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O'CONNOR, HILL, AND WATKINS. In the Press, and will be Published on Saturday, the 17th February,
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THE ^OKTHEK2s T STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1844.
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AN ANSWER TO MR . HILL'S LAST FABRICATIONS ; together with a Reply to Mr . Watxis ' s Fifteen Charges . Price Twopence . To be had of Cleave , London ; Heywood , Manchester ; Hobson , Leeds ; and all Agents and Book * sellers .
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We regret being compelled to postpone the presentation of Mr . Robsbts'b Portrait in Lancashire and Yorkshire , till next week , when it will be given ; and in other parts the week after . The delay iB occasioned by the Engraver not having sent a sufficient number . Next week , the Star will contain a Memoir of Mr . Robebts , which we trust our readers will find satisfaction in perusing .
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THE ANTI-LEAGUE MOVEMENT . "Dp 10 ls ? t Sainrdav meetinga hai been held * t tie folluwinij places : — KcsTHAHrrOK—At this mefti 3 g the Duke of Bacclen ^ h ' s agent declared , in answer to a statement , thai theDuie -was favourable to Free Trade , that * ' a greater lie "was nevtr framed by the father of all liars . "—tLond cheers ) . Upwards of £ 1 , 000 was fiD . h ? cribe at this meefing . , "Waltham—At a meeting held here the Duke of Holland declared his adhesion fe > the movement . Grastham—At a meeting held , here abont £ 600 was collected . . „ Isle or Axholxe—At a meeting held hero £ 122 was subscribed .
_ ,., Stet .-tog—At the meeting held here , which was rery numerously attended , there was present the Pnks of Richmond , the Earl ef Egmont , the Earl of "Win ! enon , ihe Dnke of Norfolk , ihe Earl of Sheffield , ihe Eari of Abergavenay , Lord Gage , Sir H . Shiffner , Sir C . M . Bnrrell , Bart ., M . P ,, Colonel Wyndham , M . P-, Colonel G . Wyndham , the Earl of March , M . P ., and a host of M . P . ' s , landed gentry , tenant farmers , &c , &c . The Duke of Richmond was one of the speakers , and throughout his speech iuriwl defiance at the League . A mechanic named Dndman , from Brighton , also addressed the meeting at some length . He attacked the Anti- Goro Law League , he said , not so much because he was friendly to the agricultural interest , as because he thought the League the . greatest "humbug" of the two . Upwards ofiSODD was subscribed .
Hotisgdon . —At a meeting held here , the Earl of Sandwich Tvas one of the speakers . £ 720 was Bnbscribed . TV AK-vncK , —At a meeting held here . Lord Brooke , son of the Earl of Warwick presided . A large number of JLP / b -were present and addressed the Else ting . Suffolk . —A large meeting of farmers was held at Bury St . Edmunds , at which upwards of £ * 0 D waBsub-eribed . St . Albiss . —A large meeting was held on Friday , at the Town Hall , St . Albans , for the purpose of forming an Association to oppose the Anti-Corn-Law League . There were present , -the Marquis cf Salisbury , LordVerulam . the Eaxl of Esses , Lord Grim = icn , M . P-, the Hon . G . D . Ryder , M . P ., Abel Saith , MJ \ , Sir J . S . Sebright . The ustial resolutions were carried , and upwards of £ 1000 collected in the room .
"WiTHJERBT . —At . a meeting held here , the Ear ] of Bare weod presided , and a number of Tery influential landholders addressed the assemblage . Meetings hare also been held ( prior to Saturday last ) at the following among other place 3 : Spalding , Ho ] beach , Great Grimsby , Grantham , Newark , Uorth Bedfordshire , Banbury , Canterbury , Carlisle , Derby , Gloucester , Aylesbnryj Peebles , East Lothian , Lincoln , & . & , &c Caxbbidgs . —On Saturday a meeting of Cambridgeshire agriculturists was held at the Red Lion Hotel , Cambridge , and was was Tery numerously attended , the Earl of Bardwike was present , and took part in the proceedings . Upwards of £ 300 was subscribed .
Atlesbukt , Saturday . —The annual meeting of the Agricultural Association of Buckinghamshire , was held here to-day for the purpose of auditing the accounts , Siring the premiums , and other routine business . The members afterwards dined together ; the Duke of Buckingham was in the chair . The . usual toasts were given , the Bpeakers declaring their determination to meet with uncompromising hostility the designs of the Anti-Corn Law League . The Duke of Buckingham in the course of his Epeech observed that ihe Society regarded not only the well-being of the farmer , but of the poor labourbr also . " It jb of no use , " said the Duke , " taking of the prosperity of the farmer , nnless the prosperity of the labourer is to be considered as a necessary aojanct . I now declare , as connected with a party and a landlord , that unless the well-being of the labourer ib to be attended to , I would not give a single straw for the present agitation . "— ( Loud -cheers ) .
Dtr&H _ & 3 i . —On Saturday , a meeting was held in the City of Durham , for the purpose of taking into consideration the adoption of the most efficient means to resist the present agitation of the Anti-Corn Law League . A letter was read from the Dnke of Cleveland , approving of resisting the League , and recommending a eouniy meeting to be called . Carlisle . —A meeting of the occupiers of land in the county of Cumberland was held in the Bush Hotel on Saturday list , to consider what mtasnre 3 should be adopted for opposing the progress cf the Anti-Corn Law League , and for securing protection to the interests of agriculture . The . large room of the hotel was filled at the appointed hour of meeting by the tenant farmers and yeomanry of the district ,
and several of the most influential landowners of the eounty were also present . The number attending th « "meeting amounted to between 400 and 500 , ana as on former occasions , it was composed of men of ill parties . Sir tJccrge Musgrava was icalled to the chair , in which he was supported by Mr . E . "W . Hazell , Mr . R . Brisco , Mr . T . Graham , Mr . G . Head , Major Field , Major Maclean , & . C Resolutions in accordance with the Tiew 3 of the meeting were unanimously agreed to ; and a " Irotection Association" for the district haringi > een formed , a petition to Parliament , which embodied the resolutions , was proposed , adopted , and numerously signed . The seh = cripticB in the room amounted to upward ? of £ 200 , and a Tery large addition is expected from the count ? .
