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s === ^ 3 iAN-W 0 BSHIP—Past IT . « r . &si * mbsifcin a good eause on principle—we leaders . Ifcat i ?> men "" ^ o ** Went or hones ^ are ^ £ f totskei prominent part—who anderstsndmg Hi © LsLftL will speak of it weS , and mate their aigumente r * a ? faTO « r weigh Sown all opposmg arguments—Hit ftaeiaen are naturally confided in—are BabnaHy * Sdonto combat *<* the cause—the . management of J ^—Bient ^^ ntRis ted la them 5 t&eir advice . iheir £# ne « e 8 i » sought on * Q occasions . This 1 b ' * II fair , jfHfthe men be sincere , they will "keep ttie eyes of iieaple eoMtanfly fixed on tlte erase vn& make SLSrrai ss nothing in comparison s tat if they be Sincere—if Ibey se * k to attain a position iodepen-* ltofibe « nsej if tkey seek popularity for tie sax » !/™ i « ror of peS ; tbey-snll enconrage the disposition 'S-oeople to god them ; they wfflintoxicate ns with J . ^ TinMaateia ** & >¦ blind confidence ,-and frenzy J ~ Shfezatirisni , fiD we Jet Uiem think foxns , act L . « , ana do everythingfor us , tiiit is , for themselves . taemseives to
«* tfY * 5 H make as juoioco , wnom mo ZdliaeDSl * of the csbbbwiB be sacrificed , and at last S . - « ffl turn on tfceir dopes like Mokanna , and destroy 5 ^ i tb # can no longs * deceive . This it is to deify ^^ gus ijnot aje Troist of itj where there isone _^ od there wfllassaredly be more , others -win arise J ^ gSntie the palm with him , and unless , like Aaron ' s *™? T tiie great msn-god « f all can swallow np { SJjbjj ' file ouse " * 2 s bfrtorn piecemeal among them . S ca the despotism of one , than the jarring factions ' Thf&ne friends of the people , despairing of success , J neiQier » ek to compensate themselves for the saeriu finy m » y hare made , or -will keep aloof , "Will -frit till fi » V&l fe become *> 3 > er , become sensible TSL -to should they interfere on behalf of the « mse , i to in tnem tcey wui be
T ^ n » imputed envy 1 Eacntea to wpesae the jsalousy or to please the pride of iCIjnujrfDd ; for * people in tfeat besotted condition Si ^ W exempt to the Charmer— -will not look r ~ T * nan mue » , like themselves , he be Trilling to w , wthB inee to their man-god or their horse-god ; for wtafrn jnaa-fsdbnt a Cmtaur . i& ^ beast , half-man » VThil trils have not been done by man-worship ? n TO B » - » DraDip that first set np kings . Mantl _« p- « j » ihe author and coatinnator of all those 3 ^ toHawKsulted fiomKngcraftand priestcrafteifoSai bm defied omnipotence itself , andiendered ( j&g mmaence Tain to man . HaB-woiship is the ^ -5 i fl-we iufisr 5 it has tamed thesun to blood _ BfcH mafle the earth a tomb— " that tomb & hell , isd bell 1 » eH a murkier gloom I "
Oh , 1 st sot this infenaJ plague creep into Chartism _ 3 ei E £ * flu » aB-damnmg blot Infect onrlioly cause . If a jhoila , CbsrBan will become a system more penned ton * be actnned jsystem itself ; its promises "Win fc ^ 8 ^^ tte beauUfol coloms ^ Ito jambow , dissolTed in tears , and there im be no iope Jar nations . I do not aay flat sao-Torship Mi crept into oui canse . I -would bin hope & * t m need not fear It—I hare much ^ th b the stem self-respect of the Chartists—in thatself . jfKrena vhish prsrents ns from reYerencmg another japropedy . Bat » hen -we conriaeit&e magnitude of Jbtril , ire eanBot be too -watchfuL All history- » rarns v-jtnkmspbj cries rat befrsre—BBture itself bids ui , j ^ siaed- J ^ Iand ^ Dce had a Comaon ^ realtfe—iras
jrejuMe once . The goddess cf freedom and Britannia tb « ob&—sh e Tore not a croirn , but the cap of liberty _ jBBdiae "was zegained . What devil -was it that eeoed her at hoodman ' s blind and made her lose it ? jtoTonhip 3 Cromwell , by the most subtle arts of ^ nm t ^ Hmt and dissimulation—by gagging all months gai spoke the truth—leaving open those only that ff « CTw ! hhn—Crsjnwell got himself godded , and the jcjj&ja fr ^ had cost so mnch blood and tears Tras nded . Look at France!—ho-w many thousands ¦ enfiied their lives for freedom , and "when gained it to lost again by man-worship . Xapeleon was the iJci . Es Jtrwi dotn * freedom -with a dart feathered Inoiti om wing , as the eagle is shot Look at iafflo-Sberty was gained there , and would have bsskti again bat for the singular Tirtue of Washington Ti » reined to be crowned , and saved his country from imS ^ irm the infataation of his own countrymen
la , Tittpesp le are generally as prsne to worship as feerjodii toTroTshipped , but how few refuse that von&p . Moses refused ifc—directed it to God , but the j « qpl « vorablpped a calt Ko wonder that such a let ^ a people that could not do without a king , lost gtepnsiuied land—lost Canaan , and went into captl iSy—iecanie a people without % nation , or a nation riflOTi a country . The Apostlss Peter andPaolzehx& % ia& directed it to where alone it is due . These VHfimcere ; butCffisur , when he refused the crown , tu sot Kwere ; he saw that the Bomans were sot yet fejwmte enouga to confirm the gift And Cromwell , too , Tbo IDcjnrise refused the offered crown , fainted jiijtB fiiatfiVrt , overcomB by the revulsion of his wmfeeEngs . Napoleon was a worshipper of himself J » ^?«^« Tn «^ jiifi worship cf the people—no meaner bad fhinlus own was snfEared to place tke crown npon M » htad ; he crowned himself emperor , and died an exile .
The real maa-godis a devQ . Alerander the Great ¦ ns deififid ass what did he I—he * lew his best friend , M Clitas , who had savedhislif&—pierced him through vita a spear because hB was too honest to flatter Mm , Sao tme to vazsbiphimae a God . King Canuie was wt to be fboled by ftaterers ' j hot how many . kings toe bees fizttered into-fierceness ? how many have k 6 tbar crowns by It , and the flatterers their lives ? Sej tree men Mve been aacrificed by the false , by Boe jaaal bravoes who watch the nods , who wait but Ixiiak from thai god to set off and assassinate fiwrtae troth and honesty have rendered them ob-BOJaa . In CharHsm auch & species of conduct would
tcjarfynitriy impolitic and cruel—impolitic because it TOfldbjare the cause , and « ruel because it wouli injure ScsjjafDBtes of the cause who deserve encouragegTrtntTpeea help . Ihe working man who h 3 s worked £ 7 sal ^ bi for the cause—who ias trarelkd winter pd anasr—who lias feced persecndon , who has ^« 8 ioa—whose poverty alone pots b » m in the jcsof Qieiieh oppressors , it is hard for such an one to be br ^ en-hcsrted or baniehed by the force of overftstadng oimnny or 3 espotasm—driven baik into pcateEfe—or out of the country bj cabals or intrigues -tog even by those whom he bad served at great jassal » crifices .
