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Brook Of Northallerton.
BROOK OF NORTHALLERTON .
TO THE COVSC 1 L OF TEE BRADFORD . CHABTiST ASSOCIATION . j Peas Friejtds , —I regret that I have to solicit you I jo take my distressed family into jour consideration snd protection , but I cnderit&nd they have been greatly | n ^ lected daring ths last year , either for -want of con- j sderation or some other cause unknown to me . I do ] nott&ink that the Chartists of Bradford have neglected j taan wi ^ nlly , for I am confident that they will never i allow ssy fsn » ily to Btarve while I am confined for * 5 se < part I hive taken in the struggle to secure the political ! freedom of ciy enslaved countrymen , and to st-cure for j znfsdfssd tied a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s ; work ; and at the same time resale our dear little I children from the rapacious jawB of the cruel factory ' monster , &nd the aged and helpless from the tnree ' devil kings appointed to starve tfcem to death in tae bugles .
Dsar mends , I earnestly request yon to take my fsinijy under yoor protection . It -vrill be a scarce of innti- eomiati to me to know that my fanuly are preserved from want during the remainder of my improoEmeotj for I expect no relief from the bloonthirety factions , either Whig or Conservative , though 1 wish a memorial to be _ sent to the Secretary ef State , to release me from prison . My imprisonment haa cot quenched ay spirit , though it has reduced my body ; for please God to restore tae to liberty I shall be & better Chartist than ever 1 was . and my imprisonment has f unrsbed me with ten
thocsand arguments in favour of Chartism , "Which before were hid from me ; and I shall net fail to declare my experience , through the length and breadth of the land , if it should please Grod to preserve me in hfalth and strength to do so : the powers that he from men will not hold the check upon me , for I am prepared not enly to meet imprisonment , but desth , or secure tbe political freedom < ti the labourers of England and their wives and childrea from tbe jvws of toe factory monster . I remain truly y « urs , Wilxiah Brook . House of Correction , KbrthallerUm , July 2 nd , 1 S 42 .
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^ THE YETEBAN JOHN GEOBGE . The purport of- this address is an appeal to your generosity in a lamentable cise . "With feelings cf ths deepest regret I am prompted to inform ay friends that distress of the most poignant nature has at length penetrated ay bumble habiiarioa . J ! y poverty haa been occasioned by waDt of employment , aEd the great and many sacrifices I have at v * - rioos tiises jnade in the cause of my compatriots . I am now in my 75 th year , and beins therefore < &-qnalififid by age and phjiical debility from procuring a maintenance for mysslf and partner by the same means ¦ which , up to a very Tecent period , I have empiaj * d far that "cnrpose ( manual labour ) , I am hot re-itoea to actosi penury . I tcertforu esnitsily solicit the J *« i » - Tolest friends of freedom to t&Se into considej-atKm the oljecS of this appeal , and lik-ewise to endeavour as far is in them lie to release me from my present extreme pecuniary thraldom .
F « r the last fifteen or twenty years , I have encountered a multiplicity of trials of no ordinary description . during all cf which I never attempted to throw myself upon public notice , as one desirous of receiving cbaiitabls assistance , and even now , but for the perws&sion of ft few radical friends upon tie subject , my own silence thereupon -would perhaps accompany me with sheer starvation to the grave . For many years I carried on the business of -a paper banger at the West ead of the metropolis , by -which I ¦ was enabled to maintain a large family in credit-I was likewise cue of the first members ef the ones celebrated Corresponding Society , and I am therefore , with abotit one exception , the only one remaining of the old stock of Cosmopolites who figuertd among the Toeisa , the Hardies , the ThelwaHs , the BkSrnans , the Jeneses , and others whose names grace the annals of democracy .
Sly object m making this application is to endeavour , as the last resenree , to keep myself and wife from becoming inmates ci a Union Werkiousa . Tour distressed applicant , Johx George . Xo . 1 , Cottage-pTaxe , Behind the Jolly Gardener , Iimbeth-walk , London , July lSth , 1 S 42 . SubscriptJona will be tbackfally received by Mr . John Savage . Mechanics' Institution Tavern , Circusstreet , Jvew-road , iiarylebcnfi .
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KB . STTJRGE AXD THE CHARTISTS OF XOTTI > "GHAM . TO IHS XDITO » OF TH 2 SOaiBESS STAR , I had "written an article somewhat at length on tfae Chartists of Nottingham supporting Mr . Sturge , but on second thought , seeing that your columns might be engaged to better purpose , and concluding that I might as well effect ray intention by asking a question or two : I beg room for a line or two in your paper . As I am a Chartist , or Radical , of long-standing , I have too often s = en that the people , even after being
often deceived , are too ready to place confidence in newmade converts . I . is of importance , especially at present , that -we he cautious in receiving and supporting men newly come over to the profession of our principles from the middle class . And more especially if they have been prominent in the Anti-Corn Law Movement . I -wish to know if the Nottingham Chartists support Ms . Sturge merely because he is a Universal Suffrage Tcim t If so , I would answer , —so is Dan . O'Connell , so is , < s at least was , Mr . Hoetuck , so is Molesworth , Hume , and several ethers , who aie the worst enemies fcfaa people have . ¦ . . _
la net Mr . Stnrge ef the free trade party ! The Chartists jastlj deem those principles , if carried ont , to be starvation , destruction , and death to the working classes . Is Mr . Sturge friendly to the New Peor Liw ? I looked ifl the papers for a string of questions being put to him by the Chartists cf Kottingham , on variocs subjects ; hut above all , I expected that he would be stringently questioned on that hateful measure . I was disappointed . I believe be was net questioned at alL Now , if Mr . Sturge is a free trade man , and a friend to thB New Poor law , tbe Chartiete of Nottingham would he acting a strange and very injurious part hi helping to return him , I should say , if such should be the e ^ se , as I mueh fear it is , it would be a thousand time * better that even Mr . Walter were returned . And farther , if such should he the case , llr . O'Connor has no business in Nottingham , if he values his consistency . Yours , i £ n enemy to Middle Class humbug and deceit > A > OLD CHaHUSI ,
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MIDDLE CLASS OPPRESSION . " I would a whip were placed in every honest hand , . . To ^ "h such rascals naked through the world . ' TO THE EDIT 03 . OT THE SOKTHEB . ?? STAH . 31-s deaB Sik . —Allow me through ycur columns to lay before the readers cf the Star the . following case of rascally oppretsion , the gubjtct cf which is a worthy fellow , highly respected here , a native of Nottingham , nianiid , and having a family of three children . He has been ever since feis residence in Sh-SkM a member of the CLarUr A * s- > ti 2 tion ; and ef late has , at the heqvest of the Council , made himself rather active in the performance of certain minor duties assigned him .
