn to the bright side of the Land picture . On Thursday evening , I succeeded in completing another , and , in my opinion , a most _advantageous putchaiie of one hundred and thirty acres , principally meadow land , within li miles of London by the high-road , within 1 mile of the Pinner station , which is 13 miles from London , and to where you may go and return for Is . 6 d . The laud is , of course , freehold , otherwise I should not buy it , and tbe Land Tax is 1 edeemed—that is , it pays no Land Tax . For this estate and a wood of oak timber included , we give THREE THOtfSAMb _NiXE HUNDRED POUNDS .
The timber I value to us at £ 400—the materials of the _house and outbuildings , which are capital , at £ 250 , and there are two acres and a half cut off from the estate , at the corner of two high roads , for which I-can get £ 250 or £ 100 an acre . If you deduct the 2 J acres from 130 , you have 127 _J acres , and if yon deduct the price of timber , materials , anu 2 _J acres of Land from the purchase money , you have 1273 acres of land , within 14 miles of the metropolis , witbin a mile of a railway station , and within nine " mile s of St . Albans , the county town , within a mile and a half of Watford , a celebrated market town , and within two miles and a half of the beautiful town of Bushy , on ilie borders of tlie county _of Middlesex , fov £ 8 , 0 Q 0 , which is little more than £ 23 per acre , with Land Tax redeemed .
The country is delicious , and the situation could not possibly be exceeded for our purpose , as nothing is more important at ail times , and particularly at the outset , than proximity to good markets . Farmers send hay to London by the high road , and bring back dung within the day from a _' greater distance than the _Calenders' Estate ( for that ' s the name of it ) is from London . Now , where are the wiseacres who used to tell me , tbat I could not get land in the mountains for £ 20 an acre , and that I could not get anything of
land for £ 45 , £ 50 , or £ 60 an acre . Have I not so far given a practical refutation to their folly . There is a fine high road frontage for all the cottages , so that the members will not be pkced in the back settlement . This left arm of Chartism is within _GJ miles of its right arm , Ilerringssate , and nothing can be more important than showing ourselves in the first instance in the fashionable districts , within throe miles of thc Queen Dowager's new residence , and surrounded by noblemen's estates .
You know that one of my hopes , my greatest hope , from thc Land plan wa 3 , that , wherever a location was established , the whole neighbourhood would become Chartist . Well , recent events have fulfilled my prediction . Rickmansworth parish , whereour first _, estate was purchased , is immensely large , and 19 in every 20 of the working class population , who neve ' heard of the Charter , are now Chartists to a man , and vast numbers are prepared to enrol , and some to pay up their full shares , as soon as the district is open . This is one triumph . Another is that my opponents assured you that you would be consigned to pigstyes , while the complaint of every visitor without exception
is , that the houses are too good , that the materials are too good , and that everything is too good . I think myself that the five-roomed houses are too lar _^ e ; that the four-roomed houses look beautiful ; however , this is a fault that at once answers the pigstye brawlers , and can be corrected . Yesterday ( Wednesday ) we performed what is considered a great operation ; we perfected and got the chimnies up in two of the five-roomed houses , when the whole population was startled by a succession of hearty cheers from all the labourers and tradespeople upon the estate , while a long _tri-coloured flag waved from the top of the bouses .
It would really have done your hearts good to see the cheering countenances with which tho labourers viewed the success of their own order . We have now five pair of sawyers , about sixteen carpenters , and as many bricklayers , besides carriers , labourers , well diggers , brickmakers , and all other branches of industry at full work ; and you will see by the announcement ofthe Directors it is our intention to have a Grand Procession to the Estate on Monday , the lftk of August . The new purchase we do not get possession of till the 29 th of September , and
therefore you will see that as there is- no necessity for great haste the Directors have decided upon taking the ballot at Manchester , on Monday , the 27 lh of July , and none will be eligible to ballot who have not paid up all demands to which they are liable up to the time of taking the ballot . This loaves the Shareholders till Thursday ; the 23 rd of July , forjthe payment of their shares ; and the 2 d Section is going on so prosperously that we were in treaty for 70 acres of Land near Cheltenham for that section , but the price ( 3 , 000 guineas ) being so enormously high we declined the purchase .
There will be plenty of Estates in the maritet before Michaelmas , and perhaps my revilers will be astonished to learn that we are now in a situation to , PURCHASE ANOTHER ESTATE . It is our in * tention to apply all the proceeds from ths demonstration which the Directors will manage themselves . for the benefit of th & shareholders whose- Estate is . the object of attraction , and this rule wo intend to observe upon taking possession of each _succeeding
estate , and by it we have every expectation and reasonable hope of amassing a large sum of money . We could not have the demonstration earlier ; than the third week in August , because all the rural population up to tbat time will be engaged in . harvest operations . nor could we have the ballot earlier than the day named , as it would be impossible for the Directors to leave until buildings and other _operations , whioh require their attention , are placed in full swing .
