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^ jUIAM PEABCB—THB ASSISTANT RELIBVUfG 0 FF 1 CBB OF BOLTON . XO TH * SDIXQM OF TUX XQMTBMMX STAM . gi * , —Hav ing seen a report ia jjroir ^ papei on the ^ m ia BoJtoD , sad tint report Tiavtafc » tendency of S ^ iag my ehawster , Mid doing nqri ^ l' grert ^ l ^ aiT , rC ^ Uke the liberty of wntradicttag the statement L—t » d rwpeeiing that « f Wm . Pwn»—notbut I iSy W »*« tbrt the man died for wact ^ ljat I find rZ ^ tsted Sat the appMaatfon was made to ' me , led 1 i oajd b * ve visited 8 * ease . Now I -will sfcowto the L tMfe tbe dstieslhad to perform—I will now show to jT tfctf I had a » k the power fcrvMt omlim without £ T anneal of Mr . Brow * , the relieving offlost . My * ri « w « to stay in tbe offite and receive aspttcato and well
^ i fcr M * Brows visit ; I reoolleet tbe irml } ff tjnn being made , cf the above family to at , aad T * A « thfl bubs to him to Yisit JSe told «» in the 1 £ jm be bad *«» . » d "Ml il . JWW M « n > ui they CJi ^ Bowledgwt tt » t their presttl eufeiBf&wtn fls . 2 ? tp ^ L They afterward * mads repeated pressing T pjierfaoM ; bat Mr . Browa , wbea locking over ay HjTjiwaT * dnved U * pea totw that <* Pacrce , and 2 tfit wtfnoca * e . B »* on the following dsyv a per ^ Job * of the zuae of Beswick * acd hia wife , hrongfei j ^ j to the office , and the mas Pearee seemed to me to £ k » dy ing state , and I said , for God ' s sake , what vj ^ eyoo brought him hare for T "The man appeared lo aatofce dying forwant 1 fcpoi the liberty of iis £ ^ n « tbe
rtjj ( 06 myself , -same day , and found thetuiaa jiriaable condition . I could find nothing is the cellar to ^ st ; sad Inquiring as to th ^ lr earnings , they had # 2 * u . a week eoming in , The two . daughter ! ran into a cornet of lire cellar , sneering and Inyighing Now , t » jd , e&cnot yoa e % rn is . per week ? She' said , bappa toy might Gould job sot earn 9 * . ? She said j ^ cuae . Could yoa not earn 12 . ? She said happen $ gj might I merely make mention of this to show ^ the Aciily va * in » state of inanity , so doubt bat pjgy through starvation ; and the same evening I j ^ u tfaa case known to Mr . Brows , and told him the £ fe I found them is , and am not aware tbat any ritf was afforded to them .
jjjjj then made application to the Benevolent Bodety gA Mt Balihiw , registrar of births" aad deaths , being : { be secretary , came to me to ascertain If a family of the mfM of Pearee had made applieatioii to me ? I told hjB the ; had repeatedly ; and be said be thonght it had hex aegiseted ; and I tfd him I was of the same opinion ; and cm the morning he died , Mr . Naiaby , ^ rf the guardians , came to the office , and in--nj ^ d for Mr . Brown ; bat he not being in , he tajd me of Pearce * death , and requested me to go ilosg with him and Mr . Sooweroft , the assistant overgo to the cellar .
I foaad cue laid ost on a pair of empty looms , there ieiBj bo other eonvenienee , and Mr . Naisby ordered me to ntiere them with 2 s . 6 d-, and be would see Mr-5 JJTB tboat it I did sot see Mr . Brown till afterjpcb . i told fafm Pesroe wm dead . He said be had jot been sad revered them -with 6 & ; and I told him I bd gfreBthan Si . 6 d . ; and he said , how is that T and 2 tBJdimn that Hr . Naisby ordered me ; and he gare seanote for a coffin , and ordered me to look after his fr ^ r—nt ; ind I did so , and gare la . to two women to ptthiainMj coffin , asd gars Is . each to six men to aajfcim to his $ estb . I taiak the above facts will show to the public that bo Hf" * caa be attaehad to me , as I had no power to Ti& or jebere without the consent of Mr . Brown , the Bfinjag effieet Tours , J 0 H 5 B&ITJGE , Late twdsteTit to Hr . Brows . KoTOcbet S , 1841 . [ Tbe shore would hare appeared a fortnight since , w Tfjj ^ ffi dmt ^^ r mislaid . —Ed J
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^ SSEIKGS OF THE SYSTEM . '—POLICE LAW . ») TH 5 EBITOB OP THJB NORTHEBJi BTJlB . St . —I send yon the particalaa of the following case , *** £ I hope , for the sake of humanity , is of rare J ^ n ense in the records of police Tillany and magiateal hBJMSa . A yts ^ h linui BeTenteen years of age , sained George ft ^ i tilt two fens&i 8 acqaaintaiicfcs from the eountry , * & looking at the shows at Cambtrwell fair , Lid his *** £ Picked of his silk handkerchief . A person * W seeiiij ; the theft , told the 5 oath , who directly ^ = Rw 3 tfce thief , caffing " police . " A policeman SJ ^ nag ia right the thief threw back the haadker-5 * * iaca vrat picked up by the owner just as the j ** as * ame up , who took them boti to the siation ^ a 4 them locked up ; charging one as the thief , and j ^ - — ——— _ _^> j <* MW i ^ J-fc *^ W **«» «^— —*» w •¦ ¦ ^ v — —
- * fk £ « u the Tf cc 5 t « of a stolen haedkerchitt The l ? 5 > aa wiio ^ riuitssed the theft , is named Dotson , a ^ e&bte painter reelding in GamberweH , and & per-;? £ 2 » 8 «* to all psrties ; he wort to the station on ¦ - C ** * ° 8 » T « tz * testimony , bnt en his stating -what ^ effie tiere for , he wm piahed back , and almost down , ;|! i P *« aBn , wto s&id , he was only a WhKechapel ; , ^»« teha , and a he did not go about his business he sJ * 7 fjf * Jockrf op tea The yoong women informed ^ * * tf ™ ^ Haclney-road , and is a g ^ roddag-Bian , hsTttg a large family , and is highly E *™ " oj » a who hare dealings with him , for his iT ^ tr sn d g ood eou ^ B ^ jjj ^ transactions be tween r » WLen ae fe ^ g , , ^^ 4 ^ g 8 taaon at Csmber-F " . m » sj toW he must appear at Union Hall next t r f * n « day the father attended with the witness r , ^ a Hall , but were refused admittance by the
jTrr ^ 'ko s » iQ ttiey woald be called if they were . « . Re youth , on being placed before the magist ^ Lz" CottJBEhtm , Esq ., was charged by policeman taS . " * ' ^ ^^ tetoS a wefl-known thief ^ f ^^ te with the one who had picked his Wi * cir * * PP eared to be ces armed by peliceman £ * Pn e ? eai i l 07 R > ^ cIothes > ^^ , ^ 4 ^ tfaat ^ f o Jea them boih in the fair trying to pick gentle" * if * ^ Tlda Jsa ^ " ^ as not at the station when ^ b » i ? ™ made . "When the magistrate asked Sihfv ^^^ "y- 1116 y ° > Q * ^ 6 Poor > ^ j ^ ^^ Qkoehief was his own , and was taken out j £ " packet by the other , and that bis father and a LtJ , ^ »» bery were outside , aBd would prove k ^ - Kw ma gistrate , instead of calling them in , C *^ es the enormity of the Grime , saying that if Fmu ? v by * i ™? iEd fouIid snitty ^ ey " * CTlld r ^ * to be tnasported , he therefore cautioned him Li * 'Witnesses did not com . horata his statement .
