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THE NORTHERlir STAR. SATUSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1843.
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A 3 fOBTHERN / TQTJB . ~ "HleMelVamangye takitf nptM , . - ., , ;^^ fi ^ li (» 51 ^ eBtlW * TO THE XBErOK OF THB KOB . THZRIC STAB . DxAJt SlBy—Having taken av i ^ slyTim . -down to ibe * tl » ad Of-fliBLTnOTmtaJn Mid the flood /* fo rlbe purpose of -datingrelativesjnt&jisEire , andseein g old Mtads in sues other parts as -my necessarily liinit ^ time wil ^ on aepresentoc < a 45 on , permit me to visit , andthinkme that » letter or-two , desenp-Hreoflihes&teef Coartisnvin the -places ibrougn whiohJX nay , pass willBe ^ wm ?^ i «« We yon " wife fids , isspBOtfiffly icqaesfinj ; its insertion . _ I left Sheffield : 'A'dsffn * '* aw * on -Satarday jaorning ^ May = 3 ih ^ Twb ^ r ^ hree rmembersi of ihe Wc * l € sy « iCfetferanSe ,. aeirMtt 5 n « ln Shemaia , were 3 n jfre « une earnwffl s and consequently A jBiarted the
md * most feTonraiilejau ^ ceBin company of sadh" ** irapectxbleand pionBchao ^ cters . At xfor * Barton , r left them ? '* ndi on chanpng my seat , foand myself in tte company of » Tary < Effereat ch » - xaeter to the "parsons , " TCt a professional wit , He appe «^ to br a commercial iraveller—a little ifood lookiHf tnan , between thirty and forty years of age , and tmltiTafing a beard and -whiskers which lbs feand Turk himself might envy . He uftered many smart things , aad kept those around him in » state of good hiimour , which made the journey Beem too short in bis company ^ " "We Teaohed Hull at four tfcloek . - = - --.- i . .
I spent that « Temng "with several of my Hull friendXwlio treated me Teryiindly . Snndsy , August 6 th , I took my passage on board the lidipse for ^ Newcastle . ¥ e left Boll at out o * dpck ; andno " moving accidents" maring onr progreia , I -have sothinawprth chronicling . So calm was the-weather that ™ t even * woman or child -eras siet : and a more pleasant passage by aea could not Sara ; been tlesired . . Monday , . August 7 th , ire reached Sonderland abont eight o'cloci , andshortlyafter Trine bronghtto , abreast of ^ North Shields . ltl > eing ebbtide . I got onboajtfone of the small steam-packets plying between Shields anjO ^ eweasfle , - which soon brought me to the Tatter place , A grand regaia or boat race was coming off that-day , at Shields , and the ^ o reon each ade was-. Jmed with thousands of bjilidiy folk 5 ? ai&ig for the Eport . At ' iriglit I addressed ; a me * ting In ihe "ChartiBk
XUUJ ] ^ TUU : J 4 UI ) MtilTCHHei J . UD fllCC-iU £ 1 MB XlUk a large onB ; aad Chartaaa is evidently at a low ebb in Newcastle . , - ~ Tuesday , August 8 th , I -noted , Sonderland ; and here left in wltaan old friend from Iftindee sow residing near Shields . He bad cose to Snnderland purposely io meet me . In the evening 1 addressed a XMetn ^ m ib * eharSs * zoom . The room is in a Ttsry bad atuation though , of pretty good size . It W » sweniffl | e 6 ^ bnt ^ ll- » aB . bnt a small meeting . There were present many of our female friends , and ihei ^ - ^ irit . f ^/ shefflm l > y » fl present . 3 was warmly pressed to jreturn ; sod only got away by promisingtoiepeatmy -riatonmyTny hack from Sjotlaoi - iMy 5 nnderland - iiiecda treated me most Jdnafy ; iitf I- ^ aaveerfeSnly try to respond to their wishes by paying ; Biem a second fiat , whenl anticipate meeting them in their strength , the "way iheygaaiaei m Aifsson&lij . S nnderland only want 8 ionsmg- * £ er-sons , aye and daughters too , y onld soon rally io ihe voice of liberty , and stand &rward the— the
«^ rrt of Sttbrrre ^ foremoBt of free . " Wednesday ^ Angost Stk—I west to South Shields . In ihe eveningaddressed a splendid open-air meeting on the Lawe , the * aea beach ^ opposite : 3 Pvi » emontb . ! &e meeting was large , attenim , and enthna ' aetia SsTeralttf the middle class , and a number of females , were j > reaeui . Curious enough , a Scotchman presded .. He mao ^/ aneioelleBt speech ; in introdncing me jancT two Scotchmen , Mr . Xydd , formerly of ArbroaSi and Gfosgow , and my Dundee iriend , pro * poeed " thethattksofthemeeting tomeform . - z siress . This ha nnjgT > een ; dofle , two of my female irienda proposed * resolution that I should be inri ted to a public tea on JJ > y return from Scotland , -which was carried by aodamafion .. My fair friends wonld t&ke
j »** 2 i » y ' 3 cutxeturnlmust . Thursday , AugustlOtt—AnniTersaryof ttie Be * pablican insurreetion anddertruetionof the throne rf tiVCape ^ 17 ^ 2 5 * nd of the proclaiming of the Erench Pemocniio Confititution , 17 S 3 . Glorious was the uprising ofthePanaan democracy 2 MaginficeHtJ ^ tntompb they so ' courageouBly achieved I Just and snblijBo -srew tic pnociples of that Con-BiitutiOT s Md wisely planned were its ptotMoqs to mamlain the priaapies ' emboojed therein 1 It iaa "People ' s X 3 iarter ^ that same constitiition , Worthy
of the Dame- W * ll wonld at hare been for the raceif the people or Prwoe had bad ihe knowledge to apureda ^ aadthe -firtue to maintain , at any cost , its principles " and TJTOTisionB ! But , alas for iq » T < vfn ^ fjr ^ n -j gHfvncnpf * of ¦ the mass of the people , and the seonuflrelfRm ' of the middle clam Wwfed the hopes of "ihe phajarthropist anctihe measures of the pftbiot ; and doomed man . to be for a periodloDger tfcft cape of knares , and the Tictim of tyrants 1 "Wbeni Gwben , will-the millions rise in their might and power , and take that position which is Jheirs bynataral Pgbt ^^ md tb feir exclnaon from it an outrage DpoBBafarre ' s ^ awsi \ - ' - it
