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0 . MR . ROBERT BURRELL , BLACKSMITH , GREEIyOCK . Sl ^^ ST ^ mIte this tetter to von , be ause of all those who have written to' me upon the ¦ % * t « f the Land , I think ia your short letter you «! fJi most , racticaI knowledge of tuesutgect , a ; -well as a strong desire to base those principles by j fedi our object is to be . achieved upon a safe ! W ktion : added to which , you ask for instruction as 'ne Who would receive it asa means of improvement jo t as one who looks for some hasty avowal to which ? S vf ? e Captlou ? « $ «*«» £ Let me then , in fe first instance , remind yeu that I have never yet wen answered npon tne « GREAT FACT--5 St S IS ? , - *^ ? field in whi <* individual labour w 3 Tt W J » t «» " «• It never has ™ r £ K ?? r ? ^ * haTe s tated « to the Land and ^ capabiliti es * susceptible of easy proof . But u » ur opponents are at a lets fnr valid nfii ^ tmn * ?„ « , „
principle , they are compelled to rest their opposition upon mere matters of detail ; and the Land Question being a very comprehensive one , and one on which landlords and capitalists have had a direct wterest in keeping the working classes in ignorance , the ? ( the working men ) are reasonably enough firednp by « very , the most extravagant , guess or inipu-Qent falsehood . Upon the other hand , experimentalists on working men ' s credulity arid jobbers ia excitement Lave the ranity to suppose either that their own sectional project is a good substitute for national organisation , or else thev foolishly imagine that their flower would be overshadowed by the foliage of tne national tree . Hence , some men are subscrUnn " vast sums to transport themselves to foreign cliwes ° nponthe faith of an unstable Government , an insecure system , and inexperienced advisers ; and otkers , who talk of relieving the domestic labour market by transporting a portion of the comnetitive
« serve ; and others , busybodics engaged iu a " SAAttlAAL scheme of building ] are one and all touched in their speculation , or wounded in their 1 « ?" ' strai £ Mway raise a howl of discontent , wholly devoid of argument or reason . I had an instance of this sort in Manchester , in a little thing who has been active in a building societv ; and who astuaUy undertook to give the shareholders a legal opinion upon the impossibility of the managers eonTeyingan equitable-title to the shareholders : and
ynat is still more strange , some very sensible work-Mg jnen asked me to notice this jargon , assigning as a reason that many were influenced by it . Dowever , it is a fact that I never lave had any adverse propositions to reply to , eseept the wild donbts created in . the mindsof working men by the wilder assertions of crotchet-mongers . « . f ^ n ^ ' rany pu back a little , aud tell you whv the landlords and capitalists are opposed to the suk division of land into such allotments as would be sufficient to employ the whole uboce of a warkin ?
man . riie landlords arc . opposed to it , because the subdivision of land would carry with it its subdivision of that political power to which the large landed proprietors in each county attack more value than they do to the rents of their estates . The smaller squires constitute a part of the political System ; the streams of political patronage , flowing to them from their chiefs . Hence in each county JOT wj ll find tiu ^ j Ol . four ] aige landed proprietors of the respective parties leading the political fashion and the dependents upon their patronage follovin " tt : and if you enquire into the circumstances of t lose leading landlords yon will invariably find that what they lose by keeping their land in the wholesale marketthev more than make by
, up keeping it within the political standard . Iuan aristocratic country like this , patronage , influence , and distinction are as much sought after as wealth : aud the land alone confers them . Thus , I show you why the landlords are opposed to the sur division of land . As to the capitalists , you are much too shrewd a man to require any reason from me why those who possess no earthly property except what they can squeeze out of labour , will strain every nerve to keep labour in a state of such dependency as ¦ will ensure them the largest amount of profit ; and you well know , and they well know , that if there are 200 blacksmiths in the market , aud only work for 150 , that the removal of the fifty idlers from the
labour market would nearly double the wages of the 1-50 who remained at their own work , aud of whom there was no " surplus ; " and if tbere was an understanding that any fresh " surplus" would also be provided for upon , the land , the masters and men would then mutually agree upon the application of the principle of restrhtion ; and in avevy short time it would be seen that the 150 blacksmiths , with the power of locating their " surplus" upon the laad , would receive more wages for eight hours * work than the 200 would receive f <« twelve hours' work . 3 ? ow such are the reasons why landlords and capitalists oppose the subdivision of land , and I think you will admit that very good ones thev are .
1 now turn to a « m % vlmta > n of that portion of your letter which refers to the locating of occupants as near their native or adoptedresidenees as ]> osslb ' e . In one of my previous letters upon the Land , I endeavoured to attach a more limited , but , in my opinion , a more charming anil patriotic definition to the term " home" than has been ascribed to it by posts statesmen , or warriors . I do not call England an Englishman ' s home ; Ireland an Irishman ' s home ; or Scotland a Scotchman ' s home . A Northumbrian set duwu in Cornwall would consider himself anywhere but" at home : " so a Kildare or Wieklow man , landed in Galway or Itoscommon ; or a Scotchman taken from Edinburghshire and placed in Inveruesssliire . In my opinion the term " / ionic"
implies other associations than those which are national . It implies all that is social and convivial . Uvme nieaus use to climate—accustomed to the soil—endeared to acquaintances—attached' to localitieswithin call of friends—in reach of connexions . I call the Tillage " where your forefathers lived "where yoe have drawn your first breath—where you have played ia your youth—grown up to manhood with your playfellows—and made friends of them in old age : 1 call that your " HOME . " Besides , under the present system , * habit gjves a new definition to home . For instance , cotton spinners must consider wLere they can get work , their home . So with Miners ; so with woolcombers ; so with associated shoemakers ; and , in fact , so with all employed in
manufactures . ¦ Xow then , your letter very properly draws my attention to the fact that Scotchmen iear that all the land will be purchased in England , and that , therefore , they would be removed from " Aomg . " Such , however , would not be the case . The subject is one which has had the consideration of the directors ; and while I perfectlyagree with you as to the desirableness of explanation upon the subject , I cannot ipite agree with you as to the mode of meeting the objection-, and I will tell you why . "What you propose is , that the country " be divided into districts ; say , twelve or twenty ; and that the districts shall ballot for preference of purchase ; and that all the shareholders in the successful district shall be first
located in that district . jSow , there certainly would be no objection to this , further than the priority given to the shareholders in the fortunate district ; Mid then it is quite true that the several shareholders will be suited in districts . Now , I think that a better mode of meeting the question—for it is not a difficulty—is this : —That the ballot forlocation should take place in the first instance ; and that then a majority of those who obtained a prize , mi"ht decide upon the district in which land should ° be purchased . You will bear with me if I digress a little , in order to keep the whole question in your -view . You apprehend , then , there might be a difficulty in the wa y of purchasing land in certain districts ; and , therefore , propose to go on balloting in continuation
until we candisecver it . Rely upon it , Burrell , that there is not a single district in England , Scotland , or Wales , in which we could not purchase as much I ind as we wanted . My impression is , that not only may Eugtiskmen beloeated in England , Welshmen in Wales , and Scotchmen in Scotland , but that the so-; ciety will very speedily be in a situation , from the I Possession of funds , so to arrange and manage as to a f - YortehireiIien in Yorkshire ^ , Ayrshiremcn in Ayrshire , and Monaiouth men in Monmouthshire , -lu fact , I have not a doubt upon my miud , that several allotments may be purchased in the larger ! comities ; and one at least in the smaller . And i « gain , lor myself , I can see no reasonable objection rr }! eve " nScotehmen audEn £ lishmeuexchan 2 in 2-.
