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THE NORTHERN STAR. SA.TCUDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. ISiS.
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FROM THE 1 st OF SEPTEMBER , THE E X PRES S . » TU 1 E iltlUMrHAXT SUCCESS of tho " Bail * Xeus » W . s led to numerous inquiries , wliclhor it t » l-Unottjc j . p . ncticaliiG io fAioliti , an Utating JSdition , containUm Hcr-Ms of Prices and I ' toceedings in tie different Markets on j t , ; c « ii ! . «« f rubiUKbou . The 1 ' ropjieUirs of the Hxax Sews" have resolved to comply with the wish ot the Vuhlish lm : *} i « w « itcoirfusi « i , u , cp ^ ,. ,, iH ajipear UIMtei : a different nanie-timt of THE F . Xl'HESS . Toe EXPRESS w «* «™« a ™_ . ia addlfaun t « th « st « vs in Uic Viorniug raver , : i SUMMARY of the HOME and FOUEiGN 1 STELLItr .. > vc wjKh may arrive on ihe flay uf publicatkw TUEEXl'RESS will have the advantage of Foreign Expi « ss « s - ££ X * r , ' \ - ™ . ™ ! cr c t J characteristics « f a Morning Journal . But the full and earcfrillv iirqiarcd KEj * C-. a > of die AlOiEV RAILWAY , l'HODUCE . COKS . CATTLE , mid othtr HAHKKTS wil be the marking tKUVt . As , W . cvcr , thcintcrcstm such a paper nvus * Tieccs . sari ] y oe limited to a Class , ot n Locality , tlie Proprietors can-SU'T Ut'Jte that ClS ; ur tlie Safe or the juKutisenutfts will be so cxtt-iisivc-or remunerative as'tboyc of u Moiling l'siper . aacy isrojiose , therefore , that TllItEBrENGE -siiall be tlie price to the public of TH 3 EXPRESS . The ? roprictors believe , that everv reqieoinUc news-agent will transmit the ucw Journal , -on receiving & Post-office ™ S \? v tUe rate of 19 s - * Per quarter ; but should saiy difficult arise , all persons desirous of being surpliud with ill * . EXl KtSS are requested t < . remit .- « lVst-officc vrdlr for that amount , payable to iiv . IIekbt Wmz-biodcb , 00 , ticet-streto , London , vrlio will transfer fcfar-a respectable London Agent . T&E EXPRESS tvQI be published eve ? y Afternoon , at Pour o ' clock , wSSi the latest details of tfce Markets ' . of tee-urn ? .
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jSowwady , Price One Shilling . TE-K I-KCOND EDITION OF MY LIFE , ' OR . OUR SOCIAL STATE , Part I . a Poem , T > y ERNEST J 03 ES , Barrister « t Iavk . Vic liopc the cathor \ vjli be « aeoura « ed bv the public to continue his moaoirs . —Litcrasy Gazette . * An unt-quivoi 5 sll . v straHge auiWeatfalhistorv— Os < = iunie In its qualit ; . — . Voniing Herald , Lady Caerl&jH and her Lort ! are portraits true as any that Lawrence ever painted . Beautiful iu description , tender , . pathetic siud slowing in the affections of the leart , the author ' s pen is not without a turn for satire . — JVucrti ana Jlihtaiji Gazette-It bears forcibly and imsncnflv on tlie ansGns state Of society , iis vices , its follies , aud its crimes . —Court ¦ Journal . In every page before us may be discovered some fresh , rigorous and poetical conception . The fearful brewing down cf . tlie dykes is brautiful !; brought into the mind ' s « ye . — -Morning Foft . This work jdves it * author an immediate and very high rank m literatures— Court Journal . 1 ' ull of wild dreams , strange . fancies and graceful images , interspersed with many Aright and beautiful thoughts , its chief defect is its hrwity . The authors inspirations seein to gush fresh and sjjarkliiig from llipjioerene . He will want neither readers nor admirers . —J / brn-Inp Post . Jt contains more pregnant llioujrnts , more bursts of lyric power , more , in ime , of tbe truly grand and beautiful , than auypoetieal work , which has made its appearance fur Tears . We know of few . thingsin «» redramatically intense than the scenes batweer PMlipp , Warren JUid Clare . —Hew Quarterly Ectictc . Published by ilr . Xewby , 72 , Mo . tinicr-strcet , Caven-€ ish- £ <) uare . Orders received by all booksellers . In tLe Tress anfl shortly willne published , MY LIFE , PiKr II .