It would bo impossible to describe the perfect harmony that continues to exist in the 'directing body , and they think that while they are working , they can afford to bear the slander oi those who writhe under our success . My friends , there should be no secrets between me and the shareholders , and I may as well tell you , as Mr . Cooper has asked for the title deeds , tbat I never had them in my possession ; that they are in the
custody of thc proper _othcer , the Treasurer and Solicitor to the Associatioa . And now as to your request that I should rescind my resolution of resigning my office of _Deputy-Treasurer , as I CAN TRUST MYSELF , I OBEY YOUR WISH . But then it is upon the thorough understanding that neither you nor I shall heed the ravings of disappointed fools , and that I am not again to be called upon out of time and out of place to disclose ray private affairs at the caprice of every , medler , I am determined that no
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power on earth shall drive me out ol a ' course at the end of which I see social comfort , physical comfort , and political emancipation . I shall soon bave so many families of my own children to visit , that my whole time will be delightfully occupied . I assure you that every moment appears an hour to me , while I am away from your paradise . I often , wonder , and so must you , that the real humbugs who buy estates and sell them , and who promise to build nooses for working classes , and to give freeholds , are never called to account , and'never
become objects- of slander . But so it is , and so it must be . Whoever serves you is sure to meet with the malignity of bad men , white whoever imposes upon you is sure to be sympathised with as a sufferer . We have now gone on so lorg together , that though ' you sometimes scold me yourselves , you will not allow _others to take that liberty ; we are as man and wife , and woe to the fool who tries to- separate us . He will come in for the blows of both . I remain your faithful friend and bailiff , Feargus O'Connor .
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mr _D-sab Friends , —I have been really so perplexed and occupied this only day in the week that I have to devote to the _Nortiiern Star , that I must , for the first time in my life , claim your indulgence . The fact is , that writing my two letters has taken up some time , while most of the day has been occupied in counting Post-office orders ,, bank orders , and such a complexity of accounfeas would have puzzled any man that was not particular upon theae matters . I can keep accounts as well as any man living ; but the poring over them for three or four hours unfits me for the more spirited occupation of editor : I ask your indulgence , and I _Icnoir you- "will grant it . I will make amends next week by a few slashes at
all around me . I have great pleasure in publishing the following short but highly gratifying letter for you . Those are the communications that keep up _my" _* spirits and spur me on to action . Bu t don ' t mistake me ; I never was in better spirits or better health in my life , or more ready , able , and willing to meet the foe , when tho approaching struggle [ cornea —which , believe me , is near at hand ; and I am anxious to get my farming labours as forward as possible , before I once more buckle on the armour of political agitation . Oh ' . if you could but see what we are all doing , you would say that we deserve something better than slander and reviling—but we will live it down .
Your faithful friend and servant , _Fjsargus O'Connor . P . S .--You may bo sure that the Star shall never again be occupied with one single line about the departed Mr . Cooper . This man has hampered me and tried to destroy the Land movement for several months . Nothing was right thathe didn't do himself ; and he was the mischief-maker who had set the City Locality by thc ears . F . O . C . Sunday , June lith , 1810 .
Denr Sir , —I brought my family twenty miles to see the estate , and I am happy to say that it has amply repaid my journey . You , sir , have set a great pattern for the brawlers of our over-taxed country . I don ' t wonder at the money-grubbers envying your fame , for I feel satisfied if the working classes will support your undertaking it will work the regeneration of mankind . With every wish for your success , I remain , Yours , ( fee ,. OldBrompton-road . W . _Gboveh .
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TO TnE MEMBERS OF TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . _Frienus , —You will have already learned from Mr . O'Connor ' s brief notice in the Northern Star of Saturday last , thai we have iuadc a second purchase , consisting of one hundred and thirty acres oi excellent land , situate about a mile and a quarter i ' rom the Bushy station , about two miles from Watford , and thirteen miles from London , on the route from the metropolis to Birmingham . This announcement we know has given you all infinite satisfaction and delight , but , gratifying as the
intelligence must be to those who arc situated at a distance from the favoured spot , all who are acquainted with the locality are perfectly enchanted at the idea of our success in getting p ossession of an estate to eminently suited to our purposes . We announced on a former occasion that the ballot for the second purchase would take place on thc first Monday in July , but , ns the estate at Bushy will not be formally delivered into our possession until Michaelmas next , and in order to give all an opportunity to pay up their shares , we now fin / illy declare that the
BALLOT FOR LOCATION * on Carpender ' s farm will take place on Monday , July 27 . It _commeuces at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , in Carpenters' Hall , Garratt Road , Manchester , when all will be entitled to draw . vho may have paid up their shares , including all levies , LOCAL and GENERAL , on or before Monday , July 20 . THOMAS MARTIN "WHEELER , Secretary .
