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^—^———— B ^ W ^^^^^^^^^^^ M % * ^ flABXHJS CTCONNOB , ES < k ^ &t ) lNIEIi O'CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P . - * .- ¦ :. " . LETTEEII .
^ W Com Pooes &ekmt talik , qnid sen mOites &eie&t ?' Sib«—I khall derote this letter to a consideration f jour conduct during the session cf 1 S 33 ; bntfirst , aSjwme to take a short review of the Irish force irtueh the Reform Bill had placed at jour disposal . The Reform Bill was to be considered as the fint instalment of Catholic Emancipation ; up to , that j « iod the CathoKes shouldbe considered as minors , Sknandpation made them offull ag © j—at nil events itJhad matured them for -the nomination of gnarfens . The representatives nnder the Reform Bill ¦ were those guardians , and their duty was to require am account of the past ,- and security for the future . Yoa / srere justly looked upon as the fittangorgan to express the delegated voice of the people . The old
arasteesdf power had much abnseu their trust , and fibm a disinclination to settle accounts , a bill , styled aCoercaon Bill for Ireland , was enacted , for the sole 3 *» rpose of intensifying the tinreformed Parliament *» all the atrocities committed against " the Irish jeople . It never was intended that the operation of the . Coercion bill should have aprospective effect ; it was » elpak 4 br the past . Your first work , then , in the « ss | oriof J 633 ,: was to oppose the Irisb ^ Coercion Iffll , which you did well ; and for this reason , ^ ecaiseitsjnuuence was levelled against your in
flusee , because political as well as predial agitation ww rendered penal by the Act ; and as yoor struggle ftr Emancipation -was to procure power , sawasToar © ppoation to Coercion to prestrve power . " You Mtfurally considered that the _ public voice , which lad created yourinflnence , being suppressed , would Imityour influence , but" when in my next I come *> speak of the mitigated Coercion Bill , I shall , -prove thaf your whole struggle in your oppontion to the original measure , was directed against the rapjiession of political agitation . - '
1 was one of those Irish members determined to opport you , *' evento the death . " I had no right fcattnbnte selfish motive * to your vigorous opposition to the Cordon Bill , nor should now , had not jour subsequent arrangements and balancing of political power induced me to do so . I have before referred Stfyour treatment of the Irish members . who sect at your house fort&e purpose of discussing Irish affairs . 1 thnTight aerionslr npon the question T the Repeal of the Union , ana yonr conduct with Jderence to it made me more observant of your subaegBant policy than I should have otherwise beeu . i was of opinion , from the manner in which you iashed the suggestions of the Irisli members , npon ^ nesdo ns of general grievances , that yon wished old abnses to remain onredressed for the . purpose of svelHng ths catalogue in favour of repeal ; to this
joiicy l was sabsned to subscribe , although it was purchasing a " national benefit at the expense of t emporary snfiering . I allowed you " " yonr own project , but when I discovered that the Repeal Quesion which had agitated the country wasnot to be Droughtforward—that the country was lobe deceived —I split from yon upon principle . Much of thesession was wasted , and I told you . . mat , had I been aware of jour determination nut to wing on the Repeal Quezon , I in conjunction with thrr Jrisn members , would have brought forward measures for the immediate improvement of Ireland , aoch as a revision of the magistracy , the Jaws relating to landlord and tenanr , ~ an improvement in our Waiter sessions' law , the question of thecon > tab « - « ry , which Mr . Baron had taken up , and seemed ¦» ell informed upon , together with many other abuses . ¦ .
But now I come to your first open , avowal , and the « ae wMch left me bntliule doubt as to your policy — -I mean your conduct npon the question of Irish Poor Laws . I gave notice of motion for the introduction of Irish Poor Laws . I did it for the purpose f leeding the nnwilling idler , in the first place , and econqly , yjth a view to mating the peopleindependent of yon andjna , and all political agitators . I » aw that pobKc opinion in Ireland could not be pro-> erly directed to an j question of principle , * 6 Ion * asour public meetings : consisted of lhou « aHd > of tarnng persons , who were wholly unconnected with Ibe objects of the meeting , and merely attended , ¦ ecausethe poor fellow * had nothing eke to do . and
tuoaght that their presence might assist in procuring some change , and no ehanee could be for the wow * . 1 looked upon the Irish people in the shoRtion of gambler * , who were ready to give their * ! ast -dulling oyou as the champion of tbrir rights . I recollected that Ireland was an agricultural country , and that * D your operations were directed- to the advance-» f * ntof your political power , through tfce inttRimentwity of an eaaiyleditaningpMMlation . I reflected « pon yonr own advocacy of Irian Poor Laws , when jom tuougbt the accomplumment waa impracteble . Your opposition to Ireland ' s ereatWt rnament , the immortal , the amiable , the wtvou * , the brave , the patriotic Dovlr , lathed acros * my mind j the conviction that
yon looked upon the religious martyrdom" which yonr countrvsien had « onVrVd , w o perfect guarantee for even their tarring upport , convinced me that relifk »« tyranny { which wai to bale been dupelled bv Ae Emancipation BUI ) was inertly concentrated , kD-i placed intujpur hands . .: In thi * conviction 1 hare been strengthened by yor own condnct , « nb * pqnently . Yon found that & ¦ uytirity of the House of Cominonf , was in fnvoKr f an Irish Poor Law , that it had the sanction of ^ t > twrtant and Catbolio minister * in Iwlaud ; that » e English people * , « ght for it , not L- *» from husanity , than from a taut « en * e of the burden vhich in > h i » oferty imposed opon the Enrligh labourer :
ted tu n * , finding the current running ftrongly in inoqrof tn « mewnm you got a coamuttee In £ im-• nck at the eloM of dwie ^ don of 1885 , and soeing 1 te impojuibilitj : . "tp item the torrent , yon-appear ftmtf with it , pot it wai- a mere farce—you said ao more—jon . wrote no inorfr ^ yott did . do man ; twit - tm "& » - contrary , - dnring the pa * t ¦ tosipn , yonr every act has landed towards the prevention of Irish Poor Law * . WTien Irish members »» ve stirred in . the question , your recemjnettdation ka » been a calm and mature , consitleranon of thu ¦ object , wifli the sugRertion that { government havmg taken the nnesbon op ) it would be better te leave it in their ltaads ! while yoa knew that two
aoolhons , three hundred tbonj > ands Irishmen were aUrring ; and that Mr . Spring Rice and others had atfjsteied their vow against fte measure . This audentaon of conduct and drferriDg to the opinion mmmuten hiu not always characterised you , and Wfimi riagitlarJtpon to riul a qne ^ tion as the pre-• errarioo of the lives of those from whom * you have aweived « reTf description of support . Dnring lite first session you endeavoured by every seaas ij » toot power to trick me out of this qnestoo ; yoanad notices served npon the Irish mem . ¦ en , to consider my motion with regard to Poor laws . Wben the aeeung was called upon the Bepeal Qnestum , and wben we met , the members — * — _ i - » . l _ ?„ _ - ¦? " . - - ww >* - - ^ _ ' ineir lnis
ruuBcea noaces . was aonelor the pur-• ose of hATiuf the " opinion of And-repealers upon . peqnesbon of the Repeal , in consequence of my « fi » f yontnatlsbonld only yield t » the majority « another meeting ; I objected to the tribunal , - IP we MDarated . And now I come to i charge of a frare and serious nature . ? We waUted in company from ; lie King ' s Arms Tsjern , where fl » meeting was ^ eld , to the House f Commons . It happened upon the day for brine-: mg forward toy motion . Mncainterestwas ezcited Ikad made myaelf well np on the subject , as you wbo * , foryou tHd me the honptir to ^ iiit me at JSridee-itreet , and . in wit absence , vou bail i >> o
m odffBij- -to read my papers , for you told mo in a 4 fw _ d » yi » after , when I accompanied yon in your fxriage to Regent-street , that I wes pursuing the afXtmethodfora legislator—that you had looled S ^ i ™ 7 arrangements upon the question of Irish foot Lawsj and liked it much—bntyou knew you * w not like it , as I vxposed agitauon . From the ¦ ae we left the Tavern , nntil we arrived ^ t the en-* ance to the House of Commons , yoa tjged every / P ecie » of . « wimentto induce me to relinquish the * oestbn of Trinh Poor Lvxt * I was firm , and did wjive way . L pon our entrance we met that friend JtSelnahpeor , Mr . Howell of Dublin , and " that ^ «^ lWntman , Mr . Robinson of Clara Mill * in the : ?* Mg * -COUmv ; th * V nila ^ ms fmni « . n / l V . t .