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POLAND'S REGENERATION . Jfow ready , Price One Penny . The second Monthly Keport of Occurrences in Poland , containing further accounts of the Massacres is Gailicia , the intrigues and cruelties of the Russian Ttrast Nicholas . An account of the Russian Secret Police , the torture by the Knout , and other REVELATION'S OF RUSSIA . Also an Address from the Polish Democrats , « fcc Ac . Published by the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration . To be hail of Julian Haniey , " Northern Star" Office : Jlr . T . il . Wheeler , S 3 , IJean Street , Sulio ; of the members of the Chart'st Executive Committee , and through all news-agents in the United Kingdom . * s s For two postage stamps sent to G . > l . Harncy , or T . if . Wheeler , a copy will be sent through the post , free .
The Northern Star. Sa.Tcuday, September 10. Isis.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SA . TCUDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . ISiS .
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"THE NATION" AND "THE CHARTER . " ' We have received a printed address from ihe C / iarlhisof ' England to the Irish people , with a reguest that we should insert it in the " Nation . " We desire no fraternisation lei ween the Irish people and the Chartisis—not on account of the bugbear of - 'physical force , " but simply because some of theirfice point * are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , / hough well enough for England , are so essentially English that their adoption in Ireland would neither he probable nor at all desirable . Between us uud them there is a gulf fixed ; we desire not to bridge it over , but to make it wider and deeper . " From the " Nation" of Aug . 15 , \ 8 iG .
ABOMINATION i \ "O . III . —VOTE BY BALLOT . Pxsn . \ F 3 of all the senseless " cries" assumed by fict' -oi as the type of liberality , that of the Ballot to s .-cure a class constituency from popular vigilance In the tiiscliarge of a trust , was the most insolent ; and yet it was a bait with which popular confidence would hare barn caught , had not a timely exposure blown the babble and exposed the trick . In al ! other exciting questions , tks causu of the unrepresented was cunningly interwoven with class interest , until faction , flushed with its many triumphs over popular confidence , at length ventured upon a bit of policy so selfish that Its life was as short as its exposure was complete .
Did we require grounds upon which to establish the expediency of extended suffrage , we could rest the claim upon this self-accusation of corruption , weakness , and fraud , against the whole electoral body ; and if its demand by a more dependent class requires any apology or justification , it will be found in the fact , that those farther removed from temptation , intimidation , and aristocratic influence , sought it as THEIR protection .
The People ' s Charter must now be accepted as one great whole , with tl « e advantage and charm , however , that it not only secures right f-ir all , but enables all to alter and amend it , when any of those ciuses which now render any of its points indispensable , shall have ceased to exist . We shall , therefore , treat the Ballot as a neeessnry protection against undue interference with the exercise of a right , until time , and a' new and a belter system , sba ' . l have convinced man of the value of t ' ie suffrace , and when society shall be prepared to
protect him in its open and undisguised use . Indeed , if the necessity of harmony and kindly feeling in the lower as well as in the higher circles , is concededwhich , we presume , few will deny—we may draw our conclusions of the value of the Ballot to the poor Parliamentary voter , from the fact , that in all elections for admission to Clubs , and all elections for officers , those who set a just value upon fellowship and unbroken harmony , have recourse to this mode of voting as a guarantee against dissension and afterfeud .
We have always made the proper distinction between the accomplishment of a measure and the first working of the measure . We know that inteu tions and principles are violated and altered to suit the change to factions knuckle , if the strictest and most jealous scrutiny is not observed ; and we feel confident that a parliament , elected even by universal suffrage , under the present system , and without the protection of the ballot being extended to tlio poor and dependent voter , would very speedily so damage the principle in its first working as to strip it of its anticipated charm . Wealth has too much influence
over poverty to safely entrust our measure in the hands of those who would bribe , bully , coerce and intimidate to the extent that self-interest prompted , while it is equally true that a new-born constituency would require much caution and some protection in the exercise of a newly-acquired right . Capital would seize the soft moment , would profess obedience to Ike new measure and the popular will , and thus lure labour into the amiable weakness of confidence , precisely as the tyrant coal kings , upon the eve of a re-engagement , hold jubilees and play the equal , the pot-companion and patron , instead of the tyrant , the oppressor , and the cheat ; but the momefit the knd
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i- signed and the slave ' s dress is assumed , then does conviviality , condescension and [ patronage throw off its disguise , and a new and more imperious rigour is assumeA We can well imagine the masters in a polling district agreeing upon a candidate , and entering into a compact to march in a body to the polling booth , each the commander of his legion of slaves , and the refractory , upon voting for the man of his own choice receiving , in return , a license to starve for his PRESUMPTION . Mr . O'Connor well designated the ballot without the vote as the ladle without the soup , and the ballot with the vote as a necessary protection for the fearless exercise of a right .
