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TN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published 1 their views / it L hoped , have been sufficiently explained as jregarda the promote of Emigration to Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &c . The Agents confidently submit , however , that the same views , more fully developed , may be made essentially useful , not only to the unemployed classes in this country , but also to those who are possessed of some capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permanent we fare and prosperity . It will be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a system productive , m the aggregate , of much individual hardship and distress-and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; for on arriving at his port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speaking , with little or no money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to point out in what part of the province he would be most likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some little capital has met with similar difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered , perhaps the most important of our colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—simplyibecause there is no one willing , if able , to afford the requisite information to those who seek it , and it is this deficiency whioh it is the aim and object oi the Agents effectually to remedy . | . There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , ibut who , irom Wiint ot sufficient means , are deterred from , or anable to do so . To such the Agents can off .-r facilities neretofore unthought of and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than ; £ 100 , would not better his situation by , emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—for the purohase of his Laud , and the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and hid support , however frugal , until his first crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire capital , even under the most favourable circumstances . Such a capital , On the contrary , would be found not only sufficient on the plan proposed by the Agents , as hereafter explained , but at the samo timo , immunity from the usual hardships and privations would be secured , and to the prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanent competency in the future . , , . _ . . ,. , , . But the great body of our emigrating population is composed of persons having no capital whatever , gcnoralJy without even the means of pa , ying their passage-money to a Colony , however approximate to the , mother country . Tne sufferings which too often befal these poor people , are greater than would be generally believed—not on shipboard , for there they are now well-cared for , owiru to the strictness with which the wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Act '' are enforced by the Government Emigration Agents here and in Canada , it is on their arrival in the Colony that the struggle really commences , a truKgle not confined to the mere labourer , but more or less participated in by the small capitalist to whom reference was first- made . I , . , ., , . . He must search for his Land in a country , to the localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , he must live upon his own resources until the senBuing harvest . ? He must erect his own log house , clear and fence bis land , wasting valuable time , and spending much of his already too scanty capital unprofitably , from iuexpenence m the work he has undertaken . 1 ,. . , . , The former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the spot , he must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , he is provided by the Emigratiou Agent appointed ; by Government , with a free passage in a steam boat to wherever jhe chooses to go , and then every resource but his own labour ceases . It may not be irrelevent to mention , \ that the money thus expended in Canada In 1842 , was £ 13 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Emigration in the latter year having fallen off 51 per cent , as compared with the former : a plain proof of the generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , and that the distress alluded to is far from being exaggerated . The Agents will now proceed to state as briefly as possible , those remedial measures which they are sanguine enough to hope may remove in a reat degree , if not altogether , the evils complained of . It has been observed in the first prospectus ' that the Agent in London has for sale upwards of 600 , 000 Acres of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; and it is in a great degree owing to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispose of some of the best of these properties , that they are enabled to offer to the consideration of the public the following scheme : — The statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single man , forming one of a party OF not less than ten families , ok PRINCIPALS , will acquire in fee simple , or freehold . Land to the extent of 100 Acrea . That for a man and his wife ; or two single men , the capital required will be only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 * . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 s ., pr £ 30 153 . each ; the amount per head decreasing as the numbers in a family increase . ! . It has been remarked , that with so small a sum at command as £ 1 . 00 , the agriculturist would not better his condition by emigrating ; and it is presumed that the ; reasons givan are a sufficient evidence of the fact . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even this small stock of money caa be made not only ample for all useful purposes , but will leave a fund to meet contingencies . The statement marked B shows in like manner the capital required to entitle the Emigrant to 50 Acres of Land in Freehold , and this scale is intended to apply ito those who depend upon the assistance of others , partially or wholly , to enable them to emigrate . ! To this table the Agents bespeak the especial attention ! of those who support Emigration from benevolent views . Looking at the brightest side of the picture ; it has been , to the poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , to labour in another , with the prospect , if successful , ot saving in the course of years , sufficient to procure those advantages which are here offered him on setting foot in . Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and industrious , but he w > ll be spared those hardships and privations heretofore inseparable from the change of home and country ; and secure to himself a state of comfort and independence beyond any expectations he could ever have ventured to indulge in . \ , The public may fairly require eome guarantee beyond the i mere character of ihe Agents , that they have the power aa well as the inclination , faithfully to carry out ; that which they undertake to perform . Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of They propose— ' ! „ That when the purchase is made , the money contributed by each family or principal shall be placed in the hands of the Bankers of the Agency , in London , in the joint names of the Agent in London , and some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the manner following , viz . : — 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Land bo soon as the Title Deeds of the same , legally executed in the Colony , are delivered over to the Purchasers . ' 2 . To defray the Passage Money of the Settlers in ihe manner usually practised in Emigrant Ships , and > 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken by the Agents , bo as , but not before , the Settlers shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possession of the settlement prepared for them . ; North American Land Agency , j RICHARD NORMAN No . 2 , New Broad Street , L « fld ° g TATEMENT A AgeDt m L ° ° ' Table shewing the amount required to be paid bv each Familijraccording to the number of its members , to entitle them to a Fheehold Fabm of 100 Acres , a Free Poatiw to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all the advantage i . offered by the Agency , which are as follows : — I 1 A Los House to be built on each Farm . ¦ , „ ., 2 . —Five Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . j 3—The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , biokle 3 , &c , and also 4 . ' —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fenoing it ; and in the erection- ol Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the bettiement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and tbey are engaged in the work referred to in the foregoing paragraph . , TT , ; ., xt t . Amount to be Paid . Under Above Number Members of each Family . 14 i 14 in R , Years . Years . Family , t *??* . £ ? , Individual Family . ~ JNoTT '¦¦ £ s d £ b d A single man ..... * 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . A man , wife , and 1 child 1 ! 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 98 0 0 No . 5 . A man , wife , and 3 children 3 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 * No . 6 . A man , wife , and 4 children , 1 child above 14 years 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 No . 7 . A man , wife , and 5 children , I child above 14 years 4 3 7 1700119 00 No . 8 . A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 STATEMENT B j Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its Members , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at tbe Settlement ; and a participation-in all the advantages offered by the Agency , which are as follows , viz .: — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . j , u-u <• ¦ ,,. j 2 —Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which roar acres to be cropped with Whffat , and Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3 — The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 * —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 —A foreman and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and iu the erection of Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 _/ p nre 0 Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus eeouring them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in the werk referred to in the foregoing paragraph . | Under Above Number Amount to be paid . Members of Each Family . 14 14 in ¦ Years . Years . Family . By each ^ each I Individual . Family . — — " No . l . r £ s < T £ ad AeingleMan l l 59 10 0 59 10 0 No . 2 . A Man and Wife i 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 No . 3 . A Man , Wife , and Child 1 2 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 No . 4 . i A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 2 i 20 2 6 80 10 0 No . 5 . A Man , Wife , and three Children | 3 2 5 17 5 0 86 5 0 No . 6 , i A Man , Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 0 0 96 0 0 No . 7 « ' A Man , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... J 4 3 7 14 10 0 181 10 0 A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 years tJ 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 N . B , —A party desiring to have a larger Farm than above descx . bed , can obtain Land in any quantity , at the mere ' eost of such Land , free from t « ny increase in tbe other items of expenditure .
