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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1846.
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      _~ : . .... ,- ..... ., .. . ..... .... .. - . _« _, _^ ,-- CIS - ,-.., ., _i . - , _vjj j _yj , - . ( : _; On . "' tII ; d : aii ¥ : : _i : ;| f s _> ;' ¦ LONDON MORNING NEWSPAPER , AT ;' . _ TWOPENCE HALFPENNY . The Newspaper is the intellectual life of the Nineteenth Century . Not to speak _^ f the moral and political _safeguards _whiiiiVaffords . _itplaces aU , whatever their varieties of fortune , ont a level _^ asto infonnation . By its means _Inlythe small capitalist _isTenabled to contend successfully against to _^^^^ _^^^^^ f _^ B _^ which affect prices . Without the daily Newspaper , a family mig ht 1 be locateds _injdl in > the . tacksettlements of Canada as _ivithin ten miles of the great centreof _* European _*^^ J _£ * _{ _JJ _^** _" _* * _ft * _? . than a oenturv since , there were kohteIk papers published in London , _dady er three times a week-whde now there are only _ihtees ! Of a fact so startling , what is the cause ?—1 bice . _Thoi « , n _iwiM ' n Irnnw « _ipAdvantage of haling a London Daily Paper is manifest , from the thousands who pay _to _* _S _^ _pSh _^^^ _^ _What - _^» . _^ ? _^ _^ eh mai , i _ainth _, hi hpriee ? F _& t , _^ e _^ mou _^ t of _^ _ohZlrequded to be invested in a Newspaper speculation . Next , the various talent and experience Iritic _-hZrt _comtoeSo produce the result The number of the _requu-einents have , iu truth , occasioned something _«^ i ; _in _^ _HXnolv-ancl monopoly always commands its own price . Thus , whilst capital and competition have * _« _S _aoin- _" ood serVice in aU other things , nothing has been attempted , in tlie direction indicated , for the political _Smdwt _^ fwmt S Of three great nations ; and a Dail y Paper still remains a costly luxury , in which only the wealth y . « an indulge . The experiment is about to be tried of establishing a London Daily Newspaper , on the highest scale of completeness ¦ tdhich shall look for support , not to comparatively few readers at a high price , but to many at a low price ; therefore after the First of June ,

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      _mkl _^ l _^ _kW ASSOCIATION , FOR THE _EMPLOYMEAT OF LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES . TnE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREholders , and of those deputed to hold their proxies will be held on Saturday next , June « th , 181 ( 5 , at the Office , 39 , Hyde Street , Bloomsbury , London , when full reports of the transactions , and accui ate accounts of tlie receipts und expenditure , during _thepastycar , will bosubmitted for confirmation ; tlie , places of retiring directors filled U _|> , a treasurer and trustees elected , and such other matters affecting the Association decided , as may be laid before the nicutins ; by the board of directors . The _eh-iiiwill be tak . n at 12 o ' clock a . m ., by T . S . Duncombe , Esq M . V . ( President ) Office , 30 , H yde Street . JAMES HARRIS , May 25 th , 1810 . Secretary .

      The Northern Star Saturday, May 30, 1846.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 30 , 1846 .

      The Struggle. The Conference.-The Strike...

      THE STRUGGLE . THE CONFERENCE _.-THE STRIKE . We have driven the Times and Dispatch into the narrowest possible corner . We have poached them as ferrets poach tlieir game , until at length thc animals find bo escape , but must surrender . The Times of Monday last has favoured us with a very long and rubbishing article , into whioh it introduced the mid-night ravings of one Mr . Holme , and which is as follows : — Mr . Holme _gives the following version of tlie origin of this declaration , he thus shows that it was not the masters , but thc workmen , who at first originated it . He says : —

      " Some years ago , we had a strike of eighteen weeks ' duration , and near its close , I was disturbed at midni ght by a ringing of my door bell , two or three times gently repeated . On looking out of my bedroom window , I found that it proceeded from three of my workmen , then on the strike . They _ducired ine to admit them , and , contrary to the Irishes ot" my family , I did so . They told me that our priJiniseswere so well watched until late in the evening that tliey had come at tliat untimely hour to avoid beiug seen by any of the other turnouts ; aud they urgently re-

