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IHE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1844.
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O CONNOR, HILL, AND WATKINS.
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TUST PUBLISHED , and may be now had of all ; J News-agents and Booksellers , price twopence , i ( not threepence as announced in our last ) , a Letter I from Mr . O'Connor , in reply to the several charges 1 and accusations brought against him by Hill and I Watkins , in which Mr . O'Connor enters minutely 1 and critically into every act charged against him , j not only by those parties , but by his numerous i revilers during the whole of his political career . j The reason of Hill's dismissal ; the plain and straight * ! forward reply to that gentleman ' s " one fact j more , " together with Mr . O'Connor ' s" answer to i every separate charge of Mr . Watkins' fifteen Ari tides of Impeachment , are clear , plain , unmistakej able , and conclusive . ! May be had of Cleave , London ; Heywood , Man-! ohester ; Hobson , Leeds : and of all Booksellers .
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DOINGS OF THE LEAGUE . DtnTFRTES—In tieBafcnrday Post of last-week there 1 b a report of a l&ndlorts' protection meeting in the little village cf Dairy , which is not without Its moral . Prem that account it appears that a lew local Tories had called & "public meeting of those in the parish favourable to a rational protection of British industry , " to concert measures of counteraction to " the machinations of those who now seem to seek the Tain of the British farmer , fortbeir own selfish aggrandisement " On . the morning ol toe meeting , " says the Posl , " the tillage hellHian was sent loand with a counter jirodama titm . This intimation seamed to have set the villagers on the alert ? and , accordingly , by the Sow of meeting , a good tarn-out had taken place , and the Xeaeners , supplied with anti-Corn law tract * { trash 1 ) __ _ ...
distributed them freely ^ o sunder . The « rowd ther * made for tha Sihool House , where they were Intercepted Jby the niral polieeinin and the sheriff officer . To what important nses , parenthetically « xelaims cnroracle , — "to what important naes to the landlords may the rural police not he applied ? " These cattle are , no donbt , rery useful in their way ; and Mr . "White , of Birmingham , with many more , could have told him that the landlords hare no . a monopoly of ihla species of " rural force , " whatever they may of other things . On meeting with this interruption , the proclamation convening the meeting was -called far and « ad , and s portion of the crowd having forced themselves half-way up the stairs , not only prevented others from entering , bnt formed themselves into & meeting ,
elected a t-haiTTnun , pased resolutions in favonr of a total and immediate Bepeal of the Com laws ; and In the end , brofce the railing « f the staircaase , and came to the ground en masse , some of them getting severe bruises , if sot broken bones . 2 ^ ow , < -although the system of faTOng private meetings to discuss public questions cannot be defended , these anU-Leaguers were doing nothing bnt what has been done , with but few exceptions , during the entire course of the agitation by the anti-Corn law League ; and any attack on the system , or approbation of the course pnrsned by the ¦ villagers , fames with a peculiar bad grace from a
partisan of Cobden and Co . Still the occurrence should jaot be lort sight of by the democratic party , forming , as it does , such a good precederd ; and though it took place in a small Tillage , the event only proves that it is not want of will , but want of power , which keeps the same confederacy from interrupting Chartist meetings in the more Important because more populous parts of the country . If the facts of the ctse be true , top , it ought to incite the Chartists of Scotland to exert themselves more than they have hitherto done in carrying their principles among the agricultural and Tillage population , which their limited means have prevented them from doing to any great extent
COBDEN IN 6 LOTJCESTEK . On Saturday last , a county meeting was held in the Shire Hall of Gloucester , lor the purpose of considering the Com Laws , when Cobden , Thompson , and Bores way Moore , attended as a ( dupe-yon ) deputation from the League . Cobden spoke first ; then Holland , from Worcestershire , who proposed a Free Trade resolution ; then , one Hunt , a drab-coloured gentleman ; ah ! I forgot , " a brother tenant farmer , ' * from hard by "Whitfield , the farm of Lord Dacle , who by-the-bye took the shair . While Hunt was speaking , or rather roaring , far scares went away because of the great variety of subjects on which he so lengthily expended his wind and the power of his lung * , —I handed the following to the -chairman : — " To the Hon . Chairman
I wish to reply to the proceeding speakers as a native ol the county , and as a farmer ' s son , and to give the oUier side ^ fair chance of reply . " The Chairman gave the slip on which it was written to Cobden to have his advie * upon the matter , when Bcgiey and old Dame Thompson had their quiz and their whispers . Their consultations on this proposal lasted ten minutes , when it was again placed before the Eul Chairman , who , when Hunt had bunted Free Trade ,-class legislation , the franchise , t * T »" , curr ency , and a dozen other irrevelant subjects , rose and said , " a gentleman , who said he was a farmer's son , wishes to reply to what has been Bid ; and he hoped the meeting would give him a fair bearing ; but he had no doubt but the meeting would require him to confine himself to the subject before
them . Mi . Clarke , will , therefore , now address you . " 2 then stepped forward , aad was met by a Tery fine specimen of uproar . I told the Chairman and the meeting I would confine myself strictly to the question , after one observation in reply to which Mr . 'Bant said of Free Trade advancing enfranchisement , remarking in awwer that if the owners of hosee property reduced rent in proportion to the general depredation of property resulting from the tariff , as the landlords had done , that the franchise wcnld be reduced thirty per cent . And I now say that every man renting under £ 12 would lose bis vote , and will lose it , if the » wners of house property deal even five per cent , less'justice to their tenants than the landlords have to their farmers , namely , twenty percent ., the latter having
got twenty-five . Many tenants-at-will wonld , I stated , share the same faU , and this was Free Trade enfranchisement Hunt turned this off with a sly bnt conscious leer ; »™ i I proceeded . Cobden's first proposition was , that "the C » m Laws were no protection to the firmer , nor to any one- " In answer , I observed , that the Com Laws were protection to the farmer , and is some degree to the labourer ; for a recent interference with them had eaused a reduction in the fanner ' s means of paying bis taxes , rest , 4 c ; and also a reduction of the labourer's wages to the amenntof twenty percent This proved that a reduction in the protective duties caused , and was followed by , a similar reduction in the price of produce , and in profits and wages Here I was stopped by the yelling of tbe * hoby-h «> liday