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THE LAKD 1 THE LAND ! 1 THE LAND !!! GRAND MOTS ^ ENT IN THE UNITED STATES . MARCH OF AGRABLANISM . MEETINGS OP THE NATIONAL REFORMERS . ( Tromihe Feu Tori Working Man ' s Advocate of May l&ih and 25 th J
THE rEBLIC iaJTDS . Tie National Reform Association met at their new Head Quarters , comer of Chatham and Mulberry-streets , on Thursday , Ellis Small ? in the chair , and John "Windt , Secretary . The meeting was well attended , and-was one of the most spirited that has been held , the frequent bursts of applaoss -with -which , the spaakers 'were greeted evincing , apparently , that every man -was enthusiastically devoted to the cause . The meeVng v * &s opened , as omal , by .. reading the Pledge , to which several parsons added their names . Messrs . Windt and Commerford addressed the meeting , and then the Chairman recited an original ode , feelingly _ expressive of the lights and wrongs of the working classes ; after which Messrs . Macker « e and Devyr occupied the time of tbe meeting till the late hour when it adjourned . The following is * sketch of the speecke delivered ats tbe above meeting : —
Mt . Commerford gave an ostlinq-of the plan proposed ij the National Reform Asseciation , to mate the public lands free to actual settlers , and then went on to show bow it would be of p&rticeiar benefit to yowng men and mtn of middle age . Bat , said he , tbia is a measure tfeat -will beeefit all tht working men -of -our cities , by ^ taking off oar surplus population , till « il that remained Should have foil employment . Thus it would benefit -every man , whether bs might choose to go on ifce land or not And the working men have cut to "Will that "this shall t > e so , and-so it will be . . They have bat to support a press to spread the doctrine , and jota the AswxdatioE , so as to be able to act in coacert , and to know ' -tcftin te act , and tbeir success issrae . The leaders of both pmies knovrth&t yeu can -w 4 U this , aad thvy are
only waiting for the evidence -of your wishes to take Bides ' tor or agaicst you , as tbty may be influenced « tber by selfishness or patrotisa . . A hundred and sixty acres of lacd will en&bfe -every man who desires to eaiigxate , to cDJoy , in a short time , if not all the luxuries that < cre now iBoaopolissd bf the few , at least all the cecessaries of life , free 'from the 'fear of want ; a * d this is what what -the working sen will subs bo long as they refuse or neglect to finite in support of this measure . We hare , saSd Mr . C-, addressed tha'Presidential candidates , to obtain tbeir opsoozis en . this fobject . It opposed to it , they sboald'&five the manliness to come ont and say so—( bear , hear ; . If favourable , tbey-ougbt not to withhold their opinions . -It is a measure that
- will place-STery working man beyond the feu of want . If this msasore is adopted , the working man need sot dread the coming -winter , the approach of rent-day , 3 » per-moaey revulsions , ¦« " bad times . " The rich take care of themselves ia all cases . If there is a papermoney inflation , they go on swimmingly , and wben the-bubble bursts they pass a bankrupt law , which enables all who nave speculated too largely to relieve themselves at onee from their debts , and begin anew . Sat the working man has no-resource in panic times , except humbly to beg for a 4 &fa employment—( hear It only requires a combination of the working classes to remeWy this state of things . . Look at the cumbers of the different trades bow -holding meetings , almost sightly . Tbey ought to look beyond mere measures of
temporary relief ; they ought to see that as the « nantity -of labour in the market accumulates , the price of labour must fall , and the camber unemployed must increase . If the avenue to the public lands was opened , the surplus would gradually decrease—( hear ) In Europe , if the working men proposed to associate for such a measure as this , bayonets would be pointed at them by the rich . Here we can peaceably-assemble and show the rich how this great measure wiil benefit even tihPTn . Under the present state of things they know nut bow soon their posterity " may become poor . When the lica nndem&nd onr object * they will be with as ; for they are not naturally dishonest in their feelings Masy of them are with us even now . Hr .-C . contended that , vnder the present system , it was almus ; impossible toi
a man to obtain a living by hard labour and provide for mciknfjm and old age . He then mentioned an instance of an old man , a mechanic , now seventy years of age , who tad always been a steady , economical man , who was aow obliged to obtain a precarioes subsistence by Sling saws , while his wife and daughter were compelled to » ifce shirts for venders in Cb . * tham- * tr © et ; of -whom they locnd it difficult to collect the few cents they could earn in this way . This , said he , is the condition to which many American citizens are reduced in our Cities , while their rents are annually increasing . And yet the asses of literature , as Burns calls them , while pretending great sympathy with the Buffering poor , would write hooks urging npon them the practice of economy , and . would keep aloof from this
movement because it did sot originate with them . God never gave a deed of the earth to any man , but left it for the free use of alL A few have unwisely teen allowed to monopolize the earth ; and now the progress of knowledge having shown the evil of this menopoly , which compels millions to starve to pamper a few , we propose to arrest it in an easy and peace able manner . To set the ball in motion , it 1 b necessary to support a paper , and to join ths Association . Our oVject is to carry eut the principles that our fathers fough > for . Adopt this measure of freeing the land , and yon would not see poor girls compelled to walk milea every morning , in all seasons and through all ¦ weather , to earn , by a long day ' s toil , the means of snpparizug their widowed mothers in some miserable
cellar or garret up town . If the men of New York bare a spark of manhood left , they will combine to break np a system that may subject their sisters , wives , and daughters to this misery and degradation—( bear ) . " Without any display of figures or rhetoric , we propose a plain and simple remedy for the present evils ; a measure that wfli obviate the necessity for poor houses and prevent pauperism and crime ; that will make every man a citf fcn in substance as well as by words ; that will place every one on the broad platform of equality , and , by subjecting all to a moderate share of healthful labour , enable men to live out , as they do not sow , the -natural term ef their existence —( hear ) . This measure we can and will carry by action , concert , and combination—( applause ) .
