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TO THS SD 1 T 0 K OF THB K 0 BTHXE 5 STAB . Sib , —As jour paper is extensively circulated in this town , and as a great many are unable to read Welsh > I trust , as your MerthyT friends do not often trouble you with their communications , yon -will not have the slightest hesitation in allowing the enclosed a small Mck iE jour next number for its insertion . * I am , dear Sir , Your ' a , truly , In the cause of liberty , William Thoius-Peuyr heel genig , Heraji Tydvil , Or * 4 th , 1841 .
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* 0 VEL APPROPRIATION OF A BENEFIT SOCIETY'S PTNDS TESTED IN TEE SAYINGS' BANK of ^ v " ^ DIT 0 H > —I am induced to request the insertion kurwL v * *? 70 Ur exteE £ iTely circulated Star , -well » ,. " *** i * -s columns are always &pen for any inr ™ ? ? which has a tendency to ameliorate the ^ Eted condition of the working classes , -ice poor , or labouring class of inhabitants of this jh T ^ r **** been sub i « 5 ted ^ very grtat privations in winter season , owing to a difficulty in procuring we Ercessary article of ccal ; indeed , to such extremes UP isS ? PriTation arrived , that , in -the severe -winter Per tr * tT > ** * " Mld " hi ^ ** - tiiree fihiilia 6 a
k * « der to obviate Buch occairences for the future , £ n ° as Eeaas have been adopted , such as coal clubs " »«™ e of the benevolent and Wealthy inhabitants ; *^ ° * m instituted by the operatives only , but which je ob ^ partiauy . diminiahed the probabilities of dis-<« b aismg from the like cause . &f ° ^^ . : Eiitor ' the V ° inl to which I wish to draw sL ^ rr * Joxrc Tea < 3 ers is , the subject or Sick T **?* Societies and Savings' Banks ; we have ' ft filing socitty of that description in this town , who * te 4 y % ? caaAieaMe mm deposited in the Savings ' J ***; The membera of this society knowing from past rgnaiee their liabilitiss , recently agreed to appro-. -= a POrti&n Of thpiT finds tn fVio ™ . »» K «> p = r > t / -oolo
wj ®?* of their members as required them , and who Jr ~ to pay one shilling and sixpence per month for ltoL ~? coal supplied to them until the whole is **« ied to them : acting upon this agreement , the
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officers of the society gave the requisite notioe to the conductors of the Savings' Bank * of drawing out the required sum for that purpose ; . when the Acting Manager , who is one of the Borough Magistrates , expressed a doubt as to the legality of applying any part of the funds to such purpose . Thus circumstanced , and desirous that their proceedings should be strictly legal , they wrote to John Tidd Pratt , Esq ., Barrister at Law , stating the case , and requesting his opinion upon the subject- An answer has been received to the effect , that such , an appropriation of tha funds was perfectly legaL - In consequence of the above answer , all those members "who reqnire it are being supplied with one , two , or three lions of coals upon the foregoing conditions ; -which not only secures them against the contingency of a severe Mnter , but protects them from the rapacious coal merchant , and effects a saving of four and sixpence per cwt
My object in writing this is to give publicity to the subject , for the purpose of inducing others placed in similar circumstances to avail themselves of this information before the winter sets in , and go and do likewise ; aad by the bye , if it is legal for the members of a Benefit Club , to supply themselves with coal from their funds , I can se « no reason why they may not be supplied with such a thing as a sack of Sour , or many other articles upon the same principle , and thereby humble the pride and arrogance of the shopocracy , so as to compel them to acknowledge that the toiling millions are worthy of the franchise , for they are capable of conducting their own effairs ; to say nothing about the effect npon Government , that the withdrawal of large sums from the Saviugi' Banks would produce .
Mr . Editor , as this is ihtended to benefit mj fellaw man , I trust to be tx : used in any error I may have fallen into , and am , with Bincere respect , Yours , in the cause of Democracy , E . L . Nonlmnpton ., Oct . 11 , IS 41 .
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^^ CASE OF DISTRESS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOHTHER . N STAR . Sir-, —On the 7 th of August last , ilary Appleby , the wife of "William Appleby , of Northwood-street , was delivered of three children , and her husband beirg out of employ , the poor woman is in a state of starvation . Sir , I will iiot attempt to describe the wretched state of this poer , helpless family ; but hope you will notice in yonr invaluable paper that the husband is out of employ . The three helpless children are named as follows-. —first Mary Anne ; second , Maria ; third , Feargus William , in honour of that noble patriot Feargus O'Connor . Sir , by inserting the above , you will much oblige , Your most obedient servant , Joh- n Iiseiiohe . Upper Hospital-street , 17 Court , Birmingham , Oct . 11 , 1541 .
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TO THB EDITOR OF THB KORTHEBS STAR . Sir , —Ab a constant subscriber to your widely circulating journal , I hops you will find space in your valuable paper for the following : — Arthur Blackburn , a member of the old body of Methadists for above forty years in this town , and waB chapel doorkeeper for a number of years at St . Peter's , died of three dayB' sickness en the the 25 th of September iSaturdayi , and was buried on Sunday , the 26 th ; and the Christian body thought proper to deprive the widow of that day ' s pay iSunday } , which came to 9 d , and charged the poor widow 16 s . for opening and shutting the grave—a piece of ground which he , when he lired , purchased , and paid above £ 3 for it He was paid quarterly for being chapel doorkeeper , and his quarter happened to be up on the day he was buried . He was a good liver among the body to which he belonged , and an upright man .
>> ow , please to compare this with the late William Dawson of the same body , and by » o doing you will much oblige , Your humble servant , his John X Harker , mark , A Member ot that Body October 7 th , 1511 .
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CARTjISLE . Important Decision as to Municipal Voters . —A Court was held a few days ago , at the Town Hall , before John Dixon , E < = q ., iiajor , Mr . Simon Pattinson , druggist , and Dr » Barnes , the two assessors for the borough , for the purpose of revising the Burgess List . It appeared that , in the Ward of Botchergate , the overseer , Mr . Donald , had been taking unwarrantable liberty in reducing the number of names upon the Burgess List . In 1837 the list contained upwards of 600 persons , all of whom at tha ; time were deemed eligible to vote ; but since this overseer came into office , he has frittered away the Dumber from time to time , till at present the list contains only about 100 names . This overseer , at the dictation of a " Whig clique , who wish to make the
Burgess List subservient to their own sinister purposes , has gone upon the wholesale principle of disfrancbisemenr , by putting ail off the Burgess List who do not pay the poor-rates directly . In consequence of his officious conduct , about 140 personB sent in claims to the Town Clerk , to have their names placed upon the Burgess List : of course , it was left to tbe Major and assessors to decide how far Mr . Donald , the overseer , had acted in accordance with the spirit of the Act of Parliament . Messrs . Bowman and M'KeDzie acted on behalf of the claimants , who vrere , generally speaking , not able to attend , from the nature of their employment . A long desultory ciscnesion took place on the subject of landlords compounding for their rates , as it had been decided on a former occasion that no tenant was
entitled to be placed on the Burgess List whose landlord compounded for tbe rates . It was finally decided , however , : hat as the compounding was a matter of convenience with the parish , and as a greater-amount of rates was got in that way , than if the tenements were rated separately , that all those tenants should be placed upon the Burgess List , providing the rates were all paid up to the time required by the Act of Parliament . It vra ? also decided that all tenants , whose landlords paid the rates , were also eligible to be placed on the Burges 3 Roll . Out of I 40 " c ] a as put in , 136 were sustained I Thus have the vile and selfish designs of a few disappointed Whigs b- ; en successfully frctrattd by the exertions of a few individuals , and the very liberal decision of the Mayor and assessors .
