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15 OTTlNGHAm ELECTION. (From our own Correspondent.)
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOB . THEBN STAB . Sir , —I am a poor man borne down by oppression for my steadfastly adhering to the noble canse of Chartism ; I tave been entirely mined by the clergy and middle classes of Sboreham for my firm determination to uphold tfaa cause in thia Tory-ridden borough , irhieb I am sorry to Eay that out of a population of 1 , 942 by the census , cannot number but myself and two bow Chartists , in the strict meaning of the -word , jlycase is as follows : — In December , 1838 , a party of respectable Chartists came to Shereham to enlighten the people here on the p rinciples of the Charter . I being a sorting man 'was requested to take the chair , I did so ; being a Qreen-^^_
¦ wich ont-pensioner , I -was immediately , reported to the Board of Admiralty , who directly stopped , my pension . I memoriallzsd them , telling them that I had done noiHng wrong ; -when I was answered by the Secretary that their Lordships did not think fit to restore it tack to me . I answered them back that iny country had given it to ma for wounds received in its defence , and it ought not to be ¦ withheld from me-unless I bid erase fee laws I had fought for ; but they -were determined to stop it I then drew up a petition st the suggestion of that noble-minded patriot , Mr . Jokn Frost , and got Mr . T . Duncombe to present it to the House of Commons , when it was ordered to be laid on the table , ¦ where it remains .
I still stood by the cause , and -will as long as I live . 1 was immediately beset by the Shoreham parsons , yrbo completely mined me and my large family , of a ¦ wife said nine children . - I have dragged on a miserable existence , until every thing that the rascals left me is now gene . Therefore , I hope , through your valuable paper , the Star , the only consolation I have got , that you -will be so good as through its columns to state my case to my brother Democrats throughout the Kingdom to raise a small subscription for me , to buy me a boat and nets that I may gain a livelihood by fishing , as I can get one foi fifteen or sixteen peunds , to support my family -with , and keep us out of the Bastile , as that plactl hope I shall never face . If < his should meet your approbation , you ¦ will place me under the greatest obligations to you ; and , if you would act as Treasurer for me , if such a thing should take place , it will much oblige a poor but honest tt" > " - "
With the greatest respect , I am year ' s , in the cause , JOHS HlXDESj Shoreham . May 29 , 1842 .
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. ^ TO THE CHARTISTS OF GRFAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends , —Having watched with some attention the progress of the cause of truth , justice , and humanity , in opposition to falsehood , injustice , and cruelty , I have been impressed "with the necessity of some further steps being taken for the diffusion of sound political information among all classes , particnlariy among a great porfion of the working classes not as being necessary to qualify the latter for electors , but as a means of enabling them to obtain their political rights . You are aware that those who are desirous of maintaining = that system throuih which they are enabled to live in sffluence by depriving a great portion of the working classes of the common necessaries of life , do all they can -to
prevent ths people from having convenient places to mMt in , hoping , thereby , to prevent their obtaining their object That these beings may reap disappointment , and tbat the causa of truth may speedily prevail , I would recommend the Ciiartists all over the kingdom to open at convenient placf s their houses , and invite by printed circular , their neighbours to meet them , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a class for obtaining and diffusing sound political information I subjoin the farm of a circular to save those -who may be disposed to act on this suggestion the trouble of uniting one . Should this plan be generally adopted , I am disposed to think that tecs of thousands "would j sin 5 uch classes , and afterwards the association ; -who , with
their present small amount of information would otherwise not join it for a considerable time . At these meetings , which should be held -weekly , at least , let the National Chartist newspaper be read , and let ene or two of the members make it their business to look over the 6 ther Chartist publications , so as to bring any thing which they may think desirable should be made known before otiier members . As the success of those who may ba disposed to . adopt the plan here recommended will depend much upon its being understood that the plan is to bs acted npon extensively , I would suggest that , at the next meetings of tee members of the association , resolutions be passed expressive of a determination to act on the recommendation here given , and that notice be sent to the Siar of such resolutions fcavisg been passed . J . S . Faemeb . Wolverhsmcton , M 3 j 2 Sih , lSi . 2 .
( Circular . ) Sis , —It is is contemplation to have established throughout the kingdom sm ^ ll classes for ottainiDg and diSuiin ^ , at a cheap rate , sound political information , in cti . tr that by extending the isffttence and strengthening the power of the woiiing ' chsses , they msy ere long cesse t 3 bs , as they now are , the slaves cf landowners , usurers , and money-mongers . Yciir coamasy is rtqutiUd at the hoiae of ( here i - sert the piaca szid time cf meeting ) , -when and "whtre a a few of year neighbours have been invited to attend , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a class to mitt weekly at his house . The subscription , if any , need not be above one penny psr month .
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THE NECESSITY OF A TOTAL CHANGE 11 $ OUB EAST-INDIAN POLICY ! When the lives and fortunes cf thousands of our brave countrymen are at stake , and when many of them with their wives and families are prisoners and hostages in a bitterly hostile- ' country , we may be forgiven for calling some slight attention to the events which have lately taken place , and which have caused such beartbreaiings and heartburnings botk abroad and at home , and to ail connected in any way whatever -with the tfiiirs of the Eist-lcdm Company . Though the greater portion of our energies and sympathies should be directed to the extenniaatioa of the barbarian cruilties , practiced in arrogant and ignorant "wantonness , on the suffering masses of the population of Great
Britain Bid Ireland , jet , we "will uplift our voices , fesble though they be , and fearlessly and honestly declaim against , and * denounce with heart and bcuI , the murderers of our social hearths and happiness . . We ha ? e son ? , brothers , friends , and relatives of all de-8 zr ip ; : 0 ES , male and female , in Hicdcstan , and in the Didst of our unparalleled distresses , though we can render bat little aid for their safety or salvation ,. yet we can record oni feelings and show in after and happier times , -we were not totally inwnsible to their dangers and privations brought upon their heads ( like ours ) by the crimes of the legisiatu e- Oar affairs in the East are extremtly difficult to deliberate on at least satisfgctcrUy , as yre have placed ourselves in a very false
position . It is maastAs to aavacce , our moral power is sfcakuti if we retre 3 t , and if we corns to a standstill we IxcDrue the laaghin ^ stock cf the European and Ozifiniai "sri 3 r ] c 2 s . Ti ; i- is tie real picture of cur position in AfghaEistaE , a : d' a v .: ghtj pheasant oeb it bids fair to t *! H ^ w are we to exrrlcsts oursT ' . Tea with aisythir . g like honour , a : ; d retain cur moral superiority ? V , « haTe goud ic&s-on to know that the w : r is not palata la t-j tbe army iu India , "whether Ear-. 'f / can or Dative ; ^ e can also vouch f-sr the unwilling fetlings with tfLJch many of our fresh levies einbariL ; on the tnuiFporrs =-hub bsvc Isteiy suik-d from our ihorts : we will iu ~ nti » n i-srt ' cularlj the 9 th Lanvera , and we heard se ! J = an ; -majors , se"jeancs , noneoniaiissioned orEeeis of r . < i trades , andsc ^ resof privates
declare , ' that they wuuli ntia j in the ranks of the . AWr-h . ~ . ^ it than fLjbt & ? -i : e > : iht-. i "—tt 3 t it -was an nujuit war—that tbry -wtre obli ^ ea to go Jwcsuse they couldn ' t help theroselvta , not from any iievetiun » o the interests of the cvurivry . but from sneer necessity The European c-ffistrs aiv eruaibiin ^ now ia all their private Ittter 3 about tf . » -ir nam 6 r > . u 3 hardships , the deprivations of their usual luxarita , and the Tr « . rictiotis on thtir enormons qn ^ Lthies of bar 2 ; : £ S , thar tit-y can't enjoy their wines and ales , and s . re conlcu-Ms- \ to drink bran-jj and "wattr I Tirse ristrieti' ^ s Ere absolutely nece- ? ary , or they fobM have to p- -., t » -ct a f-agaage train of seme miles in lergih , ana -wtar the tr- - f » ps out by UDCtatirjg and har& £ s : rjt r duty . We eb' -nid lite to see Boms of the " oid schooi" ceprmi ! --f t eir " mEss " lastiT ^ es , their tents with outer " Kinauts , " their " Rjwivs , - ' their •¦ Btrch"brrs , " thtlr ta ^ tige . " aEfl
" nccivsary ** tents , ar . d vre shuuld see a portion of their enthusiasm evaporate aftrr tvrry da \ 's march . ExvUie thfesa renurka , bat we fcniw -R-hit we are speaking aboa ; , and the Daka of Wellington is well a'fare tha : they are but ' feather bed eol ' iers" i We impugn not liieir cju ? 3 ge or tbeir physical en = r ? ies , it is thu climate , and the clim >* e alone , that ene'rehs them in a shroud of lassitude and mufetrs them tho slaves of eastern . When they are in saih a ciitnc a « that of ASVoar-istsn , the extreme of heat and cold , if wet and dry , Uir-y muBt suffer c > ns dt-rably , and the luxuries of HiMosr&n , -would b « - oub ) y rtfrettcd , ana to make fee march at all palatable to Christian . Mahometan , or Hindoo gulletts , success must be tbrir con = t . int companion , and plunder and promotion thvvr necessary attendants ! Such then is the undoubted state and efficiency of the advancing army !
