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TKE JN T OB,THER!S STAR SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1842.
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Mb. John Watkins, formerly of Aislaby Hall*
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DEATH OF HENRY FROST.
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Pinders BLACKiNG—The money due this week to. the Executive, from the sale of Finder's blacking is as follows:— - 6>
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TO MR-JAMES WILLIAMS, 5UNDERLAND.
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KTDDEHIYIINSTEia . GIOBIOTJS TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLE OYER ilB . STUBGE 5 SCTTBAGE ETJUBUG . A publie meeting , convened by the Complete Suffrage gentry , was held in the large room of the White Horse Inn , on Monday last . The chair was announced to be taken at seven o ' clock , at a quarter past , there being no sign of a chairman being proposed , ¦ Mr . CfiOtcH rose and said it is now considerably past- the time announced , I Trill therefore propose that Hr . Holloway do take the chair . Mr . Sharp seconded the motion . The metion was put and carried unanimously amid loud cheers .
Mr . Hollow at—Gentlemen , hating been called by you , ana being -willing to render my humble services in aid of any good cause , I consent to fill the chair , and as far as I am concerned , everybody shall have a fair Slid impartial hearing -who may offer tlsemselves to your Botice-rlchfiers . ) He then read theSill , convening the meeting , and said he did not "knoir -who vras about to take part in the proceedings or what the preeise business was , but those -nho intended or lad anything to tiring forward would do so . After a long pause , Mr . W . Charltos , ex-Chartist leader , rose , and . after a long speech , asked the mover and seconder of the chairman if they had signed the declaration . Both said " No . " Mr . C—My purpose is answered .
Mr . Howard then rose and said , he could hardly understand the matter—he never knew anything' like people appointing a chairman as they had done here . He ¦ was in favour of Universal Suffrage ; but he thought no one ought to take part tn $ those who had signed the declaration —( confusion , and cries of " Ho you call that Universal Suffrage ? " ) Mr . Qriss—To prevent confusion , 1 win now move lhat 2 Iz . Holloway do take the chair . Mr . Davis seconded the motioa . Ko one opposing it , it was carried unanimously . Mr- SowAiD—Xow I Ehonld like to know -upon Wliat principles this meeting is to be conducted , and for what special purpose ^ re meet I cannot conceive that any one whe have not signed the declaration has any right to take part in the proceedings—( loud shonts of "Oh , oh !">
Mr . Hitchis—I protest against having a padlock ^ ut upon my mouth . Those gentlemen profess liberality —talk of complets Suffrage ; and yet " want to prevent ike people taking any part in the proceedings . I am a man , and 2 democrat , and claim the right of a man for myself and my fellow . men—( loud cheeis . ) - Mr . Dadswell— -I agree in the . sentiments of Mr . Howard . ( Locd cries of " Oh , oh" from all- parts of the room , which prevented Mi . Dadswell from proceeding . ) The CHAn » u . y—I think everybody should be heard , and therefore reqaestyou to preserve
order-Mr . HOWARD—I should wish my question to be answered as to who are to take part . I came hers decidedly in tarozu of "Universal Suffrage . I have r 4 ad and heard the Chartists with attention often , bnt I do not like their processings this evening . I think no" one should take a part unless they had signed the declaration . Suppose a few persons assembled in my paripur to snj » glees , would you have any right to go and interrupt them ? ( Loud cries of " That wont do , that's privats ; tftii is a public meeting . ") Mr . VT . Chaelio ^ —It is the conviction of my mind that the purport cf this meeting is not understood . About eight days ago ( for I knew nothing" of it before ? , Mr . Dadsweii came to me , and asked me if I should have any tbj £ cilon to move a resolution at such a
metiing as this , convened , as it is , for the purpose of a raconciliatioQ between the middle anfi " « "crkirig elassfes . I told him the object was good , but * sre must not carter principle , but if I am chesen I will go to Birmingham and serve to the best ef my ability . But before I consented I consulted the Rev . H . Price , I considered it to be an augury of good the middle classes coming to me , and who used us so differently before 1832 ; they find they cannot effect good for themselves , ( hear , hear , ) so now come and consult with us" I say I look ai it as an augury of good . If we c a"t unite after the Birmingham conference we shall ttand weiv we did—then why object to allow those men to carry 03 their meeting ? Th ; y had a right to carry en their o-z-n
business , i Ha then read extracts from the Reverend Humphcy Price's letter , a 3 fjlows , ' The odds are in favour of yonr goini ? to Birmingham , as regards that , fchat is , and must be , the consideration with working men , ths money , that will be right The stir of 3 Ir . Sturge , lire that of Mr . Biggs at Leicester will work their effects , and old although I am , I may yet live" to see tte day ? o ! England ' s liber ty &to"i in taking Etich a st- ' j : as Humphrey Price for my guide , T can't do wrong . Because certain persons are cot able to look into ny deep thoughts , they declaim against me . I see five points of the Charter granted here— . 'pointing to tfcv' bill convening the meeting laying on the table . ) Mr . Staixttood—That is not the declaration .
Mr . Chasltgn , in continuation—A stranger says that is not tke declaration ; no . intitia the-opinion of the gentlemen-mooting the declaration . He then spoke of the principles cf the CoaitfcT as though the declaration also contained them . He ecDcluded as follows : — My respected fellow-townsmen , leave the election of delegates to those who have signed the declaration ; let them do their own business , and watch them narrowly ; and if they deceive you , never trust them again —{ cheers from the complete suffragers ) . Mr . Sharp mored that any person wishing to speak , BftrmTfi be heard . Xi . czoves seconded tte motionair . Datis moved as an amendment , that none but inhabitanta of KldderminEtsr should be p&rmitted to address the meeting .
