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The Protectionists Are Becoming Financia...
quarterly cheque for their salaries . 'We Bhould ferfherhave bo objection to take not ten but tu-enty-five per cent , from the salaries of all the higher-paid Officers of State In America the highest and most important situations are £ lled by eminent men for less than one-half the salaries , in many cases that are paid in this country . The President of the United States has just half the salary paid to our ambassador at Paris , and precisely the amount paid to Lord Jomx Busseu . and _^^ J _-l ae _ fl" _^ salaries . _^ We _^ _hoiM
the princi pal Secretaries of State . _TVe think that the Marquis of _jSoioianby might contrive to perform his ambassadorial duties very -well for the same sum that is paid to the United States _Iffinister in London , namely , £ 2 , 000 instead of _^ 10 , 000 j and we certainly believe | hat - £ 3 , * * foO a year paid to the Secretaries of State , _-H-ould be a very ample allowance , apart Groin the consideration that that sum will _reaHy now purchase as much in the market as § £ 5 , 000 , would have done when the salary was
flast fixed . Certainly , if the operation of competition and Free Trade is to reduee prices and ||| ages generally , there can be no solid reason _Isrhy the Government employes should be ex-||| np ted from thc operation . Mr . Henley got Ifipwards of 100 members to vote with him , _jgost of whom , however , we -are happy to say , | g | pudiated his proposal to cut down such _poorly paid servants as postmen and others . Sie largeness of the minority ought to warn | | | Government to set their house in order ,
land to look at home when pondering how they ||| n meet the growing demand for economy | g a short time the Income Tax will expire , _iSJiey -musfc be either prepared "with-well _conifueredreduetioiistothat amount , or it will have _Hgbe renewed , and we suspect thai any pros _^ _sa lof that kind will not meet -with so favour-| _isBIe a reception as heretofore . It is a gross ' 4 pfc of oppression and injustice to a particular <|| ss ofthe community , and ought notto be to-Hated for an hour longer than the duration o _£ ihe present act .
Hi receipts of JE HATIOHAL LAHQ GOHPAHl-Fob ihe Week Esbrxa Thcbsdat , Jult 19 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s a . USfaiaw ,-istle .. 2 0 0 J . Guilford .. 0 i 6 » i _* ndiam .. 0 15 1 L . Armstrong .. 0 2 0 fia _^ _sta .. 014 6 C , 3 Jowl .. 0 2 0 _Jtecidale .. 1 4 2 J . _Vigurs .. 0 5 C _"iKSaen .. 0 7 0 T . Hodge .. 0 3 0 2 ?& eemcoaa .. 0 2 0 ¦ " _^ _fiuiUord .. 070 £ 610 3 H MONIES BECEIVED FOR THE fPUKCHASE OF _StATHON . e _5 BL , _ieeJs .. * 10 0 0 J . HH 1 , Sheffield 60 0 0 W 1 L _, London .. 113 4 3 . L , Manchester 55 10 0 _JSC , Carlisle .. 4 0 0 Jas . L ., Ditto .. 5 o 10 0 TZ $ , Sa \ xerby .. 5 0 0 ¦ _Pji _. Clapham .. 8 0 0 g 506 _ 2 _ _J _SgEjEUan-j .. C 10 0 _v—mmm fj § TOTALS . __ . _imdFund " - _.- _.-f- " % J & hon y ... . . . ... » . 206 2 4 San ditto ... ° H - £ 212 15 1 m W . Dixo-s ; C . _DortB , m - T . Clabk , Cor . Sec . M P . M'Geaih _, fin . Sec .
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the House of Commons has shown its _antiaiitliropic tendencies , and determined option to any legislation on behalf of Labour , -week , hy its decided rejection , of the _JoaraUrmaii Baker ' s Bill . LordE . _Gkosvenok , in
¦ mfroducing it , drew an _afTecting and appalp icture of the evils generated by the pracof working this class of men during the fight , a practice for -which ihere does not exist _-fita " slig htest necessity , and urged npon the _jBfliise , that * it had alread y in other instances 4 j _|| - _* dupon the principle of protecting labour . Bnt Mr . Cobden andthe polilical economists . iii in tbe ascendent The moment that such ¦ nBasures are proposed , they raise the cry of l _^ ponnnnnisin , " and talk abont "the free--dom of labour , " as if everybody did not
_JoiW the most help less of all slaves on earth il | fcbe so called free labourer , who is _abso-Itttely at the mercy © f the capitalists . His -oSy "freedom consists in choosing the _alterj _^ _mvc of worldng for -hisufficient wages , under -circumstances that shorten and embitter his if || or of sinking into a pauper or criminal . S || l oiig as the master-class aud political eco-; i _* -ttniists , _vrho profit by usury , have the _monoj _Si y of Parliament , so long -trill any beneficial lenslation for the grievances of Lahour be imfible . It is like setting a Parliament of es to legislate for sheep . The onl y use es can posahly see in sheep , is to he T OByed upon .
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| _Sghe much talked of nuisance , Smithfield _jfig-ket , has been the subject of a debate in _t _^ Conunons after having formed the subj _^ pof an investigation hy a Select Committee . _dSSs is the second time it has heen inquired _vStii and on both occasions the Select _ComioaBee reported against its continuance . Mr . MIeKixxox , _^ the Chairman , in moving that ij §§ House should act on these reports , set _josSi the injuries to public health and comfori -wincharose fromthe crowded and
_inapprojrMic site of the Market , but failed in eliciting from Government any pledge that the _nuiaaroe should be removed , lb . Macsissos , ialrever , is a wonderfully accommodating gewlcman—he withdrew his motion , as he _dicEnot—good easy man—wish , to embarrass _Ih _^ Gforeniment .
