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rp HE Council of the Arbroath Chartist Association X having read in the Star of the First of April , « speech delivered by Con Murray , at a meetinlf m Edinburgh , charging Abram Duncan , with polity dishonesty , tney hereby Challenge Con Murray fo prove the assertion before a fair open Public Meet . me of the Inhabitants of Arbroath , convened fw that purpose , at hi 3 earliest possible convenience , Signed on behalf of the Meeting , . Donald Stuart , Chairman . James Losh , Secretary . Arbroath , 22 nd April , 1843 .. &
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TO BANIELL &CONKELL , £ SQ-, M . P . Sib , —I presntne your memory "will be sufficiently letentire In calling yon to a recollection of the subject "matter of tins letter as laid down in my second heading of the loib , I -will therefore without farther preface proceed to 4 he discussion of the great ¦ principle of toleratora yrimb should guide and diret * ill statesmen in legislating for a people sovaned » sd whimsical in their religwns epiniens as the nhaMtinK of these kingdoms ; a principle winch 33 second to none in point of impertsace , for-oa the ledncmg it to practice and "carrying it out a the proper spirit depends the happiness or m » ary of "thousands . A principle ¦ which yen have -set at nought * nd attempted to-destroy toserK joor flwa lass pnrposes- A priociyle , Sir , which we -will preserve rn ^ oiatetj the power of an enlightened public ottit—• despite the fanatical sayings and doings of
, aU -m long' aced saint CFCoinells , Gol ^ uhouns , an i Agnewsjivirhirhish ? : is coantry has "beei ^ ind syet , torareoted . In your attempts to excite the worst ^ passions of my conniiymen and to stir op the unhappy prejudices existing in Ireland on the endles 3 and undefined cnestion of religion , you aw sapping tie foundation of all social order , and "w 21 ultimately , unless commoB -sense comeB to their rescue * tlrive' these people to destruction by setting them in each other ' s necks oa knotty points of theology , which has occupied jthe attention of the -chaps in black for the last eighteen hundred and forty-three years ,-and which sro jnsias far from being amicably arranged now as
the irst moment the disputes arose . The enemies of freedom , amongst whom you may with great propriety % e called the chief , hare resorted to many schemes for the purpose of tJiwaxting oar humane object in securing to the poor man the full privilege of enjoying the reward -of his industry . At one time the -eid embers « f national enmity are blown into life ^ at another iime the deadly ieuds of Catholics and Farotestantesre a 3 > etted and-encouraged by onr creel governors tati . their supporters , and after ihese contentious bones have caused the death of many misled ignorant -dupes , And the -combatants , by the partial spreading of useful knowledge , have keen sewn a sight of their follies , so as to enable
them , ia a gre&t measure , to guard against the wily concoctions ef English and irisk Oajtbolie and Pxoiestast ^ 0-notb . ings , led en by such pious Christians as yoa , Sir flareourt Lees , -and Colonel Yerner ; after tbe people of Ireland , 1 say , have so far got themseZVesdisengaged from these old bug-bears , it remains for Mr . Daniel O'Connell , ex-Lord Mayor , dictator general to : the Joyal starving Repealers , member for all Ireland , and the best abused man in the whole world , aad to show Ms -superior skill as the father of all the Government schemers in fomenting strife , by stepping in with another welljsannfactured trap , to catch the remaining ignorance and turn it to the best possible advantage in filling your unholy aooey hags .
In -fee notorious speech to which I am now ¦ directing the attention of my countrymen , yon have departed from the old emblems of discord , the orange and green , and substituted that of religion and jrreligion ; you make a holy appeal to Catholics , 5 * rotestanta , Presbyterians , Methodists , and the thousand and one other fanatical squads by whom khepeaoe of society is daily disturbed , to unite in a £ rm bond of 1121011 , not for the purpose of bringing about such , a change in the constitution of the laws , as every good man must desire , but for a determined and blody onslaught on the growing spirit of what you are pleased to call infidelity . You tell them of -onfr ? aylor , an infidel bookseller , who opened a shop in Dublin , some years ago , who was known
by the cognomen of the devil ' s chaplain , and then byway of showing your gaping auditory how they may easily get rid of your political opponents , you indirectly pay a high compliment to a number of young men , Protestants and Catholics , who pulled this infidel-out of his shop , in a lane off Graftonstreet , dragged him along the streets shonting ** send the fool farther" until they came to the Liffey , "where they wonld have actually drowned him , had iVnot been for the interference of some policemen ! After delivering yourself of this « hoice morsel ,-yon exultingly exclaim—that same night he went of to England , and has never since dared to pollute the soil of Ireland . Inhuman , intolerant , unsocial and anti-Christian monster , thou fit companion for the beastly Calvin at the stake of Severitus , what did yon mean oy the narration of this savage condnct i
Will you answer this question 1 ISo , no , you will not ; the vieiousness of your persecuting spirit destroys that little something which never fails to warn yon that you are walking in the ways of wickedness for whichj unless you repent , the all-powerful ruler of the-universe will call yon to a fearful account . 33 nt as there is no likelihood of you giving us an answer on this side the grave , and in all probability yon will have enough to do on the other side , 2 will not press it for the present , but content myself , according to my own hnmble Judgment , in making -op the deficiency , leaving it to an enlightened pnblic to say whether I am light or wrong . In the first place , then , as shewn in my last , you endeavoured to mike the people of Ireland believe that Chartism and Socialism were one and the same system .