lo » turnad toNewcaB tle , and ^ i 4 Bng farewell , protseo ^ tomyxild Btroinxb ^ d ^ Winlaton . I was heartily Teceired-ky my * i < mdsf "who almost lolled marwiih kindness .- "In ^ tiie ^ resdag"J " 'iiiT ^ B 9 d a Tery 3 Mgeineeengj - aad' -was ;^ mort < athnsia « tically Teegjred . Atiha eoatQnsom ^ f mj ^ drass . J was who ( KKamm ^ £ gax ^^ iht Cdlr > e ^ ad Observer , ^ l ^ e ' t ^ JibaSJisB ^^ i ^ e ^ e ^ it T ^ ^ kxHB ^ of theieaderBoftlH ^ y ecio a » Tag , r ^ wai ^ » mo ^ . complete compoimdol ^ ignolranBe ^ and conceit . ""Be 3 eli-TB ^ ed the isiuJ-feade bf-abose of fte "" CharfiBts , which -ieluBr-leaniedfrom ; the speeches of his master- ** J 4 oiiama . " -r-the = " Trish " aloaes . *^ The allegedi ** onriec 6 on-: with-tie : Tories— physical foTce r ^ 5 axoniatred"of Irela ^ , ^ &t , Ac . ^ He acensed Mb bearers of norBymp » a . isng with Irefame did hiB beet to
land ; aad at w ^ KsamB nntate and 4 iBgust them by bos abuse and falsehood . Yon may depend upon it I dressed Km smartly . Byway of tesfingibemeetingbeyond doubtjl proposeatwo xegolntiwa to the following effect : —
2 . 33 iat this meeting exjirjessea Its decided ! oon--riction : that justice ' willneyer be done to ; ihe workingclasses , uufil ihey are represented in the Commons' branch of the JLegislaturei and this meefeig PledgesitselfiieTBrto cease the agitation for the Peopte ' a Charter unta that measure be enacted the law of fliejlano !^ - ^ 1 - . 2 . 33 iat _ wMle this msetinff strongly denounces Sie conduct of "fiie leaders of the IBepeal moTement in the elEbrtB made by them -to keep the enslaved classes i > f boih Countries diTided by the infamous calumnies employed by them against 4 he C 3 iarfiBt body , and "vrhile tbis meeting is of opinion , thafa mere . Repeal of ^ ihe Xegislatire Union , unaooompaniedby ^ C 3 iirter &d&age , willbepro 4 BCfiTe of little
or no sooa to jae-masB or ttteidsh people , Bffll 4 he demand for Kepjeal bemg a just one , and { his meeting being of opinion that Ireland can Dover by go-Terned but by a domestic Parliament elected by , and therefore TCpiepreEsjifint ; the -whole people , pledges Its sympathy to the iish people in their BtrnggleJforjrigbXand josisee . * These = resolution 8 were both passed amidst most enthusiastic cheering only one hand-being Taised against ihem and that was the band oLa . dert or trve&DoiiBr of tto place wiexe M ^ Nally is employed . ! 3 d ? 3 SaR y Jamaeir protested agains ^ ibe Teeomtaons ! A precious Irishman to protest against English sympaftyl Ah ^ flie btnnbngB 1 nothing galls Mokanna" and Otis tools worse than these expresaons of English sympathy .
1 onlj could jpet from "Winlaton on giving my word that I wonld return again , if possible , on my way home from Scotland . * : Friday ; August Jlth . —left "Winlaton for Carlisle . Arrirod there i I-took up my guarters with my old friend Arthnr . At night I addressed * large anee&yf at tiw Afca-kei Cross . It was the Tery worst uighi © f &b fwpek I could iare -been there j the ireaverabem g aH onibepuah to get their cuts ont on the ne ^ morning : yet I had an excellent meeting , andTwas pressed to lepeat my tx&L Stturdaj ^ An gSt 12 aL 4-&ft . CarlSle by the eanal boat for Boness . ^ J ^ rsm&Bn I crossed in the XoTOcpootiSeaHaer - to -Jtonan : Thk > « mw « Tening ^ w mhjn the . twBom of a » Queen of ine South * : forOTch ^ wnfle » afo ? Vibi ^«? S ^ S * Sd ™ * thrhiig
^ s bfper fflbank * * aidl ^ jenst admit that the though , H » ffl other ^ eeuB . j& iBiotiirpeTfec : ^^^^ » t ?^!*^* eondition s « s sa ^ ssps nrf . Otiill . flaB ; t& ' i ^ iteT ofTjfSSnS Orgaaizabon ls-loncQy eontended ^ ot A * oIaI »! - -wnieh jhall afibrd to Ab people Bome tones & » i % trrely aeoessary . " Some Bneb . pTair must precede any « iingiate » 3 jeneralicwna ] offiw Chartistiaaa . fion . 1 * l *^ te mm * l thafflie Conference ^ an Bot be heldmlfewcasaej as . I ami « rMiaded ibai iad it keerC'i ^ d = il » M » 3 t would have pToduced an inca 3 culaileamonntofgood .
The ^ GomerMoTemeni ? exe ^ es , as may besu > posed , TBrjJgeoeiiliinfeBSt throughontahe . Dorft I Juzve been assured in several place * thai a Strike vnU Ufa placz hi aboul : ^ weeks tt iw / vvmtiujToin ihe preseTUiixiie . If ii ^ Bhwiliiia ^ ouiio he true . fT
ihe tssne 4 fvie ' stru ^ g ] £ mapbg ^^ f ^ e 2 jf ' pre < 1 » oh * t cas ^^ J ^| JJBiB ^ Qi ^ EJLtfl | i . AKi > CO ^ ifUSiO Htbthe wrlmctnen ixkii-TBsiM tbes state WILI ^ BJWqBSS ^ TH ^ i ^ BE > £ & £ - SENT 1 ^!^^ c 0 ^ j ^ J ^ Bnersli ^^ Shiket and w 21 spa ^ e 1 bb meaaa tjo « e >^ jiponB ^ -Iei ^ e pitmen seetoSt ! ^^ ey may win all tliey d ^ iaod j ;» nd * jgreal ^ eal more , provided they JtOTighUy to work Bat iiiey . aostwB iOrganiiation—an Organisation which shaSiembrace the ^ whole of their " cHss , from Join o'Grwt ' sto theLaBd ' ii End . They must have
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fands , and the best legal soidaaoe ; otherwise , instead ofTictory , d «/ 5 fai witii all its horrors idtf 5 « fAnr doom ! , ' . „; :- " - 1 ? ? - *•; .-= - ^| :- ~ jii . ? - ! Iii ? ' ' : I near that Mr . Beesley is efieeting a rast deal of good among &e « oJlier 8 . ^ Heli 8 B fe ^ workin g ' in a pit for the last two ^ op ihree weeks , fn order to make nimself . practi cally acquainted with'the ' mode 1 of-life and sufferingfl of these grieVousl jriwronged men . Again I « « f totfie p it-mearLET THERE : BE NO STKIKE K ) R"THEPBESENT . | Tfiey ; ire your worst enemies who » giTe yon any ofljer advioe . ^ ., Gbo . JutUM Hasnbt . DumfheB , August 14 , 1843 . !