ua the 27 ib of June , he attended the funeral of the deceased Samnel Holberry , only absenting himself from his employment during the ili&Tnodn . Be -was em-PlOjed as striker at a eoa ; b-makiEg establishment- It appears that on tbe Monday afternoon his employer visited ths manufactory , and finding some of the men absent , directed that they should not be ailawed to go to vork next day till he had seen them . Accordingly , next morning tbe parties presented themselves at the house of the bashaw , but were not seen till the after
noon ; one of the men who pleaded that he had been ^ nisk on the Sunday , acd waa compelled to leave on Monday , through being too ill to work in conseqnence tf his Sunday ' s spree , was allowed to return to hia "Pork cd assuring his employer that he was no Chartist . All eesaped condemnation but poor , who , upon being questioned if he was a Charfet , replied he was ; cpon which the " gentleman" remarked he would net tsre a Chartist about tbe place if he knew it , adding that ths Chartists were the " d sfc low-lived
scoundrels in the totre " That Holberry was a fellow " # ho bad tried to destroy life and property , and meant to bum tbe town . ' Subsequently , our friend was asked — if he did not psy sixpence a week to the Chartists ? he said to , only a penny . He was then asked if he had lot better bay a pennyworth of tobacco or bread with the Honey , and ui > on his entering into a defence of his prTBc ' pIes and the right to think for himself , the " gentlemaa" stopped him short , savEgely telling Km ttat after the avowal he had made of his principles , if hs * a « Jests Ghrirt himself he should work for him no
Icuger : He then asked the tyrant to give Mm a charwtet The " gentieman" employer replied that the °° 3 y character he would give him would be , that he iraa a lober , su ^ y man , bnt left his work to follow the ^ -kfc'Bsts . The following Friday our friend again oa * d 00 his late employer , who , in reply to his remon-*** £ »« , replied that he wanted none of the d- d P * tfat tribe about him , adding , " a lot of you ought 0 i > e drove into some gulf and smothered ! " PinaDy deleft the place , the " gentleman -swearing Oat if he * m not « ff he would have the police to fchn .
_ There , Sir , there Is a FpeeLmen of middls-dass jttsti »? Tba maa is » sober , steady , quiet man ; lie hid taferf for tnis fellow about two years , and I believe baft never absented himself from his work before the ' ^ ttnoon cf poor Holberrys funeral ; and then , though absent fnTnp ^ f , be ( unlike the other absentees ) prevented no t" » " from working through hia absence , another man supplying hia place . The poor fellow has been compelled to break np his home , and with his wife » ad children retain to Nottingham , where the parish « death by ttarvation will in all likelihood be their 1 ° - We collected 10 s . 6 d for him on Monday evening » t the ineetin ? in ^ ig-tree lane , to help him on his way . He left SbAfeett en Monday last
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Talk-of the tyranny of * WTiig or Tory Goveramer . ' ttfaugh J These are the real tyrants of 80 Ciety- _ thes 8 shopocratJcal scoundrels that thus dare to dooni to death their fellow-men . I may mention thit tbU " gentleman" is a roaring Liberal , a Corn Xaw xtepe&ler , &a 1 am informed that at the last election _ f Jais same fellow had a ' waggon parading the town ouw '^ itb was exhibited the " big'loaf and little lo » f . " What is the remedy for this infernal oppression ? the Charter . Only when we shall have wrested from such ftilows as this the exclusive political power enjoyed by then , can we successfully Bttempt the curbing of their insolent oppression . So long as tke working classts are deprived of their political rights , they must be the social slaves of the villainB who have only "to say " You Ehall labour no more for me , " and doom their fell j ^ -men to misery and deavh .
Wcmns men of Sheffield , the fate of this poor hoEfcst man may be that of m » Dy more of you , if , like him . you have souls that will not bend to tyranny . Rally , then , round the banner of the National Charter Association . Give your support to each other , and protect one another from the blows of oppression . Within the last two weeks out cause haa gloriously progressed : above two hundred new members have within that time joined the Association . Let ns march onward with the li » re success for a short time longer , and we shall orcp » l such tyrants to respect us , and think twice ere thtv punish and persecute men for their honest advocacy of righteous principles . George Julias Haknet . Sheffield , July 6 th , 1842 .
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- **^ TO THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES WHO ASSEMBLED AT MANCHESTER , ON SUNDAY , JUNE 20 th . ¦ Gentlemen , —I have read with feelings of great satisfaction " the report of your proceedings at your last meeting held in Manchester , more especially that part ; of your business having reference to a lecturer being ; Bent to Ireland . It is a subject to which I have , for ; the tist twelve months , directed much of my attention , i anQ I had come to the conclusion of making a lecturing ) toar in « he North of that country , if my means would : ks . ve borne Hie out , but circumstances arosa which pre-1 vented the fulfilment of hit intentions .
From ray miiinte and ictimat © acquaintance with the mar-ntrs , cuiU'ins , habits , and I tmght add feVlings of the ptople of the North of Ireland , I feel fully confident of much good bcisg accomplished by the carrying om of your resolution in the person of a talented , persevering , firm , and above all , a prudent lecturer . The resson why i-more particularly refer to the Nerth is , thst by experience gamed from personal observation , 1 know that mental despotism and the monopoly of the mind is not so fully in exercise , nor so wide spread in tae N-jrth as in the Si > uth and West , and mereovL-r the Dublin Association is working in the latter places , whereas it has not a -chance of carrying its usefulness illte the province oi Ulster , and 2 cssnot bat arrive at vbe conclusion that the failure of Mr . Lcwery'sHussion
in 2 . 8 S 9 , may t > e attributed to the injudicious selectien of Duilin Tot the commencement of his labours , instead of some of tbe principal towns in the Northern counties , say Btrifast . Stih I am aware that , even there , a lrcturer would have innumerabledifEculties to encomiter sad obstacles to overcome in the prosecution of his work . Tie letters -which 1 have been in the habit of receiving weekly , for the last twelvmonths , as Secretary to the Comniittte for transmitting Chartists publications to Ireland , from alffiott every couuty in that country , point out tj me the fasxudtrtxs nature of ttse task , bnt it the same time thoroughly convince me of the necessity tf such a course being pursued . The chief
obstacle iii the Korth -would be the Orange party , which is strong and bitterly hostile to the spread of knowledgt .-, particularly a knowledge of the peoplt's rights by the people ; when I say the Orange party , I do not main the poor , ignorant , deluded dupes—the workingmen ; bat the magistracy and squirearchy , who together -sriih tht ; will v also possess the poirerto . in 3 great measure , mach impede the progress of oar moreincnt ; hut still taking all things into account , the chances are ten to one iu favour of the carrying out of your resolutions , and I shall !* happy to render ail tbe assistance in my poorer to tae accomplishment of bo desirable an undertaking .
