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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1841.
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF FIFE.
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Be did n&t like the tone of consideration ; is which Gentlemen on both sides of the hustings J gpoie of the poor . He did not like the idea of tasking the poor always the recipients of charity . He wanted the poor to haTe their rights , and thea . they woold no : need * ny charity at all . ( Loud I cheers . ) That was one fact—a singular anomaly of ! their social state . The poor and the industrious J should always be spoken of and thought of at the eame time . It was a singular fact that those who produced all the wealth ; who , in connection with capital and skill , made t ha country great , rich , and powerful , should not at the same time be permitted to share in the results of that industry . That Bociety could not be well managed—could not be governed on just and Christian principles , which , disregarding that principle of soriptore , which said , "That j Bb did not like the tone of consideration .-,
the labourer should first be the partaker of the fruits ; " ana that w he who would not work , neither should he eat . " Society distributed its rewards to its uselesB members , and awarded misery and toil , and destitution to those who produced all the wealth , who made this country bo great . ( Loud cheers . ) Therefore let the working men ask for no favopr , seek no charity ; let them ask a fair and fuli participation in the results of their own industry . Let them ask for justice , and justice only , and then he had not the slightest doubt they would require no charity from any class of the community . It was for these reasons that he stood f jrward with pride and pleasure to propose Mr . James Williams , of Sunderiand , as a fit and proper person to represent this great and important borough . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Jakes Illetgttohth seconded the nomination . Mr , Joshua Hobsos next advanced to the front of the hustings , and proposed Mr . James Leech , of Manchester , a man well qualified to represent , not only the interests of the bbreugh of Leeds , but the whole community , whether manufacturing or agricultural . Mr . William Gbeig seconded the nomination . The JLatoh then enquired if any other gentleman had a candidate to propose , and none appearing , he called upon Mr . Htxs , who spoke at great length , on all the Whig topics , avowing himself for an extension of the Suffrage , and for other reforms , bat he would proceed very captiously , and not give a man a vote till he was sufficiently "intelligent" to exercise it . For some time before he had finished , strong symptoms of disapprobation began to manifest themselves , he was heard in any thing . but a satisfactory manner .
Mr , William Beckett was received with vociferous chairing bj bis friends , but assailed with hisses , cat-calls , hooting , and the most di = cordaDt noises by the well traiaed baad of hired " slavies , " who were present to support the liberals . The interrnp ; ion continued with more or less intensity during the whole of Ms add dress . Mr . Aldam spoke amidst " confusion worse confounded , " and it was impossible for any one at the distance of two yards from him , to hear a sentence which fell from him . Lord Jocslt . v followed , but the game still continued , and only those who stood beside him could hear a word he said .
Mr . JAME 3 WILLIAMS next came forward , and was received with tremendous cheers . He addressed the meeting as electors and non-electors of the borough ef Leeds , Englishmen , Irishmen , or Scotchmen ; to whatever country , to whatever sect or party they might belong , he met them that day with feelings of pride , because he had principles- to unfold to them which it was their interest and their duty to understand . He had duties to bring before them which he was sure required only to be brought before them , to enable them to recognise iheii Importance , and to cause them , as one man , to nniie heart , hind , and soul , and bind themselves together under the principles of equal justice , and commence a new movement without reference to
factions , political , religious or commercial . Had thej assembled then to be the slaves of faction \ ( Shouts : ) of " No , no . *") Had they assembled as the descendants of Pym , Hampden , Elliott , and Cromwell , and the rest of the iilnsirions heroes , patriots , and philanthropists , thai had raised England to her proud position in the scale of nations ? ( Cheers . ) The country wa 3 now in a state which both parties admitted to be bordering on revolution , and therefore they had both proved themselves incapable of properly managing the country which they had ruled bo long . ( A voice , " The Corn Laws . ") He heard a person in the crowd allude to the Corn Laws . Vt ere there no evils afflicting England previous to the passing of the Corn Laws ? Was it no grievance
that a party should have the power to plunge them into warfare with their brethren of other countries , telling them that those men whose interests and feelings were the Bame as their own , were their natural enemies , and that they were promoting the ; honour of their country by plunging the weapon of j destruction into their bosoms , and making thousands : of widowed wives and tens of thousands of father- i less children , squandering millions ef treasure , and entailiBg a debt that was now weighing them to the earth ! ( Loud cheering . ) He appeared before them as the uncompromising advocate of free trade , and the determined opponent of the existing Corn Lawg , and all taxes that made food dear , and , as a necessary consequence , wages low . ( Loud cheers . ) What said their friend , Mr . Hume ! He
told them that those laws were enacted by monopolizing law makers . And yet LoTd John Russell declared that the Reform Sill was intended to give a preponderance to the landed interest , , which Mr . Hume considered a band of plundering monopolists . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume had told them that there- was a selfish principle in human nature , and bow were they to counteract the encroachments made upon their rights by men under the influence of that principle but by destroying class-legislation ! He asked them were they not qualified to exerciss the franchise ! Were they not eqaal to the Negroes of the northern states of America ? and did do : Mr . Buckingham tell them , in a book he had recently published , that the Negroes of North America exercised the franchise in Massachusetts ?
and so far from any evil following it , the greatest good was the result of it . ( Loud cheers . ) Then were not Englishmen qualified to exercise the fran- ' ehise ? He demanded for every mtin of mature age a voice in vae making of the laws that were to seevre his peace , happiness , and rights from those who wished to encroach upon them . ( Very great cheers . ) He was for a scheme of national education , uncon- \ nectcd with religious creeds . ( Shouts of "So is i Hume /') He was for the total separation of Church ! and Siate- ( Shouts of " So is Hume . ") He was for the repeal of all those laws that encroach on the j rights of conscience , and for the repeal of all the j taxes on the necessaries of life , and the substitution I ef a property tax . ( Lond cheers . ) He contended , !