Mr . Mackenzie , after giving some new -views of the powers and progress of machinery and tbe state of political parties , the body of whom he said he believed meant well , said he must confess that- to him there appeared a want of spirit among the people to support those who came forward to propose sew and good measures . "When Jackson , fox instance , recommended that Sielandt should be accessible tj the people , whs responded to the proposition ? "Who wrote to thank him for the suggestion ? Who called meetings to put the measure forward ? Be believed that this proposition of XJen . Jackson , as now proposed to be carried ¦ out by the National Befonn Association , would lead to far hfppier scenes than are now witnessed in this repnblic And why should not the experiment be made ?
If the British Government could make any experiments , Rich as that in the island of Jersey , where fifty thousand people were allowed to live without tariffs or taxes of any kind ; if a monarchy could make thh experiment of the principle « f free traSe , why could not the American government make the experiment of free labour by laying ont a state of . a hundred milea square on the plan of an equal light to land ?—( hear ) . Mr . M . adverted to the speculations in the soldiers , Jwnnty lands in this country , and spoke of the little progress in the science of government that has yet been made even where the right of suffrage has been uni-TersaL He must say that after a residence of seven jean in the United States , it grieved him to see that » e were not farther ahead ; that we were at 5 U subject .
in matters of law , to the decisions of the Scroggses and Jeffries of England , and still cherishing the British aystem of land monopoly . He then mentioned a Tecent case in which a -young man in a slave state " had been sentenced to death for assisting a slave to escape ; a case ef such apparent inhumanity and injustice as to excite even the indignation ef Lord Brougham in tie British Parliament ; but when the matter came to be investigated , it turned out that the ™* . n » as sentenced snder as old law of George II . still in fcree in I ^ oninana-. ' There is too mnch partylsni , or these British laws and customs would be swept aw * y . This ma « t be mended . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) £ e then * poke of the banking system , the tendency of which ib to drive men , like Nebuchadnezzar , to feed on 8
¦ fm !" * xfP ** 1 haT * tte P 60 ? 16 d 0 De t <> remedy this evil ? What-have the parties done ? One party has cried , . Downwith the moaster backhand down it went ; jot th& * ame party fostered hundreds of State banks in ita ptaee , 4 a eat out the * itals of labour as the monster J » d done . Then came the Bub-teascry ; and what was it , DBfc a mere system of checks apon hanks ? All is selfish with the leaders of the two parries : and the remedy is for the honest mencf all partves and sects Whigs and 3 Jamocrats , Catholics nnd Pretestants , all to finite and pledge their lives and fortunes as they did in the BevoJutioB for the common gooA—^ applause ) . Let Jtn American State of 100 by 100 mile * be laid ont on the public lands , where men shall have an eq'nal right to land , and be govexmed by their oma and not by British laws , and then yon will see a tme Re-pablic 21 x . M . again adverted to onr absurd adoption ot the Tokuainousmau of British common law , and £ ontr . \ sied it with the comparative simplicity of the fre- 'oeh
jystsm , and showed how innocent men were frequent , » ent to prison here , if too poor to fee a lawyer , fron their inability to comprehend the mass of verbiage in whieh charfe * against them arc enelonded . If yoa do notiisenpin your might and abolish these law aod ttad monopolies , the hiatoiy of tbe part will be the htttory of u » future . A few vnll hold JarjetecJ * of *™» covered wlth laiaii and thistle * , ! - » bile millioni win be jfairing ffom want of bread —( bear ) . The people were » aceostwEed tohe fettered and wheedled Rl f £ 7 £ ! L } a P « H « ilar endi to advance , to be !?* ^ ^ T * 8 1 3 "" * - »* «* wiwiad virfeons , tbai heieared they would not like hta plainspoken word * - { applanBe ) . In truth , . however , he could Bot paise them . They -were either BeglecBng their dnty , or he was under a deep delusion—( applause ) . So help me , God , said he , I see no plan ao likely te peryetaateliberty as tkisplan of allowing every man irho chooses to become a landholder ; and if Congress
-Would make the experiment on a hundred miles square of territory , I would fee amonf the first settlersittm . : : \ - ^ T : \ . ¦ :
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Mr . Dcvyr made some remau a on machinery , as connected with the we } fare of jtm working classes in Europe under the present array jgements , showing the horrible state of destitution an j misery endured by the weavers of Lancashire , and mi jattoned one case within his own knowledge of an ind ostrious man who , unable by his labour to obtain a a apport for his family , had died of a broken heart , and wfeose family had all been compelled to go to the p < x * feonse . In almost every other department of Indu jjjy Qje distress was almost eqnal to that of the weave ^ j ^ a j , ere ^ jtb a boundleas territory , and a bbU a * Tfenost exhaostless fertility , we are so fast approachv ng to tbeaamo state of thfegs that the emigrant Is fcatsd npon as an intruder . Immense tracts of our puttk lands « re already in the
lands of speculators , ^ bo remedy ire propose ought to lave been adopted s jener ; tmt better late than sever , [ ye propose that no mere public land shall be sold , ind that the land t ? jsji be reserved for the free use ef kctual settlers . So- jseqeay not wish to go , preferring : he dirty streets , nnrew lanes , and smoke of the rity ; bat others , npfco love the freshness of nature ; the free wMte ttoeds passing over ; the music of the birds , and the perfume of the bloesems , may prefer to euj jy these things , and for these a path should b 3 opened . Should one of these say , " I am helpless ar- A cannot go , " his fellow working men , instead of sup ; ^ oitesg him ia idleness , as some of the trades buw do ,, w * ald say : ' * Come aboard the steamer , and here are the means to support you till you can
erect a log r &bca and raise a crop . In two or three years 70 U can xe §>» y the loan we will make you , and in ten years yc a ceo be surrounded with an independent and toppy family , and able to assist others who may emigrate . " Opsn this avenue , and the twenty or thirty that you r . owfind at every corner out of work would dwindle do ^ wn till there wonld be none out of employ , aad none to reduce wages—( applause ) . This is the ¦ view of tfjecase that comes home to all . But there is a more < ixtensive view of this snbject to be taken . ¥ * rom the period when man emerged from the primeval forest , bis history , with few exceptions , has been a hiBtory of human degradation . If we examine history ,