Secondly , you held oatthat if permitted to go on they "would destroy christiEBiry , and as a means to arrest their progress you eall on the Catholic priesthood < which I am sorry to say too often became your pliant tools ) to assist yoa in warning jaax hearers against any « onnecxlon with their professors , that they aie Dot to hold aay intercourse with them in the common concerns of life—not even so much as speak to them . And , lastly , hyrefemcg lo the case of the Rot . Mr . Taylor , yon are advising them indirectly to go and pull the Chartiste and their good friend O ^ Hisgins cnt of their Hall , in Earth Ann-street , drag them to the IaSey , and either throw them in , or terrify them so as that they may cut off to England , never more ¦ with their pestilential tread to pollute the soil of your profitable speculationE . Dan , iay dtar , isn ' t this what yon want to be at i I defy any rational man to arrive at a different conclusion .
Now , Sir , allow me to digress for a moment , and ¦ for the site of sxgume&t , suppose you to be a ¦ Catholic , have TOD , in this iaetanee , used the proper deans for the preservatien of that faith from the inroads of the unbeliever or isfidel 5 1 deny lhat yoa tare . I deny that the cruelties and prosecutions reeammended by you will have the effect of putting doTja Socialism . On the other hand , it is the best possible course yon could parsne for its increase ; aad ^ rhen their next Congress meete in London , yon are felly entitled to an nnaniroeus vote-of thanks for
jobi furious attacks , All Mstory warrants ns in siylngjjMid you must be better acquainted with it than i . am , that when a man 13 persecuted for M 3 ¦ o pinions , he will cling more tenaciously to them , no matter iow absurd they may appear . The interfereae e * f ene man -with the belief of another is tyranny-of the bl&ckest dye ; and I would Uke to knew what good result could follow the beating an Infidel into a compliance with your- creed . It by force he iB-ocaipelled to profess , does that make-iim less sceptical -at heart \ Surely not .
But , viewing this matter in another light , let iec ask how arelhfi opinions of mankind formed on the . great and ajsterion 3 question of religion ! Is it sot by the usages , customs , and laws of their various nations , in many eases from time immemorial ? If so , then how can you change them ! By the same process employed in their propagation—time and perseverenee . If &ere be a man fiving who doubts the truth of this , i ask him to cast his eyes over the world , and tell ma how many of its thousand millions of inhabitants believe the doctrines of either Catholics , Protestants , six Infidels , or ihe -whole of them put together j not the one-fourth , and yet yon lave the daring impudence to tell ns that unless they believe toot Catholicism .
Protestantism , Preshyterianisao , or Methodism , . they should not be permitted to exist in the beautiful green land of onr birth . I should like to see yon and your modern Oatheitiana armed with clnb 3 , set out on an excursion for the conversion of the two lundred andseventy millions of Chisese , from thence wend your "way to the banks of the Ganges , and ~ peisuade the vast population of Hindostan to change the religion of the Bramin 3 and the worship of Juggernaut for that of the Methodist ranters , dancing abont like the warlocks and fiends in Boms ' s poem of Tam O'Shanter . If yon survived thi 3
expedition , I wonld have you march upon Persia and Constantinople , and overturn the Pagan rites and © eremonies of the MahometanSj who put their prophet in the place of our Saviour ; and if you be not erowned -with laurels by the British and Foreign Bible Society on your return , then I should say they are an ungrateful body of holy swindlers , and ¦ nrideserring of another annual subscription from their English gulls . , But , Sir , to return ; is it on the score of religion you are mnfttng mch powerful efforts to extirpate 2 »^ JS " ^ say it is not ; it is yoar last political shift , * H your other plans are worn threadbare j and now . —
• I * Ti ? "L 1 *®* «« tangmau ' a whip to keep the Trrewa in order . " Ton lave just about as much religion in your tear * as a horse or a coir . You may stare : bnfc Btop avwee , 111 prove it as clear " as rock ? r ¥ f r ; t £ ( X . don't - isak © you the prince of : afidelj Til suffer to be branded as a liar for the remainder of my life . I know you are looked upon aa a person of rery religion ?_ habits , bat the people have . beBered many things iroicb time and experience save preren to be erroneous . Your friends eves
Jjo a * far as to saythai yon keep a confessor for you own especial use , inl many is the time I have said it woald take half a dozen of them * to do you full justice . The Catholic Church requires on the part of ooBimunicantg , the most holy and > potless life , free from every stain or blemiBh ; thatyorrrlifeis not of- this description , I bare already shewn by incontrovertible endence ; and , in addition to ^ rizat has been given , I will occupy the remainder of thisv and ft portion of my next letter , in taking a cursory stance at jour whole labour , bat it must of necesa ^ t ^ 00 only a mere Bketch , for to j ? o the fall length in aii tb » tB ? U ]) tpo written ou the subject , would comjume
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more time than I csa coumand and more space than the forty-eight uEtlumns of this poor man ' s journal . It may not beatniK to inquire here what is meant by the strict applioafion of the term infidel . I am we ll enough aware "Ihat in the common acceptation it is applied to a person who doubts or denies the Divine Rcvehitiomof the Scriptures , or the fundamental principles -of Christianity . But I think 1 have heard it-said , and some of the English grammarians -quotedras authority , that an infidel was a man wfeo belierei one thing , while , at the same time , he professed the contrary . If I am correct in this then you are the man and the infidel , for you profess to belitve the-doctrines of the Catholic Church , and not only that' ^ ut in the fullness of your hypocritical