< a , fisn , if we find any disposiiaan in ourselves to aB-WH&ip , let , uscheck it- If we « eeanyoEeamongst BB ^ gngTip iHnaeif ^ 3 a go g to be worahippea , let him HEolioafai . ievertoxiieagain . Ihpse who bow at 5 «« = ae wai persecute those who do not ; fteedom of M 5 htsndjadependeneeof action win begone , ; the « * Ilb 8 rsisednptoputdownthegood ; atyranny « J « ejtaoliabed , a despotism ; many cut of fearer *?• ' ill warship , but the people of England are made a Sesna stofi ^ aey resent every appearance of dicto-^ eoms from what quarterjt may ; they will think « Jbsmb 1 tbs , and among them vaulting ambition ondesp iiseif and fell on the
J ^ ether » de . Dinlel « UHa ^ Mnisilf—ajough be have the prestige of Krth oa » aiaiii his favour , thongh he possesses great Brass ana senatorial fame , though lie command the CJ **^ be of great bodily and mental power , though aceJtegoaof poor delnded Ireland—yet' were he to «• <™* to ^ gland and assume the head of the «« BHr caue , -B-ould ^ ad Jamself regarded by ns but Wner , w > t as a master—but eb an advocate , not ¦ twi ""^* " one rf oiBr * el''a » not as a more prir ^ aamj he would be as an actor on the Chainst ** - < ia 6 f , but not sole , ( Tobe < sndvde& in our nui . )
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^ S WHO 3 S HOI WITH "US IS AGADJ 8 T US . " ^^ ETHovers had been praised for their superior r ^™? , they ian become prend of theirsuperior know-^^ u ^ rhad tamed their heads , and they said to JVe are more mteBectual than you ! Dan O'Con-^ sas , Roebuck , and others , all great men , have » **» 7 w nnat become learned likens—^ you must SL ^^^ foieyon will be fit for the francilBe ^^ ttnaOards and dunces . " These are the Phari JS 5 ^ «» faking .= iasaes , who having risen into the luj ^^^ Lr 0 ^ fiOTrn npon their humbler but more jgg ^^ ureB with Ecorn and contempt . Ihey now ^ S ? 32 ^ "spectables , and they regard the vucbHCU
jjjjj * ^ ^ - ** w '"* TM'Pi OUU tilt ? J . U 3 UAU gT ~^ genteel honor . They say the jacket should Si * & ~?*~ m P * to i ^ the blistered hands should gL ^ enaiwlihpalmoil , and that haths should be - ^ » ^ a * a ae unwashed in . Ss «^* 8 siaEt all das-distinctions , and these men , { Js ,. " ^ oowy of laboo , ^ . jjg £ „ fbmuug a neir e *« im lretE 'laatea ^ tbey threw the apple of ^ i 59 T s ? ns > a bose of contention te » et us wrang-^ tfe ^ T 0 { har "Brien ve ^ Sbt to be fighting the letiZfL , 6 " 6 Berered ta , made a gap ; a breach % ? St ~ ! 5 ii' * ho i 3 to heal it ? It is recorded in " 5 s « Zl &m * tbat on » upon a time ae earth » iB » 4 « L H ? """ifegap , whereat the people were
^ "fieLfbi ^ i ?* ^ ^^ P T 5101113 close againif one man * ja ? X ° T Jlan « tfieadloiigintoit Whowastobetke ^ tS ? *^ 6 lrtD « to take the fatal leap-at ^ QJer ^ S ? C ^^ effoed himaelf , leaped in , ^ KeS ^ lr ** OTer blm . 2 fow , thislman had **» 5 ^ w ? ^ dt yet he > wa 3 TnHtog . fox the ^ aj ^ f ^ j ^ rif' -conntrymen to make a aacriice of » ficKn » Bw Bad ne occasioned the breach , had ^ din ^^ te ^ iden it , instead of tohealit up , " ¦¦•" , 'Seww deser * ed the late which , innocent as *«*« , » ^^ f eaeountered to expiate the guilt sL 3 » > t ei ?* ; n 8 tr moTtfI i » Ted *» ** « B |^ j ^ « ' ioTetasHi was the " precursor of tte oui
^^ it totoi * 0 * 01 ** breach in toael *» WiK ? it , not to heal it up . He ^^ dS 1 *^ 111861 ^ - * w « M * stb beenbe-?»« aee iito ^ T ^ 1 * * oaM bave derqgaled fromiie ^^^? 7 ^ ^ * ° ^ nytoy- ^ and "would have ^ W ^ ™^ originator andhead cl a secret k' ^ lSSti !? ma *> b »\ kept apart-but he had : Wei . j £ r ' - * " ? to harfor bim- He ^^ v ^»^>» , - ^ > "Wbo came into our meetings Jj ^^ iS ^ their ma 8 ^ ^ seekiDg fewSe ? ?? ^ ** disunite is by . dist W *<» toto t ^ f ^ ^^ ^ amongst ns as ^ bitJ ^** tto « 1 '"ral 7- We eonia not ^^ % ^>? - ^ wa * & *¦ > becaaEeall ^»» » tft pHil » and optB , not like tteir *—
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secret and concealed . But we eonli have made them known—we can brand them ; and until Vt&b is doneuntil their guilt is rendered bo apparent , is written so clearly on their brows , that all may mark them , may shun them , and despise them—they will continue to sow dissension amongst us , and draw away our members under some falsa pretence or other . Why don't those men assumetfefiir proper colours ? Why do they appear in ours ? Villains always put on the disguise of honesty ts betray'honest men . Once upon a time , when Scarborough CasHe was taken , a band of soldiers put on
countrymen ' s frocks , and got admission under that simple guise ; and we all know that policemen put on plain clothes when they act as spies . I long since saw the necessity of separating the sheep from the goats , the com from the chaff , the true from the false ; and for this purpose it was that I brought the subject forward in a sermen on false brethren . I used strong language in fiiat Bermon j for it would not have answered the purpose % o nse mild and gentle terms . When we have Tats , to smoke out of their holes and corners , or wasps out of their nests , we do not bum perfumes—ne , we burn brimstone !
I scarcely Tcnew who were new-movers ; bntl made them , discover themselves , I said they were traitors , and np started the very men to say , we are not ! I had not named them , but they appeared . No true Chartist was hurt or effended by my remarks , thongh the false ones were sore . Conscience pricked themthe galled jades winced ; I was-to prove those charges ; no proof * were necessary ; the new more itself proved all . We felt the effect and knew the cause . We knew the men—they made themselves known . I wished not to . name them—they were imworthy of being named . 2 should never have taken notice of them but for the sake of the cause . Let no one think for a moment that I have any personal prejudice against these men . Who gave honour where honour waB duewho preferred bis brethren in honour more than I had done ?