yt *? committed for trial , it would be worse for ' : ' . L ~^ « erefore thoughs he bad better not call them . ^ a rh o was neTer in a police court before , was !* " « JM silent , which the sapient Solon construed ^ t ^ " * ° n rf gtdlt ' " ^ toniediately sentenced » s * o n « mtta imprisonment in Brixtoo House of ^ S ? " ^ e fa ther , who bad keen waiting , with ^ rjjOjJi Ontside the o&ce , in tbe greatest atudety , ^ fosr liOWi , Bt kngth forced tbeb- w » 7 to the >^^ j who , o& hearing tiieir testimony , « pre « sed £ " * ttax he did not hear th * m before , and J * a taat it was then out of his power toalter his Wfk = 0 « prison en ha-ring left the office , ) but * Thi t ^ come ^ e next da y » nd he would ^ fc T ^ aaie an applicaU on to the Secretary of ^ & » ji " ' liberatioa . When the father attended Ss ko T ** he ""^ « two houstkeepers to ^ , « tf for Ms son ' s appearance at the Quarter £ " * > w be held ai Kingston , on the lflrh of October , C " I « yiaei > t of all demanrl * . inrlndino thfi ex .
I aL ^ P 0110 ^™ to Brixton and baek , and fJT ^ ttbUl to l » o geatlemen , who WdH-knew k * u , Sr ^^ y . «* d readHy became bail , the I »« sed ; bi-riag 'feeen four dajB in pmon ,
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bis person disfigured by catting bis hair , his hands blistered by working oa tbe mill , nd tbe low « f aiz shiiiisgs *** A nxpesoe , wnich was takftn from ? t ip ? , Asd kept to pay the expwees of bis iBosreazattom and praiahmeaaj , for hariag his poeket piokedof b £ s « wB pocket hamdkewhlef . . . ; - The seedobs were held laat Keek , the fetha * loi « nmn jostice , emplayed coansel , sad went backwards -and forwards d « riag the week with his witoasses , 4 a , ( at thecostof £ 3 per day , ) "who would J » Te ftaHy prorcd his soni f innocence , and ibe Tillany and perjury of thfi poiieemen . The ease was called oa Jste aad ahno « t last on Saturday , when J . Cottrngham , Esq . etideatly ashamed of his oondoct , and wishing to preTent publicity , did not appear to support his own conrictioa , which was cocsequantly quashed by the beach of magis
trates . Asd this Is aU the satiafittfcion likely to bt obtained , by toe injared fether and family , who bare iiirtlfwifli tiirmni'liBi toiht ntmtwt txrvaeet the expenses Of titenpjOOBfidiBgll aad Which h » T » eo « t , independoai of the serious lou of time , not less than £ 20 ; not one farthijjg of which caa ha get repaid , —and baring do more money , it is oat of bis . power to prosecute the policemen for . perjury . There is , therefore , no poasibQity of obtaining the least redrea for the aat&u lnjaaty done . Not so the policemen , who bare not only reetired their regujar pay , bat I understand , also three shillings and sixpence per day for each day ' a attendance at eoort ; thus giving tnem encouragement for their iniquity . What con we think site * this , of law and justice ? Toon is the good cabs * of Chartism ,
C . J . M . Thobml 9 , London-street , London-road , Scmthwark , Ostober 25 , 1841 .
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MORE CRIMES OF THE TYRANTS MORE HORRORS OF THE ACCURSED POOR LAW . TO TH 3 KDITSR OF THS MOBTBERM STAB , Sib ., —Allow me to lay before your readers the following compressed statements [ taken from tbe lips of the sufferer ) of the tyrannical and cold-blooded persecution of an Englishwoman , by one of the soul-less , heartless despots , who having usurped to themaelTer the possession of the soil , and driven by their multitudinous acts of robbery and oppression the toil-worn sons and daughters of England to beggary and wretchedness—Giro , when the famishing orphan and the heart-broken widow cry for bread—dare to tear the babes from their
motherland dare to immure in their dungeons the unhappy parent , because her crime was poverty , and her offence tht > loving of her children . But why dare the idle robbers do these things ? Because , 0 Englishmen , ye have become a cold , unfeeling , selfish race—the blood of your Saxon sires stagnates in your rains—ye croacb the neck asd bead tbe knee to a CT 6 W of © ffeminitfi , voluptuous masters , wb 9 would be as powerless before yoa , as the worm in the lion ' s path , if as men , you rose in the Btrength of your moral might , and declared with the " voice of God" that tyranny should be
no more . Elisabeth Taylor , tbirty , s : x yean of age , a native ol Sheffield , was married about eighteen yeaza since to James Taylor , a native of Upper Haddon , near Bskewell , in Derbyshire ; her husband was many yean older than herself , he having served in the army abo « t twenty years , and was at the time of his marriage and up to his death in the receipt of a pension of la ^ 4 per day . He was employed for some years prior to his death at a colliery near Sheffield , and has now been dead about five years . Eiizibeth Taylor , his widow , was left with five children , and destitute of means for tbe support of so large a family , was compelled to seek parochial relief ; this the obtained , receiving 7 s . weekly allowed by the parish of Upper Haddon , and paid her by the overseen
of Sheffield . She continued to reside in Sheffield until tbe ctLiis&nas of 1839 , when the New Law coming into operation in Upper Haddon , her pay was stopped in Sheffield , and she was compelled to t&noro to the former place . Here the parish officers put her into a wretched hovel , dignified with the name of a " cottage , " described by the woman as a most miserable place , the roof being propped up to prevent it falling in upon the inmates , and for this horrid kennel tbe cold-hearted wretches deducted a shilling of the seven weekly , for rent The poor woman of course complained ; all she wanted was to be allowed the 7 s . in Sheffield , where she had hitherto ,
with hard work and good management , contrived to eke out a decent subsistence . But , no ; her tormentors wa&ted to get rid of her and her children altogether . They therefore insisted that she should go to the pooi b « use at Asbby ; she refused to go , when she found she would be fep&ratad from her children ; and her persecutor * were determined to nuke her go , the relieving officer , a fellow named B&stley , wbo is blessed with a mouth from tax to ear , hit outward man . being but an imperfect index of the devilish demon withindeclaring , in the midst of his abase , that " he h&d been many a better woman ' s master , and would be her * . "
She had been about a fortni jbt in this hovel , when a cart was brought to take her and her children to the workhouse . She refused to go . It was a wild and stormy day ; the wind beat , the rain descended in torrents , and the tempest howled around . One of the overseers , more humane than the rest , remonstrated against their removal that day : they were allowed to remain over that day and night , and the next morning , having embraced her children , the unhappy woman , with a bleeding heart , left the hovel , and traced her steps toward Sheffield . The same day the children were removed ; the three eldest were subsequently placed out to masters , and the two youngest put into the Ashby woikhoase .