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STATE OF THE 2 UTI 0 N . WHAT HAS THE TARIFF DONE ? Thb inquiry " wbat has the Tariff done V ia sow a very natural one . It was Peel's measure of " ie 3 iefj" It was biB only one 1 for we presume that even he will not call the Income Tax an act of relief : and these two measures are the only measures he has introduced at all worthy of consideration . What , then , has the Tariff dose 1 What hsvB . 80 far . "beenitseffeete ? i
It was intended to do great things . Pbkl introduced it to " save the nation . " There never was a nation that took so much " saving ? as England . We have had Saviours of all sorts and sizes ; and so many of them , that their came is legion . Pitt , " heaven-born" Pin , " saved " us from the overwhelming effect of ** ^ French Principles" and u xhs siooxt despjob of AiHEisjt . " Prcr was "the pilot that weathered the storm ;' for he preserved to UB THE BiJSSSKD C 0 XF 0 BZ 3 OF SEUOION . " It OOSt ub a ^ power of money" for him to do this ; but , with the money , Pm was our political Saviour .
We soon however , xeqnirBd • saving ^ again . Though "French Principles" had been annihilated , jet Boonapas-ee threatened us withdestrnction ; and if WxiiiKcioM bad not " saved" us at Waterloo , all the previous saving ** would not have been worth a groat , much as it oest . It is true that Wxxusoton ' s" saving ' was rather a dear one . It is true that his " splendid victories" cost as so much money as to justify the impression that they had been foug ht rather than won . It is true that from the year of 1810 to 1815 , both inclusive , the enormous sum of £ 505 , 000 , 000 tuu expended wider the . two heads of
Army and Navy alone . ' It is true that Wellingtos himself was voted grants and allowances , estates and money , to the value ofamtUlon sterling ! It is true all this ; but it is equally true that be *• saved" us ; and that for so doing we were told hy himself m bis peerage , that the nation had not the power to reward him sufficiently f though he had the generosity to confess that it did Us best" ! CxSTLKSEiGH , too , was a Savioar . He *• saved " the nation from ihe Radicals . By his Six Acts and his Manchester Massacre , he "saved" the whole country from otter annihilation . The Radicals
- had a design on all property . ' Sagging B 31 s , and Power-oHmprisonment Bills , put all things to rights ; and we w&e ° saTed" once more . It was a pity , however , that Cashkreagh could not " save" himself ! Saviour of the nation as he was , he could net do but destroy bimselC With his own hands he cut his own throat ! He stuck a penknife into his carotid artery , at North Gray , in Sent ; and fe ll dead , a victim to his own act . It is now some twenty years ago : but the lemembranee of the deed win be kept in mind so long as the bloody Massacre which he so exultingly applauded , has been unatoned for . ¦ r
In addition to these Saviours , we had also "Prosperity-RoBissoN . " "The sudden transition from war to peace" brought on a state © f things unendurable . When the nation recovered from its drunken joy , it discovered that it was not" saved , " notwithstanding all the treasure-it had expended , "Prosperity-RoilHSoa" tried his hand . ; He put off resumption of cash-payments . He augmented paper money , by a monstr « us iBsue of One Pound Notes . He " saved" the nation once more : at
least , bo ne said . He boasted loud and long of out * glorious Constitution , DISPENSING ITS BLESSINGS THROCGH THE 7 OBZAXS OF AS AKCISOT MoNAKCHT . " But he ^ id not " save" usfromtte" panic"of 1825 ! His boasts were thin air ; and his confusion as perfect as that of axxv .
** SsTioux of a nation yet vxtated " could be . Peel then tried his hand . ' One-Pound Notes was all the evil that afflicted us . ; Get rid of those , and we should get rid of distress . So Said Pekl . JERa Bill was therefore passed . One-Pound Notes disappeared . The nation was * saved" onoe again . Strange to say , however , it refused to believe it . It talked of distress , and poverty , and ruin , and bankruptcy , untfl Gbbt tried his hand at *• saving **
with the Reform BID . Now here was a perfect Saviour . If all else had failed , this saving" measure was sure to do the trick .: " No more distress , Ho more poverty . Roast beef and plain-pudding © noemore . " Alas ! for the vanity of human hopes I The great" savbig " measure was no ** sating" at all 1 and Peel had to come In 1842 to try his hand again . He gave us the Tariff as the next measure of salvation ; and we are now going to inquire " What hasbeen its effects" ! !