Dr . Johnson once said— " I love a good hater "meaning that such a one is honest We loved these men while they were Hue , and hated them as well when they tamed false—when they deserted the cause and strove to rain it- The arch-movers of new xnovism sit secre « y at home , like spiders at the back of their webs , feeling the strings when a poor £ y is caught ; but none save mere buzzards remain—blue bottles—they cannot boast of one nonest working-bee taken in their toils . We know all their secret movements from their first publication , which they styled " Chartism , " but which ought more properly to have been called '' Whigism "—because it echoed the Whig cry that the people are
unfit for the franchise . It did not say so broadly—no ; it was too cunning , it was less honest than the Whigs for that ; but the whole tone and tendency 0 ! that pamphlet was in accordance with Whig principles—it was an echo , and an echo is fainter than the first voice . What better proof can we desire of ibis than that the Whig organs praised it , and called on Government to advance public money to further itB objects ! Would a Whig Government do thisfor genuine Chartism?—would it farther our national organization ?—no ; but it would further any scheme set on foot to retard or destroy that organization . ( To be continued . )
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^ TO THE BDITDB . OJ THE NOBTBEBS STAB . Deab Sib ,- —Mr . O'Connor is earnestly entreated not to give pain to the Chartists by calling them " his party . " I am , dear Sir , yonr ' s , respectfully , Battersea . John Watjlixs .
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w TO THE CHABTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbotkebstk ths Cause , —Having been nominated as one of five t 9 examine the Executive accounts , &c , I beg most dfferRTitinjiy to decline , as I do not see that the country can come to any farther decision on . the subject , sad any- further time spent on it would be wasteful and ridiculous excess . Besides the Executive steward has flatly declared bit determination not to deliver up the books until some £ 16 and odd be paid him as arrears , which he says are due from the Chartists to him . Best Jet *>>?» disgraceful matter pass if possible into oblivion , and let ns take heed whom we trust in future . I remain , Brothers , Tour grieved Friend , J . Watkiss .
P . S . Having been requested to state my opinion on Cooper ' s plan of a new organization , I must beg leave to decUne-doIng so , as I thinfe if the old plan cannot be amended ,- it would be better to appoint a committee to draw np a new one , and thus let it be the plan of 'tiie whole body , and not of an individual—then it would have more weight with it J . W . Battersea .
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MBS . ELLIS TO HEB FBIENDS . TO THX ' KDITOB OP IBL 1 SOBXHBBS STAB . Sib , —Having arrived safe back to the place from where jnjr poor husband is by heartless faction banished , wQl you allow me a place in the columns of the next &&zr , to publicly thank all those friends who sustained and so generos&ly assisted me during iny journey to take . my last farewell of poor Ellis ; particularly to Mr . and ilrs-lowe , of Wednesbary , ttie benefactors of my dear little girl , and whose kindness to me was unbounded . By doing which , Sir , yon will serve and greatly oblige , Tours , truly , Exha Ellis . Burslem , Jan . 23 , 1843 .
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THE " UNION" CRY . Chartists 1 do not unite with the middle classes ; they mean you no good , as may be proved by their actions . Was not the Member for Edinburgh their mouthpiece , in condemning the Chatter as a thing that would not only destroy the upper asd middle classes , but would bring the greatest evils on the head of its advocate * Now , if this be the opinion of these classes —which they have never disowned—what sort of an " union" do you seek ? Are you goig to retrogade , ? Are yon going , to acknowledge that the principle of
equality before the law is false ? Are you prepared to join hands with those who have ground down your wages to the starvation point—with the monopolists of capital , and the monopolists of land , who effectually say to their fellows Jjj nature—" Thou sbalt not work—thou shaltrnot till the land—thon shalt not get a living , unless thou first acknowledge the land to be mine , by giving me a premium for the privilege of producing tbyself a living from that which God hath said was for all ? They , the monopolists , have said " No % and thou shalt not have so much as thy foot will cover" I
Then look at the capitalists and the shopocrats . What has been &e& conduct towards the producers of all real wealth ? How did they come by their wealth ? IHd they produce it ? I answer for them . They did not produce it ; neither could they have gotten it but by fraud and cunning ; by giving a man less than what he earned on one hand , and cheating their customers on the otfitr . Is sot the horse-leech a fair specimen of their character , which cries , "Give , give , and has never enough ! " O J bni , say the advocates of nnion , " tat : principle . ' That is the question ] Well , and what principle have they acknowledged ? Do they say that yon ought to be equally represented with
them ? look to Glasgow and to Leicester , -and to their organs , especially to , the Nonconformist , the acknowledged organ of the Sturge party , who pretend to cry out for U 3 I 03 . Have-they not sat in the jury boxes , and imprisoned and transported your brethren ? and by shutting some of your advocates in damp cells , have they not caused their death ? and by demanding excessive bail , have they not done all they could to shut the mouths of y « ur lecturers ? Have you forgot the Reform BilL and its " finality ? " These are a few of the acts of the arrogant and deceitful middle and upper classes . And these are the men whom seme cf your pretended friends would have you join and give your strength to .
What ! would you shake hands with the murderers of BoTberry and Clayton ? Oh , how their spirits would upbraid jcu with cowardice , for giving up principle for expediency . It is a by-way that will eventually lead you into gins and snares which are set for you . O no ; let us die Hie men who have nailed their colours to the mast and will not forsake them ] Xet us never shake hands with such a base unmanly set of vile misrepresentatives ! To join them is to suppose yourselves to have more cunning f t "" they have . Do not think to make tools of them , and not expect at the same time they will not do the same to you The proposition is prepc-s' . eroos—it is false , and the devil is the propagator of it- Do not suppose , my fellow snfferers , by the monopolising system , under -which we exist , that it is a
struggle between man and man . You may take higher ground—it is aatanggle between Christ and the devilbetwixt Christianity and that anti-Christianity—that man of sin which must be destroyed before the millennium can take ' place . Hasten th ° T' the time by "union amengyourselves ; by a fixed determination never to forsake the principles of equality ; taking care that those that would lead you must be the servant of all Ye are the city that is set on a hill that cannot be hid . Then follow your master and bis apostles ; and how did they beat their adversaries , but by giving no quarter to prejudice nor expediency , and by a
straightforwardsnd upright conduct , which floundered their opponents on every encounter ? Then let ns stick to principle , spurning from as all the baits of the enemyconvincing them of the hopelessness of either diverting or taming out cf its way the veice of public opinion , which shall sweep awaytha rsbbish of prejudice , monopoly , avarice , asd also the foolishness of legislating for se ^ and not for our neighbours ; and then shall be brought to pass that delightful period when : swords shall be beat into ploughshares and spears into prnnir / g hooks ; when every man shall sit under his vine and fig tree , none making them afraid . . "Onward then , asd we conquer , backward and we fall' *
Shan we give np out leaders ? No ; never ! Remember JBaqp and bis fable of the wolves and the sheep ; when they have got our dogs safely out of the way , their whelps would soon begin to yelp and howl , and then they would tern upon asd devour "us like silly sheep as ve were , tar supposing their notes were changed , because the baiting of out dogs threatened tLeir destruction , M . Mvdd .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE ROBTHEBH STAB . SIB , —Will yon be kind enough to give publicity to the following fact : — A few mornings since , as I was proceeding to my employ , I saw a poor unfortunate girl carrying on her back the implements used for cleansing chimneys . I have not the least doubt that the ' child bad been made to ascend a chimney , as she had a scraper and brush ; likewise a man was with her , carrying the soot bag , alone . Evidently no machine had been used , and thus a human being is made the tool for a mercenary wretch to evade the law , providing the act especially refers to boys , which 1 Believe it does . What a sight to behold ; one of that sex whom men are more particularly taught to nourish and protect , on a cold winter's 'morning , employed in the most degrading of all callings that
exist in this country , hounded on by an unfeeling monster , ( for she did not walk fast eaough , ) with tears trickling down her sooty and begrimed face , and her appearance altogether denoting the most intense bodily suffering . Such a sight as this , Sir , would have made any man blush , who Was possessed of the least remnant of humanity , and in a town too , where is located a splendid castle , with its royal drones , aa inmates , where all the mummeries of a court are being daily enacted , and in a land that granted twenty millions of pounds for the emancipation of slaves abroad , and that has for its chief magistrate one of the same sex as toe unfortunate being on behalf of whom I writ& I would the child could approach the throne and articulate to the Queen—sister release me from my suffering .