The poor weman was followed to Sheffield , arrested by a constable , and taken to Bake well , on a charge of deserting her cfitidmu The charge mi laid before one Barker , the autocrat of the neighbourhood , who sentenced her to fourteen days' imprisonment in Derby Comly &aol She spent the whole of this period in solitary confinement . Oa hex liberation she went to the overseers of Upper Haddon . . They asked hex would she now go to tbe workhouse ? She said she -would not ; upon which , one of the ovtrseera remarked that " if he was her , he would walk as far as his legs would carry him before he would go . " They UM h « r they had no power to help her sow -, the -whole power w&b ia the bands
of Barker . Four of them being more charitable than the rest , gave her sixpence each , telling her Bbe must now do the best she cauld for herself . She cams to Sheffield , and had been about a month residing in the tows , when one of the overseers of Upper-Haddon came to Sheffield bringing with him an order for hex removal to the workhouse . She refused to go ; and in about another week ' s time , she was aDprshended by a constable , lodged two night * in tbe Sheffield lock-up , taken to Bike-well , and again brought before Barker . She was told ehe must go to the workbouse or go to prison ; she said fihe would go to the woikhouse if she might be with her children ; this was denial , and the poor woman then said , she would go to
pruon . Barker now sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonment in Btrby & 10 I ; three weeks she passed in solitary confinement , and the other three doing washing and other drudgery . By command of Barker an order was left with the Governor of the gaol , ordering the poor woman to repair to Chesterfield Bafitile within five days after her liberation . Of this she -very properly took no notice ; but on the sixth day applied again to the overseers . She was again taken before Barker , who ordered her to be locked up at Bakewell from the Saturday till the Monday ; -when being again brought before this miserable 6 eFpo » i he told bfci she nmit talts hai children oat of Vbb "BTBrihunse , or go in her herself , pr he would again commit her to prison .
Rather than go to prison again , the poor woman agreed to take her children out of Chesterfield Bastiie , whither thty had been removed during her imprisonment . Chesterfield is twelve miles from Bakewell , and the poor woman , friendless and penniless , refused to go until the had obtained some assistance ; she bad sal in the outer court about an hour , when Barker came out and asked her , had she not gone yet ? She replied she could no : go until she had got something to help her on the road ; when he told ber she ehould not have a farthing .
After some time , he sent an e-fficer to fetch her into the iEBfcr court ; vrben demanding of her why she would not go , she replied , she had been informed she could claim a penny a mile , and if he would not allow her th ^ t , he must find a cart to take her . The brute told her he "would have her dragged behind a cart urJets she took herself off . " Finally , finding the woman was not to be bullied , he sent her a sbilliag and she departed . 1 should have mentioned that when the vcomaa agreed to take her children out of the bastiie , Barker told her " if she became troublesome any more , or left her children again , money was no object to him , and he would follow her though she went" to the devil . " The unhappy woman went to Chesterfield , took her children out of the bastiie , and walked to Skiffield , a distance of sixteen miles ,
without a pensy , and her children shoeless and almost naked , the eldest , seven years old , walked the whole of the way , and the youngest , five years old , she carried in her arms '; and faint and weary , with aching heart and bleeding feet , tbe widow and her fatherless children reached Sheffield , without a shelter or a home ; this was in the month of April , 1840 . She now lived nine months in Sheffield , supporting her children by the labour of her hands , without receiving or aeekisg parish relief , when she had occasion to leave the town for a short time , she took the youngest child with her , and left tbe eldest with a person whom in other dajg the poor -woman bad befriended . She wu absent from the townsmenth ; on her return to Sheffield she found that her eldest child had been taken ill , and by the parish doctor had been sent to the workhouse . The woman -weDt , to the workhomse to claim the
childthey refused to give it up—next day she was apprehended ob charge of deserting her child , lodged in Sheffield lockup , on the Saturday was sent to Bakewell where she was again locked up . On tbe Monday , four respectable persons from Sheffield were in Bakewell to Mvezk to htx eh&tseter , but no magistrat e sitting that day , the witnesses were compelled to return to Sheffield . The next day she was sent to Chesterfield , when she was committed for trial at the sessions . She was imprisoned a month before trial in Derby Gaol , where she was locked up in solitary confinement for
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that period , was tried at the CbestexQeM Sessions , in the month < rf Aptil Jart , and sentenced to "six months imprisonment and ha ? d labour in the county gaol . '' 0 ^ hearing be ? ae » tenoa , the poo * woman said , ( addressingthe Chsirman ) , Well , n » y Lord , you are . not sending me to prison t $ r theft , bnthecausel am poor sod cannot -mslntain tovsetf and children . " She relieving officer , toautb-almlghty 'Beafley , Barfcer " s jackalL wu the witness against her , aiuf did the utmost his malice could saggest to blacken her character , white she defenceless , and having no one to urge a word in her behalf was again dragged to a prison . Her imprisonment expired on the Wh of October last , when she left the gaol , and again wenl to Bakewett .
In « uwet to her question of ' < What mast she do r Barker told her , " she must take Her children out of the Work **!* , « must go in herself , * w tbey would give her nothing . " Bkaweatfto Cbeatezfield , took < mt ber children , and i « nj » w , Utins in Sheffield without « penny to help her ia the ihape of parochial relief . Such is the tale , alas too true , of persecution and suffering borne by a sister-woman : Lookf here , men of England—ye , Trho sell yourselves to uphold with your courage and your blood the robber-class , that thus tramples onyour order—look atthis tale of misery and woe , and Mush that ye can be sueh slave * as , spaniel-like , to lick the rod that strikes y » o . Oh conld the addier have risen from hit cold » nd silent grave , to have witnessed this persecution of his sorrowing wife and little
onesnow tramping weary miles with sinking bean and bleeding fees , now separated , the widow Jn h « r prison cell of horrers—the orphans in their bastiie homewould not the soldiers' heart have swelled with hate , revenge alone eeuld have quenched ? He had borne the weary march under torpid heat—' mid frigid cold—hunger and thirst had been his portion—death in every horrid shape he had encountered " mid the battles shock and the bloody conflict ' s rage . He returned to the land of bis fathers , one of " the broken tools that tyrants cast away "—and when his sands of life were ran—alas he knew not that those for -whom be bad spilled bis blood would award a felon ' s fate to bis wife , and the " bread of bitterness" to his children—be knew—he kBowt . it not , he sleeps sound , "UsweU .
But 0 Englishmen , which of ye after reading this , will volunteer to shed your blood for the support of your country ' s tyrants , when such is your reward ? Which of ye , rather , will not swear unceasing war to the * ccursed system , and war with those who uphold and profit by Its hellish abases ? Eltzjbeth . Taylor , the subject of this letter , Is now residing in White ' s-lane , near Wainwrighfi Brewboose , in the Park . If any of the female readers of tbe Star caa give her , or recommend her to any work in the shape of washing , for such good service she will be grateful She asks not charity , she only desires to
rapport her children by the labour of her hands , and thus be Saved from a repetition of the horrid persecution to -which she has been subjected . Erom inquiries 1 hare made , I have every reason to believe her a sober , industrious , trustworthy woman , and certainly the unconquerable spirit with which she has battled with her persecutors entitle her to the admiration and support of all who can appreciate that courage that quails not before haughty wealth , and that independence of mind that is not to be subdued by the oppression of triumphant tyranny . I am , Sir , Tours hi the cause of justice and right ,
George Julian Hieney Sheffield , 48 , Nnwery-street , Nov . 14 th , 1841 .
