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THE A0ETH£E^ STA£. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1841.
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MR. JUSTICE PATTESON AND THE PUBLIC.
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GREAT MEETING AT EDINBURGH . SIGSAX TICTOST ACHIEVED BY THE CHARTISTS OVER THE CO 5 LBISKD FORCES OF ' THE CORK LAW REPEALERS JLSD F 1 SAUTT WHJGS , A 5 D BASE COSDCCt OF THK LATTER , The Edinburgh Clique , as is -well known , is the polar star of the pariy throughout Scotland , ho sooner do the gentry in Downing-strcet hoist a flag of distress , than their faithful follower in Edinburgh endeavour to beat np the steam ; and , if they succeed , the minor cliques follow the example . Hitherto the party hare been in part diridcd—the great body of the Repealers standing a'oof from the tribe of lawyers and jobber * , whose orly end notoriously wac—place . But , on this occasion , a bond of union was formed between them , and a project was concocted to get up a meeting which would at once act as a repeal meeting , and a " keep-in- the- Whigs" one . How the worthies sped we shall now narrate . . "
The first notice of their moTe was had on Sunday morning , ( the 9 th , } when placards appeared , announcing " a public meeting of the inhabitants , " to pas 3 a Tote of confidence in the Government , and approval of measures for " a total abolition of the Corn Law 3 , Thi 3 meeting was fixed for Monday , the 10 th , ( the next day !) and at one o ' clock in the forenoon ! I These facts gpeak for themselves . * By keeping their bills concealed till the Sabbath , and calling the meeting for the very next day , they ex-I ? : ieu to steal a march upon the workies , and the
ruse of the hour is too stale to need comment . In addition to this , a meeting of the Gu'ldry was called at eleven , that the worthies might thence walk to the soene of action . The meeting wa 3 called for one , but the infamous scamps sent some 400 or 500 e ' rer ' ars , privately , to their friends , urging them to come at twelve ! 6 o much for the " Whig tactics . The Chanist 3 , on the other hand , did their best to bring up their hand 3 , and published a bill on the Monday morning , detailing the nefarious projects of the Whigs , and urging the fustian jackets forward .
The eventful morning came ; the clique looked unutterable things . They had not the shadow of a doubt but sll was to go off" a 3 they wished it . A p osie of ** blue coats" were stationed at the Assembly Rooms , where the meeting -was to be held , to awe the " mob . " It bo happens that there is a private entrance to the place of meeting ; the Whigs availed themselves of this to admit the Guildry ard the " circular" friends , who came at twelve , while the " workies" who came at that hour ( for the secret of the circular ocz ^ d out ) were kept si bay by the " bluebottles ! " Meanwhile , the "Whigs were packing the meeting by the private entrance > At one the doors W 6 re opened , the "jackets" rushed inj and now commenced the tug of war .
Mr . Adam Black ( late aspirant to municipal honours , and a notorious Whig jobber ) took the chair with the greatest complacency , and was proceeding to do the duties thereof amidst the greatest uproar , when Mr . Boykn rose , and moved ( after detailing the r&scallv conduct of the callers of the meeting ) that Mr . Jonn Watson , a working man , and Secretary to the Chartist Association , do take the chair . The cheering and waving of hats that followed this absolutely astounded the Whigs , who saw at a glance that all their vile tricks had failed . After endeavouring to gee the Chartists to agree to their
"man , " they became so exceedingly gracious as to throw poor Adam overboard , and to let them pick aid choose from a trio of brother Whigs . The Chartists were not to be done ii that way ; they insisted for Mr . Watson . The show of hands waj takeDj James Ayton , Esq ., advocate , taking it for the Whigs , r ^ id ilr . Boylen for the Chartists . The latter had bo decided a majority that Adam and his satellites upon the hustings , with a few exceptions , bolted , alter a vain attempt to keep Mr . Watson from'the chair by physical lorce . A number of the hustings ' " Whigs remained , as did ail those in the body of the Hali . There would not be Ies 3 than two thousand
persons present . The confusion that prevailed was great ! Upon Mr . Watson taking the chair , amidst cheering from bis party , they calmed down , and for some time nothing was to be heard but the bowlings , growlings , and execrations of the disappointed Whigs . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . Robert Lowery ( who had been seat for by the Chartis : Association on purpose ) made his way to the hustings , to propose the first resolution . The Whigs were determined to put him down by clamour of &A sorts—from the aristocratic whistle of the buck , to " d—n him , put him down J '' of the less '' respeeiable" ciiqueur . But Lowery was too old for these rave gentry . He stood very patiently smiling in their faces for sometime most ( wnplacently , and then commenced addressing the reporters . Seeing this , the " respectables" thonght it best to hold their peace , and Mr . Lowery proceeded to deliver one of the most eloquent and certainlv the most effective addresses we have ever heatd
at a netting of that sort . He took them up upon two prouxds . He shewed the absurdity of believing ' the Whigs sincere in their professions for a repeal of the Corn Lvw , and the futility on the other hand of repealing the drn Laws , without other concomitan : alteration ? , that nothing bat the Cnarter would secure . He showed the fully of working men allowing themselves to be made the mere tools of the other facii-jcs , and the necessity of concentrating their exertions upon the tingle object of their own emancipation . The writhings of the Wh'g ? , vrho winced dreadfully under his exposure oi their iHisdeeds , was equalled only by the cheering of the Chartists , who
