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/ -ijinE . O'COI ^ OR ' -AND MR . SALT . The proceedings which toot place before the « eMStational Jnrr of &e working men of Birminglam on Tuesday lart , will be read thronghont the 3 and with surpassing interest . The question at issue 3 s not ons which concerns Mr . O'Cokkob alone , "bat which may materially affect the lives and liberties of all who have taken a prominent part in the znoTement for Universal Suffrage . If Mr . 0 * Cok-2 » oe had tamely submitted to the course
recommended by the Birmingham Journal , of defending % serious charge contained in a short speech , by smother short speech , he would , he well observed , iave been denied the power of defence throngh those Journals which sedulously and extensively circulated the accusation ; the result of which must necessarily havp been , that Mr . O'Coknob , being Supposed to have lo-t the confidence of the people , irlich-is at prwwnt his greatest protection , -would lave hecomt a victim to "Whig or Tory perversion of ¦ £ hfi law . That there is a mine somewhere is -now
evident , and that the sagacity and perseverance of 3 Ir . O'Coxkob will spring that mine , we can have 3 » doubt . The bold and prompt manner in ! which 3 ft has met the charge—the manner in which he has avoided all personal and angry conflict with , his accuser , and the determined line of defence which lie ha 3 adopted , must at once confound his secret And envioiis opponents , while it must stamp him as
* man fully competent to discharge the onefons and laborious duties which circumstances have imposed upon him . We glean from the Tcport of the meetiBg , fbat the whole current of public opinion in iirmingham is with Mr . O'Conob . "We rejoice at j&i * y because we know that the use which he will male of this popularity will be to cement , more Strongly than ever , the union between the Saaieals
of BinniEgbam and those of other town ? . "We much regret that a termination was not given io the affair ; however , we are most happy to inform our readers , from private communications irhich we have received irom Mr . O'Coxxob ., that ill differences of opinion are likely to be reconciled ¦ without the slightest compromise upon either side . This is as it shculd be . u United w e stand ; divided ire fall . " "We hope next -week t o be able to furnish our leaders with Mr . OConxor ' s defence , and " the Terdict of the Jury , upon whom we would impress the recollection , that their principle , and not Mr . O'Coxsob . is UDon trial .
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STEAM TRAVELLING AND ITS EFFECT O : X STAGE COACHES . " The amount of intellect accorded unto man , by 113 AU-beneSeeni Creator , has enabled him to iJfirisemany means of increasing his comforts and abridging his toil ; but the craftiness of the monied classes , in securing a monopoly of law-makirjg , " Las litherto enabled them to monopolize also the . whole l > enent of the intellectual , as well as the physical exertions of -ill society . So that eventually the designs of Providence have been frustrated by their "blasphemous cupidity—and that which was intended io operate for the enhancement of man ' s happiness Tedounds only to the perfection of his . enthraldom
and the increase of his misery . In all the various Iranehes of iadusrry in -which machinery las been anade to snpereede hand-labour—and in which the powers of production have been multiplied by the substitution of steam or water for animal power—-irhile the invention has ever come from the operative and poorer classes of society , the advantage has , in almost every instance , been exclusively confined
to the drones in tbe-soeial hive , by whom the bees suffer themselves to be bought and sold . Steam Tessels and railway-carriages have hitherto formed a « jrt of . exception to this general rule . By the force of competition , and other circumstances , these eon-Teyanees , especially the former , haTe been made to afford cheap as well as rapid media of transition ; lj which the poor were enabled to eommunica-e
jnore readily and more frequently wkh each other and with their friends . Thi 3 was however attended , as many public conveniences are , with apparently injurious effects upon the interests of a class . The proprietors of stage coaches , throngh whom the travelling of the poor and middle classes had been ieretofore almost wholly managed , had been jounced by the harpies of fiscal exaction , and made to contribute exorbitantl y towards the taxes out of -which the bloateS paupers who drive carriages
at the people ' s expense are supported . They find themselves , therefore , unable to rastain a eompe--tition with the meir and more powerfnl force , irhieh ha » the additional advantage of being mtaxed , ornearly ; so . ; Their capital , suni to a large amount mihe eatfle , vehicles , &c ., necessary &r theirbusinesSj-iBrendert-d useless to them ; aBd ihey very naturally protest against being thus ruined . A Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the matter : and a
memonal , from the coach proprietors of Yorkshire , upon ihe same subject , will be found in another-part of cur paper . The language of thV memorial is temperate and judicious ¦ jt asks not for taxes to be imposed upon steamers and railroads , to mate them dearer , but for the imposts upon stage coaches to be lessened , that they may become cheaper modes of conreyance than they now are * and that so the
< fisparity of circumstances may be removed , and the competition rendered more fair . This is just and reasonable , and we only blame them for asking an abatement , instead of the abolition , of the injurious imposts of which they complain . In this latter ourse , we are quite sure , they would be supported "by niBeteen-twentieths of the whole country . Tax eaters , or their immediate connections , and tax jayers , seldom view the question of taxation in the
same light ; and hence the " Committee" think it ihe wisest method to impose a heavy tax upon every passenger travelling by steam . The tax they TScnmmend ia a-halfpenny upon each passenger \ for very four miles , which , in the voyage between Hull and London , would make the expence to the poorer daw of passengers something more than twice and a half the amount of what U was last summer ; and as &e middle classes neverpay taxes without charging a round per centage to their customers for . the additional capital thus required , we may reasonably suppose tbit , by . the adoption of £ his iniquitous recommendation , ike poor man ' s fare would be
increased to three times its former amount , that the revenue arising- from the stage coaches mi ght be jseaerved to the tax eaters . We have little doubt thai this wiD yet be the case , unless , the" people prefect it ; bj- carrying to -a" . speedy shA successful i «* ne their present straggle for the possession of that fewer over the making of the laws which will enable ihaHtoghe a jwt-direcdon hoth to the imposition * i ^ afiftrando £ o £ jsuch taxes a » may be necessary feifce end * . off cheap ana . effective ^ GeTerDment , of wiftcl 4 ^» Pr «^ y » «»*»^ aie means of Travelling ^^^^ i ^?^' */^ ^^ ™ ^? inowleage ¦< nnBgitb » T ^ nTte > 'W oal ^ Joim ^ o part . - , --- ¦ ¦
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THE " PRECURSOR" AGITATION . The leviathan of treachery and mischief progresses in his tour through Ireland ; furnishing at every step new proofs of his delinquency . His ravings are industriously chronicled by the Tory preps , who ha : l the " agitation" of the " Liberator" as a goodly god-send—as a very pretty and boisterous squall , which they hope to be able to invest with enough of the appearance of a hurricane to make it serve the purpose of withdrawing attention from the less noisy but more effective indications of a storm