Si .- " * of a Scotch fund to the pur-! £ S ^ ble ness ofthis "homely - or "domestic " ¦ 2 ™ 'Jf ' mf ? ' I" ™* * ^ t " agriculture andmanufaeturessliouldgohand inhand ; " and it * one which 1 am endeavouring to reduce to pracfob . w V "" W ? - a number of co « onspinners 5 fi 2 ? W totheirwork , Ihaveshewn SddS *{; ^ . tuneforaerieilltural operations ; the wnrif r mietmmhs Iscc n ° Section to S ? Classes selling their extra labour in a laW ? i Talue ^^ ^ n tested in the free 32 V £ * i . S ^ dtcrca state of *»**! 2 ^ mn ttS to fte realization of the 2 ; , ?* man to live healthfully and aUv 11 ' dunn S *•» 8 ummcr months , and profit « n , L « mtentedly during the winter months , I iin / lfli . -- —*» , »«» uuuug me niuiu iuuuuia ,
Z' ™!** altered state of things . Itis SiSS&tfe'T ^^? kofin < iDcin § mtrirti ^ tomake the required sanatory and SJ ^ Lff gulations demanded by the working I enforomi tne Quired improvemeBts never can be Op ^^ - ^ ft through the imprwed condition of SfS * " ? c ! ass « themselves . Once give a man ScS ^ , ve ^^ ** * be comfortable or I rbi- « r rtable » ^^ witt acceptcomfort even atthe I Mrl p ^ gaiii ; but at present he has no alter-I « arp 1 ? . to wo * ^ any wages offered to him or to I " 11 , ft" * ' * *""* » J mcet tlje question . oJ I « obT *{ - oslzA"os » n its real meaning ; and I t ( ft ]; J ^ gyM , Ishallansvfer £ oine of the vagaries I p SSii ^ j ^ s > v ? / exit * s" * 8 acccss I aoffi ? , * owfrom tUe J ^ dplan . thearistooacy I « le JS ^ J dasses T oxdd t ! 0 t ^^ we to frustrate I fahffi' e 7 cnt 0 tae extent of bidding acainst ns J ^^ dmthe mark et ? Kow , « oald 4 " ut'sestion
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fc ^ I \ f ' ^ ^ s comoncuponall questions that . serve them in the aggregate ; but they do not combine for the individual advancement of any one of their members . But I wiU suppose such a thing even possible , as a society of capitahsts formed for the purpose of buying lit ) all the land that we had pitched an eye upon - what in such a case , more easy than to keep our eyes shut anderapk > y some " tool" who would have his per STftftii ^ r f ^ S ^ auctioneer ^ us ? and all the satisfaction that the disappointed confederation would have would be that the land was bought " whs _ «« , though not bt w . " This isbne of the monstroaties to whfeh I have referred in the commencement of my letter . Another is a kind of two sdged-smrd , test at uswith which
. , our antagonists prick both sidesof the susceptible feeling of working men . . One says , "don't you see thatvou only get what costs tba society no more than £ 80-forlliey hayereceived £ 210 s . by way of sharemoney an ^ i ° , n ^ r you W ^ jw Tear , while you could get £ 100 for four percent . " ^^ nothersays , " you sec the thing is a bubble , for they p ropose to give each man £ lo capital who lm only paid up £ Z 10 s . " Now to the first proposition , I answer tfiat the verv essence of the society consists in the fact that it can give for ia per year what , as individuals , no member of the society can procure for £ 10 a year ; or , in fact procure at all ; while , -Tipori tlie other hand , the fact of being able to give £ 15 wholly and entirely ^ occurs from being able to cairy out an extensive principle
oi co-operation . Another statement is , that the peopte will be located upon moors or barren grouud . In reply to this folly I can only say , that with my consent ( and with the people ' s consent , I will always preserve a very prominent position in the society ) , not an acre of lad land shall ba purchased . Jiut more than that ; I shall be for purchasing the vert best xajcd , enhanced in value from its contiguity both to the produce market and the labour market ; and if we buy land worth £ 2 an acre instead of 15 a . an acre , it will make a difference of ^ 2 10 s . a year in the rent ; and so much the better , lsetter still if we could purchase it worth £ 5 an acre ; tor the good land takes less seed and less labour , and gives moke certaixty . Upon the other
handwhat-, ever description of land we purchase will be such as every occupant can make worth five times the rent at which he takesit in less than five years . I now come to the very most important part of the whole subject , namely , the probability of the whole Uo being swallowed up in the purchase of manure during the first year . In handling this branch of mv subject , allow me to draw your attention to the curious fact , that the very vagaries and fo'lies of the landed aristocracy will turn out to be our great blessin <* — 1 mean the foolish conditions that they impose on tueir tenants . The conditions now generafly are that only to much shah * be broken up , and that so much sha ! l be kept in pasture ; and in many cases that none shall be broken up . Forinstance : a youmr in
wan tue neignuourliood or liurnley lately took ten acres of ground , with the option whether he would pay £ 40 a year to keep it in grass , or £ 50 to cultivate it as he pleased . De preferred paving the £ o 0 and he was quiteright . Old grass land is always the best ,- and most profitable for cultivation ; and the effect of the foolish restrictions imposed by laudlords upon their tenants has been to make a ' savings' bank" of the land of England . I will instance Middlesex , where scarcely an acre is broken up—it being all used as meadow ground to grow hay for the London market . In Ireland , where the practise is perfectly understood and extensively acted » pmv a labourer would prefer a half acre of good graff land ' to a half acre of the best manured
ground . ]* ow , I will tell you wkat this " graff land " is . It is what in England iscaUed paving" and burning , " the ashes serving as the very best manure for the cultivation of every single root , without a single exception ; and especially for those "arden crops and roots that a cottager would stand most in need of . It is the best for potatoes / turnips mangel wurzel , cabbages , wheat , oats , barley , clover ; everything in short . Suppose , then , that a man gels on _ to his two acres in the beginning of March , just the season for " paring and burning ;" and suppose that he has an acre of grass land " he docs not require one spoonful of manure . If he has two acres , he can " pare and burn" an acre the hist year ; half an acre the second ; and half an acre the third . Now this is the use which landlords would not allow tenants to make of the land ; and it was becoming so prevalent in Ireland , that the late Lord Shannon procured an Act of Parliament
imposing a fiue of £ 10 per acre for every acre pared and burned . Some men will conclude that the fact of such an Act of Parliament having passed proves tlii objection to the system : but it is no such thing . I'll tell you the reason of the Act being passed : —it was because tenants " paired and bm-ned" their land at the expiration of their leases , without giving it iny manure for four years . They took a crop , of potatoes , a crop of wheat , a crop of oats , and a crop of flax off the land ; and then the whole injury was put down to " paring and burning , " whereas the land would have been just as bad if the four crops had been produced with a good manuring for the potatoes . However , I tell you distinctly ami nrefutably , that when the land is properly treated afterwards , there is no better preparation than "paring and burning " : and , moreover , there are several descriptions of land that will give better crops by , being pared and burned than from the very best manure .