¦ were delighted to hear their own sentiments done justice to in scch a masterly manner . Mr . Lowery concluded by proposing the following resolution : — M That from the past conduct of the Whig ministry —conduct which has been uniformly characterised by nothingbur falsshood , imbecility , and tyranny—we are convinced that any professions they may now find it for their interest to make , are simply to raise public sympathy in their behalf , for the purpose of aiding them ia a weakness io which their own conduct has reduced them ; and that we hereby declare our utter want of confidence ia them as legislators . "
The resolution was seconded by William Glover , Esq ., M . D . and F . R . C . S ., who &hewtd the present move of the Whigs to be simply a bare electioneering trick . The Doct-er having concluded , Jam » s Craunird , Esq ., Advocate Depute ( i . e ., Barris : < r-at-Law and Q C . ) rose to move an amendment to the following tfiVct : — " That this meeting approve of a repeal of the Corn Laws , and have full confidence in her Majesty ' s Government , " or words to tha : effxi . In support of this he dvrelt at sjreat length upon the usual topics with men d Lis kidney —namely , the horrors of Toryism , and the beauties of Whi ^ gery I " Keep out the Tories'' and keep in the Whigs , " was the first , last , and great commandment—the Alpha and Omega of his creed . He was succeeded bv another brother big wig ,
James Moncrieff , Esq , Advocate Depute , " -who went on in a similar strain , adding some touches as to the advantage of " cheap bread . " He was satisfied " cheap bread" was a good thiDg , and so he might , for the fees are not to be reduced , and there is not to be " cheap" law . He landed her Majesty " Government in no measured terms ; and concluded by seconding Mr . Craufnrd ' s amendment . " Tnv 3-ive which these two Learned Gentlemen bear to her Majesty ' s Government—a love which led them
to demean themselves so far as to address a plain working man as *• Mr . Chairman , "' is easily accounted for , when we inform the English reader that the offices they at present hold are the first of a series of regular gradations passed through by favoured individuals , » who ultimately land on the bench . They are in the pay of the Government already , and hope , ere lon ^ , to be still further therein . No wonder they should see the matter of "Keep in the Whigs" in a more favourable light than did the majority of their
hearers-Mr . Lowery replied briefly . His reply was truly a clincher . The vote was taken , and a " large majority declared for the resolution . The poor big wigs , elunk away wonderfully crest-fallen , while the Char- ' tist 3 proceeded to give the usual cheers for the Charter , and pea-ceably dispersed . This victory is the more important than it may at first fight seem . Hitherto , as we have already remarked , there was a misunderstanding among ihe Whig party themselves . We defeated the repealers , &nd we defeated the " finality" or " keep ia the i Whigs" men , separately ; but to-day we have beaten them both united . We have crushed the "finalityrepeal" agitation in the bud ; and that most tfectualiy . Never did we labour under such disaavan ? tages—never were we taken at so much unawares ,
and so unfairly treated ; and yet we conquered . Hot only so , but her Majesty ' s paid servants , those who hitherto scorned tc recognise us fanner than a * bo maay wild animals , who uniformly left the room when our chairman took his seat ; these lordly fellows now condescend to acknowledge our chairman , to address him as such , and to abide by his decision Let onr example be followed by other places , and ere long these Whip shall see , in Teality , what it is to want the people . Their defeat must be ail the fitore mortifying that they cannot talk of " obstruction , " 4 c . They were heard fairly and fully ; they themselves acknowledged as much ; they had their ablest speakers too , and yet they lost ! This was their "last kick , " and , in attempting it , they have , to all appearance , broken the limb .
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- — ^ TO ME . HETHERIJfGTOy . Dear . Sib ., —My attention has been directed , by an ' acquaintance of mine , to a letter of yours that appeared in & London newspaper , the Sun , evening edition . ^ Much angry feeling is directed towards the ten seceders , the Bet . W . Rill , and Feargos O'Connor . With respect to the latter two gentlemen I leave them to i S 3 ttle their own account ; but as 1 am one of the Be- i esders , I shall take the liberty of diking you , presently , for your proof of our imbecility : u rl cowardice . Before 1 proceed further , allow me to & ± y J nsvrr attended ; an out-door Chartist inee'ina but once , ^ Ld that , was ' the only time I hsd an opportunity of being acquainted ; ¦ with , and then -with but one , j-. piilar Caattist agitator ' —in fact , I know but very tew Cuarusts at all , being :
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a poor , blistered-handed , country bumpkin . All men I Tiew as beings equal in the sight of God ; equal at birth ; and , howeyer Tain mortals may claim distinctions through life , death—in defiance of heredi ' -. ry bubbles and funeral pomp—reduce ? all , rich and poor , to one common level ; therefore , I worship not man , though I admire some men ' s principles ; adore not riches , though I admit their utility ; nor do I fear any imputation which may be horled at me , either through pitiable ignorance or malignant design . Though conscious of my liability to err in judgment , I have this consolation in reflection : my motives are to search after truth , and endeavour to establish universal jus tie * for the benefit of the whole of the human race . Yon , Sir , I have been led to believe , from a few who were personally acquainted with you , are a good , connd politician .