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| gie Commons work late and early . They meet at noon , and generally separate about -i--jS | - > ' clock the next morning : one morning _dtlpas nearl y three ! An immense mass of _BuTs of one description or other are daily
_disjbied of , but it would puzzle any one to _estimlfe their value or describe their intent . In p _*^ ortion to the inability of the Legislature _^ _Jg-oduce any great or beneficial measure , -i _^ _powers of giving birth to a Lilliputian progeny increases . "We live in an age of small jam . and small "things , the most conspicuous dwarfs being Lord J . Russell and his Cabinet . . sea __ .. - .
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FOR MRS- JONES . Kecewed by "W . Kidbs . —D . Morrison , Swindon New Town , Is . ; H . H ., Ditto , ls . ; B . S ., ditto , 6 d . ; P . Brown , surgeon , _Fails-TOrtl-, near Manchester , 2 s . Sd .: J . _Stansfield , Botherhani _, Is . ; " Ratcliffe Bridge , ls . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . "Rider . —J . Irvingv _Ashby de la Zouch , 6 d . ; J , Kerr , Ditto . 6 d . ; A . Smith , Ditto , 64 . ; collected at Dodfori , per"tr . Bud _* hall ) 3 s . Id . ; NewKadford , per J . Saunders , 2 s . 9 < L ; J . Hayman , Itamsgate . 3 s , € d . ; W , Levris Qaeen-street , Soho , ls . lOd . ; Birmingham , Ship Inn , per J . Kewhouse , £ 110 s . ; Longton , _StaflTordshire , per W "Wilson , 9 s . - FOR KIRKDALE PRISONERS . _Keceivedby S . Ktdd . —Crag ' s Mill , per Mr . Palmer , 6 s . 5 d . . » oB mrS . jo « p _« : '
FOR THE HUNGARIANS . " Received by * W . Rn > EB . _—lynn , Messrs . Scott , Barnes ana Porter , Is . 6 d . ; a few Democrats , Queen-street , Shet udClj oS _« 4 cL NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Keceived by J . Absott . —28 , Golden-lane , per Thomas Brown , Gs . CJd . ; Mr . Kider , as per Star , £ 2 Hs . Sd . Mr Homes , Sheffield , per Mr . Hill 3 s . fid—Total , _jea it 8 ia \ John Arnott nas also received from Mr . Thorne Poplar Giles ' s "Manual of Algebra , Guide to Boulogne ( two copies ) ' and two bottles of Dutch Drops , to be disposed of for the benefit of the Victims .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING _CLASSES . Lnr . " Words are things , and a small drop of Ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces Tbat which makes thousands , perhaps millions , ¦ flunk . " KBO _* _- _* .
PROGRESS OF THE EEACTIONKAIKES . Brother Pkouetauia-ss , The march of the enemies of Humanity is rapid ; one by one our strong positions are lost to U 3 ; day by day tidings arrive that our friends are "butchered " , or prisoners , or fugitives . Emboldened b y their victories the enemies of Freedom havo thrown off all disguise , and proclaim openl y their infamous designs . Their aim is to more than restore the tyranny of the past . They purpose to inflict a system of slavery upon the people more murderous and more corrupting than any description of serfdom yet imposed upon the workin g classes ; and they will succeed unless prevented b y
TERROR . The people of France " and Germany have now had a lesson which will surely not he forgotten should they ever again occupy the position they held in March , 1848 . Henceforth , when a country is in a state of revolution , the man who shall dare to preach " forbearance _•*"* " moderation , " forgiveness , ' - and "fraternity , " with the eternal enemies of
justice , will , I trust , be scouted and punished as a public enemy . Between the proletarians and their natural enemies _^—the idlers and robbers of society—there must be neither peace nor truce . As well expect a sense of justice and ri ght to govern the actions of Wood-lapping tigers and ravenous wolves , as hope to find any regard for those principles on the part of such ruffians as those who govern France at the present time .
Day h y day the traitorous majority rote the seizure of those members of the French Assembly whose honesty renders them inimical tothe Government . "Wherever a leading patriot can be found , he is hunted down and flung into a dungeon . Well mi ght Barbes , inspired by a too correct foresi ght , observe to his judges , — "What can I care about being shut up in a dungeon ? Its walls will prevent me witnessing the evils to mitigate which I am powerless . ' '
What wonder that in the recent elections , the Democrats were in almost every instance defeated ? I am surprised not at their defeat , but , _seeiig that their journals are suppressed , and their leaders fugitives or in prison , I am surprised that they mustered any Tote _^ at all . Believing this to be a favourable moment to complete the counter-revolution , the Royalist , Buonapartist , and Bourgeois Conspirators are plotting day and night to strangle the Republic—that Republic which thc perjured villains have sworn to defend . A week or two back , the correspondent of the London Globe ,
announced with no little glee , that more than a hundred members of the Assembl y were banded together and pledged to make an immediate effort for the restoration of Monarchy . The correspondent of the Morning Herald of this day , announces that at the Bourse , and even within the walls of the Assembly , the conspirators are openly talking of the projected change of government , This same correspondent intimates , that the Republicans who are resolved to defend the present form of government , are to be branded and punished as " conspirators , " by those who are conspiring
to destroy that government , should the latter get the npper hand J Is not this the sublimity of villany ? The Herald ' s man adds , that "the immediate mmour of the day points to a prolongation ofthe executive power , and a modification of Universal Suffrage , ' and the names of very influential parties are cited as favouring these ideas of change . " In its City article , the Standard of this evening reports that the eonntev-revolutionary conspiracy in Paris is the subject of discussion amongst our
money-mongers , who are anticipating that on the attempt being made to give the finishing blow to the Republic , a repetition ofthe scenes of ' 48 will take place in Paris . Our mammonworshippers are speculating on seeing the Republicans the victims of another massacre like unto that over which _Cayaigxvc presided in the four days of June . In fact , the usurers and blood-suckers of this country are in alliance with their class all over Europe , and are in the thick : of all the plots organised for the destruction of Democracy .