The ballot would prevent all bribery and corruption and excitement before an election , as few would be found hardy enough to purchase a basket of BLIND NUTS , while it would effectually prevent all the subsequent heartburnings which now require so much time to allay . Much would depend upon the machinery by which the principle was carried out . If secrecy is the object , it should be made complete , so that no breas ' but the voter should be cognizant of his act . Many imagine that the complication of the machinery would stand in the way of its fair working , but to our
mind nothing can be more simple . The Parish Re ' gister , with the names of all above 21 years of age , alphabetically arranged , occupies an enclosed place , into which the voters enter by twelves , by twenties , or by hundreds , commencing with A , and so proceeding . To each voter he gives a ball representing the colour under which each candidate chooses to poll , supposing the colours to be black , white , scarlet , and green . The voters thus possessed of the balls , go singly through another passasre , where four strangers appointed to act as poll clerks for the respective candidates preside , and with them the voter deposits the
balls which he does not mean to use ; or , if this method would not secure secrecy , each may receive a small linen bag , in which he may deposit the rejected balls , and band it to the poll clerks ; he then proceeds to the ballot box , which we will suppose to resemble a letter box ot ' a post office , and there , unnoticed and uninterfcred with , he deposits his ball or balls as the case may be , two if there are two candidates and he wishes to vote for both—and one , if there is only one . The room in which the ballot box that receives the balls is placed , is looked ; the ' several candidates having appointed an officer each to stand
at the door . When the time arrives f or closing the election , the parish o fficer appointed for the purpose enters the room in the presence of the several poll clerks , counts the balls for eacli candidate , and then counts those which have not been used , and upon the following day at twelve o ' clock , the Sheriff or returning officer attends at a place appointed to receive the returns from the several parish officers , and makes his declaration accordingly . All voters should poll in their own parish , and in two places if tho parish is inconveniently large , and all the operations should be conducted by perfect strangers . We know of no more
simple , expeditions , or satisfactory process than this and we have merely propounded the plan as an answer to the ridiculous charge of complication and inconvenience . By these means the largest county could complete an election in two hours . We could furnish instances without number of the necessity of the ballot in our several municipal elections , which candidates secure more by bribery and corruption , than by popular regard or fitness . Unfortunately , popular disregard of privileges easy of acquirement , is but too well founded a charge , as we make little doubt that , even without the ballot , the
democratic party , if unintimidatcd , could secure a majority of popular candidates at nil municipa elections ; another convincing proof that it would be requisite to fecure the purity of parliamentary elections , and yet , strange to say , the very parties who call so loudly for the ballot as a protection for parliamentary electors , never have mooted the question as a protection for municipal electors . No ; they askforpiotection for themselves which they would not extend to others . And , although the ballot has been made tkc subject of great excitement and the last test of liberality , yot few can doubt that the middle-class electors would much prefer the Charter without the ballot , to the Charter with the ballot , as a choice of evils . For these reasons , then , we look
upon the ballot as a necessary part of the great dove-tailed whole , as necessary to secure dependent poverty from the terror and coercion of interested wealth , lest our Charter may be damaged , as the Reform Bill was , in its first working : as a means of preventing bribery , corruption and speculation ; as a means of proventing those social and family feu (! s now so unfo-tunatcly encrndered and so unhappily perpetrated by the heat the anger and excitement of elections ; and a * the means of securing the unbiassed exercise of a trust . The ballot with a limited suffrage would be an unfair protection auainst popular ' scrutiny ; the ballot with the suffrage would be a requisite protection against unjust interference with the exercise of si rkht .
