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MR , OASTLER . TO THS KDITOS OP THB SOBTHXKK STAR , gjg ^ Allow me , through the medi&m of your Mnroal , to inform those friends of "the good old ftng" who have interested themselves in his behalf , thAt tbe resolution agreed to by hi « townsmen , wu j aiy forwarded by me , aeeordiBg to direction , to Thomas Thornhill , Esq ., from whom I hare received th « followiBg reply . — - « —
TO MB . W . BIDES . Riddlesworth , Oct 2 . gIB __ jjj answer to your letter received this day , I bh 0 Ijy ay that had I remained at Fixby , I should h » T 6 been most happy to receive the deputation from I > eds , in favour of Mr . Oastler . I eould only have made them the same reply tt » fc 1 Md to the gentlemen from Hnddets&eld , Bradford , Ceijjhley , and Dewsbury : — ' ¦" That I hare no enmity toward * Mr . Osjstla , ict that mftei the treatment I hare received from him , I cannot £ instate to myself , or my family , set him at liberty , Tri&out security for his debt to me . " I remain , Sir , lour obedient servant , THOS . TH 0 B . XH 1 LL .
Co the aboTe letter I must have a word or two . « -h * tever feelings may hare been generated in our nia&s towards Mr . Thornhill , in consequence of his asde of proceedure towards Mr . OasUer , who was tncmestionably " a good and faithful steward , " it must be allowed that he has not acted towardg the intercesjors of the captiTe "King" with that contempt which teo many aristocrats would feel delighted in evincing towards mediators of " tht loicer order . " " Had I , " says he , " remained at Fixby , I should hsve been happy to receive the deputation from Leeds in favour of Mr . Oastler . " Thank you , Mr . Thornhillthough , a Tory aristocrat Here is not in this the repulsive spirit of a BasseD or a Normanby . « I haTe no enmity towards Mr . Oastler . " Thanks for this declaration . A heart net Titiated and petrified by enmity , may , by reflection , so far govern the action as to ultimately produce the wished-for object .
Mr . Thornhill knows that both himself and family ire amply provided for—that his demand upon Mr . Oastler is a mere cypher when placed in jnxta-position » ith his ir" »»"""» « . tititmJ income . He knows the onerous duties which must have devolved upon Mr . Osstler in the improvements made upon the estates nailer his superintendence , and which , have greatly enhanced their value , and , above all , he knows that " the head and front" of Mr . Oastlert offence has been his unceasing efforts to ameliorate the hapless cendition of the factory operative , and also his sworn hostility to that damnable monster—that indelible stain upon oui sational character—the New Poor Law . Misanthropists sued for the overthrow of Oastler , and Qgj prevailed , so far as regarded the taking away ol his daily bread , and the incarceration of his body . His spirit they cannot subdue , neither can they torture kirn into a recantation of his humane principles .
Now , let us hope that the dogs have had their day-Bat the envy , hatred , and malice of Aristocrats and HOloent * are satiated , and that the heart which nurture ! not " enmity towards Mr . OasUer , " may dictate tie performance of one noble act—the liberation of s faithful , but belied , persecuted , and unjustly discarded steward . Having known Mr . Oastler many years , and being lw&re of his independent spirit , and also knowing that be was not acquainted with the steps taie ^ x by hi friends resident in his native town , for the purpose ol prodring his liberation , I mnst beg of that gentlemar to pardon the deed should my publication of this noi quadrate with his feelings , Youre , truly , WlLLUH RIDEJL Leeds , October 4 th , ISO .
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^* THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE WICKED . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHESS STAR . Sia , —Having Been in the Star of the 18 th instant ; i specimen of the tender mercies of the tyrant cotton lords in Stockport and Ashton-under Lyne , I send you a fiw facts of their conduct toward ! their spinners in Charley . If any wheel happens to break while th « machinery is working , the masters make the spinner ? psy seven times the value of the wheel ; for a wheel that would cost one shilling and sixpence , they will mike the spinner pay seven phfliinga and sixpence . I bare known an instance of one tooth being broken out of » wheel , and of the spinners having to pay seven »>; ningn and sixpence for it , and yet the wheel worked five years . Mr . Robert Wallwork is discharging men with families , and trying young men from eighteen to twenty years of .-age , to spin at ten per cent under the
present pries . He has seven already , and yet wh tynnt is a Com Law Repealer , and a deacon of a Dissentail congregation . In this town , when any misaionarj meeting is to take place he sends every one word , and exprenes his hope that every one will contribute hia Bite towards the poor heathen . At Mi . Richard Aajxm ' i mill , last Friday , he abated every ene of hia ipaasrs and weavers , and yet this tyrant attends Corn Law meetings , and spouts on the hustings about so monopoly and free trade . There is scarce a day puses but he abates some of his workpeople . Mr . R . imstburst has had a letter sent him with three bad ecdt enclosed ; he sent for three of his spinners that was spinning the numbers contained in the letter , and abated them all three five shillings each ; another
spinser had a few mickey copnoses , and he abated him nxteen shillings , and yet this is a religious man . It Tu only a few years ago that he was chairman at a TTesleyan missionary meeting , and one of the missionxriei had brought a wooden God from Africa , and he Mi . R . S . i handed it round the chapel , to show how iise poo ; heathen were deluded ; he is also a great * s : i-Corn Law man , and tells us that the Charter will & > t £ 11 ovx belli si like a cheap loaf . About nine months * ft > he wrote to the Poor Law Commissioners , request-JBgthem to build a bastile in Chorley , for ths poor ; and ? et , Sir , these are the tyrants who wish the people to apate for cheap bread . William Haedixge . Chorley . Sept 24 , ISH .