however , if the Dissenters wished a repeai of the Chnrch-rates , a rtpe&l of the Corn-laws , and other ' sectional measures , thej must come forward to the miiiions aid say , they were , willing and anxious to j extend to them the power they themselves possessed . ' Thej ( the Chartists ) did not want te advance ihecause = by the sword ; they gave that to their oppressors , i They had the power of the press , that mighty j instrument , whose battle for the right had been '¦ so effectual in the past , and would be more so in the | future—( cheer?)—the press which had been the ark ' in which the productions of the mind were floated ; over the convulsions and anarchy that once deluged i the earth and brought them down to an age in which '
the growing enlightenment of the people was adapted ' to understand them . There was the cause of trnth , and for truth there was the press , with which they would fight the battles of h . nmanhy , and would leave tiie field bloodless . ( Loud cheers . ) With that they would achieve a triumph more glorious by far than tbose which Wellington , Maryborough , or Napoleon , or any of the men of sword could boast of ; a victory tiat would leave no orphaned children , no widpired wives , which would leave none to weep beaind it , tat which would proclaim peace and prosperity , and would enable the whole world to hold a jaiilee , iai -celebrate their universal emancipation . ( Load and repeated cheers . )
Mr . Jajces Lexch , of Manchester , the * presented i himself , and W 43 received with tremendous cheers by ; the Chartists . He said that the question by which I the country was now agitated Jrom beginning to { end , vta 3 that propounded by the Whig Gorern- j ttent , and to which the name of free trade had been given . ( Hear , hear . ) Now he presumed that the woollen weavera of Yorkshire were ' , wont in the same position as the cotton weavers J ° * . Lancashire . Let him put a single question ' * ith respect to their trade and cemmerce . Had ; they not had within the last thirty years a thriviDg i
trade in Yorkshire , unparalleled in any other coon- j . « 7 in the world , and had not their wages during j tee same period been rapidly sinking down to almost j aothiEg ? ( Cries of " They have . " ) Within the ! « st fifteen years the wages of the working men at , Bradford bad been reduced to the extent of nearly : i f- °° t of every 20 s . that was- formerly paid " , ;' j mie the worsted trade , in that same district , had ' ™* Did they want more of such " extension I" I ( fcaaiae . ' ') What was the reason of all this ! for , taat wag » question thej ought to examine , and
r J- ( Hear , hear . ) The reason in the first ! Pace , was tfte competition of steam , wood and j a ** against the flesh , blood , and bone * of the pe » ple ;; » Mj secondly , to the protection given to that machi-1 »® 7 by law , which had been denied to the man j wao made it , and to the slave who worked it , when j " wisaade . ( Hear , hear . ) The Whigs had talked i jP * ? f late about Free Trade ; now suppose the ; «« mieB of England were to be decided by a race , ; ao that an Englishman and a Frenchman was to . j ** me two contending parties . ( Hear , hear , and | caserg . ) The free traders reaped & curt , of lead DDon \
!** 5 - der 3 of the Englishman , and yet they exjwcted him to compete with tke Frenchman who had - . S »™« to carry . ( "Aye , that ' s the Corn Laws . " ) . v , j \ * s the way in which , the labouring classes j ^ Q been dealt with . ( Cheers . ) The Government j tne country had constantly been placing burthens j ? 7 * " * ir bscks , in addition to the £ 29 , 600 , 000 j jew they had to pay for the interest of a
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misnamed thing called the National Dabt . ( Cheers , * nd an exclamation of " Who gave us it !") He had been asked who gave them the National Debt ! it was the Tories who gave them it ; but the Whigs i Fmx ^ H ' tCfaw" and hisses , and cries % t j They have . "; It was Ms firm conviction that the ] burthens which now ground down the people would never be removed until they were represented in the senate-house , and & dne protection given to their own industry . ( Hear , hear . ) He would call their atteation to a fact which came under his own observation at Manchester . There was a certain manufacturer who had 50 spinners in his e 3 ta-| blishment j they turned out in consequence of a i reduction of wages . When they went back to work fat * reduced price , there was only employment for 25 , for the spinning mules had been joined together , misnamed thim * i « iJl « ii tho 7 Cof ;« r > ni rt . v < . / m .
and one man was made to do two men ' s work ; and yet not a single shilling extra was allowed for the additional labour . ( Shame . ) These same men again tamed out , and when they applied for work a seoond time , th § y found that the machinery were not only double decked , but self-acting , and there was a cast iron man to sapercede them . ( Cries of " Shame , shame , skame . " These men were now walking about the Btreets , some selling onions , others gathering rags , and the remainder resorting to any other miserable mode in their power to obtain a mouthful of bread . ( Cries of " Shame , shame . ") Some persons would say—would yon tax machinery ? No , he wonld not , but ia proportion & 3 machinery superseded manual labour , and the populatian of the
large manufacturing towns became redundant , they ought to be withdrawn to the waste lands of the country to cultivate the soil ; and that would repeal the Corn Laws , and give the people bread enough to eat . ( Hear , hear . ) He had the authority of Mr . Porter for saying that the export of manufactures from this country amounted to between £ 68 , 000 , 000 and £ 70 , 000 , 000 a-year , and yet Le found toat daring the last twenty-five years the wages of the wording classes had been reduced from £ 100 , 000 , 000 to £ 120 , 000 , 000 a-year , while the whole of their exports had not amounted to more than the sums be had mentioned . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) What had been the result \ The manufacturers had now no market which was of any
value to them . Why ? Because they had destroyed the best market they had in the world , namely the home market , by taking away the wages of the working men ( Cheers , and cries of Hear , hear . ) They reminded him of a man who was afflicted with athma , and who , in order to breathe more freely , cut his own throat . ( Laughter . ) The manufacturers ' of this country had done the same thing ; they had taken away from the labouring classes the means of purchasisg the produee of their own toil , and then complained of being unable to dispose of their goods . ( Hear . ) The Speaker then proceeded to show that a total repeal of the Corn Laws would only benefit an individual to tie extent of three halfpence a week , and added that a man who rose at