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      quested that I ' woiild ' . listen to them . ., They told me that they wefem ' gjreat 'distress ' - that the tyranny of the chip , was beyond all endurance ; and that many of our men , as well-as themselves , were determined to go to work ; if they could get any excuse for quitting the club . < I told them that the . authorities would protect them ; and suggested that they should go to work with a number of men whom we had obtained , from a distant part of the country . They replied that they should be marked if they ' did this ' } hut added , that if tbey could sign any document which could be binding upon them , it would give them the _opportunity they wanted . During a long conversation , one

      o them admitted that . both himself and his family were in actual want , when another replied that they might as well be killed as starved , and he strongly urged upon me the necessity of devising some mode by which they might escape from the clubs . One of these men is now the foreman of a large employ ; one is since dead ; and the other was not long since in the service of the Dock Trustees . I mentioned the singularity of their visit and conversation at a meeting of the masters soon afterwards , and the subject of a deelaration that the men would quit the uilion was suggested as being sufficient , and one was

      drawn up , carefully avoiding everything which could in any way legally bind a man . It was simply declaratory that they would not continue to be members of the union . This was submitted to a number of the workmen , and declared to be what they wanted . ' In less than a week the strike was at an end , ior every man that resumed his work first attached his name ; and not a few added , < Now I ani free . ' The nuion immediately died a natural death , and many of its . then leaders were compelled to do what they much dreaded—they were compelled to work . This is a bri . f account of . its origin , and I might add much more , but it is unnecessary . "

      From this article we learn that the said Mr . Holme contends for the unenviable distinction of patentee of the _newly'inveated declaration , and , as in all other cases , the inventor and hia backers parade the instrument as akind of working man ' s life preserver ; but we may ask , if Mr . Holme or the Times can for a moment hope to palm this midnight rubbish of olden times , furbished up for present use , upon the existing labour mind of the country . And even if we did believe in the treachery of the three midnight assassins who

      watched for an opportunity to approach Mr . Holme s house by its unguarded avenues at midnight , to what other conclusion can it lead them than that Mr . Holmb was , SOME YEARS AGO , a black sheep / suspected by his hands , and his premises watched , and what Other opinion can be formed of the three midnight prowlers , than that they were dark . traitor s to their order ; an opinion which is fully confirmed by the fact that Mr . Holmk is ashamed to mention their names , while he does TELL US " THAT ONE OF

      THESE IS NOW A FOREMAN ; IN A LARGE EMPLOY , ONE IS SINCE DEAD , AND THE OTHER WAS NOT LONG SINCE IN THE SERVICE OF THE DOCK TRUSTEES . " Here then ue have the confessed qualification for masters' favour—it is the betrayal oflabour . Now , whoever recommended this masters' scribe to rash into print ; why had they not the candour to inform him that he was critically proving our case ? Why did they not tell him that we _. like Mr . Holme , have always seen the facility with which a few artful masters could break up and destroy the best arranged machinery of LOCAL CLUBS , and that it was

      dear bought experience of their inefficiency that rendered the formation of a great national association indispensable . The Dispatch tells us , and the Times tells us , that neither they nor the masters have any objection to the existence of local associations , against which aggregate oppression may successfully contend , while they reprobate the existence of ageneral combination . Now , let us see whether we strain our reasoning too far , when wo assert that the law and its administration are of themselves a great aggregate combination of masters' power , against which nothing , save a combination of labour , can successfully contend .

      Society is variously and whimsically constituted . The master builders , and indeed , the masters of every other trade , feel themselves aggrieved by the attempt of tlieir hands to participate in the prosperity of trade . Every mouth is full of the advantages to flow from the new order of things . A great confederation of economists and philanthropists is established , whose motto is—change the promised result of which , not to one , but to all , is , " HIGH WAGES . CHEAP BREAD , and PLENTY TO DO !" " Coming events cast their shadows before ; " and in

      order to prepare themselves against the possibilit y of danger from the promised blessing , the masters commence by putting their '' house in order . " They not only refuse their hands any participation in thc boon , but tbey farther degrade them by making selldebasement the condition of existence . At once resistance is met by the denunciation of the press , the threat of the law—not of the ordinary law , but of a law to meet the exigency of the ease—and by the kind fellow-feeling and charitable consideration of noblemen and gentlemen for whom the free trade master-class have contracted to build .