we sha'J Sod that in the Grecian and Roman R-publics , when < aach man had hie right of soil , when s Cincioatus could be contented with Mb seven acres , they were a prosperous , dignified , happy , and wise people . But when the few became possessors of the soil te the exclusion of the many , vice and luxury prevailed till a monarch was enabled to sacrifice twenty thousand human beings to celebrate a marriage festival . We should look on history as a seaman looks upon his chart Bad Columbus bad a chart , his pathway to th * new world would have been easy . We are not like Columbas : the chart of history points out the rockB and shoals and sand banks that we should
avoid . It tells us where commenced the period of Roman degeneracy . The patricians had seiaid upon the public lands . The people were staggering about hungry , deprived of land enough to raise a radish on , and yet they were inactive . The two Gracchi , Bmong tbe patricians , had not been conupted ; and they espoused the people ' s cause , and endeavoured to regain their right to the land . But they let the patricians murder Tiberius Gracchus . Hia younger brother , Cains , then devoted himself for SBVen years to the study of eloquence , and again put himself at the head of the people . But tbe people were without arm a , and Cains also fell a victim to the patricians . If the working men of New York do not know the importance ef tbe land to the people , tbe patricians of Rome knew
it , and bo they Miled the people , ' when they attempted to regain tbeir rights— ( hear , hear ) . If the lands were free , companies of twenty or thirty families , acquaintances , might emigrate together and eDJoy each other ' s society , far more than they can here . If yoa see all tbia ; if yon see that on the one band , our public lands will become Dukedoms and Earldoms , occupied by landlords and tenants ; and , on the other , into states inhabited by independent freeholders , then , I say , preserve your liberties ! Strike while the iron ia hot ' and in return for what your ancestors have done for you , leave to posterity a system that will ensure a Republc here for ten thousand years —( hear , and great applause ) . If yoa are men impressed with the dignity of manhood , then give a tone and direction to this movement that will speedily control its fate . Don't let it pass you as the idle wind . Let each one of yoa consider yourself its advocate and champion . Get your fellow working m « n
by tbe button , and visit them in tbeir workshops . Save the Republic ! for monarchy will inevitably be tbe destiny of this country if you do not abolish the monopoly of the land . Some of yenr representatives in Congress , and in tbe Stxte Legislature , have already adopted our views . Tan Ranssell&er and Albany counties will be with us at once .. Congress and the Legislature beckon you on in this cause . If you are not impressed with its importance , in God ' s same rise up and give your objections . If any one believes that e ^ il will come of it let him show in what way . * * If all are satisfied , then let every man stand forward £ s a champion in the cause , and push it forward as if life or death depended on his efforts . If you cannot do this don ' t consider yourselves worthy of being called freemen ; let Lord Do-little , er the Hon . Jack Squander come over and be land-Lords for your children , and give vp all claim to tbe blecsiogs of a clear conscience 7—iGreat applause ) .
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THE AMERICAN REFORMERS AND THE NORTHEESSTAR ( From the " People ' s Rigl t is " , May 29 , 1844 . ) We have already published an interesting article from the Leeds ( Eng . i Xorihem Siar , showing that the news of the organization of the working men of New York , with the object of carrying out the principles of the Declaration of Independence by restoring to man bis right to land , ( a right indiapensible to " the pursuit of happiness . ") had been laid before the hundreds of thousands of the working classes of England who are the readers of that journal . In another part of onr paper , under the bead of " What is Democracy ? " * will be found a second article from the 2 V « rthern Star , which contains a further notice of our move-Bent , and a farther confirmation of the gratifying intelligence that , there as well as here , the peeple are looking to tbe Risht to La > d as the " secret of their deliverance" from oppression of which the Land Monopoly is the main cause .
We do net wish to mislead our brethren on the other side of the water . It is better that they should understand our true position at once , lest they expect toe much of us and be disappointed . There is this anomaly in the condition of the twe countries ; that , while in England the working classes are prepared or fast preparing themselves to resume their right to the boiI when they get ths power , here we have the power , but have only just begun to learn that we have the right . The people of England will be astonished to learn , that , although it is ten weeks since we commenced our movement , we have only hundreds instead of thousands of names to our pledge , and only thousands instead of hundreds of thousands taking a lively interest in our movement A little reflection , however , and
a brief allusion to facts , will bring them to a proper appreciation of this state of things . After the Revolution , which placed a vast increase of power In the hands of the people in this country , the masses thought that they had the means of establishing the best government that the world ever saw . They made their first essay ; they completed their machine , and its workings were so far superior to the operations of the old monarchical machinery , that they thought their machine had attained perfection , —and they began to grow vain of the applause of tbe great and geod throughout the world . Land waB cheap , and easily accessible ; and every thing went on prosperously for a time . National wealth was rapidly augmented , and national improvements were multiplied . Bat " a change came o'er the
spirit of their dream . " It was found that the machine was not exactly " what it was cracked np to be . " Although national improvements progressed rapidly , and national wealth increased , yet the condition of tbe working men was not improved ! The rich were growing richer and the poor poorer ! The non-producer was getting more and the producer less of tbe fruits of indnstry ! Ah ! how was this ? It was now evident that , although the machine was a good one , it was by no means perfect . Improft-ments were made in it , but still it did not answer fully the intended purpose . Slill the rich were getting richer and tfce poor poorer I Wheels were added to the machine . Worse and worse 1 A big fly-wheel I S : ill worse J The big
fly-wheel was taken off : tbia was an evident improvemsnt ; and it is now clear that tbe other extra wheels are worse than useless . It is also ascertained , that there is a most important defect in the machine which these extra wheels were intended to cure , but for which a more simple remedy is now discovered , and one that will go far towards pcr / ecling this machine of selfgovernment . The great defect , which has hitherto enabled a few to live sumptuously without labour on the labour of the many , and which has gradually increased the disparity of condition between the two classes Just in proportion to Ike increase of national means and national improvements—this great defect is now discovered to be the Mokopoli op the Soil .