When I saw your name attached to the Lovett , Collins , 4 c address , I concluded yon , In connection with the rest , desired to effect , through your social kindness and sound reasoning , an amicable adjustment of a *! differences with all parties who strive to obtain tbe People ' s Charter , for the general benefit of our countrymen , and to demonstrate the absurdity of induljing in passionate invective , bitter sarcasm , and every angry feeling . You should have had my feeble assistance in your co-operation if such had been your intentions . Answer me : Is it so ? You commit yeurself in your letter to the Sun In the follewing extract I think very little of the social or charitable feeling you display : —
" Mr . O'Connor is -welcome to the few imbecile creatures who signed the address , and then withdrew their names , —do they not require instruction ? When a time of persecution arrives , who -would trost the ten poltroons who withdrew their names from the adtu . ira . fele address of Lovett , Collins , and others , at the dictation of Feargus O'Connor ? Who could expect -victory in any cause ¦ with an army of ten thousand such men ? nay , if Mr . O'Connor ' s association outnumbered the army of Xerxes , four or five hundred firm and honest men would defeat th 8 mighty host , if it were composed of such men as the ten seceders . "
I ask , where is the imbecility in suspecting any plan having the marked sanction of the apostate O'Connell ? Are all his movements characterised by strict honesty ? Are not enticing baits laid to entrap the unwary ? Is it an act of imbecility to suspect men's honesty—men whom you know not ? Are all men professing honesty sincere ? If your motives were geod , why not submit y < sur plan for publie inspection—the merits and domerits of which to stand the test of friend and foe , instead of making it a breach of honour to give it to the pnblic and to return the address by return of post ,
lest you drink too deep of its virtues , and become too good and too wise , notwithstanding your consummate wisdom in arranging your plan , and your infallibilty as a social regenerator in condemning persona , some of whom you know not , as poltroons , imbeciles , &c ., for thinking for themselves , not " bowing to a despot , " as you would have it . You , in your letter , let out some hunest or true expressions for the public gaze , for what intention I know not . Yuur wild cant , I think , is to seca r * those who have not seceded , and your passionate invective Beem . es to breathe revenge .
I feel sorry you and I cannot harmonise in our vie * a . You are in prison ; I trust your mind has not been poisoned by false statements , and that ere long all honest men -will find out one common road to obtain their rights . If you suffer bodily for the purpose of raising tae sympathies of the people for personal gain , I hate the principle , and pity the man ; but if you suffer for principle , or good intentions , and are in any movement actuated from right or mis-directed jaal , I admira your good intentions , and should feel much more acutely for yeur sufferings . In the same light I view all other men—even O'Connor himself ; therefore , 1 hope you will see your error in suspecting that I , as one of the ten , bow to a despot , or act upon the dictation of any man , without judging for mjself . Your well-wisher , A well-wisher to all mandtind , And a primitive Chartist in the cause of human redemption , W . J . OSBOKNE . Abbey-street . > funeaten .
The A0eth£E^ Sta£. Saturday, May 15, 1841.
THE A 0 ETH £ E ^ STA £ . SATURDAY , MAY 15 , 1841 .
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" yulli vendemus , nulli negabimus , aut differemiis , justiliam vel rectum . Wb have headed this article " Mr . Justice Patteso > and the public , " because now , that sentence has been passed upon the offenders , we consider the case as regards them ended , the legal maxim being " execution is the end of ihe law : " but not so with the judge . He is a public servant , paid by the public , and for the purpose of doing public justice .
We use the motto of the Constitution as though we had one : for although every fragment of our Constitution may have been tauered , and though judges , for the present , may commit high cfFences with impunity , jet it is right ^ and proper that Englishmen should understand what the Constitution professes to guarantee , and in how far the judges are bound to obey it , and how far they do obey it .
Leaving the noble offender and his distinguished associate then wholly out of the question , we speak of Mr . Justice PATiEso >\ a man paraded as a second Justinian , and revered as a saintly judge . We commence by asserting that it we had a constirntion , and if judges were amenable to it , or even to the maxim 3 of law , or rules of common decency , Mr . Justice Patteson should be impeached for the highest offence that man can commit .
Let us , in addition to the able article in the Weekly Dispatch , upon the subject , begin where our contemporary left off . The E'atI and the Captain , mark , the Captain—the commissioned officer whom we pay to fi ^ ht / or u ? , but not against us , commit a most violent , wanton , and outrageous assault upon a policeman in the execution of his duty . The policeman ' s life was long iu danger , and his health , it is said , he will never regain . The culprits plead guilty . Lord Desman coq ; ets . The press and the
public take him to ta ^ k . The Examiner leaves him not a foot of ground to stai . d upon , and literally proves him guilty of gross prevarication before his brother Peers . Public opinion so far triumphs , that law is not to be sold for money , but Lord Desman is not to be soid by his Peers . The parties are called up for judgment . Lord Dexmax , who knew most about the ca-e is absent , or is silent . Mr . Justice Patteson think- ? that too severe a
sentence would be a rtfl-jction upon the Chief Justice , who , no doubt , sanctioned a compromise , and therefore Mr . Justice Pattesox is satisfied to ailow the matter to remain iu as much obscurity as possible , in order to screen Lord Desman , and throw dust in the eves of the public . Now , what does he do ? The prisoners ( we beg their pardon , the Noble Earl and Ins friend , ) put in affidavits in extenuat on , and in which they state that they were drunk . Noble defence ! Mr .
Justice Pirrsso . v says this is an aggravation of the offence in a poor man . and of course mu > t be looked upon as such in a rich man . Will the learned Judge , then , say what the sentence would have been , if not ap # ravated by this additional offence against law and morality t But he makes a sad blunder . He says one of your companions , who wa 3 sober , ( a remarkable fact ) and who could have corroborated your testimony , has not made an affidavit .
Row , we ask Mr . Justice Pattesox , if the maxim is not that the be .-t evidence capabie of beiug adduced sfeould be brought forward , and we a .-k if such evidence as that of a sober accomplice % vould not have been the best which the nature oi the case would admit of , and we ask if the suppression or non-production , of such evidence was not a further ag ^ iavaiim of the offence , aud an implied acquie .-cence of the sober man iu the truth of the several allegations with which his drunken friends stood charged ?
