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Others from the papers brought by the F . deha , aml inserted in some of thc London p ? rew under the formidable title of "Declaration of War by the Mexican Government , " is not ! ing more than a _•^ Becond tra nslation of a document which wasfor warded - to Europe bv thc Mexican _correspondent of the y _UndonTimesearXym July , and which appeared in * * tliat paper on the 5 th of tl at month . Its original * date is thc 14 th May , and as it has not been followed - *¦ np bv any active _prepaiations for war , it cannot be f looked upon as a very formidable document . The _^ * effect of publishing it wa-, however , to induce the / i London underwrUcrstodemand £ 5 percent ., instead of 45 s * premium en _Tassels from Mexico , and as they still a _« k £ 3 , we think it necessary to give this ex-- _^ p lanation ofthe re d date and character ofthe decu-- ' ment which has produced their alarm . —Liverpool r / Times .
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LONDON . CiT \* Localitv . —Mr . Cooper ' s third lecture on history , delivered last Sunday evening , was attended _l _> y an increased audience , and was listened to with much interest . The only regret experienced by his _hciirc- _!' ? was at tiie impossibility of tho lecturer ' s being able to say as much as be wished to « iv on a _sulijeet of such paramount interest a ? old Rome and the struggles ol its plebeian denizens against their proud patrician _opprc- _'soi-s . Mr . Cooper , however very properly devoted the greater part pf his lecture tn this part of Homan history , and mado as brief work as possible with thc conquests of _Cawar , Ids assassination , the schemes of his crafty successor " and tlic herd of tyrants and monsters that followed ' on to Constantino . '
OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . W . Bell delivered a verv _insir . _ictivo address in the Working Man ' s }{ a ]] UoKcdgc-street . Tho lecturer allowed , in a very _armiiiiciitative manner , that if the . labouring _cla' _-ses were in _posj-ejsion of political-power , thev _inidi !; Intliat means improve their social condition , by Kcutfingsuch representatives to the Houseof Common--, ' as would iepsal had laws r . nd enact good ones , Wiiicli wauid _eoitduee to their ]>• : rmanent _prosperitv . Tho iid . dz f . ,- : Sjave genera ! ist _^ _f-iction .
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TODMORDEN . A Public Mbetixo was held in the Odd Follows ' Hall , on Thursday evening last , at which Mesas . T . Clark , P . M'Grath , and C . Doyle were present . Thc meeting was the most numerous that has been held here for a length of time . The speeches of the gentlemen had an excellent effect , and gave general satisfaction . MOSLEY . The LAnor . _ss meetikg that has taken place hero since the " plug plot" of 1812 , was held in the Association-room on Friday evening last . Messrs . P . M'Grath , C . Doyle , and T . Clark were announced to be present , but indisposition caused Mr . M'Grath to absent himself . The Charter and the Land were spoken of at length by Mr . Clark , who was ably followed up and supported bv Mr . Doylo . At the close ofthe meeting a coi . _siderable number of rules of the Land Society were disposed of .
STOCKPORT . Mr . T . _Ci-Aim and Mr . C . Doyle addressed a numerous and attentive audience in the Association-room on Sunday evening last . Mr . John Bennett presided . At the close of th _« meeting a collection was made on behalf of the funds of the _Association aud _JEfiwas paid in to the Land Society .