      Railway societies , the law , the wealthy public , and communities of all shades and descriptions , enter into the sympathetic combination in behalf of thc OPPRESSED AND ILL-USED MASTERS ; while not a word escapes the lips , not a line comes from the pen , not a sigh from the sympathetic , upon behalf of oppressed but struggling labour . Are net these odds sufficiently fearful , and can they be otherwise met than by a similar combination on behalf of labour ? The Dispatch iuforms us , that the masters have no objection to local societies . Wc know they have not , but labour has ; because labour has tried them aforetime , and has found them useless , inefficient , and expensive . We stated the case of the men

      on strike some few weeks ago , in its proper _bearii _. g . "We stated it thus . That high authority , tlie Times , amongst others , assured us of the great benefit that SOCIETY , not the master builders alone , was to derive from thc great commercial measures of Sir _Rohekt Peel , to the effect that all building materials would be considerably reduced in price . We argued that the change , to be just , should be a national and not a class benefit ; and that it was unjust that the master speculator , who had contracted for vork according to old and expensive regulations , should be allowed by the new policy to monopolise the lion ' s share of the change , while labour , that constituted the chief value of thc work , should not only go _unrequited , but should be degraded ,

      We asked the men , then , to he beforehand with masters . We asked them to send deputations to those for whom work was contracted to be done , not that we expected much sympathy , from the capital class , but in order that labour may do for itself what the press and the law have invariably refused to accord to it . Was there anything unjust in this ? And is it NOW CONTRARY to the principle of political economy , or to the laws of the land , that labour should make its best contract , and that it . should buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , and that it , like the capitalist , should establish a combination of its centralised power , to manage its own affairs , and especially to watch tiie doubtful results ofthe great changes now in progress * in order to secure for itself its fair share in "' the new order of things .

      Now it is for these things , and for these things only , that virtuous labour has been struggling against vicious , rampant , and intolerant capital . And it is to arrest the progress of this generous , confiding , but tardy struggle ; it is to stop the course of this natural current , into which hope was led by promise that the blundering prostitute press , thc Times Dispatch , Manchester Guardian , the Weekly Chronicle and its Malthu _? ian tenant , are directing tlieir advertising columns . If we were at a loss for defence for tbe labouring classes it would be found in the fact

      tliat they have no other defender—in the fact , that if we believe tlie literary , the aristocratic , and wealthy portion of society , labaurhas never yet been right . If its cause is good the time is injudiciousif tbe time be judiciously chosen labour ' s ranks are led by artful and designing demagogues—if the time is judicious , and labour without eloquence takes its position and mumbles its own complaints , then the cause is bad , as its advocates , wc are told , can offer nothing in its defence : so that labour is like the drummer , whether it hits capital high or low it never can please it .

      We do not belong to that class who are led by magic , or driven through the paradoxical windings of interested reasoners , we take our plain subject and argue it plainly , and if it is complex or intricate , we unravel the entanglement for simple reader * As with justice then , so with labour . If a poor man makes claim upon a rich man , the very INSOLENCE OF CLAIM to us furnishes _aprimafach title . So

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      with the complaints " _^ a _conBtitutionarindictraent _, ita complaint ii _«»« unanswerable declaration , audits willingness . * starve rather than submit _^ is enough to furnish !* the unpre judiced mind whereon to find a , judgment against cap ital . Is there no keenness in hunger ? I 3 _|^ - no charm in independence ? Is there no desire to possess the good opinion of an indulgent , or even a fair master ? Or is labour so rampant that it does not know when it is well off ? And are the labouring classes of this generation less capable of judging o » those things than their ignorant forefathers were ?

      Thus we have dealt with the merits of the case , and now turn we to the consideration of a few not unimportant facts . We ventured an opinion early in the struggle that the first yielding on the part of the men would but increase the insolent demands of the masters , and that we were right is amply proved by the two following documents- the first evincing the self-debasement of a half-dozen crimped slaves , who no doubt laid the foundation of their treachery in a midnight visit to the unguarded mansion of Mr . Holme , or some such philanthropic friend of labourthe other the noble , the spirited , and timely-expressed resolution of labour ' s self .