If , Sir , the attention of the legislature is called , through the means of the Star , to the subject , it will be gratifying to me to know that that invaluable urgan of the people has been once more : the means of rendering a Bervice to my suffering f « llow creatures . Hoping speedily to see all true friends of the people united for the purpose of obtaining a full measure cf justice , I remain , An uncompromising advocate of the Six Points of the People ' s Charter , Wilxiam Matthews , 42 , Peascod-street , Windsor , Jan . 22 , 1843 .
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THE EXECUTIVE . ' Hear all and then let justice hold the ecale . "—Otway . Nothing will have more grieved every good Chartist , for nothing can have mor « i injured the cause , than the proven , the admitted , but the onrepented anl anatoned dereliction of duty and defalcation in the accounts ef the presetit Exsctttiva of fte National Charter Association . The principal onus reata upon the Secretary and the eelTconstituted Treasurer ^ he being : the most responsible officer—but bis brethren participate the blame and apparently do not wish to be exempt from it . Each will have enough-to do to answer for himself without endeavouring to exculpate the other . '
All well-wishers to the cause must have wished that this boning blot on the fair forehead of Chartism could have been privately erased , either by a secret examination and silent discharge of the guilty partita , or by a public announcement of their innocence ; but this wise course , though attempted to be pursued by the sound Chartists , has been frustrated by the arrogant taibecility 4 and shameless pertlnacityjof the culprits , who ought to have known that to persist in doing wrong , extenuates not wrong , but makes it much more heavy . " We hive a rule in scripture which saya , " if thy brother shall trespass against tfaee , go and tell him his fault between thee and feim alone : if be shall hear
thee , thou hast gained thy brother . But if he will not hear thee , then take with thee one or two more , that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may ba established . , And if he ehall neglect to hear them tell it unto the 1 church , but if he neglect to hear the church , let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican . " This rule appliesmore to private injuries—such tenderness is not duo topablioderaulters , and yet thiB forbearing , this Christian course Was pursued to the letter in respect of your Executive ; but with what effect f I am sorry to say that instead of producing the desired effect , this leniencey did but encourage their hopes of impunity , did but increase their hardened presumption .
The charges against the Executive were not only charges of omission but of commission ; of omitting to see that the plan of organisation was carrieij out or even acted upon by themselves , and of committing peculation or embezzling thefunds of the association . None more grievous or more grave charges could be brought against men hi their high and important office , truBted SB they were with most serious duties , most solemn responsibilities ; and how have they answered time chaigeB ?—by flippancy , prevarication , and abuse . " ne ' er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Lcbs impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first "
Empty volubility has been opposed to circumstantial charge . They have met crimination by recrimination . No lawyer , no fencer could have displayed more ingenuity in shifting the venue . They have not been able to repel a fact , to refute an argument ; but they say their accusation grows , by plot ; it proceeds from personal ill-will . If they had thought so , surely they would have been more careful and not have given their enemies ( if they have any ) a handle' against them—an opportunity to arraign them , an occasion to triumph over them . ]
Mr . Hill , as a member of the National Charter Association , but more especially as a * Chartist CoancUior , and most especially as a public censor , to which office he was voted by Universal Suffrage . — -Mr . William Hill , the Editor of the Northern Star , the organ of the movement—did but his bonndeu duty when he brought those charges before the Chaitist public—he did no more than his duty when he sustained them with all his might— -had he done less he would have deserved expulsion from the press . The only thing to regret is that he did not go more roundly to work . But he waited till every private means bad failed—all requests , all remonstrances , had been answered but with aggravation , with insult added to injury , just as the members of Parliament answer onr petitiona—then
and nst till then , did the Indignant » 3 al of the Censor rise to denounce them—thus proving his sincere love of the cause—proving himself no lukewarm Chartist . The honour of Chartism was Involved in this affairthe well-being of the cause was Invaded by those who indeed were the appointed guardians and conservators of it Hard it is to have to reproaoh those whom we have honoured . Hard it is' that those whom we honoured sheuld bring disgrace on the cause . Bub they havti cast off their former-selves and compelled us to cast them off . What s misfortune it is to be guilty . We may pity them but we must be juat Desertion , even
treason , were as nothing . Deserters and traitors have sometimes this excuse—that they were driven away in despair or in disgust ; but the Executive ate men who have been invested with the highest honours , who were the best paid—in whom - unbounded confidence was placed—they could have no complaint of neglect or ingratitude—they had no temptation but their own capidity—no Incitement but overweening self-love—no motive bat self-interest . And j shall they rely upon impunity ? Shall they be honoured for their breach of duty , their breach of ( trust ? Then is Chartism gone —there are no Chartists—no more faith can be put in ns .