Doscastkr . —On Saturday afternoon last a Tery jmmerous , respectable , and influential meeting of landowners , farmers , and others , was held in the Jfew CoDcert-room . This meeting was the sequel to one held o& the previous Saturday , on which occasion the tenant-farmers of this district assembled in great force , and agreed to solicit the aid of the findowcera at this crisis . They resolved that a public meeting should be held as early as possible , and that the landed interest should be invited to Attend . Accordingly , on the 3 d insk , a great number of the neighbouring gentry assembled to give their support to the measures of the Doncaarer Agricultural Protection Society . Sir W . Cooke and Colonel Fullerton addressed the meeting at considerable length , and were followed by several other speakers ; a liberal subscription wi 3 entered into .
Lospos . —We have authority for stating that it is the immediate intention of ihe Dnke of Richmond , Yiseount Ingestre , M . P ., "W . Mile ? , Esq ., M . P ., Philip Pusey , Esq ., M . P ., and others , to form a Metropolitan Society for the Protection of British Agriculture . —Standard .
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Tbxe Trade Scoi : 5 i > b . kijsii and Bbvtality at BikhisghaM . —Tois town has been posted T * ilh ia ; - jneose placards for the last few days , announcing a meeting in lie Town-call in favour of " Free Trade , '" which T ? onia be addressed by Cobden , Bright , C-L Thompson and Moore . Oa the first appearance of the placards , the Chartist council assembled , and resolved to oppose the " Leagnera" The folloiring placard ¦ was accordingly issued : —" Down with the LeaguaB ! J * o factory tyrants ! Working men , attend at tbe Town-hall on Monday next , and do your < 3 ; ity . Ho surrender ! " As soon as the " liberal" Leaguers
perceived thai they would be opposed , they adopted measures to prevent discussion , and it is shrewdly suspected that a few hundreds of the League fond was expended for the purpose . No person teas admitted to the hustings l > nt respectables who belonged to the " League , " and when their imbecila secretary -was applied to for tickets he said , Vl They are sent off by the port . " Mr . "White , Mr . T . P . Green , anu several others applied at various places for tickets at the hustings , bat it was in vain . Ifobody knew -where the Anti-Corn Law Committee met , not even ihe members of ihe committee . It -aras clear that they were terror-stricken , and that some secret method had been resolved on to save the credit of the
miserable Free Traders , In numbers cf factories and 'Workshops the Chartists were compelled to remain at ¦ work , whilst the snivelling toadies and contented al&Tea were sent to the Town Hall A strong body of police , ¦ who preved themselves to be Free Tree Trade iluageon sen , ' were placed in the committee-room ; numerous spies , and scouts 'were employed to watch the progress « f afiairs in the body of the Hall , and repcrt progress to Cobden « nd Co ., who tat in doleful dnmps , not knowing which course to pome " ; and to wind up the : matter , it ¦ wib resolTed to commence the meeting at eleven o ' clock , an hour when the working men could not possibly attend . Notwithstanding all these disadvantages , seTeral hundreds of Chartists assembled in tbe body of tbe Hall by half-past ten ; and , at a
quarter to elsren Mr . White gained admiBsioii to the organ gallery as a reporter to the Northern Star . Be ¦ vna loadly cheered on making his appearance , and addressed the seeting on the eowardiee and trickery of the "Xsagoe , " by persisting in excluding the Caartista from the bwtlngE . About thirty of the Whigs and Pree Traders were then in the organ gallery , and ir « t > saluted -with groans and hisses from the boSy of the Hall . At eleven o ' clock , Cobden , Bright , and others crept up the private staircase , and made their appearance in front amidst the most terrific groans and hisses , and a sickly cheer from the well-dressed mob on the hustings . Sir . Smith , a manufacturer , advanced to the chair , sad said that the Committee of the Anti-Corn Law Association dedred that he Ehodd preside over " the meeting . He > therefore , reonssted all those who thongbt him a
proper person , to say " Aye . " About fltty persons Eiiauted Aye : and Mr . Smith very modestly took his ssai amidst amidst a loud hurst of laughter and groans at Mb impudence . Mr . White arose to address the meeting , and was ordered by ths chairman to sit down . Jlr . White refused , and told bim that although the Jree-traders where famed for impudence , he thought his attempt to force himielf on the meeting without either proposer or seconder , to be . a gross insult to the meeting , and . insisted that he shonld vacate the chair . The reporters present declared that it - « 3 s the most barefaced trick thsy had ever Tritn ^^ ed ^ and after a long altercation betwesn Mr . White , Cobden , Smite , and olhers . accompanied by the flonrislang of sticks over Sir . White ' j head , in which a mecter of the '' Liberal"' Town Council took a prominent part , Mi . Modesty at ieoxta . con £€ * 5-jl to give up the post ; of chairman .
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By this time the Leagoen' recruits began to ponr in , and their pivet men were posted in dne order . After a short pause . Cobden advised that Mr . Smith should be fairly proposed , and a ahow of bandB taken . Two of the Leaguers nominated Mr . Smith , after which Mr . White arose to move an amendment , but his voice wa » drowned amidst the yells of the" respectables" on tbe hustings , bo that tbe people could not possibly hear a sentence . He proposed Mr . James Sarinders as a proper person to occupy the chair . Mr . Alexander Finley seconded the motion , and a show of bands was taken amidst the uproar and cenfusion created by the Leaguers . Tbe show for each candidate appealed nearly equal , and after some demurring , and a demand from the body of the hall for another trial of strength , Mr . Smith was allowed
to resume the chair , on giving a promise to Mr . White that all parties should have a fair hearing . The Chairman then delivered a long speech , and introduced Col . Thompson to address the meeting . The Colonel was received with loud groans , and ehouts of " We want the Charter "— "No factory tyranta . "—He then proceeded , amidst groans and disturbance , to declare that he bad sacrificed rank , station , and wealth for being a friend of the people . He was a Chartist , and always supported it . He then entered into a tirade of abase against the persons who groaned him , and called them a "mob . " This excited the feelings of the working men , and they raised a storm about the poor Colonel ' s ears . He had t » endure along interruption , in the course of which the sticks and fiats of the Leaguers were shook in Mr . White ' s
face , amidst cries of "Yon villain , yon got eight months' imprisonment , but ought to have been transpor ted . " Finding it Impossible to obtain a hearing for Colonel Thompson , tbe Chairman , asked Mr . White what his party wanted , to which he replied , " fair discussion . " The Chairman then pledged himself that all parlies should be heard , and several in the organ gallery requested Mr . White to procure a hearing for Colonel Thompson , and they would guarantee a hearing for tbe Chartists . Mr . White then requested the mec-ting to hear Colonel Thompson , as it was agreed that all should have a fair bearing . The Colonel then resumed , and delivered a sarcastic and humourous address against the Corn Laws , at the conclusion of which , Mr . White arose to reply to bis arguments .