Wo must now look behina and ttke a giimpse over i the sur . ' ace . of Hindostan . Tiia ntquiet > pmt of the- } Hinfiow and Sfahometans must be prop tia : © d ,- it has j hitherto been laid , or rather t-moth-rred , by constant emplojmrnt and petty wais . From the fall of Seringapa- . tem , and the death of Tiyp' - > S ^ ib , vrfc have bad a struggle ; for B-irish snpremecy , b . i »\ u hiis orly been attained by \ inducing oca tribe er ci > t- > of natives , to wage war , against anothtr . Like jivkusls , we Lave Dartaken of ! the prey . Fiom the battle < f Assaje , in 1 S 03 . i where the Dcie of Wellinati-n rriiprd b ; s S""st Hooi-staiBfcd ; laureLsj to that of Maai > ip- >* r . in 1 & 1 T vre "were con- ; Stant ' . y employed in thy t < h . * an-l ehrist ' . an-like occupy .- ; tioa cf zoning Eatives by t " ' . « ears , aa 1 tSe wb . and j qaarreia of Hoikar and S- . ; ii-ih -nxgly t-s ± -f > to "what ? extent -re hs . ds 2 ccesae «^ P » -r Bnj-t Row , the P ^ ishwa , { came in for a . share of our a : ce :. rj .. ; n . H = was ? a > . ju- ; gstea , srd a-te .- snme Lar . i ti-k-izg ih- e-ilant e *; aT , * u cla . ii , and ftli a : . ^ sLfcee . 'iiani . < to tte vlii
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22 nd Dragoons , we remained masters of that hard fought field ! In 1824 , came the Burmese xrar , to occupy men's minds and prevent them from thinking , though we forget to mention that the Bombay troops in 1820 made & few excursions to the Persian Gulf , which di 4 not stamp them as iuvincibles , or their leader , Sir Lionel Smith ( like my Lord Cardigan ) as tha chevalier sans pear rf sans reproche ! In 1827 , a few thousands knocked their heads against the "walls of Bhurtpore , and the ball was pretty well kept up , till the Affghans hinted to the Feringhees that they were determined to have a will of their own .
Her * , then , we are in Afghanistan , panting for revenge , goaded by military renown , and partaking , in dreams , of plunder and promotion . Behind you , in Hindostan , nations and tribes bowing unwillingly to your yoke ; before you , a hardy , brave , and patriotic enemy ; and around yon , and for the time being , and marching under your banner , a dispirited , and treacherous native soldiery ! We must negotiate with arms in our hands . Positive orders must proceed from the Government here to the Indian authorities , to stop these wanton bHfceheries , and by taking a high moral ground , with considerable physical force to back it , we may be able , by the
assistance of skilful negociatora , to cause the blessings of peace to beam upon the land . We have little doubt but the Afghans will meet us half-way , and would assist by peaceable means in ridding themselves of oar presence . They cannot wiBhf or snch & war to ravage their homes and habitations . The army , we are well assured , would gladly see once more the flowery " topes" and " paddy" fields of HiDdostan , and the Government in tranquility , by a more enlightened policy , might look to the construction of roads—aye , even the laying down of railroads , the beautifying the cities , towns , and villages , and framing more tquitable ani acceptable laws , equally embracing European and native , than have ever been issued forth in the East by man .
The ministers here must not hesitate ; they must be prompt and bold ; it is our only chance as regards Afghanistan and India . And such a result would tend more to their own or the national honour than thousands of bloodstained victories . Afghanistan cannot be conquered by us , and never could be tenable at any rate . Hindostan is not irredeemable , and by showering around it the blessings of civilization we may become in future years friends and benefactors to the natives . Under the present system we woald boldly say never . A Woolwich Cadet . Chicbester , 23 d May , 1842 .
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^ THE EXECT 7 TITE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION-. BB . KTHBBN , —The duties which devolved upon us , as members of the National Convention , are terminated . The period is now approaching when it becomes us , in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter , to resign into your hands that trust which you have reposed in ns , and which we have striven to the best of our ability to exercise to the satisfaction of our constituents and the benefit of the common causa . We therefore direct your attention to the proper measures to be adopted for the election of a new Executive Committee .
TBE BALLOT . Which shall take place throughout tha nation in the week beginning with Tuesday , the 7 th day of June , and ending on Taesday , the 14 th day of June . Let ii be particularl y observed , thai each Iscality will choose for itselfone day only for the ballot , out of the xven , so as to convenieJice all localities .
JI 0 D £ OF BALLOTING . The fifth rule of our Association states , " That any person shall be admitted a member of this Association on taking a card of membership . " Therefore no person will be eligible to vote for the officers of the Association unless they can produce a card of membership . The sub-secretary shall grant to each person , producing a card of membership of the locality to which he belongs , a voting card , on which is written or printed the names sf all the candidates . The elector shall then , st his
owh convenience , draw a pen through all the names exespt the five for whom he votes , and the five names left standing on the card shall be considered as the persons whom he thinks eligible to serve on the Executive The sub-secretaries shall also be empowered to grant to absent , sick , or dutant members tbeir voting cards , and receive their votes in return , sealed up , through the post ofSce , or by other means , which sealed votes are to be opened by the General Council , and deposited in a box provided for tha purpose , and to be called the ballot-box .
On the day of ballot each sub-Secretary shall act as registrar , and the General Council as senjtinisers of the votes . The sub-Secretaries , af . tnded by the General Council , shall , on the day or evening appointed for the ballot by the majority , stand around the ballot-feox , and proceed to call over the roll , eack voter advancing when his name is called , and dropping his ballotting card into the ballot-box . On the conclusion of the ballot , the" General Council will proceed to the scrutiny . They shall fiist eount ths cards to see that the number corresponds vith that on the rolL They shall , secondly , cast up each card in succession , and the sub-Secretary shall put a mark opposite tha name of each of the candidates reported as having been voted for . Finally , they shall " declare the result to the General Secretary , reserving a copy for themselves .