Mr . A > "DEaso > ' seconded the amendment , which being put , about five hands were held up , and all the rest for the original motion , amid tremendous cheering . Mr . HiTCHiy rose loudly applauded , and said , the preceding speaker has the gift of donble sight—( loud Unghter . ) He speaks of eminent men . Now , we have our O'Connors , O'Briens ; BairstowB , -and onr Chartist agitators in general , all eminmt inennone of whom can find more than one point in Stnrge ' s declaration ; yet my predecessor sees five wkere there is but one—( loud laughter and contusion from the Stogites . ) Mr . Hitchen—I have a strong voice , and good lungs , and can make myself heard without - the aid of an orange . ( Loud cheers , and cries of go on . ) Why , you may as well cut off my right arm as cut off one single detail of the Charter . Theae gentlemen tali about the Parliament settling the details—a very
pretty settling it would be—( heal , heat ) The property qualification always reminded him of the basket of rotten eggs—yon may take which you please ; yet tut take which you will , you are sure to bave a rotteB one . ( Loud laughter . ) So it was with these property gentry ; they were all rotten . A true Chartist would stick to principle ; they are sincere or they are not ; if they are , let them show it by joining -us . ( Loud cheers . ) Did Mr . Charlton require counsel- \ "RTjy go to Humphery Price ? True , the eld adage " says two sheep-heads are better than one !—( loud laughter . ) but why not come and take counsel among and with Ms own erder . ( Hear , hear . ) You have no occasion to send men to Birmingham , as our own Convention meets next month . The great mass of the people have declared Storge ' s declaration to be a complete humbug . ( Cheers . ) Follow the example of Birmingham , de- ^ t no delegates . ( Tnunders of apnlause . )
Mr . shab ? said he entered cordially into the feelinj of the previous speaker Who is Mr . Starge ? Is he not the greatest earn factor in the country ; has he not stores arid warehouses in Birmingham , Gloucester , Liverpool , and Bristol and finding he cannot get a repeal of the Corn Laws , goes for complete suffrage ; but ean yon be in two rooms at once ?—( no ;)—neither can you be in two Convections at once ; the purpose must be division . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Sharp concluded by proposing that no delegate be sent from KiddermiTistfir .
Mr . CfiorcH seconded the motion . Mr . Qnss said the Charter iaeast freedom to all ,-—( hear , hear , and cheers , ]—bnt wien he heard pistol , gun , sword , and aye , if he must say it , murderers , advocating Chartism I am disgusted . Who sent Frost , ' Williams , and Jones acrosB the seas , but such men ? Mr . Stnrge is a Tery 'benevolent man ; -witness ils exertions in favour of the black slaves . I came htte -with a little prejudice—I came here detHmiiied to oppose William Charlton going to Birmingham , but I find he is not going to throw overboard the sis points , then where is the nse of our coming here with a deal of bluster ? but I was call&d a black sheep , so I thought I would walk by myself , and left the association ; but I find the great number will cot let me , they will know ,
and refuse to come to my shop because of my being a CharfciJfc . The name of Feargiis O'Connor has always been dear to me . I like the leaders of the Chartistsmany of them ; but while we admit this , we must not Bay ' we adaiire Vincent , L ' ovett , & Co . I see no reason why Charlton should not be sent to Birmingham . I do not see why we should not have one thing that is good—( cries cf " let us have the six points . " ;—the suffrage is no good by itself . I hope you will send Wm , Chaxlton to Birmingham , for I soppose you -will allow me the privilege of proposing him ; show yem respectto W . Cbarltonby electing him . Messrs . Crouch and Howard both rose . Toe Chairman declared Mr Crouch first caught his eye . . Mr . H . then sat down Ms . CaorcH . —Ton have been listening to some talk
about physical force , but the speaker forgot to tell you about Mr . Sturge ' s physical force ; he says the Charter cannot be obtained without the sword , and when thecountry is prepared , my arm Is at their service . As to TJniTetsal Suffrage by itself , you have had pratings about its advantages , but instead of the electors having a controul over tH *> elected , the member wonld contronl the TOter —( hear , hear}—taking for instance the masters who employ two or three hundred men , as Silcock had in this town ; he would say a friend of his was coming , and I should like yon to vote for him . If the men refused they would lose their employment , which is so simple that a child weuldknow it , therefore the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less would prore a remedy for existing evils . —cgwsat cheering- j
Mr . Howakd—What & food thing it is that hard ironls break no bonefc I now address thoB 3 who have corns here honestly , as I hare done , and I hope tfaey will not vote as they cannot recognise this as a meeting of ours , He desired a corroboration of the Birmingham people's refua to elect delegates .
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Mr . Stallwood being requested , gave them tke report from the Siar . amid loud cries of hear , hear . Ml . HOWAB . B then required a proof of Mr . Sturge 8 physical force . Mr . Ckoich read the paragraph from the letter by F . 0 "Conn or , to the Imperial Chartists , from the Star , amid loud cheers . After again protesting against any one taking part but those who had Bigned the declaration , and imploring his own friends to take no part , he sat down . Mr . Stallwood bow rose , which was the signal for great cheer ' . ng from the Chartists , and tremendous uproar from the Sturgeites . The people having insisted on a hearing for Mr . Stallwood , the Chairman at length obtained something like order . Mr . S .
