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THE 3S T 0ETHERN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1E42.
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THE ADDRESS . OF THE CHARTISTS MEETING Df CHURCH-STREET , MANSFIELD , TO : EBAKGTJS O'CONNOR , ESQ . "HOSOURKD PATHIOT AND BBOTHER ,- ^ We hail with tiie highest delight your first vMt to oar locality , since yon emerged from the dungeon ' s gloomy depths , "whitjher the factions had consigned yon , in the vain hope that they could Etifla your ardour , and arrest your progress , in the straggle for universal truth , and freedom , and happiness . * - Sir , the conflict that ia now fiercely ¦ waging between the semi-bsibsronE institutions of past ages that hiTe
euUivtd their inns ; and the interests and intelligence of the mass cf mivnlrrmi has been animated and ^ ystemizjd by yonr genius , and virtue , and - wealth Ton , Sir , have arranged the scattered elements of popular power , and taught ns that the intelligence and energy inheres in ourselves by -which we are to establish miveisal principles . Hence-we are not new the political tools of the tilled factions -who divide the produce of our labour ; nor do we waste our energies in attempting to remove piiUcalar -wroagsi No , Sir , -we aim at . &e root , th& primary cau 39 of all our sufferings—*• Tha monopoly of political power held by the few . " Bir
, your disinterested and herculean exertions -would hare entitled any man to our respect and deference . Bat , Sir , when we itnect that yon were born " and eSucated an aristocrat , and see yon rising superior to the _ prejudices inseparable from such circumstances , Sacrificing honour , rank , and wealth , and identifying yourself with the trampled , and , -until lately , despised multitude , we confess tiat these are irresistible claims upon oar esteem , our confidence , and our liveliest gratitude . Sir , we look npon the obiainment of political power as an indispensable prelude to the physical , moral , sjid intellectual gre&rnsss to which we believe our rscs i 3
capable 01 attaining , we hold that the proper direction of the educational and industrial occupations ef any paople by an efficient popular Government , would ensure the absence of ninety-nine hnndredths of tha crime ar . d misery that st present degrade society . And , Sir , in connecting jour name with these magnificent results , we feel that we are transmitting it to posterity , as one that will be remembered in companionship with the names of the great aad good , in smo ranthics freshness , npon when grave forgetfulness shall sit mocking on tfcfl fallen fame of heroes and of kings . _ Maek Leavslzy , Ghaiiman .
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THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTTINGHAM CHAR . T 1 ST 5 TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . HoNOrKED akd Respected Sir ;—It is with un-Isigned pleasure and respect that we now take the liberty of addressing yen npon this your visit to the town of Nottingham , the dread of tyrants and the boast of slavesj and though we hive not been privileged with your presence for a long time , we ii ' ive fceen increasing admirers of yoar undaunted conrage and persevering efforts to remove the load of misery that bears nrx ; n ns and our suffering class . We are not men-worshippers , tut it becomes us to render honour to whom honour is due , and in so doiDg , tre have learned to unite the name of our beloved advocate with thB principles for which we contend , and lake this opportunity to express our admiration and lore .
Bespected Sir , we congratulate you npon your release , and view it as a signal triumph over the fictions . We look with contempt npon those whose only opposition to truih , is by mental torture and physical degradation , and we hail yonr presence amongst us as the commencement of a new era in the history of the world ' s bondsmen—the era cf right . "With rapturous delight we Welcome you to the arms of you ? admiring conanr / men , to the fervent and enthntiastic embrace c f your wild , bat poor associates , to the field of conflict for the establishment of the immutable principles of our Charter . - Honoured Sir , we give you our ia . ! , our unreserved , our heaiiy welcome to the blistered hands of Nottingham , to the battle of the just .
Sir , the principles for which yon have snflfersd are sacred—sacral because they are true—sacrtd because they tre jast—sacred , true , and just , * becausa they are sapahle of universal application for the bectfits of man * kind . TVe 2 / Jore these principles and esteem the man who bas become the p eader f > r the poor , and who ' unasked , has placed himself between the oppressor and ihe oppressed ; and now , Sir , believe ns it is not with indifference that we hare looked npon yenr long struggle against the might of misrule . Your presence will inspire afresh the souls of the unwilling slaves—your 3 * ngaase cf Jiving fire will reanimate and quicken the drooping sons of toil , and your bright example will say to every lover of his spades— " Fuilow ma . "
We are devotedly attached to ycur psrson , to t £ e Star , to our piincrDiCS , and to our Natioanl Charter Association—we daim you as ours ; aad us fir as our bumble efforts go , we wi . l rally rcuad you and . cui paper in this great and protracted strgele for our rights —we say , then , in the f ullness of our souls " go on in fiiis holy work , go on , aad may the ten thousand blessings of the widows , the fitherless , and those who are ready to perish , encmrage y-.-n in jour way , and 311 & 7 cmr ~ funri &nt * c : Tx » ticri 3 soon l > o r i * i 1 itrcr ^ ; tliat you "wish the whip of small cords ( the principles of our
darter ) backed by your four millions of disciples , may dear the den of ithieTes , and gain what we , the po-jr , axe so anxiously seeking ; int T . hat Tories aad Whigs , Conservatives and Repealers , are striving to keep from ¦ as , our national redemption . " May yon , Sir , sooa conquer yonr enemies and curs , and may yon and we , and all our brethren in adversity soon possess our liberty , and Jong lire to enjoy the wise legislation of a Parliament chosea by the universal people , upon the principles of tha Pecple ' s Charter , - " " Is the fervent desire of Your brother and sister Chartists of the town of Nottingham .
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Brethren , —We must also congratulate you on the rapid extension of our association ; as will be seen by the statements in our address to the people , every day adds fresh increase to our ranks , and gives us greater cause to deem our efforts to promote organisation successful . We rejoice to find that our having , in our several addresses , exhorted the Chartist bsdy to union , has gone far to subdue the spirit of dissension , and imparted in many hearts , hitherto dissatisfied and rest less , a desire to " bear and forbear . " This being the case , we shall not on tha present occasion particularism the very few remaining ca 3 es of disagreement ; but we once more invoke union and brotherly cooperation , urging these as absolute y necessary to the triumph of Chartist principles , now so rapidly progressing .
In each of the cases brought by private communica tion under our notice , we find every obstacle to our interference , but not the slightest difficulty in the way of amicab e arrangement by the patties immediately concerned . We hope , therefore , to be expected to say no more , and W 3 look with confidence for a speedy adjustment of all disputes .