The Chairman refused to he&x him , and said that the strangers should be heard first . Anether Bcene of con > fusion then took place . The L « aguers in the organ gallery again flourished their sticks , and threatened to throw him over the gallery . Mr . White asked the chairman whether he considered that to be a public meeting . The chairman said it was not ; that it was not intended to be such , but merely a meeting of tbe friends of Free Trade . Mr . White then took up bis hat and was about to leave the meeting , when about fifty " respectable" ruffians attacked him , knocked him over the forms in the organ gallery , and kicked him in various parts of the body . He rushed to the front of tbe gallery , in order to show the working men what treatment he was receiving , and was followed by tbe
respectable mob , who flonrisbed their sticks like maniacs , and although several policemen were in the gallery , they stood by and laughed whilst Mr . White was thrown down the stain , and kicked most brutally by the " moral force" Leaguers . The head superintendent of p « lice , who bad a number of his " bluebottles" in the committee-room , was applied to by Mr . White to apprehend tbe scoundrels who had treated him eo brutally , but he declined to act Immediately after this a number of working men attempted to force the outer door , leading to the organ gallery , in order to protect Mr . White from his assailants , upon which tbe police sallied out on them and made a " liberal" use of their bludgeons ; Beveralinoffensive xnenirere ill-treated ,
and Messrs . T . P . Green and John Beale taken into custody , although they had only been quietly standing on the causeway . The police afterwards entered the Hall , and went tbe " whole hog" in defence of their employers , tbe " Liberals" and " Free Traders" by removing any person who dissented from Cobden and Co . The meeting was thus converted into a complete farce , and the people of Birmingham have been taught a lesson which it is feeped they will never forget The League fund , and the police having been called into requisition to crush public opinion- After theee scenes were enacted , the mass of the people left the Hall , ¦ which was not one-third full during the remainder of the proceedings . So much for the liberality and fair dealing of the League and tbe Liberals .
Akotheb Fact . —Mr . Geerge Foster , manufacturer , Horbury , a benevolent gentkman , who has lately contributed towards the £ 100 , 009 League Fond , has reduced the wa ; es of the men in his employ Is . p « r ¦ week , and the boys 6 d .
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DUNCOMBE . That the working classes of this country have long looked up to Mb . Ddncombe as their main , if not their only , supporter in the House of Commons , is history of the day ; and that an attempt should consequently be made to cover hiB tair fame vtith the slime of faelion , is but in accordance with the tactics of those who have ever hoped to crush the popular will , —by affected sympathy in the first in 3 ta _ nee , —that at last they may be in a position to dictate terms themselves , when their pewer was
strong enough to frighten from the field those indomitable leaders , who , apart from faction , would bold the people to their own purpose . That Mb . Dukcckbe , therefore , should come in for his share of the railings of disappointed hypocri 3 y , is by no deans wonderful . However , as there are but few men of his order bold enough to stand by popular principle , it becomes our duty , as faithful criticB , to investigate the cause , the value , and the justice of the onslaught made upon the people ' s advocate by tbe scribblers of the Ekiraishins press .
Poor little MiALL , of the Nonconformist , —no doubt smarting under his xmotn monions reception at the Crown and Anchor , and with the yells of execration still ringing in his ears , —has the insolence , not calmly to reason upon , but impudently to denounce Mr . Dukcombe for the part he took in the first Whig battle of the session . Now , what are the facts of the case ? Mr . Dtjscohbe was an invited gnest to the Crown and Anchor meeting ; and , as a matter of course , had a perfect right to express his opinions at that meeting . "Aye , " says Miall , ** but he had no right to test the meeting . " Now ,
here is the clerical inmbug . Mr . Dtocohbe had no intention of testing the meeting until invited to do so ; cay , ail but dabed to » o so , by Mr . Stpbcb himself , who asserted that the " disturbance " ( as he was pleased to term the expression of popular feeling ) emanated from a few disorderly Chartists : whereupon Mr . DuscoiaBB replied : 11 This is a public meeting ; and , if you wish to ascertain the feeling , vrhy not bring forward a substantive resolution ! " To this it was replied , that Mr . VttfCENT had been instructed to that effect , ajo > wocid bo ix . In the meantime , Parson Spjekceb
called Mr . Dukcohbb en to his legs again ; and that gentleman , after stating that he had been taunted by men upon the platform with the assurance that a large majority of the meeting was opposed to tbe name of the Charter , put the question ; and it was the bes ? o > se , and not the proposition , that elicited the vengeance of the disappointed minority ! How stands the fact , then ! That Mr . Ddkcombe is to bear the wrath of poor little Miaix for doing that -which Mr . Yiscssi had % o do , but which the meeting would not have allowed him to do ! Had the vote been the other way , Mr . Doicombe would have been lauded for his manliness !
There is something bo meanly contemptible and insignificant in poor Mi all ' s prognostication , < w to the effe ct that Mr . Dckcombe ' s conduct is likely to have upon ihe Fimbury electors , that we pass it over with this single observation—that if any constituency in England has a jo 3 t right to be proud of their representative , that constituency is Finsbury ; and they kaow it . If honest sympathy for the working classes ; if firm aflherecce t « principle ; if exposure of wrong and support of right ; if the most faithful observance of every pledge given upon
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the hustinga ( if the record of honest Totes ; if the bearding of unjust anthority , and the exposure of delintienoy , come from what quarter it may ,- ^ whether from Ministers of State , the benoh , tha magistracy , the court of justice , or tho jury box ; if these famish just cause for complaint against " Finabury ' s Pride , " Mr . Dttkcombb ' s supporters have reason to complain . Is there no judgment left in Finsbnry ? or are the independent electors of that independent borough to be plaoed in Schedule League 1 Are we to have a second class of maurauding scrutineers ; a kind of Parliamentary-Wrong-Commissioners , with threat in one hand , and promises in tho other , to punish with loss of seat those who act independently !
