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T 0 5 H _3 _^ R ™ _# CLASS _§§ _r ii : _Jfy _VSlYpEAR _FSJENDS , — -It : _appSffg to toe almo _* ridiculous for one maii _^ dev ' ofe hia time , _bsHfej , and his fortune , _tothtolevatioii of a class , many of whom are ' foHbwing " old Book'smasm— . «« The Lord _^ love you , _? we a * for ourselves in this world . ' . However as I have frequently told you , lam as ;
_do _& ed as a mule , when , npon _reSebtjoa ; l gee a course beforeme . _vyMch is _calculated to « evate your orfea _^ _lifcing yo _^ _jjack to the . odd old _timesrO _^ _ENQ Alfred , when no ock was _Mqniretf npon a door , and no dog to watch the _^ ouse . _' , _.. % My friends ,, * _$ _ish nr % to prepare you for the coming straggle ; and I wish . to abolish the abominable system , of idle land , idle . labour , idle money , and Rt » n * _W _nr _^ ii _;™ :
idlers . I _befiop _^^ tri _^ Hhe . _i enect ; tha the present ; _Pp _* a _^ ntro _^ y _: _ivomId _^ h _» v npon this cbutt _^ - ~ m _^ _tW _~ e _™« _niffiera _6 n c _Parliament _£ and ; tliavo i _^ _IiWuSi _^ _obx the effect that the mmd of tie Irish err _% ranf stated _^^ _n . _^ OTu _^ _fwJ _^ _vln _^ il _^ _Cto _« _bet ; -Sided _bphClnsh-eaiion _^ _Splt _wouKL- _% doptin fbM _OTBtung Sessienf _^ _sidi now _jpe yon _ar-ifcgniir fromv _^ e _^ fe _^ CkfQwle * _of the _; : _^ rie _^^ g 8 ati i _^^^ lS 6 _' Hall _^ in _^^ l _£ e present week .: Here _^ fc _^ i— _"
j _^ 1 _^!^^*^^^^^ _<» Monday . _^^ _nciliaT P _^^ B _| r _^«^ ew _* _9 < _W _»;? enelosiDg ' _«^ i front ' the _gSK _^ babitantis of Florence , Orieid *' _eoimty > fitate k tif Sow York . He then read a lette ? which rhet had _sidressed to , several Irish _inhere of Parliament , alid , wh | eh _suggested " that the } " Catholic . ' members do _^ _meet"fejf ) ublih one week _- 'before _^ Parliament opens , to _dechMon the best means of resisting . any j and all attempts to re-enact penal laws against the _; Catholic religionand ite ' _mihisfersU ' -After _addressr ing the meeting at considerable ' . _lenffth on the
Brih-< _jectof the agitation in England , " the hon . gentleman concluded by proposing , the _iSojtiori _^ dt a' petition to . the House of Commons ; wnict ' _prays that" your ¦ honourable housef instead of _Consenting to outrage _i religious liberty ' and common sense ,. and to make a \ retrogade step in _civuisatidn by enacting penalties _: a _«^ in 5 t 7 bishpps . or priests / or against the doctrine _, ' or . discipline of their _Chureh , will rather proceed I onwards id yonr bononrable course of religions emaneipatKHi _^ by ; _repealhjg _^ all remnant- of penal laws and disabilities
, on aeeount of creed . / And th _' _-it you will be _. fju-ther _; pleased to _establish . thorougK ; religious ; equality ; ih Ireland , / by ; abolishing \ the _^ church _eata bli ahmeat m that _*»^ _feyVand devoting * tho revenues ; to . purposes of general and national 1 _ntpHyj" ; Thef . _petitioiiwasiinaBimodsIy adopted , ' - * u _^ which , t he rent for the week , was * ahno ' anced r tew _^^ 'l _^^ dtiie m _^ tTOg separated . - . Nowj when ' you read the above , you will j find my ; two assertions , ' . £ _^ a ; entlyr . rep @ at _^ d _^ _verifiedj- > - * -,, r . - : _^ Vr" _^ i -.- - * J ; ' - _? . _' ¦ ' . '
_Blrsfly , —That the _^ h / Gatholics who have _emia _^ ated _ta _,. _^^ _mda _.- _" _ni _| _tnr _^ _y _:. _¦' _haie _.-and i detest the / Protestant tyranny to which their cototry ; has _forVceStnries' been - subjected _^ and bywhich they were transported rand , : Secondly , —That the representative of the Liberator , who" had never " appeared in the i last Se _^ dn , woul _61 , _4 f possible , ma _^ and ; _leaVtl _^ Jb _^' _Oa _^ i _^ ic Members against' the ; .- Governme _^ m _^^ _jensoing _Sessions * ! ?¦ ¦ _Erer sac _^^ _Befornt BiIl _,-, the _^ Irish
Memi bersliave been _& _S ? tooi | and _Kt _^ pittleaofihe ' : _Goveininent . ~ _BisiEiltO' . Conkell kept them l _^ o _gethesrj . _' _q and _made _^ yj _^^^ ember , . except l _^ _iny _^ f , obey his commands _^ ' He ruined- _Ire-^ _J _^ S _^ _jffigT- hope _^ and _trastj . that : the _-JnsK _yV _^> eo _^ . \ _wiff _^ w _; ruin and overthrow the ; vile ( ~ _aM- ' _atoo _^ dhs tyranny ; to which he subjected _^ _iWmr : _^ _rw ¦ -- .: _*•¦ : _¦* _" ¦/; .-, it ; My _^ mends _, I have no interest , and take no j _% ter _^ ' | in _% ftiy _^ _MsilQn ,. measure , nor mo ' ve £ I _ffl ' e _^ t _.. wh | e 6 i ' is . _^ _otibal _^ Uated to serve -yonrr v _^ rd _^ _f-t'and _^ _yon-JvHl _iee- _'by tbe report _^ the . _J _^^| ie aJa _^ fcFatipn ,.: which ; : i _Jhavegpubhshed , _^^^^ _% _^«|| y _^ _TOrrectp . tE _^ _forclBa _^ _bfaaam _? aoa £ toYe _&& _xmcnttjSow _talaBfcsorace
_^^^^^ r _^^^ _g _^ Hi 0 a _^ 6 _lic nrmcf of _Ireland _^ _Su _% _^ i _£ e _^ rag _^ V . _^ 7 a _$ "I" _^ Vw _% ' _prepWeyou 5 _^^* ; and however the Government may base its power npon the political apathy which the Great Exhibition-of 1851 is likely to produce npon the public mind , they will find that it will not have the same effect upon Parliament ; I have said . enough upon this subject , and I will nowcall vour attention to the clearest proof
of your apathy . In last week ' s Northern Star there is au account published ofthe number of persons who voted for members of the Committee of the National Charter Association ; and the number who voted , —that is , if each could only vote for one" man—onlv amounted to ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR ; whereas , if each could vote for nine members the number who voted would only amount to a little more
than ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED . Now , suppose that the largest number voted ; it would not amount to onethird of the number of . qualified electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire . Now , don ' t you think " that this fact will convince the Government and your opponents that you are completely apathetic ? When the petition for the Charter of 1848 was signed by five million six
hundred thousand people , the Government referred it to a committee—a treacherous committee—to count the signatures ; and that com mittee reported that the genuine , signatures were a few under two millions ; but supposing the number to be two millions , what will the Government think of the present state of Char-SL when only THIRTEEN HUNDRED VOTERS vote for the election of a committee to conduct their affairs ? . _,,