The Tariff was a measure of " Free Trade . " It was hailed by all of that school as the greatest measure of " Free Trade" ever attempted . ? In thus haHingit , the EreeTxaders" wereundoubtedl y rigbt ^ It was the greatest—the most extensive application -of " Free Trade" principles ever attempted . It swept away , at onoe , hundreds of Acts of Par * liament ; repealed hundreds of duties ; altered the amounts of hundreds more : and revolutionised oar
whole commercial code . Great things were promised in its name . It would " cheapen food , and enable the working man to get more for his money ; and thns stop Mb month , and pot an end to bis grumbling . " It would " revive trade , by causing other nations to bring us their produce , and take back ours in return . " It would " make us prosperous once more ; and stem the tide of sour that had so fearfully set in . " '
Well then what have been its effects 1 Has it " cheapened" food ! Faith , and . it hasl It has lowered Ihe price of wheat , of beef , of mutton , of bntter , of baoon , of milk , of cheese , and of all other staple articles of food . It has lowered the price of all manufactured goods , woollen , cotton , linen , and silk . It has reduced the value of all property ; ak »
IT HAS SKDTICED XHB XKOUHI OF WAGES OF LA « OUB The Tariff has not been without its effects i Most certainly thai cannot be said of it . It has had effectsj and most tremendous ones too ! Bat has it ° saved ' us 1 It certainly has not "saved" Ireland from a "state of Rebellion , " if the Lohd 'Chajtcellob speaks truth . It Wtainly hasnot saved" the Church ofScotland from / a / fin to pieces , , presenting the most unusual spectacle of Parsons leaving 4 hea livings . It certainly has not w saved" Wales from the exactions of Toll-gate erectors ; no ? Jtas it ^ potdownf f REBKcqi , " who is wagingvwar upon tho constituted authorities of the eountrjt superseding the femctions of the
Exe-. ennve itself . It certainly ias iiot / Vfiaved '' England from bxjdi ; for the cry of diatreis ,- and alarming * y 1 optoms of it , are more < rife than , « ver . | It has not TeeonelleS the Collien ! , to ' szohzesz ? ferce a day ; noi tiia 3 jDn-masi « # Ji ^ bxtrmu at i 66 » ton 1 It ^ has not put down Chabusm 1 nor hasfit smo Ihered the wafl of the JJuner&ig : & jhe Poor law Basffles . Itiai not preventea Wiinhix SiockVs daughter from being MTJflDJESffilVby ht&ag pined *> death amongst heaps of ^ eap ^ food ! ?» or iaB It ^ preven ted - ^ toofter rtrik « » . 1 to ^ mftstknd an attempted leductton of w « es , ¦ ' Tj * es ^ tninga it has not done : and ' therefore ; soiarTit ^/ mfer *> M 5 avB . ibenaSott »» ^ -l _
« The House" lately iad thV ^ nesSon I of th « Stole of the Nation discussed before ft . Jj ^ r d Johk Braaqx introdaeed it ,, and bore his tesfcunony " to the disorganixed and alarming eonditton of tne great mass of the people in all the three countries ! Jos
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HraBtoOjiad ^ li ay . ^^ Thatj ^ y iB ^ ery ^ portant . JosAsi ** Fxee Tjade r ^ to ^ jHitfjHokv bone . It is through the * Free-Trade '' BD € ctacle 3 that Jos . looks atevery laji ^ a ^ u ^ Be it * was : || rt ^ h ^ lSi Fbh / s ^ TariJtpEIe $ m * a ^ that ^ d ^ pn ^ Hun ^ % » He it was , that predicted all Borte of grand rw ^ tB from its operation . He it was , that ha 3 always told us &at notiiog but M Free ^ . ' Trade * v ^ L fcenefit ^ ns . Hi 3 teslimony therefore , as to the 5 mf c ^ ijfa of "Free Trade" principles reduced to practice , is allimportani That testimony we are now going to have . Joe . shall speak for himself . He eball describe , in his own words , the effects of the greatest measure of "Free Trade" ever attempted . He
shall describe the present condition of the country ; and by consequence the effects of Peel ' s " Free Trade" measures . During the debate on the State of the Nation , Job . pertinently asked : — " What ! was the situation of the people of the this country " in July , 1843 , compared with the condition of the eormfcry in September , 1841 ; when the Right Hon . Baronet came into office ? The question was , v > ere } the 3 > eoj ) leina heller stale now than they were when the Right Honourable Baronet undertook die Government of the country ! He ( Mr . Hume ) said no . Profits had decreased , -wages sad DECREASED , AND fcMPLOTMEHI HAD ALSO DIHINISHED .
Judging , from his own observation , and from the observation of others , he had no heeitation in declaring that the distress and difficulty which existed in the country were much greater than they had been in any former ly eats . He asked Hon . Meimoers if they ever recollected the . coontry to be in Bucha 8 tateafi . itwa 8 in at thai moment ! Informer times the complaint was a want of money—a deficiency of capital . NowOne of the principal grounds of complaint among capitalists was that they had more than they could usefully employ . ; Au . trade ms at a sta : ^ btimi . The Kieht Hon . Baronet , notwithstanding hia large majority and his great political power , had not been
able to improve ihe condition of any one trade in the country . He would only refer Hon . Members to tie state : of the cotton and the woollen trade . In 1841 these tradeB were in a very different condition . Look at the state of Yorkshire—was there not great distress in ! that and in other counties among the labourers !^; If the labourer was in bo depressed a condition , in what state must the master be 1 Property was being wasted , and capital was daily dis- * appearing from the country . - Many capitalists were employing labourers at a' great pecaniarylosa : to such a state was trade reduced , xiet Hon . Members look at the shipping interest . It was always customary for I Chancellors of the Exchequer to refer
with exultation to the state of the shipping interest of the country ; but what was the condition of that maoh-vaunted interest ! It was most deplorable . The Right Hon . Baronet spoke of the power and energy of the country , and was it not Btrange that he ( Sir R Peel ) made no reference to the state of the shipping . trade 1 The Npble Lord bad been accused of entertaining gloomy views of the present posture of publio affairs ; but he ( Mr . Home ) thought that he had not done justice to the lamentable condition in -which the . country was situated . They talked of a ] decrease iu the revenue . That was a proof of the poverty and distress which prevailed . It was a true index of the distress and difficulties with which trade had to contend . "
Pretty fair this ! Bare effects from " free trade" * l > ecreased profit 8 "Decreased Wages . " " jD » - minlshed emp loyment . " M All trade at a standstill" ! H No vss fob capital . " Excellent effects of " freetrade" ! Gloriona Tariff ! Bare " saving of the nation" ! And what does the reader think was Joe ' s "remedy" for the alarming state of things he but too truly described 3 What on earth does the reader think * Joet i prescribed ! He had been describing the effects of one dose of ** Free Trade . " He very rightly contrasted the State of the country in July 1843 , withits state In September , 1841 ; for he well
knew that the Tariff had been passed and brongkt into operation between the two periods . He knew therefore that he was describing the state of the country , after the operation of Free Trade ; and he truly declared that" people were no better off "; on the contrary , " the distress and difficulty whioh existed , were greater than they had been in any former years * ' ! Joey well knew that he was detailing the effects of the ? Free-Trade" Tariff ; and what was Aw remedy ! Anotheb anj > a labokb cose 1 Mo re " Frec'Trade * FiUil We were ill because we had not swallowed enow ! More would cure us What a quack ! How like the Morison ** rot-gut Bcamps , " with their universal vegetable medicine .