I half-past five in a morning to go to his work , and ; happened to stumble upon some stone en the road , : would lose more by a fine , for loss of time , than the j repeal of the Corn Laws would benefit him . ( Cheers . ) : The Whigs had charged the Tories with making : J ood dear , but he ( Mr . Leech ) charged the- Whigs | with making it doubly dear by reducing the wage 3 ; of the working classes by means of machinery . He i claimed on behalf of those who were the prodncers j of all wealth a right to vote in sending men ; to the House of Commons who would give i the same protection to labour as was given
to property . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He had no objection to property having its just protection , but he denied in tolo that it had a right to more than the industrious classes who produced it . ( Hear , hear ) He begged to tell both the great factions that , if they _ delayed much longer to do justice to the working men of England , a bloody revolution would be the consequence . ( Hisses & groans . ) Some gentlemen seemed to think that was desirous of such a result . He begged to say that he wo \ ild rather endure slavery much longer than he had done than see England steeped up to the ears in blood and turmoil . What he meant to
< j ] | say-was , that , if such a state of things did happen , it could not be charged upon the ignorance of the \ people , but upon those who had reduced them to i their preteut miserable condition by unjust and i selfish legislation . ( The speaker sat down amidst | great cheers . ) i At the conclusion of Mr . Leech ' s address , the Mayor , assisted by the Town Clerk , proceeded to : take the show of hands . : The appearance of the crowd when all hands were ; held up , was interesting in th extreme , and when to i the hands succeeded the waving of kats , the effect was | beyond description . The shouts and clapping of j hands were trnly deafening , i The Mator deliberated and consulted for
; upwards of twenty minutes , and the show was i tuken no less than thirteen times , when the ! Mayor at last said , really the parties were ; so nicely balanced that it was with great I difficulty he could decide which had the majority . He had taken an oath to fill the duties of his office : impartially , without fear , favour , or affection to any i party , though he might not coincide with a great i number then present . Ho admitted the majority j was not great , but still , according to the best opi' nion he could form from the show of hands , and the i extent of ground covered , he conceived the show was ! in favour of Mr , Hume and Mr . Aldam . This an' nouncemeHt was received with mingled cheers and \ execrations . ; Mr . Hobson and Mr . Fleming at once
an-¦ nonnced that as toe show of hands was against ! them , and as they were adherents to the principle of ' Universal Suffrage , they should act on that principle ; and , on behalf of Mr . Williams and Mr . Leech , withdrew from further contest . ! Mr . John Atkissos then , in the usual form , de-: manded a poll for Mr . Beckett and Lord JoceJyn , j and the immense crowd , who had been standing ; till nearly five o'clock , dispersed without any . sign of disturbance or ill blood being manifested . ! One thing connected with this election is deserving ! of especial tote : the Chartists had the tearing . j Not one of the other candidates were heard , even ! by their own friends j but the Chartist candidates , ' as well as their proposers and seconders , were heard f with- the greatest order , axteution , a-ud even interest , by all parties .
THE POLL Took place ou Thursday morning . For the first two hours , the Whig candidates had the lead , but a 4 eleven o ' clock , Mr . Wm . Beckett was at the head of the poll . At three o ' clock , the numbers were : — Aldam 1815 Hume 1791 Beckett — 1853 Joeelyn 1759 FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL . Beckett ( T > 2075 Aldam ( W > ... _ 2042 Hum »( W ) 2 VM Jocelyn ( T ) 1927 Beckett and Aid&m retnrned .
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Mb . O'Cojwor has been requested to say whether 5 s . from Irvine , for P . Boey , arrived safe ? Yes , and also Is . 6 d . from A . IV ., Edinburgh , towards defraying expence ofyPDouaU ' s election . Mbs . Frost and the Subscriptions on her behalf . — We have received a letter signed " E , Tbuejun , " and dated from 264 , Neictmrn-row , Birmingham , enquiring vchether Mrs . Froit has received any of ihe donations ichich we have received for htr , and if not , ichyl to which , tee answer , that , on the 20 / A of January , in this year , £ 45 2 s . 2 d . was sent to Mrs . Frost , the full amount of all me had received for her up to the 26 th of December , 1840 , and of which £ 5 teas from F . O Connor , and £ 32 IS * . Bhd . teas the
produce of the extra halfpenny upon the Star of November 7 th . From January to June of this year , tee have received for her account £ i 2 s . Id ., which was sent to her on the 23 rd instant . Thomas Baldwin , Colnk— We do not well understand the case he has sent us about the ocerlroker end his eye-glass . There never will be wanting to < i ' s and instruments of tyranny so long as working then suffer their energies to be consumed in the production of wealth for others . William Paine . — We have no room . STRvrFOKD-QX-AvoN . —A correspondent writes us that the town council has veted out of the public funds £ } 65 for the repairs of the church , including ihe carpeting of the seats for the toien-council men . Jj the householders of Siratford-on-Avon do jut "tics to themselves , they will take care , at the rux ^ election , to have men who know better how
to m ~ e the people ' s money . A . M . R . G . K . —No . Ms . Deas -Tatlor . —F « aretequesled to tlate , that any iocu ^ V wishing the services of this gentleman as a lei "turer must apply at once to Mr . John Jackson , Co-operaS ' ive Stores , Green Lane , Derby . E . Clayton . — . Seems in his note to blame us for the ncn-appear , vnce , last week , of the notice he has rune sent us . w * ^ 9 to assurehim , thai if it had been tent it c 'hould have been inserted . G . B . —We haven o room for his poetry at present . Tub Corsiestonde VCK between Mr . O Connor ana parties in Lont & >"» alluded to in the recent cordespondence bel veen Mr . VC . and Mr . Henry Hetheiington , h , « been forwarded to us by the latter gentleman , for , insertion . We received it last week , but too late for inserlum ; this week it is excludes * ty ifie elections . Isextweek
it shall appear . , The Poets must excuse ™ : we have received more Chartist election songs than we could count in an hour or sing in a week . . Bcbt Chabtjsts must ex * ue us . We cannot give their church-rate commu ntcation thts week . The elections , fill our columns . M . -Schofieu > , AsHTON .-AVi i ) er a father or mother U heir-at-law to a chin * - fa nearest relative of testator ' s father is heir to i ™ residue .
