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- _— - - - _O-T _THB- _mST'OT ' _-SULY , 1847 , _, _WillbePtXKthed , . 1 NO I . { PRICE SE-PENCE , ) \ . OS . j THE PEOPLE'S LEGAL ADVISER . ' The -bject of tliis monthly _publication , is _pcrbajH _snfflos-i-lv indicated by its tit ' .: * at may be well , bowever , to add a few words in _. _xplau-iii . n . T- at there are many _sirtjects of an extrasw-ly legal ___ _ra-. er , and bearing peculiarly on thcinterests _. -f the tt _' iirkiiig classes—on them more than on tlie _ flier . cl . sses of _society—is a truth t _ _jat li _. r _. ' y requires its assertion ; and it would , of . course , _be-de _ . r _ ible that _aUst ' icsc should ba brought together ia a _ m _* m , cheap , compendious , and m--Uig _"_* ., _ ort _ e _* tt _ e _ t _ f those to whom they-chiefly relate . , . ..
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . AGRICULTURISTS and others may purchaso 156 ACRES OF RICH TIMBERED LAND IN - . TESTERS VIRGINIA , described by General Washinaton as the Garden of America , for £ 23 8 s . 8 d . Sterling , ABOUT THREE SHILLINGS PER ACRE . £ 2 12 .. only to be paid down , the remainder in FIVE ANNUAL PAYMENTS . For further information app l y to CHARLES WILLMEIt , American Land Ofiice , STA . VL _. r BUILDINGS , BATH STREET , LIVERPOOL . Of whom may be had a Pamphlet on Emigration , in which these Lands are fully described , and the ' terms of sale explained , by sending three postage stamps to free the same .
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______ —" - _~ . AUXILIARY TO THE NATIONAL LAND GOMPAKT . T HE FOUNDER of the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY respectfully acquaints his brethren of the Land Company and his Brother Democrats in general , that hisoi . ject in founding the Society was to aid and assist the National Land Company ia its glorious efforts to emancipate the human race , by pouring funds into its exchequer , through the means of theNA . TIONAL LAND and LABOUR BANK ; but the adoption of the PEOPLE'S BANK has proved a _death-blow to the enrolment ofthe Society . All enrolled societies since the passing of ti e New Friendly Societies' Act , being compelted _toUcposit their cash iu the Bank of England , and thus furiii .- . the " sinews" to uphold a Standing Armv ,
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TO TAILORS . B . Read ' s New Patent Indicator for finding proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting . Caveats granted , April 22 nd , 1817 , " signed by Messrs Pool and Capmeal _, Patent Office , 4 , Old Square , Lincoln ' s Inn . De-. laration of same , signed by Sir G , Carroll , Knt ., Lord Mayor of Loudon . TIIE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 11347 , are now ready , by BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury square , London ; and by G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand . May be had of all booksellers wheresoever residing . By approbation ofher Majesty Queen Victoria
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BALDNESS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED . A SURGEOJ" residing in Cork basing , in thecourse of his Practice , had Ms attention particukrly directed to / and acquired great experience in the TREAXMENT OF CAPILLARY DISEASES , begs toinforn _. those persons afflicted witfc BALDNESS ( whether in _- youth or _adancedinJifejmay _, by a most simple process , _REPROEL " C that _necessai-f ornament . Parties applying will require _., enclose a small quantity of hair , and a fee of'five shillings , by post-o & ce order , in favour of Surgeon Edward Williams , IS , Henry-street , Cork { when the n « - _res-ary instructions v . ill be ft-warded hy return of post .
