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THE NOKTHEEN STAK SATURDAY , JANUARY 21, 181G.
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THE NORTHE RN STAR . JahtjabY 24 , 1846 _^ _^ _ _"^ _^ - mmmmm — - _— ¦ I — i i i i
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"lave and let live . "— "A fair day ' s wages for a fan day ' s labour . " THE Friends of Native ' Industry intend to start cheap bailwat traiss from all the large manufacturing towns , bordering on the different railways , to enable the _operatives to declare hy show of hands , on the day of nomination , thi » t they will not allow their " wag _<» to he reduced to the continental level ; " that they will have a " Ten Ilours Factory Bill f that they have a right to a "fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour f and that "native industry shall heprotected . " The different trains \ rill convey the operatives home after the nomination . Further infennation will he given when the day of election is fixed . .. .
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THE RE V * . T . WILSON'S _CATECHIbMS . Just Published , Price Sd . _miTE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Also , New E ditions of the _fcJuncing Catechisms , by ths Rev . f . Wilson , Price Sd . each . First lessons in Natural Philosophy Second Lessons in Uatural Philosophy Third Lessons in Natural Philosophy First Catechism o Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism of English History The First Catechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . LONDON : BARTON AXD CLARK , HOLBORN HILL
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COLOSSEUM—NOTICE . -PRICE OF ADMISSION DURING THE HOLIDAYS !! Day Exhibition 2 s . Evening _^ Do . •«— 2 s . 6 d . Children under Twelve . ls-StalacSte Caverns Is . extra . THE DAY EXHIBITION consists of the Museum of Sculpture , Grand Picture of London , _ARuunbra Conservatories , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classic Ruins , Swiss Cottage and Mont Blanc , _m-h Mountain Torrent , 4 c . ic- Open from Ten till Four o'Clock . EVENING . —The new and extraordinary Panorama of Losdos bv Sight , Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , and _Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , ic , brilliantly illuminated ; Swiss Cottage , Mont Blanc , and Mountain Torrent represented hy Moonlight . Open from Seven till a Quarterpast Ten o'Clock .
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EXTRAORDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA DRINKERS . THE DESIRE OF ENGLAND . —The PIQUA PLANT , now sold at 3 s . 6 < L per lb ., is three times the strength of tea , aud is also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , nfinitcly more healthy , as is proved hy physicians aud chemists of high standing , also hy persons in great numbers with the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is most pleasant and invigorating , and is recommended to the debilitated for its invaluable qualities to advanced age for its strengthening properties , and to the public generally for its moderate price and intrinsic excellence . ~ Tbs Test . —The proof of the efficacy ami healthfr effect of the plant in preference to tea or coffee : —Let a nervous or dyspeptic patient use two or three cups of strong tea upon retiring to rest , ard tlie effect will he night-mare , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , ic .
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Also , just published , THE BARONS YULE FEAST . A Christmas Rhyme . In Four Cantos . ( One Vol ., 5 s . ) "There is a rough earnestness , both in its thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with tbe genius of our ballad minstrelsy . If it does not show , in point of ability , au advance on tlie author ' s previous productions , it yet shows that he can change his hand without loss of power . "—The Britannia . Published bv Jeremiah How . 2 * 9 . Piccadilly .
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TO TAILORS . By _approbation of Her Most Excellent _Majesty Queen Victoria and IDs Royal Highness Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , _Jo'Sand l _^ S , by READ and Co ., IJ , Hart-street , ! Jl « M > msbury-s « raarc , _lombm ; _Rc-rger , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and may he had of all Rooksellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , epresenting the most splendid exhibition i _; i Europe , an Interior View of the Co _' osseum _Regtiu ' _s-park , London . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will beaccompjiiied with f ' ull-. -ize _Oivss , Fi * ock , _aiid Riding Coat Patterns ; also , Patterns uf ike New Fashionable Polka f Frock , ami Locomotive
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- mmmmm — - _— ¦ I — i i THE TEN HOURS BILL . BROTHER YORKSHIREJIEN , —At tlie last election the leaders of the Conservative party nobly did their duty . The couutry gentlemen , whose motto is , "Live and let live , " and the old English manufacturers and merchants , whose maxim 13 , '' A fair day ' s wages for a fair day's labour , " entered into a solemn compact to rescue the riding from Whig thraldom , and the countri from Whig misrule . They hoisted the banner of" the altar , the throne , and the cottage , " and called upon the enemies of Popery , the supporters of the monarchy , and the friends of native industry to rally beneath its shelter ; nor did they call m vain . The cheers which announced our glorious victorj have scarcely yet died away : "the handwriting on the wall , " which told Lord Morpeth that Whiggery was defunet in the West Riding , is scarcely yet obliterated ; and behold it is proclaimed to the world that Conservatism in West Yorkshire is as dead as Whiggery .