It is my intention to be amongst the Manchester men , and-to address them on Sunday night next ; and it is also my intention to address the men of Leeds , amongst whom I have Spent many years , on Tuesday night next , and I do hope and trust that your class will abandon their apathy , and attend more to Chartism than to the Exhibition If ' yon are united for one month you could abolish tithes , poor rates , the army , and the national debt ; then every man would bea . so Wier-but not apaid one-ready torisk his life or shed his blood iu defence of his free country , his Ilberty _» : his family ; you would not have a pauper V the land , you would not have a _criminal , and von would nc-t have a drunkard while _Ztor tlie present _systebf , Government bases
_& s financial strength upon . your _depravityjum _lamnkenness . Thns I shw you that youi ' anion would do more than the Financial Re formers propose : it . would reduce the taxes DTON YOURSELVES by over fifty millions iyear , while their proposed reduction ot ten m illions a year would not confer one farthing benefit upon you . I have told you before that when the income tax was put on masters reduced the wages of their servants and _^ their labourers , and manufacturers reduced the ¦ _** a _« es of operatives , and not only exonerated _tiemselves from the tax , but made an enormous
rofitby the reducti on of wages . In the Morning ' Chronicle of Thursday , you il f find-that is . if you read it-a flaming tack upon Sir Geouge _Guev and the _Go-Smei , for not prosecuting the bravo and S men and _W _^»^ _£ _f o 6 Ar butcher HAY *** at _Baucla _, _^ d _EBKiss' brewery ; and y ou w irresijondence between the Austrian anil PSnister s , in _^' _t _^^ X _iEnelishmen go to Austria they- may be LS hi the sfme way there as the monster _LxxArj was here .
% do not g ive the G overnment . any great _cfdit for abstaining from _Jf _^ _jgjj _^ iLt m en and women who attacked the ruffian , TT base their no _y-interference upon the _Sur _thlt a _prose cution would have roused _5 Eng lish _miW ; but to show you tho " £ . of ? daily- paper , and the importance _6 _a _^ _besKirW the Chronicle _telis
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us , that the parties who attacked Haynau might have been prosecuted in his absence . JNow , does not this prove to you that there is _•^ e law for . the rich and another for the poor ? hor suppose this ruffian _Haynatj had assaulted a man in the street ; and that a person who had seen the assault , but not the person who was _^ _aW _^ , ha 4 : C _^ _^ P _*® ° _?^ _Se'iasBaulted _Tmah _^ en- how _^ ohia _¥ ? P _«| fiec , _Qtion _^ _^ _imt _^ _tifk _^ becaj _^ _eUori ?; _•^ _- _-agam reminding _^ roui _6 f _tte _prMent ' _sH _^ of _. _ aH parties , and _miplbra ' ff - vOu- to * nnitfi _^ finr Jus , that the parties -who attacked Haynatt
_tomds and _^ _hayo a ; C _^ _mentmwts , to be aWe . & _deibie your union to the _Government in _itspfosenttickiisb : _stated _^ it _* - _" ' _"•' - ' - _^ ' _: 'I _Remain j : _u _.- _^^ " _::. ' _^<^ : _FMtiifnl andUncpmprpmismg _/ Friend _^ , _^ -St - _^ '; _FiiRGUS O C _^ cnok _^
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I _^ WINDiNG UP OF THE _iAND _^ _^\ _i" -= - _^> tQ 0 _iit 4 iiT _&;^ v - i ? c- _^ The Bill for thh-wmding . np of the Land Company is now prepared .. I an ? ., to attend a consultation at half-past two- o ' clock to : day , _( T hnrsday ) , npbn the subject , and ' . the Bill must . ibe .. printed and-placed in the hands of the Clerk of . the House , according , to the usual form , before the 1 st of February ; and , therefore ; I again state , to the paid-up members , that if the amount _required for winding-np the Company'is not p ' ai & they . will blame" themselves , and ; not me . ' . \ . % _& — . ' - . -. " - . - - / .. ' .- __ Fearqusi O'Connor ..
The Manchester Council To The Chartists ...
THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL TO THE CHARTISTS OF- GREAT BRITAIN . _" . Fbiiow ' _CorhjfRTMEN _^ _-Tlnjth ' e performance of the solemn duty . of _atiempting to inaugurate a great movement of ' the democracy of . JEngIand , for _^ the establishment of the political rights .. of the people , w _^ again feel it our "duty to address you . We are most solicitous to" keep prominently before your eyes the vital importance" of _'"; the forthcoming Conference , and to invoke" every effort _^ df your" patriotism , to ; excite every aspiration of " . " your souls to render , that body , as we are sure you can , an honour to yourselves ; and a powerful auxiliary in the divine cause of human freedom
; We ask yon , fellow . '' countrymen ' , whether this Work , in which we ihvite _^ _your co-operation , is either an idle or an nnn _<^ ces sary one ? - _fje t the pre- _> sent circumstances of _^ Chartism answer the question . Every _" day brings 'forth . ; an additional' incentive to _usHVperfect the ; work ' which we have begun . ' Our ' humble , batsincere , ' . efforts , " are _^ devoted " to that glorious end , ' ajjd / _jf it be " not gained , ndman shall be -able to" chalg _^ the failure to' the _^ d olence of the _^ nches _^^ _buircil _^ -.-m what a lamentable' condition do -we * ' behold _jthe re _' sult of years of labour and anxiety at the present moment . We see it , in sorrow , _s _^ _tteredjbfifofe ' the whirlwind of tbat persecution which ; the folly " and reckleS § he 33 of professed friends mainly contributed to raise the
blighting influences of the apathy _^ which supervened is manifest wherever _^ the eye is turned . Oh I what a humiliating fact , _*^^ all oui _* 'toil ami trouble , to find _iri our own ne _^ l _^^ ers . of . Saturday last that only 1 , 800 persons—men , ' women , and children—the aggregate -of fifty-three " public meetings , ' -could be found to interest thenifelves _in-theTonce powerful and honoured cause of the Peoples' Cbartef . This sho wsthe existence of some canker-worm preying on the " vitals " of the ;" mevement f . _^ which must be sought out and destroyed ere ; health can be restored ' -to ; it ; - ! " _^ ' - _. - . . ¦ ''_' _" -y _~ . '¦ . . ¦ _¦ - ¦ -.- - . .. _^ Brother _Chartista generaliy j but men of . 'York ; : ish ' ire , _^ beshife _^^ and _^^ j _^ OTcashire particularly ,. _co-Jaboorers _rn _^ the _^ sttuVelo _^ fo _^ huraarirXedeiinptioii , _gg _^ plor e _^ _otoea _^ way _^ _rauoriitocomefbrtkat . _ohMfromiy'Onr inglorious seclusion , and strive-to ; raakorthe- _'British liberty of
movement what-it ought to be _^ -the terror the _oppressor , the hope of the-oppressed , and the admiration of the world .. The materials for a mighty movement exist in profusion , the will alone to build them np is wanted . The necessity for doing this is engraved by the ruthless hand of _Oligarchic power on tbat helot-badge with which the breasts of the millions are degraded . May that galling _insignia of slavery be speedily trampled under the feet of an intelligent people ! To" all you who bave even had a scintilla of Chartism glowing in your bosoms we address ourselves . We conjure you by all that is near and dear to you at once to place yourselves on tbe alert , to assume that dignified position which beseems the votaries of freedom to inagurate a new movement of mind and power , which shall convince the upholders of corrupt , tyrannical , and vice engendering institutions . -