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Radicals op Htdb . — We do not know anything about Mr . Moor house . Wiluah Clabx . —If not noticed , it hat not been received . J . Elms . —The portraits of Feargus O , Connor were tent by post , postage paid , long ago . George Wright . —Do not knout . Robert Allison , CorriAGHiM . — We do not know him , and never sent any papers to him . FOR THE WIVES AMD FAMILIES O ? THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ . 8 . d . From Heckmondwike , per Goodhall ... 0 5 0 POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTBB CONVENTION - ^ . .
TUND . From Cbester-le-atreet 0 8 „ Birmingham National Charter Associa- , tlon # 90 „ Redditch , do ., do . 0 5 0 „ Mr . Valoise , Walaall A .. Mr . M'Carue , do .- 2 « FOE MBS . FBOST . From D . C W ., Dundee 0 2 t „ John Simpson , Wakefield ... 1 0 .. Mrs . Lancaster , do 1 ~ a friend , do 0 6 0 2 6 _ From a few friends to Chartism , Southampton ... ... ... ... S 0 FOR MB . HOEY . Hifgh M'Harney and three others , at Donfermline 3 I
FOR A PRESS FOB J . B . BBIEN . From T . Ireland , Banfermline 0 # 6 _ D . C . W ., Dundee 0 2 6 _ FOB THE PERSECUTED CHARTISTS IN IRELAND . " From Hugh M'Marnay and P . M'Mornay , Donfermline 0 3 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL , MANCHESTER , TO BRING TO JUSTICE THE PARTIES WHO ATTACKED THE CHARTISTS AT MANCHESTER . From Colsnaughton , per T . Hall & * 0 „ TUlictaltrjr # 48
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THE REAL QUESTION FAIRLY STATED ! T 7 LECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS , if you JCi would learn tho real merits of the "Corn , Sugar , and Timber" Question , and the effect the Whig Scheme would have upon Farmers , Labourers , Shopkeepers , and Owners of Money in other people ' s hands , read AN ADDRESS To the Electors and Non-EIeotors of the County of Cork . By Feabgus O'Connor . Which , together with a Letter to Mr . Thomas Cboxb , an Irish Elector , ia neatly printed ia a large Sheet , and sold for ONE PENNY . Printed and published by Joshua Hobson , Publisher of the Star , from whom it may be had in any quantity ; and may be had also of all Agents of the Star .
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Our space ia so fully occupied with the elections that we can do no more than call the attention of our West Riding friends to Mr . O'Connor ' s lettar in our first page : and we do implore them to read and mark well its every line . Everything that faction can do , by gold , threats , or violence , will , we know , be done to keep the people from giving their own men the show of hands . This must not be permitted . The honest " workies" of Yorkshire must come in their countless thousands and testify by their peaceful assertion of the rigkt their consciousness of wrong . MONDAY MUST BE SUCH A DAY AS YORKSHIRE NEVER SAW .
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THE NEW " HOUSE . " The work goes warmly on I There ia a certainty of a warm berth for the next Ministry , be they whom they may ! At the hour of goiDg to press , the elections decided left the Whigs in a minority of twenty-one ! The Bloodies have got a smashing ! Won't they be savage ! and won't they give us something to get on to the Treasury Benches again !
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BANBURY—Tuesday . The nomination of the three candidates for the representatien of the Borough having just concluded , I hasten to inform you that there baa been a glorious display of feeling among the people , in favour of the Radical candidate . By seven o ' elock this morning , they began to muster , and continued to do bo till a little past eight o ' clock , when they began to parade the town accompanied by the man of their heart , Henry Vincent , his nominator , seconder , and committee , with a goodly number of electors , and a committee of non-lectors , with band , banners and flags , followed by the different societies to whom they belonged , forming one of the largest
processions ever remembered on a day of nomination morn ; after parading the town , they arrived at the hustings , and after the preliminaries had been gone through , the Mayor proceed to call upon Mr . Tancreds friends as the first in the field . Mr . Lionel Spurrett nominated , and a Istranger seconded the nomination . Mr . Vincent was then nominated by Mr . Morse , and seconded by Mr , Cockerill , Mr . Holbeck nominated by Dr . Sanderson , seconded by B . Aplin , Esq . It would be in vain for me to attempt to give a report of their speeches ; I therefore shall only say , Mr . Tancred endeavoured to show that he had done all he could do to promote Reform , since he had been the represeatative of the Borough , and that
he could Bot make out why he should be so unpopular now , &c . Mr . V . in his usual style delivered his views and intentions should he be returned , and gave both Whigs and Tories a good dressing . Mr . Holbech spoke some time like a thorough going Tory about the Church and Queen , Ministers and the Corn Laws , &c , and about 12 o ' clock , the Mayor called for a show of hands , when it was deolared that the show was in favour of Mr . Vincent ; after which the dense crowd withdrew , accompanying their respective man to his Committee-room , Mr . Vincent ' s friends taking a round in that part of Banbury and Neilthrop which they had not gone before . The non-electorB meet at thres o'clock , and intend parading the town all the afternoon .
If the paH closes before the post leaves to-morrow , I will write you the result . I am , Sir , Yours , truly , W . Collktt .