Still , however , the discovery is comparatively in its infancy . This is not to be wondered at , when we consider tbe antiquity of the error that has preceded it . Men have been educated in the error of allowing property in land , just as they were once edueated in the errer that the earth web flat ; just as they were , up to certain periods , educated in many other errors ; and just as they now are educated in many other errors in many parts of the world . But , not the discovery that the earth was a globe , or that tbe globe , was spherical ever gained believers faster than this doctrine of the equal right to the soil , and the feasible means by ¦ vbieh i&thlB country it ia proposed to establish this UThe of this be
t ^ < . pesple great city may compared , at . 'he present moment , to a large flock of sheep In igbt' * ' * untried beautiful pasture ground from which they 1 : « « epa « ted only by a alight fence , all waiting ftr bol ^ boW fellow to make the flrrt leap , to follow h *¦» wiai * 7 taib ' ' tbBit Impatience increased bj Hsto . fa , - bead « f them , in the greet gnu , a few who haragotin 1 o' 8 *~ P * rtn «> before them , and wondering howttewft . ^ * *?** t » get where they are . And in tbe country \ ^ bereTer tbe news of this movement has spread if wen " *? i a 6 & > *«« & the indications already before us , thina « e * * y much in the same state . In short , working m « of England may rely , and may the reliance cheer thei . Aoo ^ th ^ e work ot redemption !
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that , although our progress Is slow , it is sure , and that we are on the eve of one of tbe greatest Revolutions of tbe world ' s history 1 We call the particular attention of our readers to the remarks of the Northern Star on Dbmocra - CT . It cannot be too often repeated , that it la urged , by the aristecracy in England , as an argument against universal suffrage , that we have made * o use of it to ameliorate our condition , and that we still tolerate slavery ^ These charges amount to this ; that we still tolerate abuses that were left among us by a rotten monarchy . Monarchy , to use a comprehensive phrase of a black writer , stole the black man from hia land , and his land from a red man , " and
then he apportioned the stolen bodies and tbe stolen land among a few of his own colour , to whom be made the remainder of the whites as dependant for tbe means of existent as were the blaoks themselves ., And now , because seventy years Democracy has not freed " herself from the gigantic , complicated , trifold scheme of plunder entailed upon her , she is to be taunted as though tbe original sin waa hers , forsooth I We hurl back the cbarg-j in old Monarchy ' s teeth , and tell him that infant Democracy is now perfecting a plan that will not only restore their rights to the blacks , tbe Indians , and the landless whites of this continent , but will contribute essentially , we trust , to the liberation of universal man ; for all this , good will result from a restoration of the Equal Right to Land .
The Northern Star does not seem to understand the difficulty of the slavery system which British rule has entailed on this country ; does not appear to know that the white slave states have no more to do with tbe black slave states on this question , than they have with England ; does not appear to see that a restoration ot the Right to Land weuld strike at the root of all slavery . We of tbe north may sympathise with tbe southern slave , who is secure of a home and a subsistence , such as they are , at every stage of his existence ; and we may sympathize with the factory slave of Eoglaad , whose toil is harder , and whose fare ia more scanty than the black ' s while able to work , and who must starve or be a prisoner in his premature old age ; but , while the same cause is in quick operation among ourselves from which both systems of slavery have sprung , and while we " have tbe axe , " shall we waste our time in fruitless sympathy , or shall we ply the instrument to the roots of the upas ? '
If the Norlfiern Star will examine our last census for tbe proportion between blacks and whites in tbe southern states , and then read the Constitution of the United States anew , we think it will bo better able to refute tbe aristocratic calumnies against Democracy . If black slavery existed in sorae of the southern counties of England , as well a * white slavery in all , would not the Slmr lay out its work as follows : first , get the Charter ; secondly , restore the right to land ; thirdly , abolish all slavery that remained I Or would it persuade the overworked white slaves ( supposing they had tbe power ) to vote the personal freedom only of the blacks , thereby enabling their former masters , by the lash c / f want , to get as much labour of two thirds of them as they formerly got of the whole , throwing the labour of the other third on the already overstocked labour market ? Evidently , it seems to us , it is the first duty of Democracy to decree the freedom of the soil .
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Mr . Doyle ' s Tocr . —On Tuesday evening , June tbe 18 th , I delivered a lecture in the Market-place , South Shields , to an audience of at least 3 000 persons . Mr . Elliott , one of the council , and a sterling democrat , opened tbe business in a concise and efficient speech . My subject was the rights of labour , and 1 endeavoured , as far as lay in my _ power , to do justice to it At the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to tbe chairman , after which tbe numerons and blgbly respectable assembly quietly separated . I oonld not get meetings either in Morpeth or Alnwick , owing to the poverty of the friends to the cause , particularly in the latter plnce ; therefore I was obliged unwillingly to remain idle till Sunday , when I addressed the Chartists of Newcastle , in Mr . Jude's large rosm , Mr . Murray In
the chair . I spoke about an hour and a half , and endeavoured to prove to my hearers that the present deplorable misery and destitution which prevails in thi « empire Is solely aad wholly to be attributed to the UDJust and iniquitous laws , made by the few in opposition to the will and interests of tbe producing many , and then called upon the meeting to join heart and band for tbe sacred purpose of establishing a pure system of Government , which would be tbe mcaus of rescuing themselves and tbeir working brethren from poverty and political thraldom . On Monday , the 24 th of June , I delivered a lecture to the men of Snnderland , in tbe Charter Association Room , Mr . Dobie , an active democrat , in the chair . He made an excellent speech , which told well upon the meeting . I spoke at considerable length upon the evils resulting to tbe sons and daughters of industry from tbe operation of the New Poor Law Amendment Act , and other class made laws , and implored those who had not already joined the
standard of Chartism to come forward and do so . On Tuesday , 35 tb , I bad a bumper in Soutb Shields ; there could not be less in the Market-place than 4 , 000 people , and amongBt them I saw a goodly sprinkling of the middle classes . Mr . Franklin was unanimously appointed chairman . I addressed the meeting for an hour , and when I had done three cheers , right hearty ones , were given for Duncombe , three for tbe Charter , and three for tbe noble colliers . The assembly then broke np . On Friday I delivered a lecture in tbe Odd FellqwB Lodge , Shotley-bridge , Mr . William Atkinson in the chair . On Saturday I addressed a meeting in the Moot-ball , Hexbam , it was not a very numerous one , owing to Saturday being one of tbe worst days , for getting a meeting in this town ; however , those that were present paid strict attention , and no person offered any objection to the arguments which I adduced in favour of tbe working men of tbe United Kingdom being fairly entitled to political equality .