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A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco case for los ., which is 15 s . less than any other London establishment , and warranted to be equally good , by MR EGERTON , 148 , Fleet-street , opposite Bouverie-stree-, and 1 , Temple-street , Whitefriars . Open daily from nine till four . Foreign Apparatus Agent to Voigtlander and Liribours , a complete Book of Instruction , price 7 s . 6 .., by post 10 s . Price lists sent post free . _____ - ____ . _^—^ ¦ " _—*~—~—* mmm
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THE VISITORS TO _O'CONNORTILLE ON WHI MONDAY are respectfully informed that _ SOUTH has a Meadow , opposite the Estate , ia which i Horses and Vehicle , attending the Demonstratton can 1 attended to . The charge for .. ch Horse , witb U _» Water , and attendance , will be . __ ,
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JUST _JPV . _BLISIISO _, . ' - _*¦ ..., ( price 6 d . ) ., « ;' _ykBr ' _iLA-Bou ' ft _ s'ii A Monthly Magazine of Politic ., literature , Poetry , -fe * .. ¦' ' ¦ ¦¦ Editedby Feargbb O _^ Ookkor , _Esi _... ahd _Brkest Jose ., Esq ., ' v ( _Barristers-at-Law . ) The Democratic _Movement in tliis-country being wholly deficient in a . monthly organ , fh-- __ ov . magazine is esta * Wished to remedy this deficiency .
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NO . « L or "'THE _LABOURED " . Containing , amongst other matters , a Reprint of Mr F . O'Connor ' s Letter , in ihe " Nortliern Star" of January _ Gth _, demonstrating the certainty with which an allottee moy support himself and family , and accumulate money , on a "' _t ' wo Acre" allotment . _The-v . ery general demand that was made for the paper containing tbe above letter induced the Editors to rcprint-t _, after careful revision , in the March Number of the " ( Labourer . " NO . IV . of " TIIE LABOURER , " < _tontaiiiing an elaborate Treatise __ n the _NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK , IK ITS RELATION WITH THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Are now reprinted , and mav be had on applications _.
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NO . VI . op "THE LABOURER , " To be published on June 1 st , will be enriched with an elegant Portrait , engraved on Steel , of T . S . DUNCOMBE , _Es _... M . P . Number VI . will complete the first Volume of the " Labourer f copies of which , neatly bound in embossed cloth , ( Price 3 s . 6 d . each ) will be ready early iu the month of June .
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Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , IC Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star , " and all booksellers in town and country .
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Just published , price Cd . ( printed from the Short-hand Writer's Notes , ) ' _'"''' " THE TRIAL OF THE MECHANICS AT LIVERPOOL on the 2 nd and 3 rd of April , 1847 . Edited by W . P . Robebts _, E _. q . London : Northern Star . Office , 16 , Great Windmill _StrCi-t-, Haymarket : and at the offices of Mr Roberts , 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi , London : and 3 , Essex Chambers , Manchester : and Abel Heywood , _Oldham-street , Manchester : and all Booksellers .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the _Nzrlhern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . SUPE RFINE BLACK CLOTHES made to order nt the Grkat West ... Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford Street , Lomdok , which neither spot nor change colour . Only £ 310 s the complete suit of any size . These clothes _, cannot be equalled at any other Tailoring Establishmevnt UUSDELLand Co . ' s , Fine Llama Cloth , for light over coats , made to order at £ l ) 2 s . The verj finest only £ 2 . which for durability and elegance cannot be surpassed With silk linings , 3 s extra . Omnibuses to and from the < "ity , stop at the establish _, ment every minute ofthe day .
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COSMORAMA DIORAM 1 C AND PANORAMIC EXHIBITION , ' 209 , REGENT STREET , just reopened , with tlio following Splendid Views of considerable Scenic and Historical interest : —The Dreadful Catastrophe on the Great Nortliern Railway in France ; Mont Blanc from Cliamouui , with Dioramio Effect ; Tivoli aiid the Cascateili ; Gorges du Val de Maurienne , in Savoy ; . 'Mount Etna , and Ruins ofa Theatre . at Taormiua ; ~ Interior of St Gu _. ule in Brussels , with Effect of Sunshine ; Ruins of Palmyra in Syria ; Volcano of Mount Klootchefsky , iu Siberia , Fire and Smoke in motion . Open from Ten to Six . Admission , is ; Children , half-price .