Take a moderate dose ; and if you are worse , —and it is almost impossible but that you will be , —your Increased illness and aggravated symptoms arise , not from the deleterious nature of the poison yon have swallowed , but because yon have not taken enough ! They prescribe more : more you take : worse you gat . StUl" more" is the quack ' s prescript ion ; you follow his advice ; aad when you are dead w a nail , the fellow has ; the impudence to say yon died because you did not swallow " more"l So with the quack •¦ Free-Traders . " One dose has set ALL TRADE AT A STANDSTILL "; and get another and a larger dose 1 b the prescription to set it going again 111
The Tariff ,, then , has had its effects . It has worked some changes . It has made some revolutions . It has not been wholly inoperative . It has reduced the prices of ell sorts of produce . And it is now beddcino RsHxa 1 . God be thanked ! If the Tariff will bring the landlords to their senses , we shall not begrudge - "the misery it causes to other classes . The landlords have been the scourge of the country They it were , who went to war to pull down " French Principles , " and expended one thousand millions of money 1 They it were that passed the Gagging Bills , and the power-of-Imprisonment-Bills , to " put down" ibe Badicals , who wanted to prevent the
necessity of having to rob the landlords to pay the fbndholder bis interest . They it were that screened the bloody Yeomanry butchers of Manchester from punishment , when they had imbrued their hands in innocent and unoffending blood . They it were that denied all inquiry into the murderous transactions of that day . They it -were who have nni . fonnly refused to hearken to the words of warning and advice ; and they it is who h ave now to Reduce fimtRenUs to enable the farmer to pay the fandholder his dividend 1 Thank God for it 1 When the Fundlord has swallowed up the Landlord , we shall have him ! doing battle in gallant style upon the Steam-lord ; and * then " Hurrah for the END" 1
The game has begun . Beats axe coming down ( They muif come down faster and faster . All prices will come down , to a much lower range than the present . As prices oome down , Rents must fall too ! That cannot be avoided . Either rents or taxes must give way : and the land-lord knows that taxes cannot he given up 1 He knows the meaning of "National . Faith" ; so down rents must come . Every reduction-in prices will but add to the mess . Every time prices are reduced , the means to pay th « Fundlord diminish | and every reduction of rent must be in an increased ratio . The estates will booh be swallowed trpi and then for the real battile . l ^ flien for the' real fight . 1 A short one , and a desperate one ! and then THE END 1
The game As * begun . Bead the following three announcements picked at random from oat of aheap of others .-Read them carefully , and study on the state of things they reveal . There is much meaning in them .: more than meets the eye at one glance : — M Lord Willooghby de Erseby , lord-lieutenant of Carnarvonshire , haa signified his intention to allow a deduction of 12 ^ per cent , to his tenants at the next rent . day ; , in consideration of the very low prices of agricultural produce , and the consequent general distresfotthefarmers . '
" Robert Arkwruht , Esq ., of Sutton Hall , Derbyagricultural produce ^ has "directed IS per cent ., of the last half year ' s rent * and 10 per cent , of the previous half year , making 25 per cent . ) to be returned tohistenantB /* " f ~ . ' ,.,. .. ' - "Atlastweekycollectionofirents upon the Perth estates , we understand that Mr . Kennedy , on the part- of ^ Kra anst La 1 dj Wmougfiby . d ^ Eraeby , granted to all the ; tenantrjy without diatmctiou , an abaiemsnt of 5 ^| per ; cent . ; TMs : deletion * . pas made according to ! a principle adopted by his Lprdship , and acted upon , fo ^ many , y p | W ^ b > ving reference to theaverage price of corn , cattle and wool for , th > by-pa 8 tseason ^ ' . ' , _ .
Thesearebutasa ^ 'd ropin the bucket" to what could be adduced . The readers of the Star will reinember : Ae . communitetions of ; the coiresponjieiit of the : Time 4 fiom i'Rkbecca-lakd /* where he distinctly and repeatedly showed that the great depreBsioh in the price of agricultural produce bad
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rendered it impossible' for the farmers to pay their fixkd tithes , ; tofe ! BV | uid ttaii" j-w ^; tl » at ; aittongst o ^ er thin gs , they demanded a reduction of rents * Yes 1 iZ ^ i <>^ A The landlord has Aim se // to ( hank for that . He has cried up "National Faith " : so no one dares to talk of a- reduotibn of taxatioa , whatever he may think about it . A few more 22 i per cent , and 30 iwr centi reductions in rents ; and we sblall then have the jandlorda singing very small about "National faithi' 1 To what follows we : crave every attention . It is descriptive of a movement of a truly extraordinary character ; and it is a movement that ! will be
catchingjtoo J The description appeared in the Times a few days ago : — W movement of a vary extraordinary character has commenced in the King ' s County , to whioh I am anxious thus early to draw your attention , because it is likely to lead to very important consequences , as regards the social condition of the country , and the rorativepoaition of landlords and tenants . f Oh Alqnaiy last , a- jvery numerous meeting of the landholders and occupiers of five baronies of the King ' s County , took place at Raheen , at which Vicars Fisher , Esq ., of JJrney , presided . ; This riteeting was rendered very , remarkable by the fact , that
the extensive Protestant landholders of the distriot attended in considerable numbers , to co-operate with the Roman Catholic farmers in demanding a large reduction of their rentai proportioned to the diministied prices of agricultural produce , and in earnestly calling upon all other parts of the country to follow their example . It was arranged that the resolutions , which I subjoin , and which axe very temperately worded , should be introduced by Protestants and Roman Catholics alternately . ? f Moved by Williani | Porter , Esq ., Ballintogher , seconded by G , O . R . Delamere , Raheeabeg— ' That
the unexampled competition for laud in this country has been productive of a rental far beyond its intrinsic value , and more than proportioned to the value of tho&e protecting duties under which we heretofore received fair prices , and by which prices the landlords measured the reats to which they conceived them-Belves entitled . . " . Moved by Henry F . Odium , Esq ., Cappincur , seobnded by Mr . Richard Moouey , Killinmore : — * That the decline in the ) quantity of produce for the last Jive years , and the gradually progressive decrease FOB , THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN PARTICULAR , IN
THB PBICB OF EVBSY KIND OK AGBliCOLTORAI . PUOdcce , of at lealt 30 per cent ., has reduced the Irish agriculturist to a lameutable condition , proved , afbrtiori by the higher jolasa of farmers , heretofore independent , now verging on bankruptcy—as inability to meet their engagements cannot admit of a truer or milder expression . ' "jMoved by Charles Meredith , Esq ., Coolville . seconded by Thomas Flood , Esq ., Ballycristal ' . — 'That the " continuance and operation of the present tariff , PERMANENT IN ITS PRINCIPLE , CAUSE , AND EFFECT ,
FOLLY DEMONSTRATES TO US THAT A 8 TILL FURTHER DETERIORATION IN THE , VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL produce may Be expected—no aaventitious circumslance or temporary fluctuation producing this state of our aff «| rs , but the steady , fixed * and natural tendency of an enactment carried through Parliament for the sole purpose of cheapening food . "Moved by Henry Odium , Esq ., Portarlington ; seconded by Mr . Robert Alexander , Clonveen : — That our intimate knowledge of improved farming in all its branches , our persevering industry and attention , have all been fruitlessly expended in struggling against the increasing difficulties which beset us ; hencb it is f dot ? we owe to ourselves and our CHILDREN TO DIRECTLY APPEAL TO