, 4 Brqtiwtionef me , reqneited that Ywould perse-^ k ^ Z ^ f ^ ^? tOTn i ' supposing my retSSw / nT h ! b ^ » r- * i « vfow with the two 4 !^ flt ^! !^ ' ? P ^ their understanding no ¥ P \ J . n ^ rinl ^^ P ^^ nt , and again returned even ^ - "ffl ? nng . I was « edfM ^ when you said , ^ eUPearps , yon ateabad genernl , you cauno vtewWcJ yoareplied ^ ignincantly , and 4 ith a louk irmch 1 Aall never ^ et , « AhI Fwiua-s , yoc WAST TO . DESTOy , BOThNmJb TRADE * IJ « IRELAND " * W * H lew » * t to ^ ptfoUc to affixameanbjr to » ei « eleTen words , and if you can put any favour-Vote construction
• anon them * yoa have had frequent pvafcof thelenienly of Irish censorship , when your wduci was the subject of scrntiayj for myself , * lsfball only say , that bad jon ^ Qaced your - $ 9 * $ ta' ^ i lhput dwgnlse ^ befcri me , and were 1 * wrtl » oarht « jmrt what 1 imagine them to ^ jbe , the wwren words which I have ouoted , could not Dtfurl ' ^ J fg w&l H txpiwt&m . When we parted , fSras ^ i-f wwiU il'Aengd'fa' " roy determination to destroy bo * , ' •' ' ^ K Vl ^ J 1 ^^ yfbi f ^« f J ^ cma inlne , wWcbwiu i li ^ Jjpiiiiliniv , woila * yro 4 wfce 4 a contiquance in - Vfw wbich watprontaW ; 'I went to the House , ^• yWWred ioJheWbmtj . taking some Irish mem-^ ffll ^ l'P" *^ W- t wS , that the Hou * mmm I ^ M ^ oi d npt squire a hkberfenatorial character , W £ mM $ m £ mm $ Jm * em& ** coaJMeace-flot
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enly of my cpnstitnent 8 , ~ pf wnich yotL womld now basely seek . to depriveime- ^ bnt of the communityrat large . Yoa discovered that my policy was diam « - trically opposed to youtsi and mat , consequently the success of-mine wonld expose yonni ^ under these circumBl « Bces , ' how did " yon endeavour to Btrangle my best exertions ? You tried the povfer of the press in Ireland , but therei was more honesty than yon thought you hadallowed to remain in that department , and the leading liberal journals supported me . I scarcely ever rose in the House that you did not endeavour to prevent me , by seizing the skirts of my coat , or endeavouring to arrest my attention just at the moment I was about ta rise : or by telhng me to leave the debate , if an English
question . to the English members , if aScotch qdestion to the Scotch members , and if aii Irish question , to the government and the Irish Tories ^—but Ifound that yon invariably : spoke yourself . When you learned that all attempts to hold me in subjection were in vain , you got into conversation with all those near you the moment I rose—and you spoke so loud that upon two or three occasioiw I called you to order , and I once requested yon would leave the House , if myremailcs were not worthy your attention . After fte session 1 returned to my constituents , stated the caise of my difference with you , and tendered my resignation , which was refuftpd . In the following session jon were to bring on the Repeal Question , but you required the snouort
of numerous petitions . I liad no - angry feeling towards yon , —Isuspected yon , but my suspicions did not induce me to withhold ' my assistance , I was still anxious to allow you your own time , and mode of introducing the subject ? I have worked night and day—got up meerinp the most numerous ever- held —traversed the whole country—and acted so as to be held up by you , at a meeting in Dublin , as an example to all Irish Alembdrs . In November , we gave you a dinner in Cork , and , upon being called to Kpeak to the Rejreal of the Lnion , when the cheers had subsided , I directed your attention to the li- « ping of yonr infant—1 preparedyou'forthe giant ' s roar—you seemed to tremble , at the very recollection of the monster you had created : and 1 told you , that
when you deserted the question , I should desertyou . The County of Cork sent more petitions upon the question of the Repeal of the Union , and the total abolition of tithe * , than any four counriegin Ireland . Yon constantly persuaded" the people of Ireland , that , even if inclined , an English Parliament coold not do justice to Ireland—in fact , you made fools of us all . l ) uring the recess , yoa were looked upon as a martyr , in consequence of the insults heaped npon you by King , Lords , and Commons , end especially by your present associates , now kt the paternal government , " then " the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs : " added to this we had yon in prospective as the champion of repeal in the ensuing session , which , in addition to . tile poverty of the people
, ensured you a large retaining fee lor future labours . . Many of those who now join in your train , denounced yon toine both in word and letter : they have joined the strong party—I can fight my battle nlone—I ask them for no " support—I despise the fool who prostitutes his judgment for the honour of being allowed to remain a mere bubble upon the surface of the fashionable current . With the heavy ^ enunciat ion \ against Ireland , which made Englisn Members support the Coercion Bill , together with the strong prejudices against t » u and the Irish 31 embers , it was scarcely possible to have done much during the first session of Parliamentbut the
, ground work : might have been laid ; it is , therefore , with" a view to follow yon regularly , ihat I nave started from the commencement . The public will learn , from your g » neml treatment of the Irish Members , that your sole object was to T ) e the Member for Ireland ; and , from your observation to me relative to the Irish Po » r Laws , the people will understand the reason why one , at whose mighty nod administrations -fell prostrate , or were raised into existence , had not the power to preserve human life by legislative enactment , and if they conceive thatie had the power , they will search for reasons why ic was not exercised .