heart you-attend regularly on her sacraments , while you prove > your disbelief by # going out from the table of the Lord to rob the poor by political jugglery . ; "in confirmation of whioh I point to your -conduct on the passing and carrying out of the Emancipation Bill . After you had bartered the forty BhiUing freeholders for this Bill many blamed you , but the great mass gave you credit for-good intentions The speeches which you bad aade in Waterford and many other places in support of the starving people against the swarms of lawgamblers which overran the kingdom was then ringing in the ears of your numerous supporters , among whom I-was one ; but on seeing you take advantage of the power and influence which this
Bill gave you , in joining the robbers by the establishment of a bank , the operations of which tended to raise the prices of the necessaries of life on those who were too poor to \ purchase them even at the cheapest rate , we could not conscientiously remain longer attached te your triumphal car , when as Dr . M'Hale has truly said , you made use of the power of the people to secure places and pensions for those who assisted you in your gullible profession . Then any man , not blinded by interest , might easily have seen lihat -your object was plunder ^ and that you cared not what means you employed in getting at it . You have exhibited throughout a system of doubledealing , seldom to be met with , and when taken as a whol e will , I believe , be found withont a parallel in the biographies of all other public men . Your political oonjurine is of the most masterly
description . Y-on first used the people to terrify the Government into a compliance with your wishes , aDd after jou had got all jon could gather in that quarter you turn round and actually blind them so far that these came people pay you a tribute of from 12 to j £ 20 , 00 © a year for the glorious privilege of being jewed . 2 * o other Jiving man could have performed buch a feat- Giving the devil his due , you are decidedly a clever old fellow , and of all the infidel tribe you deserve the highest niche in their temple . Your fchuding and monstrous inconsistencies on the tithe and other questions which have oocupied the House of imbeciles during the last seven or eight years , has been so well handled by Mr . O'Higgins and many other able writers in this paper , that it would be quite superfluous in me bringing them forward again .
I will now , for the satisfaction of my brother Chartists who sympathise with my countrymen in their extreme sufferings , give a sample of the wretchedness which prevails among the peasantry , for whose spiritual welfare you hypocritically pretend to be so much concerned' It is . from the lips of the lamented Mr . Inglis , in his sworn testimony before a committee of the House of Commons many years ago , and their situation has been daily and hourly growing worse since his time . In speaking of the CooDiy Limerick in reply to the question
" What description of beds have they in their houses ! Be says , I protest 1 have beeen perfectly shocked at hearing an account of it . The Police in searching at night , of course , are sometimes obliged to disturb the family . They scarcely ever have any bedding except straw , and it appears to me that the family are huddled together , without distinction of age or sex , and often with scarcely any thing to cover them . " Have they any description of bedsteads \ Tes , they have Eome , but in general they lie on straw , on the ground . ' " Is that ground floored with any thing ! No , Ft is the bare clay , not an instance to the contrary . 14 As to the value of the house itself , how many pounds would it take to construct \ I cannot exactly say , 1 believe the greater part of these cabins would sot cost twenty shillings .
" Is the peasant as occupier of land in general In general he is an occupier of a small tenement on some of which he grows a little grain , and the rest in potatoes . He generally has a pig or two , and a few fowls ; the rent is paid by the grain ; the price of the pigs , and the eggs , and fowls , which are reared about the honse , and I believe generally speaking , that the peasant never eats a morsel of bread from the beginning to the end of the year . 1 inquired and was credibly informed , that the lower orderB have not even milk ; I inquired particularly respecting this subject , and was greatly surprised by the information . "
Mr . Inglis then goes on to describe other parts of the country , and coming to the town of Callen , in the neighbourhood of Kilkenny , he Bays , " I walked through the town to the outskirts , and round a linle common which lies close to it , and there I saw the people crawling out ef their hovels , they and their hovels not one shade better than 1 have seen in the seirras -of Granada , where people live in holes excavated in the banks , their cabins were mere holes , with nothing within them , ( I speak of two whith I entered ) , except a little straw and one or two-broken stools ; and all ibe other outskirts of the town are in nearly the same condition ; ranges of hovels without a ray of comfort , or a trace of civilization about them ; and people either in a state of actual starvation , or barely keeping body and soul together . "
KowDaa , my good fellow , what do you think of this picture from a disinterested English tourist , who could have no other earthly object than that of lajing the truth before his countrymen . Bead it again ; and see if your conscience will sting you , for having deluded these people for forty long years , gathered their pence , and left them in this sad sitnaiion ; and that , too , when the Liberal press—the Catholic press—the religious press of Dublin is constantly employed , from one end of the year to the
other , hounding iiem to come up with your " rint , " just ihe same as if there were not a bowl of porridge in yonr mansion at Derrynane Abbey . Who is the infidel—the man who can roll in luxury , at the -expense of so much-deplorable misery ; or the Charjtist , whose whole sonl is devoted towards the establishment of a code of laws , having for their object the political redemption of this hitherto unfortunate raea I Let reason and common sense sit-in judgment between you and ns , and s ? e will cheerfully bow to the decision .