among the oppressed and wearied people , in which the vessel of corruption may be eugulphed . SeekiDg to deceive , we are commonly deceived , is an adage of which we fancy the Tories are , in this instance , very likely to experience the truth . If they imagine that they can so concentrate attention on the vagaries of the Irish character as to retard , for even one day , the grand movement of the British people towards the goal of freedom , they do but prove their own want of sagacity as palpably , ai almost every word ofDANiEL's thrice told tale proved
his want of honesty . There is an advantage which O'Connell enjoys over any other man living , as an agitator . He is fully able to suit the tenor of his invective to the temper of his audience . He is fettered by none of those ties and drawbacks b y which ordiisary men find themselves environed on the score of consistency . From any other man it would be expected that having once delivered himself of decided opinions upon any subject ( especially if those opinions were expressed in the most powerfjl of all language—that of action ) that he should adhere
to those opinions , or give some reason why he changes . From any other man it would be expected that the language holden by him would , least , be such as the public can suppose that he himself believes to be that of truth and justice . But none of these things are expected from Daniel . The known harlequin effect * his transformations before us , without exciting the least surprise , though we may sometimes admire the dexterity with which they are accomplished . In this , however , the parity between Daniel and Harlequin scarcely holds good . His transitions to opposite extremes of character are
clumsy as they are shameless . "We hear sometimes of men holding one doctrine to-day and an opposite one to-morrow , Tesptcting the same thing , and we feel thereon sensations of no respectful character ; but Daniel scorns to wait on ceremony . Not only in the same day , but in the same speech , the same paragraph , and almost in the same breath , he exhibits the full contrast of his particoloured vestment , without the least reserve . Hence , in his after dinner speech atYoughal , he declares that " the Radicals of England are opposed to the interests of Ireland . " He denounces " the leaders of those Radicals" as
those who " look for commotion aud revolution , the destruction of property , and the sacrifice of human life . " Heproves this by saying , " . No man talks of arms and of fighting to the death , who does not design convulsion and the destruction of property . " He " shudders at the bare . notion-of . ' a single drop of blood being spilled ; " and yet , in the same speechy and almost the same breath , he says" Gentlemen , amongst my plans for obtaining justice for Ireland is the adopt ion of a petiuon to the Queen , to the effect that . * VV e , the undersigned . BEING OF FIGHTING AGE ( menfrom 1-Mo 64
yearsold , ) humbly approach your Majesty , and entreat and pray that you will be so good sJ , to put us on an equality with the people of England . ' ( Cheers . ) 1 propose that this petition shall be signed ! by at least one million and a half of the inhabitants , that two pacificators shall , in each parish in Ireland , upou a given day , procure the names of tlie parisUloners—all to be sent to Dublin . Do thl < , and 1 defy the combined power of Lords , Commons , Church , and Radicals , and Wellington and Peel to boot , to resist Ireland . " The congummate effrontery of this would excite our astonishment in any but O'Connell . What is
therein the most violent of all the speeches of the English Radicals that comes within a long distance of the insolent intimidation ^^ which the Bravo here recommends to be offered to the Queen ? Truly , this is a nice man to denounce the " violence" of the English'Radicals ;! In the same speech , he . avows his intention of agitating , for the restoration of the forty shilling
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freeholders of'Ireiihdy whottvhe basely ; bartered tor the hope of aggrandizein ^ nt ainl vfealth '; for . hitnselt and , a few of the Cttholw ; Aristocracy of Ireland : Of any other man it would be asked , why ^ id you give up the forty shilling ^ to retain them ? But no man thinks of asking DANiEii . We all knbwthat this la the . thipg which brings grist to his .: mill . If Daniel really wished to enlarge the coustituency of Ireland , ha would ^
work with ; the English Radicals for ihe carrying of the People's Charter , Wher « by she would be invested with a constituency , honest , because universal ; and that additional Parliamentary influence and support which he laments the want of , would be instantly supplied ; so that the grievances of Ireland—the eternal theme of his declamation—might be at once redressed . But no- ; the wrongs of Ireland redressed , — O'Connell ' s " occupation would be
gone ; and he who has so long fattened on her sorrows , must sink into bis native insignificance . There would be then no . " Precursor Funds " available for distribution among the hired partisans of the paid patriot , whose bellowinga for u Justice to Ireland" have for so many years been made the pretext for robbing the naked and famishing peasant of his last potato and the last half of his blanket . '
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THE RIGHT TO POSSESS ARMS . MR . OASTLER AND THE REV . MR . MORRIS . ' Mr . Oastler ' s letter , calling upon the people to provide themselves with arms , for such legal and constitutional purposes as may call them into requisition , has excited much attention and some misconception . The right to possess arms being constantly mixed up , by many even well meaning persons , with that of using them against the Government . By all such the recommendation of Mr . 0 . that the people should procure arms , is wrested into a threat of insurrection ; and amongst them the Rev . Mr , Morris , whose long letter to Mr . Fielden we publish , at that Gentleman ' s
request—takes this view of the matter . We think much of Mr . MoRuis ' s reasoning on the chances of success of an armed insurrection of the people , for any jvnt and constitutional purpose , to be fallacious and unsupported by his premises . It is unnecessary , however , to go into the argument , because the whole letter is founded on a perversion of Mr . Oastler ' s letter . Mr . 0 . nowhere in his letter recommends insurrection . He simply advises the people to do that whieh the laws and constitution of their ctuntry require them to do—to be possessed of arms and to be ready to handle them , if necessary , in their own defence , or in that of their
constitutional and natural rights . Mr . Oastlek , if we understand him rightly , wish the people to possess arms , not that they may organize rebellion , imt that they may be able , if necessary , promptly to repres-s every attempt by other parties , no matter whom , to overthrow , by an armed force , the constitution and legitimate Government of this country , and he maintains that any attempt to enforce the rules and orders of the Poor Law Commissioners by force of arms , would be a rebellion , on the part of those by whom ijueh an attempt might be made , which it-would be the legal and constitutional duty of the people instantly to put down . In conceding
therefore , the principle of justice to Mr . Oastl ek , Mr . Morris , in effent , concedes every thing and we think that all his alarms about the havoc and suffering which might follow an unsuccessful attempt at insurrection by the people are needless and visionary ; because we believe the people know better than to attempt any insurrection . We have no doubt that Mr . Oastler , in common with ourselves , wishes to see the puople armed , simply because he apprehends that if they were , the subversion of the constitution , by armed force , at the instigation of those who have declared their resolution to effect it , would have less chance of being effected , and would be more warily undertaken .