THK [ LANDLORDS TO GRANT IN TIME A REDUCTION OF 30 PER CENT . IN THE RENTAL OF OVB FARMS , 08 every orninary contract entered into between landlordjaBd tenant , previous to the last eighteen months , has entailed frightful loss on the latter . ' "Moved by S Robinabn , Esq ^ Clara } seconded by Mn Richard Larke , Kilcooney : — That it is our unanimous and deliberate opinion , that * the tenant , whose economical outlay of capital and information has enhanced the value of his farm , should be allowed for his improvementsi it being » a admitted fact that nine-tenths of the tenantry of Ireland who bold ! leases , hold on determinable ones . Industry
and money expended on ; land is the most valuable productive labour within any country . To leave it unprotected and unremunerated , would be to neglect the moat permanent and vital interests of' landlord iand tenant / " Moved by Arthur Ji Webb , Esq ., Bloomfield ; seconded by Mr . Richard ; Larke , Kilcooney ;— ' That we earnesly and confidently call on the rest of Ireland I to imitate the laudable example we now set them , of men of every shade of politics and religion genei-ously vicing with each other , irrespective of all petty , silly prejudices , inioommon sense and fellowahipvfor the attainment of one common object . '"
Such is the effect of the Tariff upon agriculturists . It has decreased the price of their produce at least thirty per cent ; and the Irish movers for a thirty percent reduction of Rents , truly state the nature of that Tariff-when they say that " it is permanent in its principle , cau 8 e , andeffect ; " and that a" Btill further deterioration in the value of agricultural produce may be expected . " It is "permanent in its principle . " Further " deterioration of value" will follow .
It is not alone in agricultural produce that this thirty per cent redaction has taken placet The decrease in the price of Iron is more striking . Bar Iron is now selling for £ 5 a ton . In 1814 it sold for £ 13 93 . 8 d . a ton . That wag the average price in that year ! In 1835 it sold for £ l 1 153 . 8 J . a ton . Now , fas just announced , it is but £ 5 . How docs this immense depreciation arise ! To what can this be ascribed I Certainly not to "foreign competition , ^— the ready answer of every " Free Trader , " when asked tbe cause of the depreciation of woven fabrics . There is no " foreign competition" in Iron
worth naming . No country on the face of the earth makes ] enough of iron for its own use , besides England , excepting Sweden : and there it ia made at a cost fair exceeding what is it made for with us . Then how does it happen that such a monstrous disparity should : exist between the price of Iron now , and the price in 1814 and 1815 ? Oue reason is , because of PkeJi / s Bill , whioh reduced prices of all sorts , except the price of taxes and of tithes ; and the other reason is because of the Tariff , which is doing what the former measure left undone : ruining all , except the tax-eater : and that gentleman will oome in for bis share before tbe THING is settled !
flgT ' j We had written thus far , when the report of the meeting of the Spitalfieds silk weavers came to hand . ^ That report renders it unnecessary for us to say another word on this occasion , beyond barely referring the reader to it ; We look upon that meeting as one of the most important ever held in this country . It is another evidence of the operation of jthat mind amongst the workors which is to 1 really " eave this nation . " ¦ There was more sound sense , more true philosophy , more judgment , more discrimination , more tracing of effeot to cause , at that meeting , in the two or three hours that it was assembled , than has been evinced by all the " Saviours" that have hitherto " Bated the country . " To the Report we refer with pride . It will amply repay perusal .
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"HOW HAPPY GOULD I BE WITH EITHER . " " Heads and tails"j head foremost , or feet foremost , if we win , " ia the game of the League . For many months we were assured by the " left wing " of that faction , the Sturgites , that they bad no connection whatever with the Jmain body of " Free Traders "; but on the contrary they adopted our principled and esohewed our blasted name for tho
mere purpose of deluding the simple League into an avowal 0 ? those ' prinoiples . When we saw the front presented ; by those gentlemen at Birmingham ; when we heard the ravings of the He * worth ' s , the Ritchie ' s , and the Brewster ' s , if we were before sceptical we then confirmed in our views of the intentions , of the . ^ left wing /* . Their protestations were ' . | loud and vehement aa , te . their oneness of purpose . Defeated , however , " in the war of s 1 »| tegim , they have , now thrown off the cloak that t covered deception ¦ ;
and the two parties have united upon the "Com-^ l e ^ SJiffr ^ Ke ** queetion . Did we not anticipate jiuc ( a . ; ft move , and 8 uch a junction ! Did we not aver that rsnoh would be the arrangementfi and preparations whereby impressions might be made upon the constituent body for the next ^ . general ^ . eljectiDn } . At the commencement of the Sturge move , we gave it as our opioion tlia » St ' usoe was too honest for his party , and , woul | be fiaorifioed to their deceit . Subsequent circumBtancesj boweyeri have convinced us that Joseph stood in no danger from the cunning of others outs ! tripping his own
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We then ar jaed the main question as we shall argue it now . We then contended , as we contend still , for the necessity of unioa among the Sturgeites ^ before we hazard onr cause by a junction with contending middle class elements . Although the League are satisfied to go heels fowmoat" int » the House of Commoas , by the conversion of ! the constituent body to the principles of Free Trade "; making those of Complete
Suffrage the teat of fitness ; yet we have to ask now , as aforetime , if tho head and tail of this body move in the same direction ? Let us see . Cobden may be considered the head ; and he has emphatically declared not only against the name , but against . the principles of the People ' s Charter : while the Complete Suffrage whelps who go through the country barking " Union "; those belonging to the Complete Suffrage partyi profess to support the principles which their head man denounces I
The appearance of poor Neesom at Hull , and his feelers for toleration for the principles of Free Trade , " together with the ravings of Little Harr y , who honors Lancashire with bis presence , are strong indications of the coming tactics of the labour monopolists . Neesom , who received promotion to the rank of Captain , in 1841 , for rioting at "Free Trade" meetings ; who was one of the Convention of 1839 , from whom a resolution emanated " that it was the duty of the Chjartists to oppose the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws" ; he ; this very
redoubtable ; this promoted volunteer , has discovered , in 1843 , that" the man who opposes the principles of 1 Free Trade' must be either a fool or a knave . " How hasty this new birth onto righteousness of the veteran ! How conclusive his potent reasoning ; aad what a light has suddenly flashed upon his mind ! We find Little Harry too , in Lancashire , denouncing in bitterest terms the oppression of the landlords ; while bis " eloquent '' little tongue wags no complaint or murmur against the oppressions , the 'tyranny , and the obscenities of the factory slavedriver ! We will tell those ' * hasty-pudding converts" the cause of their failure in this their new crusade .