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THE LAND . NOTICE . —Any individual desirous ct purchasing a Four-Acre Allotment at . O'Couiiomll _., are requested to coniiniiiiicate with Mr Greenwood , No . 31 , O'Connorville , near Rickmanswortli , he having such allotment to dispose of . All letters inustbe post paid .
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DEMONSTRATION TO O'CONNORVILLE . Office of the National Land Company , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . milE ANNIVERSARY OF TOE ABOVE COMPANY JL occurring about this timo , the event will be celebrated on Monday , the 2 _. th instant , at O'Consoeville , one oftlie Estates of the Company , near Rickmansworth , Herts . Dinner will be provided iu the School Room on the Estate , and will be on the Table at , Four o ' clock , Tickets , 3 s . each , may be obtained from Mr T . M . Wheeler , on the Estate , or of any ofthe Directors . By Order of the Directors .
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APPROACHING DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT . A _SPECIAL-GENERAL MEETING of the ELECTORS A of the CITY of WESTMISSTER will be held on Wednesday , June 2 nd , at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , by the Committee conducting the Election of CHARLES COCHRANE , Esq . The Chair will be taken at Eight ; o'Clock precisely The Committee request Ihe early attendanceVf those Electors who desire to ' securo admission , as the meeting will be open to any Citizen of Westminster .
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THE LAND AND THE CHARTER . „ _, The Northern Star of Saturday next , May 29 . h » will contain a full Report of the DEMONSTRATION AT O'CONNOaVILLE , On Monday , May 2 _ lh .
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PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY I Next Saturday ' s Northern Star will contain a complete and accurate Report of the Daily Business OF THE GREAT TRADES' CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , Which will assemble at Birmingham on Monday next , under the presidency of T . S . Duncombe , M . P .
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j __ _f Additional orders from the News-Agents must be at this office on or before Wednesday , May 26 th .
The Northern Star Saturday, May 22, 1847.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 22 , 1847 .
The Death-Struggle ! This Is The Age For...
THE DEATH-STRUGGLE ! This is the age for change—it is the period o transition ; there is no standing still—and Onward or Backward is the only alternative . Evil institutions , originating from peculiar combinations of circumstances , but mostly from the knavery of one portion of mankind , and the foolery of the other , may flourish for a time—but , rotten in the core , they fall to pieces suddenly—there is no keeping them together , _notwithstanding the premonitory
symptoms , the crack here and the flaw there , the toppling of the redundant head—the swerving ofthe overladen base . The column may he . braced with iroa for a while ; but even iron rusts , [ and suddenly , when least expected , the irons hurst asunder , and down comes the fabric . Thus it is with our " glorious institutions . " They , too , are rotten—they , too , exhibit . the symptoms of decay—the flaws of factions fighting . with each other—the disgraceful splendours
of tbe great , in a time of mourning , and , thank Heaven' an emancipatory movement of the foundation-stone of society—the working classes . Monopoly , true to ihe metaphor , endeavours to patch up the worn-out _fahric of its _. plendour , with iron stays : the bayonet and the chain are called to its aid ; but the bayonet is brittle as glass against the strength of an united people , and tke chain rots with its own canker around the i _ a _* 2 W _* . al frame of Liberty .