BBADFOE . D . —One day last week , the Whigs went through the farce of nominating constables lor the ensuing year , and a most stupid affair it was , they being * left alone in their glory . " Mr . Salt occupied the chair , for the purpose of receiving the nominations of his son and a Mr . Buek , who being duly proposed and stcondec , were , with the assistance uf the Chairman ' s right hand friend and spokesman , put and carried . A vote of thanks was accorded to the Chairman for his efficient services , which he , probably thinking it mere complement ,
had not the good manners lo acknowledge , and turning his back upon the audience wa 3 about to make his exit , but on being reminded by his aupponer on tbe left that his arduous duties were not . quite terminated , having a still greater effort to perform in recording a minute of the forma ! transaction in the Vestry Book , he remained to complete the turksq-ue . lit ally , if the humblest mechanic in the Chairman ' s employment had not acquitted himself infinitely better , we should have declared him ntteriv unfit for UniversaliSuifrage . —Correspondent .
DUNDEE . —The contest betwixt the Chartists and the factions in the election of Police Commissioners for this place took place on Wednesday last , and excited an interest greater than any which we everiefore witnessed at a borough election . The Chartists held a meeting on Tuesday evening , which was numeroa-ly attended . At ' . ids meeting the conduct of the police in attending public meetings in tbe character of spies was by the various speakers severely reprobated . Resolutions were come to . pledging ihe electors then present to exert all their influence to return men to the board who would put a stop to such a system , &c . By an early hour on Wednesday all was bustle . The system ot keeping " ooen houses" was resorted to by both Whigs
and Tories—bo much did they interest themselves in keepiDg out the Chartists . The conclusion of the polling showed , however , that democracy was not to be put down by such foul means ; and that neither ¦ fair promises nor whisky could induce the people either to abandon their principles or their friends Although we had some instances of barefaced renegadism on the part of those of whom better things might-have been expected ; and , although we have lost the services of some useful and honest men , yet , upon the whole , it was a decided , and ( as fa ? as we have heard ) a bloodless victory in favour of the great and glorious cause of Chartism . Mr . Corstorphan , the-superintendent , we are credibly informed , after carefully examining the new list of Commissioners , made up bis mind to resign his office rather than encounter the
opposition from that quarter which he expected to- meet with . But , alas , bow short sighted , how . frail , and helpless a-creature is man . He bad scarcely formed his opinion ere the hand of deaxb . relieved him from the cafes of an earthly office . He conducted tbe cases before the Police Court , on Thursday , in his capacity as public prosecutor , as usual , retired up Etairs to his parlour after , and stretched himself upon a Eofa , to read a newspaper , from wfaieh he never rose again . - The cause of death is not properly ascertained . As an officer he was severe and rigorous . When he came here first , instigated by two magistrates we could name , he made an ineffectual blow at the Chartist cause , and has continued less or more our enemy ever since , but b . e saw at la ^ t that th ey were too powerful for him . The situation is an excellent one , and many applicants no doubt will soon be in the field for it . But if this meew the eye oi
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any of them , they may rest assured that although they had it they will find that they cannot hold it long without they respect the rights of the poor . Mr . C . was a shrewd , active man , about middle age . He has left a widow aad two children .
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Ms . Grikshaw , who was town-clerk of the borough of Wigan from 1818 to the passing of the Municipal Reform Act , 1836 , is claiming £ 7 , 642 , as cojnpensatioa for loss of his offices . The removal of Sunderland light-bouse from the north pier in an entire state to the eastern extremity of tbe pier , a distance of nearly 500 feet , was safely and successfully completed . The original South Foreland Light , whioh was among tha first erected in England , is now under procesa of demolition , being already almost levelled to the foundation . Bt the death of W » Harrison . Esq ., Q . C ., the following lucrative appointments have become vacant . —Council to the Treasury and the War Office , and Attorney-General to the Duchy of Cornwall .
Sir Thomas "Wilde , the ex-Attorney General , was thrown from his horse , the other day , near Southfate ; luckily the honourable gentleman fell on his head , and by that means escaped any very serious injury ! Thb amount of silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover in September , 1841 , was 280 , 555 ounces . One of the last acts of Lord Melbourne's administration was to give a pension of £ 50 per annum to Miss Clapperton , sister of the African traveller . Disproportion of Wealth . —A too great disproportion of wealth among citizens weakens any state . Every person , if possible , ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour , in a full possession of all the necessaries , and many of the conveniences , of life . No one can
doubt but such an equality is most suitable to human nature , and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to the poor . It also augments the power of tbe state , and makes any extraordinary taxes or impositions be paid with more cheerfulness . Where the riches are eDjoyed by a few , these must contribute very largely to supplying the public necessities ; but when the riches are dispersed among multitudes , the burden feels light on every shoulder , and the taxes make not a sensible difference on any one's way of living . Add to this , that where the tiehes are in few hands , these muBt enjoy all the power , and will readily conspire to lay all the burden on the poor , and oppress them still further , to the discouragement of all industry . — Hume .
A Fortenatb Discovert . —A few days ago a poor labouring man , named Warren , residing at No 3 , Hose street , Seven Dials , purchased , at a second-hand boot and shoe shop , belonging to a man named William Mason , in Monmouth-street , Seven Dials , some Bluchers for himself and children , for three pairs of which he paid 83 . Thurday morning , after he had worn the boots for about half an hour , and as he was going out for the purpose of resuming the labours of the day , he felt one of his boots pinch him at the side , and ripping up the lining for the purpose of removing some hard substance that he imagiued he felt within , he was most agreeably surprised to find between the side lining and the upper
leather ten £ 5 Baak of England notes , which had evidently been most carefully secreted by their former owner . The poor fellow ' s joy knew no bounds , and ere long the whole neighbourhood was made acquainted with his good fortune , as be regaled , in the afternoon , his most intimate friends and neighbours with a dinner , defrayed from the pecuniary assistance thus unexpectedly received . It is supposed that the boots in question formerly belonged to a miser named Andrews , for many years a resident in the Dials , and who lately died , leaving property to the amount of several thousand pounds , the whole of which has fallen into the possession of his brother , a mechanic , living in the same locality .