In addition te the eases cued by the Weekly Dispatch of heavy senreuces pa .-s ^ d upon poor men , for very mitigated offences of the same class , ( assault upon the police , ) let us add one from our own locality . At the last assizes , at York , three men , Nicholpon , Addiman , and Handley , w < re indicted for an assault upon Child , a Leeds policeman , a man that takes more oath 3 at each ass . ze and session " than all
tbe rest of the fraternity put together , a man universally despised and hated , but , however , perhaps , undeservedly so ; we out state facts . Now , what was the case ? Child entered a public-house where Njcholeon , A ddiman and Haxdley were drinking ; he collared Nigholsjn , without savin ;; a word , and a scuffls ensued . Child being a very powerful man , and too many for his antagonist , Jsicholson cried out to his companions— " Will you btand by and see me
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murdered , " whereupon a general scuffle took place , and Child got a blow on the arm , which he said was broke ; but from which he has suffered no bad effect whatever . The three were tried for the assault , ( which is literallystated above , ) were found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen yeabs transportation . Now , does this require comment , and is there , or is there not , the mild spirit of the law for the rich , and the black vengeance for the poor ? But , suppose those prisoners had pleaded guilty , would Mr . Baron Rolfs have allowed himself to
be bunded by a faulty or defective indictment , provided it waa in every way legal , and sufficiently comprehensive to justify the prisoners being put upon trial ? or would the law officers , in the case of the poor men , have left the Judge in doubt by a defective indiotment 1 No . But if the indictment had been meagre and scanty , and if the poor men Ptafl * d guilty , what would have been his Lordsbip * ip 6 © ur 8 e 1 " Let mb see thb imfobmation , and I wish to examine the policeman as to the amount of injury he received , and the circumstances under which it was inflicted , as nothing is more necessary than that l the police shall be protected in the execution of their duty ; " and then his Lordship would have thought it his duty to make an example of the poor men , to deter others from doing likewise .
vi ow , did Mr . Justice Patteson call for the information 1 Did he as& for one word of information , or did counsel for the Crown , as in ordinary cases , assure the court that he thought it his duty , under all the circumstances of the case , and after reading the information , to pressfor the very heaviest sentence that the law warranted , as examples must be made , if the people are expected to obey the laws ! No , not a bit of it . Pooh , pooh , pooh ; its all a thimble-rig from beginning to end . It is not a mere looal affection , but a tainted vein running through the whole system . The people have found it out and will soon put an end to it .
That we are not begging the question , let us just show , by contrasting the conduct of Mr . Justice Patteson upon the noble case , with that of Mr . Baron Rolfe upon the poor man's case . Upon tbe same day that the Leeds ' men were sentenced , Foden , the Chartist , was also sentenced . He pleaded guilty , in the hope of a mitigation of punishment . What did Mr . Baron Rolfe feel himself " compelled by duty to do 1 " Why , to call for the informations and to give him twenty-one months at hard labour .
Let the Chartists take the case of Hoey , Crabtree and Ashton , two years at Wakefield House of Correction , without the slightest riot , outrage , or injury done , and having received the very best of characters , and contrast it with the sentence upon the noble physical force gentlemen , ( no , Nobleman and Captain , we beg pardon , ) six months retirement from the bustle of town . Let our readers understand that the Queen ' s Bench Prison ia a miniature town , where there ate shops , hotels , public-houses and all sorts of amusement . No restraint whatever . A prisoner can get splendid apartments for one shilling per week ; he may have his family and friends to live with him ; he may live as he pleases , according to his means ; he has a post-office in the town , and the only
restriction is , that visitors are ordered out , or obliged to remain in if they do not go out , at nine out of term time and ten in term . Prisoners may remain out in town , or in a tavern , all night and every night—may do just as they please in e ^ ery respect . Now , compare bix months in such a place for a Peer , with fifteen years' transportation for a poor man , who is obliged to leave his family and hishome , and , surely , if there is any justification , it is in such cases as we have cited , of resistance to a wellknown ruffian seizing one of three companions , while all must have been excited and ignorant of the provocation ; and , even if death had ensued , provided the valuable life of a bludgeon-man had not bocn the sacrifice , a verdict oi manslaughter and six months' imprisonment would have been the most severe sentence .
Let us just look to the affidavits put in by the much-injured nobleman and his Gallant Friend , in mitigation of punishment . The Noble Lord eays ( swears ) as follows : — " That he is informed , and verily believes , that said defendant , William Duff , about this time , and be / ore any violence was done to said Charles John Wheatley , went away with one other person of said party , and left the place , and proceeded back to Strawberry Hill ; and deponent positively saith , that he did not see him , said William Duff , again , until he overtook him afterwjrds on the road between Hampton Wick and Strawberry Hill . " Captain Dcff swears as follows : —
" That thereupon he heard the said police Serjeant Churchill call out to the said Charles John Wheatley , ' Take them into custody , ' or words to that effect , and thereupon the said Charles John Wheatley seized the said defendant , Earl Waldegra-re , by the collar , and , after a short scuffle , threw him , the said Earl Waldegrave , down upon the ground . Saith that immediately thereupon , he , deponent , assisted in yetting the said defendant , Ear / . Waldejrave , out of the hands of the said Charles John Whcalley . and then immediately went away towards Strawberry Hill , on foot , together with another person of the party , and left the place entirely ; and that he , deponent , saw no more of the said Earl Waldegrave , or of tbe said other persons who were with him , until they overtook him , deponent , on the road soon afterwards , about a mile on the road between Hampton Wick and Strawberry HiU . "
Now , we ask if ye 3 and no , ( not a lady ' s yes and ne , ) cau differ more widely than the oaths of the Noble Peer and his gallant friend ? But where was the sober man ? Ah ! " there ' s the rub . " Well , but letus just ask a question . DidMr . Jush ' ce Patteso . v a--k for the informations of the policeman , and did he read them ? If he did , he should be sent , for two year 3 to the treadmill , and if he did not , he should be sent off the Bench . However , as he has failed in the performance of his duty , let us supply the deficiency . Here then , wo give the depositions of the policeman : —
" . Sergeant Churchill ordered this deponent to look at tbe fly and see if there was any . name or number on it . And this deponent went towardi the fly with his light for that purpose , when tbe four persons wlio had bten e » n
tby scufflj , he , ( this deponent , ) and the prisoner fell to the ground ; and this deponent called out to the seraeant fur help , but he was not there . Upon this one of the party commenced beating this deponent with a stick over the back part of the head j that the stirk was a s-jrt of walking-stick—a thickish stick ; that when they so 1-eict h : m this deponent was lying on the ground , still holding the prisoner ; aud this deponent , whilst in that condition , was kicked on the head , and struck repeatedly on the head , and at last the prisoner got away from ttiia deponent , leaving one of his boots in this deponent ' s hands . "
Now , we ask but one moro question . How would a Chartist have got over such a deposition ? Answer—By going over seas for his natural life , if he had interest to escape the gallows . This is a shocking affair , and must not be allowed to drop here . No , no , we have suffered already * oo much from the flagrant partisanship of the Bench , to lose an opportunity of exposing their impartiality and equal administration of the laws . Let it be remembered also , that Mr . Justice Patteson is perhaps the most upright Judge upon the Bench ; what , then , must the rest be t Ye god 3 J how is there a poor man alive , beyond the asses , whom the masters require to work their " mules" !