Permit me to close thiB letter by adriaing you—if advice can make any 'impression on vour stubborn , fielfisb ^ And callous heart , —to change your tactics , and unite poHticalay with every man , no matter of what religion or no religion , so being he id disposed to assist in alleviating the distress which notv pravails throughout the land . "What mauers it to- you or to me fcojr our neighbour worships God , ii * he gives us the same privilege of the free exercise ol opinion wnich he takts to himself ? If he conBcifntioasly sets aside all revelation , or even denies th"e existence of a Supreme Being to be adored and worshipped , is that a snfficient reason for depriving him of his natural rights I The thing will not bear
investigation for one moment . When -we contemplate the rivers of blood that have been shed by the various religious sects in their quarrels for the supremacy , it should act as a warning to mankind , not to be led away by such as you , when the devil so far gets the better of you as to suggest such a barbarous system as that recommended to the repealers . I know yonr object was to destroy the influence of Chartism in Ireland ; this jon can never do , for its intrinsic merits are such ae to make proselytes in any country whose people have suffered so much at the hand of the tyrants , both foreign and domestic . It is the only healing balm for the broken-hearted labourer , and when once its effects are felt , he will sing with the
poet—11 Hail > blest society , whom friendship binds In thy mysterious silken chain , Who meets possessed of liberal minds , To heighten joy and banish pain . Be ours the rare ingenious strife , To mitigate the load of grief ; To smooth the rugged path of life , And give to want the wished relief . " Trusting that these sentiments may have taken possession of all good men , and make my beloved
Erinwhat she onght to be : great , glorious , and free First flower of the esrth , and first gem of the sea ! I remain , Your Chartist countryman , Com Mukbat irL ,-U- ^» .-P ^ i ^ i ^^^ WW rf-. -w ^^ M ,
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OUB DEFENCE FUND . THE NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY . TO THE CHAKTIST PUBLIC . Mcch CAXCMHiATED Brethbeh ;—We bare all felt the necessity for the establishment of a permanent defence fond . Onr champion , O'Connor , faatb declared its necessity . Several other Chartist advocates have published tbeir opinions thereon , and Uifl unprepared state in -which the first or Wtoig crusade , and , the last or T 017 attack upon us overtook us , proves beyond dispute flat necessity ; In short , none hate disputed the first position , indeed it appears to be received as an established fact ; but the best means of raising the ame , appears not to be set Bettled .
Now with all due respect to the opinions of those ¦ wh o have written thereon , I must think that none but those who have had to do vnti getting ap the subscriptions for those purposes , can thoroughly judge of what the ptopleean do j and to give an idea of their We id ppuneefcion * W » money , J have only to say that
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even for rf ffies . it sixpence each , there h much difficulty in getting the quantum of members . " Cannot afford it , " is the plea—*• trade has been too bad . " I feel confident that all who have been engaged in collecting for the defence funds will bear testimony to the poverty of pur Chartist brethren , and the consequent difficulty to obtain subscriptions , and therefore this second position , the difficulty upon their evidence should be held established . The question then to be considered is , how shall we obviate this difficulty , and yet supply the necessity ?
I submit to you that we roust not trouble our brethren often for subscriptions , nor tire our officers , aa collectors , in asking often fco fee refused . We mnit endeavour to make one fund serve every purpose ; and , under an efficient plan of Benefit Society , this may be done . It is expecting too much of human nature to suppose that our fellows will be continuall y contributing their spare , and , in most cases , stinted pence , to carry on the struggle for their political rights and a new system , whilst they have no other prospect than to perish in the old ; but , let
us once produce a plan wherein they can see that their subscriptions will be applied to the benefltting of themselves here , whilst the very officers who are necessary to carry on the benefit seciety , will be able at the same time to conduct , and the more effectually , tbeir political struggle ; and that their union , for the one purpose , can , without extra expence , be brought to beu even more powerfully in the other struggle ; and they will no longer hang back from the call to such an Union , but , on the contrary , will strive and stint themselves to the utmost to forward this great work of emancipation .
I take it for granted that not one of our fellows who have thought or written upon the Dafence Fund , would think , for one moment , of its laying dormant in the treasurer ' s coffer , in case of no prosecutions occurring to call for its use er loss-, then if we would have it used , to what better purpose could we put it than the purchase of land , upon which property we could raise the same sum in a few doutb , if needed , by mortgage at five , or perhaps three and a half per cent , whilst its use on the land would be bringing us fifteen per cent , or more .
If , then , none weuld object te this appropriation of the money , why not make it part of the objects of a benefit society to defend any and all of its members in the Joest legal manner , who shall , in the discbarge of tbeir duties to the society , be prosecuted by any parties , and thus do away -with the necessity for any other fond or subscription , but to the Great National Chatter Benefit Society ; besides , in such a society , there would ever be a large sum in the various treasurers' hands , available at a few hour ' s notice , agreable to role , made expressly for such emergencies ; and the property they ¦ wonld , in a year or two , become possessed of , would enable them to raise a much larger sum than we have yet expended in law expenses .
My straggling Fellows , let us turn our whole attention to this subject ; depend on It , it is the only sure basis whereon to start afresh onr movement for pur rights , liberty , and happiness . Success will certainly attend our efforts , if we bring our brotherly love , zeal , and energy to the work . Yours in charity , GRACCHUB .