Fellow-countrymen , - we propose , as the incipient step in this good " work , that a Conference shall , as soon as possible , assemble in Manchester . Further on will be found a programme of such business as seems to us necessary to come under the deliberations of tbat body . It appears to us to embrace the chief topics connected with the great object we have in view , namely , the revival of a truthful , substantial , and powerful organisation to promote the enactment of the People's Charter . Much has been done for the weal of Chartism , yet much remains still to be accomplished . We have seen it
pass through many phases , ; we have seen it endure many shocks , as well from the fatuity of professing friends as open foes , but . notwithstanding , all the good old principles must still live enthroned in the hearts of the mighty British people—aye , and is yet , we . venture to predict , destined to invigorate every vein and artery of the body politic with the life gush of liberty and independence . We aim in calline a Conference , " to give embodiment and form to those glowing impulses of the _' heart . These now constitute the patriot ' s hope , and in the future will be found to work out for him a glorious triumph . ' the
In prosecuting the purpose which constitutes _cui-iect of this address , we have , we believe , encountered all the opposition that could be arrayed against _iis . Efforts have .. bpen made to nullify our _procoedincs , snspicion has been insinuated against our motives ; for this we were prepared , and are not therefore astonished __ We think it somewhat relative to the point here to refer to our experience in the political _world-rsome of the best yearBof our lire ? have been _Bpent in it ' s busy turmoil . The Chartist cause has had our warm , devotion ; our strenuous support / from the days of its initiation to the present time . We bave anxiously watched its _progress , and noted its adversity and-prospenty . Tho mnroment in which we are now engaged was
not embarked in capriciously or hastily , but after mature deliberation , and . a _thrrou- _* h conviction alike of its necessity and propriety . We arc , therefore _resolved to abide the issue , regardless as to the vehemence with which denunciation may wag its tongue , or the industry with which calumny may point its shafts . ; Fellow countrvmen _, we see , with much pleasure , that _several important localities have , within the last fortnight , resolved to aid in reviving Cuatism from torpor , and raising it from degradation . _1 > e compliment them on their devotion . In it we _recognise a bright prcssage of the future , which
awaits our united exertions . We submit to the friends of the Conference a progrnmnie of business Discuss seriously at your local meetings , and send Tour deleoates fully instructed with your views thereon It contains problems which must be solved _r-re the _sm-cessful path can be pointed out to the wnvforcsin the political wilderness . We must endeavour not to w .-. sle _another ten years of onr lives Innoxious _solicitude and almost ceaseless efforts « -tl . ont heinc * able to point to some more beneficial SS _SMini resrits than a prostrate cause _poh-; _Sl victims , oublic indebtedness for their defence , * l _rJ _!;« of the direst kind to _such of their / amiior
; . T «„« m p dpDendent upon public sympatny w 2 which _Tcir natural protectors , were tint support whicnu _DenwJorth _. wo must preo . l ,, dc . i f _™'" r e r Ur movement . We must _ex-^! f at « fhctone ofo « _r _» _activeness of their hibit our principles in all tne . t _agitat ; on beauty and simplicity to tne woriu . * roust be made to harmonise with the _^ » , aractei _- temper , and dispositions ofthe British mind . . It " mutt _ndapt itself , by the lan _^ uag _^ of reason and common sense , to the calm , calculating faculty of tbat analytic power . It must , by facts and ai _^ uments , arouse the nation to a just appreciation oi rigU .-. nd wrong , while it warms the heart WKH _< _i glowing enthusiasm for tbe liberation Of tne . human race ;
Propositions suggested for Debate in Conference . 1 st . —To . _consider what is the actual condition of ' Chartism at present in tho United Kingdom . 2 , 1 ( j . —Toconsider what causes may we justly attribute the past failures in our movement . 3 _rd . _^_ To decide what ought io be the present and future policy ofthe Chartist party . -
The Manchester Council To The Chartists ...
' Shall we seek the Charter pure and simple , or : _^ _shall we allay it w . ith soqial rights ? - _^ yhat means ought , veto pursue as Chartists to .. en 8 ure the _accomplishment of the People's Charter ? and what ;> policy . ought we to pursue m regard toother political reform movements ? Shall we stand aloof from them altogether ? Shall we meofc-them with publiyhbstil ity _^ ' _^** _; _$ H _&; W _5 gl y _^ C _^ ¦ _Ji _^ _JissocHttiODiMvm ; i | p ! S _|^ # ' _^ ii _&^^ _0 W _^ _W _^^^ _m _^^^ i _infreating ; _- _^ MoW _;^ . ountry _^ n , _% weliSievnow _^ p _«^ -be _1 i _^ Shall _wa Re _« k _« , _* aw _**^ -, _»« _™ a _»; _^ _„
p _fols _fc _*® _mw _^ mmpwmmop _& _foBee _thefl _» snIt _# ftGjir _fan _^ Au _» p _# p : _^ _^^ _BKl _^ _N _» _Slw _* _' _^« _i _* _¥ _^ _a * was _overhimfjpglyeto sis country _theTfresslhgai of _jM _^ t _^^^^^^* ' _' ' _!** _^ _ther-BritohVen-• p ymg . themeridiatfOf manhood , ; to bestow an . effort ; m-working butiis _beloved country ' simancipationi . We _appeal to thatardent yout _^ , whol _^ _vivfdilmagtl nation pictures " a _^ _utureradieht _' . with . happmels . # strengthen with the freshness c _^ their energie 8 the ' cause of their fatherland . In conclusion , we invoke the neighbouring : towns _oftMatiohester—the glorious patriotism of whose neODld aforetime won the
admiration of-the _# orld—those who Save- poured , periodically , theii ; tributaries of _patriotato Kersal _? Moor , and Bla ' ck 8 t _% e Edge , till they have swelled ' to myriads—once more to . rally found the Charter , and makethat nobletheory of representation what it might to be-Cthe Palladium of British Liberty ! Signed by the Manchester Council James _. Lkach _, Danibl Doxavan , William Foster / Hbhrt Nutiall , James- : WAiNWRionT , Samuel Jones , ' James Moodt ; _Jonir _Suxiow ; Chairman ; Jos _^ _nuA-GuTiBRiDOE , Financial Secretary ; Jambs Alcock _, Corresponding Secretary , ; 12 ,. Byrom-street , Upper Diiker street , Hulme , Manchester ; where all _corr respondence must be addressed . ' .