The zaai of the Executive previous to their obtaining office had won for them the confidence of the peoplethey had been useful members of the Association—each in his proper sphere had dose much good—it Was thought they were welt qualified for the post assigned them . Why Bhould their zeal have Blackened since ? Why Bhould they have relaxed the strings of Chartism , which ought always to be kept up to the utmost pitch of principle ? Did they wish to enervate the agitation aud prepare the people to connive at their corrttpttou ? Why should all their disinterestedness have fled ? It
makes one think that they sought office far the sake of its sweeU . Tiiey have acted like lawyers , parsons , and system-mongers . The honour of Chartism could not be touched in a more tender point than in its financial department How scrupulous they should have been to have avoided even the suspicion of exaction , extortion , sinister design , or any foul or unfair dealing —so that there should be found no mote in their eyes , no trifling , no temporizing , no tergiversation . Their accounts should always have been ready at every call for public inspection . :
I was in hopes that this scandalous affair would have been settled long ere this—that' the Executive would have acknowledged their transgressions—had they done so , a generous people would have pardoned them and probably ( though not politically ) have reinstated them in office ; but they rely upon the credulity of their supporters , or upon the factious ox party spirit of their personal friends , and most Impudently , most indecently , reply With abuse to argument , attack others instead of defending themselves , and insolently [ attempt to ! turn the tables upon their
accusers . Oh , too much they steel men ' s hearts against them ! Our moral discipline should be as strict as martial law , and instant renunciation with the deepest denunciation should be awarded to those who not only do wrong , but seek to establish wrong as a precedent to be followed . Theirs is so common guilt , —the Bins of Whigs and Tories , though red as scarlet , become white as snow in comparison . The peculation ef government is open and avowed—bnt the peculation of our Executive adds the crime of hypocrisy to it—their theft is tinged with Ingratitude .
The mal-administration and malconduct of the Executive—their blunders and their ; crimes—is not tbe worst—is the least part of the charge against them . They might plead ignorance , incapacity , distresses , or difficulties in their way . But their subsequent defence or deflclence—the factions . advantage which they take of the prejudices they have raised—of the pity with which they would soften justice and silence principle—these ate tbe acts which condemn them , and for which they deserve punishment mote than ever for their previous incompetency and delinquency . They have encouraged a laxity of discipline—have set an example of it—and now they would shelter themselves under it—now , like the unjust Bteward , they find the use of thoBe friends which they made while in office by the mammon of
unrighteousness . For what purpose were these men made an Executive ?—was it not that they , more than all other Chartists , should further the cause by acting honestly , faithfully , and zealously . ' If we honour them for negligence , covetousneas , and dishonesty , will it not look as if we chose them for their unStness , rather than for their fitness ; or at least that we are better satisfied with an unfaithful discbarge of their duties , than we should have been with the contrary . We chose them , and do not like to have it proved to us that we have made a bad choice ; but surely it would be more foolish in us obstinately to continue them in office , than to acknowledge that we were deceived in them . Why , upon this principle we should continue our representatives in parliament , after they had misrepresented us , and the Charter would do us no good . Alas ! how
many Chartists are tkere who know not , who feel not what real Chartism 1 & For , can it be believed , we hear of some Chaxti&ta bo fax foTgeWul of themselvea and the cause as to attempt feeds in " honour" of the Executive . " Why should houonr outlive honesty 1 " What encouragement has the " trusty sentinel" ( whom we have chosen ) to do his duty , if he is to , be insulted for doing it—if the criminals are to be rewarded and the officer who brings them to justice to be punished in their Btead . Should tills course of , conduct be persisted in , it will behove not only every Chartist , bat every man who takes an interest in truth and justice to rise to put an end to it It will make our association an association of rogues and vagabonds , and all who value their own characters , all who value the cause , will leave it , will not join us—will denounce us as the friends of vice and the foes of virtue .
Nothing now can redeem , the cause—can restore Chartism to the respect of the world , unless an example be made of these men . What ! in a cause which , Wee ours , basso much prejudice to contend against—has bo many watching to find flaws In us—for our chief officers to give such just occasion of scorn wd opprobrium la cause the strength- of which depends entirely upon its moral power , to . be weakened by the immoral and untrustworthy conduct of its own executive ! ' If these men are continued in office or re-elected , shall we not show to the country that we have no sagacious discernment between true and false , or that we prefer the wrong to tbe right ! Who will contribute to thelrsupportf who will subscribe . to the misapplied and misappropriated funds of the association ? Some may . Bow difficult it is to serve the people in spite of themselves—how painful to incur odium where most praise due—to be made a marfe of hatred instead of honour when he who stands tine stands as a mark from
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which to measure the deviation of the false . Do those who honour the dishonest think that the " poor abuses of the time want countenances , " Are } they aware of the excuse offered by Belarius who says , " beaten for loyally , excited me to treason . " Say , ttiey have given their confidence to thimble-riggers and been cheateddo they obtain their revenge when they renew their confidence and are again cheated—should they not Withdraw it and be instructed by thejewor of their choice ? We might forgive the injury ] to ourselves ; but not the injury to the cause . Be not deceived by the apparent . sincerity of men . Shakespere gays , speaking of a blunt knave— " This i »\ some fellow , who having been praised for bluntness ; doth effect a sauoy roughness—he cannot flatter , he I an honest mind and plain , he must speak truth and they will take it , so , it not , he ' s plain . These kind of knaves I know , whieh in tills plainness harbour more craft and more corrapter ends than twenty Billy ducking observants that stretch their duties nicely . " i
No time , no place , no exigency can [ sanction dishonesty , and tbe dishonesty of our fuglemen is worst ofall . ' j I have long been ef opinion that the Execntiye were useless except as lecturers , tfeat as an Executive they have done little but damage the cause . ; I . could cite many proofs of this ; but the reader will recollect them . We have many who work for us voluntarily and gratuitously ; but the Executive were not content with their wages and expences and additional ) gifts ; taxes wrung bom necessity to supply superfluities , although many poor men were pinching themselves more cruelly than poverty had pinched them in order to spare something towards the support of the Executive , fondly deeming that hi supporting them they were supporting
the cause . But instead of opening new gronnd , two of them were opening shops , a third required 10 s . a-week extra , in order to bring out the trades . Has he brought them out ? Will he tell us that there was any possibility of bis being able to do it ? that this money was not swindled under false pretences ? I have visited from three to four trade lodges In a night , where the principles of Chartism had never before been heard , but I did not meet that individual there . I have supplied appointments which he had disappointed with no reward but calumnies , opposed only by a selfapproving conscience . It should be oar endeavour to save the people ' s expense , and not to get ss much money aa . possible for doing as little work as possible . !