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HARMONY HALL . LETTER VII . TO TSB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sm , —In my last letter I gave you the outlines of a National Organisation for securing a portion of the land , so far as the constitution of a society and fixing the regular contributions of the members are concerned . This , however , forms a very small part of the power of the people towards accomplishing the object we desire , and is solely an initiatory , or skeleton , portion which will require to be filled up as rapidlyas mind can be brought to bear upon the subject , with such other details as may be necessary .
Among those which present themselves to my recollection , but which are still a very limited number , and merely presented to four readers for the purpose of drawing their attention , and allowing others who have the leisure to exercise their minds upon the subject , are the following , some of which , I am happy to see by the correspondence of your paper , are already receiving the consideration of some of your readers . First—A National Benefit Society . —If we look at the immense buvub at present wasted in the various
Benefit Societies which now exist , through the limitation of the numbers of tbe persons who compose them , and of the objects for which they are established , it will soon become evident that one society on a broad and comprehensive plan , whose resources and profits sbonld be always actively engaged in laud operations , in combination with the beat labour and skill which the country could afford , assisted continually by every new invention in mechanics or other science ] , would soon give advantages such as would absorb within its fold ell minor operations .
Second . —A National Life Assurance and Annuity Society . —The advantages to be secured by life assurance , and by the purchase of annuities , have long been felt among the middle and upper classes , and there can be no reason why they should not be extended throughout all d&saeB . I know I snail for tbe moment excite a smile on the countenances of some , who will perhapB be inclined to ask , " do I intend to mock the misery of the millions by talking to them of assurances aud annuities ? " Jl little sober reflection will however point out that such a society as I allude to , may , if properly based , iromsdiately receive a support which will permit it to rank high among those at present in existence ; and although the commencement of the work may be with a class now somewhat contemned and despised , yet we have only to shew advantages to tbe whole body of the competitive world and they will most earnestly desire to share them .
Third . —A Savings Bank and General Bank of Deposits . — If the funds , new invested by the operative classes in the Government Savings Banks and in other so-called securities , were to be placed under judicious management in land operations , it would of itself give a power which would be quite irresistible by any other that could be opposed to It Fourth . —An Establishment for the leading Manufactures for general consumption , on the most advanced principles . —This is an object which a national
association would have to undertake at the earliest moment that it had made good its other arrangements , far the education and employment of tbe people can never be rightly carried on , until the means shall be afforded for tbe production of every kind of wealth which the people require to the fullest extent that the progres slve intelligence of man shall enable him to find them , and shall be made the utmost use of . Whenever this shall be effected , aud equitable exchanges made , we ao longer need fear that there will be the voice of poverty heard among our people .
It were easy to proceed to tbe enumeration of many other objects to which such a society as I allude may devote tbeir attention , but as I wish rather to arouse the minds of your readers to a consideration of the principles rather than the details of the object I place before them , I th&U for the present let these suffice , aud shall content myself with a few observations as to the impedimenta which may at present exist to their immediate adoption , and to the manner in which these impediments are to be removed . * The only real impediment there is to the adoption of
these measures to the fullest possible extent is the want of unity among the people . To those who will na ^ ct upon the subject it will be very evident that it the comparison of numbers be taken , aud the union of pur j -wsb were equal under any circumstances , tbe immense preponderance there is in favour of the masBes in the fit . tt respect , would cause all classes to bend immudiatei'v to the general body of operatives ; our duty , therefcre , as practical Beformera Is to ascertain from what cause it arises , that the people are not united on a subject wi dch it is very evident to all that their interest requires that they should be .
This Vantof union must arise from ignorance . I bare placet ^ tn i * remark before yonr readers in an abrupt manner that' it may the more readily excite their attention , and wL ether it may for the moment hurt their self-esteem , is to me very immaterial . I write for the purpose of shi Twing , the mode of relieving my fellowcreatures from t oe vice , crime , and misery which everywhere now so fi ightfully abounds , and I have neither time nor inclinatii " * to pander to the prejudices of those whom I address . The fact is strongly before as , that if we possessed the knowledge bow to use and combine them , we have all t . ^ e elements of power withiu our reach ; and it i 8 indet ^* pitiable , sight to witness the energies of sneb a pt t > ple as compose tbe operative classes of the British en . NP »* i wasted and destroyed in vain lamentation to a nu tober of people who have no idea of how to provide for" themselves and expecting from these people a remeo ' V f ° distress and misery which they are compelled for their own apparent safety
to perpetuate . These things must no longer . *> e , and it is high time that a change should take place ,- and now that the sciences of human nature and of society have been discovered and made plain , the only thing wanting ia a clear stage and no favour , and the wh ole fabric of error may be demolished , and truth and / ustiee reign triumphant in its stead : The first step towards the removal of Uie Ignorance ¦ which bo extensively prevails regarding the h * tte interests of humanity , is to know that we are all parts 01 * one great universal whole , and that misery cannot exist * D aDT portion of this body without being more or less p . ^ ticipatedin by every other portion .
This it a fact which it may take some time to rendt * apparent to these who have not studied the subject ; but it is nevertheless true : and the more deeply it is looked into , the more clearly will the truth be made apparent to our minds . Call us , if you please , high or low , rich or poor , virtuous or vicious , every individual which composes humanity Is a portion of oar own existence , and as such contributes to onr happiness or misery ; and until this can be made apparent to all minds , there will be little hope of a universal system being adopted teat shall secure the happiness of all .