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MR . R . J . RICHARDSOX . TO THE EDIT 9 E OF THE KOSTHERX | STA £ . Sir , —I have received th « following letter from Mr . Richardson , which he has requested me to transmit to yon for insertion in the Star , and of course I have lost bo time in complying with his request . It is not my intention to re-open the controversy between that gentleman and the Chartisti of Manchester , of which too mneh hat been already laid before the public , and which I , in common with all right minded Chartists , extremely
regret should ever have taken place ; but as an old colleague , and active member of the first Convention , whose writings on the currency and banking questions , and who has suffered imprisonment for the cause of Cfcsrtasm , I think it right that Ms present circumstances should be known to the body at large , that they may act in the case as they think proper ; and those who may w disposed to sympathise with him , and deem it proper to try to alleviate bis distress , will have an epportHnity to do so . Inn , Sir . Your obedient servant , _ . T . R . SmaBI . ited Cross-street , Leicester , September 29 , 1641 .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE KOBTHEBM STAB . Sib ., —You no doubt hear enough of the tyranny of manufacturers , and the distress which exists ; but it is utteriy impossible to form any conception thereof without being in the midst of it , to witness and f « el occasionally the unbearable wrong . Yes , Sir , feel it , as well as witness it ; for , however much man may affect to sympathise , that feeling of bitterness—that deep detestation experienced by the victims of injustice , is to the mere observer unknown-Stanley told us , the other day , at Lancaster , " that
through the instrumentality of machiBery , we had glutted the markets of the world ; " but , though this was the case , and though thousands suffered from its effects , ' still he told us , " that no Government , in its senses , would ever think of placing a tax upon machi-Bery . " How very different would have been his ideas as to what was sensible in Government , had he been situated like the weavers in Colne and its neighbourhoed , where they are actually working for less than thoae employed at the steam loom—that is , they are working a greater length of cloth for the same money . Let the steam-loom weavers of Preston , Bolton , and Manchester , judge from the following facts : —
40 yards , 40 inches wide , 7 picks lOd . 39 yards , 25 inches wide , 9 picks 7 d . 30 yards , 25 inches wide , 6 picks 5 d . This lowpri c * is not all ; for little as the sum is paid f # r the weaving , the greedy , unfeeling manufacturer thinks it too much , and is continually making abatements for every little real or pretended defect , so that no weaver can be certain beforehand of what he will receive for his labour . One poor fellow , when I was there , had just been abated sixpence for a 2 & . 3 d . cut , thirty-two yards in length , for being three inches too short , though the marks were there before the tyrant ' s face .
Such an act seems altogether incredible , and hundreds will not believe it ; but the fact is , notwithstanding , incpntrovertibly true . The work upon which this abatement was made is cotton warp , picked with worsted : the yarn is required to be extremely well stretched in weaving , and the regular practice is to abate one penny per inch ; but on this occasion the greedy tyrant look twopence instead of oua . Excuse the term tyrant ; I reluctantly use an harsh word ; but justice , when suffering is wantonly inflicted , demands it- Injustice ought not to be tolerated , either in high or low , rich or poor . If we workmen could punish it in any other way , such language would be unmanly ; but as yet it is mere wind . Oar oppressors , however , do not let mere punishment suffice . Read the public papers when any one hath committed a daring robbery . Every abusive epithet is used ; which the least feeling of humanity would suppress for the sake of the suffering relatives of the accused .
But what would Stanley think about the duties of Government if he were not only working fur little , but was debarred from obtaining employ altogether , owing to machinery , which is the case with hundreds at this moment ? Scores of block printers are now rambling about , owing to the rapid introduction of machines , which perform nearly the whole of the labour . You have heard much latterly about Cobden . What a generova , philanthropic soul , the reading of his speeches would lead ns to believe him to be ! Just read
one of his acts , and contrast it with his professions . For the last seven months be has employed little else besides printing machines : six of these he has now in eperation , and eight more preparing . On one occasion , during the above period , he received an order to print 60 , 000 pieces . 3 j keeping the machines in operation night and day , the order was completed in rather less than a month , employing , during the time , about forty hands ; an amount of labour which would have required , by the recent mode of block printing , 200 men for twelve months to perform .
No working man can reflect on this fact without alarm . Those who can continue to realise their former amount of profits , or enjoy their fixed incomes , will be delighted , because of the greater cheapness of the article ; but men cannot live on cotton . By and bye , a reciprocal feeling "will find its wsy to the breast of every toiling operative ; huager and wretchedness will produce it , And then this precious plundering system will be blown to atoms . Men will never lie down to perish by thousands in a land of liberty . " Patience !" cries one , when rising from the loaded board : the hungry suppliant hears in silesce the advice . ' but to his suffering brother curses bitterly such cold indifference ! ! By giving insertion to the above , you will oblige , Yours , sincerely , RICHAED MAR . SDE * .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THB > " 0 KTHEBK STAR . London , Oct . 5 , 1 S 41 . Sir , —Permit me , through the medium of our own advocate , the Star , to give the public a faint idea of the manner ot treatment we , the masons lately employed at tie new Houses of Parliament have received from the abominably prostituted press of this metropolis . . In the pages of the Times of last -week appeared an- article , headed " Strike at the new Houses of Parliament , " containing a fabrication of the grossest falsehoods that was ever raked together in so limited a space . Mr . Jackson , the builder , of Pimlico , to whom the-said article principally alluded , was so disgusted vrith it , that he had a letter inserted in the Times of
the following morning , giving a flat contradiction to the whole of ita allegations . No matter for that , the same article appeared in almost all the other papers , without the least comment , after knowing the whole to be scandalous falsehoods . So much for the truthloving Metropolitan press . In yesterday morning ' s Time * , there appeared a letter from our late employers , Messrs . Grissell and Peto , endeavouring to make the public and us believe that we ¦ was mistaken in regard of Allen , and that , instead of a tyrant , be was the most humane man , and the best foreman in the world . However , we would not have it , and we accordingly wrote the following answer , but was refused the columns of the Ti 77 i £ s for its insertion . However , I hope not so , with the Star : — TO THE EDITOB OF THE TIttES . Sir , —A letter having appeared in your -widely circulated journal , signed by Messrs . Grissell and Peto , and stating that the charges made by the masons under their employ against Mr . Allen , their foreman , are without the slightest foundation , and that the secession of the workmen has originated , not in any oppression on the part of their foreman , we trust in your sense of jostiee to give insertion to the following reply in vindication of our character as men , aad to substantiate those charges , it would take up too much of your valuable time and space to enter , seriatim , into a refutation of their statement * . No , suffice it to say , that we regard them as mere glosses and evasions . Allen him-¦ elf has not denied those charges , knowing he cannot , and Messrs . Grissell and Peto have merely made an attempt to shift the question and to throw the blame upon what they are pleased to term our idleness and inexperience .
This charge comes with an ill grace from them , after baying posted bills on their own gates , declaring us to be sober and industrious ; and we would also beg to remind Messrs . Grissell and Peto that they them-Hire * virtually admitted the truth of our charges against Allen , for , when we made made a complaint to them on a former occasion , they promised that Allen should altar his conduct , and he did alter it ; but how ? he merely changed from ene species of tyranny to another . He adopted the system of encouraging what they term chasing , by which , when one man might be gifted with more physical ability than the others , could be
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excited to do more work than the rest , his performances were made a standard for all the others , who were bullied and abused if they were not able to come up to his mark . We do not wish to have the nomination of our Superintendaut , but -we wish not to have a ' tyrant appointed over us ; for no man with the feelings of & man , can submit to have those feelings outraged in the mannar which Allen is constantly doing . The publio will bear in mind , that we are not the first that have struck against this man's tyranny ; the masons of Birmingham in 1837 struck against it , and Allen , we are sorry to say , has not mended his temper with bis circumstances .