Dijncombe has been the people ' s friend . Theib pbiknd is THREATENED with the vengkakce op faction ; for honest and unflinching devotion to their cause . It is , therefore , tho people ' s duty to address him from every locality ; to pour in respectful and congratulatory addresses to the electors of Finsbnry , thanking them for furnishing one mouth-piece through whioh the people can speak-Let the League but dare to carry their threat into execution ; and where is the man of the reviling party that will present himself upon tbe hustings and ask for oopular support 1 If any bold enough there be , " Dbncombe" will be hallooed in his eari ! This insolent threat of the League is one against which tbe electors of Finsbury must take a bold and
timely stand ; a stand in whioh all England and Scotland will sustain them . Dcncom » b is the Man of the People ; and let the people be assured that in proportion to his usefulness to their cause , will be the hostility of their enemies . Poor Mial speaks contemptuously of Mr . Doncombe ' s recent tour in company with Mr . O'Connob . Poor fool 1 Mr . DaNcoMBB made no tour with Mr . O'Connor . Mr . O'Connor , in compliance with the desire of the people , met Mr . Buncombe , with the people , to do honour to the man who had advocated and supported their cause . Had Mr . O'Connob travelled with Cobdbn , for Cobubn's purpose ; or with Stcrge for Stubge ' s purpose , what then would have been the encomiums upon the " ruffian" ?
Before we oner a few words of comment on the importance of the result of the Crown and Anchor meeting , we would ask the nob stick Parson , whether he has heard of the other M TEMPOEAKY TBIUMPH OP DBMACOGUJSM ' that was achieved on Monday last at the National Hall , over tbe combined enemy , under the command of Col . Begss 1 Had Duncom&e anything to do with thai * or was the ruffian" O'Connor even present !
In the Morning Advertiser of Tuesday appears a letter from one Hblt , the secretary , and one Stafpobd Allen , treasurer to tbe Complete Suffrage Association : and what is the principal complaint of the worthy officials ? Why , odd enough , coming from ihe friends of " poverty ; " they assert that the triumph was worthless , because they observed the MEAN APPEARANCE op those who opposed them ! Their words are : "The well known character of some of the most conspicuous , and THE HALFCLOTHED APPEARANCE OF OTHERS . " Aye , faith ! you pair of humbugs ! " Poverty" w keen of scent , and can smell a rat a good way off !
Little Miall taunts Mr . Duncombe with having voted for Mr . Cbawfobd ' s motion , notwithstanding his conduct at the meeting . Why that is just what Mr . Duncombe pledged himself to do . But what Baid Mr . Cbawford in jastific&tion of his own motion 1 Why that his object was not to stop the sup plies , bat merely to have a debate upon some particular grievance . \ ad what said his complete
Suffrage supporters upon the occasion 1 Why , Mr . Bbothkbton , a great card , 6 aid that " he would not support any such proposition "; and Mark Phillips , of Manchester , eoboe'd , Nor I " . So that DurccoHBE is to bear reproach for exposing the folly of hoping for Buccess , while he endeavoured to command it ! and others are to go scot free who opposed Mr . Cbawfobd !! And this is " Complete " justice ! I
When parties designate the " stoppage of supplies" ** a constitutional measure , " they fail to tell the people that the constitution of the House has been wholly changed , " and that even in olden times it never was resorted to except for the purposes of faction . " | Nor is the present the first modern use that has been made mado of the grand humbug . In 1835 , tchen the Whigs were out , a similar game was pursued . Sir Jobs Camtbell , at Edinburgh , openly declared that it was the intention of the Whigs to stop the supplies . The scheme made somo noise . It was hailed by the inconsiderate of the faction , as tho most proper means of accomplishing their object ; the
putting " out" of the Torie 3 and the thrusting " in " of the Whip . But then , as now , the people had a sentinel in tbe press . They then had the pen of tbe glorious Cobbktt to tear off the mask assumed by pretended friends , and teach the people how to deal with the schemes of interested and the designing . And how was the " stop-the-6 upplies" scheme treated thenl How was the project received ! How did the immortal Cobbett advise the people ! Did he tell them to fall into the trap ! Did ho lead them to expect benefit from the plausible scheme ! No ^ He denounced it as rank humbug ! Ho exposed the folly , the utter folly , of thinking it could be successful for good . Hero are his words . Let the admirers of Mb . Cobbett now weigh them well . They
are as applicable to tbe project now as they were in 1835 , when written : — " Can it be true ( as related by tho Standard ) that Sir John Campbell has declared at Edinburgh , that it is theintcntion of the Whigs to atop the supplies f I hope it is not true ; not because I entertain an apprehension of the consequences which the Standard appears to entertain ; but because I have great personal respect for Sir Job ?) Campbell , and should , therefore , be Borry to learn that he had said anything , the uttering of which would prove him to be
a fool ! What ! independent of the insolence of the proposition towards the king , doeB Sir John Campbell expect the supplies to be stopped by a faction , « very great majority of whom must go without dinners and clean shirts , if the supplies be stopped only for one moment V . What ! men fall out with their bread and batter , and their washerwomen ! O , no ! This is madness of desperation . This is like the fanatic , who cried out , ' good Christian people , do for the love of God , cut your own throats in order to satisfy my predictions that you would perish !
" No . This is not the way that the Whigs will go to work . They never went straightforward at anything . That rule of the geometricians , that strait lines are shortest , never was acted upon by them . They will go somo crooked way to work ; but if the ministers pursue their straight path , and only take at once a step or two that I could point out to them , if I would , the very name of Whig would be , in the course of ten days after Parliament meets , upon a level with that of Judas Iscariot " . —Register . Jan . 17 th , 1835 .
" I must now take my information from the newspapers which tell me that the long-made threat of opposing ihe supplies was not put into execution . 1 think that there are about a hundred officers of tho army and navy in the House , on fu ll ot half pay . Add the relations of such who are in the House ; add the pensioners , placemen , sinecurists , grantees , retiredallowance people ; add pretty nearly a hundred bankers ; add members with thumping shares in the funds , and then expect the House to stop tho supplies ! but first get provided for yourself a good comfortable lodgiDg in Bedlam ; for out of Bedlam you can express no such opinion without exciting the ridicule of even the blackguard boya in tbe streets" ! Register . March 7 th , 1835 .