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COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing ls . per week to the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club can obtain four half tons annually , without further _char- 'e fines , _& c . ' b ' The Company ' s price current is , Best _Screoned _W-i'ls end , -j :- ,,. per full ton Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., ami 23 s ¦ Coke " 17 s . lid . ' ' Ofliee . 279 , High Holborn .
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THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND THE " NORTHERN STAR . " For tlio present ' we shall make no further comment upon the attempt of tlie Fanners Friend to bribe the People ' s Paper , than the mere publication of the subjoined correspondence will naturally suggest : — "To Mr . 'William Rider , " Northern Star Office .
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« _gj ] 5 (—The precise terms of the communication between his Grace tho Duke of Richmond and me , are simply as follows : —On Sunday morning last , Mr . Mark Crabtreo called on me , and said that ho had bought a Northern Star , witli my letter on the Corn Laws , and had sent it to the Duke of Richmond , and that the Duke sent him to inquire if tho Star advocated a repeal of the Corn Laws without other and stronger measures . I replied , certainly not , as , unaccompanied by other measures , tlie Star had and would de-
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O'HIGGINS' PORTRAIT . In reply to numerous applications from our agents , wo havo no objection to extend tho time for subscriptions to tlie 31 st of January , while wc must decidedly refuse allowing any but subscribers . having tlio portrait , as we had £ 2000 worth ol' portraits over after our last experiment .
The Noktheen Stak Saturday , January 21, 181g.
THE _NOKTHEEN STAK SATURDAY , JANUARY 21 , 181 G .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET ! \ THE LAND !! I _Tiinouon all ages a standing army lias been considered not only unconstutional _, but tending , beyond all other abuses , to demoralise the nation that is cursed with it . Bad , however , as this violation of the British constitution may be , it is tame , moral , and dangerless , compared with the militia force . The enlistment for the regular army at least supposes the willingness of the recruit to serve , and
even prescribes a period , though limited , m which he may retract that form of allegiance , by paying "smart money" as the terns of release . It has been truly said , that there i 3 but a step between the dungeon and the scaffold , and there is but as narrow a space between the militia and the line ; and thus the voluntary principle of enlistment , and the subsequent smart money payablo for release loses its essence , from the fact that the line is invariably recruited from the militia force .
When an ignorant peasant has been stolen Irom his family by this total violation ofthe Constitution , he loses bis distinctive character of citizenship , and becomes an easy prey to the flattery , the taunts , the jeers , or the seductions of a class who , in order to justify their own calling , laugh at all the rights of citizenship , and mock the laws of society . Hence we find that there is no transition from one state to the ether so rapid as ih . it change between the rustic clown and the raw recruit . To-day we see him following the plough , herding the cattle , tilling the soil , or driving the team , with at least the poor privilege of a choice of masters , though it may be from bad to worse . When his d . tily avocation ceases he is master of his own time , cheerless as it may be , till
the dawn once more reminds him of his serfdom . To-morrow wc find him distinguished from the veteran by his pompous and measured gait , his bailout as a workhouse pauper , or a felon , that he maybe known by his master and claimed as his slave . The measured military gait is substituted for the peasant ' s rustic lounge ; his bouncing soul seems to exult in the tightened form so new to his body and limbs ; his foraging cap stands erect upon the few hairs that military fashion yet allows him to wear ; his hands are encased in gloves , the use of whicli has been heretofore unknown to him ; a cane twirls in his clumsy fingers ; the bait of whoredom , licentiousness , and drunkenness is upon his back , and thus has the simple rustic peasant been transformed into a captivating bait for lewdness and dissipation .