The parties who have been so busy in gettiDg up petitions and memorials to her Majesty , praying her not to prorogue Parliament without taking into consideration the corn question and other measures , might as well have spared themselves the trouble . They trusted to have the opportunity of laying them at the " foot of the throne , " as they term it , forgetting how distasteful it 13 to royalty to be bored with the mention of vulgar misery and distresses . The memorialists will be indulged in no such luxury , either themselves or by deputy . They , or Lord Kinnaird for them , have been informed by the Lord in Waiting ( Byron ) that it is her Majesty ' s pleasure to receive tho petitions only through the Secretary of
the Home Department . Him , as he is paid for it , her Majesty judges to be the proper person to be tormented and plagued with such trivial matters as the starvation of the community , and an increased supply of food . Avaunt ! ye starving wretches—keep away from Court . Presume not even to think that you will be permitted to set a foot within royal palaces in order to set forth your sufferings and wrongs . These will be only attended to in the regular way when sent through the regular channels . They will be received courteously , and lodged safely enough in the Home-office ; but if you should fancy that one farthing ' s worth benefit will result therefrom , you are greater fools than most of your neighbours .
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IRELAND'S WOES AND REMEDY . It is refreshing to perceive that all Irishmen are not besotted ; that there is some life of patriotism which views the gangrene in its own foulness , and apart from the foul dressings of the great political empiric . As evidence of this , we have great pleasure in giving the following article cut from an Irish paper , and sent to us by a friend : — " To what purpose are all the Parliamentary Committees in relation to Ireland ?—They do not even touch the surface of the gangrene—Why ? Because the whole produce of the country is collected into the granaries of ten or a dozen sections of legalised quacks , and the residue of the population are left to feed with the pigs upon roots and garbage . '—This is the true and
simple source of Ireland's poverty—but where is the Parliamentary Committee , or any other committee , or association , that tells yon this ? Not one—they all peep through their eye-glasses at the surface of the body of corruption , and they start at its horribly ulcerated aspeet ; but not a man of them , in or out of the house , has the manliness to touch the core of the disease—consequently , Ireland ' s doctors ( and they are numerous ) are either abominable quacks or damnable impostors . Now , only think , if tbe crop on a farm of 10 , 000 aeres were gathered into one granary , and there reserved for the luxurious living of a single man , while the labourers employed in saving the iniweuse harvest
had been referred to the roots that had escaped the spade and scythe , for a maintenance proportioned to their -vranto . Only think , we £ ay , of the grave and sapient office of a pack of quidnuncs , deliberating , in a solemn assembly , as to the best method of curing tho disease of poverty , arising from this ualiraited monopoly of the produce of the farm , without once hinting the necessity of laying a strong legislative finger upon the monopoly itself ;—Only think of this , and then give your opinion of the competency of these sapient legislators , or of the sect-mongers who traffic in the ignorance ar . d credulity cf tbe people for their own profit , to restore to the population on such a farm , a more wise aud equitab ' . e order of things .
" It is with Ireland exactly as with the farm just noticed—its conquerors have handed it over as a rich monopoly to half a dozen sections of its own creatures , and these , having gathered into their respective granaries the tssential produce of tfce land , the poople are left to fved or tiie upon the roots and garbage , as circumstances may happen to direct . You have your church granaries for your bishops , with their hundred thousand or two hundred thousand acres of fat church lands , while the working clergy , in divers instances , are left to starve . [ Quere—Would not one bishop for each province be quite enough ?] You have your deaneries and pluralities in the rere of these . You have your college granary , with lands amounting to the revenue of a rich German prince , together with large and liberal
contributions from all the pupils , te make that granary overflow . [ Quere—Would not these pupil ' s fees be a sufficient compensation for the instruction of their masters ?] You have your Poor Law granary at Somerset Honse , in London , with thousands a year to each of Jbe legalised commissioners , with £ 700 a year to each of their assistants , with enormous taxes upon all tbe householders of the kingdom , with able-bodied paupers in poor-houses , doing nothing for their own support ; and with armies of beggars in the capital and country , that neither our Poor Law system , nor [ our burking system extensively carried on for the supply of tbe Scotch markets , can visibly reduce ! With these and a thousand other granarieB that might be named , the
produce of the country Is swallowed up—the industrious population are left to struggle or to starve—the numerons claims that come npon them they cannot meet—tho revenues of the land are drained away—and fne once prosperous manufactures of the country that would have supplied this drain , have been comparatively extinguished . ' 'Such is and has been the state of Ireland since it "was Tnsde an English draw-farm by tbe act of Union ; and unless the population join handin-hand in order to restore their extinguished manufactures by s wise progressive system of snpport , the country must expire . Its beggars have progressed as its trade declined ; and this will be its experience even to the end of the chapter .
" Now if Heaven has conferred npon this country inexhaustible resources ; and if God is everywhere present to open the understandings a&d guide the energies of his people ; then why , in the name of comawn sense , ¦ why so many impostor gods to eat up the produce of the land , and leave the trading classes to contend with difficulties that overwhelm , and tha labourers and artisan * nothing to support their families but the roots that have escaped the mower ' s scythe ? " Were Mr . Sharmau Crawford's proposed law of landlord and tenant brought into operation , this widespread oppression of the peasantry would receive a
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gentle check . £ country ( men as the North of Ireland once , -was ) combining inanufactuiea -with agriculture , never was , und neyer will be , overrun with paupers destitute of employment , and perishing for want of food—but this rational and Christian" system l » lng incompatible with a ¦ wholesale monopoly of land , it is consequently rejected by those who have consented to the banishment of our manufactures , and subscribed to the English plan of converting Ireland into a ( Irawfarm , and a consumer of the gooda which England , by her capita ] and machinery , exclusively produces .
" It ia to this system of monopoly we are indebted for the physical evils which afflict our country . Ireland , placed under wise , Christian regulations , would frovide more than twenty millions of men with every comfort essential to the well-regulated enjoyment of human hfe ; and yet , with a population of less than nine millions , she is comparatively starving I This Is an evil that ought not to be borne—that none but traitors to their country will subscribe to—and in handling such a subject he must be a despicable coward and a slave who will apeak of its injustice in measured language . " This is doubtless a right estimate of the source » f mischief ; but it falls short of devising the actual remedy , which can exist only in the power of lawmaking possessed by the whole people . The " property" clashes will never remedy the evils of their own creation .