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THE « UPSWING CHRONICLE" AND THE "STAR / 5 Fos the 3 a £ t week , the ^ face of our old friend has been covered , nay , nearly obscured , by beauty spots from tbe country , and even from Ireland . Every silly word written by " beardless bo \ s" and ignorant brats , has been paraded as a 6 ort of threat to the Tories and a balm to the Whigs .
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Now , we would recommend our friend to assemble the Cabinet and read the Northern Star , the Scottish Patnot , the Dundee Chronicle , and the Bath Chronicle to thair high mightinesses ; for , in those journals they will see the popular will fairly and truly reflected ; and if they are ia doubt about their position in Ireland , we beg their very best attention to the subjoined article from the Dublin World ; and if we are asked why we keep eterually quoting the World upon Irish affairs , our answer ia , Because the language of the World soon will be the language of Ireland—of all Ireland , in a very short time ; while we merely value the juggling of tbe Pilot , the Evening Post , the Freeman , and the provincial scribes as the rattles in the dying man ' s throat .
Corruption ia Ireland is m a consumption , and the World speaks the language which , ere long , will be considered as far too mild , while the resuscitated old quacks will try to "kick the World before them . " But we trust , as our friend has got the lead , he will keep it , for assuredly his day will soon come , when the apostates will hide their heads for very shame , and when poor Bareatt will add another inch to his shirt collar Cat the expenee of his back ) to hide his blushes . The frorWsays : —
" With anxious solicitude d « we watch the growing nnpopalarity of the Downing-street tricksters ; and much does it comfort us to perceive that here , where their fraud has been too long practised with success , their deception is now beginning to be detected , and greeted with well-merited disgust ^ It waa necessary that this opinion should become general before any change for the batter could be hoped for , aud we spared no pains to bring home conviction . For many a day were we viewed with an eye of suspicion , as not
being the sort of hack journal required , which would play fast and loose—be boisterous or dumb just as it suited the convenience of a few individuals—so we were accordingly set down in private as dangerous and impracticable . This never had any effect upon us , and we proceeded to expose error and chronicle truth , until day by day disciples were flocking . to us acknowledging -with penitent tears , their blindness and obstinacy . Rejoiced are we to-day to permit a stray sheep , the Tipperary Free Press , thus to renounce its allegiance to Whiggery .
The Free Press says : — " But we must not forget that the avowal , and the principles so loosely thtown aside , had referenca only to Ireland . That makes a serious difference ; and hence , we believe the calculation on impunity . The Government must have felt that having betrayed the Irish , and having commanded , notwithstanding , their support , the rest of the world would be indifferent about a matter which Bimply concerned a race so insensible to their own honour or shame . They
were right—at least our more recent history but too slavishly justifies their daring hope . The feeling is by no means new . It ia not a misshapen abortion—the offspring of the defeat , and disgrace of those later times . It was avowed and acted upon iu the palmiest days of Whiggism . Who does not remember Mr . Macaulay ' s famous apology for tbe Coercion Bill ? And who does not shudder to remember also that it is to him , and such as he , the Irish people have been unreservedly trusting since ?
" What think you of that , MosterPigot—and coming from my backer , too 1 But ' worse remains behind , ' and we must lefc you have another taste : — " At present there is among us a nondescript , ' neither fish , nor flesh , nor red herring , ' whose love of place , or Tain glory , has absorbed the national character . Ask them what is to be done now—they still answer , keep in the Ministers . To be sure keep in the Ministers , and keep out principle . Betray yourself lest a Tory judge would pocket £ 5 , 000 a-year , and now and
again bewray his own nest These people have innumerable ' wise saws' and very apposite apothegms . Take care , they say , lest you pluck a rod to scourge yourselves . Excellent philosophy ! and we must endure a self-inflictsd fl ^ ellation every day in the year , for fear of some imaginary scour&jng from our enemies . Thus it is , like cowards who die daily to avoid what Hiust come at last , and what the brave but once feel , we suffer the torture which we shrink from ; pooh ! the aceurge they dread is the pang of baffled ambition .