      DECLARATION of PRINCIPLES upon which a SOCIETY Of the OPERATIVE CARPENTERS and JOINERS of MANCIIESTJ 8 R and SALFORD SHALL FORTHWITH BE FORMED . —We , a portion of the Carpenters and Joiners of the aforesaid Boroughs , are of opinion , that a combination of the different branches of the buildin" -trades , extending throughout the kingdom , is alike detrimental to the interests of journeyman nnd employer ; we therefore , resolve to dissent and withdraw from the combined society of the building trades , and to establish a Society of Carpenters and Joiners , that shall be confined to the aforesaid boroughs . This society shah not interfere with the employers in the manner of carrying on their business , or as to what men they shall or shall not employ ; nor shall its funds be appropriated to th c support of any general trades' union . —Signed by the Committee . t ¦ GEORGE TISSINGTON , DANIEL DOUGLAS , JOHN WILLINGHAM ,

      JOHN AITCHISON . JOHN BELLHOUSE ; SAMUEL HARRISON , Clarendon Inn . May 22 nd . - .- . - . _- . • .

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      AT a GENERAL MEETING ofthe Carpenters and Join crs of Manchester , held at the Carpenters' Hall , on Thursday , May 21 st , it was unanimously resolved , — . _, That this meeting views with feelings of indignation the proceedings of a few individuals , who , actuated by motives at once contemptible and unprincipled , have thought proper to secede from this body , and among themselves to pass resolutions quite contrary to the rules of this society . Resolved , —That tiiis resolution be published in the public papers , with a vote of censure from this body upon tliose persons who are actuated by selfish motives , and whose conductis calculated to prolong the strike now pending . The committee beg leave to state , that the only thing which prevents a settlement of this dispute , is the . document which the masters require each man to sign , The men are willing to resume their employ atthe proposed advance of wages , and work 57 hours each week the year through . By order of the Committee .

      Itis said" what's in a name , " but when we read the signatures of tlio half-dozen traitors we are struck with the identity between the names of ene ofthe proselytes and that of the Chairman ofthe Newton censpiracy . One to be sure is called David Bellhouse and the other John Bellhouse , but we _venture to assert that consanguinity has had something to do with the conversion of the President ' s POOR

      RELATION . We have given the exultation of the great liar of the press upon the increased insolence ofthe masters when they had got the first wedge into the brittle minds of their dupes , and we would ask any man with a grain of common sense , if the terror of the national combination and the disregard evinced for the local clubs , should not be an inducement to labour to persevere in a perfect centralization of its powers ? If tyrants gain confidence from the yielding of a handful of tlieiv slaves , let freemen take heart when tliey read the following comfort from abroad . We give the letter as we received it from a most esteemed friend , and from it will be seen tliat we have forced the cause of labour across the "deep , deep sea , " and have made its wrongs penetrate into the hearts of its banished sons . Here follows the

      letter . Saint Germans De Navarre , Department De L . Eure . Monday Morning , May 25 th , 1 S 4 G . Dear _Fearous , —I hasten to inform you of the proceedings at Navarre during the last few Jays , in the causi of right against might . A meeting ofa few friends to the rights of labour took place on Thursday last , at the housa of Mr . Paul _Rosenthal , a _Polieh refugee , to take into consideration the present struggle of the Trades . ol England .

      Mr . John Sidaway , Sub-Secretary and Agent to tin Chartist Co-operative Land Society , was called to tinchair . The chairman opened the business by reading Unreports in tho last week ' s Star . The unchristian and tyrannical manifesto of the Newton despots , called down the execration of the whole meeting . Propositions were then carried to the following _effect : — " That this meetinj ; pledges itself to use every means in their power to support the men now on strike , and as a testimony of their determination , collectors were appointed to collect subscriptions on their behalf . " It was also carried thnt d public meeting should be called for Friday the 21 st , Withe purpose of explaining the nature of the strike ; and that Mr . Sidaway should be the secretary of the fund , and Mr . Thomas Harrison , assistant secretary ; that

      circulars Should be sent to the sub-masters and foremen of Mr . John Oliver York and Company of Navarre , requesting tlieir assistance and co-operation , in answer to which a few gave their attendance at the meeting . The public meeting took place on Friday night at 8 o ' clock . On the motion of Mr . Sidaway , seconded by Mr . Wm . Ashton , Mr . Samuel Peuberthy , late of London , was called to the chair . The worthy chairman opened the business by saying , he was pleased to see so many of the English machanics meeting together to protect the rights oflabour over capital . He was proud to see that though exiles from their native land , they did not forget that theyowed a duty to their fellow workmen in tbeir mother country . He called upon them to see that the present important struggle for the right oflabour , was not put down by the