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THE rAST , THE PRESENT , AKD TUB FUTURE . It b impossible to read Mr . O'Connor ' s Review of thep . ist Thirteen Years and a-llalf of our History , and which wiJl be found in our firafc page , without bein" struck with awe at the perils we hare escaped , and with wonder at the progress that a principle contending against such frightful odds , has made . Political incidents , when taken singly , make but slight impression at the moment , and especially those incidents which occur in exciting times ; while , taken as a whole , and Iwuncl up as one volume , they constitute a record , not more curious and startling , than they ate instructive and valuable . Authority , and especially that weak and doubtful authority consequent upon the change , the whim , the caprice , or nervou- 'ness of sectional opinion , is always undecided
and hesitating—is ever jealous of popular regard , and is rather averse , than otherwise , to provoke popular resistance , or awaken popular suspicion . Authority is but the type of party ascendancy for the time being , and is but permitted to exercise its delegated power for the benefit of those from whom it emanates ; and that power , whether limited or extensive , must be taken as the generally accepted representation of the country . The very existence of an authority , thus delegated , is of itself proof of its fitness to rule ; and whether England be governed by a Tory administration , or a Whig administration ,
or a Free Trade administration , its very existence is , primo , facie , proof of popular approval ; and for this simple reason , because the complaining class have it in their power , at any given moment , to wrest authority from the hands of the satisfied few , with scarcely the appearance of struggle , ' as the un > n . of the masses would render sectional resistance inoperative , ridiculous , and futile . The most ignorant must arrive at this conclusion , from the facts adduced by Mr . O'Connor , in his analysis of the Chartist movement , wherein he traces f . ilure and
defeat to their proper causes—the struggle of leaders to live without labour , and the consequent necessity of promoting unnatural and dangerous enthusiasm , and the cunning device of professing liberals , to divide the popular strength , when it becomes too powerful for open resistance . Hence we fiud the popular cause suffering for the last thirteen years and a half , more from the treachery of O ' Connell , tho folly of Atlwood , the imbecility of Sturge , the necessities of the idle , ; md the seasonable liberality of thi professing liberals , than from popular anathv .
. Nothing can be more natural , reasonable , or par donable than that amiable simplicity by which sections of the weak-minded and confiding are lured by the promise ef mere speedy redress than they have reason to anticipate from the realization of their own principles ; nor can we inavvel at the starving artizan or famishing operative preferring the large loaf within easy reach , t ) the Charter in the distant perspective . If , however , we may reasonably entertain fresh hopes anil suffer ourselves to bo
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inspired with fresh courage , it is as mi ' ^ frora tne signal fai ' ure of all premised blessir ^ from the cheering eonviction , that £ ie ^ WITH THE LEG OF MUTTON . « jpoh it , will be a more successful recruiting p &rjeanttban the bare spit , warmed by the glowing fire of . a fervid imagination . Moreover , the failure of prophecy and the consequent dis - appointment ot the masses , in short , the total inadequacy of all the promised measures of relief , so long as rampant capital rules the labour market without law , and the mental market with coercion , gives fresh hope in Chartist courage and Chartist wisdom .
Our enemies , though not in the ascendant , have had the advantage of middle class toleration and favour and of Parliamentary representation , while the popular party has been compelled to struggle on without either and opposed by both . What we require , then , is an accession of strength in these two departments , Parliament and the middle class—not that sympathy , strength , and co-operation , which is charitably extended to weakness , but that adhesion which is surrendered to expediency and increasing power , a co-operation which will be cheerfully
offered , when Chartist favour and support lead to Parliamentary honour and distinction . There is now an easy and virtuous road opened for the Chartist [ tarty . If England , Scotland , and Wales , will but exercise their legitimate power over their trustees they cannot fail in securing twelve trustworthy Parliamentary representatives at the next general election ; and if this is not worth the nation ' s consideration , the government delegated by the middle classes is perfectly justified in ruling for their especial benefit .
In a former article , we called attention to the great influence possessed by the non-electors—the legitimate right of spending their money with those only , who in return would protect their labour . The error of the Chartist movement . howevcr . has been . tha t action noraes too late ; the powerful weapon EXCL USIVE DEALING is resorted to after , instead of before the struggle ; whereas , if the Chartist party in
their several districts would divide themselves into classes , and deal with none save those who would pledge themselves in writing to support a Chartist candidate OF THE CHARTIST CHOICE , at the next election , the power of the non-elective influence would be cheerfully recognized and anxiously courted , while its influence in the House of Commons would tend to soften the asperity of the suspicious , and to dispel the misconception of the ignorant .
Much as Mr . Duncombe has done , great and comprehensivcas is his grasping mind , and willing as his service , yet it is impossible for any one individual to discharge the onerous duty of , . it the same time illustrating a principle , and defending its supporters from ministerial fabrication , party fraud , class insolence , and united opposition . We can scarcely picture to our own imagination the instantaneous and astounding effect that even twelve real Chartist representatives would have upon the deliberations of the collective wisdom ; twelve men , selected for their knoirjed ^ e of the labour question , and their devotion to labour ' s
accepted principle—the People s Charter . The great demand upon ourspace this week compels us to withhold for the present much that we desired to say upon this subject ; however , as it should now be tlie all absorbing thought with the Cliartist party , we shall renew it again and again , as a record of the past in future times , to be used in commendation or censure of present action , or present apathy . The thing is easy , most easy of accomplishment ; let the nation , therefore , secure one FIFTY-FIFTH part ot national representation , and the nation ' s hope is realized .