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_Bcifi and Lord _KiNN _' AiBD . The latter _? aid , h _? had not the slightest _doubjtithat our _laimers-cpuldicompete with foreigners , who grew only 10 " bushels ™ t o an acre , and the effect of that competition would _bestilt lurther to improve our system of ' cultivation , and » a _V 8 » nent the rate of produce . As a mcmberi ' of the Anti-Urn / Law League , h « thought it just _^ to _| that body to say that although urged-from ' all auafters t ° agitate , they had thought it wiser and more ? _lres-_ " r Vt t _?& in _quiescent , and to refrain frBm _^ any proceeding that might intimidate their Lordships . _" 0 _tnnS _» _u A ttee then divided upon the clause as it stood , when the numbers were—Contents . . . 130 iVon-content , , 103 . - ' 3 .... , Majority . 33 against the amendment , which was therefore lost .
The remaining clauses were hot proceeded with , Upon thc motion of the Duke of Richmond , thei Chairman left the chair , the house resumed , and immediately adjourned , at a quarter past eleven _, o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS , Monday , June 15 . The Speaker took the cliair at the usual hour . An immense quantity of railway and private bust * nes _3 having been disposed of , the house proceeded afc _half-paatseven to tbe adjourned debate on the
IRISH COERCION BILL . Mr . D . O'Connell presentedapetition _. with 2 _^ , 000 signatures , from the manufacturing _district * in England , against the Coercion Bill . Ordered to lie on the table . Lord WonsiEv briefly stated his determination to oppose the Bill . Sir R . 11 . Inglis was not prepared to alter the course" he had already taken with respect to this measure . In thus stating his own intentions , he begged to be understood thut he spoke for himself alone , and did not wish to convey the opinions of any other persons , but as he felt there undoubtedly existed a necessity for some measure of a similar " nature to tho present , and as he had previously given his support to the measure , he could not permit any collateral matters to disturb the vote he was aboufc to give . ( Hear , hear . ) lie could not , however , but
say , more in sorrow than in anger , that he regretted her Majesty ' s ministers had delayed the progress of the Bill until the present time . In proposing measures to promote the tranquillity of Ireland , the Government - were responsible for the consequences resulting , from their ' measures , and he ( Sir R . H . Inglis ) would be 6 low to take upon himself the responsibility of saying that such measures as those now sought to be made the- law of the land were not required for the presentation of life and proDerty in , Ireland . A ' stheNoble Lord the Chief Secretary for Ireland ( Lord Lincoln ) had within tha last lew days expressed bis intention to propose for the consideration of the house a _suries of measures new in their character and ofa remedial nature , he ( Sin R . H . Inglis ) considered that he _was-upon that account still more justified in _rccordin-j his vote in favour of her Majeaty ' _a _miaisters .
Col . _Vbknbr expressed hia intention ot Yuting for the Bill . Mr . Horsmajs opposed it , because he looked upon ifc noc only as unconstitutional , but because , instead of adopting remedial measures _to-benefit Ireland , thera ' were continual references > made to measures of this description ; this-being the seventeenth or eighteenth all of the same character .. There never was , per- ' - haps , a time when the social condition of Ireland was in so unsatisfactory a state . It was admitted by both sides of the house that the social condition ol that country was anything but pleasing ; but that state of things arose from , the struggle which prevailed between the necessity ; of existence and the rights of property , ( fleai' , hear . ) , Were tliey , when Ireland was in such a state , to'be called on ,. instead of bettering their condition , . to take protection under what was well de . iignatedby an hon .. member , the vulgar expedient of coercion . _^ Ilearjiear . ) . It _hiigil t _bS true , and lie would admit it to its fullest ex-font ,. 'that
outrages and crimes were great in Ireland . But the question was , were they only , to look , to the crimes of the people without at all sympathising with them ia their misery and distress ? : { llear , " hear . ) .. Evan the immortal Burke described the whole _pulioy towards Ireland to be such as to make them as poor and as ignorant as possible—that , to that , people . was never ? granted the rights of citizenship ; . and the Uevon Commission described the condition ofthe Irish peasantry to be as badly led , badly _housi'd ,. badly clothed , but that under alL these privations they maiiifcsted a patience under suffering , unknown to any other people . ( Hear , hear . " Thoy were so destitute of the rights ol' subsistence uu their native soil—tho necessities of their la milords SO' aggravated their wretchtdness , that 150 , 000 poor wretches , by the cloarance system , were swept out of their habitations and left to pine away in ditches ' , { -Hoar , Imv . ) Being firmly persuaded that no temporary measure could meet a permanient disease he wouid vote against the Bill .