I have now shown you the mode of providing manure for the first year ; and after that , every man with two acres would have more than he could use ; and that is supposing that he had only one acre in glass . If he has two acres , he could not do better that pare and burn it all at the rate of an acre for the first year , and half an acre each year for the two succeeding years . Now here again is the decided advantage that a tenant of the Society ' s would have oyer a tenant of the best landlord in England : jiium \ vauntui
'""" " « v . me ; eu-uptjiiiuou ana ireedom of action . This Land question appears to be puzzling all the "knowing _ ones . " The Times newspaper has a " Commissioner" in Cavan ; and , as far as he has gone in detailing Irish grievances , he is re-asserting in 1845 what I have been repeating since 182 S : and at last he will be compelled to come to my conclusion , that neither polities , religious distinctions , nor political feuds , have anything to do with Ribbonism , Terry Alt-ism , White Boy-ism , or Molly Maguireism : but that all isms merge into the one great ism—" vxsx of texukeism "
Robert , let me explain to yon , by an illustration you will understand , what this "want of texcreism " means . It means , that if you are making horse-shoes by the jol » , you will make more of them than if you were making them by "day- \? ovk" for the best master in Europe . "When you are making them by the job , you are your own master , and represent the man who has a lease for ever of his land . Such a man has a . perpetual interest in every hour he works , as you have in every stroke of the hammer ; while
the man who makes horse-shoes by "day-work" is the slave of another , and very naturally up-husbands tkat strength which he would draw more largely upon if he himself had the benefit of the extra labour . I could not furnish you with a more apposite or better illustration of the difference between a lease for ever and a lease for years ; and however the Times' correspondent may wind his subject up , he will but have blown so many bubbles in the air , if he does not come to the conclusion that wasi of iexube is the master grievance of Ireland .
Robert , if you read the limes newspaper at the commencement of the revived Repeal agitation , you may remember that it told you that if you travelled north , south , east , or west ; that whoever you met , or whoever you conversed with , of any class of society , none , not e \ en one , could fix upon any assignable cause for the distress or dissatisfaction of tllC Irish people ; in faet , that the Irish were a nation of malcontents ; and that was the sum and substance of all Irish agitation : but now * , in two sboit years , you read of "facis" in the Times which would set angels by the ears ! In fact , the correspondent of the Times now says that repeated oustings constitute " a / act ; " and thatthat fact alone is enough for him . Now , does not this prove that the limes was either ignorant of the "fact , " or withheld the "fact , " until Molly Maguire , by "the ascent of her soapbubble , elicited the laws of colour and light" for the 5 ? wcs '* correspondent . Wehavetheadmittedfactthat
from two years after the 403 . freeholders lost their political rights—that is , from 1831 to 1841 , nearly 600 , 000 oy the Irish peopiehave emigrated to the Coloxies asd Great Bbitais , or have esusted is the Abmt . "We have the fact ; and I love the Times ' expression ! The writer says : f There is an miiEssfi soweb / is p iers . " - ¦ - ' . "We have then , tkefact , that as soon after the Emancipation Bill as the landlords coitfct clear their estates , a thirteenth of the whole population of Ireland were compelled to transportthemselves , because they wore driven from their little " homes . " We have the fact that in the county of Gavan the occupiers of from one to thirty acres employ no labourers , for fear of improving their holdings , and being ejected ; and we have the fact , that the Times ' * correspondent only doubts whether a man and his family can cultivate thirty acres of land : and we have the still greater fact , - the greatest fact of all , that Mouy Maguire is obliged to attempt to do for her children what neither the Go Yeraiaeatjthe landlords , nor the Times ' * correspondent
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ever caa do : that is , to wring from the fears of their tyrants . what has been refused to the just demands of a brave and suffering people . - There have been no-other objections , that I know 6 f , ; urged against our Land plan ; and I defy all the writers in the world , and a'l tlie speakers in the world , to write or talk down the vnluc of the land ite capabilities , or its applicability to the regulation of the price of wages in the ' natural and h the artificial market . ' v Robert , I think of theland by day , and I dream of it by ^ night . My mmd is set upon it ; My every thought is occupied with it , because through its just ^ appropriation I see the enfrancliiseinent of man-the freedom of man—and the indepencehce of man . Ihis is the time , the very time for the people tomake the double struggle for social happiness and nolitical of
S ^ . n , ^ this agitation I was cal ed fool ; ' but every day ' s research is reducingmy fool s cap that others are fittinjr for their own heads , lam sureit gives you as much pleasure as it does me to see the glorious manner in which the plan is progressing , and I feel assured that its glorious result will give us all inexpressible joy . In conclusion , Robert , you are to understand that the question is not whether the . society , offers too fascinating ' > prospects on the oneJj ^ nd / or . cliarges too muchfoi what it gives on the other hand ; but the question is ; Vliether , witliout . the principle of co-operation , those who wish to redeem themselves from , slavery could under the present system , as individuals , accomplish it at any price ? On then , Robert , for the Land and the Charter : and in the " struggle" rely upon the co-operation of Your faithful and affectionate friend , Fearous O'Cosxor .