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TO THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE PETITION CONVENTION , &c Friends and Brothers . —I , in common with ncy friend Smart , laid before you a statement of our ineorae sod expenditure , soxne time ago , and in the printed statement there -were two mistakes : first , £ 1 was put down in the receipts instead of one shilling ; secondly , £ 1 6 s . in the txpenditare , instead of £ 1 5 s . I wrote to the Star , correcting those mistakes , and fairly stating bow matters now stood between us and the countTj . For some reasoa or other , my letter was not inserted in the Star . I do not wish to make a public complaint of this neglect , because 1 do not know -whether it was received , bat if received , and two gross errors published , they ought to have been corrected . The case now stands as follows : — 1 st The London delegates and the doorkeeper have been paid in full , except an additional 10 » . to each London delegate , provided there was a surplus fund .
2 nd . Messrs . Smart , Skevington , and Martin , still require to he paid one pound each , and as th : re have been funds Bufficient subscribed at the Star office , I should expect that they would apply for their respective sums , and the balance be handed over to the Executive , as well as Mr . Pitkethly's balance sheet , -which has never yet been accounted for before the public . The accouDt banded in to the Star o&cb shows that I am a loBer by this transaction to the amount of Is . 6 d . which I cheerfully submit to . ] have to return ray aineere thanks to the country , for the manner in which they have come forward to support us , and also to Mr . Cleave , for the kind manner in "which he aided theBn&nce committee . Mr . O'Connor
also ueservss the thanks of the constituency for the personal exertions he made to maintain the Convention for the fortnight in London . I remain , yours sincerely , In the cause of justice , P . M . M'Douall . Bath , June 22 d , 1841 ,
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LETTER FROM MR . O'BRIEN TO MR . O'CONNOR . Lancaster Castle , June 29 th , 1841 . Mt Bear FEARGrB , —I see yon bare favoured me with two voluminous letters In the Star of Saturday last . Why a few incidental remarks disapproving of a single item in your multifarious and most diversified recommendations to the people , should draw forth eigbt columns from your pen , you best know yourself . All I know is that yon could have said more , ( to the purpose ) in one half a column than 'you havd said in the eight , and that nevertleless you have not uttered one sentence calculated to make me see your new pro-Tory policy in any other light than I have seen it in from the outset I sfjf consider your assumptions , your reasoning npon them , and your conclusions to be , from first to last , a string of airy delusions . 'Tis not my intention , however , to keep up a controversy with you en the snbject , no * upon any other subject , numerous as are the subjects upon which we differ .
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In the first place , I could not expect the use of eight columns of yonr paper to answer you paragraph by paragraph . In the next place , eight columns from me would be sate to draw eight mote ( mayhap eighteen ) from you , and still neither part / be satisfied . In the third place , I abominate controversy between friends , or men embarked in the same , cause , never having known say good to come of it , bat much evil . Ia the fourth place , my opposition to one point would T » sore to lead me ( in the progress of the controversy ) to dispute your statements aad the wisdom of your views on . many other points , not of immediate interest , a course which would be neither agreeable to me nor profitable to the cause . _ _ _ _
In the fifth place , my opposition te such of your doctrine and modes of agitatien as I disapprove of , would be construed by your friends , and by those who don't know me , into attacks upon yourself , the Star , and your immediate followers . And in tke sixth and last place , because when men differ in opinion , I think it best and sufficient , for both parties to address them-Belves to the public , and having explained their respective views , leave the rest to pablic opinion , For those general reasons and ' also for the particular one that the elections will be over or nearly over , before this appears in print , I shall barely say in this letter , what may suffice to let the public see , wherein we agree and differ , ou the subject of dispute between ua , and then take my leave of the discussion .
1 st We axe both in favour of praclioallv asserting Universal Suffrage at the present election by creating a National Representation through the show of bands ' suffrage , supposing that suffrage to be In our favour , as , no doubt it is , or wouid be , were proper steps taken to prepare the country for it On this point we are fully agreed . It was recommended to us in the manifesto of the first Convention ; it received the sanction of innumerable public meetings ; it was approved of by both you and me , before the Convention made it one of its " ulterior measures : " and I sow state , what I have
of ten stated before , that had all the leaders , yourself included , only applied your energies unitedly and cordially to this one point , by canvassing and agitating the country for the last twelve or even three months , and getting candidates ready for each county , city , and borough , Sec , instead of broaching new and conflicting plans of agitation , with ne practical object in view —bad you and they , I say , only done this , wo might be at this moment in a condition to carry the Charter , or something nearly tantamount and directly leading te it
Upon the qnestion of a national representation , then , We both agreed , aa regards its utility and necessity . We only differ as to the fact , whether you juid other leaders have taken the proper steps to secure it . You think you have . I think you have not ; and I think the other Convention leaders who sanctioned it in the manifesto , are still more to blame than you , for not having taken any steps whatever to prepare the country for It , till within a week or two of the eleotions , ¦ when , of course , it was too ; late . You did something in the way of recommendation . They did nothing at alt .