As time wears on , the esprit _du corp gains strength . If he is a militiaman , and a good-looking fellow , the Cilmps of ths line mark him out for prey—the militia is described as an inferior service , war is represented as the trade of a soldier , promotion as the result , and laurels as the reward , which , together with the tempting bait ofa bounty , measured by the necessity of tyranny , arc inducements too _strong for the novice to withstand : and tho militiaman who has been stolen from his family for the short period of service prescribed by the law becomes a life-long bondsman , onlv _^ o be released when sickness , disease , or old age
shall have rendered liim useless as a soldier—useless to society and a burden to himself . We arc thus minute in describing the snares and temptations that beset the young soldier upon all hands , n consequence of the laudable determination expressed by many speakers at Turnagain-lane , and the South London Chartist-hall , that , though superannuated themselves , nevertheless still preserve that parental affection which makes their soul shudder at the bare notion of their sons , whom they have reared with tenderness , being torn _ront them to fight the battles of their oppressors .
Those who have not sons , whose oss they would mourn , have daughters , whose young husbands may be stolen rom their breasts ; while sisters have brothers whose society they still enjoy , and whose acquaintanceship they would mourn tol ose for ever upon no better account than that of fighting the battle of oppression and misrule . Some " questions will naturally present _themselves even to those who yearn after military honours . We must presume that the man who selects a soldier ' s life from choice is a brave man , and , therefo re , a humane man , because bravery and humanity are as the Siamese twins
, that cannot be separated except by death . Such a man will argue thus : for what am 1 to light ? for what am I to risk that life , the enjoyments of which have been abridged that others may luxuriate upon my toil ? Shall I fight for the splendour of that crown which has distinguished the thief by the exercise of ils mevey , while it has hold my companion in durance for the bare expression of his and my _suilerings ? Shall 1 light for those lords whoso privileges are upheld upon the destruction of my every right ? Shall I risk my life for those commoners who mock my petitions , are
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deaf to my appeals , and make Jaws for the monopoly of my labour ? Shall I fight for those bishops who sit in lawn , and fare sumptuously upon my toil ? Shall I fight for those adrowsons which are the links of loyalty between the parsons and the Crown ? Shall I fight for the landlords who , I am told , have monopolised my inheritance ? Shall I fight for the cotton lords , who are rieh enough to overthrow the constitution by the purchase of the electoral right , while , by unremitting toil , I could not , from a life ' s saving , purchase the smallest amount that confers the vote ? Shall I fight for the gaol and the prison . _-, . ..,..-
diet , for the bastile and its horrors , for the transport and its mercies ? Shall I fight for the national debt and the jobber ' s profits ? Shall I fight for the Poor Law Amendment Act and the rural police ? Shall I fight for a Masters' and Servants' Bill ? Shall I fight , that Ireland may be coerced ? Shall I fight , that the scions ofa useless and oTergrown aristocracy may reap plunder from patronage , and gain strength from my subserviency ? Shall I fight for the bank that will not discount my labour note , for the rattlebox that addles my brain , for the civilisation whicli I am told brings poverty in its train ? Shall I fight
for Prussia ' s king , that refuses his people other constitution than that which springs from his own wing ? Shall I fight for the king of the Barricades , who ha _« gained a throne by treachery and upheld it by treason ? Shall I fight against America , where my principles are acknowledged , and are bat now coming into daily use ? Shall I fight against Ireland , to which my country owes so much retribution ? or , good Heavens . ' the thought has just struck me—shall I fight ' againat my country , and mayhap be called upon to plunge the bayonet into my aged father ' s side , or into my young brother's breast ?