THE CONVENTION . The Convention is positively to assemble in London on Tnesday , the 12 th of April , 1842 . A desire on the part ef the Executive to give full effect to tha operations of the People ' s Parliament , has led to this postponement But it mus-t be distinctly understood that no other delay will take place . It is an error on the part of ihe General Councillors and other officers of the Association , to defer matters of importance to the last moment This neglect of dnty too frequently embarrasses the Executive , and occasions delays and postponements that otherwise wonld not ^ ccur .
It is therefore impressively urged on our Members , immediately upon the declaration of the Ballot , to proceed to the election of members for the Convention in public meetings , convened by hand-bills , in all papulous parts of the several districts , to raise the necessary funds , ani to procure signatures to the petition . It is further resolved , that , all circumstances permitting , the Convention Bbnll sit three weeks instead of one MONTH . This will diminish the funds required , iu the piopoiton . of £ 3 to each representative , and render the expences much lighter .
The people in all pints of the country are earnestly requested to abide by the electoral and representative allotments already made . If this bo not the case , disagreements may occur in the EEseaibly of the Convention , which wiH serioRsly affect the demonstration to be made . Cornwall , D . von , and Derset , it appears , will be unable to send a delegate . We , therefore , recommend onr friends in this district to consider themselves represented by the Convention in general , and to contribute any amount of funds they can raise , to the general treasury , to assist such districts aa may have a difficulty to contribute their fair proportion .
SCOTLAND . We earnestly impress on the Chartists of Scotland the propriety of signing the National Petition , and ef Bending representatives to the Convention . The grounds of objection to the Petition are so futile , that we cannot imagine they "will influtnee to any great extent the conduct of our Seotch brethren .
GENERAL TREASURER . We havs appointed Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane , Flett Street , London , to receive moneys for the General Convention Fucrl . Jlr . Cleave will publish weekly in the Slar , Vir . lica ' , ifc-, an account of moneys received . THE PETITION . Our members in the various p ^ rts of the kingdom are particulirly ur ^ cd not to relax in their exertion to obtain signatures . Taking advantage of the present tone of public fee'rin ? , they may swell the numbers immensely , and add still greater etrength to the Peopl 3 "s cause .
PKESSNIATIOS OF THE PETITION . Previous to the presentation , Meetings will be held in every part cf the Metropolis , and on the day cf presentation an imoianae procession will accompany it to the Housa of Commons . next meeti :-: g of the execctive . Unless circumstances urgently require it , the Executive will not re-assemble until the Convention meets Should their combined services , however , be previously required , due notice will be given of the time and place of sitting .
GENERAL ARGUMENT . Brethren , —On your nuicn , your industry , and energy , depends tha success or failure of this important movement . "We ur ^ o you , not -with common earnestness , to be prompt ami z ^ bns , convinced that the result -will yitld ample To vrard . During the whole agitation for the Charter , no time more seriously demanded yoar most active exertions' ilrm tha present Look to the rciny indications of public feeling in our favour , and ask oursolve 3 , ought we not at this time to display a firnmtss oi unioa and strength , too strong to be defied ,
tioimp ^ Tt'Tif . tv > i-s rii ^ r ^^ nTr ! r-ii . &ll-conimandinK . and inspiring hope and joy iu tho breast of every anxious approTor of our dMigus ? R ^ ol re at once , tlien , to Lake up with energy and dctsiaiinallaa , a work so honourable to your 3 elvo 3 , and so promising of a great and glorious reward . Yc-uns , in the cause of liberty , P . M . STDouaLL . J- Leach . JIosgan Williams . R . K . Puilp . J . Campbell , Secretary .
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THE HUMBUG TRAP . Vie last week warned the people agaiust falling into the enare of the " extension" men . We have this -we . k to laud the brave men of Sheffield ,-who anticipated our caution by driving the humbugs cut of their cunning fastness , on the Friday , the day before our paper appeared . The Repealers played a dtcp game on that occasion . The resolution they proposed was the following one : —
" Having loet all confident in the Government and ihe Hr-cse of Common 3 . is tt present constituted , and . lei- ' ring not only the repeal of bad laws , but a guarant-sc f-jr future good government , and fearing those uniaj > py outbreaks which rnnsl result from tha continued oppression and starvation of the people : being also convinced that no effectual remetiy will be provided until it be placed in tha powsr of tlia people : This mating is of cpVaion that the franchise ought to be -x ' endfcd to every mar . twenty-one- years of 8 ge , of ... jund mind , untainted with crime , with the security of ' - cret voting , n"d Euch otter matters of det .-. il as may c-i- found necessary to the honest and practical working oat of the system . "
Only think of this specious pieco of special pleadingbe-ins mcvod by Palfheyman , the Whig attorney who prosecuted all the Sheffield Chartist victims Specious , however , as was the bait , and greasy as was the lawyer ' s red rag wrapped rouad it , the " lads" wouldn ' j swallow it . They brought out their amendment for the Charter , aad the Charter only . This is the way to do the business . We repeat our position of last week . Let not one
; of iaa people ever forget it . If these men have Io 3 t ; all hopo from the House of Commons under any but j aCharttr snffr 3 ge } their continuance of the Repeal \ s&ui ? ion is absurd and useless ; their whole energies : should bo concentrated to the carrying of the ' Charter , as the means necessary to their end ; if they neglect or hesitate to do this , they . affcrd evi-• dence that their agitation i 3 insincere , and that their : only pcTposs is to " m e" the people , and then trample ¦ on and Fe ' ii ihevc .