2 . We are both agreed in recommending Chartist electors to bring forward candidates of their own , at every election , and to split their votes with either faction that will split with them . So far we are agreed , but you at once destroy the good of yonr recommendation ; you , in tact , reader it almost a dead letter , by tagging another recommendation to it , which makes the first nugatory ; far you tell tha Chartist electors "in all places where they are not Btrong enough to carry their own man" ( that is EVERYWHERE !) to rote for th « Tory , and keep out the Whig . You must see , if you are not blind , that this advice knocks the other on the head , —for what inducement can a Tory candidate have to split his votes with oar party , if you t « Il him before hand ,
that he is to have our votes , whether he splits with us or not ? What Tory candidate would be silly enough to drag a Chartist candidate along with him into Parliament if he could get in without ? Yet that is the very position your Pro-Tory policy would place him in . Then , as to the Whig party—the more likely of the two to coalesce with us—you knock all our chances from that quarter on the head at once , by the palpably absurd and unjust distinction you set up between them and tke Tories ; for , you tell us that the Whigs must at all hazards be destroyed as a party —that their extinction as a party is absolntely essential to the success of Chartism . How could you expect a Whig candidate to coalesce with ua under these circumstances ? Tra « , be is a tyrant and
a usurper , but he knows the Tory is the same or worse , and that we , Chartists , know it too . If he sees us , then , make a distinction in favour of his rival at his expense , be naturally concludes , ( and has a right to conclude ) , that our opposition is not to the principle of tyranny and usurpation , ( which would be justifiable and laudable ; , but to some meaner , baser motives infused into tbe Chartist electors by tht ) ignorance or malice of others , and with these feelings , he naturally says to himself , —" Damn these Chartists ! Why should I coalesce with them to get in one Whig at the expense of getting in a Chartist fellow along with him . Who will vote for a worse lyratU than myself on the mere speculation of extinguishing me , and that , without his getting , or even
stipulating for , any advantage at * all from that other tyrant ? No ! better to let two Tories in , than a Whig and Chartist , on these terms , " and 80 there ia an end of all chance of the Whig party splitting with us . Thus , you see , Feargus , that your second recommendation goes entirely to destroy your first—that in which we both agree—namely to split with either party that will bona Jide split with us . But if instead of making yonr absurd and unjust distinction between the two factions , —the Chartist electors tsay Newcastle , for instance ) were to go honestly and manfully to each of the two factions , and say thus— " here \» e are , 400 Chartist electors of this borough , though having votes ourselves , we ar « virtually unenfranchised in consequence of our brethren , the non-electors , 8 , 009 strong
having no votes , through your usurped- monopoly of the franchise . These 8 , 000 honest , useful men belon ? , like ourselves , to the ranks of laborious industry . Their wants , feelings , and interests are the same as ours , and they would consequently vote as we vote , if they had their rights . An unjust law deprives them of these rights ; and though their disfracchisement virtually deprives us of ours , unless yon Whigs , with your 1 , 000 votes , or you Tories , with your 800 , shall choose to make common cause with them and us . It is in your power to render the unjust law a dead letter in this borough , by returning two popular candidates , agreeably to tbe will * of the majority of the whole electors and non-electors—and we should have a just right to require that at your hands . But we ask not so much . We shall be content with one representative for us 6 , 400 adult men , and leave you to choose the other , though only 1 , 800 in number . We
offer to coalesce and split our votes with either party of you on these conditions , that is , man for man in the representation of the borough ; but if neither of you will do this—if you are determined to have the whole representation to yourselves , then WO shall oppose you both alike , we shall make common-cause with our unrepresented brethren , put candidates of our own in nomination , and abide by ihe show o hands , as our forefathers did , before your blasted property-qualifications had robbed them of their rights . And we tell you for your comfort , that every other borough , city , and county in the kingdom will do the same—so now take the consequences of your tyranny and folly . We propose the most moderate terms to you , terms which offered you more than justice , and ourselves less , but in tho pride and selfishness ot your hearts , you have rejected us with scorn—which proves that it is you , end not the law , that is in fault So now , as we said before , take the consequences . "
Now Feargus , what can be plainer , more straightforward , more intelligible than this ? Compare It with the hobbling , crooked course you recommend , and say in the honesty of your heart , which would be the more likely one—your ' s or mine—to promote our common object—viz ., the causing one or other of ihe factions to coalesce with us , so as to get some forty or fifty Chartist candidates into the House of Commons ; or failing that , to gel a national representation by show of hands . Either of these yon admit would effect our purposei . e ., either the forty or fifty members , or the national representation . We are agreed in recommending both —we only differ as to the mode of doing the thing . You prefer yours ; I prefer mine . Well , let the country decide between us , or without us , if they like . After all the decision roust rest with them , and provided success crown their efforts , neither you nor 1 will , I believe , care by whose plans or advice they carry their points .
3 rd . I have stated how far we agree and disagree on two heads . Let me now pass to a third . You seem to think it no disgrace fora Chartist to vote for a Tory though that Tory will not vote for , nor recognise him in any shape or way , as entitled to equal rights with himself . I , on the contrary , think it most disgraceful and degrading to vote for either Whig or Tory , or to give either faction a moment ' s countenance or support , except on terms of reciprocity or the mutual recognition of each other ' s rights . I go further I assert that the Chartist who votes for either Whig or Tory < except on the terms specified ) , does practically sanction the usurpation and tyranny of the faction he votes for ; that he , by so doing , becomes , in fact , morally responsible for the future crimes and tyranny of that faction , and that he disqualifies himself morally for all future resistance to its domination , at least until he wipes out his disgrace at some fnture
election . Remember , he voted for the faction with a full knowledge of its character and acts ; he helped to p » t a member of it into power over him and his , and , consequently , I again repeat , he can have no right afterwards to resist or complain of the crimes or tyranny of that faction . But the case becomes entirely altered , where the factions agree to split their votes with oar candidate . A Chartiisfc elector may then , I say , both conscientiously and honestly vote for the faction that splits with us , —partly because though ostensibly voting for them be is voting in reality for his own man , and bis own principles ( he having got perhaps ten votes in exchange for one ) but chiefly because the " simple fact of either faction so far recognising our claims as to agree to split their votes with us pro tanto is an abandonment of tbe usurpation we charge them with , and does therefore entitle them to our approbation and support in return . " Yes , Feargus , I abide by every word and letter of this sentence , even the word approbation , which like
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Macbeth's omen , seems most unaccountably to nave stack ia ypar throat . Remember , I apply the word approbation to tbe faction ' s then conduct iviz . in splitting with as ) , and not to their general conduct or principles . And why should we not approve of such cooduct ? Is it not an abandonment ' . of their usurpation , to prefer a coalition with us to either coalescing with the other faction , or letting them return the two members ? You ndmit , yourself , that the Whigs , generally , would rather return ten Tories than one Chartist to Parliament , and via versa . In fact , no man knows better than yon , that it matters little to the great body of the electors ( Whig and Tory ) which ot the two factions prevails at an election ; so long as they can . .....
keep out of Parliament" men of extreme and dangerous opinions , "—i . e . Chartists . This being tbe general feeling , then , does not that constituency deserve approbation at onr hands , which first breaks through the pride of caste , and discarding all selfish feeling and class interests , opens a door for the admission of Chartism into the House of Cemmoos , by giving a Chartist candidate the benefit of their votes , so that the non-electors shall be represented as well as their own class ? I decidedly think such constituency , whether Whig or Tory , entitled to our approbation and , thanks , as well as to the votes we may be able to give in exchange , and so would you , I guess , if you rightly conceive my meaning .