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THE POLISH PEOPLE IN ENGLAND TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN . Citizens , —In 1830 , the . Emperor of Russia was ready to overwhelm Europe with his hordes , his armies were mustering each day and wetting the edges of their swords , anxiously awaiting bis order to plunge them into the hearts of our westers friends ; we heard and saw it ; we rose on the 29 th of November , and Europe was for tbe second time safe . In vain did we thunder by our victories to you all , that our cause was your cause , and that we fought for our common safety ; we were unheard—unhelped . Our lonely standard still waved triumphantly ovwr the blood-gprinkled fields of Poland , with the inscription— " for e > ur freedom and yours . "
Alone , still we were not vanquished—armies after armies were destroyed as they dashed against our breasts ; the tyrant trembled , and his mighty throne tottered before a handful of us . Alone , still we were strong enough to dare eves the whole power of hellengendered despotism , but being moat shamefully betrayed by our own leaders , most meanly deceived by the perfidy of oar co-called friends and allies ; we became at last what you see us now—a dispersed people among sll the pseple of tbe world , without borne , without hread—children of a nations * mighty as yours at present , we became like a wandering tribe of Jews ! hated by all the governments—still oar hearts swell with tbe hope of the resurrection of our fatherland . We know that the hour of our battles is again to come , and we feel it to be a duty towards our country , a duty towards the people whose sympathy we receive , to warn them at least eack 29 lh of November , of the dangers which are still hanging over them .
Having come to England , and being unacquainted with your language , we were forced te allow this duty to be accomplished by oar co-emigrants in London , but our gentlemen emigrants were overawed last year by the treaty of the 14 th of July . They were silent , instead of calling loudly against the most gross violation of your own interests . Of their whole number hardly ten proved to be our true friends and years , and this feeble
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tow WM lost amidst the general silence of bttwii , » V'J ? £ 'JS' ^ ^""^ Pwpteia emigration , feel " * ° |^?*» I * *» *>»«> forwsrd in the name of Him wfa 6 sendeth « to jro * in the name of theonly legal sovereign of ooro ^ tintry—^ -aie People of Polakd , " to aceompftsb titir dnty fers * kWfiy-others , the memory of the war of November is dear to M , ' because the memory of out past deeds keepi still present In our minds , omr aacwd national doty , which te « o live and be nady . to die for the welfare of mankind . Ike *» . mory of the 39 th of November Is dear te M , iMeaose we bate tyranny , and because it was that day , that we raised our sword Ja the name of ftwdora , aatftf that please * any tyraoUornot , w « , thtPoltoli people , tatead to oefebnte ihaunivenui , « f tiii * m «* d * iu . > ;; -.,
People « T Cheat ? Britain ! wh « d w * heard of the treaty of the 14 th ••* July . w « 4 id ¦<* think that It reaUy wipuwuMtetf joct natloualifedlnga tottaiOk b * x tyr ** . y » o lowyom : luttM&l flxiitenw ; Mwrefbre we cannot thalf thai yoa wMrtbrtlM aggtatidfeeinrtt of the power which bath no nearer neighbour in Alia , after the fall of Xwkej . tban yopv-aaneaw conpetlfe * on the aeathaa yon-r-n © richer prey in tfw . wotld for its hungry satellites than ypn-fimd whose aim-is murdar , rapine , and destruction 1 You with to be free , and we oould not believe that ' yoa might become friend * oT the murderers of other people's freedom . Yoa hate your own tyrants ; therefore we could not believe that yon might be the allies of the most wretched tyrants ia the world I
We believe yon to be free from tbe bloody ffeln which covers the allies of the tour European tyrants , and we invite you to be present 07 your numerous and true friends , at the oommemorsHon of tbe event wbict at least retarded , if it did not prevent , the conquest of Europe , under the most despotic yoke of the Emperorof Russia ; an event whioh by the dispersion of the free people among all the oppressed people of the world , was perhaps , in the hands of providence the mean * of uniting their sdutnal interests , into one 00 mmon ; and indissoluble bond ; an event which , perhaps , was but the precursor of the general freedom of mankind . . , . The anniversary of the Polish revolution is to fee celebrated on the 29 th of November , 1841 , inPortsea , Portsmouth . LOVB AND FBATEBNJTT . The Chairman of the meeting , ( Signed ) Piontkowski . ThUSith of October , 1841 . Poli sh Barracks , Portsea , Portsmouth , The Secretary , ( Signed ) Letejewski .
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TO THE EXILES OF ERIN . " O my oppressed fellow Slaves , let me 0 & this Occasion coo j are you to look into the bistorj of you mis governed country . " My objeet being that of directing the attention of the ill-used and much-abused Irish working men to the real cause of their degradation and misery , I shall not hesitate to quote from the writing of a man , " a native of Ireland , " who I believe was sincerely attached to the land of his birth , fend gloried in the name of Irishman , Mr . John Barnard Trotter , private secretary to Lord Castlereagb for twenty-five years , whose duty it was , at the time of the parchment compact , called the Legislative Union , to keep a registry of the names and destination of the base betrayers of their country ' s confidence and honour , and consequently ot the peaoa and happiaes of her people , writes as follows : —
" No man could be more opposed te a Repeal of that parchment compact than myself . Like many of my fellow countrymen , I was given to believe that it was by the unanimous consent and approbation of the friends of both nations that the Irish Parliament should be moved to England for the purpose , aa was then stated , of cementing both kingdoms more closely together , but experience has long since taaght otherwise , and Ireland wiir never improve or emerge from the miseries under which she labours , until her metropolis is again the seat of her legislation , or that as equal distribution of the laws of England shall be fully and impartially extended to her people . "
Sons of Erin , I have no donbt these words were penaed with sincerity , but , however we may admire the writer as the friend of his country , let us not be led away in pursuit of a shadow ; let us enquire what tbe laws of England are , whether they can be , impartially administered , and whether tbe English as a people , really , are themselves happy under those laws ? It Is not my intention to lead the readers of this address into a long iabarynth of reasoning . That , in my opinion , would be a waste of so much time . I shall , therefore , state a few facts by way of solving these questions . Tbe present Government asserts that the Whigs have left the financial affairs of the country in a most awful state . The Whigs declared , previous to losing the entire confidence of the people , as shown by
the last elections , that some liberal system must be adopted to relieve them from their financial embaraasmenta . The merchants declare their enterprising spirits are clogged by tbe oppressive laws which bear on trade and commerce . The poor steal to secure a home in a prison , or die in the streets and cellars , in preference to throwing themselves on their acknowledged right , —the poor rate , which the householders declare tbey can no longer pay . And all this has happened under a code of laws which Mr . Barnard Trotter would have fully aad impartially administered to I / eland , as a panacea for her accumulated wrongs , woes , and miseries . Thus it is , my friends , we are ever deceiving ourselves and each other by looking at mere present effect , Instead of going to first c * ase « . O , but , Bsys
some good meaning fellow , Mr . Barnard Trotter says one of two things , either the laws of England Impartially Administered to Ireland , or Pablin made the seat of her legislation ! Good easy man ! was it not once tbe seat of her legislation ? Did not the eloquence of her patriatio orators adorn and honour her senate ?—that senate which , ' composed as it was , " with some honourable exceptions , " of treacherous miscreants and peculating gamblers , seeking to repair their broken fortunes on tbe ruins of their country , sold her liberties to those cursed tyrants , whose diabolical councils were working out the destruction of the freedom of Europe . This brings me at once to the " bone of contention . " Does Ireland want a Parliament ? Or does she want justice ? Does Bhe -want an assembly compo 8 ed of lawyers , reverend rogues in robes , sailor and soldier officers , state paupers and pampered aristocrats t or does she require a deliberate assembly , representing the pnbllo mind and will—an assembly of men whose
knowledge of the want * and wishes ot the people has been acquired through a free intercourse with those classes who alone in reality feel the want of legislative protection ? Sons of Erin , be not deceived . What would the Repeal of tbe Union be but a restoration to Ireland of her former tyrannies ? Just look at the conduct of the Irish Members in the Union Parliament Is it honourable , is it liberal ? Ah no ! and rest assured , the men who can vote against . the liberties of the people of this or any other country , will ; never hold themselves ready to give freedom to the enslaved millions of their own nation . Depend on it , my friends , the man who can play the tyrant in one place would act in like manner , under similar circumstances , in any other . The men who , for expediency , will truckle , and pander , and sacrifice their honour for interest , emolument , or through ambition * , will never be found legislating for the general good . No , no ; tbey will ever be found partisans and exclnsionists .