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¦ o — MR . WILLAM DIXON TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . _ My Friends , — -I flunk that no man has earned a better right to appeal to you upon oelialf of good Chartists than I have I am justified in making every exertion towards the maintaining and supporting honest working men who suffer in the cause of Chartism . There was a time when I performed that duty myself—there was a time when I save as much as from £ 30 to . £ 35 a week to tile sufforcrs . That time is gone , bull hopeit is not forgoten . William Dison , the subject of this letter , has ocen reporter for iheXorthtrn Star in the Manchester district for two years . Not only during that time has his conduct been most praiseworthy and exemplary , but he is distinguished
among his class for the uniform excellence of his character , Ms conduct , and his habits . A sad visitation , that of almost total blindness , has rendered Lira unfit longer to perform the duties of his office . A young man of active mind struck with uundness is a melancholy object , and I am sure you will think so . It is the intention of Dixon ' s friends , and especially Oi the cottiers , to whom lie has endeared himself by an uncompromising love of his order to place him above want , ana to preserve Mm from the tender mereies of a Poor law Bastilc ; by establishing him in a Temperance Coffee-house—for he is a rigid Teetotaller—so that thereby the affliction of want may not be added to that of blindness .
Mr . Thomas Whittaker , of No . C 8 , Devonshire-Street , Chorltan-upou-Medlock , Manchester , acts as treasurer to a fund for carrying out this benevolent , just , and praiseworth y object ; and need I say that every working man iu the kingdom who can spare anything ( and many hands make light work ) , should feel a pleasure aud a pride in comribuiing the means by which this sad affliction Of our dear and respected friend may be mitigated . I am sure it would shock me , as it would horrify every good man , to hear that so amiable a Chartist was allowed to suffer from the neglect of our body . Jfced I say more than that I snail esteem every penny given to Dixon as a favour conferred upon myself ; aud that I shall cheerfully act as co-treasurer with MvVWliittaker , and shall thankfully receive any offering to the fund . My friends , as I never beg for myself , I have a right to sue in justice for others . I am sure I need not say more than that I remain , yo ur faithful servant , Feakgi's 0 'Connob .
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A REPLY TO "TV . S ., " OF BELFAST . TO THE EDITOR OF IHE NOE . 1 HETIS STAR . _ Beak Sin , —I hope you will insert this reply to " TV * . 5 . s remarks . His letter , unless contradicted , mav mislead many of the Order . It calls for an answer " ; and although poorly qualified , I take up the cudgels against him . The Odd Fellow movement , he must be convinced , if he really has read attentively what lias appeared iu the Star , is one of principle . I liegto draw his attention to tlie faetof the ( i . M . and the Board of Directors , with C . S . Win . Radcliffc , having suspended , previous to the last A . M . C , many lod « es and districts for not furnishing an account of their respective private funds , which said suspension was of itself an illegal assumption of power ; an unjustifiable attack on the independence of the Lodges , and contrary to the fundamental principles of the Order . Yet the A . M . C . did not censure them ; nay , on the contraryi sanctioned the acts .
On tbe 21 st of June , shortly aftev the last A . M . C , a public meeting of the members of the Manchester district took place iu the Old Manor-room , Highstreet , to consider the alterations with respect to the scale of payments and benefits . The meeting was a crowded one . On the 23 rd an order was issued from Avtoun-street , signed by "Wm . Radcliffe , " declaring five individuals suspended from all benefits and immunities . Copies ofthis order were circulated in all the Lodges , leaving the members to find out what the parties were suspended for . They afterwards learned that it was because the marked five had attended the meeting . Mind , only two out of the five took part in the proceedings ; the rest merely were present . But they all were gifted and honest
men : so they must be got rid of . Was not this an illegal assumption of power ? The law specifies "that any member breaking the general laws of the Order shall be TRIED by a committee of his whole Lodge , OK by the district , and that / ourten clear days' notice shall be given him previous to TRIAL , specifying the charge . The law is explicit . Well , the meef ing of the quarterly committee took place on the 30 fcb of June , at the Three Crowns , Jackson-street , London-road . ^ Two of the individuals attended to represent their respective Lodges ( they having been elected previous to being illegally suspended ) . They were ordered out of the room by the then Grand Master of the district , Francis Burdett . The deputies requested to " be put in possession of the law
, which authorised the suspension of any member without TRIAL . " The answer given by Burdett was , "He would stand by the Board . " The document sent to him from Aytoun-street , commanding the suspension , vas then called for ; and after some discussion , the thtn secretary of the district , Ormond , went for it . Ho shortly afterwards returned with a slip of paper , on which was written certain instructions to declare the five individuals suspended signed by C . S . Wm . Radcliffc . But this document was of itself illegal , inasmuch as there was no seal of the Order attached : in fact , no seal of any kind . Some one of the deputies proposed a motion to the effect , that they , the deputies , were convinced that the Board of Directors had no power to suspend any
member tvttftout irul ; and that consequently the two deputies were qualified to sit . This was seconded , and tfo&GKHvd MasterTMmiett was requested to put it . He would not ; and the D . G . M . Roberts likewise refused—so did Secretary Ormond : upon which Burdett arose and declared the meeting adjourned to the Monday following . [ Next day , Ratcliffe , the director of the directors , declared the whole district suspended , with the exception of nine Lodges . These are facts . Nowwhatwill"W . S ., " the lover of freedom , say to them ? "Will lie not call this tyranny of the most absolute description ? Will he still impute had motives , and insinuate that the leaders of the movement are unprincipled ? But I am breaking off my narrative . On the Monday the
District Committee met at the Three Crowns ; but no District Officers made-their appearance . They were at that time , at the Board-room , holding a hlc and cbrn&r meeting , composed of seven deputies , which they termed the " Grand Quarterly Committee" !! The seventy-five deputies , after waiting all the forenoon , adjourned to the Temperance Hall , ' Mather-street , where they were joined by D . G . M . Roberts , who , repenting of his conduct , had resigned . He was unanimously elected Prov . G . M .: S . Neild , D . G . M . ; P . P . G . M . Hardy , C . S . of the district : and on principle the deputies firmly made their stand ; resolved never to place themselves in the power of theA ytoun-streetauthoritiesagain . "W . S . " asserts that the A . M . C . is the proner nlace to settle
dusputesr 1 ask him , as a lover of freedom , would he willingly suffer himself te be at the mercv of men asingle day , who assume a power to " suspend" him when they please , and thus deprive him from appealing orhaving a voiceihere ? - If he would , I would not ; nor would any true democrat '¦ , " W ; S . "' further says : ~ " If tlie resolutions complained of . can be shown to be inimical , ' and a majority vnlht , by laying the matter lawfully before the Board of Directors , the operation of the offensive resolutions could be suspended until the A M C " Very easy to say could ; but WOULD they be ? TVe will endeavour to find out the improbability . Why , man , the directors openly avow their determination at all hazards to enforce the obnoxious resolutions .