      apathy of their own order . He should not oecuppy then time longer by any more remarks of his own , but should call on their secretary Mr . John Sidaway , to address them . Mr . Sidaway then reviewed the various circumstances causing strikes , and administered a severe castigation on the Newton tyrants . He read over the code of regulations , and made some pointed remarks OU them Hi he _progressed . He concluded a speech of mere than an hour ' s duration , iu a strain that called down the cheers of the meeting . He then called on them not only to shew tlieir disapproval ofthe master abomination , but to open their purse * and strike the death blow to tyranny of nil shapes , by being united together in one phalanx of _potver , which would bring to the earth the temple of shivery , and er .: ct in its place , a monument of Contentment and Happiness , dedicated to the rights of man . It was then _sirranjred that the various collectors should report

      progress on the next night at 8 o'clock , So that a report of the meeting should appear in the next week ' s Star , It was also desired that the secretary should forward the names ofall the subscribers , with their several amounts and occupations , with a request to the Editor of the Star , to insert them in full , to show that Englishmen , though at a distance , aro ready at the call of their brethren . Some observations where then made in reference to the imposition practised by some interested parties , who enriched themselves , and left the objects of their assistance either to go into work at tlw masters'condition , or starve . Mr . Sidaway then replied to the satisfaction of the meeting , stating that all monies transmitted through the Northern Star was made public , and , was applied to the proper purposes . The meeting then separated , after wishing the turnouts success , and resolved to meet on the morrow night , to see the state of the poll in favour of the poor oppressed .

      List of Subscriptions in aid of the turn-outs ot _i-iiig-Uind ; collected by Messrs . Thomas , Harrison , and Sidiiway : —Mr . John Sidaway , chain-maker , 5 francs ; Mr . Mathew Fowler , shingler , 5 f ; Mr . Samuel Smith , engineer , 5 f ; Mr . Edward Davis , master smith , 5 f ; Messrs . David Thomas , Even Thomas , John Taylor , Samuel Penhertliy , Thomas Brown , smiths , Thomas Harrison , _"SVm . Ithodes , turners , William Whiteworth , John Hudson , ltobert Calvert , "William Hoggett , carpenters , James Weston , sawyer , and Thomas Sidaway , bolt-maker , 31 flack ; Messrs . _It-ilph Berfoot , bolt-maker , William Ashton , William Brown , John Barry , Baruy Goodman , and John lloper , smith 3 _, 2 f each ; Mr , Paul Rozcnthal , Polish refugee , 2 f ; Mr . Patric Keogh , spring-makor , 2 f ; Mr . Christopher Shaw , fitter , 2 f ; Messrs . George and Cuthherd Truman , moulders , 2 f each ; Mr . James Lee , cashier , 2 f ; Mr . Geo . Wintworth , millwright , 2 ; Messrs . Edward Hall and Robert Mathews , If _tach ; waking a total of 87 francs , or £ 3 5 s . lid . English money . : _jThcre , struggling trades of England , 5 thore"l is _* jbalm for your souls , consolation for your minds , your stan " ( lard is raised , your virtuous flag , with your motto of—A FAIR DAY'S WAGES FOR A FAIR DAY'S WORK , waves in tlio breeze , and accursed be the traitor _vriio strikes or lowers it . In a few hours after the voice of your co-operating brothers in France shall have reached you , your champion and your chief wiU bo amongst you . Rally round him , for believe us when we tell you that the times are at hand when Saibouv will require advocates of stout hearts and _unSeoding minds . Show him that vnn aro in <> arnepJL . fibr his

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      genejro _^ _BJro _^ him , your triumph is sure ; if your * betray him , you render him weak , _useless and impotent . On Monday , the . ' . organised _^ trades meet at the Hall . of Science , Manchester ; it will be a day memorable in the annals of labour , if properly used . We see nothing to object to , but much to admire in the comprehensive , though prudently undefined , programme of the governing body . It is the root ; from your genius will , must , spring the branches , and from the branches will shoot the , foliage beneath which we

      hope and trust to see a shade and happy home for every son that's doomed to toil . The right is upon your side , and may God speed the righteous , and may labour ' s delegates succeed in levelling the throne of despotism in the dust , and erecting its own temple of liberty upon the dishonoured ruins . Though The blackness of ashes should mark where it stood , While the wild mother screams o ' er herfamishing brood , Labour ' s battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Tho' baffled oft , is ever won .