Yes , may we truly say , Onward or _Backward—as the People will it . If they drive the _eaeniy from one position , only to let him strengthen hiatself in another ; if they loosen one rivet of their chaws and look on while another and stronger is being forged , theirs is the fault , and theirs will lie the penalty . Already have we struck a blow at Landlordism , in the Land Plan ; already have we obtained a victory over Millocracy in t he Ten Hours ' Bill ; already have we won a poor recognition of a right in the Educational Scheme ; already have we extorted some little justice out of law , by the Trades ''
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Union ; already have we struck terror into the heart of _ckssism by the agitation for the Charter . One by one mock concessions have been made -arid _governraoi . have-asked you , are you satisfied ? Thus they gave us " Reform , " and we answered—No ! Thus they ' gave us _Free-trade , and we answered—No ! Thus ihty gave us the Factory Bill ; and wc answered —No : ! Thus they gave us - 'Education , " and we answered—No ! And no ! we will answer , till they give as' THE CHARTER . But all these concessions were onward steps . Though we are worse off for Reform ; though we are worse off for . Free-trade ;
though we shall be hut little better off for the " Ten _Ho-Hrs , " and juggled by the - _« Education , ' ' ( thei r " feast of Reason , "in which weare to swallow Mother Church , " whether we will or no ! " ) yet all these , and many other measures , were conceded in the name of the people—and some of them carried by the popular power . We must now , carry other and greater reforms . Step by step we will struggle on to the Charter ; but to gain it we must sweep the successive obstacles from our path . We are grappling with landlordism and millocracy—they are intrenched behind the Church—they have , as it were , taken
sanctuary against the pursuing Democracy—we must now batter breach in their ramparts . If we ended the evils ofthe two first monopolies to-morrow , and left the third extant , we should still be enslaved , plundered , and degraded , by this our first , our oldest , and most pertinacious tyrant . Therefore , let every man who values liberty—therefore , let every man who thinks he has a right » o the fruits of his own labour , and the profits of his own skill , —let every man who venerates TRUE RELIGION , and wishes to raise it to something more than a MARKETABLE COMMODITY , and a POLITICAL ENGINE in the hands of
Government—let every man who objects to pay for wares that he neither requires nor can use—let every man who values the dictates of honour , donscience and religion—rally in this great agitation for the TOTAL ABOLITION OF TITHE ., AND THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH PROPE TY , PLUNDERED FROM TIIE POOR , TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS . . We would remind the working classes that on the very principles of law and justice , the poor ( and are the working classes not " THE POOR ?"— nay ! the harder they work , the poorer ) , —we would
remind them , we say that ONE-THIRD of the Church Property belongs by right to the poor . The Church obtained it on this condition— -and this only : onethird was lo support the clergy ; another to build and keep thc churches ; and the remaining third to be devoted to the poor . Of this third the poor have been robbed—while the infamous system of ti'hes pours millions into the coffers of that Church—the founders of which walked barefoot on the highways , and denounced the wicked splendours of the rich . We suspect that , since we are told the gate of Heaven is a narrow gate , it will be found too small for the wide chariots of thc Bishops ! Now , we do not intend that this money should be devoted to enrich the landlords—we have not much sympathy
with that class —( except with one noble portion of it , now located or locating at O'Connorville and Red Marley)—we intend that this vast amount of money should be devoted to buy land and houses for the poor—to supersede the Union and the Bastile by the cottage and the homestead;—to prepare a " happy home for honest industry "—for the men now wandering _ivoi - _less and hopeless through the streets of Manchester and the manufacturing North , —and to rescue from the clutches of the landlords those poor labouring slaves , who , while they sow the fields of their masters , look on the furrow with despair , and cry : — " What shall we do till the next harvest ?" Ay ! and what will you do AFTER the next harvest , when Monopoly shall again speculate on Famine ?
Let the poor man join us , if he wants bread : the Church has stolen his loaf . Let the Dissenter join us , if he wants religious liberty ; for we are about to strike the death blow at aState Church Establishment , Let every "land man" join us , if he wishes to diminish his poor-rate and his taxes ; let every Chartist rise to the rally , for we are about to assail the greatest enemy of the Charter ; let every true Christian give us his support , for we are ahout to turn the moneyraongers out of the temple of God .