commenced—Men of Kidderminster , you have decided , although I am not an inhabitant of your town , that I am still your fellow-man . I am equally your brother Chartist—( loud cheers ;;—and the free traders , although so fond—so clamourous for free trade in corn , do not like freedom of speech—( hear , hear . ) The gentlemen around me are charitably throwing onfc their dak hints and insinnatioQS : some ask , who am I ? I have been before the public these last thirteen years : I have , during that time , been fined and confined , persecuted and prosecuted . I have just been elected by the men of London , out of sixteen a member of the people ' s parliament Let this be my answer—( loud applause . ) Mr . S . then Bhowed that it was impossible there could be a "full , free , or fair
representation" of the people nnless the whole Charter was granted ; and asked , will you allow men to go to Birmingham to settle details , you can now settle for yourselves—( loud cries of "No , bo . "; Well , will you allow the first Universal Suffrage Parliament- to settle the details ?—ishouts of " No , no , " from all parts of the room . ) I emphatically say no . The first parliament elected by the people will have something else to do . I expect them to find the means of relieving the distress and the miseriea of the people , not palliatives but restoratives ; such means as shall put an end to the present state cf things , and prevent their recurrence ; in other words , to procure for the people health , wealth , happiness , and liberty—( great cheering ) : —lint we have been told that the advocates of the
Charter are pistol , gun , sword , aye , and murderers , and that those advocates were the cause of the expatriation of Frost , Williams , and Jones—was it not the secret service money that caused their expatriation , ia the employment of spies like Harrison , who is now confined for horse stealing ? ( loud cheers . ) Was it not spiea employed by the Whig Government that caused the affairs at Bradford , Sheffield , and elsewhere ? ( hear , hear . ) He defied any one to point out , during the last three years , a single case of Chartist incendiarism , the slightest particle of Chartist physical force . As to the charge of their being murderers , he repudiated it with indignation and scorn . What and who was it , when the disappointed Corn Law Repealers , Cobden , &c , counselled physicai force , and exheted the starving people to violence , that kept them from mating the towns a heap of ruins , and laying waste our cities ?—¦ what but the columns of tha ' Northern Star and those
very calumniates Chartist agitators who kept them alive by a well-grounded hope of obtaining , and that soon , tfie People's Chaster , the true and only means of removing the many evils under which they now labour—( enthusiastic cheering ) . We were told of what individuals had done . He , as a Radical reformer , thanked them for what they had done . But if it should so happen that they had or should now deswt us—( great clamour from the Stnrgeites ) . I do not charge any one with so doing , I only say , if they should , we must march on 'without them—( great cheering ) . Mr . S . then reviewed the various reconciling promises m ^ Sfi by the middle classes , and showed the base desertion of them 1 ) T their proponnders , instancing Manchester ,
Wolverhampton , &c andread a paragraph from Xo . 3 . of the Fret Trader , denouncing Mi . Sturge , fcc . and calling the Chartists by 2 maDypretty names , and asked , are those men what they professed to be^—in favour of Universal Saffroge . If they are , let them act upon it , and , being the minority , bow to the majority—( great applause ) . —Mr . Stallwood csncluded by exhorting them to stand firm , as men , to their own Charter . They had agreed to details—( loud cheers )—and consequently required no conference to settle them—( hear , hear . ) Follow the good example of Bradford , Birmingham , Reading , and London . Elect no delegates ; but be determined as ever to stand by the Charter , details and all . That or nothing—( immense eheering . )
At the conclusion of Mr . S's speech , three rounds cf applause was given , three ditto for the Charter . Mr . Qcixs proposed that Mr . W . Charlton be elected a delegate . In so doing , he made a variety cf charges , insinaatioaa , &c , mentioned Cirdo , &c , "when a man in a snow-whita Emoek-frock , stood forward and said , " Why tbee has belonged to all factions , theo would " sell thyself any time for a day ' s wage—for half-a-crown ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Davis seconded the amendment . Toe Chairman then put the amendment . Twentyfive hands were held up for it , a forest for the original motion , amid the mest vociferous cheering . The Chairman declared the original resoluUon to be carried .
A -rote of thanks was then proposed and earned by acclamation to the Chairman , three cheers was given for Ftargus O'Connor and the Siar ; three for W . B . Perrand , for exposing the Whig humbugs ; three for the direct taxing Budget of Peel ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . Thus ended one of the most important meetings ever held in Kidderminster .
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TKE JN OB , THER ! S STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 2 , 1842 .
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THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL . '—SHALL WE EXTEND IT ! We call the attention of our readers to reports of three coroners' request in our columns of to-day-These reports add fearful links to the already almost interminable chain of evidence that the whole Bystem of society in one of oppression , cruelty , and blood . Week after week and day after day do scenes resembling in the main facts those to which we » ow allude occur in almost every county , but the majority of them never reach the public eye , and consequeatly fail to produce the full measure of their horrifying effect . Yet , the system work 3 well ! and the blood-mongers raise a fearfnl outcry against any change other than such an one as might turn to
the extension of it . Judging , indeed , by the base role ef morals of a shopkeeping middleocracy , the system has worked well for them . They have bad their day ; and they have made the most of it . Houses have been added to house , and fields have been joined to field ; they have taken the toil of the poor without wages ; their blood-cemented palaces cover the land . For them the system has worked well ; for it has gathered into their co 3 tr s and their storehouses the wealth of all . lands . But how long can it be reasonable expected to continue thus to work , whea scenes like isiese aie of perpetual recurrence ?
Industry has made our land the glory of all lands , but oppressive laws and the dominion of bad principles ha- » crashed the sons o £ industry beneath the hoof ; have left them stricken and wounded , to perish in the streets , or to seek shelter in a prison from the still more gloomy horrors of a workhouse . Yet are the horse-leeches ill contented to disgorge a Eingle drop of the blood with which their stomachs are distended . They have been warned of their danger . They know the precipice upon which they stand . Again and again have we reiterated cautions meant in kindness . We have bui
provoked their hatred 1 The warning has now come from other quarters . Sir Robert Peel has sung the same song to them , though in a different key . He ha 3 practically told them that the cords have been already drawn around the neck of industry so tightly that another twist must strangle . He has warned them that one more turn of the screw will npset the whole machine , and bring certain ruin upon the oppressor , not less dire than that of the oppressed . This is the plain English of the whole matter ; and to those who are not determined to close their eye 3 to facts , and their reason to inevitable consequences , nothing can be plainer .