In conclusion , we beg to reiterate our charges , -we might add to them if we chose , and we are prepared to prove them by the evidence of the sufferers and eye witnesses . So far from shrinking from public enquiry , we court it , we challenge it , and are ready to meet it at any convenient time and place . It la not of the quantity of work required of us , nor of the rate of wages that we complain , but of the unbearable Insolence and oppression of a taskmaster who resembles those of Pharaoh , and would reduce as to a bondage worse than that of the Egyptians , and , because we csmplain of it , is it to be said of us , as was said of them , " Go to , ye are idle !"
We have all along separated our employers from their tyrannical foreman , for we believed the conduct of the latter was not sanctioned by them . We are , therefore , surprised and sorry to observe that they have now made common cause with him , and identified themselves with him ; but they cannot justly eenstitute themselves arbitrators in their own cause , no more than we in ours . All we want , aad surely we do not ask too much , is that a m » re civil man be appointed in the place of Allen ; and in the meantime we rest oar cause on the candid consideration of an impartial public From the Opehative Stonemasons . Paviors" Arms , Westminster .
This , Sir , has not been couched in language fitting for the impartial pages of the Times , where the fabrications appeared . I treat , therefore , yon will give it a place in the Star , and shew to the working men that after all the endeavours of our enemies to close the press against ns , we have yet an organ that will proclaim our wrongs , in defiance of all their base intrigues . Yours , Sir , In behalf of the whole of the masons on strike , Alexander WiLseit . October 5 th . 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF XHI NORTHKBN STAB . Sir , —If you deem the following worthy of a place In yeur columns , you will oblige the writer by its insertion .
TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —The position which we , as a body , at present occupy is by far the proudest and most elevated evtr obtained by any body of men straggling for political reform . The dissemination of oar principles become every day wider and more extensive , and ere long if sapience and onion characterise our steps , Chartism must find its way into every village and hamlet in the kingdom . The very fact of a North and East-Riding district b « lng formed in the county of York , embracing , within its route , the aristocratic towns of Kuaresbrough , Belby , Pocklington , Market-Weighton , &c sufficiently demonstrates this predication . The plan by which we are united together is a good one , and if properly and fully carried into effect , must
shortly place the working classes in such a position , that neither the invidioosness and duplicity of factions , ths power and discipline of legalised murderers , nor the dissimulation and treachery of pretended friends , can much longer withhold our righteous and equitable demands . Seeing then , my friends , that this isonr position , it becomes imperative upon as at once to adopt and carry into effect the best concerted plans for the most speedy enhancement of oar philanthropic cause ; and , my friends , I think the first step towards it ought to be the fall adoption of that plan upon which we are at present but partially acting , vis : that laid d * wn by the Manchester delegate * . This has not yet been done , the Executive , which ought to have been the mainspring or life-blood of the movement has been a mere nominal body ; they have had no power—no support , and the cause is principally owing to the fact ,
that each locality has chosen to fce its own Executive power rather than to support and implicitly confide in that body which they themselves have appointed expressly for the purpose . The lules prescribe that there shall be a general treasurer , and that at least onefeurth part of the money collected throughout the whole association , shall be forwarded te him by the various sub-secretaries , and that the money bo forwarded shall be appropriated to the enhancement of the cause according to the discretion of the Executive . This part of the plan has not yet been adopted—the associations have exhaused and impoverished their funds by the employment of local and district lecturers , and thus an inordinate and partial , instead of a regular and general agitation , has been kepi up , some parts being regularly agitated while others have been totally noglected .
Now , my fnends , I beg to suggest a plan for youi serious . consideration , which , in my estimation , la calculated to obviate this disparity and irregularity ; I hope , therefore , that it will be appreciated , and , as soon as possible , carried into effect . Let there be a suspension of all paid local and district lecturers for one m « nth , and let the money , thus accumulated , that would otherwise have been expended , be forwarded , at the end of the term to the general treasurer , and in the interim , let the Executive divide the country into a given number of districts , and also receive the nomination and election of lecturers from the whole association ; Invest the Executive with the power of appointing each lecturer to his respective district after they had been elected by the association , and also with their trans location every month , two months , or three months , as they may deem it expedient
This plan , I believe , was in contemplation by the Executive at the commencement of their sitting ; but they have never had the pecuniary means of carrying it into effect New , my friends , the Executive was chosen by the very principle for which we are contending , by a majority of the people whom they were to represent ; they are , therefore , our veritable representatives , and have a special claim on our support . In fact , my friends , we must support and assist them to carry oat their projects , or our organization , after we kave braved the storm of persecution , and become either respected or feared by all parties , will flag , dribble into Imbecility ,
and ultimately perish ; but if , on the other hand , we render them oar approbation and support , we shall be enabled to carry a regular systematic agitation , including the agricultural as well as the manufacturing districts ; and if we once succeed in establishing Charter Associations in the rural districts , we shall greatly enervate and reduce the physical power of our oppressors , because , should the turbulent state of society ever render it necessary , In order to continue and perpetuate tyranny , for our oppressors to increase and strengthen their physical power by raising the yeomanries , we shall find Sir Robert in a quandary similar to what the little Lord Russell was In when he
demurred about the expediency of raising the militias ; his acuteness f-old him that it would be inexpedient , because he knew well that in so doing , he would indiscriminately arm the supporter and opposer of his policy , and that in case of a revolt , the very weapons with which he had supplied them would be used against him . Now , my friends , seeing that the benefits accruing from a general agitation would he great , let us strive to emulate each other in promoting the general good of the righteous cause . Let not any wilful neglect or
hallucination be the cause of our defeat ; but let union , energy , and discretion mark every step—let us one and all support the source from whence our every derisive step should emanate , and ere long , like an impetuous torrent , the tide of popular opinion will sweep down the parapet of corruption , and establish the broad principle of universal justice , which we reoognizs in the People ' s Charter . I am yours , In the sacred fraternity , A Subaltern , at York . Sunday , September 26 tb , 1841 .
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TO THB EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —It would appear that a certain two-penny hartlst paper had joined with the new movers " > beset our Sorlhem Star , bent on marring its right service with clouds of frothy sophistry . Not aly does the Odd Fellow pour forth the very odd idreas of its odd master and his odd mates , but the 'indicaior , Vincent and Philp's paper , the supposed erald of Chartism , bearing the authority of the Execuve of the National Charter Association , publishes le said odd and scurrilous address of the self-styled
ational , or shilling card party , without giving the oswer of the editor of the Northern Star thereto , or le proofs of their delinquencies from O'Connor ' s stter , although proofs in their address are said to have sen called for in vain . Surely there was plenty of me between Saturday morning and Tuesday for the isertion of the answers , dec . This one-sided conduct t the editors of the Vindicator savours very much of new move" tactics ; and the editors' remarks are of a lece therewith , evincing a desire to palm upon us less ambitious knaves as honest Chartists .