Mr.-Ernest Jones; The Manchester Council...
MR .-ERNEST JONES ; THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL , AND TOE . "CHARTER- IN DANGER . , ' ..- ¦ - _:
Fellow-Countbtmen , ' —We had fondly hoped that the controversy that has too long occupied the columns , of the Star between Mr . Jones and the Manchester Council would , ere this , have been at an end . ; that the personal abuse , the covered slander , and open falsehoods , that have previously emanated from that gentleman ' s pen ,, would have _exhaustedhisstockofsuch unworthy missiles . Ourfond hopes , however , bave been again disappointed . In the Star of the 21 st inst ,, there appears , from the pen of this gentleman , over two columns of worse , and more trashy matter , than any that has previously emanated from the same quarter—worse , because more malignant in its intent , and false in its composition , and which compels us , however reluctantly , to notice and expose . Mr . Jones has , discovered that there is more in the present dispute betwixt him and the Manchester Council than the
mere question of where and when a Conference shall be held . Tho Manchester Council have , from the first , endeavoured to make this matter so plain that all who might read their address should understand it to be as Mr . Jones has said ; and if he had had as much of the . lawyer ' s sagacity , as he has proved himself in his last epistle to have of their ounning and quibbling , he would have been under no difficulty in discovering that we were -anxious that all should understand that which Mr . Jones has now discovered _^ . Had the Manchester Council no higher objects in view than that of calling a Conference , or going through the 'mock form of electing atf
_^ _mtiv _eiasa _^ p _^^ aejiPW _^ a ' ve _^ _TSeen ¦ bearo ! of in this matter : . if "Mr . Jones has aided us in making that object more clear than-we were able to do , we are obliged to him for his _ftsBiatanfte _.. To us , it is a matter of very little importance where ' a Conference be held , providing it be not held in London , and that it be held soon . Ab a Council , we have higher and more sacred duties to perform than to quibble about Conferences . We are anxious to do what we can in wresting the principles and the name of nhnrt . ism from the filth and mire into which it has
been thrown by those who still vapour . and blister about that which they know has no existence , but which , ' at times , serves as stock-in-trade for those whose _over-weening vanity and self-conceit leads them to display their ambition to the world , and , dispite themselves , let the truth ooze out , that all other objects , whether of national or local importance , sinks into insignificance when contrasted with their own self-sufficient and silly conceit . Mr . Jones has further discovered that " in our address and resolutions there is treason against the principles of democracy , and tho whole of our future movements . " Reason against democracy , as far as it has exhibited itself in the prostration of all tbat was good , valuable , and manly , in the
devotees and martyrs to the sacred principles the name implies , has long since done its worst ; and we are resolved to render every obstacle to its hideous and desolating career for the future . We are charged with the intention of electing an executive , at what Mr . Jones pleases to call a party Conference , and the working nien are warned to have nothing to do with a " hole " and corner Executive . " We , too , caution the people not to be led into the follies and dangers of the past with any committee who may choose to . dignify themselves with the name of Executive . Look at the miserable exhibition in the Star of Saturday last , under the head «• Chartist Intelligence "—there the votes are _reenrded for the Executive of tbe National Charter
Association . Out of a population of twenty millions of people , not to mention the whole kingdom of Ireland , there are not three thousand men who have thought it worth their while to take any part in the farcical and humiliating proceedings ; all the high-sounding phrases about ,, the working people , the minorities , and overwhelming majorities , are answered in the above three lines . - Mr . Jones is floundering after a shadow , and exhausting his eloquence aDd perverting his logic in the foolish attempt to make thinking men believe it is a . substance . To this end , there is nothing unfair and dishonourable in discussion he has not resorted to , - even the misfortune of a friend , known to most of us , and whom all of us respect ,
has been disgracefully lugged in to serve a disgraceful and unmanly purpose . But whilst wc grieve over tbe misfortunes of that stern and , honest friend to liberty , William Cuffay , wo have a very-different version of the cause that lead to his banishment than that which Mr . Jones has given . In our resolution we declare what we believe to be true : — " That platform brayado and private cowardice might mainly be attributed the failure . and disgrace that has overwhelmed our cause ; " but not one of us over thought of attributin _g to the firm and manly oo ' urage of . Cuffay , the sins of commission " and * omission , that wo know belong to others . " We are asked to name whom we know to be , guilty-of platform bravado and private cowardice : ' we answer—there name was legion .
If we were asked to' point out those whose wild and foolish harangues gave importance to , such criminal folly , , then _,-we-should point _out'Mr . Jones _ae one of the most prominent of that mischievous and visionary band ; who that does not remember the thrilling and " patriotic , strains wherein he announced to the , electrified . " Gods in _ , the ' , Convention gallery" that if government dared to touch an hair of his ' lie ' ad _. _^ fifty thousand stalwart armed sons of freedom would march upon the metropolis from the -hills" of ? -Yorkshire , to revenge .. the insult and t ' o retrieve . 'tho wrong done to ; tbeir warlike " representative ;" . ; jWell _, ' the . government _notwithstanding' this ' ¦ fearful . announcement ) did touch a _'haijj-of _hisihead , and no doubt ; - ; London _, wassbook-to itscentro ' . _with'the martial tread of his fifty thousand Yorkshire warriors . _Afij' followcountrynWii , the goverri ' mentknewaswelb _^ orbetter how ft _lff
than Mr . Jones did , ur he , peop . were prepared toobey-thecallof 'Jginger bread' ? - generals , and mere " _spoutinir" bravadoes . They knew it from their spies , that such / disgusting Tolly a'M falsehood had given employment to . Mr . Jones still persisted in this line of wild enthusiasm and trash , after bein" repeatedly warned ofthe injury he was doing the cause , and his miserable _misreprcscntions of t . ; e parties he professed to represent . Joseph Barker and William Brook , both from tho centre of Yorkshire , declared in the Convention that Mr . Jones's statements were untrue ; tbat they had both como from the imaginary encampment . of his imaginary armv but had not been nblo either to count its numbers or learn its destination . In fact , it was not the armies on the hills , 'but the _t'awoui * on the hills that Mr . Jon 1 ' 8 represented . It Mo these , ¦ nid the liko _proor-pdings , _,. _* ro attribute tho . misfortunes that liave overtaken some of the truest aud
Mr.-Ernest Jones; The Manchester Council...
| firmest _fronds that democracy had . No doubt , when he talks so glibly of the people , of minorities , and _¦; overwhelming . , majorities , he has an eye to the .. same rule by which he found out the length and breath of . _his . _^ _Yorkshire invisibles ; and ,, no _;< doubt , _thejriiiWill _^ _anisbiaawhig _^^^^^ _W _^ W h _^ _pp _^ _bemWMri _S _^ e ? _^ _M _^ _Hfcth _^^ _^ _k _^^ _liiKnish be _^^^ _$ ME _* _## ffl _^ dgurere : hi * _lt _^* B 8 Bni _* * ' * A _ftiiAwfi _, _^ _iuWA . :. u « Tit ¦ _i 7 _?® _F ? B A * them ith _% He « . _*«« _: _« .. _ ., _ A ... . . . -.