lads , who were therefor thepurpose of drowning the marks of approbation which this truth elicited . In short , I was interrupted nine times in a speech of forty-five minutes duration ; I should have spoken for an boar , but for the impossibility of getting a hearing . I now turned short round on Cobden , and said , " I am invited here to-day by Mr- Cobden himself ; for on Thursday fortnight , at Covent Garden , hs said , ' I invite all comers to oppose ns at my eounty meeting * . ' " To which he replied , 11 Bat is tone . " I bow got a hearing , to reply to bis next proportion— " H the Com Laws protect anybody , it is the landlords . * ' This was contradictory of his first affirmation , which 1 observed to the meeting , with their marks of assent I now took bis admission , and proved that all protection accruing to landlords , pi
such , must be of necessity indirect ; and , farther , that it must be the result of direct protection to the tenant , whom Cobden had j&st declared received no protection from protective imports . I proved this position by shewing that All extra rent arising from the Corn Xsws was first received by the tenant , in the shape of increased prices for his produce , as the effect of them . This most be to the tenant direct , to the landowner indirect , protection , a fortiori . ( Here the row again . ) 2 fot 31 am speaking of Cobden ' s proposition only . Hia next , after much blarney about their " fresh-coloured , forced , great stature , " 4 c , was— " that protection was humiliation . ' To which ths farmers might have replied— " If we haTe grown stont and fat nnder protection , which jgu admit * why not let nsalnne ? Why
deprive us of these advantages , by repealing the Com Iaws , which haTe secured this to iu ? " Bat to which I replied— "If protection be humiliation , the opposite of protection is barbarism ; of humiliation , independence : therefore if Mr . Cobde& ' s doctrine be true , barbarism is independence ; for all laws are passed on the principle of protection ; nay , the end , aim . and purpose of every civilised society in existence is protection . The cause of our distress is not protection , but the wast of protection , I object not to the Cjrn Laws , because they in bunt on this sound and trne principle ; but what I ebj eet to is the system of withdraw ing protection . from labour which has been to long and xninonsly carried on . In fact ,, the New Poor Law was a legal robbery of the last stake of the poor in the protec
tion system . I say the labourer has a right , an indefeasible and indestructible right to protection . But repeal the Corn laws and you diminish his power , by redne-2 ag his wages which an his means , as a consumer , whether *> f food , of law , or anything else—( stopped again } . Cobden said the land valuers told him " that from 1815 to 2822 they valued tenants in ibe understanding that wheat should fetch 80 b . per quarter by Act of Parliamenfc . " O the lying-living contradiction . A . fortnight ago he said at Covent Garden that he •¦ had made inquiries , and found that the tenant farmers reported to haTe Jpoken at the antlrLeagus meetings were , in fact , generally land Takers " He said in my presence at Hereford , that " almost all the speaker against him were land ageata ; the tenant formers were
notin favour of the Corn Iawb , but these Tamers were , because of the greater per cenUge they secured to them on the rents they received . " This I told them , was a third admission of the protective effects of tbe Corn Laws , after denying that they gave any protection whatever—{ yelling again ) . I told him that I believed the report of his subscribing for plate to Emerson Tennant for procuring protection to the calico printers . " To this be said , "that is not true ; Mr . Ferrand said so ; bet of course it is nntrne . " ( Bedlam run mad . ) Heinsmnced Gomsey and Jersey to show the good " result of Free Trade . " To which I replied , that dots not apply to our ease , bat the Tariff does ; and the rule of monopoly is , that when a scheme or principle worts well on a amaH scale itmay , butnotalways will , work well on one
more extensive . Bat when it does sot work well on the small scale , it is absolutely impossible for it to work otherwise * ft * " ill and Ticiously on a larger ot more extensive trial- The Tariff is the developement of Pree Trade on a small scale ; generally it has been-Tery injurious ; it is cleax , ~ ihen , that Hie principle of Free Trade is bad , and that its general adoption would prove blighting , destructive and ruinous . This wa » the answer to his Channel Island sophistries . My wages was interruption . The Millocrat asked , " wby i » it that wages are laid to be kept » p by 4 be Corn Laws , when the fact is that they never fail with tbe fafl in the price of wheat , nor rise with its rise . "
I admit tills fjrtilr . Cobden ; but your mode of arguing on it is a rank sophistry , and nothing else . You ask , " why does sot the cause and effect appear both , at once 1 " for this is the fair construction of your Ian- j gnagB . This is asking—why does nof that happen i which eannot happen ? Absurd . Why expect the gull ! to be hatched as soon as the egg is laid ? Why , it is j known that causes generally precede their Effects by ; r # oiy ! ctefable jjeriods of time . Farmers ard" others i i , ^ w | gttiB 0 in » SBrtaui of spermanent rise ? therefore they ] " S ; " $ _ ^ " ~ waB " aiCJ" # e 6 iar ' at least before rising wages . It is the \ * * < 6 Jj > :- » yi » m 5 w ? tfinS > r 1 « fea fall : they donotlo ^ rer wages at the j ry ^ t ^ g fatr A * Qms ' ; "irata monio af terwaxds . Here it ah appli-
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cation of Cobden's great fallacy about " wages not rising when the price of wheat does . " He declaimed , as usual , about speaking in the future tense , and said , " if you join with me , and procure a repeal of the Com Laws , you will afterwards obtain leases and get yonr farms on better terms . " To which was replied by me— " he before repudiated fdtorialng and prophesying ; but he sow practically repudiates bis own professions . Besides , this is asking you to give up protection ,-that you may get protection ; give np power that you may get power ; which means , get power with so power ; when you are down ask for the protection of leases , alias , " humiliation . " He went on in a similar strain of nonsense for about aeventyfive minutes , and I replied to all , that I had an
opportunity of answering in the . time given me . But now , all Repealers bear this . Richard Cobden , in his address , said , " I consider Ireland is a port ot England , and should remain so , " which called forth much noise . This wai heard by all ; and yet Daniel O'Connell is ( I since learn ) personally leaguing with this enemy of Repeal , this caluminous tradncer of Irishmen . I proposed an amendment in defence of the principle of protection , which was seconded by Wm . Palmer , Esq . and duly pui , but only a few voted for it- Dr . Cether , of Gloucester , was put down by a Bhow of hands , by these freedom of discussion humbugs . Richard Workman , a Chartist of the right stamp , told them to their faces "
hedid not believe they were honest , and that the only remedy for the working classes was foil and equal representation in the House of Commons . " The Earl Dude gave him a little blarney for his sensible remarks , which Workman didjnot thank him for . It was now after four o ' clock , and thanks were given to the deputation , &c , the meeting having begun at eleven . But I expect Korey and Thompson had their say after they bad got rid of all opposition by this same trick of thanks to the deputation ; but I could not stay , having twenty miles to go before eight o ' clock . I omitted to state before , that 1 told Cobden to his face , " I would , if defeated ninety-nine times , meet him andjoppose him the hundredth , —Correspondent P * S . There were only 250 fanners in a meeting of 3000 persons .