The editor saith , in another column , " We insert the idreas signed by Mr . Henry Hetherington and We ovett . We are grieved at the causes which lead to isunion in our ranks . We hope that the Executive ill take steps , on their arrival in London , to heal all le differences among men who necessarily are respected f powerful sections of the people . Thii , above all ihers , is the time for union . We believe that the xecutive may be the means of once more uniting as [ together : we implore them to make the attempt " Henry Vincent may be grieved that his friends , ovett and Hetherington , should bare fallen in their ; tempt to make themselves the end-alls and be-alls f the Chartist movements ; should hare found bo few rationala" among the working class to dangle at the kil of O'ConneU , Hume , Roebuck , and the money > rds ; but if he would live in the estimation of the eople be most take as honest coarse ; publishing to
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bis readers both sides at the same time , that they may judge— " Giving unto Cmsar that which is Cwsar'a . " The editor of the Star ' s answer to the Lovett ' s addresa , with the proofs from O'Connprt letter , are fact roffident to tarnian their past Bervicea : and their talent , which they are now using to divide the Chartist body , a fact sufficient to blast their names for ever ; yet the " we" of the Vinditaior saith , "they are deservedly respected by sections of the people j" by which I infer he means sections of the upper and middle class , who of late . attempted to divide the class they once sought to unite , at a time too when their union was becoming greater and firmer than ever , cemented by persecutions and moulded by the working elaw themselves , so well served . The potent " we" might kave said the same of Peel , and Russelland to as much pur' - ¦¦! .. ,.
, pose ; but would he attempt to persuade us that the tooconflding working class still respect them on account of former service . If he hath not learnt , he yet will , that he has over-rated their simplicity , and deceived himself by dreams of the past , when Burdett led and bothered them ? But dear bought experience hath made them wiser . The people now possess sufficient discernment to see in O'Connor ' s chain of evidence against the new movers , enough to judge from , of their coquetting with the enemies . The wonder is that so much evidence should have been gained ; more we could not expect , unless one of them had betrayed the confidence reposed , or had candidly confessed . As it is we are more indebted to O'Connell , Roebuck , and Hume for crowing too soon , than to the tricksters of out own ranks . In
future we moat watch our " leading Chartist * " more narrowly , for , depend upon it , in future negotiations tbey will obBerve more secrecy ; but according te the Findicator these are " all honourable men , " "deservedly respected , " whom they "hope the Executive will seek to unite with us again . " What I are past democratic services to be laurels on the renegade ' s head for ever ? then bow to Southey , and do honour to Burdett What I receive them again without contrition , after volumes of abuse , after bespattering the Chartist body with such mild epithets as these : — " intolerant dopes of the Northern Slav ; of intellect inflamed by vanity , understanding darkened by prejudice -, without charitable feelings , spurning w ' th gbtbic ferocity all knowlege , truth , and justice , &o . " ( Sae address ) After
this receive them , spaniel-like—never ! forbid it honour , —forbid it justice t No ; not if they came forward and acknowledged their faults . Let them earn our confidence ere we treat them like brothers , or trust them , lest tbey again betray us , for they have fallen , and , if they pursue their present course , for ever . Up , Chartists , and defend yourselves , for it is against you they complain ; for it was you that censured them most warmly , showing that you felt the blow they aimed at you through your cause ; they direct their clamour against the Star , whereas they mean your resolutions in the Star condemning their move ; therein is what tbey call intolerance , but could they kill the Star , your vehicle is lost , and they could war on you with impunity ; therefore , Chartists , stand to your Star .
Again , the Editor of the findicator attempts another kind service to you , in commenting on Mr . B . O'Brien ' s letter upon Chartist triumphs , &c . The potent " we" says , "We admire his fearless spirit , for in these times it is something to find a man daring to express his opinions . " Now , this inuendo cannot apply to the Government , or upper or middle classes , for none of these are in favour of Chartist triumphs . N « , it is a side way of backing Lovett and Hetherington's charge of intolerance . Good Heaven I in the name of common sense , when
did the Cbartista or their organ complain of men expressing their owa opinions 7 Surely , there is something more in dispute between the Chartists and the " new move" men than mere opinion . Their determination to have a National Association without the Chartists , a mongrel society of all opinions—their secret , return-of-po * t , appointment of ministers—the illegality humbug—Hume , O'Connell , Roebuck , &c . But I suppose we must attribute this to Mr . Vincent's " improved style , " together with his approval of Mr . O'Brien's objections to triumphs .
I object not to Mr . O'Brien ' s opinion . he gives good reasons for the same ; but of Mr . Vincent" A change has come o ' er the spirit of his dream , " which he has in no way yet accounted for ; for previous to his receiving the Whigs' most gracious release from prison , he , in a letter to the Bristol Council , expressed a wish to be met by thousands on the Bath road , to escort him into Bristol , which wish , after his release , dwindled down to an "if it would benefit the cause . " And now , to a disapproval of processions and triumphs altogether , which he urged on and encouraged so much previous to his incarceration . Now , when publio men change thus hastily , I think they should give , puMicly , some reason for the change ; for to me it looks much like an attempt to cool down the people's enthusiasm , and lay them dormant beneath the power of faction , who may again rouse them with another clap-trap , such as the Reform Bill , and on them again ride to pewer .
Bat the Star would not publish B « ggis's version of ths discussion betweo » Mr . WftMtinR and Mr . Watson , ( how exceeding wrong I so the Vindicator did ; in which letter the Chartists are designated national cardmen , and those who supported Mr . Watklns are termed the discordant spirits , and barking dogs ( brotherly appellations !) Bat as these " new movers" are , perhaps , friends of the Editor , we must allow a little feeling of partiality . Verily , I say , he who loveth , or would serve , a friend before the cause , is unworthy of it ; and he that would palm such friends as these upon the Chartists must entertain a very mean opinion oC them , and should be watched narrowly-by
them . Now , in conclusion , I recommend for the purpose of fair play , as the Vindicator being lower priced , circulates , perhaps , more largely in the West than the Northern Star , that thvse who take in the latter do read at every opportunity , publicly and privately , where there are any that have not heard the Editor ' s answer to the Lovett and Hetherington Address , together with O'Connor ' s proofs of the charges , for which they say they have called in vain , and yet never possessed the honesty to publish the same in their penny vehicle of slander . Your ' s , in the National cause , ORACCHUS .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . SiR |_ HaviBg been appointed by you to the office of London Correspo » dent of the Northern Star , I return you my sincere thanks for the same , and assure you that according to the best of my ability , I will discharge the duties of my situation in an honest , impartial , and workman-like manner , and when 1 cease to do this , I trust you will dismiss me . Yours , In the cause of Democracy , Thos . M . Wheeler .