, On Tuesday , the 2 Ut of June , or earlier , if possible , the names of the new Executive will be announced ; an 2 on Friday , the 1 st of July , tte new Executive will supersede the old . Brethren , we trust these directions will be strictly adhered to , and that all of you will vie with each other in exhibiting the proper spirit of Chartism during such an important practical application of our principle . All those places in arrears for cards are particularly requested to discharge the same , and thereby enable the present Executive to leave ofBeo without entailing any debts on the books of their successors . Having full reliance in yon , onr constituents , supporting us in the course we have advised , regarding the election , We remain , your faithful And devoted Representatives , James Leach , P . M . ii'DOUALL . Morgan Williams . R . BL Philp . John Campbell .
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BRISTOL AND THE STTJRGE PARTY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOHTHEEN STATU Sib , —Having read a report iu your last paper of a meeting cf the Complete Suffrage Union , without membera . I wish through yocr pages to call the attention of my brother Ctiarti&ts to tha fact that icithoui members it could not be a meeting of any union , and further to itifunn them , that this said meeting was held at the house of one who hitherto has passed for a Chartist , and I believe "sras convened by Gaartisi professors , for the purpose of sedacia ? others of iae Chartists to d&sert
the glorious cause to which they have often publicly pledged themsfclTts , and become lowered in the estimation of every party . The argument , if such their" language may te termed , for this backsliding , is , that forty members of Parliament will support Sturge , that none will support Feargus O'Connor , thus resolving the qaestiyxs of right into individual influence . Secondly , taat a ro&e would be just aa BWeet with any other name . Bat what Englishman would think of changing the name cf this emblem of his country ? and -what Chartist won ! d for a moment entertain the idea of
changing that came which has been banded down to uj by those great souls , the immortal Hunt , Cartwright , Cobbett ? As well may you a ^ k the Irishman to change ths name of his shamrock , or the Scotsman bis thistle , the Welshman his leek , the democrats of Franca to strike ene of thsir tricolours , or the Amcricaaa to thws aside ona of their stripes and itars . Ifae answer in every case would be , 2 Co ! These n ames and embleas are national , and are endeared to us by the brealb , Sid toil , and blond of noble -sires and brothers , who have gone hence , bequeathing to us the fulfilment of ths labours they commenced ; and we have administered to their testiment , and sworn for our own sakes and that of our children to devote our whole energies to the accomplishment of their glorious objects . Change tee name Uuivejsal Suffrage . ' Never . ' It has became a saered name , sanctified by the sacred names of nobles of nature who have died in its advocacy .
We were once united in local associations under the title of Universal Suffrage , Democratic , and Working Men's Associations ; aftsr the acceptance l > y these of the Charter , we advanced from this position to that of Local Chartist Associations and District "Unions of Chartists ; after the barbarous crusade of 1839-40 , we emerged from the conflict with flying colours , and took a still more advanced position ^ under the title of the National Charter Association . We have since then , under good generals , parried every feint of our many enemies , and at length destroyed their army ; and shonld we , after having achieved this victory , in a war ef trickery waged by pretended friends and open foes , now b * nd to their new-modelled yoke , and disgrace ourselves in the eyes of the country and the world ? In the name of consistency , no !—in the name of union , no . '—in the names of Hunt , Cobbett , and Cartwright , no 1
The Charter , we were continually told ( aye , and by one who has backslidden ) was framed , that all that was necessary for a just representation may ba embodied —that we may have ene thing to point to , and be of one mind , not divided by our several crotchets , but by unity of purpose , and unity of action , achieve our o * tj emancipation from the thraldom of cbss legislati ^ n . And shall we now descend from this uu \ t ? of purpose and action , to our several erotchet * again , changing one name after another , to suit the whim cf this man or that party , until the whole face is changed , and the working class divided into powerless sections ? Universal Sufrraee is cur sacred principle of political rights . Tne Charter is become a talisman to the people , ¦ jfh erv-in ia their hope of freedom ; and to ask them to chanse—to tmnfrom it—to o back fros their present
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position to eves the five points without details , much less to alter one of those points for a more limited , and therefore inferior name , is to ask them to be unstable as water , and lay them bare , to be blown about , as they hitherto have been , by the breath of faction—ia , indeed , to favour the tyrant ' s maxim , ¦ " Divide and govern . " Bat if the question is to be between Peargus O'Connor and Joseph St a . ge , the decision must be years of toil in favour of Feargus O'Connor , for he has been tried by the people and fjund perfect even to the present moment j but cf Joseph Sturge we may ask what do we know of him ?—answer , that he was a free trader only , till he found he could not carry free trade without the ChaxUsts : at least , all parties must own he is
untried , and therefore only thought to be a friend of the people . When he has had years of trial in the people ' s cause of political emancipation , it will be time enough to dub him a friend of the toiling millions ; but to desert our tried friend , O'Connor , and join Sturge , because a few more of the dishoncurables would vote for the latter , would be truly absurd , and Joseph Scurge himseif would not respect or place any confidence in sen who could be guilty of such gross ingratitude to ono who has served them so long and nobly . If Joseph Sturge can by his influence gain over the middle class to his Suffrage , he may do us service , because at a future time we may get them to advance
into the Chartist ranks ; but that Chartists should retrograde to his plan , is too ridiculous y inconsistent . No , brothers , onward for the Charter , that has become sacredly endeared by the breath , and toil , and sufferings in dungeons and in exile of its virtuous advocates , and by its necessity to free our order from the crue : bondage , misery , and death entailed upon us by continual drudgery . Let us stand by our tried friends as becomes men—let us stand by our Charter as becometh freemen ; and set an example of consistency and firmness to the mere wordy democrat—ear country and the world . J . , Bristol .
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? " TO THK KDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib —As another proof of what Englishmen are reduced to > the following may be relied on as a fact ;—"A man of the name of Ralph Kershaw , of Oldham , who has been some time out ef employment , went to his former employer to get a job but without success ; but having to send a parcel to Halifax the man begged he would let him have the job , which he did , and the man got a wheelbarrow and brsught the parcel ( weighing nine stone four poundsj from Oldham to Halifax , a distance of twenty-one mites , and took another parcel back that weighed six atone six pounds . What he got for it I inow not , but tais ia another proof among many others , that Englishmen had rather toil for a livelihood , than live either on charity or parochial relief . " Robert Sutcliffe . Boothtown , May 31 . 1842 .
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND NELSON ' S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and ( he Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " If . every just man , that now pines with want , H ^ d but a moderate and besaewing share Of that which lewdly-pampered luxury Now heaps ubou some few with vast exeesa , Nutara's full blessings would be well dispensed In uusuperfluous even proportion . " Milton .
" An , immense majority of every civilized people arc verging towards a mutual agreement to give , in order that to each may be given , full measure , pressed down , and shaken togcthtr , and ruuning over . Such is the plenty in which God showers his gifts among us ; and such is the manner in which he would hava us yield each to the otttr . " A Political Economist . Brethren , —We have at length arrived at that period so long and s& devoutly wished for by all that have been engaged in prosecuting our strike to an honourable termination , and moro especially by ourstjlvtB—that of issuing our final address .