The infernal game of oppression and robbery and starvation may be carried out too far . Such facts as these , and many others recently recorded , will not , and cannot , and ought not , to be unproductive of their natural effects . The system which engenders them must soon come to its final end . Ic was bnt the other day tnat poor Lccas , driven to madness by onr diabolical social arrangements , sought refuge in the horrible alternative of murder , made doubly awful by its violation , or rather pTofauation , of the dearest and most sacred ties of natnre . Then we had
poor Marshall , a man of colour , found starving , having had bnt one penny loaf to subsist upon for Sve ¦ whole days , sent by a brute in the Commission to a prison and hard labour for seven days , but released ia twenty-foar hours afterwards by death ; more merciful toan the living savages who legislated for him . And her * vfe h&ye again a youth of eighteen years , unable to obtain employment , and brought to the most piteous destitution ; yet having once tasted the good things provided for unwilling
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idleness , declaring that he would rather be hanged than again enter a workhouse ; and yet , bo firmly principled in honesty that he resists even the loud calls of cold and hunger till his limbs literally wi from his body . In this case the Jury returned a verdict " that the deceased diedjrom mortification PRODUCED BY COLD AND HUNGER . " And this in a land of Christians , exporting coal , and having shops and stores innumerable , filled to repletion with all manner of necessary comforts
Another youth of nineteen , is thrown out of employment by his services being no longer needed ; the father , oufc of work too , cannot help him , and he is driven by the well-working system to a state of madness—to a twice repeated effort at self-destruction , and finally to death ! And this poor outcast , all forlorn and wretched as he was , was yet ; to ? much a man to brook the iron despotism in ivhich faction and . middle-class legislative power has engulphed the wretched victims of its infernal domination by the cursed Poor Law system .
What a picture of our " glorious Constitution does this tale , in connection with the verdict " That the deceased died from the effects of a wouud in the threat , inflicted by himself while in a state of insanity , produced from hunger and destitution , " present to an admiring and delighted world ! Bad as our prisons are , it appears by the third of the cases which have called forth these remarks , that they are preferable to our bastiles as asylums , for the destitute . A poor woman and daughter are in a state of destitution they apply to the West London Union Workhouse and are refused relief ; they then break a window in order to obtain the shelter of a prison ; in this place the mother dies suddenly , and what is the
testimony of the daughter ? " Wo were very civilly treated in prison . " We never heard of any one beiDg civilly treated in a Union Workhouse J No ; at the gates of the Workhouse these destitute females are refused relief ; they commit a petty offence , for which they are sent to prison ; and there the victims of Poor Law brutality are kindly treated . The coroner , Mr . Payne , very properly intimated to the jury that the charge of refusing relief might form a proper subject for further investigation , and a Guardian was present who , as far as we can judge from the report , was willing to have lent his aid to elicit the truth ; but no ; the Jury deem any further inquiry on their part unnecessary , and return a verdict of "Natural death . "
But it may be said this is a solitary case , an extreme case , one that does not often happen . Is it sot What says the Governor of the prison ! In reply to a question from a juryman as to the reason why two prisoners were permitted to occupy one bed , the Governor said the prison was so full that not only "were three persons compelled to Bleep in one bed , but many , who could » ot be provided with beds , were compelled to lie upon the floor . This teas owing to-the number committed in a destitute state , who broke windoics , <| c , to ( jet Hie shelter of the gaol .
The first inquiry necessarily forced upon the mind by the rcadiDg of these awful recitals is , " How come these things to pass ? What causes destitution to be so frighful and so general in a land so plentiful ? " The only answer which the query can receive is that the system of society is one of robbery and fraud ; tbat the produce of the land is swallowed by the " lean kine "—the " locusts" of the earth , who , in she shaps of tax-imposers and taxeatcrs , destToy every green thing , Therentmongcr 3 , tlio money-mongers , the profit-mongers eat up the earth
till there is neither place nor provender remaining for the poor . Yet this is the system which the " Liberal" Reformers are most anxious to maintain and to extend . "What say the people ? Do they like the symptoms ? Will an extension of this system "be a good" ? Let them ponder well upon it , and remember that the only way in which they can bring about a change is through the acquisition of that power which the Charter only can give them , and which the great object of the factions , maugre all their " Liberal " pretensions , has ever been , is now , and will ever be , to withhold from them .
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Most sorrowfully do we communicate the intelligence that this young man , the son of our beloved patriot Frost , has been snatched by death from the arms of his now doubly widowed mother . He died , after a lingering illness , at the home of his widowed mother , in Bristol , on Wednesday , March 22 , 1842 . We cannot , on this melancholy subject , oihftrwisc than cordially re-echo the following sentiment from the Vindicator : — " We hope the bereaved mother wili
no t sink under the agony of despair . Let the breasts of Englishmen be re-animated , and their efforts redoubled , to restore the husband to the wife , the father to his children—or it may be , that grief , and the sickness of hope deferred , will consign to the dark tomb a family , good and virtuous , that should even now be living in the happy presence of each other , honoured by the good and just , and blessed by seeing the freedom of their country , and the prosperity of their fellow creatures . "
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State or Trade in STIRLING . — -In this town and neighbourhood , at present , business of . all kinds is at a lower ebb than it was ever known before , and manufacturing , in particular , is at a dead standstill—nobody working above two or three days in the week , and many hundreds idle altogether , and that at a season when , on ordinary occasions , there is usually a good deal of briskness in manufacturing . —Stirling Observer .