During the recess ; we had the farce of " Who is the Traitor ; " and even of this silly nonsense you made something .. 1 informed the Irish Denioathenes ( Shiel ) that he was the person alluded to , as 1 knew that some remarks liad been made upon the subject ; yon felt sadly annoyed at my letter , as it gave Air . Shiel an opportunity of iceeting the charge , and you made some personal observations at a public dinner , with reference to my letter . Upon rending yonr remarks , 1 immedintely " started for Dnblin , for no other pnrpo « e than" to face mv accuser at some public meeting . Now , Sir ,
wnen you were aware that I undertook a journey of over 400 miles to defend mysell" against an insinuation , you should have judged belter than to build npon my silence , when you thought proper to charge me with treachery . Sir ! in my former lettor , I ust » a the extract from your speech merely as hnving n personal . te-ndencv ; but [ shall now make general use of it . Here it is , nnd let nwty lover of liberty , civil nhdrelifiou *—let every lover of peace : and prosperity—let every lover of justice read it , and put upon it ' other interpretation than the foretelling of a prophet , with full power to fulfil his prediction : —
" Can it be doubted , that religious hostility will be mixed np with the coming contest ; no , and ' l wonld remind yon that we mnst not calculate upon some of the knglixh Radicals , who are acting m a very extraordinary manner ; and , I nm sorry to say , that they have received encouragement from aouiB " of our hnro » s . 1 never conceal what I think . I mean Mr . Fearjius U'Coiinur , who has conducted hiw ' *«»] f in a mauuer that diecntillea him to public confidence . " Let the dWntere > ted reader pnraso the foregoing parnjiraph , over and over again , and will lie find in it aught but thu luirald ' s declaration of hostilities , not agniu > t me , but apain .-t that party in Enelond , who ure strupgling with the Irish Catholics for both civil and religious liberty :
Here is a dreadful resolve . The jnant , in his presumed * trengtL , tbrowing off his armour . The prugre * s of knowledge has made the people too powerful for your snares , and yon find that it is necessary to give a religious tiuga to our political * trugple , ] e . « t your fading power should appear but as a iq ) eck in the political boriznn . AVhat ! did you presume to mean that 1 would take p » rt in any struggle against my Catholic fellow-countrymen * ? HnsTany act , or any : « pre » sion of mine warranted such a conclusion ? Has any narrowness of mine , connected with religions differences , caused dij . fension _ between the Radicals of England and Ireland ? No ! and it is their union , not their disunion , that alarms you . Have I not always been
upon the side of the pr iests and the people , fighting withthem against the obscenities of the law-church , which you have placed upon a new anfl firm foundation , by your vote upon the English Church Bill ? In England you are a kind of mongrel Protestant , in Ireland you are a political Catholic ; yonr course has been strangely marked . In England you went from the working people to the middle classes , and from them to the manufacturers , political economists , and a few political lords . In Ireland , you dread the firm patriot j the religious minister ., the political citizen , who is to be found nuder the name of priest in each parish , and you narrow your appeals for assistance to the Catholic Prelates ; you abandon the poor , who ure struggling for subsistenceand
, associate yourself with a party contending for civic honours ; because from them you can derive that power which w most fashionable in Englnnd . ?! . ad : not 7 the couragfl of , a patriot , to fiuinh the battle with the force with which vou commenced it ? God forbid that I should ever be called upon to take part in a religious contest , but * hould the sad lot fall upon me , I shall be found fighting with that party over whom their opponents nsswne even the semblance of superiority , be it civil orrclifious in point of practice . I have noobjection to allow the Proteictant the full benefit that may be derived from thu conceit of hisTeligiout superiority : I object not to the moral a » cendancy which those of the Catholic Church claim for her followers . 1
marvel not at the differences in theneverM dissenting faiths ; but I object to endowing the professor- of any creed with political superiority over thone who diffor from them tn religious opinions ; my mo \ to is , "Eqnnl nghts to . all , allowing every individual to woruup his Makflr , without legal restriction orpnrty interterence j your motto is , " Give me poweVf and " God « aye the King , " or , " Li \ -othe Republic . ? "Can itbedonbted that religious hostility will be mixed np with the coming contest ? " Yei , itcan be doubted , for you cannot provoke it ; and ia this to be the ternnnfttion of your peaceful unstained career ? and in this the last glsain of hope for my poor , but virtuou * , CathoUc fellow-countrymen ? Oh ! tliv 2 | 300 , 000 poor , staning , crawling Irishmen ,
can receive no nourishment from your predictionthe intellect ii paralyjwd by the Dody suflBring , Now , in the name of that God to whom you so ofton ( with uplifted eye ) appeal , I ask you ,-to reflect upon tho loss of life , the tuffonug from poverty , the unparalleled privation , and the manly bearing withal , by which yonr power lias been crflfcted , and then a * k yourself whether or no it could have been airocted to more fostering purposes , and wight you not nave applied it , at the same time , tothftpreger-Tauan of your fame , and tolhe improvemeBtoT those W * ero the basis ofyonr power . Yon have flWtod SSi ! S 5 faf * - ^ ft" « w ! Fortane , and during a ^ ^ mji you ?
m wwv- nae preserved ner favours by tbo K , ^» ° v / K ^ » W ? Hyou prewnted > r , until SLl ^ i ' 3 ^ 8 acquiesced In your follies ) she 5 £ wn « i !^ patton > 'he contempt which their discjosuro would « ntul . » he Btill wipporU you , but | n ow ^^ powerful rivaL U 8 upK | i | o ^ £ Xn tba m % of Jortice . I aifc y ^ v ^ \ bm $ a jrouiuppo ^ that ^* e / wrid would- |»^^ aupM ^ SS IWBwpjwu ^^ r ? At on * time sw nmleViunB iUten * West Briton , and b « gs ^ tny jnsticeT ^ M < Wli time for th # total abolition ef Utbe * and at ? Bother upjeannj those who tbougkit ef any mocSicauoni and ibea fyr a pound , sbjiffiug ^ and pence arrange . / ' VTV : 4 . ¦ . J ^ . . jit J . I
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menl of ^ ne system , while Mood was flowing for its deatrnction ,. and more money being paid in co ' stf , than waa paid before as tithe . At one time telling us that the whole ' of the Peerage was a rotten set , and -then iteDing ¦ os vto choose a sound House of Legislation ont of the batch . At one time for net yielding one inch : to ttie ^ bkiated buffoons , ' and than giving them an opportunity of putting themjelves more inthe wrong . 'At-One time " no surrender , " all the benefits of corporate reform -to be girah to Ireland , and then a filth of the boon rendily accepted . At onetime the advocate of Irish Poor Laws , when yon wanted to reconcile the fortyshilling freeholders twdisfranchisement : and then
the apprehension thai ; aprovisionJot the ^ unwilling idlier , wonld "demoralize " the'fair daughters of Ireland . ' " At one time the advocate of cheap Government ,: and democratio institutions j and again , imploring of Mr . Haryejr not to bring forward the question of the Pension List , Atone time registering a vow of eternalno « fflity ; against the " base , bloody , and brutal AV'higB , " . and again , supporting them through gbodjand "bad : at one time calling the . present Government a " fdstftring Administratipn ; and again telling the Spectator that-they have deceived thepeople . At one time the Lord Chancellor
—the guardian and protector of the factory infants ; at another , consigning their tender frames to the tender mercy of their master * , to work them" even to the death . " At one time the friend . of Annual Parliaments , and again the advocate of Biennial Parliament ; , it being " easier to get rid of ascoundrel at the end of two years , than at the end of one . ' Whatinfsrnal jargon—what consummate audacitywhat trilling with a sane community--whnt a trafficking in politics ; and what a pride , that my not subscribing to your political catalogue , is the best ground tor disentitling me to public confidence . 1 have the honour to be ,. Feargus O'Coxxob .
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TO MESSRS . FRAS ^ R AND DUNCAN . TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ GESTtEMEN , —As Secretary of the Ayr Working Men s Association , I received a letter from you , through the medium of Mr . Thomas Duff , and took the earliest opportunity of lajiug it . before a general meeting of the menibHrs of thdt bodyi who , after discussmg the contents of it , and giving it all due consideration , unanimously agreed , that to call such a meeting as is therein contemplated , and for such pnrposes as are therein mentioned , is completely at variance witk the princi p les of honest Radicalism , riz . to pass a resolution that"Me men of Scotland , at least , will never appeal to physical force utany lime , or upon any occasion whatever" We
^ hope better things of the men of » ur native land than that they ' will enter into any such covenant with a base , cruel , and tyrannic aristocr * cy , who are never inclined to view us in any other light than their 'hewers of wood and drawers of water , ?'—men who , with a few . honourable exception !* , by their whole conduct towards us , seem to think us an inferior race of beings ; and we honestly declare , that were we to be gnilty of having art or part in such re ^ olations as are in contemplation to be brought forward at the said meeting of delegates , we would beacting unworthily of the land that gave ^ us birth , for we consider the man , or nation of men , who could for
one moment entertain the thought of delitering up unconditionally the dearest and best , gift Heaven e ' er gave to man , viz . his rights , and 'liberties , as totally nnworthy ever to enjoy them ; and we certainly cannot « ew the proposed national resolution to use nothing but moral means in any ¦ other light than an unconditional surrender j "for ,-. if we caniot speak to the fears of our oppressors , we are fully convinced we shnll never be able to spenk with any ' -good " - ' effe ' et to their feelings , and we would ask you ; vrtiat good you can calculate * upon obtaining after having proclaimed to them that they huve no thing ; to fear irom physical force ?