General Remarks . —The Collier masters , or at least a portion of them , are at tbeir cruel work , striving to compel those who work for them ( not as pitmen ) to go into the mines and occupy tbe places of tbe poor fellows who have stood a three months' contest against their tyranny and robbery . The masters of Hettnn Colliery came to tbeir staith on the 20 th of June , and used all tbeir power and influence to force tbe men working there to work in tbB pits . Out of between thirty or forty men , they got but one to consent to do bo . His name is William Bird . So enraged were the m&stets at the disappointment , and what tbey -were pleased to term the obstinacy of tbe brave fellows , that tbey resolved to have revenge ; and accordingly on tbe S 4 th , they Bent a letter to the ataithman requesting
him to discharge twenty of tbe men , though they never pay one farthing in tbe shape of wages to these twenty , tbey being in tbe employ of tbe shipowners , who are the persons that pay them tbeir wages , and consequently « ught to be tbe only parties having the power to discharge them . But though not in the employ of the collier masters , it is a fact tbey were discharged foi having the courage , the virtue , and the manliness to refuse being instruments in the bands of tyrants to destroy their brethren . They were not satisfied , however , with having twenty thrown upon a pitiless world to starve , but they were determined , in order to frighten their own men into a compliance with tbeir unjust proposals , to discbarge a few of them ; they , therefore , sent four of tbe remainder about tbeir business . Ah !
tbankR . eternal thanks to the worthy fellaws , it bad not the effect of terrifying them . No ,. for they are more determined than ever to use their best exertions to stop tyranny from effecting the annihilation of labour ' s rights . There is ene thing that cannot fail to give my brother democrats sincere pleasure ; namely , that the oppressive conduct of these grinding and avaricious capitalists have caused buudieds lately to become union men , who otherwise would not . Even those who hove not already joined , state they will do so , as soon as tbey can . The blacklegs too begin to cry out most lustily . They say that the masters have robbed them of a portion of that which they promised to pay them when they wheedled them into the pits . I am not sorry to bear of this . —C . Dotle .
BACUP . —The Chartists of Baeup held a meeting in their room on Sunday last , Mr . Joseph Wainman in tbe chair . A resolution waa moved and carried " That this room be opened every Sunday evening at six o'clock , for tbe reading ef tbe Northern Star and the delivery of lectures . " WAKEFXEX . D . —On Friday evening last , the inhabitants of this town were honoured with a lecture from Dr . P . M'Douall , in the large ball of tbe Mechanics ' Institute , Music Saloon , Wood-street , on tbe monopoly of Land , Capital , and Machinery . Although countermeetings were got up by the " saints , " to prevent the working men from attending , the Hall was well filled . The Doctor treated the subject in a masterly manner , and concluded amid the repeated cheers of the meeting . We bope Mr . O'Connor will soon pay us s visit : that gentleman would considerably increase our numbers , and place us in a proud position .
TROWBRIS 6 E is itself again . Ou Wednesday evening , June 26 th , according to notice , an open air meeting was held in Charter-equate , to heat addresses from Mr . C . Bel well , or Bath , aud Mr . M'Grath : and to the honour of the men of Trowbridge , the meeting was most numerously attended . At eight o'clock , Mr . Jas . Watts was unanimously called to the chair , and in a brief speech explained the object of the meeting j he then Introduced Mr . C Bolwell , who , in tbe course of his address plainly proved the distress to arise from class legislation . Mr . B , addressed the mseting for upwards of an hour in his usual eloquent stylo , and sat down amid the cheers of the meeting . The
chairman then introduced Mr . M'Gratb , who delivered a lengthy and eloquent address amid tbe entbusiustio cheers of the meeting . Resolutions declaring class legislation the evil and tbe Charter tbe remedy * were put and unanimously carried . Thanks were given to tbe speakers and tbe . Chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed , giving threa cheers for tbe Cborter , and three for Trost , Williams , and Jones . A goodly number then repaired to the Association Booms ; and after tbe business of enrolment was over , they sat down to an excellent supper , handsomely got up by the Council . After the cloth was removed , Mr . J . Stevens was called to tbe chair , and the rest of the evening was spent in patriotic conviviality .