What trouble had it not cost us to Inculcate suoh Bound political doctrines * Have we not been employed lashing these " nondescripts , " and exposing the folly of the eelosh advice which recommended the keeping out the Tories , that place-hunting barristers might be converted into judges . We will now step from the south to the west , and hear what the Castlebar Tele graph has to say . Bitterly anti-Ministerial is our Liberal Connaught contemporary , as this sample will prove : — From the Castlebar Telegraph— " The ministers are
highly culpable for the inconsistent , timid , and shuffling part which they played throughout this farce , and Reserve no longer to receive at the hands of the Irish people that cordial support which has been ever rendered them . It has been urged that their apparent truckling conduct ia solely attributable to their over anxiety to effect a settlement of the franchise question . This is the sheerest nonsense , and we promise the minis * jrial prints that it will prove rather nauseous for the people of the western province to swallow . We now use in vivid colours what chance we have of equal justice and equal rights . "
We leave Con way , of the Evening Post , to try conclusions with the Castlebar Telegraph , and penetrate into Ulster . From the Newry Examiner . — " Hitherto we derived the weight of our arguments for Repeal of the Union from the strength of Tory hostility to Irish rights in the Imperial Parliament But we regrat to say , we are now furnished with an additional argument iu the bungling imbecility of a Whig Ministry , io which Ireland has hitherto looked for friendship and assistance , " Bo we need any additional evidence of Ministerial unpopularity ?—World .
The World , in conclusion , asks : — " Do we need any additional evidence of Ministerial unpopularity 1 " We answer , " No . " We do not , neither does the World ; but yet , must not the World , though self-satisfied , relax in its efforts to inculcate the wholesome truth . Lei any person now take our paper of last week , and read from it our opinion as to the effect likely to bo produced in Ireland by the " New Move , " and
compare it with the sentiments expressed in the most liberal Dublin paper , and the three provincial journals , heretofore most blind in Whig worship . The Free Press , Casllebar Telegraph , and Newry Examiner , are the most out and out thorough-going Catholic papers ia Ireland . Pigot is Member for Clonmel in the county of Tipperary , a Catholic , and Attorney General to the Whiys , and was the pet of the Free Press . Is this not conversion then with a vengeance \
As Ireland must bo our battle ground , should the Tories come ia and dare to oppress the Irish , it is indispensible that a good understanding should exist between the two countries ; and , in order to effect bo desirable an object , it is all-important that the English people should court a close alliance with their Irish brethren . This can only be effected by the press . Let every association , then , at once make arrangements for pushing the World . It has the most extensive provincial newB of any Irish paper—it is the only one upon which the English and the Irish ia England can depend . Let it be made the medium of communication between us . We must have Ireland . We will have Ireland
We half have Ireland already , and , when our Union is complete , then hurrah for the Charter , and no mistake !
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"THE DEVIL TO PAY . " Since our last the same has been kept up in the national hell with great spirit ; since Little John set his heavy stakes on Friday down to the fatal declaration— " the caster is out . " The Chronicle calls Lord John ' s speech a most " statesman like speech . " If so , what do we deserve , who predicted every topio in the said statesmanlike speech ? In our last , we explained to our John Bull readers the whys and the wherefores of the new Ministerial move . In doing bo , we charged them especially , with sudden conversion , forced by self interest , and not by conviction . Let us see how the apologists of the Noble Premier upon his part , and Lord John upon his own part , meet and combat this grave charge .
The Examiner , and others of Lord Melbourne ' s apologists , thinking but little of the business habits , atteution to circumstances or knowledge of facts , would defend the Premier ' s right to be inconsistent at the expenee of the Premier ' s judgment . Iu fact , the Examiner ia quite content to write his Noble Client down for a fool , in order to justify his ri ^ hc to change according to emergency . The Examiner Siysthat Lord Melbourne knew absolutely uotuiug of what was passing ; was wholly iguurant of the effect of his policy upon the general interest of the nation , until a sudden flash dissolved his ignorance , and , at once , and as if by ma&ic , opened his eyes ,
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not only to the only resource , but even to the only one which he had denounced . Thus has the client been sacrificed to the malicious ingenuity of his counsel ; his folly made palpable in order to place his inconsistency in relief . But what says Simon Pure ( Baring ) upon . the subject , which , as it formed the basis of hia new commercial edifice , and which , as it was to be , not a mere sporting lodge , but a permanent residence
should have occupied his every moment of time i What says he about the maturity of the plan \ Mum —nothing ; only that it was problematical , and he takes £ 900 , 000 for £ 700 , 000 , and £ 750 , 000 for £ 600 , 000 ; and the Corn Law , at a venture , he estimates at £ 400 , 000 . But all is problematical , and Exchequer Bills are to be the last resource—the Whig reserve . Baring doesn't aay a word about his progressive conversion to this his own plan ; not a word .
But what says the real Simon Pure ! ( Lord John . ) Why , he says , I deny that we have brought our measure forward either hastily or from sudden conversion . No , we informed the country of it as early as March last , and if you don ' t"believe mej you may write to his Excellency , the Governor General of Canada ; but , indeed , I have all his answers to my announcements , and highly approving of our project ; call you that secresyt Call you . that withholding the facts from the public ! " ( Loud cheers . )
Now , let us see if there is one word of certainty in the letter referred to by the Noble Lord , and which he considers as ample notice to the English public , a copy of which Lord Sidenham , the Governor General , has kindly transmitted to our office , and which runs thus : — " Dear Siddy , —I merely add a word personal to tbe long public communicatiou herewith sent . We are in a pretty considerable tarnation kind ot a pucker on this side of the water . How goes on the < honeymoney' between your two new wed provinces ? Do they begin to scratch yet ?
" We have tried everything this Session , and will , I fear , ultimately be driven to the necessity of adopting a bit of commercial liberality . Dan ' s tail is worn to the " We got up a very good round between Peel and Stanley , but the precarious state of Lord Derby ' s health deprived the plan of its chief merit—it caused no split . " We are very short ef cash , and should we appear to sacrifice your subjects in our new project , not yet matured , you must convince them of ita beneficial effects , and that it is merely preparatory to a grand commercial stroke , consequent upon your recommendation , and to terminate in their complete freedom .