In doing so , it is our pleasing duty to inform you , that excepting sixteen individuals located at Dartmoor , all of the late turnouts have relieved ua of the cast of supporting them—some of them by the obtainraenfc of other employment , in the immediate localities in which they reslile , some of them by going in quest of it , to distant parts of the country , aud others of them , by being promised a small benus eich so auon as means ate furnished to us to Bupply it to them . It may , perhaps , be rlc here to state , that the arrears of pay due to those sixteen , including a bonus of £ l each , which they have agreed to accept , and then to relinquish all further claims in respect of the strike , amoui . t to upwards of sixty poanVs ; and which ( having had " a pretty considtrable sum" arrears of strike
allowance to pay to those who have gone to the country in quest of employment , and having yet a considerable snm to pay to those remaining In thsir respective localities deficient of the promised bonus , and unemployed ) , we are incapable of ourselves yet to pay , and which is operating most materially against us . VVe aru , however , sanguine enouch to hope , that this to the many insignificant , yet to us at this moment important " trifls , " will not be allowed long to operate as a drag chain on the wheels cf cur onward Dioveaient ; but , being freed from immediate embarrassment , we may bo enabled , like industrious aad persuvering artisans , to set ourselves cheerfully and energetically at work ,
" placing our house again in order , " in repairing those portions of our citadel which , during the Ions ; siege unto which it has been sutjected , have been susceptible of injury . Not , hov . ever , in propping with lame expedients , or decaying substances , tho unstable and affected parts , but , taking the experience of the past aa a beacon for the future , conserving that only which , in its practice , has prove ! effective anrt useful , and levelling to the ground all that has been proved ineffective and useless , and upon the most approved principle rearing up a new fabric , more adapted to the improvement of our condition , and the defence of the rights of labour .
We shall not , we hope , offend any of our friends if in this , our Irjst address to them , we digress a Iittlb from the subject of our strike , to say a word or two respecting the origin of that wealth through the agency of which we have been so persecuted , a 3 also respecting the inefficient protection afforded to , and the disproportionate distribution of , the produce of labour . It has beeu written , ami , a 8 assumed , by divino inspiration , that " He who will not labour neither shall ho eat "—that " The labourer is worthy of bis hire . " Indeed , labour was the first price—tbe original purchase-money— that was paid for all things . It was neither by gold nor by silver , but by labour , that all the wealth of the world was originally purchai ^ rt . labour , therefore , has a right to the first and most perfect kind of protection . * We see not , however , how this " pstftct kind cf protection" can bo afforded il without a subversion of
tbe txisting ; gcnniits with rcgaril to the distribution of labours produce . " Under the pies > -Mt Koji . il system , the capitalists and urtiyloyers aru n . t ouiy ri'stinct from , but tL . 27 are in a inann . r imiepfen-itnt vt , the labouring classes . They have the whole control of all tbe operations of trade—at their fiat production gees forward or languishes—the laooutinc n \ an is iua <' . e coi « - fuitible or starves by inches . Iu all trades or pvoftAksions the capitalists or employers receive double or quadruple remuneration for single tvo . k , or fur no work whatever ; " and this uncq : al diatnnuU'jn of iatiour ' a produce is the great source from whence originates the Jiiiitery and extreme poverty tf the labouring eksst / s . Thi 3 system must , therefore , be subverted ere Uiuour can Ttcfcive " aperfecV kind of protection . " TJ : « givat principle of equal iS : ; h : ; nreB , now tuo much unlit ' . r t . d
by the labouring man , ; inu which exposes him to every . ] ^ vrong and every inju-. tic ^ the rapacity of tho c ; i .: \ tnist and the employer see it to be their iuttr ^? . t ti ) u ii « .: upon ; him , 6 hould engage his serious nrul undivi < . ! " < t 5- ; ru"Uon . He must take into his owe hands his iei , uii ;< ue cflicj—; that of distributing the produce of his own labour—a . course of aUothera tho bctt cakuhueu V ) t-r ^ uro it a ' " perfect kind of protection . " And until hf- rius-a this —uatillie interpo ^ ij his nubarai au- ' nor ' : ty to ! . ' : » aua :- ; hilation of the bashful system of un ^ qu . il txcxir . ntes ,: with its destructive tendraries— "there will tie- evasion i of labour by some e ' r . uses at tho exptnej of « . taer 1 classes , the in ore especially of his c ' . a .-s—then : will be undeservedly rich , and umnerit-iily poor—ttwro will ' ba tyrants am ! thero will be slaves— and hia / u > cnr will j be withont even a eeinbl-mco of a " perfectkind cf
prolection . " . ' Be it , however , fully understood , that ve have no ; reason or intention to speak lightly of what wa n . t once . admit is but an imperfect "kind of protection" aff rtled I to labour by trade societies aa at present existing ; but ! that , on the contrary , by somewhat more judiciousiy s directing their resources , and thus more extensively ) developing their capabilities , we hope for more throuab . ; their agency than they have yet achieved . Neither let ; it be Bnpposeed that we contemplate the existence of .
trade societies would be rendered unnecessary by any , political change in the constitution or government of the country that may be effected ,. however extensive j that change may be . The necessity for their existence , I in our opinion , can only be removed by sweeping away universally that system which makes one man the i property , indeed the slave , of another man—wbica j divides society into chases of competitive and clashing interests— compelling one class to toil while others ar » idle—to produce that others may consume . " And no mere govermental change , if engrafted upon the present social system , " can effect the removal of these things ; and their removal must ba " a consummation devouUy
to be wished . To obtain , thsn , " a perfect kind of protection to labour , " and on unsupsrflaous evenly proportioned distribution of its produce , the various trade societies must turn their attention , and direct their meina to the institution of joint-stock and co-operative companies . "They must , take their own affairs into th ' . ir own hands '—pnt their own money into their own co-operative bank ; and thus , by withdrawing ic from the unprofitable channels which now absorb is , make its intereat and profits accrue to their own immediate advantage . What we seo accomplished almost , everywhere around us by joint-stoik companies muse ck : ir away every doubt , even from ibe moat ; es&pticai , as to
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the practicability of such a Bourse ; and there ate ample means , when combined , at the disposal of the trades f > r snob a purpose . In their existing funds which are now , through the hands of bankera and other conventional mechumB , lent ; on hire under . the cunningly devised delusion of receiving interest for the same , but which , ih a majority of cases , are made in some one Way or another to operate against them are the meana to be found which , applied " to such a purpose ^ under the judicious direction of properly constituted boarda of trade , aided by the united exertions or those , concerned , " all Having a common interest , airl , a common end , and deriving » common beneat , . must Incalculably conduce to bsth individual and collective prosperity .
By the general adoption of the principles of co-operation , a great ¦ majority of ' the unenfranchised may also obtain for themselves their inalienable rights , the suf-Irage , and the means submitted ' are simple , peaceable , aud safe . . "• ¦ . We recommend , with all the serionsness of which we are capable , theearly attention of the trades to the subject cf co-operation , and upon which we have passed the foregoing , although brief we hopo , intelligible remarks . . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ . ¦ " ¦¦ ¦ . ¦' : . ' ' -., "" .-. And as the meeting of delegates convened for the especial purpose . of aiding us through : our Biiike , is virtually dissolved , , we most respectfully subinit that each trade , at its earliest convenience , determine on the propriety of organizing another delegate meeting , having for its object the deli-¦ berate consideration ot tats important question in all its beatinga . With a view to inspire confidence we shall concede with tb , e following lines from a poet of immortal
fainar" Oft expectation fails , and most oft there Where most it promises ; and oft it hits Where hope ia colrteao , and despair most sits : " and with deeply engrafted feelings of gratitude for the counsel and pecuniary aid which have been afforded We subscribe ourselves , Toars gratifuliy , V The Committee of the Masons on Strike . Thomas Shortt , S&c . May 25 th , 1842 . N . B . All money contributed on behalf of the masons , in the provinces , should be made payable to Thomas Shortt , at No . 180 , Strand , London .
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT . SUMMER ASSIZES 1842 . The days appointed for holding the Assizes for the Northern "Circuit ,- before tho Right Hon . Thomas Lord Denman , Chief Justice of Her Majesty ' s Court of Queen ' s Banoh at Westminster , and the Hon . Mr . Jus-tice Maule , one of Her Majesty ' s Justices of Common Pleas at Westminster , tho Justices assigned to take the .-Assizes , pursuant to the statute , &c .: — . . ¦ "" ' ¦ '' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ " ' ¦ '' . ; Durham—Saturday , July , » , at Durham . Northumberland . —Thursday , July 14 , at the Castle ¦ of'Newoaatle-upOu-Tyne . Town of Newcastle upon-Tyne . —Thursday , July 14 , at the Guildhall of Nevycaatlo-upon-Tyne . Cumberland . —Tuesday , July 10 , at Carlisle . Wkstmoreland . —Saturday , July 23 , at Appleby . Lancashire ( Northern Division ) . —Tuesday , Jaly 26 , at Lancaster . Lancashire ( Southern Division ) . —Saturday ,. July 30 . at Liverpool .