What hope , then , for the oppressed millions of Ireland in the Repeal of the Legislative Union , unless Ireland ' s first Parliament be elected upen the principles contained in the People ' 8 Charter ? for , be assured , if the ancient nobility of Ireland could bo disgracefully dishonour themselves and country by bartering her nationality for gewgaws and titles , the tolling millions have little to expect from those landed proprietors wlio have become not only alienated themselves , but , to cover their shameful apostacy and renegadism , have circulated the damning calumny , that " no man of capital dare venture bis life and property amongst that abused and degraded people . "
Was it not enough to despoil a people of nil the physical comforts of its industrious members t—was it not enough to consign them to woe and want—to give them up to tbe sword , and the wrath of the fanatic—to scatter amongst them the seeds of religious discord , and band them over to the retaliating vengeance of bloated bigots , who , whilst they preached " peace , peace , " exulted in their black and midnight murders , gorging in the blood of ibe victims they were constantly sacrificing to Moloch , and making humanity -worse than fiendish ? Alas ! no ; it required one more act to complete the wreck of a people proverbial for their hospitality . That act of refined cruelty was the libellous stab inflicted oa the character of the honest Irish labourers : " No man of property date trust himself amongst them . "
Alas ! poor old Ireland ! thou sister of afflloted Poland ! the hearts of the CbartisU bleed for thee . Bat , sons of Erin , mourn not ; ruminate no more on your miseries ; but energetically seek redress . Do this , and Ireland shall yet be free—aye , and thy muchloved sister also , degraded Poland . Tbe much-loved harp shall yet be taken from the green and drooping willow—shall yet be strung , and boldly struck ; whilst tbe valliea and the hills , melodiously reverberating , shall musically respond to the enraptured aad ravished ear in bold invigorating
tones—•« Erin , mavourneen 1 street Erin go bmgh !" Yea , my friends , Ireland ' s poetic harp shall yet be heard melodlouly sweetening the hour of joyous respite , when the unsophisticated and rustic labourer shall , attar big day of cheerful toil , be engaged in tbe eveninp ' s rational amusementswhen Pat and bis Shelah shall on the green sward of Shannon ' s Banks , sing sweetly the melodies of bye gone days . But ere this fond dream can be realised much , very much misery has to be endured ; the song of friendship may again be sung with an anti-Christian
spirit by many a wily rogue to win the way to confidence ; many a knave may yet be fattened with the richness of the land , purchased with secret service money , and make his way to the cheerless hearths of the unsuspecting ( because innocent ) and confiding lover of bis country . Bat O , beware . Irishmen ; your weak part is well known to you * enemies ; your love of country , the facility with which you are excited when that string is touched , exposes you to nincb danger , and lays you open to the well-concerted plans of your designing enemies . Guard that point , Paddy , as you
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would have you wives and daughter * fnard their chastity . Plank ft right sad left with sober discretion and mature judgment ; let bot your enemies make a breach then , and the * bavei secured ' at cam the devil road to lorn chief citadel , the teart of beartt , which their bM » ha preaen « win « bon ' twrrupt BememVer ifyou > ye l ^> OttrFIb ^ e ^ d ; TDOT Emmett , aadyomr Ot ^ ttnors , yotfr nnfOrttiiiate couitry has also produced her J CaiUereaehs ' and her . O ^ Conneir * , fit names to be assodatod > ith the following immortalised feeroei of Irish siAfervleni ^ and JKn | iish dishontfur . ¦ >'! ' ¦ "V . ? - ' > ¦ . ¦•¦" . •¦ ¦ -.- ' ; - ¦' ¦—^ wk ^ fffiiaiaifv ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , N&i , Cofl ^ l 6 ^; Kairafo « . wias Manchester . ¦'¦¦ ' . \" i ^ - ., ' !¦ : r . Vtt . 4 . «»« iii 4 j : : . 'V" ' . " v :
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BIRkiiSGHAM ^ -FROST'S ^ Q ^ MITTEE . The following memorial wu sent te tbe Home Office in la ^ it ^ J ^ ima . Fiost * Williams , and Joae « ;^ ,, v TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE SIB . JAMKS GRAHAM , SBCBETART OP J 8 TATE FOR tWf HOME DB-. '' ' i ^ up k ?; ' . - 1 ' : ' ¦; . J '¦'''¦ : ' ' : We , the General Committee of Birmingham for tbe Restoration of - 'Frost , Williams , an * Jones , beg to approach yosr Excellency , ia . the « au «« f jostiee and humanity , In behalf of the said John Frost , Zepbaniab
Williams , and William Jones , praying your Excellency to give you * most serious attention to the eases of tbe three unfortunate men above-named , as : they are ease * ot extreme hardship , and oases whereon your Excellency might exercise , your high privilege of recommendation to mercy , with honour to yourself and safiafaetiom to the whole country . This Committee pray youi ExeeUtney to recommend the above-named men to her most graclons Majesty ' s consideration and mercy . We found our hopes on the followlng . facts , ri £ : — ~
1 st . ' That two out of the thre * Judges before -whom tbe mea were arraigned ; decided that there was bo law to send them to trial for high treason . ' ' , •¦' ¦ : ' : ' ' 2 nd . That tbe prisoners' counsel made aa objection to the ' trial oh account of its illegality , and six Judges were of opinion that the objection was legal in point of law , the only donbt being as to the time the objection was made . ¦ - ' . ¦¦ ¦¦ ' v ' - '¦ ' : " ' - ' ¦ ¦¦ " . ; 3 d . That much suffering wasctnsed to the irienby tbe special commission and their hasty removal in tbe dead of night , without being allowed the consolation of ' seeing either their wives , their children or their friends . This committee feel confident that now prejudice has wasted away , your Excellency will not nflfer the wrong that is done to continue one moment The ' facts above named , have induced as as a committee , to endeavour to obtain justice , where so much injustice has been done . '" . - '¦¦
We -wish to call the attention of your Excellency to the faefc that Vbim committee have seventy memorials , most respectfully worded , passed at pubUe meetings , and signed on behalf of the Inhabitants , and , although at great expense , this committee seat a deputation to present the same to her Majesty , yet they were not allowed . . , This committee will hand these memorials to your Excellency for presentation , should yon think proper to support their prayer , and this committee doubt not , that a majority of the jury who tried the unfortunate men would again recommend them to mercy .