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Dear Williams , —If ^ y letter of a few weeks ago startled the country , I jmusfr say . of your two letters of last week , tkat the one astonished me » while the other must have amused the country . Now just read the first paragraph of your letter to the Editor of the Star , and ask yourself if it is hot a complete answer to the remaining portion , to which you ask me to reply ? Let me place that paragraph before you . It runs thus : — ;' . "A few weefes ago Mr . O'Connor startled the country by exposing a yillanqus ; Bclieme "which had been concocted for the purpose of / seducing the leadera of the people . It appeared from that letter , that the party had been ao far successful as to have secured four places which were to be made the grand points of attapk , These were Glasgow , Sheffield , Leicester , and Sanderland . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ' ;¦¦/ . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : ¦" ¦ ' ¦ ¦''¦
Now , then , in your second paragraph , you represent yourself 1 and Mr . Biuns as the Chartist leaders of Snnderland ; and such you are , and as such I have ever delighted to consider you , never losing a single opportunity of holding you up as the Castor and Pollux of Northern Chartism . J : ust read these two paragraphs together . In the first , you admit that my letter pointed to an attack which was to be made for the purpose Of seducing the leaders While in the second , you admit that you and George Biniis are leaders , and / you call my announcement an imputation upon one or other , or both of you ; and in the third , you call for "the name of the parties . "
Now take these three paragraphs together , and read your own letter once more , and ask yourBelf how you could have been so blind as to have seen an imputation where a caution was intended . Don't you admit that I merely stated that an attack was to be made UPON the leaders , and not BY the leaders ; and you and Binns beiug leaders ' : whether was mine a warning voice TO , or a side thrust AT , you and Binns , or either of you ? You ask , Who are the traitors ? Read my letter of last week , and you will have the answer . The answer is contained in the following passage of that letter : —
" And now , behold , wo are threatened with a junction of all the routed forces under the most delusive form in whieh treachery has been as yet attempted . The Sturge move ia to include the Whigs generally—the AttwooditCB , the Com Law Repealers , the Christian Chartists , the " new movers , " and , above all , the waiters upon that " new move , " some of whom were among us and professed entire loyalty to our principles , but with less courage than the originators , thinking it more prudent to remain and undermine , than boldly to meet us . "
Does this satisfy you as to the three first enquiring lines of your letter ? And how could you have bo far misapplied my meaning as to have placed yourself in the very position of those against whom 1 wished to caution you ! Again ask yourself whether or not , iny announcement was justified by subsequent facts ? In Glasgow , Sheffield , and Birmingham , the other ttiree places to which I sounded the alarm , the attack was made UPON , and not by the leaders ; and were the brave Chartist leaders of these place 3 equally fired with indignation , as you appear to have been ? No ; they in common with the rest of the country were " startled , " were aroused , and prepared and marshalled themselves for the defence of iho cause , instead of attacking the herald who from tho watch-tower proclaimed the traitors approach .
My Dear Williams , I think you will believe me , when I assure you , that had I suspected that treason Would have received assistance from yoii , or Binns , or from any other person associated with Chartism , I should not have gone about the bush , but should have mentioned you or them by name . My letter , then , was not in the slightest respect , aimed at you , or Binns , as likely parties to the plot , but was intended as a warning to you . You have asked an explanation from me , and you have received it . I trust it will be satisfactory .
Having now disposed of your letter concerning myself , I must be permitted to read both of your letters as one whole ; and while in the one you manifest great sensitiveness about yourself , in the other you appear to have but a , very slender respect for the opinions of the rest of the Chartist community . I consider your second letter as a very presumptuous disregard of public opinion ; so much po , that I feel confident had I ventured upon such a course , you : would have been amongst the foremost of my accusers . You will bear in mind , that in 1838
you had a sly thrust at me , in consequence , as you stated , of my opposition to Wm . Lovett atid the Lohdon Working Meh s Association . In 1840 , you took another dig on behalf of those with whose conduct at the memorable Fox and Goose meeting at Leeds the Editor-of the Star found fault ; and now your third encpunter—by no moans warranted , and very iil-timed- ^ is accompanied by a high eulogium upon persons whose conduot I have not criticised , leaving that to the country , and also accompanied by an attack upon the reporter of the Star . In your second letter you
say" For my part , I cordially subscribe to ttie propriety of their -whole proceedings , as those proceedings ate explained in the letter of those gentlemen insetted in last week ' s Star . " , Now , in answer to the above , I shall only say upon MY OWN PART , that if YOU eign the Sturge Declaration I will surprise ' .-and astonish you , by moving a vote of censure upon you iny ' self * as a member of the National Charter Association . I am sure , however , that your good sense will convince you of the fact , that two agitations entirely differing m their object cannot go on simultaneously With advantage to both .
You must bo aware that the sole object of Sturge and his party is to create an indirect agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws and the restoration of the Wfiig faction to power under the false light of Chartism . You must be ^ equally a , ware that every working man in the empire has set his heart and soul upon the Charter , and'upon' that aloue ; and if you , or I , or any other person , shall dare to oppose , thwartyor deceive them in their glorious movement , they will , With God's blessing , stamp traitor upon our front , and make us araark at which each passerby will indignantly point the finger of scorn .
Believe me , ^ illiams , that . those who work hard for a living and yet cannot procure it , have appetites so whetted , by adversity , and eye-sight so sharpened by long watching , that they can now see into every inan ' s motive , however glossed over . They are honest and single-minded ; and they look for precisely the same qualifications in thoir leadera ; and , with the blessing of God , whether I live to see the success of their glorious cause , or die in its advocacy , I will fight the battle under the flag of pare and unsullied Chartism , not allowing on © tinge of light or shade to be mixed up with the brightness of tho fast colours of my order . lam , Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
Mb. John Watkins, Formerly Of Aislaby Hall*
Mb . John Watkins , formerly of Aislaby Hall *
near Whitby , is , we regret to learn , in a state of health so dangerous as to leave little hope of his recovery . He is , by the advice of his medical attendant , about to leave London for Aislaby , as a last resource , to try the effect of his native air . He has sent us the following valedictory address to the Chartist body : — " London , March , 1842 . ' Brotheh Chartists , —Having suffered my zaal for the cjUBe to carry me on regardless of all other considerations , it has brought me . to . a fatal decline ; aid 1 now address you probably fot the last time . As the farewell words , then , of a dying man , let me solemnly exhort you to union , for without brotherly love all your efforts will do more injury than service : to the cause . As I have aacfificed everything to our
principles—as I shall die a martyr to them , it is natural , in me to wish that you who have honoured m » while living , Bhould respect my memory when dead—that so , living or dying , I may still serve you . Though born and nourished in the lap of class distinction , I gaye up all , and thoroughly identified myself wUb , the working classes . I married the daughter of a working man , a mason , the " poorest and prettiest" girl in Yorkshire , and for the honour cf the class to which she belongs , I would record that never man had a more faithful , affectionate , and devoted wife . I must leave her , with an infant ^ daughter , a most gracious little creature ,.- % & the tender mercies of the «• system" whicn n&s murdered me ; but I trust that they will be respected for the sake of your dying brother , "John Watkiks "
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All personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that week will be very small indeed : if not here by Wednesday we don't hold ourselves bound even : to notice Uiem . ' / . 7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we have 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 coiaie to iis , to hold the scales of Justice evenly—our first ebject being the promotion andEnhancement , according io our own best judgment , ; of the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space so as to give least catise 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 fume and fret , and think themselves ill used because their communications 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 apace to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing which they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far 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 fob Review may be left for this Office at Mr . John Cleave ' s , i , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . To Agents , —A great portion ot the Orders of our Agents which should be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have come on the Friday often . This may be occasioned by the delays of the mails , owing to the weather , but there certainly is no reason why the Agents at Hull" , Liverpool , and even Barnsley and Bradford , should send their Orders to reach tho Office just at the time the papers are going out of it . Any Orders not in the Office on Thubsdays cannot be Attended to : and any paDers returned in consequence of orders being late will not be credited .