ISow , that was the manner in which this old trick of " stopping the supplies" to " hamper the Tanries" was received in 1835 , by the great political teacheb of his time ! Is it not a commonsenso reception \ Is not the project aptly and rightly described ? True , old Cobb . ett . None but a fool would expect the drones to " stop-the-supply " of honey to the hive ! When a mun has made his mind up , that such a thing is possible , his friends should look to the state of his " antelleot , " and get a birth for him in Bedlam . And there is another question : Why are wb , who only seek to tesch the lessons we have been taught ; who only give on this question what we have learned
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proves tha man to be " a fool" who makes it . and so assailed too by the admirers of old WiLiiCoBBBTT , who set the example we so humbly follow f How does this happen ? We wish some of them would explain ! Was Cobbett "paid by the Tauries" ! Did he do the work of the " Taurie&" \ No . Ho did the work of Democraoy . He battled for ihe people , and exposed the designs and tricks of faction ; and we are glad to follow in his wake . The doing so exposes us to the wrath and envy which he had to endure ; but , like him , we can laugh at the fury of the political bigot aud hypocrite , conscious that we shall see both in their " own place" in time .
Messrs . Helt and Allen speak of Mr . Fielden ' s opposition to "physical-force Chartism . " Let us try his" moral" teat . When an object of his own was to be effected , in 1838 , he spoke as follows : — "If the noble lord ( j . bumell ) sends hzs london police down into my peaceful valley , i will meet them at the head op the people , and drive them out . " la not that a famous ** moral" force doctrine , for one whose book it now suits to find fault with " physical-force Chartism , " who never mention the term !
As to Mr .. - DimcoMBs ' s conduct , we ask his revilers why they did not read Mr . O'Connell ' s letter , published in the Morning Chronicle , the very day previous to the meeting 1 in which Mr . O'Connell distinctly says , that the " fbanchise " should be the groundwork of Mr . Shabman Ckawfopd ' s ( not new ) scheme . Why net read that letter ; or why abuse Mr . Duncombe for doing precisely what Mr . O'Connell , the counsel to the Sturge association , had recommended ! Here , then , ia the fact . A deeply-laid plan to kill Chartism had been concocted . Duncombe exposed it . The tricksters fell into their own pitfall ; and now they are foaming with with all the rage of dieappoiutment .
There is one other sentence in the epistle of Mr . Helt and . Fronrf Stappobd Allen whioh we must notice . They complain that "Mr . DuNCOMBE ' S £ w « rnc < r at the meeting hadthe effect of increasing the confusion . " Of course then , neither of those gentlemen expected , nor desired , Mr . Duncombb ' s presence . Was that so 1 We may have a word upon this part of the Bubjeot hereafter . For the present we dismiss it with the tender of our heartfelt thanks to Mr . Duncoube for h is manly conduct , and our congratulations to the people of London for their noble triumph over a faction , who would use public opinion for their own purposes ; but who , when opposed , will not oven tolerate free expression . The following is tbe amendment which Mr . Cvpfat had intended to
propose to the 3 rd sentiment , at the Crowa aud Anchor : — " That in every struggle between Whigs and Tories for , the last sixty years , the union of the working classes for the protection of their labour has been broken up , and rendered in-operative by some measure being propounded to the people by those looking for power through popu ' ar favour and support ; while the acquisition of that power has failed to confer any practical benefit upon the working classes . That while this meeting will receive with respect and gratitude the aid of any party towards redressing the numerous grievances uuder which tbe people labour , it feels convinced that any deviation from those democratic principles to which the public mind is firmly attached would have the
inevitable tendency of weakening their strength ; and further , that any power capable of redressing popular grievances would , if honestly and energetically applied , secure for the working classes those privileges and comforts to which all admit they are entitled ; and , as this meeting is of opinion that no measuro short of tha enactment of the document called the People ' s Charter will have the effect of redressing the grievances under which the oppressed of all classes labour , and at the same time prevent the possibility of their recurrence , it hereby pledges its support and co-operation to aid ia every constitutional attempt the withholding any further supplies to the Government of the country for the accomplishment of that measuro . "
Just another word . So far from Mr . O'Connob "creating confusion , " he was called upon by tbe Chairman to address the meeting . Tha real fact was , that the " Completes" themselves commenced the disturbance , and kept it up when they eaw they wore defeated .
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not founded , by hia Lordship aad his C ommissf , or some expedient devised , by which such horn shall be put an end to , you may talk as you « 2 Lord Brougham , about the rights of proper ' so sure as there is a power above this world' ? right ? , in spite of all speculative theory—tha 4 , v wi « fall a prey to the abuses . ' " **» ¦ We heartily wish success to every effort of a Royal Commission to maintaia all the r ecaiBh interests of society , and , more than any other ti interests of the famishing and helpless poor . ' i ' v long since been stated by The Timrs , that the £ contrived scheme of Imh colonization is but am » i
shift , and a hazardous and temporary make-sMk that the disease is chronic , and the relief fromT means but transient ; still , combined with otto medicines , let this , if it must , be tried . Among tl landlords of Ireland there are , we dispute uotlain generous , humane , and excellent indiv iduals- ^ what can individuals do with a mas 3 of invefera evil—with suoh a gray-grown system of even in * luntary wrong ! Private persons can effect bat M —political followers , or even heads' olIHsh parties ! witness the frivolity and foolery of Cbarlemont-Iiom —worse than nothing ; the cure must be undertst ; by the Imperial Government , or the patient of J tunes is beyond redemption lost ; n
Let Lord Devon then , we beseech him , nerve ! resolution . Let him not sacrifice greater things less } nor set up that idol of clay—land—agai life , and th « sapless form of justice against itsvi and immortal spirit .