W' S _^ » : o auoy » _^^" _^ " _^^ gn _^ _iV-ihad _^ he : _adjled , _blithe _^ _rtfth 6- of _^^ _^ e ; would riot hav ' e _outraged _m _^? . ? h _^ _ra _$ f-K _^ _oliu > ought tobe tho _^ ast _^^ M < ,, ' _^^ provdke ' _- - comparison :- betwixt'thetfej _^ _ea and _Pip | l _» ions _dfcmeh . ' ¦ ¦ '• _lf ? ' Co ' _minercial-dir- '' _^ l _|^? ' _^^ f _^ ai 0 . nS chaiigo < the nature \ _0 f i _^^ P _^ ir _^ l _-- Ie - fc t 0 : _^ he . ' _'hopedi-. for ,-4 froin : S _^^^^?^ P _* _OT _^ abyimihe : 4 mi _^ _iiSJae _^ j _^& j _ii _^ _bffi ?' ¦¦ n _5 > ve ; 8 <) me .. qualms _^ of . _i _cbriwience ; When Jh 8 poiling : _tbei , yicjtim he , has overp . owered ; hot so with theJawyer _. _iSihe despoils profeBsiohally j from his leyal birth to his grave '} , , he is a compound Of chicanery , _duibblef'falsehood , and extortion , and acting under ! the influence of his education , he roJ * jipon princi ple , and fattens on ' . the dissentions and miseries , of -his unfortunate victims . No donbt Mr . Jones would claim exemption from this rule for some of his order ; we grant it , and claim the same for those he has made the object of his slander
and abuse . i "If Cobden , Bright , and Walmsley were behind the screen moving their puppets , they could not be more effectually ; served ! " We have met " some of these men ; in more stirring and trying times than the . present , and should not shrink from doing so again , did _ciroumstancea call for our interference ; and , we' would remind Mr . Jones , that we stood in opposition to the whole of the fallacious economists , when some that made _lojud professions of unswerving integrity to the cause of demooraoy . sbrunk from the contest at the very time the people had _toenail at their feet . With regard . to Sh Joshua Walmsley , _wemuBtconfessihat _we'Kave seen nothing in him _' _as . a man and a
statesman that would not stand very favourable in tbe contrast with anything we have ever aeon or heard of Mr . Ernbst Jones ; and , we shall prove to him , and those he would make dupes and fools of , that we shall neither be the puppets of Cobden , Bright , or Walmsley , nor yet of E . Jones , Esq ; j Barrister , of the Middle Temple . We have , all of . us , braved the dungeon ; some of us have been witbin its walls more than once , and , although earnestly pressed by professing friends , to compromise with the _govern-, ment , and slip through the prosecution , shorn of our political integrity , wc resented the overturn with indignation , feeling that- 'the ' _saered _causo of liberty and humanity demanded at our hands some token of manly ; firmness . That ; which' we had
taught from the platform we had defended in court ; and ' though our names were not adorned with the " Esq .,-. '' . nor had we received the education to qualify us for barristers of the Middle ; Temple , we disdained , when manhood was require _^ to crouch behind the whig and gown of ah hired ' pleader . ;; So much for our integrity of principle and firnihess of purpose . " They talk of the stigma of Re'dism ;" When and where did they talk of the . stigma of Redism ? Come , now , sir , be honest ; arid tell us if this iB hot footed in to give you an opportunity of introducing your transparent use of the names of Garribaldi and Mazrini . How dare you , air , couple tbe names of these men , whose high commanding talents and patriotic singleness of purpose , prove
them to be the world ' s leaders , with the low , gro _* . veiling , political _^ insanity of which you have elected youreelf the leader and champion ? We : have a higher respect for these meli ; and a higher esteem for their noble , and generous ; aims , . than to . u . se _theiraims for / themere purpose of _demagogism . Bu _^^ _wei-HnnTfefr _^ aBte our time in going . through the whole of the jargon with ' which youv have managed to fill t _^ o columns o £ jth " e newspaper ; your production , " from beginning . to end , is a tissue of false _assumptions : you have been ftctin _^ the play of the schoolboy , who , in the winter time , turns out to enact the theory of warfare ; they set up generals of snow , and then exert all their talents of military genius to knock off the heads of their own childish productions . This game you have been playing with us ; you knew it were easier to answer arguments that had no
existence but in your imagination , than meet , as you ought to have done , the difficulties tbat beset the question of the people's rights . You tell us , " it is perfectly _uselesB to talk about _preparing the people for the coming struggle until we have established union . " True ; and is it not equally foolish to talk of establishing union until the people ' s minds are disabused of the prejudice and ignorance that past follies have warped round them ? We tell you , the people never were united , nor never will be , sufficiently to accomplish their politicd and social emancipation , until they see something of a more enoouraging nature than anything that has yet marked our advocacy of Chartism . We are , sir , without any regard for your members knocking at " 14 , Southampton-street , " or your half million of men waiting legally and constitutionally on Kennington Common , The Members of the Manchester Council .
The O'Connor Defence Fund. To The Editor...
THE O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , — I beg to inform you that , upon application to Mr . Price , of the National Land and Labour Bank , you will receive £ 10 towards the fund for defraying Mr . O'Connor ' s law expenses . I will briefly , state to you the source from which tho money has been sent . In the spring of 1818 , Mr . O'Connor attended a tea party in ' Preston , got up by the members of the National Land Company . The proceeds were intended to bo devoted in assisting the balloted members in this locality to take possession of their allotments . The unexpected ; . nl unforeseen position in which the Company is now placed renders it impossible that the money can ever be applied to the purpose for which it was
originally intended . The committee who conducted the business have bet to consider the most appro priate purpose td which the funds ought to be applied , and have decided that £ 10 of the same should be sent for the purpose of assisting Mr . O'Connor in meeting the enormous expense to which he has been put in defending his character .-It would require a more able pen tharimineto convey to you the' feelings of . indignation which animates our breasts at such conduct as that exhibited by men whose characters ought to be above suspicion , and who have not hesitated to mako the sacred tribunal of our country tiie ground upon which to gratify their vindictive and malignant dispositions .
We trust that Mr .. O'Connor will be able to bear up against the apparently insupportable difficulties with which he is surrounded . If there bo any honour or public spirit left , in the Chartist or Land movements , this is the appropriate time for its development , in saving from ruin one who has sacrificed his time , talent and fortune , in defence of the rights of the industrious classes . : I remain , dear sir , yours truly , James Brown . 2 , Upper Lawson-street , Walker-street , Preston , Dec . 8 th , 1850 .
Ax English Child Op South African Parent...