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BOCHDAI . B . —On Sunday last , Mr . M'Cabe , of Oldham , delivered a most eloquent aud instructive address in the . Chartist Room , Toad-lane . Several cards were disposed of , A meeting ia held every Tuesday night , at eight o ' clock . THOTTRAXa . —An Important meeting was held here on the 1 st July , on the Land Question , when the following resolutions were carried unanimously : — " That we , the working people of Mottram and its vicinity , having waited with much anxiety the carrying into practice the Land Project , as agreed upon and adopted in Conference , elected by tbe people in 1843 , and seeing that there \ b no probability ot the subject being taken up as we anticipated , through recommended by the
late Conference , are determined and hereby pledge ourselves to see bow far the working and middle classes are prepared to carry out the small farm system by raising a fund in shares of £ 1 , by weekly contributions from Id . to is . each , and to keep the fund an object distinct from , and independent of , the agitation of any other project or plan . " " That we , having maturely considered this scheme ( ot the Improvement of the phjsieal and moral condition of the labouring classes , recommend it as practicable to every well wisher to tbe human race , and trust it will have their grave consideration . " " That we suggest the calling of a central delegate meeting of the adjoining counties on the 21 ut of July ,
to consider the propriety of organizing tbe industrious classes for establishing a general Land Fund to be applied to no other uses or purposes than the purchase or rental of land , the erection of buildings , the purchase of stock and implements , with other incidental charges , neces- sary to the carrying out of looal ot general operations . " ' That each delegate be elected at an open public meet- ing , of which due notice should be given , and come pre- pared with proper instructions , and that the lecture rooai , Bomber's Brow , Stockport , be the place where the delegates shall assemble for the consideration of the above-named object . " " That Macclesfleld , Stock- port , Denton , Dukenfleld , Ashton-under-Lyne , Mosely _
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Hooley Hill , Hassel-Grove , Hyde , Stalybridge , Mottram , CHossop , New Mills , Congleton , Northwich , Manchester , and other places , will be expected to send delegates having legal credentials , so that we may centralise our means and measures . " "That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Northern Star , requesting the Editor to give them insertion . " MANCHESTER . —Carpenter ' s Hall . —A lecture was delivered in the above Hall on Sunday evening last , by Mr . DJxon , of Manchester . The audience was not ro large ; as was formerly the case , owing to the fineness of tbe weather . Those present , however , were of the right sort , men that are determined to even forego tbeir pleasures in order to work out the salvation of their country . The thanks of the meeting was given to the Lecturer and Chairman , and the brave fellows dispersed .
l The adjourned Public Meeting in Board-MAn ' s-SQUare . —An adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was holden in Bardman ' ssquare , on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the registration question , and also to petition again-t the j conduct ef Sir James Graham , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Home Department . The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , and shortly after that time Mr . Nailor , a working man was unanimously called to the chair , wko opened the meeting by a few brief remarks upen the business that would be
t " 1 ' t ' * 1 1 I brought before them , and concluded by . calling upon Mr . D . Donavan to move the first resolution . Mr . Donavan , in an able speech , moved the following resolution : " That it baing the imprescriptible tight of every adult ( male inhabitant of these realms to vote for their representative in the Commons' House of Parliament , therefore thia meeting pledges itself to take itdvant jge of the late decision of the Court of Common Pleas , and forthwith send in claims to be placed upon the Ratepayers' List of Persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament for this Borough . " Mr .
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Edward Clark , in a neat speech seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Wm . Dixcm then * moved the adoption of a petition denouncing the con . duct of Sir Jamas Graham in opening and taking copies of letters entrusted to the Post Office , and praying the House to repeal the spy clansa in tbe Post Office Act Mr . Murray seconded the adoption of the petition , whi ^ j was carried unanimously . Mr . Dixen moved and Mr , Donavan seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairmaa which was carried with applause . The Chairman acknowledged the compliment , and the people dispersei iu a peaceful and orderly manner .
BlBMINHAia . —Mr . Thomas Clarke addreraed 1 numerous meeting at Duddeston-row , on S unday morning last , and made a favourable impression iu favour of tbe principles of the People ' s Charter . At tbe close a subscription was entered into to assist th » funds of tbe Association . la the evening , Mr . Clwfca addressed the assembled friends at the Chartist Room , Peck-lane , and gave an encouraging account of tha pro . gress of Chartism in the town . A great many of the Executive hand-books were disposed of , and the meek ing quietly separated .
Mb . Joseph Linnet ' s Public Entbt into Bilston . —On Monday last this persecuted patriot made bis public entry into this town after an imprison , ment of one year and nine months . It was arrange ! that tbe procession , with bands and banners , should leave Bilston at one o ' clock , and meet Mr . Linney aj Wolverbamptom , where he had arrived at an tatlj hour in the morning . Shortly after the appoint ^ time a great number of hardy miners movaj off towards Wolverbampton , and were joined by otheq on the road . On their arrival at Wolverhampton , the ) proceeded to tbe bouse where Mr . Linney was staying when on his presenting himself , be was most euthV siastically cheered . After the enthusiasm had anbaifled , Mr . Linney proceeded to offer a few observations to li «
assembled multitude , during the delivery of whicli he was loudly cheered . He declared that sending hui to prison bad tended to attach him more -warmly thai ever to the principles of the Charter , for which , if n& cessary , he was willing to sacrifice hia life . The pro , cession then moved off , preceded by several beautifjj banners and a bond of music . Mr . Linuey rede in \ carriage and pair , accompanied by the veteraa Richards ; Mr . J . Yates , of Hauley ; Mr . J . M&boi , of Birmingham ; and Mr . Tbos . Clark , of the Executive . When they reached Bilston , the streets were literal ); crammed ; from one end of tbe town to tbe other then appeared one moving mass of human beings . The bett feeling was manifested towards Linney , particularly ty tbe women , thousands of whom were present After
the procession had paraded the principal streets , thsj proceeded to a large piece of ground t » hear speecha from tbe several friends who had been invited for that purpose . Mr . Wilcox , of Wolverbampton , was unani . moualy chosen to preside , and opened the business ia an able aud judicious speech ; be concluded by introducing the venerable patriot " Diddy" Richards , who on coming forward was warmly applauded . Be pointed out , in an able and forcible manner , the wrongs of tfaa working class , tbe cause , Jcc , pointing out the Caarter as the only remedy . He concluded by proposing \ resolution congratulating Mr . Linney on bis release , and pledging tbe meeting to continued exertions until tfu People ' s Chatter was made the law of the laud . Mi , Jeremiah Yates , of Hanley , in a brief speech , seconded the resolution , which -was put aud carried un&nimouslj . Mr . J . Linney next came forward and waa ioadh
cheered . He apologised fer having to be brief it making bis remarks ; But pledged himself to enter it length into all the details ef bis treatment whilst is prison , at a meeting to be held for that purpose , on the following Thursday evening , and retired after thanking ( hem for the manner in which they had that day received him . Mr . Thomas Clark was next introduced , and in a brief speeeh moved the adoption of a petition on behalf of Mr . Cooper . Mr . J . Mason seconded ths petition , which was carried unanimously . The thanJa of tbe meeting having been voted to the chairman , th » meeting separated iu a quiet and orderly manner . Mi Linney and about one hundred friends sat down to t substantial diuner , and after discussing the good thing of this life , a ball was held , which lasted till a late hour , when the frienda separated , highly delighted with the days' proceedings .