L-. n ' ai poople now mark such of the middle- class men , the '• ' "Repealers , " and " extension" bawlers , a- ha ^ v become so suddenly converted te the Charter . Lui them bo Jcluded by these men into a jointagit&T-on for Corn Law Repeal and the Charter ; . "• 3 d vrc ieH them cow that the Repeal will bo got , vhilc « I : u Charter Viill hi thrown overboard , and that then the power of the two factions will be aeain cone-sutraied to crush the Chartists . A furious Etc-iia of persecution will follow ; aai the very men who are now , in thu effervescence of their new-born zeal for the Ch ^ r ' : er , moving and seconding resolutions for it in speeches of a French Revolution character , will be
ioremost of the vanguard of " property" and " pri-Tiieiro "; the firsfc to prosecute , hang , drown , and transport the Chartists . ? fay , we tell them that they are even now forming their plans for the future attack ; that they are now deliberately setting oa their oirn incendiary praters to make oases of * ' illegal and seditious meetings" for which they hope to induce the Tories to prosecute the Chartists . Let us not be misunderstood . What we mean is this . There is now a purpose among the more forward and more crafty of the " repeal" aad " liberal" party , if they cannot provoke the people to come in contact with the law ? , to do so themselves aid lay the blame upon th » peop e . Thcii ; purpose to inflime and stir op feelings oi resentment among the peopjaln the
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hope that outrage may ensue , ' is e-vident even from their indidioue Sheffield resolution , in which they affect to " fear that outrage may ensue . " Now what should the villains fear ? They know that the people will be quiet . enough if they will let them—much too qaiet for their purposes ; and hence the fiery harangues of their own tools are even now palmed on the Chartists , and pointed out to Government for prosecution in their own organs . We select one of them for the present—one that has an extensive circulation amongst , and that we believe possesses much of the confidence of the "Repealers" and " extension " men . —the York Courant . That paper is now before
us . We find in it a short notice of the meeting at Bradford , last week , in which the Chartists were gulled into a coalition meeting for Corn Liw Repeal and the Charter . At that meeting , Mr . Forbes , a Corn Law Repealer , an " extension" man , and a rich middle class man , made one of the most violent and inflammatory speeches that wo have read for a very long time . Wo certainly never read anything like it in any Chartist speech , not evtn in the maddest of the dog days of Governmental influence and spy agitation . Not a single word does the Fork Courant say about this speech of Mr ., Forbes' ; but he says that among the speakers at the meeting was : —
"Mr . Arran , a Chartist , who said it was for the middle classes to say whether the rights of the people Ehould be obtained by bloodshed or without it , " - - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ carefully printing the word " bloodshed" in italics Now supposing that Mr . Abeatt did U 3 e the expressions attributed to him , ( of which we require better evidence than the testimony of this rabid partizan writer before we believe it , )—what then ? Why should the York Courant single out that expression
sever it horn its contest ; and take special care to say that it was used by " Mr . Aeran , a Chartist" ? Is it not clear thai the fiendly purpose is to invite the attention of tha " strong Government" to the strong language of Mr . Foebes , the middle-class extension man ; and so to make "Mr . Arran , the Chartist , " answerable and punishable for all his sedition ? Was it not thus that poor Ashton , who is now languishing in Wakefield Hell , got two years' imprisonment for being present at an illegal meeting though he did not speak at all ?!
We are determined that if the people do at this time sell themselves , it shall not be with closed eyes . They shall know their position . They shall ece what lies before them . We will warn them ; and if they -will not heed us , we have at least delivered our own souls . If it be asked what we advise , we reply briefly—Have nothing at all to do with "Extension" or Corn Law Repeal . Suffer no resolutions on these subjects to pasB at any public meetings . Negative them as fast as they are proposed , and stick to the Charter , and the Charter only . In this advice we arc sustained by tho delegates of South Lancashire , from whose excellent address we give the following p&ssages , commending them to special notice : —
" Brother Chartists , we emphatically call upon you to do your duty . At public meetings be firmi resolute , and determined . Allow fair discussion . Act as becomes men seeking your liberty ; raise no clamour or confusion , —let the middle class have this part of the business to themsclre ? , —and ai all and every risk stand upon your Charter . At all meetings publicly convened , be at your post . And the best way to test the honesty of the middle class 13 to enforce your amendments for the Charter . Do not be juggled ^ allow no compromise , but by sound argument and reason defend at every hazard the principles which it contains .
" You are now arrived at a period when a false step might injure the cause you have so much at heart . If the middle classes are coming out to join the Chartists , see that there be no mistake about the matter ; and if they object to the Charter , then you will know what to think about them . The times are too serious to be trifled with ; we must be sober , active , and persevering ; every man must work as though the whole weight depended upon him .
" In order , therefore , to guard against the rmsrepresentations of a factious press , you must not by any means allow the Charter to bo-a-secondary measure ; nor must it bo allowed to bo appended to any other resolution . Try your strength at the beginning of the meeting , -while the first chairman sits . Never let it be said that you elected another chairman to carry the Charter . Do every thing honestly , fairly , legally , and properly , and triumph , and complete victory , is sure to be the result , and you will beheld up as men deserving to be free . The middle classes have already shewn signs of retreat ; follow them up , then ; and armed and stimulated as you are by justice , virtue , and truth , you will oblige them to yield toasenr sible and a determined people . "
To these remarks we add another ; and it 13 this : At all public meetings , not only leave the clamour and confusion to the middle-class men , but watch them carefully in language and . demeanour . "' -. Let nothing come from us but fair and sound argument ; and if any one of the middle class dare insult a meeting of intelligent working men by sly insinuations of physical force , or by vapid spluttering firebrand Btuff , euch as many of the " Repealing " "Extension" gentry are now using , let him beat once admonished that it is seen through , and that " it won't do" . Let the people instantly treat him to a volley of hisses—nothing more ; let the Chartist leaders , if any be present , instantly
appeal to the Chairman , and insist on decent and gentlemanly language being used by the speakers . Jf the Chairman neglect his duty , and this truculent ^ language be still continued , let the meeting refuse to hear another word . Let this plan be taken , aud be taken all over , and the " ash" of thesegeiitry will be " settled . " Tho people will at all events find what they really are . And we fear that they will find all their zeal for liberal measures and tho people ' s rights to have been assumed for selfish purposes . In any case , if true to themselves , the people must succeed . Their only chance of failure is iu suffering themselves to be again made an appanage of Whiggery .
SPIES ABROAD ! PEOPLE BEWARE ! In the Manchester Guardian , of last Wednesday , appears the following extract : — " MER . TH 1-B .. —There is a report very prevalent that the Chartists are again on thu move ; mettii ' ijjs are ht-ld every night , and a club is also in existence * where each member pays a certain enm monthly , for bujirg muskets and ammunition . No Itsa than eix hundred muaketa arrived at Merthyr last wttk , which were sold to the members of the club at 13 s . each . This is ominous , and we are extremely afraid that , weru a rise to tike place , numbers would join the infatuated wretches , as maDy are in actual . waufof food ; and the distress and poverty exi sting in the neighbourhood is AtdndirxL—CarmaiiJien Journal . "
Now , whether this be a Whig or Tory lie , it may bo somewhat diffioult to say ; but that it is a lie , hatched and propagated by one or both factions there can be no manner of doubr . The Welsh Chartists have had enough of spy outbreaks . They will not again bo led into the enare . Waliave no fears for them as a body ; but in large public bodies there are always some individuals whoso want of penetration or of patience may make them the unwitting tools of villany ; and it is for fear that there should be in Wales but one working man of this charaoter , who might be sacrificed by the mdnsterej that we notice this fiead-like trick .