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At the week . lt MEITIX 6 of the Tailors'National Charter . Association , at the Tiues Doiea , Berwickstreet , Soho , on Monday last , the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . Cufiay gave in his report from the County Council : several new members were enrolled , and a lecture was announced to be given in the room of the Association , en Wednesday , 13 » h October . Mr . Wheeler lectured to a numerous body of tailors , on Wednesday , Sept 29 th . Tower Hamlets . —The Auxiliary Committee have laid the following report before the meeting . £ e . d . Balance in hand on July 30 th ... ... X 2 3 ^ Amount of money received from the 1 st ef August to Sept . 28 th 3 9 7 A
4 11 11 Expenditure ... 419 Balance in hand of Treasurer 0 10 2 Middlesex , Sunday , Oci , 3 . —Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey , Mr . A . Wilson , in the chair . Minute * read and confirmed . Credentials received from Delegates from the Tailors' Bodies Meeting at the Red Lion , Windmill-street , and the Red Lion , King-street , Goldensquare , and from the East End Shoemakers . Secretary read the Correspondence between Messrs . Hetherington and O'Connor's discussion committee . Reports of a cheering nature werereceivsd from four bodies of tailors from the East End , shoemakers from St . Pancras and Hackney , from Marylebone , granting the use of their Hall for a concert , on the 25 th October , from Mr .
Goodfellow , announcing a discussion on the ensuing Friday , at the Social Hall , John-Btreet , Tottenham Court Road , on the principles of the People ' s Chatter ; Messrs . Goodfellow , Fossell , Ridly and Martin , were appointed to attend . Mr . Watkins reported that the shareholders , 55 , Old Bailey , would allow the council the use of their room for lectures , every Thursday evening , for the payment of 1 $ . 6 d . per night ; the sum of £ 1 lla . 3 d . was received towards paying the debts of the council ; deputations were appointed to wait on the various trades and localities ; the Observation Committee brought before the council the contents of a paragraph in the Dispatch , headed Political Bloodhounds , but its consideration was deferred till the ensuing meeting . The Observation Committee also brought before the council the charge brought by
certain pretended Chartists hi Birmingham leagued with the Tories , denouncing Mr . John Fussell ( of this council ) , as a spy , when Mr . Martin moved aad Mr . Wheeler seconded the following resolution : — " That this council has the firmest reliance in the integrity of Mr . Fussell , and strongly recommend the people to discountenance any charge brought against an active member of the Chartist body , by an enemy of Chartism , '' carried unanimously . A memorial to the men of Birmingham was then drawn up , signed by the council , and handed over to Mr . Fusaell , who stated his intention of proceeding to Birmingham to face his accusers . Several small debts were discharged ; and owing te the press of business , several motions were postponed till the ensuing meeting . It was announced that a benefit would shortly take place for Mr . Carrier . The Council then adjourned .
Westminster . —At a meeting of Chartists held on Sunday evening last , at the Charter Coffee House , Stretton Ground , Mr . Wilson in the chair , Mr . Wheeler delivered a lecture on the evils arising from class legislation , and the People ' s Charter , considered as a remedy . After the lecture , a lengthened and animated discussion took place , and an excellent feeling was evinced . Four persons joined the association , and this neglacted locality , if thoroughly agitated , will again take its proper position in the advanced guard of political freedom . Mr . SUUwood will lecture on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely , on " the neoeaeity of a change , " when all Chartists anxious to assist , are invited to attend .
Wandsworth . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists , held at the Association Rooms , Frogmore , Mr . Dowling in the chair ; Mr . Ridley delivered a glowing and powerful Iectare on " Priestcraft , " tracing it from the earliest records of history d « wn to the present time , showing that in all ages and in all climes it had exerted its baneful , its blighting influence , that in its giant strides to power it had trodden under foot every finer feeling of human nature , every dictate of reason and humanity , had deluged the earth with the blood of millions of her sons and daughters , and had dared to assert that these horrid deeds bad been sanctioned by a God of wisdom and of mercy ; that this
blood had been shed in freedom and religion's cause . The lecturer then adverted to the cheering prospects that were now dawning upon us : that the day was fast arriving when man could worship his Maker according to the dictates of his own conscience , and exemplified in a powerful and lucid manner , the great advantages which the attainment of the People ' s Charter would give U the great cause of human emancipation from the bondage of ignorance and superstition under which it hod so long and so fatally groaned . ' The numerous assembly present seemed highly gratified with the lecture . An interesting discussion followed , and much good will no doubt result
Saint Panpras . — On Sunday evening last , the Chartists meeting at the Feathers , Warren-street , in accordance with a previous resolution , commenced delivering a series of lectures on political subjects , Mr . Poyser was called to the chair , who opened the business of the evening by introducing the lecturer , Mr . Fusaell , who delivered a powerful and able address on the " present distress of the country , " proving to the satisfaction of all present , that the real seat and origin of the disease was class legislation , and that there could be no effectual remedy for this distress until the People ' s Charter become the law of the land ; thea would the
working classes , the strength , the support of the community , enjoy that political power which their numbers , their position , and their intelligence , so justly entitle them to possess , then would that disgraceful anomaly be removed of those who create , who produce all the wealth in existence , being steeped in the direst peverty , having no resource in sickness or old age , but the tender mercies of a union bat tile . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer for bis efficient services , and Mr . Martin was announced to lecture on the ensuing Sunday evening , " on the best means of obtaining the Charter . "
Chelsea . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Chelsea , convened by requisition in the vestry of St . Luke ' s , to memoraliBe her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament until they had enquired into the cause of the distress of the country . Mr . Symons ( the churchwarden ) in the chair ; Mr . Whitehead , president of the Chelsea Anti-Corn-Law Association , moved the first resolution , and in a long rambling speech , fully demonstrated to the workies present that however much in his younger days he might have known of bricks and mortar , he was utterly ignorant not only of distress , but of the causes which produced it ; he dwelt so long and so largely on the deranged state of the finances , that a great portion of the meeting actually feared he was getting deranged himself ; Dr . Goderick in a liberal
speech seconded the resolution , and spoke in favourable terms of the Northern Star , which drew great applause from the Chartists present His argument was get cheap bread first , and the Suffrage would follow . Mr . Dowling , an out-and-out fustian jacketted Chartist moved as an amendment , " That her Majesty do not prorogue Parliament until they have considered the question of Universal Suffrage ; " and in a masterly manner demolished the flimsy arguments of his opponents , disproving their twaddle about cheap bread and high wages , by referring them to their President , Mr , Whitehead who , at the time bread was at the cheapest , in 1835 , was actually paying his bricklayers , &c Is . ( id . leas than at the present time . This palpable hit quite flabbergasted the gentleman , and drew thunders of