But then the time when these men wete . denounced 1 —all of them in trouble and one in exile ! I Did they not by their injudicious conduct bring the discreet into trouble along with themselves ? Is not embtzalement a crime most ' easily , and consequently most frequently committed ; and , therefore , like forgery , most deserving [ of punishment ? Did not the flight of one of them ripen the doubt of their guilt to certainty and cause the rest to be prosecuted ? Can any one be said to be absent who can put in his plea fot himself in the papers?—can any one be more present than that ? F » w can appear bo well I Is he so much to be commisserated who has escaped the handB of Government by running away , as
those who are in its clutch by manfully standing their ground and resolving to suffer martyrdom , if necessary , in defence of their principles , and in defiance of persecution ? Whether is the runagate , or he who flinches not from bia post when the band of oppression is stretched forth for victims , snost deserving of sympathy and support ? Is that gentleman to be considered a brave man who wantonly insults another , ' and , when challenged to fight , decline ? on the Boore that he is under bonds to keeps the peace ? Ought he not to have considered this before ? Should not leaders be as tender of tbe people ' s blood as of their ] own , and not disperse in all directions when the hawks are abroad , leaving tho people to shift for themselves or be shot ? <
Let us have no more of this ; but proceed to an election of new men , and turn ovex a new leaf . Battersea . John WAtkins . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —You have read in the Star of the 14 th of January an arttele on the land ; which is much deserving your attention . " The land we live in" is often given as a toast , but like many other toasts , very improperly ; it should be the land we starve in , or the land we ought to live in ; but , In fact , the land we must live on . {
Many political events have taken place , which , if properly noticed , and well understood , would give you a good idea of the great necessity of some immediate alteration in the lauded system of Great Britain , withont which it will soon cease to be a respected nation . I will point out to you an example , one which I am well acquainted with , one that will show you that ] the land is the only solid foundation for tbe happiness and strength of a country ; not tbe laud as it is at present occupied ; not in useful cultivation , guarded by keepers , who are nightly coming hi contact with unfortunate men , who consider that they have aa much right to take a wild animal aa any one else ; and perhaps they consider that no man has a right , either by divine or human laws , to hold so much land , to the
great Injury and starvation of thousands . I speak now of those most obnoxions and inhuman laws , the Game Laws , which with other abominable and worse than fiendish laws , are daily and even hourly brutalizing the once noble people of England . We will now suppose that a revolution should take place j in this country ( which God forbid t ) supplies would , be immediately withheld from the markets . No man , except the farmers , has any stock to fall back upon . The farmers in England are very few : where there is one farmer now , there were fifty in former times . I am writing this upon a farm of six hundred acres ; there is only one family on it , and not twenty workmen ; it cannot be well cultivated . I can , I am sure ; prove that it would support fifty or sixty families , and the
produce of the said families would be able to sell at the end of the year would be much more than the present farmer produces . I merely mention these things to show the great necessity of a better system , and to give you a subject for discussion ; and I ) advise you to discuss it , and inquire well into the matter . Now , suppose a revolution to take place—ail trade wonld cease—the farmers would be plundered , they being the only people that would have anything to eat in their possessien—the millions of starving ( people dying would cause a pestilence , which always follows war and famine—the great and rich landlord would , with all his wealth , starve , die , and rot perhaps on his own dunghilL This Is a true picture of what England would be in the event « f a civil war . . God [ forbid
it should take place . Now , suppose four fifths of the people were in possession of land , from half an acre to one hundred , and suppose a revolution took place , the four-fifths would have more to spare than the one-fifth would require for a long time , and supposing the war to last some time , the land would still be in cultivation , except in the immediate seat of the war , and as the seat of war is continually shifting , there would be little feat of starving , Now for the example . ] You all know , or ought to know , that there has ] been , with abort intervals , a civil or foreign war hi j Spain for the last thirty-five or six years . The war called the Peninsular war lasted upwards of seven years , and ended hi 1814 ; since which tbexe haa | been almost a continued civil war , —witness tbe late } affair
in Barcelona , which has been cimhed for tbe moment by despots ; bat is not dead , it is only the beginning of an end . You will find that after all 'these wars , and they have been dreadful and desperate , Spain Is in a healthy , happy state . The country is full of everything that is good . There are no : poor laws , no people dying of starvation . The land ( is in the handB of at least three-fonrtbs of the people . JuBt consider such a war taking place in England as that between Don Carlos and his niece , what would become of the people of England , the millions ] who have neither house nor land ? When would they be again in a position to demand their rights ? j Not in one hundred years . Look at the Spaniards ;! they with all their civil wars are still as able and as determined , or more so , than ever to have their rights .
The despotic Times speaks in the most insolent and brutal manner , respecting the monument to tbe Scottish mar tyrs , but not so when speaking of the great m&rtyrmafcer , the Duke of Wellington , and the monument to be erected to his memory , for his great feats in the Peninsula , Waterloo , & <; ,, &s . PdhapB the Times are ] not aware , or they will not own it , that the Doke of Wellington would never have driven the French from Spain without the aid of the Spanish people . It was tbe brave Guerillas that drove the French from Spain ; they would have driven Wellington and his army in ; the same way , had they wished to do so ; but they were told they would have a liberal Government , but were grossly deceived . The continued civil wars will show how they felt that deception . The people can do evety thine if united . 1
The readers of the Star may gain some knowtedgB by reading tbe proceedings and operational ' of the Guerillas in Spain during the Peninsular , wara . \ In my next I will tell them what the Sjanlsh people did for the hero of Waterloo , and how tBoy did it ] A Political Mastvr .
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Lord Coobtenav , the eldest eon of jtb « Earl of Devoa , will , it is reported , move the address in the House of Commons . ¦ Thb Poor's rates in Sunderland are now seventeeh shillings in the pound oh the rental ! This aefc was c ommunicated in a letter , the other day , by » commercial traveller , to a manufacturing firm in this town—Leicester Chronicle . . j A PBAcncAi . Jest . —A taan named Moore , who deals in young . trees , shrubs , seedlings , and other juvenile vegetables , near Carlow . wa ? knocked upiateiy , at an unseasonable hour , by a person travelling on a jaunting oaj , who demanded if he did not keep *? a nurBeryf * " Yes , " said h ; e •* . Well , then , here ' s ¦ .- something in your line !" Before he could open the door , his customer had gone off at a slinging trot , and left a nice little child at tbe threshold . It , of course , has been set among the olive plants . ]
An Ebrob in Practice . —Tbe physioian in attendance upon the sick poor , in ( he Limerick workhouse , lately prescribed for an old man , that he should be blooded , and bis head shaved . The apothecary , mistaking the person , operated upon another old man , aad both the parties died 1 :
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Welch Collieriis . —We much regret that the cessation from colliery labour still continues in this county , and that turn-outs have set all law at defiance by forcibly turning out industrious men in some , of the works in Glamorganshire . Strong measures are on foot to prevent a repetition of such outrages . — Monmau ' . hshire Merlin . Joshua Jacob , the leader of the extraordinary seat denominated White Quakers , has'been arrested j and is now in custody in Dublin . He is charged with having fraudulently obtained the sum of tg / JUO from oue of his female converts .
Market Intelligence.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
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HUDDBBSFIKLD CLOTH MaRKBT , TDESDAT , JaN . 24 . —The business transactions of this day were very light ; an improvemen upon the last caaaot be quoted in any one department . Most of the frequenters of the market appear amazed at the inactive state m which trade remains at present , with every probability of its continuance . London Coaw Exchange , Monday , Januart 23 —The arrivals of tbe past week have b een rather liberal of English Wheat , but somewhat scanty of other kinds of grain , especially of Irish Oats . la to-day ' s market the stands , arising from the increased fresh receipts from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , were tolerably well , but sot to say heavily , filled with samples of wheat of home growth . Notwithstanding the attendance of both London and country buyers was fair , we havo again to report ft
very heavy inquiry for that article , and the prices suffered no abatement , from those nosed on Monday last , of from h . to 2 s . per quarter , while several parcels were left over for Wednesday . No Foreign Wheat has come to hand since our last , yet , scarcely any transactions took place in it . However , the prices may be called quite Is . per quarter lower . The show of Barley was comparatively small . Good malting parcels maintained their previous value , but grinding and distilling sorts were Is . per quarter lower . We had very little doing in any kind of Malt , yet the quotations remained about stationary . Although the supply of Oats was limited , the inquiry for them was inactive , at late rates . Beans moved off slowly , while Peas were the turn lower . The Flour trade was again dull , and ship marks were cheaper .