The north 13 especially more peculiarly adapted for ths Commencement of such a work , inasmuch as the political quacks and gamblers of tbe Dublin Corn Exchange , have hiiherto failed in using their influence towards that mental debasement , in that quarter which is so ' much to be deplored in other parts cf Ireland ; and moreover , history and txptrieoce shew that the inhabitants of- the northern latitude of any country are fruin geographical and local circumstancts , found to be luore attached , generally speaking , than the deniz ^ oe uf other latitudes , to the principles of freedom and independence , aad from the open , candid , and warmhearted chanicUristics of my coantrvmen , I argue the
establishment of oai principles , acd the building up of & lower of strength on thy foundation vf a deep-seated public opinion , in behalf of the principles of democracy in a spuce of time incredibly Ehort , to those ignorant of the circmatanees of that people . Let us but have the confidence of the people of Irtland , on bekalf of thu People ' s Charter , or even ths thinking and intelligent , who a- e too independent to pin their political faith to the sleeve ~ of any hypocritical , canting , political prostitute , who would tnffiek in the miseries of hia fellowmen , and prostrate the best energies , mental aad physical , of a brave , chivalrous , and confiding peopleand the days of Irish political humbugiam are
numbered . ¦ ¦ I could appeal to many of my Chartist friends in support of the sanguine anticipations which I entertain with respect to Ireland , amongst others to Mr . Christopher Doyle , for a eorroboration of my opinion , as to the success attending the adoption of the plan ; that gentleman can form something like a true estimate of the people , from the experic-Bce of his late ruit to Belfast , Luburn , NfeWtownards , &c , and I believe it ¦ will be found to te Lis opinion that a plentiful harvest could be respid in the firld of Irish democracy .
The pwple " only require to have true and universal principles enunciated and ushered upon their attention , with an honesty of purpose and a prudence of advocacy to ensure this recognition ; and when recognised by the convictions of the Irish people , all tbe political jugglery of mercenary brawlers , hirtling scribes , and base pandering to cjri ' c dignities on the one hand , the ruthlessness of open and avowed oppression on the other , cannot stem the -wiue-spreading toner . t of free inquiry , and its sure offering , a gracious and well-regulated public opinion ; for history points out to us the unparalleled tenacity with which
they fthe people of Ireland ) have ever clung to the last remaining relics of their native liberties , how they have watched with a devotional assiduity hitherto unprecedented , the declining day-star of thair country's fretdom , ncttl treachery had broken those spirits -whicb tyranny never could bend ; and "with the same characteristic avidity would tbfcy a ^ ain stizs those true and lighteens priccipks which aust ultimately secure to them , artel a long and dreary night t > i bondage , the realization of thtir dreams of the day-da ^ n of liberty , all their long-cHcrished hupes ol coWe and txalted independence .
Trusting that the Eicecutive will not lose sight of so important a subject , and that the Chartists generally , will at once see the propriety , nay the necessity , of assisting , by every possible mtans in their power , the prosecution of so laudable an undertaking , J remain , grDtlemen , Tour fellow labourer In the cause of democracy , BERXAB . D MCA&TSE-i . 13 , Cress Hall-st , Liverpool , July 5 th , IS 42 .
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AX APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , IN BEHALF OF THE WIDOW OF SAMUEL HO 1 BEKBY . Brethren , —We appeal to you in behalf of the widow of one of nature ' s nobles , who has at last fallen a martyr for the rights and liberties of mankind Samuel Holberry is no more ! but , oh , could his dungeon walls find tongues to describe the anguish they have witnessed , the painful agony he endured , and tbe acute . ioiture cf his mind , when bursting the portals of a prison " a gloom , his soul left ita clay tenement , without tbe kind assistance of a fond -wife to minister to his wants , or to dose his dying eyes . Who can pourtray the agony of his sufferings ?
Brethren , that wife he has left fur your protection . He has bravely and nobly done his duty—it now reniaics for yen to do yours . He has sacrificed liberty and life , that we might be freed from tbe bonds thut bind us . Let us swear that her upon whom his warmest and tenderest affections were placed , ehail never be compelled to taste the tender mercies of a Poor Law Bastile , and thus fchew to tbe world in deeds . , not words , that we are determined to Etand by those who prove firm to our cause . By so doing we Bball encourage future patriots to pursue the same glorious course—to smile at the dungeon and the scaffold , knowing that titeir wiyea and children will find protection amongsk a grateful band of kindred souls , and also , that they themselves will live in the memory of every lover of freedom , and hater cf tyranny and oppression .
Sister democrats , do you do your duty . Your sister , though young in years , has drunk deeply of the cup cf affliction . It is for you to administer tbe balm of consolation—to sympathise with the afflicted , and to comfort the heart-broken . In the soft bosom of angelic woman the fountain of pity alwayt flows for Buffering humanity . ProTe yourselves then worthy of your eex , and assist her who has had the staff broken on which she leaned for support Sheffield ias promptly afld nobly come forward to assist in the good work , and to out townsmen we
retom onr thanks tot their hearty ana generous sympathy so well proven upon this melanchely occasion . To the Chartists of York we also return our warmest thanks for their timely and patriotic aid , and to our brother democrats in other parts of the country who Trithoat -waiting fot this appeal have already commenced collecting monies for the support of Mrs . Holberry . TTe-haTe purchased the ground -where the remains of the martjr repose , and intend to erect a plain monument over the grave . To accomplish this , and secure for the widow s Hiaintenanee for tbe future , we txpeifc the cooperation and assubnee of every
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Chartist ia the kingdom . We also suggest the pro * prltty of two separate funds , the one for tbe support of the widow , and the other for the monument ; - and although -we doubt not that a portion of tbe fandsfor both objects may be raised in Sheffield , still on account of the depreased state of trade we mast look for the assistance of our brother Chartists throughout the country . , Monies collected in Sheffield may be paid to the treasurer or secretary of this committee . But , monies collected in other and distant parts of the country , we
request may be forwarded to Mr . Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Market-street , Briggate , Leeds . We think it unwise to limit each association to any particular sum . Let each and every one give according to his or her means , and emulating each other in the good work , place the widow of the martyred Helbtrry above the reach of poverty and any increase of the suSarings she haa already endured . Samuel Ludlam , Treasurer , No . 11 . Radford-slreet . George Julian Harnet , Secretary , No . 11 , Hartshead . National Charter Association Room , Fig-tree-lane , July 4 , 1842 .
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TO SIR R . PEEL , Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy f or the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " But with respe « t to you , ye Legislators , ye civilizsra of mankind , ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Minoses , So-K-ns , " Theseuscs , Lycurguses , Numas , —with respect to you , be it spoken , your regulations have done more mischief in cold blood than all the rage of the fiercest animals in their greatest terrors or furies have ever done , or could do . "
Lord Bolingbkoke on Society . Si a Robert , —Whether the noble writer declared truly in what I have just quoted let the histories of all nations testify , let the poor starving wretched thousands of our countrjmen answer , whilht I eni eavour by my humble pen to rouse you from your professed sympathy —but real apathy—to do your duty to my perishing fellows , whose appalling situation is enough to make the very stones cry out for justice . Justice demands that tbe people should not starve in the land of their birth . God gave them " dominion over the earth : ' ' they have an inheritance in their fatherland . Who hath taken it from them ? who hath tbe wealth that they have produced in their generation in Britain ? where ia the wealth the generations of their fathers produced upon the estates , in the mansions and coffers of the rich ? From these , Sir , make restitution to the long-robbed labourers ; and if you have not the courage and inclination to do this act of justice , then borrow of them Twenty Millions .