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Nobth Shields . —A Paisley reader wishes { North Shields correspondent to learn who ated owners of the Brig Industry of that port , and Communicate the sataeto this office . Tam Wabsteb . —The sonnet , though not devoid poetic merit iis inadmissable : " Jerraiads" fc ^ their use when occasionally given ; but it will m do to be continually turning the Star into a B « of Lamentations . " Abgus , Glasgow . —Glad to find ho has bis hoodre " peepers" bo " wide awake . " Fair play ' s ajevre Let us see the trials over , and the six swart " registered in" our memory—fairly told , then . Wait awee . These " high and haughtj humbugs , with their " deathless" trash . shalleiu
it yet . Bbaotord . —All communications to the Bradfot Chartists must be addressed to William Claris of Joseph Alderson , tailor , Bank-street , Bradfot Yorkshire . Mr . Coopeb bega to acknowledge the receipt j 53 . 3 d . from Arnold , and 21 s . from Not tiD ^ being the proceeds of a lecture delivered at tt latter place by Mr . Dorman for the benefit of I and Mra » Cooper . < Greenwich and Deptford Localitt—The r « o ! i tion sent us is an illegal one . Every man is j liberty to spend his earnings where he likes : U there must be no concert amongst a body of tm not to deal with any other man or body of bs
Charges of conspiracy are sustainable n M slender grounds . A Constant Readeb , Rutland . —Assuredly hslu | a claim for the old acccoant . Oub Dublis Friends . —We cannot manage wo for their petitions with the numerous demuj upon our space at present . Whitehad , Wikgate—No room for the Acro 3 tk The Bilbton Chabtists complain that wherew notice appeared in the Star from the Ship Is Chartists , Birmingham , that a delegate meeta would be held at Bilston oa Sunday last , to tail up the ca 9 e of Mr . Joseph Linney , at presatl prisoner in the Penitentiary , at which mee& persons from the Ship Inn would attend , vninL
ing Mr . Mason , who was to lecture to the Uuftoi Chartists , and that this announcement wufoi lowed by a letter from David Potts , seeretuj ^ the Ship Inn Chartists , requesting the Bil 8 tonme to make all preparations lor the delegation fro (| Birmingham—that the preparations were a $ M and that neither Mr . Mason , nor any other per *; from Birmingham attended , much to the vexi& | and annoyance of tbe men of Bilston . ThistoB ; munication is signed on behalf of the Council , i "> John Jones , sub-Secretary . The Glossop Sub-Secbetaby is requested to m his address to Mr . Rouse , 20 , Salisbury-stre ^ Portmau-market , London . t Ma . Robebt Bubrbli . disclaims the cojaplittai
paid to him by our Glasgow Correspondent , wi imputed to Mr . B . the credit of the healthy states ; Chartism in Long Govan . Mr . Burrell sapt&ij the prosperous etate of the Democratic cause ij that locality is not owing to the humble exertid of himself , or any other individual , bot to'tbq united and patriotic labours of all the Democrat there residing . Mr . B . wishes to have hram ^ given whera honour ia due , —which he saya w longs not to one , but to the whole of the ftttena band who are gathered under the Chartist hn&e in Long Govan . Richard Ckowther , Manchester .- ^ We may mas some use of bis communication , next week . The Minebs Employe © at thb Bardslkt Got LtEBY having seen a paragraph in the Star c January 27 th headed "More Robbery , "inwMe a statement is mada injurious to the character (
their employer , deny the truth of that statement The writers say that so far from the emplojf deriving any gain , from the monieadeduoted not the men to pay the wages of tha hooker-on , th the reverse is the case : the employer haviDgpu to the booker-on in the course of the last six j « u a sum of £ 61 12 s 3 d . more than has been pcadl the men . They therefore give the statement m » by the writer of " More Robbery , " a full and nt qualified denial . Signed Benjamin Jacks * Samuel Ashtoa , Thomas Brierley , Samuel CojC Jamea Row , Edvnu Mattley , &c , &e . = The Subscriptions . —The Hats received onTbro day morning will be published next week . WiT the several parties who send them make to up to Tuesday night in future , so that ma \ have them on Wednesday morning ? By so im they will obiige .
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Tcbn-out of Tailors at Ashton-undee-Lwe . - On Monday , the journeymen tailors of this tow to the number of nearly one hundred , turned oi for an advance of wages . Mr . Jacobs , proprietor « the London House , who , we understand , is tbe mos influential master m the town , has already consent to give the advance asked . Cotton Spinnebs' Strike . —In a former paper * stated that the cotton spinners of this city »• neighbourhood had made a demand upon their en * ployers for an advance of 10 per cent , upon the * wages . This demand has been refused ; the mas-eft at a meeting held on Wednesday , H . Dualop , E % — - —— ¦ . ^™ — ^ - —— ^^ p h h w ^™ ^ iv ^ r ™^ B ¦ ^^ ^^ & ^ ^^ ^ j ^ b W ^ g ^ B ^ ^~ ^ ^^^ — — * fc tesoui
in the chair , having come to the followin - lution : — " That wages for spinning paid in u " district are generally higher than those in Lwc * shire , and that the present state of trads is not sue ! as to warrant any advance . " In consequence of tni refusal , the men in eight or nine of the' mills stoppef work , and about an equal number havegiven in tneo warning . Tho strike , however , is not likely to & either general or long-continued . Already nnmoe of the workmen have returned to their work ; a"f it ia doubtful whether those who have given in tnefi warning will follow out their threats . —Glasgo * Argus of Monday .
Metbopolitan Tailors Thadb PaorEcrroif w ciety . —A public meeting of tbe trade for the distriA of Marylebone , was held on Monday evening last , id the Sawyers Arm ? , No , 20 , Marylebone-lane toffhlcl place the section that had formerly met at the Portf man Arms , Dorset-square , had removed . The xthsM of the Central Committee , with the exception of ti General Secretary ( who had that evening opened ( section in Westminster , at the Brittannia , Berfficill street ) , were present . Mr . Parrott was called to ftB chair , and he gave a most cheering account of" B extension Of tbe general Protection Principle , as 1 the growing desire for a general union of the ma I urging on those present to co-operate in thetr * l spirit of union . Two resolutions , condemnatory *!