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: :. « . W . S . may be aware that by this time two Lodges m Liverpool have protested against these laws being enforced : and they were suspended for opposing the plans or the petty tyrants of Aytoun-stveet . The Liverpoolniembers looked at the principle involved in such conduct , and pronounced in favour of separ ? . uon irom men ,. who declared themselves superior to the Jaw . As soon as Radcliffe and his co-mates , nn a n , nnf ; f g ^ ) S daretl to speak out , that moment it is suspended . ' f hi l ' ^ ; S >" t 0 ^^ ad all that lias appeared in £ t&l , ° Week to week : and reconsider ! p » Jr . n 10 ™ " . ^ 5 s one of Princ'Pk <* not . j 4 if / i A ^? , the Klea of Lodges sending deputies ? ir-T j - { j - ' and implies that we would compel ^ fcLqdgetoaendone . If so , it would bealegisfe ^ embly with a there being 4000
vengeance ,: M ges .-m would allow any Lodge to send one but compel , none . Great numbers could not , on ac-C 0 ? P * 9 btue expense ; but as our parliament is a" u ,: ^ nwveable . the Lodges : conveniently situated wi ] lbe , thereLy enabled to take part in the busmess . ; . We Iqund this to work before better than 4 ie P ™ . t system , because the Lodge deputies made the committee bo numerous that the few tradesmen could .. noiHentircly have thehv way . As soon as the Lodges were . tUsfrancliised , the tradesmen became raging despots , commanding the A . M . C , and carrying into Jaw what they chose . It is natural that the perverters of our institution
will take every , means to justify themselves and t-ahimniate us . Hence the foul and malignant slanders iu their quarterly report . Their object is to delude , and thereby frustrate the cause of truth , we have found them unfaithful , and consequently have exposed them . "W . S . " states : "tliat the alteration ( which , by the bye , is only a secondary question , the main being theiv . UBjwst tyraimy ) chiefly applies to the funeral g'lts for members ' , wives ; and thinks that women will look with suspicion upon men who are overanxious on this point ; that is , for looking after a large amount at the death of their wives , and when able to work as before . " - ¦ :
Docs .. " W . S , " suppose that man is an insensible machine ?—that the loss of his partner is not felt?—that no aftections pvepoiiderate ? If so , ke is sadly mistaken , and libels the race . Most widowGrs are left witlv cluWveu . Almost all wish to have the departed decently , interred ; to have becoming mourning for themselves and cki ' dven : and supposing all who lose their wives sire at the time in good health , will £ 5 do ? No . itwiHnot ' . Butifitwould . twcajifl / oi ^ , and do , pay double the amount , for less payments . Under the new system , we would but be entitled to £ 5 . My Lodge , in addition to the £ 10 , pay £ 3 at tue death ot a member or member ' s wife , making £ 13 ; and we could afford to allow £ 5 . so
"W . S . ' ^ al says ;—" every Lodge was made acq A ? r . » t P P ° c' ^ n ge long before the A . M . O . I say in answer , no such intent was made known , or it never would have passed . I wonder where he got his information . Mr . Editor , I could have gone further into this , but have already encroached greatly upon your -valuable columns . I think enough has been said to convince " W . S . " ot his erroi-s . If not , he shall hear from me again . , . Yours , truly , 1 , „„ Henry Bamiforth , P . S . btav ot Hope Lodge , Manchester District . Manchester , Angustl 7 th , 1 , Little Sable-street , I . / -Thomas-street , Shudelull ,
N . B .- " W . S ., " in Ms postscript , states : — " The regalia required , by iawis trifling , and that the large sums paid are voluntary ;" . but he forgot to state that the Board alwaysJccep a stochin hand , and push the articles , ' encouraging Lodges to outstrip one another in Tomfoolery display ; and many new Lodges have been ruined by the expensive stock of sashing caps , &c , sent from Aytouu-street . .
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• : SPAIN . Tehrorism asd Insurrectionary DisiuRnANCEs in Madrid . —Accounts from Madrid of the 19 th inst . state that the attempt to enforce M . Moss' new tribute scheme had caused great fermentation in the capital . 1 he following account we take fsoni the £ f 7 i , u i , madrid , August 19 . ; Blood has been already shed in the streets of this city . As I anticipated in my letter of yesterday , the whole ot the shops , with the exception of those where provisions are sold , remained shut up this morning ; and ^ i'om some movements amongst the crowds in tlie low quarters of the town it was feared that aniiw suvvection would be attempted , and an attack made on the troops . Groups armed with bludgeons , and many with knives , were seen from an early hour passing through the streets . The armed force had
been already placed in position at the Puevta < M So \ , the Plaza Mayor , Calle , Carretas , and other commanding points . Three pieces of mountain artillery were stationed in the Calle de Correos , between the Post-office and the houses lately built by Cordero , the Mavagato . About ten o ' clock Geneva ! Cordova , accompanied by an escort of cuirassiers , made a circuit round the town , and as he was passing through : Puevta del Sol , some cries wereheard of" Mueva | Cordova , " " Muera el Gobierno . " Cordova , forgetting his dignity so far as Governor of Madv ' wl . dvew his sword and charged himself at the head of his escort amongst the crowd , cutting away to the right andleft . A company . of infantry advanced ,: and sup
ported the charge . The crowd retired a little way up the Calle Mentera , when three or four soldiers , who were separated from the rest , and who were particularly violent , were struck with sticks by some young men near them . Four dragoons turned back again , and re-commenced the charge ; and they were met with a shower of tiles and stoues flung from the top of a house which is . building in the same street . Some of . the soldiers thereupen presented their muskets , and fired at the ; balconies above them . ; It is said that several persons were wounded , and one killed . A young lady standing at a balcony in the same street > was ; severeJy j wounded link the eye from I the splinter of a shutter which had teen struck by the bullets . :
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At twelve o ' clock , six orsevon shots vvoro fireil , an * the troops charged from the Pucrta del Soi along the Calle Alcala . One man is said to be killed , ami four or five wounded in the Calle Carretas . In the Plaza-San Miguel , between the ' Plaza' ¦ Mayor and the senatorial house , a shower of tiles , bricks , » iid . stones was lung on the so ' diers as they passed . Several uSficers have been wounded with knives ; one has ! j ; k ! hisarm nt-arly cutoiF . Ceuriers have been sent off to the Basque Provinces to inform Narvaez of the state in ; whmh Madrid is at this moment . It certainly pre- ^
sents rather a melancholy appearance , —all the shops- ' * and houses shut , few persons abroad ; and tlio troops , wvic guard , and city police , with , loaded luuskete- , ami sabres drawn , line the streets in every direction , . rewly to act at a moment ' s notice . ^ X'ouroitho ringleadcvswere amst ' eiVinlhe CaBe ' . Aleiitcra during the charge made by the tvoops ; . u-ift ' w P j s . onersin the Post-ofiice , aud itis said ,. v will be tried by court-martial . * Ssvfix O'Clock , v . m . —A odmJo Avns published at three o ' clock by the Geie Politico . The first artic
le orders , under pain of being considered ns accomplices in the rebellion , tradesmen to o ;> eu theif shops within four hours aftev the notice . 2 . The loiiee agents are ordered to go about niul-ttikc Jtatsof nosu that are shut . 8 . The police agents mv ordered togiveformalnotieeto the ownei'stoopcnthcir ^ iopa ; . those where provisions are sold to be opciica invmooiatel }' . 4 . > pt more than four persons aw . illowed - to be together in the streets ; those who violate the : order to be arrested ; and thoso who resist , to be ' 1821 accordmgto thc law of the 17 Ui of April , -
. ilurty-seven prisoners wcreiviaile to-fisiy ; threo , it is said , will be shot to-morrow . Three pimvra have been severely wounded with knives V one ' , it , is said , mortally . More than four thousand shops aud establishments are closed . Nise ' O'clock p . ji . —Tlie evening passed oil' tran . quilly , aud it is lioped that nothing will owui- unring the night One man was killed to-day in ilic ( JaUe lOJedO . Uie shop doors were forced" < H < un with muskets and axes m tko Calle Toledo . It is rumoured that Burgos , Sm-agossa , Toledo , ami Seville have also resisted in the same manner as Madrid ^^
^^ {^ timoty Q ^^ m . Itis rumoured that various towns in ihc i-. t-igh- . ronrhood have followed the example Of Madrid and ; lie conductors of the Andalusian diligencfsnipntion . that it is almost impossible to get any thin . -. io buy along the road . " A young man named Manuel Gil , only twenty-four years of age , a journeyman tailor , was shot this Jnorn-Mg at half-past , eleven o ' clock , outside the Toledo-- ¦ gate : he has left a young widow . lie wont to the ground with firmness , and died in the same manner . " lie was accused of having stabbed an ollicov in the disturbances of the day before yesterday .