Correspondents op the Northern Star . — London-- !? . M , Wheeler , 7 , Milla Buildings , Knightsbiidga . Manchester—VJr Griffin , 34 j Lomasstreet , Bank Top . Birmingham ^—Q ; Q 6 T % e White , 29 , Bromsgrove-street . Newcastle— -Mr . J . Sinclair , Ctateshead . Smderland—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs , Williams and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr G , J . Harnoy , news agent / 33 , Campo-lane . Bath —Mr . d . M . Battlett , 8 , Trinity-place , Walnet Chartist Addresses . ^— The General Secretary—Mr John Campbell , 18 , A . ddetley-at ? eet , ShaWa Brow ,
Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward ' s-squarei Edward ' splace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to the Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee—j . Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell's Barn Boad , Birmingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist Blacking Maker , Tavifltock-street , Plymouth . NOT ice . —Any Stars , or other papers , sent to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Demp ^ ey , No . 14 ; N Ann-street , who bas been elected in tha room ot Mr . p . M . Bfopby , who has resigned .
DERBY . —r—The friends of this neighbourhood having communications for the ( Star , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement , are reguested to send them to Mr . ; Thomas Briggs , care of Mr . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumptre-square , Parley-lane , Derby . Public Funds .-t-To prevent mistakes , let it be especially noted that all monies received by our Cashier for the various Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of " Notices to CorrespondentB , " and that he la answerable only for the sums there advertised"to have- been received . Monet Orders to this Office . —Our 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 plain instructions so of ten given t to make all money orders sent here - payable to Mr . John
Ardiix . Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to Star Office : ail theserequire the signatures of the person iti whose favour they are drawn before the money can he got . This causes ah attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , token 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 better , have often thus needlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Abbill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold oiirselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves , let them not blame us .
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A Constant Reader , Broivpion . —tFou must give six months' notice , in such sort that you quit at the end of ah exact year . To the Chartists op the East and North RlDiKGSi—Those places that have not already sent their amount of Convention Fund are particularly requested to do so immediately , to the district treasurer , Mr * . Wm . Cro / t , joiner , < g-c , Pundasrstreet , York , that the whole amount may he forwarded at the same time to the proper quarter . Messrs . Campbeli ,, Leach » akd Cartledge parti ' cularly request that each town in the Northern Division of Lancashire will send a delegate to meet them at the delegate meeting to be held in
Accrington ^ on Sunday ., the Zrd of April , as there will be busi ? iess of very great importance to be transacted . ¦ '' ¦ ' . The present Executive came into office on the 1 st of July , 1841 ; and as soon as it meets in London immediate steps wi'U ' he- taken for the election of the new Executive , which will come into office on the 1 st of July , 1842 . Mr . N . Morling has become agent for the sale of Dr . M'DoualVs medicines in Brighton . To Mr . O'Connor . —Having heard it stated that you intend to visit Roehdale and the surrounding towns before the Convention meet in London , the Rochdale Chartists wish to know if such is the fact ? If you answer by letter , direct "John Leach , Temperance News Room , Reed Hill , Rochdale : '
All Persons having any communication with the Chartists of Kidderminster will please address to Mr . Samuel Hitchen , sub-Secretary , Blackwell-slreet . It is earnestly requested that Devon , Dorset , and Cornwall toill send in their petitions to Mr . Smith , bookseller , Westwall-sireet , Plymouth . They must beallprepaid . r The Generai , Secretary wishes to stale that he never received Mr . Rainstey ' s official resignation . He also says that he posted twenty-four cards to George Didi . bury , stocking-maker , Skegby , near Sutton-in-Ashjield , and has had them returned . The postage has cos ! lOd . He would feel extremely obliged to any Chartist that could send to him the following twenty-seven Stare r-Nos . 157 , 163 M , 5 , 7 , 89 , 170 , 1 , 2 , 3 ,
, 4 , A % 8 , Q , 180 , 1 , 2 , Ai % 7 , 8 , 5 , 190 , 8 and 201 . Wm . Boyd , J ( ' U'PORT Pagneli .. — ' Willhewrile again and give ?* is exact address I Some Ghap . tist Friends at Sheffield , recommend a general turnout of ' ther colliers , to be organised , omd supported till the Charter be obtamed . ' *•• «¦ —Mr . O'Connor ' s many engagements preclude thepossibilUy of his attending < to legal questions . Notice of this appeared some time ago in the Star , The Editor makes no pretensions to such legal knowledge as may enable him to give an opinion which could bereliedion . James Wilson must take a like answer .