When we shall have come to the conclusion that all interests are identified , we shall next have to examine the manner in which the happiness of all is to be secured ; and for this purpose we must ascertain what human nature really is , and the manner in which it can be best acted upon . In coming to this subject we shall find that we have hitherto completely mistaken tee nature of man , and cave been led to expect
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results the very contrary to those which most of necessity : enaue from , the causes that have been in operation . Society has hitherto been based upon the supposition that man forma bis own character , and , consequently , has the power to act correctly , or otherwise , at will . This is an error which pervades every ramification of society , and must bo removed before any practical good on an extensive scale can be effected . Another gross evil which prevails almost universally throughout society , as at present constituted , ia that man has the power to believe or disbelieve , at pleasure , —which is productive of an amount of misery beyond all calculation . '' The third error to which I shall call the attention of your readers is the supposition that man can feel as he pleases , independently of the effects produced on him by the objects by which he is surrounded .
These three evils perpetuate all the ignorance which now prevents us from enjoying an amount of happiness greater than it has ever been in the power of the human race to obtain ; and if We can remove them generally from the minds of the people , we shall thereby destroy all causes of anger , Ill-will , envy , hatred , or any other unpleasant feeling . Those who are now without the necessaries of life will readily see that if they could exchange places with others who are differently circumstanced , they weuld be compelled , from necessity , to do everything in their power to sustain and advance their position for the benefit of themselves , tbeir wives , and ; families . Until the idea of the universal happiness of roan being desirable and obtainable , shall prevail te a great extent , we shall not proceed with that energy and resolution whioh is necessary to ensure success .
I may here be considered as entering too much into abstruse principles ; but I again urge , that my object is to satisfy no single class , sect or party , but to identify all interests in one general society . As I progress with the sabject I have no fear of enlisting tbe attention and sympathy of all who read , for it is now far easier immediately to commence a new system of society based on truth , and capable of sustaining itself against every opposition , than to continue the present random chaotic measures which produce such vice and misery ; but everything must be done in order and without impatience . Leaving these matters for the reflection of your readers ^ will in my next begin to shew some of the practieWsteps that require to be taken . I am , sir , Your obedient servant , William Galpin . Harmony Hall , near Stockbridge , Hants , April 24 , 1843 .
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A PILGRIMAGE TO BYRON'S SHRINE . " Through thy battlements , Newstead , the hollow winds whistle ; Thou , the hull of my fathers hast gone te decay . In thy once soiUing garden , the hemlock and thistle , Have choked up the rose which late bloomed in the way . " I had long promised myself a visit to the shrine ef tbe mighty Bard , whose name , like the blast of liberty ' s trumpet pealing through the world , has inspired the lovers of freedom lo do battle for tbe right ; and smote on the ears of palsied tyrants tbe death-knell of their departing power , warning them that " The people by and by will be the stronger . "
I had more than once been disappointed in my intentions , but at length , thanks to my Button friends , was enabled to realise the hope I had nourished within since tbe first moment that I wandered With the " Ghllde" through bis pilgrimage "—a hope still more ardently cherished since the time when , ?• roaming o ' er the banfcB and braes o'bonny Ayr , " I knelt at tbe shrine of Scotia ' s minstrel , and thought of Byron while I worshipped Burns . Invited by the sturdy democrats of Satton-in-Afhfleld to share with them their Easter festivities , accompanied
by Mrs . Harney , I left Sheffield by the half-past seven o ' clock train , on the morning of Easter Monday , for Chesterfield . Tbe carriages were filled with holiday folk , who , as tbe April sun shone down upon them , all bright and joyous , looked back into his face aud assured " bright PuMbus '' by their smiles , that for once , at any rate , they had determined to banish dull care : for myself I felt in the samepleasant temper , and inclined to love tha world once gain , love it as I once did before 1 bad felt the stings of treachery , and learned to my sorrow how mean and base a thing is roan .
But a trace to moralizing . We arrived at Chesterfield shortly after nine o'clock , and , without baiting , immediately started on " shanks nag" for the Mansfield Road ; we had to pass close by Chesterfield church , and its curious crook-backed spire of course excited my companion ' s " organ of wonder . " About a mile from Chesterfield we stopped at a village called ( I think ) Norroanton . Here wo breakfasted at a private kousa ; our hostess , though belonging to the order , of plebeians , was extremely kind and courteous . She had spent some years in France , and the effect of the intercourse with onr polished neighbours was plainly- to be discerned ; she spoke highly of our Gallic friends , and avered that far leas of poverty and crime was to be found there than here .
Leaving this village we journeyed on , and shartly before twelve o ' clock reached Heath . Here , just us we entered the place , we met a company of sporting gents ., who' had just returned from a dog-fight ; among them were a number from Sheffield , a Sheffield dog had beea one of the combatants , and " great joy , " to the " city of soot , " had come off victor 1 I arrived too late , to either appear in Bell ' s Life aa one of the patrons of this old Euglwh sport , or , as your correspondent , send you an account thereof . Without stopping we pushed on , and shortly after
leaving Heath , entered Hardwicke Park , the walk through which was delightful . Oa the shore of the lake we weru met by two of our Sutton friends , and with them we halted for a few minutes at the New Jun , situated at one extremity of the Park ; we next ascended the hill , on which stands Hardwicke Hall , and taking a cursory glance at the exterior of tbe aucieut castle In ruins , and the more modern hall , itself pretty anoient , we pursued our way ; a walk of about two hours ' more brought us to Sutton , where we were received with that hearty welcome so characteristic of its inhabitant * .