I warned you in my last week ' s letter not to put trust in the l ying reports of the French papers ( repeated inthe " Times" and many other of our lying journals ) as to the joyful reception the French troops met with on their entry into Rome . I showed you how impossible it was for the patriots who had survived that city ' s fall , and for the widows and orp hans ofthe heroes who had shared that fall , to g ive any other welcome to the French than that which their crimes so well entitled them
fo : curses both loud and deep . I was right . Tou will find in this number ofthe "Star " amp le refutation of the falsehoods of the French and English organs of our enemies . Tou will see that the onl y cries with which the French were greeted we those of " Death to 0 " 0 » _isotI" "Down with the priests ! " "Viva ritalia ! " " Viva la Republics Romana !" Ton willread ofthe unarmed men who , bearing aloft the flag of the Roman Republic , bared their breasts to the bayonets of the French , crying : —" Strike us _^—kill unarmed men , ye infamous papal assassins 1 "
The brigand Oudinot attacked , besieged , bombarded , and entered Rome , to ( as he said ) restore " order and liberty . " Behold Ms order _andifioert-y . The Roman Assembly elected by Universal Suflrage he has dissolved by force , driving the members from their hall at the point of the bayonet . He has planted loaded artillery in the streets ready to fire on the people , should they g ive the least sign of commotion . He has suppressed the clubs and forbidden public meetings . He has put down the journals and established in their stead one sole sheet of libellous lies , published to insult the Romans and laud their Algerine conquerors . He has dissolved the Civic Guard . He has
decreed a general disarming . He has ordered that all public placeB shall be closed , and the people be driven from the streets by force at nine o ' clock every evening . "Tou want order , "says OcDUfOT's Man-Friday , General Rostolas— " Tou want order , inhabitants of Rome , _andlwiUguai-anteeittoyou . " Tes , the " order " of military terrorism . The unblushing brigand adds : — " Those who intend to prolong your oppression shall find in me an inflexible severity . " Good ! Who are the oppressors ? _Rostoxan himself , his fellow _cutthroats , and their most worthy leader Otoikot . - "Who could be surprised if they were treated to a dose of " _iuftexibte severity" on the part of
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the Tictims of their oppression . Oudinot still pretends to talk ahout " a factious minority , " from -whose rule he haa released the Romans . He knowa that he lies . The immeasurable hatred ofthe people upon whom he at present tram ples , he is too well aware of ; his " measures of repression" testify his fears . You -will gee that the city was not yielded until , not the hearts , hut the ammunition of the Romans failed them . I jjpeak of the ...... _..
Roman people who , with Garibaldi and his heroes , would have fought the assassins hand to hand in the very streets of the city ; but there was division in the ranks of the city's defenders . What I anticipated in my last week ' s letter proves to have heen the fact the middle-class shrunk from the last struggle . Perhaps it is as well that that last struggle was avoided ; as it is , thc mass of the Boman Proletarians are alive and read y for the next struggle .
The letter of Mazzini resigning the Trium-• vershi p , when he found that the defence ofthe city was to he abandoned , and the address of himself and colleagues to the people announcing their resignation , are documents whicli will he long treasured in the grateful memory of every true Roman . The last act of the Triumvirs was . not the least glorious of their official deeds . _^ . Mazziki has won for himself the admiration and homage of the people of every land .
One fact I rejoice at . The Pope has sent a letter of thanks to Oudinot and his ariny for their victory over the Romans , whom he designates - 'the enemieB of human society . " Pius adds , that he offers np his prayers to the ALMIGHTY for Oudinot and the French army , and hestows upon hoth his " apostolic benediction . " Excellent ! Pius prays for and blesses murderers and ravagers who have filled " the capital of the Christian world" with blood and desolation ! So sunders the last
link which bound him and his office to the affections of the people . Eurrah ! Pius has sealed the doom of the vile superstition of which he is the principal representative . "What Luther could not effect Pius has accomplished . That enslaving superstition which yet holds so many nations in thrall , is henceforth a thing of the past in Italy . Venice is yet _unconquered _, hut her doom may he anticipated . Palmerston has refused to recognise that Republic ' s independence ; and , in reply to an appeal for assistance , has advised submission - to the Austrians . - He
takes his stand on the treaty of Vienna- —a treaty which has heen over and over again violated . You will not heed my appeal , I fear ; nevertheless , with all my heart and soul I cry to you , to demand—nationally demand—that English force be sent to the Adriatic to sustain Venetian valour . Our unfortunate German brothers are discomfited , proscribed , and massacred .. .. With the exception ofthe fortross ' of Rastadt , where the besieged Republicans yet maintain a hopeless struggle , the Democratic cause is lost for the present , and OEDEB EEIGNS IN GERMANY .
The overwhelming force of Russia and Austria combined bids fair to accomplish the destruction of Hungary . The Magyars' are reported to have suffered a defeat hefore Comorn , and to have lost Pesth , Buda , and several other cities . Still all is not lost . The strugg le- _^ even should the Hungarians suffer defeat after defeat—must continue for some weeks yet , perhaps months to come . There is yet time for you to speak' out , and declare
that Hungary shall not be Polandised . If you are meri—if you are not the most craven , selfish , heartless wretches on the face of this earth , you will forthe moment concentrate all your thoughts , your energies , and your efforts in support of one object—the salvation of Hungary . You have permitted the assassi r nation of Rome j forthe sake of Humanity do not he guilty of the like crime in the case of Hungary . Meet—assemble—agitate—petition —demand British intervention in behalf of
Hungary . Men of London , two meetings are announced for next week , in favour of Hungary ; one at the London Tavern on Monday , at 12 for 1 o ' clock ; and the other at the John-street Institution , on Tuesday evening , at 8 o ' clock . I trust you will attend in your thousands , and raise a cry for Hungary—a cry strong enough to rouse Downing-street to action—and loud enough to excite joy in the camp of Kossuth , and terror in the councils of the Kaiser and the Tsar . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . July 10 th , 1 S 40 .