It may be a mere Whig he . It may be that the wretches think that they aro carrying the hoax a little too far , and they- are iii danger of raising up a monster iu the Charter agitation j wh ; ch will yet destroy them—and that hence this " . bugaboo" of physical force and secret clubs and muskets ia revived to deter the more timid from coming over to the Chartist camp too fast or too fully , ' It . may be that the Tories , who are' now in jiower , seeibg nd fearing the approaching func-
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tion of the Whigs and Chartists for the destruction of monopoly , are working on the old and known tactics of their party ; . ' . that they have employed creatures to do their bidding , to go from hoix 8 Qid house , or from mine to mine , among the mountains , inflaming aud exasperating thepeople ' . secretly ,, and providing them with arms , for the purpose of handing them over to the " strong / Government ' as a pretext forail onslaught onthe shadowy forms of freedom , whioh yet still . exist though in name only . One thing is ^ certain * t , hat the power of the people is fearott alike by all factiona ; and ; -that ; they fear it just ia pvopoition to its reaaon « ing calmness and organised firmness . They will go
every length ; they will stick at nothing to break in upou bur ^ phalanx ^ Let then the ^ peoplemind what they areabout . The times wpre never more critical than now—every artifice that Hell can furnishis in requisition to destroy them . Let them read and hear the Bpouting xaying 3 of the Whig repealers and " extension" men at their several meetings—filled with JBcohdiary insinuations aud . inflammatory deriunciations from end to end ^ --while yet if but a single one of them should suffer himself id be led into the folly of acting on the advice tendered to him , he would find his vociferous friends to be the very men who , Bitting on jaries and . grand juries , would senten oe the " violent and dangerous Chartist" to imprisonment or transportation .
Let the people then bewaro ! Let them go right on with tUeir own agitation for the Charter peacefully but determinediy , as they have hitherto done ; Let them take care that no othek agitation shall be carried on in their name . Let the Charterihe whole Charter—and nothing but the Charter , until that be obtained , be their reiterated cry at all public meetings and iii all petitions ; but let them dp all peacefully—as peacefully as they last week ejected Mr . Baines from the seat of honour to which he aspired in the Court House ; where without a particle of pre-ooncert , without a single violent expression or hard word , without ; deigning to
waste words at all upon him , their uplifted hands settled the matter in a moment . Let them adopt this plan in '' every :- thing . Let them quietly , but surely—peacefully , but unmistakeably—chuck overboard everything but the Charter . But let them , as we always did advise , spurn from them , as a wretch who seeks only to betray them , every man ^^ who even hints at secret clubs , at muskets , at stack firing , or at any other proces than that of morally and peacefully concentrating their energies for the attainment of their own rights without infringing upon tho 3 © of others . We know that plans are being laid fob .
THEIR ENTRAPMENT J AND WE TBUST TO THEIR PHUDENCE AND PERSEVEHANCE TO SEE TUK 1 NEERNAI MONSTEKS F 0 II . ED AND LAUGHED AT .
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TUE DUNDEE CHRONICLE . Nothing affords us more pleasure than to be able ^ if we have unwittingly done or said any thing calculated to injure a noighbour , to afford reparation . In our last number , a note to correspondents appeared , haying reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , in which we say " he is the Editor of a ' ' professedly ' . ' Chartist nowspaper . " We have since that receiyed a letter from Mr , Carrie , the manager of the Dundee Chronicle ^ informing us that Mr . Richardson has now no connection with that paper ; that his connection with it ceased about three week *
ago ); and th 3 t it is now edited by Mr . J . 0 . Lamont , formerly of the Scottish Patriot Offioe , Glasgow . We certainly did refer to the Dundee Chronicle as the " professedly Chartist paper , " of which Mr . Richardson was ; Editor . Mr . Richardson ' s accession to that paper was made fay its managers matter of public announcement ; and , as we wore not aware that any public announcement of his disconnection from it had appeared , we ; of course , took it for granted that he still conducted it . Henco our designation of it as a prefessed / yCh&Ttist paper "; for until Mr . R . J . Richardson shall
haro met and satisfactorily answered the black charges of treachery and villany distinctly preferred against him by his own townsmea , we caa have no faith , either in him or in any paper p £ which he may have theconducing .. . Most gladly therefore do we make the announcement for our Dundee friends , that their paper is no longer in the hands of such a xuaii , butiu those of Mr . J . O . La Mont , whom we know to have a considerable share of talent , aud whom wo believe to be as good a Chartist as can live . Iu such hands , we hope to find in the Dundee Chronicle a helpmate in the good work , worthy of
our most cordial approbation ; and we shall hope not less to see the good men and true of Scotland remembering thai -their- own local organ is the property of working men , that it i 3 devoted to their cause and interests , and deserving of their best support . We were mo 3 t sorry , but not at all surprised , to hear that for somo time the Dundee Chronicle has been declining . We have no doubt that its rise will be now more rapid than its decline has ever been ; anil that we Khali henceforth fiad it , lika ourselve ? , clothed in ihe panoply of public confidence , ; arid fighting by our 8 ide the battles of the people against ¦ " fraud , treacheryv corruption , and oppression , in all their numerous and hatsful ibrm 3 .
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Brief Boles bob the GFovBENMENr opall wh © WEiTK FOB . THIS EAfER , : — 1 . Write legibly . Make as few erasurea and interlinea tions ias possible ; In writing ilamea of persons sad places be more particular than usual to make every ' ¦;¦ ¦ Wter distinct and clear—^ alao in using words not : ¦' .. EoglishT - ' ; . . . . . . ' " ¦¦¦ .. ' v " - " - '; - '" . ' . : ¦ •¦ ¦ . ¦ . - - " ¦ - ' - ; - ' ¦ ' ¦'¦'¦ - ¦ ' ' ¦' * ¦' . % WH ^ OTd ^ oW , oiieHde » fViepa 3 . Employ no abbreviaUona whatever , but write out every word in fulli ¦ ¦ . . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ /¦ . \ . . "' -v . ; -: " ¦ . - ¦ . '¦ . ¦"¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. - - ,. ' . 4 . ' Address communications not to any patticuiar person , I ; - ' ; but ; to "The Editor . " ' -. ' . ' ¦ . " ¦ , ;¦ ' ¦ ;• " -. ••' ¦ "' . / . ;; : ¦ ¦ : . 5 . When you alt down to write , don't be in a huny . Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing .