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UPPINGHAM , Kutland . —Mr . Editor , —By inserting the following in your paper of next Saturday , you will extremely oblige the friends of true liberty that dwell in these Tory-ridden counties .- We are very thinly scattered , and as an instance of this fact , I feel it my duty to say that Mr . Robert Hames , of Oundle , an independent gentleman , is the only person of that town , who dares publicly to avow the principles of Chartism . He has been , and now is , a great friend to this and every good cause . I am the only person in Wildon , that can bid defiance to the local tyrant ; . On Friday night , a meeting of the total abstlnance society waa held in the Town Hall , at Oundle , after which , the friends of teetoUlism met at Mr . Francis ' s to transact business relating to the society . This important place has been
shamefully neglected by the profesgore of Christianity , but now some have made an effort . The principles of teetotalism and the Charter are rapidly prevailing . Agitation and consistency alone are wanting . Mr . Hames , although a moderate drinker , gave 2 s . 6 d . to suppress intemperance , and told the persons that addressed the meeting he wanted Chartist lecturers also , and that he ¦ will give them , something when they come to Oundle . I agree in every respect with the real National Charter Association , and should feel proud of my name being enrolled in it . I view the new move party as false friends and opponents of universal right . We must have the Welsh martyrs back . I am always thinking of them and have a board out at my door daily in behalf of them . I rejoice to hear that our undaunted friend Dr . M'Douall has been at our county town , and that
the Chartists there are alive , though Whiggery is buried and comfortable . One of the Council at Northampton informs me that this county is likely to be agitated forthwith . I hope the Executive of Manchester will be supported . We will have the Charter and nothing less illustrated . The useful people only want to hear of it from the mouths of their fellow men and women , to embrace its welcome points . All parties confess that something must now be done , to relieve the present distress of our native land , although Sir Robert is for consideration . I have been a teetotaller about five years and a Chartist ever since I got a glimpse of the Northern Star . I am indebted to a working man of Kettering for the information of your publication , that has been such an incomparable enemy to despotism . —I am , Sir , yours very respectfully , William Cooper .
MANSFIELD . —A large meeting , took place in the Market Place on Thursday last Mr . Monks was unanimously called to the chair , who stated that the object of tbe meeting was to memorialise the Home Secretary on behalf of our suffering brother , Robert Peddie , and to hear a lecture from Mr . Dean Taylor , the Chartist missionary for this county . The Chairman called upon Mr . Thomas Dutton to propose the memorial , who did so in a brief speech . Mr . Russell , from Nottingham , seconded it in a neat speech . Mr . D .
Taylor supported it in a masterly manner , by depicting the cruel sufferings of our imprisoned brethren . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , which , like the raemoiial , was passed unanimously . The meeting quietly separated , after purchasing a quantity of Chartist papers . The Chartists met in their room , in the Lawn , on Sunday last , to transact their business . A letter was read from our esteemed friend , Samuel Holberry , a Chartist prisoner in Yjik Castle—the Bum of Cs . has been collected , and sent this week to Holberry .
LEICESTER . —The movement goes on steadily , and yet rapidly , as ever . The entire number of new members last week waa foity : tuia artd « d to the increase of fifty , forty-four , forty-two , and sixty-two , of the weeks preceeding , ( all removals , deaths , &c . taken into the reckoning , ) bring us within about forty of five hundred -. that half-way step towards one thousand we shall shortly reach , though it may not be this week , on account of our October fair . We have nothing lo say by way of news , save that we keep labouring on , each in his vocation , spreading the great truths of Chartism among all with whem each of us come in contact , and each of us endeavouring to bring up our man to receive his card , as soon as he confesses himself fully and heartily convinced that the Chatter is right . Tbe weather being unfavourable on Sunday , Mr , Cooper was compelled to give up the projected open air meeting , and addressed as many as could possibly squcez 9
into the room of AH Saints . Open , at night , from " Ho that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen , how con he love God whom he hath not seen ? " On Monday night , Mr . Cooper being much indisposed , did not enter on the intended series of lectures on Astronomy , but addressed the assembly in the Guildhall for a short time , on tho life of the illustrious Newton . Messrs . Smart and Markham contributed to the evening's instruction also , by able remarks at some length , partly on the advantages of knowledge , and furthermore , on the general aspect of political affairs at the present time . We are taking Bttps for securing the Guildhall as a place of meeting on Sundays , during tbe winter ; are making arrangements for the O'Connor demonstration ; for getting signatures to tbe National Petition , &c ; and in the midst of all this , we aro endeavouring to perfect our class system , so as to secure the greatest financial effects from our limited resources .
NEWCASTLE . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Morgan preached in the Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , to a very attentive audience , after which several members joined the Association . Mr . Morgan had good meetings at the following places this week , at all of which they pledged 1 themselves to tho Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , viz , Felling Shore , Blue Quarries , Wrickington , and Badlington . Mr . M . is sorry that the inclemency of tbe weather rendered it utterly impossible to keep his appointment with the good men and true of Usworth , last week .
Tub Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening . Mr . Dees having been called to the chair , the Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , which were confirmed . He likewise read several letters , which he was instructed to reply to . Mr . Crathus introduced Mr .. MePherson , of Aberdeen , who submitted to the meeting n proposed plan fot associating in one body the productive classes of this country , to be designated the Universal Association of Producers . The following resolutions were then agreed to . 1 st , That the Secretary be instructed to write to
Mr . O'Brien , requesting him to become a candidate for this district to represent us in the forthcoming Convention , and that tbe different localities ia the district be corresponded with , apprising them of the same . 2 nd , That the Treasurer be instructed to purchase a ream of paper for the National Petition , according to the dimensions given by the Executive . That a general meeting of tbe Members be held in the Chartists' Hail , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Monday evening the 18 th instant , to nominate a fit and proper person to represent the district of Northumberland aud Durham in the forthcoming Convention .
OUSEBURN . —The Chartists here held their usual weekly meeting ou Sunday last , which was numerously attended , and several new members were enrolled . The address of the ExiecutlTe , recommending the appointment of a Convention , to meet in London , in the Month of February , was read , and , after considerable discussion , the following resolutions were carried unanimouBly : — " That this meeting highly approve of the plan of the Executive , relative to the appointment of a Convention , to meet in London , in February , and pledge themselves to aid in carrying it out with every means in their power . " «• That the conduct of Charles Attwood , Esq ., at the Corn Law meeting held in tbe Guildhall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on the 6 th of October , in bringing forward an address to her Majesty , endeavouring , though a breach of faith , to pledge the Chartists there assembled to the Maithusian doctrine of ' the country not being able to maintain ita inhabitants , ' aud endeavouring to blink the Question of
Universal Suffrage , under the Whig term of extension of the Suffrage , ' after the solemn pledge given in his name to the committee of Goal arrangements , which sat the evening before , and which committee was composed of deputations of the Ouseburn and Newcastle Chartists , that the parts of the address struck out by them should be left out , and the other parts altered to the words and meaning then approved of , and on which pledge alone they consented to Mr . Attwood ' s moving an address , is ungentlemanly and dictatorial , and done solely with the view of recovering , toy means of the Chartists , his lest popularity , and we deem him to be totally undeserving of any confidence or respect from the Chartists of England ; and we , the Chartists of Ouseburn , pledge ourselves never to hare any further connexion with either him , his Com Law , Colonies , bia currency humbugs , bia extension of-the suffrage , or his one pound notes , our motto being simply the Charter . "
A Political Lecture is delivered in the ChartiBta ' room , near Byker Bar , on every Tuesday evening , at seven o ' clock .