MANCHESTER . O . v Suhday . evening last an eloquent president , Mr . ' P . M'Grath , lectured to a delighted audience in Carpenters' Hall ; at the conclusion of which , twentyeight new members were enrolled in the Land __ Society , and £ 18 paid in to the _samo fund . Mr . Dixon announced that thero wero upwards of 300 members ofthe Land Society now on the books of the Manchester locality . HEYWOOD . LECnme . —Messrs . M'Grath and Doyle addressed a numerous and attentive audience in the Chartist Association-room , on Monday evening last , on the " Injurious Effects of Class Legislation , " and on the " . Co-operative Land Scheme . " After tho addresses , several questions were put to tho lecturers , and objections raised to the Land plan , which were answered to the satisfaction of the audience . The Land plan is progressing in the locality in spite of all the opposition that " the " First principlo army , " consisting of some two or three , can raise against it ,
MIDDLETON . Glorious Revival of _Chartism in Lancashire . — Thc following is the speech of William Dixon , delivered upon this auspicious occasion , referred to in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter : — Mr . Dixon on coming forward to move thc first resolution , said it was unnecessary for him to tell them that he perfectly coincided with every principle enunciated in the resolution they had just heard read , lie was a Chartist , because he was convinced that justice would never be dealt out to the working man until he was in possession of his full and equal share of political power . Therefore was he a Chartist . But when he looked at the vast assembly before him , he felt persuaded that , like all other public meetings ,
it was composed of persons holding different opinions on different subjects , and likewise that they had been drawn together by various motives ; some , no doubt , had come from curiosity to see what sort of thing a Chartist - camp - meeting was , others had pcrhap * come for the purpose of ridicule , and others for the more Englishman-like purpose of hearing for themselves , and judging accordingly , and there might by some who had ca . me for the hasp purpose of clutching a warm expression uttered in thc heat nnd excitement ofthe moment , in order to report the same to the " powers that be , " to see if they could take any hold of it . However , they were there ; and he cared not what had prompted thein to come . They would now hear what Chartism really was . They would
now bo convinced that it was not the "bugaboo ' which the press , the pulpit , and tho bar had represented it . For those parties had painted Chartism in such horrid colours , that weak-minded old men , who had not heard for themselves , trembled , and old women fainted at the very namo of it . What is Chartism ? It is the cause of the oppressed against tho oppressors . What is _. Chartism . ?—it is the cause of thc many against the tyrannical few . What is Chartism ?—it is the cause of right against might : in fact , to sum up tho whole " in a word , Chartism was tho cause of labour , or he would never have lifted his tongue in its defence . But he was thoroughly convinced that nothing short of the People's Charter _becoming the law of the Jand would rescue him and
his class from that awful state of dependence , poverty , and destitution , to which tho present system had reduced them . Believing this , he felt called upon at all times to do all that lay in his power for thc advancement of that cause . It wa 3 said by somo , " Why , what's tha use ? Wo have done all wo can do , and wo arc no nearer than we were . " This was a fallacy . For his part , he saw no reason to despair , but every reason to go on with renewed energy and increased exertion ; for Chartism was in a prouder position this day tkan ever it was since thc commencement of the agitation . Now , was ifc true that they had done all they could do ? In fact , comparatively speaking , they had done nothing . It was true they had attended meetings . It was true that they had held un their hands for resolutions . It was true
that somo of them had paid tlieir pence , and _thty had also sent men to Conferences . This they had done ; but they had neither acted up to the resolutions they had agreed to , nor adopted the plans laid down by their representatives in the various Conferences that had assembled to legislate for them , until now ; and , thank God , the time had come when they were beginning to work for themselves , lie , therefore , Eaw no reason that they should faint by thc way . In fact , those who counted the cast at thc commencement of the agitation were not deceived . They knew that in tho struggle they would have much to contend with , many obstacles to overcome , amongst which were those gigantic evils , a corrupt pres 3 and an erroneous education . Had we not been taught in the
nursery and tho scliool , that it w . _is our place to bow with serf-like submission to our superiors . " And thc parson * , too , had done their _shaw in the work of stultifying and bedarkening the intellect of mankind , aud making them the easy prey of despots . The parsons endeavoured to cram it " down their throats , that it was essentially neccsiary that the working classes should pine , and _gtarvo , here below , in order to fit them for blir , s hereafter . Is it to be wondered at _t'lien , with such a combined phalanx of evils to contend with , that wo have made no more progress than we have ? But , thank God , the day of delusion has gone by ! Aristocratic nnd priestly inllucneo is on the wane . This is a sure and certain sign that thejday of liberty is dawning . Let us , theu t nt
, ake advaago of the improved circumstances by which wc are surrounded , and this day renew our fealty . to each other ; and under tho broad canopy of heaven register our vows _dbyci- to ccaso agitating until tho sons of toil have their fair share of that wliich their labour produced . He might be asked what was their "fair share . " lie had formed his own opinion on this matter ; and although he was not much of a theologian , his theology told him that " they who would not work should not eat . " Alas tliose who worked the most under the present system cat thc least ; whilst tliose who toiled not , were surrounded with plenty . Tho parsons had endeavoured toimprcss on their minds that they were made for toil alone—mere drudges to minister to tho wants ol the idlers : and in order to induce them to submit to this , they said it was "the will of God . " What
blasphemy ! It was not tho will of Heaven that one part of mankind should ride rough-shod over the other , but that all should enjov tho fruits of the earth and be happy . " But then , " say thev , " don ' t you know the curse , which says , ' Bv the ' sweat of thy brow thou shaft cat bread ? ' " Yc 3 , they knew that ; and knew also that that curse includes all men . It does not say that one portion shall sweat and another enjoy thc produce of that sweat ' It is no curse to labour ; but it is a grievous curse that so many should live without sweat , and by so doing , rob the toiler of that which the curse it-. e ] f promised him—bread iu return for his sweat lie ( Mr . Dixon ) , however , believed man to have a hHier destiny than that of a mere drudge . This ir . is ° _evidcntfi-oni his very formation , in which was combined physical energy and mental capability , bv the _n _™ _-.