6 .. Remember that we go to press on Thursday ; that one aide of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; that we are obliged to go on filling up the paper the whole week , and tbAVtherefpre , when a load of matter- ' . comes by the last one or twppo ^ ts , it unavoidably ¦' -, happens that much of it is omitted ; and that it is ' therefore necessary to be prompb in your conimuni-, cations . ¦'• : "¦ ' .. - " : ¦/¦ ¦" ' , ' ¦ , ; - . ' ¦ ' . ' - . ' ' .. ' . ' , " : All matters of news , reports of meetings , &c . i " &ii referring to occurrehcos on Friday , Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday . ; ' evening ' s post ; Wednesday ' 8 occurrences by Thursday ' s post ¦; and Thursday '« news by Friday morn-, iug'ia post , for second edition . Any deviation from
this order of supply will necessarily subject the matters so received to the almost certainty of rejection or seri « us curtailment , and we take no blame for ¦' ' ' «• - ¦ : ¦ V :, ¦ : /' ::. r ¦ : •'" / - '¦; ' ¦ . ' ' . v ' .. ; ; -X : / .: V . ; ; - All" personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their , chance of insertion for that week wiU be yery small indeed ; if not here by Wednesday we don't hold ourselves bound even to ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' notice them . : ' . '¦ " ; '; : ¦ . ¦ • . - ; - ' ; ¦••• " . ' . ¦ : ' - : ' -V 7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we bave no interest in preferring one town or place to another , because ours is not a local but a national paper ;
that -we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter whick coine to us , to hold the flcales of Justice evenly—our first abject being the promotion and enhancement , according to our own bestjudgvnenl , ef'tha success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of oar time and space so as ^ to give least cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to this course of action by inclination , interest , and duty ; and that , therefore , it is useless and senseless for individuals to fame and fret , and tbink themselves ill used be cause their conitnunications may not always be
inserted , or for societies to trouble their heads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon us for devoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or tot inserting this thing whieh they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . All these ate matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so fax as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings .
Books for Review raay be left for this Office at Mr . ; John Cleave ' s , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , Xondon . PUBtiC Funds . —To prevent mistakes , let it be especl . ally noted that all monies received by pur Cashier for the vatious Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of " Notices to Correspondents , " and that he te answerable only for the sums there advertised to havei been received . ^ Money Orders to this Office . —rQur cashier . is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience utterly inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plaiti instructions so often jgivenito make all money orders sent here payable id Mr . John Abdill . Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr .
Hill—some to Star OiBce : all' lliese require the signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can ! be got . This causes an attendance at the post-office oj ' , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it . Several old agents , who certainly ought to know belter , have often thus jieedlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the Slar Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend , to them ; if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to . themselves , let them not blame us .
To Agents . —A great portion of the Orders of our Agents whioh Bhould be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have como on the Friday often . This may ba occasioned by the delays of ¦ the mails , owinj ? to the weather , but there certaiiilyis no reason why the Agents at Hull , Liverpool , and even TBarnsley and Bradford , should send their Orders to reach thiai ' . ' OfficeJust at the time the papers are going out of it . Any Ordkus not in the Office on Thursdays cannot be attended to : and any paoers returned in Consequence of orders being late will uot be credited .
CORRESFONDKNTS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . — tondon—T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , " Knightsbridge . Manchester—W . Griffin , 34 , Lomasstreet , Bank Top . . Birmingham—George : tVhite , 29 , Bromsgrove-street Newcastle—Mr . J . Sinclair , Gateshead . Simderland—^ lv . J . Williams , Messrs . Williauis and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr G . J . Ilatney , news agont , 33 , Campo-lane . Chartist Apdresses . —The General Secretary—" Sir . John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer— - Mr . Boger Pindtir , Edward ' s-square , Edward ' splace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to the Frost , Williams . and Jones Restoration ^ Committee—3 ;
VfYLkinaon , 5 , Cregoe Teirace , Bell s Barn Road . Bir . mingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist ; Blacking Maker ; Tavist ^ ck-strett , Plymouth . Notice .- —Any 5 tors , or oiBer papers , sent to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Dempsey , No . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Sir . P , M . Brophy , -who has resigned . Derby . ——The friends of this neighbourhood . havins' communications for the Star , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement , are requested to send them to Mr . Thomas Briggs , care of Mr . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumptre-square , Darley-lane , Derby .
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Mr . Robert Cruthers , News Agent , Newcastle , and his AccovtiT * ^ ^ at this Office . — We have received ^ by the Newcastle post , a document , purporting to emanate from "the friends of the Northern Star , tohose iiatnes are enclosed " giving great credit to Air . Cruthers for his efforts and sacrifices to sustain the Northern Star trihis neighbourhood , and protesting , in strong terms , against some alleged ill iisage of that person in reference to his accounts at this office , about which it seems there is some dispute between him and ' ourfinancial manager . The document is in the Handwriting of Mr . Cruthers ; or at all 1 events in the same handwriting as many letters
ivhxch we have received bearing that person'' ) signature . Tlvc " namesenclosed '' are upon very dirty slips , apparently cut from some old petition ' sheets , to the number of 112 ; inclxiding among them " Robert Cruthers , Shakspearestreet , " ' Thomas ^ Horn , Market-street ^ "Thos . Gray i Grey-street" "William Byrne and F . W . ¦ "Hume , I , Cloth Market ? : and "John Blakey , Sidei *';' . ' : All ihese parlies , and others , to the number of 112 inalt ^ are made to "repudiate with d ' . sguat" a notice in our last , referring the readers of-the Star in Newcastle , who might no yet have received medats and plates due to them to Messrs . France and Co ., from whom they might receive them , and to" claim their medals