But while we fuliy recognise the right of the people t-o possess arms , and to use them , when necessary for their defence against violence and tyranny , we are always more disposed to inculcate the accomplishment of their purposes by other means . The moral power of the people , if brought fully to bear in the shape of that " passive resistance " recommended by Mr . Morris , and so often urged by ourselves , especiall y if coupled with the " sitting dhurnu , " recommended in the excellent article in our seventh page , from the True Scotsman , is perfectly irresistible by aHcivil and peaceful means of Government ; and if the armed force of rebeUious tyrants be exhibited in the shape of muskets , grajie shot , and sabres , why , then is the time to BRING THE ARMS OF THE PEOPLE INTO REQUISITION , let "GREEK MEET GREEK . "
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of the judge is with reapect to law , nanely , witheT a suilablft a whimsical , a caprkiiioa , or an intereateil construction . ' Br the conatitution you uih » h , such a' cou « tructt « i >; beine -put ( upon the act * of government ) an * - . vritt'prewry ' fl ihs fotmaaf th » w : jonty 6 f the elwitivu b ( VQ y > dutlaiaing all other eonsideiatiiins , you have adher « d , to the desperate . policy of truckling to all piirties , by which you hays faded to plea » e any party . Where are your former frieriaa ? ¦ .- '• . They- are yoti Kwatest enemies ; and even the atMrigth : gained b * / our cdrpomtion butisrer of corporate distinctions to : ypUr political IriendB is not sufficient to protect you in another struggle your act 8 hiiye been such piecemeal thinaij that the emancipa- ' tioit ' of . the black slave , and ( by yonr Factory Bill of 1834 ) that of the white Blave , requires an homr | y arithmetical calculation to prove its existing value . We want a constitution , defined , laid downj expressed ; we want the old constiticm—th « constitution foriWhiehy « or forefathers bind Nulli
vemttmus , nuUinegiibimus ( tutdifferemusjuttitiaiti telrectum ^ -Thitt is the constitution—thut w what we contend for- ^ -we waat something explicit , si- that any change in those who manage the constitution should not produce a change in the constitution itself . . ' "Nulli Feridemut : " Have you not sold military , naval judicial , and church—aye churc h—preferment for political power ? Have vou not sold . or been a party to aphold , former contracts , which mortgagfid British industry to the ureserva tion of foreign rL'lationnhip 8 , and domestic superiority ? Have yon not bartered 2 , 300 , 000 : starving Irishmen for the political power , which one man may eke out of their empty Btomachs and tattered garments *; upon . the implied contract ; that hia sweet breath shall preserve you from vulgar sewn , ' and ensure for you political pre-eminence ? "Sulli negabiinus . " Have youuot denied to th . ^ English infant what ihe popiliar voice gained for the lull grown negro ? Have yon not denied all
enquiry , save wnere yonr packed coramisstonerB were likely to add to your power , by creating patronage to increase authority ? Have you not suspended more tlian once the Habeas Corpus Act ? Havfi you not in the case of the Dorchester labourers , yielded to popular demand what vou . refused to justice ? Have you hot denied the right to investigate the ' richidler ' B title to'publicnaonev ; while you deny to the nnwilling idler the ri'jtht to any management in his hwtuial inheritance ? Ktiili differemus : " Have you not when out of office pointed o * it to the people the several improvements which , in poicer , you would accomplish ? And have you not violated ^ vwy pledge ? Liberty ot the press , r » vision of the pension list , law of . . libel . Hogging in the army , extension of sufl'rage , have been various ' y . treated of- 'by your party and always according to the expediency ^ t he moment ; ai ' d fcy which expediency is meant , the propriety of severing the patronage ^ which the abuses cn-ate , frrna the government
uiachine . H ^ ive ^ yoii not incr « a ., ed guilt by making poverty a crime ? And have you not threatened to bludgeon the pauper ( by an eflicient armed Constabulary force ) into passive obe < dience and non-resistance ? A tyrant 'infant law ever r-quires « ome cruel monster to protect it , till custom rend « ra it familar to the sufferers under it . You should understand the meaning of the present contest it is between elective power ami non-elective influence- on the one-side are 800 , 000 house eiitraiichLsed persons by ' no means united in their political creeJ , on the other are five millions two hundred thousand persons of twenty-one years of age contending for political equulitj ; C ! , you then hope to become make-weights bntween those uneven forceB ? Do you net observe , that , while elective power forms udministuitions , non-elrctive influence can destroy administrations ? and , thereli . re , to insure permanent govemmeiit , yon must establish Unirersal auffrng , ;; notl . iug elsewill satisfy the
, Radica s of hugland , Ireland , and Scotland ; we will not have the ballot , with the present limited constituencies- your friend * are trying to lull us by the promise of mukins it an open question , but I speak the tee ings of the non-eiectors when l declare , that they look upon the Ballot , under pre « eht circumstances , as being a complete extinguislier of xjooutar SS r tf ? ^ i U ' A u ° ^ ^ - 1 WTe ] y lbT the P ° t Rctio , i « , f the bUu , 0 O ) who have the Suflragor-the open voting ia for the protection of the remainder of the community who have a right to know how the trustees exen-iae their trust The ballot will b « made a stalking horse in the next season and , there ore , a » a Radml , I warn you agaiust the fdlly oi hopine to build an existence upoh thut quesaon . My Lords and Gentlemen , —1 addr * -ss you in yonr corporate capacity , because t speuk of errors lor which you are individually irresponsible ; and , moreover , I am aware that meu acting as u body , will be guilty of enormities , which the har ' aicst
amongat them would blush to acknowled ge as an individual . From what circumstance the fact proceeds 1 know not , but , as an adnnnistratiun , you are very shurt-siuhtud anil exceedingly unpopular . -Thero lire among you persons oi sound judgment , ot res < pectable literary acquirements , of acknowledged talent and undisputed taste ; and yet may the historian with great fidelity designate the Parliament acting under your council as " I ' arliamentum indoctum" the secoi . a . You have had golden oppovtunitits of acquiring popularity " honiBt popularity , nsrtul popularity , ana you have , either from vanity , or ignorauce , ally ved them to pass ;—You have courted that power , whieh is capable of upholding your plans lor a season , while you have seolled -at the influence upon Which its p . Tinaneitcy might be based-thus are you shortsighted . — Y , m supposed that elective power , independejitry oi non-elective iiittuence , would susiaiti in you in your struegles-thua you have have proved your ignorance . —You imauine that the