      our readers require not now to be informed . The condition of Switzerland would be deemed alarming if anything done by the mountebanks at the head of tbe move _, ment in the cantonB could appear important . Ihroughout Germany a ferment prevails , the _protuudity ef which is not appreciated by _tlieGoYevnmentaof ths various states of trhich th * confederation is composed . The Italian peninsula , from north to south , _^ notoriously _, agitated . Lombardy and the Legations are even represented as ripe tor revolt the moment when Austria shall have occupation elsewhere . To Poland itis unnecessary to refer . "It is not , " * says one of our private letters , "the force of Russia , the strength of our armies , the _dejth of her intri . Sue , or the unbounded character of her ambition , nor the power and the absolutism of _Austriai and . Prussia , ner tha selfish views of France _^ _suppoafcad- bv vast military

      The Revolution, Charge!Bentinck! Charge—...

      THE REVOLUTION , Charge ! Bentinck ! Charge—On Stanley , on , "Were the last words ofPcotecti—ON . . Tory . Now ' s the day , and now s the hour , See the front of battle lower , See approach the Leaguer ' s power , The Leaguer , Chains , and Slavery Whig . Come one , come all , this rock shall flee , From its firm base , as soon as "WE .

      Lord George Bentinck has declared that the landed aristocracy of England will SHOULDER THE MUSKET rather than abandon their ancient rights and antiquated privileges , and nothing now remains but for labour , robbed of rights , and stript of its privileges ,, to prepare for the struggle . "Wehave long seen the gathering cloud , and we have announced the coming of the crash . "We were not alarmed when Pbel proclaimed thehew _^ elements out of which _, legitimacy should constitute its centralization , and by which it should uphold its authority in shape and 'form , only differing from the system to be exploded . We saw the facility with which active capital

      could manifest its power , and command obedience to its will . The rise and progress of Reform , and its subsequent failure , read a wholesome lesson to the movement party of England . We were the first to announce that the day of auction would come , when Peel and Russeix would respectively bid for that power , which confers patronage , and we are now gladdened to find that the improved condition of the stock has led to an increased competition . Stanley and Bbntinck are now competitors for popular favor , and howsoever the Jong and lingering debate may

      terminate , upon which the fate of the nation depends , we tell the people that , whatever the result may bo , the day is at hand when they must prepare themselves to snatch from contending factions their share of the national spoil . We have averred that the new elements of national wealth , gave rise to a new national mind , that the creation of new national wealth was new national property , and that the full , entire and complete representation of the new national mind , was indispensable to the equitable dis . _tribution of the increased property .

      There waa a time when our weakness and want of concentration would have induced us to accept such terms as our position entitled us to , but the day Of barter and compromise has passed . Even the Factory Bill fades into comparative insignificance—the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Bill loses its charmthe fostering of native industry lacks its magic power and looks small in the distance , when we compare them with the much that our position entitles us to

      expect and demand . The factions never yet had a struggle in which the contending parties have no t bid faithlessly and recklessly for the only support which eould insure their triumph , but in no case have they redeemed their extensive pledges when the battle was won . Their bid has always been capricious , and the payment of the purchase has been always withheld upon the plea that their obstructive opponents were too powerful in resistance . j

      We have seen hustings' exhibitions , and platform vagaries . We have heard enthusiastic pledges , but we have seen ministerial favour and government patronage obliterate all recollection of the past . We have heard a Wortley , a Ward , and a Gisborne , a Bright , a Herbert , a Peel and an O'Connell , and a Russell , gain danserous power by hopeful promise and extensive pledges ; but we have found one and all turn traitors , rank traitors , to the cause they professed to espouse . Why , then , longer potter with

      these sectional questions with which factions fight their battle ? Why ask men of broken faith to lie once more ? and give them opportunity to go on lying to the end ? Why now talk of compromise upon a Poor Law Bill or a Ten Hours' Bill , and why not rather say at once to faction , the day has arrived when we receive your promise as a mockery , a delusion , and a snare ; the hour has come when a united people may make themselves independent of your deceit .