cisc ot which he was enabled , by the smallest amount ot physical exertion , to get a fit supplv of those _tiling £ 2 _^ l _^ _, _™ _" _* _roqnlro'l , or . i _« v \ Rm tetms , a bur day ' s wage tor a fair dav _' s work " which in lus opinion , could not be calculated bv a pouuds , _killings , and pence standard . If it meant anything , it meant that a " fair dav _' a _va- " _•* " , Plenty * of beef , mutton , pork , butter , ' cheese , milk eggs , bread , and every otlier article of food and dothing that was conducive to health and long life , ' ,. a "fair day ' s work" meant that he should labour f '" v tliese things in such a way as to be enabled to We time for the cultivation of those great intellectual powers which God had given him , in order tu u m ht be enabled ( o fulfil his _dute _tS _± _'tIJ da
_^ _fllfl- 'Ar , o < , _„>„„ ,.,.. -... 1 _ 1 i . _"" _^ _- a citizen , a freeman , and a human boiap . It w '»« fJJ such wages and for such work that he was a ClnrtUt IIo knew tliat lias was not the parsons' ver « ion of il- * ¦ ab ject . No ; they , and thc upholders of the _mte ' , system , _wished to inculcate the Uka tliat the wor man ' s ot was to labour , and labour only nnd to i .. prcBtl . wnio .-e powerfully o ,, thc mind when vou ?" knowing tliat _impror-sio' . _is made on the teiH _' ei- n _$ ! l ol youth arc net _ensv to erase in after-life , the * have old us in emulate the ant and the bee in thei _h dusiry . kit J . _«*» efc io tcii their _m-mi , " , 1 _"/ _* _tiu _. _einSretS | !! IoUcth _^ the iV : ; i : ii £ _ii ? T _^ . « . ui . u , ot _haveau-. _weredtheir purpose . It _wasrigbt
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thatthey should emulate the ant and the boo in then industry , and likewise take a lesson from them of tne manner in which they dispose of the produce of then labour . They toil , it is true , during the summer , and lay by a store for tlieir winter ' s uso . _lms _tf an important lesson for us . It tells us that we too _^ in the days of our youth and the vigour of out : matt . hood , ought to be enabled to make a provision for tha winter of our days , and not to bo left , when travel _, ing the downhill of life , to the tender mercies of tha New Poor Law bastile . This we can never do unless wc have a voice in tho distribution of the wealth which our labour produces , and this can only be _accomplished by tho Charter becoming a legislativa enactment . ' . W ith these obstacles , iu conjunction with
the man-degrading doctrine ot non-resistance to wrong is it to be wondered at thatthe people have been a little backward in learning tlieir duty ? To tell him that ifc was the " will of Heaven" that lie was tt > suffer patiently under the manifold aggressions niada upon his rights and perogatives by his follow man , was to libel the Deity . All nature told hire , that such was a false doctrine . He envied not tho man who had got it into his head that it was necessary for him , to be reduced to a crust , in order to make him fit for future happiness . Ho was rather of the opinion thafl a plentiful supply of roajt beef and plum pudding was better calculated to enable a man to _fulfilhis _) duties to God and his neighbour than starvation . Was it not monstrous to imagine that human nature
could be deprived of its feelings , and that a man could go to his knees and pray , whilst the convulsive sob of a broken-hearted wifo issued from ono corner , and tho cry of starving children for bread came from another ? How eould such a man thank God for tha comforts which he had received 1—when he had ro * ccived nothing but insult and starvation , and that not through the " will of Heaven ; " for his Maker had given him an undoubted right to exist , and tho means of existence from the soil of his fatherland . It was man alone who had deprived hira of those rights . To be patient under such circumstances was indeed criminal . He might bo asked from whence he got this doctrine ? He told thein , from the works of nature , which pointed up