Ihe Northern Star. Saturday, March 2, 1844.
IHE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 2 , 1844 .
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THE " IMPRACTICABLES " . Cukrax , the Irish wit , being once asked by a prisoner what was the next best thin * that ho could do to proving bis innocence , replied , prove your ac ' euser guilty" We have been termed "impractioables " by almost every section of tliding-tcale politicians ; and while the position of oar party , the extension of oar principles , and tbe devotion paid to them by the working classes , at onoa establishes our innocence directly ; we shall now indirectly establish it by the legal role laid down by the Irish wit . All the really impracticablea" have joined over Lord John Rcsssll's motion , in the hope of framing a bit of ** practicability oat of their sundry crotchets . They have failed however . But what we feel more
especially called upon to comment on jb the bit of w praclicar' Chartism propounded by Shabhan CBAwroBD , and enforced by his completes " . We have met with no little reproach for having exposed the want of " practicability" of the Honble . Member for Rochdale . It is well known that we like the man for his simplicity ; admire him for bis candour ; love him for Ms country , and respect him for his character . Speaking politically , he has b&en an unfortunate mas . As Napoleon said of his brother Joseph , everything he puts a finger in , fails . We may farther say , —as horae-raoing , doe-figktine ,
badger-baiting , and the cock-pit , hare occupied Ihe attention of onr wisemen" for the last week , —that the Hon . Member is not a "favourite . " He is a beaten horse ; and has been beaten so often , and so unmercifully , that we fear to back him . On Monday night the Hon . Member for Rochdale moved , — not according to his pledge—that t&& suppur ? SBOL'ID B 8 STOPPKD C 2 VZH . THE PEOPLES GBISYAHCES WEKE EKDBEfSED , —• £ «* &al the consideration of the estimates should be postponed ¦ until after Easier !
Upon the first "start" tbe Hon . Member had tweaty-eight backers in the ring . On the second , his friends fell off to twenty-two ; and upon Monday night they were diminished to eleven . No donbt tbe hopelessness created by the majority of ninetynine against the return of the Whigs to office , —for that was tbe real meaning of Lord John Russell ' s motion , —had some effect upon Honourable Members Howbeit the Member for Rochdale , out of 658 could could command only eleven rotes .
We do not mean to assert that the poorness of tbe minority in any way disproves the value of the principle , although it may establish the charge of " impraclicabilUtf" against its advocates . But what we propose to do is , to expose the "whole juggle from beginning to end . Imprimis , then , tbe honourable mover merely proposed the postponement of tbo consideration of tbe Estimates , complaining chiefly , not of the scantiness of tbe electoral body , bnt of tbe Irish representation ; letting out , so doubt , unguardedly the following invitation to Free Traders : — " he WOPLD ASK THOSE HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN WHO
TOOK A PABT IS THE ASITATION POB THB BEFEAL OP THE COSS LAWS , WHgTHEB THET OUGHT NOT TO INSIST TPON THAT EEPEAL BEFOBE THET TOTED THB SUPPLIES TO G 0 V £ BN 3 £ EHT ? Wj £ RE THEY 1 O GO ON TOTING TKS MONEY OF THE PBOVLB , WITHOUT EN " DEATOCHISG TO FOBCE TPON THE HOUSE THE J 1 SCUSS 1 ON OP THOSE LAWS ? He WOULD HEFER TO
THE P 0 W . ESFUL SPEECH OP THE HONOUBABLE MEMBEB FOIl COILK , AND HIS MODERATE BEMlNDS on behalf op IRELAND . " Here , then , we have tbe real "jwar pipe" ! Here we have the precise " onion" between English Free Traders and Irish patronage hunters clearly developed . Here we have the nncontradicted assertion of the moderate dehands" of Mr . O'Connell on behalf of Ireland . Colonel Rawdon , who seconded the motion , followed , and never once touched upon , or even mentioned , the crying grievance—ths ttani op the Suffrage : but asugned as his reason for
supporting tbe proposition , that he did not think the motion of the Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) on a former evening sufficiently comprehensive . Mr . W . Wn ,-liams , tbe Member for Coventry , was tbe third Fpeaker ; and he , like OHrselves , found fanlt with the lameness of Mr . Cbawfobd ' s motion . Mr . Wil-LJAM 3 said " that had the Hononrable Member nioTed that the whole of the estimates should belaid before the Bouse , before any part of them was Toted , he should tbe more readily hare supported bis motion . " Next came the Honourable Member for Oldbam , Mr . Fielden ; and in a speech
occupying nearly two columns of tbe grievous hardship of the Income Tax upon * Fielder and Brothers , " we find the peculiar grievance of the Honoarable Gentleman thus graphically sketched : " It was a stretch of power which he called on the Government to look into at onee ; for he could tell them that although this had been borne once or twice , there were murmurs arising that would burst forth on a repetition of ihis injustice . " Dr . Bowring , the advocate of starvation , was tbe next "impracticable" wbo spoke of a grievance . Next came Mr . E . B . Roche , Mj * . for Cork , whose grievance was
tbe Irish Chnrch . Next came the Honourable Member for Nottingham , who assigned the following pertinent reason for refusing to support the motion of Mr . Crawford . He said , "if the Hon . Member had brought forward any thing specific , he might have voted with him ; but really to move an amendment without pointing out any plan , without stating what T ? as to be done meanwhile , and without telling them why thej should voto the estimates any more after . Easter than before Easter ; really , for such an ameBdinent as that he ( Mr . GiSBOBNE ) could notgire a Tote . "
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We really think that there is much of common sense in Mr . Gisbornb ' s reproof to the " impracticable" member for Rochdale . And now we would ask , if ever more discordant elements of ""Union" were presented ; to the mind of man , than those upon which the " impracticablea" sought to rally national aupport ! Another Tiew of the case , which Tery forcibly presents itself , is this ; we Bhould be glad to know how many of the eleven volunteers could be relied upon , if the Hon . Member had made the Suffrage the grounds of his amendment ! Would Col . Rawdon have then supported him ? Would Dr .