London Smithfield Market , Monday , Jan . 21 —Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on offer here this morning was comparatively limited , we have to report a very sluggish inquiry for Beef , owing chiefly to the immense quantity of countryslaughtered meat in the dead markets . However , the primest Scots , Devons , runts , Herefords , &o . sold at prices about equal to those , obtained on this day se ' naight , or from 4 s to 43 4 d per 81 bs , bat the value of the middling aad inferior descriptions , which formed the- bulk of the receipts , was with difficulty supported . Ab to Sheep , these were in fair average arrivals , and somewhat better in quality , though numbers of them were extremely lame , than for some time past . Prime old Downs being rather scarce maintained previous currencies ,
but those of the long wools and half-ends had a downward tendency , and a clearance of such was not effected . We had very few Calves on tho market , and they sold freely at Friday ' s advanced rates . Prime small Porkers went off Bteadily ; other kinds of pigs slowly at our quotations . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 800 Soots and homebreds ; from our northern grazing districts , 450 short horn 9 , ' nint 9 , and Devons ; from the western and midland coun- " ties , 350 of various breeds ; from other parts- of . England ISO Soots , runts , cows , Devons , &c ; and' * from Scotland , by sea , 70 horned and polled Scots . The imports of foreign stocks since our last have been very scanty , and we had only four Spanish beasts here to-day , in miserable condition .
Borough Hop Mabket . —We have bad a very steady demand for moat kinds of Hops since this day se ' nuight , and ia some instance , a further advance of from la to 2 per owt . has been obtained for the best parcels . The supplies on offer are far from extensive . East Kent , in pockets , £ 5 10 s to . £ 6 153 ; ditto in bags , £ 5 to £ 6 ; Mid Kents , in pockets , £ 5 8 s to £ 6 12 s ; ditto , in bags , £ 6 10 s to £ 5 15 a ; Sussex , £ 4 10 . 4 to £ 5 18 s ; Farnhams , £ 9 to £ 11 : Old Hops , £ 3 5 a to £ 4 Ma , Potato Mahkkts . —For the best samples of Potatoes we have a better demand , but without any ad * vance in price . Inferior and out-of-condition sorts are mending . Toe arrivals have been fair for the season , and the following are the present rates : — York reds , 55 s to 60 s per too ; Scotch ditto , 45 s to 50 s ; Devona , 46 s to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites 40 s to —8 } Wisbeach , 40 s to 45 a ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , 40 s to 44 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 40 s to
Wool Mabkets . —The best qualities of Colonial and Foreign Wools , are selling somewhat freely ; bat , in other kinds , as well as all descriptions of British , very little is doing . The imports during the past week have been about 1 , 000 packages ; 770 being from Odessa ; 18 from Mogadoro ; 429 from Kertoh , and 10 i ' rom NapleB . Our stookB are not large . Tallow . —ThereSts little hew information to give oar friends relative to this market . The deliveries are good when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year , but the price is heavy , because the holders are generally anxious to realise . The price at St . Petersbarga for . now Tallow is firmer , and but few sellers , yet Tallow has been sold at 45 s . 6 d . for tbe last three months . Town Tallow 47 s . 6 d . net cash .
Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Jan . 23 .- — The sales to-day are about 3 , 500 bags . The market is very dull and flit , but there is no further ohange to notice in prices since the olose of the week . Exporters have taken 500 bags American . On Saturday the sales were 3 , 000 bags . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — We have bad about the same supply of cattle at market to-day as last week , with no variation in prices . Beef-5 £ d . to 6 d . Mutton * d , to 6 d . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 006 , Sheep 3 , 458 .
Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday , Jah , 23 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , for the past week , are of small amount , and the only arrival from abroad is that of 265 barrels of Flout from the United States . During the same period we have experienced very little country demand ; the town ' s millers and dealers also have have bought sparingly j holders , however , have not pressed , and the sales effected in any article of the trade have been at the prices quoted in our last report . A little fine Irish new red Wheat has sold at 7 s . per 701 bs . Choice mealing Oats , have brought 2 s . 5 d ., and one or two small parcels of good Welsh 2 s . 2 £ d . per 45 ibs , 25 a . 6 d . to , 28 s . per barrel are the ratea tor United States and Canadian Flour ; ' 21 s . « d . to 21 s . 9 d . per 2401 bs . those for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , under tcarcity , bears a full value ; 34 s . per quarter has been paid for Chevalier . No ohange as regards Beans or Peas .
Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . —To-day we bad an unusually doll market ; very few buyers were present , and the business transacted was very limited . - The merchants offered less money for flannels , but the manufacturers very generally refused to sell at reduced prices . Tiie Wool Market has been still worse ; few sales have been effected at any price . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — The trade has assumed a very languid character , and the transactions during the week have been on the most limited scale in all articles , contrary to the expectations which might be formed from the
narrow compass to which the stocks are reduced in first hands , as also in these of the dealers . The imports at Liverpool and Runcorn arc light , 8 , 439 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland forming the chief article ; whilst our supplies of British produce elsewhere are such as to cause no accumulation of stock © yen with a demand , by ho means active . There was a slender attendance of buyers at our market thiB morning ; andj , although the advance noticed on this day se ' anight was not supported , we do not reduce our quotations ,, but repeat them nominally , as the amount of business done was only to a very moderate extent .
Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — We had a fair supply of Gram in our market , to-day , which only mid a dull sale . Wheat sold from 53 Sd to 6 s 6 d . Oats 2 s to 2 s 89 . Barley 3 s fid to 3 s $ d . Beans 4 s to 4 a 4 d per bushel . Statk of Tbade in Barnsley . —This town presents the most omenoDS forebodings of a return of tbe horrid suffering of last year . The fancy Drill season draws to a close and as the workmen finish their work are in most instances turned off . And what makes the general appearance worse , is , that the other branches of weaving are in a complete state of ruin having never recovered from the depression of last year .
Yobk Cohn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . —We have not much Wheat offering to-day , birt are well supplied with Oats and Barley . Wheat Is out of condition , and Is to 2 s per qr , lower . Barley is in very great demand !; and haying a fresh fcayer or two in the market , high prices are paid . Oats tee dull , and the turn lower . . Ne % castlb Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — We had only a moderate supply of Wheat at market this morning from thecountry , and the arrivals front the cpast ; are very trifling ; , nevertheless the trade ruled dull , and all descriptions mnst be noted fullv
Is . per qr . lower . Foreign Wheat is beldMth firmness , but the business transacted was exceed * ingly limited . In Eye there is little doing . The arrivals of Barley this week are very light , andour maltsters being mostly bare of stock , the trade is firm at an advance of Is . per qr . on all descriptions . For Beans and Peas there is no inquiry . Malt is the turn dearer . The show of Oats to-day was large , and they met a heavy sale at rather under tbe rates of last week . Flour , although in limited supply is a dull sale at Is . per sack decline .