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PROGRESS OF FREE TRADE . "HIGH WAGES ANDPLENTY TO DO . " When in the prosecution of their fraudulent . e , signs , the League orators demanded popular support under the pretext that Corn Law Repeal would be a national blessing , the working men ' s share of which would be " cheap bread , high wases , and plenty to do , " we constantly warned the people that even sup . posing bread would be cheapened by " Repeal , " go long as a sus ^ fus of labour was to be found in the market , as provisions fell in price , would the wages of labour be beaten down by irresponsible and
tyrannical capitalists . That under present arrangements ' there will always be a [ surplus of labour is certain . Any increase of trade , no matter how extensive will be more than- met by an increase of machinery . So long as labour is dependent only and wholly for existence upon the " slavory of wages , " this Btate of things must continue . As the New York Tribune has weJl said " the remedy for the evils afflicting the English working class is not free trade , but a FREE SOIL ; ' ' to which may be added the principle of "
CO-OPERATION" applied to the uniting of skill , labour , and capical bg the workmen for themselves ; a thing as practicable as the formation of any mere " Benefit Society , " if the working men only will it . " The Chartist Co operative Land Society" will lead the people to the obtainment of a Free Soil ; and the " United Trades Association for the Employment of Labour , " will organize the people for the establishment of their own workshops , independent of master tyranny .
There are two other associations commamling the suffrages of the working classes , namely , the " Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry , " and the " National Charter Association . " If the combers and weavers ot Keigbly had been members ef the first of thuso associations , they would have had a power at their back , which would have made the millocrats of that town pause in their tyranny , or , if rushing headloHg to destruction they had
insolently presumed to dare that power , they would have been assured the punishment of defeat . While the present state of things last , until such time as "the people ' s own land , " and the " workmen ' s own shops , " can oiler a refuge to all the op " pressed , the United Trades Association isagrtatnecessity for the protection of the slaves of wages against the t ; rants of capital . If the National Charter Association was established in its full strength , the
return ol the TWELVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE demanded by Mr . O'Connor , would be an easy task , and with those twelve supporting a Duxcojibk , what tyrant wou ! d due to trample on his ullow men , or what tyranny could be perpetrated that would not be proclaimed in the senate , and echoed over Europe ? If tlie " National Ch ; irter Association" was supported by the people , the Charter itself would be won , and a FREE SOIL and FREE LAfJOUR , not slowly and scctionaliy , but irnmcdiatelv and nationally , would be its fruits .
It is not our purpose to dilate upon the several subjects mooted above , we intend these remark * merely as an introduction to the article below . The revelations contained therein of the doings of the Keighly milloeracy , presents a picture of the entire class—a class of greedy hypocrites and insolent tyrants . We wish the Keighley men success , and it in their struggle they require help , we trust that that help , prompt and uindent , will be rendered by the count )}* at large .
FREE TRADE DOINGS IN KEIGIILEY . From our Correspondent . " The manufacturers of Keighlej are realizing the prophecies of the Chartists to the very letter , by their rabid efforts to swallow up the small remains ot the labourer ' s wages . Scarcely had the alteration in the Corn and Provision Laws taken place before they began their game of plunder . Tlie first direct at . iempt was made by a fellow at Bingiey , of the name of Sharp , who boldly told his combers and weave ; s that '" asjtliey would be able by and by to live upon
rather less , they might do with rather Jess wages ;" he holding , no doubt , that the benefit of all alterations should be swallowed up by himself and brother manufacturers . Being a man of extraordinary face , lie commenced operations by attempting a reduction uf about ninopence per week from his combers , and a shilling per week from hi 3 weavers , although it was admitted lie whs previously something under his neighbour ' s . The result was a turnout of the majority of iiis hands , who , after a seven weeks struggle , succeeded in binding him down to wagts something like those given by otlit rs .