unprincipled competition , and oat-door labour , ai * setting forth the necessity of a complete union ot t )» trade ; the importance of a National Delegation »> legalize such union ; the advantages that must resip from it in a general point of view ; and the certajB destruction of the trade without it , were seFeraw aud powerfully spoken to by Messrs .. Harrington * Eames , Donaldson , Cotter , and Crofton , and wett unanimously passed . A vote of thanks to the Slot was carried with acclamation ; a similar vote wh passed to the chairman , and having beea responds to , the meeting was about to be dissolved , whea »**• Parker , who had returned from the Brittannia , g * w a pleasing account of the opening of the section » J- - —— - ^ - f g —»^ V » ^ H ^ V& W »« V "I" ¦¦ !¦ "fa V * - W ** T ^ ¦*— » ~ j
Westminster , andthe determination of those pr 0 f ; l to aim at nothing but a legal protection for tawHj through union alone . The meeting separated higWJl gratified . . The Hat Makers op Dbhton are on strike »• i an equalisation of wages . , It seems that consider * ] ably less is paid by some employers than is paid oj others . They call for thesupport of their bretatf * of the trade , and of the public in genaral . In tb « i f address , they point out the conduct of several of »•¦ ¦ employers ; but particularly that of a Mr . GiBfc * * of Oldham . This just man gave £ 100 to » ; League ; and reduced the wages of hia men fifMt' ] percent , in the next work he gave out after sfl rl snbsoription . He got his jfilOO back » out of W > labourer , in one fortni ght . "Cheap" bread for flTtf -
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MR . ROBERTA'S PORTRAIT .
The ^Okthek2s T Star. Saturday, February 10, 1844.
THE ^ OKTHEK 2 s STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 10 , 1844 .
Doings Of The League-
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OASTLER . So then the " Good Old King" is about to be released from his merciless tormentors , after , satisfaction of a debt and interest whioh would have been long since paid off , and which was in course of liquidation , had not hia struggle for the rights of labour rendered him obnoxious to his debtor . In all probability , before this meets the eye of tho reader , the prison door that has been locked upon tbe " Good Old King" for now nearly four years , will have been opened , aud the Poor Man ' s Friend be at 41 liberty" once more ! His liberation is a credit to him ; for it has been mainly procured by those who , while they differ from him in politics , yet recognise in him an unflinching supporter of their rights .
Mr . Oastler is now therefore re-entering upon public life . He is coming to commune again with the people ; to advise with them ; to listen to their complaints ; and to teaoh them principles which , when reduced to practice , will render complaint unnecessary . His imprisonment , we are persuaded , will be found to have been of advantage to him . He has had tiuvj for thought ; for schooling his own mind ; and it has opened up to him a much larger sphere of usefulness . Mr . Oastler has obtained the ear of men of influence . He has long had the ear of the working people . Let us trust that he is destined to be aa instrument for greater good to the people than he has hitherto been : and for much good that the people enjoy , have they to thank their firm nud undeviating friend .
But though Mr . Oastleb intends to engage in active public Ms , it will be obvious that this cannot be done at once . Four years cooping up ia one spot , away from the exoztements aud usages of the world , works some alteration in the feelings of those so treated . Some timo is required to become again acquainted with the " ways of men . " Besides Mr . Oastleb ' s health has , for some tirae , been in a very indifferent state ; aud the excitement consequent on the unprecedented expression of public opiuion ia favour of an individual , had not tended to restore it . It will be necessary , therefore , before Mr , Oastler engag es iu the publio discussion of hiB principles , that he has tfuiet allowed him , in the midst of his own family , to recruit his shattered health .
This proposal of quiet , for a man who has been nearly four years in prison , may seem strange . But it is needful . The prison has been no plaee of quiet to Mr . Oastleb . His room has been one constant " calling-place ; " and the "King" has been compelled to hold a "levee" daily , from morning to night . Many times has he sunk quite exbamted from the exertion that thoughtlessness has forced upon him .
But though a few weeks' retirement to tbe sea side will be necessary for the restoration of the health of tho " Poor Man ' s Friend ; " yet ho will not seek it without paying first his respect to the " people . '' He can muster strength for one meeting ; one communion with his " own lads , " to let the grateful feelings with which his heart ia bursting gush forth ; and to enter again into a solemn league and covenant to prosecute labour ' s cause ia the face of all opposition .
That g athering is to be at Hudderafield ; Oastleb ' s own Hudderafield . That spot ia endeared to his heart by many , very many , associations . There ' it was where the banner of the Factory Child ' s battle was erected ; a battle which has resulted in an entire change in the feelings and notions of the working people ou Political Economt ; the effeots of which is to be seen in the new Factory Bill , introduced into Parliament this very week by Sir James Gbaham : a Bill whioh , while it is not all it should be , and which purposes to do things it should uot do , yet fully recognizes the principle for which Oastleb and his " lads" have so stoutly contended , —the Protection of Adult labourers , as well as the infantile . It was in Hudderbfield where the voles of so many Electors were recorded in
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STEAM GAOL DELIVERY . anotheb ; globiops tbiumph of constitutional law over magisterial ignorance . Last week it came to the ears of the Preston Justices , that Mr . Robsbts waa on his way to " deliver the Preston gaol of its sable inmates "; and straightway the Colliers who had been sentenced for various terms , were turned adrift upon the wide world ! The Attornet-General then directed his steps to Manchester , where several others were suffering incarceration , under the warrant of Mr . Stipendiary Magistrate Maude ; who being a barrister , ihad of course taken care that all was right
and according to law . Mr . Roberts , however , having procured writs of habeas , started with the ; gaoler and his clients , oa Tuesday night ; aud on Wednesday morning the cases were heard before Mr . Justice Wightkan . Mr . Bodkih being ill , Mr . Huddleston appeared for the men , and Mr . Cowling for the prosecutor ; and . after long argument ; and legal struggle , eight prevailed over might ; and the following seven "blacks " were onoe more restored to their families . James Bridge , James Whaly , Joseph Needham , Edwabd Jones , Josiah Holland , Josiah Leveb , and Robebt Howabth .
It is utterly impossible to describe the value of the frequent triumphs achieved by Mr . Roberts for his clients . One circumstance is worthy of note . Three cases have been now tried ; and all before different Judges : Mr . Justice Patueson , Mr . Justice Williams , and Mr . Justice Wighthan ; all of whom have rescued the unjustly punished victims from the illegal grasp of their persecutors . Could condemnation be stronger ? We understand that it is Mr . Roberts ' s intention to bring actions against the real offenders ; and if his clients do not magnanimously support him in his glorious struggle , we trust that they will henceforth suffer all the penalties of their folly and indifference .