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BRADFORD , Nelson-Strbkt . —On Sunday last , the democrats in this district , assembled at the house of Mr . Win . Smith , when an association was formed . It was determined to join and to support the National Charter Association . ¦ LONDON . —Toe Social Hall , John-sjtwet , Tottenham Court Road , having by its spirited Committee been thrown open for public discussion , the Chattista of the Metropolis , ever on the alert , took advantage of this circumstance , and proposed for discuiaion tha following query : — " Would the People ' s Charter , if it became the law of the land , remove the distress of the country ? " Tbe discussion came off Off Friday evening , at eight o'clock . The place was crowded to excess , and many were- unable to procure admission . Mr .
Goodfellow having proposed the subject , opened the question , stating that it was with diffidence he appeared before such an assembly , he being but an uneducated working man , yet he was proud to acknowledge himself a Chartist , and would , to the best of his ability , advocate the principles of Chartism . That great distress existed in the country would be most readily admitted by all parties , but eaohhad their separate scheme to relieve it . One party says there is no remedy but the repeal of the Corn Laws—another none but Emigration . He was there to propose to them the Charter as a remedy , and he believed it would be a safe and efficient one . The Sovereign herself from the Throne admitted the distress , but in the face of this a Parliament , calling itself the Commons House of Parliament , consulting its
own pleasures , caring nought for the distress of the country , adjourns for its members to enjoy the sports of the shooting season , and proposes no remedy to remove the distress . Appeal after appeal has been made to that House . Petition after petition has been presented , but how have they been treated ? Why , allowed to lay over to that day six months . It is useless to appeal to the parties In the present House of Parliament ; for however they may quarrel amongst themselves , they always combine to plander and oppress the people . ( Hear , hear . ) The only remedy for this ia to obtain every man a vote in the election of the Commons House of Parliament . We should then be able to return men who would endeavour to remove the causes which have created the present distress . It has been
objected that we are Levellers , Destructives , &o . I utterly deny it We are for liberty to all—tyranny to none . We repudiate the idea ot physical force—our only object is to obtain a true and just representation of the people , that they may be enabled to obtain a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . Mr . Goodfellow here read extracts from Paine , Cartwright , Cobbett , B ' . ackatone , &c , shewing the justness and desirability of our obtaining the Charter , and called upon all parties , whether Socialists , Corn Law Repealers , or whatever class or sect they belonged to , to unite for the obtaining justice to their common country . They were all seeking the same great end . He had endeavoured to point out the means . AU agreed Bpon the lamentable poverty and distress under which the working
classes were labouring . None could dispute it Let them look even to newspaper reports , aud how often would they find them teeming with instances of persons dying of hudger and starvation , and of the jurors returning a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God . " Such verdicts were a libel upon the character of the Almighty , were a blasphemy upon the God of creation . Would that some honest jury would return a true verdict—" Died from the effects of class representation . " He called upon any who might oppose him to put aside all sophistry , and meet him on the broad ground of justice and humanity . ( Loud cheering . ) The Secretary here called upon some gentleman in accordance with the rules , to take the opposite Bide of the question , but none appearing , Dr . Shotskie said be did not intend to address them for the Charter or against the
Charter . He intended to speak on the Chatter . He considered that less distress existed in ancient times , because their wise men oftener communed together , were more united , because they travelled ts all parts of tbe Globe to collect the good laws and customs of the whole . He thought most of the speakers at that Hall spoke too much by logic . He did not like logic , no goad ever came by logic . He would tell them a fable . Once in ancient times there was great distress in the country , and the people wandered up and down till in a huge mountain they found a spacious cavern , and peeping through its crevices they saw it contained all the things they stood in need of , not only physically , but also such articles as the rights of man , Universal Suffrage , ice , and they further saw that but a very few Were in the cavern , eDJQying these good things . Well , what waa to ba done ? The mouth of the cavern was
blocked up with much stone , and they could get no entrance ; and they Etraight began to quairel amongst themselves about the best means of getting at these good things . One parly were for getting a good quantity of gunpowder , and blowing it up—these he would call Republicans , but there were not many in this country . Another party were for a crow bar , or some other leverage , by which they might lift up the mass of stone—these be would call the Chartists . Others were for getting ropes , and dragging off the stones , and there they all stood quarrelling , not one thought of getting the ropes , the crow-bar , or the gunpowder , but contented themselves with calling each other ' s method the wrong one . What we want is a large increase of the Democratic spirit , no matter where it came from .