applause from the workies . —Mr . Heath , in a neat speech , seconded the amendment , which being put by the Chairman , though it was apparent that the majority were in its favour , yet he declared that though the parties were nearly balanced in his conscience , the resolution was carried . A scene of great confusion here ensued ; the Chartists insisting upon a division . In the midst of the confuBion , Mr . Evans moved the second resolution , stating that the distress of the country was occasioned by the present UDjust Legislative enactments . This geut , who considered himself the lion of the evening , run his head foul of the Chartists , and attempted to prove that an unholy alliance had taken place between the Chartists and the Tories . —Mr . Bowers brifly seconded the resolution . —Mr . Dowling
again proposed a rider , and administered each a dose to the gents assembled as will be visible in their constitutions fors gome period to come . —Mr . Wheeler seconded the rider in a powerful speech , which drew thunders of applause from all parties , demonstrating the impossibility of the Corn Laws being repealed until we had attained the Suffrage , challenging any of the Corn Law lecturers to disprove his positions in open , free discussion , and gave the celebrated Mr . Evans such a castigation as will learn him in future not to commence a warfare with the Chartists , proving to him that he had uttered more treason in that one speech than the whole of the political victims combined had uttered during the late agitation . —Mr . Wheeler coneluded amidst loud cries of "Go on ; go on . " —Mr . Evans , in explanation , said ho had listened with admiration to the gent who had just sat down—( cries of " No soft soap ")—and agreed with the whole except
what referred to his uttering treason ; but if he had uttered treason , he was willing to abide by every word he had said . The resolution and rider were then put , and the resolution was declared to be carried by a majority of eight , though the Chartists disputed its accuracy . A vote of thanks waB passed to the Chairman , and the meeting ! dissolved . Previous to leaving , most of the shopkeepers offered to sign a requisition , or pay a portion of the expense of getting up a public meeting for Universal Suffrage . Three cheers were then given for O'Connor ; three cheers for the Suffrage ; and three for the Northern Star . This meeting shows how our principles are finding their way Into all ranks of society . There were not twenty enrolled Chartists present , and yet they entirely carried the meeting before them / which , in this neighbourhood of sham-Radicalism , is quite a novelty ; such a thing as a working man speaking in the vestry never having before occurred .
Lambeth . At a meeting of members of the Council residing in Surrey , held at 1 , Chinese-walk , Lambeth , Mr . Standgroom , chairman . Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed . Reports were received from the various localities , which gave general satis
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faction , also , a report from the committee appointed to attend at the Joan of Are , Eart-lane , Wai worth , where a new locality was formed , and several took up their cards ; also requesting the attendance of members at » meeting to be held on Wednesday next , at the same place . Letters were received by the Secretary from O'Brien , of Deptford ; Mr . Williams , of Deptford ; from Mr . Wheeler ; ordered to be received , having » tendency to advance the cause ; the circular from the Executive was also read , which caused an animating discussion , and a determination on the part ef the Council to abide by the Executive in every possible way . The following resolution passed unanimously : — " Tha * we the members of the General Council , residing in Surrey , look with pleasure upon the steps taken bj the
Executive to extend the principles of Chartism by means of a true Chartist journal conducted by themselves , and that we pledge ourselves to support the same as far as lies in oar power , and to extend the sale thereof in each locality ; and we would recommend to the Executive not to appoint any agent * for the sale thereof , except those that are members of the National Charter Assoclcation . " Mr . Jago withdrew hia resolution respecting the future meetings of the Council being always held in one place , as it is the opinion of the members , that by their meeting alternately at the various localities , will have a more beneficial effect , and will tend much to unite the members in . one common bond of brotherly
lore , each member striving to outvie the other in advancing the cause we all have so much at heart . The meeting adjourned till Sunday next , to meet at the Fox , Frogmore , Wandsworth , at four o ' clock , whea each member is particularly requested to attend , when the committee will give in their report respecting waiting upon the various trades in the county of Surrey and Kent , and also to take into consideration , the best means of forming an observation committee to watch the proceedings of the present Com Law agitators . A deputation , consisting of Messrs . Jago and Maynard was appointed to wait upon Mr . O'Connor , to get his assistance to attend a publio meeting at Rotherhithe , in Surrey , and also one in Greenwich , Kent
Bkrmondset . —An excellent lecture was delivered on Thursday evening , by Mr . R . Wild , before the members of the Bermondsey Mutual Instruction Society , at Bigg ' s Temperance Coffee House , Abbey-street , near Bermondsey Old Church . Subject—Free Trade . The worthy Lecturer stated that a repeal of the Corn Laws , without the principle contained in the People ' s Charter being first granted to the working millions , would not relieve the working millions from the evils which the Corn Laws have engendered . Marylebone . —After Mr . Watkin ' s Lecture to a large audience , " on Sunday last , an appeal was made on behalf of Mr . George , an old Republican , who is hi great distress . A collection of six shillings and sevenpence was received at the doors , which has been handed to him , for which he returns his thanks , and it is the wish of the members of Marylebone , that the other Associations will ' help them to keep this old man of seventy-three years out of the workhouse .
WARWICK . —On Tuesday evening week a meeting of the Warwick and Leamington Chartists was held at the Saracen's Head , Park-street , Warwick . Mr . Sansford , the Chairman , introduced twelve new members , and stated that the Council and members would meek in future every . Tuesday evening , from seven to nine o ' clock , for discussion and mutual improvement , but that no drink or smoking would be allowed during business hours . He . concluded a most sensible address by calling on Mr . Donaldson to report bis mission to the Birmingham Demonstration . Mr . Donaldson referred to the Northern Star , from which the Chairman had read an account of the Birmingham meeting , and was
happy to assure them it was a correct picture of that glorieos demonstration . It was in vain for the Whig and Tory press to persevere in deceiving their partisans —it was in vain that their enemies were endeavouring to blindfold their eyes as to the real state of the country , for the gigantic power which the Chartists had attained was tenfold increased by persecution , and it was clearly demonstrated , and admitted by their opponents , that the political knowledge and union of the Chartists had rendered every other party in the country powerless . A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to Mr . Donaldson for his services at the demonstration . Other business matters were transacted , and the meeting separated highly gratified .