and plates off Mr . Cruthers . " Now , supposing this list of 112 names to have been genuinely attached by the parlies to the document within which they were enclosed , we can then only tell iht'sc parties that the affair is one in which we cannot interfere , ahdin which we cannot acknowledge their . nght--tq ' : i ^ etf ^ re ^ - ^ The [ . financial affairs of this office are in the hands of a gentlemannhom we know , and who we know will do ri g ht . Any disputes as to matters of money accounts between him and Mr . Cmthers , are matters with which the vubscribers have nothing , at all to do . Their only business is to look to-thefulfilment of our engagement to provide plates and medals for thevi . That was done by our notice in / ait Week ' s Star . We have provided
plates and medals for dl , l subscribers ; and we think that the least privilege we can daim in the matter is that of saying that they shall not be had through the hands : of an agent tch o does not pay his accounts . ^ We said this in the most dslicate manner possible , riot assigning tlie reason for the reference of Mr . Cruthefs subscribers to another agent far their plates and medals . We shouldnptnoio have done so , if this " repudiation with disgust" had not compelled us . We have written this on the supposition that the names enclosed are genuine signatures to Mr . Cruthers ' * document ) butthere is -quiteenough ofevidence on the face of the slips on which the " names enclosed' arc written to convince « s that the whole is an impudent fabrication . ' V
Reubex IJqtvthorP' recommends , for the' svpportof the Convention , an / extra subscription for one . V "; rtioiith , ai ' : 1 s ., rf . » or Rd . which Jie feels sure . eyery mechanic in London , whp is ihemployment , ' ought verywell tospat- ( A' ,. v ^ v
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George Lindsay would humbly suggest that every locality belonging to the National Charter Asso ciation-do immediately call public meetings of the members , to take into consideration the present middle-class movement for Universal Suffrage , ¦ founding a resolution on their terms » f a union with the above classes . Those conditions . to be sent , without delay , by each sub-secretary to the people ' s servants , ( the executive , ) so that ; they , and the ( leadersfin general ^ by having such .: instructions ,, may act with confidence in ' each
other ; and by this means , break the enchantment cf trickery , to that we can properly understand ' ¦' : ¦¦ : ¦ "' eachother . ' . " . ^ -v ;' = ¦ - ' . '¦ . ¦¦ .. - '¦ . ¦¦ ¦ :. ;' : ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦; -v- - " / . •/ Several Communications , written on both sides , have been laid aside ' ¦; in future ; all , . so ; written . willie ; '' ^ . , '¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ; '¦¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ •• - ¦ . •• '• - - . '"¦ :. -: ? ' r ' ¦ -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - /¦ ' . J > M'Pherson , —Thanks for his reporL . We had ^ received one , which was i » type before , his favour ¦ ' ¦ : arrived . ¦¦ ... .- - ' - V ' :- *¦ ' % - -. ¦" . •¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ -. V " ' - ' -: " .. ' : ' Gur Glasgow Coruespohdent will please take more room between his lines , and write mare distinctly . It is very difficult . tq make out his MS . ";" .-.
TO THE EDITOR O * THE NORTHERN STAR . guy—In yeur notices to correspondents' of last Saturday ' s paper , you remind the Chartists of Great Britain of a , working ; man obtaining two hundred signatures to the petition in five nights , after lie had left his empioyment . In order to stimulate ¦ others to do likewise ^ I beg ; to lay before you another instance of a similar nature : —A real democrat , of the old scapol , aged 68 . living at Chasewater , between Trnrp and Redrnth , having a couple of petition sheets left him a short time ago , has sent them back to Trurp filled up » and several hundreds more , though he baa to attend very long hours in a shop .. Young men of Cornwall ,. do : you not blush j ¦ :- '¦ :. / : ' . '' ;; ¦ . ¦ . -.:. ¦ " ;;
: J , H . ibNGMBAD , Truro , PS . At a meeting of the National Charter Association , Truro , a yote of thanks ¦ was voted to Mr . Hamyn , for bis valuablei semcea in obtaining tha said signatures . : '• ' ; ¦ : ¦ : ' . . /¦ : ;¦ ' . : ¦ : ' ¦ - ' - ¦ -. ' ¦ '"¦' ¦ Tyne and Wear Pitmen . —Their address should be sent to the Sunderland and Durham County ¦ ^ . .. \ Heraldw , ; ,. ¦ ¦ . - - ¦ ¦; ' . . ' - ¦ - '¦ ¦ ' - . '" ¦ . k .,. ' . ¦ ¦' - . /¦ - ¦ :- . • '' Hebden Bridge Chartists . — -We cannot give the addresses of Chartist localities toihebodygenerally . We should need six Stars to insert them all , without any thing else-: and then they would never be redd ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ -C ' ; ' " ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦ -. ' ' ¦ " ' ¦ > - - : ) - ' . " Richard Francis BuRKE . ^ - fTe have ot room for his communication . ; v David John begs to inform our friends of Mold , ^ Flintshire , ond others , that there it a : Welsh paper , called the Trumpet of Wales , a thorough ¦ Chartist publication * It may be had by applying
to Williams avid John , Geor&e Town , Merthyry Glamorganshire , Wales . The Chartists at Merthyr Tydvil earnestly request that those places which have nominated a delegate for Herefordshire and Monmouthshire , will send to . Mr . David Davies Smith , George Town , Merthyr , the probable amount of money they will be able to subscribe towards supporting their delegate in the forthcoming Convention . All Communications belonging to the Dewsbury District must be addressed to James Fox , in care Of William Rohahaw , Good Samaritan Inn , Bond-street , Dewsbury . . - LoNDOH . ^~ Messrs . Sitnpson , Cuffay , and Drake , treasurers to the Lohdon Council , will be happy io receive any sums which may be collected for the wives of those : exiled patriots , Jones , Williams , and Roberts , which they will remit to the proper quarter . ' > .-:.. " . ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ Wv ' . " ^ , '' ¦ : ¦ Thomas Welsford . —We have no room .
W » H . CMircON . —We believe the letter was reeewed , but was hhut out by pressiqf matter : Samuel Lockwood . —Our space isfulL A CHARtiST .- ^ -7 'Ae sporting is not worth contracting . John Thomson , Hamilton , sends for } our present paper of the 26 th a report oj" djneeting on Monday ofthe 1 th 6 urrentj—ratherstale . Stockpqrt Jpvenii . es must excuse us ; we cannot findroom for their ctddress . ~ '¦¦'¦ '•" : " . ' .-. ' . ;' - ' -. ' .. ; . - ¦ ' .. W . Jackson . — P . O . Rock , County Tyrone , Ireldnd prays for a little Star light . "' T . Forsyth . —We cannot publish the statement he sertds . It would be liable te prosecution as * ' - ¦ - libuL : ¦¦ ¦ . '¦ - - " - " :: ¦ - -. : •' " ¦ : ¦ : ' :: ¦ ¦ - . :. ' - . ' .. " . ' ¦ ¦ " -. W
Geoboe Peake--7 «« Com LawRepealer about wh&m he enquires is Edward Baines , editor of the Leeis Mercury , in which the herring soup recipe appeared , with alt due editorial itdnours . Roger Pinder Would be obliged to James Boardman , formerly of Sheffield , if he would send his address to R . Pinder , Edward ' s-square , Edward * s-pla 6 e t Hull . : / :: ' - " >• '¦' ., - ' ' or ' ' ¦ ¦ -:: ¦ ¦' Rochdale Repeal Meeting— We have received a communication , signed" John Leach , " on behalf of the Chartists of Rochdale , in reference to there '
port of this meeting inourlast . ' It seems that the Rochdale friends think thai report calculated to beget anideathatMr . Thomas Livesey had gone over to l / ie Anti-Corn Law camp ; and they send , therefore , a long account ' of ' all the circumstances , from which it appears clearly that this is not so ; tlmt the whole affair was one of compromise on the part of ihe Corn Law repeaUrs ; who con ~ sented that one of their men , E . ChadwickyEsq . should secpnd the resolution for the People ' s Charter ^ if Mr . Liyesy would second theirs denouncing Peel ' s new Corn Bill .