That evening , the first of a series of Chartist concerts came off at the Royal Forester , the host of which , Mr . Turner , I found to be a younger brother of the unfortunate man af the same name , wha was executed with Brandreth at Darby , in the year 1817 , victims of the accursed spy system , —slaughtered for tbe purpose of stifling in blood the breathing of new-born liberty . We had some good singing ; that excellent Chutist , Mr . G . Kendall presided , and I had the honour to respond to . the toast of •? The people I " Tuesday , a large open-air meeting was held at two o ' clock , to petition Parliament in behalf of Jones . I addressed the meeting for upwards of on hour . A spirited petition demanding inquiry into the conduct of Baron Gurney was adopttui and ordered to be sent to Mr . Dunconibe for presentation .
In tbe evening , the second concert was held at the Trooper , the room was crammed ; Mr . Charles Meakin presided . We had some excellent glee-singing , and I responded to " The expatriated pattlots . Frost , Williams , and Jones . " The health of Mr . Roberts was drank with all the konours . Wednesday , April 19 th . —Jttoiiersarp of ihe death of Lord Byron . — -This day nineteen years , the patriot bard expired in that cradle of liberty , that home of arts and arms , immortal Greece . " Clime of tbe unforgotten brave , Whose land from plain to mountain cave , Was freedom ' s home or glory ' s grave 1 " Was freedom s home or glory s grave i "
And curious enough , I had unconsciously fixed on this day to visit his tomb , I say unconsciously for I hod forgotten that the lftb of April was the anniversary of the poet ' a death . We left Sutton at seven o ' clock , taking our seats in the omnibus for Hucknall , a village about seven miles from Sutton ; our road lay partly through tbe magnificent grounds of John Musters , Esq . well-known as the successful rival of Lord Byron in the affections of the celebrated Miss Chawoith , —the " Mary" of the " Hours ; of Idleness" ;>—this accomplished and kind hearted lady died about ten years since . Some hundreds of beautiful deer were sporting on each side of the road , while the sable inhabitants of a most extensive rookery , were opening their throats and giving vent to a sort of music , which though
generally regarded as anything but melodious , has always bad its charms in my ears , and little affection as I have for the black-coated tribe generally , still I must admit that his Reverenee Person Rook , has always been with me a particular favorite . On reaching Hucknall , we were not long in procuring admission to the church , through whioh we were conducted by the sexton ' s son . The massy towor and porch appear to be of great age , how old I could not learn , lam inclined to think that the body of the church is of more modern date . Near to tbe communion table , in a vault beneath lie the remains of the poet , on the left wall facing from—but near to—the communion table , ia a plain slab of white marble , and oa it the following inscription : — In the Vault beneath Where many of mS ancestors and his mother are buried * Lie the remains of GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON , Lord Byron , of Rochdale , In the County of Lancaster , CUB AUTHOR OF CUILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE . He was born in London on the 22 nd of Jan . , 1788 , He died at MiBsolonghi , in Western Greece , on the 19 th of April , 1824 . KHl ' UaED IN THE GLORIOUS ATTEMPT TO RBSTOKS ¦^ HAf COUNTRT 10 HER ANCIENT FREEDOH AND K 2 H 0 WN . His sister , the Honourable AUGUSTA WARY LEIGH , Placed &te Tablet to bis memory . To the right ; of tb © commonion table ia a large and handBom « tablet to t . V memory of the famous Richard , Lord Byron , who , es / Hrttftag the cause of Charles the First , held ° > n important command in that monarch ' s army . It was while 1 charg . \ oirin 1 the front rank of Lord Byron ' s regiment of . cavalry , tbat " the most accomplished man of bis age , " Lo 7 d Falkland , fell at tbe battle of Newbury . The tablet states that the said Lord Richard purchased back bis estates after the civil
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war , that ha died in 1679 aged 74 , and with him ore buried hia two wives , both named Elizibetb . Bruce , the Abyssinian traveller , tells as that when his toils were crowned with the long sought for object — " the source ofj the Niger , " the momentary feeling of exaltation was immediately followed by that of bitter disappointment , occasioned by the reflection , that bow contemptible was ] the rlpling stream he beheld in compariso * with the sources of riven in neighbouring countries to his own . Though I had suffered no toll , no hardship , though I bad not travelled thousands of miles to attain my object , still a feeling of disappointment In spite of me kindled within , to me the idea is
monstrous of thrusting the remains of one who loved nature so well , into a dark , dirty hole , called " consecrated" forsooth ! The bosom of tbe " Eternal City " affording to Shelley a bed of rest is an idea ennobling and sublime , his Testing-place is worthy ot the sleeper —he who combined the mind of a God with the simplicity of a child , j But Byron must be buried with his " ancestors . " W , hat community of spirit had the author of " Childe Harold" with the feudal despots from whom he descended ? What in common has the Queen ' s Bedchamber menial who now desecrates the title with liberty's minstrel from whom he inherits it ? Why , Oh Byron ij shouldst thou—
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" » Mix thy brave dust With stinking rogues that rot in dirty winding sheets , Surfeit-slain fools ; the common dung o" the soil ?" Thou who lovedat Nature so well , thou to whom the starry heavens , the mighty ocean , the majestic forest , the simplest flower of the field , the humblest songster of the grove , were each and all objects of adoration , ought than not to have found another resting place ? If tbe '' field of Marathon , " or the equally glorious batUe-gro * ad of Missolonghi , was not deemed fitting Boil to receive thy ashes , (« rely some more appropriated Bite 'could have been selected than tbe gloomy vault of a gloomy conventicle . Some spot of earth where the flowers would have bloomed , aud the birds' snug sweet melody over thy grave !