We hold our oppressors of the present ; day to be worse than the unjust Judge mentioned in Holy Writ , wlip " neither feared God nor regarded man ;" yet , nevertheles 5 , yielded to the importunities of the wiiow , not because he loved to do justice , but because he feared to be too much annoyed with her But our Ttilers of the present day are content rather to submit to every annoyance that moral ' means -admit « f , than to yield one iota of the . people ' s just nghu to them ; and may we not infer for me future from the past , ( more especially if such resolutions as you contemplate are entered into , ) that we are as near our political salvation as we ever will be ? In our opinion , indeed , it would be absuM to expect anything else from tht homes of Lords and Comr aone , a ? presently constituted . ' ¦
He take this opportunity of declaring that we are determmed to remi-t , by every uieans in / bur power , » ny tyrant , or body of tyrantii , who will dare ! or have dared , to lny their impious hands upon what wi > consider all that givea eojoj-ment to life—viz * , our rights and liberties , which nre . tho gifts of God , and which wo consider ourselves bound , both by the laws of God and nature , to defend to the last , seeing that they ' : are gifts ¦ ¦ to us which Heaven hav not delegated the power to any / nian , or body of men , to wrest from us . JMich , then , being our opiuiuns , yon cannot wonder that we think ouwelves in duty bound to use our whole fncultiAji , meutnl or bodily , in nrofectinff nr
reeaminer tlip ? e rights , as occasion may : demand . Hut , Gentlemrn , we hope it will tint be inferred from this that we would wish , tbst'e . physical force resorted to in the first instance . By no ineans . We hope that the honest and deeply degraded industrious millions , in the midst of their just wrath , will still remember and exercise mercy , both on their own accounts , and for the nake ; of their heartl > roken wives and shining families , as well as evorV useful institution ofour beloved land , for who . for one momeut , can contemplate tile -horrors of a civil war , without shuddering at the bare idea , provided justice may be obtained by more eentle means ; and do
wo hope that the insulted millions will never anse in their giant strength ubtil all other means have been completely exhausted . We have thouKht it necessary to say tliis much to show that We are by no means the strenuous advocates of physical force "in preference to moral force . We do hope it will be kept completely in the back ground , as it were , bat never lost sight of altogether , until we have been paid to the uttermost farthing ofour just dues . ^ We reprobate the idea of claiming from any one what is justly theirs , —all we wish for , and are determined to have , are our own rights and privileges , which , as we have already said , are ours by nght of birth . 3
on sny , in your letter , that , ? ' if you mistake not , the people of . Scotland aTe desirous of a peaceful struggle only . " In this we are certain you are perfec » y correct , and we are Rure yon might have added England too , Does not the circumstance of the people submitting with such exemplary patience , and for such a length of time , to the ^ iron yoke of oppression which has been imposed Upon them , proves this to a demonstration ? And that war was not in all their thoughts ? We are firmly convinced , that if the fatal day should erer hrrive when arms are appealed to , winch we earnestly hope may never be the case , it will be only when every other door to hope is closed , and then wo to the oppressor who han thns
goauea on Uie pieoplB to maduess , through intense suffenng . There w just on » part more of your letter we wis < h to moke a few remarks off , and that relates i ? e . ? ° ? 0 OR' « of Scotland interfering with the fc-n | lish Radicals and their leaders . We consider such interference uncallBd-fpr and unseasonable . Why step in now , nt the elefenlh h # » ir , to try and create a dm « ion , or derange thew plans ? Mr . u Connor , Mr . Stephens , and many thars , are acting upon no new plan of agitatibrii . iWe consider them to be the saiiao at this moment they have been for years past ; and . if their conduct is reprehenwble , why were they not expostulated with , aud that conduct arraigned at the bar of public ouiuion . in tba
manner you now propose , at the commencement of their career , rather than lie off till now , when the evil is done , if evil it may be called , which , however , wo by no means admit ; for upon the wholu we cannot help thinking , that O'Connor arid Stephens are better and more substantial friends to the grind , ing aristocracy , in thus warning them of tho impending danger which threatens to overwhelm them , and affording them an easy means of eiicape , by « mply restoring that which they have unjustly taken irora others , and thus ensuring to tneinselves perfeet security , than by pai'sing resolutions and making declarations tunding to lull the oppressor into funcied security , and telling him he may still tyrannize with impunity , when at the sarao time they must be perfectly awaro that no bucIi pledge can be given
w « o any certainty of its being acted upon , because ¦ there is a point of human endurance beyond which j tirimpossible toatop with impunity . If men are loaded beyond o certain limit , there just" remains one of two things for them to do , —« ituerto lie d « wn and dia nnder their load , of SamBon . like , put forth thew whole wmaimng strength at once , and crush th « r rotnleM opprewort | and who will be bold enough to say that the latter mode may not be preferred ? ., - ' ¦ - " . ; :-.. . v \ - - -: / - ¦ : ; .-Having , perhaps , made thin letter rather long , we now ^ Mt en to a closet bat allow us to pbserve ' that the Radicals of Ayr look npon the regolutions to be proposed . » W great susoicion , and they earnestly hope matteri will be well weighed before being pro-^ eM ftt ^ fl ^ Mpr $$ m &M W $ they tee « w « r | Myie mm ftu yetf ^ ppeftted to justify any sujipid ^ m ^ l ^ b 4 plan of acting Adopted by Messrs , ^^ fcsKftetes I By of |§ r of the Ayr Working Men ' s Association ;
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. ' , ' . ' ^^* S > SP ' . !^?*? : ^ - ' ^*" -NO % ^^| Mi :. STA | l ^ -: ^ GENTLEMEir , —One of : the numerous advantages which the Uber ^ r ^ dfthelipress confers on civilize d jociety ^ lis ^ the ^ iacility ^ reby ! afforded of disseniU nating cprrect information- of passing events ; and if through inadvartencyQrerroii it at any time beco : me 8 ^ ^ tfi e ^'' i 9 ie 4 iu ' m ^ 6 F-c ' onveTiiig false impresKona to the pubHc niind , and unjustly censuring individual character ^ it rarely fail s under dicious
aju superintendence ,. to supply the corrective antidote , ; by allowing tlw accused an appeal from the ieated inclusions of individiiaLcensotsliip , to the impartial judgment of a candid and discerning public . Feeling myself placed in the position here describedVby jour report . of the proceedings at the Bradford Odd Fellows « all tin the 26 th ^ November , Irelyonyourimjjarualityas a public journalist for an opportunity of offering a few remarks in explanation . ¦ ¦ . : ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ '¦ '¦ ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦' ¦ ¦¦' -.- ¦ - - r ' -
I | is well known , the object of the ^ ^ meeting in question was ^ to / discuss the legality of the peopto possessing themselves ofar / itSyfyca and because 1 entertained opinions diflering from a part of the meeting , I amm your report contemptuously s ' tvied a ^ VVhig beers ^ enof t / ic ' / iame of Sciirrah . " ' Kow Sir , Jfyoiir Bradford reports , as js generally understood here , are furnished by Mr . BusVeyV-i cntf , not conceaVmy astonishmentthat h 6 should e vour toanjuxe me in the estiination of my brother Radicalsby so palpable a misrepresentatiph of my political principles . For Mr . Buss ^ y well knows ftnf . 80 dp all with whom I associate , that I am ntf Whlg / nor advocate of Whist nriricinli >« nrmivaav . *^
except so far as they are conducive tbthe attainment of Radical objects and the purposes of good government- ^ -that I haveihonestly ^ laboured to carry but thejniiciples of Radicalisni , not certainly by lhfiamatoryharraiigues add ressed to the worst paissiops of the hnman heart ,. nor by eloquent appealsi tbthe ppwer'of dry gunpowder and cold steel , but by impressing on my ^ brother Radicals the" necessity of a firm and determined perseverance in a peaceable andconstitutional manner as the only rational means of ever obtaraing the objects we desire . ¦ : '¦ .
In ponclusiPiu whilst I claim the undoubted right of every free born Briton to an unreservedexpression of my ponUcal sentiments unfettered by the dictation ° f aU 7 nian i J can cheerfully ailPAy hhy one to differ in opinion \ vith me ; and I trust I shall never so far forget the principles I profess as to endeavour to build my ihtere ^ ta on the ruin of my neighbours ^ or seek , to injure a brother RadJcal merely on account of a difference as to the mode in which onr common principles should be carried into operatipn . , ; I remain , Sir , Yours respectfullyj JOSEPII SCURRAH . Bradford , December 11 th , 1 S 38 .