Twenty Million * wore borrowed apoo the labour of these starring thousands and their poor fellows to buy the name of freedom for the blacks of the West Indies . Sir Robert , borrow twenty millions more to give food and labour to your starving countrymen . Will you dare t » argne that it is not enough to permanently relieve tbe distress and , therefore should not be borrowed ? If like other creatures of the Honourable House you should answer thus callous and inhumane , I answer borrow forty millions ; for if the freedom of some thousands of negroes was worth twenty millions , surely the'ives of thousands of Englishmen are worth at least double the su . ru .
But borrow twenty millions , and see what may be done with it You have , with the representatives of the upper and middle class in your criminal apatby towards the suffering people , suffered the seed time to pass away without making the least provision for the future maintenance of the wretched unwilling idlers ,-but it is not now too lats to mate some provision f&t the prtsent time , and the gloomy -winter that it ia but too certain will succeed this wretched auraaier . Sir Robert , as the premier of England , yours is the duty to make such provision ; see to it , and if you wculii not have your name handed down to posterity laden with Infamy a 3 the murderer of thousands of your countrymen—if you would not be branded thus , you will immediately set about the business of saving your starving countrymen from Ihis wretched fate , and yourself this lasting ignominy and execration .
To the work , Sir Robert ; a mighty responsibility is laid upon you by the ifBjeyon filL Restore to thes 9 people their daily bread now withheld from them , not by dearth , for there is plenty of land in our country to produce foj . d for them withheld by some power , and what greater than the Gjvernment of which you , Sir Robert , are the head . Really then in your hanis is the remedy—you can restore . Borrow for the present exigency twenty millions to feed and employ the hungry population ; do you ask
now ? take the parks of the aristocracy npon a lease foi several yeara , and place the plundered starving opeiatives thereon , to cultivate them ; it la not too late to cave a crop of potatoes , which , with a portion of corn and some cattle , will support them . through the winter whilst they are getting the land ready , and sowing grain , setting plants for cabbage , planting fruit trees , &c There are plenty among the starving to direct these agricultural operations , and the thousands will willingly labour for their daily bread upon these public farms .
Therefore let the money be immediately borrowed and laid ont in potatoes and corn fur food and for seed , implements of husbandry and art ; set the poor to work throughout the country upon the neatest and most suitable plots of ground ; let tl ' . em rear their own dwellings , raise their own food for the time to come ; their labour will amply repay the Government for the outlay thereon , save the rich from poor rates , the poor from a most appalling death , Ttiieve the manufacturing market of its iron-made snrplus population , spare tbe farmer from ruin by repeal of the Cora L ^ ws and immense redUCttOll of his stock , contribute to the -welfare of all classes , and Ultimately restore prosperity to our gold-blighted couutry . .
Sir Rjbort , this is a homely project , an English preject , a prrject Worthy of the attention and help of every lever of bis species , and doubtless of the Premier-of a Christian Government Try this , or Eome such txtensive plan of national economy ; give perishing humanity a chance to live on the land of its birthright ; give ntglected , insulted , much-wronged mortals a chance to be honourable , free , virtuous , and happy . For your own sake , Sir Robert—for your country ' s sake—for the sake of our many Ciiristian professions , and for our national honour make one noble and necessary attempt to stay this cruel scourge . Let it not be said the thousands rolled in riches and luxury , and the millions piued in poverty , and perished for want of ths coarsest food . Hoping tbe above letter will not be altogether UTJhefe ' . ifcd by you , Sir , on account of the humble pretensions of tLe writer , I subscribe myself , Your most humble servant , Eomespun .
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ADDRESS TO THE SIX LOCAX CENTRES IX SCOTLAND . At a meeting held in the Universal Suffrage Hall , Ailoa , on the evening of Joly 4 th , Mr .. John Stewart in the chair , to consider the propriety of ekcting a National Executive for Scotland , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Jas . Robertson , and , being seconded , was unanimously agreed to : — " This meeting , taking into consideration the beneficial tffrcts likely to follew the appointment of a S ^ ottifh Executive , call upon their Secretary , David Thompson , to draw up an Address to the Six Centres , urging to the performance of this dnty , and have it published in the next number of the S'tar , and that our Secretary be instructed to correspond ¦ with Mr . Campbell , Secretary of the English Executive , according to the form which the Law prescribes . " Signed , John Steavmrt , Chairman .
Beother Chaktists , —In obedience to the above resolution I address nijseJf to you upon a matter of vltil importance to the consolidation and permanent influence of tbe movement in Scotland , for tUe attainment of the PeopIe ' B Charter by peaceful , legal , and constitutional means . It cannct be denied that the movement in Scotland hitherto has been principally iLfluenwd by impulses fxtraDeoos to itself ; in stating this there ia no iateiitiun to find fault with those bursts of excitement caused by some acsidental circumstance taking place in England , and resuluag in a series of demonstrations held over the principal parts 1 f Scotland . These have given an extension to ths knowledge of our principles
and deepened the conviction nmonj ? tens of thousands of the people of Scotland of the absolute necessity for their practical real zition . as the oBly means to secure good , equitable , aud just government to the whole body of tbe people . But this mode of spreading a knowledge tf our principles among the people has always been attended with this drawback , tnat very many places in Scotland sink into a . tt ^ te ot Inactivity , if sot into positive apathy , awaiting a new inspiration from a fresh excitement from England . In one sense , then , it may be said that tbe movement in Scotland , is created , nourished , and upheld by these means , and whenever they are wanting , the Chartist Committees in many places act as if they had no particular duties to discharge in connection with the movement
Every Chartist will agree with the association Id Alloa , that if a remedy can be found for this defect it ought to be taken into considt ration , and if approved of , instantly adopted . And here again we must still turn to Ecgland , not fot the purpose of waiting to see what the Chartists there will do for the CuartistB in Scotland , but to copy the moie of their movement , so far as It can be applicable to Scotland . They have had an Executive Committee in existence for one year , and it only requires to trace their progress and calculate the results of their labours to arrive at the conviction that what has wrought so well in England for the 6 xtens on of the principles of the People ' s Charter , that without being charged with any thing romantic or Utopian ; there is surely sufficient materials in Scotland to constitute an Executive , and it only requires to be impressed upen the peaple the utility of having such a body to command their attention and secure their cooperation for this purpose .