We wanted a broad basis of Union laid down , where all could lay aside their minor differences ; it would take the eencentrated union of the whole , to effect a Radical cure . See the wretched case of a lad , eighteen years old , who died the other day in the hospital , attempting to swallow a little water gruel , having been unable to procure any food during the previous four days . He was ashamed of living in a countury where such things could take place . They hear 4 talk some times of the people being driven to ri . « e against such a system , but they were in a too starved , too emaciated a condition ever to rise . They had been drooping too long , had too long been deficient of physical force strength , ever to rise in physical force against their oppressors . In Poland they rose , because they met
with a sudden deprivation of the necessaries of life ; they had not been ground by the bastile system to the starvation point , or they never would have risen there . He called upon all , more especially the young , to take part in these discussions , and show they were fit to enjoy the "representation . The old gentleman sat down amidst much cheering . —Mr . Ridley said , Mr . Chairman , it is rather a strange thing at a discussion to see three speakers on the same side of the question . I have a few words of opposition to offer to the last speaker . Ho has told you he does not like logic , and that we are too logical . 1 am for lwgic ; it is the art of reasoning , whereby we may discover that of which we are in search—the true and right road to human happiness . He also told you that in ancient times they
did not want food , because their wiso men often cjuimuned together : but , my friends , this is not the case hero ; our wise men commune together too frequently , for us ; they have become too wise , and , by their wisdom , have reduced us to our preseut deplorable condition ; but it waa not the wisdom of the sage that created the prosperity of ancient Greece ; it -was the innate love of liberty which burned in their bosoms , which caused them to stand erect in their manhood , and walk as gods on earth . The burning desire of liberty pervaded their hearts ; it traversed each vein ia their manly bosoms , and they disdained to be the sycophant slaves of a tyrannical despot . Do you find this burning current pervading your bosoms ? No . ' ye are a race of servile slaves , one and all , or ye would ri-: e erect
as men , and demand your freedom—would strain every nerve to abolish the present uccursed system—would , in a voice of thunder , demand the Suffrage . If ye valued liberty as I value it , ye would attain it without bloodshed . He must be a fiend , and not a man , that thirsts for the blood of his fellow man—( hear , hear , hear , and cheers )—yet such is tho effect of the present system , that in my late tour to spread the principles of the Charter , through the county of Wilts , the authorities set the blood-hounds of despotic power npon my track . Go where I would , they followed on my lair , thirsting to gratify their employers' love of vengeance , and yet these men were compelled to be slaves to this vicious system to obtain the means to keep their wives and children from starvation . 1 Mr . Ridley here
exhibited a portion of the block bread of Wilts , for which the farmers compelled their men to pay the beat prioe . ] ( Cries of shame . ) Many in this assembly aro of opinion that no good could be effected unless we first get possession of the land . True , the land is our inheritance , but of what use will be the land unless we have the title-deeds ; unless we have our birth-right , the Suffrage ; we are for n class distinctions ; we will unite with one and all , on the broad principle of justice , for that right of which no human laws can deprive us . Let us then throw aside our petty feuds and jealousies , let U 3 away with all paltry quibbles , and declare to the despots of the land that we are capable of managing our own affairs ; that despite of their cry ot Ignorance , we are intelligent enough to see that the rights of capital have
been protected , while those of labour have been neglected , and that * e have spirit enough to determine that this shall no longer exist ; this is the cause of justice and of truth . There is no ism in this ; it embraces the whole , without distinction of creed , class , or colour . We do not covet the possessions of others ; true , they obtained them by violence and fraud , but we are willing to forgive the past ; we want only the power to rectify the future ; we desire to see our . country no longer blasted with the evils of starvation . ; we desire to see our sires and our mothers , when unable any longer to toil and spin , no longer to be separated from each othsr , from everything that Is dear to tnem , no longer to be treated like dogs in a union baatile , but to see them end their last days in their own happy
homes in comfort and in peace ; we desire to see our children inherit a state of freedom and prosperity , and no l&Dger to see them fall murdered victims to a system of shamelesB Inhumanity . The Bible tellB us , that when God created man , he created him in bis own image , "in the image of God created he him . " He never created a King , a Lord , a Duke , or a Lady ; all were created equal . If any man is superior to me in intelligence ^ it is not by nature—it is by tuition ; it is because he has been better educated . He has been to college , and I have not , or I might have been his equal , or perhaps his superior , for I thirst after knowledge . Give us then the power of making ; equal laws , and we will soon change the present howlliig wilderness into a beauteous paradise , where all shall be animated with the noble
spirit of the patriot TelL ( Mr . Ridley here gave some beauttous lines from William Tell , and sat down amid tremendous applause . ) Mr . Wall—Mr . Chairman , I
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cannot agreejwith some of the gents , who have preceded me ; they bave denounced physical force . What has that to do . with the Charter removing the distress ? One informs you ho is no friend to logia } another wastes your time by informing you what logic is . One refers you to the wise age of Solon , and another to the innate love of liberty in the Greeks . Wtferewan their love of their sages when they murdered them ? Surely they could not consider them wise . Ihe question was , would the Charter remove the distress . Where is the distress ? Why , amongst the working classes . Whence has it sprung ? Why , from tha unequal distribution of property . You have been told to forgive the past I am not for forgiving the past . I am for obtaining ( I am not particular about the means )
the church property ; we should then need no Poor Law badge . I am for obtaining possession of all that has been wrested unjustly from us . Whence has arisen our present miserable condition , but from the land ! being in the possession of a few ; we want a change of representation for the House of Commons , as a leverage to again get possession of our own . They , by their power of making laws , have been enabled to gain their property and influence , and oppress all who were not thus represented . Physical force had been objected to . If you look at the past history of man , when did ha ever get rid of his grievances , save by rising in anna against them , ? Look at America , for instance ; how did she acquire her freedom , but by an armed resistance ? It is my opinion , that the Charter Will not be a
complete remedy for our distress ; many of our distresses partake more of a social character . Look at America ; there we find them exercising the principles of tha Charter in their highest perfection ; yet there we find the same parties in the state , only the Tories are turned Whigg , the Whigs Radicals , and the Chattista toco foco ' s ; but they have the same amount of distress that we have ; and they always had . Look at their banking system ; allowing parties to overstock , to glut the market with paper money , for their profit , and withdraw it at pleasure , to the ruin of thousands . Even in America parties were allowed to sell and purchase the land , to parcel , it out among the monied classes , depriving the poor of a resource to fall back upon ; and thus we find our Poor Laws , even in America we find
even there , crowded jails ; aad to their example we owe the infernal solitary confinement system . Our evils are more of a social than political character ; they arise from our class divisions , from our numberless religious sects , each looking upon the other , not as feliowmun , but as devils ; and tbe same would still be the case , were we to have the Charter to-morrow ; but still it would be a something gained ; out petitions , out remonstrances , would stand some chance of being noticed , and therefore remedied . This was sot tha case at present . Look at the time Hunt presented the petition from Manchester against the Cora Laws ; onlji six membsrs of the Commons' House voted for it , white one hundred and twenty-one voted against it ; that of this number forty were manufacturers , out of whom