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FORMATION OF THE SELBV RADICAL I ASSOCIATION . TO THE EDITORS OF TkE NORTHERN STAR . GKNfrLEMEN , —I anx directed by the committee of the Selby Radical Association to request that you will be pleased ta give insertion to the following document in your valuable column ? , as they wish to make the principles of the society as widely known as possible . ¦ : ¦ ¦••' . ' . ¦"¦• : I am , Gentlemen , Yours , faithfully , : T ; B . SMITH , Secretary .
ADDRESS . As the formation of the Selby Radical Association forms a new era in the local history of thatiiiteresting and ancient town , it may hot be improper to put on recordJ at the coiiiinenceme . iit of its proceeding , a brief putlineof its ori ^ iial formatipn . . The passing of the Reiortn BUI , and the subsequent enactment # f the Municipal Reform Act , iri coinpliance with the almost unauiriious demand of the nation , had demonstrated the fact , that in order to prevent the bonds of society fi'pnl being rent nsunder , great and extensive changes must be made in the representative ,, aud corporate institutions of th « country . But , alas , it was soon found , that as ^ hose
measures had been obtained under party influence , so they could only become subservient , to tlie furtherance of party pu ^ posefi , or the attainment of party interests or aggrandisement The enactmeht of the Coercion Bill lor Ireland , and the accursed . IS ew Poor Law ; for Etigland and W ftles , the bribe of i . 26 , OOO , OOO of British gold given to the heartless blood-hounds hi the West Indies , and the refusal to do anything like justice , or give any thihglikti adequate protecti () n to the helples * factory phild , have proved , beyond a doubt ; tliat if the Tories huve ruled us with whips , their successors , the Whigs , who we were m » ihly
liistruinental in raismg to power , have resolved to rule us with scorpions . Hence arose the necessity of an organisation of the whole people , in order to secure the equal rights of . all ; That organisation whs begun b y Feargus O'Connor , nn eminent barrister ofthe ; Ir « h / bar , - who ; . b y . plri . c ^ . g ^ Bmself . at , theheii d ofthe movement party , and by the egtubiisbment of the NQrlhcrnStar , hu * - , 'in conjunction with nglorious band " of : patriots , baply saccoeded in rousing the attention of tho _ industrioua classes to their inanifoid wrpngs , and > in effecting a union and singleness of purpode amongst thuin , unparalleled in modern ¦
times / " ..:, ¦¦ - . ¦ - . - . , . ¦ . ; .. • ¦• : ¦ . ¦ ; ¦• ¦ .. , ¦ ¦ ; To aid in this glorious » lruggie—to unite with the combined millions of . th . eir ¦ countrymen . in obtainirig those rights which they firmly believe will , under the blessing of Divine Providence , secrire the prb * perity of the country , and promote the happiness of unborn posterity , is the object of the Siilby Radical Association , and to those purposes all its energies are to be devoted . The formation . of . such an . association had been long contemplated , but various difficulties had prevented the de , sigu being carried into execution ; oh ; my arrival however in the town ( to reside % . the subject was mentioned to me , and finding that the design deserved tho _ cordial ; Buppprt of every honest reformer ,, 1 immediately adopted such measures as
seemed most necessary , the result of which was a meeting of Radical reformers at my residence , on Friday evening , ; Nov , 23 , 1838 , at which I explained my political princi ple * , and stated that if t ^ hey vi-ere in accordance with those of the persons assembled , I should be happy to aid them in darrTing them Out to : the ; utmost extent of ; my power . Mr . Joseph Carter wiw then called to the chair , arid I submitted the following regolution , which was carried nem . con . 'VThat ; a Society' be tiow ; fbrmed , to be called the Selby Radical Association , " I then read over to the meeting the subjoined rules and regulations , which were afterwards inovedV -seconded , put seriatiriii , and carried unanimonsily . The meeting then adjourned to . Wednesda . y , Nov . 18 , on which night the committee . & 6 . were chosen .
GENERAL LAWS , 1 . This Society shall beicallcd jj the Selby ^ Radica l Association . " ' ¦' ... ¦ . '• . •; ' '' . '" . "¦'' . ¦ "' " ' ¦ ¦ ' ;¦¦ : . ' . ¦'"' . ¦ ' ;; ¦ " ¦ " 2 . TUe ^ Association shall consist of all persons of good nipralj character ^ the only , qualification for membefs being a desire to prombte the cause of good and cheap government in . every department of tiie state . ; . . - ' . ; - . -. ,. t - ' : - ;¦ ' . ' ;¦ ' ; - . • ' ¦ ¦ - . ' . ; . ¦ . ;¦ '¦ ''¦ ' '¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦•'¦• , 3 . This Association , recognising the only legitimate end of civil goverriment lobe the huppiness and welfare of all , without distinction of party , sect , or station , ^ considers that this ; desirable end can . neyer be attained whilethe richt of suffrage is "witliheld
from the greatbod y of the people , and therefore , the members pledge themselves tounite with the millions of their countrymen , in dumanding and seeking to obtain by every legal ^^ and constitutional means , ( and they hope in a peaceable' manner , ) Universal Sufrage , yote by . Ballot ^ ' Annual Parliaments , [ Equal tepresentatiPn , No Property Qualificatipn , and the Paymentof Members , believingf that those meaHures would , jif obtained , secure thejust rights of all classes of thei community . . , ; 4 . Each person , onbecorning a member of this Association , shall ^^ declnre -hisi cordial approval of the above objects , and his leadiness to do all in his power to carry them into effect . .. "' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - ,
| 5 . The affairs of this Associntion shall be nianaged by a committee of seven persons , t <> be chosen at a half yearly meeting , of which twelve days previous notice Hhall be given , one hull ' of the members **> K ° otit of office every ^ six mbutlw , but to be eligible lor re-election if the mcmbt'rsthiuk them lit and proper persons ' . '' : ' " '¦' ¦ -v . ¦ ' - . ¦ ¦ ;¦ _ t - . ' . - ' .: , , ¦ -. ¦ : ' -. ;¦ .- ¦ - ; . ¦ :-¦ ' 6 . The inGniberfl of tins Association shall choose their ovyn treasurer , and the socfotary shall pay over all monies he may receive on account o {^ lie
Association as soon n « convenient . The treiviiror shall bo a member of the comtnittea by virtue of his pfiico . The choice of the secretary shall be left with tlto committee . . ' , :., - ' .. ¦ ¦ . " . ¦ . '¦'¦¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ . - .- ' " : ¦ . ¦¦¦ . •"' . ; ' . " ¦ ¦'¦' 7 . Each person on his admission sliall pay sixpence to the funqs of tli « associiition ; hi ? sliall alsq ptty 2 d . per monthto atteiVt in enrrying on the .- . affairs" of the Society ; tho : :: uotit ; Uly ; - * i > . hy-n iiRnt ^ : '' U > . bef-- ' xifiia' ^ Q ' 'Q ' a-tlie last Wednesday , in each month ; . ^ ; 8 . The committee slialt prepare siich other rules as may bd doemod necessary , and submit the saine for'adoption or rejectibn to a generul ineeting of the members . - . ' . ' - ¦ " ¦ ' .. T . K Smith , Secretary .