      We write thus because OUR PULSE H AS BEEN FELT , and because our ' party has been tampered with . We write thus , that the foe may know that we are above purchase ; that the friend may believe that we are above suspicion , and may therefore confide in us . There were some men foolish enough to have forced us into a premature exhibition of our weakness by huddling us together for no other purpose than the gratification of some personal feeling . It is this that has . ever withheld a nation's rights . It is this egotism and selfishness that has disturbed and distracted the councils of the people , and it was to resist another such ' exhibition that the directing

      officers of Chartism wisely determined to uphusband their strength until it could be brought to bear upon disorganised faction rather than fritter it away upon individual conflict . Who that reads the signs ofthe times , who that contemplates the power of an ancient aristocracy about to be plucked of their gaudy plumage , about to be shorn of their ancient privileges , and stripped of their usurped rights , who can witness the nightly conflicts in the senate House , who cau cast a glance upon the present state of Europe , who can reflect upon the position assumed by America even

      in the midst of her own internal brawls , who can think of the age of the Iron Duke , confidence in whom serves as a band to keep the rotten sticks of hereditary power together , who can think of the broken-down health and old age of the great peace preserver ofthe world , Louis Philippe , who can reflect upon the disturbed state of Ireland and the unquiet state of England , who can see the old keystone about to be struck from the arch upon which society bas so long stood as A GREAT FICTION , without coming to the conclusion that the crash must come and that it will be awful in its results .

      It is not many months since we _^ endeavoured to map out the future state of England from the position of Continential Europe ; although it is some years since we showed that our altered position , since we could shake hands with America and kiss France , would iiave a terrific tendency npon our future operations . Well , when we stood alone we were firebr ands and alarmists , but perhaps the following state of Europe , which we take from the Times of Thursday , may inspire the incredulous with confidence in our future predictions . The Timet says , " The _evidenoo that the elements of a coming , though possibly distant , storm , exist on the continent is pressed upon us in . nearly every letter we receive from France , Italy or Germany . Ofthe state of Spain and Portugal

      The Revolution, Charge!Bentinck! Charge—...

      force—itis not any or all'bf these that menace peace and order , it is theprogree . Such now are the'foreign elements" which the _commercial policy of England has invited to take part in her future conflicts . The policy of England , fbr many year 3 ; has been to make this country the great boiler for feeding universal machinery . Her statesmen vainly hoped to erect a CORDON arouRd her shores , through which her produce may escape , but through which no democratic principles should enter . It is to regulate this anomaly—it is to hold up an ancient system in the midst of universal

      assaults tbat Sir Robert Peel now directs his attention , and it is to close the breaches , stealthily made * that Stanley and Bentinck so industriously struggle . Had they regulated MAN'S MONSTER-ENEMY —MACHINERY—and had they arrested the march of pauper degradation , instead of waiting the-hour of their own weakness to PROMISE A RETREAT—had they heard us when we were weak and they were strong ¦ and thus evinced a disposition to act from justice rather than caprice , we might have heard their moans in the

      wilderness , and in reciprocal justice have rnn to the rescue . But when they were strong , they too coerced ns , and starved us . They allowed no undivided triumph to Whig tyranny and despotism , but claimed honourable participation in every act of oppression . And is it with men like these that we , the veritable Chartist party , the movement party , as the Times tells us , so menacing to tyranny all over the world , are now to unite for the STEP-MOTHER'S BIT , for a alight relaxation of their own adopted policy , and that only offered because they are powerless and weak , ridiculous and contemptible without us .

      Upon the other hand , are we to fly to the rescue or swell the train ofthe LITTLE MAN who invited the people to all but revolution , and then used his : power to crush them ? Are we to aid in giving power to the master-class—the Malthusians—the political economists and PINCH BELLIES *? Are W to believe their confession , that they require law to make them just magistrates , honest masters , true I jurors , and christian neighbours ? NO ! What

      then ? STAND ALONE . Stand in the midst of the breakers of faction , watching with contempt the heaving of oppression ; and , as they have done , use our strength to take advantage of their weakness ; looking not to fragments of measures , but to the means of framing measures for ourselves ; fighting them one against the other , until the weakness of the defeated shall compel them to offer the only terms that our strength , tells us we have a right to expect