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We bave many valuaV . e men in Scotland , heart . and soul devoted to the furtherance of the movement , -who have Bbown a deep devotion to its service , and have made many personal sacrifices to uphold it In its integrity ; the pasi . / services of these men , and present labours , comnund the reverence and respect of the people , and ' che best of all testimonies of their worth to the people , trota their enemies , is , that they have had every species pf misrepresentation which the vile hirelings of the Whig and Tory press could invenfe , yet they have nobly set all these efforts at defiance , treated thorn . with scorn and contempt , and gone onin theeycatenour oK their way , exposing the hypocrisy , low cunning , and fraud , and open tyranny of the government 'class , and inspired the people with self-respect and confidence Mi their own power of union , to redreas the wrongs thoy have so long suffered under , and establish in their place the just and righteous principles of the People ' s Charter . Yet there has been a defect attending their
operations in this glorieua cause ,. " possibly arising ^ as much frem necessity aa choice ; they have no UU 10 U aiQOug themselves , bo co-operation , no oneness of purpose ; t 6 some extent it may be said that they are personally unknown to each other this migkt be cited in proof of the excellency of the Chartist movement , that a movement could have been conducted for years by men inculcating the same principles , purauingthe sime general plan of actions , and all bearing on one point ; and yet those who are engaged in these labours are in many casea personally unknown to each other , not evenhblding intercourse b y letter ; this vie m of our movement , and the means by which it is conducted ought to teach sin important lesson to every opponent of the Charter , if an agency so scattered aud unconnected has through its exertions raised the people to the proud position they occupy at present , what will this agency not be able to effect when bound together and acting upon a fixed pl * n of operation ?
Having indicated our present condition without , exageration or despondency , I will in iuy aext address point out tho remedy , and the means whereby it can be brougbt into action . David Thompson , Secretary to tbo Alloa Chartist Association .
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUTE AND SPREAD OF CHARTIST PK 1 NGIPLE 8 , TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAIt . Sir , —The proposal made in .. the Star , June 25 th , for •* A National Tribute , ' ia aid of the Executive , was to me quite refreshing , and the excellent beginning msde by yourself and ¦ ¦ . Messrs . Lonsdale , HobsdUi and ArdiH , I thought would have called forth the energies of our entire Association , iu order to riisa tfce " -wind , " so that the " tribute" might be ruade handsome and sufficient . If those who are already organized -will not bestir themselves , how can tliey ever expect to succeed ? Let the four hundred places where our organizitioh exists , contribute faalf-B-j ; uinea each , and tiius we would have two hundred guineas at once .
In addition to this , it is not too much to expect that other gentlemen who profess to be friendly to the ultra movement , should imitate the example , each according to his means , so nobly net before them * Were the fifty thousand members who co ; : stituta our Association to give one penny each , it would raise upwards of £ 200 . So easy is the way where there ia the will . \ Vithout any wish to dictate , I would respectfully suggest to the Bub-secretaries everywhere , tv bring this before the General Council . Proposals made in newspapers are nothing unless nude to assume ; the shape of business , by being put ' . Into actual operation among us . Audi do think that it devolves upon the sub-secretaries to bring forward such things at the proper lace
p . . ; : Sir , while reading the report given in the Star of July 2 :, d , of the meeting o £ the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , Dublin , it struck me forcibly . that- the forthcoming harvest would afford a good opportunity to the English CbartiBta to do something towards the spread of Chani > t principles among our Irish brethren . I , therefore , on Monday evening last , brought forward a resolution calling upon the ' council men of this district to collect as many as possible of the newest copies of the Star , to be given to the Irish labourers , who may happen to pass through this neighbourhood , on their way into the agricultural districts . Tiie resolution was carried unanimously , and I hope will be promptly acted upon , and to the fullest extent
It ia not necessary to make any remarks upon the above resolution , u& its importance and object must be obvious . I send it to you for insertion , In order to incite the rest of Eughnd to " go and do likewise . " I would also add , that as' the English Chartisi Circular is very cheap , the people might , with little trouble and coat , procure quantities of that periodical for the same purpose , aud thus do much additional good . I remain , 'Sir , Very respectfully , J . AIUIAN . Vicar-lane . Bradford , July 11 , 1642 .
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UPON THE POWER AND GENERAL USEFULNESS OF AN HONEST PRESS . TO THE FUILASTHnOriSTS ; THE TOILING MILLIONS , AND THE CHARTISTS PARTICULARLY , Beloved Brethren , —In an age when the education of our youth haa been neglected by the State , the adult population oppressed , impoverished , stripped of the means of providing a sufficiency of food for themselves and children , and consequently : without the means of educating them ; lacking the influence necessary to get them into the public charities established for the purpose of instructing the rising generation ; tbe meagre knowledge acquired at these establishments and the schools generally , by those favoured youths wko Lave been able to avail themselves of those bounties
and blessings i > t our enlightened system . ; a mental wilderness , is Sent forth . goneration ifter generation upon the wide world . Unacquaiuted withvit themselves , or the pauciples of virtue that should guide their Bteps , they travel ob r . a it were ^ in darkness , falling into trap after trap , that society so called h : itb everywhere laid for them , until they have learned hy dearbought experience , that the natural day-dreams of youth , its pictures of manhood , liberty ,, and happiness have no txisteuce in real life ; and if they are fortunate enough to escape the precipices down wliich numbers fall to execration , misery , or an ignominious death , they may linger out a miserable existence in honourable poverty , insulted , calumniated , and punished by the successful gamblers in labour , land , Or gold , and the public robber .
Brothers , in this stats of things the press becomes the greatest schoolmaster , and ita purity becomes a subject of paramount importance ; and an honest press ( I use the term implying the whole ; wouid not only be the greatest , but the best sehoc ) Iniastt > r of the present ace ; that the press of our country , with but few exemptions , is detestably hollow , whose qniy principle is money , whose Object is money , and the elevation of their paymasters over the people , that they -miy ever be ab ! e to pay them , is a fact that the millions will bear testimony to , and . tut few , save the potent " we ' a " thunselves , wiRtiare to deny .
And seeing this is the case , this mighty engine of instruction arid power is used for injury and destruction ; then how nvcepsary ; for us , the working class , ttiat we should support by all the means at our command , a truly honest press to counttruct the poison the factious prtM disseminates , aud full its destructive and poisonous irfluence . Ye have witnessed its efiVctsinthe manner they ii . fliienced the jury class against you in the Whig crusade vf 13 . ' 19—40 , which ended in the emluageoiung of hundreds of honest working men , whose only offence was speaking the truth . The base montyhunters are again at tbeir work ; they seek another pnMlaught , another saeriflctj unto mammon ; they are of the priesthood , and their cry ia persecute , prosecute , blood , blood , for the idol God . be
My follows , this engine mu ^ t poweifully grappled with ; this can only be done by a similar engine , but an honest one ; it would be useless to rear other factiouB engines , for this would but increase tho evil , by adding power to the already too powerful monster ; an honest press alone can grapple with this huge servant of corrupvv «! i , a preaa based upon principle , whose editor uud pvoprietoTS sV . all be pledged , true und tried servants of the oppressed people ; such men 0- ly can be expected to strictly and firmly advocate the interest of the plundered against the plunderers , for when the proprietor cf a paper is a mere monicd man , unknown , or untried by the people , thoiish he uiay hire an editoi to advocate apparently their interest , there ia no guarantee that when the truth has served his own turn . he will gradually rat or veer round to some other paity , and then do them more injury than all his aasumed service didgood .