Bowsing ? Would Mr . E . B . Roche ? Or would Mr . Daniel O'Conneil , one of the short dozen 1—We opine not : and hence , upon its next skirmish , four joints of Mr . Crawford ' s impracticable" tail will be cut off . We never heard so poor a report after such a flash and so much smoke ! and right glad are we to have saved the national strength from such an insult as such a defeat would have administered , had it joined the " impracticables" in their wild attempt to repeal the Corn Laws , repeal the Income Tax—and confer upon Ireland that MOPERATE JUSTICE which Mr . O'Connell now demands ! We Bhall for a moment advert
to the power required by the Honourable Member for Rochdale to ensure the success of his scheme . " Forty members might be had . Thirty waa sure to co-operate ; and twenty , if true to ono another , will insure the victory . " Such was the prospectus with which the old novelty was heralded forth . We admitted the power of suoh a body , if honestly usod but we asked from what source it was to spring , and th « question even yet remains unanswered . Mr . Duncombe required the names of those upon whom the Hon . " impracticable" relied . He aaked if he had forty , thirty , ten , or even five ;
and the answer was " no . " And yet Mr . Duncombb , who upon three several occasions has voted for the Honourable Member ' s motion , was denounced for creating disunion ! If we are to believe the League sincere in their desire to repeal the Corn Laws ; the anti-Malthusians sincere in their desire to repeal the Poor Law Amendment Aot ; tbe Irish Repealers sincere in their desire to effect their object ; and the Whigs , —iu wbo 3 e sincerity to clutch the loaves and fishes once more , no man for a moment doubts;—we ask , why it is , that these " liberal" sections , whose supporters range from -10 to 225 , do not try the scheme of the Hon . Member for Rochdale as a means of
redressing their respective grievances ? Must not every man of common sense now see that the objeot of the sectional brigade was , to rouse popular support as a means of redressing peculiar grievances under which the middle classes laboured ! We have well watched the proceedings of this party ; we have Tory fearlessly thrown omrselves in the breach , between the " UnioniBtB" and the people ; we have watched their every dodge ; and we very soon proolaimed the fact , that English agitatioa , and Irish ebulition , was to be softened down to Whig temperature . Events , as they have developed themselves , have shown that we were right .
We haTe so far discussed what wo may term the English branch of the question ; and now turn to the Irish limb . Mr . John O'Connell has been dispatched as a pilot engine to the Conciliation Hall , to prepare the way for the reception of the u Liberator , " who will shortly arrive as supercargo , with a specimen of English Liberalism . Mr . John O'Connell presided over a meeting in the Conciliation Hall on Monday last ; and , amidst a considerable quantity of old twaddle , let slip the following feeler : —
" He did not deny the good will towards Ireland which hadtsen manifested by tbe Liberal members ; on tbe contrary , h&gave them full credit for their intention to serve her , and for the kindly expression of their sympathy towards her friends ; but , unhappily , they ( the English Liberal members ) were powerless , and coold not carry out their good intentions towards this country . ( Hear , bear . ) Tbe question now was , what were they to do ; were they to give up Repaal ? ( Cries of ' * No , no . He confessed if he saw that the Liberal party had ( he power of doing good to this country ( he did not say that he would do so ) , he had his MISGIVINGS AS TO WHETHER TBEY SHOULD NOT BB given some additional trial . ( Loud and prolonged cries of " * To , no , " and " Never . ")"
Now , let the reader keep the above passage in his recollection , and couple it with the two following paragraphs from a letter from the " Liberator" read at the Bame meeting : — " London , Feb . 24 , 1811 . " My dear Rat , —I am not a little proud at being able to congratulate the Association on one circumstance of ao small magnitude . I mean the geaeroas sympathy exhibited by the English people towards tbe friends and sufferings of the Irish . I have constant
manifestations of this kindly and generous spirit ; but the meeting at Covent-garden , on Wednesday , prodnoed a & » ne never exceeded , and I do believe never equalled , in any country . This is a spirit to be cherishedy as well as admired , for its noble generosity . I am sure the Association will reciprocate these laudable and honourable feelings , and that the Irish nation will show that Irish gratitude will at least equal English generosity . We must cultivate these kindly sentiments at both sides .
" The melancholy reflection , however , follows , that it is qaito useless ; for the wise and the good in Great Britain to desire m they do , cordially and sincsrely , that juatioa should be done to Ireland . Alas ! power has passed from the wise and the good , and is vested in the selfish and the blgotted . The monopolists and the bigots have got possession of Parliamentary power . Class legislation prevails . The spirit of reform is extinct , or lives in little more than isolated Individuals . The unhappy genius of Chartism is still sufficiently strong to delude some of the operative classes—at those to whom increased reform would give increased power to alleviate their hard condition , and improve the social state . "
Aye , good jaggler ! notwithstanding the " generous sympathy of Englishmen" so " warmly oxpressed" even for their bitterest enemy , yet , thank God ! " the unh appy genius of chartism" is sxill sufficiently stronc to prevent you selling your own country and theirs a second tine for Whig patronage ! Mr . O'Mahony , one of the speakers at the above meeting , made a few remarks [ about the
possibility of abandoning Repeal , which he understood the Chairman to have suggested to the meeting ; which , however , the Hononrable Chairman denied ; but which was evidently his intention , had it not been met and counteracted by the loud" no's , '' " never ' s , " and disapprobation" of the brave Irish people , who constituted the meeting . Here then the whole case is clearly pourtrayed to the" u nhappy g enius of Chartism . " Here we have the offered
sale of English " sympathy . " Here we have the preferred barter of Ireland for a second trial " of Whig patronage . But here , thank God ! we also have the
"UNHAPPY GENIUS OF CHABTISM !" after eight years of unparalleled suffering and persecution , stepping in to save the country from the horror and disgrace of a second bargain and sale I ! Was this the time to have cowed before oppression ! Was this the hour when all that Ireland had done was to be undone ! and was the restoration of the " coercion" Whigs ; the Poor Law WhigB ; the Chartist persecuting Whigs ; the Irish police establishment Whigs jthe IriBh Repeal crushing Whigs ; the IriBh tithe supporting Whigs ; . the '' base , bloody , andbrutal" Whigs ; waa the restoration of
this base and cruel faction to be the only return to the Irish people for their confidence , their devotion , and their thousands and tens Of thousands of pounds ! ! Ah ! the unhappy genius of Chartism ? which disinherited those dear to them for attempting to make merchandise of persecution , will teach the great " grievance merchant , "that the honest course which has achieved for Chartism its present position , will consign him to the same ignominy which ' has attended all other " grievance mongers , " Bhould he dare to sell one partiole of the principle of Repeal for another " trial" of Whig patronage .