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THE CRISIS . The people will shortly lie called upon to perform a great duty—to testify whether they are worthy of liberty . The General Election is drawing near ; are the people prepared or preparing ? The note of preparation is being sounded in the camp of the enemy—we are anxious to hear something from the ranks of Democracy . So secure _^ do the various privileged factions that afflict our country fancy their position , that they are giving themselves up tothe
most delusive hopes and extravagant expectations . Itis , indeed , a fearful sight to hear the laugh of revelry in the house of mourning . The papers teem with accounts of splendid banquets and magnificent balls , where our tyrants are feasting amid famine , and dancing amid graves . Her Majesty owing to the fallacious counsels ofher advisers , has exceeded almost every previous splendour , and danced away her nights in joyous unconcern . What should wc say , if a mother revelled in the house of death , and danced amid the coffins of her children ? _Now * we doubt not the kind-heartedness
of her Majesty ; but how culpable of those who conceal the state of the country from her ! How atrocious is the waste and frivolity now going on in the "upper circles ! " Well may they he called " upper : " the ftoth is aver at the top . What shall we say to the "landed gentleman" who subscribes fourteen pounds for his starving tenantry , and offers fifteen guineas for a stall at the opera on a night of particular attraction ? What shall we say to the English landlords , farmers , or merchants , who at this very time ore selling English food to French buyers ? What shall we say to the Free-trader , when instead of receiving corn from France and Germany ,
we find the starving people tbere rioting for bread ? What shall we say to a Government , that , while the breadth of Ireland is scarce half-sown with corn , since the tillers ofthe soil lie dead on tbe furrow—what shall we say to the Government that there keeps a great military force of able-bodied men , to protect the convoy of the monopolist—instead of setting them to plough the fields and sow the land ? There is but one answer : lie will none of their legislation ! What shall we say to a Cabinet that encourages emigration , when from Canada , one of our most favoured colonies , the governor of Nova Scotia , in a despatch warning emigrants against resorting thither , says : •—
"There is no demand for unskilled labour in any part of the province , and the mean *} of remunerating agricultural labour of any kind are greatly diminished , the farmers in many of the best portions of the country being forced to purchase many of those articles they had been accustomed in former years to sell . Extreme privation and- misery would , therefore , necessarily be the lot of those who should come hither in search of any kind of employment without the means of self-subsistence for at least two years ; nor should they rely , as the practice has been , on obtaining assistance at the outset from their friends who have preceded them , for they would assuredly be found as much in need of aid as themselves . "
What shall we say to the political economist , wlio say . like Cobden at Florence , " During the last eight months I have been travelling in nearly all the countries of southern Europe , and I am bound to state , without wishing to _disparage other nations , that I fiud tho condition ofthe _population of Tuscany superior to that of anv other peopl >* I have visited . The surface of the _Muntry _resembles that ofa well-cultivated garden { thepeople are _everywhere well-dressed ! I have seen no beggaw except a fewkme or blind ; aud , in this season of general scarcity , there is less of Buffering from
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want of food here , ' with a perfect freedom of export and import of com , than in probably any other country in'Europe . I find such industries as 8 re natural to Tuscany carried on with great success , and that in particular of its indigenous straw manufacture has attained a development which has _. _urprised me . " ¦ What shall we say to a Church that is erecting new bishoprics , and endowing new churches , when tis other" ne * . " that are wanted , and the cottages are lying in ruin ? There is but one answer , we
repeat : We will none of their legislation . That answer must be given at the next election—and given plainly too—so plainly , that members cannot go into thc House and say , "they didnt understand us I " And we will tell Mr Cobden that the prosperity of Tuscany is NOT owing to Free Trade ; but , if he had the slightest discrimination , he mi ght have seen that which everybody knows—and we suspect he knows it too—he might have seen that in no country in Europe is the SMALL FARM SYSTEM so
extensively followed as in that very Tuscany that he praises as the most flourishing country , without beggars and abounding in wealth . How much longer are we to be governed by frivolous aristocracies and sordid usurers ? How much longer are we to be misled by false , political economists , who look into their purses , and there see the great object of all legislation ? No longer than the people WILL . But again we ask , Are the people preparing for the coming crisis ? Where are the local election committees ? Where
are the registers ? Where is the organisation ? Some boroughs ( and honour to these ) , are well in advance ! They are doing their duty . Let olhers follow their example . Now is the very time to fully _re-organise the Chartist body—since oneof the great obstacles , fear and intimidation , have lost their power . ' Surely the working-man cannot fear the loss of employment by avowing himself a Chartist i We rather think he has not much employment to lose—such are the blessed results of Free Trade ! HE can hardly dread a reduction of wages , who receives no wages at all ! Now , then , is thc time .