mere name oi the ( formerl y ; most popular ol the two political parties would screen you lioiu censure thus have you ihown your vanity . —Kven amongst yourselves ' you are not agreed , inasmuth as you assign diftl-rent reasons lor your act * ; tor instance , ynur Leader declares a measure to be on *; ol morality , while y , ur Chancellor of the Excheutit ! . r tells us that ihe saiut- nieuRur ^ i . s one of finance you nave Di-en in possession of your own - machine i . » r fcur «•» - sions , it-h ( l yet have you allowed ar . epuTt of 2 , 300 , fJOOstarvini ! -Irishmen to remain upon your table , without more notice tbau the usage of . Parliament ensured for it . Their povurty my Lords aii . l Gw . tlemen , has been the purchase money oi your distinction . They were among the non-elective itfliieuce to w-liKD . you appealed for support upon the Refoim lull , and what have you given them in . return ? Firotiy coercion ; Secondly , the perpetuation of the gulling tiihe > ystein ; thirdly , the military to collect those tithes- and
our lily , lour yarns' Btarviitii . n , in lieuof which , yoiipompoiisl , ' ¦ eniiiiuiheiu ol the abolition of church rales , aiiiouhtin . g ' m county districts to from one jenny to two | ence per acre .-Von have removed an Oran ^ magistrate or two , but VOU h . iVi- ulliiwud the same laws to reniam in force , which thi-v j v .-n > ' capable of pprvenirjg—you have allowed the Court . ii bxcheiiuer to revue an obsolete law , and to issue writs ot ir-betlii . il , thereby m ; . l < ing each man a constable to enforce a penalty lor ihe abolition of which sirrams of blood huve bven shed . l <' or England you paid ^ 20 , 000 , 000 of tlie people ' - money ( to preserve n : itii'iial h . ith ) an < l thereb y relei . seo the * luve noiu bondage , whilv . yo ' u confined him to apprenticed slavery : you tak .- the galltng manacles off the full grown negro , and place them on jour infant factory children . You banished the Uorchesier li . br . ur .-r * lor doing that which all Societies are daily in the habit of d . jng ; namely , for making bye laws to pr .-serve their inheritance , and uothincrbnt n , f
dread . it retaliation could-inriuci ; you to recall the unredeemed 8-nt « ncp of the law . You heard the voice - oi . agricultural distress , and you filch two mil ions fr . uu the poor to satisfy the rich , and then you eulogize the workings of the system because thuse who pay the tax now piiy less , while you are a-aI t . ) the appeals < . f those wliosie comlorts have been entirely destioyed . You complain of the dominion of the Church , while you perpetuate its power and atwuieut the number of busho . ricks . You sfju-. ibble childishly with the Hou < e ol Lords while you shelter yoursrlvei ) under thtnr oil--pisition ; youUilk of national -faith while you ' tax labour lor the support ol idleness , and your majorities consist of men of broken faith . •" XUf question then is . by what strange mechunism havp von .
in the midst ol lncreasiui ; knowledge , been able to holiVtbe public mind in subjection ; firstly ; by the great prusaerity of the country ( not ol yonr creation ); and , secondly , by b . aring mnouiiny , reproaoli , and insult , while you aggrandized one riiiiii , and enlranchisedihim with power to preserve you " per las aut nefas . " In letters and public meetings you allow him to abuse and quarrel with your policy , whi l e your wrath is stayrdby the support which you receive from him . Are you so short-sighted as to suppose that xueh a state of things can C' ntinne , or that a ministry can exist without the coiindeno « of the nation ? I supported you , while 1 could with , honour do so ; but I deserted you , when you evinced a dread of tV > e collision you professed to be eager for . No man can be dangerous -if . but labelled with his political faith , —
• ' Give me the avowed , thq erect , the manly foe , Bold I can meet : perhaps may turn his blow . " Had you acted upon that principle , you , with the people at your buck , would , have triumphed over all your loes , but you prelerred wily friendship to honest remonstrance , and now you are about to reap the Iruit of your selection . —Upon one act ol omission 1 must test your charity . It has been said 6 y a patriot that " three million Irish slaves would rivvt Britain ' s chains ; " you are within 700 * 000 of the nui ' . iber . By the same act 1 would test your honesty . "Nature makes ¦ fewOT . rogues than misery , " and you h « ve made the prison aretiige for the destitute instead ol being a terror to the guilty , and you have increased misery in Ii eland— Good Cod ; don t talk to me of your selection of judges , df policemen , of civic office ™ , of law oflicers , and promotion ol the whole tribe of place-hunters , while the moan of starvation echoes through the sea-bound dungeon . Don ' t talk talk to me ofnur iWii ) ,.
plains , our stately hills , our navigable rivers , biir purling streams , owr genial climate , and great , coniiaeicial advantages * while the hand that should cultivate our national , resources is paralyzed , and while the peasant ' s poverty garnishes the rich man ' s table , la ther « a man among you so destitute of Ci . mmoii feeling as to . allow , the hungry to gu ~ unrelieved from your door ? Is there a man among jou who has not wept over the inconstancies or misfortunes ot a hero or heroine , the mere creature of m ' iiri ' s imiigination ? No ; but all the finest feelings of ynur nature are blunted by-your thirst for power , for , believe me , that a provision tor the Irish Poor is the on y means by which agitation in lreland can be put a stop to , but so long as you disregard the appeals of the hungry for food , so long s ! -all I continue to view your juntice
as cowardice , and your mercy as canrice . My Lords and Gentlemen j I require no further justification for addressing you than being one of a community subject to your laws . My addre * a to Mr . O'Connell needs no other aiiblogy than that which any one of ypii would tind in the charges contained in Mr . O Connell ' s denunciation . of me as a iiublic man , and I appeal ' to you , in your individual dapticity , . as gentlemen , whether or no any one individual has a right to Usurp to himself the privilege of denouncing , abusing , revlliog , and bejyingj without being amenable to any tribunal , social < 6 r political . I will not snbniit to such daring ijisults , though others may prefer resting tinder his slander to entering this list with a licensed delamer who seeks to establish his own fame upon the ruin of others . .
My Lords and Gentlemen , I have tie honour to be , your obedient servant , " " FBARGUS O'CONNOR . We repniilish these letters , because they contain a masa of information respecting this man , of whieh all ought to be in possession , and which may thus be afforded to pur readers in a cheap form ; and because they evince so thorough an acquaintance with O'Connell ' s character , that , calculating on the effects likely to be produced therepn , by circuBV-. stances tlien distant but probable that they may be actually said to have assumed a prophetic character .