It arises from the improved state of public opinion ; a barrier which the Cobdens and Brights will find standing between them and their ambitions longing after honours to be conferred upon them by a bamboozled constituency . The Recess is the demagogue ' s harvest . The "Free Trade" devils have commenced ] their campaign , at Ashton , with a right hearty spirit , and have given to the working classes a foretaste of those disasters to which their uncontrolled power would lead . We find them embracing the moment of revival of trade" as the
fitting time to reduce the wages of their men ; and if t he first gleam of their darling principle has that effect , where , we would ask , would the fullness of their power end l ! For a season the activity of money , at the command of "free trading" capitalists , may gain an ascendancy over the more sluggish land ; and hence the owners of brass may intimidate the owners of laud ; but the working classes , anticipating no triumph from the ascendanoy of either , will step in and demand for labour that whioh belongs to it , but which has been unjustly usurped by both .
When we were ( weaker than w « are now , we opposed and beat down the wiles of the Complete Suffrage aad the "J Free-Trade" party ; and in our present strength we are able to meet and to triumph over rheir united exertions . We may observe that these parties must have but a poor opinion of the classes upon whom they hope to operate , when they endeavour to cajole the working people with something like the following sophistry : We are all for your principles . Don't you see ? Isn't that ! clear ; beoause we adopt them ? But if wo were toltake your ugly nante , don't- you see the middle-class boobies wonld understand what we were ! " 1
No , as we don't desire to cajole any party , and as it is by an exposition of our principles that we hope to win the support of all , we cannot imagine what strength those principles are likely to derive from persons whose ignorance alone is relied upon as a means of insuring their co-operation . The very best answer given to those anonymous professors of Chartist faith was that by Dr . Wade , when he told us at Birmingham , not to be cajoled or deceived ; " that it was our principles , and net our nam e ,- that the Sturgists dreaded . " This is the fact ; and gl oss
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judges . Oar doty is to throw the shield of protee . tion over them when they aw ^ when they are ^ n |; ir ^ d ^ caj ^ on them , as to their mode of proceedfng . In the ^ present anstauce , however , our du | y ia ^ ied b gii ^ them such caution as may sot only be instrumental in Achieving their praiseworthy object , >; b ' u * mafl ^^ n ^ i p ^ rotect them from those euaresmto which unwilling idlers are at all times likely to fall . The men then lOTst bear in mind , that so long OS they confine th ^ rll \ ffin& ^ wages so long , will the opMsihon of their masters be limited to that one vowt . Should they assume the two-fold capacity of political and wage
agitators , THAT MOMENT WILL THB MaSTE » 3 ASSUME THEIR DOUBLE CAPACITY OF EMPLOYEES AND JUSTICES . In the firet of these capacities , they will have unlimited power to reduce ; and in the second to coerce into an acquiescence in that
reduction . There is no greater evil , nor one oat of which bo much injustice arises , as the possession of that doable power by factory masters . The seat of justice , of all spots , should be pure and unblemished : but how can puriiy sit enthroned between avarice and injustice ? Even the Government itself will look with a friendly eye upon operatives struggling against the masters' oppression ; whtiBtthefirstaclthat would justify magisterial interference , CONSTITUTES THE MASTERS A 3 THE
EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT , WITH P 0 WEB INDEPENDENT 5 WITR controul unlimited . The shopkeepers , who of a 1 classes , are the greatest sufferers from reduced wages , will hesitate before they act as special constables against men merely seeking to raise the price of labour ; while the shopkeepers , themselves enfranchised , would cheerfully fly , with bludgeon in hand , to the cry of " our privileges are about to be invaded by political' Free Traders , ' who demand participation with us in the exclusive rights that we enjoy . " We have had several strictures upon the value of the exposition of the law purchased at Lancaster at so dear a rate : and we trust thai
the benefit of that purchase will not have loat its effect : but that those who heard the law as laid down at Lancaster , will be careful how they pass its limits . The differences between the Ashton operatives and their masters should be confined , wholly and solely , to the question of wages ; and should be wholly and solely discussed by the operatives of Ashton themselves . v " Upon all such occasions there are strangers and eaves-droppers , who , regardless of consequences , would urge the starving people into acts of violence and oppression : and , having led to the perpetration of those ads , WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ABANDON TBS field . Against such men we would emphatically caution the men on Strike . What they profess to
contend for is tbe power to manage their own affair ? Let their theory be tested by their practice . Shew the world that the intervention of strangers is not required to arbitrate between worker and employer . Confine the employer within the single character of master ; and beware how you you invest Mm tviBt a feasible pretext for adding to it that of magistrate ! D « not stop to enquire whether the good masters are Anti Free Traders , and whether the bad masters are "Free Traders' * : for the very contrast will let in the discussion of " Free Trade , " in opposition to which the principles of the People ' s Charter may be proposed : aud thus would the workmen be incautiously dragged from the consideration of the wage question to angry debates as to the means of preventing recurrence of the evil .
" There is a time for all things . " The time to agitate the Charter , is when yon are at work ; aad when th « great principle will not appear to requite n &uut banger and starvation as a prop . There should bo no demonstrations beyond those meetings necessary for conversing with each other , and hearing of the progress of affairs ; and which meetings , if properly conducted , will be a meanB of preserving the peace . But no marchings upon Manchester ! No compulsory turning out of hands 2 ! No perambulating of hungry and enthusiastic thousands , where a few stragglers , by foolish or malicious acts , may make the wandering body amenable to the laws of routs , hots , tumults , sedition , and conspiracy . "
In conclusion , again we say , bear in mind the words of the "just Judge . " Let them be read at the opening of every meeting ; and let each speaker confine himself to the subject matter in dispute , and pass not the strict limits of the law .