Ther « fore . orotbers . vit is evident ye should support no paper excepting you know the controllers and conductors thereof to be your true friends ; however plau * feibiy they may write ; for the time is coming , and now is , when many will say wo are your friends , and seek to lead you after them , first for your own favourite oij-cts , eyea > he Charter , for which yo have suffered so much , for which two brave fellcwa have pttished ia prison , three labour in cliains—the beloved Frost and bis compatriots , and several others pine in dungeons ; these gold and faiiie-hunting Editors will sympathise with you , will go with you , ; ( till another aad better paymaster offera . or they have got tbeir master ' s favourite project tffricted for him ; then will they desert you , say you are too violent , want top much , must get a little at ft time , call yon wild—the rabble—^ men they cannot associate with , as did Vincent and others . ¦
Brothers , be wise ; avoid them as you would a quack —as you would a sei-pent ; and if the Star ; is such a paper , as we need , an honest paper— -a paper based upon principle , the priBciple of trnth , political an * social—» paper th * t bas been tried by you , baviog an editor and proprietor long-tried servants in tbe cause 1 of political rigats , ond haa never Bwervedl ^ hut has served you through good report and evil report ; then let 05 , In like manner , stand by it , avoiding the insinuations of pretending and changing friends , especially those « h « run for gold and fame ; ibut let as , for the purpose of destroying the power of the factions' press , seek to extend the circulatton of the only people's paper , the Star , ; by introducing it into all the houses and rooms where the working or middle classes resort , and whereever else we have the powjbt—into every man ' s house whe can afford it , that the upper and middle class may not remain in ignorance of our objects , and political truth . And when our present paper is well circulated ,
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and there ia room for another without crippling that , then , and not till than , let as look for tried , true friends to carry on another , for it is useless and injurious of onr friends starting papers ^ to be in the end sold to moneymongers , and men devoid of principle , as has been the case heretofore . Hoping , brothers , you will pay to ^^ this subject all the attention that its iuiportanceUemands , I remain . Yours truly , In the cause of Chartism , J . ——— , BriatoL J— mm ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' - ¦
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HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER ! XO THE EDITOR OF THE NOaTHERN STAR . SiK , — I now address you for the first time , and I do it with a degree of pleasure which I could not at any prec * iing period have ventured to express . My position in Bociety and other circumstances naturally linked me with the anti-Corn Law league , though my heart has all along been set upon the Gharter as the only means of doing justice to all : My viewaf or twenty yeatahave been , that our
legislative machinery ianot competent-for' the work required , and wiae mefl when they want any piece of work accomplished ia the best manner , take ; care that they begin at the beginning , and set up proper machinery for its execution . Tfae idea of working a vessel of 400 tons burden against both wind and tide / with a pair of oars is not more ridiculous than to expect good laws from tur Legislature as at present constituted , and the full , fair , and free representation of the people is the only means by which proper legislative machinery can beobtained . . - ¦ - '¦ ¦ : '¦¦
My present object , however , is not to reason on this subject . ; It is already perfectly well uuderstpod by your readers . I take up pen to tell you , and to tell your readers , that the Charter is now virtually obtained . A little longer peaceable endurance , if the thing be possible , and the Charter becomes the law of the laud . Any violence- ^ -any outbreak would mar ita accomplishment , and delay its being perfected , and might for a time subject us to % military despotism , and produce suffering to tenfold the extent that it has yet reached . All this hits to be avoided , and I tell you that there ia a movement in process that will infallibly 88 cure tho accompHsbment of all we want I am not at liberty at pre . sent to eay more . You will soon bave the evidence of the truth of my statement from other . quarters . In the meantime , let us hold on the even tenour of our way , maintaining our position , and fearfully pursuing
our object . The Government would at thi 3 moment rejoice in any event which should indicate violence ; anything that would alarm men ' of property , ; and affoid an excuse for transporting ourleadersi or any one else that could be brought within the meshes of the laws . Spies are rife ; be on your guard . The anti-Corn Law delegates -were not allowed to meet without being visited by these gentry , and they will make their way into , every other meeting . Do nothing secretly . Let all be above board , and legal , that no individual may be exposed to danger , and our long-continued and powerful agitation and suffering -will be crowned with triumph . > In the present trying circumstances it ought to be the business of all Chartists , all honest and enlightened men , to use every effort to keep the peace . If this can be done , we shall soon have a complete and a bloodless victory over both Whigs and Tories , and all the enemies of human freedom . '¦'; " .
Opce more , the anti-Corn Law party are going to try the present House of Ciamuions to repeal that law . It will n « t be done , aud then comes the hour of our success . Let us be prepared to act wisely when the time cornea . Our difficulties are not yet over , though our prospect be brightening , and the utmost caution ought to be observed . Our enemies are still numerous and powerful ; but there is discord in their camp , and deserters are numerous ; from this day forward , they grow weaker and weaker , and every movement increases our 8 treni { th . In these circumstances we cannot but
rejoice . Those that have long opposed are now satisfied that nothing else than the Charter cin give us any security for good and chsap Government . There is still one point to which men come reluctantly and slowly , namely , payment of members ; but even from this we must not flinch . Lat us stand fast for the whole Charter whatever efforts may be made to decoy us into alteration . Our steadiness of principle is now beginning to operate with increased effect , and all that is wanted is continued perseverance in pursuit of : our object . ; . ¦ ¦ . . ; . ' , : ' . v ' ' .. . ¦ ¦ ;
There will still be hardships to endure for a little ; but that will soon be over , and it will be even more demonstrated before the eyes of tbe wpridj that "for a nation to be free it issiirnoient thatshe wiiis it . " This is written not by one who is a new convert , but by one who has . fortneriy suffered in the cause many years aigo ,. and who now heartily ^ rejoices in the present prospect , and must Oe known to you at present as motUing more than An Anti-Corn Law Delegate . London , 8 th July , 1842 .
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. ¦— ? : — MORE MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . —MIDDLETON SILK WEAVERS . Mr . IlpiTOR . ' -We are often told that labour isprotected , and that the labouring classes are represented ia the House of Commons ; the following statement of the delegates sent by the silk weavers of Middleton , Leigb , and other adjacent places will show how far the abovo aEsertibns are trU 8 or not The delegates waited on Walker , one of the largest manufactures in the Manchester trade , who has recently taken the lead in the sweeping reduction of one penny per yard for weaving satins , and one halfpenny per yard for plain s-irsnots . They found him at his wirfchousej » nd after lhakiDg kaown their business , the following conversation took place : — Delegates—We are come to see if we cannot induce you to Tettact the steys you have taken relative to the abatement , as the other manufacturers have declined giving out woirk until theyhad fully aacertaihed your intention , and they further state that it is uncaliedfbr . ' -. " ¦ . ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦
Mr . Walker—It is no hasty conclusion tbat I have come to , but have thought of it for the last two or tbree months . Delegates—Will the reduction be of any benefit to you ? . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦ - , - ¦ '¦ . . ' "¦ -.. '¦¦ Mr . Walker—No , not one penny . Delegates--Will there be more employment after the reduction ? MrV Walker—No , not one piece . Delegates—Will it guarantee the weavers from casual and unjust abatements ? Mr . Walker—Noi Delegates ^ -Why , then , in the name of common sense do you make the reduction ? Mr ; Walker— : I ; atn Compelled to do fo for self-protection , because two or three manufaclurers have , for some time , only been giving the price I have reduced to ; one in particular .