Ax English Child op South African Parents . —The birth of a female infant , whose parents are aborigines of South Africa , took place in the New Hall , Leicester , on Saturday , the 21 st inst , The father is of tbat wild race the Zoolus , ofwhose barbarouB habits so much has recently been written by African travellers ; and the mother was of the isolated Amapouda . The parents seem much deli g hted with their offspring , and express their intention of naming her _•« England . " In company with a _I _* mr , they have been five months in this country , and are attached to an " African Exhibition . "
AnOLlSHMENT OF CHRISTMAS BOXES IN GOVERNMENT _OiTiCES . —On Monday afteriioon circulars were Bent frm the Home-office to all tho police courts and other offices connected with the govern ; _, ment , directing tiiat no Christmas boxes , shall in future be given away to those _persone _. whp have for many years been in the habit of _receiving them : Many merchants and tradesmen in . the City . have publicly signified their intention , of discontinuing Christmas boxes this year . - ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' . ' j- ' _.,-. ; - ¦¦ The Great Britain ;—This steam-ship " has-ijfc length been sold by the directors - of tho . * Great Western Sterm-ship Company , to Mr . * Patterson , the eminent ship builder of _Br > tuJr for ., tho sum , of £ 18 , 000 , being about the , seventh ; partofhcr , ori ginal cost . Mr . Patterson is nqw . builj » ng . in . ; the dock in which the Great Britain was built a steamshin for the Royal . West India . Majl-packet Company , ; and she will-be six feet longer that the' Great Britain .
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T ?T E S Cu ^ E Oommittee Of The . Fb^D^...
T T E _S _^ _OOMMITTEE OF THE . fB _^ d _^ rjmJ _^ i _^ tih _^ Mr , ; jbhh ; MiIne in tbeohair . T _^^ I _^ _IbIS _^ ; _mitteetwerevpireisont ; " B _^ F _^^ _oiaPl _^ _iilr _^} i _tojSoimSedJ _^ _ecretory _^ _fob _? ! _$£ _^ _« wa 8 ; ai 8 otag * _pM- _$ h , _?& $ _m _®& _mQ _@ _$ business every _«& _..,, lng _^ a _®« blool names of thCs 9 . Mle | _auig ' _^•' nnh 1 istip » ' _^ rh » _following _^ dre _^ pf . _^ _"isSSulfnf bate _^ was adopted _^ by a n _^ rity _# 8 eTe ¥ Sop THE _^ EXECUTIVE V C ' _^ ITT _» f ( _0 _^ TB _#
_You have _^! eduslo : the _^^ f British ? Democracy , at a . time . when tho no ¥ , _^ f circmn-Btancesexist , hoth _^ ithin the 4 _^ _cSm and throughout the _pblitx , ;! forllj V * _- artlsm _* A reaction has followed the feven _&^ if _' impnf n t 1848 . The public mind , wrought i _^ _SSsm then by external wants , was _suddenly cn _\& ed an ( j thrown back upon itself . The" inevltab _* , _'„ u
, was that disorganisation , apathy , and despo . -7 which always sucoeed all violent but inefk j exertion . During two years , Chartism has _L .. feebly recoveringfrom the blow ; but-we _wish-ys . to observe the evidence of its increasing strength from the fact , that , whereas it took five" years' to recover its vigour after the events of' 42 , it has already , resumed activity and power since ' 48 . 'The period of prostration has been short—the reirivigoratiod ' ; more complete . The amount of members voting for the election of the present Executive-is four times as large as that voting for the Executive eleotedin 1847 by a general poll . . . ' i . ; 7 In the ranks of our enemies we finddivision , both religious and political . Inrefereiice to both ,
we intend , taking no part , biit strengthening ourselves to encounter the viptor ,, which ever ho may be . When our opponents ;'* fight ; i . t ; is .. our duty ! to abstain from the strife . It . is _. nothingto us whether Papist ' or Royalist triiimph : id-the Church—whether Whig or Tory triumph in tbe _^ Sehate . In the ranks of- the middle _¥ la # _< eertam " reforms are being propounded . _^ _Theyjvdo not satisfy 'us . We intend keeping our policyjdistinot from _theirs , and going ; onward without heeding , them . They cannot . exist . without Financial Reform—thepeoplo without political power ; we well know the day of bargaining for pur support must come : —our' price is the Charter . We . feel convinced the way of
obtaining thatpnee is not by compromise or present aliianee—but by becoming " strong enough to ' dictate the . terms . There is but one means—organisation . In . our own ranks _> small amount _^ of disunion _^ exists ; ; -jt . is only local , and is beginning \ to _disappeari . ' _. It . _shdlljbe our study to eradicate its . seeds by hbidin _^ the hand of brotherhood to ¦ all ' wh _^ honestly advoqate our principles . Weirecog ' _nise no private or personal _hostilities—we _tolerate no individual _ambitions—we'bbeyjno _autborityftmt that > of the demooracy : we hare been called to _represent . V- In accordance ' with . the desi | e so generally expressed , we have ' _reBolved on Buitfmoning ' a'Convention , to meet . ; _-in . London , on Monday , the ii 3 rd'bf Marchensuing . ,, ;• .-,,:. . _- > ; _- : : ''> _~» - _^ . *''¦ _';' :
The Convention wiU-: _consist _^ pf * _forty-hine ; , _dele-i _gateBj , and we 8 halIsubmit ; to yoii _^ nex _^ M / _alisti of places required to _^ _hdrSpresegtatiTOSy v . % _* P We shall 8 hdr # _« _$ _^ of the : ; , business : . _^ Conventiori , 1 _# far- _^ lt ' is _;^ imi | _pjb _®^ diate _^ vents _^ _$ _& : _S- _;** _k _& . _^? _$ _^& _S _^ S _0 _% It _ispr _' oi wsedt _hsfetMuilmbBrs _^ proceed _olt'k-tdu _^ all localities prepared to mako arrangements for their reception are requested to inform us without loss of time .
Fellow countrymen ! In carrying on the movement for the Charter , we intend keeping our organisation inviolate and distinct . We believe that the guarantee of success lies in the simplicity of our machinery , and the oneness of our purpose . At the same time we believe that the connecting link between the Charter and the public heart has too often been untouched : —that link is _^ self-interest . Once show the people that the Charter will do them good , once show them that it ia their interest to be Chartists , and they will be Chartists to a man .
We , therefore , hold that the people must be instructed in their social rights , and they must know that their leaders are instructed in them , too , before they will have confidence in the leadership , or take interest in tho struggle . We desire to rally all social reformers in one phalanx , and we desire to do so , not by breaking up , altering , or weakening our association , but of showing them that we , too , are social reformers , like themselves , but that we understand the only way of obtaining social reforms and political power is through Chartist organisation .