No sooner was this aftair settled t / ian a firm in Kcighley , o f the name of Craven , commenced the same game- This firm , though not quite so brazenfaced as the man of Bingiey , was nevertheless equally bent u ; ion attaining the same object . Being rather extensive manufacturers , and making a great quantity of different kinds of goods , they took their iveaveis seriatim , mid clipped and cut them down in sections , till tiiey had gone through ttie whole department , then beginning over again with a further reduction . They had carried on this process so effectually , and had 'puzzled their weavers so
thoroughly , that their wages , like the colour ot the canu-lion , were unriciinablc , being scarcely two weeks together . alike . One tiling they knew , . tliac they were seriously diminishing , and that , although they were making tiuer go- ( U than others , and should have been averaging higher wages , they were in reality ranking less than those working at eojirser work . After itibbiing down their wages in this m : wner , till in some cases there was scarcely any thing left , they issued an order for the » enenil reduction of nearly all kinds , which exasperated the weavers xo far as to cause a strike of the whole body , amounting to betwixt oOO and COO . After a struggle of about a week , this affair was also terminated by an
agrecmentta give a rate of wages the same as given a month j-. i evioiis , and to pay them for certain over lengths . The weavers , however , soon found after returning to work that manufacturers promises are only made- to bo broken , and they now find themselves in nearly the s ; : mc condition as they were in before the strike . Another turn out of the weavers of Mr . G . llattersley took place immediately after , through that employe giving still less than others , which also ended in abmt a week by a promise that they should receive at the rate of others . In both cases the promises have teen partly bruken , and some of the weavers turned off through . ' having taken an active part in ihcaff . iir .
Whita thcic matters were passing hi rapid succession amongst the power-loom weavers , the woolcombers , who constitute by far the largest body of workmen in this part oi the country , hail been complaining severely about their miserably low wages . These poor fellows , who number many hundreds if not some thousands , have been ? r .. dually reduced till they cau now scarcely realise' 10 s . per week , by working fifteen hours per day . They very naturally made bald to ask for a small advance , thinking , that as markets were improving , and the Cum Lawa in process of repeal , it could not be well refused . The
manufacturers have frequently tolJ them , when ci > : uplaiiiiug , that they knew their condition was very bad , and that they earned vastly too little , that however it was as much as the trade would afford , but should they bo fortunate enough to gain the alteration in the Corn Laws , they might expect a very considerable rise in their wages . The combers innocently thinking ibac these promises were n ; iulc in sina-rity , applied to them about seven weeks ago , but were informed that they were rather too soon .
Thcv a ain waited upon ihem about four weeks since with a request that they would advance their wages one halfpenny per pound upon all wool under fourpence , and to three farthings upon all wool betwixt lum-pcnee and sixpence . Three of the mauufitclurers asreed to advanea thoir wages a tai'tliiug upon the first description , ami a halfpenny upon the second , ivirh a promise , that they might give a still further advance if the remainder of the manufacturers would i ' oil-. iw the example , they were , then setting . The liiher nsanufaciurwa roi ' imd to give them any , id
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VJnce at all , even the solitary farthing given by the others , which would only amount to about ninepescfi per week . The combers saw they should lose even the little they had got from the three unless they used some kind of means to make the others comply . They accordingly drew out the men working for Mr . Robert Clough , of Groves Mill , numbering about 120 with the intention of supporting them from the funds of the society till they gave the advance . Scarcely had they taken this step before the remainder of the manufacturers , big and little ,
came to the resolution of turning off the whole of their combers , for the double purpose of breaking up the union , and of preventing them from contributing towards the relief of dough ' s- combers who were depending upon them for support . This dastardly and mean combination to lay the poor fellows prostrate at their kct , was carried into effect by . each manufacturer ordering his combers to carry in their combs when they bad wrought up the wool they had on hand . " This act of petty tyranny , which has seldom been equalled , so far from intimidating the men , was
obeyed with the greatest cheerfulness . They , indeed , appeared gratified at the opportunity of showing their independence of , and disgust at , men no longer deserving their labour , and the declaration of war against their liberty and means of existence was met in a manly and becoming spirit . To show the manufacturer ' s that they were quite alive to their reasons for advocating a repeal of the Corn Laws , and paying so handsomely into the League Fund , the combers and others who supported their cause , to the number of some thousands , walked in procession , headed by a band of music . In the procession
was a cart , containing the representation of a working man with a wife and four children surrounding a large pole , with that insignia of Free Trade , "a large loaf , " tied at the top of it . A great deal of merriment was caused by the efforts of the man to climb the pole and secure the loaf , but without effect . After each attempt , the man regaled his starving family on raw turnips , and then , as if thinking that fortune might lie more favourable , he continued to try again with the same want of
success . On arriving at the- market-place , this laugh , able and true representation of the working man ' s share of the Free Trade loaf was terminated by the father and mother cuttin g the pole in two and devouring the loaf amongst themselves and family . A number of the working men then addressed the meeting , showing up the conduct of the employers in their first attempt to carry out the principles of Free Trade in bread and wages . Since then the combers have met almost daily , to publish their wrongs , and devise plans for their future conduct .