to nature ' s God . He found throughout the universa of animated matter one universal law , namely , that of self-preservation , which compelled the iuferior animal ' s to protect themselves from aggression , and if need be , to punish tho aggressor . Tho ant waa but a small insect , yet there was implanted within it a law -which prompted it to protect its labour . Look at the hen surrounded with her brood , how she caters for their food ; and _wIicd she has found the grain of corn , she calls them around her to partake of the fruits of her toil . But should an intruder infringe on the rights of that domestic circle , she will defend it with all the energy of whicli her little system is possessed . This surely is a lesson for the fathers and husbands of England , who have allowed their domestic hearth to be robbed of its sweetest ornament , the cheering smiles of a happy and con . tented wife , surrounded by her cleanly and healthy children . We have stood coldly and apathetically
by , whilst thc ruthless hand of the oppressor baa dragged our wives and little ones into thc factory or the loathsome mine , completely reversing the order of nature , making the wives and children toil , whilst the father and the husband is an unwilling idler and a pauper , living upon the blood and vitals of those he loves . It is time that this system of wrong should have an end ; and he hoped that that day wag the commencement of England's determination to be free . In order to do this , it was necessary for each and all to do their share of the work , lt _vroa in vain for them to think that those gentlemen by whom he was surrounded , those who had stood the heat of the battle , could of themselves accomplish liberty . Ko . The people must do it themselves if ever it was done . Those gentlemen bad come to tell them what was necessary for them to do , but if they neglected to do it , it would be themselves that would be to blame , and not those who had faithfully pointed out their duty to them .
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The Operative Cotton _Spisners akd _Sew-aciix * Mule Workers of Scotland to _niEin _Emplotehb . —Gentlemen , —It will not surely be considered presumptive on ourpart in addressing you on tho present occasion . We had considered , from the continued and increasing prosperity of the cotton trade , that you would before this have offered to share with us , the producers of wealth , a portion of the additional value given for the products of our industry , consequent upon such a state of trade . Nay , we had even hoped , after the declaration of Sir Robert Peel , on repealing the duty on cotton , that such repeal was expressly conceded for the purposo of benefitting the labouring class , and , considering that thc duty iu many instances amounted to more than is given for
spinning , wo wevo confiding enough to sup-ose tliat generosity would have prompted you to giro us a portion of tlio abrogated tax . Considering also the pre sent depreciated price of the raw material , with thc advanced and advancing price in yarns , without any feeling being evinced on your part that we should share in any of these advantages , has lead to tho present appeal . Gentlemen , —we have no desire to place ourselves in antagonism to our employers ; we can but regret that it is sometimes necessary . Let them but be just to those whose labour _eimcnes'tncm , and uot a murmur will escape our lips but when we see a desire on their part to absorb as much of tho wealth wliich wc produce as they possibly can , what else is to be expected than that we should meet .