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past must be taken as kindly remonstrance to awaken others to a timely eensa of their duty , rather than as reproach for past negligence . The monopoly and consequent evil effects of machinery have been the theme of many discourses in the Northern Star . We have not confined ourselves to that narrow view of its immediate effects which appeared ; to be a range , though limited , yet beyond the compass of the mind of our Free Trade contemporaries . We have spoken fit as it is , as it would be , and as it ought to be : as it is , consigning sections of the working classes to beggary—as it would be , consigning their whole order to starvation—and as it ought to be , conferring upon them increased comforts , advantages , and happiness .
! It was not long since tha comparative boast of those trades whose labour machinery had not yet directly affected , that they remained unhurt , and unscathed by the monster . In vain did we direct attention to the first ; class of sufferers , and the boldest section of antagonists—the handloom weavers . In vain did this body , —onee the pride and glory of Old England , when their labour mark upon the fabric constituted national greatness , —call upon all sections of labour to join iu time in arresting the progress of tbe stealthy monster ' s march . In vain did we direct attention to the indirect influences of machinery upon those trades , not yet directly affected by its influence . In vain have we pointed out the fact that handloom weavers removed from
their own cottages to loathsome cellars by the operation of machinery , was a warning to others whose day of tribulation and sorrow would assuredly though slowly come . In vain did we tell Masons , Tailors , Slaters , Plasterers , Nailmakers , and Joinrbs , and all concerned in the building of houses and the furnishing of houses , that every cottage deserted by the honest hand-loom weaver , while empty , was an injury to their trado ; that the supply even of houses would be in the proportion to the demand ; and in proportion as machinery lessened that demand ! would the same machinery inevitably lessen
the value of their labour in the market . Iu vain did «> e Bhow the joiners of Birmingham that while in 183 C there were only 500 empty houses in that town , in 1840 there were 3 , 500 untenanted . In vain did we tell them that tbe disconsolate inmates had been driven as part occupants of a cellar , or compelled to seek refuge in th » metropolis or elsewhere , leaving behind them the inoreased competitive power . That was the indirect effect of machinery only ; but now that its direct influence has sptung suddenly upon them , they will mayhap cast a retrospective glance at our former admonitionsi
and embraoe in trouble those moaDs for its correction which wo then recommended for the prevention o ^ the evil now complained of . We tell the joiners that however imperfect the work of tho enemy may be in the outset , its onward march is now certain ; and that all , even the most glaring faults in the commencement will be remedied by subsequent improvements . Why doubt ths possibility of moulding wood to the most fanciful shape , when iron , brass , and steel are now severally oompelled to yield their roughness to form , mould , shape , and polish ; all these imparted by machinery . The joiners of Birmingham vainly suppose that the exposure of present imperfections will deter tho experimentalists from their project , or the public from giving them
its support . Supposing that in its infancy the hi * chins-joiner will not give to the architrave , tho window-sash , or fancy moulding , the same finish as the hand ; will it not do the grosser work of sawing , planing , tTyiug-up , common moulding , channelling , ploughing , squaring , and so forth ; leaving to time such improvements as will enable architects , master builders , and master carpenters to dispense with manual labour altogether ! They may make spirited speeches , as ] no doubt they did ; they may arrange their machinery , and subscribe their pence , to put it into working order ; they may remonstrate against the injustice , and appeal to , and receive , the sympathy of the public ; but public sympathy , in such oases is
bnt—** A BLETHERING OOXD BITCH . " As well may the ragged regiment of hand-loom weavers , with discarded shuttles in their hands , stand before the loaded cannon ' s mouth and say , 11 Come on ; our resolve is taken . Our machinery is organized . We have got public sympathy ; and therefore we dread not your fire . " And all this remonstrance would bo just as availing against the power of the cannon , as that of the joiners against the power of machinery . Their turn is only come ; a little before others of different crafts . Let them then commune with those who have suffered , and
those who are likely to suffer , from their former &upineness ; and then independently of publio sympathy , of the arranging of committees , and of penny subscriptions , they will have publio strength to make their bitterest enemy their best friend . The Joiners have never joined in those arrangements which would have equally protected themselves and all other classes of labourers from the inroads of machinery . They stood by and laughed , nay mocked , while the poor handlootn-weavera struggled alone , reconciled to their reduced comforts by their comparative advantages . - They never dreamed of machinery
executing fine mouldings ; and they never thought that the man without a door to his house , or without a house , would bo a bad customer in the market Perhaps even oow the olookmakar , tbe watchmaker , the cutler , and the glazier , prompted by equal ignorance , may thus console themselves : " Well , we are better off than the carpenters—machinery does not yet do our work . " It may be so ; but if it does not do their work , it will limit the demand for their work : because the joiner without work will require neither clock , nor watch , nor glazed windows , nor cutlery ; and therefore will the demand for suoh things become comparatively diminished .
When improvements affecting the interest of corruptionists are made , it is a theory of " national paith "—of honour—and of high-ininded English justice , thatt compensation shall be awarded to the useless corruptionist for the loss of that to which he never had better title than the law of might . But , if there is any truth in the assertion that laws are made equally for the rich and the poor , how , we ask , are the carpenters thus displaced by machinery to be compensated for expenditure for the necessary education , and for the payment ef premium given for a knowledge of that trade which , unequal laws unjustly allow machinery to destroy ?