twenty are now the strong supporters of the Anti-Corn Law League ! How was it ? Why , they did not then feel the intolerable pressure . Their grievances were so numerous he might take up all bis time on ?? enumerating them . At the bead was the law of primogeniture , then the army and navy , then the national debt , and above all a state church . Jlr . Ridley had said , if he had been sent to college he might have been more intelligent ; the case was the very reverse . Look at the parsons for instance , why they were the stupidest fellows in the community . Look at the pamphlets wrote by their Bishops ; from the earliest time to that of PMlpotsi they were a disgrace to a school boy . That great distress does exist was evident in this metropolis ; 12 € , tOO human beings rose in the morning who knew not where to procure a meal ' s victuals ; ( a friend said half a million ) . He would take a note of it . But when any grievance was to be removed , the only way
was to get the House of Commons on your side . It waa so in Catholic Emancipation , and all other reforms . It was the same in this cose . We must get a House of Commons elected on the principles of the Charter , and we should then have a chance of fair play in the many evils we had to compete against . —The Secretary said Mr . Wall had been partly for , partly against , and called upon any person to take the opposite side . —Mr . Turner said he , as a Socialist , could not allow this question to pass without opposition , thinking it was put forth ss a feeler , to see whether Chartism or Socialism was most in favour with the public . ( Cries of No , and Question . ) He would keep to the question , then . He objected to the Chartists , because in supporting their principles they used such strong language , calling the men in power bloody despots , tyrants , < bc . He thought it was calculated to create evil feelings , indeed , he objected to all harsh names . Socialism tended to mollify the passions of these men . I do not think the Charter will
remove the distress ; it does not go far enough ; it does net begin the fight way . Of what use will it be to elect the men of your choice and cheer them through tha street , if they do nothing afterwards ? I wani to know what is to be the ultimatum , how the distress is to be relieved ? Show me that , and I would not object to tne Charter . I believe the great evil "to ba competition , and to remove it we must take to co-operation . I object to your opposition to the Corn Laws . If we cannot get the whole , it is not worth while to quarrel with a part If you cannot cut down the trees , that is no reason you should not lop off the branches . I am not boundto any system ; show me that yours is best , and I will adopt it . —Mr . Stallwood said , I appear before you in a better position than any other of the speakers , seeing I have to follow two opponents . Most of the preceding speakers have wandered from the subject , even while complaining of the wanderings of others . He would go direct to the subject . The last speaker stated that if he could see in what manner the Charter
would relieve tho distress , ho would become a supporter of it Tbe Charter , by giving 3 larger share of political power to the working classes , would enable them to return members to Parliament who would be intersted in removing the present enormous amount of our indirect taxation and . ' substituting a property tax in its stead ; would not this be a something gained ? We should also , by having the power of governing ourselves , remove tbe great c . we of disaffection which now exists , and the government would be no longer forced to maintain such an extensive military and naval force to keep us in subjection ; we should be satisfied with our own management , even if it were not superior to the present , and we should ba enabled to got rid of a host of policemen , judges , barristers , &c . who are now quartered upon
our resources . ' We should be enabled to manage witb less jails , workhouses , and lunatic asylums , we should also be enabled to do justice to Ireland , by giving her a domestic legislature . Her landlords would be interested in staying at home ; absenteeism would become a novelty ; the land would be well cultivated ; the resources of the nation w ^ uld be brought into action , and Ireland vrould be prosperous . This would relieve us from the competition of one million Irishmen now in the English labour Hiarket , for Irishmen love their native land , and . are only driven from it by the extreme of poverty . The last speaker Said he was a . Socialist ; would nofc tbe attainment of tho Charter benefit the Socialists ? What was the reason they could not establish , their Communities ? Not because their principles were
not based in truth , but because the distressed state of society would not allow them to accumulate the means . What wa , s the answer Mr . Owen got from the Marquis of Linsdowne some years ago , when he applied to him for assistance ? " Ono ! it would be the ruin of our order . " Had net their applications fcr loans always been rejected ? What was the answer Mr . Offen got from the late Barou Rothschild , when be applied to him 1 " O , you are the man that advocates the doctrines of non-T (; spon £ ibility . " At every turn they weTe crippled for funds . But" let the Charter become law , and soon could a grant be made of some of the waste land or the crown land , some of that now misemployed as race courses and parks , be made to you , to try the experiment of 0 Community . Soon would their measures of
education be carried into effect , Mr . Owea himself being , as he deserved , made Minister cf Education . Soon would Halls similar to the present arise in every town in tha kingdom , and prosperity and knowledge be universal . ( Loud cheers . ) r ^ Mr . Parry , after objecting to what had fallen from some of the previous speakers , stated that his only objection to the Charter was that it waa only a half measure , that it was a semi-Suffrage , and not a universal one , that -women ' s interests were neglected or rendered subservient ts those of man ; if the Charter was a remedy for distress , was it not necessary that woman should possess the remedy ? She had to bear the greater bnrden , the greater share of distress , and was equally entitled with man to the Suffrage . Mr . Ridley had quoted Scripture and said ,
that it was recorded " that Gcd created man , in his own likeness created he him ; " but why did he not conclude the quotation , " male and female created ha them . " Mr . Parry , then , in an eloquent strain , dilated on the rights of woman , and was loudly applauded , and called upon O'Connor , O'Brien , and the other Chartist leaders to make the Charter a universal measure , by throwing aside every ancient prejudice , and boMly admitting , and declaring the lights of women-Mr . Parry concluded a long and eloquent display amid much cheering ; the time for closing the discussion having arrived , Mr . Farrell moved that the question for discussion on the ensuiDg Friday be ' The comparative
benefits to be derived from an attainment of the Charter or a Repeal of the Corn Laws . " A motion was also made for the adjournment of the previous question ; but the discussion on the Corn Laws was carried by a large majority . Tfce liberality of the Social body in allowing theuaeof their Hall for discussion , may be , if acted upon with judgment , made a powerful agent in the spread of Chartism , as you have there an opportunity of laying your principles , free ef any expense , before a body of fifteen or sixteen hundred of liberalminded men , many of whom only stand aloof from tha prejudice raised against us of being physical-force men .
East End Shoemakees . —A meeting was held at tha Northern Star Coffee House , on Sunday , Oot 10 , Mr . M'Caitby in the chair . After the transaction of the usual business , the following resolution was unani mously carried , " That the London Delegate Meeting be desired to request the Executive to pas 3 some general rule , specifying the time when , from nonpayment , &c . a person shall cease to become a member of the National Charter Association . " Mr . Wheeler was in attendance to lecture , but owing to pressure , of business , it was postponed . A member of the National Executive will lecture on Sunday evening next , when a full attendance is requested . Delegates were appointed to the O'Brien Committee , and the meeting adjourned
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jjTESAl TRANSLATION OF A LETTER -WHICH APPEASED IN THE TDGOaS , A "WELSH PAPER , PUBLISHED BY IHS WO&KSXG CLASSES O ? XSBTHYS TTDV 1 L . TO SIR JO 5 IAH JOHN GUEST .