The fallacy of faction is _exposed . The power of party is paralysed . The people are in that position , in worse than which their tyrants cannot or dare not place them : they have nothing to fear but their own apathy—they have everything to hope from their own energy . Now is the time for a great , effective agitation . Let them hold meetings , sign petitions , —and be stirring in the cause ; form election committees , and everywhere take advantage of the split of Whig and Tory;—but , above all , let them abstain frora all excess and violence . Drunkenness is a sin , when fellow-men are starving , —it is a danger , when every heart is excited .
Hunger is a terrible tempter . May the people turn it to a salutary monitor!—may it show them the necessity of union and energy—not lure them into excess , or plunge them into listless resignation We repeat , that , under the present aspect of affairs , our rulers "Cannot much longer refuse the just demands of the people—they are merely waiting to see whether the people are really determined for reform , or not .
Chartist Victory! Blow-Up Op Tne Lancash...
CHARTIST VICTORY ! BLOW-UP OP TnE LANCASHIRE LEAGUERS " NINE TIMES NINE" FOR MANCHESTER ! When in 1815 the " Life and Fortune Men" had succeeded , after twenty-five years of carnage , in putting down Napoleon , and the Revolutionists and Levellers of Europe , they shouted in mad exultation , •¦ The play is over , we may sit down to supper _/¦ ' But lo ! they found to their sad discomfiture , that the immediate fruits of their victory were anything bu
what they had hoped for . The frantic shouts which ha . ed the " crowning carnarge , _^ _yaterlooI" were immediately drowned in the louder roar of popular misery and tumult . So we have recently seen the " peaceful victory" of Free Trade , won by gold and fraud , hailed with exulting shouts by the profit-mongering conquerovs ofthe aristocracy , and those shouts stifled in the earth and heaven-piercing cry of _acheated and starvation-stricken people . Something less than " a little year" ago we were assured by the Free Traders , that the promised _millenium of " PLENTY
TO DO , HIGH WAGES , AND CHEAP BREAD , ' had commenced ; according to wbich we should now be floating on the full tide of prosperity to the harbour of national contentment ! But our real position is exactly the reverse of that state of blessedness so brazenly predicted by the " League . " The people were promised " PLENTY TO DO ;" but in Lancashire only some scores of mills are closed or working short time , and thousands of families have either , at the best , some two three days work in the week , or are totally destitute of employment . Tbe promised " HIGH WAGES" have become LOW WAGES , or NO WAGES AT ALL . From the hour that the Free Traders achieved their
triumph they commenced reducing wages to indem - nify themselves for the money they had contributed to the " League" and subscribed for Cobden . The rise in the price of cotton , the restricted accommodation afforded by the banks , and even the mockery of " philanthropy , " have been used as pretexts for the lowering of wages . With unblushing hypocrisy millowners have said to their men , " We cannot afford to longer employ you , but as we desire to see you saved from starvation , we will give you work , of course at a loss to ourselves ,
provided you will consent to a reduction of three , four , or more shillings weekly . '' Where these reductions have not been accepted the men have at once been discharged . The grand clap-trap- "CHEAP BREAD" —has been signally falsified . Wheat has almost doubled its price since the " triumph of Free Trade , " and this , too , owing principally to the carrying out of the Free Trade principle of " buying in the cheapest , and selling in the dearest market . " The failure of the potato crop has naturally had a baneful influence upon the price of corn , but the enormous price now obtainable for
wheat has been mainly brought about by the forestalling of a crew of unhung rascals , among whom , it is popularly reported , figure not a few of the Manchester Leaguers . Wheat ranging from a hundred and ten to a hundred and seventeen shillings a quarter , dooms thousands to misery and death ; but what matter ? " trade must not be interfered with . " The millocrats close their mills and turn " rogues in " grain . " Thousands perish ; but no matter , the jobbers and speculators in corn " make " their thousands of pounds , and , as the Leaguer said to Mr Ferrand , " Lord love you , we ' re all for ourselves iri this world !"