T . J . — Hebden Bridgets a heartless fellmv . Whether the circumstances which he details w ' Uh so much glee and humour be "fortunate" or otherwise for the female in question , it is a matter which must have sufficiently wourided 7 ier feelings s without being thus made the subject of unfeeling ¦ fat' -:. - ::: " . - ¦ : ¦ : ¦ " : I-- ' " ¦ * . ' . ' ¦ '' : ""' * . ' ¦ ' " ¦'¦'¦¦;'"¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' Notice . —All those towns which have not paidup their arrears to the West Riding Fiind , are requested so to do without delay , to Mr . Robshaw , the Good Samaritan Inn , Dewsbury . ;
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J . Henderson , Belfast . — -The question was asked as to "how we could send his platesV' His answer was , " per . Paton and Love , Glasgow . " Theff were sent immediately . : V J . Stein , Alva . —The'parcel hasgone . ' ,-. C . S . C , Leith . —Send 8 d . more . J . Elms , Newton abbott . —The medals were sent to Mr . Cleave onthe , 30 / 5 of ' lastNovember . TOR THE CONVENIION . ' . . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦¦ ; "¦ '¦ '" ¦ ¦•'¦ ' . ' ¦ . - '¦"' : ' : ' £ r n . -i .: \ From the Chartists of Morley ... 0 12 0 FOR THE O ' BRIEN PRESS . From the Northern : Star Reading Society , Glasgow , per Wm . Anderson ... ... 0 10 0
MRS . FROST , MRS , WILLIAMS . AND MRS . JONES . From Daisy Hill , near ..-Bradford , per J , Kitchen ... ... «« 6 6 0 The 4 s . from J . Hogaith , MansSeld , noticed Jan . 29 , should have been Is . THE DEyONSHiHE COKVESTlON FUND . From the men of Plymouth , per .- T . Smith ... ... ... 2 0 6
FOR P . SI . M'pOTrALL . ' From Mary Ann Larkin , Wallworth 0 0 6 ... The Northern Star Reading Society , Glasgow , per Wm . Andersoii ... ... ... 0 10 0
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Selby ,- —An East and North Riding Delegate Meeting was : heldbn Sunday , tbfi 20 th inst ., Mr . R . Piader , of Hull , in the chair , Mr . Wm . Satherbyf secretary , when the various subjects connected with the Chartist cause vrere calmly and carefully discussed , and a resolution pledging the' delegates and oallm" ; upon the Chartistg of the East and North Riding , and Great Britain generally to agitate for nothing short of the whole Charter . Mr . E . Barley , district Fecrctary , havjng arrived , gave an aocount of the financas , when it was observed that the district was £ 1 in arrears th « following rosolutfoHS
were thenmoved : —let , 'Mhat a lecturer be engaged for one mouth , to have thirty-five shillings per week salary , and that Mr . West , of Maiclesfleld be applied to . " 2 nd , *'• That Mr . West lecture his way to and from the distiict . " --Carried . 3 rd ,- ¦ ' * That the next delegate # * ' r-tins be held at Selby , oh Sund ay , the 20 i , h of March , ai half-past ten o clock in the forenoon . " —Carried . Oa the motion of Mr . Smith , delegate from L ^ iede , Mr . Barley retired todrawnp am address to the district , wbicb , when done , was read and unanimously agreed to . Other business connected with the cause having been discussed , the meeting : separated , after having pas 3 ed vots 3 of thanks to the Secretary and Chairman .
, ;¦ . StAFFORD .- ~ -Mr . Campbell , general secretary ^ lectured here on the relative expediency of the Corn Law Repeal : and Charter movements . Discussion was invited , but no disputant appeared . KiUBJssBnpV—Tho Chartists or thi 3 place at thek weekly meeting on Monday evening xliscussed tha various topics of the Vnew move , " tho LeaffMXBi and other &ham friendsi ; and then came to tbbiolow * ing resolutions : —1 st , "That tliis meeting P ^*
lmpucit coniicenpe in F . O'Connor , Esq ., aad all tw honest leaders of the People ' s Charter . * ' 2 nd , ?• thiit this meeting will not agitato for any thing less than the whole Charter , believing that one single point struck from that document would render the whole a mere > bubble . " 3 rd , 'V- That it is the opinion of this meeting that ; every Charter ^ Esociation onjiht on the present occasion to come forward and declare their full confidence in . the present leadera , and their determination to adhere to every poiut ia the People 3 ¦ ¦
Chaiter . " : ' .. ; , / :, ; ' ' ..: . ; ' . :. ' : ;" . V : ;*^ , V " - .-Lees , near Oldham . —A aaeeting , called by the Corn 'Law repealersi' waa -held here on Mbaday . Res 61 miou 9 similar to those Lof Salford and Stock port were adopted . ' ">' -: '' - - ; - ¦ ¦ v- ; -- V :--. v ;¦ f ;
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Th 9 most agreeable part of oar pressDt datv is-to congratulate you all on the irresaiibi * progress cf CUT c&tiss . Evsnts , siac ? we last met , £ 2 ~ e dove inudi to excite in U 3 the most sanguine exp- >; iations , find to convince ns that the labour of j hit dajs are now proddsing ampls re ^ sfard- The position into TrhicaT the several political parties of fee s ' . ate _ havefeeca thro ^ rn , tbron ^ h the operation of ths firui ard anbendijig dstenoinzticn of our ¦ Chartist tTothtrllood , now displays cleariy End coavinciagly tlic
cor-IHB ADDRESS OF THE KXSCUTiVE COUNCIL TO THE SFB-OFF 1 CEKS AND MEMBERS 01 ' THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Bbbthszx , —Again assembled for the perfonnsnee ol &i iapcrtant duties entrusted to our fcan « is , it is oace aore onr plsasicg duty to acquaint y ~ u -Kith onr proceedicg " , aad to pbec tefoie you tti r-. 'snluticns " we have adopted for yonr future guidance r and for fha completion of the great and imr > o ? ts . n « irovsmcnt already put fonrard , asa sanctioned " by yonr universal
approbationlectcsBs of the policy that has hitherto maiisd -cur eosdect- But a short time tince , while- yet there re-Eiaiae ^ a lingering hope on the devosecs c £ WUggerv , We ¦ w era gaierally declaimed against as the enemies of all good , and the purBaers only of self-interest , at ihe expsnaa of a sufferics people . Now , iiowe ^ tr , msa cf judgment aad honesty discern cur real . in > tivss , and the only Lope o ? benefitting the mossi ; ; Ihe baad of cooperation is everywhere { si . uerc-d , and U lies in our p ^ wer sp * tdily to effect the fullest raei-Eire Df otr r > oT 5 irii .