The Delegates asked him if the one he referred to inparticular was a Manchester manufacturer ? Mr . Walker answered he could mention names but did not wish to do . The Delegates then reminded him that in all clspses of society there were unprincipled characters , and tba - the raanufacturing class were not exempt ; that the present reduction would not alter such characters , and that , consequent y , we were as liable to a second , third , or fourth reduction on that ground as we had been to this . ¦ .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ . -. ¦ ¦' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ., ¦; ¦ . . Mr . Walker answered no t there in » -point beyond which we cannot go . [ Can any of our friends tell us what that point is ?]
Tbe Delegates then ehawsd him that nea « y all 4 he ailfc weavers last winter , were reduced to & state of pauperism , and nearly one-fourth of them were receiving parish relief , and a great number were receiving relief from casual charities , the distress that existed last winter , even with the Wages they then bad was great , in consequence of tie scarcity of employment , and they asked him how he snppbsed it would be next winter , when , according to hiB own showing , there would be the same ccaruity to contend with ? Mr , Walker said it would be much worse . The Delegates said , well then the odium of it will rest on your shoulders . .: ' . ¦ : , Mr . Walker said he was willing to bear the odium . The Delegates then told him that it was tha general opinion of the workpeople , that there was a combination on the part of the employers generally , and that he ( Mr . W . ) was placed in front to carry out the intentions of the others .
Mr . Walker said no , I pledge my ward and honour that there is nothing of the kind ; what I have done I havedone it independently of the others . lam not in anything guided by them . After having recourse to all the arguments th&t could be adduced , he was immovable , and they left him as they found him . Yours truly , Edmund Fallows . Middleton , July Hth , 1842 .
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PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN CORNWALL AND DEyONSHIRB . Mr , EdXtor , —We see in the last week ' s Star Mr . OConnor ' s intention of v ^ aiting Cornwall ; we hope that he will visit this part aa welL We have much need of a lecturer here , and we are aesured that he wpuld fee received witti every inark \ - of respect by all classes in the town of TaTistodt . Tha ^ only lecturer we haveJuad in the , two counties for » long Ume is Mr . Powell ; we inuat say that be has tobonred hard and disinfcere « t « idly amongst as , tat we are « oxiy to state ( bat
trade has been so bad that we have not been able to back him out with that support we could wish in his travels . He lectured at Treganj , one of the eld borough towns iu Cornwall , en the Monday and Tuesday evenings , on the rights of the working classes . A very favourable impression was mad « , and several persons expressed themselves ready to join the associa tion . On the Wednesday evening he lectured at Garran Haven , and there gave great satisfaction to all except the Lieutenanta of the coast guard , who stated he deaerved banishing the couatry . ; " . V -
: From thence be proceeded to Mevigissey , and lectured there on Thuraday and Friday evenings to very large assemblies . Those places have never heard the sound
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of Charhsm before . At the conclusionof eachiecture in this place Mr . P . was received by the fishermen in a most gcneroa 8 manner . We feel contfdent could bupplies be raised to keep Mr . P . constictly- at the g ! od work , the two counties would soon be up to the piask . ; Mr . P . lectured here last evening te a crowded audience , and gave a glowing description of the presentation of the Great National Petition , and aiterwarda coutrastad the- loud laughter , the bad behaviour , and the mummeries of what ia called the Honourable Bouse of Commons with the manly , democratic , straightforward conduct of the People ' s Conytntion . He likewise descanttid ia . a beautiful manner on the rise and progress of Chartism in Eagland , the foiil-moulhed
epithets thrown ; oat against them , the persecutions and imprisonments they had had to endure . Still they bad persevered in their righteous and God-like cause ; and now the once-atlnking name of Chartism was smelling like arese . He was proud to say the middle classes oC tne metropolis were taking up the causa in a manly manner . He said the day was not . distantrwhen the Tariff and Income Tax would bring those of the middle classes , who bad hitherto been opposed to us , into on * ranks by shoals like pilchards ; for their friend , Sit Robert , was deterniiued t « -mako them all Chattiats . He coricluded an aWe address amidst great applause , when a vote of thanks was givtn to the Chairman > and the meriting broke up . : ' . ' - : '¦ ¦'¦ : . ¦ ¦ :
As we do not often trouble you , by giving insertion to the above , . ; '¦¦' . ' - ¦ You would greatly obiige , Yours in the cause , R . WEBBB . Brook- street , Tavistpck , JulylAr 1842 . - ., '¦¦ ' . ' : - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : — ? ' ;¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - . . ¦ ; ; , ¦ TO THE ED 1 T 9 R OF THB NORTHERS STAK . St . u —In last week ' s Star I ir \ i ? erteil a . route foi Which I was milking every preparation , when : the sudden and distracting intelligence reached , me-that my beioveci wife : was in dying circumstances . After travelling through ' ¦ a long , long , sleepless night , and now by her bedside , I ask the favoxir of the kindly opinion and indulgence of the Chartists of Bury , Hej wood , Eccles , Toihriordrn , Dewsbury ,. ' Blackburn ^ Droylsden , &c , for this inevitJiblo . iUsapppintment , and trust this public noticB will be tiefciued a sofiicient excuse . .