      -OUR CHARTER . The people must have seen , and the world must learn , from the recent debates in the House of Commons , that the labouring classes are far in _adyance of their representatives ) and they must entertain a corresponding disgust for the representative assembly . Peel has attempted to persuade us that he was sincere in his measure of ' 42 , and is sincere in his projeet of ' 46 , but from the moment that Stanley was pitchforked into the Lords , we predicted that Peel was clearing the way for his own retreat . Nay , we suspected him long before that ; in June , 1840 , six years ago , we published Peel ' s dream , the principal feature of which was his anxiety for Stanley ' s removal to

      the Lords . His dream is out , and so will he be ' ere long , for the Whigs will not bear his monopoly of oflice , and the betrayed Protectionists will not tolerate his continuance in power . Thus we pledge ourselves to no party but our own ' , * we will watch the coming struggle , and will brave the danger , * but we will not accept condition or compromise from either party upon other terms than we have prescribed ; because we believe , as we have long foreseen , that lit is impossible , wholly and entirely impossible , to subdue machinery to man's wants , and . to limit it within legitimate bounds without a FULL , FAIR , AND FREE representation of the whole people in the Commons ilouse of Parliament .

      Parliamentary Review. The Arena Of The G...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The arena of the great contest of the session has been transferred from the House of Commons to the Ilouse of Lords , and public interest has followed it thither . Since tho memorable days of the Reform Bill that house has presented no such scene as it did on Monday last . Every available seat on the floor was occupied ; a crowd of Members of the other

      house clustered about the steps of the Throne ; the side galleries were filled with Peers , Foreign Ambassadors , and a sprinkling of Peeresses ; the strangers' gallery was crammed to suffocation , the gallery appropriated to Members ofthe House of Commons was full , ( amongst others we noticed Mr . Cobdea and some of the leading Leaguers ); and even the Reporters' part of the house testified to the general excitement , by being crowded in every corner where even standing room could be obtained .

      The number and variety of the classes who thronged the house was not the only external symtoni of the vital interest felt ia the struggle . The staid , sober , measured tone and manner of the grave Senators of the Upper House evaporated under the strong influences of the moment . They almost forgot they were Lords and became Men , men at least so far as to lose sight ofthe conventional frigidity of manner , the icy proprieties which are considered the distinguishing characteristics of their " order . " They laughed , groaned , shouted , cheered , and swayed to and fro , pas 3 ion-tossed , as _tumultously as any democratic assembly under the strong stimulus of passsionate and stirring influences could be accused of doing .

      The crisis had arrived—the last , or nearly the last struggle was to be made for the maintenance of one ofthe main causes ofthe proud pre-eminence of the English over all other landed aristocracies . They were aware of the momentous nature of the conflict and they met it with the characteristic courage ef the Anglo-Saxon race , if not with the calmness and composure of far-seeing statesmen . The Duke of Richmond chivalrously threw himself first into the breach , at the head of the Protectionists : but his indignation at the inconsistency " and treachery of the Peelites was so huge , that it prevented him from

      doing justice to his own prowess , or much damage to the free trade measure . The most effective part of his oration was the carefully culled selections from " Prosperity Robinson ' s" speeches , the author of the Corn Bill in 1 S 15 , the defender of every Corn Bill since , and now , in his capacity of President of the Board of Controul , the proposer of the final abolition of all Corn Laws ! The reading of these extracts excited immense laughter and cheering from both sides of the House , which must , we imagine , have been anything but gratifying to the ears of my Lord Ripon . The Duke did not

      confine his attack to the deserters from the Protectionist . camp ; he made a furious onslaught on the League and its leading orators , which caused Mr . Cobden to have recourse once or twice to a pinch of snuff during its delivery . No doubt it will be repaid with interest the first opportunity . Earl Fitzwilliam followed , and avowed his preference for a fixed duty ; but he felt he had no alternative left but to support the ministerial measure , which he did , at the same time compensating himself by abusing its authors . The Duke of Ci . evbj . ani > followed , with a Protectionist spoech of the usual kind aud calibre ; and the Marquis of _Londondbsst threw

      the House into convulsions of laughter by his-general eulogy upon _insonsistency . But these preliminaries ovei \ then came " the _tugpf wivr . " Amidst loud cries of "Stanley , Stanley , " the chosen , leader of the Protectionist forces rushed forward to the table at nine o ' clock , and commenced amidst dead silence an address _vfhick lasted till nearly hal £ past twelve . The silvery sweetness of his voice—the _exquisite and finished excellence of his language—tho artistical structure of hia sentences— the skill with which he selected his points , and the _exubarairce , the overflowing wealth of illustration ho brought to bear l upon them , altogether constituted a magnificent I oration , a & d though we ' _neitheir admire the cause i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 30, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30051846/page/4/