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Mr . West will [ oblige the . frtendsr of' Hazelgrove , by writing toMf . Joseph Brooks , Chapp < ell-street t as to when he can give them a call . ' ¦' ¦ A Working Man , JNewport , Isle op WieHft--You may lecture or preach in your own house , and will most likely never be disturbed , if your language be at all guardedandorderly . But \ : tp make all quite sure , you had better get your house and yourself ' licensed . The expense is tri / iing and you are then safe .: H . Poviki . i > -r-We mustpresumi 1 that he never reads the Star % or he would certainly never think of
asking us whether we think it wise for the Char ' tists to sign the Slurge Declaration . True ; the "Conference" is to be elected by the signers . What then ? why heed the Chartists trouble their heads about Mr . Sturge ' s Conference ? Who does not see that . it is meant only to : injure and weaken the power and influence of the Convenlion elected by the people t We cannot afford to divide our energies . There is nothing like concentration , arid none knotv this better than the factions ; hence their continual throwing out of new tubs to the whale . "
Db . M'DpvALL' : * and Mr . John Doncan . — 'At iho request ofDr < M' Douall we give the following explanation of his reasons for the new . channel into which his professional talents are directed : *—"Iamrrory nnwiHing to give lit . Duncan credit as a man , a Chartist , and a parson for' the malicious intent of destroying the poor prospeet of subsis tence which I have before me , and conceiving that ignorance rather than malice moves him to fall foul of my pill box . I will endeavour to give him the reasons why I have come into competition with quackery of all sorts 1 . > " First the Medical Profession from time immemorial have made a perfect mystery of their profession , have Covered their bottles with fantastic figures .
and have spoken , written , and prescri&ed in an nnknown'l : inguage , therefore the public in taking their medicines bad to trust to the character , popularity , or honesty of the profession , and were utterly ignorant of the cause of their disease , of the Virtues of the physic prescribed , or of the effects to be made apparent on the constitution . As a natural consequence the public could not and cannot judgo and decide between the claims of science or the cures of chance , therefore ¦ mystery has bred quackery , that has encouraged ignorance and presumption , and both have preyed upon public credulity- The public mind being totally darkened upon the science of medicine by one act of medical men , we cannot wonder at or blame them if they
purchase the medicine which is most puffed , or employ the medical man who is moat popular . " Secondly . I am ashamed to saythat which every apothecary ' s apprentice can bear testimony to , that , under the cloak of mystery , the medical profession do prescribe medicine in large quantities , a 3 much for the sake of making up a large bill as for the purpose of cure ; therefore , the quacks have followed such a profitable example , and have palmed upen the people the most impudent frauds which an enlightened public mind would at once throw into the streets . ; - ; "¦"¦ :: ' ¦ : -: '"' . ' ¦ / . ' ' ¦' ¦' : ¦ : ¦ " Thirdly , the pride * nd conceit of the Medical ProffBsionhave taught them hitherto to looktothe lawfora remedy , and even at this moment , associations
are formed to effect by legal means , the destruction of impostute and fraud .: . . " ¦ It is needless for me to say that I am utterly opposed . to such ah antiquated inodeot . abinj battle with a system , whichhas se seriously impaired the incomes of medical men , who bave , like myself , paid £ 1 , 000 " for the requisite education and qualifications to practice medicine . . ; . "I am opposed to persecution , because that would lead the public , medically ignorant , to suppose the Profession in the wrong and Quackery in the right lam an advocate for a wiser course , and in my humble opinion a surer and certain one , but on « which I regret to say , few Medical men have the moral courage to resortto , " I would by the publication of tracts , enlighten in a familiar manner , the public mind on the science of medicine . I would by lectures disseminate without
dog-latin and absurd technicalities , as much information , as could be conveyed on the practical operation of medicines , and the structure of the human frame , together with the diseases to which particular classes of men are subject , add tha known and admitted ieineuies .:. " Lastly , I would at the risk of being called quack mercenary , or any other names , issueja medicine for a particular class of diseases , and stake name , profession and character , on its efflcaay . " If every Medical man would iu his own locality , adopt this course , the benefit 'Which the public would deriv * would be inestimable . I have taken up my position on these grounds , and nought , save abject proverty , will drive me from them . I will struggle to gain an honest living , and strive to do good , whether I am sneered at by Parsona ot . denounced by Physicians . "
Boden and Morley's bobbin-net weavers . —Their address next week . " : ; . - ; TffOMAS Donning . — We have never understood it to be illegal to adjourn a church-rate meeting for ' twelve months ; but we do not pretend to legal I 6 re ~ He hadbettfir not depend on our opinion . " Citizen Editor , —Will yon inform 'A Woolwich Cadet / through the medium , of your Answers to Correspondents , that the answer (?) which he haa been pleased to give to my remarks on his maa-¦ worship articles , and about the presumed
suppression of which he expressed such uneasiness in the notice to that effect which he had inserted in last ¦ week ' s Star , was inserted in the 20 th number of the National Vindicator tor the 1 weekending Saturday , the 26 th nit , and that I shall reply to it very shortly in that paper . I remain , Citizen Editor , opposed to every species of man-worship , and every thing approaching to it , respectfully , &t , Henbt BowELi Griffiths , ChartiBt and Republican No . II , Winchester Bow , Edgware Road , toildon . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '• ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ " : ¦ ' ¦ ' : ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦'
Pat up , Pat up : — " Mil-Editor , —I have frequently seen it inserted in . the Star that those A genta who do net setQe their ' accounts when required will have their papers stopped , and that the Subscribers may know where ' the fault lies . But , Mr . -Editor , I think there is some responsibility rests with the Subscribers ; for though there are some who pay up honourably , there are ethers from whom , to get the money requires more labour than it is worth . I hope this hint will be sufficient to cause these parties to - be more punctual in their payments , and thna enable the Agent to pay without having to run np and down borrowing . money to pay for their papers v If you will . insert this jn your paper you will * greatly oblige , yours , && , Robert Sutci . iffe . — Booth Town / March 29 , 1842 . " The Address of the delegates of the West Midland . Districts of Scotland is too long for insertion .