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THE " BOON " Jf WOBKS W $ tL !" LORD fiOWICK / S PROOFS ; Esf February Ust , wfeen Mr . FlELDEN moved the repeal of the Poor Law AmeBdment : Act in the House of Commons ; and wben « lXTEEN Members of tnat corrupt assemblage voteel with bun ' ., for a discontinuance of robberyj and treason ,, and mprder , under the guise of law , Lord Ho-wacK :, in' his boyish ; wisdom ,, disputed jthe Hbfl , Member ' s statiei . nient , that tne people generally were dissatisfied with the Poor Law , because the . prosfs of tbeir digsatisfaction were not -sufficiently conclusive . -Hp saw nothing of " insufrectioD .- ^ -acxtial open insqrxecr
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twn-approaching almost to the Capital -ita » g >' ^ " ^ o *™ ?•<* . ? outrage * Q ^ hm i ^ . ^ d ^ « * w ° oanng pf « nrighty ^ res blazbS ' --there ^ rere no ^ ymptonis of " an almost universal alarm for ^ the 3 afetj , pr pronerty ^ -. i 80 ¦ : * $ # these proofs-wer « , nofc given , the Koble Edrd Iritf ? nltfe *™^ I" *? * , ^ W love : m the Pior taw . WeareyerysorryOto :
^ noinf iil -i 1 i % 4 ^« : — . ^ __ i _ i * - ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ . •¦' . ¦•'' . ' " ¦ ' ¦ . # .. ; . * painful dut yof patting pt > ; record ;« pme of those 8 nb srantial prooft of dissatisfaction which it seems the people must evince befbreibols will believe that the , arein-earneBt . Heaven grants that thV proofcmar not multi ply beyond the liking of even Lord Howici * The English are a patient people ; and such , Whea thoroughly roused , beyond endurance , are often fearful in their wrath .
The men of Todmorden have reaolved bravely to wage against might the unequal contest of ri ght by refusing to levy , or pay , the taxes under the illegal because unconstitutional , authority of the Poo ^ L ^ w Commissioners , They have boldly ^ etermi iied to stand by their friends , and not suffer their Overseer * to be robbed under the name of law-and we honor them for it . 'Tis well and nobly done ^ -an examplt worthy of imitation b y the world . Three attempt
, hjyd been already made to consummate the robbery which the vigilance and virtue of the people had * defeated . While siUy geese in the shape bf ^ sordid bailitfewere the only tools employed Jby their foes the people treatedthem witha bepoming scorn ¦ but when , on Wednesday , the determined malice of the Three-headed-traitor King evinced itself in the employment of a large military force for the effecting of their nefarious purpose , the / patience ^ Of ra
gentrous people fled , and , frantic in their wrath , they began to light the dazing fires , called for by thebooby Lord as proofis of their ! dissatisfaction—property to a considerable amount wa » destroyed . We regret this circumstariee extremel y ^ though we cannot ieel surprised . We would implor * the men of Todmorden to retrace their steps and to remember that wich a pbreect ri ^ ht to defend THEIR OWN HOMES , LIVES , PROPKUTY and persons , EVEN TO THE DEATH bt WHOMSOEVER THEY MAY BE tTNLAWFULLY
ATTACKED , they habe no right to become the aggressors in their turn , and destroy the property of others . This can answer no good purposej and wi £ only serve to strengthen the hands of their oppflB * ors . At the same time , we must indi gnanaP charge the whole blame and consequences of this unhappy business upon the reckless miscreants who persisted , after so many emphatic warnings , in . turning the screw of tyranny upon a patient and forbearing people beyond the power of nature to endure .
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Messrs . - Town- Birmiiigham is engaged for a discussion upon the Corn Laws on Monday next , the hearing of Mr . O'Connor ' s resolution is to be postponed till Tuesday , and we have to express our sincere hope that the men of BirminRhara will be prepared with a Universal Suffrage Amendment to the Com Law farce . Werking men , fiU the Hall , and get the soup before yon take the ladle . J . VV . TODJtORDEN . -We did not receive the letter ht mentions . Carusle kehalks . —We have not received their address . HALIFAX BOARD OF GOARDlANS .-- "We are compeued t » oiuit their report-till next week . Bradford Factory Case cametoo late . Rhymes on the Timis . —Will not do for us . KEIGHLEY ADDRESS ON THE NATIONAL RENT shall ar > pear next week . . r
HAIL NORTHERN STAR .-These verse * are very compli-Meiitury , but they have not poetic merit to atand the ordeal of criticiim . MANY ARTICLES of interest and much local matter is again excluded for want of room . We cannot even em > iiierate . . HODDERSFIELD SOCIALISTS . —We will try to get their Memorial in next week .
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LEEDS . Election for Town Solicitor . ^ -On Wedntsday last , ; Mr . ( Jharles Nayior , of Trinity-street , was appointed solicitor for the town . He obtained the office by a majority of eleven votes out of gixteen . Mr . Biapkburn the coronerj and Mr . Ward were also candidates for the office . The former had three votes and the latter two . There were several other candidates but none of them got a vote . . ¦
Highway Robberies .-On Saturday , Joseph Rtley , a notorious character , was brought up at th » Court HoUse , charged with having committed a number of highway robberies , on the Bight of the 23 rd of May . The first was for haVing ; along with some accomplices , knocked down Mr . Terry bookkeeper to Messrs . Davis and Co ., maehirie-makers , of Leeds , near the Wellington Bridge , at that place , ; and rifled his pockets of a silver watch and appendages . The day after the robbery a vyatci , answeriDg the description of the one stolen , was observed in tiie possession of the prisoner . He was further charged with having on the same night , robbed , near the
saine place , Mr ., Sunderland , farmer , of Wortley ^ of fifteen shillings , a knife , and a handkerchief . On the following morning , informadou was given to the policemen , and they went to his father ' s house , hut whilst waiting for admission , ft was afterwards wcertained that the prisoner had got out of the house by means of an aperture from the coal cellar at the back part of the premises , and absconded . " About the 20 th of August , the prisoner attempted to rob a gentleman at Brothcrtou ; an alarm was given , and assistance was rendered , when the viliain took to hi * heels , but mistook the direction in which he wag going , for the fields , and iumped . over a wall into a
Htpne quarry , twelve yards deep , by which meaoi one of his legs were broken , and there he was found , and was eventually conveyed to the Leeds Infirmary , where he stated that the accident had taken place between two vessels , at Apperley Bridge , -When he recovrfed , the gentleman stated that he had been sufficiently punished j and refused- to prp 8 ecute . For the iast : two mOnihs he hadi been secreted byafriend > at the New Road End . Stubbs , policeman , apprehended the prisoner . The fir 8 ttW 9 cases of high way robbery were clearly established , as the parties were each well acquainttdmth the pi | rs 6 i of the prisoner H « was committed for each offence , for trial , tt Wakefield House of Correction . ' : ¦ :.