These are questions which eve ;/ man should cat . 7 to his own home , into tho bosom of his own family , and repeat over and over again in the ears of his children . Some may say that it is time enough to resist when the monster is upon the threshhold . This lagging policy lias ever been tho curse of Englishmen . They should know that it is easier to smother a new-born infant than to strangle a full-grown monster . MalthUS has told them so . They must know that the very fact of calling out the militia is per se a declaration of war , and they must know that that militia will either be a substitute for the
army to be sent to America , or a coercive army to curb the growing spirit of liberty in Ireland . Are Englishmen , then , we would ask , prepared for cither service ? Ii they are , let them abandon Chartism , and for ever ; if they are not , let them be prepared , one and all , to sign a petition to the Commons , to be presented by Mr . Duxcombb the moment a new law for the embodiment of the militia is proposed , and let it be couched in the stern language of freemennot in tho lisping tone of suppliant slaves . Let it tell the world thattho petitioners WILL NOTFJGIIT until they _haye rights of their own to defend ; and that then , if those rights are invaded by the FOREIGN TYRANT or DOMESTIC FOE , they will cheerfully fly to the cry of " My cottage is in danger . "
To go to prison is tke worst that ean befall the re fractory ; better to go to prison than to shed man's blood , and especially with no cause of quarrel ; better to die in prison with a consciousness of innocence , than to die in the field of battle as an unhonoured slave . It is ' the never testing , the wholesale appliances at the command of the multitude that make tyrants strong and a nation weak . It was the spirit , the indomitable courage with which Chartists bore the tyranny of misrule that sanctified the principle and preserved its name as a hallowed thing . Let Englishmen , then , for the first time , evince their determination to act as a body—let all , upon whom tho lot shall fall , go unresistingly to prison , and leave their cause in the hands of their peaceful general . Duncombe , and those who have escaped the infliction .
LET THEM IMPRISON THE NATION , and let the nation live in idleness upon the taxes of the country . War has been described by the most able writers and poets as the seed-time of tyranny ; all the stringent acts to be found upon the statute book arc the fruits of that heet _*! ess thoughtlessness generated by war the lewdness , dissipation , and drunkenness , against which the moral , sober , peaceful mind ofthe country has been contending during thirty years of peace , are all , one and all , consequences ofa long and desolating war . We have , in part , overcome the abominations by _Teetotalism , denunciation , and moral speechnmkitig , and shall we now lose the ground we have gained , and relapse once more into degeneracy and licentiousness ?
When the Chartists spoke of fighting for their own liberties , they were assailed as physical force men ; and surely , now that their language is peacefil , now that they renounce war and all its horrors , now that they declare they will not fight for the privileges of others , they are entitled to the co-operation and support ofthe moral philosophers of all classes , and especially of the Peace Preservation Society ; but , alas ! with this , as with all other questions , the privileged owners of power will not join the multitude in any cause in which popular strength is likely to be mado manifest . So much the better . Union is
strength , and all that we required to establish such a union was some such question , that came home to the hearts of all—old and young , male and female . Chartism was said to have died from its blood-thirstiness . Chartism now arises in the pure spirit oi peacefulncss , and proclaims to the world that it will not sanction the strength of the nation being exhausted to uphold the tyrannic sway of the world ' s oppressors .
If battlo must be done , l et those who possess every comfort of life , and who have privileges worth dying for , do battle for those who invade them ; but let the poor and helpless , who have neither comforts nor privileges , leave the glories of war to others , while they carry on their peaceful struggle for the emancipation of their own order , and let the crv of—NO VOTE , NO MUSKET echo through this sea-bound dungeon .
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TIIE DUNCOMBE FESTIVAL . To those who have a perfect knowledge of flic power of tlie Chartist party , and who are not easily satisfied with their own performances , but who rather consider them to havo fallen short of that devotion whicli the sacred principle claims at the hands of its disciples , were , nevertheless , thunderstruck and awed by the great responsibility which tlie strength of Wednesday night evinced . It has been our fate to make one of the many , and one of the few , upou such occasions , but never wasi t our good ortune to make one of such a party , whose proceedings will be read by all with pleasure , excitement , and awe . Many attempts have been made to convince the enemies of Chartism that the cause was dead , while the honour of proving Us existence , its fervour and
un-, dying resolution to live , devolved almost exclusively upon the Chartist party . While we denounce , anil ever shall tlcnounc _? , the privileged and the great , who ave seuavivtcd from the people by an immeasurable distance , wliich the press will not diminish , we must not , from delicacy to those who ought to be more nearly allied to labour , withhold the " more merited castigation from them . Over and _ovcragatu we have stated that we dread not the aristocracy of land , the aristocracy of money , or the aristocracy of learning , so much as wc dread the aristocracy of labour . That aristocracy , wliich would uphold its poor piivilcgc of superiority over its own order , by obsequiously pandering to the tyranny of employers and the caprice of an obsequious pvoss .