We shall carefully abstain from appealing to the passions of the people—for wo intend to keep the movement as far as in us lies , alike distinct from violence and vaccillation . Special attention is needed for the agricultural counties and the West of England , —too long neglected by our advocates ; and we hope , by sending our missionaries to unite the democracy of Ireland with our own . . _? Brother Chartists ! In entering on our office , we make you no promises . We mean to work , and to work hard . To enable us to do so , you must
support us . Our own services , ( excepting the secretary , ) are rendered gratuitously , but we heed funds to carry on the movement . Now is the critical time . If you . let it pass by unemployed , for want of money , do _; not wonder , should you fail , aud bo trodden under foot in the coming shock of parties _. We would suggest that all localities hold publio meetings in furtherance of the funds , at which to adopt an address to the inhabitants , and to appoint collectors . Let them issue collecting books , and forward the subscriptions weekly to the treasurer of the association . -
Wq need not tell you , it would be a mockery to place us here , and leave us without the means of action . We have found your exchequer wholly destitute ; till you replenish it , we can do nothing . Recollect—we make you no promises—we do not teil you when the Charter will be carried—we do not tell you of any wonderful progress to be made this year—we certainly believe progress , and that great may be made , but the solution depends on tho support we meet from you . We will do our duty , you do yours . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ William Davies , James Grassbt , G . Julian Harney , G . J . Holtoakb , Ernest Jones , John Milne , Fjsarous O'Connor , G . W . M . Revnolds _, John Arnott , general secretary . 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , Dec . 26 th .
Manchester.—On Sunday Evening, Deo. 22nd...
Manchester . —On Sunday evening , Deo . 22 nd , Mr . James Williams , ' of Stockport , lectured in . the People's Institute , nis address gave general satisfaction , ' and a vote of thanks was . given to the lecturer . —On Monday evening the council " assembled in the large ante-room of tbe People ' s Institute , and , after transacting tho weekly local business , an address , and also a reply to Ernest Jones's letter in last Saturday's Star , were adopted . Carlisle . —A meeting was held on Sunday evening last , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , atwhjch it was agreed to open a subscription for the Honesty Fund , and the following persons were " appointed to receive subscriptions : —Wm . Coultharu , grocer , Caldewgate ; James Heaton , printer , Cummersddle ; , Thomas Roney , weaver , Botchergate ; James Montgomery , Kingstown ; James Murray , shoemaker , Rickergate ; Nathaniel Parr , Duke-street ; Seth ... Huntington , Queen-street ; John Hudson ,
Caldewgate ; Alexander Mulholland , Parhambeck , arid John Gilbertson _, Bridge-street . Several . persons enrollod their names to beeome regular subscriber * ,, and agreed to meet every Sunday evening , afr ,: half-past five o ' clock . Ber monoset . —At tho weekly moeting of member ' s the following resolution was adopted : — "That the members of this locality independently deny the assertion made by Mr . M'Grath that the Bermondsoybranhti ' of , tho National Charter'Association does not ' consist of a'dozen members , as , by referring to thb" Secretary ' s books it can be proved that between sevehty : and eighty members ; are enrolled , of which nearly , fifty are paid up . " A subscription was also opened ; for the Honesty Fund , Vernon Fund , and Wipding . up , of the Land Company .- ¦ . _n _. The Edinburgh Western Locality met in Mr . ' Burkett ' _sReadingri-Qom ,. 108 , Wcstport ; whei \ . the propriety 6 f'joining the ' National Charter _and'Social Union was taken into ' consideration . It was moved
Manchester.—On Sunday Evening, Deo. 22nd...
by Mr . Burkett , seconded byfMr . Walker : — " That _wedo not countenance the'National Charter and social Union as contained in the programme ofthe nn = i : Co ,, ference . " An amendment was _pro-X-. 7 Thiltwe do . i ° the said union . " And ? _£ _« 1 o 0 ? _v and able discussion , the original mo- tion was lost ; . -
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Edinbdrgh.-The Members Held A Meeeting O...
EDINBDRGH .-The members held a meeeting on December 24 th , in Mr . Buchanan ' s Coffee-house , High-street ; to assist in winding uu the Land flnm .
; pany , and also to consider the O'Connor Defence Fund . Walter Pringle was called to the chair , andafter stating to tho meeting the cause which hadkept them from meeting , and . especiall y the longillness of Mr . Jiimes , _; Cummjngs ,. theirVBeoretaryv ' ' that something must be done" or _^ Ediribufgh _^ _wpuHi _# be utterly disgraced . : _'MK David _"Chcrh _^ _y-move ' i l _^^ _seconded- _' _-h _yvm-JOJark . ' _*^ nine _: b . & _deeted'M _^^ _^^ _nBWf _^ _Wdfip _^ _nyilan _^^ ppnhected _;^ ith : th © : _^^ Were ; eleeted . _^ Arch'ib _^
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THE _^ COLLIERS' MOVEMENT , AND THE } " J ""' ' O'OONNOR _DEFllNCE' _-FUND . - _, ' ' ; , ¦ : - ¦ - _¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦ »« - ¦ . _^ k ¦ •• ' " r : _" ' - ¦ .:-- ¦ - i ¦ '¦ . : ¦ ¦¦ . _^ . -. ¦ _^ ¦ , • ¦ _-TS _. ¦ ;¦ ¦ _- . ' \ ,: - " _f . TO THE EDITOR OF THE _JSORTH _^ RN " _STAr _/ ... f ! Sir , —It is gratifying td ' leai _^ n ' the p > gress'beiif | . v niade by the miners of Nottirigh . irnshire . 'and Derby-- ; : : shire in the-organisation _? of their uni _^ , _sevgralVjr lodges _havingibecn opened'since tfi ' ey . Mirier ' s _^ _SD _^^ ferehec _wasrheld in' September last .. ; _Fromw Ie _' _ttei _*^ now , before : ; the worthy se . eretn ' ry , Mr . i _^ bu ldeii * 1 8 eemsJ : t 6 , ; h ' , but ; one-cpmplajnt , _; , viz . _—J _bp toe _^ _-i harvest is ready , . biit the _labouirerkare tdo _^ few . '¦¦ ' ? ' ¥ ¦ ilt would appear _^^ that . competitioni _^ Hs , _^ . b _yjiplongX ; j : , ' _\ tinped ' an . d _, unintcrrppte ' _dj 3 _TO ' , v , _^&' pWctieably demqn ' _strau 0 _^^^ vthat'wheri _^ unprotected ¦ b y . _iiffinTS & _.-: their -V ' ' _** b our n _^ _pci-eased _,, anditheir pay _^ _diniinishjeojiufi ' til i * * : there rs _^^ _pj us . ; of , ; h agdb . - < and _^ the _' ma ' 8 _ters tUr
_^ P 57 " - _! " _? _fferJess wages _^ pr _^ eay / _ja _' Caltogether ; ' _^ 1 , _lhere-is _RQyvin _\ _that-rdistirclfe _eTeXeiiJloiigelilandsc ' . t _? _^}^ _^* ig « _n # hel _^ _hlitpossibIyf _atS _^ tend to them . vrm _^^ _A e _^^ _m _^ same timei ; _, indeed , _^^ _S _^ t _# pr | e mora i _agepts there ; and tney _appaaFT _^ _mfef _^^ i ' _igfy i Northumberland and Durhamto sJBp _^ therti a _^ i _^^^ or two , tiiat the wanderers may be ; g _^ _lrered in , ar _^ : , _jl the full fruits of the harvest " secured . ' ; _^^ j - _^ Sir , ' . it _^ is , with equal _satisfaction ' that we ; recor d _;^ the : progress made in Nortbuinberland ' afld _^ D . _ur-i _^ ham ; each } week ' the _agents-anhouHc _^ thlB _^ _SSrolv- , _« ment of ' members Md _^ the _bringing . of _the'T'lqlt '''"! _shoep" again to the fold / There aresixagents emV < j ployed _ih-this district , ' - '' and"tlie ' advaiitageS ' . _of- . / ttfp _' ' _^ union being kept , up will be apparent whenrthe'fao 6 _^ ia _; stated , that the average amount of-. extra wages , ; :. ] realised . solely by those collierjes .. _who _\ _have _^ _sup- _<^) _i