Yorkshire . —Saturday , August 13 , at the Castle of York . Citv of York , —Satnrday , August 13 , at the Guildhall of tho City of York .
Sugar in the Olden Time . —In the reign of Heary the Fourth of France , sugar was so rare in that country , that it was sold by the ounce by apothecaries , nearly as Peruvian bark is now sold . t-Echo du Monde Savant . The Story of two Children in the Wood . — ( From the Nova-Scotianyof 4 pri / 2 l . j ^ T \ Yo children went astray in the Woods , about four niilca from Halifax , at the Dartmouth side , 011 Monday week . Their names were Jane Eliziboth and Margaret Meagher ; tho cider six years and ten months old , the younger four years and six mouths . Somo hundreds of people , many of them from Halifax , and comprising some military and Indians , went in
search for several successive days . On Friday , a snow-storm occurred , and added painfully to the difficulties and depression on the subject . On Sunday , the remains of tho children were found about six miles from the homo of their parents . They were found locked in each other ' s arins—the younger with its face on the cheek of the elder . The elder had rolled her apron about the moro helpless bab . . She had the looks of caro and sorrow in death , as if , which is net uncommon in Similar , cases ,-premature responsibility was felt , and that to secure and shield tho little innocent by her side was felt a duty . The younger seemed as if it met death in sleep . Their tender feot were much injured by travelling—in vain
endeavouring to reach homo . What pangs must despair hare introduced into tho children ' s mindt ? , atntd their lonelinoss and hungers day after day ^ and night after night , in tho . wiliiahiesa ! And yet thero was a . melancholy sublinmy connected with their death— the - ripeniug of tho spirit under keen distress , and the mutual sympathy and love which is too often wanted at the death-bed of the unfortunato mature . The parents of the children have boen subjects of deep commisseration . The remains of the little wanderers were interred between Eilenvale and Allun ' s . They were laid in the one coffin , and in the position in which they had been disscovered . They had a largely attended funeral , notwithstanding tho wet weather .
Death of Sir R . K * Porter . — -Accounts have been received of the death of Sir Robert Kerr Porter at St . Petersburgh . Sir Robert was Van artut , and was in 1804 appointed hiatorical paiuter to the Emperor of Russia ; a soldier , and eliared the perils of Sir . 'Jobu ; Moore ' s campaign in the Peninsula , which ended at Corunua ; and a diplomatisti being last employed by his own Government as Consul-General ufVthtzuela ,. His sisters , Anna Maria and Jane , are well known for their works of fiction . He died on the 3 rd instant , in his uxty-third year , lie is survived , by tho Princess Mary , the daughter of Prince Tiieoiioro de Sherbatoff of Russia , whom he named in 1311 .
15 Ottlngham Election. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
15 OTTlNGHAm ELECTION . ( From our own Correspondent . )
Ever sinco the announcement of the compromige into ¦ which the parties . contending : for the honour of-representing this pure Borough in our reformed Parliament , are said to have entered / public opinion lias been upon tho stretch . But perbap 3 it may not be amiss , as the workin ^ c ! : i 3 E 2 s g < : n rtaHy appear to ' attach : ' more ' than usual importance to the result if the present struggle—to alp . ta tlie nsture of t-bs compromise . It is known to ail that the return of Sir John
Hobhouse and Sir Joan Larpent , was ppUtioned against by ¦ Walter and hia Tory coadjutor on the fccoro of bribery , rtat is , Hobbouse and Ldrpcnt had committed the cHme of over-bidding their -virtuous T 017 opponents in the flesh mavket . However , so gvtat -was tii-J iaipovtanco iittacliiid to the seat of the ex-Whig Minister , Hobhouse , that the Whigs , or a section of the ii . flu&ntial of that body , entered into au r . greeniesit v ? ith the petitiontr , the terms of which "weve that Hobhouso should retain his eeat , that Larpcnt slioukl accept t jte Ghiltern Hundreds , as well as tha Baronetcy Tvhich corruption entitled him to , nnd that the leading Whigs ¦
should give ' no opposition to the ' return of V / altor ns the successor of the . Whig B , \ ronat . In this state of ufiuirs tho Tories bad a fair right ' to-prcsrtma thnt ; tho neutrality of tho kadi ii ; j Whigs , . amlthe . cifect of Tory gold would insufO a walk over tor their rnaa . But , alas ! " man proposes , but God iiispqsca ! " tti . d the wicktd spoil-aporfc Chartist non-elector 3 , firud with irtliijDatiiju at the prt'sumptuous 'barter-thus made- of thuir rights , put \ lvsii \ ignomnl- hfeads . ' together , au < i camd to tho conclusion to flght " conigrojeisa , gold and a ! J , witbuulid , priocip ) c ami virtue ; n ; id accordingly invited Mr . Joseph -Stargo' to ' offar ' himself as tho representative of their -vhtttcus design .
Feari ~ u 3 O'Connor was immediately wi-itten to , and at oiico pledged his aid in . support ' : " ot the people ' s vie 7 / s . The Tories bein ^ j sceptical cf Chartist integrity , laughed at the motion of the Chartists and tbe homst and uncounuitttd portion of the rahtdle classes < iariDg to raise their preiumptuoiis headi against things as rulo bad scitioci them . They have learned a lesson , however , which they will not hastily forget ! O'Connor arrived on Thursday week , and addressed the people in tie Marfcet-pi&ee . Hs -then pledged himself to come and remain " with us , when the struggle commence . ) , ; until the victory was won . He returned on Thursday labt , and , at eight o ' clock , addressed a meeting of sevtiul thpusandsof the people in the Marktt-p ' ace . The vtteian Harrisoa ; delegate to the
Convention was inthe chair , and opened the meeting in bis usual ct ' raightforwar . d mariaer . He then introduced Mr . O'Connor to their notice , who waa received with repeated cheers . He commenced by saying u \^ hat a blessing , what a pleasure , what a pride , that in the midst of accusationand l-ecrimination , of taunts of Tory gold and Whig gold , that I can thus stand in the Maiket-place , and say to the Whiga , whose spy I was till I strangled ttwi , wiio ri to Mt ? and turning to the Tories , whose spy T then bsoanie , but as whose destroyer I now am , to thon ) also I say , WUO > aid me ? Now is your time to con \ e forward and fox ever damn the hireUnE "— ( tremondoua cbeeting and ¦ waving
of hats . ) Mr . rOConnoe thea continued in Bis usual strain of rapid and ! thrilling . eJs ^ aehce . After inspiring the Chartists with hopo and- cunfidehce , in a glorious democMtic gpeech , the uieeting at its close fell into procession , and marched through the town , Bingiiig Chartist song 3 , with . O'Connor at their heaci . Walter had beard o £ Mr . Sturga ' a abseuce ; and , hoping to steal a inarch upon the' uinlffended garriabn , he also arrived on Thursday ; Sui !; O'Connor was before baud with-him .-.- ¦ Walter addregssd a few of tha leading Tories in the Assembly Rooms , and affected great sarprise at the' alteredBtet 3 . oit . public opinion since ho was made a tool pt hj tilt Chartists for tho aixaihilaUoa ot Whigaery « : 0 ' 0 i « mot iuformad his . hesurcr « ' . tkiii Wuiui
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Was then addressing hisTory friends ; but cssurad them that on the morrow a train would take him back to the place from " whence he came :. and ,- curious enough , on Friday morning , Walter was missing { leaving to his mourning friends the sad task of communicating his retreat The people marched by the George the Fourth , ( Walter ' s Hotel , ) and from which he was accustomed to hear the joyous cheer ; but , alas ! the melody was changed into three groans for tho Tories . O , ungrateful' Chartists , why arerye not still in love with Toryism , that promises such fair things for you ?