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ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS . U To the Editor of the Silurian . V The following interesting communication appeared in B on ? first edition of laat week , but we were compelled , m by press of matter , to withdraw it from the sabs > K quent editions ; we now insert it in tbe whole of tig H editions of our present number : — K SIR—As it is the intention of Mrs . Zsphaniah Wfr B . liams to « et up a petition in favour of bet husbasd , pi signed only by auchaa wonld voluntarily signify their Mi unbiassed wishes in his behalf , of whatever opinion tt m party they may be , I , as a person who had the bat mi opportunities of knowing that man , wonld gladly corns le forward , at a time when it is most needed , to offer my ¦ & testimony as to bis private and public character . m
From tbe year 1 S 22 to 1832 I was clerk under him I and his partners , Messrs Webb and Pritcbard , and II can confidently aver that during that time I had the I best opportunities that could be desired of knowing I whether thia man , iu bis conduct towards others , will Influenced by a love of justice or that ef empty fame , and I feel myself bound in justice to declare that it wul by tbe former . I At a time when he bad not even thought of aujthityfl like a public advocacy of the interests of the workin ) ¦ classes , it was well known that when almost all th I
coal masters of Monmouthshire availed themselves' \ m the utmost of the unfair advantages of the truck . sj I tern , the works of Zepbaniab Williams formed a gloria ¦ exception ; and that they wete not at aU affected by ft I agitations caused by that system , for , although nianyl ¦ bis workmen came for shop-notes , such as preferred 11 be paid in money were , without exception , as kind |; l treated as the others , and were repeatedly told by mil as I bad been instructed to tell them , that it made net I tbe slightest difference whether they wished to be paii in money or not ; many , indeed , of the beat aud oldest I workmen were paid but in money . I
Generous aud just as his conduct towards his workma I was , I am proud to say , that it was by no means dit I fetent towards individuals of a different class ; but-1 i' neb as I can name three persons , and they are tot I well known to hundreds with me , whom he . assisted I with hundreds of pounds of bis own meney to carry on I their works after tbey bad failed on tbeir ewn means ; and I never was there a benefactor so basely used as he to * I What I might state respecting these persona , if «? 1 known too at Mr . Jones of Llanarth's bank , -where It 1 Williams ' s credit , until be bad become tbe victim « 1 his own charity , stood with the highest Suffice itt > I
say , that by those very persons whom be had raw from poverty , he lost , in the course of six months , » M 1 fifteen hundred pounds . But after these and « W losses almost equally attributable to his humanity , W I brought him to the brink of ruin , even then his ion of I justice and tbe sense of his own obligations as a mat ?* 1 had not forsaken him : for he even pawned his watch » I enable him to pay his workmen , and allowed me , b £ 0 I in the receipt of considerable sums of money for cautry I sales of coals every week , to answer every deOMtt I among his neighbours without reserving a shilliJ'S * ° * ft his individual use , when he saw the impending rain that ft
had become inevitable . , , W I come now to his conduct ot Blacn an , where h 8 MUW been induced at last to settle as a publican . -It It is well known in Monmouthshire that , pranotffc to this time , Mr . Williams hod never taken a ptominamj part in any political movement ; but , as his readinessit * aid any cause that seemed to have the elevation of USB oppressed and the degraded in view , could never !«¦ doubted , the Chartists met a ready welcome at -WB " , house , and were allowed to establish a society "" 9 K But , before he himself had even expressed a decidaBj opinion on the merits of the Chartist movements , W-fM anti-Chartist meeting held at Nantyglo , his n ^^ B most wantonly attacked , and on tbe day following t »» on which the meeting took place , a band of ruffi JH entered his house , asked for the National Petition tM » « lay there for signature and tore it te p ieces , and ejw ¦ threatened to pall down the honee npon WiU »» "« head i I
. In addition to this , the workmen had been cn « £ " . B not to go near his house ; but this interdict , as it W ¦ be supposed , being directed against a person sa *?^ g l'B of any political offence , would create a feeling O ' J >~ L ¦ patby in William ' s favour ; and so it did , and bejrz ¦ violence had thus rendered dependant on the wotf S . ^ B alone for his subsistence , left nothing nndoD ^^ 4 E mis ; bt couvince them of his gtatUude ; but ewJ " aonlJ time te weigh the consequences of this w ^ ro 8 gjfc he had become the very centre of a vortex , ¦ ^ -K depth , breadth , and violence he was totally un > we w—
ascertain . . . _ * , To you , Sir , it is well known that bis *«^ opinions also were most intolerantly exposed Jv ^ m , view to damn his political ones ; for the short aeieuww- , which be published was printed at your office . . JF What Z ^ phaniah Williams has had to mft fjaj know , but comparatively feir are they that knowJrjj ; hatrassing circumstances hurried him on to that e _ -m , niity from whioh he could not return . Taoasand * n " been told , to Mb prejudice , what his religion ^ JP " ""* were ; but only his former neighbours can tf 01 *^ the candour and ingenuousness with which he " » hia antagonists . Those who best knew this -man , * order to have him restored to bis family , eaaD r' " hope that where his offence is most " « ™ ° f . *^ e demned , an acquaintance with the man ' s real d » may be formed as well , inasmuch aa if that were ^ versally known as the particular aets which causeu banishment from his native country , there eon »» « L nrpsnmfl . hv thfs time , ha fi » lfc hnfc one Wish , ^ fJX ,,
that of seeing the kindest neighbour , ^ ^ SdadM master , and the most affable , candid , straightfor »™ 2 » and unsuspecting of men , again in tne botom ° \ rm Far be It from me to lay the causes of ^ SjJ ^ B present suffering * at any man ' s door ; bat , B ^* vjjJ political tempest has past , who can othat *^/ a ^ B lament that the perseeution which a less « 8 ^" oJ noble mind would not be much affected by , ^^ B to the commission of irretrievable eItot 8 ' , f ;»[ , toB through error alone is become myenemyi DeettS a ( . . aia-fl be convinced of that error to make him ml °£ i » &eiB able friend ; but he who never dared to sho * nB ** r 7 m
will never pomaa lore that is worth sharing . ¦ J Jam . Sir . vours ^ ly . ^^ l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1270/page/6/
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