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PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM . Another district meeting ofthe members of the Metropolitan and Financial Reform Association was held last nig ht in the Standard Theatre , Shorcditch , under the usual presidency ol Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . l \ So great was the pressure for admittance , and so largo the number of persons disappointed , that it was deemed expedient to hold a branch meeting simultaneously at the British' School-room , Cowper-sfreet , City-road , under the presidency of Mr . Wilkinson , the treasurer of the Association . Among the persons present on the p latform ofthe original meeting , were Messrs . G . Thompson , M . P . ; L . Hey worth , M . P . ; John Williams , M . P . ; F . O'Connor , M . P .: W . Williams , ( formerly M . P . for
Coventry ) , & e . The _Cdairmak , after reading a letter of apology from Sir W . Clay , proceeded to address the meeting . He entreated the working classes to shovr " by their orderly and peaceful conduct , and by the moderation and practical character of their opinions , that they were fitted for the exercise of the franchise . He repudiated on the part of the association any desire lo break faith with ihe public creditor , as had calumniously been imputed to them . Their desire was not to destroy the just rights of any class , but to do equal justice to all . They desired to enforce the strictest possible economy in every department of thc state , to obtain a move equal distribution of taxation , to see property bearing its just share of the burdens which it * entailed ,
to prevent the sinews of war from being squandered in a time of peace , and to extend the suffrage so as to make the House of Commons the fair exponent of the opinions of the whole country . ( Cheers . ) For these purposes he wished to see the middle and working classes cordially united , and not , as formerly , broken up into numerous small sections , some Insisting for one tiling , and some for another ; some contending for household Suffrage , others for manhood suffrage , and others standing out for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter —( cheers ); each section following its own will , " irrespective of the means by which-its-object could be obtained , and thus ail falling an easy prey to the enemies of social improvement . [ A CnAnnsT . — "Join us , then ! ] ( Cheers . ) Ho begged those fvom _who-ai that cry proceeded to mark what he said—there never was a time , in his opinion , in which there was . a fairer reform lh
prospect than now of progressive , e middle classes were disposed to aid them ln . obtaining an extension oftho electoral list from 1 , 100 , 000 to 4 , 000 , 000 of voters , a more equal apportionment of members , the abolition of a property qualification , the establishment ofthe ballot , and a limitation , oi the duration of parliaments . . He asked the Chartists , therefore , to join that movement , rememberin g that concession was not'compromise . He begged to remind them that in hig h quarters a disposition had lately been -manifested to repudiate finality . There was a shaking among the advocates of irresponsible power . Was it not "worth while to mane some personal sacrifices in order to take advantage _ofttwsesvmptoms ? ( Cheers . ) . He implored them , therefore , * to let all past animosities be buried , and to let the fiat gd forth that henceforth there was to be a union between the middle arid productive classes , and nothing could withstand their efforts . ( Applause . ) ¦ ¦ -
Mr . J . Hall then moved the following resolution : — " That the absence of a really representative House of Commons , the * preponderance of class legislation , the unequal pressure of taxation , the general extravagance of the public expenditure , and the consequences of these evils , engendering discontent , and threatening disorders fatal to the political andsocial prosperity of this empire , render the combination of the middle and working classes , for the attainment of the reform advocated by the" Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , a matter of momentous importance to the state . " ¦ '" ' -
Mr . G . Offos seconded the resolution . * Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., in supporting the -motion , expressed himself as being exceedingly sanguine respecting the present movement , and said he saw no reason why , if tbey were only united , they Should not accomplish the obiegfc ia view witiiia a
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very brief period . It was _hooeless to expect any good from the : House of Commons as at present constituted unless they were " -willing to wait ten years for one reform , -fifteen for another , twenty for a third , and twenty-five for a fourth ; besides spending thousands of pounds in carrying on the agitation for each . ( Hear , hear . ) Thero were not more than eighty-four members in the present House of Commons who on any one occasion could be brought to vote for an extension of the riVhts of the people . In opposition to that small body there were six marquesses , eight earls , twenty-five viscounts , thirty-six lords , sixty-one baronets , twelve honourable ? , fiftytwo generals , admirals , colonels , captains , and lieutenants—all the placemen of course , and all the ex-. _..
pectants , ana au the supporters ofthe church establishment . ( Hear , hear . ) No wonder then , that tho popular members were beaten ; and beaten the _> would continue to be until it was unmistakably nf dnm-f . { ST _^ backod by '» united people out ? Ir a rw n i _?^ fu r _P-cntyof men m that house watching the thing at the top of the house which "went round with " the wind ( laughter ) - he 3 » f _CKf _^ _H _even some of the eighty-four to _TVh _Si i _« i r 0 fe lTed-but _whenever ° thcy found a strong popular breeze fairly set in a swellin- * Sea , an 3 a rolling tide , with t he Lv _^ n Vs _7 cces ° s _m V 10 _rVL- _" _£ -, . k ,. Votes would soon be _visi-^ ilL _~ l t hon ' gentleman then referred nvi IfT of _, UII 1 versal suffrage in the United States and . contended that thc unenfranchised ¦ classes in this country , in their characters of fathers and ci _tizenTweveTin tl _e _^ t _1 h _^ ft l ? _™ X _* 7 Kdifficu duties than that ot voting for renres » ntat . _ivnS . n , _ui
that the manner m which those duties were discharged was one of the best proofs that thoy were not unfitted for political power . The man who guarded Coutts s ban k in the Strandwithout betraying itto the midnight burn-lav might surely be trusted to give his vote in Covent-garden for thc members for Westminster . ( cheers " ) But the fact was that the ignorance ofthe people was a mere pretence . Ifc was not because tho Legislature dreaded the ignorance ofthe people that they withheld the franchise from them , but because they knew they were intelligent . ( Cheers . ) If they really deserved the name of the swinish multitude , and would allow themselves to be led by the nose like asses , he made bold to say they would not long be left without the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt convinced that there was no country' in the world where the sum-ago might be so safely extended as iii this .