But I must to other subjects ;—I had supposed that I could have passed through Hucknall without being reminded that I was a Chartist , but not so : on leaving the church I was immediately recognised , and ne nay would be taken but speak I must ; accordingly I addressed a very respectable meeting , held close to the church-yard . j Leaving Hacknall , we wended our way to Newstead , about four mtles ( from the above place , and between three and four from Sutton . We easily obtained admission iato the gardens ; we strolled through the principal portions , but of course did not see the whole of these delightful -j retreats—two objects of attraction must not be passed over ; the tree on which Byron cut his own and sister ' s name , and the simple , yet handsome monument erected over the grave of his faithful dog . The bea « Uful lines Inscribed thereon are generally known , and are too lengbty to repeat here . We next
procured admission to the abbey , aud were shown through the principal rooms by tbe housekeeper ; I shall not attempt a description of the beauties of the interior , as from the very limited time allowed to visitors , such as we were , without any introduction , it would be impossible to give anything like a faithful description ; but I wotld warmly urge upon all the admirers of the noble poetj who may visit the county of Nottingham , to pay their respects to Newstead . I must not omit to mention two objects of particular interest , via Lord Byron ' s bed-chamber , furnished enactly asjie left it , and the famous " skull" converted into a magnificent drinking cup , which I had the pleasure of handling , but which I would much rather have had tbe pleasure of drinking from ; on it are inscribed the well-known and appropriate lines , of which the following must serve as a sample : —
" Start not—nor deem my spirit fled : In me behold the only skull , From which unlike a living bead , Whatever tows is never dull . " lived , I loved , I « uaffed , like thee ; I died : let \ earth my bones resign ; Fill up—thou canst not injure me , The worm hath fouler lips than thine . " Newstead Abbey was founded by Henry II ., to expiate it is said , [ the murder of Thomas a Becket , it was decicated to the Virgin Mary and continued in the possession of the { Church down to the dissolution of the monasteries , when Henry Till , bestowed it on Sir John Byron . As ( has been before stated the Byron ' s
espoused the cause of Charles I ., and the Abbey sustained a considerable siege in the war of that King with his Parliament Newstead was wrested from its owners by the victorious soldiers of the Commonwealth , but came again into the possession of the Royal family , after the restoration , in which it continued until sold by the Noble Poet ; Tbe greater portion of the Abbey has been restored and rebuilt by its present possessor , Colonel Wildnian , and though the lines at the head of this narrative were no doubt but too applicable in the days of the poet , 1 they are not so now , tbe prophetic gleam contained in the following lines , having been realised under the guardianship of the liberal Colonel— :
" Haply thy sun , emerging , yet may shine , . Thee to irradiate with meridian ray ; Hours splendid as the past may still be thine , And bless thy future as thy former day . " We did not see the Gallant Colonel , he having taken horse and rode ont with Lady Wildruan , while we were in the gardens . I have much pleasure in adding that throughout the neighbouring county I every where heard the Colonel spoken of aa a ttuly liberal and excellenthearted gentleman ] How absurd is the idea ignorantly entertained by some , and wilfully and wickedly promulgated by others
of our political opponents , that we Chartists are a race of brutal Tandals , ! bent only on appropriating and destroy ing property ; jwby there is not a Chartist in the land worthy ef the name , but would cheerfully devote life itself to protect from the bands of tbe spoiler , whether foreign or domestic , the shrine of genius—Newstead's holy fane ; aud yet we are called destructives , by those who have built up their Moloch power on the destruction of the freedom and happinesB of their fellow creatures , by those who through lurid flame and purple gore , have , ¦ in this and every other land striven to crush the
" Freedom which our God hath given Unto all beneath his heaven . With their brtaih and from their birth Though guilt would sweep it from the earth . With a fierce aud lavish hand Scattering nation ' s wealth like sand ! Pouting nation ' s blood like water , In imperial seas of slaughter . '' But vain are the calumnies , tbe persecution , the Bwords of tyranny ; the ftubd-gates of knowledge are opened , and the ocean of truth shall sweep to annihilation the sand-founded bulwarks of force and fraud .
Leaving Newstead , a short -walk brought us to Kirkby , where at the home of a real out and out democrat we stayed and refreshed ; from there making the best of our way to Sutton , which we reached shortly before seven o'clock , a little fatigued , but heartily gratified with our day ' s jaunt That evening the third concert was held at the Crown and Woolpack . We bad a crowded house ; Mr . Wm . Parker jin tbe chair . An excellent brass band was in attendance , and I had the honour to respond to the healths of Messrs . Duncombs' and OConnor , and to- that of " The departed patriots . " The evening ' s entertainments concluded by my proposing ( as in duty bound ) "The health of the ladies who had favoured' us with their company each evening , " which having been responded to with hearty good will , we retired to the tune of " rally around him . " j Next day we left Sutton , and in tbe evening reached Sheffield . : " Reader , if you are tired , bo am I . " George j » lian Harnet . Sheffield , April 25 th , 1843 .
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