" League promises having thus become" Like Dead-Sea fruits that tempt tbe eye , . But turn to ashes on the lips , " there is no wonder that the entire crew , never very popular , have lately acquired an amount of unpopularity lully equal to the heartiest wishes of their bitterest enemies . COBDEN , very wisely for him . self , quitted England before the bubble burst , and after lionizing in France and Spain , is now making the most of his fleeting glory , by "taking in the
natives" of Italy . Friend BRIGHT , the buttonless bully of the camp , after shrinking from the contest to which he had challenged Mr OASTLER , has , of late , employed his time in preparing materials for the day ot retribution , by his unmanly , vindictive , and disgusting attempts to strangle the Ten Hours' Bill . He has failed—but we trust tbat the working men of Manchester will give him full credit for his intentions , aiid , when the day of election comes pay him off with interest , Paulton , Acland , R . Jt . R . R . Moore , Murray , and tbe rest of
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the i c ang of si ationed j and' itinerating , Wf it j _^ _" _** spouting hirelings , have completely " gone out "' " so many burnt-down rushlights . - Shrinkin _. their former obscurity , and subsiding into n , original nothingness , they have escaped receivin * person that manifestation of popular _indigriaf _^ which tlieir public appearance anywhere , at tl / moment , would be sure to call forth . _iBfe-l ! But _. happily , what the hirelings shrink fronvthlate masters have ventured to encount er . The Mill-Molochs , so terrible within their fact ory-hell seem to have imagined that they had hut to _.. xhib _' f their awful persons , and , like the sight of the whi to the revolted slaves of old , that exhibition «„ ,. ii . _ .... ......... __ . _ .. __ _.. _.. _ , .-. _ . ff 0 l (|
suffice to still the roar of popular revolt . The have found themselves signally deceived . Tu dared to play the part of bastard Canutes , but glory to the men . of Manchester , the waves of Be ' mocracy overwhelmed them ! Let our readers turn to the report ofthe meeting we allude to , and join with us in thanking Leach Dixon , and their townsmen , for the noble service they have rendered to Chartism . We are heartily glad to see James Leach again in his natural position , defending his order from the crafty assaults of their remorseless enemies . If we regret anv . thins , it is that the " amendment" did not embod y the old demand for the Charter . At anv future
meeting of the same or any kindred character , we hope this will not be lost sight of . It will be found one of the surest means for the revival of the ancient Chartist zeal . At the time of writing these hasty remarks we are "Ml up , " and , therefore , very reluctantly must omit much that we might justly say in praie ofthe arguments , eloquence , and telling points of the Chartist speeches . The Guardian , after acknowledging that " a forest of hands was held up for the amendment , and not more than twenty for the original motion , " has the shameless impudence to assert that the meeting " does not possess the slightest pretension to represent the real opinion of the community of Manchester . " Of that let England judge !
When Cobden last had his feet on English ground he trod the land with the air of a conquerer ; whenever he may return he will appear a cowed ar . d conscience-stricken thing . His famishing countrymen will demand the realization of his delusive promises ; and what can he answer ? The " curses of hate and the h sses of scorn" will sound the requiem of his defunct fame . Leaguers , the day of reckoning has come . The Chartists are consoled for all the treachery , falsehood , and brutality they suffered at your hands . 0 _« r turn is coming - — " For if we do biit watch the hour , There never yet was human power That could evade , if _unforgir _. n , The patient search and vigil long Of those who treasure up a wrong . "
A Free Soil. . Glorious Triumph Op The A...