Mr . _Coiijii-uouA _' said , that if : at the closcof the debate he should _voto for the second reading ot this Bill , ho should not . do so upon the grounds urged by Sir R . Inglis . Ue could not throw oil' his own shoulders the -responsibility for this measure _^ and repose it entirely on those of' the ministry ; neither couid he , like Lord _G-. Bentinck , refuse tu £ Tano uneoustUutioual . powers to it , because he did int . place the most unreserved confidence in its members . If Lord J . Russell had asked for ihe powers of this ¦ Bill , he should say , " lirst prove your . case , and then press your bill as " quickly as possible through _Parliament ; " and ho should , use the . same language to Sir li . Peel . Now he frankly admitted that ministers had made out an , impregnable case , aud that the proofs whieh . had convinced the House of Lords-were
sufficient to convince the House of Commons . Ue thought , however , that . there had been too much delay in passing the measure' audi he feared from somepassages in . Sir R . Peel's speech of Friday , niuht that ho was making luopholes to escape from , the ; must stringent-and most necessary clauses-in committee . If these were . abandoned , . the Bill wouid not : bo worth the paper it was written upon , lie culi . ed . un . Sir J . Graham to spcak ,. out on this head . It . he declared t ' _liav-. the , Governaijsnt would maintain theSCvCiuuSGS , he ( Mr . Colquh . onn ) would give it . _his strenuous support . . lie then discussed a ; considerable length the Question , whether . the Conservative party would be in a better situation by supporting Sir R .. Peel as minister , or by . expelling bim froin . pnwer . atid placing Lord i . llusscil in his place- He ! said that he and
those with _wlvmx . he acted considcrcd . it advisable to withhold their support from her Majesty ' s- Government , but that it was not because they , possessed any greater confidence in tie Nobler 'Lord . ( Laid John Russeil ) opposite , and his . patty ,. as he believed that when they got into power _again- thoy would act in a similar manner to what they had do » e _ _-on former _occasions _.- .- . and was confirmed in that opinion from the report he . had read _. iii the newspapers , of a recent tneetiug held at the Noble Lord's . _residence in Clns-( lam-p / _aeo , wherein-, he saw it mentioned that die hon . members _for-fork ( Ms . _O' . Connell ) _, Finsbiny ( Mr . Buncombe ) Montrose ( Mr . _Iluine ) . " _Covt-ntry ( Mr . Williams ) , and Sheffield ( Mr . _VKard ) were tha Noble Lord's _couiseilloi-s oa the occasion , all of which liorii gentlemen boasted of belongim- to what was termed . the _radieal party . ; , and _it ' . _the-j _& hle Lord had intended to _disve that , team , however-skilful he might be , he would hav . _e to cutdpivu many slices of
ths-Constitntion to satisfy , that party ,. The question theu he had _tacotisidetMvas , _whetheu Siiey wire better _i &' m having . the right hon . _baronefcJSir R . Pee ! , ) , oi thenublo lord ( Lord . J . ll . uss . -ill ) , at the head ofthe Government . He ultimately decided the question by declari _*!*; that it would be better for the Conservative party , to havo-. Lord 4 * . Russell in onieo , _wliiiso projects they could detent by _mt-eting _Uu-ia whli their forces __ undivided , than Si > R . l ' eel , who . by creating , division in theii : ranks ,, was enablcd , to carry out all the schemes of their opponents . Colonel _SinTiioitrn . said , _th-i . t even if he ware to _veceivs _such-iVpledue as Mr . . Gulquhoun _l-oq _' . _ii-ed from the government , he should place iio . _coiindi-ncu . in it , and therefore , his vote would not depend an the answer of Sh * J . Graham . lie should vote _^ g « inst th i _* Bill because it wasa truekljng measure , umemuiiig from a truckling Government , and _becaq-r-e he hoped by defeating it to get rid oil a perfidious ; _vid detestable administration .