" Brethren , —A 3 car position changes , vfs must sn ~ -t Oar plan of action to t- > e exigencies that exist ; and laving conviaccd al ! reSecting persons thit . \ rs are never to &o div ^ rt « Hl from our purpose , vi ? niiut no ^ 7 < & 07 T that -srhera thera is a . Bincere and honeat deiir to trite Tn ths promotion of the common good , tra are ready to extend the hand of hrotaefly co-cpsrstioii . Bat * o mzst never be made the mtons to ^ in . cnjust fed ; ws cannot subrah to be the tocls r-s . trh ( KS tihoBldersfAct !> u 3 and selfish umrcrs , sbaD be ca . ried to- tfee & £ & of power ; prompted only by a pure , a sa ^ red , sa undyicg love o £ comtry and cf kladred , vre Awft ^ rmly oc&tead tor Mia fall meisure vl joefc ' cc—&a thKtsr- Aad whatever may bo resolved xipozs , -we most see ( as tst as htus » n foresl ^ t , aided by experience faa "* eaacu , eaa peastnte the estire amennfc of jueti « trtthioii Tsacii
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IHE ADDRESS OF THE CHABTIST SHOEMAKERS OF NOTTINGHAM TO FEARGUS ; © "CONNOK , ESQ . rrRE . Hoh'OSEn axo Respxctkd Sis , —We , the Chartst ShoeniakHS cf Nottingham , hail ^ withdelight yonr fisit to our to-sm , an event ranch dtsred snd long expected , and "we tats this opportunity of expressing © or admiration of yonr persevering and gigantic efforts to set oar fettered labour free , and to secure to us and oars , tha benefits cf honest industry . The aynaifions ef legislative poorer may persecute , sad pretended fiitndsby their slanders may try to-rob yon of the fame yon have so jnstly earned ; but -ws view ail -with cold CDEtempt , - while vre tender on ? smull niocu ef praise to the man , who , above an others , has striven to plass the ¦ workman npon an equality ^ rith hk master .
We see with regret the apathy andsoul-les 3 c . ndilion of many of tiie united trades of this country , but hope } by yoar unremitting labours soon to witness a zulghiy erganic change ; it is with sinceiepleasirre th ; i -sri naTe read from time to time , of the raecas 3 of yvixr txcticus amorgst the Traaea of London , and Lave jnyf-iUy followed tho advice you have so often gi-: ui ; , kaoslaz that if that advice had been acted upon by thz- Triits Knmiuuieossly throoghont the country , o ^ r rcdem ^ tiBii wonld hsve been gained long sgc . "Vve -a-oald endeavour to cheer yon on , as ihe champion of the lights of msn and labour , a ^ d as far is v . e are c-jiicenisd , will not be the lsst , not ce . iv to ? houi fortiw Chartar , but to follow yonr bright ' xariple ' ttri 7 iB £ r to work out onr own national salraucr .
F' 2 zrgus , we welcome you tD tha toses ; so . is of Crispin in Nottingham , who will stick to yon like wax , TffMle yoa continue so zialoady to make ot procure a good usDZSSTAJfDiSG for the poor , viz ., Tvages for febcQ" aad &a inheritanca in our Paiilekla ^ L ' .
The 3s T 0ethern Star Saturday, February 26. 1e42.
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Cash Reckivkd By Jainos Guest, For The Wives 0 Messrs^ Jones And Wiliiams:— . ¦ ¦
Cash reckivkd by Jainos Guest , for the wives 0 Messrs ^ Jones and Wiliiams : — . ¦ ¦
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CHARTIST LECTURERS . We know not a more decidedly useful and patriotic body of men at the present time than this . The proud position of the people as to iutelligehoe on matters of moral and political right is owing iu a great measure to their labours and exertions . But as it always happeiis , the lynx eye of corruption eoon discovers an effective spring of action , and as soon labours to appropriate or pervert it ; We have good reason to bcliove that there are now more than ono of the tools of facti 6 n seeking to worm themselves into the graces and good opinions and confidence of
the unsuspecting people as lecturers . Some living by it as an easy trade . Some pretending to follow occupations which lead them through various parts of the country , and to be so full of zeal for the good cause , ihat whenever they can get an opportunity of addressing the Chartists they embrace it ; the staple of their speeches baingj in some instances , specious sophistries , carefully strung together , and calculated to entrap the simple-minded into the hands of the Anti-Cora Law League ; in other cases , artful and malicious tirades against the people ' s leaders ,
aad laborious , though well-disguised , efforts to sow discord in our ranks ; and , in other cases , rascally attempts , by violent firebrand language , to commit their unthinking hearers to the crime of " illegal assemblies , " and " seditiousf language . " All these , and a thousand other tricks as low and mean , are constantly resorted to by tho enemies of justice , to retard the course of our unconquerable agitation for right . This evil may be well met by the universal adopkipn and practice of the plan resolved pa by the delegate meeting at Halifax last Sunday .
" That any lecturer , wishing to visit this district , shall correspond with the District Secretary to that effect , and await his answer / ' " That all lecturers will be requested to produce their credoiitials from the stb > Secretary of the Association they profess to belong to . " . . ;¦ : ; ' . ; . . . ;; ¦' : ' . - .:- ' . ' ¦ ¦ - . :- / . ' - ; - .. - .. ¦ : ¦ - . ¦ . We commend these resolutions to universal approbation . They are evidently calculated to secure the safety of our cause .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1150/page/4/
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