The manufacturers have thus turned off about fifteen hundred men , who have been the principal means of making them what they are , with the bare-faced intention of breaking up a union which was their only protection from actual starvation , and of preventing a paltry advance of nine-pence per week in their wages . The conduct of the manufacturers has had the effect of making the men equally determined that they shall not succeed in their base attempt . For this purpose many of them are searching for employment in other quarters , while hundreds are getting their names enrolled in the parish books , anil the manufacturers will thus have the pleasure of paying an advance in rates , if they will not pay one in wages !
Tlie conduct of the manufacturers has had tho effect of opening the eyes of the public to their rea character ; they now be . » in < o view them , not as ther honourable employers of Britain , devoting capital to tlio commerce and prosperity of the country , but as a band of money-hunting fellows , combining together for the purpose of accumulating fortunes by the oppre » sion of their work-people . This disposition is now so grossly apparent , that the workmen will be driven , through necessity , info a NATIONAL UXION for the protection of their labour , having fur its object the combination of labour and capital for their own benefif .
To give the public another instance of the manu . factoring and Free Trade spirit in this neighbourhood , we shall conclude with the following fact which occurred last week : —The firm of Mr . Robert dough , of Groves Mill , in consequence of the stop , page of the woolcombers , began to run short et tops to spin into yarn for the weavers . To meet this deficiency he commenced running his factory three days per week instead of sis . To make this alteration as disagreeable as possible to his power loom weavers—amounting to nearly two hundred—he tiecreed that they should commence work at six o ' clock
—the usual time—each morning , and finish at twelve at noon ; and so on , through every day of the week . The weavers justly complained , that , r . s they had only three da \ s work in the week , it would answer the same end , and be mu h more convenient , if he would either allow them to work three full days successively , or otherwise let them work during the afternoon , as many of thorn had to come from a considerable distance , and thought it hard to get up by five o ' clock in the morning to perform half-a-day ' s work . But as the inconvenience , and not the
convenience of his workpeople , was the object of this grea t win ; he insisted upon them appearing at six o ' clock in the m < irnin 2 . and subjecting them to the usual pains and penalties , " in that ease mada and provided , " for cmiing too late . On finding that he was equally deaf to reason , common sense , and humanity , the weavers came to the determination of applying their last argument—namely , that of leaving the factory altogether . They accordingly turned out , and the factories , combing shops , and concern at large , are now as silent as they are during church time on a Sunday .
Whether the manufacturers of Keighley are a specimen of the class throughout the kingdom , or not , wo cannot tell . One thing we kt : ow , that they have nearly all sprung from the ranks of the labouring cla « s ; that they have accumulated a very cop . sider able portion of capital by that class , and now appear determined to employ it foMhe accumulation of more , anil the grinding down of all who may be unfortunately within thoir grasp . " We may append to this " show up " of League rascality and millocrat rapacity the following quota , tion from our contemporary the Sussex Agricultural Expvefs : —
" In tlie last week s Manchester Courier we read that the master roller-turners of that town and the neighbourhood have given their workpeople a tertni « ht ' s lwtiae that they will reduce their wages five percent . ! Said we not that the reduction of wagcs . not the importing of cheap bread to the working man was the end and aim of League agitation ? Poor weavers of Lancashire and Yorkshire behold your gods ! Several other branches of mill-workers are also threatened with a reduction , and the workmen arc reported to be forming themselves into unions to resist the oppression of their employers . When their
pople remonstrated against this injustice , the masters iiisuitint ; ly answered that since the repeal oi' the Com I . nws , "fo . id is now much cheaper , and you cm therefore afford to work for less . " We know not from personal knowledge whether food is cheaper or not at Manchester and Salford , but the reports o * the market acquaint us with the fact that it is not cheaper in London . Perhaps these master * , making "haste to be rich "—a haste vhich Solomon has pronounced to bs incompatible with innocencejudged of the reduction of food from the fall ot ttriees of British grown earn in Mark Lane ; but their
workpeople have to deal with the baker who keens up liia price of bna-J , ami net with the farmer who has tioeu compelled to reduce his jirice of whe « t Hut have the masters who promised to sell so cheap , it' the Corn Laws were abolished , minced their own nrolits us well as their men ' s \ vag . c& ? Knowing the spirit oi a Manchester manufacturer as we do , wo should blush did we personally propound such a question to any of our readers . Not they , we , the consumers , the wearers oi " cotton and woul , have to pay as hi » li as ever . Down with the wa « es , u » with the pro-its , is the Manufacturing Leaguer ' s cry . This
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"THE WORLD" AND "THE STAR . " We are overwhelmed with remorse at the PHYSICAL FORGE declaration to which our MORAL FORCE article Las driven our contemporary , with whom we had fondly hoped to live " tin the same EARTH , " upon terms of perfect equality and unbroken harmony . We meant our reply to the World's notice « f our insertion of Mr . Oa « tler ' s le : ter , without editorial comment , as THE RETORT COURTEOUS , and we are met with the CUT D [ RECT . It has always s'i'uek us , that as lonjras a combatant has the best of the iuht , he will not abandon the field of contest , and yet we shali not crow at being le f t in peaceful , though contemptible , possession of tlie ring .