Mr . W ..-Williams also spoke in support ofthe motion , dwelling principally upon the inequality of electoral districts , the bribery whieh prevailed in the smaller boroughs , and the extravagant expenditure of recent years . He averred that if the government were to reduce . fhe expenditure to what it was only four years ago , under their predecessors , they would be able to abolish the window-tax , and also the duties on soap , butter , cheese , paper , and advertisements : Mr . P . O'Cox-son , M . P ., - next addressed thc meeting , and was received with loud cheers . He
came not there to throw the apple of" discord amongst them , but to extend the olive branch of peace . ( Cheers . ) If this had been an alliance between capital and labour he would not have come there , or , if it was a mere question of financial reform he would not have been there , but because it-was an alliance between mental labour on the one hand and manual labour on the other ho was among them . ( Cheers . ) . Some allusion had been made to physical force that night . One gentleman spoke of 100 persons going down to frighten the House of Lords .
lhe Chairman begged Mr . -O'Connor ' s pardon He did not understand that the least allusion had been made to physical force . ( Bear , hear . ) Mr . _O'Conkoh did not mean to attribute to the speaker anything , like an inclination to use p hysical force ; All he desired was , tbat he hoped no allusion would over again be made to the real Chartists as advocates , or p hysical force , / because a few wild persons , who called" themselves Chartists , had used violent ; language , which frightened any other party fvom joining with them . He believed that the taxpayer would never receive justice from parliament till he . possessed the franchise . He believed the working classes were now prepared to admit to them ( the middle classes ) that they could not do without
them . ( Hear . ) They , were pleased at so large an extension of the suffrage , whilst the abstract right of every man to possess it was not denied . It was said that the people were ignorant , and that they were unfit for the suffrage . But their enemies were afraid of their intelligence , and not of their ignorance .. All that the Chartists ever wanted was that the rich might be richer and the poor rich by the development of the national resources . ( Hear . ) The shopkeeper had heretofore been somewhat opposed to the working mail , but would" they not bo much better off if instead of the 10 s . a week the working man had the £ 1 or 30 s . a week ? ( Hear . ) They might be quite sure that thc interest of the shopkeepers and ofthe working men is the same ,
and when they were once united and thoroughly in earnest , Lord John or Sir Robert Pe < -jJ would be outbidding each other for their favour . ( Hear , hear . ) It was supposed that the old feudal system was broken down by free trade measures and other large measures , but ho did not believe in that . Tho feudal system still existed in this country , and it must be entirely done away with before the people could be prosperous . How could they be prosperous when they paid millions forthe maintenance of an army in time of peace , and paid such high salaries to their functionaries ? ( Hear . ) The Times—( hisses ) —a paper which they might believe —( " No , no" )—a paper which they mi ht believe , but wliich he did not believesaid that tliey could not cut down these
, salaries because the secrets of the home office and the other offices would be exposed . They were supporting , then , a government of detectives and spies ; But after all the real question for the working classes was thc improvement of their social condition . ( Hear . ) Now ho did not think that their social position could ever be improved till they possessed the political rig hts to which they were justly entitled . They had idle labour , idle land , and idle money in this country , and a country in such a condition could not prosper . Lord J . Russell asked him in the Houso of Commons what he meant by making the working man the first partaker in his own industry . All he meant by it was , that the tax _gatherers should not pick away all the flesh and
leave him the bone . ( Hear , hear . ) Thoy had been promised peace , retrenchment , and reform . Now , their peace consisted in paying as much money as if their was a war ; their retrenchment consisted in a permanent addition of -611 , 000 , 000 to the national debt , - and their reform consisted in nothing at all . ( Hear , hear . ) There must now be a perfect union between all classes ; and when he saw Sir James Graham and other members ofthe Peel party about to join the Whigs , ho thought ifc full time that there should be a union of reformers to meet their combinations . ( Hear . ) He had been anxious to address the meeting , because that was probably the last occasion on which he would ever appear on a public platform . ( Cries of " No , no , " and cheers . ) He had been a political agitator for twenty-seven years , and if he could feel assured that he had
succeeded in bringing about an alliance between the intelligent shopkeeper and the manual , labourer , which was founded upon their mutual dependence , he should be more than repaid for all his labours . It was a comfort to him , on retiring into privacy , that he had never made a speech with any other purpose than that of benefiting the poor . It was his pride that he had never travelled a mile , nor . eaten a meal , at tho expense of the poor . ( Cheers . ) He had devoted his time , his energies , and his efforts to their cause unt'l he had grown prematurely old , though not too old to advocate a cause by which he thought the country would be benefited . While in parliament he believed no man had over possessed more of the publiaconfidcncethanho had done , and ho was prouu * to say that he loft the stage of public life with the character which he brought upoa it . ( Loudcheers . ) Mr . L . Heyivobiii , M . P ., strongly impressed upon the meeting the advantages of a system of direct over indirect taxation . The resolution was then agreed to , and the meeting broke up at about half-past ten o ' clock .
:. Meeting At Oowper-Stiieet. In Consequ...