No other order but tliat ot labour lives upon the weak of its own class . _Nootlierordcrbutthatof laboue refuses to eo-opcratc against thoso who attack Us _privileges and withhold its rights . Wo arc led to tin ' s line of observation mainly from the fact of Mr . Dunning having presented the address t , o Mr , Duncomiiu in the name of tlie United " . Vadcs ' singly , without tlie bare mention of _Chartist co-operation . Now , however much we admire th * . good taste of the succeeding speakers in not e . von noticing * this attempt to aggrandise the Trai ' _. ca at the expense ofthe Chartists , we cannot , and / _-, Ym not , allow . one , nay ,
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the weakest , feather to be plucked _frojn the wing of Chartism , whicli may haye the tendency to retard its progress , impedo its flight , or lead to the conviction that it is second to any other in the State / Chartism is our idol—our political god . We hare nourished it from impotent infancy to its present giant strength . We have done so in opposition to the aristocra « y of all classes , the aristocracy of labour being its most deadly enemy , and it shall _nofj fall before that foe , at least , without a struggle . j . i _ i _ i _>„ iL . _dAAUM 1 . ii . UfI ( Wm ttlA _wtntr _* C
The address was Chartist , the resolutions were ona and all _Chartist ; there were thirteen speakers , and twelve of them , not excepting tho three membei * of Parliament , were Chartists . Let it not , then , go ta the world that Chartism would allow the singlet honour to any party in the State of sanctifying the reverence in whieh their chief is held . The peculiar characteristic of Chartism is , that no trade can move in its own affairs without ; the assistance of tha Chartists of the body . That no demonstration to advocate labour's rights , or sanctify labour ' s triumphs , can be even undertaken without Chartist co-operation .
The main cause to which all , from the chairman ' s opening speech , which was glorious , eloquent , phi . lanthropic , and conclusive , to his closing observations , which were cheering , pathetic , and manly , the necessity of union seemed to be the prevailing topic . Have we not then , individually and collectively , done what in us lies to court the co-operation of every son of labour ? And now , in conformity with tha generally expressed opinion of the several speakers , we would say to the Trades , lay aside your prejudices , unfetter your minds , dispel your pretended fears , and adopt openly the principles which secretly you
prciess to admire . Your foes act open , and nothing but your open confession and co-operation can meed and contend against tlieir open hostility . Your secret devotion and withheld co-operation weakens rathec then strengthens the ranks of labour , and simply because , its battle being for itself , and its own rights and privileges , its foes must naturally conclude , that all who aro not with us are against us . We see soma paltry _popularity-hunters , who denounce their sufferings in secret , am ) yet slavishly rub their skirts to their oppressors ; this is not Chartism—this is not principle , this is not common honesty , it is abject slavery .