FRIDAY EVENING . On Friday evening , Feargua O'Connor again addressed an immense concourse of all classes in tho Market-place . . Mr . James Sweet was unanimously called to the chair by his townsmon , and was received with hearty cheering . He explained the course which he thought it his duty to pursue at Mr . Walter ' s first atwi : .. ' second election , and showed the triumph which Nottingham had gained over Whiggery by ita adoption , and the hope which the Chaitists now had . of reaching the bsnefit of that triumph by the annihilation of Toryism . It was very gratifying to witness the unanimity of sentiment , which prevailed in approval of Mr . Sweet ' s conduct . He concluded amid cheers by introducing 0 Cannor to the assembled thousanda . Mr . O'Connor spoke till dark , and concluded , a sour-stirring appeal thus : —• " If the middledaises are sincere , and desirous of
a union , what an opportunity now presents itself ! but should our principles be boat by Whig neutrality , who again will venture , nay , who will dare to recommend , a union ? I for one never will . " This sentence had a powerful effect , and set many who were before lukewarm , to work . But be hit them still harder : — . ' What , v said he , ••* are the Whigs of Nottingham parties to a compromise by which this town is to be represBnttd by an ex-Whig Minister , and , no leas a Tory than the proprietor of the Times ? If they beat us now , or if we are beaten by their neutrality :, they shall have two thumping Tories at the very first general election . " : This was followed by loud cheers . After the meeting broke up , the multitude , more numerous if possible than on the preceding night , fell into procession , and paraded tbe town , singing and cheering for Sturge .
SATURDAY . Saturday being market day , the Market-place waa not available for electioneering purposes , so O'Connor addressed the Chaitists in their large room at the King George on Horseback . He entef « d fully into the question of trade , machinery , and . the Corn Laws j and plainly explained to his hearers that fvom a wholesome state of the labour market alone could machinery continue to be profitable to its owners . He laughed at the idea of remunerating markets abroad , while domestic taxation was swallowing up more than the proceeds of our entire expbrtatian ; while ho eontended that the home market , if rendered sound by the representation of industry , would set every hand in every trade to work , and leave not a machine in the country idle .
After his speech , which "Was loudiy cheered , Mr . O'Connor ' s Address to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was read by a working man , and was loudly applauded .
SUNDAY . Mr . Harrison , the veteran who exposed the tricks of the traders in the late Convention ,. and who is much beloved by all whe know him , preached a sermon on the Forest at noon , to an eve ; flowing audience ; and Dan Taylor : preached his fareweSl sermon in the evening , from the same grass-carpeted natural pulpit .
MONDAY . On Monday evening Mr , O'Connor addressed the largest assemblage that has been gathered together for ii long- time , from a platform emoted at Mr . Bean ' s Buildings , on Bunker ' s Hill . Mr . James Sweet was in the chair , and opened the business in an admirable speech of considerable length . Mr . O'Connor on being introduced , entered npoa the subject of the election , and the poor prospects of the Tories . He then turned to the . Queen ' s begging letter , and scouted th 9 notion of the bishopg and parsons bleeding the flock through the year , and than when terror presented itself through famine , insulting the people with the tender of not a titha of a tithe of what they had shorn from the backs of the poor ; and in order
to ehow the bene&ts which tho people derived , he entered upon the evidence taken before the commission unon tho treatment of children in niines rind collieries . One child , said he , of thirteen years of age , when questioned about Christ , and asked who he was , answered that abe believed he was born ia Wales and went into England ( shame , shume . ) Another was asked who God was ; and she answered that she did not know him at all , but heard that he Wai the first ; man . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , bad riot these poor creatures the full share of ten millions sterling per annum spent in the circulation nntl the -dispensation- of ' gospel truth through Chureh State lips ? Y « 3 , '' he continued , " hut see the -effect which the neglect might have upon justice and the la-wa . It is ono of onr rneral maxitnsi that the
evidence of a witness cannot b 9 received iff a court of justice who does not believs in fv \ tute vewarcls and punishments ; and suppose a murder to have been committed in the presence of ono hundred of those ne ^ Jectod creatures , all of whom witnessed it ; yet would tbe niurd *> rer go free , in consequence of the infamous neglect of our admirable , buniane ,. and religious pastors and masters , who tolerate such hellish deeds under ground , lest their exposure should sulject t ^ em to the rich man's scorn . " Ha made a dreadful exposure of som& Nottingham Tories , who took thirteen men to personate living voters at the South Derbyshire e'ection . He' stated that ho knew them all , and thosa "¦ who suborned them to commit perjury and pyomiaed them £ 2 a head for their services . They were to have
polled bifjre the . ' -real' Simon Pares presented thernselres , and when the real man came , he would appesr to have voted before . Those whom they were to have represented were Whigs ; thus would the thirteen have made a difference of twenty-sis in favour of the Tory candidates j and the vetj " man who procured them , fed them , paid them and Btiborncd them , is now the leading man in Nottir . ghani in Mr . Wafer ' s ihtorest . Mr . O'Connor , afcer a powerful appaal on bfehalf of Sturge , wad tbe address of the non-electors to the electors rf Nottingham , ( inserted below , ) and which it will ba found was carried unanimously by the vast assembiage . Mr . O'Connor spoko for an hour and a half , and shewed the folly of the middle classes hoping to gain a triumph without the people ' s aid , and tha insolence of the Tories hoping to resist the demand which the whole working classes of Nottingham , nay of Eupland , were tnakiue for the csiatiion rj ^ lits ot' -all . ¦ ¦ ' Ho said the
Whigs say they would rather do the work wifai . ui me . I know they would , but I know how they would do it ( Ciieers . j But they shan't , ( Cheers . ) I marshal niy force ; let them Hiarahal thoir force ; aud as I am a plain speaker , and as they attach much importance to municipal . . ' offices here , I now t's ' . l ' -theai that ; if we sufer the disgrace of a Tory triun . ph through their neglect , they ' shall have it to their heart ' s content , ia : November next ; for we wilMllthe Council with Tories— ( chvsrs . l They call your advocates ' demagogues , " in derisi-m , and in . iqnorance of the term they nss it as a reproach , wheveuait wag esteeinwl as a title tb'o irtost honourably by thoio who loved liherty . because thay knaw its value . Among both Greeks and Haaiar . 8 in tbeir palmiest : 'd ; iys , demagotjue was the term by which -the v « opl © distinsuisuttd their leaders . Tile word is derived from the Greek wor 3 ' . demos ' tbo pimple , and " ago" to lead , and siguified , as I have tuid you , a leader of ths people .