:. MEETING AT OOWPER-STIiEET . In consequence of tbe early overflow of the above meeting , and the crowds disappointed in obtaining admittance , the council determined upon holding another meeting at tho same ' time , ; in the large room , Cowpeivstrcet , City road . Notwithstanding , the hasty and necessarily imperfect arrangements made , the room rapidly filled , and before . the termination ofthe proceedings was quite crowded . ' ... . A deputation from the council and other gentlemen occupied , the platform , among "whomYfcrc W . a , Wilkinson , Esq ., treasurer of the " Association ;
Sir F . Enowles , - Bart ., C . "Wordsworth , Esq ., T . Paris , Esq ., J . Matson , Esq ., Dr . Bowkett , Messrs . Jcfferej's , J . Brown , Hughes , Lawson ; Can * , & c . The CHMR- iUf ( "W . A . Wilkinson ) in openin _* the proceedings , said that the large meeting resulting from the overflow © f the Standard Theatre proved the great interest taken by the public iri thc present movement . The meeting was addressed by . Dr . _Bov-kett , II . J . Atkinson , Esq ., Mr . T . Clarke , Sir F . ' Khowles , Mr . Townsend , Mr . Matson , and Mr . Paris , arid resolutions in furtherance of the objects of the Association were unanimously adopted .
¦ •• Meeting At Gheenwich.—'On: Thursday...
¦ •• Meeting at _Gheenwich . — 'On : Thursday evening a . public meeting of the inhabitants of Greenwich was held at the Lecture-hall , in that' borough , ' for . thc purpose of promoting the principles propounded by- the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . The chair , was occupied by John Wade , Esq . The meeting was , addressed by Messrs . Graham , Harrild , A . Maekay , T . Clarke , E . Masters , and Z . Atkinson ; and also by Sir F . KnowlesandtheRev . Mr . Squeers , Thc resoltt * tions _ww _unawmousl } ' adopted .,
The National Association* Of United Trad...
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION * OF UNITED TRADES FOB THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF LAHOUR IH * AGRICULTURE ASD MAN FACTURES . _ Established 18-15 . T . S . Duxcomjje , Eso .., M . P ., President . The tide of reaction flows steadily on . The reunion of upwards of 800 of the Carpet Weavers of Kidderminster and Bridgnorth , announced sometime hack , has stimulated the remaining portion of those engaged iu that important branch of manufacture , and we shall soon have the satisfaction of numbering in our
Union the great bulk of the _carpet trade of England—and we hope of Scc _& _$ @ £ _? e > _-for it is manifestly the interest of those engaged in tho carpet trade , that the most perfect equalit y of prices , and the best possible understanding , should exist between those engaged in that trade , " in whatever pari of ihe . kingdom they inay be located . The most powerful weapon in the hands of the employers , for the depreciation of the value of Labour , is tho competition which is created and fostered between workmen in the same trade in different parts of the country . It is therefore a matter of the greatest importance that the most friendly aud uninterrupted
communications should constantly take place between the ' meu employed in different localities , whereby the wages of Labour in any trade could be easily regulated by those in whom the law recognises the ri g ht to do so , the working _menthemselves . _Theseobservatione areequally applicable to every trade in Great Britain ; and it may be safely affirmed that no union of Labour can he deemed satisfactory or perfect , which does not embrace within its bonds each distinct trade , comprising its sections in every partof the country , in one close combination , and the whole of the trades of Great Britain in a friendly and holy allnince for their mutual aid and protection .
On Tuesday , tho 10 th inst ., at the urgent solicitation of the committee of the Carpet Weavers , Mr . Humphries addressed an openair meeting , * which was attended by several thousands of the inhabitants of Kidderminster . Mr . Humphries descanted upon the necessity of union for the protection of the interests of the working classes . He gave examples ofthe numerous benefits which the National Association had conferred upon various bodies of working men who had maintained their connexion with the movement . He then—b y contrast—gave several instances where
extensive reductions had been enforced , when the fact that certain bodies had withdrawn from the National Association , had reached the ears of their employers . Tho whole proceedings were listened to b y the numerous auditory with the most profound attention , and a large accession to the numbers connected with the Association is promised as the result of the meeting . Several applications have also been received during the week from bodies desirous of re-joining , and from others who are organising , with a view of giving in their adhesion to the movement .
Condition Of The Working Classes. The Rf...
CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES . THE RF . MEMY . ( Continued from the " Star " of the Hth inst . ) In this country , however , some difficulties have been _exp-jvi-jnee-i by parties who have mado attempts to carry out the principle of association by means of small contributions from a great number of subscribers , owing to the defective stato of the law with reference to co-partnerships . . The recent alterations in the Friendly Societies Acts have tended to increase these difficulties , their evident object being to deprive the trades , and operative societies generally , of any _les-al benefits wliich
enrolment under these acts was supposed to bestow . The discretionary power , formerly vested in the Revising Barrister alone , is now in reality invested in the Attorney-General for the time being . It is doubtful how far that officer mi g ht conceive such an Association cajnc within the strict letter ofthe law ; and Ave must add , that it is equally doubtful whether enrolment would give that full and efficient legal action to the Association which it is on every ground desirable it should . possess , Should Mr . Feargus O'Connor succeed in his endeavour to extend the provisions of these acts to the National Land Company , the Odd Fellows , and similar Societies , it might then be a question how far it would
bo prudent to take advantage of its provisions . At present , we fear , there is nothing to be expected from that quarter , and the process of Complete "Registration under Mr . Gladstone ' s Joint Stock Company _' s Act , is by far too cumbrous , clumsy and expensive , to be dreamt of in this case . It would , in fact , be hopeless to attempt it . It seems , therefore , that a special act of parliament would , under all the circumstances , ho not only the most efficient and quickest , but also the cheapest mode of securing all the benefits and immunities of the law . Without such protection , neither the individual , nor the collective rights ofthe Association could be guaranteed nnd maintained ; and , perhaps , at the end of the first year , it would bo a judicious course
to take such steps , under proper advice , as would secure an act of parliament before the purchase of estates , and the commencement -of reproductive industrial operations . This is so important a pointthat we shall make careful inquiries respecting it , and , in a futuro report , lay before the membera the fullest information on the subject . "With respect to the precise manner in which the funds should be applied to realise the objects in view , it is , perhaps , premature to discuss that in detail . So long as the funds were secure during the process of accumulation , and measures were taken for the : purppse of giving legal protection and security to all parties in any