AssAjaLT . —On Monday , William Barrett wai brought up at the . . Court House , charged with threatening to kill , with a knife / a watchman of the name of Sterling , while actingin the execution of his dutyV and with having pashed him over a pump trough . It appeared that the prisener and his wife had beea quarrelling , and she had slipped out of the aperture from the coal cellar j folio wed by the husband with the knife in hw hand . He had been t ^ iee previously confined in a . lunaido anylum . , He was fined for assaulting the watchman £ 3 and costs , in default of payment to be committed for two months to Wakefield . Hou . ^ e of Gorrectibn J ; but to be subject ; -tq the decision of a surgeon as to his being in a sane staU of mind . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦"¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' • . ¦ - ¦ ¦• ' ¦ . ¦" . : ¦•¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ; ,.. .::. ¦ - ¦ ¦• : ¦ . ' '¦'¦ .:
TtrRN-otiT at St . Peter ' s GHirRCH ^ The conductors pf the aboye works have caused the men to turn but , by stopping iiem from working by the day ^ and requiring : ; them to > ork by the ; piece , ^ at their own prices , which prices have been considered : scarcely- a fair remuneration , for ^ labour ;"\ ThenuoV her of men who have turned , out is twenty-tbree » four have refused to turn out . : ¦ ;> V ° " y ^ Northern U ^ ion ^ increasing . Their weekly ; meetings ' wilV in futur <^ be held at tbe large School , room , YbrltrStreet i 6 ; commence on Monday eyenihgBext ,, it elsrht o ! clbct to
and Continue each successive / Monday ^ which -tM public will be admitted ;( gratis ) .: I Several memb $ rt havepromised to ; address -the ¦ meetin g onMpndsj eveBing < nextj-and / it is-the intention-of-tb ^ ass ^ ia ^ tion to hold Wctnresp ihd discaMioQ ^ regularly . Tri Gommittee ;; wili ; meet vat Standing ' s eofiee-hotiMi previous toi proceeding toi Yprk ^ street , at half-piW six , they h ^ ye lalso arxariged that the collection of the National -Iribtde shall eommeheeop Sond ?/ moni | ng nextyand' several of their members haw agreed to visit their respective neighbburhooiJs M the purpose . It is tiie wish of the : CommitteeM
any persona employed at mills : or workshops wW teel desmius of assisting in the above object , shooM apply tor books and addresses " » , t Standing ' s cofW hOuse ;; Briggate . V .. " ¦ - /;> ¦'¦; , ' / ,-. / , ' -- ^ . > --- -- " --v :
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Having reached us last week at tire moment of gvdng to press , we could do no more than insert the total and average number of the stamps furni-ihed to the several Xeeds newspapers during the period embraced by the return , in corroboration of our own statements respecting our own consumption . We row lay before our readers the official statement of the stamps furnished to each of the Yorkshire newspapers in each month , from the 1 st of April to the 30 th September last , inclusive . . ; . . _ ^ _ - . ... ' . . _ . _„ . - ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^™ - - - ¦ - -. - ---.- ¦ ..- -. ¦ . - ..,- _ -- ..- _ ¦ - - __ - ¦ .. - _ - ¦ - * . """¦'" -: " . ¦¦¦¦ . " -- ""¦" . - ¦'¦ _ - ¦ - -...--- -.-. _ .. — .- ^ -- , ,-. . j ,. ..-. __ ¦ . _ „ -. ^ .- . ...-- -.
total lor Wueklrj April . May . Jvne . Jvly . Jva . Sept . Six Months . Average . NORTHERN STAR ...... 40 , 960 ... 31 , 440 .. 6 ^ , 920 .. 44 . WX ) .. 2 , 400 .. 90 ^ 00 .. 27 i , 7 iu .. 10 , 456 LeedsMercnry .. 36 , 000 .. 56 , 000 .. 45 , 000 .. 27 , 000 .. 36 , 000 .. 43 v 1 ? l--.. 2 i 3 , Wl .. 8599 Leeds lntdliieccer 6 , 000 .. 18 , < K » .. 24 , 000 .. 6 , 000 .. 18 , 0 t 0 .. 18 , 000 .. 9 U . 000 .. 3 , 401 Do . at " Haiipennj . 6 , 000 .. .... .. .... .. .... .. 6 , 000 .. .... Leeds Times ..... 12 , 000 .. 12 , 000 .. 12 . 000 .. -12 , 000 " .. 12 , 000 ; 12 , 000 .. 72 , 000 .. 2 , 769 Bradford Observer .......... .... .. 5 , 500 .. .... .. 5 , 000 .. 3 , 000 .. 13 , 500 .. M 9 Donca £ terChronieU » ......... 3 , 0 C 0 .. 8 , 000 . - . 4 . OC 0 .. 3 , 000 .. 3 , 000 .. 21 , « 00 .. 807 DoncasterGazette .......... 8 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 8 . 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 8 / 00 .. 48 , 000 .. 1 , 846 Halifax Bxpre « 8 .. 4 , 400 .. 50 .. 1 , 000 .. 3 , 000 .. 3 , 500 11 , 950 .. 459 Halifax Guardian ... 2 , « 09 .. 2 , 000 .. 2 , 150 .. 1 , 000 .. 2 , 000 .. 9 , 150 .. 351 Hnll Observer . .. ...... 6 , 000 .. -.. 6 . 000 .. 230 HnUPacket ,. '¦ 5 , 000 .. 5 , 000 .. 5 , 000 .. 4 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 27 , 000 .. 1 , 038 Bull Rockingham b , ( KQ .. .. 5 , 000 5 , 000 15 , 000 .. 576 HuU Saturaay ' a Journal .. .... .. 6 , 000 6 , 000 .. 230 Hull Times .... .. 9 , 000 .. 10 . 0 U 0 .. .... .. .... .. 1 , 500 ... 16 , 5 dO .. 634 Hull Advertiser 17 , 000 ., .... .. .... .. 21 , 000 .. .... .. 38 , 000 .. 1 , 461 Harrozate Adveniser ...... 1 , 000 .. 3 , 500 ¦ ... 2 , 000 .. 6 , 500 .. 250 Harrogate Weekly Gaiette .. 500 400 .. .... . . . 900 .. 34 ScaiWouKhBersda .. 500 .. 1 , 700 .. 2 , 100 .. 2 , 150 .. 6 , 450 .. 2 i 8 Sheffield lnacpenaent 3 ^ 00 .. 7 , 500 .. 6 , 000 .. 6 , 000 .. 6 , 000 ... 6 , 100 .. 35 , ( H ) 0 .. 1 , 346 Sheffield Chronicle 3 , 000 .. 1 , 000 .. 4 , 000 .. 1 , 000 .. 2 , 000 .. 2 ^ 00 .. 13 , 500 .. 519 Sheffieldlru 4 , 000 .. 4 , 000 .. 3 , 500 .. 4 , 500 ., 4 , M ) 0 .. .... .. 20 ,. H > 0 .. 788 Sheffield Mercury 8 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 7 , 500 .. 7 , 500 .. 7 , 500 .. 7 , 500 .. 46 . 000 .. 1 , 769 Do- at Halfpenny .. .... .. 8 * 290 ... - .. 2 , 000 .. 10 , 2510 York Chroaicle 8 , 000 ...... . 8 , 000-.. 307 YorkCourant 16 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 8 , 000 .. 14 , 500 16 , 000 .. 62 , 500 .. 2 . 4 C 3 York Herald .. 24 , 000 .. 12 , 000 .. 12 , 000 .. 17 , 000 24 . 000 .. 69 , 000 .. 3 , 423 Yortfliireinaii 7 , .. 7 , 000 .. 7 , tO 0 .. 7 , C 0 O .. 7 , 000 .. 7 , 000 ,, 42 , ( ' 00 .. 1 . 615 Yorkshire Gazetia 13 , OiO .. 4 , 500 .. 14 , 000 .. 11 , 500 ., 43 , 000 „ 1 , 653 Yorkshire Racing Calender . 600 .. 500 .. € 00 .. 600 .. -2 , 300 '" .. 88 West RWinft Herald 5 , 500 3 , 000 .. 3 , 000 .. 3 . 000 .. 3 , fOO .. 17 . 500 .. 673