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THE OLD POOR , LAW ; vemii THE NEW . ¦ - ¦ ¦; . : ; : ;^ pqoR . ;^ AW . \ ::.: ' ' : . ;;¦ : ¦ " ¦[¦ ¦ ^ . - t ^ El ) S LECTUIIING , "' ' ; . .. ¦ ¦; TO THE BDITQR 8 OF Tflfi NORTHER ji ; STAR .. 1 ?^ Wi \ a s ^ s my pnrsoiteaU trn » H , ' V ¦ - " .: ¦ , .- •; " Twatmvnb , ; 'tu his , nad hftthb 6 t nslav > to thousands But he who tilchua from mt- 'iny good nunio . '' ¦ ¦ " . : ' •' i Roba me of thitt which nought enriches him ^ ' ¦• ; . .: ;; .. Buthmk ? i » , iBe p 09 rindeeil . ^ % -: / , i . ; . v . ' * < --- ' ^ . ' : ^ -: GeriTtEMiEiNi-iJ perceive ? by Vae'Leeds'Merciiryi of tUjftlth , instant ^ tnat a person hat ^ been letturinir and- ^ ebjitinj ; there * in : oefeuce ' of tbe- ? JSfe ^ Poo r hi * x ' miiironi the Leeds ' pmii ; th ^ r"he'Tiad'an ktioleii ^ e bf about t ^ dE ^^ a ^ or ' tfee iinh ^ itants , AVheri jb mnn darei to preseni ; lninself befdi'e the public in such a town as LeVdiN ; in defence ; 6 i a , law Which ii clearly opposed to the religion ^ and the
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constitution of the country ^ i % becomes iniperiquKly requisite to inquire : who : and ; wlia | the ; man fi ^ Before proceeding , then , to confute his assertion ^ I will tell you what I haye been abl « to learn respecting him . ¦ . ; - . - . >¦¦ . ' . ¦ : \ '• -..-.: ' . ,-V ¦ •'¦ )!'¦¦¦ . '¦ ¦ : ¦ :- ' . ¦/' .: ¦ ., :.: ' \ . He jays that bis ^ name is At lLAI ^^ >^ i I Eresume , by way of shortening it The facst is , that eis one of the ; family to which all belong who hav © been sny . way employed by our present insane rulers to , work , and to e « deay 6 nr ; to -sustain ,, a layr , which the great Lord : EldPn declared , was '' the- mq » % impioyis pne that any Christian Legislature eVer enacted . " Thiename ^ f thatfami lYis LACKLANi ); This is the cose from the great Franklin Lewis , of Pandom ' a Box , ( Soinerset House , ) Esa-i to the Le ^ dsiLecturer . at present ^ I believe ^ of neither Box nor House . ; Well ,: theni what is he ?; A * clearly ,
and aa ; far asi ' Lh ' ave traced hitn , he ^ ^^ appears to have beeiv '' f ? t * # r ^ thing iii . turn ; and nothinglong , " From th »> first station to which I ; can trace him , vizu a * ' a " disturber of the ^ peace of ^ Hull , by a-penny / publication ^ he has been Vagranting throughJlprkshire and Lancashire ., crying " ioAa wants me , " and ready to einbrace any fellow who . wanted him for a clirty job . He has been tlie editor of newspiipera in several , tbwhs . [¦ He has been a regular public derider of absteniipiisness , and then alecttirer . ' on : audderender of ieelotalism . One , I suppose ^ was when he was /» r f / v . andthe : p . thftrj ' : when- ' . ' s-. is . n ; 6 T » :. ' - jgenerally . the : case . ) he was einpty ; In this conditibn , it wppearsi he was when the higher branches of his family in the PLAGUE BOX , being driven to their wit ' s end to
retain the familyjftstate—the New Poor LaV-T-heprd of iiis cpnsutnniate impudence , and of his naving , as ^ a ijolluigstd / iei traversed two counties , through mire and dirt ^ without having gathered / any moss—' - they , therefore , came to the concluHon , to offer this their humble cousin , a few of- their purloined candle-ends , and cheese-parings , if he would traverse the earth , t . e , the Euglish earth , to and jfrp , as Sataii did of old , to . deceive and corrupt the inhabitants thereof . This proposal , it seem ** he giadly embraced , and for the sake of securing dail y bread lor himself , has consented to d p his best to deprive the famishing POORof their ^ due portion of ^ it . This appears to have been his object in visiting Leeds . The wretched being went ^ even beyond thi *
; He not only strove to vindicate the . depriving the worth y poor of their liberty and foody- ' but , with satanic malice , soughttoruin the characters of the purest of human beings which this wicked world contains ^ Either to associate with , or tp fear , such a ^^ nian as this , would be degrading . T suppose that the people of Leeds did not know him , else he would hardly have been able tp have gained an audience ( as it is saidhedicl ) of two Aund ^ doat oi more than a hundred thousand . When tlie associates of the great Don Durham , and his doughty squire Tommy Turton , as Governors pf the Canadas , deteroiined to rob the -POOR of their legal inheritance , they , witjb . the shrewdness pf the [ children of this world ,.- determined , in the : first places to ruin
their ^^ characters . This was , I cbnceiye , ^ before they had become acquainted with this new . branch of the Lacklands—so they appointed others of the same family to traveisethe land to collect as many falsehoods and misrepresentationis vih'fying the poor , as would serve to till so many pages as would ¦ deter everybody frond reading them ; who would , therefore , take it as a matter of course , that villaiiy among the poor was as plentiful as prpfligacy aniong the rich By this means ( living no . time for inquiry ) they « ot the poor-destroying Bill passed . Now" this certainly was bad enough 1 but this lecturing shpdt oV the Lackland family has improved upon it . If there be any class of human beings on earth that one might be sure would not only escape the ' shaft of
injihguity and base detraction of their heavenappointed protectors , but be also , secure of their honest , manly , and chivalrous protection , it- ' woaid Certuinly be that pf . ' the . youthfuITem ' ale ,: 8 jex > ' : If there be one portion of this ! . . 'lovel y ' , amiable , weak , and cifte . n unprptected class more estimable than the rest , it is , I believe , by universal admission that of the natives of England , As a .-c'la : ss ; I dp affirm ( frail as . many of them may b >?) that there is not . One ( neyer was one ) so nearly approaching to perfection in loveliness , purity ,, and holiness as the youthful females of England . From the throne to the cottage , I affirm , that they > at this day , stand for the qualiups which I have enumerated , unrivalled ; yet is it this most protectionirclaimiihiar : class aerainst
which the gross , ;/ envenomed tdngue of . this slanderous , wandering , sycophantic , Mercenary lecturer has poured forth the vilest , imost unfounded invectives . Against such a slanderer no purity is safe . Ts'o arguments in public : c ? -n avail . ^ Restrained iinither by pity , honour , nor religibri , he pours forth general falsHhpodfrv assertions , hnd . caluranilis , which , though- ' nobody can believe , nobody ; can at the moment confute . The devi . L-: waathe :-iirs't ' - ' . li a'fv-and the first orator ; he ^ too ,: wascoftse ^ uently the firs t to tempt and to ruin woman ! Througii hirn ,-by these means , first came sin , and all : our woes , into the world . Hi * agents hnve , ever sitice ^ by lying and oratory , continued to corrupt and curse the world . That the wretched , corruptedmiserable
, fcmale beings with whom the lecturer may thrpuel ^ life have been associated ^ have ' been A ery generally sornething like what he describes , I c ^ n readily conceive ; but even , in that c&se , by-iwhose-means , o > throiighwhoseneglect ,: did they become sp depraved ? By those of men like the lecturer , of men , most probably , neither fennng ( God , nor regarding manseeking only their own profit or ' - " gratification . Before they had learned to refuse the : evil or to chppse the good , the devoted [ innocent victims Were probably compelled by sottish , mercenary . parents ~ tempted by inhuman masters- ^ -to forego all the engis ^ emerits and health-bestowing exercises of childhppd , and subrnit to daily and nightly labou r amidst deathdealing , moral-destroying , atmospheres , till the
human frame ( if it endured j became emaciated , evil passions excited , the mind and understanding debased , and , of course ,-they wpuld beijpine an easy prey to the first yillmns who assailed them by Hat termg lies . It is frbm ail association , prpbablyj With ' pitiable beings like f he . , that thb lecturer has dared to stiematize the whole : sex . But I affirm , that , as applied even to these , his assertions and accusations , are false . Thei fact * that he states I defy him to prove even against : them . FenialiB cha ^ racters are ^ the mdst easily and safely , traduced of all others ; therefore it is that the boldest , grossest falsehpods are fearlessly launched against them by those who have selfish ends to answer by so doing . - '¦'¦ : ¦' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ , ¦ ¦¦ ' •' .- ¦' : •' - ¦; ; : ' '¦¦ \ i ^'¦ " ¦/¦ ' ¦; . .. ' ;¦ . : "¦' . - '
¦; - ' The heads of the family of LacTdsinds ^ ent ' a gulling cousin here tip : try to cram- their salarybestpwing -New Poor Law down our throits .. This gentleman , like the : present lecturer , told ; wondrous tales ; of the depravity of- 'females ;^ ne he ; stated , at Newark , had absolutely bBcprae rich by the gre . at number of bastards : which she had liad . " ' .- So the Leeds lecturer iisserts an instance to his ovvn knowledge ( he does , not fcjtate that he was a party concerned ) in which & cunning female had frightened seven gentlemen out of ten : pounds each ,: rather than have an honour coh . feiTed upon themi ; to Which ^ ^ axh ^^ inigh t probably , had he been so disposed ^ have / laid someclajm ; Now ^ reall y ^ such tales from such ' men are top villanously \ ile tolaughat .