combine , nnd demand a portion of thc " lion ' s share . " It has been our lot in times of commercial depression to feel it in all its severity , by reduction following reduction in our wages , while in times of prosperity , unless demanded by the workmen , wc reap none of its advantages . In looking at the price of yarns in years when Sid . _persJiiJling was paid for spinning , wa find that they were no higher in some of thoso yeara than what they are at present—while the price in the raw material bears no comparative proportion to whatitthen was . Looking atall these things , is it tobe wondered at , that we should feel dissatisfied with our present condition , and especially in contrasting it with many other bodies of workmen ? The long and protracted hours of unmitigated toil which wehave
topeviorm , in an artificially heated and impure atmosphere , the rapid decay of our physical energies , and consequent premature old age , causing us to be put aside as useless lumber , nt a period of life which to others is little more than their meridian , in order that youth and vigour may undergo the samo deteriorating process as those whom they _i-upciscdc have done . Considerations such as these demand tliat something like au adequate compensation he given for the sacrifices made , but which we arc satisfied ia not the case . Another consideration also induces us to nuke this appeal , namely , the scarcity which is taking place among Piccers _, owing to the increasing demand for them , and the facility that young persons have of getting into oilier branches ' of industrv ,
equally , if not better remunerated , such seareilv necessarily tending to raise the wages of this class of workers , which , in many instances , is already the case . \ _S care anxious and willing that they should be well paid , that tliere may be some inducement for them to remain at tlieir present occupation , as well as from motives of humanity . Compare their earnings and tlieir labour witli that of Tower-loom Weavers , and tliey sink far beneath them in the scale ot comfort ; and unless our wages are advanced , so as to enable us to elevate them also , both master and operative must ultimately suffer . Gentlemen , — Such ot you as are possessed of self-acting Mulc . » , must be cognisant of the great variation which exists m the prices paid for this department of spinningvariations which it is much to be desired vou vour *
_selves should rectify , not by reducing the better paid to thc standard of tlic loner , but bV elevating tho lower to the higher standard , or at least bv placing all on a greater degree of equality , but that all should be ' _elevatcd 3 bovc their present position . Gentlemen , —We have heard you always profess that it was hurtful to your feelings to reduce wages , nnd that it would give you greater gratification to advance them , did the state of trade permit it . Thc conviction vests ou our mind that you have now the _oppi rtuuity of proving the sincerity of your _professions , if we are at all to credit the reports of thc state of trade and markets , as given in the _publicjottrnals . _Ucsolutions having been passed at meetings held in various spinning localities of Scotland , expressive of their
oninion that the present state of trade warranted them of t . ic propriety of soliciting their cmplovcrs for a further advance upon their wages , _leaviii- ' it to a meeting of delegates from all the _differcnUocalitics to Fettle tue amount which wo would ask . _Aceordlusly , a meeting of delegates , to the number of seventy was held in the Trades' Hall , _raislev _, on Saturday the Oth inst ., when it was agreed that wc solicit our employers for an advance of a halfpenny on tho prices paid lor _hand-spinning at thc time of receiving our kstnuvancc ; also that threepence per WOO hanks ot aum ranee be solicited for self-acting Mules -.-and that it be requested that a distinct answer be
returned to our memorial , on or before t !; e 22 nd , iu order that the same may be reported to this meeting , winch stands adjourned till the 28 rdof tlic present month . _\\ c thus lay our request before vou , in thc _tull confidence that you wiil cheerfullv concede to us so reasonable a demand , and that none of vou will endeavour to evade it by saving that vou wiil give it it any other precedes you . Lot Capital but cherish its parent , Labour , and a rcciprocilv of feeling and interest must exist betwixt them , which every wellwisher to humanity must anxiously desire . By order , and on behalf of tho Operative Cotton-Spinners and Self-Acting Mule Workers of Scotland—ttor . Ei . T _GitKExiiiLL . Trades' Hall , _I'aislcv , Oth August , 18-15
Fui . _viLMi-. NT or _ruoHiKCT . —It is very remarkable tftat Monsieur Arago , whose prediction that the Seine would _befrozeh over this year on the Sth of March was so singularly realised " , hits teen equally right in his _anticipations as to i he very day when tho wet summer would end . He foretold . bat . the weather would _chaiiKC on the 20 th of August , and so it did . If fhe brilliant _Septcmtxr which M . An-. ?" 15 ow announces come true , then- will he nothing to ¦ ' tnid tlicdeviV i _U-ment of _Brithh _indui-fry in _--10 _l . l ' . V : ! ill . Or _dfftl'r . _B _: _' . '! . _'ffOJtl . fill * _nOV . V WHS li _' . O _!* _- 'P > _'' _- ' _*
: w ' _.--. _c-t-n wilh priv . Uia _' —l ! : c green civ p . " , v , 'c _« . t . ii : * id fruit be-in' , - _cvui mo : e _abuiu ' _.-. i : t than fe' - ,: ! iVc '; . ' . v _Ckoni- .: _^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_30081845/page/2/
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