Plense , tir , to give this insertion in . your next , and you will oblige ' . ' . . ¦ ' ; \; ¦' .. ' . ' , . Your sorrowing , but staunch , ¦ Brother Chartist , ¦ . - ' ¦ J . R . H . Bairstow . Loughboioughj July 12 ; h , 1842 . ¦ ¦ ^ m ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•
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. . -. . . THE COAL MINERS AND THEIR . ; ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ '¦ ' ' GRIEVANCES .- ' ; V \ - ' ^ ' 7 . . ' ;¦ The rapid strides of tyranny and misrule in thia v ^ ry populous district baye ^ aroused . the attention of a class of . " ,-beiiigfl . who have not Mtherto had the mosfi distant shadow oL a tUou ^ ht that , by uniting with tho masses for . one . common interest , would ever tend : to hurl into oblivion a system which preys oil the " very vitals of industry , and at this very era is diiing daily , by robbing tSie poor minersof even the liberty of meeting with each other . After plaiideriBg their labeur . by charging over ¦ weight , pound money > store robbery , &c ic , tbere are even 6 < me of these law makers who have compelled tlielr men to sign a new code of rules—the very first of which . is , that they sba'l no . t , during the time , of their being in his service , attend any meeting ,
by night or by day , above ground , ; or below ground , and especiailj' the meetings of tbe " Coal Miner ' s Association . " Oh , the rogues ! they have notaaid " Chartist meetings , " but we know what they mean ; they mean to suppress every exertion of the miners , if possible ; they have already begun their dirty werk by ( Hach&rging indivirtuals from their works for being lr . ader « . I have been rn ; i 4 e a victim , at this time , haTlng a -wifs . and six children , literally driven to want , by tbes ;* base Wopdhouuds , who were not satisfied by diseni ploying nit / , but their audacious and barefaced effrontery fUlo * . voc ! me from work to woik , so that I could not get employmeut , till reduced to the direful-. ' . necessity of rff& ' . ng- the implements by which I earned a liveiihood at my employment' to realise as
much amongst my fallow brethren as weuld support my family a little . Such is the conduct of these coat and irbhocratA ' . " They are writhing like so many halfburned .- ' shadea , . biting and hissing at " everything within their reach , ia consequence of Lord ,. Ashley ' s Bill depriyiHg thorn of one of their most Iacrative spui-ces of gain , namely , feinales working in mine& Likewise they do not like by hatf the plan the ihinei's are pursuing , by petitioiiug P&rliament to give them just weights , by which their labour may be weighed , and that said xseifeht be at the pit bottom , where the minera may see their own labour weighed . ; This 13 a rjght thoy consider the mijicrs bave no right t j have , aad they-ara doing yrhatthey can to siipprees , every ; plan the miners may adopt ; but 1 trust that tnis rijeht ' s meeting sfill show
them that the sjincrs have now opened their eyes , and are alive to their own iritelPost , though at the eleventh hour . There were delegates from twenty-six coal and iron-£ ton . e :. pits , who were not joined with the movement before , met in' Jiiiuiesori ' s Hall , Airdrie , at four o ' clock in the afternoon , when John M Lag was called to the chair . ; Ho ( lesci-ibed as Well as his abilities would admit , the utility of their coining intd society—both miaers , drawers , and putters—forVpue common interest ; and as class Iegislatioa was an . evil which pressed alike oninluslry—a cloak under which all the jugglery of the tyrant employtrs could find safety , so that by their aid , that is , the iron miners and their drawers , we would gain a power over the oppressors , A resolution
waa ^ brought fur * ard to that effect and unanimously carried . \ The ' Miner ' s Journal , was brought before the meeting , and owing to its limited cireulatioa it waa difficult to k ^ ep it alive , and to inciease its circulation every ^ dei ^ g ae" agreed to take copiea each to all their different o . ir : ! . t . tuencies ; : they also agreed tbut a report of their meetinu besent to the ; Northern star , and a copy of th « 31 iner ' s Journal to the Eiitor , requesting him to rovie > ttie sanio ir the Star for Saturday ; as the circulation of the Northern Star is wide it m& 7 tend te ^ carry with , it the information into places we are not aware of . and tend to isicreasc the circula"icii of a work ; the coal aud iron ^ masters Would fae proud to t 3 see put down . . . ' ' ; - ¦ . ;¦ . -. ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦ -. "¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ :. ¦ .: ¦
A letter being read from the Glasgow district nnion , and answered , " the delegates agreed to meet in Jamison ' s Hall ; every : > l <> nda ' y at three o ' clock , p . m . ; to aid tbe glorious cau-6 of reform , by doing what lies in their power to woik put their own political salvation . :.- ¦ ., " ... •¦'¦ ¦' . ¦ A COAL MlNEB . Airdrie , July 8 th , 1842
THE CHARTISTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON TO THEMi OPPBESSEU BEErHBEiS- AND SISTERS OF IRELAND . Brethren and Sisteks , —Having beard with Borror and in » iigniition of the late merciless police massacre at Enms , t ? o most feelingly syrffpachiso with the poor suffering people of unhappy Ireland . But , Brethren and Sisters , if we look round am . jngst the labpu ' rio ' g classes generally ! what do we behold f—Able bodied labourers , will ing , nay , anxious , to work , but totalty unable to 'fiml employment , throneing the streets , day after day , in rags ; arid witfe countenances so pale , aud frames so emaciated , that even to behold them ( in this blasted city ) is enough to make humnnity shadder , whilst thousands who have only partial empJoyment , are birely able to keep up a wretched union betwixt soul and . bbdy ^ ; ; .
Brethren and Sisters , —There is no natural cause why tbin ^ B should be . as they are . Providence haa i : ot withheld its bounties— our labourers are . proverbial throughout the civilized world for their willingness to toil—our soil is good—the bowels of our earth : yield everything that is good and necessary for trade and manufactures—and our geographicil position is such as to couimand the commerce of the world . Being / thus situated , we can conceive of but ; one caUBe 8 umci' > ntiy blighting to produce the sad state of things we see around us , and that one is class legislation ; . S ¦ ' .: ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ' - . ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦' . '• ' V ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦
The ne ^ t question naturally arises , how can this state of thiuss b ? mdst speedily and effectually abolished ? Our answer is this , by agitating for a full measure' of jastice for nil , for Ve feel certain that tho great mass of tho wsrfcing . ; classes of Great Britain and Ireland will never be induced to join in any agitation ; except that which demands for the whole a fair share of political powar , as contained in the People ' s Charjier . But we wish to kaow what laws have been violated by our brethreri-and sisters at Ennia . Nat thelawa of God ! fer he who save life gave alsio the'iu ' ean ' s by which life is to ; be sustained . Not thelaws of hafare , for she has amply provided for all her ' . ' children ;/¦ ' but the laws of man . The class-laws of the stronger imposeii npon the weaker ^—laws made by a class for the protection and enrichment of a class , and by the uunatural and anti-social operations pf which every other clfLss of society is grouad to the earth , and trampled upon by those who assume domination .
It then remains for the working classes to tnfee care that those chauges which muBt take place ( sponer ob later ) are for the advantage of thgrnflelves ; thisican only be done by seeuring political power , and we hope the time is not far distaut when the people of England and Ireland will be Hailed like brothers in the cause of freedom ; then weshall shew our tyrants that we will be free . This measure is sufficient to prove to you and to hs , that we caa have no hope from any Government except formed on democratic principles , and we think this sufficient cause to induce them to come forth as one man for libarty and the Charter . . ' ¦ . :. ¦ ¦ •; . ¦' : . - ' . -- . ' ¦ ' . ; 6 i « ned , ; . , •¦¦ " . •;¦¦ ' : ¦ : - .: ' ' : ¦ ' . ' ¦ : ¦•¦¦ " ' ; On behalf of the meeting , : ^ Thomas Cabbt , Chafrmnn . Political . and Sdentifio laatltuta , - ' :. " y ' .- ' S ^ Old ^ Baa ^ v " ' ,: ' "¦ ¦ '¦ :. " ' " - . : ^ ¦ ' " : ' :
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John Thompson , said to be a large eartbenw ^ ra manulacturfcr at Aehby-de-Ia-Zoueh , waa brao ^ ttt before the ma ^ ifitrates , at the Uxbridge Petty SesaionB , charged with presenting what appeared to be a pistol at a young lady , named Bloomfield , whereby she became greatly alarmed . The offence was committed at the Drayton station , on the Great Western Railway . On the pistol being examined , it turned ont to be only an imitation ef a pistol , made of earthenware . The prisoner pleaded intoxication . Miss BloomOeld did not appear , and the magislrates , therefore , fined the Billy fellow 40 * . under the Railway Aot .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1170/page/7/
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