In the above return , the numbers furnished to the Northern Star in the months of August and September are mil-stated . "Wt are made to have received , in the month of August , only 2 , 4 CO stamps , while in September 90 , 000 are put down to us . "We know nothow this mistake may have arisen—but it is a mistake . The number received in those two months being 90 , 000 , not 92 , 400 , aa stated in the return ; 48 , 000 of which were received in August , and 42 , 000 in September . This removes the last straw to which the drowning Mercxry clings in its effort to sustain the "lie" given us in so gentlemanly a manner atthe last return . The error in theTeturn was eagerly caught and mate the most of by our lynxeyed contemporary . He remarks upon it as follows : — " The Northern Star appears from the return to have received 271 , 720 stamps , or an average of 10 , 451 per week . But on looking at the particulars of the return , it will be seen that not less than 90 , 000 stamps ,, of the whole 271 , 720 , were obtained in one month , and that the last , namely , September . Either , then , the consumption of that particular month must have been swelled by accidental circumstances to more than double the regular circulation , or there must have been a very large stock of stamps on hand at the close of it . The number of stamps received during the previous five months was 181 , 000 , being an average of 8 , 619 per week ; whilst in September 90 , 600 were received , being an average ( for five weeks ) of 18 , 000 per week !—a consumption altogether krcredible . " That we might clear ourselves from this imputation of contriving to "have a very large stock of stamps on hand" at the close of the month up to which the returns were expected , we wrote to our paper maker * , requesting them to furnish an exact account of the number of stamps received by us in the months of August and September , with the date of their recei pt , to which the following is their reply : — "Bridge Hall Mills , Bury , November 21 ** , 1838 . " SIR , —In answer io your teller received this day , requesting an Account of Stu ?) ips furnished by vs for the Northern Star , during the months of August and September , we subjoin the siateintnt below : — August 27 th 4 S , 000 Stamps . September 23 : h 26 , 000 ditto September 28 ih 16 , 000 ditto We are , Sir , Your most obedient Servants , JAMES WRIGLEY £ SON . Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ' This is our answer to the Mercury ' s assertion that " either the consumption of that particular month must have been swelled by accidental circumstances to more than double the regular circulation , or there must have betn a very large stock of Stamps en hand at the close of it . " The last Return showed us to have an average weekly Circulation of some hundreds more than the Mercury . The Mercury " did ' nt believe it , " but would " wait till the next Returns . " The present Return gives ns a weekly average of nearly 2 , 000 above the Mercury j and our last week's article , coupled with the Mercury ' s own statement of its own " actual Consumption , " shews that the actual Consumption of the Northern Star now exceeds that of the Mercury by more than 3 , 000 weekly . "We now leave the Mercury to " believe" or " disbelieve" us , or the Stamp Returns , as he pleases . We shall only add , to this plain statement , the f ; c-t , that "by this " Return , the Northern Star is shewn to have an average weekly Circulation of nearly 2 , 000 papers more than any other Provincial Paper in the Three Kingdoms .
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BRO 2 sT £ E . RE ASD THE " OPERATIVE . " In his Paper of last Saturday , our friend Bron-TERKE quotes the notice of the Operutive previously given in the Northern Star , and accompanies it bj the following explanation : — " As the latter part of this notice is calculated tn iiijnre us with the public , ( though , we are sure , not intentionally , ) a ward or two in explanation becomes necessary on our part . Be it known to the Northern Star , then , and through the Northern Star ( we hope ) to its readers , that the ^ Editor of tliis paper had . iio knowledge whatever of the parties connected with
the forthcoming Charter at the time hein . erted the Committee ' s address—the address with which our contemporary h ' nds fault . Had he known that Mr . Hartwell , Mr . Loveit , or the Working Men ' s Association generally , had any . connection with the Charter , he wonld have so far eiercist ; d his editorial veto : is to insist upou the omksioq of the passage in the CommiiU'e ' * address , which has reference to the Charter . ^* ot thai he pretends to have any extraordinary confidence in the parties alluded to , much less to cjaestion the Committee * ?* rigiit to express it * distrust < jf them ; hut , knowing from experience the bitu-r effects of disunion , he would not , on any account , have suffered a journal under his controul
to . 'nrnish ahandleforit , no matter what the circumstances that mightliave called it forth . Even at this moment the Editor has no knowledge whatever beyond vrhat he haj * gathered from the Committee ' s address , and from Mr . Hartwell ' s letter , alluded io in onr last , of the particular points in dispute between the two Committees . Is or has he any wi-h to know . His sole object in undertaking ihe editorship of " 1 'he Operative , ' is to make it a really honest and instructive paper for the use of all working men , without reference to sects , societies , or lactions . * * * * * *• At any rate , there shall be no more of those injurious bickerings in " The Operative" whilst it continues under its present editorial management . "
This is just , manly , and independent ; what we should have expected from a writer whose sole object is the promotion of the good canse . We do not pretend to inquire how Brontebre could be ignorant that Messrs . Hartwelx , Lovett , &c . were conneeted with the Paper whose forthcoming is denounced hy the Committee of the Operative . 'Tis sufficient for -us j we have his word that he did not know it . "We have his disapproval of the course adopted hy the Committee distinctly avowed , and his promise that so long as the PapeT continues nnder his management , " there shall be no more of
these injurious bickerings . " This is all the people ean require , and we are most happy to find that onr conception of Bronterre ' s character was not mistaken . Democracy has not so many advocates that ahe can afford to allow any of them to neutralize their exertions hy warring with each other . The cause of truth and universal justice is too h « ly to admit for a moment the polluting touch of that mercenary spirit , in which the cry of " opposition" always originates . The tools of faction who " trade" in politics may decry " opposition "— the genuine patriot is ever thankful to receive " help .