" Pal has come off with flying colours , but the shot has to be paid , and Baring knows not where to get the needful . ' Morpeth has baited the trap for Ireland , and we mean to bait it for England , bo don't be astonished if the very air should resound with our liberality . " We shall not propose anything sudden , startling , or outrageous , if we can do without it ; but every effort , you may rely upen it , shall be resorted to before we commit the best interests of the country to Tory bands —be ready , therefore . Our plan is to place thorns in their road at he me ; and as you observe the clouds to thicken , prepare all your combustible elements for a ' flake up' the moment we are out and you are gone .
" I still sit between Sir John and Little Dick , who sometimes speak across me , and who smell , as usual , strong of the crater . " Mac haB become heavy ; Pal too conceited to work ; Baring is going to be married ; and only thinks how he can make both ends meet . So that I stand tbe -whole brunt of battle . " Ever , Dear Siddy , " Youra , "J . Busseli .. " Now , ia there one word of information even in the foregoing letter to Dear Siddy ?
Well , since the new project has been propounded , we have heard of nothing but the liberality of the Ministers , who have incurred a debt which the nation is not able to pay . The " liberal press" has put forth its full energy—the Chronicle in towD , and our neighbour , tbe Mercury , in the country ; and let us see what it all comes to . The Chronicle mouths and mouths away all about nothing ; while the Mercury has actually a rhapsody on sugar—a song to the tune of" O , 'tis time , 'tis time , 'tis time . "
The Mercury enumerates scores of grievances , one and all of which were to have been removed by the Reform Bill , but each of which has been considerably increased since its enactment , and then the Mercury asks , " Is it not time to do this , and that , and the other thing 1 " Yea , verily , in faith it is 1 and Mr . Bmnes and his associates having failed to do those things which they so lustily promised , it is now high time that they cut their stick , and allow others to perform the work . But the Mercury , not satisfied with the dull colouring which his best prose could give to the picture , flies into poetic raptures upon the loveliness of sugar . " Tired nature's sweet restorer , balmy sweet . "
" O sugar ! thou solace of the toil-worn slave . O sugar ! thou refiner of morals , sweetner of tea , and substitute for fermented liquor . O sugar ! thou moral instructor—thou sober man ' s charm—thou drunkard ' s reolaimer . O sugar ! what is life without thee t What is life but sugar , and what is sugar but the fullest enjoyment of life ?" Such are a few of our friends' encomiums upon the sweets of life ; while the blundering , prosy , old Grunticle tells us flat , at once , that " sugar is the sweetner of life . "
Well , but are not these sudden discoveries so many grave charges against the men who allowed our lives to be so long soured and our morals destroyed for want of this " nature ' s sweet restorer 1 " Bat let us see how the matter stands . Our government , our " retrenching , " " reforming" government , did , in the first place , create so many placemen , commissioners , and other idlers as to put us in debt . The salaries of almost the entire of the governing staff , legislative , judidicial , and administrative , have either been raised , or stand at war price : while the Baid
staff can purchase , for their fixed salaries , just five times as much of the poor man ' s labour as they could formerly ; and what is the new scheme , if successful , to do for them in addition \ Why , to reduce the price of their necessaries of life , thereby increasing their incomes still further , while , to pay them , labour must be correspondingly depressed . Yes , timber and sugar are necessaries to the rich , but mere luxuries to the poor . Nay , timber is a thing not at all in use with them , and if the whole duty was taken of tomorrow , not an operative in Manchester , or Leeds , or in any other town in
the kingdom , not even in Bolton , upon whose sufferings the Noble Lord is so pathetic , not oue , we say , would pay the fraction of a fraction per year , or per week less for his room , his hovel , or his sty ; while , if the experiment caused a defalcation in the revenue , which is more than probable , the wealthy would have all the benefit of cheap houses , while the poor would be called upon to supply the deficiency . The upper and middle classes would save millions annually by a reduction upon sugar
whilo the poor would not drink a cup of tea cheape , and if a defalcation took place , the poor must make good that , as well as all other deficiencies . The poor , says a master , how ! The poor pay no taxes . Yea , but they do , all and every tax ; and , as we have before proved , 400 per cent , for your direct liability Every master whose taxes are increased £ 2 U 0 annually , reduces his labourers by £ 1 , 000 annually . To the timber scheme , therefore , we say "fudge , " to the sugar plum , "bother , " and to the corn scheme , " flummery . "
Now , did the old dabs of 1832 imagine that Britons , deceived upon the question of the Suffrage , could be enlisted with a sugar-plum , and by the old faction , too \ Well , but it would appear , from certain hints , that there waa another last resource in the bed chamber , and that Sir Robert had got a very significant note , headed" Indeed then you shan't come under my dimity , Indeed then you shan't , nor into my room . ' Now , just one word as regards this refuge for the destitute Minister . We would implore him not to embark the Queen in his forlorn project . We would pray of him to spare her who has , hitherto , been
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a victim to his art , and , in time , admonish him ant to attempt to sacrifice her to his lust for power love of ease , and vanity . Let her , at least , escape for although we believe onr Premier to be the very reverse of the character given to Murat by Napq . leon , looking upon him as a lion in the Cabinet but a woman in the field , we do yet trust that if we have nothing to expect from his honour , we may rely upon hia want of courage . We tell him that the people will not stand a second Jed- " chamber plot . " We tell him that while all allowance would be made for youth , inexperience , and sex , that no mercy will be shewn to hoary vice and systematic delusion .
. If the Queen require a jester , let her have one by all means ; but not in the person of her confidential adviser and the nation's servant . The Queen U young . So was Mary . The Queen is a tcoman . So was Mary . The Queen is young . So was Lady Jang Grey . The Queen is a woman . So was Lady Jane Grey . The Queen is a wife . So was Habry ' j Queen Anne .