Air . ' Viucena has endeavoured to pamt a ccmoso .-ue in his true colours for you ; but I fear HE ALSO has mifiundaretao-l Uie nam-. ) wh ; c ; i tlw .-p : c ; ure ha / , r > esr deserved . Political pedlar « . houl < l have btcn substHu . for tbe word " utui . isjogue . ; " aud iit > w I v > "iil draw for you the ch : ira-jt- ; r of
A POL I T ICAL ..-PED UK , " to the life . H is a'living-thing of clay , so pliant that the political mec-luuiio may mould' it into en > shnpa beat-suited to his views it is a ? clay iu U \ n power ' s bauds , ready for any ah .-. pe . " Ait uuuga . t <> all mev . " It qnotea from V-lney , . Vultaira . iind Paine , Wiiton , Sljak ^ yaare , and Byron , Loei . u , Poys : S A'ifc , and Bentham , without n : < ir ^ knowltd ^ e » . t thai ? contanta , than the innocent ciiif ; kia in which they aro'bound . If S .. > cisH > . m is po : uiar , it tttcamus a Sociiilist ; lub should fits pure doc ' i . rines o * Cirietianity present higher prosj-vota aw * » richer hai'v ^ c , the cloak of S > ciaus ( u is vk ff « -U , anrt tils triple mivnta of the Triui . ty is modestly aE ^ uraed . lt , s chaiints aye nut
converaiond ; thwy are bat omona of the moait-d v ^ iue , which the ' change'in other ' s niih . fls hold out for change iiv hia . Before the . people , lie is loml in Jiis suppuit of labour ' s rights , and would uphold i :-3 « very .. pr . ivilb # tt '; - but should chance luake him an employ er , he ; forgt-ts even the rules and regulations of his craft , and -wb ' uiti doiho v » urk cif . j . our ' neynieu with apprentices . Ou the platform he v ' sads for tho rights of fustian ; tu , should 8 osj \ 8 anxious expectants follow him to his rest ing-place , ho appiic-s to the landlord for a private upartment , where he and his uiore . respticteblb associates may Heek sheiter from the filthy k ; Sj . He will gam popularity under ; the wing of a good and virtuous man ; , but should his patron be brpaskt to trouble , aud bc . coina bound in the liqu ' s net oa his acc-utit , then , unlike the grateful m » use , he will foreet to gnaw his trainrnsis ^
or to assist ia his release . Should the fury of psjty threaten danger to him , he will have recourse t © all deviseB to ensure his pavsonal safety . Should h& step into error , and beremiudod of iiis false position by some of 4 he bold sons of iabcar , he will sigb a quick icpentance , bat- ' still ' remain \ 7 ivh opan mouth , rsaUy to inhale the putrid aiv wheu he tuinks the epidwnio has become strong endugb . to jasiify a rclapscv Ee is genevaUy too pr / md to work , > DfJ too poor tovliva without la \ H ) ur . He lives but for a short time in each locality , his stock of recommsiiilsUcus i-eing quickly usvd up . he can weep with tho latm-iaioae , Liugh witii tha tay , and mourn with tho sori : e-7 . -fuI ;¦ ba ia part of ewry man ' 3 nature , and no part of his prafessing-eoit , fie will dt'iiouace in piivate , a « d setik shelter under tbe ... coot Iop 3 of his victim iii public ; in bhoit ia tbe ¦ words uf the pott :-"•¦• rt ' Ja a Biendcr . thisigcf wco / a ¦ ' - . ¦ . Wbicn up and down iiM awkward arma diitUsw . ^' i , And ' 7 p / Jt and spcijt said sivout away In one wv . ; k-wasbj e 1- ;?/ ia « tUJS flouO ^"
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He will be tbe F'indicator of yqur rights so l ^ ng as his vindication is profitable ; but when he baa dried up the pap of panprrisHi , he will look round for tha dug of some new milch cow . In fact ,. he has wares in his basketfor all parties , and ia rexiy to praisa them to effect a sale . He is a pp : hpon 3 noisy bloclibead , taught like a parrot , and eterr . aUy jabbering the fame stuff . Such , my friends , is the character which Mr . Vincent ought to hate draicn ; and over it he should hav % written '' a Political Pedlar , " with " VVaorea for all shades of politicians . " ' ' . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ '• ' ¦ ¦ ' . '' ¦ ' : . . . : ' ' ¦¦ . '¦ ¦' . ¦[ :- ' ¦ " Very fine toys for giria and boys , A cock and a hen for a hilfpenny . "—( Roajs of Iaugbier , and" aye that ' s it" ) %
Toe address of the non-electors to the elflctors of Notiinghatn was then read and proposed bythat- excellent , veteran , Harrison , tf thelato Convention , and seconded by the meeting , and uu : i 3 imou 3 iy : adopted ; after which , a member of the Chartist Association presented an address from that body to Mr . O ' Connor , to which La briefly reyilied , and departed , after a heftrty vote of thanks to the Chairman ; and an assurance that be would come on the day of ejection , and march them all , electors and non electors , to jnpport Sturge and liberty . Several of the electors shook haims : with Mr . O'Connor , and pledged themselves to ba forthcoming to vote for the Hia . a of the people's choice . He stated that he had to address the men of Beeston , four miles ; . at the other side of Nottingham , at half pist six , and the people of Nottingham at ha f . psst ; eight ; and took his leave shortly after two o ' clock , the procession attending him to the confines ofthe town , and giving a round of hearty cheers at parting . . ' :
"ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS . The following , address of the non-electors , to the electors of Nottingham , \ vas moved by air . J . Barber , seconded by N . Longniirief , and supported by ^ eargus O'Connor , at cne . of the la . rgest public nieetiuga ever held in Nottingham , and carried unanimously anvidBt thunders of applause ' on Monday ^ the SOth May , 1842 . Brothers , —We address yon at a critical juncture , when , as trustees , you are about to be colled upon to exercUe a saered right—the right of voting—deposited in yout "hands , not to be used for your own especial benefit , but far the general advantage of mankind . The
misuse made of the franchise by the pveseut electoral body has given to wealth and might an up just and pernicious influence ovftr industry and right It feaa given tyranny aud misrule .- 'a' confidence in its strength which c 6 uld oniy arise from the cprruption of that cbnflriei-1 source from whence its power / springs . To the application of power thus w justly acquired , may be traced the dominant sway of faction , th ; disjointed ' state of society , the inquietude of the public mind , the disparity which exists between the represented and the unrepresented . classes , and the universal demand becoming daily more urgent for the restoration of that truit to the bands of the people , which hira been used for their destruction and notfor their a'tvantage .