A FREE SOIL . . GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OP THE AMERICAN _REl'ORMEUS . With heartfelt pleasure we give publicity to the following letter , just received from New York : •—To Feargus O'Connor , Esa . New York , April 13 th , 1847 . Sin ., —Tbis will introduce to you Mr W . Marr , of Wilmington , Del ., an active friend ofthe ¦ ' American Agrarian Movement . "
I know it will do your heart good to learn that the Free Soil Men of New York were the means of electing the two highest oflicers of this city yesterday , one from each of tbe old political parties , both of whom were pledged to the National Reform measures , thus showing that they now hold the balance of power . The candidates elected are William V .. Brady , ( whig , ) by 1 , 471 majority , and Moses S . Leonard , ( democrat , ) by 2 , 071 majority . The first is Mavor ; the second is Alms-house Commissioner .
The National Reform vote , at our last spring election , was about 1 , 000 . We should probably have doubled our vote now for independent candidates , had not tbe party candidates above named given the required pledge . We have vastly increased a knowledge of our principlcsby questioning the various candidates at this election , and henceforth shall undoubtedly hold the balance of power in this city , which will give us iirmiense influence throughout the union . 1 a November next we elect representatives by districts , under the new Constitution ; some of thera will be Free Soil Men . ¦ A
The last Northern Star received at the office of Young America was that in which was finished a history of our movement . Several ought to have come to baud since . They have been received very irregularly the past year . This is a sore disappointment , as we can get no account of the movements of the people who do the work , that feeds the aristocracy , from any other source . We shall most assuredly succeed in securing the soil of America to the people , though the struggle may be a hard one . Yours , for a Free Soil , George H . Evans .
We congratulate our American friends on their " glorious victory .-. ' We are sorry for the neglect complained of by Mr Evans , and will see that thence forth the Star is forwarded regularly .
Parliamentary Review. The Members Of Bot...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The members of both Houses worked hard in the early part of the week , to make up for their holiday on the " Derby Day , " but there was little novelty in any of the matters under discussion . The business before each House was most important , but in each case the questions have been so long before thc public , and so thoroughly discussed , that there can now scarcely be anything fresh said about them . The Irish Poor Law , with some amendments , has at length passed the Lords , and been referred back to the Commons for final approval , previously to
receiving the royal sanction , which will convert it into law . It never was worth much , and the shaping and trimming to which it has been subjected in its tedious passage through the two Chambers , has by no means increased Us practical value . Indeed , one may already form a pretty accurate estimate of the immediate value of this * ' permanent" measure , by looking a the working of tlie temporary ones . If Mr P . Scrope ' s statement on Tuesday night respecting the Relief Committees be true , that measure has broken down . The Government trusted the money of thc countrv and the administration of the law to
the landlords . They were the medium through which the State benevolence and aid was to find itsway to the famishing and fever-stricken people of Ireland . But in many instances these temporary arrangements are not yet completed , notwithstanding three months have elapsed since the passing of the Act , and the Government two months ago commenced to act upon the law for dismissing the men from the public works , for wliich these Relief Committees were to be a substitute . The consequences are truly horrible . Pits are dug into which the emaciated
bodies of the poor wretches starved to death are thrown by _hundreds-cofflnless . Famine and Pestilence stalk abroad and slay their thousands . The lords of the soil shut themselves up in their parks and mansions , though even there it is found that the avenging Angel has followed them , aud the plague , their selfishness and neglect has permitted to lay waste thepeople , has also selected its victims from among the aristocratic classes . In their fear other members of that class are flying
from the devoted country , and altogether , at this moment , the affairs of Ireland present a spectacle such as was scarcely ever before recorded in history . The death of the late Lord-Lieutenant happens most unseasonably , under these circums tances . We do not wonder tbat tears stood in the eyes of Lord John Russell , or that his voice faltered wtlt eraotion , when expressing his grief , and that of , the Sovereign , at the loss of Lord ' Besborough . Itis not much that pne man can do when a whole nation is reduced to the desperate _atraits in which Ireland
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/4/
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