If we ; had female lecturers , who were not quite so shameless and regardless of truth as these gentlemen are , what pjrecious disclosures we sh ould become possessed or . I ; could really wish to witneM these male cdlunijaiators of femalos , subjected to-the deoisiph of d j ury pf matrons by the side of ' . a horsepond The syKtein to which our " reptile rulers ate now reduced , to support their impious New Poor Law , is , by either cajollery , ; reraon , strance , prpmisesj thie . atenihgsi , or abuses to corrupt every class . ui ihe king- ^ dom . : Magistrates , cleWyVV tradesmen , and mechanics are all assailed , tpo . ofteni alaj } with success . Nothing but corruption in ; the mass of the people they nud , can iupport either them or their infernal bill * Female youthful
iiiiiPcence it se : emi < cannot escape'their malignity . Hence have they been inclined ; . not only to give depraved licentiousness among villanous profligate ^ , a run of their evil pasiiona among unsn » 6 ect 3 n ' g yirgins- ^ -free from ail feat of thu only feeble restraint before attaching to their ruinous indulgenciesj but theyhave , it , geems , engaged with ... the publicjnpney , mercenary wretches and wnit them throughout the lnud , as agent !) to themselves and the devil , to blacken the ; pharacters of the inost pure of the purest part of Cod ' s creation on feiirOithe ' youthful English females , " The ¦ indignation of every male , being entitled to , and dessrviug of the namo of Man , must be aroused against such reptiles and their emulovcr * , This villn nous accusation
is not mado in the proaenco of tho accused , ( if it were the Wretch would know that he would still remain unanswered \) but wheri he knows , that his murderons lies could not be dihprovod . It is folrto as li ^ ll , that tlie English female character ; | s as , this raercGinary , clrnvftcter-murderittg lecturer Aq »~ scribes it to be , eveii among any of the ^ lowest classes , where Marnraonitish TrierceiiarieB havn not cruelly - - corrupted themi in their youth . It if ialse ^ and I defy him to prove that , even among the victim of vile wietcheij who , like hito , h ave been . doing their best to ruin them—many haye - ever been known to \ uxie perjured themselves ; in thie waj ^ which he dare to asBert w ? ts cgmmpn among-thei ^ v It wasnot In : ohe case in 9- '; -buftdred- . ; . in ' '' : vmct'tte man accused evea Ventured to deny hi « culpabilityi This female calumniator dares to infer rthatlfie
victims of base yfrefche * have no irestreiht , but mercenary motiyes iagainst licantiousness , or even the must'flagitious perjury . H ^ d thiii jhan ever either $ niotheri oHister ^ or . a daughter ? Were they strumpet » like these ? If not , What rignt has th ^ i calumniator to accuse others , unless Be jh ' as known them ^ ° bewitch : f- If sbV what is . Ma eevidence yiotiiil : ¦ ' I apprehendthat he knows little or hbthiiig about either moral or religious restrainfj any more than he does of the ^ tender ^^ affections of the youthful female heart . Does tliia hired debeiVer mean to iay that the dread of nine months sorrow ^ BicKness , pain , anguish of invndv reproof of conaciencef fear of dictation , ^ dread of r , eproa | Ch , horror of public exposure , and perhaps even bop 6 of death s jHight not act in some degree as restraints ? ; But What restraints had the villain , her seducer * even then to
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ssSsliigiis iSiSJv ^ N ^^ IS crime , ( we have seenhow far BMtfoottT ^ * - ^!^ assertion Owe ^ but to ^^ whabSJSl&SS " Mare ? It is * haeM ^ 6 fiw ^ pBSSS ^ J seducers to temmtenme b yremoting ^ SK the only _ restraming checlc , &at beforf » S . S ^
them . Itiealure ^; tbApbor ^ ctimi ( I ^ aT ^« W eflecti j elurv ^ to . wmmi ^ em ^^ blSS ? d ^ s-the 4 nurder pf'hersnc kingcnfld-ao r SfSo f theinfanv in her womb ' . Jtis \ lu ^ toSaS ^ ( whoTOugt otherwise have both her and her ffiS maintain , ) to screen her from detection , if not S f » st her in the : commissioil of the crime' it S ^ o ? S S f ^ e ^ gbbouw , 1 d th « commission of the guilt of winkmg at the crime of a pitied object , whom , they consider as / being the § ctmi of the most ^ unjusttyranny ^ neither civil officav no ? magistrates desire to kn 6 w anything about it ^^ ^<* . ™ fe ? t * , it is ^ therefore probaWet have thus finished emce : the passing of ^ he S : JroorljaWr - - ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦> -i : .::. v . " -- :- . ' v . * . :. - . ; . - . ; -L- ' . „ , : . - SAMTJEL ROBERTS . Park-Grange , near Sheffield , Dec . 12 th , 1838 .
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TO TIIE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Gentlemen , —Allow ine ^; through the medium of your excellent paper , to remind the members of the yanotls Radical Unions in the West Ridin ? of this county , ^ that , at eur last DelegafesV meeting , held on the 22 nd ^ of October , it was unahiihbnsly resolved tttat the Delegate * should again assemble at MiU Bndge on . the 26 th pf the present month s ( Tuesday next , ) for the transaction pi business ' connected with : the National Convention , ; < Ssc . ; and 1 ^^ beg also to suggest that the Unions give fall and decisive instructions to the Delegates tWy may appoint tp attend the . gaid ; meeting , as the brief space of vtime , . . and ¦¦ . the- exertions ; requisite io be m » ae > before the assemblin g ' of the Conventibn , willrender it impossible to convene any gubsequent meeting .- ' . -: -- / r ' - / : : ^ -v- -:, ; ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' - '¦ :-.- ^ -, ^ Yours respectfull y ^ . - "' .: . . ¦ . : ; ;
Leeds , December ; 19 th , . 1 ^ . ; ^ ; _ ¥ , Si The Delegates are ^ requestedto > beat Mill Bridge at ten o ' clock in ,-the , ^ forenpon ^ as many will have to travel a cohsiderable . ; disiaace after the business has terminated . : " ¦ ¦'¦/ -..- ¦ ¦ . ¦; . ¦'¦ : " ¦ . " -.- ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ : ;¦¦ " ¦ : / - . ' . ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ;¦ ¦ ¦^' ¦ li ^/^/ j-i ' w . -R .:,
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0 ANADA .--The Londnn Gazette notifies that " the Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenan-General Sir John Colbpriie , Gri C ; B , ^ to be Goverf nor Gen eral , "Vice A ^ iral , and Gantain General pt all her Majesty ' s : Provinces within and adjacent to the Continent of North America / ' : " i , ^; The ; Spanish " VYi ^ ,- > Ehei Sfayor , Aldermei . and leading : merchants of Li verppoly bave fbrwairded a inembrial to Lord Paliherston , eaniestJy representing the necessity of putting an tnd to the civil war in Spaing -- - - - • - ¦ - ¦ : ; - ¦ \ - ' , ¦ ¦ ,: i- ; ^ .. / - ^ ¦ : }' .- f : ^ ,: ; z - ~ :: \ :