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CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . ^ Meetings for the purpose of enrolling meinW * and ivansacting other business connected tlienwjt . h are held every week on the following days and pin ' wi :- ' . . SUSDAT EVJSWXO . : South ItndmiChantetlhU , l ] 5 , BlackfriaK-road , at liali-past six o ' elock . -C % Chartist Hall , i , 'JV . magam-lane , at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at iL 'farthemum Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lani ' , n half . '' ¦ pasts « ven .-Sonim- Town : at the Hall of Science , ' 19 , Oumbwland How , King ' s-cross , atLalf-pnst seven ! -Tower / Wefs : at tho AVhittington and " Oat , Oliurch-row , Bethnal-green , atsi ^ o ' clock wofi-U'lv -iffljnett . toigato : at the Hock Tavern , l-Wii ^ " gi'ovo , at eight o ' clock precisely .
JIOXDAY EVENING . Canticrwell at the Montpelier Tavern , : Wahrortb , at eight o ' clock precisely . . ' . _ ¦ TUESDAY EVEN 1 SG . rinfTif ^^/ V - WMttington aiul Cat , Uiurch Row , BetunaUgewm , « t eight o ' clock . —
. ¦' , - " , WEDNESDAY EVENING . Manjlebone : at the Painters' Aims , Cireus-stooL at eight precisely . ' City Ohabtist Hall , 1 , ToRXAOAiy . lAsu . — Mr . Coopers fourth lecture will take place ou Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , in the above-named hall to commence at a quarter past seven . - ' Subicof . the Middle or Dark Ages ; establishment of « : Jiriatianity by Conataotice ; Arian , and other seers and tlie fierce and murderous persecutions in the church ; rise ot 1 apal power ; superstitious tales of the saints ¦
sects ot monks and friars ; the subtleties of the ¦ schoolmen ; the Pauiieians , Albigenses , Ac . ; tise of Mahomet , and conquests , science , and literature of the Arabs ; _ the Crusades , and their imkcuco in Jiuvopean civilisation . —The public discussion will be- ¦ ¦ icaunied at liult-piist ten precisely , on Sundav uwn-• ng next , August the 31 st . —In the afternoon , at ' Uiraej the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the dispatch ot business .
W&TS ^ m a P ^ -outu . ~ A meeting will beneld at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on'Monday evening next , September 1 st , at eight o ' c'ouk precisely . MARVLEB 0 SE . -TI 1 C members of the above locality lespect i . Uy acquaint their friends that thev intend to wind up tlHur . water . tri pa for the season w h a giand excursion , on Monday , September the . Srh , and solicit . tneir company on tho occasion . They have made an-angements with the landlord of Oio Plough , atAorthiilJ , to provide them with all needtuh for recreation ; a good dinner will also be pro-? i '« w m . l ' ^ char S e - Tlle fa oats will start kom the Weigli-bi dge , Paddington , at Iialf ^ St eight lor nine o ' clock Fare , there and back , ninepence Tickets my-behad of Vincent Takes , subsecretary , Painters ' ArmsCircus-streetNewmd
, , -. .. WcnwEBrf Theatbicai , Benefit . - A benefit in aid of tlie sick , superanuated , and burial fund of the above trade , will be held at the Royal Victoria ¦ S ^ p ! , " / t"f ^ zoning , _ September the Oth . All excellent bijl ot fare is provided tor tlie occasion supported by those popular actors , Mv . OabakUstoa Sum "W *?? 1 the Powcrfulcompany of that establishment , aided by SCTeral able tmAJm . Ioweh HAMLETs . -Tlie members of the Land Society are informed that the mnfitimra TO ; n K « i ,. i . i ™ .