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. * , WHO ARE THE ABETTORS OF PHYSICAL FOECE ?
TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . " I have seen , in all histories , the defenders of liberty borne down by calumny , and destroyed by faction . "—Rosespierbe . Sis ., —There is something so extremely absurd In the " higher and middle classes" professing suoh a righteous indignation against physical force , and bo evidently usjnBt in the calumnies which they have heaped upon the working classes , and the body of Chartists , that the necessity for any reply it of itself a severe censure upon those who originated and entertain these slanders , for their Bt&teraents not only display gross ignorance , but wilful falsehood and malignity ; they have not only attained their present position by the means for which they profess such a virtuous abhorrence , and have always resorted to them for the purpose of attaining their ends , bat by the power which they have thusseizad , and the circumstances in which they have placed the people , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the industrious classes hive resorted to .
To account for accusations so inconsistent , and contrary to justice , having proved so powerful in destroying those who have identified themselves with the people , and advocated their interests , it will ba necessary to examine the circumstances under which they have operated ; and tbe first feature to be observed is , that they ~ ve made by those in possession of exclusive politic *! -igper , that wealth and influence is always associate ^^ &th such power , which has been used to its utmost eaeSttt to keep the people ina state of ignorance , diffusing only such statements and dogmas as are serviceable to themselves ; to effect this they have not cnly the means of calling into existence stamp duties ; of suppression by positive enactments , and of placing the people in . such a situation that it iB eoarcely
possible for them to diffuse information , or receive any , except through men and their organs ; but by the wealth which they have amassed through this exclusive power , they have been able to carry out their inluence by appealing to the cupidity of men , and holding ont the inducements of place and power to those who would advocate ; their purposes ; and by deterrfhg others from opposing them with terror , every invention and circumstance , which , if applied to its legitimate purpose , would have been beneficial to mankind , has been thus seized upon ; and the more extensive the ollgarry , and especially where it is a property qualification government , the greater are the facilities for seizing npon them as instruments against the people . We had a melancholy example of this fact in England by the use which has been made of the press , of the molded asd legislative classes—it has pandered to their prejudices , falsehood , and injustice ; to ensure profit for themselves , " their paper ia their bread , " * nd
their hope of sharing in some of the wealth which is wrong from the impoverished working classes ; tbe object of these " guides of the public mind" is not to uproot prejudice , but to please ; not to : diffuse information , but to make statements according to the wishes of their supporters ; sot to oppose injustice , bat to gratify some faction of the oppressors ; not truth , but profit ; and this has been one of the most powerful engines for the propagation of these slanders , and those -who have been professedly the moat liberal , have effected the greatest injury-, for , by playing a double part , they have been the better able to disguise the poison , and by profesting to admire and adV 6 cate popular liberty , they had gained upon some of those who really wished to see such principles established , and then used the bold which they had thus gained , to destroy every practical effort which has been made to establish these principles , the men who have devoted their energies to them , and to calumniate the people for whose benefit they are .
Having glanced at the means by which these slanders have been propagated , we will next enquire into tbe conduct of those who originate them , and who are at all times so ready to call the working classes and Chartists , advocates of " physical force , " "incendiaries , " "horrid miscreants , " ' torch and d&gger . xnen , " and then tell us that "there is b « much disgrace attached to the name that it would damn those who are connected with it , " and that it is " so o&ious , indeed , that the very name of Chartist was identical with that of murderer . " To discover the character of these men it will not be necessary to go far back into history and show the deeds ef blood and violence -which they have committed when they had any orgect to serve , bnt we will take their recent conduct
as citizens , and look at their recommendation and praotices whilst agitating for that middle-class "finality " measure , the Reform BilL These moral force men could then display banners with death ' s head and cross bones , with a drawn dagger , and underneath the motto " Will ye force us to this ? " They could then issue recommendations to the people to " be ready , for they might be called upon before morning . " They could speak about " stopping the supplies ; " and make very free use of the fate of Charles . They could then establish Political Unions , and talk of their hundred and fifty thousands of armed men , and allude to the danger of resitting them ; and their organs exulted over and spread these " moral demonstrations , " which resulted in rioting * , burttings , and
bloodshed At Nottingham and Bristol , general confusion throughout the country , and political power for themselves , which they have nsed to rivet tbe fetters more firmly upon the producers of wealth . And what has been tbe conduct of these "peaceful , legal , and constitutional reformers , ' ever since they were in possession of political power ? What course have they pursued m the smnopoly-vpholding-anii-mortopoly agitation 7 Recommendations to make the battle cry " bread or blood , " * to " answer with a barricade , " " to appovtia committee ofpublic safely , " "to compel" them by "stopping all their mills vpon a given day , " and thns force the people to outrage , for , said they , " even if it vxre certain that it ( the Corn Lav > J could not be repealed without bloodshed , it by no means follows that it should be sqfered to exist England has some noble Ramans who wonld willingly lay down their lives in such a holy cause . * * And these recommendations were
supported by some very significant extracts from histories of various revolutions , in which " ladies' heads had been carried about the streets upon poles , " which would " serve both for a warning and an example , " in which " excisemen were tarred and feathered , " and " calls to send mx hundred men who knew how to die were quickly responded to . * ' This is the conduct of these men who are so shocked with the " physical force CbartiBts , " who entertain such an horror for anything but" moral means "—who have calumniated the most peaceable , forbearing , and industrious people In the world J—and who have resorted to such means even after they were possessed of political power * and by their upholding the present system of legislation , were bound by ever ; principle to obey its laws , and deprived ef every plea and excuse for such conduct . —Who will not say that these men are entitled to dub themselves ' peaceful , legal , and constitutional Reformers . "
. we have seen what is the character of the accusers , which iB more than usually necessary in this case , as it will ultimately be seen that through their example and influence u citizens , and conduct as legislators , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the people have committed—which wfll ; form the subject of my next letter ; and it is consolatory to find that in proportion as " these leaden" ^ lose their irjlnence , the people become more firm and temperate ; and , ; opposed aa I and those who are sincerely attached to our principles are to such violence and . outrage , and deploring the calamities which attend them ; a knowledge of this cheers us on in our exertions to diffasesfctellifence , by which alone we shall carry out bur principles by means as praise-worthy as our object is glorious . ! I remain , Sir , Tour's , truly , ;
R . T . Mobbison . Nottingham , Jon . SS , 1842 . * Further particulars of th -B and other sayings and doings of these " moral force" men may be seen by referring to the leading article of the Northern Star , August 28 th , 18 * 2 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1197/page/7/
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