glSj _ It is probable that you will consider it pregn ^ iptnous in me , as I am a workman , to address you , roa being b wealthy man , and a man of great influence Ljtb the tenpounders and others , who posse&s more sjjeBfth than sense—who boldly aasext that all others are fools , V ^ e mark of the Reform beast is not to be seen on some part of their bodies . 2 dy property , my capital , is all , whichever way it has been obtained , ei ; her through honesty or dishonesty , the rich is the rod , and he alone is worshipped . The instinct and the jocg of ihe thief , who iB justly punished by our laws , sre precisely the same . Whether it is presumptuous or not , I Trill write the letter ; and remember , Sir , £ » i you will cot be more wealthy than myself in a hundred yeai 3 hence . The grave will be your freehold ,
also my lodging . Why , then , will we be oppressors 7 Ibere is to be a day of jndgment and reckoning , and if yon will escape , great -will be y 6 ur blesaag ; because you have sinned sg&inrt the poor by loving and emtricing cruelty and tyranny in the company of Whigs Bid Tories within the walls of St Stephens . The people know it , and understand it : you are under a mark of their discontent at this moment , and you know for whs : reason- And if jon possess a moral and feeling conscience , 1 would not grow jealous of it for all Tern wealth . Hah ! fie , Guest ; fie for shame . Is it not an exceedingly bad principle to oppress and become wealthy a : tha cost of the misery of the poor of tbe land ! Da 1 believe that you understand the signs of the times , and that ¦ which is likely to take place ere
I have no reason to believe that you do comprehend the signs of the times better than a new-born child does . Tou h » d a lesson on the day of the last election in ilerthyr , yes , a very admirable lesson . Thougb you irere net previously , I am certain , but in the horn fee"k of politics , and if you have not yet learned to spell and read , and gone on with uncommon progress in the rjsnua&r of politics , you are one of the most e » ptyheaded and the greatest numskull within ilerthyr and its vicinity . " Nero fiddled when Rome was on fire . "
I am afraid that you ara too much like that prototype of all cruelty . The " power of Nero was in spies , in his Boldiers , in " his servants , and in his hypocrites , and I varrsnt , in persons who were at that time held in detestadon by human kind , as the rural police are at this day in our country . Xcro was a tyrant You cave snpported the most oppressive and tyrannical ilinistry that evsr existed in Britain . Seriously , Sir , how dij job lose the majority on the day of election , and you , a rich man , the great lord of the blast furnaces , the paddliE . z , and the cinder tips , and God knovrs -what besides . Dear me , fie , fie , how enfortunate ! Wtit ? The great knight of the tenpoundere , and the coal wheelbarrows , loosing the msjBrity by a show of hands on the day of election . and
Morgan Williams , a weaver by trade , a gentleman by morals , and a nan by principle , and naturally , when posffisjiug the properties I named , a Chartist , or , if yon like a true , cot an hypocritical Christian ; it is not at eH , then , surprising that he carried the day . Well , again , Sir Josiaa John Guest , how did you lose ihe elocion ? I "wiil explain tbe matter to you immedlalfeSy . Be patient to read , and not too stupid to understand . It is true that the ass moves on under a beaTT bnrtien when he is pricked . Come now , Sir , we Trill reason about the election , on the signs of the times , and on the contention which is probable to take place . The "Workmen , though you want them to remain ignorant , kaow wall that you supported tbe shabby Ministry of the Whigs to pass the New Poor Law Act , which ¦ sis isade against the testimonies laid before the Hotae of CeinmoES .
The -workmen consider that yen voted to oppress and ecslsve them , so do I . The -workmen believe that you esrta ihe "RTiig infernal machine , to kill the poor , because it puts mrney in the pockets of the wealthy corps , in more than one way . The workmen know , snd * iit from us questionable evidence , when a man iriH sell himself to deal in the defilement of living oc the cost of the comfcrts of the unfortunate , or when he v 2 ] repport aad incite others , or allow others to do Each a * £ !* ty asd a fiendish ivork , it is evident that sn ± a man , if you will permit the expression , is a Eingicg 2 . cd a poisonous smke . Seriously , Guest , can you fi = ET in the face of the country , and in the f ^ ce of
yesr vote , to punish the poor -worse than purjishing JhisTes , that you d : d not sting and poison the poor of Great Britain , when you voted for the New PoGr lv » , and because yen are one of the set of the fcnl , bloody , crnel , asd unprincipled men , who voted for the divorcement of man and wife , ty parting them , endeavoured to stifle the human and fatherly feeling through parting children from their parents , and sporting with the bodies of the poor , by petting them under the Dead Body Act The conduct Gf the workmen of ilerthyr , and such of the middle tia ® , vrho "SFere men of sense , was nothing but natural lid proper .
If the -workmen are , as a body , not able to comprebsod ss phiioscpfcers , believe me they can feel as men ¦ when under oppression , and they are not wholly destitute of courage , thank God for that . Sir Josiah JGim Guest , listen . Nothing will briag men to consideration sooeei tisn oppression . Deep meditaucn makes men philosophers ; and once a philosopher , if he be rot an a ^ ect bring who has sold iimulf to all wickedness and unbridled desires , he will become to know iis right as a nan and a citizen . ' There is no n&ed to thank the Devil for his kindness , " is an old a T ~ l > older than you or me . >* o thaxis to the hellish set , that is the question , beca ^ st they are by nature so ungodly and fiendish , that the ? trill do no good bat by force , and wholly against tharwilL
I ^ s sorry assert tkat von hold the same relabon to * i = -workmen aad the pscr , the residents of the BastileSj as the old serpent , Satan , holds to the damned in bell If we -win fight Satan with the energy of a sincere heart , Gs-tf will give aid to . escape from his iron fangs . So , if the people of cui country will unite -with fisterr hearts to prevent you and your associates , er ihsss folks of the same stamp , frsm going into Par-Eament to talk nonsense , and that nonsense , termitatirg in oppression , and is in lieu of you honest , veracious , and virtuous mea , perhaps John Fairplay trill come to shite hasds with John Bull , and release him of a fecrthen -whdeh will make him once Eore 3 free John . But we must remember , " there is no fired to thank the Devil for his kindness . " Did you believe that the -workmen of Mcithrr had forgot the part Tot plsytd is the case of the Giasso-w cotton spisners ' i Ha : ha !
Dii you not strike the weak with yenr fist ? Yes , * ith your own wicked fist . You fao-w that upwards of ke thcasard of the working men of Merthyr sigEed the ^ aticcal Petiticn . Did you support their petition ? - * o- Then , by all reason , they bite you from tbe utmost K < ssseB of their hearts . It it not all pleasure to depiae ^ ten thousands . Time will teD . " Where were job a the time Mr . Dnncombe rre&nted a petition for McresErg her llsjesty in order " to release these -whom trran-j call pslititil coders ? 2 : is tma ven were in
JJrwltis , ha-ring Erected a chapel to preach and publish me mercy of God . But , friend , did yon exercise the oppcrttaury -srhkh -was o £ = rtd you by Mr . Duncombe to Jhow ^ ercy to those who sre in prison in cold ho ^ es , ^ t nng under the dreadful , terrifying , and devilish rf rT ll , v * ' Ecfi ' = S pains -worse than the pains £ ., ¦ " * Gnert - assuage yourself ; you turned the o-u ear ^ -srards the voice of mtrcy , -when you could rt . f "cy , although you and every body else t j ± . ,, ilst : nit * i : h yenr account -when nothing but aercy -RiU settle the bilL
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1131/page/7/
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