As we thought it right to notice what we deemed objectionable in the Operative , without disparaging its general character , so we now think it right to take similar notice of the explanation . Before quitting the subject , we must set our friend right in one particular . He seems to imagine that our notice of the Operative must have been written hy the Proprietor of the Northern Star , with some special personal reference , for he says : —
¦ - *! The proprietor of the Northern Star knows the Editorof this paper sufficiently wen to be convinced , that instead of too real Radical journalsin the metropolis , he would wish to see tvoenty established , if possible . The proprietor of the Star does not Inow the gentlemen composing the Committee of Management , nor the circumstances nnder which they acted . If he did , he would doubtless have interpreted their conduct very differently from , what betas . " - - -
We know nothing of the personal connection , or knowledge of each other " which may subsist between the Editor of the Operative and the Proprietor of the Northern Star , nor can we suffer the Proprietor ofIhe Northern Star to suffer in the estimation of his friend , for that which , if it be a fault , is at all events not his fault . The notice of the Operative , wbieh its Editor considers ealenlated to injure , him in tie eyes of tne public , was not written h y the Proprietor , but hy the Editor of the Northern Star . The Proprietor was not consulted , about it—and had no opportunity of either seeing it , or knowing thaj it had been written until after its publication .
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O'CONNOR v . O'CONNELL . As the i ( Liberator ¦(!) " has thought fit , in his madness , again to attack Mr . O'Connor , we shall here republish , at the rate of one letter weekly , the expose of the motives , conduct ^ and villany of Dan , given in Mr . O'Connor's letters published in 1837 .
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE WHIG ADMINISTRATION IN THEIR CORPORATE CAPACITY . ' * Doubtless / the pleasure is as great 1 Of being cheated as to cheat . " My Lords and Gentlemen , —I offer for your perusal a series of letters , addressed to -yourprincipal supporter , find in them perhaps you will find your best apology for your want of popularity . It 1 should be taunted with even attempting to cause a split ainnng Reformers * my answer is , that you , in conjunction with Mr . O'Connell , have very seriously retarded all those measures of Reform which were promiseii to tlie people ; and believe an humble individual when hi ; assures you , that your removal from otlice wUl : be the signal for public
denunciation ; but power m a great measure , silences complaint . ;¦ ' . .- . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ -, : ; . ¦; .: ¦ . : '¦' ,. "' ¦ ¦; . ¦ ' .. It would appear as if you ; held power with no othervipvr , than to induce a comparison between the promises of men out cif office and the acts of the saine men in oflice . Yotir great triuni | ih wan gained by the people , and their interests have been wholly lost sight of ; for I defy any mail to point out one single Whig enactment tending to increase the comforts , or to lessen the buriieris , of the working classes . —You talk of organic changes in the Lords , and then , vou deprecate any interlerence with that : body . . You complain of ililliculties , and appeal i for pity andprotection tp the people ; Vou provoke a struggle , and then dread the consequences . Your speeches
( as individuals ; at public dinners , are not marked Dy tue same concord which cabinet expediency ensures for your acts as a body . You have thrown yourselves into the arms of a man who called you « ' base , brutal , and bloody , " and who now merely watches the moment of yourweakness to triumph ip your ruin . You eheriah . your corporate power at the expense of your individual feeliugs , your pride , and your honour , Though you love the power yeu hate the supporter , and , while you yain-ooastingly parade the strength ot your party , your proud hearts cower at the means by which the strength is acquired . Tlie . only aiflrtirenee between you and y . oUrs is , that &h individuals , you will be held karmleaa , wherean , Mr . O'Connell , having assumed a corporeal capacity , in which he
profeosea to repreaeat tht ) whole earthly movement party , will have to answer , as an individual , for his self-constuuted corporation ; he is the . braver , but the inpre criminal ; . your cfiminality ia subdivided , while your pusilianimity and want ol common decency and self-respect , distinguish yon as individuals . VV hat a si ghtly figure this mechanic has arranged iu the political kaleidescope but of the piece-meal fragments of Whig-Radicalism , Whiggism , Toryism , and Conservatism ; but the slightest movement of the machine would reduce you to your ongiiial complexion and expose the juggle . You have drawn still and : still more strongly the line of demarcation betweeathe people and the Aristocracy , until at length the commuijUv see the fallacy of the delegation of elective
power to a party sufBcieutly limited to be tampered with , and you have aiousedone general . cry for UriiyersaV . Sufl'rage , as the only protection for . civil , and relig ious liberty .. By the Reform Bill you have created a new standard of franchise , and your every object has been directed to a courtship of that poyrer , yrholly overlooking " the out-door or hon-eiective intlunnce , by which you were enabled to carry your point . P . erhaps one of the greatest anomalies in our history , is the fact of so generally popular a measure wo soon ' creating diBgustira disgust arising put of the Whi g nee made of it . Your test oi i
superiority naa Deen a eompanson between w tug ana ory proffers of instalments of principlo ; for instance—nhould the Tories offer a reduction of : 2 & -per cent . in . Irish , TitheB , y <> n immediately bid : 30 per cent . ; bo with regard to the extension of the franchise , should the Tories offer a Jf 5 suffrage , you , ! supDose ^ Would offur us one of 4 * 4 10 s . lljd ., and tor triennutl Parliamentsy () H , would aiveus one election every ; two year * and eleven ; months : all a sneaking bidding , _ ithebne against the other , without the least reference to jprincip liJ . ; ' Yojiij like -the Toriesj talk of the bonntitritiop ,. national faith , and Church and State . . Now , what is the constitution ? It ii , ( with respect to government ) precuely what the Diotuiu
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1033/page/4/
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