subsequent practical measures , all the satisfaction would be given that any well-wisher to his class and any prudent business-man could desire . In the meantime , incveased experience on the part of both directors and members , and frequent discussion of the subject , would gradually educate both in such a way that the decisions of the Conference , when thc time for action came , would be much better than any suggestions we can now make ; merely as a suggestion , however , but one which appears , under every view , a prudent , efficacious , and judicious course , the following outline maybe taken ;—Supposing tho fund collected and the Association prepared to commenco industrial proceedings , we
suggest that such a proportion of the money as may be required should be invested in the purchase of small freehold estates in various parts of thc country , in order that the widely spread members of the Association might , urease of need , not be at too great a distance from them , as they would bo were oue estate only purchased , no matter how central it might be . The remainder of the fund , - together with such an amount as ifc mig ht be necessary to raise by way of mortgage on the land , might be expended in thc formation of . buildings Tor . industrial colonies , grouped upon tho following principle . In one establishment , hatters , tailors , shoemakers _, and the trades engaged in cognate
occupations , might bo located .. Great economy of capital and labour would be thus effected , and all the arrangements mig ht bo so contrived as to favour this aggregation of what may be termed the clothing trades . In Yorkshire , another establishment mi ght he formed for weavers , dyers , dressers , slubbers , _d-c . ; and in Lancashire the machinery necessary for cotton manufacture , in its various branches , might bo introduced ; thus providing in each locality lor the peculiar and distinctive branch of industry . in which , the major portion of the population are engaged . These establishments would , of course , be mutually self-helpful to each other * , the raw
material worked up into webs , or , the skimv tanned and dressed in the manufacturing establishments , would be fashioned into articles of wear mothers , aud , so far . as clothing was concerned , render the workmen independent of the external market , while the cultivation of the soil around each establishment would also render them independent , as far as the staple articles of subsistence were concerned . The surplus would constitute the stock from whicli the individuals who had contributed the funds would receive such money dividends as . might be declared from time to time , or might form a fund for the extension of such establishments , and the creation of yet more real wealth for the benefit of the working ¦ ¦
man . . ,. Internally , we would liberate these establishments from all dependence upon the moRey . market or the capitalists . The whole produce of the establishment—whether agricultural , horticultural , manufacturing or handicraft—would be deposited in public stoves . All _th-d commodities not produced either by the establishment ¦; itself , or - by the other establishments of the . Association , would be purchasedI direct _rn the wholesale market ; the labour of each individual in tho establishment should be fairly estimated , and after deducting for the rent of his dwelling , garden , & c , and a fail-proportion for expenses of management , the remainder should be _p-iid in a paper currency , receivable at the stores of _llnLt _*?? _^ _?? ' an exchangeable into any kind of f _& * _fS : htr Ta * fa the wants of himself and ttmuy . Any _aujplu-j _gfBUch money ia the posses-
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sion of _niembera so emploved or located , _miffht upon their . leaving tho establishment , be ch _. _mgcd at the option of tho Directors , into the common currency of the realm . Such is an outline of the immediate and prospective measures , to which we pray the calm , earnest , and thoughtful attention of tho Trades . There is ample time for discussin" them previous to the next Conference , and giving the delegates full instructions upon the subject , lie it observed , that the propositions now made arc submitted in no dogmatic spirit . In detail , they may be susceptible of considerable alteration and improvement , and the Central Committee will gladly hail every suggestion to that effect , from whatever quarter , as thc act ofa fellow * worker in a groat and
holy cause . But let there bo no delay , no coldness , no apathy , no holding aloof on this question . It is the all in all to us . By this means or none , shall we be able to achieve the permanent improvement of our class . Beginning thus quietly , but determinedly , to laythe foundation ol a new organisation of labour , by .. our own energies and resources , _steadily carrying that organisation out , and withdrawing through its instrumentality the surplus labour out of the competitive market , we should , in a short timo , not only impose more equitable terms upon the capitalist , but light up a _boaeon . which would guide the whole of thc working classes
into tho haven of complete social freedom . What power could resist the public opinion , which would bo _cves \ tt > d by such _establishments ? What trade would not eagerly employ its _lcsoui-ces in the same rational and beneficial manner ? And at length the government would find it impossible to withstand the mighty impulse that , from one end ofthe country to thc other , would demand a * reconstruction of the primary elements of all wea-lih , in such a manner as te produce tho general benefit of all classes of the community , instead of tfee present insane and most destructive misapplication Of tllOSe elements .
In conclusion , thc Central Committee- beg distinctly to state , that it is not intended by this plan to interfere in the slightest degree with tiie Association for the Protection of Industry . It will continue to perform all the duties now fulfilled by it , and to afford to the trades , in cases of dispute , the same services by way of media tion , support , aiid employment as it now does . All that we propose- is to complete the original organisation of the Association , and to be in a position effectually to achieve the great and glorious objects which its founders had in view . To your posts , then , working men ? Think ofthe immense responsibility you owe to your class andto posterity . Think of the down of toil and of sufferinff you will bequeath to your oftsprin'r , should the
present horrible system be permitted to continue Think of the enormous latent and undeveloped powers at your disposal , which , well and wisely _combined , are amply snffieient to achieve your completeemancipation . Be determined , in this most vital of questions , to be true to your character as workers . No longer talk about liberty , acliieve it by your own earnest practical exertions ' . Work for it in tlie mode here laid down , and the foun . _lation ofa system will be laid , in whieh the bright visions of prophets and poets will be fulfilled , humanity at large bo elevated—physically , morally , aud intellectually—and the sun , in all its round , shall not shine on the palace of a tyrant , nor the cottage of a slave !
Mr. ' Kydd's Tour. To The Editor Op Tiie...