The nation has stood much , but will not stand much more , therefore we say , beware , my Lord , how you tempt the enraged people in so delicate a point as an endeavour to allay national impulse by artful simulation . It did succeed once , and you triumphed . " But , one Buch victory more and yon are undone . " Remember Straffosd and Buckingham , and many others .
The nation is out at the elbows , and the people are out of sorts . The Ministers risked a heavy stake and have " thrown out . " They will , of course , appeal to the country , rather than quit office that appeal has been treated , as coming from such a quarter it richly merited , with scorn and contempttheir mercy is looked upon as cowardice—their justice as caprice . No reply to the Noble Lord ' s
invitation to meet and back us . Every meeting , since held , has been defeated by the Chartists—the only powerful party in the State . With them the question now is , not who shall rule us , but which of the factions shall we use to destroy its rival } and echo has every where answered , "Down , down , down with the base , brutal and bloodiest first , and see what effect the example will have upon those who come after . "
As we predicted , the Whigs glory in their villany , and in the people ' s ruin . They say , " We have made a job for whoever comes after us . " They have , in truth ; but they have prepared the country , at the same time , for the worst . Thus matters stand , while the debate drags its slow length slowly on , thanks to Daddy Brotherton , to whom the Whigs now feel grateful . Yea , verily , they remind us of the infidel , who , upon going to be hung , when asked by the chaplain how long he would wish him to pray , answered
O , for ever , your Reverence ! Now , we believe little John and his backers would talk from quarter day to quarter day , if they could only insure " the thing , you know , " at the end . Well , poor Chronicle is making the most of the short time allotted to him on this side the Treasury . Liverpool ia the world , and tho good folk of that town met a week since , and appear to have continued their deliberation for seven long days , without even an adjournment . But , alas , a sea port is no place to
muster effective " out pressure , " and Liverpool is not England . Now if they could have got Manchester , then indeed ! But Kendal ! They have t ; ot Kendal . In the outset , the Grunticle showed us the o at ' s paw , and in his very last number he has let the whole cat out of the bag . In fact , his columns have of late become anything but prison bars , and all the secrets of the prison house have escaped through the open space . Now , wa pray the attention of our readers to the following facts : —
In our last , wo gave four fare from the Chronicle ' s first tone , and now we give the following from his last stanza : — He says , " Once more we say let the national creditor watch the conduct of the Tories at the present crisis as he values his property . " Now , what say our readers I and let it be borne in mind , that we are now engaged in a mere comparison of evils . The Chronicle commences his article by reminding usthat they ( the people ) owe £ 2 , 400 , 000 for the present year , and thenasks , call you that nothing J is that a bagatelle 1 says Old Grunticle . Why , the apish " old ass , it is everything ; and who but the Whigs thought it a bagatelle \ but who made us owe it and how is it proposed to be paid \
Now , observe , we long since said that the consideration of Peel's Bill , the adjustment of the funded debt , should have been the preliminary question with the " Plague , " had they been sincere in their professions . Now , what says the Chronicle ? Why , in language as plain as the poor thing is master of ; just this :-FUND LORDS BEWARE IF PEEL COMES IN , HE WILL PAY THE £ 2 ,-100 , 000 BY A TAX ON YOUR PROPERTY .
Nowi if the £ 2400 , 000 must be paid , by no possibility can it be paid by any of the Whig schemes , otherwise than by a tax upon labour ; and , inasmuch . a 3 funded property has been increased almost beyond calculation , at the expenee of labour , and inasmuch as it is the only property which can be taxed directly , without the proprietors making labour indirectly answerable , as fundlords employ no operatives , we say for these
reasons let the over-gorged disgorge for Whig STATE necesssity , £ 2 , 400 , 000 for the present . The foolish Chronicle , supposing that the white slave owners were sure upon an emergency , has thus thrown out a feeler for another class of Whig supporters , but the feeler will so ticklo poor Johnny as to make him burst his sides with laughter at the Grunticle ' s folly . Will no one fly to the rescue ,, and save these poor Whigs , from leading journals and Scotch advocates !
We hope to announce that the Caster has thrown out" in our next . Down with the "bloodies , " and hurrah for the Nottingham Chartists ? In all schemes for making hasty plugs to stop awkward holes ; bear in mind that the penny postage saved a million annually to the merchants , traders , and bankers , and that jou are called upon to pay two millions annually in lieu thereof . We say two millions , because Whigs always measure the people ' s debts by 40 s . in the pound . Hurrah for Nottingham , and down with thb " Bloodies !"
Hurrah for Nottingham ! is now our watchword , arid •* down with the BLOODIES ! "is our war cry . Campbell walks out of Edinburgh at all events ; and we have received many , very manv , intimations of resolution to pay the Whigs in kind upon the first opportunity . We understand Mr . Baines mil not again offer himself for Leeds , and wo assure him he will uot be again offered for by Leeds . Off he goes , and no mistake .
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"NEW MOVE . " We give , in our present number , several lengthy and elaboiately-written letters by different parties , in justification of their signing the " new move ' document . The country will give to these such weight of consideration as may be due . We have received numerous other letters and addresses to Feabgus O'Connor and ourselves , condem natory of the " New Move , " and of all who continue their connexion with it—some of them expressed inl&n "
guage of a warmer « hara « ter than any we have yet inserted . We think the question has now been sufficiently argued . The opinion of the country is » ° * to be mistaken , and the well-timed letter ot Mr . O'Connor , which , in our present number , holds forth the olive branch , will be considered probably sufiicient to justify our non-insertion of more individual communications on the subject . Tbe reso . utions of the people expressed at public meetings will , of course , always command our attention aua respect . .
Mr. Justice Patteson And The Public.
MR . JUSTICE PATTESON AND THE PUBLIC .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1109/page/4/
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