We have now read our first lesson to the new class of sufferers from the most recent encroachment of the common enemy ; and shall conclude for the . present with the assurance that all their preliminary arrangements , their appointment of officers ] their appeals to publio sympathy , and their penny subscriptions , Will prove mare lost labour . These must be looked upon as good rungs in the Chartist Ladder . Let them complete the ladder ; and then we shall admit the efnoaoy of such machinery to keop it in good working order .
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LIBERATION OF THE KNUTSFORD ' COLLIER VICTIMS . As we intimated in oar last , the two Colliery Victims , recently confined in Knutsford Gaol , appeared in custody of the celebrated Burgess—the tenderhearted gaoler—before Mr . Justice Coleridge :, on Saturday last , upon a writ of habeas corpus ; and after an unsuccessful struggle by the counsel of the Master for their return to the place from whence they came , in the custody of the gaoler , they were liberated by the constitutional Judge ; and so great
was the interest created in their behalf , that the kind-hearted solicitor for the prosecution presented them With half-a-crown upon their liberation . Such acts are rarely committed by men who " smile and grow fat" upon others' misfortunes ; and therefore we-the more cheerfully record the fact . The " tender-hearted" Burgees , whose honoured name has become so familiar to the English ear , promised " to treat his prisoners kindly , " on their arrival at five o ' clock in tho morning . But , unlike the kindhearted solicitor employed to oppose their liberation , Bukgess consigned his victims to the stinking Sta-
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tion-honse in Vine-street , where they were locked up in the very cell iu which O'Connor was confined when arrested for the League revolution . The case was heard before Mr . Justice Coleridge ; and thus have four out of the five Justices of the Queen ' s Bench proclaimed the triumph of constitutional law over magisterial ignorance and injustice ! Mr . Roberts jhas very properly commenced actions against every lone of the masters and magistrates who have been concerned in these illegal practices . It would appear that these frequent triumphs of
law , affording ; as they do , a sort of protection to labour , though a costly one , hare raised the alarm of-the capitalists . A Biii has been very snugly and quietly introduced into the House of Commons , ostensibly for the purpose of giving increased powers to " servants and artificers for the recovery of wages before Justices ; " yet for the real purpose of confering additional powers upon masters and their Justices . The Bill has been prepared and brought in by Mr . William Miles , Mr . Robert Palmer ,
and Mr . Gallt Knisht ; and was ordered to be printed on the 23 rd inst . Can any body tell us , whether the three Honourable Gentlemen , or any of them , are connected with , or have any interest in , Mines or Collieries I Have they found out that all the committals to prison for imputed ' neglect" of work have been unlawful , except in cases where all the relationships of master and servant fully subsist ? and have thoy brought in a Bill to legalise a most illegal practice 1
This new Bill is a matter of some importance . It will affect every order of Labour in the land Colliers , Pitmen , Manufacturing Operatives , Servants , and Agricultural Labourers . Next week we will give it at full length , so that the labourer may see how soon capital can protect itself , because it has the power of law-making in its hands ; and he may learn a useful lesson from that fact , that the only means of affording real and effectual Protection to Labour will bo by investing tho labourer with political power equal in amount to that now possessed by the capitalist .
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Friend at | Paislet , wishes to know wbo are the owners of the brig Industry , of North Shields . Onr North Shields correspondent says , In reply , that there are four ] vessels of that name belonging to the port , two of North , and two of South Shields . Mr . Wetberby and Mr . Fleming , are the North Shields owners ; and Mr . Howden , and Messrs . Young and Barker , the South Shields . John Kirk , Darn all . Mr . Roberh ' s address is " Arcade , Newcastle . ' * A letter addressed to him there will reach him . Mr . Sinclair ^ Newcastle —The notice about the club woul 4 be charged to ns as an advertisement .
Oastlers Yorkshire Central Committee . — A meeting of { this Committee , and others friendly to the object of procuring an independent maintenance for the "GoodOld English Gentleman" and his amiable wife , will be bolden at the Railway Hotel , Brighonse , on Monday next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . Tbe attendance of ] the Members of the Committee from Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Wakefleld , Ddwsbury , &o ., ico , Is respectfully requested . Another Little ugly Fact—* ' Lord love you I we areallfor ourselves . " Under the above head a Bolton correspondent writes as follows : —" know a man that has worked [ about eight years at Mr . Brook ' s flu mill , Bolton ; and about three months since , the
manager attempted to reduce his wages from 24 s . per week to 14 s . The man would not submit to it , but left the place , and got a better situation at Manchester . The person that now fills the " vacated" place at Mr . Brook's , only receives eight shillings per week" 1 Mrs . Ellis begs to acknowledge tbe receipt of the following Boma from Mr . J . Sweet , Nottingham , 53 ; from the T . S . Duncombe locality , Nottiegham , per J . Sweet , 5 s ; for which she returns her thanks . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of 10 s . per Mr . Rollett , for the Local Victim Fond , being the proceeds of the performance of the play of "John Frost . " i
To Correspondents . —Many communications have come to hand this week , which require notice , and some of them insertion , but which pressing circumstances will n » t permit even a look at , before going to Press . Among these are three different reports of one meeting at Arbroatb . Nest week we will bring up arrears .