No change in our system could be more wholesome than that of compelling Parliament to assemble before the people in a national forum , the night before they meet the Monarch in the national COUNTING-HOUSE . It would then be impossible for the press to withhold the nation ' s will : it would bo out of the power of the most ignorant to plead ignorance , and not within the scope of Ministerial influence to use it as a justification for withholding popular rights . To all who had the proud honour of being present on Wednesday night , the _confession of Chartist strength and of the growth of popular
intelligence , by the representatives who did honour to themselves and the people in attending , was mora than cheering . Mr . Wakley—no mean judge of mea and things , no unimportant authority on the question _, of knowledge , intelligence , and education—waa literally amazed at the announcement that the several speakers were working men ; while Mr , Christie , the member for Weymouth , could scarcely be induced to believe the fact . As it was well observed by one of the speakers , Mr . Skeltox , there are many members of Parliament who require but the knowledge of the progress that labour ' s cause has
made to tender it their advocacy ; and who can entertain a doubt that Mr . Wakley , an old soldier in our cause , and Mr . Christie , a volunteer in out service , will now front labour's oppressors with mora boldness and determination , because with more reliance upon its sons . We wcre always grieved that any cause of quarrel should for a moment have separated us from one of Finsbury ' s arms , which was stretched to the rescue of the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow-cotton spinners , and is now nerved to aid in the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and whose voice has been loudest in Parliament anil
out of Parliament , in the senate and the dead house , in denunciation of the starvation bill and the sufferings of its victims . He has too good a head , too noble a front , room within him for too large a heart , to lend the impression of the one , or the expression of the other in aid of tyranny ; we therefore hail our re-union with Finsbury ' s other half with inexpressible joy . Wakley is perhaps the best "MOB ORATOR" within the walls of St . Stephen ' s , not excepting the exploded Liberator himself , while he
has tact to reduce popular fire to Parliamentary temperature , and hence , within and without the walls of Parliament , is powerful , commanding , and impressive . No man in the world could have filled the chair with more urbanity and commanding influence than did Mr . Wakley . His duty did not appear to be one of imposition undertaken to court popularity , it was one of pleasure , to testify his approval of his colleague ' s career , and his admiration of his admirers' principles .
Du . vco . mbe and Wakley may defy all the assaults 0 faction to disturb them from the hearts of the electors of Finsbury ; the metropolis would rally round them to a man if their seats were endangered by action , while the nation—that is , the sons of toil , would hold them harmless from expense . The attendance of Mr . Christie , the member for Weymouth , conferred no small advantage upon the cause he came to tha meeting steepedi n gnorance , he went away full 0 knowledge ; ho could not have been devoid of prejudice when he came amongst us—he could not divest himself of reflection when he parted from us . ne ,
too , wasl itcvaUy thunderstruck at the discovery that the several speakers were working men ; he was delighted with their demeanour , charmed with theic eloquence , and enamoured with their sterling devotion , which unitedly inspired him with courage , supplied him with thought , and helped him to a happy and eloquent delivery of his admiration of their proceedings . Mr . Christie , though young , is an admirable speaker , and promises to be a valuable adjunct to our chief . Dun-combe has made a party of the whole people out of doors ; _Dlwccvbe must now
model a representative party in the House . This is the next step that must be taken in labour ' s march , and one which the times call for and circumstances will aid . The people out of doors require but a small mirror to reflect them inside ; let them but sec tin full-length picture of their principles presented withia the walls , and they will rally to the summons of theic leader . Wc live in times which may require a quick response to a hasty message . We live iu an active ago when delays are dangerous , and should be armed at all points to meet individual whim or the caprice of faction .
What cans , then , so effective as that of the pressure from without being honestly reflected from within ? We have not space to comment upon tho eloquent speeches of one and all of the speakers , suffice it to say , tl . at in or out of Parliament , —that iit discussion , controversy , or debate , ire never partook of sueh a feast of reason and flow of soul . The speakers , one and all , confined themselves to the subject entrusted to them , and did ample justice to it . Oi _Duxcomuk . WE _NKEDsavnothinu : ; his speech waa
of more than ordinary interest , and partook of that freshness of tho mountain breeze that he lias beca inhaling to gain strength for labour's struggle , liis reception was that of whieh the honest leader may ever be assured—affectionate , rapturous , and enthusiastic . Upon the whole , we hail this , the last ami crowning effort of the Chartists and United Trades , as symptoms of the past and hope in the future—us a treat which will not bo speedily forgotten , as a triumph which will not be slightly estimated .
Tlle Daily News. Although The Old Maxim ...
TllE DAILY NEWS . Although the old maxim tells us that tlioro is nothing new under the sun , nevertheless tho hopeful anticipations raised in our mind by the promised appearance ofthe _BailyNnvs , did , we confess , partake of all the charms of novelty . Given to understand , from Douglas _Jkruoij ) himself , that his cooperation had been enlisted in behalf of the promised prodigy , wc felt awarrauty for the . _sQun-Jness " q [ _tlu
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24011846/page/4/
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