Sunday evenings at six o ' clock . A general meeting ill wr ^ v th ^ ? , ntral loeality wiu be held at ~ c ngt ? n and . Cat ' ClMirch-row , Bethnaf - gieen , on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely . l , ov ? n ? ff ?* Tw—Tko . City ' Chartirt locality ™ 8 ^ determineuupon getting up a fraternal deinooratic banquet to celebrate the anniversary of the ; iormatwn of the French Republic , the committee wi \ i meet on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at five o ' clock , SlftoSnd . filV 0 U 1 ' able t 0 the PV ° ieCt aVe * " 0 HARTI 8 T CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . —A public meeting ot all the shareholders in the London distil ei
wvt 5 ° t , n ^ ( enin £ ' 'S U 9 t 31 st . » i the South London Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , to revise the present rules , and to hear a report from fenw ^ i . ?? present 5 tate of the s ° ciety . Ihe chair will be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . MANcnESiEn .---Mr Thomas Clark will lecture in & « ** " - ' ^ ' ^ -road , at six o ' clock on bunilay evening next . Subject : "The obiectiona pafeoi ^ a ^ SnS S hCrC at ^ - ¦ SunK ^ nexf ^^ 1 CCtUre here Oa , itiwS- ' , . " . T . Clark , and C . Doyle will SmSuM ° fe ? urnley on Monday . September S - S ^ "' ^ ° 1 ' u d : P ^ ton , Wednesday , Ad ; Bolton , Thursday , 4 th ; Ashton-under-Lyne . Sunday , 7 th ; Mottram , Monday . 8 th : StAlnv TMaJ . lu
esday , oth ; MacoIC 3 fieW , Wednesday , M ; Stoffi . P slii Ursday ' ^ Vu Manchester ' Sunday , 14 th . ARSo ^ ° p ' ~ Mr ^ Vm-Dixon ^ lecture in the tSSSSSSS ? Brow > rtM ^ - ChS rn 7 r eeti ? ° ^ o ° slia ^ oklers of the K ? S , frT ^ o - Land ' Sooioty-wffl beheld on iuesday , September 2 nd . rn ; ° nl t- ~ T Am c etinsof the shareholders in the-U-opevatwe Land Society will be held in the Large - Koom . JMottram , on Sunday next , at two o'clock ,-when the secretary will attehd for the purpose of en- rolling new shareholders . Oldham . —On ' Sunday fto-morrow 1 a Wt . uw > will
be delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horseugestreet , at six o ' clock in the evening . On Oldliam Wakes Monday , September 1 st , a Chartist Tea Party plain and fancy dress ball will take place in the above Hall . Tea on the table at five o ' clock . - DEWK . ~ lhe shareholders of the Chartist Oo-? Krt ^ , Society « re requested to meet at Chester s Temperance House . Osmastoa-street Derby , at seven o ' clock in the evening . ' - | | & » issss SS ? CT ? ? 1 I * Society meet atMartitt Judos ,, sun-Inn , Side , every Sundav m ™™ « t o ^ ior
; J ^ meivmgsubscriptions and ^ wh ^ T ' " ^ S » arterly meeting of . member * > vi ! i Si h Ce i" ^ Chartist Association ?«»¦ September the 7 th .. at half-past five o ' clock i » tho w" ? ' *? . ? , minate a new council . A public Um--msionwiU take place in the Association goom evm f ? il ) g ' o half P ast '**¦ o'doek ? mtfr ' ^ n ^ FPiT * - lneetin S of . the shareholders or . ^ raiarsisS ''? ^ s ^ &BB ^ M
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ECOLES DISTRICT OF ODD FELLOWS . At a ' special Committee , held July 29 th , 1 S 45 , to take into consideration the present critical state of the District , the following Resolutions were passed unanimously ;— r 1 . —That the Earl of Durham Lodge Wallowed to remove to the house of Host Marshall , sign of the Jolly Carter , Winton . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ - ' 2 . — -That tins District having lost all confidence in the G-. M . and Board of Directors , do henceforth consider that we avc not called upon to enforce or obey any rules or orders of the said Board of Directors 3 ihat this District
. — maintain itself distinct and separate from any Board of Management in which the Directors have any pecuniary interest . 4 . —That we have read , with surprise and indignation a slanderous publication , signed by the Officers of the Order , which endeavours to throw the odium aud responsibility , of creating disunion and insubordination throughout the Order , upon the numerous and respectable lodges that have refused t « adopt their unwise and dangerous experiment , promulgated at the last A . M . C , held at Glasgow ; and that we fling back all the odium and responsibility of having reduced to anarchy and confusion our once noble and flourishing Institution , upon the guilty heads of the G . M . and Board of Directors . ¦ ¦
¦ -.. K -I 'Pl-in * * li « « -. ^ , T L * t * J . 1 . * . /*( C * > H ' f \ ' 1 ' " 5 . —That the conduct of the C . S . of the Order , in procuring the suspension of the Humanity Lodge of this District , without having violated any of the Laws of the Order , was alike unjustand contemptible , they having only given vent to their feelings in one general burst of indignation oh the appearance in their Lodge of the man who has laboured so fatally and energetically for the overthrow of the Institution which has raised him from insignificance and supplied him with bread . - ¦© V—That . we hereby stigmatize with our especial censure and reprobation , the conduct of the C . S . of
the Order , in having represented at the A . M . C . our Deputy , Proy ; 0 . S . Renshaw , asa suspended character , and thereby preventing him bringing torwaad aproposition to the effect— "that the Board ot Directors shall , in future , be deprived of all pecuniary iuterest in the supply of goods orcommo . dities to the Order . " 7 ;—That we have read with sentiments of gratification and triumph , the resolutions of the Manchester District , in which they have , with courage and discretion , resisted the selfish and arbitrary dictation of the Board of Directors ; and we most cordially concur with them in those resolutions .
8 . —That there be a provisional Board of Management , to consist of two members from each Lodge . 9 . —That the best thanks of this Committee be given to the District Officers for their impartial conduct this evening . 10 . —That a copy of these resolutions , with the thanks and congratulations of this Committee be presented to the Lodges of the Manchester , Salford and other Districts that have so fearlessly asserted their rights , and done their duty . ( Signed , ) t t ' ¦ ¦ ' . Jobs Johssojj , Prov . - G . M . Edward Withi . vqto . v , Pnov . D . G . M . James Rehshaw . Prov . O . S .