Russian Tactic * . —The Commerce v Paris paper states , oh the authority of a letter from St . Petersburg , that— 'f At the lat « celebratiPn of the Emperor ' s birth-day , at New Archangel , the capital of the Russian ; colonies in North ^ merici , Admiral Count Kupreseman ,. the € ommandeNihr . Chief of the Russian nayal forces on that station , gave a splendid banquet , at tho close of whi lh a collection teas mads for the ' unfortunate Patriots of Canada , Thia collection , which was in spmejprt official , and to which everybody present , Withoiit exceptipH , 'eagerly contributed , produced neaily 2 ^ 800 frarics , ( £ 112 sterling , ) and was fortoa ^ dXt ^ iis des tination &u Admiral Kupreseman Aiin&eW /\ ¦ :
' Torch LioHT / MEETikos ^ - Th e following U the Proclamation against torch-light meetings that appeared in the Gazette of last Eriday eveniHg : —
BY THE QUEEN-t-A ! PBOCLAMATiON . . Victoria R . ^ Wherea 8 great numbew ^ disposed and disorderly persons have latel y , in some parts of Great , Britain , assembled themselves to . gether after sunsety by torch-Iigbt , in ^ large bodies and in a tumultnou 3 manner , with hanners , fjlags , and other enuigns , and have continued so a ssemhled . un * illa : late ^ h 6 ur ; of the * night ,: and during the time they were so assembled have , ; by loud shouta and noises , and by .-tW ^ discharge- of fire-arnis , and the / display pf vVeapons of offence ' , greatly ¦ alaraed this inhabitants of Jthe neighbourhpod of such aHsemrjiies , and Endangered the publio peace . We , therefore , being sensible of the mis
chieyous popsequenoes to be apprehended from sueji illegal meetings , Valid ' ; , of the dangerous tendency thereof , not onlyt » - the ; peace of our iingdom , Ibut tp the lives and ^^ properties ^ of our subjects ^ do hereby warn ahd . cpmraand all ^; persons to desist from su ch assemblies ; at Iheir neril , ; and dp nirther : command all Justices pf Pe ^ acei SherifiEj , Constables ^ and other Peace Officers to use their ;; utinostehdeayoufs to preyent all such illegal : jwsemblieB and toi brfag the offenders ' .. to justice . r-Griven at our , CpUrt at Windsor , this twelfth day of I ) e < jember , in the year ; eighteen liundredaijd thirty-eight , and in the . second year of Our Reign . —God Save the' Queen . in
. . Meeting a ^ Chelmsjforb TATpiirav or the GHAKTEB , ^ . F pr several days ( past the town of p helmsford and ^^ its . vicmity : has been in an unusualstate of excitement , in consequence of hilb circulatedby the WorkingvMen'B Associatwh , conyeoing a meeting of the inhabitarits in favour of the People ' s Charter . , i . It ' was announced , -that C . Branfill , Esq ., would , take the ; chair , : and that Stessre . Cleave ahdvVihcent would attend from Ltnd « n , as well as deputations from other towns . The Tories caused a yariety of bills to be circulated , with the View of dissuading Mr . Branfil from taking the chair . The Shire Hall was erantedfpr ' thB
meeting , but it was > fterwards refused . The meet , ing Was j . therefore , jield in the theatre , ; on , Monday night last . The time appointed for takings the chair was six ; and at that hour the theatre was 'densely .. 'filled . Mr . Branfil , in company with the 4 eputatipn and committee , on entering ^ was loudly pheered . It was some time before the business conid be proceeded with , in consequence of the people outside being unable to obtain : admission . On the motion : pf Mr ; Hull , C ^ Br anfill , "Esq . y was called to the ; chair , ^ who commenced ^^^ his bbseryatipns by re « fettihg to ^ the ^ attempts that had been fhadt to prevent the meeting ; taking place . Bte said , the people
had as . much Tight ip ' -m ' eet for their Charter as aifew Tory parsons and pthershad " for Cpnseryatwre porpb | es , " Eesc-Iutipns jnyfavbur ; of ' the- objects for wkich the : meeting : was donyened were moved , seconded , and carried with ^ ' the greatest enthnsiasfii . The meeting was also addressed at ipme ; length hy Messrs , Cleave . and Tincent , who were very enthu * 8 lftstically received . 6 ii thapks being voted tp the chairman , the ^^ most numerous political meeting ever held in Chelmsfora peaceably , dispereiid . A party of ipout seTenty aatdown , to supper after the nieeting , and the night ' was spent to ^ the s ati sfaction of alL : ; [ The : org ^ pizatjon of the ] peo | le ; is " spreading into nearly ' eyery ^ town ^ and % iflae « in ; the counties
ofES 8 ex / and / Sufirolk ;; The ^ cbtintj ^ pf Kent isalso onthe stir . / ' The-peoplei of several places are pre * piiring' fpr public n ^ iM % » . ^ —Weekly True Suu , ^ HE , PARLI ^ aj 3 . ^ -liri 8 lT OP GEACE itfD HCT F ^ iSEit Tp At NWxcK Castle . —^ Grace Darlia ^ andJbtr venerable lather waited , by desire , at : Alnwick Casti ^ , on , Wednesday week , upon their GracM thei Puke and Jjubhess of Northumberland , who gave , thejna ; a v ; ery kind and cpurteoui rec « ption . Her Graqe made tbd heroine a present :. pf . ' a beautiful Bhawl , . an ^ h is Grace placed in her band « a liberal presentlor her mother , Mrsi Darling ^ The no ble Duke afterwarcl j presented ; the ftither and daughter with two splendid gold medalliong from the Hoyal
• n . rW * J »«? .- "vw »«»/ > \ w * , iwuion ni » wrace ii tne miininf cent" patrqp . and pre 8 id | nt > commemorative of tlwir heroic daring and disinterested humanity in - saving ft Dortlpn of the orew' * n 'd . paisengen of tji * Forjhr * Aw steamer , on the picoa ^ lqn of th > awful low of that ^ e « s ? l on the EernVlslanias .:: The medal * are of the value of ahout ; i ; 20 each . v G | p ; the Jfao ^ of them is si beautiful figure' of « i child endeavotinng 4 o reklriaie - an ' almost ' extinortbTcHv WrithHhe lecendi ' ^ ateat ; ^ ntifluia ^ fSrsaTij'' a ^ a ^ nwM ^^^ cv tond . * In " rcsuscijait ; intelr ; ; rabftj onuh institi JfDccLxxxVi ! ' ^ 0 p thl ?; reTerse jS lb ^ legend , "Hod preHum-civi wrVat 6 ^ uUt : " mjia the jnacription , iWOMino / tk
.. . xariing . oo « ervff K ) , V . ^^ Boo . Beg . Iluniiii 83 iB . V v Although ^ 4 h «« e expelJent and iuterwtiDg persomused e ? ery > inaeav 6 u ^ tt > roakethelJ yisitito Alnwiek Castlf ju . private - a » ipo «« jblei- < he fact ioon be ^ aD d curiosity was aecordiog l ^ Se'icit ^ iiNDe higbe »* degree . Asppon air it wafr known-that they ner i reiidrng > ith , their UMU . Mr . lkt'Fiirlati ^ jbf : N ^ rowgate ^ tree ^ pflpplffbegftn to a « jembleV and jriaaf ladiw atf ^ e ^ mettBTihe ibwn' wera gratiflfa with oai ;« f $ bem
aa ^^ noe > iMr , iDarUng is ^ a veryflnfl jniHtary looking bld , man , * ni ^^^ catea ^ Mfc iegret ^ o ^ warm * e ^ ffteo ^ s ^ *« rgy of ohar ^ otet . ; * Grracer doesi noiP ^ ie ^ % r «*» i *>' . sheiisindeeia aw ^ t ; i » oa « rtv iaud ^ aawtofoggUI , ; and appe * ra to lie ttnoonsoiotw otCbarinK done ; atything great or noble ^ ' ; iThe-inaTBTDer-5 n . ' -WntcV ; ihef i bore thBBeir ^ ing ^ o ^ oSit ^^ i bf ^ drtfeHBBDerland atidf ^ t ^ : well a > ttatof the people at larg ^ wis f ^ y : f ortby Pf ; thfcj | entiei heroine find . her hf roiciire ^ ^ , ; , < :- ! :. ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1037/page/6/
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