Now for the injurious tendencies of yonr advice , and the assumptions it is founded upon . ( We shall give the remainder of Mr . O'B's letter in our next ] [ The reader will perceive , from the concluding portion of this letter , that it is to be continued . We nave given above all we have received , and just as we received it . - We are happy to perceive the perfect unanimity of purpose which exists between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Brien , whatever difference may exist between them , as to the means proposed for the accomplishment of the same object The manner in which this difference of opinion is expressed furnishes a proper example to all parties advocating the cause of the people . —Ed ]
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Keighlet . —On Friday last , Lords Morpeth and Miltou paid a visit here on their electioneering tour through the West Riding . It had been the intention of the Whig party to make their reception as brilliant as possible by stopping their factories , and making their work-people walk in procession with cards and banners . The extreme wetness of the day , however , and the unwillingness of the people to add to the pageant , by honouring the party who had used them so badly , made the attempt such a miserable failure , that by the time the candidates made their entry the whole number might be about equal to that usually drawn together to witness a dog battle , or tbe exploits of Punch and Judy . The Chartists , who had been making
preparations for the occasion , had drawn a waggon opposite the Whig hustings , on which stood Messrs . Firth and Knowles , surrounded by a number of Radicals , to interrogate the candidates . It having been agreed upon between the two parties that both should nave a fair hearing , Lord Morpeth addressed the crowd upon the bad effects of Tory Government , and tho great benefits likely to spring from the three important measures proposed by the present Ministry . The speech , which was an echo to the others on the same subject , was replied to by Mr . Joseph Firth , who gave an able Radical speech , commenting , as he went on , upon the delinquency of the Whigs , and their various base measures . Ho told him that the display of yellow around him
meagre as it was , would have been much more bo , if the manufacturers had not intimidated their work , people , by compelling them to sport the badge of his party . For his part , he said he had no doubt that , if he had been working at his old employment of woolcombing , and been at the head of a family of small children , he should have formed one of the crowd , with a yellow card in his hat . The effect of this observation was quite magical , for in the course of a few minutes afterwards scarcely a card was to be seen , some of the weavers shewing their independence so far as te tear them in pieces , and throw them towards the Whig hustings . Lord Milton uttered a few sentences afterwards , but he spoke so low , and appeared so ill at ease , that he
excited the pity , more than the 6 pleen , of the spectators . Mr . Knowles replied in an able and effective speech , which toid ably upon his Lordship ' s , and drew loud and repeated applause from ths crowd . The Chartist committee had prooared a black nag with the portraits of Frost and O'Connor fastened to it , beneath which was inscribed in large letters , "behold Frost and O'Coneer the Whig victims . " During Mr . Firth's discourse , this flag was unfurled fullia the faces of the two candidates as startling proofs of Whig liberality . After the business was over , their Lordships proceeded to Otley and were saluted on their departure with heavy groans mixed with a few cheers from the crowd . On Tuesday last , the two Tory candidates paid their visit on the same business . The day was
extremely fine and as Whig misrule had taken away a great deal ; of that marked preference which used to be bestowed upon them , the blues suffered very little molestation . Their entrance into the town from Bingley was very imposing , their adherents having mustered in strong numbers from the surrounding places . The profession extended upwards of half a mile and consisted of a large number of horsemen and some thousands on foot , in the midst of which was the carriage of tho two candidates drawn by some of the rabble who were acting the dignified part of horsea . They were questioned and replied to ia a similar manner by Messrs . Firth and Knowles and with nearly the same effect . After which , a show of hands was taken upon the utter want of confidence in both Whig and Tory which appeared to be carried by an immense majority .
GIiAfqow . —Tuesday , two o ' clock ; it has just been ascertained that Provost Campbell is going to stand on the Conservative interest . GaEENocK . —A public meeting is to be held tonight , CTaesday , ) in Greenock , for the purpose of taking into consideration the polioy which should be pursued at tho election . A deputation is just now in the Patriot office , where 1 write this , requesting an orator to attend said meeting , and Mr . Malcolm has just now agreed to go down . Great excitement prevails ; the plot thickens ; not a speaker can be spared ; letters pour into the Patriot office evory post , demanding candidates to stand at the nomination . A letter has just this moment arrived from Selkirk wishing a candidate , but none oan be spared . O for Feargus out at the present moment , is the general wish expressed .