KINROSS . —On Sunday the 24 th ult ., we had an open air discourse from Mr . Roberts of Cupar , on the duties of the clergy and the nature and objects of Chartist Churches . The meeting was well attended , and from subsequent expressed opinions , it seemed to give' general satisfaction . On Friday , the 30 th , a meeting was held by light of the lunar orb , for the purpose of getting prepared , an address to the " uncaged lion" O'Connor , on hia approaching visit to this quarter , and a petition to the House of Commons , for the attainment of the People ' s
Charter , and the liberation of all political prisoners . A resolution was proposed and seconded ta that effect , after which , the meeting was addressed by Mr . Roberts , on the absolute necessity of adhereing to , and strenuously forwardiBg the grand national movement , for that panacea of liberty , the People ' s Charter . Chartism is doing its work in grand style here , it has almost undisputed away . On Sunday last , we had another address from Mr . Roberta , being the second part of his former discourse ; it was also well'received .
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RECENT ABOLITION OF THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH IN CERTAIN CASES . We believe it is not generally known that the punishment of death , heretofore awarded to persons convicted of the commission of certain offences , nas been abolished by a recent act of the legislature , ( 4 th Victoria , cap . 56 . ) The offences to-which-we allude , and which , before the passing of this act , Were of a capital kind , are the following : — 1 . —The embezzlement by a servant of the Bank of England of any note , bill , dividend warrant , bond , deed , 4 c , of the company . 2 . —The embezzlement by a servant of the Bank of England of any note , bill , dividend , warrant , &c , relating to Irish Annuities transferred to the Bank of Enghmd . 3 . —The embezzlement by any officer or servant of the Bank of England of any note , bill , &c , relating to certain other annuities transferred to the Bank of England .
4 . —The embezzlement by any officer or servant of the South Sea Company of notes , bills , deeds , dec , belonging to the said company . 5 . —The private and secret use of any stamp or die provided for the stamp-duties on deeds , or the fraudulent tearing off of any impression of any stamp from any document , with an intent to use the same on any other deed or document 6 . —The removal by any person from one piece of gold or silver plate to another , or to any vessel or ware of base metal , of the government impression ; or the selling , exposing to . sale , exchanging or exporting any such gold or silver plate or base metal having such impression so transposed , and knowing the same ; and the private or secret use by any official of any stamp or die with intent to defraud the crown . 7 . —The return of criminals transported from the island of Saint' Helena before the expiration of the term of their transportation .
All these offences , heretofore punished with death , are now no longer so ; but persons convicted of any of these are liable , " at the discretion of the court , to be transported beyond the seas for the term not less than seven years , or to be imprisoned for aay term not exceeding three years . " Nor is the riotous demolition of churches , chapels , or houses of any kind , li&e that which happened at Birmingham a year or two ago , any longer a capital crime , but , after the commencement of the above-mentioned act , is only liable to the punishment of transportation for seven years , or imprisonment for any time not exceeding three years , at the discretion of the court
The crime of rape , and the unlawful and carnal abuse of the person of any girl under the age of ten years , both hitherto punishable with deatb , are no longer so ; but shall , instead thereof , be liable for the future to the punishment of transportation beyond the seas for life . The act abolishing the punishment of death in all the foregoing cases camejinto operation on the first of October .
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THE REPUBLICAN . A TALE BY " aKGUS . " The man who wishes to see his order occupying their deserved position in society , cannot but hail with unfeigned p leasure the appearance of tales , written in the spirit and style of the Republican . Too long hath the pen of genius pandered to the follies of a corrupt aristocracy , but the great moral stream that now-sweeps through the length and breadth of our land , has spread its enriching influence also over the press , and " Boz , " rising like a sun from the darkness of regions hitherto unknown , invests the poor man ' s home , his feelings , and his woes , with a halo that shall exist while man shall or can honour virtue . The Republican , a tale of the French Revolntion ,
is written by an author as original in his sphere as " Boz . " His style is chaste , manly , and impassioned , and the sentiments contained in the tale and throughout the whole of "Argus ' s" writings are such as only belong to the good and naturally noble . The plot of the Republican is natural , interesting " , and free from , the worked up daubery of Bomeof the pieces of our most eminent aristocratic would-beauthors . The unfeeling , heartless tyrant , the devoted patriot , and the tender victim of sorrow , are all vividlv nourtraved in ibis beautiful little tale : and
its denouement were calculated to steal a tear from the eye , and a sigh from the heart of any person possessed of one spark of feeling . The author of the Republican , as every Chartist knows , is * dear , comprehensive , and powerful writer in the cause of democracy , and possesses , as every Chartist and Republican may infer , a heart glowing with all the feelings , wishes , and manly sentiments of a philanthropist and patriot . His works will form a delightfully instructive addition to the poor man ' s library , and their cheapness and genome talent will alike recommend them to the fireside of feeling and the parlour table of taste .
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Shsriffs O £ se , Manchester , 2 Tih September , 1542 . iiT Biix SIB , —The game is up , I am a ruined Eia- Tie debt you have heard so much of , has at last cnahedEie . I came frem Scotland to tee what could i * done to'sranis settling the afeir , dreading the consecnacfcs if it was sxy longei delayed . I had no Booner torred hers than I bad two bailiffs in my house , where aeyrtaiiiiied three days . On the last day , at 11 o ' clock a . zight , a cart was sent for to remove my things for » ie by sucaoa on tbe following day . O Sir what ? ere my feelings , to tbiak my little all was about to be « naced , my wife and four little children turned into ^ s streets at midai 5 ht , nsied and houseless ? What aSl ? I v "rhm J reflect ' that aU this was SSy ^ S t £ > ° Z 2 aJoia ' m the <* " « *
*??\ . t ? ^ ^ 7 a ran of money was paid , £ r » - « ti 7 I J * 7 P ^ PertJ alienated ; £ 60 more ^ ed tabe paidfor cost , on toe legal proceedings ggVfart ae . I entered iuto arraBgiment * witiTiy O ? « ? JL 68 ^ rail »» y train , when a Sheriffs us « r caded me out of the carriage ( which had just SSIh ^ - 'T ^ - My lu & * & > rent forward £ I £ ^ vh&i *» become rf it God knows , be t * W ^ v stGdy of the Sheriff » this day I shall a ^ Z r ^ ^ ne&t ^ carter , once more for the ^ SLiiSTf - v Thi £ Tery ***> ***> ° ' Brien fcs saiMni . T tnBm Ptal entry into Manchester from ^ 77 . ^ el ! m going to .
dbSL * i ? ' " &i 8 too b » d on the part of the irorW-TO ,- me > « individual , to lose aU my ID »» V ^ . 1 and Pewonal liberty beside , and to bear tod ill rr ^ Y ^ ^ spense for the welfare of my family , Prison » J ^ tion » U » t I must endure in a debtors ' Si » M ^ r » ^ " ^ 1 » done to relieve me from the fafl ^ T ' -i *? the cause from the disgrace which must «> a , h ^ v 7 my nhl ¦ Toar tindnea , and expert " *» the world , will prompt you how to act I te ttT . M 7 oa m tte ho V * tiaA TOT will promptly come fcdrhtLi ^ that you "rm c ^ w this to be printed " « orcnlated in the Midland countie * - *» Te some real property which was left to my chil-* i « v ^ i ^ belieTe murt ** Mwrifised b « fore 1 can ?^ w * rty , which renders my lot more miserable . : ~ ju » onnient t tma nnt inr t mWom ^ A -i ~ . _„ ,, * . ) ,. »„ .