This committee fally trusting in your Excellency ' s love of jnstice , and knowing the bitter and virulent feelings of many persons at Newport , and in the conntry , do respectfally press this point , that your Excellency will , by granting the prayer of this committee , ensure to yourself the respect and gratitude of millions of oar fellow-countrymen . And may the Government with which your Excellency is connected , never so far forget the interests of tbe industrious millions , U to Kilisa their prayer tor justice . And your memorialists will ever pray , < fec Signed on behalf of the committee , T . H . Shand . John Wilkinson , Joint Secretaries . Committee-room , Oct . 2 lst , 1841 .
The following reply came on Not . 8 tb . : — Whitehall , Oct 27 th , 1841 . Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , I am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with public dnty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . lam , Sir , Tour most obedient humble Servant , H . MANNERS SUTTOfl . Mr . J . Wilkinson , 5 , Cwgoe Terrace , Bell Barn Read , Birmingham . The answer did not come till tbe 8 th of November .
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BIRMINGHAM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT . To George Frederick Munlz , Esq ., M . P . SIR , —I am requested by the General Committee of Birmingham for the Restoration of John Frost , Zepbaniah Williams , and William Jones , to correspond with yon , for the purpose of inquiring if you would have any objections to present a petition and memorial in behalf of the above-named persons . If you have no objections , ths Committee would feel much obliged by your censest . A quick answer -will much oblige Your humble and obedient Servant , John Wixkjnsom . Corresponding Secretory to the Committea Birmingham , Nov . 1 st ., 1841 , ¦ S , Cregoe Terrace , Bell Barn Road .
A verbatim copy of the above letter was sent to Joshua Schofleld , Esq ., M . P ., and now follow the respective answers : — Minoriea , 2 nd November , 1841 , Tuesday . Sm , —I have considered it my duty to present all petitions entrusted to me , and . shall not hesitate to present the petition you mention in behalf of Mr . Frost and bis unfortunate associates , whenever Parliament again meets . I am , Yours , truly , JOSA . SOHOFIELD . Mr . John Wilkinson .
Briton Ferry House , near Neath , 6 th November , 1841 . Sir , —Your letter of the 1 st instant only reached me this morning , and I beg to Bay , in reply , that I have no objection to present the petition and memorial for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; bnt I feel it my duty to tell you candidly that I am unable to support their prayer , because I cannot justify their conduct , which , in my opinion , has done more injury to the working classes , than either Whigs or Tories , though they have both done irreparable injury . Yours , most faithfully , G . F . MUNTZ . Mr . John Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Birmingham . 0 taf >< iiWt » iiaMsvw % S «
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' * ' *^*^^^^**^^ ' ^ ^ TO . THE BIGHT HONOURABLE LORD . STANLEY , M . P ., FOR THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER , " Tito individual who is trained to bay cheap , sell dear , and seek for individual benefits above bis fellows , is thereby degraded , is unfitted to acquire ' superior qualities , is deprived of the finest feelings of our nature , and rendered totally incompetent to experience ths highest enjoyments of human existence . " ROBBETOWEK . Mr Lord , —While reading overHrbit i « r termed a verbatim report of your speech mad * In th © Shire-Hall , Lancaster Castle , I saw in it thcr > following words : — r . .
" The hardship of breaking through old habitsand driving the labourer from his country cottage , to be put up in some confined alley of a manufacturing town , where he is compelled to seek , amidst filth and misery , so different to what he has been accustomed , at best a mere subsistence . " My Lord , bow different such language , when contrasted with tbb language of a Noble Duke , high is office ; he said , " There was no distress . In tbe country , " while you , my Lord , admit that we in manufacturing towns , are " pat in confined allies , amidst filth , and misery , " and that the country labourer is but at best badly situated ; for yoa say , "he has been accustomed to a mere subsistence . " One Nobie Lord Duke says " no distess , " while another Honourable Lord , ( on the same side of the House , ) proves the distress to be
universal-My Lord , having by way of contrasting the contradictory testimonies , or speeches of two High Lords , digressed a little from my intended subject , ( I * o not call it so much a digression , ) permit me most respectfully to enforce upon your attention the same , viz ;—what we term " competitive cheatery , " with the effects it produces upon individuals engaged therein , and upon society generally . . ' . My Lord , about twelve years ago , I knew a man who was then a Journeyman weaver , ( my present profession ); be got married ; bis father-in-law gave him a few pounds , after which be began to tray cheap and sell dear ; be bought what we coll old iron , that Is stolen yam and weft He then went to Manchester market , undersold the honest manufacturer , and got a greater
profit . This is what I coll buying cheap and selling dear . Now , what effects did such conduct produce upon tbe man engaged therein , and upon hand-loom weavers generally ? It made the man into a cheat , liar , rogue , and a receiver of stolen goods . If be was buying anything , he would cheat either-in tbe quality of the article , or quantity , or amount of money If be was selling anything he would tell lies by saying he had given a caanthig-house price for his yarn , when at the same time be bad only given a back-door price for it He was a rogue , for he bated bis weavers sometimes 3 d . per piece , when it baa never yet been proved that cloth of Buch quality sold at 3 d . per piece less . He was a receiver of stolen goods , for he did not « are how
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became at hia yarn ,, so that he had a prospect « f keeping himself oat of the hands of , bis than Majesty '! peafa ^ bffieeir *^;/ . ¦¦¦ .:,.-.. "¦'¦ . ' '¦ •> ' • ¦ i' ^ s .- / ' ' . Thus , my Lordr the inn carried on w £ m b » d got . about ten thousand pounds , \ and all ia abpofc fivftjears . The ; \ # » al 1 Know , fd | ~\ SnjWfc have , , wqrk « l fos bim » whaqytiuteaa of getting at least thfoe ' euta of we / t fit «( time , Ih > vehad > gotb ~ eUseitfpr < mcut ;; 1 , _ , ; :. . ¦ ^ d ^^ -i l ^^ ^ such eofeduc ^ produced , upon- the , ind ^ vidaal , engaged x therein .- now I shall jjfcft yJoiasoiBe of tbeefl » ets it jaro-: duoeoTuponband-ioom weaversleneraUy . . \ In the fir » t plaoe , if there was a , slack market im MWwhesttr . khdeheat , ^ t ^* n&fat *» l * vot stolea go ^^^^ j ^ ut ^ W ^ bJipsftltj sett hia dof ' aipai ^ kr ii J 00 W t&s * , |» M ««|« t «| , have to raaStna 6 ' rtSrfdSh . ifter JUii , lh « v both
( manafacfarersjeome borne , and reduoe , tha wa ^ es of tho . hand-Iooftl ; weaver . ' , '; ., . ¦" .. ' . " ' " ,, v ' -, " . . , . '¦ - . 1 ojust beg leave to state one , thing , my Lord , vi * v , that the receiver of stolen goods has always been Uai most desirous of reducing the wages of workpeople , not caringibr any of its ponsequeaces , either upon master ; orservant ' ., : ' ' ¦;/ " . '' / ''¦'¦ '¦' .. ¦; - ¦ ' . ' . ¦' ' . " . But , my Lord , I mast go on telling you about this . competitive cheat He got tired with mauufaeturing . hand-loomcloth , and applied his capital , to the mano- facture of cotton yarn ; in other words , he , wasamafcter cotton-spinner . He built a , Iarge miU , esqiploys i a good many binds , and is now a competitivetyrahL I was . ' ¦ in the same town at the late election , ' and what , do yoa * . think , my Lord , that he then did ? He forced his hands , as many as could vote , to vote according to his wish , or be discharged frem employment , besides for- * « ing the said hands to take £ 10 and £ 18 per aanum houaes , to be paid for out of 10 a . and 15 s . per week
wages . . . , •" . . . . . ..- , . ., .... My Xord , I xBust acquaint yoa with another clrcum * stance connected with this gentleman ' s haracternamely , he does all that be can to detect men of hie trade , i . e ., " receivers of stolen goods . " My Lord , a working man cannot get work uulees he will take a miserable hut in some confined alley , which will take the one-balf of his wages to pay hia rent ' . - ¦' ¦ ¦ . ; ' , ";;• . . My Lord , yon must by this time ' Bee that person acquiring wealth by unjust ( although legal ) means , necessarily beoome petty objects—objects worthy of nothing but hatred fiom every honest man . They will employ •* self-acting" moles to be SBpenntended by asses , alias slaves ! by which means , eleven cotton spinners out Of every twelve sire turned out of employment . They will employ steam looms to a great rate , so that in many mills there are worked one-nut , twentyfour yards long / per minute , is each milt .