AyR , —Mr . Jack , of Glasgow , who stands for the Ayr Burghs , attended a public meeting iu the town of Ayr last ( Monday ) night , and at a great public meeting held there , it was unanimously agreed to bring him forward to the poll in opposition to Lord James Stuart . Glasgow . —( From our own Correspondent . )—k great public meeting was held , in front of the Gaol , to select candidates for this city . Mr . George Ross , upon being called to the chair , stated the object of the meeting , in a brief speech , and concluded by calling upon Mr . Gillespie , who , in ft splendid speech , proposed George Mills , Esq ., of Bowling Bay . "Never , " said Mr . Gillespie , ** will I forget the day that I saw the bloody head of old Wilson
exhibited on this B&me spot where I now stand , under the reign of the bloody Tories ; " and now he would not forget that a Clayton was murdered , and that a Peddie was being slowly slaughtered by the Whigs . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Rodger seconded Mr . Mills , iu a speech in which he struck at both factions with a giant hand . He concluded , after a long and powerful speech , amid great cheering from the vast multitude , which , at this time , was estimated at 80 , 000 . The Whigs said 40 , 000 ; and some of the Tories said 50 , 000 . Mr . Berkmire stood forward as the advocate of the Whig Members . ( Laughter , groans , and hisses , amid muoH confusion . ) Mr . Berkmire floundered away , but was ultimately compelled to retire after moving aa amendment that
Dennistoun , their present member , should be their man in place of Milles , which was seconded by Mr . Wylie . When the show of hands was taken , a few was held up for the amendment , but for Milles the vast assembly held up a forest of hands . Mr . Cullen then stept forward to propose Mr . Moir , which he did in a speech which elicited bursts of approbation from the vast multitude around him ; when the name of Moir was mentioned , nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the meeting . Mr . Proudfeot second * d the nomination of Mr . Moir , in language which told homo to the feelings of all present . After which the Chairman asked if there was any amendment to propose , but no one made their appearance { or that purpose , when he put the motion of Mr . Cullen to the
meeting , when the vost show of hands equalled Mr . O'Connor ' s on a former occasion . Mr . Moir , who was on the hustings , being loudly called for , addressed the meeting . Nothing could exceed the warmth with which he was greeted and the applause his sentiments received . The rain at this time began to fall very heavy , and as I was writing on the hustings and had to be off in time for the post , I left the meeting , amid the rapturous oheeriag of the assembled thousands , when Moir stated that he would show up the Whigs at the nomination , which takes place on Friday . Ashton-under-Ltnk . —The Torits ef this borough have brought forward one Mr . Harrep , proprietor of the Bardsley collieries , with littl * prospect of
success . Id accordance with a resolution , passed on the 20 th , a public meeting . 'hfl * been called by the Chartists , to be held in the CharIe ^ town meetingroom , on Monday , the 28 th , and both candidates invited to attend . The following questions w * re submitted : —1 . Will you , if returned to Parliament for this borough , vote forthe People ' s Charter to become the law of the land ! 2 . Will you vote for the extinction , of the New Police Act ? 3 . Will you vote for a repeal of the New Poor i * aw 1 ( These questions were put to Chares Hindley , Esq . The late member ; Harrop , did not attend , not knowing what the People ' s Charter meaut . ) Mr . Hindley pledged himself to rote for the first and second reading of
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the Charter , bat on the third reading , he would exercise his own opinion , always contending for Universal Suffrage . He would vote for the release of political prisoners , and the return of Frost , WPitams , and Jones . He would rote for a repeal of the New Poor Law ; and aa to the New Police Act , he always was for Aahten choosing its own police . After a great deal of disturbance , the following resolution was adopted : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that neither of the candidates are fit persons to represent this borough in tho Commons ' . ^ _ . . _____ u
House of Parliament—CormpwM&nf . LouoHBOKOCGH . —On Sunday evening , June 27 th , there was a large muster of delegates , when the reports being favourable , it was agreed that two candidates should be nominated , and that Messrs . Skevington and Dean Taylor . should be invited to allow themselves to be put in nomination , with which they have complied . It was agreed that the collectors should persevere in getting subscriptions . Mr . Eveleigb . was appointed treasurer , and exertions are being made to reader it an effective display on behalf of Chartism .
ttOLCAR—Party spirit is running Yefy high in this place , and it appears the valiant ' yellow squad' have been boasting what noble deeds they performed on Tuesday last in front of the Druids Hotel , but forgets to mention how they had to leave their JMiltsn and Morpeth banners on their way home at night ; a few boys who had been ridden down by Crosland , Tom Taylor , Scotch Bob , and Pilling , looking out 'or those brave Golcar shoddy men , and attacking them and putting the whole gang of them to the rout—musicians , nag-bearera , and the whole posse of them . Some of the fraternity who happened to be a little wealthier than
the rest , are threatening the poor voters that they shall have no work' if they do not vote for Milton and Morpeth . One of the pious deacon-dippers sent word to an old kinsman of the same name aa himself , that , if he did not vote for Miltou and Morpeth , no mora wark" for him : the old man exclaimed , " Why , I never could raise a pair o new breeches sin f Whigs come into office , and it is not likely I shall gie my vote to get them in again . " The blues are taking the poor men on , and , no doubt , they will thrive ns well under their new masters as they have been doing for some time back with the yellows .
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GENTLEMEN , —Allow me to assure yon , that for the invitation which I have received from a portion of your number to offer myself as a Candidate for your Suffrages , to represent you . in Parliament , I return you my warmest thanks . Your invitation I at once accept , and , shall take an early opportunity of meeting you personally and publicly , aud then explain my principles , and answer any questions that may be put to me . In the meantime , allow me to give you a brief outline of my political principles . 1 st . I am determinedly opposed to all monopolies
of every kind ; and shall , therefore , labour incessantly for their entire destruction ; but , being of opinion that all those monopolies which press so heavily upon the ' industry of the country , have sprung from , and * are grounded in , the " monopoly of legislation , " I shall particularly devote my atteation to the entire rooting up and overthrow of that master grievance . 2 nd . I shall support a thorough and searching inquiry into the laws and institutions of the country , with a view to their revision and purification , as I believe their present tendencies are to lead to the commission of crime , and then punish those who perpetrate it .
3 rd . I am opposed to the connection of Church and State , being convinced that that unholy union , has done much to retard the progress of Christianity , as well as being a grievouB outrage upon the consciences of Dissenters , and an intolerable burden upon the shoulders of the poor ; I shall , therefore , work heart and soul for their immediate and complete separation . 4 th . I believe agriculture to have innumerable benefits to confer upon a nation superior to commerce ; and , therefore , shall attend carefully and diligently to every measure introduced into the House of Commons , which may in any way affect its interests .
5 tb . I shall , at the end of every Session , return and give an account of my stewardship . I shall be at all times ready to explain any part of my conduct as your representative which may require it ; and shall resign my trust into your hands when called upon to do so by a majority of the people . Gentlemen , —Upon these principles I take my stand , and look with perfect confidence to their triumph over all interested opposition . Men ot Fife , do your . duty , and I shall do mine . JOHN DUNCAN .
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