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favour of the Champion of Labaur ' a cause , and which all-but-s ^ atel him ia the Senate . It was in Hudderafield where themoTement for Mr . Oastlbb ' s liberaiion ( now sobappilyaccomplished ) commenced : and it has been arranged , ia accordiace with the " King ' s" own feelings , that it shall be in Huddersfield where the re-union takes place . The arrangements , as far as they are completed , are as follow : —On Shrove Tuesday , i . e . on Tuesday
the 20 th instant , Mr . Oastler will be escorted into Huddersfiold by his friends . He will be met at the Brighouse Station by those ia whose cause he haa so arduously aud honestly struggled , —even while in prison . From thence , with music aud other tokens of joy , he will be accompanied in procossion to the town of Huddersfiold , where the " good Old King" will again gladden tho hearts of his " subjects" by the words of truth from his lips ' .
It would be idle to speculate on the " muster" that will be made . Where is the working man , within reach of the spot , that will not be there t Further particulars connected with , the order and time of procession aud meeting we shall give next week . The present is the not * of preparation . Let all prepare to do honour to integrity and worth .
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THE OCCUPATION OF THE SOIL . " Cast thy bread upon the waters , and it shall be seen after many dayB" were words littered by a wise man long ago ; and never words more true . Let the reader , aa he alternately peruse b the following , try to persuade himself that is from the pen of the Times , if he can ; and lot him in it see the "bread cast upon the waters" by Paine , by Cobbbtt , by Oasleb , and by the Northern Star * rrulythe cause of the labourer progresses 1 This England will be righted at last . Is there not ground for hope of this , when the Times thus speaketh Answer every reader : —
What » ; this grand question of the " occupation " of land in Ireland f The " occupation of land" is a simple-sounding phrase . Bat what if we say , instead of it , a " war for land "—land against lifeand both against law !—for so , if we call things by their proper names—so it stands—a bloody war , which rages against rich and poor , and against the laws whioit are insufficient for the defence of either —a mutual war of the stomach against the purse , and vice versa—of desperate passion , on behalf , and for the relief , of inevitable hunger—of the right to live , original and inalienable , against the right to possess , tbe creation of conventional society .
We must not , for fear of a subordinate and prospective peril , be scared from the assertion of one which already exists—which actually surrounds and bids fair to overwhelm us . We must not be deterred by the sly pedantry of Lord Brougham from looking at this question as it really is . We must not patiently listen to that fingerer of all things iu and out Of season , while he lectures the Earl of Devon , whon just on the eve of opening his gigantic taski upon the necessity of shrinking from the faithful and heroic discharge of it . When Lord Brougham had the face to caution the Eari of Devon against doing , in the conduot of his commission , aught that shall in any manner "compromise the rights of property , " we ask him , whose property does he mean I Is it alone the rich man ' s right to
his acres , to the use of them , and the infinite abuse of them ! or does be not mean to include in his protest some regard for the right of the poor man , under God ' s Charter , to live and breathe on this the Almighty ' s world ? We 6 ay of a mere lawyer , usurping and defiling the name of a " philosopher , " th&t it is too audacious in suoh a mau to attempt this barricade upon the conscience ! of a great publio officer just entering , litce Lord Devon , iuto a function so sacred and so diffioult—that he must have a care to take none but a conveyancer ' s view of a question , embracing as well rights antecedent to human BO ' oiety , as rights derivative under it , and be governed by a one-sided $ olicitude for the maintenance of the subaltern interest to the overthrow aud subversion of the chief !
What was this same Lord Brougham ' s argument in the case of West Indian slavery ! Why , he scouted scornfully the notion of respecting the property of the West Indian colonists . He said their property in slaves was a disgrace to the countrythat the publio interest and public honour , and our place among nations , required that suoh property should no longer exist—that such a right as that of the colonists in their slaves should bo no longer tolerated ; yet jit was lawful property—yet it was a
vested right , and abolished it was—Brougham non dissentientei Then , is the Irish landlord ' s right so to use his land as to make it an instrument for the destruction of human life one whit mom sacred according to law than tho right of the West Indian to the fruits of that capital which he has laid out in thei lawful purchase of Blaves ! But we propose nothing so monstrous as Lord Brougham did . We recommend not the confiscation of any man ' s estate .
Here ia the case Lord Devon has to deal with : — The peasant population of Ireland are ia pressing want of land to raise food for their families . The immediate possession of every given five acres out of lease is essential to , perhaps , each ono of some 20 individuals , shaving wives and children . They bid against each other without exactly calculating the produce of the land ; they have a right to do so—a legal right . | The landlord accepts the highest oSer , which also , without professedly calculating the acreable value , he ha 9 an undoubted right to do . We say nothing of the moral right of either party—of the tenant to offer more than tbe land will pay , or of the landlord to accept it . But if we must give an opinion upon the subject , beyond all question it is as dishonest in
; the tenant to ofier , aa it is ia the landlord to let the _ farm for , a higher rent than can be fairly made oi it . But tbe difference is this :- The tenant is compolled by tho iron hand of hunger—an excuse assuredly for deeper crimes than an untenable promise i under pinching want ; whereas ths landlord is not fore &d by famine , and is not to be excused by purblind cupidity , for demanding a rent which the most industrious occupier could not pay —tor which ; no solvent tenant , and none but a perishing desperado , would have the face to pledge itself . What then happens ! Tho rents are not paid , ejectments are executed , the defaulting ienantg are ousted , the iacomers murdered in their beds . Is not this a true picture I Is anything exaggerated ? And must the reality last for ever !
Tins is what Lord Devon has to deal with . Property is already outraged ; living men are sacrificed to the name of property ; yet there comes in a vociferating lawyer— ' * Oh ! take care you don ' t touch the rights ofj * property ; ' hold sacred every bloodstained clod ; let peasants by hundreds gasp in their own gore ; I let them , Lord Devon , manure the wasted soil with their bodies , but , above all things , protect ihe full purse—prey upon the empty stomach . " i
How , we ten Lord Devon that such things are net to be reconciled . The rights of property thus abused aro inconsistent with the paramount right of human beings to their existence . If eome law be
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Bolton Banbdbt . —Yes . Jamea Guest ThnM pence each . To Agents . —Those Agents in arrears cannot tot their Portraits till they pay off their accounts . P . Derbt , and several others . —We hare no ! any copies of last Saturday's Star left .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1251/page/4/
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