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NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS , L . D . District Office / W iem . ; , Mr . Mavsden ' s , Sir Thomas' Buildings , August 18 th , 1845 . Brethren , — a public [ meeting was 'held on tasday evening , August 14 th , 1846 , in the Queeu ' s lheatre , Clinstian-street , for the purpose of adonting measures to meet the disturbed state of tho district , caused by the unjust interference and relentless persecutions emanating from the officers of the Order and the Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity .-¦
' P . G . Greaves , of the Duke of Sussex Lodge , f ^ nu ! nS T ^ mTn 0 USly called t 0 tlle chair , the following resolutions were submitted to the meetm * and upwards of . 2 , 000 persons ( all Odd TeE ) recorded their votes in favour of tlie same ? ' f ' i , ? « * i us meeting considers the laws passed . at the Glasgow A . M . C . contrary to the cpsstatutum and true principles of Odd Fellowship inasmuch as hey are a direct and u Jarran 3 Sterference wuh the / internal affairs of ^ lodges as guaranteed by the general laws of the Order in the management of our financial arrangements SvSg no confidence m : men that xv-ould force such unjust "iWJTr . measui ; J « P ° n ' w , we therefore . C , SZ ^^^ . ^^ tional Inde Order of
pendent - Odd FellowsMand ^" earnestly solicit the zealous co-operation of everv ftri ^ SSw ^ aS riasaiSsss siaiaSS ^^^ s ' &stBui brethren have been subject tn C « r . I F &SS £ TK ^™ 5 ~*» : g ^ gSas . S » S& 1 S
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•^^ r ^ m ^ mm Sbc ° t " immediate | yto carrv the above objects into thlwu confiden ce , ™ the Board of Directors lias therefore . been recorded by upwards of 2000 votes at o 1 w eetl ? ln this ^ WotJ'and thouianls of Sion . Wei ' - ^ PreSent ) ar ° Of thc saiue thJf fl * * regrett f ? r thesakcof theInstitution ) m ? Li ^ i ! / 1 'l ? e ( l cmMc ^ in should so far outstep the bounds ot common justice , as to cause us te bo instrumental to a separation from the Manchester Unity ; but when the fact becomes thoroughly Unown to the members to what an unlimited extent tuey have carried their system of tyranny and- odpression , we are ' sure there will be but one opinion unon out' . proceedings , namely ,-that it is time the Unity should be rid of , and for ever ! the men who at their public festivals , and at their social meet ings , aro . continually lauding the principles of Odd fellowship , Roasting of . the acts ofkindness
many fc . ? , " 5 > - ' » oWing forth to tho universe thatthe pilot of their actions is Friendship , Love , and li'Uth ; at the same time their deeds ' will prove that they have been continually seeking to increase their power over the members of thc Unity ; and progressively increasing the expenditure , for personal aggrandizement : and yet tho niemhor . who flared to even juui-uiur auhcir ' unaattiorised piocceilings is jmmediately by their unconipromisingniandate suspended lor nine months ; tliatls , uwtiU ^ ^^ A . M . O - never lor a moment considering that the persecuted member may be in distress—may be sick—may die Ao matter to the tyrants of Aytoun-Stroct .-tlie crime o [ having ( laved to allude to theiv despotic acts is a suflicient cause to sever the bonds of brotherly love and charity from the Unity . Nay , more , in the event of the death of a brother so suspended , the same sanguinary punishmentis extended to his widow and unoffending offspring . :
. y > e blush for their effrontery ! But fop them to tiunlc tfiat all members will tamely submit to be tyrannised over by them , is a most woful mistake , winch the decrease in the number of their own supporters—the public murmurs of every individual in the Order—and . the spirit of emancipation which is spreading fast throughout the Unity , will soon bring home to their conviction . There are few members in thc Unity who are fully . aware of the principal cause of the present dissension but agree on one point , namely- " Thatthe proceedings ot the Executive have been oppressive and unconstitutional . " They may say that we should have taken a constitutional method of rcdressin" our wrongs—that we should have sent a sufficientnumber of representatives to the next A . M . C ; to annul their
proceedings , and place other men in their situations . We admit that their plan may appear thc most prudent , but we deny that there would be the least prospect of success . In the first place , any member who has attended an'A . M . C . is ' aware that the officers and Executive of the Order have it in their power to veto , by a system peculiar to themselves , any motion they may ; be opposed to ! Secondly , they ' have corrupted the system of representation by holding pu t an advantage of 25 pev cent , to one portion of ouibrethren over the other—the agricultural over the manufacturing districts . They imagine that by giving the agricultural districts such advantage would _ be ensuring their support in defence of the financial scheme now brought forward . . Thev , the Executive , curtailed the number of representatives .
mj o marKtiio power they reserve for themselves ! \\ ho is to decide which are agricultural and which are manufacturing districts ? The Board of Directors ot _ course ! Wo ! to the districts that are not submissive to their opinions , as they will soon discover they may beset down jis mar . uikuturmg districts , ami be immediately visited with tue' 35 pur cent , vengeance ! J ¦¦¦ ¦ _ Where , we would ask , atiov such a corrupt system m the A . M . O ., is there ' any chance ofa lcalredress of our grievances- ? The Hoard of Directors , are usurpers . u : oy have tvamplod upon our rights , and sneej-eu at-c-ur just murar . irsfif coiniilfiint ' ! They havo chsea . un the . ^ ly' oliannd wo h < ui torodroa ' our wvong-v-havfieic us no hope toroliovc-oui-selveu trpm abjeef . s ' aveiy but io declare cvuv ittdcpcwleii ^ ot sweh a neJarious , aelf-aggmhiiutngr" and corrupj ; ¦ —
gor " - . . Whatever may be tWoresuH ( nob that wo fear tlieiv suspensions , as the t ! ay of tlie bugbear has gone by like chatt before the wind , . 'Hid justice—oven-haaded justice—has vU . h < lvawn the veil from our eves ) , they tho Executive , are responsible . They have declared a war of extenttiriation . iigninsl . ' the ' order for maintaining theiyngJifs ; and , not satisfied with the aid of their satellites and uiir . ions of power , they have started , and keep in ihoirnay , a corrupt journal which endeavours ( but- is vain ) to stop the great cause ot freedom .
With justice and tvnth in our cause , we bid defi . anceto their oppression , —our wrongs loudly call for the support of every honest member . They commenced the war when we had no power to cope with them . Now we have , and are daily gaining voluntary accessions to' our numbers ; and ere long will make their despotic throne shake to its foundation—obliterate their names from our statute book for ever — or if any particle be leftin it , itjshall be for the sole purpose of warning others against any attempt to tyrannise over their fellow men . But in waging war , we do not mean it to be against our brethren who were true to the principles of our noble Institution .
and stood fearlessly for the laws of our order in their purity . No , far from it . We would rather solicit their aid , so that we may the sooner crush the poor man s enemy . We would urge upon the agricultural districts not to he too sanguine as to the sincerity ot the Board as regards their scale of payments , lheir tyrannical acts against ns should be sufficient warning to them , that so soon as it suits their own purpose , tney will treat them with similar conduct . We arc determined to keep inviolate those lawsof thc Order necessary to carry out the principles of Odd Fellowship ;—we shall retain that portion which is good , discarding the bad . ¦
Manchester , Salford , Huddersfield , and many ottvar districts have expressed a wish to co-operate with us and soon we shall have an Order of Odd Fellows existing in principle , —not as it has been of late , a fraternity bearing its name , governed by a Star UambDr Inquisition . TVe are determined , so far as moral force will go , to crush their power , and the cause of our ' grievances shall be heard wherever an Odd Fellow is to be found . By order of the Provisional Committee , JP . G . Stanley , Prov , C . S . pro tem . otice
N . —You are requested to appoint a deputy to attend a Committee of the district , to be held in the philanthropic Lodge House , Host Marsdcn ' s , Sir Ihomas ' s Buildings , on Wednesday , September 3 rd at eight o'clock in the evening , for the purpose of electing officers for the district . You are requested to bring a return book , with the name of every member who wishes to join the National Independent Order of Odd Fellows . The D . C . S . pro . torn , of the above Order will be in attendance at the above house every evening , from seven till ten o clock , where every information will be given .
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«O W ? Io and capitalists do v » u VUI . JN . 407 . LONDON , SATURDAY / AUGUST 30 , 1845 ! * b . b ~ .. ^ f ' - ' - ' ¦*»« Shillings and Sixpence per Quarter ^^ ^^
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