£ " cefl without a murmur , for the cause of liberty ; * t £ , Ii , f ° to pMl ' eonatquence ° * the ingratitude fcXir ^ Ill « mit « d * is a hard word , bat I feel iivjrr Epdeavour to avert anch dangerous fiee as £ ** mgrafatude , and the cause will prosper . Nine £ " * » ago , I entered Manchester in triumph , now 1 **«* * disgrace , I can write no more . I am , yours truly , V , -, - n _ R . J . RlCHARDBOH . **• * .. & . Smart , Red Crow-street , Leicester . ^ 2 ^ the _ above was in type , we have received a r « w a suniiu character from Mr . Blchardson , » - ™™»« < " to draw the attention { of \ he public to this ^ rt ' ^ M J aVSaaaa u of W ; m * readertd unne-^ " 7 by the above . —Ed . ]
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TO THK EDITOR OF THE NORTHKK * 8 TAR . GE 5 TLEMBN , —We have now an establishment of soldiery and policemen at Mansfield , to preserve life and property . Tbe Boldiers were brought at the suggestion of a silly old Itake who was frightened out of the the little sense he had at the Chartists , and he had the happy knack of imparting his fears to the respectable inhabitants of Mansfield ; and when Lord John offered arms to parties of his own and his minions' selection , we had the grocers and drapers running to arm and drill a la Russell .
But feeling that te depend upon their own skill and courage against the fearful odds they imagined they should have to oppose , would be but " a broken reed at best , " they boiheredy ^ he government to sead them a troop of dragoons and called out that invincible © orps called tbe Sherwood Rangers , besides embodying a band of local plunderers , drunken sots and idlers , -who were charactfciistically called the " Dake ' a police , " and ' now property ( for that it by these gentry thought the most of ; and life were considered safe . Well , it is safe if the following conditions are required , in order to render such things safe :
> amelyr if the increase of thoBe who are " lost to all their friends , theirvirtue fled , " ( painfulevidence of which our streeU nightly afford , and which by the bye is one of the chief occupations , and always the concomitant of those machines called soldiers ); if disgusting and obscene language and low sayings , and street brawls committed on Sunday , as well as other nights ; if a frightful increase in garden robbing ( about which the local papers can plan to surfeiting and in the last issne of which an article headed " Thief in Uniform , "
containing an acceunt of a soldier b « ing caught by some working men robbing a poor fellows garden—and it ia notorious that those gardens nearest the Nottingham road receive more nocturnal visits than those of any other part of the town ; if these things are likely to conserve life and property of working men who starve upon from three to seven shillings per week , and who have their potatoes and vegetables stolen by these wretched apologies for man ; why then , if these things are likely to promote a friendly feeling and prevent outbreak , we are perefctly safe at Mansfield .
There is this one eooa out of the evil , the people are more than ever disgusted with a system that forces a set of soalless automatons upoa them in order to keep them quiet ¦ while they are plundered ; and it is common to see people pointing them out to their children and describing them as deluded and generally characterless men who ought to be pitied and their occupation despised and deserted . J . W . S—tu . Ratcliffegate , Mansfield , Oct 4 th , 1341 .
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City of London . —A meeting of Chartists waa held on Sunday morning in their Hall , 55 , Old Bailey . Their excellent brother ia the cause , Mr . Hawley , ono ef the masons , read an account of the glorious meetings in the provinces , which was attended by our champion , F . O'Connor , O'Brien , and others , whose speeches gave to the company most interesting satisfaction . In the afternoon the County Council met as usual in the above place ; they appeared highly delighted with the choice of their new reporter ; their business was of a very laborious and interesting nature . In the evening , in the same place , Mr . Balls , of Finsbury , delivered a heart-rending lecture , descriptive of the enormous amount of degradation , wretchedness , and misery , that pervades this rich and fertile country , through class legislation , and strongly recommended his hearers to
be united to obtain our Charter , as the only means to obtain a remedy . After which a very instructive discussion was got up by several speakers . It was announced that the sub-secretary is always in attendance on Sunday eveniags to enrol members , that the Hall is opened to the publio every Sunday morning , when the Northern Star , National Vindioaior , Scottish Patriot , Dublin World , and other excellent papers are read ; and that Mr . William Carrier , the tyrant ' s late victim , will preach next Sunday evening . It was requested by Mr . Parker , that those friends who approved of a benefit to be got « p for Mr . Carrier to put him in the way to obtain the necessaries of life would come forward to enlarge the committee for that purpose , which was nobly responded to at the conclusion . The lecturer received a unanimous vote of thanks .
The usual weekly heeting of the Boot and Shoemakers' Charter Association was held at the Star Coffee House , Golden Lane , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Isaac Wilson in the chair , when , amongst other business , it was unanimously resolved that two persons be appointed to meet delegates from Associations at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride Lane , Fleet-street , to form a committee tor O'Brien . Several new members were enrolled , after which the meeting adjourned for one week , to meet at the game place .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Oct . 6 th . gj B > i am authorised to Inform you that the city Chartists in general are very thankful that their local proceedings are announced through the Northern Star , and they are desirous for a continuance of those favours , being fearful that the newly appointed London industrious reporter will not be able to atteud our local meetings at all tunes . Vour ' s , very respectfully , In the cause of Democracy , D . Cvier , 1 , Barrow Square , Bennet ' s Hill , St . Pauls .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE METROPOLIS . Having been appointed to the office of London Reporter to the Northern Star , I beg to announce to the various localities , and to the Chartists in general , that any communications , addressed to me , at No . 1 , Kingstreet , Kensington , or at Mr . Cleave's , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet , will be duly attended to . Any localities requesting my services as a lecturer , will please to direct to me , { for the present , ) at 1 , King-street , KenBington . Thos . Wheeler .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1130/page/7/
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