MR . ' KYDD'S TOUR . TO THE EDITOR OP TIIE N 0 ItIllKR . V STAn . Dear Sib , —I intended to have written to you a long letter , but I am unwell , so much so that I am unfit for any labour , mental or physical . Of late I have suffered from occasional turns of mental and physical prostration ; gentle hints , I suppose , _fl'OIU Dame "Nature , that I , like her other children , must be careful of the physical man . I am not able to write to you at length , and some of my correspondents must overlook my seeming neglect , in not repl y ing to their letters . One or two prominent points I must notice , the _fillings-up to come somo other day . During my sojourn in Northumberland and Durham , I lectured in the chief towns of the district . The fine evenings , races , regattas , « tc ., wore against my meetings ; on the whole , however , they were not
failures , and I have good reason to believe thc results havo been desirable . I left the north , to attend the annual camp meetings in Lancashire , on Sunday hist , but faithfully promised to return , ¦ Ihere aro evident signs of another great movement among the miners of thc north . Petty despotisms , followed by partial strikes , are everywhere common , and among the workmen the words are often uttered : — " We want union men , " and they never fail in receiving a response . They are words alike ofthe heart and head . Oppression—foul , black oppression—is rank , and from it good or evil may come . If an united organisation he attempted , its leaders skilled in their work , preaching patience as well as union , the gathering passions of hatred and revenge will be checked for a time , cither to burst
into a fiery madness—fearful as powerful—to succumb after a protracted struggle— "Agreat strike , " or to aid in rectifying wrongs , and benefiting the truo interests of labour ; all depending , of course , on the judgment Oftho leaders , tlio patience and sense Ofthe colliers , and the counteractions of the capitalists . The miners , as a body , are oppressed . The leading Reformers of tho working classes , ave everywhere being united—social and political , literary and moral . If they have no associations , they arc united by sympathy , and act in concord . I observed this feature of the times first in Glasgow , and have since found it in almost every other town . The leading mind 3 are moving in tho same directions . Five years ago they were apart , hut increased thought has lorced all the thinkers to unite , for the common good of humanity . From
this apparently unnoticed union , will come greater changes than some observers seem to know ; ifc will g row greater every year , its history will be written in the words " toleration , union , right . " The French Revolution of 1848 , and the subsequent events on the continent , have stirred the minds of the people to the importance of foreign politics . It has tended to make our workmen geographers and historians , and will one day help to make them statesmen . Formerly , we were too isolated , hemmed in by the sea , we acted as if there was no land beyond its boundary : Foreign politics were known but to the few , and horrible atrocities were practised in the name of England , of whicli the majority of Englishmen knew nothing . So wonder that thc name of England was hated
by the people of other lands , and was hut another name for _Uuffias among the nations ofthe earth . The future will one day be different . The names of Hungary and Rome ' are on every tongue ; Mazzini is the idol of thc democrats—so dignified , so calm , so just , in days of trial and hours of peril , how can ' it be otherwise ? Rome ! we who have never seen thy churches , thv monuments , nor thy children , yet love thee . Thou art still eternal , greater than of old , lticnzi was not thc hist of thy Triumvirs ; from St . Peter ' s to the banks of the clear Tiber , you heave to be free , and we oftho mine ar . d the factory , tho workshop and the plough , rejoice in thy nobility . Traitors and assassins have entered thy gates and called themselves the friends of order . Vile prostitution of words—wc know them , and we
foci for thoe ; thoy are the hirelings of ambitious villains , ths slaves of fiends , who neither deserve nor receive respect from us . Wc wish them one and all speedy exile or death . Success to the Hungarians ! Russia and Austria have too long lorded it over millions . ? The English democrats have an aversion _topatitioning the Ilouse of Commons on any question . " All is rig ht , " saith the minister , * " all is wrong , " saith the . philosopher . "Contentment , " exclaims tho premier ; " prosperity , " echoes Sir Robert . Listen —society is fast outgrowing its garments , thc Houso of Commons has ceased to be part of its thought .
Men progress—the "Whigs are stationary—social theories are discussed without that are forbidden within the walls ofthe Senate . For years did the people complain to the Commons , but they complained in vain—weary of stale common-placessiek to the soul of mouthing phrases—morose in sullen anger—and indignant at vacant laughter , men have betaken themselves to their own thoughts ; House of Commons , , Commons Ilouse , sham—cheat—it partakes not at all of the people ; it is the junior , branch of a huge old oligarchy , and England is fast preparing to- dispense with ifc Sam-obi , Iv * c _* od . Todmarden , Julv 17 .
P . S . The Lancashire camp meeting was a glorious , sight .- On Sunday next I lecture ii % Leeds , onFrance , Hungary , and Rome ; and , if convenient , will fulfil my long promised visit to Holmfirth , on Wednesday and Thursday next .. Parties wishing to write to me , must do so not later than Monday afternoon , _asd address to-the ' post-office , Leeds . Yours , truly , S . K .
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% _Recuesekta-ikh * oi ? _Boston . —T _* ses-bav . —Thc retirement of Sir _3 ames Duke from the representation ot this borough has taken us by surprise . At p _* fesent / _io address has been iss _« e < l v though there-ap . pears little doubt but that Mr . D . "W . Wire wii ! be again _brought forward by the Ultra-RadicaVand Dissenting faction . Tho moderate lVhigs , the sup porters of Sir James Diike , will not unite with Mr . Wire , and in : all probability tho Hon . Dudley Pelham
( brother ofthe Earl of Yarborough ) will be induced to contest the vacant seat upon " Liberal-Conservative" principles ; there will be : little doubt of his return . The Conservatives talk of bringing for-* v * nrd either Sir .-Henry Ellis or "Mr . James Banks Stanhope , late sherifFof the county , on Protectionist princip les . Captain Pelham will receive the snp * port of . tho Tory party- should not a _Conserv _*"* _- _" _^ come forward . j , ns c _*" " * TnE Cut Election ' . —The Lord _V * 7 }' - _^ _sent _*' sented to become a candidate for the rep tion of the sity of London ,
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