ported . the union , is about five shillings , per ; fort ; . - | night each ' man , ' : whilst the cost has not been mbre _^ than sixpence per fortnight per , man , thus leay'ing _/^ four shillings arid sixpence * in . every _^ man _' s _^; pocket' . ! eabhfortnight . Thus , SHppbsinglO _. ' OO ' O miners ' ehrolled , the outlay to support the union would be ¦ £ 250 , whilst they , would be : advantaged to the tune of £ 2 , 250 .- Surely , conimercially considered _^ _fitp _i join the union js ; ever preferable to > gping to Cali-1 ¦ Tprnia , and _surpasBe _^ . an _^' _Bp _^ day , jn _; ¦ ' ¦ : r ¦ it s'immediate and certain-beiiefiKs . " . _jffi _± _Btrangeffi ; , \ j 8 tat . _et ' , the ' re ' are . thousan'd . 8 ; o _^' mers whp _^ ar _^; , np ' t . f liouf ; the . nohle band , ' who at _* pfesent ; _rd evp te . _theitv ; y time _^ _ndlheirirnpney-tothe _sup _^^
to _is wha ' _tytlie _^ _uat on _^ has _^ _; aotual ; advauce . o _^ _Kgesy 1 _^ _W . ' that ! _the-mWteri _^ u 8 e _^^^ togethjef , ; ' _byMpropojingy a : ; , _^( _ju A _^ ij _^ pf _^ _nrigej _^ _amoMting _^ _w _^ -redulcJJM ) n , _iianliM _^ 1 _% _Sh _^^ j 3 _vr _affi _® d > - _^ _kTOgH ! he- real advantages _^ o _^ emors-., ; _^ fil _^! e _% ffe | aWp ; un _^ 38 tated ; _^ _Sgfit ;' a'Sa _^ lowin _g--i _. welv montlis' work in ther " *'" year , the amount will nearly reach the astonishing sum of £ 120 , 0 . 0 . 0 per annum .
Sir , however desirable it may be to place the question thus clearly before the great body of miners , and appeal , as it were , to their cupidity , in . order to induce them to make common cause with their brother miners , throughout the whole of the mining districts , yet this is not the only ground on which the utility of union rests . -No , happily ' we have ample experience of the great advantages secured to them in other points of view . When the union exists , however weak and circumscribed it
may be , even when confined to a single colliery , will you find the workmen attempting to improve themselves intellectually and morally—there you will see those able to read and write amongst them gratuitously instructing their fellow men who maybe without such acquirements ; and _anocher-advantago is likewise secured , viz . —that the march of knowledge thus going on provides a goodly number of patriotic individuals to perpetuate and keep alive that organisation which enables them to reap such desirable results .
Sir , it is now nearly two years since the men of Seaton Deleval resuscitated the union by resisting tho attempted reduction then beingmade on their wages . For two years have the miners here been enabled to resist successfully ( or with but few exceptions ) all attempts'to reduce their prices ; and many ofthe colliers that have enjoyed the advantages thus obtained have never paid anything towards supporting the union , thus se . lfishly _. _partakiag of the benefits arising Irom the same , but which had entirely arose from the labours and _endeavours of a portion only ofthe workmen . But it may perhaps " not be amiss t ' o warn those who have thus
acted , that before long they will have the cry of reduction again sounding in their eafs , and that of np slight character ; and as they have laid no foundation for sympathy or help for their brother miners , they cannot expect to be supported , if they should feel themselves necessitated to stand out against such reductions . Then , now is the time to make up for past " apathy . Let all who have not taken a part in this cause set about it at once ; there is no time for delay , for the employers are sure to mark out the weak spots ofthe citadel , and , ' by taking advantage of their state of _unpreparednoss , will necessarily secure an easy victory .
Sir , the . mining body in this country are , perhaps the worst paid class of all labourers , yet they .. have ample experience that without union amongst them , their prices will have , a tendency downward ,. and tho ; few " remaining , comforts are gradually slipping away from them ; but irrespectiv ' e ' of their present diminished pay , it is but right to remind them , that they have duties to perform which , if left undone , draws them very closely . within the charge of ingratitude ; and it is also right to- hold up . to them what is meant by the above allusion , Sir ) : unions make butslow progress without the , aid of the . public press ; and it is needles ' s't ' o say that tho Northern Star has done its duty _towards the ' working classes generally , and the miners in particular , by allowing them free sropeto
detail their grievances to ' tho world '; 'whilst , the other newspapers , ¦ with " an * , exception or ' twonamely , -Reynolds ' s WeekT yl Newspaper , ifec ,, —not onl _# refuse to aid : themjiri the cause of progress , _bufvery often pen _articles to stultify any efforts others may be making to emancipate themselves . Suph then being thB „ ' case , I apprehend that it is of tlie greatest _litflffy to secure the peruiancy of a paper which is " a friend in need , " and which _hts done such _gbQdJservice in the working men s cause _, libnce I would appeal to the working classes generally , and to tho miners of the , North in particular , to _^ _jsct ab , out a penny subscription to mett the liabilities ' " of Mr . O'Connor , and thus afford , by their ni ' ites , the means to extricate that gentleman from'tlie difficulties which have been entailed in
defending Ins character , against tlie slanders and calumny propagated by parties who are hostile' to tho welfare of tho peoplo , and who expect , by crushing him , to submerge the "principle of progress amongst the working classes . It is gratifying to ' see the example set by the committee of the National Trades , & c , in last week's Star ; and it is to be hoped , that that example in spirit will be followed out by the great body ol unionists throughout tho country . Trusting that all who have read in the ofthe Star , from timo to time , the able published and set-forth 'by'the secretiny body-William Peel-will ' seo that the _n .,. i ,. _« .. fnnn . / _. _( _.-i ... _^; _.... n _nifrinr which _arlortls
ample space , weekly , to the cause oi V _^ f v _^ MmM notbe suffered to go down , nor its worthy prjIp _^ _M tor he ' allowed to be ruincd-as no doubt it _^ ¥ _*& ' tended—with expenses . —I am , bir _, yours , _ficuj . rajs * _JH v - i .- ¦••¦ ¦ : - _ 'Ah [&! ¦ _1 Jk
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28121850/page/1/
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