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GREAT AND GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS OVER THE "SHOY HOYS . " On Tuesday last , at noon , a publio meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds was held at the Court House , convened by a requisition to the Mayer , of which the following is a copy : — . " The Grievances of the People . Requisition to the Worshipful the ] Mayor of tbe Borough of Leeds . We , the undersigned , inhabitant householders of the borough of Leeds , most respectfully request your Wonhip , on an early day , to call a meeting of the inhabitants of this borough , to take into consideration the grievances of tbe people of the United Kingdom ; and to consider
the propriety of ; memorializing the Representatives of the borough in Parliament thereon ; and also to consider the necessity of petitioning Parliament to institute a searching and immediate inqairy into tfee complaints of tbe people , and not to grant any farther Supplies of tbe public money for tbe purposes of Government , until the national grievances have been fully investigated , and efficient measures taken for their redress . [ Signed by upwards of 400 . ] In compliance with the above requisition , I « to hereby call a Public Meeting , to be held at the Court House , on Tuesday , tbe twentyseventh instant , at twelve o ' clock at noon . Dated this fifteenth day of February , 1614 . Haheb Stansfeld , Mayor . " i
Great exertions were made by the "Combined Forces , " under whose auspices the meeting had originated , to rally their troops in such a manner as to ensure them a victory , if possible ; and it" was interesting to observe the sidelong glances which ihe leaders cast at ] the complexion of the meeting , as they one by one dropped in , and ranged themselves on the side on which they thought their friends were —their downeass looks , and ill-at-ease demeaaour , after thoy had satisfied themselves , being sufficient to convince an attentive observer that all was not
right with them ; and betraying even to themselves that they were hopelessly lost . About twenty minutoa before twelve o ' clock the doors of the court house were thrown open , and the Hall began rapidly to fill ; by twelve it was crowded The Mayor , however , was not there ; nor did we observe the presence of Mr . Arthur Lupton , jun ., one of the " complete" chiefs , who presided at the Tecent " snuggery" meeting at the Rotunda , where the requitision for the present meeting was concocted . At a few minutes after twelve ,
Mr . Wm . Barbon rose to propose as chairman , one who , he said , had often sat in the same capacity in that Hall , and had given the greatest satisfaction to his friends and bis opponents . The person he begged to propose was Mr . Win . Roberts . Cries of " Ib he a real Cbarti 6 t ! " . Mr . Bariion—He is as good a Chartist as any in this room . | Cries of" It won't do . " Mr . Giles seconded the proposition . Mr . Wm . Brooke would move as an amendment , that Mr . Joseph . Jones should preside . They knew Mr . Jones well ; he had presided at a great number of meetings of j his fellow-workingmeo , and had justly earned for himself the character of having acted on all occasions with the strictest impartiality . He said this without at ail reflecting on the conduct or character of Mr . Roberts—( great cheering ) .
The nomination of Mr . Jones waa seconded by numerous voices in various parts of the Hall-Mr . Brooke aad Mr , Barron put the two names to the meeting , when it was decided by a tremendous majority in favour of Mr . Jones , who took the chair amidst a hearty round of applause . Mr . Jones , in ] opening the business of the meeting , thanked them for the manner in which . his name had been received by so large a number of his fellow-townsmen . He little expected , when he entered the room , being called upon to fill so important a situation ; he should , therefore , make no remarks , except to assure them that to the beit of bis ability he would discbarge his duties , and exert himself to obtain for every speaker , be he on which side he might , a calm , patient , and an impartial hearing ; a privilege due . to every one , and which he trusted they would freely accord —( cheers ) . He concluded by reading the requisition , and was about to call on the first speaker , when '
Mr . Brooke rose . He said he considered twelve o ' clock as a most inconvenient hour for such a meeting , particularly fbf the working classes , who were the parties most interested in the question ; and he thought it best , therefore , to move an adjournment until half-past seven in the evening , a time when it would be convenient for the labourers to attend . They had left their work at twelve , and had to be back by one , he thought it was sufficient for them to sacrifice their dinners , without placing them in a situation to lose their time also —( cheers ) . In making this ; proposal , he denied that he was acting for the purpose of ** upsetting the meeting "; a motive which had been attributed by Dr . Smiles , in the last Leeds Times , to what he was pleased to term " a small ( section of O'Connorite Chartists . " Mr . Brooke was proceeding to comment on this charge , when he jwas met by cries of q uestion , " and
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considerable uproar from the " complete" side of the bouse . In continuation , Mr . Brooke said he ap . proved of the object of the meeting , but he would have that object defined . He would stop the 8 tn > . plies until the Charter was oarried —( cheers ) . Mr . Hartley , auctioneer ,- ( a " Complete" man . ) seconded the motion . He agreed with Mr . Brooke that half-past seven in the evening was the most convenient time for the working classes , who , to judge by the assembly then present , were the only party who would attend to the business ; and , there . fore , their convenience ought to be first consulted—( cheers ) .
Mr . Barron opposed the motion , and moved as an amendment , that the business be then proceeded with —( cries of * no , no , " and great confusion , which prevented him from being heard ) . He proceeded to attack Mr ; Brooke for some remarks which he thought he had made , but was met with repeated cries of "Question ; " and , so great-was the confusion , that though Mr . Barron continued to speak it was impossible to catch a word which he said ! After some time , Mr . Craven rose to order . He had been used to consider the working classes as having a delight in the spirit of fair play . He entreated them in that spirit to hear Mr . Barron .
The Chairman also endeavoured to obtain for him a calm hearing , but the impatience became every moment more strongly expressed , the time being rapidly passing ; and the only farther remark which we were able to hear from Mr . Barron was that he had made up his mind to hear every one , and he thought those were not Chartists who did not adopt the same plan ; after which he concluded by moving his amendment , which , however , was not seconded , but the small knot of ** Completes and Independents" contrived to prolong the row , and to
prevent for some time the question from being put . Order at length having in some degree been re * stored , the Chairman called for a show of hands on tho motion of adjournment , which was supported by more than four-fifths of the meeting , and the decision was hailed by long and loud cheering . Mr . Barron doubted the accuracy of the Chairman ' s decision , and moved that tellers be appointed to assist him ; the proposition was received with derisive shouts of laughter , and Mr . Barren ' s friends eutreated him to keep his temper , and not let every body know that he wore the " cap and bells . "
After some time the question was again put , when tho decision was , if possible , more decisive than before , and the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned until half-past seven in the evening , and pledging . himself to provide a suitable place Tor the meeting iu case the Court House should be refused , of which some notion seemed to be ent 9 rtatned . Tha working classes then retired , and the Hall was soon cleared .
THE ADJOURNED MEETING . At half-past seven o ' clock the Court-house was again crowded to excess , the . working men having profited by the advice given to them in the morning —to assemble in their thousands . Mr . Jones having resumed the chair again read over the requisition , and said that the meeting would be aware the present was an adjourned meeting from the one held in that place at noon ; he should not trouble them with any remarks of his own , but impress upon them the necessity of giving to every one of the speakers a calm , deliberate , and patient hearing—( cheers ) .