Lord J .. _R-usssLh declared that he _cc- ; M _notcot-anr in the doctrine of Sir R . _Inglis , that _tku house o _^ ufc to pass an act of restriction witiioi _^ _exaniinajion , merely because it was introduced on . Mie responsibility of the executive Government . £ 1 _coihiiu _.-ncing an examination of this Bill , he was . almost _tump ' ted to take the same _cuu . ise which a , _iVIinistesr ot" ilia ? Crown sometimes took in _propft-Uig a _msasuie of importance , and to propose timt that paet . grap A of the Queen's speech should be read on _whisiithe' pre- _, sent measure was founded . Nov . \ _uiving ' _ininist-j _' . 'S .. every credit for their wish to secure _property ami Wx ' e , he must say thatthe delay of five mon < t ' li ; , after ssclv an announcement could not have _be-s-a of any advantage to them in securing confide' _^ fj to the ' measure whioh thoy had brought _forward either & n the grounds on which they proposed it , or on the . details which they had included within it .. In reply to tiie argument that ministers had been nrevenifid from
bringing this measure forward sooner bv the state o £ public business , he observed thut two " worses bad , been open tu them . One would have " been , seeing life was in danger and thai _minine was . impendingover the country , to introduce a temy _*> imr . v _moftaurs for the preservation of Hie and _ate-wpovnry moasura for the supply of food , and to havo _iofit the great " _-or-, raanent measure for the adjustment of tlie com h » wa for subsequent consideration ; but it was clear ilia ? _, ss soon as they _atternptcd to _unilc a temporary _n- ' _-iw sure of restriction with a pcrinan nt system iii ' ci > rn laws , they mu-. t , excite a _furmidabie _oppusiti-m . Another couv ? e would _hnvelM-en to advise her _Majesty not to ' nave alluded to the ' subject ; of _Iiifli ' _outriutes and » _nurdors ' in her speech ' ; _tii have pas >' , i" 1 ha corn law . and the custom laws , _iuid Uien to have _eoi _.-ftdered-- whether thiiv would introduce such a muf . s _* . ire as th ? . * . which was then _bufiiru the house , _^ ilefeir . ng to t . ' e question Lord Lincoln had asked him , _nan-ely , ¦ ' - \ Continued _toiho I ' _-k-ht I ' aQe . ]
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Mojsdax _, _Juxe 15 . The house met atfiye o ' clock . Several personal " explanations "preceded the 3 ommittal of the Corn . BIIL Lord D . blamere tried to clear himself . from the charge-, of haying been a member of the Cheshire Protection Society , and several ofthe Bishops , warmly defended- _themselv-es andi their " order ' . ' against She attacks ai' Lord Stanley , on Friday night last . , ¦ iionD _StamiBV presented a petition _^ , signed by the chairman of Lloyd's , the chairmen of the London and East India Dock Companies , six Bank directors , a large number of bankers , merchants , ship owners , ami trailers of the city- of _Londea , including all engaged in the _Canada and Australian
trades , expressing doubts whether the _petitian whicli had been presented by Lord Dalhousie represented the general opinion of those _classaB in tho city , and declaring that they did not _beliewe the bill- before the house was necessary or called feu ; and that , in their opinion , it was an experiment afficting vital branches of our national interests , and involving the most serious consequences , which called for the anxious corsideration of thei ** - Lordships . The Earl of Damiousie observed , that the petition he had presented did not profess ta express more than the opinions ofthe petitioners ,. ** certain " merchants , bankers , and traders of th _* city of London , including , however , 24 or 20 Bank _directors , 14 other banking firms , and 267 other signatures .
These preliminaries over , the house proceeded to the debate on the order of the day that the bill be committed , which was commenced by Lord _Colthai _* , who opposed it . The house ; then went into committee . On the 1 st clause , The Duke of _Bu-ckinghak moved the omission of the words providing for th _# cessation of all duties , except the nominal one oils ., after tho 1 st of February , 1849 . His Grace desired it to be distinctly
understood that he was no party whatever to the bill ; that he opposed . it altogether ; but that Inmoved his amendment with the hope of reserving a small portion of protection , and of rendering the measure less injurious to agriculturists than it would be if passed as ifc then stood . The Noble Duke called on their Lordships not to think about backing , up an Administration , but to regard the interests ol the country , and to do as he did , and throw aside all personal feelings and friendships when they came to give their votes .
The Earl of Ripon shortly opposed the amendment , as involving an entire alteration of tho principle of tbe bill . The Earl of Cla _^ _cahty , Earl Stanhope , Lord Beaumont , and _Eai'l Habdwicke spoke in suupon o the amendment . It was opposed by the Marquis oi
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