Our very able contemporary is angered to exasperation and threat of recourse to arms , upon no greater provocation than the exercise of that right to which lie lays such bold claim himself . Surely we are not to be hold responsible for the .-everul letters and matters of communication published in our journal ; such a liability would go far to limit the usefulness , and narrow the efficiency of the press . Knowledge is not confined to class , iind we tad always
understood the chief duty of the press to bo the fearless circulation of that valuable commodity . Indeed , the principal cause of complaint against the prc-s generally is , that it circumscribes the field of knowledge- within the narrow limits of party expediency , publishing all friendlyvei-sionsofitsown peculiar policy anu rejecting alt adverse d <; ctriuus , and denying ever the right , or at least the means , of stricture cr re " monstrance . Tlie World
says—# ' 1 he Northern Star has . however , been an exception tu the cordial understanding whijh subsists between the generality of newspaper tvri-ers and ourselves , and bas , of ]; ite , displayed ; i dispositiou fur tiltiiij ; with us , as il" it hail resolved our sword should not rest in its peaceful scabbard . Now , we beg to assure our coteniporary , that we entertain no feeling of dtmger or contempt , while we ure at a loss tu discover any sufficient provocation to induce him to DRAW HIS SWORD FROM THE PEACEFUL SCABBARD . Our correspondence commenced -with a flattering notice of our friend ! 8 ability , which in all sinceritv we bog to assure him was not intended as CENSURE IN DISGUISE .
However , we had much preferred an answer b our observations to a stricture upon our natural philosophy , or a taunt for having contributed our mite to tho It peal movement , not with the intent of testifying our approval of tho policy of the Liberator , but for the purpose of exposing his delinquency , which none but members have the- power to do , and which confirms tlie prudent policy of rejecting all who are likely . Our cotemporary labours hard to convince us of his devotion to the cause of Ireland , and especially io the Repeal of the Legislative Uaiosi , while he U compelled to admit the only dL'qiialilicatk'n , which the Liberator prescribed as the test by which repealers were to be judged , whether members of Parliament , Protestants , Catholics , professing friends ,
or oneu enemies . HE WHO IS NOT FOR US , IS AGAINST US , QUOTH THE LIBERATOR , AND NONE ARE FOR US , EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION . Now then , vrjecting sill tlie common-place , vulgar distinctions and badges , by which political adherence is asccrtainable , we ask our cotemporary how he will get over the want of the Liberator ' s own prescribed qualification ? For he says , "We have NOT ENROLLED OURSELVES
AS MEMBERS OF CONCILIATION HALL , and during the year 1 SJ 3 it will NOW bu admitted , we were excusable in NOT having done so . " We have no wish to strip our coteniporary of the power of prophecy , laid claim to in the a ' aovc ; and as lie quarrels with our parallel of the Badger and thcFo . v , we shall conclude with a more apt and more senti mental one . The other day we asked a groat admirer of the Land plan , why he had notbeeomo a memb r while in good employment ? He replied , I am : i member , Sir . How much have you paid ? Oh , NOTHING , I have not joined yet .
Moral . —We were not aware that the Liberator recruits for sentimental support for Repeal—we were tinder the erroneous impression that his type was brass . We conclude with our cotemporarv ' s heading - " ALL IN THE WRONG . "
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4 THE NOftTMftN STAR . September 19 , 1846
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 19, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1384/page/4/
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