Mr . Councillor Jackson was called upon to move the first resolution , and was received with cheers He said'he had no part with any party , nor with any section of any party . He had much pleasire in moving tbe resolution which had been put into his hands , because it spoke his own sentiments exactly , and he hoped it would meet with a cordial response from all present . The resolution which he had to move was as follows : — " That this meeting regards with feelings of deep commiseration , as well as of strong indignation , the enormous and numerous grievances to which the people of this country are subject , and also is not insensible to the wrongs practised upon the Sister Island , by a system of mal-adminlstration which has reduced that
fine Island to a state of discord , poverty , and distress , truly melancholy to contemplate—and this meeting believes , that the oppressions of the people are te be attributed to defects in the representation , by which a small class is enabled , by unprincipled and criminal means , to obtain a species of monopoly in tfie legislature ; and this meeting is farther of opinion , £ that the representation of the country being baaed on erroneous principles , ought to be entirely changed ; and that mind , not money—manhood , and not property—ought to be the basis of representation , or , in other words , that every man , in right of bis being a man , ought to be entitled to the elective franchise . That in order to accomplish this indispensable objeot—of a full , fair , and free representation of the people , without which the country can never be prosperous , peaceful , and happy , tbe following principles ought to be recognised aad acted upon , vis . an extension of the elective franchise te every male adult , not of unsound mind , or
suffering the penalty of crime—Vote by Ballot—Equal Electoral Districts—no Property Qualification—Payment of Representatives—and Annual Parliaments . '' These were bis feelings , and he wished he bad the power to carry them out . He hoped there would be no division , for their enemies knew what-discord meant . It would enable them to divide and conquer Their unanimity on this resolution would prove that they could not * conquer them . Give up , therefore , said he , everything like division , and unite as one man , for the redress of all grievances . He for one would never sacrifice the principles of the Charter ; because if those principles were not embraced , ' they would never be able to obtain good Government . The resolution which he moved acknowledged those principles , * but it was true it did not mention the name . He was glad the resolution embraced the principle of ameliorating the condition of Ireland , to carry out which it was necessary they should be united . He then alluded to the manner in which
some persons , professing to belong to the Reform party , were acting towards himself , by paying men to put him into the Coart of Requests , for no other purpose than that of annoyiug him , and for things for which be had no more to do than the meeting had . He censured the conduct of some Reformers in tho Town Council , " who had been returned as strict economists , and who nevertheless joined in voting away large sums of money which was to come out of the pockets of the ' people , who he trusted would not be gulled on any' future occasion as they had been . There was another party who were engrossing a large share of public attention—he meant the Anti-Gorn-Law League . These men had liberty at their tongue ends ,. while
some of them were the most tyrannical beings that ever lived—( hear , hear ) r That day a circular had been sent to him , inviting him to a meeting , and to co-operate with them , and among the names attached to it were those of two men who were doing everything in their power to injure him : who were in fact two of the meanest politicians and the meanest men he eve ^ r met with —( hear , hear ) . He was not unfriendly to the League ; but while these two men were on tho committee , he would not have anything to do with it . They were going about doing more mischief than any other two men in the bo * rough —( " Name . " ) The men he alluded to were Arthur Megson and Robers . Wrighfr-- ( hear , hear , and cheers ) . These men were always finding fault
with everything that caiae in . their way ; they whispered statements into theews of Mr . Councillor White , which had no foundation in fact , and then they shrunk from the responsibility of fiupfiorting them when proof was required . After some Other observations he retired by moving the resolution . Mr . Barron seconded the resolution , and went through the subjects it contained seriatim , making * few observations on each , and in the end making a very long speech which contained nothing new . Mr . Joseph Andrew , corn-miller , was called upon by the Chairman , to support the resolution , which ha did in an eloquent speech . He conceded to ths Chartists every credit for the manly manier is which they had fought the battles of freedom ; bo acknowledged that they had been treated with great
want of sympathy , and not as they : ought to have been—not indeed as men . He had witnessed their exertions with delight , and be cheerfully bid them God speed . " He knew they had always condemned physical force , and he hoped they would now unite to carry out the moral principles of the resolution . Ho went for , every principle contained in that resolution—( cheers ) . He entreated them to Bink all party names and distinctions , to join as men , aad let not a name hinder them from being unanimous on thJ 3 question—Cheaf , hear ) . This was the first time he had come out in publio . Perhaps b » ought to be ashamed of himself that , it was so > b ° hoped it would not be the last . At any rate , h » admired the Chartists , and was willing to » sai » them so far as he could in every great objeot whicfl they undertook—( hear and cheers ) .
The Chairman then read the resolution to «» & meeting , but before it was put , Mr . Brooke rose , and was received with cheers He commenced by saying that he entirely agree *} with the resolution as far as " it wenfc . He suppose * that / another resolutfcn would be brought forwawi calling upon the House _ of Commons to stop the supplies . He would take this opportunity of -saying that he would go for the supplies being stopped , « they would stop them until the Charter was passed into a law . He then referred to the large namwr of soldiers that were in Ireland for no other par " pose but to keep the Irish DeoDle from obtauuag
their rights ; and said he would stop the supplies to this force , and ihe navy likewise , only let there be an understanding that it should be tiu - tne Charter was obtained . He then said that tbe resolution oontaintd the six points of the Charter without the name . Now what objection had there been brought forward against the name of the Ch arter . Had anything been said why It should b&lefj oati None whatever : but a very high eulogium hadbeen passed . by Mr . Andrews upon the Chartifit body tor their firmness under persecution ; and ho bad also characterised them as the guardians of liberty-Then why , he asked , leave out the name I Bya 0 ' ing in that manner is raised a suspicion Uw was not right ; that there waa something beauia .
O Connor, Hill, And Watkins.
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THE DEAD CHOPSTICK . The week before last we laid the proceedings of the Birmingham Carpenters before our readers , and we now proceed to offer our comments upon their position , their prospects and their proposed mode of protection . The common enemy , "inanimate machinery , " haying attacked another section of the labour class , their dependancy constitutes their title to our protection ; and what we have to say of the
Stoppage Of The Supplies.
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4 THE NO R T HERN STA ^ March % 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1254/page/4/
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