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A STEP IN ADVANCE . It would appear as if the , underground people were about to read a lesson in practical agitation to those upon the surface of the earth . Heretofore , all the contributions , all the savings , and all the deprivations of the working classes , have but tended to rivet their chains ; to expose their weaknesses ; and to confirm the dominion of the united capitalists . We rejoice , however , to find that past failures have led to increased circumspection , and to a more economical expenditure of those funds , which , how *
ever great , have hitherto proved valueless in all contests between labour and capital . For now a long time the colliers have complained , not more of the advantages taken of them under the contract system , thauof the petty tyrannies practised by the masters in violation of all contract . The want of ventilation ; the disregard of human life ; the brutal treatment by the overseer , have led to increased refleo " tion : while the necessity for their labour , in aland of smoke and fire , has led to a knowledge of theii value .
The masters have been long strugglingfyr a Strike But the men have wisely seen that a strike to please the masters , would be euin to them . ' that it would be , in fact , a commencement ¦** de novo f and that , after a successful issue of that strike —successful for the masters—thai class , without reference to production , would make their terms to correspond with the demand for employment ; reducing wages in proportion as population increased .
The men , however , appear to have taken the right view of the question . Instead of expending thousands , and hundreds of thousands in a fruitless struggle against their masters , and many thousands more in seeking justice from the law , —thus putting the cart before the horse , —rthey have very wisely resolved this time to pat the horse before the cart * The Working men win learn with pleasure , that the Colliers have secured the services of Mr . Roberts , as tbeir legal adviser , at a salary of £ 1000 for the first year , acd £ 500 for every subsequent year . To those who do not understand profit and loss , this
sum may appear large ; while we have no hesitation in asserting that within any given period the legal hawks would have plucked their clients of more than forty times the amount ; and that * too without conferring a single benefit upon the order . We understand that the colliers have contracted that Mr . Roberts shall reside at Newcastle ; and in the conditions made , we think they have evinced much judgment and wisdom . It is to be hoped that , while Mr . Roberts is amongst them , they will derive the same benefit from his zeal and talent that the Chartists of ihe
South have derived from his legal ability ; and that - the connection willcontinue so long as it is mutually advantageous , and no longer . The next step that we shall look to , and with no small anxiet y * -jft > the holding , above ground , of ' . in p ^ 6 g ^ nve |*| djBif wherein proper steps may be taken for the p' $ Bs ^ " tion of the body ; while every attempt at secret asS ^ - ^ etions and private meetings' must be' ' resistedm - ^^ bfiw course in which the improved mind of thia country « ifllnow travelling , must be matter of congratulftiwiii ? " to every man loving hh country , anddesiriSg ^ se ^^ prosperity secured without the shaddiflg ' of hu ^ ai i , blood . ¦ . - .- - , EA ? i ^ v-
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&UNDERLAND . —The Chartists of Suaderland . arerespectfully informed that a lecture will bedelivered --every Monday evening at eight o ' clock , In the Gaar- * list lecture room , Clark ' s-passage , opposite Robin * son-lane , High-street . Free admission .
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THE kSHTON STRIKE . We give tbe following commentary upon tbe Ashton Strike from the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last , from which it will be learned that notwithstanding the desire of the writer to press hardly upon the operatives , yet , in the endeavour , he ia compelled to exhibit their love of justice : — " We give elsewhere the particulars which have
reached us in reference to tho pending tnrn-out at Ashton-under-Lyno , from which it will be seen that the contest remains ) unaltered in its leading features . The work-people , with one or two trifling exceptions , remain out ; but their example has not been followed in any other quarter . Indeed the flagrant absurdity of the course pursued by the spinners at Ashton is by no means [ calculated to encourage imitation . Not only have they left their employment' in mills where the wages were quite as high as those demanded in their own list j but in some cases they have turned out , not for an advance , but for a reduction of wages , { . having actually required their
employers to pay according to a list which would diminish their wages by about 23 . a-week ! The fact is , that these very foolish people are led into all sorts of absurd acts by a small knot of men who prey upon then ? , and contrive to make * good living outof their follies and sufferings . If the Spinners of Ashton would revert to what took place so lately as last year ; if they ( would read over the promises which were at that ] time made them by the very people who are now misleading them , and would reci-llect the misery they endured from a reliance on those promises , —they Would surely see the folly of being again deluded m the same manner . "
The view taken of this subject by the Guardian iB of itself suffioientj to demonstrate two things : firstly , that the regulation sought by the men wonld be equally advantageous to the masters as to the operatives ; and , secondly , that the operatives , so far from seeking to [ take advantage of " improved trade" as ft means o ^ enforcing an advance in their wages , merely look for . an equalization : a determination which makes working-class justice stand out in bold relief against the sefishnesa and cupidity of the employers . I
We charged Mr . Abbx BncKtsr last week with being the " Pilot Engine , " started by the masters in their experimental crusade against the men . We now learn , however , that we have done that gentleman injustice ;| inasmuch as the step ,, taken by him was forced upop , him as a means of * rotbcmon against the more grinding of Ms trade . Jfr . BucKLE T . it appears , was paying higher wages than most other masteirs ; and however the others might be satisfied with their profits , —profits perhaps wholly arising out of the reduction of wages ? thedarKng principle of " Free Trade" and of ' */ at > trade" was violated . It would beimpossibla for MtyBucEXBT , paying a higher rate of wages than his neighbours
to compete with them in the market . Those who ; attended the trials at ' . jaucaeter , or who have read ft report of them , will know that several masters who were examined , s s well , as the operatives who defended themselves , described the inequality of wages aa one of the greatest grievancea endured . The urodnce of all is broaght into the same market ; t a ) » d the profit of those who pay the highest rate is swallowed up i > y tlie lower amount at which the reducing masters . cant dispose of that" produce , irthis reasoning , b ^ fcnnd and tenable ,, who can con ^ e ^ td o ther conoTdlTon than that a speedy arranKemeut is as much j the interest of the toasters as of the men t
We shall offer no opinion as to the prudence of the Strike ; but we findj a very honourable justification for the men in the article selected from the Manchester Guardian ^ There are questions of which the working men themselves muat be the beet
The Northerlir Star. Satusday, August 19, 1843.
THE NORTHERlir STAR . SATUSDAY , AUGUST 19 , 1843 .
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