" 'i Brothers ,- ^ Wo will not withhold the truth from you , though it may sling you to heat it ; that , as a body , the Electors of- Nottingham have been distinguished above all others for their corruption and venality ; but , while we thus charge you with past delinquencies , we are ready to record our approyal of your noble conduct while struggling for Reform , which promised us a share in those rights jvliich you have hitherto exclusively held . ' Brothera ,- ^ -Ycur demeanour upon that occasion much lessens our censure of your conduct at repeated elections 1 ; and , we arc charitable enough to think that in your former struggles you recognised no clifFirence in the value of those who courted your support , ' , and therefore reconciled to ; your consciences the txpedieccy of helping yourselves between tbe twa rotten crutches . . ¦ :
• ' Brothers , —Let us hope that such has been your motive , while your present position places before you a great and glorious opportunity of provirg to the world that the Electors of Nottingham know how to distinguish : between right and wrong , between principle and expediency , between virtue and vice . Yes , Brethren , now for the first time in tho history of our town ' s representation do we call upon you to use that trust with whinh you are invested , to aid in returning the man of ouRchuice , -- ' .. '
MR . JOSEPH STURGE , to represent both you and u&lri the Houaa of Commons , where the friends of order are but few . *• Brothers , add ona to the small number . You , the Bufges 3 es , have been taunted , with your disregard of piinciple when the tempter ' s gold is-. ' ofi ' crttl as the purchase rapriey of your own disgra' 36 and youi-country ' s ruin . But it is to you , the poorest of tbe poor , tbafc we make this our appeal , being well convinceil that a mind as pure and a heat as warmly attached t © liberty ia to be found under the rags of the pauper aa under tbe fine covering of the wealthy . : ; ¦ ; :
" Brothers , tho fyes of Ensjiand—cay , tho world ' s giacce is upon you ! aucl shall'Engiann frdvrri , and' tha world stand paralyzed at the astounding setts , that Nottihgbaui hoa added one more to the numistr of pur oppressors ? No , brothers ! your starving wl ^* , daarto you , though ¦ - . in rage ;; ' your sobbing offAptiig ;¦ your bleefling : country ; yonr faTnistlirig brothers ; your t « tteriiig homes ; your God who : loves justice 1 , ' ail , all , one and all call upon yoa , ' to awake ! k arise ! or bo for ever fallen ! ' Let virtuous poverty teach vice in rich apparel that , Vitbin your famished homes there is . a jewel too deav to bo purchased , too pure to be eullied ! Tell the grea'fcones who charge you with delinquencies , that you are above : entering into a base compact for tne sale of your ceiuntry ' s and yonr felJow labourer ' s rights
" Brothers ; of what avail wi ] l be thepurcfeaio money of oar , liijwrties ? . Does not that which comes from evil perish in dissipation ? Comrnune thns with the virtuous wivos of your bosom anA the little ones given you as pledges of love , and cbargsi * . upon ycur gunrdianship . . ' ily wife and children , behold , I am this dny called upon to dispose of a sacred right which I hold ia trust for iny fellow men , —how shall I use it ? it has beei ; : customary to sell it and'from the purohasa money to supply your wants for a timo . I knew noctha dishonour and disgrace until reused to a sense of r « flectionby the Bound jadgment of my order . Public opinion now calls- ' .. up ' o ' n' mo for the first time to throw my voice into the ecala of right , to weigh dotvn the load of my country ' s wrongs ; but will you , my
wife , still continue , to bear your , sufferings ? and shall our little cues still want ? . ' » r shail 1 . fes ? d you for ytt a little upon the purchase menuy of my owa and my country ' s dishonour ? ' And the virtuous wife wifa will ana ••?« . ' My husband , r . II the money that you have hitherto got for your country's sale lias coma over the devil's back and gone nn . ' . er the devil's belly You receive it in a moment of ( -xciternent ; you are ashamed to confess its possession ; and you bpeiid it in dissipation , iiijuriug your health , and . 'unfitting you for business ; so cust it- from . you oa that account : but as a mother ,. 'a v ? ife . and an Ecg ; ish woman , I take higher LTound , wnd . sny , if we are to pe ' rish ; let us nos perish
by our ov ; n haucl ; ar . dif v ; u must sutl wear our clmna , ! ut -tis-not forgo them fov ourselves . Hustv . r . d , xiben , vote for S ' . uri : e , vrho promisua you peaoj thrcugb . fulipwEi'ip , p . bundanco through industry , aud the blessing or'r « i ; g : oa : ' .. tiiro ' ugh- en - u ; : p . a'iii churcfi . Voca uot for Walttr .-wbo srould b < -como another link itt that chain ¦ w rncirhas ao long bound industry and kbotir t&the opprtosor's . will . If we are poor , my husbnntl , Itt us at ie : Ut lie : honest , and resisting the tejnpter ' 3 goM ,- ' Shout fi « bJuri- ; e ar . ri Ubek'ty l . i ' w ptaca thrwugb ftiibwship ; for Ttii . : < i < . 'a throuiih cor . so'enc ^ ; for your country , your oriinr . arid your G '* d ... & *' Go ! Go ! and may heaven sm-. its upon your vjudcrtakinj ; . ' ¦ " Signed on bfchaH ' of tha rce ^ t ';^ , " Jaues BwEiiX , Chairaian . "
TUE 3 DAY . On . Tuesday , Mr , O'Connor visited Arnold , a large viMa , »> , iliit . iis't about four nviies . front iNoUUiicLiui , and w < s ' accoiiipaaied by Mr ;; Sweet . Upo-A arising -. v ; tiii : i a '»' : iii . o' 6 f tho village , which has a pupuiation of . 'ibctit 5 000 , : \ nd among whom are obuut foriy tiectora , lit ; v- ; s 3 ju . ut by the whole pspuJaticn , and iaigonumtsrs from many miles diitarit , rnarching in precession , h- i- ' . fi . ' . fey ; th'j fi&iiiales and a r . ond . n vu . s ijitv-ntkd t " . at 1 : 9 sh ' oiild addrtsa ; them in the Chai . tisb' Ch ^ p ' .-l ; bat riiiY . 'umbfcra being too grtat to be accoiuuiOuate !! ia a buisi ) fa ' g tt > u times the s : z ; i , Ihiy v / civ conipelled to aiij miri to a lar ^ o grn . ss wa ? led-in yard * wbich was k . rnliy afforded t ' or the purpcbe . iir . iltllca a voter for -the borauch . waa unanimously cAlkdto thu ; chair .
aiid , lifter opfenisg the laskisss of tlia . iiiC ' .-tir ^ . : nwovuc-il -Mr . O ^ onhor , \ rho i ? aa received with niij ' . uroua ap ; -laf . so ., JEJe spoke for mora than :: n'h ' ouir su > j a half upon the monopoly of machinery , the iniquitiM of" tte ' 3 ; i « v c 5 . u ; ch , anil tne blessings tf a rural l : fu . Bo said : " N' )> v suppose jour pppu'ation to cimsiatof u ^ BO , and 1 btiO of thus j to be h' ; ai ? s of ffliniliv-s ;— you are bow all starvinK , vs-hile your idleness ia"biingiDg ruin upon ail at ^ jve you . Now j . ust hear my piim : ift . OCO acirea of ti . at land around your peRCeful village , if let at ita fuU value in hoSdinga of ten acres each to tha l . OOS U'lBitis cf faiuiiics , would ' Itave . a profit to sach holder of £ 42 per . aniiuin , aftey . eonsumpiionoi fcfc . 9 very best of fooii ; and suppose the family : to co sist ' of a man , his wife , aud ihrea children ; the man should labour from six to tvrelTC , and from four to sisiQ the tVening : the iJi-ther should usver K ave her hpese except but forbusiues * or pleasosa— ( loud cheers ) r- » nd . if . manu . factures aritV agricuksre are to go band in hand , tha
one imi-st maKe a maslsat at home for tha other . Thus the father ' s profit over consumption would incTeaae th » value of hia child ' s labour in the nnanufactutinj ; awTkot . And fiuppose h 6 had two children , and say one cf them above nftecri yea ? s of age ; that child might work at that age av maichirery from eight in tfea morning till " twelve ,- ' ani li'iai four in the evening . till 6 ix ; and for thosti six hours' lalsouy , raised in vilue by the ccmisiuiiitya abiiity to suppovt its prof-Uice , I only -ask , for argumtsit- ' 3 e ' arhe ' . 203 .- par week t now add : thst £ 23 pet air . ju ' m to thii fatlisx's ^ £ 42 , and- you , bare . n gsois sl-ui tii' £ 08 , over aisii ' . abcfte touBU 3 iption r : for tacb poor iH : i :.. ' ii tavaUy to spsra-J . in the maiiuliictjiriija uisAet— - ( icu I c'ieajs , — . anti Wiitvs me , tho'' lesoui ' ees yt'tha coautryara fully ^ U 2 . l to be est evi'Iecl to Vi \ vsr ^ oVd tliat aiuounfc if they ' . " wtVe cttltivafctid t'i the hi ^ hist- Ttat wctilti givs jou . l , 000 abldiara anil I . OOO pultC'rinac to « ie ? fi « - ti you ? / i ^ jite and preserve tte peace vi .-A ' iuoH , in vliith car ^) man as a wldisr and n poueoniuu would have roi . tguii '¦ ictereat ^ - ( loud ch ' . ' eKj . ¦ : . ;¦ ¦ ¦; .-. ( Continued \ n our eighth page ) .
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THE NORTHERN STIR . \ , ' -f
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1164/page/7/
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