Tvfelre bands , by the assistance of our present improvements , will turn-off as much wortt ^ n one mouth , as nsed to employ one hundred hands twelve months ia in the printing business . My Lord , I once beard a song about chipping , or pulling the skin , off potatoes by steam , but I think , competitive thieves have noi yet come that" rig . " My Lord , I shall now endeavour to shew you some of the effects , such competitive conduct produced upon society generally . . In the first place , my Lord , I must tell you , that we
possess a power for the production of cloth equal to twelve hundred million human bands , yet many of as twenty six millions who are " pent up In . some confined alley , " ore wandering about in rags , and half naked , and cannot aend ourselves . An old woman , next doot to me , ( band loom weaver ) has to work bard for 3 s . 3 d . a week , out of which has to go la . 3 d . for rent , 7 d . fox coal , flour paste , tallow , soft soap , and candles in winter , 6 d ., ( Christ said "when night cometh no man worketh , " but as our modern lulem are forcing as to work bj artificial light , ) washing soap , neediea , pins , thread , and matches Id .
I think she la matched with a vengeance , when she only gets for a hard week ' s work , Ss . 2 d ., out of which most go all the above items , viz . two ahilllngs and ninepence , leaving only nvepence added to her oue shilling she receives from her parish to live upon . —that is twopence farthing per day . . My Lord , when I take into account the reduction * the hand loom weaver has had to suffer within the last forty years , 'tis almost enoagh to drive me mad . I will give them to you as they are connected with the necessaries of human life . In the command of Wheat my wages within the last forty yearve have beenreduced ... ... .. ... 3 , 500 percent . Butter ... 800 do . Butchers'Meat ... ... , „ ... 800 do . In the command of Rent Money ... 4 , 500 do . Potatoes ... ... ... ... ' , „ 800 do . Salt equal to what it was in 1802 .
So that you see if daty was taken off the importation of foreign grain , in . a few years we should lose the benefit of sueh s change , therefore the anti-Cora Law League is nothing but a humbug league . My Lord , the above reductions average about 2 , 080 per cent My Lord , do not think me an apslogist for the Bread Tax ; no : I would , by virtue of an Act of Parliaousnt ( the People's Charter ) , annihilate it , aad for ever . My Lord , in conscqaence of the above-mentioned reductions , the landlord ' s income has Increased mere than £ 10 , 000 per ' cent within the last eighty years—i mean so far as the band-loom weaver is concerned . My Lord , in a few weeks I shall again address yoa upon competition and monopoly . Till then , my Lord , I remain , Yours in tbe cause of truth , And s > friead to tbe People ' s Charter . Peter Rigbt . Preston , November 7 , 16 * 1 .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Fei . low-3 i . AVES , —We your representatives coasider it to be Oar duty to atfdress you at thia momentous crisis on the important part yoa are called upon to act at this critical era , In the glorious movement , for universal freedom . It has been wisely determined by the Executive Committee , that a Convention shall sit in London to superintend the presentation of the next petition . They have appointed that Lancashire shall send twomembers to the Convention , one of which South Lancashire will have to elect ; therefore , it now rests with , you to carry out the measures with spirit and promptitude . !
That this may be done with effect , let erery member at once set about the work ia earnest , by applying te the Council for petition sheets and books , to solicit subscriptions for the ' support of the men you may choose to push forward this extraordinary movement on behalf of right against might . Visit every fionae in your respective neighbourhoods , get their signatures , and solicit their aid in raising the necessary funds to carry the business through ; yes , yes , there must be no squeamish objections , * the time has arrived whea all must work , aad that vigouronsly . Four millions signatures are to be raised , and South Lancashire must maintain the proud positioa they have so loag and so nobly held . We your representativeshave pledged our faith on your behalf , to have the necessary funds in readiness to support the Convention by the time that body is called together ; and having great confidence ia you , we leave the matter entirely in your hands , well knowing that a hint to the wise is auCflcient . /¦¦ ¦¦ . ¦ . . ¦ - ¦ ¦ .-
We feel sorry that so many disappointments should have occurred by the lecturers , by their not attending to their appointments , but we believe that effectual means have been taken to prevent the recurrence of tbe evil ; and we trust that escb lecturer will see the necessity of attending punctually to hfs duty , for we are satisfied that one "disappointment is calculated to discoHrage the persons attending to hear tbe principles of Chartism expounded '; let each buckle on his armour afresh and return with renewed energy to tho work . " Onward * ' be the motto of each workman ; Sons of toil , it is high time to be up and doing , for the enemies of labour are continually making encroachments upoa its sacred'rights . . Witnesstbe cases of the boilermakers , bookbindera , and stonemasons of London ; the weavers and spinners of Stockport ; yea , witness the poverty , want , end distzess amongst the werking classes through ihe whole kiagdom .