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. France , Newcasti . e . —We have been out of F . O'Connor ' s large portrait for a few weeks past , and could not forward the parcels very / well till they came ? the whole will be Bent off during the next : week . . ¦' . ' ¦ -. ¦ . ' ¦" ..- ;•; ' : ; - ¦ ' . ' - .- ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ " \ ; . , ; . A . Sjiith . —The cover refers to our quarter end , Match ; . ' 26 th . ¦ . ; .. ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ - ; . ¦ ' . ' : •¦ ' . '¦ . ' - - ; : - ; " ¦ ¦ ' ' : " Mr . Halton , Preston , and Mr . Whitelaw , Airdrie , ' must please make their post-onice orders payable to John Ardill . . .
A .. Fuller .. —Yes . \ - ' :. '[ ' - \ A LoNjppN Chartist should have had two in twelve weeks . Ask the newsman for them , and pay the . price . - ... ; . ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ . - ¦ : ¦; ' ' ¦'•' . J . Skevington . —Yes . T . WALKER . BERMONDSEy . —A letter was Bent to th « . address ho gave . ^ ¦ W .: WpODWARD , BRIGHTON . —The number of medals were sent to Mr . Cleave for both p&Itiea- —eighty five in alL A . letter has been sent to him .
FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS , > : ¦ ' ¦ -V : ^ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦• ' - '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : £ ¦ 8 . . d . From the Chartists of Morley ... 0 2 0 ^ two middl&rclass Chartists at Mansfield , per T . ( J . Hibbard ... e I 0 < , Armley , perLawton .. ; ... 0 0 8 ^ FOR THE TV 1 VES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Chartists of Morley ... 0 10 0 MRS . FROST , MRS , WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES From a friend from Swain Green ... 0 1 " ft ;
FOR THE CONVENTION . From a mental slave , Chepsto w .. -. 0 12 ^ .. the Chartists of Ha wick , per J . A . Hogg ... ... ... 0 10 0
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¦¦¦• ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦' ¦ - ¦ s . d . Mr . Lancaster , Wakefield ... 1 8 Mr . Driffield , Spilsby ... 0 3 Mr . Padget , Hull ... ... 0 3 Mr . Pigott , Gainsborough ... 0 8 : ¦ - ;¦ v . "¦ ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " '¦ 2 , 5 : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ Doeto the Convention Fund , from Wm . Brelsford , Ghartist blacking maker , No . 18 , Rojla-road , BurBley , March 28 th , 1842 : —o ; Mr . Samuel Magson , Mytholmroyd 0 " ih . . Henry Wood , Sabdea ... 0 7 I
' . ' . - . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .. - ¦ ¦ . " ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. - - . l ' 0 : ,: . " Lord PlunkIett and Mr . Gordon . —The arrest and imprisonment of Mr . Samuel Gordon , by Lord Plunkett ' s order , has been brought , in part , before the House of Commons , by Thomas Duncombe . Two other petitions detailing more of the case are to be presented by Mr . Duncombe , and Mr . Gordon intends , when some documents which have been stolen from the offices of the Court , are : restored , to take legal proceedings for malicious and falser imprisonment , against Lord Plunkett .
Death Of Henry Frost.
DEATH OF HENRY FROST .
Pinders Blacking—The Money Due This Week To. The Executive, From The Sale Of Finder's Blacking Is As Follows:— - 6≫
Pinders BLACKiNG—The money due this week to . the Executive , from the sale of Finder ' s blacking is as follows : — - 6 >
To Mr-James Williams, 5underland.
TO MR-JAMES WILLIAMS , 5 UNDERLAND .
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IS MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR A WORKING ¦ ¦ ! : - . : \ " . ; ;; man ! ^ ¦¦ . ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - \ - . Ob Thursday last , Mir . O'Connor left Brighton at three o ' clock p . M ^ aii d returned to Brighton at four o ' clock p . m . on Saturday ; having , as he states , stood up in au open carriage for nearly three hours during the march of the procession through Manchester , addressing the people at considerable length , after laying the foundation stone of Hunt ' s monument ; then attending a splendid coiree in the blood-stained Hall of Science ; and starting from thence at seven o' 6 lock to meet the gallant Dr . Fletcher , of Bury Thus it appears that in forty-nine hours Mr . O'Connor travelled 5 C 0 miles j addressed three meetings ^ and joined in a procession which continued for four hours . Who says Mr . O'Connor is not a working man !
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Homely Truth . —A gentleman Who was importuned by a sturdy beggar , answered him , — My good man , I am nearly as poor as yourself , with only the difference that what I have I work for . "
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PEEL'S INCOME TAX . The people may expect shortly to be called on to give their opinions at publio meetings respecting this measure . The middleooracy will magnify it 3 enormities with words of fira and incitements of the fiercest character . Lei the working men remember that it is they and they alone who insist on the maintenance of the system which makes this measure necessary . That Peel has declared , after a laborious and minute inquiry into the whole condition oi the country , that the expensive system
cannot be carried on without more money , and that no more money can be raised directly from the working people , and that therefore this is the alone alternative . Let them not then be bamboozled . Let a steady uniform line of conduct bb pursued ; in everyplace alike . Leave the factions to fight their own battle ? . Let the people take no part in the agitation of the matter , further than is just necessary to preserve their own position . But let no lying resolutions , petitions , or memorials be adopted in their name .
The course for tho people to take ia this . At every public me 3 ting , called for the purpose of considering this Income Tax , take care to be present in your full strength . Remember that every thing there dona , is done in your namo , and said to be done by you . Negative every proposition against the Income Tax , at once and unmistakeably ; leaving by the largeness of the majority no room for cavil And follow it immediately with a . resolution for the entire Charter as the only just basis on which to rest the power of taxing the country . Make no propositions in favour of the Income Tax
by any means ; but if any one else do bring Bucb resolutions , effer no opposition . And in any case , and above all things , see that no public meeting ever separate without a resolution for the entire and uumutilated Charter ; and see that no memorial or petition be adopted at any public meeting , without including aprayer for the enactment of the Charter —whole and unaltered . We are anxious that the people should not be taken by Su priB 6 WO "wish to see them fully ready to act when needed , and we bid them therefore to be ready , to be firm , tobe united , aud nothing can or shall resist them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1155/page/4/
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