Is there less produced that the producers of all wealth should be thus steeped in wretchedness ? Certainly not ; there i « enough for all * , aad enough for each , bnt the grasping band of avarice , protected by class legislation , has seised upon the produce of y « ur bauds , and appropriated it to the use and abuse of the idle drones of society , leaving the sons of toil to feed upon the veriest garbage . Arouse yourselves , and work while it is day . We advise the General Council , in their various localities , to appoint deputations to visit every village and hamlet in their neighbourhoods in which the National Charter Association is not established , aad try to spread the principles of Chartism Into every nook and corner of our isle . Tracts would be very good things for the introduction of the deputation to those places in which they are not acquainted with any known Chartist
To all the villages in South Lancashire in which there is no part of the Association , we have to inform the readers of the Star that if tbey will communicate to Mr . James Cartledge , -34 , Lomas-street , Bank Top , Manchester , when it would be likely that s deputation could meet a few of the working » en in one of their own houses , he will communicate to tbe nearest portion of tbe General Council the wishes of aU psrties applying ; thus the cause of truth will spread from town to village , and from village tobainlet , until every son of toll sball have embraced in tbe firmest and closest principles of his heart the glorious doctrines of equity and truth , making the graven image that has been and is the idol of the ruling few to Taniih , " And , like the baseless fabric of a - vision . Leave aot wreck behind . " ( Signed ) On beha f of the delegates assembled , Henrt Stansfield , . . -- Whiiam Gbippin , CartledgeStcreba * \ l >\ iBi
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- - TO THE EDITOR OF THS NORTHERN STAR . S 1 a , —Although most of the Dublin newspapers reported a speech of Mr . O'Connell ' s , wherein be described me as an enemy to my country ; that I not only ? oted for the Tories , bat accused him of being a "knave in politics , aad a hypocrite in religion ; " in fact he held me up to publics ridicule and scorn , that Is to say , as Kioch so as be could , yet the papers refuse to publish my explanatory letter . I therefore am obliged to beg that favour of you . It is quite true that I did write opposite to Mr . O'Connell ' s same on the " whole ticket ; " a knave ik polit ' ics , and a hypocrite in bbugion . I did not add these words to his name till after mature consideration of his career ; however tbey are not original . The late Right Rev . and ever-to-be regretted Doctor
Doyle , Catholio Bishop of Kildare , was the author of them ; and the Rev . A . Fitzgerald , president of the College of Carlow , has more than onoe written that Daniel O'Connell is a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . And in a letter written by Mr . O'Connell ' s v » n « w ^ n , Mr . Finn , and dated Feb . 9 th , 1835 , the motto is " Daniel O'Connell , a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religicn . " " Andrew Fitzgerald . " Thus , you see , I am bot a mere plagiarist , though I know the terms apply with as much truth and justice as ever words applied as expletives of the character of any man . lam , Your obliged and humble servant , Patrick O'Higqihs . DnbliB , Nov . fi , 1811 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN ' S JOURNAL . Sib , —It is exceedingly disagreeable to me to be so often called upon to trouble either yen or the public upon subjects relating to myself personally ; but as Mr . O'Connell has thought proper to amuse bis admiring and still confiding audience by calumniating me at a meeting of his Association , on Tuesday , the 26 th instant , I trust that you will do me the justice of affording me the opportunity of defending my character by the same medium through whioh it has been pabiidy assailed . Mr . O'Conaell is reported to have said— " Yon hare all heard of Mr . O'Higgins . The Tories sent him a circular , of coarse , for his vote , and he gave them in it a character ot myself and of the other three candidates fur the ward . I am not going to read what he stated of the others , but I shall read what he said of myself . Here it is : — " CHARACTER OF DANIEL O'CONNEIL—A KNAVE IN POLITICS AND A H 1 POCRITS IN RELIGION . "
It is not true that I stated in the circular which Mr . O ' Connell says was sent by the Toiies , anything -whatever about Mr . O'Coonell or about any of the other three candidates . It is not true that I made objections to the other three candidates whose names appeared upon Mr . OConnell ' s tchole ticket . I voted for one of them , Mr . John O'Neill ; I could not conscientiously vote for any of the others : and if they have any wish for it , I shall let the public know the reasons why I did not vote for them . I voted for Mr . John O'Neill because I believed him to be an honest num . though a bad politician . I
voted for Thomas Saunders btcause I knew him to be an honest man and a goed neighbour ; and I voted for W . H . Gray because , in addition to that of his being an honest man , he is an old acquaintance and a respected friend . Besides these reasoss , which , 1 am convinced , will EatUfy every honest man In society , I knew that the Irish Municipal Reform Act takes away all political power from tbe new Lord Mayor , the Aldermen and Town Councillors , and vests it in the Lord Lieutenant ; and that therefore the politics of the candidates had nothing whatever to do with the elections ,
When I received a rigmarole letter commanding me to vote for Mr . O'Connell and his nominees , and stating that be did not desire the vote of any one who would not vote for the other three , I objected to this species of dictation . I objected to any barrister seeking for city honours -which -were intended for merchants , manufacture !! , and taulestoen ,- and not for attorneys , doctors , or lawyers ; and I wrote a few words opposite the names of tiro of Mt . O'Connell ' s nominees , and tbe words complained of opposite tohU own name ; and . so thoroughly convinced and satisfied am I of their truth , that I shall at any time undertake to prove them to the entire satisfaction of every lover of truth and political integrity in the community . Patrick O'Higgins , The man who got up the first meeting for theO'Conneli Tribute , and the second who subscribed £ 10 to it No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct 28 , 1811 .
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30 TSS EDITOB OF THE MOBXHXRN STAR . Bn , —It has been remarked that truth always gains ky flr- — r and that the maxim has been well paaded , was pet beyond the possibility ef a doubt a fcv days ago here , by the opposition offered to the vfaL of Chartism , an the part of the Rev . Dr . Coen , tcvaBented prelate . It mast be ia the recollection 4 job readere that the eloquent and learned prelate cadtb * Chartist ageat B . Maedoanell ; and , on the tttariag Sudsy spoke from the altar upon the prindpie * d tbe Charter , but instead of condemning them , aa sat ? had ecpected he would , he spoke ia terms highly atom ef them , and admitted that if gained by legal
ageosatitTrtinml means , could not fail of being of tbe patatidvui iage to the country . The Galway Adter Sir , h obscure Tory paper , eulogized in a subsequent iiste , Ms- lordship , and at the same time , vilified in fix rat gross tp * - *""* , another reverend gentleman of Shaferwm , because , as the lying editor falsely asserted , g » Kftti Bet . Dr . Ooea bad delivered *• a withering ietaee&A « g * t" «* the Chartists , and highly enlegizsd ft * jasest Tory ids&Ba&n&ott , " while his lordship Mtomtb . thing , but said " that the Whig ministry hd-OewHl but wa&ted the power , whDe tbe Tory ¦ afey bad the power , and that time would prove Ttetbs they h&ve the wffl to serve Ireland . " The an vby the Advertiser attacked tie other reverend peOoaa was , " th&t he bad some time ago admitted to Board MaedonBell that ' the points of the Charter « a aDBlknt and ought to be looked for by every
wallvite of Ireland . '" £ ae * the adnusskm , by Dr . Coen , of the excellency of g * CBartist principle * , numbers who before were fiaed to declare themselves , have discussed , and fitted the merits of the Charter ; and as a proof that it ip&em is gaining rapidly upon the minds of the f » 5 fe here , it may be sufficient to inform you that the toanow read and sought with avidity by the memia of cm reading rooms , a society composed of tfKgs , Tones , K&dioi * , Bepeaiers , and Anti-repealers . liothei note of tbe spread ot Chartism here is the »**» £ & £ & * sometime age that Mr . O'Connor would
K be personally ofesum to Hr . O'Connell—a dream-* a « Thieh led many here to hope that a Union of fepalsa and Chartists was not impossible ; a cnion * H& , if o&ee-aceoaplishedj O heavens ! how soon we * a ! d have the happiness to see the last shake given to & tnnk of the tree of oppression , whose thick aBd "oaj-ktitted branches have orershadowed onr lovely tB &T ; then woald we see an end pat to class legisla ta »; a » ea would we see the idle drones of the great Bai kttc expelled to make room for tbe -working and «^ feW 5 S duset , those political bees who fill and ™ $ eofc the numerous cells in the great hive of Mm « n *» tj . Bj publishing this in the next Star ycra will ttfijs A FB 1 E 5 D TO THS CHARTER . k ^ Stas , Kov . 7 th , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1136/page/7/
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